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\BibleIntroTitle{A Translation for }
\BibleIntroTitle{Translators }
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\BibleIntroTitleFour{The New Testament }
\BibleIntroTitleFour{A source text for translators }
\BibleIntroTitleFour{Ellis W. Deibler, Jr. }

\BibleIntroSectionHeading{A Translation for Translators, © 2008 Ellis W. Deibler, Jr. }

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Permission to quote: 
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Text of \BibleCharacterStyleBK{A Translation for Translators} may be quoted and/or reprinted up to and inclusive of five hundred (500) verses without express written permission of the author, providing that the verses do not amount to a complete book of the New Testament nor do the verses account for more than 50% of the total work in which they are quoted. 
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Notice of copyright must appear on the title or copyright page of the work as follows: 
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“QUOTATION TAKEN FROM \BibleCharacterStyleBK{A TRANSLATION FOR TRANSLATORS}, 
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© 2008 BY ELLIS W. DEIBLER, JR. USED BY PERMISSION.” 

\BibleIntroSectionHeading{Preface }
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In 1999, the International Conference of Wycliffe Bible Translators adopted a proposal called Vision 2025. The leaders of Wycliffe Bible Translators wanted to revitalize our concern for the worldwide task of Bible translation. The proposal stated our goal: to begin a Bible translation project in every language in which it is needed by the year 2025. That is a very ambitious goal. It seems an impossible goal. Yet we believe God would have us strive to reach this goal, for His glory. We believe that too many language groups—approximately 2,600 of them—have waited far too long to know of God’s redeeming grace revealed through his word. 
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As an organization, we have realized that to reach this goal we need to be doing things differently. We realize that nationals of the countries in which these Bibleless groups are located will probably do most of the actual translation work. Many of those nationals will be translating into their own languages. 
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As a translation consultant, I concluded that the best thing that I could do to bring about the fulfillment of Vision 2025 would be to prepare a new translation of the Scriptures specifically for translators. Existing English translations were not intended to be used as a source text by those who would be translating it into other languages. It is our hope that A Translation for Translators will provide information that a translator needs but which is not included in standard versions. 
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Its distinguishing features are: 
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• Short sentences 
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• Clear connections between clauses and sentences 
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• Sometimes clause order is reversed to reflect more clearly the chronological or logical order 
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• All abstract nouns are made into full clauses 
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• Most passive constructions have an active form and a passive form supplied 
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• Most rhetorical questions have both a question form and a non-question form supplied 
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• All figures of speech that we have been able to identify are stated non-figuratively 
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• Simple vocabulary is used wherever possible 
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• Words are always used in their primary sense 
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The implicit information that is deemed necessary to understand what the original writer intended to convey is supplied in italics. Users can identify it easily and decide after checking whether it is needed in that receptor language. 
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Most national translators who use this translation as the major source text will need to be trained how to use it. They will need to learn to evaluate the adjustments in this translation to determine what is the most appropriate adjustment for their own language. 
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I have based this translation on the scholarship of the Semantic and Structural Analyses and other published helps for translators, such as Exegetical Summaries, as well as the English versions and commentaries. I do not anticipate that a translator would use only this translation. Translators should use other translations as sources alongside this one. 
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Advantages to using this translation: 
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• The implicit information, written in italics, is easily seen. Translators could choose to use it, modify it, or reject it as unnecessary. 
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• In this day and age we have available a tremendous amount of research as to the meaning that the original writers expected to convey to their audiences. Most of this research is not readily available to national translators. This translation utilizes that research and it provides the first step in translation—analyzing the meaning. 
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I have prepared this translation with the hope that it can either be used as it is, or be translated, with appropriate adjustments, into other languages of wider communication. Translation teams in Guatemala, India, Indonesia and the Philippines have already used drafts of this translation. Efforts are already underway to translate it into Portuguese and Spanish. 
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Please note that there is no implied endorsement of this translation by the Translation Department, either of the Summer Institute of Linguistics or of the Wycliffe Bible Translators or of any other publisher. 
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I offer this translation, hoping that the translators who use it will be enabled to complete their work in a much shorter time. I also hope that by using this translation, their work will be of a far better quality. 
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Ellis W. Deibler, Jr. 
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January 2008 
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Waxhaw, North Carolina 

\BibleIntroSectionHeading{Affirmation }
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We affirm that: 
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• The Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments were given by inspiration of God, and are the only infallible rule of faith and practice. 
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• The Scriptures were originally written in the language of the common people. They were written with the expectation that the recipients could and would understand the meaning clearly. 
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• Every person needs to have the Scriptures in the language he or she knows best. 
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• Every language has its own set of grammatical and lexical forms and structures that can be used to convey meaning. But every language has forms and structures that are different from every other language—just like every language has a set of sounds used in it that are different from those of every other language. So we should never expect that the forms used in one language—be it Biblical Hebrew or Greek or any other language—will be suitable to convey a certain message, in whole and in part, in another language. 

\BibleIntroSectionHeading{About the author of this translation }
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Ellis W. Deibler, Jr. joined Wycliffe Bible Translators and the Summer Institute of Linguistics in 1957. He has completed translation projects in the Alekana and Yaweyuha languages in Papua New Guinea. Several years later he did a complete revision of the Alekano New Testament. He has checked Bible translations, lectured and taught on principles of translation, and led translation workshops in nineteen countries, mostly in the south Pacific, central Asia, and south Asia. He has written several books and published many articles dealing with Bible translation. He is now retired and living in Waxhaw, North Carolina. 

\BibleIntroSectionHeading{About the development team }
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Martha Deibler checked the translation for clearness, ambiguities, correct exegesis, and implicit information. Martha joined Wycliffe Bible Translators in 1967 and co-translated the New Testament in Cakchiquel in Guatemala and supervised the translation projects in two more dialects of the same language. She has served for more than thirty years as a Translation Consultant. 
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Willis Ott developed the format of the document and advised on many exegetical and translational problems. He and his wife joined the Summer Institute of Linguistics in 1954 and completed a translation project for the Ignaciano people of Bolivia. He has served as a translation consultant in Bolivia, Botswana, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire), Peru, Mozambique and Sudan. He retired after 44 years of service with the Summer Institute of Linguistics and is now living in Waxhaw, North Carolina. 
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Andrew Sims is the project manager for this series, in charge of distribution, and keeping records of what books, in what form, are sent to whom and when. Andrew and his wife joined Wycliffe Bible Translators and the Summer Institute of Linguistics in 1973. They completed a translation project in a language in the Eastern Highlands of Irian (Indonesia) in 1996. He has served as a translation consultant in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. He lives in Waxhaw, North Carolina. 
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Donna Fedukowski has helped check some of the implicit information. Gail Morse, Linda Boehm, Martha Deibler, Joyce Gullman, Janice Roddy, Linda Jonson, Susan Hochstetler, and several members of the Christian Reformed Church in Ann Arbor, Michigan, have edited the copy for errors and clarity. 

\BibleIntroSectionHeading{Note on spellings }
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We beg those who are accustomed to British spellings to overlook the American way of spelling. Aside from these normal differences, please advise us of any kind of typographical errors. We would also appreciate feedback concerning exegetical matters. 

\BibleIntroSectionHeading{Concerning the theme statements }
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In this translation, the theme statements precede each paragraph. They summarize the thematic content of that paragraph, reflecting the most prominent ideas in that paragraph. The translator should use the theme statements to make sure that the reader understands the most important parts of that paragraph. For example, a translator could rephrase the theme statement as a question to ask during a comprehension check. If the reader/listener has clearly understood the essential focus of the passage, he should be able to make an equivalent theme statement. 
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Example: A Translation for Translators has the following theme statement for Mark 2:1-12: \BibleCharacterStyleADD{“By healing a paralyzed man Jesus demonstrated his authority to forgive sins as well as to heal.}” Compare this theme statement with the section heading in the New Living Translation “Jesus heals a paralyzed man” or in the Jerusalem Bible “Cure of a paralytic”. 
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The theme statements in this translation are not the same as the section headings that are included in most translations today. 
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Section headings in most translations often include more than one paragraph. They focus on a word, person or event mentioned in the section. These usually do not reflect the thematic focus of the section. It is my hope that the theme statements will help translators to write clear and accurate headings in the translation. But some may want to write theme statements similar to those in this translation instead of short heading that most translations use. 
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Translators who want to include section headings should carefully consider what to write in such headings. They should also consider where they want section headings to occur. Although there is a theme statement for every paragraph in this translation, a translator must choose where to include a section heading. For example, in A Translation for Translators, the letter to Philemon has nine theme statements. A translator may choose to have fewer section headings. If a translator includes several paragraphs in a section, the heading he writes should reflect the themes of those paragraphs. 
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A translator will also need to decide how to present the section heading. In some English translations, section headings are not complete sentences. The translator should present the section headings in the grammatical form that the speakers of the language prefer. 
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Observe that the theme statements do not necessarily use the simplified language that is found in the translation. 

\BibleIntroSectionHeading{Conventions that have been used }
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Sometimes two exegetical alternatives are noted—places where there are differences in meaning that are well supported in commentaries. In such cases the second alternative, in parentheses, is introduced by ‘R’. The author recommends the first alternative. 
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Sometimes lexical alternatives—where the meaning is perhaps only slightly different or can be expressed in a clearer way—are given and separated by a slash line. We have tried to indicate the beginning of an alternative by a ‘◄’ and the ending of each alternative by a ‘►’. 
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Alternatives which are embedded in another alternative are encased by ‘<’ and ‘>’. 
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For each rhetorical question there is given, usually first, a rendering in a question form, and then one using a non-question form. 
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All first person plural pronouns are to be considered inclusive unless otherwise marked by ‘(exc)’. All second person pronouns are to be considered plural unless otherwise marked as ‘(sg)’. 
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In this translation, we have indicated the agent of the action wherever a passive construction occurs. We have written in italics the words ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{by____}’ to indicate the agent, if it is implicit. Translators who choose to use a passive construction in their translation will need to use their natural idiom and translate a reference to the agent in those places they consider it useful. 
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We have identified the different figures of speech where each occurs in the text, but these symbols are hidden in the data-file. 
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[APO] = apostrophe 
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[CHI] = chiasmus 
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[DOU] = doublet 
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[EUP] = euphemism 
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[HEN] = hendiadys 
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[HYP] = hyperbole 
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[IDM] = idiom 
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[IRO] = irony 
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[LIT] = litotes 
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[MET] = metaphor 
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[MTY] = metonymy 
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[PRS] = personification 
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[RHQ] = rhetorical question 
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[SIM] = simile 
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[SYM] = symbol 
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[SAR] = sarcasm 
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[SYN] = synecdoche 
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[TRI] = triple 

\BibleIntroSectionHeading{Use of “A Translation for Translators” }
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WE ANTICIPATE THAT A TRANSLATION FOR TRANSLATORS WILL BE USEFUL TO MOTHER TONGUE TRANSLATORS, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO ARE TRANSLATING IN A LANGUAGE THAT THEY HAVE LEARNED. WE CANNOT ANTICIPATE OR CALCULATE HOW USEFUL IT WILL PROVE TO ANY GIVEN TEAM, BUT WE ARE CERTAIN THAT IT WILL GIVE MUCH HELP TO MANY. WE ALSO HOPE THAT IT WILL PROVE TO BE A BLESSING TO MANY WHO ARE NOT INVOLVED IN BIBLE TRANSLATION. 

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Ellis W. Deibler, Jr. devoted over eight years to the creation of his own translation of the New Testament from the latest edition of the United Bible Societies’ Greek text. This translation was and is intended to be a tool for all translators who labor to bring the gospel message to other languages. 
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However, a number of his non-translator friends who followed Ellis’ progress also came to desire copies of their own. They came to believe that others might get pleasure or benefit from this volume. It is also these others, then, for whom A Translation for Translators has been brought into print and made available. 
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As Ellis neared completion of his master work, he began to see a new audience. There could be many who would not need or want all of the technical details that are important to the translator but who would like to have a companion volume geared to reading, even reading aloud. A companion book, A Translator’s Translation, was completed and brought to print simultaneously with the first. 
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A Translator’s Translation contains very much the same material found in A Translation for Translators. It has the same priorities. However, the technical aids (figures of speech, alternatives, etc.) required by the translator are not present. Only the text and implicit information appear together, in flowing form easily followed by the reader. Implicit material in italics is readily distinguished from the translated text. 
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\BibleBook{Genesis}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of God making the world and everything there is and of his choosing the descendants of Abraham to be his people. We call this book }
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\BibleSectionHeading{God made the earth and the sky }
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\chapterNumber{1}Long|strong="H0753", long|strong="H0753" ago|strong="H7350" God|strong="H8064" created|strong="H1254" the|strong="H1254" heavens|strong="H8064" and|strong="H8064" the|strong="H1254" earth|strong="H8064". 
\verseNumber{2}When|strong="H1961" he|strong="H5921" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" create|strong="H1254" the|strong="H6440" earth|strong="H0776", it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" shapeless and|strong="H6440" completely|strong="H3617" desolate|strong="H8074"/chaotic. Darkness|strong="H2822" covered|strong="H3680" the|strong="H6440" deep|strong="H8415" water|strong="H4325" that|strong="H4325" surrounded|strong="H5437" the|strong="H6440" earth|strong="H0776". And|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H6440" God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H1961" hovering|strong="H7363" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" water|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{3}God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H1961" want|strong="H4270" light|strong="H0216" to|strong="H1961" shine|strong="H0215"!” And|strong="H1961" light|strong="H0216" shone|strong="H7160". 
\verseNumber{4}God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H2896" pleased|strong="H2896" with|strong="H2896" the|strong="H7200" light|strong="H0216". Then|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H7200" light|strong="H0216" to|strong="H7200" shine|strong="H0215" in|strong="H7200" some|strong="H4480" places|strong="H1116", and|strong="H7200" in|strong="H7200" other|strong="H0312" places|strong="H1116" there|strong="H7200" was|strong="H2896" still|strong="H3588" darkness|strong="H2822". 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H3117" gave|strong="H7121" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" light|strong="H0216" the|strong="H3117" name|strong="H7121" ‘day’, and|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" gave|strong="H7121" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" darkness|strong="H2822" the|strong="H3117" name|strong="H7121" ‘night’. After|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3117", there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" evening|strong="H6153" which|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" followed|strong="H1961" by|strong="H3117" a|strong="H1961" morning|strong="H1242". He|strong="H3117" called|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3117" whole|strong="H3117" period|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" ‘the|strong="H3117" first|strong="H3117" day’. 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H8432" command|strong="H6680" that|strong="H4325" there|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" empty|strong="H7387" space|strong="H3117" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" huge|strong="H1995" dome|strong="H0092" to|strong="H1961" separate|strong="H0914" the|strong="H8432" water|strong="H4325" that|strong="H4325" is|strong="H1961" above|strong="H4605" it|strong="H8432" from|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8432" water|strong="H4325" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8432" earth|strong="H0776" that|strong="H4325" is|strong="H1961" below|strong="H8478" it|strong="H8432"!” 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" what|strong="H6213" happened|strong="H1961". God|strong="H0430" gave|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" space|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034" ‘sky’. 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" another|strong="H8145" evening|strong="H6153", which|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" followed|strong="H1961" by|strong="H3117" another|strong="H8145" morning|strong="H1242". He|strong="H3117" called|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3117" period|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" ‘the|strong="H3117" second|strong="H8145" day’. 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H1961" God|strong="H8064" said|strong="H3651", “I|strong="H3651" want|strong="H4270" the|strong="H7200" water|strong="H4325" that|strong="H7200" is|strong="H3651" below|strong="H8478" the|strong="H7200" sky|strong="H8064" to|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961" together|strong="H6960", and|strong="H8064" dry|strong="H3004" ground|strong="H3004" to|strong="H1961" appear|strong="H7200" and|strong="H8064" rise|strong="H4325" above|strong="H4605" the|strong="H7200" water|strong="H4325".” And|strong="H8064" that|strong="H7200" is|strong="H3651" what|strong="H7200" happened|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{10}God|strong="H0430" gave|strong="H7121" to|strong="H4325" the|strong="H7200" ground|strong="H3004" the|strong="H7200" name|strong="H7121" ‘earth’, and|strong="H7200" he|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H7121" to|strong="H4325" the|strong="H7200" water|strong="H4325" that|strong="H3588" came|strong="H4325" together|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7200" name|strong="H7121" ‘oceans’. God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H4325" pleased|strong="H2896" with|strong="H4325" the|strong="H7200" earth|strong="H0776" and|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" oceans|strong="H2342". 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H3651", “I|strong="H5921" want|strong="H4270" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776" to|strong="H1961" produce|strong="H6529" plants|strong="H6212", including|strong="H5704" plants|strong="H6212" that|strong="H3651" will|strong="H1961" produce|strong="H6529" seeds|strong="H2233" and|strong="H6086" trees|strong="H6086" that|strong="H3651" will|strong="H1961" produce|strong="H6529" fruit|strong="H6529". Each|strong="H0376" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H2233" tree|strong="H6086" will|strong="H1961" bear|strong="H6213" its|strong="H5921" own|strong="H1961" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H2233" fruit|strong="H6529".” 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H3318" plants|strong="H6212" grew|strong="H1431" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" earth|strong="H0776"; each|strong="H0376" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H2233" plant|strong="H6212" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3318" produce|strong="H6529" its|strong="H6213" own|strong="H1961" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H2233" seed|strong="H2233". 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" another|strong="H0312" evening|strong="H6153" which|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" followed|strong="H1961" by|strong="H3117" another|strong="H0312" morning|strong="H1242". God|strong="H0430" called|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3117" period|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" ‘the|strong="H3117" third|strong="H7992" day’. 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H1961" God|strong="H8064" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3117" want|strong="H4270" a|strong="H1961" sun|strong="H8121", a|strong="H1961" moon|strong="H3394", and|strong="H3117" many|strong="H7227" stars|strong="H3556" to|strong="H1961" shine|strong="H0215" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3117" sky|strong="H8064". The|strong="H3117" sun|strong="H8121" will|strong="H1961" shine|strong="H0215" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3117" daytime|strong="H3119" and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" moon|strong="H3394" and|strong="H3117" stars|strong="H3556" will|strong="H1961" shine|strong="H0215" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" nighttime. By|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3117" changes|strong="H2487" in|strong="H8141" their|strong="H1961" appearance|strong="H4758" they|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" indicate the|strong="H3117" various|strong="H2921" seasons|strong="H4150" (OR|strong="H3117", the|strong="H3117" times|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3117" special|strong="H6381" celebrations|strong="H4885"), and|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" enable|strong="H7980" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H1961" know|strong="H3045" when|strong="H1961" days|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" years|strong="H8141" begin|strong="H2490". 
\verseNumber{15}I|strong="H5921" want|strong="H4270" them|strong="H5921" also|strong="H8064" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" lights|strong="H3974" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sky|strong="H8064" that|strong="H3651" will|strong="H1961" shine|strong="H0215" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H8064".” And|strong="H8064" that|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" what|strong="H3651" happened|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{16}God|strong="H0430" made|strong="H6213" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H3117" them|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3117" were|strong="H3117" like|strong="H6213" big|strong="H0931" lights|strong="H3974". The|strong="H6213" bigger|strong="H1419" one|strong="H6996", the|strong="H6213" sun|strong="H8121", shines|strong="H2224" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" smaller|strong="H6996" one|strong="H6996", the|strong="H6213" moon|strong="H3394", shines|strong="H2224" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" night|strong="H3915". He|strong="H3117" also|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" stars|strong="H3556". 
\verseNumber{17}God|strong="H5414" set|strong="H5414" all|strong="H5414" of|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sky|strong="H8064" to|strong="H5921" shine|strong="H0215" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H8064", 
\verseNumber{18}to|strong="H3117" rule|strong="H4910" the|strong="H7200" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" night|strong="H3915", and|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3117" separate|strong="H0914" the|strong="H7200" light|strong="H0216" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" daytime|strong="H3119" from|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" darkness|strong="H2822" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" nighttime. God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H3117" pleased|strong="H2896" with|strong="H3117" these|strong="H3117" things|strong="H2896" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" made|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" another|strong="H0312" evening|strong="H6153" which|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" followed|strong="H1961" by|strong="H3117" another|strong="H0312" morning|strong="H1242". He|strong="H3117" called|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3117" period|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" ‘the|strong="H3117" fourth|strong="H7243" day’. 
\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H0227" God|strong="H8064" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5921" want|strong="H5315" many|strong="H7227" creatures|strong="H2416" to|strong="H5921" live|strong="H2416" in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" oceans|strong="H2342", and|strong="H8064" I|strong="H5921" also|strong="H8064" want|strong="H5315" birds|strong="H5775" to|strong="H5921" fly|strong="H5774" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" sky|strong="H8064" above|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" earth|strong="H8064".” 
\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" created|strong="H1254" huge|strong="H1995" sea|strong="H8577" creatures|strong="H2416" and|strong="H1419" every|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H4325" creature|strong="H5315" that|strong="H3588" moves|strong="H7430" in|strong="H5315" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325", and|strong="H1419" caused|strong="H5414" them|strong="H7200" to|strong="H4325" live|strong="H2416" in|strong="H5315" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" oceans|strong="H2342". He|strong="H3588" also|strong="H5315" created|strong="H1254" many|strong="H7200" kinds|strong="H4327" of|strong="H4325" birds|strong="H5775". God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H5315" pleased|strong="H2896" with|strong="H5315" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" creatures|strong="H2416". 
\verseNumber{22}God|strong="H0430" blessed|strong="H1288" them|strong="H1288". He|strong="H7235" said|strong="H0559", “Produce|strong="H6529" offspring|strong="H2233" and|strong="H6509" become|strong="H6509" very|strong="H7235" numerous|strong="H7235". I|strong="H1288" want|strong="H4270" the|strong="H1288" creatures|strong="H2416" in|strong="H3220" the|strong="H1288" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H4325" live|strong="H4390" in|strong="H3220" all|strong="H1288" the|strong="H1288" oceans|strong="H2342", and|strong="H6509" birds|strong="H5775" also|strong="H1571" to|strong="H4325" become|strong="H6509" very|strong="H7235" numerous|strong="H7235".” And|strong="H6509" that|strong="H4325" is|strong="H4325" what|strong="H4100" happened|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" another|strong="H0312" evening|strong="H6153" that|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" followed|strong="H1961" by|strong="H3117" another|strong="H0312" morning|strong="H1242". He|strong="H3117" called|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3117" period|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" ‘the|strong="H3117" fifth|strong="H2549" day’. 
\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H3651", “I|strong="H3651" want|strong="H5315" various|strong="H2921" kinds|strong="H4327" of|strong="H3318" creatures|strong="H2416" to|strong="H3318" appear|strong="H7200" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3318" earth|strong="H0776". There|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7227" kinds|strong="H4327" of|strong="H3318" ◄livestock|strong="H4735"/domestic animals|strong="H2416"►, creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H5315" scurry across|strong="H5676" the|strong="H3318" ground|strong="H0776", and|strong="H3318" large|strong="H1419" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H2416".” And|strong="H3318" that|strong="H5315" is|strong="H5315" what|strong="H3651" happened|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{25}God|strong="H0430" made|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" kinds|strong="H4327" of|strong="H3605" wild|strong="H6213" animals|strong="H2416" and|strong="H7200" ◄livestock|strong="H4735"/domestic animals|strong="H2416"► and|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" kinds|strong="H4327" of|strong="H3605" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3588" scurry across|strong="H5676" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776". God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H3605" pleased|strong="H2896" with|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H6213" creatures|strong="H2416". 
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\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H6213" God|strong="H8064" said|strong="H0559", “Now|strong="H5921" we|strong="H6213" will|strong="H8064" make|strong="H6213" human|strong="H0120" beings|strong="H1823" that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H8064" be|strong="H8064" like|strong="H1823" us|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" many|strong="H7227" ways|strong="H1870". I|strong="H5921" want|strong="H4270" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H6213" rule|strong="H7287" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" fish|strong="H1710" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sea|strong="H3220", over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" birds|strong="H5775", over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" ◄livestock|strong="H4735"/domestic animals|strong="H0929"►, and|strong="H8064" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" scurry across|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776".” 
\verseNumber{27}So|strong="H3651" God|strong="H0430" created|strong="H1254" human|strong="H0120" beings|strong="H2421" that|strong="H2145" were|strong="H0834" like|strong="H3644" him|strong="H2145" in|strong="H2145" many|strong="H7227" ways|strong="H1870". He|strong="H5347" made|strong="H1254" them|strong="H1254" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H2145" like|strong="H3644" himself|strong="H5315". He|strong="H5347" created|strong="H1254" some|strong="H4480" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H2145" male|strong="H2145" and|strong="H2145" some|strong="H4480" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H2145" female|strong="H5347". 
\verseNumber{28}God|strong="H8064" blessed|strong="H1288" them|strong="H5921", saying|strong="H0559", “Produce|strong="H6529" many|strong="H7235" children|strong="H1121", who|strong="H3605" will|strong="H8064" live|strong="H2416" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064" and|strong="H8064" rule|strong="H7287" over|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921". I|strong="H5921" want|strong="H4270" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" rule|strong="H7287" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" fish|strong="H1710" and|strong="H8064" the|strong="H3605" birds|strong="H5775" and|strong="H8064" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" scurry across|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776".” 
\verseNumber{29}God|strong="H5414" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" humans, “Listen|strong="H3605"! I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" plants|strong="H6212" that|strong="H3605" produce|strong="H6529" seeds|strong="H2233", all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776", and|strong="H6086" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" trees|strong="H6086" that|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" seeds|strong="H2233" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" fruit|strong="H6529". All|strong="H3605" these|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1961" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H0398". 
\verseNumber{30}I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" green|strong="H3418" plants|strong="H6212" to|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H2416" and|strong="H8064" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" birds|strong="H5775" and|strong="H8064" to|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" scurry across|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776", to|strong="H1961" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" breathes|strong="H6315", for|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H0398".” And|strong="H8064" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H5315" what|strong="H3651" happened|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{31}God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H1961" pleased|strong="H2896" with|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H3117" had|strong="H1961" made|strong="H6213". Truly|strong="H6213", it|strong="H6213" was|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" very|strong="H3966" good|strong="H2896". Then|strong="H1961" there|strong="H2009" was|strong="H1961" another|strong="H7200" evening|strong="H6153", that|strong="H7200" was|strong="H1961" followed|strong="H1961" by|strong="H3117" another|strong="H7200" morning|strong="H1242". He|strong="H3117" called|strong="H7121" that|strong="H7200" period|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" ‘the|strong="H3605" sixth|strong="H8345" day’. 
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\chapterNumber{2}That|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H3605" God|strong="H8064" created|strong="H1254" the|strong="H3605" heavens|strong="H8064" and|strong="H8064" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064". 
\verseNumber{2}By|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" it|strong="H6213" was|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117", God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H4399" finished|strong="H3615" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" of|strong="H3117" creating|strong="H1254" everything|strong="H3605", so|strong="H6213" he|strong="H3117" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" work|strong="H4399" anymore|strong="H5750" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{3}God|strong="H0430" blessed|strong="H1288" each|strong="H3605" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3588" set|strong="H6942" those|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" apart|strong="H6942" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3117" special|strong="H6381" days|strong="H3117", because|strong="H3588" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117" God|strong="H0430" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" work|strong="H4399" anymore|strong="H5750", after|strong="H3117" finishing|strong="H3635" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" of|strong="H3117" creating|strong="H1254" everything|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{4}That|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3068" how|strong="H6213" God|strong="H3068" created|strong="H1254" the|strong="H6213" heavens|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" earth|strong="H8064". 

\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" garden|strong="H1588" of|strong="H3068" Eden|strong="H5731" }
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God|strong="H3068", whose|strong="H0834" name|strong="H8034" is|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" heavens|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" earth|strong="H8064". 
\verseNumber{5}At|strong="H5921" first|strong="H7223" there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" plants|strong="H6212" growing|strong="H6779", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" yet|strong="H3588" caused|strong="H1961" rain|strong="H4305" to|strong="H3068" fall|strong="H1961" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H7704". Furthermore|strong="H1571", there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" till|strong="H5647" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H7704" for|strong="H3588" planting|strong="H4302" crops|strong="H8393". 
\verseNumber{6}Instead|strong="H8478", mist|strong="H6051" rose|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H6440", so|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3605" it|strong="H6440" watered|strong="H8248" the|strong="H3605" surface|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" took|strong="H1961" some|strong="H4480" soil|strong="H6083" and|strong="H3068" formed|strong="H3335" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H5315". He|strong="H3068" breathed|strong="H5397" into|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3068" man’s|strong="H5315" nostrils|strong="H0639" his|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" breath|strong="H5397" that|strong="H5315" gives|strong="H5414" life|strong="H5315", and|strong="H3068" as|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3068" man|strong="H5315" became|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" living|strong="H2416" person|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" made|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" park/garden|strong="H1588" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7760" place|strong="H7760" named|strong="H7760" Eden|strong="H5731", which|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" east|strong="H6924" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H3068" Canaan|strong="H3667", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H8033" put|strong="H7760" there|strong="H8033" the|strong="H3068" man|strong="H0376" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H8033" had|strong="H3068" created|strong="H3335". 
\verseNumber{9}Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" put|strong="H3068" there|strong="H4480" every|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H2896" of|strong="H3068" tree|strong="H6086" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" beautiful|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" see|strong="H4758" and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" produced|strong="H6213" fruit|strong="H3978" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H3978". He|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" placed|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" park/garden|strong="H1588" a|strong="H4480" tree|strong="H6086" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whose|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w fruit|strong="H3978"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w ate|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w it|strong="H8432"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H2416" forever|strong="H3605". He|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" placed|strong="H5414" there|strong="H4480" another|strong="H7451" tree|strong="H6086" whose|strong="H3605" fruit|strong="H3978" would|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" ate|strong="H0398" it|strong="H8432" to|strong="H3068" know|strong="H1847" what|strong="H2896" actions|strong="H4480" were|strong="H7451" good|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2896" actions|strong="H4480" were|strong="H7451" evil|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{10}A|strong="H1961" river|strong="H5104" flowed|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" Eden|strong="H5731" to|strong="H3318" provide|strong="H6213" water|strong="H8248" for|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" park/garden|strong="H1588". Outside|strong="H3318" of|strong="H7218" Eden|strong="H5731", the|strong="H3318" river|strong="H5104" divided|strong="H6504" into|strong="H3318" four|strong="H0702" rivers|strong="H5104". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H8034" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" river|strong="H5104" is|strong="H1931" Pishon|strong="H6376". That|strong="H3605" river|strong="H5104" flows|strong="H5437" through|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H8034" Havilah|strong="H2341", where|strong="H8033" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H1931" gold|strong="H2091". 
\verseNumber{12}That|strong="H1931" gold|strong="H2091" ◄is|strong="H1931" very|strong="H2896" pure|strong="H2896"/has|strong="H2091" no|strong="H3808" impurities|strong="H2932" in|strong="H8033" it|strong="H1931"►. There|strong="H8033" is|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w a|strong="H8033"\+w* sweet-smelling \+w gum|strong="H5219"\+w* \+w called|strong="H8033"\+w*} bdellium|strong="H0916", and|strong="H2091" valuable|strong="H3368" stones|strong="H0068" called|strong="H8033" onyx|strong="H7718". 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H8034" the|strong="H3605" second|strong="H8145" river|strong="H5104" is|strong="H1931" Gihon|strong="H1521". That|strong="H3605" river|strong="H5104" flows|strong="H5437" through|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H8034" Cain|strong="H7014". 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H1980" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H8034" the|strong="H1980" third|strong="H7992" river|strong="H5104" is|strong="H1931" Tigris|strong="H2313". It|strong="H1931" flows|strong="H1980" east|strong="H6926" of|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w city|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8034"\+w*} Asshur|strong="H0804". The|strong="H1980" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H8034" the|strong="H1980" fourth|strong="H7243" river|strong="H5104" is|strong="H1931" Euphrates|strong="H6578". 
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\verseNumber{15}Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" man|strong="H5647" and|strong="H3068" put|strong="H3240" him|strong="H3947" in|strong="H3068" Eden|strong="H5731" park/garden|strong="H1588" to|strong="H3068" till|strong="H5647"/cultivate|strong="H5647" it|strong="H3947" and|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3947" care|strong="H8104" of|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{16-17}But|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H5414", “You|strong="H0859" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3605" fruit|strong="H6529" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tree|strong="H6086" that|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H0413" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" actions|strong="H5949" are|strong="H3117" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213" and|strong="H3967" what|strong="H4100" actions|strong="H5949" are|strong="H3117" evil|strong="H7451" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" eat|strong="H0398" any|strong="H3605" fruit|strong="H6529" from|strong="H4480" that|strong="H0834" tree|strong="H6086", on|strong="H5921" that|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117" your|strong="H3068" relationship with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H0413" will|strong="H3068" end|strong="H7093". But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" permit|strong="H5414" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H0413" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3605" fruit|strong="H6529" of|strong="H1121" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" trees|strong="H6086" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" park/garden|strong="H1588".” 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" good|strong="H2896" for|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" man|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" alone|strong="H6213". So|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" suitable|strong="H5048" partner|strong="H2505" for|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213".” 
\verseNumber{19}Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4480" soil|strong="H7704" and|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" formed|strong="H3335" from|strong="H4480" it|strong="H1931" all|strong="H3605" kinds|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" animals|strong="H2416" and|strong="H3068" birds|strong="H5775", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" brought|strong="H3068" them|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H5315" to|strong="H3068" hear|strong="H8085" what|strong="H4100" names|strong="H8034" he|strong="H1931" would|strong="H3068" give|strong="H7704" them|strong="H7121". 
\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" gave|strong="H7121" names|strong="H8034" to|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kinds|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8034" livestock|strong="H4735" and|strong="H8064" birds|strong="H5775" and|strong="H8064" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H2416", but|strong="H3808" none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H8034" these|strong="H7121" creatures|strong="H2416" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H4672" partner|strong="H2505" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H8034" suitable|strong="H5048" for|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H3947" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5307" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H5307" to|strong="H3068" fall|strong="H5307" into|strong="H5307" a|strong="H3947" deep|strong="H8639" sleep|strong="H3462". While|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H5307" was|strong="H3068" sleeping|strong="H3463", Yahweh|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947" out|strong="H3947" one|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" man’s|strong="H0376" ribs|strong="H6763". Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3068" immediately|strong="H6965" closed|strong="H5462" the|strong="H5921" opening|strong="H6310" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3068" body|strong="H1320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w healed|strong="H7495"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{22}Yahweh|strong="H3068" then|strong="H3947" made|strong="H1129" a|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H0802" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3947" rib|strong="H6763" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H3947" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3947" man’s|strong="H0376" body|strong="H1320", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3947" man|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H3588" man|strong="H1320" exclaimed|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{Wow}! This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H1320" truly|strong="H3588" ◄someone|strong="H0376" like|strong="H3644" me|strong="H7121"/what|strong="H2063" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1320" looking|strong="H2370" for|strong="H3588"!► She|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1320" truly|strong="H3588" from|strong="H3947" my|strong="H3947" bones|strong="H6106" and|strong="H3947" from|strong="H3947" my|strong="H3947" flesh|strong="H1320". So|strong="H3947" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1320" call|strong="H7121" her|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H0802", because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1320" taken|strong="H3947" from|strong="H3947" me|strong="H7121", a|strong="H3947" man|strong="H1320".” 
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\verseNumber{24}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w first|strong="H7223"\+w* \+w woman|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w taken|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w man’s|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w body|strong="H1320"\+w*,} so|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" why|strong="H5921" when|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H1320" and|strong="H1320" a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H0802" marry|strong="H1961", they|strong="H3651" must|strong="H4191" leave|strong="H5800" their|strong="H5921" parents|strong="H0001". The|strong="H5921" man|strong="H1320" will|strong="H1961" join|strong="H2266" very|strong="H3651" closely|strong="H1692" to|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5921" wife|strong="H0802", so|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" though|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3651" are|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1961" person|strong="H1320". 
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\verseNumber{25}Although|strong="H3808" the|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" and|strong="H8147" his|strong="H1961" wife|strong="H0802" were|strong="H1961" naked|strong="H6174", they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" ashamed|strong="H0954" about|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3808". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Those first people sinned by disobeying God }
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\chapterNumber{3}The|strong="H3605" snake|strong="H5175" was|strong="H3068" more|strong="H3808" cunning|strong="H2803" than|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w Satan|strong="H7854"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" snake|strong="H5175" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w ability|strong="H3581"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w woman|strong="H0802"\+w*}. The|strong="H3605" snake|strong="H5175" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" her|strong="H3605", “Did|strong="H6213" God|strong="H3068" really|strong="H2088" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588", ‘Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3605" fruit|strong="H3605" from|strong="H3068" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" trees|strong="H6086" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" park/garden’?” 
\verseNumber{2-3}The|strong="H3605" woman|strong="H0802" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w What|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w*}, ‘Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3605" fruit|strong="H6529" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tree|strong="H6086" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0369" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" park/garden|strong="H1588" or|strong="H0176" touch|strong="H5060" it|strong="H5414". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834", you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191". But|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" can|strong="H4310" eat|strong="H0398" fruit|strong="H6529" from|strong="H4480" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" trees|strong="H6086".’” 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H4191" snake|strong="H5175" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H4191" woman|strong="H0802", “No|strong="H3808", you|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" certainly|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191". God|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3808" 
\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H3588"\+w*} because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" knows|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" eat|strong="H0398" fruit|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3588" tree|strong="H6086", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w understand|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w new|strong="H2319"\+w* \+w things|strong="H7451"\+w*. \+w It|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} your|strong="H3045" eyes|strong="H5869" are|strong="H3117" opened|strong="H6491" [MET|strong="H6298"], and|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H2896" is|strong="H3117" good|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w do|strong="H5869"\+w*} and|strong="H3117" what|strong="H2896" is|strong="H3117" evil|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w do|strong="H5869"\+w*}, just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H3117" God|strong="H0430" does|strong="H6213".” 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H7200" woman|strong="H0802" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" fruit|strong="H6529" on|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" tree|strong="H6086" was|strong="H1931" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H5414" eat|strong="H3978", and|strong="H6086" it|strong="H5414" was|strong="H1931" very|strong="H2896" beautiful|strong="H2896", and|strong="H6086" she|strong="H1931" desired|strong="H2530" it|strong="H5414" because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w she|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w thought|strong="H5869"\+w*} it|strong="H5414" would|strong="H0014" make|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" wise|strong="H7919". So|strong="H3947" she|strong="H1931" picked|strong="H5375" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H5869" the|strong="H7200" fruit|strong="H6529" and|strong="H6086" ate|strong="H0398" it|strong="H5414". Then|strong="H3947" she|strong="H1931" gave|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" to|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" husband|strong="H0376", and|strong="H6086" he|strong="H1931" ate|strong="H0398" it|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{7}Immediately|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w as|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} their|strong="H1992" eyes|strong="H5869" were|strong="H5869" opened|strong="H6491", and|strong="H5869" they|strong="H1992" realized|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H5869" naked|strong="H5903", so|strong="H6213" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H5869" ashamed|strong="H0954". So|strong="H6213" they|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w picked|strong="H5375"\+w*} some|strong="H1992" fig|strong="H8384" leaves|strong="H5929" and|strong="H5869" fastened|strong="H8628" them|strong="H1992" together|strong="H8609" to|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" clothes|strong="H0899" for|strong="H3588" themselves|strong="H1992". 
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\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Late|strong="H0309"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w afternoon|strong="H3117"\+w*}, when|strong="H3117" a|strong="H8085" cool|strong="H7307" breeze|strong="H1305" was|strong="H3068" blowing|strong="H1980", they|strong="H3117" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H6440" sound|strong="H6963"/footsteps|strong="H1870" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" as|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3068" walking|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" park/garden|strong="H1588". So|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" man|strong="H6440" and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802" hid|strong="H2244" themselves|strong="H2244" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H6440" bushes|strong="H7880" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" park/garden|strong="H1588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" man|strong="H0376", saying|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7121", “Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w trying|strong="H1156"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w hide|strong="H5641"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7121"\+w*}?” 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H8085" man|strong="H0376" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" sound|strong="H6963" of|strong="H6963" your|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w footsteps|strong="H1870"\+w*/\+w walking|strong="H1980"\+w*} in|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" garden|strong="H1588", and|strong="H6963" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H6963" naked|strong="H5903", so|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H6963" afraid|strong="H3372" and|strong="H6963" I|strong="H3588" hid|strong="H2244" myself|strong="H2244".” 
\verseNumber{11}God|strong="H4310" said|strong="H0559", “How|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H4480" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H4480" naked|strong="H5903" [RHQ]? It|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H6086" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" ate|strong="H0398" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3588" fruit|strong="H6086" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w tree|strong="H6086"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3588", ‘Do|strong="H6680" not|strong="H1115" eat|strong="H0398" its|strong="H3588" fruit|strong="H6086".’” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H5414" man|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" this|strong="H1931" woman|strong="H0802" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" with|strong="H6086" me|strong="H5414". She|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5414" one|strong="H4480" who|strong="H1931" gave|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5414" fruit|strong="H6086" from|strong="H4480" that|strong="H1931" tree|strong="H6086", and|strong="H6086" so|strong="H4480" I|strong="H5414" ate|strong="H0398" it|strong="H5414".” 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" woman|strong="H0802", “Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" such|strong="H2063" a|strong="H6213" thing|strong="H2063"?” The|strong="H6213" woman|strong="H0802" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H4100" ate|strong="H0398" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" fruit|strong="H6529" because|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" snake|strong="H5175" deceived|strong="H5377" me|strong="H6213".” 
\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" snake|strong="H5175", “Because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063", of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" livestock|strong="H4735" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H2416", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" curse|strong="H7045"/punish|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" alone|strong="H6213". As|strong="H3117" a|strong="H6213" result|strong="H6903", you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w snakes|strong="H5175"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" scurry across|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H7704" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" bellies, and|strong="H3068" so|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" eat|strong="H0398" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" dirt|strong="H6083" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*} as|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" live|strong="H2416". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H7218" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H2233" cause|strong="H2600" you|strong="H2233" and|strong="H7218" the|strong="H1931" woman|strong="H0802" to|strong="H7218" act|strong="H6213" in|strong="H2233" a|strong="H7896" hostile|strong="H7489" way|strong="H1870" toward|strong="H7218" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312", and|strong="H7218" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H2233" cause|strong="H2600" your|strong="H7896" brood|strong="H8635" and|strong="H7218" her|strong="H7896" descendants|strong="H2233" to|strong="H7218" act|strong="H6213" hostilely toward|strong="H7218" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312". You|strong="H2233" will|strong="H2233" strike|strong="H5221" at|strong="H7218" the|strong="H1931" heel|strong="H6119" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w one|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w descendant|strong="H2233"\+w*} of|strong="H7218" hers, but|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H2233" strike|strong="H5221" your|strong="H7896" head|strong="H7218".” 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" woman|strong="H3205", “You|strong="H3205" will|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" great|strong="H7235" pain|strong="H6093" when|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3205" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" children|strong="H1121"; you|strong="H3205" will|strong="H1121" suffer|strong="H5414" great|strong="H7235" pain|strong="H6093" as|strong="H1121" your|strong="H7235" children|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" being|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205" [DOU]. You|strong="H3205" will|strong="H1121" greatly|strong="H7235" desire|strong="H8669" your|strong="H7235" husband|strong="H0376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w affection|strong="H2836"\+w* \+w for|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3205"\+w*}, but|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1121" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H4910" you|strong="H3205".” 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605", “You|strong="H3588" heeded|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6963" your|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H2416" said|strong="H8085", and|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" ate|strong="H0398" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" fruit|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w tree|strong="H6086"\+w*} concerning|strong="H6680" which|strong="H6086" I|strong="H3588" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H3588" saying|strong="H6963", ‘Do|strong="H6680" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H3588".’ So|strong="H4480" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" make|strong="H8085" it|strong="H3588" difficult|strong="H6381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w grow|strong="H6779"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w in|strong="H8085"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3117" what|strong="H6963" you|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808". You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3117" work|strong="H4399" hard|strong="H7186" as|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" live|strong="H2416" to|strong="H3117" produce|strong="H6529" things|strong="H3605" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" to|strong="H3117" eat|strong="H0398". 
\verseNumber{18}Thornbushes and|strong="H7704" thistle|strong="H1863" plants|strong="H6212" and|strong="H7704" other|strong="H0312" weeds|strong="H6975" will|strong="H7704" grow|strong="H6779" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7704"\+w* \+w prevent|strong="H6923"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w planted|strong="H5193"\+w* \+w from|strong="H7704"\+w* \+w growing|strong="H6779"\+w*}. And|strong="H7704" for|strong="H7704" food|strong="H3899", you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H7704" have|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7704" eat|strong="H0398" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H7704" just|strong="H3512" grow|strong="H6779" in|strong="H7704" your|strong="H3068" fields|strong="H7704". 
\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w All|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w life|strong="H4480"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5704" sweat|strong="H2188" as|strong="H5704" you|strong="H3588" work|strong="H4399" hard|strong="H7186" to|strong="H5704" produce|strong="H6529" food|strong="H3899" to|strong="H5704" eat|strong="H3899". Then|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5704" die|strong="H4191" [EUP], and|strong="H7725" your|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w body|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w be|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w buried|strong="H6912"\+w*} in|strong="H3899" the|strong="H3588" ground|strong="H6083". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w made|strong="H7725"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" from|strong="H4480" soil|strong="H6083", so|strong="H4480" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w die|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w are|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w buried|strong="H6912"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w body|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w decay|strong="H7845"\+w*} and|strong="H7725" become|strong="H7725" soil|strong="H6083" again|strong="H7725".” 
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\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w man|strong="H3605"\+w*, \+w whose|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w name|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w was|strong="H8034"\+w*} Adam|strong="H0121", named|strong="H7121" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H2416" Eve|strong="H2332", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘living’}, because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" became|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" ancestor of|strong="H8034" all|strong="H3605" living|strong="H2416" people|strong="H1931". 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w animals|strong="H0929"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} made|strong="H6213" clothes|strong="H3847" from|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" skins|strong="H5785" for|strong="H6213" Adam|strong="H0121" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802". 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Look|strong="H2005"! Those|strong="H4480" two|strong="H3947" have|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" us|strong="H3045" because|strong="H4480" they|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H2896" is|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2896" is|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. So|strong="H4480" now|strong="H6258", it|strong="H3045" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3045" be|strong="H1961" good|strong="H2896" if|strong="H2005" they|strong="H3068" reach|strong="H1961" out|strong="H7971" and|strong="H3068" pick|strong="H3947" and|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w fruit|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w from|strong="H4480"\+w*} the|strong="H3947" tree|strong="H6086" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* enables \+w people|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3045"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H2416" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w forever|strong="H5769"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H3947" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" expelled|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3947" man|strong="H5647" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802" from|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3947" garden|strong="H1588" of|strong="H3068" Eden|strong="H5731". Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" created|strong="H1254" Adam|strong="H0121" from|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3947" ground|strong="H0776", but|strong="H3947" now|strong="H3947" he|strong="H8033" forced|strong="H4522" him|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" till|strong="H5647" that|strong="H3068" ground|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w he|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w could|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w grow|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w food|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{24}After|strong="H0310" Yahweh|strong="H3068" expelled|strong="H1644" them|strong="H1644", on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H8104" east|strong="H6924" side|strong="H6924" of|strong="H1870" the|strong="H8104" garden|strong="H1588" he|strong="H2416" placed|strong="H7931" ◄cherubim|strong="H3742"/creatures|strong="H2416" with|strong="H6086" wings|strong="H3671"► and|strong="H6086" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w an|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w angel|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w holding|strong="H2388"\+w*} a|strong="H2015" flaming|strong="H3858" sword|strong="H2719" which|strong="H6086" flashed|strong="H1980" back|strong="H2015" and|strong="H6086" forth|strong="H1644". He|strong="H2416" did|strong="H8104" that|strong="H2416" in|strong="H7931" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H8104" block|strong="H4383" the|strong="H8104" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H8104" the|strong="H8104" garden|strong="H1588", so|strong="H3651" that|strong="H2416" people|strong="H5971" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H1870" go|strong="H2719" back|strong="H2015" to|strong="H8104" the|strong="H8104" tree|strong="H6086" that|strong="H2416" enables people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w its|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w fruit|strong="H6086"\+w*} to|strong="H8104" live|strong="H2416" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w forever|strong="H5769"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{God punished Adam and Eve’s oldest son Cain for killing his younger brother Abel }
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\chapterNumber{4}Adam|strong="H0121" ◄had|strong="H3068" sex|strong="H7901"/slept|strong="H7901"► with|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802" Eve|strong="H2332", and|strong="H3068" she|strong="H1931" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029" and|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H3205" whom|strong="H0834" she|strong="H1931" named|strong="H7121" Cain|strong="H7014", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘produce’}, because|strong="H3068", she|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", “By|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5826" I|strong="H3045" have|strong="H3068" produced|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H3205".” Some|strong="H4480" time|strong="H6256" later|strong="H0310" she|strong="H1931" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" another|strong="H0312" son|strong="H3205", and|strong="H3068" she|strong="H1931" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H3205" Abel|strong="H1893". 
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\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w boys|strong="H3206"\+w* \+w grew|strong="H1431"\+w* \+w up|strong="H7462"\+w*}, Abel|strong="H1893" ◄tended/took|strong="H1961" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3205"► sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H6629" goats|strong="H5795", and|strong="H6629" Cain|strong="H7014" became|strong="H3205" a|strong="H1961" farmer|strong="H0127". 
\verseNumber{3}One|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117" Cain|strong="H7014" harvested|strong="H1219" some|strong="H7093" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" crops|strong="H8393" he|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3068" grown|strong="H1961" and|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H1961" them|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" as|strong="H3117" a|strong="H1961" gift|strong="H4503" for|strong="H3068" him|strong="H1961", 
\verseNumber{4}and|strong="H3068" Abel|strong="H1893" took|strong="H3947" from|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" flock|strong="H6629" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" first|strong="H7223" lambs|strong="H6629" that|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" born|strong="H3205" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3068"\+w*} and|strong="H3068", as|strong="H1571" a|strong="H3068" gift|strong="H4503", gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" fatty parts|strong="H3411", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w were|strong="H6629"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w best|strong="H2459"\+w* \+w parts|strong="H3411"\+w*}. Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H8159" with|strong="H3068" Abel|strong="H1893" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H4503", 
\verseNumber{5}but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" was|strong="H6440" not|strong="H3808" pleased|strong="H8159" with|strong="H6440" Cain|strong="H7014" and|strong="H6440" his|strong="H6440" offering|strong="H4503". So|strong="H3808" Cain|strong="H7014" became|strong="H2734" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734", and|strong="H6440" his|strong="H6440" face|strong="H6440" looked|strong="H8159" dejected|strong="H2196". 
\verseNumber{6}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Cain|strong="H7014", “◄You|strong="H6440" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6440" be|strong="H3068" angry|strong="H2734"!/Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" you|strong="H6440" angry|strong="H2734"?► [RHQ] ◄You|strong="H6440" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6440" scowl like|strong="H5307" that|strong="H3068"!/Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" scowl like|strong="H5307" that|strong="H3068"?► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{7}If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3808" had|strong="H4910" done|strong="H3190" what|strong="H4100" was|strong="H3808" right|strong="H4910" (OR|strong="H3808", if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3190" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H2403" right|strong="H4910") [RHQ], I|strong="H3808" would|strong="H0014" accept|strong="H7521" your|strong="H3190" offering|strong="H2403". But|strong="H3808" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3190" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3190" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H2403" right|strong="H4910", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w desire|strong="H8669"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3808"\+w*} sin|strong="H2403" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="H2403"\+w* \+w ready|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w wild|strong="H7704"\+w* \+w animal|strong="H0929"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3808"\+w*} [PRS] crouches|strong="H1794" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H3808" doorway|strong="H6607", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ready|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w spring|strong="H6779"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w its|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w victim|strong="H4672"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"]. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Your|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w desire|strong="H8669"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3808"\+w*} sin|strong="H2403" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H3808" control|strong="H4910" you|strong="H3808", but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" ◄control|strong="H4910"/not|strong="H3808" obey|strong="H8085"► it|strong="H3190".” 
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\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117", Cain|strong="H7014" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251" Abel|strong="H1893", “Let’s|strong="H1980" go|strong="H6965" for|strong="H7704" a|strong="H1961" walk|strong="H1980" in|strong="H6965" the|strong="H6965" fields|strong="H7704".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w went|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w together|strong="H3162"\+w*}. And|strong="H6965" when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1961" in|strong="H6965" the|strong="H6965" countryside|strong="H7704", suddenly|strong="H6597" Cain|strong="H7014" attacked|strong="H6965" Abel|strong="H1893" and|strong="H6965" killed|strong="H2026" him|strong="H2026". 
\verseNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Later|strong="H0310"\+w*, \+w even|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w Cain|strong="H7014"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}, he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Cain|strong="H7014", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w*} where|strong="H3808" Abel|strong="H1893", your|strong="H3068" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251", is|strong="H3068"?” 
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Cain|strong="H7014" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", I|strong="H3045" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045". ◄My|strong="H8104" job|strong="H8104" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" guard|strong="H8104" my|strong="H8104" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251"!/Am|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3045" supposed to|strong="H3068" take|strong="H8104" care|strong="H8104" of|strong="H3068" my|strong="H8104" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251"?►” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{10}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H6213" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" terrible|strong="H6213" thing|strong="H4100" [RHQ]! So|strong="H6213" now|strong="H6258" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w as|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} your|strong="H6213" younger|strong="H6810" brother’s|strong="H0251" voice|strong="H6963" is|strong="H4100" crying|strong="H6817" to|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6963" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6213" ground|strong="H0776", demanding that|strong="H4480" his|strong="H6213" death|strong="H1818" must|strong="H1818" be|strong="H6963" avenged|strong="H5358". 
\verseNumber{11}You|strong="H3947" have|strong="H3027" killed|strong="H2026" your|strong="H3947" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251", and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3947" ground|strong="H0776" has|strong="H3027" soaked|strong="H7301" up|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947" blood|strong="H1818". So|strong="H4480" now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H6258" will|strong="H3027" expel|strong="H1644" you|strong="H3947" from|strong="H4480" this|strong="H6258" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H3027" curse|strong="H7045" your|strong="H3947" efforts|strong="H3021" to|strong="H3027" produce|strong="H6529" crops|strong="H8393". 
\verseNumber{12}You|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" till|strong="H5647" the|strong="H3588" ground|strong="H0776" to|strong="H1961" plant|strong="H5414" crops|strong="H8393", but|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" ground|strong="H0776" will|strong="H1961" produce|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" few|strong="H4592" [HYP] crops|strong="H8393". And|strong="H3254" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" continually|strong="H5128" wander|strong="H5128" around|strong="H5128" the|strong="H3588" earth|strong="H0776", and|strong="H3254" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1961" any|strong="H5414" place|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" live|strong="H3427" permanently|strong="H5769".” 
\verseNumber{13}Cain|strong="H7014" replied|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H5375" are|strong="H3068" punishing|strong="H7725" me|strong="H0413" more|strong="H1419" then|strong="H5375" I|strong="H3068" can|strong="H4310" endure|strong="H5375". 
\verseNumber{14}You|strong="H6440" are|strong="H3117" about|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" expel|strong="H1644" me|strong="H6440" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* cultivating}, and|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" no|strong="H4672" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961" ◄into|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" presence|strong="H6440"/and|strong="H3117" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H5921" you|strong="H6440"►. Furthermore|strong="H1571", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" continually|strong="H3605" wandering|strong="H5110" around|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" with|strong="H5921" no|strong="H4672" place|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" live|strong="H3117" permanently|strong="H5769", and|strong="H3117" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" sees|strong="H7200" me|strong="H6440" will|strong="H1961" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H6440".” 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H5221" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5221", “No|strong="H1115", that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1115" happen|strong="H4672". I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H3068" put|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" mark|strong="H7760" on|strong="H7760" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" warn|strong="H2094" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" sees|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w severely|strong="H5953"\+w* \+w if|strong="H3651"\+w*} he|strong="H3651" kills|strong="H5221" you|strong="H3605". I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H5221" that|strong="H3605" person|strong="H5315" seven|strong="H7659" times|strong="H7659" as|strong="H3651" severely|strong="H5953" as|strong="H3651" I|strong="H7760" am|strong="H3068" punishing|strong="H7725" you|strong="H3605".” Then|strong="H3651" Yahweh|strong="H3068" put|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" mark|strong="H7760" on|strong="H7760" Cain’s forehead|strong="H4696". 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H3318" Cain|strong="H7014" left|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" called|strong="H7121" Nod|strong="H5113", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘wandering’}, which|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" east|strong="H6926" of|strong="H3068" Eden|strong="H5731". 

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\verseNumber{17}Some|strong="H4480" time|strong="H1961" later|strong="H1961", Cain|strong="H7014" ◄had|strong="H1961" sex|strong="H7901"/slept|strong="H7901"► with|strong="H3045" his|strong="H7121" wife|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w became|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w pregnant|strong="H2029"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121", whom|strong="H7121" she|strong="H7121" named|strong="H7121" Enoch|strong="H2585". Then|strong="H1961" Cain|strong="H7014" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1961" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H7121" named|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3205" city|strong="H5892" ‘Enoch’, the|strong="H3205" same|strong="H8034" name|strong="H8034" that|strong="H3045" his|strong="H7121" son|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{18}Enoch|strong="H2585" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w grew|strong="H1431"\+w* \+w up|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w and|strong="H2585"\+w* \+w married|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w and|strong="H2585"\+w*} became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H3205" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" named|strong="H7121" Irad|strong="H5897". When|strong="H3588" Irad|strong="H5897" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w grew|strong="H1431"\+w* \+w up|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w he|strong="H0834"\+w*} became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H3205" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" named|strong="H7121" Mehujael|strong="H4232". Mehujael|strong="H4232" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w grew|strong="H1431"\+w* \+w up|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w and|strong="H2585"\+w*} became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H3205" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" named|strong="H7121" Methuselah|strong="H4968". Methuselah|strong="H4968" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w grew|strong="H1431"\+w* \+w up|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w and|strong="H2585"\+w*} became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Lamech|strong="H3929". 
\verseNumber{19}When|strong="H3588" Lamech|strong="H3929" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w grew|strong="H1431"\+w* \+w up|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w he|strong="H8147"\+w*} married|strong="H3947" two|strong="H8147" women|strong="H0802". The|strong="H3947" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H8034" one|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Adah|strong="H5711" and|strong="H8147" the|strong="H3947" other|strong="H8145" was|strong="H8034" Zillah|strong="H6741". 
\verseNumber{20}Adah|strong="H5711" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w son|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w she|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Jabal|strong="H2989". 
\verseNumber{21}Later|strong="H1961", Jabal|strong="H2989" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8034" tents|strong="H0168" because|strong="H3605" he|strong="H1931" traveled|strong="H5265" from|strong="H1961" place|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" place|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" take|strong="H8610" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H8034" livestock|strong="H4735". His|strong="H3605" younger|strong="H6810" brother’s|strong="H0251" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Jubal|strong="H3106". He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="H3605" made|strong="H1961"/played|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" ◄lyre|strong="H3658"/stringed|strong="H4482" instrument|strong="H5035"► and|strong="H3658" a|strong="H1961" flute|strong="H5748". 
\verseNumber{22}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{Lamech’s \+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*} Zillah|strong="H6741" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H3205" whom|strong="H0834" she|strong="H1931" named|strong="H7121" Tubal-Cain|strong="H8423". Later|strong="H0310" Tubal-Cain|strong="H8423" became|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" ◄blacksmith|strong="H2796"/one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" made|strong="H3605" tools|strong="H0240" from|strong="H1571" bronze|strong="H5178" and|strong="H5178" iron|strong="H1270"►. Tubal-Cain|strong="H8423" had|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" younger|strong="H6810" sister|strong="H0269" whose|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H1931" Naamah|strong="H5279". 
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\verseNumber{23}One|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" Lamech|strong="H3929" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" his|strong="H8085" two|strong="H8147" wives|strong="H0802", “Adah|strong="H5711" and|strong="H6963" Zillah|strong="H6741", listen|strong="H8085" carefully|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6963" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" saying|strong="H6963". A|strong="H3588" young|strong="H3206" man|strong="H3206" struck|strong="H5221" me|strong="H6963" and|strong="H6963" wounded|strong="H2491" me|strong="H6963", so|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" killed|strong="H2026" him|strong="H6963". 
\verseNumber{24}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" long|strong="H0753" ago|strong="H7350" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0014" avenge|strong="H5358" and|strong="H7657" punish|strong="H6485" anyone|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3588" killed|strong="H2026" Cain|strong="H7014" seven|strong="H7651" times|strong="H7651" as|strong="H3588" much|strong="H7227" as|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" punished|strong="H5358" Cain|strong="H7014" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w killing|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H0251"\+w*}. So|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" anyone|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tries|strong="H0974"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3588"\+w*} kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3588" punish|strong="H6485" him|strong="H3588" 77 times|strong="H7651" as|strong="H3588" much|strong="H7227" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H5358"\+w* \+w Cain|strong="H7014"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Adam|strong="H0121" and|strong="H7657" Eve|strong="H2332" had|strong="H3588" another|strong="H0312" son|strong="H1121", Seth|strong="H8352" }
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\verseNumber{25}Adam|strong="H0121" continued|strong="H5750" to|strong="H3205" ◄have|strong="H3045" sex|strong="H7901"/sleep|strong="H8142"► with|strong="H3045" [EUP] his|strong="H7121" wife|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w became|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w pregnant|strong="H2030"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" another|strong="H5750" son|strong="H1121", whom|strong="H7121" she|strong="H3588" named|strong="H7121" Seth|strong="H8352", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘given’}, because|strong="H3588", she|strong="H3588" said|strong="H7121", “God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H3588" given|strong="H3205" me|strong="H7121" another|strong="H5750" child|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3205" take|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" place|strong="H8478" of|strong="H1121" Abel|strong="H1893", since|strong="H3588" Cain|strong="H7014" killed|strong="H2026" him|strong="H3205".” 
\verseNumber{26}When|strong="H3068" Seth|strong="H8352" grew|strong="H1121" up|strong="H3205", he|strong="H1931" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H7121" he|strong="H1931" named|strong="H7121" Enosh|strong="H0583". About|strong="H8034" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256" people|strong="H1121" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H1571"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{The descendants of Adam }
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\chapterNumber{5}Here|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" a|strong="H6213" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3117" Adam|strong="H0121". When|strong="H3117" God|strong="H0430" created|strong="H1254" humans, he|strong="H3117" caused|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3117" like|strong="H1823" him|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" ways|strong="H1870". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H3117" created|strong="H1254" one|strong="H8034" man|strong="H2145" and|strong="H3117" one|strong="H8034" woman|strong="H5347". He|strong="H3117" blessed|strong="H1288" them|strong="H7121", and|strong="H3117" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" created|strong="H1254" them|strong="H7121", he|strong="H3117" called|strong="H7121" them|strong="H7121" ‘human|strong="H0120" beings’. 
\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H2421" Adam|strong="H0121" was|strong="H8034" 130 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", he|strong="H8141" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H8141" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H3205" who|strong="H3205" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w grew|strong="H1431"\+w* \+w up|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3205"\+w*} be|strong="H8034" just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H1823" him|strong="H3205". That|strong="H7121" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H3205" son|strong="H3205" he|strong="H8141" named|strong="H7121" Seth|strong="H8352". 
\verseNumber{4}After|strong="H1961" Seth|strong="H8352" was|strong="H1961" born|strong="H3205", Adam|strong="H0121" lived|strong="H1961" 800 more|strong="H3205" years|strong="H8141", and|strong="H3967" during|strong="H3117" those|strong="H1121" years|strong="H8141" he|strong="H3117" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{5}Adam|strong="H0121" lived|strong="H2425" 930 years|strong="H8141" altogether|strong="H3605", and|strong="H3967" then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H2421" Seth|strong="H8352" was|strong="H8141" 105 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", he|strong="H2568" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H8141" Enosh|strong="H0583". 
\verseNumber{7}After|strong="H8141" Enosh|strong="H0583" was|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205", Seth|strong="H8352" lived|strong="H2421" 807 more|strong="H3205" years|strong="H8141", and|strong="H3967" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{8}Seth|strong="H8352" lived|strong="H1961" 912 years|strong="H8141" altogether|strong="H3605", and|strong="H3967" then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{9}When|strong="H2421" Enosh|strong="H0583" was|strong="H8141" 90 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", he|strong="H8141" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H8141" Kenan|strong="H7018". 
\verseNumber{10}After|strong="H8141" Kenan|strong="H7018" was|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205", Enosh|strong="H0583" lived|strong="H2421" 815 more|strong="H3205" years|strong="H8141" and|strong="H3967" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{11}Enosh|strong="H0583" lived|strong="H1961" 905 years|strong="H8141" altogether|strong="H3605", and|strong="H3967" then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{12}When|strong="H2421" Kenan|strong="H7018" was|strong="H8141" 70 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", he|strong="H8141" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H8141" Mahalalel|strong="H4111". 
\verseNumber{13}After|strong="H8141" Mahalalel|strong="H4111" was|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205", Kenan|strong="H7018" lived|strong="H2421" 840 more|strong="H3205" years|strong="H8141" and|strong="H3967" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{14}Kenan|strong="H7018" lived|strong="H1961" 910 years|strong="H8141" altogether|strong="H3605", and|strong="H3967" then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{15}When|strong="H2421" Mahalalel|strong="H4111" was|strong="H8141" 65 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", he|strong="H2568" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H8141" Jared|strong="H3382". 
\verseNumber{16}After|strong="H8141" Jared|strong="H3382" was|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205", Mahalalel|strong="H4111" lived|strong="H2421" 830 more|strong="H3205" years|strong="H8141" and|strong="H3967" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{17}Mahalalel|strong="H4111" lived|strong="H1961" 895 years|strong="H8141" altogether|strong="H3605", and|strong="H3967" then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H2421" Jared|strong="H3382" was|strong="H8141" 162 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", he|strong="H8147" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H8141" Enoch|strong="H2585". 
\verseNumber{19}Jared|strong="H3382" lived|strong="H2421" 800 years|strong="H8141" after|strong="H8141" Enoch|strong="H2585" was|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205", and|strong="H3967" he|strong="H8141" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{20}Jared|strong="H3382" lived|strong="H1961" 962 years|strong="H8141" altogether|strong="H3605", and|strong="H3967" then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{21}When|strong="H2421" Enoch|strong="H2585" was|strong="H8141" 65 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", he|strong="H2568" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H8141" Methuselah|strong="H4968". 
\verseNumber{22}Enoch|strong="H2585" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H8141" close|strong="H5980" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H1980" God|strong="H0430" for|strong="H1121" 300 years|strong="H8141" after|strong="H1980" Methuselah|strong="H4968" was|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205", and|strong="H3967" he|strong="H8141" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{23}Enoch|strong="H2585" lived|strong="H1961" 365 years|strong="H8141" altogether|strong="H3605" in|strong="H8141" close|strong="H5980" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3117" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H1980" one|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3588" disappeared|strong="H0369", because|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" took|strong="H3947" him|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w with|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="H8064"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{25}When|strong="H2421" Methuselah|strong="H4968" was|strong="H8141" 187 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", he|strong="H8141" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H8141" Lamech|strong="H3929". 
\verseNumber{26}Methuselah|strong="H4968" lived|strong="H2421" 782 years|strong="H8141" after|strong="H8141" Lamech|strong="H3929" was|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205", and|strong="H3967" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{27}Methuselah|strong="H4968" lived|strong="H1961" 969 years|strong="H8141" altogether|strong="H3605", and|strong="H3967" then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{28}When|strong="H2421" Lamech|strong="H3929" was|strong="H1121" 182 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", he|strong="H8147" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121", 
\verseNumber{29}whom|strong="H7121" he|strong="H3068" named|strong="H7121" Noah|strong="H5146", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘relief’}, because|strong="H4480" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H7121", “He|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H7121" us|strong="H3027" relief|strong="H7309" from|strong="H4480" all|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3068" hard|strong="H7186" work|strong="H4639" we|strong="H4480" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" produce|strong="H6529" food|strong="H3899" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3068" ground|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" cursed|strong="H0779".” 
\verseNumber{30}Lamech|strong="H3929" lived|strong="H2421" 595 years|strong="H8141" after|strong="H8141" Noah|strong="H5146" was|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205" and|strong="H3967" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{31}Lamech|strong="H3929" lived|strong="H1961" 777 years|strong="H8141" altogether|strong="H3605", and|strong="H3967" then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{32}When|strong="H1961" Noah|strong="H5146" was|strong="H1961" 500 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", he|strong="H2568" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H2568" named|strong="H7121" Shem|strong="H8035". Later|strong="H1961" he|strong="H2568" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" another|strong="H0312" son|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H2568" named|strong="H7121" Ham|strong="H2526", and|strong="H3967" later|strong="H1961" he|strong="H2568" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" another|strong="H0312" son|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H2568" named|strong="H7121" Japheth|strong="H3315". 

\BibleSectionHeading{People became very evil and did many evil things }
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\chapterNumber{6}When|strong="H3588" people|strong="H2490" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" numerous|strong="H7231" all|strong="H5921" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" earth|strong="H0776", and|strong="H6440" many|strong="H7231" daughters|strong="H1323" were|strong="H1961" born|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H5921", 
\verseNumber{2}some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" ◄belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1121"/believed|strong="H0539" in|strong="H1121"► God|strong="H0430" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H1323" who|strong="H3605" did|strong="H7200" not|strong="H3588" ◄belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1121"/believe|strong="H0539" in|strong="H1121"► God|strong="H0430" were|strong="H1121" very|strong="H2896" beautiful|strong="H2896". So|strong="H3947" they|strong="H3588" took|strong="H3947" whichever|strong="H0834" ones|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3588" chose|strong="H0977" to|strong="H1121" become|strong="H7200" their|strong="H3605" wives|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w*} not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w allow|strong="H5414"\+w* } my|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" to|strong="H3068" keep|strong="H1961" people|strong="H1320" alive|strong="H2416" forever|strong="H5769" (OR|strong="H3808", the|strong="H3068" breath|strong="H7307" of|strong="H3068" life|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" remain|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8141" people|strong="H1320" forever|strong="H5769"). They|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191" eventually|strong="H0310". They|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" more|strong="H3808" than|strong="H3808" 120 years|strong="H8141" before|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3117" die|strong="H4191" (OR|strong="H3808", there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" only|strong="H1571" 120 more|strong="H3808" years|strong="H8141" before|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3117" die|strong="H4191").” 
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\verseNumber{4}There|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w giants|strong="H5303"\+w* \+w called|strong="H8034"\+w*} Nephils who|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H1961" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3205" earth|strong="H0776" at|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" and|strong="H1121" later|strong="H1961". During|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3205"\+w* Nephil} men|strong="H1368" who|strong="H1121" ◄belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961"/believed|strong="H0539" in|strong="H3117"► God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H1961" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H3117" women|strong="H1323" who|strong="H1121" did|strong="H3651" not|strong="H1961" ◄belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961"/believe|strong="H0539" in|strong="H3117"► God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" children|strong="H1121". The|strong="H3205" Nephils were|strong="H1961" considered|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" heroic fighters|strong="H3901", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" became|strong="H3205" famous|strong="H8034". 
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\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" people|strong="H7200" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" had|strong="H3068" become|strong="H7200" very|strong="H7227" wicked|strong="H7451", and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" everything|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3588" thought|strong="H3820" about|strong="H3117" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" continually|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{6}Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" sorry|strong="H5162" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" people|strong="H3820". 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H6213" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H5704" destroy|strong="H4229" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" I|strong="H3588" made|strong="H6213". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H4229" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" animals|strong="H0929" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3588" scurry across|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" birds|strong="H5775". None|strong="H0369" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" remain|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" earth|strong="H8064", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" regret|strong="H5162" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" made|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5921".” 

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\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H3068" Noah|strong="H5146". 
\verseNumber{9}This|strong="H1961" is|strong="H6662" why|strong="H4100": Noah|strong="H5146" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H6662" who|strong="H6662" always|strong="H3605" acted|strong="H6213" in|strong="H1980" a|strong="H1961" righteous|strong="H6662" way|strong="H1980". No|strong="H1980" one|strong="H6662" who|strong="H6662" lived|strong="H1961" at|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1961" time|strong="H1755" could|strong="H3201" criticize|strong="H7279" him|strong="H1980" about|strong="H1961" anything|strong="H3605". Noah|strong="H5146" lived|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1980" close|strong="H5980" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H1980" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{10}Noah|strong="H5146" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121": Shem|strong="H8035", Ham|strong="H2526", and|strong="H1121" Japheth|strong="H3315". 
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\verseNumber{11}At|strong="H6440" that|strong="H2555" time|strong="H6440" God|strong="H0430" considered|strong="H2803" that|strong="H2555" everyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750" on|strong="H6440" earth|strong="H0776" was|strong="H6440" very|strong="H3966" wicked|strong="H7563", and|strong="H6440" everywhere|strong="H3605" on|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" earth|strong="H0776", people|strong="H5971" [MTY] were|strong="H4390" acting|strong="H7843" cruelly|strong="H7188" and|strong="H6440" violently|strong="H3966" toward|strong="H6440" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312". 
\verseNumber{12}God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H1320" dismayed|strong="H2865" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" how|strong="H3588" evil|strong="H7451" people|strong="H1320" [MTY] were|strong="H2009", because|strong="H3588" everyone|strong="H3605" (OR|strong="H7200", all|strong="H3605" living|strong="H1320" creatures|strong="H1320") had|strong="H3588" begun|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5921" behave|strong="H6213" in|strong="H5921" an|strong="H7200" evil|strong="H7451" way|strong="H1870". 
\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6440" Noah|strong="H5146", “I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3605" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="H6440" destroy|strong="H7843" everyone|strong="H3605", because|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" people|strong="H1320" are|strong="H6440" acting|strong="H7843" violently|strong="H3966" toward|strong="H6440" each|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605". So|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H2005" about|strong="H3605" to|strong="H6440" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440" as|strong="H3588" well|strong="H3190" as|strong="H3588" everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" on|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w*} make|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" yourself|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" large|strong="H1004" boat|strong="H0590" from|strong="H6086" cypress|strong="H1265" wood|strong="H6086". Make|strong="H6213" rooms|strong="H7064" inside|strong="H1004" it|strong="H6213". Cover|strong="H3722" the|strong="H6213" outside|strong="H2351" and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6213" inside|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" tar|strong="H2564" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w make|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6213"\+w* ◄waterproof/\+w so|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w cannot|strong="H3724"\+w* \+w get|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w sink|strong="H2883"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w boat|strong="H0590"\+w*}►. 
\verseNumber{15}This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H6213" size|strong="H4060" you|strong="H6213" must|strong="H4191" make|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213": It|strong="H6213" shall|strong="H2088" be|strong="H7970" ◄150 yards|strong="H5439"/135 meters► long|strong="H0753", ◄25 yards|strong="H5439"/22.5 meters► wide|strong="H7341", and|strong="H3967" ◄15 yards|strong="H5439"/13.5 meters► high|strong="H6967". 
\verseNumber{16}Make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" roof|strong="H1406" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" boat|strong="H0590". Leave|strong="H7760" a|strong="H6213" space|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3615" about|strong="H6213" ◄18 in|strong="H6213"./.5 meter► between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H6213" sides|strong="H6654" and|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" roof|strong="H1406" to|strong="H6213" let|strong="H7760" air|strong="H8064" and|strong="H6213" light|strong="H7760" enter|strong="H0935" (OR|strong="H6213", the|strong="H6213" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H3615" the|strong="H6213" roof|strong="H1406" should|strong="H6213" be|strong="H4605" 18 inches|strong="H0753" higher|strong="H4605" than|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6213" sides|strong="H6654"). Build|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" boat|strong="H0590" with|strong="H6213" three|strong="H7992" decks|strong="H3547" inside|strong="H4605", and|strong="H6213" put|strong="H7760" a|strong="H6213" door|strong="H6607" in|strong="H6213" one|strong="H7992" side|strong="H6654". 
\verseNumber{17}Listen|strong="H3605" carefully|strong="H3605"! I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" about|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" cause|strong="H2600" a|strong="H5921" flood|strong="H3999" to|strong="H5921" occur|strong="H8064" that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H8064" destroy|strong="H7843" every|strong="H3605" creature|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" lives|strong="H2416" beneath|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064". Everything|strong="H3605" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064" will|strong="H8064" die|strong="H1478". 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H6965" will|strong="H1121" make|strong="H6965" an|strong="H6965" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" you|strong="H6965"(sg): You|strong="H6965" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H6965" wife|strong="H0802", your|strong="H6965" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H6965" wives|strong="H0802" will|strong="H1121" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6965" boat|strong="H0590". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H8147" I|strong="H3605" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H1961" save|strong="H2421" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" kinds|strong="H1320" of|strong="H3605" creatures|strong="H2416". So|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H1571" bring|strong="H1961" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" living|strong="H2416" creatures|strong="H2416", a|strong="H1961" male|strong="H2145" and|strong="H8147" a|strong="H1961" female|strong="H5347", into|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" boat|strong="H0590" with|strong="H1320" you|strong="H3605", so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" species also|strong="H1571" may|strong="H1961" remain|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416". 
\verseNumber{20}Two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H4480" every|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H4480" creature|strong="H2421" will|strong="H5775" come|strong="H2421" to|strong="H4480" you|strong="H3605"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w putting|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w them|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w boat|strong="H0590"\+w* } you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5775" keep|strong="H2421" them|strong="H8147" alive|strong="H2421". They|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5775" include|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H4480" each|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H4480" bird|strong="H5775" and|strong="H8147" each|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H4480" animal|strong="H0929" and|strong="H8147" each|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H4480" creature|strong="H2421" that|strong="H3605" scurries across|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{21}You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3947" also|strong="H1571" take|strong="H3947" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" every|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3978" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H3947" animals|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" need|strong="H4270", and|strong="H3947" store|strong="H4543" it|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" boat|strong="H0590".” 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H3651" Noah|strong="H5146" did|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" told|strong="H6680" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213". 

\BibleSectionHeading{God sent a flood to cover the earth }
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\chapterNumber{7}Then|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Noah|strong="H5146", “I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" out|strong="H7200" of|strong="H1004" everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" now|strong="H3588" living|strong="H3605", you|strong="H3588" alone|strong="H0905" always|strong="H3605" act|strong="H6213" righteously|strong="H6662". So|strong="H2088" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" family|strong="H1004" go|strong="H3068" into|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" boat|strong="H0590". 
\verseNumber{2}Take|strong="H3947" with|strong="H8147" you|strong="H3605" seven|strong="H7651" pairs|strong="H2889" of|strong="H4480" every|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H4480" animal|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3605" said|strong="H0559" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" accept|strong="H3947" for|strong="H3605" sacrifices|strong="H2077". Take|strong="H3947" seven|strong="H7651" males|strong="H2145" and|strong="H8147" seven|strong="H7651" females|strong="H6629". Also|strong="H1931" take|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" male|strong="H2145" and|strong="H8147" a|strong="H3947" female|strong="H8147" from|strong="H4480" every|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H4480" animal|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3605" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" accept|strong="H3947" for|strong="H3605" sacrifices|strong="H2077". 
\verseNumber{3}Also|strong="H1571" take|strong="H3947" seven|strong="H7651" pairs|strong="H6776" of|strong="H6440" every|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H6440" bird|strong="H5775" from|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064" to|strong="H5921" keep|strong="H2421" them|strong="H5921" alive|strong="H2421". 
\verseNumber{4}Do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" because|strong="H3588" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117" from|strong="H6440" now|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3117" cause|strong="H6213" rain|strong="H4305" to|strong="H5921" fall|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776". It|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3117" rain|strong="H4305" constantly|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3588" 40 days|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" nights|strong="H3915". By|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3117" destroy|strong="H4229" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3117" made|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3117" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776".” 
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\verseNumber{5}Noah|strong="H5146" did|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H6680" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{6}Noah|strong="H5146" was|strong="H1961" 600 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" flood|strong="H3999" covered|strong="H3680" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{7}Before|strong="H6440" it|strong="H6440" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H6440" rain|strong="H4325", Noah|strong="H5146" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H6440" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H6440" sons|strong="H1121" went|strong="H1121" into|strong="H4325" the|strong="H6440" boat|strong="H0590" to|strong="H6440" escape|strong="H4422" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" flood|strong="H3999" water|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{8}Pairs|strong="H2889" of|strong="H4480" animals|strong="H0929", those|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" would|strong="H3605" accept|strong="H7521" for|strong="H5921" sacrifices|strong="H2077" and|strong="H5775" those|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" would|strong="H3605" not|strong="H4480" accept|strong="H7521" for|strong="H5921" sacrifices|strong="H2077", and|strong="H5775" pairs|strong="H2889" of|strong="H4480" birds|strong="H5775" and|strong="H5775" pairs|strong="H2889" of|strong="H4480" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kinds|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4480" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" move|strong="H5472" close|strong="H4480" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776", 
\verseNumber{9}males|strong="H2145" and|strong="H8147" females|strong="H6629", came|strong="H8147" to|strong="H6680" Noah|strong="H5146" and|strong="H8147" then|strong="H6680" went|strong="H8147" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6680" boat|strong="H0590", just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H6680" God|strong="H0430" told|strong="H6680" Noah|strong="H5146" that|strong="H6680" they|strong="H1992" would|strong="H0014" do|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{10}Seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117" later|strong="H1961", it|strong="H5921" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" rain|strong="H4325" and|strong="H3117" a|strong="H1961" flood|strong="H3999" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" cover|strong="H3680" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H3117" Noah|strong="H5146" was|strong="H3117" 600 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", ◄on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" 17th day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" second|strong="H8145" month|strong="H2320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w*/\+w late|strong="H0309"\+w* \+w in|strong="H8141"\+w* October}►, all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H2088" under|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" surface|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064" burst|strong="H1234" forth|strong="H1234", and|strong="H3967" it|strong="H3117" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3117" rain|strong="H4306" so|strong="H2088" hard|strong="H7186" that|strong="H3605" it|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" though|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3117" dam|strong="H0517" [MET|strong="H6298"] in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064" burst|strong="H1234" open|strong="H6605". 
\verseNumber{12}Rain|strong="H1653" fell|strong="H1961" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776" constantly|strong="H3117" for|strong="H5921" 40 days|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" nights|strong="H3915". 
\verseNumber{13}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" it|strong="H3117" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3117" rain|strong="H4306", Noah|strong="H5146" went|strong="H1121" into|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3117" boat|strong="H0590" with|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3117" wife|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3117" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121", Shem|strong="H8035", Ham|strong="H2526", and|strong="H1121" Japheth|strong="H3315" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3117" wives|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{14}They|strong="H1992" had|strong="H2416" already|strong="H3528" put|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" boat|strong="H0590" some|strong="H1992" of|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H5921" wild|strong="H7704" animal|strong="H2416" and|strong="H5775" every|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H5921" livestock|strong="H4735" and|strong="H5775" every|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H5921" bird|strong="H6833" and|strong="H5775" every|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" creature|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3605" wings|strong="H3671". 
\verseNumber{15}Pairs|strong="H8147" of|strong="H7307" all|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H2416" came|strong="H7307" to|strong="H7307" Noah|strong="H5146" and|strong="H8147" entered|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" boat|strong="H0590". 
\verseNumber{16}There|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" male|strong="H2145" and|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" female|strong="H5347" of|strong="H3068" each|strong="H3605" animal|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3605" came|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" Noah|strong="H5146", just|strong="H3605" as|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" they|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". After|strong="H0310" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" boat|strong="H0590", God|strong="H3068" shut|strong="H5462" the|strong="H3605" door|strong="H6607". 
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\verseNumber{17}It|strong="H5921" rained|strong="H4305" for|strong="H5921" 40 days|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" nights|strong="H3915", and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" flood|strong="H3999" increased|strong="H7235". It|strong="H5921" flooded|strong="H7857" until|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" lifted|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5921" boat|strong="H0590" above|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{18}As|strong="H6440" he|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" rose|strong="H1396" higher|strong="H1364" and|strong="H3212" higher|strong="H1364", the|strong="H6440" boat|strong="H0590" floated|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" surface|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" water|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" rose|strong="H1396" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064" until|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" covered|strong="H3680" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" mountains|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{20}Even|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3680" highest|strong="H8064" mountains|strong="H2022" were|strong="H4325" covered|strong="H3680" by|strong="H4325" more|strong="H1396" than|strong="H1396" ◄20 feet|strong="H7272"/6 meters► of|strong="H2022" water|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{21}As|strong="H3605" a|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903", every|strong="H3605" living|strong="H2416" creature|strong="H2416" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" surface|strong="H6440" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" died|strong="H1478". That|strong="H3605" included|strong="H3605" birds|strong="H5775" and|strong="H1320" livestock|strong="H4735" and|strong="H1320" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H2416" and|strong="H1320" other|strong="H3605" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" scurry across|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776", and|strong="H1320" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1320". 
\verseNumber{22}On|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H2724", ◄everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" breathed|strong="H5397"/every|strong="H3605" living|strong="H2416" thing|strong="H2416"► died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{23}God|strong="H8064" destroyed|strong="H4229" every|strong="H3605" living|strong="H3351" creature|strong="H5315": People|strong="H5971" and|strong="H8064" animals|strong="H0929" and|strong="H8064" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" scurry across|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H6440" and|strong="H8064" birds|strong="H5775". Only|strong="H5704" Noah|strong="H5146" and|strong="H8064" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H8064" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" boat|strong="H0590" with|strong="H5921" him|strong="H6440" remained|strong="H7604" alive|strong="H7604". 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H5921" flood|strong="H4325" remained|strong="H3427" like|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earthfor 150 days|strong="H3117". 

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\chapterNumber{8}But|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" ◄did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5674" forget|strong="H7911"/thought|strong="H2142"► about|strong="H5921" Noah|strong="H5146" and|strong="H4325" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H2416" and|strong="H4325" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kinds|strong="H3605" of|strong="H7307" livestock|strong="H4735" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H4325" with|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" boat|strong="H0590". So|strong="H5674" one|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" God|strong="H0430" sent|strong="H5674" a|strong="H5921" wind|strong="H7307" to|strong="H5921" blow|strong="H8628" across|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776", and|strong="H4325" the|strong="H3605" wind|strong="H7307" caused|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w begin|strong="H2490"\+w*} to|strong="H5921" recede. 
\verseNumber{2}God|strong="H8064" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H4480" water|strong="H4325" that|strong="H4480" was|strong="H8064" under|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" earth|strong="H8064" to|strong="H4480" stop|strong="H3607" bursting|strong="H1518" forth|strong="H3318", and|strong="H8064" he|strong="H4480" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H4480" floodgates|strong="H0699" of|strong="H4480" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" sky|strong="H8064" to|strong="H4480" close|strong="H4480" so|strong="H4480" that|strong="H4480" it|strong="H8064" stopped|strong="H5534" raining. 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776" gradually receded|strong="H7725". 150 days|strong="H3117" after|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" flood|strong="H4325" began|strong="H2490", 
\verseNumber{4}◄on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" 17th day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" seventh|strong="H7637" month|strong="H2320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w year|strong="H3117"\+w*/\+w late|strong="H0309"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w March|strong="H1980"\+w*}►, the|strong="H5921" boat|strong="H0590" came|strong="H5117" to|strong="H5921" rest|strong="H5117" on|strong="H5921" one|strong="H7651" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" mountains|strong="H2022" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Ararat|strong="H0780" region|strong="H2256". 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H7200" water|strong="H4325" continued|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5704" recede until|strong="H5704", on|strong="H1980" the|strong="H7200" first|strong="H7218" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H7200" tenth|strong="H6224" month|strong="H2320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w*}, the|strong="H7200" tops|strong="H7218" of|strong="H2022" other|strong="H0312" mountains|strong="H2022" became|strong="H1961" visible|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{6}40 days|strong="H3117" later|strong="H7093", Noah|strong="H5146" opened|strong="H6605" the|strong="H6213" window|strong="H2474" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" had|strong="H1961" made|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" side|strong="H6285" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" boat|strong="H0590", and|strong="H3117" sent|strong="H7971" out|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1961" raven|strong="H6158". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H5921" raven|strong="H6158" flew|strong="H3318" back|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7971" forth|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w from|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w boat|strong="H0590"\+w*} until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" was|strong="H4325" completely|strong="H5704" gone|strong="H3318". 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H7971" Noah|strong="H5146" sent|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7200" dove|strong="H3123" to|strong="H7971" find|strong="H7200" out|strong="H7971" if|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" water|strong="H4325" had|strong="H4325" all|strong="H7200" receded|strong="H7725" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" dove|strong="H3123" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" any|strong="H3605" place|strong="H3027" to|strong="H7725" perch, so|strong="H3947" it|strong="H5921" flew|strong="H5774" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Noah|strong="H8392" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" boat|strong="H0590", because|strong="H3588" there|strong="H4672" was|strong="H3027" still|strong="H7725" water|strong="H4325" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" surface|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776". So|strong="H3947" Noah|strong="H8392" reached|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" his|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" and|strong="H7971" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" dove|strong="H3123" back|strong="H7725" inside|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" boat|strong="H0590". 
\verseNumber{10}Noah|strong="H8392" waited|strong="H2342" seven|strong="H7651" more|strong="H3254" days|strong="H3117". Then|strong="H7971" he|strong="H3117" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H4480" dove|strong="H3123" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H4480" boat|strong="H0590" again|strong="H5750". 
\verseNumber{11}This|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256" the|strong="H5921" dove|strong="H3123" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" evening|strong="H6153" and|strong="H3045", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{surprisingly}, in|strong="H5921" its|strong="H5921" beak|strong="H6310" there|strong="H2009" was|strong="H4325" a|strong="H3588" leaf|strong="H5929" from|strong="H5921" an|strong="H3588" olive|strong="H2132" tree|strong="H2132" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" dove|strong="H3123" had|strong="H3588" just|strong="H6310" plucked|strong="H2965". Then|strong="H2009" Noah|strong="H5146" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" had|strong="H3588" truly|strong="H3588" receded|strong="H7725" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" surface|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4325" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{12}Noah|strong="H5146" waited|strong="H3176" seven|strong="H7651" more|strong="H3254" days|strong="H3117". Then|strong="H7971" he|strong="H3117" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7725" dove|strong="H3123" out|strong="H7971" again|strong="H7725", but|strong="H3808" this|strong="H7725" time|strong="H3117" it|strong="H7725" did|strong="H3254" not|strong="H3808" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7971". 
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\verseNumber{13}Noah|strong="H5146" was|strong="H1961" now|strong="H1961" 601 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141". By|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" first|strong="H7223" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H6440" first|strong="H7223" month|strong="H2320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w*}, the|strong="H6440" water|strong="H4325" had|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3617" drained|strong="H4680" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440". Noah|strong="H5146" removed|strong="H5493" the|strong="H6440" covering|strong="H4372" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H6440" ark|strong="H8392", and|strong="H3967" he|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" surprised|strong="H8610" to|strong="H1961" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" surface|strong="H6440" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440" was|strong="H1961" drying. 
\verseNumber{14}By|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" 27th day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" next|strong="H8145" month|strong="H2320", the|strong="H3117" ground|strong="H0776" was|strong="H3117" completely|strong="H3001" dry|strong="H3001". 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H1696" God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Noah|strong="H5146", 
\verseNumber{16}“Leave|strong="H3318" the|strong="H4480" boat|strong="H0590", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H3318" your|strong="H4480" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H4480" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3318" wives|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{17}Bring|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" with|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" birds|strong="H5775", the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H2416", and|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" scurry across|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H5921" can|strong="H1320" spread|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" and|strong="H3318" become|strong="H3318" very|strong="H7235" numerous|strong="H7235".” 
\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H3318" Noah|strong="H5146" left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" boat|strong="H0590", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H3318" his|strong="H3318" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3318" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3318" wives|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H3318" every|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H4480" creature|strong="H2416", including|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" scurry across|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" birds|strong="H5775", every|strong="H3605" creature|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" moves|strong="H7430" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776", left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" boat|strong="H0590". They|strong="H5921" left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" boat|strong="H0590" in|strong="H5921" groups|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4480" their|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" species. 

\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="H0430" promised|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H7725" destroy|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H4940" with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3318" flood|strong="H3999" }
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H3947" Noah|strong="H5146" built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H3947" ◄stone|strong="H0068" altar|strong="H4196"/place|strong="H3605" for|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H5930" sacrifices|strong="H5930"► to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" were|strong="H5146" acceptable|strong="H7522" as|strong="H3068" sacrifices|strong="H5930" and|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2026" them|strong="H3947". Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" them|strong="H3947" whole|strong="H3605" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{21}When|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" smelled|strong="H7306" the|strong="H3605" pleasant|strong="H2532" odor, he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" sacrifice|strong="H6213". Then|strong="H3254" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" himself|strong="H3820", “I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H5750" devastate|strong="H7703" everything|strong="H3605" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" sinful|strong="H2400" things|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213". Even|strong="H3588" though|strong="H3588" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" think|strong="H3820" is|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3820" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" young|strong="H5288", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" living|strong="H2416" creatures|strong="H2416" again|strong="H5750", as|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" time|strong="H3820". 
\verseNumber{22}As|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" exists|strong="H1961", each|strong="H3605" year|strong="H3117" there|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" seasons|strong="H3915" for|strong="H3117" planting|strong="H2233" seeds|strong="H2233" and|strong="H3117" seasons|strong="H3915" for|strong="H3117" harvesting|strong="H7105" crops|strong="H7019". Each|strong="H3605" year|strong="H3117" there|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" times|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" it|strong="H3915" is|strong="H3117" cold|strong="H7120" and|strong="H3117" times|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" it|strong="H3915" is|strong="H3117" hot|strong="H2527", summer|strong="H7019" and|strong="H3117" winter|strong="H2779" (OR|strong="H3808", rainy|strong="H1653" season|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" dry|strong="H3004" season|strong="H3117"). Each|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" there|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" daytime|strong="H3119" and|strong="H3117" nighttime.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{God made an agreement with Noah }
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\chapterNumber{9}Then|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430" blessed|strong="H1288" Noah|strong="H5146" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1288" sons|strong="H1121", saying|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" them|strong="H1121", “I|strong="H1121" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H1288" to|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" many|strong="H7235" children|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" live|strong="H4390" all|strong="H1288" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H1288" earth|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{2}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H2416" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064" and|strong="H8064" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" birds|strong="H5775", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" scurry arosss the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776", and|strong="H8064" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" fish|strong="H1709", will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372" [DOU] of|strong="H3027" you|strong="H5414". I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1961" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" under|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" control|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{3}Just|strong="H3605" as|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5414" previously|strong="H8543" said|strong="H0559" you|strong="H5414" could|strong="H3201" eat|strong="H0398" green|strong="H3418" plants|strong="H6212" for|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899", now|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" saying|strong="H0559" you|strong="H5414" can|strong="H4310" eat|strong="H0398" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" lives|strong="H2416" and|strong="H3605" moves|strong="H7430". 
\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w is|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w blood|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w causes|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w creatures|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w alive|strong="H5315"\+w*}, therefore|strong="H3651" you|strong="H3808" must|strong="H5315" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" meat|strong="H1320" that|strong="H5315" still|strong="H5750" has|strong="H5315" blood|strong="H1818" in|strong="H1320" it|strong="H3808" after|strong="H5315" the|strong="H3808" animal|strong="H0929" is|strong="H5315" killed|strong="H2026". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w drained|strong="H4680"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w blood|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3808"\+w*, \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w may|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w cook|strong="H2876"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3808"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}I|strong="H5315" insist that|strong="H3605" murderers|strong="H2026" must|strong="H5315" be|strong="H3027" executed|strong="H6213". Animals|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" kill|strong="H2026" people|strong="H5315" must|strong="H5315" also|strong="H3027" be|strong="H3027" executed|strong="H6213". The|strong="H3605" reason|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3605" everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" murders|strong="H7523" someone|strong="H5315" else|strong="H3027" must|strong="H5315" be|strong="H3027" executed|strong="H6213" is|strong="H5315" that|strong="H3605" 
\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H3588" made|strong="H6213" people|strong="H1818" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1818" like|strong="H8210" myself|strong="H0589" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w ways|strong="H1870"\+w*}. So|strong="H6213" someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3588" murders|strong="H7523" another|strong="H1818" human|strong="H0120" being|strong="H1961" must|strong="H1818" be|strong="H1818" executed|strong="H6213" by|strong="H6213" others|strong="H0312", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w like|strong="H8210"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{7}As|strong="H7235" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H6509", I|strong="H0589" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H6509" to|strong="H7235" produce|strong="H6529" many|strong="H7235" children|strong="H1121", in|strong="H7235" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" and|strong="H6509" their|strong="H7235" descendants|strong="H2233" may|strong="H1961" live|strong="H3427" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H7235" earth|strong="H0776".” 
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\verseNumber{8}God|strong="H0430" also|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" Noah|strong="H5146" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5146" sons|strong="H1121", 
\verseNumber{9}“Listen|strong="H2005" carefully|strong="H6213". I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H2005" now|strong="H2005" making|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6965" solemn|strong="H6116" promise|strong="H1285" to|strong="H6965" you|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" with|strong="H1285" your|strong="H6965" descendants|strong="H2233", 
\verseNumber{10}and|strong="H3318" with|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" living|strong="H2416" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H5315" with|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3605"—including|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" birds|strong="H5775", the|strong="H3605" livestock|strong="H4735", and|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H2416"—every|strong="H3605" living|strong="H2416" creature|strong="H5315" on|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3605" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" boat|strong="H0590" with|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{11}This|strong="H7843" is|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" promise|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H1961" making|strong="H3772" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605": I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H5750" destroy|strong="H7843" all|strong="H3605" living|strong="H1320" creatures|strong="H1320" by|strong="H6965" a|strong="H1961" flood|strong="H3999", or|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H7843" everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" by|strong="H6965" a|strong="H1961" flood|strong="H3999".” 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H5414" God|strong="H5414" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414", “This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H5315" the|strong="H3605" sign|strong="H0226" to|strong="H5414" guarantee|strong="H6148" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5315" keep|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3605" promise|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" making|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H5769" to|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" living|strong="H2416" creatures|strong="H2416", a|strong="H5414" promise|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5315" keep|strong="H8104" forever|strong="H5769": 
\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w From|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w time|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w time|strong="H1961"\+w*} I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" put|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" rainbow|strong="H7198" in|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" sky|strong="H8064". It|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" remind|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5414" of|strong="H1285" my|strong="H5414" promise|strong="H1285" that|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1961" made|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1285" everything|strong="H3605" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5414" earth|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5921" cause|strong="H1961" rain|strong="H4306" to|strong="H1961" fall|strong="H1961" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" clouds|strong="H6051", and|strong="H7200" a|strong="H1961" rainbow|strong="H7198" appears|strong="H7200" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sky|strong="H8064", 
\verseNumber{15}it|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" remind|strong="H2142" me|strong="H5315" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" promise|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5315" have|strong="H1961" made|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" and|strong="H1285" all|strong="H3605" living|strong="H2416" creatures|strong="H2416", my|strong="H3605" promise|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3605" there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H5750" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" flood|strong="H3999" that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" destroy|strong="H7843" all|strong="H3605" living|strong="H2416" creatures|strong="H2416". 
\verseNumber{16}Whenever|strong="H3605" there|strong="H1961" is|strong="H5315" a|strong="H1961" rainbow|strong="H7198" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064", I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" see|strong="H7200" it|strong="H5921", and|strong="H5769" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" think|strong="H2142" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" promise|strong="H1285" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1961" made|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" every|strong="H3605" living|strong="H2416" creature|strong="H5315" that|strong="H7200" is|strong="H5315" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776", a|strong="H1961" promise|strong="H1285" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" keep|strong="H1961" forever|strong="H5769".” 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H6965" God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" Noah|strong="H5146", “The|strong="H3605" rainbow|strong="H7198" will|strong="H1320" be|strong="H1320" the|strong="H3605" sign|strong="H0226" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" promise|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3605" made|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" creatures|strong="H1320" that|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776".” 
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\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H4480" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Noah|strong="H5146" who|strong="H1931" came|strong="H1961" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" boat|strong="H0590" were|strong="H1961" Shem|strong="H8035", Ham|strong="H2526", and|strong="H1121" Japheth|strong="H3315". Ham|strong="H2526" later|strong="H1961" became|strong="H1961" the|strong="H4480" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Canaan|strong="H3667". 
\verseNumber{19}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" on|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" are|strong="H1121" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" those|strong="H3605" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Noah|strong="H5146". 

\BibleSectionHeading{What|strong="H4100" happened|strong="H1961" after|strong="H0310" Noah|strong="H5146" got|strong="H6965" drunk|strong="H8354" }
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\verseNumber{20}Noah|strong="H5146" was|strong="H5146" a|strong="H5193" farmer|strong="H0127". He|strong="H5146" planted|strong="H5193" grapevines. 
\verseNumber{21}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1540"\+w* \+w later|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w produced|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w grapes|strong="H6025"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w made|strong="H1540"\+w* \+w wine|strong="H3196"\+w* \+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w grapes|strong="H6025"\+w*}. One|strong="H4480" day|strong="H3117", when|strong="H4480" he|strong="H4480" drank|strong="H8354" too|strong="H4480" much|strong="H7227" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H8432" wine|strong="H3196", he|strong="H4480" became|strong="H7937" drunk|strong="H8354", and|strong="H8354" he|strong="H4480" lay|strong="H1540" naked|strong="H6174" in|strong="H8432" his|strong="H1540" tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{22}Ham|strong="H2526", the|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001" of|strong="H2351" Canaan|strong="H3667", saw|strong="H7200" his|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001" lying|strong="H8267" naked|strong="H6174" in|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" tent|strong="H0168". So|strong="H7200" he|strong="H8147" went|strong="H8147" outside|strong="H2351" and|strong="H7200" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="H7200" two|strong="H8147" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H0251" what|strong="H7200" he|strong="H8147" had|strong="H2526" seen|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H3947" Shem|strong="H8035" and|strong="H3212" Japheth|strong="H3315" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" large|strong="H1419" cloth|strong="H8071" and|strong="H3212" placed|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" across|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3947" backs|strong="H6203", and|strong="H3212" walked|strong="H3212" backwards into|strong="H3212" the|strong="H6440" tent|strong="H0168". They|strong="H3808" covered|strong="H3680" their|strong="H3947" father’s|strong="H0001" naked|strong="H6174" body|strong="H1320" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" cloth|strong="H8071". Their|strong="H3947" faces|strong="H6440" were|strong="H8147" turned|strong="H7760" away|strong="H3947" from|strong="H6440" their|strong="H3947" father|strong="H0001", so|strong="H3947" they|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" him|strong="H6440" naked|strong="H6174". 
\verseNumber{24}When|strong="H6213" Noah|strong="H5146" woke|strong="H3364" up|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1121"\+w* sober \+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*}, he|strong="H6213" found|strong="H3045" out|strong="H6213" how|strong="H3045" wrongfully|strong="H8267" Ham|strong="H2526", his|strong="H3045" youngest|strong="H6996" son|strong="H1121", had|strong="H3045" behaved|strong="H6213" toward|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{25}He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5650" am|strong="H1961" cursing|strong="H7045" Ham’s youngest|strong="H6996" son|strong="H1121", Canaan|strong="H3667", and|strong="H5650" his|strong="H1961" descendants|strong="H2233". They|strong="H3667" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" slaves|strong="H5650" to|strong="H1961" their|strong="H1961" uncles. 
\verseNumber{26}I|strong="H5650" will|strong="H3068" ask|strong="H7592" God|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" enlarge|strong="H7337" the|strong="H3068" territory|strong="H1366" that|strong="H3068" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Japheth|strong="H3315", and|strong="H3068" allow|strong="H5414" his|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" peacefully|strong="H7965" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Shem|strong="H8035" [MTY]. 
\verseNumber{27}And|strong="H5650" I|strong="H5650" desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H5650" Canaan’s|strong="H3667" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" slaves|strong="H5650" of|strong="H5650" Japheth’s|strong="H3315" descendants|strong="H2233".” 
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\verseNumber{28}Noah|strong="H5146" lived|strong="H2421" 350 more|strong="H3254" years|strong="H8141" after|strong="H8141" the|strong="H2421" flood|strong="H3999". 
\verseNumber{29}He|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" 950 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The descendants of Noah’s sons }
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\chapterNumber{10}◄This|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1121"/I|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" now|strong="H6258" give|strong="H3205"► a|strong="H3205" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Noah’s|strong="H5146" sons|strong="H1121", Shem|strong="H8035", Ham|strong="H2526", and|strong="H1121" Japheth|strong="H3315". They|strong="H3205" had|strong="H3205" many|strong="H7227" children|strong="H1121" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H3205" flood|strong="H3999". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Japheth|strong="H3315" were|strong="H1121" Gomer|strong="H1586", Magog|strong="H4031", Madai|strong="H4074", Javan|strong="H3120", Tubal|strong="H8422", Meshech|strong="H4902", and|strong="H1121" Tiras|strong="H8494". 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gomer|strong="H1586" were|strong="H1121" Askenaz, Riphath|strong="H7384", and|strong="H1121" Togarmah|strong="H8425". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Javan|strong="H3120" were|strong="H1121" Elishah|strong="H0473", Tarshish|strong="H8659", Kittim|strong="H3794", and|strong="H1121" Dodanim|strong="H1721". 
\verseNumber{5}Those|strong="H1992" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1471" their|strong="H1471" families|strong="H4940" who|strong="H1471" were|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H1471" Javan|strong="H3120" lived|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6504" islands|strong="H0339" and|strong="H1471" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6504" land|strong="H4940" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H1471" the|strong="H6504" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Mediterranean} Sea|strong="H3220". Their|strong="H1471" descendants|strong="H4940" became|strong="H3205" tribes|strong="H4940", each|strong="H1471" with|strong="H6504" its|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" language|strong="H3956" and|strong="H1471" clans|strong="H4940" and|strong="H1471" territory|strong="H1366". 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ham|strong="H2526" were|strong="H1121" Cush|strong="H3568", Egypt|strong="H4714", Put|strong="H6316", and|strong="H1121" Canaan|strong="H3667". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Cush|strong="H3568" were|strong="H1121" Seba|strong="H5434", Havilah|strong="H2341", Sabtah|strong="H5454", Raamah|strong="H7484", and|strong="H1121" Sabteca|strong="H5455". The|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Raamah|strong="H7484" were|strong="H1121" Sheba|strong="H7614" and|strong="H1121" Dedan|strong="H1719". 
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\verseNumber{8}Another|strong="H1368" one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3205" Cush’s descendants|strong="H2233" was|strong="H1961" Nimrod|strong="H5248". Nimrod|strong="H5248" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3205" first|strong="H2490" person|strong="H5315" on|strong="H1961" earth|strong="H0776" who|strong="H1931" became|strong="H3205" a|strong="H1961" mighty|strong="H1368" warrior|strong="H1368". 
\verseNumber{9}Yahweh|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" (OR|strong="H3068", caused|strong="H1961" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961") a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H6440" hunter|strong="H6718". That|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" why|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1931" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H6440" hunter|strong="H6718", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" ◄sees|strong="H7200" that|strong="H1931" you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H3068"/has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961"► a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H6440" hunter|strong="H6718" like|strong="H1961" Nimrod|strong="H5248".” 
\verseNumber{10}Nimrod|strong="H5248" became|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H0834" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H1961" Babylonia|strong="H0894". The|strong="H1961" first|strong="H7225" cities|strong="H5892" over|strong="H4467" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" ruled|strong="H4427" were|strong="H1961" Babel|strong="H0894", Erech|strong="H0751", Accad|strong="H0390", and|strong="H4467" Calneh|strong="H3641". 
\verseNumber{11}From|strong="H4480" there|strong="H4480" he|strong="H1931" went|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w others|strong="H0312"\+w*} to|strong="H3318" Assyria|strong="H0804" and|strong="H5892" built|strong="H1129" the|strong="H4480" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H5892" Nineveh|strong="H5210", Rehoboth-Ir|strong="H7344", Calah|strong="H3625", 
\verseNumber{12}and|strong="H1419" Resen|strong="H7449". Resen|strong="H7449" was|strong="H1931" a|strong="H5892" large|strong="H1419" city|strong="H5892" between|strong="H7449" Nineveh|strong="H5210" and|strong="H1419" Calah|strong="H3625". 
\verseNumber{13}Ham’s son|strong="H3205", Egypt|strong="H4714", became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" ancestor of|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" Lud|strong="H3866", Anam|strong="H6047", Lehab|strong="H3853" and|strong="H4714" Naphtuh|strong="H5320", 
\verseNumber{14}Pathrus|strong="H6625", Casluh|strong="H3695" and|strong="H8033" Caphtor|strong="H3732" people-groups. The|strong="H3318" Philistine|strong="H6430" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H6430" descended|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" Casluh|strong="H3695". 
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\verseNumber{15}Ham’s youngest|strong="H6996" son|strong="H1060", Canaan|strong="H3667", became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Sidon|strong="H6721", who|strong="H3205" was|strong="H1060" his|strong="H3205" eldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1060", and|strong="H3205" Heth|strong="H2845", his|strong="H3205" younger|strong="H6810" son|strong="H1060". 
\verseNumber{16}Canaan|strong="H3667" was|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" the|strong="H2983" ancestor of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2983" Jebus|strong="H2982", Amor, Girgash, 
\verseNumber{17}Hiv, Ark|strong="H0727", Sin|strong="H2403", 
\verseNumber{18}Arved, Zemar and|strong="H3669" Hamath|strong="H2574" people-groups. Later|strong="H0310" the|strong="H6327" descendants|strong="H4940" of|strong="H4940" Canaan|strong="H3669" dispersed|strong="H6327" over|strong="H5921" a|strong="H4940" large|strong="H1419" area|strong="H1508". 
\verseNumber{19}Their|strong="H1961" land|strong="H1366" extended|strong="H1961" from|strong="H5704" Sidon|strong="H6721" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5704" north|strong="H6828" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" south|strong="H5045" as|strong="H5704" Gaza|strong="H5804" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, and|strong="H5467" then|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" east|strong="H6921" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" Gerar|strong="H1642" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, and|strong="H5467" then|strong="H1961" farther|strong="H6581" east|strong="H6921" to|strong="H5704" Sodom|strong="H5467", Gomorrah|strong="H6017", Admah|strong="H0126", and|strong="H5467" Zeboiim|strong="H6636" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w*}, and|strong="H5467" even|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" Lasha|strong="H3962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{20}Those|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ham|strong="H2526". They|strong="H1471" became|strong="H3205" groups|strong="H1121" that|strong="H1471" had|strong="H1121" their|strong="H1471" own|strong="H1961" clans|strong="H4940", their|strong="H1471" own|strong="H1961" languages|strong="H3956", and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H1471" own|strong="H1961" land|strong="H4940". 
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\verseNumber{21}Shem|strong="H8035", the|strong="H3605" older|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H0251" of|strong="H1121" Japheth|strong="H3315", became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3605" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" Eber|strong="H5677", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" ancestor of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eber|strong="H5677". 
\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shem|strong="H8035" were|strong="H1121" Elam|strong="H5867", Asshur|strong="H0804", Arphaxad|strong="H0775", Lud|strong="H3865", and|strong="H1121" Aram|strong="H0758". 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aram|strong="H0758" were|strong="H1121" Uz|strong="H5780", Hul|strong="H2343", Gether|strong="H1666", and|strong="H1121" Mash|strong="H4851". 
\verseNumber{24}Arphaxad|strong="H0775" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Shelah|strong="H7974". Shelah|strong="H7974" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Eber|strong="H5677". 
\verseNumber{25}Eber|strong="H5677" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3588" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121". One|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H8147" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" Peleg|strong="H6389", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘division’}, because|strong="H3588" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3588" lived|strong="H3427", people|strong="H1121" on|strong="H3117" [MTY] the|strong="H3588" earth|strong="H0776" became|strong="H3205" divided|strong="H6385" and|strong="H1121" scattered|strong="H6327" everywhere|strong="H3605". Peleg’s younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251" was|strong="H8034" Joktan|strong="H3355". 
\verseNumber{26}Joktan|strong="H3355" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" ancestor of|strong="H3205" Almodad|strong="H0486", Sheleph|strong="H8026", Hazarmaveth|strong="H2700", Jerah|strong="H3392", 
\verseNumber{27}Hadoram|strong="H1913", Uzal|strong="H0187", Diklah|strong="H1853", 
\verseNumber{28}Obal|strong="H5745", Abimael|strong="H0039", Sheba|strong="H7614", 
\verseNumber{29}Ophir|strong="H0211", Havilah|strong="H2341", and|strong="H1121" Jobab|strong="H3103". All|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Joktan|strong="H3355". 
\verseNumber{30}The|strong="H1961" areas|strong="H0776" in|strong="H4186" which|strong="H2022" they|strong="H4186" lived|strong="H4186" extended|strong="H1961" from|strong="H1961" Mesha|strong="H4852" westward|strong="H3220" to|strong="H1961" Sephar|strong="H5611", which|strong="H2022" is|strong="H1961" in|strong="H4186" the|strong="H1961" ◄hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022"/area|strong="H2022" that|strong="H2022" has|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H2022" hills|strong="H2022"►. 
\verseNumber{31}They|strong="H1471" are|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shem|strong="H8035". They|strong="H1471" became|strong="H3205" groups|strong="H1121" that|strong="H1471" had|strong="H1121" their|strong="H1471" own|strong="H1961" clans|strong="H4940", their|strong="H1471" own|strong="H1961" languages|strong="H3956", and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H1471" own|strong="H1961" land|strong="H4940". 
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\verseNumber{32}All|strong="H3605" those|strong="H1121" groups|strong="H1121" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Noah|strong="H5146". Each|strong="H1471" group|strong="H7235" had|strong="H1121" its|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" ◄genealogy|strong="H3187"/record|strong="H3789" of|strong="H1121" people’s|strong="H5971" ancestors|strong="H0001"► and|strong="H1121" each|strong="H1471" became|strong="H3205" a|strong="H1121" separate|strong="H6504" ethnic group|strong="H7235". Those|strong="H1121" ethnic groups|strong="H1121" formed|strong="H3335" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H1121" flood|strong="H3999" and|strong="H1121" spread|strong="H6504" all|strong="H3605" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H1121" earth|strong="H0776". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh caused people to speak many different languages after they started to build a tower at Babel }
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\chapterNumber{11}At|strong="H1961" first|strong="H7223", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H1697" [MTY] the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398" spoke|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1697" language|strong="H8193" [DOU]. 
\verseNumber{2}As|strong="H1961" people|strong="H3427" moved|strong="H5265" further|strong="H5750" east|strong="H6924", they|strong="H8033" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H3427" a|strong="H1961" plain|strong="H1237" in|strong="H3427" Babylonia|strong="H0894" region|strong="H2256" and|strong="H8033" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H7453", “◄Hey|strong="H1945"/Come|strong="H1961" on|strong="H1961"►, let’s|strong="H1980" form|strong="H1961" bricks|strong="H3843" and|strong="H7453" bake|strong="H0644" them|strong="H8313" to|strong="H1961" make|strong="H3835" them|strong="H8313" hard|strong="H7186", for|strong="H1961" building|strong="H1129"!” So|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" used|strong="H1961" bricks|strong="H3843" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H2563" stones|strong="H0068", and|strong="H7453" used|strong="H1961" tar|strong="H2564" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H2563" ◄mortar|strong="H2563"/a|strong="H1961" mixture|strong="H4842" of|strong="H2563" cement, sand|strong="H2344" and|strong="H7453" lime|strong="H7875"► to|strong="H1961" hold|strong="H2388" them|strong="H8313" together|strong="H3162". 
\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559", “Hey|strong="H1945", let’s|strong="H1980" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H6213" city|strong="H5892" for|strong="H5921" ourselves|strong="H1129"! We|strong="H6213" also|strong="H8034" ought|strong="H3972" to|strong="H5921" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H6213" very|strong="H6213" high|strong="H7218" tower|strong="H4026" that|strong="H3605" reaches|strong="H5927" up|strong="H1129" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064"! In|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605" way|strong="H6440" we|strong="H6213" will|strong="H5892" become|strong="H6213" famous|strong="H8034"! If|strong="H6435" we|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213", we|strong="H6213" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H8034" scattered|strong="H6327" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064"!” 
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\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H7200" they|strong="H3068" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3381" build|strong="H1129" the|strong="H7200" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7200" tower|strong="H4026". Then|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" looked|strong="H7200" down|strong="H3381" and|strong="H1121" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7200" tower|strong="H4026" that|strong="H7200" those|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{puny} men|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" building|strong="H1129". 
\verseNumber{6}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “These|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H1992" one|strong="H2088" group|strong="H7235" that|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" speak|strong="H8193" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H2088" language|strong="H8193". If|strong="H2005" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H3068" begun|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" now|strong="H6258", then|strong="H6258" ◄there|strong="H1992" is|strong="H3068" nothing|strong="H3808" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" decide|strong="H3198" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" impossible|strong="H1219" for|strong="H6213" them|strong="H1992"/they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" whatever|strong="H3605" they|strong="H1992" decide|strong="H3198" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213"► [LIT|strong="H0215"]! 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H3808", okay/now|strong="H8085", we|strong="H8085" will|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H8033" cause|strong="H2600" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H3381" be|strong="H3808" many|strong="H3808" different|strong="H8133" languages|strong="H3961", so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H8085" they|strong="H8033" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3381" understand|strong="H8085" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H7453".” 
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\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605". As|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1129" result|strong="H6903", the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" stopped|strong="H2308" building|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" disperse|strong="H6327" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" was|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" Babel|strong="H0894" which|strong="H3068" means|strong="H3651" ‘confusion’, because|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H7121" confused|strong="H1101" because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" [MTY] spoke|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w different|strong="H8133"\+w* \+w languages|strong="H3961"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w others|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w could|strong="H8193"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w understand|strong="H0995"\+w*}, not|strong="H3588" just|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" language|strong="H8193". From|strong="H6440" there|strong="H8033" Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" disperse|strong="H6327" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Shem’s descendants|strong="H2233" }
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\verseNumber{10}◄This|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3205" bigger|strong="H1419" list|strong="H4557"/I|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" now|strong="H6258" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3205" more|strong="H3205"► of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shem|strong="H8035": Two|strong="H3967" years|strong="H8141" after|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3205" flood|strong="H3999", when|strong="H1121" Shem|strong="H8035" was|strong="H1121" 100 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", he|strong="H8141" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" Arpachshad|strong="H0775". 
\verseNumber{11}After|strong="H8141" Arpachshad|strong="H0775" was|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205", Shem|strong="H8035" lived|strong="H2421" 500 more|strong="H3205" years|strong="H8141" and|strong="H3967" had|strong="H3205" more|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{12}When|strong="H2421" Arphachshad was|strong="H8141" 35 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", he|strong="H2568" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H8141" Shelah|strong="H7974". 
\verseNumber{13}After|strong="H8141" Shelah|strong="H7974" was|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205", Arpachshad|strong="H0775" lived|strong="H2421" 403 more|strong="H3205" years|strong="H8141" and|strong="H3967" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" more|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H2421" Shelah|strong="H7974" was|strong="H8141" 30 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", he|strong="H8141" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H8141" Eber|strong="H5677". 
\verseNumber{15}After|strong="H8141" Eber|strong="H5677" was|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205", Shelah|strong="H7974" lived|strong="H2421" 403 more|strong="H3205" years|strong="H8141" and|strong="H3967" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H2421" Eber|strong="H5677" was|strong="H8141" 34 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", he|strong="H8141" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H8141" Peleg|strong="H6389". 
\verseNumber{17}After|strong="H8141" Peleg|strong="H6389" was|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205", Eber|strong="H5677" lived|strong="H2421" 430 more|strong="H3205" years|strong="H8141" and|strong="H3967" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H2421" Peleg|strong="H6389" was|strong="H8141" 30 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", he|strong="H8141" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H8141" Reu|strong="H7466". 
\verseNumber{19}After|strong="H8141" Reu|strong="H7466" was|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205", Peleg|strong="H6389" lived|strong="H2421" 209 more|strong="H3205" years|strong="H8141" and|strong="H3967" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{20}When|strong="H2421" Reu|strong="H7466" was|strong="H8141" 32 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", he|strong="H8147" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H8141" Serug|strong="H8286". 
\verseNumber{21}After|strong="H8141" Serug|strong="H8286" was|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205", Reu|strong="H7466" lived|strong="H2421" 207 more|strong="H3205" years|strong="H8141" and|strong="H3967" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{22}When|strong="H2421" Serug|strong="H8286" was|strong="H8141" 30 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", he|strong="H8141" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H8141" Nahor|strong="H5152". 
\verseNumber{23}After|strong="H8141" Nahor|strong="H5152" was|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205", Serug|strong="H8286" lived|strong="H2421" 200 more|strong="H3205" years|strong="H8141" and|strong="H3967" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{24}When|strong="H2421" Nahor|strong="H5152" was|strong="H8141" 29 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", he|strong="H8141" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H8141" Terah|strong="H8646". 
\verseNumber{25}After|strong="H8141" Terah|strong="H8646" was|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205", Nahor|strong="H5152" lived|strong="H2421" 119 more|strong="H3205" years|strong="H8141" and|strong="H3967" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{26}When|strong="H2421" Terah|strong="H8646" was|strong="H8141" 70 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", his|strong="H2421" son|strong="H3205" Abram|strong="H0087" was|strong="H8141" born|strong="H3205". Later|strong="H0310", two|strong="H2421" other|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H3205", Nahor|strong="H5152" and|strong="H8141" Haran|strong="H2039" were|strong="H3205" born|strong="H3205". 

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\verseNumber{27}◄This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0369"/I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" now|strong="H6258" give|strong="H3205"► a|strong="H3205" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3205" Terah|strong="H8646": Terah’s sons|strong="H3205" were|strong="H3205" Abram|strong="H0087", Nahor|strong="H5152", and|strong="H3205" Haran|strong="H2039". Haran’s son|strong="H3205" was|strong="H3205" named|strong="H7121" Lot|strong="H3876". 
\verseNumber{28}Haran|strong="H2039" died|strong="H4191" before|strong="H6440" his|strong="H6440" father|strong="H0001" died|strong="H4191". He|strong="H5921" died|strong="H4191" in|strong="H5921" Ur|strong="H0218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" Chaldea|strong="H3778" land|strong="H6440", where|strong="H5921" he|strong="H5921" was|strong="H6440" born|strong="H4138". 
\verseNumber{29}Abram|strong="H0087" and|strong="H1323" Nahor|strong="H5152" both|strong="H8147" married|strong="H3947". Abram’s|strong="H0087" wife|strong="H0802" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" Sarai|strong="H8297", and|strong="H1323" Nahor’s|strong="H5152" wife|strong="H0802" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" Milcah|strong="H4435". Milcah|strong="H4435" and|strong="H1323" her|strong="H3947" younger|strong="H6810" sister|strong="H0269" Iscah|strong="H3252" were|strong="H1323" the|strong="H3947" daughters|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Haran|strong="H2039". 
\verseNumber{30}Sarai|strong="H8297" was|strong="H1961" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1961" bear|strong="H5375" any|strong="H1961" children|strong="H2056". 
\verseNumber{31}Terah|strong="H8646" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="H5704" leave|strong="H3318" Ur|strong="H0218" and|strong="H1121" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H5704" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Canaan|strong="H3667" land|strong="H0776". So|strong="H3947" he|strong="H5704" took|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" Abram|strong="H0087" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3947" grandson|strong="H1121" Lot|strong="H3876", the|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Haran|strong="H2771", and|strong="H1121" Abram’s|strong="H0087" wife|strong="H0802" Sarai|strong="H8297" with|strong="H3427" him|strong="H3947". But|strong="H3947" instead|strong="H3947" of|strong="H1121" going|strong="H3318" to|strong="H5704" Canaan|strong="H3667", they|strong="H8033" stopped|strong="H5975" at|strong="H3427" Haran|strong="H2771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{32}When|strong="H1961" Terah|strong="H8646" was|strong="H1961" 205 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191" there|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8141" Haran|strong="H2771". 

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\chapterNumber{12}Then|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" Abram|strong="H0087", “Leave|strong="H5800" this|strong="H7200" country|strong="H2022" where|strong="H1004" you|strong="H7200" are|strong="H3068" now|strong="H3212" living|strong="H2416". Leave|strong="H5800" your|strong="H3068" father’s|strong="H0001" clan|strong="H4940" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" family|strong="H1004". Go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" a|strong="H7200" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3068" show|strong="H7200" you|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{2}I|strong="H1288" will|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H6213" your|strong="H6213" descendants|strong="H2233" to|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" large|strong="H1419" nation|strong="H1471". I|strong="H1288" will|strong="H1961" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H6213" and|strong="H1419" cause|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" ◄famous|strong="H8034"/highly|strong="H1431" esteemed|strong="H2803"►. What|strong="H6213" I|strong="H1288" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" blessing|strong="H1293" to|strong="H1961" others|strong="H1288". 
\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3605" bless|strong="H1288" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" ◄bless|strong="H1288"/ask|strong="H7592" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H3605" for|strong="H3605"► you|strong="H3605", and|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3605" ◄curse|strong="H7043"/ask|strong="H7592" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H3605" punish|strong="H6485"► those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605". And|strong="H3605" because|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4940" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3605", groups|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4940" people|strong="H4940" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" will|strong="H3605" receive|strong="H3947" blessings|strong="H1288" (OR|strong="H0176", people|strong="H4940" will|strong="H3605" wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H3605" bless|strong="H1288" others|strong="H1288" as|strong="H3605" much|strong="H3605" as|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3605" blessed|strong="H1288" you|strong="H3605").” 
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\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H3318" Abram|strong="H0087" left|strong="H3318" Haran|strong="H2771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" him|strong="H3318" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3068". Abram|strong="H0087" was|strong="H3068" 75 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3318" he|strong="H3068" left|strong="H3318" there|strong="H3068" along|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H1696", Sarai|strong="H8297", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" nephew|strong="H1121", Lot|strong="H3876". 
\verseNumber{5}Abram|strong="H0087" also|strong="H6213" took|strong="H3947" along|strong="H3212" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H7399" and|strong="H1121" slaves|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H6213" had|strong="H1121" accumulated|strong="H7408"/acquired|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" Haran|strong="H2771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H6213" left|strong="H3318" there|strong="H3605" and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3318" Canaan|strong="H3667" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{6}In|strong="H4725" Canaan|strong="H3669" they|strong="H5704" traveled|strong="H5674" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" Shechem|strong="H7927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} and|strong="H4725" camped|strong="H2583" by|strong="H5674" a|strong="H5674" huge|strong="H1995" tree|strong="H6086" called|strong="H7121" the|strong="H5704" tree|strong="H6086" of|strong="H4725" Moreh|strong="H4176". The|strong="H5704" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group were|strong="H3669" still|strong="H5704" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H4725" that|strong="H3669" land|strong="H4725". 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H5414" Yahweh|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" Abram|strong="H0087" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5414", “I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233".” Then|strong="H5414" Abram|strong="H0087" built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H5414" stone|strong="H0068" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" sacrifice|strong="H2077" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" because|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{8}From|strong="H3068" Shechem|strong="H7927", Abram|strong="H0087" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" family|strong="H4940" traveled|strong="H5265" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" hills|strong="H2022" that|strong="H3068" were|strong="H2022" east|strong="H6924" of|strong="H3068" Bethel|strong="H1008" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. Bethel|strong="H1008" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} was|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" west|strong="H3220" of|strong="H3068" where|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" set|strong="H1129" up|strong="H1129" their|strong="H3068" tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H3068" Ai|strong="H5857" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} was|strong="H3068" further|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" east|strong="H6924". There|strong="H8033" he|strong="H8033" built|strong="H1129" another|strong="H0312" stone|strong="H0068" altar|strong="H4196" and|strong="H3068" offered|strong="H5927" a|strong="H1129" sacrifice|strong="H2077" and|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H1980" they|strong="H1992" left|strong="H1980" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H1980" started|strong="H2490" traveling|strong="H1980" south|strong="H5045" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H1980" Negev|strong="H5045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Desert|strong="H6160"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Abram|strong="H0087" and|strong="H1980" Sarai|strong="H8297" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" Egypt|strong="H4714" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H1980" while|strong="H5704" }
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\verseNumber{10}There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1961" ◄a|strong="H1961" famine|strong="H7458"/very|strong="H3966" little|strong="H4592" food|strong="H3899" to|strong="H3381" eat|strong="H0398"► in|strong="H1481" Canaan|strong="H3667", so|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3588" went|strong="H3381" south|strong="H5045" to|strong="H3381" live|strong="H1481" in|strong="H1481" Egypt|strong="H4714" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H1961" while|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{11}Just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" about|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" enter|strong="H0935" Egypt|strong="H4714", Abram|strong="H0087" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3045" wife|strong="H0802" Sarai|strong="H8297", “Listen|strong="H2009", I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4714" a|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3045" beautiful|strong="H3303" woman|strong="H4758". 
\verseNumber{12}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H7200" in|strong="H7200" Egypt|strong="H4713" see|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3588", they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" say|strong="H0559", ‘This|strong="H2063" woman|strong="H0802" is|strong="H1961" his|strong="H7200" wife|strong="H0802"!’ and|strong="H7200" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H7200" in|strong="H7200" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H1961" get|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3588", but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" kill|strong="H2026" you|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H4616" I|strong="H5315" ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H3190" to|strong="H4616" tell|strong="H4994" them|strong="H3190" that|strong="H5315" you|strong="H3190" are|strong="H5315" my|strong="H3190" sister|strong="H0269", so|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5315" because|strong="H4616" of|strong="H5315" you|strong="H3190" telling|strong="H1696" them|strong="H3190" that|strong="H5315", they|strong="H5315" will|strong="H5315" ◄spare|strong="H2421" my|strong="H3190" life|strong="H5315"/not|strong="H5315" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H4994"►.” 
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\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H4714" as|strong="H1961" soon|strong="H3588" as|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3588" arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H7200" Egypt|strong="H4714", the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H1931" in|strong="H7200" Egypt|strong="H4714" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" his|strong="H7200" wife|strong="H0802" was|strong="H1961" indeed|strong="H3588" very|strong="H3966" beautiful|strong="H3303". 
\verseNumber{15}When|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" king’s|strong="H4428" officials|strong="H8269" saw|strong="H7200" her|strong="H3947", they|strong="H3947" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" how|strong="H4100" beautiful|strong="H3303" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1004". And|strong="H1004" they|strong="H3947" took|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947" to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7200" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" treated|strong="H3190" Abram|strong="H0087" kindly|strong="H3820" because|strong="H5668" of|strong="H5650" Sarai|strong="H8297", and|strong="H5650" he|strong="H1241" gave|strong="H1961" Abram|strong="H0087" many|strong="H7227" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H5650" cattle|strong="H1241" and|strong="H5650" donkeys|strong="H2543" and|strong="H5650" male|strong="H5650" and|strong="H5650" female|strong="H8198" slaves|strong="H5650" and|strong="H5650" camels|strong="H1581". 
\verseNumber{17}But|strong="H3068" because|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" had|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H3947" Sarai|strong="H8297", Abram’s|strong="H0087" wife|strong="H0802", Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" others|strong="H0312" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3068" household|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" inflicted|strong="H5221" with|strong="H1004" terrible|strong="H3372" diseases|strong="H5061". 
\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" realized|strong="H3588" why|strong="H4100" that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1931" happening, he|strong="H1931" summoned|strong="H7121" Abram|strong="H0087" and|strong="H6213" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H6213" him|strong="H7121", “Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063" to|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5046"? Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" your|strong="H6213" wife|strong="H0802"? 
\verseNumber{19}Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3947" lie|strong="H7901", saying|strong="H0559" she|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" your|strong="H3947" sister|strong="H0269", with|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3947" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H1931" I|strong="H2009" took|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3212" be|strong="H6258" my|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802"? You|strong="H3947" should|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3212" have|strong="H6258" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1931"! So|strong="H3947" now|strong="H6258" take|strong="H3947" your|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802", leave|strong="H5800" here|strong="H2009" and|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212"!” 
\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H5921" told|strong="H6680" his|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H8269"/servants|strong="H5650" to|strong="H7971" take|strong="H3947" Abram|strong="H0087" and|strong="H7971" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H7971" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H7399" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714". 

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\chapterNumber{13}So|strong="H5927" Abram|strong="H0087" and|strong="H4714" Sarai|strong="H8297" left|strong="H5927" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H4714" they|strong="H1931" took|strong="H5927" along|strong="H5973" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H7399", and|strong="H4714" Lot|strong="H3876" went|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" Negev|strong="H5045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Desert|strong="H6160"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}Abram|strong="H0087" was|strong="H3966" very|strong="H3966" rich|strong="H3513". He|strong="H3701" owned|strong="H3426" a|strong="H4735" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H4735" livestock|strong="H4735", silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" gold|strong="H2091". 
\verseNumber{3}They|strong="H8033" continued|strong="H1961" traveling|strong="H1980" from|strong="H5704" place|strong="H4725" to|strong="H5704" place|strong="H4725" from|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" Negev|strong="H5045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Desert|strong="H6160"\+w*} toward|strong="H5704" Bethel|strong="H1008" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" place|strong="H4725" between|strong="H5704" Bethel|strong="H1008" and|strong="H3212" Ai|strong="H5857" where|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" had|strong="H1961" previously|strong="H8462" set|strong="H4550" up|strong="H5704" their|strong="H1961" tents|strong="H0168", 
\verseNumber{4}and|strong="H3068" where|strong="H8033" Abram|strong="H0087" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" stone|strong="H0068" altar|strong="H4196" and|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7121" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{5}Lot|strong="H3876", who|strong="H1980" was|strong="H1961" traveling|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1980" Abram|strong="H0087", also|strong="H1571" had|strong="H1961" flocks|strong="H6629" of|strong="H6629" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H1980" goats|strong="H5795" and|strong="H1980" herds|strong="H1241" of|strong="H6629" cattle|strong="H1241", and|strong="H1980" tents|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" so|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7227" animals|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3162" stay|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3588" same|strong="H1931" area|strong="H1508". There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" enough|strong="H7227" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H3201" provide|strong="H6213" water|strong="H4325" and|strong="H3427" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3162" their|strong="H5375" animals|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{7}Furthermore|strong="H1571", the|strong="H1961" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3427" Canaan|strong="H3669" and|strong="H3427" Perizzi were|strong="H1961" also|strong="H1571" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3669" area|strong="H1508", and|strong="H3427" the|strong="H1961" land|strong="H0776" really|strong="H2088" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H1961". And|strong="H3427" the|strong="H1961" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3427" took|strong="H1961" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3427" Abram’s|strong="H0087" animals|strong="H1961" started|strong="H1961" quarreling|strong="H1777" with|strong="H3427" the|strong="H1961" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3427" took|strong="H1961" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3427" Lot’s|strong="H3876" animals|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H1961" Abram|strong="H0087" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" Lot|strong="H3876", “Since|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1961" close|strong="H5980" relatives|strong="H0251", it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" good|strong="H2896" for|strong="H3588" us|strong="H4994" two|strong="H8147" to|strong="H1961" quarrel|strong="H7378", or|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3588" take|strong="H1961" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3588" animals|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" quarrel|strong="H7378" with|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3588" take|strong="H1961" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1961" my|strong="H1961" animals|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{9}There|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" plenty|strong="H3605" of|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" for|strong="H5921" both|strong="H3605" of|strong="H6440" us|strong="H4994". So|strong="H3808" we|strong="H4994" should|strong="H3225" separate|strong="H6504". You|strong="H6440" can|strong="H3225" choose|strong="H0977" whatever|strong="H3605" part|strong="H6504" you|strong="H6440" want|strong="H3808" [RHQ]. If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H6440" want|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" over|strong="H5921" there|strong="H3605", I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3808" stay|strong="H3427" here|strong="H5921". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H6440" want|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" here|strong="H5921", I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3808" go|strong="H8041" over|strong="H5921" there|strong="H3605".” 
\verseNumber{10}Lot|strong="H3876" looked|strong="H7200" around|strong="H6440" toward|strong="H6440" Zoar|strong="H6820" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" plenty|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" water|strong="H4325" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" plain|strong="H3603" near|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3588"\+w*}. It|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" park/garden|strong="H1588" in|strong="H3068" Eden|strong="H5731", and|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H6440" in|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714". [That|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" before|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068" destroyed|strong="H7843" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Sodom|strong="H5467" and|strong="H3068" Gomorrah|strong="H6017" which|strong="H3068" were|strong="H5869" on|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" plain|strong="H3603".] 
\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H5921" Lot|strong="H3876" chose|strong="H0977" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" plain|strong="H3603" of|strong="H3603" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. He|strong="H3605" left|strong="H5265" his|strong="H3605" uncle|strong="H1730", Abram|strong="H0087", and|strong="H5265" moved|strong="H5265" east|strong="H6924". 
\verseNumber{12}Abram|strong="H0087" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5704" Canaan|strong="H3667" area|strong="H1508", and|strong="H5892" Lot|strong="H3876" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5704" live|strong="H3427" near|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5704" plain|strong="H3603" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5704" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w*}, and|strong="H5892" he|strong="H5704" set|strong="H3427" up|strong="H5704" his|strong="H3427" tents|strong="H0168" near|strong="H5704" Sodom|strong="H5467" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*} people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3068" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3068" were|strong="H7451" extremely|strong="H3966" wicked|strong="H7451". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Abram|strong="H0087" moved|strong="H4131" to|strong="H3068" Hebron|strong="H2275" }
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\verseNumber{14}After|strong="H4480" Abram|strong="H0087" and|strong="H3068" Lot|strong="H3876" separated|strong="H6504", Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Abram|strong="H0087", “Look|strong="H7200" around|strong="H5439" at|strong="H3068" this|strong="H7200" whole|strong="H3605" area|strong="H4725" where|strong="H8033" you|strong="H5973" are|strong="H5869". Look|strong="H7200" north|strong="H6828" and|strong="H3068" south|strong="H5045", look|strong="H7200" east|strong="H6924" and|strong="H3068" west|strong="H3220". 
\verseNumber{15}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H5769" your|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" see|strong="H7200"; I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H3588" forever|strong="H5769". 
\verseNumber{16}I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H1571" cause|strong="H2600" your|strong="H7760" descendants|strong="H2233" to|strong="H3201" be|strong="H1571" as|strong="H1571" numerous|strong="H7227" as|strong="H1571" particles of|strong="H2233" dust|strong="H6083"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w easier|strong="H7043"\+w*} to|strong="H3201" count|strong="H4487" the|strong="H7760" particles of|strong="H2233" dust|strong="H6083" than|strong="H1571" it|strong="H7760" will|strong="H1571" be|strong="H1571" to|strong="H3201" count|strong="H4487" your|strong="H7760" descendants|strong="H2233" [HYP]. 
\verseNumber{17}Walk|strong="H1980" through|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" in|strong="H1980" every|strong="H5414" direction|strong="H3027", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1980" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" all|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1980" you|strong="H3588".” 
\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H3427" Abram|strong="H0087" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w*} took|strong="H3947" down|strong="H3427" their|strong="H3068" tents|strong="H0168" and|strong="H3068" moved|strong="H4131" to|strong="H3068" Hebron|strong="H2275" and|strong="H3068" started|strong="H1129" to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" huge|strong="H1995" trees|strong="H6086" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* }of|strong="H3068" Mamre|strong="H4471". He|strong="H8033" placed|strong="H3427" a|strong="H1129" stone|strong="H0068" altar|strong="H4196" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w make|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068". 

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\chapterNumber{14}In|strong="H4428" a|strong="H1961" region|strong="H2256" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" east|strong="H6921", there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" four|strong="H0702" kings|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w friends|strong="H7453"\+w*/\+w allies|strong="H2266"\+w*}. They|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Amraphel|strong="H0569" of|strong="H4428" Babylonia|strong="H0894", King|strong="H4428" Arioch|strong="H0746" of|strong="H4428" Ellasar|strong="H0495", King|strong="H4428" Chedorlaomer|strong="H3540" of|strong="H4428" Elam|strong="H5867", and|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Tidal|strong="H8413" of|strong="H4428" Goiim|strong="H1471". 
\verseNumber{2}In|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" area|strong="H1508" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" west|strong="H3220", there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H4428" five|strong="H2568" other|strong="H0312" kings|strong="H4428". They|strong="H1931" were|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Bera|strong="H1298" of|strong="H4428" Sodom|strong="H5467", King|strong="H4428" Birsha|strong="H1306" of|strong="H4428" Gomorrah|strong="H6017", King|strong="H4428" Shinab|strong="H8134" of|strong="H4428" Admah|strong="H0126", King|strong="H4428" Shemeber|strong="H8038" of|strong="H4428" Zeboiim|strong="H6636", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Bela|strong="H1106", the|strong="H6213" city|strong="H1931" that|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" now|strong="H4428" called|strong="H7121" Zoar|strong="H6820". 
\verseNumber{3}Those|strong="H3605" five|strong="H2568" kings|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3220" their|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" gathered|strong="H6960" together|strong="H2266" in|strong="H3220" Siddim|strong="H7708" Valley|strong="H6010", which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1931" called|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" Dead|strong="H4191" Sea|strong="H3220" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Valley|strong="H6010"\+w*}, to|strong="H3220" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" four|strong="H0702" kings|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3220" their|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635". King|strong="H4428" Chedorlaomer|strong="H3540" and|strong="H3220" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w conquered|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6010"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w five|strong="H2568"\+w* \+w kings|strong="H4428"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3220"\+w* \+w demanded|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w kings|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w pay|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w him|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w tribute|strong="H4503"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w each|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}For|strong="H8141" twelve|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141" he|strong="H8147" ruled|strong="H4427" them|strong="H8147". But|strong="H5647" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5647" thirteenth|strong="H7969" year|strong="H8141" they|strong="H8141" rebelled|strong="H4775" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w refused|strong="H3985"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w keep|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w giving|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w tribute|strong="H4503"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H5221" next|strong="H4283" year|strong="H8141", King|strong="H4428" Chedorlaomer|strong="H3540" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5221" other|strong="H0312" kings|strong="H4428" that|strong="H4428" were|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5221" allies|strong="H2266" took|strong="H4428" their|strong="H5221" armies|strong="H6635" and|strong="H4428" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" Repha people-group in|strong="H8141" Ashteroth-Karnaim|strong="H6255" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5221" Zuz people-group in|strong="H8141" Ham|strong="H1990", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5221" Emi people-group in|strong="H8141" Shaveh-Kiriathaim|strong="H7741". 
\verseNumber{6}They|strong="H5921" also|strong="H2752" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5921" Hor|strong="H2023" people-group in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" hilly area|strong="H2022" of|strong="H2022" Seir|strong="H8165" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" El-Paran|strong="H0364" near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" desert|strong="H4057". 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H1571" they|strong="H1931" turned|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7725" went|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Mishpat \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}, which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" now|strong="H1571" called|strong="H7121" Kadesh|strong="H6946". They|strong="H1931" conquered|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H7704" belonging to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group and|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" Amor people-group who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3427" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Hazazon-Tamar|strong="H2688" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3318" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Sodom|strong="H5467", Gomorrah|strong="H6017", Admah|strong="H0126", Zeboiim|strong="H6636" and|strong="H4428" Bela|strong="H1106" marched|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H4421" the|strong="H3318" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3318" other|strong="H0312" four|strong="H0702" kings|strong="H4428" in|strong="H4428" Siddim|strong="H7708" Valley|strong="H6010". That|strong="H1931" valley|strong="H6010" is|strong="H1931" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" Salt|strong="H4417"/Dead|strong="H4191" Sea|strong="H3220". 
\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H1471" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H1471" the|strong="H1471" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" Chedorlaomer|strong="H3540" the|strong="H1471" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Elam|strong="H5867", Tidal|strong="H8413" the|strong="H1471" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Goiim|strong="H1471", Amraphel|strong="H0569" the|strong="H1471" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Shinar|strong="H8152", and|strong="H4428" Arioch|strong="H0746" the|strong="H1471" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Ellasar|strong="H0495". The|strong="H1471" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" four|strong="H0702" kings|strong="H4428" were|strong="H1471" fighting|strong="H3898" against|strong="H1471" the|strong="H1471" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" five|strong="H2568" kings|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H8033" Siddim|strong="H7708" Valley|strong="H6010" was|strong="H4428" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H4428" tar|strong="H2564" pits|strong="H5127". So|strong="H8033" when|strong="H5307" the|strong="H8033" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8033" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Sodom|strong="H5467" and|strong="H4428" Gomorrah|strong="H6017" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H4428" run|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127", many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8033" men|strong="H0376" fell|strong="H5307" into|strong="H5307" the|strong="H8033" tar|strong="H2564" pits|strong="H5127". The|strong="H8033" others|strong="H0312" escaped|strong="H5127" and|strong="H4428" ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127" to|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8033" hills|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{11}As|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w five|strong="H2568"\+w* \+w kings|strong="H4428"\+w*} fled|strong="H5127", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w four|strong="H0702"\+w* \+w kings|strong="H4428"\+w*} seized|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3212" Sodom|strong="H5467" and|strong="H3212" Gomorrah|strong="H6017", including|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899". 
\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1121" captured|strong="H3947" Abram’s|strong="H0087" nephew|strong="H1121" Lot|strong="H3876" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3947" possessions|strong="H7399", since|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Sodom|strong="H5467" at|strong="H3427" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256". 
\verseNumber{13}Abram|strong="H0087" was|strong="H1931" living|strong="H7931" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H5046" big|strong="H0931" trees|strong="H6086" near|strong="H7126" Mamre|strong="H4471", who|strong="H1931" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5046" the|strong="H5046" Amor people-group. Abram|strong="H0087" had|strong="H1167" made|strong="H5046" an|strong="H1129" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" Mamre|strong="H4471" and|strong="H1285" his|strong="H5046" two|strong="H8147" brothers|strong="H0251", Eshcol|strong="H0812" and|strong="H1285" Aner|strong="H6063", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w would|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w each|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w if|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w there|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w war|strong="H4421"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{14}One|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8085" men|strong="H2593" who|strong="H3211" escaped|strong="H4422" from|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" battle|strong="H4421" told|strong="H8085" Abram|strong="H0087" what|strong="H8085" had|strong="H3588" happened|strong="H1961" and|strong="H3967" that|strong="H3588" his|strong="H8085" nephew|strong="H1121" Lot|strong="H1486" had|strong="H3588" been|strong="H1961" captured|strong="H7617" and|strong="H3967" taken|strong="H7617" away|strong="H7617". So|strong="H3588" Abram|strong="H0087" summoned|strong="H8085" 318 men|strong="H2593" who|strong="H3211" were|strong="H7291" his|strong="H8085" servants|strong="H5650", men|strong="H2593" who|strong="H3211" had|strong="H3588" been|strong="H1961" with|strong="H1004" Abram|strong="H0087" since|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H7291" born|strong="H3211". They|strong="H3588" all|strong="H5704" went|strong="H1835" together|strong="H8085" and|strong="H3967" pursued|strong="H7291" their|strong="H8085" enemies|strong="H0341" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" north|strong="H6828" as|strong="H5704" Dan|strong="H1835" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{15}During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" night|strong="H3915", Abram|strong="H2505" divided|strong="H2505" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H5650" into|strong="H5921" several|strong="H2669" groups|strong="H7218", and|strong="H5650" they|strong="H5921" attacked|strong="H5221" their|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H0341" from|strong="H5921" various|strong="H2921" directions|strong="H7253" and|strong="H5650" defeated|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5921". They|strong="H5921" pursued|strong="H7291" them|strong="H5921" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" Hobah|strong="H2327", which|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" north|strong="H8040" of|strong="H5650" Damascus|strong="H1834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{16}Abram’s|strong="H0087" men|strong="H5971" recovered|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" goods|strong="H7399" that|strong="H5971" had|strong="H5971" been|strong="H5971" taken|strong="H3947". They|strong="H5971" also|strong="H1571" rescued|strong="H5337" Lot|strong="H3876" and|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H7399" and|strong="H7725" also|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802" and|strong="H7725" others|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H5971" been|strong="H5971" captured|strong="H3920" by|strong="H1571" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Melchizedek|strong="H4442" blessed|strong="H1288" Abram|strong="H7725" }
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\verseNumber{17}As|strong="H3318" Abram|strong="H7725" was|strong="H1931" returning|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725" after|strong="H3318" he|strong="H1931" and|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" men|strong="H0376" had|strong="H4428" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Chedorlaomer|strong="H3540" and|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5221" other|strong="H0312" kings|strong="H4428" who|strong="H1931" had|strong="H4428" fought|strong="H3898" alongside|strong="H5980" him|strong="H5221", the|strong="H5221" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Sodom|strong="H5467" went|strong="H3318" north|strong="H6828" to|strong="H7725" meet|strong="H7125" him|strong="H5221" in|strong="H4428" Shaveh|strong="H7740" Valley|strong="H6010", which|strong="H1931" people|strong="H1931" call|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5221" King’s|strong="H4428" Valley|strong="H6010". 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H3318" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Salem|strong="H8004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}, whose|strong="H0834" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H1931" Melchizedek|strong="H4442", was|strong="H1931" also|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3318" priest|strong="H3548" who|strong="H1931" offered|strong="H5927" sacrifices|strong="H3899" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" Supreme God|strong="H0430". He|strong="H1931" brought|strong="H3318" some|strong="H4480" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H4428" wine|strong="H3196" to|strong="H3318" Abram|strong="H0087". 
\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H5945" he|strong="H7069" blessed|strong="H1288" Abram|strong="H0087", saying|strong="H0559" “I|strong="H7069" ask|strong="H7592" the|strong="H1288" Supreme God|strong="H8064", the|strong="H1288" one|strong="H0259" who|strong="H0834" created|strong="H7069" heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H8064" earth|strong="H8064", to|strong="H8064" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H1288". 
\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H3605" Supreme God|strong="H5414" has|strong="H3027" enabled|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" defeat|strong="H5414" [MTY] your|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H6862", so|strong="H5414" we|strong="H3605" should|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H1288"/thank|strong="H3034" him|strong="H5414".” Then|strong="H5414" Abram|strong="H0087" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" Melchizedek|strong="H4042" a|strong="H5414" tenth|strong="H4643" part|strong="H4643" of|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" had|strong="H5414" captured|strong="H3920". 
\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Sodom|strong="H5467" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" Abram|strong="H0087", “You|strong="H5414" can|strong="H3947" keep|strong="H3947" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" goods|strong="H7399" you|strong="H5414" recovered|strong="H7725". Just|strong="H3512" let|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" take|strong="H3947" back|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5315" from|strong="H5315" my|strong="H5414" city|strong="H5892" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H5414" rescued|strong="H5337".” 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3068" Abram|strong="H0087" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Sodom|strong="H5467", “I|strong="H3027" have|strong="H3068" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H3068" [MTY] to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" Supreme God|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H7311" who|strong="H3068" created|strong="H7069" heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" earth|strong="H8064", 
\verseNumber{23}that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" accept|strong="H3947" even|strong="H5704" one|strong="H3605" thread|strong="H2339" or|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3947" thong|strong="H8288" of|strong="H3605" a|strong="H3947" sandal|strong="H5275" from|strong="H3947" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H3605". As|strong="H5704" a|strong="H3947" result|strong="H6903", you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5704" say|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H5704" caused|strong="H5414" Abram|strong="H0087" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H6238" rich|strong="H6238".’ 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H3947" only|strong="H7535" thing|strong="H1697" I|strong="H5288" will|strong="H5288" accept|strong="H3947" is|strong="H5288" the|strong="H3947" food|strong="H3899" that|strong="H5288" my|strong="H3947" men|strong="H5288" have|strong="H5288" eaten|strong="H0398". But|strong="H7535" Aner|strong="H6063", Eshcol|strong="H0812", and|strong="H1980" Mamre|strong="H4471" went|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1980" me|strong="H3947" and|strong="H1980" fought|strong="H3898" alongside|strong="H5980" me|strong="H3947", so|strong="H1980" let|strong="H1980" them|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1992" have|strong="H5288" a|strong="H3947" share|strong="H2506" of|strong="H2506" the|strong="H3947" goods|strong="H7399" we|strong="H1980" brought|strong="H3947" back|strong="H1980".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2506"\+w* \+w Sodom|strong="H5467"\+w* \+w agreed|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh made a solemn promise to Abram }
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\chapterNumber{15}Some|strong="H1697" time|strong="H1961" later|strong="H1961", Abram|strong="H0087" had|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" vision|strong="H4236" in|strong="H3068" which|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7235" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697", “Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3068" ◄anything|strong="H1697"/your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341"►. I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" protect|strong="H8104" you|strong="H3372" [MTY], and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H7235" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H3966" reward|strong="H7939".” 
\verseNumber{2}But|strong="H1931" Abram|strong="H0087" replied|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3069", how|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H5414" truly|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1121" no|strong="H5414" children|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" one|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" like|strong="H1004" a|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" inherit|strong="H5157" all|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" possessions|strong="H7399" is|strong="H1931" my|strong="H5414" servant|strong="H5650" Eliezer|strong="H0461" from|strong="H1980" Damascus|strong="H1834"!” 
\verseNumber{3}Abram|strong="H0087" added|strong="H5414", “You|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" given|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" any|strong="H5414" children|strong="H1121", so|strong="H5414" think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H2009" this|strong="H5414": A|strong="H5414" servant|strong="H5650" in|strong="H1004" my|strong="H5414" household|strong="H1004" will|strong="H1121" inherit|strong="H3423" all|strong="H5414" I|strong="H2005" own|strong="H1961"!” 
\verseNumber{4}Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808"! He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H2088" who|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" inherit|strong="H3423" it|strong="H1931". Instead|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" yourself|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" father|strong="H0001" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H2088" who|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" inherit|strong="H3423" everything|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3588" own|strong="H4578".” 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3318" Abram|strong="H0087" outside|strong="H2351" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w tent|strong="H0168"\+w*} and|strong="H8064" said|strong="H3318", “Look|strong="H5027" up|strong="H3318" at|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3541" sky|strong="H8064"! Can|strong="H3201" you|strong="H4994" count|strong="H5608" the|strong="H3541" stars|strong="H3556"? No|strong="H1961", you|strong="H4994" cannot|strong="H3201" count|strong="H5608" them|strong="H3318" because|strong="H2233" there|strong="H1961" are|strong="H8064" so|strong="H3541" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H2233" them|strong="H3318", and|strong="H8064" your|strong="H1961" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" numerous|strong="H7227" as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3541" stars|strong="H3556".” 
\verseNumber{6}Abram|strong="H0087" believed|strong="H0539" that|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961". And|strong="H3068" because|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068", Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3068" Abram|strong="H0087" was|strong="H3068" righteous|strong="H6666". 
\verseNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H5414", “I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" one|strong="H2063" who|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3318" you|strong="H5414" from|strong="H3318" Ur|strong="H0218" in|strong="H3068" Chaldea|strong="H3778" land|strong="H0776". I|strong="H5414" brought|strong="H3318" you|strong="H5414" here|strong="H2063" to|strong="H3318" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H3318" possess|strong="H3423".” 
\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H3588" Abram|strong="H0087" replied|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3069", how|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" for|strong="H3588" sure|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" this|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" will|strong="H4100" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3045" me|strong="H3045"?” 
\verseNumber{9}God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3947" him|strong="H3947", “Bring|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" three-year-old|strong="H7969" heifer|strong="H5697" and|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" three-year-old|strong="H7969" goat|strong="H5795" to|strong="H3947" me|strong="H3947", and|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" dove|strong="H3123" and|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" pigeon|strong="H1469".” 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H3947" Abram|strong="H0087" brought|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8432" them|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3947" killed|strong="H2026" them|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3947" cut|strong="H1334" each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929" in|strong="H8432" half|strong="H1335". He|strong="H3605" arranged|strong="H6186" the|strong="H3605" halves of|strong="H8432" each|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605", side|strong="H6285" by|strong="H5414" side|strong="H6285". But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3605" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" cut|strong="H1334" the|strong="H3605" pigeon|strong="H3123" and|strong="H3947" dove|strong="H3123" in|strong="H8432" half|strong="H1335". 
\verseNumber{11}Birds|strong="H5861" that|strong="H5921" eat|strong="H0398" dead|strong="H6297" flesh|strong="H1320" came|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H5921" carcasses|strong="H6297", but|strong="H5921" Abram|strong="H0087" shooed them|strong="H5921" away|strong="H5380". 
\verseNumber{12}As|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" sun|strong="H8121" was|strong="H1961" going|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307", Abram|strong="H0087" fell|strong="H5307" sound|strong="H8639" asleep|strong="H3463", and|strong="H1419" suddenly|strong="H2009" everything|strong="H3605" around|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" became|strong="H1961" dark|strong="H2822" and|strong="H1419" frightening. 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H1961" God|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" Abram|strong="H0087", “I|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1961" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3045" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" foreigners|strong="H1616" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H8141" a|strong="H1961" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3588" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H1961". They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" slaves|strong="H5647" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3588" owners|strong="H1167" of|strong="H8141" that|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776". The|strong="H3588" owners|strong="H1167" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" will|strong="H1961" mistreat|strong="H6031" them|strong="H1961" for|strong="H3588" 400 years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H1571" then|strong="H3318" I|strong="H3651" will|strong="H1471" punish|strong="H6485" the|strong="H5647" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H3318" that|strong="H1471" country|strong="H2022" that|strong="H1471" made|strong="H5647" them|strong="H3318" become|strong="H3318" slaves|strong="H5647", and|strong="H1419" then|strong="H3318" your|strong="H3318" descendants|strong="H3318" will|strong="H1471" leave|strong="H3318" that|strong="H1471" country|strong="H2022", taking|strong="H3947" many|strong="H1419" possessions|strong="H7399" with|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3318". 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H3588" as|strong="H0834" for|strong="H2896" you|strong="H2896", you|strong="H2896" will|strong="H2896" die|strong="H4191" [EUP] peacefully|strong="H7965" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H2896" are|strong="H2896" very|strong="H2896" old|strong="H7872". 
\verseNumber{16}After|strong="H3588" your|strong="H7725" descendants|strong="H2233" have|strong="H5771" been|strong="H3808" slaves|strong="H5650" for|strong="H3588" 400 years|strong="H8141", they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" return|strong="H7725" here|strong="H2008", and|strong="H7725" take|strong="H7725" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="H5771" this|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H7725" defeat|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3588" Amor people-group. Tose people|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808", because|strong="H3588" those|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" have|strong="H5771" not|strong="H3808" yet|strong="H3588" sinned|strong="H2398" enough|strong="H1767" to|strong="H5704" deserve|strong="H0376" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3808" punished|strong="H6485" now|strong="H2008".” 
\verseNumber{17}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5674" sun|strong="H8121" had|strong="H1961" set|strong="H7760" and|strong="H5674" it|strong="H1961" had|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" dark|strong="H5939", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w unexpectedly|strong="H6597"\+w*} a|strong="H1961" blazing|strong="H3345" torch|strong="H3940" and|strong="H5674" a|strong="H1961" clay|strong="H2635" pot|strong="H5518" containing|strong="H8033" burning|strong="H3940" coals|strong="H1513" from|strong="H1961" which|strong="H0834" smoke|strong="H6227" was|strong="H1961" rising|strong="H4217" appeared|strong="H1961" and|strong="H5674" went|strong="H5674" between|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" halves of|strong="H8121" the|strong="H5674" animals|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" made|strong="H3772" an|strong="H5414" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H3068" Abram|strong="H0087". Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5414", “I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" between|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5414" river|strong="H5104" that|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" eastern|strong="H6931" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5414" south|strong="H5045", and|strong="H3068" north|strong="H6828" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5414" huge|strong="H1995" Euphrates|strong="H6578" River|strong="H5104". 
\verseNumber{19}That|strong="H7017" is|strong="H0369" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Ken, the|strong="H3605" Keniz, the|strong="H3605" Kidmon, 
\verseNumber{20}the|strong="H3605" Heth|strong="H2845", the|strong="H3605" Periz, the|strong="H3605" Repha, 
\verseNumber{21}the|strong="H2983" Amor, the|strong="H2983" Canaan|strong="H3669", the|strong="H2983" Girgash, and|strong="H2983" the|strong="H2983" Tebus people-groups live|strong="H3427".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Sarai gave Abram a slave woman to be another wife, and that woman gave birth to Ishmael }
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\chapterNumber{16}Up|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" that|strong="H3808" time|strong="H6256", Abram’s|strong="H0087" wife|strong="H0802" Sarai|strong="H8297" had|strong="H3205" not|strong="H3808" given|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" any|strong="H3808" children|strong="H3205" for|strong="H8034" Abram|strong="H0087". But|strong="H3808" she|strong="H3808" had|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" female|strong="H8198" slave|strong="H8198" from|strong="H8034" Egypt|strong="H4713", whose|strong="H8034" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Hagar|strong="H1904". 
\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w one|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} Sarai|strong="H8297" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" Abram|strong="H0087", “Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H4994"! Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H8085" allowed|strong="H3068" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2030". So|strong="H4480" ◄sleep|strong="H8142" with|strong="H3068"/have|strong="H3068" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H3068"► [EUP] my|strong="H8085" slave|strong="H8198" Hagar|strong="H1904". Perhaps|strong="H0194" she|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" bear|strong="H3205" children|strong="H3205" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H2009" can|strong="H4994" consider|strong="H2009" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" mine|strong="H4480".” Abram|strong="H0087" agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6963" Sarai|strong="H8297" said|strong="H8085". 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H3947" Abram|strong="H0087" ◄slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H3427"/had|strong="H5414" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H3427"► Hagar|strong="H1904", his|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802" Sarai’s|strong="H8297" slave|strong="H8198" from|strong="H3947" Egypt|strong="H4713". This|strong="H5414" happened|strong="H1961" ten|strong="H6235" years|strong="H8141" after|strong="H7093" they|strong="H8141" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5414" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Canaan|strong="H3667" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w land|strong="H0776"\+w*}. Sarai|strong="H8297" gave|strong="H5414" Hagar|strong="H1904" to|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" husband|strong="H0376" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" secondary wife|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H3588" ◄slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5869"/had|strong="H3588" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5869"► [EUP] Hagar|strong="H1904" and|strong="H5869" she|strong="H3588" became|strong="H7200" pregnant|strong="H2029". When|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1404" pregnant|strong="H2029", she|strong="H3588" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H7200" despise|strong="H7043" her|strong="H7200" mistress|strong="H1404" Sarai|strong="H1404". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H5414" Sarai|strong="H8297" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Abram|strong="H0087", “It|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" fault|strong="H3972"! I|strong="H3588" put|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" servant|strong="H8198" into|strong="H8199" your|strong="H3068" arms|strong="H2436", so|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" could|strong="H3201" sleep|strong="H7200" with|strong="H3068" her|strong="H5414" [EUP]. Now|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" realizes|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" pregnant|strong="H2029", and|strong="H3068" she|strong="H3588" despises|strong="H0959" me|strong="H5414". I|strong="H3588" think|strong="H5869" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" you|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" doing|strong="H6213" this|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5414"!” 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H6213" Abram|strong="H0087" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" Sarai|strong="H8297", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w listen|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6440"\+w*}! She|strong="H6440" is|strong="H3027" your|strong="H6440" servant|strong="H8198", so|strong="H6213" act|strong="H6213" towards her|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" way|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" consider|strong="H2009" best|strong="H2896".” Then|strong="H2009" Sarai|strong="H8297" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H6213" mistreat|strong="H6031" her|strong="H6213", so|strong="H6213" she|strong="H6440" ran|strong="H1272" away|strong="H1272" from|strong="H6440" Sarai|strong="H8297". 
\verseNumber{7}An|strong="H4672" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" found|strong="H4672" her|strong="H5921" as|strong="H3068" she|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3068" near|strong="H5921" a|strong="H4672" spring|strong="H5869" of|strong="H3068" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" desert|strong="H4057". It|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" spring|strong="H5869" that|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" alongside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" road|strong="H1870" to|strong="H3068" Shur|strong="H7793". 
\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H6440" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" her|strong="H1904", “Hagar|strong="H1904", slave|strong="H8198" of|strong="H6440" Sarai|strong="H8297", where|strong="H2088" have|strong="H2088" you|strong="H6440" come|strong="H3212" from|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3212" where|strong="H2088" are|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" going|strong="H3212"?” She|strong="H6440" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H2088" have|strong="H2088" run|strong="H3212" away|strong="H3212" from|strong="H6440" Sarai|strong="H8297", my|strong="H6440" mistress|strong="H1404".” 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397" said|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" your|strong="H3068" mistress|strong="H1404" and|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" under|strong="H8478" her|strong="H7725" authority|strong="H3027" [MTY]”. 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" her|strong="H7235", “I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" bear|strong="H5375" so|strong="H3808" many|strong="H7230" descendants|strong="H2233" that|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3068" count|strong="H5608" them|strong="H3068"!” 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H8085" angel|strong="H4397" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" her|strong="H7121", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Listen|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3588"\+w*!} You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" pregnant|strong="H2030". You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121". You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" him|strong="H3205" Ishmael|strong="H3458", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w God|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w hears|strong="H8085"\+w*}’, because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3588" crying|strong="H7121" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" feel|strong="H4184" so|strong="H7121" miserable|strong="H5999". 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" uncontrollable as|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" wild|strong="H6501" donkey|strong="H6501" [MET|strong="H6298"]. He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" oppose|strong="H7853" everyone|strong="H3605", and|strong="H3027" everyone|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" oppose|strong="H7853" him|strong="H6440" [MTY]. He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" live|strong="H7931" far|strong="H5921" away|strong="H3605" from|strong="H6440" his|strong="H3605" relatives|strong="H0251" [SYN].” 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H1696" Hagar|strong="H1904" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" angel|strong="H4397" was|strong="H3068" really|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068", so|strong="H7121" she|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" herself|strong="H5315", “◄It|strong="H7121" is|strong="H3068" difficult|strong="H6381" to|strong="H1696" believe|strong="H0539" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" really|strong="H2088" seen|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" back|strong="H7725" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H7200" one|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3068" sees|strong="H7200" me|strong="H7200"!/Have|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" really|strong="H2088" seen|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" back|strong="H7725" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H7200" one|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3068" sees|strong="H7200" me|strong="H7200"?►” [RHQ] So|strong="H7121" she|strong="H3588" called|strong="H7121" him|strong="H7121" ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H7200" one|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3068" sees|strong="H7200" me’. 
\verseNumber{14}That|strong="H3651" is|strong="H2009" why|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" call|strong="H7121" the|strong="H5921" well|strong="H3651" there|strong="H2009" ‘Beer-Lahai-Roi’, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3651"\+w*, ‘\+w The|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w well|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w living|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w one|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w who|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w sees|strong="H2009"\+w* us’!} It|strong="H7121" is|strong="H2009" still|strong="H5750" there|strong="H2009", between|strong="H5921" Kadesh|strong="H6946" and|strong="H7121" Bered|strong="H1260". 
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\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H7121" Hagar|strong="H1904" later|strong="H0310" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121" for|strong="H7121" Abram|strong="H0087", and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H7121" gave|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" her|strong="H7121" son|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" name|strong="H8034" Ishmael|strong="H3458". 
\verseNumber{16}Abram|strong="H0087" was|strong="H1121" eighty-six|strong="H8084" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" Hagar|strong="H1904" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" Abram’s|strong="H0087" son|strong="H1121" Ishmael|strong="H3458". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh changed Abram’s name to Abraham and made an agreement with him }
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\chapterNumber{17}When|strong="H1961" Abram|strong="H0087" was|strong="H3068" 99 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", Yahweh|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H1980" him|strong="H6440" again|strong="H6440" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1980" him|strong="H6440", “I|strong="H7200" am|strong="H1961" God|strong="H3068" Almighty|strong="H7706". I|strong="H7200" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1980" live|strong="H1980" in|strong="H8141" a|strong="H1961" way|strong="H1980" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3068" regard|strong="H7200" you|strong="H6440" as|strong="H1961" someone|strong="H0376" that|strong="H7200" cannot|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" criticized|strong="H3885". 
\verseNumber{2}If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5414", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" make|strong="H5414" an|strong="H5414" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" you|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5414" which|strong="H1285" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" promise|strong="H1285" to|strong="H5414" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5414" very|strong="H3966" many|strong="H7235" descendants|strong="H2233".” [MTY] 
\verseNumber{3}Abram|strong="H0087" prostrated|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H6440" with|strong="H1696" his|strong="H6440" face|strong="H6440" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440". Then|strong="H1696" God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6440", 
\verseNumber{4}“Listen|strong="H2009" to|strong="H1961" this|strong="H1961" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H1471" I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" making|strong="H6213" with|strong="H1285" you|strong="H1961": People|strong="H1471" of|strong="H1995" many|strong="H1995" nations|strong="H1471" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H1961" descendants|strong="H2233". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H1471" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" will|strong="H1961" your|strong="H5414" name|strong="H8034" be|strong="H1961" Abram|strong="H0087". Instead|strong="H3588", your|strong="H5414" name|strong="H8034" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" Abraham|strong="H0085", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w father|strong="H0001"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w many|strong="H1995"\+w* \+w nations|strong="H1471"\+w*,’} because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H8034" many|strong="H1995" nations|strong="H1471" will|strong="H1961" descend|strong="H3381" from|strong="H1471" you|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1471" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3318" have|strong="H1471" very|strong="H3966" many|strong="H7227" descendants|strong="H3318", and|strong="H4428" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1471" cause|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3318" become|strong="H3318" great|strong="H3966" nations|strong="H1471"/people-groups, and|strong="H4428" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H3318" will|strong="H1471" become|strong="H3318" kings|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{7}I|strong="H6965" will|strong="H1961" make|strong="H6965" this|strong="H6965" agreement|strong="H1285" between|strong="H0996" me|strong="H1961" and|strong="H6965" you|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" your|strong="H1961" descendants|strong="H2233". It|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" everlasting|strong="H5769" agreement|strong="H1285" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" in|strong="H6965" effect|strong="H6965" for|strong="H1961" many|strong="H1755" generations|strong="H1755". This|strong="H6965" agreement|strong="H1285" is|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1961" I|strong="H6965" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H6965" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H2233" your|strong="H1961" descendants|strong="H2233". 
\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H5769" to|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" through|strong="H3605" which|strong="H3605" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H1961" now|strong="H1961" traveling|strong="H1980", all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H2233" the|strong="H3605" Canaan|strong="H3667" region|strong="H2256". It|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" everlasting|strong="H5769" possession|strong="H2233" for|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233", and|strong="H5769" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H4033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="H5414" told|strong="H5046" Abraham|strong="H0085" that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" males|strong="H2145" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" circumcised|strong="H4135" as|strong="H1961" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H2233" that|strong="H3605" agreement|strong="H7284" }
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H8104" God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H8104" Abraham|strong="H0085", “Now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H8104" must|strong="H4191" obey|strong="H8104" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2233"\+w*} the|strong="H8104" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H1755" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H1961" making|strong="H6213" with|strong="H1285" you|strong="H8104", and|strong="H1285" your|strong="H8104" descendants|strong="H2233" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H1571" obey|strong="H8104" it|strong="H8104", for|strong="H2233" all|strong="H1755" generations|strong="H1755". 
\verseNumber{10}This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3605" am|strong="H1961" making|strong="H3605", between|strong="H0996" myself|strong="H0589" and|strong="H1285" you|strong="H3605" and|strong="H1285" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233": Every|strong="H3605" male|strong="H2145" among|strong="H8432" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H2145" circumcised|strong="H4135". 
\verseNumber{11}◄Cutting|strong="H2799" the|strong="H1961" foreskins|strong="H6190" of|strong="H1285"/Circumcising|strong="H4135"► them|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" sign|strong="H0226" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w you|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w accepted|strong="H7521"\+w*} the|strong="H1961" agreement|strong="H1285" I|strong="H1961" am|strong="H1961" making|strong="H6213" with|strong="H1285" you|strong="H1320". 
\verseNumber{12}Every|strong="H3605" male|strong="H2145" child|strong="H1121" among|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3808" circumcised|strong="H4135" when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" eight|strong="H8083" days|strong="H3117" old|strong="H1121", in|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" future|strong="H0319" generations|strong="H1755". That|strong="H3605" includes baby|strong="H1121" boys|strong="H3206" in|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3605" household|strong="H1004" or|strong="H3808" those|strong="H3605" born|strong="H3211" from|strong="H1121" slaves|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1121" been|strong="H3808" bought|strong="H4736", and|strong="H1121" baby|strong="H1121" boys|strong="H3206" of|strong="H1121" foreigners|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3117" among|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3605" but|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3117" your|strong="H3605" household|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{13}It|strong="H1961" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1961" matter|strong="H1697" whether|strong="H0518" their|strong="H1961" parents|strong="H0001" are|strong="H1004" members|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H1961" household|strong="H1004" or|strong="H3701" slaves|strong="H5650" that|strong="H1320" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" bought|strong="H4736"; they|strong="H1285" must|strong="H4191" all|strong="H5769" be|strong="H1961" circumcised|strong="H4135". Your|strong="H1961" bodies|strong="H1320" will|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" this|strong="H1004" mark|strong="H0226" to|strong="H1961" show|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w accepted|strong="H7521"\+w*} this|strong="H1004" everlasting|strong="H5769" agreement|strong="H1285" I|strong="H1004" am|strong="H1961" making|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{14}You|strong="H3808" must|strong="H5315" expel|strong="H1644" from|strong="H3772" your|strong="H3808" community|strong="H5712" any|strong="H5315" male|strong="H2145" who|strong="H1931" has|strong="H5315" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H5971" circumcised|strong="H4135", because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w being|strong="H5315"\+w* circumised} that|strong="H5971" person|strong="H5315" has|strong="H5315" disobeyed|strong="H6963" my|strong="H6565" agreement|strong="H1285".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="H3808" changed|strong="H8133" Sarai’s|strong="H8297" name|strong="H8034" to|strong="H5315" Sarah|strong="H8283" }
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\verseNumber{15}God|strong="H3808" also|strong="H8034" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H7121" Abraham|strong="H0085", “As|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" Sarai|strong="H8297", your|strong="H3588" wife|strong="H0802", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" call|strong="H7121" her|strong="H7121" Sarai|strong="H8297" any|strong="H3588" longer|strong="H3808". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Since|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w changed|strong="H8133"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w name|strong="H8034"\+w*, \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w change|strong="H5162"\+w* \+w her|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w name|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w also|strong="H8034"\+w*}. Her|strong="H7121" name|strong="H8034" will|strong="H3808" now|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3808" Sarah|strong="H8283". 
\verseNumber{16}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" bless|strong="H1288" her|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H1571" will|strong="H1961" surely|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" for|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414". And|strong="H1121" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" bless|strong="H1288" her|strong="H5414" so|strong="H4480" much|strong="H7227" that|strong="H5971" she|strong="H1571" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5414" ancestor of|strong="H1121" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" many|strong="H7227" nations|strong="H1471". Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" some|strong="H4480" people-groups will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H4480" her|strong="H5414".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="H5414" promised|strong="H5414" Abraham|strong="H0085" and|strong="H1121" Sarah|strong="H8283" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5971" would|strong="H5971" have|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" }
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\verseNumber{17}Abraham|strong="H0085" prostrated|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H3820" with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H6440" face|strong="H6440" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w respect|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}. But|strong="H5921" then|strong="H5307" he|strong="H5921" laughed|strong="H6711" as|strong="H6440" he|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" himself|strong="H3820", “Can|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3205" man|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" is|strong="H3820" a|strong="H3205" 100 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" become|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121"? And|strong="H3967" since|strong="H3588" Sarah|strong="H8283" is|strong="H3820" 90 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", how|strong="H4100" can|strong="H1121" she|strong="H3967" bear|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" child|strong="H1121"?” 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H0227" Abraham|strong="H0085" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6440" God|strong="H3863", “Perhaps|strong="H0194" you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H6440" let|strong="H7971" Ishmael|strong="H3458" receive|strong="H3947" your|strong="H6440" blessing|strong="H1293" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w inherit|strong="H5157"\+w* \+w all|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w I|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w possess|strong="H3423"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H6965" God|strong="H0430" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w No|strong="H6965"\+w*!} Your|strong="H6965" wife|strong="H0802" Sarah|strong="H8283" will|strong="H1121" bear|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121" for|strong="H7121" you|strong="H3205". You|strong="H3205" must|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" him|strong="H3205" Isaac|strong="H3327". I|strong="H6965" will|strong="H1121" establish|strong="H6965" my|strong="H6965" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" him|strong="H3205", one|strong="H1121" which|strong="H1285" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" an|strong="H6965" everlasting|strong="H5769" agreement|strong="H1285" for|strong="H7121" him|strong="H3205" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7121" descendants|strong="H2233". 
\verseNumber{20}As|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3205" Ishmael|strong="H3458", I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1471" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H8085" you|strong="H5414" asked|strong="H7592" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" do|strong="H8085" for|strong="H3205" him|strong="H5414". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1471" bless|strong="H1288" him|strong="H5414" so|strong="H5414" that|strong="H8085" he|strong="H5414" also|strong="H3458" will|strong="H1471" have|strong="H1471" many|strong="H7235" descendants|strong="H2233". Among|strong="H5387" his|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H1471" be|strong="H1471" rulers|strong="H5387" of|strong="H3205" twelve|strong="H8147" nations|strong="H1471". And|strong="H1419" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1471" cause|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w*} [MTY] to|strong="H5414" also|strong="H3458" become|strong="H3205" a|strong="H5414" great|strong="H1419" nation|strong="H1471". 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H3205" Isaac|strong="H3327", the|strong="H3205" son|strong="H3205" whom|strong="H0834" Sarah|strong="H8283" will|strong="H2088" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" at|strong="H6965" this|strong="H2088" time|strong="H4150" next|strong="H4283" year|strong="H8141", is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3205" one|strong="H2088" with|strong="H1285" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H2088" will|strong="H2088" establish|strong="H6965" my|strong="H6965" agreement|strong="H1285".” 
\verseNumber{22}When|strong="H3615" God|strong="H0430" finished|strong="H3615" talking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Abraham|strong="H0085", God|strong="H0430" disappeared|strong="H0369" from|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" sight|strong="H5869". 
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\verseNumber{23}On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" same|strong="H6106" day|strong="H3117", Abraham|strong="H3947" took|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" Ishmael|strong="H3458" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" males|strong="H2145" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" in|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" household|strong="H1004", including|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" slaves|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3117" had|strong="H1121" bought|strong="H4736", and|strong="H1121" circumcised|strong="H4135" them|strong="H3947". He|strong="H3117" cut|strong="H4135" off|strong="H4135" their|strong="H3605" foreskins|strong="H6190", just|strong="H3605" as|strong="H3117" God|strong="H0430" told|strong="H1696" him|strong="H3947" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{24}Abraham|strong="H0085" was|strong="H1121" 99 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" ◄he|strong="H8141" was|strong="H1121" circumcised|strong="H4135"/someone|strong="H0376" circumcised|strong="H4135" him|strong="H1121"►, 
\verseNumber{25}and|strong="H1121" Ishmael|strong="H3458" was|strong="H1121" thirteen|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" Abraham|strong="H0085" circumcised|strong="H4135" him|strong="H6240". 
\verseNumber{26}On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" very|strong="H6106" day|strong="H3117" Abraham|strong="H0085" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3117" son|strong="H1121", Ishmael|strong="H3458" were|strong="H1121" circumcised|strong="H4135". 
\verseNumber{27}And|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" males|strong="H1121" in|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" household|strong="H1004", the|strong="H3605" ones|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1121" been|strong="H3605" born|strong="H3211" there|strong="H3605" and|strong="H1121" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1121" been|strong="H3605" bought|strong="H4736" from|strong="H1121" foreigners|strong="H1121", were|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1121" circumcised|strong="H4135". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh appeared to them and promised again that they would have a son }
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\chapterNumber{18}One|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117" during|strong="H3117" that|strong="H7200" year|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" hot|strong="H2527", Yahweh|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" Abraham|strong="H0085" again|strong="H7725" near|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" big|strong="H0931" trees|strong="H6086" that|strong="H7200" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Mamre|strong="H4471", while|strong="H3117" Abraham|strong="H0085" was|strong="H3068" sitting|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H7200" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{2}Abraham|strong="H5375" looked|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5375" [MTY] and|strong="H5869" was|strong="H5324" surprised|strong="H8610" to|strong="H5921" see|strong="H7200" three|strong="H7969" men|strong="H0376" standing|strong="H5324" near|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Actually|strong="H7901"\+w*, \+w one|strong="H5324"\+w* \+w was|strong="H5324"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w two|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w angels|strong="H4397"\+w*}. When|strong="H7200" he|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H7200" them|strong="H5921", he|strong="H5921" ran|strong="H7323" to|strong="H5921" meet|strong="H7125" them|strong="H5921". He|strong="H5921" prostrated|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H7812" with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5375" face|strong="H5869" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H0776" to|strong="H5921" show|strong="H7200" respect|strong="H7200", 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="H5869" said|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w one|strong="H0259"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}, “Sir|strong="H0113", if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H5869" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H5921" me|strong="H4994", stay|strong="H3427" here|strong="H4672" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H4672" little|strong="H4592" while|strong="H5921" [LIT|strong="H0215"]. 
\verseNumber{4}Allow|strong="H4994" my|strong="H3947" servants|strong="H5650" to|strong="H4325" bring|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" little|strong="H4592" water|strong="H4325" and|strong="H6086" wash|strong="H7364" your|strong="H3947" feet|strong="H7272", and|strong="H6086" rest|strong="H8172" under|strong="H8478" this|strong="H3947" tree|strong="H6086". 
\verseNumber{5}Since|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5650" come|strong="H5674" here|strong="H3651" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5921", allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" bring|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3588" some|strong="H4480" food|strong="H3899" [SYN] so|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" can|strong="H5650" feel|strong="H4184" refreshed|strong="H5314" before|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588" leave|strong="H5800".” Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H1696", “All|strong="H6213" right|strong="H3651", do|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5650" said|strong="H1696".” 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H6213" Abraham|strong="H0085" quickly|strong="H4116" went|strong="H1980" into|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H6213" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" Sarah|strong="H8283", “Quick|strong="H4116", get|strong="H6213" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H5429" our|strong="H6213" best|strong="H2459" flour|strong="H5560" and|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" some|strong="H4480" loaves|strong="H3899" of|strong="H5429" bread|strong="H5692"!” 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H6213" ran|strong="H7323" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5414" herd|strong="H1241" of|strong="H1121" cattle|strong="H1241" and|strong="H1121" selected|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" calf|strong="H1121" whose|strong="H1121" meat|strong="H1320" would|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1121" tender|strong="H7390" and|strong="H1121" tasty|strong="H2536". He|strong="H6213" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H6213" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" servants|strong="H5288" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w told|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w*} quickly|strong="H4116" kill|strong="H2026" it|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" cook|strong="H2876" it|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" meat|strong="H1320" was|strong="H1931" cooked|strong="H2102", Abraham|strong="H3947" brought|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4480" curds|strong="H2529" and|strong="H1121" milk|strong="H2461" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" meat|strong="H1320" that|strong="H1931" had|strong="H5414" been|strong="H1961" prepared|strong="H6213", and|strong="H1121" set|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" visitors|strong="H1992". Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H1931" stood|strong="H5975" near|strong="H6440" them|strong="H5414", under|strong="H8478" a|strong="H3947" tree|strong="H6086", while|strong="H1931" they|strong="H5921" ate|strong="H0398". 
\verseNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H0259"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} them|strong="H5414" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H5414", “Where|strong="H2009" is|strong="H2009" Sarah|strong="H8283", your|strong="H8283" wife|strong="H0802"?” He|strong="H8283" replied|strong="H0559", “She|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2009" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H2009" tent|strong="H0168".” 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H2009" the|strong="H8085" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8085" group|strong="H7235" said|strong="H8085", “I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H1121" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H7725" ◄about|strong="H8085" this|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256"/in|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" springtime► next|strong="H2416" year|strong="H6256", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H7725" your|strong="H8085" amazement, your|strong="H8085" wife|strong="H2416" Sarah|strong="H8283" will|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" an|strong="H7725" infant|strong="H3243" son|strong="H1121".” It|strong="H1931" happened|strong="H1961" that|strong="H8085" Sarah|strong="H8283" was|strong="H1931" listening|strong="H8085" at|strong="H7725" the|strong="H8085" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8085" tent|strong="H0168", which|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" behind|strong="H0310" the|strong="H8085" one|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" speaking|strong="H1696". 
\verseNumber{11}Abraham|strong="H0085" and|strong="H3117" Sarah|strong="H8283" were|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" old|strong="H2205", and|strong="H3117" Sarah|strong="H8283" was|strong="H1961" far|strong="H5704" past|strong="H2308" the|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" when|strong="H1961" she|strong="H1931" could|strong="H3201" bear|strong="H5375" children|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H1961" Sarah|strong="H8283" laughed|strong="H6711" to|strong="H1961" herself|strong="H7130", thinking|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H1961" body|strong="H7130" is|strong="H1961" worn|strong="H1086" out|strong="H1086", and|strong="H2204" my|strong="H1961" husband|strong="H0376" is|strong="H1961" old|strong="H2204". So|strong="H1961" how|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4310" I|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" pleasure|strong="H5730" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H7130"\+w* \+w having|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w child|strong="H3206"\+w*}?” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{13}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Abraham|strong="H0085", “Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" Sarah|strong="H8283" laugh|strong="H6711"? Why|strong="H4100" was|strong="H3068" she|strong="H4100" thinking|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H2088" am|strong="H2204" too|strong="H4480" old|strong="H2204", so|strong="H2088" how|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" I|strong="H2088" bear|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" child|strong="H3205"?’ 
\verseNumber{14}I|strong="H1697" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! ◄Is|strong="H3068" there|strong="H7725" anything|strong="H1697" too|strong="H1697" difficult|strong="H6381" for|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7725"?/There|strong="H7725" is|strong="H3068" nothing|strong="H1697" too|strong="H1697" difficult|strong="H6381" for|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7725"!► [RHQ] I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" about|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1697" time|strong="H6256" next|strong="H2416" year|strong="H6256" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" springtime, and|strong="H1121" Sarah|strong="H8283" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" an|strong="H3068" infant|strong="H3243" son|strong="H1121".” 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H3588" Sarah|strong="H8283" was|strong="H3808" afraid|strong="H3372", so|strong="H3808" she|strong="H3588" lied|strong="H3584" and|strong="H3372" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" laugh|strong="H6711".” But|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Don’t|strong="H3808" deny|strong="H3584" it|strong="H3588"! You|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" laugh|strong="H6711".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Abraham|strong="H0085" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H3372" intercede|strong="H6419" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3372" Sodom|strong="H5467" }
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\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" three|strong="H7969" men|strong="H1980" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" to|strong="H1980" leave|strong="H1980", they|strong="H8033" looked|strong="H8259" down|strong="H8259" into|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" valley|strong="H6010" toward|strong="H5921" Sodom|strong="H5467" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. Abraham|strong="H0085" was|strong="H6440" walking|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1980" say|strong="H0559" “goodbye” to|strong="H1980" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{17}Yahweh|strong="H3068" thought|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" himself|strong="H6213", “It|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6213" right|strong="H3068" for|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" prevent|strong="H6923" Abraham|strong="H0085" from|strong="H3068" knowing|strong="H3045" what|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3068" plan|strong="H6098" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" [RHQ]. 
\verseNumber{18}Abraham’s|strong="H0085" descendants|strong="H2233" [MTY] will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1419" and|strong="H1419" powerful|strong="H6099" nation|strong="H1471". And|strong="H1419" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H3605" [MTY] all|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" blessed|strong="H1288" because|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H1288" do|strong="H3605" for|strong="H3605" him|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{19}I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H3045" him|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" teach|strong="H3045" his|strong="H8104" children|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3068" families|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1696" obey|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3045" is|strong="H3068" right|strong="H4941" and|strong="H1121" fair|strong="H1696", and|strong="H1121" then|strong="H1696" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" Abraham|strong="H0085" what|strong="H3045" I|strong="H3588" promised|strong="H1696".” 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H3966" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Abraham|strong="H0085", “I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H7227" that|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" about|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" [MTY] Sodom|strong="H5467" and|strong="H3068" Gomorrah|strong="H6017". Their|strong="H3068" sins|strong="H2403" are|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H7227". 
\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3045" will|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" now|strong="H4994", and|strong="H7200" I|strong="H3045" will|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" if|strong="H7200" all|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" terrible|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3045" I|strong="H3045" have|strong="H3045" heard|strong="H7200" are|strong="H6213" true|strong="H0571" or|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" true|strong="H0571".” 
\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H5975" the|strong="H6440" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H0376" turned|strong="H6437" and|strong="H3068" started|strong="H2490" walking|strong="H3212" toward|strong="H6440" Sodom|strong="H5467". But|strong="H6437" Yahweh|strong="H3068" remained|strong="H5975", standing|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Abraham|strong="H0085". 
\verseNumber{23}Abraham|strong="H0085" came|strong="H5066" closer|strong="H5066" to|strong="H5066" him|strong="H5973" and|strong="H5066" said|strong="H0559", “Will|strong="H6662" you|strong="H5973" really|strong="H2088" destroy|strong="H5595" righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H7563" along|strong="H5973" with|strong="H5973" wicked|strong="H7563" ones|strong="H6662"? 
\verseNumber{24}What|strong="H4100" will|strong="H6662" you|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3426" if|strong="H3426" there|strong="H3426" are|strong="H3426" only|strong="H0389" 50 righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3808" in|strong="H8432" the|strong="H5375" city|strong="H5892"? Will|strong="H6662" you|strong="H3808" really|strong="H2088" get|strong="H8432" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H5892" them|strong="H5375" all|strong="H5375", and|strong="H5892" not|strong="H3808" spare|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" place|strong="H4725"/city|strong="H5892" for|strong="H4616" the|strong="H5375" sake|strong="H4616" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5375" 50 righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H6662" are|strong="H3426" in|strong="H8432" the|strong="H5375" city|strong="H5892"? 
\verseNumber{25}It|strong="H6213" would|strong="H1697" certainly|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" right|strong="H4941" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H4191" do|strong="H6213" such|strong="H2088" a|strong="H1961" thing|strong="H1697", to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3808" along|strong="H5973" with|strong="H5973" wicked|strong="H7563" ones|strong="H6662", and|strong="H4941" treat|strong="H6213" righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3808" and|strong="H4941" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H2088" way|strong="H1697". You|strong="H3605" could|strong="H2088" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605", because|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3605", who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H7563" the|strong="H3605" judge|strong="H8199" of|strong="H1697" everyone|strong="H3605" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776", will|strong="H1961" certainly|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" is|strong="H2088" right|strong="H4941" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w regarding|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Sodom|strong="H5467"\+w*}!” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{26}Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H0518" I|strong="H4672" find|strong="H4672" 50 righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3068" Sodom|strong="H5467", I|strong="H4672" will|strong="H3068" spare|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" place|strong="H4725"/city|strong="H5892" for|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" sake|strong="H5668".” 
\verseNumber{27}Abraham|strong="H0085" replied|strong="H6030", “I|strong="H2009" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1696" be|strong="H4994" bold|strong="H0982" like|strong="H3644" this|strong="H1696" and|strong="H6030" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H1696", God|strong="H0430", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1696" worthless|strong="H1100" as|strong="H1696" dust|strong="H6083" and|strong="H6030" ashes|strong="H6083" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
\verseNumber{28}But|strong="H3808" what|strong="H4100" will|strong="H6662" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3605" if|strong="H0518" there|strong="H8033" are|strong="H5892" only|strong="H3605" 45 righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3808"? Will|strong="H6662" you|strong="H3605" destroy|strong="H7843" everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" because|strong="H3605" there|strong="H8033" are|strong="H5892" only|strong="H3605" 45 and|strong="H5892" not|strong="H3808" 50 righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3808"?” Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H6662" not|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H7843" it|strong="H8033" if|strong="H0518" I|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" that|strong="H3605" there|strong="H8033" are|strong="H5892" 45 righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3808".” 
\verseNumber{29}Abraham|strong="H3254" continued|strong="H5750" to|strong="H1696" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w this|strong="H6213"\+w*}, saying|strong="H1696", “What|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3808" you|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H6213" find|strong="H4672" that|strong="H6213" there|strong="H8033" are|strong="H6213" only|strong="H0389" 40 righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3808" there|strong="H8033"?” Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H1696", “I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" all|strong="H6213", for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" sake|strong="H5668" of|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" 40.” 
\verseNumber{30}Abraham|strong="H0085" said|strong="H1696", “God|strong="H3808", please|strong="H4994" don’t|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" angry|strong="H2734" now|strong="H4994". Let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" speak|strong="H1696" again|strong="H1696". What|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3808" you|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" if|strong="H0518" there|strong="H8033" are|strong="H6213" only|strong="H0389" 30 righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3808"?” He|strong="H8033" replied|strong="H1696", “I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" if|strong="H0518" I|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" that|strong="H6213" there|strong="H8033" are|strong="H6213" 30 there|strong="H8033".” 
\verseNumber{31}Abraham|strong="H0085" said|strong="H1696", “I|strong="H2009" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" bold|strong="H0982" and|strong="H6242" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3808" like|strong="H3808" this|strong="H1696", God|strong="H3808". But|strong="H3808" what|strong="H1696" will|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" do|strong="H4994" if|strong="H2009" you|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" that|strong="H3808" there|strong="H8033" are|strong="H8033" only|strong="H0389" 20 righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3808" there|strong="H8033"?” He|strong="H8033" replied|strong="H1696", “I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H7843" the|strong="H7843" whole|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", for|strong="H8033" the|strong="H7843" sake|strong="H5668" of|strong="H1696" those|strong="H1696" 20.” 
\verseNumber{32}Abraham|strong="H0085" said|strong="H1696", “God|strong="H3808", don’t|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" angry|strong="H2734" now|strong="H4994". Just|strong="H1696" let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" speak|strong="H1696" one|strong="H3808" time|strong="H6471" more|strong="H6471". What|strong="H1696" will|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" do|strong="H4994" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" that|strong="H5668" there|strong="H8033" are|strong="H8033" only|strong="H0389" ten|strong="H6235" righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3808" there|strong="H8033"?” Yahweh|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H1696", “I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H7843" the|strong="H7843" city|strong="H5892" for|strong="H8033" the|strong="H7843" sake|strong="H5668" of|strong="H1696" those|strong="H1696" ten|strong="H6235".” 
\verseNumber{33}Abraham|strong="H0085" said|strong="H1696" no|strong="H1696" more|strong="H7725", and|strong="H3068" as|strong="H3068" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" finished|strong="H3615" speaking|strong="H1696" with|strong="H3068" Abraham|strong="H0085", he|strong="H3068" left|strong="H3615", and|strong="H3068" Abraham|strong="H0085" returned|strong="H7725" home|strong="H4725". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Angels warned Lot that Sodom would be destroyed because of the people’s wickedness }
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\chapterNumber{19}That|strong="H7200" evening|strong="H6153", the|strong="H7200" two|strong="H8147" angels|strong="H4397" arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3427" Sodom|strong="H5467". Lot|strong="H3876" was|strong="H3876" sitting|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H7200" gateway|strong="H8179" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H7200" city|strong="H8179". When|strong="H7200" he|strong="H8147" saw|strong="H7200" them|strong="H7200", he|strong="H8147" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" to|strong="H4397" greet|strong="H7592" them|strong="H7200", and|strong="H6965" prostrated|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H7812" with|strong="H3427" his|strong="H7200" face|strong="H7200" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1980" them|strong="H5493", “Gentlemen, please|strong="H4994" stay|strong="H3885" in|strong="H1980" my|strong="H5493" house|strong="H1004" tonight|strong="H3915". You|strong="H3588" can|strong="H5650" wash|strong="H7364" your|strong="H3588" feet|strong="H7272", and|strong="H1980" tomorrow|strong="H4279" you|strong="H3588" can|strong="H5650" continue|strong="H3885" your|strong="H3588" journey|strong="H1870".” But|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5650" just|strong="H3512" sleep|strong="H3885" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892" square|strong="H7339".” 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3588" Lot|strong="H1486" kept|strong="H6213" insisting strongly|strong="H3966" that|strong="H6213" they|strong="H6213" sleep|strong="H8142" in|strong="H6213" his|strong="H5493" house|strong="H1004". So|strong="H6213" they|strong="H6213" entered|strong="H0935" his|strong="H5493" house|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" him|strong="H6213", and|strong="H1004" he|strong="H6213" prepared|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" meal|strong="H7058" for|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213". He|strong="H6213" baked|strong="H0644" some|strong="H4480" bread|strong="H4682" without|strong="H1004" yeast|strong="H7603", and|strong="H1004" they|strong="H6213" ate|strong="H0398" it|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{4}After|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" finished|strong="H3615" eating|strong="H0398", before|strong="H2962" they|strong="H5921" went|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5704" bed|strong="H7901", the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5288" of|strong="H1004" Sodom|strong="H5467" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H5921", from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" young|strong="H5288" ones|strong="H2945" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" old|strong="H2205" ones|strong="H2945", surrounded|strong="H5437" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H3915" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Lot|strong="H3876", saying|strong="H0559", “Where|strong="H0834" are|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3045" men|strong="H7121" who|strong="H3045" came|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" your|strong="H3045" house|strong="H1004" this|strong="H7121" evening|strong="H3915"? Bring|strong="H3318" them|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3318", so|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3045" we|strong="H0587" can|strong="H3045" have|strong="H3045" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H3318" them|strong="H7121"!” [EUP] 
\verseNumber{6}Lot|strong="H3876" went|strong="H3318" outside|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3318" shut|strong="H5462" the|strong="H3318" door|strong="H6607" behind|strong="H0310" him|strong="H3318", so|strong="H3318" that|strong="H3318" they|strong="H3318" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3318" go|strong="H3318" inside|strong="H8432". 
\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4994" them|strong="H4994", “My|strong="H7489" friends|strong="H7453", don’t|strong="H0408" do|strong="H7489" such|strong="H2088" an|strong="H1129" evil|strong="H7489" thing|strong="H4994"! 
\verseNumber{8}Listen|strong="H2009" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H4994". I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5869" two|strong="H8147" daughters|strong="H1323" who|strong="H2896" have|strong="H5869" never|strong="H3808" had|strong="H3588" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H6213" any|strong="H6213" man|strong="H2896". Let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" bring|strong="H3318" them|strong="H5921" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3588" now|strong="H4994", and|strong="H5869" you|strong="H3588" can|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" with|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5921" whatever|strong="H2896" pleases|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588". But|strong="H3588" don’t|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3318" these|strong="H6213" men|strong="H6213", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5869" guests|strong="H7121" in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w must|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w protect|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H1992" they|strong="H1992" replied|strong="H0559", “Get|strong="H3947" out|strong="H3876" of|strong="H1817" our|strong="H8199" way|strong="H1870"! You|strong="H7489" are|strong="H1992" a|strong="H7665" foreigner|strong="H5237"; so|strong="H5066" you|strong="H7489" have|strong="H6258" no|strong="H3808" right|strong="H3225" to|strong="H5066" tell|strong="H5046" us|strong="H7489" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H1992" right|strong="H3225"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7489"\+w* \+w don’t|strong="H0408"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3876"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1817"\+w* \+w our|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w way|strong="H1870"\+w*}, we|strong="H6258" will|strong="H8199" do|strong="H7489" worse|strong="H7489" things|strong="H1992" to|strong="H5066" you|strong="H7489" than|strong="H4480" we|strong="H6258" will|strong="H8199" do|strong="H7489" to|strong="H5066" them|strong="H1992"!” Then|strong="H6258" they|strong="H1992" lunged towards Lot|strong="H3876", and|strong="H5066" tried|strong="H6884" forcefully to|strong="H5066" break|strong="H7665" down|strong="H7665" the|strong="H7665" door|strong="H1817". 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7971" two|strong="H1004" angels|strong="H4397" opened|strong="H6605" the|strong="H7971" door|strong="H1817" carefully|strong="H6213", reached|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" their|strong="H7971" hands|strong="H3027", and|strong="H7971" pulled|strong="H5265" Lot|strong="H3876" to|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971" inside|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7971" house|strong="H1004". Then|strong="H7971" they|strong="H3027" quickly|strong="H4116" shut|strong="H5462" the|strong="H7971" door|strong="H1817". 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H5221" they|strong="H5704" caused|strong="H5414" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5221" men|strong="H1419" who|strong="H4672" were|strong="H1419" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H5221" door|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5221" house|strong="H1004", young|strong="H6996" and|strong="H1419" old|strong="H1419", to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H3811" blind|strong="H5787", so|strong="H4672" that|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5704" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H5704" find|strong="H4672" the|strong="H5221" door|strong="H6607". 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" two|strong="H4480" angels|strong="H4397" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Lot|strong="H3876", “Who|strong="H4310" else|strong="H5750" is|strong="H4310" with|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3605" here|strong="H6311"? If|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" or|strong="H1121" sons-in-law|strong="H2860" or|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323" or|strong="H1121" anyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" related|strong="H2860" to|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3605", take|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", 
\verseNumber{13}because|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" ones|strong="H2945" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H7843" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725". Yahweh|strong="H3068" considers|strong="H7919" that|strong="H3588" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H3068" so|strong="H7971" evil|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H7971" us|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H7843" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892".” 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H4480" Lot|strong="H3876" went|strong="H3318" and|strong="H6965" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H3947" who|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" pledged|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" marry|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3068" daughters|strong="H1323". He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H3947", “Hurry|strong="H4116"! Get|strong="H3947" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" city|strong="H5892", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" about|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" destroy|strong="H7843" it|strong="H3588"!” But|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3068" future|strong="H0319" sons-in-law|strong="H2860" thought|strong="H5869" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" joking|strong="H7832". 
\verseNumber{15}As|strong="H3644" it|strong="H5927" was|strong="H5892" about|strong="H3947" to|strong="H5927" dawn|strong="H7837" the|strong="H3947" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H7837", the|strong="H3947" two|strong="H8147" angels|strong="H4397" urged|strong="H6484" Lot|strong="H3876", saying|strong="H0559", “Get|strong="H3947" up|strong="H5927" quickly|strong="H4116"! Take|strong="H3947" your|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H6965" your|strong="H3947" two|strong="H8147" daughters|strong="H1323" who|strong="H4397" are|strong="H5892" here|strong="H4672" with|strong="H5892" you|strong="H3947" and|strong="H6965" leave|strong="H5927"! If|strong="H6435" you|strong="H3947" don’t|strong="H0408", you|strong="H3947" will|strong="H5892" die|strong="H5595" when|strong="H3644" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H6435"\+w* \+w destroy|strong="H5595"\+w*/\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w destroys|strong="H7843"\+w*} the|strong="H3947" city|strong="H5892"!” 
\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H3318" Lot|strong="H4102" hesitated|strong="H4102", the|strong="H5921" angels|strong="H4397" grasped|strong="H0270" his|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" wife’s|strong="H0802" hand|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" two|strong="H8147" daughters|strong="H1323". They|strong="H3068" led|strong="H3318" them|strong="H5921" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" safely|strong="H0983". The|strong="H5921" angels|strong="H4397" did|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" because|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" acting|strong="H4603" mercifully toward|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{17}When|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H1961" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H3605" angels|strong="H4397" said|strong="H3318", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w want|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w remain|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w alive|strong="H5315"\+w*}, run|strong="H4422" away|strong="H5595" quickly|strong="H4116"! Don’t|strong="H0408" look|strong="H5027" back|strong="H5027"! And|strong="H2022" don’t|strong="H0408" stop|strong="H5975" anywhere|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" valley|strong="H3603"! Flee|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" hills|strong="H2022"! If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" don’t|strong="H0408", you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" die|strong="H5595"!” 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H3588" Lot|strong="H3876" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4994" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4994" angels|strong="H4397", “No|strong="H3808", sir|strong="H0113", don’t|strong="H0408" make|strong="H6213" me|strong="H4994" do|strong="H4994" that|strong="H0834"! 
\verseNumber{19}Please|strong="H4994", listen|strong="H2009". You|strong="H6213" have|strong="H5869" been|strong="H3808" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H6213" me|strong="H4994" and|strong="H5869" have|strong="H5869" been|strong="H3808" very|strong="H6213" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H4994" and|strong="H5869" spared|strong="H2421" my|strong="H6213" life|strong="H5315". But|strong="H3808" I|strong="H2009" cannot|strong="H3808" flee|strong="H5127" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H6213" mountain|strong="H2022". If|strong="H2009" I|strong="H2009" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H4191" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5315", I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H5650" die|strong="H4191" in|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" disaster|strong="H7451" [PRS]. 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H2009" to|strong="H8033" me|strong="H4994". There|strong="H8033" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H3808" town|strong="H5892" nearby|strong="H7138". Let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" run|strong="H5127" to|strong="H8033" that|strong="H1931" small|strong="H4705" town|strong="H5892". Let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" go|strong="H2009" there|strong="H8033" now|strong="H4994". It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H3808" small|strong="H4705" town|strong="H5892", but|strong="H3808" our|strong="H8033" lives|strong="H5315" will|strong="H5315" be|strong="H3808" saved|strong="H2421" if|strong="H2009" we|strong="H5315" go|strong="H2009" there|strong="H8033".” 
\verseNumber{21}One|strong="H2088" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H6440" angels|strong="H4397" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Lot|strong="H1486", “I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H1571" allow|strong="H5414" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6440" have|strong="H1571" requested|strong="H1697" [MTY]. I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H1571" not|strong="H1115" destroy|strong="H5892" the|strong="H6440" little|strong="H4592" town|strong="H5892" you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H1697" speaking|strong="H1696" about|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" hurry|strong="H4116"! Run|strong="H4422" there|strong="H8033", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H1697" until|strong="H5704" you|strong="H3588" arrive|strong="H0935" there|strong="H8033".” People|strong="H3808" later|strong="H0310" called|strong="H7121" the|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" town|strong="H5892" Zoar|strong="H6820" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3651"\+w* ‘small’,} because|strong="H3588" Lot|strong="H1486" said|strong="H1697" it|strong="H7121" was|strong="H8034" small|strong="H6996". 

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\verseNumber{23}As|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" sun|strong="H8121" was|strong="H8121" rising|strong="H3318", Lot|strong="H3876" and|strong="H3318" his|strong="H5921" family|strong="H4940" arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" town|strong="H7151" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H8121" now|strong="H5921" called|strong="H7121" Zoar|strong="H6820". 
\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" fire|strong="H0784" and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w burning|strong="H2740"\+w*} sulfur|strong="H1614" to|strong="H3068" fall|strong="H5307" down|strong="H4305" on|strong="H5921" Sodom|strong="H5467" and|strong="H3068" Gomorrah|strong="H6017" like|strong="H5921" rain|strong="H4305". 
\verseNumber{25}In|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3605" way|strong="H2015", he|strong="H3605" destroyed|strong="H2015" those|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5892" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3427" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" those|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892". He|strong="H3605" also|strong="H1571" destroyed|strong="H2015" everything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" valley|strong="H3603", including|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" plants|strong="H6780"/vegetation|strong="H6212". 
\verseNumber{26}But|strong="H1961" Lot’s|strong="H3876" wife|strong="H0802" stopped|strong="H5975" and|strong="H5027" looked|strong="H5027" back|strong="H5027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w see|strong="H5027"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* happening}, so|strong="H1961" she|strong="H1931" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H5027" her|strong="H1961" body|strong="H1320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w later|strong="H1961"\+w*} became|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" pillar|strong="H5333" of|strong="H5333" salt|strong="H4417". 
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\verseNumber{27}That|strong="H3068" morning|strong="H1242", Abraham|strong="H0085" got|strong="H7925" up|strong="H5975" and|strong="H3068" went|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H8033" he|strong="H8033" had|strong="H3068" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{28}He|strong="H3605" looked|strong="H7200" down|strong="H8259" toward|strong="H5921" Sodom|strong="H5467" and|strong="H6440" Gomorrah|strong="H6017", and|strong="H6440" he|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w surprised|strong="H8610"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w*} see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" valley|strong="H3603", smoke|strong="H7008" was|strong="H3605" rising|strong="H5927", like|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" smoke|strong="H7008" of|strong="H6440" a|strong="H7200" huge|strong="H1995" furnace|strong="H3536". 
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\verseNumber{29}So|strong="H7971", when|strong="H1961" God|strong="H7971" destroyed|strong="H7843" those|strong="H3427" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8432" valley|strong="H3603", he|strong="H7971" remembered|strong="H2142" what|strong="H2142" he|strong="H7971" had|strong="H1961" promised|strong="H1696" Abraham|strong="H0085", and|strong="H7971" he|strong="H7971" rescued|strong="H5337" Lot|strong="H3876" from|strong="H7971" the|strong="H8432" disaster|strong="H7451" that|strong="H5892" occurred|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8432" cities|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" Lot|strong="H3876" had|strong="H1961" lived|strong="H3427". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Lot’s|strong="H3876" daughters|strong="H1323" tricked|strong="H5377" him|strong="H7971" into|strong="H2015" making|strong="H6213" them|strong="H7971" pregnant|strong="H2030" }
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\verseNumber{30}Lot|strong="H3876" was|strong="H1931" afraid|strong="H3372" to|strong="H5927" stay|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Zoar|strong="H6820", so|strong="H5927" he|strong="H1931" left|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427" and|strong="H2022" moved|strong="H4131" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H3588" two|strong="H8147" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3588" mountain|strong="H2022", and|strong="H2022" they|strong="H3588" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H3588" cave|strong="H4631". 
\verseNumber{31}One|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" older|strong="H1419" daughter|strong="H1323" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" ◄the|strong="H3605" younger|strong="H6810" daughter|strong="H1323"/her|strong="H3605" sister|strong="H0269"►, “Our|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" is|strong="H1870" old|strong="H2204", and|strong="H1870" there|strong="H3605" is|strong="H1870" no|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" this|strong="H1870" area|strong="H1508" who|strong="H3605" can|strong="H4310" have|strong="H3605" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921", as|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" do|strong="H1870". 
\verseNumber{32}Let’s|strong="H1980" make|strong="H8248" our|strong="H5973" father|strong="H0001" drink|strong="H8248" wine|strong="H3196" until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H2233" gets|strong="H8610" drunk|strong="H8248". Then|strong="H0227" we|strong="H0587" can|strong="H2233" have|strong="H2233" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" [EUP] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w without|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w knowing|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3212"\+w*}. In|strong="H3212" that|strong="H3196" way|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w will|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w cause|strong="H2600"\+w* \+w us|strong="H2421"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w pregnant|strong="H2030"\+w*} and|strong="H3212" we|strong="H0587" can|strong="H2233" bear|strong="H3212" children|strong="H2233".” 
\verseNumber{33}So|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3045" night|strong="H3915" they|strong="H3808" caused|strong="H6965" their|strong="H3045" father|strong="H0001" to|strong="H6965" become|strong="H1961" drunk|strong="H8248". And|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3045" older|strong="H1419" daughter|strong="H1323" went|strong="H6965" in|strong="H7901" and|strong="H6965" lay|strong="H7901" in|strong="H7901" bed|strong="H7901" with|strong="H3045" her|strong="H3045" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3045" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H3045" her|strong="H3045", but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" so|strong="H3808" drunk|strong="H8248" that|strong="H3045" he|strong="H1931" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" when|strong="H7901" she|strong="H1931" lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" with|strong="H3045" him|strong="H1931" or|strong="H3808" when|strong="H7901" she|strong="H1931" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965". 
\verseNumber{34}The|strong="H1961" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H4283", his|strong="H1961" older|strong="H1419" daughter|strong="H1323" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" ◄his|strong="H1961" younger|strong="H6810" daughter|strong="H1323"/her|strong="H1571" sister|strong="H0269"►, “Listen|strong="H2005" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H8248". Last|strong="H0314" night|strong="H3915" I|strong="H2005" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" our|strong="H1961" father|strong="H0001". Let’s|strong="H1980" cause|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5973" to|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" drunk|strong="H8248" again|strong="H1961" tonight|strong="H3915"! This|strong="H1571" time|strong="H2233" you|strong="H5973" can|strong="H2233" go|strong="H1961" and|strong="H3915" sleep|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973". If|strong="H2005" he|strong="H2005" has|strong="H1961" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5973", you|strong="H5973" can|strong="H2233" become|strong="H1961" pregnant|strong="H2030", and|strong="H3915" that|strong="H1961" way|strong="H1870" you|strong="H5973" can|strong="H2233" have|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" child|strong="H2233", too|strong="H1571".” 
\verseNumber{35}So|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3045" night|strong="H3915", they|strong="H3808" caused|strong="H6965" their|strong="H3045" father|strong="H0001" to|strong="H6965" become|strong="H1961" drunk|strong="H8248" with|strong="H5973" wine|strong="H3196" again|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" then|strong="H6965" his|strong="H3045" younger|strong="H6810" daughter|strong="H1323" went|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973". But|strong="H3808" again|strong="H6965", he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" so|strong="H3808" drunk|strong="H8248" that|strong="H3045" he|strong="H1931" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" when|strong="H7901" she|strong="H1931" lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" or|strong="H3808" when|strong="H7901" she|strong="H1931" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965". 
\verseNumber{36}So|strong="H3651" Lot|strong="H3876" caused|strong="H5414" his|strong="H8147" two|strong="H8147" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H1323" become|strong="H1961" pregnant|strong="H2029". 
\verseNumber{37}The|strong="H3205" older|strong="H1419" one|strong="H1931" later|strong="H0310" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H5704" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121", whom|strong="H7121" she|strong="H1931" named|strong="H7121" Moab|strong="H4124". He|strong="H1931" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" ancestor of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" Moab|strong="H4124" people-group. 
\verseNumber{38}The|strong="H3205" younger|strong="H6810" one|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1571" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H5704" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121", whom|strong="H7121" she|strong="H1931" named|strong="H7121" Ben-Ammi|strong="H1151". He|strong="H1931" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" ancestor of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Abraham deceived King Abimelech about Sarah }
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\chapterNumber{20}Abraham|strong="H0085" left|strong="H5265" Mamre|strong="H4471" and|strong="H8033" moved|strong="H5265" southwest to|strong="H8033" the|strong="H8033" Negev|strong="H5045" desert|strong="H6160" and|strong="H8033" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H8033" place|strong="H3427" named|strong="H7121" Gerar|strong="H1642", between|strong="H3427" Kadesh|strong="H6946" and|strong="H8033" Shur|strong="H7793". 
\verseNumber{2}While|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" there|strong="H8033", he|strong="H1931" told|strong="H5046" people|strong="H1931" that|strong="H1931" Sarah|strong="H8283" was|strong="H1931" his|strong="H7971" sister|strong="H0269", not|strong="H3947" his|strong="H7971" wife|strong="H0802". Then|strong="H3947" King|strong="H4428" Abimelech|strong="H0040" of|strong="H4428" Gerar|strong="H1642" sent|strong="H7971" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H7971" men|strong="H3947" to|strong="H7971" Sarah|strong="H8283", and|strong="H7971" they|strong="H1931" brought|strong="H3947" her|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" be|strong="H4428" his|strong="H7971" wife|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H2009" God|strong="H0430" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H4191" Abimelech|strong="H0040" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" dream|strong="H2472" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" night|strong="H3915" and|strong="H3915" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921", “Listen|strong="H2009" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H5921"! You|strong="H5921" are|strong="H2472" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191" because|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" woman|strong="H0802" you|strong="H5921" took|strong="H3947" is|strong="H1931" another|strong="H0312" man’s|strong="H1167" wife|strong="H1166".” 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3808" Abimelech|strong="H0040" had|strong="H1471" not|strong="H3808" had|strong="H1471" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H1571" her|strong="H1571", so|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559", “God|strong="H3808", since|strong="H1571" the|strong="H7126" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H1471" my|strong="H7126" nation|strong="H1471" and|strong="H1471" I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H1961" innocent|strong="H6662"; will|strong="H1471" you|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H2026"? 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H1931" told|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213", ‘She|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" my|strong="H6213" sister|strong="H0269",’ and|strong="H6213" she|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1571" said|strong="H0559", ‘He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" my|strong="H6213" brother|strong="H0251".’ I|strong="H3808" did|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063" with|strong="H6213" pure|strong="H2889" motives|strong="H3824" and|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3808" [SYN] have|strong="H1571" not|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H6213" wrong|strong="H7451" yet|strong="H1571".” 
\verseNumber{6}God|strong="H5414" said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H6213" him|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" another|strong="H1571" dream|strong="H2472", “Yes|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" your|strong="H5414" motives|strong="H3824" were|strong="H5414" pure|strong="H2889". That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1571" why|strong="H5921" I|strong="H3588" truly|strong="H3588" prevented|strong="H6923" you|strong="H3588" from|strong="H5921" sinning|strong="H2398" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5414". I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3045" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H6213" her|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{7}Now|strong="H6258", return|strong="H7725" this|strong="H1931" man’s|strong="H0376" wife|strong="H0802" to|strong="H7725" her|strong="H3605" husband|strong="H0376", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" ◄a|strong="H3588" prophet|strong="H5030"/a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H4191" who|strong="H3605" receives|strong="H3947" messages|strong="H2372" from|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725"►. He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1931" pray|strong="H6419" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H7725" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1931" ◄remain|strong="H3427" alive|strong="H2421"/not|strong="H3045" die|strong="H4191"►. But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3045" return|strong="H7725" her|strong="H3605" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7725", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1931" certainly|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4191", and|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" members|strong="H3338" of|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" household|strong="H1004" will|strong="H1931" also|strong="H5030" certainly|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4191".” 
\verseNumber{8}Early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H3605" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242", Abimelech|strong="H0040" summoned|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H5650", and|strong="H5650" told|strong="H1696" them|strong="H7121" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H5650" happened|strong="H1697". When|strong="H1696" they|strong="H1697" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3605" [MTY], his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5650" were|strong="H1697" very|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w would|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7121"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{9}Abimelech|strong="H0040" then|strong="H6213" summoned|strong="H7121" Abraham|strong="H0085", and|strong="H1419" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H6213" him|strong="H7121", “You|strong="H3588" should|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" to|strong="H6213" us|strong="H5921" [RHQ]! Did|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" wrong|strong="H2398" to|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588", with|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4100" causing|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5978" and|strong="H1419" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3808" in|strong="H5921" [MTY] my|strong="H5921" kingdom|strong="H4467" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3808" guilty|strong="H0816" of|strong="H5921" committing|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" great|strong="H1419" sin|strong="H2398" [RHQ]? You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1419" to|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5978" that|strong="H3588" ◄should|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6213"/you|strong="H3588" should|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213"►!” 
\verseNumber{10}Abimelech|strong="H0040" asked|strong="H4100" Abraham|strong="H0085", “What|strong="H4100" was|strong="H1697" your|strong="H7200" reason|strong="H1697" for|strong="H3588" doing|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088"?” 
\verseNumber{11}Abraham|strong="H0085" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" thought|strong="H1697", ‘They|strong="H3588" certainly|strong="H3588" do|strong="H1697" not|strong="H2088" respect|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430" in|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725". If|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" don’t|strong="H0408" respect|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430", they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1697" not|strong="H2088" respect|strong="H5921" relationships with|strong="H5921" others|strong="H0312". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w she|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w my|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w sister|strong="H0269"\+w*, \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w try|strong="H0974"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w pay|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w bride|strong="H3618"\+w* \+w price|strong="H4242"\+w*} to|strong="H5921" get|strong="H3947" her|strong="H5921". But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" say|strong="H1697" she|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2088" my|strong="H5921" wife|strong="H0802", they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1697" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" get|strong="H3947" her|strong="H5921".’ 
\verseNumber{12}Besides|strong="H1571", she|strong="H1931" really|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w can|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w considered|strong="H1961"\+w*} my|strong="H1961" sister|strong="H0269", because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H1961" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" my|strong="H1961" father|strong="H0001", although|strong="H3808" she|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H1961" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" my|strong="H1961" mother|strong="H0517". She|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H1961" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" another|strong="H1571" woman|strong="H1323", and|strong="H1323" I|strong="H3808" married|strong="H3947" her|strong="H1571". 
\verseNumber{13}Later|strong="H1961", when|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430" told|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5978" to|strong="H1961" move|strong="H5472" away|strong="H3605" from|strong="H1961" my|strong="H3605" father’s|strong="H0001" household|strong="H1004", I|strong="H2088" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" her|strong="H3605", ‘This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H8582" you|strong="H3605" can|strong="H6213" show|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" love|strong="H2617" me|strong="H5978": Everywhere|strong="H3605" we|strong="H6213" go|strong="H1961", say|strong="H0559" about|strong="H1961" me|strong="H5978", “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" my|strong="H3605" brother|strong="H0251".”’” 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H3947" Abimelech|strong="H0040" brought|strong="H7725" some|strong="H4480" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H7725" cattle|strong="H1241" and|strong="H7725" male|strong="H5650" and|strong="H7725" female|strong="H8198" slaves|strong="H5650" and|strong="H7725" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" Abraham|strong="H3947". And|strong="H7725" he|strong="H5414" returned|strong="H7725" his|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802" Sarah|strong="H8283" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H5869" Abimelech|strong="H0040" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440", “Look|strong="H2009"! All|strong="H3427" my|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" is|strong="H2896" here|strong="H2009" in|strong="H3427" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3427" you|strong="H6440". Live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" whatever|strong="H2896" place|strong="H3427" you|strong="H6440" like|strong="H2896"!” 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H3701" he|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" Sarah|strong="H8283", “Look|strong="H2009" here|strong="H2009", I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" giving|strong="H5414" 1,000 pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H5869" silver|strong="H3701" to|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3605" brother|strong="H0251". This|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" to|strong="H5414" insure that|strong="H3605" no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5869" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w bring|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w up|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w this|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w matter|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w again|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3701"\+w*} say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5869" done|strong="H5414" something|strong="H3605" wrong|strong="H7451". [EUP, IDM]” 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H0227" Abraham|strong="H0085" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3205" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H6419" God|strong="H0430" healed|strong="H7495" Abimelech’s|strong="H0040" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H6419" his|strong="H3205" slave|strong="H5650" girls|strong="H3207" so|strong="H3651" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H3205" could|strong="H3201" become|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2030". 
\verseNumber{18}This|strong="H1697" was|strong="H3068" because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1697" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" impossible|strong="H1219" for|strong="H3588" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802" in|strong="H5921" Abimelech’s|strong="H0040" household|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3068" bear|strong="H5375" children|strong="H1121", because|strong="H3588" Abimelech|strong="H0040" had|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H3947" Abraham’s|strong="H0085" wife|strong="H0802" Sarah|strong="H8283". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Sarah gave birth to Isaac }
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\chapterNumber{21}Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H6213" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H1696" Sarah|strong="H8283", just|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" said|strong="H1696" he|strong="H6213" would|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068". He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" Sarah|strong="H8283" exactly|strong="H0834" what|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{2}She|strong="H1931" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029" and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1696" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121" for|strong="H1121" Abraham|strong="H0085" when|strong="H1696" he|strong="H1696" was|strong="H1121" very|strong="H3966" old|strong="H1121", at|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" time|strong="H4150" God|strong="H0430" promised|strong="H1696" it|strong="H1696" would|strong="H8283" happen|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{3}Abraham|strong="H0085" gave|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" name|strong="H8034" ‘Isaac’ (which|strong="H0834" means|strong="H3027" ‘he|strong="H7121" laughs’) to|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121" Sarah|strong="H8283" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205". 
\verseNumber{4}Abraham|strong="H0085" circumcised|strong="H4135" his|strong="H6680" son|strong="H1121" Isaac|strong="H3327" when|strong="H3117" his|strong="H6680" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3117" eight|strong="H8083" days|strong="H3117" old|strong="H1121", just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H3117" God|strong="H0430" commanded|strong="H6680" him|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3117" do|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{5}Abraham|strong="H0085" was|strong="H3327" 100 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3327" son|strong="H1121" Isaac|strong="H3327" was|strong="H3327" born|strong="H3205". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H8085" Sarah|strong="H8283" said|strong="H8085", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Although|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w sad|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w before|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w I|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w any|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w children|strong="H1121"\+w*}, God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H3605" now|strong="H8085" enabled|strong="H5414" me|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" laugh|strong="H6711", and|strong="H8085" everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" hears|strong="H8085" about|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H3605" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213" will|strong="H8085" laugh|strong="H6711" with|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213".” 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" also|strong="H1121" said|strong="H4448", “No|strong="H4310" one|strong="H1121" would|strong="H4310" have|strong="H1121" said|strong="H4448" to|strong="H3205" Abraham|strong="H0085" that|strong="H3588" some|strong="H4480" day|strong="H3117" Sarah|strong="H8283" would|strong="H4310" nurse|strong="H3243" a|strong="H3588" child|strong="H1121", but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" given|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3588" Abraham|strong="H0085" is|strong="H4310" very|strong="H3966" old|strong="H1121".” 

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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H6213" baby|strong="H1121" grew|strong="H1431" and|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" weaned|strong="H1580" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w about|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w three|strong="H7969"\+w* \+w years|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w old|strong="H3117"\+w*}. On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", Abraham|strong="H0085" prepared|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" large|strong="H1419" feast|strong="H4960" to|strong="H6213" celebrate|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{9}◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*/\+w During|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w feast|strong="H2282"\+w*►} Sarah|strong="H8283" noticed|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" Hagar’s son|strong="H1121" Ishmael|strong="H3458" was|strong="H1121" ◄making|strong="H6213" fun of|strong="H1121"/playing|strong="H5059" with|strong="H7200"► Isaac|strong="H3327". 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H3808" she|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" Abraham|strong="H0085", “Get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" slave|strong="H5650" woman|strong="H1644" from|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H1121" her|strong="H3423" son|strong="H1121"! I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" slave|strong="H5650" woman|strong="H1644" to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3808" alone|strong="H0905" (OR|strong="H3808", to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3808" an|strong="H3588" heir|strong="H3423" along|strong="H5973" with|strong="H5973") my|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121", Isaac|strong="H3327"!” 
\verseNumber{11}Abraham|strong="H0085" was|strong="H1697" very|strong="H3966" distressed|strong="H7489" about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" matter|strong="H1697", because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1697" concerned|strong="H1697" about|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5921" Abraham|strong="H0085", “Do|strong="H7489" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H5869" distressed|strong="H7489" about|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" son|strong="H2233", Ishmael|strong="H3458", and|strong="H6963" about|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" maidservant|strong="H0519", Hagar|strong="H1904". Do|strong="H7489" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" Sarah|strong="H8283" tells|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H7489". Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5921" her|strong="H3605", because|strong="H3588" Isaac|strong="H3327" is|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5869" be|strong="H5869" considered|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" ancestor of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" I|strong="H3588" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H5921" give|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1471" also|strong="H1571" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H7760" maidservant|strong="H0519" to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" ancestor of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3588" great|strong="H1419" nation|strong="H1471" [MTY], because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1571" your|strong="H7760" son|strong="H1121".” 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H3947" Abraham|strong="H3947" got|strong="H3947" up|strong="H5414" early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H5921" next|strong="H5921" morning|strong="H1242". He|strong="H5414" got|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4480" food|strong="H3899" ready|strong="H3559", put|strong="H5414" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" container|strong="H3627", and|strong="H7971" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" Hagar|strong="H1904". He|strong="H5414" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w bag|strong="H3599"\+w*} on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5414" shoulder|strong="H7926" and|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H5414" away|strong="H7971". 
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They|strong="H5921" wandered|strong="H8582" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" desert|strong="H4057" near|strong="H5921" Beersheba|strong="H0884" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{15}After|strong="H4480" they|strong="H7880" had|strong="H4325" drunk|strong="H8354" all|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H3615" the|strong="H4480" container|strong="H3627", she|strong="H1931" put|strong="H3615" her|strong="H7993" son|strong="H1121" under|strong="H8478" one|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4325" the|strong="H4480" bushes|strong="H7880" there|strong="H4480". 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H5375" she|strong="H3588" went|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" sat|strong="H3427" nearby|strong="H7138", about|strong="H5048" ◄as|strong="H3588" far|strong="H7368" as|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H0376" can|strong="H7200" shoot|strong="H3384" an|strong="H5375" arrow|strong="H2671"/100 meters away|strong="H5375"►, because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" thought|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H4194" endure|strong="H5375" seeing|strong="H7200" my|strong="H7200" son|strong="H1121" die|strong="H4194"!” As|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" sat|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427", she|strong="H3588" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3212" cry|strong="H6963" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w loudly|strong="H6963"\+w*} [MTY]. 
\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w boy|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w crying|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w too|strong="H4480"\+w*.} And|strong="H8064" God|strong="H8064" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" boy|strong="H5288" crying|strong="H7121". So|strong="H4480" he|strong="H1931" caused|strong="H5414" one|strong="H4480" of|strong="H6963" his|strong="H7121" angels|strong="H4397" to|strong="H8085" call|strong="H7121" out|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" heaven|strong="H8064" to|strong="H8085" Hagar|strong="H1904", saying|strong="H6963", “Hagar|strong="H1904", are|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" worried|strong="H1672" about|strong="H8085" something|strong="H1697"? Do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H8064" afraid|strong="H3372", because|strong="H3588" God|strong="H8064" has|strong="H4100" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" boy|strong="H5288" crying|strong="H7121" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{18}Help|strong="H2388" your|strong="H7760" son|strong="H1121" up|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" hold|strong="H2388" his|strong="H5375" hand|strong="H3027" as|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" leave|strong="H7760", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1471" cause|strong="H2600" his|strong="H5375" descendants|strong="H2233" to|strong="H3027" become|strong="H5375" a|strong="H3588" great|strong="H1419" nation|strong="H1471".” 
\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H7200" God|strong="H0430" showed|strong="H7200" her|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" well|strong="H5869" of|strong="H5869" water|strong="H4325". So|strong="H7200" she|strong="H8248" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H7200" well|strong="H5869" and|strong="H3212" filled|strong="H4390" the|strong="H7200" container|strong="H3627" with|strong="H4390" water|strong="H4325", and|strong="H3212" gave|strong="H8248" the|strong="H7200" boy|strong="H5288" a|strong="H7200" drink|strong="H8248". 
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\verseNumber{20}God|strong="H0430" helped|strong="H5826" the|strong="H1961" boy|strong="H5288" as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H4057" grew|strong="H1431" up|strong="H1431". He|strong="H4057" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H1961" desert|strong="H4057" and|strong="H5288" became|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" good|strong="H2896" ◄archer|strong="H7235"/man|strong="H5288" who|strong="H3427" hunts|strong="H6679" with|strong="H3427" bow|strong="H7198" and|strong="H5288" arrows|strong="H2671"►. 
\verseNumber{21}He|strong="H4057" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Paran|strong="H6290" Desert|strong="H4057". While|strong="H3427" e was|strong="H4714" there|strong="H3427", Hagar|strong="H1904" got|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802" for|strong="H4714" him|strong="H3947" from|strong="H3947" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
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\verseNumber{22}At|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6256", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Abimelech|strong="H0040" and|strong="H6213" Phicol|strong="H6369", the|strong="H3605" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635", said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" Abraham|strong="H0085", “It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" clear|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" helps|strong="H5826" you|strong="H3605" with|strong="H5973" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H6213" now|strong="H6258" ◄solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H7650"/swear|strong="H7650"► to|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5978" here|strong="H2008", as|strong="H6213" God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H2617" listening|strong="H8085", that|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" will|strong="H6213" ◄not|strong="H6213" deceive|strong="H5377"/act|strong="H6213" fairly|strong="H6664" to|strong="H6213"► me|strong="H5978" and|strong="H2617" my|strong="H6213" children|strong="H5209" and|strong="H2617" my|strong="H6213" descendants|strong="H5220", in|strong="H6213" return|strong="H7725" for|strong="H6213" my|strong="H6213" being|strong="H1961" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213". Be|strong="H6258" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5978" and|strong="H2617" to|strong="H6213" all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971" here|strong="H2008" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" country|strong="H2022" where|strong="H0834" you|strong="H6213" are|strong="H6213" now|strong="H6258" living|strong="H1481".” 
\verseNumber{24}So|strong="H7650" Abraham|strong="H0085" promised|strong="H7650" to|strong="H7650" do|strong="H7650" that|strong="H0834". 
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\verseNumber{25}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H5650"\+w*} Abraham|strong="H0085" complained|strong="H3198" to|strong="H5921" Abimelech|strong="H0040" about|strong="H5921" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H5650" Abraham’s|strong="H0085" wells|strong="H0875" that|strong="H4325" Abimelech’s|strong="H0040" servants|strong="H5650" had|strong="H4325" seized|strong="H1497". 
\verseNumber{26}But|strong="H3808" Abimelech|strong="H0040" said|strong="H1697", “I|strong="H3117" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" who|strong="H4310" has|strong="H4310" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3045". You|strong="H3117" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046" previously|strong="H3808", and|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" hear|strong="H8085" about|strong="H1697" it|strong="H6213" until|strong="H1115" today|strong="H3117".” 
\verseNumber{27}So|strong="H3947" Abraham|strong="H3947" brought|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4480" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H6629" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" Abimelech|strong="H0040", and|strong="H6629" the|strong="H5414" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1285" them|strong="H5414" made|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3947" ◄treaty|strong="H1285"/peace|strong="H7965" agreement|strong="H1285"►. 
\verseNumber{28}Abraham|strong="H0085" separated|strong="H6504" seven|strong="H7651" female|strong="H5347" lambs|strong="H3535" from|strong="H4480" his|strong="H5324" flock|strong="H6629". 
\verseNumber{29}Abimelech|strong="H0040" asked|strong="H4100" Abraham|strong="H0085", “What|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" these|strong="H2007" seven|strong="H7651" female|strong="H5347" lambs|strong="H3535" that|strong="H5324" you|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1961" separated|strong="H6504" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4100" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H5324" your|strong="H4100" flock|strong="H6629"?” 
\verseNumber{30}Abraham|strong="H3947" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H3588" truly|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1961" accept|strong="H3947" these|strong="H2063" female|strong="H5347" lambs|strong="H3535" from|strong="H3027" me|strong="H3947" [SYN], so|strong="H3947" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" may|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" ◄public|strong="H1121" witness|strong="H5713"/proof|strong="H5707"► that|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2063" well|strong="H3190" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H3947" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" dug|strong="H2658" it|strong="H3588".” 
\verseNumber{31}So|strong="H3651" Abimelech|strong="H0040" accepted|strong="H7521" the|strong="H5921" animals|strong="H0929", and|strong="H8033" as|strong="H3651" a|strong="H3588" result|strong="H6903" they|strong="H3588" called|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3588" place|strong="H4725" Beersheba|strong="H0884", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3651"\+w* ‘\+w Friendship|strong="H5475"\+w* \+w Agreement|strong="H7284"\+w* Well’,} because|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" made|strong="H7650" that|strong="H3588" agreement|strong="H7284". 
\verseNumber{32}After|strong="H6965" they|strong="H1285" made|strong="H3772" the|strong="H7725" agreement|strong="H1285" at|strong="H7725" Beersheba|strong="H0884", Abimelech|strong="H0040" and|strong="H6965" his|strong="H7725" army|strong="H6635" commander|strong="H8269", Phicol|strong="H6369", left|strong="H7725", and|strong="H6965" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H7725" Philistine|strong="H6430" people-group. 
\verseNumber{33}Abraham|strong="H5193" planted|strong="H5193" a|strong="H7121" ◄tamarisk|strong="H0815" tree|strong="H6086"/kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H3068" tree|strong="H6086" called|strong="H7121" esel► there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H8033" worshiped|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3068" eternal|strong="H5769" God|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{34}Abraham|strong="H0085" lived|strong="H1481" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" Philistine|strong="H6430" people-group for|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117". 

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\chapterNumber{22}Several|strong="H2669" years|strong="H8141" later|strong="H1961", God|strong="H0430" tested|strong="H5254" Abraham|strong="H0085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w find|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3318"\+w*} whether|strong="H0518" Abraham|strong="H0085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w really|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w trusted|strong="H0982"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w him|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w would|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w obey|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w him|strong="H1697"\+w*}. He|strong="H2009" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H1961" Abraham|strong="H0085", and|strong="H1697" Abraham|strong="H0085" replied|strong="H0559", “I’m here|strong="H2009".” 
\verseNumber{2}God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121", Isaac|strong="H3327", whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H5921" love|strong="H0157" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H5921", is|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" only|strong="H3173" son|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w still|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w here|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w*}. But|strong="H3947" take|strong="H3947" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" go|strong="H3212" together|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5921" Moriah|strong="H4179" region|strong="H2256". Offer|strong="H5927" him|strong="H5921" as|strong="H5927" a|strong="H3947" sacrifice|strong="H5930" like|strong="H2022" a|strong="H3947" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H5930", on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" hill|strong="H2022" that|strong="H1121" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1121" show|strong="H4994" you|strong="H5921".” 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H3947" Abraham|strong="H3947" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H3947" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242", put|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" saddle|strong="H2280" on|strong="H4725" his|strong="H3947" donkey|strong="H2543", and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H3947" with|strong="H3212" him|strong="H3947" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3947" servants|strong="H5288" along|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3212" his|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121", Isaac|strong="H3327". He|strong="H8147" also|strong="H1121" chopped|strong="H1438" some|strong="H4725" wood|strong="H6086" to|strong="H3212" kindle|strong="H3341" a|strong="H3947" fire|strong="H0784" for|strong="H6086" a|strong="H3947" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H5930". Then|strong="H6965" they|strong="H5930" started|strong="H6965" traveling|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3947" place|strong="H4725" God|strong="H0430" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H3947" about|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{4}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" their|strong="H5375" travels|strong="H5674", Abraham|strong="H5375" looked|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5375" and|strong="H3117" saw|strong="H7200" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" distance|strong="H7350" the|strong="H7200" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H4725" God|strong="H0430" wanted|strong="H2654" him|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3117" go|strong="H1980". 
\verseNumber{5}Abraham|strong="H0085" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" his|strong="H7725" servants|strong="H5288", “You|strong="H5704" two|strong="H3427" stay|strong="H3427" here|strong="H6311" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3541" donkey|strong="H2543" while|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3541" boy|strong="H5288" and|strong="H7725" I|strong="H5704" go|strong="H3212" over|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". We|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5288" worship|strong="H7812" God|strong="H0430" there|strong="H3427", and|strong="H7725" then|strong="H7725" we|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5288" come|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704".” 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H3947" Abraham|strong="H3947" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" wood|strong="H6086" to|strong="H3212" kindle|strong="H3341" a|strong="H3947" fire|strong="H0784" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H5930" and|strong="H1121" placed|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7760" son|strong="H1121" Isaac|strong="H3327", for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3212" carry|strong="H3947". Abraham|strong="H3947" carried|strong="H3212" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7760" hand|strong="H3027" a|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w pan|strong="H3709"\+w* \+w containing|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w burning|strong="H2740"\+w* \+w coals|strong="H1513"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w start|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3947"\+w*} fire|strong="H0784", and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3947" knife|strong="H3979", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5921" walked|strong="H3212" along|strong="H5921" together|strong="H3162". 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H2009" Isaac|strong="H3327" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3327" father|strong="H1121" Abraham|strong="H0085", saying|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H8104" father|strong="H1121"!” Abraham|strong="H0085" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H2009", my|strong="H8104" son|strong="H1121", I’m here|strong="H2009"!” Isaac|strong="H3327" said|strong="H0559", “Look|strong="H2009", we|strong="H2009" have|strong="H1121" wood|strong="H6086" and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w coals|strong="H1513"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w light|strong="H0216"\+w*} a|strong="H1121" fire|strong="H0784", but|strong="H2009" where|strong="H2009" is|strong="H2009" the|strong="H2009" lamb|strong="H7716" for|strong="H6086" the|strong="H2009" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H5930"?” 
\verseNumber{8}Abraham|strong="H0085" replied|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H7200" son|strong="H1121", God|strong="H0430" himself|strong="H5315" will|strong="H1121" provide|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" lamb|strong="H7716" for|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7200" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H5930".” So|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H7200" continued|strong="H5674" walking|strong="H3212" along|strong="H3212" together|strong="H3162". 
\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H8033" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4725" God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H3327" told|strong="H7760" him|strong="H5921" about|strong="H5921". There|strong="H8033", Abraham|strong="H0085" built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H7760" stone|strong="H0068" altar|strong="H4196" and|strong="H1121" arranged|strong="H6186" the|strong="H5921" wood|strong="H6086" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H4605" of|strong="H1121" it|strong="H7760". Then|strong="H7760" he|strong="H8033" tied|strong="H0631" his|strong="H7760" son|strong="H1121" Isaac|strong="H3327", and|strong="H1121" laid|strong="H7760" him|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H4605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" wood|strong="H6086". 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H3947" Abraham|strong="H3947" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" knife|strong="H3979" and|strong="H1121" reached|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" kill|strong="H7819" his|strong="H7971" son|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H2009" an|strong="H4480" angel|strong="H4397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w really|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7121" from|strong="H4480" heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H7121", “Abraham|strong="H0085"! Abraham|strong="H0085"!” Abraham|strong="H0085" replied|strong="H0559", “I’m here|strong="H2009"!” 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H3588" angel|strong="H4397" said|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" harm|strong="H3972" the|strong="H3588" boy|strong="H5288" or|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H3972" to|strong="H7971" injure|strong="H7463" him|strong="H7971", because|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" respect|strong="H3045" and|strong="H1121" obey|strong="H6213" God|strong="H3808". I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3808" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H7971" sacrifice|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3045" son|strong="H1121", the|strong="H3588" only|strong="H3173" son|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w still|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w with|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H2009" Abraham|strong="H3947" looked|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H1121" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" a|strong="H3947" ram|strong="H0352" was|strong="H1121" nearby|strong="H7138", whose|strong="H1121" horns|strong="H7161" had|strong="H5869" been|strong="H5927" caught|strong="H3947" in|strong="H3212" a|strong="H3947" ◄thicket|strong="H5442"/clump of|strong="H1121" bushes|strong="H7880"►. So|strong="H3947" Abraham|strong="H3947" went|strong="H3212" over|strong="H5927" and|strong="H1121" grabbed|strong="H2388" the|strong="H7200" ram|strong="H0352" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7200"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" sacrificed|strong="H5927" it|strong="H7200" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" altar|strong="H4196" as|strong="H5927" a|strong="H3947" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H5930", instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5375" son|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{14}Abraham|strong="H0085" named|strong="H7121" that|strong="H7200" place|strong="H4725" ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" provide’. And|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" present|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", people|strong="H1931" say|strong="H0559", “On|strong="H3117" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" mountain|strong="H2022", he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" provide|strong="H7200".” 
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\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w really|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H4480" to|strong="H3068" Abraham|strong="H0085" from|strong="H4480" heaven|strong="H8064" a|strong="H7121" second|strong="H8145" time|strong="H8145". 
\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1697", “I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068", am|strong="H3068" telling|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H3588" told|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" sacrifice|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3068" only|strong="H3173" son|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}. So|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3588" say|strong="H1697", ‘I|strong="H3588" solemnly|strong="H7650" swear|strong="H7650", with|strong="H3068" myself|strong="H0589" as|strong="H1697" my|strong="H3068" witness|strong="H5707", 
\verseNumber{17}that|strong="H3588" some|strong="H4480" day|strong="H3117" your|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H8064" be|strong="H1288" as|strong="H3588" numerous|strong="H7235" as|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" stars|strong="H3556" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sky|strong="H8064" and|strong="H8064" the|strong="H5921" grains|strong="H4579" of|strong="H8179" sand|strong="H2344" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" seashore|strong="H3220". And|strong="H8064" your|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H8064" defeat|strong="H5221" their|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H0341" and|strong="H8064" capture|strong="H3920" their|strong="H5921" cities|strong="H8179" [SYN].’ 
\verseNumber{18}You|strong="H3605" obeyed|strong="H8085" me|strong="H6963", so|strong="H8085" by|strong="H3605" means|strong="H3027" of|strong="H6963" your|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H6963" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" on|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" will|strong="H1471" be|strong="H1471" blessed|strong="H1288".” 
\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H6965" Abraham|strong="H0085" and|strong="H6965" Isaac|strong="H3327" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" where|strong="H0834" his|strong="H7725" servants|strong="H5288" were|strong="H5288" waiting|strong="H8104", and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H3162" went|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725" together|strong="H3162" to|strong="H7725" Beersheba|strong="H0884", and|strong="H6965" Abraham|strong="H0085" stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{20}After|strong="H1961" these|strong="H1931" things|strong="H1697" happened|strong="H1961", someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" Abraham|strong="H0085", “Your|strong="H1961" brother|strong="H0251" Nahor’s|strong="H5152" wife|strong="H0802", Milcah|strong="H4435", has|strong="H1961" also|strong="H1571" given|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" children|strong="H1121". She|strong="H1931" has|strong="H1961" eight|strong="H8083" sons|strong="H1121".” 
\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H7055" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1060" was|strong="H1060" Uz|strong="H5780". The|strong="H7055" next|strong="H4283" was|strong="H1060" Buz|strong="H0938". After|strong="H0310" him|strong="H5414" was|strong="H1060" Kemuel|strong="H7055", the|strong="H7055" father|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1060" Aram|strong="H0758". 
\verseNumber{22}After|strong="H0310" Kemuel|strong="H7055" was|strong="H3068" Kesad, then|strong="H0227" Hazo|strong="H2375", then|strong="H0227" Pildash|strong="H6394", then|strong="H0227" Jidlaph|strong="H3044", then|strong="H0227" Bethuel|strong="H1328", 
\verseNumber{23}who|strong="H3205" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Rebekah|strong="H7259", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w later|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w became|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w Isaac’s|strong="H3327"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*}. Those|strong="H1992" were|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" eight|strong="H8083" sons|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Milcah|strong="H4435", wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H3205" Abraham’s|strong="H0085" brother|strong="H0251", Nahor|strong="H5152". 
\verseNumber{24}Nahor|strong="H5152" also|strong="H1571" had|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" ◄concubine|strong="H6370"/female|strong="H5347" slave|strong="H5650" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H1931" took|strong="H3947" as|strong="H1571" a|strong="H3205" wife|strong="H0802"►, whose|strong="H8034" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Beumah. She|strong="H1931" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" four|strong="H0702" sons|strong="H3205": Tebah|strong="H2875", Gaham|strong="H1514", Tahash|strong="H8477", and|strong="H8034" Maacah|strong="H4601". 

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\chapterNumber{23}When|strong="H1961" Sarah|strong="H8283" was|strong="H1961" 127 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", 
\verseNumber{2}she|strong="H1931" died|strong="H4191" at|strong="H4191" Kiriath-Arba|strong="H7153" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" now|strong="H6258" called|strong="H7121" Hebron|strong="H2275", in|strong="H4191" rhe Canaan|strong="H3667" region|strong="H2256". After|strong="H0310" Abraham|strong="H0085" mourned|strong="H5594" for|strong="H4191" her|strong="H1058", 
\verseNumber{3}he|strong="H5921" left|strong="H6965" the|strong="H6440" body|strong="H4191" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H6440" wife|strong="H1696" and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Heth|strong="H2845", saying|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{4}“I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" a|strong="H5414" foreigner|strong="H1616" [DOU] living|strong="H2416" among|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5414", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w own|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w any|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w land|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w here|strong="H4191"\+w*}. Sell|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" land|strong="H6440" here|strong="H4191" so|strong="H5414" that|strong="H1616" I|strong="H5414" can|strong="H4310" bury|strong="H6912" my|strong="H5414" wife’s|strong="H0802" body|strong="H4191".” 
\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H1992" replied|strong="H6030" to|strong="H1121" him|strong="H6030", 
\verseNumber{6}“Sir|strong="H0113", you|strong="H3808" are|strong="H6913" a|strong="H8085" powerful|strong="H2392" prince|strong="H5387" among|strong="H8432" us|strong="H8085". Choose|strong="H0977" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H4480" our|strong="H8085" finest|strong="H2459" tombs|strong="H6913" and|strong="H8085" bury|strong="H6912" your|strong="H8085" wife’s|strong="H0802" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w body|strong="H4191"\+w*} in|strong="H4191" it|strong="H8432". None|strong="H3808" of|strong="H4480" us|strong="H8085" will|strong="H3808" refuse|strong="H3808" to|strong="H4191" sell|strong="H4376" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H4191" you|strong="H3808" for|strong="H4191" a|strong="H8085" tomb|strong="H6913" for|strong="H4191" your|strong="H8085" relatives’ bodies|strong="H6297".” 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H6965" Abraham|strong="H0085" stood|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H1121" bowed|strong="H7812" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w respect|strong="H6437"\+w*} in|strong="H1121" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6965" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" owned|strong="H3426" the|strong="H6965" land|strong="H0776", the|strong="H6965" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Heth|strong="H2845". 
\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H1696" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H6440", “If|strong="H3426" you|strong="H6440" say|strong="H1696" that|strong="H8085" you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H1121" willing|strong="H0014" for|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1696" bury|strong="H6912" my|strong="H8085" wife’s|strong="H0802" body|strong="H5315" here|strong="H3426", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H6440", and|strong="H1121" ask|strong="H6293" Ephron|strong="H6085", the|strong="H6440" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zohar|strong="H6714" for|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440", 
\verseNumber{9}to|strong="H5414" sell|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" cave|strong="H4631" in|strong="H8432" the|strong="H5414" Machpelah|strong="H4375" area|strong="H1508", which|strong="H7704" is|strong="H3701" at|strong="H4631" the|strong="H5414" end|strong="H7097" of|strong="H4392" his|strong="H5414" field|strong="H7704". Ask|strong="H7592" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" sell|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3701" the|strong="H5414" full|strong="H4392" price|strong="H3701" he|strong="H5414" wants|strong="H2656", so|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" can|strong="H4310" have|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" burial|strong="H6913" ground|strong="H7704" among|strong="H8432" you|strong="H5414".” 
\verseNumber{10}Ephron|strong="H6085" was|strong="H5892" sitting|strong="H3427" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" gate|strong="H8179" where|strong="H0834" many|strong="H7227" [HYP] descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Heth|strong="H2845" had|strong="H1121" gathered|strong="H6960". He|strong="H3605" heard|strong="H6030" what|strong="H4100" Abraham|strong="H0085" said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H1121" them|strong="H8432". 
\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H5414"\+w*, \+w just|strong="H3512"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w make|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w customary|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w reply|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w start|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* real discussion \+w about|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w price|strong="H4242"\+w*}, Ephron|strong="H6085" said|strong="H8085", “No|strong="H3808", sir|strong="H0113", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H5414". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5971" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H4191" you|strong="H5414" the|strong="H8085" field|strong="H7704" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8085" cave|strong="H4631" in|strong="H4191" it|strong="H5414", without|strong="H3808" charge|strong="H5414", with|strong="H5971" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971" here|strong="H4191" as|strong="H5971" witnesses|strong="H5707".” 
\verseNumber{12}Abraham|strong="H0085" again|strong="H6440" bowed|strong="H7812" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" area|strong="H1508", 
\verseNumber{13}and|strong="H3701" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Ephron|strong="H6085", as|strong="H5971" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H8085" others|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" listening|strong="H8085", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w No|strong="H4480"\+w*}, listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5414". If|strong="H3863" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H5971" willing|strong="H0014", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5971" pay|strong="H5414" for|strong="H4191" the|strong="H8085" field|strong="H7704". You|strong="H5414" tell|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5414" what|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" price|strong="H3701" is|strong="H3701", and|strong="H3701" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5971" give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5414". If|strong="H3863" you|strong="H5414" accept|strong="H3947" it|strong="H5414", the|strong="H8085" field|strong="H7704" will|strong="H5971" become|strong="H1961" mine|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3701" I|strong="H5414" can|strong="H3947" bury|strong="H6912" my|strong="H8085" wife’s|strong="H0802" body|strong="H4191" there|strong="H8033".” 
\verseNumber{14}Ephron|strong="H6085" answered|strong="H6030" Abraham|strong="H0085", saying|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6030" him|strong="H6030", 
\verseNumber{15}“Sir|strong="H0113", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H4191". The|strong="H8085" land|strong="H0776" is|strong="H1931" worth|strong="H1929" 400 pieces|strong="H8255" of|strong="H8255" silver|strong="H3701". But|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" price|strong="H3701" is|strong="H1931" not|strong="H8085" important|strong="H5704" to|strong="H4191" you|strong="H4100" and|strong="H3967" me|strong="H4191". Give|strong="H8085" me|strong="H4191" the|strong="H8085" money|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3967" bury|strong="H6912" your|strong="H8085" wife’s|strong="H0802" body|strong="H4191" there|strong="H8033".” 
\verseNumber{16}Abraham|strong="H0085" agreed|strong="H8085" with|strong="H1696" Ephron|strong="H6085" about|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" price|strong="H3701", and|strong="H3967" weighed|strong="H8254" for|strong="H1121" Ephron|strong="H6085" the|strong="H8085" 400 pieces|strong="H8255" of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701" he|strong="H1696" had|strong="H1121" suggested|strong="H5414", as|strong="H1121" everyone|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1121" listening|strong="H8085", using|strong="H5927" the|strong="H8085" standard|strong="H5674" weights|strong="H0068" for|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701" used|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*} by|strong="H5674" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" sold|strong="H4376" things|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H6965" Ephron’s|strong="H6085" field|strong="H7704" in|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" Machpelah|strong="H4375" area|strong="H1366", near|strong="H6440" Mamre|strong="H4471", and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" cave|strong="H4631" in|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" field|strong="H7704", and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" trees|strong="H6086" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5439" in|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" field|strong="H7704" inside|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" boundaries|strong="H1367" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H7704", became|strong="H3205" Abraham’s|strong="H0085" possession|strong="H0272". 
\verseNumber{18}It|strong="H5869" became|strong="H3205" Abraham’s|strong="H0085" property|strong="H4736" as|strong="H5892" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Heth|strong="H2845" were|strong="H1121" listening|strong="H8085" there|strong="H3605" at|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" gate|strong="H8179". 
\verseNumber{19}After|strong="H5921" that|strong="H1931", Abraham|strong="H0085" buried|strong="H6912" his|strong="H6440" wife|strong="H0802" Sarah’s|strong="H8283" body|strong="H1320" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" cave|strong="H4631" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" field|strong="H7704" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" Machpelah|strong="H4375" area|strong="H1508" near|strong="H6440" Mamre|strong="H4471", which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" now|strong="H5921" called|strong="H7121" Hebron|strong="H2275" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}, in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" Canaan|strong="H3667" region|strong="H2256". 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H6965" the|strong="H6965" field|strong="H7704" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6965" cave|strong="H4631" in|strong="H1121" it|strong="H6965" were|strong="H1121" officially|strong="H6664" sold|strong="H4376" to|strong="H1121" Abraham|strong="H0085" by|strong="H6965" the|strong="H6965" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Heth|strong="H2845", to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" used|strong="H6213" as|strong="H1121" a|strong="H6965" burial|strong="H6913" ground|strong="H7704". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Abraham sent a servant to Mesopotamia to find a wife for Isaac }
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\chapterNumber{24}Abraham|strong="H0085" was|strong="H3068" now|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3117" very|strong="H3966" old|strong="H2204" man|strong="H3605". Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" Abraham|strong="H0085" in|strong="H3068" many|strong="H7227" ways|strong="H1870". 
\verseNumber{2}One|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" Abraham|strong="H0085" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" chief|strong="H7218" servant|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" household|strong="H1004", the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H2205" who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" charge|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" everything|strong="H3605" Abraham|strong="H0085" owned|strong="H3426", “Put|strong="H7760" your|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" between|strong="H0996" my|strong="H3605" thighs|strong="H3409" to|strong="H3027" solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5650" do|strong="H4994" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H7760" tell|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{3}Knowing|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w created|strong="H1254"\+w*} the|strong="H3947" heavens|strong="H8064" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" earth|strong="H8064" is|strong="H3068" listening|strong="H8085", promise|strong="H7650" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3947" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" get|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802" for|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121", Isaac|strong="H3327", from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" women|strong="H1323" here|strong="H6311" in|strong="H3427" Canaan|strong="H3669". 
\verseNumber{4}Instead|strong="H3588", go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3212" my|strong="H3947" country|strong="H2022" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3212" my|strong="H3947" relatives|strong="H4138" and|strong="H1121" get|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802" for|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" Isaac|strong="H3327" from|strong="H1121" among|strong="H8432" them|strong="H3947".” 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H7725" servant|strong="H5650" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H7725", “If|strong="H1121" I|strong="H5650" find|strong="H4672" a|strong="H3318" woman|strong="H0802" among|strong="H3808" your|strong="H7725" relatives|strong="H1121", what|strong="H2063" if|strong="H1121" she|strong="H2063" is|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" willing|strong="H0014" to|strong="H7725" come|strong="H3318" back|strong="H7725" with|strong="H3318" me|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776"? Shall|strong="H1121" I|strong="H5650" take|strong="H7725" your|strong="H7725" son|strong="H1121" back|strong="H7725" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" country|strong="H2022" you|strong="H7725" came|strong="H3318" from|strong="H7725", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w he|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w can|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w find|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w*}?” 
\verseNumber{6}Abraham|strong="H0085" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7725", “No|strong="H6435"! Be|strong="H1121" certain|strong="H0259" that|strong="H1121" you|strong="H7725" don’t|strong="H8104" take|strong="H7725" my|strong="H8104" son|strong="H1121" there|strong="H8033"! 
\verseNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", who|strong="H1931" created|strong="H1254" the|strong="H6440" heavens|strong="H8064", brought|strong="H3947" me|strong="H5414" here|strong="H8033". He|strong="H1931" brought|strong="H3947" me|strong="H5414" from|strong="H6440" my|strong="H5414" father’s|strong="H0001" household|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" where|strong="H8033" my|strong="H5414" relatives|strong="H4138" lived|strong="H3427". He|strong="H1931" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" made|strong="H5414" a|strong="H3947" solemn|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H7650" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5414", saying|strong="H1696", ‘I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Canaan|strong="H3667"\+w*} to|strong="H1696" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233".’ He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971" an|strong="H5414" angel|strong="H4397" who|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H7971" there|strong="H8033" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1121" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" get|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H1696" for|strong="H6440" my|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w bring|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w here|strong="H8033"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H7535" if|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7725" woman|strong="H0802" you|strong="H7725" find|strong="H4672" will|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725" with|strong="H3212" you|strong="H7725", you|strong="H7725" are|strong="H1121" free|strong="H5352" to|strong="H7725" disregard|strong="H5956" the|strong="H7725" promise|strong="H1697" you|strong="H7725" are|strong="H1121" making|strong="H6213". The|strong="H7725" only|strong="H7535" thing|strong="H2063" that|strong="H1121" you|strong="H7725" must|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" is|strong="H1121" to|strong="H7725" take|strong="H7725" my|strong="H7725" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H7725" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033"!” 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H2088" the|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5650" put|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" hand|strong="H3027" between|strong="H5921" Abraham’s|strong="H0085" thighs|strong="H3409" and|strong="H3027" made|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" solemn|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H1697" about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" matter|strong="H1697". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Abraham’s|strong="H0085" servant|strong="H5650" found|strong="H4672" a|strong="H7760" wife|strong="H0802" for|strong="H5921" Isaac|strong="H3327" }
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650" took|strong="H3947" ten|strong="H6235" of|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3605" master’s|strong="H0113" camels|strong="H1581" and|strong="H6965" loaded|strong="H5375" them|strong="H3027" with|strong="H3212" all|strong="H3605" kinds|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3027" goods|strong="H2898" that|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" master|strong="H0113" gave|strong="H3947" him|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3212" take|strong="H3947" along|strong="H3027". Then|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3605" left|strong="H6965" to|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Aram-Naharaim|strong="H0763", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3212"\+w* ◄\+w northern|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w Mesopotamia|strong="H0763"\+w*/\+w Syria|strong="H0758"\+w*►}. He|strong="H3605" arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3212" Nahor|strong="H5152" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{11}It|strong="H3318" was|strong="H5892" late|strong="H0309" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H1288" afternoon|strong="H5186", at|strong="H3318" the|strong="H1288" time|strong="H6256" when|strong="H6256" the|strong="H1288" women|strong="H0802" go|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H1288" well|strong="H3190" to|strong="H3318" get|strong="H3318" water|strong="H4325", when|strong="H6256" he|strong="H6256" arrived|strong="H0935" there|strong="H8033". He|strong="H6256" made|strong="H1288" the|strong="H1288" camels|strong="H1581" kneel|strong="H1288" down|strong="H1288" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H1288" well|strong="H3190", which|strong="H5892" was|strong="H5892" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H1288" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H6440" servant|strong="H5650" prayed|strong="H4994", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H6440" my|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113" Abraham|strong="H0085" worships|strong="H7812", enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" successful|strong="H6743" today|strong="H3117"! Act|strong="H6213" kindly|strong="H2617" to|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113", Abraham|strong="H0085"! 
\verseNumber{13}Listen|strong="H2009" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H5921". I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" standing|strong="H5324" near|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3318" well|strong="H5869" of|strong="H1323" water|strong="H4325", and|strong="H5869" the|strong="H5921" young|strong="H5288" women|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" are|strong="H5869" coming|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" get|strong="H3318" water|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{14}I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" asking|strong="H7592" you|strong="H3588" this|strong="H6213": ‘I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" some|strong="H4480" girl|strong="H5291", “Please|strong="H4994" lower|strong="H5186" your|strong="H5186" jar|strong="H3537" so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" may|strong="H1961" drink|strong="H8354" some|strong="H4480" water|strong="H8248".” If|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" says|strong="H8354", “Drink|strong="H8354" some|strong="H4480", and|strong="H5650" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" draw|strong="H7579" some|strong="H4480" water|strong="H8248" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w well|strong="H1571"\+w*} for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H5186" camels|strong="H1581", too|strong="H1571",” I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2617" the|strong="H3588" woman|strong="H5291" whom|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" chose|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" wife|strong="H0802" for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H5186" servant|strong="H5650", Isaac|strong="H3327", and|strong="H5650" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H1961" my|strong="H3045" master|strong="H0113".’” 
\verseNumber{15}Before|strong="H2962" he|strong="H1931" finished|strong="H3615" praying|strong="H1696", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{amazingly}, Rebekah|strong="H7259" arrived|strong="H0935" there|strong="H2009", carrying|strong="H5375" a|strong="H1961" jar|strong="H3537" on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" shoulder|strong="H7926". She|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Bethuel|strong="H1328", who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Milcah|strong="H4435", the|strong="H5921" wife|strong="H1696" of|strong="H1121" Abraham’s|strong="H0085" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251" Nahor|strong="H5152". 
\verseNumber{16}She|strong="H3808" was|strong="H3966" very|strong="H3966" beautiful|strong="H2896" and|strong="H5869" still|strong="H4758" a|strong="H5927" virgin|strong="H1330". She|strong="H3808" went|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3045" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="H5869" the|strong="H3045" well|strong="H2896", filled|strong="H4390" her|strong="H4390" jar|strong="H3537" with|strong="H4390" water|strong="H4390", and|strong="H5869" then|strong="H3045" came|strong="H5927" back|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927". 
\verseNumber{17}Abraham’s|strong="H0085" servant|strong="H5650" immediately|strong="H6965" ran|strong="H7323" to|strong="H4325" meet|strong="H7125" her|strong="H7125", and|strong="H5650" said|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" give|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" a|strong="H7323" little|strong="H4592" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H5650" your|strong="H4994" jar|strong="H3537".” 
\verseNumber{18}She|strong="H8248" replied|strong="H0559", “Drink|strong="H8354" some|strong="H3027", sir|strong="H0113"!” She|strong="H8248" lowered|strong="H3381" her|strong="H5921" jar|strong="H3537" from|strong="H3381" her|strong="H5921" shoulder|strong="H3802" to|strong="H3381" her|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" gave|strong="H8248" him|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" drink|strong="H8354". 
\verseNumber{19}After|strong="H5704" she|strong="H8248" had|strong="H1581" finished|strong="H3615" giving|strong="H8248" him|strong="H8248" a|strong="H5704" drink|strong="H8354", she|strong="H8248" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H1571" also|strong="H1571" get|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4480" water|strong="H8248" for|strong="H5704" your|strong="H5704" camels|strong="H1581", until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5704" have|strong="H1571" had|strong="H1581" enough|strong="H1571" to|strong="H5704" drink|strong="H8354".” 
\verseNumber{20}She|strong="H1931" quickly|strong="H4116" emptied|strong="H6168" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H7579" in|strong="H5750" her|strong="H3605" jar|strong="H3537" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" trough|strong="H8268" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w giving|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w water|strong="H7579"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7323"\+w* \+w animals|strong="H0929"\+w*}, and|strong="H4116" then|strong="H3605" ran|strong="H7323" back|strong="H5750" to|strong="H7323" the|strong="H3605" well|strong="H3190", and|strong="H4116" kept|strong="H8104" getting|strong="H7075" water|strong="H7579" for|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" camels|strong="H1581". 
\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" just|strong="H3512" watched|strong="H7200" her|strong="H3045", without|strong="H3808" saying|strong="H0559" anything|strong="H3808". He|strong="H3068" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" if|strong="H0518" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" his|strong="H3068" trip|strong="H1760" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" successful|strong="H6743" or|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{22}Finally|strong="H5704", after|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" camels|strong="H1581" finished|strong="H3615" drinking|strong="H8354", the|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5650" took|strong="H3947" out|strong="H3947" a|strong="H1961" gold|strong="H2091" nose|strong="H0639" ring|strong="H5141" that|strong="H3027" weighed|strong="H4948" ◄two|strong="H8147" ounces/6 grams►, and|strong="H3027" two|strong="H8147" large|strong="H1419" gold|strong="H2091" bracelets|strong="H6781" for|strong="H5921" her|strong="H3947" arms|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3027" gave|strong="H3947" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" Rebekah|strong="H7259" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w her|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w put|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H3426" he|strong="H1004" said|strong="H0559", “Tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H4994" whose|strong="H4310" daughter|strong="H1323" you|strong="H5046" are|strong="H3426". Also|strong="H1571", tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H4994", is|strong="H3426" there|strong="H3426" room|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" your|strong="H4994" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004" for|strong="H1004" me|strong="H4994" and|strong="H1004" my|strong="H5046" men|strong="H0376" to|strong="H1004" sleep|strong="H3885" there|strong="H3426" tonight|strong="H3915"?” 
\verseNumber{24}She|strong="H1931" replied|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H8104" father’s|strong="H0001" name|strong="H8034" is|strong="H1121" Bethuel|strong="H1328". He|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nahor|strong="H5152" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3205" wife|strong="H0802" Milcah|strong="H4435". 
\verseNumber{25}Yes|strong="H1571", we|strong="H0587" have|strong="H1571" room|strong="H4725" where|strong="H4725" you|strong="H5973" all|strong="H3885" can|strong="H4310" sleep|strong="H3885" tonight|strong="H1571", and|strong="H4725" we|strong="H0587" also|strong="H1571" have|strong="H1571" plenty|strong="H7227" of|strong="H4725" straw|strong="H8401" and|strong="H4725" grain|strong="H1715" to|strong="H5973" feed|strong="H4554" the|strong="H1571" camels|strong="H1581".” 
\verseNumber{26}The|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" bowed|strong="H7812" and|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{27}He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3808" thank|strong="H3034" you|strong="H5973", Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", whom|strong="H0834" my|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113" Abraham|strong="H0085" worships|strong="H7812". You|strong="H5973" have|strong="H3068" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" kind|strong="H4327" and|strong="H3068" faithful|strong="H2617" to|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113". You|strong="H5973" led|strong="H5148" me|strong="H1288" on|strong="H1870" this|strong="H3068" journey|strong="H1870" straight|strong="H3474"/directly|strong="H5227" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3068" master’s|strong="H0113" relatives|strong="H0251"!” 
\verseNumber{28}The|strong="H1697" girl|strong="H5291" ran|strong="H7323" and|strong="H1004" told|strong="H5046" everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H1004" her|strong="H5046" mother’s|strong="H0517" household|strong="H1004" about|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" had|strong="H1697" happened|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{29}Rebekah|strong="H7259" had|strong="H5869" a|strong="H7323" brother|strong="H0251" whose|strong="H8034" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Laban|strong="H3837". Laban|strong="H3837" went|strong="H7323" quickly|strong="H7323" to|strong="H5869" Abraham’s|strong="H0085" servant|strong="H5650", who|strong="H7323" was|strong="H8034" still|strong="H5750" by|strong="H8034" the|strong="H2351" well|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{30}He|strong="H3027" was|strong="H1961" surprised|strong="H8610" to|strong="H1696" have|strong="H1961" seen|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" bracelets|strong="H6781" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H8085" sister’s|strong="H0269" arms|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" nose|strong="H0639" ring|strong="H5141" and|strong="H3027" to|strong="H1696" have|strong="H1961" heard|strong="H8085" Rebekah|strong="H7259" tell|strong="H1696" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H7200" had|strong="H1961" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" her|strong="H5921". So|strong="H3541" he|strong="H3027" went|strong="H1697" out|strong="H7200" and|strong="H3027" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H7200" standing|strong="H5975" near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" camels|strong="H1581", close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" well|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{31}He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" man|strong="H0376", “You|strong="H1288" who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" by|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", come|strong="H0935" with|strong="H1004" me|strong="H1288"! ◄Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" standing|strong="H5975" out|strong="H2351" here|strong="H4725"?/You|strong="H1288" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5975" keep|strong="H8104" standing|strong="H5975" out|strong="H2351" here|strong="H4725"!► [RHQ] I|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3068" prepared|strong="H6437" a|strong="H5975" room|strong="H1004" for|strong="H3068" you|strong="H1288" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5975" place|strong="H4725" for|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" camels|strong="H1581" to|strong="H3068" stay|strong="H5975".” 
\verseNumber{32}So|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" servant|strong="H5650" went|strong="H1004" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1004" Laban’s|strong="H3837" servants|strong="H5650" unloaded|strong="H6605" the|strong="H5414" camels|strong="H1581", and|strong="H1004" brought|strong="H5414" straw|strong="H8401" and|strong="H1004" grain|strong="H1715" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" camels|strong="H1581", and|strong="H1004" water|strong="H4325" for|strong="H1004" him|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" men|strong="H0376" with|strong="H1004" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" wash|strong="H7364" their|strong="H5414" feet|strong="H7272". 
\verseNumber{33}They|strong="H3808" set|strong="H7760" food|strong="H3899" in|strong="H1696" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1697" him|strong="H6440" for|strong="H5704" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1696" eat|strong="H0398", but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H5704" said|strong="H1696", “I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" until|strong="H5704" I|strong="H5704" tell|strong="H1696" you|strong="H6440" ◄what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H5704" need|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" tell|strong="H1696" you|strong="H6440"/why|strong="H1697" I|strong="H5704" have|strong="H1697" come|strong="H0935"►.” So|strong="H3808" Laban|strong="H3837" said|strong="H1696", “Tell|strong="H1696" us|strong="H6440"!” 
\verseNumber{34}So|strong="H5650" the|strong="H5650" servant|strong="H5650" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5650" am|strong="H1961" Abraham’s|strong="H0085" servant|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{35}Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" greatly|strong="H3966" blessed|strong="H1288" my|strong="H5414" master|strong="H5414" so|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1431" very|strong="H3966" rich|strong="H1431". Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" many|strong="H7227" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3068" cattle|strong="H1241", a|strong="H5414" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H3068" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3068" silver|strong="H3701", male|strong="H5650" and|strong="H3068" female|strong="H8198" servants|strong="H5650", camels|strong="H1581" and|strong="H3068" donkeys|strong="H2543". 
\verseNumber{36}My|strong="H5414" master’s|strong="H0113" wife|strong="H0802", Sarah|strong="H8283", bore|strong="H3205" a|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" for|strong="H1121" him|strong="H5414" when|strong="H1121" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1121" very|strong="H3966" old|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" my|strong="H5414" master|strong="H5414" has|strong="H3605" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" everything|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" owns|strong="H3426". 
\verseNumber{37}My|strong="H3947" master|strong="H3427" made|strong="H7650" me|strong="H3947" solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H7650", saying|strong="H0559", ‘Do|strong="H7650" not|strong="H3808" get|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802" for|strong="H3427" my|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" women|strong="H1323" here|strong="H6311" in|strong="H3427" Canaan|strong="H3669". 
\verseNumber{38}Instead|strong="H3808", go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3212" my|strong="H3947" father’s|strong="H0001" family|strong="H4940", to|strong="H3212" my|strong="H3947" own|strong="H1961" clan|strong="H4940", and|strong="H1121" get|strong="H3947" from|strong="H1121" them|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802" for|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121".’ 
\verseNumber{39}Then|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" asked|strong="H7592" my|strong="H3808" master|strong="H0113", ‘What|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" if|strong="H0518" the|strong="H3808" woman|strong="H0802" you|strong="H3808" show|strong="H7200" me|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H3212" back|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3212" me|strong="H3808"?’ 
\verseNumber{40}He|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068", whom|strong="H6440" I|strong="H1980" have|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" obeyed|strong="H8085" [MTY], will|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971" his|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397" with|strong="H1980" you|strong="H6440", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" your|strong="H3068" journey|strong="H1870" to|strong="H1980" be|strong="H3068" successful|strong="H6743", with|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" can|strong="H3947" get|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802" for|strong="H6440" my|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" from|strong="H6440" my|strong="H3068" clan|strong="H4940", from|strong="H6440" my|strong="H3068" father’s|strong="H0001" family|strong="H4940". 
\verseNumber{41}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" my|strong="H5414" clan|strong="H4940" refuses|strong="H3985" to|strong="H1961" allow|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" return|strong="H7725" with|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" freed|strong="H8199" from|strong="H1961" being|strong="H1961" cursed|strong="H0779" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H4940" not|strong="H3808" obeying|strong="H8085" me|strong="H5414".’ 
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\verseNumber{42}“hen|strong="H2581" I|strong="H3117" came|strong="H1980" today|strong="H3117" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5921" well|strong="H5869", I|strong="H3117" prayed|strong="H4994", ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H5869" my|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113", Abraham|strong="H0085" worships|strong="H7812", if|strong="H3426" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3117" willing|strong="H0014", please|strong="H4994" allow|strong="H4994" this|strong="H3068" journey|strong="H1870" of|strong="H3068" mine|strong="H5375" to|strong="H1980" be|strong="H3426" successful|strong="H6743". 
\verseNumber{43}Listen|strong="H2009" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H4994". I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" standing|strong="H5324" beside|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" well|strong="H5869". A|strong="H1961" young|strong="H5288" woman|strong="H0802" may|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3318" draw|strong="H7579" water|strong="H4325". I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H1961" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3318" her|strong="H5921", “Please|strong="H4994", give|strong="H8248" me|strong="H4994" a|strong="H1961" little|strong="H4592" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H3318" drink|strong="H8248" from|strong="H3318" your|strong="H5921" jar|strong="H3537".” 
\verseNumber{44}If|strong="H1931" she|strong="H1931" says|strong="H8354" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1571", “Certainly|strong="H1571", drink|strong="H8354" some|strong="H4480"! And|strong="H1121" I|strong="H1571" will|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" draw|strong="H7579" some|strong="H4480" water|strong="H7579" for|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" camels|strong="H1581",” that|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" woman|strong="H0802" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H3198" have|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" for|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" master’s|strong="H0113" son|strong="H1121"!’ 
\verseNumber{45}Before|strong="H2962" I|strong="H2009" finished|strong="H3615" praying|strong="H1696", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{amazingly}, Rebekah|strong="H7259" approached|strong="H3381" with|strong="H1696" her|strong="H5921" water|strong="H8248" jar|strong="H3537" on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" shoulder|strong="H7926". She|strong="H8248" went|strong="H3318" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" well|strong="H5869" and|strong="H5869" got|strong="H3318" some|strong="H2009" water|strong="H8248". I|strong="H2009" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" her|strong="H5921", ‘Please|strong="H4994" give|strong="H8248" me|strong="H4994" a|strong="H3318" drink|strong="H8248"!’ 
\verseNumber{46}She|strong="H8248" quickly|strong="H4116" lowered|strong="H3381" her|strong="H5921" jar|strong="H3537" and|strong="H3381" said|strong="H0559", ‘Drink|strong="H8354" some|strong="H4480"! And|strong="H3381" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1571" draw|strong="H7579" water|strong="H8248" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w well|strong="H1571"\+w*} for|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" camels|strong="H1581", too|strong="H1571".’ So|strong="H1571" I|strong="H5921" drank|strong="H8354" some|strong="H4480" water|strong="H8248", and|strong="H3381" she|strong="H8248" also|strong="H1571" got|strong="H6965" water|strong="H8248" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" camels|strong="H1581". 
\verseNumber{47}Then|strong="H7760" I|strong="H5921" asked|strong="H7592" her|strong="H5921", ‘Whose|strong="H4310" daughter|strong="H1323" are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5921"?’ She|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559", ‘The|strong="H5921" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Bethuel|strong="H1328", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nahor|strong="H5152" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7760" wife|strong="H0802", Milcah|strong="H4435".’ I|strong="H5921" had|strong="H3205" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w ring|strong="H5141"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w bracelets|strong="H6781"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} I|strong="H5921" put|strong="H7760" the|strong="H5921" ring|strong="H5141" in|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" nose|strong="H0639" and|strong="H1121" put|strong="H7760" the|strong="H5921" bracelets|strong="H6781" on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" arms|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{48}Then|strong="H3947" I|strong="H1121" bowed|strong="H7812" and|strong="H1121" worshiped|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H1121" thanked|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3947" one|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113" Abraham|strong="H3947" worships|strong="H7812", the|strong="H3947" one|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" led|strong="H5148" me|strong="H3947" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3947" right|strong="H3068" road|strong="H1870" to|strong="H3068" get|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" granddaughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3068" master’s|strong="H0113" brother|strong="H0251" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802" for|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" master’s|strong="H0113" son|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{49}Now|strong="H6258", if|strong="H3426" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3426" kind|strong="H4327" and|strong="H6437" faithful|strong="H2617" to|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" master|strong="H0113", tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046" that|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H3426" asking|strong="H7592". If|strong="H3426" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H6213", tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046" that|strong="H6213" also|strong="H6213", so|strong="H6213" I|strong="H5921" may|strong="H6213" know|strong="H5046" what|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" [MTY].” 
\verseNumber{50}Laban|strong="H3837" and|strong="H3068" Bethuel|strong="H1328" answered|strong="H6030", “It|strong="H1696" is|strong="H3068" clear|strong="H3318" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" happen|strong="H1697". So|strong="H3808" we|strong="H1697" two|strong="H3808" cannot|strong="H3808" say|strong="H1696" anything|strong="H1697" more|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{51}Rebekah|strong="H7259" is|strong="H3068" here|strong="H2009" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H6440". Take|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947" and|strong="H1121" go|strong="H3212", and|strong="H1121" let|strong="H3212" her|strong="H3947" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" wife|strong="H1696" for|strong="H6440" your|strong="H3068" master’s|strong="H0113" son|strong="H1121", just|strong="H1696" as|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" indicated.” 
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\verseNumber{52}When|strong="H1961" Abraham’s|strong="H0085" servant|strong="H5650" heard|strong="H8085" these|strong="H8085" words|strong="H1697", he|strong="H3068" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" ground|strong="H0776" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w thank|strong="H3034"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{53}Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5414" servant|strong="H5650" brought|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" gold|strong="H2091" jewelry|strong="H3627" and|strong="H3701" clothes|strong="H0899", and|strong="H3701" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3318" Rebekah|strong="H7259". And|strong="H3701" he|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" gifts|strong="H4979" to|strong="H3318" her|strong="H5414" brother|strong="H0251" Laban|strong="H3837" and|strong="H3701" to|strong="H3318" her|strong="H5414" mother|strong="H0517". 
\verseNumber{54}Then|strong="H6965" they|strong="H1931" ate|strong="H0398" a|strong="H7971" meal|strong="H7058" together|strong="H5973". The|strong="H7971" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" Abraham’s|strong="H0085" servant|strong="H5650" also|strong="H8354" slept|strong="H7901" there|strong="H3885" that|strong="H1931" night|strong="H3885". The|strong="H7971" next|strong="H7971" morning|strong="H1242", the|strong="H7971" servant|strong="H5650" said|strong="H0559", “Allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H7971" now|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7971" my|strong="H7971" master|strong="H0113".” 
\verseNumber{55}But|strong="H3117" her|strong="H3212" brother|strong="H0251" and|strong="H3117" her|strong="H3212" mother|strong="H0517" replied|strong="H0559", “Let|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3117" girl|strong="H5291" remain|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3427" us|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3427" about|strong="H3117" ten|strong="H6218" days|strong="H3117". After|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117", you|strong="H3117" may|strong="H3117" take|strong="H3212" her|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3117" go|strong="H3212".” 
\verseNumber{56}But|strong="H1870" he|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" them|strong="H7971", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6743" my|strong="H3068" journey|strong="H1870" successful|strong="H6743", so|strong="H7971" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1870" detain|strong="H6113" me|strong="H7971". Let|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" take|strong="H3212" her|strong="H7971" back|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" my|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113" now|strong="H3212"!” 
\verseNumber{57}They|strong="H6310" said|strong="H7121", “Let’s|strong="H1980" call|strong="H7121" Rebekah|strong="H7259" and|strong="H6310" ask|strong="H7592" her|strong="H7121" what|strong="H6310" she|strong="H7121" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H7121" do|strong="H6213".” [MTY] 
\verseNumber{58}So|strong="H7121" they|strong="H7121" summoned|strong="H7121" Rebekah|strong="H7259" and|strong="H3212" asked|strong="H7592" her|strong="H7121", “Will|strong="H2088" you|strong="H5973" go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H5973" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H2088" now|strong="H2088"?” She|strong="H7121" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", I|strong="H2088" will|strong="H2088" go|strong="H3212".” 
\verseNumber{59}So|strong="H7971" they|strong="H1992" allowed|strong="H5414" Rebekah|strong="H7259", a|strong="H7971" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H5650" had|strong="H5650" taken|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H5650" her|strong="H7971" when|strong="H7971" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H5650" very|strong="H3966" young|strong="H7971", Abraham’s|strong="H0085" servant|strong="H5650", and|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" men|strong="H5650" who|strong="H5650" had|strong="H5650" come|strong="H7971" with|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7971". to|strong="H7971" go|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{60}Before|strong="H1961" they|strong="H8179" all|strong="H1288" left|strong="H1961", they|strong="H8179" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w*} bless|strong="H1288" Rebekah|strong="H7259", and|strong="H8179" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" her|strong="H8130", “Our|strong="H1288" sister|strong="H0269", we|strong="H0587" ask|strong="H7592" that|strong="H8179" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H1961" you|strong="H1288" to|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" millions|strong="H7233" of|strong="H8179" descendants|strong="H2233", and|strong="H8179" allow|strong="H5414" them|strong="H3423" to|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3423" defeat|strong="H5221" [MET|strong="H6298"] all|strong="H1288" those|strong="H1961" that|strong="H8179" hate|strong="H8130" them|strong="H3423".” 
\verseNumber{61}Then|strong="H6965" Rebekah|strong="H7259" and|strong="H6965" her|strong="H3947" maid|strong="H5291" servants|strong="H5650" got|strong="H6965" ready|strong="H3559" and|strong="H6965" got|strong="H6965" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3947" camels|strong="H1581" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H3212" with|strong="H5921" Abraham’s|strong="H0085" servant|strong="H5650". 
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\verseNumber{62}At|strong="H3427" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256", Isaac|strong="H3327" was|strong="H1931" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3427" Negev|strong="H5045" desert|strong="H6160". He|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3327" gone|strong="H1980" there|strong="H3427" from|strong="H3427" Beer-Lahai-Roi|strong="H0883". 
\verseNumber{63}One|strong="H7200" evening|strong="H6153" he|strong="H3318" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" into|strong="H3318" the|strong="H7200" field|strong="H7704" to|strong="H3318" meditate|strong="H7742" as|strong="H3318" he|strong="H3318" walked|strong="H1980". He|strong="H3318" looked|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5375" and|strong="H5869" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3327"\+w* \+w surprised|strong="H8610"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w*} see|strong="H7200" some|strong="H2009" camels|strong="H1581" coming|strong="H3318". 
\verseNumber{64}Rebekah|strong="H7259" also|strong="H5869" looked|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5375" and|strong="H5869" saw|strong="H7200" Isaac|strong="H3327". She|strong="H5921" got|strong="H6965" off|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" camel|strong="H1581", 
\verseNumber{65}and|strong="H1980" asked|strong="H7592" the|strong="H3947" servant|strong="H5650", “Who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H1931" that|strong="H1931" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H1931" approaching|strong="H0935"?” The|strong="H3947" servant|strong="H5650" replied|strong="H0559", “That|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" Isaac|strong="H3327", my|strong="H3947" master|strong="H0113", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w man|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w be|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w marrying|strong="H3427"\+w*}.” So|strong="H1980" she|strong="H1931" took|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947" veil|strong="H6809" and|strong="H1980" covered|strong="H3680" her|strong="H3947" face|strong="H6440", which|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3947" custom|strong="H4941" for|strong="H5650" a|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H4310" was|strong="H1931" about|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" be|strong="H5650" married|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{66}The|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650" told|strong="H5608" Isaac|strong="H3327" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3327" happened|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{67}Then|strong="H1961" Isaac|strong="H3327" took|strong="H3947" Rebekah|strong="H7259" into|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3947" tent|strong="H0168" that|strong="H1961" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3947" mother|strong="H0517", Sarah|strong="H8283", and|strong="H3327" she|strong="H3327" became|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802". And|strong="H3327" he|strong="H8283" loved|strong="H0157" her|strong="H3947". So|strong="H3947" Isaac|strong="H3327" was|strong="H1961" comforted|strong="H5162" about|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3947" mother’s|strong="H0517" death|strong="H4194". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Abraham died and was buried near Sarah }
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\chapterNumber{25}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w after|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w Sarah|strong="H8283"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}, Abraham|strong="H3947" married|strong="H3947" another|strong="H3254" woman|strong="H8034", whose|strong="H8034" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Keturah|strong="H6989". 
\verseNumber{2}She|strong="H1931" later|strong="H0310" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" six|strong="H8337" sons|strong="H3205": Zimran|strong="H2175", Jokshan|strong="H3370", Medan|strong="H4091", Midian|strong="H4080", Ishbak|strong="H3435", and|strong="H4080" Shuah|strong="H7744". 
\verseNumber{3}Jokshan|strong="H3370" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121", Sheba|strong="H7614" and|strong="H1121" Dedan|strong="H1719". The|strong="H3205" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Dedan|strong="H1719" were|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3205" Asshur|strong="H0804" people-group, the|strong="H3205" Letush people-group, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" Leum people-group. 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Midian|strong="H4080" were|strong="H1121" Ephah|strong="H5891", Epher|strong="H6081", Hanoch|strong="H2585", Abida|strong="H0028", and|strong="H1121" Eldaah|strong="H0420". They|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Keturah|strong="H6989". 
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\verseNumber{5}Abraham|strong="H0085" declared|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3605" after|strong="H0310" he|strong="H3605" died|strong="H4191", Isaac|strong="H3327" would|strong="H3605" inherit|strong="H5157" everything|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" owned|strong="H3426". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H5750" while|strong="H5750" Abraham|strong="H0085" was|strong="H3327" still|strong="H5750" living|strong="H2416", he|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" gifts|strong="H4979" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" ◄concubines|strong="H6370"/slaves|strong="H1121" that|strong="H5414" he|strong="H5414" had|strong="H5414" taken|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7971" be|strong="H5750" his|strong="H5414" secondary wives|strong="H0802"►, and|strong="H1121" then|strong="H7971" he|strong="H5414" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H5414" away|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" live|strong="H2416" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H5921" east|strong="H6924", to|strong="H7971" keep|strong="H8104" them|strong="H5414" far|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" Isaac|strong="H3327". 
\verseNumber{7}Abraham|strong="H0085" lived|strong="H2416" until|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" 175 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H5971" died|strong="H4191" at|strong="H4191" a|strong="H5971" very|strong="H2896" old|strong="H2205" age|strong="H7872", joining|strong="H1695" his|strong="H1478" ancestors|strong="H0001" who|strong="H5971" had|strong="H5971" died|strong="H4191" previously|strong="H8543" [DOU]. 
\verseNumber{9}His|strong="H6440" sons|strong="H1121" Isaac|strong="H3327" and|strong="H1121" Ishmael|strong="H3458" buried|strong="H6912" his|strong="H6440" body|strong="H1320" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" cave|strong="H4631" at|strong="H5921" Machpelah|strong="H4375" area|strong="H1508", near|strong="H6440" Mamre|strong="H4471", in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" field|strong="H7704" that|strong="H1121" Abraham|strong="H0085" had|strong="H3327" previously|strong="H6440" bought|strong="H7069" from|strong="H6440" Ephron|strong="H6085", one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Heth|strong="H2845". 
\verseNumber{10}Isaac|strong="H3327" and|strong="H1121" Ishmael|strong="H3458" buried|strong="H6912" his|strong="H8283" body|strong="H1320" there|strong="H8033", where|strong="H8033" Abraham|strong="H0085" previously|strong="H8543" buried|strong="H6912" his|strong="H8283" wife|strong="H0802" Sarah|strong="H8283". 
\verseNumber{11}After|strong="H1961" Abraham|strong="H0085" died|strong="H4194", God|strong="H0430" blessed|strong="H1288" his|strong="H1288" son|strong="H1121" Isaac|strong="H3327". And|strong="H1121" Isaac|strong="H3327" moved|strong="H4131" to|strong="H1961" live|strong="H3427" near|strong="H5973" Beer-Lahai-Roi|strong="H0883". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H1288" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ishmael|strong="H3458" }
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\verseNumber{12}◄These|strong="H0428" are|strong="H1121"/I|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" now|strong="H6258" give|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121"► the|strong="H3205" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abraham’s|strong="H0085" son|strong="H1121", Ishmael|strong="H3458", to|strong="H3205" whom|strong="H0834" Sarah’s|strong="H8283" female|strong="H8198" slave|strong="H8198", Hagar|strong="H1904" from|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4713", had|strong="H3205" given|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205". 
\verseNumber{13}These|strong="H0428" are|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034", in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3458" order|strong="H8435" in|strong="H1121" which|strong="H0834" they|strong="H8034" were|strong="H1121" born|strong="H1121": Ishmael’s|strong="H3458" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" Nebaioth|strong="H5032". After|strong="H8034" him|strong="H8034" were|strong="H1121" born|strong="H1121" Kedar|strong="H6938", Adbeel|strong="H0110", Mibsam|strong="H4017", 
\verseNumber{14}Mishma|strong="H4927", Dumah|strong="H1746", Massa|strong="H4854", 
\verseNumber{15}Hadar|strong="H1924", Tema|strong="H8485", Jetur|strong="H3195", Naphish|strong="H5305", and|strong="H5305" Kedemah|strong="H6929". 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H3458" twelve|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ishmael|strong="H3458" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3458" leaders|strong="H5387"/chiefs|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" people-groups that|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1992" names|strong="H8034". They|strong="H1992" each|strong="H8147" had|strong="H1121" their|strong="H1992" own|strong="H1961" settlement|strong="H4186" and|strong="H1121" campsite. 
\verseNumber{17}Ishmael|strong="H3458" lived|strong="H2416" until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H8141" was|strong="H8141" 137 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141". Then|strong="H4191" he|strong="H8141" died|strong="H4191", [EUP] joining|strong="H1695" his|strong="H3458" ancestors|strong="H0001" who|strong="H5971" had|strong="H5971" previously|strong="H8543" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{18}His|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" ◄settled|strong="H7931"/went|strong="H4714" to|strong="H5704" live|strong="H7931"► in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" between|strong="H5704" Shur|strong="H7793" and|strong="H4714" Havilah|strong="H2341", near|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H6440" Egypt|strong="H4714" as|strong="H5704" a|strong="H5921" person|strong="H6440" travels|strong="H5674" toward|strong="H5921" Asshur|strong="H0804". All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H6440" their|strong="H3605" camps|strong="H4264" were|strong="H4714" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H5704" each|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" (OR|strong="H5704", they|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" frequently attacked|strong="H5307" each|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605"). 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" birth|strong="H5307" of|strong="H6440" Esau|strong="H6215" and|strong="H4714" Jacob|strong="H3290" }
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\verseNumber{19}◄This|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1121" an|strong="H3205" account|strong="H8435" of|strong="H1121"/I|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" now|strong="H3327" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3205" about|strong="H5439"► Abraham’s|strong="H0085" son|strong="H1121", Isaac|strong="H3327". Abraham|strong="H0085" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" Isaac|strong="H3327", 
\verseNumber{20}and|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" Isaac|strong="H3327" was|strong="H1961" 40 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", he|strong="H8141" married|strong="H3947" Rebekah|strong="H7259", the|strong="H3947" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Bethuel|strong="H1328". Bethuel|strong="H1328" was|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aram|strong="H6307" from|strong="H1121" Paddan-Aram|strong="H6307". Rebekah|strong="H7259" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3947" sister|strong="H0269" of|strong="H1121" Laban|strong="H3837", who|strong="H1121" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3947" Aram|strong="H6307" people-group. 
\verseNumber{21}Almost|strong="H4592" 20 years|strong="H8141" after|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3068" married|strong="H3947", Rebekah|strong="H7259" still|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" children|strong="H1121". So|strong="H3588" Isaac|strong="H3327" prayed|strong="H6279" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" concerning|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802", and|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H6279" his|strong="H3068" prayer|strong="H6279". His|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802" Rebekah|strong="H7259" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029". 
\verseNumber{22}She|strong="H3651" was|strong="H3068" carrying|strong="H5375" twins|strong="H8380" in|strong="H3068" her|strong="H7130" womb|strong="H7358", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3651" kept|strong="H8104" jostling each|strong="H2088" other|strong="H2088". So|strong="H3651" she|strong="H3651" said|strong="H3651", “Why|strong="H4100" is|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w this|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* happening \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w me|strong="H1875"\+w*}?” So|strong="H3651" she|strong="H3651" asked|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068" about|strong="H5439" it|strong="H3651". 
\verseNumber{23}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" her|strong="H8147", “The|strong="H5647" older|strong="H7227" one|strong="H6810" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" twins|strong="H8380" will|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H5647" the|strong="H5647" younger|strong="H6810" one|strong="H6810". The|strong="H5647" twins|strong="H8380" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" of|strong="H3068" two|strong="H8147" nations|strong="H1471". And|strong="H3068" those|strong="H6810" two|strong="H8147" people-groups will|strong="H3068" separate|strong="H6504" from|strong="H1471" each|strong="H1471" other|strong="H8147".” [CHI] 
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\verseNumber{24}When|strong="H3117" Rebekah|strong="H7259" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205", it|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" true|strong="H0571"! Twin boys|strong="H3206" were|strong="H3117" born|strong="H3205"! 
\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" one|strong="H3605" born|strong="H3318" was|strong="H8034" red|strong="H5488", and|strong="H3318" his|strong="H3605" body|strong="H1320" had|strong="H8181" hair|strong="H8181" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H3318" it|strong="H7121", like|strong="H3318" a|strong="H7121" garment|strong="H0899" made|strong="H7121" of|strong="H8034" hair|strong="H8181". So|strong="H7121" they|strong="H3605" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H7121" Esau|strong="H6215", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H6215"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘hairy'}. 
\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H3318" his|strong="H7121" brother|strong="H0251" was|strong="H8034" born|strong="H3205", grasping Esau’s|strong="H6215" heel|strong="H6119". So|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H3205" Jacob|strong="H3290", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H6215"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘heel’}. Isaac|strong="H3327" was|strong="H8034" 60 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3205" twins|strong="H8380" were|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Esau|strong="H6215" sold|strong="H3318" his|strong="H7121" rights|strong="H1779" as|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3205" oldest|strong="H1419" son|strong="H1121" }
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\verseNumber{27}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3045" boys|strong="H5288" grew|strong="H1431" up|strong="H1431", Esau|strong="H6215" became|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" skilled|strong="H2450" hunter|strong="H6718". He|strong="H3290" spent|strong="H3427" a|strong="H1961" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H3427" time|strong="H1961" out|strong="H3045" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3045" fields|strong="H7704". Jacob|strong="H3290" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" quiet|strong="H8252" man|strong="H5288" who|strong="H3427" stayed|strong="H3427" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3045" campsite. 
\verseNumber{28}Isaac|strong="H3327" liked|strong="H7521" Esau|strong="H6215" more|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" enjoyed|strong="H7521" the|strong="H3588" taste|strong="H6310" of|strong="H6310" the|strong="H3588" meat|strong="H1320" of|strong="H6310" the|strong="H3588" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3588" Esau|strong="H6215" killed|strong="H2026". But|strong="H3588" Rebekah|strong="H7259" liked|strong="H7521" Jacob|strong="H3290" more|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{29}One|strong="H4480" day|strong="H3117" while|strong="H1931" Jacob|strong="H3290" was|strong="H1931" cooking|strong="H5518" some|strong="H4480" stew|strong="H5138", Esau|strong="H6215" came|strong="H0935" home|strong="H1004" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" field|strong="H7704", very|strong="H3966" hungry|strong="H7457". 
\verseNumber{30}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5921" Jacob|strong="H3290", “Give|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H8034" that|strong="H3588" red|strong="H5488" stew|strong="H5138" to|strong="H5921" eat|strong="H0398" right|strong="H3651" now|strong="H4994", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H2088" hungry|strong="H7457"!” [That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2088" why|strong="H5921" Esau’s|strong="H6215" other|strong="H2088" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Edom|strong="H0112", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3651"\+w* ‘\+w red|strong="H5488"\+w*}’.] 
\verseNumber{31}Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3290" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3117" some|strong="H3117" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3117" sell|strong="H4376" me|strong="H3117" ◄your|strong="H4376" birthright|strong="H1062"/the|strong="H3117" privileges you|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3117" because|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" firstborn|strong="H1062" son|strong="H1121"►.” 
\verseNumber{32}Esau|strong="H6215" replied|strong="H0559", “Well|strong="H3190", I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1980" about|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" die|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w so|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w hungry|strong="H7457"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w I|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w die|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w now|strong="H2009"\+w*}, ◄my|strong="H4191" birthright|strong="H1062" will|strong="H4100" not|strong="H2088" benefit|strong="H1576" me|strong="H4191"./What|strong="H4100" good|strong="H4100" will|strong="H4100" my|strong="H4191" birthright|strong="H1062" be|strong="H4191" to|strong="H1980" me|strong="H4191"?►” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{33}Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559", “◄Swear|strong="H7650" to|strong="H3117"/Solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H7650"► me|strong="H4376" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" giving|strong="H5414" me|strong="H4376" the|strong="H3117" privileges that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3290" have|strong="H3117" from|strong="H3117" being|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" firstborn|strong="H1062" sont!” So|strong="H7650" that|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117" what|strong="H4100" Esau|strong="H6215" did|strong="H3117". He|strong="H3117" sold|strong="H4376" his|strong="H3290" birthright|strong="H1062" to|strong="H3117" Jacob|strong="H3290". 
\verseNumber{34}Then|strong="H6965" Jacob|strong="H3290" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" Esau|strong="H6215" some|strong="H4480" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H6965" some|strong="H4480" stew|strong="H5138" made|strong="H5414" of|strong="H3899" lentils|strong="H5742"/beans|strong="H6321". Esau|strong="H6215" ate|strong="H0398" and|strong="H6965" drank|strong="H8354", and|strong="H6965" then|strong="H6965" he|strong="H5414" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" left|strong="H5414". By|strong="H6965" doing|strong="H8354" that|strong="H5414", Esau|strong="H6215" showed|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5414" he|strong="H5414" ◄was|strong="H3290" not|strong="H5414" interested in|strong="H3212"/did|strong="H3290" not|strong="H5414" value|strong="H6186"► the|strong="H5414" privileges that|strong="H5414" would|strong="H3290" be|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3899" being|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5414" fiirstborn son|strong="H1121". 

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\chapterNumber{26}Some|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" later|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" severe|strong="H3515" ◄famine|strong="H7458"/scarcity|strong="H4544" of|strong="H4428" food|strong="H3899"► there|strong="H1961". That|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" different|strong="H8133" from|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" famine|strong="H7458" that|strong="H3117" occurred|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" Abraham|strong="H0085" was|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416". So|strong="H1961" Isaac|strong="H3327" went|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w southeast|strong="H5045"\+w*} to|strong="H3212" Gerar|strong="H1642" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*, \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w*} to|strong="H3212" Abimelech|strong="H0040", the|strong="H3117" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3117" Philistine|strong="H6430" people-group. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w What|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3117"\+w*: \+w Isaac|strong="H3327"\+w* \+w considered|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w going|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{2}but|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3381" him|strong="H7200" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H7200" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Egypt|strong="H4714"! Live|strong="H7931" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H7931" I|strong="H4714" will|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H7200" you|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3381" go|strong="H3381"! 
\verseNumber{3}Stay|strong="H1481" in|strong="H5414" thTs land|strong="H0776" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H1961" while|strong="H1961", and|strong="H6965" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" help|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H6965" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H6965" your|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H2063" lands|strong="H4054", and|strong="H6965" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" do|strong="H3605" what|strong="H2063" I|strong="H3588" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650" to|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1471" cause|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H1471" as|strong="H5414" numerous|strong="H7235" as|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" stars|strong="H3556" in|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1471" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H3605" lands|strong="H4054", and|strong="H8064" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1471" cause|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H1471" a|strong="H5414" blessing|strong="H1288" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H2233" [MTY] all|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" on|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064". 
\verseNumber{5}I|strong="H8085" will|strong="H8085" do|strong="H8104" that|strong="H8085" because|strong="H6118" your|strong="H8104" father|strong="H0001" Abraham|strong="H0085" obeyed|strong="H8085" me|strong="H6963". He|strong="H6118" obeyed|strong="H8085" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H8085" told|strong="H8085" him|strong="H6963" to|strong="H8104" do|strong="H8104", everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H8085" declared|strong="H8085" and|strong="H6963" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H8085" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H8085" gave|strong="H8085" him|strong="H6963".” 
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So|strong="H8085" Isaac|strong="H3327" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\+w* \+w if|strong="H6118"\+w* \+w he|strong="H6118"\+w* \+w would|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w permit|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w live|strong="H8451"\+w* \+w in|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w Gerar|strong="H1642"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*. \+w The|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w said|strong="H8085"\+w*, “Okay,”} 
\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w Isaac|strong="H3327"\+w*} stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w along|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3327"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w sons|strong="H1121"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H2896" in|strong="H5921" Gerar|strong="H1642" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} asked|strong="H7592" who|strong="H1931" Rebekah|strong="H7259" was|strong="H1931", Isaac|strong="H3327" said|strong="H0559", “She|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" my|strong="H5921" sister|strong="H0269".” He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" afraid|strong="H3372" to|strong="H5921" say|strong="H0559", “She|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" my|strong="H5921" wife|strong="H0802".” He|strong="H1931" thought|strong="H0559", “Rebekah|strong="H7259" is|strong="H1931" very|strong="H2896" beautiful|strong="H2896", so|strong="H6435" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1931" want|strong="H4270" her|strong="H5921". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w she|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w my|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w sister|strong="H0269"\+w*, \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* negotiate \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w bride|strong="H3618"\+w* \+w price|strong="H4242"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w older|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H0251"\+w*; \+w but|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w if|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w she|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w my|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*, \+w no|strong="H6435"\+w* negotiation \+w will|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3372"\+w* possible}. They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1931" just|strong="H3512" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" get|strong="H3947" her|strong="H5921".” 
\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H3588" Isaac|strong="H3327" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" there|strong="H8033" a|strong="H1961" long|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", one|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117" Abimelech|strong="H0040", the|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7200" Philistine|strong="H6430" people-group, looked|strong="H7200" down|strong="H8259" from|strong="H3117" a|strong="H1961" window|strong="H2474" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w palace|strong="H1004"\+w*} and|strong="H4428" was|strong="H1961" surprised|strong="H8610" to|strong="H1961" see|strong="H7200" Isaac|strong="H3327" caressing|strong="H6711" his|strong="H7200" wife|strong="H0802" Rebekah|strong="H7259". 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H6435" Abimelech|strong="H0040" summoned|strong="H7121" Isaac|strong="H3327" and|strong="H3327" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H4191" him|strong="H7121", “Now|strong="H2009" I|strong="H3588" realize|strong="H2009" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" really|strong="H2088" your|strong="H5921" wife|strong="H0802"! So|strong="H6435" why|strong="H5921" did|strong="H3327" you|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559", ‘She|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" my|strong="H5921" sister’?” Isaac|strong="H3327" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" him|strong="H7121", “I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" thought|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H4191" here|strong="H2009" might|strong="H6435" kill|strong="H4191" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H4191" get|strong="H3947" her|strong="H5921".” 
\verseNumber{10}Abimelech|strong="H0040" said|strong="H0559", “◄You|strong="H5921" should|strong="H4100" not|strong="H6213" have|strong="H5971" done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063" to|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921"!/Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063"?► [RHQ] One|strong="H6213" of|strong="H5971" our|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" might|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" ◄had|strong="H5971" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H6213"/slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H6213"► [EUP] your|strong="H5921" wife|strong="H0802", and|strong="H5971" you|strong="H5921" would|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" caused|strong="H6213" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H5971" guilty|strong="H0816" of|strong="H5971" a|strong="H6213" great|strong="H6213" sin|strong="H2403"!” 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H2088" Abimelech|strong="H0040" commanded|strong="H6680" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", saying|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H6680" not|strong="H2088" harm|strong="H7463"/molest this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H4191" or|strong="H4191" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802"! Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" does|strong="H2088" that|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" surely|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" argued with|strong="H5971" Isaac|strong="H3327" about|strong="H5971" wells|strong="H0875" }
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\verseNumber{12}Isaac|strong="H3327" planted|strong="H2232" grain|strong="H1715" in|strong="H8141" that|strong="H1931" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H1931" year|strong="H8141", and|strong="H3967" he|strong="H1931" harvested|strong="H1219" a|strong="H4672" very|strong="H3966" large|strong="H1419" crop|strong="H8393", because|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" him|strong="H4672". 
\verseNumber{13}Isaac|strong="H3327" continued|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5704" acquire|strong="H7069" more|strong="H3966" and|strong="H1980" more|strong="H3966" possessions|strong="H7399", until|strong="H5704" finally|strong="H5704" he|strong="H3588" became|strong="H1431" very|strong="H3966" wealthy|strong="H1431". 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H1241" had|strong="H1961" large|strong="H7227" herds|strong="H1241" of|strong="H6629" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H6629" goats|strong="H5795" and|strong="H6629" cattle|strong="H4735", and|strong="H6629" many|strong="H7227" slaves|strong="H5650". Because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H6629" that|strong="H1961", the|strong="H1961" Philistine|strong="H6430" people|strong="H5971" envied|strong="H7065" him|strong="H7065". 
\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H5650" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wells|strong="H0875" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" Abraham|strong="H0085" had|strong="H6430" dug|strong="H2658" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" alive|strong="H2416", the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" filled|strong="H4390" up|strong="H5640" with|strong="H4390" dirt|strong="H6083". 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H3588" Abimelech|strong="H0040" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" Isaac|strong="H3327", “You|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" have|strong="H3588" become|strong="H1961" more|strong="H4480" numerous|strong="H6105" than|strong="H4480" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5973", so|strong="H4480" I|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3212" get|strong="H3212" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" our|strong="H4480" area|strong="H1508".” 
\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H3427" Isaac|strong="H3327" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3327"\+w* \+w family|strong="H4940"\+w*} moved|strong="H4131" from|strong="H3212" there|strong="H8033". They|strong="H8033" set|strong="H3427" up|strong="H3212" their|strong="H8033" tents|strong="H2583" in|strong="H3427" Gerar|strong="H1642" Valley|strong="H5158" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w started|strong="H2490"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{18}There|strong="H3117" were|strong="H6430" several|strong="H2669" wells|strong="H0875" in|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" area|strong="H1508" that|strong="H3117" had|strong="H6430" been|strong="H4194" dug|strong="H2658" when|strong="H3117" Isaac’s|strong="H3327" father|strong="H0001" Abraham|strong="H0085" was|strong="H8034" living|strong="H2416", but|strong="H7725" Philistine|strong="H6430" people|strong="H4194" had|strong="H6430" filled|strong="H4390" them|strong="H7725" up|strong="H5640" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w dirt|strong="H6083"\+w*} after|strong="H3117" Abraham|strong="H0085" died|strong="H4194". Now|strong="H3117" Isaac|strong="H3327" and|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7121" servants|strong="H5650" removed|strong="H5493" the|strong="H7725" dirt|strong="H6083", and|strong="H7725" Isaac|strong="H3327" gave|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7725" wells|strong="H0875" the|strong="H7725" same|strong="H8034" names|strong="H8034" that|strong="H3117" his|strong="H7121" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H6430" given|strong="H7121" to|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{19}Isaac’s|strong="H3327" servants|strong="H5650" dug|strong="H2658" in|strong="H4672" the|strong="H4672" valley|strong="H5158" and|strong="H5650" discovered|strong="H4672" a|strong="H4672" well|strong="H3190" of|strong="H5650" fresh|strong="H2416" water|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H3588" other|strong="H7121" men|strong="H8034" who|strong="H3588" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H8034" Gerar|strong="H1642" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Valley|strong="H6010"\+w*} who|strong="H3588" took|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4325" their|strong="H3588" animals|strong="H0929" argued/quarreled|strong="H7378" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H8034" who|strong="H3588" took|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4325" Isaac’s|strong="H3327" animals|strong="H0929", and|strong="H4325" said|strong="H7121", “The|strong="H3588" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H8034" this|strong="H3588" well|strong="H5973" is|strong="H8034" ours|strong="H6440"!” So|strong="H7121" Isaac|strong="H3327" named|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3588" well|strong="H5973" Esek|strong="H6230", which|strong="H4325" means|strong="H3027" ‘dispute’, because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" disputed about|strong="H8034" who|strong="H3588" owned|strong="H3426" it|strong="H7121". 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H1571" Isaac’s|strong="H3327" servants|strong="H5650" dug|strong="H2658" another|strong="H1571" well|strong="H1571", but|strong="H1571" they|strong="H5921" quarreled|strong="H7378" about|strong="H5921" who|strong="H7121" owned|strong="H3426" that|strong="H7121" one|strong="H8034" also|strong="H1571". So|strong="H7121" Isaac|strong="H7121" named|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121" Sitnah|strong="H7856", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w opposition|strong="H8569"\+w*}’. 
\verseNumber{22}They|strong="H3588" moved|strong="H6275" on|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H3068" dug|strong="H2658" another|strong="H3808" well|strong="H3190", but|strong="H3588" this|strong="H6258" time|strong="H6258" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" quarreled|strong="H7378" about|strong="H5921" who|strong="H3068" owned|strong="H3426" it|strong="H7121". So|strong="H7121" Isaac|strong="H7121" named|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121" Rehoboth|strong="H7344", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w uninhabited|strong="H0369"\+w* place’}, saying|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" given|strong="H7121" us|strong="H5921" an|strong="H8033" uninhabited|strong="H0369" place|strong="H8033" to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H8034" in|strong="H5921", a|strong="H3588" place|strong="H8033" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" wanted|strong="H2654" by|strong="H5921" other|strong="H7121" people|strong="H3808", and|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H7121" very|strong="H6258" prosperous|strong="H6743" here|strong="H8033".” 
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\verseNumber{23}From|strong="H5927" there|strong="H8033" Isaac|strong="H5927" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" Beersheba|strong="H0884". 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H7200" first|strong="H7223" night|strong="H3915" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" there|strong="H3068", Yahweh|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7200" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", whom|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" Abraham|strong="H0085" worshiped|strong="H7812". Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3068" anything|strong="H3605". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5826" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3068" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3372" I|strong="H3588" promised|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" Abraham|strong="H0085", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" greatly|strong="H7235" increase|strong="H7235" the|strong="H7200" number|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233".” 
\verseNumber{25}So|strong="H7121" Isaac|strong="H3327" built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" stone|strong="H0068" altar|strong="H4196" there|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w offered|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7121" Yahweh|strong="H3068". He|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w servants|strong="H5650"\+w*} set|strong="H1129" up|strong="H1129" their|strong="H3068" tents|strong="H0168" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" servants|strong="H5650" started|strong="H1129" to|strong="H3068" dig|strong="H3738" a|strong="H1129" well|strong="H3190". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Isaac|strong="H3327" made|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" peace|strong="H7965" treaty|strong="H1285" with|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428" Abimelech|strong="H0040" }
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\verseNumber{26}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w While|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w were|strong="H8269"\+w* digging \+w the|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w well|strong="H3190"\+w*}, King|strong="H4428" Abimelech|strong="H0040" came|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" Isaac|strong="H3327" from|strong="H1980" Gerar|strong="H1642", along|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1980" Ahuzzath|strong="H0276", his|strong="H1980" advisor, and|strong="H1980" Phicol|strong="H6369", the|strong="H1980" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" his|strong="H1980" army|strong="H6635". 
\verseNumber{27}Isaac|strong="H3327" asked|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971", “You|strong="H7971" ◄acted|strong="H6213" in|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" hostile|strong="H7489" way|strong="H7971" toward|strong="H0413" me|strong="H7971"/treated|strong="H3190" me|strong="H7971" like|strong="H3644" an|strong="H7971" enemy|strong="H8130"► before|strong="H6440", and|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" away|strong="H7971". So|strong="H7971" why|strong="H4069" have|strong="H8130" you|strong="H7971" come|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" now|strong="H7971"?” 
\verseNumber{28}One|strong="H1961" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H7200" answered|strong="H6030", “We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" seen|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" helps|strong="H5826" you|strong="H3588". So|strong="H1961" we|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312", ‘We|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" have|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" agreement|strong="H1285" between|strong="H5973" us|strong="H4994" and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588". We|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" make|strong="H3772" a|strong="H1961" peace|strong="H7965" treaty|strong="H1285" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3588", 
\verseNumber{29}stating that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7971" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" harm|strong="H7451" us|strong="H6213", in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" same|strong="H1931" way|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3068" we|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" molest [EUP] you|strong="H7971".’ We|strong="H6213" always|strong="H7535" treated|strong="H6213" you|strong="H7971" well|strong="H7965" and|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" away|strong="H7971" peacefully|strong="H7965". And|strong="H3068" now|strong="H6258" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" blessing|strong="H1288" you|strong="H7971".” 
\verseNumber{30}So|strong="H6213" Isaac|strong="H3327" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" feast|strong="H4960" for|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213", and|strong="H6213" they|strong="H6213" all|strong="H6213" ate|strong="H0398" and|strong="H6213" drank|strong="H8354". 
\verseNumber{31}Early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H7971" next|strong="H7971" morning|strong="H1242" they|strong="H7965" all|strong="H3212" ◄swore|strong="H7650"/solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650"► each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312" that|strong="H1242" they|strong="H7965" would|strong="H0014" do|strong="H7650" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H7965" had|strong="H3327" promised|strong="H7650". Then|strong="H7971" Isaac|strong="H3327" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971" home|strong="H3212" peacefully|strong="H7965". 
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\verseNumber{32}That|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" Isaac’s|strong="H3327" servants|strong="H5650" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3117" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" well|strong="H3190" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H1961" finished|strong="H3615" digging. They|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H3117" found|strong="H4672" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" wel!!” 
\verseNumber{33}Isaac|strong="H7121" named|strong="H7121" the|strong="H5921" well|strong="H3651" Shibah|strong="H7656", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3651"\+w* ‘oath’}. To|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" present|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" town|strong="H5892" there|strong="H2088" has|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034" Beersheba|strong="H0884" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3651"\+w* ‘\+w Friendship|strong="H5475"\+w* \+w Agreement|strong="H7284"\+w* Well’}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Esau|strong="H6215" married|strong="H3947" foreign|strong="H5237" women|strong="H0802" }
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\verseNumber{34}When|strong="H1961" Esau|strong="H6215" was|strong="H1961" 40 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", he|strong="H8141" married|strong="H3947" Judith|strong="H3067", the|strong="H3947" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Beeri|strong="H0882", and|strong="H1121" Basemath|strong="H1315", the|strong="H3947" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Elon|strong="H0356". Both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1121" women|strong="H1323" were|strong="H1961" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Heth|strong="H2845", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w from|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Isaac’s|strong="H3327"\+w* \+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{35}Esau’s|strong="H6215" two|strong="H8147" wives|strong="H0802" made|strong="H1961" life|strong="H5315" miserable|strong="H5999" for|strong="H1961" Isaac|strong="H3327" and|strong="H3327" Rebekah|strong="H7259". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jacob received a blessing from Isaac by trickery }
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\chapterNumber{27}When|strong="H3588" Isaac|strong="H3327" was|strong="H1961" old|strong="H1121", he|strong="H3588" became|strong="H1961" almost|strong="H4592" blind|strong="H3543". One|strong="H1121" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3588" summoned|strong="H7121" Esau|strong="H6215", his|strong="H7121" firstborn|strong="H1121"/older|strong="H1419" son|strong="H1121", 
\verseNumber{2}and|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3117" him|strong="H3045", “My|strong="H3045" son|strong="H1121"?” Esau|strong="H6215" replied|strong="H0559", “Here|strong="H2009" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H2204"!” 
\verseNumber{3}Isaac|strong="H3327" said|strong="H3318", “Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H4994". I|strong="H6258" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H6258" old|strong="H1121", and|strong="H7704" I|strong="H6258" do|strong="H3318" not|strong="H3318" know|strong="H3045" when|strong="H3318" I|strong="H6258" will|strong="H7704" die|strong="H4191". So|strong="H3318" now|strong="H6258" take|strong="H5375" your|strong="H5375" bow|strong="H7198" and|strong="H7704" quiver|strong="H8522" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H3627" arrows|strong="H7198" and|strong="H7704" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" into|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5375" countryside|strong="H7704", and|strong="H7704" hunt|strong="H6679" for|strong="H3627" a|strong="H5375" wild|strong="H7704" animal|strong="H0929" for|strong="H3627" me|strong="H4994". 
\verseNumber{4}Kill|strong="H4191" one|strong="H6213" and|strong="H6213" prepare|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H5315" tasty|strong="H2536" meat|strong="H4303" that|strong="H5315" I|strong="H2962" like|strong="H6213". Then|strong="H6213" bring|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H5315" so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5315" after|strong="H5315" I|strong="H2962" eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H6213", I|strong="H2962" can|strong="H6213" give|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" blessing|strong="H1288" before|strong="H2962" I|strong="H2962" die|strong="H4191".” 
\verseNumber{5}Rebekah|strong="H7259" was|strong="H3327" listening|strong="H8085" as|strong="H1121" Isaac|strong="H3327" said|strong="H1696" that|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" his|strong="H8085" son|strong="H1121", Esau|strong="H6215". So|strong="H1696" when|strong="H8085" Esau|strong="H6215" left|strong="H7604" the|strong="H8085" tent|strong="H0168" to|strong="H1696" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H8085" countryside|strong="H7704" to|strong="H1696" hunt|strong="H6679" for|strong="H1121" a|strong="H8085" wild|strong="H7704" animal|strong="H0929" in|strong="H8085" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H1696" kill|strong="H2026" it|strong="H1696" and|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H3212" it|strong="H1696" back|strong="H3212", 
\verseNumber{6}Rebekah|strong="H7259" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" her|strong="H3290" son|strong="H1121", Jacob|strong="H3290", “Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696". I|strong="H2009" heard|strong="H8085" your|strong="H8085" father|strong="H1121" talking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" your|strong="H8085" brother|strong="H0251", Esau|strong="H6215", saying|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{7}‘Go|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" some|strong="H4480" wild|strong="H6213" animal|strong="H0929" and|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" here|strong="H6311", and|strong="H3068" prepare|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" meat|strong="H4303" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H6213" tasty|strong="H2536" way|strong="H6440", so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H6440" may|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3068" then|strong="H6213" before|strong="H6440" I|strong="H6440" die|strong="H4194" I|strong="H6440" can|strong="H6213" give|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6440" my|strong="H3068" blessing|strong="H1288" while|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" listening|strong="H8085".’ 
\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H6258" now|strong="H6258", my|strong="H8085" son|strong="H1121", do|strong="H6680" what|strong="H6963" I|strong="H6258" am|strong="H1961" telling|strong="H1696" you|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{9}Go|strong="H3212" out|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3947" flock|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w*} two|strong="H8147" nice|strong="H2896" young|strong="H1423" goats|strong="H5795" and|strong="H3212" bring|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w meat|strong="H4303"\+w*} to|strong="H3212" me|strong="H4994". Then|strong="H3947" I|strong="H3212" will|strong="H6629" prepare|strong="H6213" some|strong="H8033" tasty|strong="H2536" food|strong="H4303" for|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3947" father|strong="H0001", the|strong="H3947" way|strong="H3212" he|strong="H8033" likes it|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H0227" you|strong="H6440" can|strong="H4194" take|strong="H3947" it|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" your|strong="H6440" father|strong="H0001", in|strong="H6440" order|strong="H5668" that|strong="H5668" he|strong="H6440" can|strong="H4194" eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H6440", and|strong="H6440" then|strong="H0227", before|strong="H6440" he|strong="H6440" dies|strong="H4194", he|strong="H6440" will|strong="H6440" give|strong="H5414" his|strong="H6440" blessing|strong="H1288" to|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w your|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w older|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H0251"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H3290" Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3290" his|strong="H3290" mother|strong="H0517" Rebekah|strong="H7259", “But|strong="H3290" my|strong="H3290" brother|strong="H0251" Esau’s|strong="H6215" skin|strong="H5785" has|strong="H3290" hair|strong="H8181" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3290" my|strong="H3290" skin|strong="H5785" is|strong="H6215" not|strong="H3808" like|strong="H3644" that|strong="H2005"! My|strong="H3290" skin|strong="H5785" is|strong="H6215" smooth|strong="H2509"! 
\verseNumber{12}What|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961" if|strong="H1961" my|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" touches|strong="H5060" me|strong="H5921"? He|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H5869" I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" tricking him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H5869" as|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H6903" ◄I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" cursed|strong="H0779"/he|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H5869" God|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" do|strong="H5869" bad|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961"► me|strong="H5921", not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H1961" blessing|strong="H1293"!” 
\verseNumber{13}His|strong="H3947" mother|strong="H0517" replied|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H1121" that|strong="H8085" happens|strong="H1961", let|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5921" curse|strong="H7045" be|strong="H1121" on|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921". You|strong="H5921" do|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6963" I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" telling|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5921". Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H1121" get|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" goats|strong="H1121" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921"!” 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H6213" Jacob|strong="H3290" went|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" killed|strong="H2026" two|strong="H3947" goats|strong="H5795" and|strong="H3212" brought|strong="H3947" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3212" his|strong="H3947" mother|strong="H0517". Then|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w meat|strong="H4303"\+w*} his|strong="H3947" mother|strong="H0517" prepared|strong="H6213" some|strong="H4480" tasty|strong="H2536" food|strong="H4303", just|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3947" way|strong="H3212" his|strong="H3947" father|strong="H0001" liked|strong="H7521". 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H3947" Rebekah|strong="H7259" took|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947" older|strong="H1419" son|strong="H1121" Esau’s|strong="H6215" clothes|strong="H3847" that|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" with|strong="H3847" her|strong="H3947" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H1931" put|strong="H3847" them|strong="H3947" on|strong="H3847" her|strong="H3947" younger|strong="H6996" son|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290". 
\verseNumber{16}She|strong="H5921" also|strong="H3027" put|strong="H3847" the|strong="H5921" skins|strong="H5785" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" young|strong="H1423" goats|strong="H5795" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" smooth|strong="H2513" part|strong="H2513" of|strong="H3027" his|strong="H5921" neck|strong="H6677". 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H5414" she|strong="H4303" handed|strong="H3027" him|strong="H5414" some|strong="H3027" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" tasty|strong="H2536" food|strong="H3899" that|strong="H5414" she|strong="H4303" had|strong="H3290" prepared|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{18}Jacob|strong="H3290" took|strong="H3947" it|strong="H2009" to|strong="H1121" his|strong="H2009" father|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H8104" father|strong="H1121"!” Isaac|strong="H3327" replied|strong="H0559", “I’m here|strong="H2009"; which|strong="H4310" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H8104" sons|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H4310"?” 
\verseNumber{19}Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" his|strong="H1288" father|strong="H0001", “I|strong="H5315" am|strong="H1961" Esau|strong="H6215", your|strong="H6213" firstborn|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1060". I|strong="H5315" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" told|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213". Sit|strong="H3427" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" eat|strong="H0398" some|strong="H5315" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6213" meat|strong="H1320" so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5315" you|strong="H6213" can|strong="H6213" then|strong="H6965" bless|strong="H1288" me|strong="H4994".” 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H3588" Isaac|strong="H3327" asked|strong="H4100" his|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121", “My|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121", how|strong="H4100" is|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1121" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3068" find|strong="H4672" and|strong="H1121" kill|strong="H2026" an|strong="H4672" animal|strong="H0929" so|strong="H2088" quickly|strong="H4116"?” Jacob|strong="H3290" replied|strong="H0559", “Because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068", whom|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588" worship|strong="H7812", enabled|strong="H5414" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" successful|strong="H6743".” 
\verseNumber{21}Isaac|strong="H3327" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290", “Come|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H1121" me|strong="H4994", my|strong="H3290" son|strong="H1121", so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H2088" I|strong="H2088" can|strong="H3808" touch|strong="H5066" you|strong="H3808" and|strong="H1121" determine|strong="H7200" whether|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3808" are|strong="H1121" really|strong="H2088" my|strong="H3290" son|strong="H1121" Esau|strong="H6215".” 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H5066" Jacob|strong="H3290" went|strong="H3290" close|strong="H5066" to|strong="H3027" him|strong="H3027". Isaac|strong="H3327". Isaac|strong="H3327" touched|strong="H5060" him|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" said|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H3027" voice|strong="H6963" sounds|strong="H6963" like|strong="H3644" Jacob|strong="H3290", but|strong="H3290" your|strong="H3027" hands|strong="H3027" feel|strong="H4959" hairy|strong="H8181", like|strong="H3644" the|strong="H3027" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" your|strong="H3027" older|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H0251", Esau|strong="H6215".” 
\verseNumber{23}Isaac|strong="H3327" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" recognize|strong="H5234" Jacob|strong="H3290", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w blind|strong="H5787"\+w*} and|strong="H3027" because|strong="H3588" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" hands|strong="H3027" were|strong="H1961" now|strong="H1961" hairy|strong="H8163", like|strong="H1961" those|strong="H1961" of|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3027" older|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H0251", Esau|strong="H6215". So|strong="H1961" Isaac|strong="H3327" prepared|strong="H3027" to|strong="H1961" bless|strong="H1288" Jacob|strong="H3290". 
\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H3588" first|strong="H1121" Isaac|strong="H3327" asked|strong="H7592", “Are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H2088" really|strong="H2088" my|strong="H6215" son|strong="H1121" Esau|strong="H6215"?” Jacob|strong="H3290" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", I|strong="H2088" am|strong="H1961".” 
\verseNumber{25}Isaac|strong="H3327" said|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H8354" son|strong="H1121", bring|strong="H5066" me|strong="H5315" some|strong="H5315" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1288" meat|strong="H1320" that|strong="H5315" you|strong="H1288" have|strong="H1121" cooked|strong="H2102", so|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5315" I|strong="H5315" may|strong="H5315" eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H5315" and|strong="H1121" then|strong="H4616" give|strong="H5066" you|strong="H1288" my|strong="H8354" blessing|strong="H1288".” So|strong="H4616" Jacob|strong="H3290" brought|strong="H5066" him|strong="H1288" some|strong="H5315", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5315" ate|strong="H0398" it|strong="H5315". Jacob|strong="H3290" also|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H5066" him|strong="H1288" some|strong="H5315" wine|strong="H3196", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5315" drank|strong="H8354" it|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H1121" Isaac|strong="H3327" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" him|strong="H5401", “My|strong="H5401" son|strong="H1121", come|strong="H5066" here|strong="H5066" and|strong="H1121" kiss|strong="H5401" me|strong="H4994".” 
\verseNumber{27}So|strong="H5066" Jacob|strong="H3290" came|strong="H5066" close|strong="H5066" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7200", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H1121" kissed|strong="H5401" him|strong="H7200" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" cheek|strong="H3895". Isaac|strong="H3327" smelled|strong="H7306" the|strong="H7200" clothes|strong="H0899" Jacob|strong="H3290" was|strong="H3068" wearing|strong="H2296". They|strong="H3068" smelled|strong="H7306" like|strong="H1121" Esau’s|strong="H6215" clothes|strong="H0899". So|strong="H5066" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", 
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“Truly|strong="H3588", the|strong="H7200" smell|strong="H7381" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" is|strong="H3068" like|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7200" smell|strong="H7381" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H7200" field|strong="H7704" that|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288". 
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\verseNumber{28}I|strong="H5414" ask|strong="H7592" that|strong="H5414" God|strong="H5414" will|strong="H8064" send|strong="H5414" down|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" dew|strong="H2919" from|strong="H8064" heaven|strong="H8064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w your|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w fields|strong="H7704"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H8064" cause|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5414" abundant|strong="H7230" crops|strong="H8393", 
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good|strong="H2896" harvests|strong="H7114" of|strong="H7230" grain|strong="H1715", and|strong="H8064" grapes|strong="H8492" for|strong="H8064" wine|strong="H8492". 
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\verseNumber{29}I|strong="H1121" ask|strong="H7592" that|strong="H5971" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" many|strong="H7227" nations|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" serve|strong="H5647" you|strong="H1288" and|strong="H1121" bow|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H1121" you|strong="H1288". 
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I|strong="H1121" ask|strong="H7592" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H1288" will|strong="H5971" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H5921" your|strong="H1288" brothers|strong="H1121", 
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and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H5971" your|strong="H1288" mother’s|strong="H0517" descendants|strong="H1121" will|strong="H5971" also|strong="H1121" bow|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H1121" you|strong="H1288". 
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I|strong="H1121" ask|strong="H7592" that|strong="H5971" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H5971" curse|strong="H1288"/punish|strong="H6485" those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H5971" ◄curse|strong="H1288" you|strong="H1288"/ask|strong="H7592" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H1121" do|strong="H5647" bad|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1121" you|strong="H1288"►, 
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and|strong="H1121" bless|strong="H1288" those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H5971" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H1288".” 
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\verseNumber{30}After|strong="H1961" Isaac|strong="H3327" finished|strong="H3615" blessing|strong="H1288" Jacob|strong="H3290", Jacob|strong="H3290" was|strong="H1961" just|strong="H3512" leaving|strong="H3318" the|strong="H6440" room|strong="H2315" where|strong="H0834" his|strong="H6440" father|strong="H0001" was|strong="H1961", when|strong="H1961" his|strong="H6440" older|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H0251", Esau|strong="H6215", returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H3318" hunting|strong="H6718". 
\verseNumber{31}Esau|strong="H6215" cooked|strong="H2102" some|strong="H5315" tasty|strong="H2536" meat|strong="H4303" and|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H6213" it|strong="H1931" to|strong="H6213" his|strong="H1288" father|strong="H1121". He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" his|strong="H1288" father|strong="H1121", “My|strong="H6965" father|strong="H1121", please|strong="H4994" sit|strong="H3427" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H1121" eat|strong="H0398" some|strong="H5315" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" meat|strong="H4303" that|strong="H1931" I|strong="H5315" have|strong="H1121" cooked|strong="H2102", so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1931" you|strong="H6213" can|strong="H6213" then|strong="H6965" give|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5315" your|strong="H6213" blessing|strong="H1288"!” 
\verseNumber{32}His|strong="H3327" father|strong="H1121", Isaac|strong="H3327", said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" him|strong="H1121", “Who|strong="H4310" are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H4310"?” He|strong="H4310" answered|strong="H6030", “I|strong="H1121" am|strong="H1961" Esau|strong="H6215", your|strong="H6215" firstborn|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1121"!” 
\verseNumber{33}Then|strong="H1961" Isaac|strong="H3327", realizing that|strong="H3605" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" Esau|strong="H4310" who|strong="H4310" had|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961" earlier|strong="H7223", trembled|strong="H2729" very|strong="H3966" violently|strong="H3966". He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", “Then|strong="H1961" who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H1931" it|strong="H1931" that|strong="H3605" brought|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1288" some|strong="H3605" meat|strong="H1320" from|strong="H5704" an|strong="H1961" animal|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" hunted|strong="H6679" and|strong="H1419" killed|strong="H2026", and|strong="H1419" I|strong="H5704" ate|strong="H0398" it|strong="H1931" all|strong="H3605"? He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" here|strong="H5704" just|strong="H3605" before|strong="H2962" you|strong="H3605" came|strong="H1961". I|strong="H5704" blessed|strong="H1288" him|strong="H1931", and|strong="H1419" I|strong="H5704" cannot|strong="H3808" ◄take|strong="H1961" back|strong="H7725" that|strong="H3605" blessing|strong="H1288"/declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1419" will|strong="H4310" not|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H1931"►.” 
\verseNumber{34}When|strong="H8085" Esau|strong="H6215" heard|strong="H8085" those|strong="H8085" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" his|strong="H8085" father|strong="H0001", he|strong="H5704" cried|strong="H6817" loudly|strong="H1419". He|strong="H5704" was|strong="H1697" very|strong="H3966" disappointed|strong="H0954". He|strong="H5704" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5704" his|strong="H8085" father|strong="H0001", “My|strong="H8085" father|strong="H0001", bless|strong="H1288" me|strong="H1288", too|strong="H1571"!” 
\verseNumber{35}But|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947" father|strong="H0001" said|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H3947" brother|strong="H0251" came|strong="H0935" deceitfully|strong="H4820" and|strong="H3947" took|strong="H3947" your|strong="H3947" blessing|strong="H1293"!” 
\verseNumber{36}Esau|strong="H6215" said|strong="H7121", “It|strong="H7121" is|strong="H2088" right|strong="H2009" [RHQ] that|strong="H3588" his|strong="H7121" name|strong="H8034" is|strong="H2088" Jacob|strong="H3290", which|strong="H2088" means|strong="H3027" ‘cheat|strong="H5791",’ because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" deceived|strong="H7411" me|strong="H7121" two|strong="H3947" times|strong="H6471". The|strong="H3588" first|strong="H2088" time|strong="H6471" he|strong="H3588" took|strong="H3947" my|strong="H3947" rights|strong="H1779" frrom being|strong="H8034" his|strong="H7121" firstborn|strong="H1062" son|strong="H1121", and|strong="H3290" this|strong="H2088" time|strong="H6471" he|strong="H3588" took|strong="H3947" my|strong="H3947" blessing|strong="H1293"!” Then|strong="H2009" he|strong="H3588" asked|strong="H7592", “Do|strong="H2088" you|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H6258" any|strong="H3947" blessing|strong="H1293" left|strong="H7604" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H7121"?” 
\verseNumber{37}Isaac|strong="H3327" answered|strong="H6030" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H6213" Esau|strong="H6215", “I|strong="H2005" have|strong="H1121" declared|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251" will|strong="H5650" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1121" declared|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" relatives|strong="H1121" will|strong="H5650" serve|strong="H7760" him|strong="H5414". And|strong="H1121" I|strong="H2005" have|strong="H1121" said|strong="H6030" that|strong="H3605" God|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5650" give|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" plenty|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" grain|strong="H1715" and|strong="H1121" grapes|strong="H8492" for|strong="H6213" wine|strong="H8492". So|strong="H6213", my|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121", ◄what|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" I|strong="H2005" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5414"?/There|strong="H3605" is|strong="H4100" nothing|strong="H3605" more|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H2005" can|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5414"!►” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{38}Esau|strong="H6215" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" father|strong="H0001", “My|strong="H5375" father|strong="H0001", do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H1288" have|strong="H1571" only|strong="H1571" one|strong="H1931" blessing|strong="H1293"? My|strong="H5375" father|strong="H0001", bless|strong="H1288" me|strong="H6963", too|strong="H1571"!” Then|strong="H5375" Esau|strong="H6215" cried|strong="H1058" very|strong="H1571" loudly|strong="H6963". 
\verseNumber{39}His|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" Isaac|strong="H3327" answered|strong="H6030" and|strong="H6030" said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5921", 
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“The|strong="H5921" place|strong="H1961" where|strong="H4186" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" live|strong="H4186" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" far|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" fertile|strong="H3759" soil|strong="H0127" and|strong="H6030" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" dew|strong="H2919" that|strong="H1961" God|strong="H8064" sends|strong="H7971" from|strong="H5921" heaven|strong="H8064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w fields|strong="H7704"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{40}You|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w rob|strong="H1497"\+w* \+w and|strong="H2719"\+w*} kill|strong="H2719" people|strong="H5971" [MTY] in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w get|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w what|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w*} live|strong="H2421", 
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and|strong="H2719" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" though|strong="H3588" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1961" your|strong="H5921" brother’s|strong="H0251" slave|strong="H5647". 
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But|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5921" decide|strong="H3198" to|strong="H1961" rebel|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" ◄free|strong="H2670" yourself|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921"/no|strong="H5647" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H1961" under|strong="H5921"► his|strong="H5921" control|strong="H3027".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jacob|strong="H3290" fled|strong="H5127" from|strong="H5921" Esau|strong="H6215" }
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\verseNumber{41}So|strong="H7126", because|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3290" given|strong="H5414" a|strong="H7126" blessing|strong="H1293" to|strong="H5921" Jacob|strong="H3290", and|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", Esau|strong="H6215" hated|strong="H7852" his|strong="H5921" youngerbrother. Esau|strong="H6215" thought|strong="H3820" to|strong="H5921" himself|strong="H3820", “After|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" dies|strong="H4191" and|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" finish|strong="H3615" mourning|strong="H0060" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3820" kill|strong="H2026" Jacob|strong="H3290"!” 
\verseNumber{42}But|strong="H2009" Rebekah|strong="H7259" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H7971" what|strong="H1697" her|strong="H7971" older|strong="H1419" son|strong="H1121", Esau|strong="H6215", was|strong="H1697" thinking|strong="H0559". So|strong="H7971" she|strong="H7121" summoned|strong="H7121" her|strong="H7971" younger|strong="H6996" son|strong="H1121", Jacob|strong="H3290", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7121", “Listen|strong="H2009" to|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971". Your|strong="H7971" older|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H0251", Esau|strong="H6215", is|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w comforting|strong="H5150"\+w* \+w himself|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w by|strong="H7121"\+w*} planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H7971" kill|strong="H2026" you|strong="H7971", to|strong="H7971" get|strong="H7971" revenge|strong="H5360" because|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H7971" deceiving|strong="H8267" your|strong="H7971" father|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{43}So|strong="H6965" now|strong="H6258", my|strong="H8085" son|strong="H1121", listen|strong="H8085" carefully|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6963" I|strong="H6258" am|strong="H1961" telling|strong="H1696" you|strong="H6965". Escape|strong="H6965" quickly|strong="H4116" and|strong="H1121" go|strong="H6965" and|strong="H1121" stay|strong="H3427" with|strong="H8085" my|strong="H8085" brother|strong="H0251" Laban|strong="H3837", in|strong="H8085" Haran|strong="H2771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{44}Stay|strong="H3427" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H7725" a|strong="H3117" while|strong="H5704", until|strong="H5704" your|strong="H7725" older|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H0251" is|strong="H3117" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" angry|strong="H2534". 
\verseNumber{45}When|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" forgets|strong="H7911" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H7971" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H7971", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1571" send|strong="H7971" a|strong="H3947" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H7971", to|strong="H5704" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H5704" return|strong="H7725" from|strong="H4480" there|strong="H8033". If|strong="H0518" Esau|strong="H6215" kills|strong="H5221" you|strong="H7971", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w others|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7971"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H7971"\+w*} then|strong="H3947" both|strong="H8147" my|strong="H3947" sons|strong="H1121" would|strong="H6213" die|strong="H4191" at|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3947" same|strong="H4480" time|strong="H3117"!” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{46}Rebekah|strong="H7259" also|strong="H1571" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6440" Isaac|strong="H3327", “These|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w foreign|strong="H5237"\+w*} women|strong="H1323" whom|strong="H6440" Esau|strong="H6215" has|strong="H4100" married|strong="H3947", who|strong="H2416" are|strong="H4100" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1323" Heth|strong="H2845", are|strong="H4100" making|strong="H6213" my|strong="H3947" life|strong="H2416" miserable|strong="H5999". I|strong="H4100" would|strong="H4100" prefer|strong="H7489" to|strong="H6440" die|strong="H4191" than|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" see|strong="H7200" Jacob|strong="H3290" marry|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H1323" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1323" Heth|strong="H2845" in|strong="H6440" this|strong="H6440" area|strong="H1508"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Isaac gave instructions to Jacob }
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\chapterNumber{28}Then|strong="H3947" Isaac|strong="H3327" summoned|strong="H7121" Jacob|strong="H3290", and|strong="H3290" gave|strong="H6680" him|strong="H7121" a|strong="H3947" blessing|strong="H1288". He|strong="H3808" told|strong="H6680" him|strong="H7121", “Do|strong="H6680" not|strong="H3808" marry|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H3947" Canaan|strong="H3667" people-group. 
\verseNumber{2}Instead|strong="H3947", go|strong="H3212" right|strong="H3225" away|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3212" Paddan-Aram|strong="H6307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1004"\+w* northwest \+w Mesopotamia|strong="H0763"\+w*}, to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3947" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3947" mother’s|strong="H0517" father|strong="H0001" Bethuel|strong="H1328". Ask|strong="H7592" one|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" daughters|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3947" mother’s|strong="H0517" brother|strong="H0251" Laban|strong="H3837" to|strong="H3212" marry|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" pray|strong="H6419" that|strong="H5971" God|strong="H0430" Almighty|strong="H7706" will|strong="H1961" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H1288", and|strong="H5971" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H1288" to|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w get|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w married|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w and|strong="H5971"\+w*} have|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7235" descendants|strong="H2233", in|strong="H5971" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5971" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7235" people-groups. 
\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H5414" also|strong="H1571" will|strong="H5414" pray|strong="H6419" that|strong="H5414" he|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H2233" your|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H2233" by|strong="H5414" enabling you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" possess|strong="H3423"/seize|strong="H3423" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" in|strong="H5414" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H2233" now|strong="H5414" living|strong="H2416" as|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" foreigner|strong="H5237", the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H5414" God|strong="H5414" promised|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w father|strong="H0001"\+w*} Abraham|strong="H0085" and|strong="H2233" his|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H2233".” 
\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H7971" Isaac|strong="H3327" sent|strong="H7971" Jacob|strong="H3290" to|strong="H3212" Paddan-Aram|strong="H6307", to|strong="H3212" live|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3212" Rebekah’s|strong="H7259" brother|strong="H0251" Laban|strong="H3837", the|strong="H7971" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bethuel|strong="H1328", who|strong="H1121" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H7971" Aram|strong="H6307" people-group. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Esau|strong="H6215" married|strong="H3947" Ishmael’s|strong="H3458" daughter|strong="H1323" }
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\verseNumber{6}Esau|strong="H6215" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3588" his|strong="H7971" father|strong="H0001" Isaac|strong="H3327" had|strong="H3588" blessed|strong="H1288" Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H7971" then|strong="H3947" sent|strong="H7971" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7971" Paddan-Aram|strong="H6307". He|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3588" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" blessed|strong="H1288" Isaac|strong="H3327", he|strong="H3588" told|strong="H6680" him|strong="H5921", “Do|strong="H6680" not|strong="H3808" marry|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H5921" Canaan|strong="H3667" people-group,” 
\verseNumber{7}and|strong="H3212" that|strong="H8085" Jacob|strong="H3290" had|strong="H3290" obeyed|strong="H8085" his|strong="H8085" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H3212" mother|strong="H0517", and|strong="H3212" had|strong="H3290" gone|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Paddan-Aram|strong="H6307". 
\verseNumber{8}Esau|strong="H6215" also|strong="H5869" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" his|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001" Isaac|strong="H3327" did|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3588" approve|strong="H7200" of|strong="H1323" women|strong="H1323" from|strong="H5869" the|strong="H7200" Canaan|strong="H3667" people-group. 
\verseNumber{9}Because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H1121", Esau|strong="H6215" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" see|strong="H7200" his|strong="H3947" uncle|strong="H1730" Ishmael|strong="H3458", and|strong="H1121" married|strong="H3947" Mahalath|strong="H4258", the|strong="H5921" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Ishmael|strong="H3458". Mahalath|strong="H4258" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" sister|strong="H0269" of|strong="H1121" Nabaioth and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" granddaughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Abraham|strong="H3947". 

\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="H0430" made|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" promise|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3212" Jacob|strong="H3290" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" dream|strong="H2472" }
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\verseNumber{10}Meanwhile|strong="H3318", Jacob|strong="H3290" left|strong="H3318" Beersheba|strong="H0884" and|strong="H3212" started|strong="H3318" walking|strong="H3212" along|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3318" road|strong="H1870" to|strong="H3318" Haran|strong="H2771". 
\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H8033" a|strong="H3947" certain|strong="H0259" place|strong="H4725", he|strong="H1931" stopped|strong="H5975" there|strong="H8033", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" sun|strong="H8121" had|strong="H3588" gone|strong="H1980" down|strong="H7901". He|strong="H1931" took|strong="H3947" one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H4725" the|strong="H3588" stones|strong="H0068" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H8033" put|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" under|strong="H8478" his|strong="H7760" head|strong="H4763" to|strong="H8033" use|strong="H3947" as|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3947" pillow|strong="H3523". Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H1931" lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" and|strong="H8033" slept|strong="H7901" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{12}While|strong="H2009" he|strong="H4397" was|strong="H7218" sleeping|strong="H3463", he|strong="H4397" had|strong="H2492" a|strong="H5927" dream|strong="H2492", in|strong="H5927" which|strong="H4397" he|strong="H4397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w surprised|strong="H8610"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w*} see|strong="H2009" a|strong="H5927" stairway|strong="H4609". The|strong="H5927" bottom|strong="H3247" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5927" stairway|strong="H4609" was|strong="H7218" on|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" earth|strong="H5927" and|strong="H8064" the|strong="H5927" top|strong="H7218" was|strong="H7218" in|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" sky|strong="H8064". Jacob|strong="H3290" also|strong="H8064" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H4397" God’s|strong="H0430" angels|strong="H4397" were|strong="H8064" going|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H8064" down|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5927" stairway|strong="H4609". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w surprised|strong="H8610"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} see|strong="H2009" Yahweh|strong="H3068" standing|strong="H5324" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" stairway|strong="H4609", saying|strong="H0559" “I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", whom|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3068" grandfather|strong="H0001" Abraham|strong="H0085" worshiped|strong="H7812", and|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" Isaac|strong="H3327" worships|strong="H7812". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H3068" lying|strong="H7901". 
\verseNumber{14}Your|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" numerous|strong="H7227" as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" particles of|strong="H2233" dirt|strong="H6083" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1961" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H6083", and|strong="H3220" their|strong="H3605" territory|strong="H1366" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" large|strong="H1419". It|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" extend|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3220" all|strong="H3605" directions|strong="H7253", to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" east|strong="H6924" and|strong="H3220" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" west|strong="H3220", to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" north|strong="H6828" and|strong="H3220" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" south|strong="H5045". And|strong="H3220" people|strong="H4940" of|strong="H2233" all|strong="H3605" people-groups on|strong="H1961" earth|strong="H6083" will|strong="H1961" receive|strong="H1961" blessings|strong="H1288" because|strong="H3605" of|strong="H2233" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w happens|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w*} you|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3220" to|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233". 
\verseNumber{15}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" help|strong="H5800" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H7725" protect|strong="H8104" you|strong="H3588" wherever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3588" go|strong="H3212", and|strong="H7725" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" bring|strong="H7725" you|strong="H3588" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1696" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H5800" you|strong="H3588"; I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3605" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w During|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w night|strong="H3915"\+w*}, when|strong="H3068" Jacob|strong="H3290" woke|strong="H3364" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H3068" sleeping|strong="H3463", he|strong="H3068" thought|strong="H3045", “Surely|strong="H3426" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725", and|strong="H3068" until|strong="H3068" now|strong="H2088" I|strong="H3045" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" aware|strong="H3045" of|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3045"!” 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1004" afraid|strong="H3372", and|strong="H8064" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725" is|strong="H2088" very|strong="H2088" awesome|strong="H3372"! This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" surely|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H4725" God|strong="H8064" lives|strong="H5315", and|strong="H8064" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3588" entrance|strong="H8179" to|strong="H1004" heaven|strong="H8064"!” 
\verseNumber{18}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" morning|strong="H1242" Jacob|strong="H3290" got|strong="H3947" up|strong="H7760" and|strong="H7218" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" stone|strong="H0068" that|strong="H8081" he|strong="H5921" had|strong="H3290" put|strong="H7760" under|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7760" head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H7218" set|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" up|strong="H7760" on|strong="H5921" its|strong="H5921" end|strong="H7093" to|strong="H5921" show|strong="H7760" that|strong="H8081" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H7760" was|strong="H3290" a|strong="H3947" holy|strong="H6944" place|strong="H7760". He|strong="H5921" poured|strong="H3332" some|strong="H4480" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" stone|strong="H0068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w dedicate|strong="H6942"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H1931" named|strong="H7121" that|strong="H1931" place|strong="H4725" Bethel|strong="H1008", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w house|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* God’.} Previously|strong="H7223" its|strong="H5892" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Luz|strong="H3870". 
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\verseNumber{20}Jacob|strong="H3290" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H5414" God|strong="H5414", saying|strong="H0559", “God|strong="H5414", if|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" help|strong="H1961" me|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1980" protect|strong="H8104" me|strong="H5414" while|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" taking|strong="H1980" this|strong="H2088" journey|strong="H1870", and|strong="H1980" if|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" enough|strong="H1767" food|strong="H3899" to|strong="H1980" eat|strong="H3899" and|strong="H1980" clothes|strong="H3847" to|strong="H1980" wear|strong="H3847", 
\verseNumber{21}in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" can|strong="H1004" later|strong="H1961" return|strong="H7725" safely|strong="H7965" to|strong="H7725" my|strong="H3068" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004", then|strong="H1961" you|strong="H7725", Yahweh|strong="H3068", will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812". 
\verseNumber{22}This|strong="H2063" stone|strong="H0068" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1961" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" mark|strong="H7760" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H7760" where|strong="H1004" people|strong="H5971" can|strong="H1004" worship|strong="H7812" you|strong="H5414". And|strong="H1004" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" back|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" tenth|strong="H6237" of|strong="H1004" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H5414".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jacob met Laban’s daughter Rachel at Haran }
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\chapterNumber{29}Jacob|strong="H3290" continued|strong="H5674" on|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5375" road|strong="H1870" [MTY], and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H7272" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" east|strong="H6924" of|strong="H1121" Canaan|strong="H3667". 
\verseNumber{2}There|strong="H8033" he|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w surprised|strong="H8610"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w*} see|strong="H7200" a|strong="H3588" well|strong="H3190" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3588" field|strong="H7704", and|strong="H1419" three|strong="H7969" flocks|strong="H6629" of|strong="H7704" sheep|strong="H6629" were|strong="H6629" lying|strong="H7257" near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" well|strong="H3190". It|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5921" well|strong="H3190" from|strong="H4480" which|strong="H1931" shepherds|strong="H7462" habitually got|strong="H6965" water|strong="H8248" for|strong="H3588" their|strong="H7200" sheep|strong="H6629". There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1931" a|strong="H3588" large|strong="H1419" stone|strong="H0068" covering|strong="H4372" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H4480" of|strong="H7704" the|strong="H5921" well|strong="H3190". 
\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" flocks|strong="H6629" were|strong="H6629" gathered|strong="H6960" there|strong="H8033", the|strong="H3605" shepherds|strong="H7462" would|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" together|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7725" roll|strong="H1556" the|strong="H3605" stone|strong="H0068" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" top|strong="H6310" of|strong="H6310" the|strong="H3605" well|strong="H3190" and|strong="H7725" get|strong="H7725" water|strong="H8248" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629". When|strong="H7725" they|strong="H8033" finished|strong="H3615" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605", they|strong="H8033" would|strong="H3605" put|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" stone|strong="H0068" back|strong="H7725" in|strong="H5921" its|strong="H3605" place|strong="H4725" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" top|strong="H6310" of|strong="H6310" the|strong="H3605" well|strong="H3190". 
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w On|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*}, Jacob|strong="H3290" asked|strong="H7592" the|strong="H3290" shepherds|strong="H7462" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H3290" sitting|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033", “Where|strong="H0834" are|strong="H3117" you|strong="H0859" from|strong="H3290"?” They|strong="H1992" replied|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H0587" are|strong="H3117" from|strong="H3290" Haran|strong="H2771".” 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H1121" asked|strong="H7592" them|strong="H1121", “Do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" Laban|strong="H3837", the|strong="H3045" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nahor|strong="H5152"?” They|strong="H3045" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", we|strong="H0587" know|strong="H3045" him|strong="H3045".” 
\verseNumber{6}Jacob|strong="H3290" asked|strong="H7592" them|strong="H5414", “Is|strong="H2009" Laban|strong="H3837" well|strong="H7965"?” They|strong="H7965" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H2009", he|strong="H2009" is|strong="H2009" well|strong="H7965". Look|strong="H2009"! Here|strong="H2009" comes|strong="H5973" his|strong="H7354" daughter|strong="H1323" Rachel|strong="H7354" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5973" sheep|strong="H6629"!” 
\verseNumber{7}Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559", “Hey|strong="H1945"! The|strong="H3117" sun|strong="H8121" is|strong="H3117" still|strong="H5750" high|strong="H1419" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" sky|strong="H8064". It|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" time|strong="H6256" for|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" flocks|strong="H6629" to|strong="H3212" be|strong="H3808" gathered|strong="H6960" for|strong="H3117" nighttime. Give|strong="H8248" the|strong="H3117" sheep|strong="H6629" some|strong="H3117" water|strong="H8248" and|strong="H3117" then|strong="H3808" take|strong="H3212" them|strong="H8248" back|strong="H5750" to|strong="H3212" ◄graze|strong="H7462"/eat|strong="H7462" grass|strong="H2682"► in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" pastures|strong="H7462"!” 
\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H5921" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", we|strong="H5704" cannot|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3201" that|strong="H3605" until|strong="H5704" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" flocks|strong="H6629" are|strong="H6310" gathered|strong="H6960" here|strong="H5704" and|strong="H6629" the|strong="H3605" stone|strong="H0068" is|strong="H3605" removed|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" top|strong="H6310" of|strong="H6310" the|strong="H3605" well|strong="H3190". After|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605", we|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3808" give|strong="H8248" water|strong="H8248" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629".” 
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\verseNumber{9}While|strong="H5750" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" still|strong="H5750" talking|strong="H1696" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H7462", Rachel|strong="H7354" came|strong="H0935" with|strong="H5973" her|strong="H1931" father’s|strong="H0001" sheep|strong="H6629". She|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" took|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H6629" her|strong="H1931" father’s|strong="H0001" sheep|strong="H6629". 
\verseNumber{10}When|strong="H1961" Jacob|strong="H3290" saw|strong="H7200" Rachel|strong="H7354", the|strong="H5921" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Laban|strong="H3837", who|strong="H1323" was|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5921" mother’s|strong="H0517" brother|strong="H0251", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jacob|strong="H3290"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w so|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w excited|strong="H7264"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w*} he|strong="H5921" went|strong="H3290" over|strong="H5921" and|strong="H6629" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w himself|strong="H5315"\+w*} rolled|strong="H1556" away|strong="H1556" the|strong="H5921" stone|strong="H0068" that|strong="H7200" covered|strong="H1323" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H6310" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H5921" well|strong="H3190", and|strong="H6629" he|strong="H5921" got|strong="H6965" water|strong="H8248" for|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" uncle’s|strong="H1730" sheep|strong="H6629". 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H5375" Jacob|strong="H3290" kissed|strong="H5401" Rachel|strong="H7354" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w cheek|strong="H3895"\+w*}, and|strong="H6963" he|strong="H3290" cried|strong="H1058" loudly|strong="H6963" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3290"\+w* \+w was|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w so|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w happy|strong="H0835"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{12}Jacob|strong="H3290" told|strong="H5046" Rachel|strong="H7354" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H1121" her|strong="H5046" father’s|strong="H0001" relatives|strong="H1121", the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" her|strong="H5046" aunt|strong="H1733" Rebekah|strong="H7259". So|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" ran|strong="H7323" and|strong="H1121" told|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1121" her|strong="H5046" father|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{13}As|strong="H1697" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1697" Laban|strong="H3837" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3605" Jacob|strong="H3290", his|strong="H3605" sister’s|strong="H0269" son|strong="H1121", was|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961", he|strong="H3605" ran|strong="H7323" to|strong="H1961" meet|strong="H7125" him|strong="H3605". He|strong="H3605" embraced|strong="H2263" him|strong="H3605" and|strong="H1121" kissed|strong="H5401" him|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w cheek|strong="H3895"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3605" brought|strong="H1961" him|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3605" home|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290" told|strong="H5608" him|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H3117" Laban|strong="H3837" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3117" him|strong="H5973", “Truly|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H3117" my|strong="H5973" family|strong="H4940"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jacob|strong="H3290" married|strong="H3427" Leah|strong="H3812" and|strong="H3117" Rachel|strong="H7354" }
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After|strong="H3117" Jacob|strong="H3290" had|strong="H1320" stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427" and|strong="H3117" worked|strong="H2388" for|strong="H3427" Laban|strong="H3837" for|strong="H3427" a|strong="H3117" month|strong="H2320", 
\verseNumber{15}Laban|strong="H3837" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046" “◄You|strong="H3588" should|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3588" work|strong="H5647" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H5046" for|strong="H3588" nothing|strong="H2600" just|strong="H3512" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4100" a|strong="H3588" relative|strong="H1350" of|strong="H5647" mine|strong="H5046"!/Why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" work|strong="H5647" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H5046" for|strong="H3588" nothing|strong="H2600" just|strong="H3512" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4100" a|strong="H3588" relative|strong="H1350" of|strong="H5647" mine|strong="H5046"?► [RHQ] Tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046" how|strong="H4100" much|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" me|strong="H5046" to|strong="H5046" pay|strong="H2600" you|strong="H3588".” 
\verseNumber{16}Well|strong="H3190", Laban|strong="H3837" had|strong="H7354" two|strong="H8147" daughters|strong="H1323". The|strong="H8034" older|strong="H1419" one|strong="H6996" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" Leah|strong="H3812", and|strong="H1419" the|strong="H8034" younger|strong="H6996" one|strong="H6996" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" Rachel|strong="H7354". 
\verseNumber{17}Leah|strong="H3812" had|strong="H1961" pretty|strong="H3304" eyes|strong="H5869", but|strong="H1961" Rachel|strong="H7354" had|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" attractive|strong="H3303" figure|strong="H8389" and|strong="H5869" was|strong="H1961" beautiful|strong="H3303". 
\verseNumber{18}Jacob|strong="H3290" ◄was|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" love|strong="H0157" with|strong="H5647"/wanted|strong="H2654" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H7227" to|strong="H1323" be|strong="H8141" married|strong="H3947" to|strong="H1323"► Rachel|strong="H7354", and|strong="H8141" he|strong="H8141" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H8141" will|strong="H3290" work|strong="H5647" for|strong="H8141" you|strong="H5647" for|strong="H8141" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141". That|strong="H8141" will|strong="H3290" be|strong="H8141" my|strong="H3290" payment|strong="H0868" for|strong="H8141" your|strong="H5647" letting|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413" marry|strong="H3947" your|strong="H5647" younger|strong="H6996" daughter|strong="H1323", Rachel|strong="H7354".” 
\verseNumber{19}Laban|strong="H3837" replied|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H5414" is|strong="H2896" better|strong="H2896" for|strong="H3427" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" let|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" marry|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" than|strong="H2896" for|strong="H3427" her|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" marry|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" other|strong="H0312" man|strong="H2896"!” 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H1961" Jacob|strong="H3290" worked|strong="H5647" for|strong="H3117" Laban|strong="H7651" for|strong="H3117" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" to|strong="H1961" get|strong="H3947" Rachel|strong="H7354", but|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5647" it|strong="H1961" seemed|strong="H5869" like|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" only|strong="H0389" a|strong="H1961" few|strong="H4592" days|strong="H3117", because|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" loved|strong="H0157" her|strong="H3290" so|strong="H1961" much|strong="H7227". 
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\verseNumber{21}After|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H3117" were|strong="H3117" ended|strong="H4390", Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3117" Laban|strong="H3837", “Let|strong="H7971" me|strong="H3051" marry|strong="H3947" Rachel|strong="H7354" now|strong="H3117", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3588" agreed|strong="H8085" upon|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H3051" to|strong="H3117" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3117" ended|strong="H4390", and|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3117" marry|strong="H3947" her|strong="H4390". [EUP]” 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H6213" Laban|strong="H3837" gathered|strong="H6213" together|strong="H3162" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" area|strong="H4725" and|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" feast|strong="H4960". 
\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1961" evening|strong="H6153", instead|strong="H3947" of|strong="H1323" taking|strong="H3947" Rachel|strong="H7354" to|strong="H1961" Jacob|strong="H3290", Laban|strong="H3837" took|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947" older|strong="H1419" daughter|strong="H1323", Leah|strong="H3812", to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H3947". But|strong="H1961" because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" already|strong="H3528" dark|strong="H2822", he|strong="H6153" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H1961" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" Leah|strong="H3812" and|strong="H1323" not|strong="H1961" Rachel|strong="H7354", and|strong="H1323" he|strong="H6153" had|strong="H1961" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{24}(Laban|strong="H3837" had|strong="H5414" already|strong="H3528" given|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" slave|strong="H8198" girl|strong="H1323" Zilpah|strong="H2153" to|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323" Leah|strong="H3812" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" maid|strong="H8198"/servant|strong="H8198".) 
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\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H6213" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242", Jacob|strong="H3290" was|strong="H1961" shocked|strong="H8074" to|strong="H1961" see|strong="H2009" that|strong="H1931" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" Leah|strong="H3812" who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H6213"! So|strong="H6213" he|strong="H1931" went|strong="H3812" to|strong="H1961" Laban|strong="H3837" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1242"\+w* \+w told|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6213"\+w*} very|strong="H6213" angrily|strong="H2195", “◄What|strong="H4100" you|strong="H6213" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H6213" is|strong="H1931" disgusting|strong="H8441"!/What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H1931" this|strong="H2063" that|strong="H1931" you|strong="H6213" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H6213"?► [RHQ] I|strong="H2009" worked|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1961" get|strong="H6213" Rachel|strong="H7354", did|strong="H6213" I|strong="H2009" not|strong="H3808"? So|strong="H6213" why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" deceive|strong="H5377" me|strong="H6213"?” 
\verseNumber{26}Laban|strong="H3837" replied|strong="H0559", “In|strong="H6213" this|strong="H3651" land|strong="H4725", it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3651" not|strong="H3808" our|strong="H5414" custom|strong="H3651" to|strong="H6213" give|strong="H5414" a|strong="H6213" younger|strong="H6810" daughter|strong="H1323" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3808" married|strong="H3947" before|strong="H6440" we|strong="H6213" let|strong="H5414" someone|strong="H5414" marry|strong="H5414" our|strong="H5414" firstborn|strong="H1067" daughter|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{27}After|strong="H8141" we|strong="H0587" finish|strong="H3615" this|strong="H2063" week|strong="H7620" of|strong="H8141" celebration|strong="H8057", we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H1571" let|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" marry|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" younger|strong="H6810" one|strong="H2063" also|strong="H1571". But|strong="H1571" in|strong="H8141" return|strong="H7725", you|strong="H5414" must|strong="H1571" pay|strong="H5414" for|strong="H5414" Rachel|strong="H7354" by|strong="H8141" working|strong="H5647" for|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" for|strong="H5414" another|strong="H5750" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141".” 
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\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" what|strong="H6213" Jacob|strong="H3290" did|strong="H6213". After|strong="H0310" the|strong="H5414" week|strong="H7620" of|strong="H1323" celebration|strong="H8057" was|strong="H3290" ended|strong="H4390", Laban|strong="H3837" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323", Rachel|strong="H7354", to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{29}Laban|strong="H3837" gave|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" slave|strong="H8198" girl|strong="H1323", Bilhah|strong="H1090", to|strong="H5414" Rachel|strong="H7354" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" maid|strong="H8198"/servant|strong="H8198". 
\verseNumber{30}Jacob|strong="H7651" had|strong="H7354" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H5973" Rachel|strong="H7354" also|strong="H1571", and|strong="H8141" he|strong="H8141" loved|strong="H0157" Rachel|strong="H7354" more|strong="H5750" than|strong="H5973" he|strong="H8141" loved|strong="H0157" Leah|strong="H3812". And|strong="H8141" Jacob|strong="H7651" worked|strong="H5647" for|strong="H8141" Laban|strong="H7651" for|strong="H8141" another|strong="H5750" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Leah|strong="H3812" gave|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H5973" four|strong="H0702" sons|strong="H1121" }
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\verseNumber{31}When|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Jacob|strong="H3290" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" love|strong="H0157" Leah|strong="H3812" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w much|strong="H7227"\+w*}, he|strong="H3588" enabled|strong="H5414" her|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H7200" pregnant|strong="H2030". But|strong="H3588" Rachel|strong="H7354" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H7200" pregnant|strong="H2030". 
\verseNumber{32}Leah|strong="H3812" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121", whom|strong="H7121" she|strong="H3588" named|strong="H7121" Reuben|strong="H7205", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w words|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w mean|strong="H2823"\+w* ‘\+w Look|strong="H7200"\+w*, \+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*}!’ She|strong="H3588" said|strong="H7121", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" miserable|strong="H5999", and|strong="H1121" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" given|strong="H3205" me|strong="H7200" a|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121". Now|strong="H6258", surely|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3068" husband|strong="H0376" will|strong="H3068" love|strong="H0157" me|strong="H7200" for|strong="H3588" giving|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H3205".” 
\verseNumber{33}Later|strong="H0310" she|strong="H3588" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029" again|strong="H5750" and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" another|strong="H2088" son|strong="H1121". She|strong="H3588" said|strong="H7121", “Because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H8085" husband|strong="H0376" doesn’t|strong="H3808" love|strong="H0157" me|strong="H5414", he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" this|strong="H2088" son|strong="H1121", too|strong="H1571".” So|strong="H7121" she|strong="H3588" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H5414" Simeon|strong="H8095", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w someone|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* hears’}. 
\verseNumber{34}Later|strong="H0310" she|strong="H3588" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029" again|strong="H5750", and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H5921" another|strong="H5750" son|strong="H1121". She|strong="H3588" said|strong="H7121", “Now|strong="H6258", finally|strong="H5704", my|strong="H5921" husband|strong="H0376" will|strong="H1121" hold|strong="H2388" me|strong="H5921" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H3205".” So|strong="H3651" she|strong="H3588" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H3205" Levi|strong="H3878", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3651"\+w* ‘\+w hold|strong="H2388"\+w* close’}. 
\verseNumber{35}Later|strong="H0310" she|strong="H7121" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029" again|strong="H5750" and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" another|strong="H5750" son|strong="H1121". She|strong="H7121" said|strong="H7121", “◄This|strong="H3651" time|strong="H6471"/Now|strong="H6471"► I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H3034" Yahweh|strong="H3068".” So|strong="H3651" she|strong="H7121" called|strong="H7121" his|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034" Judah|strong="H3063", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3651"\+w* ‘praise’}. After|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3068", she|strong="H7121" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5975" give|strong="H3034" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" any|strong="H5750" more|strong="H5750" children|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w several|strong="H2669"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w*}. 

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\chapterNumber{30}Rachel|strong="H7354" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" becoming|strong="H5000" pregnant|strong="H2030" and|strong="H1121" giving|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H4191" any|strong="H7200" children|strong="H1121" for|strong="H3588" Jacob|strong="H3290". So|strong="H3808" she|strong="H3588" became|strong="H3205" jealous|strong="H7065" of|strong="H1121" her|strong="H7200" older|strong="H1419" sister|strong="H0269", Leah|strong="H3812", because|strong="H3588" Leah|strong="H3812" had|strong="H3205" given|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H4191" four|strong="H0702" sons|strong="H1121". She|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" Jacob|strong="H3290", “Enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H7200" to|strong="H4191" become|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2030" and|strong="H1121" give|strong="H3051" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H4191" children|strong="H1121". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w think|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1121"\+w* }die|strong="H4191"!” 
\verseNumber{2}Jacob|strong="H3290" became|strong="H2734" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H4480" Rachel|strong="H7354" and|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559", “◄I|strong="H8478" am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H4513" God|strong="H0430"!/Am|strong="H1961" I|strong="H8478" God|strong="H0430"?► [RHQ] He|strong="H4480" is|strong="H3290" the|strong="H4480" one|strong="H4480" who|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3290" prevented|strong="H4513" you|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" becoming|strong="H5000" pregnant|strong="H2030"!” 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H2009" she|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559", “Look|strong="H2009", here|strong="H2009" is|strong="H1571" my|strong="H5921" female|strong="H5347" slave|strong="H5650", Bilhah|strong="H1090". ◄Sleep|strong="H8142" with|strong="H5921"/Have|strong="H1571" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5921"► [EUP] her|strong="H5921", so|strong="H4480" that|strong="H4480" she|strong="H5921" may|strong="H1571" become|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2030" and|strong="H1129" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H5921" children|strong="H3205" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921". In|strong="H5921" that|strong="H4480" way|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1571" be|strong="H1571" as|strong="H1571" though|strong="H1571" ◄I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H1571" children|strong="H3205"/her|strong="H5921" children|strong="H3205" are|strong="H1571" mine|strong="H4480"►.” 
\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H5414" she|strong="H1931" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" slave|strong="H8198", Bilhah|strong="H1090", to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" another|strong="H0312" wife|strong="H0802" for|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3290" Jacob|strong="H3290" had|strong="H3290" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{5}She|strong="H1931" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029" and|strong="H1121" bore|strong="H3205" Jacob|strong="H3290" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{6}Rachel|strong="H7354" said|strong="H7121", “God|strong="H5414" has|strong="H1571" ◄vindicated|strong="H1777" me|strong="H5414"/judged|strong="H1777" my|strong="H8085" case|strong="H3651" and|strong="H1121" has|strong="H1571" decided|strong="H3289" that|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6963" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1121" done|strong="H5414" is|strong="H1571" right|strong="H3651"►. He|strong="H3651" has|strong="H1571" also|strong="H1571" heard|strong="H8085" my|strong="H8085" requests|strong="H1697" and|strong="H1121" has|strong="H1571" given|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121".” So|strong="H3651" she|strong="H7121" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H5414" Dan|strong="H1835", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3651"\+w* ‘\+w he|strong="H3651"\+w* judged’}. 
\verseNumber{7}Later|strong="H0310", Rachel’s|strong="H7354" slave|strong="H8198" Bilhah|strong="H1090" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029" again|strong="H5750" and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" another|strong="H8145" son|strong="H1121" for|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290". 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H1571" Rachel|strong="H7354" said|strong="H7121", “I|strong="H3201" have|strong="H1571" had|strong="H7354" a|strong="H7121" great|strong="H1419" struggle|strong="H5327" to|strong="H3201" have|strong="H1571" children|strong="H1121" like|strong="H5973" my|strong="H7121" older|strong="H1419" sister|strong="H0269", but|strong="H1571" truly|strong="H1571" I|strong="H3201" have|strong="H1571" a|strong="H7121" son|strong="H1121".” So|strong="H7121" she|strong="H7121" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H7121" Naphtali|strong="H5321", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘struggle’}. 
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\verseNumber{9}When|strong="H3588" Leah|strong="H3812" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3290" not|strong="H5414" becoming|strong="H5000" pregnant|strong="H2030" and|strong="H7200" giving|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H5414" any|strong="H5414" more|strong="H3588" children|strong="H3205", she|strong="H3588" took|strong="H3947" her|strong="H5414" female|strong="H8198" slave|strong="H8198", Zilpah|strong="H2153", and|strong="H7200" gave|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" Jacob|strong="H3290" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" another|strong="H7200" wife|strong="H0802" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{10}Zilpah|strong="H2153" soon|strong="H3205" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2030" and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121" for|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290". 
\verseNumber{11}Leah|strong="H3812" said|strong="H7121", “I|strong="H8034" am|strong="H1961" truly|strong="H3588" fortunate|strong="H1409"!” So|strong="H7121" she|strong="H7121" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H7121" Gad|strong="H1410", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘fortunate’}. 
\verseNumber{12}Later|strong="H0310" Leah’s|strong="H3812" slave|strong="H8198", Zilpah|strong="H2153", gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" another|strong="H8145" son|strong="H1121" for|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290". 
\verseNumber{13}Leah|strong="H3812" said|strong="H7121", “Now|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" happy|strong="H0835", and|strong="H1323" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H1323" call|strong="H7121" me|strong="H7121" happy|strong="H0835".” So|strong="H7121" she|strong="H3588" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H7121" Asher|strong="H0836", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w happy|strong="H0835"\+w*}.’ 
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\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H3117" it|strong="H5414" was|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3212" harvest|strong="H7105" wheat|strong="H2406", Reuben|strong="H7205" went|strong="H3212" out|strong="H4672" into|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5414" fields|strong="H7704" and|strong="H1121" saw|strong="H7200" some|strong="H3117" ◄mandrakes|strong="H1736"/plants|strong="H7704" that|strong="H3117" women|strong="H0802" eat|strong="H0398" to|strong="H3212" help|strong="H5826" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" become|strong="H1961" pregnant|strong="H2030"►. He|strong="H3117" brought|strong="H3212" some|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" his|strong="H5414" mother|strong="H0517" Leah|strong="H3812". But|strong="H3117" Rachel|strong="H7354" saw|strong="H7200" them|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" Leah|strong="H3812", “Please|strong="H4994" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" some|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1121" plants|strong="H7704" that|strong="H3117" your|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" you|strong="H5414"!” 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H1571" Leah|strong="H3812" said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H1121" her|strong="H3947", “No|strong="H3947"! ◄It|strong="H3651" was|strong="H1121" bad|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3651" you|strong="H3947" stole|strong="H3947" my|strong="H3947" husband|strong="H0376"!/Is|strong="H1571" it|strong="H3651" not|strong="H1571" bad|strong="H7451" enough|strong="H4592" that|strong="H3651" you|strong="H3947" stole|strong="H3947" my|strong="H3947" husband|strong="H0376"?► [RHQ] Now|strong="H1571" ◄are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3947" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1121" take|strong="H3947" my|strong="H3947" son’s|strong="H1121" mandrake plants|strong="H6212"?/You|strong="H3947" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H1121" take|strong="H3947" my|strong="H3947" son’s|strong="H1121" mandrake plants|strong="H6212" also|strong="H1571", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w can|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w pregnant|strong="H2030"\+w*}!►” [RHQ] So|strong="H3651" Rachel|strong="H7354" said|strong="H3651", “All|strong="H7901" right|strong="H3651", Jacob|strong="H3290" can|strong="H3947" sleep|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3947" tonight|strong="H3915", if|strong="H3651" you|strong="H3947" give|strong="H3947" me|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4592" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3947" son’s|strong="H1121" mandrake plants|strong="H6212".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w Leah|strong="H3812"\+w* ◄\+w agreed|strong="H8085"\+w*/\+w gave|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w her|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w some|strong="H4592"\+w*►}. 
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\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H3588" Jacob|strong="H3290" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3588" wheat|strong="H2406" fields|strong="H7704" that|strong="H3588" evening|strong="H6153", Leah|strong="H3812" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" meet|strong="H7125" him|strong="H5973". She|strong="H1931" said|strong="H3318", “You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" sleep|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H4480" tonight|strong="H3915", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H3318" Rachel|strong="H7354" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3318" son’s|strong="H1121" mandrakes|strong="H1736" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w women|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w become|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w pregnant|strong="H2030"\+w*}, to|strong="H3318" pay|strong="H7999" her|strong="H3290" for|strong="H3588" allowing us|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3318" do|strong="H3318" that|strong="H3588".” So|strong="H4480" Jacob|strong="H3290" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" her|strong="H3290" that|strong="H3588" night|strong="H3915". 
\verseNumber{17}God|strong="H0430" answered|strong="H8085" Leah’s|strong="H3812" prayers|strong="H8605", and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H1931" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029" and|strong="H1121" bore|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" fifth|strong="H2549" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3205" Jacob|strong="H3290". 
\verseNumber{18}Leah|strong="H3812" said|strong="H7121", “God|strong="H5414" has|strong="H8198" rewarded|strong="H7939" me|strong="H5414" for|strong="H7121" giving|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" slave|strong="H8198" to|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" husband|strong="H0376" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H8034" another|strong="H0312" wife|strong="H0802" for|strong="H7121" him|strong="H5414".” So|strong="H7121" she|strong="H7121" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H5414" Issachar|strong="H3485", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘reward’}. 
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\verseNumber{19}Leah|strong="H3812" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029" again|strong="H5750" and|strong="H1121" bore|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" sixth|strong="H8345" son|strong="H1121" for|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290". 
\verseNumber{20}Leah|strong="H3812" said|strong="H7121", “God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H3588" given|strong="H3205" me|strong="H7121" a|strong="H3588" precious|strong="H2896" gift|strong="H2065". ◄This|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6471"/Now|strong="H6471"► my|strong="H3588" husband|strong="H0376" will|strong="H1121" honor|strong="H8034"/respect|strong="H6437" me|strong="H7121", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" given|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" six|strong="H8337" sons|strong="H1121" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H3205".” So|strong="H7121" she|strong="H3588" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H3205" Zebulon, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w accepted|strong="H7521"\+w* gift’}. 
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\verseNumber{21}Later|strong="H0310" she|strong="H7121" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" daughter|strong="H1323", and|strong="H1323" named|strong="H7121" her|strong="H7121" Dinah|strong="H1783". 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H8085" God|strong="H0430" thought|strong="H2142" about|strong="H8085" what|strong="H8085" Rachel|strong="H7354" wanted|strong="H2654". He|strong="H0834" heard|strong="H8085" her|strong="H6605" prayers|strong="H8605" and|strong="H8085" enabled|strong="H5414" her|strong="H6605" to|strong="H8085" become|strong="H1961" pregnant|strong="H2030". 
\verseNumber{23}She|strong="H1931" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029" and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121". She|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", “God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H3205" caused|strong="H5414" that|strong="H1121" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" will|strong="H1121" I|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" ashamed|strong="H0954" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w having|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w children|strong="H1121"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{24}She|strong="H7121" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H7121" Joseph|strong="H3130", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w words|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w mean|strong="H2823"\+w* ‘\+w may|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w give|strong="H3254"\+w* another’ } and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H7121" said|strong="H7121", ‘ want|strong="H4270" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H3254" me|strong="H7121" another|strong="H3254" son|strong="H1121".’ 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jacob|strong="H3290" tricked|strong="H5377" Laban|strong="H3837" and|strong="H1121" became|strong="H3205" very|strong="H3966" wealthy|strong="H1431" }
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\verseNumber{25}After|strong="H1961" Rachel|strong="H7354" had|strong="H1961" given|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3212" Joseph|strong="H3130", Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" Laban|strong="H3837", “Now|strong="H1961" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3212" quit|strong="H1961" working|strong="H4639" for|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" let|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3212" my|strong="H7971" own|strong="H1961" land|strong="H4725". 
\verseNumber{26}You|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3588" work|strong="H5656" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3045" done|strong="H5647" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w long|strong="H0753"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w my|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w wives|strong="H0802"\+w*}. So|strong="H5414" let|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" take|strong="H3045" my|strong="H5414" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H3212" my|strong="H5414" children|strong="H3206", and|strong="H3212" leave|strong="H5414".” 
\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H3068" Laban|strong="H3837" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H4672", “If|strong="H1288" you|strong="H1288" are|strong="H5869" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H4994", stay|strong="H3427" here|strong="H4672", because|strong="H1558" I|strong="H4672" have|strong="H3068" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H4672" by|strong="H3068" performing|strong="H6213" a|strong="H4672" magic ritual|strong="H3925" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" me|strong="H4994" because|strong="H1558" of|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H1288" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3068" me|strong="H4994". 
\verseNumber{28}Tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5414" what|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" pay|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" for|strong="H5921" continuing|strong="H1641" to|strong="H5921" work|strong="H5414" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5414", and|strong="H5921" that|strong="H5414" is|strong="H0369" what|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" pay|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414".” 
\verseNumber{29}Jacob|strong="H3290" replied|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" how|strong="H3045" I|strong="H3045" have|strong="H1961" worked|strong="H5647" for|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3045", and|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" your|strong="H3045" livestock|strong="H4735" have|strong="H1961" increased|strong="H7235" greatly|strong="H3966" as|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3045" have|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H1961" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4735" them|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{30}You|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" only|strong="H3588" a|strong="H1961" few|strong="H4592" animals|strong="H1961" before|strong="H6440" I|strong="H3588" came|strong="H1961" here|strong="H6258". But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" very|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7230", and|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1961" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" increase|strong="H6555" greatly|strong="H7230" in|strong="H3068" number|strong="H7230" wherever|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H1961" them|strong="H6440". But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H3588" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3068" start|strong="H1870" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" needs|strong="H1961" of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" family|strong="H1004".” 
\verseNumber{31}Laban|strong="H3837" replied|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5414" want|strong="H3808" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414"?” Jacob|strong="H3290" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5414" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" pay|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" anything|strong="H1697". But|strong="H3808" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1697" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" one|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697" for|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5414", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1697" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" take|strong="H7725" care|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" your|strong="H5414" flocks|strong="H6629" and|strong="H7725" protect|strong="H8104" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{32}Allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5674" to|strong="H1961" go|strong="H5674" and|strong="H3117" look|strong="H7200" at|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3117" your|strong="H3605" flocks|strong="H6629" today|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" remove|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" them|strong="H5674" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" speckled|strong="H5348" sheep|strong="H6629", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" spotted|strong="H2921" sheep|strong="H6629", and|strong="H3117" every|strong="H3605" dark-colored|strong="H2345" lamb|strong="H7716", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" goats|strong="H5795" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3117" speckled|strong="H5348", and|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" goats|strong="H5795" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3117" spotted|strong="H2921", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w keep|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w myself|strong="H0589"\+w*}. They|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" my|strong="H3605" wages|strong="H7939". 
\verseNumber{33}In|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" way|strong="H6440", in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" future|strong="H0319", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1931" be|strong="H3117" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5921" know|strong="H3045" whether|strong="H0518" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3117" been|strong="H3605" honest|strong="H3653" regarding|strong="H5921" what|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3117" paid|strong="H5414" me|strong="H6440". If|strong="H3588" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3117" my|strong="H3605" goats|strong="H5795" are|strong="H3117" neither|strong="H3808" speckled|strong="H5348" or|strong="H3117" spotted|strong="H2921", or|strong="H3117" if|strong="H3588" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3117" my|strong="H3605" lambs|strong="H3775" are|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3588" dark-colored|strong="H2345", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1931" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3117" stolen|strong="H1589" them|strong="H5921" from|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{34}Laban|strong="H3837" agreed|strong="H3863" and|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1697", “Okay, we|strong="H1697" will|strong="H1961" do|strong="H1697" as|strong="H1697" you|strong="H1697" have|strong="H1961" said|strong="H1697".” 
\verseNumber{35}But|strong="H1931" that|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117" Laban|strong="H5493" removed|strong="H5493" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" male|strong="H8495" goats|strong="H5795" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H5414" black|strong="H2345" and|strong="H1121" white|strong="H3836" stripes|strong="H4347" on|strong="H3117" them|strong="H5414" or|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1121" spotted|strong="H2921", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" female|strong="H5795" goats|strong="H5795" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" speckled|strong="H5348" or|strong="H3117" spotted|strong="H2921", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" goats|strong="H5795" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" partly|strong="H4481" white|strong="H3836", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" dark-colored|strong="H2345" lambs|strong="H3775". He|strong="H1931" separated|strong="H5493" them|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5414" take|strong="H5493" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{36}Then|strong="H7760" he|strong="H3117" took|strong="H7760" these|strong="H7760" flocks|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3117" walked|strong="H1980" a|strong="H7760" distance|strong="H1870" of|strong="H3117" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117", in|strong="H3117" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" could|strong="H3201" be|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" far|strong="H5704" from|strong="H3117" Jacob|strong="H3290". Jacob|strong="H3290" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3117" take|strong="H7760" care|strong="H7760" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" rest|strong="H3498" of|strong="H3117" Laban’s|strong="H3837" flocks|strong="H6629". 
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\verseNumber{37}Then|strong="H3947" Jacob|strong="H3290" cut|strong="H3772" some|strong="H4480" branches|strong="H4731" of|strong="H5921" ◄poplar|strong="H3839", almond|strong="H3869", and|strong="H3290" plane|strong="H6196" trees|strong="H6196"/three|strong="H7969" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="H5921" trees|strong="H6196" that|strong="H5921" had|strong="H3290" white|strong="H3836" wood|strong="H6086"►. He|strong="H5921" peeled|strong="H6478" strips|strong="H2834" of|strong="H5921" bark|strong="H5024" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" branches|strong="H4731", so|strong="H3947" that|strong="H5921" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" bark|strong="H5024" had|strong="H3290" been|strong="H1961" peeled|strong="H6478" off|strong="H5921", the|strong="H5921" branches|strong="H4731" were|strong="H3290" light|strong="H0216" in|strong="H5921" color|strong="H1935". 
\verseNumber{38}Then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H8354" placed|strong="H3322" the|strong="H8354" peeled|strong="H6478" branches|strong="H4731" in|strong="H6629" the|strong="H8354" troughs|strong="H8268" where|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" put|strong="H3322" the|strong="H8354" water|strong="H4325" for|strong="H4325" the|strong="H8354" animals|strong="H0929" to|strong="H4325" drink|strong="H8354", so|strong="H3651" that|strong="H4325" the|strong="H8354" branches|strong="H4731" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H4325" in|strong="H6629" front|strong="H5227" of|strong="H4325" the|strong="H8354" flocks|strong="H6629" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" came|strong="H4325" to|strong="H4325" drink|strong="H8354". 
\verseNumber{39}The|strong="H3205" animals|strong="H0929" also|strong="H3205" mated|strong="H3179" in|strong="H6629" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" branches|strong="H4731", and|strong="H6629" eventually|strong="H0310" they|strong="H3205" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H6629" were|strong="H3205" speckled|strong="H5348", or|strong="H0176" to|strong="H3205" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H6629" were|strong="H3205" spotted|strong="H2921", or|strong="H0176" to|strong="H3205" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H6629" had|strong="H3205" black|strong="H7838" and|strong="H6629" white|strong="H3836" stripes|strong="H4347" on|strong="H3205" them|strong="H3205". 
\verseNumber{40}Furthermore|strong="H1571", Jacob|strong="H3290" separated|strong="H6504" the|strong="H3605" female|strong="H5347" sheep|strong="H6629" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" flock|strong="H6629" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H6629" goats|strong="H5795" in|strong="H5921" Laban’s|strong="H3837" flock|strong="H6629". And|strong="H6629" when|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" female|strong="H5347" sheep|strong="H6629" mated|strong="H2552", he|strong="H3605" made|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" look|strong="H7896" toward|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3605" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5921" Laban|strong="H3837" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3290" black|strong="H2345" and|strong="H6629" white|strong="H3836" stripes|strong="H4347" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H6629" the|strong="H3605" dark-colored|strong="H2345" animals|strong="H0929". He|strong="H3605" did|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" so|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" female|strong="H5347" sheep|strong="H6629" would|strong="H3290" give|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5921" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H6629" striped|strong="H6124" or|strong="H3808" dark-colored|strong="H2345". By|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605", he|strong="H3605" made|strong="H5414" bigger|strong="H1419" flocks|strong="H6629" for|strong="H5921" himself|strong="H6440", and|strong="H6629" he|strong="H3605" kept|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" separate|strong="H6504" from|strong="H6440" Laban’s|strong="H3837" flocks|strong="H6629". 
\verseNumber{41}In|strong="H6629" addition|strong="H5921", whenever|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" stronger|strong="H7194" female|strong="H5347" sheep|strong="H6629" were|strong="H1961" ready|strong="H6629" to|strong="H1961" mate|strong="H3179", Jacob|strong="H3290" put|strong="H7760" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5869" those|strong="H3605" peeled|strong="H4178" branches|strong="H4731" in|strong="H6629" the|strong="H3605" troughs|strong="H7298" in|strong="H6629" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H5869" them|strong="H7760", so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" would|strong="H3290" mate|strong="H3179" in|strong="H6629" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H5869" the|strong="H3605" branches|strong="H4731". 
\verseNumber{42}But|strong="H3808" when|strong="H1961" weak|strong="H3808" animals|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" ready|strong="H6629" to|strong="H1961" mate|strong="H7468", he|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" put|strong="H7760" the|strong="H7760" branches|strong="H7070" in|strong="H6629" their|strong="H7760" troughs|strong="H8268". So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7760" weak|strong="H3808" ones|strong="H2945" became|strong="H1961" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H6629" Laban’s|strong="H3837" flock|strong="H6629", and|strong="H6629" the|strong="H7760" strong|strong="H2388" ones|strong="H2945" became|strong="H1961" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H6629" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" flock|strong="H6629". 
\verseNumber{43}As|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H6903", Jacob|strong="H3290" became|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" rich|strong="H6223". He|strong="H0834" owned|strong="H3426" many|strong="H7227" large|strong="H7227" flocks|strong="H6629" of|strong="H5650" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H5650" goats|strong="H5795", and|strong="H5650" many|strong="H7227" male|strong="H5650" and|strong="H5650" female|strong="H8198" slaves|strong="H5650", and|strong="H5650" many|strong="H7227" camels|strong="H1581" and|strong="H5650" donkeys|strong="H2543". 

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\chapterNumber{31}Someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H1697" Jacob|strong="H3290" that|strong="H3605" Laban’s|strong="H3837" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" complaining|strong="H7879" and|strong="H1121" saying|strong="H1697", “Jacob|strong="H3290" has|strong="H1697" become|strong="H6213" very|strong="H2088" rich|strong="H3519" by|strong="H3605" taking|strong="H3947" everything|strong="H3605" [HYP] that|strong="H3605" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H6213" our|strong="H3605" father|strong="H1121".” 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H6440" Jacob|strong="H3290" noticed|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" Laban|strong="H3837" was|strong="H3290" not|strong="H7200" acting|strong="H4603" friendly|strong="H7965" toward|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440" as|strong="H6440" he|strong="H6440" had|strong="H3290" done|strong="H6213" before|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" Jacob|strong="H3290", “Go|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" your|strong="H3068" country|strong="H2022" and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" relatives|strong="H4138", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" help|strong="H1961" you|strong="H7725" there|strong="H1961".” 
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\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H7971" Jacob|strong="H3290" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7971" Rachel|strong="H7354" and|strong="H7971" Leah|strong="H3812", telling|strong="H1696" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" come|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7121" pastures|strong="H4999" where|strong="H0834" his|strong="H7121" flocks|strong="H6629" of|strong="H7704" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H7971" goats|strong="H5795" were|strong="H6629". 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" arrived|strong="H0935", he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H6440", “I|strong="H3588" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" your|strong="H6440" father|strong="H0001" does|strong="H6440" not|strong="H1961" act|strong="H1961" friendly|strong="H7965" toward|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440" as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H7200" previously|strong="H8543". But|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430", whom|strong="H6440" my|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001" worshiped|strong="H7812", has|strong="H1961" helped|strong="H5826" me|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{6}You|strong="H3588" two|strong="H8147" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3045" worked|strong="H5647" very|strong="H3045" hard|strong="H7186" for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001", 
\verseNumber{7}but|strong="H3808" many|strong="H3808" times|strong="H4489" [HYP] he|strong="H5414" has|strong="H7489" cheated|strong="H8524" me|strong="H5414" by|strong="H5414" decreasing my|strong="H5414" wages|strong="H4909". But|strong="H3808" God|strong="H5414" has|strong="H7489" not|strong="H3808" allowed|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" harm|strong="H7489" me|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H1961" Laban|strong="H3837" said|strong="H0559", ‘The|strong="H3605" speckled|strong="H5348" animals|strong="H1961" are|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" ones|strong="H2945" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H3205" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3605" wages|strong="H7939",’ then|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H1961" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" young|strong="H3205" ones|strong="H2945" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" speckled|strong="H5348". When|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3605" changed|strong="H8133" and|strong="H6629" said|strong="H0559", ‘The|strong="H3605" ones|strong="H2945" that|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" black|strong="H7838" and|strong="H6629" white|strong="H3836" stripes|strong="H4347" on|strong="H1961" them|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3605" wages|strong="H7939",’ then|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H1961" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" young|strong="H3205" ones|strong="H2945" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" striped|strong="H6124". 
\verseNumber{9}In|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5414" way|strong="H1870", God|strong="H5414" has|strong="H5414" taken|strong="H5337" away|strong="H5337" the|strong="H5414" livestock|strong="H4735" that|strong="H5414" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H4735" has|strong="H5414" given|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{10}“ne time|strong="H6256", when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" animals|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" mating|strong="H3179", I|strong="H2009" had|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" dream|strong="H2472". In|strong="H5921" my|strong="H7200" dream|strong="H2472" I|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w looked|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w up|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w and|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w surprised|strong="H8610"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w*} see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" some|strong="H6256" of|strong="H5869" the|strong="H5921" male|strong="H6260" goats|strong="H6260" that|strong="H7200" were|strong="H1961" mating|strong="H3179" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" female|strong="H5347" goats|strong="H6260" had|strong="H1961" black|strong="H7838" and|strong="H5869" white|strong="H3836" stripes|strong="H4347" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", some|strong="H6256" were|strong="H1961" speckled|strong="H5348", and|strong="H5869" some|strong="H6256" were|strong="H1961" spotted|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{11}An|strong="H1129" angel|strong="H4397" who|strong="H4397" was|strong="H3290" sent|strong="H7971" by|strong="H2472" God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4397" me|strong="H2472" in|strong="H2472" the|strong="H2009" dream|strong="H2472", ‘Jacob|strong="H3290"!’ I|strong="H2009" replied|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" here|strong="H2009"!’ 
\verseNumber{12}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5927" me|strong="H4994", ‘Look|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H5869" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5869" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" male|strong="H6260" goats|strong="H6260" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5869" mating|strong="H5927" have|strong="H5869" black|strong="H7838" and|strong="H5869" white|strong="H3836" stripes|strong="H4347" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", or|strong="H7200" are|strong="H5869" speckled|strong="H5348" or|strong="H7200" spotted|strong="H7200". This|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3605" happening because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5869" seen|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" Laban|strong="H3837" has|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5927" you|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{13}I|strong="H6258" am|strong="H1961" God|strong="H1008" who|strong="H0834" appeared|strong="H3318" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H7725" at|strong="H7725" Bethel|strong="H1008", where|strong="H8033" you|strong="H7725" set|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" a|strong="H3318" stone|strong="H0068" to|strong="H7725" show|strong="H7200" that|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" place|strong="H8033" was|strong="H2063" holy|strong="H6944", and|strong="H6965" you|strong="H7725" poured|strong="H4886" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w*} oil|strong="H4886" on|strong="H3318" the|strong="H4480" stone|strong="H0068" and|strong="H6965" made|strong="H5087" a|strong="H3318" solemn|strong="H6116" promise|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725". So|strong="H4480" now|strong="H6258" leave|strong="H3318" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776" immediately|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H4480" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H8033" you|strong="H7725" were|strong="H3318" born|strong="H4138".’” 
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\verseNumber{14}Rachel|strong="H7354" and|strong="H6030" Leah|strong="H3812" replied|strong="H6030", “Our|strong="H5750" father|strong="H0001" will|strong="H1004" not|strong="H5750" give|strong="H6030" us|strong="H6030" anything|strong="H3605" more|strong="H5750" when|strong="H5750" he|strong="H1004" dies|strong="H4191" [RHQ]. 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H3588" treats|strong="H3190" us|strong="H3588" as|strong="H2803" though|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1571" foreigners|strong="H5237" [RHQ]! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Your|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w working|strong="H4639"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w him|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w all|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w these|strong="H0428"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w like|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w payment|strong="H0868"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H2803" as|strong="H2803" a|strong="H3588" price|strong="H3701" for|strong="H3588" us|strong="H3588", but|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1571" not|strong="H3808" inherit|strong="H5157" any|strong="H1571" of|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3588" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" got|strong="H6965" as|strong="H2803" a|strong="H3588" price|strong="H3701" for|strong="H3588" us|strong="H3588". He|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3588" spent|strong="H3885" it|strong="H3588" all|strong="H1571"! 
\verseNumber{16}Surely|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" wealth|strong="H6239" that|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" took|strong="H5337" away|strong="H5337" from|strong="H1121" our|strong="H3605" father|strong="H1121" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H6213" us|strong="H6213" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H6213" our|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121". So|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" whatever|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H3588" told|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213"!” 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H6965" Jacob|strong="H3290" put|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" children|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5375" wives|strong="H0802" on|strong="H5921" camels|strong="H1581". 
\verseNumber{18}He|strong="H3605" made|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" livestock|strong="H4735" go|strong="H1980" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3605" him|strong="H3605". Besides|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" livestock|strong="H4735", he|strong="H3605" took|strong="H3947" along|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3327" acquired|strong="H7408" while|strong="H5704" living|strong="H3605" in|strong="H7408" Paddan-Aram|strong="H6307". And|strong="H3327" they|strong="H3605" prepared|strong="H3559" to|strong="H3605" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" Isaac|strong="H3327", in|strong="H7408" the|strong="H3605" Canaan|strong="H3667" region|strong="H2256". 
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\verseNumber{19}Before|strong="H1980" they|strong="H1992" left|strong="H1980", while|strong="H5704" Laban|strong="H3837" was|strong="H6629" shearing|strong="H1494" his|strong="H1494" sheep|strong="H6629", Rachel|strong="H7354" stole|strong="H1589" the|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w small|strong="H6996"\+w* \+w wooden|strong="H6086"\+w*} idols|strong="H8655" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H6629"\+w* \+w were|strong="H6629"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w her|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w father’s|strong="H0001"\+w* \+w tent|strong="H0168"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{20}Furthermore|strong="H1571", Jacob|strong="H3290" deceived|strong="H1589" Laban|strong="H3837", who|strong="H1931" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Aram|strong="H0758" people-group, by|strong="H5921" not|strong="H3588" telling|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3290" planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H5921" leave|strong="H5800". 
\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H6965" Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H6965" his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940" fled|strong="H1272" with|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H7399", and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H1931" crossed|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" Euphrates|strong="H5104" River|strong="H5104", and|strong="H6965" then|strong="H6965" started|strong="H6965" traveling|strong="H1980" south|strong="H5045" toward|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" hilly Gilead|strong="H1568" region|strong="H2256". 

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\verseNumber{22}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117" after|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3588" left|strong="H1272", someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" Laban|strong="H3837" that|strong="H3588" Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H3117" his|strong="H5046" family|strong="H4940" had|strong="H3588" left|strong="H1272". 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3117" took|strong="H3947" some|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3947" relatives|strong="H0251" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" and|strong="H3117" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3117" pursue|strong="H7291" Jacob|strong="H7651". They|strong="H3117" continued|strong="H5674" walking|strong="H1980" for|strong="H3117" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H1696" God|strong="H0430" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H1696" Laban|strong="H3837" in|strong="H1696" a|strong="H1696" dream|strong="H2472" at|strong="H5704" night|strong="H3915", and|strong="H3915" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5973", “When|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" catch|strong="H3920" up|strong="H5704" to|strong="H1696" Jacob|strong="H3290", be|strong="H7451" sure|strong="H8104" that|strong="H7451" you|strong="H5704" do|strong="H8104" not|strong="H6435" say|strong="H1696" anything|strong="H3605" at|strong="H5704" all|strong="H5704" [HYP] to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5973" in|strong="H1696" an|strong="H8104" angry|strong="H2734" manner|strong="H4941"!” 
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\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H8628" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117", by|strong="H2022" the|strong="H8628" time|strong="H6256" Laban|strong="H3837" caught|strong="H5381" up|strong="H8628" with|strong="H8628" Jacob|strong="H3290", Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H2022" his|strong="H3290" household|strong="H1004" had|strong="H3290" set|strong="H3290" up|strong="H8628" their|strong="H3290" tents|strong="H0168" in|strong="H3290" the|strong="H8628" hilly Gilead|strong="H1568" region|strong="H2256". So|strong="H3651" Laban|strong="H3837" and|strong="H2022" his|strong="H3290" relatives|strong="H0251" set|strong="H3290" up|strong="H8628" their|strong="H3290" tents|strong="H0168" there|strong="H2022", too|strong="H4480". 
\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H6213" Laban|strong="H3837" went|strong="H3290" to|strong="H6213" Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H2719" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213", “Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1323" you|strong="H6213" done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213"? You|strong="H6213" have|strong="H1323" deceived|strong="H1589" me|strong="H6213" by|strong="H1589" carrying|strong="H5090" away|strong="H7617" my|strong="H6213" daughters|strong="H1323" as|strong="H6213" though|strong="H3588" you|strong="H6213" had|strong="H3290" captured|strong="H7617" them|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" war|strong="H2719" [MTY]! 
\verseNumber{27}Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H7971" run|strong="H7323" away|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" deceive|strong="H1589" me|strong="H7971"? Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H7971" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3808" you|strong="H7971" were|strong="H7892" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H7971" leave|strong="H5800", so|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3808" we|strong="H0587" could|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3808" rejoiced|strong="H8057" and|strong="H7971" sung|strong="H7891" while|strong="H5704" people|strong="H3808" played|strong="H2181" music|strong="H7892" on|strong="H7971" tambourines|strong="H8596" and|strong="H7971" harps|strong="H3658" before|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559" ‘goodbye’ to|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971"? 
\verseNumber{28}◄You|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3808" let|strong="H6258" me|strong="H6213" kiss|strong="H5401" my|strong="H6213" grandchildren|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" my|strong="H6213" daughters|strong="H1323" goodbye before|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" left|strong="H5203"!/Why|strong="H3808" did|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5203" me|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" kiss|strong="H5401" my|strong="H6213" grandchildren|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323" goodbye before|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" left|strong="H5203"?► [RHQ] What|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" have|strong="H1121" done|strong="H6213" was|strong="H1121" foolish|strong="H5528"! 
\verseNumber{29}My|strong="H8104" relatives|strong="H0251" and|strong="H3027" I|strong="H5704" have|strong="H3426" the|strong="H6213" power|strong="H3027" to|strong="H1696" harm|strong="H7451" you|strong="H5704", but|strong="H1696" last|strong="H0314" night|strong="H3915" the|strong="H6213" God|strong="H3027" whom|strong="H0834" your|strong="H8104" father|strong="H0001" worships|strong="H7812" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" dream|strong="H2472", ‘Be|strong="H3426" sure|strong="H8104" that|strong="H3027" you|strong="H5704" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" say|strong="H1696" anything|strong="H6213" at|strong="H6213" all|strong="H5704" to|strong="H1696" Jacob|strong="H3290" in|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" angry|strong="H2734" way|strong="H5704".’ 
\verseNumber{30}Now|strong="H6258", I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H6258" left|strong="H1980" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" long|strong="H4100" to|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" back|strong="H1980" home|strong="H1004". But|strong="H3588" why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" steal|strong="H1589" my|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wooden|strong="H6086"\+w*} idols|strong="H1544"?” 
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\verseNumber{31}Jacob|strong="H3290" replied|strong="H6030" to|strong="H1323" Laban|strong="H3837", saying|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3290" not|strong="H6435" tell|strong="H6030" you|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1323" planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H1323" leave|strong="H5800", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3290" afraid|strong="H3372". I|strong="H3588" thought|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}, you|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3290" forcefully take|strong="H1497" your|strong="H3588" daughters|strong="H1323" away|strong="H1497" from|strong="H5973" me|strong="H5973". 
\verseNumber{32}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" find|strong="H4672" anyone|strong="H3588" here|strong="H4672" who|strong="H4672" has|strong="H4100" your|strong="H3947" wooden|strong="H6086" idols|strong="H1544", we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" execute|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" person|strong="H3045". While|strong="H3588" our|strong="H3947" relatives|strong="H0251" are|strong="H4100" watching|strong="H8245", search|strong="H2713" for|strong="H3588" yourself|strong="H5973" to|strong="H3045" see|strong="H5234" if|strong="H3588" there|strong="H4672" is|strong="H4100" anything|strong="H4100" that|strong="H3588" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H4100" here|strong="H4672" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H5978". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" find|strong="H4672" anything|strong="H4100", you|strong="H3588" can|strong="H4100" take|strong="H3947" it|strong="H3588"!” When|strong="H3588" Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588", he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Rachel|strong="H7354" had|strong="H3588" stolen|strong="H1589" the|strong="H3588" wooden|strong="H6086" idols|strong="H1544". 
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\verseNumber{33}Laban|strong="H3837" went|strong="H3318" into|strong="H3318" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H3318" then|strong="H3318" into|strong="H3318" Leah’s|strong="H3812" tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H3318" then|strong="H3318" into|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" tents|strong="H0168" of|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" two|strong="H8147" female|strong="H8147" slaves|strong="H5650" and|strong="H3318" searched|strong="H1245" for|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" idols|strong="H1544", but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H8147" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" them|strong="H3318". After|strong="H3318" he|strong="H8147" left|strong="H3318" their|strong="H3290" tents|strong="H0168", he|strong="H8147" entered|strong="H3318" Rachel’s|strong="H7354" tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{34}But|strong="H3808" Rachel|strong="H7354" had|strong="H7354" previously|strong="H3808" taken|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H8655" and|strong="H3427" put|strong="H7760" them|strong="H5921" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" saddle|strong="H3733" of|strong="H3427" a|strong="H3947" camel|strong="H1581", and|strong="H3427" she|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3605" sitting|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" saddle|strong="H3733". So|strong="H3947" when|strong="H3427" Laban|strong="H3837" searched|strong="H4959" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" inside|strong="H8432" Rachel’s|strong="H7354" tent|strong="H0168", he|strong="H3605" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{35}Rachel|strong="H7354" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3201" her|strong="H4672" father|strong="H0001", “Do|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440", sir|strong="H0113", but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" get|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" in|strong="H6440" your|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w respect|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" having|strong="H3808" my|strong="H6965" monthly|strong="H2320" menstrual|strong="H5079" period|strong="H3117". [EUP]” So|strong="H3808" when|strong="H3588" Laban|strong="H3837" searched|strong="H2664" some|strong="H4480" more|strong="H3808", he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" the|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wooden|strong="H6086"\+w*} idols|strong="H8655". 
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\verseNumber{36}Then|strong="H6030" Jacob|strong="H3290" became|strong="H2734" angry|strong="H2734". He|strong="H3588" rebuked|strong="H7378" Laban|strong="H3837", saying|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" crime|strong="H2154" did|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3588" commit|strong="H6213"? For|strong="H3588" what|strong="H4100" sin|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" committed|strong="H6213" have|strong="H2403" you|strong="H3588" pursued|strong="H1814" me|strong="H6030"? 
\verseNumber{37}Now|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H4672" searched|strong="H4959" through|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H3627", and|strong="H1004" what|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" find|strong="H4672" from|strong="H7760" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H7760" possessions|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3588" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1004" you|strong="H3588"? Put|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" here|strong="H3541" in|strong="H1004" front|strong="H5048" of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3605" relatives|strong="H0251" and|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3605" relatives|strong="H0251", so|strong="H3541" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" can|strong="H4100" decide|strong="H3198" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H4100" right|strong="H3225", you|strong="H3588" or|strong="H1004" me|strong="H7760"! 
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\verseNumber{38}I|strong="H2088" was|strong="H8141" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5973" for|strong="H3808" 20 years|strong="H8141". In|strong="H8141" all|strong="H5973" that|strong="H8141" time|strong="H8141", your|strong="H3808" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H6242" goats|strong="H5795" have|strong="H3808" ◄not|strong="H3808" miscarried|strong="H7921"/always|strong="H3605" given|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5973" animals|strong="H0929" safely|strong="H0983"►. I|strong="H2088" have|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6242"\+w*} eaten|strong="H0398" any|strong="H3808" rams|strong="H0352" from|strong="H5973" your|strong="H3808" flocks|strong="H6629". 
\verseNumber{39}When|strong="H3117" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3117" your|strong="H1245" animals|strong="H0929" was|strong="H3117" attacked|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3117" mauled/killed|strong="H2026" by|strong="H3027" a|strong="H3117" wild|strong="H7704" animal|strong="H2966", I|strong="H3117" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" bring|strong="H2398" it|strong="H3915" to|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3117". I|strong="H3117" replaced|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3117" dead|strong="H4191" animal|strong="H2966" with|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3117" living|strong="H2416" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3117" my|strong="H1245" own|strong="H3027" animals|strong="H0929". Whenever|strong="H3117" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3117" your|strong="H1245" animals|strong="H0929" was|strong="H3117" stolen|strong="H1589", during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" or|strong="H3808" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" night|strong="H3915", you|strong="H3117" demanded|strong="H7592" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" replace|strong="H2498" it|strong="H3915" with|strong="H3117" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3117" my|strong="H1245" own|strong="H3027" animals|strong="H0929". 
\verseNumber{40}I|strong="H3117" suffered|strong="H5414" from|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" heat|strong="H2721" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" from|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" cold|strong="H7135" at|strong="H3117" night|strong="H3915". I|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" often|strong="H1767" not|strong="H1961" even|strong="H5869" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1961" sleep|strong="H8142" [PRS]! 
\verseNumber{41}I|strong="H2088" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H8141" your|strong="H2088" household|strong="H1004" for|strong="H1004" 20 years|strong="H8141". I|strong="H2088" worked|strong="H5647" for|strong="H1004" you|strong="H5647" for|strong="H1004" 14 years|strong="H8141" to|strong="H1004" buy|strong="H7069" your|strong="H2088" two|strong="H8147" daughters|strong="H1323", and|strong="H6242" for|strong="H1004" six|strong="H8337" more|strong="H3254" years|strong="H8141" to|strong="H1004" buy|strong="H7069" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H2088" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H6242" goats|strong="H5795". During|strong="H3117" that|strong="H8141" time|strong="H8147", you|strong="H5647" changed|strong="H2498" and|strong="H6242" reduced|strong="H7739" my|strong="H2498" wages|strong="H4909" many|strong="H7227" times|strong="H4489" [HYP]. 
\verseNumber{42}If|strong="H3588" God|strong="H7971", the|strong="H7200" one|strong="H1961" whom|strong="H3588" my|strong="H7200" grandfather|strong="H0001" Abraham|strong="H0085" worshiped|strong="H7812" and|strong="H7971" before|strong="H7200" whom|strong="H3588" my|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001" Isaac|strong="H3327" trembled|strong="H2729" in|strong="H7200" fear|strong="H6343", had|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" with|strong="H3198" me|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" helped|strong="H5826" me|strong="H7971", you|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0014" have|strong="H1961" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" away|strong="H7971" ◄with|strong="H3198" nothing|strong="H7387" in|strong="H7200" my|strong="H7200" hands|strong="H3709"/owning|strong="H2220" nothing|strong="H7387"►! But|strong="H3588" God|strong="H7971" saw|strong="H7200" how|strong="H3588" much|strong="H7227" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" suffering|strong="H6040" and|strong="H7971" how|strong="H3588" hard|strong="H7186" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" working|strong="H4639", so|strong="H7971" last|strong="H3588" night|strong="H3915" he|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" what|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" was|strong="H1961" wrong|strong="H7451".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jacob|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" Laban|strong="H3837" made|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" solemn|strong="H6116" promise|strong="H1697" not|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7971" harm|strong="H7971" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312" }
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\verseNumber{43}Laban|strong="H3837" replied|strong="H6030", “These|strong="H6213" two|strong="H6213" women|strong="H1323" are|strong="H3117" my|strong="H3605" daughters|strong="H1323", and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" are|strong="H3117" my|strong="H3605" grandchildren|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929" are|strong="H3117" my|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929". Everything|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" see|strong="H7200" here|strong="H6311" is|strong="H1931" mine|strong="H7200" [HYP]! But|strong="H7200" what|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3117" do|strong="H6213" today|strong="H3117" to|strong="H6213" keep|strong="H6213" my|strong="H3605" daughters|strong="H1323" or|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1121" given|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H6213" [RHQ]? 
\verseNumber{44}I|strong="H6258" cannot|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3212" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3212" keep|strong="H1961" them|strong="H1961", so|strong="H1961" hey|strong="H1945", we|strong="H6258" should|strong="H3068" make|strong="H3772" a|strong="H1961" peace|strong="H7965" agreement|strong="H1285", you|strong="H3772" and|strong="H3212" I|strong="H6258", and|strong="H3212" do|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" remind|strong="H5046" us|strong="H1961" about|strong="H1961" our|strong="H1961" agreement|strong="H1285".” 
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\verseNumber{45}So|strong="H3947" Jacob|strong="H3290" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w large|strong="H1419"\+w*} stone|strong="H0068" and|strong="H3290" set|strong="H7311" it|strong="H3947" on|strong="H5921" its|strong="H3947" end|strong="H7093". 
\verseNumber{46}Then|strong="H3947" Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3947" relatives|strong="H0251", “You|strong="H5921" also|strong="H6213" gather|strong="H3950" some|strong="H8033" stones|strong="H0068".” So|strong="H6213" they|strong="H8033" gathered|strong="H3950" some|strong="H8033" rocks|strong="H5553" and|strong="H8033" put|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" heap|strong="H1530", and|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" ate|strong="H0398" some|strong="H8033" food|strong="H3899" there|strong="H8033" near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" heap|strong="H1530". 
\verseNumber{47}Laban|strong="H3837" gave|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7121" heap|strong="H1530" the|strong="H7121" Aramaic|strong="H0762" name|strong="H7121" Jegar-Sahadutha|strong="H3026", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘rock-pile \+w to|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w remind|strong="H5046"\+w* us’,} but|strong="H3290" Jacob|strong="H3290" gave|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7121" rock-pile the|strong="H7121" Hebrew|strong="H5680" name|strong="H7121" Galeed|strong="H1567", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3290"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w same|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w meaning|strong="H0998"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{48}Laban|strong="H3837" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5921" Jacob|strong="H3290", “This|strong="H2088" pile|strong="H1530" of|strong="H3117" rocks|strong="H5553" we|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3117" put|strong="H5414" here|strong="H2088" today|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" help|strong="H5826" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" remember|strong="H2142" our|strong="H5921" agreement|strong="H7284".” That|strong="H3117" is|strong="H2088" why|strong="H5921" Jacob|strong="H3290" called|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121" Galeed|strong="H1567". 
\verseNumber{49}They|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3068" named|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3588" place|strong="H4725" Mizpah|strong="H4709", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘watchtower’,} because|strong="H3588" Laban|strong="H3837" said|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" ask|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" watch|strong="H6822" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5641" while|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" separated|strong="H6504" from|strong="H3068" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H7453", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w try|strong="H0974"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w harm|strong="H7463"\+w* \+w each|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w other|strong="H7453"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{50}If|strong="H7200" you|strong="H5921" mistreat|strong="H6031" my|strong="H7200" daughters|strong="H1323", or|strong="H7200" if|strong="H7200" you|strong="H5921" take|strong="H3947" other|strong="H0312" women|strong="H1323" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3947" wives|strong="H0802", even|strong="H5921" if|strong="H7200" no|strong="H3947" one|strong="H7200" tells|strong="H1696" me|strong="H7200" about|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921", don’t|strong="H0408" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H7200" God|strong="H0430" sees|strong="H7200" what|strong="H7200" you|strong="H5921" and|strong="H7200" I|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1323" doing|strong="H6213"!” 
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\verseNumber{51}Laban|strong="H3837" also|strong="H2088" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H2088" Jacob|strong="H3290", “You|strong="H3384" see|strong="H2009" this|strong="H2088" large|strong="H1419" stone|strong="H1530" and|strong="H3290" this|strong="H2088" pile|strong="H1530" of|strong="H4676" rocks|strong="H5553" that|strong="H2088" we|strong="H2009" have|strong="H1530" set|strong="H3384" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H2088" be|strong="H3290" between|strong="H0996" us|strong="H3384". 
\verseNumber{52}Both|strong="H8147" this|strong="H2088" pile|strong="H1530" of|strong="H4676" rocks|strong="H5553" and|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088" large|strong="H1419" stone|strong="H1530" will|strong="H3808" remind|strong="H5046" us|strong="H7451", that|strong="H2088" I|strong="H2088" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H5674" past|strong="H5674" these|strong="H2088" rocks|strong="H5553" to|strong="H5674" harm|strong="H7451" you|strong="H3808", and|strong="H2088" you|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H5674" past|strong="H5674" these|strong="H2088" rocks|strong="H5553" to|strong="H5674" harm|strong="H7451" me|strong="H5674". 
\verseNumber{53}We|strong="H0587" will|strong="H3290" ask|strong="H7592" the|strong="H8199" God|strong="H0430" whom|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w grandfather|strong="H0001"\+w*} Abraham|strong="H0085" and|strong="H3290" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3327"\+w* \+w father|strong="H0001"\+w*} Nahor|strong="H5152" worshiped|strong="H7812" to|strong="H7650" punish|strong="H6485" [MTY] either|strong="H3290" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H6343" us|strong="H8199", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w we|strong="H0587"\+w* \+w harm|strong="H7463"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w one|strong="H0259"\+w*}.” 
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So|strong="H7650" Jacob|strong="H3290" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650" to|strong="H7650" do|strong="H7650" what|strong="H6343" they|strong="H1992" said|strong="H0559" in|strong="H8199" their|strong="H3290" peace|strong="H7965" agreement|strong="H7284". And|strong="H3290" he|strong="H7650" asked|strong="H7592" God|strong="H0430", the|strong="H8199" one|strong="H0259" before|strong="H6440" whom|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3327" father|strong="H0001" Isaac|strong="H3327" trembled|strong="H2729", to|strong="H7650" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H7650" what|strong="H6343" they|strong="H1992" promised|strong="H7650". 
\verseNumber{54}He|strong="H7121" offered|strong="H2076" a|strong="H7121" sacrifice|strong="H2077" to|strong="H7121" God|strong="H0430" there|strong="H2022" in|strong="H3899" the|strong="H7121" hilly area|strong="H2022", and|strong="H3899" he|strong="H7121" invited|strong="H7121" his|strong="H7121" relatives|strong="H0251" to|strong="H7121" eat|strong="H3899" with|strong="H3899" him|strong="H7121". After|strong="H7121" they|strong="H7121" had|strong="H3290" eaten|strong="H0398", they|strong="H7121" slept|strong="H7901" there|strong="H2022" that|strong="H7121" night|strong="H3885". 
\verseNumber{55}The|strong="H3605" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242" Laban|strong="H3837" kissed|strong="H5401" his|strong="H3605" grandchildren|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" daughters|strong="H1323" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{goodbye} and|strong="H3967" asked|strong="H7592" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H0413" bless|strong="H1288" them|strong="H5414". Then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w*} left|strong="H7604" them|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3967" returned|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jacob sent gifts to Esau as he prepared to meet him }
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\chapterNumber{32}As|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7725" family|strong="H4940" continued|strong="H5674" traveling|strong="H1980", some|strong="H4725" angels|strong="H4397", whom|strong="H0834" God|strong="H0430" sent|strong="H7725", met|strong="H6298" him|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{2}When|strong="H1980" Jacob|strong="H3290" saw|strong="H3290" them|strong="H1870", he|strong="H1980" said|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H1870" is|strong="H1870" God’s|strong="H0430" army|strong="H2428" camp|strong="H4264"!” So|strong="H1980" he|strong="H1980" named|strong="H7121" that|strong="H4397" place|strong="H4725" Mahanaim|strong="H4266", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w two|strong="H1980"\+w* camps’}. 
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\verseNumber{3}Jacob|strong="H3290" told|strong="H5046" some|strong="H4725" of|strong="H8034" the|strong="H7200" men|strong="H8034" to|strong="H7121" go|strong="H1980" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H8034" him|strong="H7121" to|strong="H7121" his|strong="H7121" older|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H0251" Esau|strong="H6215", who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H8034" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H8034" Seir|strong="H8165", the|strong="H7200" land|strong="H4725" where|strong="H4725" the|strong="H7200" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H8034" Edom|strong="H0112" lived|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H7971" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H7971", “This|strong="H6440" is|strong="H6440" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H6440" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H7971" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7971" Esau|strong="H6215": 'I, Jacob|strong="H3290", want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H7971" be|strong="H6440" your|strong="H6440" servant|strong="H5650" and|strong="H7971" I|strong="H6440" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H7971" be|strong="H6440" my|strong="H7971" master|strong="H0113". I|strong="H6440" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" living|strong="H2416" with|strong="H6440" our|strong="H6440" uncle|strong="H1730" Laban|strong="H3837", and|strong="H7971" I|strong="H6440" have|strong="H1961" stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H6440" until|strong="H7704" now|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{5}I|strong="H5704" now|strong="H6258" own|strong="H5973" many|strong="H5704" cattle|strong="H4735", donkeys|strong="H2543", sheep|strong="H6629", goats|strong="H5795", and|strong="H5650" male|strong="H5650" and|strong="H5650" female|strong="H5347" slaves|strong="H5650". Now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H5704" am|strong="H1961" sending|strong="H7971" this|strong="H3541" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H6680", sir|strong="H0113", hoping|strong="H6960" that|strong="H5704" you|strong="H6680" will|strong="H5650" ◄be|strong="H5650" friendly|strong="H7965" toward|strong="H5973" me|strong="H5973"/treat|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5973" kindly|strong="H3820"► when|strong="H5704" I|strong="H5704" arrive|strong="H0935".’ “ 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H5650" went|strong="H4672" and|strong="H7971" gave|strong="H7971" that|strong="H5869" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7971" Esau|strong="H6215". When|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7971" Jacob|strong="H7971", they|strong="H1992" said|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H4672" went|strong="H4672" to|strong="H7971" your|strong="H7971" older|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H0251" Esau|strong="H6215". Now|strong="H1961" he|strong="H7971" is|strong="H5650" coming|strong="H5650" to|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971", and|strong="H7971" 400 men|strong="H5650" are|strong="H5869" coming|strong="H5650" with|strong="H5869" him|strong="H7971".” 
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\verseNumber{7}Jacob|strong="H3290" was|strong="H3290" very|strong="H1980" afraid|strong="H3372" and|strong="H3967" worried|strong="H1672". So|strong="H1980" he|strong="H1980" divided|strong="H0914" the|strong="H7725" people|strong="H1571" who|strong="H4397" were|strong="H3290" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H7725" into|strong="H1980" two|strong="H1980" groups|strong="H7218". He|strong="H1980" also|strong="H1571" divided|strong="H0914" the|strong="H7725" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3967" goats|strong="H5795", the|strong="H7725" cattle|strong="H4735", and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H7725" camels|strong="H1581", into|strong="H1980" two|strong="H1980" groups|strong="H7218". 
\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H8147" was|strong="H3290" thinking|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H0518" Esau|strong="H6215" and|strong="H5971" his|strong="H3290" men|strong="H5971" come|strong="H5971" and|strong="H5971" attack|strong="H5221" us|strong="H6629", perhaps|strong="H0194" one|strong="H8147" of|strong="H4264" the|strong="H3372" groups|strong="H7218" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H1241" left|strong="H7604" and|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H1241" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5971" escape|strong="H4422".” 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H1961" Jacob|strong="H3290" prayed|strong="H6419", “O|strong="H3069" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", whom|strong="H0834" my|strong="H1961" grandfather|strong="H0001" Abraham|strong="H0085" worshiped|strong="H7812" and|strong="H4264" my|strong="H1961" father|strong="H0001" Isaac|strong="H3327" worships|strong="H7812", you|strong="H5221" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H5221", ‘Go|strong="H1961" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1961" your|strong="H1961" own|strong="H1961" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H4264" to|strong="H1961" your|strong="H1961" relatives|strong="H0251", and|strong="H4264" I|strong="H6215" will|strong="H1961" ◄cause|strong="H1961" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961"/do|strong="H6213" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H1961" for|strong="H1961"► you|strong="H5221".’ 
\verseNumber{10}I|strong="H3068" am|strong="H3068" not|strong="H7725" worthy|strong="H4941" for|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" so|strong="H7725" kind|strong="H4327" and|strong="H3068" faithful|strong="H0539" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725" in|strong="H3068" so|strong="H7725" many|strong="H7227" ways|strong="H1870", your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650". I|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" only|strong="H0389" this|strong="H7725" walking|strong="H1980" stick|strong="H6086" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H7725" when|strong="H7725" I|strong="H3068" crossed|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3068" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w way|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Haran|strong="H2771"\+w*}, but|strong="H7725" now|strong="H3327" I|strong="H3068" am|strong="H3068" so|strong="H7725" wealthy|strong="H1431" that|strong="H3068" there|strong="H7725" are|strong="H3068" two|strong="H8147" large|strong="H1419" groups|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" family|strong="H4940" and|strong="H3068" possessions|strong="H7399". 
\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H6213" now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H3588" pray|strong="H6419" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" rescue|strong="H5337" me|strong="H6213" from|strong="H1961" [MTY] my|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w* } brother|strong="H0251" Esau|strong="H6215", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H3372" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" and|strong="H5650" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5650" will|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961" and|strong="H5650" attack|strong="H5221" and|strong="H5650" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H6213" and|strong="H5650" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" and|strong="H5650" their|strong="H3605" mothers|strong="H0517". 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H3588" do|strong="H4994" not|strong="H6435" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1121" certainly|strong="H3588" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5921" prosper|strong="H6743", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1121" cause|strong="H2600" your|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3027" as|strong="H3588" numerous|strong="H7227" as|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" grains|strong="H4579" of|strong="H1121" sand|strong="H2344" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" seashore|strong="H3220", which|strong="H6215" are|strong="H1121" so|strong="H6435" many|strong="H7227" that|strong="H3588" no|strong="H6435" one|strong="H1121" can|strong="H1121" count|strong="H5608" them|strong="H5921".’” 
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\verseNumber{13}Jacob|strong="H5608" slept|strong="H7901" there|strong="H7230" that|strong="H3808" night|strong="H3915". The|strong="H7760" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242" he|strong="H3808" selected|strong="H0977" some|strong="H4480" animals|strong="H0929" to|strong="H3220" give|strong="H7760" to|strong="H3220" his|strong="H7760" brother|strong="H0251" Esau|strong="H6215". 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H1931" selected|strong="H3947" 200 female|strong="H5347" goats|strong="H5795" and|strong="H3027" 20 male|strong="H2145" goats|strong="H5795", 200 female|strong="H5347" sheep|strong="H4480" and|strong="H3027" 20 male|strong="H2145" sheep|strong="H4480", 
\verseNumber{15}30 female|strong="H5795" camels|strong="H1581" and|strong="H3967" their|strong="H3605" offspring|strong="H2233", 40 cows|strong="H6510" and|strong="H3967" ten|strong="H6235" bulls|strong="H6499", 20 female|strong="H5795" donkeys|strong="H2543" and|strong="H3967" 10 male|strong="H8495" donkeys|strong="H2543". 
\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H6242" divided|strong="H0914" them|strong="H1121" into|strong="H0413" small|strong="H6996" herds|strong="H1241", and|strong="H1121" put|strong="H5414" each|strong="H0376" herd|strong="H1241" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H1121" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1121" servants|strong="H5650". He|strong="H6242" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1121" servants|strong="H5650", “Go|strong="H1980" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" me|strong="H1121", one|strong="H1121" group|strong="H7235" at|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1121" time|strong="H6256", and|strong="H1121" keep|strong="H8104" some|strong="H4480" space|strong="H3117" between|strong="H0996" each|strong="H0376" herd|strong="H1241".” 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H3027" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" servant|strong="H5650" who|strong="H5650" was|strong="H3027" going|strong="H5674" with|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" first|strong="H6440" group|strong="H7235", “When|strong="H5674" my|strong="H5414" brother|strong="H0251" Esau|strong="H6215" meets|strong="H6293" you|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3027" he|strong="H3027" asks|strong="H7592" you|strong="H5414", ‘To|strong="H5414" whom|strong="H6440" do|strong="H3027" you|strong="H5414" belong|strong="H1961", and|strong="H3027" where|strong="H3027" are|strong="H3027" you|strong="H5414" going|strong="H5674", and|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5414" whom|strong="H6440" do|strong="H3027" these|strong="H7760" animals|strong="H0929" in|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3027" you|strong="H5414" belong|strong="H1961"?’ 
\verseNumber{18}tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H6440", ‘They|strong="H3588" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3212" your|strong="H6440" servant|strong="H5650" Jacob|strong="H3290". He|strong="H3588" has|strong="H4310" sent|strong="H6680" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3212" you|strong="H3588" as|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" gift|strong="H4976", sir|strong="H0113". And|strong="H3212" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H4310" coming|strong="H0935" behind|strong="H0310" us|strong="H6440".’” 
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\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1571" said|strong="H0559" the|strong="H7971" same|strong="H1931" thing|strong="H1931" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" servants|strong="H5650" who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H5650" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H5650" the|strong="H7971" second|strong="H8145" and|strong="H7971" third|strong="H7992" groups|strong="H7218", and|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" other|strong="H0312" herdsmen|strong="H7462". He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971", “When|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" meet|strong="H7122" Esau|strong="H6215", I|strong="H2009" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" same|strong="H1931" thing|strong="H1931" that|strong="H1931" I|strong="H2009" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H7971" first|strong="H7223" servant|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H1980" be|strong="H1697" sure|strong="H0539" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696" ‘Jacob|strong="H3290", who|strong="H3605" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H1696" serve|strong="H1980" you|strong="H6680", is|strong="H2088" coming|strong="H1980" behind|strong="H1980" us|strong="H4672".’” Jacob|strong="H3290" told|strong="H1696" them|strong="H6680" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3605" because|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1697" thinking|strong="H0559", “Perhaps|strong="H0194" these|strong="H2088" gifts|strong="H4979" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H1697" am|strong="H1980" sending|strong="H7971" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1697" me|strong="H1696" will|strong="H1571" cause|strong="H1697" him|strong="H4672" to|strong="H1696" ◄act|strong="H1980" peacefully|strong="H7965" toward|strong="H1980"/stop|strong="H2308" being|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H1980"► me|strong="H1696". Then|strong="H1980" later|strong="H7992", when|strong="H1696" I|strong="H1697" see|strong="H7200" him|strong="H4672", perhaps|strong="H0194" he|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1571" be|strong="H1697" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696".” 
\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H6440" men|strong="H5650" taking|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" gifts|strong="H4503" [PRS] went|strong="H1980" ahead|strong="H6440", but|strong="H3588" Jacob|strong="H3290" himself|strong="H6440" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" camp|strong="H4264" that|strong="H3588" night|strong="H3915". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jacob|strong="H3290" wrestled|strong="H0079" with|strong="H1980" Yahweh|strong="H3068" }
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\verseNumber{22}Some|strong="H4480" time|strong="H6440" during|strong="H3117" that|strong="H1931" night|strong="H3915", Jacob|strong="H3885" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H5921" and|strong="H6440" took|strong="H5674" his|strong="H6440" two|strong="H8147" wives|strong="H0802", his|strong="H6440" two|strong="H8147" female|strong="H5347" slaves|strong="H5650", and|strong="H6440" his|strong="H6440" eleven|strong="H0259" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H6440" his|strong="H6440" daughter|strong="H1323", and|strong="H6440" he|strong="H1931" sent|strong="H5674" them|strong="H5921" across|strong="H5674" the|strong="H6440" ford|strong="H5674" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" Jabbok|strong="H2999" River|strong="H5104". 
\verseNumber{23}After|strong="H6965" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H8198" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1931", he|strong="H1931" sent|strong="H5674" other|strong="H8147" slaves|strong="H8198", carrying|strong="H5375" all|strong="H5674" his|strong="H3947" possessions|strong="H7399", across|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3947" river|strong="H5104". 
\verseNumber{24}So|strong="H3947" Jacob|strong="H3290" was|strong="H3068" left|strong="H5674" there|strong="H5158" alone|strong="H0905". But|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" man|strong="H5674" came|strong="H5674" and|strong="H3947" wrestled|strong="H0079" with|strong="H3947" him|strong="H3947" until|strong="H5704" dawn|strong="H7837". 
\verseNumber{25}When|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" man|strong="H0376" realized|strong="H3045" that|strong="H5704" he|strong="H5704" was|strong="H3290" not|strong="H5927" winning against|strong="H5973" Jacob|strong="H3290", he|strong="H5704" struck|strong="H5221" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" hip|strong="H5384" and|strong="H5927" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5704" thigh|strong="H3409" bone|strong="H6106" to|strong="H5704" pull|strong="H2040" away|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5704" hip|strong="H5384" socket|strong="H3709". 
\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" man|strong="H7200" said|strong="H0559", “Let|strong="H3808" me|strong="H7200" go|strong="H3201", because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" soon|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3808" daylight|strong="H8121".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Jacob|strong="H3290"\+w* \+w realized|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3290"\+w* \+w really|strong="H2088"\+w* wrestling \+w with|strong="H5973"\+w*}. So|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" bless|strong="H1288" me|strong="H7200", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" let|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3588" go|strong="H3201"!” 
\verseNumber{27}The|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7971", “What|strong="H5927" is|strong="H7837" your|strong="H3588" name|strong="H8034"?” He|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “Jacob|strong="H7971".” 
\verseNumber{28}The|strong="H8034" man|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H4100" name|strong="H8034" will|strong="H3290" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H8034" Jacob|strong="H3290". Your|strong="H4100" name|strong="H8034" will|strong="H3290" be|strong="H8034" Israel|strong="H3478", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w he|strong="H3290"\+w* struggles \+w with|strong="H8034"\+w* God’,} because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H4100" have|strong="H8034" struggled|strong="H5327" with|strong="H8034" God|strong="H0430" and|strong="H3290" with|strong="H8034" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3290" you|strong="H4100" have|strong="H8034" won|strong="H1589".” 
\verseNumber{29}Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559", “Now|strong="H3588", please|strong="H4994" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5973" your|strong="H3588" name|strong="H8034"!” The|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" replied|strong="H0559", “◄Why|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3201" you|strong="H3588" ask|strong="H7592" me|strong="H5973" what|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3290" name|strong="H8034" is|strong="H8034"?/You|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" ask|strong="H7592" me|strong="H5973" what|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3290" name|strong="H8034" is|strong="H8034"!►” [RHQ] But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" blessed|strong="H1288" Jacob|strong="H3290" there|strong="H8034". 
\verseNumber{30}So|strong="H2088" Jacob|strong="H3290" named|strong="H8034" the|strong="H1288" place|strong="H8033" Peniel|strong="H6439", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* face’,} saying|strong="H0559" “I|strong="H2088" looked|strong="H7200" directly|strong="H5227" at|strong="H8033" God|strong="H0430", but|strong="H4100" I|strong="H2088" did|strong="H4100" not|strong="H2088" die|strong="H4191" because|strong="H8033" of|strong="H8034" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H2088".” 
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\verseNumber{31}The|strong="H6440" sun|strong="H8121" was|strong="H8034" rising|strong="H4217" as|strong="H5315" Jacob|strong="H3290" left|strong="H7604" Peniel|strong="H6439", and|strong="H6440" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H8034" limping|strong="H6760" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H6440" what|strong="H7200" had|strong="H3588" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H6440" his|strong="H7121" hip|strong="H5384". 
\verseNumber{32}The|strong="H5921" muscle on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" hip|strong="H3409" joint|strong="H6504" had|strong="H8121" been|strong="H5674" injured|strong="H8295". So|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5921" this|strong="H1931" present|strong="H7126" time|strong="H5921", because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" what|strong="H5921" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5921" Jacob|strong="H3290", the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1931" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5674" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H5921" muscle/tendon that|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" attached|strong="H2266" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" socket|strong="H3709" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" hips|strong="H3409" of|strong="H5921" animals|strong="H0929". 

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\chapterNumber{33}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w Jacob|strong="H3290"\+w* \+w joined|strong="H2266"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w family|strong="H4940"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Later|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w* } Jacob|strong="H3290" looked|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5375" and|strong="H3967" saw|strong="H7200" Esau|strong="H6215" coming|strong="H2009", and|strong="H3967" there|strong="H2009" were|strong="H5869" 400 men|strong="H3206" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jacob|strong="H3290"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3206"\+w* \+w worried|strong="H1672"\+w* \+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w*}, so|strong="H5375" he|strong="H8147" separated|strong="H2673" the|strong="H5921" children|strong="H3206". He|strong="H8147" put|strong="H8147" Leah’s|strong="H3812" children|strong="H3206" with|strong="H5973" Leah|strong="H3812", Rachel’s|strong="H7354" children|strong="H3206" with|strong="H5973" Rachel|strong="H7354", and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" female|strong="H8198" slaves’ children|strong="H3206" with|strong="H5973" their|strong="H5375" mothers|strong="H0517". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H3130" put|strong="H7760" the|strong="H7760" two|strong="H8147" female|strong="H8198" slaves|strong="H8198" and|strong="H7223" their|strong="H7760" children|strong="H3206" in|strong="H7760" front|strong="H7223". He|strong="H3130" put|strong="H7760" Leah|strong="H3812" and|strong="H7223" her|strong="H7760" children|strong="H3206" next|strong="H4283". He|strong="H3130" put|strong="H7760" Rachel|strong="H7354" and|strong="H7223" Joseph|strong="H3130" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H7760" rear|strong="H3411". 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H1931" himself|strong="H1931" went|strong="H5674" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440" all|strong="H5704", and|strong="H6440" as|strong="H5704" he|strong="H1931" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5704" approach|strong="H5066" his|strong="H6440" older|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H0251", he|strong="H1931" prostrated|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H1931" with|strong="H6440" his|strong="H6440" face|strong="H6440" on|strong="H5674" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440" seven|strong="H7651" times|strong="H6471". 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H5921" Esau|strong="H6215" ran|strong="H7323" to|strong="H5921" Jacob|strong="H3290". He|strong="H5921" hugged|strong="H5307" him|strong="H5921", put|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5921" arms|strong="H2220" around|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" neck|strong="H6677", and|strong="H7323" kissed|strong="H5401" him|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" cheek|strong="H3895". And|strong="H7323" they|strong="H5921" both|strong="H5921" cried|strong="H1058". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H5375" Esau|strong="H4310" looked|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5375" and|strong="H5869" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" women|strong="H0802" and|strong="H5869" the|strong="H7200" children|strong="H3206". He|strong="H4310" asked|strong="H7592", “Who|strong="H4310" are|strong="H5869" these|strong="H0428" people|strong="H5869" who|strong="H4310" are|strong="H5869" with|strong="H5869" you|strong="H7200"?” Jacob|strong="H3290" replied|strong="H0559", “These|strong="H0428" are|strong="H5869" the|strong="H7200" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H5869" children|strong="H3206" that|strong="H7200" God|strong="H4310" has|strong="H4310" graciously|strong="H2603"/kindly|strong="H3820" given|strong="H5650" to|strong="H5650" me|strong="H7200".” 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H5066" the|strong="H7812" female|strong="H8198" slaves|strong="H8198" and|strong="H5066" their|strong="H7812" children|strong="H3206" came|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" and|strong="H5066" bowed|strong="H7812" in|strong="H3206" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3206" Esau|strong="H6215". 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H1571" Leah|strong="H3812" and|strong="H5066" her|strong="H1571" children|strong="H3206" came|strong="H5066" and|strong="H5066" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812". Finally|strong="H5066" Joseph|strong="H3130" and|strong="H5066" Rachel|strong="H7354" came|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" and|strong="H5066" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812". 
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\verseNumber{8}Esau|strong="H4310" asked|strong="H7592", “What|strong="H4310" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3605" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H5869" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H2088" saw|strong="H7200"?” Jacob|strong="H3290" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H2088" am|strong="H1961" giving|strong="H5414" them|strong="H4672" to|strong="H5869" you|strong="H3605", sir|strong="H0113", so|strong="H2088" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H4310" feel|strong="H5869" good|strong="H5869" toward|strong="H0413" me|strong="H4672".” 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H1961" Esau|strong="H6215" replied|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251", I|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" enough|strong="H7227" animals|strong="H1961"! Keep|strong="H1961" for|strong="H1961" yourself|strong="H0859" the|strong="H1961" animals|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3426" you|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961"!” 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H3588" Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H3651", “No|strong="H4672", please|strong="H4994", if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" feel|strong="H5869" good|strong="H5869" toward|strong="H5921" me|strong="H6440", accept|strong="H7521" these|strong="H3947" gifts|strong="H4503" from|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440". You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5869" greeted|strong="H7592" me|strong="H6440" very|strong="H3651" kindly|strong="H6440". Seeing|strong="H7200" your|strong="H3947" smiling face|strong="H6440" assures me|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w forgiven|strong="H5545"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6440"\+w*}. It|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3027" like|strong="H3651" seeing|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" face|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3027" God|strong="H3027"! 
\verseNumber{11}Please|strong="H4994" accept|strong="H3947" these|strong="H3947" gifts|strong="H4979" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3426" brought|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H3588" acted|strong="H6213" kindly|strong="H3820" toward|strong="H0413" me|strong="H4994", and|strong="H3947" I|strong="H3588" still|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3426" plenty|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929"!” Jacob|strong="H3290" kept|strong="H6484" on|strong="H3605" urging|strong="H6680" him|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3947" accept|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929", and|strong="H3947" finally|strong="H5704" he|strong="H3588" accepted|strong="H3947" them|strong="H3947". 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H5265" Esau|strong="H6215" said|strong="H0559", “Let’s|strong="H1980" continue|strong="H1961" traveling|strong="H5265" together|strong="H3162", and|strong="H3212" I|strong="H3212" will|strong="H3068" show|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5048" road|strong="H1870" to|strong="H3212" you|strong="H3212".” 
\verseNumber{13}Jacob|strong="H3290" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w no|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w intention|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w go|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Esau|strong="H6215"\+w*}, but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045", sir|strong="H0113", that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H3206" are|strong="H3117" weak|strong="H7390", and|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" take|strong="H3045" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" female|strong="H5347" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3117" cows|strong="H1241" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" ◄sucking|strong="H2461" their|strong="H3605" mother’s|strong="H0517" milk|strong="H2461"/nursing|strong="H5763" their|strong="H3605" young|strong="H1241"►. If|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" force|strong="H2394" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H4191" walk|strong="H1980" fast|strong="H6685" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" long|strong="H3117" distance|strong="H7350" in|strong="H5921" just|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117", the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929" will|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" die|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{14}You|strong="H6440" go|strong="H5674" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440". I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5650" lead|strong="H5095" the|strong="H6440" animals|strong="H0929" slowly, but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5650" walk|strong="H5674" as|strong="H5704" fast|strong="H6685" as|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" children|strong="H3206" and|strong="H5650" animals|strong="H0929" can|strong="H5650" walk|strong="H5674". I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5650" catch|strong="H3920" up|strong="H5704" with|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" in|strong="H6440" Seir|strong="H8165", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w land|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Edom|strong="H0112"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{15}Esau|strong="H6215" said|strong="H0559", “Then|strong="H2088" allow|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H5971" leave|strong="H4480" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5973" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H5869" the|strong="H4480" men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" came|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H4994", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w protect|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5973"\+w*}.” But|strong="H5971" Jacob|strong="H3290" replied|strong="H0559", “◄Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" that|strong="H5971"?/There|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" no|strong="H4480" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H5971" do|strong="H4100" that|strong="H5971"!► [RHQ] The|strong="H4480" only|strong="H0389" thing|strong="H2088" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H2088" want|strong="H4270" is|strong="H2088" for|strong="H5869" you|strong="H5973" to|strong="H5971" act|strong="H4994" friendly|strong="H7965" toward|strong="H4480" me|strong="H4994".” 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H7725" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" Esau|strong="H6215" left|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Seir|strong="H8165". 
\verseNumber{17}But|strong="H3651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w instead|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w going|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Seir|strong="H8165"\+w*}, Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H1004" his|strong="H7121" family|strong="H1004" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w place|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} Succoth|strong="H5523". There|strong="H8034" he|strong="H6213" built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H6213" house|strong="H1004" for|strong="H5921" himself|strong="H6213" and|strong="H1004" his|strong="H7121" family|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1004" built|strong="H1129" shelters|strong="H5521" for|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7121" livestock|strong="H4735". That|strong="H3651" is|strong="H8034" the|strong="H5921" reason|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3651" named|strong="H7121" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4725" Succoth|strong="H5523", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3651"\+w* ‘shelters’}. 
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\verseNumber{18}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w later|strong="H0310"\+w*,} Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H5892" his|strong="H6440" family|strong="H4940" left|strong="H7604" Paddan-Aram|strong="H6307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H2583"\+w* \+w Mesopotamia|strong="H0763"\+w*}, and|strong="H5892" they|strong="H6440" traveled|strong="H5265" safely|strong="H8003" to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Canaan|strong="H3667" region|strong="H2256". There|strong="H6440" they|strong="H6440" set|strong="H3290" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H6440" tents|strong="H2583" in|strong="H2583" a|strong="H6440" field|strong="H7704" near|strong="H6440" Shechem|strong="H7927" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{19}One|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3027" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3027" people|strong="H1121" in|strong="H1121" that|strong="H1121" area|strong="H1508" was|strong="H1121" named|strong="H7121" Hamor|strong="H2544". Hamor|strong="H2544" had|strong="H3027" several|strong="H2669" sons|strong="H1121". Jacob|strong="H8033" paid|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hamor|strong="H2544" 100 pieces|strong="H7192" of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H7192" for|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" piece|strong="H2513" of|strong="H1121" ground|strong="H7704" on|strong="H3027" which|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5186" tents|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{20}He|strong="H8033" built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H7121" stone|strong="H0068" altar|strong="H4196" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H3478" named|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121" El-Elohe Israel|strong="H3478", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*, \+w the|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4196"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}.’ 

\BibleSectionHeading{Hamor’s son Shechem raped Jacob’s daughter Dinah }
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\chapterNumber{34}One|strong="H7200" day|strong="H3117" Dinah|strong="H1783", the|strong="H7200" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H7200" Leah|strong="H3812", went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" visit|strong="H7200" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H7200" women|strong="H1323" in|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" area|strong="H1508". 
\verseNumber{2}Shechem|strong="H7927", one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7200" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hamor|strong="H2544", the|strong="H7200" ruler|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H7200" area|strong="H1508" who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7200" Hiv people-group, saw|strong="H7200" her|strong="H3947". He|strong="H1121" wanted|strong="H2654" her|strong="H3947". So|strong="H3947" he|strong="H1121" grabbed|strong="H2388" her|strong="H3947" and|strong="H1121" forced|strong="H6031" her|strong="H3947" to|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H7901" him|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H5921" [SYN] was|strong="H3820" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H5921" attracted|strong="H1692" to|strong="H1696" her|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3290" fell|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" love|strong="H0157" with|strong="H1696" her|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3290" he|strong="H5921" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H1696" get|strong="H3947" her|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" love|strong="H0157" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H3947" Shechem|strong="H7927" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947" father|strong="H0001" Hamor|strong="H2544", “Please|strong="H4994" get|strong="H3947" this|strong="H2063" girl|strong="H3207" for|strong="H3947" me|strong="H3947". I|strong="H0589" want|strong="H4270" her|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3947" become|strong="H1961" my|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802"!” 
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\verseNumber{5}Jacob|strong="H3290" very|strong="H5704" soon|strong="H3588" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3588" his|strong="H8085" daughter|strong="H1323" Dinah|strong="H1783" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" disgraced|strong="H0954"/defiled|strong="H2930". But|strong="H3588" his|strong="H8085" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" fields|strong="H7704" with|strong="H8085" his|strong="H8085" livestock|strong="H4735", so|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H1961" nothing|strong="H2790" about|strong="H1961" it|strong="H3588" until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3588" returned|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{6}In|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3318" meantime, Shechem’s|strong="H7927" father|strong="H0001" Hamor|strong="H2544" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H1696" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1696" Jacob|strong="H3290". 
\verseNumber{7}While|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3478" still|strong="H7901" talking|strong="H1696", Jacob’s|strong="H3290" sons|strong="H1121" came|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H8085" field|strong="H7704". When|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H4480" what|strong="H6213" had|strong="H3478" happened|strong="H6213", they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3478" shocked|strong="H8074" and|strong="H1121" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734". They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H8085", “Shechem|strong="H5039" has|strong="H3478" done|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3651" very|strong="H3966" disgraceful|strong="H5039" among|strong="H4480" us|strong="H6213" Israeli people|strong="H1121", something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" never|strong="H3808" should|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6213"!” 
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\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H1696" Hamor|strong="H2544" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5414", “My|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" Shechem|strong="H7927" really|strong="H2088" likes this|strong="H5414" girl|strong="H1323". Please|strong="H4994" allow|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" marry|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{9}Let’s|strong="H1980" make|strong="H5414" an|strong="H5414" agreement|strong="H7284": You|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H5414" our|strong="H5414" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H3947" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" wives|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1323" we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" our|strong="H5414" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H3947" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" wives|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{10}You|strong="H6440" can|strong="H4310" live|strong="H3427" among|strong="H3427" us|strong="H6440", and|strong="H6440" live|strong="H3427" anywhere|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3427" our|strong="H1961" land|strong="H6440" that|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6440" wish|strong="H2896". You|strong="H6440" can|strong="H4310" buy|strong="H7069" and|strong="H6440" sell|strong="H4376" things|strong="H1961" (OR|strong="H3427", travel|strong="H1980" around|strong="H6440") and|strong="H6440" if|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6440" find|strong="H4672" land|strong="H6440" that|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6440" want|strong="H4270", then|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6440" can|strong="H4310" buy|strong="H7069" it|strong="H6440".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H5414" Shechem|strong="H7927" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" Dinah’s|strong="H1783" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H5869" brothers|strong="H0251", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" feel|strong="H5869" good|strong="H5869" toward|strong="H0413" me|strong="H5414" and|strong="H5869" do|strong="H5869" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" asking|strong="H7592" for|strong="H5869", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5869" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H5414" ask|strong="H7592" for|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{12}Tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5414" what|strong="H5921" gifts|strong="H4976" you|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270" and|strong="H3966" what|strong="H5921" bride|strong="H3618" price|strong="H4242" you|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270", and|strong="H3966" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" what|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414" ask|strong="H7235" for|strong="H5921". I|strong="H5414" just|strong="H3512" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" give|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" girl|strong="H5291" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Dinah’s|strong="H1783" brothers|strong="H0251" got|strong="H6965" revenge|strong="H5360" }
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\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H6030" because|strong="H3588" Shechem|strong="H7927" had|strong="H3290" done|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1696" shameful|strong="H1322" thing|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" their|strong="H3290" sister|strong="H0269" Dinah|strong="H1783", the|strong="H1696" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290" deceived|strong="H7411" Shechem|strong="H7927" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H2930" father|strong="H1121" Hamor|strong="H2544" 
\verseNumber{14}by|strong="H5414" saying|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3201" them|strong="H5414", “No|strong="H3808", we|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588". We|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" give|strong="H5414" our|strong="H5414" sister|strong="H0269" to|strong="H3201" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H1697" a|strong="H6213" man|strong="H2088" who|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2088" not|strong="H3808" circumcised|strong="H4135", because|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" would|strong="H1697" be|strong="H3808" a|strong="H6213" shameful|strong="H1322" thing|strong="H1697" for|strong="H3588" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3201" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{15}We|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" do|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" only|strong="H3605" if|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" thing|strong="H2063": You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" become|strong="H1961" like|strong="H3644" us|strong="H1961" by|strong="H1961" circumcising|strong="H4135" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" males|strong="H2145" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1961" among|strong="H8432" you|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H1961" we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" our|strong="H5414" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H1961" your|strong="H5414" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5971" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H5414" wives|strong="H0802", and|strong="H5971" we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H1961" take|strong="H3947" your|strong="H5414" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5414" wives|strong="H0802" of|strong="H1323" our|strong="H5414" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5971". We|strong="H0587" will|strong="H1961" live|strong="H3427" among|strong="H3427" you|strong="H5414", and|strong="H5971" we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1961" people-group. 
\verseNumber{17}But|strong="H3808" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3947" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" agree|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1980" being|strong="H1961" circumcised|strong="H4135", we|strong="H8085" will|strong="H3808" take|strong="H3947" our|strong="H3947" sister|strong="H0269" and|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" back|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" our|strong="H3947" land|strong="H0776".” 
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\verseNumber{18}What|strong="H1697" they|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1697" pleased|strong="H3190" Hamor|strong="H2544" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7927" son|strong="H1121" Shechem|strong="H7927". 
\verseNumber{19}Shechem|strong="H7927" was|strong="H1931" very|strong="H6213" much|strong="H1697" in|strong="H1004" love|strong="H0157" with|strong="H1004" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" daughter|strong="H1323", so|strong="H6213" he|strong="H1931" quickly|strong="H4116" agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" they|strong="H3588" suggested|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{20}Shechem|strong="H7927" went|strong="H5892" with|strong="H1696" Hamor|strong="H2544" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1696" meeting|strong="H4150" place|strong="H4725" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H1696" city|strong="H5892" gate|strong="H8179", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5892" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1696" city|strong="H5892" leaders|strong="H7218", saying|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{21}“These|strong="H1992" men|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" friendly|strong="H8003" toward|strong="H6440" us|strong="H5414". We|strong="H2009" should|strong="H1323" let|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" live|strong="H3427" here|strong="H2009" and|strong="H3027" travel|strong="H1980" around|strong="H3027" (OR|strong="H3027", buy|strong="H3947" and|strong="H3027" sell|strong="H5414" things|strong="H1992") and|strong="H3027" if|strong="H2009" they|strong="H1992" find|strong="H3947" land|strong="H6440" that|strong="H5414" they|strong="H1992" want|strong="H4270", they|strong="H1992" can|strong="H3947" buy|strong="H3947" it|strong="H5414". There|strong="H2009" is|strong="H3027" plenty|strong="H7647" of|strong="H1323" land|strong="H6440" for|strong="H6440" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" live|strong="H3427" here|strong="H2009". Our|strong="H5414" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H1992" can|strong="H3947" marry|strong="H3947" their|strong="H5414" daughters|strong="H1323", and|strong="H3027" their|strong="H5414" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H1992" can|strong="H3947" marry|strong="H3947" our|strong="H5414" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H1961" these|strong="H1992" men|strong="H2145" will|strong="H1961" agree|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1961" live|strong="H3427" among|strong="H3427" us|strong="H1961" and|strong="H5971" become|strong="H1961" one|strong="H3605" people-group with|strong="H3427" us|strong="H1961" only|strong="H3605" if|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" our|strong="H3605" males|strong="H2145" are|strong="H1992" circumcised|strong="H4135", as|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992". 
\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H3808" if|strong="H0518" we|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605", just|strong="H3605" think|strong="H2803"! Their|strong="H3605" livestock|strong="H4735" and|strong="H3427" their|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H4735" and|strong="H3427" their|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929" will|strong="H3808" become|strong="H1961" ours|strong="H6440" [RHQ]! So|strong="H3808" we|strong="H3605" should|strong="H3068" agree|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3427" do|strong="H3605" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H1992" suggest, and|strong="H3427" then|strong="H3808" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3808" live|strong="H3427" among|strong="H3427" us|strong="H5414"!” 
\verseNumber{24}Shechem|strong="H7927" was|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" most|strong="H6944" respected|strong="H7230" person|strong="H5315" in|strong="H8085" his|strong="H3605" father’s|strong="H0001" household|strong="H1004", so|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" there|strong="H3605" at|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" gate|strong="H8179" agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3318" what|strong="H8085" Hamor|strong="H2544" and|strong="H1121" Shechem|strong="H7927" suggested|strong="H5414". So|strong="H3318" every|strong="H3605" male|strong="H2145" in|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" was|strong="H5892" circumcised|strong="H4135". 
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\verseNumber{25}On|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117" after|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605", when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" were|strong="H1961" still|strong="H5750" sore|strong="H3510" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" being|strong="H1961" circumcised|strong="H4135", two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" sons|strong="H1121", Simeon|strong="H8095" and|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878", who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" Dinah’s|strong="H1783" brothers|strong="H1121", took|strong="H3947" their|strong="H3605" swords|strong="H2719" and|strong="H1121" entered|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" without|strong="H2145" anyone|strong="H3605" opposing them|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{26}They|strong="H6310" even|strong="H1571" killed|strong="H2026" Hamor|strong="H2544" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" Shechem|strong="H7927". Then|strong="H3318" they|strong="H6310" took|strong="H3947" Dinah|strong="H1783" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" Shechem’s|strong="H7927" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1121" left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3947" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290" went|strong="H3290" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" dead|strong="H2491" bodies|strong="H6297" were|strong="H1121". They|strong="H5921" ◄looted|strong="H0962"/took|strong="H3947" everything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921"► the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H5921" get|strong="H3947" revenge|strong="H5360" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" shameful|strong="H1322" thing|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5892" had|strong="H3290" been|strong="H2930" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" sister|strong="H0269". 
\verseNumber{28}They|strong="H3947" took|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" people’s|strong="H5971" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H5892" goats|strong="H5795", their|strong="H3947" cattle|strong="H1241", their|strong="H3947" donkeys|strong="H2543", and|strong="H5892" everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750" that|strong="H5892" they|strong="H3947" wanted|strong="H2654" from|strong="H3947" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3947" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5892" from|strong="H3947" out|strong="H3947" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3947" countryside|strong="H7704". 
\verseNumber{29}They|strong="H3605" took|strong="H7617" away|strong="H7617" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1004" valuable|strong="H3368", even|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H2945" and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802". They|strong="H3605" seized|strong="H7617" and|strong="H1004" took|strong="H7617" away|strong="H7617" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" houses|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H5221" Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" Simeon|strong="H8095" and|strong="H1004" Levi|strong="H3878", “You|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1004" caused|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5221" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H1004" trouble|strong="H5916" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921"! Now|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" Perizzi people-group and|strong="H1004" everyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750" who|strong="H3427" lives|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" this|strong="H1004" land|strong="H0776" will|strong="H1004" ◄hate|strong="H8130" me|strong="H5921"/say|strong="H0559" my|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034" stinks►! I|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1004" many|strong="H4557" men|strong="H4962" to|strong="H5921" fight|strong="H3898" for|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921", so|strong="H3427" if|strong="H0518" they|strong="H5921" all|strong="H4557" gather|strong="H6908" together|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1004" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1004" attack|strong="H5221" us|strong="H5921", they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1004" destroy|strong="H8045" us|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1004" all|strong="H4557" our|strong="H5921" household|strong="H1004"!” 
\verseNumber{31}But|strong="H3588" they|strong="H6213" replied|strong="H0559", “◄Should|strong="H6213" we|strong="H6213" have|strong="H1961" allowed|strong="H5414" Shechem|strong="H7927" to|strong="H6213" treat|strong="H6213" our|strong="H6213" sister|strong="H0269" like|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" prostitute|strong="H2181"?/We|strong="H6213" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H6213" just|strong="H6213" let|strong="H7971" Shechem|strong="H7927" treat|strong="H6213" our|strong="H6213" sister|strong="H0269" like|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" prostitute|strong="H2181"!►” [RHQ] 

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\chapterNumber{35}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w later|strong="H0310"\+w*} God|strong="H1008" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5927" Jacob|strong="H3290", “Go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" Bethel|strong="H1008", and|strong="H6965" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033". Build|strong="H6965" an|strong="H6213" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H5927" worship|strong="H7812" me|strong="H6440", God|strong="H1008", who|strong="H3427" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H5927" you|strong="H6440" when|strong="H7200" you|strong="H6440" were|strong="H3290" fleeing|strong="H1272" from|strong="H6440" your|strong="H6440" older|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H0251" Esau|strong="H6215".” 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H5493" Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" household|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" others|strong="H0312" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3290" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973", “Get|strong="H8432" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1544" you|strong="H3605" brought|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" Mesopotamia|strong="H0763". Also|strong="H1571", bathe|strong="H7364" yourselves|strong="H8432" and|strong="H1004" put|strong="H5493" on|strong="H1004" clean|strong="H2891" clothes|strong="H8071". 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H6030" we|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" get|strong="H6965" ready|strong="H6213" and|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1980" Bethel|strong="H1008". There|strong="H8033" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" make|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H1980" worship|strong="H7812" God|strong="H1008". He|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" one|strong="H1961" who|strong="H6213" helped|strong="H5826" me|strong="H5978" at|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" greatly|strong="H3966" distressed|strong="H6887" and|strong="H1980" afraid|strong="H3372", and|strong="H1980" he|strong="H3117" has|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" with|strong="H1980" me|strong="H5978" wherever|strong="H8033" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" gone|strong="H1980".” 
\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H5414" they|strong="H3605" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" Jacob|strong="H3290" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1544" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3290" brought|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" earrings|strong="H5141". Jacob|strong="H3290" buried|strong="H2934" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" big|strong="H0931" oak|strong="H0424" tree|strong="H6086" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3290" near|strong="H5973" Shechem|strong="H7927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}As|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5921" prepared|strong="H3559" to|strong="H1961" leave|strong="H5800" there|strong="H1961", God|strong="H3808" caused|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" cities|strong="H5892" around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" extremely|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H1121" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" family|strong="H4940" [PRS], so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H5892" they|strong="H5921" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pursue|strong="H7291" and|strong="H1121" attack|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{6}Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" came|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5971" Luz|strong="H3870", which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" now|strong="H6258" called|strong="H7121" Bethel|strong="H1008", in|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" Canaan|strong="H3667" region|strong="H2256". 
\verseNumber{7}There|strong="H8033" he|strong="H3588" built|strong="H1129" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196". He|strong="H3588" named|strong="H7121" the|strong="H6440" place|strong="H4725" El-Bethel|strong="H0416", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w God|strong="H1008"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Bethel|strong="H1008"\+w*}’, because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H7121" was|strong="H4725" there|strong="H8033" that|strong="H3588" God|strong="H1008" revealed|strong="H1540" himself|strong="H1540" to|strong="H6440" Jacob|strong="H8033" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H4725" fleeing|strong="H1272" from|strong="H6440" his|strong="H7121" older|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H0251" Esau|strong="H6215". 
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\verseNumber{8}Deborah|strong="H1683", who|strong="H7121" had|strong="H1008" taken|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H8034" Isaac’s|strong="H3327" wife|strong="H0802" Rebekah|strong="H7259" when|strong="H3588" Rebekah|strong="H7259" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H7121" small|strong="H6996" girl|strong="H5291", was|strong="H8034" now|strong="H7121" very|strong="H3966" old|strong="H1121". She|strong="H7121" died|strong="H4191" and|strong="H1008" was|strong="H8034" buried|strong="H6912" under|strong="H8478" an|strong="H7121" oak|strong="H0424" tree|strong="H6086" south|strong="H5045" of|strong="H8034" Bethel|strong="H1008". So|strong="H7121" they|strong="H8478" named|strong="H7121" that|strong="H7121" place|strong="H8478" Allon-Bacuth|strong="H0439", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w means|strong="H4191"\+w* ‘\+w oak|strong="H0424"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8034"\+w* weeping’}. 
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\verseNumber{9}After|strong="H7200" Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H7200" his|strong="H7200" family|strong="H4940" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7200" Paddan-Aram|strong="H6307"/Mesopotamia|strong="H0763", while|strong="H5750" they|strong="H7200" were|strong="H3290" still|strong="H5750" at|strong="H7200" Bethel|strong="H1008", God|strong="H0430" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H7200" Jacob|strong="H3290" again|strong="H5750" and|strong="H7200" blessed|strong="H1288" him|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{10}God|strong="H3808" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H7121" again|strong="H5750", “Your|strong="H3588" name|strong="H8034" will|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H1961" Jacob|strong="H3290". It|strong="H7121" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" Israel|strong="H3478".” So|strong="H1961" Jacob|strong="H3290" was|strong="H8034" then|strong="H1961" called|strong="H7121" ‘Israel’. 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H3318", “I|strong="H4480" am|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430" Almighty|strong="H7706". Produce|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7235" children|strong="H1121". Your|strong="H7235" descendants|strong="H3318" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7235" nations|strong="H1471", and|strong="H4428" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H7235" descendants|strong="H3318" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" kings|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" promised|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w grandfather|strong="H0001"\+w*} Abraham|strong="H0085" and|strong="H3327" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w father|strong="H0001"\+w*} Isaac|strong="H3327", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" also|strong="H1571" give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H2233".” 
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\verseNumber{13}When|strong="H1696" God|strong="H0430" finished|strong="H3615" talking|strong="H1696" there|strong="H5927" with|strong="H1696" Jacob|strong="H3290", he|strong="H5921" left|strong="H5927" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{14}Jacob|strong="H3290" set|strong="H5324" up|strong="H5324" a|strong="H1696" large|strong="H1419" stone|strong="H0068" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H4725" God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H3290" talked|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5921". He|strong="H5921" poured|strong="H3332" some|strong="H4725" wine|strong="H3196" and|strong="H8081" some|strong="H4725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" dedicate|strong="H6942" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{15}Jacob|strong="H3290" named|strong="H7121" that|strong="H7121" place|strong="H4725" Bethel|strong="H1008", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w house|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w God|strong="H1008"\+w*}’, because|strong="H8033" God|strong="H1008" had|strong="H3290" spoken|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H7121" there|strong="H8033". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Rachel|strong="H7354" died|strong="H4191" as|strong="H1696" Benjamin|strong="H1144" was|strong="H8034" born|strong="H3205" }
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\verseNumber{16}Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H1008" his|strong="H1961" family|strong="H4940" left|strong="H5265" Bethel|strong="H1008" and|strong="H1008" traveled|strong="H5265" south|strong="H5045" toward|strong="H0413" Ephrath|strong="H0672" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. When|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3205" were|strong="H1961" still|strong="H5750" some|strong="H3530" distance|strong="H3530" from|strong="H5265" Ephrath|strong="H0672", Rachel|strong="H7354" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" severe|strong="H7185" childbirth|strong="H3205" pains|strong="H6735". 
\verseNumber{17}When|strong="H3588" her|strong="H3205" pain|strong="H4341" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" most|strong="H6944" severe|strong="H7185", the|strong="H3588" ◄midwife|strong="H3205"/woman|strong="H3205" who|strong="H1121" helped|strong="H5826" her|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205"► said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" Rachel|strong="H7354", “Do|strong="H2088" not|strong="H2088" be|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H3372", because|strong="H3588" now|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" given|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" another|strong="H2088" son|strong="H1121"!” 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" was|strong="H8034" dying|strong="H4191", and|strong="H3318" with|strong="H3318" her|strong="H7121" last|strong="H3588" breath|strong="H5315" she|strong="H3588" said|strong="H7121", “Name|strong="H8034" him|strong="H7121" Benoni,” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w means|strong="H4191"\+w* ‘\+w son|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w sorrow|strong="H3015"\+w*}’, but|strong="H3588" his|strong="H7121" father|strong="H0001" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H7121" Benjamin|strong="H1144", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w means|strong="H4191"\+w* ‘\+w son|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w right|strong="H3225"\+w* \+w hand|strong="H3027"\+w*}’. 
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\verseNumber{19}After|strong="H0310" Rachel|strong="H7354" died|strong="H4191", she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" buried|strong="H6912" alongside|strong="H5980" the|strong="H1870" road|strong="H1870" to|strong="H4191" Ephrath|strong="H0672", which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} Bethlehem|strong="H1035". 
\verseNumber{20}Jacob|strong="H3290" set|strong="H5324" up|strong="H5324" a|strong="H3117" large|strong="H1419" stone|strong="H0068" over|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" grave|strong="H6900", and|strong="H3117" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" still|strong="H5704" there|strong="H3117", showing|strong="H6213" where|strong="H5921" Rachel’s|strong="H7354" grave|strong="H6900" is|strong="H1931". 
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\verseNumber{21}Jacob|strong="H3290", whose|strong="H0834" new|strong="H2319" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478", continued|strong="H5674" traveling|strong="H5265" with|strong="H3478" his|strong="H5186" family|strong="H4940", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H5186" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" his|strong="H5186" tents|strong="H0168" on|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5186" south|strong="H5045" side|strong="H6285" of|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5186" watchtower|strong="H4026" at|strong="H3478" Eder|strong="H4029" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{22}While|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1931" were|strong="H3478" living|strong="H7931" in|strong="H3478" that|strong="H8085" area|strong="H1508", Jacob’s|strong="H3290" son|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205" had|strong="H1961" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H7901" Bilhah|strong="H1090", one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8085" father’s|strong="H0001" ◄concubines|strong="H6370"/female|strong="H8147" slaves|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" secondary wife|strong="H0802"►. Someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H8085" Jacob|strong="H3290" about|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1931", and|strong="H1121" it|strong="H1931" made|strong="H1961" him|strong="H1931" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734". 
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◄I|strong="H8085" will|strong="H1961" now|strong="H1961" give|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3212"/Here|strong="H6311" is|strong="H1931"► a|strong="H1961" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" twelve|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Leah|strong="H3812" were|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3063" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1121", then|strong="H1121" Simeon|strong="H8095", Levi|strong="H3878", Judah|strong="H3063", Issachar|strong="H3485" and|strong="H1121" Zebulon. 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Rachel|strong="H7354" were|strong="H1121" Joseph|strong="H3130" and|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144". 
\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Rachel’s|strong="H7354" female|strong="H8198" slave|strong="H8198" Bilhah|strong="H1090" were|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835" and|strong="H1121" Naphtali|strong="H5321". 
\verseNumber{26}The|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Leah’s|strong="H3812" female|strong="H8198" slave|strong="H8198" Zilpah|strong="H2153" were|strong="H1121" Gad|strong="H1410" and|strong="H1121" Asher|strong="H0836". All|strong="H3605" those|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290", except|strong="H3588" Benjamin|strong="H1144", were|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205" while|strong="H3290" he|strong="H1410" was|strong="H1121" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H1121" Paddan-Aram|strong="H6307"/Mesopotamia|strong="H0763". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Isaac|strong="H3327" died|strong="H4191" }
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\verseNumber{27}Jacob|strong="H3290" had|strong="H3290" returned|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004" to|strong="H8033" see|strong="H7200" his|strong="H3327" father|strong="H0001" Isaac|strong="H3327" at|strong="H8033" Mamre|strong="H4471", which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1931" named|strong="H7121" Kiriath-Arba|strong="H7153", and|strong="H8033" which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" now|strong="H3327" named|strong="H7121" Hebron|strong="H2275". Isaac’s|strong="H3327" father|strong="H0001" Abraham|strong="H0085" had|strong="H3290" also|strong="H1931" lived|strong="H1481" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{28}Isaac|strong="H3327" lived|strong="H1961" until|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" 180 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{29}He|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" very|strong="H3966" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191", joining|strong="H1695" his|strong="H3327" ancestors|strong="H0001" who|strong="H5971" had|strong="H3290" died|strong="H4191" previously|strong="H8543". His|strong="H3327" sons|strong="H1121" Esau|strong="H6215" and|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290" buried|strong="H6912" his|strong="H3327" body|strong="H4191". 

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\chapterNumber{36}◄Here|strong="H6311" is|strong="H1931"/I|strong="H6215" will|strong="H1931" now|strong="H6258" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H0859"► a|strong="H1931" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H8435" the|strong="H1931" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H8435" Esau|strong="H6215", whose|strong="H0834" other|strong="H0312" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H1931" Edom|strong="H0112". 
\verseNumber{2}Esau|strong="H6215" married|strong="H3947" three|strong="H7969" women|strong="H1323" from|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" Canaan|strong="H3667" region|strong="H2256": Adah|strong="H5711", the|strong="H3947" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Elon|strong="H0356" from|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" Heth|strong="H2845" people-group; Oholibamah|strong="H0173", who|strong="H6215" was|strong="H6215" the|strong="H3947" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Anah|strong="H6034" and|strong="H1323" granddaughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Zibeon|strong="H6649" from|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" Hiv people-group; 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="H1323" Basemath|strong="H1315", who|strong="H1323" was|strong="H1323" the|strong="H3458" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Ishmael|strong="H3458" and|strong="H1323" sister|strong="H0269" of|strong="H1323" Nebaioth|strong="H5032". 
\verseNumber{4}Esau’s|strong="H6215" wife|strong="H0802" Adah|strong="H5711" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" Eliphaz|strong="H0464". Basemath|strong="H1315" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" Reuel|strong="H7467". 
\verseNumber{5}Oholibamah|strong="H0173" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" Jeush|strong="H3274", Jalam|strong="H3281", and|strong="H1121" Korah|strong="H7141". All|strong="H3605" these|strong="H0428" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Esau|strong="H6215" were|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205" while|strong="H5704" he|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" Canaan|strong="H3667" region|strong="H2256". 
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\verseNumber{6-7}Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H3967" Esau|strong="H6215" had|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" many|strong="H7227" possessions|strong="H7399". The|strong="H3605" result|strong="H6903" was|strong="H3068" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" needed|strong="H1767" more|strong="H3254" land|strong="H0776" for|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3605" livestock|strong="H4735". The|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" living|strong="H2416" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" big|strong="H0931" enough|strong="H1767" for|strong="H3588" both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5414". They|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3068" too|strong="H4480" much|strong="H7227" livestock|strong="H4735". So|strong="H3651" Esau|strong="H6215", whose|strong="H0834" other|strong="H0312" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H3068" Edom|strong="H0112", had|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3605" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H3967" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323" and|strong="H3967" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" members|strong="H3338" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" household|strong="H1004", his|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3967" goats|strong="H5795" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" animals|strong="H0929", and|strong="H3967" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H1697" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" obtained|strong="H5375" in|strong="H0935" Canaan|strong="H3667" land|strong="H0776", and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3068" moved|strong="H4131" to|strong="H0413" an|strong="H1129" area|strong="H1508" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H4480" Jacob|strong="H3290". 
\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H1931" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3427" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3427" Seir|strong="H8165" hilly area|strong="H2022". 
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\verseNumber{9}◄Here|strong="H6311" is|strong="H6215"/I|strong="H6215" will|strong="H2022" now|strong="H6258" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H2022"► another|strong="H0312" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H2022" male|strong="H2145" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H2022" Esau|strong="H6215". He|strong="H0834" was|strong="H6215" the|strong="H2022" ancestor of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H2022" Edom|strong="H0112" people-group who|strong="H6215" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H2022" the|strong="H2022" Seir|strong="H8165" area|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{10}Esau’s|strong="H6215" wife|strong="H0802" Adah|strong="H5711" gave|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1121" Eliphaz|strong="H0464", and|strong="H1121" Esau’s|strong="H6215" wife|strong="H0802" Basemath|strong="H1315" gave|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1121" Reuel|strong="H7467". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eliphaz|strong="H0464" were|strong="H1961" Teman|strong="H8487", Omar|strong="H0201", Zepho|strong="H6825", Gatam|strong="H1609", and|strong="H1121" Kenaz|strong="H7073". 
\verseNumber{12}Esau’s|strong="H6215" son|strong="H1121" Eliphaz|strong="H0464" also|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" ◄concubine|strong="H6370"/female|strong="H5347" slave|strong="H5650" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H1121" took|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" secondary wife|strong="H0802"►. Her|strong="H3205" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H1961" Timna|strong="H8555". She|strong="H1931" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" Amalek|strong="H6002". Those|strong="H1121" six|strong="H8337" men|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" grandsons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Esau’s|strong="H6215" wife|strong="H0802" Adah|strong="H5711". 
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\verseNumber{13}Reuel’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" Nahath|strong="H5184", Zerah|strong="H2226", Shammah|strong="H8048", and|strong="H1121" Mizzah|strong="H4199". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1961" grandsons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Esau’s|strong="H6215" wife|strong="H0802" Basemath|strong="H1315". 
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\verseNumber{14}Esau’s|strong="H6215" wife|strong="H0802" Oholibamah|strong="H0173", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3205" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Anah|strong="H6034" and|strong="H1121" granddaughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Zibeon|strong="H6649", gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121": Jeush|strong="H3274", Jalam|strong="H3281", and|strong="H1121" Korah|strong="H7141". 
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\verseNumber{15}◄Here|strong="H6311" is|strong="H1121"/I|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" now|strong="H6258" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H0859"► a|strong="H1121" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" people-groups who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Esau|strong="H6215". His|strong="H6215" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1121" Eliphaz|strong="H0464" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" ancestor of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Teman|strong="H8487" people-group, the|strong="H1121" Omar|strong="H0201" people-group, the|strong="H1121" Zepho|strong="H6825" people-group, the|strong="H1121" Kenaz|strong="H7073" people-group, 
\verseNumber{16}the|strong="H1121" Korah|strong="H7141" people-group, the|strong="H1121" Gatam|strong="H1609" people-group, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group. They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eliphaz|strong="H0464" and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Esau’s|strong="H6215" wife|strong="H0802" Adah|strong="H5711". They|strong="H1992" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Edom|strong="H0112" region|strong="H2256". 
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\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Esau’s|strong="H6215" son|strong="H1121" Reuel|strong="H7467" were|strong="H1121" ancestors|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Nahath|strong="H5184", Zerah|strong="H2226", Shammah|strong="H8048", and|strong="H1121" Mizzah|strong="H4199" people-groups. They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1121" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Esau’s|strong="H6215" wife|strong="H0802" Basemath|strong="H1315". They|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1121" Edom|strong="H0112". 
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\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Esau’s|strong="H6215" wife|strong="H0802" Oholibamah|strong="H0173", whose|strong="H1121" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H1121" Anah|strong="H6034", were|strong="H1121" ancestors|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Jeush|strong="H3266", Jalam|strong="H3281", and|strong="H1121" Korah|strong="H7141" people-groups. 
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\verseNumber{19}That|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H1121" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Esau|strong="H6215", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" people-groups who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{20}◄This|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1121"/I|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" now|strong="H6258" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3427"► a|strong="H3427" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3427" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Seir|strong="H8165", who|strong="H1121" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3427" Hor|strong="H2023" people-group, who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3427" first|strong="H1121" people-group who|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3427" Edom|strong="H0112" region|strong="H2256": Lotan|strong="H3877", Shobal|strong="H7732", Zibeon|strong="H6649", Anah|strong="H6034", 
\verseNumber{21}Dishon|strong="H1787", Ezer|strong="H5829", and|strong="H1121" Dishan|strong="H1789". Those|strong="H1121" seven|strong="H7651" men|strong="H1121" became|strong="H3205" ancestors|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1121" people-groups. Each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" people-groups had|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" same|strong="H1931" name|strong="H8034" as|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" ancestor. 
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\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Lotan|strong="H3877" were|strong="H1961" Hori|strong="H2753" and|strong="H1121" Heman|strong="H1968" and|strong="H1121" Lotan’s|strong="H3877" sister|strong="H0269" was|strong="H1961" Timna|strong="H8555". 
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\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shobal|strong="H7732" were|strong="H1121" Alvan|strong="H5935", Manahath|strong="H4506", Ebal|strong="H5858", Shepho|strong="H8195", and|strong="H1121" Onam|strong="H0208". 
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\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H4672" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zibeon|strong="H6649" were|strong="H1121" Aiah|strong="H0345" and|strong="H1121" Anah|strong="H6034". This|strong="H1931" Anah|strong="H6034" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H4672" one|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" discovered|strong="H4672" the|strong="H4672" hot|strong="H3222" springs|strong="H3222" in|strong="H4672" the|strong="H4672" desert|strong="H4057" while|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H4672" father|strong="H1121" Zibeon’s donkeys|strong="H2543". 
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\verseNumber{25}Anah|strong="H6034" had|strong="H1121" two|strong="H8147" children|strong="H1121"—a|strong="H1323" son|strong="H1121" named|strong="H7121" Dishon|strong="H1787" and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1323" daughter|strong="H1323" named|strong="H7121" Oholibamah|strong="H0173". 
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\verseNumber{26}Dishon’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Hemdan|strong="H2533", Eshban|strong="H0790", Ithran|strong="H3506", and|strong="H1121" Keran. 
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\verseNumber{27}Ezer’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Bilhan|strong="H1092", Zaavan|strong="H2190", and|strong="H1121" Akan|strong="H6130". 
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\verseNumber{28}Dishan’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Uz|strong="H5780" and|strong="H1121" Aran|strong="H0765". 
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\verseNumber{29-30}The|strong="H3605" people-groups who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1121" Hor|strong="H2023" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Seir|strong="H8165"/Edom|strong="H0112" region|strong="H2256". The|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people-groups are|strong="H3117" Lotan|strong="H3877", Shobal|strong="H7732", Zibeon|strong="H6649", Anah|strong="H6034", Dishon|strong="H1787", Ezer|strong="H5829", and|strong="H3967" Dishan|strong="H1789". 
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\verseNumber{31}These|strong="H6440" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" kings|strong="H4428" who|strong="H1121" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H3478" Edom|strong="H0112" before|strong="H6440" any|strong="H6440" kings|strong="H4428" ruled|strong="H4427" over|strong="H4427" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{32}Beor’s son|strong="H1121" Bela|strong="H1106" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8034" first|strong="H1121" king|strong="H4427" in|strong="H4427" Edom|strong="H0112". The|strong="H8034" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" he|strong="H4427" lived|strong="H3427" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" Dinhabah|strong="H1838". 
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\verseNumber{33}When|strong="H1121" Bela|strong="H1106" died|strong="H4191", Zerah’s son|strong="H1121" Jobab|strong="H3103"/became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". He|strong="H4427" was|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Bozrah|strong="H1224" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{34}When|strong="H3588" Jobab|strong="H3103" died|strong="H4191", Husham|strong="H2367" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". He|strong="H4427" was|strong="H2367" from|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" region|strong="H2256" where|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" Teman|strong="H8487" people-group lived|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{35}When|strong="H1121" Husham|strong="H2367" died|strong="H4191", Bedad’s son|strong="H1121" Hadan became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5221" king|strong="H4427". Husham’s army|strong="H2428" fought|strong="H3898" the|strong="H5221" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" Midian|strong="H4080" people-group in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5221" Moab|strong="H4124" region|strong="H2256" and|strong="H1121" defeated|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5221". The|strong="H5221" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H8478" Husham|strong="H2367" lived|strong="H3427" was|strong="H8034" Avith|strong="H5762". 
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\verseNumber{36}When|strong="H3588" Hadad|strong="H1908" died|strong="H4191", Samlah|strong="H8072" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". He|strong="H4427" was|strong="H8072" from|strong="H8478" Masrekah|strong="H4957" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{37}When|strong="H3588" Samlah|strong="H8072" died|strong="H4191", Shaul|strong="H7586" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". He|strong="H4427" was|strong="H7586" from|strong="H8478" Rehoboth|strong="H7344" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H8478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Euphrates|strong="H5104"\+w*} river|strong="H5104". 
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\verseNumber{38}When|strong="H1121" Shaul|strong="H7586" died|strong="H4191", Achbor’s son|strong="H1121" Baal-Hanan|strong="H1177" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427". 
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\verseNumber{39}When|strong="H1121" Achbor’s son|strong="H1121" Baal-Hanan|strong="H1177" died|strong="H4191", Hadad|strong="H1924" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427". The|strong="H8478" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H8478" he|strong="H4427" lived|strong="H3427" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" Pau|strong="H6464". His|strong="H8478" wife’s|strong="H0802" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Mehetabel|strong="H4105". She|strong="H5892" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H8478" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Matred|strong="H4308", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H8478" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Me-Zahab. 
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\verseNumber{40-43}◄Here|strong="H6311" is|strong="H0369"/I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" now|strong="H6258" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H0859"► a|strong="H1961" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people-groups that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1121" Esau|strong="H6215": Timna|strong="H8555", Alvah|strong="H5933", Jetheth|strong="H3509", Oholibamah|strong="H0173", Elah|strong="H0425", Pinon|strong="H6373", Kenaz|strong="H7073", Teman|strong="H8487", Mibzar|strong="H4014", Magdiel|strong="H4025", and|strong="H3967" Iram|strong="H5902". They|strong="H1992" all|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Edom|strong="H0112" region|strong="H2256". The|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H0834" each|strong="H0376" people-group lived|strong="H3427" got|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" name|strong="H8034" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people-group. 

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\chapterNumber{37}Jacob|strong="H3290" continued|strong="H3427" to|strong="H3427" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3427" Canaan|strong="H3667" regon where|strong="H4033" his|strong="H3290" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3290" lived|strong="H3427" previously|strong="H8543". 
\verseNumber{2}◄This|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931"/I|strong="H5288" will|strong="H1961" now|strong="H1961" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H7651"► what|strong="H7451" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" family|strong="H4940". 
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When|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" Joseph|strong="H3130" was|strong="H1961" 17 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" flocks|strong="H6629" of|strong="H1121" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H1121" goats|strong="H1121" with|strong="H1961" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H1121". They|strong="H8141" were|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" father’s|strong="H0001" ◄concubines|strong="H6370"/female|strong="H5347" slaves|strong="H1121" that|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" secondary wives|strong="H0802"►. Joseph|strong="H3130" sometimes|strong="H3426" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="H1961" father|strong="H1121" about|strong="H1961" bad|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H1931" his|strong="H1961" brothers|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" doing|strong="H7451". 
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\verseNumber{3}Jacob|strong="H3290" loved|strong="H0157" Joseph|strong="H3130" more|strong="H3588" than|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" loved|strong="H0157" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121", because|strong="H3588" Joseph|strong="H3130" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H3605" born|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3588" Jacob|strong="H3290" was|strong="H3478" an|strong="H6213" old|strong="H1121" man|strong="H1121". Jacob|strong="H3290" made|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" Joseph|strong="H3130" a|strong="H6213" long|strong="H3605" pretty|strong="H3304" robe|strong="H3801" that|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3478" long|strong="H3605" sleeves. 
\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H3588" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H0251" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" loved|strong="H0157" him|strong="H7200" more|strong="H3808" than|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3588" loved|strong="H0157" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" them|strong="H7200", they|strong="H3588" hated|strong="H8130" him|strong="H7200". They|strong="H3588" never|strong="H3808" spoke|strong="H1696" kindly|strong="H3820" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H7200". 
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\verseNumber{5}One|strong="H0259" night|strong="H3915" Joseph|strong="H3130" had|strong="H2492" a|strong="H2492" dream|strong="H2472". He|strong="H3130" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="H5046" brothers|strong="H0251" about|strong="H3130" the|strong="H5046" dream|strong="H2472". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H2088" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" them|strong="H8085", “Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" dream|strong="H2492" I|strong="H2088" had|strong="H2492"! 
\verseNumber{7}In|strong="H8432" the|strong="H8432" dream|strong="H2472", we|strong="H2009" were|strong="H1571" tying up|strong="H6965" bundles|strong="H6872" of|strong="H7704" wheat|strong="H2406" in|strong="H8432" the|strong="H8432" field|strong="H7704". Suddenly|strong="H2009" my|strong="H6965" bundle|strong="H6872" stood|strong="H5324" up|strong="H6965" straight|strong="H3474", and|strong="H6965" surprisingly, your|strong="H6965" bundles|strong="H6872" gathered|strong="H5437" around|strong="H5437" my|strong="H6965" bundle|strong="H6872" and|strong="H6965" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H6965" it|strong="H8432"!” 
\verseNumber{8}His|strong="H5921" brothers|strong="H0251" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", “Do|strong="H3254" you|strong="H5921" think|strong="H8130" that|strong="H1697" some|strong="H1697" day|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1697" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921"? Are|strong="H1697" you|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w saying|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w some|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1697" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H5750" our|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4427"?” [RHQ] They|strong="H5921" hated|strong="H8130" him|strong="H5921" even|strong="H5750" more|strong="H3254" than|strong="H5921" before|strong="H5921" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H5921" had|strong="H5750" told|strong="H1697" them|strong="H5921" about|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" dream|strong="H2472". 
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\verseNumber{9}Later|strong="H0310" he|strong="H8121" had|strong="H2492" another|strong="H5750" dream|strong="H2472", and|strong="H5750" again|strong="H5750" he|strong="H8121" told|strong="H5608" his|strong="H5608" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H0251" about|strong="H2009" it|strong="H7812". He|strong="H8121" said|strong="H0559", “Listen|strong="H2009" to|strong="H2472" this|strong="H2009"! I|strong="H2009" had|strong="H2492" another|strong="H5750" dream|strong="H2472". In|strong="H5750" this|strong="H2009" dream|strong="H2472", the|strong="H7812" sun|strong="H8121" and|strong="H5750" moon|strong="H3394" and|strong="H5750" eleven|strong="H6240" stars|strong="H3556" were|strong="H2009" bowing|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H2472" me|strong="H5608"!” 
\verseNumber{10}He|strong="H2088" also|strong="H2088" told|strong="H5608" his|strong="H5608" father|strong="H0001" about|strong="H5608" it|strong="H2088". His|strong="H5608" father|strong="H0001" rebuked|strong="H1605" him|strong="H2088", saying|strong="H0559" “What|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" suggesting by|strong="H2472" that|strong="H2088" dream|strong="H2472" [RHQ]? Do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" think|strong="H2803" it|strong="H2088" means|strong="H3027" that|strong="H2088" your|strong="H2088" mother|strong="H0517" and|strong="H2088" I|strong="H2088" and|strong="H2088" your|strong="H2088" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H0251" will|strong="H4100" some|strong="H4480" day|strong="H3117" bow|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H2472" the|strong="H7812" ground|strong="H0776" in|strong="H2088" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H5608" you|strong="H4100"?” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{11}Joseph’s|strong="H3130" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H0251" were|strong="H1697" furious|strong="H2534"/angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H1697" him|strong="H7065", but|strong="H3588" his|strong="H8104" father|strong="H0001" just|strong="H1697" kept|strong="H8104" thinking|strong="H0559" about|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H8104" dream|strong="H2472" meant|strong="H2803". 
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\verseNumber{12}One|strong="H0259" day|strong="H3117" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H0251" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" take|strong="H3212" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H6629" their|strong="H7462" father’s|strong="H0001" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3212" goats|strong="H5795" that|strong="H7462" were|strong="H6629" eating|strong="H0398" grass|strong="H2682" near|strong="H7126" Shechem|strong="H7927". 
\verseNumber{13}Some|strong="H2009" time|strong="H3478" later|strong="H0310", Jacob|strong="H7971" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Joseph|strong="H3130", “Your|strong="H7971" brothers|strong="H0251" are|strong="H3478" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H7462" the|strong="H7971" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3478" goats|strong="H5795" near|strong="H3808" Shechem|strong="H7927" [RHQ]. I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" going|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3478" send|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" there|strong="H2009" to|strong="H3478" see|strong="H2009" them|strong="H7971".” Joseph|strong="H3130" replied|strong="H0559", “Okay.” 
\verseNumber{14}Jacob|strong="H7971" said|strong="H1697", “Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H7971" see|strong="H7200" if|strong="H7200" they|strong="H1697" are|strong="H1697" doing|strong="H6213" okay, and|strong="H7971" if|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" flocks|strong="H6629" are|strong="H1697" doing|strong="H6213" okay. Then|strong="H7971" come|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7971" give|strong="H7725" me|strong="H4994" a|strong="H7971" report|strong="H1697".” So|strong="H7971" Jacob|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" Joseph|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w valley|strong="H6010"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w living|strong="H2416"\+w*}, the|strong="H7200" valley|strong="H6010" where|strong="H0834" Hebron|strong="H2275" is|strong="H1697" located|strong="H0834", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w go|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} to|strong="H7725" find|strong="H7200" his|strong="H7971" brothers|strong="H0251". 
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When|strong="H7200" Joseph|strong="H7725" arrived|strong="H0935" near|strong="H7200" Shechem|strong="H7927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{15}while|strong="H2009" he|strong="H4100" was|strong="H7592" wandering|strong="H8582" around|strong="H5439" in|strong="H4672" the|strong="H1245" fields|strong="H7704" looking|strong="H1245"/searching|strong="H1245" for|strong="H7592" his|strong="H1245" brothers|strong="H0251", a|strong="H4672" man|strong="H0376" saw|strong="H2009" him|strong="H4672" and|strong="H7704" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H4672", “Whom|strong="H0834" are|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" looking|strong="H1245"/searching|strong="H1245" for|strong="H7592"?” 
\verseNumber{16}Joseph|strong="H3130" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5046" am|strong="H1961" looking|strong="H1245" for|strong="H1245" my|strong="H1245" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H0251". Can|strong="H4994" you|strong="H5046" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H4994" where|strong="H1992" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H7462" their|strong="H1245" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H4994" goats|strong="H5795"?” 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H8085" man|strong="H2088" replied|strong="H0559", “They|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3130" not|strong="H2088" here|strong="H2088" anymore|strong="H5750". I|strong="H3588" heard|strong="H8085" one|strong="H2088" of|strong="H8085" them|strong="H4672" saying|strong="H0559", ‘Let’s|strong="H1980" take|strong="H3212" the|strong="H8085" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3212" goats|strong="H5795" and|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Dothan|strong="H1886" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}.’” 

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So|strong="H2088" Joseph|strong="H3130" left|strong="H4672" there|strong="H2088" and|strong="H3212" went|strong="H3212" north|strong="H6828", and|strong="H3212" found|strong="H4672" his|strong="H8085" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H0251" near|strong="H7126" Dothan|strong="H1886". 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H7200" they|strong="H2962" saw|strong="H7200" him|strong="H7200" when|strong="H7200" he|strong="H2962" was|strong="H3068" still|strong="H5750" far|strong="H7350" away|strong="H7350", and|strong="H7200" they|strong="H2962" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" him|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{19}They|strong="H1167" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H2472" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w things|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*}, “Here|strong="H2009" comes|strong="H0935" that|strong="H2009" dreamer|strong="H1167"!” 
\verseNumber{20}and|strong="H3212" “Hey|strong="H1945", let’s|strong="H1980" kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="H7200", and|strong="H3212" then|strong="H1961" throw|strong="H7993" his|strong="H7200" body|strong="H1320" into|strong="H3212" one|strong="H2416" of|strong="H2416" the|strong="H7200" pits|strong="H7882"/cisterns|strong="H0877". Then|strong="H1961" we|strong="H6258" will|strong="H1961" tell|strong="H7200" people|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" a|strong="H1961" ferocious/wild|strong="H7451" animal|strong="H2416" attacked|strong="H5221" and|strong="H3212" killed|strong="H2026" him|strong="H7200" and|strong="H3212" ate|strong="H0398" him|strong="H7200". And|strong="H3212" then|strong="H1961" we|strong="H6258" will|strong="H1961" ◄find|strong="H7200" out|strong="H7993" whether|strong="H7200" his|strong="H7200" dreams|strong="H2472" come|strong="H1961" true|strong="H0571"/make|strong="H7200" sure|strong="H0539" that|strong="H7200" his|strong="H7200" dreams|strong="H2472" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961" true|strong="H0571"►!” 
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\verseNumber{21}Reuben|strong="H7205" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H8085" they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H3027" saying|strong="H0559", so|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3027" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H3027" persuade|strong="H6601" them|strong="H5221" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3027" kill|strong="H5221" [MTY] Joseph|strong="H3027". He|strong="H3027" said|strong="H8085", “No|strong="H3808", we|strong="H8085" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{22}Do|strong="H4057" not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3808" shed|strong="H8210" his|strong="H7971" blood|strong="H1818"! We|strong="H7725" can|strong="H3808" throw|strong="H7993" him|strong="H7971" into|strong="H7725" this|strong="H2088" pit|strong="H0953"/cistern|strong="H0953" in|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" desert|strong="H4057", but|strong="H3808" we|strong="H7725" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" harm|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7971" [MTY].” He|strong="H3027" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H4616", and|strong="H7971" then|strong="H2088" left|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7725", planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H7725" rescue|strong="H5337" Joseph|strong="H7725" later|strong="H0310" and|strong="H7971" take|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7971" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7971" father|strong="H0001". 
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\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" Joseph|strong="H3130" arrived|strong="H0935" where|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H0251" were|strong="H1961", they|strong="H5921" seized|strong="H8610" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3130" ripped|strong="H1234" off|strong="H6584" his|strong="H5921" pretty|strong="H3304" robe|strong="H3801" with|strong="H5921" long|strong="H5921" sleeves. 
\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H3947" they|strong="H3947" took|strong="H3947" him|strong="H3947" and|strong="H4325" threw|strong="H7993" him|strong="H3947" into|strong="H7993" the|strong="H3947" pit|strong="H0953"/cistern|strong="H0953". But|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" pit|strong="H0953"/cistern|strong="H0953" was|strong="H4325" dry|strong="H3004"; there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H4325" no|strong="H3947" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H3947" it|strong="H7993". 
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\verseNumber{25}After|strong="H7200" they|strong="H5375" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H1980" eat|strong="H3899" some|strong="H2009" food|strong="H3899", they|strong="H5375" looked|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5375" and|strong="H1980" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H5375" ◄caravan|strong="H0736"/group|strong="H7235" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w traders|strong="H7402"\+w*}►, descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3427" Ishmael|strong="H3458", coming|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3381" the|strong="H7200" Gilead|strong="H1568" area|strong="H1508". Their|strong="H5375" camels|strong="H1581" were|strong="H5869" loaded|strong="H5375" with|strong="H1980" bags|strong="H2754" of|strong="H3427" spices|strong="H5219" and|strong="H1980" nice-smelling resins. They|strong="H5375" were|strong="H5869" going|strong="H1980" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H1980" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H1980" sell|strong="H4376" those|strong="H3427" things|strong="H1697" there|strong="H2009". 
\verseNumber{26}Judah|strong="H3063" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3063" his|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251", “If|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" kill|strong="H2026" our|strong="H3588" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251" and|strong="H3063" hide|strong="H3680" his|strong="H3588" body|strong="H1320", ◄what|strong="H4100" will|strong="H3063" we|strong="H3588" gain|strong="H1215"?/we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3063" not|strong="H3588" gain|strong="H1215" anything|strong="H4100"!► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{27}So|strong="H1961", instead|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3027" harming|strong="H7489" him|strong="H3027", let’s|strong="H1980" sell|strong="H4376" him|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3212" these|strong="H8085" men|strong="H1320" who|strong="H1931" are|strong="H3027" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3027" Ishmael|strong="H3458". Don’t|strong="H0408" forget|strong="H7911", he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" our|strong="H8085" own|strong="H1961" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251"!” So|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3212" agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3212" do|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{28}When|strong="H4480" those|strong="H4480" traders|strong="H5503" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" Midian|strong="H4080" area|strong="H1508" came|strong="H5927" near|strong="H7126", Joseph’s|strong="H3130" brothers|strong="H0251" pulled|strong="H4900" him|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" pit|strong="H0953"/cistern|strong="H0953". Then|strong="H5674" they|strong="H5674" sold|strong="H4376" him|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H4480" men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" Midian|strong="H4080" for|strong="H4714" 20 pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H4480" silver|strong="H3701". The|strong="H4480" traders|strong="H5503" then|strong="H5674" took|strong="H5927" Joseph|strong="H3130" to|strong="H5927" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
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\verseNumber{29}When|strong="H7725" Reuben|strong="H7205" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" pit|strong="H0953"/cistern|strong="H0953", he|strong="H7725" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251" was|strong="H3130" not|strong="H7725" there|strong="H2009". He|strong="H7725" was|strong="H3130" so|strong="H7725" grieved|strong="H6087" that|strong="H7725" he|strong="H7725" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H7725" clothes|strong="H0899". 
\verseNumber{30}He|strong="H7725" went|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" and|strong="H7725" said|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H7725" boy|strong="H3206" is|strong="H3206" not|strong="H7725" in|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" pit|strong="H0953"/cistern|strong="H0953"! What|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4310" I|strong="H0589" do|strong="H6213" now|strong="H6258"?” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{31}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Joseph’s|strong="H3130"\+w* \+w brothers|strong="H0251"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w dare|strong="H6148"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w father|strong="H0001"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w they|strong="H7819"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3130"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*. \+w So|strong="H3947"\+w*, \+w they|strong="H7819"\+w* \+w decided|strong="H3289"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w invent|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w story|strong="H4605"\+w* \+w about|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3130"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*}. They|strong="H7819" got|strong="H3947" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" robe|strong="H3801". Then|strong="H3947" they|strong="H7819" killed|strong="H7819" a|strong="H3947" goat|strong="H5795" and|strong="H1818" dipped|strong="H2881" the|strong="H3947" robe|strong="H3801" in|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" goat’s|strong="H5795" blood|strong="H1818". 
\verseNumber{32}They|strong="H3808" took|strong="H5234" that|strong="H1931" pretty|strong="H3304" robe|strong="H3801" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7971" their|strong="H7971" father|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H4994" found|strong="H4672" this|strong="H2063" robe|strong="H3801"! Look|strong="H4994" at|strong="H3808" it|strong="H1931". Is|strong="H1931" it|strong="H1931" your|strong="H7971" son’s|strong="H1121" robe|strong="H3801"?” 
\verseNumber{33}He|strong="H3130" recognized|strong="H5234" it|strong="H5234", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3130" said|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", it|strong="H5234" is|strong="H7451" my|strong="H3130" son’s|strong="H1121" robe|strong="H3801"! Some|strong="H4480" ferocious/wild|strong="H7451" animal|strong="H2416" must|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" attacked|strong="H5221" and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H2026" him|strong="H5234"! I|strong="H1121" am|strong="H1961" sure|strong="H0539" that|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" animal|strong="H2416" has|strong="H3130" torn|strong="H2963" Joseph|strong="H3130" to|strong="H1121" pieces|strong="H2963"!” 
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\verseNumber{34}Jacob|strong="H3290" was|strong="H3117" so|strong="H7760" grieved|strong="H6087" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H7760" clothes|strong="H8071". He|strong="H3117" put|strong="H7760" on|strong="H5921" ◄sackcloth|strong="H8242"/clothes|strong="H8071" that|strong="H3117" people|strong="H1121" wear|strong="H3847" when|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" mourning|strong="H0060" for|strong="H5921" someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1121" has|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191"►. He|strong="H3117" mourned|strong="H5594"/cried|strong="H7121" for|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7760" son|strong="H1121" for|strong="H5921" many|strong="H7227" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{35}All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" came|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H3381" comfort|strong="H5162" him|strong="H3381", but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" pay|strong="H7999" attention|strong="H7181" to|strong="H3381" what|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559". He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3605", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1121" still|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1121" mourning|strong="H5162"/crying|strong="H1058" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" die|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" go|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" be|strong="H1121" with|strong="H3381" my|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121".” So|strong="H6965" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" father|strong="H1121" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3381" cry|strong="H7121" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1121" what|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3381" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{36}In|strong="H4714" the|strong="H4376" meantime, the|strong="H4376" men|strong="H8269"/traders|strong="H7402" from|strong="H4714" Midian|strong="H4080" took|strong="H2876" Joseph|strong="H3130" to|strong="H4714" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H4714" sold|strong="H4376" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H4714" Potiphar|strong="H6318", who|strong="H6547" was|strong="H6547" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H4376" king’s|strong="H4428" officials|strong="H8269". He|strong="H0834" was|strong="H6547" the|strong="H4376" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H4376" soldiers|strong="H5650" who|strong="H6547" protected|strong="H3467" the|strong="H4376" king|strong="H4428". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Judah’s daughter-in-law Tamar tricked Judah into making her pregnant }
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\chapterNumber{38}At|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256", Judah|strong="H3063" left|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5186" older|strong="H1419" and|strong="H3063" younger|strong="H6810" brothers|strong="H0251" and|strong="H3063" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5704" hilly area|strong="H1508" and|strong="H3063" stayed|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3381" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" whose|strong="H8034" name|strong="H8034" ws Hiram|strong="H2438", who|strong="H1931" lived|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8034" Adullam|strong="H5725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}There|strong="H8033" he|strong="H8033" ◄met|strong="H6298"/became|strong="H7200" acquainted|strong="H3045" with|strong="H3947"► a|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H1323" who|strong="H3063" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H7200" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" a|strong="H3947" man|strong="H7200" from|strong="H3947" Canaan|strong="H3669" named|strong="H8034" Shua|strong="H7770". He|strong="H8033" married|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947". He|strong="H8033" had|strong="H3063" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947", 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H7121" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029" and|strong="H1121" later|strong="H0310" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121", whom|strong="H7121" he|strong="H7121" named|strong="H7121" Er|strong="H6147". 
\verseNumber{4}Later|strong="H0310" she|strong="H7121" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029" again|strong="H5750" and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" another|strong="H5750" son|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H7121" she|strong="H7121" named|strong="H7121" Onan|strong="H0209". 
\verseNumber{5}Many|strong="H7227" years|strong="H8141" later|strong="H1961", when|strong="H1961" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7121" family|strong="H4940" went|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1961" live|strong="H8034" in|strong="H1121" Kezib \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, Judah’s|strong="H3063" wife|strong="H0802" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" another|strong="H5750" son|strong="H1121", whom|strong="H7121" she|strong="H7121" named|strong="H7121" Shelah|strong="H7956". 
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\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H3588" Judah’s|strong="H3063" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1060" Er|strong="H6147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w grew|strong="H1431"\+w* \+w up|strong="H3947"\+w*}, Judah|strong="H3063" got|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802" for|strong="H8034" him|strong="H3947", a|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" Tamar|strong="H8559". 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H1961" Er|strong="H6147" did|strong="H3068" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" wicked|strong="H7451", so|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1961" him|strong="H4191" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H6965" Judah|strong="H3063" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6965" Onan|strong="H0209", “Your|strong="H6965" older|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H2992" died|strong="H4191" without|strong="H3808" having|strong="H0369" any|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121". So|strong="H6965" marry|strong="H2992" his|strong="H6965" widow|strong="H0490" and|strong="H3063" have|strong="H3063" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H6965" her|strong="H6965". That|strong="H3063" is|strong="H3063" what|strong="H2233" our|strong="H3068" customs|strong="H2708" require|strong="H1875" that|strong="H3063" you|strong="H6965" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3063".” 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3588" Onan|strong="H0209" knew|strong="H3045" if|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588", any|strong="H5414" children|strong="H2233" who|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H1961" born|strong="H3808" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" considered|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5414". So|strong="H1961" every|strong="H5414" time|strong="H2233" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H3045" his|strong="H5414" brother’s|strong="H0251" widow|strong="H0490", he|strong="H3588" spilled|strong="H7843" his|strong="H5414" semen on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" ground|strong="H0776", so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" get|strong="H3947" pregnant|strong="H2030" and|strong="H3045" produce|strong="H1961" children|strong="H2233" for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H5414" older|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H0251". 
\verseNumber{10}Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" was|strong="H3068" wicked|strong="H7489", so|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" caused|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191" also|strong="H1571". 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H1571" Judah|strong="H3063" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" his|strong="H3588" daughter-in-law|strong="H3618" Tamar|strong="H8559", “Return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" your|strong="H3588" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004", but|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3063" not|strong="H6435" marry|strong="H3947" anyone|strong="H3588" else|strong="H6435". When|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3588" youngest|strong="H6996" son|strong="H1121" Shelah|strong="H7956" grows|strong="H1431" up|strong="H1431", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w can|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w marry|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}.” But|strong="H3588" Judah|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w really|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6435"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w Shelah|strong="H7956"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w marry|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w her|strong="H3618"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" afraid|strong="H3372" that|strong="H3588" then|strong="H1571" Shelah|strong="H7956" would|strong="H3063" die|strong="H4191" too|strong="H1571", just|strong="H1571" as|strong="H5704" his|strong="H3588" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3063" died|strong="H4191". So|strong="H6435" Tamar|strong="H8559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w obeyed|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} went|strong="H3212" back|strong="H3212" to|strong="H5704" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" her|strong="H3618" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004" again|strong="H3212". 
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\verseNumber{12}Several|strong="H2669" years|strong="H3117" later|strong="H0310", Judah’s|strong="H3063" wife|strong="H0802", who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5921" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H3117" Shua|strong="H7770", died|strong="H4191". When|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" time|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" mourning|strong="H5162" for|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1931" finished|strong="H3615", Judah|strong="H3063" decided|strong="H5162" to|strong="H4191" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H4191" Timnah|strong="H8553", to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" ◄men|strong="H0376" were|strong="H3117" shearing|strong="H1494" his|strong="H5921" sheep|strong="H6629"/sheep|strong="H6629" were|strong="H3117" being|strong="H1961" sheared► His|strong="H5921" friend|strong="H7453" Hiram|strong="H2438", from|strong="H5921" Adullam|strong="H5725", went|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{13}Someone|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5927" Tamar|strong="H8559", “Your|strong="H5046" father-in-law|strong="H2524" is|strong="H2009" going|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w fields|strong="H7704"\+w* \+w near|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6629"\+w*} Timnah|strong="H8553" to|strong="H5927" help|strong="H5826" the|strong="H5927" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H5927" shearing|strong="H1494" his|strong="H5046" sheep|strong="H6629".” 
\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w She|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w realized|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w now|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Shelah|strong="H7956"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w grown|strong="H1431"\+w* \+w up|strong="H5414"\+w*, \+w but|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w given|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*. \+w So|strong="H5414"\+w*} she|strong="H1931" took|strong="H5493" off|strong="H5493" her|strong="H5414" widow’s|strong="H0490" clothes|strong="H0899", and|strong="H1870" covered|strong="H3680" her|strong="H5414" head|strong="H7218" with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5414" veil|strong="H6809", so|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3427" would|strong="H5493" not|strong="H3808" ◄recognize|strong="H5234" her|strong="H5414"/know|strong="H3045" who|strong="H1931" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931"►. Then|strong="H5414" she|strong="H1931" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H5921" Enaim|strong="H5879" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" road|strong="H1870" to|strong="H5921" Timnah|strong="H8553". 
\verseNumber{15}When|strong="H3588" Judah|strong="H3063" came|strong="H3063" along|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3063" saw|strong="H7200" her|strong="H7200", he|strong="H3588" thought|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3063" a|strong="H3588" prostitute|strong="H2181", because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3063" covered|strong="H3680" her|strong="H7200" head|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w prostitutes|strong="H2181"\+w* \+w often|strong="H1767"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3063"\+w*} (OR|strong="H7200", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w sat|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w prostitutes|strong="H2181"\+w* \+w often|strong="H1767"\+w* \+w sat|strong="H3427"\+w*)}. 
\verseNumber{16}Judah|strong="H3063" did|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" his|strong="H5414" daughter-in-law|strong="H3618". So|strong="H5414" he|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414", “Hey|strong="H1945", let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3045" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588"!” She|strong="H1931" replied|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" will|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3588" allowing you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3045" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H3045" me|strong="H5414"?” 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H5704" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" send|strong="H7971" you|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" young|strong="H1423" goat|strong="H5795" from|strong="H4480" my|strong="H5414" flock|strong="H6629" of|strong="H4480" goats|strong="H5795".” She|strong="H5704" asked|strong="H7971", “Will|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" something|strong="H1697" now|strong="H5414" for|strong="H5704" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" keep|strong="H8104" until|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5414" send|strong="H7971" the|strong="H5414" goat|strong="H5795"?” 
\verseNumber{18}He|strong="H5414" replied|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414"?” She|strong="H4100" replied|strong="H0559", “Give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" ring|strong="H2885" that|strong="H5414" has|strong="H4100" your|strong="H5414" name|strong="H8034" on|strong="H3027" it|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5414" is|strong="H4100" tied|strong="H6616" by|strong="H3027" a|strong="H5414" cord|strong="H6616" around|strong="H3027" your|strong="H5414" neck|strong="H6677", and|strong="H3027" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" walking|strong="H1980" stick|strong="H6086" that|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H3027" holding|strong="H2388" in|strong="H3027" your|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027".” So|strong="H5414" he|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414". Then|strong="H5414" he|strong="H5414" had|strong="H5414" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H3027" her|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3027" she|strong="H4100" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029". 
\verseNumber{19}After|strong="H5921" she|strong="H5921" left|strong="H5493", she|strong="H5921" took|strong="H5493" off|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5921" veil|strong="H6809" and|strong="H6965" put|strong="H3847" her|strong="H5493" widow’s|strong="H0490" clothes|strong="H3847" on|strong="H5921" again|strong="H6965". 
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\verseNumber{20}Judah|strong="H3063" gave|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" young|strong="H1423" goat|strong="H5795" to|strong="H7971" his|strong="H7971" friend|strong="H7453" from|strong="H3027" Adullam|strong="H5725", for|strong="H3027" him|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" take|strong="H3947" back|strong="H3947" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H0802", as|strong="H3063" he|strong="H3027" had|strong="H3063" promised|strong="H1696". But|strong="H3808" his|strong="H7971" friend|strong="H7453" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" the|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" asked|strong="H7592" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1931" lived|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961", “Where|strong="H4725" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H5921" prostitute|strong="H2181" who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" sitting|strong="H3427" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" road|strong="H1870" at|strong="H5921" Enaim|strong="H5879"?” They|strong="H3808" replied|strong="H0559", “There|strong="H1961" has|strong="H1961" never|strong="H3808" been|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" prostitute|strong="H2181" here|strong="H2088"!” 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3808" went|strong="H3063" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H2088" did|strong="H3063" not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" her|strong="H4672". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Furthermore|strong="H1571"\+w*}, the|strong="H7725" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3063" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H4672" that|strong="H2088" town|strong="H7151" said|strong="H0559", ‘There|strong="H1961" has|strong="H1961" never|strong="H3808" been|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" prostitute|strong="H2181" here|strong="H2088".’” 
\verseNumber{23}Judah|strong="H3063" said|strong="H0559", “She|strong="H3808" can|strong="H3947" keep|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3947" things|strong="H1961" that|strong="H2088" I|strong="H2009" gave|strong="H3947" to|strong="H7971" her|strong="H7971". If|strong="H2009" we|strong="H6435" continued|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7971" search|strong="H2713" for|strong="H7971" her|strong="H7971", people|strong="H3808" would|strong="H3063" ridicule|strong="H4912" us|strong="H6435". I|strong="H2009" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H7971" send|strong="H7971" this|strong="H2088" young|strong="H1423" goat|strong="H1423" to|strong="H7971" her|strong="H7971", but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H7971" could|strong="H2088" not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" her|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" give|strong="H3947" it|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7971" her|strong="H7971".” 
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\verseNumber{24}About|strong="H1961" three|strong="H7969" months|strong="H2320" later|strong="H1961", someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" Judah|strong="H3063", “Your|strong="H1961" daughter-in-law|strong="H3618" Tamar|strong="H8559" has|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" prostitute|strong="H2181" and|strong="H3063" now|strong="H1961" she|strong="H2320" is|strong="H1571" pregnant|strong="H2030"!” Judah|strong="H3063" said|strong="H3318", “Drag|strong="H5498" her|strong="H5046" outside|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3063" kill|strong="H2026" her|strong="H5046" by|strong="H3318" burning|strong="H8313" her|strong="H5046"!” 
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\verseNumber{25}But|strong="H1931" as|strong="H3318" they|strong="H1931" were|strong="H4294" taking|strong="H3947" her|strong="H7971" outside|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4294" the|strong="H7971" city|strong="H1931", she|strong="H1931" gave|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" ring|strong="H2858" and|strong="H7971" walking|strong="H1980" stick|strong="H6086" to|strong="H3318" someone|strong="H4310", and|strong="H7971" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3318" take|strong="H3318" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3318" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H7971" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H7971", “The|strong="H7971" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H4310" owns|strong="H3426" these|strong="H1931" things|strong="H1697" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H7971" one|strong="H1931" who|strong="H4310" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3318" become|strong="H3318" pregnant|strong="H2030".” She|strong="H1931" also|strong="H3318" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" tell|strong="H4994" him|strong="H7971", “Look|strong="H4994" at|strong="H3318" this|strong="H1931" ring|strong="H2858", and|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" cord|strong="H6616" that|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" attached|strong="H2266" to|strong="H3318" it|strong="H1931", and|strong="H7971" this|strong="H1931" walking|strong="H1980" stick|strong="H6086". Whose|strong="H4310" are|strong="H4310" they|strong="H1931"?” 
\verseNumber{26}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H1121" did|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3588", Judah|strong="H3063" recognized|strong="H5234" the|strong="H5921" ring|strong="H2885" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" stick|strong="H6086". He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H3651", “She|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3651" more|strong="H3254" righteous|strong="H6663" than|strong="H4480" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961". I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3651" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H3045" my|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" Shelah|strong="H7956" to|strong="H5921" marry|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414", as|strong="H3651" I|strong="H3588" promised|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3063".” And|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" did|strong="H3651" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3045" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5414" again|strong="H5750". 
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\verseNumber{27}When|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" time|strong="H6256" for|strong="H6256" her|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w she|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w surprised|strong="H8610"\+w* \+w that|strong="H6256"\+w*} there|strong="H2009" were|strong="H1961" twin boys|strong="H3206" in|strong="H1961" her|strong="H3205" womb|strong="H7358". 
\verseNumber{28}As|strong="H1961" she|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" giving|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3205", one|strong="H2088" of|strong="H3027" them|strong="H5414" put|strong="H5414" out|strong="H3318" his|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027". So|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" midwife|strong="H3205" fastened|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" scarlet|strong="H8144" thread|strong="H8144" around|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" wrist, saying|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H2088" one|strong="H2088" came|strong="H1961" out|strong="H3318" first|strong="H7223".” 
\verseNumber{29}But|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3027" pulled|strong="H5265" his|strong="H7121" hand|strong="H3027" back|strong="H7725" inside|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" womb|strong="H7358", and|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7121" brother|strong="H0251" came|strong="H1961" out|strong="H3318" first|strong="H7223". So|strong="H1961" she|strong="H7121" said|strong="H7121", “So|strong="H1961" this|strong="H7121" is|strong="H4100" how|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5921" break|strong="H6555" your|strong="H5921" way|strong="H5921" out|strong="H3318" first|strong="H7223"!” So|strong="H1961" she|strong="H7121" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H7121" Perez|strong="H6557", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w breaking|strong="H6555"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3318"\+w*}.’ 
\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H3318" his|strong="H7121" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251", the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H8034" who|strong="H7121" had|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" scarlet|strong="H8144" thread|strong="H8144" around|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7121" wrist, came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318". And|strong="H3027" he|strong="H3027" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H7121" Zerah|strong="H2226", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w redness|strong="H2448"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w dawn|strong="H7837"\+w*}.’ 

\BibleSectionHeading{In Egypt, Joseph refused to have sex with Potiphar’s wife }
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\chapterNumber{39}Meanwhile|strong="H3541", the|strong="H3027" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3027" Ishmael|strong="H3458" took|strong="H3381" Joseph|strong="H3130" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Egypt|strong="H4714". There|strong="H8033" Potiphar|strong="H6318" bought|strong="H7069" Joseph|strong="H3130" from|strong="H3381" them|strong="H3027". Potiphar|strong="H6318" was|strong="H3027" an|strong="H8033" Egyptian|strong="H4713" who|strong="H6547" was|strong="H3027" one|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" king’s|strong="H4428" officials|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" king’s|strong="H4428" ◄palace|strong="H1004" guards|strong="H7323"/guards|strong="H7323" who|strong="H6547" protected|strong="H3467" the|strong="H3027" king|strong="H4428"►. 
\verseNumber{2}Because|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H5826" Joseph|strong="H3130", he|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" work|strong="H4399" very|strong="H3966" well|strong="H3190", and|strong="H3068" lived|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3068" Egyptian|strong="H4713" master|strong="H0113". 
\verseNumber{3}His|strong="H3605" master|strong="H0113" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" helping|strong="H5826" Joseph|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3068" enabling him|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" successful|strong="H6743" in|strong="H3068" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" did|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{4}Joseph’s|strong="H3130" master|strong="H5414" was|strong="H1004" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H1004" him|strong="H5414", so|strong="H5414" he|strong="H3605" appointed|strong="H6485" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3426" his|strong="H3605" personal|strong="H8334" servant|strong="H8334". Then|strong="H5414" he|strong="H3605" appointed|strong="H6485" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3426" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" would|strong="H3426" take|strong="H6485" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" everything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" household|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H7399". 
\verseNumber{5}From|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H1961" Potiphar|strong="H6485" appointed|strong="H6485" Joseph|strong="H3130" to|strong="H3068" take|strong="H6485" care|strong="H6485" of|strong="H1004" everything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" household|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3068" owned|strong="H3426", Yahweh|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" Potiphar’s house|strong="H1004" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" Joseph|strong="H3130". He|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1961" Potiphar’s crops|strong="H8393" to|strong="H3068" grow|strong="H1288" well|strong="H3190". 
\verseNumber{6}Potiphar|strong="H6318" allowed|strong="H5414" Joseph|strong="H3130" to|strong="H1961" take|strong="H1961" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" owned|strong="H3426". Potiphar|strong="H6318" needed|strong="H1767" to|strong="H1961" decide|strong="H3198" only|strong="H3588" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899" he|strong="H1931" ate|strong="H0398". He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" concerned|strong="H3045" about|strong="H1961" anything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3027" in|strong="H3899" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004". 
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Joseph|strong="H3130" was|strong="H1961" well-built/muscular and|strong="H3027" handsome|strong="H3303". 
\verseNumber{7}Because|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697", after|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" while|strong="H1961", his|strong="H5375" master’s|strong="H0113" wife|strong="H0802" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" look|strong="H5869" fondly at|strong="H1961" Joseph|strong="H3130". So|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117" she|strong="H5973" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5973", “Have|strong="H1961" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H5973"!” 
\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3605" refused|strong="H3985", saying|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" his|strong="H3605" master’s|strong="H0113" wife|strong="H0802", “Listen|strong="H2005"! My|strong="H5414" master|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3426" not|strong="H3808" concerned|strong="H3045" about|strong="H3045" anything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H1004" this|strong="H5414" house|strong="H1004". He|strong="H3605" has|strong="H4100" appointed|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" take|strong="H3045" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3045" he|strong="H3605" owns|strong="H3426". 
\verseNumber{9}No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H2088" in|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" household|strong="H1004" has|strong="H3588" more|strong="H4480" authority|strong="H3027" than|strong="H4480" I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213". The|strong="H3588" only|strong="H3588" thing|strong="H3972" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" allowed|strong="H5414" me|strong="H4480" to|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2088" you|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1004" his|strong="H6213" wife|strong="H0802"! So|strong="H6213" ◄how|strong="H3588" could|strong="H2088" I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" wicked|strong="H7451" thing|strong="H3972" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w asking|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w me|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}?/I|strong="H3588" certainly|strong="H3588" could|strong="H2088" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" wicked|strong="H7451" thing|strong="H3972"!► [RHQ] I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3808" sinning|strong="H2398" against|strong="H4480" God|strong="H3808" if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588"!” 
\verseNumber{10}She|strong="H5973" kept|strong="H1961" on|strong="H3117" asking|strong="H7592" Joseph|strong="H3130" day|strong="H3117" after|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117" to|strong="H1696" have|strong="H1961" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H5973" her|strong="H7901", but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3117" refused|strong="H3808". He|strong="H3117" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3808" go|strong="H1961" near|strong="H5973" her|strong="H7901". 

\BibleSectionHeading{To|strong="H1696" get|strong="H3947" revenge|strong="H5360", Potiphar’s wife|strong="H1696" lied|strong="H3584", and|strong="H3117" Potiphar|strong="H6318" had|strong="H1961" Joseph|strong="H3130" thrown|strong="H7993" into|strong="H1961" prison|strong="H1004" }
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\verseNumber{11}One|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117" Joseph|strong="H1004" went|strong="H1004" into|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213" his|strong="H1961" work|strong="H4399", and|strong="H3117" none|strong="H0369" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6213" other|strong="H2088" household|strong="H1004" servants|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6213" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{12}Potiphar’s wife|strong="H0802" grabbed|strong="H8610" his|strong="H3027" cloak|strong="H8008" and|strong="H3027" said|strong="H3318", “Have|strong="H3027" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H3318"!” Joseph|strong="H3027" ran|strong="H5127" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3318" house|strong="H1004", but|strong="H5800" his|strong="H3027" cloak|strong="H8008" was|strong="H3027" still|strong="H7901" in|strong="H7901" her|strong="H3318" hand|strong="H3027"! 
\verseNumber{13}When|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" run|strong="H5127" outside|strong="H2351" leaving|strong="H5800" his|strong="H7200" cloak|strong="H8008" in|strong="H3027" her|strong="H7200" hand|strong="H3027", 
\verseNumber{14}she|strong="H7121" called|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7200" household|strong="H1004" servants|strong="H5650". She|strong="H7121" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H1004" them|strong="H7121", “Look|strong="H7200"! This|strong="H7200" Hebrew|strong="H5680" man|strong="H1419" that|strong="H7200" my|strong="H7200" husband|strong="H0376" brought|strong="H0935" to|strong="H1004" us|strong="H7200" is|strong="H6963" ◄insulting/trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H1004" do|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" disgraceful|strong="H5039" to|strong="H1004"► us|strong="H7200"! He|strong="H1004" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H7200" my|strong="H7200" room|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1419" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H1004" ◄rape|strong="H3533" me|strong="H7200"/make|strong="H7200" me|strong="H7200" have|strong="H7200" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H7121"►, but|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" screamed|strong="H7121" loudly|strong="H6963". 
\verseNumber{15}As|strong="H1961" soon|strong="H3588" as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3588" heard|strong="H8085" me|strong="H7121" scream loudly|strong="H6963", he|strong="H3588" left|strong="H5800" his|strong="H7121" loincloth with|strong="H3318" me|strong="H7121" and|strong="H6963" ran|strong="H5127" outside|strong="H2351"!” 
\verseNumber{16}She|strong="H5704" kept|strong="H8104" the|strong="H5704" loincloth beside|strong="H5704" her|strong="H5704" until|strong="H5704" her|strong="H5704" husband|strong="H0376", Joseph’s|strong="H3130" master|strong="H0113", came|strong="H0935" home|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H1696" she|strong="H1931" told|strong="H1696" him|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1696" story|strong="H4605": “That|strong="H1697" Hebrew|strong="H5680" slave|strong="H5650" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H1696" brought|strong="H5650" here|strong="H6311" came|strong="H1697" into|strong="H1697" my|strong="H1696" room|strong="H2315" and|strong="H5650" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H1696" rape|strong="H3533" me|strong="H1696"! 
\verseNumber{18}As|strong="H1961" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1961" I|strong="H7311" screamed|strong="H7121" loudly|strong="H6963", he|strong="H7121" ran|strong="H5127" outside|strong="H2351", leaving|strong="H5800" me|strong="H7121" holding|strong="H2388" his|strong="H7121" loincloth!” 
\verseNumber{19}When|strong="H1961" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" master|strong="H0113" heard|strong="H8085" this|strong="H6213" story|strong="H4605" that|strong="H8085" his|strong="H8085" wife|strong="H1696" told|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6213", saying|strong="H1697" “This|strong="H6213" is|strong="H1697" how|strong="H8085" your|strong="H8085" slave|strong="H5650" treated|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213",” he|strong="H6213" was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H2734" angry|strong="H2734". 
\verseNumber{20}Joseph’s|strong="H3130" master|strong="H5414" took|strong="H3947" Joseph|strong="H3130" and|strong="H4428" put|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" in|strong="H1004" prison|strong="H1004", the|strong="H5414" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H8033" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" king’s|strong="H4428" prisoners|strong="H0615" were|strong="H1961" put|strong="H5414", and|strong="H4428" Joseph|strong="H3130" stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H3068" Joseph|strong="H3130" and|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H5826" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" ◄prison|strong="H1004" warden|strong="H8269"/man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" charge|strong="H5414" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" prison|strong="H1004"► to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H1004" him|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" prison|strong="H1004" warden|strong="H8269" put|strong="H5414" Joseph|strong="H3130" in|strong="H6213" charge|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" prison|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3027" in|strong="H6213" charge|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H3605" warden|strong="H8269" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6213" concerned|strong="H6485" with|strong="H1004" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" Joseph|strong="H1004" was|strong="H3068" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004", because|strong="H3027" Yahweh|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H3027" Joseph|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" well|strong="H3190" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H1931" did|strong="H6213". 

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\chapterNumber{40}Some|strong="H1697" time|strong="H1961" later|strong="H1961", two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H1697" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt’s|strong="H4714" officials|strong="H8269" did|strong="H1697" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" displeased|strong="H3415" him|strong="H4428". One|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" chief|strong="H7218" ◄drink-server/man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H4428" prepared|strong="H3559" the|strong="H1697" wine|strong="H3196" and|strong="H4428" served|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1697" king|strong="H4428"►, and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H1697" other|strong="H0312" was|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" chief|strong="H7218" ◄baker|strong="H0644"/man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H4428" baked|strong="H0644" bread|strong="H3899" for|strong="H4714" the|strong="H1697" king|strong="H4428"►. 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" became|strong="H7107" angry|strong="H7107" with|strong="H5921" both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H8269" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H5414" he|strong="H8033" had|strong="H3130" them|strong="H5414" put|strong="H5414" in|strong="H1004" prison|strong="H1004", in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" palace|strong="H1004" guards|strong="H7323". That|strong="H5414" was|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H8033" Joseph|strong="H3130" was|strong="H1004" being|strong="H1004" kept|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3117" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H6485" were|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3117" prison|strong="H4929" for|strong="H3117" a|strong="H1961" long|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117". And|strong="H3117" during|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" palace|strong="H1004" guards|strong="H7323" appointed|strong="H6485" Joseph|strong="H3130" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H1961" servant|strong="H8334", to|strong="H1961" take|strong="H6485" care|strong="H6485" of|strong="H3117" their|strong="H1961" needs|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{5}One|strong="H8147" night|strong="H3915" while|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1004" king’s|strong="H4428" drink-server and|strong="H4428" his|strong="H4428" baker|strong="H0644" were|strong="H4714" there|strong="H8033" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1004" prison|strong="H1004", each|strong="H2492" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H8147" had|strong="H4428" a|strong="H2492" dream|strong="H2472". Each|strong="H2492" dream|strong="H2472" had|strong="H4428" a|strong="H2492" different|strong="H8133" meaning|strong="H0998". 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H7200" next|strong="H7200" morning|strong="H1242", when|strong="H7200" Joseph|strong="H3130" came|strong="H3130" to|strong="H7200" them|strong="H7200", he|strong="H1242" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H7200" them|strong="H7200" were|strong="H3130" dejected|strong="H2196"/worried|strong="H1672". 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H7592" he|strong="H3117" asked|strong="H7592" them|strong="H6440", “Why|strong="H4069" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6440" look|strong="H6547" so|strong="H7592" sad|strong="H7451" today|strong="H3117"?” 
\verseNumber{8}One|strong="H3808" of|strong="H5608" them|strong="H4994" answered|strong="H6030", “We|strong="H4994" both|strong="H8147" had|strong="H2492" dreams|strong="H2472" last|strong="H0314" night|strong="H3915", but|strong="H3808" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H3130" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3808" can|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5608" us|strong="H4994" the|strong="H3808" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H5608" the|strong="H3808" dreams|strong="H2472".” Joseph|strong="H3130" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3808" them|strong="H4994", “God|strong="H3808" is|strong="H3130" the|strong="H3808" only|strong="H0389" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3808" can|strong="H3808" [RHQ] tell|strong="H5608" the|strong="H3808" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H5608" dreams|strong="H2472". So|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5608" me|strong="H4994" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3808" dreamed|strong="H2492", and|strong="H4994" God|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5608" me|strong="H4994" the|strong="H3808" meaning|strong="H0998".” 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H5608" the|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" chief|strong="H8269" drink-server told|strong="H5608" his|strong="H6440" dream|strong="H2472" to|strong="H6440" Joseph|strong="H3130". He|strong="H6440" said|strong="H0559", “In|strong="H6440" my|strong="H5608" dream|strong="H2472" I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H2009" a|strong="H6440" grapevine in|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H8269" me|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{10}On|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" vine|strong="H1612" there|strong="H5927" were|strong="H7969" three|strong="H7969" branches|strong="H8299". After|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" branches|strong="H8299" budded|strong="H6524", they|strong="H1931" blossomed|strong="H6524", and|strong="H5927" then|strong="H5927" they|strong="H1931" produced|strong="H1310" clusters|strong="H0811" of|strong="H1612" grapes|strong="H6025". 
\verseNumber{11}I|strong="H5414" was|strong="H3027" holding|strong="H2388" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" cup|strong="H3563", so|strong="H3947" I|strong="H5414" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" grapes|strong="H6025" and|strong="H3027" squeezed|strong="H7818" the|strong="H5921" juice|strong="H6071" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" cup|strong="H3563". Then|strong="H3947" I|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" cup|strong="H3563" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" drink|strong="H8354" the|strong="H5921" juice|strong="H6071".” 
\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w immediately|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w Joseph|strong="H3130"\+w* \+w what|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w dream|strong="H2472"\+w* \+w meant|strong="H2803"\+w*}. So|strong="H2088" Joseph|strong="H3130" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3117" him|strong="H2088", “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3117" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H3117" your|strong="H2088" dream|strong="H2472": The|strong="H3117" three|strong="H7969" branches|strong="H8299" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" vine|strong="H1612" represent|strong="H7969" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{13}Within|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" release|strong="H7971" you|strong="H5414" from|strong="H7725" prison|strong="H1004". He|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" let|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" do|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" work|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5414" did|strong="H3117" before|strong="H5921". You|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" take|strong="H5375" cups|strong="H4945" of|strong="H3117" wine|strong="H3196" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" as|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5414" did|strong="H3117" before|strong="H5921", when|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414" were|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5375" drink-server. 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1004" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1004" prison|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" everything|strong="H3605" goes|strong="H3318" well|strong="H3190" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588", please|strong="H4994" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" forget|strong="H7911" me|strong="H4994". 
\verseNumber{15}People|strong="H3808" took|strong="H7760" me|strong="H7760" away|strong="H1589" forcefully from|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H3808" my|strong="H7760" fellow|strong="H7453" Hebrews|strong="H5680" live|strong="H3427". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w nothing|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w wrong|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w*}, and|strong="H6213" also|strong="H1571" while|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1571" been|strong="H3808" here|strong="H6311" in|strong="H6213" Egypt|strong="H4714", I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1571" done|strong="H6213" nothing|strong="H3808" for|strong="H3588" which|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" deserved|strong="H1576" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3808" put|strong="H7760" in|strong="H6213" prison|strong="H1004". So|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3808" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H6213" me|strong="H7760" and|strong="H6213" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" about|strong="H6213" me|strong="H7760", so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1571" release|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7760" from|strong="H1571" this|strong="H6213" prison|strong="H1004"!” 
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\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" chief|strong="H7218" baker|strong="H0644" heard|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H5921" dream|strong="H2472" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" drink-server was|strong="H3130" very|strong="H2896" favorable|strong="H2896", he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" Joseph|strong="H3130", “I|strong="H3588" also|strong="H8269" had|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" dream|strong="H2472". In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" dream|strong="H2472" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3130" surprised|strong="H8610" to|strong="H5921" see|strong="H7200" three|strong="H7969" baskets|strong="H5536" of|strong="H8269" bread|strong="H2751" stacked|strong="H1430" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H7200" head|strong="H7218". 
\verseNumber{17}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" top|strong="H7218" basket|strong="H5536" there|strong="H4480" were|strong="H7218" many|strong="H7227" kinds|strong="H3605" of|strong="H7218" baked|strong="H0644" goods|strong="H4639" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H5921", but|strong="H3605" birds|strong="H5775" were|strong="H7218" eating|strong="H0398" them|strong="H5921" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" top|strong="H7218" basket|strong="H5536" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H6547" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218"!” 
\verseNumber{18}God|strong="H0430" again|strong="H6030" told|strong="H5046" Joseph|strong="H3130" what|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3117" dream|strong="H2472" meant|strong="H2803", so|strong="H2088" he|strong="H3117" said|strong="H6030", “The|strong="H3117" three|strong="H7969" baskets|strong="H5536" also|strong="H2088" represent|strong="H7969" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{19}Within|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1320" command|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" your|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218" be|strong="H5750" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H5375" your|strong="H5921" body|strong="H1320" will|strong="H1320" be|strong="H5750" hung|strong="H8518" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5375" tree|strong="H6086", and|strong="H3117" vultures|strong="H5404" will|strong="H1320" come|strong="H5750" and|strong="H3117" eat|strong="H0398" your|strong="H5921" flesh|strong="H1320".” 
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\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H3605" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117" after|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" ◄king’s|strong="H4428" birthday|strong="H3205"/day|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" celebrated|strong="H6213" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" became|strong="H3205" one|strong="H3605" year|strong="H3117" older|strong="H1419"►. On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" invited|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H8269" to|strong="H1961" celebrate|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3605" birthday|strong="H3205". During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" celebration|strong="H8057", while|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" gathered|strong="H6213" there|strong="H1961", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" summoned|strong="H7121" his|strong="H3605" chief|strong="H7218" drink-server and|strong="H3117" chief|strong="H7218" baker|strong="H0644" from|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" prison|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{21}He|strong="H5414" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" chief|strong="H8269" drink-server could|strong="H3201" have|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" previous|strong="H7223" job|strong="H0347" again|strong="H7725", so|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5414" again|strong="H7725" he|strong="H5414" took|strong="H7725" cups|strong="H4945" of|strong="H8269" wine|strong="H3196" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3130" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H8269" the|strong="H8518" chief|strong="H8269" baker|strong="H0644" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2026" by|strong="H0801" being|strong="H1961" hanged|strong="H8518", just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H0834" Joseph|strong="H3130" had|strong="H3130" said|strong="H0559" would|strong="H0014" happen|strong="H1961" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3130" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H8518" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H8269" the|strong="H8518" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H8269" their|strong="H8518" dreams|strong="H2472". 
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\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H2142" chief|strong="H8269" drink-server did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" think|strong="H2142" about|strong="H3130" Joseph|strong="H3130". He|strong="H3808" forgot|strong="H7911" to|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H2142" Joseph|strong="H3130" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H2142" to|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Joseph told the king that the meaning of his dreams was that there would be a big famine }
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\chapterNumber{41}Two|strong="H8147" complete|strong="H3617" years|strong="H8141" later|strong="H7093", the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3117" Egypt|strong="H4714" had|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" dream|strong="H2492". In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" dream|strong="H2492", he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" standing|strong="H5975" alongside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Nile|strong="H2975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H2975"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}Suddenly|strong="H2009" seven|strong="H7651" healthy|strong="H1277" fat|strong="H1277" cows|strong="H6510" come|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" river|strong="H2975". They|strong="H5927" started|strong="H2490" eating|strong="H0398" the|strong="H4480" grass|strong="H2682" that|strong="H4480" was|strong="H1320" on|strong="H5927" the|strong="H4480" riverbank. 
\verseNumber{3}Soon|strong="H3512" seven|strong="H7651" other|strong="H8193" cows|strong="H6510", unhealthy-looking and|strong="H5975" thin|strong="H1851", came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" behind|strong="H4480" them|strong="H5921" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" Nile|strong="H2975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H2975"\+w*}. They|strong="H5921" stood|strong="H5975" alongside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" fat|strong="H1320" cows|strong="H6510" that|strong="H4480" were|strong="H2009" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" riverbank. 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H7451" unhealthy thin|strong="H1851" cows|strong="H6510" ate|strong="H0398" the|strong="H7451" seven|strong="H7651" healthy|strong="H1277" fat|strong="H1277" cows|strong="H6510". And|strong="H6547" then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H7451" king|strong="H4428" woke|strong="H3364" up|strong="H5927". 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H5927" king|strong="H4428" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" sleep|strong="H3462" again|strong="H8145", and|strong="H5927" he|strong="H2009" had|strong="H2492" another|strong="H8145" dream|strong="H2492". This|strong="H5927" time|strong="H8145" he|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H2009" seven|strong="H7651" heads|strong="H7641" of|strong="H2896" grain|strong="H7641" that|strong="H5927" were|strong="H2009" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H2896" kernels|strong="H2785" of|strong="H2896" grain|strong="H7641" and|strong="H5927" ripe|strong="H2896", and|strong="H5927" all|strong="H5927" growing|strong="H5927" on|strong="H5927" one|strong="H2896" stalk|strong="H7070". 
\verseNumber{6}After|strong="H6779" that|strong="H2009", the|strong="H2009" king|strong="H4428" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H2009" seven|strong="H7651" other|strong="H0312" heads|strong="H7641" of|strong="H7641" grain|strong="H7641" sprouted|strong="H6779" on|strong="H5921" that|strong="H2009" (OR|strong="H0176", on|strong="H5921" another|strong="H0312") stalk|strong="H7070". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H2009" thin|strong="H1851" and|strong="H7651" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" dried|strong="H3001" up|strong="H6779" by|strong="H0801" the|strong="H2009" hot|strong="H2552" east|strong="H6921" wind|strong="H6921". 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H2009" the|strong="H2009" thin|strong="H1851" heads|strong="H7641" of|strong="H4392" grain|strong="H7641" swallowed|strong="H1104" up|strong="H1104" the|strong="H2009" seven|strong="H7651" ripe|strong="H1310" full|strong="H4392" heads|strong="H7641". Then|strong="H2009" the|strong="H2009" king|strong="H4428" woke|strong="H3364" up|strong="H1104". He|strong="H2009" realized|strong="H3045" that|strong="H6547" he|strong="H2009" had|strong="H6547" been|strong="H1961" dreaming|strong="H2492". 
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\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" next|strong="H7971" morning|strong="H1242" he|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1961" worried|strong="H1672" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H7307" the|strong="H3605" dream|strong="H2472". So|strong="H7971" he|strong="H3605" summoned|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" magicians|strong="H2748" and|strong="H7971" wise|strong="H2450" men|strong="H2450" who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H1961" in|strong="H7121" Egypt|strong="H4714". He|strong="H3605" told|strong="H5608" them|strong="H7971" what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" dreamed|strong="H2492", but|strong="H1961" none|strong="H3605" of|strong="H7307" them|strong="H7971" could|strong="H3201" tell|strong="H5608" him|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H7307" the|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" dreams|strong="H2472". 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3117" chief|strong="H8269" drink-server said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3117" king|strong="H4428", “Now|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" remember|strong="H2142" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" should|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3117" told|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3117"! I|strong="H3117" made|strong="H1696" a|strong="H1696" mistake|strong="H7686" by|strong="H3117" forgetting|strong="H7911" to|strong="H1696" tell|strong="H1696" it|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{10}One|strong="H1004" time|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414" were|strong="H5650" angry|strong="H7107" with|strong="H1004" two|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" us|strong="H5414". So|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" put|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" chief|strong="H8269" baker|strong="H0644" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" prison|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1004" guards|strong="H7323". 
\verseNumber{11}While|strong="H1931" we|strong="H0587" were|strong="H0834" there|strong="H8033", one|strong="H1931" night|strong="H3915" each|strong="H2492" of|strong="H2492" us|strong="H5414" had|strong="H2492" a|strong="H2492" dream|strong="H2472", and|strong="H3915" the|strong="H3915" dreams|strong="H2472" had|strong="H2492" different|strong="H8133" meanings. 
\verseNumber{12}There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H5288" a|strong="H8033" young|strong="H5288" Hebrew|strong="H5680" man|strong="H5288" there|strong="H8033" with|strong="H8033" us|strong="H5608". He|strong="H8033" was|strong="H5288" a|strong="H8033" servant|strong="H5650" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H5650" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H5650" palace|strong="H1004" guards|strong="H7323". We|strong="H8033" told|strong="H5608" him|strong="H5608" what|strong="H4100" we|strong="H8033" had|strong="H2876" dreamed|strong="H2492", and|strong="H5650" he|strong="H8033" told|strong="H5608" us|strong="H5608" what|strong="H4100" our|strong="H5650" dreams|strong="H2472" meant|strong="H2803". He|strong="H8033" told|strong="H5608" each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H8269" us|strong="H5608" the|strong="H5650" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H8269" our|strong="H5650" dreams|strong="H2472". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H7725" what|strong="H3651" happened|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" exactly|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5921" same|strong="H3651" as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" meanings that|strong="H3651" he|strong="H3651" told|strong="H5046" us|strong="H7725": You|strong="H5921" said|strong="H3651" I|strong="H5921" could|strong="H3201" have|strong="H1961" my|strong="H5921" previous|strong="H7223" job|strong="H0347" again|strong="H7725", but|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" man|strong="H0376" was|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2026" by|strong="H5921" being|strong="H1961" hanged|strong="H8518". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w man’s|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w name|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w Joseph|strong="H7725"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H7971" the|strong="H4480" king|strong="H4428" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H7121", he|strong="H4480" told|strong="H5046" some|strong="H4480" servants|strong="H5650" to|strong="H7971" bring|strong="H7121" Joseph|strong="H3130" to|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7121", and|strong="H7971" they|strong="H7323" quickly|strong="H7323" brought|strong="H7323" Joseph|strong="H3130" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" prison|strong="H1004". Joseph|strong="H3130" shaved|strong="H1548" and|strong="H7971" put|strong="H7971" on|strong="H7971" better|strong="H2896" clothes|strong="H8071", and|strong="H7971" then|strong="H7971" he|strong="H4480" went|strong="H3130" and|strong="H7971" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H7121" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5921" Joseph|strong="H3130", “I|strong="H5921" had|strong="H2492" two|strong="H8147" dreams|strong="H2472", and|strong="H8085" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H8085" can|strong="H4310" tell|strong="H8085" me|strong="H5921" what|strong="H8085" they|strong="H5921" mean|strong="H2823". But|strong="H8085" someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H8085" me|strong="H5921" that|strong="H8085" when|strong="H8085" you|strong="H5921" hear|strong="H8085" someone|strong="H0376" tell|strong="H8085" about|strong="H5921" a|strong="H8085" dream|strong="H2472" he|strong="H5921" has|strong="H3130" had|strong="H2492", you|strong="H5921" can|strong="H4310" tell|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085" person|strong="H5315" what|strong="H8085" the|strong="H5921" dream|strong="H2472" means|strong="H3027".” 
\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H6030" Joseph|strong="H3130" replied|strong="H6030" to|strong="H6030" the|strong="H6030" king|strong="H4428", “No|strong="H3808", I|strong="H7965" cannot|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H6547". It|strong="H7965" is|strong="H3130" God|strong="H0430" who|strong="H6547" knows|strong="H3045" the|strong="H6030" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H7965" dreams|strong="H2472", but|strong="H6030" he|strong="H3130" will|strong="H6547" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H6030" to|strong="H6030" tell|strong="H6030" you|strong="H6030" their|strong="H3605" meaning|strong="H0998", and|strong="H6030" they|strong="H7965" will|strong="H6547" mean|strong="H2823" something|strong="H1697" good|strong="H2896".” 
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\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Joseph|strong="H3130", “In|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" first|strong="H7223" dream|strong="H2472" I|strong="H2005" was|strong="H6547" standing|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" bank|strong="H8193" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Nile|strong="H2975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H2975"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{18}Suddenly|strong="H2009" seven|strong="H7651" healthy|strong="H1277" fat|strong="H1277" cows|strong="H6510" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" river|strong="H2975", and|strong="H5927" they|strong="H5927" started|strong="H2490" eating|strong="H0398" the|strong="H4480" grass|strong="H2682" that|strong="H4480" was|strong="H1320" on|strong="H5927" the|strong="H4480" riverbank. 
\verseNumber{19}Soon|strong="H3512" seven|strong="H7651" other|strong="H3605" cows|strong="H6510", ugly|strong="H7451" and|strong="H4714" thin|strong="H7534" ones|strong="H7451", came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" behind|strong="H0310" them|strong="H7200" from|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" river|strong="H5104". I|strong="H2009" never|strong="H3808" saw|strong="H7200" such|strong="H2007" ugly|strong="H7451" cows|strong="H6510" in|strong="H1320" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H3605" Egypt|strong="H4714"! 
\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H7534" thin|strong="H7534" ugly|strong="H7451" cows|strong="H6510" ate|strong="H0398" the|strong="H7534" seven|strong="H7651" fat|strong="H1277" cows|strong="H6510" that|strong="H7451" came|strong="H6510" up|strong="H5927" first|strong="H7223". 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H3588" afterwards|strong="H0310", no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" would|strong="H7451" have|strong="H3045" known|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" thin|strong="H1851" cows|strong="H6510" ate|strong="H0398" them|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H7451" just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H3588" ugly|strong="H7451" as|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H7451" before|strong="H3808". Then|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" woke|strong="H3364" up|strong="H5927". 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H2009" I|strong="H2009" had|strong="H3068" another|strong="H7200" dream|strong="H2472". I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H7200" seven|strong="H7651" heads|strong="H7641" of|strong="H4392" grain|strong="H7641". They|strong="H5927" were|strong="H2009" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H4392" kernels|strong="H2785" of|strong="H4392" grain|strong="H7641" and|strong="H7200" ripe|strong="H2896", and|strong="H7200" they|strong="H5927" were|strong="H2009" all|strong="H7200" growing|strong="H5927" on|strong="H7200" one|strong="H2896" stalk|strong="H7070". 
\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6921"\+w* \+w my|strong="H8104"\+w* surprise} I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H2009" seven|strong="H7651" other|strong="H0312" heads|strong="H7641" of|strong="H7641" grain|strong="H7641" that|strong="H2009" sprouted|strong="H6779". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H2009" thin|strong="H1851" and|strong="H7651" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" dried|strong="H3001" up|strong="H6779" by|strong="H0801" the|strong="H2009" hot|strong="H2552" east|strong="H6921" wind|strong="H6921". 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H5046" thin|strong="H1851" heads|strong="H7641" of|strong="H2748" grain|strong="H7641" swallowed|strong="H1104" the|strong="H5046" seven|strong="H7651" good|strong="H2896" heads|strong="H7641". I|strong="H5046" told|strong="H5046" these|strong="H5046" dreams|strong="H2472" to|strong="H5046" the|strong="H5046" magicians|strong="H2748", but|strong="H1104" none|strong="H0369" of|strong="H2748" them|strong="H5046" could|strong="H3201" explain|strong="H5046" to|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046" what|strong="H2896" they|strong="H1992" meant|strong="H2803".” 
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\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H6213" Joseph|strong="H3130" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428", “Both|strong="H8147" your|strong="H6213" dreams|strong="H2472" have|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6213" same|strong="H1931" meaning|strong="H0998". God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H1931" revealing|strong="H1540" to|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" your|strong="H6213" dreams|strong="H2472" what|strong="H6213" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" about|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{26}The|strong="H8141" seven|strong="H7651" healthy|strong="H1277" cows|strong="H6510" represent|strong="H2007" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141". The|strong="H8141" seven|strong="H7651" good|strong="H2896" heads|strong="H7641" of|strong="H8141" grain|strong="H7641" also|strong="H1931" represent|strong="H2007" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141". The|strong="H8141" two|strong="H8147" dreams|strong="H2472" both|strong="H8147" have|strong="H8141" the|strong="H8141" same|strong="H1931" meaning|strong="H2007". 
\verseNumber{27}The|strong="H5927" seven|strong="H7651" thin|strong="H7534" ugly|strong="H7451" cows|strong="H6510" that|strong="H8141" came|strong="H1961" up|strong="H5927" behind|strong="H0310" them|strong="H2007" and|strong="H8141" the|strong="H5927" seven|strong="H7651" worthless|strong="H7386" heads|strong="H7641" of|strong="H8141" grain|strong="H7641" that|strong="H8141" were|strong="H1961" dried|strong="H3001" up|strong="H5927" by|strong="H8141" the|strong="H5927" hot|strong="H2552" east|strong="H6921" wind|strong="H6921" each|strong="H0376" represent|strong="H2007" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" ◄of|strong="H8141" famine|strong="H7458"/when|strong="H1961" food|strong="H3899" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" scarce|strong="H2637"►. 
\verseNumber{28}It|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1697" happen|strong="H6213" just|strong="H1697" as|strong="H1697" I|strong="H1697" have|strong="H7200" told|strong="H1696" you|strong="H6213", because|strong="H1697" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H1697" revealed|strong="H1540" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" about|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{29}There|strong="H2009" will|strong="H4714" be|strong="H8141" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" which|strong="H3605" there|strong="H2009" will|strong="H4714" be|strong="H8141" plenty|strong="H7647" of|strong="H8141" food|strong="H3899" throughout|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H8141" Egypt|strong="H4714", 
\verseNumber{30}but|strong="H7911" after|strong="H6965" that|strong="H3605" there|strong="H3605" will|strong="H4714" be|strong="H8141" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" ◄of|strong="H8141" famine|strong="H7458"/when|strong="H3615" food|strong="H3899" will|strong="H4714" be|strong="H8141" very|strong="H3966" scarce|strong="H2637"►. Then|strong="H6965" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H4714" forget|strong="H7911" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" years|strong="H8141" when|strong="H3615" there|strong="H3605" was|strong="H7458" plenty|strong="H7647" of|strong="H8141" food|strong="H3899", because|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" famine|strong="H7458" that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H4714" come|strong="H3615" afterward|strong="H0310" will|strong="H4714" ruin|strong="H2723" the|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{31}The|strong="H6440" people|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" how|strong="H3588" plentiful|strong="H7230" food|strong="H3899" was|strong="H1931" previously|strong="H6440", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" famine|strong="H7458" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" very|strong="H3966" terrible|strong="H3515". 
\verseNumber{32}The|strong="H5921" reason|strong="H1697" God|strong="H0430" gave|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" two|strong="H6213" dreams|strong="H2472" is|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" this|strong="H6213" will|strong="H1697" happen|strong="H6213", and|strong="H6213" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1697" cause|strong="H1697" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H6213" happen|strong="H6213" very|strong="H6213" soon|strong="H4116". 
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\verseNumber{33}“ow I|strong="H5921" suggest that|strong="H7200" you|strong="H5921" should|strong="H2450" choose|strong="H0977" a|strong="H7200" man|strong="H2450" who|strong="H6547" is|strong="H4714" wise|strong="H2450" and|strong="H4714" can|strong="H7200" make|strong="H7896" good|strong="H2896" decisions|strong="H4941". I|strong="H5921" suggest that|strong="H7200" you|strong="H5921" appoint|strong="H7896" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" direct|strong="H7896" the|strong="H5921" affairs|strong="H1697" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" whole|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{34}You|strong="H5921" should|strong="H8141" also|strong="H6213" appoint|strong="H6485" supervisors|strong="H6485" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" country|strong="H2022", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H8141" they|strong="H5921" can|strong="H6213" arrange|strong="H6186" to|strong="H5921" collect|strong="H3063" one-fifth|strong="H2549" of|strong="H8141" all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" grain|strong="H1715" that|strong="H8141" is|strong="H4714" harvested|strong="H1219" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" when|strong="H6213" food|strong="H3899" is|strong="H4714" plentiful|strong="H7230". 
\verseNumber{35}They|strong="H8141" should|strong="H8141" collect|strong="H6908" this|strong="H8104" amount|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3027" grain|strong="H1250" during|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3027" coming|strong="H0935", when|strong="H6547" there|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H3027" plenty|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3027" food|strong="H3899". You|strong="H3605" should|strong="H8141" supervise|strong="H5329" them|strong="H3027" as|strong="H8478" they|strong="H8141" store|strong="H6651" it|strong="H8104" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{36}This|strong="H1961" grain|strong="H1715" should|strong="H8141" be|strong="H1961" stored|strong="H6845" so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H8141" it|strong="H1961" can|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" eaten|strong="H0398" during|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3772" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" when|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" famine|strong="H7458" here|strong="H6311" in|strong="H8141" Egypt|strong="H4714", so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3772" people|strong="H3808" in|strong="H8141" this|strong="H1961" country|strong="H2022" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191" from|strong="H3772" hunger|strong="H7458".” 

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\verseNumber{37}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H5869" his|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H5650" thought|strong="H5869" that|strong="H3605" this|strong="H1697" would|strong="H1697" be|strong="H1697" a|strong="H5869" good|strong="H3190" plan|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{38}So|strong="H2088" the|strong="H4672" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5650" them|strong="H4672", “◄Can|strong="H5650" we|strong="H4672" find|strong="H4672" any|strong="H4672" other|strong="H2088" man|strong="H2088" like|strong="H7307" Joseph|strong="H3130", a|strong="H4672" man|strong="H2088" to|strong="H5650" whom|strong="H0834" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H5650" given|strong="H5650" his|strong="H4672" Spirit|strong="H7307"?/It|strong="H4672" is|strong="H2088" not|strong="H2088" likely that|strong="H2088" we|strong="H4672" will|strong="H5650" find|strong="H4672" another|strong="H2088" man|strong="H2088" like|strong="H7307" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H2088", one|strong="H2088" to|strong="H5650" whom|strong="H0834" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H5650" given|strong="H5650" his|strong="H4672" Spirit|strong="H7307"!►” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{39}Then|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3045" Joseph|strong="H3130", “Because|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H3045" revealed|strong="H3045" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2063" to|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3605", it|strong="H3045" seems|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3045" me|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" there|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" as|strong="H3644" wise|strong="H2450" as|strong="H3644" you|strong="H3605" and|strong="H6547" who|strong="H3605" can|strong="H3045" decide|strong="H3198" wisely|strong="H2451" about|strong="H3045" things|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{40}So|strong="H4480" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" put|strong="H6310" you|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" everything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" here|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714" must|strong="H4191" obey|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6310" you|strong="H3605" command|strong="H6310". Only|strong="H7535" because|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" king|strong="H3678" [MTY] will|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1961" more|strong="H4480" authority|strong="H5921" than|strong="H4480" you|strong="H3605".” 
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\verseNumber{41}Then|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" Joseph|strong="H3130", “I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" now|strong="H5414" putting|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714".” 
\verseNumber{42}The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" took|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" his|strong="H5414" finger|strong="H2885" the|strong="H5921" ring|strong="H2885" that|strong="H5414" had|strong="H3130" his|strong="H5414" seal|strong="H2368" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3027" he|strong="H5414" put|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" finger|strong="H2885". He|strong="H5414" put|strong="H5414" robes|strong="H0899" made|strong="H7760" of|strong="H3027" fine|strong="H8336" linen|strong="H8336" on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3027" he|strong="H5414" put|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" gold|strong="H2091" chain|strong="H7242" around|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" neck|strong="H6677". 
\verseNumber{43}Then|strong="H5414" he|strong="H3605" arranged|strong="H7121" for|strong="H5921" Joseph|strong="H3130" to|strong="H5921" ride|strong="H7392" around|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" chariot|strong="H4818" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w showed|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w was|strong="H4714"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" second-most important|strong="H5704" man|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022". When|strong="H5921" Joseph|strong="H3130" rode|strong="H7392" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" chariot|strong="H4818", men|strong="H3605" shouted|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H4714" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" road|strong="H1870" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" him|strong="H5414", “Get|strong="H3947" off|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" road|strong="H1870"!” So|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H5921" put|strong="H5414" Joseph|strong="H3130" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H6440" everything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022". 
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\verseNumber{44}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3027" Joseph|strong="H3130", “I|strong="H4714" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", but|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H3027" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H4714" do|strong="H3605" anything|strong="H3605" [IDM] if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" permit|strong="H5414" them|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3027" do|strong="H3605" it|strong="H3808".” 
\verseNumber{45}The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" gave|strong="H5414" Joseph|strong="H3130" a|strong="H5414" new|strong="H2319" name|strong="H8034", Zaphenath-Paneah|strong="H6847". He|strong="H5414" also|strong="H8034" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" Asenath|strong="H0621" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H8034" his|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802". She|strong="H7121" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H5921" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Potiphera|strong="H6319", who|strong="H3548" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H5414" priest|strong="H3548" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" On|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. Then|strong="H3318" Joseph|strong="H3130" became|strong="H3318" known|strong="H3318" (OR|strong="H0176", traveled|strong="H5265") through|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1323" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
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\verseNumber{46}Joseph|strong="H3130" was|strong="H4428" 30 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3318" he|strong="H3605" started|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714". To|strong="H3318" do|strong="H3318" his|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399", he|strong="H3605" left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1121" traveled|strong="H5674" throughout|strong="H3605" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{47}During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" next|strong="H4283" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141", the|strong="H6213" land|strong="H0776" produced|strong="H6213" abundant|strong="H7227" crops|strong="H8393", so|strong="H6213" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H8141" plenty|strong="H7647" of|strong="H8141" food|strong="H3899". 
\verseNumber{48}As|strong="H1961" Joseph|strong="H6908" supervised|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414", his|strong="H3605" helpers|strong="H5826" collected|strong="H6908" one-fifth|strong="H2549" of|strong="H8141" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" grain|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1961" produced|strong="H6213" during|strong="H1961" those|strong="H3605" years|strong="H8141", and|strong="H5892" stored|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892". In|strong="H8141" each|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", he|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3605" helpers|strong="H5826" store|strong="H4543" up|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" grain|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1961" grown|strong="H6908" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" fields|strong="H7704" that|strong="H3605" surrounded|strong="H5439" that|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{49}Joseph|strong="H3130" had|strong="H3588" them|strong="H5704" store|strong="H7235" up|strong="H6651" a|strong="H3588" huge|strong="H1995" amount|strong="H7235" of|strong="H4557" grain|strong="H1250". It|strong="H3588" looked|strong="H7200" as|strong="H5704" plentiful|strong="H7230" as|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3588" sand|strong="H2344" on|strong="H3220" the|strong="H3588" seashore|strong="H3220". There|strong="H5704" was|strong="H3130" so|strong="H3966" much|strong="H7235" grain|strong="H1250" that|strong="H3588" after|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" while|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3588" stopped|strong="H2308" keeping|strong="H8104" records|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4557" how|strong="H3588" much|strong="H7235" grain|strong="H1250" was|strong="H3130" stored|strong="H6651", because|strong="H3588" there|strong="H5704" was|strong="H3130" more|strong="H7235" grain|strong="H1250" than|strong="H7235" they|strong="H3588" could|strong="H3201" measure|strong="H3966". 
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\verseNumber{50}Before|strong="H2962" the|strong="H3205" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" famine|strong="H7458" started|strong="H2490", Joseph’s|strong="H3130" wife|strong="H0802" Asenath|strong="H0621" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{51}Joseph|strong="H3130" named|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" one|strong="H3605" Manasseh|strong="H4519", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w word|strong="H3130"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w forget|strong="H5382"\+w*}’, because|strong="H3588", he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H7121", “God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H3588" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H7121" to|strong="H1004" forget|strong="H5382" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" troubles|strong="H6869" and|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" father’s|strong="H0001" family|strong="H1004".” 
\verseNumber{52}He|strong="H3588" named|strong="H7121" his|strong="H7121" second|strong="H8145" son|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H8034", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w to|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w children|strong="H1121"\+w*}’, because|strong="H3588", he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H7121", “God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H3588" given|strong="H7121" me|strong="H7121" children|strong="H1121" here|strong="H6311" in|strong="H8034" this|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H0834" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" suffered|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{53}Finally|strong="H5704" the|strong="H1961" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" which|strong="H0834" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" plenty|strong="H7647" of|strong="H8141" food|strong="H3899" ended|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{54}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" of|strong="H8141" famine|strong="H7458" started|strong="H2490", just|strong="H3605" as|strong="H1961" Joseph|strong="H3130" had|strong="H1961" predicted|strong="H1696". There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" also|strong="H3899" a|strong="H1961" famine|strong="H7458" in|strong="H8141" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" nearby|strong="H7138" lands|strong="H4054", but|strong="H1961" although|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" crops|strong="H8393" did|strong="H8141" not|strong="H1961" grow|strong="H6779", there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" food|strong="H3899" everywhere|strong="H3605" in|strong="H8141" Egypt|strong="H4714", because|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" grain|strong="H3605" they|strong="H8141" had|strong="H1961" stored|strong="H6845" up|strong="H3605" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{55}When|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5971" [MTY] Egypt|strong="H4714" had|strong="H3130" eaten|strong="H0398" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5971" their|strong="H3605" own|strong="H5971" food|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3212" were|strong="H5971" still|strong="H5971" hungry|strong="H7456", they|strong="H6213" begged|strong="H2603" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" for|strong="H6213" food|strong="H3899". So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" told|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5971" Egypt|strong="H4714", “Go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Joseph|strong="H3130", and|strong="H3212" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" tells|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3212" do|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{56}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" famine|strong="H7458" was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" bad|strong="H7451" throughout|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022", Joseph|strong="H3130" ordered|strong="H6680" his|strong="H3605" helpers|strong="H5826" to|strong="H1961" open|strong="H6605" the|strong="H3605" storehouses|strong="H0214". Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5921" sold|strong="H7666" the|strong="H3605" grain|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" storehouses|strong="H0214" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H6440" Egypt|strong="H4714", because|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" famine|strong="H7458" was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" severe|strong="H2388" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{57}And|strong="H4714" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H4714" many|strong="H7227" [HYP] nearby|strong="H7138" countries|strong="H0776" came|strong="H4714" to|strong="H4714" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H4714" buy|strong="H7666" grain|strong="H3605" from|strong="H4714" Joseph|strong="H3130", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" famine|strong="H7458" was|strong="H7458" very|strong="H3966" severe|strong="H2388" everywhere|strong="H3605" [HYP]. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Joseph’s brothers went to Egypt to buy grain, but didn’t realize they were buying it from their brother }
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\chapterNumber{42}When|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" Jacob|strong="H3290" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H3426" was|strong="H1121" grain|strong="H7668" in|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714" that|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1121" could|strong="H4100" buy|strong="H7069", he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4714" his|strong="H7200" sons|strong="H1121", “◄Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" just|strong="H3512" sit|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3426" looking|strong="H7200" at|strong="H7200" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312"?/Do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3588" just|strong="H3512" sit|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3426" looking|strong="H7200" at|strong="H7200" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312"!► [RHQ] We|strong="H3588" need|strong="H4270" some|strong="H4480" grain|strong="H7668"!” 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3381" them|strong="H3381", “Someone|strong="H4191" told|strong="H8085" me|strong="H2421" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H3426" grain|strong="H7668" for|strong="H3588" sale|strong="H4465" in|strong="H4191" Egypt|strong="H4714". Go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H4714" buy|strong="H7666" some|strong="H8033" for|strong="H3588" us|strong="H3588", in|strong="H4191" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4714" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191"!” 
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\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H3381" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" ten|strong="H6235" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H3381" buy|strong="H7666" some|strong="H4480" grain|strong="H1250". 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3588" Jacob|strong="H3290" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" send|strong="H7971" Benjamin|strong="H1144", Joseph’s|strong="H3130" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251", to|strong="H7971" go|strong="H7971" with|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3588" others|strong="H0312", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3290" afraid|strong="H3372"/worried|strong="H1672" that|strong="H3588" something|strong="H1697" terrible|strong="H3372" might|strong="H6435" happen|strong="H7122" to|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7971" like|strong="H3808" what|strong="H3588" happened|strong="H7122" to|strong="H7971" Joseph|strong="H3130". 
\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H1961" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" other|strong="H0312" sons|strong="H1121" went|strong="H3478" down|strong="H3588" from|strong="H3478" Canaan|strong="H3667" to|strong="H3478" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H3478" buy|strong="H7666" grain|strong="H7666", and|strong="H1121" others|strong="H0312" from|strong="H3478" there|strong="H1961" went|strong="H3478" too|strong="H1961", because|strong="H3588" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" famine|strong="H7458" in|strong="H3478" Canaan|strong="H3667" also|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{6}At|strong="H5921" that|strong="H5971" time|strong="H5921" Joseph|strong="H3130" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3605" governor|strong="H7989" of|strong="H5971" Egypt|strong="H4714". He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" sold|strong="H7666" grain|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" came|strong="H5971" from|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H5971" from|strong="H5921" many|strong="H7227" other|strong="H3605" countries|strong="H0776" [HYP] to|strong="H5921" buy|strong="H7666" grain|strong="H3605". So|strong="H5921" when|strong="H5921" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" brothers|strong="H0251" arrived|strong="H0935", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w it|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w necessary|strong="H2706"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Joseph|strong="H3130"\+w*. \+w So|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w went|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w and|strong="H5971"\+w*} prostrated|strong="H7812" themselves|strong="H7812" before|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" faces|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{7}As|strong="H1696" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1696" Joseph|strong="H3130" saw|strong="H7200" his|strong="H7200" brothers|strong="H0251", he|strong="H1696" recognized|strong="H5234" them|strong="H7200". But|strong="H7200" he|strong="H1696" pretended|strong="H5060" that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H1696" did|strong="H7200" not|strong="H1696" know|strong="H5234" them|strong="H7200". He|strong="H1696" spoke|strong="H1696" harshly|strong="H7186" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H7200", saying|strong="H1696", “Where|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H7200" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H7200"?” One|strong="H7200" of|strong="H1696" them|strong="H7200" replied|strong="H1696", “We|strong="H7186" have|strong="H7200" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H7200" Canaan|strong="H3667", to|strong="H1696" buy|strong="H7666" some|strong="H4480" grain|strong="H7666".” 
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\verseNumber{8}Although|strong="H3808" Joseph|strong="H3130" recognized|strong="H5234" his|strong="H3808" brothers|strong="H0251", they|strong="H1992" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" recognize|strong="H5234" him|strong="H3130". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H7200" then|strong="H7200" Joseph|strong="H3130" remembered|strong="H2142" what|strong="H7200" he|strong="H3130" had|strong="H2492" dreamed|strong="H2492" about|strong="H3130" them|strong="H7200" many|strong="H7200" years|strong="H8141" previously|strong="H8543". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3130"\+w* \+w decided|strong="H3289"\+w* \+w not|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w yet|strong="H2492"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3130"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3130"\+w* \+w their|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H0251"\+w*}. He|strong="H3130" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7200" them|strong="H7200", “You|strong="H7200" are|strong="H2472" spies|strong="H7270"! You|strong="H7200" have|strong="H7200" come|strong="H2142" to|strong="H7200" find|strong="H7200" out|strong="H7270" whether|strong="H7200" we|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3130" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H7200" defend|strong="H1598" ourselves|strong="H0587" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w us|strong="H7200"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{10}One|strong="H3808" of|strong="H5650" them|strong="H5414" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", sir|strong="H0113"! We|strong="H0587" have|strong="H5650" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H5650" buy|strong="H7666" grain|strong="H7666". 
\verseNumber{11}We|strong="H5168" are|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" one|strong="H3605" man|strong="H1121". We|strong="H5168" are|strong="H1121" honest|strong="H3653" men|strong="H1121", not|strong="H3808" spies|strong="H7270".” 
\verseNumber{12}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7200" them|strong="H7200", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w believe|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}. You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H7200" come|strong="H0935" just|strong="H3512" to|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200" whether|strong="H7200" we|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H7200" defend|strong="H1598" ourselves|strong="H0587" if|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" were|strong="H7200" attacked|strong="H5221"!” 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H2009" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H8147" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", that|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117" not|strong="H1121" true|strong="H0571"! Originally there|strong="H2009" were|strong="H1121" twelve|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" us|strong="H3117" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" brothers|strong="H1121", the|strong="H3117" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" one|strong="H1121" man|strong="H1121". Our|strong="H5650" younger|strong="H6996" brother|strong="H0251" is|strong="H3117" with|strong="H3117" our|strong="H5650" father|strong="H1121". One|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6996"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" has|strong="H5650" died|strong="H4191". [EUP]” 
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\verseNumber{14}Joseph|strong="H3130" replied|strong="H1696", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3130"\+w* \+w lying|strong="H8267"\+w*! \+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w*} it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" just|strong="H1696" as|strong="H1696" I|strong="H0589" told|strong="H1696" you|strong="H1696". You|strong="H1696" are|strong="H3130" spies|strong="H7270"! 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" how|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H6547" determine|strong="H7200" whether|strong="H0518" what|strong="H2088" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" saying|strong="H0559" is|strong="H2088" true|strong="H0571". I|strong="H3588" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3588" as|strong="H3588" surely|strong="H3588" as|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" lives|strong="H2416", you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" spies|strong="H7270". And|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H6547" not|strong="H2088" leave|strong="H3318" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H2088" until|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3588" youngest|strong="H6996" brother|strong="H0251" comes|strong="H3318" here|strong="H2088"! 
\verseNumber{16}Send|strong="H7971" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1697" your|strong="H3947" group|strong="H7235" to|strong="H7971" go|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" get|strong="H3947" your|strong="H3947" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251" and|strong="H7971" bring|strong="H3947" him|strong="H7971" here|strong="H6311". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1697" put|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3588" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" in|strong="H1697" prison|strong="H1004", in|strong="H1697" order|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" may|strong="H2416" test|strong="H5254" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7971" find|strong="H3947" out|strong="H7971" whether|strong="H4480" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1697" telling|strong="H1696" me|strong="H7971" is|strong="H1697" true|strong="H0571". If|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H6547" goes|strong="H1980" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" bring|strong="H3947" your|strong="H3947" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251" here|strong="H6311", then|strong="H3947", just|strong="H1697" as|strong="H1697" surely|strong="H3588" as|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" lives|strong="H2416", it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1697" be|strong="H3808" clear|strong="H5352" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1697" lying|strong="H1697" and|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1697" spies|strong="H7270".” 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H3117" Joseph|strong="H3130" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3117" prison|strong="H4929" for|strong="H3117" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{18}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117", Joseph|strong="H3130" went|strong="H3130" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" prison|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213", “I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" a|strong="H6213" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H6213" fears|strong="H3372" that|strong="H3117" God|strong="H0430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w promise|strong="H6213"\+w*}. So|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3117" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" spare|strong="H2421" your|strong="H6213" lives|strong="H2421". 
\verseNumber{19}If|strong="H3651" you|strong="H3651" are|strong="H1004" honest|strong="H3653" men|strong="H0376", let|strong="H3651" one|strong="H3651" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3651" brothers|strong="H0251" stay|strong="H3427" here|strong="H3651" in|strong="H1004" prison|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3651" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H1004" you|strong="H3651" can|strong="H1004" take|strong="H3212" some|strong="H4480" grain|strong="H7668" back|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" your|strong="H3651" families|strong="H1004" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H1004" very|strong="H3651" hungry|strong="H7457" because|strong="H3651" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3651" famine|strong="H7459". 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H3808" if|strong="H3651" you|strong="H6213" come|strong="H0935" back|strong="H7725" here|strong="H3651" again|strong="H7725", you|strong="H6213" must|strong="H4191" bring|strong="H6213" your|strong="H6213" youngest|strong="H6996" brother|strong="H0251" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H6213", so|strong="H3651" that|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6213" can|strong="H6213" prove|strong="H5254" that|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6213" told|strong="H1697" me|strong="H6213" is|strong="H1697" true|strong="H3651", and|strong="H6213" as|strong="H1697" a|strong="H6213" result|strong="H6903" I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6213" executed|strong="H6213".” So|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H4191" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{21}They|strong="H3651" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5921" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H2063", “It|strong="H5921" is|strong="H5315" surely|strong="H8085" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" what|strong="H7200" we|strong="H8085" did|strong="H3651" to|strong="H5921" our|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" that|strong="H7200" ◄we|strong="H8085" are|strong="H6869" being|strong="H5315" punished|strong="H6485"/God|strong="H3808" is|strong="H5315" punishing|strong="H7725" us|strong="H5921"►! We|strong="H8085" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H3651" [SYN] was|strong="H5315" very|strong="H3651" distressed|strong="H6887" when|strong="H7200" he|strong="H3651" pleaded|strong="H2603" with|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5921" harm|strong="H5315" him|strong="H5921". But|strong="H3808" we|strong="H8085" did|strong="H3651" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" any|strong="H5315" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H8085" that|strong="H7200" is|strong="H5315" why|strong="H5921" we|strong="H8085" are|strong="H6869" having|strong="H3808" this|strong="H2063" trouble|strong="H6869"!” 
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\verseNumber{22}Reuben|strong="H7205" said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H8085" them|strong="H6030", “I|strong="H2009" told|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H8085" harm|strong="H2398" the|strong="H8085" boy|strong="H3206" [RHQ], but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1571" I|strong="H2009" said|strong="H6030"! Now|strong="H2009" we|strong="H8085" are|strong="H1571" being|strong="H1961" ◄paid|strong="H8085" back|strong="H7725"/punished|strong="H6485"► for|strong="H3808" killing|strong="H1818" him|strong="H8085" [MTY]!” 
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\verseNumber{23}While|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" talking|strong="H1696" with|strong="H3045" Joseph|strong="H3130", they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" speaking|strong="H1696" through|strong="H3588" ◄an|strong="H3588" interpreter|strong="H3887"/someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1992" knew|strong="H3045" their|strong="H8085" language|strong="H3956" and|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" Egyptian|strong="H4713" language|strong="H3956"►, but|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" said|strong="H8085" these|strong="H1992" things|strong="H1992" among|strong="H3808" themselves|strong="H1992", they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" speaking|strong="H1696" in|strong="H8085" their|strong="H8085" own|strong="H1961" language|strong="H3956", and|strong="H8085" they|strong="H1992" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Joseph|strong="H3130" could|strong="H3045" understand|strong="H3045" their|strong="H8085" language|strong="H3956", and|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" could|strong="H3045" understand|strong="H3045" what|strong="H3045" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" saying|strong="H0559". 
\verseNumber{24}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1696"\+w*, \+w Joseph|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w realized|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* admitted \+w that|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w had|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w wrong|strong="H7451"\+w*}. He|strong="H5921" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H1696" keep|strong="H3947" from|strong="H7725" crying|strong="H1058", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w did|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w see|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w crying|strong="H1058"\+w*}, so|strong="H3947" he|strong="H5921" left|strong="H7725" them|strong="H5921" and|strong="H7725" went|strong="H7725" outside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" room|strong="H2315" and|strong="H7725" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H1696" cry|strong="H7121". But|strong="H1696" then|strong="H1696" he|strong="H5921" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5921" and|strong="H7725" talked|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5921" again|strong="H7725". Then|strong="H1696" he|strong="H5921" took|strong="H3947" Simeon|strong="H8095", and|strong="H7725" while|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H5869" watching|strong="H5869", he|strong="H5921" told|strong="H1696" his|strong="H3947" servants|strong="H5650" to|strong="H1696" tie|strong="H6029" him|strong="H5921" up|strong="H5921". He|strong="H5921" left|strong="H7725" Simeon|strong="H8095" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" prison|strong="H1004" and|strong="H7725" told|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" others|strong="H0312" that|strong="H5869" they|strong="H5921" could|strong="H3201" go|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{25}Joseph|strong="H3130" told|strong="H6680" his|strong="H5414" servants|strong="H5650" to|strong="H7725" fill|strong="H4390" the|strong="H5414" men’s|strong="H0120" sacks|strong="H8242" with|strong="H4390" grain|strong="H1250", but|strong="H1870" he|strong="H6213" also|strong="H6213" told|strong="H6680" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" put|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3651" each|strong="H5414" one|strong="H6213" had|strong="H3130" paid|strong="H5414" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5414" grain|strong="H1250" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5414" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3627" his|strong="H5414" sack|strong="H8242". He|strong="H6213" also|strong="H6213" told|strong="H6680" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" food|strong="H6720" to|strong="H7725" eat|strong="H0398" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5414" way|strong="H1870". After|strong="H0310" the|strong="H5414" servants|strong="H5650" did|strong="H6213" those|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3627" for|strong="H6213" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H0251", 
\verseNumber{26}his|strong="H5375" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H0251" loaded|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5921" sacks|strong="H0572" of|strong="H5921" grain|strong="H7668" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5375" donkeys|strong="H2543" and|strong="H3212" left|strong="H8033". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Joseph’s|strong="H3130" brothers|strong="H0251" returned|strong="H7725" home|strong="H3212", frightened|strong="H3372" because|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" money|strong="H3701" they|strong="H8033" paid|strong="H5414" was|strong="H8033" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5375" sacks|strong="H0572" }
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\verseNumber{27}At|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" place|strong="H5414" where|strong="H2009" they|strong="H6310" stopped|strong="H5975" to|strong="H5414" sleep|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" night|strong="H3915", one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H6310" them|strong="H5414" opened|strong="H6605" his|strong="H5414" sack|strong="H8242" to|strong="H5414" get|strong="H3947" some|strong="H2009" grain|strong="H1715" for|strong="H3701" his|strong="H5414" donkey|strong="H2543". He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" amazed|strong="H8539" to|strong="H5414" see|strong="H7200" his|strong="H5414" money|strong="H3701" in|strong="H5414" the|strong="H7200" top|strong="H6310" of|strong="H6310" the|strong="H7200" sack|strong="H8242". 
\verseNumber{28}He|strong="H6213" exclaimed|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" brothers|strong="H0251", “Someone|strong="H0376" has|strong="H3820" returned|strong="H7725" my|strong="H7725" money|strong="H3701"! Here|strong="H2009" it|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3820" in|strong="H6213" my|strong="H7725" sack|strong="H0572"!” They|strong="H4100" started|strong="H3318" shaking|strong="H5363" with|strong="H6213" fear|strong="H2729", and|strong="H3701" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H7725" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H2063", “What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H3820" this|strong="H2063" that|strong="H6213" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H3820" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H7725" us|strong="H7725"?” 
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\verseNumber{29}When|strong="H3290" they|strong="H3605" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5046" their|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" in|strong="H5046" Canaan|strong="H3667" land|strong="H0776", they|strong="H3605" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3290" happened|strong="H7136" to|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5046". One|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" them|strong="H5046" said|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{30}“The|strong="H5414" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" governs the|strong="H5414" whole|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1696" Egypt|strong="H4714" talked|strong="H1696" very|strong="H3966" harshly|strong="H7186" to|strong="H1696" us|strong="H5414". He|strong="H5414" acted|strong="H6213" toward|strong="H0413" us|strong="H5414" as|strong="H5414" though|strong="H3588" we|strong="H7186" were|strong="H5414" spying|strong="H8446" on|strong="H1696" his|strong="H5414" country|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{31}But|strong="H3808" we|strong="H0587" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H1961", ‘We|strong="H0587" are|strong="H1961" honest|strong="H3653" men|strong="H0376"! We|strong="H0587" are|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" spies|strong="H7270". 
\verseNumber{32}Originally there|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1121" twelve|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" us|strong="H3117" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" brothers|strong="H1121", the|strong="H3117" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" one|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121". One|strong="H1121" has|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191" [EUP], and|strong="H1121" our|strong="H3068" youngest|strong="H6996" brother|strong="H0251" is|strong="H3117" with|strong="H3117" our|strong="H3068" father|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3117" Canaan|strong="H3667".’ 
\verseNumber{33}The|strong="H3588" man|strong="H3045" who|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3588" governor|strong="H6346" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w did|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w believe|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3045"\+w*}, so|strong="H3651" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H3212" us|strong="H3045", ‘This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H3651" how|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1004" know|strong="H3045" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1004" truly|strong="H3588" honest|strong="H3653" men|strong="H3947": Leave|strong="H3240" one|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3947" brothers|strong="H0251" here|strong="H2063" with|strong="H1004" me|strong="H3947". Then|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3588" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H1004" you|strong="H3588" can|strong="H3045" take|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4480" grain|strong="H7459" for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3947" families|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1004" starving from|strong="H3947" hunger|strong="H7458" and|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212". 
\verseNumber{34}But|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" return|strong="H7725", bring|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" youngest|strong="H6996" brother|strong="H0251" to|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414", in|strong="H5414" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5414" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3808" spies|strong="H7270", but|strong="H3588" instead|strong="H3588", that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3045" honest|strong="H3653" men|strong="H0376". Then|strong="H3651" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5414" release|strong="H7971" your|strong="H5414" brother|strong="H0251" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588". And|strong="H3045" then|strong="H3651" you|strong="H3588" can|strong="H3045" buy|strong="H7069" whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3808" in|strong="H5414" this|strong="H3651" country|strong="H2022".’” 
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\verseNumber{35}As|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1961" emptying|strong="H7385" their|strong="H1992" sacks|strong="H8242", they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1961" surprised|strong="H8610" that|strong="H7200" in|strong="H3701" each|strong="H0376" man’s|strong="H0376" sack|strong="H8242" was|strong="H1961" his|strong="H7200" pouch|strong="H6872" of|strong="H3372" money|strong="H3701"! When|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" and|strong="H3701" their|strong="H1992" father|strong="H0001" saw|strong="H7200" all|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" pouches of|strong="H3372" money|strong="H3701", they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1961" frightened|strong="H3372". 
\verseNumber{36}Their|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H5921", “You|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" caused|strong="H1961" two|strong="H3947" of|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" children|strong="H7921" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H3947" from|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921"! Joseph|strong="H3130" is|strong="H3605" dead|strong="H4191", and|strong="H3290" Simeon|strong="H8095" is|strong="H3605" gone|strong="H1961"! And|strong="H3290" now|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H1961" take|strong="H3947" Benjamin|strong="H1144" from|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921"! It|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5921" who|strong="H3605" am|strong="H1961" suffering|strong="H6040" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H3947" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1961" happening!” 
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\verseNumber{37}Reuben|strong="H7205" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H5414" father|strong="H1121", “I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H4191" responsiible for|strong="H5921" Benjamin|strong="H1144". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w take|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} bring|strong="H7725" him|strong="H5414" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H5414". Let|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" take|strong="H7725" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" him|strong="H5414". If|strong="H1121" I|strong="H5414" do|strong="H3027" not|strong="H3808" bring|strong="H7725" Benjamin|strong="H1144" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H5414", you|strong="H5414" may|strong="H7725" kill|strong="H4191" both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121".” 
\verseNumber{38}But|strong="H3588" Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" let|strong="H3381" my|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" go|strong="H3212" down|strong="H3381" there|strong="H7604" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3588". His|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" is|strong="H1931" dead|strong="H4191", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3588" only|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w Rachel’s|strong="H7354"\+w*} sons|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" left|strong="H7604"! If|strong="H3588" something|strong="H1697" harms him|strong="H5973" while|strong="H1931" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" traveling|strong="H1980", you|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0014" cause|strong="H2600" me|strong="H5973", a|strong="H3588" gray-haired|strong="H7872" old|strong="H1121" man|strong="H1121", to|strong="H3381" die|strong="H4191" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1121" sorrow|strong="H3015".” 

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\chapterNumber{43}The|strong="H3605" famine|strong="H7458" in|strong="H7458" Canaan|strong="H3667" got|strong="H6965" worse|strong="H7489". 
\verseNumber{2}Finally|strong="H5704", when|strong="H1961" Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" family|strong="H4940" had|strong="H1961" eaten|strong="H0398" all|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" grain|strong="H7668" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H1961" brought|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" Egypt|strong="H4714", Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7725", “Go|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H7725" buy|strong="H7666" some|strong="H4592" more|strong="H7725" grain|strong="H7668" for|strong="H4714" us|strong="H7725"!” 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3808" Judah|strong="H3063" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440", “The|strong="H6440" man|strong="H6440" who|strong="H3063" sold|strong="H4376" us|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" grain|strong="H1715" warned|strong="H5749" us|strong="H6440" sternly, ‘I|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3063" not|strong="H3808" let|strong="H3808" you|strong="H6440" see|strong="H7200" me|strong="H6440" [SYN] again|strong="H6440" if|strong="H7200" you|strong="H6440" come|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" your|strong="H6440" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251" is|strong="H6440" not|strong="H3808" with|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440".’ 
\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H7971", if|strong="H3426" you|strong="H7971" will|strong="H3426" send|strong="H7971" our|strong="H7971" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251" with|strong="H3381" us|strong="H7971", we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H3426" go|strong="H7971" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H7971" buy|strong="H7666" some|strong="H4480" grain|strong="H7666" for|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" send|strong="H7971" him|strong="H6440", we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H7971" down|strong="H3381" there|strong="H7200", because|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" man|strong="H6440" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3381" us|strong="H6440", ‘I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" let|strong="H7971" you|strong="H3588" see|strong="H7200" me|strong="H6440" again|strong="H7971" if|strong="H3588" your|strong="H6440" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251" is|strong="H6440" not|strong="H3808" with|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588".’” 
\verseNumber{6}Jacob|strong="H3290" asked|strong="H4100", “Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5046" cause|strong="H2600" me|strong="H5046" to|strong="H3478" have|strong="H3478" this|strong="H5046" trouble|strong="H6869" by|strong="H3478" telling|strong="H5046" the|strong="H5046" man|strong="H0376" that|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5046" had|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251"?” 
\verseNumber{7}One|strong="H2416" of|strong="H1697" them|strong="H5921" replied|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H5921" man|strong="H3045" asked|strong="H7592" about|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5046" and|strong="H1697" about|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5921" family|strong="H4940". He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1697", ‘Is|strong="H3426" your|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" still|strong="H5750" living|strong="H2416"? Do|strong="H3426" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3426" another|strong="H5750" brother|strong="H0251"?’ We|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3381" answer|strong="H1697" his|strong="H5921" questions|strong="H1697". ◄We|strong="H3588" could|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" would|strong="H1697" say|strong="H6310", ‘The|strong="H5921" next|strong="H5921" time|strong="H5750" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" here|strong="H3426", bring|strong="H3381" your|strong="H5921" brother|strong="H0251" with|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588"!’/How|strong="H3588" could|strong="H3045" we|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" would|strong="H1697" say|strong="H6310", ‘The|strong="H5921" next|strong="H5921" time|strong="H5750" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" here|strong="H3426", bring|strong="H3381" your|strong="H5921" brother|strong="H0251" with|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588"!’►” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H6965" Judah|strong="H3063" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" his|strong="H7971" father|strong="H0001" Jacob|strong="H7971", “Send|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" boy|strong="H5288" with|strong="H3212" me|strong="H7971", and|strong="H3063" we|strong="H4191" will|strong="H3478" go|strong="H3212" immediately|strong="H6965", in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3478" we|strong="H4191" and|strong="H3063" you|strong="H7971" and|strong="H3063" our|strong="H7971" children|strong="H2945" may|strong="H3478" get|strong="H6965" grain|strong="H1715" and|strong="H3063" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191" from|strong="H3478" hunger|strong="H7458". 
\verseNumber{9}I|strong="H3117" myself|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3027" guarantee|strong="H6148" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3027" return|strong="H7725". You|strong="H6440" can|strong="H3808" require|strong="H1245" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" do|strong="H3605" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" promising|strong="H1696" [IDM]. If|strong="H2398" I|strong="H3117" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" bring|strong="H2398" him|strong="H6440" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" safely|strong="H0983", you|strong="H6440" can|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559" forever|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" ◄I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" to|strong="H6440" blame|strong="H2398"/it|strong="H6440" was|strong="H3117" my|strong="H3605" fault|strong="H2398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w return|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w*►}. 
\verseNumber{10}If|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" not|strong="H2088" ◄wasted|strong="H6244" so|strong="H7725" much|strong="H7227" time|strong="H6471"/waited|strong="H3176" so|strong="H7725" long|strong="H0753"►, by|strong="H7725" now|strong="H6258" we|strong="H3588" could|strong="H2088" have|strong="H6258" gone|strong="H7725" there|strong="H2088" and|strong="H7725" returned|strong="H7725" two|strong="H2088" times|strong="H6471"!” 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H3947" their|strong="H3947" father|strong="H0001" Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H3381" them|strong="H6213", “If|strong="H3651" there|strong="H2063" is|strong="H3651" no|strong="H6213" other|strong="H2063" way|strong="H2063", do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063": Put|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3478" your|strong="H3947" sacks|strong="H3627" some|strong="H4592" of|strong="H3627" the|strong="H3947" best|strong="H2173" things|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3651" are|strong="H3478" grown|strong="H1431" in|strong="H3478" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776", and|strong="H3478" take|strong="H3947" them|strong="H6213" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3947" man|strong="H0376" as|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3947" gift|strong="H4503". Take|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4592" balm|strong="H6875"/perfume|strong="H7004" and|strong="H3478" honey|strong="H1706" and|strong="H3478" spices|strong="H5219" and|strong="H3478" myrrh|strong="H3910"/ointment|strong="H8081", some|strong="H4592" pistachio|strong="H0992" nuts|strong="H0093", and|strong="H3478" almonds|strong="H8247". 
\verseNumber{12}Take|strong="H3947" twice|strong="H4932" as|strong="H4932" much|strong="H3027" money|strong="H3701" as|strong="H4932" you|strong="H7725" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" previous|strong="H7223" time|strong="H6256", because|strong="H3027" you|strong="H7725" must|strong="H3947" return|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3947" silver|strong="H3701" that|strong="H1931" someone|strong="H0376" put|strong="H7725" in|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3947" tops|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3027" your|strong="H3947" sacks|strong="H0572". Perhaps|strong="H0194" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" a|strong="H3947" mistake|strong="H4870" that|strong="H1931" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" put|strong="H7725" in|strong="H7725" your|strong="H3947" sacks|strong="H0572". 
\verseNumber{13}Take|strong="H3947" your|strong="H3947" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251" and|strong="H6965" go|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" that|strong="H6965" man|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{14}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" pray|strong="H6419" that|strong="H5414" God|strong="H5414" Almighty|strong="H7706" will|strong="H5414" cause|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5414" man|strong="H6440" to|strong="H7971" act|strong="H6213" mercifully toward|strong="H6440" you|strong="H5414", so|strong="H7971" that|strong="H5414" he|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" let|strong="H7971" your|strong="H5414" other|strong="H0312" brother|strong="H0251", as|strong="H6440" well|strong="H3190" as|strong="H6440" Benjamin|strong="H1144", come|strong="H7971" back|strong="H7725" here|strong="H6311" with|strong="H6440" you|strong="H5414". But|strong="H3588" as|strong="H6440" for|strong="H6440" me|strong="H5414", if|strong="H0518" my|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121" are|strong="H7356" taken|strong="H5414" from|strong="H6440" me|strong="H5414", then|strong="H7971" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" not|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121"!” 
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\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H3947" the|strong="H6440" men|strong="H3947" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H6440" gifts|strong="H4503" that|strong="H3027" Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3027" they|strong="H6440" should|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3947", and|strong="H6965" twice|strong="H4932" the|strong="H6440" amount|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3027" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3027" the|strong="H6440" grain|strong="H1715" would|strong="H0014" cost|strong="H4242", and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H6440" also|strong="H3027" took|strong="H3947" Benjamin|strong="H1144". They|strong="H6440" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" quickly|strong="H4116" to|strong="H3381" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H6440" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3027" Joseph|strong="H3130". 
\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H3588" Joseph|strong="H3130" saw|strong="H7200" Benjamin|strong="H1144" with|strong="H1004" them|strong="H5921", he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H7200" who|strong="H3588" ◄was|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004"/supervised|strong="H5921"► things|strong="H1697" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004", “Take|strong="H7200" these|strong="H1004" men|strong="H0376" to|strong="H5921" my|strong="H7200" house|strong="H1004". Slaughter|strong="H2874" an|strong="H7200" animal|strong="H2874" and|strong="H1004" prepare|strong="H3559" a|strong="H3588" meal|strong="H7058", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" eat|strong="H0398" with|strong="H1004" me|strong="H7200" at|strong="H5921" noon|strong="H6672".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w And|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w order|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1144"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w seated|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H6213" man|strong="H0376" did|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6213" Joseph|strong="H3130" said|strong="H0559". And|strong="H1004" he|strong="H6213" took|strong="H3947" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1697" afraid|strong="H3372" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1697" taking|strong="H3947" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7725" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" house|strong="H1004". They|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1697" thinking|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1697" taking|strong="H3947" us|strong="H7725" here|strong="H5921" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" silver|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1697" put|strong="H7725" in|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5921" sacks|strong="H0572" the|strong="H5921" first|strong="H8462" time|strong="H8462" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" came|strong="H7725" here|strong="H5921". While|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1697" eating|strong="H0398", he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5650" have|strong="H5650" his|strong="H3947" servants|strong="H5650" attack|strong="H5221" us|strong="H7725" and|strong="H3701" seize|strong="H3947" us|strong="H7725" and|strong="H3701" cause|strong="H1697" us|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" become|strong="H7725" his|strong="H3947" slaves|strong="H5650", and|strong="H3701" also|strong="H3588" take|strong="H3947" our|strong="H5921" donkeys|strong="H2543".” 

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\verseNumber{19}They|strong="H5921" went|strong="H5066" with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" things|strong="H1697" in|strong="H5921" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" house|strong="H1004". When|strong="H1696" they|strong="H5921" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004", 
\verseNumber{20}one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H8462" them|strong="H3381" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3381" him|strong="H3381", “Please|strong="H4994", sir|strong="H0113", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3381" me|strong="H7666". We|strong="H0587" came|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" here|strong="H6311" previously|strong="H8462" and|strong="H3381" bought|strong="H7666" some|strong="H4480" grain|strong="H7666". 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H3588" at|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3588" place|strong="H3027" where|strong="H3027" we|strong="H3588" stopped|strong="H7725" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" night|strong="H3915" as|strong="H1961" we|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" returning|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725", we|strong="H3588" opened|strong="H6605" our|strong="H1961" sacks|strong="H0572". We|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" astonished|strong="H8074" to|strong="H7725" see|strong="H2009" that|strong="H3588" in|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3588" top|strong="H6310" of|strong="H3027" each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H3027" our|strong="H1961" sacks|strong="H0572" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" exact|strong="H5065" amount|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3027" silver|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" paid|strong="H7725" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" grain|strong="H1715"! So|strong="H1961" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" brought|strong="H7725" it|strong="H3588" back|strong="H7725" with|strong="H3027" us|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{22}We|strong="H0587" have|strong="H3045" also|strong="H3027" brought|strong="H3381" more|strong="H3808" silver|strong="H3701" with|strong="H3381" us|strong="H3045" to|strong="H3381" buy|strong="H7666" more|strong="H3808" grain|strong="H7666". We|strong="H0587" do|strong="H3381" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" who|strong="H4310" put|strong="H7760" the|strong="H7760" silver|strong="H3701" in|strong="H3027" our|strong="H7760" sacks|strong="H0572".” 
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\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H5414" man|strong="H0376" replied|strong="H0559", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{“\+w Relax|strong="H7503"\+w*}! Do|strong="H3318" not|strong="H5414" worry|strong="H3372" about|strong="H3318" it|strong="H5414"! I|strong="H5414" received|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5414" silver|strong="H3701" that|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" brought|strong="H3318". Your|strong="H5414" God|strong="H5414", the|strong="H5414" God|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" father|strong="H0001" worships|strong="H7812", must|strong="H4191" have|strong="H5414" put|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" sacks|strong="H0572".” And|strong="H3701" then|strong="H3318" he|strong="H5414" brought|strong="H3318" Simeon|strong="H8095" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H5414" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5414" prison|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H5414" he|strong="H1004" took|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H3130" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" house|strong="H1004". He|strong="H1004" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H5414" wash|strong="H7364" their|strong="H5414" feet|strong="H7272" and|strong="H1004" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" food|strong="H4554" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" donkeys|strong="H2543". 
\verseNumber{25}He|strong="H3588" told|strong="H8085" them|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3130" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5704" eat|strong="H3899" with|strong="H3899" Joseph|strong="H3130" at|strong="H8033" noon|strong="H6672". So|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" men|strong="H0376" prepared|strong="H3559" their|strong="H8085" gifts|strong="H4503" to|strong="H5704" give|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5704" Joseph|strong="H3130" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" arrived|strong="H0935". 
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\verseNumber{26}When|strong="H3027" Joseph|strong="H3130" came|strong="H3130" home|strong="H1004", they|strong="H3027" presented|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3027" him|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7812" gifts|strong="H4503" that|strong="H3027" they|strong="H3027" had|strong="H3130" brought|strong="H3130" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7812" house|strong="H1004". Then|strong="H3130" they|strong="H3027" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7812" ground|strong="H0776" in|strong="H1004" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" him|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{27}He|strong="H2416" asked|strong="H7592" them|strong="H7592" if|strong="H0518" they|strong="H7965" were|strong="H2205" ◄well|strong="H7965"/in|strong="H5750" good|strong="H2896" health|strong="H7965"►, and|strong="H2205" then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H2416" asked|strong="H7592", “How|strong="H7965" is|strong="H2416" the|strong="H7592" health|strong="H7965" of|strong="H2205" your|strong="H7592" old|strong="H2205" father|strong="H0001", the|strong="H7592" one|strong="H2416" that|strong="H2416" you|strong="H7592" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H7592" about|strong="H5439"? Is|strong="H2416" he|strong="H2416" still|strong="H5750" living|strong="H2416"?” 
\verseNumber{28}One|strong="H2416" of|strong="H5650" them|strong="H7812" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", our|strong="H5650" father|strong="H0001", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w is|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w willing|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w be|strong="H5750"\+w*} your|strong="H7965" servant|strong="H5650", is|strong="H5650" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416", and|strong="H5650" he|strong="H2416" is|strong="H5650" well|strong="H7965".” Then|strong="H5650" again|strong="H5750" they|strong="H7965" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" in|strong="H5650" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H5650" him|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{29}Then|strong="H2088" he|strong="H1144" saw|strong="H7200" his|strong="H5375" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6996"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" Benjamin|strong="H1144", his|strong="H5375" own|strong="H5869" mother’s|strong="H0517" other|strong="H2088" son|strong="H1121". He|strong="H1144" asked|strong="H7592" them|strong="H7200", “Is|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088" your|strong="H5375" youngest|strong="H6996" brother|strong="H0251", the|strong="H7200" one|strong="H2088" whom|strong="H5869" you|strong="H7200" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H7200" about|strong="H5375"?” After|strong="H7200" they|strong="H5375" said|strong="H0559" “Yes|strong="H7200",” he|strong="H1144" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144", “Young|strong="H1121" man|strong="H1121", I|strong="H7200" pray|strong="H5375" that|strong="H7200" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H5869" act|strong="H6213" kindly|strong="H3820" toward|strong="H0413" you|strong="H7200".” 
\verseNumber{30}Joseph|strong="H3130" quickly|strong="H4116" left|strong="H8033" the|strong="H3588" room|strong="H2315". He|strong="H3588" realized|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3130" about|strong="H8033" to|strong="H1245" cry|strong="H7121" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" ◄was|strong="H3130" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H1245" emotion about|strong="H8033" his|strong="H3588" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251"/loved|strong="H0157" his|strong="H3588" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251" so|strong="H3588" much|strong="H7227"►. He|strong="H3588" went|strong="H3130" into|strong="H3130" his|strong="H3588" private|strong="H7023" room|strong="H2315" and|strong="H8033" cried|strong="H1058" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="H3318", after|strong="H3318" he|strong="H3318" washed|strong="H7364" the|strong="H6440" tears|strong="H1832" from|strong="H3318" his|strong="H7760" face|strong="H6440", he|strong="H3318" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318", and|strong="H3899" controlling his|strong="H7760" emotions, he|strong="H3318" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H6440" servants|strong="H6440", “Serve|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" food|strong="H3899"!” 
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\verseNumber{32}The|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3899" Egypt|strong="H4713" considered|strong="H7760" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H7760" was|strong="H1931" disgraceful|strong="H5039" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H7760" to|strong="H3201" eat|strong="H3899" with|strong="H3899" Hebrews|strong="H5680", so|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" servants|strong="H5650" served|strong="H7760" food|strong="H3899" to|strong="H3201" Joseph|strong="H3808" by|strong="H3808" himself|strong="H1931", and|strong="H3899" served|strong="H7760" the|strong="H3588" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3899" Egypt|strong="H4713" who|strong="H1931" ate|strong="H0398" with|strong="H3899" him|strong="H7760" by|strong="H3808" themselves|strong="H7760", and|strong="H3899" they|strong="H3588" served|strong="H7760" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H0251" and|strong="H3899" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251" by|strong="H3808" themselves|strong="H7760". 
\verseNumber{33}His|strong="H6440" brothers|strong="H0251" were|strong="H3427" astonished|strong="H8539" to|strong="H6440" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H1060" their|strong="H6440" seats were|strong="H3427" arranged|strong="H6186" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H6440" their|strong="H6440" ages|strong="H5769", from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" oldest|strong="H1060" to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" youngest|strong="H6810"! 
\verseNumber{34}And|strong="H3027" when|strong="H5375" their|strong="H3605" portions|strong="H4864" of|strong="H3027" food|strong="H3899" were|strong="H3027" served|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440" from|strong="H6440" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" table|strong="H6440", Benjamin’s|strong="H1144" portion|strong="H4864" was|strong="H3027" five|strong="H2568" times|strong="H3027" as|strong="H6440" much|strong="H7235" as|strong="H6440" anyone|strong="H3605" else’s|strong="H0312" portion|strong="H4864"! So|strong="H5375" they|strong="H6440" ate|strong="H0398" food|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3027" drank|strong="H8354" wine|strong="H3196" with|strong="H5973" Joseph|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" became|strong="H7235" very|strong="H7235" cheerful|strong="H3190". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Joseph tricked his brothers by having his cup put in Benjamin’s sack }
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\chapterNumber{44}When|strong="H4390" his|strong="H5375" brothers|strong="H0251" were|strong="H1004" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H3201" return|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004", Joseph|strong="H1004" said|strong="H6310" to|strong="H3201" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H5375" who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" things|strong="H1697" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5375" house|strong="H1004", “Fill|strong="H4390" the|strong="H5921" sacks|strong="H0572" of|strong="H1004" those|strong="H5921" men|strong="H0376" with|strong="H4390" as|strong="H1004" much|strong="H6310" grain|strong="H1715" as|strong="H1004" they|strong="H5921" can|strong="H3201" carry|strong="H5375" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w donkeys|strong="H2543"\+w*}. And|strong="H3701" put|strong="H7760" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H6310" of|strong="H1004" each|strong="H0376" man’s|strong="H0376" sack|strong="H0572" the|strong="H5921" silver|strong="H3701" that|strong="H1004" he|strong="H1004" paid|strong="H7760" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" grain|strong="H1715". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H1696" put|strong="H7760" my|strong="H7760" silver|strong="H3701" cup|strong="H1375" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" top|strong="H6310" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H6213" youngest|strong="H6996" brother’s|strong="H0251" sack|strong="H0572", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" silver|strong="H3701" that|strong="H1697" he|strong="H6213" paid|strong="H7760" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" grain|strong="H7668".” So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" servant|strong="H5650" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" Joseph|strong="H3130" told|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H7971" next|strong="H7971" morning|strong="H1242" at|strong="H7971" dawn|strong="H1242" the|strong="H7971" men|strong="H1992" started|strong="H2490" on|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" way|strong="H7971" home|strong="H1004" with|strong="H7971" their|strong="H1992" donkeys|strong="H2543". 
\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H3318" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3130" not|strong="H3808" gone|strong="H3318" far|strong="H7368" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892", Joseph|strong="H3130" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5650" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" things|strong="H7451" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004", “Pursue|strong="H7291" those|strong="H1992" men|strong="H7451" immediately|strong="H6965". When|strong="H3318" you|strong="H5921" catch|strong="H5381" up|strong="H6965" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H1992", say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H1992", ‘We|strong="H5892" did|strong="H4100" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H7451" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921"! Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H5892" you|strong="H5921" paid|strong="H7999" us|strong="H5921" back|strong="H7999" by|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H7451" something|strong="H1697" bad|strong="H7451" to|strong="H3318" us|strong="H5921"? 
\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w stolen|strong="H1589"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w cup|strong="H1931"\+w*} that|strong="H1931" my|strong="H6213" master|strong="H0113" drinks|strong="H8354" from|strong="H6213" [RHQ]! It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H6213" cup|strong="H1931" that|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" uses|strong="H5172" to|strong="H6213" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H1931" nobody|strong="H3808" knows|strong="H3045"! What|strong="H2088" you|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" was|strong="H1931" very|strong="H2088" wicked|strong="H7489"!’” 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H1697" servant|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w left|strong="H7604"\+w* \+w immediately|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1697"\+w*} when|strong="H1696" he|strong="H1696" caught|strong="H5381" up|strong="H5927" with|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5381", he|strong="H1696" told|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5381" what|strong="H1697" Joseph|strong="H3130" had|strong="H1697" told|strong="H1696" him|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696". 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H1696" one|strong="H2088" of|strong="H1697" them|strong="H6213" replied|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6213", “Sir|strong="H0113", why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" say|strong="H1696" such|strong="H2088" things|strong="H1697"? We|strong="H6213" are|strong="H4100" your|strong="H6213" servants|strong="H5650", and|strong="H5650" we|strong="H6213" would|strong="H1697" never|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H1697" like|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697"! 
\verseNumber{8}We|strong="H2005" even|strong="H2005" brought|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" Canaan|strong="H3667" land|strong="H0776" the|strong="H7725" silver|strong="H3701" that|strong="H1004" we|strong="H2005" found|strong="H4672" inside|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7725" tops|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" our|strong="H7725" sacks|strong="H0572"! So|strong="H7725" ◄we|strong="H2005" certainly|strong="H7725" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H7725" steal|strong="H1589" silver|strong="H3701" or|strong="H3701" gold|strong="H2091" from|strong="H7725" your|strong="H7725" master’s|strong="H0113" house|strong="H1004"!/Why|strong="H4100" would|strong="H0014" we|strong="H2005" steal|strong="H1589" silver|strong="H3701" or|strong="H3701" gold|strong="H2091" from|strong="H7725" your|strong="H7725" master’s|strong="H0113" house|strong="H1004"?► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{9}If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H4672" discover|strong="H4672" that|strong="H5650" any|strong="H1571" of|strong="H5650" us|strong="H1961" has|strong="H1961" that|strong="H5650" cup|strong="H3563", you|strong="H4672" can|strong="H5650" execute|strong="H4191" him|strong="H4672", and|strong="H5650" the|strong="H1961" rest|strong="H1961" of|strong="H5650" us|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" your|strong="H1961" slaves|strong="H5650".” 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H1697" man|strong="H0376" replied|strong="H0559", “Okay, I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H1961" do|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3651" say|strong="H1697". But|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1697" one|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" has|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1697" cup|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" executed|strong="H6213". Instead|strong="H8478", he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" my|strong="H1961" slave|strong="H5650", and|strong="H5650" the|strong="H1697" rest|strong="H1961" of|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3651" may|strong="H1961" return|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6605" men|strong="H0376" quickly|strong="H4116" lowered|strong="H3381" his|strong="H6605" sack|strong="H0572" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3381" the|strong="H6605" donkey|strong="H2543" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H6605" ground|strong="H0776" and|strong="H3381" opened|strong="H6605" it|strong="H3381". 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H2490" the|strong="H4672" servant|strong="H5650" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H2490" search|strong="H2664" for|strong="H2490" the|strong="H4672" cup|strong="H1375" in|strong="H4672" each|strong="H0376" sack|strong="H0572". He|strong="H1144" started|strong="H2490" with|strong="H3615" the|strong="H4672" oldest|strong="H1419" brother’s|strong="H0251" sack|strong="H0572" and|strong="H1419" ended|strong="H3615" with|strong="H3615" the|strong="H4672" youngest|strong="H6996" one’s|strong="H8587" sack|strong="H0572". And|strong="H1419" he|strong="H1144" found|strong="H4672" the|strong="H4672" cup|strong="H1375" in|strong="H4672" Benjamin’s|strong="H1144" sack|strong="H0572" and|strong="H1419" showed|strong="H7200" it|strong="H3615" to|strong="H2490" them|strong="H3615". 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H5921" brothers|strong="H0251" tore|strong="H7167" their|strong="H7725" clothes|strong="H8071" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w so|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w dismayed|strong="H2865"\+w*}. They|strong="H5921" loaded|strong="H6006" the|strong="H5921" sacks|strong="H0572" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" donkeys|strong="H2543" again|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7725" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Back|strong="H7725" in|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714", Joseph|strong="H7725" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H5892" only|strong="H0389" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H5892" who|strong="H0834" stole|strong="H1589" his|strong="H7725" cup|strong="H3563" would|strong="H5892" be|strong="H5892" his|strong="H7725" slave|strong="H5650" }
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\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H5307" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" his|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" entered|strong="H0935" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" house|strong="H1004", Joseph|strong="H3130" was|strong="H1931" still|strong="H5750" there|strong="H8033". The|strong="H6440" servant|strong="H5650" told|strong="H5046" Joseph|strong="H3130" what|strong="H4100" had|strong="H3063" happened|strong="H1961". Then|strong="H5307" the|strong="H6440" brothers|strong="H0251" threw|strong="H5307" themselves|strong="H6440" down|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5307" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440" in|strong="H1004" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" Joseph|strong="H3130". 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213", “Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088"? Do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" a|strong="H6213" man|strong="H2088" like|strong="H3644" me|strong="H6213" can|strong="H4100" find|strong="H3045" out|strong="H6213" things|strong="H4639" that|strong="H3588" nobody|strong="H3808" knows|strong="H3045"?” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{16}Judah|strong="H3063" replied|strong="H1696", “Sir|strong="H0113", what|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" we|strong="H2005" say|strong="H1696"? How|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" we|strong="H2005" prove|strong="H5254" that|strong="H3027" we|strong="H2005" ◄are|strong="H3027" innocent|strong="H6663"/did|strong="H4100" not|strong="H1696" steal|strong="H1589" the|strong="H3027" cup|strong="H1375"►? God|strong="H3027" has|strong="H3063" ◄paid|strong="H3027" us|strong="H3027" back|strong="H7725"/punished|strong="H6485" us|strong="H3027"► for|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" sins|strong="H5771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H2005"\+w* \+w committed|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w many|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w ago|strong="H7350"\+w*}. So|strong="H1571" now|strong="H1571" we|strong="H2005" will|strong="H5650" become|strong="H3027" your|strong="H3027" slaves|strong="H5650"—both|strong="H1571" we|strong="H2005" and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3027" one|strong="H1571" in|strong="H1696" whose|strong="H5650" sack|strong="H0572" the|strong="H3027" cup|strong="H1375" was|strong="H3063" found|strong="H4672".” 
\verseNumber{17}But|strong="H1961" Joseph|strong="H3027" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H6213", I|strong="H5650" could|strong="H3201" never|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H6213" like|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1931". Only|strong="H7965" the|strong="H6213" man|strong="H0376" in|strong="H6213" whose|strong="H5650" sack|strong="H0572" the|strong="H6213" cup|strong="H1375" was|strong="H1961" found|strong="H4672" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" my|strong="H1961" slave|strong="H5650". The|strong="H6213" rest|strong="H7965" of|strong="H3027" you|strong="H6213" can|strong="H5650" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5927" your|strong="H6213" father|strong="H0001" peacefully|strong="H7965".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Judah|strong="H3063" pleaded|strong="H7378" that|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" be|strong="H1961" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5927" become|strong="H1961" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" slave|strong="H5650" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H3027" Benjamin|strong="H1144" }
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H1696" Judah|strong="H3063" came|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H1696" Joseph|strong="H3130" and|strong="H3063" said|strong="H1696", “Sir|strong="H0113", please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" say|strong="H1696" something|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588". You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1697" equal|strong="H8505" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" himself|strong="H5315", so|strong="H5066" you|strong="H3588" could|strong="H1697" command|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1697" executed|strong="H6213"; but|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3063" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1697" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4994" for|strong="H3588" speaking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{19}You|strong="H7592" asked|strong="H7592" us|strong="H7592", ‘Is|strong="H3426" your|strong="H3426" father|strong="H0001" still|strong="H5750" living|strong="H2416", and|strong="H5650" do|strong="H3426" you|strong="H7592" have|strong="H3426" another|strong="H3426" brother|strong="H0251"?’ 
\verseNumber{20}We|strong="H4191" answered|strong="H6030", ‘Our|strong="H3426" father|strong="H0001" is|strong="H3426" alive|strong="H2416", but|strong="H3498" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3426" an|strong="H3426" old|strong="H2205" man|strong="H2205". He|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3426" a|strong="H3426" young|strong="H3206" son|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" born|strong="H3205" after|strong="H0310" our|strong="H3426" father|strong="H0001" became|strong="H3205" an|strong="H3426" old|strong="H2205" man|strong="H2205". That|strong="H1931" son|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3426" an|strong="H3426" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H2205"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251", who|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3426" now|strong="H6258" dead|strong="H4191". So|strong="H4191" the|strong="H4191" youngest|strong="H6996" son|strong="H1121" is|strong="H3426" the|strong="H4191" only|strong="H0389" one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H2205" his|strong="H4191" mother’s|strong="H0517" sons|strong="H3206" who|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3426" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416", and|strong="H2205" his|strong="H4191" father|strong="H0001" loves|strong="H0157" him|strong="H4191" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H3498".’ 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H7760" you|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3381" us|strong="H5921", ‘The|strong="H5921" next|strong="H5921" time|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" come|strong="H3381" here|strong="H5921", bring|strong="H3381" your|strong="H5921" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" me|strong="H5921", so|strong="H7760" that|strong="H5650" I|strong="H7760" can|strong="H5650" see|strong="H5869" him|strong="H5921".’ 
\verseNumber{22}We|strong="H3201" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" you|strong="H3808", ‘No|strong="H3808", we|strong="H3201" cannot|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3201" that|strong="H5288", because|strong="H5800" the|strong="H5800" boy|strong="H5288" cannot|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H5800" his|strong="H5800" father|strong="H0001". If|strong="H0518" he|strong="H3808" leaves|strong="H5800" his|strong="H5800" father|strong="H0001", his|strong="H5800" father|strong="H0001" will|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191" from|strong="H4191" sorrow|strong="H3015".’ 
\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H3808" you|strong="H6440" told|strong="H5046" us|strong="H6440", ‘If|strong="H7200" your|strong="H6440" youngest|strong="H6996" brother|strong="H0251" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H3381" back|strong="H7725" with|strong="H3381" you|strong="H6440", I|strong="H7200" will|strong="H5650" not|strong="H3808" let|strong="H3381" you|strong="H6440" see|strong="H7200" me|strong="H6440" again|strong="H3254"!’ 
\verseNumber{24}When|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" returned|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" our|strong="H5650" father|strong="H0001", we|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{25}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Months|strong="H2320"\+w* \+w later|strong="H0310"\+w*} our|strong="H7725" father|strong="H0001" said|strong="H0559", ‘Go|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H7725" buy|strong="H7666" some|strong="H4592" more|strong="H7725" grain|strong="H7666"!’ 
\verseNumber{26}But|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", ‘We|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3381" back|strong="H7725" by|strong="H3808" ourselves|strong="H0587". We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3381" only|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" our|strong="H7200" youngest|strong="H6996" brother|strong="H0251" is|strong="H3426" with|strong="H6440" us|strong="H6440". We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3426" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3381" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" man|strong="H6440" who|strong="H3588" sells|strong="H4376" grain|strong="H1715" if|strong="H3588" our|strong="H7200" youngest|strong="H6996" brother|strong="H0251" is|strong="H3426" not|strong="H3808" with|strong="H6440" us|strong="H6440".’ 
\verseNumber{27}Our|strong="H5650" father|strong="H3205" replied|strong="H0559", ‘You|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3045" wife|strong="H0802" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Rachel|strong="H7354"\+w*} gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H3205" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H3205". 
\verseNumber{28}One|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3318" them|strong="H7200" disappeared|strong="H3318", and|strong="H7200" I|strong="H5704" said|strong="H3318", “A|strong="H7200" wild|strong="H7704" animal|strong="H0929" has|strong="H3318" surely|strong="H3318" torn|strong="H2963" him|strong="H7200" to|strong="H5704" pieces|strong="H2963".” And|strong="H7200" I|strong="H5704" have|strong="H7200" not|strong="H3808" seen|strong="H7200" him|strong="H7200" since|strong="H2008" then|strong="H3318". 
\verseNumber{29}I|strong="H2088" am|strong="H1961" an|strong="H3947" old|strong="H7872" gray-haired|strong="H7872" man|strong="H7451". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H6440" take|strong="H3947" this|strong="H2088" other|strong="H2088" one|strong="H2088" from|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440", too|strong="H1571", and|strong="H6440" something|strong="H1697" harms him|strong="H6440", you|strong="H6440" would|strong="H7451" cause|strong="H2600" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3381" die|strong="H4191" because|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" my|strong="H3947" sorrow|strong="H7451".’ 
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\verseNumber{30}“o|strong="H5315" please|strong="H4994" listen|strong="H8085". My|strong="H5650" father|strong="H0001" will|strong="H5650" remain|strong="H3427" alive|strong="H5315" only|strong="H0389" if|strong="H0518" his|strong="H5650" youngest|strong="H6996" son|strong="H1121" remains|strong="H7604" alive|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{31}If|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" sees|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" boy|strong="H5288" is|strong="H5650" not|strong="H1961" with|strong="H3381" us|strong="H7200" when|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3381" him|strong="H7200", he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" die|strong="H4191". We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H1961" our|strong="H7200" gray-haired|strong="H7872" father|strong="H0001" to|strong="H3381" die|strong="H4191" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H5650" his|strong="H7200" sorrow|strong="H3015". 
\verseNumber{32}I|strong="H3588" guaranteed|strong="H6213"/promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3117" my|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" boy|strong="H5288" would|strong="H5288" return|strong="H7725" safely|strong="H0983". I|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5973", ‘You|strong="H3588" can|strong="H5650" require|strong="H1875" me|strong="H5973" to|strong="H3117" do|strong="H3605" what|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" promising|strong="H1696". If|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" bring|strong="H2398" him|strong="H5973" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" can|strong="H5650" say|strong="H0559" forever|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" ◄I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3117" blame|strong="H2398"/it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3117" my|strong="H3605" fault|strong="H2398"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w bringing|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w back|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}.’ 
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\verseNumber{33}“o|strong="H4994", please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" remain|strong="H3427" here|strong="H6258" as|strong="H5927" your|strong="H4994" slave|strong="H5650" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H3427" my|strong="H5927" youngest|strong="H6996" brother|strong="H0251", and|strong="H5650" let|strong="H4994" the|strong="H8478" boy|strong="H5288" return|strong="H8478" home|strong="H1004" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H8478" other|strong="H0312" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H0251". 
\verseNumber{34}◄I|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5927" my|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001" if|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" boy|strong="H5288" is|strong="H7451" not|strong="H6435" with|strong="H5927" me|strong="H7200"!/How|strong="H3588" can|strong="H7200" I|strong="H3588" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5927" my|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001" if|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" boy|strong="H5288" is|strong="H7451" not|strong="H6435" with|strong="H5927" me|strong="H7200"?► [RHQ] I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6435" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H5927" see|strong="H7200" how|strong="H3588" miserable|strong="H7451"/sad|strong="H7451" my|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001" would|strong="H5288" become|strong="H7200"!” 

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\chapterNumber{45}Joseph|strong="H3130" was|strong="H3130" not|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3318" control|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3605" feelings|strong="H3629" any|strong="H3605" longer|strong="H3808". He|strong="H3605" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3318" cry|strong="H7121" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650", so|strong="H7121" he|strong="H3605" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H5921" loudly|strong="H6963", “All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3605" go|strong="H3318" outside|strong="H3318"!” After|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3808" went|strong="H3318" outside|strong="H3318", there|strong="H5975" was|strong="H3130" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" there|strong="H5975" with|strong="H5921" Joseph|strong="H3130" when|strong="H3318" he|strong="H3605" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="H3605" brothers|strong="H0251" who|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3130". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H1004" cried|strong="H5414" so|strong="H5414" loudly|strong="H6963" that|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H8085" of|strong="H1004" Egypt|strong="H4713" who|strong="H6547" were|strong="H5414" outside|strong="H2351" heard|strong="H8085" it|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1004" even|strong="H1571" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H8085" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8085" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004" heard|strong="H8085" it|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{3}Joseph|strong="H3130" said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H3201" his|strong="H6440" brothers|strong="H0251", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" Joseph|strong="H3130"! Is|strong="H6440" our|strong="H3588" father|strong="H0001" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416"?” But|strong="H3588" his|strong="H6440" brothers|strong="H0251" were|strong="H3130" not|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" reply|strong="H6030", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3130" frightened|strong="H3372" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H6440" what|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H6030". 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H3130" Joseph|strong="H3130" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4714" his|strong="H4376" brothers|strong="H0251", “Come|strong="H5066" close|strong="H5066" to|strong="H4714" me|strong="H4994"!” When|strong="H5066" they|strong="H1992" came|strong="H5066" closer|strong="H5066", he|strong="H3130" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H4714" am|strong="H1961" your|strong="H4994" brother|strong="H0251" Joseph|strong="H3130"! I|strong="H4714" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5066" one|strong="H0259" you|strong="H4714" sold|strong="H4376" to|strong="H4714" traders|strong="H7402" who|strong="H4376" brought|strong="H5066" me|strong="H4994" here|strong="H5066" to|strong="H4714" Egypt|strong="H4714"! 
\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258", do|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H5869" distressed|strong="H2734", and|strong="H7971" do|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H5869" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H6440" yourselves|strong="H5869" for|strong="H3588" having|strong="H3588" sold|strong="H4376" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H7971" people|strong="H5869" who|strong="H3588" brought|strong="H5869" me|strong="H6440" here|strong="H2008", because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" was|strong="H6440" to|strong="H7971" save|strong="H3467" you|strong="H3588" from|strong="H6440" dying|strong="H0006" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w famine|strong="H7458"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" God|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H6440" here|strong="H2008" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{6}There|strong="H2088" has|strong="H3588" been|strong="H1961" a|strong="H3588" famine|strong="H7458" in|strong="H8141" this|strong="H2088" country|strong="H2022" for|strong="H3588" two|strong="H2088" years|strong="H8141", and|strong="H2568" it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5750" continue|strong="H5750" for|strong="H3588" five|strong="H2568" more|strong="H5750" years|strong="H8141", so|strong="H2088" that|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H2088" will|strong="H5750" plow|strong="H2790" ground|strong="H2758", and|strong="H2568" there|strong="H2088" will|strong="H5750" be|strong="H5750" no|strong="H3808" crops|strong="H7105" to|strong="H8141" harvest|strong="H7105". 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3588" God|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H6440" here|strong="H7760" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440", to|strong="H7971" keep|strong="H2421" you|strong="H6440" from|strong="H6440" starving, and|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" make|strong="H7760" sure|strong="H0539" that|strong="H1419" your|strong="H7760" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H6413" survive|strong="H2421". 
\verseNumber{8}Therefore|strong="H6258", it|strong="H7760" was|strong="H1004" not|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3605" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" here|strong="H2008"; it|strong="H7760" was|strong="H1004" God|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3605" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" here|strong="H2008"! He|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3588" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" become|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1004" a|strong="H3588" father|strong="H0001" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1004" charge|strong="H7760" of|strong="H1004" everything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" governor|strong="H4910" of|strong="H1004" everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H1004" Egypt|strong="H4714"! 
\verseNumber{9}Now|strong="H7760" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3381" my|strong="H3605" father|strong="H1121" quickly|strong="H4116", and|strong="H1121" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3381" him|strong="H7760", ‘This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3605" what|strong="H3541" your|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" Joseph|strong="H3130" says|strong="H3541": “God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H3605" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H7760" to|strong="H3381" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" governor|strong="H6346" over|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714". Come|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" me|strong="H7760" immediately|strong="H4116"! 
\verseNumber{10}You|strong="H3605" can|strong="H1121" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" Goshen|strong="H1657" region|strong="H2256". You|strong="H3605" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3605" grandchildren|strong="H1121", your|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H1121" goats|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" cattle|strong="H1241", and|strong="H1121" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961", will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" near|strong="H7138" me|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{11}Since|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" will|strong="H1004" be|strong="H5750" five|strong="H2568" more|strong="H5750" years|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1004" famine|strong="H7458", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1004" make|strong="H8141" sure|strong="H0539" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3605" food|strong="H1004". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H6435" come|strong="H3423" here|strong="H8033", you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H8033" will|strong="H1004" starve|strong="H7329". [EUP]”’ 
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\verseNumber{12}“ook closely|strong="H1692", and|strong="H5869" all|strong="H7200" of|strong="H5869" you|strong="H3588" can|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200", including|strong="H6310" my|strong="H7200" brother|strong="H0251" Benjamin|strong="H1144", that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2009" really|strong="H2088" I|strong="H3588", Joseph|strong="H3130", who|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" speaking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{13}Go|strong="H3381" and|strong="H4714" tell|strong="H5046" my|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" about|strong="H3605" how|strong="H4100" greatly|strong="H3966" I|strong="H4714" am|strong="H1961" honored|strong="H3519" here|strong="H2008" in|strong="H7200" Egypt|strong="H4714". And|strong="H4714" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046" about|strong="H3605" everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H7200" seen|strong="H7200". And|strong="H4714" bring|strong="H3381" my|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" down|strong="H3381" here|strong="H2008" quickly|strong="H4116"!” 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H5307" he|strong="H5921" threw|strong="H5307" his|strong="H5921" arms|strong="H2220" around|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" Benjamin’s|strong="H1144" neck|strong="H6677" and|strong="H1144" cried|strong="H1058". And|strong="H1144" Benjamin|strong="H1144" hugged|strong="H5307" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1144" cried|strong="H1058". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H1696" then|strong="H1696" as|strong="H3651" he|strong="H3651" kissed|strong="H5401" his|strong="H3605" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H0251" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w cheeks|strong="H3895"\+w*}, he|strong="H3651" cried|strong="H1058". After|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605", his|strong="H3605" brothers|strong="H0251" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H1696" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5921". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H5921" invited|strong="H7121" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" family|strong="H4940" to|strong="H1696" come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H1696" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714" }
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\verseNumber{16}Someone|strong="H0376" went|strong="H3130" to|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" told|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" news|strong="H6963" that|strong="H8085" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" brothers|strong="H0251" had|strong="H3130" come|strong="H0935". The|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H8085" officials|strong="H5650" were|strong="H5869" pleased|strong="H3190". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" Joseph|strong="H3130", “Tell|strong="H5046" your|strong="H6213" brothers|strong="H0251" this|strong="H2063": ‘Put|strong="H6213" loads|strong="H4853" of|strong="H6213" grain|strong="H1715" on|strong="H3212" your|strong="H6213" animals|strong="H0929" and|strong="H3212" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H6213" Canaan|strong="H3667" region|strong="H2256". 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H3947" bring|strong="H3947" your|strong="H5414" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H1004" your|strong="H5414" families|strong="H1004" back|strong="H3947" here|strong="H6311". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4714" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" best|strong="H2459" land|strong="H0776" in|strong="H1004" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H1004" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4714" have|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" best|strong="H2459" food|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H5414" eat|strong="H0398".’ 
\verseNumber{19}“lso tell|strong="H5046" this|strong="H2063" to|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3947" brothers|strong="H0251": ‘Take|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4480" carts|strong="H5699" from|strong="H3947" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H6213" carry|strong="H5375" your|strong="H3947" children|strong="H2945" and|strong="H4714" your|strong="H3947" wives|strong="H0802", and|strong="H4714" get|strong="H3947" them|strong="H6213" and|strong="H4714" your|strong="H3947" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H4714" come|strong="H0935" back|strong="H3947" here|strong="H2063" quickly|strong="H4116". 
\verseNumber{20}Do|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3588" worry|strong="H2347" about|strong="H5921" bringing|strong="H0935" your|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H3627", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" best|strong="H2898" things|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H5869" be|strong="H5869" yours|strong="H4191". Because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3588" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H5921" bring|strong="H0935" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3627" your|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" from|strong="H5921" Canaan|strong="H3667".’” 
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\verseNumber{21}Jacob’s|strong="H3290" sons|strong="H1121" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" suggested|strong="H5414". Joseph|strong="H3130" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" carts|strong="H5699" and|strong="H1121" food|strong="H6720" to|strong="H3478" eat|strong="H6310" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" way|strong="H1870", as|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" had|strong="H3478" ordered|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{22}To|strong="H5414" each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" them|strong="H5414" he|strong="H2568" gave|strong="H5414" new|strong="H2319" clothes|strong="H8071", but|strong="H3605" he|strong="H2568" gave|strong="H5414" 300 pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3967" five|strong="H2568" sets|strong="H2487" of|strong="H3605" new|strong="H2319" clothes|strong="H8071" to|strong="H5414" Benjamin|strong="H1144"! 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H7971" this|strong="H2063" is|strong="H1870" what|strong="H2063" he|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" his|strong="H5375" father|strong="H0001": Ten|strong="H6235" male|strong="H2145" donkeys|strong="H2543", loaded|strong="H5375" with|strong="H4714" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1870" the|strong="H5375" best|strong="H2898" goods|strong="H2898" that|strong="H3899" come|strong="H7971" from|strong="H7971" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H7971" ten|strong="H6235" female|strong="H5347" donkeys|strong="H2543" loaded|strong="H5375" with|strong="H4714" grain|strong="H1250" and|strong="H7971" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H7971" other|strong="H2063" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H7971" his|strong="H5375" father’s|strong="H0001" trip|strong="H1760" to|strong="H7971" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H7971" he|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" his|strong="H7971" brothers|strong="H0251" on|strong="H1870" their|strong="H7971" way|strong="H1870", saying|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" them|strong="H7971" “Do|strong="H1870" not|strong="H1870" quarrel|strong="H7264" along|strong="H3212" the|strong="H7971" way|strong="H1870"!” 
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\verseNumber{25}So|strong="H5927" they|strong="H3667" left|strong="H5927" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H4714" came|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" their|strong="H3290" father|strong="H0001" Jacob|strong="H3290" in|strong="H5927" Canaan|strong="H3667". 
\verseNumber{26}One|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3820" them|strong="H5046" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046", “Joseph|strong="H3130" is|strong="H1931" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416"! In|strong="H5750" fact|strong="H1589", he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3605" governor|strong="H4910" over|strong="H4910" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3820" Egypt|strong="H4714"!” Jacob|strong="H3290" was|strong="H3820" extremely|strong="H3966" astonished|strong="H8074"; he|strong="H1931" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" believe|strong="H0539" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3820" true|strong="H0571". 
\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H7200" they|strong="H1697" told|strong="H1696" him|strong="H7971" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" Joseph|strong="H3130" had|strong="H3130" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H7971", and|strong="H7971" Jacob|strong="H3290" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" carts|strong="H5699" that|strong="H7200" Joseph|strong="H3130" had|strong="H3130" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H1696" carry|strong="H5375" him|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940" and|strong="H7971" possessions|strong="H7399" to|strong="H1696" Egypt|strong="H4714". Then|strong="H1696" their|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" shock ended|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{28}He|strong="H2962" said|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H7200" you|strong="H7200" have|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" is|strong="H3478" enough|strong="H7227" to|strong="H3478" convince me|strong="H7200"! My|strong="H7200" son|strong="H1121" Joseph|strong="H3130" is|strong="H3478" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H2962" will|strong="H3478" go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H1121" see|strong="H7200" him|strong="H7200" before|strong="H2962" I|strong="H2962" die|strong="H4191"!” 

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\chapterNumber{46}So|strong="H5265" Jacob|strong="H3290" left|strong="H5265" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Canaan|strong="H3667"\+w*}, taking|strong="H3947" with|strong="H3478" him|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940" and|strong="H3478" possessions|strong="H7399". When|strong="H5265" they|strong="H3605" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H3478" Beersheba|strong="H0884", he|strong="H3605" offered|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H3478" God|strong="H0430", the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" whom|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" Isaac|strong="H3327" worshiped|strong="H7812". 
\verseNumber{2}That|strong="H3478" night|strong="H3915", God|strong="H0430" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3478" Jacob|strong="H3290" in|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" vision|strong="H4759", saying|strong="H0559", “Jacob|strong="H3290"! Jacob|strong="H3290"!” He|strong="H3478" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" here|strong="H2009"!” 
\verseNumber{3}God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430", the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3588" your|strong="H7760" father|strong="H0001" worshiped|strong="H7812". Do|strong="H3381" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1471" afraid|strong="H3372" to|strong="H3381" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Egypt|strong="H4714", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1471" give|strong="H7760" you|strong="H3588" many|strong="H1419" descendants|strong="H2233", and|strong="H1419" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1471" become|strong="H3372" a|strong="H3588" great|strong="H1419" nation|strong="H1471" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1571" go|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Egypt|strong="H4714" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3027" later|strong="H0310" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1571" bring|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w*} back|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3381" Canaan|strong="H3667" again|strong="H1571". And|strong="H3027" Joseph|strong="H3130" will|strong="H1571" be|strong="H3027" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5921" [MTY] when|strong="H5927" you|strong="H5921" die|strong="H4191".” [IDM] 
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\verseNumber{5}Jacob|strong="H3290" left|strong="H7971" Beersheba|strong="H0884", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5375" sons|strong="H1121" took|strong="H5375" their|strong="H5375" father|strong="H1121", their|strong="H5375" wives|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5375" children|strong="H1121", in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5375" carts|strong="H5699" that|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5375" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H3478" sent|strong="H7971" for|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3478" travel|strong="H1980" in|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H3947" Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H4714" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H2233" went|strong="H3290" to|strong="H4714" Egypt|strong="H4714". They|strong="H3605" took|strong="H3947" with|strong="H4714" them|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" livestock|strong="H4735" and|strong="H4714" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H7399" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3290" acquired|strong="H7408" in|strong="H2233" Canaan|strong="H3667". 
\verseNumber{7}Jacob|strong="H3290" went|strong="H1121" to|strong="H4714" Egypt|strong="H4714" with|strong="H4714" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" daughters|strong="H1323" and|strong="H1121" grandsons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" granddaughters|strong="H1323"—his|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" family|strong="H2233". 
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\verseNumber{8-25}◄Here|strong="H6311" is|strong="H0369"/I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" now|strong="H6258" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H0859"► a|strong="H1961" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" members|strong="H3338" of|strong="H1121" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" family|strong="H4940" who|strong="H0834" went|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" Egypt|strong="H4714": 
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Reuben|strong="H7205", Jacob’s|strong="H3290" oldest|strong="H1419" son|strong="H1121"; 
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Reuben’s sons|strong="H1121" Hanoch|strong="H2585", Pallu|strong="H6396", Hezron|strong="H2696", and|strong="H3967" Carmi|strong="H3756"; 
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Simeon|strong="H8095" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" Jemuel|strong="H3223", Jamin|strong="H3226", Ohad|strong="H0161", Jakin|strong="H3199", Zohar|strong="H6714", and|strong="H3967" Shaul|strong="H7586", who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" Canaan|strong="H3667" people-group woman|strong="H0802"; 
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Levi|strong="H3878" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" Gershon|strong="H1648", Kohath|strong="H6955", and|strong="H3967" Merari|strong="H4847"; 
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Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121", Shelah|strong="H7956", Perez|strong="H6557", and|strong="H3967" Zerah|strong="H2226" (his|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" sons|strong="H1121", Er|strong="H6147", and|strong="H3967" Onan|strong="H0209", had|strong="H3068" died|strong="H4191" in|strong="H0935" Canaan|strong="H3667"); 
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Perez|strong="H6557" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" Hezron|strong="H2696" and|strong="H3967" Hamul|strong="H2538"; 
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Issachar|strong="H3485" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" Tola|strong="H8439", Puah|strong="H6312", Jashub|strong="H3437", and|strong="H3967" Shimron|strong="H8110"; 
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Zebulon and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" Sered|strong="H5624", Elon|strong="H0356", and|strong="H3967" Jahleel|strong="H3177"; 
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(Those|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H3967" Leah|strong="H3812", and|strong="H3967" their|strong="H3605" daughter|strong="H1323" Dinah|strong="H1783", who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" born|strong="H3205" in|strong="H0935" Paddan-Aram|strong="H6307"/Mesopotamia|strong="H0763": There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0834" 33 of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5414", altogether|strong="H3162".) They|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3068" Gad|strong="H1410" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" Zephon|strong="H6827", Haggi|strong="H2291", Shuni|strong="H7764", Ezbon|strong="H0675", Eri|strong="H6179", Arodi|strong="H0722", and|strong="H3967" Areli|strong="H0692"; 
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Asher|strong="H0836" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" Imnah|strong="H3232", Ishvah|strong="H3438", Ishvi|strong="H3440", and|strong="H3967" Beriah|strong="H1283"; and|strong="H3967" their|strong="H3605" sister|strong="H0269" Serah|strong="H8294"; 
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Beriah’s sons|strong="H1121" Heber|strong="H2268" and|strong="H3967" Malkiel; 
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(Those|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" grandchildren|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H3967" Zilpah|strong="H2153", the|strong="H3605" slave|strong="H5650" girl|strong="H5291" whom|strong="H0834" Laban|strong="H3837" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" daughter|strong="H1323" Leah|strong="H3812": There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0834" 16 of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5414", altogether|strong="H3162".) 
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Joseph|strong="H3130" and|strong="H3967" Benjamin|strong="H1144", the|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" wife|strong="H0802" Rachel|strong="H7354"; 
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(Ephraim|strong="H0669" and|strong="H3967" Manasseh|strong="H4519" were|strong="H0834" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w go|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w down|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*} because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" already|strong="H3528" in|strong="H0935" Egypt|strong="H4714". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Asenath|strong="H0621", the|strong="H3605" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" On|strong="H5921", who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" in|strong="H0935" On|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}.) 
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Benjamin|strong="H1144" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" Bela|strong="H1106", Beker|strong="H1071", Ashbel|strong="H0788", Gera|strong="H1617", Naaman|strong="H5283", Ehi|strong="H0278", Rosh|strong="H7220", Muppim|strong="H4649", Huppim|strong="H2650", and|strong="H3967" Ard|strong="H0714"; 
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(Those|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" grandsons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Rachel|strong="H7354" and|strong="H3967" Jacob|strong="H3290": There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0834" 14 people|strong="H5971" altogether|strong="H3162".) 
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Dan|strong="H1835" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" Hushim|strong="H2366"; 
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Naphtali|strong="H5321" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" Jahziel|strong="H3185", Guni|strong="H1476", Jezer|strong="H3337", and|strong="H3967" Shillem|strong="H8006". 
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(Those|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" grandsons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H3967" Bilhah|strong="H1090", the|strong="H3605" slave|strong="H5650" girl|strong="H5291" whom|strong="H0834" Laban|strong="H3837" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" daughter|strong="H1323" Rachel|strong="H7354": There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0834" seven|strong="H7651" people|strong="H5971" altogether|strong="H3162".) 
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\verseNumber{26}Altogether|strong="H3605" there|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" 66 people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" descendants|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714" with|strong="H3318" him|strong="H3318". That|strong="H3605" number|strong="H5315" does|strong="H5315" not|strong="H3318" include|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" sons’|strong="H1121" wives|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{27}Including|strong="H3605" Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H1121" Joseph|strong="H3130" and|strong="H1121" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205" in|strong="H1004" Egypt|strong="H4714", there|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" 70 members|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" family|strong="H1004" when|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5315" were|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" there|strong="H3605" in|strong="H1004" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
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\verseNumber{28}Jacob|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H7971" go|strong="H7971" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H6440" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H6440" Joseph|strong="H3130" and|strong="H3063" ask|strong="H7592" for|strong="H6440" directions|strong="H6440" on|strong="H7971" how|strong="H4100" to|strong="H7971" travel|strong="H1980" to|strong="H7971" Goshen|strong="H1657". Then|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w family|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3063"\+w*} they|strong="H6440" all|strong="H7971" traveled|strong="H5265" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H6440" Goshen|strong="H1657" region|strong="H2256". When|strong="H7971" they|strong="H6440" arrived|strong="H0935" there|strong="H6440", 
\verseNumber{29}Joseph|strong="H3130" got|strong="H5927" his|strong="H5921" chariot|strong="H4818" ready|strong="H3559" and|strong="H3478" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" Goshen|strong="H1657" to|strong="H3478" meet|strong="H7125" his|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001". When|strong="H7200" Joseph|strong="H3130" arrived|strong="H0935", he|strong="H5921" threw|strong="H5307" his|strong="H5921" arms|strong="H2220" around|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" father’s|strong="H0001" neck|strong="H6677" and|strong="H3478" cried|strong="H1058" a|strong="H7200" long|strong="H5750" time|strong="H5750". 
\verseNumber{30}Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Joseph|strong="H3130", “I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3478" seen|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3478" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416"! So|strong="H4191" now|strong="H6471" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H3478" die|strong="H4191".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Joseph|strong="H3130" arranged|strong="H6186" for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H6440" family|strong="H4191" to|strong="H3478" settle|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3478" Goshen|strong="H1657" }
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\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="H5927" Joseph|strong="H3130" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5927" his|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H0251"\+w*} and|strong="H1004" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H5046" father’s|strong="H0001" family|strong="H1004", “I|strong="H1004" will|strong="H1004" go|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H1004" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5927" him|strong="H5046", ‘My|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H0251"\+w*} and|strong="H1004" my|strong="H5046" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5927" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H5046" family|strong="H1004", who|strong="H6547" were|strong="H3130" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H1004" Canaan|strong="H3667" land|strong="H0776", have|strong="H1004" all|strong="H5927" come|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" me|strong="H5046". 
\verseNumber{32}The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" shepherds|strong="H7462". They|strong="H3588" take|strong="H1961" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" livestock|strong="H4735", and|strong="H6629" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" brought|strong="H1961" with|strong="H3605" them|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H6629" goats|strong="H5795" and|strong="H6629" cattle|strong="H4735", and|strong="H6629" everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" own|strong="H1961".’ 
\verseNumber{33}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" summons|strong="H7121" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H6547" asks|strong="H7592", ‘What|strong="H4100" work|strong="H4639" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H4100"?’ 
\verseNumber{34}answer|strong="H6030" him|strong="H3605" by|strong="H3427" saying|strong="H0559", ‘From|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6258" when|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" young|strong="H5288", we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H3427" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3427" livestock|strong="H4735", just|strong="H3605" as|strong="H5704" our|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" did|strong="H5650".’ If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" tell|strong="H3605" him|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588", he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" let|strong="H6258" you|strong="H3588" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" Goshen|strong="H1657" region|strong="H2256".” Joseph|strong="H3130" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Egypt|strong="H4713" despised|strong="H0959" all|strong="H3605" shepherds|strong="H7462". 

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\chapterNumber{47}\verseNumber{1-2}Joseph|strong="H3130" chose|strong="H0977" five|strong="H2568" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". He|strong="H0834" introduced|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H3967" then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H8104" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H3967" my|strong="H8104" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H0251"\+w*} have|strong="H1961" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" Canaan|strong="H3667" region|strong="H2256". They|strong="H1992" have|strong="H1961" brought|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3967" goats|strong="H5795" and|strong="H3967" cattle|strong="H4735" and|strong="H3967" everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" own|strong="H1961", and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3117" living|strong="H2416" now|strong="H6258" in|strong="H0935" Goshen|strong="H1657" region|strong="H2256".” 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H1571" king|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H4100" the|strong="H1571" brothers|strong="H0251", “What|strong="H4100" work|strong="H4639" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100"?” They|strong="H4100" replied|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H0587" are|strong="H4100" shepherds|strong="H7462", just|strong="H1571" as|strong="H1571" our|strong="H5650" ancestors|strong="H0001" were|strong="H5650".” 
\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5650" him|strong="H3588", “We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5650" come|strong="H4994" here|strong="H6258" to|strong="H5650" live|strong="H3427" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" while|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3427" this|strong="H6258" land|strong="H0776", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" famine|strong="H7458" is|strong="H5650" very|strong="H6258" severe|strong="H3515" in|strong="H3427" Canaan|strong="H3667", and|strong="H5650" our|strong="H5650" animals|strong="H0929" have|strong="H5650" no|strong="H3808" ◄pasture|strong="H4829"/grass|strong="H2682" to|strong="H5650" eat|strong="H0398"► there|strong="H3427". So|strong="H6258" now|strong="H6258", please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" us|strong="H4994" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3588" Goshen|strong="H1657" region|strong="H2256".” 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H3130" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6547" Joseph|strong="H3130", “I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H1961" happy|strong="H0835" that|strong="H6547" your|strong="H3130" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H6547" your|strong="H3130" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6547"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H0251"\+w*} have|strong="H1961" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H6547" you|strong="H0859". 
\verseNumber{6}They|strong="H5921" can|strong="H3045" live|strong="H3427" wherever|strong="H3427" you|strong="H6440" want|strong="H4270" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" whole|strong="H6440" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H3427" Egypt|strong="H4714". Give|strong="H7760" your|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H4714" your|strong="H5921" brothers|strong="H0251" the|strong="H6440" best|strong="H4315" part|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440". They|strong="H5921" can|strong="H3045" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Goshen|strong="H1657". And|strong="H4714" if|strong="H3426" you|strong="H6440" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" any|strong="H3426" of|strong="H3427" them|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3426" any|strong="H3426" special|strong="H6381" ability|strong="H3045" to|strong="H5921" work|strong="H7760" with|strong="H5921" livestock|strong="H4735", have|strong="H3426" them|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3426" in|strong="H3427" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3427" my|strong="H7760" own|strong="H6440" livestock|strong="H4735", too|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H5975" Joseph|strong="H3130" brought|strong="H3130" his|strong="H6440" father|strong="H0001" Jacob|strong="H3290" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w into|strong="H3130"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w palace|strong="H1004"\+w*} and|strong="H6440" introduced|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H6440". Jacob|strong="H3290" asked|strong="H7592" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H6440" bless|strong="H1288" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H4100" the|strong="H3117" king|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H4100" Jacob|strong="H3290", “How|strong="H4100" old|strong="H8141" are|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117"?” 
\verseNumber{9}Jacob|strong="H3290" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" traveling|strong="H1980" around|strong="H5439" for|strong="H3117" 130 years|strong="H8141". I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" lived|strong="H2416" as|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" my|strong="H1961" ancestors|strong="H0001", but|strong="H3808" my|strong="H1961" life|strong="H2416" has|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" full|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" troubles|strong="H7451".” 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H3318" Jacob|strong="H3290" again|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w*} bless|strong="H1288" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H6440", and|strong="H6440" left|strong="H3318" him|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3130"\+w* \+w how|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w Joseph|strong="H3130"\+w* \+w enabled|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w father|strong="H0001"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H0251"\+w*} to|strong="H5414" start|strong="H1870" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Egypt|strong="H4714". As|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H3130" commanded|strong="H6680", he|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" property|strong="H0272" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5414" best|strong="H4315" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776", in|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Goshen|strong="H1657"\+w*, \+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3130"\+w* \+w now|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} Rameses|strong="H7486". 
\verseNumber{12}Joseph|strong="H3130" also|strong="H3899" provided|strong="H3557" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" father’s|strong="H0001" family|strong="H1004". The|strong="H3605" amounts|strong="H4948" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" were|strong="H3130" according|strong="H6310" to|strong="H1004" how|strong="H4100" many|strong="H7227" children|strong="H2945" each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H5414" had|strong="H3130". 

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\verseNumber{13}There|strong="H3605" were|strong="H4714" no|strong="H3605" crops|strong="H8393" growing|strong="H5927" in|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" region|strong="H2256", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" famine|strong="H7458" was|strong="H7458" very|strong="H3966" severe|strong="H3515". The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H6440" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H3899" Canaan|strong="H3667" [MTY] became|strong="H3205" weak|strong="H3605" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3605" enough|strong="H3966" food|strong="H3899" to|strong="H6440" eat|strong="H3899". 
\verseNumber{14}Joseph|strong="H3130" collected|strong="H3950" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H1004" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H3701" Canaan|strong="H3667" paid|strong="H5414" for|strong="H4714" the|strong="H3605" grain|strong="H7668" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" buying|strong="H7069" from|strong="H3701" him|strong="H4672", and|strong="H3701" he|strong="H3605" brought|strong="H3130" the|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H4714" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{15}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3605" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H3701" Canaan|strong="H3667" had|strong="H3588" spent|strong="H8552" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" for|strong="H3588" grain|strong="H3605", they|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" kept|strong="H8104" coming|strong="H0935" to|strong="H4191" Joseph|strong="H3130" and|strong="H3701" saying|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" give|strong="H3051" us|strong="H3051" some|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899"! If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3588" give|strong="H3051" us|strong="H3051" grain|strong="H3605", we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4714" die|strong="H4191" [RHQ]! We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3605" used|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" our|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H4191" buy|strong="H7069" food|strong="H3899", and|strong="H3701" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3605" no|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" left|strong="H7604"!” 
\verseNumber{16}Joseph|strong="H3130" replied|strong="H0559", “Since|strong="H3588" your|strong="H5414" money|strong="H3701" is|strong="H3701" all|strong="H5414" gone|strong="H1980", bring|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" livestock|strong="H4735". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" do|strong="H4735" that|strong="H5414", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" food|strong="H3899" in|strong="H5414" exchange|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3701" your|strong="H5414" livestock|strong="H4735".” 
\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H5414" they|strong="H8141" brought|strong="H5414" their|strong="H3605" livestock|strong="H4735" to|strong="H5414" Joseph|strong="H3130". He|strong="H1931" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" food|strong="H3899" in|strong="H8141" exchange|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" horses|strong="H5483", their|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3899" goats|strong="H5795", their|strong="H3605" cattle|strong="H4735", and|strong="H3899" their|strong="H3605" donkeys|strong="H2543". 
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\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H6440" next|strong="H8145" year|strong="H8141" they|strong="H3588" came|strong="H8141" to|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440" again|strong="H8145" and|strong="H3701" said|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" hide|strong="H3582" this|strong="H1931" from|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588": We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H7604" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H8145" money|strong="H3701", and|strong="H3701" now|strong="H3588" our|strong="H3588" livestock|strong="H4735" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588". We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H7604" only|strong="H3588" our|strong="H3588" bodies|strong="H1472" and|strong="H3701" our|strong="H3588" land|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588". We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H7604" nothing|strong="H3808" else|strong="H3808" left|strong="H7604". 
\verseNumber{19}◄If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" give|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" food|strong="H3899", we|strong="H4191" will|strong="H1961" die|strong="H4191"!/Do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5414" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H4191" watch|strong="H5869" us|strong="H5414" die|strong="H4191"?► [RHQ] If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" give|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" seeds|strong="H2233", our|strong="H5414" fields|strong="H7704" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" useless|strong="H3808" [IDM]. Buy|strong="H7069" us|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3899" our|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" in|strong="H4191" exchange|strong="H5414" for|strong="H5650" food|strong="H3899". Then|strong="H1961" we|strong="H4191" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5414" king’s|strong="H4428" slaves|strong="H5650", and|strong="H3899" he|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" own|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776". Give|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" seeds|strong="H2233" that|strong="H5414" we|strong="H4191" can|strong="H4100" plant|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3899" grow|strong="H6779" food|strong="H3899", in|strong="H4191" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5414" we|strong="H4191" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191", and|strong="H3899" in|strong="H4191" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5414" our|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" become|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" desert|strong="H6160".” 
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\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H1961" Joseph|strong="H3130" bought|strong="H7069" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" farms in|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H5921". The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H7704" Egypt|strong="H4714" each|strong="H3605" sold|strong="H4376" their|strong="H3605" land|strong="H7704" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5921" because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" famine|strong="H7458" was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" severe|strong="H2388", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w no|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w way|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w get|strong="H7069"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w buy|strong="H7069"\+w* \+w food|strong="H3899"\+w*}. So|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" farms became|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" farms. 
\verseNumber{21}As|strong="H5704" a|strong="H5674" result|strong="H6903", Joseph|strong="H5971" caused|strong="H5674" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H5704" one|strong="H7097" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5704" country|strong="H2022" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" other|strong="H7097" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5704" king’s|strong="H4428" slaves|strong="H7097". 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3651" not|strong="H3808" buy|strong="H7069" the|strong="H5921" priests’|strong="H3548" land|strong="H0776", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" received|strong="H5921" food|strong="H2706" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" regularly|strong="H8548", so|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5921" food|strong="H2706" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" was|strong="H6547" enough|strong="H3651" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H5414". That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5921" reason|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3651" not|strong="H3808" sell|strong="H4376" their|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{23}Joseph|strong="H3130" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w sold|strong="H7069"\+w* \+w themselves|strong="H0905"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7069"\+w*}, “Listen|strong="H2005" to|strong="H3117" me|strong="H3117"! Today|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H5971" bought|strong="H7069" you|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" your|strong="H2232" land|strong="H0776" for|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" king|strong="H4428". So|strong="H7069" here|strong="H2005" are|strong="H3117" seeds|strong="H2233" for|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" so|strong="H7069" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3117" can|strong="H2233" plant|strong="H2232" them|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414" harvest|strong="H8393" the|strong="H5414" crop|strong="H8393", you|strong="H5414" must|strong="H4191" give|strong="H5414" one-fifth|strong="H2549" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" crop|strong="H8393" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428". The|strong="H5414" rest|strong="H1961" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" crop|strong="H8393" you|strong="H5414" can|strong="H1004" keep|strong="H1961", to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" seed|strong="H2233" to|strong="H1961" plant|strong="H5414" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" fields|strong="H7704", and|strong="H3027" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" food|strong="H1004" for|strong="H3027" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3027" your|strong="H5414" children|strong="H2945" and|strong="H3027" for|strong="H3027" everyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3027" in|strong="H1004" your|strong="H5414" household|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H0398".” 
\verseNumber{25}They|strong="H1992" replied|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H4672" have|strong="H1961" saved|strong="H2421" our|strong="H5650" lives|strong="H2421"! We|strong="H4672" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H4672" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H5869" us|strong="H1961". And|strong="H5869" we|strong="H4672" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" king’s|strong="H4428" slaves|strong="H5650".” 
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\verseNumber{26}So|strong="H1961" Joseph|strong="H3130" made|strong="H7760" a|strong="H1961" law|strong="H2706" about|strong="H1961" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" in|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714", stating that|strong="H3117" one-fifth|strong="H2549" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" crops|strong="H8393" that|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" harvested|strong="H1219" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921". That|strong="H3117" law|strong="H2706" still|strong="H5704" exists|strong="H1961". Only|strong="H7535" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3117" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" land|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{27}Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3478" family|strong="H4940" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Egypt|strong="H4714", in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3427" Goshen|strong="H1657" region|strong="H2256". They|strong="H3478" acquired|strong="H6213" property|strong="H0272" there|strong="H3427". Many|strong="H7235" children|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" born|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". As|strong="H3427" a|strong="H3478" result|strong="H6903", their|strong="H7235" population|strong="H1546" increased|strong="H7235" greatly|strong="H3966". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jacob|strong="H3290" made|strong="H7235" Joseph|strong="H3130" promise|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" bury|strong="H6912" him|strong="H7235" in|strong="H3427" Egypt|strong="H4714" after|strong="H0310" he|strong="H3478" died|strong="H4191". }
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\verseNumber{28}Jacob|strong="H3290" lived|strong="H2421" in|strong="H8141" Egypt|strong="H4714" 17 years|strong="H8141". Altogether|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" lived|strong="H2421" 147 years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{29}When|strong="H3117" it|strong="H7760" was|strong="H3478" almost|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" for|strong="H7121" him|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3478" die|strong="H4191", he|strong="H3117" summoned|strong="H7121" his|strong="H7760" son|strong="H1121" Joseph|strong="H3130" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H7121", “If|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H5869" pleased|strong="H5869" you|strong="H3117", make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" solemn|strong="H6116" promise|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H4191" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H4994" and|strong="H1121" faithfully|strong="H2617" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" now|strong="H4994" asking|strong="H7121" you|strong="H3117": When|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" die|strong="H4191", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" bury|strong="H6912" me|strong="H4994" here|strong="H4672" in|strong="H3478" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{30}Instead|strong="H8478", take|strong="H5375" my|strong="H5375" body|strong="H1320" out|strong="H6213" of|strong="H1697" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H4714" bury|strong="H6912" it|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" Canaan|strong="H3667" where|strong="H0834" my|strong="H5375" ancestors|strong="H0001" are|strong="H1697" buried|strong="H6912".” Joseph|strong="H3130" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H4714" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1697".” 
\verseNumber{31}Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559", “◄Swear|strong="H7650"/Solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H7650"► to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3478" do|strong="H7650" it|strong="H5921"!” So|strong="H5921" Joseph|strong="H7650" swore|strong="H7650" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H7650" it|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H7218" Jacob|strong="H3290" turned|strong="H3478" over|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" bed|strong="H4296", bowed|strong="H7812" his|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218", and|strong="H3478" worshiped|strong="H7812" God|strong="H0430". 

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\chapterNumber{48}Some|strong="H1697" time|strong="H1961" later|strong="H1961", someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H1697" Joseph|strong="H3130", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Hey|strong="H1945"\+w*,} your|strong="H3947" father|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1697" ill|strong="H2470".” When|strong="H1961" Joseph|strong="H3130" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H1697", he|strong="H8147" took|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121", Manasseh|strong="H4519" and|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669", to|strong="H1961" see|strong="H2009" his|strong="H3947" father|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{2}When|strong="H1121" someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" Jacob|strong="H3290", “Look|strong="H2009", your|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" Joseph|strong="H3130" has|strong="H3478" come|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" see|strong="H2009" you|strong="H5921"!” Jacob|strong="H3290" sat|strong="H3427" up|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" bed|strong="H4296", even|strong="H5921" though|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3478" difficult|strong="H6381" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H3130" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7200" Joseph|strong="H3130", “When|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" was|strong="H3290" at|strong="H7200" Luz|strong="H3870" in|strong="H7200" Canaan|strong="H3667", God|strong="H0430" Almighty|strong="H7706" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H7200" me|strong="H7200". He|strong="H3130" blessed|strong="H1288" me|strong="H7200" 
\verseNumber{4}and|strong="H5971" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414", ‘I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H2005" going|strong="H2005" to|strong="H5414" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" become|strong="H6509" the|strong="H5414" father|strong="H0001" of|strong="H2233" many|strong="H7235" children|strong="H2233". You|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" many|strong="H7235" descendants|strong="H2233", and|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" become|strong="H6509" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2233"\+w*} many|strong="H7235" people-groups. And|strong="H5971" I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H5971" give|strong="H5414" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H2233" to|strong="H5414" possess|strong="H3423" forever|strong="H5769".’ 
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\verseNumber{5}“nd now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H1961" consider|strong="H7200" that|strong="H1121" your|strong="H1961" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121", who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" born|strong="H3205" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" here|strong="H5704" in|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714" before|strong="H5704" I|strong="H5704" came|strong="H1961" here|strong="H5704", will|strong="H1961" ◄belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H3205"/be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H5704" though|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" my|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121"►. Ephraim|strong="H0669" and|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w*} my|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H1961" inherit|strong="H5157" my|strong="H1961" possessions|strong="H7399", just|strong="H6258" like|strong="H1961" my|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205" and|strong="H1121" Simeon|strong="H8095" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w others|strong="H1992"\+w*} will|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{6}If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5921" later|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" any|strong="H1961" more|strong="H5921" children|strong="H3205", they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" considered|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" my|strong="H5921" children|strong="H3205", but|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" my|strong="H5921" grandchildren|strong="H1121", and|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Canaan|strong="H3667"\+w*} they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" receive|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" part|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3205" what|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" inherit|strong="H5159" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3205" the|strong="H5921" same|strong="H8034" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H7121" is|strong="H8034" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" territory|strong="H1366" that|strong="H7121" their|strong="H5921" brothers|strong="H0251" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Ephraim|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w and|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\+w*} will|strong="H1961" inherit|strong="H5159". 
\verseNumber{7}Many|strong="H7227" years|strong="H8141" ago|strong="H7350", as|strong="H8033" I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1931" returning|strong="H7725" from|strong="H5921" Paddan-Aram|strong="H6307"/Mesopotamia|strong="H0763", your|strong="H5921" mother|strong="H0517" Rachel|strong="H7354" died|strong="H4191" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Canaan|strong="H3667" region|strong="H2256", while|strong="H5750" we|strong="H8033" were|strong="H5921" still|strong="H5750" traveling|strong="H1980", not|strong="H1870" far|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" Ephrath|strong="H0672" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. So|strong="H4191" I|strong="H5921" buried|strong="H6912" her|strong="H5921" body|strong="H4191" there|strong="H8033" alongside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" road|strong="H1870" to|strong="H4191" Ephrath|strong="H0672" [which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" now|strong="H5921" called|strong="H8033" Bethlehem|strong="H1035"].” 
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\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H7200" Jacob|strong="H3290" saw|strong="H7200" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" sons|strong="H1121", he|strong="H3478" asked|strong="H7592", “Who|strong="H4310" are|strong="H1121" these|strong="H0428" boys|strong="H3206"?” 
\verseNumber{9}Joseph|strong="H3130" replied|strong="H0559", “They|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" the|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121" that|strong="H5414" God|strong="H5414" has|strong="H2088" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" here|strong="H2088" in|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714".” Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559", “Bring|strong="H3947" them|strong="H5414" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" so|strong="H3947" that|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" can|strong="H3947" bless|strong="H1288" them|strong="H5414".” 
\verseNumber{10}Jacob|strong="H3290" was|strong="H3478" almost|strong="H4592" blind|strong="H7200" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3808" was|strong="H3478" very|strong="H3966" old|strong="H1121". He|strong="H3808" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" recognize|strong="H5234" the|strong="H7200" boys|strong="H3206". So|strong="H3808" Joseph|strong="H3808" brought|strong="H5066" his|strong="H7200" sons|strong="H1121" close|strong="H5066" to|strong="H3478" his|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H3478" Jacob|strong="H3290" kissed|strong="H5401" them|strong="H7200" and|strong="H3478" hugged|strong="H5307" them|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{11}Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Joseph|strong="H3130", “I|strong="H2009" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" expect|strong="H6960" to|strong="H3478" see|strong="H7200" you|strong="H6440" again|strong="H6440", but|strong="H3808" look|strong="H7200" at|strong="H3478" this|strong="H7200"! God|strong="H3808" has|strong="H3478" allowed|strong="H5414" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3478" see|strong="H7200" not|strong="H3808" only|strong="H1571" you|strong="H6440", but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" has|strong="H3478" allowed|strong="H5414" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3478" see|strong="H7200" your|strong="H6440" children|strong="H2233", too|strong="H1571"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jacob|strong="H3290" blessed|strong="H1288" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" two|strong="H3808" sons|strong="H1121", Manasseh|strong="H4519" and|strong="H3478" Ephraim|strong="H0669", in|strong="H3478" a|strong="H7200" way|strong="H6440" contrary|strong="H7147" to|strong="H3478" what|strong="H7200" Joseph|strong="H3130" expected|strong="H6419" }
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\verseNumber{12}Joseph|strong="H3130" took|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" boys|strong="H3206" from|strong="H3318" alongside|strong="H5980" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" knees|strong="H1290". Then|strong="H3318" he|strong="H3318" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H3318" face|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H3947" Joseph|strong="H3130" took|strong="H3947" both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H8147" the|strong="H3947" boys|strong="H3206", putting|strong="H5414" Ephraim|strong="H0669" on|strong="H3225" his|strong="H3947" right|strong="H3225" side|strong="H3225" toward|strong="H3225" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" left|strong="H8040" hand|strong="H3225", and|strong="H3478" putting|strong="H5414" Manasseh|strong="H4519" on|strong="H3225" his|strong="H3947" left|strong="H8040" side|strong="H3225" toward|strong="H3225" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3225", and|strong="H3478" brought|strong="H3947" them|strong="H3947" close|strong="H5066" to|strong="H3478" Jacob|strong="H3290". 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H3588" Jacob|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w did|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Joseph|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3027"\+w*. \+w Instead|strong="H3588"\+w*}, he|strong="H1931" reached|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" his|strong="H7971" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3478" put|strong="H7971" it|strong="H1931" on|strong="H5921" Ephraim’s|strong="H0669" head|strong="H7218", even|strong="H3588" though|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" younger|strong="H6810" son|strong="H6810". He|strong="H1931" crossed|strong="H5674" his|strong="H7971" arms|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3478" put|strong="H7971" his|strong="H7971" left|strong="H8040" hand|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" Manasseh’s|strong="H4519" head|strong="H7218", even|strong="H3588" though|strong="H3588" Manasseh|strong="H4519" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" older|strong="H1419" son|strong="H6810". 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H1980" he|strong="H3117" ◄blessed|strong="H1288"/asked|strong="H7592" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H5704" bless|strong="H1288"► Joseph|strong="H3130" and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H6440" sons|strong="H1121", saying|strong="H0559", 
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“My|strong="H7462" grandfather|strong="H0001" Abraham|strong="H0085" and|strong="H1980" my|strong="H7462" father|strong="H0001" Isaac|strong="H3327" conducted|strong="H1240" their|strong="H6440" lives|strong="H5315" as|strong="H5704" God|strong="H0430" desired|strong="H2530", 
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and|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" very|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H3117" led|strong="H1980" me|strong="H6440" and|strong="H1980" taken|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3117" me|strong="H6440" as|strong="H5704" a|strong="H3117" shepherd|strong="H7462" leads|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" cares|strong="H1875" for|strong="H5704" his|strong="H6440" sheep|strong="H6629" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H3605" angel|strong="H4397" whom|strong="H7121" he|strong="H3605" sent|strong="H3327" has|strong="H3605" kept|strong="H8104" me|strong="H7121" from|strong="H7451" being|strong="H8034" harmed|strong="H2255" in|strong="H7130" any|strong="H3605" way|strong="H3605". 
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I|strong="H5288" pray|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H5288" bless|strong="H1288" these|strong="H7121" boys|strong="H5288". 
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I|strong="H5288" pray|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5288" will|strong="H5288" never|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" about|strong="H8034" me|strong="H7121" and|strong="H5288" about|strong="H8034" Abraham|strong="H0085" and|strong="H5288" Isaac|strong="H3327" because|strong="H7230" of|strong="H8034" what|strong="H7451" God|strong="H0430" does|strong="H6213" for|strong="H7121" these|strong="H7121" boys|strong="H5288". 
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I|strong="H5288" pray|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5288" have|strong="H5288" many|strong="H7230" descendants|strong="H2233" who|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5288" live|strong="H8034" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776".” 
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\verseNumber{17}When|strong="H3588" Joseph|strong="H3130" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" his|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3588" placed|strong="H7896" his|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" Ephraim’s|strong="H0669" head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H3027" not|strong="H3588" on|strong="H5921" Manasseh’s|strong="H4519" head|strong="H7218", he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3027" distressed|strong="H7489"/displeased|strong="H7489". So|strong="H5493" he|strong="H3588" took|strong="H5493" his|strong="H5921" father’s|strong="H0001" hand|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5921" move|strong="H5493" it|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5493" Ephraim’s|strong="H0669" head|strong="H7218" to|strong="H5921" Manasseh’s|strong="H4519" head|strong="H7218". 
\verseNumber{18}Joseph|strong="H3130" said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", “My|strong="H7760" father|strong="H0001", that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2088" not|strong="H3808" right|strong="H3225"! The|strong="H5921" one|strong="H2088" on|strong="H5921" whom|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" put|strong="H7760" your|strong="H5921" left|strong="H7760" hand|strong="H3225" is|strong="H2088" my|strong="H7760" older|strong="H1419" son|strong="H1060". Put|strong="H7760" your|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3225" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7760" head|strong="H7218".” 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3045" father|strong="H1121" refused|strong="H3985", saying|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045", my|strong="H3045" son|strong="H1121", I|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H3045" I|strong="H3045" am|strong="H1961" doing|strong="H4480". Manasseh’s|strong="H4519" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H1961" also|strong="H1571" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" people-group, and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" important|strong="H5704". But|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3045" younger|strong="H6996" brother’s|strong="H0251" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" greater|strong="H1431" than|strong="H4480" his|strong="H3045" will|strong="H1961". His|strong="H3045" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" several|strong="H2669" nations|strong="H1471".” 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H7760" he|strong="H1931" blessed|strong="H1288" them|strong="H6440" both|strong="H8147" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", saying|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1931" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" use|strong="H1931" your|strong="H7760" names|strong="H8034" when|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" bless|strong="H1288" people|strong="H1931". They|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3478" say|strong="H3478", ‘We|strong="H3117" pray|strong="H6419" that|strong="H3117" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H3478" help|strong="H5826" you|strong="H6440" as|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" helped|strong="H5826" Ephraim|strong="H0669" and|strong="H3478" Manasseh|strong="H4519".’” In|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3117" way|strong="H6440", Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3117" Ephraim|strong="H0669" would|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" more|strong="H3254" important|strong="H5704" than|strong="H6440" Manasseh|strong="H4519". 
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H1961" Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" Joseph|strong="H3130", “I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" about|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" die|strong="H4191". But|strong="H1961" I|strong="H2009" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3478" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H1961" help|strong="H1961"/protect|strong="H8104" you|strong="H7725". And|strong="H3478" some|strong="H2009" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3478" will|strong="H1961" take|strong="H7725" your|strong="H7725" descendants|strong="H2233" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H4191" their|strong="H7725" ancestors|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H3027" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414", not|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5414" brothers|strong="H0251", that|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H2719" give|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" fertile|strong="H3759" hill|strong="H2022" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Shechem|strong="H7927" area|strong="H1508". I|strong="H5414" captured|strong="H3947" that|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Amor people-group, fighting|strong="H3898" them|strong="H5414" with|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5414" sword|strong="H2719" and|strong="H3027" my|strong="H5414" bow|strong="H7198" and|strong="H3027" arrows|strong="H7198".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jacob prophesied what would happen to his sons and their descendants }
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\chapterNumber{49}Jacob|strong="H3290" summoned|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3117" his|strong="H7121" sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3117" them|strong="H7121", 
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\verseNumber{2}“Gather|strong="H6908" around|strong="H5439" me|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H8085" can|strong="H1121" tell|strong="H8085" you|strong="H8085" what|strong="H8085" will|strong="H3478" happen|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8085" future|strong="H0319". 
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My|strong="H8085" sons|strong="H1121", come|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H1121". 
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I|strong="H8085" am|strong="H1961" your|strong="H8085" father|strong="H1121", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jacob|strong="H3290"\+w*, \+w whom|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{3}Reuben|strong="H7205", you|strong="H3581" are|strong="H5794" my|strong="H3581" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1060". 
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You|strong="H3581" were|strong="H0834" born|strong="H3205" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H7613" was|strong="H1060" young|strong="H5288" and|strong="H7205" energetic/strong|strong="H5794". 
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You|strong="H3581" are|strong="H5794" prouder and|strong="H7205" stronger|strong="H5794" than|strong="H4480" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H7205" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H1060" my|strong="H3581" sons|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H4325" as|strong="H5927" uncontrollable as|strong="H5927" a|strong="H3588" flood|strong="H4325" [SIM]. 
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So|strong="H5927" now|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4325" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H4325" my|strong="H2490" most|strong="H6944" important|strong="H5704" son|strong="H1121", 
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because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" climbed|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" onto|strong="H0413" my|strong="H2490" bed|strong="H4904", 
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and|strong="H5927" had|strong="H3588" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5927" [MTY] my|strong="H2490" ◄concubine|strong="H6370"/slave|strong="H5650" who|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" become|strong="H1961" one|strong="H3588" of|strong="H4325" my|strong="H2490" wives|strong="H0802"►. 
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Your|strong="H3588" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5927", your|strong="H3588" father|strong="H0001", to|strong="H5927" have|strong="H3588" great|strong="H1419" shame|strong="H0954". 
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\verseNumber{5}Simeon|strong="H8095" and|strong="H2555" Levi|strong="H3878", you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H1961" both|strong="H8147" acted|strong="H6213" like|strong="H3644" criminals|strong="H5766". 
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You|strong="H0859" use|strong="H4399" your|strong="H3068" swords|strong="H4380" to|strong="H3627" act|strong="H6213" violently|strong="H3966". 
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\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" want|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5315" be|strong="H5315" with|strong="H5315" you|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" make|strong="H3588" evil|strong="H7451" plans|strong="H5475" [DOU]. 
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I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" want|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5315" join|strong="H2266" you|strong="H3588" in|strong="H5315" your|strong="H3588" meetings, 
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because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" killed|strong="H2026" people|strong="H5315" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" became|strong="H3205" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734", 
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and|strong="H5315" you|strong="H3588" ◄hamstrung|strong="H6136"/cut|strong="H3772" the|strong="H3588" tendons|strong="H1517" in|strong="H5315" the|strong="H3588" legs|strong="H3767" of|strong="H6951"► oxen|strong="H7794" just|strong="H3512" to|strong="H5315" ◄have|strong="H3588" fun/see|strong="H7200" them|strong="H2026" suffer|strong="H5414"►. 
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\verseNumber{7}God|strong="H0430" says|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" ◄curse|strong="H7045"/cause|strong="H2600" bad|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478"► them|strong="H6327" for|strong="H3588" being|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H5678", 
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for|strong="H3588" acting|strong="H4603" very|strong="H3966" cruelly|strong="H7188" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3478" very|strong="H3966" furious|strong="H2534". 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" scatter|strong="H6327" their|strong="H3588" descendants|strong="H2233" [MTY] throughout|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" land|strong="H0776".’ 
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\verseNumber{8}Judah|strong="H3063", your|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brothers|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" praise|strong="H3034" you|strong="H3034". 
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They|strong="H3027" will|strong="H1121" bow|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" before|strong="H3063" you|strong="H3034", 
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because|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3034" will|strong="H1121" thoroughly|strong="H3190" defeat|strong="H5221" [MTY] your|strong="H3027" enemies|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{9}Judah|strong="H3063" is|strong="H4310" like|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5927" young|strong="H1121" lion|strong="H3833" [SIM] that|strong="H1121" has|strong="H4310" returned|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" its|strong="H5927" den|strong="H1358" satisfied|strong="H7646" 
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after|strong="H5927" eating|strong="H0398" the|strong="H5927" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H1121" it|strong="H5927" has|strong="H4310" killed|strong="H2026". 
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He|strong="H3063" is|strong="H4310" like|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5927" lion|strong="H3833" that|strong="H1121" lies|strong="H7257" down|strong="H7257" and|strong="H1121" stretches|strong="H5186" out|strong="H6965" after|strong="H5927" eating|strong="H0398"; 
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no|strong="H5927" one|strong="H1121" would|strong="H4310" dare|strong="H6148" to|strong="H5927" disturb|strong="H2729" it|strong="H5927" [RHQ]. 
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\verseNumber{10}There|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5971" always|strong="H3605" be|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3588" ruler|strong="H4910" [MTY] from|strong="H5493" the|strong="H3588" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H7626" Judah|strong="H3063" [MTY]. 
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Each|strong="H5971" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H5971" hold|strong="H2388" a|strong="H3588" scepter|strong="H7626"/staff|strong="H7626" to|strong="H5704" show|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3063" authority|strong="H7272" as|strong="H5704" a|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428". 
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He|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" do|strong="H3063" that|strong="H3588" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5704" whom|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3588" scepter|strong="H7626" belongs|strong="H1961" comes|strong="H0935", 
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the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5704" whom|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3588" nations|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" bring|strong="H0935" tribute|strong="H4503" 
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and|strong="H3063" show|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" obey|strong="H3349" him|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H1121" grapevines of|strong="H1121" Judah’s|strong="H3063" descendants|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" produce|strong="H6529" grapes|strong="H6025" very|strong="H3966" abundantly|strong="H8317". 
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As|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1121" result|strong="H6903", they|strong="H3830" will|strong="H1121" not|strong="H1121" object|strong="H8047" to|strong="H1121" tying their|strong="H3526" young|strong="H1121" donkeys|strong="H5895" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" grapevines 
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in|strong="H1121" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" donkeys|strong="H5895" can|strong="H1121" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H1121" leaves|strong="H1817" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" grapevines. 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Wine|strong="H3196"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w plentiful|strong="H7230"\+w*, \+w with|strong="H1612"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1121"\+w*} 
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they|strong="H3830" could|strong="H3201" wash|strong="H3526" their|strong="H3526" cloaks|strong="H4304" in|strong="H1121" wine|strong="H3196" that|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1121" as|strong="H1121" red|strong="H5488" as|strong="H1121" blood|strong="H1818" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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\verseNumber{12}Their|strong="H3605" eyes|strong="H5869" will|strong="H5869" be|strong="H5869" red|strong="H2447" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H5869" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w drinking|strong="H8354"\+w* \+w too|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w much|strong="H7227"\+w*} wine|strong="H3196", 
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but|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3605" teeth|strong="H8127" will|strong="H5869" be|strong="H5869" very|strong="H3966" white|strong="H3836" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H5869" drinking|strong="H8354" much|strong="H7227" milk|strong="H2461" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w cows|strong="H6510"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{13}Zebulun|strong="H2074", your|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H1931" live|strong="H7931" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" seashore|strong="H3220" 
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where|strong="H5921" there|strong="H8033" will|strong="H1931" be|strong="H3220" a|strong="H5921" safe|strong="H7965" harbor|strong="H0935" for|strong="H5921" ships|strong="H0591". 
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Their|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" will|strong="H1931" extend|strong="H4900" north|strong="H6828" as|strong="H5921" far|strong="H5921" as|strong="H5921" Sidon|strong="H6721" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{14}Issachar|strong="H3485", your|strong="H7257" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H3644" strong|strong="H1634" donkeys|strong="H2543" 
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that|strong="H2543" are|strong="H3117" lying|strong="H7257" down|strong="H7257" on|strong="H7257" the|strong="H3485" ground|strong="H0776" between|strong="H0996" their|strong="H7257" loads|strong="H4853", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w tired|strong="H3021"\+w* \+w that|strong="H2543"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w cannot|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w up|strong="H5927"\+w*}! 
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\verseNumber{15}They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" their|strong="H7200" resting|strong="H4496" place|strong="H4496" is|strong="H2896" good|strong="H2896", 
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and|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" land|strong="H0776" pleases|strong="H2896" them|strong="H7200" very|strong="H2896" much|strong="H7227". 
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But|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" bend|strong="H5186" their|strong="H7200" backs|strong="H6203" to|strong="H1961" carry|strong="H5445" heavy|strong="H3513" loads|strong="H4853" 
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and|strong="H7200" be|strong="H1961" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H1961" work|strong="H5647" for|strong="H3588" others|strong="H0312". 
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\verseNumber{16}Dan|strong="H1835", although|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3478" tribe|strong="H7626" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H3478" small|strong="H6996", 
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their|strong="H1835" leaders|strong="H7218" will|strong="H5971" rule|strong="H4910" their|strong="H1835" people|strong="H5971" just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H3478" the|strong="H1777" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7626" other|strong="H0312" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H7626" Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H5971" rule|strong="H4910" their|strong="H1835" people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{17}Your|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" snakes|strong="H5175" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" side|strong="H1870" of|strong="H1870" a|strong="H1961" road|strong="H1870", 
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like|strong="H1961" poisonous|strong="H7219" snakes|strong="H5175" lying|strong="H5307" beside|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" path|strong="H1870". 
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They|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" strike|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5921" heels|strong="H6119" of|strong="H1870" horses|strong="H5483" that|strong="H5307" pass|strong="H1961" by|strong="H5921", 
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causing|strong="H7462" the|strong="H5921" riders|strong="H7392" to|strong="H1961" fall|strong="H5307" backwards \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w horses|strong="H5483"\+w* \+w rear|strong="H6119"\+w* \+w up|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w hind|strong="H0365"\+w* \+w legs|strong="H3767"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H3068" Jacob|strong="H3290" prayed|strong="H6419", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H3068" am|strong="H3068" waiting|strong="H8104" for|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H5337" me|strong="H0413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H0227"\+w* \+w Jacob|strong="H3290"\+w* \+w continued|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w sons|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w would|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w future|strong="H0319"\+w*. \+w He|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w*}, 
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“Gad|strong="H1410", your|strong="H3068" tribe|strong="H4294"/descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H1931" be|strong="H1931" attacked|strong="H5221" by|strong="H1416" a|strong="H1931" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1416" bandits|strong="H1416", 
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but|strong="H1931" your|strong="H3068" tribe|strong="H4294"/descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H1931" pursue|strong="H7291" and|strong="H1410" attack|strong="H5221" them|strong="H1931" [MTY]. 
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\verseNumber{20}Asher|strong="H0836", your|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H4428" eat|strong="H3899" good-tasting food|strong="H3899"; 
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they|strong="H1931" will|strong="H4428" produce|strong="H5414" food|strong="H3899" that|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" delicious enough|strong="H1767" for|strong="H4428" kings|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5414" eat|strong="H3899". 
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\verseNumber{21}Naphtali|strong="H5321", your|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" like|strong="H3644" deer|strong="H0354" [MET|strong="H6298"] that|strong="H5414" are|strong="H3117" ◄free|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971"/not|strong="H5414" tied|strong="H5414" down|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" can|strong="H4310"► run|strong="H7323" wherever|strong="H3605" they|strong="H5414" wish|strong="H2896". 
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They|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H7971" children|strong="H1121" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H3117" good-looking|strong="H2896" like|strong="H3644" ◄fawns|strong="H6082"/baby|strong="H1121" deer|strong="H0354"► [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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\verseNumber{22}Joseph|strong="H3130", you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5869" have|strong="H5869" many|strong="H7227" descendants|strong="H1121" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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Their|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" will|strong="H5869" be|strong="H1121" as|strong="H1121" many|strong="H7227" as|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" fruit|strong="H6509" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" vine|strong="H1612" near|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" spring|strong="H5869" of|strong="H1121" water|strong="H4325", 
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whose|strong="H1121" branches|strong="H1323" extend|strong="H4900" over|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" wall|strong="H7791". 
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\verseNumber{23}Their|strong="H4843" enemies|strong="H0341" will|strong="H1167" attack|strong="H7852" them|strong="H5414" fiercely|strong="H1481", 
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and|strong="H2671" shoot|strong="H3384" at|strong="H3427" them|strong="H5414" with|strong="H4843" bows|strong="H7198" and|strong="H2671" arrows|strong="H2671" and|strong="H2671" pursue|strong="H7291" them|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H3290" they|strong="H8033" will|strong="H3478" hold|strong="H2388" their|strong="H3290" bows|strong="H7198" steady|strong="H0530" and|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3290" arms|strong="H2220" will|strong="H3478" remain|strong="H3427" strong|strong="H6339", 
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because|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" power|strong="H3027" [MTY] of|strong="H3027" my|strong="H3290" mighty|strong="H2220" God|strong="H3027", 
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because|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" Yahweh|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3478" guides|strong="H5148" and|strong="H3478" provides|strong="H3559" for|strong="H3027" me|strong="H3027" [MET|strong="H6298"] 
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like|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" shepherd|strong="H7462" guides|strong="H5148" and|strong="H3478" provides|strong="H3559" for|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3027" sheep|strong="H6629". 
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The|strong="H3027" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3027" Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w protect|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3027"\+w*}, 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w hide|strong="H5641"\+w* \+w under|strong="H3027"\+w*} a|strong="H3478" huge|strong="H1995" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{overhanging }rock|strong="H6697" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3027" protected|strong="H3467". 
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\verseNumber{25}God|strong="H8064", the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H0259" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H5921" worship|strong="H7812", will|strong="H8064" help|strong="H5826" your|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233". 
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God|strong="H8064" Almighty|strong="H7706" will|strong="H8064" bless|strong="H1288" them|strong="H5921" 
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by|strong="H5921" sending|strong="H7971" them|strong="H5921" rain|strong="H4306" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sky|strong="H8064" 
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and|strong="H8064" by|strong="H5921" giving|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H5921" deep|strong="H8415"/far|strong="H5921" below|strong="H8478" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H0776". 
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He|strong="H5921" will|strong="H8064" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5921" many|strong="H7227" cattle|strong="H4735" and|strong="H8064" children|strong="H1121" [MET|strong="H6298"] (OR|strong="H0176", and|strong="H8064" their|strong="H5921" cattle|strong="H4735" will|strong="H8064" have|strong="H8415" many|strong="H7227" offspring|strong="H2233"). 
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\verseNumber{26}The|strong="H5921" blessings|strong="H1293" that|strong="H5704" I|strong="H5704" want|strong="H4270" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H5704" give|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1396" ones|strong="H5139". 
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They|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1961" greater|strong="H1419" than|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" blessings|strong="H1293" that|strong="H5704" come|strong="H1961" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" eternal|strong="H5769" mountains|strong="H2029", 
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greater|strong="H1419" than|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ones|strong="H5139" that|strong="H5704" come|strong="H1961" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" everlasting|strong="H5769" hills|strong="H1389". 
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Joseph|strong="H3130", I|strong="H5704" pray|strong="H6419" that|strong="H5704" these|strong="H0428" blessings|strong="H1293" will|strong="H1961" ◄be|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5921"/come|strong="H1961" upon|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218"►, 
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because|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" your|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H0251"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{27}Benjamin|strong="H1144", your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H2061" be|strong="H6153" like|strong="H3644" [MET|strong="H6298"] vicious|strong="H6530"/fierce|strong="H2740" wolves|strong="H2061": 
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In|strong="H1144" the|strong="H2505" morning|strong="H1242" they|strong="H1242" will|strong="H2061" kill|strong="H2026" their|strong="H1144" enemies|strong="H0341" 
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like|strong="H3644" a|strong="H7998" wolf|strong="H2061" devours|strong="H0398" ◄its|strong="H3605" prey|strong="H7998"/the|strong="H2505" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H6153" it|strong="H1242" has|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2026"►, 
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and|strong="H1242" in|strong="H1144" the|strong="H2505" evening|strong="H6153" they|strong="H1242" will|strong="H2061" divide|strong="H2505" among|strong="H8432" their|strong="H1144" warriors|strong="H1368" the|strong="H2505" spoils|strong="H7998" that|strong="H6153" they|strong="H1242" seized|strong="H8610" from|strong="H1144" their|strong="H1144" enemies|strong="H0341".” 
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\verseNumber{28}Those|strong="H3605" twelve|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" are|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" of|strong="H7626" the|strong="H3605" twelve|strong="H8147" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H7626" Israel|strong="H3478". That|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3478" what|strong="H2063" their|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H8147" as|strong="H1696" he|strong="H3605" blessed|strong="H1288" them|strong="H8147", telling|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" each|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" appropriate|strong="H5869" for|strong="H3478" him|strong="H3605". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jacob|strong="H3290" died|strong="H4191" }
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\verseNumber{29}Then|strong="H6680" Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6680" his|strong="H6680" sons|strong="H1121", “I|strong="H6680" will|strong="H5971" soon|strong="H3512" die|strong="H4191". Bury|strong="H6912" my|strong="H6912" body|strong="H1320" where|strong="H0834" some|strong="H5971" of|strong="H7704" my|strong="H6912" ancestors|strong="H0001" are|strong="H5971" buried|strong="H6912", in|strong="H6912" the|strong="H6680" cave|strong="H4631" that|strong="H5971" is|strong="H2850" in|strong="H6912" the|strong="H6680" field|strong="H7704" that|strong="H5971" was|strong="H5971" bought|strong="H7069" from|strong="H5971" Ephron|strong="H6085", who|strong="H5971" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H6680" the|strong="H6680" Heth|strong="H2845" people-group. 
\verseNumber{30}That|strong="H4631" field|strong="H7704" is|strong="H6440" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" Machpelah|strong="H4375" area|strong="H1508", east|strong="H5921" of|strong="H6440" Mamre|strong="H4471" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, in|strong="H5921" Canaan|strong="H3667". My|strong="H5921" grandfather|strong="H0001" Abraham|strong="H0085" bought|strong="H7069" it|strong="H5921" from|strong="H6440" Ephron|strong="H6085" to|strong="H5921" use|strong="H4399" as|strong="H6440" a|strong="H5921" burial|strong="H6913" place|strong="H6913". 
\verseNumber{31}That|strong="H8033" is|strong="H8033" where|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H6912" and|strong="H8033" his|strong="H3327" wife|strong="H0802" Sarah|strong="H8283". That|strong="H8033" is|strong="H8033" where|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" buried|strong="H6912" my|strong="H6912" father|strong="H0001" Isaac|strong="H3327" and|strong="H8033" his|strong="H3327" wife|strong="H0802" Rebekah|strong="H7259". And|strong="H8033" that|strong="H8033" is|strong="H8033" where|strong="H8033" I|strong="H3327" buried|strong="H6912" my|strong="H6912" wife|strong="H0802" Leah|strong="H3812". 
\verseNumber{32}That|strong="H1121" field|strong="H7704" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" cave|strong="H4631" in|strong="H1121" it|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" bought|strong="H7069" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Heth|strong="H2845" people-group; so|strong="H3651" that|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1121" where|strong="H0834" I|strong="H1121" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H1121" bury|strong="H6912" me|strong="H1121".” 
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\verseNumber{33}When|strong="H3615" Jacob|strong="H3290" finished|strong="H3615" giving|strong="H6680" those|strong="H1121" instructions|strong="H6680" to|strong="H1121" his|strong="H6680" sons|strong="H1121", he|strong="H7272" lay|strong="H1121" down|strong="H6680" on|strong="H7272" his|strong="H6680" bed|strong="H4296" again|strong="H7725". Then|strong="H6680" he|strong="H7272" died|strong="H1478" [IDM]. 

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\chapterNumber{50}Joseph|strong="H3130" leaned|strong="H8172" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H5921" his|strong="H6440" father’s|strong="H0001" face|strong="H6440" and|strong="H6440" cried|strong="H1058" over|strong="H5921" him|strong="H6440" and|strong="H6440" kissed|strong="H5401" him|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{2}Joseph|strong="H3130" commanded|strong="H6680" his|strong="H6680" servants|strong="H5650" who|strong="H5650" were|strong="H3478" morticians to|strong="H3478" ◄embalm|strong="H2590" his|strong="H6680" father’s|strong="H0001" body|strong="H1320"/put|strong="H6680" spices|strong="H1314" on|strong="H5650" his|strong="H6680" father’s|strong="H0001" body|strong="H1320"► to|strong="H3478" ◄preserve|strong="H5341" it|strong="H6680"/keep|strong="H8104" it|strong="H6680" from|strong="H3478" decaying|strong="H1086"►, and|strong="H3478" then|strong="H6680" wrap|strong="H3664" it|strong="H6680" with|strong="H3478" strips|strong="H2834" of|strong="H5650" cloth|strong="H0899". 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3588" morticians did|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3588". It|strong="H3588" took|strong="H4390" 40 days|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3117" embalm|strong="H2590" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" body|strong="H1320", because|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" amount|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3117" always|strong="H3117" required|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3117" embalm|strong="H2590" a|strong="H3588" body|strong="H1320". And|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3117" Egypt|strong="H4713" mourned|strong="H1058" for|strong="H3588" 70 days|strong="H3117" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3117" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" death|strong="H4194". 
\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1004" mourning|strong="H1068" was|strong="H3117" finished|strong="H3615", Joseph|strong="H3130" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3117" king’s|strong="H4428" officials|strong="H8269", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H1004" me|strong="H4994", please|strong="H4994" take|strong="H5674" this|strong="H1696" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3117" king|strong="H4428": 
\verseNumber{5}‘When|strong="H7725" my|strong="H7725" father|strong="H0001" was|strong="H5927" about|strong="H8033" to|strong="H7725" die|strong="H4191", he|strong="H8033" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H7725" solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H7650" that|strong="H5927" I|strong="H2009" would|strong="H0014" bury|strong="H6912" his|strong="H7725" body|strong="H4191" in|strong="H4191" Canaan|strong="H3667", in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H7725" tomb|strong="H6913" that|strong="H5927" he|strong="H8033" himself|strong="H5315" had|strong="H3068" prepared|strong="H3738". So|strong="H5927" please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H7725" Canaan|strong="H3667" and|strong="H7725" bury|strong="H6912" my|strong="H7725" father’s|strong="H0001" body|strong="H4191". Then|strong="H2009" I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H8033" return|strong="H7725".’” 
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\verseNumber{6}After|strong="H5927" they|strong="H5927" gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5927" king|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5927" message|strong="H1697", he|strong="H7650" replied|strong="H0559", “Tell|strong="H5046" Joseph|strong="H7650", ‘Go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H5927" bury|strong="H6912" your|strong="H6912" father’s|strong="H0001" body|strong="H1320", as|strong="H5927" you|strong="H5927" ◄swore|strong="H7650"/solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650"► that|strong="H5927" you|strong="H5927" would|strong="H6547" do|strong="H7650".’” 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H5927" Joseph|strong="H3130" went|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w up|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w Canaan|strong="H3667"\+w*} to|strong="H5927" bury|strong="H6912" his|strong="H3605" father’s|strong="H0001" body|strong="H1320". All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" officials|strong="H5650", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" advisors, and|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" in|strong="H1004" Egypt|strong="H4714" went|strong="H5927" with|strong="H1004" him|strong="H6912". 
\verseNumber{8}His|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" family’s small|strong="H6996" children|strong="H2945" and|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H1004" goats|strong="H5795" and|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3605" cattle|strong="H1241" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" Goshen|strong="H1657" region|strong="H2256". But|strong="H7535" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H1004" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" family|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H0251"\+w*} and|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" father’s|strong="H0001" family|strong="H1004" went|strong="H3130" with|strong="H1004" him|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{9}Men|strong="H4264" riding|strong="H7392" in|strong="H5927" chariots|strong="H7393" [MTY] and|strong="H7393" on|strong="H5927" horses|strong="H6571" also|strong="H1571" went|strong="H5927" along|strong="H5973". It|strong="H5927" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" huge|strong="H3515" group|strong="H7235". 
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\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H3117" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6213" east|strong="H5676" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w*} and|strong="H3117" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H3117" Atad|strong="H0329". There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3117" a|strong="H6213" place|strong="H1637" there|strong="H8033" where|strong="H8033" people|strong="H5971" ◄threshed|strong="H1758"/beat|strong="H5594" the|strong="H6213" grain|strong="H1715" to|strong="H5704" separate|strong="H0914" the|strong="H6213" wheat|strong="H2406" from|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" chaff|strong="H4671".► There|strong="H8033" they|strong="H3117" mourned|strong="H5594" loudly|strong="H1419" for|strong="H5704" Jacob|strong="H7651" for|strong="H5704" a|strong="H6213" long|strong="H5704" time|strong="H3117". Joseph|strong="H3130" performed|strong="H6213" mourning|strong="H4553" ceremonies|strong="H4941" for|strong="H5704" his|strong="H6213" father|strong="H0001" for|strong="H5704" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group who|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427" saw|strong="H7200" them|strong="H5921" mourning|strong="H0060" like|strong="H3651" that|strong="H7200", they|strong="H3651" said|strong="H7121", “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" a|strong="H7200" sad|strong="H7451" mourning|strong="H0060" place|strong="H1637" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Egypt|strong="H4713"!” So|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" named|strong="H7121" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H1637" Abel-Mizraim|strong="H0067", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w words|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w mean|strong="H2823"\+w* ‘\+w mourning|strong="H0060"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Egyptians|strong="H4713"\+w*}.’ 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H3651" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" sons|strong="H1121" did|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" their|strong="H6213" father|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1121" commanded|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{13}They|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w crossed|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} carried|strong="H5375" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" body|strong="H1320" to|strong="H5921" Canaan|strong="H3667". They|strong="H5921" buried|strong="H6912" it|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" cave|strong="H4631" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" field|strong="H7704" at|strong="H5921" Machpelah|strong="H4375", east|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" Mamre|strong="H4471" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. That|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" field|strong="H7704" that|strong="H1121" Abraham|strong="H5375" had|strong="H1121" bought|strong="H7069" from|strong="H6440" Ephron|strong="H6085", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Heth|strong="H2845" people-group, to|strong="H5921" use|strong="H5375" as|strong="H6440" a|strong="H5375" burial|strong="H6913" place|strong="H6913". 
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\verseNumber{14}After|strong="H5927" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3130" buried|strong="H6912" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001", Joseph|strong="H3130" and|strong="H7725" his|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H0251"\+w*} and|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" others|strong="H0312" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3130" gone|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H7725" Canaan|strong="H3667" with|strong="H4714" him|strong="H7725" for|strong="H4714" the|strong="H3605" funeral returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Egypt|strong="H4714". 

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\verseNumber{15}After|strong="H3588" Jacob|strong="H3290" died|strong="H4191", Joseph’s|strong="H3130" brothers|strong="H0251" became|strong="H7200" worried|strong="H1672". They|strong="H3588" realized|strong="H7200" what|strong="H7451" might|strong="H3863" happen|strong="H1961". They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Suppose|strong="H3588" Joseph|strong="H3130" hates|strong="H8130" us|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7725" tries|strong="H0974" to|strong="H7725" get|strong="H7725" revenge|strong="H5360" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" did|strong="H1580" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7725" many|strong="H7200" years|strong="H8141" ago|strong="H7350"?” 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H6680" they|strong="H6440" sent|strong="H6680" someone|strong="H0376" to|strong="H6440" tell|strong="H5046" this|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" Joseph|strong="H3130" for|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440": “Before|strong="H6440" our|strong="H6680" father|strong="H0001" died|strong="H4194", he|strong="H6440" told|strong="H6680" us|strong="H6440" this|strong="H6440": 
\verseNumber{17}‘Say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Joseph|strong="H3130", “Please|strong="H4994" forgive|strong="H5375" your|strong="H5375" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" evil|strong="H7451" thing|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H1580" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588", for|strong="H3588" their|strong="H5375" terrible|strong="H7451" sin|strong="H2403" against|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" what|strong="H7451" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H1580" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3130" very|strong="H6258" wrong|strong="H7451".”’ So|strong="H3541" now|strong="H6258" we|strong="H3588", who|strong="H5650" are|strong="H6588" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H5650" your|strong="H5375" father’s|strong="H0001" God|strong="H0430", ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H3588", please|strong="H4994" forgive|strong="H5375" us|strong="H4994" for|strong="H3588" what|strong="H7451" we|strong="H3588" did|strong="H1580" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588".” But|strong="H3588" Joseph|strong="H3130" just|strong="H1696" cried|strong="H1058" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" received|strong="H3947" their|strong="H5375" message|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H2009" his|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" themselves|strong="H6440" came|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" threw|strong="H5307" themselves|strong="H6440" on|strong="H5307" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440" in|strong="H3212" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" Joseph|strong="H3130", and|strong="H3212" one|strong="H1571" of|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440" said|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" listen|strong="H2009". We|strong="H2009" will|strong="H5650" just|strong="H1571" be|strong="H1571" your|strong="H6440" servants|strong="H5650".” 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H3588" Joseph|strong="H3130" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3372" them|strong="H8478", “Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3372" afraid|strong="H3372"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3130"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w one|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w punishes|strong="H7489"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}; ◄am|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430"?/I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430"!► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{20}As|strong="H3117" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921", yes|strong="H3588", you|strong="H5921" wanted|strong="H4616" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" very|strong="H2088" evil|strong="H7451" to|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5921". But|strong="H5971" God|strong="H0430" caused|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H6213" come|strong="H2421" from|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921"! He|strong="H3117" wanted|strong="H4616" to|strong="H6213" save|strong="H2421" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H5921" dying|strong="H0006" of|strong="H3117" hunger|strong="H7458", and|strong="H3117" that|strong="H5971" is|strong="H2088" what|strong="H2896" happened|strong="H6213"! Today|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" alive|strong="H2421"! 
\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H6258" I|strong="H5921" say|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H1696"\+w*}, do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1696" be|strong="H3820" afraid|strong="H3372"! I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3820" make|strong="H6213" sure|strong="H0539" that|strong="H3820" you|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3372" your|strong="H5921" children|strong="H2945" have|strong="H6258" enough|strong="H1767" to|strong="H1696" eat|strong="H0398".” In|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3820" way|strong="H5921" he|strong="H5921" reassured them|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3372" made|strong="H1696" made|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5921" feel|strong="H4184" much|strong="H5921" better|strong="H5921". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Joseph|strong="H3130" died|strong="H4191" in|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714" }
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\verseNumber{22}Joseph|strong="H3130" lived|strong="H3427" with|strong="H1004" his|strong="H2421" father’s|strong="H0001" family|strong="H1004" in|strong="H3427" Egypt|strong="H4714" until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" 110 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{23}He|strong="H5921" lived|strong="H3427" long|strong="H5921" enough|strong="H1571" to|strong="H5921" see|strong="H7200" Ephraim’s|strong="H0669" children|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" grandchildren|strong="H1121". The|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" grandson|strong="H1121" Machir|strong="H4353", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Manasseh’s|strong="H4519" son|strong="H1121", were|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205" before|strong="H5921" Joseph|strong="H3130" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" adopted|strong="H2388" by|strong="H5921" Joseph|strong="H3130" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" own|strong="H1961" children|strong="H1121" [IDM]. 
\verseNumber{24}One|strong="H4480" day|strong="H3117" Joseph|strong="H3130" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" his|strong="H3327" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251", “I|strong="H4480" am|strong="H6485" about|strong="H4480" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191". But|strong="H4191" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H3290" certainly|strong="H4191" ◄help|strong="H4480"/take|strong="H6485" care|strong="H6485" of|strong="H4480"► you|strong="H4480". And|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} he|strong="H4480" will|strong="H3290" lead|strong="H5927" your|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w*} up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H5927" take|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5927" to|strong="H4191" Canaan|strong="H3667", the|strong="H4480" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H4480" he|strong="H4480" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650" to|strong="H4191" give|strong="H5927" to|strong="H4191" Abraham|strong="H0085", Isaac|strong="H3327", and|strong="H5927" Jacob|strong="H3290".” 
\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H2088" Joseph|strong="H3130" said|strong="H0559", “When|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430" enables you|strong="H6485" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H2088" that|strong="H3478", you|strong="H6485" must|strong="H1121" take|strong="H6485" my|strong="H5927" body|strong="H6106" back|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" Canaan|strong="H3667".” He|strong="H3478" made|strong="H7650" his|strong="H3478" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H1121" solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H7650" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H2088" that|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{26}So|strong="H4191" Joseph|strong="H3130" died|strong="H4191" in|strong="H8141" Egypt|strong="H4714" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8141" was|strong="H1121" 110 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121". His|strong="H4191" body|strong="H4191" was|strong="H1121" embalmed|strong="H2590" and|strong="H3967" put|strong="H4191" in|strong="H8141" a|strong="H4714" coffin|strong="H0727" there|strong="H8033". 
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\BibleBook{Exodus}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of God enabling his people, the Israeli people, to escape from Egypt and of giving some laws forthem. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Exodus }

\BibleSectionHeading{The Egyptians caused the Israeli people to suffer greatly }
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\chapterNumber{1}The|strong="H8034" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290" who|strong="H1121" went|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" Egypt|strong="H4714" with|strong="H1004" him|strong="H8034" along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3290" families|strong="H1004" were|strong="H3478" 
\verseNumber{2}Reuben|strong="H7205", Simeon|strong="H8095", Levi|strong="H3878", Judah|strong="H3063", 
\verseNumber{3}Issachar|strong="H3485", Zebulun|strong="H2074", Benjamin|strong="H1144", 
\verseNumber{4}Dan|strong="H1835", Naphtali|strong="H5321", Gad|strong="H1410", and|strong="H1410" Asher|strong="H0836". 
\verseNumber{5}Altogether|strong="H3605" there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" 70 people|strong="H5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w went|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3318"\+w*} Jacob|strong="H3290". That|strong="H3605" included|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sons|strong="H1121"\+w*, \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w grandsons|strong="H1121"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w two|strong="H8147"\+w* great-grandsons}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w His|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} Joseph|strong="H3130" was|strong="H1961" already|strong="H3528" in|strong="H5315" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
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\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Eventually|strong="H0310"\+w*} Joseph|strong="H3130" and|strong="H4191" his|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" and|strong="H4191" everyone|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w else|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w family|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w*} ◄in|strong="H4191" that|strong="H3605" generation|strong="H1755"/at|strong="H4191" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H1755"► died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H6105" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" descendants|strong="H1121" kept|strong="H8104" giving|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3478" many|strong="H7235" children|strong="H1121" [IDM]. The|strong="H4390" number|strong="H7235" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H1121"\+w*} kept|strong="H8104" becoming|strong="H5000" larger|strong="H7235" and|strong="H1121" larger|strong="H7235". As|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3478" result|strong="H6903", there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H3478" so|strong="H3966" many|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" everywhere|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3478" Egypt|strong="H4714" (OR|strong="H1121", that|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w became|strong="H7235"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w threat|strong="H1606"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H4390" Egyptians|strong="H1121"). 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w several|strong="H2669"\+w* \+w hundred|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w later|strong="H0310"\+w*}, a|strong="H5921" new|strong="H2319" king|strong="H4428" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5921" rule|strong="H4428" [MTY] in|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714". He|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H3045"\+w*} Joseph|strong="H3130" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w long|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w ago|strong="H7350"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H4480" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3478" people|strong="H5971", “Look|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*}! The|strong="H4480" Israeli people|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" become|strong="H1961" so|strong="H4480" numerous|strong="H7227" and|strong="H1121" so|strong="H4480" powerful|strong="H6099" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w might|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w conquer|strong="H3423"\+w*} us|strong="H3478"! 
\verseNumber{10}We|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1571" find|strong="H4672" a|strong="H1961" way|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5927" control|strong="H3027" them|strong="H5921"! If|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3254" not|strong="H6435" do|strong="H3254" that|strong="H3588", their|strong="H5921" population|strong="H1546" will|strong="H1961" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5927" grow|strong="H5927". Then|strong="H1961", if|strong="H3588" enemies|strong="H8130" [PRS] attack|strong="H5927" us|strong="H3051", they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" join|strong="H3254" with|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H8130" and|strong="H5927" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" us|strong="H3051", and|strong="H5927" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" escape|strong="H4422" from|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="H5921"\+w*} land|strong="H0776".” 
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\verseNumber{15}There|strong="H8034" were|strong="H4714" two|strong="H8145" Hebrew|strong="H5680" ◄midwives|strong="H3205"/women|strong="H5680" who|strong="H4428" helped|strong="H5826" the|strong="H3205" women|strong="H5680" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3205" were|strong="H4714" giving|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205"►. [Hebrew|strong="H5680" means|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3205" same|strong="H8034" as|strong="H4428" Israeli.] The|strong="H3205" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3205" women|strong="H5680" were|strong="H4714" Shiphrah|strong="H8236" and|strong="H4428" Puah|strong="H6326". The|strong="H3205" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4714" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w two|strong="H8145"\+w* \+w women|strong="H5680"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" summoned|strong="H7121" the|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w two|strong="H2421"\+w*} midwives|strong="H3205" and|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213", “Why|strong="H4069" are|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6213" doing|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088"? Why|strong="H4069" are|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6213" letting|strong="H7971" the|strong="H6213" baby|strong="H1121" boys|strong="H3206" live|strong="H2421"?” 
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\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H3966" God|strong="H3190" acted|strong="H6213" kindly|strong="H3820" toward|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3205" midwives|strong="H3205", and|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3205" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w*} people|strong="H5971" became|strong="H3205" even|strong="H1571" more|strong="H7235" numerous|strong="H7235" and|strong="H5971" strong|strong="H6105". 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H6680" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680" all|strong="H3605" ◄the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Egyptian|strong="H4713"\+w*} people|strong="H5971"/his|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{advisors}►: “You|strong="H6680" must|strong="H1121" throw|strong="H7993" into|strong="H1323" the|strong="H3605" Nile|strong="H2975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H2975"\+w*} every|strong="H3605" baby|strong="H1121" boy|strong="H5288" born|strong="H3209" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w women|strong="H1323"\+w*} give|strong="H6680" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1121"! But|strong="H5971" you|strong="H6680" can|strong="H1121" allow|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" baby|strong="H1121" girls|strong="H3207" to|strong="H1121" live|strong="H2421".” 

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\chapterNumber{2}◄There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1004" a|strong="H3947" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1323"/My|strong="H3947" father|strong="H0001"► was|strong="H1004" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jacob’s|strong="H3290"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} Levi|strong="H3878". He|strong="H1004" married|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H1323" who|strong="H1323" was|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H1571"\+w*} descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3947" Levi|strong="H3878". 
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\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Soon|strong="H3512"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" daughter|strong="H1323" went|strong="H1980" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5921" river|strong="H2975" to|strong="H1980" bathe|strong="H7364". Her|strong="H7971" female|strong="H1323" servants|strong="H5650" were|strong="H3027" walking|strong="H1980" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" riverbank. She|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" basket|strong="H8392" amid|strong="H8478" the|strong="H5921" tall|strong="H7311" grass|strong="H2682" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w river|strong="H2975"\+w*}. So|strong="H1980" she|strong="H5921" sent|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1323"\+w*} her|strong="H7971" servants|strong="H5650" to|strong="H1980" get|strong="H3947" it|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w servant|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w brought|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w basket|strong="H5536"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5921"\+w*}, she|strong="H5921" opened|strong="H6605" it|strong="H5921", and|strong="H7200" was|strong="H5288" surprised|strong="H8610" to|strong="H5921" see|strong="H7200" ◄a|strong="H7200" baby|strong="H1121" that|strong="H7200" was|strong="H5288"/me|strong="H7200"►, crying|strong="H1058". She|strong="H5921" felt|strong="H4959" sorry|strong="H5162" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921"/me|strong="H7200", and|strong="H7200" said|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w must|strong="H4191"\+w*} be|strong="H5288" one|strong="H2088" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Hebrews’|strong="H5680" babies|strong="H3245".” 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H7121" ◄the|strong="H4480" baby’s/my|strong="H4480"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} sister|strong="H0269" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w approached|strong="H5066"\+w*} the|strong="H4480" king’s|strong="H4428" daughter|strong="H1323" and|strong="H3212" said|strong="H7121", “Do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H4480" want|strong="H4270" me|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" find|strong="H4672" someone|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" among|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" Hebrew|strong="H5680" women|strong="H1323" who|strong="H6547" will|strong="H6547" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w*} nurse|strong="H3243" the|strong="H4480" baby|strong="H1121" for|strong="H7121" you|strong="H4480"?” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Moses|strong="H4872", after|strong="H4480" murdering an|strong="H1961" Egyptian|strong="H4713", escaped|strong="H4422" to|strong="H1961" Midian|strong="H4080" and|strong="H1121" later|strong="H1961" married|strong="H3947" Zipporah|strong="H6855" }
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\verseNumber{11}One|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117", after|strong="H1961" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3117" had|strong="H1961" grown|strong="H1431" up|strong="H1431", he|strong="H3117"/I|strong="H3117" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w palace|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*} to|strong="H3318" see|strong="H7200" his|strong="H7200"/my|strong="H7200" people|strong="H7200", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Hebrews|strong="H5680"\+w*}. He|strong="H3117"/I|strong="H3117" saw|strong="H7200" how|strong="H1431" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1961" being|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w forced|strong="H4522"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w*} very|strong="H1992" hard|strong="H5450". He|strong="H3117"/I|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H4872"\+w*} saw|strong="H7200" an|strong="H1961" Egyptian|strong="H4713" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w man|strong="H5680"\+w*} beating|strong="H5221" one|strong="H1961" of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H7200"/my|strong="H7200" Hebrew|strong="H5680" people|strong="H7200". 
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\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H5221" next|strong="H8145" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117"/I|strong="H3117" returned|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w same|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w place|strong="H4725"\+w*}. He|strong="H3117"/I|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" surprised|strong="H8610" to|strong="H3318" see|strong="H2009" two|strong="H8147" Hebrew|strong="H5680" men|strong="H7563" who|strong="H7563" were|strong="H3117" fighting|strong="H5327" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w each|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w other|strong="H8145"\+w*}. He|strong="H3117"/I|strong="H3117" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5221" man|strong="H7563" who|strong="H7563" started|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5221" fight|strong="H5327", “Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" ◄you|strong="H3117" should|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3117"► striking|strong="H5221" your|strong="H3318" fellow|strong="H7453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H5921" man|strong="H3045" replied|strong="H0559", “◄Who|strong="H4310" made|strong="H7760" you|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5921" ruler|strong="H8269" and|strong="H4872" judge|strong="H8199"?/No|strong="H3045" one|strong="H4310" made|strong="H7760" you|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5921" ruler|strong="H8269" and|strong="H4872" judge|strong="H8199"!► [RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w no|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w right|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* interfere \+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5921"\+w*} Are|strong="H1697" you|strong="H5921" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5921" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H5921" just|strong="H1697" like|strong="H1697" you|strong="H5921" killed|strong="H2026" that|strong="H3045" Egyptian|strong="H4713" man|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w yesterday|strong="H8543"\+w*}?” Then|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1697" afraid|strong="H3372", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w*} he|strong="H5921"/I|strong="H5921" thought|strong="H1697", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Since|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w man|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w knows|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w did|strong="H1697"\+w*}, surely|strong="H2026" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3045"\+w*} know|strong="H3045", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w too|strong="H1697"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{15}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w And|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w correct|strong="H3256"\+w*}. The|strong="H6440" king|strong="H5921" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H5921" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H5921"/I|strong="H5921" had|strong="H4872" done|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w Egyptian|strong="H4713"\+w*. \+w So|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w ordered|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w his|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w*} execute|strong="H6213"/kill|strong="H2026" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H6440". But|strong="H8085" he|strong="H5921"/I|strong="H5921" fled|strong="H1272" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w left|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*. \+w He|strong="H5921"\+w*/\+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w traveled|strong="H5265"\+w* \+w east|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" Midian|strong="H4080" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} and|strong="H4872" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5921" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{17}Some|strong="H4480" ◄shepherds|strong="H7462"/men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H7462" took|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H6629" other|strong="H0312" sheep|strong="H6629"► came|strong="H4872" and|strong="H6965" started|strong="H6965" to|strong="H6965" chase|strong="H7291" away|strong="H1644" the|strong="H6965" girls|strong="H3207". But|strong="H3588" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H6965" helped|strong="H3467"/rescued|strong="H5337" the|strong="H6965" girls|strong="H3207", and|strong="H6965" got|strong="H6965" water|strong="H8248" for|strong="H6965" their|strong="H8248" sheep|strong="H6629". 
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\verseNumber{19}They|strong="H1571" replied|strong="H0559", “A|strong="H1571" man|strong="H0376" from|strong="H3027" Egypt|strong="H4713" kept|strong="H7462" [MTY] other|strong="H0312" shepherds|strong="H7462" from|strong="H3027" sending|strong="H7971" us|strong="H5337" away|strong="H5337". He|strong="H3027" also|strong="H1571" got|strong="H6965" water|strong="H8248" for|strong="H3027" us|strong="H5337" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w well|strong="H1571"\+w*} and|strong="H3027" gave|strong="H8248" water|strong="H8248" to|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" flock|strong="H6629" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w sheep|strong="H6629"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{20}He|strong="H7121" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H7121" his|strong="H7121" daughters|strong="H1323", “Where|strong="H4100" is|strong="H2088" he|strong="H7121"? ◄Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" leave|strong="H5800" him|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w out|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w there|strong="H2088"\+w*}?/You|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" not|strong="H2088" leave|strong="H5800" him|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w out|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w there|strong="H2088"\+w*}!► [RHQ] Invite|strong="H7121" him|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3899"\+w*}, so|strong="H7121" he|strong="H7121" can|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1323" something|strong="H3899" to|strong="H7121" eat|strong="H3899" [MTY]!” 
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\verseNumber{22}Later|strong="H1961" she|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H8034"/I|strong="H3588" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H3205" Gershom|strong="H1647", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1616"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w words|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w mean|strong="H2823"\+w* ‘foreigner’}, because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588"/I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H7121", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" living|strong="H2416" as|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" foreigner|strong="H5237" in|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="H3588"\+w*} land|strong="H0776".” 
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\verseNumber{23}Many|strong="H7227" years|strong="H3117" later|strong="H1961" the|strong="H4480" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714" died|strong="H4191". The|strong="H4480" Israeli people|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*} were|strong="H3478" still|strong="H5750" groaning|strong="H0603" because|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w hard|strong="H7186"\+w* \+w work|strong="H5656"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3117"\+w*} slaves|strong="H1121". They|strong="H1992" called|strong="H2199" out|strong="H2199" for|strong="H4714" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w someone|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} help|strong="H7775" them|strong="H1992", and|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430" heard|strong="H8085" them|strong="H1992" call|strong="H2199" out|strong="H2199" [PRS]. 
\verseNumber{24}He|strong="H1285" heard|strong="H8085" them|strong="H8085" groaning|strong="H5009". And|strong="H8085" he|strong="H1285" ◄thought|strong="H2142" about|strong="H8085"/did|strong="H3327" not|strong="H8085" forget|strong="H7911"► that|strong="H8085" he|strong="H1285" had|strong="H3290" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H8085" Abraham|strong="H0085", Isaac|strong="H3327", and|strong="H8085" Jacob|strong="H3290" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w bless|strong="H1288"\+w* \+w their|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{25}God|strong="H0430" saw|strong="H7200" how|strong="H3045" the|strong="H7200" Israeli people|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w being|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w badly|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w treated|strong="H3190"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" concerned|strong="H3045" about|strong="H3045" them|strong="H7200". 

\BibleSectionHeading{God talked to Moses from inside a burning bush, and told him to lead his people out of Egypt }
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\chapterNumber{3}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H4872" sheep|strong="H6629" that|strong="H3548" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961"/my|strong="H1961" father-in-law|strong="H2859" Jethro|strong="H3503", the|strong="H4872" priest|strong="H3548" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H4872" Midian|strong="H4080" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}. He|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H1961" led|strong="H5090" the|strong="H4872" flock|strong="H6629" across|strong="H5676" the|strong="H4872" desert|strong="H4057" and|strong="H4872" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" Horeb|strong="H2722", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w mountain|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w later|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w Sinai|strong="H5514"\+w*}, the|strong="H4872" ◄mountain|strong="H2022" that|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w dedicated|strong="H6942"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w*} God|strong="H0430"/taboo mountain|strong="H2022"►. 
\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" ◄appeared|strong="H7200"/revealed|strong="H1540" himself|strong="H3068"► to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7200"/me|strong="H7200", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w looking|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1197"\+w*} an|strong="H7200" angel|strong="H4397". The|strong="H7200" angel|strong="H4397" appeared|strong="H7200" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7200" flame|strong="H3827" of|strong="H3068" fire|strong="H0784" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7200" bush|strong="H5572" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w burning|strong="H1197"\+w*}. Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H2009" looked|strong="H7200" at|strong="H3068" it|strong="H8432", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H2009" was|strong="H3068" surprised|strong="H8610" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" bush|strong="H5572" was|strong="H3068" burning|strong="H1197", but|strong="H7200" it|strong="H8432" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H7200" burning|strong="H1197" up|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{3}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H7200" thought|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3808" go|strong="H5493" closer|strong="H5066" and|strong="H4872" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200" this|strong="H2088" strange|strong="H7200" sight|strong="H4758"! Why|strong="H4069" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H7200" bush|strong="H5572" not|strong="H3808" burning|strong="H1197" up|strong="H7200"?” 
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\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588"/I|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" closer|strong="H5066", he|strong="H3588" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H7200" from|strong="H5493" the|strong="H7200" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" bush|strong="H5572", saying|strong="H0559", “Moses|strong="H4872"! Moses|strong="H4872"!” He|strong="H3588"/I|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yes|strong="H3588"\+w*}, here|strong="H2009" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068".” 
\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" come|strong="H7126" closer|strong="H5066"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}, the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H4725" on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H1931" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H7272" standing|strong="H5975" is|strong="H1931" holy|strong="H6944"/taboo. So|strong="H5975" take|strong="H5975" off|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" sandals|strong="H5275" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w respect|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H4872" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430", whom|strong="H6440" your|strong="H6440" ancestors|strong="H0001" Abraham|strong="H0085", Isaac|strong="H3327", and|strong="H4872" Jacob|strong="H3290" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}.” So|strong="H3588" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3588" covered|strong="H3680" his|strong="H6440"/my|strong="H5641" face|strong="H6440", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588"/I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H4872" afraid|strong="H3372" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3290"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w*/\+w me|strong="H6440"\+w*} if|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588"/I|strong="H3588" looked|strong="H5027" at|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H8085", “I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H7200" how|strong="H3588" cruelly|strong="H7188" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5971"\+w* treating} my|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714". I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" them|strong="H6440" ◄wailing|strong="H4553"/crying|strong="H6818" out|strong="H7200"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5971"\+w*} because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3045" the|strong="H6440" slave-drivers \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w forcing|strong="H4330"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" how|strong="H3588" my|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" suffering|strong="H6040". 
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\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" go|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w back|strong="H3212"\+w*} to|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714". I|strong="H6258" am|strong="H1961" sending|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H7971" king|strong="H4428", in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w may|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w permit|strong="H5414"\+w*} you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3318" bring|strong="H3318" my|strong="H7971" people|strong="H5971", the|strong="H7971" Israeli people|strong="H5971", out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714".” 
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\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H3588" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" well-known person|strong="H5315" [RHQ]! ◄I|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w permit|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w me|strong="H3318"\+w*} to|strong="H3318" bring|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714"!/How|strong="H3588" can|strong="H4310" I|strong="H3588" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w allow|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w me|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w*} bring|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714"?►” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{12}God|strong="H7971" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3588". And|strong="H7971" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" bring|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H5921"\+w*} people|strong="H5971" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H2022" Egypt|strong="H4714", all|strong="H5921" of|strong="H2022" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" worship|strong="H5647" me|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w right|strong="H3225"\+w*} here|strong="H2088" on|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" mountain|strong="H2022". That|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" prove|strong="H5254" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H2088" who|strong="H5971" sent|strong="H7971" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{13}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H2009" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" God|strong="H7971", “If|strong="H2009" I|strong="H2009" go|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7971" Israeli people|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" say|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H7971", ‘God|strong="H7971", the|strong="H7971" one|strong="H1121" your|strong="H7971" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}, has|strong="H3478" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H7971",’ and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H4100" ask|strong="H7592" me|strong="H7971", ‘What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" his|strong="H7971" name|strong="H8034"?’, what|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H1121" I|strong="H2009" say|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H7971"?” 
\verseNumber{14}God|strong="H7971" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3541" AM|strong="H1961" who|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3541" AM|strong="H1961".” And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H7971" said|strong="H0559", “Tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3541" Israeli people|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3541" one|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" is|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘I|strong="H3541" AM’ has|strong="H1961" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H7971".” 
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\verseNumber{15}God|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H7971", “Say|strong="H3478" this|strong="H2088" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3541" Israeli people|strong="H1121": ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3541" one|strong="H2088" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}, the|strong="H3541" one|strong="H2088" that|strong="H3068" Abraham|strong="H0085" and|strong="H1121" Isaac|strong="H3327" and|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}, has|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H7971".’ This|strong="H2088" name|strong="H8034", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}, will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H5750" my|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034" forever|strong="H5769". That|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3541" name|strong="H8034" that|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w*} all|strong="H1755" future|strong="H0319" generations|strong="H1755" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w must|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w use|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w when|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w about|strong="H3478"\+w*/\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} me|strong="H7971". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{After Moses tried to resist Yahweh’s appointment, Yahweh gave him power to perform miracles }
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\chapterNumber{4}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H6030", “But|strong="H3588" what|strong="H6963" if|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w*} ◄do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" believe|strong="H0539" me|strong="H7200"/are|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" convinced|strong="H6484"► or|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6963" I|strong="H3588" tell|strong="H8085" them|strong="H7200"? What|strong="H6963" if|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" say|strong="H6963", ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" appear|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588"!’” 
\verseNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H3027"/me|strong="H3027", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Look|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w at|strong="H3068"\+w*} that|strong="H3068" thing|strong="H2088" you|strong="H3027" are|strong="H3027" holding|strong="H2388" in|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027". What|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3068"?” He|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H2088" replied|strong="H0559", “A|strong="H2088" ◄walking|strong="H1980" stick|strong="H6086"/shepherd’s|strong="H7473" stick|strong="H6086"►.” 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H6440" said|strong="H0559", “Throw|strong="H7993" it|strong="H6440" down|strong="H7993" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440"!” So|strong="H1961", he|strong="H6440"/I|strong="H6440" threw|strong="H7993" it|strong="H6440" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440", and|strong="H4872" it|strong="H6440" became|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" snake|strong="H5175"! And|strong="H4872" he|strong="H6440"/I|strong="H6440" ran|strong="H5127"/jumped away|strong="H7993" from|strong="H6440" it|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H7971", “Reach|strong="H1961" down|strong="H7971" and|strong="H4872" pick|strong="H5375" it|strong="H1961" up|strong="H7971" by|strong="H3027" its|strong="H1961" tail|strong="H2180"!” So|strong="H7971" he|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H3027" reached|strong="H7971" down|strong="H7971" and|strong="H4872" caught|strong="H2388" it|strong="H1961", and|strong="H4872" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w*/\+w I|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w picked|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w it|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w up|strong="H7971"\+w*}, it|strong="H1961" became|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" stick|strong="H6086" in|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068"/my|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7971"\+w*.} 
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\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w same|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w thing|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w front|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H7200"\+w*}, in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" may|strong="H3068" believe|strong="H0539" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", the|strong="H7200" one|strong="H3588" Abraham|strong="H0085" and|strong="H3068" Isaac|strong="H3327" and|strong="H3068" Jacob|strong="H3290" worshiped|strong="H7812", truly|strong="H3588" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{6}Yahweh|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3318" Moses|strong="H3318"/me|strong="H4994" again|strong="H5750", saying|strong="H0559" “Put|strong="H3318" your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" inside|strong="H3027" your|strong="H3068" robe|strong="H4598" [MTY]!” He|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H2009" did|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068". And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H3318" he|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H2009" took|strong="H3318" it|strong="H3068" out|strong="H3318" again|strong="H5750", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{surprisingly}, his|strong="H3068"/my|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" was|strong="H3068" white|strong="H3836". It|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3318" skin|strong="H5785" disease|strong="H2483" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w made|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3068"\+w*} as|strong="H3068" white|strong="H3836" as|strong="H3068" snow|strong="H7950". 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H3318" God|strong="H3027" said|strong="H3318", “Put|strong="H7725" your|strong="H7725" hand|strong="H3027" back|strong="H7725" inside|strong="H3027" your|strong="H7725" robe|strong="H4598" [MTY]!” So|strong="H3318" he|strong="H3027"/I|strong="H2009" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3027", and|strong="H7725" when|strong="H3318" he|strong="H3027"/I|strong="H2009" took|strong="H3318" it|strong="H7725" out|strong="H3318" again|strong="H7725", surprisingly, it|strong="H7725" was|strong="H3027" normal|strong="H0386" again|strong="H7725", just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H3318" the|strong="H7725" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H3027" his|strong="H7725"/my|strong="H7725" body|strong="H1320"! 
\verseNumber{8}God|strong="H3808" said|strong="H8085", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w can|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w do|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w in|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w front|strong="H7223"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w*, \+w too|strong="H1961"\+w*}. If|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3808" do|strong="H8085" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1961" what|strong="H6963" you|strong="H3808" say|strong="H6963" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H6963" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w seeing|strong="H7200"\+w*} the|strong="H8085" first|strong="H7223" miracle|strong="H4159", they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" ◄believe|strong="H0539" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3808"\+w*/\+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w convinced|strong="H6484"\+w*► \+w when|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w perform|strong="H6213"\+w*} the|strong="H8085" second|strong="H8145" miracle|strong="H4159". 
\verseNumber{9}If|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3808" do|strong="H8085" not|strong="H3808" believe|strong="H0539" you|strong="H3947" or|strong="H3808" do|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6963" you|strong="H3947" say|strong="H6963", even|strong="H1571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w perform|strong="H6213"\+w*} those|strong="H4480" two|strong="H8147" miracles|strong="H6381", get|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4480" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H8085" Nile|strong="H2975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H2975"\+w*} and|strong="H6963" pour|strong="H8210" it|strong="H1961" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8085" ground|strong="H3004". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w do|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w*}, the|strong="H8085" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H8085" river|strong="H2975" that|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3947" pour|strong="H8210" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8085" ground|strong="H3004" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" blood|strong="H1818" [MTY] (OR|strong="H3808", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w red|strong="H5488"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} blood|strong="H1818").” 
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\verseNumber{10}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H1696", “O|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" an|strong="H3588" eloquent|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w speaker|strong="H0376"\+w*}! I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" an|strong="H3588" eloquent|strong="H1697" speaker|strong="H0376" before|strong="H3808", and|strong="H4872" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" become|strong="H1961" one|strong="H3808" since|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" started|strong="H2490" talking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696"! I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3588" good|strong="H2896" speaker|strong="H0376" [MTY], and|strong="H4872" I|strong="H3588" speak|strong="H1696" very|strong="H1571" slowly.” 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H7760" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H6310" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7760"/me|strong="H7760", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w seem|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w forget|strong="H7911"\+w*} who|strong="H4310" it|strong="H7760" is|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" makes|strong="H7760" people|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3068" speak|strong="H6310" [RHQ]! Who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H3068" it|strong="H7760" that|strong="H3068" enables people|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" speak|strong="H6310" or|strong="H3808" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" hear|strong="H8085", or|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" or|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200"? It|strong="H7760" is|strong="H3068" I|strong="H7760", Yahweh|strong="H3068" [RHQ]! 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H1961" start|strong="H1870" going|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*}, and|strong="H3212" I|strong="H6258" will|strong="H1961" help|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5973" to|strong="H1696" speak|strong="H1696" [MTY], and|strong="H3212" I|strong="H6258" will|strong="H1961" tell|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5973" what|strong="H6310" you|strong="H5973" should|strong="H3068" say|strong="H1696".” 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3027"/I|strong="H3027" replied|strong="H0559", “O|strong="H4994", Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H3027" ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H7971", please|strong="H4994" send|strong="H7971" someone|strong="H0376" else|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w instead|strong="H8478"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" became|strong="H2734" very|strong="H8055" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H7200". He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H1696", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w What|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w about|strong="H3045"\+w*} your|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" Aaron|strong="H0175", who|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H1571"\+w*} a|strong="H3588" descendant|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Levi|strong="H3881"? I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" very|strong="H8055" good|strong="H2896"/eloquent|strong="H0995" speaker|strong="H0376". He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" actually|strong="H7901" on|strong="H7200" his|strong="H3068" way|strong="H7125" here|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w right|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w now|strong="H2009"\+w*}, and|strong="H4872" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" very|strong="H8055" happy|strong="H8055" to|strong="H1696" see|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{15}You|strong="H6213" can|strong="H6213" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6213" and|strong="H6213" tell|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696" [MTY], and|strong="H6213" I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H1961" help|strong="H1961" both|strong="H3384" of|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6213" [SYN] to|strong="H1696" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696" [MTY]. And|strong="H6213" I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H1961" tell|strong="H1696" you|strong="H6213" both|strong="H3384" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6213" should|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" speak|strong="H1696" for|strong="H5971" you|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} people|strong="H5971". He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" ◄your|strong="H1961" spokesman|strong="H6310"/as|strong="H1961" though|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" your|strong="H1961" mouth|strong="H6310"► [MET|strong="H6298"], and|strong="H5971" you|strong="H1696" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H1931" as|strong="H1961" though|strong="H1931" you|strong="H1696" are|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H1961"\+w*} god|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Be|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w sure|strong="H0539"\+w*} to|strong="H6213" take|strong="H3947" with|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" walking|strong="H1980"/shepherd’s|strong="H7473" stick|strong="H6086" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w is|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w in|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w hand|strong="H3027"\+w*}, because|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3947" will|strong="H3027" perform|strong="H6213" miracles|strong="H6381" with|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{God’s|strong="H0430" instructions|strong="H1697" to|strong="H6213" Moses|strong="H4872" after|strong="H0310" Moses|strong="H4872" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H6213" Egypt|strong="H4714" }
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\verseNumber{18}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H4714" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725"/my|strong="H7200" father-in-law|strong="H2859" Jethro|strong="H3503" and|strong="H4872" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7725", “Please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Egypt|strong="H4714", to|strong="H7725" see|strong="H7200" my|strong="H7200" fellow|strong="H7453" Israelis there|strong="H7965". I|strong="H4714" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H7725" know|strong="H3045" if|strong="H7200" they|strong="H7965" are|strong="H4714" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416".” Jethro|strong="H3503" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H4994", “Go|strong="H3212", and|strong="H4872" may|strong="H4994" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w give|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w inner|strong="H6442"\+w*} peace|strong="H7965".” 
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\verseNumber{19}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w*/\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w left|strong="H7725"\+w*} Midian|strong="H4080", “You|strong="H3588" can|strong="H4310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w safely|strong="H0983"\+w*} return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Egypt|strong="H4714", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H4714" wanting|strong="H6485" to|strong="H7725" kill|strong="H4191" you|strong="H3588" [MTY] are|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H3588"\+w*} dead|strong="H4191".” 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H3947" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" took|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947"/my|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" put|strong="H7725" them|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" donkeys|strong="H2543", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921"/we|strong="H7725" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Egypt|strong="H4714". And|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" took|strong="H3947" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3947"/my|strong="H3947" hand|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" stick|strong="H6086" that|strong="H1121" God|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w*/\+w me|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w take|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w along|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{21}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H6440", “When|strong="H7200" you|strong="H6440" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Egypt|strong="H4714", be|strong="H3808" sure|strong="H2388" to|strong="H7725" perform|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" miracles|strong="H4159" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H7760" have|strong="H3068" given|strong="H3027" you|strong="H6440" power|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}, while|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H6440" is|strong="H3068" watching|strong="H8245". But|strong="H3808" I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6440" stubborn|strong="H5637" [IDM], with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H5971" he|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" let|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" leave|strong="H7760" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H3068" say|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H3068", ‘This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": “The|strong="H3541" Israeli \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H1121"\+w*} [MTY] are|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w dear|strong="H3357"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} me|strong="H1121" as|strong="H3068" firstborn|strong="H1060" sons|strong="H1121" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
\verseNumber{23}I|strong="H2009" told|strong="H5046" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" let|strong="H7971" my|strong="H7971" people|strong="H1121" [MTY] leave|strong="H5800" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*}, in|strong="H1121" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5647" may|strong="H1121" worship|strong="H5647" me|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w desert|strong="H6160"\+w*}. If|strong="H2009" you|strong="H7971" refuse|strong="H3985" to|strong="H7971" let|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971" go|strong="H7971", I|strong="H2009" warn|strong="H2094" you|strong="H7971", I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H1121" kill|strong="H2026" your|strong="H7971" firstborn|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1121"!”’” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Zipporah|strong="H6855" circumcised|strong="H4135" her|strong="H7971" son|strong="H1121" }
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\verseNumber{24}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w night|strong="H3915"\+w*}, as|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1961" camping|strong="H2583" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3068" way|strong="H1870" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4191" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H4191". He|strong="H3068" wanted|strong="H1245"/threatened|strong="H1696" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3068"\+w* disobeying \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w command|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w boys|strong="H3206"\+w*/\+w sons|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w circumcised|strong="H4135"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3947"\+w*/\+w my|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*} Zipporah|strong="H6855" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" flint|strong="H6864" knife|strong="H3979" and|strong="H1121" circumcised|strong="H4135" her|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121". Then|strong="H3947" she|strong="H3588" touched|strong="H5060" the|strong="H3588" boy’s|strong="H5288" feet|strong="H7272" (OR|strong="H1121", genitals|strong="H4016") with|strong="H3772" the|strong="H3588" piece|strong="H6595" of|strong="H1121" skin|strong="H5785" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w she|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w cut|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w off|strong="H3772"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H3588" blood|strong="H1818" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w flowed|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w circumcised|strong="H4135"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*} will|strong="H1121" protect|strong="H8104" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w harmed|strong="H5060"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"].” 
\verseNumber{26}She|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4480" him|strong="H7503", “You|strong="H4480" are|strong="H1818" safe|strong="H7965" now|strong="H6258" [MET|strong="H6298"] because|strong="H4480" you|strong="H4480" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" circumcised|strong="H4135".” So|strong="H4480" Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H4480" harm|strong="H7463" her|strong="H7503" son|strong="H1121". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H4480" Israeli people|strong="H1818" believed|strong="H0539" Moses|strong="H4872" when|strong="H4480" he|strong="H4480" and|strong="H1818" Aaron|strong="H0175" talked|strong="H1696" to|strong="H4480" them|strong="H4480" }
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\verseNumber{27}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" Aaron|strong="H0175", “Go|strong="H3212" into|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3068" desert|strong="H4057" to|strong="H3212" meet|strong="H7125"/see|strong="H7200" Moses|strong="H4872"!” So|strong="H4872" he|strong="H3068" went|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*} and|strong="H4872" met|strong="H6298" him|strong="H7125"/me|strong="H3212" at|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Sinai|strong="H5514"\+w*}, the|strong="H3068" mountain|strong="H2022" dedicated|strong="H6942" to|strong="H3212" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H4872" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w greeted|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7125"\+w*/\+w me|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3068"\+w*} kissing him|strong="H7125"/me|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w cheek|strong="H3895"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{28}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H1697" told|strong="H5046" Aaron|strong="H0175" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7971"/me|strong="H7971" when|strong="H7971" he|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H7971"/me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714". He|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H1697" also|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" Aaron|strong="H0175" about|strong="H1697" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" miracles|strong="H6381" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H7971"/me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" perform|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{29}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w Aaron|strong="H0175"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*/\+w I|strong="H3478"\+w*} returned|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*}. There|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605"/we|strong="H3605" gathered|strong="H3478" together|strong="H3162" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli elders|strong="H2205"/leaders|strong="H2205". 
\verseNumber{30}Aaron|strong="H0175" told|strong="H1696" them|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H6213", and|strong="H4872" Aaron|strong="H0175" performed|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" miracles|strong="H6381" as|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" watched|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{31}They|strong="H3588" believed|strong="H0539" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w what|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w*/\+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w saying|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w true|strong="H3068"\+w*}. When|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H7200" how|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" Israeli people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H3478" being|strong="H5971" cruelly|strong="H7188" oppressed|strong="H6231" and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3478" help|strong="H5971" them|strong="H7200", they|strong="H3588" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" and|strong="H1121" worshiped|strong="H7812" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{The king refused to let the Israeli people go after Moses and Aaron talked to him }
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\chapterNumber{5}Then|strong="H7971" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3541" went|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3541" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4872" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7971"\+w*/\+w us|strong="H3478"\+w*} said|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", whom|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H0587"\+w*} Israeli people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, says|strong="H3541" this|strong="H3541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7971"\+w*}: ‘Let|strong="H7971" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" go|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3541" desert|strong="H4057", in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3068" may|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7971" feast|strong="H2287" to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w*} me|strong="H7971"!’” 
\verseNumber{2}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H8085", “Who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068"? Why|strong="H3808" should|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3045" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" what|strong="H4310" he|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559" and|strong="H3478" let|strong="H7971" the|strong="H8085" Israeli \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3808"\+w*} [MTY] go|strong="H7971"? I|strong="H3045" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! And|strong="H3478" furthermore|strong="H1571", I|strong="H3045" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" let|strong="H7971" the|strong="H8085" Israeli \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3808"\+w*} go|strong="H7971"!” 
\verseNumber{3}They|strong="H3117"/we|strong="H3117" replied|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3117" Hebrews|strong="H5680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*}, has|strong="H3068" ◄revealed|strong="H1540" himself|strong="H3068"/appeared|strong="H7200"► to|strong="H3212" us|strong="H4994" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w us|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w*}. So|strong="H6435" we|strong="H3117" ask|strong="H6293" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w please|strong="H4994"\+w*} let|strong="H4994" us|strong="H4994" go|strong="H3212" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H2076" three|strong="H7969" day|strong="H3117" journey|strong="H1870" into|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5921" desert|strong="H4057". We|strong="H3117" must|strong="H4191" offer|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2076" to|strong="H3212" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="H3117"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H6435"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*} not|strong="H6435" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3117", he|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" us|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3212" die|strong="H2719" [IDM] from|strong="H5921" diseases|strong="H1698" or|strong="H6435" from|strong="H5921" attacks|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} [MTY].” 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H6544" the|strong="H4872" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" them|strong="H5414"/us|strong="H5971", “Moses|strong="H4872" and|strong="H4872" Aaron|strong="H0175", ◄stop|strong="H2308" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H3212" keep|strong="H8104" the|strong="H4872" Israeli people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3212" working|strong="H4639"/why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H5971" you|strong="H4100" preventing the|strong="H4872" Israeli people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3212" working|strong="H4639"?► [RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w slaves|strong="H5650"\+w*} to|strong="H3212" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3212" work|strong="H4639"!” 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H6258" king|strong="H4428" also|strong="H5971" said|strong="H0559", “Listen|strong="H2005" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w me|strong="H0413"\+w*! \+w You|strong="H6258"\+w* } people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w now|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w*} in|strong="H7227" this|strong="H6258" land|strong="H0776" are|strong="H5971" now|strong="H6258" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w more|strong="H7227"\+w*} numerous|strong="H7227", and|strong="H5971" you|strong="H6258" want|strong="H4270" them|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w stop|strong="H7673"\+w* \+w working|strong="H4639"\+w* \+w and|strong="H5971"\+w*} rest|strong="H7673"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H6258" king|strong="H4428" increased|strong="H7227" the|strong="H6258" amount|strong="H1697" of|strong="H5971" work|strong="H4399" the|strong="H6258" Israelis were|strong="H5971" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H5971" do|strong="H7673" }
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\verseNumber{6}That|strong="H5971" same|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680" the|strong="H3117" Egyptian|strong="H4713" slave|strong="H5650" bosses|strong="H1354" and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} men|strong="H5971" supervising the|strong="H3117" slaves|strong="H5650", 
\verseNumber{7}“Do|strong="H3254" not|strong="H3808" continue|strong="H3254" to|strong="H3212" give|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} people|strong="H5971" straw|strong="H8401" for|strong="H5414" making|strong="H5414" bricks|strong="H3843", as|strong="H5971" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5971" done|strong="H3254" previously|strong="H8543". Make|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" go|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w into|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w fields|strong="H7704"\+w*} and|strong="H3212" gather|strong="H7197" straw|strong="H8401" for|strong="H5414" themselves|strong="H1992". 
\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H3588" require|strong="H1875" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3212" make|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" same|strong="H3651" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H4480" bricks|strong="H3843" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" did|strong="H6213" before|strong="H4480". Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" decrease|strong="H4591" the|strong="H5921" number|strong="H4557" at|strong="H5921" all|strong="H6213". They|strong="H1992" ◄are|strong="H1992" lazy|strong="H7503"/do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3588" enough|strong="H6213" work|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3212" do|strong="H6213"►. That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5921" reason|strong="H5921" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" asking|strong="H7592" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3212" let|strong="H7503" them|strong="H1992" go|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w into|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w desert|strong="H6160"\+w*} to|strong="H3212" offer|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2076" to|strong="H3212" their|strong="H7760" god|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{9}Force|strong="H2394" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5921" work|strong="H5656" harder|strong="H2389", so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1697" they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1697" not|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w time|strong="H5921"\+w*} to|strong="H5921" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5921" lies|strong="H8267" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H3541" the|strong="H5414" slave|strong="H5650" bosses|strong="H1354" and|strong="H5971" supervisors|strong="H5329" of|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5414" slaves|strong="H5650" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" and|strong="H5971" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H5414", “The|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" has|strong="H3318" said|strong="H3318" that|strong="H5971" he|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5971" no|strong="H5414" longer|strong="H5750" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" any|strong="H5414" straw|strong="H8401". 
\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3947"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" yourselves|strong="H5315" must|strong="H3947" go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" get|strong="H3947" straw|strong="H8401" wherever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3588" can|strong="H3947" find|strong="H4672" it|strong="H3588". But|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3947" still|strong="H3588" keep|strong="H3947" working|strong="H4639" to|strong="H3212" make|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3588" same|strong="H1697" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1697" bricks|strong="H3843" as|strong="H1697" before|strong="H6440".” [LIT|strong="H0215"] 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H6327" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" went|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H3605" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H4714" find|strong="H4672" straw|strong="H8401". 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H3117" slave|strong="H5650" bosses|strong="H1354" kept|strong="H1961" telling|strong="H1696" them|strong="H3615" insistently, “Finish|strong="H3615" the|strong="H3117" work|strong="H4639" you|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" required|strong="H3117" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H4639" each|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w making|strong="H4639"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w same|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w amount|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w bricks|strong="H3843"\+w*} as|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3117" did|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="H3117"\+w*, \+w when|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3117"\+w*} straw|strong="H8401"!” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3478" pay|strong="H7760" attention|strong="H7760" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" complaints|strong="H8519" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Israelis }
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3541" Israeli supervisors|strong="H5329" went|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3541" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H1121" complained|strong="H7878", saying|strong="H0559" “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Your|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w Majesty|strong="H1926"\+w*}, why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H6213" treating us|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" way|strong="H3541"? 
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\verseNumber{17}But|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" said|strong="H3651", “You|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3068" lazy|strong="H7503" and|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w*} work|strong="H4399"! That|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" why|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" keep|strong="H8104" saying|strong="H0559", ‘Allow|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w desert|strong="H6160"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2076" to|strong="H3212" Yahweh|strong="H3068".’ 
\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H5414" go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" get|strong="H3212" back|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" work|strong="H5647"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H6258"\+w*} are|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" going|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" any|strong="H5414" straw|strong="H8401", but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H5414" must|strong="H3808" keep|strong="H5647" making|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" same|strong="H1931" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H5647" bricks|strong="H3843"!” 
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\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H7200" Israeli supervisors|strong="H5329" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" they|strong="H3117" were|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" a|strong="H7200" difficult|strong="H6381" situation|strong="H4186", because|strong="H1697" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H3808" told|strong="H1697", “We|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3478" decrease|strong="H4591" the|strong="H7200" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" bricks|strong="H3843" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w must|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w make|strong="H7200"\+w*} each|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117".” 
\verseNumber{20}As|strong="H3318" they|strong="H3318" left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" king’s|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w palace|strong="H1004"\+w*}, they|strong="H3318" met|strong="H6293" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H3318", who|strong="H6547" were|strong="H4872" waiting|strong="H5324" for|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="H8033"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{21}They|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H5414"/me|strong="H5414", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H7200"\+w*} you|strong="H5414" two|strong="H8147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H3027"\+w*} He|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" you|strong="H5414" [MTY], because|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H5414" officials|strong="H5650" to|strong="H3068" despise|strong="H3988" us|strong="H5414"! You|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" an|strong="H5414" excuse [MTY] to|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" us|strong="H5414"!” 
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\verseNumber{22}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H2088" left|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7725" and|strong="H4872" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H7725" Yahweh|strong="H3068" again|strong="H7725", saying|strong="H0559", “O|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7971" caused|strong="H5414" all|strong="H7725" these|strong="H2088" evil|strong="H7489" things|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7725" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" [RHQ]? And|strong="H4872" why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H7971" send|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H2088"\+w*} [RHQ]? 
\verseNumber{23}Ever|strong="H2088" since|strong="H3588" I|strong="H2088" went|strong="H5971" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1696" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H5971" told|strong="H1696" him|strong="H2088" what|strong="H2088" you|strong="H3808" told|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696" [MTY], he|strong="H3808" has|strong="H2088" treated|strong="H7489" your|strong="H3808" people|strong="H5971" very|strong="H2088" cruelly|strong="H7188", and|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3808" have|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" done|strong="H7489" anything|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1696" help|strong="H5971"/rescue|strong="H5337" them|strong="H2088"!” 

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\chapterNumber{6}Then|strong="H6258" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H7971", “Now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" what|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w people|strong="H7200"\+w*}. I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" powerfully [MTY] compel|strong="H5647" him|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" let|strong="H7971" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H7200" go|strong="H7971". In|strong="H3068" fact|strong="H1589", by|strong="H3027" my|strong="H3068" power|strong="H3027" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w force|strong="H3027"\+w*} him|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" expel|strong="H1644" them|strong="H7971" from|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776"!” 
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\verseNumber{2}God|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", “I|strong="H3068" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H3045" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" Abraham|strong="H0085", Isaac|strong="H3327", and|strong="H3068" Jacob|strong="H3290", and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3045"\+w*} was|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" Almighty|strong="H7706", but|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3045" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="H3045"\+w*} them|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3045" my|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H5414" also|strong="H1571" made|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" solemn|strong="H6116" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" them|strong="H5414", promising|strong="H1696" to|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" Canaan|strong="H3667" region|strong="H2256". That|strong="H5414" was|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" area|strong="H1508" in|strong="H5414" which|strong="H1285" they|strong="H1571" were|strong="H5414" living|strong="H1481" as|strong="H1571" foreigners|strong="H1481". 
\verseNumber{5}Furthermore|strong="H1571", I|strong="H4714" have|strong="H1121" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" Israeli people|strong="H1121" as|strong="H1571" they|strong="H1571" were|strong="H3478" groaning|strong="H5009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w hard|strong="H7186"\+w* \+w work|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w*} the|strong="H8085" Egyptians|strong="H4714" forced|strong="H4522" them|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H5647" as|strong="H1571" their|strong="H8085" slaves|strong="H5647". I|strong="H4714" have|strong="H1121" thought|strong="H2142" about|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085" solemn|strong="H6116" promise|strong="H1285" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w I|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w made|strong="H5647"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H3651" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w said|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3651"\+w*:} ‘I|strong="H3651" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". I|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3068" free|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3651" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3068" burdens|strong="H5450" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w heavy|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w work|strong="H5656"\+w*} that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Egyptians|strong="H4714" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w given|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3651"\+w*}. I|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3068" free|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3651" from|strong="H3318" being|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3068" slaves|strong="H1121". With|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419" power|strong="H2220" [MTY] and|strong="H1121" by|strong="H3068" punishing|strong="H7725" them|strong="H3318" [MTY] very|strong="H1419" severely|strong="H5953", I|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3068" save|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3651". 
\verseNumber{7}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H1961" my|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w one|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*}. You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" truly|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H1961" who|strong="H5971" has|strong="H3068" freed|strong="H8199" you|strong="H3588" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3588" burdens|strong="H5450" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w slaves|strong="H5650"\+w*} of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" Egyptians|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H5375" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5414" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" Abraham|strong="H5375", to|strong="H3068" Isaac|strong="H3327", and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" Jacob|strong="H3290". You|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" possess|strong="H3423" it|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w forever|strong="H5769"\+w*}. I|strong="H5414", Yahweh|strong="H3068", am|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w promising|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w this|strong="H5414"\+w*}.’” 
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\verseNumber{9}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3651" told|strong="H1696" that|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H8085" Israeli people|strong="H1121", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3651" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" believe|strong="H0539" what|strong="H8085" he|strong="H3651"/I|strong="H3651" said|strong="H1696". They|strong="H3651" were|strong="H3478" very|strong="H3651" discouraged|strong="H7503" [IDM] because|strong="H3651" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8085" hard|strong="H7186" work|strong="H5656" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w been|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w forced|strong="H4522"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w do|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w slaves|strong="H1121"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872" gave|strong="H1696" God’s|strong="H0430" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" again|strong="H1696" }
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\verseNumber{10}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{11}“Go|strong="H7971" and|strong="H1121" tell|strong="H1696" the|strong="H7971" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7971"\+w*} that|strong="H3478" he|strong="H7971" must|strong="H1121" allow|strong="H5414" the|strong="H7971" Israeli people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1696" leave|strong="H5800" his|strong="H7971" land|strong="H0776"!” 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H3808" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H2005" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “Listen|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w what|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w I|strong="H2005"\+w* \+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w saying|strong="H1696"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Even|strong="H3808"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H1121" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" paid|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" what|strong="H8085" I|strong="H2005" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w*}. But|strong="H3808" I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H3068" a|strong="H8085" poor|strong="H6041" speaker|strong="H0376". [MET|strong="H6298", MTY] So|strong="H3808" ◄why|strong="H3808" should|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H6440" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" what|strong="H8085" I|strong="H2005" tell|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6440"?/the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" what|strong="H8085" I|strong="H2005" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w*}!►” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H3318" and|strong="H1121" commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H6680"/us|strong="H3478", “Tell|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H6680" have|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w commissioned|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w two|strong="H8147"\+w*} to|strong="H1696" lead|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H1121" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872" and|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" }
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\verseNumber{14}◄Here|strong="H6311" is|strong="H3478"/I|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3478" now|strong="H3478" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3478"► a|strong="H3478" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" ancestors|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*/\+w me|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Aaron|strong="H0175"\+w*}: 
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The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3478" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1121", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H3478"\+w*} Hanoch|strong="H2585", Pallu|strong="H6396", Hezron|strong="H2696", and|strong="H1121" Carmi|strong="H3756". They|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H1121" clans|strong="H4940" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w same|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w names|strong="H8034"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Simeon|strong="H8095" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H1121"\+w*} Jemuel|strong="H3223", Jamin|strong="H3226", Ohad|strong="H0161", Jachin|strong="H3199", Zohar|strong="H6714", and|strong="H1121" Shaul|strong="H7586". Shaul’s mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H7586" a|strong="H1121" woman|strong="H3669" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group. Those|strong="H1121" men|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} clans|strong="H4940" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w same|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w names|strong="H8034"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gershon|strong="H1648" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H1121"\+w*} Libni|strong="H3845" and|strong="H1121" Shimei|strong="H8096". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1121" ancestors|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1121" clans|strong="H4940" that|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1121" names|strong="H8034". 
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\verseNumber{20}Amram|strong="H6019" married|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947" father’s|strong="H1733" sister|strong="H1733", Jochebed|strong="H3115". She|strong="H3967" was|strong="H4872" the|strong="H3947" mother|strong="H0517" of|strong="H8141" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H3967" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H3947". Amram|strong="H6019" was|strong="H4872" 137 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w he|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Izhar|strong="H3324" were|strong="H1121" Korah|strong="H7141", Nepheg|strong="H5298", and|strong="H1121" Zichri|strong="H2147". 
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\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Uzziel|strong="H5816" were|strong="H1121" Mishael|strong="H4332", Elzaphan|strong="H0469", and|strong="H1121" Sithri|strong="H5644". 
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\verseNumber{23}Aaron|strong="H0175" married|strong="H3947" Elisheba|strong="H0472". She|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3947" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Amminadab|strong="H5992" and|strong="H5070" sister|strong="H0269" of|strong="H1323" Nahshon|strong="H5177". Elisheba|strong="H0472" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w four|strong="H0702"\+w* \+w sons|strong="H3205"\+w*}: Nadab|strong="H5070", Abihu|strong="H0030", Eleazar|strong="H0499", and|strong="H5070" Ithamar|strong="H0385". 
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\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Korah|strong="H7141" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H1121"\+w*} Assir|strong="H0617", Elkanah|strong="H0511", and|strong="H1121" Abiasaph|strong="H0023". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" ancestors|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Korah|strong="H7141" people-group. 
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\verseNumber{25}Aaron’s|strong="H0175" son|strong="H1121" Eleazar|strong="H0499" married|strong="H3947" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" daughters|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Putiel|strong="H6317", and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H1931" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" Phinehas|strong="H6372". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3881"\+w* \+w ends|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w list|strong="H4557"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H3947" families|strong="H4940" and|strong="H1121" clans|strong="H4940" that|strong="H3881" were|strong="H1121" descended|strong="H3205" from|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881". 
\verseNumber{26}Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" ones|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3318" whom|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H3318", “Lead|strong="H3318" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" families|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" clans|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714".” 
\verseNumber{27}They|strong="H1992"/We|strong="H0587" were|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3318" ones|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1931" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3318" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714" about|strong="H4428" bringing|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" Israeli people|strong="H1121" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{28}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696" in|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714", 
\verseNumber{29}he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696", “I|strong="H4714" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" tell|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H4714" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3605".” 
\verseNumber{30}But|strong="H8085" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H2005" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440". I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H3068" not|strong="H8085" a|strong="H8085" good|strong="H2005" speaker|strong="H0376". [MET|strong="H6298", MTY] So|strong="H8085" ◄the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H8085" not|strong="H8085" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H8085" I|strong="H2005" say|strong="H0559"/why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H6440" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H8085" I|strong="H2005" tell|strong="H8085" him|strong="H6440"?►!” [RHQ] 

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\chapterNumber{7}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5414", “Listen|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w carefully|strong="H6213"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Just|strong="H3512"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w enabled|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w speak|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w my|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w messages|strong="H2372"\+w*}, I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H5414" the|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w consider|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w*} you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H3068" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" god|strong="H3068", and|strong="H4872" that|strong="H7200" Aaron|strong="H0175" is|strong="H3068" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" prophet|strong="H5030". 
\verseNumber{2}You|strong="H6680" must|strong="H1121" tell|strong="H1696" everything|strong="H3605" I|strong="H6680" command|strong="H6680" you|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" Aaron|strong="H0175", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3478" tell|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". He|strong="H3605" must|strong="H1121" tell|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H1696" let|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" leave|strong="H5800" his|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3820" I|strong="H4714" will|strong="H4714" make|strong="H7235" the|strong="H7235" king|strong="H4428" stubborn|strong="H7185" [IDM]. As|strong="H7235" a|strong="H4714" result|strong="H6903", even|strong="H4714" though|strong="H3588" I|strong="H4714" perform|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7235" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="H3820" ◄miracles|strong="H4159"/terrifying|strong="H3372" things|strong="H1697"► [DOU] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H6311"\+w*} in|strong="H4714" Egypt|strong="H4714", 
\verseNumber{4}the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" will|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H5414" any|strong="H5414" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3318" what|strong="H8085" you|strong="H5414" say|strong="H3478". Then|strong="H3318" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5971" punish|strong="H6485" [MTY] the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714" [MTY] very|strong="H1419" severely|strong="H5953" [MTY], and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5971" lead|strong="H3318"/bring|strong="H3318" the|strong="H8085" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8085" Israeli people|strong="H5971" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H3318", when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" show|strong="H3045" my|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419" power|strong="H3027" [MTY] to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" Egyptian|strong="H4713" people|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" among|strong="H8432" them|strong="H5921", they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{6}Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3651" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H6680" them|strong="H6213"/us|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213". They|strong="H3651"/We|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w spoke|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}At|strong="H1121" that|strong="H8141" time|strong="H8141", Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H1121" was|strong="H4872" 80 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" was|strong="H4872" 83 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Aaron|strong="H0175" made|strong="H1696" his|strong="H4872" stick|strong="H6086" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1696" snake|strong="H5175", but|strong="H1696" that|strong="H8141" did|strong="H8141" not|strong="H1696" influence|strong="H4294" the|strong="H4872" king|strong="H4428" }
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\verseNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H0413", 
\verseNumber{9}“If|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H6440" says|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588", ‘Prove|strong="H5254" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w sent|strong="H5414"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" by|strong="H5414" performing|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1961" miracle|strong="H4159",’ then|strong="H1961" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Aaron|strong="H0175", ‘Throw|strong="H7993" your|strong="H5414" stick|strong="H6086" down|strong="H7993" in|strong="H1696" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4294" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H6440", in|strong="H1696" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5414" may|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" snake|strong="H5175".’” 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H3651" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3651" went|strong="H4872" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H6440" and|strong="H4872" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w them|strong="H6440"\+w*/\+w us|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}. Aaron|strong="H0175" threw|strong="H7993" his|strong="H3068" stick|strong="H6086" down|strong="H7993" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H6440" and|strong="H4872" his|strong="H3068" officials|strong="H5650", and|strong="H4872" it|strong="H6213" became|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" snake|strong="H5175". 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H3651" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" summoned|strong="H7121" his|strong="H7121" sorcerers|strong="H3784" and|strong="H4714" men|strong="H2450" who|strong="H1992" performed|strong="H6213" magic. They|strong="H1992" did|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" same|strong="H3651" thing|strong="H3651", using|strong="H5927" their|strong="H1992" magic. 
\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H1992" all|strong="H3605" threw|strong="H7993" down|strong="H7993" their|strong="H1961" sticks|strong="H6086", and|strong="H4294" they|strong="H1992" became|strong="H1961" snakes|strong="H8577". But|strong="H1961" Aaron’s|strong="H0175" stick|strong="H6086", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w snake|strong="H5175"\+w*}, swallowed|strong="H1104" up|strong="H1104" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H1961" sticks|strong="H6086"! 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" continued|strong="H2388" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H3808" stubborn|strong="H5637" [IDM], just|strong="H1696" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" predicted|strong="H1696", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H3820" to|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w Aaron|strong="H0175"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H3808"\+w*/\+w I|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1696"\+w*}. 

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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H7971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H7971", “The|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" is|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" stubborn|strong="H3515" [IDM]. He|strong="H3068" refuses|strong="H3985" to|strong="H3068" allow|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H3068"\+w*} people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3068" go|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tomorrow|strong="H1242"\+w*} morning|strong="H1242", go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H5921" as|strong="H3318" he|strong="H3027" is|strong="H3027" going|strong="H3318" down|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Nile|strong="H2975"\+w*} River|strong="H2975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w bathe|strong="H7364"\+w*}. Wait|strong="H3027" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" riverbank. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w comes|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w*, \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w*} him|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" stick|strong="H6086", the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H5324" which|strong="H4325" became|strong="H3318" a|strong="H3947" snake|strong="H5175". 
\verseNumber{16}Say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H7971", ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", the|strong="H8085" one|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H5704"\+w*} Hebrews|strong="H5680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H5647"\+w*}, sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H5704" tell|strong="H8085" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H5704" let|strong="H7971" my|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971" go|strong="H7971", in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3068" may|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H5647" him|strong="H7971" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" desert|strong="H4057". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w told|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*}, but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H7971" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" paid|strong="H8085" any|strong="H3808" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5704" it|strong="H5704". 
\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w now|strong="H2009"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" this|strong="H2063": “This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" way|strong="H3541" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. Watch|strong="H2009" this|strong="H2063": I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3068" strike|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Nile|strong="H2975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H2975"\+w*} with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" stick|strong="H6086" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*}, the|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H2015" blood|strong="H1818" (OR|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w red|strong="H5488"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3541"\+w*} blood|strong="H1818" [MTY]). 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H4191" the|strong="H4480" fish|strong="H1710" in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H4480" Nile|strong="H2975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H2975"\+w*} will|strong="H4325" die|strong="H4191", and|strong="H4325" the|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w water|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4191"\+w*} the|strong="H4480" river|strong="H2975" will|strong="H4325" stink|strong="H0887", and|strong="H4325" the|strong="H4480" Egyptians|strong="H4713" will|strong="H4325" not|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H4191" drink|strong="H8354" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" Nile|strong="H2975" River|strong="H2975".”’” 
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\verseNumber{19}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w talking|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H5921"\+w*}, say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Aaron|strong="H0175", ‘Hold|strong="H2388" your|strong="H3068" stick|strong="H6086" out|strong="H5186" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w holding|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*} over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714"—over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" rivers|strong="H5104", the|strong="H3605" canals|strong="H2975", the|strong="H3605" ponds|strong="H0098", and|strong="H4872" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" pools|strong="H4723" of|strong="H3068" water|strong="H4325", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*} may|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w red|strong="H5488"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} blood|strong="H1818".’ When|strong="H1961" Aaron|strong="H0175" does|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605", there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" blood|strong="H1818" throughout|strong="H3605" Egypt|strong="H4714", even|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" wooden|strong="H6086" jars|strong="H7184" and|strong="H4872" in|strong="H5921" stone|strong="H0068" jars|strong="H7184".” 
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\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H3651" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3651" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680". As|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4872" his|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H5650" were|strong="H4325" watching|strong="H5869", Aaron|strong="H0175" lifted|strong="H7311" up|strong="H7311" his|strong="H3605" stick|strong="H6086" and|strong="H4872" then|strong="H3651" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Nile|strong="H2975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H2975"\+w*} with|strong="H3068" it|strong="H6213". And|strong="H4872" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" river|strong="H2975" turned|strong="H2015" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w red|strong="H5488"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3651"\+w*} blood|strong="H1818". 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" fish|strong="H1710" died|strong="H4191". And|strong="H4714" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" stank|strong="H0887", with|strong="H4714" the|strong="H3605" result|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Egyptians|strong="H4714" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" river|strong="H2975". Everywhere|strong="H3605" in|strong="H4191" Egypt|strong="H4714" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w*} became|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w red|strong="H5488"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} blood|strong="H1818". 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H8085" men|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3068" performed|strong="H6213" magic did|strong="H6213" the|strong="H8085" same|strong="H3651" thing|strong="H3651" using|strong="H5927" their|strong="H3068" magic. So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" remained|strong="H3427" stubborn|strong="H5637" [IDM], and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3651" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H3820" to|strong="H1696" what|strong="H6213" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H3808"/I|strong="H3651" said|strong="H1696", just|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" predicted|strong="H1696". 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H1571" king|strong="H4428" turned|strong="H6437" and|strong="H1004" went|strong="H1004" back|strong="H6437" to|strong="H3820" his|strong="H7896" palace|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1004" he|strong="H1004" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" think|strong="H3820" anymore|strong="H5750" about|strong="H1004" it|strong="H2063" [IDM]. 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H3605" Egyptians|strong="H4713" [HYP] dug|strong="H2658" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w into|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H0776"\+w*} near|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" Nile|strong="H2975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H2975"\+w*} to|strong="H3201" get|strong="H3947" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H3201" drink|strong="H8354", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H4325" the|strong="H3605" river|strong="H2975". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Moses|strong="H3808" and|strong="H8354" Aaron|strong="H0175" caused|strong="H5414" frogs|strong="H6854" to|strong="H3201" appear|strong="H7200" everywhere|strong="H3605" }
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\verseNumber{25}◄One|strong="H3068" week|strong="H7620"/Seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117"► passed|strong="H3068" after|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5221" water|strong="H4390" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5221" Nile|strong="H2975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H2975"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w become|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w red|strong="H5488"\+w* \+w like|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w blood|strong="H1818"\+w*}. 
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\chapterNumber{8}Then|strong="H4872" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921", “Go|strong="H5927" back|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4872" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921", ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" let|strong="H5186" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" go|strong="H5927", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" can|strong="H4310" worship|strong="H7812" me|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w desert|strong="H6160"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}But|strong="H4325" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5921" refuse|strong="H3985" to|strong="H5927" let|strong="H5186" them|strong="H5921" go|strong="H5927", I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4714" punish|strong="H6485" you|strong="H5921" by|strong="H3027" sending|strong="H7971" frogs|strong="H6854" to|strong="H5927" cover|strong="H3680" your|strong="H5921" country|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Not|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} will|strong="H4714" the|strong="H5921" Nile|strong="H2975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} be|strong="H6854" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H5921" frogs|strong="H6854", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H3651"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" frogs|strong="H6854" will|strong="H4714" come|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w out|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w river|strong="H5104"\+w*} into|strong="H5927" your|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1004". They|strong="H3651" will|strong="H4714" come|strong="H5927" into|strong="H5927" your|strong="H5921" bedroom|strong="H2315" and|strong="H4714" onto|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" bed|strong="H4904". They|strong="H3651" will|strong="H4714" be|strong="H6854" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" houses|strong="H1004" of|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" officials|strong="H8269" and|strong="H4714" all|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w*} your|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971". They|strong="H3651" will|strong="H4714" even|strong="H3651" get|strong="H6213" into|strong="H5927" your|strong="H5921" ovens|strong="H8574" and|strong="H4714" your|strong="H5921" pans|strong="H3709" for|strong="H5921" mixing|strong="H4842" the|strong="H5921" materials for|strong="H5921" baking bread|strong="H3899". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3068" frogs|strong="H6854" will|strong="H3068" jump|strong="H5425" up|strong="H4480" on|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7971" and|strong="H4872" your|strong="H3068" officials|strong="H8269" and|strong="H4872" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971".’” 
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\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H4872"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921", “Say|strong="H0559" this|strong="H1004" to|strong="H5921" Aaron|strong="H0175": ‘Hold|strong="H1004" your|strong="H5921" stick|strong="H6086" in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027" and|strong="H4872" stretch|strong="H5186" it|strong="H5921" out|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w stretching|strong="H5186"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*} over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" river|strong="H2975", the|strong="H5921" canals|strong="H2975", and|strong="H4872" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" pools|strong="H1295", and|strong="H4872" cause|strong="H5971" frogs|strong="H6854" to|strong="H5921" come|strong="H5971" up|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w this|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4872"\+w*} cover|strong="H3680" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1004" Egypt|strong="H4714".’” 
\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H3588"\+w*/\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w told|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} Aaron|strong="H0175", he|strong="H3588" stretched|strong="H5186" out|strong="H3045" his|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w stretching|strong="H5186"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w*} over|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3588" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714". And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" frogs|strong="H6854" came|strong="H3068" up|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} covered|strong="H3680" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H7535" the|strong="H4480" men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" performed|strong="H6213" magic did|strong="H5971" the|strong="H4480" same|strong="H4480" thing|strong="H1697", and|strong="H1004" they|strong="H5971" caused|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w more|strong="H4480"\+w*} frogs|strong="H6854" to|strong="H1004" come|strong="H5971" up|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w onto|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" summoned|strong="H6817" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4872" said|strong="H1697", “Ask|strong="H6817" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3318" take|strong="H7760" away|strong="H3318" these|strong="H7760" frogs|strong="H6854" from|strong="H3318" me|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4872" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971". After|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3068" happens|strong="H1961", I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" allow|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3318" go|strong="H3318", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" can|strong="H4310" offer|strong="H7126" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068".” 
\verseNumber{9}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428", “I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H4191" glad|strong="H8055" to|strong="H4191" pray|strong="H6419" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" and|strong="H4872" for|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3068" officials|strong="H8269" and|strong="H4872" for|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} to|strong="H4191" get|strong="H6213" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6213" frogs|strong="H6854" from|strong="H4480" all|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3068" houses|strong="H1004". The|strong="H6213" only|strong="H0389" frogs|strong="H6854" left|strong="H4480" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="H4480"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" Nile|strong="H2975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. Just|strong="H1697" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H4480" when|strong="H6213" I|strong="H1697" should|strong="H3068" pray|strong="H6419".” 
\verseNumber{10}He|strong="H0834" replied|strong="H0559", “Tomorrow|strong="H4279".” So|strong="H3651" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H0589" said|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*} what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H0859" say|strong="H0559", and|strong="H2563" then|strong="H0227" you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H0259" we|strong="H0587" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*, \+w is|strong="H0369"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w only|strong="H0389"\+w* \+w true|strong="H0571"\+w* \+w god|strong="H0430"\+w*}, and|strong="H2563" that|strong="H0834" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H3808" other|strong="H0312" god|strong="H0430" like|strong="H3644" him|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H8085" frogs|strong="H6854" will|strong="H3068" leave|strong="H5800" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" officials|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3808". The|strong="H8085" only|strong="H3588" ones|strong="H2945" left|strong="H1961" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" Nile|strong="H2975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3588"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{12}Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H4714" left|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". Then|strong="H1961" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H4714" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w asking|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w take|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w away|strong="H5186"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" frogs|strong="H6854" he|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w brought|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king’s|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H3027" Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" just|strong="H3605" what|strong="H6213" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}. As|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H6903", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" frogs|strong="H6854" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" houses|strong="H1004", in|strong="H6213" their|strong="H3605" courtyards|strong="H2691", and|strong="H3027" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" fields|strong="H7704" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H6213" people|strong="H3808" gathered|strong="H6213" together|strong="H3162" all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" dead|strong="H4191" frogs|strong="H6854" into|strong="H6213" big|strong="H0931" piles|strong="H6651", and|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" land|strong="H0776" stank|strong="H0887" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w smell|strong="H7381"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H3808" when|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w problem|strong="H2008"\+w*} was|strong="H3068" ended|strong="H1961", he|strong="H1931" became|strong="H2388" stubborn|strong="H5637" [IDM] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H1696"\+w*}. And|strong="H3068" just|strong="H1696" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" predicted|strong="H1696", he|strong="H1931" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H3820" to|strong="H1696" what|strong="H8085" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H3808"/we|strong="H8085" told|strong="H1696" him|strong="H1931". 

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\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H6440", “Tell|strong="H5046" Aaron|strong="H0175" to|strong="H3318" strike|strong="H5221" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440" with|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" stick|strong="H6086". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w does|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*}, all|strong="H7971" the|strong="H6440" fine|strong="H5560" particles of|strong="H3068" ground|strong="H6440"/dust|strong="H6083" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H3318" gnats|strong="H3654", all|strong="H7971" over|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714".” 
\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H7971" they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H3588" did|strong="H5971" that|strong="H3588". Aaron|strong="H0175" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H0776" with|strong="H4390" his|strong="H7971" stick|strong="H6086", and|strong="H7971" all|strong="H5921" over|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4713", the|strong="H5921" fine|strong="H5560" particles of|strong="H1004" ground|strong="H0776"/dirt|strong="H6083" became|strong="H5650" gnats|strong="H3654". The|strong="H5921" gnats|strong="H3654" covered|strong="H4390" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H7971" all|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H1992"\+w*} animals|strong="H0929". 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H5921" men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H1931" worked|strong="H2388" magic tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H5971" gnats|strong="H3654" to|strong="H3068" appear|strong="H7200", but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" it|strong="H1931". So|strong="H4616" the|strong="H5921" gnats|strong="H3654" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stayed|strong="H5975"\+w*} on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Egyptian|strong="H4713" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3068" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3068" animals|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H7760" men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" worked|strong="H2388" magic said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7760" king|strong="H4428", “It|strong="H7760" is|strong="H2088" God|strong="H0430" who|strong="H5971" has|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961" this|strong="H2088" with|strong="H5971" his|strong="H7760" power|strong="H3027" [MTY]!” But|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7760" king|strong="H4428" continued|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" stubborn|strong="H5637" [IDM], and|strong="H5971" he|strong="H5971" would|strong="H5971" not|strong="H2088" pay|strong="H7760" attention|strong="H7760" to|strong="H1961" us|strong="H7760", just|strong="H2088" as|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H1961" predicted|strong="H1696". 

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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H3651" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H6440", “Get|strong="H6213" up|strong="H6213" early|strong="H7925" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tomorrow|strong="H4279"\+w*} morning|strong="H1242". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Go|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w down|strong="H6440"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" river|strong="H5104" and|strong="H3068" wait|strong="H0693" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H6440". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w he|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w comes|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w bathe|strong="H7364"\+w*} [MTY], say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H6440", ‘This|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440": “Let|strong="H3651" my|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" go|strong="H3068", in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3651" may|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H3651" me|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w desert|strong="H6160"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" happens|strong="H6213", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" treat|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" Goshen|strong="H1657" region|strong="H2256", where|strong="H3808" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3808" live|strong="H3427", differently. There|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" swarms|strong="H6157" of|strong="H3068" flies|strong="H6157" there|strong="H3068". In|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" way|strong="H3651", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", am|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H6213" these|strong="H6213" things|strong="H8441" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H2005"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" this|strong="H3651" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{23}I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" distinguish|strong="H0914" clearly|strong="H3045" between|strong="H0996" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w how|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w act|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w toward|strong="H1870"\+w*} my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w how|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w act|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w toward|strong="H1870"\+w*} your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971". And|strong="H3068" this|strong="H3068" plague|strong="H5061" is|strong="H3068" going|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" happen|strong="H1961" tomorrow|strong="H4279"!”’” 
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\verseNumber{24}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Early|strong="H7925"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w next|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w morning|strong="H1242"\+w*, \+w Moses|strong="H3808"\+w*/\+w I|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*, \+w but|strong="H7535"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w pay|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w any|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w attention|strong="H7181"\+w*}. So|strong="H7971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1157" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" he|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". He|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" great|strong="H1419" swarms|strong="H6157" of|strong="H3068" flies|strong="H6157" into|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3068" palace|strong="H1004" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" into|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3068" houses|strong="H1004" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" officials|strong="H8269". The|strong="H3068" whole|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714" was|strong="H3068" ruined|strong="H7703" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" flies|strong="H6157". 
\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" summoned|strong="H7121" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H7971" and|strong="H4872" said|strong="H3318", “You|strong="H7971" Israeli people|strong="H5971" can|strong="H3254" go|strong="H3318" and|strong="H4872" offer|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2076" to|strong="H3318" your|strong="H3068" god|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H7535"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w must|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3254"\+w*} here|strong="H2009" in|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="H3068"\+w*} land|strong="H0776".” 
\verseNumber{26}But|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w*} to|strong="H3318" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068", because|strong="H3068" we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H3068" sacrifices|strong="H2077" that|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" offensive|strong="H8441" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3068" Egyptian|strong="H4713" people|strong="H5971". If|strong="H0518" we|strong="H0587" offer|strong="H7126" sacrifices|strong="H2077" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Egyptian|strong="H4713" people|strong="H5971" think|strong="H2803" are|strong="H3068" disgusting|strong="H8441", they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" us|strong="H5414" by|strong="H3068" throwing|strong="H3027" stones|strong="H0068" at|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5414" [RHQ]! 
\verseNumber{27}No|strong="H3808", we|strong="H6213" need|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" travel|strong="H1980" for|strong="H6213" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" into|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" desert|strong="H6160". There|strong="H1697" we|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H6213" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6213" God|strong="H3068" we|strong="H6213" worship|strong="H7812", just|strong="H1697" as|strong="H1697" he|strong="H6213" commands|strong="H1697" (OR|strong="H3808", has|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680") us|strong="H6213".” 
\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H5971" let|strong="H7971" your|strong="H3513" people|strong="H5971" go|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" offer|strong="H7126" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H7971" Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3513" god|strong="H3808", in|strong="H5971" the|strong="H7971" desert|strong="H6160". But|strong="H3808" you|strong="H7971" must|strong="H1571" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H7971" very|strong="H1571" far|strong="H5704". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Now|strong="H6471"\+w*} pray|strong="H6419" for|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971"!” 
\verseNumber{29}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H0589" said|strong="H0559", “Listen|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w me|strong="H0413"\+w*}! After|strong="H0310" I|strong="H0589" leave|strong="H5800" you|strong="H0859", I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w asking|strong="H7592"\+w*} that|strong="H0834" tomorrow|strong="H4279" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w cause|strong="H2600"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" swarms|strong="H6157" of|strong="H1121" flies|strong="H6157" to|strong="H0413" leave|strong="H5800" you|strong="H0859" and|strong="H3967" your|strong="H3068" officials|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3967" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971". But|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" deceive|strong="H5377" us|strong="H5414" again|strong="H7725" by|strong="H0801" refusing|strong="H3985" to|strong="H0413" let|strong="H7971" our|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" offer|strong="H7126" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh|strong="H3068"!” 
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\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H0227" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H0589" left|strong="H7604" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3967" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{31}And|strong="H3967" Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4100" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H0589" asked|strong="H7592", and|strong="H3967" he|strong="H0834" got|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" swarms|strong="H6157" of|strong="H1121" flies|strong="H6157" from|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w around|strong="H5439"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3967" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". No|strong="H3808" flies|strong="H6157" remained|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{32}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H3068" stubborn|strong="H5637" [IDM] this|strong="H2088" time|strong="H6256" also|strong="H1571", and|strong="H3967" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H1980". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh sent a terrible disease to afflict the Egyptians’ livestock }
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\chapterNumber{9}Then|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H7971", “Go|strong="H7971" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3541" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4872" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H7971", ‘This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3541" God|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H0587"\+w*} Hebrews|strong="H5680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H5647"\+w*}, says|strong="H3541": “Allow|strong="H5414" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H1696" go|strong="H7971", in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3068" may|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H5647" me|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{2}If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" still|strong="H5750" keep|strong="H8104" refusing|strong="H3985" to|strong="H7971" let|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971" go|strong="H7971" [DOU], 
\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H2009" warn|strong="H2094" you|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" you|strong="H3027" with|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" power|strong="H3027" [MTY] by|strong="H3027" sending|strong="H7971" a|strong="H1961" terrible|strong="H3515" disease|strong="H2483" on|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3966" your|strong="H3068" animals|strong="H1961"—on|strong="H3027" your|strong="H3068" horses|strong="H5483", donkeys|strong="H2543", camels|strong="H1581", on|strong="H3027" your|strong="H3068" cattle|strong="H4735", and|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3027" your|strong="H3068" flocks|strong="H6629" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sheep|strong="H6629"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w goats|strong="H5795"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3808" I|strong="H1697", Yahweh|strong="H3068", will|strong="H3068" distinguish|strong="H0914" between|strong="H0996" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w I|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3605" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w I|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} your|strong="H3068" animals|strong="H0929". The|strong="H3605" result|strong="H6903" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H4191" that|strong="H3605" no|strong="H3808" animal|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3605" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191".”’ 
\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*} I|strong="H7760" have|strong="H3068" determined|strong="H7760"/decided|strong="H3289" that|strong="H3068" tomorrow|strong="H4279" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" in|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" land|strong="H0776".” 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H3605" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H4283" Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" just|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H6213" said|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w he|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}. A|strong="H6213" terrible|strong="H6213" disease|strong="H1697" afflicted|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Egyptians’ animals|strong="H0929", and|strong="H1121" many|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H6213" [HYP] died|strong="H4191". But|strong="H3808" none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people’s|strong="H5971" animals|strong="H0929" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H5704" king|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w men|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w investigate|strong="H1875"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H3478" surprised|strong="H8610" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w see|strong="H2009"\+w*} that|strong="H5971" none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5704" Israeli people’s|strong="H5971" animals|strong="H0929" had|strong="H3478" died|strong="H4191". But|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w reported|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w*} the|strong="H5704" king|strong="H4428", he|strong="H5704" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H4191" stubborn|strong="H5637" [IDM], and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H5704" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" let|strong="H7971" the|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} people|strong="H5971" go|strong="H7971". 

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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H3947" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H3947", “Take|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" few|strong="H4592" handfuls|strong="H4393" of|strong="H3068" ashes|strong="H6368"/soot|strong="H6368" from|strong="H3947" ◄a|strong="H3947" furnace|strong="H3536"/an|strong="H3947" oven|strong="H8574" where|strong="H0834" they|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H8313" lime|strong="H7875"►, and|strong="H4872" let|strong="H7971" Moses|strong="H4872" throw|strong="H2236" them|strong="H3947" up|strong="H3947" into|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" air|strong="H8064", in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ashes|strong="H0665"\+w*/\+w soot|strong="H6368"\+w*} will|strong="H1961" spread|strong="H6566" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714" like|strong="H1961" fine|strong="H1961" dust|strong="H6083". And|strong="H4714" the|strong="H3605" ashes|strong="H0665"/soot|strong="H6368" will|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H1961" boils|strong="H7822" to|strong="H1961" afflict|strong="H6031" both|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Egyptian|strong="H4714" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H4714" their|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H1961", all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776".” 
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\verseNumber{20}Some|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" king’s|strong="H4428" officials|strong="H5650" who|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" became|strong="H3372" very|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372". So|strong="H1697" they|strong="H3068" put|strong="H3068" all|strong="H1697" their|strong="H3068" animals|strong="H0929" and|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" slaves|strong="H5650" under|strong="H1004" shelters|strong="H5521". 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921", “Raise|strong="H6965" your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" up|strong="H5921" toward|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3605" hail|strong="H1259" will|strong="H3068" fall|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H7704" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714"—on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H4872" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H1961" and|strong="H4872" on|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" plants|strong="H6212" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" fields|strong="H7704".” 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H1980" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5414" lifted|strong="H4872" his|strong="H5414"/my|strong="H5414" stick|strong="H6086" up|strong="H5414" toward|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sky|strong="H8064". And|strong="H1980" Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H5414" down|strong="H5186" hail|strong="H1259", all|strong="H5414" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H8064" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714". There|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" thunder|strong="H6963" and|strong="H1980" lightning|strong="H1300". 
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\verseNumber{31}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" hail|strong="H1259" fell|strong="H5307", the|strong="H3588" flax|strong="H6594" was|strong="H5221" ruined|strong="H5221" because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" buds|strong="H6525" were|strong="H8184" forming|strong="H3335", and|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3588" barley|strong="H8184" was|strong="H5221" ruined|strong="H5221" because|strong="H3588" its|strong="H3588" grain|strong="H1715" was|strong="H5221" ripe|strong="H1310". 
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\verseNumber{33}So|strong="H3808" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3808" left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4872" went|strong="H3318" outside|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892". He|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H3808" lifted|strong="H4872" up|strong="H3318" his|strong="H3068"/my|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3709" toward|strong="H5973" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w prayed|strong="H6419"\+w*}. Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3068" thunder|strong="H6963" and|strong="H4872" the|strong="H3068" hail|strong="H1259" stopped|strong="H2308", and|strong="H4872" the|strong="H3068" rain|strong="H4306" also|strong="H3068" stopped|strong="H2308" falling|strong="H5307" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh sent locusts to destroy the rest of the Egyptians’ crops }
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\chapterNumber{10}Then|strong="H4616" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5650", “Go|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4616" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*}. I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" made|strong="H7896" him|strong="H7130" and|strong="H4872" his|strong="H3068" officials|strong="H5650" stubborn|strong="H5637" [IDM]. I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w good|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w reason|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} perform|strong="H7896" all|strong="H7896" these|strong="H0428" plagues|strong="H4347" among|strong="H7130" them|strong="H7896", 
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\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H3541" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5704" went|strong="H4872" into|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w palace|strong="H1004"\+w*} and|strong="H4872" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H6440", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", whom|strong="H6440" we|strong="H5704" Hebrews|strong="H5680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H5647"\+w*}, says|strong="H3541" this|strong="H3541": ‘How|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" stubbornly|strong="H5637" refuse|strong="H3985" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H5647" what|strong="H3541" I|strong="H5704" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H6440" [MTY]? Let|strong="H7971" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" go|strong="H7971", in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3068" may|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H5647" me|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w desert|strong="H6160"\+w*} 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H3588" king’s|strong="H4428" officials|strong="H5650" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H7971", “◄How|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" is|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H2088" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5704" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" bring|strong="H3045" disasters|strong="H4672" on|strong="H3068" us|strong="H3045"?/We|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3045" let|strong="H7971" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H2088" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" cause|strong="H1961" trouble|strong="H2088" for|strong="H3588" us|strong="H3045"!► [RHQ] Let|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} men|strong="H5650" leave|strong="H5800", in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" may|strong="H1961" worship|strong="H5647" Yahweh|strong="H3068", their|strong="H3068" god|strong="H3068". ◄Do|strong="H5647" you|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3045" yet|strong="H3588" understand|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w man|strong="H2088"\+w*} has|strong="H3068" ruined|strong="H7703" Egypt|strong="H4714"?/You|strong="H3588" ought|strong="H3972" to|strong="H5704" realize|strong="H3045" by|strong="H3068" now|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w man|strong="H2088"\+w*} has|strong="H3068" ruined|strong="H7703" Egypt|strong="H4714"!►” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H4872" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921", “Reach|strong="H5060" out|strong="H5186" your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" as|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w stretching|strong="H5186"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*} over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H3068" welcome|strong="H6923" the|strong="H3605" locusts|strong="H0697". They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H4872" eat|strong="H0398" every|strong="H3605" plant|strong="H6212" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w left|strong="H7604"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776", every|strong="H3605" plant|strong="H6212" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" hail|strong="H1259" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H7604" destroyed|strong="H4229".” 
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\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H6258" now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H5921" ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" forgive|strong="H5375" me|strong="H4994" this|strong="H2088" one|strong="H2088" time|strong="H6471" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w having|strong="H0369"\+w*} sinned|strong="H2403", and|strong="H3068" pray|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" god|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" stop|strong="H5493" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w these|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w locusts|strong="H0697"\+w*} [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w causing|strong="H7462"\+w* \+w everything|strong="H3605"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4194".” 
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\verseNumber{18}They|strong="H3068"/We|strong="H0587" left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H3318"/I|strong="H3068" prayed|strong="H6279" to|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H5375" Yahweh|strong="H3068" changed|strong="H2015" the|strong="H3605" wind|strong="H7307" so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" it|strong="H5375" blew|strong="H8628" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w strongly|strong="H3966"\+w*} from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" west|strong="H3220", and|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5375" blew|strong="H8628" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" locusts|strong="H0697" into|strong="H2015" the|strong="H3605" Red|strong="H5488" Sea|strong="H3220" (OR|strong="H3808", the|strong="H3605" Gulf of|strong="H3068" Suez). There|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" locust|strong="H0697" left|strong="H7604" anywhere|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
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\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" made|strong="H2388" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" stubborn|strong="H5637" [IDM] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7971"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" let|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H1121" go|strong="H7971". 

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\verseNumber{21}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921", “Reach|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" up|strong="H5921" toward|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sky|strong="H8064", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3068" there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" darkness|strong="H2822" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H8064" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714", a|strong="H1961" darkness|strong="H2822" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w complete|strong="H3617"\+w*} that|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" grope|strong="H4959" around|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w where|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w walk|strong="H1980"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H1961" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3117" reached|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3605"/my|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" toward|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064", and|strong="H4872" it|strong="H5921" became|strong="H1961" totally|strong="H3605" dark|strong="H2822" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714" for|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w nights|strong="H3915"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{23}People|strong="H1121" could|strong="H6965" not|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" each|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605". No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" left|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" during|strong="H3117" that|strong="H7200" whole|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117". But|strong="H3808" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" light|strong="H0216" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" living|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H5647" king|strong="H4428" summoned|strong="H7121" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H7121" and|strong="H4872" said|strong="H7121", “All|strong="H3212" right|strong="H3068", you|strong="H5973" may|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H4872" worship|strong="H5647" Yahweh|strong="H3068". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w wives|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4872"\+w*} your|strong="H3068" children|strong="H2945" may|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5973". But|strong="H7535" your|strong="H3068" flocks|strong="H6629" of|strong="H3068" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H4872" goats|strong="H5795" and|strong="H4872" your|strong="H3068" herds|strong="H1241" of|strong="H3068" cattle|strong="H1241" must|strong="H1571" remain|strong="H3427" here|strong="H6311".” 
\verseNumber{25}But|strong="H1571" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5414" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w No|strong="H6213"\+w*}, you|strong="H5414" must|strong="H1571" let|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w take|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w along|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w sheep|strong="H6629"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w goats|strong="H5795"\+w*, \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w order|strong="H3027"\+w*} that|strong="H3068" we|strong="H6213" may|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" sacrifice|strong="H2077" and|strong="H4872" give|strong="H5414" as|strong="H6213" burned|strong="H8313" offerings|strong="H5930" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{26}Our|strong="H3068" livestock|strong="H4735" must|strong="H1571" also|strong="H1571" go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H3045"; we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" going|strong="H3212" to|strong="H5704" leave|strong="H7604" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H3947" [SYN] behind|strong="H4480". We|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1571" take|strong="H3947" them|strong="H3947" to|strong="H5704" worship|strong="H5647" Yahweh|strong="H3068". We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w animals|strong="H0929"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\+w*} until|strong="H5704" we|strong="H3588" get|strong="H3947" to|strong="H5704" where|strong="H8033" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4100" going|strong="H3212".” 
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\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" made|strong="H2388" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w continue|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w*} stubborn|strong="H5637" [IDM], and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" let|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* Israeli} people|strong="H3808" go|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{28}The|strong="H6440" king|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H6440", “Get|strong="H3212" out|strong="H7200" of|strong="H3117" here|strong="H5921"! Make|strong="H3254" sure|strong="H8104" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" never|strong="H3808" come|strong="H3212" to|strong="H4191" see|strong="H7200" me|strong="H6440" [SYN] again|strong="H3254"! The|strong="H6440" day|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" see|strong="H7200" me|strong="H6440" again|strong="H3254", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H6547"\+w* \+w have|strong="H7200"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" executed|strong="H4191"!” 
\verseNumber{29}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3651" replied|strong="H1696", “You|strong="H6440" are|strong="H6440" correct|strong="H3256"! You|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" me|strong="H6440" [SYN] again|strong="H5750"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh declared that all the oldest sons of the Egyptians would die, and then the king’s officials would plead for the Israeli people to leave Egypt }
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\chapterNumber{11}Then|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H7971", “I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H3651" one|strong="H2088" more|strong="H5750" disaster|strong="H7451" to|strong="H3068" strike|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H4872" all|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" [MTY]. After|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3068", he|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3068" let|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" leave|strong="H5800". In|strong="H5921" fact|strong="H1589", he|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3068" expel|strong="H1644" you|strong="H7971" all|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H1696" now|strong="H4994" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} people|strong="H5971". Tell|strong="H1696" them|strong="H7592" to|strong="H1696" ask|strong="H7592" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H7592" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Egyptian|strong="H4713"\+w*} neighbors|strong="H7453", both|strong="H8147" men|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3701" women|strong="H0802", to|strong="H1696" give|strong="H1696" them|strong="H7592" some|strong="H5971" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" gold|strong="H2091" jewelry|strong="H3627".” 
\verseNumber{3}Yahweh|strong="H3068" made|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" Egyptians|strong="H4714" highly|strong="H3966" respect|strong="H6437" the|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H5971". In|strong="H3068" particular|strong="H6106", the|strong="H5414" Egyptian|strong="H4713" officials|strong="H5650" and|strong="H4872" all|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" considered|strong="H5414" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5414" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H1419" man|strong="H1419". 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H3318" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4872"\+w*} said|strong="H3318", “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": ‘About|strong="H3541" midnight|strong="H2676" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tonight|strong="H3915"\+w*} I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3318" throughout|strong="H3605" Egypt|strong="H4714", 
\verseNumber{5}and|strong="H4714" I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H4714" cause|strong="H2600" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" firstborn|strong="H1060"/oldest|strong="H1060" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sons|strong="H1121"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" die|strong="H4191". That|strong="H3605" will|strong="H4714" include|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1060", the|strong="H3605" oldest|strong="H1060" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" slave|strong="H8198" women|strong="H8198" who|strong="H3605" grind|strong="H2912" grain|strong="H3605", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w oldest|strong="H1060"\+w* \+w sons|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w everyone|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w else|strong="H3605"\+w*}. I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H4714" also|strong="H6547" kill|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3605" oldest|strong="H1060" males|strong="H2145" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" Egyptians’ livestock|strong="H4735". 
\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" happens|strong="H1961", people|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H3605" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H1961" wail|strong="H3213" loudly|strong="H1419". They|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1961" never|strong="H3808" wailed|strong="H2199" like|strong="H3644" that|strong="H3605" before|strong="H3808", and|strong="H1419" they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" never|strong="H3808" wail|strong="H3213" like|strong="H3644" that|strong="H3605" again|strong="H3254". 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3808" among|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w so|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w quiet|strong="H8252"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w*} not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H5704" a|strong="H3478" dog|strong="H3611" will|strong="H3068" bark|strong="H2782"! Then|strong="H4616" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" for|strong="H5704" sure|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" I|strong="H5704", Yahweh|strong="H3068", distinguish|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w how|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w act|strong="H2782"\+w* \+w toward|strong="H5704"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" Egyptians|strong="H4714" and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w how|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w act|strong="H2782"\+w* \+w toward|strong="H5704"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H5650" of|strong="H5650" yours|strong="H5650" will|strong="H5971" come|strong="H3318" and|strong="H5971" bow|strong="H7812" down|strong="H3381" before|strong="H5973" me|strong="H3318" and|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" say|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" get|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*}, you|strong="H3605" and|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971"!”’ After|strong="H7272" that|strong="H5971", I|strong="H3651" will|strong="H5971" leave|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714"!” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H7272"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H3318"\+w*/\+w I|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w said|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*}, he|strong="H3651"/I|strong="H3651" very|strong="H3651" angrily|strong="H2195" left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H4616" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H7235", “The|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4616" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" any|strong="H3808" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559". The|strong="H8085" result|strong="H6903" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H4714" will|strong="H3068" perform|strong="H6213" more|strong="H7235" plagues|strong="H4347" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714".” 
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\verseNumber{10}Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3808" performed|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H6213" miracles|strong="H4159" in|strong="H3478" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H6440", but|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H6440" stubborn|strong="H5637", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" let|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" leave|strong="H5800" his|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh instructed Moses and Aaron about the Passover Festival }
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\chapterNumber{12}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H0413" there|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714", 
\verseNumber{2}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w From|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w now|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w on|strong="H7218"\+w*}, this|strong="H2088" month|strong="H2320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w be|strong="H8141"\+w*} the|strong="H8141" first|strong="H7223" month|strong="H2320" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H8141" year|strong="H8141" for|strong="H8141" you|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{3}Tell|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5712" that|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3478" each|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004", the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" heads|strong="H7218" the|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004" must|strong="H3947" select|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" lamb|strong="H7716" or|strong="H1004" a|strong="H3947" young|strong="H5288" goat|strong="H5795" for|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" household|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{4}If|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" are|strong="H1004" not|strong="H1961" enough|strong="H1767" people|strong="H5315" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3947" family|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H6310" a|strong="H1961" whole|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cooked|strong="H2102"\+w*} lamb|strong="H7716", then|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3947" family|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" family|strong="H1004" that|strong="H1931" lives|strong="H5315" next|strong="H5921" door|strong="H1004" may|strong="H1961" share|strong="H2506" one|strong="H1931" animal|strong="H1961". Decide|strong="H3198" how|strong="H4100" many|strong="H7227" lambs|strong="H7716" you|strong="H5921" need|strong="H4270" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" number|strong="H4373" of|strong="H1004" people|strong="H5315" in|strong="H5921" each|strong="H3947" family|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1004" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" how|strong="H4100" much|strong="H6310" each|strong="H3947" person|strong="H5315" can|strong="H3947" eat|strong="H6310". 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H3947" lambs|strong="H3532" or|strong="H1121" goats|strong="H5795" that|strong="H8141" you|strong="H3947" choose|strong="H3947" must|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" males|strong="H2145", one-year-old, and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H8141" must|strong="H1121" not|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" any|strong="H4480" defects. 
\verseNumber{6}You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3478" take|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w special|strong="H6381"\+w*} care|strong="H4931" of|strong="H3117" these|strong="H2088" animals|strong="H1961" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" 14th day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320". On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H6153" must|strong="H3478" slaughter|strong="H7819" the|strong="H3605" lambs|strong="H3532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w or|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w goats|strong="H5795"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" evening|strong="H6153". 
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\verseNumber{26}When|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3588" children|strong="H1121" ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H3588", ‘What|strong="H4100" does|strong="H4100" this|strong="H2063" ritual|strong="H3925" mean|strong="H2823"?’, 
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\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="H3651" the|strong="H6213" Israeli people|strong="H1121" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H6680" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" oldest|strong="H1419" Egyptian|strong="H4713" males|strong="H1121" }
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\verseNumber{29}At|strong="H3427" midnight|strong="H2677" Yahweh|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" oldest|strong="H1060" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" Egyptian|strong="H4714" people|strong="H3427", all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714". That|strong="H3605" included|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1060", the|strong="H3605" oldest|strong="H1060" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" prisoners|strong="H7628" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" dungeon|strong="H1004"/jail|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w oldest|strong="H1060"\+w* \+w sons|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w everyone|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w else|strong="H3605"\+w*}. He|strong="H5704" also|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" oldest|strong="H1060" males|strong="H2145" of|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Egyptians’ livestock|strong="H4735". 
\verseNumber{30}That|strong="H3588" night|strong="H3915" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H5650", and|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" Egyptian|strong="H4714" people|strong="H1931" awoke|strong="H3364" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w discovered|strong="H1540"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*}. They|strong="H3588" wailed|strong="H2199" loudly|strong="H1419" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H6965" Egypt|strong="H4714", because|strong="H3588" in|strong="H1004" every|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004", someone’s|strong="H0376" son|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1961" died|strong="H4191". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1931" left|strong="H1961" Egypt|strong="H4714" }
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\verseNumber{31}That|strong="H5971" night|strong="H3915" the|strong="H8432" king|strong="H4428" summoned|strong="H7121" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H7121" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H1696", “You|strong="H8432" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3212" the|strong="H8432" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H7121"\+w*} Israeli people|strong="H5971", must|strong="H1571" leave|strong="H3318" my|strong="H3068" country|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w immediately|strong="H6965"\+w*}! Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H1121" worship|strong="H5647" Yahweh|strong="H3068", as|strong="H1571" you|strong="H8432" requested|strong="H7592"! 
\verseNumber{32}Take|strong="H3947" your|strong="H3947" flocks|strong="H6629" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H6629"\+w* \+w sheep|strong="H6629"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w goats|strong="H5795"\+w*} and|strong="H3212" herds|strong="H1241" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H6629"\+w* \+w cattle|strong="H1241"\+w*}, and|strong="H3212" leave|strong="H5800"! And|strong="H3212" ask|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H1696" bless|strong="H1288" me|strong="H3947", also|strong="H1571"!” 
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\verseNumber{33}Then|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" did|strong="H5971" as|strong="H3588" Moses|strong="H3588"/I|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5921". They|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w*} their|strong="H3605" Egyptian|strong="H4713" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w neighbors|strong="H7934"\+w*} and|strong="H7971" asked|strong="H7971" them|strong="H5921" for|strong="H3588" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H7971" gold|strong="H2091" jewelry|strong="H3627" and|strong="H7971" clothing|strong="H3830". 
\verseNumber{34}Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" Egyptian|strong="H4713" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5921" greatly|strong="H3966" respect|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} people|strong="H5971", so|strong="H5375" they|strong="H5921" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5921" what|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" asked|strong="H7592" for|strong="H5921". In|strong="H5921" that|strong="H5971" way|strong="H5921", they|strong="H5921" carried|strong="H5375" away|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5921" wealth|strong="H2428" of|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5921" Egyptian|strong="H4713" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{35}The|strong="H6213" Egyptians|strong="H4714" urged|strong="H6484" the|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" leave|strong="H7592" their|strong="H6213" country|strong="H2022" quickly|strong="H4116". They|strong="H6213" said|strong="H1697", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1697"\+w*}, we|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3478" all|strong="H6213" die|strong="H1121"!” 
\verseNumber{36}So|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w prepared|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w leave|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w at|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w once|strong="H6471"\+w*}. They|strong="H3068" took|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" bowls|strong="H4219" in|strong="H3068" which|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" mixed|strong="H1101" the|strong="H5414" dough|strong="H1217" to|strong="H3068" make|strong="H5414" bread|strong="H3899", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" dough|strong="H1217" that|strong="H5971" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" bowls|strong="H4219" without|strong="H3808" any|strong="H5414" yeast|strong="H7603" in|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" wrapped|strong="H3874" the|strong="H5414" bowls|strong="H4219" in|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" cloaks|strong="H4304". They|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" bowls|strong="H4219" on|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" shoulders|strong="H3802" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w left|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{37}The|strong="H1121" Israeli people|strong="H1121" traveled|strong="H5265" from|strong="H5265" Rameses|strong="H7486" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" Succoth|strong="H5523" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H3478" about|strong="H3478" 600,000 men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" went|strong="H3478", in|strong="H3478" addition|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H1121" women|strong="H0802" and|strong="H3967" children|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{38}Many|strong="H7227" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H6154" who|strong="H7227" were|strong="H6629" not|strong="H1571" Israelis went|strong="H5927" along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5927" them|strong="H5927". There|strong="H5927" were|strong="H6629" also|strong="H1571" livestock|strong="H4735", the|strong="H5927" flocks|strong="H6629" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H6629"\+w* \+w sheep|strong="H6629"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6629"\+w* \+w goats|strong="H5795"\+w*} and|strong="H6629" herds|strong="H1241" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H6629"\+w* \+w cattle|strong="H4735"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{39}On|strong="H3318" their|strong="H3588" way|strong="H3201", they|strong="H3588" baked|strong="H0644" bread|strong="H4682" with|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" dough|strong="H1217" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" carried|strong="H6213" with|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" been|strong="H3808" expelled|strong="H1644" from|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714". The|strong="H3588" dough|strong="H1217" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1571" yeast|strong="H2556" in|strong="H6213" it|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H4714" told|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3318" leave|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714" so|strong="H6213" quickly|strong="H4116" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1571" enough|strong="H1571" time|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" get|strong="H3318" food|strong="H6720" ready|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3318" take|strong="H3318" with|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213", or|strong="H3808" enough|strong="H1571" time|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" mix|strong="H7543" yeast|strong="H2556" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" dough|strong="H1217". 
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\verseNumber{40}The|strong="H3427" Israeli people|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3478" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Egypt|strong="H4714" 430 years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{41}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" 430 years|strong="H8141" ended|strong="H1961", on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" very|strong="H6106" day|strong="H3117", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" left|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{42}It|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3318" night|strong="H3915" when|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068" ◄protected|strong="H3467"/guarded|strong="H8104" over|strong="H3318"► them|strong="H3318" as|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" brought|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714". So|strong="H3318" this|strong="H2088" same|strong="H1931" night|strong="H3915" every|strong="H3605" year|strong="H1121" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3318" night|strong="H3915" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" dedicated|strong="H6942" to|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068", a|strong="H3318" night|strong="H3915" when|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3478" every|strong="H3605" generation|strong="H1755" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w remember|strong="H2142"\+w* \+w how|strong="H4100"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" protected|strong="H3467" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001". 

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\verseNumber{43-44}Then|strong="H0227" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" this|strong="H2088" to|strong="H0413" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H3967" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H0413": “These|strong="H0428" are|strong="H3117" my|strong="H8104" instructions|strong="H1697" about|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" Passover|strong="H6453" ritual|strong="H3925": Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" let|strong="H7971" foreigners|strong="H1121" eat|strong="H0398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Passover|strong="H6453"\+w* \+w meal|strong="H7058"\+w*}. But|strong="H3588" any|strong="H3605" male|strong="H2145" slaves|strong="H5650" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H1961" bought|strong="H7069" may|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H5414" after|strong="H0310" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H1961" circumcised|strong="H4135" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{45}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" let|strong="H3808" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H7916" are|strong="H3808" living|strong="H2416" among|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" temporarily, or|strong="H3808" servants|strong="H5650" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" hired|strong="H7916", eat|strong="H0398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w Passover|strong="H6453"\+w* \+w meal|strong="H7058"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{46}Each|strong="H0376" family|strong="H1004" must|strong="H2351" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H4480" Passover|strong="H6453" meal|strong="H7058" inside|strong="H4480" their|strong="H7665" own|strong="H1961" house|strong="H1004". Do|strong="H3318" not|strong="H3808" take|strong="H3318" any|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H4480" food|strong="H1004" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H4480" house|strong="H1004". And|strong="H1004" do|strong="H3318" not|strong="H3808" break|strong="H7665" any|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H4480" bones|strong="H6106" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H4480" lamb|strong="H3532" that|strong="H4480" is|strong="H1320" sacrificed|strong="H2076". 
\verseNumber{47}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5712" must|strong="H3478" celebrate|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" festival|strong="H2282". 
\verseNumber{48}When|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H0376" from|strong="H3068" another|strong="H3808" country|strong="H2022" comes|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H1481" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3068" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H3068" celebrate|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Passover|strong="H6453" Festival|strong="H2282", circumcise|strong="H4135" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" males|strong="H2145" in|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" household|strong="H1004". Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3588" may|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3605" Passover|strong="H6453" meal|strong="H7058", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" treat|strong="H6213" those|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" as|strong="H1961" though|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" born|strong="H3808" as|strong="H1961" Israelis. But|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" men|strong="H2145" who|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H1961" circumcised|strong="H4135" to|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3605" Passover|strong="H6453" meal|strong="H7058". 
\verseNumber{49}These|strong="H0428" rules|strong="H4910" apply|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H1616" were|strong="H1961" born|strong="H3205" as|strong="H1961" Israelis and|strong="H8451" to|strong="H1961" foreigners|strong="H1616" who|strong="H1616" come|strong="H1961" and|strong="H8451" live|strong="H1481" among|strong="H8432" you|strong="H8432".” 
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\verseNumber{50}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" obeyed|strong="H8085" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H6213" and|strong="H1121" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{51}On|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" very|strong="H6106" day|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3318" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714". 

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\chapterNumber{13}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{2}“Set|strong="H6942" apart|strong="H6942" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" firstborn|strong="H1060" males|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H6942" may|strong="H3478" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H3605". The|strong="H3605" firstborn|strong="H1060" males|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1121" mine|strong="H3478".” 

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\verseNumber{3}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971", “Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117"! This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" leaving|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714". This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w freed|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3318"\+w*} being|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3068" slaves|strong="H5650". Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3588" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1004" Egypt|strong="H4714" by|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419" power|strong="H3027" [MTY]. Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" any|strong="H3588" bread|strong="H2557" that|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" yeast|strong="H7603" in|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whenever|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w celebrate|strong="H2142"\+w*} this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{4}You|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" leaving|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714" on|strong="H3117" this|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", which|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" first|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" month|strong="H2320" that|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Abib|strong="H0024". 
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\verseNumber{7}For|strong="H3117" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" bread|strong="H4682" that|strong="H7200" has|strong="H3117" yeast|strong="H7603" in|strong="H3117" it|strong="H7200". You|strong="H3605" should|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H7200" any|strong="H3605" yeast|strong="H7603" or|strong="H3808" bread|strong="H4682" made|strong="H3605" with|strong="H3117" yeast|strong="H7603" anywhere|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3117" your|strong="H3605" land|strong="H1366". 
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\verseNumber{11}Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" into|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3588" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Canaan|strong="H3669" live|strong="H3427", just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3588" promised|strong="H7650" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". When|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" gives|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588", 
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\verseNumber{13}You|strong="H3605" may|strong="H1121" keep|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3605" firstborn|strong="H1060" male|strong="H1121" donkeys|strong="H2543", but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H1121" buy|strong="H7069" them|strong="H1121" back|strong="H7725" by|strong="H3808" sacrificing|strong="H2076" a|strong="H3808" lamb|strong="H7716" as|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3808" substitute|strong="H8545" for|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" donkey|strong="H2543". If|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1121" buy|strong="H7069" back|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" donkey|strong="H2543", you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3808"\+w*} breaking|strong="H6524" its|strong="H3605" neck|strong="H6202". You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1121" buy|strong="H7069" back|strong="H7725" every|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" firstborn|strong="H1060" sons|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{14}In|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" future|strong="H0319", when|strong="H3588" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121" asks|strong="H7592", ‘What|strong="H4100" does|strong="H4100" this|strong="H2063" mean|strong="H2823"?’, you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H3027", ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3318" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714" with|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419" power|strong="H3027" [MTY], and|strong="H1121" freed|strong="H8199" us|strong="H3588" from|strong="H3318" being|strong="H1961" slaves|strong="H5650" there|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714" stubbornly|strong="H7185" refused|strong="H7971" to|strong="H5704" let|strong="H7971" them|strong="H5921" leave|strong="H5800" his|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022", so|strong="H3651" Yahweh|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" firstborn|strong="H1060" males|strong="H2145" in|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714", both|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" boys|strong="H3206" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" firstborn|strong="H1060" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" livestock|strong="H4735". That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" why|strong="H5921" we|strong="H3588" now|strong="H1961" sacrifice|strong="H2076" to|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" firstborn|strong="H1060" of|strong="H1121" our|strong="H3068" livestock|strong="H4735", but|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" buy|strong="H7069" back|strong="H7725" our|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" firstborn|strong="H1060" sons|strong="H1121".’ 
\verseNumber{16}I|strong="H3588" repeat|strong="H6286" that|strong="H3588" this|strong="H3588" ritual|strong="H3925" will|strong="H3068" remind|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3588" about|strong="H1961" how|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3318" our|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w*} out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714" by|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419" power|strong="H3027" [MTY]; it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" something|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" tie|strong="H6029" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" wrist or|strong="H3068" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" forehead|strong="H4696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w remind|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*}.” 

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\verseNumber{17}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*} let|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} people|strong="H5971" go|strong="H7971", God|strong="H3808" did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" lead|strong="H5148" them|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" go|strong="H7971" through|strong="H1870" the|strong="H7200" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1870" the|strong="H7200" Philistines|strong="H6430". That|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" shorter|strong="H7114" way|strong="H1870", but|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H1931" would|strong="H5971" be|strong="H1961" bad|strong="H7451" if|strong="H3588" my|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971" change|strong="H5162" their|strong="H7725" minds|strong="H5162" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" realize|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" fight|strong="H4421" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Philistines|strong="H6430"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w take|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w their|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w*}, and|strong="H7971" then|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w decide|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w*} return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Egypt|strong="H4714".” 
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\verseNumber{19}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3947"\+w*} take|strong="H3947" along|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3588" bones|strong="H6106" of|strong="H1121" Joseph|strong="H3130" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H3947"/us|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" Joseph|strong="H3130" long|strong="H0753" ago|strong="H7350" had|strong="H3478" made|strong="H7650" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121" promise|strong="H7650" solemnly|strong="H7650" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3478" do|strong="H2088" that|strong="H3588". He|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H3947", “God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H3478" enable|strong="H7980" your|strong="H3947" descendants|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" leave|strong="H5927" Egypt|strong="H4714". When|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" happens|strong="H1961", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" carry|strong="H5927" my|strong="H3947" bones|strong="H6106" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H2583" Israeli people|strong="H5971" left|strong="H5265" Succoth|strong="H5523" and|strong="H4057" traveled|strong="H5265" to|strong="H4057" Etham|strong="H0864", at|strong="H2583" the|strong="H2583" edge|strong="H7097" of|strong="H4057" the|strong="H2583" desert|strong="H4057", and|strong="H4057" they|strong="H1992" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5265" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H6440" tall|strong="H7311" cloud|strong="H6051" did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H4185" them|strong="H6440". It|strong="H6440" was|strong="H6051" always|strong="H3605" in|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440", as|strong="H5971" a|strong="H6440" bright|strong="H0934" white|strong="H3836" cloud|strong="H6051" in|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" daytime|strong="H3119" and|strong="H5971" like|strong="H3808" a|strong="H6440" fire|strong="H0784" at|strong="H6440" night|strong="H3915". 

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\chapterNumber{14}Then|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{2}“Tell|strong="H1696" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1696" turn|strong="H7725" around|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" go|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" and|strong="H1121" set|strong="H3478" up|strong="H5921" their|strong="H6440" tents|strong="H2583" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" Pi-Hahiroth|strong="H6367" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. That|strong="H3478" town|strong="H7151" is|strong="H3478" between|strong="H2583" Migdol|strong="H4024" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" sea|strong="H3220", across|strong="H5921" from|strong="H7725" Baal-Zephon|strong="H1189" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. Set|strong="H3478" up|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H7725", close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H6440" sea|strong="H3220". 
\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w knows|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w done|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3478"\+w*}, he|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3478" think|strong="H2803", ‘The|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1992" confused|strong="H1101". They|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" wandering|strong="H8582" around|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" desert|strong="H4057" blocks|strong="H4383" their|strong="H1992" path|strong="H0734".’ 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" stubborn|strong="H5637" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w take|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} pursue|strong="H7291" you|strong="H3588". Then|strong="H3651" my|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3045" will|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H3588"/thank|strong="H3034" me|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" winning a|strong="H6213" victory|strong="H8668" over|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428". And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Egyptians|strong="H4713" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w power|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}.” So|strong="H3651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Moses|strong="H3588"\+w*/\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w told|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3045" he|strong="H3588"/I|strong="H3588" told|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213". 

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\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H5971" had|strong="H3478" left|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w during|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w night|strong="H3915"\+w*}, he|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H7971" officials|strong="H5650" changed|strong="H2015" their|strong="H5647" minds|strong="H3824" and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559", “◄What|strong="H4100" have|strong="H5971" we|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213"?/What|strong="H4100" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" done|strong="H6213" was|strong="H3478" stupid|strong="H1197"!► [RHQ] The|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H4428" no|strong="H6213" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3478" our|strong="H5650" slaves|strong="H5650"!” 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" got|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947" chariot|strong="H7393" and|strong="H5971" his|strong="H3947" army|strong="H5971" ready|strong="H3559". 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3605" selected|strong="H3947" 600 of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" best|strong="H2459" chariots|strong="H7393", and|strong="H3967" in|strong="H5921" each|strong="H3605" chariot|strong="H7393" he|strong="H3605" placed|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" driver|strong="H7395", a|strong="H3947" soldier|strong="H6635", and|strong="H3967" a|strong="H3947" commander|strong="H8269", and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H5921" left|strong="H7604". Other|strong="H3605" chariots|strong="H7393", with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" driver|strong="H7395" and|strong="H3967" a|strong="H3947" soldier|strong="H6635" in|strong="H5921" each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", also|strong="H1571" went|strong="H4714" along|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{8}Because|strong="H3027" Yahweh|strong="H3068" made|strong="H2388" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714" so|strong="H3318" stubborn|strong="H5637" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" army|strong="H2428" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" pursue|strong="H7291" the|strong="H3068" Israelis, who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" leaving|strong="H3318" triumphantly|strong="H5970", 
\verseNumber{9}the|strong="H3605" Egyptian|strong="H4713" army|strong="H2428", with|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H7393" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H7393" horsemen|strong="H6571", pursued|strong="H7291" the|strong="H3605" Israelis. They|strong="H5921" caught|strong="H5381" up|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" as|strong="H6440" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H5483" camped|strong="H2583" near|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" sea|strong="H3220", close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H5921" Pi-Hahiroth|strong="H6367", in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" Baal-Zephon|strong="H1189" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{10}When|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5375" king’s|strong="H4428" army|strong="H2428" got|strong="H6965" near|strong="H7126", the|strong="H5375" Israeli people|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" surprised|strong="H8610" to|strong="H3478" see|strong="H2009" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5375" Egyptians|strong="H4713" were|strong="H3478" marching|strong="H5265" toward|strong="H3068" them|strong="H7126". They|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" terrified|strong="H3966"; so|strong="H5375" they|strong="H3068" cried|strong="H6817" out|strong="H5265" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7126"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H3318" they|strong="H4100" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H6213", “Is|strong="H4100" it|strong="H6213" because|strong="H1097" there|strong="H1097" were|strong="H4714" no|strong="H6213" places|strong="H1116" in|strong="H6213" Egypt|strong="H4714" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w we|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w could|strong="H4100"\+w*} be|strong="H4191" buried|strong="H6213" that|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3947" have|strong="H4057" brought|strong="H3318" us|strong="H6213" here|strong="H2063" to|strong="H3318" die|strong="H4191" in|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063" desert|strong="H4057" [RHQ]? Look|strong="H7200" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3947" have|strong="H4057" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3318" us|strong="H6213" by|strong="H3318" bringing|strong="H3318" us|strong="H6213" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4057" Egypt|strong="H4714" [RHQ]! 
\verseNumber{12}That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2088" what|strong="H1697" we|strong="H3588" told|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1697" in|strong="H4191" Egypt|strong="H4714"! We|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696", ‘Leave|strong="H2308" us|strong="H3588" alone|strong="H2308", and|strong="H4714" let|strong="H3808" us|strong="H3588" work|strong="H5647" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Egyptians|strong="H4714" [RHQ]!’ It|strong="H3588" would|strong="H1697" have|strong="H1697" been|strong="H5647" better|strong="H2896" for|strong="H3588" us|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H4191" slaves|strong="H5647" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Egyptians|strong="H4714" than|strong="H4480" to|strong="H1696" die|strong="H4191" here|strong="H2088" in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3588" desert|strong="H4057"!” 
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\verseNumber{13}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971", “Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" afraid|strong="H3372"! Be|strong="H3808" brave|strong="H2428", and|strong="H4872" see|strong="H7200" how|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3588"! He|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" save|strong="H3444" you|strong="H3588" today|strong="H3117", and|strong="H4872" the|strong="H7200" result|strong="H6903" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" Egyptians|strong="H4713" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" looking|strong="H7200" at|strong="H3068" today|strong="H3117"—you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" them|strong="H6213" again|strong="H5750"! 
\verseNumber{14}Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898" for|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3898"! Just|strong="H3512" keep|strong="H2790" quiet|strong="H2790". There|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" nothing|strong="H2790" else|strong="H5750" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3898" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068".” 

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\verseNumber{15-16}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H0413", “Tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H0413" stop|strong="H2308" crying|strong="H1058" out|strong="H3318" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H0413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*}, and|strong="H3967" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H1980" forward|strong="H5265". Lift|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5927" your|strong="H3068" stick|strong="H6086" and|strong="H3967" stretch|strong="H5186" it|strong="H5414" out|strong="H3318" toward|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" sea|strong="H3220". The|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" will|strong="H3068" divide|strong="H2505", so|strong="H3651" that|strong="H0834" all|strong="H3605" you|strong="H0859" Israeli people|strong="H5971" can|strong="H4310" go|strong="H1980" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" sea|strong="H3220", walking|strong="H1980" on|strong="H5921" dry|strong="H3004" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{17}I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3820" make|strong="H3513" the|strong="H3605" Egyptians|strong="H4713" stubborn|strong="H5637", so|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3820" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H3820" follow|strong="H0310" you|strong="H3605". And|strong="H7393" then|strong="H3605" as|strong="H3605" a|strong="H2388" result|strong="H6903" of|strong="H3820" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w I|strong="H2005"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H7393" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" and|strong="H7393" his|strong="H3605" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H7393" his|strong="H3605" horsemen|strong="H6571", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3820"\+w*} will|strong="H3820" praise|strong="H1984"/thank|strong="H3034" me|strong="H2388". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" won|strong="H1589" a|strong="H3588" glorious|strong="H3513" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w victory|strong="H8668"\+w*} over|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" horsemen|strong="H6571", the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} Egyptians|strong="H4713" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="H6440" God|strong="H0430", who|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1980" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H5971", moved|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" went|strong="H1980" behind|strong="H5975" them|strong="H6440". The|strong="H6440" tall|strong="H7311" bright|strong="H0934" cloud|strong="H6051" that|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1980" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440" also|strong="H3478" moved|strong="H1980" behind|strong="H5975" them|strong="H6440", 
\verseNumber{20}until|strong="H5704" it|strong="H7126" was|strong="H1961" between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H3605" Egyptian|strong="H4714" army|strong="H4264" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3808". The|strong="H3605" cloud|strong="H6051" caused|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" Egyptian|strong="H4714" army|strong="H4264" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" dark|strong="H2822" but|strong="H3808" it|strong="H7126" gave|strong="H1961" light|strong="H0216" for|strong="H4714" the|strong="H3605" Israelis. As|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H6903", neither|strong="H3808" group|strong="H7235" could|strong="H2088" come|strong="H1961" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H2088" group|strong="H7235" during|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915". 
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\verseNumber{21}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w evening|strong="H3915"\+w*}, Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" stretched|strong="H5186" out|strong="H5186" his|strong="H3605"/my|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" toward|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sea|strong="H3220". Then|strong="H4872" Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7760" strong|strong="H5794" wind|strong="H7307" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" east|strong="H6921". It|strong="H7760" blew|strong="H8628" all|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915" and|strong="H4872" pushed|strong="H1920" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" apart|strong="H7307", and|strong="H4872" it|strong="H7760" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H2724" between|strong="H7307" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H3068" dry|strong="H2724" up|strong="H7760". 
\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H1121" we|strong="H0587" Israeli people|strong="H1121" went|strong="H3478" on|strong="H3220" the|strong="H8432" dry|strong="H3004" land|strong="H3004" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8432" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8432" sea|strong="H3220". The|strong="H8432" water|strong="H4325" was|strong="H3478" like|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" wall|strong="H2346" on|strong="H3220" each|strong="H0376" side|strong="H3225" of|strong="H1121" us|strong="H3478", on|strong="H3220" the|strong="H8432" right|strong="H3225" side|strong="H3225" and|strong="H1121" on|strong="H3220" the|strong="H8432" left|strong="H8040" side|strong="H3225". 
\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Egyptian|strong="H4713" army|strong="H2428" pursued|strong="H7291" them|strong="H7291", and|strong="H7393" went|strong="H7291" after|strong="H7291" them|strong="H7291" into|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" sea|strong="H3220", with|strong="H3220" their|strong="H3605" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H7393" their|strong="H3605" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H7393" the|strong="H3605" chariot-drivers. 
\verseNumber{24}Just|strong="H3512" before|strong="H1961" dawn|strong="H1242", Yahweh|strong="H3068" looked|strong="H8259" down|strong="H8259" from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" fiery|strong="H5135" cloud|strong="H6051", and|strong="H3068" then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3068" Egyptian|strong="H4713" army|strong="H4264" to|strong="H3068" panic|strong="H2865". 
\verseNumber{25}He|strong="H3588" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" wheels|strong="H0212" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" chariots|strong="H4818" to|strong="H3478" get|strong="H5493" stuck|strong="H1692" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w mud|strong="H2916"\+w*}, so|strong="H5493" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" could|strong="H3201" hardly|strong="H0389" move|strong="H5493". So|strong="H5493" the|strong="H6440" Egyptians|strong="H4714" said|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" fighting|strong="H3898" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" Israelis and|strong="H3478" against|strong="H3898" us|strong="H6440"; let’s|strong="H1980" get|strong="H5493" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" here|strong="H6311"!” 
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\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H4872" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H7725", “Stretch|strong="H5186" out|strong="H5186" your|strong="H3068" arm|strong="H3027" toward|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sea|strong="H3220" again|strong="H7725". Then|strong="H4872" the|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Egyptians|strong="H4714" and|strong="H4872" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3068" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H4872" their|strong="H3068" horsemen|strong="H6571".” 
\verseNumber{27}So|strong="H7725" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" stretched|strong="H5186" out|strong="H5186" his|strong="H3068"/my|strong="H3068" arm|strong="H3027", and|strong="H4872" as|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" sun|strong="H8121" was|strong="H3068" rising|strong="H4217", the|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" its|strong="H5921" normal|strong="H0386" level|strong="H4334". The|strong="H5921" Egyptians|strong="H4714" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H7725" escape|strong="H5127", but|strong="H6437" Yahweh|strong="H3068" hurled|strong="H2904" them|strong="H5921" back|strong="H7725" into|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" sea|strong="H3220". 
\verseNumber{28}The|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" returned|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7725" covered|strong="H3680" the|strong="H3605" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" horsemen|strong="H6571" and|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" Egyptian|strong="H4713" army|strong="H2428" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H6547" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H5704" follow|strong="H0310" us|strong="H7725" Israelis into|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" sea|strong="H3220". Every|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4325" the|strong="H3605" Egyptians|strong="H4714" drowned|strong="H2883". 
\verseNumber{29}But|strong="H3225" we|strong="H1980" Israeli people|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3478" already|strong="H1980" crossed|strong="H5674" through|strong="H8432" the|strong="H8432" sea|strong="H3220" by|strong="H3478" walking|strong="H1980" on|strong="H1980" dry|strong="H3004" ground|strong="H3004", with|strong="H1980" the|strong="H8432" water|strong="H4325" being|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w two|strong="H1980"\+w*} walls|strong="H2346", one|strong="H1121" on|strong="H1980" the|strong="H8432" right|strong="H3225" side|strong="H3225" and|strong="H1121" one|strong="H1121" on|strong="H1980" the|strong="H8432" left|strong="H8040" side|strong="H3225". 
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\verseNumber{30}That|strong="H7200" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" way|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" saved|strong="H3467" theIsraeli people|strong="H1931" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Egyptian|strong="H4714" army|strong="H2428" on|strong="H5921" that|strong="H7200" day|strong="H3117". The|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1931" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" Egyptians|strong="H4714" lying|strong="H8267" dead|strong="H4191", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w bodies|strong="H6297"\+w* \+w washed|strong="H7364"\+w* \+w up|strong="H7200"\+w*} on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" shore|strong="H8193". 
\verseNumber{31}The|strong="H7200" Israelis saw|strong="H7200" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7200" Egyptians|strong="H4714" by|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419" power|strong="H3027" [MTY], and|strong="H4872" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" awe|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". They|strong="H3068" trusted|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H4872" they|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" trusted|strong="H0982" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H7200". 

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\chapterNumber{15}Then|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3588" sang|strong="H7891" this|strong="H2063" song|strong="H7892", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121" sang|strong="H7891" with|strong="H3068" him|strong="H4872": 
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“I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" sing|strong="H7891" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" triumphed|strong="H1342" gloriously|strong="H1342"; 
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He|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" thrown|strong="H7411" the|strong="H3588" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3068" riders|strong="H7392" into|strong="H3220" the|strong="H3588" sea|strong="H3220"! 
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\verseNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H1961" one|strong="H2088" who|strong="H2088" makes|strong="H7311" me|strong="H7311" strong|strong="H5797", and|strong="H5797" he|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H1961" one|strong="H2088" I|strong="H2088" sing|strong="H7891" about|strong="H1961". 
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He|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H1961" one|strong="H2088" who|strong="H2088" has|strong="H1961" saved|strong="H3467" me|strong="H7311". 
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He|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" ◄my|strong="H1961" God|strong="H3050"/God|strong="H3050", the|strong="H1961" one|strong="H2088" I|strong="H2088" worship|strong="H7812"►, and|strong="H5797" I|strong="H2088" will|strong="H1961" praise|strong="H7311" him|strong="H2088". 
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He|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H1961" one|strong="H2088" my|strong="H1961" father|strong="H0001" worshiped|strong="H7812", 
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and|strong="H5797" I|strong="H2088" will|strong="H1961" tell|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w others|strong="H0312"\+w*} how|strong="H3444" great|strong="H1419" he|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088". 
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\verseNumber{3}Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" warrior|strong="H4421"; 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034". 
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\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H3220" has|strong="H3220" thrown|strong="H7993" the|strong="H3384" king’s|strong="H4428" chariots|strong="H4818" and|strong="H6547" his|strong="H6547" army|strong="H2428" 
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into|strong="H3220" the|strong="H3384" sea|strong="H3220"; 
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His|strong="H6547" best|strong="H2459" officers|strong="H7991" 
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all|strong="H3605" drowned|strong="H2883" in|strong="H3220" the|strong="H3384" Red|strong="H5488" Sea|strong="H3220" (OR|strong="H0176", Gulf of|strong="H2428" Suez). 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H3680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w water|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w covered|strong="H3680"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} a|strong="H3644" flood|strong="H3999"; 
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they|strong="H3644" sank|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3680" bottom|strong="H4688" like|strong="H3644" a|strong="H3644" stone|strong="H0068". 
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\verseNumber{6}O|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3225" arm|strong="H2220" has|strong="H3068" awesome|strong="H3372" power|strong="H3581"; 
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with|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" power|strong="H3581" [MTY], O|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3581" have|strong="H3068" crushed|strong="H7533"/smashed|strong="H7665" the|strong="H3068" enemy|strong="H0340" into|strong="H0413" pieces|strong="H7492". 
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\verseNumber{7}You|strong="H7971" have|strong="H1961" gloriously|strong="H1342" defeated|strong="H5221" your|strong="H7971" enemies|strong="H6965". 
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Because|strong="H7230" you|strong="H7971" were|strong="H0834" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H6965" them|strong="H7971", you|strong="H7971" have|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w destroyed|strong="H2040"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7971"\+w*} 
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like|strong="H3644" a|strong="H7971" fire|strong="H0784" burns|strong="H8313" up|strong="H6965" straw|strong="H7179" [SIM]. 
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\verseNumber{8}You|strong="H3644" blew|strong="H8628" on|strong="H3220" the|strong="H5324" sea|strong="H3220", 
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and|strong="H4325" the|strong="H5324" water|strong="H4325" piled|strong="H6192" up|strong="H5324" high|strong="H1116"; 
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the|strong="H5324" water|strong="H4325" stood|strong="H5324" up|strong="H5324" like|strong="H3644" two|strong="H3220" walls|strong="H2346". 
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In|strong="H3220" the|strong="H5324" deepest part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H7307" the|strong="H5324" sea|strong="H3220" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5324"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w*} became|strong="H3205" thick|strong="H6205"/solid|strong="H2389", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} it|strong="H7307" was|strong="H3820" frozen|strong="H4164". 
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\verseNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Our|strong="H4390"\+w*} enemies|strong="H3027" said|strong="H0559", ‘We|strong="H5315" will|strong="H2719" pursue|strong="H7291" them|strong="H3027" 
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and|strong="H3027" catch|strong="H5381" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3027" them|strong="H3027". 
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We|strong="H5315" will|strong="H2719" draw|strong="H7324" our|strong="H4390" swords|strong="H2719" 
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and|strong="H3027" strike|strong="H3027" them|strong="H3027". 
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After|strong="H7291" we|strong="H5315" defeat|strong="H5221" them|strong="H3027", 
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we|strong="H5315" will|strong="H2719" divide|strong="H2505" up|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3423" spoils|strong="H7998". 
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We|strong="H5315" will|strong="H2719" take|strong="H3423" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3027"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" we|strong="H5315" want|strong="H5315".’ 
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\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H4325" you|strong="H4325" blew|strong="H5398" on|strong="H3220" them|strong="H7307" with|strong="H3680" your|strong="H3680" breath|strong="H7307", 
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and|strong="H4325" then|strong="H7307" the|strong="H3680" sea|strong="H3220" covered|strong="H3680" them|strong="H7307". 
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They|strong="H5777" sank|strong="H6749" like|strong="H7307" lead|strong="H5777"/rocks|strong="H5553" in|strong="H3220" the|strong="H3680" big|strong="H0931" waves|strong="H4325". 
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\verseNumber{11}Yahweh|strong="H3068", among|strong="H4310" their|strong="H3068" gods|strong="H0430", there|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H6213" god|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3644" you|strong="H6213" [RHQ]! 
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You|strong="H6213" are|strong="H3068" glorious|strong="H8597", completely|strong="H3617" different|strong="H8133" from|strong="H3068" all|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213". 
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◄There|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H6213" god|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3644" you|strong="H6213"!/What|strong="H4310" god|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3644" you|strong="H6213"?► [RHQ] 
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There|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H6213" one|strong="H6213" who|strong="H4310" can|strong="H4310" perform|strong="H6213" all|strong="H6213" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="H3068" miracles|strong="H6381" [DOU] like|strong="H3644" you|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" [RHQ]! 
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\verseNumber{12}When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H5186" stretched|strong="H5186" out|strong="H5186" your|strong="H5186" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3225", 
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the|strong="H5186" earth|strong="H0776" swallowed|strong="H1104" up|strong="H1104" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="H5186"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} 
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\verseNumber{13}You|strong="H5971" faithfully|strong="H2617" loved|strong="H0157" the|strong="H5971" people|strong="H5971" you|strong="H5971" rescued|strong="H5337"; 
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with|strong="H5971" your|strong="H1350" power|strong="H5797" you|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" leading|strong="H7218" them|strong="H5148" to|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5971" land|strong="H5116" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" set|strong="H6944" apart|strong="H6944". 
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\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} nations|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" hear|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w have|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}; 
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and|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" tremble|strong="H7264". 
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The|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3427" Philistia|strong="H6429" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H5971" terrified|strong="H0926". 
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\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H3605" chiefs|strong="H0441" in|strong="H3427" Edom|strong="H0112" will|strong="H4124" be|strong="H3667" dismayed|strong="H2865". 
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The|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" in|strong="H3427" Moab|strong="H4124" will|strong="H4124" be|strong="H3667" so|strong="H3427" afraid|strong="H3372", they|strong="H3605" will|strong="H4124" shake|strong="H7493". All|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Canaan|strong="H3667" will|strong="H4124" faint|strong="H4127". 
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\verseNumber{16}They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" terrified|strong="H0926" and|strong="H3068" fearful|strong="H3372" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419" strength|strong="H2220" [MTY]. 
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But|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" as|strong="H5704" silent|strong="H1826" as|strong="H5704" stones|strong="H0068" 
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until|strong="H5704" your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" march|strong="H1980" past|strong="H5674" them|strong="H5921", 
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the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" you|strong="H5921" freed|strong="H5674" from|strong="H5921" being|strong="H5971" slaves|strong="H5650" in|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714", 
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\verseNumber{17}to|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Canaan|strong="H3667"\+w* \+w land|strong="H5159"\+w*}. 
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You|strong="H3027" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" them|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" [MET|strong="H6298"] on|strong="H3427" your|strong="H3068" hill|strong="H2022", 
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at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3068" place|strong="H4349" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3027", O|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" your|strong="H3068" home|strong="H3068", 
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in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3068" ◄holy|strong="H4720" place|strong="H4349"/temple|strong="H4720"► 
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that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3027" yourself|strong="H3559" will|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129". 
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\verseNumber{18}O|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H5769" will|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H4427" forever|strong="H5769"! 
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\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121" walked|strong="H1980" through|strong="H8432" the|strong="H5921" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" sea|strong="H3220" on|strong="H5921" dry|strong="H3004" ground|strong="H3004". But|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H1121" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H1121" horsemen|strong="H6571" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" through|strong="H8432" the|strong="H5921" sea|strong="H3220", Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H1980" come|strong="H1980" back|strong="H7725" and|strong="H1121" cover|strong="H3680" them|strong="H5921".” 
\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H3318" Miriam|strong="H4813", who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3027" Aaron’s|strong="H0175" older|strong="H1419" sister|strong="H0269" and|strong="H3027" a|strong="H3947" ◄prophetess|strong="H5031"/woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H3605" spoke|strong="H1696" messages|strong="H2372" that|strong="H3605" came|strong="H3318" directly|strong="H5227" from|strong="H3318" God|strong="H3027"►, picked|strong="H5375" up|strong="H3318" her|strong="H3605" tambourine|strong="H8596", 
\verseNumber{21}and|strong="H3068" she|strong="H3588" sang|strong="H7891" this|strong="H3588" song|strong="H7891" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068": 
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“Sing|strong="H7891" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", 
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because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" triumphed|strong="H1342" gloriously|strong="H1342" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w over|strong="H3220"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}. 
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He|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" thrown|strong="H7411" the|strong="H3588" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" riders|strong="H7392" into|strong="H3220" the|strong="H3588" sea|strong="H3220".” 

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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H3318" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3117" led|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3117" Israeli people|strong="H3808" away|strong="H3212" from|strong="H5265" the|strong="H3117" Red|strong="H5488" Sea|strong="H3220" (OR|strong="H3808", Gulf of|strong="H3117" Suez). They|strong="H3117"/we|strong="H3117" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3117" desert|strong="H4057" at|strong="H3478" Shur|strong="H7793". They|strong="H3117"/We|strong="H3117" walked|strong="H3212" for|strong="H4325" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3117"/we|strong="H3117" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" any|strong="H3318" water|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H3651" they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w and|strong="H8354"\+w*} came|strong="H4325" to|strong="H3201" a|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w place|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Marah|strong="H4785". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w There|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w was|strong="H8034"\+w*} water|strong="H4325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="H1992"\+w*, \+w but|strong="H3588"\+w*} they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H3588" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" it|strong="H7121", because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H7121" was|strong="H8034" bitter|strong="H4751". That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H8034" why|strong="H5921" they|strong="H1992" named|strong="H7121" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4725" Marah|strong="H4785", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w is|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3651"\+w* ‘bitter’}. 
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\verseNumber{25}So|strong="H7760" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H7760" prayed|strong="H6419" earnestly|strong="H7592" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Then|strong="H7760" Yahweh|strong="H3068" showed|strong="H3384" him|strong="H7760"/me|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" tree|strong="H6086". So|strong="H7760" he|strong="H8033"/I|strong="H7760" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H7993" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w branches|strong="H6086"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" threw|strong="H7993" it|strong="H7760" into|strong="H4941" the|strong="H3068" water|strong="H4325", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" water|strong="H4325" became|strong="H4985" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" drink|strong="H8354". There|strong="H8033" at|strong="H3068" Marah|strong="H4785", Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H7760" them|strong="H7760" various|strong="H2921" laws|strong="H2706" to|strong="H3068" direct|strong="H3384" their|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315". He|strong="H8033" also|strong="H3068" tested|strong="H5254" them|strong="H7760" there|strong="H8033", to|strong="H3068" determine|strong="H7760" if|strong="H7760" they|strong="H8033" would|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H8085" him|strong="H7760", 
\verseNumber{26}by|strong="H5921" saying|strong="H6963", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" carefully|strong="H6213" obey|strong="H8085" me|strong="H5921" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" speak|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" are|strong="H5869" right|strong="H3477", and|strong="H3068" pay|strong="H7760" close|strong="H5980" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" command|strong="H4687" you|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" keep|strong="H8104" you|strong="H3588" from|strong="H5921" being|strong="H8104" afflicted|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" diseases|strong="H4245" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" brought|strong="H7760" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Egyptians|strong="H4714". Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" heals|strong="H7495" you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{27}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w they|strong="H8033"\+w*/\+w we|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w left|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w Marah|strong="H4785"\+w*}, they|strong="H8033"/we|strong="H8033" came|strong="H4325" to|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w place|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w named|strong="H5921"\+w*} Elim|strong="H0362". There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H4325" twelve|strong="H8147" springs|strong="H4599" of|strong="H5869" water|strong="H4325" and|strong="H5869" 70 palm|strong="H8558" trees|strong="H8558" there|strong="H8033". So|strong="H5921" they|strong="H8033"/we|strong="H8033" camped|strong="H2583" there|strong="H8033". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh gave them quail and manna to eat }
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\chapterNumber{16}They|strong="H3117"/We|strong="H3117" left|strong="H3318" Elim|strong="H0362", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" came|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H4057" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Sin|strong="H5512". That|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3117" between|strong="H0996" Elim|strong="H0362" and|strong="H1121" Sinai|strong="H5514" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*}. That|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3478" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" fifteenth|strong="H2568" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" second|strong="H8145" month|strong="H2320" after|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117"/we|strong="H3117" left|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{2}There|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H4057", the|strong="H3605" Israeli [HYP] people|strong="H1121" complained|strong="H7878" to|strong="H3478" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{3}They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H5414"/us|strong="H5414", “We|strong="H3588" wish|strong="H4310" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H4191" us|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3427" Egypt|strong="H4714"! There|strong="H3427" we|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" meat|strong="H1320" to|strong="H3318" eat|strong="H3899", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" bread|strong="H3899" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" wanted|strong="H2654". But|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3318" us|strong="H5414" into|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" desert|strong="H4057" in|strong="H3427" order|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" starve|strong="H7329" to|strong="H3318" death|strong="H4191"!” 
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\verseNumber{4}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3318" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H4480", “Listen|strong="H2005" to|strong="H3318" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H3068" going|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H3068" going|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" send|strong="H4305" something|strong="H1697" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3068" sky|strong="H8064" that|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w take|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w place|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} bread|strong="H3899" for|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3212" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3117". When|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H5971", the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" must|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3212" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" tents|strong="H0168" every|strong="H3212" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H4872" gather|strong="H3950" just|strong="H1697" enough|strong="H1767" to|strong="H3318" eat|strong="H3899" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H5971" day|strong="H3117". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*}, I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H3318" whether|strong="H4480" they|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H8451" my|strong="H3068" instructions|strong="H1697" or|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{5}On|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sixth|strong="H8345" day|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w start|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w*}, they|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1961" gather|strong="H3950" twice|strong="H4932" as|strong="H3117" much|strong="H4932" as|strong="H3117" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H4932" days|strong="H3117", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w gather|strong="H3950"\+w* \+w any|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w seventh|strong="H7637"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3117" can|strong="H4310" prepare|strong="H3559" it|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* 6th \+w and|strong="H3117"\+w* 7th \+w days|strong="H3117"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H3318" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121", “This|strong="H3588" evening|strong="H6153" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w*}, who|strong="H3605" brought|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3588" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3068" tomorrow|strong="H1242" morning|strong="H1242" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" how|strong="H4100" great|strong="H1419" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" complained|strong="H7878" about|strong="H5921". He|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H3588" whom|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" really|strong="H2088" complained|strong="H7878" to|strong="H3068", because|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4100" just|strong="H3512" his|strong="H3068" servants|strong="H5650".” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H5414" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H8085", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w From|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w now|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w*, \+w each|strong="H5414"\+w*} evening|strong="H6153" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" meat|strong="H1320" to|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H3899", and|strong="H4872" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w each|strong="H5414"\+w*} morning|strong="H1242" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w something|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w take|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w place|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} bread|strong="H3899", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" complained|strong="H7878" about|strong="H5921". Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" really|strong="H2088" complained|strong="H7878", not|strong="H3808" us|strong="H5414". We|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4100" just|strong="H3512" his|strong="H5414" servants|strong="H5650".” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" Aaron|strong="H0175", “Tell|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121", ‘Come|strong="H7126" and|strong="H1121" stand|strong="H7126" here|strong="H6311" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3605" complaining|strong="H7879" about|strong="H8085".’” 
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\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H1961" Aaron|strong="H0175" told|strong="H1696" them|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200". And|strong="H1121" as|strong="H1961" Aaron|strong="H0175" was|strong="H3068" talking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121", they|strong="H3068" looked|strong="H7200" toward|strong="H6437" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H4057", and|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" surprised|strong="H8610" to|strong="H1696" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" ◄dazzling|strong="H6703" light|strong="H0216"/incredible brightness|strong="H5051"► of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" cloud|strong="H6051" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w leading|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7200"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{12}“I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H3045" the|strong="H8085" Israeli people|strong="H1121" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" complaining|strong="H7879" about|strong="H8085". So|strong="H3588" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H8085", ‘From|strong="H3478" now|strong="H3588" on|strong="H3068", each|strong="H0376" evening|strong="H6153", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" meat|strong="H1320" to|strong="H1696" eat|strong="H3899". And|strong="H1121" each|strong="H0376" morning|strong="H1242" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" something|strong="H3899" that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8085" place|strong="H4725" of|strong="H1121" bread|strong="H3899". You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" of|strong="H1121" it|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1696" eat|strong="H3899".’ Then|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{13}That|strong="H1961" evening|strong="H6153", ◄quails|strong="H7958"/small|strong="H6996" plump|strong="H1277" birds|strong="H5775"► appeared|strong="H1961", and|strong="H1242" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w so|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1961"\+w*} they|strong="H1242" covered|strong="H3680" the|strong="H3680" campsite. The|strong="H3680" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w something|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} dew|strong="H2919" all|strong="H5439" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3680" campsite. 
\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H5927" the|strong="H6440" dew|strong="H2919" evaporated|strong="H5927", on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" surface|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" desert|strong="H4057" there|strong="H2009" was|strong="H6440" a|strong="H5927" thick|strong="H6205" layer|strong="H7902" of|strong="H6440" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5927" looked|strong="H6440" like|strong="H4057" white|strong="H3836" flakes|strong="H4651". It|strong="H5921" looked|strong="H6440" like|strong="H4057" frost|strong="H3713". 
\verseNumber{15}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" Israeli people|strong="H1121" saw|strong="H7200" it|strong="H5414", since|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w never|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w seen|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w before|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} did|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" it|strong="H5414" was|strong="H3068", they|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" each|strong="H5414" other|strong="H0312", “What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5414"?” Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H5414", “It|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3068" something|strong="H3899" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3478" eat|strong="H3899", to|strong="H3478" take|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7200" place|strong="H5414" of|strong="H1121" bread|strong="H3899". 
\verseNumber{16}This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680": ‘Each|strong="H3947" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6680" should|strong="H3068" gather|strong="H3950" as|strong="H1697" much|strong="H6310" as|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6680" need|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H6310". Gather|strong="H3950" two|strong="H3947" quarts/liters for|strong="H3068" each|strong="H3947" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315" in|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" tents|strong="H0168".’” 
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\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" what|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" Israeli people|strong="H1121" did|strong="H6213". Some|strong="H4480" gathered|strong="H3950" more|strong="H7235" and|strong="H1121" some|strong="H4480" gathered|strong="H3950" less|strong="H4591". 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H3808" when|strong="H7235" they|strong="H3808" measured|strong="H4058" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w had|strong="H7235"\+w* \+w gathered|strong="H3950"\+w*}, those|strong="H1992" that|strong="H3808" had|strong="H7235" gathered|strong="H3950" a|strong="H4058" lot|strong="H1486" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" anything|strong="H3808" left|strong="H5736" over|strong="H5736". And|strong="H6310" those|strong="H1992" that|strong="H3808" gathered|strong="H3950" less|strong="H4591" still|strong="H5750" had|strong="H7235" enough|strong="H1767" to|strong="H6310" eat|strong="H6310". Each|strong="H4058" person|strong="H5315" gathered|strong="H3950" just|strong="H6310" what|strong="H6310" they|strong="H3808" needed|strong="H1767". 
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\verseNumber{19}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5704" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" them|strong="H5704", “Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5704" leave|strong="H3498" any|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" it|strong="H1242" to|strong="H5704" eat|strong="H0398" tomorrow|strong="H1242" morning|strong="H1242"!” 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H3808" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" them|strong="H5921" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" any|strong="H4480" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5704" what|strong="H8085" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5704" said|strong="H8085". They|strong="H5921" kept|strong="H8104" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" it|strong="H5921" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" next|strong="H5921" morning|strong="H1242". But|strong="H3808" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H4872" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H4480" maggots|strong="H7415" and|strong="H4872" smelled|strong="H7306" rotten|strong="H7539". And|strong="H4872" that|strong="H8085" made|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921" angry|strong="H7107". 
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\verseNumber{21}Each|strong="H0376" morning|strong="H1242" they|strong="H6310" gathered|strong="H3950" as|strong="H6310" much|strong="H6310" as|strong="H6310" they|strong="H6310" needed|strong="H1767". But|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w later|strong="H0310"\+w*}, when|strong="H6310" the|strong="H1242" sun|strong="H8121" got|strong="H6965" hot|strong="H2552", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w was|strong="H8121"\+w* \+w left|strong="H7604"\+w* \+w on|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1242"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H0776"\+w*} melted|strong="H4549". 
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\verseNumber{22}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" sixth|strong="H8345" day|strong="H3117" after|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3117" started|strong="H1961" gathering|strong="H3950" it|strong="H1961", each|strong="H3605" person|strong="H5315" was|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1961" gather|strong="H3950" four|strong="H0702" quarts/liters, which|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" twice|strong="H8147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w much|strong="H4932"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w gathered|strong="H3950"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w other|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w days|strong="H3117"\+w*}. When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H5387" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5712" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5046" and|strong="H4872" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046"/me|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{23}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5704" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5704", “This|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H1696": ‘Tomorrow|strong="H4279" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1696" day|strong="H1242" for|strong="H5704" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1696" rest|strong="H7677" completely|strong="H3605". It|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1696" day|strong="H1242" dedicated|strong="H6944" to|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068". So|strong="H1696" today|strong="H3117", bake|strong="H1310" or|strong="H5704" boil|strong="H1310" what|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w today|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w tomorrow|strong="H4279"\+w*}. Whatever|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" left|strong="H3240" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w evening|strong="H6153"\+w*}, you|strong="H3605" should|strong="H3068" put|strong="H3240" aside|strong="H5493" and|strong="H3068" keep|strong="H4931" it|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w*} tomorrow|strong="H4279".’” 
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\verseNumber{24}So|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" what|strong="H4100" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5704" commanded|strong="H6680". What|strong="H4100" was|strong="H1961" left|strong="H3240" over|strong="H6680", they|strong="H3808" kept|strong="H1961" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H1242". It|strong="H1242" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" spoil|strong="H7998" and|strong="H4872" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" get|strong="H3947" maggots|strong="H7415" in|strong="H4872" it|strong="H1242"! 
\verseNumber{25}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w On|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*}, Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Eat|strong="H0398" today|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w saved|strong="H3467"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w yesterday|strong="H3117"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" today|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" dedicated|strong="H6942" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Today|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" any|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" food|strong="H3899" outside|strong="H2351". 
\verseNumber{26}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Every|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w week|strong="H7620"\+w*}, you|strong="H3117" must|strong="H3808" gather|strong="H3950" it|strong="H1961" for|strong="H3117" six|strong="H8337" days|strong="H3117"; but|strong="H3808" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117", which|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" rest|strong="H1961", you|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" any|strong="H1961".” 
\verseNumber{27}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H4480" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117", some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H4480" people|strong="H5971" went|strong="H3318" outside|strong="H4480" their|strong="H1961" tents|strong="H0168" to|strong="H3318" gather|strong="H3950" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3117" that|strong="H5971" food|strong="H3899", but|strong="H3808" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" none|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="H4872" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*/\+w me|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w*} the|strong="H8104" people|strong="H5971": “How|strong="H5704" long|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5704" people|strong="H5971" refuse|strong="H3985" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H3068" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H8104" things|strong="H4687" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5704" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H5704"? 
\verseNumber{29}Listen|strong="H8085"! Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" a|strong="H5414" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" rest|strong="H5117". So|strong="H3651" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sixth|strong="H8345" day|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w each|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w week|strong="H7620"\+w*}, he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" enough|strong="H3651" of|strong="H3068" this|strong="H3651" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H3588" two|strong="H3427" days|strong="H3117". Each|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" stay|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" his|strong="H5414" tent|strong="H0168" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w no|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w work|strong="H5414"\+w*} on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117"!” 
\verseNumber{30}So|strong="H7673" the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H5971" rested|strong="H7673" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{31}The|strong="H7121" Israeli people|strong="H1931" called|strong="H7121" this|strong="H1931" food|strong="H1004" manna|strong="H4478", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w words|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w their|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w language|strong="H3956"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w mean|strong="H2823"\+w* ‘\+w what|strong="H4478"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w it|strong="H1931"\+w*}?’ It|strong="H1931" looked|strong="H7200" like|strong="H1004" small|strong="H6996" seeds|strong="H2233" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} coriander|strong="H1407", but|strong="H1931" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H8034" white|strong="H3836", and|strong="H3478" it|strong="H1931" tasted|strong="H2938" like|strong="H1004" thin|strong="H1851" wafers|strong="H6838"/biscuits made|strong="H7121" with|strong="H1004" honey|strong="H1706". 
\verseNumber{32}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1697", “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680": ‘You|strong="H6680" must|strong="H4191" keep|strong="H4931" two|strong="H4480" quarts/liters of|strong="H3068" it|strong="H4393" for|strong="H4714" all|strong="H1755" future|strong="H0319" generations|strong="H1755", so|strong="H4616" that|strong="H7200" they|strong="H3068" can|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w food|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w took|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w place|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} bread|strong="H3899" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H1697" gave|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3318" your|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w*} when|strong="H7200" I|strong="H1697" brought|strong="H3318" them|strong="H6680" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714".’” 
\verseNumber{33}And|strong="H4872" he|strong="H8033"/I|strong="H5414" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Aaron|strong="H0175", “Take|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" jar|strong="H6803", and|strong="H4872" put|strong="H5414" two|strong="H3947" quarts of|strong="H3068" manna|strong="H4478" in|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5414". Then|strong="H3947" put|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w place|strong="H5414"\+w*} where|strong="H8033" Yahweh|strong="H3068" can|strong="H3947" see|strong="H7200" it|strong="H5414". It|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" kept|strong="H4931" like|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" for|strong="H6440" all|strong="H1755" future|strong="H0319" generations|strong="H1755".” 
\verseNumber{34}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w later|strong="H0310"\+w*}, as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H6440", Aaron|strong="H0175" put|strong="H3240" the|strong="H6440" jar|strong="H3537" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" box|strong="H0712" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w contained|strong="H3557"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w stone|strong="H0068"\+w* slabs \+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w which|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" Ten|strong="H6235" Commandments|strong="H4687" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w written|strong="H3789"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{35}The|strong="H5704" Israeli people|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5704" eat|strong="H0398" manna|strong="H4478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w every|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} for|strong="H5704" 40 years|strong="H8141", until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H8141" came|strong="H3478" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" border|strong="H7097" of|strong="H1121" Canaan|strong="H3667" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{36}(The|strong="H1931" standard|strong="H1714" measure|strong="H4058" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w used|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w at|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w*} held|strong="H2388" 20 quarts/liters.) 

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\chapterNumber{17}Obeying|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6310" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6310", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" moved|strong="H5265" from|strong="H5265" the|strong="H3605" Sin|strong="H5512" Desert|strong="H4057". They|strong="H3068"/We|strong="H3605" traveled|strong="H5265" from|strong="H5265" one|strong="H3605" place|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3478" another|strong="H6310". They|strong="H3068"/We|strong="H3605" camped|strong="H2583" at|strong="H2583" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w place|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w named|strong="H5921"\+w*} Rephidim|strong="H7508", but|strong="H5971" there|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" there|strong="H3605" for|strong="H5921" ◄the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971"/us|strong="H5921"► to|strong="H3478" drink|strong="H8354". 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" complained|strong="H7878" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5414" again|strong="H8354", saying|strong="H0559", “Give|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H3068" drink|strong="H8354"!” Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5414" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5414", “Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H5971" you|strong="H5414" ◄criticizing/arguing|strong="H3198" with|strong="H5973"► me|strong="H5414" [RHQ]? And|strong="H4872" why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H5971" you|strong="H5414" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H3068" determine|strong="H7200" whether|strong="H0518" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w provide|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w*}?” 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" very|strong="H2088" thirsty|strong="H6770", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H8033" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H4191" complain|strong="H7378" to|strong="H4191" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921". They|strong="H8033" were|strong="H5971" saying|strong="H0559" things|strong="H1697" like|strong="H1121" “Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5921" bring|strong="H5927" us|strong="H5921" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714"?”, and|strong="H1121" “Did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5921" bring|strong="H5927" us|strong="H5921" here|strong="H2088" to|strong="H4191" cause|strong="H5971" us|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" our|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" livestock|strong="H4735" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191" ◄from|strong="H5921" thirst|strong="H6772"/because|strong="H5921" we|strong="H8033" had|strong="H4872" no|strong="H5927" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H4191" drink|strong="H8354"► [RHQ]?” 
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\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H6213" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H2088" prayed|strong="H6419" earnestly|strong="H7592" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". He|strong="H6213"/I|strong="H2088" said|strong="H0559", “◄How|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2088" deal|strong="H6213" with|strong="H3068" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971"?/I|strong="H2088" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" know|strong="H3045" how|strong="H4100" to|strong="H3068" deal|strong="H6213" with|strong="H3068" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971"!► [RHQ] They|strong="H3068" are|strong="H5971" almost|strong="H4592" ready|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w throwing|strong="H3027"\+w*} stones|strong="H5619" at|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6213"!” 
\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1980" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H6440", “Take|strong="H3947" some|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" elders|strong="H2205"/leaders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H5971" with|strong="H1980" you|strong="H6440" and|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H1980" follow|strong="H1980" you|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w Sinai|strong="H5514"\+w* \+w Mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*}. Take|strong="H3947" along|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" stick|strong="H6086" with|strong="H1980" which|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H6440" Nile|strong="H2975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H2975"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{6}Listen|strong="H2005" carefully|strong="H6213": I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H5971" stand|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H4480" of|strong="H6440" a|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w large|strong="H1419"\+w*} rock|strong="H6697" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" foot|strong="H7272" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" mountain|strong="H2022". Strike|strong="H5221" the|strong="H6440" rock|strong="H6697" with|strong="H6213" your|strong="H5921" stick|strong="H6086". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*}, water|strong="H4325" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3318" drink|strong="H8354" will|strong="H5971" flow|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" rock|strong="H6697".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3651"\+w*/\+w we|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w arrived|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w at|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*}, Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H2005" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5971" while|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" Israeli elders|strong="H2205" were|strong="H3478" watching|strong="H5869", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w flowed|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w rock|strong="H6697"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}Moses|strong="H8034"/I|strong="H5921" gave|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3068" place|strong="H4725" two|strong="H8147" names|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w language|strong="H3956"\+w*:} Massah|strong="H4532", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘testing’}, and|strong="H1121" Meribah|strong="H4809", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘complaining’}. He|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H5921" gave|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121" the|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034" Massah|strong="H4532" because|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" testing|strong="H5254" Yahweh|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H0559" “Is|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" really|strong="H2088" among|strong="H7130" us|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5921"\+w*}, or|strong="H1121" not|strong="H1121"?”, and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H5921" gave|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121" the|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034" Meribah|strong="H4809" because|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w continually|strong="H3068"\+w*} complaining|strong="H7879". 

\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" Israeli men|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5921" Amalekites|strong="H6002" }
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5973" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5973" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group came|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5973" Israeli people|strong="H5971" at|strong="H3478" Rephidim|strong="H7508". 
\verseNumber{9}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Joshua|strong="H3091", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w was|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w one|strong="H5324"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w our|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*/Israeli \+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w*}, “Choose|strong="H0977" some|strong="H3027" men|strong="H7218" to|strong="H3318" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H4872" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group tomorrow|strong="H4279". I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3027" stand|strong="H5324" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" hill|strong="H1389", holding|strong="H2388" the|strong="H5921" stick|strong="H6086" that|strong="H3027" God|strong="H3027" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3318" carry|strong="H3318".” 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H6213" Joshua|strong="H3091" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H1389" told|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5927" do|strong="H6213". He|strong="H6213" took|strong="H5927" some|strong="H4480" men|strong="H7218" to|strong="H5927" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" the|strong="H6213" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w While|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w they|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w were|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w fighting|strong="H3898"\+w*}, Aaron|strong="H0175", Hur|strong="H2354", and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H1389" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H6213" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H6213" hill|strong="H1389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w they|strong="H6213"\+w*/\+w we|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w could|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w whole|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{11}Whenever|strong="H1961" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3478" lifted|strong="H7311" up|strong="H7311" his|strong="H3027"/my|strong="H1961" arms|strong="H3027", the|strong="H4872" Israeli men|strong="H3478" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" win|strong="H6743" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4421"\+w*}. And|strong="H4872" whenever|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3027"/I|strong="H3478" lowered|strong="H3381" his|strong="H3027"/my|strong="H1961" arms|strong="H3027", the|strong="H4872" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" win|strong="H6743". 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H1961" his|strong="H7760"/my|strong="H7760" arms|strong="H3027" became|strong="H1961" tired|strong="H3021". So|strong="H3947" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" Hur|strong="H2354" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w rolled|strong="H1556"\+w*} a|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w large|strong="H3515"\+w*} stone|strong="H0068" for|strong="H5704" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5704" sit|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w While|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5704"\+w*/\+w I|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w sitting|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7760"\+w*}, those|strong="H5921" two|strong="H3947" held|strong="H8551" up|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760"/my|strong="H7760" arms|strong="H3027", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w one|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w side|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w other|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w other|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w side|strong="H2088"\+w*}. In|strong="H3427" that|strong="H2088" way|strong="H2088", they|strong="H5921" kept|strong="H1961" his|strong="H7760"/my|strong="H7760" arms|strong="H3027" lifted|strong="H4872" up|strong="H7760", and|strong="H4872" his|strong="H7760"/my|strong="H7760" arms|strong="H3027" held|strong="H8551" steaady until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" sun|strong="H8121" went|strong="H4872" down|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H6310" Joshua|strong="H3091" and|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3091" men|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5971" him|strong="H3091" completely|strong="H3617" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3091" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group, using|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5971" swords|strong="H2719" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w against|strong="H2719"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H4872" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H7760", “Write|strong="H3789" an|strong="H7760" account|strong="H8478" of|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2063" battle|strong="H4421", and|strong="H4872" then|strong="H4872" read|strong="H5612" it|strong="H7760" to|strong="H3068" Joshua|strong="H3091". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Also|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w write|strong="H3789"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w day|strong="H4872"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" get|strong="H7760" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group.” 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H8034" built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stone|strong="H0068"\+w*} altar|strong="H4196" there|strong="H8034" and|strong="H4872" named|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121" ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} my|strong="H7121" flag’. 
\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H3588"/I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Hold|strong="H2388" high|strong="H1116" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" flag|strong="H8650"! Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group ◄forever|strong="H1755"/in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H1755" future|strong="H0319" generations|strong="H1755"►!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Moses’ father-in-law, Jethro, came to visit him }
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\chapterNumber{18}Jethro|strong="H3503", who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" Midian|strong="H4080" people-group, and|strong="H4872" who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" Moses’|strong="H4872"/my|strong="H8085" father-in-law|strong="H2859", heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971". He|strong="H3588" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H6213" how|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3318" them|strong="H6213" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{2}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H0589" had|strong="H4872" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} sent|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947"/my|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802" Zipporah|strong="H6855" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w back|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w home|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w when|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w he|strong="H4872"\+w*/\+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w was|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w returning|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*}. But|strong="H3947" now|strong="H3947" Jethro|strong="H3503" came|strong="H4872" to|strong="H4872" him|strong="H3947"/me|strong="H3947", 
\verseNumber{3}bringing|strong="H0935" Zipporah|strong="H6855" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3588"/our|strong="H1961" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121". One|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" Gershom|strong="H1647", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1616"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘foreigner’}, because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588"/I|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" foreigner|strong="H5237" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H1121" another|strong="H0312" land|strong="H0776".” 
\verseNumber{4}Her|strong="H5337" other|strong="H0312" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" Eliezer|strong="H0461", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H2719"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w words|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w mean|strong="H2823"\+w* ‘\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w helps|strong="H5826"\+w* me’}, because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H3588"\+w*/\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*} had|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" “God|strong="H0430", whom|strong="H3588" my|strong="H5337" father|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}, has|strong="H3588" helped|strong="H5826" me|strong="H5337" and|strong="H2719" saved|strong="H5337" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="H5337"\+w*} from|strong="H5337" being|strong="H8034" killed|strong="H2719" [MTY] by|strong="H8034" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{5}While|strong="H1931" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1931" camped|strong="H2583" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H2859"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4872"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w*} in|strong="H2583" the|strong="H4872" desert|strong="H4057" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w near|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w Sinai|strong="H5514"\+w*}, God’s|strong="H0430" sacred|strong="H6944"/holy|strong="H6944" mountain|strong="H2022", Jethro|strong="H3503" came|strong="H4872" to|strong="H1121" him|strong="H1931"/me|strong="H4057", bringing|strong="H0935" along|strong="H5921" Moses’|strong="H4872"/my|strong="H4872" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" our|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w two|strong="H8147"\+w*} sons|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{6}Jethro|strong="H3503" had|strong="H4872" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H1121" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5973", “I|strong="H1121", your|strong="H5973" father-in-law|strong="H2859", Jethro|strong="H3503", am|strong="H3503" coming|strong="H0935" to|strong="H1121" see|strong="H7200" you|strong="H5973", bringing|strong="H0935" along|strong="H5973" your|strong="H5973" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H5973" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121"!” 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H3318" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H7592" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" campsite to|strong="H3318" meet|strong="H7125" his|strong="H3318"/my|strong="H3318" father-in-law|strong="H2859". He|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H7592" bowed|strong="H7812" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H3318", and|strong="H4872" kissed|strong="H5401" him|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w cheek|strong="H3895"\+w*}. ◄They|strong="H7965" both|strong="H8147"/We|strong="H0587"► asked|strong="H7592" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H7453", “Have|strong="H7965" you|strong="H7592" been|strong="H1961" healthy|strong="H1277"?” Then|strong="H3318" they|strong="H7965"/we|strong="H0587" went|strong="H3318" into|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Moses’|strong="H4872"\+w*/\+w my|strong="H3318"\+w*} tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{8}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" told|strong="H5608" Jethro|strong="H3503" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4872" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sake|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971". He|strong="H6213"/I|strong="H5921" also|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5608" him|strong="H5921" about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" troubles|strong="H6869"/problems|strong="H7001" they|strong="H3068"/we|strong="H6213" had|strong="H3068" experienced|strong="H3045" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1870", and|strong="H4872" how|strong="H1870" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H5826" them|strong="H5921"/us|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{9}Jethro|strong="H3503" rejoiced|strong="H2302" when|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" heard|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{10}He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Praise|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068", who|strong="H5971" has|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" you|strong="H1288" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3068" powerful|strong="H2392" [MTY] Egyptian|strong="H4714" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" army|strong="H5971"! 
\verseNumber{11}Now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H3588" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" greater|strong="H1419" than|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" rescued|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" power|strong="H3027" [MTY] of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" proud|strong="H2102" Egyptians|strong="H4714" when|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3588"\+w*} were|strong="H1697" causing|strong="H7462" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w suffer|strong="H5414"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H3947" Jethro|strong="H3503" sacrificed|strong="H2076" an|strong="H3947" animal|strong="H0929" by|strong="H3478" burning|strong="H2740" it|strong="H6440" completely|strong="H3605" on|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w an|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w offering|strong="H5930"\+w*}, and|strong="H4872" he|strong="H3605" also|strong="H3478" offered|strong="H5927" other|strong="H3605" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H3478" God|strong="H0430". Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" the|strong="H3605" Israeli elders|strong="H2205"/leaders|strong="H2205" went|strong="H3478" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H6440"/us|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3478" eat|strong="H3899" a|strong="H3947" sacred|strong="H6944" meal|strong="H3899" with|strong="H5973" Jethro|strong="H3503". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jethro|strong="H3503" gave|strong="H3947" Moses|strong="H4872" some|strong="H3605" good|strong="H6440" advice|strong="H6098" about|strong="H3947" appointing judges|strong="H8199" }
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\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H5921" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H4283", Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5704" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H1961" where|strong="H5921" he|strong="H5704"/I|strong="H5704" settled|strong="H3427" disputes|strong="H6099" among|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971". The|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H1961" continually|strong="H8548" bringing|strong="H0935" their|strong="H5921" disputes|strong="H6099" to|strong="H5704" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921", from|strong="H4480" morning|strong="H1242" until|strong="H5704" evening|strong="H6153". 
\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H7200" Jethro|strong="H3503" saw|strong="H7200" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5704" was|strong="H1931" doing|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", he|strong="H1931" said|strong="H1697", “◄Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3605" doing|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2088" for|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971"?/You|strong="H3605" should|strong="H4100" not|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1697" doing|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2088" for|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971"!► [RHQ] Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3605" doing|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" by|strong="H5921" yourself|strong="H5324", and|strong="H4872" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" crowding around|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3605", from|strong="H4480" morning|strong="H1242" until|strong="H5704" evening|strong="H6153", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w asking|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w make|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w decisions|strong="H4941"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*} [RHQ]?” 
\verseNumber{15}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3588"\+w*} because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" keep|strong="H8104" coming|strong="H0935" to|strong="H5971" me|strong="H1875" to|strong="H5971" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H1875" what|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" desires|strong="H0183". 
\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" dispute|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1961" something|strong="H1697", they|strong="H3588" come|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961", and|strong="H2706" they|strong="H3588" ask|strong="H7592" me|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" decide|strong="H8199" which|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" them|strong="H1961" is|strong="H1697" right|strong="H3045". I|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3588" tell|strong="H3045" them|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3045" of|strong="H1697" God’s|strong="H0430" laws|strong="H8451" and|strong="H2706" instructions|strong="H1697".” 
\verseNumber{17}Jethro|strong="H3503" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213"/me|strong="H6213", “What|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6213" are|strong="H1697" doing|strong="H6213" is|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" good|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w or|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{18}You|strong="H3588" and|strong="H5971" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" ◄wear|strong="H5034" yourselves|strong="H5315" out|strong="H4480"/become|strong="H6213" exhausted|strong="H6296"►! This|strong="H2088" work|strong="H6213" is|strong="H2088" too|strong="H4480" much|strong="H3515" for|strong="H3588" one|strong="H2088" person|strong="H5315". You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H3588" by|strong="H1571" yourself|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{19}Now|strong="H6258" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1961" some|strong="H1697" good|strong="H2896" advice|strong="H1697" [MTY] I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H3289" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5973". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w do|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w I|strong="H1697"\+w* suggest}, God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H1961" help|strong="H5971" you|strong="H5973". You|strong="H5973" should|strong="H3068" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" speak|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430" and|strong="H5971" tell|strong="H8085" him|strong="H5973" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8085" people’s|strong="H5971" disputes|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{22}Allow|strong="H5414" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H1961" serve|strong="H1961" permanently|strong="H5769" to|strong="H1961" settle|strong="H3427" disputes|strong="H1697" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". The|strong="H3605" difficult|strong="H1419" matters|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" peeole can|strong="H4310" bring|strong="H5375" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605"; but|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" matters|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5971" are|strong="H1992" not|strong="H1961" difficult|strong="H1419", they|strong="H1992" can|strong="H4310" decide|strong="H8199" themselves|strong="H1992". That|strong="H5971" will|strong="H1961" make|strong="H7043" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H1697" easier|strong="H7043" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3605", as|strong="H1697" they|strong="H1992" help|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5971" work|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{23}If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H6680" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5971", and|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*} God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H2088" telling|strong="H1571" you|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3201" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5921" (OR|strong="H1571", if|strong="H0518" God|strong="H0430" tells|strong="H1696" you|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3201" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5921"), you|strong="H6680" will|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3201" become|strong="H6213" exhausted|strong="H6296", and|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H1697" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" go|strong="H5971" home|strong="H4725" feeling satisfied|strong="H7965" about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" deecisios, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w disputes|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w settled|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w quickly|strong="H4116"\+w*”}. 
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\verseNumber{24}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H8085" accepted|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6963" his|strong="H3605"/my|strong="H8085" father-in-law|strong="H2859" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jethro|strong="H3503"\+w*} suggested|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{25}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5414" chose|strong="H0977" capable|strong="H2428" men|strong="H7218" from|strong="H5921" among|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{26}They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H5971" appointed|strong="H6256" permanently|strong="H5769" to|strong="H6256" make|strong="H6213" decisions|strong="H4941" about|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" people’s|strong="H5971" disputes|strong="H1697". They|strong="H1992" brought|strong="H4872" the|strong="H3605" difficult|strong="H7186" cases|strong="H1697" to|strong="H6256" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1697", but|strong="H1992" they|strong="H1992" decided|strong="H3289" the|strong="H3605" matters|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" not|strong="H5971" difficult|strong="H7186" by|strong="H3605" themselves|strong="H1992". 
\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="H7971" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3212" said|strong="H0559" goodbye to|strong="H3212" his|strong="H7971"/my|strong="H7971" father-in-law|strong="H2859", and|strong="H4872" Jethro|strong="H3503" returned|strong="H7725" home|strong="H3212". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh gave instructions to Moses at Sinai Mountain. }
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\chapterNumber{19}\verseNumber{1-2}The|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" then|strong="H0227" left|strong="H7604" Rephidim|strong="H7508", and|strong="H3967" exactly|strong="H0834" two|strong="H8147" months|strong="H2320" after|strong="H0310" leaving|strong="H5800" Egypt|strong="H4714", they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H0587" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H6160" near|strong="H7126" Sinai|strong="H5514" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*}. They|strong="H1992"/We|strong="H0587" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H3605"/our|strong="H3068" tents|strong="H0168" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" base|strong="H3247" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" mountain|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{3}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3541" climbed|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3541" mountain|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w with|strong="H1004"\+w*} God|strong="H3068". Yahweh|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w him|strong="H7121"\+w*/\+w me|strong="H5046"\+w*} from|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w top|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H3541" mountain|strong="H2022" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H7121", “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" I|strong="H3541" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H5046" to|strong="H3478" say|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3541" Israeli people|strong="H1121", the|strong="H3541" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290": 
\verseNumber{4}‘You|strong="H5921" have|strong="H7200" seen|strong="H7200" what|strong="H6213" I|strong="H5921" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" Egyptians|strong="H4714". You|strong="H5921" have|strong="H7200" seen|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w all|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w*} and|strong="H4714" how|strong="H6213" I|strong="H5921" brought|strong="H5375" you|strong="H5921" here|strong="H5921" to|strong="H6213" me|strong="H7200". It|strong="H5921" was|strong="H4714" as|strong="H6213" though|strong="H3588" I|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lifted|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w up|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w as|strong="H6213"\+w*} an|strong="H6213" eagle|strong="H5404" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w carries|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w its|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w young|strong="H5288"\+w* eaglets} on|strong="H5921" its|strong="H5921" wings|strong="H3671" [MET|strong="H5375"]. 
\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H1961" now|strong="H6258", if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" do|strong="H8104" what|strong="H6963" I|strong="H3588" tell|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H5971" obey|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" command|strong="H6680" you|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" my|strong="H8104" own|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people-groups on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" are|strong="H5971" mine|strong="H8104", but|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" ◄dearer/more|strong="H3588" special|strong="H5459"► to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H6963" than|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people-groups. 
\verseNumber{6}You|strong="H1696" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" people|strong="H1471" over|strong="H4467" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H1961" rule|strong="H4467", and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H1696" will|strong="H1961" all|strong="H1697" ◄be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" priests|strong="H3548"/represent|strong="H7969" me|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" other|strong="H0312" nations|strong="H1471" as|strong="H1697" priests|strong="H3548" represent|strong="H7969" me|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" one|strong="H6918" nation|strong="H1471"► [MET|strong="H6298"], and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H1696" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3617" dedicated|strong="H6942" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696".’ That|strong="H1471" is|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H1696" must|strong="H1121" tell|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1697" Israeli people|strong="H1471".” 
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\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H7121" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H7760" went|strong="H4872" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w down|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*} and|strong="H4872" summoned|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205"/leaders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". He|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H7760" told|strong="H6680" them|strong="H6440" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H6680" him|strong="H6440"/me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H3605" them|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" said|strong="H1696", “We|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" us|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213".” Then|strong="H6030" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w climbed|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w back|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w up|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w mountain|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4872"\+w*} reported|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696". 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5046", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Listen|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w carefully|strong="H8085"\+w*}: I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H3068" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1696" appear|strong="H7200" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5046" from|strong="H8085" inside|strong="H3068" a|strong="H8085" thick|strong="H5645" cloud|strong="H6051". When|strong="H8085" I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H3068" speaking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5046", the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" hear|strong="H8085" it|strong="H1696", and|strong="H4872" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" always|strong="H5769" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5046".” Then|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H2009" went|strong="H4872" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w down|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w mountain|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w reported|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1696"\+w*. \+w Then|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w*/\+w I|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w went|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w back|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w up|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w mountain|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4872"\+w*} told|strong="H5046" Yahweh|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971" replied|strong="H1696". 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H4872" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H3526", “Go|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w back|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w down|strong="H3212"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H3212"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6942"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} purify|strong="H3526" themselves|strong="H6942" today|strong="H3117" and|strong="H4872" tomorrow|strong="H4279". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6942"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} wash|strong="H3526" their|strong="H3068" clothes|strong="H8071", too|strong="H4480". 
\verseNumber{11}They|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3381" be|strong="H1961" ready|strong="H3559" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" after|strong="H5921" tomorrow|strong="H4279". On|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H1961" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Sinai|strong="H5514" Mountain|strong="H2022" to|strong="H3381" where|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" can|strong="H5869" see|strong="H5869" me|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{12}You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H5927" boundary|strong="H1366" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" base|strong="H3247" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H3605" mountain|strong="H2022", and|strong="H5971" tell|strong="H3605" them|strong="H5439", ‘Be|strong="H4191" sure|strong="H8104" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H8104" not|strong="H4191" climb|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" mountain|strong="H2022" or|strong="H4191" even|strong="H1571" go|strong="H5927" near|strong="H5060" it|strong="H5439". Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" even|strong="H1571" touches|strong="H5060" the|strong="H3605" base|strong="H3247" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H3605" mountain|strong="H2022" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191".’ 
\verseNumber{13}Do|strong="H3027" not|strong="H3808" let|strong="H3808" anyone|strong="H3588" touch|strong="H5060" any|strong="H5060" person|strong="H5927" or|strong="H3808" any|strong="H5060" animal|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3588" touches|strong="H5060" the|strong="H3588" mountain|strong="H2022". You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w any|strong="H5060"\+w* \+w person|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w or|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w animal|strong="H0929"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w touches|strong="H5060"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*} by|strong="H3027" throwing|strong="H3027" stones|strong="H5619" at|strong="H3808" it|strong="H3588" or|strong="H3808" shooting|strong="H3372" it|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w arrows|strong="H2671"\+w*}. But|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" hear|strong="H8085" a|strong="H3588" long|strong="H4900" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w loud|strong="H1419"\+w*} trumpet|strong="H3104" sound|strong="H6963", the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" can|strong="H3808" come|strong="H5927" close|strong="H5060" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w base|strong="H3247"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w*} mountain|strong="H2022".” 
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\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H4480" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H4480" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" the|strong="H4480" mountain|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*} and|strong="H4872" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H4480" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3381" purify|strong="H3526" themselves|strong="H6942". They|strong="H6942" did|strong="H5971" what|strong="H4100" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H4480" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" do|strong="H3381", and|strong="H4872" they|strong="H6942" also|strong="H4872" washed|strong="H3526" their|strong="H3526" clothes|strong="H8071". 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H1961" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H5971", “Be|strong="H1961" ready|strong="H3559" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" after|strong="H1961" tomorrow|strong="H4279". And|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w men|strong="H5971"\+w*} must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H3117" [EUP] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w wives|strong="H0802"\+w*} until|strong="H3117" after|strong="H1961" then|strong="H1961".” 
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\verseNumber{16}Two|strong="H8147" days|strong="H3117" later|strong="H1961", during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" morning|strong="H1242", there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" thunder|strong="H6963" and|strong="H3117" lightning|strong="H1300", and|strong="H3117" a|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" dark|strong="H2822" cloud|strong="H6051" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" mountain|strong="H2022". A|strong="H1961" trumpet|strong="H7782" sounded|strong="H6963" very|strong="H3966" loudly|strong="H6963", with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264" shook|strong="H2729"/trembled|strong="H2729" because|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H2729"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H3318" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H4480" led|strong="H3318" the|strong="H4480" people|strong="H5971" outside|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" camp|strong="H4264" to|strong="H3318" meet|strong="H7125" with|strong="H3318" God|strong="H0430". They|strong="H5971" stood|strong="H3320" at|strong="H4264" the|strong="H4480" base|strong="H3247" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H4480" mountain|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{18}All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" Sinai|strong="H5514" Mountain|strong="H2022" was|strong="H3068" covered|strong="H3680" in|strong="H5921" smoke|strong="H6227", because|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" descended|strong="H3381" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921", surrounded|strong="H5437" by|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5927" fire|strong="H0784". The|strong="H3605" smoke|strong="H6227" rose|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" like|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" smoke|strong="H6227" from|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w chimney|strong="H0699"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} a|strong="H5927" furnace|strong="H3536", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" mountain|strong="H2022" shook|strong="H2729" violently|strong="H3966". 
\verseNumber{19}As|strong="H1961" the|strong="H4872" sound|strong="H6963" of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H4872" trumpet|strong="H7782" continued|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1696" become|strong="H1961" louder|strong="H3966", Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H1980" spoke|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}, and|strong="H1980" Yahweh|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H6030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w him|strong="H6963"\+w*/\+w me|strong="H6963"\+w*} in|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w loud|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w voice|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w sounded|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} thunder|strong="H6963". 
\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H4872" Yahweh|strong="H3068" came|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*} onto|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3068" Sinai|strong="H5514" Mountain|strong="H2022", and|strong="H4872" he|strong="H3068" summoned|strong="H7121" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3381" come|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" mountain|strong="H2022". So|strong="H7121" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927". 
\verseNumber{21}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3381" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H7200", “Go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" again|strong="H7725" and|strong="H4872" warn|strong="H5749" the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971" not|strong="H6435" to|strong="H3381" cross|strong="H5674" the|strong="H7200" boundary|strong="H1366" in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3381" look|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7200"\+w*}. If|strong="H7200" they|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*} that|strong="H5971", many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H3381" will|strong="H3068" die|strong="H5307". 
\verseNumber{22}Also|strong="H1571", the|strong="H3068" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3068" habitually come|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" me|strong="H5066" must|strong="H1571" purify|strong="H2398" themselves|strong="H6942". If|strong="H6435" they|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6435" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068", I|strong="H1571" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H6942".” 
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\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3201" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “The|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" climb|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3588" mountain|strong="H2022", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H5927", saying|strong="H0559", ‘Set|strong="H6942" a|strong="H3588" boundary|strong="H1366" around|strong="H5749" the|strong="H3588" mountain|strong="H2022", to|strong="H3201" make|strong="H3201" it|strong="H3588" sacred|strong="H6944"/taboo.’” 
\verseNumber{24}Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H3212" down|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3068" mountain|strong="H2022", and|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H5927" Aaron|strong="H0175" back|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5973". But|strong="H5971" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6435" allow|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3068" priests|strong="H3548" or|strong="H6435" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3381" cross|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3068" boundary|strong="H1366" to|strong="H3381" come|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3381" me|strong="H5973". If|strong="H6435" they|strong="H3068" cross|strong="H5674" it|strong="H3381", I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H3381".” 
\verseNumber{25}So|strong="H3381" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5971" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" the|strong="H4872" mountain|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*} and|strong="H4872" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H4872" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{God gave the people the Ten Commandments }
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\chapterNumber{20}Then|strong="H1696" God|strong="H0430" siaid this|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H1696"\+w*:} 
\verseNumber{2}“I|strong="H4714" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H1004" you|strong="H4714" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*}. I|strong="H4714" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H1004" who|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3318" you|strong="H4714" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1004" Egypt|strong="H4714". I|strong="H4714" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H1004" who|strong="H3068" freed|strong="H8199" you|strong="H4714" from|strong="H3318" being|strong="H1004" slaves|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H1961"\+w*} you|strong="H6440" must|strong="H3808" worship|strong="H7812" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} me|strong="H6440"; you|strong="H6440" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" worship|strong="H7812" any|strong="H6440" other|strong="H0312" god|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{4}You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" carve|strong="H2710"/make|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" yourselves|strong="H3605" any|strong="H3605" idol|strong="H6459" that|strong="H3605" represents anything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064" or|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" on|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" or|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776"/earth|strong="H8064". 
\verseNumber{5}You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" bow|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H3068" any|strong="H7812" idol|strong="H6459" and|strong="H1121" worship|strong="H7812" it|strong="H5921", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3588" ◄am|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" jealous|strong="H7067"/want|strong="H6485" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" me|strong="H8130" only|strong="H3588"►. I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H5771" and|strong="H1121" hate|strong="H8130" me|strong="H8130". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" not|strong="H3808" only|strong="H3588" them|strong="H5921", but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" ◄their|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H1121", down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" third|strong="H8029" and|strong="H1121" fourth|strong="H7256" generation|strong="H8029"/their|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" grandchildren|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" great-grandchildren►. 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H4687" I|strong="H6213" will|strong="H6213" steadfastly love|strong="H2617" thousands|strong="H0505" of|strong="H4687" generations|strong="H1755" of|strong="H4687" those|strong="H6213" who|strong="H8104" love|strong="H2617" me|strong="H6213" and|strong="H2617" obey|strong="H6213" my|strong="H8104" commandments|strong="H4687" (OR|strong="H6213", I|strong="H6213" will|strong="H6213" love|strong="H2617" for|strong="H6213" thousands|strong="H0505" of|strong="H4687" generations|strong="H1755".) 
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\verseNumber{7}Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" use|strong="H5375" my|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034" carelessly|strong="H0983" (OR|strong="H3808", for|strong="H3588" wrong|strong="H7451"/evil|strong="H7451" purposes|strong="H4284"), because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3808" whom|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7723"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3588" punish|strong="H6485" those|strong="H5375" who|strong="H3068" use|strong="H5375" my|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034" for|strong="H3588" wrong|strong="H7451"/evil|strong="H7451" purposes|strong="H4284" [LIT|strong="H0215"]. 
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\verseNumber{8}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H2142" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w every|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w week|strong="H7620"\+w*} is|strong="H3117" mine|strong="H2142", so|strong="H6942" dedicate|strong="H6942" those|strong="H1992" days|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3117" me|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{9}There|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" six|strong="H8337" days|strong="H3117" each|strong="H3605" week|strong="H7620" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399", 
\verseNumber{10}but|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H6213" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" rest|strong="H5117", a|strong="H6213" day|strong="H3117" dedicated|strong="H6942" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6213", Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*}. On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" any|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399". You|strong="H3605" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" male|strong="H5650" and|strong="H1121" female|strong="H1323" slaves|strong="H5650" must|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" work|strong="H4399". You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3808" force|strong="H2394" your|strong="H3068" livestock|strong="H4735" to|strong="H3068" work|strong="H4399", and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" foreigners|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" work|strong="H4399", those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3117" living|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" country|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{11}I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", created|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064", the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064", the|strong="H3605" ocean|strong="H5437", and|strong="H3068" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", in|strong="H5921" six|strong="H8337" days|strong="H3117". Then|strong="H3651" I|strong="H3588" stopped|strong="H5975" my|strong="H3605" work|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3068" creating|strong="H1254" everything|strong="H3605", and|strong="H3068" rested|strong="H5117" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117". That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" reason|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3068" set|strong="H5117" it|strong="H5921" apart|strong="H6942" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w sacred|strong="H6944"\+w*/\+w special|strong="H6381"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{12}Honor|strong="H3513"/Respect|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001" and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" mothers|strong="H0517", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5414" may|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3117" a|strong="H5414" long|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117", Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{13}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" murder|strong="H7523" anyone|strong="H7523". 
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\verseNumber{14}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" ◄commit|strong="H5003" adultery|strong="H5003"/have|strong="H3808" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5003" anyone|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" than|strong="H3808" your|strong="H3808" spouse|strong="H3618"►. 
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\verseNumber{15}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" steal|strong="H1589" anything|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{16}Do|strong="H8267" not|strong="H3808" falsely|strong="H8267" accuse|strong="H6030" anyone|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w committing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w crime|strong="H2154"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{17}Do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" ◄covet|strong="H2530"/desire|strong="H2530" to|strong="H1004" have|strong="H5650"► someone|strong="H0376" else’s|strong="H0312" house|strong="H1004", someone|strong="H0376" else’s|strong="H0312" wife|strong="H0802", someone|strong="H0376" else’s|strong="H0312" male|strong="H5650" or|strong="H3808" female|strong="H5347" slave|strong="H5650", someone|strong="H0376" else’s|strong="H0312" livestock|strong="H4735", someone|strong="H0376" else’s|strong="H0312" donkeys|strong="H2543", or|strong="H3808" anything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" some|strong="H3605" other|strong="H7453" person|strong="H5315" owns|strong="H3426".” 
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\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" heard|strong="H6963" the|strong="H3605" thunder|strong="H6963" and|strong="H5971" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" lightning|strong="H3940", and|strong="H5971" when|strong="H7200" they|strong="H5971" heard|strong="H6963" the|strong="H3605" sound|strong="H6963" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H3605" trumpet|strong="H7782" and|strong="H5971" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" smoke|strong="H6227" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" mountain|strong="H2022", they|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" afraid|strong="H3372" and|strong="H5971" trembled|strong="H5128". They|strong="H5971" stood|strong="H5975" at|strong="H5975" a|strong="H7200" distance|strong="H7350", 
\verseNumber{19}and|strong="H4872" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", “If|strong="H6435" you|strong="H5973" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" us|strong="H6435", we|strong="H8085" will|strong="H8085" listen|strong="H8085". But|strong="H1696" do|strong="H8085" not|strong="H6435" let|strong="H7971" God|strong="H0430" speak|strong="H1696" anymore|strong="H5750" to|strong="H1696" us|strong="H6435". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w*} if|strong="H6435" he|strong="H1696" speaks|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w anymore|strong="H5750"\+w*} to|strong="H1696" us|strong="H6435", we|strong="H8085" will|strong="H8085" die|strong="H4191".” 
\verseNumber{20}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1115" be|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H3372"! God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" determine|strong="H7200"/test|strong="H5254" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w how|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w behave|strong="H6213"\+w*}. He|strong="H3588" wants|strong="H2656" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1961" revere|strong="H3372" him|strong="H6440", and|strong="H4872" to|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1115" sin|strong="H2398".” 
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H4872", as|strong="H5971" the|strong="H4872" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w watched|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w from|strong="H7350"\+w*} a|strong="H5975" distance|strong="H7350", Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H7350" went|strong="H4872" close|strong="H5066" to|strong="H8033" the|strong="H4872" black|strong="H7838" cloud|strong="H6205" where|strong="H8033" God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H4872". 
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\verseNumber{22-23}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H0413", “Say|strong="H0559" this|strong="H2088" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971": ‘You|strong="H0859" have|strong="H1961" heard|strong="H8085" how|strong="H4100" I|strong="H0589", Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H1961" spoken|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0859" from|strong="H4480" heaven|strong="H8064". I|strong="H0589" told|strong="H5046" you|strong="H0859" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" make|strong="H6213" any|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1544" of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701" or|strong="H0176" gold|strong="H2091" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w instead|strong="H8478"\+w*} of|strong="H1121" me|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{24}Make|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" an|strong="H6213" altar|strong="H4196" from|strong="H5921" dirt|strong="H6083". Sacrifice|strong="H2076" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H6629" burn|strong="H8313" completely|strong="H3605". Also|strong="H8034" sacrifice|strong="H2076" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H6629" not|strong="H6213" burn|strong="H8313" completely|strong="H3605", to|strong="H6213" mainatin fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5921". Worship|strong="H7812" me|strong="H5921" [MTY] in|strong="H5921" any|strong="H3605" place|strong="H4725" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5921" choose|strong="H0977" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H6213" honor|strong="H8034"/worship|strong="H7812" me|strong="H5921"; and|strong="H6629" if|strong="H1288" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605", I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H6629" come|strong="H2142" to|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" and|strong="H6629" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{25}If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" make|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H5921" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196" from|strong="H5921" stones|strong="H1496", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" make|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" stones|strong="H1496" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1129" cut|strong="H1496" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w make|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w look|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w nice|strong="H2899"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H2719" make|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" unsuitable for|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w*} me|strong="H5921" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" use|strong="H2490" tools|strong="H0240" to|strong="H6213" cut|strong="H1496" the|strong="H5921" stones|strong="H1496". 
\verseNumber{26}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" make|strong="H1540" an|strong="H5927" altar|strong="H4196" that|strong="H4196" has|strong="H3068" steps|strong="H4609" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4196" it|strong="H5921", because|strong="H5921" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H4196", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3808"\+w*} could|strong="H3201" see|strong="H7200" your|strong="H5921" naked|strong="H6174" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w buttocks|strong="H8357"\+w*} as|strong="H5927" you|strong="H5921" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5921" steps|strong="H4609".’” 

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\chapterNumber{21}“Here|strong="H7760" are|strong="H4941" some|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} instructions|strong="H1697" to|strong="H6440" give|strong="H7760" to|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}: 
\verseNumber{2}When|strong="H3588"/If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" buy|strong="H7069" a|strong="H3588" Hebrew|strong="H5680" slave|strong="H5650", he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H5650" to|strong="H3318" serve|strong="H5647" you|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H3588"\+w*} six|strong="H8337" years|strong="H8141". In|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3588" seventh|strong="H7637" year|strong="H8141" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" free|strong="H2670" him|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w slave|strong="H5650"\+w*}, and|strong="H5650" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H5650" not|strong="H3588" required|strong="H7592" to|strong="H3318" pay|strong="H2600" you|strong="H3588" anything|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w setting|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w free|strong="H2670"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}If|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3318" married|strong="H1167" before|strong="H5973" he|strong="H1931" became|strong="H3318" your|strong="H3318" slave|strong="H5650", and|strong="H3318" if|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" marries|strong="H1166" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w while|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w slave|strong="H5650"\+w*}, his|strong="H3318" wife|strong="H0802" is|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3318" set|strong="H3318" free|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5973"\+w*}. But|strong="H1931" if|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" married|strong="H1167" before|strong="H5973" he|strong="H1931" became|strong="H3318" your|strong="H3318" slave|strong="H5650", you|strong="H5973" must|strong="H4191" free|strong="H3318" both|strong="H8147" him|strong="H5973" and|strong="H3318" his|strong="H3318" wife|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{4}If|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" slave’s|strong="H5650" master|strong="H5414" gives|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" wife|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H1931" gives|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3318" sons|strong="H1121" or|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w husband|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w slave|strong="H5650"\+w*}, only|strong="H0389" the|strong="H5414" man|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1931" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H1961" freed|strong="H8199". His|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1961" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H1961" slaves|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5414" master|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H3808" when|strong="H3318" it|strong="H3808" is|strong="H1121" time|strong="H3318" for|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3318" slave|strong="H5650" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3808" set|strong="H3318" free|strong="H2670", if|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3318" slave|strong="H5650" says|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H5650" love|strong="H0157" my|strong="H3318" master|strong="H0113" and|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3318" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3318" children|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H5650" do|strong="H3318" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3808" set|strong="H3318" free|strong="H2670",’ 
\verseNumber{6}then|strong="H5066" his|strong="H5647" master|strong="H0113" must|strong="H4191" take|strong="H3947" him|strong="H5647" to|strong="H5066" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w place|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H5647"\+w*} God|strong="H0430" (OR|strong="H1817", to|strong="H5066" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5647"\+w* owner’s} house|strong="H1004"). There|strong="H5769" he|strong="H0834" must|strong="H4191" make|strong="H5647" the|strong="H5647" slave|strong="H5647" stand|strong="H5066" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5647" door|strong="H1817" or|strong="H1817" the|strong="H5647" doorpost|strong="H4201". Then|strong="H5066" the|strong="H5647" master|strong="H0113" will|strong="H5647" use|strong="H5647" an|strong="H5066" ◄awl|strong="H4836"/pointed metal|strong="H2830" rod|strong="H7626"► to|strong="H5066" make|strong="H5647" a|strong="H5066" hole|strong="H6310" in|strong="H5647" the|strong="H5647" slave’s|strong="H5650" ear|strong="H5647". Then|strong="H5066" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w fasten|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5066"\+w* tag \+w to|strong="H5066"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w slave’s|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w ear|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5066"\+w* indicate \+w that|strong="H5769"\+w*} ◄he|strong="H0834" will|strong="H5647" own|strong="H5769" that|strong="H5769" slave|strong="H5647" for|strong="H5647" the|strong="H5647" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H5647" his|strong="H5647" life|strong="H5315"/he|strong="H0834" will|strong="H5647" own|strong="H5769" the|strong="H5647" slave|strong="H5647" as|strong="H0834" long|strong="H5769" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5647" slave|strong="H5647" lives|strong="H5315"►. 
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\verseNumber{7}If|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" sells|strong="H4376" his|strong="H3588" daughter|strong="H1323" to|strong="H3318" become|strong="H3318" a|strong="H3588" slave|strong="H5650", she|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" set|strong="H3318" free|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w six|strong="H8337"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w*}, as|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" male|strong="H5650" slaves|strong="H5650" are|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{8}If|strong="H0518" the|strong="H3808" man|strong="H7451" who|strong="H5971" bought|strong="H7069" her|strong="H6299" wanted|strong="H2654" her|strong="H6299" to|strong="H5971" be|strong="H3808" his|strong="H3808" wife|strong="H0802", but|strong="H3808" if|strong="H0518" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w later|strong="H0310"\+w*} he|strong="H3808" is|strong="H7451" not|strong="H3808" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H5971" her|strong="H6299", he|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" sell|strong="H4376" her|strong="H6299" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5971" her|strong="H6299" father|strong="H0001". He|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" sell|strong="H4376" her|strong="H6299" to|strong="H5971" a|strong="H4376" foreigner|strong="H5237", because|strong="H3588" that|strong="H5971" would|strong="H5971" be|strong="H3808" breaking|strong="H6524" the|strong="H3808" contract/agreement|strong="H7284" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w made|strong="H3259"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w girl’s|strong="H5291"\+w* \+w father|strong="H0001"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{9}If|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" man|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" buys|strong="H7069" her|strong="H6213" wants|strong="H2656" her|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1121" a|strong="H6213" wife|strong="H0802" for|strong="H6213" his|strong="H6213" son|strong="H1121", he|strong="H6213" must|strong="H1121" then|strong="H6213" treat|strong="H6213" her|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6213" though|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" were|strong="H1121" his|strong="H6213" own|strong="H1961" daughter|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{10}If|strong="H0518" the|strong="H3947" master|strong="H0113" takes|strong="H3947" another|strong="H3808" slave|strong="H5650" girl|strong="H5291" to|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" another|strong="H3808" wife|strong="H0802" for|strong="H3808" himself|strong="H7607", he|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3947" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3808" give|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" first|strong="H7223" slave|strong="H5650" wife|strong="H0802" the|strong="H3947" same|strong="H1931" amount|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3808" food|strong="H7607" and|strong="H3947" clothing|strong="H3682" that|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" gave|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3808" her|strong="H3947" before|strong="H3808", and|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3947" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947" as|strong="H3947" before|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{11}If|strong="H0518" he|strong="H6213" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" all|strong="H6213" these|strong="H6213" three|strong="H7969" things|strong="H7969" for|strong="H6213" her|strong="H3318", he|strong="H6213" must|strong="H3808" free|strong="H3318" her|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w slave|strong="H5650"\+w*}, and|strong="H3701" she|strong="H3808" is|strong="H3701" not|strong="H3808" required|strong="H7592" to|strong="H3318" pay|strong="H3701" anything|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w set|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w free|strong="H3318"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{12}You|strong="H5221" must|strong="H4191" execute|strong="H4191" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H5221" strikes|strong="H5221" another|strong="H0312" person|strong="H5315" with|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5221" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5221" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="H5221" is|strong="H4191" struck|strong="H5221" dies|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H3808" if|strong="H7760" the|strong="H7760" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3808" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H7760" other|strong="H0312" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" intend|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3027" kill|strong="H2026" that|strong="H3027" person|strong="H3027", the|strong="H7760" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3808" struck|strong="H5221" him|strong="H3027" can|strong="H3808" escape|strong="H5127" to|strong="H3027" a|strong="H7760" place|strong="H4725" that|strong="H3027" I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H3027" choose|strong="H0977" for|strong="H3027" you|strong="H7760", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w he|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w safe|strong="H7965"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H4191" gets|strong="H3947" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H5973" another|strong="H7453" person|strong="H5315" and|strong="H4196" kills|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921", even|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" murderer|strong="H2026" runs|strong="H7323" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w place|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w designated|strong="H5344"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w place|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w be|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w safe|strong="H7965"\+w*}, you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" execute|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{15}Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H5221" strikes|strong="H5221" his|strong="H5221" father|strong="H0001" or|strong="H4191" mother|strong="H0517" must|strong="H4191" surely|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H5221". 
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\verseNumber{16}Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H4672" kidnaps|strong="H1589" another|strong="H0312" person|strong="H3027", either|strong="H1571" in|strong="H4191" order|strong="H3027" to|strong="H4191" sell|strong="H4376" that|strong="H3027" person|strong="H3027" or|strong="H4376" to|strong="H4191" keep|strong="H8104" him|strong="H3027" as|strong="H3027" a|strong="H4672" slave|strong="H5650", must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191". 
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\verseNumber{17}Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" reviles|strong="H1442"/curses|strong="H7043" his|strong="H7043" father|strong="H0001" or|strong="H4191" his|strong="H7043" mother|strong="H0517" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191". 
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\verseNumber{18}Suppose|strong="H3588" two|strong="H5221" people|strong="H3808" fight|strong="H7378", and|strong="H4191" one|strong="H3808" strikes|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3588" other|strong="H7453" with|strong="H7378" a|strong="H3588" stone|strong="H0068" or|strong="H3808" with|strong="H7378" his|strong="H5221" fist|strong="H0106". And|strong="H4191" suppose|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" person|strong="H5315" he|strong="H3588" strikes|strong="H5221" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191" but|strong="H3588" is|strong="H4191" injured|strong="H8295" and|strong="H4191" has|strong="H3588" to|strong="H4191" stay|strong="H3427" in|strong="H4191" bed|strong="H4904" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w while|strong="H3588"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{19}and|strong="H1980" later|strong="H0310" he|strong="H5414" is|strong="H0369" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1980" walk|strong="H1980" outside|strong="H2351" using|strong="H5927" a|strong="H5414" cane|strong="H7070". Then|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5921" person|strong="H1980" who|strong="H5221" struck|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5414" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1980" be|strong="H5414" punished|strong="H6485". However|strong="H7535", he|strong="H5414" must|strong="H2351" pay|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" injured|strong="H5414" person|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5921" money|strong="H3701" he|strong="H5414" could|strong="H6965" not|strong="H5414" earn \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w was|strong="H5414"\+w* recovering}, and|strong="H1980" he|strong="H5414" must|strong="H2351" also|strong="H5221" pay|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" injured|strong="H5414" person’s|strong="H3820" medical expenses|strong="H5313" until|strong="H5921" that|strong="H5414" person|strong="H1980" is|strong="H0369" well|strong="H3190". 
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\verseNumber{20}If|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H4191" strikes|strong="H5221" his|strong="H5221" male|strong="H5650" or|strong="H4191" female|strong="H5347" slave|strong="H5650" with|strong="H3027" a|strong="H3588" stick|strong="H6086", if|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" slave|strong="H5650" dies|strong="H4191" ◄immediately|strong="H6965"/as|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" result|strong="H6903"► [IDM], the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3588" who|strong="H5650" struck|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" punished|strong="H5358". 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" slave|strong="H5650" lives|strong="H5315" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" or|strong="H3808" two|strong="H3808" after|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" struck|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w then|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w dies|strong="H4191"\+w*}, you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" punish|strong="H6485" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H1931" struck|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5975". Not|strong="H3808" having|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" slave|strong="H5650" to|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3117" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H5975" any|strong="H3588" longer|strong="H3808" is|strong="H1931" enough|strong="H1767" punishment|strong="H5771". 
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\verseNumber{22}Suppose|strong="H3588" two|strong="H3808" people|strong="H3808" are|strong="H1961" fighting|strong="H5327" and|strong="H3318" they|strong="H3588" hurt|strong="H5062" a|strong="H1961" pregnant|strong="H2030" woman|strong="H2030" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3588" ◄she|strong="H3588" has|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" miscarriage|strong="H5309"/her|strong="H5414" baby|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1961" born|strong="H3318" prematurely|strong="H3318" and|strong="H3318" dies|strong="H4191"►. If|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" woman|strong="H2030" is|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" harmed|strong="H2255" in|strong="H5921" any|strong="H5414" other|strong="H0312" way|strong="H5921", the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3588" injured|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" must|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" fine|strong="H6064". He|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H5414" whatever|strong="H3605" the|strong="H5921" woman’s|strong="H0802" husband|strong="H1167" demands|strong="H5414", after|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" judge|strong="H6414" approves|strong="H0974" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" fine|strong="H6064". 
\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H1961" if|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5414" woman|strong="H0802" is|strong="H5315" injured|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5315" some|strong="H5315" additional way|strong="H1870", the|strong="H5414" one|strong="H1961" who|strong="H5315" injured|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" must|strong="H5315" be|strong="H1961" caused|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" suffer|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5315" exactly|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5414" same|strong="H1931" way|strong="H1870" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w caused|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w suffer|strong="H5414"\+w*}. If|strong="H1961" she|strong="H1931" dies|strong="H4191", he|strong="H5414" must|strong="H5315" be|strong="H1961" executed|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{24-25}If|strong="H0518" her|strong="H3605" eye|strong="H5869" is|strong="H0369" injured|strong="H8295" or|strong="H0176" destroyed|strong="H4229", or|strong="H0176" if|strong="H0518" he|strong="H0834" knocks|strong="H5307" out|strong="H3318" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1121" her|strong="H3605" teeth|strong="H8127", or|strong="H0176" her|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" or|strong="H0176" foot|strong="H7272" is|strong="H0369" injured|strong="H8295", or|strong="H0176" if|strong="H0518" she|strong="H1931" is|strong="H0369" burned|strong="H8313" or|strong="H0176" bruised|strong="H7533", the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H0259" who|strong="H0834" injured|strong="H8295" her|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" injured|strong="H8295" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" way|strong="H1870". 
\verseNumber{26}If|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" owner|strong="H1167" of|strong="H5869" a|strong="H3588" slave|strong="H5650" strikes|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3588" eye|strong="H5869" of|strong="H5869" his|strong="H7971" male|strong="H5650" or|strong="H5650" female|strong="H5347" slave|strong="H5650" and|strong="H7971" ruins|strong="H2723" it|strong="H3588", he|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" free|strong="H2670" that|strong="H3588" slave|strong="H5650" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H5869" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w did|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w*} the|strong="H3588" slave’s|strong="H5650" eye|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{27}If|strong="H0518" someone|strong="H5307" knocks|strong="H5307" out|strong="H7971" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H5650" his|strong="H7971" slave’s|strong="H5650" teeth|strong="H8127", he|strong="H7971" must|strong="H4191" free|strong="H2670" the|strong="H8478" slave|strong="H5650" because|strong="H8478" of|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w he|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w did|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w*} the|strong="H8478" slave’s|strong="H5650" tooth|strong="H8127". 
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\verseNumber{28}If|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" bull|strong="H7794" gores|strong="H5055" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H1167" or|strong="H3808" woman|strong="H0802" with|strong="H1320" the|strong="H3588" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" person|strong="H1167" dies|strong="H4191", you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w must|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w bull|strong="H7794"\+w* \+w by|strong="H4191"\+w*} throwing|strong="H3027" stones|strong="H5619" at|strong="H4191" it|strong="H3588", but|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" punish|strong="H6485" the|strong="H3588" owner|strong="H1167" of|strong="H1167" the|strong="H3588" bull|strong="H7794". 
\verseNumber{29}But|strong="H3808" suppose|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8104" bull|strong="H7794" had|strong="H1167" attacked|strong="H5221" people|strong="H3808" several|strong="H2669" times|strong="H8543" before|strong="H3808", and|strong="H8104" its|strong="H8104" owner|strong="H1167" had|strong="H1167" been|strong="H3808" warned|strong="H5749", but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H1931" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" keep|strong="H8104" the|strong="H8104" bull|strong="H7794" inside|strong="H8432" a|strong="H3808" fence|strong="H1447". Then|strong="H1571" you|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w must|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w bull|strong="H7794"\+w* \+w by|strong="H4191"\+w*} throwing|strong="H3027" stones|strong="H5619" at|strong="H4191" it|strong="H1931", but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H1571" execute|strong="H4191" its|strong="H8104" owner|strong="H1167". 
\verseNumber{30}However|strong="H0389", if|strong="H0518" the|strong="H3605" owner|strong="H1167" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" bull|strong="H6499" is|strong="H5315" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" pay|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" fine|strong="H5560" ◄to|strong="H5921" save|strong="H5315" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H5315" life|strong="H5315"/in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" not|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H5315" executed|strong="H6213"►, he|strong="H3605" must|strong="H5315" pay|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" full|strong="H3605" amount|strong="H7896" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" judges|strong="H8199" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" must|strong="H5315" pay|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{31}If|strong="H1121" someone’s|strong="H0376" bull|strong="H1121" attacks|strong="H5221" and|strong="H1121" gores|strong="H5055" another|strong="H2088" person’s|strong="H3820" son|strong="H1121" or|strong="H1121" daughter|strong="H1323", you|strong="H6213" must|strong="H1121" treat|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" bull’s owner|strong="H1167" according|strong="H4941" to|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1121" same|strong="H2088" rule|strong="H4941". 
\verseNumber{32}If|strong="H0518" a|strong="H5414" bull|strong="H7794" attacks|strong="H5221" and|strong="H3701" gores|strong="H5055" a|strong="H5414" male|strong="H5650" or|strong="H3701" female|strong="H5347" slave|strong="H5650", its|strong="H5414" owner|strong="H1167" must|strong="H4191" pay|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" slave’s|strong="H5650" owner|strong="H1167" 30 pieces|strong="H8255" of|strong="H5650" silver|strong="H3701". Then|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" must|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w bull|strong="H7794"\+w* \+w by|strong="H5414"\+w*} throwing|strong="H3027" stones|strong="H5619" at|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{33}Suppose|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H5307" has|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" pit|strong="H0953"/cistern|strong="H0953" and|strong="H8033" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" keep|strong="H3680" it|strong="H3588" covered|strong="H3680", and|strong="H8033" someone’s|strong="H0376" bull|strong="H7794" or|strong="H3808" donkey|strong="H2543" falls|strong="H5307" into|strong="H5307" it|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w dies|strong="H4191"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{34}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7725" owner|strong="H1167" of|strong="H1167" the|strong="H7725" pit|strong="H0953"/cistern|strong="H0953" must|strong="H4191" pay|strong="H7999" for|strong="H4191" the|strong="H7725" animal|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1961" died|strong="H4191". He|strong="H7725" must|strong="H4191" give|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" animal’s|strong="H0929" owner|strong="H1167", but|strong="H1961" then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H7725" can|strong="H4310" take|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" animal|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1961" died|strong="H4191" and|strong="H3701" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="H1167"\+w* \+w whatever|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w he|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w with|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7725"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{35}If|strong="H3588" someone’s|strong="H0376" bull|strong="H7794" hurts|strong="H5062" another|strong="H7453" person’s|strong="H3820" bull|strong="H7794" with|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3588" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" dies|strong="H4191", the|strong="H3588" owners|strong="H1167" of|strong="H4191" both|strong="H1571" bulls|strong="H7794" must|strong="H4191" sell|strong="H4376" the|strong="H3588" bull|strong="H7794" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1571" living|strong="H2416", and|strong="H3701" they|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" divide|strong="H2673" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w between|strong="H0996"\+w* \+w them|strong="H4376"\+w*} the|strong="H3588" money|strong="H3701" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w receive|strong="H2416"\+w*} for|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588". They|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H1571" divide|strong="H2673" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w between|strong="H0996"\+w* \+w them|strong="H4376"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w meat|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4191"\+w*} the|strong="H3588" animal|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3588" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{36}However|strong="H3588", if|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" bull|strong="H7794" often|strong="H1767" attacked|strong="H5221" other|strong="H0312" animals|strong="H1961" previously|strong="H8543", and|strong="H3045" its|strong="H8478" owner|strong="H1167" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" keep|strong="H8104" it|strong="H1931" inside|strong="H8432" a|strong="H1961" fence|strong="H1447", then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" owner|strong="H1167" of|strong="H1167" that|strong="H3588" bull|strong="H7794" must|strong="H4191" give|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3588" owner|strong="H1167" of|strong="H1167" the|strong="H3588" bull|strong="H7794" that|strong="H3588" died|strong="H4191" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1167" his|strong="H8104" own|strong="H1961" bulls|strong="H7794", but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" can|strong="H3045" take|strong="H8104" away|strong="H5493" the|strong="H3588" animal|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" died|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w do|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w it|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w whatever|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w do|strong="H8104"\+w*}.” 

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\chapterNumber{22}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H5221" said|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H0518" someone|strong="H4191" steals|strong="H1589" a|strong="H4672" bull|strong="H6499" or|strong="H4191" a|strong="H4672" sheep|strong="H6629", and|strong="H1818" then|strong="H4191" slaughters|strong="H7819" it|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w sell|strong="H4376"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w or|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5221"\+w*} or|strong="H4191" sells|strong="H4376" its|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w meat|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w else|strong="H5750"\+w*}, he|strong="H5221" must|strong="H4191" pay|strong="H7999" five|strong="H2568" bulls|strong="H6499" for|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5221" bull|strong="H6499" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w stole|strong="H1589"\+w*}, and|strong="H1818" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w must|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w pay|strong="H7999"\+w*} four|strong="H0702" sheep|strong="H6629" for|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5221" sheep|strong="H6629" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w stole|strong="H1589"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{2}If|strong="H0518" a|strong="H5921" thief|strong="H1590" is|strong="H8121" caught|strong="H3920" while|strong="H5921" he|strong="H5921" is|strong="H8121" breaking|strong="H6524" into|strong="H5921" someone|strong="H0376" else’s|strong="H0312" house|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w night|strong="H3915"\+w*}, if|strong="H0518" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w one|strong="H0259"\+w* \+w who|strong="H4376"\+w* \+w catches|strong="H6679"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w*} kills|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5921" thief|strong="H1590", he|strong="H5921" is|strong="H8121" not|strong="H4376" guilty|strong="H0816" of|strong="H5921" murdering him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H7999" if|strong="H0518" that|strong="H2416" happens|strong="H1961" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5704" daytime|strong="H3119", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w one|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w who|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w thief|strong="H1590"\+w*} is|strong="H3027" guilty|strong="H0816" of|strong="H3027" murdering him|strong="H3027". The|strong="H5704" thief|strong="H1590" must|strong="H4191" pay|strong="H7999" for|strong="H5704" what|strong="H7999" he|strong="H5704" stole|strong="H1591". If|strong="H0518" he|strong="H5704" has|strong="H3027" no|strong="H4672" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w animals|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w which|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w pay|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w one|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w that|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w stole|strong="H1591"\+w*}, he|strong="H5704" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H3027" sold|strong="H4376" to|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w become|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w someone’s|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w else’s|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w slave|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w must|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w used|strong="H6213"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" pay|strong="H7999" for|strong="H5704" what|strong="H7999" he|strong="H5704" stole|strong="H1591". 
\verseNumber{4}If|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" thief|strong="H1590" still|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" animal|strong="H1165" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H7704" caught|strong="H3920", whether|strong="H0518" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H7704" a|strong="H3588" bull|strong="H6499" or|strong="H7704" a|strong="H3588" donkey|strong="H2543" or|strong="H7704" a|strong="H3588" sheep|strong="H6629", and|strong="H7971" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H7704" still|strong="H3588" alive|strong="H2416", the|strong="H3588" thief|strong="H1590" must|strong="H4191" give|strong="H7704" back|strong="H7999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w stolen|strong="H1589"\+w* \+w animal|strong="H1165"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w well|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w giving|strong="H5414"\+w*} two|strong="H8147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{additional} animals|strong="H0929" for|strong="H3588" each|strong="H0376" one|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" stole|strong="H1589". 
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\verseNumber{5}If|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H0376" allows|strong="H7617" his|strong="H3588" animals|strong="H0929" to|strong="H3318" ◄graze|strong="H7462"/eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3588" grass|strong="H2682"► in|strong="H4672" his|strong="H3588" field|strong="H7704" or|strong="H7704" in|strong="H4672" his|strong="H3588" vineyard|strong="H3754", and|strong="H7704" if|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" stray|strong="H8582" away|strong="H1197" and|strong="H7704" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3588" crops|strong="H8393" in|strong="H4672" another|strong="H0312" person’s|strong="H3820" field|strong="H7704", the|strong="H3588" owner|strong="H1167" of|strong="H7704" the|strong="H3588" animals|strong="H0929" must|strong="H4191" pay|strong="H7999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w owner|strong="H1167"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7704"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w crops|strong="H8393"\+w*} by|strong="H3318" giving|strong="H5414" him|strong="H4672" the|strong="H3588" best|strong="H2459" crops|strong="H8393" from|strong="H3318" his|strong="H3588" own|strong="H1961" field|strong="H7704" or|strong="H7704" vineyard|strong="H3754". 
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\verseNumber{6}Suppose|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H5414" starts a|strong="H5414" fire|strong="H0784" in|strong="H1004" his|strong="H5414" own|strong="H1961" field|strong="H7704", and|strong="H3701" the|strong="H3588" fire|strong="H0784" spreads|strong="H4672" through|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" grass|strong="H2682" and|strong="H3701" starts burning|strong="H2740" in|strong="H1004" someone|strong="H5414" else’s|strong="H0312" field|strong="H7704", and|strong="H3701" the|strong="H3588" fire|strong="H0784" burns|strong="H8313" grain|strong="H1715" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3701" growing|strong="H5927" or|strong="H3701" grain|strong="H1715" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3701" already|strong="H3528" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cut|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3701"\+w*} stacked|strong="H1430". Then|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="H8104" started|strong="H2490" the|strong="H3588" fire|strong="H0784" must|strong="H4191" pay|strong="H7999" completely|strong="H3617" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" damage|strong="H5142". 
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\verseNumber{7}Suppose|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H0376" gives|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7971" another|strong="H7453" person|strong="H1167" some|strong="H3027" money|strong="H3701" or|strong="H3808" other|strong="H7453" valuable|strong="H3368" goods|strong="H4399" and|strong="H7971" asks|strong="H7592" him|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" guard|strong="H1004" them|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w while|strong="H1004"\+w*}. If|strong="H0518" those|strong="H7126" things|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3027" stolen|strong="H1589" from|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3027" person’s|strong="H3820" house|strong="H1004", if|strong="H0518" the|strong="H7971" thief|strong="H1590" is|strong="H3027" caught|strong="H4672", he|strong="H1004" must|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H7999" back|strong="H1004" twice|strong="H6471" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w much|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w stole|strong="H1589"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}If|strong="H3588" two|strong="H2543" people|strong="H7200" argue|strong="H3198" about|strong="H3605" which|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" them|strong="H5414" owns|strong="H3426" a|strong="H5414" bull|strong="H7794" or|strong="H7794" a|strong="H5414" donkey|strong="H2543" or|strong="H7794" a|strong="H5414" sheep|strong="H7716" or|strong="H7794" some|strong="H3605" clothing|strong="H3830", or|strong="H7794" something|strong="H8104" else|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3588" been|strong="H3605" lost|strong="H0006", the|strong="H3605" two|strong="H2543" people|strong="H7200" who|strong="H3605" each|strong="H3605" claim|strong="H0589"/say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" item belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4191" them|strong="H5414" must|strong="H4191" stand|strong="H5975" before|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" judges|strong="H8199". The|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" whom|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" judges|strong="H8199" declare|strong="H5046" is|strong="H3605" lying|strong="H8267" must|strong="H4191" pay|strong="H5414" back|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* real \+w owner|strong="H1167"\+w*} twice|strong="H6471" as|strong="H3588" many|strong="H7200" bulls|strong="H7794" or|strong="H7794" donkeys|strong="H2543" or|strong="H7794" sheep|strong="H7716" or|strong="H7794" pieces|strong="H7665" of|strong="H3605" clothing|strong="H3830". 
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\verseNumber{10}Suppose|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H0376" gives|strong="H5414" his|strong="H3068" donkey|strong="H2543" or|strong="H3808" bull|strong="H6499" or|strong="H3808" sheep|strong="H6629" or|strong="H3808" some|strong="H3027" other|strong="H7453" animal|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" someone|strong="H0376" else|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3068" asks|strong="H7592" him|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" it|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w while|strong="H1961"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3947" animal|strong="H1961" dies|strong="H4191" or|strong="H3808" is|strong="H3068" injured|strong="H8295" or|strong="H3808" is|strong="H3068" stolen|strong="H1589" while|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" is|strong="H3068" watching|strong="H8245". 
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\verseNumber{14}If|strong="H1931" someone|strong="H0376" borrows|strong="H7592" an|strong="H7999" animal|strong="H0929", and|strong="H5973" if|strong="H1931" that|strong="H1931" animal|strong="H0929" is|strong="H1931" hurt|strong="H7451" or|strong="H3808" dies|strong="H4191" when|strong="H3588" its|strong="H1167" owner|strong="H1167" is|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3808" there|strong="H8033", the|strong="H5973" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H1931" borrowed|strong="H7592" it|strong="H1931" must|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H7999" the|strong="H5973" owner|strong="H1167" for|strong="H7939" the|strong="H5973" animal|strong="H0929". 
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\verseNumber{16}“If|strong="H0518" a|strong="H5414" man|strong="H0376" persuades a|strong="H5414" girl|strong="H5291"/woman|strong="H0802" to|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5414" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414", a|strong="H5414" girl|strong="H5291"/woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H0834" ◄is|strong="H3701" a|strong="H5414" virgin|strong="H1330"/has|strong="H5414" never|strong="H3808" had|strong="H5414" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5414" any|strong="H5414" man|strong="H0376"► and|strong="H3701" who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H3701" not|strong="H5414" engaged|strong="H0781" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" married|strong="H3947", he|strong="H5414" must|strong="H4191" pay|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" bride|strong="H3618" price|strong="H3701" for|strong="H3701" her|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3701" marry|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{18}You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" execute|strong="H4191" any|strong="H3605" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H3605" ◄practices|strong="H6213" sorcery|strong="H3784"/is|strong="H3605" a|strong="H4191" shaman►. 
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\verseNumber{19}You|strong="H2076" must|strong="H4191" execute|strong="H6213" any|strong="H1115" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H3068" an|strong="H3068" animal|strong="H0929". 
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\verseNumber{21}You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" mistreat|strong="H6031" a|strong="H3808" foreigner|strong="H5237" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w comes|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w among|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w*}. Do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3605" previously|strong="H3808" foreigners|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3808" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
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\verseNumber{22}You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3588" mistreat|strong="H6031" any|strong="H3588" widow|strong="H0490" or|strong="H8085" any|strong="H3588" orphan|strong="H3490". 
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\verseNumber{25}If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5704" lend|strong="H3867" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H5704" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H7725" my|strong="H7725" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H3117" poor|strong="H6041", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H7725" act|strong="H6213" like|strong="H5704" a|strong="H7725" moneylender and|strong="H7725" require|strong="H1875" him|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" pay|strong="H7725" interest|strong="H5392" on|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" money|strong="H3701". 
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\verseNumber{29}◄Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" withhold|strong="H4513" from|strong="H3117"/Give|strong="H5414"► me|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" best|strong="H2459" parts|strong="H3411" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" grain|strong="H1715" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5414" harvest|strong="H7105" and|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" olive|strong="H2132" oil|strong="H8081" and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" wine|strong="H3196" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5414" produce|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{30}You|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" dedicate|strong="H6942" your|strong="H3808" firstborn|strong="H1060" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H7993". Similarly|strong="H2088", your|strong="H3808" firstborn|strong="H1060" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w male|strong="H2145"\+w*} cattle|strong="H4735" and|strong="H7704" sheep|strong="H6629" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H7993". After|strong="H1961" those|strong="H1961" animals|strong="H1961" are|strong="H1961" born|strong="H3808", allow|strong="H5414" them|strong="H7993" to|strong="H1961" stay|strong="H3427" with|strong="H1320" their|strong="H1961" mothers|strong="H0517" for|strong="H7704" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". On|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" eighth|strong="H8066" day|strong="H6944", offer|strong="H7126" them|strong="H7993" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H7993" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{31}You|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3117" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H3117" ◄completely|strong="H3617" dedicated|strong="H6942" to|strong="H0413"/set|strong="H7760" apart|strong="H0914" for|strong="H3588"► me|strong="H0413". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w And|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w detest|strong="H8262"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" meat|strong="H1320" of|strong="H1121" any|strong="H3605" animal|strong="H0929" that|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2026" by|strong="H0801" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H0929". Therefore|strong="H3651" you|strong="H0859" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" such|strong="H2088" meat|strong="H1320". Instead|strong="H8478", throw|strong="H7993" it|strong="H5414" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" dogs|strong="H3611" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w can|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w*}.” 

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\chapterNumber{23}“Do|strong="H3027" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" to|strong="H1961" others|strong="H0312" ◄false|strong="H7723" rumors|strong="H8052"/untrue reports|strong="H1697"► about|strong="H1961" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H3808". Do|strong="H3027" not|strong="H3808" help|strong="H1961" someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H7563" is|strong="H3027" guilty|strong="H7563" by|strong="H3027" ◄testifying falsely|strong="H7723"/lying|strong="H7723"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{2}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" join|strong="H2266" a|strong="H1961" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H7227" are|strong="H7227" planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" evil|strong="H7451". Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" testify|strong="H6030" the|strong="H5921" way|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w crowd|strong="H1995"\+w* \+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w*}, if|strong="H1961" that|strong="H7451" will|strong="H1961" prevent|strong="H6923" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w judge|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* deciding \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w case|strong="H7379"\+w*} justly|strong="H4941"/fairly|strong="H6664". 
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\verseNumber{7}Do|strong="H8267" not|strong="H3808" accuse|strong="H7378" people|strong="H3808" falsely|strong="H8267". Do|strong="H8267" not|strong="H3808" decide|strong="H3198" that|strong="H3588" innocent|strong="H5355" and|strong="H1697" righteous|strong="H6662" [DOU] people|strong="H3808" should|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3808" executed|strong="H6213", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H6662" ◄punish|strong="H6485"/not|strong="H3808" forgive|strong="H5545"► people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H6662" do|strong="H8267" such|strong="H1697" an|strong="H3588" evil|strong="H7563" thing|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{8}Do|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" accept|strong="H3947" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1697" a|strong="H3947" bribe|strong="H7810", because|strong="H3588" officials|strong="H3947" who|strong="H6662" accept|strong="H3947" bribes|strong="H7810" are|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1697" [MTY] decide|strong="H3198" what|strong="H1697" is|strong="H1697" right|strong="H6662" to|strong="H1697" do|strong="H1697", and|strong="H1697" they|strong="H3588" do|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" innocent|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1697" be|strong="H3808" treated|strong="H3190" fairly|strong="H6662". 
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\verseNumber{9}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" mistreat|strong="H3238" foreigners|strong="H1616" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1616"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w among|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}. You|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w how|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w often|strong="H1767"\+w* \+w treat|strong="H1961"\+w*} foreigners|strong="H1616", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Egyptians|strong="H4714" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w did|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w treat|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w well|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" foreigners|strong="H1616" there|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{13}Make|strong="H8085" certain|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" obey|strong="H8085" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3605" commanded|strong="H6310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w do|strong="H8104"\+w*}. Do|strong="H8104" not|strong="H3808" pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H5921" [MTY] other|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430". Do|strong="H8104" not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3808" mention|strong="H2142" their|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Rules|strong="H4910" about|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7969" annual|strong="H6471" festivals|strong="H4150" }
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\verseNumber{14}“Every|strong="H8141" year|strong="H8141" you|strong="H8141" must|strong="H4191" celebrate|strong="H2287" three|strong="H7969" festivals|strong="H4150" to|strong="H8141" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w*} me|strong="H0413". 
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\verseNumber{25}You|strong="H1288" must|strong="H4191" worship|strong="H5647" me|strong="H1288", Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H1288"\+w* \+w you|strong="H1288"\+w* \+w do|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*}, I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" your|strong="H3068" (OR|strong="H3899", bless|strong="H1288" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H1288"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w giving|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w you|strong="H1288"\+w*}) food|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3068" water|strong="H4325", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" protect|strong="H8104" you|strong="H1288" from|strong="H5493" becoming|strong="H5000" sick|strong="H2470". 
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\verseNumber{27}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5971" cause|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" oppose|strong="H7853" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7971" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H6440" me|strong="H5414". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5971" cause|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H6440" you|strong="H5414" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H6440" to|strong="H7971" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" confused|strong="H2000". And|strong="H7971" then|strong="H7971" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5971" cause|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7971" turn|strong="H5414" around|strong="H6440" and|strong="H7971" run|strong="H7323" away|strong="H7971" from|strong="H6440" you|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{29}I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" expel|strong="H1644" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8141"\+w*} them|strong="H5921" in|strong="H8141" less|strong="H0637" than|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" year|strong="H8141". If|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5921" did|strong="H3808" that|strong="H8141", your|strong="H5921" land|strong="H7704" would|strong="H7227" become|strong="H1961" deserted|strong="H5307", and|strong="H6440" there|strong="H1961" would|strong="H7227" be|strong="H1961" very|strong="H7227" many|strong="H7227" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H2416" ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w would|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w*/\+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w would|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w control|strong="H3027"\+w*}►. 
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\chapterNumber{24}Then|strong="H4872" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5927", “Come|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5927", up|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w top|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*}, you|strong="H2205" and|strong="H4872" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sons|strong="H1121"\+w*} Nadab|strong="H5070" and|strong="H4872" Abihu|strong="H0030". Also|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w take|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w along|strong="H5921"\+w*} 70 of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Israeli elders|strong="H2205"/leaders|strong="H2205". While|strong="H7350" you|strong="H2205" are|strong="H3478" still|strong="H5750" some|strong="H4480" distance|strong="H7350" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w top|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*}, prostrate|strong="H7812" yourselves|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H0776"\+w*} and|strong="H4872" worship|strong="H7812" me|strong="H5927". 
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\verseNumber{3}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H1697" went|strong="H4872" and|strong="H4872" told|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" and|strong="H4872" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" he|strong="H6213" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H1696". The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" replied|strong="H6030" together|strong="H5971", saying|strong="H1697", “We|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" us|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5414", “Come|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H1961"\+w*} on|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w top|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w this|strong="H5414"\+w*} mountain|strong="H2022". While|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H3068" here|strong="H8033", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w two|strong="H8147"\+w*} stone|strong="H0068" slabs on|strong="H3068" which|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1961" written|strong="H3789" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" laws|strong="H8451" [DOU] that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" instruct|strong="H3384"/teach|strong="H3384" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}.” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh gave Moses instructions about a big Sacred Tent for their worship }
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\chapterNumber{25}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", “There|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w*} you|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" tell|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H1696". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Instructions for the coverings for the Sacred Tent }
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\chapterNumber{27}“Tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1961" make|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" altar|strong="H4196" from|strong="H1961" acacia|strong="H7848" wood|strong="H6086". It|strong="H6213" is|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" square|strong="H7251", ◄7-1/2 feet|strong="H7272"/2.2 meters► on|strong="H1961" each|strong="H0376" side|strong="H6285", and|strong="H6086" make|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" ◄4-1/2 feet|strong="H7272"/1.3 meters► high|strong="H6967". 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w must|strong="H4191"\+w*} make|strong="H6213" pans|strong="H5518" in|strong="H6213" which|strong="H3627" to|strong="H6213" put|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w greasy|strong="H1878"\+w*} ashes|strong="H1878" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w animal|strong="H0929"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w*}. Also|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w must|strong="H4191"\+w*} make|strong="H6213" shovels|strong="H3257" for|strong="H6213" cleaning out|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" ashes|strong="H1878", basins|strong="H4219" and|strong="H6213" forks|strong="H4207" for|strong="H6213" turning|strong="H5437" the|strong="H3605" meat|strong="H1320" as|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" cooks|strong="H2879", and|strong="H6213" buckets|strong="H1805" for|strong="H6213" carrying|strong="H5375" hot|strong="H2552" coals|strong="H1513"/ashes|strong="H1878". All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3627" these|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H3605" made|strong="H6213" from|strong="H3605" bronze|strong="H5178". 
\verseNumber{4}Also|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w*} make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" bronze|strong="H5178" grating|strong="H4345" to|strong="H5921" hold|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" wood|strong="H6086" and|strong="H6213" burning|strong="H2740" coals|strong="H1513". They|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" fasten|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" corners|strong="H7098" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" a|strong="H6213" bronze|strong="H5178" ring|strong="H2885" for|strong="H5921" carrying|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w must|strong="H4191"\+w*} put|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" grating|strong="H4346" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H5414" rim|strong="H4526" that|strong="H5414" is|strong="H1961" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5414" altar|strong="H4196". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w must|strong="H4191"\+w*} make|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w inside|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, halfway|strong="H2677" down|strong="H4295". 
\verseNumber{6}For|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w carrying|strong="H5375"\+w*} the|strong="H6213" altar|strong="H4196", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w must|strong="H4191"\+w*} make|strong="H6213" poles|strong="H0905" from|strong="H6086" acacia|strong="H7848" wood|strong="H6086" and|strong="H6086" cover|strong="H3680" them|strong="H6213" with|strong="H6213" bronze|strong="H5178". 
\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w must|strong="H5375"\+w*} put|strong="H8147" the|strong="H5921" poles|strong="H0905" through|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" rings|strong="H2885" on|strong="H5921" each|strong="H6763" side|strong="H6763" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". The|strong="H5921" poles|strong="H0905" are|strong="H1961" for|strong="H5921" carrying|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H7200" altar|strong="H4196" will|strong="H2022" be|strong="H2022" like|strong="H3651" a|strong="H6213" box|strong="H0712", made|strong="H6213" from|strong="H2022" boards|strong="H3871" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w acacia|strong="H7848"\+w* \+w wood|strong="H6086"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w must|strong="H4191"\+w*} make|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H6213" these|strong="H6213" instructions|strong="H1697" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H3651" am|strong="H1961" giving|strong="H5414" you|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H3651"\+w*} on|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="H3651"\+w*} mountain|strong="H2022".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Instructions|strong="H1697" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H7200" courtyard|strong="H2691" }
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\verseNumber{9}“Around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H6213" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H6213" courtyard|strong="H2691". To|strong="H6213" form|strong="H8389" the|strong="H6213" courtyard|strong="H2691", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w*} make|strong="H6213" curtains|strong="H3407" of|strong="H5045" fine|strong="H8336" linen|strong="H8336". On|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" south|strong="H5045" side|strong="H6285", the|strong="H6213" curtain|strong="H3407" is|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1961" ◄50 yards|strong="H5439"/44 meters► long|strong="H0753". 
\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w To|strong="H6242"\+w* \+w support|strong="H2388"\+w*/\+w hang|strong="H8518"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w curtain|strong="H3407"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6242"\+w*} make|strong="H6213" twenty|strong="H6242" bronze|strong="H5178" posts|strong="H5982", and|strong="H6242" one|strong="H0259" bronze|strong="H5178" base|strong="H3247" for|strong="H3701" each|strong="H0376" post|strong="H4201". To|strong="H6242" fasten|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" curtains|strong="H3407" to|strong="H6242" the|strong="H3605" posts|strong="H5982", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H5178"\+w* \+w must|strong="H4191"\+w*} make|strong="H6213" silver|strong="H3701" hooks|strong="H2053", and|strong="H6242" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w metal|strong="H2830"\+w*} rods|strong="H4294" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w covered|strong="H3680"\+w* \+w with|strong="H2838"\+w*} silver|strong="H3701" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6242"\+w* \+w fasten|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w curtains|strong="H3407"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6242"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w hooks|strong="H2053"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{12}On|strong="H6285" the|strong="H6285" west|strong="H3220" side|strong="H6285" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5982"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6285"\+w* \+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*} they|strong="H2691" must|strong="H4191" make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3220" curtain|strong="H3407" ◄25 yards|strong="H5439"/22 meters► long|strong="H0753". The|strong="H6285" curtains|strong="H3407" are|strong="H7050" to|strong="H3220" be|strong="H3220" supported|strong="H0310" by|strong="H0801" ten|strong="H6235" posts|strong="H5982", with|strong="H3220" a|strong="H3220" base|strong="H3247" under|strong="H8478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w each|strong="H0376"\+w*} post|strong="H4201". 
\verseNumber{13}On|strong="H6285" the|strong="H6285" east|strong="H4217" side|strong="H6285", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H2572"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6285"\+w* \+w entrance|strong="H6607"\+w* \+w is|strong="H2691"\+w*}, the|strong="H6285" courtyard|strong="H2691" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H6285" be|strong="H1961" ◄25 yards|strong="H5439"/22 meters► wide|strong="H7341". 
\verseNumber{14-15}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w*} make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1961" curtain|strong="H3407" ◄22-1/2 feet|strong="H7272"/6.6 meters► wide|strong="H7341" for|strong="H3588" each|strong="H0376" side|strong="H6285" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" entrance|strong="H6607" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{16}They|strong="H8179" must|strong="H4191" make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1961" curtain|strong="H4539" ◄30 feet|strong="H7272"/9 meters► long|strong="H0753" for|strong="H4639" the|strong="H8179" entrance|strong="H8179". A|strong="H1961" skilled|strong="H2450" weaver|strong="H7551" must|strong="H4191" embroider|strong="H7660" it|strong="H5414" with|strong="H4639" blue|strong="H8504", purple|strong="H8504", and|strong="H6242" red|strong="H8144" yarn|strong="H8144"/thread|strong="H8144". It|strong="H5414" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" ◄supported|strong="H0310" by|strong="H8179"/hung|strong="H8518" from|strong="H8179"► four|strong="H0702" posts|strong="H5982", each|strong="H8179" one|strong="H8336" with|strong="H4639" a|strong="H1961" base|strong="H3247" under|strong="H8478" it|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{17}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" posts|strong="H5982" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" courtyard|strong="H2691" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H3701" connected|strong="H5439" with|strong="H3605" metal|strong="H2830" rods|strong="H4294" covered|strong="H3680" with|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701". The|strong="H3605" clasps|strong="H7165"/fasteners must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H3701" made|strong="H2836" of|strong="H5982" silver|strong="H3701", and|strong="H3701" the|strong="H3605" bases|strong="H0134" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H3701" made|strong="H2836" of|strong="H5982" bronze|strong="H5178". 
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\verseNumber{19}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3627"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w made|strong="H3627"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3627"\+w* \+w gold|strong="H2091"\+w*} that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3627" to|strong="H5178" be|strong="H5656" used|strong="H3627" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H3489" and|strong="H5178" in|strong="H5178" the|strong="H3605" courtyard|strong="H2691", and|strong="H5178" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tent|strong="H3489" pegs|strong="H3489" to|strong="H5178" support|strong="H2388" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H3489" and|strong="H5178" the|strong="H3605" curtains|strong="H3407", must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H5656" made|strong="H3627" of|strong="H3627" bronze|strong="H5178". 
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\verseNumber{20}“ommand the|strong="H3947" Israeli people|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3478" must|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H6680" the|strong="H3947" best|strong="H2459" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H1121" olive|strong="H2132" oil|strong="H8081" to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w burn|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w*} the|strong="H3947" lamps|strong="H5216". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w must|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w bring|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w this|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w oil|strong="H8081"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w continually|strong="H8548"\+w*}, in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3947" lamps|strong="H5216" can|strong="H3947" burn|strong="H5927" continually|strong="H8548". 
\verseNumber{21}They|strong="H3068" must|strong="H1121" put|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" lampstand|strong="H4501" outside|strong="H2351" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" curtain|strong="H6532" which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w chest|strong="H0727"\+w* \+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w contains|strong="H4393"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w stone|strong="H0068"\+w* slabs \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w written|strong="H3789"\+w*} my|strong="H3068" commandments|strong="H4687". Aaron|strong="H6186" must|strong="H1121" take|strong="H1121" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" lamps|strong="H5216". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w dies|strong="H4191"\+w*}, his|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H1121" must|strong="H1121" do|strong="H3068" this|strong="H6440" work|strong="H4399". The|strong="H6440" lamps|strong="H5216" are|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5704" burn|strong="H8313" every|strong="H1242" night|strong="H6153", from|strong="H6440" evening|strong="H6153" until|strong="H5704" morning|strong="H1242". The|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H1121" must|strong="H1121" obey|strong="H8085" this|strong="H6440" regulation|strong="H4941" throughout|strong="H1755" all|strong="H1755" future|strong="H0319" generations|strong="H1755".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Instructions for the priests’ clothing }
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\chapterNumber{28}“Summon|strong="H7121" your|strong="H7126" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7126" sons|strong="H1121"—Nadab|strong="H5070", Abihu|strong="H0030", Eleazar|strong="H0499", and|strong="H1121" Ithamar|strong="H0385". ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Set|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w apart|strong="H0914"\+w*/\+w They|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w ones|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w whom|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w I|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w chosen|strong="H0977"\+w*}► from|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H8432" Israeli people|strong="H1121", in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3478" can|strong="H1121" serve|strong="H3547" me|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1121"\+w*} priests|strong="H3547". 
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\verseNumber{3}Talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" skilled|strong="H2450" workmen|strong="H6213", those|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1696" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" given|strong="H6213" special|strong="H6381" ability|strong="H3581". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tell|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w* } to|strong="H1696" make|strong="H6213" clothes|strong="H0899" for|strong="H6213" Aaron|strong="H0175", for|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" wear|strong="H3847" when|strong="H1696" he|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3820" ◄set|strong="H4390" apart|strong="H6942"/dedicated|strong="H6942"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w become|strong="H6942"\+w*} a|strong="H6213" priest|strong="H3547" to|strong="H1696" serve|strong="H3547" me|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{34}Between|strong="H5921" each|strong="H5439" of|strong="H5921" these|strong="H5439" decorations, they|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" fasten|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5921" tiny gold|strong="H2091" bell|strong="H6472". 
\verseNumber{35}When|strong="H1961" Aaron|strong="H0175" enters|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H6944" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w*} to|strong="H3318" do|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" work|strong="H4399" as|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3068" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3068" leaves|strong="H3318" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", the|strong="H6440" bells|strong="H6472" will|strong="H3068" ring|strong="H2885" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w walks|strong="H1980"\+w*}. As|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H6903", he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* disobeying \+w my|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w instructions|strong="H1697"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{36}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" tiny ornament|strong="H5716" of|strong="H3068" pure|strong="H2889" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" a|strong="H6213" ◄skilled|strong="H2450" workman|strong="H2803"/gem-cutter► to|strong="H3068" engrave|strong="H6605" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" words|strong="H1697", ‘Dedicated|strong="H6944" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068".’ 
\verseNumber{37}They|strong="H5921" should|strong="H3068" fasten|strong="H7760" this|strong="H6440" ornament|strong="H5716" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" turban|strong="H4701" by|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" blue|strong="H8504" cord|strong="H6616". 
\verseNumber{38}Aaron|strong="H0175" must|strong="H1121" always|strong="H3605" wear|strong="H5375" this|strong="H6440" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" forehead|strong="H4696". In|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605" way|strong="H6440", Aaron|strong="H0175" himself|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3068" show|strong="H5375" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w accepts|strong="H3947"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" guilt|strong="H5771" if|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" offer|strong="H5375" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H6944"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H6440" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" way|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1961" correct|strong="H3256", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H5921", Yahweh|strong="H3068", will|strong="H3068" accept|strong="H5375" their|strong="H3605" sacrifices|strong="H6944". 
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\verseNumber{39}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w*} weave|strong="H7660" the|strong="H6213" long-sleeved|strong="H6446" tunic|strong="H3801"/gown from|strong="H6213" fine|strong="H8336" linen|strong="H8336". Also|strong="H6213", they|strong="H6213" must|strong="H4191" make|strong="H6213" from|strong="H6213" fine|strong="H8336" linen|strong="H8336" a|strong="H6213" turban|strong="H4701" and|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" sash|strong="H0073"/waistband|strong="H0232", and|strong="H6213" embroider|strong="H7660" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w designs|strong="H4284"\+w* \+w on|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{40}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w*} make|strong="H6213" beautiful|strong="H8597" long-sleeved|strong="H6446" tunics|strong="H3801"/gowns, sashes|strong="H0073", and|strong="H1121" caps|strong="H4021" for|strong="H6213" Aaron’s|strong="H0175" sons|strong="H1121". Make|strong="H6213" ones|strong="H1121" that|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" suitable|strong="H5048" for|strong="H6213" those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" this|strong="H6213" dignified work|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{41}Put|strong="H3847" these|strong="H0428" clothes|strong="H3847" on|strong="H3847" your|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" on|strong="H3847" his|strong="H3027" sons|strong="H1121". Then|strong="H1121" ◄set|strong="H4390" them|strong="H3027" apart|strong="H6942"/dedicate|strong="H6942" them|strong="H3027"► for|strong="H3027" this|strong="H3027" work|strong="H3027" by|strong="H3027" anointing|strong="H4886" them|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w* \+w oil|strong="H4886"\+w*}, in|strong="H3847" order|strong="H3027" that|strong="H1121" they|strong="H6942" may|strong="H1121" serve|strong="H3547" me|strong="H4886" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1121"\+w*} priests|strong="H3547". 
\verseNumber{42}Also|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w*} make|strong="H6213" linen|strong="H8336" undershorts for|strong="H5704" them|strong="H6213". The|strong="H6213" undershorts should|strong="H6213" extend|strong="H1961" from|strong="H5704" their|strong="H1961" waists to|strong="H5704" their|strong="H1961" thighs|strong="H3409", in|strong="H6213" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H6213" no|strong="H6213" one|strong="H1961" can|strong="H6213" see|strong="H7200" their|strong="H1961" private|strong="H7023" parts|strong="H6172". 
\verseNumber{43}Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5375" sons|strong="H1121" must|strong="H4191" always|strong="H5769" wear|strong="H5375" those|strong="H5921" undershorts when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3808" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" or|strong="H3808" when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3808" come|strong="H1961" near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H4191" offer|strong="H5375" sacrifices|strong="H6944" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H6944". If|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" obey|strong="H8085" this|strong="H4191" command|strong="H5921", I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H1961" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191". Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5375" male|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H2233" must|strong="H4191" obey|strong="H8085" this|strong="H4191" rule|strong="H4910" forever|strong="H5769".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Instructions for dedicating the priests }
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\chapterNumber{29}“This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3947" must|strong="H1121" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" dedicate|strong="H6942" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3947" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H6213" serve|strong="H3547" me|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1121"\+w*} priests|strong="H3547": Select|strong="H3947" one|strong="H2088" young|strong="H1121" bull|strong="H6499" and|strong="H1121" two|strong="H8147" rams|strong="H0352" that|strong="H1697" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" have|strong="H1121" any|strong="H6213" defects. 
\verseNumber{2}Bake|strong="H0644" three|strong="H7969" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kinds|strong="H2178"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w bread|strong="H3899"\+w*} using|strong="H5927" finely-ground wheat|strong="H2406" flour|strong="H5560", but|strong="H3588" without|strong="H6213" yeast|strong="H7603": Bake|strong="H0644" some|strong="H4480" loaves|strong="H3899" that|strong="H8081" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3899" any|strong="H6213" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081" in|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213", bake|strong="H0644" some|strong="H4480" loaves|strong="H3899" that|strong="H8081" have|strong="H3899" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" dough|strong="H1217", and|strong="H3899" bake|strong="H0644" some|strong="H4480" thin|strong="H1851" wafers|strong="H7550" that|strong="H8081" will|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3899" smeared|strong="H4886" with|strong="H1101" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w they|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w are|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w baked|strong="H0644"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}Put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5414" basket|strong="H5536" and|strong="H6499" offer|strong="H7126" them|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5414"\+w*} when|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414" sacrifice|strong="H2077" the|strong="H5921" young|strong="H6499" bull|strong="H6499" and|strong="H6499" the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" rams|strong="H0352". 
\verseNumber{4}Take|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7364" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7126" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7126" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H1121" wash|strong="H7364" them|strong="H7126" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{ritually}. 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H3947" put|strong="H3847" the|strong="H3947" special|strong="H6381" clothes|strong="H3847" on|strong="H3847" Aaron|strong="H0175"—the|strong="H3947" long-sleeved|strong="H6446" tunic|strong="H3801"/gown, the|strong="H3947" robe|strong="H4598" that|strong="H3947" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" worn|strong="H3847" underneath|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3947" sacred|strong="H6944" apron, the|strong="H3947" sacred|strong="H6944" apron, the|strong="H3947" sacred|strong="H6944" pouch|strong="H3219", and|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" sash|strong="H0073"/waistband|strong="H0232". 
\verseNumber{6}Place|strong="H7760" the|strong="H5921" turban|strong="H4701" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" head|strong="H7218", and|strong="H7218" fasten|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" turban|strong="H4701" the|strong="H5921" ornament|strong="H5716" that|strong="H5414" has|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" words|strong="H1697" ‘Dedicated|strong="H6944" to|strong="H5921" Yahweh’ engraved|strong="H6605" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H3947" take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" oil|strong="H8081" and|strong="H7218" pour|strong="H3332" some|strong="H4480" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3947" head|strong="H7218" to|strong="H5921" ◄dedicate|strong="H6942" him|strong="H5921"/set|strong="H3332" him|strong="H5921" apart|strong="H0914"►. 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H7126" bring|strong="H7126" his|strong="H7126" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" put|strong="H3847" the|strong="H7126" long-sleeved|strong="H6446" tunics|strong="H3801"/gowns on|strong="H3847" them|strong="H7126". 
\verseNumber{9}Put|strong="H2296" the|strong="H4390" sashes|strong="H0073"/waistbands around|strong="H3027" their|strong="H1992" waists and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4390" caps|strong="H4021" on|strong="H2296" their|strong="H1992" heads|strong="H7218". That|strong="H1121" is|strong="H3027" the|strong="H4390" ritual|strong="H3925" by|strong="H3027" which|strong="H1992" you|strong="H3027" are|strong="H1992" to|strong="H1961" ◄dedicate|strong="H4390" them|strong="H1992"/set|strong="H4390" them|strong="H1992" apart|strong="H0914"► to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" priests|strong="H3548". Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3027" male|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" must|strong="H1121" serve|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1961"\+w*} priests|strong="H3548" forever|strong="H5769". 
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\verseNumber{10}“hen|strong="H2581" bring|strong="H7126" the|strong="H6440" young|strong="H1121" bull|strong="H6499" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". Tell|strong="H5046" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H6440" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5921" put|strong="H5564" their|strong="H5564" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" young|strong="H1121" bull|strong="H6499". 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H3068", while|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068", kill|strong="H7819" the|strong="H6440" young|strong="H6499" bull|strong="H6499" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* slitting \+w its|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w throat|strong="H1627"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" catch|strong="H3920"/drain|strong="H4680" the|strong="H6440" blood|strong="H1818" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" bowl|strong="H4219". 
\verseNumber{12}Take|strong="H3947" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4196" that|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H1818" with|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" finger|strong="H0676" and|strong="H4196" smear|strong="H2950" it|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" projections|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196". Throw|strong="H8210"/Splash|strong="H2236" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H1818" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" base|strong="H3247" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{13}Take|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" fat|strong="H2459" that|strong="H3605" covers|strong="H3680" the|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H7130" organs|strong="H5748" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" young|strong="H8147" bull|strong="H6499", the|strong="H3605" best|strong="H2459" part|strong="H7130" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" liver|strong="H3516", and|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" kidneys|strong="H3629" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" fat|strong="H2459" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", and|strong="H4196" burn|strong="H6999" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H3947" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w an|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w offering|strong="H6999"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H1931" the|strong="H2351" meat|strong="H1320" of|strong="H4264" the|strong="H2351" young|strong="H6499" bull|strong="H6499" and|strong="H6499" its|strong="H3605" hide|strong="H5785" and|strong="H6499" intestines|strong="H4578" must|strong="H2351" be|strong="H1320" burned|strong="H8313" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H2351" camp|strong="H4264". That|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1320" be|strong="H1320" an|strong="H1129" offering|strong="H2403" to|strong="H4264" forgive|strong="H5545" the|strong="H2351" guilt|strong="H0817" of|strong="H4264" your|strong="H8313" sins|strong="H2403". 
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\verseNumber{15}“hen|strong="H2581" select|strong="H3947" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" rams|strong="H0352", and|strong="H1121" tell|strong="H5046" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3947" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5921" put|strong="H5564" their|strong="H3947" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" ram|strong="H0352". 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H3947" kill|strong="H7819" the|strong="H5921" ram|strong="H0352" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* slitting \+w its|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w throat|strong="H1627"\+w*}. Catch|strong="H3920"/Drain|strong="H4680" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" and|strong="H4196" splash|strong="H2236" it|strong="H5921" against|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5439" four|strong="H0702" sides|strong="H5439" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H5414" cut|strong="H5408" the|strong="H5921" ram|strong="H0352" into|strong="H5921" pieces|strong="H5409". Wash|strong="H7364" its|strong="H5414" inner|strong="H7130" organs|strong="H5748" and|strong="H7218" its|strong="H5414" rear|strong="H3411" legs|strong="H3767" and|strong="H7218" put|strong="H5414" those|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218" 
\verseNumber{18}and|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H6999" those|strong="H3605" pieces|strong="H5409" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w completely|strong="H3605"\+w*} on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" ram|strong="H0352". That|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" an|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H5930" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6999", Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" smell|strong="H7381" will|strong="H3068" please|strong="H4994" me|strong="H6999". 
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\verseNumber{19}“ake the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H8145" ram|strong="H0352" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w selected|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w these|strong="H3947"\+w* rituals}, and|strong="H1121" tell|strong="H5046" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3947" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5921" put|strong="H5564" their|strong="H3947" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ram’s|strong="H3104" head|strong="H7218". 
\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H3947" kill|strong="H7819" the|strong="H5921" ram|strong="H0352" by|strong="H3027" slitting its|strong="H5414" throat|strong="H1627", and|strong="H1121" drain|strong="H4680" the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w into|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w bowl|strong="H4219"\+w*}. Smear|strong="H2950" some|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" lobe|strong="H8571" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3233" ears|strong="H0241" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" thumbs|strong="H0931" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5414" right|strong="H3233" hands|strong="H3027", and|strong="H1121" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" big|strong="H0931" toes|strong="H7272" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5414" right|strong="H3233" feet|strong="H7272". Throw|strong="H2236"/Splash|strong="H2236" the|strong="H5921" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" four|strong="H0702" sides|strong="H5439" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{21}Wipe|strong="H4229" up|strong="H5921" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" that|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196", mix|strong="H7543" it|strong="H1931" with|strong="H5921" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" oil|strong="H8081" for|strong="H5921" anointing|strong="H4888", and|strong="H1121" sprinkle|strong="H5137" it|strong="H1931" on|strong="H5921" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3947" clothes|strong="H0899", and|strong="H1121" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3947" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3947" clothes|strong="H0899". By|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H4480" that|strong="H1931", you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1121" dedicate|strong="H6942" them|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3947" clothes|strong="H0899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{22}“lso, cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ram’s|strong="H3104" fat|strong="H2459" and|strong="H8147" its|strong="H5921" fat|strong="H2459" tail|strong="H2180" and|strong="H8147" the|strong="H5921" fat|strong="H2459" that|strong="H3588" covers|strong="H3680" the|strong="H5921" inner|strong="H7130" organs|strong="H5748", the|strong="H5921" best|strong="H2459" part|strong="H7130" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" liver|strong="H3516", the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" kidneys|strong="H3629" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" fat|strong="H2459" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", and|strong="H8147" the|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3225" thigh|strong="H7785". 
\verseNumber{23}Take|strong="H3947" also|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="H3068" bread|strong="H3899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w baked|strong="H0644"\+w*}—one|strong="H3068" made|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068" no|strong="H6440" oil|strong="H8081", one|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068" oil|strong="H8081", and|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3068" thin|strong="H1851" wafer|strong="H7550". 
\verseNumber{24}Put|strong="H7760" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H7760" things|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3709" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H5130"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} lift|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921" up|strong="H7760" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w high|strong="H1121"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" dedicate|strong="H6942" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H3947" take|strong="H3947" them|strong="H5921" from|strong="H6440" their|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H6999" them|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" altar|strong="H4196", on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w placed|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3068"\+w*}. That|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3068"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" an|strong="H3947" offering|strong="H5930" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3068" its|strong="H5921" smell|strong="H7381" will|strong="H3068" please|strong="H4994" me|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H1961" take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H6440" meat|strong="H1320" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" ribs|strong="H5967" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" second|strong="H8145" ram|strong="H0352" that|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2026", and|strong="H3068" lift|strong="H3068" it|strong="H6440" up|strong="H5130" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w high|strong="H1116"\+w*} as|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" offering|strong="H8573" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440". But|strong="H1961" then|strong="H1961" this|strong="H6440" part|strong="H4490" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" animal|strong="H1961" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" for|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="H7311" take|strong="H7311" the|strong="H6942" meat|strong="H1320" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6942" ribs|strong="H5967", the|strong="H6942" other|strong="H0312" thigh|strong="H7785" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6942" first|strong="H1121" ram|strong="H0352" that|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" sacrificed|strong="H2076" to|strong="H1121" ◄dedicate|strong="H6942"/set|strong="H7311" apart|strong="H6942"► the|strong="H6942" priests|strong="H3548", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6942" ram|strong="H0352" whose|strong="H1121" other|strong="H0312" parts|strong="H3411" were|strong="H1121" lifted|strong="H7311" high|strong="H7311" to|strong="H1121" show|strong="H6942" that|strong="H1121" they|strong="H6942" were|strong="H1121" an|strong="H7311" offering|strong="H8641" to|strong="H1121" me|strong="H7311"; and|strong="H1121" set|strong="H7311" the|strong="H6942" meat|strong="H1320" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6942" ribs|strong="H5967" and|strong="H1121" thigh|strong="H7785" apart|strong="H6942" for|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H6942" sons|strong="H1121", for|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5130" to|strong="H1121" eat|strong="H0398". 
\verseNumber{28}In|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" future|strong="H0319", whenever|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121" present|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H1961", Yahweh|strong="H3068", offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H3478" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1961", the|strong="H3588" ribs|strong="H5967" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" thigh|strong="H3409" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w animals|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" for|strong="H3588" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" male|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{29}“fter Aaron|strong="H0175" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w dies|strong="H4191"\+w*}, the|strong="H4390" special|strong="H6381" clothes|strong="H0899" that|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3027" wore|strong="H3830" will|strong="H1961" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3027" sons|strong="H1121". They|strong="H3027" are|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1961" wear|strong="H1961" those|strong="H1121" clothes|strong="H0899" when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3027" are|strong="H1121" ◄set|strong="H4390" apart|strong="H6944"/dedicated|strong="H6944"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{30}Aaron’s|strong="H0175" son|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3548" becomes|strong="H1961" The|strong="H3117" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" and|strong="H1121" enters|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3117" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H1121" performs|strong="H6213" rituals in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H8478" must|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stay|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w*}, wearing|strong="H2296" these|strong="H3117" special|strong="H6381" clothes|strong="H3847", for|strong="H8478" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{31}“ake the|strong="H3947" meat|strong="H1320" of|strong="H6918" the|strong="H3947" other|strong="H0312" ram|strong="H0352" that|strong="H1320" was|strong="H4725" sacrificed|strong="H2076" to|strong="H4725" ◄set|strong="H4394" apart|strong="H0914"/dedicate|strong="H6942"► Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947" sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H3947" boil|strong="H1310" it|strong="H3947" in|strong="H1320" the|strong="H3947" courtyard|strong="H2691". 
\verseNumber{32}After|strong="H0310" it|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1320" cooked|strong="H2102", Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1320" sons|strong="H1121" must|strong="H1121" eat|strong="H3899" it|strong="H1121", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H3899" the|strong="H1121" bread|strong="H3899" that|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1320" left|strong="H7604" in|strong="H1320" the|strong="H1121" basket|strong="H5536", at|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{33}They|strong="H1992" must|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3588" meat|strong="H1320" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3588" ram|strong="H0352" that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3027" sacrificed|strong="H2076" to|strong="H3027" forgive|strong="H3722" them|strong="H1992" for|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w*} when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" dedicated|strong="H6942" to|strong="H3027" do|strong="H3027" this|strong="H3588" work|strong="H3027". They|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" the|strong="H3588" only|strong="H3588" ones|strong="H6942" who|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H3027" eat|strong="H0398" this|strong="H3588" meat|strong="H1320". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w who|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w allowed|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3027" dedicated|strong="H6942" to|strong="H3027" me|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{34}If|strong="H3588" any|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" this|strong="H1931" meat|strong="H1320" or|strong="H3808" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3588" bread|strong="H3899" is|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3808" eaten|strong="H0398" that|strong="H3588" night|strong="H3915", no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" is|strong="H1931" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H5704" eat|strong="H3899" any|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" it|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3588" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H1242". It|strong="H1931" must|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" completely|strong="H8313" burned|strong="H8313", because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" sacred|strong="H6944"/dedicated|strong="H6944" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H4480". 
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\verseNumber{35}“hose are|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" rituals that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H6680"(sg) must|strong="H1121" perform|strong="H6213" during|strong="H3117" those|strong="H3605" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" you|strong="H6680" dedicate|strong="H4390" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" for|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" work|strong="H6213". You|strong="H6680" must|strong="H1121" do|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1121" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{36}Each|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" those|strong="H5921" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H6213" sacrifice|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" young|strong="H6499" bull|strong="H6499" as|strong="H3117" an|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H2403" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" may|strong="H6213" forgive|strong="H3722" sins|strong="H2403". Also|strong="H6213", you|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" make|strong="H6213" another|strong="H0312" offering|strong="H2403" ◄to|strong="H5921" make|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" pure|strong="H2889" in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" sight|strong="H5869"/in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" consider|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3117" pure|strong="H2889"►. You|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H6213" anoint|strong="H4886" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" with|strong="H6213" olive|strong="H2132" oil|strong="H4886", to|strong="H5921" ◄set|strong="H6942" it|strong="H5921" apart|strong="H6942"/dedicate|strong="H6942" it|strong="H5921"►. 
\verseNumber{37}Perform|strong="H6213" these|strong="H3605" rituals every|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" for|strong="H5921" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117", to|strong="H1961" ◄set|strong="H6942" apart|strong="H6942"/dedicate|strong="H6942"► the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" and|strong="H3117" make|strong="H3722" it|strong="H5921" pure|strong="H2889". If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H1961" do|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605", anyone|strong="H3605" or|strong="H3117" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" touches|strong="H5060" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" taboo. 
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\verseNumber{38}“ou must|strong="H1121" also|strong="H6213" sacrifice|strong="H8548" lambs|strong="H3532" and|strong="H1121" burn|strong="H8313" them|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". Each|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w seven|strong="H7651"\+w*} days|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5921" must|strong="H1121" sacrifice|strong="H8548" two|strong="H8147" lambs|strong="H3532". 
\verseNumber{39}One|strong="H3532" lamb|strong="H3532" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H6153" sacrificed|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" morning|strong="H1242", and|strong="H1242" one|strong="H3532" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H6153" sacrificed|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" evening|strong="H6153". 
\verseNumber{40}With|strong="H1101" the|strong="H1101" first|strong="H7223" lamb|strong="H3532", also|strong="H1571" offer|strong="H7126" ◄2 pounds|strong="H1993"/1 kilogram► of|strong="H1969" finely-ground wheat|strong="H2406" flour|strong="H5560" mixed|strong="H1101" with|strong="H1101" one|strong="H3532" quart/liter of|strong="H1969" the|strong="H1101" best|strong="H2459" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H1969" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081", and|strong="H8081" one|strong="H3532" quart/liter of|strong="H1969" wine|strong="H3196" as|strong="H3532" an|strong="H1129" offering|strong="H5262". 
\verseNumber{41}In|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" evening|strong="H6153", when|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" sacrifice|strong="H4503" the|strong="H6213" other|strong="H8145" lamb|strong="H3532", offer|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" same|strong="H1931" amounts|strong="H4948" of|strong="H3068" flour|strong="H5560", olive|strong="H2132" oil|strong="H8081", and|strong="H3068" wine|strong="H3196" as|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" morning|strong="H1242". This|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" an|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H4503" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6213", Yahweh|strong="H3068", that|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313", and|strong="H3068" its|strong="H6213" smell|strong="H7381" will|strong="H3068" please|strong="H4994" me|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{42}You|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w*} must|strong="H4191" continue|strong="H1961" making|strong="H6213" these|strong="H1696" offerings|strong="H5930" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H6440", Yahweh|strong="H3068", throughout|strong="H1755" all|strong="H1755" future|strong="H0319" generations|strong="H1755". You|strong="H6440" must|strong="H4191" offer|strong="H7126" them|strong="H6440" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". That|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" where|strong="H8033" I|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3068" meet|strong="H3259" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3068" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{43}That|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3478" where|strong="H8033" I|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3478" meet|strong="H3259" with|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6942" Israeli people|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6942" brilliant light|strong="H0216" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H6942" presence|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3478" cause|strong="H2600" that|strong="H3478" place|strong="H8033" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1121" holy|strong="H6942"/sacred|strong="H6944". 
\verseNumber{44}I|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" dedicate|strong="H6942" the|strong="H6942" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6942" altar|strong="H4196". I|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1121" dedicate|strong="H6942" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H6942" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1121" serve|strong="H3547" me|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H4196"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1121"\+w*} priests|strong="H3547". 
\verseNumber{45}I|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1961" live|strong="H7931" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H8432" Israeli people|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H8432" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{46}They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714" in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" might|strong="H3068" live|strong="H7931" among|strong="H8432" them|strong="H3318".” 

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\chapterNumber{30}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w skilled|strong="H2450"\+w* \+w workers|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w*} make|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" altar|strong="H4196" from|strong="H6086" acacia|strong="H7848" wood|strong="H6086", for|strong="H6213" burning|strong="H4729" incense|strong="H7004". 
\verseNumber{2}It|strong="H1961" is|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" square|strong="H7251", ◄18 in|strong="H1961"./45 cm.► on|strong="H1961" each|strong="H0376" side|strong="H6285". It|strong="H1961" is|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" ◄3 feet|strong="H7272"/90 cm.► high|strong="H6967". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w*} make|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w projection|strong="H0990"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w looks|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} a|strong="H1961" horn|strong="H7161" on|strong="H1961" each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" top|strong="H4480" corners|strong="H6285". The|strong="H4480" projections|strong="H3027" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" carved|strong="H6456" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" same|strong="H4480" block|strong="H4383" of|strong="H4480" wood|strong="H6086" that|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" altar|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w made|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w from|strong="H4480"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w must|strong="H4191"\+w*} cover|strong="H3680" the|strong="H6213" top|strong="H1406" and|strong="H2091" the|strong="H6213" four|strong="H0702" sides|strong="H5439", including|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6213" projections|strong="H3027", with|strong="H6213" pure|strong="H2889" gold|strong="H2091". Put|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" gold|strong="H2091" border|strong="H2213" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H6213" altar|strong="H4196", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w near|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w top|strong="H1406"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w must|strong="H5375"\+w*} make|strong="H6213" two|strong="H8147" gold|strong="H2091" rings|strong="H2885" for|strong="H5921" carrying|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w must|strong="H5375"\+w*} attach|strong="H5596" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" below|strong="H8478" the|strong="H5921" border|strong="H2213", one|strong="H1961" on|strong="H5921" each|strong="H6763" side|strong="H6763" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". These|strong="H1992" rings|strong="H2885" are|strong="H1992" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" poles|strong="H0905" for|strong="H5921" carrying|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w*} make|strong="H6213" these|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w two|strong="H6213"\+w*} poles|strong="H0905" from|strong="H2091" acacia|strong="H7848" wood|strong="H6086" and|strong="H6086" cover|strong="H3680" them|strong="H6213" with|strong="H6213" gold|strong="H2091". 
\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w must|strong="H4191"\+w*} put|strong="H5414" this|strong="H5414" altar|strong="H4196" outside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" curtain|strong="H6532" that|strong="H5414" hangs|strong="H8518" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" and|strong="H6440" its|strong="H5414" lid|strong="H1817". That|strong="H5414" is|strong="H8033" the|strong="H6440" place|strong="H5414" where|strong="H8033" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{7}Aaron|strong="H0175" must|strong="H4191" burn|strong="H6999" sweet-smelling incense|strong="H7004" on|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" altar|strong="H4196". He|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" burn|strong="H6999" some|strong="H4480" every|strong="H1242" morning|strong="H1242" when|strong="H5921" he|strong="H5921" takes|strong="H3947" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" lamps|strong="H5216", 
\verseNumber{8}and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" must|strong="H4191" burn|strong="H6999" some|strong="H4480" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" evening|strong="H6153" when|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" lights|strong="H3974" the|strong="H6440" lamps|strong="H5216". The|strong="H6440" incense|strong="H7004" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H6999" continually|strong="H8548", throughout|strong="H1755" all|strong="H1755" future|strong="H0319" generations|strong="H1755". 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" burn|strong="H5927" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" any|strong="H5927" incense|strong="H7004" that|strong="H5927" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" told|strong="H5046" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5927" burn|strong="H5927", or|strong="H3808" burn|strong="H5927" any|strong="H5927" animal|strong="H0929" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921", or|strong="H3808" any|strong="H5927" grain|strong="H1715" offering|strong="H4503" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921", or|strong="H3808" pour|strong="H5258" any|strong="H5927" wine|strong="H3196" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" as|strong="H5927" an|strong="H5927" offering|strong="H4503". 
\verseNumber{10}One|strong="H1931" time|strong="H1755" every|strong="H1755" year|strong="H8141" Aaron|strong="H0175" must|strong="H1818" perform|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" ritual|strong="H3925" for|strong="H5921" making|strong="H3722" this|strong="H1931" altar|strong="H4196" pure|strong="H2889". He|strong="H1931" must|strong="H1818" do|strong="H3068" it|strong="H1931" by|strong="H5921" putting|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" its|strong="H5921" four|strong="H0702" projections|strong="H3027" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" animal|strong="H0929" that|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" sacrificed|strong="H2076" ◄to|strong="H3068" remove|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5921" guilt|strong="H1818" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" people’s|strong="H5971" sins|strong="H2403"/so|strong="H5921" that|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1818" would|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3068" guilty|strong="H0816" for|strong="H5921" sins|strong="H2403"►. This|strong="H1931" ritual|strong="H3925" is|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" by|strong="H5921" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" throughout|strong="H1755" all|strong="H1755" future|strong="H0319" generations|strong="H1755". This|strong="H1931" altar|strong="H4196" must|strong="H1818" be|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" dedicated|strong="H6944" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5921", Yahweh|strong="H3068".” 

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\verseNumber{11}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{12}“When|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w*} ◄take|strong="H5375" a|strong="H1961" census|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121"/count|strong="H5375"► the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121", each|strong="H5414" man|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w counted|strong="H6485"\+w*} must|strong="H1121" pay|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" price|strong="H3724" to|strong="H3478" save|strong="H5315" his|strong="H5375" life|strong="H5315". They|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" do|strong="H3068" this|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" disaster|strong="H7451" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H5414" while|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" being|strong="H1961" counted|strong="H6485". 
\verseNumber{13}Every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" counted|strong="H6485" must|strong="H4191" pay|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5414" ◄0.2 ounces/5.7 grams► of|strong="H3068" silver|strong="H3701". They|strong="H3068" must|strong="H4191" use|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" official|strong="H8269" standard|strong="H5674" when|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" weigh|strong="H8254" the|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701". 
\verseNumber{14}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1121" at|strong="H5921" least|strong="H6996" 20 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" must|strong="H1121" pay|strong="H5414" this|strong="H5414" amount|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5414" when|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" counted|strong="H6485". 
\verseNumber{15}Rich|strong="H6223" men|strong="H6223" must|strong="H5315" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H5414" more|strong="H7235" than|strong="H7235" this|strong="H5414" amount|strong="H7235", and|strong="H3068" poor|strong="H1800" men|strong="H6223" must|strong="H5315" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H5414" less|strong="H4591" than|strong="H7235" this|strong="H5414" amount|strong="H7235", when|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" pay|strong="H5414" this|strong="H5414" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H3068" save|strong="H5315" their|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{16}Your|strong="H3068" leaders|strong="H7218" must|strong="H1121" collect|strong="H3947" this|strong="H5414" money|strong="H3701" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w*} take|strong="H3947" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". This|strong="H5414" money|strong="H3701" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" payment|strong="H0868" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" lives|strong="H5315" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3947" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", ◄to|strong="H3478" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H5414" not|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" forget|strong="H7911" them|strong="H5414"/and|strong="H1121" then|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" remember|strong="H2142" to|strong="H3478" protect|strong="H8104" them|strong="H5414"►.” 

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\verseNumber{17}Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3068"\+w*} said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{18}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w skilled|strong="H2450"\+w* \+w workers|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w*} make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" bronze|strong="H5178" washbasin and|strong="H4196" a|strong="H6213" bronze|strong="H5178" base|strong="H3653" for|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5414". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w must|strong="H4191"\+w*} put|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H5414" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5414" altar|strong="H4196", and|strong="H4196" fill|strong="H4390" it|strong="H5414" with|strong="H6213" water|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{19}Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7364" sons|strong="H1121" must|strong="H1121" ritually wash|strong="H7364" their|strong="H7364" hands|strong="H3027" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H7364" feet|strong="H7272" with|strong="H3027" this|strong="H3027" water|strong="H4325" 
\verseNumber{20}before|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3068" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H3068" before|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3068" come|strong="H5066" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H4191" sacrifice|strong="H6999" offerings|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H4191" burned|strong="H6999" on|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3808". If|strong="H0518" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*}, they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* disobeying \+w my|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w instructions|strong="H1697"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{21}They|strong="H3808" must|strong="H4191" wash|strong="H7364" their|strong="H7364" hands|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" their|strong="H7364" feet|strong="H7272", in|strong="H4191" order|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3027" they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191". They|strong="H3808" and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H1961" males|strong="H2145" descended|strong="H2233" from|strong="H3027" them|strong="H3027" must|strong="H4191" obey|strong="H8085" this|strong="H4191" ritual|strong="H3925" throughout|strong="H1755" all|strong="H1755" generations|strong="H1755".” 

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\verseNumber{22}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{23}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7218"\+w*} collect|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H3947" finest|strong="H7218" spices|strong="H1314"— ◄12 pounds|strong="H1993"/6 kg.► of|strong="H7218" ◄liquid|strong="H5674" myrrh|strong="H4753"/sweet-smelling sap|strong="H1879" named|strong="H7121" myrrh|strong="H4753"►, ◄6 pounds|strong="H1993"/3 kg.► of|strong="H7218" sweet-smelling cinnamon|strong="H7076", ◄6 pounds|strong="H1993"/3 kg.► of|strong="H7218" a|strong="H3947" sweet-smelling cane|strong="H7070"/reed|strong="H7070", 
\verseNumber{24}and|strong="H3967" ◄12 pounds|strong="H1993"/6 kg.► of|strong="H8255" ◄cassia|strong="H6916"/a|strong="H8255" sweet-smelling bark|strong="H5024" named|strong="H7121" cassia|strong="H6916"►. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Be|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w sure|strong="H0539"\+w*} that|strong="H8081" they|strong="H1992" use|strong="H4399" the|strong="H3967" official|strong="H8269" standard|strong="H1714" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" weigh|strong="H8254" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H6944". Tell|strong="H5046" an|strong="H2132" expert|strong="H6186" perfumer|strong="H7543" to|strong="H2568" mix|strong="H7543" these|strong="H0428" with|strong="H8081" ◄one|strong="H3967" gallon/four|strong="H0702" liters► of|strong="H8255" olive|strong="H2132" oil|strong="H8081" 
\verseNumber{25}to|strong="H1961" make|strong="H6213" sacred|strong="H6944" oil|strong="H8081" for|strong="H6213" anointing|strong="H4888". 
\verseNumber{26}Use|strong="H4399" this|strong="H2088" oil|strong="H4886" for|strong="H4150" anointing|strong="H4886" the|strong="H4886" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", the|strong="H4886" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727", 
\verseNumber{27}the|strong="H3605" table|strong="H7979" and|strong="H4196" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H7979" used|strong="H3627" with|strong="H3627" it|strong="H3627", the|strong="H3605" lampstand|strong="H4501" and|strong="H4196" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H7979" used|strong="H3627" to|strong="H4196" take|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3627" it|strong="H3627", the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" for|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w burning|strong="H2740"\+w*} incense|strong="H7004", 
\verseNumber{28}and|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" for|strong="H4196" offering|strong="H5930" sacrifices|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H4196" be|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H3627" its|strong="H3605" bases|strong="H0134" and|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" washbasin and|strong="H4196" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3627" used|strong="H3627" with|strong="H3627" it|strong="H3627". 
\verseNumber{29}Dedicate|strong="H6942" them|strong="H1961" by|strong="H1961" anointing|strong="H4888" them|strong="H1961", in|strong="H6942" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H6942" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3605" holy|strong="H6944"/sacred|strong="H6944". Anyone|strong="H3605" or|strong="H0176" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" touches|strong="H5060" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" taboo. 
\verseNumber{30}And|strong="H1121" anoint|strong="H4886" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H6942" sons|strong="H1121". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w By|strong="H6942"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1121"\+w*}, you|strong="H4886" will|strong="H1121" dedicate|strong="H6942" them|strong="H6942" to|strong="H1121" serve|strong="H3547" me|strong="H4886" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H6942"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1121"\+w*} priests|strong="H3547". 
\verseNumber{31}And|strong="H1121" tell|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1961" Israeli people|strong="H1121", ‘This|strong="H2088" oil|strong="H8081" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" my|strong="H1961" sacred|strong="H6944" anointing|strong="H4888" oil|strong="H8081" that|strong="H3478" must|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" used|strong="H1961" throughout|strong="H1755" all|strong="H1755" future|strong="H0319" generations|strong="H1755". 
\verseNumber{32}You|strong="H5921" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pour|strong="H8210" it|strong="H1931" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" bodies|strong="H1320" of|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1320" who|strong="H1931" are|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" priests|strong="H3808", and|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5921" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" make|strong="H6213" other|strong="H0312" oil|strong="H8081" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H3644" it|strong="H1931" by|strong="H5921" mixing|strong="H4842" the|strong="H5921" same|strong="H1931" amount|strong="H1697" of|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" things|strong="H6944". This|strong="H6213" oil|strong="H8081" is|strong="H1931" sacred|strong="H6944", and|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5921" must|strong="H3808" consider|strong="H7200" it|strong="H1931" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" sacred|strong="H6944".’ 
\verseNumber{33}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5971" consider|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5971" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H5971" makes|strong="H5414" ointment|strong="H8081" like|strong="H3644" this|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w any|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w other|strong="H2114"\+w* \+w purpose|strong="H6098"\+w*}, and|strong="H5971" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H5971" puts|strong="H5414" any|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" this|strong="H5414" ointment|strong="H8081" on|strong="H5921" someone|strong="H5414" who|strong="H5971" is|strong="H5971" not|strong="H5414" a|strong="H3772" priest|strong="H3548", no|strong="H4480" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H5414" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" associate|strong="H0935" with|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971".” 
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\verseNumber{34}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H3947", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} take|strong="H3947" equal|strong="H8505" parts|strong="H3411" of|strong="H3068" several|strong="H2669" sweet|strong="H5561" spices|strong="H5561"—stacte|strong="H5198", onycha|strong="H7827", galbanum|strong="H2464", and|strong="H4872" pure|strong="H2134" frankincense|strong="H3828"— 
\verseNumber{35}and|strong="H6213" tell|strong="H5046" an|strong="H6213" expert|strong="H6186" perfumer|strong="H7543" to|strong="H6213" mix|strong="H7543" them|strong="H6213" together|strong="H3162" to|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" some|strong="H4480" perfume|strong="H7004". Add|strong="H3254" some|strong="H4480" salt|strong="H4414" to|strong="H6213" keep|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" pure|strong="H2889" and|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" holy|strong="H6944". 
\verseNumber{36}Beat|strong="H7833" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H6440" it|strong="H5414" into|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" fine|strong="H1854" powder|strong="H1854". Then|strong="H1961" take|strong="H1961" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H6440" it|strong="H5414" into|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H6440" sprinkle|strong="H5137" it|strong="H5414" in|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727". You|strong="H5414" must|strong="H4191" all|strong="H5414" consider|strong="H5414" this|strong="H5414" incense|strong="H7004" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" very|strong="H1854" holy|strong="H6944". 
\verseNumber{37}The|strong="H6213" people|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" mix|strong="H7543" the|strong="H6213" same|strong="H1931" spices|strong="H1314" to|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" incense|strong="H7004" for|strong="H6213" themselves|strong="H6213". This|strong="H6213" incense|strong="H7004" must|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3617" dedicated|strong="H6944" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6213", Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{38}I|strong="H3772" will|strong="H5971" consider|strong="H7200" that|strong="H5971" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H5971" makes|strong="H6213" incense|strong="H7004" like|strong="H3644" this|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" use|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" perfume|strong="H7004" will|strong="H5971" no|strong="H6213" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H5971" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H6213" associate|strong="H0935" with|strong="H6213" my|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Instructions for the work to be done by Bezalel and Oholiab }
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\chapterNumber{31}\verseNumber{1-2}Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H1571"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H0413", “Note|strong="H3045" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H1961" chosen|strong="H0977" Bezalel|strong="H1212", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Uri|strong="H0221" and|strong="H3967" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hur|strong="H2354", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w special|strong="H6381"\+w* \+w tasks|strong="H5656"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" caused|strong="H5414" him|strong="H3605" to|strong="H7307" be|strong="H4399" completely|strong="H3605" controlled|strong="H0662"/empowered|strong="H5921" by|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" Spirit|strong="H7307", and|strong="H2451" I|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" given|strong="H4390" him|strong="H3605" special|strong="H6381" ability|strong="H3581" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w make|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w*} and|strong="H2451" have|strong="H3605" enabled|strong="H5414" him|strong="H3605" to|strong="H7307" know|strong="H1847" how|strong="H4100" to|strong="H7307" do|strong="H3605" very|strong="H3966" skilled|strong="H2450" work|strong="H4399". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H6213" can|strong="H6213" engrave|strong="H6605" skillful|strong="H2803" designs|strong="H4284" in|strong="H6213" gold|strong="H2091", silver|strong="H3701", and|strong="H3701" bronze|strong="H5178". 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H6213" can|strong="H6213" cut|strong="H3772" ◄jewels|strong="H3627"/valuable|strong="H3368" stones|strong="H0068"► and|strong="H6086" enclose them|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H6213"\+w* tiny \+w gold|strong="H2091"\+w* \+w settings|strong="H4390"\+w*/\+w frames|strong="H7175"\+w*}. He|strong="H6213" can|strong="H6213" carve|strong="H2710" things|strong="H3605" from|strong="H6086" wood|strong="H6086" and|strong="H6086" do|strong="H6213" other|strong="H3605" skilled|strong="H2450" work|strong="H4399". 
\verseNumber{6}Note|strong="H2009" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1121" also|strong="H6213" appointed|strong="H5414" Oholiab|strong="H0171", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahisamach|strong="H0294", from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835", to|strong="H6213" work|strong="H6213" with|strong="H6213" him|strong="H5414". I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1121" also|strong="H6213" given|strong="H5414" special|strong="H6381" ability|strong="H3581" to|strong="H6213" other|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121", in|strong="H6213" order|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H6213" can|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1121" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w made|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}That|strong="H3605" includes the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" and|strong="H3627" its|strong="H3605" lid|strong="H1817", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3605" be|strong="H3605" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", 
\verseNumber{8}the|strong="H3605" table|strong="H7979" and|strong="H4196" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H7979" used|strong="H3627" with|strong="H3627" it|strong="H3627", the|strong="H3605" pure|strong="H2889" gold|strong="H2091" lampstand|strong="H4501" and|strong="H4196" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H7979" used|strong="H3627" to|strong="H4196" take|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3627" it|strong="H3627", the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H4196"\+w* \+w burning|strong="H2740"\+w*} incense|strong="H7004", 
\verseNumber{9}the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" for|strong="H4196" offering|strong="H5930" sacrifices|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H4196" be|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313" and|strong="H4196" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H4196" be|strong="H3605" used|strong="H3627" with|strong="H3627" it|strong="H3627", the|strong="H3605" washbasin and|strong="H4196" its|strong="H3605" base|strong="H3653", 
\verseNumber{10}all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3548" beautiful|strong="H3303" sacred|strong="H6944" clothes|strong="H0899" for|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3548" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1121" wear|strong="H3847" when|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3548" work|strong="H4399" as|strong="H3547" priests|strong="H3548", 
\verseNumber{11}the|strong="H3605" oil|strong="H8081" for|strong="H6213" anointing|strong="H4888", and|strong="H8081" the|strong="H3605" sweet-smelling incense|strong="H7004" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H6944". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w skilled|strong="H2450"\+w* \+w workers|strong="H6213"\+w*} must|strong="H4191" make|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H6213" things|strong="H6944" exactly|strong="H6680" as|strong="H6213" I|strong="H6680" have|strong="H3605" told|strong="H6680" you|strong="H6680" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Instructions|strong="H6680" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H6944" of|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" }
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\verseNumber{12}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H0413", 
\verseNumber{13}“Tell|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121", ‘Obey|strong="H8104" my|strong="H8104" instructions|strong="H8104" regarding|strong="H7760" the|strong="H3588" ◄rest|strong="H5117" days|strong="H3117"/Sabbath|strong="H7676" days|strong="H3117"►. Those|strong="H1121" days|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" remind|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H1121"\+w*}, throughout|strong="H1755" all|strong="H1755" future|strong="H0319" generations|strong="H1755", that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3068" ◄set|strong="H6942" you|strong="H3588" apart|strong="H6942"/chosen|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588"► to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H3068" my|strong="H8104" people|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{14}You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" obey|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w rules|strong="H4910"\+w* \+w about|strong="H6213"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" Sabbath|strong="H7676" days|strong="H3117" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" holy|strong="H6944"/sacred|strong="H6944". Those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" treat|strong="H6213" those|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" in|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" irreverent way|strong="H3605" by|strong="H4191" working|strong="H6213" on|strong="H4399" those|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w show|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" no|strong="H6213" longer|strong="H5750" consider|strong="H7200" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H4191" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4191" my|strong="H8104" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{15}You|strong="H3605" may|strong="H3068" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H6213" six|strong="H8337" days|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w each|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w week|strong="H7620"\+w*}, but|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w each|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w week|strong="H7620"\+w*} is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H6213" solemn|strong="H7677" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" rest|strong="H7677", dedicated|strong="H6944" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H6213", Yahweh|strong="H3068". Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" does|strong="H6213" any|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" on|strong="H3117" a|strong="H6213" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" rest|strong="H7677" is|strong="H3068" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w no|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w longer|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w be|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w associate|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{16}You|strong="H6213" Israeli people|strong="H1121" must|strong="H1121" respect|strong="H6437" the|strong="H6213" rest|strong="H5117" day|strong="H3117", and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w your|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H1121"\+w*} must|strong="H1121" ◄celebrate|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213"/keep|strong="H8104" it|strong="H6213" holy|strong="H6944"► throughout|strong="H1755" all|strong="H1755" future|strong="H0319" generations|strong="H1755". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w remind|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w*} of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3478" I|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" made|strong="H6213" with|strong="H1285" you|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" last|strong="H1755" forever|strong="H5769". 
\verseNumber{17}It|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" remind|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" remind|strong="H5046" me|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w agreement|strong="H7284"\+w* } because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", created|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" heavens|strong="H8064" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" earth|strong="H8064" in|strong="H3478" six|strong="H8337" days|strong="H3117", and|strong="H1121" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3588" stopped|strong="H7673" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" work|strong="H6213" and|strong="H1121" relaxed.’” 
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\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H3615" Yahweh|strong="H3068" finished|strong="H3615" talking|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5414" on|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5414" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H2022" Sinai|strong="H5514" Mountain|strong="H2022", he|strong="H8147" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414"/me|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" two|strong="H8147" stone|strong="H0068" slabs on|strong="H1696" which|strong="H2022" he|strong="H8147" had|strong="H4872" engraved|strong="H6605" his|strong="H5414" commandments|strong="H4687" with|strong="H1696" his|strong="H5414" own|strong="H1961" fingers|strong="H0676". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The Israelis made a golden calf to worship }
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\chapterNumber{32}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{◄\+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*/\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*► \+w stayed|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w top|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w mountain|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w long|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6440"\+w*}. When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" realized|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588"/I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" returning|strong="H7725" quickly|strong="H4116", they|strong="H3588" gathered|strong="H6950" near|strong="H6440" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3381" him|strong="H6440", “We|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" has|strong="H1961" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3381" that|strong="H3588" man|strong="H2088" Moses|strong="H4872" who|strong="H5971" brought|strong="H5927" us|strong="H5921" here|strong="H2088" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H2022" Egypt|strong="H4714". So|strong="H6213" quickly|strong="H4116", make|strong="H6213" us|strong="H5921" ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w an|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w idol|strong="H6459"\+w*/\+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w statue|strong="H6755"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w god|strong="H3808"\+w*}► who|strong="H5971" will|strong="H1961" lead|strong="H3212" us|strong="H5921"!” 
\verseNumber{2}Aaron|strong="H0175" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" them|strong="H1121", “All|strong="H3605" right|strong="H3225", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1121"\+w*, \+w but|strong="H3588"\+w*} tell|strong="H5046" your|strong="H1121" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H1121" take|strong="H1121" off|strong="H6561" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H6561" gold|strong="H2091" earrings|strong="H5141" and|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H1323" them|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1121" me|strong="H1121".” 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" did|strong="H5971" that|strong="H5971". They|strong="H5971" took|strong="H5971" off|strong="H6561" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091" earrings|strong="H5141" and|strong="H2091" brought|strong="H0935" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5971" Aaron|strong="H0175". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H6213" took|strong="H3947" all|strong="H6213" those|strong="H6213" gold|strong="H2091" earrings|strong="H5141" and|strong="H3478" melted|strong="H4549" them|strong="H3027" in|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3947" fire|strong="H0784". He|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w poured|strong="H8210"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w gold|strong="H2091"\+w* \+w into|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w mold|strong="H4404"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w*} made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3947" statue|strong="H6755" that|strong="H3478" looked|strong="H7200" like|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3947" young|strong="H5288" bull|strong="H6499". The|strong="H3947" people|strong="H5971" saw|strong="H7200" it|strong="H6213" and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3947" god|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" us|strong="H6213" Israeli people|strong="H5971"! This|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3947" one|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3478" brought|strong="H5927" us|strong="H6213" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3947" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H3027" Egypt|strong="H4714"!” 
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\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H7200" Aaron|strong="H0175" saw|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* happening}, he|strong="H3068" built|strong="H1129" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w statue|strong="H6755"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w*} young|strong="H5288" bull|strong="H6499". Then|strong="H7200" he|strong="H3068" announced|strong="H1696", “Tomorrow|strong="H4279" we|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1129" festival|strong="H2282" to|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H3519" Yahweh|strong="H3068"!” 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" people|strong="H5971" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H5927" early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H5927" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H4283" and|strong="H6965" brought|strong="H5927" animals|strong="H0929" to|strong="H5927" kill|strong="H2026" and|strong="H6965" burn|strong="H5927" as|strong="H5927" sacrifices|strong="H5930" on|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5927" altar|strong="H4196". They|strong="H5971" also|strong="H5971" brought|strong="H5927" sacrifices|strong="H5930" to|strong="H5927" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3427" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Then|strong="H6965" they|strong="H5971" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" to|strong="H5927" eat|strong="H0398" and|strong="H6965" drink|strong="H8354" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wine|strong="H3196"\+w*}. Then|strong="H6965" they|strong="H5971" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H6965" started|strong="H6965" dancing|strong="H4246" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H5927" very|strong="H3966" immoral way|strong="H1870". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh|strong="H3068" threatened|strong="H1696" to|strong="H5927" destroy|strong="H7843" the|strong="H5927" Israeli people|strong="H5971" }
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", “Go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3588" mountain|strong="H2022", because|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971", the|strong="H3588" ones|strong="H2945" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" brought|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" here|strong="H6311" from|strong="H3381" Egypt|strong="H4714", have|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w already|strong="H3528"\+w*} ◄become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" depraved|strong="H7843"/wicked|strong="H7563"►! 
\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3478" already|strong="H3528" ◄left|strong="H5493" the|strong="H6213" road|strong="H1870" that|strong="H3478" I|strong="H6680" showed|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213"/stopped|strong="H5493" obeying|strong="H8085" me|strong="H4480"►! They|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3478" made|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w statue|strong="H6755"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1870"\+w*} a|strong="H6213" young|strong="H5288" bull|strong="H6499" from|strong="H4480" melted|strong="H4549" gold|strong="H2091". They|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3478" worshiped|strong="H7812" it|strong="H6213" and|strong="H3478" offered|strong="H5927" sacrifices|strong="H2076" to|strong="H3478" it|strong="H6213". And|strong="H3478" they|strong="H6213" are|strong="H3478" saying|strong="H0559", ‘This|strong="H6213" is|strong="H1870" the|strong="H6213" god|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1870" us|strong="H6213" Israeli people|strong="H5971"! This|strong="H6213" is|strong="H1870" the|strong="H6213" one|strong="H4480" who|strong="H3478" brought|strong="H5927" us|strong="H6213" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H4480" Egypt|strong="H4714"!’” 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H2009" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H7200", “I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H7200" that|strong="H5971" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" very|strong="H2088" stubborn|strong="H7186". 
\verseNumber{10}I|strong="H6258" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H1419" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213", and|strong="H1419" so|strong="H6213" I|strong="H6258" am|strong="H1961" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H6213" get|strong="H6213" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3615" them|strong="H6213". Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H6213" stop|strong="H2308" me|strong="H6213"! Then|strong="H6258" I|strong="H6258" will|strong="H1471" cause|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" and|strong="H1419" your|strong="H6213" descendants|strong="H2233" to|strong="H6213" become|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" great|strong="H1419" nation|strong="H1471".” 
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\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H5971" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H4714" pleaded|strong="H7378" with|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068"/my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H4872" said|strong="H3318", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", ◄you|strong="H6440" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3027" very|strong="H1419" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971"!/why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H5971" you|strong="H6440" so|strong="H3318" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" [RHQ]?► These|strong="H6440" are|strong="H5971" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" rescued|strong="H5337" from|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714" with|strong="H3068" very|strong="H1419" great|strong="H1419" power|strong="H3027" [MTY, DOU]! 
\verseNumber{12}Do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w anything|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w would|strong="H5971"\+w*} allow|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H2022" Egypt|strong="H4713" to|strong="H7725" say|strong="H7725", ‘Their|strong="H6440" god|strong="H0430" led|strong="H3318" them|strong="H5921" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H7725" our|strong="H5921" country|strong="H2022", but|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w did|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*} only|strong="H0389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w*} to|strong="H7725" kill|strong="H2026" them|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" mountains|strong="H2022" and|strong="H7725" get|strong="H3318" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H2022" them|strong="H5921" completely|strong="H3615" [RHQ]!’ Stop|strong="H2308" being|strong="H5971" so|strong="H3318" angry|strong="H2734"! ◄Change|strong="H5162" your|strong="H5921" mind|strong="H5162"/Do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3318" do|strong="H4100" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H6440" have|strong="H5971" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H6440" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H5971" do|strong="H4100"►! Do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3318" do|strong="H4100" to|strong="H7725" your|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" this|strong="H6440" terrible|strong="H7451" thing|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w have|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w just|strong="H3512"\+w* \+w said|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w do|strong="H4100"\+w*} 
\verseNumber{13}Think|strong="H2142" about|strong="H3478" your|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" Abraham|strong="H0085", Isaac|strong="H3327", and|strong="H3478" Jacob|strong="H3290". You|strong="H5414" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5414", ‘I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3478" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" have|strong="H5650" as|strong="H5414" many|strong="H7235" descendants|strong="H2233" as|strong="H5414" there|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3478" stars|strong="H3556" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064".’ You|strong="H5414" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5414", ‘I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3478" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" your|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H8064" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" promising|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414". It|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H5769" their|strong="H3605" land|strong="H8064" forever|strong="H5769".’” 
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\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" changed|strong="H5162" his|strong="H3068" mind|strong="H5162". He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" his|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5921" terrible|strong="H6213" thing|strong="H7451" that|strong="H5971" he|strong="H6213" said|strong="H1696" he|strong="H6213" would|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{15}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H2088" turned|strong="H6437" away|strong="H6437" from|strong="H4480" God|strong="H3027" and|strong="H4872" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" the|strong="H4480" mountain|strong="H2022", carrying|strong="H5375" in|strong="H3789" his|strong="H3027" hands|strong="H3027" the|strong="H4480" two|strong="H8147" stone|strong="H0068" slabs on|strong="H3027" which|strong="H1992" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H4872" engraved|strong="H6605" his|strong="H3027" commandments|strong="H4687". He|strong="H3027" had|strong="H4872" written|strong="H3789" on|strong="H3027" both|strong="H8147" sides|strong="H5676" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H4480" slabs. 
\verseNumber{16}God|strong="H0430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w himself|strong="H1931"\+w*} had|strong="H1931" made|strong="H4639" the|strong="H5921" slabs, and|strong="H4639" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1931" engraved|strong="H2801" the|strong="H5921" commandments|strong="H4687" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H1992". 
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\verseNumber{17}Joshua|strong="H3091" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" very|strong="H3966" loud|strong="H8085" noise|strong="H6963" of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971" shouting|strong="H6963". So|strong="H8085" when|strong="H8085" he|strong="H4872" and|strong="H4872" I|strong="H8085" got|strong="H6965" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H8085" camp|strong="H4264", Joshua|strong="H3091" said|strong="H8085", “There|strong="H8033" is|strong="H6963" a|strong="H8085" noise|strong="H6963" in|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" camp|strong="H4264" that|strong="H5971" sounds|strong="H6963" like|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w noise|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6963"\+w*} a|strong="H8085" battle|strong="H4421"!” 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H6030" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H8085" replied|strong="H6030", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{“\+w No|strong="H3808"\+w*}, that|strong="H8085" is|strong="H6963" not|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" shouting|strong="H6963" that|strong="H8085" people|strong="H8085" do|strong="H8085" when|strong="H8085" they|strong="H8085" have|strong="H8085" won|strong="H1589" a|strong="H8085" victory|strong="H8668" or|strong="H8085" when|strong="H8085" they|strong="H8085" have|strong="H8085" been|strong="H1961" defeated|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w a|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4421"\+w*} What|strong="H6963" I|strong="H8085" hear|strong="H8085" is|strong="H6963" the|strong="H8085" sound|strong="H6963" of|strong="H6963" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w loud|strong="H8085"\+w*} singing|strong="H7440"!” 
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\verseNumber{19}As|strong="H1961" soon|strong="H7126" as|strong="H1961" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H7200" came|strong="H1961" close|strong="H7126" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7200" camp|strong="H4264" and|strong="H4872" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" statue|strong="H6755" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7200" young|strong="H5288" bull|strong="H6499" and|strong="H4872" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H7200" dancing|strong="H4246", he|strong="H3027"/I|strong="H7200" became|strong="H1961" extremely|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734". He|strong="H3027"/I|strong="H7200" threw|strong="H7993" the|strong="H7200" stone|strong="H0068" tablets|strong="H3871" that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H3027"/I|strong="H7200" was|strong="H1961" carrying|strong="H5375" down|strong="H7993" onto|strong="H0413" the|strong="H7200" ground|strong="H0776", there|strong="H1961" at|strong="H4264" the|strong="H7200" base|strong="H3247" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7200" mountain|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H5704"/I|strong="H5704" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H6440" statue|strong="H6755" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" young|strong="H1121" bull|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3478" they|strong="H5921" had|strong="H3478" made|strong="H6213" and|strong="H1121" melted|strong="H4549" it|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" fire|strong="H0784". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* cooled}, he|strong="H5704"/I|strong="H5704" ground|strong="H2912" it|strong="H5921" into|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w fine|strong="H1854"\+w*} powder|strong="H1854". Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H5704"/I|strong="H5704" mixed|strong="H1101" the|strong="H6440" powder|strong="H1854" with|strong="H8313" water|strong="H4325" and|strong="H1121" forced|strong="H4522" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5704" drink|strong="H8248" it|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H2088" he|strong="H3588"/I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" Aaron|strong="H0175", “What|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588", with|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" made|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5921" commit|strong="H6213" such|strong="H2088" a|strong="H6213" terrible|strong="H6213" sin|strong="H2401"?” 
\verseNumber{22}Aaron|strong="H0175" replied|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H7451" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3045" be|strong="H7451" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3045" me|strong="H3045", sir|strong="H0113". You|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" these|strong="H1931" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" very|strong="H2734" determined|strong="H2782" to|strong="H5971" do|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451". 
\verseNumber{23}They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" me|strong="H6440", ‘As|strong="H1961" for|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" man|strong="H2088" Moses|strong="H4872", the|strong="H6440" one|strong="H2088" who|strong="H2088" brought|strong="H5927" us|strong="H6213" up|strong="H5927" here|strong="H2088" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" Egypt|strong="H4714", we|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" has|strong="H1961" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H6440". So|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" us|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" idol|strong="H6459" that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" lead|strong="H3212" us|strong="H6213"!’ 
\verseNumber{24}So|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H5414", ‘Everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H2088" wearing|strong="H2296" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gold|strong="H2091"\+w* \+w earrings|strong="H5141"\+w*} should|strong="H4310" take|strong="H3318" them|strong="H5414" off|strong="H6561".’ So|strong="H5414" they|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w took|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w off|strong="H6561"\+w* \+w and|strong="H2091"\+w*} gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H5414". I|strong="H5414" threw|strong="H7993" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5414" fire|strong="H0784", and|strong="H2091" out|strong="H3318" came|strong="H3318" this|strong="H2088" statue|strong="H6755" of|strong="H3318" a|strong="H5414" young|strong="H5288" bull|strong="H6499"!” 
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\verseNumber{25}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Aaron|strong="H0175" had|strong="H4872" allowed|strong="H5414" the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H6965" become|strong="H7200" completely|strong="H3617" out|strong="H7200" of|strong="H5971" control|strong="H6544" and|strong="H6965" to|strong="H6965" do|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" would|strong="H5971" make|strong="H7200" their|strong="H7200" enemies|strong="H6965" think|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" Israeli people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" foolish|strong="H3684". 
\verseNumber{26}So|strong="H5975" he|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H1121" stood|strong="H5975" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" entrance|strong="H8179" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264" and|strong="H1121" shouted|strong="H7321", “Everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H3068" loyal|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w closer|strong="H5066"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5975"!” So|strong="H5975" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878" gathered|strong="H6960" around|strong="H5439" him|strong="H5975"/me|strong="H5975". 
\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="H7725" he|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H3541" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" them|strong="H5921", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" us|strong="H7725" Israeli people|strong="H5971", commands|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3068" every|strong="H7725" one|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" should|strong="H3068" fasten|strong="H7760" your|strong="H3068" sword|strong="H2719" to|strong="H7725" your|strong="H3068" side|strong="H3409", and|strong="H3478" then|strong="H7725" go|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5921" camp|strong="H4264" from|strong="H7725" this|strong="H3541" entrance|strong="H8179" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H7453" one|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3478" kill|strong="H2026" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" relatives|strong="H7138" and|strong="H3478" your|strong="H3068" companions|strong="H7453" and|strong="H3478" your|strong="H3068" neighbors|strong="H7453".” 
\verseNumber{28}The|strong="H6213" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3117" told|strong="H1697" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3117" killed|strong="H5307" 3,000 men|strong="H1121" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H5971" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{29}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878", “Today|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" dedicated|strong="H5414" yourselves|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" serving|strong="H5647" Yahweh|strong="H3068" by|strong="H3027" ◄killing|strong="H2026"/not|strong="H5414" sparing|strong="H2550"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H3588"\+w*} your|strong="H3068" own|strong="H3027" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" brothers|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" as|strong="H3117" a|strong="H5414" result|strong="H6903" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{30}The|strong="H3068" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H4283", Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H6258" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971", “You|strong="H5971" have|strong="H1961" committed|strong="H2398" a|strong="H1961" terrible|strong="H3372" sin|strong="H2403". But|strong="H1961" I|strong="H6258" will|strong="H3068" now|strong="H6258" climb|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3068" mountain|strong="H2022" again|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Perhaps|strong="H0194" I|strong="H6258" can|strong="H4310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w persuade|strong="H6601"\+w* \+w him|strong="H4872"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" forgive|strong="H3722" you|strong="H5971" for|strong="H1157" sinning|strong="H2398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w this|strong="H6258"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{31}So|strong="H6213" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H2088" went|strong="H4872" back|strong="H7725" up|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" mountain|strong="H2022" and|strong="H4872" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “I|strong="H2088" am|strong="H3068" sorry|strong="H5162" to|strong="H7725" admit|strong="H8085" that|strong="H5971" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971" have|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" terrible|strong="H6213" sin|strong="H2398". They|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" themselves|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" gold|strong="H2091" idol|strong="H6459" and|strong="H4872" have|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7812" it|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{32}But|strong="H6258" now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H6258" ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H5375" to|strong="H5612" please|strong="H4994" forgive|strong="H5375" them|strong="H5375" for|strong="H2403" having|strong="H0369" sinned|strong="H2403". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5375" will|strong="H2403" not|strong="H5375" forgive|strong="H5375" them|strong="H5375", then|strong="H6258" erase my|strong="H5375" name|strong="H8034" from|strong="H4229" the|strong="H5375" book|strong="H5612" in|strong="H3789" which|strong="H5612" you|strong="H5375" have|strong="H5375" written|strong="H3789" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w names|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5612"\+w* \+w your|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{33}But|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H2398", “It|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H4310" have|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H2398" me|strong="H2398" whose|strong="H4310" names|strong="H8034" I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" erase from|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" book|strong="H5612". 
\verseNumber{34}Now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H6440" go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H3212" down|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3117" lead|strong="H5148" the|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H6440" place|strong="H4725" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H3117" told|strong="H1696" you|strong="H6440" about|strong="H5921". Keep|strong="H6485" in|strong="H5921" mind|strong="H6440" that|strong="H5971" my|strong="H5921" angel|strong="H4397" will|strong="H5971" go|strong="H3212" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3117" you|strong="H6440". But|strong="H2009", at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H3117" determine|strong="H7200", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H5971" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" their|strong="H6440" sin|strong="H2403".” 
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\verseNumber{35}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Later|strong="H0310"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" plague|strong="H5062" to|strong="H3068" strike|strong="H5062" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" because|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H6213" Aaron|strong="H0175" to|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" gold|strong="H2091" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w statue|strong="H6755"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w*} young|strong="H5288" bull|strong="H6499". 

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\chapterNumber{33}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5414", “Leave|strong="H5414" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H5414" and|strong="H4872" go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H5971" you|strong="H5414" led|strong="H3212" out|strong="H5414" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714". Go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H5414" promised|strong="H1696" Abraham|strong="H0085", Isaac|strong="H3327", and|strong="H4872" Jacob|strong="H3290" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H5414" would|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" their|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233". 
\verseNumber{2}I|strong="H6440" will|strong="H4397" send|strong="H7971" my|strong="H7971" angel|strong="H4397" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" all|strong="H7971", and|strong="H7971" I|strong="H6440" will|strong="H4397" expel|strong="H1644" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w land|strong="H6440"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" Canaan|strong="H3669", Amor, Heth|strong="H2845", Periz, Hiv, and|strong="H7971" Jebus|strong="H2982" people-groups. 
\verseNumber{3}You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" go|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" a|strong="H3588" land|strong="H7130" that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H3808" very|strong="H3966" good|strong="H2896" for|strong="H3588" raising|strong="H6965" livestock|strong="H4735" and|strong="H5971" growing|strong="H5927" crops|strong="H8393" [IDM]. But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H5927" with|strong="H2100" you|strong="H3588" myself|strong="H0589", because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w did|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*}, I|strong="H3588" might|strong="H6435" get|strong="H5927" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1870" you|strong="H3588" while|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" traveling|strong="H1980", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" very|strong="H3966" stubborn|strong="H7186" [IDM] people|strong="H5971".” 
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\verseNumber{4-5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H0413", “Tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971", ‘You|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3117" very|strong="H3966" stubborn|strong="H5637" [IDM]. If|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0589" would|strong="H0014" go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H0859" for|strong="H3588" even|strong="H1571" a|strong="H1961" moment|strong="H7281", I|strong="H0589" would|strong="H0014" completely|strong="H3617" ◄get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H0859"/wipe|strong="H4229" you|strong="H0859" out|strong="H3318"►. Now|strong="H6258" take|strong="H3947" off|strong="H3772" your|strong="H3068" jewelry|strong="H3627" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w sorry|strong="H5162"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w having|strong="H0369"\+w* \+w sinned|strong="H2398"\+w*}. Then|strong="H0227" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" decide|strong="H3198" how|strong="H4100" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" you|strong="H0859" (OR|strong="H0176", if|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0589" should|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" you|strong="H0859").’” So|strong="H3651" when|strong="H3588" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H0589" told|strong="H5046" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" what|strong="H4100" God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559", they|strong="H1992" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H0413" mourn|strong="H5594", and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H1992" all|strong="H3605" took|strong="H3947" off|strong="H3772" their|strong="H3605" jewelry|strong="H3627". 
\verseNumber{6}After|strong="H0310" the|strong="H5337" Israeli people|strong="H1121" left|strong="H3478" Sinai|strong="H5514" Mountain|strong="H2022", they|strong="H3478" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H1121" wear|strong="H3847" jewelry|strong="H5716" anymore|strong="H5750". 
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\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w traveled|strong="H5265"\+w*}, whenever|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3068" stopped|strong="H5975" and|strong="H4872" set|strong="H3318" up|strong="H3318" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H4264", Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" them|strong="H7121" set|strong="H3318" up|strong="H3318" a|strong="H1961" tent|strong="H0168" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264", far|strong="H7368" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264". I|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121" ‘the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" where|strong="H4480" God|strong="H3068" and|strong="H4872" I|strong="H3068" talk|strong="H1696" together’. Everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" wanted|strong="H1245" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3318" decide|strong="H3318" something|strong="H3605" for|strong="H7121" them|strong="H7121" would|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{8}Whenever|strong="H3605" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5704" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" would|strong="H5971" stand|strong="H6965" at|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" entrances|strong="H6607" of|strong="H5971" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H0168" and|strong="H6965" watch|strong="H5027" him|strong="H3318"/me|strong="H3318" until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H5704"/I|strong="H5704" had|strong="H1961" entered|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{9}When|strong="H1961" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H1961" entered|strong="H5975" the|strong="H4872" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", the|strong="H4872" tall|strong="H7311" cloud|strong="H6051" that|strong="H1961" looked|strong="H7200" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" fire|strong="H0784" would|strong="H6051" come|strong="H1961" down|strong="H3381" and|strong="H4872" stay|strong="H5975" at|strong="H5975" the|strong="H4872" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H5982" the|strong="H4872" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H4872" then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" would|strong="H6051" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H5973" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696". 
\verseNumber{10}When|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" tall|strong="H7311" cloud|strong="H6051" at|strong="H5975" the|strong="H3605" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", they|strong="H5971" would|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" prostrate|strong="H7812" themselves|strong="H7812" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" and|strong="H6965" worship|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{11}Yahweh|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H6440" directly|strong="H5227", like|strong="H3808" someone|strong="H0376" speaks|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" his|strong="H3068" friend|strong="H7453". Then|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3808" would|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H6440" camp|strong="H4264". But|strong="H3808" his|strong="H3068"/my|strong="H3068" young|strong="H5288" helper|strong="H5826", Joshua|strong="H3091", the|strong="H6440" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nun|strong="H5126", stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 

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\verseNumber{12}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3045" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “It|strong="H7200" is|strong="H3068" true|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H7971" have|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H7971", ‘Lead|strong="H5927" the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7971"\+w*},’ and|strong="H4872" you|strong="H7971" have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H7971" know|strong="H3045" me|strong="H7971" well|strong="H5869" and|strong="H4872" that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H7971" are|strong="H5971" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H7971", but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H7971" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H7971" whom|strong="H5971" you|strong="H7971" will|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H7971"! 
\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H4616" now|strong="H6258", if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" truly|strong="H3588" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H3045" me|strong="H4994", I|strong="H3588" ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H3588", tell|strong="H3045" me|strong="H4994" the|strong="H7200" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" intend|strong="H2803"/plan|strong="H6098" to|strong="H1870" do|strong="H5869", in|strong="H4672" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1471" know|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w better|strong="H2896"\+w*} and|strong="H5971" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1870" please|strong="H4994" you|strong="H3588". Also|strong="H2088", do|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3045" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3588" chose|strong="H0977" to|strong="H1870" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1870" you|strong="H3588".” 
\verseNumber{14}Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H6440" will|strong="H6440" go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3212" I|strong="H6440" will|strong="H6440" give|strong="H5117" you|strong="H6440" inner|strong="H6442" peace|strong="H5117".” 
\verseNumber{15}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H2088" replied|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H6440" do|strong="H2088" not|strong="H2088" go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1980" me|strong="H6440", do|strong="H2088" not|strong="H2088" force|strong="H2394" us|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1980" leave|strong="H1980" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H2088". 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H3605" only|strong="H3588" way|strong="H3212" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3212" with|strong="H5973" your|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" is|strong="H4100" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H5921" [RHQ]! ◄If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H5921", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w show|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" different|strong="H8133" from|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776"./If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H5921", what|strong="H4100" will|strong="H5971" show|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" different|strong="H8133" from|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776"?►” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{17}Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H6213", “What|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" asked|strong="H1696" is|strong="H3068" exactly|strong="H0834" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588" well|strong="H5869" and|strong="H4872" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H7200" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H7200" said|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" see|strong="H7200" your|strong="H7200" glorious|strong="H3519" presence|strong="H6440"!” 
\verseNumber{19}Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" let|strong="H7971" you|strong="H6440" see|strong="H7200" how|strong="H4100" great|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3068" glorious|strong="H8597" I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H3605" you|strong="H6440" clearly|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" is|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" act|strong="H6213" very|strong="H2603" kindly|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" merciful|strong="H2603" to|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" whom|strong="H6440" I|strong="H5921" choose|strong="H0977". 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H6440" not|strong="H3808" allowed|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" see|strong="H7200" my|strong="H7200" face|strong="H6440", because|strong="H3588" anyone|strong="H7200" who|strong="H3588" sees|strong="H7200" my|strong="H7200" face|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3808" ◄die|strong="H4191"/not|strong="H3808" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3201" stay|strong="H3427" alive|strong="H7200"►. 
\verseNumber{21}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w look|strong="H2009"\+w*}! Here|strong="H2009" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" place|strong="H4725" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5921" where|strong="H4725" you|strong="H5921" can|strong="H4310" stand|strong="H5324" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w large|strong="H1419"\+w*} rock|strong="H6697". 
\verseNumber{22}When|strong="H1961" my|strong="H7760" glorious|strong="H3519" presence|strong="H5921" comes|strong="H1961" past|strong="H5674" you|strong="H5921", I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H1961" put|strong="H7760" you|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" large|strong="H1419" crevice|strong="H5357"/opening|strong="H6310" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" rock|strong="H6697", and|strong="H3709" I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H1961" cover|strong="H5526" your|strong="H5921" face|strong="H6440" with|strong="H5921" my|strong="H7760" hand|strong="H3709" until|strong="H5704" I|strong="H5704" have|strong="H1961" passed|strong="H5674" by|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3808" take|strong="H5493" my|strong="H7200" hand|strong="H3709" away|strong="H5493", and|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" my|strong="H7200" back|strong="H5493", but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" my|strong="H7200" face|strong="H6440".” 

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\chapterNumber{34}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921", “Cut|strong="H6458" two|strong="H8147" slabs of|strong="H3068" stone|strong="H0068" that|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" first|strong="H7223" slabs, the|strong="H5921" ones|strong="H7223" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" broke|strong="H7665". Then|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" engrave|strong="H6605" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" words|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1961" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" first|strong="H7223" slabs. 
\verseNumber{2}Get|strong="H5927" ready|strong="H3559" tomorrow|strong="H1242" morning|strong="H1242", and|strong="H7218" come|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H2022" Sinai|strong="H5514" Mountain|strong="H2022" again|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5927" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{3}Do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" anyone|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5927" come|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3605". I|strong="H7200" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" anyone|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w else|strong="H3808"\+w*} to|strong="H5927" be|strong="H3808" anywhere|strong="H3605" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" mountain|strong="H2022". Do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" any|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629" or|strong="H3808" cattle|strong="H1241" to|strong="H5927" graze|strong="H7462" ◄at|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" base|strong="H3247" of|strong="H2022"/near|strong="H5973"► the|strong="H3605" mountain|strong="H2022".” 
\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H3947" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H6680" cut|strong="H6458" two|strong="H8147" slabs of|strong="H3068" stone|strong="H0068" that|strong="H3068" were|strong="H2022" like|strong="H2022" the|strong="H3947" first|strong="H7223" ones|strong="H7223". He|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H6680" arose|strong="H7925" early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H3947" next|strong="H3027" morning|strong="H1242". He|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H6680" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" slabs and|strong="H4872" carried|strong="H5927" them|strong="H3027" in|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068"/my|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3947" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3068" Sinai|strong="H5514" Mountain|strong="H2022", as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H7121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" descended|strong="H3381" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tall|strong="H7311"\+w*} cloud|strong="H6051" and|strong="H3068" stood|strong="H3320" with|strong="H5973" Moses|strong="H8034"/me|strong="H7121" there|strong="H8033". He|strong="H8033" proclaimed|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3068" it|strong="H7121" was|strong="H3068" he|strong="H8033", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w going|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w speak|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H8034"\+w*/\+w me|strong="H7121"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H5674" Yahweh|strong="H3068" passed|strong="H5674" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" him|strong="H6440"/me|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3068" proclaimed|strong="H7121", “I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". I|strong="H5921" always|strong="H3605" act|strong="H6213" mercifully and|strong="H3068" kindly|strong="H2617" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w toward|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}. I|strong="H5921" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5674" get|strong="H3947" angry|strong="H5674" quickly|strong="H4116". I|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w truly|strong="H3588"\+w*} love|strong="H2617" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5921" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" promise|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" for|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", without|strong="H6440" changing|strong="H8545". 
\verseNumber{7}I|strong="H5921" love|strong="H2617" people|strong="H1121" for|strong="H5921" thousands|strong="H0505" of|strong="H1121" generations|strong="H1755". I|strong="H5921" forgive|strong="H5375" people|strong="H1121" for|strong="H5921" all|strong="H6485" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="H1121" sins|strong="H2403" [TRI]. But|strong="H3808" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1121" certainly|strong="H3808" punish|strong="H6485" [LIT|strong="H0215"] those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" guilty|strong="H5771". I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1121" punish|strong="H6485" not|strong="H3808" only|strong="H0389" them|strong="H5921", but|strong="H3808" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1121" punish|strong="H6485" ◄their|strong="H5375" descendants|strong="H1121", down|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" third|strong="H8029" and|strong="H1121" fourth|strong="H7256" generation|strong="H8029"/their|strong="H5375" children|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" grandchildren|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" great-grandchildren►.” 
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\verseNumber{8}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H0589" quickly|strong="H4116" prostrated|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H7812"/myself|strong="H0589" on|strong="H4872" the|strong="H4872" ground|strong="H0776" and|strong="H4872" worshiped|strong="H7812" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H1931"/I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" now|strong="H4994" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H3212" me|strong="H4994", I|strong="H3588" ask|strong="H7592" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3212" us|strong="H4994". These|strong="H1931" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" very|strong="H3966" stubborn|strong="H7186" [IDM], but|strong="H3588" forgive|strong="H5545" us|strong="H4994" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3212" our|strong="H3588" sins|strong="H2403" [DOU], and|strong="H3212" accept|strong="H7521" us|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3212" be|strong="H4994" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H1931" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3212" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w forever|strong="H5769"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{10}Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “Note|strong="H2009" this|strong="H6213": I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" solemn|strong="H6116" agreement|strong="H1285" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}. As|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" watching|strong="H8245", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" perform|strong="H6213" great|strong="H6213" miracles|strong="H6381". They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" miracles|strong="H6381" that|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3068" ever|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6213" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" in|strong="H3068" any|strong="H3605" nation|strong="H1471". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H5971" near|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" great|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" awesome|strong="H3372" things|strong="H3605" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{11-12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Each|strong="H0376"\+w* Israeli} person|strong="H5315" must|strong="H4191" obey|strong="H8085" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H1961" commanding|strong="H6680" you|strong="H0859" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w obey|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w me|strong="H0413"\+w*}, I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" expel|strong="H1644" the|strong="H3605" Amor, Canaan|strong="H3667", Heth|strong="H2845", Periz, Hiv, and|strong="H3967" Jebus|strong="H2982" people-groups \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w*}. But|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1961" careful|strong="H8104" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" make|strong="H6213" any|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w peace|strong="H7965"\+w*} agreements with|strong="H5973" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" into|strong="H0413" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3117" going|strong="H1980", because|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w begin|strong="H2490"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w evil|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}. It|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} falling|strong="H5307" into|strong="H0413" a|strong="H1961" trap|strong="H4170". 
\verseNumber{13}You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" tear|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" their|strong="H3588" altars|strong="H4196", destroy|strong="H5422" their|strong="H3588" sacred|strong="H6944" pillars|strong="H4676", and|strong="H4196" cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H5422" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w poles|strong="H0905"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w use|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4196"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w female|strong="H5347"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Asherah|strong="H0842". 
\verseNumber{14}You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" worship|strong="H7812" only|strong="H3588" me|strong="H3808", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} not|strong="H3808" worship|strong="H7812" any|strong="H7812" other|strong="H0312" god|strong="H3068", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", cannot|strong="H3808" endure|strong="H5975" any|strong="H7812" rivals. 
\verseNumber{15}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6435" make|strong="H3772" peace|strong="H2076" agreements with|strong="H1285" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w any|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w group|strong="H7235"\+w*} that|strong="H7121" lives|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" that|strong="H7121" land|strong="H0776". When|strong="H3427" they|strong="H1285" worship|strong="H7121" their|strong="H3772" gods|strong="H0430" and|strong="H1285" offer|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H7121" their|strong="H3772" gods|strong="H0430", and|strong="H1285" they|strong="H1285" invite|strong="H7121" you|strong="H3772" to|strong="H7121" join|strong="H3427" them|strong="H7121", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6435" join|strong="H3427" them|strong="H7121". If|strong="H6435" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w join|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7121"\+w*}, you|strong="H3772" will|strong="H3427" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H7121" food|strong="H3899" that|strong="H7121" they|strong="H1285" sacrifice|strong="H2077" to|strong="H7121" their|strong="H3772" gods|strong="H0430", and|strong="H1285" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6435"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1285"\+w* \+w faithful|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7121"\+w*. \+w You|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1285"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3427"\+w*} commit|strong="H2181" adultery|strong="H2181", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6435"\+w* \+w being|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w faithful|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w spouses|strong="H3618"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
\verseNumber{16}If|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3947" take|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3947" women|strong="H1323" to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" wives|strong="H0802" for|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3947" sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" these|strong="H3947" women|strong="H1323" worship|strong="H7812" their|strong="H3947" own|strong="H1961" gods|strong="H0430", they|strong="H3947" will|strong="H1121" persuade|strong="H6601" your|strong="H3947" sons|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1121" worship|strong="H7812" their|strong="H3947" gods|strong="H0430". 
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\verseNumber{17}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" pour|strong="H8210" melted|strong="H4549" metal|strong="H6213" into|strong="H6213" molds to|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" statues|strong="H2088" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" worship|strong="H7812". 
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\verseNumber{23}Three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471" each|strong="H3605" year|strong="H8141" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3478" come|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" worship|strong="H3478" me|strong="H6440", Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H7200". 
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\verseNumber{25}When|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" sacrifice|strong="H2077" an|strong="H7819" animal|strong="H0929" [MTY] to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" offer|strong="H7819" with|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" bread|strong="H2557" that|strong="H3808" is|strong="H1818" made|strong="H6213" with|strong="H5921" yeast|strong="H7603". And|strong="H1242" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" Passover|strong="H6453" Festival|strong="H2282", when|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" sacrifice|strong="H2077" lambs|strong="H3532", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" keep|strong="H8104" any|strong="H3808" of|strong="H2077" the|strong="H5921" meat|strong="H1320" until|strong="H3885" the|strong="H5921" next|strong="H5921" morning|strong="H1242". 
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\verseNumber{26}I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". You|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" bring|strong="H0935" to|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" the|strong="H3068" first|strong="H7225" part|strong="H7225" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" grain|strong="H1715" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3808" harvest|strong="H7105" each|strong="H0376" year|strong="H8141". When|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H2026" a|strong="H3068" young|strong="H1423" animal|strong="H0929"/kid|strong="H1423" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w either|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w lamb|strong="H3532"\+w* \+w or|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w calf|strong="H5695"\+w*}, do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w prepare|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3068"\+w*} boiling|strong="H1310" it|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3068" its|strong="H1310" mother’s|strong="H0517" milk|strong="H2461".” 
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\verseNumber{27}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921", “Write|strong="H3789" down|strong="H3772" the|strong="H5921" words|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588". By|strong="H5921" giving|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" these|strong="H3789" commands|strong="H1697", I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" made|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3772" solemn|strong="H6116" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H4872" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H6310"\+w*} Israeli people|strong="H5971".” 
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\chapterNumber{35}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H1697" gathered|strong="H6950" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" together|strong="H6950" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H6213", “This|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213": 
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\verseNumber{10}“ll the|strong="H3605" skilled|strong="H2450" workers|strong="H6213" among|strong="H8432" you|strong="H6680" should|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680": 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H4908" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H4908" its|strong="H3605" covering|strong="H4372", its|strong="H3605" fasteners and|strong="H4908" its|strong="H3605" frames|strong="H7175", its|strong="H3605" crossbars, its|strong="H3605" posts|strong="H5982", its|strong="H3605" bases|strong="H0134", 
\verseNumber{12}the|strong="H6532" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" with|strong="H5973" its|strong="H3605" poles|strong="H0905" and|strong="H4539" its|strong="H3605" lid|strong="H1817", the|strong="H6532" curtain|strong="H4539" that|strong="H3727" will|strong="H3068" separate|strong="H0914" the|strong="H6532" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H4725" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6532" Very|strong="H3966" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H4725", 
\verseNumber{13}the|strong="H3605" table|strong="H7979" with|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" poles|strong="H0905" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w carrying|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6440"\+w*} and|strong="H3899" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H6440" be|strong="H6440" used|strong="H3627" with|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" table|strong="H7979", the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" bread|strong="H3899" that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H6440" be|strong="H6440" offered|strong="H5927" to|strong="H6440" God|strong="H0430", 
\verseNumber{14}the|strong="H3605" lampstand|strong="H4501" for|strong="H3627" the|strong="H3605" lamps|strong="H5216" with|strong="H3627" all|strong="H4501" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3627" will|strong="H5216" be|strong="H8081" used|strong="H3627" to|strong="H3627" take|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3627" them|strong="H5414", the|strong="H3605" oil|strong="H8081" for|strong="H3627" the|strong="H3605" lamps|strong="H5216", 
\verseNumber{15}the|strong="H4196" altar|strong="H4196" for|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w burning|strong="H2740"\+w*} incense|strong="H7004", and|strong="H4196" the|strong="H4196" poles|strong="H0905" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H4196"\+w* \+w carrying|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4196"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, the|strong="H4196" oil|strong="H8081" for|strong="H4196" anointing|strong="H4888" and|strong="H4196" the|strong="H4196" sweet-smelling incense|strong="H7004", the|strong="H4196" curtain|strong="H4539" for|strong="H4196" the|strong="H4196" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H4196" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", 
\verseNumber{16}the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" for|strong="H4196" offering|strong="H5930" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sacrifices|strong="H5930"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4196"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w completely|strong="H3605"\+w*} burned|strong="H8313" and|strong="H4196" its|strong="H3605" bronze|strong="H5178" grating|strong="H4345", the|strong="H3605" poles|strong="H0905" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H4196"\+w* \+w carrying|strong="H5375"\+w*} that|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" and|strong="H4196" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H4196" be|strong="H3605" used|strong="H3627" with|strong="H3627" it|strong="H3627", the|strong="H3605" washbasin and|strong="H4196" its|strong="H3605" base|strong="H3653", 
\verseNumber{17}the|strong="H8179" curtains|strong="H3407" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H8179"\+w* \+w surround|strong="H5439"\+w*} the|strong="H8179" courtyard|strong="H2691" and|strong="H8179" the|strong="H8179" posts|strong="H5982" and|strong="H8179" bases|strong="H0134" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8179"\+w* \+w posts|strong="H5982"\+w* \+w from|strong="H8179"\+w* \+w which|strong="H8179"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8179"\+w* \+w hang|strong="H8518"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8179"\+w* \+w curtains|strong="H3407"\+w*}, the|strong="H8179" curtain|strong="H4539" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8179" entrance|strong="H8179" to|strong="H8179" the|strong="H8179" courtyard|strong="H2691", 
\verseNumber{18}the|strong="H4908" pegs|strong="H3489" and|strong="H4908" ropes|strong="H4340" for|strong="H4908" the|strong="H4908" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H3489" and|strong="H4908" for|strong="H4908" the|strong="H4908" courtyard|strong="H2691", 
\verseNumber{19}and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3548" beautiful|strong="H3303" clothes|strong="H0899" that|strong="H3548" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8334" sons|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1121" wear|strong="H3847" when|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3548" do|strong="H6213" their|strong="H3548" work|strong="H4399" in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3548" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H6944".” 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" returned|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w tents|strong="H0168"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{21}Everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H5375" an|strong="H5375" offering|strong="H8641" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". They|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H5375" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H6944" that|strong="H3605" would|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" used|strong="H4399" to|strong="H3068" make|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" items|strong="H6944" that|strong="H3605" would|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" used|strong="H4399" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" rituals, and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" materials to|strong="H3068" make|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" clothes|strong="H0899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{22}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3068" women|strong="H0802" who|strong="H3605" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3068" gold|strong="H2091" ornaments|strong="H3627", earrings|strong="H5141", rings|strong="H2885", necklaces|strong="H3558", and|strong="H3068" many|strong="H7227" other|strong="H3605" kinds|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" things|strong="H3605" made|strong="H3627" of|strong="H3068" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" dedicated|strong="H6942" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H8504" many|strong="H7227" [HYP] people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4672" blue|strong="H8504", purple|strong="H8504", or|strong="H8438" red|strong="H8144" cloth|strong="H0899" or|strong="H8438" fine|strong="H8336" white|strong="H3836" linen|strong="H8336" or|strong="H8438" cloth|strong="H0899" made|strong="H3605" from|strong="H3605" goats’|strong="H5795" hair|strong="H8181" or|strong="H8438" rams’|strong="H0352" skins|strong="H5785" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H4672" ◄tanned/dyed|strong="H5785" red|strong="H8144"► or|strong="H8438" leather|strong="H5785" made|strong="H3605" from|strong="H3605" goatskins brought|strong="H0935" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" these|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{24}All|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" silver|strong="H3701" or|strong="H3701" bronze|strong="H5178" brought|strong="H3068" them|strong="H4672" as|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H8641" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". All|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" some|strong="H3605" acacia|strong="H7848" wood|strong="H6086" that|strong="H3605" could|strong="H3201" be|strong="H3068" used|strong="H4399" for|strong="H3068" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" brought|strong="H3068" it|strong="H4672". 
\verseNumber{25}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H2450" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3027" skilled|strong="H2450" to|strong="H3820" make|strong="H3027" cloth|strong="H0899" brought|strong="H3027" fine|strong="H8336" linen|strong="H8336" thread|strong="H8144" and|strong="H3027" blue|strong="H8504", purple|strong="H8504", or|strong="H3027" red|strong="H8144" yarn|strong="H8144"/thread|strong="H8144" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3027" made|strong="H3605"/spun|strong="H2901". 
\verseNumber{26}And|strong="H2451" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802" who|strong="H3605" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H3820" made|strong="H3605"/spun|strong="H2901" thread|strong="H2339" from|strong="H3820" goats’|strong="H5795" hair|strong="H8181". 
\verseNumber{27}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H2833" leaders|strong="H5387" brought|strong="H0935" valuable|strong="H3368" onyx|strong="H7718" stones|strong="H0068" and|strong="H5387" other|strong="H0312" valuable|strong="H3368" stones|strong="H0068" to|strong="H5387" be|strong="H1961" fastened|strong="H8628" to|strong="H5387" Aaron’s|strong="H0175" sacred|strong="H6944" apron and|strong="H5387" his|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" pouch|strong="H3219". 
\verseNumber{28}They|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" brought|strong="H0935" spices|strong="H1314" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3974"\+w* \+w put|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* sweet-smelling \+w incense|strong="H7004"\+w*}, and|strong="H8081" they|strong="H1992" brought|strong="H0935" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081" for|strong="H8081" the|strong="H3605" lamps|strong="H5216" and|strong="H8081" for|strong="H8081" the|strong="H3605" oil|strong="H8081" for|strong="H8081" anointing|strong="H4888" and|strong="H8081" for|strong="H8081" putting|strong="H5414" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" sweet-smelling incense|strong="H7004". 
\verseNumber{29}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli men|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" women|strong="H0802" who|strong="H3605" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H3478" brought|strong="H6213" these|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3478" offer|strong="H6213" them|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068", for|strong="H6213" doing|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H6213" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Moses’|strong="H4872" instructions|strong="H6680" regarding|strong="H6213" Bezalel|strong="H1212" and|strong="H1121" Oholiab|strong="H0171" }
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\verseNumber{30}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H7200" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7200" Israeli people|strong="H1121", “Listen|strong="H8085" carefully|strong="H6213". Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" Bezalel|strong="H1212", the|strong="H7200" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Uri|strong="H0221" and|strong="H1121" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hur|strong="H2354", from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7200" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{31}Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H7307" enabled|strong="H5414" his|strong="H3605" Spirit|strong="H7307" to|strong="H7307" completely|strong="H3605" control|strong="H3027" Bezalel|strong="H1212" and|strong="H2451" has|strong="H7307" given|strong="H4390" him|strong="H3605" ability|strong="H3581" and|strong="H2451" enabled|strong="H5414" him|strong="H3605" to|strong="H7307" know|strong="H1847" how|strong="H4100" to|strong="H7307" do|strong="H3605" very|strong="H3966" skilled|strong="H2450" work|strong="H4399". 
\verseNumber{32}He|strong="H6213" can|strong="H6213" engrave|strong="H6605" skillful|strong="H2803" designs|strong="H4284" in|strong="H6213" gold|strong="H2091", silver|strong="H3701", and|strong="H3701" bronze|strong="H5178". 
\verseNumber{33}He|strong="H6213" can|strong="H6213" cut|strong="H3772" ◄jewels|strong="H3627"/valuable|strong="H3368" stones|strong="H0068"► and|strong="H6086" enclose them|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H6213"\+w* tiny \+w gold|strong="H2091"\+w* \+w frames|strong="H7175"\+w*}. He|strong="H6213" can|strong="H6213" carve|strong="H2710" things|strong="H3605" from|strong="H6086" wood|strong="H6086" and|strong="H6086" do|strong="H6213" other|strong="H3605" skilled|strong="H2450" work|strong="H4399". 
\verseNumber{34}Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3820" also|strong="H1121" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5414" Oholiab|strong="H0171", the|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahisamach|strong="H0294", from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835", the|strong="H5414" ability|strong="H3581" to|strong="H5414" teach|strong="H3384" their|strong="H5414" skills to|strong="H5414" others|strong="H0312". 
\verseNumber{35}He|strong="H6213" has|strong="H3820" given|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" ability|strong="H3581" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" kinds|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4390" work|strong="H4399" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3820" done|strong="H6213" by|strong="H4284" craftsmen|strong="H2796"—those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" create|strong="H1254" artistic|strong="H2803" things|strong="H3605", those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" make|strong="H6213" fine|strong="H8336" white|strong="H3836" linen|strong="H8336", those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" embroider|strong="H7660" designs|strong="H4284" using|strong="H5927" blue|strong="H8504" or|strong="H8438" purple|strong="H8504" or|strong="H8438" red|strong="H8144" yarn|strong="H8144"/thread|strong="H8144", and|strong="H2451" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" make|strong="H6213" other|strong="H3605" cloth|strong="H0899". They|strong="H6213" are|strong="H4284" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" [HYP] kinds|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4390" skillful|strong="H2803" work|strong="H4399". 
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\chapterNumber{36}“Bezalel|strong="H1212" and|strong="H3068" Oholiab|strong="H0171", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" men|strong="H2450" to|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H1992" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" ability|strong="H3045" and|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" understand|strong="H3045" how|strong="H3045" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" to|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", must|strong="H4191" make|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" just|strong="H3605" as|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680".” 
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\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H6213" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5414" summoned|strong="H7121" Bezalel|strong="H1212" and|strong="H4872" Oholiab|strong="H0171" and|strong="H4872" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" skilled|strong="H2450" men|strong="H2450" to|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H7121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" special|strong="H6381" ability|strong="H3581" and|strong="H4872" who|strong="H3605" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399". 
\verseNumber{3}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H6440" gave|strong="H6213" them|strong="H1992" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H6944" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3478" brought|strong="H3947" as|strong="H6213" offerings|strong="H5071" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" for|strong="H6213" making|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". But|strong="H1992" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" continued|strong="H5750" bringing|strong="H0935" more|strong="H5750" things|strong="H6944" every|strong="H3605" morning|strong="H1242". 
\verseNumber{4}As|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" result|strong="H6903", the|strong="H3605" skilled|strong="H2450" men|strong="H2450" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1992" doing|strong="H6213" various|strong="H2921" things|strong="H6944" to|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H6213" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H6213" 
\verseNumber{5}and|strong="H4872" said|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" bringing|strong="H0935" more|strong="H7235" than|strong="H7235" we|strong="H6213" need|strong="H1767" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" work|strong="H4399" that|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" us|strong="H6213"!” 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H6213" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H6680" gave|strong="H6680" the|strong="H6213" skilled|strong="H2450" men|strong="H5971" this|strong="H6213" message|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5971" was|strong="H4872" proclaimed|strong="H6963" throughout|strong="H5674" the|strong="H6213" camp|strong="H4264": “No|strong="H6213" one|strong="H6213" should|strong="H6213" bring|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H4399" more|strong="H5750" as|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H8641" to|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168"!” When|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w heard|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*}, they|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" bring|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H4399" more|strong="H5750". 
\verseNumber{7}What|strong="H6213" they|strong="H6213" had|strong="H1961" already|strong="H3528" brought|strong="H6213" was|strong="H1961" enough|strong="H1767" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w In|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w fact|strong="H1589"\+w*}, it|strong="H6213" was|strong="H1961" more|strong="H6213" than|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1961" needed|strong="H1767"! 

\BibleSectionHeading{They|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" curtains|strong="H3407" and|strong="H6213" coverings|strong="H4765" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" }
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\verseNumber{8}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" most|strong="H6944" skilled|strong="H2450" men|strong="H2450" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" workmen|strong="H4399" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H3407". They|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" from|strong="H3820" ten|strong="H6235" strips|strong="H2834" of|strong="H3820" fine|strong="H8336" linen|strong="H8336", and|strong="H8504" carefully|strong="H6213" embroidered|strong="H7553" it|strong="H6213" using|strong="H5927" blue|strong="H8504", purple|strong="H8504", and|strong="H8504" red|strong="H8144" yarn|strong="H8144"/thread|strong="H8144" to|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" figures|strong="H1823" that|strong="H3605" resembled|strong="H1823" the|strong="H3605" winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H2416". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Bezalel made the altar for burning sacrifices }
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\verseNumber{10}Bezalel|strong="H1212" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" table|strong="H7979" from|strong="H6086" acacia|strong="H7848" wood|strong="H6086". It|strong="H6213" was|strong="H6967" ◄36 in|strong="H6213"./88 cm.► long|strong="H0753", ◄18 in|strong="H6213"./44 cm.► wide|strong="H7341", and|strong="H6086" ◄27 in|strong="H6213"./66 cm.► high|strong="H6967". 
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\verseNumber{25}From|strong="H4480" acacia|strong="H7848" wood|strong="H6086", Bezalel|strong="H1212" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" altar|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w burning|strong="H2740"\+w*} incense|strong="H7004". It|strong="H6213" was|strong="H1961" square|strong="H7251", ◄18 in|strong="H6213"./45 cm.► on|strong="H1961" each|strong="H0376" side|strong="H6285". It|strong="H6213" was|strong="H1961" ◄3 ft./90 cm.► high|strong="H6967". He|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w projection|strong="H0990"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4196"\+w* \+w looked|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} a|strong="H1961" horn|strong="H7161" on|strong="H1961" each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H6213" top|strong="H4480" corners|strong="H6285". The|strong="H6213" projections|strong="H3027" were|strong="H1961" carved|strong="H6213" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6213" same|strong="H4480" block|strong="H4383" of|strong="H4196" wood|strong="H6086" that|strong="H4196" the|strong="H6213" altar|strong="H4196" was|strong="H1961" made|strong="H6213" of|strong="H4196". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{They made the altar for burning sacrifices, and they made the washbasin }
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\chapterNumber{38}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Several|strong="H2669"\+w* \+w men|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w helped|strong="H5826"\+w*} Bezalel|strong="H1212" to|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" altar|strong="H4196" for|strong="H6213" burning|strong="H2740" sacrifices|strong="H5930". They|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" from|strong="H6086" acacia|strong="H7848" wood|strong="H6086". It|strong="H6213" was|strong="H6967" square|strong="H7251", ◄7-1/2 feet|strong="H7272"/2.2 meters► on|strong="H6213" each|strong="H0376" side|strong="H6285", and|strong="H6086" it|strong="H6213" was|strong="H6967" ◄4-1/2 feet|strong="H7272"/1.3 meters► high|strong="H6967". 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H6213" altar|strong="H4196" was|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w hollow|strong="H5014"\+w*} like|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" empty|strong="H7387" box|strong="H0712". It|strong="H6213" was|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" from|strong="H4150" boards|strong="H7175" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w acacia|strong="H7848"\+w* \+w wood|strong="H6086"\+w*}. 
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They|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213"/cast|strong="H7993" the|strong="H6213" washbasin and|strong="H6213" its|strong="H6213" base|strong="H3653" from|strong="H4150" bronze|strong="H5178". The|strong="H6213" bronze|strong="H5178" was|strong="H6213" from|strong="H4150" the|strong="H6213" mirrors|strong="H4759" that|strong="H6213" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" women|strong="H6633" who|strong="H6213" worked|strong="H6213" at|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 

\BibleSectionHeading{They|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" curtains|strong="H3407" to|strong="H6213" surround|strong="H5439" the|strong="H6213" courtyard|strong="H2691" }
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\verseNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Around|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w*} Bezalel|strong="H1212" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H6213" helpers|strong="H5826" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" courtyard|strong="H2691". To|strong="H6213" form|strong="H8389" the|strong="H6213" courtyard|strong="H2691", they|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" curtains|strong="H3407" of|strong="H5045" fine|strong="H8336" white|strong="H3836" linen|strong="H8336". On|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" south|strong="H5045" side|strong="H6285", the|strong="H6213" curtain|strong="H3407" was|strong="H6213" ◄150 feet|strong="H7272"/46 meters► long|strong="H0753". 
\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w To|strong="H6242"\+w* \+w hang|strong="H8518"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w curtain|strong="H3407"\+w*}, they|strong="H5178" made|strong="H6213" 20 bronze|strong="H5178" posts|strong="H5982" and|strong="H6242" 20 bronze|strong="H5178" bases|strong="H0134", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H0259"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w under|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w each|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w post|strong="H4201"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w To|strong="H6242"\+w* \+w fasten|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w curtains|strong="H3407"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6242"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" posts|strong="H5982", they|strong="H5178" made|strong="H6213" silver|strong="H3701" hooks|strong="H2053", and|strong="H6242" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H5178"\+w* \+w made|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w metal|strong="H2830"\+w*} rods|strong="H4294" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w covered|strong="H3680"\+w* \+w with|strong="H2838"\+w*} silver|strong="H3701". 
\verseNumber{11}They|strong="H5178" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3967" same|strong="H1931" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H5982" curtains|strong="H3407", posts|strong="H5982", bases|strong="H0134", and|strong="H3967" hooks|strong="H2053" for|strong="H3701" the|strong="H3967" north|strong="H6828" side|strong="H6285" of|strong="H5982" the|strong="H3967" courtyard|strong="H2691". 
\verseNumber{12}On|strong="H6285" the|strong="H6285" west|strong="H3220" side|strong="H6285" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5982"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6285"\+w* \+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*}, they|strong="H1992" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3220" curtain|strong="H3407" ◄75 feet|strong="H7272"/23 meters► long|strong="H0753". They|strong="H1992" also|strong="H6285" made|strong="H6213" ten|strong="H6235" posts|strong="H5982" on|strong="H6285" which|strong="H0834" to|strong="H3220" hang|strong="H8518" the|strong="H6285" curtains|strong="H3407", and|strong="H3701" ten|strong="H6235" bases|strong="H0134", with|strong="H3220" silver|strong="H3701" hooks|strong="H2053" and|strong="H3701" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w metal|strong="H2830"\+w*} rods|strong="H4294" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w covered|strong="H3680"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3220"\+w*} silver|strong="H3701". 
\verseNumber{13}On|strong="H6285" the|strong="H6924" east|strong="H4217" side|strong="H6285", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H2572"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6924"\+w* \+w entrance|strong="H6607"\+w* \+w is|strong="H0369"\+w*}, the|strong="H6924" courtyard|strong="H2691" was|strong="H4217" ◄75 feet|strong="H7272"/23 meters► wide|strong="H7341". 
\verseNumber{14-15}On|strong="H5921" each|strong="H0376" side|strong="H6285" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" entrance|strong="H6607", they|strong="H1992" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1961" curtain|strong="H3407" ◄22-1/2 feet|strong="H7272"/6.6 meters► wide|strong="H7341". On|strong="H5921" each|strong="H0376" side|strong="H6285" they|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w hung|strong="H8518"\+w* \+w from|strong="H4480"\+w*} three|strong="H7969" posts|strong="H5982", and|strong="H3967" one|strong="H0259" base|strong="H3247" was|strong="H3068" under|strong="H8478" each|strong="H0376" post|strong="H4201". 
\verseNumber{16}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" curtains|strong="H3407" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" courtyard|strong="H2691" were|strong="H2691" made|strong="H3605" from|strong="H5439" fine|strong="H8336" white|strong="H3836" linen|strong="H8336". 
\verseNumber{17}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" posts|strong="H5982" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" courtyard|strong="H2691" were|strong="H1992" made|strong="H2836" of|strong="H7218" bronze|strong="H5178", but|strong="H1992" the|strong="H3605" tops|strong="H7218" were|strong="H1992" covered|strong="H3680" with|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701". The|strong="H3605" posts|strong="H5982" were|strong="H1992" connected|strong="H5439" with|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w metal|strong="H2830"\+w*} rods|strong="H4294" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w covered|strong="H3680"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3605"\+w*} silver|strong="H3701". The|strong="H3605" clasps|strong="H7165"/fasteners and|strong="H3701" hooks|strong="H2053" were|strong="H1992" made|strong="H2836" of|strong="H7218" silver|strong="H3701". 
\verseNumber{18}For|strong="H4639" the|strong="H5980" entrance|strong="H8179" of|strong="H8179" the|strong="H5980" courtyard|strong="H2691", they|strong="H8179" made|strong="H4639" a|strong="H7341" curtain|strong="H4539" from|strong="H8179" fine|strong="H8336" white|strong="H3836" linen|strong="H8336", and|strong="H6242" a|strong="H7341" skilled|strong="H2450" weaver|strong="H7551" embroidered|strong="H7553" it|strong="H5414" with|strong="H4639" blue|strong="H8504", purple|strong="H8504", and|strong="H6242" red|strong="H8144" yarn|strong="H8144"/thread|strong="H8144". The|strong="H5980" curtain|strong="H4539" was|strong="H6967" ◄30 feet|strong="H7272"/9 meters► long|strong="H0753" and|strong="H6242" ◄7-1/2 feet|strong="H7272"/2.3 meters► high|strong="H6967", just|strong="H5980" like|strong="H5980" the|strong="H5980" other|strong="H0312" curtains|strong="H3407" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5980" courtyard|strong="H2691". 
\verseNumber{19}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H7218" curtains|strong="H3407" were|strong="H7218" made|strong="H6213" of|strong="H7218" fine|strong="H3701" white|strong="H3836" linen|strong="H8336". They|strong="H5178" were|strong="H7218" supported|strong="H0310" by|strong="H3701" four|strong="H0702" posts|strong="H5982", and|strong="H3701" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w under|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w each|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w post|strong="H4201"\+w*} was|strong="H7218" a|strong="H7218" base|strong="H3247" made|strong="H6213" of|strong="H7218" bronze|strong="H5178". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H7218" posts|strong="H5982" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H7218" courtyard|strong="H2691" were|strong="H7218" connected|strong="H5439" with|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w metal|strong="H2830"\+w*} rods|strong="H4294" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w covered|strong="H3680"\+w* \+w with|strong="H7218"\+w*} silver|strong="H3701". The|strong="H7218" clasps|strong="H7165"/fasteners were|strong="H7218" made|strong="H6213" of|strong="H7218" silver|strong="H3701", and|strong="H3701" the|strong="H7218" tops|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H7218" posts|strong="H5982" were|strong="H7218" covered|strong="H3680" with|strong="H7218" silver|strong="H3701". 
\verseNumber{20}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tent|strong="H3489" pegs|strong="H3489" to|strong="H5178" support|strong="H2388" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H3489" and|strong="H5178" the|strong="H3605" curtains|strong="H3407" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" courtyard|strong="H2691" were|strong="H2691" made|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" bronze|strong="H5178". 

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\verseNumber{21}Here|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3027" a|strong="H5921" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" amounts|strong="H4948" of|strong="H1121" metal|strong="H2830" used|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5921" make|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" told|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" to|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w count|strong="H5608"\+w* \+w all|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* materials \+w used|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} write|strong="H3789" down|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" amounts|strong="H4948". Ithamar|strong="H0385", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548", supervised|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" men|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{22}Bezalel|strong="H1212" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Uri|strong="H0221" and|strong="H1121" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hur|strong="H2354" made|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{23}Bezalel’s helper|strong="H5826" was|strong="H1121" Oholiab|strong="H0171", the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahisamach|strong="H0294", of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835". Oholiab|strong="H0171" was|strong="H1121" a|strong="H2803" skilled|strong="H2796" engraver|strong="H2796" who|strong="H1121" made|strong="H2803" artistic|strong="H2803" things|strong="H1697". He|strong="H2803" made|strong="H2803" fine|strong="H8336" white|strong="H3836" linen|strong="H8336", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H2803" embroidered|strong="H7553" designs|strong="H4284" using|strong="H5927" blue|strong="H8504", purple|strong="H8504", and|strong="H1121" red|strong="H8144" yarn|strong="H8144"/thread|strong="H8144". He|strong="H2803" also|strong="H1121" made|strong="H2803" other|strong="H0312" cloth|strong="H0899". 
\verseNumber{24}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1961" used|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1961" make|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" weighed|strong="H8254" ◄2,195 pounds|strong="H1993"/1,000 kg.►. They|strong="H6213" used|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" official|strong="H8269" standard|strong="H1714" when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H6213" weighed|strong="H8254" the|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091". 
\verseNumber{25}All|strong="H6485" the|strong="H6485" silver|strong="H3701" that|strong="H6485" the|strong="H6485" people|strong="H5712" contributed|strong="H7311" when|strong="H6485" the|strong="H6485" leaders|strong="H7218" ◄took|strong="H6485" the|strong="H6485" census|strong="H6485"/counted|strong="H6485" the|strong="H6485" men|strong="H6485"► weighed|strong="H8254" ◄7,500 pounds|strong="H1993"/3,400 kg.►. They|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" used|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6485" official|strong="H8269" standard|strong="H1714" when|strong="H6485" they|strong="H1992" weighed|strong="H8254" the|strong="H6485" silver|strong="H3701". 
\verseNumber{26}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" at|strong="H5921" least|strong="H6996" 20 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" counted|strong="H6485", and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H5921" each|strong="H3605" paid|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" required|strong="H7592" amount|strong="H1697". That|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5921" total|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" 603,550 men|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{27}They|strong="H1992" used|strong="H1961" ◄75 pounds|strong="H1993"/34 kg.► of|strong="H3603" silver|strong="H3701" for|strong="H3701" making|strong="H6213"/casting|strong="H3332" each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H3603" the|strong="H1961" 100 bases|strong="H0134" to|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w put|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w under|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w posts|strong="H5982"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w support|strong="H2388"\+w*} the|strong="H1961" curtains|strong="H3407" of|strong="H3603" the|strong="H1961" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{28}Bezalel|strong="H1212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w his|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w helpers|strong="H5826"\+w*} used|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" ◄50 pounds|strong="H1993"/30 kg.► of|strong="H7218" silver|strong="H3701" that|strong="H6213" was|strong="H7218" not|strong="H6213" used|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" bases|strong="H0134" to|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" rods|strong="H4294" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H6213" hooks|strong="H2053" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" posts|strong="H5982", and|strong="H3967" to|strong="H6213" cover|strong="H3680" the|strong="H6213" tops|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H6213" posts|strong="H5982". 
\verseNumber{29}The|strong="H3967" bronze|strong="H5178" that|strong="H5178" the|strong="H3967" people|strong="H5971" contributed|strong="H7311" weighed|strong="H8254" ◄5,310 pounds|strong="H1993"/2,425 kg.►. 
\verseNumber{30}With|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" bronze|strong="H5178", Bezalel|strong="H1212" and|strong="H4196" his|strong="H3605" helpers|strong="H5826" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" bases|strong="H0134" for|strong="H6213" under|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" posts|strong="H5982" at|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H3627" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". They|strong="H6213" also|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" for|strong="H6213" burning|strong="H2740" sacrifices|strong="H2077", the|strong="H3605" grating|strong="H4345" for|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" and|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" tools|strong="H0240" used|strong="H6213" with|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213", 
\verseNumber{31}the|strong="H3605" bases|strong="H0134" for|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" posts|strong="H5982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w supported|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w curtains|strong="H3407"\+w*} that|strong="H3605" surrounded|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" courtyard|strong="H2691" and|strong="H4908" the|strong="H3605" bases|strong="H0134" for|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" entrance|strong="H8179" to|strong="H8179" the|strong="H3605" courtyard|strong="H2691", and|strong="H4908" the|strong="H3605" pegs|strong="H3489" for|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H3489" and|strong="H4908" for|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w curtains|strong="H3407"\+w* \+w around|strong="H5439"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" courtyard|strong="H2691". 

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\chapterNumber{39}Bezalel|strong="H1212", Oholiab|strong="H0171", and|strong="H4872" the|strong="H6213" other|strong="H0312" skilled|strong="H2450" workmen|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" beautiful|strong="H3303" clothes|strong="H0899" for|strong="H6213" Aaron|strong="H0175" to|strong="H3068" wear|strong="H3847" while|strong="H5704" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3068" work|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" priest|strong="H3548" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H6944". They|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" from|strong="H4480" blue|strong="H8504", purple|strong="H8504", and|strong="H4872" red|strong="H8144" cloth|strong="H0899", just|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H4480". 
\verseNumber{2}They|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" sacred|strong="H6944" apron from|strong="H2091" fine|strong="H8336" white|strong="H3836" linen|strong="H8336" and|strong="H2091" from|strong="H2091" blue|strong="H8504", purple|strong="H8504", and|strong="H2091" red|strong="H8144" cloth|strong="H0899". 
\verseNumber{3}They|strong="H6213" hammered|strong="H7554" some|strong="H4480" thin|strong="H1851" sheets|strong="H6341" of|strong="H8432" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H2091" cut|strong="H7112" them|strong="H6213" into|strong="H8432" thin|strong="H1851" strips|strong="H2834" which|strong="H2091" they|strong="H6213" embroidered|strong="H7553" into|strong="H8432" the|strong="H6213" fine|strong="H8336" linen|strong="H8336" and|strong="H2091" into|strong="H8432" the|strong="H6213" blue|strong="H8504", purple|strong="H8504", and|strong="H2091" red|strong="H8144" cloth|strong="H0899". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H5921" apron had|strong="H6213" two|strong="H8147" shoulder|strong="H3802" straps, to|strong="H5921" join|strong="H2266" the|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" part|strong="H7117" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" back|strong="H7725" part|strong="H7117" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" shoulders|strong="H3802". 
\verseNumber{5}A|strong="H4480" carefully-woven sash|strong="H0073", which|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" made|strong="H4639" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" same|strong="H1931" materials as|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" sacred|strong="H6944" apron, was|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{sewn} onto|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sacred|strong="H6944" apron. This|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" made|strong="H4639" exactly|strong="H6680" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{41}the|strong="H3548" beautiful|strong="H3303" sacred|strong="H6944" clothes|strong="H0899" for|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" to|strong="H1121" wear|strong="H3847" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1121" did|strong="H6213" his|strong="H8334" work|strong="H4399" in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3548" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H6944", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3548" special|strong="H6381" clothes|strong="H0899" for|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8334" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1121" wear|strong="H3847" as|strong="H3547" they|strong="H3548" did|strong="H6213" their|strong="H3548" work|strong="H4399" as|strong="H3547" priests|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{42}The|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H3651" work|strong="H5656" exactly|strong="H6680" as|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{43}Then|strong="H2009" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" that|strong="H7200" they|strong="H3651" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". Truly|strong="H6213", they|strong="H3651" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" exactly|strong="H6680" as|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}. Then|strong="H2009" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} bless|strong="H1288" them|strong="H6213". 

\BibleSectionHeading{They set up the Sacred Tent }
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\chapterNumber{40}Then|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{2}“On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" first|strong="H7223" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" first|strong="H7223" month|strong="H2320" next|strong="H4283" year|strong="H3117", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3117"\+w*} set|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3117" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{3}Put|strong="H7760" inside|strong="H8432" it|strong="H7760" the|strong="H5921" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w contains|strong="H4393"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w stone|strong="H0068"\+w* slabs \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w which|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5715"\+w* \+w engraved|strong="H6605"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" Ten|strong="H6235" Commandments|strong="H4687", and|strong="H8033" hang|strong="H8518" the|strong="H5921" curtain|strong="H6532" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H5921" it|strong="H7760". 
\verseNumber{4}Bring|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" table|strong="H7979" into|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H5927" place|strong="H4725" on|strong="H5927" it|strong="H5927" all|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5927" are|strong="H7979" to|strong="H5927" be|strong="H4501" used|strong="H6213" with|strong="H5927" it|strong="H5927". Bring|strong="H5927" in|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" lampstand|strong="H4501" and|strong="H5927" fasten|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5927" lamps|strong="H5216" to|strong="H5927" it|strong="H5927". 
\verseNumber{5}Put|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" gold|strong="H2091" altar|strong="H4196" for|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w burning|strong="H2740"\+w*} incense|strong="H7004" in|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727", and|strong="H2091" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" curtain|strong="H4539" at|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{6}Put|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" altar|strong="H4196" for|strong="H6440" burning|strong="H2740" sacrifices|strong="H5930" in|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{7}Put|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" washbasin between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H5414" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5414" altar|strong="H4196", and|strong="H4196" fill|strong="H4390" it|strong="H5414" with|strong="H4325" water|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{8}Hang|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" curtains|strong="H3407" that|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" surround|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5414" courtyard|strong="H2691", and|strong="H8179" hang|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" curtain|strong="H4539" at|strong="H5414" its|strong="H5414" entrance|strong="H8179". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H1961" take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" oil|strong="H8081" for|strong="H3627" anointing|strong="H4888", and|strong="H8081" anoint|strong="H4886" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H8081" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" in|strong="H6942" it|strong="H1961", to|strong="H1961" ◄set|strong="H6942" it|strong="H1961" apart|strong="H6942"/dedicate|strong="H6942" it|strong="H1961"► to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H3947". Then|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" holy|strong="H6944"/sacred|strong="H6944". 
\verseNumber{10}Also|strong="H1571" anoint|strong="H4886" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" for|strong="H4196" offering|strong="H5930" sacrifices|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313", and|strong="H4196" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H6944" that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" used|strong="H1961" with|strong="H4886" it|strong="H1961", and|strong="H4196" set|strong="H6942" it|strong="H1961" apart|strong="H6942". Then|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1961" also|strong="H1571" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" holy|strong="H6944"/sacred|strong="H6944". 
\verseNumber{11}Also|strong="H1571" anoint|strong="H4886" the|strong="H6942" washbasin and|strong="H6942" its|strong="H3605" base|strong="H3653", to|strong="H6942" set|strong="H6942" it|strong="H6942" apart|strong="H6942". 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H7126" bring|strong="H7126" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7364" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7126" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7126" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H1121" wash|strong="H7364" them|strong="H7126" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{ritually} with|strong="H7364" water|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H0227" put|strong="H3847" on|strong="H3847" Aaron|strong="H0175" his|strong="H6942" sacred|strong="H6944" clothes|strong="H3847" to|strong="H6944" ◄set|strong="H6942" him|strong="H4886" apart|strong="H6942"/dedicate|strong="H6942" him|strong="H4886"►, in|strong="H3847" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H6944" he|strong="H0834" can|strong="H4310" serve|strong="H3547" me|strong="H4886" as|strong="H3547" a|strong="H6942" priest|strong="H3547". 
\verseNumber{14}Also|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H7126" his|strong="H7126" sons|strong="H1121" there|strong="H7126". Put|strong="H3847" their|strong="H7126" sacred|strong="H6944" tunics|strong="H3801"/gowns on|strong="H3847" them|strong="H7126" 
\verseNumber{15}and|strong="H5769" anoint|strong="H4886" them|strong="H1961" just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H3547" you|strong="H4886" anointed|strong="H4886" their|strong="H1961" father|strong="H0001", in|strong="H1755" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" may|strong="H1961" serve|strong="H3547" me|strong="H4886" by|strong="H1961" working|strong="H4639" as|strong="H3547" priests|strong="H3547". By|strong="H1961" anointing|strong="H4888" them|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H5769"\+w* \+w their|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w*}, you|strong="H4886" will|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H1961" them|strong="H1961" and|strong="H5769" their|strong="H1961" descendants|strong="H2233" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" priests|strong="H3547" throughout|strong="H1755" all|strong="H1755" coming|strong="H0935" generations|strong="H1755".” 
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\verseNumber{16}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3651" did|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" exactly|strong="H6680" as|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" him|strong="H6213"/me|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{17}On|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6965" first|strong="H7223" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H6965" first|strong="H7223" month|strong="H2320" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H6965" next|strong="H8145" year|strong="H8141" (OR|strong="H0176", second|strong="H8145" year|strong="H8141" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w they|strong="H8141"\+w*/\+w we|strong="H0587"\+w* \+w left|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*}), the|strong="H6965" people|strong="H5971" set|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" the|strong="H6965" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{18}Following|strong="H0310" Moses’|strong="H4872"/my|strong="H5414" instructions|strong="H1697", they|strong="H5414" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H6965" the|strong="H5414" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H6965" its|strong="H5414" bases|strong="H0134", set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H6965" the|strong="H5414" frames|strong="H7175", attached|strong="H7760" the|strong="H5414" crossbars, and|strong="H6965" put|strong="H5414" up|strong="H6965" the|strong="H5414" posts|strong="H5982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w curtains|strong="H3407"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H4872" they|strong="H3068" spread|strong="H6566" out|strong="H6566" the|strong="H5921" coverings|strong="H4765" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", exactly|strong="H6680" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H5414"/I|strong="H5414" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H3947" stone|strong="H0068" slabs \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w commandments|strong="H4687"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w written|strong="H3789"\+w*} and|strong="H3947" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727". He|strong="H5414"/I|strong="H5414" put|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" carrying|strong="H5375" poles|strong="H0905" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w rings|strong="H2885"\+w*} on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" chest|strong="H0727" and|strong="H3947" put|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" lid|strong="H1817" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H4605" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" chest|strong="H0727". 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H4872" he|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H5921" took|strong="H7760" the|strong="H5921" chest|strong="H0727" into|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w Holy|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Place|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w inside|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H4872" hung|strong="H6532" the|strong="H5921" curtain|strong="H4539". In|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3068" way|strong="H5921", he|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H5921" prevented|strong="H6923" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H5921" outside|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" seeing|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" chest|strong="H0727". He|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H5921" did|strong="H3068" all|strong="H5921" this|strong="H3068" exactly|strong="H6680" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" him|strong="H5921"/me|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{22}He|strong="H5414"/I|strong="H5414" set|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" table|strong="H7979" inside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" north|strong="H6828" side|strong="H3409", outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H5921" curtain|strong="H6532". 
\verseNumber{23}He|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H5921" placed|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" table|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" bread|strong="H3899" that|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" offered|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", exactly|strong="H6680" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{24}He|strong="H5921"/I|strong="H5921" set|strong="H7760" the|strong="H5921" lampstand|strong="H4501" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" south|strong="H5045" side|strong="H3409", opposite|strong="H5227" the|strong="H5921" table|strong="H7979". 
\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H4872" he|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H6680" fastened|strong="H8628" the|strong="H6440" lamps|strong="H5216" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" lampstand|strong="H4501" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" presence|strong="H6440", exactly|strong="H6680" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{26}He|strong="H6440"/I|strong="H7760" set|strong="H7760" the|strong="H6440" golden|strong="H2091" altar|strong="H4196" for|strong="H6440" burning|strong="H2740" incense|strong="H7004" inside|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", in|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" curtain|strong="H6532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H4196"\+w* \+w separated|strong="H6504"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Holy|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Place|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w from|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w Holy|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Place|strong="H7760"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{27}and|strong="H4872" he|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H5921" burned|strong="H6999" some|strong="H4480" sweet-smelling incense|strong="H7004" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921", exactly|strong="H6680" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" him|strong="H5921"/me|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{28}He|strong="H7760"/I|strong="H7760" hung|strong="H8518" the|strong="H7760" curtain|strong="H4539" at|strong="H6607" the|strong="H7760" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H6607" the|strong="H7760" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{29}At|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", he|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H5921" set|strong="H7760" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" for|strong="H5921" offering|strong="H4503" sacrifices|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3068" were|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" completely|strong="H3617". Then|strong="H4872" he|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H5921" offered|strong="H5927" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H7760" the|strong="H5921" meat|strong="H4503" that|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" completely|strong="H3617" and|strong="H4872" the|strong="H5921" grain|strong="H1715" offering|strong="H4503", exactly|strong="H6680" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" him|strong="H5921"/me|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{30}He|strong="H8033"/I|strong="H5414" set|strong="H7760" the|strong="H5414" washbasin between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H5414" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w bronze|strong="H5178"\+w*} altar|strong="H4196", and|strong="H4196" he|strong="H8033"/I|strong="H5414" filled|strong="H4390" the|strong="H5414" washbasin with|strong="H7364" water|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{31-32}Every|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6256" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H0589" and|strong="H3967" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" went|strong="H1980" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" or|strong="H0176" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196", they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H0587" washed|strong="H7364" their|strong="H3605"/our|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3967" feet|strong="H7272" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{ritually}, exactly|strong="H0834" as|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{33}Following|strong="H0310" Moses’|strong="H4872"/my|strong="H5414" instructions|strong="H1697", they|strong="H5414" hung|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" curtains|strong="H3407" that|strong="H5414" surrounded|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5414" courtyard|strong="H2691" and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H5414" altar|strong="H4196", and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H5414" hung|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" curtain|strong="H4539" at|strong="H6965" the|strong="H5414" entrance|strong="H8179" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" courtyard|strong="H2691". So|strong="H5414" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5414" finished|strong="H3615" that|strong="H5414" work|strong="H4399". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" brilliant light|strong="H0216" filled|strong="H4390" the|strong="H5414" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" }
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\verseNumber{34}Then|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tall|strong="H7311"\+w* \+w bright|strong="H0934"\+w*} cloud|strong="H6051" covered|strong="H3680" the|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" ◄glory|strong="H3519"/brilliant light|strong="H0216"► filled|strong="H4390" the|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{35}Because|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" light|strong="H0216" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" bright|strong="H0934", Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{36}From|strong="H5265" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117", whenever|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H3478" move|strong="H5265" to|strong="H3478" another|strong="H0312" place|strong="H4908", they|strong="H5921" went|strong="H5927" only|strong="H3605" when|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" bright|strong="H0934" cloud|strong="H6051" rose|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5265" above|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{37}If|strong="H0518" the|strong="H3117" cloud|strong="H6051" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" rise|strong="H5927", they|strong="H3117" stayed|strong="H3427" where|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3117" were|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H5927" on|strong="H3117" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3117" cloud|strong="H6051" rose|strong="H5927". 
\verseNumber{38}Wherever|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3588" traveled|strong="H5265", the|strong="H3605" bright|strong="H0934" cloud|strong="H6051" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{indicated} Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w presence|strong="H5869"\+w*} was|strong="H3068" above|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" during|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3119", and|strong="H3478" a|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w bright|strong="H0934"\+w*} fire|strong="H0784" was|strong="H3068" inside|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" cloud|strong="H6051" at|strong="H5921" night|strong="H3915", with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5869" [MTY] could|strong="H3915" see|strong="H5869" it|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w any|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w time|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
\BibleBookEnd

\BibleBook{Leviticus}

\BibleTitlePage
\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of God giving some more laws for his people }
\BibleMainTitle{Leviticus }

\BibleSectionHeading{The burnt offering }
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\chapterNumber{1}While|strong="H5704" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w standing|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w near|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w entrance|strong="H6607"\+w*} to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", Yahweh|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H7121"/me|strong="H7121" from|strong="H3068" inside|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" tent|strong="H0168". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H7121", 
\verseNumber{2}“Tell|strong="H1696" this|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121": ‘When|strong="H3588" any|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" brings|strong="H7126" an|strong="H7126" offering|strong="H7133" to|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068", bring|strong="H7126" one|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" sheep|strong="H6629" or|strong="H1121" goats|strong="H1121" or|strong="H1121" cattle|strong="H1241". 
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\verseNumber{3}‘If|strong="H0518" what|strong="H7522" you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H5930" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7126" bull|strong="H1241" that|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, it|strong="H7126" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H6440" havet any|strong="H4480" defects. You|strong="H6440" must|strong="H4191" take|strong="H7126" it|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3068" it|strong="H7126" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{4}You|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" lay|strong="H5564" your|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" bull|strong="H6499". When|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" do|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3027", Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3027" accept|strong="H7521" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w its|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w death|strong="H4194"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w your|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w place|strong="H3027"\+w*} to|strong="H5921" forgive|strong="H3722"/pardon|strong="H3722" you|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3027" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3027" committed|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{5}You|strong="H6440" must|strong="H1121" slaughter|strong="H7819" the|strong="H6440" bull|strong="H1241" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Then|strong="H7126" Aaron’s|strong="H0175" sons|strong="H1121", who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1121" priests|strong="H3548", will|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H7126" the|strong="H6440" blood|strong="H1818" and|strong="H1121" sprinkle|strong="H2236" it|strong="H5921" against|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5439" sides|strong="H5439" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" altar|strong="H4196" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H6440" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{6}You|strong="H0859" must|strong="H4191" remove|strong="H6584" the|strong="H6584" skin|strong="H6584" of|strong="H5930" the|strong="H6584" animal|strong="H0929" and|strong="H5930" cut|strong="H5408" the|strong="H6584" animal|strong="H0929" into|strong="H0413" pieces|strong="H5409". You|strong="H0859" must|strong="H4191" wash|strong="H3526" the|strong="H6584" inner|strong="H6442" parts|strong="H5409" and|strong="H5930" the|strong="H6584" legs|strong="H3767" of|strong="H5930" the|strong="H6584" bull|strong="H6499". 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H5414" Aaron’s|strong="H0175" sons|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" put|strong="H5414" wood|strong="H6086" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" and|strong="H1121" light|strong="H0216" a|strong="H5414" fire|strong="H0784". 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1121" arrange|strong="H6186" the|strong="H5921" pieces|strong="H5409", including|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" fat|strong="H6309", on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" burning|strong="H2740" wood|strong="H6086". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3605" burn|strong="H6999" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" it|strong="H7130" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196". And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" aroma|strong="H7381" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{10}‘If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H4480" are|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H5930" a|strong="H7126" sheep|strong="H6629" or|strong="H4480" a|strong="H7126" goat|strong="H5795", it|strong="H7126" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H2145" a|strong="H7126" male|strong="H2145" without|strong="H8549" any|strong="H4480" defect|strong="H8549". 
\verseNumber{11}You|strong="H6440" must|strong="H1121" slaughter|strong="H7819" it|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068", on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" north|strong="H6828" side|strong="H5439" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" altar|strong="H4196", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w drain|strong="H4680"\+w* \+w all|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w blood|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w into|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w bowl|strong="H4219"\+w*}. Then|strong="H3068" Aaron’s|strong="H0175" sons|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" sprinkle|strong="H2236" the|strong="H6440" blood|strong="H1818" against|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5439" sides|strong="H5439" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{12}You|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" cut|strong="H5408" the|strong="H5921" animal|strong="H0929" into|strong="H5921" pieces|strong="H5409". You|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" wash|strong="H3526" the|strong="H5921" inner|strong="H6442" parts|strong="H5409" and|strong="H6086" the|strong="H5921" legs|strong="H3767" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" animal|strong="H0929". Then|strong="H3548" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548" will|strong="H4196" arrange|strong="H6186" the|strong="H5921" pieces|strong="H5409", including|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H6086" the|strong="H5921" fat|strong="H6309", on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" burning|strong="H2740" wood|strong="H6086". 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H7126" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H7126" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" it|strong="H1931" and|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3605" burn|strong="H6999" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" it|strong="H1931" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196". And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" aroma|strong="H7381" as|strong="H3068" it|strong="H1931" burns|strong="H6999" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{14}‘If|strong="H1121" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4480" are|strong="H1121" offering|strong="H5930" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7126" bird|strong="H5775", you|strong="H4480" must|strong="H1121" offer|strong="H7126" a|strong="H7126" dove|strong="H3123" or|strong="H1121" a|strong="H7126" young|strong="H1121" pigeon|strong="H3123". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H1818" take|strong="H7126" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" and|strong="H3548" wring|strong="H4454"/twist|strong="H6140" off|strong="H5921" its|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218". Then|strong="H7126" he|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1818" burn|strong="H6999" the|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". He|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1818" drain|strong="H4680" out|strong="H4680" the|strong="H5921" bird’s|strong="H6833" blood|strong="H1818" onto|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" side|strong="H7023" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H4196" will|strong="H4725" remove|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5493" bird’s|strong="H6833" ◄craw/food-grinding pouch|strong="H3219"► and|strong="H4196" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4725" inside|strong="H8432" it|strong="H7993", and|strong="H4196" throw|strong="H7993" it|strong="H7993" on|strong="H4725" the|strong="H5493" east|strong="H6924" side|strong="H6924" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5493" altar|strong="H4196", where|strong="H4725" the|strong="H5493" ashes|strong="H1880" are|strong="H1880" thrown|strong="H7993". 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" grasp|strong="H2388" the|strong="H5921" bird’s|strong="H6833" wings|strong="H3671" and|strong="H3068" partially tear|strong="H8156" the|strong="H5921" bird|strong="H3671" open|strong="H6605". Then|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H6999" it|strong="H1931" completely|strong="H3617" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" fire|strong="H0784" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" aroma|strong="H7381" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068".’ 

\BibleSectionHeading{The grain offering }
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\chapterNumber{2}‘If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" bring|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" an|strong="H7126" offering|strong="H4503" of|strong="H3068" grain|strong="H1715", it|strong="H5414" must|strong="H5315" consist of|strong="H3068" finely-ground flour|strong="H5560". You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H5315" pour|strong="H3332" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5414" some|strong="H5315" incense|strong="H3828" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5414", 
\verseNumber{2}and|strong="H1121" take|strong="H7061" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548". The|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H7061" a|strong="H3068" handful|strong="H7062" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" flour|strong="H5560" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" oil|strong="H8081" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" incense|strong="H6999" and|strong="H1121" burn|strong="H6999" it|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196". That|strong="H3605" part|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" symbolize \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w offering|strong="H6999"\+w* \+w truly|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w belongs|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" aroma|strong="H7381" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H3068" part|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H4503" that|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1121" burned|strong="H8313" will|strong="H3068" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121". It|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H4480" very|strong="H3966" holy|strong="H6944" part|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H4503" that|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1121" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" by|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w burning|strong="H2740"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1121"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H4480" fire|strong="H0784". 
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\verseNumber{4}‘If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" bring|strong="H7126" an|strong="H7126" offering|strong="H4503" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H8081" made|strong="H7126" from|strong="H8081" grain|strong="H1715", something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H8081" baked|strong="H3989" in|strong="H4503" an|strong="H7126" oven|strong="H8574", it|strong="H7126" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H8081" made|strong="H7126" from|strong="H8081" finely-ground flour|strong="H5560". You|strong="H3588" may|strong="H1961" bring|strong="H7126" loaves|strong="H2471" made|strong="H7126" from|strong="H8081" flour|strong="H5560" mixed|strong="H1101" with|strong="H1101" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081" but|strong="H3588" without|strong="H3588" yeast|strong="H7603", or|strong="H4682" you|strong="H3588" may|strong="H1961" bring|strong="H7126" wafers|strong="H7550" with|strong="H1101" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081" smeared|strong="H4886" on|strong="H8081" them|strong="H7126", but|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3588" made|strong="H7126" without|strong="H3588" yeast|strong="H7603". 
\verseNumber{5}If|strong="H1961" your|strong="H5921" offering|strong="H4503" is|strong="H1961" cooked|strong="H2102" ◄on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" griddle|strong="H4227"/in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" shallow pan|strong="H4227"►, it|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" made|strong="H1961" from|strong="H5921" finely-ground flour|strong="H5560" mixed|strong="H1101" with|strong="H1101" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081" and|strong="H8081" without|strong="H1961" yeast|strong="H7603". 
\verseNumber{6}You|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" crumble|strong="H6626" it|strong="H1931" and|strong="H8081" pour|strong="H3332" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H1931". That|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1931" be|strong="H8081" your|strong="H5921" offering|strong="H4503" made|strong="H6213" from|strong="H5921" grain|strong="H1715". 
\verseNumber{7}If|strong="H0518" your|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H4503" that|strong="H8081" is|strong="H8081" made|strong="H6213" from|strong="H8081" grain|strong="H1715" is|strong="H8081" cooked|strong="H2102" in|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" pan|strong="H4802", it|strong="H6213" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H8081" made|strong="H6213" of|strong="H4503" finely-ground flour|strong="H5560" mixed|strong="H1101" with|strong="H6213" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081". 
\verseNumber{8}Bring|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" grain|strong="H1715" offering|strong="H4503". Give|strong="H5066" it|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" priest|strong="H3548", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H6213" it|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H7311" a|strong="H4480" part|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" symbolize that|strong="H3068" all|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H4503" belongs|strong="H4480" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". He|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H6999" that|strong="H3068" part|strong="H4480" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" aroma|strong="H7381" as|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3068" burns|strong="H6999" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H3068" part|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1121" burned|strong="H8313" will|strong="H3068" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121". It|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H4480" very|strong="H3966" holy|strong="H6944" part|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H4503" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" by|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w burning|strong="H2740"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1121"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H4480" fire|strong="H0784". 
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\verseNumber{11}‘Every|strong="H3605" offering|strong="H4503" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" from|strong="H4480" grain|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" bring|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" must|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" made|strong="H6213" without|strong="H3808" yeast|strong="H7603", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" put|strong="H6213" any|strong="H3605" yeast|strong="H7603" or|strong="H3808" honey|strong="H1706" in|strong="H3068" any|strong="H3605" offering|strong="H4503" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H6999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{12}You|strong="H3808" may|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" an|strong="H7126" offering|strong="H7133" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" first|strong="H7225" part|strong="H7225" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" harvest|strong="H7105", but|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" burned|strong="H8313" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H3068" produce|strong="H7126" an|strong="H7126" aroma|strong="H7381" that|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{13}Put|strong="H7673" salt|strong="H4417" on|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H4503" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3808" made|strong="H3605" from|strong="H5921" grain|strong="H3605". The|strong="H3605" salt|strong="H4417" represents the|strong="H3605" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w made|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w with|strong="H1285"\+w*} you|strong="H3605", so|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" sure|strong="H0539" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" to|strong="H5921" put|strong="H7673" salt|strong="H4417" on|strong="H5921" those|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H4503". 
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\verseNumber{14}‘If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H7126" bring|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" an|strong="H7126" offering|strong="H4503" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" first|strong="H1061" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" harvest|strong="H7105" of|strong="H3068" grain|strong="H3759", offer|strong="H7126" some|strong="H4480" new|strong="H3759" grain|strong="H3759" that|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" crushed|strong="H7533" and|strong="H3068" roasted|strong="H7033" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7126" fire|strong="H0784". 
\verseNumber{15}Put|strong="H5414" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081" and|strong="H8081" incense|strong="H3828" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5414", and|strong="H8081" that|strong="H1931" will|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" offering|strong="H4503" made|strong="H7760" from|strong="H5921" grain|strong="H1715". 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3068" part|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" flour|strong="H5560" and|strong="H3068" oil|strong="H8081" along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" incense|strong="H6999". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* symbolize \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w offering|strong="H6999"\+w* \+w truly|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w belongs|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. He|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H6999" that|strong="H3605" part|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196", to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" an|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H6999" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" by|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w burning|strong="H6999"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3068" fire|strong="H0784".’ ” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The fellowship offering }
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\chapterNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{“\+w Also|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1931"\+w*}, ‘When|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" offering|strong="H7133" that|strong="H1931" you|strong="H6440" bring|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" maintain|strong="H6213" good|strong="H6440" fellowship|strong="H2266" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w*}, you|strong="H6440" may|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H7126" a|strong="H7126" bull|strong="H1241" or|strong="H4480" a|strong="H7126" cow|strong="H6510" from|strong="H4480" your|strong="H3068" herd|strong="H1241" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w cattle|strong="H1241"\+w*}, but|strong="H1931" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H6440" present|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H3068" an|strong="H7126" animal|strong="H0929" that|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3068" no|strong="H4480" defects. 
\verseNumber{2}You|strong="H5921" must|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H0935" the|strong="H5921" animal|strong="H0929" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". You|strong="H5921" must|strong="H1121" lay|strong="H5564" your|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" its|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218". Then|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5921" must|strong="H1121" slaughter|strong="H7819" it|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w drain|strong="H4680"\+w* \+w some|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w its|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w blood|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w bowl|strong="H4219"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1121" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron’s|strong="H0175" sons|strong="H1121", one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548", will|strong="H1121" sprinkle|strong="H2236" the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" against|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5439" sides|strong="H5439" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{3}From|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605" offering|strong="H8002", you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" offer|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", as|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7126" sacrifice|strong="H2077" that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" fire|strong="H0784", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" fat|strong="H2459" that|strong="H3605" covers|strong="H3680" the|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H7130" parts|strong="H7130" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" animal|strong="H0929", or|strong="H3068" which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" attached|strong="H2266" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921"— 
\verseNumber{4}the|strong="H5921" kidneys|strong="H3629" and|strong="H8147" the|strong="H5921" fat|strong="H2459" that|strong="H2459" is|strong="H3516" attached|strong="H2266" to|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" lower|strong="H8481" back|strong="H5493" muscle, and|strong="H8147" the|strong="H5921" fat|strong="H2459" that|strong="H2459" covers|strong="H3680" the|strong="H5921" liver|strong="H3516". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H3068" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H6999" those|strong="H5921" things|strong="H1697" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" parts|strong="H3411" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" animal|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H6999" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" an|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H5930" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" aroma|strong="H7381" while|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" burns|strong="H6999" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{6}If|strong="H0518" that|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H7133" to|strong="H3068" maintain|strong="H6213" good|strong="H2896" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7126" sheep|strong="H6629" or|strong="H4480" a|strong="H7126" goat|strong="H5795", it|strong="H7126" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" an|strong="H7126" animal|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" no|strong="H4480" defects. 
\verseNumber{7}If|strong="H1931" you|strong="H6440" offer|strong="H7126" a|strong="H7126" lamb|strong="H3775", you|strong="H6440" must|strong="H4191" present|strong="H7126" it|strong="H1931" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w entrance|strong="H6607"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w*}. You|strong="H6440" must|strong="H4191" lay|strong="H7126" your|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" lamb’s head|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3068" then|strong="H7126" slaughter|strong="H4347" it|strong="H1931". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{‘\+w You|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w must|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w drain|strong="H4680"\+w* \+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w its|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w blood|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w bowl|strong="H4219"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H1121" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548" will|strong="H1121" sprinkle|strong="H2236" that|strong="H4196" blood|strong="H1818" against|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5439" sides|strong="H5439" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{9}You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" dedicate|strong="H6942" these|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7126" sacrifice|strong="H2077" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313": Its|strong="H3605" fat|strong="H2459", the|strong="H3605" fat|strong="H2459" tail|strong="H2180" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" cut|strong="H5493" off|strong="H5493" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" backbone|strong="H6096", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" fat|strong="H2459" that|strong="H3605" covers|strong="H3680" the|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H7130" parts|strong="H7130" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" lamb|strong="H3532" or|strong="H3068" which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" attached|strong="H2266" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921"— 
\verseNumber{10}the|strong="H5921" kidneys|strong="H3629" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" fat|strong="H2459" that|strong="H2459" is|strong="H3516" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" lower|strong="H8481" back|strong="H5493" muscle, and|strong="H8147" the|strong="H5921" fat|strong="H2459" that|strong="H2459" covers|strong="H3680" the|strong="H5921" liver|strong="H3516". 
\verseNumber{11}One|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" priests|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H6999" those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H1697" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" an|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H6999" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068"; \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" special|strong="H6381" food|strong="H3899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w given|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{12}‘If|strong="H0518" your|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H7133" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7126" goat|strong="H5795", you|strong="H6440" must|strong="H4191" take|strong="H7126"/present|strong="H7126" it|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{13}You|strong="H6440" must|strong="H1121" lay|strong="H5564" your|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" its|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218". Then|strong="H1121" you|strong="H6440" must|strong="H1121" slaughter|strong="H7819" it|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". Then|strong="H1121" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron’s|strong="H0175" sons|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" sprinkle|strong="H2236" the|strong="H6440" blood|strong="H1818" against|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5439" sides|strong="H5439" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{14}From|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3605" offering|strong="H7133" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" dedicate|strong="H6942" these|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7126" sacrifice|strong="H7133" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313": All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" fat|strong="H2459" that|strong="H3605" covers|strong="H3680" the|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H7130" parts|strong="H7130" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" animal|strong="H0929" or|strong="H4480" which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" attached|strong="H2266" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921", 
\verseNumber{15}the|strong="H5921" kidneys|strong="H3629" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" fat|strong="H2459" that|strong="H2459" is|strong="H3516" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" lower|strong="H8481" back|strong="H5493" muscle, and|strong="H8147" the|strong="H5921" fat|strong="H2459" that|strong="H2459" covers|strong="H3680" the|strong="H5921" liver|strong="H3516". 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H6999" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" an|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H6999" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068"; \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" special|strong="H6381" food|strong="H3899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w given|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" aroma|strong="H7381" while|strong="H5704" it|strong="H3068" burns|strong="H6999" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" fat|strong="H2459" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w animals|strong="H0929"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\+w*} belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{17}‘This|strong="H2708" is|strong="H3605" a|strong="H3808" command|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3605" must|strong="H1818" be|strong="H3808" obeyed|strong="H8085" by|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3605" and|strong="H5769" your|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" forever|strong="H5769", wherever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" live|strong="H4186": You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H1818" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3605" fat|strong="H2459" or|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H1818" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w any|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w animal|strong="H0929"\+w*}.’ ” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The sin offering }
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\chapterNumber{4}Then|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{2}“Say|strong="H1696" this|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121": This|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6213" must|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6213" if|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H5315" sins|strong="H2398" without|strong="H3808" intending|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1696" sin|strong="H2398", doing|strong="H6213" something|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" forbidden|strong="H6189" in|strong="H3478" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" commands|strong="H4687". 
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\verseNumber{3}'If the|strong="H5921" Supreme [MTY] Priest|strong="H3548" sins|strong="H2403", and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H5971" causes|strong="H5414" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" guilty|strong="H0816", he|strong="H3068" must|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7126" young|strong="H1121" bull|strong="H6499" that|strong="H5971" has|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" defects. That|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" an|strong="H7126" offering|strong="H2403" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sin|strong="H2403" that|strong="H5971" he|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H2398". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H3068" must|strong="H4191" bring|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" bull|strong="H6499" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". He|strong="H3068" must|strong="H4191" lay|strong="H5564" his|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" its|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218". Then|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" must|strong="H4191" slaughter|strong="H7819" it|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w drain|strong="H4680"\+w* \+w some|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w blood|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w into|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w bowl|strong="H4219"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H3947" take|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1818" that|strong="H3548" blood|strong="H1818" into|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H3068" must|strong="H1818" dip|strong="H2881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} his|strong="H3068" fingers|strong="H0676" into|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6440" blood|strong="H1818" and|strong="H3068" sprinkle|strong="H5137" it|strong="H6440" seven|strong="H7651" times|strong="H6471" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" curtain|strong="H6532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w separates|strong="H6504"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Holy|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Place|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w Holy|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Place|strong="H6944"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H5414" he|strong="H3068" must|strong="H1818" put|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H1818" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" projections|strong="H3027" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" corners|strong="H6285" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" where|strong="H5921" fragrant|strong="H5561" incense|strong="H7004" is|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". The|strong="H3605" remaining|strong="H8300" part|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" bull’s blood|strong="H1818" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w still|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w bowl|strong="H4219"\+w*}, he|strong="H3068" must|strong="H1818" pour|strong="H8210" out|strong="H8210" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" base|strong="H3247" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196", where|strong="H5921" sacrifices|strong="H5930" are|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313", at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{8}From|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3605" offering|strong="H2403" the|strong="H3605" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H4191" separate|strong="H0914" these|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" bull|strong="H6499" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H7311" burned|strong="H8313": The|strong="H3605" fat|strong="H2459" that|strong="H3605" covers|strong="H3680" the|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H7130" parts|strong="H7130" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" bull|strong="H6499" or|strong="H4480" which|strong="H2403" is|strong="H3605" attached|strong="H2266" to|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921"— 
\verseNumber{9}the|strong="H5921" kidneys|strong="H3629" and|strong="H8147" the|strong="H5921" fat|strong="H2459" that|strong="H2459" is|strong="H3516" attached|strong="H2266" to|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" lower|strong="H8481" back|strong="H5493" muscle, and|strong="H8147" the|strong="H5921" fat|strong="H2459" that|strong="H2459" covers|strong="H3680" the|strong="H5921" liver|strong="H3516". 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H7311" the|strong="H5921" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H4191" completely|strong="H3617" burn|strong="H6999" those|strong="H5921" things|strong="H1697" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". That|strong="H3548" will|strong="H4196" be|strong="H3548" just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H5921" when|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" fat|strong="H2459" is|strong="H3548" removed|strong="H7311" from|strong="H5921" an|strong="H7311" animal|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3548" is|strong="H3548" sacrificed|strong="H2076" to|strong="H5921" maintain|strong="H6213" good|strong="H2896" fellowship|strong="H2266" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" parts|strong="H7130" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H3605" animal|strong="H0929"—its|strong="H3605" skin|strong="H5785"/hide|strong="H5785" and|strong="H7218" all|strong="H3605" its|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" meat|strong="H1320", its|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H7218" its|strong="H3605" legs|strong="H3767", its|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H7130" parts|strong="H7130" and|strong="H7218" the|strong="H3605" intestines|strong="H4578", 
\verseNumber{12}he|strong="H3605" must|strong="H2351" take|strong="H3318" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264" and|strong="H6086" throw|strong="H7993" them|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3318" place|strong="H4725" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068", where|strong="H4725" the|strong="H3605" ashes|strong="H1880" are|strong="H1880" thrown|strong="H7993", and|strong="H6086" he|strong="H3605" must|strong="H2351" burn|strong="H8313" them|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3318" fire|strong="H0784" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" pile|strong="H8211" of|strong="H4264" ashes|strong="H1880". 
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\verseNumber{13}‘If|strong="H0518" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3808" sin|strong="H2403" without|strong="H3808" intending|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2403", doing|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" forbidden|strong="H6189" in|strong="H3478" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" commands|strong="H4687", they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" guilty|strong="H0816", even|strong="H3808" if|strong="H0518" they|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398". 
\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" they|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3045" committed|strong="H2398" a|strong="H7126" sin|strong="H2403", together|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" must|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H7126" a|strong="H7126" young|strong="H1121" bull|strong="H6499" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1121" an|strong="H7126" offering|strong="H2403" for|strong="H5921" their|strong="H6440" sin|strong="H2403", to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H6440" elders|strong="H2205" must|strong="H4191" lay|strong="H5564" their|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" bull’s head|strong="H7218" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" slaughter|strong="H7819" it|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w catch|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w some|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w blood|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w bowl|strong="H4219"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H3548" the|strong="H3548" Supreme [MTY] Priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H1818" take|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1818" that|strong="H3548" blood|strong="H1818" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3548" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{17}‘He|strong="H3068" must|strong="H1818" dip|strong="H2881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} his|strong="H3068" fingers|strong="H0676" into|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6440" blood|strong="H1818" and|strong="H3068" sprinkle|strong="H5137" it|strong="H6440" seven|strong="H7651" times|strong="H6471" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" curtain|strong="H6532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w separates|strong="H6504"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Holy|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Place|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w Holy|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Place|strong="H4725"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H5414" he|strong="H3068" must|strong="H1818" put|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H1818" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" projections|strong="H3027" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" corners|strong="H6285" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". The|strong="H3605" remaining|strong="H8300" part|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" bull’s blood|strong="H1818", he|strong="H3068" must|strong="H1818" pour|strong="H8210" out|strong="H8210" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" base|strong="H3247" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" where|strong="H5921" sacrifices|strong="H5930" are|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313", at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" remove|strong="H7311" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" animal’s|strong="H0929" fat|strong="H2459" and|strong="H4196" burn|strong="H6999" it|strong="H7311" on|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{20}He|strong="H3651" must|strong="H4191" do|strong="H6213" with|strong="H6213" this|strong="H3651" bull|strong="H6499" the|strong="H5921" same|strong="H3651" things|strong="H1992" that|strong="H3651" he|strong="H3651" did|strong="H6213" with|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" bull|strong="H6499" that|strong="H3651" was|strong="H6499" an|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H2403" for|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" own|strong="H3548" sins|strong="H2403", and|strong="H3548" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3548" forgiven|strong="H5545" {Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H6213" forgive|strong="H5545" them|strong="H1992"}. 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H2351" take|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w parts|strong="H3411"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6951"\+w*} the|strong="H3318" bull|strong="H6499" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H3318" camp|strong="H4264" and|strong="H6499" burn|strong="H8313" them|strong="H3318", like|strong="H3318" he|strong="H1931" does|strong="H6213" when|strong="H3318" he|strong="H1931" himself|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3318" sinned|strong="H2403". That|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1931" be|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" offering|strong="H2403" for|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" sin|strong="H2403" that|strong="H1931" all|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" people|strong="H1931" have|strong="H7223" committed|strong="H6213", and|strong="H6499" they|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1931" be|strong="H3318" forgiven|strong="H5545". 
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\verseNumber{22}‘When|strong="H6213" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H5387" sins|strong="H2398" without|strong="H3808" intending|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H2398", doing|strong="H6213" something|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" forbidden|strong="H6189" in|strong="H3068" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" commands|strong="H4687" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068", he|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" guilty|strong="H0816". 
\verseNumber{23}When|strong="H3045" he|strong="H5795" realizes|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" he|strong="H5795" has|strong="H3045" committed|strong="H2398" a|strong="H2398" sin|strong="H2403", he|strong="H5795" must|strong="H4191" bring|strong="H2398" as|strong="H2403" his|strong="H3045" offering|strong="H2403" a|strong="H2398" male|strong="H2145" goat|strong="H5795" that|strong="H3045" has|strong="H3045" no|strong="H3045" defects. 
\verseNumber{24}He|strong="H1931" must|strong="H4191" lay|strong="H5564" his|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" goat’s|strong="H5795" head|strong="H7218" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" slaughter|strong="H7819" it|strong="H1931" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H4725" they|strong="H3068" slaughter|strong="H7819" {are|strong="H3027" slaughtered|strong="H7819"} the|strong="H6440" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. That|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" an|strong="H6440" offering|strong="H5930" for|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H3947" put|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5921" animal’s|strong="H0929" blood|strong="H1818" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w into|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w bowl|strong="H4219"\+w*} and|strong="H3548" dip|strong="H2881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H0259"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4196"\+w*} his|strong="H5414" fingers|strong="H0676" in|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3548" put|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" corners|strong="H6285" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5921" projections|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H5414" must|strong="H3947" pour|strong="H8210" out|strong="H8210" the|strong="H5921" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" base|strong="H3247" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H3548" he|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" burn|strong="H6999" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" fat|strong="H2459" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196", as|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3605" done|strong="H3605" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" fat|strong="H2459" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" offering|strong="H2403" to|strong="H5921" maintain|strong="H6213" good|strong="H2896" fellowship|strong="H2266" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. As|strong="H3605" a|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" priest’s|strong="H3548" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605", the|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H5387" will|strong="H2403" no|strong="H3605" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3548" guilty|strong="H0816" for|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" sin|strong="H2403" and|strong="H3548" he|strong="H3605" will|strong="H2403" be|strong="H3548" forgiven|strong="H5545". 
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\verseNumber{27}‘If|strong="H2398" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" Israeli people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H6213" priest|strong="H3548" sins|strong="H2398" without|strong="H3808" intending|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H2398", and|strong="H3068" does|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5971" is|strong="H3068" forbidden|strong="H6189" in|strong="H3068" any|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" commands|strong="H4687" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", he|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" guilty|strong="H0816". 
\verseNumber{28}When|strong="H5921" he|strong="H5921" realizes|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" he|strong="H5921" has|strong="H3045" committed|strong="H2398" a|strong="H5921" sin|strong="H2403", he|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" bring|strong="H2398" as|strong="H2403" his|strong="H5921" offering|strong="H2403" a|strong="H5921" female|strong="H5347" goat|strong="H5795" that|strong="H3045" has|strong="H3045" no|strong="H3045" defects. 
\verseNumber{29}He|strong="H3027" must|strong="H4191" lay|strong="H5564" his|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" goat’s|strong="H5795" head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H3027" slaughter|strong="H7819" it|strong="H5921" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H4725" they|strong="H5921" slaughter|strong="H7819" the|strong="H5921" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3027" will|strong="H3027" be|strong="H3027" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w catch|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w some|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w blood|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w bowl|strong="H4219"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H3947" dip|strong="H2881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4196"\+w*} his|strong="H3605" fingers|strong="H0676" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H1818", and|strong="H3548" put|strong="H5414" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4196" it|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" projections|strong="H3027" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" corners|strong="H6285" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196". Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3947" pour|strong="H8210" out|strong="H8210" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H1818" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" base|strong="H3247" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" must|strong="H4191" remove|strong="H5493" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" goat’s|strong="H5795" fat|strong="H2459", and|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H6999" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" fat|strong="H2459" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196", like|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3068" done|strong="H3605" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" fat|strong="H2459" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" offering|strong="H8002" to|strong="H3068" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" aroma|strong="H7381" while|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" burns|strong="H6999" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". As|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" result|strong="H6903" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605", the|strong="H3605" person|strong="H5545" will|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3605" longer|strong="H5493" be|strong="H3068" guilty|strong="H0816" for|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" sin|strong="H2403", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" forgiven|strong="H5545". 
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\verseNumber{32}‘If|strong="H0518" that|strong="H2403" person|strong="H5315" brings|strong="H0935" a|strong="H3532" lamb|strong="H3532" to|strong="H2403" be|strong="H2403" his|strong="H3605" offering|strong="H2403" for|strong="H2403" sin|strong="H2403", he|strong="H5347" must|strong="H4191" bring|strong="H0935" a|strong="H3532" female|strong="H5347" lamb|strong="H3532" that|strong="H2403" has|strong="H2403" no|strong="H3808" defects. 
\verseNumber{33}He|strong="H3027" must|strong="H4191" lay|strong="H5564" his|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" lamb’s head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H3027" slaughter|strong="H7819" it|strong="H5921" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H4725" they|strong="H5921" slaughter|strong="H7819" the|strong="H5921" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3027" will|strong="H3027" be|strong="H3027" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w catch|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w some|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w blood|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w bowl|strong="H4219"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{34}Then|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H3947" dip|strong="H2881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4196"\+w*} his|strong="H3605" fingers|strong="H0676" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H1818" and|strong="H3548" put|strong="H5414" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4196" it|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" projections|strong="H3027" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" corners|strong="H6285" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196". Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3947" pour|strong="H8210" out|strong="H8210" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H1818" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" base|strong="H3247" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{35}Then|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" must|strong="H4191" remove|strong="H5493" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" lamb’s fat|strong="H2459", and|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H6999" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" fat|strong="H2459" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196", like|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3068" done|strong="H2398" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" fat|strong="H2459" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" offering|strong="H2403" to|strong="H3068" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. He|strong="H3068" must|strong="H4191" burn|strong="H6999" it|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3068" being|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H6999". As|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" result|strong="H6903", the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3068" request|strong="H1246" God|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" forgive|strong="H5545" that|strong="H3605" person|strong="H5545" for|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" sin|strong="H2403", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" forgiven|strong="H5545".’” 
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\chapterNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w also|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w said|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5315"\+w*}, “If|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w judge|strong="H8199"\+w*} orders|strong="H0560" any|strong="H5315" of|strong="H6963" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H8085" tell|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w court|strong="H2691"\+w*} something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3045" seen|strong="H7200" or|strong="H3808" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" heard|strong="H8085" someone|strong="H5315" say|strong="H6963", if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" refuse|strong="H3808" to|strong="H8085" say|strong="H6963" what|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" is|strong="H1931" true|strong="H0571", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H5375" ◄pay|strong="H8085" a|strong="H3588" penalty|strong="H1780"/be|strong="H3808" punished|strong="H6485"► [MTY] for|strong="H3588" refusing|strong="H3985" to|strong="H8085" tell|strong="H5046" what|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045". 
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\verseNumber{2}If|strong="H1931" you|strong="H3605" accidentally|strong="H7684" touch|strong="H5060" something|strong="H1697" which|strong="H1931" God|strong="H0430" considers|strong="H7919" impure|strong="H2932" [DOU], such|strong="H1931" as|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" carcass|strong="H5038" of|strong="H1697" a|strong="H4480" wild|strong="H7704" animal|strong="H2416" or|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" carcass|strong="H5038" of|strong="H1697" a|strong="H4480" bull|strong="H6499" or|strong="H4480" cow|strong="H6510", or|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1697" an|strong="H4480" animal|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" scurries across|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776", you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H5315" ◄pay|strong="H5956" a|strong="H4480" penalty|strong="H1780"/be|strong="H1697" punished|strong="H6485"►. 
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\verseNumber{3}If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" touch|strong="H5060" any|strong="H3605" human|strong="H0120" feces, even|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3045" intend|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3045" do|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588", when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" realize|strong="H3045" what|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3045" done|strong="H3605", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" ◄pay|strong="H5956" a|strong="H3588" penalty|strong="H1780"/be|strong="H4480" punished|strong="H6485"►. 
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\verseNumber{4}If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" carelessly|strong="H0983" make|strong="H3045" a|strong="H3588" solemn|strong="H7621" promise|strong="H7650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7650"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w something|strong="H3605"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1931" good|strong="H3190" or|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1931" bad|strong="H7489", when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" realize|strong="H3045" what|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3045" done|strong="H7489", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H5315" ◄pay|strong="H5956" a|strong="H3588" penalty|strong="H1780"/be|strong="H5315" punished|strong="H6485"►. 
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\verseNumber{5}If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1961" guilty|strong="H0816" of|strong="H5921" committing|strong="H6213" any|strong="H1961" of|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" sins|strong="H2398", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" confess|strong="H3034" what|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H3068" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H4480" penalty|strong="H1780" you|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" bring|strong="H2398" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" a|strong="H4480" female|strong="H5347" lamb|strong="H3776" or|strong="H4480" female|strong="H5347" goat|strong="H5795", to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" an|strong="H4480" offering|strong="H2403" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sin|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H2398", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3068" sacrifice|strong="H2077" it|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3068" then|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" no|strong="H4480" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3068" guilty|strong="H0816" for|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H2403". 
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\verseNumber{7}If|strong="H2398" you|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w poor|strong="H6041"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} cannot|strong="H3808" afford|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H5060" a|strong="H3068" lamb|strong="H7716", you|strong="H3808" must|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H5060" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" two|strong="H8147" doves|strong="H3123" or|strong="H3808" two|strong="H8147" young|strong="H1121" pigeons|strong="H3123". One|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" an|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H5930" for|strong="H3027" your|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H2403" and|strong="H1121" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" an|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}You|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" bring|strong="H7126" them|strong="H7126" to|strong="H7126" the|strong="H7126" priest|strong="H3548". First|strong="H7223" he|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" offer|strong="H7126" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H7218" them|strong="H7126" to|strong="H7126" be|strong="H3808" an|strong="H7126" offering|strong="H2403" for|strong="H3808" your|strong="H3808" sin|strong="H2403". He|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" wring|strong="H4454"/twist|strong="H6140" its|strong="H4454" neck|strong="H6203" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7126"\+w*}, but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pull|strong="H2040" off|strong="H4454" its|strong="H4454" head|strong="H7218" completely|strong="H3617". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H1931" must|strong="H1818" sprinkle|strong="H5137" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" side|strong="H7023" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". The|strong="H5921" remaining|strong="H7604" blood|strong="H1818" must|strong="H1818" be|strong="H1818" drained|strong="H4680" out|strong="H4680" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" base|strong="H3247" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". That|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1931" be|strong="H1818" an|strong="H7604" offering|strong="H2403" for|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" sin|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H6213" then|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3548" commanded|strong="H6680" and|strong="H4941" offer|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H8145" bird|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3548" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. Then|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H6213" no|strong="H6213" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3548" guilty|strong="H0816" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sin|strong="H2403" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3548" committed|strong="H6213", and|strong="H4941" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H6213" forgive|strong="H5545" you|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{11}However|strong="H3588", if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w poor|strong="H6041"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} cannot|strong="H3808" afford|strong="H3027" two|strong="H8147" doves|strong="H3123" or|strong="H3808" two|strong="H8147" young|strong="H1121" pigeons|strong="H3123", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3808" an|strong="H5414" offering|strong="H2403" for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H5414" sin|strong="H2403" ◄2 pounds|strong="H1993"/1 kg.► of|strong="H1121" fine|strong="H5560" flour|strong="H5560". You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" put|strong="H5414" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081" or|strong="H3808" incense|strong="H3828" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5414", because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H1931" an|strong="H5414" offering|strong="H2403" for|strong="H3588" sin|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{12}You|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" take|strong="H7061" it|strong="H1931" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548". He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H7061" a|strong="H4480" handful|strong="H7062" of|strong="H3068" it|strong="H1931", to|strong="H3068" symbolize that|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5921" whole|strong="H3605" offering|strong="H2403" truly|strong="H3588" belongs|strong="H4480" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H6999" it|strong="H1931" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196", on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" offerings|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H3548" by|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3548", the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H1961" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" no|strong="H1961" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H1961" guilty|strong="H0816" for|strong="H5921" any|strong="H1961" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3548" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1961" committed|strong="H2398", and|strong="H3548" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" forgiven|strong="H5545". The|strong="H5921" part|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" offering|strong="H4503" that|strong="H3548" is|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" burned|strong="H8313" will|strong="H1961" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548", like|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" true|strong="H0571" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" offerings|strong="H4503" made|strong="H3722" from|strong="H5921" grain|strong="H1715".” 

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\verseNumber{14}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{15}“When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" sin|strong="H2398", without|strong="H8549" intending|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068", by|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" things|strong="H6944" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" required|strong="H7592" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5315", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H5315" pay|strong="H3701" a|strong="H3588" penalty|strong="H1780" by|strong="H3068" bringing|strong="H0935" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" ram|strong="H0352" that|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" no|strong="H4480" defects. You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H5315" determine|strong="H7200" how|strong="H3588" much|strong="H7227" silver|strong="H3701" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" worth|strong="H1929", by|strong="H3068" using|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3588" official|strong="H8269" standard|strong="H1714" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" temple|strong="H1004". It|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" an|strong="H4480" offering|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" no|strong="H4480" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3068" guilty|strong="H0816". 
\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H7999" you|strong="H5414" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H3254" make|strong="H5414" restitution|strong="H7999" for|strong="H5921" what|strong="H7999" you|strong="H5414" failed|strong="H5307" to|strong="H5921" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068", adding|strong="H3254" one-fifth|strong="H2549" of|strong="H4480" its|strong="H5414" value|strong="H6186". You|strong="H5414" must|strong="H4191" give|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3548" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548". He|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" offer|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" ram|strong="H0352" as|strong="H3254" a|strong="H5414" sacrifice|strong="H2077" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sin|strong="H2398" that|strong="H3548" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3548" committed|strong="H2398", and|strong="H3548" cause|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" no|strong="H4480" longer|strong="H3254" be|strong="H3254" guilty|strong="H0816"; and|strong="H3548" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" be|strong="H3254" forgiven|strong="H5545". 
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\verseNumber{17}If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" sin|strong="H2398" by|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H6213" something|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" forbidden|strong="H6189" by|strong="H3068" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" commands|strong="H4687", even|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" disobeyed|strong="H6963" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3605" commands|strong="H4687", you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" guilty|strong="H5771" and|strong="H3068" must|strong="H5375" pay|strong="H3045" a|strong="H6213" penalty|strong="H1780" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5315"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{18}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w realize|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}, you|strong="H5921" must|strong="H3808" bring|strong="H3045" a|strong="H4480" ram|strong="H0352" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3808" an|strong="H4480" offering|strong="H4480" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H6187" that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" guilty|strong="H0816". You|strong="H5921" must|strong="H3808" bring|strong="H3045" one|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3045" has|strong="H3045" no|strong="H3808" defects. He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3808" offer|strong="H7126" the|strong="H5921" ram|strong="H0352" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3808" a|strong="H4480" sacrifice|strong="H2077" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3548" as|strong="H5921" a|strong="H4480" result|strong="H4480" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" guilty|strong="H0816" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sin|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3045" committed|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3548" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" forgiven|strong="H5545". 
\verseNumber{19}It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" an|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3068" guilty|strong="H0816" for|strong="H3068" sinning|strong="H2398" against|strong="H3068" me|strong="H0413".” 
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\chapterNumber{6}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{2}“If|strong="H1931" any|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H6680" you|strong="H6680" sins|strong="H2403" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5921" deceiving|strong="H8267" someone|strong="H0376"—if|strong="H1931" you|strong="H6680" refuse|strong="H3985" to|strong="H5704" return|strong="H7725" what|strong="H2063" someone|strong="H0376" has|strong="H3605" lent|strong="H7592" you|strong="H6680", or|strong="H5704" if|strong="H1931" you|strong="H6680" steal|strong="H1589" something|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605", or|strong="H5704" if|strong="H1931" you|strong="H6680" find|strong="H4672" something|strong="H3605" and|strong="H1121" claim|strong="H0589" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H6680" do|strong="H6680" not|strong="H5704" have|strong="H1121" it|strong="H1931", 
\verseNumber{3}you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3548" guilty|strong="H0816". You|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5921" its|strong="H5921" owner|strong="H1167" what|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3548" stolen|strong="H1589" or|strong="H5930" what|strong="H5921" someone|strong="H0376" has|strong="H3548" lent|strong="H7592" you|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3548" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3548" not|strong="H7760" returned|strong="H7725", or|strong="H5930" what|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" found|strong="H4672" that|strong="H3548" someone|strong="H0376" else|strong="H5750" had|strong="H3548" lost|strong="H0006", 
\verseNumber{4}or|strong="H0176" whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3847" lied|strong="H3584" about|strong="H3318". 
\verseNumber{5}You|strong="H5921" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" only|strong="H0389" return|strong="H7725" anything|strong="H3808" like|strong="H1197" that|strong="H2459" to|strong="H5921" its|strong="H5921" owner|strong="H1167", but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H5921" must|strong="H3808" also|strong="H1571" pay|strong="H7999" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" owner|strong="H1167" one-fifth|strong="H2549" of|strong="H4196" its|strong="H5921" value|strong="H6186". 
\verseNumber{6}You|strong="H5921" must|strong="H3808" also|strong="H1571" bring|strong="H0935" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" a|strong="H5921" ram|strong="H0352" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3808" an|strong="H5921" offering|strong="H4503" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H4196" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" guilty|strong="H0816". The|strong="H5921" ram|strong="H0352" that|strong="H4196" you|strong="H5921" bring|strong="H0935" must|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" that|strong="H4196" has|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" defects, one|strong="H3808" that|strong="H4196" has|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" value|strong="H6186" that|strong="H4196" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3808" officially|strong="H6664" determined|strong="H2782". 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H7126" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H7126" that|strong="H3068" ram|strong="H0352" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7126" sacrifice|strong="H4503" that|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" no|strong="H6440" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3068" guilty|strong="H0816", and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" forgiven|strong="H5545" for|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" wrong|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" did|strong="H3068".” 

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\verseNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921", 
\verseNumber{9}“Tell|strong="H5046" this|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H4480" sons|strong="H1121": These|strong="H0428" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" regulations|strong="H4941" concerning|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" offerings|strong="H4480" that|strong="H4480" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}: The|strong="H4480" offering|strong="H4480" must|strong="H1121" remain|strong="H3498" on|strong="H4725" the|strong="H4480" altar|strong="H4196" all|strong="H4480" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H4480" night|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" fire|strong="H0784" on|strong="H4725" the|strong="H4480" altar|strong="H4196" must|strong="H1121" always|strong="H3605" be|strong="H1121" kept|strong="H8104" burning|strong="H2740". 
\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w next|strong="H4283"\+w* \+w morning|strong="H1242"\+w*} the|strong="H5414" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H3808" put|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" linen|strong="H8336" under-clothes and|strong="H2403" linen|strong="H8336" outer|strong="H2435" clothes|strong="H0899". Then|strong="H5414" he|strong="H1931" must|strong="H3808" remove|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5414" ashes|strong="H0665" of|strong="H2403" the|strong="H5414" offering|strong="H2403" from|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" fire|strong="H0784" and|strong="H2403" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" beside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5414" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" must|strong="H1121" take|strong="H1121" off|strong="H3772" those|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H1121" put|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3068" other|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899", and|strong="H1121" take|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" ashes|strong="H0665" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264", to|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" place|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5060". 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H3068" fire|strong="H0784" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196" must|strong="H4191" always|strong="H3605" be|strong="H3068" kept|strong="H8104" burning|strong="H2740"; the|strong="H3068" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H1696" allow|strong="H5414" it|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" ◄go|strong="H3068" out|strong="H1696"/quit|strong="H5355" burning|strong="H2740"►. Each|strong="H0376" morning|strong="H1242" the|strong="H3068" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H4191" put|strong="H3068" more|strong="H3254" firewood|strong="H6086" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" fire|strong="H0784". Then|strong="H1696" he|strong="H3068" must|strong="H4191" arrange|strong="H6186" more|strong="H3254" offerings|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" fire|strong="H0784", and|strong="H4872" burn|strong="H8313" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3068" fat|strong="H2459" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H3068" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" to|strong="H1696" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w me|strong="H1696"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H3068" fire|strong="H0784" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196" must|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3068" kept|strong="H8104" burning|strong="H2740" continually|strong="H8548"; the|strong="H3068" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H1121" not|strong="H2088" allow|strong="H5414" it|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" go|strong="H7126" out|strong="H3318".” 

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\verseNumber{14}“These|strong="H6213" are|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" regulations|strong="H4941" concerning|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" offerings|strong="H4503" made|strong="H6213" from|strong="H5921" grain|strong="H1715": Aaron’s|strong="H0175" sons|strong="H1121" must|strong="H4191" bring|strong="H7126" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H6213" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H1121" take|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" handful|strong="H7062" of|strong="H1121" fine|strong="H6213" flour|strong="H5560" mixed|strong="H1101" with|strong="H3068" olive|strong="H2132" oil|strong="H8081" and|strong="H1121" incense|strong="H6999" and|strong="H1121" burn|strong="H6999" that|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" altar|strong="H4196". That|strong="H3068" handful|strong="H7062" will|strong="H3068" signify that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" whole|strong="H3632" offering|strong="H6999" truly|strong="H6213" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6213". And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" aroma|strong="H7381" while|strong="H8478" it|strong="H6213" burns|strong="H6999" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{16}Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H3548" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" may|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3605" remaining|strong="H8300" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" grain|strong="H3605" offering|strong="H4503". But|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3808" a|strong="H1961" holy|strong="H6944" place|strong="H1961", in|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" courtyard|strong="H2691" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{17}It|strong="H1696" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H1696" have|strong="H3068" yeast|strong="H7603" mixed|strong="H1101" with|strong="H3068" it|strong="H1696". Like|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H2403" and|strong="H4872" the|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H3068" to|strong="H1696" cause|strong="H2600" people|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" no|strong="H1696" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3068" guilty|strong="H0816" of|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H2403", that|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" holy|strong="H6944". 
\verseNumber{18}Any|strong="H6440" male|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" are|strong="H1121" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H1696" eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H1931", because|strong="H6440" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" forever|strong="H5769" their|strong="H3068" regular|strong="H8548" share|strong="H2506" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" offerings|strong="H5930" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H6440" and|strong="H1121" burned|strong="H8313" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" fire|strong="H0784" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. Anyone|strong="H1931" else|strong="H5750" who|strong="H1931" touches|strong="H5060" those|strong="H1121" offerings|strong="H5930" made|strong="H1696" from|strong="H6440" grain|strong="H1715" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" punished|strong="H6485" by|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068".” 
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\verseNumber{19}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4725" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H2398", 
\verseNumber{20}“Tell|strong="H3605" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1818" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3605" this|strong="H6942" is|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" offering|strong="H4503" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H5921" must|strong="H1818" bring|strong="H5060" to|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H6918" them|strong="H5921" ◄is|strong="H3605" ordained|strong="H4390"/becomes|strong="H1961" a|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548"►: That|strong="H3605" person|strong="H1818" must|strong="H1818" bring|strong="H5060" two|strong="H8147" quarts/liters of|strong="H6918" fine|strong="H5560" flour|strong="H5560" as|strong="H3605" an|strong="H5921" offering|strong="H4503" made|strong="H6942" from|strong="H5921" grain|strong="H3605". He|strong="H3605" must|strong="H1818" bring|strong="H5060" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H6918" it|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" morning|strong="H1242" and|strong="H1818" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H6918" it|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" evening|strong="H6153". 
\verseNumber{21}He|strong="H4325" must|strong="H4191" mix|strong="H7543" it|strong="H7665" well|strong="H3190" with|strong="H3627" olive|strong="H2132" oil|strong="H8081" and|strong="H4325" bake|strong="H1310" it|strong="H7665" in|strong="H7665" a|strong="H1310" shallow pan|strong="H3709". He|strong="H4325" must|strong="H4191" then|strong="H0227" break|strong="H7665" it|strong="H7665" into|strong="H4325" small|strong="H6996" pieces|strong="H7665" to|strong="H4325" be|strong="H4325" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3627"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7665"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. And|strong="H4325" the|strong="H7665" aroma|strong="H7381" while|strong="H5704" it|strong="H7665" burns|strong="H8313" will|strong="H4325" be|strong="H4325" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H4325" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{22}I|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3548" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3605" Aaron|strong="H0175" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3548" appointed|strong="H4150" in|strong="H2145" turn|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3605" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" Supreme Priests|strong="H3548" after|strong="H0310" Aaron|strong="H0175" dies|strong="H4191" are|strong="H3548" the|strong="H3605" ones|strong="H6944" who|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" prepare|strong="H3559" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H6944". These|strong="H1931" offerings|strong="H8002" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H2145" completely|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} to|strong="H3605" be|strong="H2145" sacrifices|strong="H6944" to|strong="H3605" me|strong="H3605", Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{23}Every|strong="H3605" offering|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3605" a|strong="H3808" priest|strong="H3548" gives|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" made|strong="H3722" from|strong="H1818" grain|strong="H3605" must|strong="H1818" be|strong="H3808" completely|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313"; none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1818" it|strong="H3808" is|strong="H3605" to|strong="H4150" be|strong="H3808" eaten|strong="H0398".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Other|strong="H3605" instructions|strong="H1697" concerning|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sin|strong="H2403" offering|strong="H2403" }
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\verseNumber{24}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H0413", 
\verseNumber{25}“Tell|strong="H5046" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121": These|strong="H0428" are|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" regulations|strong="H4941" concerning|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H8002" that|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" must|strong="H4191" bring|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" so|strong="H3651" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" forgive|strong="H5545" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H1961" committed|strong="H6213": 
\verseNumber{26}The|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" slaughtered|strong="H7819" in|strong="H0935" my|strong="H8104" presence|strong="H6440" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" place|strong="H4725" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H0834" are|strong="H3117" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} are|strong="H3117" slaughtered|strong="H7819", in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" courtyard|strong="H2691" in|strong="H0935" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{27}Any|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="H0834" touches|strong="H5060" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" its|strong="H3605" meat|strong="H1320" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" punished|strong="H6485" by|strong="H0801" God|strong="H0430". And|strong="H3967" if|strong="H0518" its|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H1818" is|strong="H0369" splattered on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" clothes|strong="H0899", you|strong="H0859" must|strong="H4191" wash|strong="H3526" the|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899" in|strong="H0935" a|strong="H1961" holy|strong="H6944" place|strong="H4725". 
\verseNumber{28}If|strong="H0518" the|strong="H3605" meat|strong="H1320" is|strong="H0369" cooked|strong="H2102" in|strong="H0935" a|strong="H1961" clay|strong="H2635" pot|strong="H5518", the|strong="H3605" pot|strong="H5518" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" broken|strong="H7665" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w afterwards|strong="H0310"\+w*}. But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H0369" cooked|strong="H2102" in|strong="H0935" a|strong="H1961" bronze|strong="H5178" pot|strong="H5518", the|strong="H3605" pot|strong="H5518" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" scoured|strong="H4838" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w afterwards|strong="H0310"\+w*} and|strong="H3967" rinsed|strong="H7857" with|strong="H5973" water|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{29}Any|strong="H3605" male|strong="H2145" in|strong="H0935" a|strong="H1961" priest’s|strong="H3548" family|strong="H4940" may|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H0398" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" cooked|strong="H2102" meat|strong="H1320"; that|strong="H0834" meat|strong="H1320" is|strong="H0369" very|strong="H3966" holy|strong="H6944". 
\verseNumber{30}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" the|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1992" sin|strong="H2403" offerings|strong="H8002" is|strong="H0369" brought|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" to|strong="H0413" enable|strong="H7980" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" forgiven|strong="H5545" for|strong="H3588" having|strong="H0369" sinned|strong="H2398", the|strong="H3605" meat|strong="H1320" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1992" animals|strong="H0929" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" eaten|strong="H0398". The|strong="H3605" meat|strong="H1320" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The guilt offering }
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\chapterNumber{7}“These|strong="H2063" are|strong="H6944" the|strong="H1931" regulations|strong="H4941" concerning|strong="H5921" the|strong="H1931" offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H6944" be|strong="H6944" made|strong="H6213" by|strong="H8451" people|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" are|strong="H6944" guilty|strong="H0816" of|strong="H8451" not|strong="H3808" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H6944" me|strong="H0413" the|strong="H1931" things|strong="H6944" that|strong="H1931" are|strong="H6944" required|strong="H7592" to|strong="H6944" be|strong="H6944" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H6944" me|strong="H0413". Those|strong="H1931" are|strong="H6944" very|strong="H3966" sacred|strong="H6944" offerings|strong="H8002". 
\verseNumber{2}Each|strong="H5439" animal|strong="H0929" that|strong="H4196" is|strong="H4725" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1818" offered|strong="H5927" by|strong="H5921" such|strong="H2088" people|strong="H1818" must|strong="H1818" be|strong="H1818" slaughtered|strong="H7819" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" same|strong="H1931" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H4725" the|strong="H5921" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H4196" will|strong="H1818" be|strong="H1818" completely|strong="H5439" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} are|strong="H1818" slaughtered|strong="H7819", and|strong="H4196" their|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" must|strong="H1818" be|strong="H1818" sprinkled|strong="H2236" against|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5439" sides|strong="H5439" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{3}All|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" fat|strong="H2459", the|strong="H3605" fat|strong="H2459" tails|strong="H2180" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H4480" cut|strong="H3772" close|strong="H7126" to|strong="H7126" the|strong="H3605" backbone|strong="H6096", and|strong="H7126" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" fat|strong="H2459" that|strong="H3605" covers|strong="H3680" the|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H7130" parts|strong="H7130" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929" or|strong="H4480" which|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" attached|strong="H2266" to|strong="H7126" them|strong="H7126", must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4480" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}That|strong="H2459" includes the|strong="H5921" kidneys|strong="H3629" with|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" fat|strong="H2459" near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" lower|strong="H8481" back|strong="H5493" muscle, and|strong="H8147" the|strong="H5921" protruding|strong="H3318" lobe|strong="H3508" that|strong="H2459" is|strong="H3516" attached|strong="H2266" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" liver|strong="H3516". 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H3068" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H4191" burn|strong="H6999" them|strong="H4196" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6999", Yahweh|strong="H3068". They|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" an|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H6999" for|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1931" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" forgiven|strong="H5545" for|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" doing|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3068" required|strong="H7592" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{6}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" males|strong="H2145" in|strong="H4725" the|strong="H3605" priest’s|strong="H3548" family|strong="H4940" are|strong="H3548" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H4725" eat|strong="H0398" its|strong="H3605" meat|strong="H1320", but|strong="H1931" it|strong="H1931" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H2145" eaten|strong="H0398" in|strong="H4725" a|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" place|strong="H4725", because|strong="H3605" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" very|strong="H3966" sacred|strong="H6944". 
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\verseNumber{7}“he|strong="H8451" regulation|strong="H4941" is|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" same|strong="H1931" for|strong="H3722" the|strong="H1961" offerings|strong="H2403" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w forgiven|strong="H3722"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3722"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w committed|strong="H1961"\+w* } and|strong="H3548" the|strong="H1961" offerings|strong="H2403" for|strong="H3722" when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3548" are|strong="H3548" guilty|strong="H0816" of|strong="H8451" not|strong="H1961" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" things|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3548" are|strong="H3548" required|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961". The|strong="H1961" meat|strong="H1320" of|strong="H8451" those|strong="H1961" offerings|strong="H2403" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3548" offers|strong="H7126" them|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1961" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3548" the|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" forgiven|strong="H3722". 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H7126" priest|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3548" slaughters|strong="H7819" an|strong="H7126" animal|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3548" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7126" altar|strong="H4196" is|strong="H1961" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H1961" keep|strong="H7126" the|strong="H7126" animal’s|strong="H0929" hide|strong="H5785" for|strong="H1961" himself|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{9}Offerings|strong="H4503" of|strong="H5921" things|strong="H3605" made|strong="H6213" from|strong="H5921" grain|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3548" baked|strong="H0644" in|strong="H5921" an|strong="H6213" oven|strong="H8574" or|strong="H6213" cooked|strong="H2102" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" pan|strong="H4227" or|strong="H6213" ◄in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" shallow pan|strong="H4227"/on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" griddle|strong="H4227"► belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3605" makes|strong="H6213" those|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H4503" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w another|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w person|strong="H7126"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H1121" offerings|strong="H4503" of|strong="H1121" things|strong="H3605" made|strong="H1961" from|strong="H1121" grain|strong="H3605", whether|strong="H0518" they|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" mixed|strong="H1101" with|strong="H1101" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081" or|strong="H1121" not|strong="H1961", also|strong="H1121" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175".” 

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\verseNumber{11}These|strong="H2063" are|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" regulations|strong="H4941" concerning|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H8002" that|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" make|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}: 
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\verseNumber{12}“If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5921" bring|strong="H7126" an|strong="H7126" offering|strong="H7126" to|strong="H5921" thank|strong="H8426" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}, along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H1101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w animal|strong="H0929"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8081"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w slaughter|strong="H2077"\+w*} you|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" offer|strong="H7126" loaves|strong="H2471" of|strong="H2077" bread|strong="H4682" made|strong="H7126" with|strong="H1101" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081" mixed|strong="H1101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H1101"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w flour|strong="H5560"\+w*} but|strong="H5921" without|strong="H3808" yeast|strong="H7603", and|strong="H8081" wafers|strong="H7550" that|strong="H8081" are|strong="H3117" made|strong="H7126" without|strong="H3808" yeast|strong="H7603" but|strong="H5921" with|strong="H1101" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081" smeared|strong="H4886" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", and|strong="H8081" loaves|strong="H2471" made|strong="H7126" from|strong="H5921" fine|strong="H5560" flour|strong="H5560" with|strong="H1101" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081" well|strong="H3190" mixed|strong="H1101" with|strong="H1101" the|strong="H5921" flour|strong="H5560". 
\verseNumber{13}Along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" that|strong="H7126" offering|strong="H7133" to|strong="H5921" thank|strong="H8426" Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" bring|strong="H7126" an|strong="H7126" offering|strong="H7133" of|strong="H2077" loaves|strong="H3899" made|strong="H7126" with|strong="H5921" yeast|strong="H7603". 
\verseNumber{14}You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H1818" bring|strong="H7126" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" each|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H8641" for|strong="H3068" an|strong="H7126" offering|strong="H7133" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", but|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3605" sprinkles|strong="H2236" against|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" animal|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w slaughtered|strong="H7819"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w an|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w offering|strong="H7133"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H4480" meat|strong="H1320" of|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" offering|strong="H7133" must|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" eaten|strong="H0398" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H4480" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" it|strong="H1242" is|strong="H3117" offered|strong="H7133"; none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3117" it|strong="H1242" should|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3808" left|strong="H3240" to|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w eaten|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3117"\+w*} the|strong="H4480" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{16}“owever, if|strong="H0518" your|strong="H4480" offering|strong="H7133" is|strong="H3117" the|strong="H4480" result|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3117" a|strong="H7126" solemn|strong="H6116" promise|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" made|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068", or|strong="H3117" if|strong="H0518" it|strong="H7126" is|strong="H3117" an|strong="H7126" offering|strong="H7133" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" make|strong="H6213" ◄voluntarily|strong="H5071"/without|strong="H4480" being|strong="H1961" required|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3117"►, you|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H3117" eat|strong="H0398" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H4480" meat|strong="H1320" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H4480" day|strong="H3117" it|strong="H7126" is|strong="H3117" offered|strong="H7126", but|strong="H3498" anything|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117" left|strong="H3498" may|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3117" eaten|strong="H0398" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H4480" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{17}But|strong="H3498" any|strong="H3498" meat|strong="H1320" that|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117" left|strong="H3498" until|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H3117" completely|strong="H8313" burned|strong="H8313". 
\verseNumber{18}If|strong="H1961" any|strong="H4480" meat|strong="H1320" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5375" offering|strong="H8002" to|strong="H1961" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H5315" eaten|strong="H0398" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5375" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117", Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" accept|strong="H7521" that|strong="H3117" offering|strong="H8002"; it|strong="H7126" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" useless|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1961" offer|strong="H7126" it|strong="H7126", because|strong="H4480" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H1961" consider|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3117" it|strong="H7126" is|strong="H5315" worthless|strong="H3808". Anyone|strong="H5315" who|strong="H5315" eats|strong="H0398" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3117" it|strong="H7126" will|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" pay|strong="H7999" a|strong="H1961" penalty|strong="H1780" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{19}“eat|strong="H0398" that|strong="H3605" touches|strong="H5060" something|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w considers|strong="H7919"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w*} impure|strong="H2889" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" eaten|strong="H0398"; it|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" completely|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313". Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3605" performed|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" rituals to|strong="H1320" become|strong="H1961" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H1320" God|strong="H3808" is|strong="H3605" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1320" eat|strong="H0398" other|strong="H3605" meat|strong="H1320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w been|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w offered|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H1931" if|strong="H1931" anyone|strong="H5315" who|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5971" performed|strong="H6213" those|strong="H5921" rituals eats|strong="H0398" some|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" meat|strong="H1320" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" offering|strong="H8002" to|strong="H3068" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", meat|strong="H1320" that|strong="H5971" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", he|strong="H1931" must|strong="H5315" no|strong="H3772" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" associate|strong="H0935" with|strong="H3068" God’s|strong="H0430" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{21}If|strong="H3588" anyone|strong="H3605" touches|strong="H5060" something|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3068" considers|strong="H7919" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" impure|strong="H2932" and|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" displeasing|strong="H7489" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H1931", whether|strong="H0518" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" from|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3772" human|strong="H5315" or|strong="H3068" from|strong="H3772" an|strong="H3772" animal|strong="H0929", and|strong="H3068" then|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" eats|strong="H0398" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" meat|strong="H1320" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" offering|strong="H8002" to|strong="H3068" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", meat|strong="H1320" that|strong="H3588" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", he|strong="H1931" must|strong="H5315" no|strong="H3605" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" associate|strong="H0935" with|strong="H3068" God’s|strong="H0430" people|strong="H5971".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Eating|strong="H0398" fat|strong="H1320" or|strong="H3068" blood|strong="H1818" is|strong="H3068" forbidden|strong="H6189" }
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\verseNumber{22}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696": 
\verseNumber{23}“Say|strong="H1696" this|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121": ‘Do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" fat|strong="H2459" of|strong="H1121" cattle|strong="H7794" or|strong="H3808" sheep|strong="H3775" or|strong="H3808" goats|strong="H5795". 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H3605" fat|strong="H2459" of|strong="H3605" an|strong="H6213" animal|strong="H2966" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" found|strong="H4672" dead|strong="H5038" or|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3605" been|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H2026" by|strong="H3808" a|strong="H6213" wild|strong="H6213" animal|strong="H2966" may|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3808" used|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" other|strong="H3605" purposes|strong="H4284", but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{25}Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" eats|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3605" fat|strong="H2459" of|strong="H3068" an|strong="H7126" animal|strong="H0929" from|strong="H4480" which|strong="H3068" an|strong="H7126" offering|strong="H7126" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H5971" made|strong="H3772" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" must|strong="H5315" no|strong="H4480" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" associate|strong="H0935" with|strong="H3068" God’s|strong="H0430" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{26}And|strong="H1818" wherever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" live|strong="H4186", you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H1818" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H1818" any|strong="H3605" bird|strong="H5775" or|strong="H3808" animal|strong="H0929". 
\verseNumber{27}If|strong="H1931" anyone|strong="H3605" eats|strong="H0398" blood|strong="H1818", he|strong="H1931" must|strong="H5315" no|strong="H3605" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H5315" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5971" associate|strong="H0935" with|strong="H5971" God’s|strong="H0430" people|strong="H5971".’” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" portions|strong="H4490" for|strong="H5315" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" }
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\verseNumber{28}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{29}“Tell|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H1121" this|strong="H1696": ‘Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3068" brings|strong="H7126" an|strong="H7126" offering|strong="H7133" to|strong="H1696" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" must|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H7126" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H1121" it|strong="H7126" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7126" sacrifice|strong="H2077" to|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{30}He|strong="H3068" himself|strong="H3027" must|strong="H4191" bring|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" offering|strong="H8573" that|strong="H2459" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" burned|strong="H8313" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" fire|strong="H0784". He|strong="H3068" must|strong="H4191" bring|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" fat|strong="H2459" along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" breast|strong="H2373" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" animal|strong="H0929" and|strong="H3068" lift|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5921" up|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" indicate that|strong="H2459" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3068" an|strong="H6440" offering|strong="H8573" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{31}The|strong="H1961" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H1121" burn|strong="H6999" the|strong="H1961" fat|strong="H2459" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" altar|strong="H4196", but|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" breast|strong="H2373" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H4196" his|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{32}You|strong="H5414" must|strong="H4191" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" the|strong="H5414" right|strong="H3225" thigh|strong="H7785" of|strong="H2077" the|strong="H5414" animal|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3548" is|strong="H3225" sacrificed|strong="H2076" to|strong="H5414" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3548" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{33}The|strong="H7126" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" who|strong="H1121" offers|strong="H7126" the|strong="H7126" blood|strong="H1818" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7126" fat|strong="H2459" of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H2459" sacrifice|strong="H2077" must|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" the|strong="H7126" right|strong="H3225" thigh|strong="H7785" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7126" animal|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" his|strong="H7126" share|strong="H4490". 
\verseNumber{34}From|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" offerings|strong="H8002" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3548" Yahweh|strong="H3068", he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3478" declared|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3478" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" breast|strong="H2373" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3478" lifted|strong="H3478" up|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" right|strong="H3478" thigh|strong="H7785" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3478" offered|strong="H5414"; those|strong="H1121" portions|strong="H2706" must|strong="H1121" always|strong="H5769" be|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5414" regular|strong="H8548" share|strong="H5414" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121".’” 
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\verseNumber{35}Those|strong="H1121" are|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" portions|strong="H4490" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H7126"/given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H1121" burned|strong="H8313" in|strong="H3068" fire|strong="H0784" that|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H3068" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" set|strong="H7760" apart|strong="H0914" to|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H3547" Yahweh|strong="H3068" as|strong="H3547" priests|strong="H3547". 
\verseNumber{36}Yahweh|strong="H3068" commands|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3117" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" priests|strong="H3548" are|strong="H3117" appointed|strong="H5414" [MTY], the|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H1121" must|strong="H1121" always|strong="H5769" give|strong="H5414" those|strong="H1121" portions|strong="H4490" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5414" priests|strong="H3548". 
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\verseNumber{37}Those|strong="H2063" are|strong="H2403" the|strong="H8451" regulations|strong="H4941" for|strong="H2077" the|strong="H8451" offerings|strong="H8002" that|strong="H4503" are|strong="H2403" to|strong="H4503" be|strong="H2403" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" on|strong="H5930" the|strong="H8451" altar|strong="H4196", the|strong="H8451" offerings|strong="H8002" made|strong="H6213" from|strong="H2403" grain|strong="H1715", the|strong="H8451" offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H4503" enable|strong="H7980" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H4503" become|strong="H1961" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H4503" God|strong="H0430" again|strong="H7725", the|strong="H8451" offerings|strong="H8002" for|strong="H2077" when|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H2403" guilty|strong="H0816" of|strong="H2077" not|strong="H3808" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H4503" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8451" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H4503" are|strong="H2403" required|strong="H7592" to|strong="H4503" be|strong="H2403" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H4503" him|strong="H5414", the|strong="H8451" offerings|strong="H8002" given|strong="H5414" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8451" priests|strong="H3548" are|strong="H2403" appointed|strong="H4150", and|strong="H5930" the|strong="H8451" offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H4503" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H2077" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{38}They|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" regulations|strong="H4941" that|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3478" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H6680" on|strong="H3117" Sinai|strong="H5514" Mountain|strong="H2022" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" Sinai|strong="H5514" Desert|strong="H4057", on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" commanded|strong="H6680" the|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" start|strong="H1870" bringing|strong="H0935" their|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H7133" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H6680". 

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\chapterNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{2}“Bring|strong="H3947" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3947" sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H3947" their|strong="H3947" ◄special|strong="H6381" clothes|strong="H0899"/clothes|strong="H0899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w wear|strong="H3847"\+w* \+w while|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w do|strong="H2403"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w*►}, the|strong="H3947" oil|strong="H8081" for|strong="H1121" anointing|strong="H4888" them|strong="H3947", the|strong="H3947" bull|strong="H6499" to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" offered|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1121" cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H3947" to|strong="H1121" become|strong="H1961" forgiven|strong="H5545" for|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" sins|strong="H2403" they|strong="H3947" have|strong="H1121" committed|strong="H6213", the|strong="H3947" two|strong="H8147" rams|strong="H0352" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w slaughtered|strong="H7819"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" basket|strong="H5536" containing|strong="H8033" bread|strong="H4682" made|strong="H3947" without|strong="H6499" yeast|strong="H7603". 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H3605" gather|strong="H6950" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5712" at|strong="H6950" the|strong="H3605" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H4150" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168".” 
\verseNumber{4}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H6680" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H6680" him|strong="H6213"/me|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213", and|strong="H4872" all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5712" gathered|strong="H6950" there|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H2088" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5712", “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" us|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213".” 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H4872" he|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H7126" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7364" sons|strong="H1121" forward|strong="H7126" and|strong="H1121" washed|strong="H7364" them|strong="H7126". 
\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H5414"/I|strong="H5414" put|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" special|strong="H6381" tunic|strong="H3801"/shirt on|strong="H5921" Aaron|strong="H0175", tied|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" sash|strong="H0073"/waistband|strong="H0232" around|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414", put|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" special|strong="H6381" robe|strong="H4598", and|strong="H4598" put|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" sacred|strong="H6944" vest/apron. He|strong="H5414"/I|strong="H5414" fastened|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" sacred|strong="H6944" vest/apron around|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414", using|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5921" skillfully|strong="H2805" woven|strong="H2805" sash|strong="H0073". 
\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H5414"/I|strong="H5414" put|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" sacred|strong="H6944" pouch|strong="H3219" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" chest|strong="H0727" and|strong="H5921" put|strong="H5414" into|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" stones|strong="H0068" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" use|strong="H4399" to|strong="H5921" find|strong="H5414" out|strong="H5414" what|strong="H5921" God|strong="H5414" wants|strong="H2656". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H4872" he|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H5921" wrapped|strong="H3874" the|strong="H6440" turban|strong="H4701" around|strong="H5921" Aaron’s|strong="H0175" head|strong="H7218", and|strong="H4872" fastened|strong="H8628" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" it|strong="H7760" the|strong="H6440" gold|strong="H2091" ornament|strong="H5716", the|strong="H6440" object|strong="H8047" that|strong="H3068" showed|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" dedicated|strong="H6944" to|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", like|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H3947" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3605" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081" and|strong="H4872" anointed|strong="H4886" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H4872" everything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H4872" it|strong="H6942", and|strong="H4872" dedicated|strong="H6942" them|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{11}He|strong="H3605"/I|strong="H5921" sprinkled|strong="H5137" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3627" the|strong="H3605" oil|strong="H4886" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" seven|strong="H7651" times|strong="H6471". He|strong="H3605"/I|strong="H5921" anointed|strong="H4886" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" and|strong="H4196" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" used|strong="H3627" with|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921", and|strong="H4196" its|strong="H3605" huge|strong="H1995" washbasin and|strong="H4196" its|strong="H3605" stand|strong="H3653", to|strong="H5921" dedicate|strong="H6942" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{12}He|strong="H5921"/I|strong="H5921" poured|strong="H3332" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" oil|strong="H8081" on|strong="H5921" Aaron’s|strong="H0175" head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H7218" anointed|strong="H4886" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" dedicate|strong="H6942" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H4872" he|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H6680" brought|strong="H7126" forward|strong="H7126" Aaron’s|strong="H0175" sons|strong="H1121". He|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H6680" put|strong="H3847" tunics|strong="H3801"/shirts on|strong="H3847" them|strong="H6680", tied|strong="H0631" sashes|strong="H0073"/waistbands around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H6680", and|strong="H1121" wrapped|strong="H2280" turbans|strong="H2871" around|strong="H5439" their|strong="H3068" heads|strong="H7218", like|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H6680". 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3027"/I|strong="H5921" brought|strong="H5066" the|strong="H5921" bull|strong="H6499" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" offering|strong="H2403" to|strong="H5921" cause|strong="H2600" people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3027" forgiven|strong="H5545" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" committed|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" put|strong="H5564" their|strong="H5564" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" bull’s head|strong="H7218". 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H3947" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5414" slaughtered|strong="H7819" the|strong="H5921" bull|strong="H6499", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w caught|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4196"\+w* \+w its|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w blood|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w bowl|strong="H4219"\+w*}, and|strong="H4872" with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414"/my|strong="H5414" finger|strong="H0676" put|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4196" that|strong="H5414" blood|strong="H1818" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" projections|strong="H3027" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" corners|strong="H6285" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196", to|strong="H5921" purify|strong="H2398" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". He|strong="H5414"/I|strong="H5414" poured|strong="H3332" the|strong="H5921" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" base|strong="H3247" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". By|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5414", he|strong="H5414"/I|strong="H5414" caused|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H5414" a|strong="H3947" suitable|strong="H5048" place|strong="H5414" for|strong="H5921" burning|strong="H2740" sacrifices|strong="H2077" for|strong="H5921" sin|strong="H2398". 
\verseNumber{16}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" took|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" fat|strong="H2459" that|strong="H3605" covers|strong="H3680" the|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H7130" parts|strong="H7130" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" animal|strong="H0929", including|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" liver|strong="H3516" and|strong="H4872" kidneys|strong="H3629", and|strong="H4872" burned|strong="H6999" them|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H6680" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3068" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" bull|strong="H6499", including|strong="H8313" the|strong="H3068" hide|strong="H5785" and|strong="H4872" intestines|strong="H4578", and|strong="H4872" burned|strong="H8313" them|strong="H6680" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H3068" camp|strong="H4264", like|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H6680". 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H7126" he|strong="H3027"/I|strong="H5921" brought|strong="H7126" the|strong="H5921" ram|strong="H0352" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" offering|strong="H5930" that|strong="H1121" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H3027" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" laid|strong="H5564" their|strong="H5564" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" its|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218". 
\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" slaughtered|strong="H7819" the|strong="H5921" ram|strong="H0352" and|strong="H4872" sprinkled|strong="H2236" its|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" on|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5439" sides|strong="H5439" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{20-21}He|strong="H0834"/I|strong="H0589" cut|strong="H3772" the|strong="H3605" ram|strong="H0352" into|strong="H0413" pieces|strong="H5409" and|strong="H3967" washed|strong="H7364" the|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H6442" parts|strong="H3411" and|strong="H3967" hind|strong="H0365" legs|strong="H3767".Then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H0834"/I|strong="H0589" put|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218", the|strong="H3605" fat|strong="H2459", and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" parts|strong="H3411" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" ram|strong="H0352" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196". As|strong="H0834" it|strong="H5414" burned|strong="H8313", the|strong="H3605" aroma|strong="H7381" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" smoke|strong="H6227" was|strong="H3068" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh|strong="H3068". It|strong="H5414" was|strong="H3068" an|strong="H1129" offering|strong="H4503" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh|strong="H3068" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313", as|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H0413". 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H7126" he|strong="H3027"/I|strong="H5921" brought|strong="H7126" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H8145" ram|strong="H0352", the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H1121" for|strong="H5921" consecrating|strong="H6942" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548", and|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" laid|strong="H5564" their|strong="H5564" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" its|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218". 
\verseNumber{23-24}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H0589" slaughtered|strong="H7819" that|strong="H0834" ram|strong="H0352", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w drained|strong="H4680"\+w* \+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w its|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w blood|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w bowl|strong="H4219"\+w*}, and|strong="H3967" put|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H0834" blood|strong="H1818" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" lobes|strong="H8571" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" right|strong="H3225" ears|strong="H0241", the|strong="H3605" thumbs|strong="H0931" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" right|strong="H3225" hands|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" big|strong="H0931" toes|strong="H0676" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" right|strong="H3225" feet|strong="H7272" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* indicate \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w listened|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w went|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w directed|strong="H5090"\+w* \+w by|strong="H0801"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{25}He|strong="H3605"/I|strong="H5921" picked|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" fat|strong="H2459" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ram|strong="H0352", its|strong="H3605" fat|strong="H2459" tail|strong="H2180", the|strong="H3605" fat|strong="H2459" that|strong="H3605" covered|strong="H3680" the|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H7130" parts|strong="H7130", including|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" fat|strong="H2459" that|strong="H3605" covered|strong="H3680" the|strong="H3605" liver|strong="H3516" and|strong="H8147" kidneys|strong="H3629", and|strong="H8147" the|strong="H3605" right|strong="H3225" thigh|strong="H7785" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ram|strong="H0352". 
\verseNumber{26-27}Then|strong="H0227" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" basket|strong="H5536" containing|strong="H8033" the|strong="H3605" bread|strong="H3899" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" without|strong="H3808" yeast|strong="H7603", the|strong="H3605" bread|strong="H3899" which|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" dedicated|strong="H6942" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh|strong="H3068", he|strong="H0834"/I|strong="H0589" picked|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5927" one|strong="H0259" loaf|strong="H3603" of|strong="H1121" bread|strong="H3899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w made|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w without|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w* \+w oil|strong="H8081"\+w*}, and|strong="H3967" one|strong="H0259" loaf|strong="H3603" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w made|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w by|strong="H0801"\+w* \+w mixing|strong="H4842"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w flour|strong="H5560"\+w*} with|strong="H5973" olive|strong="H2132" oil|strong="H8081", and|strong="H3967" one|strong="H0259" wafer|strong="H7550". He|strong="H0834"/I|strong="H0589" put|strong="H5414" those|strong="H1992" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" portions|strong="H4490" of|strong="H1121" fat|strong="H2459", and|strong="H3967" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121". Then|strong="H0227" they|strong="H1992" lifted|strong="H5375" them|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5927" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* indicate \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w an|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w offering|strong="H4503"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w belonged|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="H3947" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" took|strong="H3947" those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H1992" from|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3709" and|strong="H4872" burned|strong="H6999" them|strong="H1992" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". That|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" offering|strong="H5930" that|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H6999" to|strong="H3068" appoint|strong="H6485" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" his|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121" as|strong="H3068" priests|strong="H3548". And|strong="H4872" the|strong="H5921" aroma|strong="H7381" while|strong="H1931" it|strong="H1931" burned|strong="H6999" was|strong="H3068" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{29}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H6680" also|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H6440" breast|strong="H2373" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" second|strong="H8145" ram|strong="H0352" and|strong="H4872" lifted|strong="H4872" it|strong="H6440" up|strong="H5130", as|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680". The|strong="H6440" breast|strong="H2373" was|strong="H3068" Moses’|strong="H4872"/my|strong="H3068" share|strong="H4490" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" ram|strong="H0352" that|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" sacrificed|strong="H2076" to|strong="H3068" dedicate|strong="H6942" the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548". 
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\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H3947" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" took|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081" for|strong="H5921" anointing|strong="H4888" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Aaron|strong="H0175"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w sons|strong="H1121"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" that|strong="H4196" was|strong="H4872" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" and|strong="H1121" sprinkled|strong="H5137" it|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3947" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3947" clothes|strong="H0899". By|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H4480" that|strong="H4196", he|strong="H4480"/I|strong="H5921" consecrated|strong="H6942" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3947" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3947" clothes|strong="H0899". 
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\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H6680" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H6680" sons|strong="H1121", “Boil|strong="H1310" the|strong="H6680" meat|strong="H1320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w second|strong="H8145"\+w* \+w ram|strong="H0352"\+w*} at|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6680" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6680" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H1121" eat|strong="H3899" it|strong="H8033" there|strong="H8033" with|strong="H3899" the|strong="H6680" bread|strong="H3899" that|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1320" in|strong="H1320" the|strong="H6680" basket|strong="H5536", like|strong="H1121" I|strong="H6680" told|strong="H6680" you|strong="H6680" to|strong="H1121" do|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{32}Burn|strong="H8313" up|strong="H8313" any|strong="H3498" of|strong="H3899" the|strong="H8313" meat|strong="H1320" and|strong="H3899" bread|strong="H3899" that|strong="H1320" remains|strong="H3498". 
\verseNumber{33}The|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3808" set|strong="H4390" apart|strong="H0914" as|strong="H5704" priests|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3027" be|strong="H3808" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117", so|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3318" not|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3588" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" for|strong="H3588" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{34}What|strong="H2088" we|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" today|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H6680" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" forgiven|strong="H3722" for|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" sins|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{35}You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" stay|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3588" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" for|strong="H3588" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3068" seven|strong="H7651" nights|strong="H3915" and|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3651" Yahweh|strong="H3068" requires|strong="H4147", in|strong="H3427" order|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* disobeying \+w him|strong="H6680"\+w*. \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} because|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3651" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" me|strong="H8104" to|strong="H4191" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{36}So|strong="H6213" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" did|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H6680" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H3605" them|strong="H3027". 

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\chapterNumber{9}Eight|strong="H8083" days|strong="H3117" later|strong="H1961", Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3117" summoned|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3117" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H6440" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Aaron|strong="H0175", “Take|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" young|strong="H1121" bull|strong="H1241" for|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" offering|strong="H5930" to|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H6440" leaders|strong="H7218" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" forgiven|strong="H5545" for|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" sins|strong="H2403" you|strong="H6440" have|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6213", and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3947" ram|strong="H0352" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H6440" without|strong="H8549" any|strong="H6440" defects, and|strong="H1121" offer|strong="H7126" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3947" Israeli people|strong="H1121", ‘Take|strong="H3947" one|strong="H3532" male|strong="H3532" goat|strong="H5795" for|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" offering|strong="H5930" to|strong="H1696" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3947" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H1121" forgiven|strong="H5545" for|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" sins|strong="H2403" you|strong="H3947" have|strong="H1121" committed|strong="H3478". Also|strong="H3478" take|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" calf|strong="H5695" and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3947" lamb|strong="H3532" that|strong="H3478" have|strong="H1121" no|strong="H3947" defects, to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H1121" an|strong="H3947" offering|strong="H5930" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}Also|strong="H3068" take|strong="H7200" an|strong="H7200" ox|strong="H7794" and|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" ram|strong="H0352" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" an|strong="H7200" offering|strong="H4503" to|strong="H3068" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H1101"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}, along|strong="H6440" with|strong="H1101" an|strong="H7200" offering|strong="H4503" of|strong="H3068" flour|strong="H5560" mixed|strong="H1101" with|strong="H1101" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081". Do|strong="H3068" this|strong="H7200" because|strong="H3588" today|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3068" appear|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*/\+w I|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w told|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w this|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H5712"\+w*, \+w some|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w*} took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H6680" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3947", and|strong="H4872" went|strong="H4872" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" courtyard|strong="H2691" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". Then|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5712" came|strong="H7126" near|strong="H7126" and|strong="H4872" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H2088" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1697", “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213", in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H6680" that|strong="H7200" his|strong="H3068" glory|strong="H3519" will|strong="H3068" appear|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6680".” 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H6213" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H6680" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Aaron|strong="H0175", “Come|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" altar|strong="H4196" and|strong="H4872" sacrifice|strong="H5930" the|strong="H6213" animal|strong="H0929" that|strong="H5971" is|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H5930" to|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" forgiven|strong="H3722" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" sins|strong="H2403" you|strong="H6680" have|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6213", and|strong="H4872" the|strong="H6213" animal|strong="H0929" that|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" there|strong="H7126". Because|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H6213" offerings|strong="H5930", God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" forgive|strong="H3722" you|strong="H6680" and|strong="H4872" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H6680" have|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6213" [DOU]. Do|strong="H6213" those|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680".” 
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\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H7126" Aaron|strong="H0175" came|strong="H7126" close|strong="H7126" to|strong="H7126" the|strong="H7126" altar|strong="H4196" and|strong="H4196" slaughtered|strong="H7819" the|strong="H7126" calf|strong="H5695" to|strong="H7126" be|strong="H2403" an|strong="H7126" offering|strong="H2403" for|strong="H4196" his|strong="H7126" sins|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{9}His|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H7126" its|strong="H5414" blood|strong="H1818" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w bowl|strong="H4219"\+w*}. He|strong="H5414" dipped|strong="H2881" his|strong="H5414" finger|strong="H0676" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" and|strong="H1121" put|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" it|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" projections|strong="H3027" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" corners|strong="H6285" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". He|strong="H5414" poured|strong="H3332" out|strong="H3332" the|strong="H5921" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" base|strong="H3247" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{10}He|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H6680" burned|strong="H6999" the|strong="H3068" fat|strong="H2459", including|strong="H4480" that|strong="H2459" which|strong="H3068" covered|strong="H3680" the|strong="H3068" kidneys|strong="H3629" and|strong="H4872" the|strong="H3068" liver|strong="H3516", as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" him|strong="H6680"/me|strong="H4480". 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H0227" Aaron|strong="H0175" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H2351"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4264"\+w*} the|strong="H2351" meat|strong="H1320" and|strong="H4264" the|strong="H2351" hide|strong="H5785"/skin|strong="H5785" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H2351" camp|strong="H4264". 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" slaughtered|strong="H7819" the|strong="H5921" animal|strong="H0929" that|strong="H4196" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H1121" completely|strong="H5439" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. His|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" handed|strong="H4672" him|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w bowl|strong="H4219"\+w* \+w containing|strong="H8033"\+w*} its|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5921" sprinkled|strong="H2236" the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" on|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5439" sides|strong="H5439" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H7218" they|strong="H5921" handed|strong="H4672" him|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" animal|strong="H0929" that|strong="H4196" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H1961" burned|strong="H6999", and|strong="H7218" he|strong="H5921" burned|strong="H6999" them|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H5921" washed|strong="H7364" the|strong="H5921" inner|strong="H7130" parts|strong="H7130" and|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5921" legs|strong="H3767" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5921" animal|strong="H0929", and|strong="H4196" burned|strong="H6999" them|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196", on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5921" animal|strong="H0929". 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H3947" Aaron|strong="H0175" brought|strong="H7126" the|strong="H3947" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H5971" would|strong="H5971" be|strong="H5971" sacrifices|strong="H2077" for|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3947" Israeli people|strong="H5971". He|strong="H5971" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" goat|strong="H8163" and|strong="H5971" slaughtered|strong="H7819" it|strong="H7126" to|strong="H5971" be|strong="H5971" an|strong="H7126" offering|strong="H2403" to|strong="H5971" enable|strong="H7980" them|strong="H7126" to|strong="H5971" be|strong="H5971" forgiven|strong="H5545" for|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3947" sins|strong="H2403" they|strong="H5971" had|strong="H5971" committed|strong="H2398", like|strong="H2403" he|strong="H5971" had|strong="H5971" done|strong="H2398" with|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3947" goat|strong="H8163" for|strong="H5971" his|strong="H3947" own|strong="H5971" offering|strong="H2403". 
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\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" brought|strong="H7126" the|strong="H6213" animal|strong="H0929" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H5930" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313". He|strong="H6213" slaughtered|strong="H7819" it|strong="H7126" and|strong="H4941" offered|strong="H7126" it|strong="H7126" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" way|strong="H4941" that|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H6213" commanded|strong="H6680" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H4480" also|strong="H1571" brought|strong="H7126" the|strong="H5921" offering|strong="H4503" of|strong="H4196" grain|strong="H6999". He|strong="H4480" took|strong="H4390" a|strong="H7126" handful|strong="H3709" of|strong="H4196" it|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1242" burned|strong="H6999" it|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196", like|strong="H5921" he|strong="H4480" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" animal|strong="H0929" that|strong="H4196" he|strong="H4480" had|strong="H3068" slaughtered|strong="H7819" and|strong="H1242" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H6999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" morning|strong="H1242". 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5921" slaughtered|strong="H7819" the|strong="H5921" ox|strong="H7794" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" ram|strong="H0352", to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1121" an|strong="H4672" offering|strong="H8002" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5921" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068". His|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" handed|strong="H4672" him|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w bowl|strong="H4219"\+w* \+w containing|strong="H8033"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5921" sprinkled|strong="H2236" the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" against|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5439" sides|strong="H5439" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H4480" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H4480" fat|strong="H2459" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" ox|strong="H7794" and|strong="H7794" the|strong="H4480" ram|strong="H0352", including|strong="H4480" their|strong="H4480" fat|strong="H2459" tails|strong="H2180" that|strong="H2459" were|strong="H4480" cut|strong="H3772" close|strong="H4480" to|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" backbone|strong="H6096", and|strong="H7794" all|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" fat|strong="H2459" that|strong="H2459" covered|strong="H4374" the|strong="H4480" livers and|strong="H7794" the|strong="H4480" kidneys|strong="H3629". 
\verseNumber{20}He|strong="H5921" put|strong="H7760" them|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5921" breasts|strong="H2373" of|strong="H4196" those|strong="H5921" animals|strong="H0929" and|strong="H4196" carried|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H7760" burned|strong="H6999". 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H4872", doing|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4100" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H6680" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680", he|strong="H3068" lifted|strong="H4872" up|strong="H5130" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" breast|strong="H2373" and|strong="H4872" the|strong="H6440" right|strong="H3225" thigh|strong="H7785" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1992" animals|strong="H0929", to|strong="H3068" signify that|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1992" two|strong="H8147" animals|strong="H0929" completely|strong="H3617" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H5375" Aaron|strong="H0175" lifted|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" arms|strong="H3027" toward|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5375" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w*} bless|strong="H1288" them|strong="H3027". Then|strong="H5375" having|strong="H0369" finished|strong="H3615" making|strong="H6213" all|strong="H6213" those|strong="H5375" offerings|strong="H8002", he|strong="H6213" stepped|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w place|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w where|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3027"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H3318" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H7200" entered|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". When|strong="H7200" they|strong="H3068"/we|strong="H3605" later|strong="H0310" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318", they|strong="H3068"/we|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w*} bless|strong="H1288" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". And|strong="H4872" suddenly|strong="H6597" the|strong="H3605" glory|strong="H3519"/brightness|strong="H5051" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{24}A|strong="H7200" fire|strong="H0784" from|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" and|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" up|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" offering|strong="H5930" that|strong="H5971" was|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" fat|strong="H2459" that|strong="H5971" was|strong="H3068" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196". And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H5971", they|strong="H3068" shouted|strong="H7442" joyfully|strong="H7442" and|strong="H3068" prostrated|strong="H7812" themselves|strong="H6440" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Nadab and Abihu died }
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\chapterNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Two|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Aaron’s|strong="H0175" sons|strong="H1121", Nadab|strong="H5070" and|strong="H1121" Abihu|strong="H0030", took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H6440" pans|strong="H3709" in|strong="H5921" which|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" incense|strong="H7004". They|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" burning|strong="H2740" coals|strong="H1513" in|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" put|strong="H5414" incense|strong="H7004" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" coals|strong="H1513", but|strong="H3808" this|strong="H5414" fire|strong="H0784" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" acceptable|strong="H7522" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} because|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5414" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H6440" kind|strong="H4327" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H8313". 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H3318" suddenly|strong="H6597" a|strong="H3318" fire|strong="H0784" from|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H3318" and|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" them|strong="H6440" up|strong="H3318" [DOU] in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Aaron|strong="H0175", “That|strong="H5971" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" predicted|strong="H1696". He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H1696", 
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‘Those|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3605" come|strong="H5971" near|strong="H7138" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H6440", 
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I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" show|strong="H6942" them|strong="H5921" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3068" must|strong="H4191" ◄respect|strong="H5921" me|strong="H6440"/treat|strong="H6942" me|strong="H6440" as|strong="H3068" being|strong="H5971" holy|strong="H6942"►; 
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in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" 
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I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H3068" honored|strong="H3513".’” 
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But|strong="H1696" Aaron|strong="H0175" said|strong="H1696" nothing|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H5375" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H6440" summoned|strong="H7121" Mishael|strong="H4332" and|strong="H1121" Elzaphan|strong="H0469", who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron’s|strong="H0175" uncle|strong="H1730" Uzziel|strong="H5816", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440", “Take|strong="H5375" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w corpses|strong="H6297"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} your|strong="H5375" cousins outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H6440" camp|strong="H4264", away|strong="H5375" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168".” 
\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H5375" they|strong="H5375" carried|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" corpses|strong="H6297", which|strong="H0834" still|strong="H5750" had|strong="H4872" their|strong="H5375" special|strong="H6381" gowns on|strong="H1696", outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H5375" camp|strong="H4264", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w buried|strong="H6912"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7126"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w two|strong="H1004"\+w*} sons|strong="H1121" Eleazar|strong="H0499" and|strong="H1121" Ithamar|strong="H0385", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w sad|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Nadab|strong="H5070"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Abihu|strong="H0030"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*, \+w but|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w must|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w act|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w always|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" hair|strong="H7218" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w heads|strong="H7218"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" remain|strong="H3808" uncombed, and|strong="H1121" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" tear|strong="H6533" your|strong="H3068" clothes|strong="H0899". But|strong="H3808" your|strong="H3068" relatives|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" fellow|strong="H1121" Israelis are|strong="H1121" allowed|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" mourn|strong="H1058" for|strong="H5921" those|strong="H3605" whom|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" destroyed|strong="H4229" by|strong="H5921" fire|strong="H8316". 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w join|strong="H2266"\+w* \+w those|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w mourning|strong="H0060"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191", and|strong="H4872" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6213" [MTY] all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478". Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" set|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" apart|strong="H0914" [MTY] to|strong="H3318" work|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H5921" here|strong="H5921", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w does|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w become|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w defiled|strong="H2930"\+w* \+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w touching|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w corpse|strong="H4191"\+w*}.” So|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3588" told|strong="H1697" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3318" do|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Aaron|strong="H0175", 
\verseNumber{9}“You|strong="H3808" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w two|strong="H3808"\+w*} sons|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w still|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w alive|strong="H2416"\+w*} must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" wine|strong="H3196" or|strong="H3808" other|strong="H0312" fermented drinks|strong="H8354" before|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H4191" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168"; if|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1121", you|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1121" die|strong="H4191". That|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3808" command|strong="H6680" that|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3808" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3808" descendants|strong="H1121" must|strong="H4191" obey|strong="H8085" forever|strong="H5769". 
\verseNumber{10}You|strong="H0859" must|strong="H4191" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H6944" in|strong="H6944" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H6944" learn|strong="H3925" what|strong="H4100" things|strong="H6944" are|strong="H6944" holy|strong="H6944" and|strong="H6944" what|strong="H4100" things|strong="H6944" are|strong="H6944" ◄not|strong="H3808" holy|strong="H6944"/common|strong="H2455"►, and|strong="H6944" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H2455"\+w* \+w things|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w that|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w are|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w holy|strong="H6944"\+w*} you|strong="H0859" must|strong="H4191" learn|strong="H3925" what|strong="H4100" things|strong="H6944" are|strong="H6944" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H6944" me|strong="H0413" and|strong="H6944" what|strong="H4100" things|strong="H6944" are|strong="H6944" not|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H1121" teach|strong="H3384" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H2706" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" by|strong="H3027" telling|strong="H1696" them|strong="H3027" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872".” 
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\verseNumber{12}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" two|strong="H3947" sons|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H1121" still|strong="H3588" alive|strong="H2416", Eleazar|strong="H0499" and|strong="H1121" Ithamar|strong="H0385", “Take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3588" offering|strong="H4503" made|strong="H1696" from|strong="H1121" grain|strong="H1715" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" left|strong="H3498" after|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3947" portion|strong="H6944" of|strong="H1121" it|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" offered|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313", and|strong="H1121" eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H1931" alongside|strong="H5980" the|strong="H3588" altar|strong="H4196". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w eaten|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w elsewhere|strong="H5605"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" holy|strong="H6944". 
\verseNumber{13}Eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H1931" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" holy|strong="H6918" place|strong="H4725"; it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" share|strong="H2506" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" offerings|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1121" burned|strong="H8313"; I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" be|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" share|strong="H2506". 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323" are|strong="H1121" permitted|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3588" breast|strong="H2373" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" thigh|strong="H7785" that|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3478" lifted|strong="H3478" up|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3478" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Eat|strong="H0398" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3478" any|strong="H5414" place|strong="H4725" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3478" ◄holy|strong="H6944"/acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5414"►. They|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" been|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H1121" as|strong="H3588" your|strong="H5414" share|strong="H5414" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H3478" enable|strong="H7980" the|strong="H3588" Israelis to|strong="H3478" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H6440" thigh|strong="H7785" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" breast|strong="H2373" that|strong="H2459" were|strong="H1961" lifted|strong="H5130" up|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" must|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" brought|strong="H1961" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" portions|strong="H2459" of|strong="H1121" fat|strong="H2459" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" burned|strong="H8313", to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" lifted|strong="H5130" up|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3068" presence|strong="H6440". They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" regular|strong="H8548" share|strong="H2506" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H6440" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H1121", as|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680".” 
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\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H2009" inquired|strong="H1875" about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" goat|strong="H8163" that|strong="H1121" had|strong="H4872" been|strong="H1961" sacrificed|strong="H2076" to|strong="H5921" enable|strong="H7980" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1121" forgiven|strong="H5545" by|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sins|strong="H2403" they|strong="H5921" had|strong="H4872" committed|strong="H5921", he|strong="H5921"/I|strong="H2009" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H5921" that|strong="H1121" it|strong="H5921" had|strong="H4872" been|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H8313" burned|strong="H8313". So|strong="H5921" he|strong="H5921"/I|strong="H2009" was|strong="H4872" angry|strong="H7107" with|strong="H8313" Eleazar|strong="H0499" and|strong="H1121" Ithamar|strong="H0385" and|strong="H1121" asked|strong="H1875" them|strong="H5921", 
\verseNumber{17}“Why|strong="H4069" did|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" near|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" the|strong="H6440" meat|strong="H1320" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" offering|strong="H2403" for|strong="H3588" sin|strong="H2403"? It|strong="H5414" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" holy|strong="H6944", and|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5414" was|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" guilty|strong="H5771" for|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3068" sins|strong="H2403" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" forgiven|strong="H5375" for|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3068" sins|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{18}Since|strong="H2005" its|strong="H3808" blood|strong="H1818" was|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" taken|strong="H3947" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6680" holy|strong="H6944" place|strong="H6944" inside|strong="H6441" the|strong="H6680" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", you|strong="H6680" should|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3808" eaten|strong="H0398" the|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w meat|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1818"\+w*} the|strong="H6680" goat|strong="H5795" near|strong="H3808" the|strong="H6680" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", as|strong="H6680" I|strong="H2005" commanded|strong="H6680".” 
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\verseNumber{19}Aaron|strong="H0175" replied|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H6440", “Today|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5869" brought|strong="H7126" to|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H5930" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H3068" forgiven|strong="H5545" for|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" sins|strong="H2403" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6213", and|strong="H4872" the|strong="H6440" offering|strong="H5930" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w pleased|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}, but|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w think|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w about|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w terrible|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w thing|strong="H1697"\+w*} that|strong="H3117" happened|strong="H7122" to|strong="H1696" my|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121"! Would|strong="H3068" [RHQ] Yahweh|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H3190" if|strong="H2005" I|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3068" eaten|strong="H0398" some|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" offering|strong="H5930" to|strong="H1696" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5869" to|strong="H1696" become|strong="H1961" acceptable|strong="H3190" to|strong="H1696" God|strong="H3068"?” 
\verseNumber{20}When|strong="H8085" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H8085" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085", he|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H8085" was|strong="H4872" satisfied|strong="H3190". 

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\chapterNumber{11}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{2}“Tell|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="H2063"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w what|strong="H2063"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w says|strong="H1696"\+w*}: From|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" live|strong="H2416" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776", these|strong="H1696" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" ones|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1121" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H1696" eat|strong="H0398": 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H3605" ones|strong="H2945" that|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" hooves|strong="H6541" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H5927" completely|strong="H3605" split|strong="H8156" and|strong="H5927" that|strong="H3605" ◄chew|strong="H5927" their|strong="H3605" cuds/bring|strong="H5927" their|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5927" their|strong="H3605" stomachs|strong="H4578" to|strong="H5927" chew|strong="H5927" it|strong="H5927" again|strong="H7725"►. 
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\verseNumber{4}There|strong="H2088" are|strong="H5927" some|strong="H4480" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3588" chew|strong="H5927" their|strong="H3588" cuds but|strong="H3588" do|strong="H2088" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3588" split|strong="H1234" hooves|strong="H6541", and|strong="H5927" some|strong="H4480" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" split|strong="H1234" hooves|strong="H6541" but|strong="H3588" do|strong="H2088" not|strong="H3808" chew|strong="H5927" their|strong="H3588" cuds. You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" any|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3808" those|strong="H1931" animals|strong="H0929". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w For|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w example|strong="H7045"\+w*}, camels|strong="H1581" chew|strong="H5927" their|strong="H3588" cuds but|strong="H3588" do|strong="H2088" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3588" split|strong="H1234" hooves|strong="H6541", so|strong="H5927" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5927" unacceptable|strong="H4284" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5927" eat|strong="H0398". 
\verseNumber{5}Rock|strong="H6697" badgers chew|strong="H5927" their|strong="H3588" cuds but|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3588" split|strong="H1234" hooves|strong="H6541", so|strong="H5927" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5927" unacceptable|strong="H4284" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5927" eat|strong="H0398". 
\verseNumber{6}Rabbits chew|strong="H5927" their|strong="H3588" cuds but|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3588" split|strong="H1234" hooves|strong="H6541", so|strong="H5927" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5927" unacceptable|strong="H4284" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5927" eat|strong="H0398". 
\verseNumber{7}Pigs have|strong="H3588" completely|strong="H3617" split|strong="H8156" hooves|strong="H6541" but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" chew|strong="H1641" their|strong="H3588" cuds, so|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3808" unacceptable|strong="H4284" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398". 
\verseNumber{8}All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1320" those|strong="H1992" animals|strong="H0929" are|strong="H1992" unacceptable|strong="H4284" for|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808", so|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" their|strong="H1992" meat|strong="H1320" or|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3808" touch|strong="H5060" their|strong="H1992" carcasses|strong="H5038". 
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\verseNumber{9}From|strong="H4325" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3220" the|strong="H3605" oceans|strong="H2342" and|strong="H4325" the|strong="H3605" streams|strong="H5158", you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H4325" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H4325" eat|strong="H0398" any|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" fins|strong="H5579" and|strong="H4325" scales|strong="H7193". 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H1992" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H5315" detest|strong="H8262" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w not|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w*} those|strong="H1992" that|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H5315" have|strong="H3605" fins|strong="H5579" and|strong="H4325" scales|strong="H7193". That|strong="H3605" includes ones|strong="H5315" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1992" very|strong="H1992" small|strong="H6996". 
\verseNumber{11}You|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" despise|strong="H3988" them|strong="H1961", and|strong="H1320" you|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" their|strong="H1961" meat|strong="H1320", and|strong="H1320" you|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" detest|strong="H8262" their|strong="H1961" carcasses|strong="H5038". 
\verseNumber{12}You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" detest|strong="H8262" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" lives|strong="H5315" in|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" that|strong="H3605" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H4325" have|strong="H3605" fins|strong="H5579" and|strong="H4325" scales|strong="H7193". 
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\verseNumber{13}There|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" some|strong="H4480" birds|strong="H5775" that|strong="H4480" you|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" detest|strong="H8262" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H5775"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w*}. They|strong="H1992" include|strong="H5921" eagles|strong="H5404", bearded vultures|strong="H5404", black|strong="H7838" vultures|strong="H5404", 
\verseNumber{14}kites, any|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H1121" falcon|strong="H0344"/buzzard|strong="H5822", 
\verseNumber{15}any|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H3605" raven|strong="H6158", 
\verseNumber{16}horned|strong="H8207" owls|strong="H1323", screech owls|strong="H1323", seagulls, any|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H1323" hawk|strong="H5322", 
\verseNumber{17}small|strong="H6996" owls|strong="H3244", cormorants, large|strong="H1419" owls|strong="H3244", 
\verseNumber{18}white|strong="H8580" owls|strong="H6893", desert|strong="H6160" owls|strong="H6893", vultures|strong="H5404" that|strong="H0834" eat|strong="H0398" dead|strong="H4191" animals|strong="H0929", 
\verseNumber{19}storks, any|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H1121" heron|strong="H0601", hoopoes, and|strong="H3967" bats|strong="H5847". 
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\verseNumber{20}You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" detest|strong="H8262" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w*} flying|strong="H5775" insects|strong="H8318" that|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sometimes|strong="H3426"\+w*} walk|strong="H1980" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" [MTY]. 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H7272" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H1980" eat|strong="H0398" creatures|strong="H2416" with|strong="H1980" wings|strong="H5775" that|strong="H3605" sometimes|strong="H3426" walk|strong="H1980" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" if|strong="H0518" they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3605" jointed|strong="H7272" legs|strong="H3767" for|strong="H5921" hopping around|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{22}They|strong="H1992" include|strong="H5921" locusts|strong="H2284", crickets, and|strong="H1992" grasshoppers|strong="H2284". 
\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H1931" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" detest|strong="H8262" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7272"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w*} other|strong="H3605" insects|strong="H8318" with|strong="H3605" wings|strong="H5775" that|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" four|strong="H0702" legs|strong="H7272". 
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\verseNumber{24}‘There|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3117" certain|strong="H0259" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3605" touch|strong="H5060" their|strong="H3605" carcasses|strong="H5038" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5704" become|strong="H2930" defiled|strong="H2930". Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" touches|strong="H5060" their|strong="H3605" carcasses|strong="H5038" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H5704" touch|strong="H5060" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H6153" until|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3605" evening|strong="H6153". 
\verseNumber{25}Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" picks|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" carcasses|strong="H5038" must|strong="H5375" wash|strong="H3526" his|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H3605" not|strong="H5375" touch|strong="H5060" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H6153" until|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3605" evening|strong="H6153". 
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\verseNumber{26}‘The|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929" whose|strong="H3605" carcasses|strong="H5038" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H5927" touch|strong="H5060" are|strong="H1992" those|strong="H1992" that|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" hooves|strong="H6541" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1992" not|strong="H5927" completely|strong="H3605" divided|strong="H6536" or|strong="H0176" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H5927" chew|strong="H5927" their|strong="H3605" cuds. Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" touches|strong="H5060" the|strong="H3605" carcasses|strong="H5038" of|strong="H3605" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" those|strong="H1992" animals|strong="H0929" becomes|strong="H2930" ◄defiled|strong="H2930"/unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H5927" me|strong="H5060"►. 
\verseNumber{27}From|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" walk|strong="H1980" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776", you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H5704" touch|strong="H5060" the|strong="H3605" carcasses|strong="H5038" of|strong="H3709" those|strong="H1992" that|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" paws|strong="H3709" to|strong="H5704" walk|strong="H1980" on|strong="H5921". Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" touches|strong="H5060" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3709" their|strong="H3605" carcasses|strong="H5038" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H5704" touch|strong="H5060" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H6153" until|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3605" evening|strong="H6153". 
\verseNumber{28}Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H1992" picks|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" one|strong="H5375" of|strong="H5038" their|strong="H5375" carcasses|strong="H5038" must|strong="H5375" wash|strong="H3526" his|strong="H5375" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H5704" not|strong="H5375" touch|strong="H5060" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H6153" until|strong="H5704" that|strong="H5704" evening|strong="H6153", because|strong="H3588" touching|strong="H5060" their|strong="H5375" carcasses|strong="H5038" ◄defiles|strong="H2930" you|strong="H5704"/causes|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H2930" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H3526"►. 
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\verseNumber{29}‘From|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H8318" walk|strong="H1980" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H0776", these|strong="H2088" are|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" ones|strong="H2945" that|strong="H8318" ◄defile|strong="H2930" you|strong="H5921"/cause|strong="H2600" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" become|strong="H1961" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w touch|strong="H5060"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}: Moles|strong="H2663", rats, any|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H5921" lizard|strong="H6632", 
\verseNumber{30}geckos, skinks, and|strong="H3581" chameleons. 
\verseNumber{31}Those|strong="H3605" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" scurry across|strong="H5676" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" ◄defile|strong="H2930" you|strong="H3605"/cause|strong="H2600" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H2930" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H5060"►; anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" touches|strong="H5060" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" carcasses|strong="H5038" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H5704" touch|strong="H5060" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H6153" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" evening|strong="H6153". 
\verseNumber{32}When|strong="H5704" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3627" those|strong="H1992" creatures|strong="H2416" dies|strong="H4194" and|strong="H6086" falls|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" something|strong="H3605", the|strong="H3605" thing|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3605" it|strong="H5921" falls|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921", whatever|strong="H3605" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3605" used|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5704", will|strong="H4325" become|strong="H2930" ◄defiled|strong="H2930"/unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H5921"►, whether|strong="H0518" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3605" made|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3627" wood|strong="H6086" or|strong="H5704" cloth|strong="H0899" or|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" hide|strong="H5785" of|strong="H3627" some|strong="H1992" animal|strong="H0929" or|strong="H5704" from|strong="H5921" rough|strong="H8181" cloth|strong="H0899". You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" put|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325". Then|strong="H5307" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H6213" use|strong="H4399" it|strong="H5921" until|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3605" evening|strong="H6153". 
\verseNumber{33}If|strong="H0518" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3627" them|strong="H1992" falls|strong="H5307" into|strong="H8432" a|strong="H7665" clay|strong="H2789" pot|strong="H3627", everything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H8432" it|strong="H8432" becomes|strong="H2930" defiled|strong="H2930", and|strong="H5307" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" break|strong="H7665" that|strong="H3605" pot|strong="H3627" into|strong="H8432" pieces|strong="H7665". 
\verseNumber{34}If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3605" pour|strong="H8210" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605" pot|strong="H3627" on|strong="H5921" any|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899", you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H4325" eat|strong="H0398" that|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899". And|strong="H4325" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H4325" drink|strong="H8354" any|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605" pot|strong="H3627". 
\verseNumber{35}Anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" carcasses|strong="H5038" of|strong="H5921" those|strong="H1992" creatures|strong="H2416" falls|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" becomes|strong="H1961" ◄defiled|strong="H2930"/unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H5921"►; even|strong="H5921" if|strong="H1961" it|strong="H5921" falls|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" an|strong="H1961" oven|strong="H8574" or|strong="H0176" a|strong="H1961" cooking|strong="H5518" pot|strong="H5518", anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" it|strong="H5921" falls|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" broken|strong="H5422" into|strong="H5307" pieces|strong="H5409". It|strong="H5921" becomes|strong="H1961" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H5921" and|strong="H5307" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H1961" use|strong="H1961" it|strong="H5921" again|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{36}If|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1961" of|strong="H4325" their|strong="H1961" carcasses|strong="H5038" falls|strong="H5307" into|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" spring|strong="H4599" or|strong="H4599" a|strong="H1961" pit|strong="H0953" for|strong="H4325" storing water|strong="H4325", the|strong="H5060" water|strong="H4325" may|strong="H1961" still|strong="H5750" be|strong="H1961" drunk|strong="H8354", but|strong="H1961" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H2889" touches|strong="H5060" one|strong="H1961" of|strong="H4325" those|strong="H1961" carcasses|strong="H5038" becomes|strong="H1961" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H5060". 
\verseNumber{37}If|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H2233" those|strong="H3605" carcasses|strong="H5038" falls|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" seeds|strong="H2233" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H2233" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3588" planted|strong="H2232", those|strong="H3605" seeds|strong="H2233" are|strong="H2233" still|strong="H3588" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3588" planted|strong="H2232". 
\verseNumber{38}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" water|strong="H4325" has|strong="H3588" been|strong="H2233" put|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" seeds|strong="H2233" and|strong="H4325" then|strong="H5307" a|strong="H5414" carcass|strong="H5038" falls|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414", the|strong="H5921" seeds|strong="H2233" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H5414" thrown|strong="H7993" away|strong="H5307". 
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\verseNumber{39}‘If|strong="H3588" an|strong="H4480" animal|strong="H0929" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whose|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w meat|strong="H6153"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4480" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H5704" eat|strong="H0398" dies|strong="H4191", anyone|strong="H3588" who|strong="H1931" touches|strong="H5060" its|strong="H3588" carcass|strong="H5038" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3588" touch|strong="H5060" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H6153" until|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3588" evening|strong="H6153". 
\verseNumber{40}Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" eats|strong="H0398" some|strong="H4480" meat|strong="H6153" from|strong="H5704" that|strong="H5704" carcass|strong="H5038" must|strong="H5375" wash|strong="H3526" his|strong="H5375" clothes|strong="H0899", and|strong="H5704" then|strong="H5375" he|strong="H5704" must|strong="H5375" not|strong="H5375" touch|strong="H5060" anyone|strong="H3605" until|strong="H5704" that|strong="H5704" evening|strong="H6153". 
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\verseNumber{41-42}‘All|strong="H3605" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H0834" scurry across|strong="H5676" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776", including|strong="H5704" those|strong="H1992" that|strong="H0834" move|strong="H5472" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" bellies and|strong="H3967" those|strong="H1992" that|strong="H0834" crawl, are|strong="H3117" detestable|strong="H8251", and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H1992" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" eaten|strong="H0398". 
\verseNumber{43}Do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" ◄defile|strong="H2930" yourselves|strong="H5315"/cause|strong="H2600" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5315" become|strong="H2930" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H5315" me|strong="H5315"► by|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w eating|strong="H0398"\+w*} any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" creatures|strong="H5315" [DOU]. 
\verseNumber{44}I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" holy|strong="H6918", so|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H5315" consecrate|strong="H6942" yourselves|strong="H5315" and|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" holy|strong="H6918". You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H5315" avoid|strong="H6544" eating|strong="H0398" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" cause|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5315". Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" cause|strong="H1961" yourselves|strong="H5315" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5315" by|strong="H5921" eating|strong="H0398" creatures|strong="H5315" that|strong="H3588" scurry across|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{45}I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H6918" who|strong="H3068" freed|strong="H8199" you|strong="H3588" from|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w slaves|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w*} Egypt|strong="H4714", in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". Therefore|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" holy|strong="H6918", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" holy|strong="H6918". 
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\verseNumber{46}'Those are|strong="H4325" the|strong="H3605" regulations|strong="H4941" concerning|strong="H5921" animals|strong="H2416" and|strong="H4325" birds|strong="H5775", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" living|strong="H2416" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" live|strong="H2416" in|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" or|strong="H5775" scurry across|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{47}You|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" learn|strong="H3925" what|strong="H4100" things|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w*} are|strong="H3808" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3808" me|strong="H3808" and|strong="H2416" what|strong="H4100" things|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808", and|strong="H2416" learn|strong="H3925" what|strong="H4100" things|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3808" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" and|strong="H2416" what|strong="H4100" things|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398".’” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Purifying women after they give birth }
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\chapterNumber{12}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{2}“Tell|strong="H1696" this|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121": ‘f a|strong="H3588" woman|strong="H3205" gives|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1696" a|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121", she|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" avoided|strong="H1732" for|strong="H3588" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117", like|strong="H3478" she|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" avoided|strong="H1732" when|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3117" menstruating each|strong="H3117" month|strong="H2320". 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H3117" baby|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H3117" circumcised|strong="H4135" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" eighth|strong="H8066" day|strong="H3117" after|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117" born|strong="H3205". 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" woman|strong="H0802" must|strong="H1818" wait|strong="H3427" 33 days|strong="H3117" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3808" purified|strong="H2891" from|strong="H3117" her|strong="H3605" bleeding \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w during|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w childbirth|strong="H3205"\+w*}. She|strong="H5704" must|strong="H1818" not|strong="H3808" touch|strong="H5060" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3117" sacred|strong="H6944" or|strong="H3808" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" area|strong="H1508" until|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117" ended|strong="H4390". 
\verseNumber{5}If|strong="H0518" a|strong="H3205" woman|strong="H5347" gives|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3205" daughter|strong="H1323", she|strong="H5921" must|strong="H1818" be|strong="H3117" avoided|strong="H1732" for|strong="H5921" two|strong="H3427" weeks|strong="H7620", like|strong="H5921" she|strong="H5921" must|strong="H1818" be|strong="H3117" avoided|strong="H1732" when|strong="H3117" she|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3117" menstruating each|strong="H3117" month|strong="H2320". Then|strong="H3117" she|strong="H5921" must|strong="H1818" wait|strong="H3427" 66 days|strong="H3117" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3117" purified|strong="H2891" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" bleeding that|strong="H3117" occurred|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w baby|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w born|strong="H3205"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{6}‘Then|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3117" her|strong="H4390" to|strong="H3117" be|strong="H1121" purified|strong="H2891" is|strong="H3117" ended|strong="H4390", that|strong="H3117" woman|strong="H1323" must|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H1323" to|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" priest|strong="H3548" at|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3117" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" a|strong="H3117" one-year-old lamb|strong="H3532" to|strong="H3117" be|strong="H1121" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3117" dove|strong="H3123" or|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3117" young|strong="H1121" pigeon|strong="H3123" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\+w*} to|strong="H3117" enable|strong="H7980" her|strong="H4390" to|strong="H3117" become|strong="H4390" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" again|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H6440" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H7126" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3068" she|strong="H2063" may|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" forgiven|strong="H3722" for|strong="H5921" any|strong="H6440" sins|strong="H2403" she|strong="H2063" has|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H7126" she|strong="H2063" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" purified|strong="H2891" from|strong="H6440" her|strong="H5921" loss|strong="H2398" of|strong="H3068" blood|strong="H1818" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w baby|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w born|strong="H3205"\+w*}. 
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‘Those|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" regulations|strong="H4941" for|strong="H5921" women|strong="H5347" who|strong="H3068" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H3205" or|strong="H2145" daughter|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{8}If|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H3548" gives|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" child|strong="H1121" cannot|strong="H3808" afford|strong="H3027" a|strong="H3947" lamb|strong="H7716", she|strong="H5921" must|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H3947" two|strong="H8147" doves|strong="H3123" or|strong="H3808" two|strong="H8147" young|strong="H1121" pigeons|strong="H3123". One|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3808" burned|strong="H8313" completely|strong="H3617" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3808" an|strong="H3947" offering|strong="H5930" to|strong="H5921" enable|strong="H7980" her|strong="H3947" to|strong="H5921" become|strong="H2891" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3808" again|strong="H3947". By|strong="H3027" doing|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3548", the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H1121" cause|strong="H2600" that|strong="H3548" she|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3808" forgiven|strong="H3722" for|strong="H5921" any|strong="H3947" sins|strong="H2403" she|strong="H5921" has|strong="H3027" committed|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H5921" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1121" need|strong="H1767" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3808" avoided|strong="H1732".’” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Regulations concerning contagious skin diseases }
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\chapterNumber{13}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" this|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696": 
\verseNumber{2}“When|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H0376" has|strong="H1961" on|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" skin|strong="H5785" a|strong="H1961" swelling|strong="H7613" or|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" rash|strong="H4008" or|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" shiny|strong="H6668"/bright|strong="H1320" spot|strong="H0934" that|strong="H3588" may|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" ◄contagious/a|strong="H1961" dreaded|strong="H1481" skin|strong="H5785" disease|strong="H6883"►, he|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" brought|strong="H3548" to|strong="H1961" Aaron|strong="H0175" or|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3548" are|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1121" priests|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H4191" examine|strong="H0974" that|strong="H7200" part|strong="H1931" of|strong="H5061" the|strong="H7200" person’s|strong="H3820" skin|strong="H5785". If|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" hair|strong="H8181" in|strong="H1320" that|strong="H7200" area|strong="H1508" has|strong="H5061" become|strong="H2930" white|strong="H3836" and|strong="H3548" it|strong="H1931" appears|strong="H4758" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" sore|strong="H5061" is|strong="H1931" deeper|strong="H6013" than|strong="H6013" just|strong="H3512" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" skin|strong="H5785", it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H7200" contagious skin|strong="H5785" disease|strong="H6883". When|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" sees|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200", he|strong="H1931" must|strong="H4191" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" person|strong="H7200" must|strong="H4191" stay|strong="H3427" away|strong="H3548" from|strong="H7200" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H1320" [MTY]. 
\verseNumber{4}If|strong="H1931" the|strong="H4480" spot|strong="H0934" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H4480" person’s|strong="H3820" skin|strong="H5785" is|strong="H1931" white|strong="H3836" but|strong="H3808" it|strong="H1931" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" appear|strong="H4758" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H4480" sore|strong="H5061" is|strong="H1931" deeper|strong="H6013" than|strong="H4480" just|strong="H3512" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H4480" skin|strong="H5785", the|strong="H4480" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H1931" to|strong="H3117" stay|strong="H3427" away|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H1320" for|strong="H3117" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H2009" the|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H3808" examine|strong="H0974" the|strong="H7200" person|strong="H7200" again|strong="H8145". If|strong="H2009" the|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" sees|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" sore|strong="H5061" has|strong="H5061" not|strong="H3808" changed|strong="H5975" and|strong="H3117" has|strong="H5061" not|strong="H3808" spread|strong="H6581", he|strong="H3117" must|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" person|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3117" stay|strong="H5975" away|strong="H3548" from|strong="H3117" people|strong="H3808" for|strong="H3117" seven|strong="H7651" more|strong="H8145" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H2009" the|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H3808" examine|strong="H0974" him|strong="H7200" again|strong="H8145". If|strong="H2009" the|strong="H7200" sore|strong="H5061" has|strong="H5061" faded|strong="H3544" and|strong="H3117" has|strong="H5061" not|strong="H3808" spread|strong="H6581", the|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" him|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3808" with|strong="H3117" other|strong="H8145" people|strong="H3808" again|strong="H8145"; it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" only|strong="H0389" a|strong="H7200" rash|strong="H4008". After|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" person|strong="H7200" washes|strong="H3526" his|strong="H3526" clothes|strong="H0899", he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3808" with|strong="H3117" other|strong="H8145" people|strong="H3808" again|strong="H8145". 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H7200" if|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" sore|strong="H3966" spreads|strong="H6581" after|strong="H8145" the|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" has|strong="H3548" examined|strong="H7200" him|strong="H7200", he|strong="H7200" must|strong="H4191" go|strong="H3548" to|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" again|strong="H8145". 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H1931" examine|strong="H0974" him|strong="H7200"; and|strong="H3548" if|strong="H2009" the|strong="H7200" sore|strong="H3966" has|strong="H2009" spread|strong="H6581" to|strong="H7200" more|strong="H7200" of|strong="H3548" the|strong="H7200" skin|strong="H5785", it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H7200" contagious skin|strong="H5785" disease|strong="H6883", and|strong="H3548" the|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H1931" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H1931" must|strong="H4191" stay|strong="H3427" away|strong="H3548" from|strong="H7200" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H1931". 
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\verseNumber{9}When|strong="H3588" anyone|strong="H3588" has|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" contagious skin|strong="H5785" disease|strong="H6883", he|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" brought|strong="H3548" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" priest|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H4191" examine|strong="H0974" him|strong="H7200". And|strong="H3548" if|strong="H2009" there|strong="H2009" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H7200" white|strong="H3836" swelling|strong="H7613" in|strong="H1320" the|strong="H7200" skin|strong="H5785" that|strong="H7200" has|strong="H2009" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H7200" hair|strong="H8181" in|strong="H1320" that|strong="H7200" swelling|strong="H7613" to|strong="H7200" become|strong="H2015" white|strong="H3836", and|strong="H3548" if|strong="H2009" the|strong="H7200" flesh|strong="H1320" in|strong="H1320" that|strong="H7200" area|strong="H1508" is|strong="H1931" painful|strong="H4834"/sensitive, 
\verseNumber{11}it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H3588" permanent|strong="H5769" skin|strong="H5785" disease|strong="H6883", and|strong="H3548" the|strong="H3588" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H1320" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" must|strong="H3808" stay|strong="H3427" away|strong="H3548" from|strong="H5785" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H1320". The|strong="H3588" priest|strong="H3548" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H1320" tell|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" person|strong="H1320" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" must|strong="H3808" avoid|strong="H6544" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H1320", because|strong="H3588" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H1320" already|strong="H3528" are|strong="H3548" wanting|strong="H6485" to|strong="H1320" stay|strong="H3427" away|strong="H3548" from|strong="H5785" him|strong="H2930". 
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\verseNumber{12}‘If|strong="H0518" the|strong="H3605" disease|strong="H6883" spreads|strong="H6581" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H7218" someone’s|strong="H0376" body|strong="H5785", and|strong="H3548" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" examines|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3605" person|strong="H5869" and|strong="H3548" sees|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3605" it|strong="H3680" is|strong="H3605" covering|strong="H3680" his|strong="H3605" skin|strong="H5785" from|strong="H5704" his|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218" to|strong="H5704" his|strong="H3605" feet|strong="H7272", 
\verseNumber{13}and|strong="H3548" it|strong="H1931" has|strong="H5061" caused|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" skin|strong="H1320" to|strong="H7200" become|strong="H2015" white|strong="H3836" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1320"\+w* indicate \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w disease|strong="H6883"\+w* \+w has|strong="H5061"\+w* \+w ended|strong="H1961"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H1320" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" person|strong="H7200" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H7200" have|strong="H3548" to|strong="H7200" stay|strong="H3427" away|strong="H3605" from|strong="H7200" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1320". 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H7200" if|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" person|strong="H7200" has|strong="H3117" open|strong="H6605" sores|strong="H0076" and|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" very|strong="H3966" painful|strong="H4834"/sensitive, he|strong="H3117" has|strong="H3117" a|strong="H7200" contagious skin|strong="H1320" disease|strong="H2483", 
\verseNumber{15}and|strong="H3548" when|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" sees|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200", he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1320" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" person|strong="H7200" must|strong="H4191" stay|strong="H3427" away|strong="H3548" from|strong="H2416" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H1320". 
\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" person’s|strong="H3820" flesh|strong="H1320" changes|strong="H2015" and|strong="H7725" becomes|strong="H3588" white|strong="H3836", he|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" go|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3588" priest|strong="H3548" again|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H4191" examine|strong="H0974" him|strong="H7200" again|strong="H2015"; and|strong="H3548" if|strong="H2009" the|strong="H7200" sores|strong="H0076" have|strong="H7200" become|strong="H2015" white|strong="H3836", the|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H1931" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" person|strong="H7200" who|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3548" been|strong="H1961" infected|strong="H2470" is|strong="H1931" now|strong="H2009" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H7200" be|strong="H5061" with|strong="H3548" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H1931" again|strong="H2015". 
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\verseNumber{18}‘Then|strong="H1961" someone|strong="H0376" has|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" boil|strong="H7822" on|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" skin|strong="H5785" and|strong="H1320" it|strong="H3588" has|strong="H1961" healed|strong="H7495", 
\verseNumber{19}but|strong="H1961" in|strong="H4725" the|strong="H7200" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H4725" the|strong="H7200" boil|strong="H7822" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" white|strong="H3836" swelling|strong="H7613" or|strong="H7200" a|strong="H1961" bright|strong="H3836"/shiny|strong="H6668" spot|strong="H0934" appears|strong="H7200", he|strong="H7200" must|strong="H4191" go|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H4191" examine|strong="H0974" it|strong="H1931". And|strong="H3548" if|strong="H2009" it|strong="H1931" seems|strong="H3190" to|strong="H7200" be|strong="H5061" deeper|strong="H8217" than|strong="H4480" just|strong="H3512" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" skin|strong="H5785", and|strong="H3548" if|strong="H2009" the|strong="H7200" hair|strong="H8181" in|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" spot|strong="H0934" has|strong="H5061" become|strong="H2930" white|strong="H3836", it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H7200" contagious skin|strong="H5785" disease|strong="H6883" that|strong="H7200" has|strong="H5061" appeared|strong="H7200" where|strong="H4480" the|strong="H7200" boil|strong="H7822" had|strong="H3548" been|strong="H2930". And|strong="H3548" the|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H1931" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" person|strong="H7200" must|strong="H4191" stay|strong="H3427" away|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H1931". 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H7200" when|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" examines|strong="H7200" it|strong="H1931", if|strong="H2009" there|strong="H2009" is|strong="H1931" no|strong="H4480" white|strong="H3836" hair|strong="H8181" in|strong="H3117" that|strong="H7200" spot|strong="H0934" and|strong="H3117" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" only|strong="H0389" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" surface|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" skin|strong="H5785" and|strong="H3117" has|strong="H3117" become|strong="H7200" less|strong="H0637" bright|strong="H3836"/shiny|strong="H6668", then|strong="H2009" the|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H1931" order|strong="H4616" him|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3117" stay|strong="H3427" away|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H1931" for|strong="H3117" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H1931" if|strong="H1931" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" spreading|strong="H6566", it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" contagious and|strong="H3548" the|strong="H3548" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H1931" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3548" person|strong="H5315" must|strong="H4191" stay|strong="H3427" away|strong="H3548" from|strong="H5785" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H1931". 
\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H3808" if|strong="H1931" that|strong="H1931" spot|strong="H8478" is|strong="H1931" unchanged and|strong="H3548" has|strong="H3548" not|strong="H3808" spread|strong="H6581", it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" only|strong="H0389" a|strong="H5975" scar|strong="H6867" from|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" boil|strong="H7822", and|strong="H3548" the|strong="H8478" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3808" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H1931" the|strong="H8478" person|strong="H5315" is|strong="H1931" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H5975" be|strong="H3808" with|strong="H3548" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H3808" again|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{24}‘Then|strong="H1961" someone|strong="H0376" has|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" burn|strong="H4348" on|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" skin|strong="H5785" and|strong="H1320" a|strong="H1961" bright|strong="H3836"/shiny|strong="H6668" or|strong="H1320" white|strong="H3836" spot|strong="H0934" appears|strong="H1961", and|strong="H1320" the|strong="H3588" flesh|strong="H1320" in|strong="H1320" that|strong="H3588" area|strong="H1508" is|strong="H1320" sensitive/painful|strong="H4834", 
\verseNumber{25}the|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H4191" examine|strong="H0974" the|strong="H7200" spot|strong="H0934". If|strong="H2009" the|strong="H7200" hair|strong="H8181" in|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" spot|strong="H0934" has|strong="H5061" turned|strong="H2015" white|strong="H3836" and|strong="H3548" it|strong="H1931" seems|strong="H3190" to|strong="H7200" be|strong="H5061" deeper|strong="H6013" than|strong="H4480" just|strong="H3512" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" surface|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H7200" skin|strong="H5785", it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H7200" contagious skin|strong="H5785" disease|strong="H6883" that|strong="H7200" has|strong="H5061" appeared|strong="H7200" where|strong="H4480" the|strong="H7200" burn|strong="H4348" was|strong="H1931", and|strong="H3548" that|strong="H7200" person|strong="H7200" must|strong="H4191" stay|strong="H3427" away|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H1931". 
\verseNumber{26}But|strong="H7200" when|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" examines|strong="H7200" it|strong="H1931" and|strong="H3117" sees|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" there|strong="H2009" is|strong="H1931" no|strong="H4480" white|strong="H3836" hair|strong="H8181" in|strong="H3117" that|strong="H7200" spot|strong="H0934" and|strong="H3117" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" only|strong="H0389" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" surface|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" skin|strong="H5785", and|strong="H3117" has|strong="H3117" faded|strong="H3544", the|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H1931" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" person|strong="H7200" must|strong="H4191" stay|strong="H3427" away|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" people|strong="H1931" for|strong="H3117" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{27}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117", the|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H1931" examine|strong="H0974" him|strong="H7200" again|strong="H7725". If|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" sore|strong="H5061" is|strong="H1931" spreading|strong="H6566", it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H7200" contagious skin|strong="H5785" disease|strong="H6883", and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H1931" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" person|strong="H7200" must|strong="H4191" stay|strong="H3427" away|strong="H3548" from|strong="H3117" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H1931". 
\verseNumber{28}However|strong="H6581", if|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" spot|strong="H8478" is|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3808" changed|strong="H5975" and|strong="H3548" has|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" spread|strong="H6581" but|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3588" faded|strong="H3544", it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" only|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" scar|strong="H6867" from|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3588" burn|strong="H4348", and|strong="H3548" the|strong="H3588" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3808" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" person|strong="H5315" is|strong="H1931" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H5975" be|strong="H3808" with|strong="H3548" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H3808" again|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{29}‘If|strong="H3588" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H7218" or|strong="H7218" a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H0802" has|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" sore|strong="H5061" on|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" head|strong="H7218" or|strong="H7218" on|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" chin, 
\verseNumber{30}the|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H4191" examine|strong="H0974" it|strong="H1931". If|strong="H2009" it|strong="H1931" appears|strong="H4758" to|strong="H7200" be|strong="H5061" deeper|strong="H6013" than|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w just|strong="H3512"\+w* \+w on|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w surface|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7218"\+w*} the|strong="H7200" skin|strong="H5785", and|strong="H3548" the|strong="H7200" hair|strong="H8181" in|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" spot|strong="H0934" has|strong="H5061" thinned out|strong="H4480" and|strong="H3548" has|strong="H5061" become|strong="H2930" yellowish|strong="H6669", it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H7200" contagious skin|strong="H5785" disease|strong="H6883" that|strong="H7200" causes|strong="H5414" itching. And|strong="H3548" the|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H1931" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" person|strong="H7200" must|strong="H4191" stay|strong="H3427" away|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H1931". 
\verseNumber{31}But|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" examines|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H3117" sore|strong="H5061", if|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" seems|strong="H3190" to|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3117" only|strong="H3588" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" surface|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" skin|strong="H5785" and|strong="H3117" there|strong="H2009" is|strong="H3117" no|strong="H4480" healthy|strong="H1277" hair|strong="H8181" in|strong="H3117" it|strong="H3588", the|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3117" tell|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" person|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3117" stay|strong="H3427" away|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H7200" for|strong="H3588" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{32}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117", the|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H1961" examine|strong="H0974" the|strong="H7200" sore|strong="H5061" again|strong="H1961". If|strong="H2009" it|strong="H7200" has|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" spread|strong="H6581" and|strong="H3117" if|strong="H2009" there|strong="H2009" is|strong="H3117" no|strong="H3808" yellow|strong="H6669" hair|strong="H8181" in|strong="H3117" that|strong="H7200" spot|strong="H0934" and|strong="H3117" if|strong="H2009" it|strong="H7200" appears|strong="H4758" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" only|strong="H0389" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" surface|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" skin|strong="H5785", 
\verseNumber{33}the|strong="H3117" person|strong="H5315" must|strong="H3808" shave|strong="H1548" the|strong="H3117" hair|strong="H8181" near|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3117" sore|strong="H3966" but|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3117" hair|strong="H8181" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" sore|strong="H3966". And|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5462" to|strong="H3117" stay|strong="H3427" away|strong="H3548" from|strong="H3117" other|strong="H8145" people|strong="H3808" for|strong="H3117" seven|strong="H7651" more|strong="H8145" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{34}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117", the|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3808" examine|strong="H0974" that|strong="H7200" spot|strong="H0934" again|strong="H7725". If|strong="H2009" it|strong="H7200" has|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" spread|strong="H6581" and|strong="H3117" it|strong="H7200" appears|strong="H4758" to|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3808" only|strong="H0389" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" surface|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" skin|strong="H5785", the|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3808" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" person|strong="H7200" is|strong="H3117" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3808" with|strong="H3117" people|strong="H3808" again|strong="H7725". The|strong="H7200" person|strong="H7200" must|strong="H3808" wash|strong="H3526" his|strong="H3526" clothes|strong="H0899", and|strong="H3117" then|strong="H2009" he|strong="H3117" can|strong="H7200" be|strong="H3808" with|strong="H3117" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{35}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" the|strong="H3605" sore|strong="H3966" later|strong="H0310" spreads|strong="H6581", 
\verseNumber{36}the|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H3808" examine|strong="H1239" him|strong="H7200" again|strong="H7725". If|strong="H2009" the|strong="H7200" itch|strong="H2775"/sore|strong="H3966" has|strong="H2009" spread|strong="H6581", the|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H7200" look|strong="H7200" for|strong="H3808" yellow|strong="H6669" hair|strong="H8181", because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" clear|strong="H5352" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" person|strong="H7200" has|strong="H2009" a|strong="H7200" contagious skin|strong="H5785" disease|strong="H2483". 
\verseNumber{37}However|strong="H0389", if|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5975" priest|strong="H3548" thinks|strong="H8176" that|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5975" spot|strong="H0934" has|strong="H5869" not|strong="H5975" changed|strong="H5975", and|strong="H3548" healthy|strong="H1277" hair|strong="H8181" is|strong="H1931" growing|strong="H6779" in|strong="H5975" that|strong="H1931" area|strong="H1508", it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" clear|strong="H5352" that|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5975" itch|strong="H2775" has|strong="H5869" healed|strong="H7495", and|strong="H3548" the|strong="H5975" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H5869" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5975" person|strong="H5869" is|strong="H1931" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H5869" be|strong="H5869" with|strong="H3548" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H1931" again|strong="H6779". 
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\verseNumber{38}‘Then|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H1320" or|strong="H1320" a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H0802" has|strong="H1961" white|strong="H3836" spots|strong="H0934" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" skin|strong="H5785", 
\verseNumber{39}the|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" should|strong="H3548" examine|strong="H0974" them|strong="H7200". But|strong="H7200" if|strong="H2009" the|strong="H7200" spots|strong="H0934" are|strong="H3548" dull|strong="H3513" white|strong="H3836", it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" only|strong="H0389" a|strong="H7200" rash|strong="H4008", and|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w declare|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w*} the|strong="H7200" person|strong="H7200" is|strong="H1931" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H7200" be|strong="H1320" with|strong="H3548" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H1320". 
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\verseNumber{40-41}‘If|strong="H0518" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" loses|strong="H0582" the|strong="H3605" hair|strong="H8181" on|strong="H5921" any|strong="H3605" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218", he|strong="H0834" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H0413" stay|strong="H3427" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H4480" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{42}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" gets|strong="H8610" a|strong="H1961" bright|strong="H3836"/shiny|strong="H6668" sore|strong="H5061" on|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" bald|strong="H1372" head|strong="H7146" or|strong="H5061" on|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" forehead|strong="H1372", he|strong="H1931" has|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" contagious skin|strong="H5785" disease|strong="H6883". 
\verseNumber{43}The|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H4191" examine|strong="H0974" him|strong="H7200". If|strong="H2009" the|strong="H7200" swollen sore|strong="H5061" is|strong="H2009" a|strong="H7200" bright|strong="H3836" spot|strong="H0934" like|strong="H4758" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w spot|strong="H0934"\+w* \+w on|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w has|strong="H5061"\+w*} a|strong="H7200" contagious skin|strong="H5785" disease|strong="H6883", 
\verseNumber{44}the|strong="H3548" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H1931" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3548" man|strong="H7218" has|strong="H5061" a|strong="H1931" contagious skin|strong="H5785" disease|strong="H2483" and|strong="H3548" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H5061" with|strong="H3548" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H1931". 
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\verseNumber{45}‘Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H7121" has|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" contagious skin|strong="H5785" disease|strong="H2483" must|strong="H4191" wear|strong="H1961" torn|strong="H6533" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H7218" not|strong="H1961" comb|strong="H5317" his|strong="H7121" hair|strong="H7218". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w near|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w other|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}, he|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" cover|strong="H5844" the|strong="H5921" lower|strong="H8481" part|strong="H7218" to|strong="H1961" his|strong="H7121" face|strong="H6440" and|strong="H7218" call|strong="H7121" out|strong="H5921", “o|strong="H3069" not|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961" near|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921"! I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" contagious skin|strong="H5785" disease|strong="H2483"!” 
\verseNumber{46}He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3808" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3117" with|strong="H3427" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" as|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" has|strong="H5061" the|strong="H3605" disease|strong="H2483". He|strong="H1931" must|strong="H2351" live|strong="H3427" alone|strong="H1931", outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264".’” 

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\verseNumber{47-48}“Sometimes|strong="H3426" a|strong="H1961" person’s|strong="H3820" clothing|strong="H3830" gets|strong="H8610" mildew|strong="H3420" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5414". It|strong="H5414" may|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" clothing|strong="H3830" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0369" woven|strong="H2805" from|strong="H4480" wool|strong="H6785" or|strong="H0176" made|strong="H6213" from|strong="H4480" linen|strong="H8336" or|strong="H0176" from|strong="H4480" leather|strong="H5785". 
\verseNumber{49}If|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" contaminated/mildewed part|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" greenish|strong="H3422" or|strong="H7200" reddish|strong="H0125", it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H1961" spreading|strong="H6566" mildew|strong="H3420", and|strong="H3548" it|strong="H1931" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" shown|strong="H7200" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{50}The|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3117" examine|strong="H0974" it|strong="H7200", and|strong="H3117" then|strong="H7200" put|strong="H5414" it|strong="H7200" in|strong="H3117" a|strong="H7200" separate|strong="H0914" place|strong="H4725" by|strong="H3117" itself|strong="H0905" for|strong="H3117" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{51}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" must|strong="H4191" examine|strong="H0974" it|strong="H1931" again|strong="H7725". If|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" mildew|strong="H3420" has|strong="H5061" spread|strong="H6581", it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" clear|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H6213" type of|strong="H3117" mildew|strong="H3420" that|strong="H3588" destroys|strong="H7843" clothing|strong="H3830", and|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" clothing|strong="H3830" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3117" worn|strong="H1086" again|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{52}The|strong="H3605" owner|strong="H1167" must|strong="H4191" burn|strong="H8313" completely|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" item that|strong="H3588" has|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" mildew|strong="H3420" in|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1931", whatever|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H3627" item it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931". 
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\verseNumber{53}But|strong="H3808" when|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" examines|strong="H7200" it|strong="H7200", if|strong="H2009" the|strong="H3605" mildew|strong="H3420" has|strong="H5061" not|strong="H3808" spread|strong="H6581", 
\verseNumber{54}he|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3117" person|strong="H5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w owns|strong="H3426"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3117"\+w*} to|strong="H3117" wash|strong="H3526" it|strong="H3117". Then|strong="H6680" he|strong="H3117" must|strong="H4191" put|strong="H6680" it|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3117" separate|strong="H0914" place|strong="H4725" for|strong="H3117" another|strong="H8145" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{55}Then|strong="H2009" the|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H5869" examine|strong="H0974" it|strong="H1931" again|strong="H2015". If|strong="H2009" the|strong="H7200" color|strong="H1935" of|strong="H5869" the|strong="H7200" mildew|strong="H3420" has|strong="H5061" not|strong="H3808" changed|strong="H2015", even|strong="H3808" though|strong="H1931" it|strong="H1931" has|strong="H5061" not|strong="H3808" spread|strong="H6581", that|strong="H7200" item must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" worn|strong="H1086" again|strong="H2015". It|strong="H1931" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" matter|strong="H1697" if|strong="H2009" the|strong="H7200" mildew|strong="H3420" is|strong="H1931" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" inside|strong="H8432" of|strong="H5869" the|strong="H7200" clothing|strong="H3830" or|strong="H3808" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" outside|strong="H2351"; it|strong="H1931" must|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" burned|strong="H8313". 
\verseNumber{56}But|strong="H7200" when|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" examines|strong="H7200" it|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w has|strong="H5061"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w washed|strong="H3526"\+w*}, if|strong="H2009" the|strong="H7200" mildew|strong="H3420" has|strong="H5061" faded|strong="H3544", he|strong="H4480" must|strong="H4191" tear|strong="H7167" out|strong="H4480" that|strong="H7200" part|strong="H4480" that|strong="H7200" had|strong="H3548" the|strong="H7200" mildew|strong="H3420" in|strong="H7200" it|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{57}But|strong="H7200" if|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" mildew|strong="H3420" reappears in|strong="H5750" that|strong="H7200" item, it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" clear|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" spreading|strong="H6524", and|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" item must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H5750" burned|strong="H8313". 
\verseNumber{58}But|strong="H1992" after|strong="H8145" the|strong="H3605" clothing|strong="H3627" is|strong="H3605" washed|strong="H3526" and|strong="H3627" the|strong="H3605" mildew|strong="H3420" disappears|strong="H5493", it|strong="H3627" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H5061" washed|strong="H3526" again|strong="H8145", and|strong="H3627" then|strong="H3605" it|strong="H3627" can|strong="H4310" be|strong="H5061" worn|strong="H1086" again|strong="H8145". 
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\verseNumber{59}Those|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3627" the|strong="H3605" regulations|strong="H4941" concerning|strong="H3605" mildew|strong="H3420" on|strong="H3627" things|strong="H3605" made|strong="H2930" of|strong="H3627" wool|strong="H6785" or|strong="H5061" linen|strong="H6593" or|strong="H5061" leather|strong="H5785", for|strong="H3627" deciding whether|strong="H0518" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" can|strong="H4310" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3627" be|strong="H5061" worn|strong="H1086" or|strong="H5061" not|strong="H3808".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Rituals for those healed of contagious skin diseases }
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\chapterNumber{14}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{2}“These|strong="H2063" are|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" regulations|strong="H4941" for|strong="H3117" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3548" has|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" healed|strong="H7495" of|strong="H3117" a|strong="H1961" contagious skin|strong="H5785" disease|strong="H2483". 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H7200" person|strong="H7200" must|strong="H2351" be|strong="H5061" brought|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" a|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548". The|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3318" him|strong="H7200" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H7200" camp|strong="H4264" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w where|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w person|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w has|strong="H5061"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w staying|strong="H3427"\+w*}, and|strong="H3548" examine|strong="H0974" him|strong="H7200". If|strong="H2009" the|strong="H7200" skin|strong="H5785" disease|strong="H6883" has|strong="H5061" been|strong="H1961" healed|strong="H7495", 
\verseNumber{4}the|strong="H3947" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H8147" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3548" someone|strong="H0376" must|strong="H3947" bring|strong="H3947" two|strong="H8147" living|strong="H2416" birds|strong="H6833" that|strong="H3548" are|strong="H3548" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H6680" Yahweh|strong="H3068", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H3548" some|strong="H4480" cedar|strong="H0730" wood|strong="H6086", some|strong="H4480" scarlet|strong="H8144"/red|strong="H8144" yarn|strong="H8144", and|strong="H6086" some|strong="H4480" sprigs|strong="H2150" of|strong="H6086" ◄hyssop|strong="H0231"/a|strong="H3947" very|strong="H3966" leafy|strong="H5687" plant|strong="H5193"►. 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H6680" the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H4325" command|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3548" one|strong="H2416" of|strong="H3627" the|strong="H5921" birds|strong="H6833" be|strong="H3548" killed|strong="H7819" while|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w being|strong="H3627"\+w* \+w held|strong="H2388"\+w*} over|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" clay|strong="H2789" pot|strong="H3627" containing|strong="H8033" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" spring|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H4325" dip|strong="H2881" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" bird|strong="H6833", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" cedar|strong="H0730" wood|strong="H6086", the|strong="H5921" scarlet|strong="H8144"/red|strong="H8144" yarn|strong="H8144" and|strong="H6086" the|strong="H5921" hyssop|strong="H0231", into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H4325" the|strong="H5921" bird|strong="H6833" that|strong="H4325" was|strong="H4325" killed|strong="H7819". 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H7971" he|strong="H4480" must|strong="H4191" sprinkle|strong="H5137" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" blood|strong="H1818" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" person|strong="H6440" who|strong="H2416" was|strong="H6440" healed|strong="H7495"; he|strong="H4480" must|strong="H4191" sprinkle|strong="H5137" it|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H6440" seven|strong="H7651" times|strong="H6471". Then|strong="H7971" he|strong="H4480" will|strong="H7704" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6440" person|strong="H6440" is|strong="H6440" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H7971" be|strong="H6440" with|strong="H5921" other|strong="H6471" people|strong="H5971" again|strong="H7971". And|strong="H7971" the|strong="H6440" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H7704" release|strong="H7971" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H6471" bird|strong="H6833" and|strong="H7971" allow|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7971" fly|strong="H5774" away|strong="H7971". 
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\verseNumber{8}“Then|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3117" healed|strong="H7495" must|strong="H2351" wash|strong="H3526" his|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899", shave|strong="H1548" off|strong="H1548" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" hair|strong="H8181", and|strong="H3117" bathe|strong="H7364". Then|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3117" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264", but|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3117" must|strong="H2351" stay|strong="H3427" outside|strong="H2351" his|strong="H3605" tent|strong="H0168" for|strong="H3427" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{9}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117", he|strong="H3117" must|strong="H4191" again|strong="H1961" shave|strong="H1548" off|strong="H1548" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" hair|strong="H8181", including|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" beard|strong="H2206" and|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3605" eyebrows|strong="H5869". Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" must|strong="H4191" again|strong="H1961" wash|strong="H3526" his|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H3117" bathe|strong="H7364", and|strong="H3117" then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H3117" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1320" again|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{10}“The|strong="H3947" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" person|strong="H5315" must|strong="H3947" bring|strong="H3947" two|strong="H8147" male|strong="H3532" lambs|strong="H3532" and|strong="H3117" one|strong="H3532" female|strong="H1323" lamb|strong="H3532" that|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117" one|strong="H3532" year|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1323", all|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" them|strong="H3947" with|strong="H1101" no|strong="H3947" defects. He|strong="H3117" must|strong="H3947" also|strong="H3117" bring|strong="H3947" six|strong="H7969" quarts/liters of|strong="H3117" fine|strong="H5560" flour|strong="H5560", mixed|strong="H1101" with|strong="H1101" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081", to|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3117" an|strong="H3947" offering|strong="H4503", and|strong="H3117" ◄0.6 pint/0.3 liter► of|strong="H3117" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H6440" priest|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3068" declares|strong="H5002" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" person’s|strong="H3820" skin|strong="H5785" disease|strong="H2483" is|strong="H3068" ended|strong="H1961" must|strong="H4191" bring|strong="H0935" that|strong="H3068" person|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H3068", to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440", Yahweh|strong="H3068", at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
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\verseNumber{12}“Then|strong="H3947" the|strong="H6440" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H3947" take|strong="H3947" one|strong="H3532" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" male|strong="H3532" lambs|strong="H3532" and|strong="H3068" lift|strong="H3068" it|strong="H7126" up|strong="H5130", along|strong="H6440" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081", in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440", to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3947" guilt|strong="H0817" offering|strong="H8573"—\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w an|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w offering|strong="H8573"\+w* \+w for|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w being|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w guilty|strong="H0816"\+w* \+w for|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w giving|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w things|strong="H8081"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w required|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w give|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6440"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H4191" slaughter|strong="H7819" the|strong="H3588" lamb|strong="H3532" in|strong="H4725" the|strong="H3588" sacred|strong="H6944" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H4725" the|strong="H3588" other|strong="H0312" sacrifices|strong="H5930" are|strong="H3548" offered|strong="H5927". Like|strong="H2403" the|strong="H3588" offering|strong="H5930" to|strong="H4725" enable|strong="H7980" people|strong="H1931" to|strong="H4725" be|strong="H3548" forgiven|strong="H5545", this|strong="H1931" guilt|strong="H0817" offering|strong="H5930" is|strong="H1931" holy|strong="H6944", and|strong="H3548" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4725" the|strong="H3588" priest|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H3947" take|strong="H3947" some|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3548" animal|strong="H0929" and|strong="H3027" pour|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" lobe|strong="H8571"/tip|strong="H8571" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3233" ear|strong="H0241" and|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" thumb|strong="H0931" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3233" hand|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" big|strong="H0931" toe|strong="H0931" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3233" foot|strong="H7272" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H3027" who|strong="H3548" has|strong="H3027" been|strong="H1961" healed|strong="H7495" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" skin|strong="H5785" disease|strong="H2483". 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H3947" take|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3709" the|strong="H5921" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081" and|strong="H3548" pour|strong="H3332" it|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" palm|strong="H3709" of|strong="H3709" his|strong="H3947" own|strong="H3548" left|strong="H8042" hand|strong="H3709". 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" must|strong="H4191" dip|strong="H2881" the|strong="H6440" forefinger|strong="H0676" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3233" hand|strong="H3709" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" oil|strong="H8081" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3068" palm|strong="H3709", and|strong="H3068" sprinkle|strong="H5137" it|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440" seven|strong="H7651" times|strong="H6471". 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H5414" he|strong="H5414" must|strong="H1818" put|strong="H5414" some|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" oil|strong="H8081" that|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3027" still|strong="H5750" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" palm|strong="H3709" of|strong="H3027" his|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" lobe|strong="H8571"/tip|strong="H8571" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3233" ear|strong="H0241" and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" thumb|strong="H0931" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3233" hand|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" big|strong="H0931" toe|strong="H0931" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3233" foot|strong="H7272" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" person|strong="H3027" who|strong="H3548" has|strong="H3027" been|strong="H1961" healed|strong="H7495" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" skin|strong="H5785" disease|strong="H2483". He|strong="H5414" must|strong="H1818" put|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" that|strong="H5414" he|strong="H5414" has|strong="H3027" already|strong="H3528" put|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" places|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H6440" remaining|strong="H3498" oil|strong="H8081" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" palm|strong="H3709" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" person’s|strong="H3820" head|strong="H7218", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* indicate \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w declare|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" person|strong="H6440" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" forgiven|strong="H3722" for|strong="H5921" having|strong="H0369" sinned|strong="H2398". 
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\verseNumber{19}“Then|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H4191" slaughter|strong="H7819" one|strong="H6213" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" two|strong="H6213" animals|strong="H0929", to|strong="H5921" show|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3548" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3548" has|strong="H6213" been|strong="H1961" healed|strong="H7495" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" skin|strong="H5785" disease|strong="H2483" has|strong="H6213" been|strong="H1961" forgiven|strong="H3722" for|strong="H5921" having|strong="H0369" sinned|strong="H2403", and|strong="H3548" that|strong="H3548" he|strong="H6213" has|strong="H6213" become|strong="H2891" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Then|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H6213" slaughter|strong="H7819" the|strong="H5921" animal|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3548" will|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3548" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{20}He|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4196" also|strong="H1571" put|strong="H5927" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5921" offering|strong="H4503" of|strong="H4196" grain|strong="H1715", to|strong="H5927" indicate that|strong="H3548" the|strong="H5921" person|strong="H5927" has|strong="H3548" been|strong="H5927" forgiven|strong="H3722" for|strong="H5921" having|strong="H0369" sinned|strong="H2398". Then|strong="H5927" that|strong="H3548" person|strong="H5927" will|strong="H4196" be|strong="H3548" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5927" be|strong="H3548" with|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H5971" again|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{21}“But|strong="H3947" if|strong="H5381" the|strong="H5921" person|strong="H3027" who|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3027" been|strong="H1961" healed|strong="H7495" of|strong="H3027" a|strong="H3947" skin|strong="H5785" disease|strong="H2483" is|strong="H1931" poor|strong="H1800" and|strong="H3027" cannot|strong="H3027" afford|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5921" bring|strong="H3947" all|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" animals|strong="H0929", he|strong="H1931" must|strong="H3947" take|strong="H3947" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548" one|strong="H3532" male|strong="H3532" lamb|strong="H3532" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3027" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3027" an|strong="H3947" offering|strong="H4503" for|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3947" not|strong="H3947" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" things|strong="H8081" that|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" required|strong="H7592" to|strong="H5921" give|strong="H3947" me|strong="H5921". He|strong="H1931" must|strong="H3947" also|strong="H3027" take|strong="H3947" two|strong="H3947" quarts/liters of|strong="H3027" fine|strong="H5560" flour|strong="H5560" mixed|strong="H1101" with|strong="H1101" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3027" an|strong="H3947" offering|strong="H4503" made|strong="H3722" from|strong="H5921" grain|strong="H1715", ◄0.6 pint/0.3 liter► of|strong="H3027" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081", 
\verseNumber{22}and|strong="H1121" two|strong="H8147" doves|strong="H3123" or|strong="H1121" two|strong="H8147" young|strong="H1121" pigeons|strong="H3123", one|strong="H1121" for|strong="H3027" him|strong="H3027" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" forgiven|strong="H5545" for|strong="H3027" the|strong="H1961" sins|strong="H2403" he|strong="H3027" has|strong="H1961" committed|strong="H1961", and|strong="H1121" one|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{23}“On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" same|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117", that|strong="H3117" person|strong="H6440" must|strong="H4191" take|strong="H3947" those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" priest|strong="H3548" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", to|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H7126" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H6440" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H6440" lamb|strong="H3532" for|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" offering|strong="H8573" for|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3068" person|strong="H6440" not|strong="H6440" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" things|strong="H8081" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" required|strong="H7592" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H3947" me|strong="H6440", along|strong="H6440" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081", and|strong="H3068" lift|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6440" up|strong="H5130" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3027" slaughter|strong="H7819" that|strong="H5414" lamb|strong="H3532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w drain|strong="H4680"\+w* \+w some|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w blood|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w bowl|strong="H4219"\+w*}, and|strong="H3027" take|strong="H3947" some|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" that|strong="H5414" blood|strong="H1818" and|strong="H3027" put|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" lobe|strong="H8571"/tip|strong="H8571" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" person’s|strong="H3820" right|strong="H3233" ear|strong="H0241" and|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" thumb|strong="H0931" of|strong="H3027" his|strong="H5414" right|strong="H3233" hand|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" big|strong="H0931" toe|strong="H0931" of|strong="H3027" his|strong="H5414" right|strong="H3233" foot|strong="H7272". 
\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H3548" the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3068" pour|strong="H3332" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" oil|strong="H8081" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" palm|strong="H3709" of|strong="H4480" his|strong="H5921" left|strong="H8042" hand|strong="H3709", 
\verseNumber{27}and|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3233" forefinger|strong="H0676" he|strong="H3068" must|strong="H4191" sprinkle|strong="H5137" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" oil|strong="H8081" from|strong="H4480" his|strong="H3068" palm|strong="H3709" there|strong="H4480" in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" presence|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{28}He|strong="H5414" must|strong="H1818" put|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" oil|strong="H8081" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" palm|strong="H3709" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" same|strong="H4480" places|strong="H4725" where|strong="H4725" he|strong="H5414" put|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818". 
\verseNumber{29}He|strong="H3068" must|strong="H4191" put|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" rest|strong="H3498" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" oil|strong="H8081" that|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3709" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" person|strong="H6440" who|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" healed|strong="H7495" of|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5414" skin|strong="H5785" disease|strong="H2483", to|strong="H3068" indicate that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3068" forgiven|strong="H3722" him|strong="H5414" for|strong="H5921" having|strong="H0369" sinned|strong="H2398". 
\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H1121" sacrifice|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" doves|strong="H3123" or|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" pigeons|strong="H3123", whichever|strong="H0834" that|strong="H4480" person|strong="H3027" has|strong="H3027" brought|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{31}One|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" an|strong="H6440" offering|strong="H4503" for|strong="H5921" sin|strong="H2403" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H0312" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" altar|strong="H4196", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" offering|strong="H4503" of|strong="H3068" grain|strong="H1715". By|strong="H3027" doing|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6440" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3068" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" person|strong="H6440" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H6440" longer|strong="H5750" guilty|strong="H0816" for|strong="H5921" having|strong="H0369" sinned|strong="H2403". 
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\verseNumber{32}“Those|strong="H2063" are|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" regulations|strong="H4941" for|strong="H3027" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3808" has|strong="H5061" a|strong="H3808" contagious skin|strong="H5785" disease|strong="H6883" and|strong="H3027" who|strong="H3808" is|strong="H3027" poor|strong="H6041" and|strong="H3027" cannot|strong="H3808" afford|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" usual|strong="H3117" offerings|strong="H8002", in|strong="H3027" order|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3027" he|strong="H3027" can|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" with|strong="H3027" people|strong="H3808" again|strong="H7725".” 

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\verseNumber{33}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{34}“I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" about|strong="H1004" to|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" Canaan|strong="H3667" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H5414" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" permanently|strong="H5769". When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" enter|strong="H0935" that|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776", there|strong="H8033" will|strong="H1004" be|strong="H5061" times|strong="H6471" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" cause|strong="H5414"/allow|strong="H5414" mildew|strong="H3420" to|strong="H5414" appear|strong="H7200" inside|strong="H1004" one|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H5414" houses|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{35}If|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" happens|strong="H1961", the|strong="H7200" owner|strong="H1167" of|strong="H1004" that|strong="H7200" house|strong="H1004" must|strong="H4191" go|strong="H3548" to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" and|strong="H1004" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046", ‘There|strong="H7200" is|strong="H1004" something|strong="H1697" in|strong="H1004" my|strong="H7200" house|strong="H1004" that|strong="H7200" looks|strong="H7200" like|strong="H1004" mildew|strong="H3420".’ 
\verseNumber{36}“Then|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H1004" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1004" him|strong="H7200", ‘Take|strong="H7200" everything|strong="H3605" out|strong="H7200" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" before|strong="H2962" I|strong="H3651" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1004" examine|strong="H0974" the|strong="H3605" mildew|strong="H3420". If|strong="H7200" you|strong="H6680" do|strong="H6680" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6680" that|strong="H7200", I|strong="H3651" will|strong="H1004" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H7200" everything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" is|strong="H3651" contaminated.’ 
\verseNumber{37}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w owner|strong="H1167"\+w* \+w takes|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w everything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w outside|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*}, the|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H1004" go|strong="H2009" in|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" inspect the|strong="H7200" house|strong="H1004". If|strong="H2009" the|strong="H7200" mildew|strong="H3420" has|strong="H5061" caused|strong="H5414" greenish|strong="H3422" or|strong="H4480" reddish|strong="H0125" spots|strong="H0934"/depressions|strong="H8258" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" walls|strong="H7023" that|strong="H7200" seem|strong="H4758" to|strong="H1004" be|strong="H5061" deeper|strong="H8217" than|strong="H4480" only|strong="H0389" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" surface|strong="H7023" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7200" walls|strong="H7023", 
\verseNumber{38}the|strong="H4480" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H1004" go|strong="H3318" outside|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3117" lock|strong="H6734" it|strong="H3117" up|strong="H5462" for|strong="H1004" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{39}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117", he|strong="H3117" must|strong="H4191" go|strong="H7725" into|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7200" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H7725" inspect it|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725". If|strong="H2009" the|strong="H7200" mildew|strong="H3420" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" walls|strong="H7023" has|strong="H5061" spread|strong="H6581", 
\verseNumber{40}the|strong="H6680" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H5892" tell|strong="H5046" someone|strong="H0376" to|strong="H6680" tear|strong="H2502" out|strong="H2351" and|strong="H3548" throw|strong="H7993" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H6680" dump|strong="H8210" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H6680" town|strong="H5892" all|strong="H6680" the|strong="H6680" stones|strong="H0068" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H6680" walls|strong="H2346" that|strong="H3548" have|strong="H3548" mildew|strong="H3420" on|strong="H4725" them|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{41}Then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H5439" owner|strong="H1167" must|strong="H2351" scrape|strong="H7096" all|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5439" walls|strong="H2346" inside|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5439" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1004" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5892" is|strong="H5892" scraped|strong="H7096" off|strong="H7096" must|strong="H2351" be|strong="H5892" thrown|strong="H7993" into|strong="H5892" a|strong="H8210" dump|strong="H8210" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H5439" town|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{42}Then|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" owner|strong="H1167" must|strong="H3947" get|strong="H3947" new|strong="H2319"/other|strong="H0312" stones|strong="H0068" to|strong="H1004" replace|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3947" ones|strong="H2945" that|strong="H1004" had|strong="H3068" mildew|strong="H3420" on|strong="H8478" them|strong="H3947", and|strong="H1004" take|strong="H3947" new|strong="H2319" clay|strong="H2635" and|strong="H1004" plaster|strong="H6083" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w cover|strong="H3680"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w stones|strong="H0068"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w walls|strong="H2346"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} the|strong="H3947" house|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{43}“If|strong="H0518" the|strong="H7725" mildew|strong="H3420" appears|strong="H7200" again|strong="H7725" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7725" house|strong="H1004" after|strong="H1004" that|strong="H1004" is|strong="H1004" done|strong="H6213", 
\verseNumber{44}the|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H4191" go|strong="H3548" and|strong="H1004" examine|strong="H0974" the|strong="H7200" house|strong="H1004" again|strong="H7725". If|strong="H2009" the|strong="H7200" mildew|strong="H3420" has|strong="H5061" spread|strong="H6581" inside|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7200" house|strong="H1004", it|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1004" be|strong="H5061" clear|strong="H5352" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" mildew|strong="H3420" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H7200" kind|strong="H4327" that|strong="H7200" destroys|strong="H7843" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w houses|strong="H1004"\+w*}, and|strong="H1004" no|strong="H7200" one|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1004" be|strong="H5061" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1004" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1004" it|strong="H1931". 
\verseNumber{45}It|strong="H5422" must|strong="H2351" be|strong="H6086" completely|strong="H3605" torn|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422"—the|strong="H3605" stones|strong="H0068", the|strong="H3605" timber|strong="H6086" and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" plaster|strong="H6083"—and|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" must|strong="H2351" be|strong="H6086" thrown|strong="H7993" into|strong="H3318" a|strong="H3318" dump|strong="H8210" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H3605" town|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{46}“Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" goes|strong="H1980" into|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" while|strong="H5704" it|strong="H2930" is|strong="H3117" locked|strong="H5462" up|strong="H5462" will|strong="H1004" not|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3117" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3117" with|strong="H1004" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H6153" until|strong="H5704" sunset|strong="H6153" of|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{47}Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" sleeps|strong="H7901" in|strong="H1004" that|strong="H1004" house|strong="H1004" or|strong="H1004" eats|strong="H0398" in|strong="H1004" that|strong="H1004" house|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w during|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w*} must|strong="H4191" wash|strong="H3526" his|strong="H3526" clothes|strong="H0899". 
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\verseNumber{48}“But|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" priest|strong="H3548" comes|strong="H0935" to|strong="H1004" examine|strong="H0974" the|strong="H7200" house|strong="H1004" after|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" has|strong="H5061" been|strong="H3808" plastered|strong="H2902", if|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" mildew|strong="H3420" has|strong="H5061" not|strong="H3808" spread|strong="H6581", he|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H3548" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" may|strong="H3548" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1004" it|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" mildew|strong="H3420" is|strong="H2009" gone|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{49}But|strong="H3947" before|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H1004" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1004" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1004" it|strong="H3947", the|strong="H3947" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H3947" take|strong="H3947" two|strong="H8147" small|strong="H6996" birds|strong="H6833" and|strong="H1004" some|strong="H4480" cedar|strong="H0730" wood|strong="H6086" and|strong="H1004" some|strong="H4480" red|strong="H8144"/scarlet|strong="H8144" yarn|strong="H8144" and|strong="H1004" some|strong="H4480" hyssop|strong="H0231". 
\verseNumber{50}He|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H7819" one|strong="H2416" of|strong="H3627" the|strong="H5921" birds|strong="H6833" while|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w holding|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*} over|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" clay|strong="H2789" pot|strong="H3627" containing|strong="H8033" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" spring|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{51}Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H1004" must|strong="H3947" take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" cedar|strong="H0730" wood|strong="H6086", the|strong="H3947" hyssop|strong="H0231", the|strong="H3947" red|strong="H8144"/scarlet|strong="H8144" yarn|strong="H8144", and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" other|strong="H6471"/living|strong="H2416" bird|strong="H6833", and|strong="H1004" dip|strong="H2881" them|strong="H3947" into|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" dead|strong="H4191" bird|strong="H6833", and|strong="H1004" sprinkle|strong="H5137" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1004" that|strong="H4325" blood|strong="H1818" on|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" house|strong="H1004" seven|strong="H7651" times|strong="H6471". 
\verseNumber{52}By|strong="H4325" doing|strong="H6213" all|strong="H2398" those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H1697" he|strong="H1004" will|strong="H1004" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H2398" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1004" be|strong="H6086" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H1004" be|strong="H6086" lived|strong="H2416" in|strong="H1004" again|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{53}Then|strong="H7971" he|strong="H1004" must|strong="H2351" release|strong="H7971" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H0312" bird|strong="H6833" and|strong="H7971" allow|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7971" fly|strong="H5774" away|strong="H7971". By|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5892", he|strong="H1004" will|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w finish|strong="H3615"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w ritual|strong="H3925"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w*} causing|strong="H7462" the|strong="H6440" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H7971" be|strong="H5892" acceptable|strong="H7522" for|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H7971" live|strong="H2416" in|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" again|strong="H7971". 
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\verseNumber{54}“hose are|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" regulations|strong="H4941" for|strong="H3605" contagious diseases|strong="H5061", for|strong="H3605" itching sores|strong="H0076", 
\verseNumber{55}for|strong="H1004" mildew|strong="H3420" [DOU] on|strong="H1004" clothes|strong="H0899" or|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" a|strong="H1004" house|strong="H1004", 
\verseNumber{56}and|strong="H7613" for|strong="H3588" swellings, rashes, or|strong="H0176" bright|strong="H0934" spots|strong="H0934" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w sores|strong="H0076"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{57}to|strong="H3117" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H3384" whether|strong="H0518" a|strong="H3117" person|strong="H5315" has|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3117" contagious disease|strong="H6883" or|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808", and|strong="H3117" whether|strong="H0518" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3117" still|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3117" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H3117" touch|strong="H5060" their|strong="H3117" clothing|strong="H3830" or|strong="H3117" their|strong="H3117" house|strong="H1004", or|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808".” 

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\chapterNumber{15}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696" and|strong="H4872" Aaron|strong="H0175", 
\verseNumber{2}“Tell|strong="H1696" this|strong="H1931" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" Israelis: When|strong="H3588" an|strong="H1961" infected|strong="H2470" discharge|strong="H2100" comes|strong="H1961" out|strong="H2100" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" man’s|strong="H0376" sexual|strong="H7901" organs|strong="H5748" [EUP], that|strong="H3588" fluid should|strong="H3588" not|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" touched|strong="H5060". 
\verseNumber{3}Whether|strong="H0518" that|strong="H1931" fluid is|strong="H1931" blocked|strong="H1443" or|strong="H1320" continues|strong="H4058" to|strong="H1961" drip|strong="H5197", it|strong="H1931" causes|strong="H5414" him|strong="H1931" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1931" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" touched|strong="H5060". 
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\verseNumber{4}“And|strong="H3427" any|strong="H3605" bed|strong="H4904" that|strong="H3605" such|strong="H3605" a|strong="H5921" man|strong="H3605" lies|strong="H7901" on|strong="H5921" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3605" touched|strong="H5060", and|strong="H3427" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" sits|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3605" touched|strong="H5060". 
\verseNumber{5}Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" touches|strong="H5060" that|strong="H4325" person’s|strong="H3820" bed|strong="H4904" must|strong="H4191" wash|strong="H3526" his|strong="H3526" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H4325" bathe|strong="H7364", and|strong="H4325" no|strong="H5060" one|strong="H0259" should|strong="H3068" touch|strong="H5060" him|strong="H2930" until|strong="H5704" that|strong="H4325" evening|strong="H6153". 
\verseNumber{6}Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3427" sits|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H4325" man|strong="H0376" has|strong="H2100" sat|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" wash|strong="H3526" his|strong="H3526" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H3427" bathe|strong="H7364", and|strong="H3427" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0259" should|strong="H3068" touch|strong="H5060" him|strong="H5921" until|strong="H5704" that|strong="H4325" evening|strong="H6153". 
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\verseNumber{7}“Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" touches|strong="H5060" such|strong="H2088" a|strong="H5704" man|strong="H1320" must|strong="H4191" wash|strong="H3526" his|strong="H3526" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H4325" bathe|strong="H7364", and|strong="H4325" no|strong="H5060" one|strong="H1320" should|strong="H3068" touch|strong="H5060" him|strong="H2930" until|strong="H5704" that|strong="H4325" evening|strong="H6153". 
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\verseNumber{8}“If|strong="H3588" such|strong="H2088" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" spits|strong="H7556" on|strong="H4325" someone|strong="H0376" else|strong="H3588", that|strong="H3588" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="H3588" is|strong="H4325" spit|strong="H7556" upon|strong="H5921" should|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H4325" touched|strong="H5060". He|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" wash|strong="H3526" his|strong="H3526" clothes|strong="H0899", and|strong="H4325" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" touch|strong="H5060" him|strong="H2930" until|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3588" evening|strong="H6153". 
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\verseNumber{9}“Everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" a|strong="H5921" man|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3605" such|strong="H3605" a|strong="H5921" discharge|strong="H2100" of|strong="H5921" fluid sits|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" while|strong="H5921" he|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" riding|strong="H7392" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w horse|strong="H5483"\+w* \+w or|strong="H0176"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w donkey|strong="H2543"\+w*} should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3605" touched|strong="H5060", 
\verseNumber{10}and|strong="H4325" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" touches|strong="H5060" the|strong="H3605" seat|strong="H3727" or|strong="H5704" saddle|strong="H2280" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H5704" was|strong="H1961" sitting|strong="H3427" on|strong="H1961" also|strong="H1571" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" touched|strong="H5060" until|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3605" evening|strong="H6153". And|strong="H4325" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" picks|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3605" seat|strong="H3727" or|strong="H5704" saddle|strong="H2280" must|strong="H5375" wash|strong="H3526" his|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H4325" bathe|strong="H7364", and|strong="H4325" no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" should|strong="H3068" touch|strong="H5060" him|strong="H2930" until|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3605" evening|strong="H6153". 
\verseNumber{11}Anyone|strong="H3605" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" with|strong="H2100" such|strong="H3808" a|strong="H5704" discharge|strong="H2100" of|strong="H3027" fluid from|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3605" body|strong="H1320" touches|strong="H5060" without|strong="H3808" first|strong="H7223" rinsing his|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027" in|strong="H7364" water|strong="H4325" must|strong="H3808" wash|strong="H3526" his|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H3027" bathe|strong="H7364", and|strong="H3027" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" should|strong="H3068" touch|strong="H5060" him|strong="H3027" until|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3605" evening|strong="H6153". 
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\verseNumber{12}“If|strong="H0518" such|strong="H3605" a|strong="H7665" man|strong="H3605" touches|strong="H5060" a|strong="H7665" clay|strong="H2789" pot|strong="H3627", that|strong="H3605" pot|strong="H3627" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H6086" broken|strong="H7665" into|strong="H4325" pieces|strong="H7665". Anything|strong="H3605" made|strong="H3627" from|strong="H6086" wood|strong="H6086" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" touches|strong="H5060" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H6086" rinsed|strong="H7857" in|strong="H6086" water|strong="H4325". 
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\verseNumber{13}“If|strong="H3588" such|strong="H2088" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H2416" is|strong="H3117" healed|strong="H7495" from|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3526" flow|strong="H2100" of|strong="H3117" fluid, he|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" wait|strong="H0693" for|strong="H3588" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". Then|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" wash|strong="H3526" his|strong="H3526" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H3117" bathe|strong="H7364" in|strong="H3117" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3588" spring|strong="H4325". Then|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1320" be|strong="H3117" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3117" with|strong="H2100" others|strong="H0312". 
\verseNumber{14}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" eighth|strong="H8066"/next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117", he|strong="H3117" must|strong="H1121" take|strong="H3947" two|strong="H8147" doves|strong="H3123" or|strong="H3117" two|strong="H8147" young|strong="H1121" pigeons|strong="H3123" and|strong="H1121" come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H1121" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" priest|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H6440" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3068" sacrifice|strong="H5930" them|strong="H5921". One|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" an|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H5930" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" man|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H6213" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H0312" one|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. As|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" result|strong="H6903" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" priest|strong="H3548" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6440" man|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" forgiven|strong="H3722" for|strong="H5921" having|strong="H0369" sinned|strong="H2403". 
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\verseNumber{16}“Then|strong="H3318" semen accidentally|strong="H7684" flows|strong="H3318" from|strong="H4480" a|strong="H3588" man’s|strong="H0376" sexual|strong="H7901" organs|strong="H5748" [EUP], he|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" bathe|strong="H7364" his|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" body|strong="H1320", and|strong="H3318" no|strong="H4480" one|strong="H3605" should|strong="H3588" touch|strong="H5060" him|strong="H2930" until|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3588" evening|strong="H6153". 
\verseNumber{17}Any|strong="H3605" clothing|strong="H3830" or|strong="H5704" leather|strong="H5785" that|strong="H3605" has|strong="H1961" semen on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" washed|strong="H3526", and|strong="H4325" no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" should|strong="H3068" touch|strong="H5060" it|strong="H5921" until|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3605" evening|strong="H6153". 
\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H5704" a|strong="H5704" man|strong="H0376" has|strong="H7901" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H7901" a|strong="H5704" woman|strong="H0802" and|strong="H4325" some|strong="H4480" semen spills, both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H4325" them|strong="H5704" must|strong="H4191" bathe|strong="H7364", and|strong="H4325" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H2233" should|strong="H3068" touch|strong="H5060" them|strong="H5704" until|strong="H5704" that|strong="H4325" evening|strong="H6153". 
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\verseNumber{19}“Then|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H5079" has|strong="H1961" her|strong="H3605" monthly|strong="H2320" menstrual|strong="H5079" period|strong="H3117", no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" should|strong="H3588" touch|strong="H5060" her|strong="H3605" for|strong="H3588" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". If|strong="H3588" anyone|strong="H3605" touches|strong="H5060" her|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w during|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w time|strong="H3117"\+w*}, no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" should|strong="H3588" touch|strong="H5060" the|strong="H3605" person|strong="H1818" who|strong="H3605" touched|strong="H5060" her|strong="H3605" until|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3588" evening|strong="H6153". 
\verseNumber{20}No|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" should|strong="H3068" touch|strong="H5060" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" she|strong="H5921" lies|strong="H7901" on|strong="H5921" or|strong="H3427" sits|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" during|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{21}Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" touches|strong="H5060" her|strong="H3605" bed|strong="H4904" must|strong="H4191" wash|strong="H3526" his|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H4325" bathe|strong="H7364", and|strong="H4325" no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" should|strong="H3068" touch|strong="H5060" that|strong="H3605" person|strong="H5315" until|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3605" evening|strong="H6153". 
\verseNumber{22-23}Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" touches|strong="H5060" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" she|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" sitting|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921", a|strong="H1961" bed|strong="H4904" or|strong="H0176" anything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750", must|strong="H4191" wash|strong="H3526" his|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899", and|strong="H3967" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0259" should|strong="H3068" touch|strong="H5060" that|strong="H0834" person|strong="H5315" until|strong="H5704" that|strong="H0834" evening|strong="H6153". 
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\verseNumber{24}“If|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H3605" has|strong="H1961" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H5079" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w during|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w time|strong="H3117"\+w*} and|strong="H3117" some|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" menstrual|strong="H5079" blood|strong="H1818" touches|strong="H5060" him|strong="H5921", no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" should|strong="H3117" touch|strong="H5060" him|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3117" no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" should|strong="H3117" touch|strong="H5060" the|strong="H3605" bed|strong="H4904" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3117" lies|strong="H7901" on|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{25}“Then|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H5079" has|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" vaginal discharge|strong="H2100" of|strong="H3117" blood|strong="H1818" for|strong="H3588" ◄many|strong="H7227" days|strong="H3117"/a|strong="H1961" long|strong="H3117" time|strong="H6256"►, which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3808" her|strong="H3605" monthly|strong="H2320" flow|strong="H2100" of|strong="H3117" blood|strong="H1818", or|strong="H3808" if|strong="H3588" her|strong="H3605" flow|strong="H2100" of|strong="H3117" blood|strong="H1818" continues|strong="H4058" after|strong="H5921" her|strong="H3605" monthly|strong="H2320" flow|strong="H2100" ends|strong="H7098", no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" should|strong="H3588" touch|strong="H5060" her|strong="H3605" until|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" stops|strong="H0331". 
\verseNumber{26}And|strong="H3117" no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" should|strong="H3117" touch|strong="H5060" the|strong="H3605" bed|strong="H4904" that|strong="H3605" she|strong="H5921" lies|strong="H7901" on|strong="H5921" or|strong="H3117" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" she|strong="H5921" sits|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" while|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" flow|strong="H1980" of|strong="H3117" blood|strong="H1818" continues|strong="H4058", just|strong="H3605" like|strong="H1961" during|strong="H3117" her|strong="H3605" monthly|strong="H2320" menstrual|strong="H5079" period|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{27}Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" touches|strong="H5060" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5704" touch|strong="H5060" anyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605"; he|strong="H5704" must|strong="H4191" wash|strong="H3526" his|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H4325" bathe|strong="H7364", and|strong="H4325" he|strong="H5704" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5704" touch|strong="H5060" anyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" until|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3605" evening|strong="H6153". 
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\verseNumber{28}“After|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3117" woman’s|strong="H0802" monthly|strong="H2320" menstrual|strong="H5079" flow|strong="H1980" ends|strong="H7098", she|strong="H1931" must|strong="H4191" wait|strong="H0693" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117" before|strong="H3117" she|strong="H1931" touches|strong="H5060" anyone|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{29}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3947" eighth|strong="H8066"/next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117", she|strong="H8147" must|strong="H1121" take|strong="H3947" two|strong="H8147" doves|strong="H3123" or|strong="H3117" two|strong="H8147" pigeons|strong="H3123" to|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3947" priest|strong="H3548" at|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3947" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{30}The|strong="H6440" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3068" sacrifice|strong="H5930" one|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" an|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H5930" to|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" her|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H6213" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" again|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" burn|strong="H8313" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H0312" one|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. By|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6440", Yahweh|strong="H3068", to|strong="H3068" forgive|strong="H3722" her|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" having|strong="H0369" sinned|strong="H2403" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{31}“You|strong="H3808" must|strong="H4191" warn|strong="H2094" the|strong="H8432" Israeli people|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3478" ◄defile|strong="H2930" them|strong="H8432"/cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H8432" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H4191" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H4191"►. If|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3808" become|strong="H2930" ◄unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H4191"/defiled|strong="H2930"►, they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3478" cause|strong="H2600" my|strong="H2930" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" which|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3478" among|strong="H8432" them|strong="H8432" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H2930" an|strong="H3478" unacceptable|strong="H4284" place|strong="H4908" to|strong="H3478" worship|strong="H3478" me|strong="H4191", and|strong="H1121" as|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3478" result|strong="H6903" they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3478" die|strong="H4191".” 
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\verseNumber{32}“Those|strong="H4480" are|strong="H2233" the|strong="H4480" regulations|strong="H4941" for|strong="H3318" a|strong="H3318" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3318" a|strong="H3318" fluid that|strong="H4480" flows|strong="H2100" from|strong="H4480" his|strong="H4480" sexual|strong="H7901" organs|strong="H5748" or|strong="H4480" who|strong="H0834" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3318" touched|strong="H5060" because|strong="H4480" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H2233" his|strong="H4480" semen spills out|strong="H3318" while|strong="H5704" having|strong="H0369" sex|strong="H7901" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H2100"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w woman|strong="H0802"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{33}and|strong="H2145" for|strong="H5973" any|strong="H3605" woman|strong="H5347" during|strong="H3117" her|strong="H7901" monthly|strong="H2320" menstrual|strong="H5079" period|strong="H5079", and|strong="H2145" for|strong="H5973" any|strong="H3605" man|strong="H2145" who|strong="H1739" has|strong="H2100" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" a|strong="H2100" woman|strong="H5347" during|strong="H3117" her|strong="H7901" menstrual|strong="H5079" period|strong="H5079".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The Day of Atonement }
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\chapterNumber{16}After|strong="H0310" the|strong="H6440" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" died|strong="H4191" because|strong="H6440" they|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" incense|strong="H7004" to|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w manner|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w contrary|strong="H7147"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w commanded|strong="H1696"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6440"/me|strong="H6440", “Warn|strong="H2094" your|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" Aaron|strong="H0175" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Very|strong="H3966" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H6944" inside|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" curtain|strong="H6532" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" whenever|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3588" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H1696", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" cover|strong="H3680" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" is|strong="H3068" there|strong="H3605". That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H6944" where|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" ◄makes|strong="H7200" atonement|strong="H3722" for|strong="H3588"/requests|strong="H1697" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1696" forgive|strong="H5545"► sins|strong="H2403". I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" present|strong="H7126" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" cloud|strong="H6051" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" cover|strong="H3680" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727". If|strong="H3588" Aaron|strong="H0175" goes|strong="H6440" in|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" room|strong="H1004" when|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" proper|strong="H2896" time|strong="H6256", he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191"! 
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\verseNumber{3}“hen|strong="H2581" Aaron|strong="H0175" enters|strong="H0935" the|strong="H1121" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" area|strong="H1508", he|strong="H1241" must|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H0935" a|strong="H1121" bull|strong="H6499" that|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w*} to|strong="H1121" become|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1129" offering|strong="H5930"/sacrifice|strong="H5930" for|strong="H1121" sins|strong="H2403", and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1121" ram|strong="H0352" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w*} to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" an|strong="H1129" offering|strong="H5930" that|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5930"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" bathe|strong="H7364" his|strong="H5921" whole|strong="H3605" body|strong="H1320", and|strong="H4325" put|strong="H3847" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" linen|strong="H8336" underwear/undershorts and|strong="H4325" the|strong="H5921" linen|strong="H8336" gown. He|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" tie|strong="H6029" the|strong="H5921" linen|strong="H8336" sash|strong="H0073"/waistbands around|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" waist|strong="H4975" and|strong="H4325" wrap|strong="H3664" the|strong="H5921" turban|strong="H4701" around|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218". Those|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" his|strong="H5921" sacred|strong="H6944" garments|strong="H3801". 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H3947" Israeli people|strong="H1121" must|strong="H1121" then|strong="H3947" bring|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H3947" two|strong="H8147" male|strong="H8163" goats|strong="H5795" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w*} as|strong="H1121" an|strong="H3947" offering|strong="H5930"/sacrifice|strong="H5930" for|strong="H1121" sin|strong="H2403", and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3947" ram|strong="H0352" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} burned|strong="H8313" completely|strong="H3617" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5795"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{6}“aron must|strong="H4191" offer|strong="H7126" the|strong="H7126" bull|strong="H6499" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w me|strong="H1157"\+w*} to|strong="H1004" be|strong="H1004" a|strong="H7126" sacrifice|strong="H2077" in|strong="H1004" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H1004" ◄I|strong="H1004" will|strong="H1004" forgive|strong="H3722" his|strong="H7126" sins|strong="H2403" and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7126" sins|strong="H2403" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H7126" family|strong="H1004"/his|strong="H7126" sins|strong="H2403" and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7126" sins|strong="H2403" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H7126" family|strong="H1004" will|strong="H1004" be|strong="H1004" forgiven|strong="H3722"►. 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3068" must|strong="H3947" bring|strong="H3947" the|strong="H6440" two|strong="H8147" male|strong="H8163" goats|strong="H8163" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H3068" must|strong="H4191" ◄cast|strong="H5414" lots|strong="H1486"/throw|strong="H7993" down|strong="H5414" stones|strong="H0068" that|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" marked|strong="H8104"► to|strong="H3068" determine|strong="H7200" which|strong="H3068" goat|strong="H8163" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" which|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" goat|strong="H8163" that|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" set|strong="H5414" free|strong="H2670". 
\verseNumber{9}Aaron|strong="H0175" must|strong="H4191" bring|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" goat|strong="H8163" that|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" sacrificed|strong="H5927". It|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" an|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H2403" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" people’s|strong="H5971" sins|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{10}Aaron|strong="H0175" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H0312" goat|strong="H8163", but|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5975" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2026". It|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" freed|strong="H8199" while|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3068" still|strong="H5975" alive|strong="H2416". As|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7971" result|strong="H6903" of|strong="H3068" Aaron|strong="H0175" sending|strong="H7971" it|strong="H5921" into|strong="H5927" the|strong="H6440" desert|strong="H4057", the|strong="H6440" people’s|strong="H5971" sins|strong="H2403" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" forgiven|strong="H3722". 
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\verseNumber{11}“hen|strong="H2581" Aaron|strong="H0175" must|strong="H4191" bring|strong="H7126" the|strong="H7126" young|strong="H6499" bull|strong="H6499" to|strong="H1004" me|strong="H1157", to|strong="H1004" be|strong="H1004" an|strong="H7126" offering|strong="H2403"/sacrifice|strong="H2077" for|strong="H1157" himself|strong="H1157" and|strong="H1004" for|strong="H1157" his|strong="H7126" family|strong="H1004". He|strong="H1004" must|strong="H4191" slaughter|strong="H7819" that|strong="H1004" bull|strong="H6499" to|strong="H1004" be|strong="H1004" an|strong="H7126" offering|strong="H2403" for|strong="H1157" their|strong="H7126" sins|strong="H2403", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w must|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w drain|strong="H4680"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w blood|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w into|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w basin|strong="H3595"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3068" must|strong="H3947" take|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4480" burning|strong="H2740" coals|strong="H1513" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w bronze|strong="H5178"\+w*} altar|strong="H4196" and|strong="H3068" put|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" incense|strong="H7004" burner. Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3068" must|strong="H3947" fill|strong="H4393" his|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H2651" with|strong="H1004" fragrant|strong="H5561" finely-ground incense|strong="H7004". Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3068" must|strong="H3947" take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H6440" incense|strong="H7004" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" incense|strong="H7004" burner inside|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" curtain|strong="H6532" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" Very|strong="H3966" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}There|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" must|strong="H4191" put|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" incense|strong="H7004" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" burning|strong="H2740" coals|strong="H1513", with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5414" cloud|strong="H6051" of|strong="H3068" burning|strong="H2740" incense|strong="H7004" will|strong="H3068" rise|strong="H6965" up|strong="H5414" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" lid|strong="H1817" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727". If|strong="H0518" he|strong="H3068" obeys|strong="H6213" these|strong="H6440" instructions|strong="H1697", he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w Korah’s|strong="H7141"\+w* \+w two|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w sons|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w offering|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w incense|strong="H7004"\+w* incorrectly} (OR|strong="H3808", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w being|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w presence|strong="H6440"\+w*}). 
\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H4480" must|strong="H3947" dip|strong="H2881" his|strong="H3947" finger|strong="H0676" into|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w basin|strong="H3595"\+w*} and|strong="H6440" sprinkle|strong="H5137" some|strong="H4480" blood|strong="H1818" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" lid|strong="H1817" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727", and|strong="H6440" also|strong="H1571" sprinkle|strong="H5137" some|strong="H4480" blood|strong="H1818" seven|strong="H7651" times|strong="H6471" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" chest|strong="H0727". 
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\verseNumber{15}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{“aron \+w must|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w then|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w go|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w outside|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w*} and|strong="H1004" slaughter|strong="H7819" the|strong="H6440" goat|strong="H8163" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1004" an|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H2403" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" sins|strong="H2403" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971". Then|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" must|strong="H1818" bring|strong="H6213" its|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" Very|strong="H6213" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H1004" behind|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" curtain|strong="H6532". There|strong="H6440" he|strong="H6213" must|strong="H1818" sprinkle|strong="H5137" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} that|strong="H5971" blood|strong="H1818" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" lid|strong="H1817" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" and|strong="H1004" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" chest|strong="H0727", like|strong="H1004" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" bull’s blood|strong="H1818". 
\verseNumber{16}By|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605", he|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3478" purify|strong="H2398" the|strong="H3605" Very|strong="H3651" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H6944". And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3651" must|strong="H1121" sprinkle|strong="H5137" more|strong="H3651" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H1818" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", because|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" tent|strong="H0168" is|strong="H3651" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" midst|strong="H8432" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1121" become|strong="H6213" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{17}When|strong="H1961" Aaron|strong="H0175" goes|strong="H3318" into|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" Very|strong="H5704" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H6944" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" purify|strong="H2398" it|strong="H1961", no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" is|strong="H3478" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H5704" enter|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". Only|strong="H5704" after|strong="H1961" Aaron|strong="H0175" has|strong="H1961" performed|strong="H6213" rituals to|strong="H5704" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H1157" to|strong="H5704" forgive|strong="H3722" him|strong="H3318" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3808", is|strong="H3478" any|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H5704" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
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\verseNumber{18}“hen|strong="H2581" Aaron|strong="H0175" must|strong="H3947" go|strong="H3318" outside|strong="H3318" the|strong="H6440" tent|strong="H0168" to|strong="H3318" purify|strong="H2398" my|strong="H5414" altar|strong="H4196". He|strong="H3068" must|strong="H3947" do|strong="H3068" this|strong="H5414" by|strong="H5921" smearing some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" blood|strong="H1818" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H6440" bull|strong="H6499" and|strong="H3068" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" blood|strong="H1818" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H6440" goat|strong="H8163" on|strong="H5921" each|strong="H5414" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" projections|strong="H3027" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" corners|strong="H6285" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" must|strong="H1121" dip|strong="H2881" his|strong="H5921" finger|strong="H0676" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w basin|strong="H3595"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} blood|strong="H1818" and|strong="H1121" sprinkle|strong="H5137" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" seven|strong="H7651" times|strong="H6471". By|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3478", he|strong="H4480" will|strong="H3478" cleanse|strong="H2891" it|strong="H5921" from|strong="H4480" being|strong="H1121" unholy|strong="H2455" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w*} of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3478" become|strong="H6942" holy|strong="H6942" again|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{20}“hen|strong="H2581" Aaron|strong="H0175" has|strong="H4150" finished|strong="H3615" purifying|strong="H3722" the|strong="H7126" Very|strong="H3966" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H6944" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w inside|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w*} and|strong="H4196" all|strong="H4196" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H7126" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H4196" the|strong="H7126" altar|strong="H4196", he|strong="H7126" must|strong="H4191" bring|strong="H7126" the|strong="H7126" goat|strong="H8163" that|strong="H4196" was|strong="H4150" chosen|strong="H0977" to|strong="H7126" be|strong="H2416" set|strong="H3615" free|strong="H2670". 
\verseNumber{21}He|strong="H3605" must|strong="H1121" put|strong="H5414" both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" goat|strong="H8163" and|strong="H1121" confess|strong="H3034" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403" [DOU] of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121". By|strong="H3027" doing|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3605", he|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3478" put|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w guilt|strong="H5771"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} their|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" goat|strong="H8163". Then|strong="H7971" he|strong="H3605" must|strong="H1121" give|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" goat|strong="H8163" to|strong="H3478" a|strong="H5414" man|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3027" chosen|strong="H0977", and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3605" man|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3478" send|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" goat|strong="H8163" out|strong="H7971" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H4057". 
\verseNumber{22}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" goat|strong="H8163" will|strong="H5771" carry|strong="H5375" away|strong="H7971" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H4057" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w guilt|strong="H5771"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H5771" of|strong="H4057" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{23}“hen|strong="H2581" Aaron|strong="H0175" approaches|strong="H7126" the|strong="H8033" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", he|strong="H8033" must|strong="H4191" take|strong="H6584" off|strong="H6584" the|strong="H8033" linen|strong="H8336" clothes|strong="H3847" that|strong="H6944" he|strong="H8033" wore|strong="H3847" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} entered|strong="H0935" the|strong="H8033" Very|strong="H3240" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H6944", and|strong="H8033" he|strong="H8033" must|strong="H4191" leave|strong="H3240" those|strong="H3240" clothes|strong="H3847" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H3318" he|strong="H6213" must|strong="H4191" bathe|strong="H7364" in|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" sacred|strong="H6944" place|strong="H4725", put|strong="H3847" on|strong="H3847" his|strong="H7364" regular|strong="H8548"/ordinary|strong="H2455" clothes|strong="H3847", and|strong="H5971" sacrifice|strong="H5930" the|strong="H6213" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H5971" burned|strong="H8313" completely|strong="H3617" on|strong="H3847" the|strong="H6213" altar|strong="H4196" for|strong="H6213" his|strong="H7364" own|strong="H5971" sins|strong="H2403" and|strong="H5971" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" sins|strong="H2403" of|strong="H4325" the|strong="H6213" Israeli people|strong="H5971". By|strong="H3318" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5971" he|strong="H6213" will|strong="H5971" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3318" forgive|strong="H3722" him|strong="H6213" and|strong="H5971" them|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{25}He|strong="H4196" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H1571" burn|strong="H6999" on|strong="H6999" the|strong="H6999" altar|strong="H4196" all|strong="H4196" the|strong="H6999" fat|strong="H2459" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H6999" bull|strong="H6499" and|strong="H4196" the|strong="H6999" goat|strong="H5795" that|strong="H2459" were|strong="H2403" sacrificed|strong="H2076". 
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\verseNumber{26}“he|strong="H3651" man|strong="H1320" who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H4325" chosen|strong="H0977" to|strong="H7971" send|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" other|strong="H0312" goat|strong="H8163" into|strong="H4325" the|strong="H7971" desert|strong="H6160" and|strong="H7971" free|strong="H7971" it|strong="H3651" there|strong="H8033" must|strong="H4264" afterwards|strong="H0310" wash|strong="H3526" his|strong="H3526" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H7971" bathe|strong="H7364". Then|strong="H3651" he|strong="H3651" may|strong="H4325" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" camp|strong="H4264". 
\verseNumber{27}The|strong="H3318" carcasses|strong="H5038" of|strong="H4264" the|strong="H3318" bull|strong="H6499" and|strong="H6499" the|strong="H3318" goat|strong="H8163" that|strong="H1320" were|strong="H2403" slaughtered|strong="H7819" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H1818" an|strong="H3318" offering|strong="H2403"/sacrifice|strong="H2077" for|strong="H3722" the|strong="H3318" people’s|strong="H5971" sins|strong="H2403", whose|strong="H0834" blood|strong="H1818" was|strong="H1320" taken|strong="H3318" inside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H3318" Very|strong="H3966" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H6944" to|strong="H3318" enable|strong="H7980" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3318" forgive|strong="H3722" the|strong="H3318" Israeli people|strong="H1320", must|strong="H1818" be|strong="H1818" carried|strong="H3318" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H3318" camp|strong="H4264" and|strong="H6499" burned|strong="H8313". The|strong="H3318" hides|strong="H5785"/skins|strong="H5785" of|strong="H4264" the|strong="H3318" animals|strong="H0929", the|strong="H3318" inner|strong="H6442" organs|strong="H5748", and|strong="H6499" the|strong="H3318" dung|strong="H6569" must|strong="H1818" also|strong="H3318" be|strong="H1818" burned|strong="H8313". 
\verseNumber{28}The|strong="H3651" man|strong="H1320" who|strong="H0834" burns|strong="H8313" those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H1697" must|strong="H4264" then|strong="H3651" wash|strong="H3526" his|strong="H3526" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H4325" bathe|strong="H7364" before|strong="H6440" he|strong="H3651" returns|strong="H7725" to|strong="H4325" the|strong="H3651" camp|strong="H4264". 
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\verseNumber{29}“n ◄October/the|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320" after|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" dry|strong="H3004" season|strong="H6256" ends|strong="H7098"►, on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H2320" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5315" have|strong="H1961" appointed|strong="H6213", you|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" must|strong="H5315" ◄fast|strong="H6685"/abstain|strong="H5144" from|strong="H5315" eating|strong="H0398" food|strong="H3899"► and|strong="H5769" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" any|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399". This|strong="H6213" is|strong="H5315" a|strong="H1961" rule|strong="H4910"/law|strong="H8451" that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" never|strong="H3808" end|strong="H7093". It|strong="H6213" must|strong="H5315" be|strong="H1961" obeyed|strong="H8085" by|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5315" who|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" Israelis all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" lives|strong="H5315", and|strong="H5769" also|strong="H6213" by|strong="H1961" foreigners|strong="H1616" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H6213" living|strong="H5315" among|strong="H8432" you|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{30}On|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117", Aaron|strong="H0175" will|strong="H3068" perform|strong="H6213" rituals to|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" forgive|strong="H3722" you|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605", and|strong="H3068" then|strong="H2088" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" cleanse|strong="H2891"/free|strong="H2670" you|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" from|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w guilt|strong="H0817"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" sins|strong="H2403" and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H2891" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{31}That|strong="H1931" will|strong="H5315" be|strong="H5769" a|strong="H7676" day|strong="H3117" for|strong="H2708" you|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5315" rest|strong="H7677" and|strong="H5769" not|strong="H5315" do|strong="H6031" any|strong="H5315" work|strong="H4399", like|strong="H5315" the|strong="H1931" Sabbath|strong="H7676" days|strong="H5769", and|strong="H5769" you|strong="H5315" must|strong="H5315" ◄fast|strong="H6685"/abstain|strong="H5144" from|strong="H5315" eating|strong="H0398" food|strong="H3899"► all|strong="H5769" that|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117". That|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H7676" permanent|strong="H5769" command|strong="H6680"/law|strong="H8451" for|strong="H2708" you|strong="H5315" all|strong="H5769" to|strong="H5315" obey|strong="H8085". 
\verseNumber{32}In|strong="H3847" future|strong="H0319" years|strong="H8141", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w Aaron|strong="H0175"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}, this|strong="H3027" ritual|strong="H3925"/ceremony|strong="H5656" to|strong="H3027" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H4886" to|strong="H3027" forgive|strong="H3722" you|strong="H4886" all|strong="H3605" [DOU] will|strong="H3027" be|strong="H3027" performed|strong="H6213" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H8478" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3548" is|strong="H3027" anointed|strong="H4886" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w* \+w oil|strong="H4886"\+w*} and|strong="H3027" appointed|strong="H4150" to|strong="H3027" serve|strong="H3547" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3027" ancestor Aaron|strong="H0175". He|strong="H3027" must|strong="H4191" put|strong="H3847" on|strong="H3847" the|strong="H8478" sacred|strong="H6944" clothes|strong="H3847" made|strong="H3722" of|strong="H3027" linen|strong="H8336" 
\verseNumber{33}and|strong="H3548" offer|strong="H7126" sacrifices|strong="H6944" to|strong="H5921" purify|strong="H2398" the|strong="H3605" Very|strong="H3966" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H6944", all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196", the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548", and|strong="H3548" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H5971" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Aaron|strong="H0175"\+w* \+w did|strong="H5971"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{34}This|strong="H2063" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" permanent|strong="H5769" command|strong="H6680"/law|strong="H8451" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3478" obey|strong="H6213" once|strong="H1961" every|strong="H3605" year|strong="H8141", to|strong="H3478" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" forgive|strong="H3722" you|strong="H6680" Israeli people|strong="H1121" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H6680" have|strong="H1961" committed|strong="H6213".” 
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Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" obeyed|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" instructions|strong="H6680"/commands|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" given|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5921"/me|strong="H5921". 

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\chapterNumber{17}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{2}“Speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H2088" Israeli people|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" say|strong="H1696" this|strong="H2088" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H6680": ‘This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680": 
\verseNumber{3}If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3478" sacrifice|strong="H2077" an|strong="H7819" ox|strong="H7794" or|strong="H1004" a|strong="H3478" lamb|strong="H3775" or|strong="H1004" a|strong="H3478" goat|strong="H5795", you|strong="H3478" must|strong="H3478" bring|strong="H0935" it|strong="H7819" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7819"\+w* \+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w*} at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7819" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7819" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}, to|strong="H3478" present|strong="H7126"/offer|strong="H7819" it|strong="H7819" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H1004" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{4}If|strong="H1931" you|strong="H6440" slaughter|strong="H4347" it|strong="H1931" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3772" sacrifice|strong="H7133" anywhere|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" camp|strong="H4264" or|strong="H3808" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H6440" camp|strong="H4264", you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" guilty|strong="H0816" of|strong="H3068" killing|strong="H3772" an|strong="H7126" animal|strong="H0929" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w an|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w unacceptable|strong="H4284"\+w* \+w place|strong="H4908"\+w*}. As|strong="H2803" a|strong="H3772" result|strong="H6903" you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" allowed|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808"/associate|strong="H0935" with|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{5}That|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H4910" is|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H1121", instead|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" offering|strong="H8002" sacrifices|strong="H2077" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" open|strong="H6440" fields|strong="H7704", will|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H2076" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H6440" by|strong="H5921" taking|strong="H3947" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" priest|strong="H3548" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}, to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H3478" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6440"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w animal|strong="H0929"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w slaughtered|strong="H7819"\+w*}, the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H1818" sprinkle|strong="H2236" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" its|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H6999" its|strong="H5921" fat|strong="H2459" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" an|strong="H3068" aroma|strong="H7381" that|strong="H2459" is|strong="H3068" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{7}You|strong="H3808" people|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" give|strong="H1961" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" demons|strong="H8163" that|strong="H1961" resemble|strong="H1819" goats|strong="H8163" which|strong="H1992" you|strong="H3808" are|strong="H1992" worshiping|strong="H7812". You|strong="H3808" people|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" obey|strong="H8085" this|strong="H2063" command|strong="H6680" forever|strong="H5769".’ 
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\verseNumber{8}“And|strong="H3478" tell|strong="H5046" this|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8432" people|strong="H5971": ‘If|strong="H0518" any|strong="H4480" Israeli or|strong="H4480" any|strong="H4480" foreigner|strong="H1616" who|strong="H1616" is|strong="H3478" living|strong="H1481" among|strong="H8432" them|strong="H8432" brings|strong="H5927" an|strong="H4480" offering|strong="H5930" that|strong="H1616" is|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, or|strong="H4480" any|strong="H4480" other|strong="H0312" sacrifice|strong="H2077", 
\verseNumber{9}and|strong="H3068" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" bring|strong="H6213" it|strong="H1931" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" a|strong="H6213" sacrifice|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6213", that|strong="H5971" person|strong="H5315" will|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" allowed|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" associate|strong="H0935" with|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{10}‘I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5971" reject|strong="H3988" [IDM] any|strong="H3605" Israeli or|strong="H4480" any|strong="H3605" foreigner|strong="H1616" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H5315" living|strong="H5315" among|strong="H8432" you|strong="H5414" who|strong="H3605" eats|strong="H0398" any|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H1818", and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w command|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3605"\+w*} no|strong="H4480" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3478" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" associate|strong="H0935" with|strong="H1004" my|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{11}That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1931" because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" life|strong="H5315" of|strong="H4196" every|strong="H5414" creature|strong="H5315" is|strong="H1931" in|strong="H5921" its|strong="H5414" blood|strong="H1818"; I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5414" declared|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H1931" blood|strong="H1818" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1931" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H5315" offered|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H5921" enable|strong="H7980" people|strong="H1320" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H5315" forgiven|strong="H3722" for|strong="H3588" their|strong="H5414" sins|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{12}That|strong="H3605" is|strong="H5315" why|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" say|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" Israelis must|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" blood|strong="H1818", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" foreigners|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" live|strong="H1481" among|strong="H8432" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H1121" also|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" blood|strong="H1818". 
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\verseNumber{13}‘Any|strong="H4480" Israeli or|strong="H1121" any|strong="H4480" foreigner|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1616" is|strong="H3478" living|strong="H2416" among|strong="H8432" you|strong="H4480" who|strong="H1616" hunts|strong="H6679" any|strong="H4480" animal|strong="H2416" or|strong="H1121" bird|strong="H5775" that|strong="H1616" is|strong="H3478" permitted|strong="H5117" for|strong="H1121" you|strong="H4480" to|strong="H3478" eat|strong="H0398", must|strong="H1121" drain|strong="H4680" out|strong="H8210" the|strong="H8432" blood|strong="H1818" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w animal|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w or|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w bird|strong="H5775"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1616"\+w* \+w he|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w kills|strong="H5221"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" cover|strong="H3680" the|strong="H8432" blood|strong="H1818" with|strong="H3680" dirt|strong="H6083". 
\verseNumber{14}This|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" life|strong="H5315" of|strong="H1121" every|strong="H3605" creature|strong="H5315" is|strong="H1931" in|strong="H3478" its|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H1818". And|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1931" why|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" [DOU] to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3588" Israelis that|strong="H3588" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" eats|strong="H0398" blood|strong="H1818" must|strong="H1121" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w allowed|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w associate|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{15}‘Anyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H7364" Israel|strong="H3478", including|strong="H5704" foreigners|strong="H1616", who|strong="H3605" eats|strong="H0398" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4325" the|strong="H3605" meat|strong="H6153" of|strong="H4325" any|strong="H3605" creature|strong="H5315" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H5315" found|strong="H4672" dead|strong="H5315", or|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4325" been|strong="H2930" killed|strong="H2026" by|strong="H5704" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H0929", must|strong="H5315" wash|strong="H3526" his|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H4325" bathe|strong="H7364". Then|strong="H3605" he|strong="H5704" must|strong="H5315" not|strong="H5315" touch|strong="H5060" anyone|strong="H3605" until|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3605" evening|strong="H6153". 
\verseNumber{16}If|strong="H0518" he|strong="H3808" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" those|strong="H5375" things|strong="H3808", he|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1320" be|strong="H3808" punished|strong="H6485" for|strong="H5771" what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808".’” 

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\chapterNumber{18}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{2}“Speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" tell|strong="H1696" them|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3478"\+w*, \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*, \+w say|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w this|strong="H1696"\+w*} this|strong="H1696": I|strong="H3478" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w must|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4639"\+w* \+w I|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}; you|strong="H6213" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" things|strong="H4639" that|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Egypt|strong="H4714", where|strong="H8033" you|strong="H6213" lived|strong="H3427" previously|strong="H3808", do|strong="H6213"; and|strong="H3212" you|strong="H6213" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4639" is|strong="H8033" done|strong="H6213" by|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Canaan|strong="H3667", the|strong="H6213" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H3212" which|strong="H8033" I|strong="H4714" am|strong="H1961" taking|strong="H3947" you|strong="H6213". Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" imitate|strong="H6213" their|strong="H6213" behavior|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{4}You|strong="H6213" must|strong="H4191" obey|strong="H6213" all|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3068" my|strong="H8104" laws|strong="H8451" [DOU], because|strong="H3068" it|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068", Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w commanding|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w those|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w laws|strong="H8451"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H6213" obey|strong="H6213" all|strong="H6213" my|strong="H8104" laws|strong="H8451" and|strong="H3068" decrees|strong="H2711", you|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" remain|strong="H3427" alive|strong="H2425" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w long|strong="H0753"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w*}. I|strong="H3068", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w one|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w promising|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w These|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w my|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w laws|strong="H8451"\+w*}: 
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\verseNumber{6}“Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H3068" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" close|strong="H7126" relatives|strong="H7607". It|strong="H7126" is|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3808", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w commanding|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{7}“Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" disgrace|strong="H3639" your|strong="H3808" father|strong="H0001" by|strong="H3808" having|strong="H3808" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H1540" your|strong="H3808" mother|strong="H0517" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{8}“Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H1540" any|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3808" your|strong="H3808" father’s|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} wives|strong="H0802", because|strong="H3588" that|strong="H1931" would|strong="H0014" disgrace|strong="H3639" your|strong="H3808" father|strong="H0001". 
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\verseNumber{9}“Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1323" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3808" sister|strong="H0269" or|strong="H3808" your|strong="H3808" stepsister; it|strong="H3808" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" matter|strong="H1697" whether|strong="H0518" she|strong="H3808" was|strong="H1004" born|strong="H4138" in|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3808" house|strong="H1004" or|strong="H3808" somewhere|strong="H1481" else|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{10}“Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1121" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3588" granddaughter|strong="H1323", because|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0014" disgrace|strong="H3639" you|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{11}“Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1323" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H1540" your|strong="H3808" half-sister, because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" your|strong="H3808" sister|strong="H0269". 
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\verseNumber{12}“Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H1540" your|strong="H3808" father’s|strong="H0001" sister|strong="H0269", because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" your|strong="H3808" father’s|strong="H0001" close|strong="H5980" relative|strong="H7607". 
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\verseNumber{13}“Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H1540" your|strong="H3588" mother’s|strong="H0517" sister|strong="H0269", because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" your|strong="H3588" mother’s|strong="H0517" close|strong="H5980" relative|strong="H7607". 
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\verseNumber{14}“Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" disgrace|strong="H3639" your|strong="H3808" ◄uncle|strong="H1730"/father’s|strong="H1733" brother|strong="H0251"► by|strong="H3808" having|strong="H3808" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H1540" his|strong="H7126" wife|strong="H1733", because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" your|strong="H3808" aunt|strong="H1733". 
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\verseNumber{15}“Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1121" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H1540" [DOU] your|strong="H3808" daughter-in-law|strong="H3618", because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" your|strong="H3808" son’s|strong="H1121" wife|strong="H0802". 
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\verseNumber{16}“Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H1540" your|strong="H3808" brother’s|strong="H0251" wife|strong="H0802", because|strong="H3588" that|strong="H1931" would|strong="H0014" disgrace|strong="H3639" your|strong="H3808" brother|strong="H0251". 
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\verseNumber{17}“Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1121" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" daughter|strong="H1323" or|strong="H3808" granddaughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" any|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H1323" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H3947" have|strong="H1121" previously|strong="H3808" had|strong="H1121" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H3947"; they|strong="H3808" are|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w her|strong="H1540"\+w*} (OR|strong="H3808", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3947"\+w*}) close|strong="H5980" relatives|strong="H1121". Having|strong="H3808" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H3947" any|strong="H3947" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H3947" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3947" wicked|strong="H2154" thing|strong="H1931" to|strong="H1121" do|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{18}“While|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H2416" is|strong="H3808" still|strong="H5750" living|strong="H2416", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" marry|strong="H3947" your|strong="H3947" wife’s|strong="H0802" sister|strong="H0269" and|strong="H3947" have|strong="H3808" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5921" her|strong="H1540". 
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\verseNumber{19}“Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H1540" any|strong="H3808" woman|strong="H5079" while|strong="H5704" she|strong="H3808" is|strong="H2932" having|strong="H3808" her|strong="H1540" monthly|strong="H2320" menstrual|strong="H5079" period|strong="H5079". 
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\verseNumber{20}“Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" ◄defile|strong="H2930" yourself|strong="H5414"/make|strong="H5414" yourself|strong="H5414" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414"► by|strong="H5414" having|strong="H3808" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H2930" someone|strong="H5414" else’s|strong="H0312" wife|strong="H0802". 
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\verseNumber{21}“Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" give|strong="H5414" any|strong="H5414" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" children|strong="H2233" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" burned|strong="H8313" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" a|strong="H5414" sacrifice|strong="H2077" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" god|strong="H3068" Molech|strong="H4432", because|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" show|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" revere|strong="H3372" me|strong="H5414" [MTY], Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{22}“No|strong="H3808" man|strong="H2145" should|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3808" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H7901" another|strong="H3808" man|strong="H2145"; that|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" detestable|strong="H8441". 
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\verseNumber{23}“No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605", man|strong="H3605" or|strong="H3808" woman|strong="H0802", should|strong="H3068" ◄defile|strong="H2930" himself|strong="H1931"/cause|strong="H5414" himself|strong="H1931" to|strong="H5414" become|strong="H2930" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414"► by|strong="H5975" having|strong="H3808" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H6440" an|strong="H5414" animal|strong="H0929"; that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H5414" perverse|strong="H6141" act|strong="H5975". 
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\verseNumber{24}“o|strong="H3069" not|strong="H3588" ◄defile|strong="H2930" yourselves|strong="H2930"/cause|strong="H2600" yourselves|strong="H2930" to|strong="H7971" become|strong="H2930" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H7971" me|strong="H6440"► in|strong="H6440" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H6440" those|strong="H3605" ways|strong="H1870", because|strong="H3588" doing|strong="H6213" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" how|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" expelled|strong="H7971" as|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" advanced|strong="H0935" became|strong="H2930" ◄unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H7971" me|strong="H6440"/defiled|strong="H2930"►. 
\verseNumber{25}They|strong="H5921" even|strong="H5921" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H5921" become|strong="H2930" defiled|strong="H2930", so|strong="H6485" I|strong="H5921" punished|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" sins|strong="H5771", and|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" vomited|strong="H7006" out|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{26}You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" obey|strong="H6213" my|strong="H8104" laws|strong="H8451" and|strong="H4941" decrees|strong="H2711". That|strong="H3605" includes you|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3605" born|strong="H3808" here|strong="H6311" and|strong="H4941" the|strong="H3605" foreigners|strong="H1616" who|strong="H3605" live|strong="H1481" among|strong="H8432" you|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{27}All|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" detestable|strong="H8441" things|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3605" done|strong="H6213" by|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" land|strong="H6440" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588" came|strong="H0935" here|strong="H6311", and|strong="H6440" they|strong="H3588" caused|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6213" become|strong="H2930" defiled|strong="H2930". 
\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H3808" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H6440" defile|strong="H2930" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440", I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1471" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H6440" [MET|strong="H6298"] you|strong="H6440" like|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" got|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H6440" those|strong="H1992" nations|strong="H1471" that|strong="H1471" were|strong="H1471" here|strong="H6311" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" came|strong="H0935". 
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\verseNumber{29}“ou must|strong="H5315" not|strong="H6213" allow|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5971" those|strong="H3605" detestable|strong="H8441" things|strong="H3605" to|strong="H6213" associate|strong="H0935" with|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H5971" my|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{30}Obey|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3808" command|strong="H6680" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" defile|strong="H2930" yourselves|strong="H2930" by|strong="H3068" practicing|strong="H6213" any|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" detestable|strong="H8441" customs|strong="H2708" that|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3068" practiced|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3068"\+w*} before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" came|strong="H3068". I|strong="H3808", Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w one|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w commanding|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w these|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w things|strong="H8441"\+w*}.” 

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\chapterNumber{19}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{2}“Speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" tell|strong="H1696" them|strong="H1961" this|strong="H1696": You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" holy|strong="H6918", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", am|strong="H1961" holy|strong="H6918", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w me|strong="H1696"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{3}‘Each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3372" must|strong="H4191" respect|strong="H6437" your|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" mother|strong="H0517". And|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3372" must|strong="H4191" ◄honor|strong="H3519"/treat|strong="H6213" respectfully► the|strong="H8104" Sabbath|strong="H7676" days|strong="H3117". I|strong="H3068" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w commanding|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{4}‘Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" worship|strong="H7812" idols|strong="H1544" or|strong="H3808" make|strong="H6213" metal|strong="H6213" statues|strong="H2088" of|strong="H3068" gods|strong="H0430" for|strong="H6213" yourselves|strong="H3068". I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w only|strong="H0389"\+w* \+w one|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w must|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}‘Then|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" bring|strong="H0935" an|strong="H3588" offering|strong="H8002" to|strong="H3068" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H3588", offer|strong="H2076" it|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" way|strong="H1870" that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" me|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" accept|strong="H7521" it|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H3117" meat|strong="H1320" should|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3117" eaten|strong="H0398" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" sacrifice|strong="H2077" it|strong="H5704", but|strong="H3498" you|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H5704" eat|strong="H0398" some|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" it|strong="H5704" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117". Anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3117" remains|strong="H3498" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3117" third|strong="H7992"/next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H3117" completely|strong="H8313" burned|strong="H8313". 
\verseNumber{7}For|strong="H3117" any|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3117" it|strong="H1931" to|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3808" eaten|strong="H0398" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117" is|strong="H1931" very|strong="H3966" displeasing|strong="H7489" to|strong="H3117" me|strong="H3808", and|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" accept|strong="H7521" that|strong="H3117" offering|strong="H4503". 
\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" anyone|strong="H5315" who|strong="H1931" eats|strong="H0398" it|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w second|strong="H8145"\+w* \+w day|strong="H6944"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" respected|strong="H5375" that|strong="H3588" what|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" is|strong="H3068" holy|strong="H6944". And|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" person|strong="H5315" must|strong="H5375" no|strong="H5375" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" associate|strong="H0935" with|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{9}‘Then|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" harvest|strong="H7105" your|strong="H3808" grain|strong="H1715", leave|strong="H5800" the|strong="H3615" grain|strong="H1715" at|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3615" very|strong="H3966" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="H7704" the|strong="H3615" field|strong="H7704", and|strong="H7704" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" pick|strong="H5375" up|strong="H3950" the|strong="H3615" grain|strong="H1715" that|strong="H3808" has|strong="H7105" fallen|strong="H5307" on|strong="H6285" the|strong="H3615" ground|strong="H7704". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3808" harvest|strong="H7105" your|strong="H3068" grapes|strong="H6025", do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3068" back|strong="H7725" a|strong="H3068" second|strong="H8145" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H3068" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H3068" harvest|strong="H7105" some|strong="H4480" more|strong="H3808", and|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" pick|strong="H5953" up|strong="H3950" the|strong="H3068" grapes|strong="H6025" that|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" fallen|strong="H6528" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" ground|strong="H0776". Leave|strong="H5800" those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H3808" for|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" poor|strong="H6041" people|strong="H3808" and|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3068" foreigners|strong="H1616" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" living|strong="H2416" among|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808". I|strong="H3808", Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w commanding|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3808"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{11}‘Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" steal|strong="H1589" anything|strong="H3808". 
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‘Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" lies|strong="H3577". 
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‘Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" deceive|strong="H3584" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312". 
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\verseNumber{12}‘Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" show|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" respect|strong="H6437" me|strong="H3808" by|strong="H7650" using|strong="H5927"/saying|strong="H0559" my|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034" to|strong="H3068" falsely|strong="H8267" promise|strong="H7650" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" something|strong="H1697". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w forget|strong="H7911"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*} I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{13}‘Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" cheat|strong="H5791" anyone|strong="H3605" or|strong="H3808" steal|strong="H1497" from|strong="H5704" anyone|strong="H3605". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{‘\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w agreed|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w*} pay|strong="H7999" your|strong="H3808" workers|strong="H7916" at|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5704" end|strong="H7093" of|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5704" day|strong="H1242", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H1696"\+w*}; do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" keep|strong="H8104" those|strong="H1992" wages|strong="H6468" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H1242". 
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\verseNumber{14}‘Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" curse|strong="H7043" deaf|strong="H2795" people|strong="H3808", and|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" put|strong="H5414" things|strong="H3372" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" path|strong="H0734" of|strong="H3068" blind|strong="H5787" people|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" stumble|strong="H4383". 
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\verseNumber{15}‘Always|strong="H3605" [LIT|strong="H0215"] judge|strong="H8199" people|strong="H3808" fairly|strong="H6664" [DOU]. Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" special|strong="H6381" favors|strong="H1870" for|strong="H6213" either|strong="H3808" poor|strong="H1800" people|strong="H3808" or|strong="H3808" rich|strong="H1419" people|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{16}‘Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" spread|strong="H3212" false|strong="H3808" rumors|strong="H8052" about|strong="H5921" other|strong="H7453" people|strong="H5971". 
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‘Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559" anything|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w court|strong="H2691"\+w*} that|strong="H5971" would|strong="H3068" result|strong="H6903" in|strong="H5921" some|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w innocent|strong="H5355"\+w*} person|strong="H1818" being|strong="H5971" executed|strong="H6213". I|strong="H5921", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w commanding|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{17}‘Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" hate|strong="H8130" anyone|strong="H3605". Instead|strong="H3808", honestly|strong="H8549" rebuke|strong="H3198" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H3198" ought|strong="H3972" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3808" rebuked|strong="H3198", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3808" you|strong="H5921" also|strong="H1571" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" guilty|strong="H0816". 
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\verseNumber{18}‘Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H3068" get|strong="H3947" revenge|strong="H5358" against|strong="H3068" someone|strong="H0376" or|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" angry|strong="H5201" with|strong="H3068" someone|strong="H0376" for|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3644" long|strong="H0753" time|strong="H6256". Instead|strong="H3808", love|strong="H0157" other|strong="H7453" people|strong="H5971" like|strong="H3644" you|strong="H3808" love|strong="H0157" yourself|strong="H0859". I|strong="H3808", Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w commanding|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{19}‘bey my|strong="H8104" laws|strong="H8451". 
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‘o|strong="H3069" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" two|strong="H3610" different|strong="H8133" kinds|strong="H3610" of|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H0929" to|strong="H5927" mate|strong="H7250" with|strong="H5921" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312". 
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‘o|strong="H3069" not|strong="H3808" plant|strong="H2232" two|strong="H3610" different|strong="H8133" kinds|strong="H3610" of|strong="H7704" seed|strong="H2232" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w same|strong="H1931"\+w*} field|strong="H7704". 
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‘o|strong="H3069" not|strong="H3808" wear|strong="H5927" clothing|strong="H8162" made|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5921" two|strong="H3610" different|strong="H8133" kinds|strong="H3610" of|strong="H7704" material|strong="H8162". 
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\verseNumber{20}‘f a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H4191" has|strong="H1961" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H7901" a|strong="H1961" slave|strong="H8198" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H1931" has|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" promised|strong="H5414" to|strong="H4191" marry|strong="H1961" some|strong="H4480" other|strong="H0312" man|strong="H4191", but|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" has|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H1961" bought|strong="H5414" by|strong="H4191" that|strong="H3588" man|strong="H4191" and|strong="H4191" is|strong="H1931" still|strong="H7901" a|strong="H1961" slave|strong="H8198", the|strong="H3588" man|strong="H4191" who|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H7901" her|strong="H5414" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" punished|strong="H6485". But|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" still|strong="H7901" a|strong="H1961" slave|strong="H8198", she|strong="H1931" and|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3588" man|strong="H4191" who|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H7901" her|strong="H5414" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H4191". 
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\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H6440" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H7126" that|strong="H3068" ram|strong="H0352" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" man|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" forgiven|strong="H5545" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" sin|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H2398", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" forgive|strong="H5545" him|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{23}‘hen|strong="H2581" you|strong="H3588" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w give|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}, and|strong="H6086" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" plant|strong="H5193" various|strong="H2921" kinds|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8141" fruit|strong="H6529" trees|strong="H6086", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H3978" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8141" their|strong="H3605" fruit|strong="H6529" for|strong="H3588" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141" [DOU]. 
\verseNumber{24}In|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" fourth|strong="H7243" year|strong="H8141" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" fruit|strong="H6529" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" set|strong="H6944" aside|strong="H5493" to|strong="H3068" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1961"; it|strong="H1961" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" brought|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" offering|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H1974" me|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{26}‘o|strong="H3069" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" any|strong="H3808" meat|strong="H1320" that|strong="H3808" still|strong="H6049" has|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w animal’s|strong="H0929"\+w*} blood|strong="H1818" in|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921". 
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‘o|strong="H3069" not|strong="H3808" consult|strong="H3289" spirits|strong="H7307" to|strong="H5921" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H5921" what|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3808" happen|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" future|strong="H0319", and|strong="H1818" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" practice|strong="H5172" sorcery|strong="H3784". 
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\verseNumber{27}‘o|strong="H3069" not|strong="H3808" shave|strong="H1548" the|strong="H7843" hair|strong="H7218" at|strong="H7218" the|strong="H7843" sides|strong="H6285" of|strong="H7218" your|strong="H3808" heads|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w pagan|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{28}‘o|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" cut|strong="H3772" your|strong="H3068" bodies|strong="H1320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w mourning|strong="H0060"\+w*} for|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1320" who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" put|strong="H5414" tattoos on|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" bodies|strong="H1320". I|strong="H5414", Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w commanding|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w this|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{29}‘o|strong="H3069" not|strong="H3808" disgrace|strong="H3639" your|strong="H3808" daughters|strong="H1323" by|strong="H3808" forcing|strong="H4330" them|strong="H2490" to|strong="H2490" become|strong="H2181" prostitutes|strong="H2181". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3808" cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H2490" to|strong="H2490" become|strong="H2181" prostitutes|strong="H2181", soon|strong="H3512" the|strong="H4390" land|strong="H0776" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" filled|strong="H4390" with|strong="H4390" prostitutes|strong="H2181" and|strong="H1323" all|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="H1323" people’s|strong="H5971" wicked|strong="H2154" behavior|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{30}‘onor my|strong="H8104" Sabbath|strong="H7676" days|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3068" revere|strong="H3372" my|strong="H8104" Sacred|strong="H4720" Tent|strong="H0168", because|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{31}‘o|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6437" seek|strong="H1245" advice|strong="H6098" from|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3068" ◄consult|strong="H3289"/talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H3068"► the|strong="H3068" spirits|strong="H7307" of|strong="H3068" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H5971" [DOU], because|strong="H3068" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H1245" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068", they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" defile|strong="H2930" you|strong="H1245". I|strong="H3068", Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w one|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H1245"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w consult|strong="H3289"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{32}‘tand up|strong="H6965" when|strong="H3068" old|strong="H2205" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w enter|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w room|strong="H2315"\+w*}, and|strong="H6965" show|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" respect|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440", and|strong="H6965" also|strong="H3068" revere|strong="H3372" me|strong="H6440", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068"; \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3372"\+w*} I|strong="H6965", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w commanding|strong="H6680"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{33}‘hen|strong="H2581" foreigners|strong="H1616" live|strong="H1481" among|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1481"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w*}, do|strong="H3238" not|strong="H3808" mistreat|strong="H3238" them|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{34}You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" treat|strong="H1961" them|strong="H1961" like|strong="H3644" you|strong="H3588" treat|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3068" fellow-citizens. Love|strong="H0157" them|strong="H1961" like|strong="H3644" you|strong="H3588" love|strong="H0157" yourselves|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1961" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H3588" once|strong="H1961", when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" foreigners|strong="H1616" in|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w badly|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w mistreated|strong="H0854"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*}. I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w commanding|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3588"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{35}‘hen|strong="H2581" you|strong="H6213" are|strong="H6213" measuring|strong="H4060" things|strong="H3808", to|strong="H6213" see|strong="H7200" how|strong="H6213" long|strong="H0753" they|strong="H3808" are|strong="H6213" or|strong="H3808" how|strong="H6213" much|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3808" weigh|strong="H4948" or|strong="H3808" how|strong="H6213" many|strong="H3808" there|strong="H4060" are|strong="H6213", 
\verseNumber{36}use|strong="H1961" correct|strong="H3256" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w measuring|strong="H4060"\+w* \+w sticks|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} scales|strong="H3976" and|strong="H3068" weights|strong="H0068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w scales|strong="H3976"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" measuring|strong="H4060" baskets|strong="H5536" and|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" measuring|strong="H4060" containers|strong="H3627". I|strong="H4714" Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", who|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w giving|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w these|strong="H0428"\+w* \+w laws|strong="H8451"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{37}‘bey carefully|strong="H6213" [DOU] all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H8104" laws|strong="H8451" and|strong="H3068" decrees|strong="H2711", because|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3068", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w one|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w commanding|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w*}.’ ” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Punishments for various sins }
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\chapterNumber{20}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" this|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696": 
\verseNumber{2}“Tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H5971", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w what|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w says|strong="H0559"\+w*}: Any|strong="H4480" Israeli or|strong="H1121" any|strong="H4480" foreigner|strong="H1121" who|strong="H5971" is|strong="H3478" living|strong="H1481" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H5971" sacrifices|strong="H2077" any|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" children|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H4191" an|strong="H5414" offering|strong="H4480" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5414" god|strong="H5414" Molech|strong="H4432" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191". The|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" town|strong="H7151" must|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5414" by|strong="H4191" throwing|strong="H3027" stones|strong="H0068" at|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" reject|strong="H3988" [IDM] such|strong="H1931" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H5971" command|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" no|strong="H5414" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H8034" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" associate|strong="H0935" with|strong="H6440" my|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{4}If|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5869" that|strong="H5971" man’s|strong="H0376" town|strong="H7151" ignore|strong="H5956" it|strong="H5414" when|strong="H4480" he|strong="H1931" kills|strong="H4191" one|strong="H4480" of|strong="H5869" his|strong="H5414" children|strong="H2233" to|strong="H4191" offer|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" as|strong="H5971" a|strong="H5414" sacrifice|strong="H2077" to|strong="H4191" Molech|strong="H4432", and|strong="H5971" if|strong="H1931" they|strong="H1931" do|strong="H5869" not|strong="H1115" execute|strong="H4191" that|strong="H5971" person|strong="H5869", 
\verseNumber{5}I|strong="H7760" myself|strong="H0589" will|strong="H5971" punish|strong="H6485" that|strong="H5971" person|strong="H6440" and|strong="H5971" his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940", and|strong="H5971" I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H5971" command|strong="H6680" that|strong="H5971" he|strong="H1931" no|strong="H3605" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H5971" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H6440" associate|strong="H0935" with|strong="H6440" my|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". And|strong="H5971" I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H5971" do|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" thing|strong="H3605" to|strong="H6440" any|strong="H3605" others|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" thing|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" he|strong="H1931" did|strong="H5971" to|strong="H6440" worship|strong="H7812" Molech|strong="H4432". 
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\verseNumber{6}‘ will|strong="H5971" reject|strong="H3988" [IDM] those|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" go|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5414" those|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" ◄consult|strong="H3289"/talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H6440"► the|strong="H6440" spirits|strong="H7307" of|strong="H6440" dead|strong="H5315" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H5971" fortune-tellers|strong="H6049" to|strong="H5414" seek|strong="H1245" advice|strong="H6098" from|strong="H6440" them|strong="H5414". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5971" command|strong="H6680" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H1931" no|strong="H5414" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H5315" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" associate|strong="H0935" with|strong="H6440" my|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{7}‘et yourselves|strong="H6942" apart|strong="H6942" and|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" holy|strong="H6918", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", am|strong="H1961" holy|strong="H6918", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w me|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}Obey|strong="H6213" carefully|strong="H6213" [DOU] all|strong="H6213" my|strong="H8104" laws|strong="H8451". I|strong="H3068" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6213" one|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" holy|strong="H6942". 
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\verseNumber{9}‘f anyone|strong="H3588" curses|strong="H7043" his|strong="H3588" father|strong="H0001" or|strong="H4191" his|strong="H3588" mother|strong="H0517", he|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191". He|strong="H3588" himself|strong="H5315" will|strong="H1818" be|strong="H4191" responsible|strong="H1818" for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3588" own|strong="H1961" death|strong="H4191" [MTY]. 
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\verseNumber{10}‘f a|strong="H4191" man|strong="H4191" commits|strong="H5003" adultery|strong="H5003" with|strong="H4191" some|strong="H4480" other|strong="H7453" man’s|strong="H0376" wife|strong="H0802", both|strong="H4191" of|strong="H4191" them|strong="H4191", the|strong="H4191" man|strong="H4191" and|strong="H4191" the|strong="H4191" woman|strong="H0802", must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191". 
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\verseNumber{11}‘f a|strong="H4191" man|strong="H4191" has|strong="H7901" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H7901" [EUP] one|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1818" his|strong="H1540" father’s|strong="H0001" wives|strong="H0802", he|strong="H8147" has|strong="H7901" disgraced|strong="H0954" his|strong="H1540" father|strong="H0001". So|strong="H4191" both|strong="H8147" that|strong="H1818" man|strong="H4191" and|strong="H1818" that|strong="H1818" woman|strong="H0802" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191", they|strong="H1540" will|strong="H1818" be|strong="H4191" responsible|strong="H1818" for|strong="H4191" their|strong="H1540" own|strong="H1961" deaths|strong="H4463" [MTY]. 
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\verseNumber{12}‘f a|strong="H6213" man|strong="H4191" has|strong="H6213" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H6213" [EUP] his|strong="H6213" daughter-in-law|strong="H3618", both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1818" them|strong="H6213" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H6213". What|strong="H6213" they|strong="H6213" have|strong="H8147" done|strong="H6213" is|strong="H1818" very|strong="H6213" perverse|strong="H6141"; and|strong="H6213" they|strong="H6213" will|strong="H6213" be|strong="H4191" responsible|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" their|strong="H6213" own|strong="H1961" deaths|strong="H4463" [MTY]. 
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\verseNumber{13}‘f two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H2145" have|strong="H8147" sex|strong="H7901" together|strong="H7901", they|strong="H6213" have|strong="H8147" done|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" detestable|strong="H8441". They|strong="H6213" must|strong="H4191" both|strong="H8147" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H6213", they|strong="H6213" will|strong="H1818" be|strong="H4191" responsible|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" their|strong="H6213" own|strong="H1961" deaths|strong="H4463" [MTY]. 
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\verseNumber{14}‘f a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" marries|strong="H3947" both|strong="H8147" a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H0802" and|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947" mother|strong="H0517", that|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H1961" wicked|strong="H2154" thing|strong="H1931". All|strong="H3947" three|strong="H7969" of|strong="H8432" them|strong="H3947" must|strong="H3947" be|strong="H1961" burned|strong="H8313" to|strong="H1961" death|strong="H4194", in|strong="H8432" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H1931" such|strong="H1931" a|strong="H1961" wicked|strong="H2154" practice|strong="H6213" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w continue|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w done|strong="H1961"\+w*} among|strong="H8432" you|strong="H3947". 
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\verseNumber{15}‘f a|strong="H5414" man|strong="H4191" has|strong="H5414" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H4191" an|strong="H5414" animal|strong="H0929", he|strong="H5414" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191", and|strong="H4191" you|strong="H5414" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H2026" that|strong="H5414" animal|strong="H0929". 
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\verseNumber{16}‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Similarly|strong="H2088"\+w*}, if|strong="H0518" a|strong="H7126" woman|strong="H0802" has|strong="H3605" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H3605" an|strong="H7126" animal|strong="H0929", both|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" woman|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1818" that|strong="H3605" animal|strong="H0929" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" killed|strong="H2026" [DOU]; they|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1818" responsible|strong="H1818" for|strong="H4191" their|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" deaths|strong="H4463" [MTY]. 
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\verseNumber{17}‘f a|strong="H3947" man|strong="H1121" marries|strong="H3947" his|strong="H5375" sister|strong="H0269", the|strong="H7200" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" either|strong="H1571" his|strong="H5375" mother|strong="H0517" or|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5375" father|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1931" have|strong="H5869" sex|strong="H7901" together|strong="H5971", that|strong="H5971" is|strong="H1931" disgraceful|strong="H5039". They|strong="H1931" must|strong="H1121" not|strong="H7200" be|strong="H1121" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1121" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1121" associate|strong="H0935" with|strong="H5971" my|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971". And|strong="H1121" because|strong="H5771" he|strong="H1931" has|strong="H5869" disgraced|strong="H0954" his|strong="H5375" sister|strong="H0269", he|strong="H1931" must|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" punished|strong="H6485". 
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\verseNumber{18}‘f a|strong="H3772" man|strong="H0376" has|strong="H7901" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H7901" [EUP, DOU] a|strong="H3772" woman|strong="H1739" during|strong="H3117" her|strong="H1540" monthly|strong="H2320" menstrual|strong="H5079" period|strong="H3117", they|strong="H1931" have|strong="H5971" both|strong="H8147" revealed|strong="H1540" why|strong="H4100" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" bleeding, so|strong="H1931" both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H5971" them|strong="H8147" must|strong="H1818" not|strong="H5971" be|strong="H5971" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1540" associate|strong="H0935" with|strong="H7901" my|strong="H7130" people|strong="H5971" anymore|strong="H5750". 
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\verseNumber{19}‘o|strong="H3069" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H5771" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5771" the|strong="H3588" sister|strong="H0269" of|strong="H5771" either|strong="H3808" your|strong="H5375" father|strong="H0001" or|strong="H3808" your|strong="H5375" mother|strong="H0517", because|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H3808" disgracing someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3588" is|strong="H5771" a|strong="H3588" close|strong="H5980" relative|strong="H7607". And|strong="H5771" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H5771" the|strong="H3588" woman|strong="H0802" must|strong="H5375" both|strong="H8147" be|strong="H3808" punished|strong="H6485". 
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\verseNumber{20}‘f a|strong="H5375" man|strong="H4191" has|strong="H7901" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H7901" his|strong="H5375" aunt|strong="H1733", he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H7901" dishonored|strong="H3637" his|strong="H5375" uncle|strong="H1730". I|strong="H7901" will|strong="H4191" punish|strong="H6485" both|strong="H4191" of|strong="H4191" them|strong="H5375" by|strong="H4191" causing|strong="H7462" them|strong="H5375" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191" without|strong="H4191" having|strong="H0369" any|strong="H5375" children|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{21}‘f a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" marries|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947" brother’s|strong="H0251" wife|strong="H0802" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H0251"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w still|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w living|strong="H2416"\+w*}, that|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" disgraceful|strong="H5039". He|strong="H1931" has|strong="H1961" dishonored|strong="H3637" his|strong="H3947" brother|strong="H0251"; and|strong="H3947" they|strong="H1931" both|strong="H8147" will|strong="H1961" die|strong="H4191" without|strong="H1961" having|strong="H1961" any|strong="H1961" children|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{22}‘bey all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H8104" laws|strong="H8451"/decrees|strong="H2711" [DOU] carefully|strong="H6213", in|strong="H3427" order|strong="H4941" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H6213" leave|strong="H5800" [MET|strong="H6298"] the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H6213" which|strong="H8033" I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H1961" bringing|strong="H0935" you|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{23}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" imitate|strong="H6213"/adopt the|strong="H3605" customs|strong="H2708" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H6440" from|strong="H6440" which|strong="H1471" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1471" expel|strong="H1644" them|strong="H7971" as|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" advance|strong="H0935". I|strong="H3588" hated|strong="H8130" them|strong="H7971" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H5971" I|strong="H5414" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414", “You|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3423" their|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776" from|strong="H4480" them|strong="H5414"; I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" yours|strong="H5414", a|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H5971" is|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" fertile|strong="H3759" [IDM]. I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", who|strong="H5971" has|strong="H3068" set|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" apart|strong="H0914" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" nations|strong="H5971".” 
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\verseNumber{25}‘o|strong="H5315" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H5315" distinguish|strong="H0914" between|strong="H0996" birds|strong="H5775" and|strong="H5315" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H5315" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H5315" me|strong="H5315" and|strong="H5315" those|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H5315" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H5315" me|strong="H5315". Do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" defile|strong="H2930" yourselves|strong="H5315" by|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w eating|strong="H0398"\+w*} birds|strong="H5775" or|strong="H3808" animals|strong="H0929", or|strong="H3808" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" scurries across|strong="H5676" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776", that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5315" have|strong="H3605" said|strong="H0559" are|strong="H5315" unacceptable|strong="H4284" for|strong="H5315" you|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{26}You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" behave|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3068" ways|strong="H1870" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" consider|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" holy|strong="H6918", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", am|strong="H1961" holy|strong="H6918", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" set|strong="H7760" you|strong="H3588" apart|strong="H0914" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ungodly|strong="H7563"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} nations|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3068" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H4480". 
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\verseNumber{27}‘ou must|strong="H4191" execute|strong="H4191" any|strong="H1961" man|strong="H4191" or|strong="H4191" woman|strong="H0802" among|strong="H8432" you|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3588" ◄consults|strong="H7592"/talks with|strong="H4191"► the|strong="H3588" spirits|strong="H7307" of|strong="H1818" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H1818" or|strong="H4191" who|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" fortune-teller. Kill|strong="H4191" them|strong="H1961" by|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w throwing|strong="H3027"\+w*} stones|strong="H0068" at|strong="H4191" them|strong="H1961"; but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" responsible|strong="H1818" for|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3588" own|strong="H1961" deaths|strong="H4463".’” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Rules for priests }
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\chapterNumber{21}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5315", “Speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" priests|strong="H3548", the|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175", and|strong="H1121" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H1121", 
\verseNumber{2}‘You|strong="H3588" priests|strong="H3548" must|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3588" cause|strong="H2600" yourselves|strong="H5315" to|strong="H1121" become|strong="H1961" unfit to|strong="H1121" do|strong="H6213" my|strong="H3588" work|strong="H4399" by|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w touching|strong="H5060"\+w*} corpses|strong="H6297". Priests|strong="H3548" are|strong="H1121" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H1121" touch|strong="H5060" only|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" corpses|strong="H6297" of|strong="H1121" close|strong="H7138" relatives|strong="H7607", such|strong="H2088" as|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" priest’s|strong="H3548" mother|strong="H0517" or|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121" or|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" or|strong="H1121" daughter|strong="H1323" or|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3588" brother|strong="H0251". 
\verseNumber{3}Priests|strong="H3808" are|strong="H1961" also|strong="H1571" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H1961" touch|strong="H5060" the|strong="H1961" corpse|strong="H5038" of|strong="H1330" a|strong="H1961" sister|strong="H0269" if|strong="H1961" she|strong="H3808" is|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" married|strong="H3947", because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3808" has|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" husband|strong="H0376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w bury|strong="H6912"\+w* \+w her|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w body|strong="H1320"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}Priests|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" cause|strong="H5971" themselves|strong="H0905" to|strong="H2490" become|strong="H2930" unfit to|strong="H2490" do|strong="H1167" my|strong="H2490" work|strong="H4399" [DOU] by|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w touching|strong="H5060"\+w* \+w corpses|strong="H6297"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5971"\+w*} people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" married|strong="H1167" to|strong="H2490" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H5971" their|strong="H3808" close|strong="H5980" relatives|strong="H0251". 
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\verseNumber{5}You|strong="H3808" priests|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" shave|strong="H1548" your|strong="H3808" heads|strong="H7218" or|strong="H3808" shave|strong="H1548" the|strong="H3808" edges|strong="H6285" of|strong="H7218" your|strong="H3808" beards|strong="H2206" or|strong="H3808" cut|strong="H1548" your|strong="H3808" bodies|strong="H1320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w mourning|strong="H0060"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w has|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{6}You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" act|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3068" ways|strong="H1870" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", consider|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" holy|strong="H6944", and|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" disgrace|strong="H3639" my|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034"/reputation|strong="H8034". You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1992" the|strong="H3588" ones|strong="H6918" who|strong="H3068" present|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" offerings|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1992" burned|strong="H8313". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} those|strong="H1992" offerings|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1992" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H1961", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068"; so|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" act|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3068" ways|strong="H1870" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1992" holy|strong="H6944". 
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\verseNumber{7}You|strong="H3588" priests|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3947" not|strong="H3808" marry|strong="H3947" women|strong="H0802" who|strong="H1931" have|strong="H3588" been|strong="H3808" prostitutes|strong="H2181" or|strong="H3808" who|strong="H1931" have|strong="H3588" been|strong="H3808" divorced|strong="H1644" from|strong="H3947" their|strong="H3947" husbands|strong="H1167", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" priests|strong="H3808" are|strong="H2491" ◄set|strong="H7760" apart|strong="H0914" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H3947"/holy|strong="H6918"►. 
\verseNumber{8}You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" consider|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" holy|strong="H6918", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" offer|strong="H7126" food|strong="H3899" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1961", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". Consider|strong="H7200" yourselves|strong="H6942" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" holy|strong="H6918" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w one|strong="H6918"\+w* \+w who|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w caused|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* } the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H6918" who|strong="H1931" enables you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" holy|strong="H6918", am|strong="H1961" holy|strong="H6918". 
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\verseNumber{9}If|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" priest’s|strong="H3548" daughter|strong="H1323" disgraces herself|strong="H1931" by|strong="H3588" becoming|strong="H5000" a|strong="H3588" prostitute|strong="H2181", she|strong="H1931" disgraces her|strong="H1931" father|strong="H0001"; and|strong="H3548" she|strong="H1931" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H3548" killed|strong="H2490" by|strong="H3588" being|strong="H1961" burned|strong="H8313" in|strong="H1931" a|strong="H3588" fire|strong="H0784". 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H5921" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" is|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H3808" among|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" relatives|strong="H0251" who|strong="H3548" has|strong="H3027" been|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w appointed|strong="H4150"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w work|strong="H3027"\+w*} by|strong="H3027" having|strong="H3808" his|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218" anointed|strong="H4888" with|strong="H4390" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081". He|strong="H3027" is|strong="H3027" also|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3548" has|strong="H3027" been|strong="H3808" appointed|strong="H4150" to|strong="H5921" wear|strong="H3847" the|strong="H5921" special|strong="H6381" garments|strong="H0899" that|strong="H3548" priests|strong="H3548" wear|strong="H3847". He|strong="H3027" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" hair|strong="H7218" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w head|strong="H7218"\+w*} to|strong="H5921" remain|strong="H3808" uncombed, and|strong="H1419" he|strong="H3027" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" tear|strong="H6533" his|strong="H5921" clothes|strong="H3847" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w mourning|strong="H0060"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{11}He|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" enter|strong="H0935" some|strong="H5315" place|strong="H3605" where|strong="H5921" there|strong="H3605" is|strong="H5315" a|strong="H5921" corpse|strong="H5315". He|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" and|strong="H5315" cause|strong="H2600" himself|strong="H5315" to|strong="H4191" become|strong="H2930" unfit for|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399", even|strong="H3808" if|strong="H0518" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H5315" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" or|strong="H3808" his|strong="H3605" mother|strong="H0517" who|strong="H3605" has|strong="H5315" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{12}He|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H4720" Tent|strong="H0168" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w join|strong="H2266"\+w* \+w those|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w mourning|strong="H0060"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H3318" himself|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3318" become|strong="H3318" unfit for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3068" work|strong="H4399" and|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" defile|strong="H2490"/desecrate|strong="H2490" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H4720" Tent|strong="H0168". He|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H4720" Tent|strong="H0168" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w time|strong="H3318"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" by|strong="H5921" being|strong="H3068" anointed|strong="H4888" with|strong="H3068" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3808" ◄appointed|strong="H4150"/set|strong="H3318" apart|strong="H0914"► to|strong="H3318" serve|strong="H5647" his|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H4720"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w*}. I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w one|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w commanding|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3588"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{13}Women|strong="H0802" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H3947" priests|strong="H3548" marry|strong="H3947" must|strong="H3947" be|strong="H1931" virgins|strong="H1330". 
\verseNumber{14-15}You|strong="H0859" priests|strong="H3548" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" marry|strong="H3947" widows|strong="H0490" or|strong="H0176" prostitutes|strong="H6945" or|strong="H0176" divorced|strong="H1644" women|strong="H0802", because|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w later|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w*} sons|strong="H1121", they|strong="H1992" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" priests|strong="H3548" among|strong="H8432" your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971". You|strong="H0859" must|strong="H4191" marry|strong="H3947" only|strong="H0389" virgins|strong="H1330" from|strong="H4480" among|strong="H8432" your|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971". I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068", who|strong="H0834" sets|strong="H0935" priests|strong="H3548" apart|strong="H0914" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" holy|strong="H6944".’” 
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\verseNumber{16}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{17}“Say|strong="H1696" this|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Aaron|strong="H0175": 'For all|strong="H1755" future|strong="H0319" time|strong="H1755", none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H2233" your|strong="H3808" descendants|strong="H2233" who|strong="H3808" has|strong="H1961" any|strong="H1961" defects \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w body|strong="H1320"\+w*} will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" come|strong="H1961" near|strong="H7126" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} to|strong="H1696" offer|strong="H7126" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sacrifices|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w me|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w which|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] my|strong="H1961" food|strong="H3899": 
\verseNumber{18}No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" blind|strong="H5787" or|strong="H3808" lame|strong="H6455" or|strong="H3808" deformed|strong="H8311", or|strong="H3808" whose|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w face|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3605"\+w*} disfigured|strong="H2763", 
\verseNumber{19}no|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" with|strong="H3027" a|strong="H1961" crippled|strong="H5223" foot|strong="H7272" or|strong="H3027" a|strong="H1961" crippled|strong="H5223" hand|strong="H3027", 
\verseNumber{20}no|strong="H3808" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H5869" a|strong="H5869" hunchback|strong="H1384" or|strong="H0176" a|strong="H5869" dwarf|strong="H1851", no|strong="H3808" man|strong="H0376" whose|strong="H0834" eyes|strong="H5869" are|strong="H5869" defective, no|strong="H3808" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" has|strong="H5869" a|strong="H5869" skin|strong="H5785" disease|strong="H2483" [DOU] or|strong="H0176" whose|strong="H0834" testicles|strong="H0810" have|strong="H5869" been|strong="H1961" damaged|strong="H8133" is|strong="H5869" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5869" brings|strong="H0935" sacrifices|strong="H2077". 
\verseNumber{21}No|strong="H3808" descendant|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Aaron|strong="H0175", the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w first|strong="H7223"\+w* Supreme} Priest|strong="H3548", who|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3068" any|strong="H3605" defect|strong="H3971" is|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" come|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5066", his|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068", sacrifices|strong="H3899" that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" burned|strong="H8313". 
\verseNumber{22}Priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H0834" have|strong="H3899" defects are|strong="H4480" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H4480" eat|strong="H3899" the|strong="H4480" various|strong="H2921" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="H4480" holy|strong="H6944" food|strong="H3899" offered|strong="H5927" to|strong="H4480" me|strong="H4480". 
\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" defects, they|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" the|strong="H3588" curtain|strong="H6532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H4720"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w*} or|strong="H3808" near|strong="H5066" the|strong="H3588" altar|strong="H4196", because|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588", they|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" desecrate|strong="H2490" my|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H4720" Tent|strong="H0168". I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3068" sets|strong="H0935" those|strong="H3588" places|strong="H4720" apart|strong="H6942" as|strong="H3068" being|strong="H3068" holy|strong="H6942".' ” 
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\verseNumber{24}So|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H1121" told|strong="H1696" this|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1696" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121". 
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\chapterNumber{22}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{2}“Tell|strong="H1696" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1696" greatly|strong="H3966" respect|strong="H6437" the|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944" offerings|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H0935" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696"; by|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" respect|strong="H6437" me|strong="H1696" [MTY], Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{3}“Tell|strong="H3605" them|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605" for|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" future|strong="H0319" time|strong="H1755", if|strong="H1931" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" comes|strong="H6440" near|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" offerings|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" dedicate|strong="H6942" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H6440" while|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" unfit to|strong="H3478" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H6440", that|strong="H3605" person|strong="H5315" will|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3605" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H6440". I|strong="H5921", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w commanding|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w this|strong="H1931"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{4}“If|strong="H1931" any|strong="H3605" descendant|strong="H2233" of|strong="H2233" Aaron|strong="H0175" has|strong="H3318" a|strong="H3318" contagious skin|strong="H5785" disease|strong="H2483" or|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3318" discharge|strong="H2100" from|strong="H4480" his|strong="H3605" sexual|strong="H7901" organs|strong="H5748", he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3808" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" eat|strong="H0398" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H2233" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" offerings|strong="H4480" until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" cured|strong="H8585". He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H5315" also|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3808" unfit for|strong="H5704" his|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" if|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" touches|strong="H5060" anything|strong="H3605" which|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3318" become|strong="H2891" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H5315" because|strong="H4480" it|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3318" touched|strong="H5060" a|strong="H3318" corpse|strong="H5315", or|strong="H3808" if|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" touches|strong="H5060" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" as|strong="H5704" an|strong="H4480" emission|strong="H7902" of|strong="H2233" semen, 
\verseNumber{5}or|strong="H0176" if|strong="H0518" he|strong="H3605" touches|strong="H5060" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" crawls|strong="H1980" on|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776", or|strong="H0176" if|strong="H0518" he|strong="H3605" touches|strong="H5060" any|strong="H3605" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="H3605" causes|strong="H5414" him|strong="H2930" to|strong="H5060" be|strong="H3605" unfit for|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399". 
\verseNumber{6}Any|strong="H4480" priest|strong="H2930" who|strong="H5315" touches|strong="H5060" such|strong="H3808" things|strong="H6944" must|strong="H5315" bathe|strong="H7364", and|strong="H4325" he|strong="H3588" must|strong="H5315" not|strong="H3808" touch|strong="H5060" anyone|strong="H5315" else|strong="H3808" until|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3588" evening|strong="H6153". 
\verseNumber{7}After|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3588" sun|strong="H8121" sets|strong="H0935", he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1931" be|strong="H8121" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H4480" eat|strong="H3899" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3588" sacred|strong="H6944" offerings|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H6944" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H2891" to|strong="H4480" eat|strong="H3899". 
\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H3068" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" anything|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" found|strong="H3068" dead|strong="H5038" or|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H2930" killed|strong="H2026" by|strong="H3068" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H0929", because|strong="H3068" if|strong="H0518" he|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068", he|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" unfit to|strong="H3068" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H3068" me|strong="H3808". I|strong="H3808", Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w commanding|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3808"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}“The|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3808" must|strong="H4191" obey|strong="H8104" my|strong="H8104" commandments|strong="H4687" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" become|strong="H6942" guilty|strong="H0816" and|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191" as|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" result|strong="H6903" of|strong="H3068" ◄despising|strong="H3988"/not|strong="H3808" obeying|strong="H8104"► them|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{10}“Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3808" member|strong="H1995" of|strong="H3605" a|strong="H3808" priest’s|strong="H3548" family|strong="H4940" is|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" a|strong="H3808" sacred|strong="H6944" offering|strong="H3548", and|strong="H3548" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" visiting|strong="H6485" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" or|strong="H3808" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" has|strong="H3605" hired|strong="H7916" is|strong="H3605" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" priest|strong="H3548" buys|strong="H7069" a|strong="H3588" slave|strong="H5315", or|strong="H3701" if|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" slave|strong="H5315" is|strong="H1931" born|strong="H3211" in|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3588" house|strong="H1004", that|strong="H3588" slave|strong="H5315" is|strong="H1931" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H1004" eat|strong="H3899" such|strong="H1931" food|strong="H3899". 
\verseNumber{12}If|strong="H3588" a|strong="H1961" priest’s|strong="H3548" daughter|strong="H1323" marries|strong="H1166" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H2114" who|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548", she|strong="H1931" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" is|strong="H1931" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3588" sacred|strong="H6944" food|strong="H3899". 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" a|strong="H1961" priest’s|strong="H3548" daughter|strong="H1323" who|strong="H3605" has|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" children|strong="H2233" becomes|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" widow|strong="H0490" or|strong="H3808" becomes|strong="H1961" divorced|strong="H1644", if|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" returns|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" her|strong="H3605" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H7725" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" she|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" when|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" young|strong="H5288", she|strong="H3588" may|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H3899" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" food|strong="H3899" that|strong="H3588" her|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" eats|strong="H0398". But|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" other|strong="H3605" person|strong="H5315" is|strong="H3605" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H7725" eat|strong="H3899" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" it|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{14}“If|strong="H3588" anyone|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3548" is|strong="H3548" not|strong="H5414" permitted|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" eat|strong="H0398" a|strong="H5414" sacred|strong="H6944" offering|strong="H3548" eats|strong="H0398" it|strong="H5414" without|strong="H3588" realizing that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3548" sacred|strong="H6944", he|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" pay|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" offering|strong="H3548", and|strong="H3548" pay|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" an|strong="H5414" extra one-fifth|strong="H2549" of|strong="H5921" its|strong="H5414" value|strong="H6186". 
\verseNumber{15}When|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" priests|strong="H3808" bring|strong="H0935" offerings|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H7311", the|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944" offerings|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H0935" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H1121", they|strong="H3068" must|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" treat|strong="H6213" those|strong="H1121" offerings|strong="H3478" as|strong="H3068" though|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" sacred|strong="H6944" 
\verseNumber{16}by|strong="H3068" allowing those|strong="H5375" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" priests|strong="H3548" to|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398" any|strong="H5375" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H5375" offerings|strong="H3588". If|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588", they|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" become|strong="H6942" guilty|strong="H5771" and|strong="H3068" must|strong="H5375" make|strong="H5375" a|strong="H3588" payment|strong="H0868". I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3068" causes|strong="H5414" those|strong="H5375" offerings|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944".” 

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\verseNumber{17}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{18}“Speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" tell|strong="H1696" them|strong="H7126" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H1121" command|strong="H6680" this|strong="H1696": ‘If|strong="H1121" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3605" Israelis or|strong="H1121" foreigners|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" brings|strong="H7126" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4480" an|strong="H7126" animal|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, either|strong="H4480" as|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7126" result|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H7126" solemn|strong="H6116" promise|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" made|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4480" or|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H3068" an|strong="H7126" offering|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" voluntarily|strong="H5071", 
\verseNumber{19}it|strong="H5414" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1241" an|strong="H2145" animal|strong="H0929" that|strong="H1241" has|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" defects, in|strong="H8549" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H1241" it|strong="H5414" will|strong="H7522" be|strong="H1241" accepted|strong="H7522" by|strong="H2145" me|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{20}Do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" bring|strong="H7126" any|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" defects, because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" accept|strong="H7126" them|strong="H7126" as|strong="H1961" an|strong="H7126" offering|strong="H7126" from|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{21}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Similarly|strong="H2088"\+w*}, when|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H0376" brings|strong="H7126" from|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" cattle|strong="H1241" or|strong="H3808" sheep|strong="H6629" or|strong="H3808" goats|strong="H5795" an|strong="H7126" offering|strong="H5071" to|strong="H3068" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1961", either|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" fulfill|strong="H6381" a|strong="H1961" promise|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" made|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1961" or|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" voluntary|strong="H5071" offering|strong="H5071", in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" accept|strong="H7126" it|strong="H7126", it|strong="H7126" must|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" defects [DOU] or|strong="H3808" blemishes|strong="H3971". 
\verseNumber{22}Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" offer|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5414" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1992" blind|strong="H5788" or|strong="H3808" injured|strong="H7665" or|strong="H3808" maimed|strong="H2782"/crippled|strong="H5223", or|strong="H3808" any|strong="H5414" animal|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" warts or|strong="H3808" a|strong="H5414" festering|strong="H0076" sore|strong="H2990" [DOU]. 
\verseNumber{23}You|strong="H6213" may|strong="H6213" present|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3808" a|strong="H6213" voluntary|strong="H5071" offering|strong="H5071" an|strong="H6213" ox|strong="H7794" or|strong="H3808" a|strong="H6213" sheep|strong="H7716" that|strong="H6213" is|strong="H6213" injured|strong="H8295" or|strong="H3808" stunted|strong="H7038", but|strong="H3808" it|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" accepted|strong="H7521" to|strong="H6213" fulfill|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" promise|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{24}You|strong="H6213" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" offer|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6213" animals|strong="H0929" whose|strong="H0834" testicles|strong="H0810" are|strong="H3068" bruised|strong="H4600" or|strong="H3808" crushed|strong="H3807" or|strong="H3808" torn|strong="H5423" or|strong="H3808" cut|strong="H3772". You|strong="H6213" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" injure|strong="H7463" the|strong="H6213" testicles|strong="H0810" of|strong="H3068" any|strong="H6213" animal|strong="H0929" in|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776", 
\verseNumber{25}and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" accept|strong="H7521" such|strong="H3808" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" sold|strong="H4376"/given|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3588" by|strong="H3027" a|strong="H3588" foreigner|strong="H1121". You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" offer|strong="H7126" them|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3027" me|strong="H7521" as|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" sacrifice|strong="H2077" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H7521". Such|strong="H3808" animals|strong="H0929" will|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" accepted|strong="H7521" by|strong="H3027" me|strong="H7521", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" deformed|strong="H8311" or|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1121" defects.’” 
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\verseNumber{26}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{27}“When|strong="H3588" a|strong="H1961" calf|strong="H5695" or|strong="H3117" lamb|strong="H3775" or|strong="H3117" goat|strong="H5795" is|strong="H3068" born|strong="H3205", it|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" remain|strong="H1961" with|strong="H3068" its|strong="H8478" mother|strong="H0517" for|strong="H3588" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". After|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588", it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" acceptable|strong="H7521" as|strong="H3117" an|strong="H1961" offering|strong="H7133" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H3205" that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" burned|strong="H8313". 
\verseNumber{28}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" slaughter|strong="H7819" a|strong="H3117" cow|strong="H7794" or|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3117" sheep|strong="H7716" and|strong="H1121" its|strong="H3808" baby|strong="H1121" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" same|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{29}“Then|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" sacrifice|strong="H2077" an|strong="H3588" animal|strong="H0929" to|strong="H3068" thank|strong="H8426" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w what|strong="H7522"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}, sacrifice|strong="H2077" it|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" way|strong="H1870" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{30}The|strong="H3068" meat|strong="H1320" must|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" eaten|strong="H0398" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117"; do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H3498" any|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" it|strong="H1931" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3068" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242". I|strong="H3117", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w one|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w who|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w commanding|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w this|strong="H1931"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{31}“Obey|strong="H6213" all|strong="H6213" my|strong="H8104" commands|strong="H4687" [DOU]. I|strong="H3068", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w commanding|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w*}; 
\verseNumber{32}do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" dishonor|strong="H7036" me|strong="H3808" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* disobeying \+w them|strong="H8432"\+w*}. You|strong="H3808" Israeli people|strong="H1121" must|strong="H1121" acknowledge|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3808", Yahweh|strong="H3068", am|strong="H3068" holy|strong="H6944", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8432" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3068" causes|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" holy|strong="H6944". 
\verseNumber{33}And|strong="H3068" I|strong="H4714" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H1961" who|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3318" you|strong="H4714" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714" in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3318" show|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H4714", Yahweh|strong="H3068", am|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w always|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w*} your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068".” 

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\chapterNumber{23}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{2}“Tell|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H1121" about|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" festivals|strong="H4150" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H1121" have|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977", the|strong="H3068" days|strong="H4150" when|strong="H1696" you|strong="H1696" all|strong="H7121" must|strong="H1121" gather|strong="H6908" together|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7121"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3068" Sabbath|strong="H7676" }
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\verseNumber{3}“ou may|strong="H3068" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H6213" six|strong="H8337" days|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w each|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w week|strong="H7620"\+w*}, but|strong="H3808" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" any|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399". You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" rest|strong="H7677". It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H6213" sacred|strong="H6944"/holy|strong="H6944" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" gather|strong="H6213" together|strong="H3162" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6213"\+w*}. Wherever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3117", you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" rest|strong="H7677" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" Festivals|strong="H4150" of|strong="H3068" Passover|strong="H6453" and|strong="H3068" Unleavened|strong="H4682" Bread|strong="H3899" }
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\verseNumber{4}“here|strong="H6311" are|strong="H3068" festivals|strong="H4150" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" established|strong="H3559" for|strong="H7121" you|strong="H7121". Those|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944"/holy|strong="H6944" days|strong="H4150" when|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7121" must|strong="H4191" gather|strong="H6908" together|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7121"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w first|strong="H7223"\+w* \+w festival|strong="H2282"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w*} ◄the|strong="H3068" Passover|strong="H6453"/when|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859" remember|strong="H2142" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" spared|strong="H2550" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H7223" when|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" firstborn|strong="H1060" Egyptian|strong="H4713" sons|strong="H1121"►. That|strong="H3068" festival|strong="H2282" will|strong="H3068" begin|strong="H2490" at|strong="H3068" twilight|strong="H6153"/dusk|strong="H3556"/sunset|strong="H6153" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" day|strong="H2320" ◄each|strong="H0376" spring|strong="H6779"/in|strong="H3068" March|strong="H1980" or|strong="H3068" April each|strong="H0376" year|strong="H8141"►, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w end|strong="H7093"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w following|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w day|strong="H2320"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H3068" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117", the|strong="H3068" Festival|strong="H2282" of|strong="H3068" Eating|strong="H0398" Bread|strong="H4682" That|strong="H3117" Has|strong="H3068" No|strong="H3808" Yeast|strong="H7603" will|strong="H3068" begin|strong="H2490". That|strong="H3117" festival|strong="H2282" will|strong="H3068" continue|strong="H1961" for|strong="H3068" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". During|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", the|strong="H3068" bread|strong="H4682" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" eat|strong="H0398" must|strong="H2282" be|strong="H3068" made|strong="H3068" without|strong="H3117" yeast|strong="H7603". 
\verseNumber{7}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" festival|strong="H2282", you|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H3808" your|strong="H3605" regular|strong="H5656" work|strong="H4399" and|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" gather|strong="H6213" together|strong="H3162" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}On|strong="H3117" each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117", you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" present|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w several|strong="H2669"\+w* \+w animals|strong="H0929"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w*} an|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H7126"/sacrifice|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" completely|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117", you|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" again|strong="H7725" stop|strong="H3808" your|strong="H3068" regular|strong="H5656" work|strong="H4399" and|strong="H3068" gather|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" me|strong="H6213".” 

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\verseNumber{9}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696" 
\verseNumber{10}to|strong="H1696" tell|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w festivals|strong="H4150"\+w*}. He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696", “When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" arrive|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" which|strong="H3478" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" harvest|strong="H7105" your|strong="H5414" crops|strong="H7105" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w first|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w time|strong="H7105"\+w*} there|strong="H8033", bring|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" priest|strong="H3548" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" first|strong="H1121" grain|strong="H1715" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" harvest|strong="H7105". 
\verseNumber{11}On|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" day|strong="H4283" after|strong="H4283" the|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w next|strong="H4283"\+w*} Sabbath|strong="H7676"/rest|strong="H5117" day|strong="H4283", the|strong="H6440" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3068" lift|strong="H3068" it|strong="H6440" up|strong="H5130" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w high|strong="H1116"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w dedicate|strong="H6942"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6440"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440", in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" accept|strong="H6440" it|strong="H6440" as|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gift|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{12}That|strong="H3117" same|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117", you|strong="H3117" must|strong="H1121" sacrifice|strong="H5930" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" one-year-old male|strong="H3532" lamb|strong="H3532" that|strong="H3117" has|strong="H3068" no|strong="H6213" defects. You|strong="H3117" must|strong="H1121" burn|strong="H8313" it|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}You|strong="H8081" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H8313" an|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H4503" of|strong="H3068" grain|strong="H1715". That|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H4503" must|strong="H4191" consist of|strong="H3068" ◄three|strong="H7969" quarts/3.5 liters► of|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896" flour|strong="H5560" mixed|strong="H1101" with|strong="H1101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081". The|strong="H3068" smell|strong="H7381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w things|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w burning|strong="H2740"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H0413". Along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H1101" that|strong="H3068", you|strong="H8081" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H7126" one|strong="H3068" quart/liter of|strong="H3068" wine|strong="H3196", which|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" liquid|strong="H5674" offering|strong="H4503". 
\verseNumber{14}Do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H3899" any|strong="H3605" bread|strong="H3899" or|strong="H3808" any|strong="H3605" roasted|strong="H7039" grain|strong="H3605" or|strong="H3808" unroasted grain|strong="H3605" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" until|strong="H5704" after|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3117" brought|strong="H0935" those|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H7133" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H3808", your|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3808". You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" always|strong="H3605" obey|strong="H8085" [LIT|strong="H0215"] those|strong="H3605" commands|strong="H6680", wherever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3117".” 

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\verseNumber{15}“even|strong="H7651" weeks|strong="H7676" after|strong="H4283" the|strong="H3117" priest|strong="H3548" offers|strong="H7126" that|strong="H3117" grain|strong="H1715" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961", 
\verseNumber{16}on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" next|strong="H4283"/50th day|strong="H3117" after|strong="H4283" he|strong="H3117" offers|strong="H7126" it|strong="H7126", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w each|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w family|strong="H4940"\+w*} must|strong="H4191" bring|strong="H7126" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H3117" an|strong="H7126" offering|strong="H4503" from|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" new|strong="H2319" crop|strong="H8393" of|strong="H3068" grain|strong="H2319". 
\verseNumber{17}From|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" homes|strong="H1004", bring|strong="H1961" two|strong="H8147" loaves|strong="H3899" of|strong="H3068" bread|strong="H3899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w*}. He|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" lift|strong="H3068" them|strong="H8147" up|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w high|strong="H1116"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w dedicate|strong="H6942"\+w* \+w them|strong="H8147"\+w*} as|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" offering|strong="H8573" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1961". Those|strong="H1961" loaves|strong="H3899" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" baked|strong="H0644" from|strong="H3068" three|strong="H7969" quarts/liters of|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896" flour|strong="H5560" that|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" yeast|strong="H7603" mixed|strong="H1101" with|strong="H3068" it|strong="H1961". That|strong="H3068" bread|strong="H3899" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" offering|strong="H8573" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1961" from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" first|strong="H1061" wheat|strong="H2406" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H1961" harvest|strong="H7105" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w each|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{18}Along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H3068" this|strong="H3068" bread|strong="H3899", you|strong="H5921" must|strong="H1121" present|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5921" seven|strong="H7651" one-year-old lambs|strong="H3532" with|strong="H3068" no|strong="H1961" defects, one|strong="H3532" young|strong="H1121" bull|strong="H6499", and|strong="H1121" two|strong="H8147" rams|strong="H0352". They|strong="H3068" must|strong="H1121" all|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. All|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" offerings|strong="H5930", with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" grain|strong="H3899" offering|strong="H4503" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" wine|strong="H3196" offering|strong="H4503", will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" burned|strong="H8313", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" smell|strong="H7381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w all|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w those|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w things|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w burning|strong="H2740"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" must|strong="H1121" also|strong="H6213" kill|strong="H2026" one|strong="H3532" male|strong="H3532" goat|strong="H5795" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1121" an|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H2403"/sacrifice|strong="H2077" for|strong="H6213" your|strong="H6213" sins|strong="H2403", and|strong="H1121" two|strong="H8147" one-year-old male|strong="H3532" lambs|strong="H3532" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1121" an|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H2403" to|strong="H6213" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H6440" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3068" lift|strong="H3068" up|strong="H5921" these|strong="H8147" offerings|strong="H8573" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w high|strong="H1116"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w dedicate|strong="H6942"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440". He|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H5130" the|strong="H6440" loaves|strong="H3899" of|strong="H3068" bread|strong="H3899" that|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1961" baked|strong="H0644" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" first|strong="H1061" wheat|strong="H2406" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" harvest|strong="H7105". Those|strong="H5921" offerings|strong="H8573" are|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440", but|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H3899"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{21}On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117", you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H3808" your|strong="H3605" regular|strong="H5656" work|strong="H4399" and|strong="H3117" gather|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1961" worship|strong="H7121" me|strong="H7121". You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" always|strong="H3605" obey|strong="H6213" those|strong="H3605" instructions|strong="H1697"/commands|strong="H6680", and|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" obey|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" wherever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{22}“When|strong="H3615" you|strong="H3808" harvest|strong="H7105" the|strong="H3068" grain|strong="H1715" in|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" fields|strong="H7704", do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" harvest|strong="H7105" the|strong="H3068" grain|strong="H1715" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3068" edges|strong="H6285" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" fields|strong="H7704", and|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" pick|strong="H5375" up|strong="H3950" the|strong="H3068" grain|strong="H1715" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" harvesters|strong="H8057" drop|strong="H5197". Leave|strong="H5800" that|strong="H3068" grain|strong="H1715" for|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" poor|strong="H6041" people|strong="H3808" and|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" foreigners|strong="H1616" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" living|strong="H2416" among|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w forget|strong="H7911"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3615"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w*} I|strong="H3808", Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w commanding|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3808"\+w*}!” 

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\verseNumber{23}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696" 
\verseNumber{24}to|strong="H1696" give|strong="H1696" these|strong="H1696" instructions|strong="H1697"/commands|strong="H6680" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1961" Israeli people|strong="H1121": “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Each|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w year|strong="H7637"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" September, on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" day|strong="H2320" that|strong="H3478" I|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1961" chosen|strong="H0977", you|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" must|strong="H1121" celebrate|strong="H6213" it|strong="H1961" by|strong="H3478" completely|strong="H3617" resting|strong="H4496". You|strong="H1696" must|strong="H1121" not|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213" any|strong="H1961" work|strong="H4399" on|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3478" day|strong="H2320". When|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w*} blow|strong="H8643" their|strong="H1961" trumpets|strong="H8643" loudly|strong="H6963", you|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" must|strong="H1121" gather|strong="H6908" together|strong="H3162" to|strong="H1696" worship|strong="H3478" me|strong="H1696". 
\verseNumber{25}All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3068" regular|strong="H5656" work|strong="H4399" on|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117". Instead|strong="H3808", you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" present|strong="H7126" offerings|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}.” 

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\verseNumber{26}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{27}“You|strong="H3117" must|strong="H5315" celebrate|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w which|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w request|strong="H1246"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w*} forgive|strong="H5545" you|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" committed|strong="H1961". That|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" nine|strong="H8672" days|strong="H3117" after|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3068" festival|strong="H2282" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w blow|strong="H8628"\+w*} the|strong="H3068" trumpets|strong="H2689". On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" must|strong="H5315" ◄fast|strong="H6685"/abstain|strong="H5144" from|strong="H5315" eating|strong="H0398" food|strong="H3899"►. You|strong="H3117" must|strong="H5315" gather|strong="H6908" together|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" me|strong="H5315" and|strong="H3068" present|strong="H7126" offerings|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5315" that|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{28}You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" any|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" on|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117", because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H6213" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" ◄atone|strong="H3722" for|strong="H3588"/ask|strong="H7592" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" forgive|strong="H3722"► your|strong="H3068" sins|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{29}You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H5315" expel|strong="H1644" from|strong="H3772" your|strong="H3605" group|strong="H7235" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" ◄fast|strong="H6685"/abstain|strong="H5144" from|strong="H3772" eating|strong="H0398" food|strong="H3899"► on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{30}I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H5971" get|strong="H6213" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3117" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" does|strong="H6213" any|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H3117" work|strong="H4399" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H5971" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{31}You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" work|strong="H4399" at|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605"! You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" always|strong="H3605" obey|strong="H6213" those|strong="H3605" instructions|strong="H1697"/commands|strong="H6680", and|strong="H5769" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" obey|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" wherever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" live|strong="H4186". 
\verseNumber{32}That|strong="H1931" day|strong="H2320" will|strong="H5315" be|strong="H5315" a|strong="H5704" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H5315" complete|strong="H7677" rest|strong="H7677" for|strong="H5704" all|strong="H5704" of|strong="H5315" you|strong="H5704", and|strong="H5315" on|strong="H5921" that|strong="H1931" day|strong="H2320" you|strong="H5704" must|strong="H5315" ◄fast|strong="H6685"/abstain|strong="H5144" from|strong="H5315" eating|strong="H0398" food|strong="H3899"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w sorry|strong="H5162"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w having|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w sinned|strong="H2398"\+w*}. That|strong="H1931" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H5315" rest|strong="H7677" and|strong="H5315" ◄fasting|strong="H6685"/abstaining from|strong="H5315" eating|strong="H0398" food|strong="H3899"► will|strong="H5315" begin|strong="H2490" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5704" evening|strong="H6153" before|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" day|strong="H2320" in|strong="H5315" which|strong="H1931" you|strong="H5704" ask|strong="H7592" me|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5704" forgive|strong="H5545" you|strong="H5704" for|strong="H5704" your|strong="H5704" sins|strong="H2403", and|strong="H5315" it|strong="H1931" will|strong="H5315" end|strong="H7673" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5704" evening|strong="H6153" of|strong="H5315" the|strong="H5704" following|strong="H0310" day|strong="H2320".” 

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\verseNumber{33}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{34}“Tell|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w each|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w year|strong="H3117"\+w*} they|strong="H3117" must|strong="H1121" also|strong="H3068" celebrate|strong="H2282" a|strong="H1696" festival|strong="H2282" of|strong="H1121" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H3478" temporary|strong="H5521" shelters|strong="H5521". That|strong="H3117" festival|strong="H2282" will|strong="H3068" begin|strong="H2490" five|strong="H2568" days|strong="H3117" after|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" day|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3478" which|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3117" request|strong="H1246" me|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" forgive|strong="H5545" them|strong="H1121" for|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" sins|strong="H2403". It|strong="H1696" will|strong="H3068" last|strong="H0314" for|strong="H3068" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{35}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" festival|strong="H2282", the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" gather|strong="H6213" together|strong="H3162" to|strong="H6213" worship|strong="H7812" me|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" any|strong="H3605" regular|strong="H5656" work|strong="H4399" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{36}On|strong="H3117" each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" festival|strong="H2282", they|strong="H3117" must|strong="H3808" present|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H7126" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w animals|strong="H1961"\+w*} that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117", they|strong="H3117" must|strong="H3808" gather|strong="H6213" again|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" me|strong="H6213" and|strong="H3068" present|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6213" another|strong="H3808" animal|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. That|strong="H3605" also|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" sacred|strong="H6944" gathering|strong="H4723", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3117" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" work|strong="H4399" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117", either|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{37}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w To|strong="H3068"\+w* summarize}, those|strong="H7126" are|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" festivals|strong="H4150" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H4150". Celebrate|strong="H6213" those|strong="H7126" sacred|strong="H6944" festivals|strong="H4150" by|strong="H3117" gathering|strong="H4723" together|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" present|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7121" all|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3068" various|strong="H2921" offerings|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}—animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" burned|strong="H8313" completely|strong="H3617", and|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H5930" of|strong="H3068" grain|strong="H1715", and|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H5930" to|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" the|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3068" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7121", and|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H5930" of|strong="H3068" wine|strong="H3196". Each|strong="H3117" offering|strong="H4503" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1697" brought|strong="H7126" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3068" indicated. 
\verseNumber{38}◄Those|strong="H3605" festivals|strong="H4150" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H3068" celebrated|strong="H6213"/You|strong="H5414" must|strong="H4191" celebrate|strong="H6213" those|strong="H3605" festivals|strong="H4150"► in|strong="H3068" addition|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" ◄Sabbath|strong="H7676" days|strong="H3117"/days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" rest|strong="H5117"►. And|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H5071" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3068" addition|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H5071" that|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" personally|strong="H6440" decide|strong="H3198" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" addition|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H5071" that|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" make|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" accompany|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" solemn|strong="H6116" promises|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" made|strong="H5414", or|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H5071" that|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" make|strong="H5414" ◄voluntarily|strong="H5071"/because|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3068" themselves|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3068"►. 
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\verseNumber{39}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Returning|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w instructions|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w about|strong="H3117"\+w*} the|strong="H3068" Festival|strong="H2282" of|strong="H3068" Living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H3068" Temporary|strong="H5521" Shelters|strong="H5521", you|strong="H3117" must|strong="H2282" celebrate|strong="H2287" this|strong="H3068" festival|strong="H2282" after|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3068" harvested|strong="H1219" all|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" crops|strong="H8393". On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" first|strong="H7223" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" last|strong="H0314" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3117" festival|strong="H2282", you|strong="H3117" must|strong="H2282" rest|strong="H7677" completely|strong="H3617". 
\verseNumber{40}But|strong="H3947" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" first|strong="H7223" day|strong="H3117", you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H3117" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H3068" pick|strong="H3947" fruit|strong="H6529" from|strong="H6440" trees|strong="H6086". Cut|strong="H3772" palm|strong="H8558" fronds/branches|strong="H6057" and|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" leafy|strong="H5687" branches|strong="H6057" from|strong="H6440" trees|strong="H6086" or|strong="H3117" from|strong="H6440" bushes|strong="H7880" that|strong="H3117" grow|strong="H6779" by|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" streams|strong="H5158", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w make|strong="H8055"\+w* \+w shelters|strong="H5521"\+w*/huts \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w for|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w week|strong="H7620"\+w*}. Then|strong="H3947" rejoice|strong="H8055" in|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" presence|strong="H6440" for|strong="H6440" those|strong="H1992" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{41}You|strong="H3117" must|strong="H2282" celebrate|strong="H2287" this|strong="H3068" festival|strong="H2282" for|strong="H2708" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117" every|strong="H3117" year|strong="H8141". You|strong="H3117" must|strong="H2282" never|strong="H5769" stop|strong="H2308" obeying|strong="H8085" my|strong="H3068" commands|strong="H6680"/instructions|strong="H1697" for|strong="H2708" that|strong="H3117" festival|strong="H2282". You|strong="H3117" must|strong="H2282" celebrate|strong="H2287" it|strong="H2287" in|strong="H8141" September. 
\verseNumber{42}During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" festival|strong="H2282", all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3478" been|strong="H3605" Israelis your|strong="H3605" entire|strong="H3605" lives|strong="H3427" must|strong="H3478" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" shelters|strong="H5521"/huts. 
\verseNumber{43}That|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" remind|strong="H5046" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" shelters|strong="H5521" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w many|strong="H1755"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w*} after|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" rescued|strong="H5337" them|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w forget|strong="H7911"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w one|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w commanding|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3588"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{44}So|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1121" instructions|strong="H1697" concerning|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" festivals|strong="H4150" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w celebrate|strong="H6213"\+w*} each|strong="H0376" year|strong="H1121". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Taking care of the lamps }
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\chapterNumber{24}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{2}“Command|strong="H6680" the|strong="H3947" Israeli people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" continually|strong="H8548" bring|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H6680" clear|strong="H2134" oil|strong="H8081" made|strong="H3478" from|strong="H5927" pressed|strong="H6555" olives|strong="H2132" to|strong="H3478" burn|strong="H5927" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3947" lamps|strong="H5216" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w*}, in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3478" those|strong="H1121" lamps|strong="H5216" will|strong="H3478" burn|strong="H5927" all|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3947" time|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{3}Outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H6440" curtain|strong="H6532" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Very|strong="H5704" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H4150", Aaron|strong="H6186" must|strong="H2351" take|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" lamps|strong="H5216" in|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" presence|strong="H6440" continually|strong="H8548", in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H6186" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H8313" all|strong="H1755" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" night|strong="H6153". That|strong="H3068" regulation|strong="H4941" must|strong="H2351" be|strong="H3068" obeyed|strong="H8085" forever|strong="H5769". 
\verseNumber{4}Those|strong="H5921" lampstands|strong="H4501" that|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H8313" in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" presence|strong="H6440" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H3947" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" continually|strong="H8548". 
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\verseNumber{5}“Also|strong="H1571", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w each|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w week|strong="H7620"\+w*} you|strong="H3947" must|strong="H3947" take|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4480" fine|strong="H5560" flour|strong="H5560" and|strong="H8147" bake|strong="H0644" twelve|strong="H8147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w big|strong="H0931"\+w*} loaves|strong="H2471" of|strong="H8147" bread|strong="H3899", using|strong="H5927" about|strong="H1961" four|strong="H0702" quarts/liters of|strong="H8147" flour|strong="H5560" for|strong="H6241" each|strong="H3947" loaf|strong="H2471". 
\verseNumber{6}Put|strong="H7760" the|strong="H6440" loaves|strong="H3899" in|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" rows|strong="H4634", with|strong="H3068" six|strong="H8337" loaves|strong="H3899" in|strong="H5921" each|strong="H8147" row|strong="H4635", on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" table|strong="H7979" covered|strong="H3680" with|strong="H3068" pure|strong="H2889" gold|strong="H2091", in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" presence|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{7}Along|strong="H5921" each|strong="H5414" row|strong="H4635", place|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w gold|strong="H2091"\+w* \+w cups|strong="H1375"\+w*} some|strong="H4480" pure|strong="H2134" incense|strong="H3828" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" burned|strong="H8313" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" offering|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5414" instead|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" bread|strong="H3899". 
\verseNumber{8}New|strong="H2319"/Fresh|strong="H3892" loaves|strong="H3899" of|strong="H1121" bread|strong="H3899" must|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3068" put|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w table|strong="H6440"\+w*} each|strong="H3117" Sabbath|strong="H7676" day|strong="H3117", to|strong="H3478" signify the|strong="H6440" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H5769" end|strong="H7093", that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3068" made|strong="H3478" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H3588" bread|strong="H3899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w taken|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w off|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w table|strong="H7979"\+w*} belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121". They|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H1931" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" holy|strong="H6944" place|strong="H4725", because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" holy|strong="H6944" part|strong="H1931" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" offerings|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1961" by|strong="H3068" being|strong="H1961" burned|strong="H8313".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{An|strong="H1961" example|strong="H7045" of|strong="H1121" fair|strong="H3303" punishment|strong="H5771" }
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\verseNumber{10-11}There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" whose|strong="H0834" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H3068" Shelomith|strong="H8019"; she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" an|strong="H1129" Israeli whose|strong="H0834" father|strong="H0001" was|strong="H3068" Dibri|strong="H1704" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835". And|strong="H3967" that|strong="H0834" man’s|strong="H0376" father|strong="H0001" was|strong="H3068" from|strong="H4480" Egypt|strong="H4714". One|strong="H0259" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" man|strong="H0376" and|strong="H3967" another|strong="H0312" Israeli man|strong="H0376" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H0413" fight|strong="H3898" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264". And|strong="H3967" while|strong="H5704" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" fighting|strong="H3898", that|strong="H0834" man|strong="H0376" cursed|strong="H0779" Yahweh|strong="H3068" [MTY]. 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H3240" seized|strong="H8610" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3068" guarded|strong="H8104" him|strong="H5921" until|strong="H3068" they|strong="H1992" could|strong="H3201" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H5921" what|strong="H6310" Yahweh|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" reveal|strong="H1540" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w man|strong="H0376"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{14}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tie|strong="H6029"\+w* \+w up|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3027"\+w*} take|strong="H3318" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3027" cursed|strong="H7043" me|strong="H5921". There|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H8085" he|strong="H3605" said|strong="H8085" must|strong="H2351" put|strong="H5564" their|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* indicate \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w guilty|strong="H0816"\+w*}, and|strong="H3027" then|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5712" must|strong="H2351" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3027"\+w*} throwing|strong="H3027" stones|strong="H0068" at|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{15}Tell|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" Israelis, ‘If|strong="H3588" anyone|strong="H3588" curses|strong="H7043" me|strong="H1696", he|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" ◄endure|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3588" consequences/be|strong="H1121" punished|strong="H6485"►. 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H4191" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" curses|strong="H7043" me|strong="H4191" [MTY] must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5712" must|strong="H4191" throw|strong="H7993" stones|strong="H0068" at|strong="H3068" him|strong="H4191". It|strong="H8034" does|strong="H3068" not|strong="H4191" matter|strong="H1697" if|strong="H0518" he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" foreigner|strong="H1616" or|strong="H3068" an|strong="H3068" Israeli citizen|strong="H5997"; anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" curses|strong="H7043" me|strong="H4191" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191".’ 
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\verseNumber{17}“Also|strong="H5221", If|strong="H3588" anyone|strong="H3605" murders|strong="H7523" another|strong="H0312" person|strong="H5315", he|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H5221". 
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\verseNumber{44}But|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" happens|strong="H1961", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" still|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" reject|strong="H3988" them|strong="H3615" or|strong="H3808" hate|strong="H8130" them|strong="H3615" and|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H3615" them|strong="H3615" completely|strong="H3615". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" cancel the|strong="H3588" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" made|strong="H1961" with|strong="H3068" them|strong="H3615"; for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" still|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{46}Those|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" decrees|strong="H2706", the|strong="H5414" laws|strong="H8451", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" regulations|strong="H4941" [DOU] that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" established|strong="H5414" on|strong="H3027" Sinai|strong="H5514" Mountain|strong="H2022" between|strong="H4941" himself|strong="H3027" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H1121" by|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w giving|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Making promises about gifts to Yahweh }
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\chapterNumber{27}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
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\verseNumber{6}five|strong="H2568" pieces|strong="H8255" of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701" for|strong="H5704" boys|strong="H3206" who|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" between|strong="H5704" one|strong="H1121" month|strong="H2320" and|strong="H1121" five|strong="H2568" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", 
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three|strong="H7969" pieces|strong="H8255" of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701" for|strong="H5704" girls|strong="H3207" who|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" between|strong="H5704" one|strong="H1121" month|strong="H2320" and|strong="H1121" five|strong="H2568" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", 
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\verseNumber{7}15 pieces|strong="H8255" of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701" for|strong="H1121" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" more|strong="H1961" than|strong="H4480" 60 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", 
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ten|strong="H6235" pieces|strong="H8255" of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701" for|strong="H1121" women|strong="H5347" who|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" more|strong="H1961" than|strong="H4480" 60 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{8}‘If|strong="H5381" anyone|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3027" made|strong="H5087" such|strong="H1931" a|strong="H5087" solemn|strong="H6116" promise|strong="H1697" is|strong="H1931" very|strong="H3966" poor|strong="H4134" and|strong="H3027" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5921" pay|strong="H7999", to|strong="H5921" free|strong="H2670" that|strong="H1931" person|strong="H6440" from|strong="H6440" doing|strong="H3027" what|strong="H6310" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3548" promised|strong="H5087", he|strong="H1931" must|strong="H4191" take|strong="H5975" that|strong="H1931" person|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" priest|strong="H3548". The|strong="H6440" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3027" set|strong="H5975" the|strong="H6440" price|strong="H6187" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w freeing|strong="H6605"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w*} to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3027" what|strong="H6310" the|strong="H6440" person|strong="H6440" who|strong="H1931" made|strong="H5087" that|strong="H1931" solemn|strong="H6116" promise|strong="H1697" is|strong="H1931" able|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5921" pay|strong="H7999". 
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\verseNumber{9}‘If|strong="H1961" someone|strong="H5414" solemnly|strong="H7650" promises|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" an|strong="H7126" animal|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" an|strong="H7126" offering|strong="H7133" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5414", that|strong="H3605" animal|strong="H1961" becomes|strong="H1961" sacred|strong="H6944" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w belongs|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H1961" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="H1931" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1961" give|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1931" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" give|strong="H1961" another|strong="H7451" animal|strong="H1961" instead|strong="H3808" of|strong="H7451" the|strong="H1961" one|strong="H3808" that|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" promised|strong="H1696"; he|strong="H1931" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" substitute|strong="H8545" a|strong="H1961" bad|strong="H7451" animal|strong="H1961" for|strong="H7451" a|strong="H1961" good|strong="H2896" one|strong="H3808" or|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3808" a|strong="H1961" better|strong="H2896" one|strong="H3808" than|strong="H2896" the|strong="H1961" one|strong="H3808" offered|strong="H5927". If|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" would|strong="H7451" substitute|strong="H8545" one|strong="H3808" animal|strong="H1961" for|strong="H7451" the|strong="H1961" other|strong="H0312", both|strong="H8147" animals|strong="H1961" would|strong="H7451" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{11}If|strong="H0518" the|strong="H3605" animal|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3068" wishes|strong="H2654" to|strong="H3068" dedicate|strong="H6942" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7126" kind|strong="H4327" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" an|strong="H7126" offering|strong="H7133" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440", he|strong="H3068" must|strong="H3808" take|strong="H5975" that|strong="H3605" animal|strong="H0929" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H1961" then|strong="H1961" decide|strong="H3198" what|strong="H2896" its|strong="H1961" value|strong="H6186" is|strong="H2896", according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" animal’s|strong="H0929" good|strong="H2896" and|strong="H3548" bad|strong="H7451" points|strong="H5980". Whatever|strong="H2896" value|strong="H6186" the|strong="H1961" priests|strong="H3548" sets|strong="H0935" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" value|strong="H6186" of|strong="H3548" the|strong="H1961" animal|strong="H1961", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w is|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w price|strong="H6187"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w must|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w pay|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w for|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w animal|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}If|strong="H0518" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" gave|strong="H3254" the|strong="H5921" animal|strong="H0929" later|strong="H0310" decides|strong="H6504" that|strong="H5921" he|strong="H5921" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H5921" buy|strong="H1350" it|strong="H5921" back|strong="H1350", he|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" pay|strong="H7999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w*} that|strong="H5921" price|strong="H6187" plus|strong="H7970" an|strong="H5921" additional 20 perent. 
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\verseNumber{14}‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Similarly|strong="H2088"\+w*}, if|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H0376" dedicates his|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" sacred|strong="H6944" gift|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6965", the|strong="H3588" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3068" decide|strong="H3198" how|strong="H3588" much|strong="H7227" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" worth|strong="H1929", which|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" depend|strong="H7200" on|strong="H3068" whether|strong="H0518" the|strong="H3588" house|strong="H1004" is|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896" condition|strong="H6440". Whatever|strong="H2896" the|strong="H3588" priest|strong="H3548" says|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" worth|strong="H1929", that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" its|strong="H3588" value|strong="H6186" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w price|strong="H4242"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w must|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w pay|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{16}‘If|strong="H1961" someone|strong="H0376" dedicates to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1961" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" property|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3068" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H1961" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" family|strong="H2233", its|strong="H1961" value|strong="H6187" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" determined|strong="H2782" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H3068" bushels of|strong="H3068" seed|strong="H2233" that|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" needed|strong="H1767" to|strong="H3068" plant|strong="H5193" seeds|strong="H2233" on|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" land|strong="H7704": Its|strong="H1961" value|strong="H6187" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" ten|strong="H6235" pieces|strong="H8255" of|strong="H3068" silver|strong="H3701" for|strong="H3068" each|strong="H0376" bushel|strong="H0374" of|strong="H3068" seed|strong="H2233". 
\verseNumber{17}If|strong="H0518" he|strong="H8141" dedicates the|strong="H6965" land|strong="H7704" during|strong="H6965" the|strong="H6965" Year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H8141" Celebration|strong="H8057", its|strong="H6965" full|strong="H4392" value|strong="H6187" will|strong="H7704" be|strong="H8141" that|strong="H8141" amount|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H3498" if|strong="H0518" he|strong="H5704" dedicates the|strong="H5921" field|strong="H7704" after|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H8141" Celebration|strong="H8057", the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H7704" count|strong="H2803" the|strong="H5921" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H8141" years|strong="H8141" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" next|strong="H5921" Year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H8141" Celebration|strong="H8057", and|strong="H3701" if|strong="H0518" there|strong="H3498" are|strong="H8141" not|strong="H2803" many|strong="H5704" years|strong="H8141" that|strong="H3548" remain|strong="H3498", the|strong="H5921" price|strong="H3701" will|strong="H7704" be|strong="H6310" much|strong="H6310" lower|strong="H8481" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w than|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w full|strong="H4392"\+w* \+w price|strong="H3701"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{21}In|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H3068" Celebration|strong="H8057", it|strong="H1961" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" sacred|strong="H6944" again|strong="H1961", and|strong="H3068" it|strong="H1961" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3068" priest|strong="H3548". 
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\verseNumber{22}‘f someone|strong="H0376" dedicates to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H3808" some|strong="H4480" land|strong="H7704" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" bought|strong="H4736", land|strong="H7704" which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" land|strong="H7704" that|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" family|strong="H4940" has|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" owned|strong="H3426", 
\verseNumber{23}the|strong="H5414" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3068" count|strong="H2803" the|strong="H5414" number|strong="H4373" of|strong="H3068" years|strong="H8141" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5414" next|strong="H4283" Year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H3068" Celebration|strong="H8057" to|strong="H5704" determine|strong="H7200" how|strong="H2803" much|strong="H7227" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3068" worth|strong="H4373", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" man|strong="H0376" must|strong="H4191" pay|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3117" amount|strong="H4373" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5414" priest|strong="H3548" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w then|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w belong|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w man|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H7725" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H7725" Year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H8141" Celebration|strong="H8057", the|strong="H7725" land|strong="H7704" will|strong="H7704" again|strong="H7725" be|strong="H8141" owned|strong="H3426" by|strong="H8141" the|strong="H7725" person|strong="H5315" from|strong="H7725" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H8141" bought|strong="H7069" it|strong="H7725", the|strong="H7725" person|strong="H5315" whose|strong="H0834" family|strong="H4940" had|strong="H7704" always|strong="H3605" owned|strong="H3426" that|strong="H8141" land|strong="H7704". 
\verseNumber{25}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" paid|strong="H5414" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" compared|strong="H1819" with|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" official|strong="H8269" pieces|strong="H8255" of|strong="H8255" silver|strong="H3701" in|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
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\verseNumber{26}‘No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" is|strong="H3068" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H3068" dedicate|strong="H6942" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3068" firstborn|strong="H1060" of|strong="H3068" any|strong="H3808" cow|strong="H7794" or|strong="H3808" sheep|strong="H7716", because|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" firstborn|strong="H1060" already|strong="H3528" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H3808" [DOU]. 
\verseNumber{27}If|strong="H0518" someone|strong="H0376" gives|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H5921" animal|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3808" is|strong="H1350" not|strong="H3808" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921", that|strong="H3808" person|strong="H5315" may|strong="H3254" later|strong="H0310" buy|strong="H1350" it|strong="H5921" back|strong="H1350" by|strong="H5921" paying|strong="H1576" what|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H1350" worth|strong="H1929" plus|strong="H7970" an|strong="H5921" additial 20 percent of|strong="H5921" its|strong="H5921" value|strong="H6187". If|strong="H0518" he|strong="H3808" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" buy|strong="H1350" it|strong="H5921" back|strong="H1350", it|strong="H5921" must|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" sold|strong="H4376" (OR|strong="H3808", the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H3808" sell|strong="H4376" it|strong="H5921") for|strong="H5921" its|strong="H5921" standard|strong="H1714" price|strong="H6187". 
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\verseNumber{28}‘However|strong="H1350", no|strong="H3808" slave|strong="H5650" or|strong="H3808" animal|strong="H0929" or|strong="H3808" family|strong="H4940" land|strong="H7704" that|strong="H3605" someone|strong="H0376" owns|strong="H3426" can|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" sold|strong="H4376" or|strong="H3808" bought|strong="H1350" back|strong="H1350" after|strong="H0310" it|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3808" dedicated|strong="H6944" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w no|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w price|strong="H4242"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w been|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w paid|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w it|strong="H1931"\+w*}. That|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H3068" gift|strong="H3068" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H3808" permanently|strong="H5769"/forever|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{29}‘No|strong="H3808" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w done|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w something|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w consider|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w be|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w wicked|strong="H7563"\+w*} is|strong="H3605" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" freed|strong="H8199" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w*}; that|strong="H3605" person|strong="H5315" must|strong="H4191" surely|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191". 
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\verseNumber{30}‘One|strong="H3605" tenth|strong="H4643" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" crops|strong="H8393" and|strong="H3068" grain|strong="H3605" or|strong="H3068" fruit|strong="H6529" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" produced|strong="H6213" on|strong="H3068" anyone’s|strong="H0120" land|strong="H0776" is|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944" and|strong="H3068" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{31}If|strong="H0518" anyone|strong="H3605" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H5921" buy|strong="H1350" back|strong="H1350" any|strong="H3254" of|strong="H5921" that|strong="H5921" tenth|strong="H4643", he|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" pay|strong="H7999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w*} what|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H1350" worth|strong="H1929" plus|strong="H7970" an|strong="H5921" additional 20 percent. 
\verseNumber{32}One|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" every|strong="H3605" ten|strong="H6235" domestic animals|strong="H1961" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5674". When|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" shepherd|strong="H7462" counts|strong="H5608" his|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H1961" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w decide|strong="H3198"\+w* \+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w ones|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w give|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5674"\+w*}, he|strong="H3068" must|strong="H4191" mark|strong="H0226" every|strong="H3605" tenth|strong="H6224" one|strong="H3605" as|strong="H1961" belonging to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5674". 
\verseNumber{33}When|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" does|strong="H3808" that|strong="H1931", he|strong="H1931" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pick|strong="H5375" out|strong="H1239" the|strong="H1961" good|strong="H2896" ones|strong="H7451" for|strong="H7451" himself|strong="H1931" or|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H5800" the|strong="H1961" bad|strong="H7451" ones|strong="H7451", or|strong="H3808" substitute|strong="H8545" bad|strong="H7451" ones|strong="H7451" for|strong="H7451" good|strong="H2896" ones|strong="H7451". If|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" substitutes one|strong="H3808" animal|strong="H1961" for|strong="H7451" another|strong="H7451", both|strong="H8147" animals|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961", and|strong="H2896" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H1961" buy|strong="H1350" them|strong="H1961" back|strong="H1350" (OR|strong="H3808", the|strong="H1961" shepherd|strong="H7462" cannot|strong="H3808" buy|strong="H1350" them|strong="H1961" back|strong="H1350").’ ” 
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\verseNumber{34}Those|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3068" commands|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3478" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H6680" on|strong="H3068" Sinai|strong="H5514" Mountain|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w*}. 
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\BibleBook{Numbers}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book gives the account of the Israeli people after they escaped from Egypt. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Numbers }

\BibleSectionHeading{The men of Israel were counted }
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\chapterNumber{1}In|strong="H8141" April of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" year|strong="H8141" after|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H1696" left|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714", Yahweh|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H3318" while|strong="H8141" he|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H4714" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3068" Sinai|strong="H5514" Desert|strong="H4057". Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H3318"/me|strong="H3318", 
\verseNumber{2-3}“I|strong="H0589" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H0859" and|strong="H3967" Aaron|strong="H0175" to|strong="H0413" determine|strong="H7200" how|strong="H4100" many|strong="H7227" Israeli men|strong="H0376" are|strong="H3117" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H0413" fight|strong="H3898" in|strong="H0935" battles|strong="H4421". Write|strong="H3789" down|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H3117" at|strong="H3427" least|strong="H6996" 20 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", and|strong="H3967" write|strong="H3789" down|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" clans|strong="H4940" and|strong="H3967" families|strong="H4940". 
\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w chosen|strong="H0977"\+w*} one|strong="H1931" man|strong="H7218" from|strong="H1961" each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1961" tribes|strong="H4294" to|strong="H1961" help|strong="H1961" you|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H1931". Each|strong="H0376" one|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" leader|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H1961" clan|strong="H4940". 
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\verseNumber{5-15}Their|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" are|strong="H3117": 
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Elizur|strong="H0468", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shedeur|strong="H7707", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205"; 
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Shelumiel|strong="H8017", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zurishaddai|strong="H6701", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Simeon|strong="H8095"; 
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Nahshon|strong="H5177", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amminadab|strong="H5992", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063"; 
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Nethanel|strong="H5417", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zuar|strong="H6686", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Issachar|strong="H3485"; 
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Eliab|strong="H0446", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Helon|strong="H2497", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Zebulun|strong="H2074"; 
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Elishama|strong="H0476", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammihud|strong="H5989", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" son|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669"; 
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Gamaliel|strong="H1583", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Pedahzur|strong="H6301", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" son|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519"; 
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Abidan|strong="H0027", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gideoni|strong="H1441", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144"; 
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Ahiezer|strong="H0295", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammishaddai|strong="H5996", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835"; 
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Pagiel|strong="H6295", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ocran|strong="H5918", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Asher|strong="H0836"; 
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Eliasaph|strong="H0460", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Deuel|strong="H1845", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Gad|strong="H1410"; 
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Ahira|strong="H0299", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Enan|strong="H5881", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Naphtali|strong="H5321".” 
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\verseNumber{16}Those|strong="H1992" were|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3478" men|strong="H7218" whom|strong="H1992" Yahweh|strong="H3068" chose|strong="H0977" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3478" people|strong="H5712". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H3478" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4294" their|strong="H1992" tribes|strong="H4294". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3478" chief|strong="H7218" men|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4294" the|strong="H3478" clans|strong="H4940" of|strong="H4294" the|strong="H3478" Israeli people|strong="H5712". 
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\verseNumber{17}Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H8034" summoned|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3947" these|strong="H3947" leaders|strong="H7218", 
\verseNumber{18}and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" gathered|strong="H6950" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" together|strong="H6950" on|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605" same|strong="H8034" day|strong="H2320". They|strong="H5921" listed|strong="H8034"/wrote|strong="H3789" down|strong="H4605" the|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" at|strong="H5921" least|strong="H6996" 20 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" they|strong="H5921" wrote|strong="H3789" the|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" clans|strong="H4940" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940" groups|strong="H1121" 
\verseNumber{19}just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H6680" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680". They|strong="H3068" wrote|strong="H3789" the|strong="H3068" names|strong="H8034" while|strong="H5704" ◄the|strong="H3068" Israelis/we|strong="H0587"► were|strong="H6485" there|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Sinai|strong="H5514" Desert|strong="H4057". 
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\verseNumber{20-43}This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0369" a|strong="H1961" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" at|strong="H3427" least|strong="H6996" 20 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H0413" fight|strong="H3898" in|strong="H0935" battles|strong="H4421", and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626": 
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There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0834" 46,500 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205" (who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" oldest|strong="H1419" son|strong="H1121"); 
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there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0834" 59,300 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Simeon|strong="H8095"; 
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there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0834" 45,560 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Gad|strong="H1410"; 
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there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0834" 74,600 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063"; 
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there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0834" 54,400 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Issachar|strong="H3485"; 
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there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0834" 57,400 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Zebulun|strong="H2074"; 
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there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0834" 40,500 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669"; 
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there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0834" 32,200 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519"; 
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there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0834" 35,400 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144"; 
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there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0834" 62,700 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835"; 
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there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0834" 41,500 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Asher|strong="H0836"; 
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there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0834" 53,400 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Naphtali|strong="H5321". 
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\verseNumber{44-45}That|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" each|strong="H0376" tribe|strong="H4294" that|strong="H0834" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H3967" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H0589" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" twelve|strong="H8147" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" listed|strong="H3187", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" clans|strong="H4940". 
\verseNumber{46}The|strong="H3605" total|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1961" 603,550 men|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{47}But|strong="H3808" this|strong="H8432" number|strong="H6485" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" include|strong="H5921" the|strong="H8432" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H4294" the|strong="H8432" men|strong="H6485" of|strong="H4294" the|strong="H8432" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4294" Levi|strong="H3881", 
\verseNumber{48}because|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{49}“When|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3808" ◄count|strong="H5375"/write|strong="H3789" the|strong="H5375" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121"► the|strong="H5375" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5375" tribes|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" count|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" men|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5375" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881". 
\verseNumber{50}Appoint|strong="H6485" the|strong="H3605" male|strong="H2145" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3627" Levi|strong="H3881" to|strong="H5921" take|strong="H5375" care|strong="H6485" of|strong="H3627" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H2583" and|strong="H3881" the|strong="H3605" chest|strong="H0727" inside|strong="H8432" it|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605" contains|strong="H4393" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w tablets|strong="H3871"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w which|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w written|strong="H3789"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" Ten|strong="H6235" Commandments|strong="H4687". They|strong="H1992" must|strong="H5375" also|strong="H1992" take|strong="H5375" care|strong="H6485" of|strong="H3627" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1992" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" tent|strong="H2583". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w travel|strong="H1980"\+w*}, they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" the|strong="H3605" ones|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3605" must|strong="H5375" carry|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3605" tent|strong="H2583" and|strong="H3881" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1992" inside|strong="H8432" it|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3881" they|strong="H1992" must|strong="H5375" take|strong="H5375" care|strong="H6485" of|strong="H3627" it|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3881" set|strong="H6485" up|strong="H5375" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H2583" around|strong="H5439" it|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{51}Whenever|strong="H3605" it|strong="H7126" is|strong="H4191" time|strong="H6256" for|strong="H4191" all|strong="H4191" of|strong="H4191" you|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" move|strong="H5265" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w another|strong="H2114"\+w* \+w location|strong="H4186"\+w*}, the|strong="H7126" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4191" Levi|strong="H3881" are|strong="H2114" the|strong="H7126" ones|strong="H2945" who|strong="H3881" must|strong="H4191" dismantle the|strong="H7126" tent|strong="H2583". And|strong="H6965" when|strong="H5265" it|strong="H7126" is|strong="H4191" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H3381" stop|strong="H2308" traveling|strong="H5265", they|strong="H4908" are|strong="H2114" the|strong="H7126" ones|strong="H2945" who|strong="H3881" must|strong="H4191" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H6965" the|strong="H7126" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H2583" again|strong="H6965". Any|strong="H4191" other|strong="H2114" person|strong="H7126" who|strong="H3881" goes|strong="H3381" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H7126" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H2583" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w this|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w*} must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{52}The|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" each|strong="H0376" Israeli tribe|strong="H4294" must|strong="H1121" set|strong="H3478" up|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" tents|strong="H4264" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" own|strong="H1961" area|strong="H1508", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" must|strong="H1121" set|strong="H3478" up|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3478" flag|strong="H8650"/banner|strong="H1714" that|strong="H3478" represents their|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294". 
\verseNumber{53}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5921" male|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" must|strong="H1121" set|strong="H3478" up|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" tents|strong="H2583" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H2583", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3478" protect|strong="H8104" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" Israeli people|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5921" being|strong="H1961" punished|strong="H6485" [MTY] by|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w coming|strong="H2583"\+w* \+w close|strong="H5980"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H2583"\+w*}. The|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" ones|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" must|strong="H1121" stand|strong="H5975" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H2583" to|strong="H3478" guard|strong="H8104" it|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{54}So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" did|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" just|strong="H3605" like|strong="H3651" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H6213". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Instructions for setting up the Israeli camp }
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\chapterNumber{2}Then|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" this|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696": 
\verseNumber{2}“When|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Israelis set|strong="H3478" up|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" tents|strong="H2583", they|strong="H5921" should|strong="H3478" set|strong="H3478" them|strong="H5921" up|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" areas|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3478" surround|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H2583", but|strong="H5921" not|strong="H1121" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H3478" it|strong="H5921". The|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" each|strong="H5439" tribe|strong="H4294" must|strong="H1121" set|strong="H3478" up|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" tents|strong="H2583" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3478" different|strong="H8133" area|strong="H5439". Each|strong="H5439" tribe|strong="H4294" must|strong="H1121" erect|strong="H6965" in|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3478" area|strong="H5439" a|strong="H3478" banner|strong="H1714" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5921" own|strong="H1961" clan|strong="H4940" and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3478" flag|strong="H8650" that|strong="H3478" represents their|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294". 
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\verseNumber{3-4}The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", Issachar|strong="H3485", and|strong="H3967" Zebulun|strong="H2074" must|strong="H4191" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H0168" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" east|strong="H6921" side|strong="H6285" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" tribal|strong="H4294" flags|strong="H5488". These|strong="H0428" are|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1992" tribes|strong="H7626" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" soldiers|strong="H5650" whom|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" lead|strong="H5148": 
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Nahshon|strong="H5177", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amminadab|strong="H5992", will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" 74,600 men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{5-6}Nethanel|strong="H5417", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zuar|strong="H6686", will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" 54,500 men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Issachar|strong="H3485". 
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\verseNumber{7-8}Eliab|strong="H0446", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Helon|strong="H2497", will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" 57,400 men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Zebulun|strong="H2074". 
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\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H6485" there|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3063" be|strong="H3063" 86,400 troops|strong="H6635" on|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" east|strong="H6921" side|strong="H6285" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w*}. Whenever|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israelis move|strong="H5265" to|strong="H3063" a|strong="H6485" new|strong="H2319" location|strong="H4186", those|strong="H3605" three|strong="H7969" tribes|strong="H7626" must|strong="H4264" go|strong="H5265" in|strong="H6635" front|strong="H7223" of|strong="H6635" the|strong="H3605" others|strong="H0312". 
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\verseNumber{10-11}The|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205", Simeon|strong="H8095", and|strong="H3967" Gad|strong="H1410" must|strong="H4191" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H0168" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" south|strong="H5045" side|strong="H6285" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" tribal|strong="H4294" flags|strong="H5488". These|strong="H0428" are|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1992" tribes|strong="H7626" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" men|strong="H0376" whom|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" lead|strong="H5148": 
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Elizur|strong="H0468", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shedeur|strong="H7707", will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" 46,500 men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205". 
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\verseNumber{12-13}Shelumiel|strong="H8017", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zurishaddai|strong="H6701", will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" 59,300 men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Simeon|strong="H8095". 
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\verseNumber{14-15}Eliasaph|strong="H0460", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Deuel|strong="H1845", will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" 45,650 men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Gad|strong="H1410". 
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\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H6485" there|strong="H3605" will|strong="H6635" be|strong="H3605" 151,450 troops|strong="H6635" on|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" south|strong="H5045" side|strong="H6285" of|strong="H6635" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". Those|strong="H3605" three|strong="H7969" tribes|strong="H7626" will|strong="H6635" follow|strong="H0310" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" group|strong="H7235" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israelis \+w travel|strong="H1980"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{17}Behind|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3651" group|strong="H7235" will|strong="H3027" walk|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3027" Levi|strong="H3881", who|strong="H3881" will|strong="H3027" carry|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H2583". The|strong="H5921" Israelis will|strong="H3027" march|strong="H1980" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" same|strong="H3651" order|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" always|strong="H3605" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" tents|strong="H4264". Each|strong="H0376" tribe|strong="H4294" will|strong="H3027" carry|strong="H5375" its|strong="H5921" own|strong="H3027" flag|strong="H8650". 
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\verseNumber{18-19}The|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669", Manasseh|strong="H4519", and|strong="H3967" Benjamin|strong="H1144" must|strong="H4191" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H0168" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" west|strong="H3220" side|strong="H6285" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" tribal|strong="H4294" flags|strong="H5488". These|strong="H0428" are|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1992" tribes|strong="H7626" and|strong="H3967" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" men|strong="H0376" whom|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" lead|strong="H5148": 
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Elishama|strong="H0476", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammihud|strong="H5989", will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" 40,500 men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669". 
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\verseNumber{20-21}Gamaliel|strong="H1583", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Pedahzur|strong="H6301", will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" 32,200 men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519". 
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\verseNumber{22-23}Abidan|strong="H0027", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gideoni|strong="H1441", will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" 35,400 men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144". 
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\verseNumber{24}So|strong="H6485" there|strong="H3605" will|strong="H6635" be|strong="H3605" 108,100 troops|strong="H6635" on|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" west|strong="H3220" side|strong="H6285" of|strong="H6635" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". Those|strong="H3605" three|strong="H7992" tribes|strong="H7626" will|strong="H6635" follow|strong="H0310" the|strong="H3605" second|strong="H8145" group|strong="H7235", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w behind|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w Levi|strong="H3878"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{25-26}The|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835", Asher|strong="H0836", and|strong="H3967" Naphtali|strong="H5321" must|strong="H4191" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H0168" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" north|strong="H6828" side|strong="H6285" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" tribal|strong="H4294" flags|strong="H5488". These|strong="H0428" are|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1992" tribes|strong="H7626" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" men|strong="H0376" whom|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" lead|strong="H5148": 
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Ahiezer|strong="H0295", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammishaddai|strong="H5996", will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" 62,700 men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835". 
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\verseNumber{27-28}Pagiel|strong="H6295", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ocran|strong="H5918", will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" 41,500 men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Asher|strong="H0836". 
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\verseNumber{29-30}Ahira|strong="H0299", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Enan|strong="H5881", will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" 53,400 men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Naphtali|strong="H5321". 
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\verseNumber{31}So|strong="H6485" there|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3605" be|strong="H3605" 157,600 troops|strong="H4264" on|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" north|strong="H6828" side|strong="H6285" of|strong="H4264" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". Those|strong="H3605" three|strong="H7969" tribes|strong="H7626" will|strong="H3605" be|strong="H3605" last|strong="H0314". They|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4264" carry|strong="H5375" their|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" flags|strong="H5488" when|strong="H6485" the|strong="H3605" Israelis travel|strong="H1980".” 
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\verseNumber{32}So|strong="H6485" there|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" 603,550 Israeli men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H4264" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" listed|strong="H1004" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3605" families’ ancestors|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{33}But|strong="H3808" just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680", the|strong="H8432" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8432" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" were|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" included|strong="H5475". 
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\verseNumber{34}The|strong="H3605" Israelis did|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H6680" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921". They|strong="H3651" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H2583" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3605" tribal|strong="H1121" flags|strong="H5488", and|strong="H1121" when|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3651" traveled|strong="H5265" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w new|strong="H2319"\+w* \+w location|strong="H4186"\+w*, \+w they|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w walked|strong="H1980"\+w*} with|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" clans|strong="H4940" and|strong="H1121" family|strong="H4940" groups|strong="H1121". 

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\chapterNumber{3}These|strong="H1696" are|strong="H3117" some|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696" when|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696" on|strong="H3117" Sinai|strong="H5514" Mountain|strong="H2022". 
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\verseNumber{2}Aaron’s|strong="H0175" four|strong="H0702" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Nadab|strong="H5070" the|strong="H8034" oldest|strong="H1060", Abihu|strong="H0030", Eleazar|strong="H0499", and|strong="H1121" Ithamar|strong="H0385". 
\verseNumber{3}They|strong="H3027" were|strong="H1121" appointed|strong="H1121" [MTY] (OR|strong="H1121", Moses|strong="H8034"/I|strong="H1121" appointed|strong="H1121" them|strong="H3027") to|strong="H3027" be|strong="H3027" priests|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3808", while|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" watching|strong="H8245", Nadab|strong="H5070" and|strong="H1121" Abihu|strong="H0030" died|strong="H4191" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" Sinai|strong="H5514" Desert|strong="H4057" because|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w incense|strong="H7004"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" manner|strong="H4941" that|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" different|strong="H8133" from|strong="H6440" what|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680". They|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" sons|strong="H1121", so|strong="H1961" Eleazar|strong="H0499" and|strong="H1121" Ithamar|strong="H0385" were|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" who|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w left|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w*} priests|strong="H3547", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" father|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175". 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{6}“Bring|strong="H7126" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4294"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4294" Levi|strong="H3881" and|strong="H3548" present|strong="H7126" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" Aaron|strong="H0175", in|strong="H6440" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3548" they|strong="H6440" may|strong="H3548" assist|strong="H8334" him|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{7}They|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5647" serve|strong="H5647" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5712", while|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3605" do|strong="H5647" their|strong="H3605" work|strong="H5656" inside|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H6440" outside|strong="H2351" it|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H3605" must|strong="H1121" serve|strong="H5647" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" by|strong="H3478" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H4931" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1121" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{9}Appoint|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w help|strong="H5826"\+w*} Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121". I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1121" chosen|strong="H0977" them|strong="H5414" from|strong="H3478" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{10}Appoint|strong="H6485" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8104" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H4191" do|strong="H8104" the|strong="H8104" work|strong="H4399" that|strong="H1121" priests|strong="H3548" do|strong="H8104". But|strong="H4191" anyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750" who|strong="H1121" comes|strong="H7126" close|strong="H7126" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H8104" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w do|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w*} must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{12}“Note|strong="H2009" that|strong="H3605" from|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israelis, I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H1961" chosen|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" to|strong="H3478" take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" places|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" firstborn|strong="H1060" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121". The|strong="H3605" male|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H3947", 
\verseNumber{13}because|strong="H3588" truly|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" firstborn|strong="H1060" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w males|strong="H2145"\+w*} belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H5221". That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" because|strong="H3588" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" killed|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" firstborn|strong="H1060" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sons|strong="H1121"\+w*} of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714", I|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w spared|strong="H2550"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" firstborn|strong="H1060" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sons|strong="H1121"\+w*} of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Israelis and|strong="H3478" set|strong="H6942" them|strong="H5221" apart|strong="H6942" for|strong="H3588" myself|strong="H6942". I|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3068" set|strong="H6942" apart|strong="H6942" the|strong="H3605" firstborn|strong="H1060" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w males|strong="H2145"\+w*} of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" domestic animals|strong="H1961". They|strong="H3588" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H5221", Yahweh|strong="H3068".” 
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\verseNumber{14}Yahweh|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696" again|strong="H1696" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Sinai|strong="H5514" Desert|strong="H4057". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{15}“Count|strong="H5608" the|strong="H3605" male|strong="H2145" members|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881". Write|strong="H3789" down|strong="H4605" their|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" clans|strong="H4940" and|strong="H1121" family|strong="H4940" groups|strong="H1121". Count|strong="H5608" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" males|strong="H2145" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1121" at|strong="H1004" least|strong="H6996" one|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320" old|strong="H1121".” 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H6485" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" counted|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5921", just|strong="H6310" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680". 
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\verseNumber{17}Levi|strong="H3881" had|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w three|strong="H7969"\+w*} sons|strong="H1121", whose|strong="H1121" names|strong="H8034" were|strong="H1961" Gershon|strong="H1648", Kohath|strong="H6955", and|strong="H1121" Merari|strong="H4847". 
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\verseNumber{18}Gershon|strong="H1648" had|strong="H8096" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w two|strong="H8147"\+w*} sons|strong="H1121": Libni|strong="H3845" and|strong="H1121" Shimei|strong="H8096". The|strong="H8034" clans|strong="H4940" that|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" them|strong="H1121" had|strong="H8096" the|strong="H8034" same|strong="H8034" names|strong="H8034" as|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w two|strong="H8147"\+w*} sons|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{19}Kohath|strong="H6955" had|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w four|strong="H0702"\+w*} sons|strong="H1121": Amram|strong="H6019", Izhar|strong="H3324", Hebron|strong="H2275", and|strong="H1121" Uzziel|strong="H5816". The|strong="H1121" clans|strong="H4940" that|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" them|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" same|strong="H1931" names|strong="H8034" as|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w four|strong="H0702"\+w*} sons|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{20}Merari|strong="H4847" had|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w two|strong="H1004"\+w*} sons|strong="H1121": Mahli|strong="H4249" and|strong="H1121" Mushi|strong="H4187". The|strong="H1121" clans|strong="H4940" that|strong="H3881" were|strong="H1121" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" them|strong="H1992" had|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" same|strong="H1992" names|strong="H8034" as|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w two|strong="H1004"\+w*} sons|strong="H1121". 
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Those|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" the|strong="H1121" clans|strong="H4940" that|strong="H3881" were|strong="H1121" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881". 
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\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H1992" two|strong="H8147" clans|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" Gershon|strong="H1648" are|strong="H1992" those|strong="H1992" that|strong="H4940" were|strong="H1992" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w sons|strong="H1121"\+w*} Libni|strong="H3845" and|strong="H1648" Shimei|strong="H8097". 
\verseNumber{22}In|strong="H1121" those|strong="H3605" two|strong="H3967" clans|strong="H4940" there|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" 7,500 males|strong="H2145" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" at|strong="H2320" least|strong="H6996" one|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320" old|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{23}They|strong="H4908" were|strong="H4940" told|strong="H5046" to|strong="H3220" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H3220" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H2583" on|strong="H3220" the|strong="H4940" west|strong="H3220" side|strong="H3220" of|strong="H4940" the|strong="H4940" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H2583". 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H1121" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1121" two|strong="H1004" clans|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1004" Eliasaph|strong="H0460", the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Lael|strong="H3815". 
\verseNumber{25}Their|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" was|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1121" take|strong="H1121" care|strong="H4931" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", including|strong="H5704" the|strong="H1121" coverings|strong="H4765" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" tent|strong="H0168", the|strong="H1121" curtain|strong="H4539" at|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" tent|strong="H0168", 
\verseNumber{26}the|strong="H3605" ◄curtains|strong="H3407"/large|strong="H1419" pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H4196" cloth|strong="H0899"► that|strong="H3605" formed|strong="H3335" the|strong="H3605" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" courtyard|strong="H2691" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H4196" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196", the|strong="H3605" curtains|strong="H3407" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5921" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" courtyard|strong="H2691", and|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" ropes|strong="H4340" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* fastening \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w tent|strong="H0168"\+w*}. They|strong="H5921" also|strong="H1571" did|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H5656" of|strong="H4196" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" outside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
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\verseNumber{27}The|strong="H1992" clans|strong="H4940" that|strong="H4940" were|strong="H1992" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H6955" Kohath|strong="H6955" were|strong="H1992" those|strong="H1992" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H6955" his|strong="H1992" four|strong="H0702" sons|strong="H1121": Amram|strong="H6019", Izhar|strong="H3324", Hebron|strong="H2275", and|strong="H6955" Uzziel|strong="H5816". 
\verseNumber{28}In|strong="H1121" those|strong="H3605" four|strong="H0702" clans|strong="H4940" there|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" 8,600 males|strong="H2145" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" at|strong="H2320" least|strong="H6996" one|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320" old|strong="H1121". The|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" clans|strong="H4940" was|strong="H1121" to|strong="H8104" take|strong="H8104" care|strong="H4931" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w things|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w inside|strong="H4605"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{29}They|strong="H5921" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" tents|strong="H2583" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" south|strong="H8486" side|strong="H3409" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H2583". 
\verseNumber{30}The|strong="H1121" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1121" four|strong="H0702" clans|strong="H4940" was|strong="H1004" Elizaphan|strong="H0469", the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Uzziel|strong="H5816". 
\verseNumber{31}The|strong="H3605" work|strong="H5656" of|strong="H3627" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3627" those|strong="H3605" clans|strong="H4940" was|strong="H5656" to|strong="H4196" take|strong="H8334" care|strong="H8334" of|strong="H3627" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727", the|strong="H3605" table|strong="H7979" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3627"\+w* \+w which|strong="H4196"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w put|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w bread|strong="H3899"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" lampstand|strong="H4501", the|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" items|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" used|strong="H8334" in|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" curtain|strong="H4539" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" tent|strong="H0168". Their|strong="H3605" work|strong="H5656" was|strong="H5656" also|strong="H1571" to|strong="H4196" take|strong="H8334" care|strong="H8334" of|strong="H3627" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H6944" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" tent|strong="H0168". 
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\verseNumber{32}Aaron’s|strong="H0175" son|strong="H1121" Eleazar|strong="H0499" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8104" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H8104" male|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881". He|strong="H1121" supervised|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H8104" work|strong="H4399" that|strong="H3548" was|strong="H1121" done|strong="H6213" at|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8104" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
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\verseNumber{33}The|strong="H1992" clans|strong="H4940" that|strong="H4940" were|strong="H1992" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" Merari|strong="H4847" were|strong="H1992" those|strong="H1992" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w sons|strong="H1121"\+w*} Mahli|strong="H4249" and|strong="H1992" Mushi|strong="H4187". 
\verseNumber{34}In|strong="H1121" those|strong="H3605" two|strong="H3967" clans|strong="H4940" there|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" 6,200 males|strong="H2145" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" at|strong="H2320" least|strong="H6996" one|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320" old|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{35}They|strong="H5921" were|strong="H1121" told|strong="H5046" to|strong="H5921" set|strong="H4847" up|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" tents|strong="H2583" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" north|strong="H6828" side|strong="H3409" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H2583". The|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H5921" two|strong="H1004" clans|strong="H4940" was|strong="H1004" Zuriel|strong="H6700", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abihail|strong="H0032". 
\verseNumber{36}The|strong="H3605" work|strong="H5656" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" clans|strong="H4940" was|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1121" take|strong="H1121" care|strong="H4931" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" frames|strong="H7175" that|strong="H3605" held|strong="H2388" up|strong="H6486" the|strong="H3605" tent|strong="H0168", the|strong="H3605" crossbars, the|strong="H3605" pillars|strong="H5982", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" bases|strong="H0134". They|strong="H3605" also|strong="H1121" did|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H5656" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1121" connected|strong="H5439" with|strong="H3627" those|strong="H3605" items|strong="H3627". 
\verseNumber{37}Their|strong="H5439" work|strong="H4399" was|strong="H5982" also|strong="H1571" to|strong="H5439" take|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H5982" the|strong="H5439" posts|strong="H5982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H2691"\+w* \+w held|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w up|strong="H3489"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w curtains|strong="H3407"\+w* \+w that|strong="H2691"\+w* \+w formed|strong="H3335"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w walls|strong="H2346"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5982"\+w*} the|strong="H5439" courtyard|strong="H2691", and|strong="H5439" all|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5439" bases|strong="H0134", tent|strong="H3489" pegs|strong="H3489", and|strong="H5439" ropes|strong="H4340" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H2691"\+w* \+w fastened|strong="H8628"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w curtains|strong="H3407"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{38}Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H6440" and|strong="H1121" Aaron’s|strong="H0175" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" told|strong="H5046" to|strong="H3478" set|strong="H3478" up|strong="H7126" their|strong="H6440"/our|strong="H6440" tents|strong="H2583" in|strong="H2583" the|strong="H6440" area|strong="H1508" in|strong="H2583" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H4720" Tent|strong="H2583", on|strong="H4191" the|strong="H6440" east|strong="H4217" side|strong="H4217". Their|strong="H6440"/Our|strong="H6440" work|strong="H4399" was|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" supervise|strong="H5329" the|strong="H6440" work|strong="H4399" that|strong="H3478" would|strong="H3478" be|strong="H4191" done|strong="H3478" in|strong="H2583" and|strong="H1121" around|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H4720" Tent|strong="H2583", for|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" benefit|strong="H1576" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H1121". Only|strong="H0389" the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548" were|strong="H3478" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H8104" that|strong="H3478". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w declared|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3478"\+w*} we|strong="H4191" should|strong="H3478" execute|strong="H4191" anyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750" who|strong="H1121" went|strong="H3478" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H6440" tent|strong="H2583" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w do|strong="H8104"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{39}When|strong="H3068" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" counted|strong="H6485" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" males|strong="H2145" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" at|strong="H5921" least|strong="H6996" one|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320" old|strong="H1121", who|strong="H3605" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" clans|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5921" Levi|strong="H3881", the|strong="H3605" total|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" 22,000. 
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\verseNumber{40}Then|strong="H5375" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H8034", “Now|strong="H3478" count|strong="H4557" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} firstborn|strong="H1060" males|strong="H2145" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1121" at|strong="H3478" least|strong="H6996" one|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320" old|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" write|strong="H3789" down|strong="H4605" their|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034". 
\verseNumber{41}Also|strong="H3068", set|strong="H3478" apart|strong="H0914" for|strong="H8478" me|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" substitutes for|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" firstborn|strong="H1060" males|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" Israelis. And|strong="H1121" set|strong="H3478" apart|strong="H0914" for|strong="H8478" me|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" livestock|strong="H4735" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" substitutes for|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" firstborn|strong="H1060" livestock|strong="H4735" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121".” 
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\verseNumber{42}So|strong="H6485" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H6680" did|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3605". He|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H6680" counted|strong="H6485" the|strong="H3605" firstborn|strong="H1060" males|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121", as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{43}The|strong="H3605" total|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" at|strong="H2320" least|strong="H6996" one|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320" old|strong="H1121" was|strong="H8034" 22,273. 
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\verseNumber{44}Then|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{45}“Set|strong="H3478" apart|strong="H0914" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" substitutes for|strong="H8478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w firstborn|strong="H1060"\+w* \+w males|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121". The|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H3947", Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{46}There|strong="H8033" are|strong="H1121" 273 more|strong="H5921" firstborn|strong="H1060" males|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" Israeli people|strong="H1121" than|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881". 
\verseNumber{47-48}To|strong="H0413" pay|strong="H7999" for|strong="H3588" these|strong="H0428" 273 males|strong="H2145", collect|strong="H3063" five|strong="H2568" pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701" for|strong="H3588" each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5414". Each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1992" pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701" must|strong="H4191" weigh|strong="H8254" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" as|strong="H0834" each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701" coins that|strong="H0834" are|strong="H3117" stored|strong="H6845" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". Give|strong="H5414" this|strong="H2088" silver|strong="H3701" to|strong="H0413" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121".” 
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\verseNumber{49}So|strong="H3947" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" did|strong="H3881" that|strong="H3881". He|strong="H5921"/I|strong="H5921" collected|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" silver|strong="H3701" from|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" 273 males|strong="H2145". 
\verseNumber{50}The|strong="H3947" total|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3478" 1,365 pieces|strong="H8255" of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701". Each|strong="H3947" silver|strong="H3701" coin weighed|strong="H8254" the|strong="H3947" same|strong="H1931" as|strong="H1121" each|strong="H3947" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" silver|strong="H3701" coins stored|strong="H6845" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3947" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{51}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" these|strong="H0428" silver|strong="H3701" coins to|strong="H3068" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121", as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The work of the clans descended from Kohath }
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\chapterNumber{4}Then|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{2}“Write|strong="H3789" down|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5375" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5375" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5375" clans|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881". 
\verseNumber{3}Write|strong="H3789" the|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1121" between|strong="H5704" 30 and|strong="H1121" 50 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121". These|strong="H6213" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1121" work|strong="H4399" at|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
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\verseNumber{4}“he|strong="H6955" work|strong="H5656" of|strong="H1121" these|strong="H2063" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kohath|strong="H6955" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w take|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w care|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H1121" sacred|strong="H6944" items|strong="H6944" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w used|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w when|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*} at|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3381" Israelis move|strong="H5265" to|strong="H3381" another|strong="H0312" location|strong="H4186", Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3680" sons|strong="H1121" must|strong="H1121" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3680" tent|strong="H0168" to|strong="H3381" take|strong="H1121" down|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3680" curtain|strong="H4539" that|strong="H1121" separates|strong="H6504" the|strong="H3680" Very|strong="H3966" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H4725" from|strong="H5265" the|strong="H3680" other|strong="H0312" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3680" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". They|strong="H1992" must|strong="H1121" cover|strong="H3680" the|strong="H3680" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" with|strong="H3381" that|strong="H1121" curtain|strong="H4539". 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H5414" they|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" cover|strong="H3681" that|strong="H5414" with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5414" nice|strong="H2899" covering|strong="H3681" made|strong="H7760" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" skins|strong="H5785" of|strong="H5921" goats|strong="H5795". Over|strong="H5921" that|strong="H5414" they|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" spread|strong="H6566" a|strong="H5414" blue|strong="H8504" cloth|strong="H0899". Then|strong="H5414" they|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" insert|strong="H7760" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" rings|strong="H2885" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" chest|strong="H0727" the|strong="H5921" poles|strong="H0905" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w carrying|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{7}“hen|strong="H2581" they|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" put|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" blue|strong="H8504" cloth|strong="H0899" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" table|strong="H7979" on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H3899" the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548" put|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" sacred|strong="H6944" bread|strong="H3899". On|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" cloth|strong="H0899" they|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" put|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" bowls|strong="H4518" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w incense|strong="H7004"\+w*}, the|strong="H6440" pans|strong="H3709", the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H0312" dishes|strong="H7086", the|strong="H6440" jars|strong="H7184" for|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w wine|strong="H3196"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w*} offered|strong="H5414" as|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" sacrifice|strong="H8548", and|strong="H3899" the|strong="H6440" sacred|strong="H6944" bread|strong="H3899". 
\verseNumber{8}Over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" this|strong="H7760" they|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" spread|strong="H6566" a|strong="H7760" scarlet|strong="H8144"/red|strong="H8144" cloth|strong="H0899". Finally|strong="H5704", they|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" put|strong="H7760" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" a|strong="H7760" nice|strong="H2899" covering|strong="H4372" made|strong="H7760" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" skins|strong="H5785" of|strong="H5921" goats|strong="H5795". Then|strong="H7760" they|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" insert|strong="H7760" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w rings|strong="H2885"\+w* \+w at|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w corners|strong="H6285"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" tables|strong="H7979" the|strong="H5921" poles|strong="H0905" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w carrying|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7760"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}“hen|strong="H2581" with|strong="H3680" another|strong="H3627" blue|strong="H8504" cloth|strong="H0899" they|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3947" cover|strong="H3680" the|strong="H3605" lampstand|strong="H4501", the|strong="H3605" lamps|strong="H5216", the|strong="H3605" lamp|strong="H5216" snuffers|strong="H4457", the|strong="H3605" trays|strong="H4289", and|strong="H8504" the|strong="H3605" special|strong="H6381" jars|strong="H3627" of|strong="H3627" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w burn|strong="H8313"\+w* \+w in|strong="H8334"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w lamps|strong="H5216"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" cover|strong="H3680" the|strong="H3605" lampstand|strong="H4501" and|strong="H3627" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" items|strong="H3627" with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5414" nice|strong="H2899" covering|strong="H4372" made|strong="H5414" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" skins|strong="H5785" of|strong="H3627" goats|strong="H5795". They|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" place|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5414" frame|strong="H5414" for|strong="H5921" carrying|strong="H4132" them|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{11}“hen|strong="H2581" they|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" spread|strong="H6566" another|strong="H0312" blue|strong="H8504" cloth|strong="H0899" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" gold|strong="H2091" altar|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H4196"\+w* \+w is|strong="H5785"\+w* \+w used|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w burning|strong="H2740"\+w*} incense|strong="H7004". Over|strong="H5921" this|strong="H7760" they|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" spread|strong="H6566" a|strong="H7760" nice|strong="H2899" covering|strong="H4372" made|strong="H7760" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" skins|strong="H5785" of|strong="H4196" goats|strong="H5795". Then|strong="H7760" they|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" insert|strong="H7760" into|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w rings|strong="H2885"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4196"\+w*} that|strong="H4196" altar|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5921" poles|strong="H0905" for|strong="H5921" carrying|strong="H5375" it|strong="H7760". 
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\verseNumber{12}“hey|strong="H1945" must|strong="H3947" take|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" items|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3627" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H8504" wrap|strong="H3664" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" blue|strong="H8504" cloth|strong="H0899", cover|strong="H3680" that|strong="H3605" with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" nice|strong="H2899" covering|strong="H4372" made|strong="H5414" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" skins|strong="H5785" of|strong="H3627" goats|strong="H5795", and|strong="H8504" place|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" frame|strong="H5414" for|strong="H5921" carrying|strong="H4132" it|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{13}“hen|strong="H2581" they|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" remove|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5921" ashes|strong="H1878" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w which|strong="H4196"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w have|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w burned|strong="H8313"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w*}. Then|strong="H0227" they|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" cover|strong="H3680" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H6566" purple|strong="H0713" cloth|strong="H0899". 
\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H5414" they|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" spread|strong="H6566" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3627" the|strong="H3605" cloth|strong="H0899" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" items|strong="H3627" used|strong="H8334" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196"—the|strong="H3605" pans|strong="H3709" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w carrying|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w hot|strong="H2552"\+w* \+w coals|strong="H1513"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" meat|strong="H1320" forks|strong="H4207", the|strong="H3605" shovels|strong="H3257", the|strong="H3605" bowls|strong="H4219" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w containing|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w blood|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w sprinkle|strong="H5137"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}, and|strong="H4196" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" containers|strong="H3627". Then|strong="H5414" they|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" spread|strong="H6566" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" a|strong="H5414" nice|strong="H2899" covering|strong="H3681" made|strong="H7760" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" skins|strong="H5785" of|strong="H3627" goats|strong="H5795". Then|strong="H5414" they|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" insert|strong="H7760" into|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w rings|strong="H2885"\+w* \+w at|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w sides|strong="H3411"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3627"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" poles|strong="H0905" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w carrying|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{15}“hen|strong="H2581" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" finished|strong="H3615" covering|strong="H3680" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" things|strong="H6944", the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H4191" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H4191" move|strong="H5265" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w new|strong="H2319"\+w* \+w location|strong="H4186"\+w*}. The|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kohath|strong="H6955" must|strong="H4191" come|strong="H5060" and|strong="H1121" carry|strong="H5375" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" things|strong="H6944" to|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w next|strong="H4283"\+w* \+w place|strong="H6944"\+w*} where|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3605" Israelis will|strong="H1121" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5375" your|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H4264". But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kohath|strong="H6955" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" touch|strong="H5060" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" these|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" items|strong="H3627", because|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" will|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w immediately|strong="H6965"\+w*} die|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w touch|strong="H5060"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5375"\+w*}. They|strong="H3651" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" ones|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1121" carry|strong="H5375" these|strong="H3605" things|strong="H6944", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w must|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w touch|strong="H5060"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5375"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{16}“aron’s son|strong="H1121" Eleazar|strong="H0499" will|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" of|strong="H1121" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H6486" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081" for|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" lamps|strong="H5216", the|strong="H3605" nice-smelling incense|strong="H7004", the|strong="H3605" grain|strong="H3605" which|strong="H3548" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" burned|strong="H8313" on|strong="H3627" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" each|strong="H3605" day|strong="H6944", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081" for|strong="H1121" anointing|strong="H4888" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w*}. Eleazar|strong="H0499" is|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1121" supervise|strong="H5329" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" done|strong="H3605" at|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" take|strong="H1121" care|strong="H6486" of|strong="H1121" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" in|strong="H1121" it|strong="H3627".” 
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\verseNumber{17}“hen|strong="H2581" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{18-20}“When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1121" Kohath|strong="H6955" approach|strong="H7126" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" items|strong="H3627" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w take|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w another|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w location|strong="H4186"\+w*}, Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" must|strong="H4191" always|strong="H3605" go|strong="H1980" in|strong="H0935" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3967" show|strong="H7200" each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5414" what|strong="H4100" work|strong="H4399" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213" and|strong="H3967" what|strong="H4100" things|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0413" carry|strong="H5375". But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1121" Kohath|strong="H6955" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w any|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w*} and|strong="H3967" look|strong="H7200" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" are|strong="H3117" in|strong="H0935" it|strong="H5414". If|strong="H0518" they|strong="H1992" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834", I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1121" Kohath|strong="H6955".” 

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\verseNumber{21}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{22}“Write|strong="H3789" down|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5375" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5375" clans|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5375" Gershon|strong="H1648" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w division|strong="H4256"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Levi|strong="H3878"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{23}Write|strong="H3789" the|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1121" between|strong="H5704" 30 and|strong="H1121" 50 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121". They|strong="H8141" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1121" work|strong="H5656" at|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
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\verseNumber{24}“his|strong="H5647" is|strong="H4940" the|strong="H5647" work|strong="H5656" that|strong="H4940" they|strong="H4853" must|strong="H4191" do|strong="H5647" and|strong="H5647" the|strong="H5647" things|strong="H4853" that|strong="H4940" they|strong="H4853" must|strong="H4191" carry|strong="H4853" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H5656"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w move|strong="H5472"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5656"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w new|strong="H2319"\+w* \+w location|strong="H4186"\+w*}: 
\verseNumber{25}They|strong="H5921" must|strong="H5375" carry|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5921" curtains|strong="H3407" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H3407"; they|strong="H5921" must|strong="H5375" carry|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H3407" and|strong="H4150" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3407" cover|strong="H3680" it|strong="H5921", including|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" nice|strong="H2899" outer|strong="H2435" covering|strong="H4372" made|strong="H6213" from|strong="H5921" skins|strong="H5785" of|strong="H5921" goats|strong="H5795", and|strong="H4150" the|strong="H5921" curtain|strong="H3407" which|strong="H3407" is|strong="H0369" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H3407". 
\verseNumber{26}They|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H6213" carry|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" curtains|strong="H3407" that|strong="H3605" form|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" wall|strong="H2346" that|strong="H3605" surrounds|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" courtyard|strong="H2691" that|strong="H3605" surrounds|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196", the|strong="H3605" curtain|strong="H4539" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" courtyard|strong="H2691", and|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" ropes|strong="H4340" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w fasten|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w curtains|strong="H3407"\+w*}. They|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" packing and|strong="H4196" loading|strong="H6006" of|strong="H3627" these|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{27}Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1961" supervise|strong="H5329" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H5656" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gershom|strong="H1647". That|strong="H3605" work|strong="H5656" includes carrying|strong="H4853" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" and|strong="H1121" doing|strong="H6213" other|strong="H3605" work|strong="H5656" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" necessary|strong="H2706" for|strong="H5921" moving|strong="H1980" them|strong="H5921". They|strong="H5921" must|strong="H1121" tell|strong="H3605" each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gershom|strong="H1647" what|strong="H6310" things|strong="H3605" they|strong="H5921" must|strong="H1121" carry|strong="H4853". 
\verseNumber{28}Those|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3027" tasks|strong="H5656" that|strong="H3548" you|strong="H3027" must|strong="H1121" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3548" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" clans|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H3027" Gershom|strong="H1647". Aaron’s|strong="H0175" son|strong="H1121" Ithamar|strong="H0385" is|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" one|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3548" will|strong="H1121" supervise|strong="H5329" their|strong="H3548" work|strong="H5656". 

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\verseNumber{29}Count|strong="H5608" also|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6485" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6485" clans|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Levi’s|strong="H3878" son|strong="H1121" Merari|strong="H4847". 
\verseNumber{30}Write|strong="H3789" the|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1121" between|strong="H5704" 30 and|strong="H1121" 50 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121". They|strong="H8141" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1121" work|strong="H5656" at|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{31}Their|strong="H3605" work|strong="H5656" will|strong="H3605" be|strong="H5656" to|strong="H4150" carry|strong="H4853" the|strong="H3605" frames|strong="H7175" that|strong="H3605" hold|strong="H2388" up|strong="H4908" the|strong="H3605" tent|strong="H0168", the|strong="H3605" crossbars, the|strong="H3605" posts|strong="H5982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w hold|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w up|strong="H4908"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w curtains|strong="H3407"\+w*}, and|strong="H4150" the|strong="H3605" bases|strong="H0134". 
\verseNumber{32}They|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H8034" carry|strong="H4853" the|strong="H3605" posts|strong="H5982" for|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w curtains|strong="H3407"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w form|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w walls|strong="H2346"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3627"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" courtyard|strong="H2691" and|strong="H3627" the|strong="H3605" bases|strong="H0134" for|strong="H8034" the|strong="H3605" posts|strong="H5982", the|strong="H3605" tent|strong="H3489" pegs|strong="H3489", and|strong="H3627" the|strong="H3605" ropes|strong="H4340" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w fasten|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w curtains|strong="H3407"\+w*}. Tell|strong="H3605" each|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" what|strong="H4100" things|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" carry|strong="H4853". 
\verseNumber{33}Those|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tasks|strong="H5656" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Merari|strong="H4847" must|strong="H1121" do|strong="H3605" at|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". Aaron’s|strong="H0175" son|strong="H1121" Ithamar|strong="H0385" is|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1121" supervise|strong="H5329" them|strong="H3027".” 

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\verseNumber{34}So|strong="H6485" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6485" Israeli leaders|strong="H5387" counted|strong="H6485" the|strong="H6485" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kohath|strong="H6955", writing|strong="H3791" also|strong="H4872" the|strong="H6485" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H6485" clans|strong="H4940" and|strong="H1121" family|strong="H4940" groups|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{35}They|strong="H8141"/We|strong="H5704" counted|strong="H2803" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" between|strong="H5704" 30 and|strong="H1121" 50 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5704" work|strong="H5656" at|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{36}The|strong="H6485" total|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1961" 2,750 men|strong="H6485". 
\verseNumber{37}They|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H4940" of|strong="H3068" Kohath|strong="H6955" who|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} work|strong="H5647" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" counted|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5921" just|strong="H3605" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6310" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{38}They|strong="H1992"/We|strong="H0587" also|strong="H1121" counted|strong="H6485" the|strong="H6485" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gershon|strong="H1648", writing|strong="H3791" also|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6485" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H6485" clans|strong="H4940" and|strong="H1121" family|strong="H4940" groups|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{39}They|strong="H8141"/We|strong="H5704" counted|strong="H2803" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" between|strong="H5704" 30 and|strong="H1121" 50 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5704" work|strong="H5656" at|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{40}The|strong="H6485" total|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1961" 2,630 men|strong="H6485". 
\verseNumber{41}They|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gershon|strong="H1648" who|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} work|strong="H5647" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" counted|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5921" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6310". 
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\verseNumber{42}They|strong="H1992"/We|strong="H0587" also|strong="H1121" counted|strong="H6485" the|strong="H6485" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Merari|strong="H4847", writing|strong="H3791" also|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6485" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H6485" clans|strong="H4940" and|strong="H1121" family|strong="H4940" groups|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{43}They|strong="H8141"/We|strong="H5704" counted|strong="H2803" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" between|strong="H5704" 30 and|strong="H1121" 50 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5704" work|strong="H5656" at|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{44}The|strong="H6485" total|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1961" 3,200 men|strong="H6485". 
\verseNumber{45}They|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Merari|strong="H4847" who|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} work|strong="H3027". Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" counted|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5921" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6310" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{46}So|strong="H6485" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3478" and|strong="H4872" the|strong="H3605" Israeli leaders|strong="H5387" counted|strong="H6485" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1004" Levi|strong="H3881", writing|strong="H3791" also|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3605" clans|strong="H4940" and|strong="H4872" family|strong="H4940" groups|strong="H7218". 
\verseNumber{47}They|strong="H8141"/We|strong="H5704" counted|strong="H2803" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" between|strong="H5704" 30 and|strong="H1121" 50 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121". They|strong="H8141" were|strong="H1121" ones|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w*} work|strong="H5656" at|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" carried|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3605" tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H1121" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1121" connected|strong="H5439" with|strong="H3605" it|strong="H5704". 
\verseNumber{48}The|strong="H6485" total|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1961" 8,580 men|strong="H6485". 
\verseNumber{49}They|strong="H3068"/We|strong="H0587" completed|strong="H4390" the|strong="H5921" counting|strong="H4557" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w all|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Levi|strong="H3878"\+w*}, as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921". And|strong="H4872" they|strong="H3068"/we|strong="H0587" told|strong="H6680" each|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" what|strong="H6310" work|strong="H5656" he|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" and|strong="H4872" what|strong="H6310" things|strong="H4853" he|strong="H3068" must|strong="H4191" carry|strong="H4853" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w moved|strong="H4131"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w new|strong="H2319"\+w* \+w location|strong="H4186"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Expelling those who were ritually impure }
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\chapterNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{2}“Tell|strong="H3605" this|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121": ‘ou must|strong="H1121" send|strong="H7971" away|strong="H7971" from|strong="H4480" your|strong="H3605" ◄camp|strong="H4264"/area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H4480" you|strong="H6680" have|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H4264"► any|strong="H3605" man|strong="H1121" or|strong="H1121" woman|strong="H2931" who|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3478" leprosy|strong="H6883" and|strong="H1121" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3478" a|strong="H7971" discharge|strong="H2100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* fluid \+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w body|strong="H5315"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H3478" God|strong="H7971" because|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w having|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w touched|strong="H5060"\+w*} a|strong="H7971" corpse|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{3}Send|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971" away|strong="H7971" from|strong="H7971" there|strong="H5704" in|strong="H7931" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w touch|strong="H5060"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w in|strong="H7931"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w camp|strong="H4264"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*} where|strong="H7931" I|strong="H5704" live|strong="H7931" among|strong="H8432" you|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H2930" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H7971".’” 
\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H3651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*/\+w I|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w told|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H6213" Israeli people|strong="H1121" obeyed|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H7971". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Paying|strong="H1576" for|strong="H6213" committing|strong="H6213" crimes|strong="H6588" }
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\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{6}“Tell|strong="H1696" this|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121": ‘f someone|strong="H5315" ◄commits|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" crime|strong="H2154" against|strong="H1696"/does|strong="H6213" something|strong="H3605" wrong|strong="H7451" to|strong="H1696"► another|strong="H0312" person|strong="H5315", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w consider|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" person|strong="H5315" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" wrong|strong="H7451" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{7}That|strong="H5414" person|strong="H5315" must|strong="H4191" confess|strong="H3034" that|strong="H5414" he|strong="H6213" or|strong="H7218" she|strong="H5921" is|strong="H7218" guilty|strong="H0816", and|strong="H7725" he|strong="H6213" or|strong="H7218" she|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" pay|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" person|strong="H5315" to|strong="H7725" whom|strong="H0834" wrong|strong="H7451" was|strong="H7218" done|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w others|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w consider|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3254"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w suitable|strong="H5048"\+w*/\+w proper|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w payment|strong="H0868"\+w*} for|strong="H5921" what|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" has|strong="H6213" done|strong="H6213", and|strong="H7725" he|strong="H6213" must|strong="H4191" pay|strong="H5414" an|strong="H6213" extra 20 percent. 
\verseNumber{8}If|strong="H0518" the|strong="H5921" person|strong="H5315" against|strong="H5921" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5921" wrong|strong="H7451" was|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} there|strong="H7725" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" relative|strong="H1350" to|strong="H7725" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5921" money|strong="H3701" can|strong="H3548" be|strong="H3068" paid|strong="H7725", then|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" money|strong="H3701" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725", and|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H3068" paid|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548". In|strong="H5921" addition|strong="H5921", the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" wrong|strong="H7451" must|strong="H4191" give|strong="H7725" a|strong="H3068" male|strong="H2145" sheep|strong="H6629" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3068" ◄that|strong="H3068" person’s|strong="H3820" sin|strong="H2403" may|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" forgiven|strong="H3722"/I|strong="H5921" can|strong="H3548" forgive|strong="H3722" that|strong="H3068" person|strong="H5315" for|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H2403"►. 
\verseNumber{9}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" offerings|strong="H8641" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israelis bring|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H5414" priest|strong="H3548" can|strong="H3548" keep|strong="H1961" those|strong="H1961" gifts|strong="H6944".’” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Suspecting a|strong="H1961" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H3548" committing|strong="H6213" adultery|strong="H5003" }
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\verseNumber{11}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" this|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696": 
\verseNumber{12}“Tell|strong="H1696" this|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121": ‘uppose a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H1121" thinks|strong="H8176" that|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3478" wife|strong="H1696" has|strong="H3478" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H1696" another|strong="H0312" man|strong="H1121", 
\verseNumber{13}but|strong="H3808" neither|strong="H3808" he|strong="H1931" nor|strong="H3808" anyone|strong="H1931" else|strong="H3808" knows|strong="H3045" if|strong="H1931" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" true|strong="H0571" or|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808", because|strong="H2233" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" saw|strong="H7200" her|strong="H1931" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1931". 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H3808" if|strong="H7068" the|strong="H5921" woman’s|strong="H0802" husband|strong="H0376" is|strong="H1931" jealous|strong="H7065", and|strong="H5674" if|strong="H7068" he|strong="H1931" suspects that|strong="H1931" she|strong="H1931" has|strong="H7307" committed|strong="H5921" adultery|strong="H5003", and|strong="H5674" he|strong="H1931" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H5921" know|strong="H3045" whether|strong="H0518" that|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" true|strong="H0571" or|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808", 
\verseNumber{15}he|strong="H1931" should|strong="H3588" take|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548". He|strong="H1931" must|strong="H3808" take|strong="H5414" along|strong="H5921" as|strong="H3588" an|strong="H5414" offering|strong="H4503" two|strong="H3808" quarts/liters of|strong="H5921" barley|strong="H8184" flour|strong="H7058". The|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pour|strong="H3332" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081" or|strong="H3808" incense|strong="H3828" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5414", because|strong="H3588" this|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" an|strong="H5414" offering|strong="H4503" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H0376" has|strong="H3588" brought|strong="H5414" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" ◄is|strong="H1931" jealous|strong="H7065"/wants|strong="H2656" his|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802" to|strong="H5921" sleep|strong="H8142" only|strong="H3588" with|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414"►. It|strong="H5414" is|strong="H1931" an|strong="H5414" offering|strong="H4503" to|strong="H5921" find|strong="H5414" out|strong="H3332" if|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" guilty|strong="H5771" or|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Neither|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w* \+w oil|strong="H8081"\+w* \+w nor|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w incense|strong="H3828"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w used|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w associated|strong="H2270"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w joy|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w this|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w time|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w joy|strong="H5921"\+w*.} 
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\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H6440" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H4191" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H6440" woman|strong="H0802" to|strong="H3068" stand|strong="H5975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w front|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" presence|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H4480" must|strong="H3947" put|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" sacred|strong="H6944" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" clay|strong="H2789" jar|strong="H3627", and|strong="H3548" then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H4480" must|strong="H3947" put|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" dirt|strong="H6083" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5414" floor|strong="H7172" of|strong="H3627" the|strong="H5414" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" into|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5414" water|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{18}He|strong="H1931" must|strong="H4191" untie/unfasten the|strong="H6440" woman’s|strong="H0802" hair|strong="H7218". Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" must|strong="H4191" put|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5414" hands|strong="H3027" the|strong="H6440" grain|strong="H1715" that|strong="H1931" her|strong="H5414" jealous|strong="H7065" husband|strong="H0376" is|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H4503" to|strong="H3068" determine|strong="H7200" whether|strong="H0518" she|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H5414" adultery|strong="H5003" or|strong="H7218" not|strong="H5414". The|strong="H6440" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H4191" hold|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w bowl|strong="H4219"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w contains|strong="H4393"\+w*} bitter|strong="H4751" water|strong="H4325" that|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H5414" ◄the|strong="H6440" woman|strong="H0802" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" cursed|strong="H0779"/bad|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" woman|strong="H0802"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w she|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w guilty|strong="H0816"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H8478" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H3808" require|strong="H1875" her|strong="H7901" to|strong="H4325" solemnly|strong="H7650" declare|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w she|strong="H7901"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w truth|strong="H3808"\+w*}. Then|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4325" her|strong="H7901", “as|strong="H8478" another|strong="H3808" man|strong="H0376" had|strong="H3548" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H7901" you|strong="H3808"? Have|strong="H3548" you|strong="H3808" faithfully|strong="H0571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w slept|strong="H7901"\+w* \+w only|strong="H0389"\+w* \+w with|strong="H7901"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w husband|strong="H0376"\+w*} or|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808"? If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3548" not|strong="H3808" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H7901" another|strong="H3808" man|strong="H0376", nothing|strong="H3808" bad|strong="H7451" will|strong="H3808" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4325" you|strong="H3808" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" the|strong="H8478" water|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5414" had|strong="H3588" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5414" another|strong="H0312" man|strong="H0376", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w curse|strong="H7045"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{21-22}Your|strong="H3068" womb|strong="H7358" will|strong="H3068" shrivel|strong="H5685" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3967" your|strong="H3068" stomach|strong="H4578" will|strong="H3068" swell|strong="H6638" up|strong="H5927". You|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H0413" give|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H0413" children|strong="H1121", and|strong="H3967" as|strong="H0834" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H6903", everyone|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" curse|strong="H7045" you|strong="H0859" and|strong="H3967" avoid|strong="H6544" you|strong="H0859". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H1961" committed|strong="H6213" adultery|strong="H5003", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w drink|strong="H8354"\+w*} this|strong="H2088" water|strong="H4325", that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0369" what|strong="H4100" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0859".” Then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H3605" woman|strong="H0802" must|strong="H4191" answer|strong="H6030", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w guilty|strong="H0816"\+w*}, I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" object|strong="H8047" if|strong="H0518" that|strong="H0834" happens|strong="H1961".” 
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\verseNumber{23}‘Then|strong="H3548" the|strong="H3548" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H4191" write|strong="H3789" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w ink|strong="H1773"\+w*} on|strong="H3789" a|strong="H3789" small|strong="H6996" scroll|strong="H5612" these|strong="H3789" ◄curses|strong="H7043"/bad|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3548" will|strong="H4325" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4325" her|strong="H4229" if|strong="H0518" she|strong="H1931" is|strong="H4325" guilty|strong="H0816"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w then|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w wash|strong="H4229"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w ink|strong="H1773"\+w* \+w off|strong="H4229"\+w* \+w into|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w bitter|strong="H4751"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{24-25}The|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H4191" take|strong="H3947" from|strong="H4480" her|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" offering|strong="H4503" of|strong="H1121" barley|strong="H8184" flour|strong="H5560" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w she|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w is|strong="H0369"\+w* \+w holding|strong="H2388"\+w*}, and|strong="H3967" lift|strong="H5375" it|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" dedicate|strong="H6942" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413". Then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H0834" must|strong="H4191" put|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" 
\verseNumber{26}and|strong="H3548" burn|strong="H6999" part|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4325" it|strong="H4325" as|strong="H4325" a|strong="H4480" sacrifice|strong="H4503". Then|strong="H3548" the|strong="H4480" woman|strong="H0802" must|strong="H4191" drink|strong="H8248" the|strong="H4480" bitter|strong="H4751" water|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{27}If|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H0802" has|strong="H1961" committed|strong="H4603" adultery|strong="H5003", the|strong="H1961" water|strong="H4325" will|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H5971" her|strong="H7130" to|strong="H1961" suffer|strong="H1961" greatly|strong="H4751". Her|strong="H7130" stomach|strong="H4578" will|strong="H1961" swell|strong="H6638" up|strong="H1961" and|strong="H5971" her|strong="H7130" womb|strong="H7358" will|strong="H1961" shrink|strong="H5074", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w she|strong="H8248"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w unable|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w give|strong="H8248"\+w* \+w birth|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w children|strong="H1121"\+w*}. And|strong="H5971" then|strong="H1961" her|strong="H7130" ◄relatives|strong="H0251"/fellow|strong="H7453" Israelis► will|strong="H1961" curse|strong="H7045" her|strong="H7130". 
\verseNumber{28}But|strong="H3808" if|strong="H1931" she|strong="H1931" ◄is|strong="H1931" innocent|strong="H5352"/has|strong="H2233" not|strong="H3808" committed|strong="H6213" adultery|strong="H5003"►, her|strong="H1931" body|strong="H1320" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" harmed|strong="H2255", and|strong="H2233" she|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3808" still|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3808" give|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H2232" to|strong="H3808" children|strong="H2233". 
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\verseNumber{29}‘hat is|strong="H8451" the|strong="H8478" ritual|strong="H3925" that|strong="H2063" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" performed|strong="H6213" when|strong="H7068" a|strong="H8478" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H8451" married|strong="H3947" has|strong="H7068" been|strong="H2930" unfaithful|strong="H4603" to|strong="H8451" her|strong="H2063" husband|strong="H0376", 
\verseNumber{30}or|strong="H3068" when|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" man|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" jealous|strong="H7065" and|strong="H3068" suspects that|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sex|strong="H7901"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w another|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w man|strong="H3605"\+w*}. The|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H4191" tell|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" woman|strong="H0802" to|strong="H3068" stand|strong="H5975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" presence|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H6213" these|strong="H2063" instructions|strong="H8451". 
\verseNumber{31}Even|strong="H1571" if|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5375" woman|strong="H0802" has|strong="H5771" not|strong="H5375" done|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4100" the|strong="H5375" husband|strong="H0376" suspected, he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1931" not|strong="H5375" be|strong="H5375" punished|strong="H6485" [MTY] for|strong="H5771" doing|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" wrong|strong="H5771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H5771"\+w* \+w bringing|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w*}. But|strong="H1931" if|strong="H1931" his|strong="H5375" wife|strong="H0802" is|strong="H1931" guilty|strong="H5771", she|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1931" suffer|strong="H5375" as|strong="H0834" a|strong="H5375" result|strong="H6903".’” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Rules about Nazir-men }
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\chapterNumber{6}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" this|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696": 
\verseNumber{2}“Tell|strong="H1696" this|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121": ‘f any|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*} make|strong="H5087" a|strong="H3588" solemn|strong="H6116" promise|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" dedicate|strong="H5144" himself|strong="H3068" to|strong="H1696" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696" in|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3588" special|strong="H6381" way|strong="H1870", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w obey|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w these|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w instructions|strong="H1697"\+w*}, you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" a|strong="H3588" Nazir-man, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* “\+w dedicated|strong="H5139"\+w* \+w man|strong="H1121"\+w*”}. 
\verseNumber{3}You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" any|strong="H3605" wine|strong="H3196" or|strong="H3808" other|strong="H3605" alcoholic/fermented drink|strong="H8354". You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" any|strong="H3605" vinegar|strong="H2558" made|strong="H3605" from|strong="H5144" wine|strong="H3196" or|strong="H3808" from|strong="H5144" any|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" alcoholic/fermented drink|strong="H8354". You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" grape|strong="H6025" juice|strong="H4952" or|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" grapes|strong="H6025" or|strong="H3808" raisins|strong="H6778". 
\verseNumber{4}You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" comes|strong="H3117" from|strong="H3117" grapevines, not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" skins|strong="H5785" or|strong="H3808" seeds|strong="H2785" of|strong="H3117" grapes|strong="H6025", during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3117" a|strong="H6213" Nazir-man. 
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\verseNumber{5}‘ven your|strong="H3068" hair|strong="H8181" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" dedicated|strong="H5145" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H5921" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" Nazir-man, so|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" anyone|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5704" cut|strong="H3772" your|strong="H3068" hair|strong="H8181". Until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" solemn|strong="H6116" promise|strong="H3068" to|strong="H5704" dedicate|strong="H5144" yourself|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3068" ended|strong="H1961", you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3068" hair|strong="H8181" to|strong="H5704" grow|strong="H1431" long|strong="H5704". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3068" near|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3117" corpse|strong="H5315" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3117" Nazir-man. 
\verseNumber{7}Even|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="H3588" died|strong="H4194" is|strong="H7218" your|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" or|strong="H3808" your|strong="H5921" mother|strong="H0517" or|strong="H3808" your|strong="H5921" brother|strong="H0251" or|strong="H3808" your|strong="H5921" sister|strong="H0269", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" cause|strong="H2600" yourself|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" become|strong="H2930" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w coming|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w close|strong="H5980"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w corpse|strong="H5038"\+w*}. Your|strong="H5921" long|strong="H5921" hair|strong="H7218" [MTY] shows|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3588" special|strong="H6381" way|strong="H5921", so|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" cut|strong="H3772" your|strong="H5921" hair|strong="H7218". 
\verseNumber{8}You|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3117" required|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3068" keep|strong="H8104" doing|strong="H6213" this|strong="H1931" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3117" dedicated|strong="H5145" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3068" this|strong="H1931" special|strong="H6381" way|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{9}‘f anyone|strong="H3588" dies|strong="H4191" very|strong="H6621" suddenly|strong="H6597" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3117" near|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588", then|strong="H3588" your|strong="H5921" hair|strong="H7218" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3117" dedicated|strong="H5145" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3117" no|strong="H7218" longer|strong="H5750" sacred|strong="H6944". So|strong="H4191" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" wait|strong="H0693" seven|strong="H7637" days|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" then|strong="H3588" shave|strong="H1548" it|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5921" off|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" perform|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3588" special|strong="H6381" ritual|strong="H3925" to|strong="H4191" cause|strong="H2600" yourself|strong="H5921" to|strong="H4191" become|strong="H2930" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H5921" again|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H3117" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" must|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H0935" two|strong="H8147" doves|strong="H3123" or|strong="H3117" two|strong="H8147" young|strong="H1121" pigeons|strong="H3123" to|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" priest|strong="H3548" at|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3117" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{11}‘he|strong="H1931" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w birds|strong="H5775"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3117"\+w*} offer|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5921" as|strong="H3117" sacrifices|strong="H5930". One|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3117" them|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5315" be|strong="H5315" an|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H5930" to|strong="H5921" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5921" forgive|strong="H3722" you|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sins|strong="H2403" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3548" committed|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" will|strong="H5315" be|strong="H5315" an|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3117" is|strong="H1931" burned|strong="H8313" completely|strong="H3617" to|strong="H5921" please|strong="H4994" me|strong="H5315". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w burns|strong="H8313"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H5315" forgive|strong="H3722" you|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" having|strong="H5315" come|strong="H0935" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H5921" a|strong="H6213" corpse|strong="H5315", and|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3117"\+w*} your|strong="H5921" hair|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w grows|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w again|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w it|strong="H1931"\+w*} will|strong="H5315" be|strong="H5315" dedicated|strong="H6942" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5315" again|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H3588" amount|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1121" set|strong="H7223" apart|strong="H0914" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" previous|strong="H7223" time|strong="H3117" does|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" count|strong="H8141", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" become|strong="H2930" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w coming|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w close|strong="H5980"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w corpse|strong="H5038"\+w*} during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3588" Nazir-man. So|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" again|strong="H7725" make|strong="H2930" a|strong="H3588" solemn|strong="H6116" promise|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" dedicate|strong="H5144" yourself|strong="H5307" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" entire|strong="H3117" amount|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" indicated the|strong="H3588" previous|strong="H7223" time|strong="H3117". And|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" also|strong="H3068" sacrifice|strong="H2077" a|strong="H3588" one-year-old lamb|strong="H3532" for|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3588" doing|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1121" required|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{13}‘hen|strong="H2581" the|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3117" dedicate|strong="H4390" yourself|strong="H0859" to|strong="H3117" me|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117" ended|strong="H4390", go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" 
\verseNumber{14}and|strong="H1121" offer|strong="H7126" as|strong="H3068" sacrifices|strong="H5930" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1121" three|strong="H7969" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" defects: Offer|strong="H7126" a|strong="H7126" one-year-old ram|strong="H0352" that|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" completely|strong="H3617", a|strong="H7126" one-year-old female|strong="H1323" lamb|strong="H3532" as|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7126" sacrifice|strong="H5930" to|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" forgive|strong="H5545" your|strong="H3068" sins|strong="H2403", and|strong="H1121" one|strong="H3532" full-grown ram|strong="H0352" as|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7126" sacrifice|strong="H5930" to|strong="H3068" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{15}‘hen|strong="H2581" you|strong="H4886" bring|strong="H0935" those|strong="H1992" animals|strong="H0929", you|strong="H4886" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H1571" bring|strong="H0935" some|strong="H4480" wine|strong="H3196" to|strong="H4503" offer|strong="H7126" as|strong="H4886" a|strong="H4886" sacrifice|strong="H4503". And|strong="H8081" you|strong="H4886" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H1571" bring|strong="H0935" a|strong="H4886" basket|strong="H5536" of|strong="H4503" bread|strong="H4682" that|strong="H8081" you|strong="H4886" have|strong="H5262" made|strong="H6213" with|strong="H1101" very|strong="H3966" good|strong="H2896" flour|strong="H5560" and|strong="H8081" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081". But|strong="H3588" you|strong="H4886" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" put|strong="H5414" any|strong="H3605" yeast|strong="H7603" in|strong="H4503" the|strong="H4886" bread|strong="H4682". Also|strong="H1571" brush/spread|strong="H4886" some|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081" on|strong="H8081" some|strong="H4480" thin|strong="H1851" wafers|strong="H7550" and|strong="H8081" bring|strong="H0935" them|strong="H4886" to|strong="H4503" the|strong="H4886" priest|strong="H3548". 
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\verseNumber{16}‘he|strong="H6213" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3068" put|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" young|strong="H5288" lamb|strong="H3532" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" young|strong="H5288" ram|strong="H0352" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" altar|strong="H4196" and|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" burn|strong="H8313" them|strong="H6440", in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H3190" and|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" forgive|strong="H5545" you|strong="H6440" for|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3068" sins|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" the|strong="H5921" full-grown ram|strong="H0352" as|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H4503" to|strong="H3068" restore|strong="H7725" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H8313" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" bread|strong="H4682" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" grain|strong="H1715" and|strong="H3068" wine|strong="H3196". 
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\verseNumber{18}‘fter that|strong="H5414", you|strong="H5414" must|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stand|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w at|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H7218" shave|strong="H1548" off|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5414" hair|strong="H8181". Then|strong="H3947" you|strong="H5414" must|strong="H3947" put|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5414" hair|strong="H8181" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" fire|strong="H0784" that|strong="H5414" is|strong="H7218" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w animal|strong="H0929"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w has|strong="H8181"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\+w*} on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H5921" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{19}‘he|strong="H5414" meat|strong="H1320" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" ram’s|strong="H3104" shoulder|strong="H2220" must|strong="H3947" be|strong="H5414" boiled|strong="H1311". After|strong="H4480" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H2220" cooked|strong="H2102", the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H5414" take|strong="H3947" it|strong="H5414" along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" one|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" loaves|strong="H2471" of|strong="H4480" bread|strong="H4682" and|strong="H3548" one|strong="H4480" wafer|strong="H7550" which|strong="H3548" has|strong="H3548" been|strong="H1961" brushed with|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081", and|strong="H3548" he|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5414" hands|strong="H3709". 
\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H5130" the|strong="H6440" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w take|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w back|strong="H5130"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} lift|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921" up|strong="H5921" high|strong="H1116" to|strong="H3068" dedicate|strong="H6942" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440". They|strong="H3068" now|strong="H5921" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" priest|strong="H3548", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" meat|strong="H1320" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" ram’s|strong="H3104" shoulder|strong="H7785" and|strong="H3068" from|strong="H6440" its|strong="H5921" ribs|strong="H5967" and|strong="H3068" from|strong="H6440" one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3068" its|strong="H5921" thighs|strong="H3409", because|strong="H5921" that|strong="H1931" meat|strong="H1320" is|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" share|strong="H2506" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" sacrifice|strong="H2077". After|strong="H5921" that|strong="H1931", you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3068" no|strong="H8354" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" Nazir-man, and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3068" again|strong="H6440" be|strong="H3068" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H3068" drink|strong="H8354" wine|strong="H3196". 
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\verseNumber{21}‘hose are|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" regulations|strong="H4941" about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" offerings|strong="H5088" that|strong="H3068" Nazir-men solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" end|strong="H6310" their|strong="H3068" time|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" being|strong="H3068" dedicated|strong="H5145" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5921". They|strong="H3651" must|strong="H4191" bring|strong="H6213" these|strong="H2063" offerings|strong="H5088", but|strong="H3651" if|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3068", they|strong="H3651" may|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H6213" additional offerings|strong="H5088". And|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3651" must|strong="H4191" do|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3651" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" when|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3651" dedicated|strong="H5145" themselves|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5921".’” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H5921" blessing|strong="H1293" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" }
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\verseNumber{22}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{23}“Tell|strong="H1696" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1288" sons|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3478" when|strong="H1696" they|strong="H3541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w me|strong="H1288"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*} bless|strong="H1288" the|strong="H3541" people|strong="H1121", they|strong="H3541" must|strong="H1121" say|strong="H1696", 
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\verseNumber{24}‘I|strong="H3068" desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H1288" 
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and|strong="H3068" protect|strong="H8104" you|strong="H1288", 
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\verseNumber{25}and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" smile|strong="H0215" at|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" 
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and|strong="H3068" act|strong="H6213" kindly|strong="H6440" toward|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440", 
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\verseNumber{26}and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" good|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" [IDM] 
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and|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" things|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3068" well|strong="H7965" for|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440".’” 
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\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="H7760" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7760" sons|strong="H1121" ask|strong="H7592" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" bless|strong="H1288" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121", truly|strong="H3588" I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H3478" bless|strong="H1288" them|strong="H5921".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The offerings brought to the Sacred Tent }
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\chapterNumber{7}When|strong="H1961" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3117" had|strong="H1961" finished|strong="H3615" setting|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", he|strong="H3117"/I|strong="H3117" dedicated|strong="H6942" [MTY] it|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068". He|strong="H3117"/I|strong="H3117" also|strong="H4872" dedicated|strong="H6942" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3117" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H4196"\+w* \+w burning|strong="H2740"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w*}, and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" would|strong="H4872" be|strong="H1961" used|strong="H1961" at|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H7126" the|strong="H5921" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w twelve|strong="H8147"\+w*} Israeli tribes|strong="H4294", the|strong="H5921" same|strong="H1992" men|strong="H7218" who|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w helped|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w Aaron|strong="H0175"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H7126"\+w*/\+w me|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} count|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w could|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w battles|strong="H4421"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{3}came|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" tent|strong="H0168", bringing|strong="H0935" gifts|strong="H4979" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". They|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H7126" six|strong="H8337" sturdy/large|strong="H1419" carts|strong="H5699" and|strong="H3068" twelve|strong="H8147" oxen|strong="H1241", one|strong="H8147" ox|strong="H7794" from|strong="H6440" each|strong="H8147" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" leaders|strong="H5387" and|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7126" cart|strong="H5699" from|strong="H6440" each|strong="H8147" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" two|strong="H8147" leaders|strong="H5387". 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H4872" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H0413", 
\verseNumber{5}“Accept|strong="H3947" these|strong="H3947" gifts|strong="H4979", in|strong="H5414" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H6310" Levi|strong="H3881" can|strong="H3947" use|strong="H3947" them|strong="H5414" for|strong="H5414" carrying|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5414" sacred|strong="H6944" items|strong="H3627" that|strong="H5414" are|strong="H6310" here|strong="H6311" at|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5414" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168".” 
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\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H3947" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5414" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5414" carts|strong="H5699" and|strong="H4872" oxen|strong="H1241" and|strong="H4872" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3947" Levi|strong="H3881". 
\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H5414"/I|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" two|strong="H8147" carts|strong="H5699" and|strong="H1121" four|strong="H0702" oxen|strong="H1241" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gershon|strong="H1648" for|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5414" work|strong="H5656", 
\verseNumber{8}and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3027"/I|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" four|strong="H0702" carts|strong="H5699" and|strong="H1121" eight|strong="H8083" oxen|strong="H1241" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Merari|strong="H4847" for|strong="H3027" their|strong="H5414" work|strong="H5656". Aaron’s|strong="H0175" son|strong="H1121" Ithamar|strong="H0385" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" supervisor|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" work|strong="H5656". 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588"/I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" give|strong="H5414" any|strong="H5375" carts|strong="H5699" or|strong="H3808" oxen|strong="H1241" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kohath|strong="H6955", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" took|strong="H5375" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" sacred|strong="H6944" items|strong="H6944" that|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3808" carried|strong="H5375" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5375" shoulders|strong="H3802", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w carts|strong="H5699"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{10}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" altar|strong="H4196" was|strong="H3117" dedicated|strong="H6942" [MTY], the|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w twelve|strong="H8147"\+w*} leaders|strong="H5387" brought|strong="H7126" other|strong="H0312" gifts|strong="H2598" to|strong="H6440" be|strong="H3117" dedicated|strong="H6942" and|strong="H3117" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H6440" in|strong="H3117" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{11}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H3117", “Each|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" next|strong="H4283" twelve|strong="H8147" days|strong="H3117" one|strong="H3068" leader|strong="H5387" should|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H7126" his|strong="H3068" gifts|strong="H2598" for|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" dedication|strong="H2598" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196".” 
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\verseNumber{12-83}These|strong="H0428" are|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" gifts|strong="H4979" that|strong="H0834" each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" brought|strong="H0935": 
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—a|strong="H1961" silver|strong="H3701" dish|strong="H7086" that|strong="H0834" weighed|strong="H8254" ◄more|strong="H3254" than|strong="H4480" three|strong="H7969" pounds|strong="H1993"/1.5 kg.►, and|strong="H3967" a|strong="H1961" silver|strong="H3701" bowl|strong="H4219" that|strong="H0834" weighed|strong="H8254" ◄almost|strong="H4592" two|strong="H8147" pounds|strong="H1993"/800 grams►, both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" which|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H1121" good|strong="H2896" flour|strong="H5560" and|strong="H3967" mixed|strong="H1101" with|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" offerings|strong="H8002" of|strong="H1121" grain|strong="H1715"; they|strong="H1992" both|strong="H8147" were|strong="H0834" weighed|strong="H8254" using|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" standard|strong="H1714" scales|strong="H3976"; 
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—a|strong="H1961" small|strong="H6996" gold|strong="H2091" dish|strong="H7086" that|strong="H0834" weighed|strong="H8254" ◄four|strong="H0702" ounces/14 grams►, filled|strong="H4390" with|strong="H5973" incense|strong="H7004"; 
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—a|strong="H1961" young|strong="H5288" bull|strong="H6499", a|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{full-grown} ram|strong="H0352", and|strong="H3967" a|strong="H1961" one-year-old ram|strong="H0352", to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196"; 
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—a|strong="H1961" goat|strong="H5795" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" sacrificed|strong="H2076" to|strong="H0413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w me|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w forgive|strong="H5545"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* }for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H1961" committed|strong="H6213"; 
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—and|strong="H3967" two|strong="H8147" bulls|strong="H6499", five|strong="H2568" full-grown rams|strong="H0352", five|strong="H2568" male|strong="H2145" goats|strong="H5795", and|strong="H3967" five|strong="H2568" rams|strong="H0352" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" one-year-old, to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H0413" maintain|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" people’s|strong="H5971" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H5973" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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This|strong="H2088" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" order|strong="H4616" in|strong="H0935" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" brought|strong="H0935" their|strong="H3605" gifts|strong="H4979": 
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on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" day|strong="H3117", Nahshon|strong="H5177", son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amminadab|strong="H5992" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" brought|strong="H0935" his|strong="H3605" gifts|strong="H4979"; 
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on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" next|strong="H4283"/second|strong="H8145" day|strong="H3117", Nethanel|strong="H5417", son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zuar|strong="H6686", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Issachar|strong="H3485"; 
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on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" next|strong="H4283"/third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117", Eliab|strong="H0446", son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Helon|strong="H2497", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Zebulun|strong="H2074"; 
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on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" next|strong="H4283"/fourth|strong="H7243" day|strong="H3117", Elizur|strong="H0468", son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shedeur|strong="H7707", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205"; 
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on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" next|strong="H4283"/fifth|strong="H2549" day|strong="H3117", Shelumiel|strong="H8017", son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jurishhaddai, from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Simeon|strong="H8095"; 
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on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" next|strong="H4283"/sixth|strong="H8345" day|strong="H3117", Eliasaph|strong="H0460", son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Deuel|strong="H1845", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Gad|strong="H1410"; 
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on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" next|strong="H4283"/seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117", Elishama|strong="H0476", son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammihud|strong="H5989", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669"; 
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on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" next|strong="H4283"/eighth|strong="H8066" day|strong="H3117", Gamaliel|strong="H1583", son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Pedahzur|strong="H6301", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519"; 
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on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" next|strong="H4283"/ninth|strong="H8671" day|strong="H3117", Abidan|strong="H0027", son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gideoni|strong="H1441", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144"; 
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on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" next|strong="H4283"/tenth|strong="H6224" day|strong="H3117", Ahiezer|strong="H0295", son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammishaddai|strong="H5996", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835"; 
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on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" next|strong="H4283"/eleventh|strong="H6249" day|strong="H3117", Pagiel|strong="H6295", son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Acran, from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Asher|strong="H0836"; 
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on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" next|strong="H4283"/twelfth|strong="H8147" day|strong="H3117", Ahira|strong="H0299", son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Enam|strong="H5879", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Naphtali|strong="H5321". 
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\verseNumber{84-88}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" was|strong="H3068" dedicated|strong="H6942" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh|strong="H3068", those|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w twelve|strong="H8147"\+w*} leaders|strong="H7218" brought|strong="H0935" these|strong="H0428" gifts|strong="H4979": 
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—twelve|strong="H8147" silver|strong="H3701" plates|strong="H7554" and|strong="H3967" twelve|strong="H8147" silver|strong="H3701" bowls|strong="H4219", weighing|strong="H0259" a|strong="H1961" total|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" about|strong="H5439" ◄60 pounds|strong="H1993"/27.6 kg.►, each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5414" being|strong="H1961" weighed|strong="H8254" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scales|strong="H3976" kept|strong="H8104" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168"; 
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—twelve|strong="H8147" gold|strong="H2091" dishes|strong="H7086" filled|strong="H4390" with|strong="H5973" incense|strong="H7004", weighing|strong="H0259" a|strong="H1961" total|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" about|strong="H5439" ◄three|strong="H7969" pounds|strong="H1993"/1.4 kg.►, each|strong="H0376" being|strong="H1961" weighed|strong="H8254" on|strong="H5921" those|strong="H1992" same|strong="H1931" scales|strong="H3976"; 
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—twelve|strong="H8147" bulls|strong="H6499", twelve|strong="H8147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{full-grown} rams|strong="H0352", and|strong="H3967" twelve|strong="H8147" one-year-old rams|strong="H0352", to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" sacrifices|strong="H2077" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" grain|strong="H1715" offerings|strong="H8002"; 
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—twelve|strong="H8147" goats|strong="H5795" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" sacrificed|strong="H2076" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w forgive|strong="H5545"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w committed|strong="H6213"\+w*}; 
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—and|strong="H3967" 24 bulls|strong="H6499", 60 full-grown rams|strong="H0352", 60 goats|strong="H5795", and|strong="H3967" 60 rams|strong="H0352" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" one-year-old, to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H0413" maintain|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" people’s|strong="H5971" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H5973" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{89}Whenever|strong="H3605" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" entered|strong="H0935" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" to|strong="H1696" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068", he|strong="H8147"/I|strong="H5921" heard|strong="H8085" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" voice|strong="H6963" speaking|strong="H1696" between|strong="H6963" the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w images|strong="H6456"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6963"\+w*} creatures|strong="H2416" with|strong="H1696" wings|strong="H8147" that|strong="H8085" were|strong="H3742" above|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" lid|strong="H1817" of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H5921" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Aaron set up the lampstand }
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\chapterNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{2}“Tell|strong="H1696" Aaron|strong="H0175" to|strong="H1696" put|strong="H5927" the|strong="H6440" seven|strong="H7651" lamps|strong="H5216" on|strong="H5927" the|strong="H6440" lampstand|strong="H4501" and|strong="H6440" place|strong="H4725" them|strong="H6440" in|strong="H1696" such|strong="H1696" a|strong="H5927" way|strong="H6440" that|strong="H5927" they|strong="H6440" shine|strong="H0215" toward|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" lampstand|strong="H4501".” 
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\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H3651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*/\+w I|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w told|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w what|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H3651"\+w*}, and|strong="H4872" he|strong="H3651" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H7200" lampstand|strong="H4501" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" from|strong="H5704" gold|strong="H2091" that|strong="H7200" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" hammered|strong="H4749" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w one|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w large|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w lump|strong="H1690"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w gold|strong="H2091"\+w*}, from|strong="H5704" its|strong="H6213" base|strong="H3409" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H7200" decorations at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" top|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w resembled|strong="H1823"\+w*} flowers|strong="H6525". The|strong="H7200" lampstand|strong="H4501" was|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" exactly|strong="H3651" like|strong="H3651" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H6213" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" it|strong="H1931" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Instructions|strong="H1697" for|strong="H5704" dedicating|strong="H2598" the|strong="H7200" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Levi|strong="H3878" }
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\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{6}“You|strong="H3947" must|strong="H1121" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H3947" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1121" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H3947" by|strong="H3478" setting|strong="H5414" them|strong="H3947" apart|strong="H0914" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3947" other|strong="H0312" Israeli people|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{7}Do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" by|strong="H5921" sprinkling them|strong="H5921" with|strong="H6213" water|strong="H4325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1320"\+w* symbolize} their|strong="H3605" being|strong="H1961" freed|strong="H5674"/cleansed|strong="H2891" from|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w guilt|strong="H0817"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4325"\+w*} their|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403". Then|strong="H6213" they|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" shave|strong="H8593" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w off|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w hair|strong="H8181"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w*} their|strong="H3605" bodies|strong="H1320" and|strong="H6213" wash|strong="H3526" their|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899". 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H3947" they|strong="H3947" must|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H3947" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" one|strong="H1121" bull|strong="H6499" and|strong="H1121" some|strong="H4480" grain|strong="H1715" mixed|strong="H1101" with|strong="H1101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Those|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w things|strong="H8081"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w burned|strong="H8313"\+w*} as|strong="H1121" sacrifices|strong="H4503". They|strong="H3947" must|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H3947" another|strong="H8145" bull|strong="H6499" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w me|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w forgive|strong="H5545"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3947"\+w* } for|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" sins|strong="H2403" they|strong="H3947" have|strong="H1121" committed|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H7126" you|strong="H6440" must|strong="H1121" summon|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" come|strong="H7126" together|strong="H6950" in|strong="H3478" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gather|strong="H6950"\+w* \+w around|strong="H6440"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881". 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H7126" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H1121" must|strong="H1121" lay|strong="H5564" their|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881". 
\verseNumber{11}Aaron|strong="H0175" must|strong="H1121" then|strong="H1961" present|strong="H5130" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" gift|strong="H3068" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H1121", in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" can|strong="H1121" work|strong="H5656" for|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{12}“fter that|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Levi|strong="H3881" must|strong="H4191" place|strong="H3027" their|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H6213" bulls|strong="H6499". Then|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" bulls|strong="H6499" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} burned|strong="H8313" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". One|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" an|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H5930" to|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w forgive|strong="H3722"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* }the|strong="H5921" sins|strong="H2403" they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w please|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H6440" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" must|strong="H1121" stand|strong="H5975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H6440" must|strong="H1121" then|strong="H5975" dedicate|strong="H6942" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881". 
\verseNumber{14}This|strong="H8432" ritual|strong="H3925" will|strong="H1961" show|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8432" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" are|strong="H1121" set|strong="H3478" apart|strong="H0914" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8432" other|strong="H0312" Israelis and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3478" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{15}“fter the|strong="H5647" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5647" Levi|strong="H3881" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H5647" made|strong="H5647" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H4150" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3881" presented|strong="H5130" to|strong="H4150" me|strong="H0413" like|strong="H3651" a|strong="H5130" special|strong="H6381" offering|strong="H8573", they|strong="H3651" may|strong="H3881" start|strong="H1870" to|strong="H4150" work|strong="H5647" at|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5647" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{16}They|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3478" belong|strong="H8478" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5414". They|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3478" work|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H5414" as|strong="H3588" substitutes for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" firstborn|strong="H1060" males|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israelis, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w also|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w belong|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{17}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" firstborn|strong="H1060" males|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478", both|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929", are|strong="H3117" mine|strong="H3478". When|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" caused|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" firstborn|strong="H1060" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H3478" die|strong="H1121", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* ◄\+w spared|strong="H2550"\+w*/\+w did|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H5221"\+w*► \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w firstborn|strong="H1060"\+w* \+w males|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israelis}. I|strong="H3588" set|strong="H6942" them|strong="H5221" apart|strong="H6942" to|strong="H3478" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5221". I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" firstborn|strong="H1060" males|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" domestic animals|strong="H0929" would|strong="H3478" also|strong="H3478" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H3947" now|strong="H3947" I|strong="H3478" have|strong="H1121" chosen|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" to|strong="H3478" take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" places|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" firstborn|strong="H1060" males|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3605" Israelis. 
\verseNumber{19}I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1961" appointed|strong="H4150" the|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" to|strong="H3478" help|strong="H1961" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", as|strong="H1961" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121" offer|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" sacrifices|strong="H6944" so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people’s|strong="H5971" sins|strong="H2403" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" forgiven|strong="H3722", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" prevent|strong="H6923" the|strong="H5921" Israelis from|strong="H5921" coming|strong="H5066" close|strong="H5066" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" tent|strong="H0168" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3478" a|strong="H1961" plague|strong="H5063" would|strong="H3478" cause|strong="H5414" many|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" sick|strong="H2470" and|strong="H1121" die|strong="H1121".” 
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\verseNumber{20}Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3651" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" Israelis helped|strong="H5826" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H6440" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Levi|strong="H3881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sprinkled|strong="H5130"\+w* \+w themselves|strong="H2891"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* symbolize \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*} they|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" freed|strong="H8199"/cleansed|strong="H2891" from|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w guilt|strong="H0817"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} their|strong="H3068" sins|strong="H2398", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" washed|strong="H3526" their|strong="H3068" clothes|strong="H0899". Then|strong="H5130" Aaron|strong="H0175" brought|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} present|strong="H5130" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" offered|strong="H5130" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H3068" cleanse|strong="H2891" them|strong="H5921" from|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w guilt|strong="H0817"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} their|strong="H3068" sins|strong="H2398" and|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H2891" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{22}After|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6440" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3068" work|strong="H5656" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" to|strong="H3068" assist|strong="H6677" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121". They|strong="H3651" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068" just|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{23}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" this|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696": 
\verseNumber{24}“The|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" who|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" between|strong="H0996" 25 and|strong="H1121" 50 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" work|strong="H5656" at|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{25}But|strong="H3808" after|strong="H8141" they|strong="H3808" become|strong="H7725" 50 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", they|strong="H3808" must|strong="H1121" ◄retire|strong="H7725"/not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H5647" that|strong="H8141" work|strong="H5656" anymore|strong="H5750"►. 
\verseNumber{26}They|strong="H3808" may|strong="H6213" help|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" other|strong="H0312" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5647" Levi|strong="H3881" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" their|strong="H5647" work|strong="H5656" at|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" work|strong="H5656" themselves|strong="H6213". That|strong="H3881" is|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" must|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H6213" about|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" work|strong="H5656" they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213".” 

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\chapterNumber{9}One|strong="H7223" year|strong="H8141" after|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3068" Israelis left|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714", during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" month|strong="H2320" of|strong="H3068" March|strong="H3318", while|strong="H8141" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H4714" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3068" Sinai|strong="H5514" Desert|strong="H4057", Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H3318", 
\verseNumber{2}“Tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H6213" Israeli people|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3478" they|strong="H6213" must|strong="H1121" celebrate|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" Passover|strong="H6453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Festival|strong="H4150"\+w* \+w again|strong="H3478"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}They|strong="H3117" must|strong="H4191" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" fourteenth|strong="H6240" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" this|strong="H2088" month|strong="H2320", early|strong="H7925" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" evening|strong="H6153", and|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" must|strong="H4191" obey|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" instructions|strong="H1697" about|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H6213" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3478" told|strong="H1696" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H1121" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3478" said|strong="H1696" about|strong="H6213" celebrating|strong="H7832" the|strong="H6213" Passover|strong="H6453". 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" celebrated|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213", there|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Sinai|strong="H5514" Desert|strong="H4057", in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" evening|strong="H6153" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" fourteenth|strong="H6240" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320", just|strong="H3605" as|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H3808" some|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H5315" had|strong="H1961" touched|strong="H5060" a|strong="H1961" corpse|strong="H5315", and|strong="H4872" as|strong="H3117" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H6903" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" unfit to|strong="H3201" celebrate|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" Passover|strong="H6453". So|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3117" asked|strong="H7592" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H6440", 
\verseNumber{7}“It|strong="H7126" is|strong="H3068" true|strong="H3068" that|strong="H5315" we|strong="H5315" have|strong="H3068" touched|strong="H5060" a|strong="H7126" corpse|strong="H5315". But|strong="H1992" why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H3068" that|strong="H5315" prevent|strong="H1115" us|strong="H5315" from|strong="H3478" celebrating|strong="H7832" the|strong="H8432" Passover|strong="H6453" Festival|strong="H4150" and|strong="H1121" offering|strong="H7133" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3478" everyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750" [RHQ]?” 
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\verseNumber{8}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H6680" replied|strong="H0559", “Wait|strong="H5975" here|strong="H6311" until|strong="H3068" I|strong="H6680" go|strong="H3068" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H8085" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H4872" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H4100" what|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559" about|strong="H8085" it|strong="H6680".” 
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\verseNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*/\+w I|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w went|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w into|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w tent|strong="H0168"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w asked|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w*/\+w I|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1696"\+w*}, and|strong="H4872" this|strong="H1696" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696": 
\verseNumber{10}“Tell|strong="H1696" this|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121": If|strong="H3588" any|strong="H6213" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" or|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H1121" touch|strong="H5060" a|strong="H1961" corpse|strong="H5315" and|strong="H1121" as|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H6903" become|strong="H1961" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5315", or|strong="H1121" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" away|strong="H1870" from|strong="H3478" home|strong="H3068" on|strong="H1870" a|strong="H1961" long|strong="H7350" trip|strong="H1760" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w time|strong="H1755"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w celebrate|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Passover|strong="H6453"\+w*}, you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" still|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1961" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H1696" celebrate|strong="H6213" it|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" celebrate|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5921" exactly|strong="H0834" one|strong="H6213" month|strong="H2320" later|strong="H0310", early|strong="H7925" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" evening|strong="H6153" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" fourteenth|strong="H6240" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" month|strong="H2320". Eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H5921" meat|strong="H6153" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" lamb|strong="H3532" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Passover|strong="H6453" Festival|strong="H2282" with|strong="H6213" bread|strong="H4682" that|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117" baked|strong="H0644" without|strong="H3117" yeast|strong="H7603" and|strong="H3117" eat|strong="H0398" bitter|strong="H4844" herbs|strong="H4844". 
\verseNumber{12}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H7604" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4480" it|strong="H6213" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242". And|strong="H1242" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" break|strong="H7665" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" lamb’s bones|strong="H6106". Obey|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" regulations|strong="H4941" about|strong="H6213" celebrating|strong="H7832" the|strong="H3605" Passover|strong="H6453". 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" any|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" unfit to|strong="H3068" celebrate|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" Passover|strong="H6453" Festival|strong="H4150", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" away|strong="H5375" from|strong="H3772" home|strong="H3068" on|strong="H1870" a|strong="H1961" long|strong="H5315" trip|strong="H1760", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" sacrifice|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5315" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" proper|strong="H2896" time|strong="H4150", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" allowed|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" associate|strong="H0935" with|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971". ◄You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" punished|strong="H6485"/I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588"►. 
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\verseNumber{14}Foreigners|strong="H1616" who|strong="H3068" live|strong="H1481" among|strong="H8432" you|strong="H3588" may|strong="H1961" also|strong="H3068" celebrate|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" Passover|strong="H6453" Festival|strong="H2282", if|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" obey|strong="H6213" all|strong="H6213" my|strong="H3068" commands|strong="H6680" concerning|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3588".” 

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\verseNumber{15-16}On|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" was|strong="H3068" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H5927", a|strong="H1961" cloud|strong="H6051" covered|strong="H3680" it|strong="H5414". From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6256" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121" set|strong="H7760" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6256" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121" rose|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w next|strong="H4283"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" cloud|strong="H6051" resembled|strong="H1823" a|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w huge|strong="H1995"\+w*} fire|strong="H0784". And|strong="H3967" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0369" what|strong="H4100" happened|strong="H1961" every|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w we|strong="H0587"\+w*/\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israelis \+w were|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w desert|strong="H6160"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{17}When|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" cloud|strong="H6051" rose|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H1121" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" move|strong="H5265" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w new|strong="H2319"\+w* \+w location|strong="H4186"\+w*}, we|strong="H8033"/they|strong="H3651" followed|strong="H5927" it|strong="H5921". When|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" cloud|strong="H6051" stopped|strong="H5975", we|strong="H8033"/the|strong="H5921" Israelis stopped|strong="H5975" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H1121" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5921" tents|strong="H2583". 
\verseNumber{18}We|strong="H3117"/They|strong="H3117" traveled|strong="H5265" when|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w causing|strong="H7462"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w cloud|strong="H6051"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w move|strong="H5265"\+w* \+w or|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w stop|strong="H2308"\+w*}, signaled to|strong="H3478" us|strong="H5921"/them|strong="H5921" when|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3478" move|strong="H5265" and|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3478" stop|strong="H2308". When|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" cloud|strong="H6051" stayed|strong="H3478" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H2583", we|strong="H3117"/the|strong="H3605" Israelis stayed|strong="H3478" at|strong="H2583" that|strong="H3605" place|strong="H4908". 
\verseNumber{19}Sometimes|strong="H3426" the|strong="H5921" cloud|strong="H6051" stayed|strong="H3478" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tent|strong="H0168" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", so|strong="H3808" when|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" happened|strong="H1961", we|strong="H3117"/they|strong="H3117" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" travel|strong="H1980". 
\verseNumber{20}Sometimes|strong="H3426" the|strong="H5921" cloud|strong="H6051" remained|strong="H1961" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tent|strong="H2583" for|strong="H5921" only|strong="H0389" a|strong="H1961" few|strong="H4557" days|strong="H3117". We|strong="H3117"/The|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" stopped|strong="H5975" and|strong="H3068" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5921" our|strong="H3068"/their|strong="H3068" tents|strong="H2583" as|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6310" us|strong="H5921"/them|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3117"/they|strong="H3117" traveled|strong="H5265" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w new|strong="H2319"\+w* \+w location|strong="H4186"\+w*} when|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6310" us|strong="H5921"/them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{21}Sometimes|strong="H3426" the|strong="H5704" cloud|strong="H6051" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H5927" one|strong="H1961" place|strong="H1961" for|strong="H5704" only|strong="H5704" one|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3119". When|strong="H1961" that|strong="H5704" happened|strong="H1961", when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5704" cloud|strong="H6051" rose|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w into|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w sky|strong="H8064"\+w*} the|strong="H5704" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242", then|strong="H1961" we|strong="H5704"/they|strong="H5704" traveled|strong="H5265". Whenever|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5704" cloud|strong="H6051" moved|strong="H5265", during|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5704" day|strong="H3119" or|strong="H5704" during|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5704" night|strong="H3915", we|strong="H5704"/they|strong="H5704" traveled|strong="H5265". 
\verseNumber{22}If|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" cloud|strong="H6051" stayed|strong="H3478" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H2583" for|strong="H5921" two|strong="H3808" days|strong="H3117", or|strong="H3808" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5927" month|strong="H2320", or|strong="H3808" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5927" year|strong="H3117", during|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117"/they|strong="H3117" stayed|strong="H3478" where|strong="H5921" we|strong="H3117"/they|strong="H3117" were|strong="H3478". But|strong="H3808" when|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" cloud|strong="H6051" rose|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w into|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w sky|strong="H8064"\+w*}, we|strong="H3117"/they|strong="H3117" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" travel|strong="H1980". 
\verseNumber{23}When|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6310" us|strong="H5921"/them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stop|strong="H2308"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4872"\+w*} set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5921" our|strong="H3068"/their|strong="H3068" tents|strong="H2583", we|strong="H0587"/they|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068". When|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" us|strong="H5921"/them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" move|strong="H5265", we|strong="H0587"/they|strong="H3068" moved|strong="H5265". We|strong="H0587"/They|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" whatever|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3068" we|strong="H0587"/they|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". 

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\chapterNumber{10}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{2}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w*} make|strong="H6213" two|strong="H8147" trumpets|strong="H2689" by|strong="H1961" hammering each|strong="H8147" one|strong="H1961" from|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w lump|strong="H1690"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4264"\+w*} silver|strong="H3701". Blow|strong="H8628" the|strong="H6213" trumpets|strong="H2689" to|strong="H1961" summon|strong="H7121" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5712" to|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961" together|strong="H8147" and|strong="H3701" also|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1961" signal|strong="H5251" that|strong="H6213" they|strong="H6213" must|strong="H4264" move|strong="H5472" their|strong="H1961" tents|strong="H4264" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w new|strong="H2319"\+w* \+w location|strong="H4186"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}If|strong="H0518" both|strong="H3605" trumpets|strong="H2689" are|strong="H5712" blown|strong="H8628", it|strong="H3605" means|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3605" everyone|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" gather|strong="H3259" together|strong="H3259" at|strong="H6607" the|strong="H3605" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H5712" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{4}If|strong="H0518" only|strong="H0389" one|strong="H0259" trumpet|strong="H8628" is|strong="H3478" blown|strong="H8628", it|strong="H7218" means|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3478" only|strong="H0389" the|strong="H8628" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w twelve|strong="H8147"\+w*} leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H8628" tribes|strong="H7626" must|strong="H3478" gather|strong="H3259" together|strong="H3259". 
\verseNumber{5}If|strong="H0518" the|strong="H8628" trumpets|strong="H8643" are|strong="H4264" blown|strong="H8628" loudly|strong="H6963", the|strong="H8628" tribes|strong="H7626" that|strong="H4264" are|strong="H4264" to|strong="H4264" the|strong="H8628" east|strong="H6924" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4264"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8628"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H2583"\+w*} should|strong="H4264" start|strong="H1870" to|strong="H4264" travel|strong="H1980". 
\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H5265" the|strong="H8628" trumpets|strong="H8643" are|strong="H4264" blown|strong="H8628" loudly|strong="H6963" the|strong="H8628" second|strong="H8145" time|strong="H8145", the|strong="H8628" tribes|strong="H7626" that|strong="H4264" are|strong="H4264" to|strong="H4264" the|strong="H8628" south|strong="H8486" should|strong="H4264" start|strong="H1870" to|strong="H4264" travel|strong="H1980". The|strong="H8628" loud|strong="H1419" blasts|strong="H8643" on|strong="H2583" the|strong="H8628" trumpet|strong="H8643" will|strong="H3068" signal|strong="H8643" that|strong="H4264" they|strong="H1992" should|strong="H4264" start|strong="H1870" to|strong="H4264" travel|strong="H1980". 
\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H8628" you|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" only|strong="H0389" to|strong="H3808" gather|strong="H6950" the|strong="H8628" people|strong="H3808" together|strong="H6950", blow|strong="H8628" the|strong="H8628" trumpets|strong="H2689", but|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" blow|strong="H8628" them|strong="H5414" as|strong="H6950" loudly|strong="H6963". 
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\verseNumber{8}“he|strong="H1121" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3548" are|strong="H1121" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" ones|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3548" should|strong="H3548" blow|strong="H8628" the|strong="H1961" trumpets|strong="H2689". That|strong="H3548" is|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" regulation|strong="H4941" that|strong="H3548" will|strong="H1961" never|strong="H5769" be|strong="H1961" changed|strong="H8133". 
\verseNumber{9}When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H6862" who|strong="H3068" attack|strong="H4421" you|strong="H3588" in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" own|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440", tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548" to|strong="H3068" blow|strong="H8628" the|strong="H6440" trumpets|strong="H2689" loudly|strong="H6963". I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", will|strong="H3068" hear|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H3467" you|strong="H3588" from|strong="H6440" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H6862". 
\verseNumber{10}Also|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548" to|strong="H3068" blow|strong="H8628" the|strong="H6440" trumpets|strong="H2689" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H3117" happy|strong="H8057", and|strong="H3068" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" festivals|strong="H4150" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w each|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w year|strong="H3117"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" times|strong="H3117" when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3117" celebrate|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" new|strong="H2320" moon|strong="H2320" each|strong="H3117" month|strong="H2320". Tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" blow|strong="H8628" the|strong="H6440" trumpets|strong="H2689" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" bring|strong="H1961" offerings|strong="H8002" that|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313", and|strong="H3068" when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3117" bring|strong="H1961" offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H3068" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440". If|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3117" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3117", it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" help|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" remember|strong="H2142" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117", Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w*}.” 

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\verseNumber{11}On|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" twentieth|strong="H6242" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H8141" May|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" second|strong="H8145" year|strong="H8141" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w*/\+w we|strong="H0587"\+w* Israelis \+w left|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*}, the|strong="H5921" cloud|strong="H6051" rose|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5921" above|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H5265" we|strong="H0587"/the|strong="H1121" Israelis traveled|strong="H5265" from|strong="H5265" the|strong="H1121" Sinai|strong="H5514" Desert|strong="H4057", and|strong="H1121" we|strong="H0587"/they|strong="H3478" continued|strong="H5674" traveling|strong="H5265" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H1121" cloud|strong="H6051" stopped|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H1121" Paran|strong="H6290" Desert|strong="H4057". 
\verseNumber{13}That|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" first|strong="H7223" time|strong="H7223" we|strong="H0587"/they|strong="H3068" moved|strong="H5265", obeying|strong="H8085" the|strong="H5921" instructions|strong="H6310" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" given|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H5921" group|strong="H7235" that|strong="H1121" went|strong="H5265" first|strong="H7223", carrying|strong="H5375" their|strong="H5921" flag|strong="H8650"/banner|strong="H1714", was|strong="H3063" the|strong="H5921" group|strong="H7235" from|strong="H5265" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". Nahshon|strong="H5177", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amminadab|strong="H5992", was|strong="H3063" their|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H5387". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H5921" group|strong="H7235" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Issachar|strong="H3485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w followed|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}. Nethanel|strong="H5417", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zuar|strong="H6686", was|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H5387". 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H5921" group|strong="H7235" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Zebulun|strong="H2074" went|strong="H1121" next|strong="H5921". Eliab|strong="H0446", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Helon|strong="H2497", was|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H5387". 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H5375" they|strong="H5375" dismantled|strong="H5265" the|strong="H5375" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5375" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gershon|strong="H1648" and|strong="H1121" Merari|strong="H4847" carried|strong="H5375" it|strong="H3381", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5375" went|strong="H3381" next|strong="H4283". 
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\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H5921" group|strong="H7235" from|strong="H5265" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205" went|strong="H5265" next|strong="H5921", carrying|strong="H5375" their|strong="H5921" flag|strong="H8650". Elizur|strong="H0468", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shedeur|strong="H7707", was|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H5387". 
\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H5921" group|strong="H7235" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Simeon|strong="H8095" was|strong="H1121" next|strong="H5921". Shelumiel|strong="H8017", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zurishaddai|strong="H6701", was|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H5387". 
\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H5921" group|strong="H7235" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Gad|strong="H1410" was|strong="H1121" next|strong="H5921". Eliasaph|strong="H0460", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Deuel|strong="H1845", was|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H5387". 
\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H5375" group|strong="H7235" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H5265" Kohath|strong="H6955" was|strong="H4908" next|strong="H4283". They|strong="H5704" carried|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" sacred|strong="H4720" items|strong="H3627" from|strong="H5265" the|strong="H5375" Sacred|strong="H4720" Tent|strong="H0168". The|strong="H5375" Sacred|strong="H4720" Tent|strong="H0168" itself|strong="H0905" was|strong="H4908" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H6965" at|strong="H6965" the|strong="H5375" new|strong="H2319" location|strong="H4186" before|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5704" arrived|strong="H0935" there|strong="H5704". 
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\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H5921" group|strong="H7235" from|strong="H5265" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669" was|strong="H1121" next|strong="H5921", carrying|strong="H5375" their|strong="H5921" flag|strong="H8650". Elishama|strong="H0476", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammihud|strong="H5989", was|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H5387". 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H5921" group|strong="H7235" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519" went|strong="H1121" next|strong="H5921". Gamaliel|strong="H1583", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Pedahzur|strong="H6301", was|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H5387". 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H5921" group|strong="H7235" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144", went|strong="H1144" next|strong="H5921". Abidan|strong="H0027", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gideoni|strong="H1441", was|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H5387". 
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\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H3605" ones|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" went|strong="H5265" last|strong="H0314" were|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" group|strong="H7235" from|strong="H5265" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835", carrying|strong="H5375" their|strong="H3605" flag|strong="H8650". Ahiezer|strong="H0295", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammishaddai|strong="H5996", was|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H5387". 
\verseNumber{26}The|strong="H5921" group|strong="H7235" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Asher|strong="H0836" went|strong="H1121" next|strong="H5921". Pagiel|strong="H6295", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ocran|strong="H5918", was|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H5387". 
\verseNumber{27}The|strong="H5921" group|strong="H7235" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Naphtali|strong="H5321" went|strong="H1121" last|strong="H0314". Ahira|strong="H0299", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Enan|strong="H5881", was|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H5387". 
\verseNumber{28}That|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H1121" order|strong="H4550" in|strong="H3478" which|strong="H3478" the|strong="H1121" groups|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israeli tribes|strong="H7626" traveled|strong="H5265". 
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\verseNumber{29}One|strong="H1121" day|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" his|strong="H5414"/my|strong="H5414" brother-in-law|strong="H2992" Hobab|strong="H2246", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Reuel|strong="H7467" from|strong="H5265" the|strong="H5921" Midian|strong="H4080" people-group, “We|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" way|strong="H3212" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4725" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" us|strong="H5414". Come|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1121" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H1121" good|strong="H2896" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3190"\+w*} good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H2896" for|strong="H3588" us|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H1121".” 
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\verseNumber{30}But|strong="H3588" Hobab|strong="H2246" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3212" you|strong="H3588". I|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3212" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3212" my|strong="H3588" own|strong="H1961" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" my|strong="H3588" own|strong="H1961" family|strong="H4940".” 
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\verseNumber{31}But|strong="H3588" Moses|strong="H3588"/I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H3651", “Please|strong="H4994" do|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3045" leave|strong="H5800" us|strong="H4994". You|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" the|strong="H5921" places|strong="H3651" where|strong="H5921" we|strong="H3588" can|strong="H3045" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5921" tents|strong="H2583" in|strong="H5921" this|strong="H3651" desert|strong="H4057", and|strong="H5869" you|strong="H3588" can|strong="H3045" guide|strong="H5148" us|strong="H4994". 
\verseNumber{32}Come|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H3588". We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" share|strong="H2506" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3588" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H5973" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gives|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" us|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{33}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Hobab|strong="H2246"\+w* \+w agreed|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w go|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w*}. The|strong="H6440" Israelis left|strong="H5265" Sinai|strong="H5514" Mountain|strong="H2022", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Mountain|strong="H2022", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3117" walked|strong="H1980" for|strong="H6440" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117". The|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w men|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w carrying|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w*} sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" went|strong="H5265" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H5971" for|strong="H6440" those|strong="H1992" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3117" kept|strong="H8104" looking|strong="H2370" for|strong="H6440" a|strong="H3117" place|strong="H4496" to|strong="H3068" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H3068" tents|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{34}The|strong="H5921" cloud|strong="H6051" sent|strong="H3068" by|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" over|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3068" day|strong="H3119". 
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\verseNumber{35}Each|strong="H0376" morning|strong="H1242" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1961" carrying|strong="H5375" the|strong="H6440" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" walk|strong="H1980", Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H6440" said|strong="H0559", 
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“Yahweh|strong="H3068", arise|strong="H6965"! 
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Scatter|strong="H6327" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H8130"! 
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Cause|strong="H1961" those|strong="H1961" who|strong="H3068" hate|strong="H8130" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" run|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127" from|strong="H5265" you|strong="H6440"!” 
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\verseNumber{36}And|strong="H3478" each|strong="H0376" time|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" men|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stopped|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w*} set|strong="H5117" down|strong="H5117" the|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727", Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559", 
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“Yahweh|strong="H3068", stay|strong="H3427" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3068" thousands|strong="H7233" of|strong="H3068" us|strong="H7725" Israelis!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh sent fire because the people complained }
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\chapterNumber{11}One|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971" complained|strong="H7878" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" about|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3068" troubles|strong="H7451". When|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H7451" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1961" saying|strong="H0559", he|strong="H3068" became|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H2734". So|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" fire|strong="H0784" which|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H2734" among|strong="H5971" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" edge|strong="H7097" of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" camp|strong="H4264". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H4872" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" cried|strong="H6817" out|strong="H6817" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H4872" he|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H3068" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Then|strong="H4872" the|strong="H3068" fire|strong="H0784" stopped|strong="H5975" burning|strong="H2740". 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H7121" they|strong="H3588" called|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3588" place|strong="H4725" Taberah|strong="H8404", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘urning’}, because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" fire|strong="H0784" from|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H1197" among|strong="H8034" them|strong="H7121". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Seventy|strong="H7657" leaders|strong="H7218" were|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" to|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5826" Moses|strong="H8034" }
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H1571" some|strong="H4480" troublemakers from|strong="H7725" other|strong="H0312" people-groups \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w traveling|strong="H1980"\+w*} with|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" Israelis began|strong="H3478" to|strong="H7725" want|strong="H4270" better|strong="H2896" food|strong="H3899". And|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w started|strong="H2490"\+w* \+w complaining|strong="H7879"\+w*} the|strong="H7725" Israeli people|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1571" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H7725" complain|strong="H1058". 
\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H2600" said|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H0587" wish|strong="H2896" we|strong="H0587" had|strong="H4714" some|strong="H4480" meat|strong="H1320"! 
\verseNumber{6}We|strong="H5315" remember|strong="H2142" the|strong="H3605" fish|strong="H5315" that|strong="H3605" we|strong="H5315" ate|strong="H0398" while|strong="H5315" we|strong="H5315" were|strong="H5869" in|strong="H5315" Egypt|strong="H4714", fish|strong="H5315" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H5315" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5315" us|strong="H5869" without|strong="H1115" ◄cost|strong="H4242"/asking|strong="H7592" us|strong="H5869" to|strong="H5315" pay|strong="H7999" for|strong="H3605" it|strong="H5869"►. And|strong="H5869" we|strong="H5315" had|strong="H5869" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cucumbers|strong="H7180", melons|strong="H0020", leeks|strong="H2682", onions|strong="H1211", and|strong="H5869" garlic|strong="H7762" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w we|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w*}. But|strong="H6258" now|strong="H6258" we|strong="H5315" do|strong="H5869" not|strong="H1115" have|strong="H5869" any|strong="H3605" desire|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5315" eat|strong="H0398", because|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" we|strong="H5315" have|strong="H5869" to|strong="H5315" eat|strong="H0398" is|strong="H5315" this|strong="H6258" manna|strong="H4478"!” 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H5869" manna|strong="H4478" resembled|strong="H1823" small|strong="H6996" white|strong="H3836" seeds|strong="H2233". 
\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Each|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w morning|strong="H1242"\+w*} the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971" would|strong="H5971" go|strong="H5971" out|strong="H6213" and|strong="H5971" gather|strong="H3950" some|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w surface|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H2912"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" flour|strong="H5560" by|strong="H1961" grinding|strong="H2912" it|strong="H6213" or|strong="H6213" pounding|strong="H1993" it|strong="H6213" with|strong="H6213" stones|strong="H0068". Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w added|strong="H3254"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w and|strong="H5971"\+w*} boiled|strong="H1310" it|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1961" pot|strong="H6517", or|strong="H6213" they|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" flat|strong="H8478" cakes|strong="H5692" with|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w baked|strong="H1310"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w*}. The|strong="H6213" cakes|strong="H5692" tasted|strong="H2938" like|strong="H1961" bread|strong="H5692" that|strong="H5971" was|strong="H1961" baked|strong="H1310" with|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081". 
\verseNumber{9}Each|strong="H0376" night|strong="H3915" the|strong="H5921" manna|strong="H4478" came|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H0776" where|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" tents|strong="H4264" were|strong="H5921", like|strong="H3381" dew|strong="H2919" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w sky|strong="H8064"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{10}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H8085" heard|strong="H8085" all|strong="H1058" the|strong="H8085" Israeli people|strong="H5971" complaining|strong="H7879" as|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H5971" standing|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" entrances|strong="H6607" of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" tents|strong="H0168". Yahweh|strong="H3068" became|strong="H2734" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734", and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H8085" was|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" perturbed. 
\verseNumber{11}He|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w into|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4872"\+w*} asked|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3605" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5921", your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650", to|strong="H3068" experience|strong="H7200" this|strong="H2088" trouble|strong="H2088" [RHQ]? Act|strong="H7489" mercifully to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5921"! What|strong="H4100" wrong|strong="H7489" have|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5921" done|strong="H7489", with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H7760" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" take|strong="H7760" care|strong="H7760" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971" [RHQ]? 
\verseNumber{12}◄I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H2029" not|strong="H2088" their|strong="H3605" father|strong="H3205"./Am|strong="H2029" I|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3605" father|strong="H3205"?► [RHQ] Why|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" take|strong="H5375" care|strong="H2436" of|strong="H3205" them|strong="H5921" like|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3588" woman|strong="H3205" carries|strong="H5375" around|strong="H5921" her|strong="H3605" baby|strong="H1121" and|strong="H5971" ◄nurses|strong="H3243" it|strong="H5921"/gives|strong="H3205" it|strong="H5921" her|strong="H3605" milk|strong="H2461"► [MET|strong="H5375", RHQ]? How|strong="H3588" can|strong="H4310" I|strong="H3588" take|strong="H5375" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" promised|strong="H7650" to|strong="H5921" give|strong="H3205" to|strong="H5921" our|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H2029" [RHQ]? 
\verseNumber{13}Where|strong="H5921" can|strong="H1320" I|strong="H3588" get|strong="H3947" meat|strong="H1320" to|strong="H5921" feed|strong="H7462" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971"? They|strong="H3588" keep|strong="H8104" complaining|strong="H7879" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5414", saying|strong="H0559", ‘Give|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" some|strong="H5971" meat|strong="H1320" to|strong="H5921" eat|strong="H0398"!’ 
\verseNumber{14}I|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" carry|strong="H5375" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H2088" people’s|strong="H5971" burdens|strong="H5450" by|strong="H3808" myself|strong="H0589"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w heavy|strong="H3515"\+w* \+w load|strong="H5375"\+w* [\+w MET|strong="H5375"\+w*], \+w and|strong="H5971"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" carry|strong="H5375" this|strong="H2088" very|strong="H2088" heavy|strong="H3515" load|strong="H5375" anymore|strong="H5750". 
\verseNumber{15}If|strong="H7200" you|strong="H6213" intend|strong="H2803" to|strong="H6213" act|strong="H6213" like|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" toward|strong="H6213" me|strong="H4994", kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H4994" now|strong="H4994". If|strong="H7200" you|strong="H6213" are|strong="H5869" really|strong="H2088" concerned|strong="H6485" about|strong="H6213" me|strong="H4994", be|strong="H4994" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H6213" me|strong="H4994" and|strong="H5869" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w me|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w*} end|strong="H7093" my|strong="H7200" misery|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w trying|strong="H1156"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w take|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w care|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H3947" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H3947", “Summon|strong="H7121" 70 men|strong="H2205" whom|strong="H1992" you|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" are|strong="H1992" leaders|strong="H2205" among|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H5971". Tell|strong="H3045" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3478" stand|strong="H3320" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3478" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{17}I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5971" come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" and|strong="H5971" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5921" there|strong="H8033". Then|strong="H1696" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5971" take|strong="H5375" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H7307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7307"\+w*} my|strong="H7760" Spirit|strong="H7307" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5971", and|strong="H5971" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5971" put|strong="H7760" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w*} on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" also|strong="H5971". They|strong="H8033" will|strong="H5971" help|strong="H4480" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" take|strong="H5375" care|strong="H7760" of|strong="H7307" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H7307" the|strong="H5921" things|strong="H5973" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" concerned|strong="H6485" about|strong="H5921", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3381" it|strong="H7760" alone|strong="H4480". 
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\verseNumber{18}“urthermore, say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971", ‘Make|strong="H5414" yourselves|strong="H6942" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" tomorrow|strong="H4279" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" meat|strong="H1320" to|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398". You|strong="H3588" were|strong="H5971" complaining|strong="H7879", and|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H5971" saying|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" some|strong="H5971" meat|strong="H1320" to|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398". We|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" better|strong="H2895" food|strong="H3899" in|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714"!” Now|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" some|strong="H5971" meat|strong="H1320", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{19}You|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" meat|strong="H1320" not|strong="H3808" only|strong="H0389" for|strong="H3117" one|strong="H3808" or|strong="H3808" two|strong="H3808" days|strong="H3117", nor|strong="H3808" only|strong="H0389" for|strong="H3117" five|strong="H2568" or|strong="H3808" ten|strong="H6235" or|strong="H3808" 20 days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w meat|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w every|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} for|strong="H3588" one|strong="H2088" month|strong="H2320", and|strong="H3068" then|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" loathe|strong="H3988"/despise|strong="H3988" it|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5704" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H5704" vomit|strong="H6892". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*} because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" rejected|strong="H3988" Yahweh|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" here|strong="H2088" among|strong="H7130" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" wailed|strong="H2199" in|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" presence|strong="H6440", saying|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{“e \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w better|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w food|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w*} if|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H2088" left|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714" [RHQ].”’” 
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\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H5971" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3117" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “There|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" 600,000 men|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w plus|strong="H7970"\+w* \+w women|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w children|strong="H1121"\+w*} here|strong="H6311" with|strong="H3117" me|strong="H5414", so|strong="H5414" ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w why|strong="H4100"\+w*} do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5414" say|strong="H0559" ‘I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H5971" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" plenty|strong="H7647" of|strong="H3117" meat|strong="H1320" every|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3117" a|strong="H5414" month|strong="H2320"!’?/it|strong="H5414" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5414" seem|strong="H5869" right|strong="H3225" for|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" say|strong="H0559" ‘I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H5971" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" plenty|strong="H7647" of|strong="H3117" meat|strong="H1320" every|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3117" a|strong="H5414" month|strong="H2320"!’► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{22}Even|strong="H1571" if|strong="H0518" we|strong="H3605" killed|strong="H7819" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H6629" cattle|strong="H1241", that|strong="H3605" would|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" [RHQ] be|strong="H1241" enough|strong="H4672" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3220"\+w* \+w provide|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w meat|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w them|strong="H4672"\+w*} Even|strong="H1571" if|strong="H0518" we|strong="H3605" caught|strong="H4672" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" fish|strong="H1709" in|strong="H4672" the|strong="H3605" sea|strong="H3220" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6629"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7819"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3220"\+w* \+w them|strong="H4672"\+w*}, that|strong="H3605" would|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1241" enough|strong="H4672" [RHQ]!” 
\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H7200", “Do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3808" think|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H1697" [SYN] have|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" power|strong="H3027"? You|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" now|strong="H6258" see|strong="H7200" if|strong="H7200" I|strong="H1697" can|strong="H7200" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H1697" say|strong="H1697" I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068".” 
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\verseNumber{24}So|strong="H3318" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H1697" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w*} and|strong="H4872" told|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696". Then|strong="H1696" he|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H1697" gathered|strong="H6960" together|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3068" 70 leaders|strong="H2205" and|strong="H4872" told|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5975" to|strong="H1696" stand|strong="H5975" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
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\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" came|strong="H1961" down|strong="H3381" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" cloud|strong="H6051" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w above|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w tent|strong="H0168"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H3808"/me|strong="H5414". He|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3381" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" Spirit|strong="H7307" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H3808"/me|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" 70 leaders|strong="H2205". By|strong="H5921" means|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" power|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Spirit|strong="H7307" within|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414", they|strong="H3068" ◄prophesied|strong="H5012"/spoke|strong="H1696" messages|strong="H2372" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414"►, but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" only|strong="H0389" once|strong="H3254". 
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\verseNumber{26}Two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H7307" the|strong="H5921" leaders|strong="H7218" whom|strong="H1992" Moses|strong="H8034"/I|strong="H5921" appointed|strong="H4150", Eldad|strong="H0419" and|strong="H3318" Medad|strong="H4312", were|strong="H1992" not|strong="H3808" there|strong="H1992" when|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H7307" them|strong="H1992" gathered|strong="H6960" together|strong="H5921". They|strong="H1992" had|strong="H4264" not|strong="H3808" left|strong="H7604" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w tents|strong="H4264"\+w*} to|strong="H3318" go|strong="H3318" and|strong="H3318" stand|strong="H5975" around|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". But|strong="H3808" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" came|strong="H3318" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H1992" also|strong="H8034", and|strong="H3318" they|strong="H1992" started|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" ◄prophesy|strong="H5012"/speak|strong="H1696" messages|strong="H2372" from|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068"►. 
\verseNumber{27}So|strong="H4872" a|strong="H5012" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" ran|strong="H7323" and|strong="H4872" told|strong="H5046" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5046", “Eldad|strong="H0419" and|strong="H4872" Medad|strong="H4312" are|strong="H5288" prophesying|strong="H5012" in|strong="H4872" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H5046" tents|strong="H4264"!” 
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\verseNumber{28}Joshua|strong="H3091", who|strong="H1121" had|strong="H4872" helped|strong="H5826" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H6030" since|strong="H3588" he|strong="H4872" was|strong="H4872" a|strong="H6030" young|strong="H1121" man|strong="H1121", said|strong="H6030", “Sir|strong="H0113", tell|strong="H6030" them|strong="H6030" to|strong="H1121" stop|strong="H3607" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1121"!” 
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\verseNumber{29}But|strong="H3588" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “◄Are|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3588" worried|strong="H1672" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" might|strong="H3068" injure|strong="H7463" my|strong="H5414" reputation|strong="H8034"/Do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" only|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H4310" prophesies|strong="H5012"► [RHQ]? I|strong="H3588" wish|strong="H4310" that|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" could|strong="H4310" ◄prophesy|strong="H5030"/speak|strong="H1696" messages|strong="H2372" from|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068"►. I|strong="H3588" wish|strong="H4310" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" would|strong="H4310" give|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" power|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" Spirit|strong="H7307" to|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5414"!” 
\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3478" and|strong="H4872" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H4872" leaders|strong="H2205" went|strong="H3478" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3605"/our|strong="H3478" tents|strong="H4264". 
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\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H3068" a|strong="H4480" strong|strong="H2388" wind|strong="H7307" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6440" sea|strong="H3220". It|strong="H5921" blew|strong="H8628" quail|strong="H7958" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" area|strong="H5439" all|strong="H5439" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H6440" camp|strong="H4264" for|strong="H5921" miles|strong="H7341" in|strong="H5921" every|strong="H5439" direction|strong="H1870", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w caused|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w quail|strong="H7958"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w fall|strong="H5203"\+w* \+w onto|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H6440"\+w*}. They|strong="H3117" were|strong="H3117" piled|strong="H6651" up|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440" about|strong="H5439" ◄3 feet|strong="H7272"/1 meter► high|strong="H4480"! 
\verseNumber{32}So|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" went|strong="H5971" out|strong="H3605" and|strong="H6965" gathered|strong="H4591" up|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" quail|strong="H7958" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" day|strong="H3117", and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" night|strong="H3915", and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" following|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w seemed|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w though|strong="H1931"\+w*} everyone|strong="H3605" gathered|strong="H4591" at|strong="H3117" least|strong="H4591" 50 bushels! They|strong="H3117" spread|strong="H7849" the|strong="H3605" quail|strong="H7958" out|strong="H3605" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H7849" all|strong="H3605" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w quail|strong="H7958"\+w* \+w would|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w dry|strong="H3004"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3605"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{34}The|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H1931" died|strong="H4191" and|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" buried|strong="H6912" were|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3588" ones|strong="H2945" who|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3588" said|strong="H7121" they|strong="H3588" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H8033" eat|strong="H0398" meat|strong="H1320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w formerly|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w eaten|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w in|strong="H6912"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*}. So|strong="H7121" they|strong="H3588" called|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3588" place|strong="H4725" Kibroth-Hattaavah|strong="H6914", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w graves|strong="H6913"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w who|strong="H1931"\+w* craved’}. 
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\verseNumber{35}From|strong="H5265" there|strong="H1961", the|strong="H1961" Israelis continued|strong="H1961" walking|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w east|strong="H6921"\+w*} until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5971" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H1961" Hazeroth|strong="H2698" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, where|strong="H0834" they|strong="H5971" stopped|strong="H5975" and|strong="H5971" stayed|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w long|strong="H0753"\+w* \+w time|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Miriam and Aaron were jealous of Moses }
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\chapterNumber{12}\verseNumber{1-2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Moses’|strong="H4872"\+w*/\+w My|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w older|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w sister|strong="H0269"\+w*} Miriam|strong="H4813" and|strong="H3967" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3605"\+w*/\+w my|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w older|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H0251"\+w*} Aaron|strong="H0175" were|strong="H0834" saying|strong="H0559" this|strong="H2088": “Is|strong="H0369" Moses|strong="H4872" the|strong="H3605" only|strong="H0389" one|strong="H0259" to|strong="H0413" whom|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" spoken|strong="H1696" messages|strong="H2372" to|strong="H0413" tell|strong="H5046" to|strong="H0413" us|strong="H5414" [RHQ]? Does|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" speak|strong="H1696" messages|strong="H2372" to|strong="H0413" us|strong="H5414" two|strong="H8147" also|strong="H1571"?” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w*} they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" saying|strong="H0559" that|strong="H0834" because|strong="H3588" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H0589" had|strong="H3068" married|strong="H3947" a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" descendant|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Cush|strong="H3568" people-group, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w were|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w really|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w saying|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* ◄\+w were|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w jealous|strong="H7065"\+w*/\+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*/\+w me|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w only|strong="H0389"\+w* \+w leader|strong="H5387"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*►}. But|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" saying|strong="H0559". 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w truth|strong="H0571"\+w* \+w was|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*} Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H4872" very|strong="H3966" humble|strong="H6035". He|strong="H3605"/I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H4872" more|strong="H3966" humble|strong="H6035" than|strong="H5921" anyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*/\+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w appointed|strong="H4150"\+w* \+w himself|strong="H6440"\+w*/\+w myself|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w be|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w leader|strong="H5387"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H3318" immediately|strong="H6597" Yahweh|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3318" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H3318" and|strong="H4872" to|strong="H3318" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" Miriam|strong="H4813". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H3318", “All|strong="H3068" three|strong="H7969" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3318" must|strong="H4191" go|strong="H3318" and|strong="H4872" stand|strong="H5975" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168".” So|strong="H3318" they|strong="H3068"/we|strong="H0587" did|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068" descended|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3068" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" tent|strong="H0168" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7121" cloud|strong="H6051" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w resembled|strong="H1823"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w huge|strong="H1995"\+w* \+w white|strong="H3836"\+w*} pillar|strong="H5982". He|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H3068" Miriam|strong="H4813" to|strong="H3381" step|strong="H6587" forward|strong="H3318", so|strong="H7121" they|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H1961", 
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“Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4994"! 
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When|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" prophet|strong="H5030" is|strong="H3068" among|strong="H8432" you|strong="H3045", 
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I|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w usually|strong="H2370"\+w*} reveal|strong="H3045" myself|strong="H3045" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H8085" by|strong="H3068" allowing him|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" see|strong="H3045" visions|strong="H4759", 
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and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H1697" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H8085" in|strong="H3068" dreams|strong="H2472". 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H3651" I|strong="H3651" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650" Moses|strong="H4872". 
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I|strong="H3651" trust|strong="H0982" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H5650" lead|strong="H5148" my|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w well|strong="H3651"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H3808" I|strong="H5650" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H4872" face-to-face. 
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I|strong="H5650" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H4872" ◄clearly|strong="H3045"/using|strong="H5927" words|strong="H6310" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" understand|strong="H0995" easily|strong="H4592"►, not|strong="H3808" using|strong="H5927" parables|strong="H4912". 
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He|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" even|strong="H3808" seen|strong="H7200" what|strong="H3372" I|strong="H5650" look|strong="H5027" like|strong="H4758". 
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So|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" afraid|strong="H3372" to|strong="H1696" criticize|strong="H7279" my|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" Moses|strong="H4872"!” 
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\verseNumber{9}Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H2734" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" Miriam|strong="H4813" and|strong="H3068" Aaron|strong="H0175", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" left|strong="H7604". 
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\verseNumber{10}When|strong="H6437" the|strong="H5921" cloud|strong="H6051" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", Aaron|strong="H0175" looked|strong="H6437" at|strong="H5921" Miriam|strong="H4813", and|strong="H6437" he|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H2009" her|strong="H5493" skin|strong="H5785" was|strong="H6051" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H6051"\+w* \+w white|strong="H3836"\+w*} as|strong="H6051" snow|strong="H7950", because|strong="H5921" she|strong="H5921" now|strong="H2009" had|strong="H6051" leprosy|strong="H6883". 
\verseNumber{11}Aaron|strong="H0175" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H4994", “My|strong="H5921" master|strong="H0113", please|strong="H4994" do|strong="H2403" not|strong="H3808" punish|strong="H6485" us|strong="H4994" for|strong="H5921" this|strong="H4994" sin|strong="H2403" that|strong="H4872" we|strong="H4994" have|strong="H2403" foolishly|strong="H2973" committed|strong="H2398". 
\verseNumber{12}Do|strong="H3318" not|strong="H1961" allow|strong="H4994" Miriam|strong="H4813" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" baby|strong="H1121" that|strong="H1320" is|strong="H1320" already|strong="H3528" dead|strong="H4191" when|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1961" is|strong="H1320" born|strong="H3318", whose|strong="H0834" flesh|strong="H1320" is|strong="H1320" already|strong="H3528" half|strong="H2677" decayed|strong="H5628"!” 
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\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H4994" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3068" cried|strong="H6817" out|strong="H6817" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H0559", “God|strong="H3068", I|strong="H3068" plead|strong="H7378" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3068" heal|strong="H7495" her|strong="H3605"!” 
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\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H0518" her|strong="H5462" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w rebuked|strong="H1605"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5462"\+w* \+w for|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w wrong|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3117"\+w*} spitting|strong="H7536" in|strong="H3068" her|strong="H5462" face|strong="H6440", she|strong="H6440" would|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3808" ashamed|strong="H3637" for|strong="H6440" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w She|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w ashamed|strong="H3637"\+w* \+w because|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w she|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}. So|strong="H3808" send|strong="H7971" her|strong="H5462" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H6440" camp|strong="H4264" for|strong="H6440" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". Then|strong="H4872" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w she|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w leprosy|strong="H6883"\+w* \+w anymore|strong="H5750"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H4872"\+w*} she|strong="H6440" may|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" camp|strong="H4264".” 
\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3117" sent|strong="H7971" her|strong="H5462" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H3117" camp|strong="H4264" for|strong="H5704" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". ◄The|strong="H3117" people|strong="H5971"/We|strong="H3117"► did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" move|strong="H5265" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w another|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w location|strong="H4186"\+w*} until|strong="H5704" she|strong="H5704" returned|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H5971" after|strong="H0310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w she|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w*}, they|strong="H5971"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" Hazeroth|strong="H2698" and|strong="H5971" moved|strong="H5265" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} in|strong="H2583" the|strong="H5971" Paran|strong="H6290" Desert|strong="H4057" and|strong="H5971" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5971"/our|strong="H5971" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H8033". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Twelve Israeli men explored Canaan }
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\chapterNumber{13}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{2}“Send|strong="H7971" some|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" Canaan|strong="H3667" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w land|strong="H0776"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" explore|strong="H8446" it|strong="H5414". That|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3478" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5414" Israelis. Send|strong="H7971" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1121" leaders|strong="H5387" in|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H4294".” 
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\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H7971" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" did|strong="H3478" what|strong="H6310" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6310" him|strong="H5921"/me|strong="H7971". He|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H5921" sent|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" twelve|strong="H8147" Israeli men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626". He|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H5921" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H1992" from|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605"/our|strong="H3068" camp|strong="H4264" at|strong="H5921" Paran|strong="H6290" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H4057". 
\verseNumber{4}These|strong="H0428" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8034" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8034" men|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w they|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w belonged|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1121"\+w*:} 
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Shammua|strong="H8051", the|strong="H8034" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zaccur|strong="H2139", from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8034" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205"; 
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\verseNumber{5}Shaphat|strong="H8202", the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hori|strong="H2753", from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Simeon|strong="H8095"; 
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\verseNumber{6}Caleb|strong="H3612", the|strong="H3612" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jephunneh|strong="H3312", from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3612" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063"; 
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\verseNumber{7}Igal|strong="H3008", the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joseph|strong="H3130", from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Issachar|strong="H3485"; 
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\verseNumber{8}Hoshea|strong="H1954", the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nun|strong="H5126", from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669"; 
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\verseNumber{9}Palti|strong="H6406", the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Raphu|strong="H7505", from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144"; 
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\verseNumber{10}Gaddiel|strong="H1427", the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Sodi|strong="H5476", from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Zebulun|strong="H2074"; 
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\verseNumber{11}Gaddi|strong="H1426", the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Susi|strong="H5485", from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519"; 
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\verseNumber{12}Ammiel|strong="H5988", the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gemalli|strong="H1582", from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835"; 
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\verseNumber{13}Sethur|strong="H5639", the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Michael|strong="H4317", from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Asher|strong="H0836"; 
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\verseNumber{14}Nahbi|strong="H5147", the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Vophsi|strong="H2058", from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Naphtali|strong="H5321"; 
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\verseNumber{15}and|strong="H1121" Geuel|strong="H1345", the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Maki, from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Gad|strong="H1410". 
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\verseNumber{16}Those|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7121" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7121" men|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H7121" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H1121" sent|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" explore|strong="H8446" Canaan|strong="H3667". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Before|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w they|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w left|strong="H7971"\+w*}, Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H7121" Hoshea|strong="H1954" a|strong="H7971" new|strong="H2319" name|strong="H8034", Joshua|strong="H3091", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘ahweh \+w is|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w one|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w saves|strong="H3467"\+w*}.’ 
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\verseNumber{17}Before|strong="H6440" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H2088" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" explore|strong="H8446" Canaan|strong="H3667", he|strong="H7971"/I|strong="H2088" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971", “Go|strong="H5927" through|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7971" southern|strong="H5045" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H2022" Canaan|strong="H3667", and|strong="H4872" then|strong="H2088" go|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} into|strong="H5927" the|strong="H7971" hilly area|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{18}See|strong="H7200" what|strong="H4100" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" is|strong="H1931" like|strong="H5921". See|strong="H7200" if|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H1931" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427" are|strong="H5971" strong|strong="H2389" or|strong="H7200" weak|strong="H7504". See|strong="H7200" if|strong="H7200" there|strong="H3427" are|strong="H5971" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5971" or|strong="H7200" only|strong="H0389" a|strong="H7200" few|strong="H4592" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{19}Find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H4100" what|strong="H4100" kind|strong="H2896" of|strong="H3427" land|strong="H0776" they|strong="H2007" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" [RHQ]. Is|strong="H1931" it|strong="H1931" good|strong="H2896" or|strong="H2896" bad|strong="H7451"? Find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H4100" about|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3427" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3427" which|strong="H1931" they|strong="H2007" live|strong="H3427" [RHQ]. Do|strong="H4100" they|strong="H2007" have|strong="H5892" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H2007" or|strong="H2896" not|strong="H5892"? 
\verseNumber{20}Find|strong="H3947" out|strong="H2388" about|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3947" soil|strong="H0127" [RHQ]. Is|strong="H3426" it|strong="H1931" ◄fertile|strong="H8082"/good|strong="H4100" for|strong="H6086" growing|strong="H5927" crops|strong="H8393"► or|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3947"? Find|strong="H3947" out|strong="H2388" if|strong="H3426" there|strong="H3426" are|strong="H3117" trees|strong="H6086" there|strong="H3426" [RHQ]. Try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H3117" bring|strong="H3947" back|strong="H3947" some|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3947" fruit|strong="H6529" that|strong="H3117" grows|strong="H3318" in|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" land|strong="H0776".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H1931"\+w*/\+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3117"\+w*} it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3947" beginning|strong="H7225" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3947" time|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3117" harvest|strong="H7105" grapes|strong="H6025". 
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\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H5927" those|strong="H1992" men|strong="H0376" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5704" Canaan|strong="H3667". They|strong="H5704" went|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w through|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w entire|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w*}, from|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5704" Zin|strong="H6790" desert|strong="H4057" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w south|strong="H4057"\+w*} all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" way|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" Rehob|strong="H7340" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} near|strong="H5704" Lebo-Hamath|strong="H2574" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{22}In|strong="H8141" the|strong="H6440" south|strong="H5045", they|strong="H8033" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5704" Hebron|strong="H2275", where|strong="H8033" Ahiman|strong="H0289", Sheshai|strong="H8344", and|strong="H4714" Talmai|strong="H8526", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w huge|strong="H1995"\+w* \+w men|strong="H7651"\+w*} descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H6440" Anak|strong="H6061", lived|strong="H3427". Hebron|strong="H2275" was|strong="H8141" a|strong="H1129" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H8141" was|strong="H8141" built|strong="H1129" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" before|strong="H6440" Zoan|strong="H6814" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} was|strong="H8141" built|strong="H1129" in|strong="H8141" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{23}In|strong="H8033" one|strong="H4480" valley|strong="H5158", they|strong="H8033" cut|strong="H3772" from|strong="H4480" a|strong="H3772" grapevine one|strong="H4480" cluster|strong="H0811" of|strong="H4480" grapes|strong="H6025". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w was|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w very|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w large|strong="H1419"\+w*, \+w they|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w needed|strong="H1767"\+w*} two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H8147" to|strong="H5704" carry|strong="H5375" it|strong="H5375" on|strong="H5375" a|strong="H3772" pole|strong="H4132". They|strong="H8033" also|strong="H1571" picked|strong="H5375" some|strong="H4480" pomegranates|strong="H7416" and|strong="H8033" some|strong="H4480" figs|strong="H8384" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w carry|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w back|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w camp|strong="H4264"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{24}They|strong="H8033" called|strong="H7121" that|strong="H1931" place|strong="H4725" Eshcol|strong="H0812" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘cluster’} because|strong="H5921" they|strong="H8033" had|strong="H3478" cut|strong="H3772" that|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w huge|strong="H1995"\+w*} cluster|strong="H0811" of|strong="H1121" grapes|strong="H6025" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{25}After|strong="H7093" they|strong="H3117" explored|strong="H8446" the|strong="H7725" land|strong="H0776" for|strong="H3117" 40 days|strong="H3117", they|strong="H3117" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" their|strong="H7725" camp|strong="H4264". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H7725" report|strong="H8088" about|strong="H3117" Canaan|strong="H3667" }
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\verseNumber{26}They|strong="H1697" came|strong="H3478" to|strong="H7725" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H7725" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H4057" at|strong="H3478" Paran|strong="H6290". They|strong="H1697" reported|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" everyone|strong="H3605" what|strong="H1697" they|strong="H1697" had|strong="H3478" seen|strong="H7200". They|strong="H1697" also|strong="H3478" showed|strong="H7200" them|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" fruit|strong="H6529" that|strong="H7200" they|strong="H1697" had|strong="H3478" brought|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H1571" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" what|strong="H2088" they|strong="H1931" reported|strong="H5046" to|strong="H7971" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H7971": “We|strong="H0587" arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H2088" the|strong="H7971" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H1931" you|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" us|strong="H5608" to|strong="H7971" explore|strong="H8446". It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2088" truly|strong="H1571" a|strong="H7971" beautiful|strong="H3303" land|strong="H0776", and|strong="H7971" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2088" very|strong="H2088" fertile|strong="H3759" [IDM]. Here|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H6529" the|strong="H7971" fruit|strong="H6529". 
\verseNumber{28}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" are|strong="H5971" very|strong="H3966" strong|strong="H5794". Their|strong="H7200" cities|strong="H5892" are|strong="H5971" large|strong="H1419" and|strong="H1419" are|strong="H5971" surrounded|strong="H5437" by|strong="H5892" walls|strong="H2346". We|strong="H3588" even|strong="H1571" saw|strong="H7200" some|strong="H8033" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w huge|strong="H1995"\+w*} descendants|strong="H3211" of|strong="H3427" Anak|strong="H6061" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{29}The|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3027" Amalek|strong="H6002" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" southern|strong="H5045" part|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w*}, and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3027" Heth|strong="H2845", Jebus|strong="H2982", and|strong="H3027" Amor live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" hilly area|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*}. The|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3027" Canaan|strong="H3669" live|strong="H3427" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" coast|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Mediterranean} sea|strong="H3220" and|strong="H3027" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{30}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*, \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w started|strong="H2490"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w cry|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3423"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w loudly|strong="H6963"\+w*}. But|strong="H3588" Caleb|strong="H3612" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" standing|strong="H5975" near|strong="H7126" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3201" be|strong="H3201" quiet|strong="H2013". Then|strong="H4872" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" go|strong="H5927" there|strong="H5927" and|strong="H4872" take|strong="H3423" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776", because|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" certainly|strong="H3588" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" conquer|strong="H3423" it|strong="H3588"!” 
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\verseNumber{31}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3588" gone|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" said|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", we|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" attack|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w defeat|strong="H5221"\+w*} those|strong="H4480" people|strong="H5971"! They|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" much|strong="H7227" stronger|strong="H2389" than|strong="H4480" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971"!” 
\verseNumber{32}So|strong="H3318" those|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" a|strong="H7200" bad|strong="H1681" report|strong="H1681" about|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3478" explored|strong="H8446". They|strong="H1931" said|strong="H3318", “The|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H5971" we|strong="H3605" explored|strong="H8446" is|strong="H1931" very|strong="H3966" large|strong="H1419"; we|strong="H3605" cannot|strong="H3808" conquer|strong="H3423" it|strong="H1931". And|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H5971" we|strong="H3605" saw|strong="H7200" are|strong="H5971" very|strong="H3966" tall|strong="H4060". 
\verseNumber{33}We|strong="H8033" even|strong="H3651" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nephili there|strong="H8033". The|strong="H7200" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Anak|strong="H6061" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whom|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w we|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w*} are|strong="H1121" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H7200" giant|strong="H7497" Nephili people|strong="H1121". When|strong="H1961" we|strong="H8033" saw|strong="H7200" them|strong="H7200", we|strong="H8033" felt|strong="H4959" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w small|strong="H6996"\+w*} as|strong="H1961" grasshoppers|strong="H2284" [SIM], and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3651" thought|strong="H5869" that|strong="H7200" we|strong="H8033" looked|strong="H7200" like|strong="H1961" grasshoppers|strong="H2284" too|strong="H4480"!” 

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\chapterNumber{14}That|strong="H5971" night|strong="H3915", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" cried|strong="H5414" loudly|strong="H6963". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H3605" next|strong="H5921" day|strong="H4872" they|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" complained|strong="H7878" to|strong="H3478" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H3605" wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3605" we|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3478" died|strong="H4191" in|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714", or|strong="H1121" in|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" desert|strong="H4057"! 
\verseNumber{3}Why|strong="H4100" is|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" bringing|strong="H7725" us|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776", where|strong="H4100" we|strong="H7725" men|strong="H2896" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2719" with|strong="H3068" swords|strong="H2719"? And|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H3068" children|strong="H2945" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H1961" away|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w slaves|strong="H5650"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Instead|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w going|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Canaan|strong="H3667"\+w*}. It|strong="H7725" would|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" better|strong="H2896" for|strong="H4714" us|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Egypt|strong="H4714"!” 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7218"\+w*} them|strong="H5414" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" each|strong="H5414" other|strong="H0312", “We|strong="H7725" should|strong="H3068" choose|strong="H0977" a|strong="H5414" leader|strong="H7218" who|strong="H0834" will|strong="H4714" take|strong="H7725" us|strong="H5414" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Egypt|strong="H4714"!” 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H5307" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" bowed|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w pray|strong="H6419"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H3478" there|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{6}Joshua|strong="H3091" and|strong="H1121" Caleb|strong="H3612", two|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3091" explored|strong="H8446" the|strong="H4480" land|strong="H0776", tore|strong="H7167" their|strong="H7167" clothes|strong="H0899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w dismayed|strong="H2865"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}They|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121", “The|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3605" we|strong="H3605" explored|strong="H8446" is|strong="H2896" very|strong="H3966" good|strong="H2896". 
\verseNumber{8}If|strong="H1931" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H2654" with|strong="H2100" us|strong="H5414", he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" lead|strong="H5148" us|strong="H5414" into|strong="H5414" that|strong="H1931" very|strong="H3966" fertile|strong="H3759" [IDM] land|strong="H0776", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H5493" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" rebel|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! And|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776"! We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" ◄gobble them|strong="H1992" up|strong="H5921"/completely|strong="H3617" destroy|strong="H7843" them|strong="H1992"► [MET|strong="H6298"]! They|strong="H1992" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" anyone|strong="H3588" who|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" protect|strong="H8104" them|strong="H1992", but|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5921"\+w*}. So|strong="H5493" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H1992"!” 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" talked|strong="H1696" about|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w killing|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w Caleb|strong="H3612"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Joshua|strong="H3091"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3068"\+w*} throwing|strong="H3027" stones|strong="H0068" at|strong="H3478" them|strong="H7200". But|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w suddenly|strong="H6597"\+w*} Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" glory|strong="H3519" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H7200" at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H6213", “How|strong="H5704" long|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971" reject|strong="H3988" me|strong="H6213" [RHQ]? I|strong="H5704" am|strong="H3068" tired|strong="H3021" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" believing in|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2088" I|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w can|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}, in|strong="H3068" spite|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" miracles|strong="H6381" I|strong="H5704" have|strong="H3068" performed|strong="H6213" among|strong="H7130" them|strong="H6213" [RHQ]! 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H6213" I|strong="H4480" will|strong="H1471" cause|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" ◄plague|strong="H1698"/widespread sickness|strong="H2483"► to|strong="H6213" strike|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5221" and|strong="H1419" get|strong="H6213" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H4480" them|strong="H5221". But|strong="H5221" I|strong="H4480" will|strong="H1471" cause|strong="H6213" your|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w*} to|strong="H6213" become|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" great|strong="H1419" nation|strong="H1471". They|strong="H6213" will|strong="H1471" be|strong="H1471" a|strong="H6213" nation|strong="H1471" that|strong="H1471" is|strong="H6213" much|strong="H6099" greater|strong="H1419" and|strong="H1419" stronger|strong="H6099" than|strong="H4480" these|strong="H6213" people|strong="H1471" are|strong="H1471".” 
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\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H3588" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Please|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4713" will|strong="H3068" hear|strong="H8085" about|strong="H8085" it|strong="H3588"! You|strong="H3588" brought|strong="H5927" these|strong="H2088" Israeli people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H5927" Egypt|strong="H4713" by|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419" power|strong="H3581", 
\verseNumber{14}and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Canaan|strong="H3667"\+w*} who|strong="H5971" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" this|strong="H2088" land|strong="H7130". Yahweh|strong="H3068", they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" already|strong="H1980" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588". They|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" ◄been|strong="H5971" with|strong="H1980"/helped|strong="H5826"► these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H1980" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3588" face-to-face. They|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3068" cloud|strong="H6051" is|strong="H3068" like|strong="H1980" a|strong="H3588" huge|strong="H1995" pillar|strong="H5982" that|strong="H3588" stays|strong="H3427" over|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1980" by|strong="H5921" using|strong="H5927" that|strong="H3588" cloud|strong="H6051" you|strong="H3588" lead|strong="H1980" them|strong="H5921" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" day|strong="H3119", and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" cloud|strong="H6051" becomes|strong="H3588" like|strong="H1980" a|strong="H3588" fire|strong="H0784" at|strong="H3427" night|strong="H3915" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w give|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w light|strong="H0216"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{15}If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5971" kill|strong="H4191" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971" all|strong="H4191" at|strong="H4191" one|strong="H2088" time|strong="H6256", the|strong="H8085" people-groups who|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H8085" your|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w power|strong="H3027"\+w*} will|strong="H1471" say|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{16}‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3201" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" bring|strong="H0935" them|strong="H7819" into|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H5971" he|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H7650" to|strong="H3201" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3201" them|strong="H7819", so|strong="H2088" he|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H7819" them|strong="H7819" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" desert|strong="H4057".’ 
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\verseNumber{17}“o|strong="H4994" Yahweh|strong="H3068", now|strong="H6258" show|strong="H4994" that|strong="H1696" you|strong="H1696" are|strong="H3117" very|strong="H6258" powerful|strong="H3581". You|strong="H1696" said|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{18}‘I|strong="H5921" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" quickly|strong="H4116" become|strong="H5375" angry|strong="H2734"; instead|strong="H3808", I|strong="H5921" love|strong="H2617" people|strong="H1121" very|strong="H7227" much|strong="H7227", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H5921" forgive|strong="H5375" people|strong="H1121" for|strong="H5921" having|strong="H3808" sinned|strong="H2398" and|strong="H1121" having|strong="H3808" disobeyed|strong="H6963" my|strong="H3068" laws|strong="H8451". But|strong="H3808" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" punish|strong="H6485" [LIT|strong="H0215"] people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1121" guilty|strong="H5771" of|strong="H1121" doing|strong="H6213" what|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3068" wrong|strong="H5771". When|strong="H3068" parents|strong="H0001" sin|strong="H5771", I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5921", but|strong="H3808" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" their|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3068" grandchildren|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3068" great-grandchildren and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3068" great-great-grandchildren.’ 
\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H5375", because|strong="H5771" you|strong="H5704" love|strong="H2617" people|strong="H5971" like|strong="H5704" that|strong="H5971", forgive|strong="H5545" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971" for|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5375" sins|strong="H5771" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5704" have|strong="H5971" committed|strong="H6213", just|strong="H2088" like|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" have|strong="H5971" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5704" forgive|strong="H5545" them|strong="H5375" ever|strong="H2088" since|strong="H2008" they|strong="H5704" left|strong="H7604" Egypt|strong="H4714".” 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H1697" have|strong="H3068" forgiven|strong="H5545" them|strong="H1697", as|strong="H1697" you|strong="H1697" requested|strong="H1697" me|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H3605", just|strong="H3605" as|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3588" as|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" live|strong="H2416" and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w can|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w*} my|strong="H3605" ◄glory|strong="H3519"/glorious|strong="H3519" power|strong="H3027"►, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w solemnly|strong="H7650"\+w* \+w declare|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3068"\+w*:} 
\verseNumber{22}All|strong="H3605" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H3808" saw|strong="H7200" my|strong="H8085" glory|strong="H3519" and|strong="H6963" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" miracles|strong="H6381" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" performed|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H6963" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H4057", but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" disobeyed|strong="H6963" me|strong="H7200", and|strong="H6963" many|strong="H7200" times|strong="H6471" they|strong="H3588" tested|strong="H5254" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whether|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w could|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w continue|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w evil|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w without|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w my|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w punishing|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{23}Because|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200", not|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" them|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" promised|strong="H7650" their|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w I|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w give|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7200"\+w*}. No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" rejected|strong="H3988" me|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H1961" Caleb|strong="H3612", who|strong="H5650" serves|strong="H5647" me|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w well|strong="H5973"\+w*}, is|strong="H7307" different|strong="H8133" from|strong="H3423" the|strong="H3423" others|strong="H0312". He|strong="H8033" obeys|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5973" completely|strong="H3423". So|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5650" will|strong="H1961" bring|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5973" into|strong="H1961" that|strong="H5650" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H5650" he|strong="H8033" has|strong="H1961" already|strong="H3528" seen|strong="H7200", and|strong="H5650" his|strong="H1961" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H1961" inherit|strong="H3423"/possess|strong="H3423" some|strong="H8033" of|strong="H7307" it|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{25}So|strong="H3427", since|strong="H3588" the|strong="H1870" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3427" Amalek|strong="H6002" and|strong="H1870" Canaan|strong="H3669" who|strong="H3427" are|strong="H1870" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H1870" valleys|strong="H6010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w Canaan|strong="H3669"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w strong|strong="H2388"\+w*}, when|strong="H3427" you|strong="H6437" leave|strong="H5800" here|strong="H1870" tomorrow|strong="H4279", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w instead|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w traveling|strong="H5265"\+w* \+w toward|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w Canaan|strong="H3669"\+w*}, go|strong="H5265" back|strong="H6437" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H1870" road|strong="H1870" through|strong="H1870" the|strong="H1870" desert|strong="H4057" towards the|strong="H1870" Red|strong="H5488" Sea|strong="H3220".” 

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\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{27}“How|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" wicked|strong="H7451" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" this|strong="H2063" nation|strong="H1471" keep|strong="H8085" complaining|strong="H7879" about|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" [RHQ]? I|strong="H5704" have|strong="H1121" heard|strong="H8085" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H8085" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H1121" grumbled|strong="H3885"/complained|strong="H7878" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H3651" now|strong="H1696" tell|strong="H1696" them|strong="H6213" this|strong="H3651": ‘Just|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6213" certainly|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3651", Yahweh|strong="H3068", live|strong="H2416", I|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" exactly|strong="H3651" what|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" said|strong="H1696" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{29}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w cause|strong="H2600"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5921" die|strong="H5307" here|strong="H2088" in|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" desert|strong="H4057"! Because|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3605" grumbled|strong="H3885" about|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921", none|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1121" more|strong="H5921" than|strong="H5921" 20 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" counted|strong="H6485" when|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872" counted|strong="H6485" everyone|strong="H3605" 
\verseNumber{30}will|strong="H1121" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3027" give|strong="H5375" to|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3588". Only|strong="H3588" Caleb|strong="H3612" and|strong="H1121" Joshua|strong="H3091" will|strong="H1121" enter|strong="H0935" that|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{31}You|strong="H3045" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3045" your|strong="H3045" children|strong="H2945" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H1961" from|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w slaves|strong="H5650"\+w*}, but|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3045" will|strong="H1961" take|strong="H1961" them|strong="H1961" into|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3045" land|strong="H0776", and|strong="H3045" they|strong="H3045" will|strong="H1961" enjoy|strong="H7200" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3045" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3045" ◄rejected|strong="H3988"/said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3045" could|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3045" conquer|strong="H3423"►. 
\verseNumber{32}But|strong="H3588" as|strong="H4057" for|strong="H2088" you|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{adults}, you|strong="H2088" will|strong="H2088" die|strong="H5307" here|strong="H2088" in|strong="H5307" this|strong="H2088" desert|strong="H4057". 
\verseNumber{33}And|strong="H1121" like|strong="H1961" shepherds|strong="H7462" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wander|strong="H7462"\+w* \+w around|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w in|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w desert|strong="H4057"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w they|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w take|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w care|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w sheep|strong="H6629"\+w*}, your|strong="H5375" children|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1961" wander|strong="H7462" around|strong="H5439" in|strong="H8141" this|strong="H5375" desert|strong="H4057" for|strong="H5704" 40 years|strong="H8141". Because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H5704" adults were|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" loyal|strong="H0310"/faithful|strong="H0539" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H1961", your|strong="H5375" children|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1961" suffer|strong="H5375" until|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" all|strong="H8552" die|strong="H1121" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H5375" desert|strong="H4057". 
\verseNumber{34}You|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" suffer|strong="H5375" for|strong="H3117" your|strong="H5375" sins|strong="H5771" for|strong="H3117" 40 years|strong="H8141". That|strong="H3045" will|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3117" one|strong="H5375" year|strong="H8141" for|strong="H3117" each|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5375" 40 days|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3045" the|strong="H5375" twelve|strong="H8147" men|strong="H0376" explored|strong="H8446" Canaan|strong="H3667" land|strong="H0776". And|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3117" like|strong="H3117" an|strong="H5375" enemy|strong="H0340" to|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117".’ 
\verseNumber{35}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w certainly|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w because|strong="H5921"\+w*} I|strong="H5921", Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" it|strong="H5921"! I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" these|strong="H2088" things|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1696" every|strong="H3605" one|strong="H2088" in|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" group|strong="H7235" who|strong="H3605" conspired|strong="H7194" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921". They|strong="H8033" ◄conspired|strong="H7194" against|strong="H5921"/decided|strong="H3289" together|strong="H3259" to|strong="H1696" reject|strong="H3988"► me|strong="H5921" here|strong="H2088" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H4057", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H8033" will|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" die|strong="H4191" right|strong="H3068" here|strong="H2088" in|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" desert|strong="H4057"!” 
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\verseNumber{36}Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" ten|strong="H6235" men|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w explored|strong="H8446"\+w* \+w Canaan|strong="H3667"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4872"\+w*} who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4872" urged|strong="H6484" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5712" to|strong="H7725" rebel|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" by|strong="H5921" giving|strong="H5414" reports|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" discouraged|strong="H7503" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5712" 
\verseNumber{37}were|strong="H4046" immediately|strong="H6965" struck|strong="H5221" with|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3318" plague|strong="H4046"/disease|strong="H2483" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H3318", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{38}Of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" twelve|strong="H8147" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3091" explored|strong="H8446" Canaan|strong="H3667", only|strong="H0389" Joshua|strong="H3091" and|strong="H1121" Caleb|strong="H3612" remained|strong="H2421" alive|strong="H2421". 
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\verseNumber{39}When|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H1697" reported|strong="H5046" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3478" said|strong="H1696", many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" very|strong="H3966" sad|strong="H7451". 
\verseNumber{40}So|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" got|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H3588" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242" and|strong="H3068" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3068" go|strong="H5927" toward|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3588" hilly area|strong="H2022" in|strong="H3068" Canaan|strong="H3667". They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398", but|strong="H3588" now|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w ready|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} enter|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H4725" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" us|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{41}But|strong="H3808" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H2088" said|strong="H6310", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6310" you|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w return|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w desert|strong="H6160"\+w*, \+w so|strong="H3808"\+w*} why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3808" now|strong="H2088" disobeying him|strong="H1931" [RHQ]? It|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" ◄succeed|strong="H6743"/be|strong="H3808" possible►. 
\verseNumber{42}Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H3068" enter|strong="H5927" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H7130" now|strong="H3588"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w try|strong="H0974"\+w*}, your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" will|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5221" you|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" ◄be|strong="H3808" with|strong="H3068"/help|strong="H5826"► you|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{43}When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" begin|strong="H2490" to|strong="H7725" fight|strong="H3898" the|strong="H6440" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Amalek|strong="H6002" and|strong="H3068" Canaan|strong="H3669", they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" slaughter|strong="H4347" you|strong="H3588"! Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" abandon|strong="H5307" you|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" abandoned|strong="H5800" him|strong="H6440".” 
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\verseNumber{44}But|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3808" though|strong="H3588" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H4185" the|strong="H3068" camp|strong="H4264", and|strong="H4872" the|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" that|strong="H3068" contained|strong="H3557" the|strong="H3068" Ten|strong="H6235" Commandments|strong="H4687" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" taken|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3068" camp|strong="H4264", the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3808" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3068" go|strong="H5927" towards the|strong="H3068" hilly area|strong="H2022" in|strong="H3068" Canaan|strong="H3667". 
\verseNumber{45}Then|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5221" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3427" Amalek|strong="H6002" and|strong="H2022" Canaan|strong="H3669" who|strong="H1931" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" that|strong="H1931" hilly area|strong="H2022" came|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" and|strong="H2022" attacked|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5221" and|strong="H2022" chased|strong="H7291" them|strong="H5221" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*} as|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w*} Hormah|strong="H2767". 

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\chapterNumber{15}Then|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{2}“Tell|strong="H1696" this|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121": When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H5414" arrive|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5414", 
\verseNumber{3}you|strong="H6213" must|strong="H4191" offer|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H4480" special|strong="H6381" sacrifices|strong="H2077" which|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w burns|strong="H8313"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. Some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6213" may|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. Some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6213" may|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" indicate that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" solemn|strong="H4150" promise|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H4480". Some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6213" may|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6213" yourselves|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213". Some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6213" may|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H5930" at|strong="H3068" one|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" festivals|strong="H4150" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6213" celebrate|strong="H6213" each|strong="H0376" year|strong="H8141". These|strong="H6213" offerings|strong="H5930" may|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H6213" from|strong="H4480" your|strong="H3068" herds|strong="H1241" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w cattle|strong="H1241"\+w*} or|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" your|strong="H3068" flocks|strong="H6629" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sheep|strong="H6629"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w goats|strong="H5795"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7126" give|strong="H5414" these|strong="H0428" offerings|strong="H4503", you|strong="H7126" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H0413" a|strong="H7126" grain|strong="H1715" offering|strong="H4503" of|strong="H3068" two|strong="H8147" quarts/liters of|strong="H3068" nice|strong="H2899" flour|strong="H5560" mixed|strong="H1101" with|strong="H1101" one|strong="H3068" quart/liter of|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081". 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5921" offer|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" lamb|strong="H3532" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H6213" sacrifice|strong="H2077" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313", you|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H6213" pour|strong="H8210" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" one|strong="H3532" quart/liter of|strong="H2077" wine|strong="H3196". 
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\verseNumber{6}‘hen|strong="H2581" you|strong="H6213" offer|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" ram|strong="H0352" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H8081" a|strong="H6213" sacrifice|strong="H4503", you|strong="H6213" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H6213" bring|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H4503" of|strong="H1969" four|strong="H0702" quarts/liters of|strong="H1969" finely-ground flour|strong="H5560" mixed|strong="H1101" with|strong="H1101" ◄a|strong="H6213" third|strong="H7992" of|strong="H1969" a|strong="H6213" gallon/1.3 liters► of|strong="H1969" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" pour|strong="H8210" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196" ◄a|strong="H7126" third|strong="H7992" of|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7126" gallon/1.3 liters► of|strong="H3068" wine|strong="H3196". While|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" being|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313", the|strong="H3068" smell|strong="H7381" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H0413". 
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\verseNumber{8}‘ometimes you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" young|strong="H1121" bull|strong="H1241" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" altar|strong="H4196". Sometimes|strong="H3426" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" sacrifice|strong="H2077" to|strong="H3068" indicate that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" solemn|strong="H6116" promise|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6213". Sometimes|strong="H3426" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" sacrifice|strong="H2077" to|strong="H3068" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{9}When|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5921" offer|strong="H7126" these|strong="H0428" sacrifices|strong="H4503", you|strong="H5921" must|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1121" offer|strong="H7126" a|strong="H7126" grain|strong="H1715" offering|strong="H4503" of|strong="H1121" six|strong="H7969" quarts/liters of|strong="H1121" finely-ground flour|strong="H5560" mixed|strong="H1101" with|strong="H1101" two|strong="H2677" quarts/liters of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081". 
\verseNumber{10}Also|strong="H3068" pour|strong="H8210" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196" two|strong="H2677" quarts/liters of|strong="H3068" wine|strong="H3196" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" an|strong="H7126" offering|strong="H5262". While|strong="H5704" those|strong="H7126" special|strong="H6381" gifts|strong="H4979" are|strong="H3068" being|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313", the|strong="H3068" smell|strong="H7381" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{11}Each|strong="H3532" time|strong="H6256" someone|strong="H0376" offers|strong="H7126" a|strong="H6213" bull|strong="H7794" or|strong="H7794" a|strong="H6213" ram|strong="H0352" or|strong="H7794" a|strong="H6213" male|strong="H3532" lamb|strong="H3532" or|strong="H7794" a|strong="H6213" young|strong="H5288" goat|strong="H5795" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H6213" sacrifice|strong="H6213", it|strong="H6213" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="H6213" way|strong="H1870". 
\verseNumber{12}You|strong="H6213" must|strong="H4191" obey|strong="H6213" these|strong="H6213" instructions|strong="H1697" for|strong="H6213" each|strong="H0376" animal|strong="H0929" that|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" bring|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{13}‘ll of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3605" Israelis all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315" must|strong="H4191" obey|strong="H6213" these|strong="H6213" regulations|strong="H4941" when|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" offer|strong="H7126" sacrifices|strong="H2077" that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6213" when|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{14}If|strong="H3588" any|strong="H6213" foreigners|strong="H1616" visit|strong="H6485" you|strong="H3588" or|strong="H3068" live|strong="H1481" among|strong="H8432" you|strong="H3588", if|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3068" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" sacrifice|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6213" when|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" altar|strong="H4196", they|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" obey|strong="H6213" these|strong="H6213" same|strong="H3651" instructions|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{15}I|strong="H6440" consider|strong="H7200" that|strong="H1616" those|strong="H1961" who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H1961" always|strong="H5769" been|strong="H1961" Israelis and|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1961" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" foreigners|strong="H1616" are|strong="H3068" equal|strong="H8505", and|strong="H3068" so|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" must|strong="H4191" all|strong="H1755" obey|strong="H8085" the|strong="H6440" same|strong="H1931" instructions|strong="H1697". All|strong="H1755" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H3068" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H8085" these|strong="H6440" instructions|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{16}You|strong="H1961" Israelis and|strong="H4941" the|strong="H1961" foreigners|strong="H1616" who|strong="H1616" live|strong="H1481" among|strong="H8451" you|strong="H1961" must|strong="H4191" all|strong="H3605" obey|strong="H8451" the|strong="H1961" same|strong="H1931" instructions|strong="H8451".” 
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\verseNumber{17}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{18}“Tell|strong="H1696" these|strong="H1696" instructions|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1696" Israeli people|strong="H1121": \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w says|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w this|strong="H1696"\+w*}: ‘When|strong="H1696" you|strong="H1696" arrive|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H1696" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H1696" which|strong="H8033" I|strong="H1121" am|strong="H1961" taking|strong="H3947" you|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{19}and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H3899" the|strong="H3068" crops|strong="H8393" that|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" growing|strong="H5927" there|strong="H1961", you|strong="H1961" must|strong="H4191" set|strong="H7311" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H1961" aside|strong="H5493" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" sacred|strong="H6944" offering|strong="H8641" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7311". 
\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Each|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w*} set|strong="H7311" aside|strong="H5493" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1637" the|strong="H3651" first|strong="H7225" grain|strong="H1715" that|strong="H3651" you|strong="H3651" gather|strong="H6908" after|strong="H0310" you|strong="H3651" have|strong="H1961" threshed|strong="H1758" it|strong="H3651". Bake|strong="H0644" a|strong="H7311" loaf|strong="H2471" of|strong="H1637" bread|strong="H3899" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3651" first|strong="H7225" flour|strong="H5560" that|strong="H3651" you|strong="H3651" grind|strong="H2912" and|strong="H7311" bring|strong="H0935" it|strong="H3651" to|strong="H8641" me|strong="H7311" to|strong="H8641" be|strong="H7311" a|strong="H7311" sacred|strong="H6944" offering|strong="H8641". 
\verseNumber{21}Every|strong="H5414" year|strong="H8141", you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" must|strong="H4191" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" make|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w loaf|strong="H3603"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w bread|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w baked|strong="H0644"\+w*} [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w flour|strong="H5560"\+w*} from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" first|strong="H7225" part|strong="H7225" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" grain|strong="H1715" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" harvest|strong="H7105".’” 

\BibleSectionHeading{When|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" sin|strong="H2403" unintentionally|strong="H7684" or|strong="H3068" deliberately }
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\verseNumber{22}“‘There|strong="H3605" may|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" times|strong="H6471" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" Israelis do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" obey|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H1696" instructions|strong="H4687" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" given|strong="H4687" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872" to|strong="H1696" tell|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588", but|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" intended|strong="H1819" to|strong="H1696" disobey|strong="H0854" them|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{23}There|strong="H3117" may|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" times|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H4480" obey|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H3605" instructions|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3068" given|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872" to|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{24}If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" or|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H2403" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w forgetting|strong="H7911"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w obey|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w these|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w instructions|strong="H1697"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" none|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1961" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605", one|strong="H3605" young|strong="H1121" bull|strong="H6499" as|strong="H1961" an|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H4503" for|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w must|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w brought|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w*}. That|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w burned|strong="H8313"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. They|strong="H3068" must|strong="H1121" also|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1961" grain|strong="H3605" offering|strong="H4503" and|strong="H1121" an|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H4503" of|strong="H1121" wine|strong="H3196", and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" male|strong="H8163" goat|strong="H5795", to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" sacrificed|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" forgive|strong="H5545" them|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403" they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H1961" committed|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{25}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w By|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w offering|strong="H2403"\+w* \+w these|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3068" make|strong="H3722" atonement|strong="H3722" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121". Then|strong="H3588", as|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" result|strong="H6903" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" bringing|strong="H0935" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H6440" an|strong="H3588" offering|strong="H2403" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, ◄you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" forgiven|strong="H5545"/I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" forgive|strong="H5545" you|strong="H3588"►, because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" sinned|strong="H2403" without|strong="H3588" realizing that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3478" sinning|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{26}You|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" foreigners|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H5971" living|strong="H1481" among|strong="H8432" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" be|strong="H1121" forgiven|strong="H5545". 
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\verseNumber{27}If|strong="H2398" one|strong="H8141" person|strong="H5315" commits|strong="H2398" a|strong="H7126" sin|strong="H2403" without|strong="H8141" realizing that|strong="H5315" he|strong="H8141" was|strong="H5315" sinning|strong="H2398", that|strong="H5315" person|strong="H5315" must|strong="H5315" bring|strong="H7126" to|strong="H5315" me|strong="H5315" a|strong="H7126" female|strong="H5795" goat|strong="H5795" to|strong="H5315" be|strong="H5315" an|strong="H7126" offering|strong="H2403" to|strong="H5315" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5315" forgive|strong="H5545" that|strong="H5315" person|strong="H5315" for|strong="H5315" the|strong="H7126" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H5315" person|strong="H5315" has|strong="H5315" committed|strong="H2398". 
\verseNumber{28}The|strong="H6440" priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H7126" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" sacrifice|strong="H2077" to|strong="H3068" remove|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" guilt|strong="H0817" of|strong="H3068" that|strong="H5315" person|strong="H5315", and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H5315" person|strong="H5315" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" forgiven|strong="H5545". 
\verseNumber{29}You|strong="H6213" Israelis and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" foreigners|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1616" live|strong="H1481" among|strong="H8432" you|strong="H6213" must|strong="H1121" obey|strong="H6213" these|strong="H6213" same|strong="H8432" instructions|strong="H8451". 
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\verseNumber{30}But|strong="H1931" those|strong="H4480" who|strong="H1931" disobey|strong="H0854" my|strong="H3068" commands|strong="H6680" ◄deliberately/because|strong="H4480" they|strong="H3068" want|strong="H3772" to|strong="H3068"►, both|strong="H4480" Israelis and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" foreigners|strong="H1616" who|strong="H1931" live|strong="H7130" among|strong="H7130" you|strong="H6213", have|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H4480" me|strong="H5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*}. So|strong="H6213" ◄they|strong="H3068" must|strong="H5315" be|strong="H3027" expelled|strong="H3423"/you|strong="H6213" must|strong="H5315" expel|strong="H1644" them|strong="H3027"► from|strong="H4480" your|strong="H3068" camp|strong="H4264". 
\verseNumber{31}They|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" despised|strong="H0959" my|strong="H3068" commands|strong="H4687" and|strong="H3068" deliberately disobeyed|strong="H6963" them|strong="H3588", so|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" must|strong="H5315" be|strong="H1697" punished|strong="H6485" for|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H5771" by|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" being|strong="H5315" allowed|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" among|strong="H8432" you|strong="H3588" anymore|strong="H5750".’” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A|strong="H3772" man|strong="H5315" is|strong="H3068" punished|strong="H6485" for|strong="H3588" working|strong="H4639" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" Sabbath|strong="H7676" }
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\verseNumber{32}One|strong="H1121" day|strong="H3117", while|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" Israelis were|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3117" desert|strong="H4057", some|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H4672" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1961" gathering|strong="H7197" firewood|strong="H6086" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" Sabbath|strong="H7676"/rest|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{33}Those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" saw|strong="H7200" him|strong="H4672" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" brought|strong="H7126" him|strong="H4672" to|strong="H7126" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H4672" and|strong="H4872" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H6086" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5712". 
\verseNumber{34}They|strong="H3588" guarded|strong="H8104" him|strong="H6213" carefully|strong="H6213", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6213"\+w*} him|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{35}Then|strong="H4872" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H4191", “The|strong="H3605" man|strong="H4191" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191". All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w him|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w throwing|strong="H3027"\+w*} stones|strong="H0068" at|strong="H3068" him|strong="H4191" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264".” 
\verseNumber{36}So|strong="H3318" they|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" took|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H4191" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264" and|strong="H4872" killed|strong="H4191" him|strong="H6680" by|strong="H3068" throwing|strong="H3027" stones|strong="H0068" at|strong="H3068" him|strong="H6680", as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H3318" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Putting|strong="H4191" tassels|strong="H6734" on|strong="H3068" clothing|strong="H3830" }
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\verseNumber{37}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H0413", 
\verseNumber{38}“Tell|strong="H1696" this|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121": You|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H1755" your|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H1121" must|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w twist|strong="H6140"\+w* \+w threads|strong="H6616"\+w* \+w together|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*} make|strong="H6213" tassels|strong="H6734", and|strong="H1121" then|strong="H1696" attach|strong="H5596" them|strong="H5414" with|strong="H6213" blue|strong="H8504" cords|strong="H6616" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" bottom|strong="H3247" edges|strong="H3671" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H5414" clothes|strong="H0899". 
\verseNumber{39}When|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" look|strong="H7200" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" tassels|strong="H6734", you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" remember|strong="H2142" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" instructions|strong="H4687" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" gave|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3605", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213", instead|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" desire|strong="H3824" and|strong="H3068" as|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H6903" causing|strong="H6213" yourselves|strong="H5869" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{40}Seeing|strong="H7200" those|strong="H3605" tassels|strong="H6734" will|strong="H1961" help|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1961" remember|strong="H2142" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" obey|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" commands|strong="H4687" and|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" ◄my|strong="H3605" holy|strong="H6918" people|strong="H5971"/dedicated|strong="H6942" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H6213"►. 
\verseNumber{41}Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1961" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H4714" am|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". I|strong="H4714" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H1961" who|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3318" you|strong="H4714" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714" in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H4714" might|strong="H3068" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H3318". I|strong="H4714" am|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Several men rebelled against Moses }
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\chapterNumber{16}One|strong="H1121" day|strong="H3117" Korah|strong="H7141", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Izhar|strong="H3324" and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3947" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi’s|strong="H3878" son|strong="H1121" Kohath|strong="H6955", conspired|strong="H7194" with|strong="H3947" Dathan|strong="H1885" and|strong="H1121" Abiram|strong="H0048", who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eliab|strong="H0446", and|strong="H1121" On|strong="H5921", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Peleth|strong="H6431". Those|strong="H1121" three|strong="H7969" men|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205". 
\verseNumber{2}Korah|strong="H7141" and|strong="H3967" those|strong="H1121" other|strong="H0312" three|strong="H7969" men|strong="H1121" incited|strong="H5496" 250 other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" leaders|strong="H5387" among|strong="H8034" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" join|strong="H2266" them|strong="H6440" in|strong="H3478" rebelling|strong="H4775" against|strong="H6440" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{3}They|strong="H3588" came|strong="H3068" together|strong="H6950" to|strong="H3068" criticize|strong="H7279" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921". They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921"/us|strong="H5921", “You|strong="H3588" two|strong="H8432" are|strong="H3068" using|strong="H5927" more|strong="H7227" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w authority|strong="H5921"\+w*} than|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068"! Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" set|strong="H5375" apart|strong="H0914" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H5712", and|strong="H4872" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068"/helping|strong="H5826" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5921". So|strong="H5375" why|strong="H4069" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" act|strong="H6213" as|strong="H3068" though|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" more|strong="H7227" important|strong="H5704" than|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5712" who|strong="H3605" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" [RHQ]?” 
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\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H8085" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H8085" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H5307" saying|strong="H0559", he|strong="H5921"/I|strong="H5921" prostrated|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H6440"/myself|strong="H0589" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H1696" he|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H3045" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Korah|strong="H7141" and|strong="H3068" those|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli \+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w*} who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068" Korah|strong="H7141", “Tomorrow|strong="H1242" morning|strong="H1242" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" show|strong="H3045" us|strong="H3045" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H3045" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" holy|strong="H6918" and|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H3068" to|strong="H1696" come|strong="H7126" near|strong="H7126" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H3605". Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" permit|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H3605"\+w*} those|strong="H3605" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H3068" chooses|strong="H0977" to|strong="H1696" come|strong="H7126" into|strong="H3045" his|strong="H3605" presence|strong="H7126". 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H6213" Korah|strong="H7141", tomorrow|strong="H4279" you|strong="H3605" and|strong="H6213" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H6213" with|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3947" prepare|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3605" pans|strong="H3709" to|strong="H6213" burn|strong="H8313" incense|strong="H7004". 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414" must|strong="H1121" light|strong="H7760" a|strong="H1961" fire|strong="H0784" in|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" burn|strong="H8313" the|strong="H6440" incense|strong="H7004" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Then|strong="H1961" we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" which|strong="H1931" one|strong="H6918" of|strong="H1121" us|strong="H5414" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5414" holy|strong="H6918" servant|strong="H5650". It|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1931" are|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878" who|strong="H1931" are|strong="H1121" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H3068" use|strong="H1961" more|strong="H7227" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w authority|strong="H5921"\+w*} than|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414" should|strong="H3068"!” 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H8085" spoke|strong="H1696" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H8085" Korah|strong="H7141". He|strong="H3878"/I|strong="H8085" said|strong="H8085", “You|strong="H4994" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" me|strong="H4994"! 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H6440" God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" us|strong="H6440" Israelis has|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" all|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" close|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H6440" in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" can|strong="H5975" work|strong="H5656" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H6440" at|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H3478" serve|strong="H5647" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5712". ◄Is|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" unimportant/Does|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" mean|strong="H2823" nothing|strong="H3808"► to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3588" [RHQ]? 
\verseNumber{10}Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H1571" brought|strong="H7126" you|strong="H3605", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Korah|strong="H7141"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3605" fellow|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878", near|strong="H7126" to|strong="H1121" himself|strong="H1245". Now|strong="H1571" are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3605" demanding to|strong="H1121" become|strong="H1961" priests|strong="H3548" also|strong="H1571"? 
\verseNumber{11}It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" really|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068" against|strong="H5921" whom|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" fellow|strong="H7453" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Levi|strong="H3878" are|strong="H4100" rebelling|strong="H4775". Aaron|strong="H0175" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" about|strong="H5921" whom|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4100" really|strong="H2088" complaining|strong="H7879" [RHQ].” 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H7971" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3808" summoned|strong="H7121" Dathan|strong="H1885" and|strong="H1121" Abiram|strong="H0048", but|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w refused|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w come|strong="H5927"\+w*}. They|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sent|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*} saying|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H0587" will|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H5927" to|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971"! 
\verseNumber{13}You|strong="H3588" brought|strong="H5927" us|strong="H5921" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4057" Egypt|strong="H4714", which|strong="H4057" was|strong="H1571" a|strong="H3588" very|strong="H4592" fertile|strong="H3759" [IDM] land|strong="H0776", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H4191" cause|strong="H2600" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191" here|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" this|strong="H3588" desert|strong="H4057". That|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1571" bad|strong="H7451". But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1571" also|strong="H1571" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H4191" boss us|strong="H5921" [RHQ], and|strong="H2461" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1571" worse|strong="H7489". 
\verseNumber{14}You|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3808" given|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" new|strong="H2319" land|strong="H7704" to|strong="H5927" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H5414", a|strong="H5414" land|strong="H7704" that|strong="H5414" has|strong="H5869" good|strong="H5869" fields|strong="H7704" and|strong="H5869" vineyards|strong="H3754". You|strong="H5414" are|strong="H1992" only|strong="H0389" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H5927" [RHQ] trick these|strong="H1992" people|strong="H3808". So|strong="H5414" we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" you|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H5375" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3808" became|strong="H2734" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734". He|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “Do|strong="H7489" not|strong="H3808" accept|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" grain|strong="H1715" offerings|strong="H4503" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H5375". I|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" taken|strong="H5375" anything|strong="H1992" from|strong="H3068" them|strong="H1992", not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" donkey|strong="H2543", and|strong="H4872" I|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" done|strong="H7489" anything|strong="H1992" wrong|strong="H7489" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H1992", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w no|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w reason|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w complain|strong="H7378"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w me|strong="H3808"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H1961" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H6440" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Korah|strong="H7141", “You|strong="H6440" and|strong="H4872" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1992" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" must|strong="H4191" come|strong="H1961" here|strong="H6311" tomorrow|strong="H4279" and|strong="H4872" stand|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Aaron|strong="H0175" will|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" here|strong="H6311". 
\verseNumber{17}You|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3967" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" 250 men|strong="H3947" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" must|strong="H3947" each|strong="H5414" take|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" pan|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" which|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H8313" incense|strong="H7004", and|strong="H3967" put|strong="H5414" incense|strong="H7004" in|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5414", to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w burn|strong="H8313"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w*} an|strong="H7126" offering|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Aaron|strong="H0175" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" same|strong="H1931" thing|strong="H1697".” 
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\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w next|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w day|strong="H4872"\+w*} each|strong="H5414" of|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" men|strong="H3947" got|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" pan|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" burn|strong="H8313" incense|strong="H7004". They|strong="H5921" put|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5414" incense|strong="H7004" and|strong="H4872" hot|strong="H2552" coals|strong="H1513" to|strong="H5921" light|strong="H7760" it|strong="H5414", and|strong="H4872" then|strong="H3947" they|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5414" stood|strong="H5975" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" with|strong="H5921" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H7200" Korah|strong="H7141" summoned|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5712" who|strong="H3605" supported|strong="H0310" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5921" against|strong="H5921" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H7200", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" gathered|strong="H6950" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" tent|strong="H0168". Then|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" glory|strong="H3519" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921"/us|strong="H5921", 
\verseNumber{20}and|strong="H4872" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{21}“Get|strong="H8432" away|strong="H3615" from|strong="H8432" all|strong="H3615" these|strong="H2063" people|strong="H5712", in|strong="H8432" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H2063" I|strong="H7281" can|strong="H4310" get|strong="H8432" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H8432" them|strong="H3615" immediately|strong="H6965"!” 
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\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3605" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H6440" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" prostrated|strong="H7812" themselves|strong="H6440"/ourselves|strong="H0587" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H6440". We|strong="H3605" pleaded|strong="H7378" with|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H0559", “God|strong="H0430", you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" caused|strong="H5307" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1320" to|strong="H5921" live|strong="H3427" [MTY]. Only|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H6440" these|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" has|strong="H7307" sinned|strong="H2398"; so|strong="H7307", ◄is|strong="H3605" it|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3225" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H7307" angry|strong="H7107" with|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1320"?/it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3605" not|strong="H6440" right|strong="H3225" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H7307" angry|strong="H7107" with|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1320"!► [RHQ]” 
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\verseNumber{23}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{24}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{Okay}, but|strong="H1696" tell|strong="H1696" all|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5927" people|strong="H5712" to|strong="H1696" get|strong="H5927" away|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" tents|strong="H4908" of|strong="H5712" Korah|strong="H7141", Dathan|strong="H1885", and|strong="H5927" Abiram|strong="H0048".” 
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\verseNumber{25}So|strong="H6965" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H6965" stood|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6965" tents|strong="H0168" of|strong="H2205" Dathan|strong="H1885" and|strong="H6965" Abiram|strong="H0048". The|strong="H6965" Israeli leaders|strong="H2205" followed|strong="H3212" him|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H3212". 
\verseNumber{26}He|strong="H3605"/I|strong="H5921" told|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5712", “Get|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" the|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H0168" of|strong="H5921" these|strong="H1696" wicked|strong="H7563" men|strong="H7563", and|strong="H2403" do|strong="H2403" not|strong="H6435" touch|strong="H5060" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5921"! If|strong="H6435" you|strong="H3605" touch|strong="H5060" anything|strong="H3605", you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H7563" die|strong="H5595" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403"!” 
\verseNumber{27}So|strong="H5927" all|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" moved|strong="H3318" away|strong="H5927" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" tents|strong="H4908" of|strong="H1121" Korah|strong="H7141", Dathan|strong="H1885", and|strong="H1121" Abiram|strong="H0048". Dathan|strong="H1885" and|strong="H1121" Abiram|strong="H0048" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5921" tents|strong="H4908" with|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" babies|strong="H3245", and|strong="H1121" stood|strong="H5324" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" entrances|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5921" tents|strong="H4908". 
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\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="H7971" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H2063" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". It|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w chose|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4872"\+w*} sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" them|strong="H7971". And|strong="H4872" now|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" prove|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{29}If|strong="H0518" these|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" die|strong="H4191" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H7971" normal|strong="H0386" way|strong="H7971", then|strong="H7971" it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H4191" clear|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" choose|strong="H0977" me|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{30}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" does|strong="H3068" something|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3045" happened|strong="H1961" before|strong="H3045", if|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" causes|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w under|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w feet|strong="H7272"\+w*} to|strong="H3381" open|strong="H6475" up|strong="H1104" and|strong="H3068" swallow|strong="H1104" these|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w families|strong="H4940"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H7399", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" fall|strong="H3381" into|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" opening|strong="H6310" and|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" buried|strong="H6912" while|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" still|strong="H3588" alive|strong="H2416", then|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" these|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3068" insulted|strong="H3637" Yahweh|strong="H3068".” 
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\verseNumber{31}As|strong="H1697" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1697" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1696" this|strong="H1696", the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" split|strong="H1234" open|strong="H1234" beneath|strong="H8478" those|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{32}It|strong="H3605" swallowed|strong="H1104" them|strong="H1104" and|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3605" families|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1004" standing|strong="H5975" there|strong="H3605" with|strong="H1004" Korah|strong="H7141" and|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H7399". 
\verseNumber{33}They|strong="H1992" fell|strong="H3381" into|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" opening|strong="H6310" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" while|strong="H5921" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416", and|strong="H3381" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H7399" fell|strong="H3381" into|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" opening|strong="H6310" also|strong="H1992". They|strong="H1992" disappeared|strong="H0369", and|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" closed|strong="H3680" back|strong="H7725" up|strong="H5921" again|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{34}They|strong="H3588" screamed|strong="H7121" as|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" fell|strong="H5307", and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" standing|strong="H5975" nearby|strong="H7138" heard|strong="H6963" them|strong="H5439" scream. The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w terrified|strong="H0926"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w*} cried|strong="H3478" out|strong="H3605" as|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127", saying|strong="H6963", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6435"\+w* \+w want|strong="H6963"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" to|strong="H3478" swallow|strong="H1104" us|strong="H5439" also|strong="H3478"!” 
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\verseNumber{35}And|strong="H3967" then|strong="H3318" a|strong="H3318" fire|strong="H0784" from|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068" came|strong="H3318" down|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sky|strong="H8064"\+w*} and|strong="H3967" burned|strong="H8313" up|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3068" 250 men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3068" burning|strong="H2740" the|strong="H3068" incense|strong="H7004"! 
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\verseNumber{36}Then|strong="H0227" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H0413", 
\verseNumber{37}“Tell|strong="H5046" Aaron’s|strong="H0175" son|strong="H1121" Eleazar|strong="H0499" to|strong="H0413" take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" pans|strong="H3709" that|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" incense|strong="H7004" in|strong="H0935" them|strong="H5414" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" fire|strong="H0784" and|strong="H3967" to|strong="H0413" scatter|strong="H2219" the|strong="H3605" burning|strong="H2740" coals|strong="H1513". The|strong="H3605" pans|strong="H3709" that|strong="H0834" those|strong="H1992" men|strong="H0376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w carrying|strong="H5375"\+w*} are|strong="H3117" ◄holy|strong="H6944"/dedicated|strong="H6942" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w burned|strong="H8313"\+w* \+w incense|strong="H7004"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w me|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{38}Those|strong="H1992" men|strong="H0376" have|strong="H1961" now|strong="H6258" died|strong="H4191" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" sin|strong="H2403"; so|strong="H3651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Eleazar|strong="H0499"\+w* \+w must|strong="H4191"\+w*} take|strong="H3947" their|strong="H3605" pans|strong="H3709" and|strong="H3967" hammer|strong="H6360" the|strong="H3605" metal|strong="H2830" to|strong="H0413" make|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5414" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" thin|strong="H1851". He|strong="H0834" must|strong="H4191" make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1961" covering|strong="H4372" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" with|strong="H5973" that|strong="H0834" metal|strong="H2830". Those|strong="H1992" pans|strong="H3709" were|strong="H0834" used|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0413" offer|strong="H7126" incense|strong="H7004" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", so|strong="H3651" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3117" ◄holy|strong="H6944"/dedicated|strong="H6942" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413"►. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w What|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w*} those|strong="H1992" pans|strong="H3709" will|strong="H3068" now|strong="H6258" warn|strong="H2094" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971".” 
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\verseNumber{39}So|strong="H3651" Eleazar|strong="H0499" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" collected|strong="H6908" the|strong="H3605" 250 pans|strong="H3709" for|strong="H3588" burning|strong="H2740" incense|strong="H7004" that|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" used|strong="H6213" by|strong="H0801" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" died|strong="H4191" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" fire|strong="H0784". He|strong="H0834" hammered|strong="H4749" the|strong="H3605" pans|strong="H3709" very|strong="H3966" thin|strong="H1851" to|strong="H0413" make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1961" covering|strong="H4372" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196", as|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H0413" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{40}That|strong="H0834" warned|strong="H2094" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H0834" only|strong="H0389" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" were|strong="H0834" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H0413" burn|strong="H8313" incense|strong="H7004" for|strong="H3588" an|strong="H1129" offering|strong="H4503" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh|strong="H3068". If|strong="H0518" anyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834", the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" thing|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" Korah|strong="H7141" and|strong="H3967" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5414" would|strong="H0014" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{41}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" following|strong="H0310" morning|strong="H1242", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H0413" complain|strong="H7378" against|strong="H5921" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H3967" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H0413", saying|strong="H0559" “You|strong="H0859" have|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2026" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh|strong="H3068"!” 
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\verseNumber{42}When|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" gathered|strong="H6960" together|strong="H3162" to|strong="H0413" protest|strong="H5749" about|strong="H5439" what|strong="H4100" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H3967" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H0589" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213", they|strong="H1992" looked|strong="H7200" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H3967" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" cloud|strong="H6051" had|strong="H3068" covered|strong="H3680" it|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" glory|strong="H3519" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{43}Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H3967" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H0589" went|strong="H1980" and|strong="H3967" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H0935" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{44}Then|strong="H0227" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H0413", 
\verseNumber{45}“Get|strong="H3947" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H4480" these|strong="H0428" people|strong="H5971", in|strong="H0935" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" can|strong="H4310" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5414" immediately|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w without|strong="H3808"\+w* injuring \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w two|strong="H8147"\+w*}!” But|strong="H3588" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H3967" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H0589" prostrated|strong="H7812" themselves|strong="H0905"/ourselves|strong="H0587" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w prayed|strong="H6419"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{46}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H0589" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Aaron|strong="H0175", “Quickly|strong="H4116" take|strong="H3947" another|strong="H0312" pan|strong="H3709" and|strong="H3967" put|strong="H5414" in|strong="H0935" it|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" burning|strong="H2740"/hot|strong="H2552" coals|strong="H1513" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196". Put|strong="H5414" incense|strong="H7004" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" pan|strong="H3709", and|strong="H3967" carry|strong="H5375" it|strong="H5414" out|strong="H3318" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H0413" atone|strong="H3722" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H0369" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3967" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w*} a|strong="H1961" ◄severe|strong="H3515" plague|strong="H5061"/bad|strong="H7451" sickness|strong="H2483"► has|strong="H3068" already|strong="H3528" started|strong="H2490" among|strong="H8432" them|strong="H5414".” 
\verseNumber{47}So|strong="H3651" Aaron|strong="H0175" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4100" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H0589" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5414". He|strong="H0834" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" burning|strong="H2740" incense|strong="H7004" out|strong="H3318" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". The|strong="H3605" plague|strong="H5061" had|strong="H3068" already|strong="H3528" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H0413" strike|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", but|strong="H3588" Aaron|strong="H0175" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H0413" burn|strong="H8313" the|strong="H3605" incense|strong="H7004" so|strong="H3651" that|strong="H0834" God|strong="H0430" would|strong="H0014" forgive|strong="H5545" them|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{48}He|strong="H0834" stood|strong="H5975" between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" already|strong="H3528" died|strong="H4191" and|strong="H3967" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416", and|strong="H3967" then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H3605" plague|strong="H5061" stopped|strong="H5975". 
\verseNumber{49}But|strong="H3588" 14,700 people|strong="H5971" had|strong="H3068" already|strong="H3528" died|strong="H4191" from|strong="H4480" that|strong="H0834" plague|strong="H5061"/sickness|strong="H2483", in|strong="H0935" addition|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" died|strong="H4191" with|strong="H5973" Korah|strong="H7141". 
\verseNumber{50}Then|strong="H0227" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H3605" plague|strong="H5061" had|strong="H3068" ended|strong="H1961", Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H3967" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H0589" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 

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\chapterNumber{17}Then|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{2}“Tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H0935" to|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" twelve|strong="H8147" walking|strong="H1980" sticks|strong="H6086". They|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" bring|strong="H0935" one|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" twelve|strong="H8147" tribes|strong="H7626". You|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" carve|strong="H2710" each|strong="H0376" leader’s name|strong="H8034" on|strong="H1973" his|strong="H3588" stick|strong="H6086". 
\verseNumber{3}There|strong="H1961" must|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1121" stick|strong="H6086" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" each|strong="H0376" tribe|strong="H4294", so|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" carve|strong="H2710" Aaron’s|strong="H0175" name|strong="H8034" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" stick|strong="H6086" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878". 
\verseNumber{4}Put|strong="H3947" those|strong="H7126" sticks|strong="H6086" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3947" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", in|strong="H4196" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3947" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" that|strong="H3548" has|strong="H3548" in|strong="H4196" it|strong="H7126" the|strong="H3947" tablets|strong="H3871" on|strong="H4196" which|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3947" Ten|strong="H6235" Commandments|strong="H4687" are|strong="H3548" written|strong="H3789". That|strong="H3548" is|strong="H3548" the|strong="H3947" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" I|strong="H7126" always|strong="H3605" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H8313" you|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{5}Buds|strong="H6525" will|strong="H3068" sprout|strong="H6779" on|strong="H3027" the|strong="H6440" stick|strong="H6086" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" man|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H6440" I|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1961" chosen|strong="H0977" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w*}, they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" stop|strong="H3808" their|strong="H3068" constantly|strong="H8548" complaining|strong="H7879" about|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w realize|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w one|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w whom|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w chosen|strong="H0977"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H4191" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" what|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559". Then|strong="H4872" each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" twelve|strong="H8147" Israeli leaders|strong="H7218", including|strong="H3605" Aaron|strong="H0175", brought|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" walking|strong="H1980" stick|strong="H6086" to|strong="H3478" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{7}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H2009" placed|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" sticks|strong="H6086" inside|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727". 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H6440" following|strong="H0310" morning|strong="H1242", when|strong="H4872" he|strong="H6440"/I|strong="H6440" went|strong="H4872" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" tent|strong="H0168", he|strong="H6440"/I|strong="H6440" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H4150" Aaron’s|strong="H0175" stick|strong="H6086", which|strong="H4150" represented the|strong="H6440" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H6440" Levi|strong="H3878", had|strong="H4872" sprouted|strong="H6779", it|strong="H6440" had|strong="H4872" produced|strong="H6213" leaves|strong="H1817" and|strong="H4872" blossoms|strong="H6731", and|strong="H4872" it|strong="H6440" had|strong="H4872" also|strong="H4872" produced|strong="H6213" almonds|strong="H8246" that|strong="H4150" were|strong="H6440" ripe|strong="H1310"! 
\verseNumber{9}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H4872" all|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" sticks|strong="H6086" out|strong="H1696" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H4872" showed|strong="H7200" them|strong="H3068" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1696". Each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" twelve|strong="H8147" leaders|strong="H7218" took|strong="H3947" back|strong="H7725" his|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" stick|strong="H6086". 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H5307" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H6440", “Put|strong="H3615" Aaron’s|strong="H0175" stick|strong="H6086" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727", and|strong="H6440" let|strong="H7971" it|strong="H5921" stay|strong="H3427" there|strong="H2063" permanently|strong="H5769". That|strong="H5307" will|strong="H5307" be|strong="H6440" a|strong="H6440" warning|strong="H2094" to|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5712" who|strong="H0834" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H5921" rebel|strong="H4775" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6440"\+w*}. Then|strong="H5307" no|strong="H6440" more|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5712" will|strong="H5307" die|strong="H5307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w complaining|strong="H7879"\+w* \+w against|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6440"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H3947" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680". 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H5971" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5414", “We|strong="H2009" are|strong="H5971" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1696" die|strong="H4191"! All|strong="H5414" of|strong="H8432" us|strong="H5414" are|strong="H5971" surely|strong="H5414" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1696" die|strong="H4191"! 
\verseNumber{13}Everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H2416" comes|strong="H0935" close|strong="H6113" to|strong="H4191" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" dies|strong="H4191". Are|strong="H5975" the|strong="H5975" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H4191" us|strong="H5414" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191", also|strong="H4191"?” [RHQ] 

\BibleSectionHeading{The duties of the priests and Levites }
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\chapterNumber{18}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Aaron|strong="H0175", “You|strong="H5375" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5375" other|strong="H0312" members|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" father’s|strong="H0001" family|strong="H1004" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5375" ones|strong="H1121" ◄who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" punished|strong="H6485"/whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w anything|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w bad|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w happens|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w*} inside|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5375" Sacred|strong="H4720" Tent|strong="H0168". But|strong="H3068" only|strong="H0389" you|strong="H5375" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" punished|strong="H6485" if|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5375" priests|strong="H3548" do|strong="H3068" something|strong="H1697" bad|strong="H7451". 
\verseNumber{2}Require|strong="H1875" that|strong="H1121" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H1121" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294", the|strong="H6440" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878", must|strong="H1571" assist|strong="H8334" you|strong="H6440" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" while|strong="H5921" you|strong="H6440" perform|strong="H6213" your|strong="H5921" work|strong="H4399" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3808" while|strong="H1992" they|strong="H1992" do|strong="H8104" that|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399", they|strong="H1992" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H7126" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" items|strong="H3627" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" tent|strong="H0168" or|strong="H3808" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196". If|strong="H0518" they|strong="H1992" do|strong="H8104" that|strong="H3605", they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H1571" die|strong="H4191", and|strong="H4196" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1571" die|strong="H4191", too|strong="H1571"! 
\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H3808" may|strong="H3808" assist|strong="H6677" you|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H5656" to|strong="H5921" take|strong="H8104" care|strong="H4931" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", but|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" is|strong="H3605" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H5921" come|strong="H7126" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H4150" where|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H2114" working|strong="H4639". 
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\verseNumber{5}“ou are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" ones|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1961" do|strong="H8104" the|strong="H5921" sacred|strong="H6944" work|strong="H4399" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H1121" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5921" obey|strong="H8104" these|strong="H8104" instructions|strong="H8104", I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H7110" angry|strong="H7110" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121" again|strong="H5750". 
\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H5414" myself|strong="H0589" have|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5414" other|strong="H0312" Israelis in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" may|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" special|strong="H6381" helpers|strong="H5826". They|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1121" like|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3947" gift|strong="H4979" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" work|strong="H5656" at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5414" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3605" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H1697" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121", who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548", who|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" perform|strong="H5647" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" rituals concerning|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H1004" what|strong="H1697" happens|strong="H1961" inside|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" Very|strong="H3966" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H5414". I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H4191" you|strong="H5414" this|strong="H5414" work|strong="H5656" of|strong="H1121" serving|strong="H5647" as|strong="H1697" priests|strong="H3548". So|strong="H5414" anyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" tries|strong="H0974" to|strong="H4191" do|strong="H5647" that|strong="H3605" work|strong="H5656" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191".” 

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\verseNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Aaron|strong="H0175", “I|strong="H5414" myself|strong="H0589" have|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" take|strong="H1121" care|strong="H4931" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" offerings|strong="H8641" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5414". I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H1696" sacred|strong="H6944" offerings|strong="H8641" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1696" your|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121". You|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" get|strong="H3947" a|strong="H5414" share|strong="H5414" of|strong="H1121" these|strong="H1696" offerings|strong="H8641" permanently|strong="H5769". 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H3605" parts|strong="H3411" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H4503" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1121" not|strong="H2088" completely|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H3605". Those|strong="H3605" parts|strong="H3411" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" offerings|strong="H4503", including|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H4503" of|strong="H1121" grain|strong="H3605", the|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H4503" for|strong="H1121" sins|strong="H2403" and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H1961" forgiven|strong="H5545" for|strong="H1121" not|strong="H2088" giving|strong="H5414" me|strong="H7725" what|strong="H2088" they|strong="H1931" are|strong="H1121" required|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" give|strong="H7725", are|strong="H1121" set|strong="H7725" apart|strong="H6944", and|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H3605" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{10}You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" eat|strong="H0398" those|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H8002" in|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" sacred|strong="H6944" place|strong="H6944", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w near|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w*}. You|strong="H3605" and|strong="H2145" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" males|strong="H2145" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w*} may|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H0398" them|strong="H1961", but|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" consider|strong="H7200" those|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" holy|strong="H6944"/dedicated|strong="H6944" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{11}“he|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" lift|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5414" high|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" offerings|strong="H8641" while|strong="H2088" they|strong="H3478" are|strong="H1121" standing|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3478" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196". All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H8641" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israelis offer|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5414" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323". They|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" always|strong="H3605" be|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3605" share|strong="H5414". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" members|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004" who|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w performed|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* rituals \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w cause|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* } be|strong="H1121" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5414" are|strong="H1121" permitted|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" eat|strong="H0398" from|strong="H3478" these|strong="H2088" offerings|strong="H8641". 
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\verseNumber{12}“ am|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3068"\+w*} giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7225" food|strong="H1715" that|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" harvest|strong="H7105" each|strong="H3605" year|strong="H8141" and|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5414"—the|strong="H3605" best|strong="H2459" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w*} oil|strong="H3323" and|strong="H3068" new|strong="H8492" wine|strong="H8492" and|strong="H3068" grain|strong="H1715". 
\verseNumber{13}All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H1061" crops|strong="H8393" that|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" harvest|strong="H7105" and|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1961" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3605". Anyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" family|strong="H1004" who|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w performed|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w ritual|strong="H3925"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} become|strong="H1961" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1961" is|strong="H3068" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398" that|strong="H3605" food|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{14}“verything in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3478" set|strong="H3478" apart|strong="H2764" to|strong="H3478" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H1961" also|strong="H3478" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H3605" firstborn|strong="H1060" males|strong="H2145", both|strong="H3605" humans and|strong="H3068" domestic animals|strong="H1961", that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3068" offered|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1961", will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" yours|strong="H4191". But|strong="H1961" people|strong="H1320" must|strong="H4191" buy|strong="H7069" back|strong="H7725" their|strong="H3605" firstborn|strong="H1060" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" firstborn|strong="H1060" animals|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" may|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" used|strong="H1961" for|strong="H3068" sacrifices|strong="H2077". 
\verseNumber{16}They|strong="H2320" must|strong="H1121" buy|strong="H7069" them|strong="H1121" back|strong="H7725" when|strong="H1121" they|strong="H2320" are|strong="H1121" one|strong="H1931" month|strong="H2320" old|strong="H1121". The|strong="H1121" price|strong="H3701" that|strong="H1931" they|strong="H2320" must|strong="H1121" pay|strong="H3701" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w each|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w one|strong="H1931"\+w*} is|strong="H1931" five|strong="H2568" pieces|strong="H8255" of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701". They|strong="H2320" must|strong="H1121" weigh|strong="H8254" the|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H1121" scales|strong="H3976" that|strong="H1931" are|strong="H1121" in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
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\verseNumber{17}“ut they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" not|strong="H3808" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H3068" buy|strong="H7069" back|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" firstborn|strong="H1060" cattle|strong="H7794" or|strong="H3808" sheep|strong="H3775" or|strong="H3808" goats|strong="H5795". They|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" holy|strong="H6944" and|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3808" set|strong="H6944" apart|strong="H6944" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Slaughter|strong="H4347"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} sprinkle|strong="H2236" their|strong="H3068" blood|strong="H1818" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". Then|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" burn|strong="H6999" the|strong="H5921" fat|strong="H2459" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1992" animals|strong="H0929" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" an|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H6999" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5921". The|strong="H5921" smell|strong="H7381" as|strong="H3068" they|strong="H1992" burn|strong="H6999" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" very|strong="H1992" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H1961" meat|strong="H1320" from|strong="H1961" those|strong="H1961" offerings|strong="H8573" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" yours|strong="H4191", just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" breast|strong="H2373" and|strong="H3225" right|strong="H3225" thigh|strong="H7785" of|strong="H3225" animals|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1320" are|strong="H1961" presented|strong="H7126" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H1320" me|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548" lifts|strong="H7311" them|strong="H1961" up|strong="H1961" high|strong="H1116" in|strong="H1320" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3225" the|strong="H1961" altar|strong="H4196" are|strong="H1961" yours|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{19}Anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" present|strong="H7311" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5414" as|strong="H3068" holy|strong="H6944"/sacred|strong="H6944" gifts|strong="H6944", I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5414". They|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1121" for|strong="H6440" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w*}. They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" be|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" share|strong="H5414". This|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" an|strong="H5414" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H3068" making|strong="H5414" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414", an|strong="H5414" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" ◄last|strong="H5769" forever|strong="H5769"/never|strong="H5769" be|strong="H3068" changed|strong="H8133"►. I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" making|strong="H5414" this|strong="H1931" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233".” 
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\verseNumber{20}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Aaron|strong="H0175", “You|strong="H3808" priests|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" receive|strong="H5157" any|strong="H1961" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8432" land|strong="H5159" or|strong="H3808" the|strong="H8432" property|strong="H5159" like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8432" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} Israeli people|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" receive|strong="H5157". I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H1961" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" receive|strong="H5157". 
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\verseNumber{21}“hen|strong="H2581" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" tenth|strong="H4643" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w crops|strong="H8393"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* newborn \+w animals|strong="H0929"\+w*}, I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3478" give|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878". That|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3605" payment|strong="H0868" for|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H5656" you|strong="H5414" do|strong="H5647" at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H5375" other|strong="H5750" Israelis must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H7126" near|strong="H7126" that|strong="H3478" tent|strong="H0168". If|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3808" go|strong="H7126" near|strong="H7126" it|strong="H7126", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w consider|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w sin|strong="H2399"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* } they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3478" die|strong="H4191" for|strong="H1121" committing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2399". 
\verseNumber{23}Only|strong="H0389" the|strong="H5375" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" are|strong="H1992" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H3478" work|strong="H5656" at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5375" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" punished|strong="H6485" if|strong="H1931" anything|strong="H1992" bad|strong="H7451" happens|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" it|strong="H1931". That|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H5375" law|strong="H8451" that|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3478" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" changed|strong="H8133". You|strong="H3808" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" will|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" receive|strong="H5375" any|strong="H5375" land|strong="H5159" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H5375" other|strong="H0312" Israeli people|strong="H1121", 
\verseNumber{24}because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3808" tenth|strong="H4643" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w crops|strong="H8393"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w animals|strong="H0929"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" Israelis bring|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" offerings|strong="H8641" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5414". That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" why|strong="H5921" I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" receive|strong="H5414" any|strong="H5414" land|strong="H5159" like|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" Israelis will|strong="H3068" receive|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{25}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{26}“Tell|strong="H1696" this|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881": ‘When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" receive|strong="H3947" one|strong="H4480" tenth|strong="H4643" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w crops|strong="H8393"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w animals|strong="H0929"\+w*} from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" give|strong="H5414" one|strong="H4480" tenth|strong="H4643" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3947" sacred|strong="H6944" offering|strong="H8641". 
\verseNumber{27}Just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H2803" the|strong="H4480" other|strong="H0312" Israelis give|strong="H5414" one|strong="H4480" tenth|strong="H6224" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" grain|strong="H1715" and|strong="H1715" wine|strong="H3342" that|strong="H4480" they|strong="H1992" produce|strong="H4395", 
\verseNumber{28}you|strong="H5414" must|strong="H1571" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5414" one|strong="H3605" tenth|strong="H4643" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H5414" receive|strong="H3947" from|strong="H4480" them|strong="H5414". That|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944" offering|strong="H8641" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5414". You|strong="H5414" must|strong="H1571" present|strong="H7311" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" Aaron|strong="H0175". 
\verseNumber{29}Select|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" best|strong="H2459" parts|strong="H3411" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H7311" them|strong="H4480" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H4480".’ 
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\verseNumber{30}“lso, tell|strong="H5046" this|strong="H2088" to|strong="H2803" the|strong="H4480" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4480" Levi|strong="H3881": ‘When|strong="H4480" you|strong="H4480" present|strong="H7311" those|strong="H4480" best|strong="H2459" portions|strong="H2459" of|strong="H4480" grain|strong="H1715" and|strong="H3881" wine|strong="H3342" as|strong="H2803" your|strong="H4480" offering|strong="H4480" to|strong="H2803" me|strong="H4480", I|strong="H4480" will|strong="H3342" consider|strong="H2803" that|strong="H2459" those|strong="H4480" gifts|strong="H4979" are|strong="H4480" as|strong="H2803" though|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" came|strong="H0935" from|strong="H4480" your|strong="H4480" own|strong="H1961" grain|strong="H1715" fields|strong="H7704" and|strong="H3881" vineyards|strong="H3754". 
\verseNumber{31}You|strong="H3588" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" Levi|strong="H3878" and|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3605" families|strong="H1004" are|strong="H1004" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H1004" eat|strong="H0398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" food|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1004" you|strong="H3588" may|strong="H1004" eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H1931" wherever|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1004"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" your|strong="H3605" payment|strong="H0868" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H5656" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3605" at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{32}If|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5921" give|strong="H5375" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5921" best|strong="H2459" portions|strong="H2459" of|strong="H1121" what|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" receive|strong="H5375", you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H4191" punished|strong="H6485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w*} for|strong="H5921" accepting one|strong="H6918" tenth|strong="H6224" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" gifts|strong="H4979" that|strong="H2459" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H5375" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5921". But|strong="H3808" you|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" consider|strong="H5375" those|strong="H4480" gifts|strong="H4979" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H4191" sacred|strong="H6944"/holy|strong="H6918". If|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5921" sin|strong="H2399" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w eating|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w those|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w things|strong="H2490"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w ways|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w that|strong="H2459"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w contrary|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w these|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w regulations|strong="H4941"\+w* \+w that|strong="H2459"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w given|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w*}, you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191".’ ” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The ritual for removing the guilt of sin }
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\chapterNumber{19}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{2}“I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H3068" now|strong="H3947" giving|strong="H6680" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H6680" another|strong="H3808" regulation|strong="H4941". Tell|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1696" bring|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H6680" one|strong="H3808" reddish-brown cow|strong="H6510" that|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" defects. It|strong="H5921" must|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3808" an|strong="H3947" animal|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3068" ◄has|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" been|strong="H3808"/no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" has|strong="H3068" ever|strong="H3808"► used|strong="H3947" for|strong="H5921" plowing|strong="H2758" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{3}Give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3318" Eleazar|strong="H0499", the|strong="H6440" priest|strong="H3548". He|strong="H5414" must|strong="H2351" take|strong="H3318" it|strong="H5414" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H6440" camp|strong="H4264" and|strong="H3548" slaughter|strong="H7819" it|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w drain|strong="H4680"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w blood|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w in|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w basin|strong="H3595"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H6440" must|strong="H3947" dip|strong="H2881" one|strong="H7651" of|strong="H6440" his|strong="H3947" fingers|strong="H0676" in|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" blood|strong="H1818" and|strong="H3548" sprinkle|strong="H5137" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H6440" it|strong="H6440" seven|strong="H7651" times|strong="H6471" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H6440"\+w*} near|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H0227", while|strong="H5921" Eleazar|strong="H0499" watches|strong="H8104", the|strong="H5921" cow|strong="H6510" must|strong="H1818" be|strong="H5869" burned|strong="H8313" completely|strong="H8313"—its|strong="H5921" hide|strong="H5785", its|strong="H5921" meat|strong="H1320", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5869"\+w*} its|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818", and|strong="H5869" even|strong="H5869" its|strong="H5921" dung|strong="H6569". 
\verseNumber{6}Eliezer|strong="H0461" then|strong="H3947" must|strong="H3947" take|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" stick|strong="H6086" of|strong="H8432" cedar|strong="H0730" wood|strong="H6086", a|strong="H3947" stalk|strong="H7070" of|strong="H8432" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w plant|strong="H5193"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} hyssop|strong="H0231", and|strong="H6086" some|strong="H4480" scarlet|strong="H8144"/red|strong="H8144" yarn|strong="H8144", and|strong="H6086" throw|strong="H7993" them|strong="H3947" into|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3947" fire|strong="H8316" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3947" cow|strong="H6510" is|strong="H3548" burning|strong="H8316". 
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\verseNumber{7}“hen|strong="H2581" the|strong="H5704" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H4264" wash|strong="H3526" his|strong="H3526" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H3548" bathe|strong="H7364". After|strong="H5704" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3548", he|strong="H5704" may|strong="H4325" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" camp|strong="H4264". But|strong="H4325" he|strong="H5704" will|strong="H1320" be|strong="H1320" unfit for|strong="H5704" doing|strong="H6213" any|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" work|strong="H4399" until|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3548" evening|strong="H6153". 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H5704" man|strong="H1320" who|strong="H0834" burns|strong="H8313" the|strong="H5704" cow|strong="H6510" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H1571" wash|strong="H3526" his|strong="H3526" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H4325" bathe|strong="H7364", and|strong="H4325" he|strong="H5704" will|strong="H1320" also|strong="H1571" be|strong="H1320" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H3526" until|strong="H5704" that|strong="H4325" evening|strong="H6153". 
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\verseNumber{9}“hen|strong="H2581" someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1931" has|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H1961" must|strong="H1121" gather|strong="H6908" up|strong="H3240" the|strong="H1961" ashes|strong="H0665" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" cow|strong="H6510" and|strong="H1121" put|strong="H3240" them|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3478" a|strong="H1961" ◄sacred|strong="H6944" place|strong="H4725"/place|strong="H4725" that|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H1961"► outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H1961" camp|strong="H4264". The|strong="H1961" ashes|strong="H0665" must|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" kept|strong="H4931" there|strong="H1961" for|strong="H4325" the|strong="H1961" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w use|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w when|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1931"\+w*} mix|strong="H7543" it|strong="H1931" with|strong="H3478" water|strong="H4325" for|strong="H4325" the|strong="H1961" ritual|strong="H3925" to|strong="H3478" remove|strong="H5493" the|strong="H1961" guilt|strong="H0817" of|strong="H1121" sin|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H8432" man|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1616" gathers|strong="H6908" up|strong="H5704" the|strong="H8432" ashes|strong="H0665" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8432" cow|strong="H6510" must|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3478"\+w*} wash|strong="H3526" his|strong="H3526" clothes|strong="H0899", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3478"\+w*} will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" unfit to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H6213" any|strong="H1961" more|strong="H5704" sacred|strong="H6944" work|strong="H4399" until|strong="H5704" that|strong="H1616" evening|strong="H6153". That|strong="H1616" is|strong="H3478" a|strong="H1961" regulation|strong="H4941" that|strong="H1616" will|strong="H1961" never|strong="H5769" be|strong="H1961" changed|strong="H8133". It|strong="H8432" must|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" obeyed|strong="H8085" by|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5704" Israeli people|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" by|strong="H3478" any|strong="H1961" foreigners|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1616" live|strong="H1481" among|strong="H8432" you|strong="H5704". 
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\verseNumber{11}“ll those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" touch|strong="H5060" a|strong="H3117" corpse|strong="H5315" will|strong="H5315" be|strong="H4191" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H5315" for|strong="H3117" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{12}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w touching|strong="H5060"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w corpse|strong="H5038"\+w*}, in|strong="H3117" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3117" become|strong="H2891" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3117" me|strong="H3808" again|strong="H7725", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w must|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w sprinkled|strong="H2236"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3117"\+w*} some|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" water|strong="H4325" for|strong="H3117" removing|strong="H5493" the|strong="H3117" guilt|strong="H0817" of|strong="H3117" their|strong="H3117" sin|strong="H2398". If|strong="H1931" they|strong="H3117" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3117" on|strong="H3117" both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H3117" those|strong="H1931" days|strong="H3117", they|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3808" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3808" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H3117" me|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{13}All|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" touch|strong="H5060" a|strong="H1961" corpse|strong="H5315", and|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" perform|strong="H6213" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" correct|strong="H3256" way|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ritual|strong="H3925" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5315" again|strong="H5750", defile|strong="H2930" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H1961" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H3478" live|strong="H3427" among|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5315". The|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H3478" remove|strong="H5493" the|strong="H3605" guilt|strong="H0817" of|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H2398" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" sprinkled|strong="H2236" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", so|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3588" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5315". 
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\verseNumber{14}“here|strong="H2063" is|strong="H3117" another|strong="H0312" ritual|strong="H3925" that|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" performed|strong="H6213" when|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H4191" dies|strong="H4191" inside|strong="H8432" a|strong="H3588" tent|strong="H0168". All|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3117" inside|strong="H8432" that|strong="H3588" tent|strong="H0168" when|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" person|strong="H5315" died|strong="H4191" or|strong="H3117" who|strong="H3605" enter|strong="H0935" that|strong="H3588" tent|strong="H0168" will|strong="H3117" be|strong="H4191" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H4191" for|strong="H3588" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{15}Any|strong="H3605" jars|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3627" inside|strong="H8432" that|strong="H3605" tent|strong="H0168" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3627" not|strong="H6605" covered|strong="H3680" are|strong="H3627" not|strong="H6605" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1931" used|strong="H3627". 
\verseNumber{16}If|strong="H0518" someone|strong="H4191" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3117" out|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3117" field|strong="H7704" touches|strong="H5060" the|strong="H3605" corpse|strong="H4191" of|strong="H3117" someone|strong="H4191" who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3117" murdered|strong="H2026", or|strong="H3117" who|strong="H3605" died|strong="H4191" from|strong="H6440" natural|strong="H5038" causes|strong="H5414", or|strong="H3117" if|strong="H0518" someone|strong="H4191" touches|strong="H5060" a|strong="H3117" bone|strong="H6106" from|strong="H6440" some|strong="H3117" human|strong="H0120" or|strong="H3117" touches|strong="H5060" a|strong="H3117" grave|strong="H6913", that|strong="H3605" person|strong="H6440" will|strong="H2719" be|strong="H4191" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H6440" for|strong="H5921" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{17}“or|strong="H2416" someone|strong="H5414" like|strong="H5921" that|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" become|strong="H1961" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5414" again|strong="H3947", some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3627" the|strong="H5921" ashes|strong="H6083" from|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w cow|strong="H6510"\+w*} that|strong="H5414" was|strong="H4325" burned|strong="H8316" must|strong="H3947" be|strong="H5414" taken|strong="H3947" and|strong="H4325" put|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" jar|strong="H3627". Then|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4480" fresh|strong="H2416" water|strong="H4325" must|strong="H3947" be|strong="H5414" poured|strong="H8210" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ashes|strong="H6083". 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H1961" someone|strong="H5315" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H5315" still|strong="H5750" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H5315" must|strong="H4191" take|strong="H3947" a|strong="H1961" stalk|strong="H7070" of|strong="H3627" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w plant|strong="H5193"\+w* \+w named|strong="H5921"\+w*} hyssop|strong="H0231" and|strong="H8033" dip|strong="H2881" it|strong="H5921" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325". Then|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" person|strong="H5315" must|strong="H4191" sprinkle|strong="H5137" some|strong="H8033" of|strong="H3627" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" tent|strong="H0168" where|strong="H8033" that|strong="H3605" person|strong="H5315" died|strong="H4191", on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H6106" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H8033" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5315" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" tent|strong="H0168". He|strong="H8033" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H5315" sprinkle|strong="H5137" some|strong="H8033" of|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" on|strong="H5921" any|strong="H3605" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="H3605" touched|strong="H5060" a|strong="H1961" human|strong="H5315" bone|strong="H6106" or|strong="H4191" who|strong="H3605" touched|strong="H5060" a|strong="H1961" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="H3605" died|strong="H4191", or|strong="H4191" who|strong="H3605" touched|strong="H5060" a|strong="H1961" grave|strong="H6913". 
\verseNumber{19}On|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117" after|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117", the|strong="H5921" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="H2889" is|strong="H3117" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" sprinkle|strong="H5137" some|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" water|strong="H4325" on|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H2889" have|strong="H3117" become|strong="H2891" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921". On|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117", the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H6153" who|strong="H2889" are|strong="H3117" performing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3117" ritual|strong="H3925" to|strong="H5921" become|strong="H2891" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" again|strong="H7725" must|strong="H4191" wash|strong="H3526" their|strong="H5921" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H3117" bathe|strong="H7364". If|strong="H2398" they|strong="H3117" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3117", on|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" evening|strong="H6153" they|strong="H3117" will|strong="H4325" become|strong="H2891" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" again|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{20}“f those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H1931" have|strong="H3068" become|strong="H2930" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5315" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" become|strong="H2930" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5315" again|strong="H7725" by|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H6213" this|strong="H1931", they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H5315", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" defiled|strong="H2930" my|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H4720" Tent|strong="H0168". They|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" sprinkle|strong="H2236" on|strong="H5921" themselves|strong="H5315" the|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" that|strong="H3588" removes|strong="H4185" the|strong="H5921" guilt|strong="H0817" of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" sins|strong="H2398", so|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3588" remain|strong="H2930" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{21}That|strong="H4325" is|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" law|strong="H8451" for|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" Israeli people|strong="H6153" that|strong="H4325" will|strong="H1961" never|strong="H5769" be|strong="H1961" changed|strong="H8133". Those|strong="H1961" who|strong="H0834" sprinkle|strong="H5137" that|strong="H4325" water|strong="H4325" on|strong="H1961" themselves|strong="H3526" must|strong="H4191" then|strong="H1961" wash|strong="H3526" their|strong="H1961" clothes|strong="H0899". And|strong="H5769" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" touches|strong="H5060" that|strong="H4325" water|strong="H4325" which|strong="H4325" removes|strong="H4185" guilt|strong="H0817" for|strong="H5704" sins|strong="H2403" will|strong="H1961" remain|strong="H1961" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H5704" God|strong="H0430" until|strong="H5704" that|strong="H4325" evening|strong="H6153". 
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\verseNumber{22}“f someone|strong="H5315" touches|strong="H5060" a|strong="H5704" thing|strong="H5315" or|strong="H5704" a|strong="H5704" person|strong="H5315" that|strong="H3605" has|strong="H5315" become|strong="H2930" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H5315", that|strong="H3605" person|strong="H5315" will|strong="H5315" remain|strong="H2930" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H5315" until|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3605" evening|strong="H6153".” 

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\chapterNumber{20}In|strong="H3427" March|strong="H1980"/April \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w next|strong="H4283"\+w* \+w year|strong="H1121"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" traveled|strong="H5265"/walked|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Zin|strong="H6790" Desert|strong="H4057" and|strong="H1121" ◄camped|strong="H2583"/set|strong="H3427" up|strong="H3427" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H0168"► near|strong="H8033" Kadesh|strong="H6946" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. While|strong="H3427" they|strong="H8033"/we|strong="H8033" were|strong="H3478" there|strong="H8033", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Moses’|strong="H4872"\+w*/\+w my|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w older|strong="H7223"\+w* \+w sister|strong="H0269"\+w*} Miriam|strong="H4813" died|strong="H4191" and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3478" buried|strong="H6912" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{2}There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" water|strong="H4325" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1961" drink|strong="H8354" there|strong="H1961", so|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3808" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{3}They|strong="H3068" complained|strong="H7878" and|strong="H4872" said|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H1478" wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H5971" we|strong="H1478" had|strong="H3068" died|strong="H1478" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" when|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" fellow|strong="H7453" Israelis died|strong="H1478"! 
\verseNumber{4}◄Did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" bring|strong="H4191" us|strong="H5414", who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H4100" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971", into|strong="H6951" this|strong="H2088" desert|strong="H4057" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191" along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" livestock|strong="H4735"?/You|strong="H4100" brought|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5414", who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H4100" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971", into|strong="H6951" this|strong="H2088" desert|strong="H4057" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191" along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" livestock|strong="H4735"!► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{5}Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3808" bring|strong="H5927" us|strong="H7451" from|strong="H5927" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H5927" this|strong="H2088" miserable|strong="H7451" place|strong="H4725" [RHQ]? There|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" no|strong="H3808" grain|strong="H2233", there|strong="H2088" are|strong="H4100" no|strong="H3808" figs|strong="H8384", no|strong="H3808" grapes|strong="H6025", and|strong="H4714" no|strong="H3808" pomegranates|strong="H7416" here|strong="H2088". And|strong="H4714" there|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" no|strong="H3808" water|strong="H4325" for|strong="H4714" us|strong="H7451" to|strong="H5927" drink|strong="H8354"!” 
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\verseNumber{6}Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" turned|strong="H3068" away|strong="H5307" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H7200" and|strong="H4872" went|strong="H4872" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H4872" prostrated|strong="H7812" themselves|strong="H6440"/ourselves|strong="H0587" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440". Then|strong="H5307" Yahweh|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921"/us|strong="H5921" with|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" bright|strong="H0934" glory|strong="H3519", 
\verseNumber{7}and|strong="H4872" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{8}“You|strong="H5414" and|strong="H5869" Aaron|strong="H0175" must|strong="H3947" take|strong="H3947" Aaron’s|strong="H0175" walking|strong="H1980" stick|strong="H6086" with|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H5869" gather|strong="H6950" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5712" together|strong="H6950". While|strong="H5869" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5712" are|strong="H5869" watching|strong="H5869", command|strong="H6680" that|strong="H5414" water|strong="H4325" will|strong="H5869" flow|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4294" that|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w large|strong="H1419"\+w*} rock|strong="H5553" over|strong="H5414" there|strong="H4480". Water|strong="H4325" for|strong="H4325" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5712" will|strong="H5869" flow|strong="H3318" from|strong="H4480" it|strong="H5414"; all|strong="H5414" they|strong="H5414" and|strong="H5869" all|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" livestock|strong="H4735" will|strong="H5869" have|strong="H5869" enough|strong="H1767" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H1696" drink|strong="H8248".” 
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\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H3947" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H6680" did|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H6680" him|strong="H6440"/me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". He|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H6680" took|strong="H3947" Aaron’s|strong="H0175" walking|strong="H1980" stick|strong="H6086" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" place|strong="H4725" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" where|strong="H0834" it|strong="H6440" was|strong="H3068" kept|strong="H8104". 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H3318" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" he|strong="H4480"/I|strong="H2088" summoned|strong="H8085" all|strong="H6950" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3318" gather|strong="H6950" at|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" rock|strong="H5553". Then|strong="H3318" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H2088" shouted|strong="H7321" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H6440", “All|strong="H6950" you|strong="H6440" rebellious|strong="H4784" people|strong="H8085", listen|strong="H8085"! Is|strong="H2088" it|strong="H6440" necessary|strong="H2706" for|strong="H6440" us|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3318" give|strong="H4994" you|strong="H6440" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H4480" this|strong="H2088" rock|strong="H5553"?” 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H3318" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H6471" raised|strong="H7311" his|strong="H5221"/my|strong="H3318" hand|strong="H3027" and|strong="H4872" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w instead|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w speaking|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w rock|strong="H5553"\+w*}, he|strong="H3027"/I|strong="H6471" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" rock|strong="H5553" two|strong="H5221" times|strong="H6471" with|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5221" walking|strong="H1980" stick|strong="H6086". And|strong="H4872" water|strong="H4325" gushed|strong="H4325"/poured|strong="H8210" out|strong="H3318". So|strong="H3318" all|strong="H6471" the|strong="H5221" people|strong="H5712" and|strong="H4872" their|strong="H3318" livestock|strong="H4735" drank|strong="H8354" all|strong="H6471" the|strong="H5221" water|strong="H4325" that|strong="H4325" they|strong="H5221" wanted|strong="H2654". 
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\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H3478" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5414", “You|strong="H5414" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" believe|strong="H0539" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5414" could|strong="H2088" demonstrate my|strong="H5414" power|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w give|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w without|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w striking|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w rock|strong="H6697"\+w*}. So|strong="H3651" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" lead|strong="H5148" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H5414"!” 
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\verseNumber{13}Later|strong="H0310" this|strong="H3068" place|strong="H4725" was|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" Meribah|strong="H4809", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘arguing’}, because|strong="H3068" there|strong="H1992" the|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H1121" argued with|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" there|strong="H1992" he|strong="H3068" showed|strong="H7200" his|strong="H3068" power|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w giving|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w*}. 

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\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w While|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w*} at|strong="H3478" Kadesh|strong="H6946" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3541" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Edom|strong="H0112" to|strong="H3478" tell|strong="H3045" him|strong="H7971" this|strong="H3541": 
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“Your|strong="H3605" relatives|strong="H0251", the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3045", are|strong="H3478" sending|strong="H7971" you|strong="H3605" this|strong="H3541" message|strong="H1697". You|strong="H3605" know|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3605" many|strong="H7227" troubles|strong="H6869"/hardships that|strong="H3045" have|strong="H3045" happened|strong="H4672" to|strong="H3478" us|strong="H3045". 
\verseNumber{15}You|strong="H3117" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3117" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Egypt|strong="H4714". You|strong="H3117" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427" for|strong="H3427" many|strong="H7227" years|strong="H3117". They|strong="H3117" suffered|strong="H5414" because|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w rulers|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3117"\+w*} Egypt|strong="H4714" caused|strong="H5414" them|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" become|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3117" slaves|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w work|strong="H7489"\+w* \+w very|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w hard|strong="H7489"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{16}“ut when|strong="H8085" they|strong="H3068" called|strong="H6817" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068", he|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" them|strong="H7971" and|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" an|strong="H7971" angel|strong="H4397" who|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3318" them|strong="H7971" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714". Now|strong="H2009" we|strong="H8085" have|strong="H3068" set|strong="H7971" up|strong="H3318" our|strong="H3068" tents|strong="H0168" here|strong="H2009" at|strong="H3068" Kadesh|strong="H6946", a|strong="H7971" town|strong="H5892" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" land|strong="H1366". 
\verseNumber{17}Please|strong="H4994" allow|strong="H4994" us|strong="H4994" to|strong="H5704" travel|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" your|strong="H5186" country|strong="H7704". We|strong="H5704" will|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w careful|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w*} not|strong="H3808" walk|strong="H3212" through|strong="H5674" your|strong="H5186" fields|strong="H7704" and|strong="H4428" your|strong="H5186" vineyards|strong="H3754". We|strong="H5704" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H5704" drink|strong="H8354" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H5704" your|strong="H5186" wells|strong="H0875". As|strong="H5704" we|strong="H5704" travel|strong="H5674", we|strong="H5704" will|strong="H4428" stay|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5704" king’s|strong="H4428" highway|strong="H1870", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w main|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w road|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w goes|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w south|strong="H3225"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w north|strong="H8040"\+w*}, and|strong="H4428" we|strong="H5704" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H5800" that|strong="H4428" road|strong="H1870" until|strong="H5704" we|strong="H5704" have|strong="H4428" crossed|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5704" border|strong="H1366" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w your|strong="H5186"\+w* \+w country|strong="H7704"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w north|strong="H8040"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5674" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H3318" Edom|strong="H0112" refused|strong="H3808". He|strong="H3808" replied|strong="H0559", “Stay|strong="H3427" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3318" my|strong="H3318" country|strong="H2022"! If|strong="H6435" you|strong="H3808" try|strong="H0974" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w enter|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3808"\+w*}, I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H2719" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w send|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w*} attack|strong="H5221" you|strong="H3808"!” 
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\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H5414" Israeli messengers|strong="H4397" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w we|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w travel|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w through|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w your|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w country|strong="H2022"\+w*}, we|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3478" stay|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5414" main|strong="H1419" road|strong="H1870". If|strong="H1121" we|strong="H1697" and|strong="H1121" any|strong="H5414" of|strong="H1121" our|strong="H5414" livestock|strong="H4735" drink|strong="H8354" any|strong="H5414" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H5414" water|strong="H4325", we|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3478" pay|strong="H5414" for|strong="H4325" it|strong="H5414". We|strong="H1697" want|strong="H4270" only|strong="H7535" to|strong="H3478" travel|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" your|strong="H5414" country|strong="H2022". We|strong="H1697" do|strong="H1697" not|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270" anything|strong="H1697" else|strong="H5750".” 
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\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5674" king|strong="H4428" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808"! Stay|strong="H3427" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3027" our|strong="H3318" country|strong="H2022"! We|strong="H0587" will|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w allow|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w*} to|strong="H3318" travel|strong="H5674" through|strong="H3027" our|strong="H3318" land|strong="H0776"!” Then|strong="H3318" he|strong="H3027" sent|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" strongest|strong="H4581" soldiers|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3027" army|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3318" prevent|strong="H6923" the|strong="H5674" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w entering|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w country|strong="H2022"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H5414", because|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w king|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1366"\+w*} Edom|strong="H0112" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H3478" allow|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" Israelis to|strong="H3478" travel|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" his|strong="H5414" country|strong="H2022", the|strong="H5921" Israelis turned|strong="H5186" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w traveled|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w different|strong="H8133"\+w* \+w way|strong="H5674"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Aaron|strong="H0175" died|strong="H4191" }
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\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" left|strong="H5265" Kadesh|strong="H6946". They|strong="H3605" went|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" Hor|strong="H2023" Mountain|strong="H2022", 
\verseNumber{23}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w at|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w border|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Edom|strong="H0112"\+w*}. While|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H2022" there|strong="H2022", Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921", 
\verseNumber{24}“It|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3478" time|strong="H5921" for|strong="H3588" Aaron|strong="H0175" to|strong="H3478" die|strong="H1121" [EUP]. He|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3588" Israelis, because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" disobeyed|strong="H4784" me|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w speak|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w rock|strong="H6697"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w cause|strong="H5414"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w flow|strong="H1980"\+w*} at|strong="H5921" Meribah|strong="H4809". 
\verseNumber{25}Now|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3947", Moses|strong="H4872", take|strong="H3947" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" Eleazar|strong="H0499" up|strong="H5927" on|strong="H5927" Hor|strong="H2023" Mountain|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{26}There|strong="H8033" you|strong="H3847" must|strong="H4191" remove|strong="H6584" Aaron’s|strong="H0175" robes|strong="H0899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w he|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w wears|strong="H7833"\+w* \+w when|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w he|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w does|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w a|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" put|strong="H4191" them|strong="H1121" on|strong="H3847" his|strong="H6584" son|strong="H1121", Eleazar|strong="H0499". Aaron|strong="H0175" will|strong="H1121" die|strong="H4191" up|strong="H1121" there|strong="H8033".” 
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\verseNumber{27}So|strong="H6213" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H6680" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680". The|strong="H3605" three|strong="H7969" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6213"/us|strong="H6213" climbed|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" Hor|strong="H2023" Mountain|strong="H2022", while|strong="H5869" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5712" watched|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{28}At|strong="H4191" the|strong="H4480" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" mountain|strong="H2022", Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H1121" took|strong="H3381" off|strong="H6584" the|strong="H4480" robes|strong="H0899" that|strong="H4480" Aaron|strong="H0175" wore|strong="H3847" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w he|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w did|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w a|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" put|strong="H4191" them|strong="H3381" on|strong="H3847" Eleazar|strong="H0499". Then|strong="H4872" Aaron|strong="H0175" died|strong="H4191" there|strong="H8033" on|strong="H3847" the|strong="H4480" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" mountain|strong="H2022", and|strong="H1121" Eleazar|strong="H0499" and|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H1121" went|strong="H3381" back|strong="H7725" down|strong="H3381". 
\verseNumber{29}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5712" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Aaron|strong="H0175" had|strong="H3478" died|strong="H1478", they|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" mourned|strong="H1058" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H7200" for|strong="H3588" 30 days|strong="H3117". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The Israelis defeated the Canaan people }
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\chapterNumber{21}The|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Arad|strong="H6166" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8085" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H4480" the|strong="H8085" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group lived|strong="H3427", in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8085" desert|strong="H6160" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8085" southern|strong="H5045" part|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8085" land|strong="H0776". He|strong="H3588" heard|strong="H8085" a|strong="H3588" report|strong="H8088" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" Israelis were|strong="H3478" approaching|strong="H0935" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H8085" road|strong="H1870" to|strong="H3478" Atharim|strong="H0871" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w village|strong="H1949"\+w*}. So|strong="H4480" his|strong="H8085" army|strong="H3427" attacked|strong="H3898" the|strong="H8085" Israelis and|strong="H3478" captured|strong="H7617" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H7617". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H2088" the|strong="H5414" Israelis solemnly|strong="H7650" vowed|strong="H5087": “Yahweh|strong="H3068", if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5971" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5414" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971", we|strong="H5892" will|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H2763" destroy|strong="H2763" all|strong="H5414" their|strong="H3068" towns|strong="H5892".” 
\verseNumber{3}Yahweh|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6963" they|strong="H3068" requested|strong="H7592", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5414" the|strong="H8085" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group. The|strong="H8085" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5650" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H8085" and|strong="H3478" destroyed|strong="H2763" their|strong="H3068" towns|strong="H5892". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Ever|strong="H5769"\+w* \+w since|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w time|strong="H3478"\+w*}, that|strong="H8085" place|strong="H4725" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" Hormah|strong="H2767" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘destruction’}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H8085" bronze|strong="H5178" snake|strong="H5175" }
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H5437" the|strong="H1870" Israelis left|strong="H5265" Hor|strong="H2023" Mountain|strong="H2022" and|strong="H5971" traveled|strong="H5265" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H1870" road|strong="H1870" towards the|strong="H1870" Red|strong="H5488" Sea|strong="H3220", in|strong="H5315" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H1870" go|strong="H5437" around|strong="H5437" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2022"\+w*} Edom|strong="H0112". But|strong="H1870" the|strong="H1870" people|strong="H5971" became|strong="H7114" impatient|strong="H7114" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H1870" way|strong="H1870", 
\verseNumber{5}and|strong="H4872" they|strong="H3588" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H1696" grumble|strong="H3885"/complain|strong="H7378" against|strong="H5927" God|strong="H0430" and|strong="H4872" against|strong="H5927" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5315". They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696", “Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3588" brought|strong="H5927" us|strong="H3588" out|strong="H4100" of|strong="H4325" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H1696" die|strong="H4191" here|strong="H4191" in|strong="H4191" this|strong="H1696" desert|strong="H4057" [RHQ]? There|strong="H5927" is|strong="H4100" nothing|strong="H4100" to|strong="H1696" eat|strong="H3899" here|strong="H4191", and|strong="H4872" nothing|strong="H4100" to|strong="H1696" drink|strong="H8354". And|strong="H4872" we|strong="H3588" detest|strong="H6973" this|strong="H1696" lousy \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w manna|strong="H4478"\+w*} food|strong="H3899"!” 
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\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H7971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" poisonous|strong="H8314" snakes|strong="H5175" among|strong="H5971" them|strong="H7971". Many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H3478" bitten|strong="H5391" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" snakes|strong="H5175" and|strong="H3478" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" came|strong="H3068" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4872" cried|strong="H7121" out|strong="H5921", saying|strong="H1696", “We|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w*} have|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H4872" against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588". Pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068", asking|strong="H7592" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5921" snakes|strong="H5175"!” So|strong="H5493" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3588" prayed|strong="H6419" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H7760" him|strong="H5921"/me|strong="H7200", “Make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1961" model|strong="H8403"/image|strong="H6459" of|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" poisonous|strong="H8314" snake|strong="H5175", and|strong="H4872" attach|strong="H5596" it|strong="H7760" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" pole|strong="H5251". If|strong="H7200" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3068" bitten|strong="H5391" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" snakes|strong="H5175" look|strong="H7200" at|strong="H5921" that|strong="H7200" model|strong="H8403", they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" ◄recover|strong="H2421"/get|strong="H6213" well|strong="H7760"►.” 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H6213" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1961" snake|strong="H5175" from|strong="H5921" bronze|strong="H5178" and|strong="H4872" attached|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" pole|strong="H5251". Then|strong="H1961", when|strong="H1961" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H6213" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" bitten|strong="H5391" by|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" snake|strong="H5175" looked|strong="H5027" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" bronze|strong="H5178" snake|strong="H5175", they|strong="H5921" recovered|strong="H7725"! 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H5921" Israelis traveled|strong="H5265" to|strong="H1961" Moab|strong="H4124" }
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Israelis traveled|strong="H5265" to|strong="H3478" Oboth|strong="H0088" and|strong="H1121" ◄camped|strong="H2583"/set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5265" tents|strong="H2583"► there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H5921" left|strong="H5265" there|strong="H6440", and|strong="H6440" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H5921" Iye-Abarim|strong="H5863", in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" desert|strong="H4057" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" eastern|strong="H4217" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H6440" Moab|strong="H4124". 
\verseNumber{12}From|strong="H5265" there|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" traveled|strong="H5265" to|strong="H8033" the|strong="H8033" valley|strong="H5158" where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H8033" Zered|strong="H2218" riverbed is|strong="H8033", and|strong="H8033" camped|strong="H2583" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H3318" they|strong="H3588" traveled|strong="H5265" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3588" north|strong="H6828" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H3588" Arnon|strong="H0769" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3588"\+w*}. That|strong="H3588" area|strong="H1366" is|strong="H4124" in|strong="H2583" the|strong="H3588" desert|strong="H4057" next|strong="H4283" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H1366" where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H3588" Amor people-group lived|strong="H3427". The|strong="H3588" Arnon|strong="H0769" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3588"\+w*} is|strong="H4124" the|strong="H3588" boundary|strong="H1366" between|strong="H2583" Moab|strong="H4124" and|strong="H8033" where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H3588" Amor people-group lived|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{14}That|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" why|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" book|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5921" Book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Wars|strong="H4421" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh’ it|strong="H5921" tells|strong="H1696" about|strong="H5921" 
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“Waheb|strong="H2052" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Suphah|strong="H5492" area|strong="H1508", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" ravines|strong="H5158" there|strong="H5158"; 
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and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Arnon|strong="H0769" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5158"\+w*} 
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\verseNumber{15}and|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5186" ravines|strong="H5158" there|strong="H3427", 
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which|strong="H5158" extend|strong="H5186" as|strong="H3427" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H3427" Ar|strong="H6144" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w village|strong="H1949"\+w*} on|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5186" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H3427" Moab|strong="H4124".” 
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\verseNumber{16}From|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033", the|strong="H5414" Israelis traveled|strong="H5265" to|strong="H3068" Beer|strong="H0876". There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5414" well|strong="H3190" there|strong="H8033", where|strong="H8033" Yahweh|strong="H3068" previously|strong="H8543" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5414", “Gather|strong="H6908" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" together|strong="H5971", and|strong="H4872" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" water|strong="H4325".” 
\verseNumber{17}There|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" Israelis sang|strong="H7891" this|strong="H2063" song|strong="H7892": 
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“O|strong="H3069" well|strong="H3190", give|strong="H6030" us|strong="H3478" water|strong="H4325"! 
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Sing|strong="H7891" about|strong="H3478" this|strong="H2063" well|strong="H3190"! 
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\verseNumber{18}Sing|strong="H7891" about|strong="H5971" this|strong="H5971" well|strong="H3190" 
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which|strong="H5971" our|strong="H5971" leaders|strong="H8269" dug|strong="H2658"; 
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they|strong="H5971" dug|strong="H2658" out|strong="H2658" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w dirt|strong="H6083"\+w*} with|strong="H5971" their|strong="H5971" royal|strong="H4438" scepters|strong="H7626" and|strong="H5971" their|strong="H5971" walking|strong="H1980" sticks|strong="H6086".” 
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Then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H5971" Israelis left|strong="H7604" that|strong="H5971" desert|strong="H4057" and|strong="H5971" went|strong="H5971" through|strong="H5971" Mattanah|strong="H4980", 
\verseNumber{19}Nahaliel|strong="H5160", and|strong="H1120" Bamoth|strong="H1120" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w villages|strong="H2691"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H7218" they|strong="H5921" went|strong="H7218" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" valley|strong="H1516" in|strong="H5921" Moab|strong="H4124" where|strong="H5921" Pisgah|strong="H6449" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*} rises|strong="H6965" above|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" desert|strong="H3452". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H6440" Israelis defeated|strong="H5221" kings|strong="H4428" Sihon|strong="H5511" and|strong="H7218" Og|strong="H5747" }
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" Israelis sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H3478" Sihon|strong="H5511", the|strong="H7971" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7971" Amor people-group. This|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7971" message|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3478"\+w*/\+w we|strong="H0587"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7971"\+w*}: 
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\verseNumber{22}“Allow|strong="H5414" us|strong="H7704" to|strong="H5704" travel|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" your|strong="H5186" country|strong="H7704". We|strong="H5704" will|strong="H4428" stay|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5704" king’s|strong="H4428" highway|strong="H1870", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w main|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w road|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w goes|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*}, until|strong="H5704" we|strong="H5704" have|strong="H4428" finished|strong="H3615" traveling|strong="H1980" through|strong="H5674" your|strong="H5186" land|strong="H7704". We|strong="H5704" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" walk|strong="H3212" through|strong="H5674" any|strong="H3808" field|strong="H7704" or|strong="H3808" vineyard|strong="H3754", or|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H5704" your|strong="H5186" wells|strong="H0875".” 
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\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H3808" King|strong="H4428" Sihon|strong="H5511" refused|strong="H3808". He|strong="H3605" would|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3318" walk|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" his|strong="H3605" land|strong="H1366". Instead|strong="H3808", he|strong="H3605" sent|strong="H5414" his|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3318" attack|strong="H3898" the|strong="H3605" Israelis in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H4057". They|strong="H3808" attacked|strong="H3898" the|strong="H3605" Israelis at|strong="H3478" Jahaz|strong="H3096" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w village|strong="H1949"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Israelis completely|strong="H3423" defeated|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5221" and|strong="H1121" occupied|strong="H5414" their|strong="H3588" land|strong="H1366", from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" Arnon|strong="H0769" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3588" Jabbok|strong="H2999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*}. They|strong="H3588" stopped|strong="H5975" at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H1366" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3588" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group lived|strong="H3427", because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Ammon|strong="H5983"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w defending|strong="H8104"\+w*} the|strong="H3588" border|strong="H1366" strongly|strong="H3966". 
\verseNumber{25}So|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" Israelis occupied|strong="H3427" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3478" towns|strong="H1323" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Amor people-group lived|strong="H3427", and|strong="H3478" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H3605" Israelis began|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" them|strong="H3947". They|strong="H3478" occupied|strong="H3427" Heshbon|strong="H2809" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" nearby|strong="H7138" villages|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{26}Heshbon|strong="H2809" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3605" capital|strong="H3805" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022". It|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H3027" King|strong="H4428" Sihon|strong="H5511" ruled|strong="H4428". His|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" had|strong="H4428" previously|strong="H7223" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124", and|strong="H4428" then|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1931" had|strong="H4428" begun|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5704" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Arnon|strong="H0769" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{27}For|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3651" reason|strong="H5921", one|strong="H5892" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5921" poets wrote|strong="H3789" long|strong="H5921" ago|strong="H7350", 
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“Come|strong="H5892" to|strong="H5921" Heshbon|strong="H2809", the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H5921" King|strong="H5921" Sihon|strong="H5511" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ruled|strong="H4427"\+w*}. 
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We|strong="H5892" want|strong="H4270" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H5892" restored|strong="H1129"/rebuilt|strong="H1129". 
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\verseNumber{28}A|strong="H3588" fire|strong="H0784" blazed|strong="H1197" from|strong="H3318" Heshbon|strong="H2809"; 
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it|strong="H3588" burned|strong="H3852" down|strong="H3588" Ar|strong="H6144" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H7151"\+w*} in|strong="H3318" Moab|strong="H4124", 
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it|strong="H3588" destroyed|strong="H4229" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w everything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3318"\+w*} the|strong="H3588" hills|strong="H1389" along|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Arnon|strong="H0769" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3588"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{29}You|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124", terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H1697" have|strong="H5971" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414"! 
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You|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w your|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w god|strong="H5414"\+w*} Chemosh|strong="H3645" have|strong="H5971" been|strong="H5971" ◄annihilated|strong="H2763"/wiped|strong="H3772" out|strong="H5414"►! 
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The|strong="H5414" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] Chemosh|strong="H3645" have|strong="H5971" run|strong="H7323" away|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" are|strong="H5971" now|strong="H5414" refugees|strong="H6412", 
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and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" women|strong="H1323" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w*} have|strong="H5971" been|strong="H5971" captured|strong="H7628" by|strong="H4124" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Sihon|strong="H5511", the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" Amor people-group. 
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\verseNumber{30}But|strong="H3588" we|strong="H5704" have|strong="H2809" defeated|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Sihon|strong="H5511"\+w* \+w and|strong="H8074"\+w*} those|strong="H1992" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H8074" Amor, 
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all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" way|strong="H5704" from|strong="H5704" Heshbon|strong="H2809" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3384"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" Dibon|strong="H1769" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3384"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*}. 
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We|strong="H5704" have|strong="H2809" completely|strong="H5704" obliterated|strong="H7843"/destroyed|strong="H8074" them|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" Nophah|strong="H5302" and|strong="H8074" Medeba|strong="H4311" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{31}So|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3427" Israeli people|strong="H3427" began|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3427" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3427" Amor people-group lived|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{32}After|strong="H7971" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H8033" sent|strong="H7971" some|strong="H8033" men|strong="H3423" to|strong="H7971" explore|strong="H8446" the|strong="H3423" area|strong="H1508" near|strong="H8033" Jazer|strong="H3270" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, Israeli people|strong="H5971" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H7971" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H8033" all|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3423" towns|strong="H1323" in|strong="H8033" that|strong="H4872" region|strong="H2256" and|strong="H4872" expelled|strong="H3423" the|strong="H3423" Amor people-group who|strong="H1323" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{33}Then|strong="H3318" they|strong="H1931" turned|strong="H6437" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} toward|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3605" Bashan|strong="H1316" region|strong="H2256", but|strong="H6437" King|strong="H4428" Og|strong="H5747" of|strong="H4428" Bashan|strong="H1316" and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971" attacked|strong="H5927" them|strong="H3318" at|strong="H4421" Edrei|strong="H0154" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{34}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5414", “Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3027" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H4428" Og|strong="H5747", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" your|strong="H3068" men|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" and|strong="H4872" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971", and|strong="H4872" to|strong="H3068" take|strong="H6213" possession|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776". You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5414" what|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" Sihon|strong="H5511", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Amor people-group, who|strong="H3605" ruled|strong="H4428" in|strong="H3427" Heshbon|strong="H2809".” 
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\verseNumber{35}And|strong="H1121" that|strong="H5971" is|strong="H3605" what|strong="H4100" happened|strong="H1961". We|strong="H5704" Israelis defeated|strong="H5221" Og’s army|strong="H5971", and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H5221" King|strong="H4428" Og|strong="H5747" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". Not|strong="H1115" a|strong="H5221" person|strong="H5315" survived|strong="H7604"! And|strong="H1121" then|strong="H1121" we|strong="H5704" Israelis began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5704" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H7604" their|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776". 

\BibleSectionHeading{King Balak summoned Balaam }
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\chapterNumber{22}Then|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5676" Israelis traveled|strong="H5265" west|strong="H5676" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5676" area|strong="H1508" of|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124" that|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" in|strong="H2583" the|strong="H5676" valley|strong="H6010" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5676" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3405"\+w*}, across|strong="H5676" the|strong="H5676" river|strong="H3405" from|strong="H5265" Jericho|strong="H3405" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{2}But|strong="H7200" King|strong="H4428" Balak|strong="H1111", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zippor|strong="H6834", who|strong="H3605" ruled|strong="H4427" Moab|strong="H4124", found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H7200" what|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Israelis had|strong="H3478" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Amor people-group. 
\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" Israelis were|strong="H3478" very|strong="H3966" numerous|strong="H7227", he|strong="H1931" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" became|strong="H4124" terrified|strong="H3966". 
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\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H6258" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6256"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Midian|strong="H4080" people-group and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6256" them|strong="H5439", “This|strong="H1931" huge|strong="H1995" group|strong="H7235" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* Israelis} will|strong="H4428" ◄wipe|strong="H4229" out|strong="H3605"/destroy|strong="H3605"► everything|strong="H3605" around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H5439", like|strong="H4124" an|strong="H4428" ox|strong="H7794" devours|strong="H3897" grass|strong="H3418"!” 
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Balak|strong="H1111" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124". 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H1931" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Balaam|strong="H1109", who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" his|strong="H7121" own|strong="H5971" area|strong="H1508", in|strong="H3427" Pethor|strong="H6604" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Euphrates|strong="H5104"\+w*} River|strong="H5104". He|strong="H1931" sent|strong="H7971" this|strong="H1931" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3318" request|strong="H7971" that|strong="H5971" Balaam|strong="H1109" would|strong="H5971" come|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7121"\+w*}: 
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“A|strong="H7971" huge|strong="H1995" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" people|strong="H5971" has|strong="H5869" arrived|strong="H0935" here|strong="H2009" from|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w looks|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3318"\+w*} they|strong="H5921" are|strong="H5971" covering|strong="H3680" the|strong="H5921" entire|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776"! And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5869" begun|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3318" live|strong="H3427" close|strong="H4136" to|strong="H3318" us|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{6}Because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" very|strong="H2088" powerful|strong="H6099"/numerous|strong="H6099", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5221"\+w*. \+w So|strong="H4480"\+w*} please|strong="H4994" come|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" curse|strong="H1288" them|strong="H5221" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H4994". Then|strong="H6258" my|strong="H3045" army|strong="H5971" may|strong="H3201" be|strong="H3201" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" defeat|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5221" and|strong="H3212" expel|strong="H1644" them|strong="H5221" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w now|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w living|strong="H2416"\+w*}. I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H1697" will|strong="H5971" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3201" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3588" bless|strong="H1288", and|strong="H3212" disasters|strong="H4672" will|strong="H5971" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3201" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3588" curse|strong="H1288".” 
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\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Balak’s|strong="H1111"\+w* \+w messengers|strong="H1696"\+w*, \+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1697"\+w*} leaders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H3027" both|strong="H8147" the|strong="H1697" Moab|strong="H4124" and|strong="H3027" Midian|strong="H4080" people-groups, took|strong="H3027" money|strong="H3701" with|strong="H1696" them|strong="H3027" to|strong="H1696" pay|strong="H7999" Balaam|strong="H1109" in|strong="H3212" order|strong="H3027" that|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3027" would|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w come|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3027"\+w*} curse|strong="H7045" the|strong="H1697" Israelis. They|strong="H1697" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H1696" Balaam|strong="H1109" and|strong="H3027" told|strong="H1696" him|strong="H3027" what|strong="H1697" Balak|strong="H1111" had|strong="H3027" said|strong="H1696". 
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\verseNumber{8}Balaam|strong="H1109" said|strong="H1696", “Stay|strong="H3427" here|strong="H6311" tonight|strong="H3915". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tomorrow|strong="H4279"\+w* \+w morning|strong="H1242"\+w*} I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H1696" you|strong="H7725" whatever|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" tells|strong="H1696" me|strong="H7725" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H1697" should|strong="H3068" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H7725".” 
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So|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3068" leaders|strong="H8269" from|strong="H7725" Moab|strong="H4124" stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3068" night|strong="H3915". 
\verseNumber{9}During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5973" night|strong="H3915", God|strong="H4310" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H5973" Balaam|strong="H1109" and|strong="H1109" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H5973", “◄Who|strong="H4310" are|strong="H4310"/Tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5973" about|strong="H5439"► these|strong="H0428" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H4310" are|strong="H4310" staying|strong="H3427" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5973".” 
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\verseNumber{10}Balaam|strong="H1109" replied|strong="H0559", “Balak|strong="H1111", the|strong="H7971" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124", sent|strong="H7971" these|strong="H7971" men|strong="H1121" to|strong="H7971" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H7971" this|strong="H7971": 
\verseNumber{11}‘A|strong="H3318" huge|strong="H1995" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H5869" people|strong="H5971" has|strong="H5869" come|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H3212" they|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5869" spread|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3212" over|strong="H3318" this|strong="H6258" area|strong="H1508". Please|strong="H4994" come|strong="H3318" immediately|strong="H6965" to|strong="H3318" curse|strong="H6895" them|strong="H3318". Then|strong="H3318" I|strong="H2009" may|strong="H3201" be|strong="H3201" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3318" defeat|strong="H5221" them|strong="H3318" and|strong="H3212" expel|strong="H1644" them|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w this|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}.’” 
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\verseNumber{12}God|strong="H3808" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" Balaam|strong="H1109", “Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H3588"! I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" blessed|strong="H1288" those|strong="H1931" people|strong="H5971", so|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" curse|strong="H1288" them|strong="H3588"!” 
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\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H3588" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242", Balaam|strong="H1109" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H1980" told|strong="H5046" Balak’s|strong="H1111" men|strong="H1980", “Go|strong="H1980" back|strong="H1980" home|strong="H3212". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w go|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w yourselves|strong="H3068"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5414" allowing me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6965" men|strong="H1980" from|strong="H1980" Moab|strong="H4124" returned|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" King|strong="H4428" Balak|strong="H1111" and|strong="H1980" they|strong="H1992" reported|strong="H5046" to|strong="H1980" him|strong="H5973", “Balaam|strong="H1109" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H1980" come|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H1980".” 
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\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H3513" Balak|strong="H1111" sent|strong="H7971" another|strong="H5750" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w group|strong="H7235"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8269"\+w*} leaders|strong="H8269" to|strong="H7971" Balaam|strong="H1109". It|strong="H3254" was|strong="H3513" a|strong="H7971" group|strong="H7235" that|strong="H7227" was|strong="H3513" larger|strong="H7227" and|strong="H7971" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H8269" more|strong="H3254" important|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w than|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w men|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w in|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w first|strong="H7223"\+w* \+w group|strong="H7235"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{16}They|strong="H3541" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" Balaam|strong="H1109" and|strong="H1121" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H1980" this|strong="H3541": 
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“This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H1121" what|strong="H3541" King|strong="H4428" Balak|strong="H1111" says|strong="H3541": ‘Please|strong="H4994" do|strong="H4994" not|strong="H4513" allow|strong="H4994" anything|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1980" hinder|strong="H4513" you|strong="H1980" from|strong="H1980" coming|strong="H1980" here|strong="H3541". 
\verseNumber{17}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" pay|strong="H7999" you|strong="H3588" ◄a|strong="H6213" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H5971" money|strong="H3701"/very|strong="H3966" well|strong="H3966"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w come|strong="H3212"\+w*}, and|strong="H3212" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" do|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" ask|strong="H7592" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3212" do|strong="H6213". Just|strong="H3605" come|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" curse|strong="H6895" these|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} people|strong="H5971" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H4994"!’” 
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\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H3808" Balaam|strong="H1109" answered|strong="H6030" them|strong="H5414", “Even|strong="H3808" if|strong="H0518" Balak|strong="H1111" would|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" a|strong="H6213" palace|strong="H1004" filled|strong="H5674" with|strong="H1004" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3068" gold|strong="H2091", I|strong="H5414" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3201" disobey|strong="H0854" Yahweh|strong="H3068", ◄my|strong="H5414" God|strong="H3068"/the|strong="H5414" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*}►. 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H1696" stay|strong="H3427" here|strong="H2088" one|strong="H2088" more|strong="H3254" night|strong="H3915", like|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3068" other|strong="H2088" messengers|strong="H1696" did|strong="H4100", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H6258" will|strong="H3068" find|strong="H3045" out|strong="H3045" if|strong="H0518" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" anything|strong="H4100" more|strong="H3254" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4994".” 
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\verseNumber{20}That|strong="H1697" night|strong="H3915" God|strong="H0430" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H1696" Balaam|strong="H1109" again|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H7121", “These|strong="H1696" men|strong="H6213" have|strong="H1697" come|strong="H3212" to|strong="H1696" request|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6213" go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H3212" with|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213", so|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" may|strong="H6213" go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213", but|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213" only|strong="H0389" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H1697" tell|strong="H1696" you|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Balaam’s|strong="H1109" donkey|strong="H2543" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" warn|strong="H2094" him|strong="H7121" }
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\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H6965" the|strong="H6965" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242", Balaam|strong="H1109" put|strong="H2280" a|strong="H6965" saddle|strong="H2280" on|strong="H3212" his|strong="H6965" donkey|strong="H2543" and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H1242" departed|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w two|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w his|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w servants|strong="H5650"\+w*} along|strong="H5973" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H6965" men|strong="H8269" from|strong="H6965" Moab|strong="H4124". 
\verseNumber{22}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Even|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w given|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w Balaam|strong="H1109"\+w* \+w permission|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w go|strong="H1980"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w still|strong="H3320"\+w* \+w angry|strong="H2734"\+w*}. So|strong="H1980" he|strong="H1931" sent|strong="H3068" one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397" to|strong="H1980" Balaam|strong="H1109". This|strong="H1931" angel|strong="H4397" stood|strong="H3320" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" road|strong="H1870" to|strong="H1980" block|strong="H4383" Balaam’s|strong="H1109" path|strong="H1870". As|strong="H3068" Balaam|strong="H1109" and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" servants|strong="H5288" were|strong="H5288" riding|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3068" donkeys|strong="H2543", 
\verseNumber{23}Balaam’s|strong="H1109" donkey|strong="H2543" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" angel|strong="H4397". The|strong="H7200" angel|strong="H4397" was|strong="H3068" standing|strong="H5324" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" road|strong="H1870" and|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" holding|strong="H2388" a|strong="H7200" sword|strong="H2719" in|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Balaam|strong="H1109"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5221"\+w*}. 
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Balaam’s|strong="H1109" donkey|strong="H2543" turned|strong="H5186" off|strong="H4480" the|strong="H7200" road|strong="H1870" into|strong="H3212" a|strong="H7200" field|strong="H7704". So|strong="H4480" Balaam|strong="H1109" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H7200" donkey|strong="H2543" and|strong="H3068" forced|strong="H4522" it|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H5186" onto|strong="H0413" the|strong="H7200" road|strong="H1870". 
\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5975" place|strong="H2088" where|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3068" road|strong="H1870" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H2088" narrow|strong="H4934", between|strong="H0996" two|strong="H2088" vineyards|strong="H3754", with|strong="H3068" walls|strong="H1447" on|strong="H3068" each|strong="H2088" side|strong="H2088" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" road|strong="H1870". 
\verseNumber{25}When|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" donkey|strong="H2543" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" angel|strong="H4397" standing|strong="H5975" there|strong="H3068", it|strong="H7200" walked|strong="H1980" very|strong="H7023" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" wall|strong="H7023" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w try|strong="H0974"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w past|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w angel|strong="H4397"\+w*}. As|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7200" result|strong="H6903", it|strong="H7200" bashed Balaam’s|strong="H1109" foot|strong="H7272" against|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" wall|strong="H7023". So|strong="H7200" Balaam|strong="H1109" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H7200" donkey|strong="H2543" again|strong="H3254". 
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\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H3254" the|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397" went|strong="H5674" further|strong="H3254" along|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3068" road|strong="H1870" and|strong="H3068" stood|strong="H5975" at|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5975" place|strong="H4725" that|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" extremely|strong="H3966" narrow|strong="H6862", with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" donkey|strong="H2543" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3254" get|strong="H3947" past|strong="H5674" at|strong="H3068" all|strong="H5674". 
\verseNumber{27}This|strong="H7200" time|strong="H6256", when|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" donkey|strong="H2543" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" angel|strong="H4397", it|strong="H7200" lay|strong="H7257" down|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H0776"\+w*} with|strong="H3068" Balaam|strong="H1109" sitting|strong="H7257" on|strong="H7200" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3068" it|strong="H7200". Balaam|strong="H1109" became|strong="H2734" extremely|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H7200" donkey|strong="H2543" again|strong="H7725" with|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" walking|strong="H1980" stick|strong="H4731". 
\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" donkey|strong="H2543" to|strong="H3068" speak|strong="H6310"! It|strong="H3588" said|strong="H6310" to|strong="H3068" Balaam|strong="H1109", “What|strong="H4100" bad|strong="H7451" thing|strong="H2088" have|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" caused|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" strike|strong="H5221" me|strong="H6213" three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H7272"?” 
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\verseNumber{29}Balaam|strong="H1109" shouted|strong="H7321", “I|strong="H3588" struck|strong="H5221" you|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3426" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H2026" to|strong="H3027" appear|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3027" be|strong="H3426" foolish|strong="H3684"! If|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" sword|strong="H2719" with|strong="H3027" me|strong="H2026", I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3863" kill|strong="H2026" you|strong="H3588"!” 
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\verseNumber{30}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5921" donkey|strong="H2543" answered|strong="H6030", “I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" your|strong="H5921" own|strong="H1961" donkey|strong="H2543" [RHQ], the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H2088" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3117" always|strong="H3117" ridden|strong="H7392"! Have|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" ever|strong="H3117" done|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H6213" like|strong="H3808" this|strong="H2088" previously|strong="H3808"?” 
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Balaam|strong="H1109" said|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808".” 
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\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" Balaam|strong="H1109" to|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" angel|strong="H4397" standing|strong="H5324" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H7200" road|strong="H1870", holding|strong="H2388" a|strong="H7200" sword|strong="H2719" in|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027". Balaam|strong="H1109" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w realized|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w an|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w angel|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} prostrated|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H7812" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H7200" ground|strong="H0776" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" angel|strong="H4397". 
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\verseNumber{32}The|strong="H5921" angel|strong="H4397" asked|strong="H4100" him|strong="H5921", ‘◄Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" strike|strong="H5221" your|strong="H3068" donkey|strong="H2543" three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H7272"?/ You|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3588" not|strong="H2088" have|strong="H3068" sruck the|strong="H5921" donkey|strong="H2543" three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H7272"! [RHQ] I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" block|strong="H4383" your|strong="H3068" path|strong="H1870" because|strong="H3588" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4100" planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3318" do|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" wrong|strong="H7451". 
\verseNumber{33}Three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H7272" your|strong="H5186" donkey|strong="H2543" saw|strong="H7200" me|strong="H6440" and|strong="H6440" turned|strong="H5186" away|strong="H5186" from|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440". If|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" not|strong="H2088" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H2421" certainly|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1571" killed|strong="H2026" you|strong="H3588" already|strong="H6258", but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H2421" have|strong="H1571" allowed|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" donkey|strong="H2543" to|strong="H6440" live|strong="H2421".” 
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\verseNumber{34}Then|strong="H6258" Balaam|strong="H1109" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3588" angel|strong="H4397", “I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398". But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H5869" standing|strong="H5324" there|strong="H6258", trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H7725" block|strong="H4383" my|strong="H3068" path|strong="H1870". So|strong="H3808" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H7489" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" me|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" continue|strong="H1961" going|strong="H7725", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725".” 
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\verseNumber{35}But|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397" replied|strong="H1696", “I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" allow|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5973" to|strong="H1696" go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H5973" these|strong="H1696" men|strong="H8269", but|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5973" must|strong="H4191" say|strong="H1696" only|strong="H0389" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H1697" tell|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5973" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696"!” 
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So|strong="H1697" Balaam|strong="H1109" went|strong="H3212" on|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3068" leaders|strong="H8269" whom|strong="H0834" Balak|strong="H1111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sent|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{36}When|strong="H3588" King|strong="H5921" Balak|strong="H1111" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" Balaam|strong="H1109" was|strong="H5892" coming|strong="H3318", he|strong="H3588" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" meet|strong="H7125" him|strong="H5921" at|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3588" Moab|strong="H4124" town|strong="H5892" alongside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Arnon|strong="H0769" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3588"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H5892" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H5892" his|strong="H8085" own|strong="H1961" land|strong="H1366". 
\verseNumber{37}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w arrived|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w where|strong="H4100"\+w*} Balaam|strong="H1109" was|strong="H3808", he|strong="H3808" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H1980" him|strong="H7121", “I|strong="H3201" sent|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" [RHQ] a|strong="H7971" message|strong="H1697" saying|strong="H0559" that|strong="H7121" you|strong="H7971" should|strong="H4100" come|strong="H1980" immediately|strong="H6965" [RHQ]! Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H7971" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H1980" immediately|strong="H6965"? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Did|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7121"\+w*} I|strong="H3201" was|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1980" pay|strong="H7999" you|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H7121" money|strong="H3701" for|strong="H7121" coming|strong="H1980"?” 
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\verseNumber{38}Balaam|strong="H1109" replied|strong="H1696", “I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H1697" come|strong="H3201" here|strong="H2009" now|strong="H6258", but|strong="H2009" I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3201" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696" anything|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w I|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*}. I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H1697" say|strong="H1696" only|strong="H0389" the|strong="H7760" words|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" God|strong="H0430" tells|strong="H1696" me|strong="H7760" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696" [MTY].” 
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\verseNumber{39}Then|strong="H0227" Balaam|strong="H1109" went|strong="H3212" with|strong="H5973" Balak|strong="H1111" to|strong="H3212" Kiriath-Huzoth|strong="H7155" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{40}There|strong="H8033" Balak|strong="H1111" killed|strong="H2076" some|strong="H1109" cattle|strong="H1241" and|strong="H7971" sheep|strong="H6629" as|strong="H0834" sacrifices|strong="H2076", and|strong="H7971" offered|strong="H2076" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w parts|strong="H3411"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w meat|strong="H1320"\+w*} to|strong="H7971" Balaam|strong="H1109" and|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" leaders|strong="H8269" who|strong="H8269" were|strong="H8269" with|strong="H1241" him|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{41}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w slept|strong="H7901"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w*}, and|strong="H5971" the|strong="H7200" next|strong="H7200" morning|strong="H1242" Balak|strong="H1111" took|strong="H3947" Balaam|strong="H1109" part|strong="H7097" way|strong="H1870" up|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*} to|strong="H5927" Bamoth-Baal|strong="H1120" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w village|strong="H1949"\+w*}. From|strong="H5927" there|strong="H8033", they|strong="H8033" could|strong="H5971" see|strong="H7200" some|strong="H8033" of|strong="H5971" the|strong="H7200" Israeli people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" were|strong="H1961" down|strong="H3381" below|strong="H8478". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Balaam blessed the Israeli people }
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\chapterNumber{23}Balaam|strong="H1109" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3559" King|strong="H4428" Balak|strong="H1111", “Build|strong="H1129" seven|strong="H7651" altars|strong="H4196" for|strong="H4196" me|strong="H3559" here|strong="H2088". Then|strong="H2088" kill|strong="H2026" seven|strong="H7651" young|strong="H6499" bulls|strong="H6499" and|strong="H4196" seven|strong="H7651" rams|strong="H0352" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H4196"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H6213" Balak|strong="H1111" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H4196". And|strong="H4196" then|strong="H1696" he|strong="H6213" and|strong="H4196" Balaam|strong="H1109" each|strong="H0376" burned|strong="H8313" a|strong="H6213" young|strong="H6499" bull|strong="H6499" and|strong="H4196" a|strong="H6213" ram|strong="H0352" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w sacrifice|strong="H6213"\+w*} on|strong="H5927" each|strong="H0376" altar|strong="H4196". 
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H7200" Balaam|strong="H1109" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3212" Balak|strong="H1111", “You|strong="H5921" stand|strong="H3320" here|strong="H5921" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H3212" your|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" offerings|strong="H5930", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3068" ask|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068" if|strong="H7200" he|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" something|strong="H1697" else|strong="H5750" to|strong="H3212" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H7200". Then|strong="H7200" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H5921" what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H3068" says|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3212" me|strong="H7200".” 
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Then|strong="H7200" Balaam|strong="H1109" went|strong="H3212" by|strong="H5921" himself|strong="H3320" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7200" hill|strong="H8205", 
\verseNumber{4}and|strong="H4196" God|strong="H0430" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H5927" him|strong="H5927" there|strong="H5927". Balaam|strong="H1109" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5927" him|strong="H5927", “We|strong="H0587" have|strong="H6499" built|strong="H1129" seven|strong="H7651" altars|strong="H4196", and|strong="H4196" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H6499" killed|strong="H2026" and|strong="H4196" burned|strong="H8313" a|strong="H5927" young|strong="H6499" bull|strong="H6499" and|strong="H4196" a|strong="H5927" ram|strong="H0352" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7651"\+w*} on|strong="H5927" each|strong="H0376" altar|strong="H4196".” 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H7760" Balaam|strong="H1109" a|strong="H7760" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" give|strong="H7760" to|strong="H1696" King|strong="H4428" Balak|strong="H1111". Then|strong="H1696" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696", “Go|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" and|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H1696" him|strong="H7725" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H3541" told|strong="H1696" you|strong="H7725".” 
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\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H7725" Balaam|strong="H1109" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Balak|strong="H1111", Balak|strong="H1111" was|strong="H1931" standing|strong="H5324" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H8269" from|strong="H7725" Moab|strong="H4124" beside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H5930" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H8269" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}This|strong="H5375" is|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5375" message|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3478" Balaam|strong="H5375" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5375": 
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“Balak|strong="H1111", the|strong="H5375" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124", summoned|strong="H7121" me|strong="H4480" to|strong="H3478" come|strong="H3212" here|strong="H6311" from|strong="H4480" Syria|strong="H0758"; 
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he|strong="H4480" brought|strong="H5375" me|strong="H4480" here|strong="H6311" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5375" hills|strong="H2042" at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5375" eastern|strong="H6924" side|strong="H6924" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758". 
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He|strong="H4480" said|strong="H0559", ‘Come|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3478" curse|strong="H7045" the|strong="H5375" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4428" Jacob|strong="H3290" for|strong="H4428" me|strong="H4480", 
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saying|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3478" bad|strong="H7451" things|strong="H6924" will|strong="H4428" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" these|strong="H4428" Israeli people|strong="H5971"!’ 
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\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H3808" ◄how|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3808" curse|strong="H6895" people|strong="H3808" whom|strong="H6895" God|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" cursed|strong="H6895"?/I|strong="H3808" certainly|strong="H3808" cannot|strong="H3808" curse|strong="H6895" people|strong="H3808" whom|strong="H6895" God|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" cursed|strong="H6895"!► [RHQ] 
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◄How|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3808" condemn|strong="H7561" people|strong="H3808" whom|strong="H6895" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" condemned|strong="H7561"?/I|strong="H3808" cannot|strong="H3808" condemn|strong="H7561" people|strong="H3808" whom|strong="H6895" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" condemned|strong="H7561"!► [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{9}I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" seen|strong="H7200" them|strong="H7200" from|strong="H1471" the|strong="H7200" tops|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H7200" rocky|strong="H6697" peaks|strong="H1386". 
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I|strong="H3588" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" a|strong="H3588" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H7218" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" live|strong="H7931" by|strong="H3808" themselves|strong="H7218"; 
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they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" separated|strong="H6504" themselves|strong="H7218" from|strong="H1471" other|strong="H0312" nations|strong="H1471". 
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\verseNumber{10}◄Who|strong="H4310" can|strong="H4310" count|strong="H4487" the|strong="H1961" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4557" Jacob|strong="H3290"; they|strong="H5315" are|strong="H3478" as|strong="H1961" numerous|strong="H7227" as|strong="H1961" particles of|strong="H4557" <dust|strong="H6083"/dirt|strong="H6083">?/No|strong="H4310" one|strong="H1961" can|strong="H4310" count|strong="H4487" the|strong="H1961" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4557" Jacob|strong="H3290"; they|strong="H5315" are|strong="H3478" as|strong="H1961" numerous|strong="H7227" as|strong="H1961" particles of|strong="H4557" <dust|strong="H6083"/dirt|strong="H6083">!► [RHQ] 
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◄Who|strong="H4310" can|strong="H4310" count|strong="H4487" even|strong="H1571" a|strong="H1961" quarter|strong="H6285" of|strong="H4557" the|strong="H1961" Israeli people|strong="H5315"?/No|strong="H4310" one|strong="H1961" can|strong="H4310" count|strong="H4487" even|strong="H1571" a|strong="H1961" quarter|strong="H6285" of|strong="H4557" the|strong="H1961" Israeli people|strong="H5315"!► [RHQ] 
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I|strong="H5315" wish|strong="H4310"/hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H5315" I|strong="H5315" will|strong="H4310" die|strong="H4191" like|strong="H3644" righteous|strong="H3477" people|strong="H5315" die|strong="H4191"; 
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I|strong="H5315" hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H5315" I|strong="H5315" will|strong="H4310" die|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w peacefully|strong="H7965"\+w*} like|strong="H3644" they|strong="H5315" will|strong="H4310" die|strong="H4191".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H2009" Balak|strong="H1111" said|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3947" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213" [RHQ]? I|strong="H2009" brought|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3947" here|strong="H2009" to|strong="H6213" curse|strong="H6895" my|strong="H3947" enemies|strong="H0341", but|strong="H2009" instead|strong="H2009" you|strong="H3947" have|strong="H3947" ◄blessed|strong="H1288" them|strong="H6213"/asked|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H6213" bless|strong="H1288" them|strong="H6213"►!” 
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\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H3808" Balaam|strong="H6030" replied|strong="H6030", “I|strong="H7760" can|strong="H3808" [RHQ] say|strong="H1696" only|strong="H0389" what|strong="H6310" Yahweh|strong="H3068" tells|strong="H1696" me|strong="H7760" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696". I|strong="H7760" cannot|strong="H3808" say|strong="H1696" anything|strong="H3808" else|strong="H3808".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Balaam|strong="H6030" prophesied|strong="H1696" about|strong="H1696" the|strong="H8104" Israelis again|strong="H1696" }
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H7200" King|strong="H4428" Balak|strong="H1111" told|strong="H5046" Balaam|strong="H1109", “Come|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3212" me|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3212" another|strong="H7200" place|strong="H4725". There|strong="H8033" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" only|strong="H3605" part|strong="H7097" of|strong="H4725" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3808", and|strong="H3212" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3212" curse|strong="H6895" those|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" for|strong="H3605" me|strong="H7200".” 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H3947" Balak|strong="H1111" took|strong="H3947" Balaam|strong="H1109" to|strong="H5927" a|strong="H3947" field|strong="H7704" on|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3947" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" Pisgah|strong="H6449" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*}. There|strong="H5927", again|strong="H1129" he|strong="H4196" built|strong="H1129" seven|strong="H7651" altars|strong="H4196" and|strong="H7218" offered|strong="H5927" a|strong="H3947" young|strong="H6499" bull|strong="H6499" and|strong="H7218" a|strong="H3947" ram|strong="H0352" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\+w*} on|strong="H5927" each|strong="H3947" altar|strong="H4196". 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H3541" Balaam|strong="H1109" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921", “Stand|strong="H3320" here|strong="H3541" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" burned|strong="H8313" offerings|strong="H5930", while|strong="H3541" I|strong="H3541" go|strong="H1980" and|strong="H5930" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068".” 
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\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H3541" Balaam|strong="H1109" did|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H1696" Balaam|strong="H1109" again|strong="H7725" and|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H7760" him|strong="H7725" another|strong="H6310" message|strong="H1697". Then|strong="H1696" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696", “Go|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1696" Balak|strong="H1111" and|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H1696" him|strong="H7725" that|strong="H3068" message|strong="H1697".” 
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\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H1696" Balaam|strong="H1109" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1696" where|strong="H4100" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" leaders|strong="H8269" from|strong="H5921" Moab|strong="H4124" were|strong="H8269" standing|strong="H5324", next|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" where|strong="H4100" Balak|strong="H1111" had|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" the|strong="H5921" sacrifices|strong="H5930". Balak|strong="H1111" asked|strong="H4100" him|strong="H5921", “What|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068" say|strong="H1696"?” 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H6965" Balaam|strong="H5375" told|strong="H8085" him|strong="H8085" this|strong="H8085" message|strong="H1697": 
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“Balak|strong="H1111", listen|strong="H8085" carefully|strong="H8085"; 
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hear|strong="H8085" what|strong="H8085" I|strong="H5704" have|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5704" say|strong="H0559", you|strong="H5704" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zippor|strong="H6834" [DOU]! 
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\verseNumber{19}God|strong="H3808" is|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H6213" human|strong="H0120" being|strong="H1121". 
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Humans lie|strong="H3576", but|strong="H3808" God|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" lies|strong="H3576". 
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He|strong="H1931" never|strong="H3808" changes|strong="H2487" his|strong="H6965" mind|strong="H5162"/thoughts|strong="H4284", as|strong="H6213" humans do|strong="H6213". 
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Whatever|strong="H3605" he|strong="H1931" has|strong="H1696" said|strong="H1696" that|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1121" do|strong="H6213", he|strong="H1931" does|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{20}He|strong="H3808" commanded|strong="H6680" me|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w request|strong="H1246"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7725"\+w*} to|strong="H7725" bless|strong="H1288" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* Israelis}, 
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So|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3808" has|strong="H2009" blessed|strong="H1288" them|strong="H7725", and|strong="H7725" I|strong="H2009" cannot|strong="H3808" change|strong="H7725" that|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{21}Yahweh|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973"/helping|strong="H5826" them|strong="H7200"; 
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they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" declared|strong="H5046" that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" true|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428". 
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So|strong="H3808" the|strong="H7200" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4428" Jacob|strong="H3290" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" harmed|strong="H2255"; 
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they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" any|strong="H7200" troubles|strong="H7200" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{22}God|strong="H0430" brought|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w were|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w slaves|strong="H5650"\+w*}; 
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he|strong="H3318" is|strong="H4714" as|strong="H3318" strong|strong="H2388" as|strong="H3318" a|strong="H3318" wild|strong="H7214" ox|strong="H7214". 
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\verseNumber{23}When|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" curse|strong="H7045" [PRS] the|strong="H3588" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H6256" Jacob|strong="H3290", they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" harmed|strong="H2255"; 
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when|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" work|strong="H6466" sorcery|strong="H3784" on|strong="H4100" them|strong="H3588", it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" have|strong="H3478" no|strong="H3808" power|strong="H3478". 
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So|strong="H3808" now|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3478" say|strong="H3478" about|strong="H6256" the|strong="H3588" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H6256" Jacob|strong="H3290", 
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‘God|strong="H3808" has|strong="H3478" done|strong="H6466" wonderful|strong="H6381" things|strong="H6256" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Israelis!’ 
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\verseNumber{24}They|strong="H3808" are|strong="H5971" very|strong="H5704" strong|strong="H2388", like|strong="H3808" lionesses|strong="H3833" that|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H5704" attack|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w animals|strong="H0929"\+w*}; 
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they|strong="H3808" stand|strong="H6965" firm|strong="H3559" like|strong="H3808" lions|strong="H3833". 
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The|strong="H5375" lions|strong="H3833" refuse|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5704" rest|strong="H7901" until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w killed|strong="H2491"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6965"\+w*} eaten|strong="H0398" their|strong="H5375" prey|strong="H2964", 
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and|strong="H6965" drunk|strong="H8354" the|strong="H5375" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5375" animals|strong="H0929" they|strong="H3808" slaughtered|strong="H7819".” 
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\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H1571" Balak|strong="H1111" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3808" Balaam|strong="H1109", “If|strong="H1288" you|strong="H1288" will|strong="H1571" not|strong="H3808" curse|strong="H6895" them|strong="H1288", then|strong="H1571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w certainly|strong="H1571"\+w*} do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w you|strong="H1288"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3808"\+w*} bless|strong="H1288" them|strong="H1288"!” 
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\verseNumber{26}But|strong="H3808" Balaam|strong="H1109" replied|strong="H6030", “I|strong="H3808" told|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" only|strong="H3605" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" tells|strong="H1696" me|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Balaam|strong="H1109" prophesied|strong="H1696" about|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Israelis a|strong="H6213" third|strong="H7992" time|strong="H6256" }
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\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="H3947" King|strong="H4428" Balak|strong="H1111" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" Balaam|strong="H1109", “Come|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3212" me|strong="H4994"; I|strong="H3212" will|strong="H5869" take|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3212" another|strong="H0312" place|strong="H4725". Perhaps|strong="H0194" it|strong="H8033" will|strong="H5869" please|strong="H4994" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H3212" allow|strong="H4994" you|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3212" curse|strong="H6895" them|strong="H3947" from|strong="H3947" that|strong="H5869" place|strong="H4725".” 
\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H3947" Balak|strong="H1111" took|strong="H3947" Balaam|strong="H1109" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" Peor|strong="H6465" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*} where|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" could|strong="H3201" look|strong="H8259" down|strong="H8259" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* Israelis \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" desert|strong="H3452". 
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\verseNumber{29}Balaam|strong="H1109" again|strong="H1129" told|strong="H5046" Balak|strong="H1111", “Build|strong="H1129" me|strong="H3559" seven|strong="H7651" altars|strong="H4196" again|strong="H1129" and|strong="H4196" kill|strong="H2026" seven|strong="H7651" young|strong="H6499" bulls|strong="H6499" and|strong="H4196" seven|strong="H7651" rams|strong="H0352" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H4196"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{30}So|strong="H6213" Balak|strong="H1111" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Balaam|strong="H1109" told|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5927" do|strong="H6213". He|strong="H6213" burned|strong="H8313" a|strong="H6213" young|strong="H6499" bull|strong="H6499" and|strong="H4196" a|strong="H6213" ram|strong="H0352" on|strong="H5927" each|strong="H0376" altar|strong="H4196" as|strong="H6213" sacrifices|strong="H2077". 
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\chapterNumber{24}Balaam|strong="H1109" now|strong="H6471" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H1980" bless|strong="H1288" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H3808", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w curse|strong="H1288"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w*}. So|strong="H1980" he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" use|strong="H4399" magic/divination|strong="H7081" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* shaman \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*} to|strong="H1980" find|strong="H7200" out|strong="H7200" what|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" wanted|strong="H2654", as|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" often|strong="H1767" did|strong="H3478". Instead|strong="H3588", he|strong="H3588" turned|strong="H3478" toward|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" desert|strong="H4057". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H5869" camped|strong="H7931" there|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w tents|strong="H0168"\+w*}, with|strong="H5921" each|strong="H0376" tribe|strong="H7626" gathered|strong="H3478" in|strong="H5921" its|strong="H5921" own|strong="H1961" group|strong="H7235". Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H7626" God|strong="H0430" took|strong="H5375" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="H7626" him|strong="H5921", 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="H1121" enabled|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5375" to|strong="H1121" give|strong="H5375" this|strong="H5375" prophetic|strong="H6544" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1121" Balak|strong="H1111": 
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“I|strong="H1121", Balaam|strong="H1109", the|strong="H5002" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Beor|strong="H1160", am|strong="H1961" giving|strong="H5414" this|strong="H5375" prophecy|strong="H5016"; 
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I|strong="H1121" am|strong="H1961" speaking|strong="H5002" as|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5375" man|strong="H1397" who|strong="H1121" sees|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5002"\+w* \+w future|strong="H0319"\+w*} clearly|strong="H3045" speaks|strong="H5002". 
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\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H8085" hear|strong="H8085" this|strong="H8085" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H8085" God|strong="H0430"; 
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I|strong="H8085" see|strong="H2372" a|strong="H8085" vision|strong="H4236" from|strong="H8085" him|strong="H8085" who|strong="H7706" is|strong="H5869" all-powerful. 
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My|strong="H8085" eyes|strong="H5869" are|strong="H5869" open|strong="H1540" as|strong="H5869" I|strong="H8085" prostrate|strong="H7812" myself|strong="H0589" in|strong="H8085" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H5869" him|strong="H8085". 
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\verseNumber{5}You|strong="H4100" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4908" Jacob|strong="H3290", your|strong="H3478" tents|strong="H4908" are|strong="H3478" very|strong="H3966" beautiful|strong="H2895"; 
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they|strong="H4100" are|strong="H3478" truly|strong="H3588" lovely|strong="H5000"! 
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\verseNumber{6}Your|strong="H3068" tents|strong="H0168" are|strong="H3068" spread|strong="H5186" out|strong="H5186" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w front|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w like|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w groves|strong="H0842"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w palm|strong="H8561"\+w* \+w trees|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w*} valleys|strong="H5158", 
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like|strong="H5921" gardens|strong="H1593" alongside|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5193" river|strong="H5104". 
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They|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" like|strong="H5921" strong|strong="H2388" aloe trees|strong="H6086"/plants|strong="H5193" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" planted|strong="H5193", 
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like|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w strong|strong="H2388"\+w*} cedar|strong="H0730" trees|strong="H6086" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w grow|strong="H6779"\+w*} along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" rivers|strong="H5104". 
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\verseNumber{7}Your|strong="H5375" water|strong="H4325" buckets|strong="H1805" will|strong="H4428" always|strong="H3605" be|strong="H4428" full|strong="H7227"; 
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the|strong="H5375" seeds|strong="H2233" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w plant|strong="H5193"\+w*} will|strong="H4428" always|strong="H3605" have|strong="H4428" plenty|strong="H7227" of|strong="H4428" water|strong="H4325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w make|strong="H7311"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w grow|strong="H6779"\+w*}. 
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The|strong="H5375" Israelis’ king|strong="H4428" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H4428" greater|strong="H7227" than|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Agag|strong="H0090"; 
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the|strong="H5375" kingdom|strong="H4438" that|strong="H4428" he|strong="H4428" rules|strong="H4428" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H4428" honored|strong="H3513". 
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\verseNumber{8}God|strong="H0430" brought|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" Israelis out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leading|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w along|strong="H5921"\+w*} with|strong="H3318" his|strong="H3318" great|strong="H1419" power|strong="H3027" [MTY] like|strong="H3318" a|strong="H3318" wild|strong="H7214" ox|strong="H7214" has|strong="H3318". 
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He|strong="H3318" devastates|strong="H1110" all|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" nations|strong="H1471" that|strong="H1471" oppose|strong="H7853" him|strong="H3318"; 
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he|strong="H3318" breaks|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3318" those|strong="H3318" people’s|strong="H5971" bones|strong="H6106" into|strong="H3318" pieces|strong="H5409", 
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and|strong="H4714" shoots|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3318" with|strong="H3318" his|strong="H3318" arrows|strong="H2671". 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H1288" Israelis are|strong="H4310" like|strong="H3644" lions|strong="H3833" that|strong="H4310" crouch|strong="H3766" and|strong="H6965" lie|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ready|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6965"\+w* pounce \+w on|strong="H7901"\+w* \+w their|strong="H1288"\+w* \+w prey|strong="H2964"\+w*} [SIM]. 
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They|strong="H1992" are|strong="H4310" like|strong="H3644" lionesses|strong="H3833" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w are|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w resting|strong="H4496"\+w*, \+w but|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w ready|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H6965"\+w*}; 
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no|strong="H4310" one|strong="H4310" [RHQ] would|strong="H4310" dare|strong="H6148" to|strong="H6965" arouse|strong="H5782" them|strong="H1288"! 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H4310"\+w*} will|strong="H4310" bless|strong="H1288" everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H4310" blesses|strong="H1288" you|strong="H1288" Israelis, 
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and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H1288" will|strong="H4310" curse|strong="H1288" everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H4310" curses|strong="H1288" you|strong="H1288".” 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H2009" King|strong="H4428" Balak|strong="H1111" was|strong="H2088" extremely|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3709" Balaam|strong="H1109". He|strong="H7121" showed|strong="H7200" with|strong="H3709" his|strong="H7121" hands|strong="H3709" that|strong="H7121" he|strong="H7121" was|strong="H2088" very|strong="H2088" angry|strong="H2734", and|strong="H2088" he|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w shouted|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w at|strong="H7969"\+w* \+w Balaam|strong="H1109"\+w*}, “I|strong="H2009" summoned|strong="H7121" you|strong="H1288" here|strong="H2009" to|strong="H7121" curse|strong="H6895" my|strong="H7121" enemies|strong="H0341"! Instead|strong="H2009", you|strong="H1288" have|strong="H2009" ◄blessed|strong="H1288"/asked|strong="H7592" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H7121" bless|strong="H1288"► them|strong="H7121" three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471"! 
\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H6258" now|strong="H6258", get|strong="H3947" out|strong="H4725" of|strong="H3068" here|strong="H2009"! Go|strong="H3068" back|strong="H4513" home|strong="H4725"! I|strong="H2009" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2009" would|strong="H3068" pay|strong="H7999" you|strong="H3513" a|strong="H3068" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H3068" money|strong="H3701" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3513"\+w* \+w cursed|strong="H0779"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3068"\+w*}, but|strong="H2009" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" prevented|strong="H4513" you|strong="H3513" from|strong="H3068" getting|strong="H7075" any|strong="H3605" pay|strong="H7999"!” 
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\verseNumber{12}Balaam|strong="H1109" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Balak|strong="H1111", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w remember|strong="H2142"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1571"\+w*} [RHQ] I|strong="H3808" told|strong="H1696" the|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" that|strong="H4397" you|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H7971"? I|strong="H3808" said|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{13}‘Even|strong="H3808" if|strong="H0518" Balak|strong="H1111" would|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" a|strong="H6213" palace|strong="H1004" filled|strong="H5674" with|strong="H1004" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3068" gold|strong="H2091", I|strong="H5414" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" disobey|strong="H0854" Yahweh|strong="H3068". I|strong="H5414" cannot|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H6213" bad|strong="H7451" or|strong="H3808" anything|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w he|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w does|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w approve|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*}.’ And|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5414" told|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5414" could|strong="H3201" say|strong="H1696" only|strong="H0389" what|strong="H2896" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H6213" yes|strong="H2005", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H5971" return|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" my|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971", but|strong="H6258" first|strong="H3117", allow|strong="H1980" me|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1980" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3117" what|strong="H2088" will|strong="H5971" happen|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1980" you|strong="H3117" Moab|strong="H4124" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6213" future|strong="H0319".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Balaam|strong="H1109" prophesied|strong="H5012" a|strong="H6213" fourth|strong="H7243" time|strong="H3117" }
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\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H5375" Balaam|strong="H1109" said|strong="H5002" this|strong="H5375" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Balak|strong="H1111"\+w*}: 
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“I|strong="H1121", Balaam|strong="H1109", son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Beor|strong="H1160", am|strong="H1961" again|strong="H7725" giving|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5375" prophecy|strong="H5016", 
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speaking|strong="H5002" as|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5375" man|strong="H1397" who|strong="H1121" sees|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5002"\+w* \+w future|strong="H0319"\+w*} clearly|strong="H3045" speaks|strong="H5002". 
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\verseNumber{16}I|strong="H3045" hear|strong="H8085" a|strong="H8085" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H8085" God|strong="H0430"; 
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I|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" things|strong="H1540" that|strong="H3045" God|strong="H0430", who|strong="H3045" lives|strong="H5315" in|strong="H8085" heaven|strong="H8064", has|strong="H5869" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w revealed|strong="H1540"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5869"\+w*}. 
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I|strong="H3045" see|strong="H2372" a|strong="H8085" vision|strong="H4236" from|strong="H8085" him|strong="H8085" who|strong="H3045" is|strong="H5869" all-powerful. 
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My|strong="H8085" eyes|strong="H5869" are|strong="H5869" open|strong="H1540" as|strong="H5869" I|strong="H3045" prostrate|strong="H7812" myself|strong="H3045" in|strong="H8085" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H5869" him|strong="H8085". 
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\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H6258" see|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H7200"\+w*} are|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w going|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H6965"\+w*} \BibleCharacterStyleBD{\+w now|strong="H6258"\+w*}; 
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I|strong="H6258" see|strong="H7200" things|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w cause|strong="H2600"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H6965"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" future|strong="H0319". 
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A|strong="H7200" man|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w descendant|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Jacob|strong="H3290" will|strong="H3478" appear|strong="H7200" like|strong="H3478" a|strong="H7200" star|strong="H3556" [MET|strong="H6298"]; 
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a|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H3605" holds|strong="H4013" a|strong="H7200" scepter|strong="H7626" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121". 
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He|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3478" crush|strong="H4272" the|strong="H3605" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124"; 
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he|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3478" wipe|strong="H4229" out|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Seth|strong="H8352". 
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\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H6213" Israelis will|strong="H1961" occupy|strong="H3423" Edom|strong="H0112", 
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and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H6213" will|strong="H1961" conquer|strong="H3423" their|strong="H1961" enemies|strong="H0341" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w near|strong="H7126"\+w*} Seir|strong="H8165" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*}. 
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The|strong="H6213" Israeli people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" victorious|strong="H7161"/strong|strong="H2428". 
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\verseNumber{19}A|strong="H3290" ruler|strong="H7287" who|strong="H8300" is|strong="H5892" a|strong="H3290" descendant|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5892" Jacob|strong="H3290" will|strong="H5892" come|strong="H5892"; 
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he|strong="H3290" will|strong="H5892" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5892" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H8300" still|strong="H5750" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5892" city|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w Balaam|strong="H1109"\+w* \+w first|strong="H7223"\+w* \+w met|strong="H6298"\+w* \+w Balak|strong="H1111"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Balaam’s|strong="H1109" final|strong="H0319" prophecies|strong="H1697" }
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H5375" Balaam|strong="H5375" looked|strong="H7200" out|strong="H7200" over|strong="H5375" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H7200" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w*}, and|strong="H7200" he|strong="H7200" prophesied|strong="H5012" this|strong="H7200": 
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“The|strong="H7200" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group were|strong="H1471" the|strong="H7200" greatest|strong="H1419" nation|strong="H1471", 
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but|strong="H7200" they|strong="H5375" will|strong="H1471" be|strong="H1471" wiped|strong="H3772" out|strong="H7200".” 
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H5375" he|strong="H7760" looked|strong="H7200" out|strong="H7200" over|strong="H5375" the|strong="H7200" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H4186" the|strong="H7200" Ken people-group \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lived|strong="H4186"\+w*}, and|strong="H7200" he|strong="H7760" prophesied|strong="H5012" this|strong="H7200": 
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“You|strong="H7760" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w think|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w*} the|strong="H7200" place|strong="H7760" where|strong="H4186" you|strong="H7760" live|strong="H4186" is|strong="H4186" secure|strong="H0982"/safe|strong="H7965" 
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like|strong="H4912" a|strong="H7760" nest|strong="H7064" that|strong="H7200" is|strong="H4186" made|strong="H7760" in|strong="H4186" the|strong="H7200" cliffs|strong="H5553" [MET|strong="H5375"], 
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\verseNumber{22}but|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" wiped|strong="H3772" out|strong="H4100" 
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when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H5704" Assyria|strong="H0804" conquers|strong="H2428" you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{23}Balaam|strong="H5375" ended|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5375" prophecies|strong="H1697" by|strong="H2421" saying|strong="H0559", 
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“Also|strong="H1571", ◄who|strong="H4310" can|strong="H4310" <survive|strong="H2421"/escape|strong="H4422"> when|strong="H2421" God|strong="H4310" does|strong="H6213" all|strong="H5375" these|strong="H7760" things|strong="H1697"?/no|strong="H7760" one|strong="H2421" will|strong="H4310" be|strong="H5375" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H2421" <survive|strong="H2421"/escape|strong="H4422"> when|strong="H2421" God|strong="H4310" does|strong="H6213" all|strong="H5375" these|strong="H7760" things|strong="H1697"!► [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{24}Ships|strong="H6716" will|strong="H1571" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H3027" Cyprus|strong="H3794" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Island|strong="H0336"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w ships|strong="H6716"\+w*} will|strong="H1571" defeat|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w*} Assyria|strong="H0804" and|strong="H3027" Eber|strong="H5677". 
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But|strong="H1571" God|strong="H3027" will|strong="H1571" get|strong="H3027" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3027" those|strong="H1931" men|strong="H0376", too|strong="H1571".” 
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\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H1980" Balaam|strong="H1109" and|strong="H1980" Balak|strong="H1111" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1980" their|strong="H7725" homes|strong="H1004". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The Israelis worshiped Baal }
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\chapterNumber{25}While|strong="H3427" the|strong="H2181" Israelis were|strong="H3478" camped|strong="H2583" at|strong="H3427" a|strong="H3478" place|strong="H3427" called|strong="H7121" Acacia|strong="H7848" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Grove|strong="H0842"\+w*}, some|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H2181" men|strong="H5971" caused|strong="H5414" themselves|strong="H0905" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H2181" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H3478" God|strong="H0430" by|strong="H4124" having|strong="H0369" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H3427" some|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H2181" women|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H2181" Moab|strong="H4124" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{people-group \+w who|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H7121" those|strong="H1992" women|strong="H0802" invited|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7121" men|strong="H5971" to|strong="H7121" come|strong="H5971" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7121" sacrifices|strong="H2077" were|strong="H5971" being|strong="H5971" offered|strong="H5927" to|strong="H7121" their|strong="H7121" gods|strong="H0430". The|strong="H7121" Israeli men|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w accepted|strong="H7521"\+w*}. They|strong="H5971" went|strong="H5971" to|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7121" feasts|strong="H4150" with|strong="H5971" the|strong="H7121" women|strong="H0802" and|strong="H5971" worshiped|strong="H7812" the|strong="H7121" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H2077" the|strong="H7121" Moab|strong="H4124" people-group. 
\verseNumber{3}By|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068", those|strong="H1992" Israeli people|strong="H5971" joined|strong="H6775" the|strong="H3068" women|strong="H0802" in|strong="H3478" worshiping|strong="H7812" the|strong="H3068" god|strong="H3068" Baal|strong="H1187" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w add|strong="H3254"\+w* }who|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Moab|strong="H4124" people-group thought|strong="H0559" lived|strong="H3427" on|strong="H3068" Peor|strong="H1187" Mountain|strong="H2022". That|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H2734" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{4}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" this|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H7725": “Seize|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H3605" men|strong="H7218" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H5971" doing|strong="H6213" this|strong="H7725" and|strong="H4872" execute|strong="H3363" them|strong="H7725" while|strong="H5704" I|strong="H3478" am|strong="H3068" watching|strong="H8245". Do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" daytime|strong="H3119". After|strong="H0310" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H5971", I|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3605" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3068" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971".” 
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\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H4872" other|strong="H0312" Israeli leaders|strong="H8199", “Each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H8199" you|strong="H3478" must|strong="H3478" execute|strong="H8199" your|strong="H2026" men|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3478" have|strong="H3478" joined|strong="H6775" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w others|strong="H0312"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" worshiping|strong="H7812" Baal|strong="H1187".” 
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\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w later|strong="H0310"\+w*}, while|strong="H2009" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H2009" and|strong="H1121" many|strong="H7227" [HYP] other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" crying|strong="H1058" at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", while|strong="H2009" they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" watching|strong="H5869", one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Israeli men|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H7126" a|strong="H7126" woman|strong="H4084" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Midian|strong="H4080" people-group into|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" tent|strong="H0168" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w started|strong="H2490"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w have|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w sex|strong="H7901"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w her|strong="H3605"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H7200" Phinehas|strong="H6372", who|strong="H3548" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7200" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175", saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200", he|strong="H3027" grabbed|strong="H2388" a|strong="H3947" spear|strong="H7420" 
\verseNumber{8}and|strong="H1121" rushed|strong="H6743" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" man’s|strong="H0376" tent|strong="H6898". He|strong="H8147" thrust|strong="H1856" the|strong="H5921" spear|strong="H2595" completely|strong="H3617" through|strong="H1856" the|strong="H5921" man’s|strong="H0376" body|strong="H1320" and|strong="H1121" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" woman’s|strong="H0802" belly|strong="H6897" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w both|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}. When|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8147" did|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3478", the|strong="H5921" ◄plague|strong="H4046"/serious|strong="H2470" illness|strong="H2483"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w started|strong="H2490"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w strike|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* Israelis} stopped|strong="H6113". 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H1961" 24,000 people|strong="H5971" had|strong="H1961" already|strong="H3528" died|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w plague|strong="H4046"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{11}“Phinehas|strong="H6372" has|strong="H3478" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" stop|strong="H3808" being|strong="H1121" angry|strong="H2534" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121", by|strong="H5921" being|strong="H1121" as|strong="H1121" eager|strong="H1245" as|strong="H1121" I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w stop|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w this|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w sinful|strong="H2400"\+w* \+w behavior|strong="H3027"\+w*}. I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3478" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H7725" get|strong="H7725" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121" because|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3478" extremely|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2534", but|strong="H3808" Phinehas|strong="H6372" has|strong="H3478" prevented|strong="H6923" me|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{12}Now|strong="H2005" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3651" I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H2005" making|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" special|strong="H6381" peace|strong="H7965" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" him|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{13}In|strong="H5921" this|strong="H3478" agreement|strong="H1285", I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" promising|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3478" give|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" his|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" the|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3478"/authority|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" priests|strong="H3548". I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" doing|strong="H6213" this|strong="H3478" because|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w showed|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3478"\+w*} he|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H7065" eager|strong="H1245" to|strong="H3478" honor|strong="H3519" me|strong="H5921", his|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430", by|strong="H5921" stopping|strong="H2014" this|strong="H3478" sinful|strong="H2400" behavior|strong="H3027". He|strong="H5921" has|strong="H1961" caused|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5921" again|strong="H1961" by|strong="H5921" causing|strong="H7462" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" forgiven|strong="H3722" for|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" sin|strong="H2403".” 
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\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H5221" Israeli man|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H8034" killed|strong="H5221" with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5221" woman|strong="H4084" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" Moab|strong="H4124" people-group was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" Zimri|strong="H2174". He|strong="H1004" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H5221" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Salu|strong="H5543", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H5221" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5221" family|strong="H1004" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5221" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Simeon|strong="H8099". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H5221" woman’s|strong="H0802" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Cozbi|strong="H3579". She|strong="H1931" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H5221" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1004" Zur|strong="H6698", who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H5221" leader|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5221" clans|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5221" Midian|strong="H4080" people-group. 
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\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{17}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Take|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w your|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w and|strong="H5221"\+w*} attack|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" Midian|strong="H4080" people-group and|strong="H5221" kill|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{18}They|strong="H1992" have|strong="H1323" become|strong="H1961" your|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H6887", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" tricked|strong="H5377" you|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3117" induced|strong="H5496"/persuaded|strong="H5496" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5921" worship|strong="H7812" Baal|strong="H1168", and|strong="H3117" because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w your|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w sex|strong="H7901"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5921"\+w*} Cozbi|strong="H3579", who|strong="H1992" was|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3588" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" Midian|strong="H4080" people-group. She|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1697" killed|strong="H5221" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" time|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" plague|strong="H4046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w started|strong="H2490"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w sinned|strong="H2398"\+w*} at|strong="H5921" Peor|strong="H6465" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*}.” 

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\chapterNumber{26}After|strong="H0310" the|strong="H3068" plague|strong="H5061" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ended|strong="H1961"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Eleazar|strong="H0499" and|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1121", 
\verseNumber{2}“Count|strong="H8141" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H3478"\+w*}. Write|strong="H3789" down|strong="H4605" the|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1121" at|strong="H3478" least|strong="H6996" 20 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1121" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H3898" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w battles|strong="H4421"\+w*}, along|strong="H5375" with|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004" names|strong="H8034".” 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H1696" while|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Israelis were|strong="H3383" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" plains|strong="H6160" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Moab|strong="H4124" people-group lived|strong="H3427", Eleazar|strong="H0499" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" told|strong="H1696" this|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" Israeli leaders|strong="H7218": 
\verseNumber{4}“Write|strong="H3789" down|strong="H4605" the|strong="H3068" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H6680" the|strong="H3068" Israeli men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1121" at|strong="H3478" least|strong="H6996" 20 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" us|strong="H3478".” 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" this|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3318" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H6680" the|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290" who|strong="H3068" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w still|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w alive|strong="H2416"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5-7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w counted|strong="H2803"\+w*} 43,730 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205", Jacob’s|strong="H3290" oldest|strong="H1419" son|strong="H1121". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0935" clans|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" Hanoch|strong="H2585", Pallu|strong="H6396", Hezron|strong="H2696", and|strong="H3967" Carmi|strong="H3756". 
\verseNumber{8}Pallu’s|strong="H6396" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Eliab|strong="H0446" 
\verseNumber{9}and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" grandsons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Nemuel|strong="H5241", Dathan|strong="H1885" and|strong="H1121" Abiram|strong="H0048". Dathan|strong="H1885" and|strong="H1121" Abiram|strong="H0048" were|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" leaders|strong="H7218" who|strong="H1931" joined|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3068" Korah|strong="H7141" to|strong="H3068" conspire|strong="H3289" against|strong="H5921" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" rebelled|strong="H5327" against|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" earth|strong="H0776" opened|strong="H6605" up|strong="H1104" and|strong="H3967" swallowed|strong="H1104" them|strong="H1961" and|strong="H3967" Korah|strong="H7141". Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H1961" fire|strong="H0784" that|strong="H1961" burned|strong="H8313" up|strong="H1104" 250 men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H2572" supported|strong="H0310" those|strong="H1961" three|strong="H7969" men|strong="H0376". That|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" warning|strong="H5251" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w all|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1961"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H5712"\+w*} that|strong="H1961" they|strong="H6310" should|strong="H3068" respect|strong="H6437" and|strong="H3967" obey|strong="H8085" the|strong="H1961" leaders|strong="H7218" whom|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H1961" appointed|strong="H4150". 
\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H4191" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Korah|strong="H7141" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{12-14}The|strong="H3605" Israeli leaders|strong="H7218" counted|strong="H2803" 22,200 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Simeon|strong="H8095". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0935" clans|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" Nemuel|strong="H5241", Jamin|strong="H3226", Jakin|strong="H3199", Zerah|strong="H2226", and|strong="H3967" Shaul|strong="H7586". 
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\verseNumber{15-18}They|strong="H1992" counted|strong="H2803" 40,500 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Gad|strong="H1410". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0935" clans|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" Zephon|strong="H6827", Haggi|strong="H2291", Shuni|strong="H7764", Ozni|strong="H0244", Eri|strong="H6179", Arod|strong="H0720", and|strong="H3967" Areli|strong="H0692". 
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\verseNumber{19-22}They|strong="H1992" counted|strong="H2803" 76,500 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0935" clans|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" Shelah|strong="H7956", Perez|strong="H6557", Zerah|strong="H2226", Hezron|strong="H2696", and|strong="H3967" Hamul|strong="H2538". Judah’s|strong="H3063" other|strong="H0312" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121", Er|strong="H6147" and|strong="H3967" Onan|strong="H0209", died|strong="H4191" in|strong="H0935" Canaan|strong="H3667" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w without|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w having|strong="H0369"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w any|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w children|strong="H1121"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{23-25}They|strong="H1992" counted|strong="H2803" 64,300 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Issachar|strong="H3485". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0935" clans|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" Tola|strong="H8439", Puvah|strong="H6312", Jashub|strong="H3437", and|strong="H3967" Shimron|strong="H8110". 
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\verseNumber{26-27}They|strong="H1992" counted|strong="H2803" 60,500 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Zebulun|strong="H2074". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0935" clans|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" Sered|strong="H5624", Elon|strong="H0356", and|strong="H3967" Jahleel|strong="H3177". 
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\verseNumber{28-34}They|strong="H1992" counted|strong="H2803" 52,700 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519", who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joseph|strong="H3130". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0935" clans|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" Machir|strong="H4353", from|strong="H4480" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" Gilead|strong="H1568", and|strong="H3967" from|strong="H4480" his|strong="H3605" six|strong="H8337" grandsons|strong="H1121"—Jezer|strong="H3337", Helek|strong="H2507", Asriel|strong="H0844", Shechem|strong="H7927", Shemida|strong="H8061", and|strong="H3967" Hepher|strong="H2660". Hepher’s son|strong="H1121" Zelophehad|strong="H6765" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1961" any|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121", but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" five|strong="H2568" daughters|strong="H1323"—Mahlah|strong="H4244", Noah|strong="H5146", Hoglah|strong="H2295", Milcah|strong="H4435", and|strong="H3967" Tirzah|strong="H8656". 
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\verseNumber{35-37}They|strong="H1992" counted|strong="H2803" 32,500 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669", who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" other|strong="H0312" son|strong="H1121". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0935" clans|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" Shuthelah|strong="H7803", Becher|strong="H1071", Tahan|strong="H8465", and|strong="H3967" Shuthelah’s son|strong="H1121" Eran|strong="H6197". 
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\verseNumber{38-41}They|strong="H1992" counted|strong="H2803" 45,600 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0935" clans|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" Bela|strong="H1106", Ashbel|strong="H0788", Ahiram|strong="H0297", Shephupham|strong="H8197", and|strong="H3967" Hupham|strong="H2349", and|strong="H3967" from|strong="H4480" Bela’s|strong="H1106" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121"—Ard|strong="H0714" and|strong="H3967" Naaman|strong="H5283". 
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\verseNumber{42-43}They|strong="H1992" counted|strong="H2803" 64,400 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0935" one|strong="H0259" clan|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" Shuham|strong="H7748". 
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\verseNumber{44-47}They|strong="H1992" counted|strong="H2803" 53,400 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Asher|strong="H0836". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0935" clans|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" Imnah|strong="H3232", Ishvi|strong="H3440", and|strong="H3967" Beriah|strong="H1283", and|strong="H3967" from|strong="H4480" Beriah’s two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121"—Heber|strong="H2268" and|strong="H3967" Malkiel. Asher|strong="H0836" also|strong="H1571" had|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" daughter|strong="H1323" named|strong="H7121" Serah|strong="H8294". 
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\verseNumber{48-50}They|strong="H1992" counted|strong="H2803" 45,400 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Naphtali|strong="H5321". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0935" clans|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" Jahzeel|strong="H3183", Guni|strong="H1476", Jezer|strong="H3337", and|strong="H3967" Shillem|strong="H8006". 
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\verseNumber{51}The|strong="H6485" total|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6485" Israeli men|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H6485" leaders|strong="H7218" counted|strong="H6485" was|strong="H3478" 601,730. 
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\verseNumber{52}Then|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{53}“Divide|strong="H2505" Canaan|strong="H3667" land|strong="H5159" among|strong="H8034" the|strong="H8034" tribes|strong="H7626". Distribute|strong="H2505" the|strong="H8034" land|strong="H5159" according|strong="H5921" the|strong="H8034" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H8034" people|strong="H5159" in|strong="H8034" each|strong="H0376" tribe|strong="H4294" that|strong="H4557" are|strong="H8034" on|strong="H8034" your|strong="H3068" lists. 
\verseNumber{54-56}Decide|strong="H3198" by|strong="H0801" ◄casting|strong="H4165" lots|strong="H1486"/throwing|strong="H3027" stones|strong="H0068" which|strong="H0834" are|strong="H3117" marked|strong="H8104"► to|strong="H0413" determine|strong="H7200" which|strong="H0834" group|strong="H7235" will|strong="H3068" get|strong="H3947" which|strong="H0834" area|strong="H1508", but|strong="H3588" give|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" largest areas|strong="H0776" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" groups|strong="H7218" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" most|strong="H6944" people|strong="H5971".” 
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\verseNumber{57}The|strong="H6485" leaders|strong="H7218" also|strong="H1571" counted|strong="H6485" the|strong="H6485" male|strong="H2145" descendants|strong="H4940" of|strong="H4940" Levi|strong="H3881". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H3881" in|strong="H4940" clans|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3881" Gershon|strong="H1648", Kohath|strong="H6955", and|strong="H3881" Merari|strong="H4847". 
\verseNumber{58}These|strong="H3881" also|strong="H3205" included|strong="H5475" people|strong="H4940" from|strong="H3881" the|strong="H3205" clans|strong="H4940" of|strong="H3205" Libni|strong="H3845", Hebron|strong="H2275", Mahli|strong="H4249", Mushi|strong="H4187", and|strong="H3881" Korah|strong="H7145". All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3205" them|strong="H3205" were|strong="H3881" descendants|strong="H4940" of|strong="H3205" Levi|strong="H3881". Kohath|strong="H6955" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" ancestor of|strong="H3205" Amram|strong="H6019", 
\verseNumber{59}whose|strong="H8034" wife|strong="H0802" was|strong="H8034" Jochebed|strong="H3115". She|strong="H1931" also|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H3205" descendant|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1323" Levi|strong="H3878", but|strong="H3205" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H8034" born|strong="H3205" in|strong="H8034" Egypt|strong="H4714". She|strong="H1931" and|strong="H4872" Amram|strong="H6019" had|strong="H4872" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H3205", Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H3205", and|strong="H4872" their|strong="H4714"/our|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} sister|strong="H0269" Miriam|strong="H4813". 
\verseNumber{60}Aaron’s|strong="H0175" sons|strong="H3205" were|strong="H3205" Nadab|strong="H5070", Abihu|strong="H0030", Eleazar|strong="H0499", and|strong="H5070" Ithamar|strong="H0385". 
\verseNumber{61}But|strong="H3068" Nadab|strong="H5070" and|strong="H3068" Abihu|strong="H0030" died|strong="H4191" when|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w incense|strong="H7004"\+w* \+w for|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\+w*} to|strong="H4191" Yahweh|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7126" way|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3068" disobeyed|strong="H6963" what|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680". 
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\verseNumber{62}The|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" counted|strong="H6485" 23,000 men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" at|strong="H3478" least|strong="H6996" one|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320" old|strong="H1121". But|strong="H3588" these|strong="H1992" men|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" counted|strong="H6485" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H1961" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w counted|strong="H6485"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" given|strong="H5414" any|strong="H3605" land|strong="H5159". 
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\verseNumber{63}Those|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H0834" Eleazar|strong="H0499" and|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" should|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1121" counted|strong="H6485". They|strong="H5921" counted|strong="H6485" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" plains|strong="H6160" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Moab|strong="H4124" people-group lived|strong="H3427", on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w east|strong="H5921"\+w*} side|strong="H3383" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H3405", across|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" Jericho|strong="H3405" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{64}None|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6485" men|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H0834" they|strong="H3808" counted|strong="H6485" were|strong="H3478" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6485" lists that|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" made|strong="H1961" by|strong="H3478" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6485" Israelis were|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6485" Sinai|strong="H5514" Desert|strong="H4057", 
\verseNumber{65}because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" about|strong="H5439" them|strong="H1992", “They|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" all|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191" in|strong="H3068" this|strong="H3588" desert|strong="H4057",” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*}. The|strong="H3588" only|strong="H3588" ones|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1121" still|strong="H3588" alive|strong="H2416" were|strong="H1121" Jephunneh’s son|strong="H1121" Caleb|strong="H3612" and|strong="H1121" Nun’s son|strong="H1121" Joshua|strong="H3091". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The request of the daughters of Zelophehad }
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\chapterNumber{27}One|strong="H1121" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7126" five|strong="H2568" daughters|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Zelophehad|strong="H6765" came|strong="H7126" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H8034"\+w*/\+w me|strong="H8034"\+w*}. They|strong="H8034" were|strong="H1121" Mahlah|strong="H4244", Noah|strong="H5270", Hoglah|strong="H2295", Milcah|strong="H4435", and|strong="H1121" Tirzah|strong="H8656". 
\verseNumber{2}They|strong="H6440" came|strong="H3548" to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H4872" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" Eleazar|strong="H0499", Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H6440", the|strong="H3605" tribal|strong="H4294" leaders|strong="H5387", and|strong="H4872" many|strong="H7227" [EUP] other|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5712". 
\verseNumber{3}They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Our|strong="H3068" father|strong="H1121" died|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w during|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w time|strong="H3259"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" desert|strong="H4057", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1931" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1961" any|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121". But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" among|strong="H8432" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H1931" supported|strong="H0310" Korah|strong="H7141", who|strong="H1931" rebelled|strong="H4784" against|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068". He|strong="H1931" died|strong="H4191" just|strong="H3512" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" sinner|strong="H2398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w everyone|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w else|strong="H3808"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}◄Why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" the|strong="H3588" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" clan|strong="H4940" disappear|strong="H0622" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w not|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w receive|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w any|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w land|strong="H4940"\+w*} only|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" our|strong="H5414" father|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3588" no|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121"?/It|strong="H5414" is|strong="H4100" not|strong="H5414" right|strong="H3225" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" clan|strong="H4940" disappear|strong="H0622" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w not|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w receive|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w any|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w land|strong="H4940"\+w*} only|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" our|strong="H5414" father|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3588" no|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121".► [RHQ] So|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" land|strong="H4940" like|strong="H1121" our|strong="H5414" relatives|strong="H4940" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" getting|strong="H7075"!” 
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\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H7126" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H6440" asked|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5439"\+w*} their|strong="H3068" request|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H4872" Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{7}“What|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5414" daughters|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Zelophehad|strong="H6765" are|strong="H1323" requesting is|strong="H3651" right|strong="H3651". You|strong="H5414" must|strong="H4191" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" land|strong="H5159", just|strong="H1696" as|strong="H3651" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H1323" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" their|strong="H5414" father’s|strong="H0001" relatives|strong="H0251". Give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" each|strong="H5414" of|strong="H1323" them|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H3651" would|strong="H0014" have|strong="H1323" been|strong="H5674" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" their|strong="H5414" brothers|strong="H0251" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w had|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w any|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{8}“lso tell|strong="H1696" this|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121": ‘If|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" has|strong="H3478" no|strong="H1696" sons|strong="H1121" dies|strong="H4191", give|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" things|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3478" sons|strong="H1121" would|strong="H3478" have|strong="H1121" inherited|strong="H5157" to|strong="H1696" his|strong="H3478" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{9}If|strong="H0518" the|strong="H5414" man|strong="H0376" has|strong="H5159" no|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121" or|strong="H0176" daughters|strong="H1323", give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" brothers|strong="H0251" the|strong="H5414" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1323" daughters|strong="H1323" would|strong="H0014" have|strong="H1323" inherited|strong="H5157". 
\verseNumber{10}If|strong="H0518" the|strong="H5414" man|strong="H0376" had|strong="H5414" no|strong="H5414" brothers|strong="H0251", give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" father’s|strong="H0001" brothers|strong="H0251" the|strong="H5414" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121" or|strong="H0176" daughters|strong="H1323" or|strong="H0176" brothers|strong="H0251" would|strong="H0014" have|strong="H5414" inherited|strong="H5157". 
\verseNumber{11}If|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5414" man’s|strong="H0376" father|strong="H1121" has|strong="H3068" no|strong="H5414" brothers|strong="H1121", give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" his|strong="H5414" closest|strong="H1350" relative|strong="H7607" the|strong="H5414" things|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" others|strong="H0312" would|strong="H3068" have|strong="H1961" inherited|strong="H3423".’ That|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" rule|strong="H4941" for|strong="H2708" the|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H1121", because|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" giving|strong="H5414" this|strong="H5414" as|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" command|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5414", Moses|strong="H4872", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Joshua|strong="H3091" was|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5414" Israelis’ new|strong="H3423" leader|strong="H5387" }
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\verseNumber{12}One|strong="H2088" day|strong="H4872", Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5414", “Climb|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7200" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7200" Abarim|strong="H5682" Mountains|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w east|strong="H6921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. Then|strong="H2088" look|strong="H7200" out|strong="H5414" over|strong="H5414" the|strong="H7200" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7200" Israeli people|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{13}After|strong="H7200" you|strong="H7200" have|strong="H5971" seen|strong="H7200" it|strong="H7200", you|strong="H7200" will|strong="H5971" die|strong="H4191" [EUP] just|strong="H1571" like|strong="H5971" your|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" Aaron|strong="H0175" did|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H6942" reason|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w die|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w and|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w not|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w enter|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w*} is|strong="H6310" that|strong="H4325" you|strong="H5869" both|strong="H1992" disobeyed|strong="H4784" my|strong="H6942" instructions|strong="H6310"/commands|strong="H6680" in|strong="H6310" the|strong="H6942" Zin|strong="H6790" Desert|strong="H4057". When|strong="H6310" the|strong="H6942" Israeli people|strong="H5712" rebelled|strong="H4784" against|strong="H4784" me|strong="H5869" there|strong="H1992" at|strong="H5869" Meribah|strong="H4809", near|strong="H7126" Kadesh|strong="H6946", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w speak|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6942"\+w* \+w rock|strong="H6697"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w cause|strong="H6310"\+w*} water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H4325" flow|strong="H1980" out|strong="H4325" of|strong="H5869" it|strong="H6942". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w struck|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6942"\+w* \+w rock|strong="H6697"\+w* \+w instead|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w speaking|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6942"\+w*}, you|strong="H5869" did|strong="H5869" not|strong="H5869" show|strong="H6942" the|strong="H6942" people|strong="H5712" my|strong="H6942" holy|strong="H6942" power|strong="H3027".” 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" this|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068": 
\verseNumber{16}“Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3605" directs|strong="H3559" the|strong="H3605" spirits|strong="H7307" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1320". So|strong="H6485" please|strong="H4994" appoint|strong="H6485" a|strong="H3068" new|strong="H2319" leader|strong="H5387" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1320". 
\verseNumber{17}Appoint|strong="H6485" someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" lead|strong="H3318" your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3808" when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H3898" a|strong="H1961" battle|strong="H6440", so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w just|strong="H3512"\+w* \+w wander|strong="H7462"\+w* \+w around|strong="H6440"\+w*} like|strong="H1961" sheep|strong="H6629" that|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" shepherd|strong="H7462".” [SIM] 
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\verseNumber{18}Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “Get|strong="H3947" Joshua|strong="H3091", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nun|strong="H5126", who|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" within|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". Lay|strong="H5564" your|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w appoint|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{19}Cause|strong="H2600" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" stand|strong="H5975" in|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" Eleazar|strong="H0499" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548", as|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5712" are|strong="H5869" watching|strong="H5869", and|strong="H3548" commission|strong="H6680"/appoint|strong="H5975" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" be|strong="H5869" the|strong="H3605" new|strong="H2319" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5712". 
\verseNumber{20}Give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5414" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" authority|strong="H1935" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H5414" now|strong="H8085" have|strong="H1121", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w must|strong="H1121"\+w*} obey|strong="H8085" him|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{21}When|strong="H3318" you|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" need|strong="H4270" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3318" guide|strong="H5148" you|strong="H6440", Joshua|strong="H3091" will|strong="H3068" stand|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" Eleazar|strong="H0499". Then|strong="H3318" by|strong="H5921" ◄casting|strong="H4165" lots|strong="H1486"/throwing|strong="H3027" marked|strong="H8104" stones|strong="H0068" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H6440"► Eleazar|strong="H0499" will|strong="H3068" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H3318" what|strong="H4941" they|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068".” 
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\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H6213" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H6680" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680". He|strong="H6213"/I|strong="H6680" presented|strong="H5975" Joshua|strong="H3091" to|strong="H3068" Eleazar|strong="H0499" and|strong="H4872" to|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5712". 
\verseNumber{23}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" laid|strong="H5564" his|strong="H3068"/my|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4872" commissioned|strong="H6680"/appointed|strong="H6680" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" work|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" tell|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3068". 

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\chapterNumber{28}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" this|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696": 
\verseNumber{2}“Tell|strong="H5046" this|strong="H8104" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8104" Israeli people|strong="H1121": Bring|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H8104" the|strong="H8104" offerings|strong="H7133" that|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1121" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. When|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3478" are|strong="H1121" burned|strong="H8313", the|strong="H8104" smell|strong="H7381" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1121" very|strong="H3966" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H8104". And|strong="H1121" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3478" must|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H7126" them|strong="H6680" at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8104" proper|strong="H2896"/right|strong="H3478" time|strong="H4150". 
\verseNumber{3}Tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H7126" that|strong="H3117" what|strong="H2088" they|strong="H3117" must|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H3117" each|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" two|strong="H8147" male|strong="H3532" lambs|strong="H3532" that|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" one-year-old. They|strong="H3117" must|strong="H1121" have|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" defects. They|strong="H3117" must|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H6213" should|strong="H6213" bring|strong="H6213" one|strong="H3532" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" morning|strong="H1242" and|strong="H1242" the|strong="H6213" other|strong="H8145" early|strong="H1242" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" evening|strong="H6153". 
\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H7243" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H1571" bring|strong="H0935" an|strong="H4503" offering|strong="H4503" of|strong="H1969" grain|strong="H1715", consisting of|strong="H1969" two|strong="H8147" quarts/liters of|strong="H1969" finely-ground flour|strong="H5560", mixed|strong="H1101" with|strong="H1101" a|strong="H8081" quart of|strong="H1969" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081". 
\verseNumber{6}That|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" must|strong="H4191" bring|strong="H6213" every|strong="H6213" day|strong="H3117". They|strong="H3068" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H6213" those|strong="H6213" offerings|strong="H5930" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w were|strong="H2022"\+w*} at|strong="H3068" Sinai|strong="H5514" Mountain|strong="H2022". When|strong="H6213" those|strong="H6213" offerings|strong="H5930" are|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, the|strong="H6213" smell|strong="H7381" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" very|strong="H6213" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H8313" each|strong="H3532" lamb|strong="H3532", they|strong="H3068" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H3068" pour|strong="H5258" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944" altar|strong="H4196" one|strong="H3532" quart/liter of|strong="H3068" wine|strong="H7941". 
\verseNumber{8}In|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" evening|strong="H6153", when|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" second|strong="H8145" lamb|strong="H3532", they|strong="H3068" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" same|strong="H1931" offerings|strong="H4503" of|strong="H3068" grain|strong="H1715" and|strong="H3068" wine|strong="H3196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w burned|strong="H8313"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w morning|strong="H1242"\+w*}. When|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313", the|strong="H6213" smell|strong="H7381" will|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" very|strong="H6213" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6213".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H6213" offerings|strong="H4503" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" Sabbath|strong="H7676" }
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\verseNumber{9}“On|strong="H3117" each|strong="H3117" ◄Sabbath|strong="H7676"/rest|strong="H5117" day|strong="H3117"►, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w must|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w bring|strong="H0935"\+w*} two|strong="H8147" male|strong="H3532" lambs|strong="H3532" that|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1121" no|strong="H3808" defects. Also|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H0935" a|strong="H3117" grain|strong="H1715" offering|strong="H4503" of|strong="H1121" four|strong="H0702" quarts/liters of|strong="H1121" finely-ground flour|strong="H5560" mixed|strong="H1101" with|strong="H1101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081" and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3117" wine|strong="H3196" offering|strong="H4503" of|strong="H1121" four|strong="H0702" quarts/liters of|strong="H1121" wine|strong="H3196". 
\verseNumber{10}Those|strong="H5921" are|strong="H5262" the|strong="H5921" offerings|strong="H5930" that|strong="H5921" are|strong="H5262" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H8548" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} each|strong="H0376" ◄Sabbath|strong="H7676"/rest|strong="H5117" day|strong="H3117"►. Those|strong="H5921" are|strong="H5262" in|strong="H5921" addition|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" offerings|strong="H5930" of|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" lambs|strong="H3532" and|strong="H5930" wine|strong="H3196" that|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" bring|strong="H0935" each|strong="H0376" day|strong="H3117".” 

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\verseNumber{11}“On|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" first|strong="H1121" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H1121" each|strong="H3532" month|strong="H2320", you|strong="H7126" must|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1121" an|strong="H7126" offering|strong="H5930" of|strong="H1121" two|strong="H8147" young|strong="H1121" bulls|strong="H6499", one|strong="H3532" male|strong="H3532" sheep|strong="H3532", and|strong="H1121" seven|strong="H7651" male|strong="H3532" lambs|strong="H3532" that|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1121" one-year-old. All|strong="H3068" of|strong="H1121" these|strong="H8147" must|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3068" without|strong="H8549" defects. They|strong="H3068" must|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w completely|strong="H3617"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{12}Also|strong="H1571" bring|strong="H0935" with|strong="H1101" each|strong="H8147" bull|strong="H6499" an|strong="H4503" offering|strong="H4503" of|strong="H8147" six|strong="H7969" quarts/liters of|strong="H8147" finely-ground flour|strong="H5560" mixed|strong="H1101" with|strong="H1101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081". With|strong="H1101" each|strong="H8147" male|strong="H2145" sheep|strong="H6629" make|strong="H6213" an|strong="H4503" offering|strong="H4503" of|strong="H8147" four|strong="H7969" quarts of|strong="H8147" finely-ground flour|strong="H5560" mixed|strong="H1101" with|strong="H1101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081". 
\verseNumber{13}Also|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H0935" an|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H4503" of|strong="H3068" two|strong="H8147" quarts/liters of|strong="H3068" finely-ground flour|strong="H5560" mixed|strong="H1101" with|strong="H1101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081" with|strong="H1101" each|strong="H3532" lamb|strong="H3532". When|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" these|strong="H0428" are|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, the|strong="H3068" smell|strong="H7381" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{14}With|strong="H2320" each|strong="H3532" bull|strong="H6499", also|strong="H7992" bring|strong="H1961" two|strong="H2677" quarts/liters of|strong="H8141" wine|strong="H3196". With|strong="H2320" each|strong="H3532" male|strong="H3532" sheep|strong="H3532", bring|strong="H1961" ◄1-1/3 quarts/1.2 liters► of|strong="H8141" wine|strong="H3196". With|strong="H2320" each|strong="H3532" lamb|strong="H3532", bring|strong="H1961" one|strong="H3532" quart/liter of|strong="H8141" wine|strong="H3196". These|strong="H2063" offerings|strong="H5930" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" brought|strong="H1961" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" first|strong="H7223" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H8141" each|strong="H3532" month|strong="H2320" and|strong="H6499" burned|strong="H8313" completely|strong="H3617" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{15}In|strong="H5921" addition|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" these|strong="H6213" offerings|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" burn|strong="H8313", you|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" bring|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5921" one|strong="H6213" goat|strong="H5795" for|strong="H5921" an|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H5930" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w forgive|strong="H5545"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w committed|strong="H6213"\+w*}.” 

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\verseNumber{16}“The|strong="H3068" Passover|strong="H6453" Festival|strong="H2282" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H3068" celebrated|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w*} me|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w each|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w year|strong="H3117"\+w*} on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" fourteenth|strong="H6240" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" first|strong="H7223" month|strong="H2320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w each|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w year|strong="H3117"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H3117" Festival|strong="H2282" of|strong="H3117" Unleavened|strong="H4682" Bread|strong="H4682" will|strong="H3117" start|strong="H1870" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117". For|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" following|strong="H0310" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117", the|strong="H3117" bread|strong="H4682" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" eat|strong="H0398" must|strong="H2282" be|strong="H3117" made|strong="H6213" without|strong="H3117" yeast|strong="H7603". 
\verseNumber{18}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" festival|strong="H2282", you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" gather|strong="H6213" together|strong="H3162" to|strong="H6213" worship|strong="H7812" me|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" any|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399". 
\verseNumber{19}On|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" day|strong="H3117", you|strong="H7126" must|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1961" for|strong="H3068" an|strong="H7126" offering|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} two|strong="H8147" young|strong="H1121" bulls|strong="H6499", one|strong="H3532" male|strong="H3532" sheep|strong="H3532", and|strong="H1121" seven|strong="H7651" male|strong="H3532" lambs|strong="H3532" that|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1121" one-year-old. They|strong="H3068" must|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3068" have|strong="H1961" no|strong="H1961" defects. 
\verseNumber{20}With|strong="H1101" each|strong="H8147" of|strong="H8147" these|strong="H6213" bulls|strong="H6499", bring|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" grain|strong="H1715" offering|strong="H4503" of|strong="H8147" grain|strong="H1715", consisting of|strong="H8147" six|strong="H7969" quarts/liters of|strong="H8147" finely-ground flour|strong="H5560" mixed|strong="H1101" with|strong="H1101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081". With|strong="H1101" the|strong="H6213" male|strong="H2145" sheep|strong="H6629", bring|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H4503" of|strong="H8147" grain|strong="H1715" consisting of|strong="H8147" four|strong="H7969" quarts/liters of|strong="H8147" finely-ground flour|strong="H5560" mixed|strong="H1101" with|strong="H1101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081". 
\verseNumber{21}With|strong="H6213" each|strong="H3532" of|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" seven|strong="H7651" lambs|strong="H3532", bring|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H6213" of|strong="H6213" two|strong="H6213" quarts/liters of|strong="H6213" finely-ground flour|strong="H5560" mixed|strong="H1101" with|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081". 
\verseNumber{22}Also|strong="H1571" bring|strong="H0935" one|strong="H0259" goat|strong="H8163" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" sacrifice|strong="H2077" to|strong="H5921" cause|strong="H2600" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H2403" forgiven|strong="H3722" for|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" sin|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{23}Bring|strong="H6213" these|strong="H6213" offerings|strong="H5930" in|strong="H6213" addition|strong="H5921" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" offerings|strong="H5930" that|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" bring|strong="H6213" each|strong="H0376" morning|strong="H1242". 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H5921" smell|strong="H7381" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" grain|strong="H8548" that|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} each|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" for|strong="H5921" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" very|strong="H6213" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5921". Bring|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" grain|strong="H8548" in|strong="H5921" addition|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" animals|strong="H0929" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" wine|strong="H3196" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5921" burn|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{25}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" festival|strong="H2282", you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H1961"\+w*} gather|strong="H6213" together|strong="H3162" to|strong="H1961" worship|strong="H7812" me|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" any|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" sacrifices|strong="H6944" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" Harvest|strong="H7105" Festival|strong="H2282" }
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\verseNumber{26}“On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Harvest|strong="H7105" Festival|strong="H2282", when|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" bring|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H1061" grain|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" harvested|strong="H1219", you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" gather|strong="H6213" together|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" me|strong="H6213". Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" any|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{27}Bring|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1121" two|strong="H8147" young|strong="H1121" bulls|strong="H6499", one|strong="H3532" male|strong="H3532" sheep|strong="H3532", and|strong="H1121" seven|strong="H7651" male|strong="H3532" lambs|strong="H3532" that|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1121" one-year-old. When|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1121" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, the|strong="H3068" smell|strong="H7381" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{28}Also|strong="H1571" bring|strong="H0935" a|strong="H8081" grain|strong="H1715" offering|strong="H4503" of|strong="H8147" nice|strong="H2899" flour|strong="H5560" mixed|strong="H1101" with|strong="H1101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081". For|strong="H6241" each|strong="H8147" bull|strong="H6499", bring|strong="H0935" six|strong="H7969" quarts/liters, and|strong="H6499" with|strong="H1101" each|strong="H8147" male|strong="H2145" sheep|strong="H6629", bring|strong="H0935" four|strong="H7969" quarts/liters, 
\verseNumber{29}and|strong="H7651" with|strong="H5973" each|strong="H3532" of|strong="H6241" the|strong="H3605" lambs|strong="H3532" bring|strong="H0935" two|strong="H8147" quarts/liters. 
\verseNumber{30}Also|strong="H1571" sacrifice|strong="H2077" one|strong="H0259" male|strong="H8163" goat|strong="H5795" to|strong="H5921" cause|strong="H2600" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1961" forgiven|strong="H3722" for|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" sins|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{31}Bring|strong="H6213" these|strong="H6213" offerings|strong="H5930" and|strong="H5930" the|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H4503" of|strong="H4503" wine|strong="H3196" in|strong="H6213" addition|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6213" animals|strong="H1961" and|strong="H5930" grain|strong="H8548" that|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" burn|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} each|strong="H0376" day|strong="H3117". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w And|strong="H5930"\+w* \+w remember|strong="H2142"\+w* \+w that|strong="H6213"\+w*} the|strong="H6213" animals|strong="H1961" that|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" sacrifice|strong="H5930" must|strong="H4191" have|strong="H1961" no|strong="H6213" defects.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The sacrifices for the Festival of Trumpets }
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\chapterNumber{29}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Each|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w year|strong="H3117"\+w*}, gather|strong="H6213" together|strong="H3162" to|strong="H1961" worship|strong="H7812" me|strong="H6213" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" seventh|strong="H7637" month|strong="H2320", and|strong="H3117" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" any|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117". On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3808"\+w*} must|strong="H3808" blow|strong="H8643" their|strong="H3605" trumpets|strong="H8643". 
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\verseNumber{2}When|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" offerings|strong="H5930" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} are|strong="H1121" being|strong="H1121" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313", the|strong="H6213" smell|strong="H7381" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" very|strong="H6213" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6213". The|strong="H6213" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6213" must|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H6213" are|strong="H1121" one|strong="H3532" young|strong="H1121" bull|strong="H6499", one|strong="H3532" male|strong="H3532" sheep|strong="H3532", and|strong="H1121" seven|strong="H7651" male|strong="H3532" lambs|strong="H3532" that|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1121" one-year-old. They|strong="H3068" must|strong="H1121" have|strong="H3068" no|strong="H6213" defects. 
\verseNumber{3}With|strong="H1101" these|strong="H8147" animals|strong="H0929" bring|strong="H0935" an|strong="H4503" offering|strong="H4503" of|strong="H8147" grain|strong="H1715" consisting of|strong="H8147" finely-ground flour|strong="H5560" mixed|strong="H1101" with|strong="H1101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081". With|strong="H1101" the|strong="H8147" bull|strong="H6499", bring|strong="H0935" six|strong="H7969" quarts/liters. With|strong="H1101" the|strong="H8147" male|strong="H2145" sheep|strong="H6629", bring|strong="H0935" four|strong="H7969" quarts/liters, 
\verseNumber{4}and|strong="H7651" with|strong="H5973" each|strong="H3532" of|strong="H6241" the|strong="H3605" seven|strong="H7651" lambs|strong="H3532" bring|strong="H0935" two|strong="H8147" quarts/liters. 
\verseNumber{5}Also|strong="H1571" offer|strong="H7126" one|strong="H0259" male|strong="H8163" goat|strong="H5795" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H2403" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H8163" be|strong="H2403" forgiven|strong="H3722" for|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" sins|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{6}All|strong="H8548" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1992" animals|strong="H0929" are|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" addition|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} each|strong="H0376" morning|strong="H1242" and|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" first|strong="H7223" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H3068" each|strong="H0376" month|strong="H2320". The|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H5930" of|strong="H3068" grain|strong="H8548" and|strong="H3068" wine|strong="H3196" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H3068" made|strong="H3068" exactly|strong="H0834" as|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". When|strong="H3068" these|strong="H0428" offerings|strong="H5930" are|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313", the|strong="H3068" smell|strong="H7381" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H4941".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3068" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H3068" Atonement|strong="H3722" }
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\verseNumber{7}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Each|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w year|strong="H7637"\+w*}, on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" tenth|strong="H6218" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" seventh|strong="H7637" month|strong="H2320", you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H5315" gather|strong="H6213" together|strong="H3162" to|strong="H1961" worship|strong="H7812" me|strong="H5315". Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" any|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899" or|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" any|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" on|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H2320". 
\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H1961" you|strong="H7126" burn|strong="H8313" offerings|strong="H5930" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} on|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" day|strong="H3117", the|strong="H3068" smell|strong="H7381" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1961". The|strong="H3068" animals|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7126" must|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H7126" are|strong="H1121" one|strong="H3532" young|strong="H1121" bull|strong="H6499", one|strong="H3532" male|strong="H3532" sheep|strong="H3532", and|strong="H1121" seven|strong="H7651" male|strong="H3532" lambs|strong="H3532" that|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1121" one-year-old. They|strong="H3068" must|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1961" no|strong="H1961" defects. 
\verseNumber{9}With|strong="H1101" the|strong="H8147" bull|strong="H6499", bring|strong="H0935" an|strong="H4503" offering|strong="H4503" of|strong="H8147" grain|strong="H1715" consisting of|strong="H8147" six|strong="H7969" quarts/liters of|strong="H8147" nice|strong="H2899" flour|strong="H5560" mixed|strong="H1101" with|strong="H1101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081". With|strong="H1101" the|strong="H8147" male|strong="H2145" sheep|strong="H6629", bring|strong="H0935" four|strong="H7969" quarts/liters. 
\verseNumber{10}With|strong="H5973" each|strong="H3532" of|strong="H6241" the|strong="H3605" lambs|strong="H3532", bring|strong="H0935" two|strong="H8147" quarts/liters. 
\verseNumber{11}Also|strong="H1571" bring|strong="H0935" one|strong="H0259" male|strong="H8163" goat|strong="H5795" to|strong="H4503" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w me|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4503"\+w* \+w forgive|strong="H5545"\+w*} you|strong="H0859" for|strong="H2403" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H2403" committed|strong="H6213", and|strong="H5930" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929" and|strong="H5930" grain|strong="H8548" and|strong="H5930" wine|strong="H3196" that|strong="H4503" you|strong="H0859" burn|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5795"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} each|strong="H0376" day|strong="H3117" to|strong="H4503" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H4503" forgive|strong="H5545" you|strong="H0859" for|strong="H2403" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H2403" committed|strong="H6213". Those|strong="H1992" offerings|strong="H5930" will|strong="H8163" be|strong="H2403" in|strong="H4503" addition|strong="H5921" to|strong="H4503" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929" and|strong="H5930" grain|strong="H8548" and|strong="H5930" wine|strong="H3196" that|strong="H4503" are|strong="H2403" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5795"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} each|strong="H0376" day|strong="H3117".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" Festival|strong="H2282" of|strong="H2403" Shelters|strong="H5521" }
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\verseNumber{12}“On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" fifteenth|strong="H2568" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" seventh|strong="H7637" month|strong="H2320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w each|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w year|strong="H3117"\+w*}, you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H2282" all|strong="H3605" gather|strong="H6213" together|strong="H3162" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" me|strong="H6213". You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H2282" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" any|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117". You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H2282" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" celebrate|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{13}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H5930" are|strong="H1121" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, the|strong="H3068" smell|strong="H7381" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1961". The|strong="H3068" animals|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7126" must|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H7126" are|strong="H1121" 13 young|strong="H1121" bulls|strong="H6499", two|strong="H8147" male|strong="H3532" sheep|strong="H3532", and|strong="H1121" 14 male|strong="H3532" lambs|strong="H3532" that|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1121" one-year-old. These|strong="H8147" animals|strong="H1961" must|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1961" no|strong="H1961" defects. 
\verseNumber{14}With|strong="H1101" each|strong="H8147" of|strong="H8147" the|strong="H8147" 13 bulls|strong="H6499", bring|strong="H0935" a|strong="H8081" grain|strong="H1715" offering|strong="H4503" of|strong="H8147" six|strong="H7969" quarts/liters of|strong="H8147" finely-ground flour|strong="H5560" mixed|strong="H1101" with|strong="H1101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081". With|strong="H1101" each|strong="H8147" of|strong="H8147" the|strong="H8147" male|strong="H2145" sheep|strong="H6629", bring|strong="H0935" four|strong="H7969" quarts/liters. 
\verseNumber{15}With|strong="H5973" each|strong="H3532" of|strong="H6241" the|strong="H6240" 14 lambs|strong="H3532", bring|strong="H0935" two|strong="H8147" quarts/liters. 
\verseNumber{16}Also|strong="H1571" bring|strong="H0935" one|strong="H0259" male|strong="H8163" goat|strong="H5795" to|strong="H4503" be|strong="H2403" sacrificed|strong="H2076" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4503"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w me|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4503"\+w* \+w forgive|strong="H5545"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w*} for|strong="H4503" your|strong="H3068" sins|strong="H2403", in|strong="H4503" addition|strong="H5921" to|strong="H4503" the|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H5930" of|strong="H2403" animals|strong="H0929" and|strong="H5930" grain|strong="H8548" and|strong="H5930" wine|strong="H3196" that|strong="H4503" are|strong="H2403" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5795"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} each|strong="H0376" day|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{17-34}“or|strong="H0176" the|strong="H3605" next|strong="H4283" six|strong="H8337" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" festival|strong="H2282", you|strong="H0859" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H1571" bring|strong="H0935" animals|strong="H0929" to|strong="H0413" sacrifice|strong="H2077". On|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" second|strong="H8145" day|strong="H3117", bring|strong="H0935" twelve|strong="H8147" bulls|strong="H6499". On|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" third|strong="H7992"/next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117", bring|strong="H0935" eleven|strong="H0259" bulls|strong="H6499". One|strong="H0259" the|strong="H3605" fourth|strong="H7243"/next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117", bring|strong="H0935" ten|strong="H6235" bulls|strong="H6499". On|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" fifth|strong="H2549"/next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117", bring|strong="H0935" nine|strong="H8672" bulls|strong="H6499". On|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sixth|strong="H8345"/next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117", bring|strong="H0935" eight|strong="H8083" bulls|strong="H6499". On|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" seventh|strong="H7637"/last|strong="H0314" day|strong="H3117", bring|strong="H0935" seven|strong="H7651" bulls|strong="H6499". But|strong="H3588" on|strong="H5921" each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1992" days|strong="H3117", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" sacrifices|strong="H2077" and|strong="H3967" offerings|strong="H8002" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" bring|strong="H0935" will|strong="H3068" remain|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931". 
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\verseNumber{35}“n the|strong="H3605" eighth|strong="H8066" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" festival|strong="H2282", you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H1961"\+w*} gather|strong="H6213" together|strong="H3162" to|strong="H1961" worship|strong="H7812" me|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3117" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" any|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{36}On|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" day|strong="H3117", you|strong="H7126" must|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196" one|strong="H3532" bull|strong="H6499", one|strong="H3532" full-grown ram|strong="H0352", and|strong="H1121" seven|strong="H7651" lambs|strong="H3532" that|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1121" one-year-old. These|strong="H0428" animals|strong="H0929" must|strong="H1121" have|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" defects. They|strong="H3068" must|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196", and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3068" smell|strong="H7381" will|strong="H3068" please|strong="H4994" me|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{37}Bring|strong="H0935" also|strong="H1571" with|strong="H4941" the|strong="H4557" bull|strong="H6499" and|strong="H4941" the|strong="H4557" male|strong="H3532" sheep|strong="H3532" and|strong="H4941" each|strong="H3532" of|strong="H4557" the|strong="H4557" lambs|strong="H3532" the|strong="H4557" offerings|strong="H4503" of|strong="H4557" grain|strong="H1715" and|strong="H4941" wine|strong="H3196" that|strong="H4557" ◄are|strong="H5262" required|strong="H7592"/I|strong="H4503" told|strong="H5046" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H4941" bring|strong="H0935"►. 
\verseNumber{38}Also|strong="H1571" offer|strong="H7126" one|strong="H0259" male|strong="H8163" goat|strong="H8163" to|strong="H4503" be|strong="H2403" sacrificed|strong="H2076" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4503"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w me|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4503"\+w* \+w forgive|strong="H5545"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w*} for|strong="H4503" your|strong="H3068" sins|strong="H2403". These|strong="H0428" animals|strong="H0929" will|strong="H8163" be|strong="H2403" in|strong="H4503" addition|strong="H5921" to|strong="H4503" the|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H5930" of|strong="H2403" animals|strong="H0929" and|strong="H5930" grain|strong="H8548" and|strong="H5930" wine|strong="H3196" that|strong="H4503" are|strong="H2403" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5930"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} each|strong="H0376" day|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{39}“t your|strong="H3068" festivals|strong="H4150", these|strong="H6213" are|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" offerings|strong="H8002" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6213" must|strong="H4191" bring|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6213": The|strong="H6213" offerings|strong="H8002" that|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, the|strong="H6213" offerings|strong="H8002" of|strong="H3068" grain|strong="H1715" and|strong="H3068" wine|strong="H3196", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H3068" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6213". Those|strong="H6213" are|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" addition|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" offerings|strong="H8002" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6213" give|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6213" because|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6213" promised|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697", and|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" special|strong="H6381" offerings|strong="H8002" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6213" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{40}Then|strong="H0227" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H0589" told|strong="H5046" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" him|strong="H5414"/me|strong="H0413". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Rules about special promises to Yahweh }
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\chapterNumber{30}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H6680" spoke|strong="H1696" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Israeli tribes|strong="H7626". He|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H6680" told|strong="H6680" them|strong="H6680" these|strong="H3605" commands|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" given|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H6680"/me|strong="H6680": 
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\verseNumber{2}“If|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1696" man|strong="H1121" solemnly|strong="H7650" promises|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" something|strong="H1697", he|strong="H3068" must|strong="H1121" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696". 
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\verseNumber{3}“f a|strong="H6213" young|strong="H5288" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" still|strong="H3588" living|strong="H5315" with|strong="H3068" her|strong="H3605" parents|strong="H0001" solemnly|strong="H7650" promises|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3318" do|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697", 
\verseNumber{4}and|strong="H3068" if|strong="H3588" her|strong="H3588" father|strong="H0001" hears|strong="H8085" about|strong="H1004" what|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" promised|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" if|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" does|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" object|strong="H8047", she|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" promised|strong="H3068" [DOU]. 
\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H8085" if|strong="H0518" her|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" hears|strong="H8085" about|strong="H5921" what|strong="H8085" she|strong="H5921" promised|strong="H1696" and|strong="H6965" does|strong="H5315" not|strong="H8085" allow|strong="H5414" her|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605", then|strong="H6965" she|strong="H5921" does|strong="H5315" not|strong="H8085" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H3605" what|strong="H8085" she|strong="H5921" promised|strong="H1696". Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H5315" forgive|strong="H5545" her|strong="H3605" for|strong="H5921" not|strong="H8085" doing|strong="H6213" what|strong="H8085" she|strong="H5921" promised|strong="H1696". 
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\verseNumber{6}“f a|strong="H3588" woman|strong="H0802" promises|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" something|strong="H3605", but|strong="H3588" then|strong="H6965" she|strong="H3588" gets|strong="H6965" married|strong="H3947", 
\verseNumber{7}if|strong="H1961" her|strong="H5921" husband|strong="H0376" hears|strong="H8085" about|strong="H1961" what|strong="H5921" she|strong="H8193" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H8193", and|strong="H5315" he|strong="H5921" does|strong="H5315" not|strong="H1961" object|strong="H8047", she|strong="H8193" must|strong="H5315" do|strong="H8193" what|strong="H5921" she|strong="H8193" promised|strong="H1696" [DOU]. 
\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H8085" if|strong="H0518" her|strong="H5921" husband|strong="H0376" hears|strong="H8085" about|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" and|strong="H6965" does|strong="H5315" not|strong="H8085" allow|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3117", she|strong="H5921" does|strong="H5315" not|strong="H8085" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H8085" what|strong="H8085" she|strong="H5921" promised|strong="H1696", and|strong="H6965" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H5315" forgive|strong="H5545" her|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" not|strong="H8085" doing|strong="H6213" what|strong="H8085" she|strong="H5921" promised|strong="H1696". 
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\verseNumber{9}“f a|strong="H8085" widow|strong="H0490" or|strong="H8085" a|strong="H8085" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" divorced|strong="H1644" makes|strong="H3068" a|strong="H8085" promise|strong="H3068", she|strong="H8193" must|strong="H5315" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H8085" she|strong="H8193" promised|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{10}“f a|strong="H6965" woman|strong="H1644" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H5315" married|strong="H3947" promises|strong="H1697" [DOU] to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H3605" something|strong="H3605", 
\verseNumber{11}and|strong="H1004" if|strong="H0518" her|strong="H5921" husband|strong="H0376" hears|strong="H8085" about|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" but|strong="H5921" does|strong="H5315" not|strong="H5315" object|strong="H8047", she|strong="H5921" must|strong="H5315" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H5921" she|strong="H5921" promised|strong="H5087". 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H3808" if|strong="H0518" he|strong="H3605" hears|strong="H8085" about|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" and|strong="H6965" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" her|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605", she|strong="H5921" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H3605" what|strong="H8085" she|strong="H5921" promised|strong="H1696", and|strong="H6965" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H5315" forgive|strong="H5545" her|strong="H3605" for|strong="H5921" not|strong="H3808" doing|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{13}A|strong="H8085" woman’s|strong="H0802" husband|strong="H0376" may|strong="H3068" require|strong="H1875" her|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H8085" she|strong="H8193" has|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H3068", or|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3117" may|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" her|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H8085" she|strong="H8193" has|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{14}If|strong="H0518" he|strong="H3605" does|strong="H5315" not|strong="H5315" object|strong="H8047" for|strong="H5315" several|strong="H2669" days|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w hears|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w about|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5315"\+w*}, she|strong="H6965" must|strong="H5315" do|strong="H3605" what|strong="H4100" she|strong="H6965" promised|strong="H1696". 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" waits|strong="H2442" a|strong="H3588" long|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" after|strong="H5921" she|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3117" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H3605" something|strong="H3605" and|strong="H6965" then|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3588" tells|strong="H1696" her|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3588" permit|strong="H5414" her|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H3605" it|strong="H5921", if|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3605" what|strong="H8085" she|strong="H3588" promised|strong="H1696", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w she|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w*}; her|strong="H3605" husband|strong="H0376" is|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" whom|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} will|strong="H3117" punish|strong="H6485".” 
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\verseNumber{16}Those|strong="H8085" are|strong="H5771" the|strong="H8085" rules|strong="H4910" that|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H8085" for|strong="H5771" husbands|strong="H1167" and|strong="H8085" wives|strong="H0802", and|strong="H8085" for|strong="H5771" young|strong="H5288" women|strong="H0802" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H5771" still|strong="H5750" living|strong="H2416" with|strong="H8085" their|strong="H5375" parents|strong="H0001". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The Israelis attacked the Midian people-group }
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\chapterNumber{31}Yahweh|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696" and|strong="H4872" said|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{2}“efore you|strong="H5971" die|strong="H1121", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1121"\+w*} Israeli people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5971" should|strong="H3478" ◄pay|strong="H5360" back|strong="H7725"/get|strong="H3947" revenge|strong="H5360" on|strong="H5360"► the|strong="H1121" Midian|strong="H4080" people-group for|strong="H1121" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H5971" did|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5971".” 
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\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H1961" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5414" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971", “Get|strong="H3947" some|strong="H5971" men|strong="H5971" prepared|strong="H2502" for|strong="H5921" battle|strong="H6635". Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" ◄pay|strong="H5414" back|strong="H7725"/get|strong="H3947" revenge|strong="H5360" on|strong="H5921"► the|strong="H5921" Midian|strong="H4080" people-group \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w did|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}Select|strong="H3947" 1,000 men|strong="H3605" from|strong="H3478" each|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H3898".” 
\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H3651" 12,000 men|strong="H2502" prepared|strong="H2502" for|strong="H3478" fighting|strong="H3898" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8147" battle|strong="H6635", 1,000 from|strong="H3478" each|strong="H8147" tribe|strong="H4294". 
\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H7971" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H1121" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" battle|strong="H6635", Phinehas|strong="H6372", the|strong="H7971" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eleazar|strong="H0499" the|strong="H7971" priest|strong="H3548", went|strong="H4872" with|strong="H3027" them|strong="H7971". He|strong="H3027" took|strong="H3548" with|strong="H3027" him|strong="H7971" some|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7971" things|strong="H6944" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7971" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7971" trumpets|strong="H2689" that|strong="H3548" would|strong="H4872" be|strong="H3027" blown|strong="H8628" to|strong="H7971" give|strong="H5414" the|strong="H7971" signal|strong="H8643" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w start|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H6635"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H3605" Israeli men|strong="H2145" fought|strong="H6633" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5650" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Midian|strong="H4080" people-group, as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H6680" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H3605" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068", and|strong="H4872" they|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2026" every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H2145" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Midian|strong="H4080" people-group. 
\verseNumber{8}Among|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" whom|strong="H0834" they|strong="H5921" killed|strong="H2026" were|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" five|strong="H2568" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Midian|strong="H4080" people-group—Evi|strong="H0189", Rekem|strong="H7552", Zur|strong="H6698", Hur|strong="H2354", and|strong="H1121" Reba|strong="H7254". They|strong="H5921" also|strong="H4428" killed|strong="H2026" with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" sword|strong="H2719" Balaam|strong="H1109", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Beor|strong="H1160". 
\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H3478" captured|strong="H7617" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Midian|strong="H4080" people-group and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H7617" away|strong="H7617" their|strong="H3605" cattle|strong="H4735", their|strong="H3605" flocks|strong="H4735" of|strong="H1121" sheep|strong="H6629", and|strong="H1121" herds|strong="H4735" of|strong="H1121" goats|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H4735". 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313" down|strong="H8313" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" houses|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5892" villages|strong="H2691" where|strong="H4186" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" Midian|strong="H4080" people-group lived|strong="H4186", 
\verseNumber{11}but|strong="H3947" they|strong="H3605" took|strong="H3947" home|strong="H1004" with|strong="H3947" them|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802" and|strong="H3947" children|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3947" animals|strong="H0929" and|strong="H3947" possessions|strong="H7998". 
\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H5921" brought|strong="H3548" all|strong="H5921" these|strong="H0428" to|strong="H3478" Eliezer|strong="H0461" and|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3548" were|strong="H3478" at|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921"/our|strong="H5921" camp|strong="H4264" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" plains|strong="H6160" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Moab|strong="H4124" people-group lived|strong="H3427", near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H3405", across|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" Jericho|strong="H3405". 
\verseNumber{13}Eleazar|strong="H0499" and|strong="H4872" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H5387" of|strong="H4264" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5712" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3605" went|strong="H3318" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264" to|strong="H3318" greet|strong="H7592"/meet|strong="H7125" with|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3318". 
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\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H5921" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H4872" angry|strong="H7107" with|strong="H5921" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H2428" who|strong="H6635" had|strong="H4872" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" battle|strong="H4421". He|strong="H5921"/I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H4872" angry|strong="H7107" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" officers|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H2428" who|strong="H6635" were|strong="H8269" commanders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" 1,000 men|strong="H2428" and|strong="H3967" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H6635" were|strong="H8269" commanders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" 100 men|strong="H2428". 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H3605"/I|strong="H3605" asked|strong="H7592" them|strong="H2421", “Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4872" you|strong="H3605" allow|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H5347" to|strong="H4872" live|strong="H2421" [RHQ]? 
\verseNumber{16}They|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" ones|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3478" what|strong="H1697" Balaam|strong="H1109" suggested|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" urged|strong="H6484"/persuaded|strong="H5496" our|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" worship|strong="H3478" Baal|strong="H1168" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w instead|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. As|strong="H1697" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H6903", Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" plague|strong="H4046" to|strong="H3478" strike|strong="H5221" his|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1121" while|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" at|strong="H5921" Peor|strong="H6465". 
\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H6258", now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" boys|strong="H3206" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Midian|strong="H4080" people-group, and|strong="H3045" also|strong="H2945" kill|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802" who|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3045" had|strong="H3045" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H3045" any|strong="H3605" man|strong="H2145". 
\verseNumber{18}Spare|strong="H2421" only|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" girls|strong="H2945" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3045" virgins|strong="H1330" [EUP]. You|strong="H3605" can|strong="H3045" keep|strong="H2421" them|strong="H2421" to|strong="H3045" be|strong="H3808" your|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wives|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w or|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w slaves|strong="H5650"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{19}All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3117" killed|strong="H2026" someone|strong="H5315" or|strong="H3117" touched|strong="H5060" the|strong="H3605" corpse|strong="H5315" of|strong="H3117" someone|strong="H5315" who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3117" killed|strong="H2026" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H2583"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4264"\+w*} must|strong="H5315" stay|strong="H3427" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264" for|strong="H3117" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117", you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w perform|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w ritual|strong="H3925"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3117"\+w*} cause|strong="H2600" you|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3117" those|strong="H3605" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3117" captured|strong="H7628" to|strong="H3117" become|strong="H1961" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3117" God|strong="H0430" again|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{20}You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H1571" wash|strong="H3526" your|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H6086" anything|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w took|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4421"\+w*} that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" made|strong="H4639" of|strong="H3627" leather|strong="H5785" or|strong="H6086" goat’s|strong="H5795" hair|strong="H8181" or|strong="H6086" wood|strong="H6086".” 
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H4872" Eleazar|strong="H0499" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" soldiers|strong="H4421" who|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" battle|strong="H4421", “This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2063" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" instructed|strong="H6680" Moses|strong="H4872": 
\verseNumber{22}You|strong="H1270" must|strong="H4191" put|strong="H5414" into|strong="H3701" a|strong="H3701" fire|strong="H0784" any|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091" or|strong="H3701" silver|strong="H3701" or|strong="H3701" bronze|strong="H5178" or|strong="H3701" iron|strong="H1270" or|strong="H3701" tin|strong="H0913" or|strong="H3701" lead|strong="H5777" things|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w you|strong="H1270"\+w* \+w brought|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w back|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w from|strong="H2091"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4421"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{23}Put|strong="H5674" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" burn|strong="H8313" into|strong="H4325" the|strong="H3605" fire|strong="H0784", and|strong="H1697" then|strong="H5674" they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1697" be|strong="H3808" acceptable|strong="H7522" for|strong="H4325" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H4325" use|strong="H5674". But|strong="H3808" also|strong="H1571" sprinkle|strong="H2398" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" with|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" that|strong="H3605" causes|strong="H1697" things|strong="H1697" and|strong="H1697" people|strong="H3808" to|strong="H4325" become|strong="H2891" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H4325" God|strong="H3808". The|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" would|strong="H1697" burn|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H2398"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w put|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5674"\+w*} in|strong="H1697" a|strong="H5674" fire|strong="H0784", sprinkle|strong="H2398" them|strong="H5674" with|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{24}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117", wash|strong="H3526" your|strong="H3117" clothes|strong="H0899", and|strong="H3117" then|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" become|strong="H2891" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3117" God|strong="H0430" again|strong="H7725". After|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3117", you|strong="H3117" may|strong="H3117" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" camp|strong="H4264".” 

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\verseNumber{25}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H0413", 
\verseNumber{26}“Tell|strong="H5046" Eleazar|strong="H0499" and|strong="H3548" the|strong="H5375" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5375" family|strong="H4940" groups|strong="H7218" that|strong="H3548" they|strong="H5375" must|strong="H5375" write|strong="H3789" down|strong="H7218" a|strong="H5375" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H7218" all|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" goods|strong="H7399", the|strong="H5375" women|strong="H0802", and|strong="H3548" the|strong="H5375" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3548" were|strong="H7218" captured|strong="H7628" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4421"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="H3318" they|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" divide|strong="H2673" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605", half|strong="H2673" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" fought|strong="H3898" in|strong="H4421" the|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H4421" and|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" half|strong="H2673" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H6635" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5712". 
\verseNumber{28}From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3068" men|strong="H5315" who|strong="H3068" fought|strong="H3898" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" battle|strong="H4421", take|strong="H7311" one|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" every|strong="H3068" 500 people|strong="H5315" and|strong="H3967" from|strong="H4480" every|strong="H3068" 500 cattle|strong="H1241" and|strong="H3967" donkeys|strong="H2543" and|strong="H3967" sheep|strong="H6629", to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3318" tax|strong="H4371" for|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{29}Take|strong="H3947" these|strong="H3947" things|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" Eleazar|strong="H0499" to|strong="H3068" ◄be|strong="H3068" my|strong="H5414" share|strong="H5414"/belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5414"►. 
\verseNumber{30}And|strong="H1121" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" half|strong="H4276" that|strong="H3605" belongs|strong="H4480" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" ordinary|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121", take|strong="H3947" one|strong="H3605" item from|strong="H4480" every|strong="H3605" 50. That|strong="H3605" includes people|strong="H1121", cattle|strong="H1241", donkeys|strong="H2543", sheep|strong="H6629", goats|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929". Give|strong="H5414" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" who|strong="H3605" take|strong="H3947" care|strong="H4931" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H8104" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168".” 
\verseNumber{31}So|strong="H6213" Eleazar|strong="H0499" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H6680" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680". 
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\verseNumber{32-35}There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0834" 675,000 sheep|strong="H6629", 72,000 cattle|strong="H4735", 61,000 donkeys|strong="H2543", and|strong="H3967" 32,000 virgins|strong="H1330" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3068" captured|strong="H3920" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" Midian|strong="H4080" people-group. 
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\verseNumber{36}The|strong="H3318" men|strong="H7651" who|strong="H6635" fought|strong="H3898" in|strong="H6635" the|strong="H3318" battle|strong="H6635" took|strong="H3318" 337,000 sheep|strong="H6629" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H6635"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{37}and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" 675 of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{38}They|strong="H3068" took|strong="H8147" 36,000 cattle|strong="H1241" and|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" 72 of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H8147" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{39}They|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947" 30,500 donkeys|strong="H2543", and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" 61 of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{40}They|strong="H3068" took|strong="H8147" 16,000 virgins|strong="H1330", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" dedicated|strong="H6942" 32 of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H8147" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{41}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" Eleazar|strong="H0499" all|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w animals|strong="H0929"\+w*} that|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680". 
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\verseNumber{42-46}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H0589" separated|strong="H6504" what|strong="H4100" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" fought|strong="H3898" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H4421" received|strong="H3947" from|strong="H4480" what|strong="H4100" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H5971" received|strong="H3947". The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" had|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H3947" 337,500 sheep|strong="H6629", 36,000 cattle|strong="H4735", 30,500 donkeys|strong="H2543", and|strong="H3967" 16,000 virgins|strong="H1330", 
\verseNumber{47}From|strong="H4480" what|strong="H4100" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H1121" received|strong="H3947", Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5414" took|strong="H3947" one|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" every|strong="H3947" 50 items|strong="H3627" and|strong="H1121" dedicated|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068". That|strong="H3068" included|strong="H5475" animals|strong="H0929" and|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121". As|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680", he|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" all|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" who|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947" care|strong="H4931" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
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\verseNumber{48}Then|strong="H4872" the|strong="H6485" army|strong="H6635" officers|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3967" those|strong="H7126" who|strong="H6635" commanded|strong="H6680" 1,000 men|strong="H6485" and|strong="H3967" those|strong="H7126" who|strong="H6635" commanded|strong="H6680" 100 men|strong="H6485" came|strong="H7126" to|strong="H7126" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{49}They|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H4480", who|strong="H5650" are|strong="H3027" your|strong="H5375" servants|strong="H5650", have|strong="H5650" counted|strong="H6485" the|strong="H5375" soldiers|strong="H5650" whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H4480" command|strong="H3027", and|strong="H4872" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w found|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4480"\+w*} none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3027" them|strong="H3027" ◄is|strong="H3027" missing|strong="H6485"/has|strong="H5650" been|strong="H6485" killed|strong="H2026"►. 
\verseNumber{50}So|strong="H7126" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w thank|strong="H3034"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5315"\+w*}, we|strong="H5315" have|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H6440" a|strong="H4672" gift|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" gold|strong="H2091" items|strong="H3627" that|strong="H5315" we|strong="H5315" found|strong="H4672" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H6440"\+w*}: Gold|strong="H2091" arm|strong="H2220" bands|strong="H1416" and|strong="H3068" bracelets|strong="H6781" and|strong="H3068" rings|strong="H2885" and|strong="H3068" earrings|strong="H5694" and|strong="H3068" necklaces|strong="H3558". This|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" forgiven|strong="H3722" for|strong="H5921" our|strong="H3068" sins|strong="H2403".” 
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\verseNumber{51}So|strong="H3947" Eleazar|strong="H0499" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3605" accepted|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091" items|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" brought|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{52}The|strong="H3605" total|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" it|strong="H1961" weighed|strong="H8254" about|strong="H1961" ◄420 pounds|strong="H1993"/190 kg.►. 
\verseNumber{53}Each|strong="H0376" soldier|strong="H6635" had|strong="H6635" taken|strong="H3947" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697" for|strong="H6635" himself|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{54}Eleazar|strong="H0499" and|strong="H3967" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H6440" accepted|strong="H3947" these|strong="H3947" gold|strong="H2091" items|strong="H3627" from|strong="H6440" these|strong="H3947" commanders|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3967" put|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6440" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" to|strong="H3478" remind|strong="H5046" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H1121" about|strong="H3947" how|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w helped|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w defeat|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Midian|strong="H4080"\+w* people-group}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{The land east of the Jordan River }
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\chapterNumber{32}The|strong="H7200" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7200" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205" and|strong="H1121" Gad|strong="H1410" had|strong="H1961" much|strong="H7227" livestock|strong="H4735". They|strong="H7200" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" land|strong="H4725" near|strong="H7200" Jazer|strong="H3270" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7200" Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w* \+w east|strong="H6921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} had|strong="H1961" good|strong="H3966" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w grass|strong="H2682"\+w*} for|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7200" animals|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w graze|strong="H7462"\+w* \+w on|strong="H7200"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H4872" their|strong="H3548" leaders|strong="H5387" came|strong="H3548" to|strong="H1121" Eleazar|strong="H0499" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4872" other|strong="H0312" leaders|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4872" people|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1121". They|strong="H3548" said|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{3}“We|strong="H0587" have|strong="H2809" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1419" amount|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3270" livestock|strong="H4735". 
\verseNumber{4}Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" us|strong="H6440" Israelis to|strong="H3478" capture|strong="H3920" some|strong="H4480" land|strong="H6440" that|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" good|strong="H6440" for|strong="H6440" animals|strong="H0929" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w graze|strong="H7462"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3068"\+w*}—the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" near|strong="H6440" Ataroth|strong="H5852", Dibon|strong="H1769", Jazer|strong="H3270", Nimrah|strong="H5247", Heshbon|strong="H2809", Elealeh|strong="H0500", Sebam|strong="H7643", Nebo|strong="H5015", and|strong="H3478" Beon|strong="H1194" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}If|strong="H0518" it|strong="H5414" pleases|strong="H5869" you|strong="H5414", we|strong="H4672" would|strong="H5650" like|strong="H4672" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" ours|strong="H6440", instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H5869" land|strong="H0776" on|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5414" other|strong="H2063" side|strong="H3383" of|strong="H5869" the|strong="H5414" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H5104".” 
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\verseNumber{6}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H1121" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4872" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4872" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Gad|strong="H1410" and|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205", “It|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1121" not|strong="H1121" right|strong="H3225" for|strong="H3427" [RHQ] your|strong="H3427" fellow|strong="H1121" Israelis to|strong="H1121" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1121" fight|strong="H4421" in|strong="H3427" wars|strong="H4421" and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3427" stay|strong="H3427" here|strong="H6311"! 
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\verseNumber{8}Your|strong="H7200" ancestors|strong="H0001" did|strong="H6213" the|strong="H7200" same|strong="H3541" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H6213" thing|strong="H1697". I|strong="H3541" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971" from|strong="H7971" Kadesh-Barnea|strong="H6947" to|strong="H7971" see|strong="H7200" what|strong="H6213" the|strong="H7200" land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w Canaan|strong="H3667"\+w*} was|strong="H6213" like|strong="H3541". 
\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H3068" went|strong="H5927" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" Eshcol|strong="H0812" Valley|strong="H5158", but|strong="H7200" when|strong="H7200" they|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w huge|strong="H1995"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w*} the|strong="H7200" land|strong="H0776", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w returned|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H7200" Israeli people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3068" discouraged|strong="H5106", saying|strong="H0559" ‘We|strong="H5704" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1115" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H5704" enter|strong="H5927" the|strong="H7200" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H5704" is|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" us|strong="H5414".’ 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H7650" Yahweh|strong="H3068" became|strong="H2734" very|strong="H2734" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" them|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" solemnly|strong="H7650" declared|strong="H5046" this|strong="H1931": 
\verseNumber{11-12}‘From|strong="H4480" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714", the|strong="H3605" only|strong="H0389" ones|strong="H2945" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H3117" at|strong="H3427" least|strong="H6996" 20 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" who|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" Abraham|strong="H0085", Isaac|strong="H3327", and|strong="H3967" Jacob|strong="H3290", are|strong="H3117" Jephunneh’s son|strong="H1121" Caleb|strong="H3612" and|strong="H3967" Nun’s son|strong="H1121" Joshua|strong="H3091", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" trusted|strong="H0982" me|strong="H0413" completely|strong="H3617". None|strong="H0369" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H3068" even|strong="H1571" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H0834" land|strong="H0776", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" completely|strong="H3617" believed|strong="H0539" in|strong="H0935" my|strong="H8104" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w power|strong="H3027"\+w*}.’ 
\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5128", and|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w*} he|strong="H5704" has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H6213" us|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5704" wander|strong="H5128" in|strong="H8141" this|strong="H6213" desert|strong="H4057" for|strong="H5704" 40 years|strong="H8141". Finally|strong="H5704", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5128" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H2734" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w refusing|strong="H3985"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w trust|strong="H0982"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6213"\+w*} died|strong="H4191", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w by|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w one|strong="H3605"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H6965" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3478" acting|strong="H4603" like|strong="H3478" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" did|strong="H3478"! You|strong="H5921" sinful|strong="H2400" Israeli people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H3478" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3478" cause|strong="H2600" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H5750" more|strong="H5750" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w than|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w*} 
\verseNumber{15}If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" stop|strong="H2308" trusting|strong="H0982" him|strong="H7725", he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" cause|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" fellow|strong="H7453" Israelis to|strong="H7725" stay|strong="H3427" longer|strong="H5750" in|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H4057", and|strong="H7725" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" get|strong="H7725" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H4057" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4057" you|strong="H3588"!” 
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\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H1129" the|strong="H1129" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="H7626"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w Reuben|strong="H7205"\+w* \+w and|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w Gad|strong="H1410"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5066" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5066", “First|strong="H7223" we|strong="H5892" will|strong="H5892" build|strong="H1129" pens|strong="H0723" for|strong="H5892" our|strong="H3068" animals|strong="H0929" and|strong="H5892" build|strong="H1129" cities|strong="H5892" for|strong="H5892" our|strong="H3068" families|strong="H2945" here|strong="H6311". 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H1121" our|strong="H6440" families|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3478" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" strong|strong="H4013" cities|strong="H5892" with|strong="H3427" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1121" safe|strong="H7965" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" this|strong="H6440" land|strong="H4725". Then|strong="H1121" we|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3478" get|strong="H3947" ready|strong="H2363" to|strong="H5704" fight|strong="H3898" battles|strong="H4421". We|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3478" help|strong="H5826" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H0312" Israelis to|strong="H5704" get|strong="H3947" land|strong="H4725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w side|strong="H6285"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w river|strong="H5704"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{18}We|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" our|strong="H7725" homes|strong="H1004" until|strong="H5704" every|strong="H7725" Israeli has|strong="H3478" received|strong="H5157" some|strong="H4480" land|strong="H5159". 
\verseNumber{19}We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" take|strong="H5157" any|strong="H3588" land|strong="H5159" on|strong="H5676" the|strong="H3588" west|strong="H5676" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H5159" the|strong="H3588" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3588"\+w*}; our|strong="H3588" land|strong="H5159" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" here|strong="H6311" on|strong="H5676" the|strong="H3588" east|strong="H4217" side|strong="H5676".” 
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\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H6213" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H1697" told|strong="H1697" them|strong="H6440", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{Okay, \+w I|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w*} what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6440" all|strong="H6213" must|strong="H4191" do|strong="H6213". You|strong="H6440" must|strong="H4191" get|strong="H6213" ready|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H4421" battles|strong="H4421" for|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{21}You|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" cross|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w*} carrying|strong="H5375" your|strong="H3068" weapons|strong="H3627". 
\verseNumber{22}After|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" helps|strong="H5826" us|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" take|strong="H7725" that|strong="H3068" land|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w there|strong="H1961"\+w*}, you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" your|strong="H3068" homes|strong="H1004". You|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961" what|strong="H2063" you|strong="H6440" have|strong="H1961" promised|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" would|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3478" you|strong="H6440" may|strong="H1961" keep|strong="H1961" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H6440" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961", given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H6440" by|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{23}“ut if|strong="H2009" you|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" these|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3808", you|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" sinning|strong="H2398" against|strong="H2398" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3045"\+w*} sin|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{24}Now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H6213" can|strong="H6213" build|strong="H1129" cities|strong="H5892" for|strong="H6213" your|strong="H6213" families|strong="H2945" and|strong="H5892" pens|strong="H0723" for|strong="H6213" your|strong="H6213" animals|strong="H0929", but|strong="H3588" after|strong="H3318" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5892", you|strong="H6213" must|strong="H4191" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" have|strong="H1129" promised|strong="H3318".” 
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\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H6213" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Gad|strong="H1410" and|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205" replied|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H6213" will|strong="H5650" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6680" have|strong="H1121" asked|strong="H7592" us|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" [MTY], because|strong="H4872" you|strong="H6680" are|strong="H1121" our|strong="H5650" leader|strong="H5387". 
\verseNumber{26}Our|strong="H3605" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H5892" children|strong="H2945" and|strong="H5892" our|strong="H3605" cattle|strong="H4735" and|strong="H5892" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H5892" goats|strong="H5795" will|strong="H1961" stay|strong="H3427" here|strong="H8033" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" Gilead|strong="H1568" area|strong="H1508", 
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\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H6680" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H6680" gave|strong="H6680" instructions|strong="H6680" about|strong="H3478" them|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3478" Eleazar|strong="H0499", Joshua|strong="H3091", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6680" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6680" Israeli tribes|strong="H4294". 
\verseNumber{29}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5414" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5414", “If|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Gad|strong="H1410" and|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205" prepare|strong="H3559" for|strong="H6440" battle|strong="H4421" and|strong="H1121" cross|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414", in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068" desires|strong="H0183" and|strong="H1121" help|strong="H4421" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" take|strong="H5674" that|strong="H3605" land|strong="H6440", give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" Gilead|strong="H1568" area|strong="H1508" to|strong="H3068" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{30}But|strong="H3808" if|strong="H0518" they|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" take|strong="H5674" their|strong="H8432" weapons|strong="H3627" and|strong="H5674" go|strong="H5674" with|strong="H5674" you|strong="H3808" prepared|strong="H2502" to|strong="H5674" fight|strong="H3898", they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" receive|strong="H3947" this|strong="H5674" land|strong="H0776". They|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H5674" accept|strong="H7521" some|strong="H4480" land|strong="H0776" in|strong="H8432" Canaan|strong="H3667", like|strong="H3808" the|strong="H8432" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H8432" you|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{31}The|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="H7626"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Gad|strong="H1410"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Reuben|strong="H7205"\+w*} replied|strong="H6030", “We|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" and|strong="H1121" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696". 
\verseNumber{32}We|strong="H5168" will|strong="H3068" cross|strong="H5674" the|strong="H6440" river|strong="H5104" into|strong="H5674" Canaan|strong="H3667" land|strong="H5159", and|strong="H3068" we|strong="H5168" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068" desires|strong="H0183" and|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" prepared|strong="H2502" for|strong="H6440" battle|strong="H6440". But|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" land|strong="H5159" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H6311"\+w*} on|strong="H5674" the|strong="H6440" east|strong="H5676" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{33}So|strong="H5414" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5414" agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Gad|strong="H1410" and|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5414" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" son|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519". That|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" was|strong="H5892" previously|strong="H8543" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H0834" Sihon|strong="H5511", the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" Amor people-group, ruled|strong="H4428", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H0834" Og|strong="H5747", the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Bashan|strong="H1316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, ruled|strong="H4428", including|strong="H4428" its|strong="H5414" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" surrounding|strong="H5439" land|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{37}The|strong="H1129" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1129" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205" rebuilt|strong="H1129" Heshbon|strong="H2809", Elealeh|strong="H0500", Kiriathaim|strong="H7156", 
\verseNumber{38}Nebo|strong="H5015", Baal-Meon|strong="H1186", and|strong="H5892" Sibmah|strong="H7643" cities|strong="H5892". When|strong="H3588" they|strong="H5892" rebuilt|strong="H1129" Nebo|strong="H5015" and|strong="H5892" Baal-Meon|strong="H1186", they|strong="H5892" gave|strong="H7121" new|strong="H2319" names|strong="H8034" to|strong="H7121" those|strong="H5437" cities|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{39}The|strong="H3423" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh’s|strong="H4519" son|strong="H1121" Makir|strong="H4353" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3423" Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" compelled|strong="H5080" the|strong="H3423" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3423" Amor people-group to|strong="H3212" leave|strong="H3423" that|strong="H1121" area|strong="H1508". 
\verseNumber{40}So|strong="H5414" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" Gilead|strong="H1568" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" family|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Makir|strong="H4353", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5414" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5414" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{41}Jair|strong="H2971", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1121" a|strong="H7121" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519", went|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1121" captured|strong="H3920" the|strong="H7121" small|strong="H6996" towns|strong="H2333" in|strong="H1980" that|strong="H7121" region|strong="H2256", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H7121" named|strong="H7121" them|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7121" Towns|strong="H2333" of|strong="H1121" Jair|strong="H2971". 
\verseNumber{42}A|strong="H7121" man|strong="H0376" named|strong="H7121" Nobah|strong="H5025" went|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" captured|strong="H3920" Kenath|strong="H7079" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H7121" nearby|strong="H7138" towns|strong="H1323", and|strong="H1980" then|strong="H1980" he|strong="H7121" put|strong="H5414" his|strong="H7121" own|strong="H1961" name|strong="H8034" to|strong="H1980" be|strong="H8034" the|strong="H7121" new|strong="H2319" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1323" that|strong="H7121" area|strong="H1508". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The Israelis’ journey from Egypt to Moab }
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\chapterNumber{33}Here|strong="H3318" is|strong="H3027" a|strong="H3318" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3318" places|strong="H3027" where|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3318"/we|strong="H0587" Israelis went|strong="H3318" as|strong="H3318" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H4714" led|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3027"/us|strong="H3027" after|strong="H3318" they|strong="H3478"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6310" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" write|strong="H3789" down|strong="H3789" the|strong="H5921" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" places|strong="H4161" where|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3068"/we|strong="H0587" went|strong="H4872". 
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\verseNumber{3}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" fifteenth|strong="H2568" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" month|strong="H2320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w year|strong="H3117"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" after|strong="H4283" we|strong="H3117" celebrated|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" ◄Passover|strong="H6453"/the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" firstborn|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4713"►, they|strong="H3117"/we|strong="H3117" left|strong="H3318" Rameses|strong="H7486" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4713"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" marched|strong="H3318" boldly|strong="H7311" while|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" Egyptian|strong="H4713" army|strong="H2428" was|strong="H3478" coming|strong="H3318" behind|strong="H0310" them|strong="H3027"/us|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{4}As|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3068"/we|strong="H6213" left|strong="H7604", the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4713" were|strong="H3068" still|strong="H5750" burying|strong="H6912" the|strong="H3605" bodies|strong="H6297" of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" firstborn|strong="H1060" sons|strong="H1121". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w By|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w killing|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5221"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" showed|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4713" worshiped|strong="H7812" were|strong="H3068" false|strong="H8267" gods|strong="H0430". 
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\verseNumber{5}After|strong="H0310" leaving|strong="H5800" Rameses|strong="H7486", they|strong="H3478"/we|strong="H0587" first|strong="H1121" went|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" Succoth|strong="H5523" and|strong="H1121" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5265"/our|strong="H3478" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" Succoth|strong="H5523" and|strong="H4057" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H4057" Etham|strong="H0864", at|strong="H2583" the|strong="H5265" edge|strong="H7097" of|strong="H4057" the|strong="H5265" desert|strong="H4057", and|strong="H4057" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5265"/our|strong="H5265" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H7725" they|strong="H5921"/we|strong="H7725" left|strong="H5265" Etham|strong="H0864" and|strong="H7725" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Pi-Hahiroth|strong="H6367", to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H6440" east|strong="H5921" of|strong="H6440" Baal-Zephon|strong="H1189", and|strong="H7725" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5921" their|strong="H6440"/our|strong="H5921" tents|strong="H2583" near|strong="H6440" Migdol|strong="H4024". 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H5674" they|strong="H3117"/we|strong="H3117" left|strong="H5265" Pi-Hahiroth|strong="H6367" and|strong="H3117" walked|strong="H3212" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Red|strong="H5488"\+w*} Sea|strong="H3220" into|strong="H8432" the|strong="H6440" Etham|strong="H0864" Desert|strong="H4057", and|strong="H3117" set|strong="H5265" their|strong="H6440"/our|strong="H8432" tents|strong="H2583" at|strong="H2583" Marah|strong="H4785". 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H8033"/we|strong="H8033" left|strong="H5265" Marah|strong="H4785" and|strong="H5869" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H4325" Elim|strong="H0362". There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H4325" twelve|strong="H8147" springs|strong="H4599" and|strong="H5869" 70 palm|strong="H8558" trees|strong="H8558" there|strong="H8033". They|strong="H8033"/We|strong="H8033" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" our|strong="H5869" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H5921"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" Elim|strong="H0362" and|strong="H3220" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" area|strong="H1508" near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Red|strong="H5488" Sea|strong="H3220" and|strong="H3220" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921"/our|strong="H5921" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" the|strong="H5265" Red|strong="H5488" Sea|strong="H3220" area|strong="H1508" and|strong="H3220" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H3220" the|strong="H5265" area|strong="H1508" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H5265" Sin|strong="H5512" Desert|strong="H4057" and|strong="H3220" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H3220" their|strong="H5265"/our|strong="H5265" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" the|strong="H5265" Sin|strong="H5512" Desert|strong="H4057" and|strong="H4057" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H4057" Dophkah|strong="H1850" and|strong="H4057" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5265"/our|strong="H5265" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" Dophkah|strong="H1850" and|strong="H5265" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H5265" Alush|strong="H0442" and|strong="H5265" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5265"/our|strong="H5265" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H8033"/we|strong="H8033" left|strong="H5265" Alush|strong="H0442" and|strong="H5971" went|strong="H5265" and|strong="H5971" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H8354" their|strong="H1961"/our|strong="H1961" tents|strong="H2583" at|strong="H2583" Rephidim|strong="H7508", where|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033"/we|strong="H8033" had|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H1961" drink|strong="H8354". 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" Rephidim|strong="H7508" and|strong="H4057" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H4057" the|strong="H2583" Sinai|strong="H5514" Desert|strong="H4057" and|strong="H4057" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5265"/our|strong="H5265" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" the|strong="H5265" Sinai|strong="H5514" Desert|strong="H4057" and|strong="H4057" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H4057" Kibroth-Hattaavah|strong="H6914" and|strong="H4057" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5265"/our|strong="H5265" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" Kibroth-Hattaavah|strong="H6914" and|strong="H5265" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H5265" Hazeroth|strong="H2698" and|strong="H5265" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5265"/our|strong="H5265" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" Hazeroth|strong="H2698" and|strong="H5265" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H5265" Rithmah|strong="H7575" and|strong="H5265" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5265"/our|strong="H5265" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" Rithmah|strong="H7575" and|strong="H5265" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H5265" Rimmon-Perez|strong="H7428" and|strong="H5265" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5265"/our|strong="H5265" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" Rimmon-Perez|strong="H7428" and|strong="H5265" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H5265" Libnah|strong="H3841" and|strong="H5265" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5265"/our|strong="H5265" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" Libnah|strong="H3841" and|strong="H5265" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H5265" Rissah|strong="H7446" and|strong="H5265" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5265"/our|strong="H5265" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" Rissah|strong="H7446" and|strong="H5265" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5265"/our|strong="H5265" tents|strong="H2583" at|strong="H2583" Kehelathah|strong="H6954". 
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\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" Kehelathah|strong="H6954" and|strong="H2022" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H2022" Shepher|strong="H8234" Mountain|strong="H2022" and|strong="H2022" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5265"/our|strong="H5265" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H2022". 
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\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" Shepher|strong="H8234" and|strong="H2022" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H2022" Haradah|strong="H2732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*} and|strong="H2022" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5265"/our|strong="H5265" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H2022". 
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\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" Haradah|strong="H2732" and|strong="H5265" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H5265" Makheloth|strong="H4722" and|strong="H5265" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5265"/our|strong="H5265" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" Makheloth|strong="H4722" and|strong="H5265" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H5265" Tahath|strong="H8480" and|strong="H5265" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5265"/our|strong="H5265" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" Tahath|strong="H8480" and|strong="H5265" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H5265" Terah|strong="H8646" and|strong="H5265" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5265"/our|strong="H5265" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" Terah|strong="H8646" and|strong="H5265" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H5265" Mithcah|strong="H4989" and|strong="H5265" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5265"/our|strong="H5265" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{29}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" Mithcah|strong="H4989" and|strong="H5265" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H5265" Hashmonah|strong="H2832" and|strong="H5265" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5265"/our|strong="H5265" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" Hashmonah|strong="H2832" and|strong="H5265" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H5265" Moseroth|strong="H4149" and|strong="H5265" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5265"/our|strong="H5265" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" Moseroth|strong="H4149" and|strong="H5265" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H5265" Bene-Jaakan|strong="H1142" and|strong="H5265" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5265"/our|strong="H5265" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{32}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" Bene-Jaakan|strong="H1142" and|strong="H5265" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H5265" Hor-Haggidgad|strong="H2735" and|strong="H5265" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5265"/our|strong="H5265" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{33}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" Hor-Haggidgad|strong="H2735" and|strong="H5265" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H5265" Jotbathah|strong="H3193" and|strong="H5265" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5265"/our|strong="H5265" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{34}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" Jotbathah|strong="H3193" and|strong="H5265" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H5265" Abronah|strong="H5684" and|strong="H5265" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5265"/our|strong="H5265" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{35}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" Abronah|strong="H5684" and|strong="H5265" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H5265" Ezion-Geber|strong="H6100" and|strong="H5265" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5265"/our|strong="H5265" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{36}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H1931"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" Ezion-Geber|strong="H6100" and|strong="H4057" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H4057" Zin|strong="H6790" Desert|strong="H4057" and|strong="H4057" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5265"/our|strong="H5265" tents|strong="H2583" at|strong="H2583" Kadesh|strong="H6946" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{37}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" Kadesh|strong="H6946" and|strong="H2022" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H2022" Hor|strong="H2023" Mountain|strong="H2022", at|strong="H2583" the|strong="H2022" border|strong="H7097" of|strong="H2022" Edom|strong="H0112" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H2022" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5265"/our|strong="H5265" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{38}Aaron|strong="H0175", the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548", obeyed|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H1121" climbed|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5921" mountain|strong="H2022". There|strong="H8033" he|strong="H8033" died|strong="H4191", on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" first|strong="H1121" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3068"/our|strong="H3068" fifth|strong="H2549" month|strong="H2320", 40 years|strong="H8141" after|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921"/we|strong="H8033" Israelis left|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{39}Aaron|strong="H0175" was|strong="H1121" 123 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8141" died|strong="H4194". 
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\verseNumber{40}(That|strong="H8085" was|strong="H3478" when|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Arad|strong="H6166" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*} heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085"/we|strong="H8085" Israelis were|strong="H3478" coming|strong="H0935". Arad|strong="H6166" was|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8085" southern|strong="H5045" part|strong="H1931" of|strong="H1121" Canaan|strong="H3667", where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H8085" Canaan|strong="H3667" people-group lived|strong="H3427".) 
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\verseNumber{41}The|strong="H2022" Israelis left|strong="H5265" Hor|strong="H2023" Mountain|strong="H2022" and|strong="H2022" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H2022" Zalmonah|strong="H6758" and|strong="H2022" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5265"/our|strong="H5265" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H2022". 
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\verseNumber{42}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" Zalmonah|strong="H6758" and|strong="H5265" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H5265" Punon|strong="H6325" and|strong="H5265" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5265"/our|strong="H5265" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{43}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" Punon|strong="H6325" and|strong="H5265" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H5265" Oboth|strong="H0088" and|strong="H5265" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5265"/our|strong="H5265" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{44}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" Oboth|strong="H0088" and|strong="H4124" went|strong="H1366" to|strong="H1366" Iye-Abarim|strong="H5863", which|strong="H1366" was|strong="H1366" on|strong="H2583" the|strong="H5265" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H5265" Moab|strong="H4124" region|strong="H2256", and|strong="H4124" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5265"/our|strong="H5265" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{45}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" Iye-Abarim|strong="H5863" and|strong="H5265" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H1410" Dibon-Gad|strong="H1769" and|strong="H5265" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5265"/our|strong="H5265" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{46}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H1992"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" Dibon-Gad|strong="H1769" and|strong="H1410" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5265"/our|strong="H5265" tents|strong="H2583" at|strong="H2583" Almon-Diblathaim|strong="H5963". 
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\verseNumber{47}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H6440"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" Almon-Diblathaim|strong="H5963" and|strong="H6440" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Abarim|strong="H5682" Mountains|strong="H2022", near|strong="H6440" Nebo|strong="H5015" and|strong="H6440" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H6440"/our|strong="H6440" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H2022". 
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\verseNumber{48}Then|strong="H5265" they|strong="H5921"/we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" the|strong="H5921" Abarim|strong="H5682" Mountains|strong="H2022" and|strong="H2022" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" plains|strong="H6160" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H5921" Moab|strong="H4124" region|strong="H2256", near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3405"\+w*}, across|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5265" Jericho|strong="H3405". 
\verseNumber{49}They|strong="H5921"/We|strong="H5704" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H5704" our|strong="H5921" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H5704"; their|strong="H5921"/our|strong="H5921" tents|strong="H2583" stretched|strong="H5186" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w several|strong="H2669"\+w* \+w miles|strong="H7341"\+w*/km.} from|strong="H5921" Beth-Jeshimoth|strong="H1020" to|strong="H5704" Acacia|strong="H7848". 
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\verseNumber{50}While|strong="H5921" we|strong="H0587" were|strong="H3383" there|strong="H3068" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" plains|strong="H6160" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Moab|strong="H4124" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3405"\+w*}, across|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" Jericho|strong="H3405", Yahweh|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{51}“Tell|strong="H1696" this|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121": When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" cross|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3588" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3588"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" enter|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3588" Canaan|strong="H3667" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{52}you|strong="H6440" must|strong="H4191" force|strong="H2394" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427" to|strong="H6440" leave|strong="H3423". Destroy|strong="H8045" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" carved|strong="H4906" statues|strong="H2088" and|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1544" made|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3427" metal|strong="H4541". Wreck all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" places|strong="H1116" where|strong="H0834" they|strong="H3605" worship|strong="H7812" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{53}Take|strong="H3423" their|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" from|strong="H3423" them|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3427" start|strong="H1870" to|strong="H5414" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5414" given|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" own|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{54}“ivide up|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" land|strong="H5159" by|strong="H3318" throwing|strong="H3027" ◄lots|strong="H1486"/small|strong="H4592" stones|strong="H0068" which|strong="H8033" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" marked|strong="H8104"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w decide|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w which|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w group|strong="H7235"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w which|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}. Give|strong="H5157" the|strong="H3318" larger|strong="H7227" areas|strong="H0776" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" groups|strong="H7218" that|strong="H4940" have|strong="H1961" more|strong="H7235" people|strong="H4940", and|strong="H8033" give|strong="H5157" the|strong="H3318" smaller|strong="H4592" areas|strong="H0776" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" groups|strong="H7218" that|strong="H4940" have|strong="H1961" fewer|strong="H4592" people|strong="H4940". Each|strong="H0376" tribe|strong="H4294" will|strong="H1961" receive|strong="H5157" its|strong="H1961" own|strong="H1961" land|strong="H5159". 
\verseNumber{55}If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6440" do|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3808" force|strong="H2394" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" leave|strong="H3498", they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H6887" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" much|strong="H3498" trouble|strong="H6887". They|strong="H1992" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" sharp|strong="H2299" hooks|strong="H2053" in|strong="H3427" your|strong="H5921" eyes|strong="H5869", and|strong="H5869" like|strong="H1961" thorns|strong="H6796" in|strong="H3427" your|strong="H5921" sides|strong="H6654". And|strong="H5869" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H1961" bring|strong="H6887" trouble|strong="H6887" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6440", in|strong="H3427" that|strong="H5869" land|strong="H6440" where|strong="H5921" you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" living|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{56}And|strong="H6213" then|strong="H1961" I|strong="H1819" will|strong="H1961" punish|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213", as|strong="H1961" I|strong="H1819" had|strong="H1961" planned|strong="H1819" to|strong="H1961" punish|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The boundaries of the land of Canaan }
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\chapterNumber{34}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{2}“Tell|strong="H5046" this|strong="H2063" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121": You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" soon|strong="H3588" enter|strong="H0935" Canaan|strong="H3667" land|strong="H5159", and|strong="H1121" it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" yours|strong="H4191". These|strong="H2063" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" borders|strong="H1367" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H5159": 
\verseNumber{3}On|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" south|strong="H5045" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" receive|strong="H1961" part|strong="H7097" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" Zin|strong="H6790" Desert|strong="H4057", near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" Edom|strong="H0112" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. On|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" east|strong="H6924" side|strong="H6285", the|strong="H5921" border|strong="H1366" will|strong="H1961" start|strong="H1870" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" south|strong="H5045" end|strong="H7097" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" Dead|strong="H4191" Sea|strong="H3220". 
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\verseNumber{4}It|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" extend|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3318" a|strong="H1961" little|strong="H4592" south|strong="H5045" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H5674" Scorpion Pass|strong="H5674", and|strong="H3318" extend|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w west|strong="H5674"\+w*} through|strong="H5674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5674"\+w*} Zin|strong="H6790" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Desert|strong="H6160"\+w*} and|strong="H3318" south|strong="H5045" of|strong="H1366" Kadesh-Barnea|strong="H6947". From|strong="H3318" there|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" extend|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3318" Hazar Addar|strong="H0146" and|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" there|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3318" Azmon|strong="H6111". 
\verseNumber{5}From|strong="H5437" Azmon|strong="H6111" it|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" extend|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w west|strong="H3220"\+w*} to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5437" dry|strong="H3004" riverbed \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5437"\+w* \+w border|strong="H1366"\+w*} of|strong="H1366" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H4714" then|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5437" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Mediterranean} Sea|strong="H3220". 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H1961" border|strong="H1366" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" west|strong="H3220" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" Mediterranean Sea|strong="H3220". 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H4480" border|strong="H1366" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H4480" north|strong="H6828" will|strong="H1961" start|strong="H1870" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" Mediterranean Sea|strong="H3220" and|strong="H1419" extend|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w east|strong="H6921"\+w*} to|strong="H1961" Hor|strong="H2023" Mountain|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{8}From|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" extend|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" Lebo-Hamath|strong="H2574" and|strong="H2022" then|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" Zedad|strong="H6657". 
\verseNumber{9}From|strong="H3318" there|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3318" border|strong="H1366" will|strong="H1961" extend|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3318" Ziphron|strong="H2202", and|strong="H3318" it|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" end|strong="H3318" at|strong="H1961" Hazar-Enan|strong="H2704". 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H6924" border|strong="H1366" on|strong="H1366" the|strong="H6924" east|strong="H6924" will|strong="H3068" start|strong="H1870" at|strong="H3427" Hazar-Enan|strong="H2704" and|strong="H1366" extend|strong="H4900" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*} to|strong="H2704" Shepham|strong="H8221". 
\verseNumber{11}From|strong="H3381" there|strong="H6924" it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3220" extend|strong="H4900" east|strong="H6924" of|strong="H1366" Ain|strong="H5871" to|strong="H3381" Riblah|strong="H7247" and|strong="H3381" then|strong="H3802" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" hills|strong="H3802" that|strong="H3220" are|strong="H3117" east|strong="H6924" of|strong="H1366" Galilee|strong="H1551" Lake. 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5439" border|strong="H1366" will|strong="H1961" extend|strong="H1961" south|strong="H3220" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5439" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} and|strong="H3381" end|strong="H7093" at|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5439" Dead|strong="H4191" Sea|strong="H3220". 
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Those|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5439" borders|strong="H1366" around|strong="H5439" your|strong="H1961" country|strong="H2022".” 
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\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H5414" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w all|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H1121". Then|strong="H5414" he|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H5414" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H5414", “That|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H1486" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" receive|strong="H5414". You|strong="H5414" must|strong="H1121" throw|strong="H7993" ◄lots|strong="H1486"/stones|strong="H0068" that|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H4294" marked|strong="H8104"► to|strong="H3478" decide|strong="H3198" which|strong="H3068" area|strong="H1508" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" each|strong="H5414" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" nine|strong="H8672" and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5414" half|strong="H2677" tribes|strong="H4294", because|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5414" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" divided|strong="H5157" among|strong="H3478" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H3588" tribes|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7206", Gad|strong="H1425", and|strong="H1121" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519" have|strong="H1121" already|strong="H3528" received|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H5159" in|strong="H1004" which|strong="H1004" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1121" live|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{15}They|strong="H3947" have|strong="H4294" received|strong="H3947" land|strong="H5159" on|strong="H5676" the|strong="H3947" east|strong="H4217" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H4294" the|strong="H3947" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3405"\+w*}, across|strong="H5676" from|strong="H3947" Jericho|strong="H3405".” 
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\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{17}“These|strong="H0428" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3091" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3548" will|strong="H1121" divide|strong="H5157" the|strong="H3091" land|strong="H0776": First|strong="H1121", Eleazar|strong="H0499" and|strong="H1121" Joshua|strong="H3091". 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H3947" one|strong="H0259" leader|strong="H5387" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w each|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w twelve|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w divide|strong="H5157"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{19-28}“rom the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", appoint|strong="H6485" Jephunneh’s son|strong="H1121" Caleb|strong="H3612". 
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From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Simeon|strong="H8095" appoint|strong="H6485" Ammihud’s son|strong="H1121" Shemuel|strong="H8050". 
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From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" appoint|strong="H6485" Kislon’s son|strong="H1121" Elidad|strong="H0449". 
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From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835" appoint|strong="H6485" Jogli’s son|strong="H1121" Bukki|strong="H1231". 
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From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519" appoint|strong="H6485" Ephod’s son|strong="H1121" Hanniel|strong="H2592". 
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From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669" appoint|strong="H6485" Shiphtan’s son|strong="H1121" Kemuel|strong="H7055". 
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From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Zebulun|strong="H2074" appoint|strong="H6485" Parnach’s son|strong="H1121" Elizaphan|strong="H0469". 
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From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Issachar|strong="H3485" appoint|strong="H6485" Azzan’s son|strong="H1121" Paltiel|strong="H6409". 
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From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Asher|strong="H0836" appoint|strong="H6485" Shelomi’s son|strong="H1121" Ahihud|strong="H0282". 
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From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Naphtali|strong="H5321" appoint|strong="H6485" Ammihud’s son|strong="H1121" Pedahel|strong="H6300".” 
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\verseNumber{29}Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3068" all|strong="H6680" those|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" divide|strong="H5157" the|strong="H3068" Canaan|strong="H3667" region|strong="H2256" among|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H1121". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The towns given to the Levites }
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\chapterNumber{35}Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" this|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3383"\+w*} on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" plain|strong="H6160" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Moab|strong="H4124" region|strong="H2256" near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3405"\+w*}, across|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" Jericho|strong="H3405": 
\verseNumber{2}“Tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3478" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" receive|strong="H5414", they|strong="H3478" must|strong="H1121" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" some|strong="H4480" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3427" which|strong="H5892" they|strong="H3478" can|strong="H1121" live|strong="H3427". They|strong="H3478" must|strong="H1121" also|strong="H3478" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" land|strong="H5159" around|strong="H5439" these|strong="H5439" cities|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{3}Those|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" for|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3427" Levi|strong="H3878" to|strong="H1961" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427", and|strong="H5892" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" land|strong="H0776" for|strong="H3427" their|strong="H3605" cattle|strong="H4735" and|strong="H5892" flocks|strong="H6629" of|strong="H3427" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H5892" goats|strong="H5795" and|strong="H5892" other|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H2416". 
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\verseNumber{4}“The|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" for|strong="H5892" their|strong="H5414" animals|strong="H0929" must|strong="H2351" extend|strong="H4900" out|strong="H2351" for|strong="H5892" ◄1,500 feet|strong="H7272"/450 meters► from|strong="H3881" the|strong="H5414" walls|strong="H7023" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5414" cities|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{5}Also|strong="H2088" measure|strong="H4058" ◄3,000 feet|strong="H7272"/900 meters► in|strong="H8432" each|strong="H5892" direction|strong="H3027" out|strong="H2351" from|strong="H6285" the|strong="H8432" walls|strong="H2346" of|strong="H5892" each|strong="H5892" city|strong="H5892". That|strong="H5892" additional land|strong="H0776" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" land|strong="H0776" for|strong="H5892" their|strong="H8432" animals|strong="H1961" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H8432" walls|strong="H2346" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H8432" cities|strong="H5892".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H8432" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H5892" safety|strong="H0983" }
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\verseNumber{6}“ix of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5921" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5892" Levi|strong="H3881" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H5414" cities|strong="H5892" to|strong="H5921" which|strong="H5892" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w can|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w run|strong="H5127"\+w*} to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H5414" safe|strong="H7965". If|strong="H0518" someone|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w accidentally|strong="H7684"\+w*} kills|strong="H7523" someone|strong="H5414" else|strong="H5750", the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H5892" who|strong="H3881" killed|strong="H7523" that|strong="H5414" person|strong="H5315" may|strong="H7523" run|strong="H5127" to|strong="H5921" one|strong="H5892" of|strong="H5892" those|strong="H5921" cities|strong="H5892" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H5414" safe|strong="H7965". 
\verseNumber{7}You|strong="H5414" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H1571" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5892" Levi|strong="H3881" 42 other|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" around|strong="H5439" those|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892", for|strong="H5892" their|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929",. 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H5414" Israeli tribes|strong="H7626" that|strong="H3478" have|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" most|strong="H6944" people|strong="H1121" must|strong="H1121" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" more|strong="H7235" cities|strong="H5892" than|strong="H7235" the|strong="H5414" tribes|strong="H7626" that|strong="H3478" have|strong="H1121" fewer|strong="H4592" people|strong="H1121" give|strong="H5414". Each|strong="H5892" tribe|strong="H4294" must|strong="H1121" give|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4592" of|strong="H1121" its|strong="H5414" cities|strong="H5892" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881", but|strong="H3881" the|strong="H5414" tribes|strong="H7626" that|strong="H3478" have|strong="H1121" more|strong="H7235" land|strong="H5159" must|strong="H1121" give|strong="H5414" more|strong="H7235" cities|strong="H5892", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" tribes|strong="H7626" that|strong="H3478" have|strong="H1121" less|strong="H4591" land|strong="H5159" will|strong="H3478" give|strong="H5414" fewer|strong="H4592" cities|strong="H5892".” 
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\verseNumber{9}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{10}“Tell|strong="H1696" this|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121": When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" cross|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3588" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3588"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" enter|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3588" Canaan|strong="H3667" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{11}you|strong="H5221" must|strong="H5315" choose|strong="H0977" some|strong="H8033" cities|strong="H5892" to|strong="H1961" which|strong="H5892" people|strong="H5315" can|strong="H4310" run|strong="H5127" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" safe|strong="H7965"/protected|strong="H3467". If|strong="H1961" someone|strong="H5315" kills|strong="H5221" another|strong="H0312" person|strong="H5315" ◄accidentally|strong="H7684"/without|strong="H1961" planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5315"►, the|strong="H5221" one|strong="H1961" who|strong="H5315" killed|strong="H5221" that|strong="H5315" person|strong="H5315" may|strong="H1961" run|strong="H5127" to|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1961" of|strong="H5892" those|strong="H1961" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5892" be|strong="H1961" safe|strong="H7965". 
\verseNumber{12}One|strong="H3808" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H6440" relatives|strong="H1350" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H6440" person|strong="H6440" who|strong="H5975" was|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H4191" may|strong="H1961" think|strong="H2803" he|strong="H5704" must|strong="H4191" avenge|strong="H5358" his|strong="H6440" relative’s death|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w killing|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w murderer|strong="H7523"\+w*}. But|strong="H3808" in|strong="H4191" that|strong="H5892" city|strong="H5892", the|strong="H6440" killer will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" safe|strong="H7965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w would|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w relatives|strong="H1350"\+w* \+w if|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w tried|strong="H6884"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w revenge|strong="H5360"\+w* \+w there|strong="H1961"\+w*}. The|strong="H6440" man|strong="H4191" who|strong="H5975" killed|strong="H4191" someone|strong="H4191" accidentally|strong="H7684" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w must|strong="H4191"\+w*} be|strong="H1961" put|strong="H4191" on|strong="H1961" trial|strong="H4941" in|strong="H4191" a|strong="H1961" court|strong="H4941". 
\verseNumber{13}You|strong="H5414" must|strong="H4191" set|strong="H5414" apart|strong="H0914" six|strong="H8337" cities|strong="H5892" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" cities|strong="H5892" to|strong="H1961" which|strong="H5892" someone|strong="H5414" who|strong="H0834" killed|strong="H2026" another|strong="H0312" person|strong="H5315" accidentally|strong="H7684" may|strong="H1961" run|strong="H7323" and|strong="H5892" be|strong="H1961" safe|strong="H7965". 
\verseNumber{14}There|strong="H1961" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" three|strong="H7969" of|strong="H5892" those|strong="H1961" cities|strong="H5892" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5414" east|strong="H5676" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5414" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} and|strong="H5892" three|strong="H7969" that|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w west|strong="H5676"\+w* \+w side|strong="H5676"\+w*}, in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5414" Canaan|strong="H3667" region|strong="H2256". 
\verseNumber{15}Those|strong="H3605" six|strong="H8337" cities|strong="H5892" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" cities|strong="H5892" where|strong="H8033" Israeli people|strong="H1121" may|strong="H1961" run|strong="H5127" to|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" safe|strong="H7965", and|strong="H1121" where|strong="H8033" foreigners|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1121" living|strong="H5315" among|strong="H8432" you|strong="H3605" can|strong="H1121" also|strong="H3478" run|strong="H5127" to|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" safe|strong="H7965". Any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" accidentally|strong="H7684" kills|strong="H5221" someone|strong="H5315" may|strong="H1961" run|strong="H5127" to|strong="H3478" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w safe|strong="H7965"\+w*/\+w protected|strong="H3467"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{16-18}“ut \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w must|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w consider|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w*} anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" kills|strong="H5221" another|strong="H0312" person|strong="H5315" with|strong="H5973" an|strong="H1129" iron|strong="H1270" weapon|strong="H3627" or|strong="H0176" with|strong="H5973" a|strong="H1961" big|strong="H0931" rock|strong="H6697" or|strong="H0176" with|strong="H5973" a|strong="H1961" piece|strong="H6595" of|strong="H1121" wood|strong="H6086", is|strong="H0369" a|strong="H1961" murderer|strong="H7523", and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H0259" who|strong="H0834" killed|strong="H2026" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" person|strong="H5315" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" executed|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{19}A|strong="H4191" relative|strong="H1350" of|strong="H1818" the|strong="H4191" person|strong="H1818" who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" murdered|strong="H7523" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" the|strong="H4191" one|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" executes|strong="H6213" the|strong="H4191" murderer|strong="H7523" as|strong="H0834" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H0834" he|strong="H1931" finds|strong="H4672" him|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{20}If|strong="H0518" someone|strong="H4191" shoves another|strong="H0312" person|strong="H5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w over|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w cliff|strong="H5553"\+w*} or|strong="H4191" throws|strong="H7993" something|strong="H1697" at|strong="H5921" another|strong="H0312" person|strong="H5315" 
\verseNumber{21}or|strong="H4191" hits that|strong="H1931" person|strong="H3027" with|strong="H3027" his|strong="H5221" hand|strong="H3027"/fist|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" causes|strong="H5414" that|strong="H1931" person|strong="H3027" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191", if|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" did|strong="H6213" it|strong="H1931" because|strong="H3027" he|strong="H1931" hated|strong="H8130" that|strong="H1931" person|strong="H3027", then|strong="H4191" you|strong="H5221" must|strong="H4191" consider|strong="H7200" that|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H5221" murderer|strong="H7523", and|strong="H3027" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H5221". A|strong="H5221" relative|strong="H1350" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5221" person|strong="H3027" who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" killed|strong="H5221" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5221" one|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" executes|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5221" murderer|strong="H7523" as|strong="H5221" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H5221" he|strong="H1931" finds|strong="H4672" him|strong="H5221". 
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\verseNumber{22}“ut someone|strong="H0376" might|strong="H1369" accidentally|strong="H7684" shove someone|strong="H0376" else|strong="H3808", or|strong="H3808" accidentally|strong="H7684" throw|strong="H7993" something|strong="H3605" at|strong="H5921" another|strong="H3627" person|strong="H5315" and|strong="H3627" hit|strong="H4672" him|strong="H5921", not|strong="H3808" because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H3605" hates|strong="H8130" that|strong="H3605" person|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{23}Or|strong="H3808" he|strong="H1931" might|strong="H1369" drop|strong="H5307" a|strong="H7200" rock|strong="H6697" on|strong="H5921" someone|strong="H5307" that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H1931" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200". If|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" does|strong="H3808" that|strong="H7200" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" plan|strong="H6098" to|strong="H4191" hurt|strong="H7451" anyone|strong="H3605" and|strong="H7200" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" hate|strong="H8130" the|strong="H3605" person|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" was|strong="H1931" killed|strong="H4191", 
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\verseNumber{26}“ut \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3318"\+w* Supreme \+w Priest|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w is|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w still|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w living|strong="H2416"\+w*}, the|strong="H3318" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="H7523" is|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" that|strong="H5892" safe|strong="H7965" city|strong="H5892" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3318" leave|strong="H3318" that|strong="H5892" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{27}If|strong="H0518" he|strong="H1818" goes|strong="H1980" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H2351" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H5892" if|strong="H0518" a|strong="H4672" relative|strong="H1350" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H2351" dead|strong="H4191" person|strong="H1818" finds|strong="H4672" him|strong="H4672", that|strong="H5892" relative|strong="H1350" is|strong="H5892" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H5892" kill|strong="H7523" that|strong="H5892" person|strong="H1818", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w not|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w consider|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w the|strong="H2351"\+w* \+w relative|strong="H1350"\+w* \+w is|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w guilty|strong="H0816"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w murder|strong="H7523"\+w*.} 
\verseNumber{28}The|strong="H3588" killer must|strong="H4191" stay|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H5892" safe|strong="H7965"/protected|strong="H3467" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3588" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" dies|strong="H4194". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w be|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w safe|strong="H7965"\+w* \+w from|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w revenge|strong="H5360"\+w* \+w after|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w death|strong="H4194"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* Supreme \+w Priest|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w be|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w considered|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w be|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w atone|strong="H3722"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w murder|strong="H7523"\+w*}. After|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588", the|strong="H3588" killer may|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" his|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{29}“ou must|strong="H4191" always|strong="H3605" obey|strong="H8085" those|strong="H3605" regulations|strong="H4941", wherever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" live|strong="H4186". 
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\verseNumber{30}“f someone|strong="H5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w accused|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6310"\+w*} killing|strong="H5221" another|strong="H6310" person|strong="H5315", the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H5315" accused|strong="H6030" may|strong="H5315" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H5221" only|strong="H3605" if|strong="H0518" there|strong="H3605" are|strong="H6310" people|strong="H5315" who|strong="H3605" saw|strong="H7200" him|strong="H5221" do|strong="H3605" it|strong="H5221". There|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" more|strong="H3808" than|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" witness|strong="H5707"; no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" is|strong="H5315" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H5221" if|strong="H0518" there|strong="H3605" was|strong="H5315" only|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" ◄witness|strong="H5707"/person|strong="H5315" who|strong="H3605" saw|strong="H7200" him|strong="H5221" do|strong="H3605" it|strong="H5221"►. 
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\verseNumber{31}“f there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H3947" murderer|strong="H7523" who|strong="H1931" truly|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w spare|strong="H2550"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w life|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w by|strong="H4191"\+w*} accepting ◄a|strong="H3947" ransom|strong="H3724"/money|strong="H3724" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H3947" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" killed|strong="H4191"►. He|strong="H1931" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191". 
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\verseNumber{32}“f someone|strong="H0376" has|strong="H3548" run|strong="H5127" to|strong="H5704" a|strong="H3947" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H3808" he|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H3808" safe|strong="H7965"/protected|strong="H3467", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" him|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" give|strong="H7725" you|strong="H5704" money|strong="H3724" in|strong="H3427" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3548" you|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5892" permit|strong="H5414" him|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" his|strong="H3947" home|strong="H7725" before|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3947" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" dies|strong="H4194". 
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\verseNumber{33}“You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1818" execute|strong="H6213" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H1931" truly|strong="H3588" murder|strong="H7523" others|strong="H0312". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H3808" causing|strong="H7462" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H1931" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H3808" become|strong="H1961" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H3808" me|strong="H3808". Anyone|strong="H3588" who|strong="H1931" deliberately kills|strong="H5221" an|strong="H3588" innocent|strong="H5355" person|strong="H1818" must|strong="H1818" be|strong="H3808" executed|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{34}I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3588" live|strong="H3427" among|strong="H8432" you|strong="H3588" Israelis, so|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" spoil|strong="H7998"/pollute|strong="H2930" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" by|strong="H3068" allowing people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" murder|strong="H7523" others|strong="H0312" without|strong="H3808" being|strong="H1121" punished|strong="H6485".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Land for Zelophehad’s daughters }
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\chapterNumber{36}The|strong="H6440" family|strong="H4940" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Gilead|strong="H1568" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" tribe|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519" went|strong="H3478" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H6440" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H0312" family|strong="H4940" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{2}They|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Moses|strong="H5414"/me|strong="H5414", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H5414", our|strong="H3068" leader|strong="H5387", to|strong="H3478" apportion|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H5159" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5414" Israeli tribes|strong="H7626" by|strong="H3068" throwing|strong="H3027" ◄lots|strong="H1486"/stones|strong="H0068" that|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" marked|strong="H8104"► to|strong="H3478" decide|strong="H3198" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w group|strong="H7235"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}. Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" give|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H3068" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" our|strong="H3068" fellow|strong="H1121" Israeli Zelophehad|strong="H6765" to|strong="H3478" his|strong="H5414" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H1961" if|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5921" daughters|strong="H1121" marry|strong="H1961" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" Israeli tribes|strong="H7626", that|strong="H3478" land|strong="H5159" will|strong="H1961" no|strong="H1961" longer|strong="H3254" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" our|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294". People|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H0312" tribes|strong="H7626" will|strong="H1961" get|strong="H3947" it|strong="H5921". So|strong="H1961" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" our|strong="H5921" land|strong="H5159" will|strong="H1961" no|strong="H1961" longer|strong="H3254" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" us|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" Year|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Celebration|strong="H8057" comes|strong="H1961", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w all|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w land|strong="H5159"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w has|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w bought|strong="H7069"\+w* \+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w its|strong="H5921"\+w* original \+w owners|strong="H1167"\+w*}, the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H3478" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" Zelophehad|strong="H6765" will|strong="H1961" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" tribes|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3478" his|strong="H5921" daughters|strong="H1121" marry|strong="H1961". So|strong="H1961" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" our|strong="H5921" land|strong="H5159", the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H3478" we|strong="H0587" received|strong="H1961" from|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5921" fathers|strong="H0001", will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H1639" from|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w we|strong="H0587"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w never|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w own|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w again|strong="H3254"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921" what|strong="H6310" to|strong="H1696" reply|strong="H6310" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5921", so|strong="H3651" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5921" said|strong="H1696" this|strong="H3651" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5921": “These|strong="H1696" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519" are|strong="H1121" right|strong="H3651". 
\verseNumber{6}This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" saying|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" daughters|strong="H1323" of|strong="H3068" Zelophehad|strong="H6765": ‘Each|strong="H2088" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6680" may|strong="H1961" marry|strong="H1961" anyone|strong="H3605" you|strong="H6680" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3068", but|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6680" must|strong="H4191" marry|strong="H1961" only|strong="H0389" someone|strong="H0376" from|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" tribe|strong="H4294".’ 
\verseNumber{7}In|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" way|strong="H1870", the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H3588" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" Israelis will|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" passed|strong="H3478" from|strong="H3478" one|strong="H3808" tribe|strong="H4294" to|strong="H3478" another|strong="H3808" tribe|strong="H4294". Each|strong="H0376" Israeli will|strong="H3478" keep|strong="H1692" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H5159" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H4294" that|strong="H3588" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3478" ancestors|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{8}A|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H1323" who|strong="H3605" inherits|strong="H5157" her|strong="H3605" father’s|strong="H0001" land|strong="H5159" may|strong="H1961" get|strong="H3947" married|strong="H3947", but|strong="H1961" she|strong="H1931" must|strong="H1121" marry|strong="H1961" someone|strong="H0376" from|strong="H3478" her|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" tribe|strong="H4294". In|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3605" way|strong="H3605", every|strong="H3605" Israeli will|strong="H1961" keep|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H3605" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H3588" land|strong="H5159" must|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" passed|strong="H3478" from|strong="H3478" one|strong="H3808" tribe|strong="H4294" to|strong="H3478" another|strong="H3808" tribe|strong="H4294". Each|strong="H0376" Israeli tribe|strong="H4294" must|strong="H1121" keep|strong="H1692" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" received|strong="H3947" from|strong="H3478" its|strong="H3588" ancestors|strong="H0001".” 
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\verseNumber{10}Zelophehad’s daughters|strong="H1323" obeyed|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H6680" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H1961" five|strong="H2568" daughters|strong="H1323"—Mahlah|strong="H4244", Tirzah|strong="H8656", Hoglah|strong="H2295", Milcah|strong="H4435" and|strong="H1121" Noah|strong="H5270"—married|strong="H3947" their|strong="H1961" cousins, their|strong="H1961" father’s|strong="H1730" relatives|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H5921" men|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H0834" they|strong="H5921" married|strong="H3947" were|strong="H1961" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519", so|strong="H1961" their|strong="H5921" land|strong="H5159" continued|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" their|strong="H5921" father’s|strong="H0001" family|strong="H4940" and|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4294". 
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\verseNumber{13}Those|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" commands|strong="H6680" [DOU] that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3478" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" tell|strong="H5046" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" Israelis, while|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3068"/we|strong="H0587" were|strong="H3478" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" plains|strong="H6160" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Moab|strong="H4124" region|strong="H2256", close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H3405", across|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" Jericho|strong="H3405". 
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\BibleBook{Deuteronomy}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of Moses’ final speeches to the Israeli people. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Deuteronomy }

\BibleSectionHeading{Introduction to Moses’ first speech }
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\chapterNumber{1}In|strong="H3478" this|strong="H1696" book|strong="H1697" is|strong="H1697" written|strong="H3789" what|strong="H1697" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1696". He|strong="H3605"/I|strong="H1697" told|strong="H1696" them|strong="H1697" these|strong="H1696" things|strong="H1697" when|strong="H1696" they|strong="H1697"/we|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H6160", on|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" east|strong="H5676" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. They|strong="H1697"/We|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3478" set|strong="H3478" up|strong="H3605" our|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H0168" near|strong="H7126" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w place|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w named|strong="H1696"\+w*} Suph|strong="H5489", between|strong="H0996" Paran|strong="H6290" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w on|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w one|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w side|strong="H5676"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w river|strong="H5104"\+w*} and|strong="H4872" Tophel|strong="H8603", Laban|strong="H3837", Hazeroth|strong="H2698", and|strong="H4872" Dizahab|strong="H1774" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w on|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w other|strong="H5676"\+w* \+w side|strong="H5676"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w river|strong="H5104"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}To|strong="H5704" walk|strong="H1870" from|strong="H3117" Sinai|strong="H5514" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3117" Kadesh-Barnea|strong="H6947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{oasis}, people|strong="H5971" usually|strong="H2370" travel|strong="H1980" for|strong="H5704" only|strong="H5704" eleven|strong="H6240" days|strong="H3117", going|strong="H1980" by|strong="H3117" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" hilly area|strong="H2022" named|strong="H7121" Edom|strong="H0112". 
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\verseNumber{3}Forty|strong="H0705" years|strong="H8141" after|strong="H1961" ◄the|strong="H3605" Israelis/we|strong="H3605"► left|strong="H1961" Egypt|strong="H4714", in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H1121" January, Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H6680" told|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" him|strong="H6680"/me|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" tell|strong="H1696" them|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{4}This|strong="H5221" was|strong="H4428" after|strong="H0310" they|strong="H5221"/we|strong="H0587" had|strong="H4428" defeated|strong="H5221" Sihon|strong="H5511", the|strong="H5221" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5221" Amor people-group, who|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Heshbon|strong="H2809" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H4428" Og|strong="H5747", the|strong="H5221" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5221" Bashan|strong="H1316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} who|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Ashtaroth|strong="H6252" and|strong="H4428" Edrei|strong="H0154" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H0589" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5414" these|strong="H2063" things|strong="H1697" while|strong="H3383" the|strong="H4872" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H3383" in|strong="H4872" the|strong="H4872" Moab|strong="H4124" region|strong="H2256", on|strong="H5676" the|strong="H4872" east|strong="H5676" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H8451" the|strong="H4872" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. He|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H0589" ◄explained|strong="H0560" to|strong="H2974" them|strong="H5414"/enabled|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H2974" understand|strong="H0995"► God’s|strong="H0430" laws|strong="H8451". This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H4124" what|strong="H2063" he|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H0589" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H2974" them|strong="H5414": 
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\verseNumber{6}“Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" us|strong="H5414" when|strong="H1696" we|strong="H0587" were|strong="H2022" at|strong="H3427" Sinai|strong="H5514" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*}, ‘You|strong="H1696" have|strong="H3068" stayed|strong="H3427" for|strong="H3427" a|strong="H1696" very|strong="H2088" long|strong="H7227" time|strong="H7227" at|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w bottom|strong="H3247"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} this|strong="H2088" mountain|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H5704" now|strong="H1419" continue|strong="H1961" traveling|strong="H5265". Go|strong="H5265" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" hilly area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Amor people-group lives|strong="H5315" and|strong="H1419" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" nearby|strong="H7138" areas|strong="H0776"—to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} Valley|strong="H8219", to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" hilly region|strong="H2256", to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" western|strong="H3220" ◄foothills|strong="H8219"/hills|strong="H2022" at|strong="H2022" the|strong="H3605" bottom|strong="H3247" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H3605" mountains|strong="H2022"►, to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H6160" area|strong="H2022" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" south|strong="H5045", to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Mediterranean} Seacoast|strong="H3220", to|strong="H5704" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H2022" Canaan|strong="H3669" land|strong="H0776", to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Lebanon|strong="H3844" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Mountains|strong="H2022"\+w*}, and|strong="H1419" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{northeast} to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" Euphrates|strong="H6578" River|strong="H5104". 
\verseNumber{8}Note|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" that|strong="H7200" land|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414". I|strong="H5414", Yahweh|strong="H3068", promised|strong="H7650" to|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" Abraham|strong="H0085" and|strong="H3068" Isaac|strong="H3327" and|strong="H3068" Jacob|strong="H3290" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H5414" would|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233". So|strong="H5414" now|strong="H5414" go|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" occupy|strong="H3423" it|strong="H5414".’” 

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\verseNumber{9}Moses|strong="H3808"/I|strong="H3201" also|strong="H6256" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3201" the|strong="H5375" people|strong="H3808", “When|strong="H6256" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w still|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w at|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w Sinai|strong="H5514"\+w* \+w Mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*}, I|strong="H3201" told|strong="H5046" your|strong="H5375" ancestors|strong="H0001" ‘It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H5375" very|strong="H3966" big|strong="H0931" burden|strong="H4853"/responsibility|strong="H6486" for|strong="H6256" me|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3201" govern|strong="H4475" all|strong="H3201" of|strong="H6256" you|strong="H3808". So|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3201" cannot|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3201" it|strong="H1931" by|strong="H3808" myself|strong="H0589". 
\verseNumber{10}Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" us|strong="H3117" Israelis to|strong="H3068" now|strong="H3117" become|strong="H1961" as|strong="H3117" numerous|strong="H7235" as|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" stars|strong="H3556" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" sky|strong="H8064". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5921" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}, will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" become|strong="H1961" 1,000 times|strong="H6471" as|strong="H3068" numerous|strong="H7227" as|strong="H3068" we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H3068" now|strong="H6471" and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" us|strong="H5921" just|strong="H1696" like|strong="H5921" he|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" certainly|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" [RHQ] ◄solve|strong="H0263"/deal|strong="H6213" with|strong="H5375"► all|strong="H5375" of|strong="H4853" your|strong="H5375" complaints|strong="H8519"/problems|strong="H7001". 
\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H7760" choose|strong="H3051" some|strong="H4480" men|strong="H2450" from|strong="H7760" your|strong="H7760" tribes|strong="H7626" who|strong="H3045" are|strong="H2450" wise|strong="H2450" and|strong="H7218" who|strong="H3045" have|strong="H3045" good|strong="H2896" sense|strong="H3820" and|strong="H7218" who|strong="H3045" are|strong="H2450" respected|strong="H7230". Then|strong="H3045" I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H2450" appoint|strong="H7760" them|strong="H7760" to|strong="H3045" be|strong="H7760" your|strong="H7760" leaders|strong="H7218".’ 
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\verseNumber{14}Your|strong="H6213" ancestors|strong="H0001" replied|strong="H6030", ‘What|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6213" have|strong="H1697" suggested|strong="H5414" is|strong="H1697" good|strong="H2896" for|strong="H6213" us|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213".’ 
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\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H3947" I|strong="H5414" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" wise|strong="H2450" and|strong="H3967" respected|strong="H7230" men|strong="H2450" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w your|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w* \+w chose|strong="H0977"\+w*} from|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5414" tribes|strong="H7626", and|strong="H3967" I|strong="H5414" appointed|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" leaders|strong="H7218". I|strong="H5414" appointed|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" to|strong="H5921" ◄rule|strong="H4910"/have|strong="H3045" authority|strong="H5921"► over|strong="H5921" 1,000 people|strong="H3045", some|strong="H4480" to|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3045" authority|strong="H5921" over|strong="H5921" 100 people|strong="H3045", some|strong="H4480" to|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3045" authority|strong="H5921" over|strong="H5921" 50 people|strong="H3045", and|strong="H3967" some|strong="H4480" to|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3045" authority|strong="H5921" over|strong="H5921" ten|strong="H6235" people|strong="H3045". I|strong="H5414" also|strong="H8269" appointed|strong="H5414" other|strong="H0312" officers|strong="H7860" from|strong="H5921" throughout|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5414" tribes|strong="H7626". 
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\verseNumber{17}You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" ◄be|strong="H3808" impartial/not|strong="H3808" favor|strong="H6440" one|strong="H3808" person|strong="H6440" more|strong="H4480" than|strong="H4480" another|strong="H5234"►; you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" treat|strong="H4941" poor|strong="H6041" people|strong="H3808" and|strong="H1419" important|strong="H1419" people|strong="H3808" equally. You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" worry|strong="H2347" about|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" anyone|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1697" think|strong="H2803" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w how|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w decide|strong="H4941"\+w* \+w matters|strong="H1697"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1697" decide|strong="H4941" matters|strong="H1697" as|strong="H1697" God|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6440"\+w*}. If|strong="H3588" any|strong="H4480" quarrel|strong="H7378"/dispute|strong="H1697" is|strong="H1931" very|strong="H1419" difficult|strong="H1419" and|strong="H1419" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1697" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H6440" decide|strong="H4941" it|strong="H1931", bring|strong="H7126" it|strong="H1931" to|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440", and|strong="H1419" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1697" decide|strong="H4941".’ 
\verseNumber{18}At|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6256" I|strong="H1697" also|strong="H6213" told|strong="H6680" you|strong="H6680" other|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H6680" should|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213".” 

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\verseNumber{19}“Then|strong="H7200", just|strong="H3605" like|strong="H1870" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" us|strong="H7200", we|strong="H5704" left|strong="H5265" Sinai|strong="H5514" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" went|strong="H3212" through|strong="H3212" that|strong="H7200" huge|strong="H1995" desert|strong="H4057" that|strong="H7200" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H5704" ◄dangerous|strong="H6348"/difficult|strong="H1419" to|strong="H5704" travel|strong="H1980" through|strong="H3212"►, on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3605" road|strong="H1870" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" hilly area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Amor people-group live|strong="H1870". We|strong="H5704" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H3068" Kadesh-Barnea|strong="H6947". 
\verseNumber{20}I|strong="H5414" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001", ‘We|strong="H5704" have|strong="H3068" now|strong="H5414" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5414" hilly area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5414" Amor people-group live|strong="H3427". This|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3068" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" area|strong="H2022" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5414" one|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}, is|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" us|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{21}Note|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H5414" this|strong="H5414" land|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1696" us|strong="H5414". So|strong="H5414" go|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3068" occupy|strong="H3423" it|strong="H5414" as|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H1696". Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5414" be|strong="H3068" ◄at|strong="H3068" all|strong="H7200"/even|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5414" little|strong="H4592" bit|strong="H5391"► afraid|strong="H3372".’ 
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\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H1870" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1697" your|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" came|strong="H5927" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H6440" and|strong="H7971" said|strong="H1697", ‘Before|strong="H6440" we|strong="H5892" go|strong="H5927", we|strong="H5892" should|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w first|strong="H6440"\+w*} send|strong="H7971" some|strong="H1697" men|strong="H3605" there|strong="H5927" to|strong="H7725" explore|strong="H8446" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H6440", in|strong="H5892" order|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H1697" can|strong="H4310" return|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7971" tell|strong="H3605" us|strong="H7725" which|strong="H1697" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" best|strong="H2459" road|strong="H1870" to|strong="H7725" go|strong="H5927" there|strong="H5927" and|strong="H7971" what|strong="H1697" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H1697" towns|strong="H5892" are|strong="H1697" there|strong="H5927".’ 
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\verseNumber{23}I|strong="H1697" thought|strong="H5869" that|strong="H1697" it|strong="H3190" would|strong="H1697" be|strong="H1697" good|strong="H3190" to|strong="H1697" do|strong="H3190" that|strong="H1697", so|strong="H4480" I|strong="H1697" chose|strong="H0977" twelve|strong="H8147" men|strong="H8147", one|strong="H4480" man|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" each|strong="H3947" tribe|strong="H7626". 
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\verseNumber{29}Then|strong="H3372" I|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3372" your|strong="H3808" ancestors|strong="H0001", ‘Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" afraid|strong="H3372" ◄at|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605"/even|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3808" little|strong="H4592" bit|strong="H5391"► [DOU] of|strong="H3372" those|strong="H1992" people|strong="H3808"! 
\verseNumber{30}Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H1980" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440", and|strong="H1980" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6440", just|strong="H3605" like|strong="H1980" you|strong="H6440" saw|strong="H7200" him|strong="H6440" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6440" in|strong="H1980" Egypt|strong="H4714" 
\verseNumber{31}and|strong="H1121" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H4057". You|strong="H3605" saw|strong="H7200" how|strong="H5704" he|strong="H5704" brought|strong="H5375" you|strong="H3605" safely|strong="H0983" here|strong="H2088", like|strong="H1870" a|strong="H5375" man|strong="H1121" would|strong="H3068" carry|strong="H5375" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121". [SIM]’ 
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\verseNumber{34}Yahweh|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1697" they|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" became|strong="H1697" angry|strong="H7107". He|strong="H3068" solemnly|strong="H7650" declared|strong="H8085", 
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\verseNumber{37}But|strong="H3808" because|strong="H1558" of|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1571"\+w*} your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w did|strong="H3068"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H3808". He|strong="H8033" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H3808", ‘You|strong="H3808" also|strong="H1571" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" enter|strong="H0935" that|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{38}Joshua|strong="H3091", the|strong="H6440" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nun|strong="H5126", who|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" your|strong="H6440" helper|strong="H5826", will|strong="H3478" enter|strong="H5975" it|strong="H1931". Encourage|strong="H2388" him|strong="H6440", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H6440" one|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3478" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" occupy|strong="H3423" that|strong="H3588" land|strong="H6440".’ 
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\verseNumber{39}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3045" of|strong="H1121" us|strong="H5414", ‘You|strong="H5414" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3045" your|strong="H5414" children|strong="H1121" would|strong="H7451" be|strong="H1961" captured|strong="H3920" by|strong="H3117" your|strong="H5414" enemies|strong="H0341". Because|strong="H3117" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3117" very|strong="H3045" young|strong="H1121", they|strong="H1992" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" yet|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H2896" is|strong="H3117" good|strong="H2896" and|strong="H1121" what|strong="H2896" is|strong="H3117" evil|strong="H7451". But|strong="H3808" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" ones|strong="H2945" to|strong="H1961" whom|strong="H1992" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3045" land|strong="H0776", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H1961" enter|strong="H0935" it|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" occupy|strong="H3423" it|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{40}But|strong="H6437" as|strong="H4057" for|strong="H6437" you|strong="H1870", turn|strong="H6437" around|strong="H6437" and|strong="H1870" go|strong="H5265" back|strong="H6437" into|strong="H3220" the|strong="H1870" desert|strong="H4057", toward|strong="H1870" the|strong="H1870" ◄Red|strong="H5488" Sea|strong="H3220"/Gulf of|strong="H1870" Aqaba►.’ 
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\verseNumber{41}Then|strong="H6030" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" replied|strong="H6030", ‘We|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398"; we|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3068" disobeyed|strong="H6963" Yahweh|strong="H3068". So|strong="H5927" we|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3068" attack|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w*} that|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776", just|strong="H3605" like|strong="H2022" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" us|strong="H3898" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068".’ And|strong="H3068" each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" put|strong="H5927" on|strong="H2296" his|strong="H3605" weapons|strong="H3627", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" thought|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3605" it|strong="H5927" would|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" easy|strong="H1951" to|strong="H3068" invade|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" hilly region|strong="H2256". 
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\verseNumber{42}But|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440", ‘Tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H6440", “Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" there|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3068" attack|strong="H5927" those|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H5927" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" go|strong="H5927", your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" will|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5221" you|strong="H3588".”’ 
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\verseNumber{43}So|strong="H3808" I|strong="H8085" told|strong="H1696" that|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" heed|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6310" I|strong="H8085" said|strong="H1696". They|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H1696"\+w*} rebelled|strong="H4784" against|strong="H5927" what|strong="H6310" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3068". Their|strong="H3068" soldiers|strong="H5927" proudly|strong="H2102"/arrogantly|strong="H2102" marched|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" into|strong="H5927" that|strong="H8085" hilly region|strong="H2256". 
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\chapterNumber{2}“Then|strong="H1696" we|strong="H3117" turned|strong="H6437" around|strong="H5437" and|strong="H3068" went|strong="H5265" through|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3068" desert|strong="H4057" toward|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3068" ◄Red|strong="H5488" Sea|strong="H3220"/Gulf of|strong="H3068" Aqaba►, as|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" us|strong="H3117" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3117" wandered|strong="H8582" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Edom|strong="H0112" area|strong="H2022" for|strong="H3068" many|strong="H7227" years|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H0413", 
\verseNumber{3}‘You|strong="H2022" have|strong="H6437" been|strong="H1961" wandering|strong="H8582" around|strong="H5437" this|strong="H2088" hilly area|strong="H2022" for|strong="H6437" a|strong="H2088" long|strong="H7227" enough|strong="H7227" time|strong="H7227". Now|strong="H2088" turn|strong="H6437" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w travel|strong="H1980"\+w*} toward|strong="H6437" the|strong="H5437" north|strong="H6828". 
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\verseNumber{7}Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" you|strong="H3588" in|strong="H8141" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" [SYN] have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H4639". He|strong="H3588" knows|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w while|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" wandered|strong="H8582" in|strong="H8141" this|strong="H2088" huge|strong="H1995" desert|strong="H4057". But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3808" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3588" during|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" 40 years|strong="H8141", and|strong="H3068" as|strong="H1697" a|strong="H3588" result|strong="H6903" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" needed|strong="H1767" [LIT|strong="H0215"]. 
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\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H5674" we|strong="H0587" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H1870" travel|strong="H5674". We|strong="H0587" avoided|strong="H1732" going|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" hilly area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5674" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Esau|strong="H6215" live|strong="H3427". We|strong="H0587" stayed|strong="H3427" away|strong="H5674" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5674" road|strong="H1870" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} Valley|strong="H6010" past|strong="H5674" Ezion-Geber|strong="H6100" and|strong="H1121" Elath|strong="H0359" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" we|strong="H0587" turned|strong="H6437" and|strong="H1121" traveled|strong="H5674" northeast toward|strong="H1870" the|strong="H5674" desert|strong="H6160" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5674" Moab|strong="H4124" people-group lives|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{10}A|strong="H6440" large|strong="H1419" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3427" giants|strong="H7497" called|strong="H7121" Emim|strong="H0368" formerly|strong="H6440" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". They|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" strong|strong="H1419" and|strong="H1419" numerous|strong="H7227", and|strong="H1419" as|strong="H5971" tall|strong="H7311" as|strong="H5971" the|strong="H6440" giants|strong="H7497" who|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3427" Anak|strong="H6061". 
\verseNumber{11}They|strong="H1992" and|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7121" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H7121" Anak|strong="H6061" are|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1992" called|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7121" Repha giants|strong="H7497", but|strong="H1992" the|strong="H7121" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H7121" Moab|strong="H4125" call|strong="H7121" them|strong="H1992" Emim|strong="H0368". 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H6440" Hor|strong="H2023" people-group also|strong="H3068" formerly|strong="H6440" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" Edom|strong="H0112" area|strong="H1508", but|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Esau|strong="H6215" chased|strong="H7291" them|strong="H5414" out|strong="H3423". They|strong="H3068" defeated|strong="H5221" and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H2026" them|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" ◄settled|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427"/occupied|strong="H5414"► their|strong="H3068" land|strong="H6440", just|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H1121" later|strong="H0310" expelled|strong="H3423" their|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w also|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5674"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}, “Then|strong="H6965" we|strong="H6258" crossed|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" Zered|strong="H2218" Gorge, as|strong="H6965" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" us|strong="H5674" to|strong="H6965" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{14}It|strong="H5704" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H5674" thirty-eight|strong="H7970" years|strong="H8141" from|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" first|strong="H3117" left|strong="H1980" Kadesh-Barnea|strong="H6947" until|strong="H5704" we|strong="H3117" crossed|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" Zered|strong="H2218" Gorge. During|strong="H3117" those|strong="H3605" years|strong="H8141", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli ◄fighting|strong="H4421" men|strong="H1980"/soldiers|strong="H4421"► of|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" generation|strong="H1755" had|strong="H3068" died|strong="H4191", as|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" vowed|strong="H7650" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{15}They|strong="H3068" died|strong="H4191" because|strong="H3027" Yahweh|strong="H3068" opposed|strong="H5975" them|strong="H3027", until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H5704" had|strong="H3068" gotten|strong="H6213" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H8552" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{16}After|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" old|strong="H1121" enough|strong="H3605" to|strong="H4191" fight|strong="H4421" in|strong="H4191" wars|strong="H4421" had|strong="H1961" died|strong="H4191" [DOU], 
\verseNumber{17}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{18}‘Today|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3117" must|strong="H4191" cross|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3117" border|strong="H1366" into|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3117" Moab|strong="H4124" region|strong="H2256", near|strong="H7126" Ar|strong="H6144", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w capital|strong="H3805"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{19}When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" come|strong="H7126" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H3588" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group live|strong="H3427", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" bother|strong="H5060"/harass|strong="H6696" them|strong="H5414" or|strong="H3808" start|strong="H1870" to|strong="H5414" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H4136" them|strong="H5414". They|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Lot|strong="H3876", so|strong="H5414" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" any|strong="H5414" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414".’ ” 

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\verseNumber{20}That|strong="H1931" region|strong="H2256" is|strong="H1931" also|strong="H5984" called|strong="H7121" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" Repha giants|strong="H7497", who|strong="H1931" formerly|strong="H6440" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". The|strong="H6440" Ammon|strong="H5984" people-group call|strong="H7121" them|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Zamzum group|strong="H7235". 
\verseNumber{21}They|strong="H3068" were|strong="H5971" a|strong="H3068" large|strong="H1419" and|strong="H3068" powerful|strong="H7227" group|strong="H7235", who|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" as|strong="H3068" tall|strong="H7311" as|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Anak|strong="H6061". But|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" got|strong="H3423" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group expelled|strong="H3423" them|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3423" their|strong="H3068" land|strong="H6440" away|strong="H7311" from|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3068" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{22}Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H1121" done|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" same|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H2088" for|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Esau|strong="H6215" who|strong="H1121" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" hilly area|strong="H1508" of|strong="H1121" Edom|strong="H0112". He|strong="H3117" got|strong="H3423" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Hor|strong="H2023" people-group, with|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" Edom|strong="H0112" people-group took|strong="H3423" their|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" from|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440" and|strong="H1121" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5704" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". They|strong="H3117" still|strong="H3427" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{23}People|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" came|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" Crete|strong="H3731" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Island|strong="H0336"\+w*} got|strong="H3318" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5704" Av group|strong="H7235" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w* \+w close|strong="H5980"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* Mediterranean \+w Sea|strong="H3220"\+w*}, as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" south|strong="H5045" as|strong="H5704" Gaza|strong="H5804". They|strong="H5704" took|strong="H3318" their|strong="H8478" land|strong="H0776" from|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3318" and|strong="H3318" started|strong="H3318" to|strong="H5704" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Moses|strong="H3318" reminded them|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3427" crossing|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5704" Arnon|strong="H0769" River|strong="H5704" }
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\verseNumber{24}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w we|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w gone|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w through|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Moab|strong="H4124"\+w* \+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414", ‘Now|strong="H5414" cross|strong="H5674" the|strong="H7200" Arnon|strong="H0769" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5158"\+w*}. I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" help|strong="H4421" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" defeat|strong="H5414" [IDM] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w army|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Sihon|strong="H5511", the|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7200" Amor people-group, who|strong="H4428" lives|strong="H5315" in|strong="H4428" Heshbon|strong="H2809" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. So|strong="H5414" attack|strong="H6965" their|strong="H5414" army|strong="H4421" and|strong="H6965" start|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5414" take|strong="H3423" their|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" from|strong="H5265" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{25}Today|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H5971" begin|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5921" cause|strong="H5414" everyone|strong="H3605", everywhere|strong="H3605", to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3117" afraid|strong="H2342" of|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5414". Everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" hears|strong="H8085" about|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5971" tremble|strong="H7264" and|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3117" terrified|strong="H0926".’ 
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\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H7971" I|strong="H1697" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H7971" go|strong="H7971" from|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" desert|strong="H4057" to|strong="H7971" King|strong="H4428" Sihon|strong="H5511" at|strong="H4428" Heshbon|strong="H2809". I|strong="H1697" told|strong="H1697" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" give|strong="H5414" this|strong="H1697" peaceful|strong="H7965" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" king|strong="H4428": 
\verseNumber{27}‘Please|strong="H4994" allow|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3212" travel|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" your|strong="H3808" land|strong="H0776". We|strong="H0587" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w promise|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w we|strong="H0587"\+w*} will|strong="H3808" stay|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" road|strong="H1870"; we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H5493" off|strong="H5493" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5674" right|strong="H3225" or|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5674" left|strong="H8040". 
\verseNumber{28}We|strong="H0587" will|strong="H5414" pay|strong="H5414" for|strong="H4325" any|strong="H5414" food|strong="H3899" or|strong="H3701" water|strong="H4325" that|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" allow|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" buy|strong="H7666". We|strong="H0587" want|strong="H4270" only|strong="H7535" to|strong="H5414" walk|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" your|strong="H5414" country|strong="H2022", 
\verseNumber{29}until|strong="H5704" we|strong="H5704" cross|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5414" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w*} into|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" us|strong="H5414". Do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5704" us|strong="H5414" just|strong="H6213" as|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Esau|strong="H6215" who|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5414" Edom|strong="H0112" area|strong="H1508" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" Moab|strong="H4125" people-group did|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5704" us|strong="H5414" when|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" go|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" their|strong="H3068" areas|strong="H0776".’ 
\verseNumber{30}But|strong="H3588" King|strong="H4428" Sihon|strong="H5511" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" go|strong="H5674" through|strong="H3027" his|strong="H5414" country|strong="H2022". That|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" stubborn|strong="H7185" [IDM]. The|strong="H3588" result|strong="H6903" was|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" army|strong="H2428" and|strong="H3068" take|strong="H5674" his|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" [IDM], which|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3588" still|strong="H3588" live|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{31}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5414", ‘Listen|strong="H8085"! I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H3068" about|strong="H5439" to|strong="H3068" allow|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" Sihon’s \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3423" the|strong="H6440" people’s|strong="H5971" land|strong="H6440" from|strong="H6440" them|strong="H5414". So|strong="H5414" start|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3068" occupy|strong="H3423" it|strong="H5414"!’ 
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\verseNumber{32}Then|strong="H3318" Sihon|strong="H5511" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*} with|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H7125" us|strong="H7125" at|strong="H4421" Jahaz|strong="H3096" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{33}But|strong="H5221" God|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5221" [DOU] them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1121" we|strong="H3605" killed|strong="H5221" Sihon|strong="H5511" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{34}We|strong="H5892" captured|strong="H3920" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5892" destroyed|strong="H2763" them|strong="H2763" all|strong="H3605". We|strong="H5892" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H4962" and|strong="H5892" women|strong="H0802" and|strong="H5892" children|strong="H2945"; we|strong="H5892" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5892" them|strong="H2763" to|strong="H6256" remain|strong="H7604" alive|strong="H8300". 
\verseNumber{35}We|strong="H5892" took|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3920" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5892" were|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3920" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H5892" we|strong="H5892" captured|strong="H3920" and|strong="H5892" also|strong="H7535" their|strong="H3605" cattle|strong="H4735". 
\verseNumber{36}Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" capture|strong="H3920" [IDM] all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" from|strong="H4480" Aroer|strong="H6177" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*}, which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" edge|strong="H8193" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Arnon|strong="H0769" River|strong="H5158" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Valley|strong="H5158"\+w*}, to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*}. Some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" had|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w walls|strong="H2346"\+w* \+w around|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*}, but|strong="H3808" we|strong="H5704" were|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w climb|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w over|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{37}But|strong="H7535" we|strong="H5892" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H7126" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group live|strong="H3427", or|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" banks|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Jabbok|strong="H2999" riverbed, or|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" hilly area|strong="H2022", or|strong="H3808" any|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" place|strong="H3027" where|strong="H3027" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" told|strong="H6680" us|strong="H3027" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" go|strong="H7126".” 

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\chapterNumber{3}“Then|strong="H3318" we|strong="H3605" turned|strong="H6437" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} and|strong="H4428" went|strong="H3318" toward|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3605" Bashan|strong="H1316" region|strong="H2256". Og|strong="H5747", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}, and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H4421" marched|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*} to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H7125" us|strong="H7125" at|strong="H4421" Edrei|strong="H0154" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5414", ‘Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3027" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H4428" him|strong="H5414", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" your|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H5971"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" [MTY] him|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" capture|strong="H3920" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776". Do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5414" what|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" Sihon|strong="H5511", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Amor people-group, who|strong="H3605" ruled|strong="H4428" in|strong="H3427" Heshbon|strong="H2809" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}.’ 
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\verseNumber{3}“o|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" defeat|strong="H5221" [IDM] King|strong="H4428" Og|strong="H5747" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971". We|strong="H5704" killed|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605"; we|strong="H5704" did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H1115" allow|strong="H5414" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" remain|strong="H7604" alive|strong="H8300". 
\verseNumber{4}There|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" 60 cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3605" region|strong="H2256" near|strong="H3808" Argob|strong="H0709", in|strong="H5892" King|strong="H4428" Og’s kingdom|strong="H4467" of|strong="H5892" Bashan|strong="H1316". But|strong="H3808" we|strong="H5892" captured|strong="H3920" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5892" them|strong="H3947" 
\verseNumber{5}All|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" had|strong="H7235" high|strong="H1364" walls|strong="H2346" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w around|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*} with|strong="H5892" gates|strong="H1817" and|strong="H5892" bars|strong="H1280". We|strong="H5892" also|strong="H1817" captured|strong="H3920" many|strong="H7235" villages|strong="H6521" that|strong="H3605" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5892" have|strong="H3605" walls|strong="H2346" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w around|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{6}We|strong="H6213" completely|strong="H3605" destroyed|strong="H2763" everything|strong="H3605", just|strong="H3605" as|strong="H6213" we|strong="H6213" had|strong="H4428" done|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Sihon|strong="H5511" ruled|strong="H4428". We|strong="H6213" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H4962", women|strong="H0802", and|strong="H4428" children|strong="H2945". 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3605" from|strong="H5892" those|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" we|strong="H5892" took|strong="H3947" for|strong="H5892" ourselves|strong="H0587" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" livestock|strong="H4735" and|strong="H5892" other|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{8}“o|strong="H3069" at|strong="H4428" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256" we|strong="H5704" took|strong="H3947" from|strong="H3027" those|strong="H1931" two|strong="H8147" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3947" Amor people-group all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3947" land|strong="H5676" east|strong="H5676" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3947" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5158"\+w*}, from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3947" Arnon|strong="H0769" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5158"\+w*} gorge \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" Hermon|strong="H2768" Mountain|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{9}(That|strong="H7121" mountain|strong="H2022" is|strong="H0369" called|strong="H7121" Sirion|strong="H8303" by|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7121" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H7121" Sidon|strong="H6721" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H7121" is|strong="H0369" called|strong="H7121" Senir|strong="H8149" by|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7121" Amor people-group.) 
\verseNumber{10}“We|strong="H5704" captured|strong="H3920" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" on|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" ◄plateau|strong="H4334"/high|strong="H1116" level|strong="H4334" land|strong="H0776"►, and|strong="H5892" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, and|strong="H5892" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Bashan|strong="H1316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" east|strong="H6921" as|strong="H5704" Edrei|strong="H0154" and|strong="H5892" Salecah|strong="H5548" towns|strong="H5892", which|strong="H5892" also|strong="H1571" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" Og’s kingdom|strong="H4467".” 
\verseNumber{11}(Og|strong="H5747" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3588" last|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" a|strong="H3588" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" Repha giants|strong="H7497". His|strong="H3588" bed|strong="H6210" was|strong="H1931" made|strong="H5983" of|strong="H1121" iron|strong="H1270". It|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" almost|strong="H4592" ◄14 feet|strong="H7272"/4 meters► long|strong="H0753" and|strong="H1121" ◄6 feet|strong="H7272"/2 meters► wide|strong="H7341". It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" still|strong="H3588" [RHQ] in|strong="H4428" Rabbah|strong="H7237" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*} in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3588" Ammon|strong="H5983" area|strong="H1508".) 

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\verseNumber{12}“From|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H1931" we|strong="H5892" captured|strong="H3920" at|strong="H5921" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256", I|strong="H5414" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H5892" Reuben|strong="H7206" and|strong="H5892" Gad|strong="H1425" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} of|strong="H5892" Aroer|strong="H6177" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H5892"\+w*} near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Arnon|strong="H0769" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5158"\+w*}, and|strong="H5892" some|strong="H6256" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5921" hilly area|strong="H2022" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5921" Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" nearby|strong="H7138" towns|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" part|strong="H2677" of|strong="H7626" the|strong="H3605" Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} and|strong="H4519" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H7626" the|strong="H3605" Bashan|strong="H1316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, which|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3605" Argob|strong="H0709" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} that|strong="H3605" King|strong="H4428" Og|strong="H5747" had|strong="H4519" ruled|strong="H4427", I|strong="H5414" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H5414" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H7626" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H7626" Manasseh|strong="H4519".” (The|strong="H3605" entire|strong="H3605" Bashan|strong="H1316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} is|strong="H1931" called|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H7626" the|strong="H3605" Repha giants|strong="H7497".) 
\verseNumber{14}“Jair|strong="H2971", from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519", conquered|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Bashan|strong="H1316" area|strong="H1366" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} as|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Geshur|strong="H1650" and|strong="H1121" Maacah|strong="H4601" territories|strong="H1366". He|strong="H3117" gave|strong="H7121" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" name|strong="H8034" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" villages|strong="H2691" there|strong="H2088", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" still|strong="H5704" called|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" villages|strong="H2691" of|strong="H1121" Jair|strong="H2971". 
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\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w northern|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} I|strong="H5414" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" Machir|strong="H4353" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w*, \+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{16}I|strong="H5414" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5414" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7206" and|strong="H1121" Gad|strong="H1425" the|strong="H5414" southern|strong="H5045" part|strong="H8432" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*, \+w extending|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5414" Arnon|strong="H0769" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5158"\+w*}. The|strong="H5414" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" river|strong="H5158" is|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w southern|strong="H5045"\+w*} boundary|strong="H1366". The|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w northern|strong="H6828"\+w*} boundary|strong="H1366" is|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" Jabbok|strong="H2999" River|strong="H5158", which|strong="H5158" is|strong="H1121" part|strong="H8432" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" Ammon|strong="H5983" area|strong="H1366". 
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\verseNumber{18}At|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6256", I|strong="H5414" told|strong="H6680" you|strong="H5414" three|strong="H7969" tribes|strong="H7626", ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w east|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}, for|strong="H6440" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" occupy|strong="H3423"/capture|strong="H3920". So|strong="H5414" now|strong="H6256", give|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3068" soldiers|strong="H2428" weapons|strong="H3627", and|strong="H1121" send|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w across|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" Israeli tribes|strong="H7626" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w conquer|strong="H3423"\+w*/\+w capture|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w land|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w been|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w allotted|strong="H1486"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H3588" your|strong="H5414" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H5892" children|strong="H2945" and|strong="H5892" your|strong="H5414" very|strong="H7227" numerous|strong="H7227" cattle|strong="H4735" must|strong="H4191" stay|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3588" towns|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3045" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w must|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w fellow|strong="H7453"\+w* Israelis} until|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068" enables them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H1992" peacefully|strong="H7965" after|strong="H1992" they|strong="H1992" capture|strong="H3920" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H5676" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" them|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5117" the|strong="H5414" west|strong="H5676" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w*}, just|strong="H1571" like|strong="H5704" he|strong="H5704" did|strong="H3068" for|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w east|strong="H5676"\+w* \+w side|strong="H5676"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w river|strong="H5704"\+w*}. After|strong="H1992" that|strong="H3068", you|strong="H5414" all|strong="H5704" may|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H5414" land|strong="H5676" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3068" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5414".’ 
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\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3651" told|strong="H6680" Joshua|strong="H3091", ‘You|strong="H6680" [SYN] have|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H7200" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" those|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" kings|strong="H4428", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Sihon|strong="H5511"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Og|strong="H5747"\+w*}. He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" thing|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w now|strong="H6256"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H7200" you|strong="H6680" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" entering|strong="H0935". 
\verseNumber{22}Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1931" people|strong="H3808", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3068".’” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Moses|strong="H3808" reminded them|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" allowed|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" enter|strong="H0935" Canaan|strong="H3667" }
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\verseNumber{23}“At|strong="H3068" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256", I|strong="H6256" earnestly|strong="H7592" prayed|strong="H6419", saying|strong="H0559" 
\verseNumber{24}‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H7200" Lord|strong="H3069", you|strong="H6213" have|strong="H5650" merely|strong="H6680" begun|strong="H2490" to|strong="H6213" show|strong="H7200" me|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" you|strong="H6213" are|strong="H3027" very|strong="H6213" great|strong="H6213" and|strong="H8064" to|strong="H6213" show|strong="H7200" me|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" powerful|strong="H2389" things|strong="H4639" that|strong="H7200" you|strong="H6213" can|strong="H4310" do|strong="H6213" [MTY]. There|strong="H7200" is|strong="H4310" certainly|strong="H6213" no|strong="H6213" [RHQ] god|strong="H3069" in|strong="H6213" heaven|strong="H8064" or|strong="H7200" on|strong="H7200" earth|strong="H8064" who|strong="H4310" can|strong="H4310" do|strong="H6213" the|strong="H7200" powerful|strong="H2389" things|strong="H4639"/deeds|strong="H4639" that|strong="H7200" you|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{25}So|strong="H2088" please|strong="H4994" allow|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H7200" cross|strong="H5674" the|strong="H7200" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} and|strong="H7200" to|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" good|strong="H2896"/fertile|strong="H3759" land|strong="H5676" on|strong="H5674" the|strong="H7200" west|strong="H5676" side|strong="H5676", the|strong="H7200" beautiful|strong="H2896" hilly area|strong="H2022" and|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w mountains|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w in|strong="H7200"\+w*} Lebanon|strong="H3844".’ 
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\verseNumber{26}But|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" angry|strong="H5674" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5674" because|strong="H4616" of|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1697"\+w*} your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w made|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}, so|strong="H4616" he|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5674". Instead|strong="H3808", he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696", ‘That|strong="H8085" is|strong="H3068" enough|strong="H7227" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w from|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w*}! Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5674" about|strong="H1697" that|strong="H8085" again|strong="H5750"! 
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\verseNumber{29}So|strong="H3427" we|strong="H0587" remained|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} Valley|strong="H1516" close|strong="H4136" to|strong="H3427" Beth-Peor|strong="H1047" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}.” 

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\chapterNumber{4}“Now|strong="H6258", you|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H8085", obey|strong="H8085" all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H8085" rules|strong="H2706" and|strong="H3478" regulations|strong="H4941" [DOU] that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" teach|strong="H3925" you|strong="H5414". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H8085", you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" remain|strong="H3427" alive|strong="H2421" and|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" enter|strong="H0935" and|strong="H3478" occupy|strong="H3423"/capture|strong="H3920" the|strong="H8085" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H8085" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}, is|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{2}Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" add|strong="H3254" anything|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H5921" command|strong="H6680" you|strong="H6680", and|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" take|strong="H8104" anything|strong="H1697" away|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H5921" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H6680". Obey|strong="H8104" all|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" commands|strong="H6680" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6680". 
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\verseNumber{3}“ou have|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H7200" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" at|strong="H3068" Baal-Peor|strong="H1187" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*}. He|strong="H3588" got|strong="H1980" rid|strong="H1980" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5869" who|strong="H3605" worshiped|strong="H7812" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w god|strong="H3068"\+w*} Baal|strong="H1187" there|strong="H3605", 
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\verseNumber{5}“ote that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H3651" have|strong="H3068" taught|strong="H3925" you|strong="H6680" all|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" rules|strong="H2706" and|strong="H3068" regulations|strong="H4941", just|strong="H4941" like|strong="H3651" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" told|strong="H6680" me|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213". He|strong="H8033" wants|strong="H2656" you|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w living|strong="H2416"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" land|strong="H7130" that|strong="H7200" you|strong="H6680" are|strong="H3068" about|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" enter|strong="H0935" and|strong="H3068" occupy|strong="H3423". 
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\verseNumber{7}Even|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" other|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" are|strong="H1471" great|strong="H1419", there|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" none|strong="H3605" [RHQ] of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" god|strong="H3068" who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H3068" as|strong="H3068" near|strong="H7138" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H7121" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" us|strong="H3588"! Whenever|strong="H3605" we|strong="H3588" call|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3588"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w answers|strong="H6030"\+w*/\+w helps|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3588"\+w*} 
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\verseNumber{9}“ut be|strong="H1697" very|strong="H3966" careful|strong="H8104"! [DOU, IDM] Do|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3045" forget|strong="H7911" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3605" [SYN] have|strong="H5869" seen|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w do|strong="H5869"\+w*}. Remember|strong="H2142" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" as|strong="H1697" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3117" alive|strong="H2416". Tell|strong="H3045" them|strong="H7200" to|strong="H8104" your|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3605" grandchildren|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{21}“ut Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" angry|strong="H5674" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5414" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1697"\+w*} your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w made|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. He|strong="H3068" vowed|strong="H7650" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5414" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1115" cross|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5921" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" enter|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5921" good|strong="H2896"/fertile|strong="H3759" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{25}“hen|strong="H2581" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Canaan|strong="H3667"\+w*} for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H6213" long|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6256" and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" grandchildren|strong="H1121", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" sin|strong="H2403" by|strong="H3068" making|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" idol|strong="H6459" that|strong="H3588" represents anything|strong="H3605" at|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451", and|strong="H1121" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H6213" him|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H3205" angry|strong="H3707" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{32}“Now|strong="H4994" think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" past|strong="H7223", about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" time|strong="H3117" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" born|strong="H3205", about|strong="H1961" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" time|strong="H3117" since|strong="H3588" God|strong="H8064" first|strong="H7223" created|strong="H1254" people|strong="H8085" here|strong="H2088" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" earth|strong="H8064". You|strong="H3588" could|strong="H2088" search|strong="H2713" everywhere|strong="H5921", in|strong="H5921" heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3117" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" earth|strong="H8064". ◄Has|strong="H1961" anything|strong="H1697" like|strong="H3644" this|strong="H2088" ever|strong="H3117" happened|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2088" as|strong="H5704" great|strong="H1419" as|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H8085"\+w*}?/Certainly|strong="H3588" nothing|strong="H1697" has|strong="H1961" ever|strong="H3117" happened|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2088" as|strong="H5704" great|strong="H1419" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H8085"\+w*}.► [RHQ] ◄Has|strong="H1961" anyone|strong="H3588" ever|strong="H3117" heard|strong="H8085" of|strong="H3117" anything|strong="H1697" like|strong="H3644" this|strong="H2088"?/Certainly|strong="H3588" no|strong="H4480" one|strong="H2088" has|strong="H1961" ever|strong="H3117" heard|strong="H8085" of|strong="H3117" anything|strong="H1697" like|strong="H3644" this|strong="H2088".► [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{35}“ahweh showed|strong="H7200" all|strong="H7200" these|strong="H1931" things|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588", in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" only|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" truly|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H3045" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H7200" other|strong="H5750" God|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{39}“o|strong="H3068" today|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" ◄meditate|strong="H3824" on|strong="H5921"/think|strong="H3824" about|strong="H5921"► the|strong="H5921" fact|strong="H1589" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068"/rules|strong="H4910" in|strong="H5921" heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H8064", and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3045" other|strong="H5750" god|strong="H3068". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Where|strong="H0834" Moses|strong="H4872" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" God’s|strong="H0430" laws|strong="H8451" }
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\verseNumber{44}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H7760" gave|strong="H7760" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w*} laws|strong="H8451" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{47}They|strong="H4428"/We|strong="H0587" captured|strong="H3920" Sihon’s land|strong="H5676" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3423" land|strong="H5676" that|strong="H4428" Og|strong="H5747", the|strong="H3423" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3423" Bashan|strong="H1316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, ruled|strong="H4428". They|strong="H4428" were|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3423" two|strong="H8147" kings|strong="H4428" who|strong="H4428" ruled|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3423" Amor people-group \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3423"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*} east|strong="H4217" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3423" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{49}It|strong="H5704" also|strong="H1571" included|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" east|strong="H4217" of|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w* } Valley|strong="H6010", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H5676" south|strong="H3220" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Dead|strong="H4191" Sea|strong="H3220" and|strong="H3220" east|strong="H4217" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" slopes|strong="H0794" of|strong="H8478" Pisgah|strong="H6449" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Moses repeated for them the Ten Commandments }
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\chapterNumber{5}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3117" summoned|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1696" of|strong="H3117" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H4872" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H6213", 
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“You|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1696", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" rules|strong="H2706" and|strong="H4872" regulations|strong="H4941" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" giving|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3605" today|strong="H3117". Learn|strong="H3925" them|strong="H6213" and|strong="H4872" be|strong="H3478" sure|strong="H8104" to|strong="H1696" obey|strong="H8085" them|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{2}When|strong="H3068" we|strong="H0587" were|strong="H1285" at|strong="H3068" Sinai|strong="H5514" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" made|strong="H3772" an|strong="H3772" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2063" agreement|strong="H1285" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" only|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001". He|strong="H3588" made|strong="H3772" it|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3588" us|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3117" alive|strong="H2416" now|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{4}Yahweh|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1696" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H6440" face-to-face on|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" mountain|strong="H2022", from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" fire|strong="H0784". 
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\verseNumber{6}‘I|strong="H4714" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H1004" you|strong="H4714" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*}. I|strong="H4714" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H1004" who|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3318" you|strong="H4714" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1004" Egypt|strong="H4714". I|strong="H4714" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H1004" who|strong="H3068" freed|strong="H8199" you|strong="H4714" from|strong="H3318" being|strong="H1004" slaves|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{8}You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" carve|strong="H2710"/make|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" yourselves|strong="H3605" any|strong="H3605" idol|strong="H6459" that|strong="H3605" represents anything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064" or|strong="H3808" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" on|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" or|strong="H3808" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" swims in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325". 
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\verseNumber{9}You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" bow|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H3068" any|strong="H7812" idol|strong="H6459" and|strong="H1121" worship|strong="H7812" it|strong="H5921", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3588" ◄am|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" jealous|strong="H7067"/want|strong="H6485" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" me|strong="H8130" only|strong="H3588"►. I|strong="H3588" punish|strong="H6485" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H5771" and|strong="H1121" hate|strong="H8130" me|strong="H8130". I|strong="H3588" punish|strong="H6485" not|strong="H3808" only|strong="H3588" them|strong="H5921", but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" ◄their|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H1121", down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" third|strong="H8029" and|strong="H1121" fourth|strong="H7256" generation|strong="H8029"/their|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" grandchildren|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" great-grandchildren►. 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H4687" I|strong="H6213" will|strong="H6213" steadfastly love|strong="H2617" ◄thousands|strong="H0505" of|strong="H4687" generations|strong="H1755"/all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" descendants|strong="H2233"► of|strong="H4687" those|strong="H6213" who|strong="H8104" love|strong="H2617" me|strong="H6213" and|strong="H2617" obey|strong="H6213" my|strong="H8104" commandments|strong="H4687" (OR|strong="H6213", I|strong="H6213" will|strong="H6213" love|strong="H2617" for|strong="H6213" thousands|strong="H0505" of|strong="H4687" generations|strong="H1755"). 
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\verseNumber{11}Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" use|strong="H5375"/speak|strong="H1696" my|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034" carelessly|strong="H0983" (OR|strong="H3808", for|strong="H3588" wrong|strong="H7451"/evil|strong="H7451" purposes|strong="H4284"), because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3808" whom|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7723"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3588" punish|strong="H6485" those|strong="H5375" who|strong="H3068" use|strong="H5375"/speak|strong="H1696" my|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034" for|strong="H3588" wrong|strong="H7451"/evil|strong="H7451" purposes|strong="H4284" [LIT|strong="H0215"]. 
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\verseNumber{12}Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H8104" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w every|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w week|strong="H7620"\+w*} is|strong="H3068" mine|strong="H8104". Dedicate|strong="H6942" those|strong="H1992" days|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H8104" just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117", Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", am|strong="H3068" commanding|strong="H6680" you|strong="H6680". 
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\verseNumber{13}There|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" six|strong="H8337" days|strong="H3117" each|strong="H3605" week|strong="H7620" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399", 
\verseNumber{14}but|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H6213" rest|strong="H5117" day|strong="H3117", a|strong="H6213" day|strong="H3117" dedicated|strong="H6942" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6213", Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" any|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399". You|strong="H3605" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" male|strong="H5650" and|strong="H1121" female|strong="H1323" slaves|strong="H5650" must|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" work|strong="H4399". You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3808" force|strong="H2394" your|strong="H3068" livestock|strong="H4735" to|strong="H3068" work|strong="H4399", and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H3605" foreigners|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" work|strong="H4399", those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3117" living|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" country|strong="H2022". You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H1121" allow|strong="H5117" your|strong="H3068" slaves|strong="H5650" to|strong="H3068" rest|strong="H5117" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" just|strong="H3605" like|strong="H3644" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{16}Honor|strong="H3513"/Respect|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001" and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" mothers|strong="H0517", just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H5921" I|strong="H3117", Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", am|strong="H3068" commanding|strong="H6680" you|strong="H5414", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5414" may|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3117" a|strong="H5414" long|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117", Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3117" things|strong="H3513" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3190" well|strong="H3190" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414" there|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{17}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" murder|strong="H7523" anyone|strong="H7523". 
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\verseNumber{18}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" ◄commit|strong="H5003" adultery|strong="H5003"/have|strong="H3808" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5003" anyone|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" than|strong="H3808" your|strong="H3808" spouse|strong="H3618"►. 
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\verseNumber{19}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" steal|strong="H1589" anything|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{20}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H6030" lies|strong="H7723" about|strong="H5439" anyone|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w speaking|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w court|strong="H2691"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{21}Do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" ◄covet|strong="H2530"/desire|strong="H2530" to|strong="H1004" have|strong="H5650"► someone|strong="H0376" else’s|strong="H0312" wife|strong="H0802", someone|strong="H0376" else’s|strong="H0312" house|strong="H1004", someone|strong="H0376" else’s|strong="H0312" fields|strong="H7704", someone|strong="H0376" else’s|strong="H0312" male|strong="H5650" slave|strong="H5650" or|strong="H3808" female|strong="H5347" slave|strong="H5650", someone|strong="H0376" else’s|strong="H0312" livestock|strong="H4735", someone|strong="H0376" else’s|strong="H0312" donkeys|strong="H2543", or|strong="H3808" anything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" another|strong="H7453" person|strong="H5315" owns|strong="H3426".’ 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The commandment to love God }
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\chapterNumber{6}“These|strong="H2063" are|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" commandments|strong="H4687" and|strong="H3068" rules|strong="H2706" and|strong="H3068" regulations|strong="H4941" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" me|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" teach|strong="H3925" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6680". He|strong="H8033" wants|strong="H2656" you|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6680" are|strong="H3068" about|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" enter|strong="H5674" and|strong="H3068" occupy|strong="H3423". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H3117" wants|strong="H2656" you|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3068" revere|strong="H3372" him|strong="H6680", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3117" wants|strong="H2656" you|strong="H6680" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" obey|strong="H8104" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H3605" rules|strong="H2708" and|strong="H1121" regulations|strong="H4941" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6680", in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H6680" may|strong="H3068" live|strong="H2416" for|strong="H2708" a|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{4}“ou Israeli people|strong="H5971", listen|strong="H8085"! Only|strong="H0389" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{13}“ou must|strong="H4191" revere|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5647" must|strong="H4191" serve|strong="H5647" only|strong="H0389" him|strong="H5647" and|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" [MTY] punish|strong="H6485" you|strong="H5647" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5647" do|strong="H5647" not|strong="H3372" do|strong="H5647" what|strong="H3372" you|strong="H5647" have|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H7650". 
\verseNumber{14}You|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" worship|strong="H7812" any|strong="H3808" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430", the|strong="H5439" gods|strong="H0430" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5439" people-groups who|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" live|strong="H3427" near|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" worship|strong="H7812". 
\verseNumber{15}Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", who|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315" among|strong="H7130" you|strong="H3588", ◄will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6435" accept|strong="H6440"/will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485"► people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" anyone|strong="H3588" or|strong="H6435" anything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H6435". So|strong="H6435" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" worship|strong="H7812" any|strong="H6440" other|strong="H0312" god|strong="H3068", Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" very|strong="H2734" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" completely|strong="H8045". 
\verseNumber{16}Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3068" sinful|strong="H2400" things|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H3808" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3808" can|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3068" them|strong="H3068" without|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" punishing|strong="H7725" you|strong="H3808", like|strong="H3808" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" did|strong="H3068" at|strong="H3068" Massah|strong="H4532". 
\verseNumber{17}Be|strong="H3068" sure|strong="H8104" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6680" always|strong="H3605" obey|strong="H8104" all|strong="H6680" the|strong="H8104" laws|strong="H2706", the|strong="H8104" commandments|strong="H4687", the|strong="H8104" rules|strong="H2706", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8104" regulations|strong="H4941" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" given|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{18}Do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H2896" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559" is|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3477" and|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068", things|strong="H2896" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3190" well|strong="H3190" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6213". You|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3068" enter|strong="H0935" and|strong="H3068" occupy|strong="H3423" the|strong="H6213" good|strong="H2896"/fertile|strong="H3759" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" vowed|strong="H7650" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H3190" to|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" by|strong="H3068" expelling your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" from|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3605" land|strong="H6440", just|strong="H3605" like|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{20}“n the|strong="H3588" future|strong="H0319", when|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121" ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H3588", ‘Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" command|strong="H6680" us|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H8085" all|strong="H6680" these|strong="H0428" rules|strong="H2706" and|strong="H1121" regulations|strong="H4941"?’ 
\verseNumber{21}tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H3027", ‘Our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" were|strong="H1961" slaves|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714", but|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3027" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714" by|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3068" great|strong="H2389" power|strong="H3027" [MTY]. 
\verseNumber{22}They|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H7200" him|strong="H5414" do|strong="H3068" many|strong="H1419" kinds|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" miracles|strong="H4159" [DOU] and|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" terrifying|strong="H1419" things|strong="H1419" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5869" of|strong="H1004" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H8269". 
\verseNumber{23}He|strong="H8033" rescued|strong="H5337" our|strong="H5414" ancestors|strong="H0001" from|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H8033" brought|strong="H3318" them|strong="H5414" here|strong="H8033" to|strong="H3318" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" this|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776", just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H3318" he|strong="H8033" vowed|strong="H7650" that|strong="H4616" he|strong="H8033" would|strong="H0014" do|strong="H3318". 
\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3117" commanded|strong="H6680" us|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H2088" laws|strong="H2706" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" revere|strong="H3372" him|strong="H6213", for|strong="H6213" our|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" good|strong="H2896" and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3117" would|strong="H3068" protect|strong="H3117" our|strong="H3068" nation|strong="H1471" and|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" us|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" prosper|strong="H6743", as|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H6213" now|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{25}Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" ◄approve|strong="H7200" of|strong="H3068" us|strong="H6213"/consider|strong="H7200" us|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" righteous|strong="H6666"► if|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" carefully|strong="H6213" obey|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" us|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213".’ ” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The blessings of worshiping God only }
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\chapterNumber{7}“Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H0935" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" soon|strong="H3588" enter|strong="H0935" and|strong="H3068" occupy|strong="H3423". As|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" advance|strong="H0935", he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" expel|strong="H3423" from|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3588" land|strong="H6440" seven|strong="H7651" people-groups that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1471" more|strong="H4480" powerful|strong="H6099" and|strong="H3068" more|strong="H4480" numerous|strong="H7227" than|strong="H4480" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1471". He|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" expel|strong="H3423" the|strong="H6440" Heth|strong="H2845" people-group, the|strong="H6440" Girgash people-group, the|strong="H6440" Amor people-group, the|strong="H6440" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group, the|strong="H6440" Periz people-group, the|strong="H6440" Hiv people-group, and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Jebus|strong="H2982" people-group. 
\verseNumber{2}When|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" enables you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5221" [DOU] them|strong="H5414", you|strong="H5414" must|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H5221" all|strong="H5414" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5414". You|strong="H5414" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" make|strong="H5414" ◄an|strong="H5414" alliance|strong="H2266"/a|strong="H3772" peace|strong="H7965" treaty|strong="H1285"► with|strong="H3068" any|strong="H5221" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5414". You|strong="H5414" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" act|strong="H6213" mercifully toward|strong="H6440" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{3}You|strong="H5414" must|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" marry|strong="H3947" any|strong="H5414" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5414". You|strong="H5414" must|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H5414" marry|strong="H3947" any|strong="H5414" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121" or|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5414" marry|strong="H3947" any|strong="H5414" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5414" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{4}Because|strong="H3588", if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588", those|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121" would|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" your|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" stop|strong="H5493" worshiping|strong="H5647" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H5647" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430". If|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" happens|strong="H1961", Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" very|strong="H2734" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" get|strong="H5493" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" immediately|strong="H6965". 
\verseNumber{5}This|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3541" what|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" those|strong="H1992" people|strong="H5971": Tear|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" their|strong="H1992" ◄altars|strong="H4196"/places|strong="H1992" for|strong="H3588" sacrificing|strong="H2076" animals|strong="H0929"►, break|strong="H7665" apart|strong="H0914" the|strong="H3588" stone|strong="H0068" pillars|strong="H4676" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w dedicated|strong="H6942"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w their|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w male|strong="H2145"\+w* \+w god|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w Baal|strong="H1168"\+w*}, cut|strong="H1438" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w poles|strong="H0905"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w use|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Asherah|strong="H0842", and|strong="H4196" burn|strong="H8313" their|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wooden|strong="H6086"\+w*} idols|strong="H6456". 
\verseNumber{6}You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" a|strong="H1961" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". He|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" you|strong="H3588" from|strong="H6440" among|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people-groups in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" special|strong="H5459" people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{7}“t was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H5971" more|strong="H7230" numerous|strong="H7230" than|strong="H3808" any|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people-group that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" preferred|strong="H5330" you|strong="H3588"; you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" smallest|strong="H6996" people-groups on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{8}Instead|strong="H3588", it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" loved|strong="H0157" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3068" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H3318" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" vowed|strong="H7650" to|strong="H3318" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001". That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" reason|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" rescued|strong="H6299" you|strong="H3588" by|strong="H3027" his|strong="H8104" great|strong="H2389" power|strong="H3027" [MTY], and|strong="H3068" freed|strong="H8199" you|strong="H3588" from|strong="H3318" being|strong="H1004" slaves|strong="H5650" [MTY] of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3045" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" only|strong="H3588"/true|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3045" he|strong="H1931" agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" faithfully|strong="H2617" love|strong="H2617" ◄for|strong="H3588" 1,000 generations|strong="H1755"/forever|strong="H1755"► all|strong="H1755" those|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" love|strong="H2617" him|strong="H1931" and|strong="H3068" who|strong="H1931" obey|strong="H8104" his|strong="H8104" commandments|strong="H4687". 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H3808" for|strong="H6440" those|strong="H8130" who|strong="H8130" hate|strong="H8130" him|strong="H6440", he|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" ◄pay|strong="H7999" them|strong="H6440" back|strong="H7999"/do|strong="H7999" to|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440" what|strong="H7999" they|strong="H3808" deserve|strong="H0376"►; he|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H6440" and|strong="H6440" quickly|strong="H4116" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{11}“o|strong="H3069" you|strong="H6680" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H3117" sure|strong="H8104" to|strong="H6213" obey|strong="H6213" all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" commandments|strong="H4687" and|strong="H3117" rules|strong="H2706" and|strong="H3117" regulations|strong="H4941" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" giving|strong="H6680" to|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6680" today|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{12}If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6213" heed|strong="H8104" these|strong="H6213" commands|strong="H6680" and|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H8085" them|strong="H6213" faithfully|strong="H2617", Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" has|strong="H3068" agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" faithfully|strong="H2617" love|strong="H2617" you|strong="H6213", which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" vowed|strong="H7650" to|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" that|strong="H8085" he|strong="H6213" would|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" love|strong="H0157" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H6629" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H5414". He|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5414" many|strong="H7235" children|strong="H1121" [DOU]. He|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" bless|strong="H1288" your|strong="H5414" fields|strong="H7704", with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5414" plenty|strong="H7235" of|strong="H5921" grain|strong="H1715" and|strong="H6629" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w grapes|strong="H8492"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w make|strong="H5414"\+w*} wine|strong="H8492" and|strong="H6629" plenty|strong="H7235" of|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w*} oil|strong="H3323". You|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5414" many|strong="H7235" cattle|strong="H6629" and|strong="H6629" sheep|strong="H6629". He|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" do|strong="H7650" all|strong="H5414" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H5414" he|strong="H5414" promised|strong="H7650" to|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5414" ancestors|strong="H0001" that|strong="H5414" he|strong="H5414" would|strong="H0014" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H3605" more|strong="H3808" than|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" bless|strong="H1288" any|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people-group. All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961"/produce|strong="H1961" children|strong="H1121" [LIT|strong="H0215"]. All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5971" your|strong="H3605" livestock|strong="H4735" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1961" produce|strong="H1961" offspring|strong="H2233". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" protect|strong="H8104" you|strong="H5414" from|strong="H4480" all|strong="H3605" illnesses|strong="H2483". You|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" afflicted|strong="H6041" with|strong="H3068" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" dreadful|strong="H7451" diseases|strong="H4064" that|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w* \+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w about|strong="H4480"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714", but|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H8130" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" inflicted|strong="H7760" with|strong="H3068" those|strong="H3605" diseases|strong="H4064". 
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\verseNumber{26}You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" bring|strong="H1961" any|strong="H1961" of|strong="H1004" those|strong="H1931" disgusting|strong="H8441" idols|strong="H1544" into|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3588" houses|strong="H1004", because|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588", God|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" curse|strong="H2764" you|strong="H3588" like|strong="H3644" he|strong="H1931" curses|strong="H7043" them|strong="H1961". You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" hate|strong="H8581" and|strong="H1004" despise|strong="H8581" [DOU] those|strong="H1931" idols|strong="H1544", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1004" things|strong="H2764" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} has|strong="H1961" cursed|strong="H0779".” 

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\verseNumber{13}and|strong="H3701" when|strong="H7235" the|strong="H3605" number|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" cattle|strong="H1241" and|strong="H3701" sheep|strong="H6629" has|strong="H3605" greatly|strong="H7235" increased|strong="H7235", and|strong="H3701" when|strong="H7235" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" accumulated|strong="H0622" a|strong="H3605" large|strong="H7235" amount|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H3701" the|strong="H3605" amount|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H7399" has|strong="H3605" greatly|strong="H7235" increased|strong="H7235", 
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\verseNumber{15}Do|strong="H3318" not|strong="H3318" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H4325" he|strong="H3318" led|strong="H3212" them|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w traveled|strong="H5265"\+w*} through|strong="H3212" that|strong="H4325" huge|strong="H1995" and|strong="H1419" terrible|strong="H3372" desert|strong="H4057", where|strong="H0834" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H4325" poisonous|strong="H8314" snakes|strong="H5175" and|strong="H1419" scorpions|strong="H6137". And|strong="H1419" do|strong="H3318" not|strong="H3318" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H4325" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3318" ground|strong="H6774" was|strong="H4325" very|strong="H1419" dry|strong="H3004" and|strong="H1419" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H4325" no|strong="H3372" water|strong="H4325", he|strong="H3318" caused|strong="H5414" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H3318" flow|strong="H3318" for|strong="H4325" them|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4325" ◄solid|strong="H2389"/very|strong="H1419" hard|strong="H1419"► rock|strong="H6697". 
\verseNumber{16}Do|strong="H3190" not|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H3045" in|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3045" desert|strong="H4057" he|strong="H3808" gave|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3045" ancestors|strong="H0001" manna|strong="H4478" to|strong="H4616" eat|strong="H0398", food|strong="H3899" that|strong="H3045" they|strong="H3808" had|strong="H3045" never|strong="H3808" eaten|strong="H0398" before|strong="H3808". He|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w caused|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3045"\+w*/\+w experience|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w many|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w problems|strong="H7001"\+w*/difficulties}, because|strong="H4616" he|strong="H3808" wanted|strong="H4616" them|strong="H3190" to|strong="H4616" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" they|strong="H3808" needed|strong="H1767" to|strong="H4616" trust|strong="H0982" him|strong="H3045" and|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3808" themselves|strong="H3045". And|strong="H3045" he|strong="H3808" wanted|strong="H4616" to|strong="H4616" test|strong="H5254" them|strong="H3190", to|strong="H4616" find|strong="H3045" out|strong="H3045" whether|strong="H3045" they|strong="H3808" intended|strong="H1819" to|strong="H4616" obey|strong="H3045" him|strong="H3045", in|strong="H3808" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3045" when|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* difficulties} ended|strong="H1961", he|strong="H3808" would|strong="H4478" do|strong="H3190" many|strong="H3808" good|strong="H3190" things|strong="H3808" for|strong="H4616" them|strong="H3190". 
\verseNumber{17}Be|strong="H3027" sure|strong="H0539" that|strong="H2088" you|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" think|strong="H3824" to|strong="H6213" yourselves|strong="H3027", ‘I|strong="H2088" have|strong="H3027" acquired|strong="H6213" all|strong="H6213" these|strong="H2088" things|strong="H1697" by|strong="H3027" my|strong="H6213" own|strong="H3027" power|strong="H3027" [MTY] and|strong="H3027" ability|strong="H3581".’ 
\verseNumber{18}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" who|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H6213" rich|strong="H6223". He|strong="H1931" does|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" faithfully|strong="H0571" does|strong="H6213" what|strong="H2088" he|strong="H1931" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" would|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{19}“ solemnly|strong="H5749" warn|strong="H5749" you|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" forget|strong="H7911" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" and|strong="H1980" turn|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1980" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" start|strong="H1870" to|strong="H1980" serve|strong="H5647" them|strong="H1961" and|strong="H1980" worship|strong="H7812" them|strong="H1961", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H4229". 
\verseNumber{20}If|strong="H6118" you|strong="H6440" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" obey|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", he|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H7843" you|strong="H6440" just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H3651" he|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H7843" the|strong="H6440" people-groups that|strong="H8085" you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H6440".” 

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\chapterNumber{9}“You|strong="H3117" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H3117" Israel|strong="H3478", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H4480"! You|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1471" soon|strong="H3512" [HYP] cross|strong="H5674" the|strong="H8085" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. In|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8085" land|strong="H8064" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1471" enter|strong="H5674", there|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" large|strong="H1419" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1471" very|strong="H1419" high|strong="H1419" walls|strong="H2346" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w around|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5674"\+w*} that|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w seem|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} [HYP] extend|strong="H4900" up|strong="H1219" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8085" sky|strong="H8064". There|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" people-groups in|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3117" land|strong="H8064" that|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" more|strong="H4480" numerous|strong="H6099" and|strong="H3478" more|strong="H4480" powerful|strong="H6099" than|strong="H4480" you|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{2}Those|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" very|strong="H1419" tall|strong="H7311" and|strong="H1121" strong|strong="H1419". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w*} are|strong="H5971" giants|strong="H7497" who|strong="H4310" are|strong="H5971" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Anak|strong="H6061". You|strong="H6440" know|strong="H3045" about|strong="H8085" them|strong="H6440", and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H6440" have|strong="H5971" heard|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3045" no|strong="H3045" one|strong="H1121" [RHQ] can|strong="H4310" defeat|strong="H5221" the|strong="H6440" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Anak|strong="H6061". 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3423" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1696" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H5674" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588". He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3588" raging|strong="H7264"/roaring|strong="H7581" fire|strong="H0784". While|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" advance|strong="H0935", he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5221" and|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H8045" them|strong="H6440". As|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3588" result|strong="H6903", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" quickly|strong="H4118" be|strong="H3068" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1696" expel|strong="H3423" some|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" the|strong="H6440" others|strong="H0312", which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3045" Yahweh|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{4}“fter Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" expelled|strong="H3423" them|strong="H6440" for|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440", do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6440" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" yourselves|strong="H3068", ‘It|strong="H6440" is|strong="H3068" because|strong="H6440" we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H1471" righteous|strong="H6666" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" us|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" capture|strong="H3920" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H6440".’ The|strong="H6440" truth|strong="H0571" is|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" it|strong="H6440" is|strong="H3068" because|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1471" in|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" land|strong="H6440" are|strong="H1471" wicked|strong="H7563" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" expel|strong="H3423" them|strong="H6440" as|strong="H3824" you|strong="H6440" advance|strong="H0935". 
\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w again|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1471" righteous|strong="H6666" or|strong="H3808" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1471" righteous|strong="H6666" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" enter|strong="H0935" and|strong="H6965" capture|strong="H3920" that|strong="H3588" land|strong="H6440". It|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" because|strong="H3588" those|strong="H3588" people-groups are|strong="H1471" very|strong="H3966" wicked|strong="H7563" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" expel|strong="H3423" them|strong="H6440" as|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" advance|strong="H0935", and|strong="H6965" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" intends|strong="H3190" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3588" vowed|strong="H7650" to|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" Abraham|strong="H0085", Isaac|strong="H3327", and|strong="H6965" Jacob|strong="H3290" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" righteous|strong="H6666" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2063" good|strong="H2896"/fertile|strong="H3759" land|strong="H0776". I|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w righteous|strong="H6666"\+w*}; you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" a|strong="H5414" very|strong="H3045" stubborn|strong="H7186" [IDM] people|strong="H5971".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Moses|strong="H3808" reminded them|strong="H5414" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" golden|strong="H2091" calf|strong="H5695" }
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\verseNumber{7}“Never|strong="H5704" forget|strong="H7911" what|strong="H2088" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" did|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" desert|strong="H4057" that|strong="H3117" caused|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H7107". From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3068" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" left|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3068" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" arrived|strong="H0935" here|strong="H2088", you|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" have|strong="H1961" continually|strong="H3117" rebelled|strong="H4784" against|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973". 
\verseNumber{8}Even|strong="H3068" at|strong="H3068" Sinai|strong="H5514" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*} your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" caused|strong="H5414" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H7107" angry|strong="H7107". Because|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H7107" angry|strong="H7107", he|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H3068" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} them|strong="H8045". 
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\verseNumber{10}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" stone|strong="H0068" tablets|strong="H3871" on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w commandments|strong="H1697"\+w*} with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H5973" fingers|strong="H0676". They|strong="H3117" were|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697"/commandments|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3068" spoken|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" fire|strong="H0784" on|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605" mountain|strong="H2022", when|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" were|strong="H3117" gathered|strong="H5414" together|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w bottom|strong="H3247"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{11}“t the|strong="H5414" end|strong="H7093" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1961" 40 days|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3068" nights|strong="H3915", Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" those|strong="H1961" two|strong="H8147" stone|strong="H0068" tablets|strong="H3871" on|strong="H3117" which|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" those|strong="H1961" commandments|strong="H4687". 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H3588" then|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3381" me|strong="H4480", ‘Go|strong="H3318" down|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3588" mountain|strong="H2022" immediately|strong="H6965", because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w whom|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w leading|strong="H7218"\+w*}, the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3588" led|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714", have|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" terrible|strong="H6213" sin|strong="H2403"! They|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" very|strong="H2088" quickly|strong="H4118" done|strong="H6213" what|strong="H2088" I|strong="H3588" commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3381" do|strong="H6213". They|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" themselves|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" metal|strong="H6213" statue|strong="H6755" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w calf|strong="H5695"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*}.’ 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H2009" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7200", ‘I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H5971" watching|strong="H8245" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2009" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3068" are|strong="H5971" very|strong="H2088" stubborn|strong="H7186". 
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\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H4480" I|strong="H5921" turned|strong="H6437" and|strong="H3027" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5921" mountain|strong="H2022", carrying|strong="H5375" in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" stone|strong="H0068" tablets|strong="H3871" on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H2022" the|strong="H5921" Ten|strong="H6235" Commandments|strong="H4687" were|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w written|strong="H3789"\+w*}. Fire|strong="H0784" was|strong="H3027" burning|strong="H1197" all|strong="H5921" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" mountain|strong="H2022". 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H5307" I|strong="H3117" ◄prostrated|strong="H7812" myself|strong="H0589"/lay|strong="H5307"► on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H6440" in|strong="H5921" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" presence|strong="H6440" as|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" before|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3117" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H3899" or|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" anything|strong="H3605" for|strong="H5921" 40 days|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3068" nights|strong="H3915". I|strong="H3117" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" because|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H7223" had|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5307" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H6213" very|strong="H6213" angry|strong="H3707". 
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\verseNumber{22}Your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" also|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H7107" angry|strong="H7107" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3068"\+w*} at|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w places|strong="H1116"\+w* \+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Taberah|strong="H8404", Massah|strong="H4532", and|strong="H3068" Kibroth-Hattaavah|strong="H6914". 
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\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H8085" we|strong="H8085" were|strong="H5414" at|strong="H3068" Kadesh-Barnea|strong="H6947", Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001", ‘Go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3068" capture|strong="H3920" the|strong="H8085" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H3068" about|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414"!’ But|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3068" rebelled|strong="H4784" against|strong="H5927" him|strong="H5414". They|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" trust|strong="H0982" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" obey|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6963" he|strong="H3068" told|strong="H8085" [MTY] them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{25}So|strong="H3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w*}, I|strong="H3588" lay|strong="H5307" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" presence|strong="H6440" for|strong="H3588" 40 days|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3068" nights|strong="H3915", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{26}And|strong="H3068" I|strong="H4714" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H0559", ‘Lord|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", these|strong="H5971" people|strong="H5971" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3027"; do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3318" destroy|strong="H7843" them|strong="H3027". They|strong="H3068" are|strong="H5971" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3027" rescued|strong="H6299" and|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714" by|strong="H3027" your|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H2389" power|strong="H3027". [DOU, MTY] 
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\chapterNumber{10}“Then|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6213", ‘Cut|strong="H6458" two|strong="H8147" stone|strong="H0068" tablets|strong="H3871" like|strong="H2022" the|strong="H6213" first|strong="H7223" ones|strong="H7223". And|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" wooden|strong="H6086" chest|strong="H0727" to|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5927" them|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3068". Then|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w bring|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w tablets|strong="H3871"\+w*} up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6213" on|strong="H3068" this|strong="H6213" mountain|strong="H2022". 
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\verseNumber{3}“o|strong="H3069" I|strong="H3027" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" chest|strong="H0727". I|strong="H3027" used|strong="H6213" wood|strong="H6086" from|strong="H5927" an|strong="H6213" acacia|strong="H7848" tree|strong="H6086" to|strong="H5927" make|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213". Then|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3027" cut|strong="H6458" two|strong="H8147" tablets|strong="H3871" of|strong="H3027" stone|strong="H0068" like|strong="H2022" the|strong="H6213" first|strong="H7223" ones|strong="H7223", and|strong="H3027" I|strong="H3027" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" the|strong="H6213" mountain|strong="H2022" carrying|strong="H5375" the|strong="H6213" tablets|strong="H3871". 
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\verseNumber{10}“I|strong="H3117" stayed|strong="H5975" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H8085" mountain|strong="H2022" 40 days|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3068" nights|strong="H3915", just|strong="H5975" like|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3117" did|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" first|strong="H7223" time|strong="H3117". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w prayed|strong="H6419"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" ◄answered|strong="H8085" my|strong="H8085" prayers|strong="H8605"/did|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1571" I|strong="H3117" requested|strong="H7592"► again|strong="H1571" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H7843" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H7223". 
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\verseNumber{14}“o|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" owns|strong="H3426" even|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3068". He|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" owns|strong="H3426" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H7535" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w spite|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w owning|strong="H2220"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" loved|strong="H2836" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001", and|strong="H3068" from|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people-groups \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w earth|strong="H0776"\+w*} he|strong="H3117" chose|strong="H0977" us|strong="H3117", their|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233", and|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" still|strong="H5971" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{13}Today|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" commanding|strong="H6680" you|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3068" love|strong="H0157" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H6680" with|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" entire|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H6442" beings|strong="H5315". If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6680" do|strong="H5647" that|strong="H3605", 
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\verseNumber{16}“ut I|strong="H0589" warn|strong="H2094" you|strong="H5647", do|strong="H5647" not|strong="H6435" turn|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" and|strong="H8104" start|strong="H1870" to|strong="H8104" worship|strong="H7812" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430", 
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\verseNumber{22}“aithfully continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" commanding|strong="H6680" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213"—to|strong="H3068" love|strong="H0157" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" conduct|strong="H1870" your|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315" as|strong="H6213" he|strong="H3588" wants|strong="H2656" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" ◄be|strong="H3068" faithful|strong="H0539" to|strong="H3068"/have|strong="H3068" a|strong="H6213" close|strong="H1692" relationship with|strong="H3068"► him|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{26}“isten carefully|strong="H6213": Today|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" telling|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w either|strong="H1571"\+w*} bless|strong="H1288" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w or|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5414"\+w*} curse|strong="H7045" you|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{30}(Those|strong="H1992" two|strong="H3427" mountains|strong="H2022" are|strong="H1992" [RHQ] west|strong="H5676" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H1870" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}, west|strong="H5676" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H1870" Jordan|strong="H3383" Valley|strong="H6010" near|strong="H3808" the|strong="H1870" huge|strong="H1995" oak|strong="H0424" tree|strong="H6086" at|strong="H3427" Moreh|strong="H4176" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w village|strong="H1949"\+w*} in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H1870" land|strong="H5676" where|strong="H3808" the|strong="H1870" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group lives|strong="H3427". They|strong="H1992" live|strong="H3427" close|strong="H4136" to|strong="H1870" the|strong="H1870" sacred|strong="H6944" trees|strong="H6086" near|strong="H3808" Gilgal|strong="H1537".) 
\verseNumber{31}“You|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" soon|strong="H3588" cross|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3588" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3588"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" occupy|strong="H3423" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414". When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H5414" enter|strong="H5674" that|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H3068" start|strong="H1870" to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427", 
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\chapterNumber{12}“◄I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" now|strong="H3117" tell|strong="H3605" you|strong="H5414" again|strong="H7725"/These|strong="H6213", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*}, are|strong="H3117"► the|strong="H3605" rules|strong="H2706" and|strong="H3068" regulations|strong="H4941" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H5414" must|strong="H4191" faithfully|strong="H0571" obey|strong="H6213" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}, is|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" occupy|strong="H3423". You|strong="H5414" must|strong="H4191" obey|strong="H6213" these|strong="H6213" laws|strong="H2706" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H3117" alive|strong="H2416". 
\verseNumber{2}You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" destroy|strong="H3423" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" places|strong="H4725" where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H3605" people-groups that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1471" expel|strong="H3423" worship|strong="H5647" their|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430", on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" tops|strong="H7218" of|strong="H2022" mountains|strong="H2022" and|strong="H6086" hills|strong="H1389" and|strong="H6086" under|strong="H8478" big|strong="H0931" green|strong="H7488" trees|strong="H6086". 
\verseNumber{3}You|strong="H4480" must|strong="H4191" tear|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" their|strong="H8313" altars|strong="H4196" and|strong="H4196" smash|strong="H7665" their|strong="H8313" sacred|strong="H6944" pillars|strong="H4676". Completely|strong="H8313" burn|strong="H8313" the|strong="H4480" statues|strong="H2088" of|strong="H8034" their|strong="H8313" goddess|strong="H0430" Asherah|strong="H0842" in|strong="H4196" fires|strong="H0784", and|strong="H4196" chop|strong="H1414" down|strong="H5422" their|strong="H8313" wooden|strong="H6086" idols|strong="H6456", in|strong="H4196" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H1931" no|strong="H4480" one|strong="H4480" will|strong="H1931" ever|strong="H4480" worship|strong="H7812" them|strong="H8313" [MTY] in|strong="H4196" those|strong="H4480" places|strong="H4725" again|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{4}“o|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" worship|strong="H3651" Yahweh|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Canaan|strong="H3667"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w gods|strong="H0430"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{26}“ut the|strong="H5375" sacred|strong="H6944" offerings|strong="H5088" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" you|strong="H5375" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5375" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5375" other|strong="H0312" offerings|strong="H5088" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5375" yourselves|strong="H3068" decide|strong="H3198" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5375", you|strong="H5375" must|strong="H5375" take|strong="H5375" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5375" place|strong="H4725" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" choose|strong="H0977". 
\verseNumber{27}You|strong="H5921" must|strong="H1818" offer|strong="H6213" there|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" sacrifices|strong="H2077" that|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. You|strong="H5921" must|strong="H1818" also|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H6213" there|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" sacrifices|strong="H2077" from|strong="H5921" which|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" may|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" meat|strong="H1320" after|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H8210"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w animals|strong="H0929"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} drain|strong="H4680" out|strong="H8210" the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" and|strong="H3068" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3068" thrown|strong="H7993" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sides|strong="H3411"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w*} altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{28}Faithfully|strong="H0571" obey|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H3588". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588", things|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3190" well|strong="H3190" forever|strong="H5769" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H1121", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" doing|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" says|strong="H1697" is|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3477" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" what|strong="H1697" pleases|strong="H5869" him|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{29}“hen|strong="H2581" you|strong="H3588" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" occupy|strong="H3423", as|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" advance|strong="H0935", Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" people-groups that|strong="H3588" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{30}After|strong="H1875" he|strong="H3651" does|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1471", be|strong="H1571" sure|strong="H8104" that|strong="H1471" you|strong="H6440" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w gods|strong="H0430"\+w*} that|strong="H1471" they|strong="H3651" have|strong="H1571" been|strong="H5647" worshiping|strong="H5647", because|strong="H6440" if|strong="H6435" you|strong="H6440" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1471", you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H1471" be|strong="H1571" caught|strong="H3920" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" same|strong="H3651" trap|strong="H4170" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w caught|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w in|strong="H6213"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"]. Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" ask|strong="H1875" anyone|strong="H3605" about|strong="H6213" those|strong="H6213" gods|strong="H0430", saying|strong="H0559", ‘Tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H6440" how|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" worshiped|strong="H5647" their|strong="H6440" gods|strong="H0430", in|strong="H6213" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H1471" I|strong="H3651" can|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w*} also|strong="H1571".’ 
\verseNumber{31}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H3651" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7812" their|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430", because|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" worship|strong="H3651" them|strong="H6213", they|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" disgusting|strong="H8441" things|strong="H3605", things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" hates|strong="H8130". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w worst|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w thing|strong="H8441"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" sacrifice|strong="H6213" their|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" children|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" burn|strong="H8313" them|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altars|strong="H4196"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{32}“e sure|strong="H0539" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H1961" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213". Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" add|strong="H3254" anything|strong="H3605" to|strong="H0413" these|strong="H0428" commands|strong="H6680", and|strong="H3967" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" take|strong="H3947" anything|strong="H3605" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H4480" them|strong="H5414".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Moses warned them against idolatry }
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\chapterNumber{13}“Possibly|strong="H3045" there|strong="H4480" will|strong="H1697" be|strong="H3808" people|strong="H3808" among|strong="H4480" you|strong="H6680" who|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w say|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w*} are|strong="H1697" prophets|strong="H5030". They|strong="H5921" may|strong="H6213" say|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1697" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5921" interpret|strong="H6622" the|strong="H3605" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H1697" dreams|strong="H2472" or|strong="H3808" perform|strong="H6213" various|strong="H2921" kinds|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1697" miracles|strong="H6381" [DOU]. 
\verseNumber{2}They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5414" say|strong="H0559" those|strong="H3588" things|strong="H1697" in|strong="H7130" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H5414" induce/persuade|strong="H6601" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" worship|strong="H7812" gods|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5030" never|strong="H3808" known|strong="H3045" about|strong="H5439" before|strong="H6965". But|strong="H3588" even|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" what|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" predict|strong="H3045" happens|strong="H1961", 
\verseNumber{3}do|strong="H5647" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H3045" attention|strong="H3045" to|strong="H1696" what|strong="H3045" they|strong="H3808" say|strong="H1696". Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3045" God|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" testing|strong="H5254" you|strong="H3045" to|strong="H1696" find|strong="H3045" out|strong="H3045" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3045" love|strong="H0157" him|strong="H5647" with|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3045" your|strong="H3045" inner|strong="H6442" being|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{4}You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H5315" conduct|strong="H1697" your|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315" as|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" wants|strong="H2656" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H5315" revere|strong="H3372" him|strong="H1931", and|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H1931" tells|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" [MTY], and|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" only|strong="H3588" him|strong="H1931", and|strong="H3068" ◄be|strong="H3426" faithful|strong="H0539" to|strong="H3068"/have|strong="H3426" a|strong="H3588" close|strong="H3824" relationship with|strong="H3068"► him|strong="H1931". 
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\verseNumber{5}“ut you|strong="H5647" must|strong="H4191" execute|strong="H5647" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w falsely|strong="H8267"\+w* \+w says|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w*} is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H8085" prophet|strong="H5030", or|strong="H8085" someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w falsely|strong="H8267"\+w*} says|strong="H0559" that|strong="H8085" he|strong="H3068" can|strong="H4310" interpret|strong="H6622" dreams|strong="H2472", or|strong="H8085" who|strong="H3068" tells|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5647" to|strong="H3212" rebel|strong="H4775" against|strong="H3212" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", who|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" from|strong="H8085" being|strong="H8104" slaves|strong="H5647" in|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714". People|strong="H8085" like|strong="H3212" that|strong="H8085" are|strong="H3068" only|strong="H0389" wanting|strong="H3372" to|strong="H3212" cause|strong="H2600" you|strong="H5647" to|strong="H3212" stop|strong="H2308" conducting your|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H4687" you|strong="H5647" to|strong="H3212" do|strong="H5647". Execute|strong="H5647" them|strong="H1692", to|strong="H3212" get|strong="H3212" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" this|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" among|strong="H8432" you|strong="H5647". 
\verseNumber{6}It|strong="H1931" does|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" matter|strong="H1697" if|strong="H3588" even|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3068" brother|strong="H0251" or|strong="H4480" your|strong="H3068" daughter|strong="H1004" or|strong="H4480" your|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H1696" or|strong="H4480" some|strong="H4480" close|strong="H4480"/dear|strong="H3357" friend|strong="H7453" secretly|strong="H5643" urges|strong="H0404" you|strong="H3588", saying|strong="H1696" ‘Let’s|strong="H1980" worship|strong="H7812" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430". They|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" gods|strong="H0430" which|strong="H1931" you|strong="H3588" or|strong="H4480" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" have|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" known|strong="H3318" about|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{7}Some|strong="H5315" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H1121" may|strong="H5315" encourage|strong="H2388" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3212" worship|strong="H5647" gods|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3588" people-groups that|strong="H3588" live|strong="H3427" near|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3588" worship|strong="H5647", or|strong="H3808" gods|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3588" groups|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" live|strong="H3427" far|strong="H5315" away|strong="H3212" worship|strong="H5647". 
\verseNumber{8}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5971" [SYN] do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H5704" suggest. Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5971" even|strong="H5704" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5704" them|strong="H5439". Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5971" even|strong="H5704" be|strong="H5971" merciful|strong="H2603" to|strong="H5704" them|strong="H5439", and|strong="H5971" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5971" keep|strong="H8104" secret|strong="H5643" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H5704" have|strong="H5971" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{9}Execute|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5921"! You|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w their|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w relative|strong="H1350"\+w*} must|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5921" first|strong="H7223" one|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w throw|strong="H7993"\+w* \+w stones|strong="H0068"\+w* \+w at|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w*} kill|strong="H2026" them|strong="H5921", and|strong="H5869" then|strong="H8085" let|strong="H3808" everyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" [MTY] throw|strong="H7993" stones|strong="H0068" at|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", too|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{10}Kill|strong="H2026" such|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" by|strong="H3027" throwing|strong="H3027" stones|strong="H0068" at|strong="H4191" them|strong="H3027", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H4191" cause|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H4191" stop|strong="H2308" worshiping|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3027", who|strong="H3605" rescued|strong="H5337" your|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H7223" from|strong="H3027" being|strong="H1961" slaves|strong="H5650" in|strong="H4191" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" executed|strong="H4191", all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" hear|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H3318" afraid|strong="H3372", and|strong="H3068" none|strong="H0369" of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" such|strong="H2088" an|strong="H3588" evil|strong="H7451" thing|strong="H3588" again|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{12}“hen|strong="H2581" you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3478" living|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3478" one|strong="H2088" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H1323" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H7130" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3808" is|strong="H2088" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3605", you|strong="H3605" may|strong="H3478" hear|strong="H8085" 
\verseNumber{13}that|strong="H3588" some|strong="H8033" worthless|strong="H1100" people|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" among|strong="H3427" you|strong="H5414" [IDM] are|strong="H3068" deceiving|strong="H8267" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" town|strong="H5892", saying|strong="H0559", ‘Let’s|strong="H1980" go|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430",’ but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" gods|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H8085" before|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{14}Investigate|strong="H3045" it|strong="H3045" thoroughly|strong="H3190"/carefully|strong="H3808". If|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w find|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w*} it|strong="H3045" is|strong="H5892" true|strong="H0571" that|strong="H3045" such|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3318" disgraceful|strong="H5039" thing|strong="H1697" has|strong="H3318" happened|strong="H1961", 
\verseNumber{15}kill|strong="H2026" all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1697" town|strong="H7151". And|strong="H6213" kill|strong="H2026" all|strong="H6213" their|strong="H7130" livestock|strong="H4735", too|strong="H1697". Destroy|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" town|strong="H7151" completely|strong="H3617". 
\verseNumber{16}Gather|strong="H6908" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H7399" that|strong="H3605" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H6310" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427" and|strong="H5892" pile|strong="H1530" them|strong="H5221" up|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" plaza|strong="H7339". Then|strong="H3605" burn|strong="H8313" the|strong="H3605" town|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5892" everything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3427" it|strong="H1931", as|strong="H3427" though|strong="H1931" it|strong="H1931" were|strong="H3427" an|strong="H5221" offering|strong="H4503" to|strong="H6310" Yahweh|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" would|strong="H3605" be|strong="H5892" completely|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. The|strong="H3605" ruins|strong="H5892"/ashes|strong="H0665" must|strong="H4191" stay|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427" forever|strong="H3605"; the|strong="H3605" town|strong="H5892" must|strong="H4191" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H5892" rebuilt|strong="H1129". 
\verseNumber{17}None|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3605" Israelis must|strong="H3808" take|strong="H1961" for|strong="H3068" yourselves|strong="H8432" [IDM] anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" must|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H4229". But|strong="H3808" if|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559", Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" stop|strong="H3808" being|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H8313" you|strong="H3605", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" act|strong="H1961" mercifully toward|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3605". And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" have|strong="H1961" many|strong="H3808" children|strong="H1129"/descendants|strong="H2233", which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{18}Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" all|strong="H5414" those|strong="H4480" things|strong="H2764" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" telling|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" obey|strong="H8085" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" commandments|strong="H4687" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H5414" today|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559" is|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Creatures that were forbidden to be eaten }
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\chapterNumber{14}“We|strong="H4191" are|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4191" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". So|strong="H3808", when|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1121" die|strong="H4191", do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" show|strong="H7760" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7760" are|strong="H1121" grieving|strong="H5110" by|strong="H3068" gashing/cutting|strong="H2799" yourselves|strong="H5869" or|strong="H3808" by|strong="H3068" shaving|strong="H7144" the|strong="H3068" hair|strong="H8181" on|strong="H7760" your|strong="H3068" foreheads|strong="H4696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* people-groups \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}We|strong="H3588" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" alone|strong="H0905". Yahweh|strong="H3068" chose|strong="H0977" us|strong="H5921" from|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people-groups on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3605" special|strong="H5459" people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{3}“o|strong="H3069" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} detests|strong="H8130". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H7716" animals|strong="H0929" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whose|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w meat|strong="H1320"\+w*} you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3117" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H5795" eat|strong="H0398" are|strong="H3117" cattle|strong="H7716", sheep|strong="H7716", goats|strong="H5795", 
\verseNumber{5}deer|strong="H3180", gazelles|strong="H6643", wild|strong="H7704" goats|strong="H5795", antelopes, and|strong="H6643" mountain|strong="H2169" sheep|strong="H2169". 
\verseNumber{6}Those|strong="H3605" are|strong="H8147" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" split|strong="H8156" hoofs|strong="H6541" and|strong="H5927" that|strong="H3605" also|strong="H1571" ◄chew|strong="H5927" their|strong="H3605" cuds/regurgitate their|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w stomachs|strong="H4578"\+w*} to|strong="H5927" chew|strong="H5927" it|strong="H5927" again|strong="H7725"►. 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3588" there|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" other|strong="H2088" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3588" chew|strong="H5927" their|strong="H1992" cuds that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398". Those|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" camels|strong="H1581", rabbits, and|strong="H5927" rock|strong="H6697" badgers. They|strong="H1992" chew|strong="H5927" their|strong="H1992" cuds, but|strong="H3588" their|strong="H1992" hooves|strong="H6541" are|strong="H1992" not|strong="H3808" split|strong="H8156". So|strong="H5927" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" not|strong="H3808" acceptable|strong="H7522" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5927" eat|strong="H0398". 
\verseNumber{8}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" pigs. They|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1320" unacceptable|strong="H4284" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1320" eat|strong="H0398"; their|strong="H3588" hooves|strong="H6541" are|strong="H1320" split|strong="H1234", but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" chew|strong="H5927" cud|strong="H1625". Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3588" meat|strong="H1320" of|strong="H1320" those|strong="H1931" animals|strong="H0929"; do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3588" touch|strong="H5060" their|strong="H3588" dead|strong="H5038" bodies|strong="H5038". 
\verseNumber{9}You|strong="H3605" are|strong="H4325" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H4325" eat|strong="H0398" any|strong="H3605" fish|strong="H1710" that|strong="H3605" has|strong="H2088" scales|strong="H7193" and|strong="H4325" fins|strong="H5579". 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H3808" anything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w*} that|strong="H3605" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3605" scales|strong="H7193" and|strong="H5579" fins|strong="H5579", you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398", because|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1931"\+w*}, you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3808" become|strong="H1961" unacceptable|strong="H4284" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{11}“ou are|strong="H3117" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H3605" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3605" flesh|strong="H1320" of|strong="H3605" any|strong="H3605" bird|strong="H6833" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" acceptable|strong="H7522" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H3808" eagles|strong="H5404", vultures|strong="H5404", black|strong="H7838" vultures|strong="H5404", 
\verseNumber{13}buzzards, all|strong="H3605" kinds|strong="H4327" of|strong="H1121" kites, 
\verseNumber{14}all|strong="H3605" kinds|strong="H4327" of|strong="H3605" crows, 
\verseNumber{15}ostriches|strong="H3284", seagulls, 
\verseNumber{16}owls|strong="H3244", hawks|strong="H1772", falcons, 
\verseNumber{17}pelicans, vultures|strong="H5404" that|strong="H0834" eat|strong="H0398" dead|strong="H4191" animals|strong="H0929", cormorants, 
\verseNumber{18}storks, herons, hoopoes, and|strong="H3967" bats|strong="H5847", you|strong="H0859" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398". 
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\verseNumber{19}“ll insects|strong="H8318" with|strong="H3605" wings|strong="H5775" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H5775"\+w* \+w which|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w walk|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H0776"\+w*} are|strong="H3808" unacceptable|strong="H4284" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}; do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" them|strong="H1931". 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" insects|strong="H8318" with|strong="H3605" wings|strong="H5775" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H5775"\+w* \+w which|strong="H3605"\+w* hop \+w along|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H0776"\+w*} are|strong="H5775" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3605" eat|strong="H0398". 
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\verseNumber{21}“o|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" any|strong="H3605" animal|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" died|strong="H5038" naturally, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w its|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w blood|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w been|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w drained|strong="H4680"\+w* \+w out|strong="H5414"\+w*}. You|strong="H3588" may|strong="H3068" allow|strong="H5414" foreigners|strong="H5237" who|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3427" among|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" or|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3588" may|strong="H3068" sell|strong="H4376" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" other|strong="H3605" foreigners|strong="H5237". But|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068"; \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w belong|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w permitted|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w meat|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w animals|strong="H0929"\+w* \+w whose|strong="H8179"\+w* \+w blood|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w been|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w drained|strong="H4680"\+w* \+w out|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 
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“ou must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" cook|strong="H1310" a|strong="H5414" young|strong="H1423" sheep|strong="H6629" or|strong="H3808" goat|strong="H1423" in|strong="H3068" its|strong="H3605" mother’s|strong="H0517" milk|strong="H2461".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Giving|strong="H5414" tithes|strong="H4643" }
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\verseNumber{22}“Once|strong="H6471" each|strong="H3605" year|strong="H8141" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" set|strong="H3318" apart|strong="H0914" ◄a|strong="H3318" tithe|strong="H6237"/10 percent► of|strong="H8141" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" crops|strong="H8393" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H8141" produced|strong="H3318"/harvested|strong="H1219" in|strong="H8141" your|strong="H3605" fields|strong="H7704". 
\verseNumber{23}Take|strong="H8492" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H4725" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" choose|strong="H0977" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w*}. There|strong="H8033" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3605" tithes|strong="H4643" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" grain|strong="H1715", your|strong="H3068" wine|strong="H8492", your|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w*} oil|strong="H3323", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" meat|strong="H1320" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" firstborn|strong="H1062" male|strong="H2145" animals|strong="H0929" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" cattle|strong="H1241" and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" sheep|strong="H6629". Do|strong="H3068" this|strong="H6440" in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H6440" may|strong="H3068" learn|strong="H3925" to|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" revere|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w one|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w blessed|strong="H1288"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w giving|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w these|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{24}If|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" place|strong="H4725" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7760"\+w*} is|strong="H3068" very|strong="H7235" far|strong="H7368" from|strong="H4480" your|strong="H3068" home|strong="H4725", with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" result|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" take|strong="H5375" there|strong="H8033" the|strong="H3588" tithes|strong="H4643" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w crops|strong="H8393"\+w*} with|strong="H3068" which|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" you|strong="H3588", do|strong="H3068" this|strong="H3588": 
\verseNumber{25}Sell|strong="H5414" [IDM] the|strong="H5414" tithes|strong="H4643" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" crops|strong="H8393", wrap|strong="H3664" the|strong="H5414" money|strong="H3701" carefully|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w cloth|strong="H0899"\+w*}, and|strong="H1980" take|strong="H1980" it|strong="H5414" with|strong="H1980" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5414" place|strong="H4725" of|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977". 
\verseNumber{26}There|strong="H8033", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w*}, you|strong="H5414" may|strong="H3068" buy|strong="H7069" whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H5414" want|strong="H5315" to|strong="H3068"—beef|strong="H1241" or|strong="H3196" lamb|strong="H6629" or|strong="H3196" wine|strong="H3196" or|strong="H3196" fermented drinks|strong="H8354". And|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033", in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" families|strong="H1004" should|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w drink|strong="H7941"\+w*} those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" happy|strong="H8055". 
\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3808" sure|strong="H0539" to|strong="H5973" not|strong="H3808" neglect|strong="H5800"/forget|strong="H7911" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5800"\+w*} the|strong="H3588" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H8179" Levi|strong="H3881" who|strong="H3881" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H2506" your|strong="H3588" towns|strong="H8179", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" own|strong="H5973" any|strong="H3588" land|strong="H5159". 
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\verseNumber{28}“t the|strong="H3605" end|strong="H7097" of|strong="H8141" every|strong="H3605" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141", bring|strong="H3318" a|strong="H3318" tithe|strong="H4643" of|strong="H8141" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" crops|strong="H8393" that|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" been|strong="H3605" produced|strong="H3318"/harvested|strong="H1219" in|strong="H8141" that|strong="H3605" year|strong="H8141" and|strong="H8141" store|strong="H4543" it|strong="H1931" in|strong="H8141" your|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H8179". 
\verseNumber{29}That|strong="H3588" food|strong="H3899" is|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Levi|strong="H3881", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" own|strong="H3027" land|strong="H5159", and|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3588" foreigners|strong="H1616" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w among|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3588" orphans|strong="H3490" and|strong="H3068" widows|strong="H0490" who|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" towns|strong="H8179". They|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3027" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w where|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w food|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w stored|strong="H6845"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" take|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4639" they|strong="H3588" need|strong="H4270". Do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3068" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The year for canceling debts }
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\chapterNumber{15}“At|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" end|strong="H7093" of|strong="H8141" every|strong="H6213" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141", you|strong="H6213" must|strong="H4191" ◄cancel all|strong="H6213" debts|strong="H4859"/tell|strong="H5046" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H6213" owe you|strong="H6213" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H8141" they|strong="H8141" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H6213" pay|strong="H7999" it|strong="H6213" back|strong="H7725"►. 
\verseNumber{2}Do|strong="H3068" it|strong="H7121" like|strong="H3808" this|strong="H2088": Each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3068" lent|strong="H5383" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" fellow|strong="H7453" Israeli must|strong="H3808" cancel that|strong="H3588" debt|strong="H3027". You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" insist that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" pay|strong="H7999" it|strong="H7121" back|strong="H7725". You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" declared|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" debts|strong="H4859" must|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" canceled|strong="H3722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w every|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w seven|strong="H7651"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w During|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8058"\+w*} you|strong="H3027" may|strong="H1961" require|strong="H1875" foreigners|strong="H5237" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H5237"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w among|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3027"\+w*} to|strong="H1961" pay|strong="H7999" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H3027" owe you|strong="H3027", but|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3027" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H1961" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H1961" require|strong="H1875" that|strong="H3027" any|strong="H1961" fellow|strong="H7453" Israeli pay|strong="H7999" you|strong="H3027" what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H3027" owes|strong="H0854" you|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{4-5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H0859" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0369" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0859". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" obey|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" and|strong="H3967" obey|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" commandments|strong="H4687" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H1961" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0859" today|strong="H3117", there|strong="H8033" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" any|strong="H3605" poor|strong="H6041" people|strong="H5971" among|strong="H8432" you|strong="H0859". 
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\verseNumber{7}“n the|strong="H3588" towns|strong="H8179" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588", if|strong="H3588" there|strong="H1961" are|strong="H3027" any|strong="H5414" Israelis who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3027" poor|strong="H6041", do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" selfish|strong="H7451" [IDM] and|strong="H3068" refuse|strong="H3808" [IDM] to|strong="H3068" help|strong="H1961" them|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{10}Give|strong="H5414" freely|strong="H5071" to|strong="H3068" poor|strong="H6041" people|strong="H3808" and|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" generously|strong="H5414" [IDM]. 
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\verseNumber{12}“If|strong="H3588" any|strong="H3588" of|strong="H8141" your|strong="H3588" fellow|strong="H7453" Israeli men|strong="H0376" or|strong="H4376" women|strong="H5680" sell|strong="H4376" themselves|strong="H0905" to|strong="H7971" one|strong="H3588" of|strong="H8141" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w become|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w slave|strong="H5647"\+w*}, you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" free|strong="H2670" them|strong="H7971" after|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" worked|strong="H5647" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" six|strong="H8337" years|strong="H8141". When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" seventh|strong="H7637" year|strong="H8141" comes|strong="H5973", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" free|strong="H2670" them|strong="H7971". 
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\verseNumber{16}“ut one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3588" slaves|strong="H5650" may|strong="H1961" say|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3318" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3318" leave|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3588".’ He|strong="H3588" loves|strong="H0157" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3588" family|strong="H1004", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" treated|strong="H3190" him|strong="H5973" well|strong="H2895". 
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\verseNumber{18}“o|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" complain|strong="H7378" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5869" required|strong="H7592" to|strong="H3068" free|strong="H2670" your|strong="H3068" slaves|strong="H5647". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Keep|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w in|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w mind|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} they|strong="H3588" served|strong="H5647" you|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" six|strong="H8337" years|strong="H8141", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" paid|strong="H5414" them|strong="H7971" only|strong="H3588" half|strong="H2677" as|strong="H6213" much|strong="H4932" as|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" pay|strong="H7999" the|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5647" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" hire|strong="H7939". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w free|strong="H2670"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7971"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H3588" in|strong="H8141" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213".” 

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\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" any|strong="H3605" defects, if|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" lame|strong="H6455" or|strong="H3808" blind|strong="H5787", or|strong="H3808" if|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" any|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" serious|strong="H7451" defect|strong="H3971", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" sacrifice|strong="H2076" them|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{5-6}“o|strong="H3069" honor|strong="H3519" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", you|strong="H0859" must|strong="H4191" offer|strong="H7126" the|strong="H3605" Passover|strong="H6453" sacrifice|strong="H2077" only|strong="H0389" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H4725" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" chooses|strong="H0977" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w*}; do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" offer|strong="H7126" that|strong="H0834" sacrifice|strong="H2077" in|strong="H0935" any|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" town|strong="H7151" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H0369" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0859". Offer|strong="H7126" that|strong="H0834" sacrifice|strong="H2077" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121" is|strong="H0369" setting|strong="H5414", at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256" of|strong="H1121" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w started|strong="H2490"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w*} leave|strong="H5800" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
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\verseNumber{9}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Each|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w*}, from|strong="H7620" the|strong="H5608" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H7651" start|strong="H2490" to|strong="H2490" harvest|strong="H7105" your|strong="H5608" grain|strong="H7054", count|strong="H5608" seven|strong="H7651" weeks|strong="H7620". 
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\verseNumber{18}“Appoint|strong="H5414" judges|strong="H8199" and|strong="H3068" other|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H7860" throughout|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" tribes|strong="H7626", in|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H8179" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w*} that|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414". They|strong="H3068" must|strong="H4191" judge|strong="H8199" people|strong="H5971" fairly|strong="H6664"/justly|strong="H4941". 
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\verseNumber{21}“When|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" make|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" put|strong="H6213" next|strong="H4283" to|strong="H3068" it|strong="H6213" any|strong="H3605" wooden|strong="H6086" statue|strong="H6755" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* represents} the|strong="H3605" goddess|strong="H0430" Asherah|strong="H0842". 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H6965" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" set|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" any|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stone|strong="H0068"\+w*} pillar|strong="H4676" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w any|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w idol|strong="H6459"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H3068"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" hates|strong="H8130" them|strong="H8130".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Warning against sacrificing defective animals }
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\chapterNumber{17}“Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" sacrifice|strong="H2076" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" any|strong="H3605" cattle|strong="H7716" or|strong="H3808" sheep|strong="H7716" or|strong="H3808" goats|strong="H5795" that|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" any|strong="H3605" defects, because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" hates|strong="H8130" that|strong="H3588" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H3068" gift|strong="H3068".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Punishment|strong="H5771" for|strong="H3588" idolatry|strong="H8655" }
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\verseNumber{2}“When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5869" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H3068" any|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" towns|strong="H8179" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w land|strong="H7130"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588", suppose|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" hear|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H4672" is|strong="H3068" some|strong="H4480" man|strong="H7451" or|strong="H3068" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H3068" sins|strong="H2403" by|strong="H5674" disobeying the|strong="H3588" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{3}Suppose|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H0376" tells|strong="H1696" you|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" person|strong="H5315" has|strong="H6635" worshiped|strong="H7812" and|strong="H8064" served|strong="H5647" other|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430", or|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121", or|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" moon|strong="H3394", or|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" stars|strong="H3556". 
\verseNumber{4}If|strong="H2009" you|strong="H6213" hear|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085" some|strong="H1697" person|strong="H5315" has|strong="H3478" been|strong="H5046" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H8085", you|strong="H6213" must|strong="H3478" investigate|strong="H1875" it|strong="H6213" thoroughly|strong="H3190". If|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w find|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w out|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w*} it|strong="H6213" is|strong="H1697" true|strong="H0571" that|strong="H8085" this|strong="H2063" detestable|strong="H8441" thing|strong="H1697" has|strong="H3478" happened|strong="H1697" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478", 
\verseNumber{5}you|strong="H6213" must|strong="H4191" take|strong="H3318" outside|strong="H3318" the|strong="H6213" town|strong="H8179" the|strong="H6213" man|strong="H4191" or|strong="H4191" woman|strong="H2088" who|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3318" done|strong="H6213" it|strong="H1931". Then|strong="H3318" you|strong="H6213" must|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" that|strong="H1931" person|strong="H5315" by|strong="H3318" throwing|strong="H3027" stones|strong="H5619" at|strong="H4191" him|strong="H6213" or|strong="H4191" her|strong="H3318". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H3808" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H6310" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H4191" execute|strong="H4191" such|strong="H3808" people|strong="H3808" only|strong="H0389" if|strong="H0518" at|strong="H5921" least|strong="H6996" two|strong="H8147" witnesses|strong="H5707" testify|strong="H6030" that|strong="H3808" they|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H7200" them|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3808"\+w*}. They|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191" if|strong="H0518" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H6310" only|strong="H0389" one|strong="H3808" witness|strong="H5707". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H3605" ◄witnesses|strong="H5707"/ones|strong="H7223" who|strong="H3605" saw|strong="H7200" them|strong="H3027" doing|strong="H7451" it|strong="H1961"► must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" ones|strong="H7223" to|strong="H4191" throw|strong="H7993" stones|strong="H0068" at|strong="H4191" them|strong="H3027". Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w throw|strong="H7993"\+w* \+w stones|strong="H0068"\+w* \+w at|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3027"\+w*}. By|strong="H3027" doing|strong="H7451" that|strong="H5971", you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" get|strong="H3027" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3027" this|strong="H4191" evil|strong="H7451" practice|strong="H6213" among|strong="H7130" you|strong="H3605".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Judging|strong="H8199" difficult|strong="H6381" cases|strong="H1697" }
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\verseNumber{8}“Sometimes|strong="H3426" it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" very|strong="H3966" difficult|strong="H6381" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" judge|strong="H4941" to|strong="H3068" decide|strong="H4941" what|strong="H1697" really|strong="H2088" happened|strong="H1697". He|strong="H3588" might|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H3068" decide|strong="H4941" whether|strong="H4480", when|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H0376" injured|strong="H8295" or|strong="H4480" killed|strong="H2026" another|strong="H5061" person|strong="H5927", he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3588" accidentally|strong="H7684" or|strong="H4480" deliberately. Or|strong="H4480" he|strong="H3588" might|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H3068" decide|strong="H4941" if|strong="H3588" some|strong="H4480" person|strong="H5927" is|strong="H3068" suing another|strong="H5061" person|strong="H5927" unfairly. If|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3068" some|strong="H4480" town|strong="H8179" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" difficult|strong="H6381" to|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H1697" really|strong="H2088" happened|strong="H1697", with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" result|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" judge|strong="H4941" cannot|strong="H4480" decide|strong="H4941" it|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" go|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" place|strong="H4725" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5927"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{9}There|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3117" should|strong="H3117" present|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" case|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3117" Levi|strong="H3881" who|strong="H3548" are|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" priests|strong="H3548", and|strong="H3117" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" judge|strong="H8199" who|strong="H3548" is|strong="H3117" serving|strong="H5647" at|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3117" they|strong="H1992" should|strong="H3117" decide|strong="H8199" what|strong="H1697" should|strong="H3117" be|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{10}After|strong="H4480" they|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" their|strong="H3605" decision|strong="H4941", you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" they|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{11}Accept|strong="H7521" what|strong="H1697" they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1697" decided|strong="H3289", and|strong="H4941" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" they|strong="H3808" say|strong="H6310" that|strong="H1697" you|strong="H5921" should|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213". Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H6213" change|strong="H5162" in|strong="H5921" any|strong="H4480" way|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1697" decided|strong="H3289" [IDM]. 
\verseNumber{12}You|strong="H6213" must|strong="H4191" execute|strong="H6213" anyone|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" proudly|strong="H2102"/arrogantly|strong="H2102" disobeys the|strong="H8085" judge|strong="H8199" or|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" priest|strong="H3548" who|strong="H1931" stands|strong="H5975" there|strong="H8033" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8085" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w decides|strong="H6504"\+w* \+w what|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}. By|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H8085", you|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" get|strong="H6213" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" practices|strong="H6213" among|strong="H8199" you|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w person|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w executed|strong="H6213"\+w*}, all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" hear|strong="H8085" about|strong="H8085" it|strong="H3808", and|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H3808" afraid|strong="H3372", and|strong="H5971" none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H5971" them|strong="H8085" will|strong="H5971" act|strong="H2102" that|strong="H5971" way|strong="H3605" anymore|strong="H5750".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Proper|strong="H2896" behavior|strong="H3027" for|strong="H3605" a|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" }
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\verseNumber{14}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} after|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" occupied|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1471" living|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559", ‘We|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5414", like|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3588" other|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" around|strong="H5439" us|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3068".’ 
\verseNumber{15}Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" permit|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3201" have|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428", but|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" sure|strong="H0539" that|strong="H1931" you|strong="H5414" appoint|strong="H7760" someone|strong="H5414" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977". That|strong="H1931" man|strong="H0376" must|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" an|strong="H5414" Israeli; you|strong="H5414" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" appoint|strong="H7760" someone|strong="H5414" who|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5414" foreigner|strong="H5237" to|strong="H3201" be|strong="H3808" your|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w becomes|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4616"\+w*}, he|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" acquire|strong="H7069" a|strong="H2088" large|strong="H7235" number|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3068" horses|strong="H5483" for|strong="H4714" himself|strong="H3068". He|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" send|strong="H7971" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H7725" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H7725" buy|strong="H7069" horses|strong="H5483" for|strong="H4714" him|strong="H7725", because|strong="H4616" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H7725", ‘Never|strong="H3808" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Egypt|strong="H4714" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H4714"\+w* anything’}! 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H3701" he|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3808" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H3824" wives|strong="H0802", because|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" he|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3808", they|strong="H3808" would|strong="H5493" turn|strong="H5493" him|strong="H7235" [SYN] away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w only|strong="H7235"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068". And|strong="H3701" he|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" acquire|strong="H7069" a|strong="H3808" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H3824" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" gold|strong="H2091". 
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\verseNumber{18}“hen|strong="H2581" he|strong="H5921" becomes|strong="H1961" your|strong="H5921" king|strong="H3678", he|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w appoint|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w*} copy|strong="H4932" these|strong="H2063" laws|strong="H8451". He|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" copy|strong="H4932" them|strong="H5921" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" scroll|strong="H5612" that|strong="H3548" is|strong="H1961" kept|strong="H1961" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3548" are|strong="H3548" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H6440" Levi|strong="H3881". 
\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H3117" must|strong="H4191" keep|strong="H8104" this|strong="H2063" new|strong="H2319" scroll|strong="H5612" near|strong="H5973" him|strong="H7121" and|strong="H3068" read|strong="H7121" from|strong="H3117" it|strong="H7121" every|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" life|strong="H2416", in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3117" may|strong="H1961" learn|strong="H3925" to|strong="H3068" revere|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" faithfully|strong="H0571" obey|strong="H6213" [DOU] all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" rules|strong="H2706" and|strong="H3068" regulations|strong="H4941" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w written|strong="H3789"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" these|strong="H2063" laws|strong="H8451". 
\verseNumber{20}If|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" does|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3117", he|strong="H1931" [SYN] will|strong="H3478" not|strong="H1115" think|strong="H3824" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" ◄better|strong="H5921"/more|strong="H4480" important|strong="H5704"► than|strong="H4480" [IDM] his|strong="H5921" fellow|strong="H1121" Israelis, and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3478" completely|strong="H3617" obey|strong="H8085" [LIT|strong="H0215"] Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" commands|strong="H4687". As|strong="H3117" a|strong="H4480" result|strong="H4480", he|strong="H1931" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4467" as|strong="H3117" kings|strong="H4428" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H5921" many|strong="H7227" years|strong="H3117".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{What the priests were to receive }
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\verseNumber{2}They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" allotted|strong="H1961" any|strong="H1961" land|strong="H7130" like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" tribes|strong="H7626" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961". What|strong="H1696" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" receive|strong="H1961" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" work|strong="H4399"/privilege of|strong="H3068" being|strong="H1961" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w priests|strong="H3808"\+w*}, which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1696" he|strong="H1931" said|strong="H1696" that|strong="H1931" they|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" have|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696", ‘What|strong="H1696" they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" is|strong="H3068" true|strong="H3068"/wise|strong="H2450". 
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\chapterNumber{19}After|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" gotten|strong="H5414" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" people-groups from|strong="H3772" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" after|strong="H3588" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3068" expelled|strong="H3423" them|strong="H5414" from|strong="H3772" their|strong="H3068" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" start|strong="H1870" to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" their|strong="H3068" houses|strong="H1004", 
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\verseNumber{11}“ut suppose|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H5315" hates|strong="H8130" his|strong="H5921" enemy|strong="H8130" and|strong="H6965" hides|strong="H5641" and|strong="H6965" waits|strong="H2442" for|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" person|strong="H5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w come|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w along|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w road|strong="H1870"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w passes|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w by|strong="H5921"\+w*, \+w suddenly|strong="H6597"\+w*} he|strong="H3588" attacks|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H6965" murders|strong="H7523" him|strong="H5921". If|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" attacker flees|strong="H5127" to|strong="H4191" one|strong="H1961" of|strong="H5892" those|strong="H5921" cities|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w protected|strong="H3467"\+w* \+w there|strong="H1961"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{15}“f someone|strong="H0376" is|strong="H1697" accused|strong="H7170" of|strong="H1697" committing|strong="H6213" a|strong="H5921" crime|strong="H1697", one|strong="H3605" ◄witness|strong="H5707"/person|strong="H5315" who|strong="H3605" says|strong="H1697", ‘I|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H7200" him|strong="H5921" do|strong="H1697" it’► is|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" enough|strong="H3605". There|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" at|strong="H5921" least|strong="H6996" two|strong="H8147" ◄witnesses|strong="H5707"/people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3605" say|strong="H6310", ‘We|strong="H3605" saw|strong="H7200" him|strong="H5921" do|strong="H1697" it’►. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H2398"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w only|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w one|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w witness|strong="H5707"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" judge|strong="H8199" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" believe|strong="H0539" that|strong="H3605" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3605" says|strong="H1697" is|strong="H1697" true|strong="H0571". 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H7725" army|strong="H5971" officers|strong="H7860" must|strong="H4191" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H7725" troops|strong="H5971", ‘If|strong="H6435" anyone|strong="H3605" among|strong="H4310" you|strong="H7725" has|strong="H4310" just|strong="H1696" built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" new|strong="H2319" house|strong="H1004" [RHQ] and|strong="H7725" has|strong="H4310" not|strong="H3808" dedicated|strong="H2596" it|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3808"\+w*}, he|strong="H1004" should|strong="H4310" go|strong="H3212" home|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w dedicate|strong="H2596"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*}. If|strong="H6435" he|strong="H1004" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H4310" that|strong="H5971", if|strong="H6435" he|strong="H1004" dies|strong="H4191" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7725" battle|strong="H4421", someone|strong="H4310" else|strong="H6435" will|strong="H4310" dedicate|strong="H2596" the|strong="H7725" house|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7725"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{6}If|strong="H6435" anyone|strong="H3605" among|strong="H4310" you|strong="H7725" has|strong="H4310" planted|strong="H5193" a|strong="H5193" vineyard|strong="H3754" and|strong="H7725" has|strong="H4310" not|strong="H3808" yet|strong="H3808" harvested|strong="H1219" any|strong="H4310" grapes|strong="H2490" from|strong="H7725" it|strong="H7725" [RHQ], he|strong="H1004" should|strong="H4310" go|strong="H3212" home|strong="H1004". If|strong="H6435" he|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stays|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w here|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7725"\+w*} dies|strong="H4191" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7725" battle|strong="H4421", someone|strong="H4310" else|strong="H6435" will|strong="H4310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w harvest|strong="H7105"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w grapes|strong="H2490"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7725"\+w*} enjoy|strong="H2490" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w wine|strong="H3196"\+w* \+w made|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w from|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7725"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}If|strong="H6435" anyone|strong="H3605" among|strong="H4310" you|strong="H7725" has|strong="H4310" become|strong="H7725" engaged|strong="H0781" to|strong="H7725" marry|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w has|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w married|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w her|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w yet|strong="H3808"\+w*} [RHQ], he|strong="H1004" should|strong="H4310" go|strong="H3212" home|strong="H1004". If|strong="H6435" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w stays|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w here|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7725"\+w*} dies|strong="H4191" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" battle|strong="H4421", someone|strong="H4310" else|strong="H6435" will|strong="H4310" marry|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947".’ 
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\verseNumber{8}“hen|strong="H2581" the|strong="H7725" officers|strong="H7860" must|strong="H3808" also|strong="H3254" say|strong="H1696", ‘If|strong="H0518" anyone|strong="H3605" among|strong="H4310" you|strong="H7725" is|strong="H4310" afraid|strong="H3373" or|strong="H3808" timid|strong="H7390" [RHQ], he|strong="H1004" should|strong="H4310" go|strong="H3212" home|strong="H1004", in|strong="H1004" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5971" he|strong="H1004" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" cause|strong="H5971" his|strong="H7725" fellow|strong="H7453" soldiers|strong="H5971" to|strong="H1696" also|strong="H3254" stop|strong="H3808" being|strong="H1004" courageous|strong="H0553".’ 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H5971" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6485" officers|strong="H7860" have|strong="H1961" finished|strong="H3615" speaking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H6485" troops|strong="H6635", they|strong="H5971" must|strong="H4191" appoint|strong="H6485" commanders|strong="H8269" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w lead|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w groups|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5971"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{10}“hen|strong="H2581" you|strong="H3588" come|strong="H7126" near|strong="H7126" a|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w far|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w away|strong="H5493"\+w*} to|strong="H5921" attack|strong="H3898" it|strong="H7121", first|strong="H7223" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" there|strong="H7965" that|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" surrender|strong="H5462", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5892" not|strong="H3588" attack|strong="H3898" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{11}If|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5971" open|strong="H6605" the|strong="H3605" gates|strong="H8179" of|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H6030" surrender|strong="H6605", they|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3605" slaves|strong="H5647" to|strong="H1961" work|strong="H5647" for|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H3808" if|strong="H0518" they|strong="H3808" refuse|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w surrender|strong="H5462"\+w*} peacefully|strong="H7965", and|strong="H6213" decide|strong="H3198" instead|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5921" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921", your|strong="H5921" troops|strong="H1416" must|strong="H3808" surround|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w break|strong="H7665"\+w* \+w through|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w walls|strong="H2346"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H5414", when|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" enables you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" capture|strong="H3920" [IDM] the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", you|strong="H5414" must|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H7535" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" take|strong="H1961" for|strong="H3068" yourselves|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802", the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H2945", the|strong="H3605" livestock|strong="H4735", and|strong="H3068" everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w take|strong="H1961"\+w*} from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". You|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" enjoy|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341"; it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{15}You|strong="H3605" should|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" in|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1471" far|strong="H7350" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" in|strong="H6213" which|strong="H1471" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1471" settle|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{16}“ut in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414", you|strong="H5414" must|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H2421" [LIT|strong="H0215"]. 
\verseNumber{17}You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6680" completely|strong="H2763". Get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" Heth|strong="H2845" people-group, the|strong="H3588" Amor people-group, the|strong="H3588" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group, the|strong="H3588" Periz people-group, the|strong="H3588" Hiv people-group, and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" Jebus|strong="H2982" people-group; that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{18}If|strong="H2398" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605", they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" teach|strong="H3925" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H2398" against|strong="H2398" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" disgusting|strong="H8441" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" when|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" their|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430". 
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\verseNumber{19}“hen|strong="H2581" you|strong="H3588" surround|strong="H5439" a|strong="H3772" city|strong="H5892" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3772" long|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H5921" capture|strong="H8610" it|strong="H5921", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H3772" the|strong="H6440" fruit|strong="H6086" trees|strong="H6086" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w outside|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" eat|strong="H3898" the|strong="H6440" fruit|strong="H6086" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6440" trees|strong="H6086", but|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" trees|strong="H6086", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" certainly|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" [RHQ] your|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H0341". 
\verseNumber{20}You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5892" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H5704" cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" trees|strong="H6086" and|strong="H6086" use|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5921" wood|strong="H6086" to|strong="H5704" make|strong="H6213" ladders and|strong="H6086" towers|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5704" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w go|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w over|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w walls|strong="H2346"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6086"\+w*} capture|strong="H3920" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{When no one knows who murdered someone }
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\chapterNumber{21}“Suppose|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H4310" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3808" murdered|strong="H2026" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5414" field|strong="H7704" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H7704" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" who|strong="H4310" killed|strong="H5221" that|strong="H3588" person|strong="H3045". 
\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w happens|strong="H1961"\+w*}, your|strong="H3318" elders|strong="H2205" and|strong="H5892" judges|strong="H8199" must|strong="H4191" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" where|strong="H0834" that|strong="H5892" person’s|strong="H3820" corpse|strong="H5038" was|strong="H5892" found|strong="H4672" and|strong="H5892" measure|strong="H4058" the|strong="H3318" distance|strong="H7350" from|strong="H3318" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H3318" each|strong="H5892" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3318" nearby|strong="H7138" towns|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3947" elders|strong="H2205" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3947" town|strong="H5892" that|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" closest|strong="H1350" to|strong="H1961" where|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3947" corpse|strong="H5038" was|strong="H1961" found|strong="H4672" must|strong="H3947" select|strong="H3947" a|strong="H1961" young|strong="H1241" cow|strong="H5697" that|strong="H1931" has|strong="H1961" never|strong="H3808" been|strong="H1961" used|strong="H1961" for|strong="H5892" doing|strong="H6213" work|strong="H5647". 
\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H8033" must|strong="H3808" take|strong="H3381" it|strong="H1931" to|strong="H3381" a|strong="H8033" place|strong="H8033" near|strong="H3808" a|strong="H8033" stream|strong="H5158" where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H5647" ground|strong="H0776" has|strong="H5892" never|strong="H3808" been|strong="H5647" plowed|strong="H5647" or|strong="H3808" planted|strong="H2232". They|strong="H8033" must|strong="H3808" break|strong="H6202" its|strong="H6202" neck|strong="H6202" there|strong="H8033" in|strong="H5892" that|strong="H1931" valley|strong="H5158". 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" must|strong="H1121" go|strong="H5066" there|strong="H1961" also|strong="H3068", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" them|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878" to|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H8334" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3605" representatives|strong="H7098" [MTY] when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" bless|strong="H1288" people|strong="H1121". And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" settle|strong="H3427" disputes|strong="H7379" in|strong="H5921" which|strong="H3068" someone|strong="H0376" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" injured|strong="H8295". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" closest|strong="H1350" town|strong="H5892" must|strong="H4191" wash|strong="H7364" their|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" young|strong="H5288" cow|strong="H5697" whose|strong="H3605" neck|strong="H6202" was|strong="H1931" broken|strong="H6202", 
\verseNumber{7}and|strong="H6030" they|strong="H3808" must|strong="H1818" say|strong="H0559", ‘We|strong="H7200" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" murder|strong="H7523" this|strong="H2088" person|strong="H7200" [MTY], and|strong="H6030" we|strong="H7200" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" who|strong="H2088" did|strong="H3808" it|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068", forgive|strong="H3722" us|strong="H5414", your|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H1992" you|strong="H5414" rescued|strong="H6299" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*}. Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5414" consider|strong="H5414" ◄us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" guilty|strong="H0816"/that|strong="H5971" we|strong="H7130" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" punished|strong="H6485" because|strong="H3068"► of|strong="H3068" murdering someone|strong="H5414" who|strong="H5971" ◄is|strong="H3068" innocent|strong="H5355"/had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5414" done|strong="H5414" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5971" is|strong="H3068" wrong|strong="H7451"►. Instead|strong="H8478", forgive|strong="H3722" us|strong="H5414".’ 
\verseNumber{9}By|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3477" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considers|strong="H7919" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3477", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" guilty|strong="H0816" for|strong="H3588" murdering that|strong="H3588" person|strong="H5869".” 

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\verseNumber{10}“hen|strong="H2581" you|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H4421"\+w*} go|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" enables you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3318" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" [IDM], and|strong="H3068" ◄they|strong="H3588" become|strong="H3027" your|strong="H3068" prisoners|strong="H7628"/you|strong="H5414" capture|strong="H7617" them|strong="H5414"►, 
\verseNumber{11}one|strong="H3303" of|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3947" may|strong="H1961" see|strong="H7200" among|strong="H3303" them|strong="H7200" a|strong="H3947" beautiful|strong="H3303" woman|strong="H0802" that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H7200" likes, and|strong="H7200" he|strong="H7200" may|strong="H1961" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H7200" marry|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{12}He|strong="H6213" should|strong="H6213" take|strong="H6213" her|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" his|strong="H6213" home|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1004" there|strong="H8432" she|strong="H1931" must|strong="H4191" shave|strong="H1548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w hair|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w off|strong="H1548"\+w*} her|strong="H6213" head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H1004" cut|strong="H1548" her|strong="H6213" fingernails \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* signify \+w that|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w now|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w she|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w does|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w belong|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w her|strong="H6213"\+w* people-group \+w anymore|strong="H5750"\+w*, \+w but|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w instead|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w she|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w is|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w becoming|strong="H5000"\+w* \+w an|strong="H6213"\+w* Israeli}. 
\verseNumber{13}She|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" take|strong="H5493" off|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5921" clothes|strong="H8071" that|strong="H3117" she|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" wearing|strong="H2296" when|strong="H1961" she|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" captured|strong="H3920", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w put|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* Israeli \+w clothes|strong="H8071"\+w*}. She|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" stay|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3117" man’s|strong="H1167" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3117" mourn|strong="H1058" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" month|strong="H3391" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaving|strong="H5800"\+w*} her|strong="H5493" parents|strong="H0001". After|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117", he|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" marry|strong="H1961" her|strong="H5493". 
\verseNumber{14}Later|strong="H1961", if|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" is|strong="H5315" pleased|strong="H2654" with|strong="H5315" her|strong="H7971", he|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H7971" allow|strong="H5414" her|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" leave|strong="H5800" him|strong="H7971". But|strong="H3808" because|strong="H8478" she|strong="H3808" was|strong="H1961" forced|strong="H6031" to|strong="H7971" have|strong="H1961" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5315" him|strong="H7971", he|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7971" treat|strong="H1961" her|strong="H7971" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" slave|strong="H5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w sell|strong="H4376"\+w* \+w her|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w else|strong="H3808"\+w*}.” 

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\verseNumber{15}“uppose that|strong="H3588" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H1121" has|strong="H1961" two|strong="H8147" wives|strong="H0802", but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" likes one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H8147" and|strong="H1121" dislikes the|strong="H3588" other|strong="H8147" one|strong="H1121". And|strong="H1121" suppose|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" both|strong="H8147" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" child|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" woman|strong="H3205" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{16}On|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3117" man|strong="H1121" decides|strong="H6504" how|strong="H4100" he|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" divide|strong="H5157" his|strong="H6440" possessions|strong="H7399" for|strong="H5921" his|strong="H6440" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3201" possess|strong="H5157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w dies|strong="H4191"\+w*}, he|strong="H3117" must|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" favor|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" wife|strong="H0802" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" loves|strong="H0157" by|strong="H5921" giving|strong="H1069" him|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w bigger|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w share|strong="H2506"\+w*,} the|strong="H6440" share|strong="H2506" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" older|strong="H1419" son|strong="H1121" should|strong="H3117" receive|strong="H5157". 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H1931" must|strong="H1121" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" older|strong="H1419" son|strong="H1121", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802" whom|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5414" like|strong="H1121", twice|strong="H8147" as|strong="H3588" much|strong="H6310" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H7399". That|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1931" his|strong="H3605" firstborn|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1931" must|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" given|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" share|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" should|strong="H3588" receive|strong="H5414" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" being|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" man’s|strong="H0376" firstborn|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1121".” 

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\verseNumber{18}“uppose there|strong="H1961" is|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" boy|strong="H5288" who|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1121" very|strong="H4784" stubborn|strong="H5637" and|strong="H1121" always|strong="H3605" ◄rebelling|strong="H4784" against|strong="H4784"/disobeying► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w parents|strong="H0001"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" heed|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6963" they|strong="H3588" say|strong="H6963" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H6963". And|strong="H1121" suppose|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" punish|strong="H3256" him|strong="H6963" but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" still|strong="H3588" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1961" what|strong="H6963" they|strong="H3588" tell|strong="H8085" him|strong="H6963" [MTY]. 
\verseNumber{19}If|strong="H0518" that|strong="H5892" happens|strong="H1961", his|strong="H3318" parents|strong="H0001" must|strong="H4191" take|strong="H8610" him|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" ◄gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H5892"/central meeting|strong="H4150" place|strong="H4725" in|strong="H5892"► the|strong="H3318" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H4725" he|strong="H3318" lives|strong="H5315" and|strong="H5892" have|strong="H5892" him|strong="H3318" stand|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5892" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3318" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3318" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H2088" the|strong="H8085" parents|strong="H0001" must|strong="H1121" say|strong="H6963" to|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H8085" city|strong="H5892", ‘This|strong="H2088" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" ours|strong="H6440" is|strong="H2088" stubborn|strong="H5637" and|strong="H1121" always|strong="H3605" rebelling|strong="H4784" against|strong="H4784" us|strong="H8085". He|strong="H2088" will|strong="H1121" not|strong="H2088" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" what|strong="H2088" we|strong="H8085" tell|strong="H8085" him|strong="H6963" [MTY]. He|strong="H2088" wastes|strong="H2723" a|strong="H8085" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H1121" money|strong="H3701" (OR|strong="H8085", eats|strong="H0398" too|strong="H4480" much|strong="H7227" food|strong="H3899") and|strong="H1121" gets|strong="H8610" drunk|strong="H8354".’ 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" must|strong="H4191" execute|strong="H4191" him|strong="H4191" by|strong="H4191" throwing|strong="H3027" stones|strong="H0068" at|strong="H3478" him|strong="H4191". By|strong="H4191" doing|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3605", you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3478" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H5892" this|strong="H8085" evil|strong="H7451" practice|strong="H6213" among|strong="H7130" you|strong="H3605". And|strong="H3478" everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" hear|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w what|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*} and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H4191" afraid|strong="H3372" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w what|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3478"\+w*}.” 

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\verseNumber{22}“f someone|strong="H4191" is|strong="H1961" executed|strong="H4191" for|strong="H3588" having|strong="H1961" committed|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" crime|strong="H2154" for|strong="H3588" which|strong="H6086" he|strong="H3588" deserves|strong="H1288" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191", and|strong="H4941" you|strong="H3588" hang|strong="H8518" his|strong="H5921" corpse|strong="H4191" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" post|strong="H4201", 
\verseNumber{23}you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" corpse|strong="H5038" to|strong="H3068" remain|strong="H3885" there|strong="H3117" all|strong="H5414" night|strong="H3885". You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" bury|strong="H6912" it|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" died|strong="H5038", because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H3068"\+w*} has|strong="H3068" cursed|strong="H0779" anyone|strong="H3588" whose|strong="H0834" corpse|strong="H5038" is|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" remain|strong="H3885" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5414" post|strong="H4201". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w must|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w bury|strong="H6912"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w corpse|strong="H5038"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*}, in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" defile|strong="H2930" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588".” 

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\chapterNumber{22}“If|strong="H7200" you|strong="H7725" see|strong="H7200" some|strong="H1992" Israeli’s ox|strong="H7794" or|strong="H3808" sheep|strong="H7716" that|strong="H7200" has|strong="H3068" strayed|strong="H5074" away|strong="H7725", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" act|strong="H6213" as|strong="H1992" though|strong="H3588" you|strong="H7725" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" it|strong="H7725". Take|strong="H7725" it|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w its|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w owner|strong="H1167"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}But|strong="H3808" if|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8432" owner|strong="H1167" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" live|strong="H7138" near|strong="H7138" you|strong="H5704", or|strong="H3808" if|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5704" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" who|strong="H7138" the|strong="H8432" owner|strong="H1167" is|strong="H1961", take|strong="H7725" the|strong="H8432" animal|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" your|strong="H3045" house|strong="H1004". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w can|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w stay|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5704"\+w*} until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H8432" owner|strong="H1167" comes|strong="H1961", searching|strong="H1875" for|strong="H5704" it|strong="H8432". Then|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5704" must|strong="H3808" give|strong="H7725" the|strong="H8432" animal|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{3}You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H3651" thing|strong="H3605" if|strong="H3651" you|strong="H3605" see|strong="H7200" a|strong="H6213" donkey|strong="H2543", or|strong="H3808" a|strong="H6213" piece|strong="H6595" of|strong="H4480" clothing|strong="H8071", or|strong="H3808" anything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" someone|strong="H0376" has|strong="H3605" lost|strong="H0006". Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" refuse|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3201" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" should|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{4}“nd if|strong="H7200" you|strong="H5973" see|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" fellow|strong="H7453" Israeli’s donkey|strong="H2543" or|strong="H3808" cow|strong="H7794" that|strong="H7200" has|strong="H5973" fallen|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H7200" road|strong="H1870", do|strong="H1870" not|strong="H3808" act|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6965" though|strong="H3588" you|strong="H5973" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" it|strong="H7200". Help|strong="H6965" the|strong="H7200" owner|strong="H1167" to|strong="H1870" lift|strong="H6965" the|strong="H7200" animal|strong="H0929" up|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w can|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w stand|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w on|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w its|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w feet|strong="H7272"\+w* \+w again|strong="H6965"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}“omen|strong="H5172" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" wear|strong="H3847" men’s|strong="H1397" clothes|strong="H8071", and|strong="H3068" men|strong="H1397" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" wear|strong="H3847" women’s|strong="H0802" clothes|strong="H8071". Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" hates|strong="H8130" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" like|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{6}“f you|strong="H3588" happen|strong="H7122" to|strong="H5921" find|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" bird’s|strong="H6833" nest|strong="H7064" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" tree|strong="H6086" or|strong="H3808" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H6440", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" mother|strong="H0517" bird|strong="H6833" is|strong="H1870" sitting|strong="H7257" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" nest|strong="H7064" on|strong="H5921" its|strong="H3605" eggs|strong="H1000" or|strong="H3808" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" baby|strong="H1121" birds|strong="H6833", do|strong="H1870" not|strong="H3808" take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" mother|strong="H0517" bird|strong="H6833" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}You|strong="H7971" are|strong="H3117" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H7971" take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" baby|strong="H1121" birds|strong="H5775", but|strong="H3947" you|strong="H7971" must|strong="H1121" allow|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3947" mother|strong="H0517" bird|strong="H6833" to|strong="H7971" fly|strong="H5774" away|strong="H7971". Do|strong="H3190" this|strong="H3947" in|strong="H3117" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3117" things|strong="H1697" will|strong="H1121" go|strong="H7971" well|strong="H3190" for|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H7971" will|strong="H1121" live|strong="H3117" for|strong="H7971" a|strong="H3947" long|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{8}“f you|strong="H3588" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H6213" new|strong="H2319" house|strong="H1004", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1818" put|strong="H7760" a|strong="H6213" ◄railing/low|strong="H8213" wall|strong="H2346"► around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3588" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" roof|strong="H1406". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588", and|strong="H1004" if|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H5307" falls|strong="H5307" off|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3588" roof|strong="H1406" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w dies|strong="H4191"\+w*}, ◄you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1004" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" guilty|strong="H0816" of|strong="H1004" causing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" person|strong="H1818" to|strong="H6213" die|strong="H5307"/his|strong="H7760" death|strong="H1818" [MTY] will|strong="H1004" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" your|strong="H7760" fault|strong="H3972"►. 
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\verseNumber{9}“o|strong="H3069" not|strong="H3808" plant|strong="H2232" any|strong="H3808" crop|strong="H8393" in|strong="H2233" the|strong="H6942" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H3808" your|strong="H3808" grapevines are|strong="H2233" growing|strong="H5927". If|strong="H6435" you|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213", you|strong="H3808" are|strong="H2233" not|strong="H3808" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3808" harvest|strong="H8393" the|strong="H6942" crops|strong="H8393" that|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" planted|strong="H2232" or|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3808" harvest|strong="H8393" the|strong="H6942" grapes|strong="H6025" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w make|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w wine|strong="H3196"\+w* \+w from|strong="H2232"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6942"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{10}“o|strong="H3069" not|strong="H3808" hitch|strong="H0631" together|strong="H3162" an|strong="H1129" ox|strong="H7794" and|strong="H7794" a|strong="H3808" donkey|strong="H2543" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w plowing|strong="H2790"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w fields|strong="H7704"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{11}“o|strong="H3069" not|strong="H3808" wear|strong="H3847" clothing|strong="H8162" that|strong="H3808" is|strong="H3808" made|strong="H6213" by|strong="H3808" weaving|strong="H0707" together|strong="H3162" ◄wool|strong="H6785" and|strong="H6785" linen|strong="H6593"/two|strong="H3808" different|strong="H8133" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="H3808" thread|strong="H2339"►. 
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\verseNumber{12}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Twist|strong="H6140"\+w* \+w threads|strong="H1434"\+w* \+w together|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w*} make|strong="H6213" tassels|strong="H1434" and|strong="H6213" sew|strong="H8609"/fasten|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" four|strong="H0702" bottom|strong="H3247" corners|strong="H3671" of|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" cloak|strong="H8008". 

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\verseNumber{13}“uppose a|strong="H3947" man|strong="H0376" marries|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" young|strong="H5288" woman|strong="H8130" and|strong="H3947" has|strong="H3588" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947" and|strong="H3947" later|strong="H0310" decides|strong="H6504" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" her|strong="H3947" anymore|strong="H5750", 
\verseNumber{14}and|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3808" says|strong="H1697" false|strong="H3808" things|strong="H1697" about|strong="H5921" her|strong="H3947", and|strong="H1697" claims|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" she|strong="H2063" was|strong="H8034" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3947" virgin|strong="H1331" when|strong="H3318" he|strong="H3808" married|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{15}If|strong="H0518" that|strong="H5892" happens|strong="H1961", the|strong="H3947" young|strong="H5291" woman’s|strong="H0802" parents|strong="H0001" must|strong="H3947" take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" sheet that|strong="H5892" was|strong="H5892" on|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3947" bed|strong="H4904" when|strong="H3318" that|strong="H5892" man|strong="H2205" and|strong="H5892" their|strong="H3947" daughter|strong="H1323" were|strong="H5892" married|strong="H3947", which|strong="H5892" still|strong="H5750" has|strong="H3318" bloodstains|strong="H1818" on|strong="H3318" it|strong="H3947", and|strong="H5892" show|strong="H7200" it|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3947" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3947" city|strong="H5892" at|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3947" ◄gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H5892"/central meeting|strong="H4150" place|strong="H4725" in|strong="H5892"► the|strong="H3947" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H2088" the|strong="H5414" father|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H5414" young|strong="H5291" woman|strong="H5291" must|strong="H4191" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" elders|strong="H2205", ‘I|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323" to|strong="H5414" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H2205" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802". But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H2088" he|strong="H5414" says|strong="H0559" that|strong="H5414" he|strong="H5414" doesn’t|strong="H3808" want|strong="H4270" her|strong="H5414" anymore|strong="H5750". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H5892" he|strong="H1931" has|strong="H1697" falsely|strong="H8267" said|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1931" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H7760" virgin|strong="H1331" when|strong="H2009" he|strong="H1931" married|strong="H3947" her|strong="H6566". But|strong="H3808" look|strong="H2009"! Here|strong="H2009" is|strong="H1931" what|strong="H1697" proves|strong="H4480" that|strong="H1931" my|strong="H7760" daughter|strong="H1323" was|strong="H1931" a|strong="H7760" virgin|strong="H1331"! Look|strong="H2009" at|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" bloodstains|strong="H1818" on|strong="H7760" the|strong="H6440" sheet where|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" slept|strong="H7901" the|strong="H6440" night|strong="H3915" that|strong="H1931" they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H1697" married|strong="H3947"!’ And|strong="H5892" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H5892" show|strong="H7760" the|strong="H6440" sheet to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" elders|strong="H2205". 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H5892" that|strong="H1931" city|strong="H5892" must|strong="H3947" take|strong="H3947" that|strong="H1931" man|strong="H2205" and|strong="H5892" whip|strong="H7752" him|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{19}They|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H3478" require|strong="H1875" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" pay|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" fine|strong="H3701" of|strong="H3117" 100 pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H3117" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3967" give|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" young|strong="H5291" woman|strong="H5291", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H7451" caused|strong="H5414" an|strong="H1961" Israeli young|strong="H5291" woman|strong="H5291" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H1961" disgraced|strong="H0954". Also|strong="H8034", that|strong="H3588" woman|strong="H5291" must|strong="H3478" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3318" live|strong="H3117" with|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414"; she|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802". He|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" allowed|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3318" divorce|strong="H7971" her|strong="H3605" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H1961" of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3605" life|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{20}“ut if|strong="H1961" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H1697" man|strong="H2088" said|strong="H1697" is|strong="H2088" true|strong="H0571", and|strong="H1697" there|strong="H1961" is|strong="H2088" nothing|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1961" prove|strong="H5254" that|strong="H1697" she|strong="H3808" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" virgin|strong="H1331" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3808" married|strong="H3947" her|strong="H4672", 
\verseNumber{21}they|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" take|strong="H3318" that|strong="H3588" young|strong="H5291" woman|strong="H5291" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3588" door|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1004" her|strong="H7130" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004". Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H7451" of|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892" must|strong="H4191" execute|strong="H6213" her|strong="H7130" by|strong="H3318" throwing|strong="H3027" stones|strong="H5619" at|strong="H3478" her|strong="H7130". They|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3478" done|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3478" very|strong="H6213" disgraceful|strong="H5039", by|strong="H3318" having|strong="H3588" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H1004" some|strong="H4480" man|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w she|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w still|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w living|strong="H2416"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" her|strong="H7130" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004". By|strong="H3318" executing|strong="H6213" her|strong="H7130" like|strong="H3318" that|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" get|strong="H3318" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1004" this|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" practice|strong="H6213" among|strong="H7130" you|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{22}“f a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H1167" is|strong="H1571" caught|strong="H4672" while|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1571" having|strong="H1167" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" another|strong="H1571" man’s|strong="H1167" wife|strong="H1166", both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1167" them|strong="H8147" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191". By|strong="H4191" doing|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" get|strong="H4672" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1167" this|strong="H3588" evil|strong="H7451" practice|strong="H1167" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{23}“uppose in|strong="H5892" some|strong="H4480" town|strong="H5892" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" sees|strong="H7200" a|strong="H1961" young|strong="H5291" woman|strong="H5291" who|strong="H4672" is|strong="H5892" engaged|strong="H1961"/promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" married|strong="H3947" to|strong="H1961" another|strong="H0312" man|strong="H0376", and|strong="H5892" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H5892" caught|strong="H4672" having|strong="H1961" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" [EUP] her|strong="H4672". 
\verseNumber{24}You|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" take|strong="H3318" both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1697" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" ◄gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H1697"/central meeting|strong="H4150" place|strong="H4725" in|strong="H5921"► that|strong="H1931" town|strong="H5892". There|strong="H1697" you|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" execute|strong="H4191" them|strong="H5921" both|strong="H8147" by|strong="H5921" throwing|strong="H3027" stones|strong="H5619" at|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". You|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" execute|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5921" young|strong="H5291" woman|strong="H5291" because|strong="H5921" she|strong="H1931" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" shout|strong="H7321" for|strong="H5921" help|strong="H5826" even|strong="H3808" though|strong="H1931" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" town|strong="H5892". And|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H4191" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191" because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1931" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H5921" someone|strong="H4191" who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" already|strong="H3528" engaged|strong="H5921"/promised|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H4191" married|strong="H3947". By|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H7451" that|strong="H1931", you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5892" get|strong="H3318" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1931" evil|strong="H7451" practice|strong="H6213" among|strong="H7130" you|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{25}“ut suppose|strong="H3588" out|strong="H4672" in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H2388" open|strong="H6605" countryside|strong="H7704" a|strong="H4672" man|strong="H4191" meets|strong="H4672" a|strong="H4672" young|strong="H5291" woman|strong="H5291" who|strong="H4672" is|strong="H7704" engaged|strong="H0781"/promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" married|strong="H3947", and|strong="H2388" he|strong="H0834" rapes her|strong="H4672". If|strong="H0518" that|strong="H5291" happens|strong="H1961", only|strong="H0389" that|strong="H5291" man|strong="H4191" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{26}You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H5315" not|strong="H3808" punish|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" young|strong="H5291" woman|strong="H5291", because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H1697" for|strong="H3588" which|strong="H1697" she|strong="H3588" deserves|strong="H1288" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3808" executed|strong="H6213". This|strong="H2088" case|strong="H1697" is|strong="H2088" like|strong="H3651" when|strong="H3588" one|strong="H2088" man|strong="H5315" attacks|strong="H5221" another|strong="H7453" man|strong="H5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w countryside|strong="H7704"\+w*} and|strong="H6965" murders|strong="H7523" him|strong="H5921", 
\verseNumber{27}because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H4672" raped|strong="H7693" her|strong="H4672" saw|strong="H7200" her|strong="H4672" when|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" was|strong="H5291" in|strong="H4672" the|strong="H3588" open|strong="H6605" countryside|strong="H7704", and|strong="H7704" even|strong="H3588" though|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" called|strong="H6817" out|strong="H4672" for|strong="H3588" help|strong="H3467", there|strong="H4672" was|strong="H5291" no|strong="H4672" one|strong="H3588" there|strong="H4672" who|strong="H4672" could|strong="H3201" rescue|strong="H3467" her|strong="H4672". 
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\verseNumber{28}“f a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" rapes a|strong="H3588" young|strong="H5291" woman|strong="H5291" who|strong="H4672" is|strong="H5291" not|strong="H3808" engaged|strong="H0781"/promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H5973" be|strong="H3808" married|strong="H3947", if|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H0376" sees|strong="H7200" him|strong="H4672" while|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H5291" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588", 
\verseNumber{29}that|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H5414" 50 pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H3117" silver|strong="H3701" to|strong="H3201" the|strong="H3605" young|strong="H5291" woman’s|strong="H0802" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H3701" he|strong="H3117" must|strong="H3808" marry|strong="H1961" her|strong="H3605", because|strong="H8478" he|strong="H3117" forced|strong="H6031" her|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3201" have|strong="H1961" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5414". He|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" allowed|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" divorce|strong="H7971" her|strong="H3605" for|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H7901" of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3605" life|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{30}“ man|strong="H0376" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" disgrace|strong="H3639" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" by|strong="H0801" having|strong="H0369" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" father’s|strong="H0001" wives|strong="H0802".” 

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\chapterNumber{23}“Any|strong="H3947" man|strong="H0376" whose|strong="H0834" testicles|strong="H0810" are|strong="H3808" crushed|strong="H7533" or|strong="H3808" whose|strong="H0834" penis is|strong="H3671" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H1540" shall|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" ◄included|strong="H5475" as|strong="H3947" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3671"/allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1540" worship|strong="H7812" with|strong="H3947"► Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{2}“o|strong="H3068" ◄illegitimate|strong="H2114" person|strong="H5315"/person|strong="H5315" whose|strong="H0834" mother|strong="H0517" and|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" were|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" married|strong="H3947"►, or|strong="H3808" descendant|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" person|strong="H5315", extending|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" tenth|strong="H6224" generation|strong="H1755", shall|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" included|strong="H5475" as|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{3}“o|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3808" from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Ammon|strong="H5983" or|strong="H3808" Moab|strong="H4124" people-groups shall|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" ◄included|strong="H5475" as|strong="H1571" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068"/allowed|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" with|strong="H3068"► Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3808", extending|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" tenth|strong="H6224" generation|strong="H1755". 
\verseNumber{4}One|strong="H3808" reason|strong="H6440" is|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w*} refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5704" give|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" food|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3068" water|strong="H4325" when|strong="H5704" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" traveling|strong="H1980" from|strong="H5704" Egypt|strong="H4714" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w Canaan|strong="H3667"\+w*}. Another|strong="H1571" reason|strong="H6440" is|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H1992" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H5704" pay|strong="H7999" Balaam|strong="H1109", the|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H3068" Beor|strong="H1160" from|strong="H5704" Pethor|strong="H6604" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" Mesopotamia|strong="H0763", to|strong="H5704" curse|strong="H7045" you|strong="H5704" Israelis. 
\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H7999" attention|strong="H1870" to|strong="H3318" Balaam|strong="H1109"; instead|strong="H3808", he|strong="H3808" caused|strong="H1697" Balaam|strong="H1109" to|strong="H3318" bless|strong="H1288" your|strong="H5921" ancestors|strong="H0001", because|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" loved|strong="H0157" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{6}As|strong="H3068" long|strong="H8085" as|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" nation|strong="H1471", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3068" anything|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" things|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3068" well|strong="H3190" for|strong="H3588" those|strong="H8085" two|strong="H3808" people-groups or|strong="H3808" enable|strong="H2015" them|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" prosper|strong="H6743". 
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\verseNumber{7}“ut do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" despise|strong="H3988" anyone|strong="H3605" from|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" Edom|strong="H0112" people-group, because|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* ancestor \+w Jacob|strong="H3290"\+w*}, just|strong="H3605" like|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3117". And|strong="H3117" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" despise|strong="H3988" people|strong="H3808" from|strong="H3117" Egypt|strong="H4714", because|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w treated|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w* \+w well|strong="H7965"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3117"\+w*} they|strong="H3117" first|strong="H3117" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3117" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H3588" children|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1961" grandchildren|strong="H1121" of|strong="H3808" people|strong="H3808" from|strong="H1961" Edom|strong="H0112" and|strong="H1961" Egypt|strong="H4713" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w among|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*} may|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" ◄included|strong="H1961" among|strong="H3808"/allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" worship|strong="H7812" with|strong="H1961"► Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3808".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Keeping|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3588" camp|strong="H4264" clean|strong="H2889" }
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\verseNumber{9}“hen|strong="H2581" your|strong="H3068" soldiers|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H3068" tents|strong="H0168" at|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3205" time|strong="H7992" of|strong="H1121" fighting|strong="H3898" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341", they|strong="H3068" must|strong="H1121" avoid|strong="H6544" doing|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" them|strong="H3205" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{10}If|strong="H3588" any|strong="H3605" soldier|strong="H6635" becomes|strong="H3588" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H3318" God|strong="H0430" because|strong="H3588" semen comes|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1697" his|strong="H3605" body|strong="H1320" during|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w next|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w morning|strong="H1242"\+w*} he|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4264" go|strong="H3318" outside|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264" and|strong="H1697" stay|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3605" during|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H3588" in|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3588" evening|strong="H3915" of|strong="H8432" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117", he|strong="H3588" must|strong="H2351" bathe|strong="H7364" himself|strong="H3808", and|strong="H3915" at|strong="H4264" sunset|strong="H8121" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1961" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3318" come|strong="H1961" back|strong="H3318" into|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3588" camp|strong="H4264". 
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\verseNumber{12}“our|strong="H1961" soldiers|strong="H5650" must|strong="H4264" have|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" toilet area|strong="H1508" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H8432" camp|strong="H4264" where|strong="H0834" you|strong="H8432" can|strong="H4310" go|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w you|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w go|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H4264"\+w* \+w against|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w your|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H3027"\+w*}, carry|strong="H3318" a|strong="H1961" stick|strong="H6086" along|strong="H3027" with|strong="H3318" your|strong="H1961" weapons|strong="H3627", in|strong="H3027" order|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3027" when|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3027" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3318" defecate [EUP], you|strong="H3027" can|strong="H4310" dig|strong="H2864" a|strong="H1961" hole|strong="H6310" with|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" stick|strong="H6086", and|strong="H3027" then|strong="H1961" cover|strong="H3680" up|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" hole|strong="H6310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w finished|strong="H3615"\+w* defecating}. 
\verseNumber{14}You|strong="H5921" must|strong="H2351" keep|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" camp|strong="H4264" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H7725" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430", because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H5921" is|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" in|strong="H3427" your|strong="H5921" camp|strong="H4264" to|strong="H7725" protect|strong="H8104" you|strong="H5921" and|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7725" defeat|strong="H5221" your|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H0341". Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H3605" disgraceful|strong="H5039"/indecent|strong="H6172" that|strong="H1961" would|strong="H0014" cause|strong="H7725" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H7725" abandon|strong="H5800" you|strong="H5921".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Various|strong="H2921" other|strong="H0312" laws|strong="H8451" }
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\verseNumber{15}“f slaves|strong="H5650" who|strong="H3068" escape|strong="H5337" from|strong="H7725" their|strong="H3068" masters|strong="H0113" come|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w request|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w protect|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*}, do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" send|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1980" their|strong="H3068" masters|strong="H0113". 
\verseNumber{16}Allow|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5337" to|strong="H5650" stay|strong="H3427"/live|strong="H3427" among|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5973", in|strong="H5650" whatever|strong="H3605" town|strong="H7151" they|strong="H3808" choose|strong="H0977", and|strong="H5650" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" mistreat|strong="H3238" them|strong="H5337". 
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\verseNumber{17}“o|strong="H3069" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w allow|strong="H5414"\+w*} any|strong="H3808" Israeli man|strong="H2896" or|strong="H3808" woman|strong="H0802" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5973"\+w*} become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H3808" prostitute|strong="H2181" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5973" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{18}Also|strong="H3478", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" any|strong="H1961" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" earned money|strong="H3701" from|strong="H3478" being|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" prostitute|strong="H6945" to|strong="H3478" bring|strong="H1323" any|strong="H1961" of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3478" money|strong="H3701" into|strong="H1323" the|strong="H1961" temple|strong="H6945" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H1961" God|strong="H3808", even|strong="H3808" if|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3808" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3478" pay|strong="H7999" that|strong="H3478" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Yahweh|strong="H3068" hates|strong="H8130" those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" prostitutes|strong="H6945". 
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\verseNumber{19}“hen|strong="H2581" you|strong="H3588" lend|strong="H3867" money|strong="H3701" or|strong="H3808" food|strong="H1004" or|strong="H3808" anything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" fellow|strong="H7453" Israeli, do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" charge|strong="H4931" them|strong="H8147" interest|strong="H5392". 
\verseNumber{20}You|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1697" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1697" charge|strong="H5391" interest|strong="H5392" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3605" lend|strong="H3867" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H1697" foreigners|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w*}, but|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3605" lend|strong="H3867" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H1697" Israelis. Do|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1697" in|strong="H1697" order|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1697" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H3605" in|strong="H1697" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H1697" in|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1697" enter|strong="H0935" and|strong="H3701" occupy|strong="H3423". 
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\verseNumber{21}“hen|strong="H2581" you|strong="H3605" vow|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" something|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w or|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w something|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w*}, do|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5921" as|strong="H3068" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3605" can|strong="H3808". Yahweh|strong="H3068" expects you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3605" promised|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" if|strong="H1288" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5921", you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" committing|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" [SYN] do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" vow|strong="H5088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w*}, that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" sinful|strong="H2399". 
\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" voluntarily|strong="H5071" promise|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{24}“hen|strong="H2581" you|strong="H6213" walk|strong="H1980" through|strong="H6213" someone|strong="H0376" else’s|strong="H0312" vineyard|strong="H3754", you|strong="H6213" are|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H3068" to|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w pick|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} eat|strong="H6310" as|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" grapes|strong="H6025" as|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" want|strong="H4270", but|strong="H1696" you|strong="H6213" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cut|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w vine|strong="H1612"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w carry|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w away|strong="H5493"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H6213" container|strong="H3627". 
\verseNumber{25}When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H5414" walk|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w along|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w path|strong="H0734"\+w*} in|strong="H5315" someone|strong="H5315" else’s|strong="H0312" field|strong="H7704" of|strong="H3627" grain|strong="H1715", you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H5315" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" pluck|strong="H6998"/pick|strong="H5375" some|strong="H5315" of|strong="H3627" the|strong="H3588" grain|strong="H1715" and|strong="H3754" eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H5414", but|strong="H3588" you|strong="H5414" must|strong="H5315" not|strong="H3808" cut|strong="H3772" any|strong="H5315" grain|strong="H1715" with|strong="H3627" a|strong="H5414" sickle|strong="H2770" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3754"\+w* \+w take|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3627"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Laws about divorcing and remarrying }
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\chapterNumber{24}“Suppose|strong="H3588" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" marries|strong="H1166" a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H1004" and|strong="H7971" later|strong="H1961" decides|strong="H6504" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" her|strong="H5414" because|strong="H3588" there|strong="H1961" is|strong="H3027" something|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1961" her|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" doesn’t|strong="H3808" like|strong="H1961". And|strong="H7971" suppose|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" writes|strong="H3789" on|strong="H3027" paper that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3027" divorcing her|strong="H5414", and|strong="H7971" he|strong="H3588" gives|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" paper to|strong="H7971" her|strong="H5414" [SYN] and|strong="H7971" sends|strong="H7971" her|strong="H5414" away|strong="H7971" from|strong="H3027" his|strong="H5414" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H1961" suppose|strong="H3588" that|strong="H1004" she|strong="H1980" goes|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" marries|strong="H1166" another|strong="H0312" man|strong="H0376", 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3588" man|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w later|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w also|strong="H3027"\+w*} decides|strong="H6504" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5414" like|strong="H1004" her|strong="H5414", and|strong="H7971" he|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3027" writes|strong="H3789" on|strong="H3027" paper that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3027" divorcing her|strong="H5414", and|strong="H7971" he|strong="H3588" sends|strong="H7971" her|strong="H5414" away|strong="H7971" from|strong="H3027" his|strong="H5414" house|strong="H1004". Or|strong="H1004", suppose|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" second|strong="H8145" husband|strong="H0376" dies|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{4}If|strong="H3588" either|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1931" things|strong="H7223" happens|strong="H1961", her|strong="H5414" first|strong="H7223" husband|strong="H1167" must|strong="H3947" not|strong="H3808" marry|strong="H3947" her|strong="H5414" again|strong="H7725". He|strong="H1931" must|strong="H3947" consider|strong="H7725" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H7725" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Yahweh|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" consider|strong="H7725" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H1961" disgusting|strong="H8441" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w married|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*}. You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3947" not|strong="H3808" sin|strong="H2398" [MTY] by|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H3588".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Various|strong="H2921" laws|strong="H8451" }
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\verseNumber{5}“hen|strong="H2581" some|strong="H1697" man|strong="H3605" has|strong="H1961" recently|strong="H3117" become|strong="H1961" married|strong="H3947", he|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3947" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w required|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w*} become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" soldier|strong="H6635" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635" or|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" required|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3318" do|strong="H3318" any|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" work|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w government|strong="H4951"\+w*} for|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3605" year|strong="H8141" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w married|strong="H3947"\+w*}. He|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" stay|strong="H3427" happily at|strong="H5921" home|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802" for|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" year|strong="H8141". 
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\verseNumber{6}“nyone who|strong="H1931" lends|strong="H3867" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H5315" someone|strong="H5315" else|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w allowed|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w require|strong="H1875"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w person|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w give|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w him|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w*} to|strong="H5315" guarantee|strong="H6148" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w pay|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w back|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w borrowed|strong="H7592"\+w*. \+w But|strong="H3588"\+w*} he|strong="H1931" must|strong="H5315" not|strong="H3808" take|strong="H2254" from|strong="H5315" him|strong="H1931" his|strong="H3588" ◄millstone|strong="H7393"/stone|strong="H0068" for|strong="H3588" grinding|strong="H2912" grain|strong="H1715"►. That|strong="H3588" would|strong="H5315" be|strong="H3808" taking|strong="H2254" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w millstone|strong="H7393"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w family|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w needs|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w grind|strong="H2912"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w grain|strong="H1715"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w make|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w bread|strong="H3899"\+w*} they|strong="H3588" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H5315" stay|strong="H3427" alive|strong="H5315". 
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\verseNumber{7}“f someone|strong="H5315" kidnaps|strong="H1589"/steals|strong="H1589" a|strong="H3588" fellow|strong="H1121" Israeli to|strong="H3478" cause|strong="H2600" that|strong="H3588" person|strong="H5315" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1197" his|strong="H3478" slave|strong="H5315" or|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" sell|strong="H4376" him|strong="H4672" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1197"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w else’s|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w slave|strong="H5315"\+w*}, you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" execute|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3588" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="H1931" did|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588". By|strong="H4191" doing|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" get|strong="H4672" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1121" this|strong="H1931" evil|strong="H7451" among|strong="H7130" you|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{8}“f you|strong="H6680" are|strong="H3548" suffering|strong="H6040" from|strong="H3881" ◄leprosy|strong="H6883"/a|strong="H6213" dreaded|strong="H1481" skin|strong="H5785" disease|strong="H6883"►, be|strong="H5061" sure|strong="H8104" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548", who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3548" from|strong="H3881" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3605" Levi|strong="H3881", tell|strong="H3605" you|strong="H6680" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213". Obey|strong="H6213" carefully|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" instructions|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H6680" have|strong="H3548" given|strong="H6680" to|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{16}“arents must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191" for|strong="H5921" crimes|strong="H6588" that|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" committed|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191" for|strong="H5921" crimes|strong="H6588" that|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5921" parents|strong="H0001" have|strong="H1121" committed|strong="H5921". People|strong="H1121" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191" only|strong="H0389" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" crimes|strong="H6588" that|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" themselves|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1121" committed|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{17}“ou must|strong="H3808" [LIT|strong="H0215"] do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H4941" foreigners|strong="H1616" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1616"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w*} among|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" and|strong="H4941" for|strong="H4941" orphans|strong="H3490" what|strong="H4941" the|strong="H5186" laws|strong="H8451" state|strong="H1696" must|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H4941" them|strong="H5414". And|strong="H4941" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w lend|strong="H3867"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4941"\+w*} a|strong="H5186" widow|strong="H0490", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" take|strong="H2254" her|strong="H5186" coat|strong="H3801" from|strong="H5186" her|strong="H5186" as|strong="H4941" a|strong="H5186" guarantee|strong="H6148" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1616"\+w* \+w she|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w return|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5186"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{19}“hen|strong="H2581" you|strong="H3588" harvest|strong="H7105" your|strong="H3068" crops|strong="H7105", if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" forgotten|strong="H7911" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w left|strong="H7725"\+w*} one|strong="H3605" bundle|strong="H6872" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" field|strong="H7704", do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" get|strong="H3947" it|strong="H3588". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Leave|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w there|strong="H1961"\+w*} for|strong="H3588" foreigners|strong="H1616", orphans|strong="H3490", and|strong="H3068" widows|strong="H0490". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3068" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{22}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w kind|strong="H4327"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" slaves|strong="H5650" in|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714". That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2088" why|strong="H5921" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" commanding|strong="H6680" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w kind|strong="H4327"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w those|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w who|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w needy|strong="H0034"\+w*}.” 

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\chapterNumber{25}“If|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w two|strong="H8147"\+w*} Israelis have|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" dispute|strong="H7379" and|strong="H4941" they|strong="H3588" go|strong="H5066" to|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" court|strong="H4941", the|strong="H3588" judge|strong="H8199" will|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{probably} decide|strong="H8199"/declare|strong="H6663" that|strong="H3588" one|strong="H6662" of|strong="H4941" them|strong="H1961" ◄is|strong="H7563" innocent|strong="H6662"/did|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" do|strong="H7561" any|strong="H1961" wrong|strong="H4941"► and|strong="H4941" the|strong="H3588" other|strong="H0312" one|strong="H6662" is|strong="H7563" guilty|strong="H7563". 
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\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3808" ox|strong="H7794" is|strong="H7794" treading|strong="H1869"/walking|strong="H1980" on|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3808" grain|strong="H1715" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w separate|strong="H0914"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w chaff|strong="H4671"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w grain|strong="H1715"\+w*}, do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" ◄muzzle|strong="H2629" it|strong="H3808"/put|strong="H5414" a|strong="H3808" covering|strong="H4372" on|strong="H3808" its|strong="H3808" mouth|strong="H6310"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w prevent|strong="H6923"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w eating|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w grain|strong="H1715"\+w*}. 

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\verseNumber{5}If|strong="H3588" two|strong="H3947" brothers|strong="H1121" live|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" same|strong="H1992" property|strong="H0272", and|strong="H1121" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H1992" who|strong="H1121" has|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" son|strong="H1121" dies|strong="H4191", the|strong="H5921" man’s|strong="H0376" widow|strong="H0490" should|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" marry|strong="H3947" someone|strong="H4191" who|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H1961" member|strong="H1995" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3947" family|strong="H4191". The|strong="H5921" dead|strong="H4191" man’s|strong="H0376" brother|strong="H2993" must|strong="H4191" marry|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947" and|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1961" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H5921" her|strong="H3947". It|strong="H5921" is|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3947" duty|strong="H2992" to|strong="H4191" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{6}If|strong="H1961" she|strong="H5921" later|strong="H1961" gives|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3478" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1060", that|strong="H3478" son|strong="H1060" is|strong="H8034" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" considered|strong="H1961" [MTY] the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1060" of|strong="H3205" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H4191" who|strong="H3478" died|strong="H4191", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" dead|strong="H4191" man’s|strong="H0376" name|strong="H8034" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" disappear|strong="H0622" from|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{7}“ut if|strong="H0518" the|strong="H3947" dead|strong="H4191" man’s|strong="H0376" brother|strong="H2993" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H2654" to|strong="H3478" marry|strong="H3947" that|strong="H3478" woman|strong="H8034", she|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3947" stand|strong="H6965" at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3947" ◄gate|strong="H8179"/central meeting|strong="H4150" place|strong="H4725"► of|strong="H2205" the|strong="H3947" town|strong="H8179" and|strong="H6965" say|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H8179"\+w*} elders|strong="H2205", ‘My|strong="H3947" husband’s|strong="H2993" brother|strong="H2993" will|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" ◄his|strong="H3947" duty|strong="H2992"/what|strong="H5927" he|strong="H3808" is|strong="H8034" supposed to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213"►. He|strong="H3808" refuses|strong="H3985" to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w marry|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w me|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w may|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w give|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w birth|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3478"\+w* } prevent|strong="H6923" my|strong="H3947" dead|strong="H4191" husband’s|strong="H2993" name|strong="H8034" from|strong="H5927" disappearing in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478".’ 
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\verseNumber{10}After|strong="H8034" that|strong="H3478" happens|strong="H1961", that|strong="H3478" man’s|strong="H0376" family|strong="H1004" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H8034" known|strong="H3045" as|strong="H1004" ‘the|strong="H7121" family|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7121" man|strong="H0376" whose|strong="H8034" sandal|strong="H5275" was|strong="H8034" pulled|strong="H5265" off’. 

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\verseNumber{17}Continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3318" remember|strong="H2142" what|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3318" your|strong="H6213" ancestors|strong="H0001" when|strong="H3318" they|strong="H6213" were|strong="H4714" coming|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1870" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
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\chapterNumber{26}“After|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588" occupy|strong="H3423" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" ◄have|strong="H1961" settled|strong="H3427"/are|strong="H3068" living|strong="H3427"► there|strong="H1961", 
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\verseNumber{12}Every|strong="H3605" third|strong="H7992" year|strong="H8141", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" bring|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H8141" Levi|strong="H3881" and|strong="H8141" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" foreigners|strong="H1616" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w are|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w living|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w among|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*} and|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" orphans|strong="H3490" and|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" widows|strong="H0490" ◄a|strong="H5414" tithe|strong="H4643"/10 percent► of|strong="H8141" your|strong="H3605" crops|strong="H8393", in|strong="H8141" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" in|strong="H8141" every|strong="H3605" town|strong="H8179" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5414" have|strong="H7646" plenty|strong="H7646" to|strong="H5414" eat|strong="H0398". 
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\verseNumber{16}Today|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" commanding|strong="H6680" you|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H2088" rules|strong="H2706" and|strong="H3068" regulations|strong="H4941". So|strong="H6213" obey|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" faithfully|strong="H0571", with|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" entire|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H6442" being|strong="H5315" [DOU]. 
\verseNumber{17}Today|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" declared|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" conduct|strong="H1870" your|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H1961" as|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" wants|strong="H2656" you|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3212" do|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3212" his|strong="H8104" commands|strong="H4687" and|strong="H3068" rules|strong="H2706" and|strong="H3068" regulations|strong="H4941", and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3212" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" tells|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3212" do|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H3068" today|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" declared|strong="H1696" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1696" he|strong="H3117" promised|strong="H1696" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3605" would|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3117" commands|strong="H4687" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1696" obey|strong="H8104" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" commands|strong="H4687". 
\verseNumber{19}If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5971", he|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" become|strong="H1961" greater|strong="H1419" than|strong="H5921" any|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" nation|strong="H1471" that|strong="H5971" he|strong="H6213" has|strong="H3068" established|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" praise|strong="H8416" him|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H8597" him|strong="H5414" [DOU]. You|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" truly|strong="H6213" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" has|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The stone tablets set up on Ebal Mountain }
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\chapterNumber{27}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3117", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" Israeli leaders|strong="H2205", said|strong="H0559" this|strong="H8104" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971": “Obey|strong="H8104" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" commandments|strong="H4687" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" giving|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H6680" today|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{2-4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Soon|strong="H3512"\+w*} you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" cross|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} and|strong="H3967" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" whom|strong="H0834" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}, promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0859". There|strong="H8033", in|strong="H0935" that|strong="H0834" very|strong="H3966" fertile|strong="H3759" [IDM] land|strong="H0776" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w west|strong="H3220"\+w*} side|strong="H6285" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}, set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H5927" some|strong="H4480" large|strong="H1419" stones|strong="H0068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Ebal|strong="H5858"\+w* \+w Mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*}, and|strong="H3967" cover|strong="H3680" them|strong="H5414" with|strong="H5973" plaster|strong="H6083". Then|strong="H0227" write|strong="H3789" on|strong="H5921" those|strong="H1992" stones|strong="H0068" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H0428" laws|strong="H8451" and|strong="H3967" teachings|strong="H1980"/instructions|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" stone|strong="H0068" altar|strong="H4196" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H5130" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", but|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" cut|strong="H3772" those|strong="H5921" stones|strong="H0068" with|strong="H3068" iron|strong="H1270" tools|strong="H0240". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" make|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H5927" sacrifices|strong="H5930" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H3068" made|strong="H1129" with|strong="H3068" uncut|strong="H8003" stones|strong="H0068". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033" you|strong="H6440" must|strong="H4191" sacrifice|strong="H2076" offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H3068" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" must|strong="H4191" eat|strong="H0398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w share|strong="H2506"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w offerings|strong="H8002"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" rejoice|strong="H8055"/celebrate|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H1697", when|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3605" write|strong="H3789" these|strong="H2063" laws|strong="H8451" on|strong="H5921" those|strong="H3605" stones|strong="H0068", you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" write|strong="H3789" them|strong="H5921" very|strong="H3190" clearly|strong="H3045".” 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H1961" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3117", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548", said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971", “You|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971", be|strong="H1961" quiet|strong="H8252" and|strong="H4872" listen|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w what|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w saying|strong="H1696"\+w*}. Today|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068", our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H6213", you|strong="H6680" must|strong="H4191" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6963" he|strong="H3117" tells|strong="H1696" you|strong="H6680", and|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H8085" all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H8085" rules|strong="H2706" and|strong="H3068" regulations|strong="H4941" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6680" today|strong="H3117".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H8085" curses|strong="H7043" from|strong="H8085" disobeying God|strong="H3068" }
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\verseNumber{11}On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H5971" same|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" Israeli people|strong="H5971", 
\verseNumber{12}“After|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5971" crossed|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}, the|strong="H5921" tribes|strong="H5975" of|strong="H2022" Simeon|strong="H8095", Levi|strong="H3878", Judah|strong="H3063", Issachar|strong="H3485", Joseph|strong="H3130", and|strong="H3063" Benjamin|strong="H1144" must|strong="H4191" stand|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" Gerizim|strong="H1630" Mountain|strong="H2022" and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w request|strong="H1246"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w*} bless|strong="H1288" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H2022" the|strong="H5921" tribes|strong="H5975" of|strong="H2022" Reuben|strong="H7205", Gad|strong="H1410", Asher|strong="H0836", Zebulun|strong="H2074", Dan|strong="H1835", and|strong="H2022" Naphtali|strong="H5321" must|strong="H4191" stand|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" Ebal|strong="H5858" Mountain|strong="H2022" and|strong="H2022" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H2022" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H2022" do|strong="H6213" when|strong="H5921" he|strong="H5921" curses|strong="H7045" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H6963" Levi|strong="H3881" must|strong="H3478" shout|strong="H6963" these|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" loudly|strong="H6963": 
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\verseNumber{15}‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" curse|strong="H7045" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" makes|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" idol|strong="H6459" of|strong="H3068" stone|strong="H0068", or|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" wood|strong="H6086", or|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" metal|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3068" secretly|strong="H5643" sets|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" up|strong="H7760" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worships|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7760"\+w*}. 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" considers|strong="H7919" that|strong="H5971" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605", made|strong="H6213" by|strong="H3027" humans [SYN], are|strong="H5971" detestable|strong="H8441"/disgusting|strong="H8441".’ 
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And|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" must|strong="H4191" reply|strong="H6030", ‘◄Amen|strong="H0543"/We|strong="H6213" want|strong="H4270" that|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H6213"►.’ 
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\verseNumber{16}‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H5971" curse|strong="H7045" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" dishonors|strong="H7034" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" or|strong="H5971" his|strong="H3605" mother|strong="H0517".’ 
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And|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" must|strong="H4191" reply|strong="H7725", ‘◄Amen|strong="H0543"/We|strong="H3605" want|strong="H4270" that|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5971" happen|strong="H1961"►.’ 
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\verseNumber{17}‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H5971" curse|strong="H7045" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" removes|strong="H4185" someone|strong="H0376" else’s|strong="H0312" markers of|strong="H1366" property|strong="H0272" boundaries|strong="H1367".’ 
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And|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" must|strong="H4191" reply|strong="H7725", ‘◄Amen|strong="H0543"/We|strong="H3605" want|strong="H4270" that|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5971" happen|strong="H1961"►.’ 
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\verseNumber{18}‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H5971" curse|strong="H7045" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" leads|strong="H7686" a|strong="H5971" blind|strong="H5787" person|strong="H5315" to|strong="H1870" go|strong="H5971" ◄in|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3605" wrong|strong="H7451" direction|strong="H1870"/where|strong="H0834" that|strong="H5971" person|strong="H5315" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1870" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H1870" go|strong="H5971"►.’ 
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And|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" must|strong="H4191" reply|strong="H7725", ‘◄Amen|strong="H0543"/We|strong="H3605" want|strong="H4270" that|strong="H5971" to|strong="H1870" happen|strong="H1961"►.’ 
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\verseNumber{19}‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H5971" curse|strong="H7045" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" deprives|strong="H5493" foreigners|strong="H1616" or|strong="H1616" orphans|strong="H3490" or|strong="H1616" widows|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" state|strong="H1696" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H5971" done|strong="H3605" for|strong="H4941" them|strong="H5414".’ 
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And|strong="H4941" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" must|strong="H4191" reply|strong="H7725", ‘◄Amen|strong="H0543"/We|strong="H3605" want|strong="H4270" that|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5971" happen|strong="H1961"►.’ 
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\verseNumber{20}‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H5971" curse|strong="H7045" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" ◄shows|strong="H6213" no|strong="H3605" respect|strong="H6437" for|strong="H3588"/disgraces his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001"► 
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by|strong="H5973" having|strong="H3588" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" [EUP] any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5971" his|strong="H3605" father’s|strong="H0001" wives|strong="H0802".’ 
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And|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" must|strong="H4191" reply|strong="H7725", ‘◄Amen|strong="H0543"/We|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" that|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1540" happen|strong="H1961"►.’ 
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\verseNumber{21}‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H5971" curse|strong="H7045" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3605" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H5973" any|strong="H3605" animal|strong="H0929".’ 
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And|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" must|strong="H4191" reply|strong="H7725", ‘◄Amen|strong="H0543"/We|strong="H3605" want|strong="H4270" that|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5971" happen|strong="H1961"►.’ 
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\verseNumber{22}‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H5971" curse|strong="H7045" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3605" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H3605" sister|strong="H0269" or|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H3605" half-sister.’ 
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And|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" must|strong="H4191" reply|strong="H7725", ‘◄Amen|strong="H0543"/We|strong="H3605" want|strong="H4270" that|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5971" happen|strong="H1961"►.’ 
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\verseNumber{23}‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H5971" curse|strong="H7045" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3605" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" [EUP] his|strong="H3605" mother-in-law|strong="H2545".’ 
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And|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" must|strong="H4191" reply|strong="H7725", ‘◄Amen|strong="H0543"/We|strong="H3605" want|strong="H4270" that|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5971" happen|strong="H1961"►.’ 
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\verseNumber{24}‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H5971" curse|strong="H7045" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" secretly|strong="H5643" murders|strong="H7523" someone|strong="H0376" else|strong="H3605".’ 
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And|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" must|strong="H4191" reply|strong="H7725", ‘◄Amen|strong="H0543"/We|strong="H3605" want|strong="H4270" that|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5971" happen|strong="H1961"►.’ 
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\verseNumber{25}‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H5971" curse|strong="H7045" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" accepts|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" bribe|strong="H7810" to|strong="H5971" murder|strong="H7523" someone|strong="H5315" who|strong="H3605" ◄is|strong="H5315" innocent|strong="H5355"/has|strong="H5315" not|strong="H3947" done|strong="H3605" something|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" is|strong="H5315" wrong|strong="H7451".►’ 
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And|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" must|strong="H3947" reply|strong="H7725", ‘◄Amen|strong="H0543"/We|strong="H5315" want|strong="H5315" that|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5971" happen|strong="H1961"►.’ 
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\verseNumber{26}‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H5971" curse|strong="H7045" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" disobeys these|strong="H2063" laws|strong="H8451" and|strong="H6965" refuses|strong="H3985" to|strong="H6213" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H5971" these|strong="H2063" laws|strong="H8451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w good|strong="H6965"\+w*}.’ 
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And|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" must|strong="H3808" reply|strong="H1697", ‘◄Amen|strong="H0543"/We|strong="H6213" want|strong="H3808" that|strong="H5971" to|strong="H6213" happen|strong="H6213"►.’” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The blessings from obeying God }
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\chapterNumber{28}“If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6963" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" tells|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" and|strong="H3068" faithfully|strong="H0571" obey|strong="H8085" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" today|strong="H3117" commanding|strong="H6680" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213", he|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" greater|strong="H1419" than|strong="H5921" any|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" nation|strong="H1471" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{2}If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" obey|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068", this|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6963" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H3588": 
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\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H1288" will|strong="H5892" bless|strong="H1288" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5892" you|strong="H1288" do|strong="H6213" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H1288" are|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H1288" cities|strong="H5892" 
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and|strong="H5892" he|strong="H1288" will|strong="H5892" bless|strong="H1288" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5892" you|strong="H1288" do|strong="H6213" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H1288" are|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w working|strong="H4639"\+w*} in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H1288" fields|strong="H7704". 
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\verseNumber{31}Your|strong="H5414" enemies|strong="H0341" will|strong="H5869" butcher your|strong="H5414" cattle|strong="H6629" while|strong="H5869" you|strong="H5414" watch|strong="H5869" them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H7725" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3808" get|strong="H7725" any|strong="H4480" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" meat|strong="H1320" to|strong="H7725" eat|strong="H0398". 
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They|strong="H3808" will|strong="H5869" drag|strong="H5498" away|strong="H7725" your|strong="H5414" donkeys|strong="H2543" while|strong="H5869" you|strong="H5414" watch|strong="H5869" them|strong="H5414" do|strong="H5869" it|strong="H5414", and|strong="H7725" they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3808" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{45}“ou will|strong="H3068" experience|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H8085" disasters|strong="H4672", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" experience|strong="H7200" them|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588" until|strong="H5704" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" destroyed|strong="H8045", if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6963" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" told|strong="H6680" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" obey|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" rules|strong="H2708" and|strong="H3068" regulations|strong="H4941" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H6680" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{46}“hese disasters|strong="H4672" will|strong="H1961" warn|strong="H2094" [DOU] you|strong="H5704" and|strong="H5769" your|strong="H1961" descendants|strong="H2233" forever|strong="H5769" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w what|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w happens|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w groups|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w disobey|strong="H0854"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{47}“ecause Yahweh|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" you|strong="H3605" abundantly|strong="H7230" in|strong="H3068" many|strong="H7230" ways|strong="H1870", you|strong="H3605" should|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" served|strong="H5647" him|strong="H5647" very|strong="H7230" joyfully|strong="H8057" [DOU], but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3605" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H5647" that|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{48}“herefore, you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" work|strong="H5647" for|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" whom|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971" to|strong="H5704" attack|strong="H5221" you|strong="H5414". You|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" hungry|strong="H7457" and|strong="H3068" thirsty|strong="H6772"; you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3068" clothes|strong="H0899" to|strong="H5704" wear|strong="H3847"; and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" lack|strong="H2640" everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H5414" need|strong="H4270". And|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H5647" slaves|strong="H5647" [MET|strong="H6298"] and|strong="H3068" work|strong="H5647" hard|strong="H7186" until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H5704" gets|strong="H7971" rid|strong="H7971" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{49}“ahweh will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" an|strong="H5375" army|strong="H2428" from|strong="H5921" very|strong="H3966" far|strong="H7350" away|strong="H5375" [HYP] to|strong="H3068" attack|strong="H5221" you|strong="H5921", whose|strong="H1471" soldiers|strong="H5650" speak|strong="H1696" a|strong="H5375" language|strong="H3956" that|strong="H8085" you|strong="H5921" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045"/understand|strong="H8085". They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" swoop|strong="H1675" down|strong="H1675" on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w quickly|strong="H4116"\+w*} like|strong="H3808" an|strong="H5375" eagle|strong="H5404" [SIM] attacks|strong="H5221" its|strong="H5921" prey|strong="H2964". 
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\verseNumber{58}“f you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" faithfully|strong="H0571" obey|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H1697" am|strong="H3068" writing|strong="H3789", and|strong="H3068" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" revere|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" glorious|strong="H3513" God|strong="H3068" [MTY], 
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\verseNumber{64}“ahweh will|strong="H3068" scatter|strong="H6327" you|strong="H3605" among|strong="H5971" many|strong="H5704" people-groups, all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776", and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" those|strong="H3605" areas|strong="H0776"/places|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H5647" other|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3045" are|strong="H5971" made|strong="H3045" of|strong="H3068" wood|strong="H6086" or|strong="H3808" stone|strong="H0068", gods|strong="H0430" which|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" have|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" known|strong="H3045"/worshiped|strong="H5647". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The agreement made in Moab }
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\chapterNumber{29}These|strong="H6213" are|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" Israelis were|strong="H3478" required|strong="H7592" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" keep|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" agreement|strong="H7284" that|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" making|strong="H6213" with|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6213". Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H4714" commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" keep|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" agreement|strong="H7284" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w*/\+w we|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Moab|strong="H4124" region|strong="H2256" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w east|strong="H6921"\+w* \+w side|strong="H6285"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. This|strong="H6213" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3478" addition|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" agreement|strong="H7284" that|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" with|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6213"/us|strong="H6213" at|strong="H3478" Sinai|strong="H5514" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{2}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H7200" summoned|strong="H7121" all|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" Israeli people|strong="H5869" and|strong="H1419" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7200" them|strong="H1992", “You|strong="H7200" saw|strong="H7200" [SYN] for|strong="H5869" yourselves|strong="H5869" what|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H5869" to|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H5869" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H1419" to|strong="H7200" his|strong="H7200" officials|strong="H8269" and|strong="H1419" to|strong="H7200" his|strong="H7200" entire|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022". 
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\verseNumber{7}“nd when|strong="H3588" we|strong="H0587" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H5414" this|strong="H5414" place|strong="H5414", Sihon|strong="H5511", the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H0834" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5414" Heshbon|strong="H2809" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H3947" Og|strong="H5747", the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H0834" ruled|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5414" Bashan|strong="H1316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, came|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w*} to|strong="H5414" attack|strong="H5221" us|strong="H5414", but|strong="H3947" we|strong="H0587" defeated|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{19}“e sure|strong="H0539" that|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H2088" here|strong="H2088" today|strong="H2088" who|strong="H3605" hears|strong="H8085" this|strong="H2088" agreement|strong="H7284" thinks|strong="H8176", ‘Everything|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3068" well|strong="H3190" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H3808", even|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" stubbornly|strong="H5637" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2088" I|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068".’ If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H8064" stubborn|strong="H5637" likethat, the|strong="H3605" result|strong="H6903" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" eventually|strong="H0310" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588", both|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" people|strong="H3808" and|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" people|strong="H3808" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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\verseNumber{22}“n the|strong="H3605" future|strong="H0319", your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" and|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3808" from|strong="H5927" other|strong="H3605" countries|strong="H0776" will|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" disasters|strong="H4672" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" illnesses|strong="H2483" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{25}“hen|strong="H2581" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" reply|strong="H7725", ‘It|strong="H3045" is|strong="H3808" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3808" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3212" keep|strong="H5647" the|strong="H5647" agreement|strong="H7284" that|strong="H3045" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5647" God|strong="H3808" whom|strong="H0834" their|strong="H5647" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}, had|strong="H3045" made|strong="H3045" with|strong="H3045" them|strong="H5647" when|strong="H3045" he|strong="H3808" brought|strong="H3212" them|strong="H5647" out|strong="H3045" of|strong="H5647" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{26}Instead|strong="H5921", they|strong="H3068" served|strong="H5647"/worshiped|strong="H7812" other|strong="H2088" gods|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" worshiped|strong="H7812" before|strong="H5921", gods|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5921" not|strong="H2088" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812". 
\verseNumber{27}So|strong="H2088", Yahweh|strong="H3068" became|strong="H3205" very|strong="H2088" angry|strong="H2534" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" land|strong="H0776", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3117" caused|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" experience|strong="H7200" all|strong="H1419" the|strong="H5921" disasters|strong="H4672" that|strong="H3117" their|strong="H3068" leader|strong="H5387" warned|strong="H2094" them|strong="H5921" about|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{28}Yahweh|strong="H3068" became|strong="H1697" extremely|strong="H5704" angry|strong="H2734" [DOU] with|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6213" and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H3947"/yanked them|strong="H6213" [MET|strong="H6298"] out|strong="H6213" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H1121" banished|strong="H1540" them|strong="H6213" into|strong="H1540" another|strong="H0312" land|strong="H0776", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1121" still|strong="H5704" there|strong="H3605".’ 
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\verseNumber{29}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w There|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w some|strong="H4480"\+w*} things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H3068" ◄kept|strong="H8104" secret|strong="H5643"/not|strong="H3808" revealed|strong="H1540"►, but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" revealed|strong="H1540" his|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" to|strong="H0413" us|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3967" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H0834"\+w* expects} us|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3967" our|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" to|strong="H0413" obey|strong="H8085" them|strong="H5414" forever|strong="H5769".” 

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\chapterNumber{30}“I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" now|strong="H1961" told|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" ways|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w obey|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" ways|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" curse|strong="H7045" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w disobey|strong="H0854"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w*}. I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" saying|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" choose|strong="H0977" which|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270". But|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w choose|strong="H0977"\+w* \+w not|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w obey|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w laws|strong="H8451"\+w*}, some|strong="H8033" day|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" living|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" countries|strong="H0776" to|strong="H7725" which|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" scatter|strong="H5080" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" remember|strong="H2142" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w told|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H3190" to|strong="H3068" possess|strong="H3423" again|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" lived|strong="H3427". And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" you|strong="H3190" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" more|strong="H7235" prosperous|strong="H6743" and|strong="H3068" more|strong="H7235" numerous|strong="H7235" than|strong="H7235" you|strong="H3190" are|strong="H3068" now|strong="H6258". 
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\chapterNumber{31}When|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H1697" finished|strong="H3615" saying|strong="H1697" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1696", 
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\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H5674" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440". He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*} destroy|strong="H8045" the|strong="H6440" nations|strong="H1471" that|strong="H1931" are|strong="H1471" living|strong="H2416" there|strong="H3068", in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H1931" you|strong="H6440" can|strong="H4310" occupy|strong="H3423" their|strong="H3068" land|strong="H6440". Joshua|strong="H3091" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" leader|strong="H5387", which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" already|strong="H3528" told|strong="H1696" me|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" conquer|strong="H3423" those|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H6440", but|strong="H3605" you|strong="H5414" must|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w nations|strong="H6440"\+w*, \+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w*} what|strong="H6213" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{6}Be|strong="H3808" brave|strong="H2428" and|strong="H1980" confident|strong="H0982". Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1931" people|strong="H3808". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w forget|strong="H7911"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" who|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3588". He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" help|strong="H2388" [LIT|strong="H0215"] you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H1980" never|strong="H3808" abandon|strong="H5800" you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H2088" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3588" summoned|strong="H7121" Joshua|strong="H3091", and|strong="H4872" while|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H3478" listening|strong="H8085", he|strong="H3588"/I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5414", “Be|strong="H3068" brave|strong="H2428" and|strong="H4872" confident|strong="H0982". You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H2088" who|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" lead|strong="H5148" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971" into|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H7650" to|strong="H3478" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H4872" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" occupy|strong="H3423" it|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{8}It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" who|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H1980" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440". He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H6440". He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" help|strong="H5800" [LIT|strong="H0215"] you|strong="H6440". He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" abandon|strong="H5800" you|strong="H6440". So|strong="H1980" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H3372" or|strong="H3808" dismayed|strong="H2865".” 

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\verseNumber{11}Read|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H7200" when|strong="H7200" they|strong="H3068" gather|strong="H6908" at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H4725" that|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" chooses|strong="H0977" for|strong="H7121" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3478" worship|strong="H7121" him|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{12}Gather|strong="H6950" together|strong="H6950" everyone|strong="H3605"—men|strong="H5971", women|strong="H0802", children|strong="H2945", even|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" foreigners|strong="H1616" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w living|strong="H3605"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" towns|strong="H8179"—in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3068" may|strong="H3068" hear|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w these|strong="H2063"\+w* \+w laws|strong="H8451"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" learn|strong="H3925" to|strong="H3068" revere|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" faithfully|strong="H0571" obey|strong="H8085" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" is|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3068" these|strong="H2063" laws|strong="H8451". 
\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w*}, your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" known|strong="H3045" these|strong="H8085" laws|strong="H8451" will|strong="H3068" hear|strong="H8085" them|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" learn|strong="H3925" to|strong="H3068" revere|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", during|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" years|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3045" they|strong="H3117" live|strong="H2416" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3117" about|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" cross|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" occupy|strong="H3423".” 

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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H4872" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H4191" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H7121", “Listen|strong="H2005" carefully|strong="H6213". You|strong="H6680" will|strong="H3068" soon|strong="H7126" die|strong="H4191". Summon|strong="H7121" Joshua|strong="H3091", and|strong="H4872" you|strong="H6680" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" with|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7121", in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" may|strong="H3068" appoint|strong="H6680" him|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w be|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w new|strong="H2319"\+w* \+w leader|strong="H5387"\+w*}.” So|strong="H7121" Joshua|strong="H3091" and|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3117" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
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\verseNumber{15}There|strong="H5975" Yahweh|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921"/us|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H7200" pillar|strong="H5982" of|strong="H3068" cloud|strong="H6051", and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H7200" cloud|strong="H6051" was|strong="H3068" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" door|strong="H6607" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{16}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H5973", “You|strong="H5973" will|strong="H3068" soon|strong="H3512" die|strong="H4191" [EUP]. Then|strong="H6965" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H2181" unfaithful|strong="H2181" [MET|strong="H6298"] to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5973". They|strong="H8033" will|strong="H3068" abandon|strong="H5800" me|strong="H5973" and|strong="H6965" ◄break|strong="H6565"/stop|strong="H2308" obeying|strong="H8085"► the|strong="H3068" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H2009" made|strong="H3772" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H5800". They|strong="H8033" will|strong="H3068" begin|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" the|strong="H3068" foreign|strong="H5236"/pagan|strong="H5869" gods|strong="H0430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w worshiped|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" land|strong="H7130" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H8033" will|strong="H3068" enter|strong="H0935". 
\verseNumber{17}When|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" happens|strong="H1961", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H2734" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H5921" them|strong="H1992". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" abandon|strong="H5800" them|strong="H1992" [DOU] and|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" help|strong="H5800" them|strong="H1992" [IDM], and|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" destroy|strong="H7843" them|strong="H1992" {they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H4229"}. Many|strong="H7227" terrible|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451" will|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H1992", with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H1961" say|strong="H0559", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w certain|strong="H0259"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} [RHQ] these|strong="H1992" things|strong="H7451" are|strong="H3117" happening to|strong="H1961" us|strong="H5921" because|strong="H3588" our|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3808" is|strong="H1931" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" with|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921".’ 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H3117" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1931" have|strong="H3117" done|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w especially|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1931" have|strong="H3117" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5921" worship|strong="H7812" other|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1931" refuse|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5921" help|strong="H6213" [IDM] them|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{19}“o|strong="H3069", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w going|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w give|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7760"\+w*} a|strong="H1961" song|strong="H7892". Write|strong="H3789" it|strong="H7760" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w scroll|strong="H5612"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" teach|strong="H3925" it|strong="H7760" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7760" Israeli people|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" cause|strong="H6310" them|strong="H7760" to|strong="H3478" memorize it|strong="H7760". It|strong="H7760" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" witness|strong="H5707" that|strong="H4616" accuses|strong="H6965" them|strong="H7760". 
\verseNumber{20}I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" about|strong="H5439" to|strong="H7650" take|strong="H7650" them|strong="H5647" into|strong="H0413" a|strong="H3588" very|strong="H3966" fertile|strong="H3759" [IDM] land|strong="H0776", a|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650" their|strong="H5647" ancestors|strong="H0001" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0014" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7650" them|strong="H5647". There|strong="H8033" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5647" have|strong="H7646" plenty|strong="H7646" to|strong="H7650" eat|strong="H0398", with|strong="H2100" the|strong="H3588" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3588" their|strong="H5647" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stomachs|strong="H4578"\+w*} will|strong="H5647" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w always|strong="H3605"\+w*} be|strong="H1285" full|strong="H7646" and|strong="H2461" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5647" become|strong="H1878" fat|strong="H1878". But|strong="H3588" then|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5647" turn|strong="H6437" to|strong="H7650" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430" and|strong="H2461" start|strong="H1870" to|strong="H7650" worship|strong="H5647" them|strong="H5647", and|strong="H2461" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5647" despise|strong="H5006" me|strong="H5006" and|strong="H2461" ◄break|strong="H6565"/stop|strong="H2308" obeying|strong="H8085"► the|strong="H3588" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" made|strong="H7650" with|strong="H2100" them|strong="H5647". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H6030" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" experience|strong="H3045" many|strong="H7227" terrible|strong="H6213" disasters|strong="H4672". After|strong="H2233" that|strong="H3588" happens|strong="H1961", their|strong="H6440" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H1961" never|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" this|strong="H2063" song|strong="H7892", and|strong="H6030" it|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" witness|strong="H5707" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w says|strong="H6310"\+w*, ‘\+w Now|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w why|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w your|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w*}.’ I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" soon|strong="H3588" take|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6440" into|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" vowed|strong="H7650" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H6213" give|strong="H6030" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H6440"; but|strong="H3588" now|strong="H1961", before|strong="H6440" I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H7451" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" thinking|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w living|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w there|strong="H1961"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H2063" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*/\+w me|strong="H3925"\+w* \+w this|strong="H2063"\+w* \+w song|strong="H7892"\+w*}, he|strong="H1931"/I|strong="H3117" wrote|strong="H3789" it|strong="H1931" down|strong="H3789", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1931"/I|strong="H3117" taught|strong="H3925" it|strong="H1931" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3117" Israeli people|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" ◄appointed|strong="H6680"/set|strong="H6680" apart|strong="H0914"► Joshua|strong="H3091" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5973", “Be|strong="H1961" brave|strong="H2428" and|strong="H1121" confident|strong="H0982", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" lead|strong="H5148" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121" into|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" vowed|strong="H7650" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3478" give|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H6680". And|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H1961" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5704" finished|strong="H3615" writing|strong="H3789" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" scroll|strong="H5612" all|strong="H8552" the|strong="H5921" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H1961" told|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H5921"/me|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H5375" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H6680" told|strong="H6680" the|strong="H5375" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Levi|strong="H3881", who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3881" carrying|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" that|strong="H3068" contained|strong="H3557" the|strong="H5375" Ten|strong="H6235" Commandments|strong="H4687", 
\verseNumber{26}“Take|strong="H3947" this|strong="H2088" scroll|strong="H5612" on|strong="H7760" which|strong="H3068" these|strong="H2088" laws|strong="H8451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w written|strong="H3789"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" place|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" beside|strong="H6654" the|strong="H3947" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" that|strong="H3068" contains|strong="H4393" the|strong="H3947" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" made|strong="H7760" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3947", in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3068" it|strong="H7760" may|strong="H1961" remain|strong="H1961" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H3068" testify|strong="H6030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w what|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3947" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w they|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w disobey|strong="H0854"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3947"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{27}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3588"\+w*} because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" these|strong="H3117" people|strong="H3045" are|strong="H3117" very|strong="H3045" stubborn|strong="H7186" [DOU]. They|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" rebelled|strong="H4784" against|strong="H5973" Yahweh|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3045" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1961"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" rebel|strong="H4784" much|strong="H7227" more|strong="H5750" after|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4194"! 
\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H1697" gather|strong="H6950" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" and|strong="H8064" your|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H7860", in|strong="H1696" order|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H1697" can|strong="H4310" tell|strong="H1696" them|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w this|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w song|strong="H1697"\+w*}, and|strong="H8064" request|strong="H1697" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1697" in|strong="H1696" heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H8064" on|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H1697" witnesses|strong="H5707" to|strong="H1696" testify|strong="H5749" against|strong="H1696" these|strong="H1696" people|strong="H1696". 
\verseNumber{29}I|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" after|strong="H4480" I|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4194", the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5869" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H6213" very|strong="H6213" wicked|strong="H7451". They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" turn|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H4480" doing|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213". And|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" future|strong="H0319", because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3588" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H4639" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213", they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H6213" angry|strong="H3707" with|strong="H3068" them|strong="H3027". And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H6213" them|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" experience|strong="H3045" disasters|strong="H7451".” 

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\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H1696", while|strong="H5704" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1696" listened|strong="H8085", Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H5704" sang|strong="H1696"/recited|strong="H1696" this|strong="H2063" entire|strong="H3605" song|strong="H7892" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5704": 
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\chapterNumber{32}“Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w you|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w are|strong="H8064"\+w* \+w in|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w*} heavens|strong="H8064", 
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and|strong="H8064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w you|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w are|strong="H8064"\+w* \+w on|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w*} earth|strong="H8064", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" what|strong="H6310" I|strong="H8085" say|strong="H1696" [MTY]. 
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\verseNumber{2}I|strong="H5921" wish|strong="H2896"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H4306" my|strong="H5921" teaching|strong="H3948" will|strong="H3068" fall|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" like|strong="H5921" rain|strong="H4306" drops|strong="H7447" 
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or|strong="H2919" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H5921" dew|strong="H2919" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H5140", 
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and|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" gentle|strong="H0441" rain|strong="H4306" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" young|strong="H5288" plants|strong="H6212", 
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like|strong="H5921" showers|strong="H7241" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" grass|strong="H6212". 
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\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" [MTY]. 
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and|strong="H1121" ◄assigned|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478"/chose|strong="H0977" for|strong="H1121"► each|strong="H5971" people-group a|strong="H3478" god|strong="H0430"/angel|strong="H4397". 
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it|strong="H2063" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6466" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H2063" things|strong="H3605".”’ 
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\verseNumber{28}You|strong="H3588" Israelis are|strong="H1992" a|strong="H3588" nation|strong="H1471" of|strong="H6098" people|strong="H1471" who|strong="H1992" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1471" any|strong="H3588" sense|strong="H3820". 
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None|strong="H0369" of|strong="H6098" you|strong="H3588" is|strong="H8394" wise|strong="H2450". 
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\verseNumber{29}If|strong="H3863" you|strong="H7919" were|strong="H0834" wise|strong="H2449", you|strong="H7919" would|strong="H3863" understand|strong="H7919" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w why|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7919"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3863"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3863"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w*}; 
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you|strong="H7919" would|strong="H3863" have|strong="H7919" realized|strong="H3045" what|strong="H2063" was|strong="H2063" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H7919". 
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\verseNumber{30}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w realized|strong="H3588"\+w*} why|strong="H3588" 1,000 \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} would|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" defeated|strong="H5221" by|strong="H3068" only|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w enemy|strong="H0340"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3068" why|strong="H3588" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" would|strong="H3068" chase|strong="H7291" away|strong="H5127" 10,000 \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*}. 
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because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" abandoned|strong="H5800" you|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{31}Your|strong="H3588" enemies|strong="H0341" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3588" gods|strong="H0430" are|strong="H6697" not|strong="H3808" powerful|strong="H2392" like|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068", our|strong="H3588" God|strong="H6697", 
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\verseNumber{32}Your|strong="H3588" enemies|strong="H0341" are|strong="H6025" like|strong="H3644" [MET|strong="H6298"] grapevines planted|strong="H5193" near|strong="H7126" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w ruins|strong="H2723"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1612"\+w*} Sodom|strong="H5467" and|strong="H5467" Gomorrah|strong="H6017" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}; 
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the|strong="H3588" grapes|strong="H6025" from|strong="H1612" those|strong="H3588" vines|strong="H1612" are|strong="H6025" bitter|strong="H4846" and|strong="H5467" poisonous|strong="H7219"; 
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\verseNumber{33}the|strong="H3605" wine|strong="H3196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H2534"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w grapes|strong="H6025"\+w*} is|strong="H2534" like|strong="H2534" the|strong="H3605" poison|strong="H2534" of|strong="H2534" snakes|strong="H8577" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{34}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{“ahweh \+w says|strong="H0559"\+w*}, ‘I|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" [RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w planned|strong="H3289"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3808"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3808" those|strong="H1931" plans|strong="H4284" are|strong="H3808" so|strong="H3808" secure|strong="H0982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w it|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w as|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w though|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w locked|strong="H5274"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w up|strong="H2856"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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\verseNumber{35}I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3588" who|strong="H7138" will|strong="H3117" get|strong="H3947" revenge|strong="H5359" and|strong="H3117" pay|strong="H7999" those|strong="H3588" enemies|strong="H0341" back|strong="H7725" for|strong="H3588" what|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3117" done|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}, 
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at|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" right|strong="H3225" time|strong="H6256" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H3117" to|strong="H6256" be|strong="H3117" punished|strong="H6485" [IDM]; 
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they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3117" soon|strong="H7138" experience|strong="H7200" disasters|strong="H4672", 
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and|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3117" punish|strong="H6485"/destroy|strong="H7843" them|strong="H3117" quickly|strong="H2363".’ 
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\verseNumber{36}“ut Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" truly|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971", who|strong="H5971" ◄are|strong="H5971" innocent|strong="H5355"/have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" done|strong="H3027" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" wrong|strong="H7451"►, 
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and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" merciful|strong="H2603" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588". 
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And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" wil see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" helpless|strong="H1800", 
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and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H3068" are|strong="H5971" very|strong="H3966" few|strong="H4592" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588", slaves|strong="H5650" or|strong="H7200" free|strong="H5800" people|strong="H5971", who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" still|strong="H5971" alive|strong="H7200". 
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\verseNumber{37}Then|strong="H0227" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" ask|strong="H7592" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", ‘Where|strong="H0834" are|strong="H6697" the|strong="H2620" gods|strong="H0430" 
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that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" thought|strong="H0559" would|strong="H0014" protect|strong="H8104" you|strong="H0859" [MET|strong="H6298"]? 
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\verseNumber{38}You|strong="H5921" gave|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" those|strong="H5921" gods|strong="H0430" the|strong="H5921" best|strong="H2459" parts|strong="H3411" of|strong="H2077" the|strong="H5921" animals|strong="H1961" that|strong="H2459" you|strong="H5921" sacrificed|strong="H2076", 
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and|strong="H6965" you|strong="H5921" poured|strong="H8210" out|strong="H5921" wine|strong="H3196" for|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" drink|strong="H8354". 
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So|strong="H1961", they|strong="H5921" should|strong="H3068" begin|strong="H2490" to|strong="H1961" help|strong="H5826" you|strong="H5921"; 
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they|strong="H5921" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" ones|strong="H2945" who|strong="H8354" will|strong="H1961" protect|strong="H5826" you|strong="H5921"! 
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\verseNumber{39}“But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3027" realize|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", only|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", am|strong="H1961" God|strong="H3027"; 
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there|strong="H6258" is|strong="H1931" no|strong="H7200" other|strong="H0312" god|strong="H3027" who|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* real} god|strong="H3027". 
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I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7200" one|strong="H2421" who|strong="H1931" can|strong="H7200" kill|strong="H4191" people|strong="H1931" and|strong="H3027" who|strong="H1931" can|strong="H7200" cause|strong="H2600" people|strong="H1931" to|strong="H4191" live|strong="H2421"; 
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I|strong="H3588" can|strong="H7200" wound|strong="H4272" people|strong="H1931", and|strong="H3027" I|strong="H3588" can|strong="H7200" heal|strong="H7495" people|strong="H1931", 
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and|strong="H3027" there|strong="H6258" is|strong="H1931" no|strong="H7200" one|strong="H2421" who|strong="H1931" can|strong="H7200" prevent|strong="H6923" me|strong="H5978" from|strong="H3027" doing|strong="H3027" those|strong="H1931" things|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{40}I|strong="H3588" raise|strong="H5375" my|strong="H5375" hand|strong="H3027" toward|strong="H3027" heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H8064" solemnly|strong="H7650" declare|strong="H5046" 
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that|strong="H3588" just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H3588" sure|strong="H0539" as|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" live|strong="H2416" forever|strong="H5769", 
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\verseNumber{41}that|strong="H3027" when|strong="H7725" I|strong="H6862" sharpen|strong="H8150" my|strong="H7725" sword|strong="H2719", 
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as|strong="H7725" I|strong="H6862" [SYN] prepare|strong="H3559" to|strong="H7725" punish|strong="H6485" people|strong="H6862", 
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I|strong="H6862" will|strong="H2719" get|strong="H3027" revenge|strong="H5359" on|strong="H3027" my|strong="H7725" enemies|strong="H6862"; 
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I|strong="H6862" will|strong="H2719" pay|strong="H7999" back|strong="H7725" those|strong="H8130" who|strong="H6862" hate|strong="H8130" me|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{42}I|strong="H1320" will|strong="H2719" kill|strong="H2491" all|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w my|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} with|strong="H1320" a|strong="H7633" sword|strong="H2719"; 
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it|strong="H7218" will|strong="H2719" be|strong="H1818" as|strong="H0834" though|strong="H3588" I|strong="H1320" had|strong="H1320" arrows|strong="H2671" that|strong="H1320" will|strong="H2719" be|strong="H1818" covered|strong="H3680" with|strong="H1320" their|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H1818". 
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I|strong="H1320" will|strong="H2719" kill|strong="H2491" [MTY] all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H7633" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H1320" capture|strong="H3920" 
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and|strong="H7218" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H7218" their|strong="H3605" leaders’ heads|strong="H7218".’ 
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\verseNumber{43}“ou people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5650" all|strong="H7725" nations|strong="H1471", you|strong="H3588" as|strong="H3588" well|strong="H3190" as|strong="H3588" his|strong="H7725" people|strong="H5971" should|strong="H3588" praise|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068", 
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because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gets|strong="H8610" revenge|strong="H5358" on|strong="H7725" those|strong="H3588" who|strong="H5971" kill|strong="H2026" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H7725"; 
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and|strong="H7725" he|strong="H3588" cleanses his|strong="H7725" people’s|strong="H5971" land|strong="H0776" 
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which|strong="H1471" has|strong="H5650" become|strong="H7725" defiled|strong="H2930" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H5650" their|strong="H7725" sins|strong="H2403".” 
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\verseNumber{44}Joshua|strong="H1954" and|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H1697" recited|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H5971" song|strong="H7892" while|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" listening|strong="H8085". 
\verseNumber{45}When|strong="H3615" they|strong="H1697"/we|strong="H3605" finished|strong="H3615" reciting|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1696" song|strong="H1697", 
\verseNumber{46}Moses|strong="H4872"/I|strong="H3117" said|strong="H1697", “Never|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H2063" commands|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1121" been|strong="H3605" giving|strong="H6680" you|strong="H6680" today|strong="H3117". Teach|strong="H3925" these|strong="H2063" laws|strong="H8451" to|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121", in|strong="H6213" order|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1121" faithfully|strong="H0571" obey|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{47}These|strong="H2088" instructions|strong="H1697" are|strong="H3117" very|strong="H2088" important|strong="H5704" [LIT|strong="H0215"]. If|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w obey|strong="H8085"\+w*} them|strong="H5921", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1697" live|strong="H2416" a|strong="H3588" long|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" about|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" cross|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5921" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3588"\+w*} to|strong="H5921" occupy|strong="H3423".” 

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\verseNumber{48}On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" same|strong="H6106" day|strong="H3117", Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872"/me|strong="H1696", 
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\verseNumber{50}You|strong="H2022" will|strong="H5971" die|strong="H4191" on|strong="H5927" that|strong="H5971" mountain|strong="H2022" [EUP, DOU], like|strong="H2022" your|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" Aaron|strong="H0175" died|strong="H4191" on|strong="H5927" Hor|strong="H2023" Mountain|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{51}You|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3478" die|strong="H1121" because|strong="H5921" both|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5921" disobeyed|strong="H4603" me|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" presence|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121", when|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3478" at|strong="H5921" Meribah|strong="H4809" Springs|strong="H4599" near|strong="H5921" Kadesh|strong="H6946" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Zin|strong="H6790" Desert|strong="H4057". You|strong="H5921" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" honor|strong="H3519" and|strong="H1121" respect|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" presence|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" way|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3478" I|strong="H5921" deserve|strong="H0376" because|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" God|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{52}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w on|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w mountain|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w where|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w go|strong="H3478"\+w*}, you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3478" see|strong="H7200" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7200" distance|strong="H7350" in|strong="H3478" front|strong="H5048" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414" the|strong="H7200" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" about|strong="H8033" to|strong="H3478" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7200" Israeli people|strong="H1121", but|strong="H3588" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" enter|strong="H0935" it|strong="H5414".” 

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\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H3651", you|strong="H5869" Israeli people|strong="H5869" will|strong="H3478" live|strong="H7931" safely|strong="H0983"; 
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you|strong="H5869" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5869" Jacob|strong="H3290" will|strong="H3478" not|strong="H5869" be|strong="H3478" disturbed|strong="H1993" by|strong="H3478" others|strong="H0312"; 
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and|strong="H3478" like|strong="H3644" [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H3644" sword|strong="H2719" to|strong="H3478" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}. 
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but|strong="H5971" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" trample|strong="H7429" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3068" backs|strong="H6203"/necks|strong="H6677".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{How Moses died }
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\verseNumber{12}No|strong="H6213" other|strong="H3605" prophet|strong="H5030" has|strong="H3478" been|strong="H3605" able|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" and|strong="H4872" terrifying|strong="H4172" things|strong="H1419" that|strong="H3605" Moses|strong="H4872" did|strong="H6213" while|strong="H5869" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israelis watched|strong="H7200". 
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\BibleBook{Joshua}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of the Israeli people possessing the land that God had promised to give them. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Joshua }

\BibleSectionHeading{What Yahweh commanded Joshua }
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\verseNumber{6}“e strong|strong="H2388" and|strong="H5971" courageous|strong="H2388", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H2088" who|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" lead|strong="H5148" these|strong="H2088" Israeli people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*} to|strong="H5414" possess|strong="H5157" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650" to|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" ancestors|strong="H0001" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H5971" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{7}Just|strong="H3605" be|strong="H5650" strong|strong="H2388" and|strong="H4872" very|strong="H3966" courageous|strong="H2388". Be|strong="H5650" sure|strong="H2388" to|strong="H3212" obey|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H3605" my|strong="H8104" servant|strong="H5650" Moses|strong="H4872" gave|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3212" you|strong="H6680". In|strong="H6213" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H6680" may|strong="H6213" be|strong="H5650" successful|strong="H7919" wherever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H6680" go|strong="H3212", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" stop|strong="H5493" obeying|strong="H8104" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5650" them|strong="H6213" [IDM]. 
\verseNumber{8}Make|strong="H6213" sure|strong="H8104" to|strong="H6213" habitually read|strong="H5612" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w some|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1870"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H3808"\+w*}. Meditate|strong="H1897" on|strong="H1870" those|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w every|strong="H3605"\+w*} day|strong="H3119" and|strong="H3119" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w every|strong="H3605"\+w*} night|strong="H3915". And|strong="H3119" be|strong="H3808" sure|strong="H8104" to|strong="H6213" obey|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" successful|strong="H6743" in|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" [DOU]. 
\verseNumber{9}Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" [RHQ] that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" strong|strong="H2388" and|strong="H3068" courageous|strong="H2388". Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" afraid|strong="H2865", and|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" discouraged|strong="H2865", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", will|strong="H3068" ◄be|strong="H3808" with|strong="H5973"/help|strong="H2388"► you|strong="H3588" wherever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3588" go|strong="H3212".” 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H6680" Joshua|strong="H3091" commanded|strong="H6680" the|strong="H6680" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H5971" the|strong="H6680" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H5971", 
\verseNumber{11}“Go|strong="H5674" throughout|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3588" camp|strong="H4264" and|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" this|strong="H2088": ‘Prepare|strong="H3559" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" food|strong="H6720" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3423" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" after|strong="H3117" tomorrow|strong="H4279" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" cross|strong="H5674" this|strong="H2088" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3588"\+w*}, in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3068" possess|strong="H3423" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H7130" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068", our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", is|strong="H3068" about|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588".’ ” 

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\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H3588" to|strong="H7626" the|strong="H3091" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w clans|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7626"\+w* \+w were|strong="H0834"\+w*} descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H7626" Reuben|strong="H7206" and|strong="H3091" Gad|strong="H1425", and|strong="H3091" to|strong="H7626" the|strong="H3091" half|strong="H2677" clan|strong="H4940" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H7626"\+w* \+w were|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w*} of|strong="H7626" Manasseh|strong="H4519", Joshua|strong="H3091" said|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{13}“Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5414" forget|strong="H7911" what|strong="H1697" Moses|strong="H4872", the|strong="H5414" servant|strong="H5650" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H5414": ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", has|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776" in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" can|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w here|strong="H2063"\+w*} safely|strong="H0983"/peacefully|strong="H7965".’ 
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\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" answered|strong="H6030" Joshua|strong="H3091", “We|strong="H6213" will|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H6680" have|strong="H3605" commanded|strong="H6680" us|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3212" do|strong="H6213", and|strong="H6030" we|strong="H6213" will|strong="H6213" go|strong="H3212" wherever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H6680" tell|strong="H3605" us|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212". 
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\verseNumber{18}Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" ◄rejects|strong="H5006" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6680" say|strong="H6310"/opposes|strong="H7451" you|strong="H6680"► and|strong="H8085" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" obey|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6680" command|strong="H6680" [DOU], we|strong="H8085" will|strong="H1697" execute|strong="H4191". But|strong="H7535" we|strong="H8085" want|strong="H3808" you|strong="H6680" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" strong|strong="H2388" and|strong="H8085" courageous|strong="H2388"!” 

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\verseNumber{4}She|strong="H8147" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H1992" that|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3947" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3045" gone|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3045" her|strong="H3947" house|strong="H1004". But|strong="H3808" she|strong="H8147" had|strong="H3045" hidden|strong="H6845" the|strong="H3947" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H1992" there|strong="H1992". So|strong="H3651" when|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3947" messengers|strong="H4397" came|strong="H8147" to|strong="H3045" her|strong="H3947" house|strong="H1004", she|strong="H8147" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H1992", “Two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H1992" came|strong="H8147" here|strong="H3651", but|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3651" did|strong="H3651" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" where|strong="H3808" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3045" come|strong="H3045" from|strong="H3947". 
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\verseNumber{4}You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H1961" ◄here|strong="H1870"/along|strong="H5674" this|strong="H5674" road|strong="H1870"► before|strong="H3808", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w must|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w follow|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3808"\+w*}. But|strong="H3588" do|strong="H1870" not|strong="H3808" walk|strong="H3212" close|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3588" chest|strong="H0727". Stay|strong="H3427" ◄1,000 yards|strong="H5439"/900 meters► from|strong="H7350" the|strong="H3588" chest|strong="H0727". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w chest|strong="H0727"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w sacred|strong="H6944"\+w*, \+w so|strong="H4616"\+w* ◄\+w God|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*/\+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w*► \+w if|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w come|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w close|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7126"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H6213" Joshua|strong="H3091" told|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971", “Perform|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" ceremonies|strong="H4941" needed|strong="H1767" to|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" yourselves|strong="H6942" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", because|strong="H3588" tomorrow|strong="H4279" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" things|strong="H6381" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" amaze you|strong="H3588"!” 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H5375" Joshua|strong="H3091" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548", “Carry|strong="H5375" the|strong="H6440" chest|strong="H0727" and|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" in|strong="H3212" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w rest|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w*} people|strong="H5971".” So|strong="H5375" they|strong="H5971" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" the|strong="H6440" chest|strong="H0727" and|strong="H3212" went|strong="H3212" ahead|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Joshua|strong="H3091", “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" begin|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" show|strong="H3045" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H2490" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1431" leader|strong="H5387". Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H3519" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H4872" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973"/helping|strong="H5826" you|strong="H3588" as|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3588" ◄was|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973"/helped|strong="H5826"► Moses|strong="H4872". 
\verseNumber{8}Tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H5375" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3548" are|strong="H4325" carrying|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" chest|strong="H0727" that|strong="H3548" contains|strong="H4393" the|strong="H5375" Ten|strong="H6235" Commandments|strong="H4687", ‘When|strong="H5704" you|strong="H6680" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5375" edge|strong="H7097" of|strong="H4325" the|strong="H5375" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w*}, stand|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5975" the|strong="H5375" water|strong="H4325".’” 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H8085" Joshua|strong="H3091" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8085" Israeli people|strong="H1121", “Come|strong="H5066" close|strong="H5066" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5066" in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H1697" that|strong="H8085" you|strong="H1697" can|strong="H1121" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", is|strong="H3068" saying|strong="H1697".” 
\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w came|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w near|strong="H6440"\+w*}, he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440", “This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H6440" how|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430", who|strong="H3669" is|strong="H6440" all-powerful, is|strong="H6440" among|strong="H7130" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3588" expel|strong="H3423" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H6440" Canaan|strong="H3669", Heth|strong="H2845", Hiv, Periz, Girgash, Amor, and|strong="H6440" Jebus|strong="H2982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3669"\+w* \+w are|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w now|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w living|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w in|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w land|strong="H7130"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{11}Keep|strong="H8104" in|strong="H6440" mind|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H2009" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" rules|strong="H4910" over|strong="H5674" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776". The|strong="H3605" chest|strong="H0727" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440", and|strong="H6440" it|strong="H6440" will|strong="H1285" be|strong="H6440" carried|strong="H5674" into|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H5104" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H3947" choose|strong="H3947" twelve|strong="H8147" men|strong="H8147", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w each|strong="H3947"\+w*} of|strong="H7626" the|strong="H3947" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H7626" Israel|strong="H3478", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w I|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w later|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w I|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}As|strong="H1961" for|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3068" carrying|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3605" chest|strong="H0727", as|strong="H1961" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5117" their|strong="H3605" feet|strong="H7272" into|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" will|strong="H3068" stop|strong="H5975" flowing|strong="H3381". It|strong="H5117" will|strong="H3068" pile|strong="H1530" up|strong="H5375" because|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3772" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H1961" it|strong="H5117" to|strong="H3381" be|strong="H1961" blocked|strong="H1443" upstream|strong="H3966".” 
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\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} people|strong="H5971" packed|strong="H3627" up|strong="H5375" their|strong="H5375" tents|strong="H0168" in|strong="H6440" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H1961" cross|strong="H5674" the|strong="H6440" river|strong="H5104", the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H5971" were|strong="H1961" carrying|strong="H5375" the|strong="H6440" chest|strong="H0727" containing|strong="H8033" the|strong="H6440" Ten|strong="H6235" Commandments|strong="H4687" went|strong="H5674" in|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{16}the|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" stopped|strong="H5975" flowing|strong="H3381". The|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" piled|strong="H6651" up|strong="H6965" far|strong="H7368" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w upstream|strong="H3966"\+w*}, at|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3772" town|strong="H5892" named|strong="H5921" Adam|strong="H0121", near|strong="H5921" Zarethan|strong="H6891". The|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" stopped|strong="H5975" flowing|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5921" Dead|strong="H4191" Sea|strong="H3220". So|strong="H6965" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3381" cross|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5921" river|strong="H3405" near|strong="H5921" Jericho|strong="H3405". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" carrying|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3605" chest|strong="H0727" containing|strong="H8033" the|strong="H3605" Ten|strong="H6235" Commandments|strong="H4687" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w given|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5975"\+w*} stood|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5674" dry|strong="H2724" ground|strong="H2724" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{riverbed}, while|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1471" crossed|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" river|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w crossing|strong="H5674"\+w*} dry|strong="H2724" ground|strong="H2724". 

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\chapterNumber{4}After|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Israeli nation|strong="H1471" had|strong="H3068" finished|strong="H8552" crossing|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Joshua|strong="H3091", 
\verseNumber{2}“When|strong="H4480" you|strong="H3947" choose|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" twelve|strong="H8147" men|strong="H5971", one|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" each|strong="H5971" tribe|strong="H7626", whom|strong="H5971" I|strong="H4480" mentioned|strong="H2142" previously|strong="H4480", tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H3947" to|strong="H5971" pick|strong="H3947" up|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w large|strong="H1419"\+w*} stones|strong="H0068" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3947" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H7626" the|strong="H3947" Jordan|strong="H3383" riverbed, where|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3947" priests|strong="H3548" are|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w still|strong="H5971"\+w*} standing|strong="H5975". 
\verseNumber{3}Tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H6680" to|strong="H6680" carry|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" stones|strong="H0068" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H6680" and|strong="H3548" put|strong="H3240" them|strong="H6680" down|strong="H3240" at|strong="H3383" the|strong="H5375" place|strong="H4411" where|strong="H4673" you|strong="H6680" will|strong="H7272" stay|strong="H3885" tonight|strong="H3915".” 
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\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H7121" Joshua|strong="H3091" chose|strong="H3091" twelve|strong="H8147" men|strong="H1121", one|strong="H1121" from|strong="H3478" each|strong="H8147" tribe|strong="H7626". He|strong="H8147" called|strong="H7121" them|strong="H7121" together|strong="H7121", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H7121", 
\verseNumber{5}“Go|strong="H5674" into|strong="H8432" the|strong="H6440" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Jordan|strong="H3383" riverbed, to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w standing|strong="H5975"\+w*, \+w holding|strong="H2388"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" chest|strong="H0727" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", gave|strong="H7311" you|strong="H6440". Each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H6440" must|strong="H1121" pick|strong="H5375" up|strong="H7311" a|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w large|strong="H1419"\+w*} stone|strong="H0068", one|strong="H1121" for|strong="H5921" each|strong="H0376" tribe|strong="H7626", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w carry|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*} on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" shoulder|strong="H7926" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w camp|strong="H4264"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w pile|strong="H1530"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w up|strong="H1121"\+w*} to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" memorial|strong="H2146" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588". In|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" future|strong="H0319", when|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3588" children|strong="H1121" ask|strong="H7592", ‘What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" these|strong="H2063" stones|strong="H0068" mean|strong="H2823"?’, 
\verseNumber{7}tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H5704" was|strong="H3068" blocked|strong="H1443" off|strong="H3772" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548" were|strong="H3478" carrying|strong="H5375" the|strong="H6440" chest|strong="H0727" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w contained|strong="H3557"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" Ten|strong="H6235" Commandments|strong="H4687" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gave|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w us|strong="H6440"\+w*}. When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" chest|strong="H0727" was|strong="H3068" carried|strong="H3068" into|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w*}, the|strong="H6440" water|strong="H4325" was|strong="H3068" blocked|strong="H1443" off|strong="H3772" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w we|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w could|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w cross|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* riverbed}. These|strong="H6440" stones|strong="H0068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" memorial|strong="H2146" for|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" us|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H1121" forever|strong="H5769".” 
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\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H3651" those|strong="H1121" Israeli men|strong="H1121" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Joshua|strong="H3091" told|strong="H1696" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213". They|strong="H3651" went|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" picked|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" twelve|strong="H8147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w large|strong="H1419"\+w*} stones|strong="H0068" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5375" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5375" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{riverbed}, one|strong="H1121" stone|strong="H0068" for|strong="H6213" each|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5375" tribes|strong="H7626", just|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" Joshua|strong="H3091". They|strong="H3651" carried|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" stones|strong="H0068" to|strong="H1696" their|strong="H3068" camp|strong="H4264" and|strong="H1121" put|strong="H3240" them|strong="H6213" down|strong="H3240". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H1961" Joshua|strong="H3091" set|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" twelve|strong="H8147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w large|strong="H1419"\+w*} stones|strong="H0068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w pile|strong="H1530"\+w*}, in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5375" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5375" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{riverbed}, where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H5375" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3548" carried|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" chest|strong="H0727" containing|strong="H8033" the|strong="H5375" Ten|strong="H6235" Commandments|strong="H4687" were|strong="H1961" standing|strong="H4673". And|strong="H6965" those|strong="H5375" stones|strong="H0068" are|strong="H3117" still|strong="H5704" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3605" carried|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3605" chest|strong="H0727" remained|strong="H5975" standing|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{riverbed} until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" had|strong="H3068" finished|strong="H8552" doing|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" Joshua|strong="H3091" to|strong="H1696" tell|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5975" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3068". Those|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H8432" instructions|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5971" Moses|strong="H4872" had|strong="H3068" given|strong="H6680" to|strong="H1696" Joshua|strong="H3091". The|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" crossed|strong="H5674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* riverbed} quickly|strong="H4116". 
\verseNumber{11}As|strong="H1961" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6440" had|strong="H3068" crossed|strong="H5674", as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" watched|strong="H7200", the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" carried|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" chest|strong="H0727" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w way|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w across|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w river|strong="H5104"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205", Gad|strong="H1410", and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519", crossed|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5674" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H1121", carrying|strong="H5375" their|strong="H6440" weapons|strong="H3627", as|strong="H6440" Moses|strong="H4872" had|strong="H3478" commanded|strong="H1696". 
\verseNumber{13}As|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" watching|strong="H8245", there|strong="H3068" were|strong="H4421" about|strong="H5439" 40,000 of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1992" soldiers|strong="H4421", carrying|strong="H5375" weapons|strong="H4421" ready|strong="H3559" for|strong="H6440" battle|strong="H4421", who|strong="H3068" crossed|strong="H5674" the|strong="H6440" riverbed to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" plains|strong="H6160" near|strong="H6440" Jericho|strong="H3405", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ready|strong="H3559"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H4421". 
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\verseNumber{14}On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" Joshua|strong="H3091" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3117" great|strong="H1431" leader|strong="H5387". And|strong="H4872" they|strong="H3117" honored|strong="H3513" Joshua|strong="H3091" for|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" life|strong="H2416", just|strong="H3605" as|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3068" honored|strong="H3513" Moses|strong="H4872". 
\verseNumber{15}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Joshua|strong="H3091", 
\verseNumber{16}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Now|strong="H6258"\+w*} tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H5375" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3548" are|strong="H3548" carrying|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" chest|strong="H0727" containing|strong="H8033" the|strong="H5375" Ten|strong="H6235" Commandments|strong="H4687" to|strong="H5927" come|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5375" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{riverbed}.” 
\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H4480" Joshua|strong="H3091" commanded|strong="H6680" the|strong="H4480" priests|strong="H3548" to|strong="H5927" do|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548", carrying|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3605" chest|strong="H0727" containing|strong="H8033" the|strong="H3605" Ten|strong="H6235" Commandments|strong="H4687" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w given|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*}, came|strong="H1961" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" riverbed. And|strong="H3068" as|strong="H1961" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" walked|strong="H3212" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" riverbed onto|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" riverbank, the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} flowed|strong="H3212" again|strong="H7725", and|strong="H3068" flooded|strong="H7857" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w over|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w river|strong="H5104"\+w* \+w banks|strong="H1415"\+w*} as|strong="H1961" it|strong="H5921" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H1961" before|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{19}It|strong="H5927" was|strong="H3405" on|strong="H5927" the|strong="H4480" tenth|strong="H6218" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" first|strong="H7223" month|strong="H2320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w*} that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H4480" people|strong="H5971" crossed|strong="H3383" over|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3405"\+w*} and|strong="H5971" camped|strong="H2583" at|strong="H2583" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w place|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} Gilgal|strong="H1537", on|strong="H5927" the|strong="H4480" east|strong="H4217" side|strong="H4217" of|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w* \+w near|strong="H7126"\+w*} Jericho|strong="H3405" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H3947" men|strong="H8147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w were|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w carrying|strong="H5375"\+w*} the|strong="H3947" twelve|strong="H8147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w large|strong="H1419"\+w*} stones|strong="H0068" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3947" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{riverbed \+w brought|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6965"\+w*} Joshua|strong="H3091", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w he|strong="H8147"\+w*} set|strong="H6965" them|strong="H3947" up|strong="H6965" at|strong="H3383" Gilgal|strong="H1537" 
\verseNumber{21}Joshua|strong="H3091" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7592" Israeli people|strong="H1121", “In|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7592" future|strong="H0319", when|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3478" children|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" grandchildren|strong="H1121" ask|strong="H7592", ‘◄What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" these|strong="H0428" stones|strong="H0068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w mean|strong="H2823"\+w*/\+w Why|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w these|strong="H0428"\+w* \+w stones|strong="H0068"\+w* \+w here|strong="H6311"\+w*►}?’, 
\verseNumber{22}tell|strong="H3045" them|strong="H5674", ‘We|strong="H0587" Israeli people|strong="H1121" crossed|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3045" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="H0587"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w crossing|strong="H5674"\+w*} on|strong="H5674" dry|strong="H3004" ground|strong="H3004". 
\verseNumber{23}As|strong="H5704" we|strong="H5704" were|strong="H4325" watching|strong="H8245", Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", dried|strong="H3001" up|strong="H3001" the|strong="H6440" river|strong="H5704" until|strong="H5704" we|strong="H5704" had|strong="H3068" all|strong="H5704" crossed|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5674". Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6440" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H6440" we|strong="H5704" worship|strong="H7812", did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w*} just|strong="H6213" like|strong="H3001" he|strong="H5704" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" Red|strong="H5488" Sea|strong="H3220", when|strong="H5704" he|strong="H5704" caused|strong="H5674" it|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H6213" dry|strong="H3001" as|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w parents|strong="H0001"\+w*} were|strong="H4325" watching|strong="H8245", until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3068" all|strong="H5704" crossed|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5674" it|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{24}Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H5971" that|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people-groups of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" may|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" [MTY] is|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3045" powerful|strong="H2389", and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" may|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" ◄be|strong="H3027" in|strong="H3068" awe|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3068"/revere|strong="H3372"► Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068".’” 
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\chapterNumber{5}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people-groups to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" west|strong="H3220" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H5704" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" groups|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Canaan|strong="H3669" and|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H1961" close|strong="H3824" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Mediterranean} Sea|strong="H3220" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H1961" how|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" dried|strong="H3001" up|strong="H3001" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w*} until|strong="H5704" all|strong="H3605" we|strong="H5704" Israeli people|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3068" crossed|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5921". So|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" became|strong="H1961" very|strong="H5704" dismayed|strong="H2865". They|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" were|strong="H3478" courageous|strong="H0553" enough|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5704" fight|strong="H3898" us|strong="H5921". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" Israeli males|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" circumcised|strong="H4135" at|strong="H5921" Gilgal|strong="H1537" }
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\verseNumber{2}While|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w camped|strong="H2583"\+w* \+w at|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" Joshua|strong="H3091", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H6213"\+w* Israeli \+w males|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w who|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w circumcised|strong="H4135"\+w* \+w before|strong="H2719"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w left|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w there|strong="H7725"\+w*. \+w Now|strong="H6256"\+w*} make|strong="H6213" knives|strong="H2719" from|strong="H7725" flint|strong="H6697" stones|strong="H6697" and|strong="H1121" circumcise|strong="H4135" all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" Israeli males|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w been|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w born|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w since|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w then|strong="H6213"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H6213" Joshua|strong="H3091" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w made|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w knives|strong="H2719"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} circumcised|strong="H4135" the|strong="H6213" Israeli males|strong="H1121" at|strong="H3478" a|strong="H6213" place|strong="H4725" that|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3478" now|strong="H3478" called|strong="H7121" ‘Circumcision|strong="H4139" Hill’. 
\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w reason|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w did|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w is|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H2145"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w left|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*}, those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" old|strong="H4135" enough|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H4191" soldiers|strong="H4421", died|strong="H4191" in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H4057" after|strong="H3318" they|strong="H5971" left|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" circumcised|strong="H4135" in|strong="H1870" Egypt|strong="H4714", but|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" baby|strong="H1121" boys|strong="H3206" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" born|strong="H3209" while|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3605" parents|strong="H0001" were|strong="H1961" camping|strong="H2583" in|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H4057" after|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3588" left|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714" had|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H1961" circumcised|strong="H4135". 
\verseNumber{6}Our|strong="H3068" Israeli ancestors|strong="H0001" traveled|strong="H1980" around|strong="H1980" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H4057" for|strong="H3588" 40 years|strong="H8141", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" old|strong="H1121" enough|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3808" soldiers|strong="H4421" had|strong="H3068" died|strong="H4191". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w women|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w also|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}. They|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" obeyed|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068", so|strong="H1980" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" arrive|strong="H0935" at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H7650" to|strong="H5704" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" us|strong="H5414", a|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H5704" fertile|strong="H1121" [MTY]. 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H3588" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1961" disobeyed|strong="H6963" Yahweh|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" ones|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H3588" Joshua|strong="H3091" circumcised|strong="H4135" at|strong="H1961" Gilgal|strong="H1537". They|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" circumcised|strong="H4135" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H1961" circumcised|strong="H4135" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w traveling|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w desert|strong="H6160"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}After|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli males|strong="H2145" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" circumcised|strong="H4135", they|strong="H5704" remained|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264" and|strong="H1471" rested|strong="H1961" until|strong="H5704" their|strong="H3605" wounds|strong="H4347" were|strong="H1961" healed|strong="H2421". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5704" Joshua|strong="H3091", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w forefathers|strong="H0001"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w slaves|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*}, the|strong="H5921" Egyptians|strong="H4714" felt|strong="H4959" a|strong="H7121" revulsion toward|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921". But|strong="H1931" today|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3068" removed|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5921" revulsion the|strong="H5921" Egyptians|strong="H4714" have|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" toward|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921".” Because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3117", the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1931" called|strong="H7121" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4725" ‘Gilgal’, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* ‘removed’,} and|strong="H3068" it|strong="H1931" still|strong="H5704" has|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3117" name|strong="H8034". 
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\verseNumber{10}In|strong="H2583" the|strong="H6213" evening|strong="H6153" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" fourteenth|strong="H6240" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3117" month|strong="H2320", while|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" Israeli people|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" camped|strong="H2583" at|strong="H2583" Gilgal|strong="H1537", on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" plain|strong="H6160" near|strong="H7126" Jericho|strong="H3405" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, they|strong="H3117" celebrated|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" Passover|strong="H6453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Festival|strong="H2282"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H3117" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117", they|strong="H3117" found|strong="H4672" some|strong="H3117" barley|strong="H8184" grain|strong="H1715" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" fields|strong="H7704" in|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" area|strong="H1508". So|strong="H2088" they|strong="H3117" took|strong="H3947" that|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" roasted|strong="H7033" it|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" ate|strong="H0398" it|strong="H3117" with|strong="H3117" bread|strong="H4682" that|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" made|strong="H6213" without|strong="H3117" yeast|strong="H7603". 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H1961" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H4283", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H3808"\+w*} stopped|strong="H7673" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sending|strong="H7971"\+w* } manna|strong="H4478" for|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" Israeli people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" eat|strong="H0398". After|strong="H4283" that|strong="H1931", they|strong="H3808" ate|strong="H0398" food|strong="H3899" that|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" grown|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8141" Canaan|strong="H3667". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H1961" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" army|strong="H2428" appeared|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" Joshua|strong="H3091". }
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\verseNumber{13}One|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H1961" Joshua|strong="H3091" came|strong="H1961" near|strong="H5048" Jericho|strong="H3405", he|strong="H3027" looked|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5375" and|strong="H3027" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H5375" standing|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3212" front|strong="H5048" of|strong="H3027" him|strong="H3027". The|strong="H7200" man|strong="H5375" was|strong="H1961" holding|strong="H2388" a|strong="H1961" sword|strong="H2719" in|strong="H3212" his|strong="H5375" hand|strong="H3027". Joshua|strong="H3091" approached|strong="H5066" him|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H3027", “Are|strong="H5869" you|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w going|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w*} for|strong="H3027" us|strong="H7200" or|strong="H2719" against|strong="H5048" us|strong="H7200"?” 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H6440" man|strong="H5307" replied|strong="H1696", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w planning|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*} or|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}. Instead|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" army|strong="H6635" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="H8064"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" come|strong="H5307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w down|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w from|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w there|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w assure|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}.” Then|strong="H1696" Joshua|strong="H3091" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H5307" with|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" face|strong="H6440" on|strong="H5307" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440" ◄to|strong="H1696" show|strong="H7200" his|strong="H3068" respect|strong="H6440" for|strong="H3588"/to|strong="H1696" worship|strong="H7812"► the|strong="H6440" man|strong="H5307", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6440", “Tell|strong="H1696" me|strong="H6440" what|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H5921" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" army|strong="H6635" replied|strong="H0559", “Take|strong="H6213" off|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" sandals|strong="H5275"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H4725" on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H1931" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" standing|strong="H5975" is|strong="H3068" holy|strong="H6944" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" here|strong="H4725".” So|strong="H3651" Joshua|strong="H3091" took|strong="H5975" off|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3068" sandals|strong="H5275". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The walls of Jericho collapsed and the Israelis captured the city. }
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\chapterNumber{6}Meanwhile|strong="H3318", the|strong="H6440" guards|strong="H7323" of|strong="H1121" Jericho|strong="H3405" shut|strong="H5462" the|strong="H6440" gates|strong="H8179" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892" tightly|strong="H5462", because|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H3372"\+w*} of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Israeli \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*}. No|strong="H6440" one|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3478" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3318" go|strong="H3318" into|strong="H3318" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892" or|strong="H1121" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" it|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H5414" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Joshua|strong="H3091", “Listen|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w*}! I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H3068" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" your|strong="H3068" army|strong="H2428" [SYN] to|strong="H3068" capture|strong="H3920"/conquer|strong="H3423" [MTY] Jericho|strong="H3405" and|strong="H3068" its|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" its|strong="H5414" soldiers|strong="H2428". 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3605" army|strong="H4421" must|strong="H4191" march|strong="H5437" around|strong="H5437" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" for|strong="H6213" six|strong="H8337" days|strong="H3117", once|strong="H6471" each|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{4}Tell|strong="H5046" seven|strong="H7651" priests|strong="H3548" to|strong="H6440" march|strong="H5437" around|strong="H5437" with|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440". Each|strong="H3117" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H5375" carry|strong="H5375" a|strong="H5375" trumpet|strong="H7782". Four|strong="H0702" other|strong="H6471" priests|strong="H3548" must|strong="H5375" carry|strong="H5375" the|strong="H6440" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727", and|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" must|strong="H5375" walk|strong="H5437" behind|strong="H0310" the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3548" are|strong="H3117" carrying|strong="H5375" the|strong="H6440" trumpets|strong="H7782". On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117", the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H2428" must|strong="H5375" march|strong="H5437" around|strong="H5437" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892" seven|strong="H7651" times|strong="H6471", and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548" must|strong="H5375" be|strong="H3117" blowing|strong="H8628" the|strong="H6440" trumpets|strong="H7782" while|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" march|strong="H5437". 
\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w marched|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w around|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w seven|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w times|strong="H6471"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" must|strong="H4191" blow|strong="H8643" their|strong="H3605" trumpets|strong="H7782" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w once|strong="H5927"\+w*}, very|strong="H1419" loudly|strong="H6963". When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971"/soldiers|strong="H5971" hear|strong="H8085" that|strong="H5971", they|strong="H5971" must|strong="H4191" shout|strong="H7321" loudly|strong="H6963". Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" wall|strong="H2346" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" will|strong="H1961" collapse|strong="H5307", and|strong="H1419" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971"/soldiers|strong="H5971" will|strong="H1961" go|strong="H5927" straight|strong="H5048" into|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892".” 
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\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H7121" Joshua|strong="H3091" summoned|strong="H7121" the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6440", “Tell|strong="H5046" four|strong="H0702" priests|strong="H3548" to|strong="H3068" carry|strong="H5375" the|strong="H6440" chest|strong="H0727" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w contains|strong="H4393"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" Ten|strong="H6235" Commandments|strong="H4687" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gave|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w us|strong="H6440"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tell|strong="H5046"\+w*} seven|strong="H7651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H7121"\+w*} priests|strong="H3548" to|strong="H3068" carry|strong="H5375" trumpets|strong="H7782" and|strong="H1121" walk|strong="H1980" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H6440".” 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3068" Joshua|strong="H3091" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H5971", “Start|strong="H1870" marching|strong="H5265"! March|strong="H5437" around|strong="H5437" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892", with|strong="H3068" several|strong="H2669" soldiers|strong="H5971" with|strong="H3068" weapons|strong="H3627" marching|strong="H5265" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440". Behind|strong="H0310" them|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3068" march|strong="H5437" the|strong="H6440" seven|strong="H7651" priests|strong="H3548" with|strong="H3068" trumpets|strong="H2689", and|strong="H3068" behind|strong="H0310" them|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3068" march|strong="H5437" the|strong="H6440" four|strong="H0702" priests|strong="H3548" carrying|strong="H5375" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sacred|strong="H6944"\+w*} chest|strong="H0727".” 
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\verseNumber{8}After|strong="H1961" Joshua|strong="H3091" told|strong="H5046" that|strong="H5971" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H5971", the|strong="H6440" seven|strong="H7651" priests|strong="H3548", each|strong="H5971" carrying|strong="H5375" a|strong="H1961" sacred|strong="H6944" trumpet|strong="H7782", started|strong="H1961" marching|strong="H5265", blowing|strong="H8628" their|strong="H3068" trumpets|strong="H7782". The|strong="H6440" four|strong="H0702" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H5971" were|strong="H1961" carrying|strong="H5375" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" followed|strong="H1980" them|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H6440" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H2502" carrying|strong="H5375" weapons|strong="H3627" marched|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3548" were|strong="H6440" blowing|strong="H8628" their|strong="H6440" trumpets|strong="H7782", and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H2502" followed|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w four|strong="H0702"\+w* \+w men|strong="H2502"\+w* \+w carrying|strong="H5375"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" chest|strong="H0727". While|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w were|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w all|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w marching|strong="H5265"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w seven|strong="H7651"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w*} were|strong="H6440" blowing|strong="H8628" their|strong="H6440" trumpets|strong="H7782". 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3117"\+w*} the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w silent|strong="H6310"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H1697"\+w*} Joshua|strong="H3091" had|strong="H3091" commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H6680", “Do|strong="H6680" not|strong="H3808" make|strong="H8085" a|strong="H8085" war|strong="H4421" cry|strong="H7321". Do|strong="H6680" not|strong="H3808" yell|strong="H1627" or|strong="H3808" say|strong="H6310" anything|strong="H1697" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H8085" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" tell|strong="H8085" you|strong="H6680" to|strong="H5704" shout|strong="H7321". On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H5971" day|strong="H3117", you|strong="H6680" must|strong="H3808" shout|strong="H7321" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w loudly|strong="H6963"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H5437" the|strong="H3068" men|strong="H4264" carrying|strong="H5375" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3885" the|strong="H3068" others|strong="H0312" did|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" Joshua|strong="H3091" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". They|strong="H3068" marched|strong="H5437" around|strong="H5437" the|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892" once|strong="H6471". Then|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3885" returned|strong="H5437" to|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" camp|strong="H4264" and|strong="H3068" stayed|strong="H3885" there|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" night|strong="H3885". 
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\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H5375" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242", Joshua|strong="H3091" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5375" priests|strong="H3548" got|strong="H7925" up|strong="H5375" early|strong="H7925", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5375" four|strong="H0702" priests|strong="H3548" carried|strong="H5375" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7925"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H6440" seven|strong="H7651" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3068" carrying|strong="H5375" trumpets|strong="H7782" went|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w men|strong="H2502"\+w* \+w carrying|strong="H5375"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" chest|strong="H0727". The|strong="H6440" seven|strong="H7651" priests|strong="H3548" were|strong="H3068" blowing|strong="H8628" their|strong="H3068" trumpets|strong="H7782" as|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" marched|strong="H1980". The|strong="H6440" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3068" soldiers|strong="H2502" carrying|strong="H5375" weapons|strong="H3627" went|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H5375" the|strong="H6440" others|strong="H0312", and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H2502" followed|strong="H1980" all|strong="H5375" the|strong="H6440" others|strong="H0312". All|strong="H5375" the|strong="H6440" time|strong="H6440", the|strong="H6440" seven|strong="H7651" priests|strong="H3548" were|strong="H3068" blowing|strong="H8628" their|strong="H3068" trumpets|strong="H7782". 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H6213" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" second|strong="H8145" day|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" again|strong="H7725" marched|strong="H5437" around|strong="H5437" the|strong="H3541" city|strong="H5892" once|strong="H6471" and|strong="H7725" then|strong="H6213" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" their|strong="H7725" camp|strong="H4264". They|strong="H3117" did|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3541" same|strong="H3541" thing|strong="H8145" for|strong="H6213" six|strong="H8337" days|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{15}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117", they|strong="H3117" got|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" at|strong="H3117" dawn|strong="H7837", and|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" all|strong="H5927" marched|strong="H5927" around|strong="H5437" the|strong="H3117" city|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3117" same|strong="H1931" way|strong="H4941" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961" before|strong="H6471", but|strong="H7535" this|strong="H2088" time|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" marched|strong="H5927" around|strong="H5437" the|strong="H3117" city|strong="H5892" seven|strong="H7651" times|strong="H6471". 
\verseNumber{16}As|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" marching|strong="H5265" around|strong="H8628" the|strong="H3588" seventh|strong="H7637" time|strong="H6471", when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" priests|strong="H3548" were|strong="H1961" about|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" blow|strong="H8628" the|strong="H3588" long|strong="H0753"/loud|strong="H7321" blast|strong="H7307" on|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" trumpets|strong="H7782", Joshua|strong="H3091" commanded|strong="H6680" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971", “Shout|strong="H7321", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" capture|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892"! 
\verseNumber{17}Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" declared|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" destroy|strong="H5892" [IDM] the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3068" everything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3068" it|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w show|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w belongs|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7971"\+w*}. You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" spare|strong="H2421" only|strong="H7535" Rahab|strong="H7343" the|strong="H3605" prostitute|strong="H2181" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" others|strong="H0312" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" her|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004", because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" hid|strong="H2244" the|strong="H3605" spies|strong="H4397" whom|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H7971" there|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H3478" because|strong="H4480" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3478" declared|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3478" everything|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3947" be|strong="H3478" destroyed|strong="H2763" [IDM], you|strong="H3947" must|strong="H3947" not|strong="H6435" take|strong="H3947" [EUP] any|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3947" things|strong="H2764" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3947" city|strong="H5892". If|strong="H6435" you|strong="H3947" take|strong="H3947" anything|strong="H4480", you|strong="H3947" will|strong="H3478" cause|strong="H2600" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" destroy|strong="H2763" our|strong="H3947" own|strong="H1961" camp|strong="H4264" and|strong="H3478" cause|strong="H2600" terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H2764" to|strong="H3478" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" us|strong="H7760". 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H1931" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3068" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3068" articles|strong="H3627" made|strong="H3627" from|strong="H3068" iron|strong="H1270" and|strong="H3068" bronze|strong="H5178" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" find|strong="H4672", you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" set|strong="H6944" apart|strong="H6944" for|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" put|strong="H3068" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H6944" in|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" treasury|strong="H0214".” 
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\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5971" did|strong="H5971" what|strong="H6963" Joshua|strong="H3091" told|strong="H8085" them|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" do|strong="H8085". When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8085" priests|strong="H3548" blew|strong="H8628" a|strong="H1961" long|strong="H8085" blast|strong="H8643" on|strong="H5307" their|strong="H8085" trumpets|strong="H7782", the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971"/army|strong="H5971" shouted|strong="H7321" loudly|strong="H6963", and|strong="H1419" the|strong="H8085" wall|strong="H2346" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H8085" city|strong="H5892" collapsed|strong="H5307"! Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8085" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5971" rushed|strong="H6743" in|strong="H8085" and|strong="H1419" captured|strong="H3920" the|strong="H8085" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{21}They|strong="H5704" killed|strong="H2719" [IDM] every|strong="H3605" living|strong="H3605" thing|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892"—men|strong="H5288" and|strong="H5892" women|strong="H2205", young|strong="H5288" people|strong="H5288" and|strong="H5892" old|strong="H2205" people|strong="H5288", even|strong="H5704" cattle|strong="H7716" and|strong="H5892" sheep|strong="H7716" and|strong="H5892" donkeys|strong="H2543". 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H3318" Joshua|strong="H3091" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H3605" ◄who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3091" spied|strong="H7270" on|strong="H1004"/whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H8033" had|strong="H3091" sent|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" learn|strong="H3925" all|strong="H3605" they|strong="H8033" could|strong="H3201" about|strong="H8033"► the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776", “Go|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" prostitute’s house|strong="H1004". Bring|strong="H3318" her|strong="H3605" out|strong="H3318", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" her|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004", just|strong="H3605" as|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3605" promised|strong="H7650" to|strong="H3318" her|strong="H3605".” 
\verseNumber{23-25}So|strong="H3651" those|strong="H1992" two|strong="H8147" spies|strong="H7270"/men|strong="H0376" went|strong="H1980" into|strong="H0413" Rahab’s house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3967" brought|strong="H0935" her|strong="H3605" out|strong="H3318". They|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" brought|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318" her|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H3967" mother|strong="H0517" and|strong="H3967" her|strong="H3605" brothers|strong="H0251", and|strong="H3967" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H1121" her|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940". Joshua’s|strong="H3091" men|strong="H0376" spared|strong="H2550" Rahab|strong="H7343" the|strong="H3605" prostitute|strong="H2181". They|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3605" her|strong="H3605" relatives|strong="H0251", because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3068" hidden|strong="H5641" and|strong="H3967" protected|strong="H3467" the|strong="H3605" spies|strong="H7270"/men|strong="H0376" whom|strong="H0834" Joshua|strong="H3091" had|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" Jericho|strong="H3405". The|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H0376" brought|strong="H0935" them|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H3967" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H0935" a|strong="H1961" place|strong="H4725" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Israelis. Rahab|strong="H7343" still|strong="H5750" lives|strong="H5315" among|strong="H8432" us|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H5971". Then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5650" gathered|strong="H6960" the|strong="H3605" articles|strong="H3627" made|strong="H6213" from|strong="H4480" silver|strong="H3701", gold|strong="H2091", bronze|strong="H5178", and|strong="H3967" iron|strong="H1270" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" found|strong="H4672" and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H1992" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" into|strong="H0413" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" treasury|strong="H0214". But|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" burned|strong="H8313" everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{26}At|strong="H3068" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256", Joshua|strong="H3091" warned|strong="H2094" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1931", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" curse|strong="H7650"/punish|strong="H6485" anyone|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" tries|strong="H0974" to|strong="H3068" rebuild|strong="H1129" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892", Jericho|strong="H3405". When|strong="H6256" that|strong="H1931" person|strong="H6440" lays|strong="H3245"/builds|strong="H1129" its|strong="H3245" foundation|strong="H3245", his|strong="H3068" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H6810" will|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191". And|strong="H6965" when|strong="H6256" he|strong="H1931" finishes|strong="H3615" building|strong="H1129" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892" wall|strong="H2346" and|strong="H6965" sets|strong="H0935" up|strong="H6965" its|strong="H3245" gates|strong="H1817", his|strong="H3068" youngest|strong="H6810" son|strong="H6810" will|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191".” 
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\verseNumber{27}Because|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" happened|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117", it|strong="H1961" was|strong="H3068" clear|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068"/helped|strong="H5826" Joshua|strong="H3091", and|strong="H3068" Joshua|strong="H3091" became|strong="H1961" famous|strong="H8089" throughout|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The men of Ai defeated the Israelis }
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\chapterNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3068" all|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3947" things|strong="H2764" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w captured|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Jericho|strong="H3405"\+w*} should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w destroyed|strong="H2764"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w belong|strong="H1961"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H3947". But|strong="H3947" there|strong="H4480" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3947" man|strong="H1121" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3947" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" named|strong="H7121" Achan|strong="H5912". He|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Carmi|strong="H3756" and|strong="H1121" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zabdi|strong="H2067" and|strong="H1121" great-grandson of|strong="H1121" Zerah|strong="H2226". He|strong="H3068" disobeyed|strong="H4603" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4100"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H3947" for|strong="H3068" himself|strong="H3068" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H4480" things|strong="H2764". So|strong="H4480" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H2734" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3947" Israelis. 
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\verseNumber{2}Joshua|strong="H3091" told|strong="H5046" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H6924" his|strong="H7971" men|strong="H0376" to|strong="H7971" go|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5927" Jericho|strong="H3405" to|strong="H7971" Ai|strong="H5857" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3091" east|strong="H6924" of|strong="H6924" Bethel|strong="H1008" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5857"\+w*} and|strong="H7971" near|strong="H5973" Beth-Aven|strong="H1007" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. He|strong="H7971" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971", “Go|strong="H5927" to|strong="H7971" Ai|strong="H5857" and|strong="H7971" ◄spy|strong="H7270" out|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" area|strong="H1508"/see|strong="H7200" what|strong="H5927" the|strong="H7971" area|strong="H1508" is|strong="H7971" like|strong="H5973"►.” So|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" men|strong="H0376" went|strong="H5927". 
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\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Joshua|strong="H3091" they|strong="H1992" said|strong="H0559", “There|strong="H8033" are|strong="H1992" only|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" few|strong="H4592" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H7725" Ai|strong="H5857". So|strong="H5927" we|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3588" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H7725" send|strong="H5927" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5971" our|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5971" to|strong="H7725" defeat|strong="H5221" them|strong="H1992". Send|strong="H5927" 2.000 or|strong="H4592" 3,000 men|strong="H5971" to|strong="H7725" attack|strong="H5221" them|strong="H1992". That|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H5971" enough|strong="H4592".” 
\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H4480" about|strong="H4480" 3,000 Israeli men|strong="H5971" went|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w Ai|strong="H5857"\+w*}. But|strong="H5971" the|strong="H6440" men|strong="H5971" of|strong="H6440" Ai|strong="H5857" defeated|strong="H5221" them|strong="H6440" badly|strong="H3966". 
\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H1992" killed|strong="H5221" about|strong="H1961" 36 Israelis and|strong="H7970" chased|strong="H7291" the|strong="H6440" rest|strong="H1961" of|strong="H6440" Israeli men|strong="H5971" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H8179" gate|strong="H8179" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" bottom|strong="H3247" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" hill|strong="H2022". When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H0312" Israelis saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H5971" this|strong="H6440" had|strong="H1961" happened|strong="H1961", they|strong="H1992" became|strong="H1961" very|strong="H5704" discouraged|strong="H4549". 
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\verseNumber{6}Joshua|strong="H3091" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H0312" Israeli leaders|strong="H7218" tore|strong="H7167" their|strong="H3068" clothes|strong="H8071" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w very|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w sad|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w being|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w defeated|strong="H5221"\+w*}. They|strong="H3068" prostrated|strong="H7812" themselves|strong="H6440" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6083" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w which|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727". They|strong="H3068" stayed|strong="H3478" there|strong="H5927" until|strong="H5704" that|strong="H1931" evening|strong="H6153". They|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" threw|strong="H5307" dirt|strong="H6083" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3068" heads|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w very|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w sad|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H2088" Joshua|strong="H3091" prayed|strong="H6419" and|strong="H3027" said|strong="H0559", “Lord|strong="H3069" God|strong="H3069", you|strong="H5414" brought|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w safely|strong="H0983"\+w*} across|strong="H5676" the|strong="H5414" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H5104". So|strong="H5414" why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H5971" you|strong="H5414" now|strong="H2088" allowing the|strong="H5414" Amor people-group to|strong="H5414" defeat|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" [RHQ]? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3863"\+w* \+w not|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w have|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*} if|strong="H3863" we|strong="H0587" had|strong="H3091" stayed|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5414" other|strong="H2088" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5414" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H5104"! 
\verseNumber{8}Lord|strong="H3068", we|strong="H0587" Israelis have|strong="H3478" been|strong="H1961" defeated|strong="H5221" by|strong="H3478" our|strong="H6440" enemies|strong="H0341", so|strong="H6440" I|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H6440" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" to|strong="H3478" say|strong="H3478" now|strong="H3478" [RHQ]. 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H3605" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group and|strong="H1419" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H4100" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" this|strong="H6213" land|strong="H0776" will|strong="H4100" hear|strong="H8085" about|strong="H5437" this|strong="H6213". Then|strong="H6213" they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4100" surround|strong="H5437" us|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1419" kill|strong="H3772" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3427" us|strong="H5921"! Then|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4100" will|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213" ◄to|strong="H5921" defend|strong="H1598" your|strong="H3605" reputation|strong="H8034" [MTY]/to|strong="H5921" show|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H4100" a|strong="H6213" powerful|strong="H2392" God|strong="H0430"►?” 
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\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Joshua|strong="H3091", “Stand|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965"! Stop|strong="H2308" lying|strong="H5307" there|strong="H2088" with|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" face|strong="H6440" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440" [RHQ]! 
\verseNumber{11}You|strong="H6680" Israelis have|strong="H1571" sinned|strong="H2398"! You|strong="H6680" have|strong="H1571" disobeyed|strong="H6963" the|strong="H3947" commands|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3478" I|strong="H7760" told|strong="H6680" you|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3478" obey|strong="H8085". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3627"\+w*} your|strong="H3947" men|strong="H3947" has|strong="H3478" taken|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3627" the|strong="H3947" things|strong="H2764" that|strong="H3478" I|strong="H7760" told|strong="H6680" you|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3478" destroy|strong="H7843". He|strong="H4480" has|strong="H3478" stolen|strong="H1589" them|strong="H7760" and|strong="H3478" taken|strong="H3947" them|strong="H7760" for|strong="H3478" himself|strong="H5315" and|strong="H3478" lied|strong="H3584" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7760"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{12}That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3478" why|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" Israelis have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" strong|strong="H2388" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" went|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" attack|strong="H6965" your|strong="H6440" enemies|strong="H6965". That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3478" why|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" run|strong="H7323" away|strong="H6437" from|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440". And|strong="H1121" now|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588" yourselves|strong="H5315" may|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H8045". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3254" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3254" as|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3588" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H1121" destroy|strong="H8045" everything|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w captured|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Jericho|strong="H3405"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" help|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588" anymore|strong="H3254"!” 

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\verseNumber{13}“Now|strong="H3588" go|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" tell|strong="H5046" this|strong="H3541" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971": ‘Tomorrow|strong="H4279" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w perform|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* rituals \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w*} cause|strong="H5971" yourselves|strong="H6942" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H6942" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068" again|strong="H6965". Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6440" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H6440" we|strong="H3588" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, says|strong="H3541" that|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" kept|strong="H6942" things|strong="H2764" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5704" destroy|strong="H7843". You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" defeat|strong="H5221" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H6965" until|strong="H5704" you|strong="H3588" get|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H3588" things|strong="H2764". 
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\verseNumber{14}‘omorrow morning|strong="H1242" you|strong="H7126" must|strong="H4191" present|strong="H7126" yourselves|strong="H3068" before|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068", tribe|strong="H7626" by|strong="H3068" tribe|strong="H7626". Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" indicate to|strong="H3068" which|strong="H3068" tribe|strong="H7626" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w man|strong="H1397"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w took|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w belongs|strong="H1961"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" indicate to|strong="H3068" which|strong="H3068" clan|strong="H4940" from|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" tribe|strong="H7626" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w guilty|strong="H0816"\+w* \+w man|strong="H1397"\+w* \+w belongs|strong="H1961"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" indicate to|strong="H3068" which|strong="H3068" family|strong="H4940" he|strong="H3068" belongs|strong="H1961". And|strong="H3068" then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" indicate which|strong="H3068" person|strong="H7126" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w family|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w took|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H3920" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H2764" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H2764" in|strong="H3478" a|strong="H1961" fire|strong="H0784". And|strong="H3478" everything|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3588" owns|strong="H3426" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H2764" with|strong="H8313" him|strong="H6213", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" disobeyed|strong="H6963" the|strong="H3605" command|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H6213" us|strong="H6213" and|strong="H3478" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" something|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" disgraceful|strong="H5039" to|strong="H3478" us|strong="H6213" Israeli people|strong="H5971".’” 
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\verseNumber{16}Early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H3091" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242", Joshua|strong="H3091" told|strong="H5046" all|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3091" Israeli people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3478" stand|strong="H7126" before|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3091" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", tribe|strong="H7626" by|strong="H1242" tribe|strong="H7626". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3478"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" indicated that|strong="H3478" a|strong="H7126" man|strong="H0376" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3091" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H7626" Judah|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3091"\+w* \+w one|strong="H0259"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w taken|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3091"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3478"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H7126" the|strong="H7126" clans|strong="H4940" of|strong="H4940" Judah|strong="H3063" presented|strong="H7126" themselves|strong="H0905", and|strong="H3063" Yahweh|strong="H3068" indicated that|strong="H4940" someone|strong="H0376" from|strong="H3063" the|strong="H7126" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H4940" Zerah|strong="H2226" was|strong="H3063" the|strong="H7126" guilty|strong="H0816" one|strong="H1397". Then|strong="H7126" the|strong="H7126" families|strong="H4940" of|strong="H4940" Zerah’s clan|strong="H4940" presented|strong="H7126" themselves|strong="H0905", and|strong="H3063" Yahweh|strong="H3068" indicated that|strong="H4940" someone|strong="H0376" from|strong="H3063" the|strong="H7126" family|strong="H4940" of|strong="H4940" Zabdi|strong="H2067" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w guilty|strong="H0816"\+w* \+w one|strong="H1397"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H7126" Joshua|strong="H3091" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H7126" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" that|strong="H1121" family|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1121" present|strong="H7126" themselves|strong="H0905". And|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" indicated that|strong="H1121" Achan|strong="H5912" was|strong="H1004" guilty|strong="H0816". 
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\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H5414" Joshua|strong="H3091" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Achan|strong="H5912", “Son|strong="H1121", tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H5414" truth|strong="H0571" [IDM]. Confess|strong="H5046" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5414" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H6213" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*, \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}. And|strong="H1121" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5414" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5414" did|strong="H6213", and|strong="H1121" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H3478" ◄conceal|strong="H3582" anything|strong="H4100"/prevent|strong="H6923" me|strong="H5414" from|strong="H4480" knowing|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5414" did|strong="H6213"►.” 
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\verseNumber{20}Achan|strong="H5912" replied|strong="H6030", “It|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3068" true|strong="H3068". I|strong="H3478" have|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H2398" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6213" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H6213" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{21}Among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H7200" things|strong="H2530" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w Jericho|strong="H3405"\+w*} that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H7200" was|strong="H4948" a|strong="H3947" beautiful|strong="H2896" coat|strong="H3801" from|strong="H3947" Babylonia|strong="H0894". I|strong="H2009" also|strong="H1571" saw|strong="H7200" 200 pieces|strong="H8255" of|strong="H8432" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3967" some|strong="H2009" gold|strong="H2091" that|strong="H7200" weighed|strong="H4948" as|strong="H8478" much|strong="H7227" as|strong="H8478" 50 pieces|strong="H8255" of|strong="H8432" silver|strong="H3701". I|strong="H2009" wanted|strong="H2654" those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H2530" very|strong="H2896" much|strong="H7227" for|strong="H8478" myself|strong="H0589", so|strong="H3947" I|strong="H2009" took|strong="H3947" them|strong="H7200". I|strong="H2009" buried|strong="H2934" them|strong="H7200" all|strong="H7200" in|strong="H8432" the|strong="H7200" ground|strong="H0776" under|strong="H8478" my|strong="H7200" tent|strong="H0168". You|strong="H3947" will|strong="H3956" find|strong="H3947" them|strong="H7200" there|strong="H2009". The|strong="H7200" silver|strong="H3701" is|strong="H2896" buried|strong="H2934" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H7200" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H2530".” 
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\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H7971" Joshua|strong="H3091" sent|strong="H7971" some|strong="H2009" men|strong="H0376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w find|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w*}. They|strong="H7323" ran|strong="H7323" to|strong="H7971" Achan’s tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H3701" found|strong="H4672" all|strong="H7971" the|strong="H8478" things|strong="H1697" hidden|strong="H2934" there|strong="H2009". 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H3947" them|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" out|strong="H3332" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H3947" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3478" Joshua|strong="H3091" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121". Then|strong="H3947" they|strong="H3068" spread|strong="H6566"/laid|strong="H3478" them|strong="H6440" out|strong="H3332" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H6440", where|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" could|strong="H3201" see|strong="H7200" them|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H3947" Joshua|strong="H3091" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" led|strong="H1980" Achan|strong="H5912" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" valley|strong="H6010". They|strong="H3478" also|strong="H3478" took|strong="H3947" down|strong="H3381" there|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701", the|strong="H3605" coat|strong="H3801", the|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091", Achan’s \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" cattle|strong="H6629" and|strong="H1121" donkeys|strong="H2543" and|strong="H1121" sheep|strong="H6629", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H1121" everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" owned|strong="H3426". 
\verseNumber{25}Joshua|strong="H3091" said|strong="H0559", “◄I|strong="H3117" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H2088" know|strong="H3045" why|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3605" caused|strong="H5414" so|strong="H2088" much|strong="H4100" trouble|strong="H5916" for|strong="H3068" us|strong="H3117"/You|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" a|strong="H3117" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H3068" trouble|strong="H5916" for|strong="H3068" us|strong="H3117"► [RHQ], but|strong="H3605" now|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" trouble|strong="H5916" for|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3605".” Then|strong="H2088" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" threw|strong="H5619" stones|strong="H5619" at|strong="H3478" Achan|strong="H5912" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940" until|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" died|strong="H4191". Then|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" burned|strong="H8313" their|strong="H3605" corpses|strong="H6297". 
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\verseNumber{26}They|strong="H3117" piled|strong="H6651" rocks|strong="H5553" over|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w ashes|strong="H0665"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} their|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w corpses|strong="H6297"\+w*}, and|strong="H6965" those|strong="H5921" rocks|strong="H5553" are|strong="H3117" still|strong="H7725" there|strong="H2088". That|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3068" why|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" valley|strong="H6010" is|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" Trouble|strong="H2088" Valley|strong="H6010". After|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117", Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" no|strong="H6965" longer|strong="H5750" angry|strong="H2734" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H1931"\+w*}. 

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\chapterNumber{8}Then|strong="H6965" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Joshua|strong="H3091", “Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5414" be|strong="H3027" afraid|strong="H3372" or|strong="H7200" discouraged|strong="H2865" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w at|strong="H3068"\+w*} Ai|strong="H5857". Lead|strong="H5927" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H3068" soldiers|strong="H4421" and|strong="H6965" go|strong="H5927" there|strong="H5927" again|strong="H6965". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5971" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Ai|strong="H5857", his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H6965" his|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w take|strong="H3947"\+w*} his|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{2}Your|strong="H7760" army|strong="H2428" will|strong="H4428" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Ai|strong="H5857" and|strong="H4428" their|strong="H7760" king|strong="H4428" like|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Jericho|strong="H3405" and|strong="H4428" their|strong="H7760" king|strong="H4428". But|strong="H7535" this|strong="H6213" time|strong="H6256" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w permit|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w*} take|strong="H7760" all|strong="H6213" their|strong="H7760" possessions|strong="H7998" and|strong="H4428" keep|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" yourselves|strong="H5315". But|strong="H7535" first|strong="H7223", tell|strong="H5046" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H7760" soldiers|strong="H5650" to|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w hide|strong="H5641"\+w* \+w behind|strong="H0310"\+w*} the|strong="H6213" city|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4428"\+w*} prepare|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" suddenly|strong="H6597" attack|strong="H5221" it|strong="H7760".” 
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\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H7971" Joshua|strong="H3091" led|strong="H1980" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" toward|strong="H5927" Ai|strong="H5857". He|strong="H3605" chose|strong="H3091" 30,000 of|strong="H1368" his|strong="H3605" best|strong="H2459" fighters|strong="H3901"/warriors|strong="H1368" and|strong="H6965" prepared|strong="H6965" to|strong="H7971" send|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" during|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H3605" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H6680", “Listen|strong="H3605" carefully|strong="H3966". Some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H5892" you|strong="H6680" must|strong="H4191" hide|strong="H5641" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" side|strong="H6285" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". Do|strong="H6680" not|strong="H1961" go|strong="H1961" far|strong="H7368" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". Just|strong="H3605" be|strong="H1961" ready|strong="H3559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5221"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}I|strong="H3588" and|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H5971" with|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440" will|strong="H1961" march|strong="H3318" toward|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w morning|strong="H1242"\+w*}. The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" will|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H3898" us|strong="H6440", like|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H5971" before|strong="H6440". Then|strong="H1961" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" turn|strong="H1961" around|strong="H6440" and|strong="H5971" start|strong="H1870" to|strong="H3318" run|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127" from|strong="H3318" them|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{6}They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5892" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5892" running|strong="H7323" away|strong="H5127" from|strong="H4480" them|strong="H6440" like|strong="H3318" we|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" before|strong="H6440". So|strong="H4480" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5892" chase|strong="H7291" us|strong="H6440" away|strong="H5127" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892". While|strong="H5704" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5892" running|strong="H7323" away|strong="H5127", 
\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w hiding|strong="H5641"\+w* \+w come|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3423"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6965"\+w*} rush|strong="H8264" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5414" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H6965" capture|strong="H3920" it|strong="H5414". Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" conquer|strong="H3423" it|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{8}After|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6680" capture|strong="H8610" the|strong="H7200" city|strong="H5892", burn|strong="H3341" it|strong="H6213". Do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" us|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213". Those|strong="H6213" are|strong="H1697" the|strong="H7200" orders|strong="H6680" I|strong="H1697" am|strong="H1961" giving|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6680".” 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H7971" Joshua|strong="H3091" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w prepared|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w*} send|strong="H7971" some|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3427" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w hide|strong="H5641"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7971"\+w*} wait|strong="H3427" between|strong="H8432" Ai|strong="H5857" and|strong="H7971" Bethel|strong="H1008", which|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" west|strong="H3220" of|strong="H3427" Ai|strong="H5857". But|strong="H1931" Joshua|strong="H3091" stayed|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3427" his|strong="H7971" other|strong="H0312" soldiers|strong="H5971" that|strong="H5971" night|strong="H3915". 
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\verseNumber{10}Early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H6440" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242", Joshua|strong="H3091" gathered|strong="H3478" his|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H5971" together|strong="H5971". Then|strong="H5927" he|strong="H1931" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H0312" Israeli leaders|strong="H2205" led|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" Ai|strong="H5857". 
\verseNumber{11}They|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" set|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H2583" close|strong="H5066" to|strong="H5927" Ai|strong="H5857", just|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" north|strong="H6828" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", where|strong="H0834" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" could|strong="H5971" see|strong="H7200" them|strong="H5927". There|strong="H5927" was|strong="H5892" a|strong="H5927" valley|strong="H1516" between|strong="H4421" them|strong="H5927" and|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H3947" Joshua|strong="H3091" chose|strong="H0977" about|strong="H3947" 5,000 men|strong="H3220" and|strong="H5892" told|strong="H7760" them|strong="H7760" to|strong="H3220" go|strong="H1980" and|strong="H5892" hide|strong="H5641" just|strong="H3512" west|strong="H3220" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3947" city|strong="H5892", between|strong="H0996" Ai|strong="H5857" and|strong="H5892" Bethel|strong="H1008". 
\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H7760" those|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" did|strong="H5971" that|strong="H5971". The|strong="H3605" main|strong="H1419" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H5892" soldiers|strong="H5971" was|strong="H1931" north|strong="H6828" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3605" others|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" hiding|strong="H5641" west|strong="H3220" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". That|strong="H5971" night|strong="H3915" Joshua|strong="H3091" went|strong="H3212" down|strong="H7760" into|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" valley|strong="H6010". 
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\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Ai|strong="H5857" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" Israeli army|strong="H5971", he|strong="H1931" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H4421" got|strong="H3318" up|strong="H7925" early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H3605" next|strong="H7200" morning|strong="H7925" and|strong="H3478" quickly|strong="H4116" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H4421" them|strong="H6440". They|strong="H3588" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" a|strong="H1961" place|strong="H1961" east|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" some|strong="H5971" Israeli soldiers|strong="H4421" were|strong="H3478" hiding|strong="H5641" behind|strong="H0310" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{15}Joshua|strong="H3091" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w with|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w*} allowed|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H6440" Ai|strong="H5857" to|strong="H3478" push|strong="H5055" them|strong="H6440" back|strong="H7725". They|strong="H3605" ran|strong="H5127" toward|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H4057". 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5892" Ai|strong="H5857" were|strong="H5971" ordered|strong="H2199" to|strong="H5971" chase|strong="H7291" after|strong="H4480" Joshua|strong="H3091" and|strong="H5971" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971". So|strong="H4480" they|strong="H5971" left|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5971" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5971" pursue|strong="H7291" the|strong="H3605" Israelis. 
\verseNumber{17}All|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" men|strong="H3478" of|strong="H5892" Ai|strong="H5857" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3318" men|strong="H3478" of|strong="H5892" Bethel|strong="H1008" pursued|strong="H7291" the|strong="H3318" Israeli army|strong="H2428". They|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H5800" even|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" man|strong="H0376" in|strong="H3478" Ai|strong="H5857" to|strong="H3318" defend|strong="H1598" it|strong="H3808". The|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gates|strong="H8179"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3318"\+w*} city|strong="H5892" were|strong="H3478" left|strong="H7604" wide|strong="H6605" open|strong="H6605". 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H5414" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Joshua|strong="H3091", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Lift|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w up|strong="H5414"\+w*} your|strong="H3068" spear|strong="H3591" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* } point|strong="H6856" it|strong="H5414" toward|strong="H3027" Ai|strong="H5857", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" going|strong="H3591" to|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" your|strong="H3068" soldiers|strong="H5650" to|strong="H3068" capture|strong="H3920" it|strong="H5414"!” So|strong="H5414" Joshua|strong="H3091" pointed \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w spear|strong="H3591"\+w*} toward|strong="H3027" Ai|strong="H5857". 
\verseNumber{19}When|strong="H3027" the|strong="H6965" Israeli men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H7323" were|strong="H3027" hiding|strong="H5641" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H5892", they|strong="H7323" rushed|strong="H7323" out|strong="H5186" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H6965" places|strong="H4725" where|strong="H4725" they|strong="H7323" were|strong="H3027" hiding|strong="H5641" and|strong="H6965" ran|strong="H7323" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H6965" city|strong="H5892". They|strong="H7323" quickly|strong="H4116" captured|strong="H3920" it|strong="H5186" and|strong="H6965" set|strong="H6965" it|strong="H5186" on|strong="H3027" fire|strong="H3341". 
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\verseNumber{20}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7200" men|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3027" Ai|strong="H5857" looked|strong="H7200" back|strong="H6437", they|strong="H3808" saw|strong="H7200" smoke|strong="H6227" rising|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5927" their|strong="H7200" city|strong="H5892". But|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" could|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" escape|strong="H5127", because|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7200" Israeli troops|strong="H5971" stopped|strong="H5975" running|strong="H1961" away|strong="H5127". 
\verseNumber{21}Joshua|strong="H3091" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H5927" hiding|strong="H5641" had|strong="H3478" captured|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" burning|strong="H2740" it|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" smoke|strong="H6227" rising|strong="H5927". So|strong="H5927" they|strong="H3588" turned|strong="H7725" around|strong="H7725" and|strong="H3478" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H7725" attack|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5892" Ai|strong="H5857". 
\verseNumber{22}Meanwhile|strong="H3318", the|strong="H5221" soldiers|strong="H5650" who|strong="H3478" had|strong="H1961" captured|strong="H3920" the|strong="H5221" city|strong="H5892" came|strong="H1961" out|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w attacked|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w rear|strong="H3411"\+w*}. So|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5221" men|strong="H3478" of|strong="H5892" Ai|strong="H5857" were|strong="H3478" caught|strong="H3920" between|strong="H8432" the|strong="H5221" two|strong="H4480" groups|strong="H7218" of|strong="H5892" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5650". None|strong="H7604" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5221" men|strong="H3478" of|strong="H5892" Ai|strong="H5857" escaped|strong="H6412". The|strong="H5221" Israelis fought|strong="H3898" until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5704" killed|strong="H5221" all|strong="H5704" of|strong="H5892" them|strong="H5221". Only|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5221" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H5892" Ai|strong="H5857" was|strong="H1961" still|strong="H5704" alive|strong="H8300". 
\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H7126" they|strong="H5857" seized|strong="H8610" the|strong="H3091" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Ai|strong="H5857" and|strong="H4428" brought|strong="H7126" him|strong="H3091" to|strong="H4428" Joshua|strong="H3091". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A|strong="H7126" summary|strong="H7217" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3091" battle|strong="H4421" }
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\verseNumber{24}While|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5704" were|strong="H3478" fighting|strong="H3898", the|strong="H3605" Israeli army|strong="H3427" pursued|strong="H7291" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3427" Ai|strong="H5857" into|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" fields|strong="H7704" and|strong="H3478" into|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H4057", and|strong="H3478" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3427" them|strong="H7725". Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5704" went|strong="H3478" to|strong="H5704" Ai|strong="H5857" and|strong="H3478" killed|strong="H2026" everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{25}They|strong="H3117" killed|strong="H5307" 12,000 men|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3117" women|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{26}Joshua|strong="H3091" continued|strong="H3427" to|strong="H5704" point|strong="H5704" his|strong="H3605" spear|strong="H3591" [LIT|strong="H0215"] toward|strong="H3027" Ai|strong="H5857", until|strong="H5704" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Ai|strong="H5857" had|strong="H3091" been|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H2026". 
\verseNumber{27}The|strong="H3068" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5650" took|strong="H3478" for|strong="H3068" themselves|strong="H1992" the|strong="H3068" animals|strong="H0929" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3068" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3068" Ai|strong="H1992", just|strong="H1697" like|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H6680" Joshua|strong="H3091" that|strong="H1931" they|strong="H1992" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{28}Joshua|strong="H3091" and|strong="H3117" his|strong="H7760" soldiers|strong="H5650" burned|strong="H8313" Ai|strong="H5857" city|strong="H5857" and|strong="H3117" caused|strong="H5414" it|strong="H7760" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H7760" pile|strong="H1530" of|strong="H3117" ruins|strong="H2723". It|strong="H7760" is|strong="H2088" still|strong="H5704" like|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3117" today|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{29}Joshua|strong="H3091" hanged|strong="H8518" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Ai|strong="H5857" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H4480" tree|strong="H6086" and|strong="H6965" left|strong="H4480" his|strong="H5921" corpse|strong="H5038" hanging|strong="H8518" there|strong="H2088" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" evening|strong="H6153". At|strong="H5921" sunset|strong="H8121" Joshua|strong="H3091" told|strong="H6680" his|strong="H5921" men|strong="H1419" to|strong="H5704" take|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" corpse|strong="H5038" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" tree|strong="H6086" and|strong="H6965" to|strong="H5704" throw|strong="H7993" it|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H0776" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" gate|strong="H8179". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w*}, they|strong="H3117" piled|strong="H6651" a|strong="H4480" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H4428" rocks|strong="H5553" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" corpse|strong="H5038", and|strong="H6965" that|strong="H3117" pile|strong="H1530" of|strong="H4428" rocks|strong="H5553" is|strong="H2088" still|strong="H5704" there|strong="H2088". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Joshua|strong="H3091" repeated|strong="H1696" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" agreement|strong="H7284" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H6153" }
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\verseNumber{30}Joshua|strong="H3091" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} build|strong="H1129" on|strong="H3068" Ebal|strong="H5858" Mountain|strong="H2022" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196" for|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{31}They|strong="H3068" built|strong="H1129" it|strong="H5921" just|strong="H8003" like|strong="H3478" Moses|strong="H4872", the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" served|strong="H5647" God|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w well|strong="H3190"\+w*}, had|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" previously|strong="H3808" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" laws|strong="H8451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w given|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w*}. They|strong="H3068" made|strong="H3478" it|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" stones|strong="H0068" that|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H3808" cut|strong="H3478" using|strong="H5927" iron|strong="H1270" tools|strong="H0240". The|strong="H5921" Israelis then|strong="H4872" offered|strong="H5927" sacrifices|strong="H2076" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" burned|strong="H8313" completely|strong="H8003" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". They|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" offered|strong="H5927" sacrifices|strong="H2076" to|strong="H3478" restore|strong="H5927" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{32}As|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Israelis watched|strong="H7200", Joshua|strong="H3091" wrote|strong="H3789" on|strong="H5921" stones|strong="H0068" the|strong="H6440" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w given|strong="H5414"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" Moses|strong="H4872" previously|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{33}The|strong="H3605" Israeli leaders|strong="H2205", the|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H5650", the|strong="H3605" judges|strong="H8199", and|strong="H4872" other|strong="H2088" Israelis were|strong="H3478" there|strong="H2088", standing|strong="H5975" nearby|strong="H4136". Many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" not|strong="H2088" Israelis were|strong="H3478" also|strong="H3068" there|strong="H2088". Half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" stood|strong="H5975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w one|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w side|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w valley|strong="H6010"\+w*} below|strong="H8478" Ebal|strong="H5858" Mountain|strong="H2022", and|strong="H4872" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H2088" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" stood|strong="H5975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w other|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w side|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w valley|strong="H6010"\+w*} below|strong="H8478" Gerizim|strong="H1630" Mountain|strong="H2022". The|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" was|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w valley|strong="H6010"\+w*} between|strong="H8199" the|strong="H3605" two|strong="H2088" groups|strong="H7218". That|strong="H5971" was|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2088" Moses|strong="H4872" had|strong="H3068" previously|strong="H7223" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" when|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w about|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} bless|strong="H1288" them|strong="H5975". 
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\verseNumber{34}Then|strong="H3651" Joshua|strong="H3091" read|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*} had|strong="H1697" written|strong="H3789" previously|strong="H8543". That|strong="H3605" included|strong="H3605" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H1697" taught|strong="H3925" them|strong="H7121" and|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" ways|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H1696"\+w*} to|strong="H1697" bless|strong="H1288" them|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w obeyed|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w commands|strong="H1697"\+w*}, or|strong="H0176" to|strong="H1697" curse|strong="H7045" them|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w disobeyed|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7121"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{35}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israelis gathered|strong="H3478" together|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w listen|strong="H3605"\+w*}—the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1980", the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H2945". The|strong="H3605" ◄foreigners|strong="H1616"/people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" Israelis► who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" living|strong="H3605" among|strong="H7130" them|strong="H7121" also|strong="H3478" listened|strong="H8085", while|strong="H1961" Joshua|strong="H3091" read|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" commands|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3605" Moses|strong="H4872" had|strong="H1961" written|strong="H3789". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The Gibeonites tricked the Israelis }
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\chapterNumber{9}There|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" several|strong="H2669" kings|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w ruled|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w lands|strong="H4054"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w are|strong="H4428"\+w*} on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" west|strong="H3220" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H5104". They|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Heth|strong="H2845" people-group, the|strong="H3605" Amor people-group, the|strong="H3605" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group, the|strong="H3605" Periz people-group, the|strong="H3605" Hiv people-group, and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Jebus|strong="H2982" people-group. They|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H1961" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" hilly area|strong="H2022", in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" foothills|strong="H8219" further|strong="H5750" west|strong="H3220", and|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w plains|strong="H8219"\+w*} along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" coast|strong="H2348" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Mediterranean Sea|strong="H3220". They|strong="H3605" heard|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w what|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w at|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Ai|strong="H5857"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H6310" they|strong="H6310" all|strong="H3162" gathered|strong="H6908" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H3898" Joshua|strong="H3091" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3091" Israeli army|strong="H2428". 
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\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Gibeon|strong="H1391" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5857"\+w*} heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085" Joshua’s|strong="H3091" army|strong="H3427" had|strong="H3091" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Jericho|strong="H3405" and|strong="H8085" Ai|strong="H5857", 
\verseNumber{4}they|strong="H1992" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="H3212" trick the|strong="H3947" Israelis. They|strong="H1992" gathered|strong="H6213" some|strong="H1992" old|strong="H1087" sacks|strong="H8242" and|strong="H3212" some|strong="H1992" old|strong="H1087" leather|strong="H5785" wine|strong="H3196" bags|strong="H2754" that|strong="H6213" had|strong="H6213" been|strong="H6887" mended|strong="H6887" after|strong="H1992" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" cracked|strong="H2865", and|strong="H3212" they|strong="H1992" put|strong="H6213" these|strong="H1992" on|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3947" backs|strong="H6203" of|strong="H6213" their|strong="H3947" donkeys|strong="H2543". 
\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H5921" put|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" old|strong="H1087" sandals|strong="H5275" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" patched|strong="H2921", and|strong="H3899" wore|strong="H5921" old|strong="H1087" ragged clothes|strong="H8008". And|strong="H3899" they|strong="H5921" took|strong="H1961" along|strong="H5921" bread|strong="H3899" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1961" dry|strong="H3001" and|strong="H3899" moldy. 
\verseNumber{6}They|strong="H3478" traveled|strong="H5265" to|strong="H3478" where|strong="H0834" Joshua|strong="H3091" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3091"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* Israelis} had|strong="H3478" set|strong="H3478" up|strong="H3212" their|strong="H3772" tents|strong="H4264" near|strong="H7126" Gilgal|strong="H1537". They|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Joshua|strong="H3091" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3091" other|strong="H0312" Israeli leaders|strong="H7218", “We|strong="H6258" have|strong="H3478" traveled|strong="H5265" from|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3772" distant|strong="H7350" land|strong="H0776". We|strong="H6258" want|strong="H3772" you|strong="H3772" to|strong="H3478" make|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3772" peace|strong="H7965" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" us|strong="H3478".” 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H3772" Israeli leaders|strong="H7218" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" those|strong="H3427" men|strong="H3772" from|strong="H3772" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Gilead|strong="H1568"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3772"\+w*} the|strong="H3772" Hiv people-group, “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H7130"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7130"\+w* \+w truly|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w far|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3478"\+w*}. If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H7130" live|strong="H3427" near|strong="H7130" us|strong="H3478", we|strong="H7130" cannot|strong="H3808" [RHQ] make|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3772" peace|strong="H7965" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" you|strong="H7130", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w rid|strong="H5337"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w living|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w near|strong="H7130"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3478"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H1992" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5650" Joshua|strong="H3091", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w make|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w peace|strong="H7965"\+w* \+w agreement|strong="H7284"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w*}, we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H4310" be|strong="H5650" your|strong="H3068" servants|strong="H5650".” 
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But|strong="H3588" Joshua|strong="H3091" answered|strong="H6030", “What|strong="H4310" people-group are|strong="H5650" you|strong="H4310"? Where|strong="H0834" do|strong="H4310" you|strong="H4310" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H5650"?” 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5650" from|strong="H8085" Gibeon|strong="H1391" answered|strong="H8085", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w*} your|strong="H3068" servants|strong="H5650"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{. \+w We|strong="H3588"\+w*} have|strong="H3068" come|strong="H7350" here|strong="H6311" from|strong="H8085" a|strong="H6213" distant|strong="H7350" land|strong="H0776", because|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" great|strong="H3966" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3068" god|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{10}We|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3605" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w enabled|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w*} defeat|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} two|strong="H8147" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Amor people-group, on|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" east|strong="H5676" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H5104"—Sihon|strong="H5511", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H3605" ruled|strong="H4428" in|strong="H6213" Heshbon|strong="H2809" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H4428" Og|strong="H5747", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H3605" ruled|strong="H4428" in|strong="H6213" Ashtaroth|strong="H6252" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Bashan|strong="H1316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H3947" our|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H2205" and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H3027" our|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" us|strong="H3027", ‘Take|strong="H3947" some|strong="H3027" food|strong="H6720" and|strong="H3027" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1285" the|strong="H3605" Israelis. Tell|strong="H3605" them|strong="H3027", “We|strong="H6258" want|strong="H3772" to|strong="H3212" be|strong="H3027" your|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650". So|strong="H3947" make|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3947" peace|strong="H7965" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" us|strong="H3027".”’ 
\verseNumber{12}Look|strong="H2009" at|strong="H1004" our|strong="H3318" bread|strong="H3899". It|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" fresh|strong="H3892" and|strong="H3117" warm|strong="H2525" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w having|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w baked|strong="H0644"\+w*} on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" left|strong="H3318" our|strong="H3318" area|strong="H1508", but|strong="H1961" now|strong="H6258" it|strong="H1961" is|strong="H2088" dry|strong="H3001" and|strong="H3117" moldy. 
\verseNumber{13}Look|strong="H2009" at|strong="H4390" our|strong="H4390" leather|strong="H5785" wine|strong="H3196" bags|strong="H2754". They|strong="H1870" were|strong="H2009" new|strong="H2319" when|strong="H4390" we|strong="H2009" filled|strong="H4390" them|strong="H1086" with|strong="H4390" wine|strong="H3196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w we|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w left|strong="H7604"\+w*}, but|strong="H2009" now|strong="H2009" they|strong="H1870" are|strong="H1870" cracked|strong="H2865" and|strong="H1870" old|strong="H1086". Our|strong="H4390" clothes|strong="H8008" and|strong="H1870" our|strong="H4390" sandals|strong="H5275" are|strong="H1870" worn|strong="H1086" out|strong="H1234" from|strong="H3196" traveling|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w long|strong="H7230"\+w* \+w road|strong="H1870"\+w*} to|strong="H1870" come|strong="H4390" here|strong="H2009".” 
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\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H3947" Israeli leaders|strong="H7218" tasted|strong="H2938" the|strong="H3947" bread|strong="H3899", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" ask|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6310" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H6213" Joshua|strong="H3091" agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" peace|strong="H7965" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" the|strong="H6213" men|strong="H6213" from|strong="H3772" Gibeon|strong="H1391" to|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" kill|strong="H3772" them|strong="H6213". All|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" Israeli leaders|strong="H5387" vowed|strong="H7650" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Joshua|strong="H3091" said|strong="H0559" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" agreement|strong="H1285". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w men|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\+w* \+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w home|strong="H1004"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{16}Three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" later|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8085" Israelis found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" men|strong="H1992" from|strong="H3772" Gibeon|strong="H1391" lived|strong="H3427" nearby|strong="H7138". 
\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H5265" they|strong="H3117" went|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3117" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5265" Gibeon|strong="H1391" lived|strong="H3427". After|strong="H3117" traveling|strong="H5265" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} three|strong="H7992" days|strong="H3117", they|strong="H3117" came|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3117" cities|strong="H5892": Gibeon|strong="H1391", Kephirah|strong="H3716", Beeroth|strong="H0881", and|strong="H1121" Kiriath-Jearim|strong="H7157". 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" Israelis did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" attack|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H7650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w peacefully|strong="H7965"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H3588" them|strong="H5921" promise|strong="H7650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*}. 
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All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" grumbled|strong="H3885" against|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H5387" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H5387" answered|strong="H6030", “We|strong="H6258" promised|strong="H7650" to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w peacefully|strong="H7965"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5060"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H6258" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, heard|strong="H8085" us|strong="H3478" promise|strong="H7650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*}. So|strong="H3808" now|strong="H6258" we|strong="H6258" cannot|strong="H3808" attack|strong="H5221" [EUP] them|strong="H5060". 
\verseNumber{20}This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H1961" what|strong="H6213" we|strong="H6213" will|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213": We|strong="H6213" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H2026" them|strong="H5921". If|strong="H1961" we|strong="H6213" kill|strong="H2026" them|strong="H5921", God|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" very|strong="H6213" angry|strong="H7110" with|strong="H6213" us|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5921"\+w*} because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" not|strong="H3808" doing|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" we|strong="H6213" promised|strong="H7650" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H1961" we|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" allow|strong="H5414" them|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" live|strong="H2421". But|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" cut|strong="H2404" wood|strong="H6086" for|strong="H4325" us|strong="H1961", and|strong="H6086" they|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" carry|strong="H5375" water|strong="H4325" for|strong="H4325" us|strong="H1961".” So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" Israeli leaders|strong="H5387" did|strong="H1961" what|strong="H1696" they|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" promised|strong="H1696". 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H1696" Joshua|strong="H3091" summoned|strong="H7121" the|strong="H4480" men|strong="H7121" from|strong="H4480" Gibeon|strong="H1391" and|strong="H3091" asked|strong="H4100" them|strong="H7121", “Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" lie|strong="H7901" to|strong="H1696" us|strong="H4480"? Your|strong="H4480" land|strong="H7130" was|strong="H3091" near|strong="H7130" to|strong="H1696" where|strong="H4100" we|strong="H7130" had|strong="H3091" set|strong="H3427" up|strong="H3427" our|strong="H4480" tents|strong="H0168", but|strong="H1696" you|strong="H4100" told|strong="H1696" us|strong="H4480" that|strong="H7121" you|strong="H4100" were|strong="H3427" from|strong="H4480" a|strong="H7121" distant|strong="H7350" land|strong="H7130"! 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H4480" now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H3808" will|strong="H5650" become|strong="H1961" our|strong="H5650" slaves|strong="H5650". You|strong="H3808" will|strong="H5650" always|strong="H3605" be|strong="H3808" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H1004" cut|strong="H3772" wood|strong="H6086" and|strong="H1004" carry|strong="H5375" water|strong="H4325" for|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H4480"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w who|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1004"\+w*} the|strong="H4480" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" our|strong="H5650" God|strong="H3808".” 
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\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5650" from|strong="H6440" Gibeon|strong="H1391" replied|strong="H6030", “We|strong="H3588" lied|strong="H3584" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1697" afraid|strong="H3372" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" us|strong="H5414". We|strong="H3588" heard|strong="H6030" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", declared|strong="H5046" to|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650" Moses|strong="H4872" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" conquer|strong="H3423" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5315" in|strong="H3427" this|strong="H2088" land|strong="H6440" and|strong="H4872" to|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5315" who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" it|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{25}So|strong="H6213" now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H6213" can|strong="H6213" decide|strong="H3198" what|strong="H2896" you|strong="H6213" will|strong="H5869" do|strong="H6213" with|strong="H6213" us|strong="H6213". Do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H2896" you|strong="H6213" think|strong="H5869" is|strong="H3027" right|strong="H3477".” 
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\verseNumber{26}So|strong="H3651" Joshua|strong="H3091" saved|strong="H5337" the|strong="H6213" lives|strong="H5315" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gibeon|strong="H1391" by|strong="H3027" not|strong="H3808" allowing the|strong="H6213" Israelis to|strong="H3478" kill|strong="H2026" them|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{27}Instead|strong="H8478", he|strong="H1931" forced|strong="H4522" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5414" Israelis’ slaves|strong="H5650". They|strong="H3117" cut|strong="H2404" wood|strong="H6086" and|strong="H3068" carried|strong="H3068" water|strong="H4325" for|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5414" Israelis. They|strong="H3117" also|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" wood|strong="H6086" and|strong="H3068" water|strong="H4325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w needed|strong="H1767"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5704"\+w*} the|strong="H5414" sacred|strong="H6944" altar|strong="H4196" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", to|strong="H5704" whatever|strong="H3605" place|strong="H4725" Yahweh|strong="H3068" decided|strong="H3289" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" should|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" one|strong="H2088". And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3068" Gibeon|strong="H1391" are|strong="H3117" still|strong="H5704" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3117". 

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\chapterNumber{10}Later|strong="H1961", Adonizedek, the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" Joshua’s|strong="H3091" army|strong="H3427" had|strong="H1961" captured|strong="H3920" Ai|strong="H5857" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} and|strong="H3478" had|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H2763" everything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8085" town|strong="H7151". He|strong="H3588" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H4428" Ai|strong="H5857" and|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" their|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8085" same|strong="H3651" thing|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H4428" Jericho|strong="H3405" and|strong="H3478" their|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428". He|strong="H3588" also|strong="H6213" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H4428" Gibeon|strong="H1391" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5857"\+w*} had|strong="H1961" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1961" peace|strong="H7999" treaty|strong="H1285" with|strong="H6213" the|strong="H8085" Israeli people|strong="H3427", and|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H4428" Gibeon|strong="H1391" were|strong="H3478" now|strong="H1961" living|strong="H3427" near|strong="H7130" the|strong="H8085" Israelis and|strong="H3478" being|strong="H1961" protected|strong="H3467" by|strong="H3478" them|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{2}Because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3588", he|strong="H1931" and|strong="H1419" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1931" whom|strong="H1368" he|strong="H1931" ruled|strong="H4427" became|strong="H3372" very|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372", because|strong="H3588" Gibeon|strong="H1391" was|strong="H1931" an|strong="H4480" important|strong="H1419" city|strong="H5892", like|strong="H1368" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" kings|strong="H4428". And|strong="H1419" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} Gibeon|strong="H1391" was|strong="H1931" a|strong="H3588" larger|strong="H1419" city|strong="H5892" than|strong="H4480" Ai|strong="H5857" and|strong="H1419" all|strong="H3605" its|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H1368" were|strong="H1419" good|strong="H3966" fighters|strong="H3901", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w thought|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w Joshua’s|strong="H3091"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w might|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w defeat|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w them|strong="H4480"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H7971" King|strong="H4428" Adonizedek sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" message|strong="H3389" to|strong="H7971" Hosham the|strong="H7971" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Hebron|strong="H2275" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, to|strong="H7971" Piram|strong="H6502" the|strong="H7971" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Jarmuth|strong="H3412" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, to|strong="H7971" Jarmuth|strong="H3412" the|strong="H7971" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Lachish|strong="H3923" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" Debir|strong="H1688" the|strong="H7971" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Eglon|strong="H5700" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}In|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" message|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" come|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5927" your|strong="H3588" armies|strong="H6635" and|strong="H1121" help|strong="H5826" me|strong="H5221" to|strong="H3478" attack|strong="H5221" Gibeon|strong="H1391", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gibeon|strong="H1391" have|strong="H1121" made|strong="H7999" a|strong="H3588" peace|strong="H7999" treaty|strong="H1285" with|strong="H5927" Joshua|strong="H3091" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" Israelis.” 
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\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H5927" those|strong="H1992" five|strong="H2568" kings|strong="H4428" who|strong="H3605" ruled|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" groups|strong="H7218" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1992" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4428" Amor—the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", Hebron|strong="H2275", Jarmuth|strong="H3412", Lachish|strong="H3923", and|strong="H4428" Debir|strong="H1688"—came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5927" and|strong="H4428" surrounded|strong="H5437" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". Then|strong="H4428" they|strong="H1992" prepared|strong="H3559" to|strong="H5927" attack|strong="H5927" it|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H4428" Gibeon|strong="H1391" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H3588" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7971" Joshua|strong="H3091" while|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H4428" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264" at|strong="H3427" Gilgal|strong="H1537". They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3027" your|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650". So|strong="H7971" do|strong="H5826" not|strong="H3588" forsake|strong="H7503" us|strong="H3588". Come|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H7971" us|strong="H3588" quickly|strong="H4120" and|strong="H7971" save|strong="H3467" us|strong="H3588"! Help|strong="H5826" us|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" groups|strong="H7218" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H5927" Amor and|strong="H7971" their|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H4264" have|strong="H5650" joined|strong="H6908" their|strong="H3605" forces|strong="H4264" and|strong="H7971" have|strong="H5650" come|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" hilly area|strong="H2022" to|strong="H7971" attack|strong="H5927" us|strong="H3588"!” 
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\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H4480" Joshua|strong="H3091" and|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428", including|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H4421" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" his|strong="H3605" best|strong="H2459" fighting|strong="H4421" men|strong="H1368", marched|strong="H5973" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H4480" Gilgal|strong="H1537". 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H5414" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Joshua|strong="H3091", “Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1992" armies|strong="H3808"! I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" your|strong="H3068" army|strong="H2428" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" [IDM]. None|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" ◄resist|strong="H5975"/fight|strong="H3898" and|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414"► your|strong="H3068" army|strong="H2428".” 
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\verseNumber{9}Joshua’s|strong="H3091" army|strong="H5927" marched|strong="H5927" all|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915" and|strong="H3915" arrived|strong="H0935" very|strong="H3966" early|strong="H7925" in|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" morning|strong="H1242". 
\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H3068" attacked|strong="H5221" their|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" before|strong="H6440" anyone|strong="H3605" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3478". Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H2000" their|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" to|strong="H5704" ◄become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H5704" confused|strong="H2000"/start|strong="H1870" running|strong="H7323" in|strong="H3478" all|strong="H5704" directions|strong="H6440"► when|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" Israeli army|strong="H2428". As|strong="H5704" a|strong="H5221" result|strong="H6903", the|strong="H6440" Israeli army|strong="H2428" defeated|strong="H5221" them|strong="H6440" very|strong="H5704" severely|strong="H5953" at|strong="H3478" Gibeon|strong="H1391" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w many|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w*}. The|strong="H6440" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6440" fled|strong="H5127" along|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" road|strong="H1870" that|strong="H3068" goes|strong="H6440" up|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" Beth-Horon|strong="H1032". But|strong="H1870" the|strong="H6440" Israeli army|strong="H2428" pursued|strong="H7291" them|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3478" killed|strong="H5221" them|strong="H6440" all|strong="H5704" along|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" road|strong="H1870" that|strong="H3068" goes|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5704" Azekah|strong="H5825" and|strong="H3478" Makkedah|strong="H4719" towns|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{11}As|strong="H5704" they|strong="H1992" fled|strong="H5127" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Israeli army|strong="H2428", Yahweh|strong="H3068" threw|strong="H7993" down|strong="H7993" huge|strong="H7227" hailstones|strong="H1259" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6440" sky|strong="H8064". As|strong="H5704" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H4480", more|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H1992" died|strong="H4191" from|strong="H4480" hailstones|strong="H1259" falling|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H1992" than|strong="H4480" died|strong="H4191" as|strong="H5704" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Israeli army|strong="H2428" killing|strong="H2026" them|strong="H1992" with|strong="H3068" swords|strong="H2719". 
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\verseNumber{12}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" Israeli army|strong="H6010" to|strong="H1696" defeat|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" groups|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amor, Joshua|strong="H3091" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" while|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" listening|strong="H8085", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", cause|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" sun|strong="H8121" to|strong="H1696" stand|strong="H5869" still|strong="H1826" over|strong="H5414" Gibeon|strong="H1391", and|strong="H1121" cause|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" moon|strong="H3394" to|strong="H1696" not|strong="H5414" move|strong="H5472" when|strong="H3117" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3068" over|strong="H5414" Aijalon|strong="H0357" Valley|strong="H6010".” 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" is|strong="H1931" what|strong="H3477" happened|strong="H1961". The|strong="H5921" sun|strong="H8121" stood|strong="H5975" still|strong="H5975", and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" moon|strong="H3394" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" move|strong="H5472", until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" Israeli army|strong="H2428" defeated|strong="H5221" their|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H0341". That|strong="H3117" is|strong="H1931" what|strong="H3477" has|strong="H3117" been|strong="H3808" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" book|strong="H5612" that|strong="H3117" Jashar|strong="H3477" wrote|strong="H3789". The|strong="H5921" sun|strong="H8121" stopped|strong="H5975" while|strong="H5704" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" middle|strong="H2677" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" sky|strong="H8064", and|strong="H3117" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" ◄set|strong="H5975"/go|strong="H8121" down|strong="H3789"► for|strong="H5704" about|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5975" whole|strong="H8549" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{14}On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3478" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H6440" miracle|strong="H4159" that|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H0376" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3068". There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" a|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117" like|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" previously|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3478" there|strong="H1961" has|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" been|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117" like|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" since|strong="H3588". Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3588" fighting|strong="H3898" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H3808"! 
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\verseNumber{15}After|strong="H0310" Joshua’s|strong="H3091" army|strong="H4264" defeated|strong="H5221" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341", they|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" their|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264" at|strong="H3478" Gilgal|strong="H1537". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Joshua’s|strong="H3091" army|strong="H4264" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H4264" of|strong="H4264" five|strong="H2568" kings|strong="H4428" }
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\verseNumber{16}While|strong="H5704" the|strong="H2244" enemy|strong="H0340" soldiers|strong="H5650" were|strong="H4428" fleeing|strong="H5127" from|strong="H5127" Joshua’s|strong="H3091" army|strong="H2428", their|strong="H2244" five|strong="H2568" kings|strong="H4428" also|strong="H4428" fled|strong="H5127" and|strong="H4428" hid|strong="H2244" in|strong="H4428" a|strong="H4428" cave|strong="H4631" at|strong="H4428" Makkedah|strong="H4719" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H4428" someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" Joshua|strong="H3091", “We|strong="H4672" found|strong="H4672" those|strong="H1992" five|strong="H2568" kings|strong="H4428", hiding|strong="H2244" in|strong="H4428" a|strong="H4672" cave|strong="H4631" at|strong="H4428" Makkedah|strong="H4719"!” 
\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H6485" Joshua|strong="H3091" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H4631", he|strong="H5921" said|strong="H6310", “Roll|strong="H1556" some|strong="H4480" very|strong="H1419" large|strong="H1419" rocks|strong="H5553" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H6310" the|strong="H5921" cave|strong="H4631" so|strong="H6485" that|strong="H4631" the|strong="H5921" kings|strong="H4428" cannot|strong="H3808" escape|strong="H4422", and|strong="H1419" leave|strong="H5800" some|strong="H4480" soldiers|strong="H5650" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H5921" guard|strong="H8104" it|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5414" stay|strong="H5975" there|strong="H5975"! Pursue|strong="H7291" our|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H3027"! Attack|strong="H2179" them|strong="H5414" from|strong="H3027" behind|strong="H5975"! Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5414" allow|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" escape|strong="H4422" to|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" cities|strong="H5892", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068", our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414"/kill|strong="H2026" them|strong="H5414". [IDM]” 
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\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H1961" Joshua’s|strong="H3091" army|strong="H2428" did|strong="H3478" what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H5704" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H6213". They|strong="H1992" killed|strong="H5221" almost|strong="H3966" all|strong="H8552" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" enemy|strong="H0340" soldiers|strong="H1121", but|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" few|strong="H4592" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H1992" were|strong="H3478" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5704" reach|strong="H1961" their|strong="H1992" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" safe|strong="H7965" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="H5221" walls|strong="H2346" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" cities|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H7725" Joshua’s|strong="H3091" army|strong="H4264" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Joshua|strong="H3091", who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3478" still|strong="H7725" in|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264" at|strong="H3478" Makkedah|strong="H4719". No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" dared|strong="H3956" to|strong="H7725" criticize|strong="H7279" [MTY] the|strong="H3605" Israelis. 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H3318" Joshua|strong="H3091" said|strong="H3318", “Open|strong="H6605" the|strong="H4480" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H4480" cave|strong="H4631", and|strong="H4428" bring|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H4480" those|strong="H4480" five|strong="H2568" kings|strong="H4428"!” 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H6213" soldiers|strong="H5650" brought|strong="H3318" those|strong="H4480" five|strong="H2568" kings|strong="H4428" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6213" cave|strong="H4631"—the|strong="H6213" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", Hebron|strong="H2275", Jarmuth|strong="H3412", Lachish|strong="H3923", and|strong="H4428" Eglon|strong="H5700". 
\verseNumber{24}When|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5921" brought|strong="H3318" those|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" to|strong="H1980" Joshua|strong="H3091" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w forced|strong="H4522"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w lie|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H0776"\+w*}, he|strong="H3605" summoned|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli soldiers|strong="H4421", and|strong="H1980" then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3605" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H4421" commanders|strong="H8269", “Come|strong="H1980" here|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1980" put|strong="H7760" your|strong="H3605" feet|strong="H7272" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" necks|strong="H6677" of|strong="H4428" these|strong="H7121" kings|strong="H4428"!” So|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" commanders|strong="H8269" did|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H6213" Joshua|strong="H3091" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6213", “Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3068" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341"! Never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3068" discouraged|strong="H2865"! Be|strong="H3068" strong|strong="H2388" and|strong="H3068" courageous|strong="H2388". This|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898"!” 
\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H1961" Joshua|strong="H3091" killed|strong="H5221" each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H6086" the|strong="H5921" five|strong="H2568" kings|strong="H4428" with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" sword|strong="H2719", and|strong="H6086" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="H5921" soldiers|strong="H5650" to|strong="H5704" hang|strong="H8518" the|strong="H5921" bodies|strong="H6297" of|strong="H6086" the|strong="H5921" five|strong="H2568" kings|strong="H4428" on|strong="H5921" trees|strong="H6086". So|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" did|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3651", and|strong="H6086" they|strong="H3651" left|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" bodies|strong="H6297" hanging|strong="H8518" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" trees|strong="H6086" until|strong="H5704" sunset|strong="H6153". 
\verseNumber{27}At|strong="H5921" sunset|strong="H8121", Joshua|strong="H3091" told|strong="H6680" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5704" take|strong="H7760" the|strong="H5921" bodies|strong="H6297" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5921" trees|strong="H6086" and|strong="H3117" throw|strong="H7993" them|strong="H5921" into|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5921" cave|strong="H4631" where|strong="H8033" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" hiding|strong="H2244". So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" soldiers|strong="H5650" did|strong="H6256" that|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3117" then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3117" put|strong="H7760" those|strong="H5921" large|strong="H1419" rocks|strong="H5553" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" cave|strong="H4631" again|strong="H1961". Those|strong="H5921" rocks|strong="H5553" are|strong="H3117" still|strong="H5704" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{28}That|strong="H3605" is|strong="H1931" how|strong="H6213" Joshua’s|strong="H3091" army|strong="H2428" attacked|strong="H5221" and|strong="H4428" captured|strong="H3920" Makkedah|strong="H4719". They|strong="H3117" killed|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" everyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" town|strong="H7151". They|strong="H3117" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H7604" anyone|strong="H3605" alive|strong="H8300". They|strong="H3117" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Makkedah|strong="H4719" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" thing|strong="H5315" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H4428" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Jericho|strong="H3405". 

\BibleSectionHeading{They|strong="H3117" conquered|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" southern|strong="H5045" cities|strong="H5892" }
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\verseNumber{29}That|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117", Joshua|strong="H3091" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" Israeli army|strong="H2428" went|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{southwest} from|strong="H3478" Makkedah|strong="H4719" to|strong="H3478" Libnah|strong="H3841" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H3478" attacked|strong="H3898" it|strong="H5674". 
\verseNumber{30}Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" Israelis to|strong="H3478" conquer|strong="H3423" [MTY] that|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3478" its|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". They|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H5221" everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892"; they|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" ◄spare|strong="H2550" anyone|strong="H3605"/allow|strong="H5414" anyone|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3478" remain|strong="H7604" alive|strong="H8300"►. They|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Libnah|strong="H3841" just|strong="H3605" like|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Jericho|strong="H3405". 
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\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="H5674" Joshua|strong="H3091" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" went|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*} from|strong="H5921" Libnah|strong="H3841" to|strong="H3478" Lachish|strong="H3923" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. They|strong="H5921" surrounded|strong="H5437" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3478" attacked|strong="H3898" it|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{32}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" second|strong="H8145" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H3117", Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" Israelis to|strong="H3478" conquer|strong="H3423" [MTY] the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". And|strong="H3478" like|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" at|strong="H3478" Libnah|strong="H3841", they|strong="H3117" killed|strong="H5221" everyone|strong="H3605" [DOU] in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{33}King|strong="H4428" Horam|strong="H2036" from|strong="H5927" Gezer|strong="H1507" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5971"\+w*} came|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5704" help|strong="H5826" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Lachish|strong="H3923", but|strong="H5221" Joshua’s|strong="H3091" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H5971"\+w*} defeated|strong="H5221" Horam|strong="H2036" and|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5221" army|strong="H5971", and|strong="H4428" did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H1115" allow|strong="H5414" any|strong="H5221" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5221" to|strong="H5704" remain|strong="H7604" alive|strong="H8300". 
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\verseNumber{34}Then|strong="H5674" Joshua|strong="H3091" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" went|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w west|strong="H5674"\+w*} from|strong="H5921" Lachish|strong="H3923" to|strong="H3478" Eglon|strong="H5700" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. They|strong="H5921" surrounded|strong="H5437" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3478" attacked|strong="H3898" it|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{35}On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117", they|strong="H3117" captured|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H1931" and|strong="H3117" killed|strong="H5221" [MTY] everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H6213" it|strong="H1931" [DOU], just|strong="H3605" like|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H5315" done|strong="H6213" at|strong="H3117" Lachish|strong="H3923". 
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\verseNumber{36}Then|strong="H5927" Joshua|strong="H3091" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5927" went|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w west|strong="H3220"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Eglon|strong="H5700"\+w*} up|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w into|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w hills|strong="H1389"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" Hebron|strong="H2275" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. They|strong="H5921" attacked|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" 
\verseNumber{37}and|strong="H4428" captured|strong="H3920" it|strong="H6213". They|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" everyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808", just|strong="H3605" like|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" had|strong="H4428" done|strong="H6213" at|strong="H4428" Eglon|strong="H5700". They|strong="H3808" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" anyone|strong="H3605" to|strong="H6213" remain|strong="H7604" alive|strong="H8300". 
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\verseNumber{38}Then|strong="H7725" Joshua|strong="H3091" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" turned|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*} and|strong="H3478" went|strong="H3478" to|strong="H7725" Debir|strong="H1688" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H3478" attacked|strong="H3898" it|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{39}They|strong="H3651" captured|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H4428" its|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H4428" also|strong="H6213" captured|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3605" nearby|strong="H7138" towns|strong="H5892". Then|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" killed|strong="H5221" everyone|strong="H3605" [DOU]; they|strong="H3651" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5315" there|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H3651" thing|strong="H5315" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3651" had|strong="H4428" done|strong="H6213" at|strong="H4428" Hebron|strong="H2275" and|strong="H4428" Libnah|strong="H3841". 
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\verseNumber{40}That|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" how|strong="H4100" Joshua|strong="H3091" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} conquered|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" entire|strong="H3605" southern|strong="H5045" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H4428" Canaan|strong="H3667". They|strong="H3068" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w ruled|strong="H4428"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" hilly area|strong="H2022", the|strong="H3605" dry|strong="H3004" southern|strong="H5045" area|strong="H2022", the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w western|strong="H3220"\+w*} foothills|strong="H8219", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w eastern|strong="H6931"\+w*} slopes|strong="H0794". They|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H5221" everyone|strong="H3605" [DOU] in|strong="H3478" those|strong="H3605" areas|strong="H0776"; they|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" anyone|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3478" remain|strong="H7604" alive|strong="H8300". 
\verseNumber{41}Joshua’s|strong="H3091" soldiers|strong="H5650" captured|strong="H3920" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" from|strong="H5704" Kadesh-Barnea|strong="H6947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H3091" the|strong="H3605" far|strong="H5704" south|strong="H5045" to|strong="H5704" Gaza|strong="H5804" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} near|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" coast|strong="H1366", including|strong="H5704" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Goshen|strong="H1657" area|strong="H1508", and|strong="H3091" north|strong="H6828" to|strong="H5704" Gibeon|strong="H1391" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{42}At|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6471", Joshua’s|strong="H3091" army|strong="H2428" conquered|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3478" captured|strong="H3920" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" territory|strong="H1366" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ruled|strong="H4428"\+w*}. They|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3478" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, was|strong="H3068" fighting|strong="H3898" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{43}Then|strong="H7725" Joshua|strong="H3091" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H4264" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" their|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264" at|strong="H3478" Gilgal|strong="H1537". 

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\chapterNumber{11}When|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Jabin|strong="H2985" of|strong="H4428" Hazor|strong="H2674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} heard|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w all|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w those|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*}, he|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" messages|strong="H2372" to|strong="H7971" Jobab|strong="H3103", the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Madon|strong="H4068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Shimron|strong="H8110" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Acshaph|strong="H0407" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{requesting \+w them|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w send|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w their|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w come|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w help|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w against|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* Israelis}. 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H4428" also|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971" messages|strong="H2372" to|strong="H4428" the|strong="H2022" kings|strong="H4428" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H2022" northern|strong="H6828" hilly area|strong="H2022" and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H4428" the|strong="H2022" kings|strong="H4428" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H2022" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} Valley|strong="H8219", south|strong="H5045" of|strong="H4428" Galilee|strong="H1551" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Lake} and|strong="H4428" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H2022" western|strong="H3220" hills|strong="H2022". He|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H4428" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H4428" the|strong="H2022" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Naphoth-Dor \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w west|strong="H3220"\+w*} 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="H2022" to|strong="H3220" the|strong="H8478" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H8478" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group in|strong="H3220" the|strong="H8478" eastern|strong="H4217" and|strong="H2022" western|strong="H3220" parts|strong="H3411" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H8478" land|strong="H0776". He|strong="H4217" sent|strong="H7971" messages|strong="H2372" to|strong="H3220" the|strong="H8478" Amor people-group and|strong="H2022" the|strong="H8478" Heth|strong="H2845" people-group and|strong="H2022" the|strong="H8478" Periz people-group and|strong="H2022" the|strong="H8478" Jebus|strong="H2982" people-group who|strong="H3669" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3220" the|strong="H8478" hilly area|strong="H2022". He|strong="H4217" also|strong="H1571" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H8478" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3220" the|strong="H8478" Hiv people-group who|strong="H3669" lived|strong="H3427" below|strong="H8478" Hermon|strong="H2768" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*} in|strong="H3220" the|strong="H8478" Mizpah|strong="H4709" area|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H4264" of|strong="H4264" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H1992" kings|strong="H4428" gathered|strong="H6960" together|strong="H5973", bringing|strong="H3318" their|strong="H3605" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H5971" chariots|strong="H7393". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w There|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w seemed|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w be|strong="H5971"\+w*} [HYP] as|strong="H7230" many|strong="H7227" soldiers|strong="H5971" as|strong="H7230" grains|strong="H4579" of|strong="H4264" sand|strong="H2344" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" seashore|strong="H3220". 
\verseNumber{5}All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" those|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w*} gathered|strong="H3259" together|strong="H3162" at|strong="H2583" Merom|strong="H4792" Pond, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w set|strong="H3259"\+w* \+w up|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w tents|strong="H2583"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3605"\+w*}. Then|strong="H4428" they|strong="H3605" made|strong="H3259" plans|strong="H4284" to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" Israelis. 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H5414" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Joshua|strong="H3091", “Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5414" be|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5414", because|strong="H3588" at|strong="H3478" this|strong="H2063" time|strong="H6256" tomorrow|strong="H4279" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" your|strong="H3068" men|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414". Your|strong="H3068" men|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3478" also|strong="H3068" cripple their|strong="H3605" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H3478" burn|strong="H8313" their|strong="H3605" chariots|strong="H4818".” 
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\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H5921" Joshua|strong="H3091" and|strong="H5971" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971" traveled|strong="H5265" to|strong="H5921" Merom|strong="H4792" Pond and|strong="H5971" attacked|strong="H4421" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" ◄by|strong="H5921" surprise/before|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H5971" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H5921" fight|strong="H4421"►. 
\verseNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" Israelis to|strong="H5704" defeat|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5414". They|strong="H3068" pursued|strong="H7291" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" Sidon|strong="H6721" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w far|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" to|strong="H5704" Misrephoth-Maim|strong="H4956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* northwest}, and|strong="H3478" to|strong="H5704" Mizpah|strong="H4708" Valley|strong="H1237" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5414" northeast. The|strong="H5414" Israelis fought|strong="H3898" them|strong="H5414" until|strong="H5704" ◄they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" all|strong="H5704" dead|strong="H7227"/there|strong="H5704" were|strong="H3478" no|strong="H1115" survivors|strong="H8300"►. 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H6213" Joshua|strong="H3091" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" men|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213": They|strong="H3068" crippled|strong="H5223" their|strong="H3068" enemies’|strong="H0341" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" their|strong="H3068" chariots|strong="H4818". 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Hazor|strong="H2674" had|strong="H4428" ruled|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1931" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kingdoms|strong="H4467" whose|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" had|strong="H4428" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" Israelis. So|strong="H7725" Joshua’s|strong="H3091" army|strong="H2428" went|strong="H4428" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Hazor|strong="H2674" and|strong="H7725" captured|strong="H3920" that|strong="H3588" city|strong="H1931" and|strong="H7725" killed|strong="H5221" their|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{11}They|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H5221" everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5315" Hazor|strong="H2674"; ◄they|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" spare|strong="H3498" anyone|strong="H3605"/no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" was|strong="H5315" left|strong="H3498" alive|strong="H5315"► [DOU]. Then|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" burned|strong="H8313" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{12}Joshua’s|strong="H3091" army|strong="H2428" captured|strong="H3920" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" those|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H4872" killed|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428". They|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" like|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872", the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" served|strong="H5647" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w well|strong="H3190"\+w*}, had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H5221" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{13}Joshua’s|strong="H3091" men|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313" Hazor|strong="H2674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, but|strong="H7535" they|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" burn|strong="H8313" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" built|strong="H1129" on|strong="H5921" small|strong="H6996" hills|strong="H1389". 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H3605" Israelis took|strong="H3478" for|strong="H5704" themselves|strong="H1992" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H1992" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H3478" those|strong="H1992" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w valuable|strong="H3368"\+w*} [DOU]. But|strong="H7535" they|strong="H1992" killed|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{15}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Many|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w before|strong="H3808"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H6680" Moses|strong="H4872" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605", and|strong="H4872" then|strong="H3651" Moses|strong="H4872" told|strong="H6680" Joshua|strong="H3091" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213". So|strong="H3651" Joshua|strong="H3091" did|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" Moses|strong="H4872" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{16}Joshua’s|strong="H3091" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} defeated|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" living|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776". They|strong="H3478" took|strong="H3947" control|strong="H3027" over|strong="H6160" the|strong="H3605" hilly area|strong="H2022" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H2022" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" southern|strong="H5045" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H2022" Canaan|strong="H3667", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H2022" of|strong="H2022" Goshen|strong="H1657", the|strong="H3605" western|strong="H3220" foothills|strong="H8219", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} Valley|strong="H8219". They|strong="H3478" took|strong="H3947" control|strong="H3027" over|strong="H6160" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" mountains|strong="H2022" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" hills|strong="H2022" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H3605" mountains|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{17}They|strong="H5704" took|strong="H3920" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" from|strong="H4480" Halak|strong="H2510" Mountain|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*} up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Seir|strong="H8165" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{hilly \+w area|strong="H2022"\+w*} as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" Baal-Gaal in|strong="H4428" Lebanon|strong="H3844" Valley|strong="H1237" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*}, at|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" bottom|strong="H3247" of|strong="H4428" Hermon|strong="H2768" Mountain|strong="H2022". They|strong="H5704" captured|strong="H3920" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" those|strong="H3605" areas|strong="H5927" and|strong="H4428" killed|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{18}Joshua’s|strong="H3091" men|strong="H6213" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H4421" those|strong="H3605" groups|strong="H7218" for|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" years|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{19}There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" only|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" group|strong="H7235" that|strong="H3605" made|strong="H7999" a|strong="H1961" peace|strong="H7999" agreement|strong="H7284" with|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" Israelis; they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Hiv people-group who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Gibeon|strong="H1391". The|strong="H3605" Israelis captured|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3427" battles|strong="H4421". 
\verseNumber{20}Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3820" in|strong="H3478" all|strong="H6680" those|strong="H1992" other|strong="H1115" groups|strong="H7218" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" stubborn|strong="H5637" [IDM], with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H7125" the|strong="H3588" Israeli army|strong="H4421", and|strong="H4872" the|strong="H3588" Israelis killed|strong="H2026" them|strong="H1992" all|strong="H6680". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H3478" not|strong="H1115" merciful|strong="H2603" to|strong="H3478" any|strong="H1961" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H1992". That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" Moses|strong="H4872" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{21}Joshua’s|strong="H3091" army|strong="H2428" also|strong="H3478" fought|strong="H3898" the|strong="H3605" Anak|strong="H6061" people-group who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" hills|strong="H2022" near|strong="H5973" Hebron|strong="H2275", Debir|strong="H1688", and|strong="H3063" Anah|strong="H6034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}. They|strong="H6256" also|strong="H3478" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1931" who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" hilly area|strong="H2022" of|strong="H5892" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3063" they|strong="H6256" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5892" those|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1931" and|strong="H3063" destroyed|strong="H2763" their|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{22}As|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3478" result|strong="H6903", there|strong="H3498" were|strong="H3478" no|strong="H3808" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Anak|strong="H6061" who|strong="H1121" remained|strong="H7604" alive|strong="H7604" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". Only|strong="H7535" a|strong="H3478" few|strong="H4592" remained|strong="H7604" alive|strong="H7604" in|strong="H3478" Gaza|strong="H5804", Gath|strong="H1661", and|strong="H1121" Ashdod|strong="H0795" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{23}Joshua’s|strong="H3091" army|strong="H4421" took|strong="H3947" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H5159", just|strong="H3605" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w long|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w ago|strong="H7350"\+w*} had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3068". Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H5159" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" Israelis, because|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5414". Then|strong="H1696" Joshua|strong="H3091" divided|strong="H0914" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H5159" among|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Israeli tribes|strong="H7626". After|strong="H0310" that|strong="H3605", there|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" ◄peace|strong="H8252"/no|strong="H3605" more|strong="H4421" battles|strong="H4421"► in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H5159". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The kings defeated by the Israelis }
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\chapterNumber{12}The|strong="H3605" Israelis took|strong="H3423" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H5676" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3478" east|strong="H4217" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H5158", from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Arnon|strong="H0769" River|strong="H5158" gorge \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" Hermon|strong="H2768" Mountain|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*}, including|strong="H5704" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H5676" on|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" eastern|strong="H4217" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5158"\+w*} Valley|strong="H5158". That|strong="H3605" land|strong="H5676" previously|strong="H8543" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" two|strong="H5221" kings|strong="H4428" whose|strong="H1121" armies|strong="H6635" the|strong="H3605" Israelis defeated|strong="H5221". 
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\verseNumber{2}One|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5921" was|strong="H4428" Sihon|strong="H5511", the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Amor people-group. He|strong="H5704" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Heshbon|strong="H2809" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" ruled|strong="H4910" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" area|strong="H1366" from|strong="H5921" Aroer|strong="H6177" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Arnon|strong="H0769" River|strong="H5158" Gorge, north|strong="H6828" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" Jabbok|strong="H2999" River|strong="H5158". His|strong="H5921" land|strong="H1366" started|strong="H2490" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" gorge, which|strong="H5158" was|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" border|strong="H1366" between|strong="H8432" his|strong="H5921" land|strong="H1366" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group. Sihon|strong="H5511" also|strong="H4428" ruled|strong="H4910" over|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w southern|strong="H5045"\+w*} half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Gilead|strong="H1568" region|strong="H2256", 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="H1870" over|strong="H3220" the|strong="H5704" land|strong="H0776" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H5704" eastern|strong="H4217" side|strong="H3220" of|strong="H1870" the|strong="H5704" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w*} Valley|strong="H6010", from|strong="H5704" Galilee|strong="H1551" Lake \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w south|strong="H8486"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" Dead|strong="H4191" Sea|strong="H3220". He|strong="H5704" also|strong="H1571" ruled|strong="H4427" over|strong="H3220" the|strong="H5704" land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w east|strong="H4217"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w Dead|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w Sea|strong="H3220"\+w*} from|strong="H5704" Beth-Jeshimoth|strong="H1020" south|strong="H8486" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" side|strong="H3220" of|strong="H1870" Pisgah|strong="H6449" Mountain|strong="H2022". 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3427" other|strong="H0312" king|strong="H4428" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3427" Israeli army|strong="H3427" defeated|strong="H5221" was|strong="H4428" Og|strong="H5747", the|strong="H3427" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3427" Bashan|strong="H1316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. He|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3427" last|strong="H0314" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3427" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w giant|strong="H7497"\+w*} Rapha|strong="H7498". He|strong="H4428" ruled|strong="H4428" that|strong="H4428" land|strong="H1366", living|strong="H3427" alternately in|strong="H3427" Ashtaroth|strong="H6252" and|strong="H4428" Edrei|strong="H0154" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H5704" ruled|strong="H4910" over|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1366" from|strong="H5704" Hermon|strong="H2768" Mountain|strong="H2022" and|strong="H4428" Salecah|strong="H5548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*}, and|strong="H4428" over|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Bashan|strong="H1316" area|strong="H1366" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" east|strong="H6921", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" borders|strong="H1366" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kingdoms|strong="H4467" of|strong="H4428" Geshur|strong="H1650" and|strong="H4428" Maacah|strong="H4601" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" west|strong="H3220". Og|strong="H5747" ruled|strong="H4910" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w northern|strong="H6828"\+w*} half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Gilead|strong="H1568" region|strong="H2256", as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H1366" ruled|strong="H4910" by|strong="H5704" King|strong="H4428" Sihon|strong="H5511". 
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\verseNumber{6}Moses|strong="H4872", the|strong="H5414" man|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" served|strong="H5647" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w well|strong="H3190"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" Israeli army|strong="H2428" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5414" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1121" kings|strong="H4428". Then|strong="H5414" Moses|strong="H4872" gave|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5414" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7206" and|strong="H1121" Gad|strong="H1425" and|strong="H1121" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519". 
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\verseNumber{7}Joshua|strong="H3091" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" Israeli army|strong="H5927" also|strong="H3478" defeated|strong="H5221" kings|strong="H4428" who|strong="H1121" ruled|strong="H4428" over|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H5676" on|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5414" west|strong="H3220" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w*}. He|strong="H5704" gave|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3478" land|strong="H5676" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H1121", dividing|strong="H2505" it|strong="H5414" among|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5414" other|strong="H5676" tribes|strong="H7626". That|strong="H3478" land|strong="H5676" was|strong="H3478" between|strong="H5704" Baal-Gad|strong="H1171" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5414" Lebanon|strong="H3844" Valley|strong="H1237" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w far|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w all|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w way|strong="H5676"\+w* \+w south|strong="H3220"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" Halak|strong="H2510" Mountain|strong="H2022", which|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3478" near|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H5676" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" Edom|strong="H0112" people-group. 
\verseNumber{8}That|strong="H2022" land|strong="H0776" included|strong="H5475" the|strong="H2022" mountains|strong="H2022", the|strong="H2022" western|strong="H3220" hilly area|strong="H2022", the|strong="H2022" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w* } Valley|strong="H8219", the|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w western|strong="H3220"\+w*} slopes|strong="H0794" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H2022" mountains|strong="H2022", the|strong="H2022" desert|strong="H6160" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w Judea|strong="H3061"\+w*}, and|strong="H2022" the|strong="H2022" Negev|strong="H5045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w desert|strong="H6160"\+w* \+w in|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w the|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*}. That|strong="H2022" whole|strong="H3605" area|strong="H2022" was|strong="H2022" the|strong="H2022" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H2022" Heth|strong="H2845", Amor, Canaan|strong="H3669", Periz, Hiv, and|strong="H2022" Jebus|strong="H2982" people-groups lived|strong="H3427". The|strong="H2022" Israeli army|strong="H2428" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H2022" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H2022" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H2022" each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H2022" these|strong="H0428" cities|strong="H5892": 
\verseNumber{9}Jericho|strong="H3405", Ai|strong="H5857" (which|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" near|strong="H6654" Bethel|strong="H1008"), 
\verseNumber{10}Jerusalem|strong="H3389", Hebron|strong="H2275", 
\verseNumber{11}Jarmuth|strong="H3412", Lachish|strong="H3923", 
\verseNumber{12}Eglon|strong="H5700", Gezer|strong="H1507", 
\verseNumber{13}Debir|strong="H1688", Geder|strong="H1445", 
\verseNumber{14}Hormah|strong="H2767", Arad|strong="H6166", 
\verseNumber{15}Libnah|strong="H3841", Adullam|strong="H5725", 
\verseNumber{16}Makkedah|strong="H4719", Bethel|strong="H1008", 
\verseNumber{17}Tappuah|strong="H8599", Hepher|strong="H2660", 
\verseNumber{18}Aphek|strong="H0663", Lasharon|strong="H8289", 
\verseNumber{19}Madon|strong="H4068", Hazor|strong="H2674", 
\verseNumber{20}Shimron|strong="H8110" Meron, Acshaph|strong="H0407", 
\verseNumber{21}Taanach|strong="H8590", Megiddo|strong="H4023", 
\verseNumber{22}Kedesh|strong="H6943", Jokneam|strong="H3362" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H4428" Carmel|strong="H3760" area|strong="H1508", 
\verseNumber{23}Dor|strong="H1756" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H1471" Naphoth-Dor area|strong="H1508", Goyim in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H1471" Gilgal|strong="H1537" area|strong="H1508", 
\verseNumber{24}and|strong="H4428" Tirzah|strong="H8656". 
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There|strong="H3605" was|strong="H4428" a|strong="H4428" total|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" 31 kings|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israeli \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w defeated|strong="H5221"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{The areas that the Israelis had not yet captured }
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\chapterNumber{13}When|strong="H3117" Joshua|strong="H3091" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" old|strong="H2204", Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7604", “Joshua|strong="H3091", you|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" now|strong="H3117" an|strong="H3068" old|strong="H2204" man|strong="H2204", but|strong="H3068" there|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3068" still|strong="H5750" a|strong="H3117" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" capture|strong="H3920". 
\verseNumber{2}Here|strong="H2063" is|strong="H3605" a|strong="H7604" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3605" remains|strong="H7604": The|strong="H3605" Geshur|strong="H1650" region|strong="H1552" and|strong="H6430" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" people-group live|strong="H3427"; 
\verseNumber{3}the|strong="H6440" area|strong="H1366" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group live|strong="H3427", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6440" Shihor|strong="H7883" River|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*} at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w eastern|strong="H6931"\+w*} border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1366" Egypt|strong="H4714", to|strong="H5704" Ekron|strong="H6138" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" north|strong="H6828"; the|strong="H6440" rulers|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H6440" five|strong="H2568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*} of|strong="H1366" Gaza|strong="H5804", Ashdod|strong="H0795", Ashkelon|strong="H0831", Gath|strong="H1663", and|strong="H4714" Ekron|strong="H6138"; the|strong="H6440" area|strong="H1366" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" Avva|strong="H5755" people-group live|strong="H3427", 
\verseNumber{4}which|strong="H1366" is|strong="H3605" south|strong="H8486" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1366" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group live|strong="H3427"; 
\verseNumber{5}the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" Gebal|strong="H1381" people-group live|strong="H3427"; and|strong="H2022" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Lebanon|strong="H3844" area|strong="H2022" east|strong="H4217" of|strong="H2022" Baal-Gad|strong="H1171" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} at|strong="H2022" the|strong="H3605" bottom|strong="H3247" of|strong="H2022" Hermon|strong="H2768" Mountain|strong="H2022", as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" Lebo-Hamath|strong="H2574". 
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\verseNumber{6}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Sidon|strong="H6721" people-group live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" hilly area|strong="H2022" from|strong="H4480" Lebanon|strong="H3844" to|strong="H5704" Misrephoth-Maim|strong="H4956", but|strong="H7535" I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3478" force|strong="H2394" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5704" leave|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3605" area|strong="H2022" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" Israelis arrive|strong="H0935" there|strong="H3427". Be|strong="H1121" sure|strong="H0539" to|strong="H5704" give|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3605" area|strong="H2022" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" when|strong="H5704" you|strong="H6440" divide|strong="H5307" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H5159" among|strong="H4480" them|strong="H6440", like|strong="H3478" I|strong="H5704" told|strong="H6680" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{7}Divide|strong="H2505" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H2063" land|strong="H5159" among|strong="H5159" the|strong="H6258" nine|strong="H8672" Israeli tribes|strong="H7626" and|strong="H4519" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H7626" the|strong="H6258" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H7626" Manasseh|strong="H4519", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="H7626"\+w* \+w that|strong="H2063"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w have|strong="H4519"\+w* \+w land|strong="H5159"\+w* \+w on|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w east|strong="H6921"\+w* \+w side|strong="H6285"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7626"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H6258" land|strong="H5159" east|strong="H6921" of|strong="H7626" the|strong="H6258" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H5104" }
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\verseNumber{8}Half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3068" Manasseh|strong="H4519" and|strong="H4872" the|strong="H5414" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H3068" Reuben|strong="H7206" and|strong="H4872" Gad|strong="H1425" had|strong="H3068" already|strong="H3528" been|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" what|strong="H4100" land|strong="H5159" they|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" receive|strong="H3947", because|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872", the|strong="H5414" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3068" served|strong="H5647" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w well|strong="H5973"\+w*}, had|strong="H3068" already|strong="H3528" assigned|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H5159" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" east|strong="H4217" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{9}Their|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" extended|strong="H5186" from|strong="H5921" Aroer|strong="H6177" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H5892"\+w*} at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Arnon|strong="H0769" River|strong="H5158" gorge to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" town|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" gorge. It|strong="H5921" included|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" plain|strong="H4334" from|strong="H5921" Medeba|strong="H4311" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" Dibon|strong="H1769" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{10}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" ruled|strong="H4427" by|strong="H5892" King|strong="H4428" Sihon|strong="H5511" were|strong="H1121" in|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1366". The|strong="H3605" land|strong="H1366" extended|strong="H5186" to|strong="H5704" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group lived|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H3605" Gilead|strong="H1568" area|strong="H1366" was|strong="H1366" also|strong="H1366" there|strong="H2022", and|strong="H2022" the|strong="H3605" regions|strong="H2506" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H3605" Geshur|strong="H1650" and|strong="H2022" Maacah|strong="H4601" people-groups lived|strong="H3427", and|strong="H2022" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H2022" Hermon|strong="H2768" Mountain|strong="H2022" and|strong="H2022" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Bashan|strong="H1316" region|strong="H2256" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" Salecah|strong="H5548". 
\verseNumber{12}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" ruled|strong="H4427" by|strong="H3605" Og|strong="H5747", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4427" who|strong="H3605" ruled|strong="H4427" the|strong="H3605" Bashan|strong="H1316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, was|strong="H1931" in|strong="H4427" that|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776". Og|strong="H5747" was|strong="H1931" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" last|strong="H0314" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3605" Repha; previously|strong="H8543" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H4872" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H4427" Ashtaroth|strong="H6252" and|strong="H4872" Edrei|strong="H0154" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}, but|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3605"\+w*} Moses|strong="H4872" had|strong="H4872" defeated|strong="H5221" their|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" and|strong="H4872" had|strong="H4872" taken|strong="H5221" their|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" from|strong="H3423" them|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3117" Israelis did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" force|strong="H2394" the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3117" Geshur|strong="H1650" and|strong="H1121" Maacah|strong="H4601" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{people-groups} to|strong="H5704" leave|strong="H3423" their|strong="H3423" land|strong="H7130", so|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3117" still|strong="H3427" live|strong="H3427" among|strong="H7130" the|strong="H3117" Israeli people|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H5414" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H3068" Levi|strong="H3878" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" only|strong="H7535" tribe|strong="H7626" that|strong="H1931" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" get|strong="H3947" any|strong="H5414" land|strong="H5159". Instead|strong="H3808", just|strong="H1696" like|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696", they|strong="H3068" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H1696" receive|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w food|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3478"\+w*} the|strong="H5414" sacrifices|strong="H2077" that|strong="H1931" were|strong="H3478" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5414" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5414" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, the|strong="H5414" sacrifices|strong="H2077" that|strong="H1931" were|strong="H3478" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{15}Moses|strong="H4872" had|strong="H4872" allotted|strong="H1486" land|strong="H4940" to|strong="H5414" each|strong="H5414" clan|strong="H4940" in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205". 
\verseNumber{16}Their|strong="H3605" land|strong="H1366" extended|strong="H1961" from|strong="H5921" Aroer|strong="H6177" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H5892"\+w*} near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Arnon|strong="H0769" River|strong="H5158" gorge to|strong="H1961" Medeba|strong="H4311" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H5892"\+w*}. That|strong="H3605" included|strong="H1366" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" plain|strong="H4334" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w near|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Medeba|strong="H4311"\+w*} and|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" town|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" gorge. 
\verseNumber{17}It|strong="H3605" also|strong="H1571" included|strong="H3605" Heshbon|strong="H2809" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H5892" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" nearby|strong="H7138" towns|strong="H5892" on|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" plain|strong="H4334"—Dibon|strong="H1769", Bamioth-Baal, Beth-Baal-Meon|strong="H1010", 
\verseNumber{18}Jahaz|strong="H3096", Kedemoth|strong="H6932", Mephaath|strong="H4158", 
\verseNumber{19}Kiriathaim|strong="H7156", Sibmah|strong="H7643", Zereth-Shahar|strong="H6890" on|strong="H2022" the|strong="H2022" hill|strong="H2022" overlooking|strong="H2005" the|strong="H2022" valley|strong="H6010", 
\verseNumber{20}Beth-Peor|strong="H1047", the|strong="H3605" hills|strong="H1389" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Pisgah|strong="H6449" area|strong="H1508", and|strong="H6449" Beth-Jeshimoth|strong="H1020". 
\verseNumber{21}That|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" included|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" on|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" plain|strong="H4334" and|strong="H4872" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" that|strong="H3605" King|strong="H4428" Sihon|strong="H5511" had|strong="H4872" previously|strong="H8543" ruled|strong="H4427". But|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Moses|strong="H4872" had|strong="H4872" defeated|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221" and|strong="H4872" the|strong="H3605" rulers|strong="H5387" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Midian|strong="H4080" people-group: Evi|strong="H0189", Rekem|strong="H7552", Zur|strong="H6698", Hur|strong="H2354", and|strong="H4872" Reba|strong="H7254". The|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" rulers|strong="H5387" fought|strong="H3898" battles|strong="H4421" along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H3427" of|strong="H4428" Sihon|strong="H5511", and|strong="H4872" they|strong="H5221" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H2026" Israeli army|strong="H2428" killed|strong="H2026" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H1121" during|strong="H3117" those|strong="H1121" battles|strong="H4421", including|strong="H5704" Balaam|strong="H1109", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H2026"\+w*} from|strong="H3478" Beor|strong="H1160", who|strong="H1121" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H3478" use|strong="H7080" magic to|strong="H3478" predict|strong="H3045"/tell|strong="H5046" what|strong="H4100" would|strong="H3478" happen|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H2026" future|strong="H0319". 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w western|strong="H3220"\+w*} boundary|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H5892" was|strong="H1961" allotted|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" clans|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" tribe|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{24}Moses|strong="H4872" also|strong="H4872" allotted|strong="H1486" some|strong="H4480" land|strong="H4940" to|strong="H5414" each|strong="H5414" clan|strong="H4940" in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Gad|strong="H1410". 
\verseNumber{25}Their|strong="H3605" land|strong="H6440" included|strong="H1366" the|strong="H3605" Jazer|strong="H3270" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w area|strong="H1366"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w area|strong="H1366"\+w*}; half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H6440" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group lived|strong="H1961", as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" Aroer|strong="H6177" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w which|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3605"\+w*} near|strong="H6440" Rabbah|strong="H7237" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H5892"\+w*}; 
\verseNumber{26}the|strong="H5704" area|strong="H1366" from|strong="H5704" Heshbon|strong="H2809" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" Ramath-Mizpah and|strong="H2809" Betonim|strong="H0993" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w*; \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1366"\+w*} from|strong="H5704" Mahanaim|strong="H4266" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" Debir|strong="H1688" region|strong="H2256"; 
\verseNumber{27}Beth-Haram|strong="H1027", Beth-Nimrah|strong="H1039", Succoth|strong="H5523", and|strong="H4428" Zaphon|strong="H6829" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5704" valley|strong="H6010"; and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5704" other|strong="H5676" area|strong="H1366" that|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Sihon|strong="H5511" had|strong="H4428" ruled|strong="H4428" on|strong="H3220" the|strong="H5704" east|strong="H4217" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5704" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H5704". That|strong="H4428" area|strong="H1366" extended|strong="H5186" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w north|strong="H6828"\+w* } to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" southern|strong="H5045" end|strong="H7097" of|strong="H4428" Galilee|strong="H1551" Lake. 
\verseNumber{28}All|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H5159", including|strong="H2063" the|strong="H1121" towns|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" villages|strong="H2691", was|strong="H5892" allotted|strong="H5159" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Gad|strong="H1410". 
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\verseNumber{29}Moses|strong="H4872" also|strong="H4872" had|strong="H1961" allotted|strong="H1961" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H4940" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w east|strong="H6921"\+w* \+w side|strong="H6285"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} to|strong="H1961" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519". 
\verseNumber{30}Their|strong="H3605" land|strong="H1366" extended|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} from|strong="H1961" Mahanaim|strong="H4266" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. It|strong="H1961" included|strong="H1366" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Bashan|strong="H1316" region|strong="H2256", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H1366" that|strong="H3605" King|strong="H4428" Og|strong="H5747" had|strong="H1961" ruled|strong="H4428", and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Jair|strong="H2971" area|strong="H1366" in|strong="H4428" Bashan|strong="H1316". Altogether|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1366" included|strong="H1366" 60 towns|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{31}Their|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" also|strong="H1121" included|strong="H5475" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2677" Gilead|strong="H1568" region|strong="H2256", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2677" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" Ashtaroth|strong="H6252" and|strong="H1121" Edrei|strong="H0154" where|strong="H0834" King|strong="H4428" Og|strong="H5747" had|strong="H4519" ruled|strong="H4427". All|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5892" area|strong="H1508" was|strong="H5892" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2677" clans|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Manasseh’s|strong="H4519" son|strong="H1121" Makir|strong="H4353". 
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\verseNumber{32}Moses|strong="H4872" had|strong="H4872" allotted|strong="H5157" to|strong="H3383" those|strong="H1992" tribes|strong="H7626" the|strong="H4872" land|strong="H5676" that|strong="H4872" was|strong="H4872" on|strong="H4872" the|strong="H4872" plain|strong="H6160" of|strong="H6160" the|strong="H4872" Moab|strong="H4124" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, on|strong="H4872" the|strong="H4872" east|strong="H4217" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H6160" the|strong="H4872" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3405"\+w*}, across|strong="H5676" from|strong="H6160" Jericho|strong="H3405". 
\verseNumber{33}But|strong="H3808" Moses|strong="H4872" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" allot|strong="H5414" any|strong="H5414" land|strong="H5159" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5414" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H3068" Levi|strong="H3878" because|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5414" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0587" Israelis worship|strong="H3478", promised|strong="H1696" that|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" himself|strong="H1931" would|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" provide|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5414". 

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\chapterNumber{14}Eleazar|strong="H0499" the|strong="H3091" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548", Joshua|strong="H3091", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3091" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3091" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w twelve|strong="H8147"\+w*} tribes|strong="H4294" repeated|strong="H1696" what|strong="H4100" land|strong="H0776" would|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1121" allotted|strong="H5157" to|strong="H3478" each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3091" Israeli tribes|strong="H4294" in|strong="H3478" Canaan|strong="H3667". 
\verseNumber{2-5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" Moses|strong="H4872" many|strong="H7227" years|strong="H8141" previously|strong="H8543" in|strong="H0935" what|strong="H4100" way|strong="H1870" he|strong="H0834" wanted|strong="H2654" the|strong="H3605" division|strong="H4256" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" decided|strong="H3289". Moses|strong="H4872" had|strong="H3068" already|strong="H3528" declared|strong="H5046" that|strong="H0834" two|strong="H8147" and|strong="H3967" a|strong="H1961" half|strong="H2677" tribes|strong="H7626" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H1961" allotted|strong="H1486" land|strong="H0776" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" east|strong="H6921" side|strong="H6285" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. Joseph|strong="H3130" had|strong="H3068" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121", Manasseh|strong="H4519" and|strong="H3967" Ephraim|strong="H0669". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Half|strong="H2677"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w descended|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w allotted|strong="H1486"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w east|strong="H6921"\+w* \+w side|strong="H6285"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w*, \+w along|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="H7626"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Reuben|strong="H7205"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w Gad|strong="H1410"\+w*}. The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" belonging to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" nine|strong="H8672" and|strong="H3967" a|strong="H1961" half|strong="H2677" other|strong="H0312" tribes|strong="H7626" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w west|strong="H3220"\+w* \+w side|strong="H6285"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} threw|strong="H7993" ◄lots|strong="H1486"/stones|strong="H0068" that|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" marked|strong="H8104"► to|strong="H0413" decide|strong="H3198" which|strong="H0834" land|strong="H0776" each|strong="H0376" tribe|strong="H4294" would|strong="H0014" receive|strong="H3947". The|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" allotted|strong="H1486" any|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776". They|strong="H1992" received|strong="H3947" only|strong="H0389" towns|strong="H1323" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w already|strong="H3528"\+w* \+w existed|strong="H1961"\+w*}, towns|strong="H1323" in|strong="H0935" which|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0413" live|strong="H3427", and|strong="H3967" ◄pastures|strong="H4999"/fields|strong="H7704" of|strong="H1121" grass|strong="H2682"► for|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929". 

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\verseNumber{6}One|strong="H1121" day|strong="H4872" some|strong="H1697" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" went|strong="H4872" to|strong="H1696" Joshua|strong="H3091" while|strong="H5921" he|strong="H3068" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3045" the|strong="H5921" Israelis were|strong="H1121" at|strong="H5921" Gilgal|strong="H1537". Among|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" men|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" Jephunneh’s son|strong="H1121" Caleb|strong="H3612". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Joshua|strong="H3091", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sure|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w*} you|strong="H5921" remember|strong="H2142" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872" about|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" me|strong="H5921" when|strong="H1696" we|strong="H1697" were|strong="H1121" at|strong="H5921" Kadesh-Barnea|strong="H6947". 
\verseNumber{7}I|strong="H1697" was|strong="H3068" 40 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" at|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" time|strong="H8141". Moses|strong="H4872" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w some|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w*} to|strong="H7725" explore|strong="H8446" this|strong="H1697" land|strong="H0776". When|strong="H7725" we|strong="H1697" returned|strong="H7725", I|strong="H1697" gave|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Moses|strong="H4872" a|strong="H7971" true|strong="H3068" report|strong="H1697" [IDM] about|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" we|strong="H1697" had|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" went|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gave|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w report|strong="H8088"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*} caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H3372" [IDM]. But|strong="H5971" I|strong="H3068" fully|strong="H4390"/completely|strong="H3617" believed|strong="H0539" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w take|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w who|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w there|strong="H5927"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H1961" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117", Moses|strong="H4872" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650" me|strong="H1961", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H5159" on|strong="H3117" which|strong="H1931" you|strong="H3588" walked|strong="H1869" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" yours|strong="H4191". It|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H1121" forever|strong="H5769". I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" giving|strong="H5414" it|strong="H1931" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" fully|strong="H4390" trusted|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068".’ 
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\verseNumber{10}“ow Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H1980" for|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1696" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3117" promised|strong="H1696". Forty-five|strong="H0705" years|strong="H8141" have|strong="H3068" passed|strong="H3068" since|strong="H3117" Moses|strong="H4872" said|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3117" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" were|strong="H3478" wandering|strong="H1980" around|strong="H1980" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3068" desert|strong="H4057". And|strong="H1121" just|strong="H1697" like|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696", he|strong="H3117" has|strong="H3068" kept|strong="H2421" me|strong="H1696" alive|strong="H2421" and|strong="H1121" well|strong="H1696" all|strong="H1697" during|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117". Now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H3068" eighty-five|strong="H8084" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{11}I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" as|strong="H3117" strong|strong="H2389" today|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" Moses|strong="H4872" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w explore|strong="H8446"\+w* \+w this|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w*}. I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" as|strong="H3117" ready|strong="H6258" to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H4421" now|strong="H6258" as|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" then|strong="H3318". 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H5414" please|strong="H8085" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" the|strong="H8085" hilly area|strong="H2022" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5414" at|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" ago|strong="H3117". At|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117", you|strong="H3588" heard|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w say|strong="H1696"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033". You|strong="H3588" heard|strong="H8085" me|strong="H5414" say|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3068" cities|strong="H5892" were|strong="H3117" large|strong="H1419", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w protect|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w from|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w attacks|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}. But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258", Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5826" me|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" as|strong="H3117" a|strong="H5414" result|strong="H6903" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" force|strong="H2394" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" leave|strong="H5414", just|strong="H1696" like|strong="H2022" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961".” 
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\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H5414" Joshua|strong="H3091" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w God|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w*} bless|strong="H1288" Caleb|strong="H3612", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" Caleb|strong="H3612" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Hebron|strong="H2275". 
\verseNumber{14-15}Previously|strong="H8543" that|strong="H0834" city|strong="H5892" was|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" Kiriath-Arba|strong="H7153", because|strong="H3588" Arba|strong="H0704" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" greatest|strong="H1419" man|strong="H0376" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group. Hebron|strong="H2275" still|strong="H5750" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1121" Caleb|strong="H3612", because|strong="H3588" Caleb|strong="H3612" completely|strong="H3617"/fully|strong="H4390" trusted|strong="H0982" in|strong="H0935" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0587" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*}, and|strong="H3967" obeyed|strong="H8085" him|strong="H5414". 
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After|strong="H0310" that|strong="H0834" happened|strong="H1961", there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3068" ◄peace|strong="H7965"/no|strong="H3808" battles|strong="H4421"► in|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Canaan|strong="H3667"\+w*} land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w*}. 

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\chapterNumber{15}The|strong="H1961" land|strong="H1366" that|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1961" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" was|strong="H1961" divided|strong="H0914" among|strong="H7097" its|strong="H1961" clans|strong="H4940". That|strong="H1121" land|strong="H1366" extended|strong="H1961" south|strong="H5045" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H1961" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" Edom|strong="H0112" region|strong="H2256", as|strong="H1961" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" Zin|strong="H6790" Desert|strong="H4057". 
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\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H4480" southern|strong="H5045" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H4480" land|strong="H1366" that|strong="H4480" was|strong="H1961" allotted|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H4480" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1366" Judah|strong="H1366" started|strong="H1961" at|strong="H1961" the|strong="H4480" south|strong="H5045" end|strong="H7097" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H4480" Dead|strong="H4191" Sea|strong="H3220" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6437"\+w* \+w extended|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w west|strong="H3220"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}It|strong="H5927" extended|strong="H3318" south|strong="H5045" of|strong="H3318" Scorpion Pass|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3318" Zin|strong="H6790" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Desert|strong="H6160"\+w*}, and|strong="H5927" from|strong="H3318" there|strong="H5927" west|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3318" a|strong="H3318" place|strong="H4725" south|strong="H5045" of|strong="H3318" Kadesh-Barnea|strong="H6947", past|strong="H5674" Hezron|strong="H2696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, to|strong="H3318" Addar|strong="H0146" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, and|strong="H5927" from|strong="H3318" there|strong="H5927" it|strong="H5927" turned|strong="H5437" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{northwest} to|strong="H3318" Karka|strong="H7173" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}From|strong="H3318" there|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1961" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3318" Azmon|strong="H6111", and|strong="H4714" from|strong="H3318" there|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5674" dry|strong="H3004" riverbed on|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1366" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H4714" from|strong="H3318" there|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w west|strong="H3220"\+w* } to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Mediterranean} Sea|strong="H3220". That|strong="H2088" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5674" southern|strong="H5045" border|strong="H1366". 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H5704" eastern|strong="H6924" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H5704" land|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H5704" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1366" Judah|strong="H1366" was|strong="H1366" the|strong="H5704" Dead|strong="H4191" Sea|strong="H3220", and|strong="H3220" it|strong="H5704" extended|strong="H5186" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w ends|strong="H7097"\+w* \+w at|strong="H3383"\+w*} the|strong="H5704" Dead|strong="H4191" Sea|strong="H3220". 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H5674" northern|strong="H6828" border|strong="H1366" started|strong="H2490" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5674" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H5104" ends|strong="H7098" at|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5674" Dead|strong="H4191" Sea|strong="H3220". It|strong="H5927" extended|strong="H5186" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} to|strong="H5927" Beth-Hoglah|strong="H1031" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5927" there|strong="H5927" it|strong="H5927" extended|strong="H5186" north|strong="H6828" of|strong="H1121" Beth-Arabah|strong="H1026" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w big|strong="H0931"\+w*} stone|strong="H0068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w set|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w up|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w by|strong="H5674"\+w*} Reuben’s son|strong="H1121" Bohan|strong="H0932". 
\verseNumber{7}From|strong="H5927" there|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5674" border|strong="H1366" continued|strong="H5674" west|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" Achor|strong="H5911" Valley|strong="H6010" to|strong="H5927" Debir|strong="H1688" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. From|strong="H5927" there|strong="H1961" it|strong="H5927" turned|strong="H6437" north|strong="H6828" to|strong="H5927" Gilgal|strong="H1537" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. Gilgal|strong="H1537" is|strong="H1961" north|strong="H6828" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H5674" road|strong="H1870" that|strong="H4325" goes|strong="H5927" through|strong="H5674" Adummim|strong="H0131" Pass|strong="H5674", on|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" south|strong="H5045" side|strong="H6828" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H5674" valley|strong="H6010". From|strong="H5927" Gilgal|strong="H1537" the|strong="H5674" border|strong="H1366" extended|strong="H1961" west|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5674" springs|strong="H8444" at|strong="H1961" En-Shemesh|strong="H5885", and|strong="H6437" from|strong="H5927" there|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5927" En-Rogel|strong="H5883". 
\verseNumber{8}From|strong="H6440" there|strong="H5927" it|strong="H1931" extended|strong="H5186" through|strong="H5921" Ben-Hinnom|strong="H1121" Valley|strong="H6010", south|strong="H5045" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H1931" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" Jebus|strong="H2982" people-group lived|strong="H3427". (That|strong="H1931" city|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" now|strong="H5921" named|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389".) From|strong="H6440" there|strong="H5927" the|strong="H6440" border|strong="H1366" extended|strong="H5186" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H6440" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" hill|strong="H2022" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" west|strong="H3220" side|strong="H3802" of|strong="H1121" Hinnom|strong="H2011" Valley|strong="H6010", at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" northern|strong="H6828" end|strong="H7097" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" valley|strong="H6010" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" Repha \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w giants|strong="H7497"\+w*} lived|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{9}From|strong="H3318" there|strong="H2022" the|strong="H3318" border|strong="H1366" extended|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{northwest} to|strong="H3318" Nephtoah|strong="H5318" Spring|strong="H4599", and|strong="H5892" from|strong="H3318" there|strong="H2022" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" cities|strong="H5892" near|strong="H7126" Ephron|strong="H6085" Mountain|strong="H2022". From|strong="H3318" there|strong="H2022" the|strong="H3318" border|strong="H1366" extended|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w west|strong="H3220"\+w*} toward|strong="H3318" Baalah|strong="H1173", which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" now|strong="H6258" named|strong="H7121" Kiriath-Jearim|strong="H7157". 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" border|strong="H1366" extended|strong="H5186" further|strong="H5750" west|strong="H3220" to|strong="H3381" Seir|strong="H8165" Mountain|strong="H2022". Then|strong="H5674" it|strong="H1931" continued|strong="H5674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{southwest} along|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" north|strong="H6828" side|strong="H3802" of|strong="H2022" Jearim|strong="H3297" Mountain|strong="H2022", which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1366" named|strong="H7121" Kesalon|strong="H3693", to|strong="H3381" Beth-Shemesh|strong="H1053" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}. From|strong="H3381" there|strong="H2022" it|strong="H1931" extended|strong="H5186" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{northwest} past|strong="H5674" Timnah|strong="H8553" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{11}to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5674" hill|strong="H2022" north|strong="H6828" of|strong="H2022" Ekron|strong="H6138" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. From|strong="H3318" there|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1961" extended|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w west|strong="H3220"\+w*} to|strong="H3318" Shikkeron|strong="H7942" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} and|strong="H2022" past|strong="H5674" Baalah|strong="H1173" Mountain|strong="H2022" to|strong="H3318" Jabneel|strong="H2995" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, then|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{northwest} to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Mediterranean} Sea|strong="H3220". 
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\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H5439" western|strong="H3220" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5439" land|strong="H1366" that|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3063" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5439" tribe|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" was|strong="H3063" the|strong="H5439" Mediterranean Sea|strong="H3220". All|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5439" clans|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" lived|strong="H3427" inside|strong="H8432" those|strong="H1121" borders|strong="H1366". 
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\verseNumber{13}Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6310" Joshua|strong="H3091" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" part|strong="H2506" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H2506" for|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3068" Caleb|strong="H3612". So|strong="H5414" he|strong="H1931" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" Caleb|strong="H3612" Kiriath-Arba|strong="H7153" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}, which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" now|strong="H5414" named|strong="H7121" Hebron|strong="H2275". (Arba|strong="H0704" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" ancestor of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" Anak|strong="H6061" people-group.) 
\verseNumber{14}Caleb|strong="H3612" forced|strong="H4522" the|strong="H3423" three|strong="H7969" clans|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3423" Anak|strong="H6061" people-group to|strong="H1121" leave|strong="H3423" Hebron|strong="H2275". Those|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3423" Sheshai|strong="H8344", Ahiman|strong="H0289", and|strong="H1121" Talmai|strong="H8526" clans|strong="H4940". 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H5927" Caleb|strong="H3612" left|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H6440" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H3427" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Debir|strong="H1688" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, which|strong="H8033" was|strong="H8034" previously|strong="H6440" named|strong="H8034" Kiriath-Sepher|strong="H7158". 
\verseNumber{16}Caleb|strong="H3612" said|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H0518" someone|strong="H5414" attacks|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5414"\+w*} Kiriath-Sepher|strong="H7158" and|strong="H1323" captures|strong="H3920" their|strong="H5414" city|strong="H5892", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323" Acsah|strong="H5915" to|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802".” 
\verseNumber{17}Othniel|strong="H6274", the|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Caleb’s|strong="H3612" brother|strong="H0251" Kenaz|strong="H7073", captured|strong="H3920" the|strong="H5414" city|strong="H5892". So|strong="H5414" Caleb|strong="H3612" gave|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323" to|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H1961" Caleb’s|strong="H3612" daughter|strong="H1323" married|strong="H3947" Othniel|strong="H6274", she|strong="H5921" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" ask|strong="H7592" her|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" to|strong="H1961" give|strong="H7704" her|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" field|strong="H7704". Then|strong="H1961" Acsah|strong="H5915" went|strong="H6795" to|strong="H1961" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" Caleb|strong="H3612". As|strong="H1961" she|strong="H5921" got|strong="H6965" down|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" donkey|strong="H2543", Caleb|strong="H3612" asked|strong="H7592" her|strong="H5921", “Do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5921" want|strong="H4270" something|strong="H1697"?” 
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\verseNumber{19}Acsah|strong="H5915" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5414" do|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H5414". You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5414" given|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" land|strong="H0776" in|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" southern|strong="H5045" part|strong="H8482" of|strong="H4325" Canaan|strong="H3667", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w no|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w*}. So|strong="H5414" please|strong="H4994" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w land|strong="H0776"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3588"\+w*} springs|strong="H1543".” So|strong="H5414" Caleb|strong="H3612" gave|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" upper|strong="H5942" and|strong="H4325" lower|strong="H8482" springs|strong="H1543" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w near|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w Hebron|strong="H2275"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Here|strong="H2063"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w list|strong="H4557"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H1121" land|strong="H5159" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1121"\+w*} give|strong="H5159" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". Each|strong="H0376" clan|strong="H4940" was|strong="H3063" allotted|strong="H5159" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" land|strong="H5159". 
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\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H1961" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" was|strong="H1961" allotted|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H0428" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H1961" southern|strong="H5045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w desert|strong="H6160"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Canaan|strong="H3667"\+w*}, near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H1961" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" Edom|strong="H0112" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}: 
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Kabzeel|strong="H6909", Eder|strong="H5740", Jagur|strong="H3017", 
\verseNumber{22}Kinah|strong="H7016", Dimonah|strong="H1776", Adadah|strong="H5735", 
\verseNumber{23}Kedesh|strong="H6943", Hazor|strong="H2674", Ithnan|strong="H3497", 
\verseNumber{24}Ziph|strong="H2128", Telem|strong="H2928", Bealoth|strong="H1175", 
\verseNumber{25}Hazor-Hadattah|strong="H2675", Kerioth-Hezron|strong="H7152" (which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1931" named|strong="H7121" Hazor|strong="H2674"), 
\verseNumber{26}Amam|strong="H0538", Shema|strong="H8090", Molodah, 
\verseNumber{27}Hazar-Gaddah|strong="H2693", Heshmon|strong="H2829", Beth-Pelet|strong="H1046", 
\verseNumber{28}Hazar-Shual|strong="H2705", Beersheba|strong="H0884", Biziothiah|strong="H0964", 
\verseNumber{29}Baalah|strong="H1173", Iim|strong="H5864", Ezem|strong="H6107", 
\verseNumber{30}Eltolad|strong="H0513", Kesil|strong="H3686", Hormah|strong="H2767", 
\verseNumber{31}Ziklag|strong="H6860", Madmannah|strong="H4089", Sansannah|strong="H5578", 
\verseNumber{32}Lebaoth|strong="H3822", Shilhim|strong="H7978", Ain|strong="H5871", and|strong="H6242" Rimmon|strong="H7417". There|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5892" 29 towns|strong="H5892" altogether|strong="H3605" and|strong="H6242" their|strong="H3605" surrounding|strong="H5439" villages|strong="H2691". 
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\verseNumber{33}The|strong="H8219" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" was|strong="H3068" allotted|strong="H1486" these|strong="H0428" towns|strong="H1323" in|strong="H8219" the|strong="H8219" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w northern|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8219"\+w* \+w western|strong="H3220"\+w*} foothills|strong="H8219": Eshtaol|strong="H0847", Zorah|strong="H6881", Ashnah|strong="H0823", 
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\verseNumber{34}Zanoah|strong="H2182", En-Gannim|strong="H5873", Tappuah|strong="H8599", Enam|strong="H5879", 
\verseNumber{35}Jarmuth|strong="H3412", Adullam|strong="H5725", Socoh|strong="H7755", Azekah|strong="H5825", 
\verseNumber{36}Shaaraim|strong="H8189", Adithaim|strong="H5723", and|strong="H5892" Gederah|strong="H1449" (which|strong="H5892" is|strong="H5892" also|strong="H1571" named|strong="H7121" Gederothaim|strong="H1453"). Altogether|strong="H3162" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H5892" 14 towns|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5892" their|strong="H3605" surrounding|strong="H5439" villages|strong="H2691". 
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\verseNumber{37}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w also|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w allotted|strong="H1486"\+w* \+w these|strong="H0428"\+w* \+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w southern|strong="H5045"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w western|strong="H3220"\+w* \+w foothills|strong="H8219"\+w*}: Zenan|strong="H6799", Hadashah|strong="H2322", Migdal-Gad|strong="H4028", 
\verseNumber{38}Dilean|strong="H1810", Mizpah|strong="H4708", Joktheel|strong="H3371", 
\verseNumber{39}Lachish|strong="H3923", Bozkath|strong="H1218", Eglon|strong="H5700", 
\verseNumber{40}Cabbon|strong="H3522", Lahmas|strong="H3903", Kitlish|strong="H3798", 
\verseNumber{41}Gederoth|strong="H1450", Beth-Dagon|strong="H1016", Naamah|strong="H5279", and|strong="H5892" Makkedah|strong="H4719". 
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There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H5892" 16 towns|strong="H5892" altogether|strong="H3162" and|strong="H5892" their|strong="H3605" surrounding|strong="H5439" villages|strong="H2691". 
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\verseNumber{42}The|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" was|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" allotted|strong="H1486" these|strong="H0428" towns|strong="H1323" in|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* central \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" western|strong="H3220" foothills|strong="H8219": Libnah|strong="H3841", Ether|strong="H6281", Ashan|strong="H6228", 
\verseNumber{43}Iphtah|strong="H3316", Ashnah|strong="H0823", Nezib|strong="H5334", 
\verseNumber{44}Keilah|strong="H7084", Aczib|strong="H0392", and|strong="H5892" Mareshah|strong="H4762". There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H5892" nine|strong="H8672" towns|strong="H5892" altogether|strong="H3162", with|strong="H5892" their|strong="H3605" surrounding|strong="H5439" villages|strong="H2691". 
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\verseNumber{45-47}The|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" was|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" allotted|strong="H1486" these|strong="H0428" towns|strong="H1323" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w close|strong="H5980"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Mediterranean \+w Sea|strong="H3220"\+w*} with|strong="H5973" their|strong="H3605" surrounding|strong="H5439" villages|strong="H2691": Ekron|strong="H6138" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H1323" between|strong="H0996" Ekron|strong="H6138" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" coast|strong="H1366", Ashdod|strong="H0795", and|strong="H3967" Gaza|strong="H5804". The|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" extended|strong="H5186" south|strong="H5045" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" dry|strong="H3004" riverbed on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
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\verseNumber{48}The|strong="H2022" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H2022" Judah|strong="H3063" was|strong="H2022" also|strong="H1571" allotted|strong="H1486" these|strong="H0428" towns|strong="H1323" in|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H2022"\+w* southwest \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2022"\+w* } the|strong="H2022" hilly region|strong="H2256": Shamir|strong="H8069", Jattir|strong="H3492", Socoh|strong="H7755", 
\verseNumber{49}Dannah|strong="H1837", Kiriath-Sannah|strong="H7158" (which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" now|strong="H6258" named|strong="H7121" Debir|strong="H1688"), 
\verseNumber{50}Anab|strong="H6024", Eshtemoh|strong="H0851", Anim|strong="H6044", 
\verseNumber{51}Goshen|strong="H1657", Holon|strong="H2473", and|strong="H5892" Giloh|strong="H1542". There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H5892" eleven|strong="H6240" towns|strong="H5892" with|strong="H5892" their|strong="H3605" surrounding|strong="H5439" villages|strong="H2691". 
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\verseNumber{52}The|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" was|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" allotted|strong="H1486" these|strong="H0428" towns|strong="H1323" in|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* south-central \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" hilly region|strong="H2256": Arab|strong="H6163", Dumah|strong="H1746", Eshan|strong="H0824", 
\verseNumber{53}Janim|strong="H3241", Beth-Tappuah|strong="H1054", Aphekah|strong="H0664", 
\verseNumber{54}Humtah|strong="H2547", Kiriath-Arba|strong="H7153" (which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" now|strong="H6258" named|strong="H7121" Hebron|strong="H2275"), and|strong="H5892" Zior|strong="H6730". There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H5892" nine|strong="H8672" towns|strong="H5892" altogether|strong="H3162" with|strong="H5892" their|strong="H3605" surrounding|strong="H5439" villages|strong="H2691". 
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\verseNumber{55}The|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" was|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" allotted|strong="H1486" these|strong="H0428" towns|strong="H1323" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* southeastern \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* hilly \+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}: Maon|strong="H4584", Carmel|strong="H3760", Ziph|strong="H2128", Juttah|strong="H3194", 
\verseNumber{56}Jezreel|strong="H3157", Jokdeam|strong="H3347", Zanoah|strong="H2182", 
\verseNumber{57}Kain|strong="H7014", Gibeah|strong="H1390", and|strong="H5892" Timnah|strong="H8553". There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H5892" ten|strong="H6235" towns|strong="H5892" altogether|strong="H3162" with|strong="H5892" their|strong="H3605" surrounding|strong="H5439" villages|strong="H2691". 
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\verseNumber{58}The|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" was|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" allotted|strong="H1486" these|strong="H0428" towns|strong="H1323" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* central \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* hilly \+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}: Halhul|strong="H2478", Beth-Zur|strong="H1049", Gedor|strong="H1446", 
\verseNumber{59}Maarath|strong="H4638", Beth-Anoth|strong="H1042", and|strong="H5892" Eltekon|strong="H0515". There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H5892" six|strong="H8337" towns|strong="H5892" altogether|strong="H3162" with|strong="H5892" their|strong="H3605" surrounding|strong="H5439" villages|strong="H2691". 
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\verseNumber{60}The|strong="H8147" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H5892" Judah|strong="H3063" was|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1931" allotted|strong="H1486" two|strong="H8147" towns|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w northern|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w part|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8147"\+w* hilly \+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, Rabbah|strong="H7237" and|strong="H5892" Kiriath-Baal|strong="H7154" (which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1931" named|strong="H7121" Kiriath-Jearim|strong="H7157"). 
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\verseNumber{61}The|strong="H4057" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4057" Judah|strong="H3063" was|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w allotted|strong="H1486"\+w* \+w these|strong="H0428"\+w* \+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w*} in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H4057" desert|strong="H4057" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w near|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4057"\+w* \+w Dead|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w Sea|strong="H3220"\+w*}: Beth-Arabah|strong="H1026", Middin|strong="H4081", Secacah|strong="H5527", 
\verseNumber{62}Nibshan|strong="H5044", Salt|strong="H5898" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H5892" En-Gedi|strong="H5872". There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H5892" six|strong="H8337" towns|strong="H5892" altogether|strong="H3162" with|strong="H5892" their|strong="H3605" surrounding|strong="H5439" villages|strong="H2691". 
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\verseNumber{63}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w army|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063" was|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5704" force|strong="H2394" the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3117" Jebus|strong="H2982" people-group to|strong="H5704" leave|strong="H3423" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". So|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3117" group|strong="H7235" are|strong="H3117" still|strong="H3427" living|strong="H3427" among|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3117" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Land for the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh }
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\chapterNumber{16}The|strong="H3318" land|strong="H1486" that|strong="H4325" was|strong="H1121" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w two|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="H7626"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w descended|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3318"\+w*} Joseph|strong="H3130" started|strong="H3318" at|strong="H3383" the|strong="H3318" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3405"\+w*}, east|strong="H4217" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3318" springs|strong="H4599" at|strong="H3383" Jericho|strong="H3405". 
\verseNumber{2}It|strong="H1366" extended|strong="H3318" west|strong="H5674" from|strong="H3318" Jericho|strong="H3405" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5674" hilly area|strong="H1366" near|strong="H7126" Bethel|strong="H1008", which|strong="H1366" is|strong="H0369" also|strong="H3318" called|strong="H7121" Luz|strong="H3870". It|strong="H1366" extended|strong="H3318" as|strong="H3318" far|strong="H3318" as|strong="H3318" Ataroth|strong="H5852", at|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5674" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H5674" land|strong="H1366" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5674" Arki people-group lived|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{3}From|strong="H3381" there|strong="H1961" it|strong="H3381" extended|strong="H1961" west|strong="H3220" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H5704" land|strong="H1366" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5704" Japhleti|strong="H3311" people-group lived|strong="H1961", and|strong="H3381" then|strong="H1961" it|strong="H3381" extended|strong="H1961" west|strong="H3220" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" area|strong="H1366" near|strong="H5704" Lower|strong="H8481" Beth-Horon|strong="H1032". From|strong="H3381" there|strong="H1961" it|strong="H3381" extended|strong="H1961" west|strong="H3220" to|strong="H5704" Gezer|strong="H1507" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3381" there|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Mediterranean} Sea|strong="H3220". 
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\verseNumber{4}That|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5157" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5157" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669" and|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519" were|strong="H1121" allotted|strong="H5157". 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H5704" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5704" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1961" allotted|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" clans|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5704" tribe|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669" started|strong="H1961" at|strong="H1961" Ataroth-Addar|strong="H5853" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5704" east|strong="H4217". It|strong="H1961" extended|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" Upper|strong="H5945" Beth-Horon|strong="H1032" 
\verseNumber{6}and|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Mediterranean} Sea|strong="H3220". 
\verseNumber{7}From|strong="H3318" Michmethath|strong="H4366" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} it|strong="H3381" extended|strong="H3318" east|strong="H6921" to|strong="H3381" Taanath and|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3318" there|strong="H8033" on|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3381" Janoah|strong="H3239". From|strong="H3318" there|strong="H8033" it|strong="H3381" extended|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*} to|strong="H3381" Ataroth|strong="H5852" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Naarah|strong="H5292" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. From|strong="H3318" there|strong="H8033" it|strong="H3381" extended|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3381" Jericho|strong="H3405" and|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3318" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3318" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3405"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w northern|strong="H6828"\+w*} border|strong="H1366" extended|strong="H1961" from|strong="H1121" Tappuah|strong="H8599" west|strong="H3220" to|strong="H3212" Kanah|strong="H7071" Ravine|strong="H5158", and|strong="H1121" ended|strong="H1961" at|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Mediterranean} Sea|strong="H3220". That|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1961" allotted|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H1961" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669". 
\verseNumber{9}Many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" were|strong="H1121" really|strong="H2088" within|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" allotted|strong="H5159" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519". 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H5647" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5647" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3117" Ephraim|strong="H0669" could|strong="H2088" not|strong="H3808" force|strong="H2394" the|strong="H5647" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group to|strong="H5704" leave|strong="H3423" Gezer|strong="H1507", so|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5647" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group still|strong="H3427" live|strong="H3427" among|strong="H7130" the|strong="H5647" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5647" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3117" Ephraim|strong="H0669", but|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5647" Israelis forced|strong="H4522" the|strong="H5647" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5647" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H1961" their|strong="H5647" slaves|strong="H5647". 
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\chapterNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w list|strong="H4557"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4294"\+w*} the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H1486" that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4294" Manasseh|strong="H4519". Manasseh’s|strong="H4519" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1060" was|strong="H1961" Makir|strong="H4353" and|strong="H4519" his|strong="H1961" grandson|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1961" Gilead|strong="H1568". Makir’s|strong="H4353" descendants|strong="H2233" were|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1419" warriors|strong="H4421", so|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" lands|strong="H4054" in|strong="H4421" the|strong="H3588" Gilead|strong="H1568" and|strong="H4519" Bashan|strong="H1316" regions|strong="H2506" were|strong="H1961" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3588" clan|strong="H4940". 
\verseNumber{2}Land|strong="H4940" was|strong="H1961" also|strong="H1121" allotted|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" other|strong="H0312" clans|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" tribe|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519": The|strong="H1961" clans|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Abiezer|strong="H0044", Helek|strong="H2507", Asriel|strong="H0844", Shechem|strong="H7928", Hepher|strong="H2660", and|strong="H1121" Shemida|strong="H8061". 
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\verseNumber{3}Hepher’s son|strong="H1121" Zelophehad|strong="H6765" had|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" sons|strong="H1121", but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" five|strong="H2568" daughters|strong="H1323": Mahlah|strong="H4244", Noah|strong="H5270", Hoglah|strong="H2295", Milcah|strong="H4435", and|strong="H1121" Tirzah|strong="H8656". 
\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H3068" went|strong="H4872" to|strong="H3068" Eleazar|strong="H0499" the|strong="H6440" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" Joshua|strong="H3091" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H6310" Israeli leaders|strong="H5387". They|strong="H3068" said|strong="H6310", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H0587"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w give|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w land|strong="H5159"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H6440"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H6680" Moses|strong="H4872" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" land|strong="H5159", just|strong="H6310" like|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" men|strong="H1121".” So|strong="H5414" Eleazar|strong="H0499" did|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6310" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3068" allotted|strong="H5159" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" land|strong="H5159", just|strong="H6310" like|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3068" allotted|strong="H5159" to|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" uncles. 
\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5676" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H2256" Manasseh|strong="H4519" eventually|strong="H0310" had|strong="H4519" ten|strong="H6235" sections|strong="H6391" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H2256"\+w* \+w land|strong="H5676"\+w* \+w west|strong="H5676"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2256"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5676"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} and|strong="H4519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w two|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w sections|strong="H6391"\+w*,} Gilead|strong="H1568" and|strong="H4519" Bashan|strong="H1316", on|strong="H5307" the|strong="H5676" east|strong="H5676" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H2256" the|strong="H5676" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H1961" those|strong="H1121" female|strong="H1323" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519" also|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" allotted|strong="H1961" land|strong="H5159" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w west|strong="H3220"\+w* \+w side|strong="H6285"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w river|strong="H3588"\+w*} just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" allotted|strong="H1961". The|strong="H3588" other|strong="H0312" parts|strong="H3411" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" Gilead|strong="H1568" area|strong="H1508" were|strong="H1961" allotted|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" male|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519". 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" allotted|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3427" Manasseh|strong="H4519" was|strong="H1961" between|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3427" Asher|strong="H0836" lives|strong="H3427" and|strong="H1980" Michmethath|strong="H4366" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, near|strong="H6440" Shechem|strong="H7927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. The|strong="H6440" border|strong="H1366" extended|strong="H1961" south|strong="H3225" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" Tappuah|strong="H8599" Spring|strong="H6779". 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H1961" land|strong="H1366" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H1961" Tappuah|strong="H8599" area|strong="H1366" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519", but|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" town|strong="H7151" of|strong="H1121" Tappuah|strong="H8599", which|strong="H1366" was|strong="H1961" at|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" land|strong="H1366" that|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1961" allotted|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519", was|strong="H1961" allotted|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669". 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H8432" border|strong="H1366" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w land|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w allotted|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\+w*} extended|strong="H1961" south|strong="H5045" to|strong="H3381" Kanah|strong="H7071" Gorge. From|strong="H3381" there|strong="H1961" it|strong="H8432" extended|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w west|strong="H3220"\+w*} along|strong="H8432" the|strong="H8432" north|strong="H6828" side|strong="H6828" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H8432" gorge and|strong="H5892" ended|strong="H1961" at|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8432" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Mediterranean} Sea|strong="H3220". 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H1961" land|strong="H1366" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" south|strong="H5045" side|strong="H6828" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H1961" gorge belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1366" Ephraim|strong="H0669", and|strong="H4519" the|strong="H1961" land|strong="H1366" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" north|strong="H6828" side|strong="H6828" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1366" Manasseh|strong="H4519". The|strong="H1961" western|strong="H3220" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H1961" land|strong="H1366" allotted|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1366" Manasseh|strong="H4519" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Mediterranean} Sea|strong="H3220". To|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" north|strong="H6828", the|strong="H1961" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1366" their|strong="H1961" land|strong="H1366" extended|strong="H1961" from|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" land|strong="H1366" allotted|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1366" Asher|strong="H0836" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1961"\+w* northwest} to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" land|strong="H1366" allotted|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1366" Issachar|strong="H3485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1961"\+w* northeast.} 
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\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" are|strong="H1961" cities|strong="H5892" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="H1961" area|strong="H1508" allotted|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1323" Issachar|strong="H3485" and|strong="H3427" Asher|strong="H0836". Those|strong="H3427" cities|strong="H5892", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H3427" their|strong="H1961" surrounding|strong="H1323" villages|strong="H1323", were|strong="H1961" allotted|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" people|strong="H3427" from|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1323" Manasseh|strong="H4519". These|strong="H0428" cities|strong="H5892" are|strong="H1961" Beth-Shan|strong="H1052", Ibleam|strong="H2991", Dor|strong="H1756" (which|strong="H1323" is|strong="H1961" also|strong="H4519" named|strong="H7121" Naphoth-Dor,) Endor|strong="H5874", Taanach|strong="H8590", and|strong="H3427" Megiddo|strong="H4023". 
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\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H3423" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3423" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519" were|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" force|strong="H2394" the|strong="H3423" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" those|strong="H1121" cities|strong="H5892" to|strong="H3201" leave|strong="H3423", so|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3423" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3423" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group continued|strong="H3427" to|strong="H3201" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" those|strong="H1121" cities|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w years|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w later|strong="H1961"\+w*} when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Israelis became|strong="H1961" better|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w warriors|strong="H1121"\+w*}, they|strong="H3588" forced|strong="H4522" the|strong="H3588" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group to|strong="H3478" work|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H5414" as|strong="H1961" slaves|strong="H1121", although|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" force|strong="H2388" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" leave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669" and|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Joshua|strong="H3091", “You|strong="H5414" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H1696" us|strong="H5414" only|strong="H5704" one|strong="H1121" area|strong="H1508" of|strong="H1121" land|strong="H5159", but|strong="H1696" there|strong="H5704" are|strong="H5971" a|strong="H5414" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H1121" us|strong="H5414". Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" us|strong="H5414" very|strong="H5704" much|strong="H7227" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w grown|strong="H1431"\+w* \+w very|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w large|strong="H7227"\+w*}. So|strong="H3541" why|strong="H4069" did|strong="H5971" you|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" only|strong="H5704" a|strong="H5414" small|strong="H6996" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H5159" [RHQ]?” 
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\verseNumber{15}Joshua|strong="H3091" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5927" them|strong="H5927", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w agree|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3293" not|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" enough|strong="H7227" land|strong="H0776" in|strong="H7227" the|strong="H3588" hilly area|strong="H2022" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669". So|strong="H5927", since|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" a|strong="H3588" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H2022" people|strong="H5971", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" allot|strong="H5159" more|strong="H7227" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H5927" you|strong="H3588", in|strong="H7227" the|strong="H3588" hilly region|strong="H2256". But|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cut|strong="H1254"\+w* \+w down|strong="H1254"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w trees|strong="H6086"\+w*} in|strong="H7227" the|strong="H3588" forest|strong="H3293" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H5971"\+w* } make|strong="H1254" a|strong="H3588" place|strong="H8033" for|strong="H3588" yourselves|strong="H8033" in|strong="H7227" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H3588" Periz and|strong="H5971" Repha people-groups live|strong="H3427".” 
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\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669" and|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519" replied|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H3808" is|strong="H3605" true|strong="H0571" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" hilly area|strong="H2022" is|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" big|strong="H0931" enough|strong="H4672" for|strong="H3427" us|strong="H4672", but|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group who|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" lowlands, in|strong="H3427" Beth-Shan|strong="H1052" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" surrounding|strong="H1323" villages|strong="H1323" in|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3605" area|strong="H2022", and|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" Jezreel|strong="H3157" Valley|strong="H6010", have|strong="H1121" iron|strong="H1270" chariots|strong="H7393", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w defeat|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w them|strong="H4672"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{17}Joshua|strong="H3091" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H1961", “Your|strong="H1961" tribe|strong="H4294" is|strong="H1961" very|strong="H1419" numerous|strong="H7227" and|strong="H1419" very|strong="H1419" powerful|strong="H3581". So|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" allot|strong="H5159" more|strong="H7227" land|strong="H1486" for|strong="H1004" you|strong="H3808" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3091" hilly area|strong="H1508", 
\verseNumber{18}but|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" cut|strong="H1254" down|strong="H1254" the|strong="H3588" trees|strong="H6086" in|strong="H1961" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H1961" make|strong="H1254" a|strong="H1961" place|strong="H1961" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1961" live|strong="H3427". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w true|strong="H0571"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H3588" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group are|strong="H1961" strong|strong="H2389" and|strong="H7393" have|strong="H1961" iron|strong="H1270" chariots|strong="H7393", but|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1961" force|strong="H2394" them|strong="H3423" to|strong="H1961" leave|strong="H3423" that|strong="H3588" valley|strong="H6010".” 

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\chapterNumber{18}\verseNumber{1-2}The|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" captured|strong="H3920" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w were|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w*}, but|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0834" still|strong="H5750" seven|strong="H7651" tribes|strong="H7626" that|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H1961" allotted|strong="H1486" any|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776". The|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" gathered|strong="H6960" at|strong="H3427" Shiloh|strong="H7887", and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H1992" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{3}Joshua|strong="H3091" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" them|strong="H5414", “Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414" waiting|strong="H5704" a|strong="H5414" long|strong="H5704" time|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" take|strong="H3423" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5414" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}, has|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5414" [RHQ]? 
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\verseNumber{4}Choose|strong="H3051" three|strong="H7969" men|strong="H1980" from|strong="H1980" each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H7626" your|strong="H7971" seven|strong="H7651" tribes|strong="H7626". Then|strong="H1980" I|strong="H1980" will|strong="H6310" send|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H1980" explore|strong="H8446" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w parts|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7626"\+w*} the|strong="H7971" land|strong="H5159" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H7626"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w occupied|strong="H5159"\+w* \+w yet|strong="H7971"\+w*. \+w When|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w they|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w finish|strong="H3615"\+w* exploring \+w it|strong="H1980"\+w*}, they|strong="H6310" must|strong="H4191" write|strong="H3789" a|strong="H7971" report|strong="H8088", in|strong="H1980" which|strong="H7626" they|strong="H6310" will|strong="H6310" ◄make|strong="H6965" a|strong="H7971" map|strong="H3789"/show|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7971" boundaries|strong="H1367"► of|strong="H7626" the|strong="H7971" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H6310" each|strong="H0376" tribe|strong="H7626" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H1980" receive|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1004" divide|strong="H2505" the|strong="H5921" remaining|strong="H8300" land|strong="H2506" into|strong="H5921" seven|strong="H7651" parts|strong="H2506". The|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063" will|strong="H1004" keep|strong="H8104" its|strong="H5921" land|strong="H2506" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" south|strong="H5045", and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H5921" tribes|strong="H5975" of|strong="H1004" Ephraim|strong="H0669" and|strong="H3063" Manasseh|strong="H4519" will|strong="H1004" keep|strong="H8104" their|strong="H5921" land|strong="H2506" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" north|strong="H6828". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" report|strong="H8088", the|strong="H6440" men|strong="H7651" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" seven|strong="H7651" tribes|strong="H7626" should|strong="H3068" describe|strong="H3789" the|strong="H6440" seven|strong="H7651" parts|strong="H2506" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" remaining|strong="H8300" land|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w wish|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w receive|strong="H3947"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" report|strong="H8088" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440". While|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" watching|strong="H8245", I|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3068" ◄cast|strong="H3384" lots|strong="H1486"/throw|strong="H7993" marked|strong="H8104" stones|strong="H0068"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w decide|strong="H3198"\+w* \+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w land|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w allotted|strong="H1486"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w each|strong="H6311"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H3068" Levi|strong="H3881" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5414" be|strong="H3068" allotted|strong="H5159" any|strong="H5414" land|strong="H7130", because|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w reward|strong="H2506"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w*} Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" priests|strong="H3548". The|strong="H3588" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H3068" Gad|strong="H1410", Reuben|strong="H7205", and|strong="H4872" half|strong="H2677" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H3068" Manasseh|strong="H4519" have|strong="H3068" already|strong="H3528" been|strong="H3068" allotted|strong="H5159" their|strong="H3068" land|strong="H7130" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" east|strong="H4217" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3588"\+w*}, just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872", the|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3068" served|strong="H5647" God|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w well|strong="H3190"\+w*}, decided|strong="H3289", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w any|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w more|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w land|strong="H7130"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H7725" the|strong="H6440" men|strong="H1980" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w got|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w ready|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w*} leave|strong="H1980", Joshua|strong="H3091" told|strong="H6680" them|strong="H7725", “Go|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" explore|strong="H8446" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440". Then|strong="H1980" write|strong="H3789" a|strong="H3068" report|strong="H8088" of|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H6440" have|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H7200", and|strong="H1980" bring|strong="H7725" it|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1980" me|strong="H6440". Then|strong="H1980" while|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" watching|strong="H8245", I|strong="H6680" will|strong="H3068" ◄cast|strong="H7993" lots|strong="H1486"/throw|strong="H7993" marked|strong="H8104" stones|strong="H0068"► here|strong="H6311" at|strong="H3068" Shiloh|strong="H7887", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w determine|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w* \+w each|strong="H6311"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w receive|strong="H3947"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H7651" left|strong="H5674" and|strong="H3212" walked|strong="H3212" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5921" area|strong="H1508". Then|strong="H5674" they|strong="H5921" described|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612" each|strong="H5892" town|strong="H5892" that|strong="H5892" was|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" seven|strong="H7651" parts|strong="H2506" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w into|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w which|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3091"\+w* \+w divided|strong="H0914"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H2506". Then|strong="H5674" they|strong="H5921" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3212" Joshua|strong="H3091", who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H5892" still|strong="H5750" at|strong="H5921" Shiloh|strong="H7887". 
\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w Joshua|strong="H3091"\+w* \+w read|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w report|strong="H8088"\+w*}, while|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" watching|strong="H8245", he|strong="H8033" ◄cast|strong="H7993" lots|strong="H1486"/threw|strong="H7993" marked|strong="H8104" stones|strong="H0068"► to|strong="H3478" choose|strong="H0977" which|strong="H3068" land|strong="H6440" would|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H3478" each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" seven|strong="H7651" Israeli tribes|strong="H7626". 

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\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H3318" first|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4294" that|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3063" allotted|strong="H1486" land|strong="H1366" was|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3318" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144". Each|strong="H0376" clan|strong="H4940" in|strong="H1121" that|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4294" was|strong="H3063" allotted|strong="H1486" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3318" land|strong="H1366" that|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3063" between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H3318" area|strong="H1366" that|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3063" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3318" area|strong="H1366" that|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3063" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" tribes|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669" and|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519". 
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\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H4480" northern|strong="H6828" border|strong="H1366" started|strong="H6285" at|strong="H1961" the|strong="H4480" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3405"\+w*} and|strong="H2022" extended|strong="H1961" west|strong="H3220" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H4480" northern|strong="H6828" side|strong="H6285" of|strong="H2022" Jericho|strong="H3405", into|strong="H5927" the|strong="H4480" hilly area|strong="H1366". From|strong="H4480" there|strong="H1961" the|strong="H4480" border|strong="H1366" extended|strong="H1961" west|strong="H3220" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H4480" desert|strong="H4057" near|strong="H7126" Beth-Aven|strong="H1007" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}From|strong="H3381" there|strong="H8033" it|strong="H1931" extended|strong="H5186" southwest to|strong="H3381" Luz|strong="H3870" (which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w named|strong="H5921"\+w*} Bethel|strong="H1008"). From|strong="H3381" there|strong="H8033" it|strong="H1931" extended|strong="H5186" southwest to|strong="H3381" Ataroth-Addar|strong="H5853" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" hill|strong="H2022" south|strong="H5045" of|strong="H2022" Lower|strong="H8481" Beth-Horon|strong="H1032" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{14}At|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" hill|strong="H2022" south|strong="H5045" of|strong="H1121" Beth-Horon|strong="H1032", the|strong="H6440" border|strong="H1366" turned|strong="H5437" and|strong="H1121" extended|strong="H1961" south|strong="H5045" to|strong="H1961" Kiriath-Baal|strong="H7154" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H5892"\+w*}, which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w named|strong="H5921"\+w*} Kiriath-Jearim|strong="H7157". That|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H1961" town|strong="H5892" where|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" live|strong="H3427". That|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" western|strong="H3220" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" allotted|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144". 
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\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H3318" southern|strong="H5045" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1366" their|strong="H3318" land|strong="H1366" started|strong="H6285" near|strong="H7126" Kiriath-Jearim|strong="H7157" and|strong="H3318" extended|strong="H3318" west|strong="H3220" to|strong="H3318" Nephtoah|strong="H5318" Springs|strong="H4599". 
\verseNumber{16}From|strong="H6440" there|strong="H2022" it|strong="H5921" extended|strong="H5186" south|strong="H5045" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H6440" bottom|strong="H3247" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" hill|strong="H2022", near|strong="H6440" Ben-Hinnom|strong="H1121" Valley|strong="H6010", on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" north|strong="H6828" side|strong="H3802" of|strong="H1121" Repha Valley|strong="H6010". The|strong="H6440" border|strong="H1366" extended|strong="H5186" south|strong="H5045" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" Hinnom|strong="H2011" Valley|strong="H6010", south|strong="H5045" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" Jebus|strong="H2982" people-group lived|strong="H3427", to|strong="H3381" En-Rogel|strong="H5883". 
\verseNumber{17}From|strong="H3318" there|strong="H8033" the|strong="H3318" border|strong="H1366" extended|strong="H3318" west|strong="H3220" to|strong="H3381" En-Shemesh|strong="H5885", and|strong="H1121" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3381" Geliloth|strong="H1553" near|strong="H7126" Adummim|strong="H0131" Pass|strong="H5674". Then|strong="H3318" it|strong="H3381" extended|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3318" great|strong="H1419" stone|strong="H0068" of|strong="H1121" Reuben’s son|strong="H1121" Bohan|strong="H0932". 
\verseNumber{18}From|strong="H3381" there|strong="H8033" the|strong="H5674" border|strong="H1366" extended|strong="H5186" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5674" northern|strong="H6828" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="H6160" Beth-Arabah|strong="H1026" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} and|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" into|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5674" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} Valley|strong="H6010". 
\verseNumber{19}From|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1961" extended|strong="H1961" east|strong="H6921" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5674" northern|strong="H6828" edge|strong="H7097" of|strong="H1366" Beth-Hoglah|strong="H1031" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} and|strong="H3220" ended|strong="H1961" at|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5674" north|strong="H6828" end|strong="H7097" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H5674" Dead|strong="H4191" Sea|strong="H3220", where|strong="H2088" the|strong="H5674" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w* \+w flows|strong="H2100"\+w* \+w into|strong="H3220"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w Dead|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w Sea|strong="H3220"\+w*}. That|strong="H2088" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5674" southern|strong="H5045" boundary|strong="H1366" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w land|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w allotted|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H5439" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5439" eastern|strong="H6924" boundary|strong="H6285" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5439" land|strong="H5159" allotted|strong="H5159" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5439" tribe|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144". Those|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5439" boundaries|strong="H1367" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5439" land|strong="H5159" allotted|strong="H5159" to|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5439". 
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\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H1961" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H1961" land|strong="H4940" allotted|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" were|strong="H1961" Jericho|strong="H3405", Beth-Hoglah|strong="H1031", Emek-Keziz|strong="H6010", 
\verseNumber{22}Beth-Arabah|strong="H1026", Zemaraim|strong="H6787", Bethel|strong="H1008", 
\verseNumber{23}Avvim|strong="H5761", Parah|strong="H6511", Ophrah|strong="H6084", 
\verseNumber{24}Kephar-Ammoni, Ophni|strong="H6078", and|strong="H5892" Geba|strong="H1387". Altogether|strong="H3162" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H5892" fourteen|strong="H6240" towns|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5892" the|strong="H8147" surrounding|strong="H5439" villages|strong="H2691". 
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\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H1391" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" also|strong="H1571" had|strong="H1391" the|strong="H1391" towns|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Gibeon|strong="H1391", Ramah|strong="H7414", Beeroth|strong="H0881", 
\verseNumber{26}Mizpah|strong="H4708", Kephirah|strong="H3716", Mozah|strong="H4681", 
\verseNumber{27}Rekem|strong="H7552", Irpeel|strong="H3416", Taralah|strong="H8634", 
\verseNumber{28}Zelah|strong="H6762", Haeleph|strong="H0507", the|strong="H1121" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H2691" the|strong="H1121" Jebus|strong="H2982" people-group lived|strong="H3427" (which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Jerusalem|strong="H3389"), Gibeah|strong="H1390", and|strong="H1121" Kiriath|strong="H7157". Altogether|strong="H3162" there|strong="H2063" were|strong="H1121" 14 towns|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" surrounding|strong="H5439" villages|strong="H2691". All|strong="H3605" that|strong="H1931" area|strong="H1508" was|strong="H1931" allotted|strong="H5159" to|strong="H3389" the|strong="H1121" clans|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144". 

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\chapterNumber{19}The|strong="H8432" second|strong="H8145"/next|strong="H8145" tribe|strong="H4294" that|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1961" allotted|strong="H1486" land|strong="H5159" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8432" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Simeon|strong="H8095". Each|strong="H0376" clan|strong="H4940" in|strong="H8432" that|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4294" was|strong="H1961" allotted|strong="H1486" some|strong="H4480" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1961" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="H8432" area|strong="H1508" that|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H8432" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{2}Their|strong="H1992" land|strong="H5159" included|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" towns|strong="H1323" of|strong="H5159" Beersheba|strong="H0884" (\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w also|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Sheba|strong="H7652"), Moladah|strong="H4137", 
\verseNumber{3}Hazar-Shual|strong="H2705", Balah|strong="H1088", Ezem|strong="H6107", 
\verseNumber{4}Eltolad|strong="H0513", Bethul|strong="H1329", Hormah|strong="H2767", 
\verseNumber{5}Ziklag|strong="H6860", Beth-Marcaboth|strong="H1024". Hazar-Susah|strong="H2701", 
\verseNumber{6}Beth-Lebaoth|strong="H1034", and|strong="H5892" Sharuhen|strong="H8287". Altogether|strong="H3162" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H5892" 13 towns|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5892" surrounding|strong="H5439" villages|strong="H2691". 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H5892" land|strong="H0776" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H5892" them|strong="H5414" also|strong="H1571" included|strong="H5475" the|strong="H5892" four|strong="H0702" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H5892" Ain|strong="H5871", Rimmon|strong="H7417", Ether|strong="H6281", and|strong="H5892" Ashan|strong="H6228", and|strong="H5892" their|strong="H3605" surrounding|strong="H5439" villages|strong="H2691". 
\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H5704" were|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1121" allotted|strong="H5159" some|strong="H3605" very|strong="H5704" small|strong="H6996" villages|strong="H2691" in|strong="H5892" an|strong="H5892" area|strong="H5439" that|strong="H3605" extended|strong="H5186" south|strong="H5045" to|strong="H5704" Baalath-Beer|strong="H1192" (which|strong="H5892" is|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Ramah|strong="H7414", in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" southern|strong="H5045" desert|strong="H6160"). That|strong="H3605" was|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H5159" allotted|strong="H5159" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" clans|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Simeon|strong="H8095". 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" allotted|strong="H1961" much|strong="H7227" more|strong="H7227" land|strong="H5159" than|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" needed|strong="H1767", so|strong="H1961" part|strong="H2506" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H1992" land|strong="H5159" was|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Simeon|strong="H8095". 

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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H5704" third|strong="H7992"/next|strong="H4283" tribe|strong="H4940" that|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1961" allotted|strong="H1486" land|strong="H5159" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5704" tribe|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Zebulun|strong="H2074". Each|strong="H0376" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4940" was|strong="H1961" allotted|strong="H1486" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5704" land|strong="H5159". 
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The|strong="H5704" southern|strong="H5045" border|strong="H1366" started|strong="H1961" at|strong="H1961" Sarid|strong="H8301" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{11}It|strong="H5921" extended|strong="H5186" west|strong="H3220" to|strong="H5927" Maralah|strong="H4831" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H6440" on|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5927" Dabbesheth|strong="H1708" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H6440" on|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H6440" brook|strong="H5158" just|strong="H3512" north|strong="H6828" of|strong="H1366" Jokneam|strong="H3362" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H5921" border|strong="H1366" extended|strong="H3318" east|strong="H4217" from|strong="H7725" Sarid|strong="H8301" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" area|strong="H1366" near|strong="H5921" Kisloth-Tabor \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H7725" on|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7725" Daberath|strong="H1705" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} and|strong="H7725" on|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7725" Japhia|strong="H3309" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}From|strong="H3318" there|strong="H8033" it|strong="H8033" extended|strong="H3318" east|strong="H4217" to|strong="H3318" Gath-Hepher|strong="H1662" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H8033" Eth-Kazin|strong="H6278" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, and|strong="H8033" north|strong="H6828" to|strong="H3318" Rimmon|strong="H7417" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. From|strong="H3318" there|strong="H8033" the|strong="H5674" border|strong="H1366" extended|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w west|strong="H5674"\+w*} to|strong="H3318" Neah|strong="H5269" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{14}From|strong="H5437" Neah|strong="H5269" it|strong="H1961" extended|strong="H1961" south|strong="H5045" to|strong="H1961" Hannathon|strong="H2615" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H5437" from|strong="H5437" there|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" Iphtah-El Valley|strong="H1516". 
\verseNumber{15}Their|strong="H8147" area|strong="H1508" included|strong="H5475" the|strong="H8147" towns|strong="H5892" of|strong="H5892" Kattath|strong="H7005", Nahalal|strong="H5096", Shimron|strong="H8110", Idalah|strong="H3030", and|strong="H5892" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". Altogether|strong="H3162" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H8147" twelve|strong="H8147" towns|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5892" the|strong="H8147" surrounding|strong="H5439" villages|strong="H2691". 
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\verseNumber{16}That|strong="H5892" was|strong="H5892" the|strong="H1121" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H5892" was|strong="H5892" allotted|strong="H5159" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clans|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Zebulun|strong="H2074". 

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\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H3318" fourth|strong="H7243"/next|strong="H4283" tribe|strong="H4940" that|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" allotted|strong="H1486" land|strong="H4940" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3318" tribe|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Issachar|strong="H3485". Each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3318" clans|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4940" was|strong="H1121" allotted|strong="H1486" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3318" land|strong="H4940". 
\verseNumber{18}Their|strong="H1961" land|strong="H1366" included|strong="H1366" the|strong="H1961" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1366" Jezreel|strong="H3157", Kesulloth|strong="H3694", Shunem|strong="H7766", 
\verseNumber{19}Hapharaim|strong="H2663", Shion|strong="H7866", Anaharath|strong="H0588", 
\verseNumber{20}Rabbith|strong="H7245", Kishion|strong="H7191", Ebez|strong="H0077", 
\verseNumber{21}Remeth|strong="H7432", En-Gannim|strong="H5873", En-Haddah|strong="H5876", and|strong="H5873" Beth-Pazzez|strong="H1048". 
\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H1961" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H1961" area|strong="H1366" that|strong="H5892" was|strong="H1961" allotted|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H5892" Issachar|strong="H3485" was|strong="H1961" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H1961" Tabor|strong="H8396", Shahazumah|strong="H7831", and|strong="H5892" Beth-Shemesh|strong="H1053" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H5892" ended|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w east|strong="H6921"\+w*} at|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. Altogether|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" 16 cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5892" the|strong="H1961" surrounding|strong="H5439" villages|strong="H2691". 
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\verseNumber{23}Those|strong="H1121" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" villages|strong="H2691" were|strong="H1121" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H1121" land|strong="H5159" allotted|strong="H5159" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clans|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Issachar|strong="H3485". 

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\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H3318" fifth|strong="H2549"/next|strong="H4283" tribe|strong="H4294" that|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" allotted|strong="H1486" land|strong="H4940" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3318" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Asher|strong="H0836". Each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3318" clans|strong="H4940" in|strong="H1121" that|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4294" was|strong="H1121" allotted|strong="H1486" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3318" land|strong="H4940". 
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\verseNumber{25}Their|strong="H1961" land|strong="H1366" included|strong="H1366" the|strong="H1961" towns|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1366" Helkath|strong="H2520", Hali|strong="H2482", Beten|strong="H0991", Acshaph|strong="H0407", 
\verseNumber{26}Allammelech|strong="H0487", Amad|strong="H6008", and|strong="H3220" Mishal|strong="H4861". The|strong="H6293" western|strong="H3220" border|strong="H1366" started|strong="H2490" at|strong="H3220" Carmel|strong="H3760" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*} and|strong="H3220" Shihor-Libnath|strong="H7884". 
\verseNumber{27}From|strong="H7725" there|strong="H7725" it|strong="H7725" extended|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w southeast|strong="H5045"\+w*} to|strong="H7725" Beth-Dagon|strong="H1016" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, and|strong="H7725" then|strong="H3318" to|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w was|strong="H8121"\+w* \+w allotted|strong="H1486"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1516"\+w*} Zebulun|strong="H2074" and|strong="H7725" Iphtah-El Valley|strong="H1516". From|strong="H7725" there|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" border|strong="H1366" extended|strong="H3318" east|strong="H4217" and|strong="H7725" then|strong="H3318" north|strong="H6828" to|strong="H7725" Beth-Emek|strong="H1025" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} and|strong="H7725" Neiel|strong="H5272" and|strong="H7725" Cabul|strong="H3521" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{28}From|strong="H5704" there|strong="H5704" it|strong="H5704" extended|strong="H5186" west|strong="H3220" to|strong="H5704" Abdon|strong="H5658", Rehob|strong="H7340", Hammon|strong="H2540", and|strong="H7227" Kanah|strong="H7071" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H7227" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5704" Sidon|strong="H6721", which|strong="H7227" is|strong="H7227" a|strong="H5704" big|strong="H0931" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{29}From|strong="H7725" there|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7725" border|strong="H1366" extended|strong="H1961" south|strong="H3220" toward|strong="H5704" Ramah|strong="H7414" and|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H7725" big|strong="H0931" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H5892" Tyre|strong="H6865" that|strong="H5892" had|strong="H1961" strong|strong="H4013" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H7725" it|strong="H7725". From|strong="H7725" there|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7725" border|strong="H1366" extended|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w west|strong="H3220"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" Hosah|strong="H2621" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H7725" ended|strong="H1961" at|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Mediterranean} Sea|strong="H3220". Within|strong="H5704" their|strong="H7725" area|strong="H1366" were|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7725" towns|strong="H5892" of|strong="H5892" Aczib|strong="H0392", 
\verseNumber{30}Ummah|strong="H5981", Aphek|strong="H0663", and|strong="H6242" Rehob|strong="H7340". Altogether|strong="H3162" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H5892" 22 towns|strong="H5892" and|strong="H6242" their|strong="H8147" surrounding|strong="H5439" villages|strong="H2691". 
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\verseNumber{31}Those|strong="H1121" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" villages|strong="H2691" were|strong="H1121" within|strong="H7130" the|strong="H1121" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H5892" was|strong="H5892" allotted|strong="H5159" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clans|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Asher|strong="H0836". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Land|strong="H5159" for|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Naphtali|strong="H5321" }
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\verseNumber{32}The|strong="H3318" sixth|strong="H8345"/next|strong="H4283" tribe|strong="H4940" that|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" allotted|strong="H1486" land|strong="H4940" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3318" tribe|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Naphtali|strong="H5321". Each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3318" clans|strong="H4940" in|strong="H1121" that|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4940" was|strong="H1121" allotted|strong="H1486" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3318" land|strong="H4940". 
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\verseNumber{33}The|strong="H5704" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1366" their|strong="H1961" land|strong="H1366" started|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w west|strong="H3220"\+w*} at|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w huge|strong="H1995"\+w*} oak|strong="H0424" tree|strong="H6086" at|strong="H1961" Zaanannim|strong="H6815", near|strong="H5704" Heleph|strong="H2501" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. It|strong="H1961" extended|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w east|strong="H6921"\+w*} through|strong="H3027" Adami-Nekeb|strong="H0129" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H3383" Jabneel|strong="H2995", and|strong="H3383" then|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" Lakkum|strong="H3946", and|strong="H3383" ended|strong="H1961" at|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5704" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{34}The|strong="H7725" western|strong="H3220" boundary|strong="H1366" extended|strong="H3318" through|strong="H3318" Aznoth-Tabor|strong="H0243" as|strong="H3318" far|strong="H3318" as|strong="H3318" Hukkok|strong="H2712" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. It|strong="H7725" extended|strong="H3318" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" borders|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1366" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1366"\+w*} Zebulun|strong="H2074" at|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" south|strong="H5045", to|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w border|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1366"\+w*} Asher|strong="H0836" on|strong="H3318" the|strong="H7725" west|strong="H3220", and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H7725" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} at|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" east|strong="H4217". 
\verseNumber{35}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Within|strong="H7130"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5892"\+w*} several|strong="H2669" cities|strong="H5892" with|strong="H5892" strong|strong="H4013" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H5414". They|strong="H5892" were|strong="H5892" Ziddim|strong="H6661", Zer|strong="H6863", Hammath|strong="H2575", Rakkath|strong="H7557", Kinnereth|strong="H3672", 
\verseNumber{36}Adamah|strong="H0128", Ramah|strong="H7414", Hazor|strong="H2674", 
\verseNumber{37}Kedesh|strong="H6943", Edrei|strong="H0154", En-Hazor|strong="H5877", 
\verseNumber{38}Iron|strong="H3375", Migdal-El|strong="H4027", Horem|strong="H2765", Beth-Anath|strong="H1043", and|strong="H5892" Beth-Shemesh|strong="H1053". Altogether|strong="H3162" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H5892" 19 cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5892" surrounding|strong="H5439" villages|strong="H2691". 
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\verseNumber{39}Those|strong="H1121" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" surrounding|strong="H5439" villages|strong="H2691" were|strong="H1121" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H1121" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H5892" was|strong="H5892" allotted|strong="H5159" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clans|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Naphtali|strong="H5321". 

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\verseNumber{40}The|strong="H3318" seventh|strong="H7637"/last|strong="H0314" tribe|strong="H4294" that|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" allotted|strong="H1486" land|strong="H4940" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3318" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835". Each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3318" clans|strong="H4940" in|strong="H1121" that|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4294" was|strong="H1121" allotted|strong="H1486" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3318" land|strong="H4940". 
\verseNumber{41}Their|strong="H1961" land|strong="H5159" included|strong="H1366" the|strong="H1961" towns|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1366" Zorah|strong="H6881", Eshtaol|strong="H0847", Ir-Shemesh|strong="H5905", 
\verseNumber{42}Shaalabbin|strong="H8169", Aijalon|strong="H0357", Ithlah|strong="H3494", 
\verseNumber{43}Elon|strong="H0356", Timnah|strong="H8553", Ekron|strong="H6138", 
\verseNumber{44}Eltekeh|strong="H0514", Gibbethon|strong="H1405", Baalath|strong="H1191", 
\verseNumber{45}Jehud|strong="H3055", Bene-Berak|strong="H1139", Gath-Rimmon|strong="H1667", 
\verseNumber{46}Me-Jarkon|strong="H4313", Rakkon|strong="H7542", and|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5973" area|strong="H1366" near|strong="H5973" Joppa|strong="H3305". 
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\verseNumber{47}But|strong="H1992" the|strong="H5221" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835" were|strong="H1121" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3318" take|strong="H3920" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" land|strong="H1366" that|strong="H7121" had|strong="H1121" been|strong="H5927" allotted|strong="H5973" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H1992". So|strong="H7121" they|strong="H1992" went|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{northeast} and|strong="H1121" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5221" people|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3427" Leshem|strong="H3959" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. They|strong="H1992" defeated|strong="H5221" and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H5221" all|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5221" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". Then|strong="H3318" they|strong="H1992" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3318" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Leshem|strong="H3959", and|strong="H1121" changed|strong="H8133" the|strong="H5221" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H3318" Dan|strong="H1835", the|strong="H5221" man|strong="H1121" from|strong="H3318" whom|strong="H1992" their|strong="H1992" tribe|strong="H4294" descended|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{48}All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1121" towns|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" surrounding|strong="H5439" villages|strong="H2691" were|strong="H1121" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H1121" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H5892" was|strong="H5892" allotted|strong="H5159" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clans|strong="H4940" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835". 

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\verseNumber{49}After|strong="H0310" the|strong="H5414" Israeli leaders|strong="H7218" divided|strong="H5157" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H5159" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H5414" tribes|strong="H7626", they|strong="H3478" allotted|strong="H5157" some|strong="H4480" land|strong="H5159" to|strong="H3478" Joshua|strong="H3091". 
\verseNumber{50}They|strong="H3068" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5414" Timnath-Serah|strong="H8556". Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H6310" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" could|strong="H3201" have|strong="H3068" whatever|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" he|strong="H3068" wanted|strong="H2654", and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" chose|strong="H0977". It|strong="H5414" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" hilly region|strong="H2256" which|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3068" Ephraim|strong="H0669". Joshua|strong="H3091" rebuilt|strong="H1129" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3068" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{51}Those|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" areas|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" various|strong="H2921" tribes|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". Eleazar|strong="H0499" the|strong="H6440" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" and|strong="H1121" Joshua|strong="H3091" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" each|strong="H0376" tribe|strong="H4294" divided|strong="H2505" up|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H5159" while|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" all|strong="H5157" at|strong="H3478" Shiloh|strong="H7887", by|strong="H3068" ◄casting|strong="H4165" lots|strong="H1486"/throwing|strong="H3027" marked|strong="H8104" stones|strong="H0068"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w decide|strong="H3198"\+w* \+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w* \+w each|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w receive|strong="H5157"\+w*}. They|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3068" while|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" watching|strong="H8245", at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". In|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3068" way|strong="H6440" they|strong="H3068" completed|strong="H3615" dividing|strong="H2505" up|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H5159". 

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\chapterNumber{20}Then|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Joshua|strong="H3091", 
\verseNumber{2}“Tell|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3478" should|strong="H3478" choose|strong="H0977" some|strong="H3027" cities|strong="H5892" to|strong="H1696" which|strong="H5892" people|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w can|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w run|strong="H7323"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H3027" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H3027" safe|strong="H7965"/protected|strong="H3467", like|strong="H3478" I|strong="H5414" told|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872" that|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3478" should|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{3}If|strong="H1961" someone|strong="H5315" kills|strong="H5221" another|strong="H1818" person|strong="H5315" accidentally|strong="H7684", not|strong="H1961" intending|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" kill|strong="H5221" that|strong="H5315" person|strong="H5315", the|strong="H5221" one|strong="H1097" who|strong="H5315" killed|strong="H5221" that|strong="H5315" person|strong="H5315" may|strong="H1961" run|strong="H5127"/escape|strong="H5127" to|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1097" of|strong="H1818" these|strong="H5221" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H8033" be|strong="H1961" safe|strong="H7965"/protected|strong="H3467" from|strong="H5315" someone|strong="H5315" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H1961" get|strong="H3947" revenge|strong="H5360" for|strong="H5315" that|strong="H5315" person’s|strong="H3820" death|strong="H7523" [MTY]. 
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\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5414" one|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" killed|strong="H2026" someone|strong="H5414" arrives|strong="H0935" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5414" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H1697" one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H1697" those|strong="H1931" cities|strong="H5892", he|strong="H1931" must|strong="H4191" stop|strong="H5975" there|strong="H3427" and|strong="H5892" tell|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5414" leaders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5414" city|strong="H5892" what|strong="H1697" happened|strong="H1697". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w believe|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w*}, they|strong="H1931" must|strong="H4191" allow|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" enter|strong="H5975" the|strong="H5414" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H5892" they|strong="H1931" must|strong="H4191" give|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" place|strong="H4725" to|strong="H1696" live|strong="H3427" among|strong="H5973" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{5}If|strong="H3588" some|strong="H3027" relative|strong="H1350" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" killed|strong="H5221" comes|strong="H1847" to|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3588" city|strong="H1931" to|strong="H3027" get|strong="H3027" revenge|strong="H5360", the|strong="H3588" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3588" city|strong="H1931" must|strong="H1818" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" relative|strong="H1350" to|strong="H3027" take|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3588" killer, because|strong="H3588" what|strong="H3588" happened|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1931" accidental. He|strong="H1931" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" hate|strong="H8130" that|strong="H3588" person|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" as|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" result|strong="H6903" deliberately kill|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" person|strong="H6440" who|strong="H1931" killed|strong="H7523" someone|strong="H0376" must|strong="H4191" stay|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3117" city|strong="H5892" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892" judges|strong="H8199" put|strong="H7725" him|strong="H6440" on|strong="H3117" trial|strong="H4941". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Only|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w if|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w judges|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w decide|strong="H4941"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w person|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w who|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w has|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w run|strong="H5127"\+w*/\+w escaped|strong="H5127"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w their|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1961"\+w* deliberately \+w kill|strong="H7523"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w person|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w allow|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w stay|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H7725" he|strong="H1931" must|strong="H4191" stay|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" dies|strong="H4194". Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" may|strong="H1961" safely|strong="H0983" go|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" his|strong="H7725" own|strong="H1961" town|strong="H5892", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w death|strong="H4194"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* Supreme \+w Priest|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w considered|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w atone|strong="H3722"\+w*/\+w pay|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w death|strong="H4194"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w person|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w who|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H7523"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H1931" the|strong="H6942" Israelis chose|strong="H0977" these|strong="H1931" cities|strong="H5892" to|strong="H3063" be|strong="H3063" cities|strong="H5892" to|strong="H3063" which|strong="H1931" people|strong="H1931" could|strong="H3201" run|strong="H7323" to|strong="H3063" be|strong="H3063" safe|strong="H7965"/protected|strong="H3467": Kedesh|strong="H6943" in|strong="H7927" the|strong="H6942" Galilee|strong="H1551" district|strong="H6418" in|strong="H7927" the|strong="H6942" hilly area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H6942" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H2022" Naphtali|strong="H5321" lived|strong="H3427"; Shechem|strong="H7927" in|strong="H7927" the|strong="H6942" hilly area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H6942" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669" lived|strong="H3427"; Kiriath-Arba|strong="H7153" (which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Hebron|strong="H2275") in|strong="H7927" the|strong="H6942" hilly area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H6942" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H2022" Judah|strong="H3063" lived|strong="H3427"; 
\verseNumber{8}Bezer|strong="H1221", on|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" east|strong="H4217" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H4294" the|strong="H5414" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3405"\+w*} near|strong="H7126" Jericho|strong="H3405", in|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" flat|strong="H8478" land|strong="H5676" in|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" desert|strong="H4057" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5414" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4294" Reuben|strong="H7205" lived|strong="H3427"; Ramoth|strong="H7216" in|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} in|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H5676" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5414" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4294" Gad|strong="H1410" lived|strong="H3427"; and|strong="H4519" Golan|strong="H1474" in|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" Bashan|strong="H1316" region|strong="H2256" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5414" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4294" Manasseh|strong="H4519" lived|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{9}Any|strong="H3605" Israeli or|strong="H3808" any|strong="H3605" foreigner|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H5315" among|strong="H8432" us|strong="H6440", anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" killed|strong="H5221" someone|strong="H5315" ◄accidentally|strong="H7684"/without|strong="H3808" planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H3605" it|strong="H8432"►, was|strong="H1961" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" run|strong="H5127" to|strong="H5704" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892", and|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" safe|strong="H7965"/protected|strong="H3467" from|strong="H6440" some|strong="H8033" relative|strong="H1350" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="H3605" died|strong="H4191" coming|strong="H0935" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H1121" killing|strong="H5221" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5704" get|strong="H3027" revenge|strong="H5360". He|strong="H5704" could|strong="H3201" stay|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" until|strong="H5704" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" trial|strong="H4941" there|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w decide|strong="H3198"\+w* \+w whether|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w truth|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w or|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w when|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w plan|strong="H6098"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w person|strong="H5315"\+w*}. 

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\chapterNumber{21}\verseNumber{1-2}While|strong="H5704" Eleazar|strong="H0499" the|strong="H3605" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3967" Joshua|strong="H3091" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli tribes|strong="H7626" were|strong="H0834" at|strong="H3427" Shiloh|strong="H7887", the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" clans|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3967" said|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" Moses|strong="H4872" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" should|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" towns|strong="H1323" where|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0587" can|strong="H4310" have|strong="H1961" pasture|strong="H4054"/fields|strong="H7704"/grassland for|strong="H3588" our|strong="H3068" animals|strong="H0929", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w these|strong="H0428"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w yet|strong="H5750"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" Israeli leaders|strong="H7218" obeyed|strong="H8085" this|strong="H5414" command|strong="H6310" from|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068". They|strong="H3068" agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" give|strong="H5414" towns|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" pasturelands|strong="H4054" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5414" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881". 
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w First|strong="H1121"\+w*} they|strong="H5892" allotted|strong="H1486" some|strong="H4480" cities|strong="H5892" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H4480" Kohath|strong="H6955" clans|strong="H4940", who|strong="H3548" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H4480" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881". To|strong="H3318" those|strong="H4480" who|strong="H3548" were|strong="H1961" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" first|strong="H1121" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" Aaron|strong="H0175", they|strong="H5892" allotted|strong="H1486" 13 towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H4480" areas|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3548" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H4480" tribes|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", Simeon|strong="H8099", and|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144". 
\verseNumber{5}To|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2677" other|strong="H0312" members|strong="H3338" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2677" Kohath|strong="H6955" clan|strong="H4940" they|strong="H5892" allotted|strong="H1486" ten|strong="H6235" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H2677" areas|strong="H0776" that|strong="H5892" had|strong="H4519" been|strong="H4294" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2677" tribes|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669", Dan|strong="H1835", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2677" part|strong="H2677" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2677" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w the|strong="H2677"\+w* \+w west|strong="H3220"\+w* \+w side|strong="H6285"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H2677"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H2677" people|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2677" Gershon|strong="H1648" clans|strong="H4940" were|strong="H1121" allotted|strong="H1486" 13 cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H2677" areas|strong="H0776" that|strong="H5892" had|strong="H4519" been|strong="H4294" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2677" tribes|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Issachar|strong="H3485", Asher|strong="H0836", Naphtali|strong="H5321", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2677" part|strong="H2677" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2677" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519" that|strong="H5892" lives|strong="H5315" on|strong="H5892" the|strong="H2677" east|strong="H6921" side|strong="H6285" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2677" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Merari|strong="H4847" clans|strong="H4940" were|strong="H1121" allotted|strong="H1486" twelve|strong="H8147" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H1121" areas|strong="H0776" that|strong="H5892" had|strong="H1121" been|strong="H4294" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" tribes|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205", Gad|strong="H1410", and|strong="H1121" Zebulun|strong="H2074". 
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\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" Israeli leaders|strong="H7218" gave|strong="H5414" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" pastureland to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5414" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881", just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" Moses|strong="H4872" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{9}These|strong="H7121" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" surrounding|strong="H5439" pasturelands|strong="H4054" that|strong="H5414" were|strong="H1121" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414", that|strong="H5414" were|strong="H1121" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5414" areas|strong="H0776" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5414" tribes|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" Simeon|strong="H8095" lived|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{10}First|strong="H7223", they|strong="H1992" allotted|strong="H1486" cities|strong="H5892" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" members|strong="H3338" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" Kohath|strong="H6955" clans|strong="H4940". 
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\verseNumber{11}They|strong="H1992" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" Kiriath-Arba|strong="H7153" (which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Hebron|strong="H2275"), in|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" hilly area|strong="H5439" of|strong="H2022" Judah|strong="H3063". Arba|strong="H0704" received|strong="H2275" its|strong="H5414" name|strong="H8034" because|strong="H3588" Arba|strong="H0704" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5414" ancestor of|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w giants|strong="H7497"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2022"\+w*} the|strong="H5414" Anak|strong="H6061" people-group. 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5414" fields|strong="H7704" and|strong="H1121" villages|strong="H2691" surrounding|strong="H5439" Arba|strong="H0704" had|strong="H5414" already|strong="H3528" been|strong="H1961" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H5414" Caleb|strong="H3612". 
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\verseNumber{13}They|strong="H5414" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" Hebron|strong="H2275", which|strong="H5892" was|strong="H5892" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" cities|strong="H5892" to|strong="H5414" which|strong="H5892" people|strong="H1121" could|strong="H3201" run|strong="H7323"/escape|strong="H4422" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H1121" safe|strong="H7965"/protected|strong="H3467". They|strong="H5414" also|strong="H1121" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" Kohath|strong="H6955" clan|strong="H4940" the|strong="H5414" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" Libnah|strong="H3841", 
\verseNumber{14}Jattir|strong="H3492", Eshtemoa|strong="H0851", 
\verseNumber{15}Holon|strong="H2473", Debir|strong="H1688", 
\verseNumber{16}Ain|strong="H5871", Juttah|strong="H3194", and|strong="H5892" Beth-Shemesh|strong="H1053". Altogether|strong="H3162" they|strong="H5892" were|strong="H8147" allotted|strong="H1486" those|strong="H1992" nine|strong="H8672" cities|strong="H5892" which|strong="H5892" were|strong="H8147" located|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H8147" areas|strong="H4054" that|strong="H5892" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H5892" the|strong="H8147" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H7626" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H5892" Simeon|strong="H8095". 
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\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H1391" Kohath|strong="H6955" clan|strong="H4940" was|strong="H1144" also|strong="H1144" allotted|strong="H1486" these|strong="H0428" four|strong="H0702" cities|strong="H5892": Gibeon|strong="H1391", Geba|strong="H1387", 
\verseNumber{18}Anathoth|strong="H6068", and|strong="H5892" Almon|strong="H5960". Those|strong="H1992" cities|strong="H5892" were|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5892" area|strong="H1508" that|strong="H5892" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5892" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H5892" Benjamin|strong="H1144". 
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\verseNumber{19}Altogether|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" 13 towns|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" surrounding|strong="H5439" pastureland were|strong="H1121" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175". 
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\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H1961" other|strong="H0312" members|strong="H3338" the|strong="H1961" Kohath|strong="H6955" clan|strong="H4940" were|strong="H1961" allotted|strong="H1486" four|strong="H0702" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" surrounding|strong="H5439" pastureland in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H1961" area|strong="H1508" that|strong="H3881" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669". 
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\verseNumber{21}Those|strong="H1992" cities|strong="H5892" were|strong="H2022" Shechem|strong="H7927" (which|strong="H5892" was|strong="H5892" one|strong="H5892" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5414" cities|strong="H5892" to|strong="H5414" which|strong="H5892" people|strong="H5971" could|strong="H3201" run|strong="H7323"/escape|strong="H4422" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" safe|strong="H7965"/protected|strong="H3467"), Gezer|strong="H1507", 
\verseNumber{22}Kibzaim|strong="H6911", and|strong="H5892" Beth-Horon|strong="H1032". 
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\verseNumber{23}They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H4294" also|strong="H1571" allotted|strong="H1486" four|strong="H0702" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H4054" surrounding|strong="H5439" pastureland in|strong="H4054" the|strong="H4294" area|strong="H1508" that|strong="H4294" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H4294" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H4294" the|strong="H4294" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4294" Dan|strong="H1835". Those|strong="H1992" cities|strong="H5892" were|strong="H4294" Eltekeh|strong="H0514", Gibbethon|strong="H1405", 
\verseNumber{24}Aijalon|strong="H0357", and|strong="H5892" Gath-Rimmon|strong="H1667". 
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\verseNumber{25}They|strong="H5892" were|strong="H8147" also|strong="H4519" allotted|strong="H1486" two|strong="H8147" towns|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5892" surrounding|strong="H5439" pastureland that|strong="H5892" had|strong="H4519" been|strong="H4294" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8147"\+w* } part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H4294" the|strong="H8147" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4294" Manasseh|strong="H4519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w west|strong="H3220"\+w* \+w side|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. Those|strong="H1992" cities|strong="H5892" were|strong="H8147" Taanach|strong="H8590" and|strong="H5892" Gath-Rimmon|strong="H1667". 
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\verseNumber{26}Those|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" ten|strong="H6235" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" surrounding|strong="H5439" pastureland that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" members|strong="H3338" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Kohath|strong="H6955" clan|strong="H4940". 
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\verseNumber{27}They|strong="H5892" also|strong="H1121" allotted|strong="H1486" towns|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2677" surrounding|strong="H5439" pastureland to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2677" Gershon|strong="H1648" clans|strong="H4940". Those|strong="H1121" clans|strong="H4940" were|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1121" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881". 
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They|strong="H5892" were|strong="H1121" allotted|strong="H1486" two|strong="H8147" cities|strong="H5892" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2677" area|strong="H1508" that|strong="H3881" had|strong="H4519" been|strong="H4294" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2677" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3881"\+w* \+w is|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w the|strong="H2677"\+w* \+w east|strong="H6921"\+w* \+w side|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H2677"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. Those|strong="H1121" cities|strong="H5892" were|strong="H1121" Golan|strong="H1474" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H2677" Bashan|strong="H1316" region|strong="H2256", which|strong="H5892" was|strong="H5892" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2677" cities|strong="H5892" to|strong="H1121" which|strong="H5892" people|strong="H1121" could|strong="H3201" run|strong="H7323"/escape|strong="H4422" to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" safe|strong="H7965"/protected|strong="H3467", and|strong="H1121" Be-Eshtarah. 
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\verseNumber{28}From|strong="H4294" the|strong="H3485" area|strong="H1508" that|strong="H4294" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H4294" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H4294" the|strong="H3485" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4294" Issachar|strong="H3485" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H4294" allotted|strong="H1486" four|strong="H0702" cities|strong="H5892". Those|strong="H1992" cities|strong="H5892" were|strong="H4294" Kishion|strong="H7191", Daberath|strong="H1705", 
\verseNumber{29}Jarmuth|strong="H3412", and|strong="H5892" En-Gannim|strong="H5873". 
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\verseNumber{30}From|strong="H4294" the|strong="H5658" area|strong="H1508" that|strong="H4294" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H4294" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H4294" the|strong="H5658" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4294" Asher|strong="H0836" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H4294" allotted|strong="H1486" four|strong="H0702" cities|strong="H5892". Those|strong="H1992" cities|strong="H5892" were|strong="H4294" Mishal|strong="H4861", Abdon|strong="H5658", 
\verseNumber{31}Helkath|strong="H2520", and|strong="H5892" Rehob|strong="H7340". 
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\verseNumber{32}From|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5892" area|strong="H1508" that|strong="H5892" had|strong="H7969" been|strong="H4294" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5892" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4294" Naphtali|strong="H5321" they|strong="H5892" were|strong="H7969" allotted|strong="H1486" three|strong="H7969" cities|strong="H5892". Those|strong="H1992" cities|strong="H5892" were|strong="H7969" Kedesh|strong="H6943" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5892" Galilee|strong="H1551" region|strong="H2256" (it|strong="H5414" was|strong="H5892" one|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4294" the|strong="H5892" cities|strong="H5892" to|strong="H5892" which|strong="H5892" people|strong="H5971" could|strong="H3201" run|strong="H7323"/escape|strong="H4422" to|strong="H5892" be|strong="H5892" safe|strong="H7965"/protected|strong="H3467"), Hammoth-Dor|strong="H2576", and|strong="H5892" Kartan|strong="H7178". 
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\verseNumber{33}So|strong="H3651" altogether|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Gershon|strong="H1649" clans|strong="H4940" were|strong="H4940" allotted|strong="H1486" 13 cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" surrounding|strong="H5439" pasturelands|strong="H4054". 
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\verseNumber{34}The|strong="H1121" other|strong="H0312" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881", the|strong="H1121" ones|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Merari|strong="H4847" clans|strong="H4940", were|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1121" allotted|strong="H1486" towns|strong="H1323" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H4847" surrounding|strong="H5439" pasturelands|strong="H4054". 
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From|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" area|strong="H1508" that|strong="H3881" had|strong="H1121" been|strong="H4294" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Zebulun|strong="H2074" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1121" allotted|strong="H1486" four|strong="H0702" cities|strong="H5892". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1121" Jokneam|strong="H3362", Kartah|strong="H7177", 
\verseNumber{35}Dimnah|strong="H1829", and|strong="H5892" Nahalal|strong="H5096". 
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\verseNumber{36}From|strong="H4294" the|strong="H7205" area|strong="H1508" that|strong="H4294" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H4294" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H4294" the|strong="H7205" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4294" Reuben|strong="H7205" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H4294" allotted|strong="H1486" four|strong="H0702" cities|strong="H5892". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H4294" Bezer|strong="H1221", Jahaz|strong="H3096", 
\verseNumber{37}Kedemoth|strong="H6932", and|strong="H5892" Mephaath|strong="H4158". 
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\verseNumber{38}From|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5892" area|strong="H1508" that|strong="H5892" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H4294" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5892" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4294" Gad|strong="H1410" they|strong="H5892" were|strong="H1410" allotted|strong="H1486" four|strong="H0702" cities|strong="H5892". They|strong="H5892" were|strong="H1410" Ramoth|strong="H7433", which|strong="H5892" was|strong="H5892" one|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4294" the|strong="H5892" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5892" Gilead|strong="H1568" region|strong="H2256" to|strong="H5892" which|strong="H5892" people|strong="H5971" could|strong="H3201" run|strong="H7323"/escape|strong="H4422" to|strong="H5892" be|strong="H5892" safe|strong="H7965"/protected|strong="H3467", Mahanaim|strong="H4266", 
\verseNumber{39}Heshbon|strong="H2809", and|strong="H5892" Jazer|strong="H3270". 
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\verseNumber{40}Altogether|strong="H3605" twelve|strong="H8147" cities|strong="H5892" were|strong="H1961" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" Merari|strong="H4847" clans|strong="H4940". 
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\verseNumber{41}So|strong="H3651" altogether|strong="H3605" 48 cities|strong="H5892" were|strong="H3478" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881", 
\verseNumber{42}and|strong="H5892" each|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" had|strong="H1961" surrounding|strong="H5439" pastureland. 
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\verseNumber{43}In|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3605" way|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3427" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H7650" to|strong="H3478" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3605"/our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001". The|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3427" took|strong="H3423" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w most|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} those|strong="H3605" areas|strong="H0776" and|strong="H3478" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{44}Just|strong="H3605" like|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H7650" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001", Yahweh|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414"/us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" peace|strong="H5117" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3605" surrounded|strong="H5439" them|strong="H5414"/us|strong="H5414". Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" Israelis/us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" their|strong="H3605"/our|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{45}Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3808"/us|strong="H3478". Everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1697" did|strong="H3478" happen|strong="H1697". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The tribes east of the Jordan went home }
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\chapterNumber{22}Joshua|strong="H3091" then|strong="H7121" summoned|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7121" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4294" the|strong="H7121" tribes|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4294" Reuben|strong="H7206", Gad|strong="H1425", and|strong="H3091" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H4294" the|strong="H7121" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4294" Manasseh|strong="H4519". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6680", “You|strong="H6680" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H3605" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Moses|strong="H4872", who|strong="H3605" served|strong="H5647" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w well|strong="H3190"\+w*}, told|strong="H6680" you|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". You|strong="H6680" have|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" done|strong="H3605" what|strong="H6963" I|strong="H6680" told|strong="H6680" you|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{3}For|strong="H5704" a|strong="H3117" long|strong="H5704" time|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H5826" the|strong="H8104" other|strong="H2088" tribes|strong="H7626" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w defeat|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}. You|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3068" obeyed|strong="H8104" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H4687" you|strong="H3117" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" give|strong="H5414" peace|strong="H5117" to|strong="H1696" us|strong="H5414" Israelis, and|strong="H4872" he|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H5414" what|strong="H1696" he|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696". So|strong="H5414" now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H5414" may|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H6437" to|strong="H1696" your|strong="H3068" homes|strong="H1004", to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H5676" that|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5414", on|strong="H5117" the|strong="H5414" east|strong="H5676" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}Moses|strong="H4872" also|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3068" love|strong="H0157" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" and|strong="H4872" to|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3605" commands|strong="H6680", and|strong="H4872" to|strong="H3068" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H5647" him|strong="H6213" and|strong="H4872" serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H6213" by|strong="H3068" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H6680" think|strong="H3824" and|strong="H4872" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H6680" do|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H7971" Joshua|strong="H3091" blessed|strong="H1288" them|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" said|strong="H0559" goodbye to|strong="H3212" them|strong="H7971", and|strong="H7971" they|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w prepared|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w*} leave|strong="H5800" and|strong="H7971" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3212" their|strong="H7971" homes|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1288"\+w* \+w east|strong="H6921"\+w* \+w side|strong="H6285"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1288"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1288"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}Moses|strong="H4872" had|strong="H4872" given|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" Bashan|strong="H1316" region|strong="H2256" to|strong="H7971" half|strong="H2677" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H7626" Manasseh|strong="H4519", and|strong="H4872" land|strong="H5676" on|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3588" west|strong="H3220" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H7626" the|strong="H3588" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3588"\+w*} to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3588" other|strong="H5676" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H7626" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H7626". Before|strong="H5973" they|strong="H3588" left|strong="H5414", he|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w asked|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w God|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w*} bless|strong="H1288" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H7725" said|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" your|strong="H7725" homes|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3701" to|strong="H7725" all|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" things|strong="H5973" that|strong="H3701" you|strong="H7725" have|strong="H4735" taken|strong="H3947" from|strong="H7725" your|strong="H7725" enemies|strong="H0341"—the|strong="H7725" many|strong="H7227" animals|strong="H0929" and|strong="H3701" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3701" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w things|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w made|strong="H7235"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4735"\+w*} bronze|strong="H5178" and|strong="H3701" iron|strong="H1270", and|strong="H3701" many|strong="H7227" beautiful|strong="H3303" clothes|strong="H8008". But|strong="H7725" you|strong="H7725" should|strong="H3068" share|strong="H2505" some|strong="H7227" of|strong="H4735" those|strong="H5973" things|strong="H5973" with|strong="H5973" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4735" your|strong="H7725" tribe|strong="H4294".” 
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\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205", Gad|strong="H1410", and|strong="H1121" half|strong="H2677" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519" left|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H6310" Israelis at|strong="H5921" Shiloh|strong="H7887" in|strong="H5921" Canaan|strong="H3667" land|strong="H0776", to|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" their|strong="H3068" homes|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Gilead|strong="H1568" region|strong="H2256". That|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" area|strong="H1508" that|strong="H3068" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" them|strong="H5921". It|strong="H5921" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H7725" them|strong="H5921" by|strong="H3027" Moses|strong="H4872" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6310". 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7969" tribes|strong="H7626" arrived|strong="H0935" near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" western|strong="H3220" side|strong="H3383" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H5104", at|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1129" town|strong="H7151" called|strong="H8033" Geliloth|strong="H1552". There|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" large|strong="H1419" altar|strong="H4196". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w they|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w crossed|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Gilead|strong="H1568"\+w* \+w region|strong="H1552"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H2009" the|strong="H8085" other|strong="H5676" Israelis who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" still|strong="H5750" at|strong="H3478" Shiloh|strong="H7887" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" altar|strong="H4196" that|strong="H8085" those|strong="H8085" men|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3478" built|strong="H1129". 
\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H5921" became|strong="H3205" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626", so|strong="H5927" they|strong="H5921" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H3898" them|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H7971" Israelis sent|strong="H7971" Phinehas|strong="H6372", who|strong="H3548" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7971" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eleazar|strong="H0499" the|strong="H7971" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548", to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3548"\+w*} the|strong="H7971" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1121" three|strong="H7969" tribes|strong="H7626". 
\verseNumber{14}They|strong="H1992" also|strong="H3478" sent|strong="H7971" one|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H5387" from|strong="H3478" each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" ten|strong="H6235" tribes|strong="H4294" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" still|strong="H5750" at|strong="H3478" Shiloh|strong="H7887". Each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H1992" was|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" clan|strong="H4940". 
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\verseNumber{15}Those|strong="H1121" leaders|strong="H7218" went|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1696" Gilead|strong="H1568" region|strong="H2256" to|strong="H1696" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1696" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1696" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205", Gad|strong="H1410", and|strong="H1121" half|strong="H2677" the|strong="H1696" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519". They|strong="H1696" said|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{16}“All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H2088" Israelis are|strong="H3117" asking|strong="H7592", ‘Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3605" rebelled|strong="H4775" against|strong="H4775" the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H3117" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*} by|strong="H3117" building|strong="H1129" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196" for|strong="H3068" yourselves|strong="H3605"? 
\verseNumber{17}Have|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3117" forgotten|strong="H7911" what|strong="H2088" happened|strong="H1961" at|strong="H3068" Peor|strong="H6465", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* Israelis \+w sinned|strong="H2398"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w god|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Moab|strong="H4124"\+w* people-group \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*}? Many|strong="H5704" Israelis became|strong="H1961" very|strong="H2088" sick|strong="H2470" and|strong="H3068" died|strong="H4191" because|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3117" sin|strong="H5771", and|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" still|strong="H5704" suffering|strong="H6040" because|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H5771". 
\verseNumber{18}Are|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3605" now|strong="H1961" turning|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" obeying|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3478" refusing|strong="H3985" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H3117" wants|strong="H2656"? If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1961" stop|strong="H2308" rebelling|strong="H4775" against|strong="H4775" Yahweh|strong="H3068" today|strong="H3117", he|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H7107" with|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" us|strong="H7725" Israelis tomorrow|strong="H4279".’ 
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\verseNumber{19}“f \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w considers|strong="H7919"\+w*} that|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776" here|strong="H8033" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5674" suitable|strong="H5048" for|strong="H3068" worshiping|strong="H7812" him|strong="H5674", come|strong="H5674" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H8033" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" is|strong="H3068". We|strong="H8033" can|strong="H4310" share|strong="H2506" our|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H8432". But|strong="H1107" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5674" rebel|strong="H4775" against|strong="H4775" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" against|strong="H4775" us|strong="H8432" by|strong="H5674" building|strong="H1129" another|strong="H8432" altar|strong="H4196" for|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{20}Do|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" remember|strong="H2142" what|strong="H5921" happened|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" Zerah’s son|strong="H1121" Achan|strong="H5912" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3478" obey|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w command|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w destroy|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w everything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Jericho|strong="H3405"\+w*}? That|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" man|strong="H1121" disobeyed|strong="H4603" God’s|strong="H0430" command|strong="H5921", but|strong="H3808" many|strong="H3808" [HYP] other|strong="H3605" Israelis were|strong="H3478" punished|strong="H6485". Achan|strong="H5912" died|strong="H1478" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" sin|strong="H5771", but|strong="H3808" other|strong="H3605" Israelis also|strong="H3478" died|strong="H1478".” 
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\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1696"\+w*} tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205", Gad|strong="H1410", and|strong="H1121" half|strong="H2677" the|strong="H1696" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519" replied|strong="H6030", 
\verseNumber{22}“Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" Almighty|strong="H7706" God|strong="H3068", knows|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w why|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" we|strong="H3117" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3478" know|strong="H3045", too|strong="H4480". If|strong="H1931" we|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H3478" something|strong="H1697" wrong|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}, you|strong="H3117" may|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" us|strong="H3045". 
\verseNumber{23}If|strong="H1931" we|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3068" disobeyed|strong="H6963" one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" laws|strong="H8451", we|strong="H6213" request|strong="H1245" that|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" should|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6213" us|strong="H7725". We|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" build|strong="H1129" that|strong="H1931" new|strong="H2319" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H7725" completely|strong="H3617" burn|strong="H5927" animals|strong="H0929" as|strong="H6213" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H7725" Yahweh|strong="H3068", or|strong="H5930" to|strong="H7725" offer|strong="H5927" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H1931" sacrifices|strong="H2077" of|strong="H3068" grain|strong="H1715" or|strong="H5930" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H7725" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{24}“his|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" reason|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" we|strong="H6213" built|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196": We|strong="H6213" were|strong="H3478" afraid|strong="H3372"/worried|strong="H1672" that|strong="H3068" some|strong="H1697" day|strong="H3117" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H1121" would|strong="H3068" say|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" true|strong="H3068" Israelis. We|strong="H6213" were|strong="H3478" afraid|strong="H3372" that|strong="H3068" then|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" say|strong="H1697", ‘You|strong="H6213" are|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" allowed|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" worship|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6213" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H6213" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{25}Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H5104" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5414" boundary|strong="H1366" between|strong="H0996" us|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205" and|strong="H1121" Gad|strong="H1410". So|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H1121" not|strong="H1115" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068".’ We|strong="H0587" were|strong="H1121" worried|strong="H1672" that|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H1121" would|strong="H3068" force|strong="H2394" our|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" stop|strong="H7673" worshiping|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{26}“hat is|strong="H1129" the|strong="H6213" reason|strong="H6440" that|strong="H4196" we|strong="H6213" decided|strong="H4994" to|strong="H6213" build|strong="H1129" that|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w new|strong="H2319"\+w*} altar|strong="H4196". But|strong="H3808" it|strong="H6213" is|strong="H1129" not|strong="H3808" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196" for|strong="H6213" completely|strong="H3617" burning|strong="H2740" sacrifices|strong="H2077" of|strong="H4196" animals|strong="H0929" and|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w burning|strong="H2740"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} sacrifices|strong="H2077". 
\verseNumber{27}We|strong="H3588" built|strong="H1129" that|strong="H3588" new|strong="H2319" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H3068" prove|strong="H5254"/show|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" us|strong="H6440" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" all|strong="H1755" of|strong="H1121" our|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" worship|strong="H5647" Yahweh|strong="H3068" by|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" burning|strong="H2740" animal|strong="H0929" sacrifices|strong="H2077" and|strong="H1121" offerings|strong="H8002" of|strong="H1121" grain|strong="H1715" and|strong="H1121" offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H3068" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w at|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w place|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w chooses|strong="H0977"\+w*}. We|strong="H3588" do|strong="H5647" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H1121", ‘You|strong="H3588" do|strong="H5647" not|strong="H3808" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068".’ 
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\verseNumber{28}“n the|strong="H7200" future|strong="H0319", if|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588", our|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" can|strong="H6213" say|strong="H0559", ‘Look|strong="H7200" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" altar|strong="H4196" that|strong="H3588" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" made|strong="H6213"! It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" exactly|strong="H0834" like|strong="H1961" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w* \+w built|strong="H6213"\+w*}, but|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" burn|strong="H8313" sacrifices|strong="H2077" on|strong="H7200" it|strong="H1931". It|strong="H1931" only|strong="H3588" shows|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" Israelis!’ 
\verseNumber{29}We|strong="H3117" certainly|strong="H7725" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H7725" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H7725" rebel|strong="H4775" against|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068" or|strong="H3117" stop|strong="H2308" doing|strong="H4480" what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H3117" desires|strong="H0183", by|strong="H3117" building|strong="H1129" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196" for|strong="H6440" completely|strong="H3617" burning|strong="H2740" some|strong="H4480" sacrifices|strong="H2077" and|strong="H3068" burning|strong="H2740" grain|strong="H1715" offerings|strong="H5930" and|strong="H3068" making|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} sacrifices|strong="H2077". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w*} there|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3068" only|strong="H0389" one|strong="H4480" true|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196" for|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" it|strong="H7725" is|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{30}When|strong="H8085" Phinehas|strong="H6372" the|strong="H8085" priest|strong="H3548" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8085" other|strong="H0312" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ten|strong="H6235"\+w*} leaders|strong="H7218" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1697" they|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1696", they|strong="H1697" were|strong="H3478" pleased|strong="H3190". 
\verseNumber{31}So|strong="H3808" Phinehas|strong="H6372" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H3027", “Now|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3045" of|strong="H1121" us|strong="H3045" Israelis, and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" rebelling|strong="H4775" against|strong="H3027" him|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w built|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. And|strong="H1121" we|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" punish|strong="H6485" us|strong="H3045" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w having|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w done|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{32}Then|strong="H7725" Phinehas|strong="H6372" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7725" Israeli leaders|strong="H5387" left|strong="H3548" the|strong="H7725" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7725" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205" and|strong="H1121" Gad|strong="H1410" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7725" Gilead|strong="H1568" region|strong="H2256", and|strong="H1121" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Canaan|strong="H3667". There|strong="H7725" they|strong="H1697" told|strong="H1697" the|strong="H7725" other|strong="H0312" Israelis what|strong="H1697" had|strong="H3478" happened|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{33}They|strong="H3808" were|strong="H3478" pleased|strong="H3190", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3808" thanked|strong="H1288" God|strong="H3808". And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" talk|strong="H1697" anymore|strong="H5750" about|strong="H5921" fighting|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205" and|strong="H1121" Gad|strong="H1410" and|strong="H1121" destroying|strong="H7843" everything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3427" their|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{34}The|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205" and|strong="H1121" Gad|strong="H1410" named|strong="H7121" their|strong="H3068" new|strong="H2319" altar|strong="H4196" ‘A|strong="H3588" reminder|strong="H5707" to|strong="H3068" us|strong="H3588" all|strong="H4196" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" God’. 

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\chapterNumber{23}Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" Israelis to|strong="H3478" live|strong="H3117" peacefully|strong="H7965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w years|strong="H3117"\+w*} with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people-groups that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H5117". 
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\verseNumber{2}Joshua|strong="H3091" was|strong="H3478" now|strong="H3117" very|strong="H3966" old|strong="H2205". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} he|strong="H3117" summoned|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H3117" Israel|strong="H3478", the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" clans|strong="H4940", the|strong="H3605" judges|strong="H8199", and|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} officials|strong="H7860". He|strong="H3117" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H7121", “I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H2204" now|strong="H3117" very|strong="H3966" old|strong="H2205". 
\verseNumber{3}You|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1471" have|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H7200" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" help|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" defeat|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" people-groups \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w this|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w land|strong="H6440"\+w*}. Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" fought|strong="H3898" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H7200" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H7200" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H3605" has|strong="H1471" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H7200" land|strong="H5159", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w* \+w in|strong="H7604"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w east|strong="H8121"\+w*} to|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" Mediterranean Sea|strong="H3220" in|strong="H7604" the|strong="H3605" west|strong="H3220", all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H7200" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" have|strong="H1471" allotted|strong="H5307" to|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" compel|strong="H5647" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" are|strong="H3068" still|strong="H5750" living|strong="H2416" there|strong="H3068" to|strong="H1696" leave|strong="H3423". He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" push|strong="H1920" them|strong="H6440" out|strong="H3423" as|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" advance|strong="H0935". Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" yours|strong="H4191", as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" you|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{6}“e sure|strong="H2388" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" obey|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" that|strong="H3605" Moses|strong="H4872" wrote|strong="H3789". Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1115" disobey|strong="H0854" any|strong="H3605" part|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" it|strong="H6213" [IDM]. 
\verseNumber{7}Do|strong="H5647" not|strong="H3808" associate|strong="H0935" with|strong="H5647" the|strong="H5647" people|strong="H1471" who|strong="H7604" live|strong="H8034" among|strong="H8034" us|strong="H2142" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H7604"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* Israelis \+w and|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w who|strong="H7604"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w other|strong="H1115"\+w* \+w gods|strong="H0430"\+w*}. Do|strong="H5647" not|strong="H3808" mention|strong="H2142" the|strong="H5647" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H8034" their|strong="H5647" gods|strong="H0430", and|strong="H1471" do|strong="H5647" not|strong="H3808" use|strong="H5647" the|strong="H5647" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H8034" their|strong="H5647" gods|strong="H0430" when|strong="H2142" you|strong="H3808" promise|strong="H7650" to|strong="H7650" do|strong="H5647" something|strong="H1697". Do|strong="H5647" not|strong="H3808" serve|strong="H5647" their|strong="H5647" gods|strong="H0430" or|strong="H3808" worship|strong="H7812" them|strong="H5647". 
\verseNumber{8}You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" wants|strong="H2656" us|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H6213", as|strong="H5704" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{9}“ahweh has|strong="H3068" forced|strong="H4522" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H5704"\+w*} very|strong="H2088" powerful|strong="H6099" people-groups to|strong="H5704" leave|strong="H3423" as|strong="H5704" you|strong="H6440" advanced|strong="H0935". No|strong="H3808" people-group has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5704" defeat|strong="H5221" you|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{10}Each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1696" cause|strong="H2600" 1,000 of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H7291" to|strong="H1696" run|strong="H7291" away|strong="H4480", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588", just|strong="H1696" like|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H7451" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3117" do|strong="H5647" not|strong="H5869" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H5647"/worship|strong="H5647" Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3117" should|strong="H3068" decide|strong="H3198" today|strong="H3117" what|strong="H4310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gods|strong="H0430"\+w*} you|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H5647"/worship|strong="H5647". You|strong="H3117" should|strong="H3068" decide|strong="H3198" whether|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H5647"/worship|strong="H5647" the|strong="H5647" gods|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3117" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" who|strong="H4310" lived|strong="H3427" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5647" other|strong="H5676"/east|strong="H5676" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5647" Euphrates|strong="H5104" River|strong="H5104" served|strong="H5647", or|strong="H3117" whether|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H5647"/worship|strong="H5647" the|strong="H5647" gods|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5647" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" Amor, who|strong="H4310" previously|strong="H8543" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5647" land|strong="H5676" where|strong="H1004" you|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" now|strong="H3117" living|strong="H3427", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w serve|strong="H5647"\+w*/\+w worship|strong="H5647"\+w*}. But|strong="H7451" as|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5869" and|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" family|strong="H1004" [MTY], we|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H5647"/worship|strong="H5647" Yahweh|strong="H3068"!” 
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\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H5647" Israeli people|strong="H5971" answered|strong="H6030", “We|strong="H0587" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" quit|strong="H5355" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w serving|strong="H5647"\+w*/\+w worshiping|strong="H5647"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068"! We|strong="H0587" would|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} [IDM] serving|strong="H5647"/worshiping|strong="H5647" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430"! 
\verseNumber{17}It|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", Yahweh|strong="H3068", who|strong="H3605" brought|strong="H5927" our|strong="H3068" parents|strong="H0001" and|strong="H1980" grandparents up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H6213" of|strong="H1004" Egypt|strong="H4714". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w rescued|strong="H5337"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w*} from|strong="H5927" that|strong="H3588" land|strong="H7130" where|strong="H1004" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H5971" slaves|strong="H5650". As|strong="H6213" he|strong="H1931" rescued|strong="H5337" them|strong="H6213", they|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" him|strong="H6213" perform|strong="H6213" great|strong="H1419" miracles|strong="H6381". He|strong="H1931" protected|strong="H8104" them|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6256" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H5971" traveling|strong="H1980". He|strong="H1931" protected|strong="H8104" them|strong="H6213" from|strong="H5927" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people-groups through|strong="H5674" whose|strong="H5650" territory|strong="H1366" they|strong="H3588" traveled|strong="H1980". 
\verseNumber{18}As|strong="H1571" our|strong="H3068" forefathers|strong="H0001" advanced|strong="H0935", Yahweh|strong="H3068" expelled|strong="H1644" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Amor and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people-groups who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" this|strong="H1931" land|strong="H6440". Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", so|strong="H1571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w saying|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} we|strong="H3588" also|strong="H1571" will|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H5647"/worship|strong="H5647" him|strong="H6440".” 
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\verseNumber{19}Joshua|strong="H3091" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3201" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" serve|strong="H5647"/worship|strong="H5647" Yahweh|strong="H3068", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" holy|strong="H6918" God|strong="H3068". He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" forgive|strong="H5375" your|strong="H3068" sinning|strong="H2403" and|strong="H3068" rebelling|strong="H4775" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5647"\+w*}. He|strong="H1931" demands|strong="H5923" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" serve|strong="H5647"/worship|strong="H5647" only|strong="H3588" him|strong="H5647" [IDM]. 
\verseNumber{20}He|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3615" good|strong="H3190" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w past|strong="H7725"\+w*}, but|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7725" and|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H5647"/worship|strong="H5647" foreign|strong="H5236"/other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430", he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" turn|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H7725" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H7725" experience|strong="H7200" disasters|strong="H4672". He|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H7489" [IDM] you|strong="H3588" severely|strong="H5953"!” 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Joshua|strong="H3091", “No|strong="H3808", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w turn|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w away|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worshiping|strong="H5647"\+w*/\+w serving|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H5647"/worship|strong="H5647" Yahweh|strong="H3068"!” 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H3588" Joshua|strong="H3091" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3588" yourselves|strong="H3068" are|strong="H5971" saying|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H5647"/worship|strong="H5647" Yahweh|strong="H3068".” They|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" saying|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588".” 
\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H6258" Joshua|strong="H3091" said|strong="H0559", “Since|strong="H6258" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H7130"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w decided|strong="H3289"\+w*} that|strong="H3068", you|strong="H7130" must|strong="H3478" throw|strong="H7993" away|strong="H5493" all|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430"/idols|strong="H1544" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7130" have|strong="H3068" among|strong="H7130" you|strong="H7130". You|strong="H7130" must|strong="H3478" also|strong="H3068" promise|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7130" will|strong="H3068" wholeheartedly|strong="H3824" give|strong="H5186" yourselves|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H6258" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w serve|strong="H5647"\+w*/\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971" replied|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H8085" will|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H5647"/worship|strong="H5647" Yahweh|strong="H3068", our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H8085" him|strong="H6963".” 
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\verseNumber{25}That|strong="H5971" day|strong="H3117", Joshua|strong="H3091" established|strong="H7760" an|strong="H7760" agreement|strong="H1285" between|strong="H4941" the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068". He|strong="H1931" wrote|strong="H3789" for|strong="H2706" them|strong="H7760" all|strong="H3772" the|strong="H3117" laws|strong="H2706" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3117" were|strong="H5971" required|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3117" obey|strong="H8085". 
\verseNumber{26}He|strong="H8033" wrote|strong="H3789" all|strong="H1419" those|strong="H1992" laws|strong="H8451" on|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3947" scroll|strong="H5612". He|strong="H8033" called|strong="H8033" it|strong="H8033" ‘The|strong="H3947" laws|strong="H8451" of|strong="H3068" God’. Then|strong="H6965" he|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w some|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} set|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" a|strong="H3947" large|strong="H1419" stone|strong="H0068" there|strong="H8033" at|strong="H3068" Shechem|strong="H7927", under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w large|strong="H1419"\+w*} oak|strong="H0424" tree|strong="H6086" near|strong="H8033" the|strong="H3947" place|strong="H8478" where|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w worshiped|strong="H6965"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{27}He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", “Look|strong="H2009"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} this|strong="H2063" stone|strong="H0068" has|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. It|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" witness|strong="H5713" against|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" rebel|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5973" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068"!” 
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\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="H7971" Joshua|strong="H3091" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" people|strong="H5971" away|strong="H7971", and|strong="H7971" all|strong="H7971" of|strong="H5971" them|strong="H7971" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7971" their|strong="H7971" own|strong="H5971" areas|strong="H0776"/homes|strong="H1004". 

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\verseNumber{29}Some|strong="H1697" time|strong="H1961" after|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3068", Nun’s son|strong="H1121" Joshua|strong="H3091", the|strong="H3068" faithful|strong="H0539" servant|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068", died|strong="H4191". He|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" 110 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3068" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{30}The|strong="H6912" Israeli people|strong="H5159" buried|strong="H6912" his|strong="H6912" body|strong="H1320" on|strong="H2022" his|strong="H6912" own|strong="H1961" property|strong="H5159" in|strong="H6912" Timnath-Serah|strong="H8556" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} town|strong="H7151". It|strong="H1366" is|strong="H5159" north|strong="H6828" of|strong="H2022" Gaash|strong="H1608" Mountain|strong="H2022" in|strong="H6912" the|strong="H6912" hilly area|strong="H1366" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H6912" tribe|strong="H4294" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H2022" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669". 
\verseNumber{31}The|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3045" served|strong="H5647"/worshiped|strong="H5647" Yahweh|strong="H3068" as|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" Joshua|strong="H3091" was|strong="H3068" alive|strong="H2416". After|strong="H3117" Joshua|strong="H3091" died|strong="H4191", they|strong="H3117" continued|strong="H5674" serving|strong="H5647"/worshiping|strong="H5647" Yahweh|strong="H3068" while|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" experienced|strong="H3045" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3045" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3045" were|strong="H3478" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416". 
\verseNumber{32}Joseph’s|strong="H3130" bones|strong="H6106", which|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5927" Israeli people|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1961" brought|strong="H5927" with|strong="H4714" them|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5927" Egypt|strong="H4714", were|strong="H3478" also|strong="H3478" buried|strong="H6912" at|strong="H3478" Shechem|strong="H7927". The|strong="H5927" people|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912" them|strong="H5927" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5927" piece|strong="H2513" of|strong="H1121" land|strong="H7704" that|strong="H3478" Jacob|strong="H3290" had|strong="H1961" bought|strong="H7069" long|strong="H0753" ago|strong="H7350" for|strong="H4714" 100 pieces|strong="H7192" of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H7192" from|strong="H5927" Hamor|strong="H2544", the|strong="H5927" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shechem|strong="H7927". That|strong="H3478" piece|strong="H2513" of|strong="H1121" land|strong="H7704" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5927" area|strong="H1508" that|strong="H3478" was|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5927" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669" and|strong="H3967" Manasseh|strong="H4519", Joseph’s|strong="H3130" sons|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{33}Eleazar|strong="H0499", the|strong="H5414" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548", the|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175", also|strong="H1121" died|strong="H4191". They|strong="H5414" buried|strong="H6912" his|strong="H5414" body|strong="H4191" at|strong="H4191" Gibeah|strong="H1390", in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5414" area|strong="H2022" that|strong="H5414" had|strong="H5414" been|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H4191" Eleazar’s son|strong="H1121" Phinehas|strong="H6372", in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5414" hilly area|strong="H2022" that|strong="H5414" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669". 
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\BibleBook{Judges}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of people who delivered Israel from their enemies. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Judges }

\BibleSectionHeading{The tribes of Judah and Simeon defeated the Canaanites }
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\chapterNumber{1}After|strong="H1961" Joshua|strong="H3091" died|strong="H4194", the|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H1121" asked|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “Which|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="H7626"\+w*} should|strong="H3068" attack|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3068" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group first|strong="H1121"?” 
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\verseNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" the|strong="H5414" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" [IDM] the|strong="H5414" Canaan|strong="H3667" people-group.” 
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\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H5927" men|strong="H1980" of|strong="H5927" Judah|strong="H3063" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" their|strong="H1571" fellow|strong="H7453" Israelis, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1980"\+w*} from|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H5927" Simeon|strong="H8095", and|strong="H1980" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1980" them|strong="H5927", “Come|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" help|strong="H5826" us|strong="H3898" to|strong="H1980" fight|strong="H3898" the|strong="H5927" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3669"\+w* \+w we|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w can|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w take|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5927"\+w*} the|strong="H5927" land|strong="H1486" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3669"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H1980" us|strong="H3898". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3212" do|strong="H3063" that|strong="H3669", we|strong="H1980" will|strong="H1571" go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1980" you|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3212"\+w*} conquer|strong="H3898" the|strong="H5927" people|strong="H1571" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5927" land|strong="H1486" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3669"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w give|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w*} you|strong="H3212".” So|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5927" men|strong="H1980" from|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H5927" Simeon|strong="H8095" went|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5927" men|strong="H1980" of|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H5927" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1992" two|strong="H5221" tribes|strong="H7626" attacked|strong="H5221", Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5221" 10,000 men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H5414" Periz people-group [DOU] at|strong="H3068" Bezek|strong="H0966" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5221" battle|strong="H3898" they|strong="H5221" found|strong="H4672" Adoni-Bezek|strong="H0137", the|strong="H5221" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" city|strong="H5892", 
\verseNumber{6}but|strong="H7291" he|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tried|strong="H6884"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3027"\+w*} run|strong="H7291" away|strong="H5127". The|strong="H3027" Israelis pursued|strong="H7291" him|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" caught|strong="H3920" him|strong="H3027". Then|strong="H0227" they|strong="H7272" cut|strong="H7112" off|strong="H7112" his|strong="H3027" thumbs|strong="H0931" and|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3027" big|strong="H0931" toes|strong="H7272". 
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\verseNumber{7}Adoni-Bezek|strong="H0137" said|strong="H3651", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w My|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w army|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w captured|strong="H3920"\+w*} 70 kings|strong="H4428". We|strong="H6213" cut|strong="H7112" off|strong="H7112" their|strong="H1961" thumbs|strong="H0931" and|strong="H4428" big|strong="H0931" toes|strong="H7272". After|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3651", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w forced|strong="H4522"\+w*} those|strong="H6213" kings|strong="H4428" to|strong="H4191" eat|strong="H0398" scraps that|strong="H3651" fell|strong="H1961" from|strong="H3027" our|strong="H1961" table|strong="H7979". Now|strong="H1961" God|strong="H7999" has|strong="H1961" ◄paid|strong="H7999" me|strong="H6213" back|strong="H7999" for|strong="H6213"/done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H6213" like|strong="H1961"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w we|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3027"\+w*}.” Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6213" men|strong="H6213" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" took|strong="H1961" Adoni-Bezek|strong="H0137" to|strong="H4191" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H8033" died|strong="H4191" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H5221" army|strong="H3389" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" the|strong="H5221" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H6310" captured|strong="H3920" the|strong="H5221" city|strong="H5892". With|strong="H3898" their|strong="H7971" swords|strong="H2719" they|strong="H6310" killed|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H6310" burned|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w houses|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5892"\+w*} the|strong="H5221" city|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{9}Later|strong="H0310", the|strong="H3427" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" fight|strong="H3898" the|strong="H3427" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group who|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3427" hilly area|strong="H2022", in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3427" desert|strong="H6160" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3427" south|strong="H5045", and|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3427" foothills|strong="H8219" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w west|strong="H3220"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H6440" men|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3427" Judah|strong="H3063" also|strong="H8034" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group who|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Hebron|strong="H2275" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, which|strong="H3063" at|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3669" time|strong="H6440" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" Kiriath-Arba|strong="H7153". They|strong="H5221" defeated|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w kings|strong="H4428"\+w*} Sheshai|strong="H8344", Ahiman|strong="H0289", and|strong="H3063" Talmai|strong="H8526". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Springs|strong="H4599" for|strong="H6440" Caleb’s|strong="H3612" daughter|strong="H1323" }
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H0227" they|strong="H8033" left|strong="H3427" that|strong="H8033" area|strong="H1508" and|strong="H3212" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H3427" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Debir|strong="H1688" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, which|strong="H8033" was|strong="H8034" previously|strong="H6440" named|strong="H8034" Kiriath-Sepher|strong="H7158". 
\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Before|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w attacked|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, Caleb|strong="H3612" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414", “If|strong="H0518" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1323" you|strong="H5414" attacks|strong="H5221" and|strong="H1323" captures|strong="H3920" Kiriath-Sepher|strong="H7158", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" allow|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" marry|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323".” 
\verseNumber{13}Othniel|strong="H6274", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Caleb’s|strong="H3612" younger|strong="H6996" brother|strong="H0251" Kenaz|strong="H7073", captured|strong="H3920" the|strong="H5414" city|strong="H5892". So|strong="H4480" Caleb|strong="H3612" gave|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323" Acsah|strong="H5915" to|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414", to|strong="H5414" become|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802". 
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\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H1961" Acsah|strong="H5915" married|strong="H3947" Othniel|strong="H6274", she|strong="H5921" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" ask|strong="H7592" her|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" to|strong="H1961" give|strong="H7704" him|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" field|strong="H7704". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w she|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w decided|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w herself|strong="H5921"\+w*. \+w She|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w rode|strong="H7392"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w Caleb’s|strong="H3612"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w donkey|strong="H2543"\+w*}, and|strong="H7704" when|strong="H1961" she|strong="H5921" got|strong="H6965" off|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" donkey|strong="H2543", Caleb|strong="H3612" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w could|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w troubling|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5921"\+w*. \+w So|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5921"\+w*} asked|strong="H7592" her|strong="H5921", “What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5921" want|strong="H4270"?” 
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\verseNumber{15}She|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5414" do|strong="H6213" a|strong="H5414" favor|strong="H2580" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H5414". You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5414" given|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" land|strong="H0776" in|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" southern|strong="H5045" desert|strong="H6160", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w dry|strong="H3004"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w*}. So|strong="H5414" please|strong="H4994" also|strong="H3588" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w land|strong="H0776"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3588"\+w*} springs|strong="H1543" of|strong="H4325" water|strong="H4325".” So|strong="H5414" Caleb|strong="H3612" gave|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" land|strong="H0776" on|strong="H5414" higher|strong="H1364" ground|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" a|strong="H5414" spring|strong="H4325", and|strong="H4325" some|strong="H4480" land|strong="H0776" on|strong="H5414" lower|strong="H8482" ground|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" a|strong="H5414" spring|strong="H4325". 

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\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H5927" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5927" Ken people-group who|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Moses’|strong="H4872" father-in-law|strong="H2859" left|strong="H3427" Jericho|strong="H3405", which|strong="H5971" was|strong="H5892" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5927" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" Palm|strong="H8558" Trees’. They|strong="H5971" went|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3427" some|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5927" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3212" live|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3427" them|strong="H5927" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5927" southern|strong="H5045" desert|strong="H4057" area|strong="H1508", near|strong="H7126" Arad|strong="H6166" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H5221" men|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3427" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" their|strong="H5221" fellow|strong="H7453" Israelis from|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5221" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3427" Simeon|strong="H8095" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5221" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group who|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Zephath|strong="H6857" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. They|strong="H2763" completely|strong="H2763" destroyed|strong="H2763" the|strong="H5221" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3063" gave|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121" a|strong="H7121" new|strong="H2319" name|strong="H8034", Hormah|strong="H2767", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w means|strong="H5221"\+w* ‘\+w complete|strong="H3617"\+w* destruction’}. 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H3920" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1366" Judah|strong="H3063" also|strong="H5804" captured|strong="H3920" Gaza|strong="H5804", Ashkelon|strong="H0831", and|strong="H3063" Ekron|strong="H6138" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3920" land|strong="H1366" that|strong="H3063" is|strong="H3063" near|strong="H3920" those|strong="H1992" cities|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{19}Yahweh|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H5826" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H3423" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3068" capture|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3588" hilly area|strong="H2022", but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" force|strong="H2394" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1961" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3588" plains|strong="H6160" to|strong="H3068" leave|strong="H3423", because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w better|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w weapons|strong="H3627"\+w*—}they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" iron|strong="H1270" chariots|strong="H7393". 
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\verseNumber{20}Hebron|strong="H2275" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} was|strong="H4872" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" Caleb|strong="H3612" because|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872" had|strong="H4872" promised|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5414" he|strong="H8033" could|strong="H3201" have|strong="H1121" that|strong="H5414" city|strong="H5892". And|strong="H1121" Caleb|strong="H3612" forced|strong="H4522" the|strong="H5414" three|strong="H7969" clans|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Anak|strong="H6061" to|strong="H1696" leave|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5414" area|strong="H1508". 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3117" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" could|strong="H2088" not|strong="H3808" force|strong="H2394" the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3117" Jebus|strong="H2982" people-group to|strong="H5704" leave|strong="H3423" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". So|strong="H3808", since|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3117" Jebus|strong="H2982" people-group have|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" with|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3117" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144". 
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\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H3068" men|strong="H1992" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1004" Ephraim|strong="H0669" and|strong="H3068" Manasseh|strong="H4519" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} Bethel|strong="H1008" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H5826" them|strong="H1992". 
\verseNumber{23}They|strong="H6440" sent|strong="H7971" some|strong="H4480" spies|strong="H7270" to|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w find|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w out|strong="H8446"\+w* \+w everything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w they|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w could|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w find|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w out|strong="H8446"\+w* \+w about|strong="H8034"\+w*} Bethel|strong="H1008", which|strong="H1004" was|strong="H8034" previously|strong="H6440" called|strong="H8034" Luz|strong="H3870". 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H7200" spies|strong="H8104" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H6213" man|strong="H7200" who|strong="H8104" was|strong="H5892" coming|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H7200" city|strong="H5892". They|strong="H6213" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H6213", “If|strong="H7200" you|strong="H6213" show|strong="H7200" us|strong="H4994" a|strong="H6213" way|strong="H1870" to|strong="H3318" get|strong="H3318" into|strong="H6213" the|strong="H7200" city|strong="H5892", we|strong="H6213" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H4994" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H3318" you|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w we|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{25}So|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" showed|strong="H7200" them|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" way|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" enter|strong="H3996" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H4940" of|strong="H5892" Ephraim|strong="H0669" and|strong="H7971" Manasseh|strong="H4519" entered|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H7971" killed|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H7200" with|strong="H5892" their|strong="H3605" swords|strong="H2719", but|strong="H7200" they|strong="H6310" did|strong="H7200" not|strong="H7200" kill|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w showed|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w how|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w get|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w into|strong="H2719"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H7971" they|strong="H6310" did|strong="H7200" not|strong="H7200" kill|strong="H5221" his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940". 
\verseNumber{26}That|strong="H3117" man|strong="H2088" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3117" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3117" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3117" Heth|strong="H2845" lived|strong="H3427", and|strong="H3117" built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" city|strong="H5892". He|strong="H1931" named|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3117" city|strong="H5892" Luz|strong="H3870", and|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" is|strong="H2088" still|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3117" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" city|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{27}There|strong="H3427" were|strong="H1323" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H3423" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group who|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Beth-Shan|strong="H1052", Taanach|strong="H8590", Dor|strong="H1756", Ibleam|strong="H2991", and|strong="H3427" Megiddo|strong="H4023" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3423" surrounding|strong="H1323" villages|strong="H1323". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3423"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3423"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1323"\+w*} the|strong="H3423" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1323" Manasseh|strong="H4519" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" force|strong="H2394" those|strong="H3427" people|strong="H3427" to|strong="H1323" leave|strong="H3423" those|strong="H3427" towns|strong="H1323", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3423" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H3423" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group were|strong="H1323" determined|strong="H2974" to|strong="H1323" stay|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{28}Later|strong="H1961", the|strong="H3588" Israelis became|strong="H1961" ◄stronger|strong="H2388"/more|strong="H3808" numerous|strong="H7227"►, and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3588" forced|strong="H4522" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H2388" the|strong="H3588" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group to|strong="H3478" work|strong="H7760" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H7760" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w their|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w slaves|strong="H5650"\+w*}, but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" force|strong="H2388" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H2388" the|strong="H3588" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group to|strong="H3478" leave|strong="H7760" their|strong="H7760" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{29}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3423"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3423"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w*} the|strong="H3423" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3427" Ephraim|strong="H0669" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" force|strong="H2394" the|strong="H3423" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3423" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group to|strong="H3427" leave|strong="H3423" Gezer|strong="H1507" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. So|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3423" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3423" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group continued|strong="H3427" to|strong="H3427" live|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3423" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3423" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3427" Ephraim|strong="H0669". 
\verseNumber{30}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3423"\+w* \+w men|strong="H4522"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w*} the|strong="H3423" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3427" Zebulun|strong="H2074" did|strong="H3808" nor|strong="H3808" compel|strong="H5647" the|strong="H3423" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3423" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group who|strong="H3427" were|strong="H1961" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Kitron|strong="H7003" and|strong="H3427" Nahalol|strong="H5096" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*} to|strong="H1961" leave|strong="H3423". They|strong="H3808" stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H1961" and|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" among|strong="H7130" the|strong="H3423" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3423" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3427" Zebulun|strong="H2074", but|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3423" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Zebulun|strong="H2074" forced|strong="H4522" them|strong="H3423" to|strong="H1961" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H3427" them|strong="H3423" as|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3423" slaves|strong="H5650". 
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\verseNumber{32}So|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3427" Asher|strong="H0836" lived|strong="H3427" among|strong="H7130" them|strong="H3423". 
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\verseNumber{34}The|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" Amor people-group forced|strong="H3905" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835" to|strong="H3381" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" hills|strong="H2022". They|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3381" come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w*} on|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3588" plain|strong="H4334". 
\verseNumber{35}The|strong="H1961" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1961" Amor people-group were|strong="H1961" determined|strong="H2974" to|strong="H1961" stay|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Heres|strong="H2776" Mountain|strong="H2022" and|strong="H3027" in|strong="H3427" Aijalon|strong="H0357" and|strong="H3027" Shaalbim|strong="H8169" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}. But|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" Israelis became|strong="H1961" ◄stronger|strong="H2388"/more|strong="H1961" numerous|strong="H7227"►, they|strong="H3027" forced|strong="H4522" the|strong="H1961" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1961" Amor people-group to|strong="H1961" work|strong="H3027" as|strong="H1961" their|strong="H1961" slaves|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{36}The|strong="H4605" land|strong="H1366" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H4605" Amor people-group lived|strong="H3427" extended|strong="H5186" from|strong="H1366" Scorpion Pass|strong="H5674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w toward|strong="H4605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4605"\+w* \+w west|strong="H3220"\+w*} beyond|strong="H5676" Sela|strong="H5553" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, up|strong="H4605" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H4605" hilly area|strong="H1366". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh’s message to Israel }
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\chapterNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w appeared|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w form|strong="H8389"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} an|strong="H7650" angel|strong="H4397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* } went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H4480" Gilgal|strong="H1537" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w place|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w later|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} Bokim|strong="H1066". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w*}, “I|strong="H4714" brought|strong="H5927" your|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w*} up|strong="H5927" here|strong="H6311" from|strong="H4480" Egypt|strong="H4714". I|strong="H4714" led|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5927" into|strong="H5927" this|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H4714" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001". I|strong="H4714" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5927", ‘The|strong="H3068" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H4714" made|strong="H7650" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3808", as|strong="H3068" for|strong="H4714" me|strong="H4480", I|strong="H4714" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" ◄break|strong="H6565" it|strong="H5927"/say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5927" is|strong="H3068" ended|strong="H1961"►. 
\verseNumber{2}But|strong="H3808" as|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213", you|strong="H6213" must|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" peace|strong="H6963" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776". You|strong="H6213" must|strong="H3808" tear|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H8085" altars|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w make|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w*}.’ But|strong="H3808" you|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" obeyed|strong="H8085" me|strong="H6963". 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H1961" now|strong="H1961", I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H1961" telling|strong="H1571" you|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" expel|strong="H1644" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} as|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6440" advance|strong="H0935". They|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" thorns|strong="H6975" in|strong="H6440" your|strong="H6440" sides|strong="H6654". And|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3808"\+w*} will|strong="H1961" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H1961" trap|strong="H4170" you|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w making|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*} their|strong="H6440" idols|strong="H1544".” 
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\verseNumber{4}After|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" that|strong="H5971" to|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israelis, the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" cried|strong="H1058" loudly|strong="H6963". 
\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H8033" called|strong="H7121" that|strong="H1931" place|strong="H4725" Bokim|strong="H1066", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘weeping’}. There|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" offered|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2076" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Joshua|strong="H3091" died|strong="H4191" }
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\verseNumber{6}After|strong="H7971" Joshua|strong="H3091" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3423" Israeli people|strong="H5971" away|strong="H7971", each|strong="H5971" group|strong="H7235" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3478" possess|strong="H3423" the|strong="H3423" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H5971" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H5971" allotted|strong="H5159" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{7}They|strong="H3117" served|strong="H5647" Yahweh|strong="H3068" as|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" Joshua|strong="H3091" was|strong="H3068" alive|strong="H7200", and|strong="H3478" as|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205", those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" things|strong="H1419" that|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" Israel|strong="H3478", were|strong="H3478" alive|strong="H7200". 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" Joshua|strong="H3091" died|strong="H4191". He|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" 110 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H1992" buried|strong="H6912" his|strong="H6912" body|strong="H1320" in|strong="H6912" the|strong="H6912" area|strong="H1366" he|strong="H6912" had|strong="H3068" received|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*}, at|strong="H6912" Timnath-Serah|strong="H8556", in|strong="H6912" the|strong="H6912" area|strong="H1366" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H6912" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669" lived|strong="H3427", north|strong="H6828" of|strong="H2022" Gaash|strong="H1608" Mountain|strong="H2022". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H6912" Israelis were|strong="H2022" punished|strong="H6485" for|strong="H2022" doing|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697" }
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\verseNumber{10}After|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" died|strong="H4191" who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" time|strong="H1755" as|strong="H6213" Joshua|strong="H3091" [EUP], a|strong="H6213" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3808" grew|strong="H1431" up|strong="H6965" who|strong="H3605" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H6965" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4639" great|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{11-13}They|strong="H1992" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" were|strong="H0834" very|strong="H3966" evil|strong="H7451". They|strong="H1992" worshiped|strong="H7812" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* represented \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w god|strong="H0430"\+w*} Baal|strong="H1168" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" goddess|strong="H0430" Astarte|strong="H6253". They|strong="H1992" worshiped|strong="H7812" [DOU] the|strong="H3605" various|strong="H2921" gods|strong="H0430" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" people-groups around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H5414" worshiped|strong="H7812". They|strong="H1992" stopped|strong="H5975" worshiping|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" their|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" worshiped|strong="H7812", the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H0259" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H0935" their|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714". That|strong="H0834" caused|strong="H5414" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734". 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H5414" he|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H3201" people|strong="H3808" from|strong="H6440" other|strong="H5750" groups|strong="H7218" to|strong="H3478" raid|strong="H6584" them|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3478" steal|strong="H1589" their|strong="H3068" crops|strong="H8393" and|strong="H3478" animals|strong="H0929". They|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3478" resist|strong="H5975" their|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H3201" all|strong="H5439" their|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H3027" around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{15}Whenever|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israelis went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H1696" fight|strong="H3898" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H3027"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" [MTY] was|strong="H3068" opposing them|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H3027" to|strong="H1696" defeat|strong="H5221" them|strong="H3027", just|strong="H3605" as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" he|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" Israelis were|strong="H1961" greatly|strong="H3966" distressed|strong="H3334". 
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\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H6965" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H3467" leaders|strong="H8199" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H3027". These|strong="H6965" leaders|strong="H8199" rescued|strong="H5337" the|strong="H3068" Israelis from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3027" raiding them|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{17}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" Israelis still|strong="H1980" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1980" their|strong="H3068" leaders|strong="H8199". Instead|strong="H3588", they|strong="H3588" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H8085" idols|strong="H1544", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w acting|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3651"\+w*} prostitutes|strong="H1870" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w themselves|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w husbands|strong="H1167"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"], and|strong="H1980" they|strong="H3588" worshiped|strong="H7812" those|strong="H4480" idols|strong="H1544". They|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1571" not|strong="H3808" like|strong="H3651" their|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001". Their|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" obeyed|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H4687", but|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" quickly|strong="H4118" stopped|strong="H5493" behaving|strong="H0270" as|strong="H6213" their|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" behaved|strong="H1980". 
\verseNumber{18}Whenever|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" leader|strong="H5387" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6440", he|strong="H3588" helped|strong="H3467" that|strong="H3588" leader|strong="H5387" and|strong="H6965" enabled|strong="H5414" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H3467" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H6440" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H6965". He|strong="H3588" helped|strong="H3467" them|strong="H6440" like|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" as|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" leader|strong="H5387" was|strong="H3068" alive|strong="H2416". Yahweh|strong="H3068" pitied|strong="H2550" them|strong="H6440" as|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3588" groaned|strong="H0584" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" being|strong="H1961" oppressed|strong="H3905" and|strong="H6965" caused|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" suffer|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H3808" after|strong="H1961" that|strong="H5307" leader|strong="H5387" died|strong="H4191", the|strong="H5647" people|strong="H3808" went|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" behaving|strong="H0270" in|strong="H4191" ways|strong="H1870" even|strong="H3808" more|strong="H3808" evil|strong="H7451" than|strong="H3808" their|strong="H7725" ancestors|strong="H0001" had|strong="H1961" behaved|strong="H7737". They|strong="H3808" worshiped|strong="H7812" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430" and|strong="H7725" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H5307" to|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7725" did|strong="H3808" all|strong="H7843" [LIT|strong="H0215"] the|strong="H5647" things|strong="H1961" that|strong="H5307" they|strong="H3808" thought|strong="H0559" those|strong="H1961" gods|strong="H0430" wanted|strong="H2654" them|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H5647". 
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\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H2088" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" Israeli people|strong="H1471". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H8085", “These|strong="H2088" people|strong="H1471" have|strong="H3068" disobeyed|strong="H6963" the|strong="H8085" agreement|strong="H1285" I|strong="H6680" made|strong="H3478" with|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001". They|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" done|strong="H3478" what|strong="H2088" I|strong="H6680" told|strong="H6680" them|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H4480" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1471" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3254" expel|strong="H3423" the|strong="H6440" people-groups that|strong="H1471" Joshua|strong="H3091" left|strong="H5800" in|strong="H4191" this|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" when|strong="H4480" he|strong="H4480" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{22}I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" use|strong="H4399" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3478" test|strong="H5254" the|strong="H8104" Israeli people|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3478" see|strong="H7200" whether|strong="H0518" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1870" I|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3068", as|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" did|strong="H3478".” 
\verseNumber{23}Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H5414" those|strong="H3240" people-groups to|strong="H3068" stay|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776". He|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" expel|strong="H3423" them|strong="H5414" by|strong="H3027" allowing Joshua|strong="H3091" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3423"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414". 
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\chapterNumber{3}\verseNumber{1-2}At|strong="H3427" that|strong="H0834" time|strong="H6256" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0834" still|strong="H5750" many|strong="H7227" people-groups in|strong="H0935" Canaan|strong="H3667". Yahweh|strong="H3068" left|strong="H7604" them|strong="H5414" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H0413" test|strong="H5254" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971". But|strong="H3588" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Israelis in|strong="H0935" Canaan|strong="H3667" were|strong="H0834" ones|strong="H2945" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" fought|strong="H3898" in|strong="H0935" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" wars|strong="H4421" in|strong="H0935" Canaan|strong="H3667". So|strong="H3651" Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" left|strong="H7604" those|strong="H1992" people-groups in|strong="H0935" Canaan|strong="H3667" so|strong="H3651" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" fought|strong="H3898" in|strong="H0935" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" wars|strong="H4421" might|strong="H1369" learn|strong="H3925" how|strong="H4100" to|strong="H0413" fight|strong="H3898". 
\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w list|strong="H4557"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" people-groups that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" left|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427": The|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" and|strong="H2568" their|strong="H3605" five|strong="H2568" leaders|strong="H5633", the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H2022" near|strong="H5704" Sidon|strong="H6721" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3427" Canaan|strong="H3669", and|strong="H2568" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3427" Hiv who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H6430" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" mountains|strong="H2022" of|strong="H3427" Lebanon|strong="H3844" between|strong="H3427" Baal-Hermon|strong="H1179" Mountain|strong="H2022" and|strong="H2568" Lebo-Hamath|strong="H2574". 
\verseNumber{4}Yahweh|strong="H3068" left|strong="H1961" these|strong="H8085" people-groups there|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" test|strong="H5254" the|strong="H8085" Israelis, to|strong="H3478" see|strong="H3045" if|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H8085" his|strong="H3068" commands|strong="H6680" which|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H6680" Moses|strong="H4872" to|strong="H3478" give|strong="H6680" them|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H7130" Israelis lived|strong="H3427" among|strong="H7130" the|strong="H7130" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group, the|strong="H7130" Hiv people-group, the|strong="H7130" Amor people-group, the|strong="H7130" Periz people-group, the|strong="H7130" Hiv people-group, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7130" Jebus|strong="H2982" people-group. 
\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Moses|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w had|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w not|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w associate|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w any|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w*}. But|strong="H1992" the|strong="H5414" Israelis took|strong="H3947" daughters|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1992" people-groups \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w own|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w wives|strong="H0802"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" own|strong="H1961" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H5414" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1992" groups|strong="H1121", to|strong="H5414" marry|strong="H3947" them|strong="H5414". And|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w*} they|strong="H1992" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5414" worship|strong="H5647" the|strong="H5414" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1992" people-groups. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Othniel|strong="H6274" became|strong="H3205" their|strong="H5414" leader|strong="H5387" }
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H6213" Israelis did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" were|strong="H3478" very|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451". They|strong="H3068" forgot|strong="H7911" about|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068", their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3068" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" worship|strong="H5647" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* represented} the|strong="H6213" god|strong="H3068" Baal|strong="H1168" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" goddess|strong="H0430" Asherah|strong="H0842". 
\verseNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068" became|strong="H2734" very|strong="H2734" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5647" Israelis. So|strong="H3027" he|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" Cushan|strong="H3572" from|strong="H3478" Mesopotamia|strong="H0763" to|strong="H3478" conquer|strong="H3423" them|strong="H3027" and|strong="H1121" rule|strong="H3027" them|strong="H3027" for|strong="H3027" eight|strong="H8083" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3068" when|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" pleaded|strong="H7378" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w help|strong="H3467"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1121"\+w*}, he|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H3467" them|strong="H1121" a|strong="H4480" leader|strong="H5387" to|strong="H3478" rescue|strong="H3467" them|strong="H1121". He|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" Othniel|strong="H6274", the|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Caleb’s|strong="H3612" younger|strong="H6996" brother|strong="H0251" Kenaz|strong="H7073". 
\verseNumber{10}Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" came|strong="H1961" upon|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3068" became|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3068" leader|strong="H5387". He|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w led|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w an|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w army|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*} fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Cushan|strong="H3572", and|strong="H3478" defeated|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{11}After|strong="H8141" that|strong="H8141", there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1121" peace|strong="H8252" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H4191" land|strong="H0776" for|strong="H4191" 40 years|strong="H8141", until|strong="H5704" Othniel|strong="H6274" died|strong="H4191". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Ehud|strong="H0164" became|strong="H3205" their|strong="H4191" next|strong="H4283" leader|strong="H5387" }
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\verseNumber{12}After|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588", the|strong="H5921" Israelis again|strong="H3254" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" were|strong="H3478" very|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451". As|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" result|strong="H6903", he|strong="H3588" allowed|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Eglon|strong="H5700", who|strong="H3068" ruled|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* } Moab|strong="H4124" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}, to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5921" Israelis. 
\verseNumber{13}Eglon|strong="H5700" persuaded|strong="H5496" the|strong="H5221" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" Ammon|strong="H5983" and|strong="H1121" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-groups to|strong="H3478" join|strong="H2266" their|strong="H3423" armies|strong="H6635" with|strong="H3212" his|strong="H5221" army|strong="H2428" to|strong="H3478" attack|strong="H5221" Israel|strong="H3478". They|strong="H5221" captured|strong="H3920" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jericho|strong="H3405"\+w*, \+w which|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H5221" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" Palm|strong="H8558" Trees’. 
\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Eglon|strong="H5700" ruled|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5647" Israelis for|strong="H1121" eighteen|strong="H8083" years|strong="H8141". 
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\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H3068" then|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3068" Israelis again|strong="H7971" pleaded|strong="H7378" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w help|strong="H3467"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7971"\+w*}. So|strong="H7971" he|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971" another|strong="H0312" leader|strong="H5387" to|strong="H3478" rescue|strong="H3467" them|strong="H7971". He|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" Ehud|strong="H0164", a|strong="H7971" left-handed|strong="H3225" man|strong="H1121", the|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gera|strong="H1617", from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1145". The|strong="H3068" Israelis sent|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3478" King|strong="H4428" Eglon|strong="H5700" to|strong="H3478" give|strong="H5414" him|strong="H7971" their|strong="H3068" yearly|strong="H3117" protection|strong="H6738" money|strong="H3701". 
\verseNumber{16}Ehud|strong="H0164" had|strong="H3225" with|strong="H6213" him|strong="H5921" a|strong="H6213" double-edged dagger|strong="H2719", about|strong="H5921" a|strong="H6213" foot|strong="H8478" and|strong="H2719" a|strong="H6213" half|strong="H2677" long|strong="H5921". He|strong="H6213" strapped|strong="H2296" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3225" thigh|strong="H3409", under|strong="H8478" his|strong="H5921" clothes|strong="H4055". 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H7126" gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H7126" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Eglon|strong="H5700", who|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" a|strong="H7126" very|strong="H3966" fat|strong="H1277" man|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H1961" Ehud|strong="H3615" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7971" go|strong="H7971" back|strong="H4503" home|strong="H1004" with|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5375" men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" had|strong="H1961" carried|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" money|strong="H3701". 
\verseNumber{19}When|strong="H3318" they|strong="H5921" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" stone|strong="H0068" carvings|strong="H4734" near|strong="H5921" Gilgal|strong="H1537", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w told|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w go|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w*, \+w but|strong="H1931"\+w*} he|strong="H1931" himself|strong="H1931" turned|strong="H7725" around|strong="H5921" and|strong="H7725" went|strong="H3318" back|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Moab|strong="H4124"\+w*. \+w When|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w arrived|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w at|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w palace|strong="H1004"\+w*}, he|strong="H1931" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", “Your|strong="H3605" majesty|strong="H1926", I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1697" a|strong="H3318" secret|strong="H5643" message|strong="H1697" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3605".” So|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" told|strong="H1697" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H1697" quiet|strong="H2013", and|strong="H7725" sent|strong="H3318" them|strong="H5921" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" room|strong="H2315". 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H6965", as|strong="H1697" Eglon|strong="H5700" was|strong="H1931" sitting|strong="H3427" alone|strong="H1931" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" upstairs room|strong="H5944" of|strong="H1697" his|strong="H5921" summer|strong="H4747" palace|strong="H1004", Ehud|strong="H0164" came|strong="H1697" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H1697", “I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1697" a|strong="H5921" message|strong="H1697" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430".” As|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H3678" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" from|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" chair|strong="H3678", 
\verseNumber{21}Ehud|strong="H0164" reached|strong="H7971" with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7971" left|strong="H8040" hand|strong="H3027" and|strong="H7971" pulled|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" dagger|strong="H2719" from|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7971" right|strong="H3225" thigh|strong="H3409", and|strong="H7971" plunged it|strong="H5921" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" belly|strong="H0990". 
\verseNumber{22}He|strong="H3588" thrust|strong="H1920" it|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3808" so|strong="H3808" far|strong="H3318" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" handle|strong="H5325" went|strong="H3318" into|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3588" king’s|strong="H4428" belly|strong="H0990", and|strong="H2719" the|strong="H3588" blade|strong="H3851" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3588" king’s|strong="H4428" back|strong="H3318". Ehud|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pull|strong="H8025" the|strong="H3588" dagger|strong="H2719" out|strong="H3318". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w left|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w*, \+w with|strong="H3318"\+w*} the|strong="H3588" handle|strong="H5325" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" king’s|strong="H4428" fat|strong="H2459". 
\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H3318" Ehud|strong="H0164" left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" room|strong="H5944". He|strong="H3318" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" porch|strong="H4528". He|strong="H3318" shut|strong="H5462" the|strong="H3318" doors|strong="H1817" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" room|strong="H5944" and|strong="H3318" locked|strong="H5274" them|strong="H3318". 
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\verseNumber{24}After|strong="H7272" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1817" gone|strong="H3318", King|strong="H4428" Eglon’s servants|strong="H5650" came|strong="H3318" back|strong="H3318", but|strong="H7200" they|strong="H1931" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H5650" the|strong="H7200" room|strong="H2315" were|strong="H5650" locked|strong="H5274". They|strong="H1931" said|strong="H3318", “The|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H5650" defecating in|strong="H5650" the|strong="H7200" inner|strong="H2315" room|strong="H2315".” 
\verseNumber{25}So|strong="H3947" they|strong="H5704" waited|strong="H2342", but|strong="H2009" when|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" did|strong="H5307" not|strong="H4191" open|strong="H6605" the|strong="H3947" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3947" room|strong="H5944", after|strong="H1817" a|strong="H3947" while|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5704" were|strong="H2009" worried|strong="H1672". They|strong="H5704" got|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" key|strong="H4668" and|strong="H3947" unlocked the|strong="H3947" doors|strong="H1817". And|strong="H3947" they|strong="H5704" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H5307" their|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H3068" lying|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5307" the|strong="H3947" floor|strong="H1637", dead|strong="H4191". 
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\verseNumber{26}Meanwhile|strong="H3541", Ehud|strong="H0164" escaped|strong="H4422". He|strong="H1931" passed|strong="H5674" by|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5704" stone|strong="H0068" carvings|strong="H4734" and|strong="H5674" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H5704" Seirah|strong="H8167", in|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5704" hilly area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5704" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H6456" Ephraim|strong="H0669" lived|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{27}There|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" blew|strong="H8628" a|strong="H1961" trumpet|strong="H7782" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w signal|strong="H5251"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w join|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Moab|strong="H4124"\+w*}. So|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6440" Israelis went|strong="H3381" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H6440" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6440" hills|strong="H2022". They|strong="H1931" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w toward|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w river|strong="H5104"\+w*}, with|strong="H5973" Ehud|strong="H0164" leading|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{28}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H0376", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" going|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3381" allow|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3381" defeat|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H3027", the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" Moab|strong="H4124". So|strong="H5414" follow|strong="H7291" me|strong="H5414"!” So|strong="H5414" they|strong="H3588" followed|strong="H7291" him|strong="H5414" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3588" river|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" stationed|strong="H5975" some|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" men|strong="H0376" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" place|strong="H5414" where|strong="H3027" people|strong="H3808" can|strong="H3808" walk|strong="H5674" across|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3588" river|strong="H3588", in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" could|strong="H3201" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w any|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w Moab|strong="H4124"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w tried|strong="H6884"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w*} cross|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3588" river|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w escape|strong="H5674"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{29}At|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6256", the|strong="H3605" Israelis killed|strong="H5221" about|strong="H5221" 10,000 people|strong="H3808" from|strong="H4422" Moab|strong="H4124". They|strong="H3808" were|strong="H2428" all|strong="H3605" strong|strong="H2428" and|strong="H2428" capable|strong="H2428" men|strong="H2428", but|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H6256" them|strong="H5221" escaped|strong="H4422". 
\verseNumber{30}On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", the|strong="H3117" Israelis conquered|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3117" Moab|strong="H4124". Then|strong="H3117" there|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3478" peace|strong="H8252" in|strong="H8141" their|strong="H8478" land|strong="H0776" for|strong="H8478" 80 years|strong="H8141". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Shamgar|strong="H8044" became|strong="H4124" their|strong="H8478" next|strong="H3027" leader|strong="H5387" }
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\verseNumber{31}After|strong="H1961" Ehud|strong="H8044" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}, Shamgar|strong="H8044" became|strong="H1961" their|strong="H1961" leader|strong="H5387". He|strong="H1931" rescued|strong="H5337" the|strong="H5221" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w Philistines|strong="H6430"\+w*. \+w In|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w one|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4421"\+w*} he|strong="H1931" killed|strong="H5221" 600 Philistines|strong="H6430" with|strong="H3478" an|strong="H1961" ◄ox|strong="H1241" goad|strong="H4451"/sharp|strong="H2299" wooden|strong="H6086" pole|strong="H5251"►. 

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\chapterNumber{4}After|strong="H0310" Ehud|strong="H0164" died|strong="H4191", the|strong="H6213" Israelis again|strong="H3254" started|strong="H2490" doing|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" were|strong="H3478" very|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451". 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H3427" he|strong="H1931" allowed|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" army|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" Jabin|strong="H2985", one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3068" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Canaan|strong="H3667" land|strong="H0776", who|strong="H1931" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H3427" Hazor|strong="H2674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}, to|strong="H3068" conquer|strong="H3423" the|strong="H3068" Israelis. The|strong="H3068" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3068" army|strong="H6635" was|strong="H3068" Sisera|strong="H5516", who|strong="H1931" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Harosheth-Haggoyim. 
\verseNumber{3}Sisera’s|strong="H5516" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} had|strong="H3068" 900 chariots|strong="H7393". For|strong="H3588" 20 years|strong="H8141" he|strong="H1931" oppressed|strong="H3905" the|strong="H3588" Israelis. Then|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" pleaded|strong="H7378" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" help|strong="H5826" them|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{4}At|strong="H3478" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256" Deborah|strong="H1683", who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8199" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H6256" Lappidoth|strong="H3941", was|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" prophetess|strong="H5031" who|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8199" leader|strong="H5387" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{5}She|strong="H1931" would|strong="H3478" sit|strong="H3427" under|strong="H8478" her|strong="H1931" palm|strong="H8560" tree|strong="H8560" at|strong="H3427" a|strong="H5927" place|strong="H8478" between|strong="H3427" Ramah|strong="H7414" and|strong="H1121" Bethel|strong="H1008", in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8478" hilly area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669" lived|strong="H3427", and|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121" would|strong="H3478" come|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" her|strong="H1931" and|strong="H1121" ask|strong="H7592" her|strong="H1931" to|strong="H3478" settle|strong="H3427" disputes|strong="H6099" between|strong="H3427" them|strong="H5927". 
\verseNumber{6}One|strong="H3808" day|strong="H3117" she|strong="H7121" summoned|strong="H7121" Barak|strong="H1301", the|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abinoam|strong="H0042", when|strong="H7971" he|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3478" Kedesh|strong="H6943", in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3947" area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3947" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Naphtali|strong="H5321" lived|strong="H3427". She|strong="H7121" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H7121", “This|strong="H7121" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3947" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H7121" we|strong="H0587" Israelis worship|strong="H7121", is|strong="H3068" commanding|strong="H6680" you|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3068": ‘ake with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H6680" 1,000 men|strong="H1121", some|strong="H4480" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3947" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Naphtali|strong="H5321" and|strong="H1121" some|strong="H4480" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3947" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zebulun|strong="H2074", and|strong="H1121" lead|strong="H3212" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3478" Tabor|strong="H8396" Mountain|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H6635" lure|strong="H4170" Sisera|strong="H5516", the|strong="H5414" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3027" King|strong="H4428" Jabin’s|strong="H2985" army|strong="H6635", to|strong="H5414" come|strong="H6635" with|strong="H3027" his|strong="H5414" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H3027" his|strong="H5414" army|strong="H6635", to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" Kishon|strong="H7028" River|strong="H5158", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w few|strong="H4592"\+w* \+w miles|strong="H7341"\+w* \+w away|strong="H4900"\+w*}. I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H6635" enable|strong="H7980" your|strong="H5414" men|strong="H8269" to|strong="H5414" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" there|strong="H5158".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{8}Barak|strong="H1301" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" go|strong="H1980" only|strong="H0389" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5973" go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H5973".” 
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\verseNumber{9}She|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “Okay, I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3588". But|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1870" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" decided|strong="H6965" to|strong="H1980" do|strong="H3068", Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H0802" to|strong="H1980" defeat|strong="H5221" Sisera|strong="H5516", and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" ◄you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" honored|strong="H3513"/people|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" honor|strong="H8597" you|strong="H3588"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H5927" Deborah|strong="H1683" went|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5973" Barak|strong="H1301" to|strong="H5927" Kedesh|strong="H6943". There|strong="H5927" he|strong="H7272" summoned|strong="H2199" men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H5927" Zebulun|strong="H2074" and|strong="H5927" Naphtali|strong="H5321". Ten|strong="H6235" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376" came|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" him|strong="H5973", and|strong="H5927" then|strong="H5927" they|strong="H7272" went|strong="H5927" together|strong="H2199" with|strong="H5973" Deborah|strong="H1683" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w Tabor|strong="H8396"\+w* \+w Mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{11}At|strong="H1121" that|strong="H1121" time|strong="H5704" Heber|strong="H2268", one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5704" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5704" Ken people-group, had|strong="H4872" moved|strong="H4131" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H2859"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5186"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w Jael|strong="H3278"\+w*} from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5704" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H0834" that|strong="H1121" group|strong="H7235" lived|strong="H3427", and|strong="H1121" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H5704" his|strong="H5186" tent|strong="H0168" near|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" big|strong="H0931" oak|strong="H0424" tree|strong="H6086" at|strong="H1121" Zaanannim|strong="H6815", near|strong="H5704" Kedesh|strong="H6943". Heber|strong="H2268" was|strong="H4872" a|strong="H5704" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Moses’|strong="H4872" brother-in-law|strong="H2992" Hobab|strong="H2246". 
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\verseNumber{12}Someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" Sisera|strong="H5516" that|strong="H3588" Barak|strong="H1301" had|strong="H3588" gone|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" on|strong="H5927" Tabor|strong="H8396" Mountain|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w an|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H3651" he|strong="H3605" gathered|strong="H2199" his|strong="H3605" troops|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5971" their|strong="H3605" 900 chariots|strong="H7393", and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H5971" marched|strong="H5973" from|strong="H1471" Harosheth-Haggoyim to|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" Kishon|strong="H7028" River|strong="H5158". 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H6965" Deborah|strong="H1683" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3381" Barak|strong="H1301", “Get|strong="H6965" ready|strong="H3559"! This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" your|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} to|strong="H3381" defeat|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H3068" Sisera|strong="H5516". Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" going|strong="H3318" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588"!” So|strong="H5414" Barak|strong="H1301" led|strong="H3318" his|strong="H5414" men|strong="H0376" as|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3588" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3318" Tabor|strong="H8396" Mountain|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{15}As|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" advanced|strong="H0935", Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H2000" Sisera|strong="H5516" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H4264" to|strong="H3381" have|strong="H3068" great|strong="H6440" difficulty|strong="H3811" maneuvering/moving|strong="H1980" around|strong="H5921". So|strong="H3381" Sisera|strong="H5516" jumped down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H6440" his|strong="H3605" chariot|strong="H7393" and|strong="H3068" ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127". 
\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H3808" Barak|strong="H1301" and|strong="H7393" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" pursued|strong="H7291" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H7393" the|strong="H3605" enemy|strong="H0340" soldiers|strong="H5650" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" Harosheth-Haggoyim. They|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H2719" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H6310" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" in|strong="H7604" Sisera’s|strong="H5516" army|strong="H4264". Not|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" survived|strong="H7604". 
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\verseNumber{17}But|strong="H3588" Sisera|strong="H5516" ran|strong="H5127" to|strong="H1004" Jael’s tent|strong="H0168". He|strong="H3588" did|strong="H7965" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3588"\+w* boss}, King|strong="H4428" Jabin|strong="H2985" of|strong="H4428" Hazor|strong="H2674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, was|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3588" good|strong="H2896" friend|strong="H7453" of|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Jael’s \+w husband|strong="H0376"\+w*} Heber|strong="H2268". 
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\verseNumber{18}Jael|strong="H3278" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" greet|strong="H7592" Sisera|strong="H5516". She|strong="H1931" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H3318", “Sir|strong="H0113", come|strong="H3318" into|strong="H3318" my|strong="H3318" tent|strong="H0168"! Do|strong="H3318" not|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3372" afraid|strong="H3372"!” So|strong="H3318" he|strong="H3318" went|strong="H3318" into|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3680" tent|strong="H0168" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w lay|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w down|strong="H5493"\+w*}, and|strong="H3318" she|strong="H1931" covered|strong="H3680" him|strong="H3318" with|strong="H3318" a|strong="H3318" blanket|strong="H4541". 
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\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4325" her|strong="H3680", “I’m thirsty|strong="H6770"; can|strong="H4994" you|strong="H3588" give|strong="H8248" me|strong="H4994" some|strong="H4592" water|strong="H4325"?” So|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" opened|strong="H6605" a|strong="H3588" leather|strong="H5785" container|strong="H3627" of|strong="H4325" milk|strong="H2461", and|strong="H2461" gave|strong="H8248" him|strong="H8248" a|strong="H3588" drink|strong="H8248". Then|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" covered|strong="H3680" him|strong="H8248" with|strong="H3680" the|strong="H3588" blanket|strong="H4541" again|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{20}He|strong="H3426" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" her|strong="H7592", “Stand|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5975" the|strong="H1961" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H7592" the|strong="H1961" tent|strong="H0168". If|strong="H1961" someone|strong="H0376" comes|strong="H1961" and|strong="H5975" asks|strong="H7592" ‘Is|strong="H3426" anyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750" here|strong="H6311"?’, say|strong="H0559" ‘No|strong="H5975".’” 
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\verseNumber{21}Sisera|strong="H5516" was|strong="H1931" very|strong="H3966" exhausted|strong="H3027", so|strong="H3947" he|strong="H1931" soon|strong="H3512" was|strong="H1931" asleep|strong="H7290". While|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" sleeping|strong="H7290", Jael|strong="H3278" crept quietly|strong="H8252" to|strong="H4191" him|strong="H3027", holding|strong="H2388" a|strong="H3947" hammer|strong="H4718" and|strong="H3027" a|strong="H3947" tent|strong="H3489" peg|strong="H3489". She|strong="H1931" pounded|strong="H1743" the|strong="H3947" peg|strong="H3489" into|strong="H3027" his|strong="H7760" skull|strong="H1538", and|strong="H3027" all|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3947" way|strong="H1870" through|strong="H3027" his|strong="H7760" head|strong="H7218" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3947" ground|strong="H0776", and|strong="H3027" he|strong="H1931" died|strong="H4191". 
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\verseNumber{22}When|strong="H7200" Barak|strong="H1301" passed|strong="H7291" by|strong="H3318" Jael’s tent|strong="H3489" to|strong="H3318" look|strong="H7200" for|strong="H4191" Sisera|strong="H5516", she|strong="H1931" went|strong="H3212" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" greet|strong="H7592" him|strong="H7200". She|strong="H1931" said|strong="H3318", “Come|strong="H3318" in|strong="H4191", and|strong="H3212" I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H5307" show|strong="H7200" you|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" man|strong="H4191" you|strong="H7200" are|strong="H7291" searching|strong="H1245" for|strong="H4191"!” So|strong="H3318" he|strong="H3318" followed|strong="H3212" her|strong="H7200" into|strong="H3212" the|strong="H7200" tent|strong="H3489", and|strong="H3212" he|strong="H3318" saw|strong="H7200" Sisera|strong="H5516" lying|strong="H5307" there|strong="H2009", dead|strong="H4191", with|strong="H3318" the|strong="H7200" tent|strong="H3489" peg|strong="H3489" through|strong="H3212" his|strong="H7200" head|strong="H5307". 
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\verseNumber{23}On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" God|strong="H0430" enabled|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" Israelis to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Jabin|strong="H2985", the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Canaan|strong="H3667". 
\verseNumber{24}From|strong="H3772" that|strong="H3478" time|strong="H5704", the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121" continued|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H3027" stronger|strong="H2388", and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Jabin|strong="H2985" continued|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H3027" weaker|strong="H1800". Finally|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" Israelis were|strong="H3478" able|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5704" completely|strong="H5704" subdue|strong="H3665" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" ruled|strong="H4428" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Canaan|strong="H3667". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The song that Deborah sang }
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\chapterNumber{5}On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", Deborah|strong="H1683" sang|strong="H7891" this|strong="H1931" song|strong="H7891", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H3117" Barak|strong="H1301": 
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\verseNumber{2}“hen|strong="H2581" the|strong="H3068" leaders|strong="H6546" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H5971" really|strong="H2088" lead|strong="H5148" them|strong="H1288", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" follow|strong="H3068" them|strong="H1288", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w time|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} praise|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! 
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\verseNumber{3}Listen|strong="H8085", you|strong="H2167" kings|strong="H4428"! Pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085", you|strong="H2167" leaders|strong="H7891"! 
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I|strong="H8085" will|strong="H3068" sing|strong="H7891" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068". With|strong="H3068" this|strong="H3068" song|strong="H2167" I|strong="H8085" will|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H2167" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H8085" God|strong="H3068" we|strong="H8085" Israelis worship|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{4}O|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", when|strong="H3318" you|strong="H1571" came|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" Seir|strong="H8165", when|strong="H3318" you|strong="H1571" marched|strong="H6805" from|strong="H3318" that|strong="H3068" land|strong="H7704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w better|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w known|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1571"\+w*} Edom|strong="H0112", 
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the|strong="H3068" earth|strong="H8064" shook|strong="H7493", 
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and|strong="H3068" rain|strong="H4325" poured|strong="H5197" down|strong="H5197" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3068" skies|strong="H7834". 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H6440" mountains|strong="H2022" shook|strong="H1607" when|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" came|strong="H3478", 
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just|strong="H2088" like|strong="H3478" Sinai|strong="H5514" Mountain|strong="H2022" shook|strong="H1607" when|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" appeared|strong="H7200" there|strong="H2088", 
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because|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068", 
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the|strong="H6440" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H6440" we|strong="H0587" Israelis worship|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{6}“hen|strong="H2581" Shamgar|strong="H8044" was|strong="H3117" our|strong="H3068" leader|strong="H5387" and|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3117" Jael|strong="H3278" ruled|strong="H4427" us|strong="H3117", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w walk|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3117"\+w*} the|strong="H3117" main|strong="H1419" roads|strong="H1870"; 
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instead|strong="H8478", caravans|strong="H0734" of|strong="H1121" travelers|strong="H1980" walked|strong="H1980" on|strong="H3117" winding|strong="H3883" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w less|strong="H0637"\+w* \+w traveled|strong="H1980"\+w*} roads|strong="H1870" 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w avoid|strong="H6544"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1121"\+w* molested}. 
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\verseNumber{7}People|strong="H5971" left|strong="H2308" their|strong="H6965" small|strong="H6996" villages|strong="H6520", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w moved|strong="H4131"\+w* \+w into|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w walled|strong="H2346"\+w* \+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*} 
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until|strong="H5704" I|strong="H5704", Deborah|strong="H1683", became|strong="H3205" their|strong="H6965" leader|strong="H5387". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w became|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3478"\+w*} a|strong="H3478" mother|strong="H0517" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" Israeli people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" Israeli people|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w abandoned|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w*} chose|strong="H0977" new|strong="H2319" gods|strong="H0430", 
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enemies|strong="H0341" attacked|strong="H5221" the|strong="H7200" gates|strong="H8179" of|strong="H8179" the|strong="H7200" cities|strong="H8179", 
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and|strong="H3478" then|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w took|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w away|strong="H5493"\+w*} the|strong="H7200" shields|strong="H4043" and|strong="H3478" spears|strong="H7420" from|strong="H3478" 40,000 Israeli soldiers|strong="H5650". 
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Not|strong="H7200" one|strong="H7200" shield|strong="H4043" or|strong="H7200" spear|strong="H7420" was|strong="H3478" left|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{9}I|strong="H3478" am|strong="H3068" thankful|strong="H3034" for|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" leaders|strong="H5068" and|strong="H3478" soldiers|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" volunteered|strong="H5068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w*}. 
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Praise|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1288"\+w*!} 
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\verseNumber{10}“ou wealthy|strong="H1431" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" ride|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" donkeys|strong="H2543", 
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sitting|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" nice|strong="H2899" padded saddles, 
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and|strong="H1980" you|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" just|strong="H3512" walk|strong="H1980" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" road|strong="H1870", 
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you|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5921" listen|strong="H8085"! 
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\verseNumber{11}Listen|strong="H6963" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3068" voices|strong="H6963" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" singers|strong="H7891" who|strong="H5971" gather|strong="H6908" at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" places|strong="H4857" where|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w animals|strong="H0929"\+w* \+w drink|strong="H8354"\+w*} water|strong="H4857". 
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They|strong="H8033" tell|strong="H5046" about|strong="H8033" how|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068" acted|strong="H6213" righteously|strong="H6666" 
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when|strong="H3068" he|strong="H8033" enabled|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3068" Israeli warriors|strong="H6520" to|strong="H3381" conquer|strong="H3423" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}. 
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“ahweh’s people|strong="H5971" marched|strong="H5973" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3068" gates|strong="H8179" of|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" city|strong="H8179". 
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\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H6965" people|strong="H1121" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H1696" my|strong="H6965" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1121" shouted|strong="H7321", 
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‘eborah, wake|strong="H5782" up|strong="H6965"! Wake|strong="H5782" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H1121" start|strong="H1870" singing|strong="H7892"!’ 
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They|strong="H1696" also|strong="H1121" shouted|strong="H7321", 
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‘arak, son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abinoam|strong="H0042", get|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965", and|strong="H1121" capture|strong="H7617" our|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H6965"!’ 
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\verseNumber{13}Later|strong="H0310", some|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H5971" came|strong="H3068" down|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Tabor|strong="H8396"\+w* \+w Mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*} 
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with|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5971", their|strong="H3068" leaders|strong="H7218". 
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These|strong="H5971" men|strong="H1368" who|strong="H5971" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" came|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H0413" 
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to|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898" their|strong="H3068" strong|strong="H1368" enemies|strong="H0341". 
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\verseNumber{14}Some|strong="H4480" came|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" tribe|strong="H7626" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" Ephraim|strong="H0669". 
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They|strong="H5971" came|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H5971" once|strong="H3381" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H4480" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H7626" Amalek|strong="H6002". 
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And|strong="H5971" men|strong="H5971" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" tribe|strong="H7626" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" Benjamin|strong="H1144" followed|strong="H0310" them|strong="H3381". 
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Troops|strong="H5971" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" group|strong="H7235" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" Makir|strong="H4353" also|strong="H5971" came|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381", 
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and|strong="H5971" officers|strong="H7860" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" tribe|strong="H7626" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" Zebulun|strong="H2074" came|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381", carrying|strong="H5375" staffs|strong="H4294". 
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\verseNumber{15}Leaders|strong="H8269" from|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" tribes|strong="H7626" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H7971" Issachar|strong="H3485" joined|strong="H2266" Barak|strong="H1301" and|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971". 
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They|strong="H3651" followed|strong="H7272" Barak|strong="H1301", rushing|strong="H7494" down|strong="H7971" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H7971" valley|strong="H6010". 
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But|strong="H3651" men|strong="H1419" from|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" tribe|strong="H4294" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H7971" Reuben|strong="H7205" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" decide|strong="H3198" whether|strong="H0518" or|strong="H1419" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H7971" join|strong="H5973" us|strong="H7971". 
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\verseNumber{16}Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" men|strong="H1419" stay|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" your|strong="H8085" sheep|strong="H6629" pens|strong="H0723", 
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waiting|strong="H8104" to|strong="H3820" hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" shepherds|strong="H7462" whistle|strong="H8319" for|strong="H3427" their|strong="H8085" flocks|strong="H5739" of|strong="H3427" sheep|strong="H6629" to|strong="H3820" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H3820" the|strong="H8085" pens|strong="H0723"? 
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Men|strong="H1419" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8085" tribe|strong="H4294" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H8085" Reuben|strong="H7205" could|strong="H4100" not|strong="H8085" decide|strong="H3198" 
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whether|strong="H0518" they|strong="H4100" would|strong="H4100" join|strong="H3427" us|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3820" fight|strong="H3898" our|strong="H8085" enemies|strong="H0341", or|strong="H8085" not|strong="H8085". 
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\verseNumber{17}Similarly|strong="H2088", the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H3220" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" Gilead|strong="H1568" area|strong="H1508" stayed|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" home|strong="H1004", east|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H5104". 
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And|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H3220" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H5921" Dan|strong="H1835", 
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why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" they|strong="H5921" stay|strong="H3427" home|strong="H1004"? 
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The|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H5921" Asher|strong="H0836" sat|strong="H3427" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" seashore|strong="H3220". 
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They|strong="H5921" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" their|strong="H5921" coves. 
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\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H5971" men|strong="H5971" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H5921" Zebulun|strong="H2074" risked|strong="H7993" ◄their|strong="H5921" lives|strong="H5315"/were|strong="H5971" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191" fighting|strong="H3898"► on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" battlefield|strong="H4634", 
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and|strong="H5971" men|strong="H5971" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H5921" Naphtali|strong="H5321" were|strong="H5971" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H4191" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5971", also|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{19}“he|strong="H3808" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Canaan|strong="H3667" fought|strong="H3898" us|strong="H5921" at|strong="H5921" Taanach|strong="H8590", near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" springs|strong="H4599" in|strong="H5921" Megiddo|strong="H4023" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Valley|strong="H6010"\+w*}. 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w since|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w defeat|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5921"\+w*}, 
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they|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" carry|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" any|strong="H3947" silver|strong="H3701" or|strong="H3808" other|strong="H0312" treasures|strong="H0214" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" battle|strong="H3898". 
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\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w was|strong="H8064"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H4480" stars|strong="H3556" in|strong="H8064" the|strong="H4480" sky|strong="H8064" fought|strong="H3898" for|strong="H8064" us|strong="H3898" 
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\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H1869" Kishon|strong="H7028" River|strong="H5158" swept|strong="H1640" them|strong="H1869" away|strong="H1640"— 
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that|strong="H5315" river|strong="H5158" that|strong="H5315" has|strong="H5315" been|strong="H1961" there|strong="H5158" for|strong="H5315" ages|strong="H5769". 
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I|strong="H5315" will|strong="H5315" tell|strong="H5046" myself|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5315" be|strong="H5315" brave|strong="H2428" and|strong="H5797" continue|strong="H1961" marching|strong="H5265" on|strong="H1869". 
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\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H1986" hooves|strong="H6119" of|strong="H5483" the|strong="H1986" horses|strong="H5483" of|strong="H5483" Sisera’s|strong="H5516" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} pounded|strong="H1986" the|strong="H1986" ground|strong="H0776". 
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Those|strong="H1992" powerful|strong="H2392" horses|strong="H5483" kept|strong="H8104" galloping|strong="H6335" along|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H3588" angel|strong="H4397" sent|strong="H3068" by|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", 
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‘urse the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3068" Meroz|strong="H4789" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, 
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because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H1368" to|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5833" Yahweh|strong="H3068" 
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to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3588" mighty|strong="H1368" warriors|strong="H1368" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Canaan|strong="H3667"\+w*}.’ 
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\verseNumber{24}“ut God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H1288" very|strong="H3966" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="H1288" Jael|strong="H3278", 
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the|strong="H1288" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H1288" Heber|strong="H2268" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H1288" Ken people-group. 
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He|strong="H1288" is|strong="H1288" more|strong="H3254" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="H1288" her|strong="H1288" than|strong="H4480" with|strong="H1288" all|strong="H1288" the|strong="H1288" other|strong="H0312" women|strong="H0802" who|strong="H7017" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1288" tents|strong="H0168". 
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\verseNumber{25}Sisera|strong="H5516" asked|strong="H7592" for|strong="H4325" some|strong="H4480" water|strong="H4325", 
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but|strong="H4325" Jael|strong="H3278" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" milk|strong="H2461". 
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She|strong="H5602" brought|strong="H7126" him|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" yogurt/curds|strong="H2529" in|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" bowl|strong="H5602" that|strong="H5414" was|strong="H4325" suitable|strong="H5048" for|strong="H4325" kings|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H7971", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w asleep|strong="H3463"\+w*}, she|strong="H1931" reached|strong="H7971" for|strong="H3027" a|strong="H7971" tent|strong="H3489" peg|strong="H3489" with|strong="H3027" her|strong="H7971" left|strong="H7971" hand|strong="H3027", 
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and|strong="H7971" she|strong="H1931" reached|strong="H7971" for|strong="H3027" a|strong="H7971" hammer|strong="H1989" with|strong="H3027" her|strong="H7971" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3027". 
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She|strong="H1931" hit|strong="H4672" Sisera|strong="H5516" hard|strong="H7186" with|strong="H3027" it|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" crushed|strong="H7533" his|strong="H7971" head|strong="H7218". 
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She|strong="H1931" pounded|strong="H1986" the|strong="H7971" tent|strong="H3489" peg|strong="H3489" right|strong="H3225" through|strong="H3027" his|strong="H7971" head|strong="H7218". 
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\verseNumber{27}He|strong="H8033" collapsed|strong="H5307" 
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and|strong="H8033" fell|strong="H5307" dead|strong="H7703" at|strong="H5307" her|strong="H7901" feet|strong="H7272". 
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\verseNumber{28}“isera’s mother|strong="H0517" looked|strong="H8259" out|strong="H8259" from|strong="H8259" her|strong="H1157" window|strong="H2474". 
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She|strong="H2474" waited|strong="H3176" for|strong="H1157" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H4818" return|strong="H7725". 
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She|strong="H2474" said|strong="H0559", ‘hy is|strong="H0369" he|strong="H5516" taking|strong="H3947" so|strong="H3651" long|strong="H0753" to|strong="H4818" come|strong="H0935" home|strong="H1004" in|strong="H6471" his|strong="H1157" chariot|strong="H7393"? 
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Why|strong="H4069" don’t|strong="H0408" I|strong="H6471" hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H1157" sound|strong="H6963" of|strong="H7393" the|strong="H1157" wheels|strong="H6471" of|strong="H7393" his|strong="H1157" chariot|strong="H7393"?’ 
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\verseNumber{29}One|strong="H1931" wise|strong="H2450" woman|strong="H0802" replied|strong="H6030" to|strong="H7725" her|strong="H7725", 
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and|strong="H6030" she|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kept|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w consoling|strong="H5162"\+w* \+w herself|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w by|strong="H7725"\+w*} repeating|strong="H8138" those|strong="H1931" words|strong="H1697": 
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\verseNumber{30}‘erhaps they|strong="H3808" are|strong="H7356" dividing|strong="H2505" up|strong="H5927" the|strong="H4672" things|strong="H7218" and|strong="H7218" the|strong="H4672" people|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" captured|strong="H3920" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H4672" battle|strong="H4421". 
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Each|strong="H0376" soldier|strong="H6635" will|strong="H3808" get|strong="H4672" one|strong="H3808" or|strong="H3808" two|strong="H7361" women|strong="H0802". 
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Sisera|strong="H5516" will|strong="H3808" get|strong="H4672" some|strong="H4480" beautiful|strong="H3303" robes|strong="H0899", 
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and|strong="H7218" some|strong="H4480" beautiful|strong="H3303" embroidered|strong="H7553" robes|strong="H0899" for|strong="H3808" me|strong="H4672".’ 
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\verseNumber{31}But|strong="H3651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*}! Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H3651" hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" will|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191" as|strong="H3651" Sisera|strong="H5516" did|strong="H3068"! 
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And|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3651" desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" love|strong="H0157" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" as|strong="H3651" strong|strong="H1369" as|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121" when|strong="H3318" it|strong="H3651" rises|strong="H3318"! 

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\chapterNumber{6}Again|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5414" Israelis did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" were|strong="H3478" very|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451". So|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" allowed|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Midian|strong="H4080" to|strong="H3478" conquer|strong="H3423" them|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" rule|strong="H3027" them|strong="H5414" for|strong="H6213" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Midian|strong="H4080" treated|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" Israelis so|strong="H6213" cruelly|strong="H7188" that|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" Israelis fled|strong="H5127" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" mountains|strong="H2022". There|strong="H2022" they|strong="H5921" made|strong="H6213" places|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3478" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H5921" caves|strong="H4631" and|strong="H1121" animal|strong="H0929" dens|strong="H4492". 
\verseNumber{3}Whenever|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" Israelis planted|strong="H2232" things|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" fields|strong="H7704", the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Midian|strong="H4080" and|strong="H1121" Amalek|strong="H6002" and|strong="H1121" other|strong="H0312" groups|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" east|strong="H6924" invaded|strong="H5927" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H3808" set|strong="H3478" up|strong="H5704" tents|strong="H2583" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" area|strong="H1508", and|strong="H3478" then|strong="H3808" destroyed|strong="H7843" the|strong="H5921" crops|strong="H2981" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" south|strong="H5045" as|strong="H5704" Gaza|strong="H5804". They|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H7604" anything|strong="H3808" for|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" Israelis’ sheep|strong="H7716" or|strong="H3808" cattle|strong="H7716" or|strong="H3808" donkeys|strong="H2543" to|strong="H5704" eat|strong="H0398". 
\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H1992" came|strong="H5927" into|strong="H5927" Israel|strong="H3478" with|strong="H5927" their|strong="H1992" tents|strong="H0168" and|strong="H5927" their|strong="H1992" livestock|strong="H4735" like|strong="H5927" a|strong="H3588" swarm|strong="H8317" of|strong="H4557" locusts|strong="H0697". There|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7230"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4557"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} arrived|strong="H0935" riding|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5927" their|strong="H1992" camels|strong="H1581" that|strong="H3588" no|strong="H5927" one|strong="H3588" could|strong="H3201" count|strong="H4557" them|strong="H1992". They|strong="H1992" stayed|strong="H3427" and|strong="H5927" ruined|strong="H7843" the|strong="H3588" Israelis’ crops|strong="H8393". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Midian|strong="H4080" took|strong="H3478" almost|strong="H3966" everything|strong="H3605" the|strong="H6440" Israelis owned|strong="H3426". So|strong="H3966" finally|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" Israelis pleaded|strong="H7378" for|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" help|strong="H5826" them|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" Israelis pleaded|strong="H7378" with|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" help|strong="H1961" them|strong="H5921" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5921" Midian|strong="H4080" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{8}he|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" prophet|strong="H5030", who|strong="H3068" said|strong="H3318", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3541" God|strong="H3068" we|strong="H0587" Israelis worship|strong="H3478", says|strong="H3541" this|strong="H3541": ‘Your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" were|strong="H3478" slaves|strong="H5650" in|strong="H3478" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5414" rescued|strong="H5337" them|strong="H5414" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3027" Egypt|strong="H4713" and|strong="H3027" from|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" others|strong="H0312" who|strong="H3605" oppressed|strong="H3905" them|strong="H5414". I|strong="H5414" expelled|strong="H1644" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H3027" from|strong="H6440" this|strong="H5414" land|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3027" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{10}I|strong="H3808" told|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3427", “I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". You|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3068" now|strong="H8085" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8085" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H3808" the|strong="H8085" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Amor live|strong="H3427", but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" worship|strong="H3372" the|strong="H8085" gods|strong="H0430" whom|strong="H0834" they|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H3372".” But|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6963".’” 
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\verseNumber{11}One|strong="H1121" day|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w form|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} an|strong="H6440" angel|strong="H4397" and|strong="H1121" sat|strong="H3427" underneath|strong="H8478" a|strong="H3068" big|strong="H0931" oak|strong="H0424" tree|strong="H6086" at|strong="H3427" Ophrah|strong="H6084" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. That|strong="H3068" tree|strong="H6086" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Joash|strong="H3101", who|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Abiezer|strong="H0044". Joash’s|strong="H3101" son|strong="H1121" Gideon|strong="H1439" was|strong="H3068" threshing|strong="H2251" wheat|strong="H2406" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" pit|strong="H0953" where|strong="H8478" they|strong="H3068" pressed|strong="H6555" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w grapes|strong="H6025"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w make|strong="H3427"\+w*} wine|strong="H1660". He|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" threshing|strong="H2251" the|strong="H6440" grain|strong="H2406" there|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3068" hide|strong="H5127" it|strong="H6440" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Midian|strong="H4080". 
\verseNumber{12}Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w over|strong="H3068"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" Gideon|strong="H1439" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7200", “You|strong="H5973" mighty|strong="H1368" warrior|strong="H1368", Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" helping|strong="H5826" you|strong="H5973"!” 
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\verseNumber{13}Gideon|strong="H1439" replied|strong="H0559", “Sir|strong="H0113", if|strong="H3426" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" helping|strong="H5826" us|strong="H5414", why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3426" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H2063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w bad|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w*} happened|strong="H4672" to|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5414"? We|strong="H6258" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H3605" [RHQ] all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" miracles|strong="H6381" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" performed|strong="H5414" for|strong="H4714" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001". We|strong="H6258" heard|strong="H8085" people|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5608" us|strong="H5414" about|strong="H3605" how|strong="H4100" he|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" them|strong="H5414" from|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w being|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w slaves|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w*} Egypt|strong="H4714". But|strong="H3808" now|strong="H6258" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" abandoned|strong="H5203" us|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" we|strong="H6258" are|strong="H4100" ruled|strong="H4427" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" from|strong="H5927" Midian|strong="H4080".” 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068" turned|strong="H6437" toward|strong="H3709" him|strong="H7971" and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H2088" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H7971" strength|strong="H3581" to|strong="H3478" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3478" rescue|strong="H3467" the|strong="H3068" Israelis from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" Midian|strong="H4080". I|strong="H2088" am|strong="H3068" sending|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{15}Gideon|strong="H1439" replied|strong="H0559", “But|strong="H2009" Yahweh|strong="H3068", how|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" I|strong="H2009" rescue|strong="H3467" the|strong="H2009" Israelis? My|strong="H3467" clan|strong="H4940" is|strong="H4100" the|strong="H2009" least|strong="H6810" significant in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H2009" whole|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3478" Manasseh|strong="H4519", and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H2009" least|strong="H6810" significant person|strong="H5315" in|strong="H3478" my|strong="H3467" whole|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004"!” 
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\verseNumber{16}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5221", “I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" help|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588". So|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3588" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H3068" Midian|strong="H4080" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w easily|strong="H4592"\+w*} as|strong="H1961" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" fighting|strong="H3898" only|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376"!” 
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\verseNumber{17}Gideon|strong="H1439" replied|strong="H1696", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H6213" are|strong="H5869" truly|strong="H6213" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H4994", do|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" which|strong="H5869" will|strong="H5869" prove|strong="H5254" that|strong="H5869" you|strong="H6213" who|strong="H4672" are|strong="H5869" speaking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4994" are|strong="H5869" really|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H7725" do|strong="H3318" not|strong="H2088" go|strong="H3318" away|strong="H7725" until|strong="H5704" I|strong="H5704" go|strong="H3318" and|strong="H7725" bring|strong="H3318" back|strong="H7725" an|strong="H6440" offering|strong="H4503" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H6440".” 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H7725", “Okay, I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5704" stay|strong="H3427" here|strong="H2088" until|strong="H5704" you|strong="H6440" return|strong="H7725".” 
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\verseNumber{19}Gideon|strong="H1439" hurried|strong="H4116" to|strong="H3318" his|strong="H7760" home|strong="H1004". He|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w*} a|strong="H6213" young|strong="H1423" goat|strong="H5795" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6213"\+w*} cooked|strong="H2102" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H7760"\+w*}. Then|strong="H3318" he|strong="H6213" took|strong="H3318" ◄a|strong="H6213" half|strong="H2677" a|strong="H6213" bushel|strong="H0374"/18 liters► of|strong="H8478" flour|strong="H7058" and|strong="H6213" baked|strong="H0644" some|strong="H4480" bread|strong="H4682" without|strong="H5795" yeast|strong="H7603". Then|strong="H3318" he|strong="H6213" put|strong="H7760" the|strong="H6213" cooked|strong="H2102" meat|strong="H1320" in|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" basket|strong="H5536", and|strong="H6213" put|strong="H7760" the|strong="H6213" broth|strong="H4839" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w meat|strong="H1320"\+w*} in|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" pot|strong="H6517", and|strong="H6213" took|strong="H3318" it|strong="H7760" to|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068", who|strong="H6213" was|strong="H1439" sitting|strong="H3427" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H6213" tree|strong="H6086". 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H3947" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213", “Put|strong="H3240" the|strong="H3947" meat|strong="H1320" and|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3947" bread|strong="H4682" on|strong="H6213" this|strong="H3651" rock|strong="H5553". Then|strong="H3947" pour|strong="H8210" the|strong="H3947" broth|strong="H4839" on|strong="H6213" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4397" it|strong="H6213".” So|strong="H3651" Gideon|strong="H8210" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3651". 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H1980" Yahweh|strong="H3068" touched|strong="H5060" the|strong="H3068" meat|strong="H1320" and|strong="H1980" bread|strong="H4682" with|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3068" walking|strong="H1980" stick|strong="H6086" that|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027". A|strong="H7971" fire|strong="H0784" flamed up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3068" rock|strong="H6697" and|strong="H1980" burned|strong="H7971" up|strong="H5927" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3068" Gideon|strong="H7971" had|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H5927"! And|strong="H1980" then|strong="H1980" Yahweh|strong="H3068" disappeared|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{22}When|strong="H3588" Gideon|strong="H1439" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" really|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w appeared|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w form|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w an|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w angel|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w talked|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w*}, he|strong="H1931" exclaimed|strong="H0559", “O|strong="H3069", Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3588" face-to-face \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w form|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} an|strong="H7200" angel|strong="H4397"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w die|strong="H4191"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H4191" him|strong="H4191" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H4191" afraid|strong="H3372"! You|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w seeing|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w me|strong="H3372"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H2088" Gideon|strong="H1439" built|strong="H1129" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7121"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033". He|strong="H3117" named|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121" ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" gives|strong="H7121" us|strong="H3117" peace’. That|strong="H3117" altar|strong="H4196" is|strong="H3068" still|strong="H5750" there|strong="H8033" in|strong="H3068" Ophrah|strong="H6084" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3117" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Abiezer|strong="H0044". 
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\verseNumber{25}That|strong="H1931" night|strong="H3915" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Gideon|strong="H1439", “Take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" second-best/oldest|strong="H1419" bull|strong="H6499" from|strong="H3772" your|strong="H3068" father’s|strong="H0001" herd|strong="H7794", the|strong="H5921" bull|strong="H6499" that|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Kill|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w it|strong="H1931"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1961" tear|strong="H2040" down|strong="H2040" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" that|strong="H1931" your|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" built|strong="H1129" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" god|strong="H3068" Baal|strong="H1168". Also|strong="H3068" cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H2040" the|strong="H5921" pole|strong="H5251" for|strong="H5921" worshipping|strong="H7812" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Astarte|strong="H6253" that|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" there|strong="H1961" beside|strong="H5921" it|strong="H1931". 
\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H2088" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stone|strong="H0068"\+w*} altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" me|strong="H5921", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", here|strong="H2088" on|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" hill|strong="H2022". Take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" wood|strong="H6086" from|strong="H3772" the|strong="H5921" pole|strong="H5251" you|strong="H5921" cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H3772" and|strong="H3068" make|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3947" fire|strong="H0784" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w cook|strong="H2876"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w meat|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w bull|strong="H6499"\+w*} as|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3947" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H5930" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{27}So|strong="H6213" Gideon|strong="H1439" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" servants|strong="H5650" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H1696". But|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" at|strong="H3068" night|strong="H3915", because|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" was|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H3372" what|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3947" other|strong="H0312" members|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3068" family|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3947" other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H5650" in|strong="H3068" town|strong="H5892" would|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6213" if|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" found|strong="H3068" out|strong="H3947" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{28}Early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H5921" next|strong="H5921" morning|strong="H1242", as|strong="H5927" soon|strong="H1242" as|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H3772" got|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927", they|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H5927" Baal|strong="H1168" had|strong="H1129" been|strong="H5927" torn|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422", and|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5921" pole|strong="H5251" for|strong="H5921" worshiping|strong="H7812" Astarte|strong="H6253" was|strong="H5892" gone|strong="H5927". They|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H5892" there|strong="H2009" was|strong="H5892" a|strong="H3772" new|strong="H2319" altar|strong="H4196" there|strong="H2009", and|strong="H5892" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H5892" what|strong="H5927" remained|strong="H3427" from|strong="H3772" the|strong="H5921" bull|strong="H6499" they|strong="H5921" had|strong="H1129" sacrificed|strong="H5927". 
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\verseNumber{29}The|strong="H6213" people|strong="H1121" asked|strong="H1697" each|strong="H2088" other|strong="H2088", “Who|strong="H4310" did|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088"?” After|strong="H1875" they|strong="H1697" investigated|strong="H1245", someone|strong="H4310" told|strong="H1697" them|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1697" it|strong="H6213" was|strong="H1697" Gideon|strong="H1439", the|strong="H6213" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3101", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{30}They|strong="H3588" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Joash|strong="H3101" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H5921", “Bring|strong="H3318" your|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" out|strong="H3318" here|strong="H5921"! ◄He|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191"/We|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921"►, because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" destroyed|strong="H3772" our|strong="H5921" god|strong="H0430" Baal’s|strong="H1168" altar|strong="H4196" and|strong="H1121" cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H5921" pole|strong="H5251" for|strong="H3588" our|strong="H5921" goddess|strong="H0430" Astarte|strong="H6253"!” 
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\verseNumber{31}But|strong="H3588" Joash|strong="H3101" replied|strong="H0559", “Are|strong="H5975" you|strong="H3588" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H5704" defend|strong="H5975" Baal|strong="H1168"? Are|strong="H5975" you|strong="H3588" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H5704" argue|strong="H7378" his|strong="H3605" case|strong="H3588"? Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" tries|strong="H0974" to|strong="H5704" defend|strong="H5975" Baal|strong="H1168" should|strong="H3588" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191" by|strong="H5921" tomorrow|strong="H1242" morning|strong="H1242"! If|strong="H3588" Baal|strong="H1168" is|strong="H1931" truly|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" god|strong="H0430", he|strong="H1931" ought|strong="H3972" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H4191" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5704" defend|strong="H5975" himself|strong="H1931", and|strong="H1242" to|strong="H5704" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="H3605" tore|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" his|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196"!” 
\verseNumber{32}From|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117", people|strong="H1931" called|strong="H7121" Gideon|strong="H1439" Jerub-Baal|strong="H3378", which|strong="H1931" means|strong="H3027" ‘Baal|strong="H1168" should|strong="H3588" defend|strong="H7378" himself’, because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" tore|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" Baal’s|strong="H1168" altar|strong="H4196". 
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\verseNumber{33}Soon|strong="H3512" after|strong="H0310" that|strong="H3605", the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Midian|strong="H4080" and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amalek|strong="H6002" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" east|strong="H6924" gathered|strong="H6960" together|strong="H3162". They|strong="H3605" crossed|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H5104" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israelis}. They|strong="H3605" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H2583" in|strong="H2583" Jezreel|strong="H3157" Valley|strong="H6010". 
\verseNumber{34}Then|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" took|strong="H3947" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" Gideon|strong="H1439". He|strong="H3068" blew|strong="H8628" a|strong="H3068" ram’s|strong="H7782" horn|strong="H7782" to|strong="H3068" summon|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3068" men|strong="H0376" to|strong="H3068" prepare|strong="H3559" to|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898". So|strong="H7307" the|strong="H3068" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H3068" Abiezer|strong="H0044" came|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H8628". 
\verseNumber{35}He|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1571" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" throughout|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w four|strong="H0702"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="H7626"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4397"\+w*} Manasseh|strong="H4519", Asher|strong="H0836", Zebulun|strong="H2074", and|strong="H7971" Naphtali|strong="H5321" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w come|strong="H5927"\+w*}, and|strong="H7971" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4397" them|strong="H7971" came|strong="H5927". 
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\verseNumber{36}Then|strong="H1696" Gideon|strong="H1439" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" God|strong="H3027", “If|strong="H3426" you|strong="H3027" are|strong="H3478" truly|strong="H3588" going|strong="H3426" to|strong="H1696" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" rescue|strong="H3467" the|strong="H3027" Israeli people|strong="H1696" as|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3027" promised|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{37}confirm|strong="H6965" it|strong="H5921" by|strong="H3027" doing|strong="H3027" this|strong="H1696": Tonight|strong="H3915" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" put|strong="H3322" a|strong="H1961" dry|strong="H2721" wool|strong="H6785" fleece|strong="H1492" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" where|strong="H5921" I|strong="H3588" thresh|strong="H1758" the|strong="H3605" grain|strong="H3605". Tomorrow|strong="H4279" morning|strong="H1242", if|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" fleece|strong="H1492" is|strong="H3027" wet|strong="H6647" with|strong="H1696" dew|strong="H2919" but|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" is|strong="H3027" dry|strong="H2721", then|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" enable|strong="H7980" to|strong="H1696" rescue|strong="H3467" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3045" of|strong="H3027" Israel|strong="H3478" as|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588" promised|strong="H1696".” 
\verseNumber{38}And|strong="H7925" that|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" what|strong="H3651" happened|strong="H1961". When|strong="H1961" Gideon|strong="H1439" got|strong="H7925" up|strong="H7925" the|strong="H4480" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H4283", he|strong="H3651" picked|strong="H5375" up|strong="H7925" the|strong="H4480" fleece|strong="H1492", and|strong="H7925" squeezed|strong="H2115" out|strong="H4480" a|strong="H1961" whole|strong="H3605" bowlful of|strong="H4325" water|strong="H4325"! 
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\verseNumber{39}Then|strong="H1961" Gideon|strong="H1439" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" God|strong="H0430", “Do|strong="H4994" not|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4994", but|strong="H7535" let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H4994" one|strong="H3605" more|strong="H6471" thing|strong="H3605". Tonight|strong="H3915" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" put|strong="H5254" the|strong="H3605" fleece|strong="H1492" out|strong="H5921" again|strong="H1961". This|strong="H1696" time|strong="H6471", let|strong="H4994" the|strong="H3605" fleece|strong="H1492" remain|strong="H1961" dry|strong="H2721", while|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" is|strong="H3605" wet|strong="H6647" with|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" dew|strong="H2919".” 
\verseNumber{40}So|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915", God|strong="H0430" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Gideon|strong="H1439" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213". The|strong="H3605" next|strong="H5921" morning|strong="H1242" the|strong="H3605" fleece|strong="H1492" was|strong="H1961" dry|strong="H2721", but|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" was|strong="H1961" covered|strong="H3680" with|strong="H6213" dew|strong="H2919". 

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\chapterNumber{7}The|strong="H3605" next|strong="H5921" morning|strong="H7925", Gideon|strong="H1439" and|strong="H5971" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" got|strong="H7925" up|strong="H7925" early|strong="H7925" and|strong="H5971" went|strong="H5971" as|strong="H1961" far|strong="H5921" as|strong="H1961" Harod|strong="H5878" Spring|strong="H6779". The|strong="H3605" army|strong="H4264" of|strong="H6010" Midian|strong="H4080" was|strong="H1961" camped|strong="H2583" north|strong="H6828" of|strong="H6010" them|strong="H5921", in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" valley|strong="H6010" near|strong="H5921" Moreh|strong="H4176" Hill|strong="H1389". 
\verseNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Gideon|strong="H1439", “You|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3068" too|strong="H5921" many|strong="H7227" soldiers|strong="H5971" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414". If|strong="H6435" I|strong="H5414" allow|strong="H5414" all|strong="H5414" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H3898" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Midian|strong="H4080", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H6435"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5971"\+w* defeats \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*}, they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" boast|strong="H6286" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3068" defeated|strong="H5221" their|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H3027" by|strong="H3027" themselves|strong="H5414", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w without|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w my|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w help|strong="H3467"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H4480" tell|strong="H4994" the|strong="H4480" men|strong="H5971", ‘Whoever|strong="H4310" among|strong="H4480" you|strong="H7725" is|strong="H4310" timid|strong="H7390" or|strong="H4480" afraid|strong="H3373" may|strong="H4994" leave|strong="H7604" us|strong="H4994" and|strong="H6242" go|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725".’ ” So|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w Gideon|strong="H1439"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7725"\+w*}, 22,000 of|strong="H2022" them|strong="H7725" went|strong="H5971" home|strong="H7725". Only|strong="H0389" 10,000 men|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" left|strong="H7604" there|strong="H2022". 
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\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" Gideon|strong="H1439", “There|strong="H8033" are|strong="H5971" still|strong="H5750" too|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7227" men|strong="H5971"! Take|strong="H1961" them|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" spring|strong="H4325", and|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033" I|strong="H2088" will|strong="H3068" choose|strong="H0977" from|strong="H3381" among|strong="H5973" them|strong="H3381", which|strong="H1931" ones|strong="H2945" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3068" which|strong="H1931" ones|strong="H2945" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3212".”. 
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\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H3068" Gideon|strong="H1439" took|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" spring|strong="H4325", Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921", “When|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" drink|strong="H8354", put|strong="H3322" into|strong="H3381" one|strong="H3605" group|strong="H7235" the|strong="H3605" ones|strong="H2945" who|strong="H3605" scoop|strong="H2834" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" into|strong="H3381" their|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3068" then|strong="H3068" lap|strong="H1290" it|strong="H5921" up|strong="H5921" like|strong="H3381" dogs|strong="H3611" do|strong="H3068". Put|strong="H3322" into|strong="H3381" another|strong="H4480" group|strong="H7235" the|strong="H3605" ones|strong="H2945" who|strong="H3605" kneel|strong="H3766" down|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w bend|strong="H1869"\+w* \+w over|strong="H5921"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" drink|strong="H8354" with|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" mouths|strong="H6310" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325".” 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5921" drank|strong="H8354", only|strong="H3605" 300 men|strong="H5971" drank|strong="H8354" from|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" others|strong="H5971" drank|strong="H8354" with|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" mouths|strong="H6310" down|strong="H3766" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325". 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H5414" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" Gideon|strong="H1439", “The|strong="H3605" 300 men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" lapped|strong="H3952" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H3027" their|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" your|strong="H3068" army|strong="H5971"! I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" defeat|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" Midian|strong="H4080" army|strong="H5971". Let|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" others|strong="H5971" go|strong="H3212" home|strong="H4725"!” 
\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H3947" Gideon’s 300 men|strong="H5971" collected|strong="H2388" the|strong="H3605" food|strong="H6720" and|strong="H3967" rams’|strong="H0352" horns|strong="H7782" from|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3967" then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3605" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971" home|strong="H1004". 
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The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3027" Midian|strong="H4080" were|strong="H3478" camping|strong="H2583" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" valley|strong="H6010" below|strong="H8478" Gideon|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{9}That|strong="H3588" night|strong="H3915", Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3381" Gideon|strong="H1439", “Get|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" their|strong="H3068" camp|strong="H4264", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w hear|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* convince \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" your|strong="H3068" men|strong="H4264" to|strong="H3381" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3381" are|strong="H5288" afraid|strong="H3373" to|strong="H3381" attack|strong="H5221" them|strong="H3381" by|strong="H3381" yourself|strong="H0859", take|strong="H3381" your|strong="H3381" servant|strong="H5288" Purah|strong="H6513" with|strong="H3381" you|strong="H3381". 
\verseNumber{11}Go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" and|strong="H3027" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" what|strong="H4100" some|strong="H7097" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H8085" Midian|strong="H4080" soldiers|strong="H5288" are|strong="H3027" saying|strong="H1696". Then|strong="H1696" you|strong="H4100" will|strong="H3027" be|strong="H3027" very|strong="H3966" encouraged|strong="H2388", and|strong="H3027" you|strong="H4100" will|strong="H3027" be|strong="H3027" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H1696" attack|strong="H5221" their|strong="H8085" camp|strong="H4264".” So|strong="H1696" Gideon|strong="H1439" took|strong="H2388" Purah|strong="H6513" with|strong="H1696" him|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3027" they|strong="H4100" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H8085" edge|strong="H7097" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H8085" enemy|strong="H0340" camp|strong="H4264". 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Midian|strong="H4080" and|strong="H1121" Amalek|strong="H6002" and|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" east|strong="H6924" had|strong="H1121" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H0168" and|strong="H1121" looked|strong="H7200" like|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5921" swarm|strong="H8317" of|strong="H1121" locusts|strong="H0697". It|strong="H5921" seemed|strong="H5869" that|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" camels|strong="H1581" were|strong="H1121" as|strong="H7230" impossible|strong="H1219" to|strong="H5921" count|strong="H4557" as|strong="H7230" the|strong="H3605" grains|strong="H4579" of|strong="H1121" sand|strong="H2344" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" seashore|strong="H3220". 
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\verseNumber{13}Gideon|strong="H1439" crept closer|strong="H5066" and|strong="H3899" heard|strong="H8085" one|strong="H7453" man|strong="H5307" telling|strong="H5608" a|strong="H5221" friend|strong="H7453" about|strong="H5221" a|strong="H5221" dream|strong="H2472". He|strong="H5704" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5704" just|strong="H3512" had|strong="H2492" a|strong="H5221" dream|strong="H2472", and|strong="H3899" in|strong="H3899" the|strong="H5221" dream|strong="H2472" I|strong="H5704" saw|strong="H2009" a|strong="H5221" round|strong="H4605" loaf|strong="H6742" of|strong="H4264" barley|strong="H8184" bread|strong="H3899" tumble down|strong="H5307" into|strong="H2015" our|strong="H5307" Midian|strong="H4080" camp|strong="H4264". It|strong="H5221" struck|strong="H5221" a|strong="H5221" tent|strong="H0168" so|strong="H5704" hard|strong="H7186" that|strong="H5307" the|strong="H5221" tent|strong="H0168" turned|strong="H2015" upside|strong="H4605" down|strong="H5307" and|strong="H3899" collapsed|strong="H5307"!” 
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\verseNumber{14}His|strong="H3605" friend|strong="H7453" said|strong="H6030", “Your|strong="H3605" dream|strong="H2472" can|strong="H1121" mean|strong="H2823" only|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" thing|strong="H2063". It|strong="H5414" means|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3605" God|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3478" enable|strong="H7980" Gideon|strong="H1439", the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H4264" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1121" here|strong="H2063" with|strong="H3027" us|strong="H5414" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H3478" Midian|strong="H4080".” 
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\verseNumber{15}When|strong="H3588" Gideon|strong="H1439" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w man|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w about|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w*} dream|strong="H2472" and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H8085" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" dream|strong="H2472", he|strong="H3588" thanked|strong="H1288" God|strong="H3068". Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w Purah|strong="H6513"\+w*} returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H8085" Israeli camp|strong="H4264", and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3588" shouted|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H8085" men|strong="H3478", “Get|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965"! Because|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" enabling you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H7725" defeat|strong="H5414" the|strong="H8085" men|strong="H3478" from|strong="H7725" Midian|strong="H4080"!” 
\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H3605" divided|strong="H2673" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H7218" into|strong="H8432" three|strong="H7969" groups|strong="H7218". He|strong="H3605" gave|strong="H5414" each|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" a|strong="H5414" ram’s|strong="H7782" horn|strong="H7782" and|strong="H3967" an|strong="H5414" empty|strong="H7386" clay|strong="H2635" jar|strong="H3537". He|strong="H3605" also|strong="H3027" gave|strong="H5414" each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3027" them|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" torch|strong="H3940" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w lit|strong="H0215"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H6213" said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H6213", “Watch|strong="H7200" me|strong="H7200". When|strong="H1961" we|strong="H6213" come|strong="H1961" close|strong="H4480" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7200" enemy|strong="H0340" camp|strong="H4264", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w spread|strong="H6566"\+w* \+w out|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w surround|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w camp|strong="H4264"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213" exactly|strong="H3651" what|strong="H6213" I|strong="H2009" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{18}As|strong="H1571" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1571" I|strong="H1571" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1571" blow|strong="H8628" our|strong="H3068" ram’s|strong="H7782" horns|strong="H7782", you|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" groups|strong="H7218" surrounding|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264" blow|strong="H8628" your|strong="H3068" horns|strong="H7782" and|strong="H3068" shout|strong="H7321", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3068"\+w*} for|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3068" Gideon|strong="H1439"!’” 
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\verseNumber{19}A|strong="H8628" while|strong="H5704" before|strong="H6965" midnight|strong="H2677", just|strong="H3512" after|strong="H7097" a|strong="H8628" new|strong="H2319" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3027" Israeli guards|strong="H8104" took|strong="H3027" the|strong="H8104" places|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H8104" previous|strong="H7223" group|strong="H7235", Gideon|strong="H1439" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H8104" 100 men|strong="H7218" with|strong="H3027" him|strong="H3027" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H4264" the|strong="H8104" edge|strong="H7097" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H8104" Midian|strong="H4080" camp|strong="H4264". Suddenly|strong="H6597" they|strong="H3027" all|strong="H6965" blew|strong="H8628" their|strong="H8104" horns|strong="H7782", and|strong="H3967" broke|strong="H7665" their|strong="H8104" jars|strong="H3537". 
\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3068" men|strong="H7218" in|strong="H3068" all|strong="H7121" three|strong="H7969" groups|strong="H7218" blew|strong="H8628" their|strong="H3068" horns|strong="H7782" and|strong="H3068" smashed|strong="H7665" their|strong="H3068" jars|strong="H3537". They|strong="H3068" held|strong="H2388" the|strong="H3068" torches|strong="H3940" high|strong="H7218" with|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" left|strong="H8040" hands|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3068" held|strong="H2388" up|strong="H7665" the|strong="H3068" horns|strong="H7782" with|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3225" hands|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3068" alternatively blew|strong="H8628" them|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3068" shouted|strong="H7121", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H0587"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w*} swords|strong="H2719" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w*} for|strong="H7121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" for|strong="H7121" Gideon|strong="H1439"!” 
\verseNumber{21}Each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4264" Gideon’s men|strong="H3605" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5975" his|strong="H3605" position|strong="H5975" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" enemy|strong="H0340" camp|strong="H4264". As|strong="H8478" they|strong="H7323" watched|strong="H7200", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Midian|strong="H4080" men|strong="H3605" started|strong="H2490" running|strong="H7323" around|strong="H5439" and|strong="H5975" shouting|strong="H7321" in|strong="H5975" a|strong="H5975" panic|strong="H2865". 
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\verseNumber{22}While|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" 300 Israeli men|strong="H3605" kept|strong="H8104" blowing|strong="H8628" their|strong="H3605" horns|strong="H7782", Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" to|strong="H5704" start|strong="H1870" fighting|strong="H3898" each|strong="H3605" other|strong="H7453" with|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" swords|strong="H2719"/daggers. Some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921" killed|strong="H2719" each|strong="H3605" other|strong="H7453". The|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" fled|strong="H5127". Some|strong="H3605" fled|strong="H5127" south|strong="H5045" to|strong="H5704" Beth-Shittah|strong="H1029". Some|strong="H3605" fled|strong="H5127" to|strong="H5704" Zerarah \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w village|strong="H1949"\+w*}, near|strong="H5921" Tabbath|strong="H2888". 
\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H3605" Gideon|strong="H1439" sent|strong="H7971" messages|strong="H2372" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5650" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" areas|strong="H0776" where|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4480" Naphtali|strong="H5321", Asher|strong="H0836", and|strong="H3478" Manasseh|strong="H4519" lived|strong="H3427", to|strong="H3478" tell|strong="H3605" them|strong="H7291" to|strong="H3478" come|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" pursue|strong="H7291" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4480" Midian|strong="H4080". 
\verseNumber{24}He|strong="H5704" also|strong="H1571" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" throughout|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" hilly area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669" lived|strong="H3427", saying|strong="H0559", “Come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H5704" attack|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H2022" Midian|strong="H4080". Come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H5704", to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H3605" where|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" can|strong="H4310" wade|strong="H5975" across|strong="H5676", to|strong="H5704" prevent|strong="H6923" enemy|strong="H0340" troops|strong="H1416" from|strong="H3381" crossing|strong="H5674" it|strong="H3381"! Station|strong="H5324" men|strong="H3605" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" south|strong="H5045" as|strong="H5704" Beth-Barah|strong="H1012".” 
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So|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" of|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669" did|strong="H2022" what|strong="H4100" Gideon|strong="H1439" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{25}They|strong="H3920" also|strong="H8269" captured|strong="H3920" Oreb|strong="H6159" and|strong="H7218" Zeeb|strong="H2062", the|strong="H5676" two|strong="H8147" generals|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H5676" Midian|strong="H4080" army|strong="H2428". They|strong="H3920" killed|strong="H2026" Oreb|strong="H6159" at|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5676"\+w* \+w big|strong="H0931"\+w* \+w rock|strong="H6697"\+w* \+w which|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w is|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w now|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} the|strong="H5676" rock|strong="H6697" of|strong="H8269" Oreb|strong="H6159", and|strong="H7218" they|strong="H3920" killed|strong="H2026" Zeeb|strong="H2062" at|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5676"\+w* \+w place|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w crush|strong="H1792"\+w* \+w grapes|strong="H6025"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w is|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w now|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} the|strong="H5676" winepress|strong="H3342" of|strong="H8269" Zeeb|strong="H2062". Afterwards|strong="H0310", the|strong="H5676" Israelis cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5676" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H8269" Oreb|strong="H6159" and|strong="H7218" Zeeb|strong="H2062" and|strong="H7218" brought|strong="H0935" them|strong="H8147" to|strong="H3383" Gideon|strong="H1439", while|strong="H3383" he|strong="H8147" was|strong="H7218" near|strong="H3920" the|strong="H5676" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H5104". 

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\chapterNumber{8}Then|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3588" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1697" Ephraim|strong="H0669" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1980" Gideon|strong="H1439", “Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" acted|strong="H6213" toward|strong="H1980" us|strong="H6213" like|strong="H1697" this|strong="H2088"? When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" went|strong="H1980" out|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1980" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1697" Midian|strong="H4080", why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" not|strong="H1115" summon|strong="H7121" us|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w help|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}?” They|strong="H3588" rebuked|strong="H7378" Gideon|strong="H1439" severely|strong="H2394". 
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\verseNumber{2}But|strong="H3808" Gideon|strong="H1439" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H6258" have|strong="H6258" done|strong="H6213" [RHQ] very|strong="H6213" little|strong="H4592" compared|strong="H1819" with|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H6213" have|strong="H6258" done|strong="H6213"! My|strong="H6213" small|strong="H6996" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H6213" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H6213" Abiezer|strong="H0044" only|strong="H0389" started|strong="H2490" the|strong="H6213" battle|strong="H4421", but|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w very|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w large|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w group|strong="H7235"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6213"\+w*} descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H6213" Ephraim|strong="H0669" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w helped|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w finish|strong="H3615"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w task|strong="H6045"\+w* \+w very|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w well|strong="H2896"\+w*. \+w It|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3808"\+w*} the|strong="H6213" final|strong="H0319" grapes|strong="H5955" of|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" harvest|strong="H1210" being|strong="H1961" much|strong="H4100" better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H2896" the|strong="H6213" first|strong="H7223" grapes|strong="H5955" that|strong="H6213" are|strong="H4100" picked|strong="H5375". 
\verseNumber{3}God|strong="H5414" enabled|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" defeat|strong="H5414" Oreb|strong="H6159" and|strong="H3027" Zeeb|strong="H2062", the|strong="H5921" generals|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" from|strong="H5921" Midian|strong="H4080". That|strong="H1697" is|strong="H2088" [RHQ] much|strong="H3027" more|strong="H5921" important|strong="H5704" than|strong="H5921" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H5414" did|strong="H6213"!” After|strong="H5921" Gideon|strong="H1439" told|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5414" that|strong="H1697", they|strong="H5921" no|strong="H6213" longer|strong="H5750" resented what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H6213" had|strong="H5414" done|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H5674" Gideon|strong="H1439" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H5674" 300 men|strong="H0376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w east|strong="H6921"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w*} crossed|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. Although|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1931" were|strong="H7291" very|strong="H3966" tired|strong="H5889", they|strong="H1931" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5674" pursue|strong="H7291" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341". 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H4428" Succoth|strong="H5523" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, Gideon|strong="H1439" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" town|strong="H7151" leaders|strong="H7218", “Please|strong="H4994" give|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" men|strong="H5971" some|strong="H1992" food|strong="H3899"! They|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" very|strong="H1992" tired|strong="H5889". We|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1992" pursuing|strong="H7291" Zebah|strong="H2078" and|strong="H4428" Zalmunna|strong="H6759", the|strong="H3588" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Midian|strong="H4080".” 
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\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" leaders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3027" Succoth|strong="H5523" replied|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3027" not|strong="H5414" caught|strong="H3920" [RHQ] Zebah|strong="H2078" and|strong="H3027" Zalmunna|strong="H6759" yet|strong="H3588". So|strong="H5414" why|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" give|strong="H5414" food|strong="H3899" to|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" troops|strong="H6635" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H6258"\+w*? \+w Catch|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w first|strong="H7223"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w then|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w give|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w food|strong="H3899"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{7}Gideon|strong="H1439" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w said|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*}, after|strong="H0310" Yahweh|strong="H3068" enables us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" Zebah|strong="H2078" and|strong="H3068" Zalmunna|strong="H6759", we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725". And|strong="H3068" then|strong="H3651" we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H3068" make|strong="H5414" whips|strong="H7752" from|strong="H3027" thorns|strong="H6975" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5414" desert|strong="H4057", and|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5414" we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H3068" rip|strong="H1234" the|strong="H5414" flesh|strong="H1320" off|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3068" bones|strong="H6106"!” 
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\verseNumber{8}From|strong="H5927" there|strong="H8033", Gideon|strong="H1439" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5927"\+w* 300 \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w*} went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1696" Peniel|strong="H6439" and|strong="H6030" asked|strong="H1696" for|strong="H8033" food|strong="H3899" there|strong="H8033", but|strong="H6030" the|strong="H5927" people|strong="H1696" gave|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6030" the|strong="H5927" same|strong="H2063" answer|strong="H6030". 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H7725" he|strong="H7725" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4026" Peniel|strong="H6439", “After|strong="H0310" I|strong="H2088" defeat|strong="H5221" those|strong="H2088" kings|strong="H4428", I|strong="H2088" will|strong="H1571" return|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7725" tear|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" this|strong="H2088" tower|strong="H4026"!” 
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\verseNumber{10}By|strong="H5973" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6924", Zebah|strong="H2078" and|strong="H3967" Zalmunna|strong="H6759" had|strong="H1121" gone|strong="H5307" to|strong="H1121" Karkor|strong="H7174" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} with|strong="H5973" 15,000 troops|strong="H4264". They|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" left|strong="H3498" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H4264" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1121" come|strong="H5307" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" east|strong="H6924". 120,000 of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1121" already|strong="H3528" been|strong="H3605" killed|strong="H2719". 
\verseNumber{11}Gideon|strong="H1439" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w men|strong="H4264"\+w*} went|strong="H5927" east|strong="H6924" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5221" road|strong="H1870" on|strong="H1870" which|strong="H0834" caravans|strong="H0734" travel|strong="H1980". They|strong="H5221" went|strong="H5927" past|strong="H6924" Nobah|strong="H5025" and|strong="H1870" Jogbehah|strong="H3011" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w villages|strong="H2691"\+w*} and|strong="H1870" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H4264" the|strong="H5221" enemy|strong="H0340" camp|strong="H4264" by|strong="H1870" surprise. 
\verseNumber{12}Zebah|strong="H2078" and|strong="H4428" Zalmunna|strong="H6759" fled|strong="H5127", but|strong="H3605" Gideon’s men|strong="H3605" pursued|strong="H7291" them|strong="H8147" and|strong="H4428" captured|strong="H3920" them|strong="H8147" and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" warriors|strong="H1368". 
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\verseNumber{13}After|strong="H4480" that|strong="H4480", Gideon|strong="H1439" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7725" men|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w took|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Zebah|strong="H2078"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Zalmunna|strong="H6759"\+w* \+w with|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725", going|strong="H7725" through|strong="H4480" Heres|strong="H2776" Pass|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{14}There|strong="H8033" he|strong="H2205" captured|strong="H3920" a|strong="H3789" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" from|strong="H3920" Succoth|strong="H5523", and|strong="H5288" demanded|strong="H7592" that|strong="H5288" he|strong="H2205" write|strong="H3789" down|strong="H3789" the|strong="H3920" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H8269" all|strong="H3920" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H3920" leaders|strong="H8269" in|strong="H3789" the|strong="H3920" town|strong="H7151". The|strong="H3920" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" wrote|strong="H3789" down|strong="H3789" seventy-seven|strong="H7657" names|strong="H8034". 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H2009" Gideon|strong="H1439" and|strong="H3027" his|strong="H5414" men|strong="H0376" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5414" Succoth|strong="H5523" and|strong="H3027" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" those|strong="H3588" leaders|strong="H7218", “Here|strong="H2009" are|strong="H3027" Zebah|strong="H2078" and|strong="H3027" Zalmunna|strong="H6759". When|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3027" here|strong="H2009" before|strong="H6440", you|strong="H3588" made|strong="H5414" fun of|strong="H3027" me|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3027" said|strong="H0559" ‘You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3027" not|strong="H5414" [RHQ] caught|strong="H3920" Zebah|strong="H2078" and|strong="H3027" Zalmunna|strong="H6759" yet|strong="H3588"! After|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" catch|strong="H3920" them|strong="H5414", we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3027" give|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" exhausted|strong="H3286" men|strong="H0376" some|strong="H3027" food|strong="H3899".’ ” 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H3947" Gideon’s men|strong="H2205" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" town|strong="H5892" leaders|strong="H2205" and|strong="H5892" whipped them|strong="H3947" with|strong="H3045" whips|strong="H7752" made|strong="H3045" from|strong="H3947" briers|strong="H1303" from|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" desert|strong="H4057", to|strong="H3045" teach|strong="H3045" them|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w deserved|strong="H1576"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w be|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w giving|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w any|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w food|strong="H3899"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H0227" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w went|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5892"\+w*} Peniel|strong="H6439" and|strong="H5892" tore|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H2026" tower|strong="H4026", and|strong="H5892" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H2026" the|strong="H2026" men|strong="H0376" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H2026" town|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H4428" Gideon|strong="H1439" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" Zebah|strong="H2078" and|strong="H1121" Zalmunna|strong="H6759", “The|strong="H2026" men|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3644" killed|strong="H2026" near|strong="H7126" Tabor|strong="H8396" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*}, what|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" they|strong="H4428" look|strong="H7200" like|strong="H3644"?” 
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They|strong="H4428" replied|strong="H0559", “They|strong="H4428" were|strong="H1121" like|strong="H3644" you|strong="H3644"; they|strong="H4428" all|strong="H2026" looked|strong="H7200" like|strong="H3644" they|strong="H4428" were|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3644" king|strong="H4428".” 
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\verseNumber{19}Gideon|strong="H1439" replied|strong="H0559", “They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3068" brothers|strong="H1121"! Just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H2421" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", I|strong="H3808" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H2026" you|strong="H3808" if|strong="H3863" you|strong="H3808" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H2026" them|strong="H1992".” 
\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3588" turned|strong="H2015" to|strong="H6965" his|strong="H6965" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1060", Jether|strong="H3500". He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6965" him|strong="H2026", “Kill|strong="H2026" them|strong="H2026"!” But|strong="H3588" Jether|strong="H3500" was|strong="H5288" only|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" boy|strong="H5288", and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H5288" afraid|strong="H3372", so|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pull|strong="H8025" out|strong="H8025" his|strong="H6965" dagger|strong="H2719" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w them|strong="H2026"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H6965" Zebah|strong="H2078" and|strong="H6965" Zalmunna|strong="H6759" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6965" Gideon|strong="H1439", “Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" ask|strong="H6293" a|strong="H3947" young|strong="H5288" boy|strong="H5288" to|strong="H6965" do|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" work|strong="H4399" that|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3947" man|strong="H0376" should|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213"!” So|strong="H3947" Gideon|strong="H1439" killed|strong="H2026" both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H6677" them|strong="H3947". Then|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3588" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3588" gold|strong="H2091" ornaments|strong="H7720" from|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3588" necks|strong="H6677" of|strong="H6677" their|strong="H3947" camels|strong="H1581". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Gideon|strong="H1439" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H6965" be|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" }
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H1571" a|strong="H3588" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" Israeli men|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w came|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} Gideon|strong="H1439" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H3027", “You|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3027" our|strong="H3588" ruler|strong="H4910"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3588" grandsons|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} be|strong="H3027" our|strong="H3588" rulers|strong="H4910", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" rescued|strong="H5337" us|strong="H3588" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" Midian|strong="H4080" army|strong="H2428".” 
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\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H3808" Gideon|strong="H1439" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H4910" you|strong="H3808", and|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H4910" you|strong="H3808". Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H4910" you|strong="H3808".” 
\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H5414" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" request|strong="H7596" only|strong="H3588" one|strong="H4480" thing|strong="H3588". I|strong="H3588" request|strong="H7596" that|strong="H3588" each|strong="H5414" of|strong="H4480" you|strong="H3588" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" one|strong="H4480" earring|strong="H5141" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3588" things|strong="H1992" you|strong="H3588" captured|strong="H3920" after|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3588" battle|strong="H4421".” 
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[All|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H1992" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" Ishmael|strong="H3458" wore|strong="H3830" gold|strong="H2091" earrings|strong="H5141".] 
\verseNumber{25}They|strong="H8033" replied|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H8033" will|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" glad|strong="H8055" to|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" earrings|strong="H5141" to|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414"!” So|strong="H5414" they|strong="H8033" spread|strong="H6566" a|strong="H5414" cloth|strong="H8071" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H0776"\+w*}, and|strong="H8033" each|strong="H5414" man|strong="H0376" threw|strong="H7993" on|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" one|strong="H0259" gold|strong="H2091" earring|strong="H5141" that|strong="H5414" he|strong="H8033" had|strong="H5414" taken|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w man|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w he|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w had|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4421"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{26}The|strong="H5921" weight|strong="H4948" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earrings|strong="H5141" was|strong="H1961" ◄43 pounds|strong="H1993"/19.4 kg.►. That|strong="H4428" did|strong="H4080" not|strong="H1961" include|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w Gideon|strong="H1439"\+w*}—the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" ornaments|strong="H7720" or|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" pendants|strong="H5188" or|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" clothes|strong="H0899" that|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Midian|strong="H4080" wore|strong="H5921" or|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" gold|strong="H2091" chains|strong="H6060" that|strong="H4428" were|strong="H1961" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" necks|strong="H6677" of|strong="H4428" their|strong="H5921" camels|strong="H1581". 
\verseNumber{27}Gideon|strong="H1439" made|strong="H6213"/decorated|strong="H5927" a|strong="H1961" sacred|strong="H6944" vest from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H3478" later|strong="H1961" he|strong="H8033" put|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" hometown|strong="H4725", Ophrah|strong="H6084". But|strong="H1961" soon|strong="H3512" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" worship|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" vest. So|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" became|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" trap|strong="H4170" [MET|strong="H6298"] for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w causing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w instead|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w only|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Gideon|strong="H1439" died|strong="H4191" }
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\verseNumber{28}That|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117" how|strong="H4100" the|strong="H6440" Israelis defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1121" from|strong="H6440" Midian|strong="H4080". The|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Midian|strong="H4080" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" become|strong="H5375" strong|strong="H2388" enough|strong="H1767" to|strong="H3478" attack|strong="H5221" Israel|strong="H3478" again|strong="H3254". So|strong="H3808" while|strong="H3117" Gideon|strong="H1439" was|strong="H3478" alive|strong="H2416", there|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3478" peace|strong="H8252" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" for|strong="H6440" 40 years|strong="H8141". 
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\verseNumber{29}Gideon|strong="H1439" went|strong="H3212" back|strong="H3212" home|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3212" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{30}He|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7227" wives|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3588" bore|strong="H3205" him|strong="H3318" seventy|strong="H7657" sons|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{31}He|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1571" had|strong="H3205" a|strong="H7760" slave|strong="H5650" wife|strong="H0802" in|strong="H1121" Shechem|strong="H7927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, who|strong="H1931" bore|strong="H3205" him|strong="H3205" a|strong="H7760" son|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H1931" named|strong="H8034" Abimelech|strong="H0040". 
\verseNumber{32}Gideon|strong="H1439" died|strong="H4191" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1439" was|strong="H1121" very|strong="H2896" old|strong="H1121". They|strong="H1992" buried|strong="H6912" his|strong="H6912" body|strong="H4191" in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H4191" grave|strong="H6913" where|strong="H0834" his|strong="H6912" father|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3101" was|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912", at|strong="H4191" Ophrah|strong="H6084", in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H4191" land|strong="H0776" belonging to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H4191" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abiether. 
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\verseNumber{33}But|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1961" Gideon|strong="H1439" died|strong="H4191", the|strong="H7725" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stopped|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w started|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w images|strong="H6456"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w god|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w Baal|strong="H1168"\+w*, \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] adultresses \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leave|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w their|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w husbands|strong="H1167"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w go|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w sleep|strong="H8142"\+w* \+w with|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w*}. They|strong="H3478" made|strong="H7760" a|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w statue|strong="H6755"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w*} new|strong="H2319" god|strong="H0430" called|strong="H7760" Baal-Berith|strong="H1170". 
\verseNumber{34}They|strong="H3068" forgot|strong="H7911" about|strong="H5439" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" them|strong="H3027" from|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3605" surrounded|strong="H5439" them|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{35}And|strong="H3478" even|strong="H3808" though|strong="H3588" Gideon|strong="H1439" had|strong="H3478" done|strong="H6213" many|strong="H3808" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H3605" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Israelis, they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" kind|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3478" Gideon’s family|strong="H1004". 

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\chapterNumber{9}Gideon’s son|strong="H1121" Abimelech|strong="H0040" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w with|strong="H1004"\+w*} his|strong="H3605" mother’s|strong="H0517" brothers|strong="H1121" in|strong="H1004" Shechem|strong="H7927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. He|strong="H3605" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" mother’s|strong="H0517" relatives|strong="H4940", 
\verseNumber{2}“Ask|strong="H7592" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H1167" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892": ‘Do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w think|strong="H2142"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1121"\+w*} good|strong="H2896" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" 70 of|strong="H1121" Gideon’s sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1696" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H4910" you|strong="H3588"? Or|strong="H1121" would|strong="H4100" it|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1121" better|strong="H2896" to|strong="H1696" have|strong="H1121" only|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="H4994"\+w*}, to|strong="H1696" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H4910" you|strong="H3588"?’ And|strong="H1121" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3588" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3605" relative|strong="H1167"! [MTY]” 
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\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H3588" Abimelech’s|strong="H0040" mother’s|strong="H0517" brothers|strong="H0251" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H1167" of|strong="H1697" Shechem|strong="H7927" about|strong="H5921" what|strong="H1697" Abimelech|strong="H0040" had|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696". They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" each|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605", “We|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" allow|strong="H5414" Abimelech|strong="H0040" to|strong="H1696" rule|strong="H1697" over|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" our|strong="H3605" relative|strong="H1167".” 
\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" Shechem|strong="H7927" took|strong="H5414" from|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w god|strong="H5414"\+w*} Baal-Berith|strong="H1170" ◄almost|strong="H4592" 2 pounds|strong="H1993"/0.8 kg.► of|strong="H1004" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" Abimelech|strong="H0040". With|strong="H1004" that|strong="H5414" silver|strong="H3701" he|strong="H1004" paid|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" worthless|strong="H7386" troublemakers to|strong="H3212" help|strong="H5826" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3701" they|strong="H5414" went|strong="H3212" with|strong="H1004" Abimelech|strong="H0040" wherever|strong="H3605" he|strong="H1004" went|strong="H3212". 
\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H3588" went|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5921" Ophrah|strong="H6084", his|strong="H5921" father’s|strong="H0001" town|strong="H7151", and|strong="H1121" murdered|strong="H2026" 69 of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" 70 brothers|strong="H1121", the|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" father|strong="H1121" Gideon|strong="H1439". They|strong="H3588" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" men|strong="H1121" on|strong="H5921" one|strong="H1121" huge|strong="H1995" rock|strong="H6697". But|strong="H3588" Gideon’s youngest|strong="H6996" son|strong="H1121" Jotham|strong="H3147" hid|strong="H2244" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3588" escaped|strong="H3498". 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H1167" of|strong="H4428" Shechem|strong="H7927" and|strong="H4428" Beth-Millo|strong="H1037" gathered|strong="H7927" under|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" big|strong="H0931" sacred|strong="H6944" tree|strong="H6086" in|strong="H1004" Shechem|strong="H7927". There|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" appointed|strong="H5324" Abimelech|strong="H0040" to|strong="H3212" be|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H5387". 
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\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H8085" Jotham|strong="H3147" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085", he|strong="H7121" climbed|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5375" Gerizim|strong="H1630" Mountain|strong="H2022". He|strong="H7121" stood|strong="H5975" at|strong="H5975" the|strong="H8085" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H8085" mountain|strong="H2022" and|strong="H3212" shouted|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w down|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w below|strong="H8478"\+w*}, “You|strong="H5046" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H2022" Shechem|strong="H7927", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3212" me|strong="H5046", in|strong="H8085" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H8085" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H2022" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3212" you|strong="H5046"! 
\verseNumber{8}One|strong="H4427" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" trees|strong="H6086" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="H1980" appoint|strong="H4427" a|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H1980" rule|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5921". So|strong="H1980" they|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5921" olive|strong="H2132" tree|strong="H6086", ‘You|strong="H5921" be|strong="H6086" our|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428"!’ 
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\verseNumber{9}“ut the|strong="H5921" olive|strong="H2132" tree|strong="H6086" said|strong="H0559", ‘No|strong="H2308"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w will|strong="H2132"\+w* \+w not|strong="H2308"\+w* \+w be|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w your|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w king|strong="H5921"\+w*} Men|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" gods|strong="H1980" enjoy|strong="H3513" the|strong="H5921" oil|strong="H8081" from|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" fruit|strong="H6086". I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H2132" not|strong="H2308" [RHQ] stop|strong="H2308" producing|strong="H6509" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olives|strong="H2132"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w which|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w we|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w make|strong="H3513"\+w*} that|strong="H6086" oil|strong="H8081", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H1980" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" trees|strong="H6086"!’ 
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\verseNumber{10}“hen|strong="H2581" the|strong="H5921" trees|strong="H6086" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5921" fig|strong="H8384" tree|strong="H6086", ‘You|strong="H5921" come|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" be|strong="H6086" our|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4427"!’ 
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\verseNumber{11}“ut the|strong="H5921" fig|strong="H8384" tree|strong="H6086" replied|strong="H0559", ‘No|strong="H2308"! I|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H2308" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H1980" [RHQ] stop|strong="H2308" producing|strong="H6509" my|strong="H5921" good|strong="H2896" sweet|strong="H2896" fruit|strong="H8570", and|strong="H1980" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" trees|strong="H6086"!’ 
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\verseNumber{12}“hen|strong="H2581" the|strong="H5921" trees|strong="H6086" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5921" grapevine, ‘Come|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" be|strong="H6086" our|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4427"!’ 
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\verseNumber{13}“ut the|strong="H5921" grapevine replied|strong="H0559", ‘No|strong="H2308"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1612"\+w* \+w not|strong="H2308"\+w* \+w be|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w your|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w king|strong="H5921"\+w*} The|strong="H5921" new|strong="H8492" wine|strong="H8492" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w is|strong="H8492"\+w* \+w made|strong="H8055"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w my|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w grapes|strong="H8492"\+w*} causes|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5128" and|strong="H1980" gods|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w drink|strong="H8354"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*} to|strong="H1980" become|strong="H1980" very|strong="H8055" happy|strong="H8055". I|strong="H5921" do|strong="H1612" not|strong="H2308" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H1980" stop|strong="H2308" producing|strong="H6509" grapes|strong="H8492" and|strong="H1980" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" trees|strong="H6086"!’ [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{14}“hen|strong="H2581" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" trees|strong="H6086" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3605" thornbush, ‘Come|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" be|strong="H6086" our|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4427"!’ 
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\verseNumber{15}“he|strong="H4480" thornbush replied|strong="H0559", ‘If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5921" truly|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3318" appoint|strong="H6485" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H6086" your|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428", come|strong="H3318" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" shade|strong="H6738" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{tiny \+w branches|strong="H6086"\+w*}. But|strong="H4428" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5921" do|strong="H3318" not|strong="H3318" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3318" do|strong="H3318" that|strong="H4428", I|strong="H5921" hope|strong="H2620"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H4428" fire|strong="H0784" will|strong="H4428" come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H4480" me|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4428" burn|strong="H8313" up|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" huge|strong="H1995" cedar|strong="H0730" trees|strong="H6086" in|strong="H5921" Lebanon|strong="H3844" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w country|strong="H2022"\+w*}!’” 
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\verseNumber{16}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H1004"\+w*} Jotham|strong="H3147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w finished|strong="H3615"\+w* \+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w this|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w parable|strong="H4912"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H6213"\+w*} said|strong="H0559", “So|strong="H6213" now|strong="H6258" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w*}, were|strong="H3027" you|strong="H6213" being|strong="H4427" completely|strong="H3617" honest|strong="H3653" and|strong="H3027" sincere|strong="H3476" when|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" appointed|strong="H6213" Abimelech|strong="H0040" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3027" your|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4427" [RHQ]? And|strong="H3027" have|strong="H3027" you|strong="H6213" treated|strong="H6213" Gideon|strong="H1439" and|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3027" family|strong="H1004" [RHQ] fairly|strong="H6664"? Have|strong="H3027" you|strong="H6213" rewarded|strong="H1580" Gideon|strong="H1439" by|strong="H3027" honoring|strong="H3513" him|strong="H3027" as|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" deserved|strong="H1576" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w all|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w good|strong="H2895"\+w* \+w things|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w he|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w*}? No|strong="H6213"! 
\verseNumber{17}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Do|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w not|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w forget|strong="H7911"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5315"\+w*} my|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" fought|strong="H3898" a|strong="H5921" battle|strong="H3898" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3027" he|strong="H3027" was|strong="H5315" willing|strong="H0014" to|strong="H5921" die|strong="H4191" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w necessary|strong="H2706"\+w*}, to|strong="H5921" save|strong="H5337" you|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Midian|strong="H4080" people-group. 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" rebelled|strong="H6965" against|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" father’s|strong="H0001" family|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H2026" 69 of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" on|strong="H5921" one|strong="H1931" huge|strong="H1995" rock|strong="H6697". And|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" appointed|strong="H1121" Abimelech|strong="H0040"—who|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H5921" father’s|strong="H0001" slave|strong="H5650" girl|strong="H5291", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*}—to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4427" who|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1121" rule|strong="H4427" you|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shechem|strong="H7927". You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" only|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H5921" relatives|strong="H1121"! 
\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H6213", if|strong="H1931" today|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1571" truly|strong="H1571" acted|strong="H6213" fairly|strong="H6664" and|strong="H3117" sincerely|strong="H8549" toward|strong="H5973" Gideon|strong="H1439" and|strong="H3117" his|strong="H6213" family|strong="H1004", I|strong="H3117" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1571" cause|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3117" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1571" happy|strong="H8055" and|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1571" cause|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1571" happy|strong="H8055". 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3318" did|strong="H7927" was|strong="H1004" not|strong="H3318" right|strong="H3225", I|strong="H1004" wish|strong="H2896"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H1004" Abimelech|strong="H0040" will|strong="H1004" burn|strong="H8313" up|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1004" you|strong="H3318" leaders|strong="H1167" of|strong="H1004" Shechem|strong="H7927" and|strong="H1004" Beth-Millo|strong="H1037" with|strong="H1004" fire|strong="H0784"! And|strong="H1004" I|strong="H1004" also|strong="H3318" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3318" leaders|strong="H1167" of|strong="H1004" Shechem|strong="H7927" and|strong="H1004" Beth-Millo|strong="H1037" will|strong="H1004" cause|strong="H3318" fire|strong="H0784" to|strong="H3318" burn|strong="H8313" up|strong="H3318" Abimelech|strong="H0040"!” 
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\verseNumber{21}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H0310"\+w*} Jotham|strong="H3147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w finished|strong="H3615"\+w* \+w saying|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3212"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H8033"\+w*} escaped|strong="H5127" from|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3212" ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Beer|strong="H0876" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. He|strong="H8033" stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" because|strong="H6440" he|strong="H8033" was|strong="H6440" afraid|strong="H3372" that|strong="H3212" his|strong="H6440" brother|strong="H0251" Abimelech|strong="H0040" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w would|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w try|strong="H0974"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w*}. 

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\verseNumber{22}Abimelech|strong="H0040" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w became|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w leader|strong="H5387"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w all|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*. \+w He|strong="H5921"\+w*} ruled|strong="H4427" them|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H7971" God|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" an|strong="H7971" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w cause|strong="H2600"\+w* \+w trouble|strong="H7451"\+w*} between|strong="H7307" Abimelech|strong="H0040" and|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" leaders|strong="H1167" of|strong="H7307" Shechem|strong="H7927", with|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H7451" the|strong="H7971" leaders|strong="H1167" of|strong="H7307" Shechem|strong="H7927" rebelled|strong="H4784" against|strong="H7307" Abimelech|strong="H0040". 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H5921" leaders|strong="H1167" of|strong="H1121" Shechem|strong="H7927" had|strong="H3027" previously|strong="H8543" helped|strong="H2388" Abimelech|strong="H0040" to|strong="H5921" kill|strong="H2026" 69 of|strong="H1121" Gideon’s sons|strong="H1121", who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7760" brothers|strong="H1121". So|strong="H7760" now|strong="H7760" God|strong="H3027" sent|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307" to|strong="H5921" punish|strong="H6485" all|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H2022" Shechem|strong="H7927" ◄set|strong="H7760" an|strong="H7760" ambush|strong="H0693"/sent|strong="H5674" men|strong="H1167" to|strong="H5921" hide|strong="H5641"► on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" hilltops to|strong="H5921" ambush|strong="H0693" Abimelech|strong="H0040". Those|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1167" robbed|strong="H1497" everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" passed|strong="H5674" by|strong="H5921". But|strong="H1870" someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" Abimelech|strong="H0040" about|strong="H5921" it|strong="H7760", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w did|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w not|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w go|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w near|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{26}There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5674" man|strong="H1167" named|strong="H7121" Gaal|strong="H1603", the|strong="H5674" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ebed|strong="H5651", who|strong="H1121" moved|strong="H4131" into|strong="H5674" Shechem|strong="H7927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, along|strong="H5674" with|strong="H5674" his|strong="H5674" brothers|strong="H1121". Soon|strong="H3512" the|strong="H5674" leaders|strong="H1167" of|strong="H1121" Shechem|strong="H7927" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H1121" trust|strong="H0982" him|strong="H5674". 
\verseNumber{27}They|strong="H6213" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} to|strong="H3318" their|strong="H6213" vineyards|strong="H3754" and|strong="H1004" picked|strong="H5375" some|strong="H4480" grapes|strong="H6025". They|strong="H6213" pressed|strong="H6555" the|strong="H6213" grapes|strong="H6025" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w make|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w juice|strong="H6071"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w then|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w they|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w made|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w wine|strong="H1869"\+w*}. Then|strong="H3318" they|strong="H6213" had|strong="H7704" a|strong="H6213" feast|strong="H2282" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" their|strong="H6213" god|strong="H0430", and|strong="H1004" they|strong="H6213" ate|strong="H0398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w lot|strong="H1486"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w food|strong="H1004"\+w*} and|strong="H1004" drank|strong="H8354" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w lot|strong="H1486"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w wine|strong="H1869"\+w*}. Then|strong="H3318" they|strong="H6213" cursed|strong="H7043" Abimelech|strong="H0040". 
\verseNumber{28}Gaal|strong="H1603" said|strong="H0559", “◄Why|strong="H4069" should|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w allow|strong="H5414"\+w*} Abimelech|strong="H0040" to|strong="H1121" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H5921" us|strong="H3588"?/We|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" Abimelech|strong="H0040" to|strong="H1121" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H5921" us|strong="H3588"!► [RHQ] He|strong="H3588" is|strong="H4310" only|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1121" Gideon’s sons|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w really|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w does|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w belong|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3588"\+w*} [RHQ]! And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3588" appointed|strong="H1121" Zebul|strong="H2083", the|strong="H3588" governor|strong="H6346" of|strong="H1121" our|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892", to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3808" his|strong="H3588" deputy|strong="H5324"! We|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" ◄serve|strong="H5647"/be|strong="H3808" loyal|strong="H0310" to|strong="H1121"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Hamor|strong="H2544", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w founder|strong="H6884"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w our|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" let|strong="H3808" him|strong="H5647" be|strong="H3808" our|strong="H3588" leader|strong="H6496", not|strong="H3808" Abimelech|strong="H0040" [RHQ]! 
\verseNumber{29}If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" would|strong="H4310" appoint|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3027" your|strong="H5414" leader|strong="H5387", I|strong="H5414" would|strong="H4310" get|strong="H3318" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3027" Abimelech|strong="H0040". I|strong="H5414" would|strong="H4310" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H5414", ‘Get|strong="H3318" your|strong="H5414" army|strong="H6635" ready|strong="H3559", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w then|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w come|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w*}!’” 
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\verseNumber{30}When|strong="H8085" someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H1697" Zebul|strong="H2083" what|strong="H1697" Gaal|strong="H1603" said|strong="H1697", he|strong="H5892" was|strong="H1697" very|strong="H2734" angry|strong="H2734". 
\verseNumber{31}He|strong="H5921" secretly|strong="H5643" sent|strong="H7971" some|strong="H2009" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H7971" Abimelech|strong="H0040". They|strong="H5921" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921", “Gaal|strong="H1603" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7971" brothers|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" come|strong="H5892" here|strong="H2009" to|strong="H7971" Shechem|strong="H7927", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1121" causing|strong="H7462" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H7971" rebel|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{32}You|strong="H3915" and|strong="H6965" your|strong="H6965" men|strong="H5971" should|strong="H3068" get|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" during|strong="H6965" the|strong="H6965" night|strong="H3915" and|strong="H6965" go|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" hide|strong="H5641" in|strong="H5971" the|strong="H6965" fields|strong="H7704" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H6965" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{33}As|strong="H1961" soon|strong="H1242" as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" sun|strong="H8121" rises|strong="H2224" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" morning|strong="H1242", get|strong="H3318" up|strong="H7925" and|strong="H3027" attack|strong="H6584" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892". When|strong="H1961" Gaal|strong="H1603" and|strong="H3027" his|strong="H5921" men|strong="H5971" come|strong="H1961" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921", you|strong="H5921" can|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H5921" whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H5921" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3318".” 
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\verseNumber{34}So|strong="H6965" Abimelech|strong="H0040" and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H7218" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" during|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915". They|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w divided|strong="H0914"\+w* \+w into|strong="H5921"\+w*} four|strong="H0702" groups|strong="H7218", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* } hid|strong="H5641" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w fields|strong="H7704"\+w*} near|strong="H5973" Shechem|strong="H7927". 
\verseNumber{35}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w next|strong="H4283"\+w* \+w morning|strong="H1242"\+w*}, Gaal|strong="H1603" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H1121" stood|strong="H5975" at|strong="H5975" the|strong="H4480" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H4480" city|strong="H5892" gate|strong="H8179". While|strong="H5975" he|strong="H4480" was|strong="H5892" standing|strong="H5975" there|strong="H5975", Abimelech|strong="H0040" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H6965" soldiers|strong="H5971" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5975" hiding|strong="H5641" places|strong="H3993" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w started|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w walking|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w toward|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{36}When|strong="H7200" Gaal|strong="H1603" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" soldiers|strong="H5971", he|strong="H5971" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3381" Zebul|strong="H2083", “Look|strong="H7200"! There|strong="H2009" are|strong="H5971" people|strong="H5971" coming|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3381" the|strong="H7200" hills|strong="H2022"!” 
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But|strong="H7200" Zebul|strong="H2083" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H7200" are|strong="H5971" seeing|strong="H7200" only|strong="H0389" the|strong="H7200" shadows|strong="H6738" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w trees|strong="H6086"\+w*} on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" hills|strong="H2022". They|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w not|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*; \+w they|strong="H5971"\+w*} only|strong="H0389" resemble|strong="H1819" people|strong="H5971".” 
\verseNumber{37}But|strong="H2009" Gaal|strong="H1603" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w looked|strong="H2009"\+w*} again|strong="H5750" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H5971"\+w*} said|strong="H1696", “Look|strong="H2009"! There|strong="H2009" are|strong="H5971" people|strong="H5971" coming|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3381" the|strong="H1870" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H1870" sacred|strong="H6944" mountain|strong="H2022"! There|strong="H2009" is|strong="H1870" a|strong="H1696" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H7218" them|strong="H3381" coming|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3381" where|strong="H2009" the|strong="H1870" tree|strong="H6086" is|strong="H1870" where|strong="H2009" people|strong="H5971" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H1870" spirits|strong="H7307" of|strong="H7218" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H5971"!” 
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\verseNumber{38}Zebul|strong="H2083" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Gaal|strong="H1603", “Now|strong="H6258" ◄what|strong="H4310" good|strong="H2896" is|strong="H2088" your|strong="H3588" bragging?/your|strong="H3588" bragging is|strong="H2088" worthless|strong="H3808"!► [MTY, RHQ] You|strong="H3588" said|strong="H3318", ‘◄Why|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" serve|strong="H5647" Abimelech|strong="H0040"/We|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H4994" Abimelech|strong="H0040" to|strong="H3318" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H3318" us|strong="H4994"►?’ You|strong="H3588" made|strong="H5647" fun of|strong="H6310" these|strong="H2088" men|strong="H5971". So|strong="H3808" now|strong="H6258" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H5971" fight|strong="H3898" them|strong="H3318"!” 
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\verseNumber{39}So|strong="H3318" Gaal|strong="H1603" led|strong="H3318" the|strong="H6440" men|strong="H1167" of|strong="H6440" Shechem|strong="H7927" outside|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H3898" Abimelech|strong="H0040" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w his|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1167"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{40}Abimelech|strong="H0040" and|strong="H6440" his|strong="H6440" men|strong="H7227" pursued|strong="H7291" them|strong="H6440", and|strong="H6440" they|strong="H5704" killed|strong="H2491" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H6440" Gaal’s men|strong="H7227" before|strong="H6440" they|strong="H5704" could|strong="H3201" return|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w safely|strong="H0983"\+w*} inside|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H8179" gate|strong="H8179". 
\verseNumber{41}Abimelech|strong="H0040" then|strong="H0227" stayed|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" Arumah|strong="H0725", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1644"\+w* \+w five|strong="H2568"\+w* \+w miles|strong="H7341"\+w* \+w away|strong="H1644"\+w* \+w from|strong="H1644"\+w* \+w Shechem|strong="H7927"\+w*}, and|strong="H3427" Zebul’s men|strong="H0376" forced|strong="H4522" Gaal|strong="H1603" and|strong="H3427" his|strong="H3427" brothers|strong="H0251" to|strong="H3427" leave|strong="H5800" Shechem|strong="H7927". 
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\verseNumber{42}The|strong="H3318" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H4283", the|strong="H3318" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H7704" Shechem|strong="H7927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w got|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w ready|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w leave|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w and|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w*} in|strong="H5971" their|strong="H1961" fields|strong="H7704". When|strong="H1961" someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" Abimelech|strong="H0040" about|strong="H1961" that|strong="H5971", 
\verseNumber{43}he|strong="H4480" divided|strong="H2673" his|strong="H3947" men|strong="H7218" into|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7969" groups|strong="H7218", and|strong="H6965" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3318" hide|strong="H5641" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" fields|strong="H7704". So|strong="H4480" they|strong="H5921" did|strong="H5971" that|strong="H5971". And|strong="H6965" when|strong="H7200" they|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" coming|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892", they|strong="H5921" jumped up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" attacked|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{44}Abimelech|strong="H0040" and|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H7218" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H7218" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921" ran|strong="H7218" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" gate|strong="H8179". The|strong="H3605" other|strong="H8147" two|strong="H8147" groups|strong="H7218" ran|strong="H7218" out|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" fields|strong="H7704" and|strong="H5892" attacked|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{45}Abimelech|strong="H0040" and|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" fought|strong="H3898" all|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117". They|strong="H3117" captured|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3117" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". They|strong="H3117" tore|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" buildings|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3117" then|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" threw|strong="H7993" salt|strong="H4417" over|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" ruins|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w order|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w nothing|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w would|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w grow|strong="H6779"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{They|strong="H3117" killed|strong="H2026" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" fortress|strong="H4581" }
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\verseNumber{46}When|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H1167" who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" tower|strong="H4026"/fortress|strong="H4581" outside|strong="H2351" of|strong="H1004" Shechem|strong="H7927" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H8085" had|strong="H1167" happened|strong="H1961", they|strong="H3605" ran|strong="H7323" and|strong="H1004" hid|strong="H5641" inside|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w fortress|strong="H4581"\+w*, \+w which|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w also|strong="H7927"\+w* \+w a|strong="H8085"\+w*} temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w god|strong="H0430"\+w*} El-Berith|strong="H0410". 
\verseNumber{47}But|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" Abimelech|strong="H0040" that|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H1167" had|strong="H3588" gathered|strong="H6908" there|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{48}So|strong="H6213" he|strong="H1931" and|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" Zalmon|strong="H6756" Mountain|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w near|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w Shechem|strong="H7927"\+w*}. Abimelech|strong="H0040" cut|strong="H3772" some|strong="H3027" branches|strong="H6086" of|strong="H3027" trees|strong="H6086" with|strong="H5973" an|strong="H6213" axe|strong="H7134", and|strong="H3027" put|strong="H7760" them|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" shoulders|strong="H7926". Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5927" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921", “Quickly|strong="H4116", do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5971" just|strong="H3605" done|strong="H6213"!” 
\verseNumber{49}So|strong="H1571" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" cut|strong="H3772" branches|strong="H7070" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w carried|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w down|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*}, following|strong="H3212" Abimelech|strong="H0040". They|strong="H5921" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3605" fortress|strong="H4581" and|strong="H3212" piled|strong="H6651" the|strong="H3605" branches|strong="H7070" against|strong="H5921" its|strong="H3605" walls|strong="H2346". Then|strong="H1571" they|strong="H5921" kindled|strong="H3341" a|strong="H3772" fire|strong="H3341", and|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3605" fire|strong="H3341" burned|strong="H3341" down|strong="H3772" the|strong="H3605" fortress|strong="H4581" and|strong="H3212" killed|strong="H4191" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" inside|strong="H8432". So|strong="H1571" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" fortress|strong="H4581"—about|strong="H5921" 1,000 men|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3212" women|strong="H0802"—died|strong="H4191". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Abimelech|strong="H0040" was|strong="H3605" killed|strong="H4191" }
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\verseNumber{50}Then|strong="H0227" Abimelech|strong="H0040" and|strong="H3212" his|strong="H3212" men|strong="H0376" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Thebes|strong="H4996" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. They|strong="H3920" surrounded|strong="H5437" it|strong="H3920" and|strong="H3212" captured|strong="H3920" it|strong="H3920". 
\verseNumber{51}But|strong="H1961" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" strong|strong="H5797" tower|strong="H4026" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". So|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1167", women|strong="H0802", and|strong="H5892" leaders|strong="H1167" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" ran|strong="H5127" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" tower|strong="H4026". When|strong="H1961" they|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" inside|strong="H8432", they|strong="H8033" locked|strong="H5462" the|strong="H3605" door|strong="H6607". Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H8033" climbed|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" roof|strong="H1406" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" tower|strong="H4026". 
\verseNumber{52}Abimelech|strong="H0040" and|strong="H5066" his|strong="H5704" men|strong="H0376" came|strong="H5066" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" tower|strong="H4026" and|strong="H5066" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H5704" get|strong="H3947" in|strong="H6607" the|strong="H5704" door|strong="H6607", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w could|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w not|strong="H5704"\+w*}. Then|strong="H5066" Abimelech|strong="H0040" prepared|strong="H3559" to|strong="H5704" light|strong="H0216" a|strong="H5704" fire|strong="H0784" to|strong="H5704" burn|strong="H8313" down|strong="H8313" the|strong="H5704" door|strong="H6607". 
\verseNumber{53}But|strong="H5921" when|strong="H5921" Abimelech|strong="H0040" came|strong="H0935" near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" doorway|strong="H6607", a|strong="H5921" woman|strong="H0802" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w was|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w roof|strong="H1406"\+w*} dropped|strong="H7993" a|strong="H5921" big|strong="H0931" grinding|strong="H2912" stone|strong="H0068" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218", and|strong="H7218" crushed|strong="H7533" his|strong="H5921" skull|strong="H1538". 
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\verseNumber{54}Abimelech|strong="H0040" quickly|strong="H4120" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5375" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" who|strong="H5288" carried|strong="H5375" Abimelech’s|strong="H0040" weapons|strong="H3627", and|strong="H2719" said|strong="H7121", “Pull|strong="H8025" out|strong="H8025" your|strong="H5375" sword|strong="H2719" and|strong="H2719" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H7121" with|strong="H3627" it|strong="H7121"! I|strong="H5288" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6435" want|strong="H4270" people|strong="H5288" to|strong="H4191" say|strong="H0559" ‘It|strong="H7121" was|strong="H5288" a|strong="H5375" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H5288" killed|strong="H2026" Abimelech|strong="H0040".’” So|strong="H6435" the|strong="H5375" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" thrust|strong="H1856" his|strong="H5375" sword|strong="H2719" into|strong="H2719" Abimelech|strong="H0040", and|strong="H2719" Abimelech|strong="H0040" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{55}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5650" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Abimelech|strong="H0040" was|strong="H3478" dead|strong="H4191", they|strong="H3588" all|strong="H7200" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3478" their|strong="H7200" homes|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{56}In|strong="H6213" that|strong="H7451" way|strong="H1870" God|strong="H0430" punished|strong="H6485" Abimelech|strong="H0040" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H7451" he|strong="H6213" had|strong="H6213" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H7725" especially|strong="H3966" for|strong="H6213" killing|strong="H2026" all|strong="H6213" 69 of|strong="H6213" his|strong="H7725" brothers|strong="H0251". 
\verseNumber{57}God|strong="H0430" also|strong="H1121" punished|strong="H6485" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shechem|strong="H7927" for|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1121" done|strong="H7451". And|strong="H1121" when|strong="H7725" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" happened|strong="H1961", it|strong="H7725" fulfilled|strong="H4390" what|strong="H7451" Gideon’s son|strong="H1121" Jotham|strong="H3147" said|strong="H0559" when|strong="H7725" he|strong="H3605" cursed|strong="H0779" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Shechem|strong="H7927"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Tola ruled the Israelis }
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\chapterNumber{10}After|strong="H6965" Abimelech|strong="H0040" died|strong="H4191", Tola|strong="H8439" the|strong="H6965" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Puah|strong="H6312" and|strong="H1121" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Dodo|strong="H1734" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H6965" leader|strong="H5387" to|strong="H3478" rescue|strong="H3467" the|strong="H6965" Israeli people|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H6965"\+w*}. He|strong="H1931" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6965" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Issachar|strong="H3485", but|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Shamir|strong="H8069" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*} in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6965" hilly area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H6965" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669" live|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H8141" ruled|strong="H8199" the|strong="H8199" Israeli people|strong="H5971" for|strong="H4191" 23 years|strong="H8141". Then|strong="H3478" he|strong="H8141" died|strong="H4191" and|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H8141" Shamir|strong="H8069". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jair|strong="H2971" ruled|strong="H8199" the|strong="H8199" Israelis }
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\verseNumber{3}After|strong="H6965" Tola|strong="H8439" died|strong="H4191", Jair|strong="H2971", from|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6965"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H6965" Israelis’ leader|strong="H5387", and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H8147" ruled|strong="H8199" them|strong="H8147" for|strong="H3478" 22 years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H3117" had|strong="H1961" thirty|strong="H7970" sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" each|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H1992" had|strong="H1961" his|strong="H7121" own|strong="H1961" donkey|strong="H2543" to|strong="H5704" ride|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921". They|strong="H1992" each|strong="H3117" controlled|strong="H0662" a|strong="H1961" different|strong="H8133" town|strong="H7151" in|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. That|strong="H3117" region|strong="H2256" is|strong="H2088" still|strong="H5704" named|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5921" Towns|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Jair’. 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H3588" Jair|strong="H2971" died|strong="H4191", he|strong="H6912" was|strong="H3068" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H4191" Kamon|strong="H7056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H4191" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group oppressed|strong="H6231" the|strong="H4191" Israelis }
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\verseNumber{6}Again|strong="H3254" the|strong="H6213" Israelis did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" were|strong="H3478" wrong|strong="H7451"/evil|strong="H7451". They|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H5647" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w god|strong="H3068"\+w*} Baal|strong="H1168" and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Astarte|strong="H6253". They|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H5647" the|strong="H6213" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" Aram|strong="H0758", Sidon|strong="H6721", Moab|strong="H4124", and|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-groups, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" Philistia|strong="H6429" people-group. They|strong="H3068" abandoned|strong="H5800" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H1121" stopped|strong="H6430" worshiping|strong="H5647" him|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H3027" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H2734" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" them|strong="H3027", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Philistia|strong="H6429" and|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-groups to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5221" [IDM] the|strong="H3068" Israelis. 
\verseNumber{8}In|strong="H8141" that|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" year|strong="H8141", those|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" oppress|strong="H6231" the|strong="H3605" Israelis who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H8141" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} on|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" east|strong="H5676" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. That|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3478" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Amor people-group also|strong="H3478" lived|strong="H3427". were|strong="H3478" They|strong="H8141" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" Israelis who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H8141" that|strong="H3605" region|strong="H2256" to|strong="H3478" suffer|strong="H5414" for|strong="H1121" 18 years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H1571" the|strong="H5674" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5674" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group crossed|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" the|strong="H5674" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5674" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", Benjamin|strong="H1144", and|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669". They|strong="H1571" caused|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" Israelis’ lives|strong="H5315" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1121" very|strong="H3966" miserable|strong="H5999". 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Israelis cried|strong="H2199" out|strong="H2199" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H0559" “We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H2398" you|strong="H3588". We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" abandoned|strong="H5800" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H1121" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H5647" worshiping|strong="H5647" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w god|strong="H3068"\+w*} Baal|strong="H1168".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Yahweh|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H6030" them|strong="H1121", saying|strong="H0559", “When|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3068" Amor and|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" and|strong="H1121" Philistia|strong="H6429" people-groups 
\verseNumber{12}and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" Sidon|strong="H6721" and|strong="H3027" Amalek|strong="H6002" and|strong="H3027" Maon|strong="H4584" people-groups were|strong="H3027" cruel|strong="H0394" to|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3027", you|strong="H3027" cried|strong="H6817" out|strong="H6817" to|strong="H3027" me|strong="H3467", and|strong="H3027" then|strong="H6817" I|strong="H3027" rescued|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H3808" now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" abandoned|strong="H5800" me|strong="H3254" again|strong="H3254", and|strong="H3254" you|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" been|strong="H5647" worshiping|strong="H5647" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430". So|strong="H3651" I|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" rescue|strong="H3467" you|strong="H3808" again|strong="H3254". 
\verseNumber{14}You|strong="H3467" have|strong="H1992" chosen|strong="H0977" those|strong="H1992" gods|strong="H0430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w be|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3467"\+w* \+w ones|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w that|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3467"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*}. So|strong="H1992" call|strong="H2199" to|strong="H3212" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3212" help|strong="H3467" you|strong="H3467". Allow|strong="H5414" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3212" rescue|strong="H3467" you|strong="H3467" when|strong="H6256" you|strong="H3467" have|strong="H1992" a|strong="H6256" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H6256" trouble|strong="H6869"!” 
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\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “Truly|strong="H6213" we|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398". Punish|strong="H6213" us|strong="H4994" in|strong="H3478" whatever|strong="H3605" way|strong="H2088" you|strong="H3605" wish|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3478", but|strong="H3605" please|strong="H4994" rescue|strong="H5337" us|strong="H4994" now|strong="H4994"!” 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5647" Israelis threw|strong="H7993" away|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5647" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5647"\+w*} gods|strong="H0430" that|strong="H5315" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" other|strong="H0312" people-groups, and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H5647" Yahweh|strong="H3068" again|strong="H3478". He|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H5315" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" suffering|strong="H6040" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H7227", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3068" felt|strong="H4959" sorry|strong="H5999" [IDM] for|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5493". 
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\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group gathered|strong="H6817" to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H3898" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H2583"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* Israelis}, and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3478" set|strong="H3478" up|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H2583" in|strong="H2583" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* } Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. The|strong="H1121" Israeli men|strong="H1121" also|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H6817" and|strong="H1121" set|strong="H3478" up|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H2583" at|strong="H2583" Mizpah|strong="H4709", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H2583"\+w* \+w Gilead|strong="H1568"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H3605" Israeli leaders|strong="H7218" said|strong="H0559", “Who|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" lead|strong="H7218" our|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5971" to|strong="H1961" attack|strong="H3898" the|strong="H3605" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group? The|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" lead|strong="H7218" us|strong="H1961" will|strong="H4310" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" us|strong="H1961" who|strong="H4310" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" this|strong="H5971" Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}.” 

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\chapterNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w There|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w man|strong="H1368"\+w*} from|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3205"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} named|strong="H7121" Jephthah|strong="H3316". He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H2181" warrior|strong="H1368". His|strong="H1961" father|strong="H3205" was|strong="H1961" also|strong="H1121" named|strong="H7121" Gilead|strong="H1568". But|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" prostitute|strong="H2181". 
\verseNumber{2}Gilead’s|strong="H1568" wife|strong="H0802" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" several|strong="H2669" sons|strong="H1121". When|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" grew|strong="H1431" up|strong="H1431", they|strong="H3588" forced|strong="H4522" Jephthah|strong="H3316" to|strong="H3205" leave|strong="H5800" home|strong="H1004", saying|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3205" him|strong="H3205", “You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3588" prostitute|strong="H2181", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w our|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w mother|strong="H0517"\+w*}. So|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3588"\+w*} our|strong="H3588" father|strong="H3205" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w dies|strong="H4191"\+w*}, you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" receive|strong="H5157" any|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3588" property|strong="H0272".” 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H3318" Jephthah|strong="H3316" ran|strong="H1272" away|strong="H1272" from|strong="H3318" his|strong="H6440" brothers|strong="H0251", and|strong="H6440" he|strong="H6440" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H6440" Tob|strong="H2897" region|strong="H2256". While|strong="H5973" he|strong="H6440" was|strong="H6440" there|strong="H3427", some|strong="H4480" worthless|strong="H7386" men|strong="H0376" started|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" spend|strong="H3885" a|strong="H3318" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H3427" time|strong="H6440" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{4}Some|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" later|strong="H1961", the|strong="H3117" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3117" Israelis. 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3478" happened|strong="H1961" [DOU], the|strong="H3947" leaders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3947"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3478" Jephthah|strong="H3316" to|strong="H3478" bring|strong="H3947" him|strong="H5973" back|strong="H3947" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3947" Tob|strong="H2897" region|strong="H2256" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{6}They|strong="H5983" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H1961", “Come|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w us|strong="H1961"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" lead|strong="H3212" our|strong="H1961" army|strong="H2428", and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w help|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w us|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w*} fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" the|strong="H1961" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group!” 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3808" Jephthah|strong="H3316" replied|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3808" hated|strong="H8130" me|strong="H8130" [RHQ] previously|strong="H3808"! You|strong="H3808" forced|strong="H4522" me|strong="H8130" to|strong="H1004" leave|strong="H5800" my|strong="H6258" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004"! So|strong="H3808" why|strong="H4069" are|strong="H1004" you|strong="H3808" coming|strong="H0935" to|strong="H1004" me|strong="H8130" now|strong="H6258", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w asking|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w me|strong="H8130"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w*} when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3808" are|strong="H1004" experiencing|strong="H2896" trouble|strong="H6862"?” 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" from|strong="H7725" Gilead|strong="H1568" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yes|strong="H3651"\+w*, \+w we|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w having|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w trouble|strong="H6869"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" reason|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3605" we|strong="H1980" have|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" you|strong="H3605" now|strong="H6258". If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" come|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H7725" and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w help|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w us|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w*} fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w we|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w defeat|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7725"\+w*, \+w we|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w appoint|strong="H6485"\+w*} you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1980" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" us|strong="H7725" people|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* } Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{9}Jephthah|strong="H3316" replied|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5414" go|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Gilead|strong="H1568" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" the|strong="H6440" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group, and|strong="H1121" if|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" helps|strong="H5826" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414", will|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" truly|strong="H3588" appoint|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3068" leader|strong="H7218"?” 
\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H3651" replied|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" listening|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H8085" we|strong="H8085" say|strong="H1697". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w he|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w us|strong="H6213"\+w* } if|strong="H1961" we|strong="H8085" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H8085" you|strong="H6213" tell|strong="H8085" us|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213".” 
\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H7760" Jephthah|strong="H3316" went|strong="H3212" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H5921" back|strong="H3212" to|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" appointed|strong="H7760" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H1697" their|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H7218" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" commander|strong="H7101" of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971". And|strong="H3068" Jephthah|strong="H3316" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" there|strong="H3605" at|strong="H5921" Mizpah|strong="H4709" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w serve|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w well|strong="H7760"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jephthah’s|strong="H3316" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group }
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\verseNumber{12}Jephthah|strong="H3316" sent|strong="H7971" some|strong="H4480" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group. They|strong="H3588" asked|strong="H4100" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428", “What|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1121" we|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w done|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w make|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w angry|strong="H2734"\+w*, \+w with|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w* } that|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3588" army|strong="H2428" is|strong="H4100" coming|strong="H0935" to|strong="H7971" fight|strong="H3898" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w*} in|strong="H4428" our|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776"?” 
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\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w come|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w against|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* Israelis \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" took|strong="H3947" our|strong="H3947" land|strong="H0776" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" came|strong="H5927" here|strong="H5704" from|strong="H7725" Egypt|strong="H4714". You|strong="H3588" took|strong="H3947" all|strong="H5704" our|strong="H3947" land|strong="H0776" east|strong="H6921" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w*}, from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3588" Arnon|strong="H0769" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3588" Jabbok|strong="H2999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*}. So|strong="H3947" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258" give|strong="H7725" it|strong="H3588" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" us|strong="H7725", there|strong="H5927" ◄will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H1121" peace|strong="H7965" between|strong="H7965" us|strong="H7725"/we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3588" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5927" you|strong="H3588"►.” 
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\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w messengers|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w*}. So|strong="H7971" Jephthah|strong="H3316" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" king|strong="H4428" again|strong="H5750". 
\verseNumber{15}They|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H3947", “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3478" what|strong="H3541" Jephthah|strong="H3316" says|strong="H3541": ‘It|strong="H3808" is|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w true|strong="H0571"\+w* } that|strong="H3478" we|strong="H0587" Israelis took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" land|strong="H0776" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3947" Moab|strong="H4124" people-group and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group. 
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\verseNumber{17}They|strong="H3808" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8085" Edom|strong="H0112" people-group, to|strong="H3478" say|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H7971", “Please|strong="H4994" allow|strong="H4994" us|strong="H4994" Israelis to|strong="H3478" walk|strong="H5674" across|strong="H5674" your|strong="H8085" land|strong="H0776".” But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8085" Edom|strong="H0112" people-group refused|strong="H3808". Later|strong="H0310" we|strong="H8085" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H8085" same|strong="H1931" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8085" Moab|strong="H4124" people-group, but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" also|strong="H1571" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3478" allow|strong="H4994" the|strong="H8085" Israelis to|strong="H3478" go|strong="H7971" through|strong="H5674" his|strong="H7971" land|strong="H0776". So|strong="H7971" the|strong="H8085" Israelis stayed|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" Kadesh|strong="H6946" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w long|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w time|strong="H3478"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Israelis went|strong="H3212" into|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3588" desert|strong="H4057" and|strong="H3212" walked|strong="H3212" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H3588" borders|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H3588" Edom|strong="H0112" and|strong="H3212" Moab|strong="H4124" regions|strong="H5676". They|strong="H3588" walked|strong="H3212" east|strong="H4217" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H3588" Moab|strong="H4124" region|strong="H2256", east|strong="H4217" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H3588" Arnon|strong="H0769" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3588"\+w*, \+w which|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4124"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w eastern|strong="H4217"\+w* \+w border|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Moab|strong="H4124"\+w* \+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. They|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" cross|strong="H5674" that|strong="H3588" river|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3212" enter|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* } Moab|strong="H4124" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{19}‘hen|strong="H2581" the|strong="H5704" Israelis sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5704" Sihon|strong="H5511", the|strong="H5704" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5704" Amor people-group, who|strong="H3478" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3478" Heshbon|strong="H2809" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. They|strong="H5704" asked|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7971", “Will|strong="H4428" you|strong="H7971" please|strong="H4994" allow|strong="H4994" us|strong="H4994" Israeli people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5704" cross|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" your|strong="H7971" land|strong="H4725" to|strong="H5704" arrive|strong="H0935" at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5704" land|strong="H4725" to|strong="H5704" which|strong="H3478" we|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w going|strong="H5674"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H3808" Sihon|strong="H5511" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" trust|strong="H0982" the|strong="H3605" Israelis; \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w thought|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w steal|strong="H1589"\+w* \+w some|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w in|strong="H2583"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w land|strong="H1366"\+w*}. So|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3605" gathered|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" troops|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3808" set|strong="H3478" up|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H2583" at|strong="H2583" Jahaz|strong="H3096" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w village|strong="H1949"\+w*} and|strong="H3478" then|strong="H5674" they|strong="H3808" attacked|strong="H3898" the|strong="H3605" Israelis. 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H5221" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H5971" we|strong="H3605" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, enabled|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" Israeli army|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5221" [IDM] Sihon|strong="H5511" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971". Then|strong="H5414" they|strong="H3068" ◄took|strong="H3423" possession|strong="H3423" of|strong="H3068"/started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427"► all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" Amor people-group had|strong="H3068" lived|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H3605" Israelis took|strong="H3423" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H1366" that|strong="H3605" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Amor people-group, from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" Arnon|strong="H0769" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w south|strong="H4057"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Jabbok|strong="H2999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*}, and|strong="H4057" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H4057" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w east|strong="H6921"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w west|strong="H3220"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{23}‘t was|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6440" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H6440" we|strong="H6258" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, who|strong="H5971" forced|strong="H4522" the|strong="H6440" Amor people-group to|strong="H3478" leave|strong="H3423" as|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Israelis advanced|strong="H0935". So|strong="H6258" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" now|strong="H6258" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H6440" can|strong="H4310" force|strong="H5971" the|strong="H6440" Israelis to|strong="H3478" leave|strong="H3423" [RHQ]? 
\verseNumber{24}You|strong="H6440" take|strong="H3423" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" god|strong="H3068" Chemosh|strong="H3645" has|strong="H3068" given|strong="H3423" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440". And|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" given|strong="H3423" to|strong="H3068" us|strong="H6440"! 
\verseNumber{25}◄You|strong="H5973" are|strong="H1121" no|strong="H3478"/Are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5973"► better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H2896" Zippor’s son|strong="H1121" Balak|strong="H1111", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5973" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" Moab|strong="H4124" people-group? He|strong="H3478" never|strong="H3808" [RHQ] quarreled|strong="H7378" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5973" Israeli people|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3478" never|strong="H3808" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5973" us|strong="H3478" [RHQ]! 
\verseNumber{26}For|strong="H5921" 300 years|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3427" have|strong="H3478" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Heshbon|strong="H2809" and|strong="H3967" Aroer|strong="H6177" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, and|strong="H3967" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" surrounding|strong="H1323" towns|strong="H1323", and|strong="H3967" in|strong="H3427" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Arnon|strong="H0769" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. Why|strong="H4069" have|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H3605" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group not|strong="H3808" taken|strong="H3427" back|strong="H7725" those|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" during|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" years|strong="H8141" [RHQ]? 
\verseNumber{27}We|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H3898" you|strong="H3117", but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" sinning|strong="H2398" against|strong="H3898" me|strong="H6213" by|strong="H3117" attacking|strong="H5221" me|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*}. I|strong="H3117" trust|strong="H0982" that|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6213" great|strong="H6213" judge|strong="H8199", will|strong="H3068" decide|strong="H8199" whether|strong="H0518" we|strong="H3117" Israelis are|strong="H3117" right|strong="H3478", or|strong="H3808" whether|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3117" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group are|strong="H3117" right|strong="H3478".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{28}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8085" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H7971" that|strong="H8085" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H8085" Jephthah|strong="H3316". 
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\verseNumber{29}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" took|strong="H1961" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" Jephthah|strong="H3316". Jephthah|strong="H3316" went|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* } Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5921" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519" lived|strong="H1961", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* enlist/\+w gather|strong="H6908"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w finally|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w gathered|strong="H3316"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w together|strong="H5921"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" Mizpah|strong="H4708" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* } Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group. 
\verseNumber{30}There|strong="H3068" Jephthah|strong="H3316" made|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" solemn|strong="H6116" promise|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" my|strong="H5414" army|strong="H2428" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" [IDM] the|strong="H5414" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group, 
\verseNumber{31}when|strong="H1961" I|strong="H1121" return|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3068" battle|strong="H4421", I|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" sacrifice|strong="H5930" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3068" first|strong="H1121" person|strong="H5927" who|strong="H3068" comes|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w greet|strong="H7965"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7725"\+w*}. It|strong="H7725" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" sacrifice|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{32}Then|strong="H5414" Jephthah|strong="H3316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w*} went|strong="H5674" from|strong="H3027" Mizpah|strong="H4709" to|strong="H3068" attack|strong="H3898" the|strong="H5414" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group, and|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" army|strong="H2428" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{33}Jephthah|strong="H3316" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H6440" men|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H5221" them|strong="H6440", from|strong="H6440" Aroer|strong="H6177" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" way|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" area|strong="H1508" around|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" Minnith|strong="H4511". They|strong="H5704" destroyed|strong="H5221" 20 cities|strong="H5892", as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Abel|strong="H1893" Keramim|strong="H3754". So|strong="H3966" the|strong="H6440" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w completely|strong="H3966"\+w*} defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H6440" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group. 
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\verseNumber{34}When|strong="H3318" Jephthah|strong="H3316" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3318" his|strong="H4480" home|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" Mizpah|strong="H4709", his|strong="H4480" daughter|strong="H1323" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H4480" first|strong="H1121" one|strong="H4480" to|strong="H3318" come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3318" meet|strong="H7125" him|strong="H3318". She|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w joyfully|strong="H7321"\+w*} playing|strong="H5059" a|strong="H3318" tambourine|strong="H8596" and|strong="H1121" dancing|strong="H4246". She|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" his|strong="H4480" only|strong="H7535" child|strong="H1121"; he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1121" no|strong="H4480" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" no|strong="H4480" other|strong="H0312" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{35}When|strong="H1961" Jephthah|strong="H3316" saw|strong="H7200" his|strong="H3068" daughter|strong="H1323", he|strong="H3068" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H3068" clothes|strong="H0899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3766"\+w* \+w sad|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w about|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w what|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w going|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H6310" to|strong="H7725" her|strong="H7200", “My|strong="H3068" daughter|strong="H1323", you|strong="H7725" have|strong="H1961" caused|strong="H1961" me|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3766" sad|strong="H7451" [DOU] because|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3201" made|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" solemn|strong="H6116" promise|strong="H3068" to|strong="H7725" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w first|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w one|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w came|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w out|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3201" must|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H7200" I|strong="H3201" promised|strong="H3068".” 
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\verseNumber{36}His|strong="H3068" daughter|strong="H1323" said|strong="H3318", “My|strong="H3068" father|strong="H1121", you|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" solemn|strong="H6116" promise|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068". So|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" must|strong="H1121" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" promised|strong="H3318", because|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w said|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w if|strong="H1121"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H5826" you|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3318" defeat|strong="H5221" our|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341", the|strong="H6213" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group.” 
\verseNumber{37}Then|strong="H2088" she|strong="H5921" also|strong="H6213" said|strong="H1697", “But|strong="H5921" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3381" do|strong="H6213" one|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697". ◄First|strong="H2088"/before|strong="H4480" you|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H5921" promised|strong="H1696"►, allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3381" go|strong="H3212" up|strong="H5921" into|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5921" hilly area|strong="H2022" and|strong="H3212" wander|strong="H8582" around|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" months|strong="H2320". Since|strong="H4480" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1697" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1697" married|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w children|strong="H1121"\+w*}, allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3212" my|strong="H5921" friends|strong="H7453" to|strong="H3381" go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" cry|strong="H7121" together|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{38}Jephthah|strong="H3316" replied|strong="H0559", “All|strong="H1058" right|strong="H3225", you|strong="H7971" may|strong="H1931" go|strong="H3212".” So|strong="H7971" she|strong="H1931" left|strong="H7971" for|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" months|strong="H2320". She|strong="H1931" and|strong="H7971" her|strong="H7971" friends|strong="H7453" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" hills|strong="H2022" and|strong="H7971" they|strong="H5921" cried|strong="H1058" for|strong="H5921" her|strong="H7971" because|strong="H5921" she|strong="H1931" would|strong="H0014" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H2022" married|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{39}After|strong="H7093" two|strong="H8147" months|strong="H2320", she|strong="H1931" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" her|strong="H7725" father|strong="H0001" Jephthah|strong="H3316", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H1931" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H7725" her|strong="H7725" what|strong="H3045" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" vowed|strong="H5087". So|strong="H6213" his|strong="H7725" daughter|strong="H1323" never|strong="H3808" was|strong="H1961" married|strong="H3947". 
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Because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H7093" that|strong="H3045", the|strong="H6213" Israelis now|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" custom|strong="H2706". 
\verseNumber{40}Every|strong="H3212" year|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3117" young|strong="H3117" Israeli women|strong="H1323" go|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w into|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w hills|strong="H1389"\+w*} for|strong="H3117" four|strong="H0702" days|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3478" remember|strong="H2142" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w cry|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w about|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} the|strong="H3117" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H3117" Jephthah|strong="H3316". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jephthah’s army defeated the tribe of Ephraim }
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\chapterNumber{12}The|strong="H5921" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669" summoned|strong="H7121" their|strong="H8313" soldiers|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3808" crossed|strong="H5674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} to|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* } Zaphon|strong="H6829" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5973"\+w*} Jephthah|strong="H3316". They|strong="H3808" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H7121", “◄Why|strong="H4069" did|strong="H3808" you|strong="H5921" not|strong="H3808" ask|strong="H6817" us|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" help|strong="H5826"?/You|strong="H5921" should|strong="H4069" have|strong="H1121" requested|strong="H7592" us|strong="H5921"► to|strong="H3212" help|strong="H5826" your|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" fight|strong="H3898" the|strong="H5921" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group. So|strong="H7121" we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H1121" burn|strong="H8313" down|strong="H8313" your|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" while|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1121" in|strong="H5921" it|strong="H7121".” 
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\verseNumber{2}Jephthah|strong="H3316" replied|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H3027" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group were|strong="H1961" oppressing|strong="H3238" us|strong="H1961" greatly|strong="H3966". When|strong="H1961" we|strong="H0587" were|strong="H1961" prepared|strong="H3027" to|strong="H1961" start|strong="H1870" to|strong="H1961" attack|strong="H5221" them|strong="H3027", I|strong="H3808" requested|strong="H7592" you|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961" and|strong="H1121" help|strong="H3467" us|strong="H1961", but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" refused|strong="H3808". My|strong="H1961" men|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3808" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3027" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group, but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" help|strong="H3467" us|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5414" help|strong="H3467" us|strong="H5414", I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" willing|strong="H0014" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" killed|strong="H2026" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" battle|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" the|strong="H7200" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group. But|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H3467" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w did|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w not|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w help|strong="H3467"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w requested|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w before|strong="H5674"\+w*}, so|strong="H5414" ◄why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" come|strong="H5927" here|strong="H2088" today|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" me|strong="H5414"?/you|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3068" come|strong="H5927" here|strong="H2088" today|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" me|strong="H5414".►” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H3588" Jephthah|strong="H3316" summoned|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8432" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} to|strong="H6908" fight|strong="H3898" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8432"\+w*} Ephraim|strong="H0669". The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H8432" Ephraim|strong="H0669" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3588" men|strong="H3605" from|strong="H8432" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* } Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} are|strong="H3117" men|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" deserted|strong="H5307" us|strong="H3588". Long|strong="H3605" ago|strong="H7350" you|strong="H3588" left|strong="H7604" us|strong="H3588" and|strong="H4519" moved|strong="H4131" to|strong="H6908" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" between|strong="H8432" our|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" and|strong="H4519" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H8432" Manasseh|strong="H4519".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w saying|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8432" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} attacked|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H8432" Ephraim|strong="H0669". 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H3588" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H3808" Gilead|strong="H1568" captured|strong="H3920" that|strong="H3588" ◄ford|strong="H4569"/place|strong="H1961" where|strong="H3808" people|strong="H3808" can|strong="H3808" walk|strong="H5674" across|strong="H5674"► at|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3588"\+w*} to|strong="H1961" go|strong="H5674" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3808" Ephraim|strong="H0669" live|strong="H3427". Whenever|strong="H1961" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" soldiers|strong="H5650" from|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3808" Ephraim|strong="H0669" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" ford|strong="H4569" to|strong="H1961" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H1961" escape|strong="H6412", he|strong="H3588" would|strong="H1568" say|strong="H0559", “Let|strong="H3808" me|strong="H5674" cross|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3588" river|strong="H3588".” Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H3808" Gilead|strong="H1568" would|strong="H1568" ask|strong="H7592" him|strong="H3588", “Are|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588" from|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3808" Ephraim|strong="H0669"?” If|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" “No|strong="H3808",” 
\verseNumber{6}they|strong="H3651" would|strong="H0014" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H1931", “Say|strong="H1696" the|strong="H7819" word|strong="H1696" ‘Shibboleth’.” The|strong="H7819" men|strong="H8147" of|strong="H6256" Ephraim|strong="H0669" could|strong="H3559" not|strong="H3808" pronounce|strong="H1696" that|strong="H1931" word|strong="H1696" correctly|strong="H3651". So|strong="H3651" if|strong="H3651" the|strong="H7819" person|strong="H1696" from|strong="H5307" the|strong="H7819" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H6256" Ephraim|strong="H0669" said|strong="H1696" ‘Sibboleth’, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w would|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w lying|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w and|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w really|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7819"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H8147"\+w*} they|strong="H3651" would|strong="H0014" kill|strong="H7819" him|strong="H1931" there|strong="H8033" at|strong="H3383" the|strong="H7819" ford|strong="H4569". 
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So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H7819" men|strong="H8147" of|strong="H6256" Gilead|strong="H1568" killed|strong="H7819" 42,000 people|strong="H3808" from|strong="H5307" the|strong="H7819" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H6256" Ephraim|strong="H0669" at|strong="H3383" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256". 
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\verseNumber{7}Jephthah|strong="H3316", the|strong="H8199" man|strong="H4191" from|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8199"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, was|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H8199" Israeli people|strong="H5971" for|strong="H4191" six|strong="H8337" years|strong="H8141". Then|strong="H3478" he|strong="H8141" died|strong="H4191" and|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H8141" a|strong="H3478" town|strong="H5892" in|strong="H8141" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8199"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Ibzan|strong="H8199" became|strong="H3205" their|strong="H4191" leader|strong="H5387" }
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\verseNumber{8}After|strong="H0310" Jephthah|strong="H3316" died|strong="H4191", a|strong="H3478" man|strong="H0376" named|strong="H7121" Ibzan|strong="H8199", from|strong="H3478" Bethlehem|strong="H1035", became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H8199" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H8199" the|strong="H8199" Israeli people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H4480" had|strong="H1961" 30 sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" 30 daughters|strong="H1323". He|strong="H4480" forced|strong="H4522" all|strong="H4480" his|strong="H7971" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H3478" marry|strong="H1961" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" not|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8141" his|strong="H7971" clan|strong="H4940", and|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H3478" women|strong="H1323" from|strong="H4480" outside|strong="H2351" his|strong="H7971" clan|strong="H4940" to|strong="H3478" marry|strong="H1961" his|strong="H7971" sons|strong="H1121". He|strong="H4480" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H4480" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" Israeli people|strong="H1121" for|strong="H7971" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{10}When|strong="H3588" he|strong="H6912" died|strong="H4191", he|strong="H6912" was|strong="H3068" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H4191" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Elon|strong="H0356" became|strong="H3205" their|strong="H4191" leader|strong="H5387" }
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\verseNumber{11}After|strong="H8141" Ibzan|strong="H8199" died|strong="H4191", a|strong="H3478" man|strong="H0376" named|strong="H7121" Elon|strong="H0356", from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8199" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H8141" Zebulun|strong="H2074", became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H8199" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H8199" Israeli people|strong="H5971". He|strong="H8141" was|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H5387" for|strong="H3478" ten|strong="H6235" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H4191" he|strong="H2074" died|strong="H4191" and|strong="H4191" was|strong="H3068" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H4191" Aijalon|strong="H0357" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H4191" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H4191" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4191" Zebulun|strong="H2074" lives|strong="H5315". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Abdon|strong="H5658" became|strong="H3205" their|strong="H4191" leader|strong="H5387" }
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\verseNumber{13}After|strong="H0310" Elon|strong="H0356" died|strong="H4191", a|strong="H3478" man|strong="H1121" named|strong="H7121" Abdon|strong="H5658" who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8199" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hillel|strong="H1985", from|strong="H3478" Pirathon|strong="H6552" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*, \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w*} became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H8199" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8199" Israeli people|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H5921" had|strong="H1961" 40 sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" 30 grandsons|strong="H1121". Each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5921" had|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5921" own|strong="H1961" donkey|strong="H2543" on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" ride|strong="H7392". Abdon|strong="H5658" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121" for|strong="H5921" eight|strong="H8083" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{15}When|strong="H1121" Abdon|strong="H5658" died|strong="H4191", he|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H4191" Pirathon|strong="H6552", in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H4191" hilly area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H4191" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amalek|strong="H6002" lived|strong="H3427" previously|strong="H8543", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w now|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w it|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w area|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\+w* \+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*}. 

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\chapterNumber{13}Again|strong="H3254" the|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H1121" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" were|strong="H3478" very|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451". So|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Philistia|strong="H6429" to|strong="H3478" conquer|strong="H3423" them|strong="H5414". They|strong="H3068" ruled|strong="H4427" over|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5414" Israelis for|strong="H6213" 40 years|strong="H8141". 
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\verseNumber{2}There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" named|strong="H8034" Manoah|strong="H4495" from|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3205" descendants|strong="H4940" of|strong="H3205" Dan|strong="H1839" who|strong="H3205" lived|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8034" Zorah|strong="H6881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. His|strong="H1961" wife|strong="H0802" was|strong="H8034" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" pregnant|strong="H2030", so|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3808" had|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" children|strong="H3205". 
\verseNumber{3}One|strong="H3808" day|strong="H3117", Yahweh|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" Manoah’s|strong="H3205" wife|strong="H0802" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" form|strong="H8389" of|strong="H1121" an|strong="H7200" angel|strong="H4397", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" her|strong="H7200", “Even|strong="H3808" though|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" any|strong="H7200" children|strong="H1121" until|strong="H3068" now|strong="H4994", you|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" soon|strong="H3205" become|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029" and|strong="H1121" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w From|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w now|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w until|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w born|strong="H3205"\+w*}, you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H8354" drink|strong="H8354" any|strong="H3605" wine|strong="H3196" or|strong="H3196" other|strong="H3605" alcoholic/fermented drink|strong="H8354", and|strong="H8354" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H8354" eat|strong="H0398" any|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899" that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3605" make|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H8104" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{5}After|strong="H4480" you|strong="H3588" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3478" your|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" never|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5921" hair|strong="H7218" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" cut|strong="H3478". He|strong="H1931" must|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" dedicated|strong="H5139" to|strong="H3478" God|strong="H3808" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" born|strong="H3205" until|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" dies|strong="H4191". He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" rescue|strong="H3467" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Philistia|strong="H6429".” 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H3372" woman|strong="H2088" ran|strong="H7323" and|strong="H3372" told|strong="H5046" her|strong="H5046" husband|strong="H0376", “A|strong="H2088" prophet|strong="H5030" came|strong="H4397" to|strong="H4397" me|strong="H5046". He|strong="H1931" looked|strong="H4758" awesome|strong="H3372", like|strong="H4758" an|strong="H2088" angel|strong="H4397" from|strong="H5046" God|strong="H3808". I|strong="H2088" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" ask|strong="H7592" where|strong="H2088" he|strong="H1931" came|strong="H4397" from|strong="H5046", and|strong="H3372" he|strong="H1931" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046" his|strong="H5046" name|strong="H8034". 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H4480", ‘You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" pregnant|strong="H2029" and|strong="H1121" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H5704" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121". Until|strong="H5704" then|strong="H1961", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" not|strong="H1961" drink|strong="H8354" any|strong="H3605" wine|strong="H3196" or|strong="H5704" any|strong="H3605" alcoholic/fermented drink|strong="H8354", and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" not|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H0398" any|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899" that|strong="H3588" would|strong="H5288" make|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H5704" God|strong="H0430". Your|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" must|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" dedicated|strong="H5139" to|strong="H5704" God|strong="H0430" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3117" born|strong="H3205" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3588" dies|strong="H4194".’” 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H7971" Manoah|strong="H4495" prayed|strong="H6279" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H0559", “O|strong="H4994" Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H5288" plead|strong="H7378" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7971", allow|strong="H4994" that|strong="H3068" prophet|strong="H5030" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" us|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3068" come|strong="H4994" again|strong="H5750", and|strong="H3068" teach|strong="H3384" us|strong="H4994" how|strong="H4100" we|strong="H6213" should|strong="H3068" raise|strong="H6965" the|strong="H6213" boy|strong="H5288" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H5750" born|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" us|strong="H4994".” 
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\verseNumber{9}God|strong="H0430" did|strong="H5750" what|strong="H6963" Manoah|strong="H4495" asked|strong="H7592", and|strong="H6963" Yahweh|strong="H3068" again|strong="H5750" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H8085" his|strong="H8085" wife|strong="H0802" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8085" form|strong="H8389" of|strong="H3427" an|strong="H3427" angel|strong="H4397", while|strong="H5750" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" out|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8085" field|strong="H7704". But|strong="H8085" again|strong="H5750" her|strong="H1931" husband|strong="H0376" Manoah|strong="H4495" was|strong="H1931" not|strong="H8085" with|strong="H5973" her|strong="H1931". 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H7200" she|strong="H1931" quickly|strong="H4116" ran|strong="H7323" and|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3117" her|strong="H5046" husband|strong="H0376", “The|strong="H7200" man|strong="H7200" who|strong="H7323" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3117" me|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" few|strong="H4592" days|strong="H3117" ago|strong="H3117" has|strong="H3117" come|strong="H0935" back|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725"!” 
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\verseNumber{11}Manoah|strong="H4495" ran|strong="H3212" back|strong="H3212" with|strong="H1696" his|strong="H6965" wife|strong="H1696", and|strong="H6965" asked|strong="H1696", “Are|strong="H3117" you|strong="H1696" the|strong="H6965" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" talked|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1696" my|strong="H6965" wife|strong="H1696" a|strong="H1696" few|strong="H4592" days|strong="H3117" ago|strong="H7350"?” He|strong="H1696" replied|strong="H1696", “Yes|strong="H3588", I|strong="H6965" am|strong="H1961".” 
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\verseNumber{12}Manoah|strong="H4495" asked|strong="H4100" him|strong="H1697", “When|strong="H1961" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" promised|strong="H1696" occurs|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4941"\+w* \+w my|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w gives|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w birth|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*}, what|strong="H4100" rules|strong="H4910" must|strong="H4191" he|strong="H1697" obey|strong="H8085", and|strong="H4941" what|strong="H4100" work|strong="H4639" will|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1697" do|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w grows|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w up|strong="H4941"\+w*}?” 
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\verseNumber{13}Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802" must|strong="H4191" obey|strong="H8104" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" instructions|strong="H8104" I|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" her|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Before|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w baby|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w born|strong="H3318"\+w*}, she|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" grapes|strong="H6025", or|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" wine|strong="H3196" or|strong="H3808" any|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" alcoholic/fermented drink|strong="H8354", or|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" would|strong="H3605" make|strong="H6213" her|strong="H3605" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H3318" God|strong="H3808".” 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H6213" Manoah|strong="H4495" said|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" stay|strong="H3427" here|strong="H6311" until|strong="H3068" we|strong="H6213" can|strong="H6213" kill|strong="H2026" and|strong="H3068" cook|strong="H2876" a|strong="H6213" young|strong="H1423" goat|strong="H5795" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6440".” 
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\verseNumber{16}Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" stay|strong="H3427" here|strong="H6311", but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H3899" anything|strong="H3899". However|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" may|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" an|strong="H6213" animal|strong="H0929" and|strong="H3068" sacrifice|strong="H5930" it|strong="H1931" as|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" burned|strong="H8313" offering|strong="H5930" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068".” (Manoah|strong="H4495" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w man|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w thought|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w an|strong="H6213"\+w*} angel|strong="H4397" was|strong="H3068" really|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068".) 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H3588" Manoah|strong="H4495" asked|strong="H1697" him|strong="H3588", “What|strong="H1697" is|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034"? When|strong="H3588" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H3068" happens|strong="H1961", we|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H3513" you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{18}Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “◄Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H4100" ask|strong="H7592" me|strong="H7592" my|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034"?/You|strong="H4100" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H2088" ask|strong="H7592" me|strong="H7592" my|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034".► [RHQ] It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" ◄wonderful|strong="H6383"/it|strong="H1931" cannot|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3068" understood|strong="H0995"►.” 
\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H3947" Manoah|strong="H4495" killed|strong="H2026" a|strong="H3947" young|strong="H1423" goat|strong="H5795" and|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" it|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" rock|strong="H6697", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3947" grain|strong="H1715" offering|strong="H4503", as|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3947" sacrifice|strong="H4503" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". And|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" amazing|strong="H6381" thing|strong="H1697" while|strong="H5921" Manoah|strong="H4495" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802" watched|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{20}Flames|strong="H3851" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" altar|strong="H4196" blazed|strong="H1197" up|strong="H5927" toward|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" sky|strong="H8064", and|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" ascended|strong="H5927" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" flames|strong="H3851". When|strong="H1961" Manoah|strong="H4495" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200", they|strong="H3068" prostrated|strong="H7812" themselves|strong="H6440" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{21}Although|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" appear|strong="H7200" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" form|strong="H8389" of|strong="H3068" an|strong="H7200" angel|strong="H4397" to|strong="H3068" Manoah|strong="H4495" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802" again|strong="H5750", Manoah|strong="H4495" realized|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w man|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w thought|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w an|strong="H7200"\+w*} angel|strong="H4397" was|strong="H3068" really|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H4191" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Now|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191", because|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H7200" seen|strong="H7200" God|strong="H0430"!” 
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\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H3808" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802" said|strong="H8085", “No|strong="H3808", we|strong="H8085" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191", because|strong="H3027" if|strong="H3863" Yahweh|strong="H3068" intended|strong="H1819" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" us|strong="H7200", he|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" accepted|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313" offering|strong="H4503" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" grain|strong="H3605" offering|strong="H4503". And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H4191" us|strong="H7200" and|strong="H3068" told|strong="H8085" us|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" wonderful|strong="H6381" thing|strong="H2063" that|strong="H7200" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4191" us|strong="H7200", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" performed|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063" miracle|strong="H4159".” 
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\verseNumber{24}When|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" born|strong="H3205", they|strong="H3068" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H3205" Samson|strong="H8123". Yahweh|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" him|strong="H3205" as|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" grew|strong="H1431" up|strong="H1431". 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="H3068" while|strong="H5704" he|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" Mahaneh-Dan|strong="H4265", which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" between|strong="H7307" Zorah|strong="H6881" and|strong="H3068" Eshtaol|strong="H0847" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w*}, Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3068" control|strong="H3027" him|strong="H3068". 

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\chapterNumber{14}One|strong="H7200" day|strong="H3381" when|strong="H7200" Samson|strong="H8123" was|strong="H6430" in|strong="H7200" Timnah|strong="H8553" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, he|strong="H3381" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" young|strong="H5288" Philistine|strong="H6430" woman|strong="H1323" there|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{2}When|strong="H7200" he|strong="H7200" returned|strong="H5927" home|strong="H1004", he|strong="H7200" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="H3947" mother|strong="H0517" and|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001", “I|strong="H6258" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H3947" young|strong="H5288" Philistine|strong="H6430" woman|strong="H1323" in|strong="H5927" Timnah|strong="H8553", and|strong="H7200" I|strong="H6258" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H3947" to|strong="H5927" get|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947" for|strong="H3947" me|strong="H7200" so|strong="H3947" I|strong="H6258" can|strong="H7200" marry|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947".” 
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\verseNumber{3}His|strong="H3605" mother|strong="H0517" and|strong="H1980" father|strong="H0001" objected very|strong="H1980" strongly|strong="H3966". They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Is|strong="H1931" there|strong="H3605" no|strong="H3605" woman|strong="H1323" from|strong="H1980" our|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294", or|strong="H1980" from|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" Israeli tribes|strong="H7626", that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" could|strong="H5971" marry|strong="H3947"? Why|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3588" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" heathen|strong="H1471" Philistines|strong="H6430" to|strong="H1980" get|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802"?” 
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But|strong="H3588" Samson|strong="H8123" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001", “Get|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3605" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H3947"! She|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270"!” 
\verseNumber{4}His|strong="H3068" mother|strong="H0517" and|strong="H3478" father|strong="H0001" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" arranging this|strong="H1931". He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" preparing|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3588" way|strong="H1870" for|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Samson|strong="H8123"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w defeat|strong="H5221"\+w*} the|strong="H3588" Philistines|strong="H6430", who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H3478" ruling|strong="H4910" over|strong="H4910" Israel|strong="H3478" at|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256". 
\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H3381", as|strong="H5704" Samson|strong="H8123" was|strong="H8123" going|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H5704" Timnah|strong="H8553", followed|strong="H0310" by|strong="H5704" his|strong="H3381" mother|strong="H0517" and|strong="H3381" father|strong="H0001", a|strong="H5704" young|strong="H3715" lion|strong="H3715" attacked|strong="H7125" Samson|strong="H8123" near|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" vineyards|strong="H3754" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H5704" Timnah|strong="H8553". 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H6213" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" came|strong="H3068" upon|strong="H5921" Samson|strong="H8123" powerfully, with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" tore|strong="H8156" the|strong="H5921" lion|strong="H0738" apart|strong="H7307" with|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027". He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w easily|strong="H4592"\+w*} as|strong="H6213" if|strong="H0518" it|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3027" a|strong="H6213" young|strong="H1423" goat|strong="H1423". But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" his|strong="H3068" mother|strong="H0517" and|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" about|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H1696" they|strong="H1696" arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H1696" Timnah|strong="H8553", Samson|strong="H8123" talked|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1696" young|strong="H5288" woman|strong="H0802", and|strong="H5869" he|strong="H1696" liked|strong="H5869" her|strong="H3381" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H7227". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w And|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w father|strong="H0001"\+w* \+w made|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w arrangements|strong="H4941"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w wedding|strong="H1984"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{8}Later|strong="H0310", when|strong="H3117" Samson|strong="H8123" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Timnah|strong="H8553" for|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" wedding|strong="H1984", he|strong="H3117" turned|strong="H7725" off|strong="H5493" the|strong="H7200" path|strong="H0734" to|strong="H7725" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" carcass|strong="H1472" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" lion|strong="H0738". He|strong="H3117" discovered|strong="H1540" that|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w creatures|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w had|strong="H5712"\+w* \+w eaten|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w all|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w flesh|strong="H1320"\+w*}, a|strong="H3947" swarm|strong="H5712" of|strong="H3117" bees|strong="H1682" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H5712"\+w* \+w made|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3947"\+w* hive \+w in|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* skeleton \+w and|strong="H7725"\+w*} had|strong="H5712" made|strong="H7725" some|strong="H3117" honey|strong="H1706". 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H1980" he|strong="H3588" scooped|strong="H7287" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3709" the|strong="H3588" honey|strong="H1706" into|strong="H1980" his|strong="H5414" hands|strong="H3709" and|strong="H1980" ate|strong="H0398" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3709" it|strong="H5414" as|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H5414" walking|strong="H1980" along|strong="H1980". He|strong="H3588" also|strong="H1472" gave|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3709" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1980" his|strong="H5414" mother|strong="H0517" and|strong="H1980" father|strong="H0001", but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" taken|strong="H7287" the|strong="H3588" honey|strong="H1706" from|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3588" skeleton of|strong="H3709" the|strong="H3588" lion|strong="H0738", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w anyone|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w dedicated|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w God|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w was|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w touch|strong="H5060"\+w* \+w any|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w corpse|strong="H1472"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{10}As|strong="H6213" his|strong="H6213" father|strong="H0001" was|strong="H6213" making|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" final|strong="H0319" arrangements|strong="H4941" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" marriage|strong="H0802", Samson|strong="H8123" gave|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" party|strong="H1870" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w young|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w men|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w in|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}. That|strong="H3588" was|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" custom|strong="H3651" for|strong="H3588" men|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3381" do|strong="H6213" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H0834" about|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3381" be|strong="H3588" married|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{11}Thirty|strong="H7970" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H7200" were|strong="H1961" invited|strong="H7121" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7200" party|strong="H1870". 
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\verseNumber{12}Samson|strong="H8123" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414", “Allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" riddle|strong="H2420". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" tel me|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H3117" my|strong="H5414" riddle|strong="H2420" during|strong="H3117" these|strong="H3117" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" celebration|strong="H8057", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" each|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" linen|strong="H5466" robe|strong="H4598" and|strong="H3117" an|strong="H5414" extra set|strong="H5414" of|strong="H3117" clothes|strong="H0899". 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H3808" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" cannot|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5414" the|strong="H8085" meaning|strong="H0998", you|strong="H5414" must|strong="H3808" each|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" linen|strong="H5466" robe|strong="H4598" and|strong="H7970" an|strong="H5414" extra set|strong="H5414" of|strong="H2487" clothes|strong="H0899".” They|strong="H3808" replied|strong="H0559", “All|strong="H5414" right|strong="H3225". Tell|strong="H5046" us|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" riddle|strong="H2420".” 
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\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3117" said|strong="H3318", 
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“From|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3117" thing|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" eats|strong="H0398" came|strong="H3318" something|strong="H3978" to|strong="H3318" eat|strong="H3978"; 
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out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3117" something|strong="H3978" strong|strong="H5794" came|strong="H3318" something|strong="H3978" sweet|strong="H4966".” 
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But|strong="H3808" for|strong="H3117" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3117" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" riddle|strong="H2420". 
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\verseNumber{15}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" fourth|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117", they|strong="H3117" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H1961" Samson’s|strong="H8123" bride|strong="H3618", “Ask|strong="H7592" your|strong="H1961" husband|strong="H0376" to|strong="H1961" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3117" riddle|strong="H2420". If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3117" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3117", we|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" burn|strong="H8313" down|strong="H8313" your|strong="H1961" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004", with|strong="H8313" you|strong="H3117" inside|strong="H1004" it|strong="H7121"! Did|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3117" invite|strong="H7121" us|strong="H5046" here|strong="H6311" only|strong="H0389" to|strong="H1961" make|strong="H5046" us|strong="H5046" poor|strong="H3423" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w forcing|strong="H4330"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w buy|strong="H7069"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w lot|strong="H1486"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w clothes|strong="H0899"\+w* \+w for|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w your|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w husband|strong="H0376"\+w*}?” 
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\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H3808" Samson’s|strong="H8123" wife|strong="H0802" came|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", crying|strong="H1058", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", “You|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" really|strong="H2088" love|strong="H0157" me|strong="H5046". You|strong="H5921" hate|strong="H8130" me|strong="H5046"! You|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5971" told|strong="H5046" a|strong="H5921" riddle|strong="H2420" to|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" friends|strong="H7453", but|strong="H7535" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046" the|strong="H5921" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" riddle|strong="H2420"!” 
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He|strong="H3808" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H5921" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" riddle|strong="H2420" even|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" mother|strong="H0517" and|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121", so|strong="H3808" why|strong="H5921" should|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2009" tell|strong="H5046" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921"?” 
\verseNumber{17}She|strong="H3588" continued|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" cry|strong="H7121" every|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" she|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", all|strong="H1058" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" rest|strong="H1961" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" celebration|strong="H8057". Finally|strong="H5704", on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117", because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" continued|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" nag him|strong="H5921", he|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5046" her|strong="H5046" the|strong="H5921" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" riddle|strong="H2420". Then|strong="H1961" she|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5046" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" young|strong="H1121" men|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H3808", before|strong="H2962" sunset|strong="H8121" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117", the|strong="H3117" young|strong="H3117" men|strong="H5794" came|strong="H4672" to|strong="H3117" Samson|strong="H8123" and|strong="H3117" said|strong="H2790" to|strong="H3117" him|strong="H4672", 
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“hat/Nothing|strong="H3808" is|strong="H4100" sweeter|strong="H4966" than|strong="H3808" honey|strong="H1706" [RHQ]. 
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What|strong="H4100"/Nothing|strong="H3808" is|strong="H4100" stronger|strong="H5794" than|strong="H3808" a|strong="H4672" lion|strong="H0738" [RHQ]!” 
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Samson|strong="H8123" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w should|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w force|strong="H2394"\+w* \+w a|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w heifer|strong="H5697"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3117"\+w*} plow|strong="H2790" a|strong="H4672" field|strong="H7704" [MET|strong="H4672"]. 
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Similarly|strong="H2088", if|strong="H3884" you|strong="H3117" had|strong="H4672" not|strong="H3808" forced|strong="H4522" my|strong="H4672" bride|strong="H3618" to|strong="H3117" ask|strong="H7592" me|strong="H4672" about|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" riddle|strong="H2420" [MET|strong="H4672"], 
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you|strong="H3117" would|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H4672" known|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3117" answer|strong="H6030" to|strong="H3117" my|strong="H4672" riddle|strong="H2420"!” 
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\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H3947" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" powerfully took|strong="H3947" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" Samson|strong="H8123". He|strong="H3068" went|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w coast|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w at|strong="H5921"\+w*} Ashkelon|strong="H0831" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H5221" 30 men|strong="H1992". He|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947" their|strong="H3068" clothes|strong="H0899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w went|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w back|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w Timnah|strong="H8553"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" riddle|strong="H2420". But|strong="H1992" he|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H2734" angry|strong="H2734" about|strong="H5921" what|strong="H5927" had|strong="H3068" happened|strong="H1961", so|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3068" went|strong="H5927" back|strong="H5927" home|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3381" live|strong="H3427" with|strong="H1004" his|strong="H5414" mother|strong="H0517" and|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H1961" ◄Samson’s|strong="H8123" wife|strong="H0802" was|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414"/the|strong="H1961" bride’s father|strong="H0001" gave|strong="H1961" Samson’s|strong="H8123" wife|strong="H0802"► to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H7462" who|strong="H7462" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" Samson’s|strong="H8123" best|strong="H2459" man|strong="H0376" at|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" wedding|strong="H1984", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w Samson|strong="H8123"\+w* \+w did|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 

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\chapterNumber{15}During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" harvested|strong="H1219" wheat|strong="H2406", Samson|strong="H8123" took|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" young|strong="H1423" goat|strong="H5795" to|strong="H1961" Timnah|strong="H8553" as|strong="H3117" a|strong="H1961" present|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3117" his|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802". He|strong="H3117" planned|strong="H3289" to|strong="H1961" sleep|strong="H8142" with|strong="H3117" [EUP] his|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802", but|strong="H3808" her|strong="H5414" father|strong="H0001" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" let|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" go|strong="H1961" into|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w her|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w room|strong="H2315"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" Samson|strong="H8123", “I|strong="H3588" really|strong="H2088" thought|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" hated|strong="H8130" her|strong="H5414". So|strong="H4480" I|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" man|strong="H2896" who|strong="H2896" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" your|strong="H5414" best|strong="H2896" man|strong="H2896" at|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" wedding|strong="H1984", and|strong="H2896" she|strong="H3588" married|strong="H3947" him|strong="H5414". But|strong="H3588" look|strong="H4994", her|strong="H5414" younger|strong="H6996" sister|strong="H0269" is|strong="H2896" [RHQ] more|strong="H4480" beautiful|strong="H2896" than|strong="H4480" she|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2896". You|strong="H3588" can|strong="H3808" marry|strong="H1961" her|strong="H5414"!” 
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\verseNumber{3}Samson|strong="H8123" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H6213"! And|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" time|strong="H6471" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H6430" a|strong="H6213" right|strong="H3225" to|strong="H6213" get|strong="H6213" revenge|strong="H5360" on|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" Philistines|strong="H6430"!” 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H8147" went|strong="H3212" out|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w into|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w fields|strong="H7704"\+w*} and|strong="H3967" caught|strong="H3920" 300 foxes|strong="H7776". He|strong="H8147" tied|strong="H0631" their|strong="H3947" tails|strong="H2180" together|strong="H3920", two-by-two. He|strong="H8147" fastened|strong="H8628" torches|strong="H3940" to|strong="H3212" each|strong="H3947" pair|strong="H8147" of|strong="H8432" tails|strong="H2180". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H7971" he|strong="H5704" lit|strong="H0215" the|strong="H5704" torches|strong="H3940" and|strong="H7971" let|strong="H7971" the|strong="H5704" foxes|strong="H7776" run|strong="H7323" through|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5704" fields|strong="H7704" of|strong="H3754" the|strong="H5704" Philistines|strong="H6430". The|strong="H5704" fire|strong="H0784" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w torches|strong="H3940"\+w*} burned|strong="H1197" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" grain|strong="H7054" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" ground|strong="H0776", including|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" grain|strong="H7054" that|strong="H5704" had|strong="H6430" been|strong="H1961" cut|strong="H3772" and|strong="H7971" piled|strong="H6651" in|strong="H7971" bundles|strong="H6872". The|strong="H5704" fire|strong="H0784" also|strong="H6430" burned|strong="H1197" down|strong="H7971" their|strong="H7971" grapevines and|strong="H7971" their|strong="H7971" olive|strong="H2132" trees|strong="H2132". 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H3588" Philistines|strong="H6430" asked|strong="H7592", “Who|strong="H4310" did|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063"?” Someone|strong="H4310" told|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5414", “Samson|strong="H8123" did|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5414". He|strong="H3588" married|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H0802" from|strong="H5927" Timnah|strong="H8553", but|strong="H3588" then|strong="H3947" his|strong="H5414" father-in-law|strong="H2860" gave|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H4310" was|strong="H6430" Samson’s|strong="H8123" best|strong="H2459" man|strong="H0376" at|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" wedding|strong="H1984", and|strong="H6213" she|strong="H3588" married|strong="H3947" him|strong="H5414".” So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" Philistines|strong="H6430" went|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w Timnah|strong="H8553"\+w*} and|strong="H6213" got|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3588" woman|strong="H0802" and|strong="H6213" her|strong="H5414" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H6213" burned|strong="H8313" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5927" death|strong="H4194". 
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\verseNumber{7}Samson|strong="H8123" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w found|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w out|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w about|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213", “Because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H6213" not|strong="H2308" stop|strong="H2308" until|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" get|strong="H6213" revenge|strong="H5358" on|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588"!” 
\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H3427" he|strong="H5921" attacked|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5921" Philistines|strong="H6430" furiously|strong="H7697", and|strong="H1419" killed|strong="H5221" many|strong="H1419" of|strong="H3427" them|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H3381" he|strong="H5921" went|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w hide|strong="H5641"\+w*} in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H5221" cave|strong="H4631" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" large|strong="H1419" rock|strong="H5553" at|strong="H3427" a|strong="H5221" place|strong="H3427" called|strong="H7121" Etam|strong="H5862". 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H5927" Philistines|strong="H6430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w did|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w not|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3063"\+w*, \+w so|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w they|strong="H6430"\+w* } went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5927" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5927" Judah|strong="H3063" lived|strong="H3427", set|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5927" tents|strong="H2583" near|strong="H7126" Lehi|strong="H3896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w then|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w raided|strong="H6584"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H5921" men|strong="H6213" there|strong="H5927" asked|strong="H4100" the|strong="H5921" Philistines|strong="H6430", “Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3063" you|strong="H5921" attacked|strong="H5927" us|strong="H5921"?” 
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The|strong="H5921" Philistines|strong="H6430" replied|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3063" come|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" capture|strong="H3920" Samson|strong="H8123". We|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3063" come|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" get|strong="H6213" revenge|strong="H5360" on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5927" us|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w where|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w Samson|strong="H8123"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w hiding|strong="H5641"\+w*}. So|strong="H3651" 3,000 men|strong="H6213" from|strong="H3381" Judah|strong="H3063" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" get|strong="H6213" Samson|strong="H8123" at|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" cave|strong="H4631" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" rock|strong="H5553" where|strong="H4100" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3063" hiding|strong="H5641". They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H3381" Samson|strong="H8123", “Do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H6213" Philistia|strong="H6429" are|strong="H4100" ruling|strong="H4910" over|strong="H4910" us|strong="H6213"? Do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" realize|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3063" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3381" us|strong="H6213"?” 
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Samson|strong="H8123" replied|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H3588" only|strong="H3588" thing|strong="H2063" I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" was|strong="H3063" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" got|strong="H6965" revenge|strong="H5360" on|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3381" me|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5414" men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H3381" Judah|strong="H3063" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3381" him|strong="H5414", “We|strong="H6435" have|strong="H6430" come|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" tie|strong="H6029" you|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3027" put|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5414" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5414" Philistines|strong="H6430".” 
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Samson|strong="H8123" said|strong="H0559", “All|strong="H5414" right|strong="H3225", but|strong="H3588" promise|strong="H7650" me|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" yourselves|strong="H3027" will|strong="H3027" not|strong="H5414" kill|strong="H6293" me|strong="H5414"!” 
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\verseNumber{13}They|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3027" just|strong="H3512" tie|strong="H6029" you|strong="H3588" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3027" take|strong="H5927" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3588" Philistines|strong="H6430". We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3027" not|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H4191" you|strong="H3588".” So|strong="H4480" they|strong="H3588" tied|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" with|strong="H3027" two|strong="H8147" new|strong="H2319" ropes|strong="H5688", and|strong="H3027" led|strong="H1980" him|strong="H5414" away|strong="H5927" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3588" cave|strong="H4631". 
\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H5921" Lehi|strong="H3896", the|strong="H5921" Philistines|strong="H6430" came|strong="H1961" toward|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", shouting|strong="H7321" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w triumphantly|strong="H5921"\+w*}. But|strong="H1961" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" came|strong="H1961" upon|strong="H5921" Samson|strong="H8123" powerfully. He|strong="H1931" snapped|strong="H5423" the|strong="H5921" ropes|strong="H5688" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3068" arms|strong="H2220" as|strong="H5704" easily|strong="H4592" as|strong="H5704" if|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1961" stalks|strong="H6086" of|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H1197" flax|strong="H6593", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" ropes|strong="H5688" fell|strong="H1961" off|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3068" wrists|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3027" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H3947" donkey’s|strong="H2543" jawbone|strong="H3895" lying|strong="H8267" on|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3947" ground|strong="H0776". It|strong="H5221" was|strong="H3027" fresh|strong="H2961", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w hard|strong="H7186"\+w*}. He|strong="H3027" picked|strong="H5375" it|strong="H5221" up|strong="H3947" and|strong="H7971" killed|strong="H5221" about|strong="H5221" 1,000 Philistine|strong="H6430" men|strong="H3947" with|strong="H3027" it|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H8123" Samson|strong="H8123" wrote|strong="H3789" this|strong="H5221" poem: 
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“ith the|strong="H5221" jawbone|strong="H3895" of|strong="H5221" a|strong="H5221" donkey|strong="H2543" 
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I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H1961" made|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5221" like|strong="H5221" a|strong="H5221" heap|strong="H1530" of|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w dead|strong="H4191"\+w*} donkeys|strong="H2543". 
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With|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" jawbone|strong="H3895" of|strong="H5221" a|strong="H5221" donkey|strong="H2543" 
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I|strong="H0589" killed|strong="H5221" 1,000 men|strong="H0376".” 
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\verseNumber{17}When|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" finished|strong="H3615" killing|strong="H2026" those|strong="H1931" men|strong="H7121", he|strong="H1931" threw|strong="H7993" the|strong="H7121" jawbone|strong="H3895" away|strong="H7993", and|strong="H3027" later|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1931" place|strong="H4725" was|strong="H1961" called|strong="H7121" Jawbone|strong="H3895" Hill|strong="H2022". 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H6258" Samson|strong="H8123" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" thirsty|strong="H6770", so|strong="H7121" he|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H5414" to|strong="H4191" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “You|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" strength|strong="H3027" to|strong="H4191" win|strong="H6743" a|strong="H5414" great|strong="H1419" victory|strong="H8668". So|strong="H7121" now|strong="H6258" must|strong="H4191" I|strong="H5414" die|strong="H4191" because|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" being|strong="H3068" thirsty|strong="H6770", with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3068" those|strong="H2063" heathen|strong="H1471" Philistines|strong="H6430" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H5414" away|strong="H5307" my|strong="H5414" body|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* mutilate \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w*}?” 
\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H3651" God|strong="H0430" caused|strong="H5414" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H5704" gush|strong="H6079" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3117" a|strong="H7121" depression in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H0776" at|strong="H5921" Lehi|strong="H3896". Samson|strong="H8123" drank|strong="H8354" from|strong="H4480" it|strong="H7121" and|strong="H7725" soon|strong="H3512" felt|strong="H4959" strong|strong="H2388" again|strong="H7725". He|strong="H3117" named|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3117" place|strong="H4388" ‘The|strong="H5921" spring|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H2088" who|strong="H2088" called|strong="H7121" out’. That|strong="H3117" spring|strong="H3318" is|strong="H2088" still|strong="H7725" there|strong="H2088" at|strong="H5921" Lehi|strong="H3896". 
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\verseNumber{20}Samson|strong="H8123" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3117" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" Israeli people|strong="H5971" for|strong="H3117" 20 years|strong="H8141", but|strong="H3117" during|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" Philistines|strong="H6430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w ones|strong="H2945"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w really|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w ruled|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w over|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Samson removed the gate at Gaza }
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\chapterNumber{16}One|strong="H7200" day|strong="H3117" Samson|strong="H8123" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Gaza|strong="H5804" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Philistia|strong="H6429"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}. He|strong="H8033" spent|strong="H3885" some|strong="H8033" time|strong="H6256" with|strong="H3212" a|strong="H7200" prostitute|strong="H2181". 
\verseNumber{2}People|strong="H5971" soon|strong="H1242" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Samson|strong="H8123" was|strong="H5892" there|strong="H2008", so|strong="H5437" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5892" Gaza|strong="H5804" gathered|strong="H5437" together|strong="H3162" at|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" gate|strong="H8179" and|strong="H5892" waited|strong="H3176" all|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915". They|strong="H5704" said|strong="H2790" to|strong="H5704" themselves|strong="H0905", “When|strong="H5704" it|strong="H1242" dawns|strong="H6437" tomorrow|strong="H1242" morning|strong="H1242", we|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5892" kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w tries|strong="H0974"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w leave|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H5921" Samson|strong="H8123" did|strong="H2022" not|strong="H7760" stay|strong="H7901" there|strong="H5927" all|strong="H5704" night|strong="H3915". At|strong="H5921" midnight|strong="H2677", he|strong="H5704" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H5927". He|strong="H5704" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892" gate|strong="H8179", he|strong="H5704" took|strong="H5927" hold|strong="H6965" of|strong="H5892" its|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" posts|strong="H4201", and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H5704" lifted|strong="H5927" it|strong="H7760" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H5265" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440", with|strong="H5973" its|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{connecting \+w cross|strong="H5674"\+w*} bar|strong="H1280" still|strong="H7901" attached|strong="H7760". He|strong="H5704" put|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7760" shoulders|strong="H3802" and|strong="H6965" carried|strong="H5927" it|strong="H7760" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w miles|strong="H7341"\+w*} uphill to|strong="H5704" Hebron|strong="H2275". 
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\verseNumber{4}Later|strong="H1961" Samson|strong="H8123" fell|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8034" love|strong="H0157" with|strong="H3651" a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" Delilah|strong="H1807", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w started|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w live|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w her|strong="H1961"\+w*}. She|strong="H3651" lived|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8034" Sorek|strong="H7796" Valley|strong="H5158" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w Philistia|strong="H6429"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H7200" Philistine|strong="H6430" leaders|strong="H5633" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3201" her|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3967" said|strong="H0559", “Find|strong="H3201" out|strong="H5414" from|strong="H5927" Samson|strong="H8123" what|strong="H4100" makes|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" so|strong="H5414" strong|strong="H3581". And|strong="H3967" find|strong="H3201" out|strong="H5414" how|strong="H4100" we|strong="H3201" can|strong="H3201" subdue|strong="H3665" him|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3967" tie|strong="H6029" him|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5927" securely|strong="H0983". If|strong="H7200" you|strong="H5414" do|strong="H4100" that|strong="H7200", each|strong="H5414" of|strong="H3701" us|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" 1,100 pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H3701" silver|strong="H3701".” 
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\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H4994" Delilah|strong="H1807" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5046" Samson|strong="H8123", “Please|strong="H4994" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H4994" what|strong="H4100" makes|strong="H3581" you|strong="H5046" so|strong="H4994" strong|strong="H3581", and|strong="H1419" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H4994" how|strong="H4100" someone|strong="H0376" can|strong="H4100" subdue|strong="H3665" you|strong="H5046" and|strong="H1419" tie|strong="H6029" you|strong="H5046" up|strong="H5927".” 
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\verseNumber{7}Samson|strong="H8123" said|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H1961" someone|strong="H0376" ties|strong="H0631" me|strong="H1961" with|strong="H1961" seven|strong="H7651" new|strong="H2319" bowstrings|strong="H3499", ones|strong="H2945" that|strong="H3808" are|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" dry|strong="H2717" yet|strong="H3808", I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" weak|strong="H2470" as|strong="H1961" other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H7651".” 
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\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w Delilah|strong="H1807"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w Philistine|strong="H6430"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="H5633"\+w*}, they|strong="H3808" brought|strong="H5927" seven|strong="H7651" new|strong="H2319" bowstrings|strong="H3499" to|strong="H5927" Delilah|strong="H1807". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H3045" she|strong="H5921" hid|strong="H5641" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H0376" in|strong="H3427" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" rooms|strong="H2315" in|strong="H3427" her|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004". Then|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Samson|strong="H8123"\+w* \+w was|strong="H6430"\+w* \+w sleeping|strong="H3463"\+w*}, she|strong="H5921" tied|strong="H6616" him|strong="H5921" up|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" bowstrings|strong="H3499". Then|strong="H3045" she|strong="H5921" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H5921", “Samson|strong="H8123"! The|strong="H5921" Philistines|strong="H6430" have|strong="H3045" come|strong="H3045" here|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" capture|strong="H3920" you|strong="H5921"!” But|strong="H3808" Samson|strong="H8123" snapped|strong="H5423" the|strong="H5921" bowstrings|strong="H3499" as|strong="H3427" easily|strong="H4592" as|strong="H3427" though|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H6430" strings|strong="H6218" that|strong="H3045" had|strong="H6430" been|strong="H3808" singed|strong="H2761" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H5921" fire|strong="H0784". So|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5921" Philistines|strong="H6430" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H3045" out|strong="H5921" what|strong="H3045" made|strong="H3045" Samson|strong="H8123" so|strong="H3808" strong|strong="H3581". 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H1696" Delilah|strong="H1807" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Samson|strong="H8123", “You|strong="H5046" have|strong="H6258" deceived|strong="H2048" me|strong="H4994" and|strong="H1696" lied|strong="H3576" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4994"! Now|strong="H6258" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H4994" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w truth|strong="H0571"\+w*,} how|strong="H4100" someone|strong="H0376" can|strong="H4100" tie|strong="H6029" you|strong="H5046" up|strong="H5927" securely|strong="H0983".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Samson|strong="H8123" replied|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H1961" someone|strong="H0376" ties|strong="H0631" me|strong="H6213" with|strong="H6213" new|strong="H2319" ropes|strong="H5688", ones|strong="H2945" that|strong="H6213" have|strong="H1961" never|strong="H3808" been|strong="H1961" used|strong="H6213", I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" weak|strong="H2470" as|strong="H1961" other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H3947" again|strong="H3947", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w she|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Philistine|strong="H6430"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H6430"\+w*} they|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w came|strong="H6430"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6430"\+w*} hid|strong="H5641" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" room|strong="H2315" as|strong="H3427" they|strong="H5921" had|strong="H6430" done|strong="H6213" before|strong="H5921". And|strong="H6430" again|strong="H3947", while|strong="H5921" Samson|strong="H8123" was|strong="H6430" sleeping|strong="H3463", she|strong="H5921" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" new|strong="H2319" ropes|strong="H5688" and|strong="H6430" tied|strong="H0631" him|strong="H5921" up|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H3947" she|strong="H5921" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3947", “Samson|strong="H8123"! The|strong="H5921" Philistines|strong="H6430" have|strong="H6430" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H5921" capture|strong="H3947" you|strong="H5921"!” But|strong="H3947" Samson|strong="H8123" snapped|strong="H5423" the|strong="H5921" ropes|strong="H5688" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3947" arms|strong="H2220" as|strong="H3427" easily|strong="H4592" as|strong="H3427" if|strong="H0518" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H6430" threads|strong="H0713". 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H1696" Delilah|strong="H1807" said|strong="H1696", “You|strong="H5704" have|strong="H1696" deceived|strong="H2048" me|strong="H5046" and|strong="H7218" lied|strong="H3576" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H1696"\+w*}! Please|strong="H4994" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046" how|strong="H4100" someone|strong="H0376" can|strong="H4100" tie|strong="H6029" you|strong="H5704" up|strong="H5704" securely|strong="H0983"!” Samson|strong="H8123" replied|strong="H1696", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5704" weave|strong="H0707" the|strong="H5704" seven|strong="H7651" braids|strong="H4253" of|strong="H7218" my|strong="H5046" hair|strong="H7218" into|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" threads|strong="H0713" you|strong="H5704" are|strong="H4100" weaving|strong="H0707" on|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5704" loom|strong="H0708", and|strong="H7218" then|strong="H1696" fasten|strong="H5414" those|strong="H1696" threads|strong="H0713" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5704" pin|strong="H3489" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w makes|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w threads|strong="H0713"\+w* \+w tight|strong="H6862"\+w*}, then|strong="H1696" I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H4100" be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H5704" weak|strong="H2470" as|strong="H5704" other|strong="H2008" men|strong="H7218".” 
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So|strong="H1696" again|strong="H1696", while|strong="H5704" Samson|strong="H8123" was|strong="H7218" sleeping|strong="H3463" on|strong="H1696" her|strong="H5046" lap|strong="H2436", Delilah|strong="H1807" held|strong="H2388" the|strong="H5704" seven|strong="H7651" braids|strong="H4253" of|strong="H7218" his|strong="H5046" hair|strong="H7218", and|strong="H7218" wove|strong="H5526" them|strong="H5046" into|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" threads|strong="H0713" on|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5704" loom|strong="H0708", 
\verseNumber{14}and|strong="H6430" she|strong="H5921" tightened|strong="H6923" them|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" pin|strong="H3489". Then|strong="H8123" she|strong="H5921" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H5265", “Samson|strong="H8123"! The|strong="H5921" Philistines|strong="H6430" have|strong="H6430" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H5921" capture|strong="H3920" you|strong="H5921"!” But|strong="H5921" Samson|strong="H8123" woke|strong="H3364" up|strong="H5921" and|strong="H6430" pulled|strong="H5265" out|strong="H5265" the|strong="H5921" pin|strong="H3489", and|strong="H6430" pulled|strong="H5265" his|strong="H5921" hair|strong="H8181" from|strong="H5265" the|strong="H5921" threads|strong="H0713" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" loom|strong="H0708". 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H2088" Delilah|strong="H1807" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3820" him|strong="H5046", “How|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5046" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H2088" you|strong="H5046" love|strong="H0157" me|strong="H5046" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H5046" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046" the|strong="H5046" truth|strong="H3808" about|strong="H5439" yourself|strong="H3820"? You|strong="H5046" have|strong="H3808" deceived|strong="H2048" me|strong="H5046" three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471", and|strong="H1419" you|strong="H5046" still|strong="H5750" have|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046" what|strong="H4100" really|strong="H2088" makes|strong="H3581" you|strong="H5046" so|strong="H3808" strong|strong="H3581"!” 
\verseNumber{16}Day|strong="H3117" after|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117" she|strong="H3588" nagged him|strong="H4191" like|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588". He|strong="H3588" thought|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3588" would|strong="H1697" die|strong="H4191" from|strong="H5315" her|strong="H3605" nagging [IDM]. 
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\verseNumber{17}Finally|strong="H5704" Samson|strong="H8123" told|strong="H5046" her|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" truth|strong="H3808". He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" set|strong="H5927" apart|strong="H0914" for|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3808" since|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" born|strong="H3808". And|strong="H7218" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H7218" that|strong="H3588", my|strong="H3605" hair|strong="H7218" has|strong="H1961" never|strong="H3808" been|strong="H1961" cut|strong="H1548". If|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3605" hair|strong="H7218" were|strong="H1961" shaved|strong="H1548" off|strong="H5493", my|strong="H3605" strength|strong="H3581" would|strong="H5493" be|strong="H1961" gone|strong="H5927", and|strong="H7218" I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H5493" be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" weak|strong="H2470" as|strong="H1961" other|strong="H3605" men|strong="H7218".” 
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\verseNumber{18}Delilah|strong="H1807" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" this|strong="H7200" time|strong="H6471" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H6430" told|strong="H5046" her|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" truth|strong="H0571". So|strong="H7971" she|strong="H3588" summoned|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" Philistine|strong="H6430" leaders|strong="H5633" again|strong="H7971", saying|strong="H0559", “Come|strong="H5927" back|strong="H5927" one|strong="H3605" more|strong="H6471" time|strong="H6471", because|strong="H3588" Samson|strong="H8123" has|strong="H3820" really|strong="H2088" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H7971" everything|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w why|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w so|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w strong|strong="H2388"\+w*}”. So|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" Philistine|strong="H6430" leaders|strong="H5633" returned|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3701" brought|strong="H5927" to|strong="H7971" Delilah|strong="H1807" the|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w give|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w her|strong="H3605"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{19}Again|strong="H7725" she|strong="H7121" lulled Samson|strong="H8123" to|strong="H5921" sleep|strong="H3462", with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7121" head|strong="H7218" in|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5493" lap|strong="H1290". Then|strong="H7121" she|strong="H7121" called|strong="H7121" one|strong="H7651" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" Philistine|strong="H6430" men|strong="H7218" to|strong="H5921" come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H7218" shave|strong="H1548" off|strong="H5493" Samson’s|strong="H8123" hair|strong="H7218". As|strong="H7121" he|strong="H5921" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H7121", Samson|strong="H8123" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5921" get|strong="H5493" weaker|strong="H1800". And|strong="H7218" finally|strong="H5704" his|strong="H7121" strength|strong="H3581" was|strong="H7218" all|strong="H5921" gone|strong="H5493". 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w she|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w tied|strong="H0631"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w up|strong="H5921"\+w*}, she|strong="H1931" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3318", “Samson|strong="H8123"! The|strong="H5921" Philistines|strong="H6430" have|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" capture|strong="H3920" you|strong="H3588"!” 
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He|strong="H1931" woke|strong="H3364" up|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3068" thought|strong="H3045", “I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" as|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3068" before|strong="H5921". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" shake|strong="H5287" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w these|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w ropes|strong="H5688"\+w*} off|strong="H5493" myself|strong="H3045" and|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" free|strong="H3318"!” But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" left|strong="H3318" him|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" Philistine|strong="H6430" men|strong="H0376" seized|strong="H8610" him|strong="H3381" and|strong="H1004" gouged|strong="H5365" out|strong="H5365" his|strong="H1961" eyes|strong="H5869". Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5178" took|strong="H3381" him|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Gaza|strong="H5804". There|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5178" put|strong="H3381" him|strong="H3381" in|strong="H1004" prison|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" bound|strong="H0631" him|strong="H3381" with|strong="H1004" bronze|strong="H5178" chains|strong="H5178". They|strong="H5178" made|strong="H1961" him|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w turn|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w millstone|strong="H7393"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w*} grind|strong="H2912" grain|strong="H1715" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w every|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3381"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" his|strong="H1548" hair|strong="H8181" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H2490" grow|strong="H6779" again|strong="H6779". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Samson|strong="H8123" killed|strong="H2490" many|strong="H7227" thousands|strong="H0505" of|strong="H7218" Philistines|strong="H6430" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" died|strong="H4191" }
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\verseNumber{23}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Several|strong="H2669"\+w* \+w months|strong="H2320"\+w* \+w later|strong="H0310"\+w*} the|strong="H5414" Philistine|strong="H6430" leaders|strong="H5633" celebrated|strong="H6213" a|strong="H5414" big|strong="H0931" festival|strong="H8057". During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" festival|strong="H8057" they|strong="H3027" offered|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" god|strong="H5414" Dagon|strong="H1712". They|strong="H3027" praised|strong="H1984" him|strong="H5414", saying|strong="H0559", “Our|strong="H5414" god|strong="H5414" has|strong="H3027" enabled|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" defeat|strong="H5414" our|strong="H5414" great|strong="H1419" enemy|strong="H0340" Samson|strong="H8123"!” 
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\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H3027" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H5971" saw|strong="H7200" Samson|strong="H8123", they|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3027" praised|strong="H1984" their|strong="H5414" god|strong="H5414" Dagon|strong="H1712", saying|strong="H0559", 
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“Samson|strong="H8123" ruined|strong="H2717" our|strong="H5414" crops|strong="H8393" and|strong="H3027" killed|strong="H2491" many|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3027" our|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971", 
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but|strong="H3588" our|strong="H5414" god|strong="H5414" has|strong="H3588" put|strong="H5414" our|strong="H5414" enemy|strong="H0340" into|strong="H3027" our|strong="H5414" hands|strong="H3027". 
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Our|strong="H5414" god|strong="H5414" helped|strong="H3027" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" capture|strong="H3920" the|strong="H7200" one|strong="H2491" who|strong="H5971" has|strong="H3588" killed|strong="H2491" so|strong="H5414" many|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3027" us|strong="H5414"!” 
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\verseNumber{25}By|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H3820" were|strong="H1961" half-drunk. They|strong="H3588" shouted|strong="H7121", “Bring|strong="H1961" Samson|strong="H8123" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" prison|strong="H1004"! Bring|strong="H1961" him|strong="H6440" here|strong="H6311" so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" can|strong="H1004" entertain|strong="H7832" us|strong="H6440"!” 
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So|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3588" brought|strong="H1961" Samson|strong="H8123" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" prison|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" made|strong="H1961" fun of|strong="H1004" him|strong="H6440". Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3588" made|strong="H1961" him|strong="H6440" stand|strong="H5975" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" center|strong="H8432" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004". They|strong="H3588" made|strong="H1961" him|strong="H6440" stand|strong="H5975" between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H6440" two|strong="H1004" pillars|strong="H5982" that|strong="H3588" held|strong="H1961" up|strong="H5975" the|strong="H6440" roof|strong="H1406". 
\verseNumber{26}Samson|strong="H8123" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5288" who|strong="H5288" was|strong="H1004" leading|strong="H7218" him|strong="H5921" by|strong="H3027" his|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027", “Place|strong="H3027" my|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H1004" pillars|strong="H5982". I|strong="H5921" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H5921" rest|strong="H8172" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921".” 
\verseNumber{27}At|strong="H5921" that|strong="H7200" time|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1004" full|strong="H4390" of|strong="H1004" men|strong="H3605" and|strong="H1004" women|strong="H0802". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Philistine|strong="H6430" leaders|strong="H5633" were|strong="H6430" also|strong="H6430" there|strong="H8033". And|strong="H1004" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H6430" about|strong="H5921" 3,000 people|strong="H7200" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" roof|strong="H1406", watching|strong="H7832" Samson|strong="H8123" and|strong="H1004" making|strong="H3605" fun of|strong="H1004" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="H2088" Samson|strong="H8123" prayed|strong="H7121", saying|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", my|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068", think|strong="H5869" about|strong="H5439" me|strong="H4994" again|strong="H7725"! Please|strong="H4994" give|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" strength|strong="H2388" one|strong="H2088" more|strong="H6471" time|strong="H6471", so|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2088" may|strong="H4994" get|strong="H3947" revenge|strong="H5358" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3069" Philistines|strong="H6430" for|strong="H7121" gouging out|strong="H2388" my|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869"!” 
\verseNumber{29}Then|strong="H8123" Samson|strong="H8123" put|strong="H5564" his|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" center|strong="H8432" pillars|strong="H5982" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004". He|strong="H1004" put|strong="H5564" his|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3225" on|strong="H5921" one|strong="H8147" pillar|strong="H5982" and|strong="H1004" his|strong="H5921" left|strong="H8040" hand|strong="H3225" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H8147" pillar|strong="H5982". 
\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3605" shouted|strong="H7321" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}, “Let|strong="H5186" me|strong="H5315" die|strong="H4191" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430"!”, and|strong="H1004" he|strong="H3605" pushed|strong="H1920" with|strong="H5973" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" strength|strong="H3581". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w pillars|strong="H5982"\+w* \+w collapsed|strong="H5307"\+w*}, and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" crashed down|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Philistine|strong="H6430" leaders|strong="H5633" and|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" Philistine|strong="H6430" people|strong="H5971", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}. So|strong="H1961" Samson|strong="H8123" killed|strong="H4191" more|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5971" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3605" died|strong="H4191" than|strong="H5921" he|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H4191" all|strong="H3605" during|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3605" life|strong="H5315". 
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\verseNumber{31}Later|strong="H0310" his|strong="H3605" brothers|strong="H0251" and|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3605" relatives|strong="H0251" went|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w Zorah|strong="H6881"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w Gaza|strong="H5804"\+w*} to|strong="H3381" get|strong="H5927" his|strong="H3605" body|strong="H1320". They|strong="H8141" took|strong="H5375" it|strong="H1931" back|strong="H5927" home|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3478" buried|strong="H6912" it|strong="H1931" between|strong="H8199" Zorah|strong="H6881" and|strong="H3478" Eshtaol|strong="H0847", at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H1004" where|strong="H1004" Samson’s|strong="H8123" father|strong="H0001" Manoah|strong="H4495" was|strong="H3478" buried|strong="H6912". Samson|strong="H8123" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H5927" Israel’s|strong="H3478" leader|strong="H5387" for|strong="H1004" 20 years|strong="H8141". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Micah made idols and hired a priest }
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\chapterNumber{17}There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" named|strong="H8034" Micah|strong="H4319" who|strong="H0834" lived|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8034" the|strong="H1961" hilly area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H1961" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H8034" live|strong="H8034". 
\verseNumber{2}One|strong="H1121" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" mother|strong="H0517", “I|strong="H2009" heard|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3947" curse|strong="H1288" whoever|strong="H3605" stole|strong="H3947" ◄1,100 pieces|strong="H5409"/28 pounds|strong="H1993"/13 kg.► of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701" from|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3947" one|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" silver|strong="H3701", and|strong="H3967" I|strong="H2009" still|strong="H1288" have|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3947".” His|strong="H3068" mother|strong="H0517" replied|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121", I|strong="H2009" pray|strong="H6419" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w admitting|strong="H5753"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w took|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3947"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{3}Micah|strong="H4318" gave|strong="H6213" all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" silver|strong="H3701" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H3068" mother|strong="H0517". Then|strong="H6258" she|strong="H3967" said|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w herself|strong="H3027"\+w*}, “I|strong="H6258" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} this|strong="H6213" silver|strong="H3701" to|strong="H7725" Yahweh|strong="H3068".” And|strong="H3967" she|strong="H3967" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" her|strong="H7725" son|strong="H1121", “My|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121", I|strong="H6258" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" make|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" idol|strong="H6459" and|strong="H3967" a|strong="H6213" statue|strong="H6755" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w this|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w silver|strong="H3701"\+w*}. So|strong="H6213" I|strong="H6258" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} this|strong="H6213" silver|strong="H3701" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w making|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w these|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H6213" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H6213" gave|strong="H5414" all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5414" silver|strong="H3701" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H5414" mother|strong="H0517", she|strong="H3967" took|strong="H3947" ◄200 pieces|strong="H5409"/about|strong="H1961" 5 pounds|strong="H1993"/1.6 kg.► of|strong="H1004" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" a|strong="H1961" ◄silversmith|strong="H6884"/man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H6884" made|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1961" from|strong="H7725" silver|strong="H3701"►. With|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" silver|strong="H3701" that|strong="H5414" man|strong="H0376" made|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" idol|strong="H6459" and|strong="H3967" a|strong="H1961" statue|strong="H6755", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Micah|strong="H4319"\+w*}. Micah|strong="H4319" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H1004" his|strong="H5414" house|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H6213" had|strong="H1961" in|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3027" house|strong="H1004" a|strong="H1961" special|strong="H6381" ◄shrine|strong="H1004"/place|strong="H3027" for|strong="H6213" putting|strong="H5414" sacred|strong="H6944" things|strong="H1961"►. He|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1961" sacred|strong="H6944" vest and|strong="H1121" some|strong="H3027" small|strong="H6996" idols|strong="H8655" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w put|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w in|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w this|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w shrine|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w along|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w with|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w big|strong="H0931"\+w* \+w idol|strong="H8655"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w statue|strong="H6755"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1961" Micah|strong="H4318" chose|strong="H6213" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3027" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3027" priest|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{6}At|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", the|strong="H6213" Israeli people|strong="H5869" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" have|strong="H5869" a|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428". So|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Micah|strong="H4318"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w everyone|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w else|strong="H5750"\+w*} did|strong="H6213" whatever|strong="H3605" they|strong="H1992" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6213" right|strong="H3477" thing|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{7}There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" who|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" living|strong="H1481" in|strong="H1035" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" in|strong="H1035" the|strong="H1961" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H1961" tribe|strong="H4940" of|strong="H4940" Judah|strong="H3063" lives|strong="H1481". He|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w because|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w*} was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" member|strong="H1995" of|strong="H4940" the|strong="H1961" tribe|strong="H4940" of|strong="H4940" Levi|strong="H3881". 
\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H6213" he|strong="H5704" left|strong="H4672" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" to|strong="H5704" find|strong="H4672" another|strong="H0312" place|strong="H1004" to|strong="H5704" live|strong="H1481" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w work|strong="H6213"\+w*}. He|strong="H5704" came|strong="H3212" to|strong="H5704" Micah’s|strong="H4318" house|strong="H1004" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" hilly area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6213" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1004" Ephraim|strong="H0669" live|strong="H1481". 
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\verseNumber{9}Micah|strong="H4318" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H4672", “Where|strong="H0834" are|strong="H3063" you|strong="H4672" from|strong="H1980"?” 
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He|strong="H1980" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H1980" come|strong="H1980" from|strong="H1980" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". I|strong="H1980" am|strong="H1980" from|strong="H1980" the|strong="H4672" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4318" Levi|strong="H3881", and|strong="H1980" I|strong="H1980" am|strong="H1980" looking|strong="H4672" for|strong="H3063" a|strong="H4672" place|strong="H4725" to|strong="H1980" live|strong="H1481" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w a|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{10}Micah|strong="H4318" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H5414", “Stay|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3427" me|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3701" you|strong="H5414" can|strong="H3548" become|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" father|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w counsel|strong="H6098"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5414"\+w*}, and|strong="H3701" be|strong="H1961" my|strong="H5414" priest|strong="H3548". Each|strong="H3117" year|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" you|strong="H5414" ten|strong="H6235" pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H3117" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" some|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w new|strong="H2319"\+w*} clothes|strong="H0899". And|strong="H3701" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" provide|strong="H5414" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H3427" you|strong="H5414".” 
\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" agreed|strong="H2974" to|strong="H1961" live|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3427" Micah|strong="H4318". He|strong="H3881" became|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Micah’s|strong="H4318" own|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{12}Micah|strong="H4318" appointed|strong="H4150" him|strong="H3027" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548", and|strong="H3027" he|strong="H1004" lived|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1004" Micah’s|strong="H4318" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H1961" Micah|strong="H4318" said|strong="H0559", “Now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3190" good|strong="H3190" things|strong="H1961" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H1961", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H3045" from|strong="H3881" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3068" Levi|strong="H3881" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" my|strong="H3068" priest|strong="H3548".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The tribe of Dan took Micah’s priest and his idols }
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\chapterNumber{18}At|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" Israelis had|strong="H3478" no|strong="H3808" king|strong="H4428". 
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Also|strong="H3478" at|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117", the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H4428" Dan|strong="H1839" was|strong="H3478" still|strong="H3427" searching|strong="H1245" for|strong="H3588" some|strong="H1992" land|strong="H5159" where|strong="H3808" they|strong="H1992" could|strong="H3201" live|strong="H3427". The|strong="H3588" other|strong="H0312" Israeli tribes|strong="H7626" had|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w been|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w*} ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w capture|strong="H5307"\+w*/\+w take|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w possession|strong="H5159"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*}► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w*} land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H3808" allotted|strong="H5307" to|strong="H5704" them|strong="H1992", but|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H4428" Dan|strong="H1839" had|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H7971" they|strong="H8033" chose|strong="H0977" five|strong="H2568" soldiers|strong="H2428" from|strong="H1121" their|strong="H7971" clans|strong="H4940", men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1004" Zorah|strong="H6881" and|strong="H1121" Eshtaol|strong="H0847" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}, to|strong="H5704" go|strong="H3212" through|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5704" land|strong="H4940" and|strong="H1121" explore|strong="H2713" it|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w try|strong="H2713"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w find|strong="H2713"\+w* \+w some|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w land|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w where|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w their|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w could|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w*}. 
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They|strong="H8033" came|strong="H3212" to|strong="H5704" Micah’s|strong="H4318" house|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5704" hilly area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H5704" tribe|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669" lived|strong="H3427", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H8033" stayed|strong="H3885" there|strong="H8033" that|strong="H1121" night|strong="H3885". 
\verseNumber{3}While|strong="H5973" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H3881" in|strong="H1004" his|strong="H5493" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" they|strong="H1992" heard|strong="H6963" the|strong="H6213" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" who|strong="H4310" had|strong="H4318" become|strong="H6213" Micah’s|strong="H4318" priest|strong="H3548" talking|strong="H1696", they|strong="H1992" recognized|strong="H5234" from|strong="H5493" ◄his|strong="H5493" accent/the|strong="H6213" way|strong="H2088" that|strong="H3881" he|strong="H8033" talked|strong="H1696"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3881"\+w* \+w he|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w southern|strong="H5045"\+w* \+w part|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. So|strong="H6213" they|strong="H1992" went|strong="H3881" to|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213" and|strong="H1004" asked|strong="H4100" him|strong="H6213", “Who|strong="H4310" brought|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" here|strong="H6311"? What|strong="H4100" are|strong="H1992" you|strong="H6213" doing|strong="H6213" here|strong="H6311"? Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" come|strong="H5288" here|strong="H6311"?” 
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\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H6213" told|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3548" Micah|strong="H4318" had|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213". And|strong="H3548" he|strong="H6213" said|strong="H0559", “Micah|strong="H4318" ◄has|strong="H1961" hired|strong="H7936" me|strong="H6213"/is|strong="H2088" paying|strong="H1576" me|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1961" work|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213"►, and|strong="H3548" I|strong="H2088" have|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548".” 
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\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H1980" they|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1980" him|strong="H5921", “Please|strong="H4994" ask|strong="H7592" God|strong="H0430" if|strong="H0518" we|strong="H4994" will|strong="H7592" succeed|strong="H6743" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w we|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w trying|strong="H1156"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w do|strong="H1870"\+w*} on|strong="H5921" this|strong="H3045" journey|strong="H1870".” 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H3068" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H0376" replied|strong="H0559", “Things|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3212" well|strong="H7965" for|strong="H3068" you|strong="H1870". Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H1870" on|strong="H1870" this|strong="H3068" journey|strong="H1870".” 
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\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w next|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} the|strong="H7200" five|strong="H2568" men|strong="H5971" left|strong="H3427". When|strong="H7200" they|strong="H1992" came|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Laish|strong="H3919" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, they|strong="H1992" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971" there|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" safely|strong="H0983", like|strong="H5973" the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3427" Sidon|strong="H6721" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} did|strong="H5971". The|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971" there|strong="H3427" thought|strong="H7130" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H5971" safe|strong="H7965"/protected|strong="H3467" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3423"\+w* \+w any|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}, and|strong="H4941" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H5971" plenty|strong="H7647" of|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w good|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w fertile|strong="H3759"\+w*} land|strong="H7130". They|strong="H1992" lived|strong="H3427" very|strong="H1992" far|strong="H7350" from|strong="H3423" the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1697" Sidon|strong="H6721", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Sidon|strong="H6721"\+w* \+w would|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w not|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w defend|strong="H1598"\+w*/\+w protect|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1992"\+w*}. They|strong="H1992" had|strong="H5971" no|strong="H7200" other|strong="H0312" ◄allies|strong="H2266"/groups|strong="H7218" nearby|strong="H7130" that|strong="H5971" would|strong="H5971" help|strong="H5971" them|strong="H1992" in|strong="H3427" battles|strong="H4421"►. 
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\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H3588" those|strong="H1992" five|strong="H2568" men|strong="H0376" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H4100" Zorah|strong="H6881" and|strong="H6881" Eshtaol|strong="H0847", their|strong="H4100" relatives|strong="H0251" asked|strong="H4100" them|strong="H5414" “What|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H4100"?” 
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\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H7200" found|strong="H4672" some|strong="H2009" land|strong="H0776", and|strong="H6965" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H2896" very|strong="H3966" good|strong="H2896". We|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H6965" attack|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w there|strong="H2009"\+w*}. Why|strong="H5921" are|strong="H2896" you|strong="H3588" staying|strong="H3427" here|strong="H2009" and|strong="H6965" doing|strong="H2814" nothing|strong="H2814" [RHQ]? Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" wait|strong="H0693" any|strong="H7200" longer|strong="H5750"! We|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" go|strong="H3212" immediately|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" take|strong="H3423" possession|strong="H3423" of|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776"! 
\verseNumber{10}When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" go|strong="H5971" there|strong="H8033", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H3027" plenty|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3027" land|strong="H4725", and|strong="H3027" it|strong="H5414" has|strong="H3588" everything|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w*}. The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" there|strong="H8033" are|strong="H5971" not|strong="H5414" expecting anyone|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5414" attack|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5414". Surely|strong="H3588" God|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3027" giving|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3588" land|strong="H4725" to|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H2296" 600 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H5265" the|strong="H8033" tribe|strong="H4940" of|strong="H3627" Dan|strong="H1839" left|strong="H5265" Zorah|strong="H6881" and|strong="H3967" Eshtaol|strong="H0847", carrying|strong="H5375" their|strong="H8033" weapons|strong="H3627". 
\verseNumber{12}On|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" way|strong="H2088" they|strong="H3117" set|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5921" tents|strong="H2583" near|strong="H5921" Kiriath-Jearim|strong="H7157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w area|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w where|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3117"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*}. That|strong="H3117" is|strong="H2088" why|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" area|strong="H4725" west|strong="H3220" of|strong="H3117" Kiriath-Jearim|strong="H7157" was|strong="H1931" named|strong="H7121" ‘Camp|strong="H2583" of|strong="H3117" Dan’, and|strong="H3063" that|strong="H3117" is|strong="H2088" still|strong="H5704" its|strong="H5921" name|strong="H7121". 
\verseNumber{13}From|strong="H5704" there|strong="H8033", they|strong="H8033" went|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" hilly area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H5704" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1004" Ephraim|strong="H0669" lives|strong="H5315". And|strong="H1004" they|strong="H8033" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H1004" Micah’s|strong="H4318" house|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H3588" five|strong="H2568" men|strong="H1980" who|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" explored|strong="H8446" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" near|strong="H7126" Laish|strong="H3919" said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H1980" their|strong="H3588" fellow|strong="H7453" Israelis, “Do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" in|strong="H1980" one|strong="H6213" of|strong="H1004" these|strong="H6213" houses|strong="H1004" there|strong="H3426" is|strong="H3426" a|strong="H6213" sacred|strong="H6944" vest, several|strong="H2669" idols|strong="H8655", and|strong="H1980" a|strong="H6213" statue|strong="H6755"? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" should|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213".” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H5493" they|strong="H8033" went|strong="H3881" to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5493" house|strong="H1004" where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H5493" man|strong="H5288" from|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5493" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1004" Levi|strong="H3881" lived|strong="H3427", which|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5493" house|strong="H1004" where|strong="H8033" Micah|strong="H4318" lived|strong="H3427", and|strong="H1004" they|strong="H8033" greeted|strong="H7592" the|strong="H5493" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" from|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5493" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1004" Levi|strong="H3881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3881"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4318"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w Micah’s|strong="H4318"\+w* \+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H1121" 600 men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835" stood|strong="H5324" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H1121" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" house|strong="H1004", carrying|strong="H5375" their|strong="H1835" weapons|strong="H3627". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H3947" five|strong="H2568" men|strong="H1980" who|strong="H3548" had|strong="H3548" explored|strong="H8446" the|strong="H3947" land|strong="H0776" went|strong="H1980" into|strong="H1980" Micah’s|strong="H4318" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3967" took|strong="H3947" all|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3947" idols|strong="H8655", the|strong="H3947" sacred|strong="H6944" vest, and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3947" statue|strong="H6755". While|strong="H5704" they|strong="H8033" did|strong="H1980" that|strong="H3548", the|strong="H3947" 600 men|strong="H1980" stood|strong="H5324" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H3947" gate|strong="H8179", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w talking|strong="H1696"\+w*} with|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3947" priest|strong="H3548". 
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\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3947" priest|strong="H3548" saw|strong="H7200" them|strong="H6213" bringing|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" idols|strong="H8655" and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" sacred|strong="H6944" vest and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" statue|strong="H6755", he|strong="H6213" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213", “What|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3947" doing|strong="H6213"?” 
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\verseNumber{19}They|strong="H5921" replied|strong="H0559", “Be|strong="H1961" quiet|strong="H2790"! Do|strong="H2790" not|strong="H1961" say|strong="H6310" anything|strong="H3605"! You|strong="H5921" come|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} a|strong="H1961" father|strong="H0001" to|strong="H3478" us|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3478" a|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548" for|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921". Is|strong="H3027" it|strong="H7760" better|strong="H2896" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stay|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w here|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w*} be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H4940" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" one|strong="H2896" man|strong="H2896", or|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" clan|strong="H4940", and|strong="H3478" a|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" whole|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1004" Israelis?” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H3947" priest|strong="H3548" liked|strong="H7521" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" suggesting. So|strong="H3947" he|strong="H5971" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" sacred|strong="H6944" vest and|strong="H3548" the|strong="H3947" idols|strong="H8655", and|strong="H3548" he|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w prepared|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3820"\+w*} go|strong="H3190" with|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3947" men|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H5971" Dan|strong="H1835". 
\verseNumber{21}They|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3212" put|strong="H7760" their|strong="H7760" little|strong="H2945" children|strong="H2945" and|strong="H3212" their|strong="H7760" animals|strong="H0929" and|strong="H3212" everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750" that|strong="H3212" they|strong="H6440" owned|strong="H3426" in|strong="H3212" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{22}After|strong="H1992" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H1121" gone|strong="H7368" a|strong="H1121" little|strong="H4592" distance|strong="H7368" from|strong="H1121" Micah’s|strong="H4318" house|strong="H1004", Micah|strong="H4318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1004"\+w* happening. \+w He|strong="H1004"\+w*} quickly|strong="H4116" summoned|strong="H2199" the|strong="H5973" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" near|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" ran|strong="H7323" and|strong="H1121" caught|strong="H5973" up|strong="H1121" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5973" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835". 
\verseNumber{23}They|strong="H3588" shouted|strong="H7121" at|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440". The|strong="H6440" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835" turned|strong="H5437" around|strong="H5437" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H6440" Micah|strong="H4318", “What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" the|strong="H6440" problem|strong="H2008"? Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" gathered|strong="H2199" these|strong="H7121" men|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w pursue|strong="H7291"\+w* \+w us|strong="H6440"\+w*}?” 
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\verseNumber{24}Micah|strong="H4318" shouted|strong="H7321", “You|strong="H3947" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" silver|strong="H3701" idols|strong="H1544" that|strong="H3548" were|strong="H2088" made|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213"! You|strong="H3947" also|strong="H6213" took|strong="H3947" my|strong="H3947" priest|strong="H3548"! I|strong="H2088" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3548" anything|strong="H4100" left|strong="H3548" [RHQ]! So|strong="H6213" why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3947" ask|strong="H7592" me|strong="H6213", ‘What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3947" problem|strong="H2008"?’” 
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\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H8085" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5315" the|strong="H8085" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835" replied|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H5973" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6435" shout|strong="H6963" loudly|strong="H6963" like|strong="H5973" that|strong="H8085"! One|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" our|strong="H8085" angry|strong="H4751" men|strong="H1121" might|strong="H6435" attack|strong="H6293" you|strong="H5973" and|strong="H1121" kill|strong="H6293" you|strong="H5973" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H8085" family|strong="H1004"!” 
\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7200" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H7200" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835" continued|strong="H5674" walking|strong="H3212". Micah|strong="H4318" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H1992" was|strong="H1004" a|strong="H3588" very|strong="H1992" large|strong="H1004" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H1992", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w useless|strong="H1892"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w try|strong="H0974"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1992"\+w*}. So|strong="H4480" he|strong="H3588" turned|strong="H6437" around|strong="H7725" and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H3212" home|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{27}The|strong="H5921" men|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H5892" Dan|strong="H1835" were|strong="H1961" carrying|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5921" things|strong="H1961" that|strong="H5971" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" made|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" Micah|strong="H4318", and|strong="H3548" they|strong="H1992" also|strong="H6213" took|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947" priest|strong="H3548", and|strong="H3548" they|strong="H1992" continued|strong="H1961" traveling|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1961" Laish|strong="H3919". They|strong="H1992" attacked|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" were|strong="H1961" peacefully|strong="H7965" living|strong="H2416" there|strong="H1961", and|strong="H3548" killed|strong="H5221" them|strong="H1992" with|strong="H8313" their|strong="H3947" swords|strong="H2719", and|strong="H3548" then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" burned|strong="H8313" everything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{28}Laish|strong="H3919" was|strong="H1931" far|strong="H7350" from|strong="H7350" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1697"\+w*} Sidon|strong="H6721", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Sidon|strong="H6721"\+w* \+w could|strong="H5337"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w rescue|strong="H5337"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Laish|strong="H3919"\+w*}. And|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1697" Laish|strong="H3919" had|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" other|strong="H0312" allies|strong="H2266". Laish|strong="H3919" was|strong="H1931" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H3588" valley|strong="H6010" near|strong="H5973" Beth-Rehob|strong="H1050" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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The|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1697" Dan|strong="H1835" rebuilt|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5892" started|strong="H1129" to|strong="H1697" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{29}They|strong="H3478" gave|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3205" city|strong="H5892" a|strong="H3205" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w new|strong="H2319"\+w*} name|strong="H8034", Dan|strong="H1835", in|strong="H3478" honor|strong="H8034" of|strong="H5892" their|strong="H7121" ancestor Dan|strong="H1835", who|strong="H3478" was|strong="H8034" one|strong="H7223" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H3205" of|strong="H5892" Jacob|strong="H3290". 
\verseNumber{30}The|strong="H3117" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3117" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835" set|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*} the|strong="H3117" idols|strong="H6459" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w made|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w Micah|strong="H4318"\+w*}. Jonathan|strong="H3129", who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gershom|strong="H1647" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3117" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872", was|strong="H1961" appointed|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548". His|strong="H1540" descendants|strong="H1121" continued|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" priests|strong="H3548" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3117" Israelis were|strong="H1961" captured|strong="H3920" and|strong="H1121" taken|strong="H1540" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w Assyria|strong="H0804"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{31}After|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1004" Dan|strong="H1835" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H7760" the|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H6459" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" made|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" Micah|strong="H4318", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H6459"\+w*, \+w even|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*} God|strong="H0430", was|strong="H1961" at|strong="H1004" Shiloh|strong="H7887". 

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\chapterNumber{19}At|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3947" Israeli people|strong="H5971" had|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428". 
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There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3947" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4428" Levi|strong="H3881" who|strong="H3478" lived|strong="H1481" in|strong="H3478" a|strong="H1961" remote|strong="H3411" place|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3947" hilly area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H1992" the|strong="H3947" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4428" Ephraim|strong="H0669" lives|strong="H1481". He|strong="H3117" had|strong="H1961" previously|strong="H8543" taken|strong="H3947" as|strong="H3117" a|strong="H1961" wife|strong="H0802" a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H3478" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" slave|strong="H5650". She|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" from|strong="H3478" Bethlehem|strong="H1035", in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3947" area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H1992" the|strong="H3947" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" lives|strong="H1481". 
\verseNumber{2}But|strong="H1961" she|strong="H5921" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3212" sleep|strong="H8142" with|strong="H1004" other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H0376" also|strong="H3117". Then|strong="H1961" she|strong="H5921" left|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3063" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3212" her|strong="H5921" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". She|strong="H5921" stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" for|strong="H5921" four|strong="H0702" months|strong="H2320". 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H6965" her|strong="H5921" husband|strong="H0376" took|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" servant|strong="H5288" and|strong="H6965" two|strong="H6776" donkeys|strong="H2543" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H1696" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". He|strong="H1004" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H1696" ask|strong="H7592" her|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" come|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1696" live|strong="H3427" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921" again|strong="H7725". When|strong="H7200" he|strong="H1004" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004", she|strong="H3820" invited|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" come|strong="H3212" in|strong="H5921". Her|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" was|strong="H3820" happy|strong="H8055" to|strong="H1696" see|strong="H7200" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3117" woman’s|strong="H0802" father|strong="H0001" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H2388" to|strong="H3117" stay|strong="H3427". So|strong="H3427" he|strong="H3117" stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" for|strong="H3427" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117". During|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" ate|strong="H0398" and|strong="H3117" drank|strong="H8354" and|strong="H3117" slept|strong="H7901" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{5}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" fourth|strong="H7243" day|strong="H3117", they|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3212" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" early|strong="H7925" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" morning|strong="H1242". The|strong="H3117" man|strong="H3820" from|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3117" Levi|strong="H3878" was|strong="H1961" preparing|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3212" leave|strong="H5800", but|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" woman’s|strong="H0802" father|strong="H0001" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H1961", “Eat|strong="H3899" something|strong="H3899" before|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" go|strong="H3212".” 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3885" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H8147" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" to|strong="H3820" eat|strong="H0398" and|strong="H8147" drink|strong="H8354" together|strong="H3162". Then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H3885" woman’s|strong="H0802" father|strong="H0001" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3820" him|strong="H5414", “Please|strong="H4994" stay|strong="H3427" another|strong="H0312" night|strong="H3885". Relax|strong="H7503"/Rest|strong="H5117" and|strong="H8147" have|strong="H8147" a|strong="H3427" joyful|strong="H3190" time|strong="H3820".” 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H7725" man|strong="H0376" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H7725" Levi|strong="H3878" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H7725" leave|strong="H5800", but|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" woman’s|strong="H0802" father|strong="H0001" requested|strong="H7592" him|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" stay|strong="H3885" one|strong="H0259" more|strong="H7725" night|strong="H3885". So|strong="H6965" he|strong="H8033" stayed|strong="H3885" again|strong="H7725" that|strong="H6965" night|strong="H3885". 
\verseNumber{8}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" fifth|strong="H2549" day|strong="H3117", the|strong="H3117" man|strong="H0376" got|strong="H7925" up|strong="H7925" early|strong="H7925" and|strong="H3117" prepared|strong="H3559" to|strong="H5704" leave|strong="H5800". But|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" woman’s|strong="H0802" father|strong="H0001" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H5186" again|strong="H7925", “Have|strong="H3117" something|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5704" eat|strong="H0398". Wait|strong="H4102" until|strong="H5704" this|strong="H3117" afternoon|strong="H5186", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w then|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w leave|strong="H5800"\+w*}.” So|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3117" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H8147" ate|strong="H0398" together|strong="H8147". 
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\verseNumber{9}In|strong="H2583" the|strong="H3117" afternoon|strong="H3117", when|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" man|strong="H5288" from|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3117" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3117" Levi|strong="H3878" and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H6965" slave|strong="H5650" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H6965" servant|strong="H5288" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" to|strong="H1980" leave|strong="H1980", the|strong="H3117" woman’s|strong="H0802" father|strong="H0001" said|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H1931" will|strong="H5288" soon|strong="H7925" be|strong="H3117" dark|strong="H2822". The|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" is|strong="H1931" almost|strong="H3117" over|strong="H1980". Stay|strong="H7503" here|strong="H6311" tonight|strong="H3915" and|strong="H1980" have|strong="H5288" a|strong="H3117" good|strong="H3190"/joyful|strong="H3190" time|strong="H3117". Tomorrow|strong="H4279" morning|strong="H7925" you|strong="H3117" can|strong="H1980" get|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" early|strong="H7925" and|strong="H1980" leave|strong="H1980" for|strong="H3117" your|strong="H3190" home|strong="H3212".” 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5704" man|strong="H0376" from|strong="H6965" the|strong="H5704" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H6776" Levi|strong="H3878" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5704" stay|strong="H3885" for|strong="H5704" another|strong="H3808" night|strong="H3885". He|strong="H1931" put|strong="H2280" saddles on|strong="H3212" his|strong="H6965" two|strong="H6776" donkeys|strong="H2543", and|strong="H6965" started|strong="H6965" to|strong="H5704" go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H6965" slave|strong="H5650" wife|strong="H0802" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w his|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w servant|strong="H5650"\+w*} toward|strong="H5973" Jebus|strong="H2982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}, which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{11}Late|strong="H3966" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" afternoon|strong="H3117", they|strong="H1992" came|strong="H3212" near|strong="H5973" to|strong="H3212" Jebus|strong="H2982". The|strong="H3117" servant|strong="H5288" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" his|strong="H5493" master|strong="H0113", “We|strong="H3117" should|strong="H3117" stop|strong="H5493" in|strong="H3117" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H1992" the|strong="H3117" Jebus|strong="H2982" people-group live|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3117" stay|strong="H3885" here|strong="H2063" tonight|strong="H3915".” 
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\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H3808" his|strong="H5493" master|strong="H0113" said|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", it|strong="H5704" would|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" good|strong="H2896" for|strong="H5704" us|strong="H3478" to|strong="H5704" stay|strong="H3427" here|strong="H2008" where|strong="H3808" foreign|strong="H5237" people|strong="H1121" live|strong="H3427". There|strong="H2008" are|strong="H1121" no|strong="H3808" Israeli people|strong="H1121" here|strong="H2008". We|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3478" go|strong="H5674" on|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5704" Gibeah|strong="H1390" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="H7126" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" his|strong="H7126" servant|strong="H5288", “Let’s|strong="H1980" go|strong="H3212". It|strong="H7126" is|strong="H4725" not|strong="H3212" far|strong="H5704" to|strong="H3212" Gibeah|strong="H1390". We|strong="H0587" can|strong="H4310" go|strong="H3212" there|strong="H7126", or|strong="H0176" we|strong="H0587" can|strong="H4310" go|strong="H3212" a|strong="H7126" bit|strong="H5391" further|strong="H5750" to|strong="H3212" Ramah|strong="H7414". We|strong="H0587" can|strong="H4310" stay|strong="H3885" in|strong="H3212" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H4725" those|strong="H7126" two|strong="H8147" cities|strong="H5892" tonight|strong="H3915".” 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H5674" they|strong="H5674" continued|strong="H5674" walking|strong="H3212". When|strong="H5674" they|strong="H5674" came|strong="H3212" near|strong="H7126" Gibeah|strong="H1390", where|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5674" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1390" Benjamin|strong="H1144" live|strong="H3427", the|strong="H5674" sun|strong="H8121" was|strong="H8121" setting|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{15}They|strong="H8033" stopped|strong="H5493" to|strong="H1004" stay|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" that|strong="H5892" night|strong="H3885". They|strong="H8033" went|strong="H5892" to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5493" public|strong="H1121" square|strong="H7339" of|strong="H1004" that|strong="H5892" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1004" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427". But|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w passed|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w by|strong="H5892"\+w*} invited|strong="H7121" them|strong="H3427" to|strong="H1004" stay|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" their|strong="H8033" house|strong="H1004" for|strong="H3427" that|strong="H5892" night|strong="H3885". 
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\verseNumber{16}Finally|strong="H5704", in|strong="H4725" the|strong="H4480" evening|strong="H6153", an|strong="H4480" old|strong="H2205" man|strong="H2205" came|strong="H0935" by|strong="H7704". He|strong="H1931" had|strong="H7704" been|strong="H1961" working|strong="H4639" in|strong="H4725" the|strong="H4480" fields|strong="H7704". He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" hilly area|strong="H2022" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H4480" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669", but|strong="H2009" at|strong="H2022" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" living|strong="H1481" in|strong="H4725" Gibeah|strong="H1390". 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H7200" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" man|strong="H2205" from|strong="H5869" the|strong="H7200" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H5892" Levi|strong="H3878" was|strong="H5892" only|strong="H0389" traveling|strong="H1980" and|strong="H3212" did|strong="H5869" not|strong="H7200" have|strong="H5869" a|strong="H5375" home|strong="H3212" in|strong="H3212" that|strong="H7200" city|strong="H5892". So|strong="H5375" he|strong="H7200" asked|strong="H7592" the|strong="H7200" man|strong="H2205", “Where|strong="H0834" have|strong="H5869" you|strong="H7200" come|strong="H3212" from|strong="H5869"? And|strong="H3212" where|strong="H0834" are|strong="H5869" you|strong="H7200" going|strong="H3212"?” 
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\verseNumber{18}He|strong="H5704" replied|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H5704" are|strong="H3068" traveling|strong="H1980" from|strong="H1980" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" to|strong="H5704" my|strong="H3068" home|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3068" hilly area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H8033" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1004" Ephraim|strong="H0669" live|strong="H1980". I|strong="H5704" went|strong="H1980" from|strong="H1980" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H5704" Bethlehem|strong="H1035", but|strong="H3068" now|strong="H3212" we|strong="H5704" are|strong="H3068" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\+w*} where|strong="H8033" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" tent|strong="H0168" (OR|strong="H5704", my|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004") is|strong="H3068". No|strong="H1980" one|strong="H3068" here|strong="H8033" has|strong="H3068" invited|strong="H7121" us|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5704" stay|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1980" their|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" tonight|strong="H3915". 
\verseNumber{19}We|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3426" straw|strong="H8401" and|strong="H3899" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H5650" our|strong="H3605" donkeys|strong="H2543", and|strong="H3899" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3899" wine|strong="H3196" for|strong="H5650" me|strong="H5973" and|strong="H3899" the|strong="H3605" young|strong="H5288" woman|strong="H0802" and|strong="H3899" my|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650". We|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3426" not|strong="H1571" need|strong="H4270" anything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605".” 
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\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H3605" old|strong="H2205" man|strong="H2205" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5921" wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" will|strong="H2205" go|strong="H1980" well|strong="H7965" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3605", but|strong="H7535" I|strong="H5921" would|strong="H3605" like|strong="H4270" to|strong="H5921" provide|strong="H6213" what|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3605" need|strong="H4270". Do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" stay|strong="H3885" here|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" square|strong="H7339" tonight|strong="H3915".” 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H8354" old|strong="H1121" man|strong="H0376" took|strong="H3947" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1004" his|strong="H7364" house|strong="H1004". He|strong="H1004" gave|strong="H1101" food|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8354" donkeys|strong="H2543". He|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gave|strong="H1101"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8354"\+w* \+w man|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8354"\+w* \+w woman|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8354"\+w* \+w servant|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1004"\+w*} wash|strong="H7364" their|strong="H7364" feet|strong="H7272". And|strong="H1004" he|strong="H1004" gave|strong="H1101" them|strong="H5414" something|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1004" eat|strong="H0398" and|strong="H1004" drink|strong="H8354". 
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\verseNumber{22}While|strong="H2009" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1121" having|strong="H1167" a|strong="H3318" good|strong="H3190"/joyful|strong="H3190" time|strong="H3820" together|strong="H5921", some|strong="H1992" wicked|strong="H1100" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H3318" that|strong="H3045" city|strong="H5892" surrounded|strong="H5437" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1121" started|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" bang on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" door|strong="H1817". They|strong="H1992" shouted|strong="H7321" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" old|strong="H1121" man|strong="H2205", “Bring|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" us|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H2205" who|strong="H1121" has|strong="H3820" come|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" your|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004". We|strong="H5892" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3318" have|strong="H3045" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H1004" him|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H6213" old|strong="H1121" man|strong="H1167" went|strong="H3318" outside|strong="H3318" and|strong="H1004" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H6213", “Friends|strong="H7453", I|strong="H2088" will|strong="H1004" not|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H2088". That|strong="H2088" would|strong="H6213" be|strong="H4994" a|strong="H6213" very|strong="H2088" evil|strong="H7489" thing|strong="H2088". This|strong="H2088" man|strong="H1167" is|strong="H2088" a|strong="H6213" guest|strong="H0398" in|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3318" house|strong="H1004". You|strong="H6213" should|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" such|strong="H2088" a|strong="H6213" terrible|strong="H6213"/disgraceful|strong="H5039"/shameful|strong="H1322" thing|strong="H2088"! 
\verseNumber{24}Look|strong="H2009", my|strong="H3318" daughter|strong="H1323" is|strong="H2088" here|strong="H2009". She|strong="H2063" is|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w still|strong="H5750"\+w*} a|strong="H6213" virgin|strong="H1330". And|strong="H5869" this|strong="H2088" man’s|strong="H0376" slave|strong="H5650" wife|strong="H0802" is|strong="H2088" here|strong="H2009". I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H5869" bring|strong="H3318" them|strong="H6213" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" you|strong="H6213" now|strong="H4994". You|strong="H6213" may|strong="H4994" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H6213" whatever|strong="H2896" you|strong="H6213" wish|strong="H2896", but|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" such|strong="H2088" a|strong="H6213" terrible|strong="H6213"/disgraceful|strong="H5039"/shameful|strong="H1322" thing|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3318" this|strong="H2088" young|strong="H2896" man|strong="H2896"!” 
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\verseNumber{25}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5704" what|strong="H3045" he|strong="H5704" said|strong="H8085". So|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3605" Levi|strong="H3878" took|strong="H2388" his|strong="H3605" slave|strong="H5650" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" her|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5704" them|strong="H7971", outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004". They|strong="H3808" raped|strong="H3045" [EUP] her|strong="H3605" and|strong="H7971" abused|strong="H5953" her|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915". Then|strong="H3318" at|strong="H3808" dawn|strong="H7837", they|strong="H3808" allowed|strong="H5414" her|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5704" go|strong="H3318". 
\verseNumber{26}She|strong="H1242" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" old|strong="H1121" man’s|strong="H0376" house|strong="H1004", where|strong="H8033" her|strong="H5704" husband|strong="H0376" was|strong="H1004" staying|strong="H8033", but|strong="H6437" she|strong="H1242" fell|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5704" doorway|strong="H6607" and|strong="H1004" lay|strong="H5307" there|strong="H8033" all|strong="H5704" night|strong="H3915". 
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\verseNumber{27}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" morning|strong="H1242", when|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H5307" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1004" Levi|strong="H3878" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965", he|strong="H1004" went|strong="H3212" outside|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3318" continue|strong="H6965" his|strong="H5921" journey|strong="H1870". He|strong="H1004" saw|strong="H2009" his|strong="H5921" slave|strong="H5650" wife|strong="H0802" lying|strong="H5307" there|strong="H2009" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" doorway|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004". Her|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" were|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" doorsill. 
\verseNumber{28}He|strong="H5921" said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H3212" her|strong="H3947", “Get|strong="H3947" up|strong="H6965"! Let’s|strong="H1980" go|strong="H3212"!” But|strong="H6030" she|strong="H5921" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3212" answer|strong="H6030", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w she|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}. He|strong="H5921" put|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947" body|strong="H1320" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" donkey|strong="H2543" and|strong="H6965" traveled|strong="H5265" to|strong="H3212" his|strong="H3947" home|strong="H4725". 
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\verseNumber{29}When|strong="H7971" he|strong="H3605" arrived|strong="H0935" home|strong="H1004", he|strong="H3605" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" knife|strong="H3979" and|strong="H3478" cut|strong="H5408" the|strong="H3605" body|strong="H6106" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" slave|strong="H5650" woman|strong="H1004" into|strong="H3947" twelve|strong="H8147" pieces|strong="H5409". Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3605" sent|strong="H7971" one|strong="H3605" piece|strong="H5409" to|strong="H3478" each|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w along|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w with|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{30}Everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H1961" piece|strong="H6595" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" body|strong="H1320" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" message|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1696", “Nothing|strong="H3808" like|strong="H1961" this|strong="H2088" has|strong="H1961" ever|strong="H3117" happened|strong="H1961" before|strong="H5921". Not|strong="H3808" since|strong="H3117" our|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" left|strong="H1961" Egypt|strong="H4714" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w heard|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w such|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w terrible|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w thing|strong="H2088"\+w*}. We|strong="H3117" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H1696" think|strong="H7760" carefully|strong="H3605" about|strong="H1961" it|strong="H7760". Someone|strong="H0376" should|strong="H3117" decide|strong="H7200" what|strong="H2088" we|strong="H3117" should|strong="H3117" do|strong="H3605".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The war between the tribe of Benjamin and the other tribes of Israel }
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\chapterNumber{20}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israelis, from|strong="H3318" Dan|strong="H1835" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" Beersheba|strong="H0884" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" even|strong="H5704" from|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* } Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w east|strong="H6921"\+w* \+w side|strong="H6285"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5704"\+w*, \+w heard|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*. \+w So|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w*} they|strong="H3068" gathered|strong="H6950" together|strong="H6950" at|strong="H3478" Mizpah|strong="H4709", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w place|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7626" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w eleven|strong="H0259"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7626"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H7626" Israel|strong="H3478" stood|strong="H3320" in|strong="H3478" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H7626" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" gathered|strong="H3478" there|strong="H3605". There|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" 400,000 men|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5971" swords|strong="H2719" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" there|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H8085" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8085" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" other|strong="H2063" Israelis had|strong="H1961" gone|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1696" Mizpah|strong="H4709", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w none|strong="H0369"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w their|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w went|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w meeting|strong="H4150"\+w* \+w there|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
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The|strong="H8085" Israelis who|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1961" come|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1696" Mizpah|strong="H4709" asked|strong="H1696" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8085" evil|strong="H7451" thing|strong="H2063" that|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" happened|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H6030" the|strong="H3885" husband|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1390" the|strong="H3885" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H3881" had|strong="H3881" been|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H7523" replied|strong="H6030", “My|strong="H1144" slave|strong="H5650" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H6030" I|strong="H0589" came|strong="H1144" to|strong="H6030" Gibeah|strong="H1390" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, wanting|strong="H6485" to|strong="H6030" stay|strong="H3885" there|strong="H3885" that|strong="H3881" night|strong="H3885". 
\verseNumber{5}That|strong="H1004" evening|strong="H3915", the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H1167" of|strong="H1004" Gibeah|strong="H1390" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H4191" attack|strong="H6965" me|strong="H5921". They|strong="H5921" surrounded|strong="H5437" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w staying|strong="H3427"\+w*} and|strong="H6965" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w sex|strong="H7901"\+w* \+w with|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w then|strong="H6965"\+w*} kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H5921". They|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w raped|strong="H7693"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6965"\+w*} abused|strong="H5953" my|strong="H5921" slave|strong="H5650" wife|strong="H0802" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w night|strong="H3915"\+w*}, and|strong="H6965" she|strong="H5921" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H3588" took|strong="H3478" her|strong="H3605" body|strong="H1320" home|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3478" cut|strong="H5408" it|strong="H3588" into|strong="H6213" pieces|strong="H5408". Then|strong="H7971" I|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H7971" one|strong="H3605" piece|strong="H6595" to|strong="H3478" each|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" of|strong="H7704" Israel|strong="H3478", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w about|strong="H6213"\+w*} this|strong="H6213" wicked|strong="H2154" and|strong="H3478" disgraceful|strong="H5039"/shameful|strong="H1322" thing|strong="H5039" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} has|strong="H3478" been|strong="H3605" done|strong="H6213" here|strong="H6311" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H1697" now|strong="H2009", all|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121", speak|strong="H1697", and|strong="H1121" tell|strong="H3605" me|strong="H3051" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3605" think|strong="H2803" should|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1697" done|strong="H3478"!” 
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\verseNumber{8}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" stood|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" in|strong="H1004" unison|strong="H0259" said|strong="H0559", “None|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1004" us|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" go|strong="H3212" home|strong="H1004"! Not|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" us|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" return|strong="H5493" to|strong="H3212" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004"! 
\verseNumber{9}This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" what|strong="H1697" we|strong="H6213" must|strong="H4191" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1697"\+w*} Gibeah|strong="H1390". First|strong="H2088", we|strong="H6213" will|strong="H1697" ◄cast|strong="H7993" lots|strong="H1486"/throw|strong="H7993" marked|strong="H8104" stones|strong="H0068"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w determine|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w which|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w group|strong="H7235"\+w* \+w should|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{10}We|strong="H6213" will|strong="H5971" choose|strong="H3947" ◄one|strong="H3605" tenth|strong="H6224"/one|strong="H3605" from|strong="H3478" every|strong="H3605" ten|strong="H6235"► of|strong="H7626" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli tribes|strong="H7626". Those|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" go|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3967" find|strong="H3947" food|strong="H6720" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5971" go|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3478" attack|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H7626" Gibeah|strong="H1387". Then|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" go|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3478" Gibeah|strong="H1387" to|strong="H3478" ◄pay|strong="H7999" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" back|strong="H3947"/punish|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213"► for|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" terrible|strong="H6213" thing|strong="H5039" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H6213" have|strong="H5971" done|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H6311"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478".” 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" agreed|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" Israeli men|strong="H7451" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" throughout|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H7626" Benjamin|strong="H1144". They|strong="H4100" demanded|strong="H7592", “Do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3605" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3605" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H7626" your|strong="H3605" men|strong="H7451" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" evil|strong="H7451" thing|strong="H2063"? 
\verseNumber{13}Bring|strong="H5414" those|strong="H8085" wicked|strong="H7451" men|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" us|strong="H5414", in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H8085" we|strong="H8085" can|strong="H7451" execute|strong="H4191" them|strong="H5414". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w By|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w*}, we|strong="H8085" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H4191" doing|strong="H7451" what|strong="H7451" should|strong="H3478" be|strong="H4191" done|strong="H5414" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1121" this|strong="H5414" evil|strong="H7451" thing|strong="H7451" that|strong="H8085" has|strong="H3478" happened|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478".” 
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But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w*} tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H5414" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" their|strong="H5414" fellow|strong="H1121" Israelis. 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H4480" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" left|strong="H3318" their|strong="H3318" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" gathered|strong="H3478" at|strong="H3478" Gibeah|strong="H1390" to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H4421" the|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} Israelis. 
\verseNumber{15}In|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3117" one|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3117" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" recruited 26,000 soldiers|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1931" knew|strong="H3045" how|strong="H4100" to|strong="H3117" fight|strong="H3898" using|strong="H5927" swords|strong="H2719". They|strong="H3117" also|strong="H1121" chose|strong="H0977"/recruited 700 men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Gibeah|strong="H1390". 
\verseNumber{16}From|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5971" there|strong="H2088" were|strong="H5971" 700 men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" left-handed|strong="H3225", and|strong="H3967" each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3027" them|strong="H3027" could|strong="H2088" sling|strong="H7049" a|strong="H2088" stone|strong="H0068" at|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w target|strong="H2398"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w very|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w small|strong="H6996"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w narrow|strong="H0331"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5971"\+w*} a|strong="H2088" hair|strong="H8185", and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" stone|strong="H0068" always|strong="H3605" hit|strong="H4672" the|strong="H3605" target|strong="H2398"! 
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\verseNumber{17}There|strong="H2088" were|strong="H3478" 400,000 men|strong="H3605" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H2088" Israeli tribes|strong="H7626" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3478" swords|strong="H2719". 
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\verseNumber{18}Those|strong="H1121" other|strong="H0312" Israelis went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" Bethel|strong="H1008" and|strong="H1121" asked|strong="H7592" God|strong="H3068", “Which|strong="H3068" tribe|strong="H4294" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" first|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" attack|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3068" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3068" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144"?” 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H6030", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063" should|strong="H3068" go|strong="H5927" first|strong="H1121".” 
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\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H5921" next|strong="H5921" morning|strong="H1242", the|strong="H5921" Israeli men|strong="H1121" went|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" set|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" their|strong="H5921" tents|strong="H2583" near|strong="H5921" Gibeah|strong="H1390". 
\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H3318" they|strong="H3478" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3318"\+w*} Benjamin|strong="H1144", and|strong="H3478" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3318" positions|strong="H7896" for|strong="H3478" fighting|strong="H4421" a|strong="H3318" battle|strong="H4421", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w facing|strong="H6437"\+w* \+w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H4480" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" Gibeah|strong="H1390" and|strong="H1121" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H4480" them|strong="H3318", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3117" killed|strong="H2026" 22,000 Israeli men|strong="H1121" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{22-23}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Late|strong="H0309"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w afternoon|strong="H5186"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w remaining|strong="H8300"\+w*} Israeli men|strong="H0376" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H4725" of|strong="H1121" worship|strong="H7812" and|strong="H3967" cried|strong="H7121" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121" set|strong="H7760". Then|strong="H0227" they|strong="H1992" asked|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “Should|strong="H3068" we|strong="H0587" attack|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" again|strong="H7725", even|strong="H1571" though|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3117" our|strong="H3068" fellow|strong="H7453" Israelis?” 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", attack|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5414" again|strong="H7725".” So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" Israeli men|strong="H0376" encouraged|strong="H2388" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312". 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H3117" next|strong="H8145" day|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" again|strong="H8145" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3478" their|strong="H7126" positions|strong="H7896" for|strong="H3117" fighting|strong="H3898", just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3478" done|strong="H3478" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" previous|strong="H7223" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" Gibeah|strong="H1390" and|strong="H1121" attacked|strong="H7125" the|strong="H3605" Israelis, and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H2719" 18,000 more|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{26}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w In|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w afternoon|strong="H3117"\+w*}, all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w been|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w*} again|strong="H6440" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5704" Bethel|strong="H1008". There|strong="H8033" they|strong="H3117" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" and|strong="H1121" cried|strong="H1058" to|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3117" ◄fasted|strong="H6684"/abstained from|strong="H6440" eating|strong="H0398" food|strong="H3899"► until|strong="H5704" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" evening|strong="H6153". They|strong="H3117" brought|strong="H5927" some|strong="H8033" offerings|strong="H8002" which|strong="H1931" they|strong="H3117" burned|strong="H8313" completely|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3117" also|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H5927" some|strong="H8033" offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H5704" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{27-28}At|strong="H3427" that|strong="H0834" time|strong="H6256", the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" that|strong="H0834" contained|strong="H3557" the|strong="H3605" stone|strong="H0068" tablets|strong="H3871" on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" written|strong="H3789" the|strong="H3605" Ten|strong="H6235" Commandments|strong="H4687" was|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033" at|strong="H3427" Bethel|strong="H1008". A|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548" named|strong="H7121" Phinehas|strong="H6372", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eleazar|strong="H0499" and|strong="H3967" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175", often|strong="H1767" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H0935" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H0834" chest|strong="H0727" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w talked|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. While|strong="H5704" he|strong="H0834" stood|strong="H5975" there|strong="H8033" on|strong="H5921" that|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117", he|strong="H0834" asked|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “Shall|strong="H3548" we|strong="H0587" go|strong="H1980" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" our|strong="H3068" fellow|strong="H7453" Israelis from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144", or|strong="H0176" shall|strong="H3548" we|strong="H0587" stop|strong="H2308" fighting|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414"?” 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H6030", “Go|strong="H1980" again|strong="H7725" tomorrow|strong="H4279", because|strong="H3588" tomorrow|strong="H4279" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H0413" defeat|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5414".” 
\verseNumber{29}So|strong="H7760" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w next|strong="H4283"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*, 10,000 \+w of|strong="H1390"\+w*} the|strong="H7760" Israeli men|strong="H3478" ◄set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H7760" ambushes|strong="H0693"/went|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" hide|strong="H5641"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w fields|strong="H7704"\+w*} around|strong="H5439" Gibeah|strong="H1390". 
\verseNumber{30}The|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H6471"\+w*} Israeli men|strong="H1121" went|strong="H5927" and|strong="H1121" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3117" positions|strong="H7896" for|strong="H3117" fighting|strong="H3898" a|strong="H5927" battle|strong="H6186" just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3478" done|strong="H3478" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" previous|strong="H7223" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{31}When|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5221" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H7125" them|strong="H5221", the|strong="H5221" Israeli men|strong="H1121" retreated|strong="H5927" away|strong="H5927" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5221" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" pursued|strong="H7291" them|strong="H5221". The|strong="H5221" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" killed|strong="H5221" many|strong="H7227" Israelis, like|strong="H3318" they|strong="H5971" had|strong="H3478" done|strong="H3478" before|strong="H4480". They|strong="H5971" killed|strong="H5221" about|strong="H4480" 30 Israelis. They|strong="H5971" killed|strong="H5221" some|strong="H4480" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5221" fields|strong="H7704", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5971" killed|strong="H5221" some|strong="H4480" on|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5221" road|strong="H1870" that|strong="H5971" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Bethel|strong="H1008" and|strong="H1121" on|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5221" road|strong="H1870" that|strong="H5971" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Gibeah|strong="H1390". 
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\verseNumber{32}The|strong="H6440" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" said|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H5892" are|strong="H1992" defeating|strong="H5221" them|strong="H1992" like|strong="H3478" we|strong="H5892" did|strong="H3478" before|strong="H6440"!” But|strong="H1992" then|strong="H1121" Israeli men|strong="H1121" did|strong="H3478" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3478" planned|strong="H3289". The|strong="H6440" main|strong="H1419" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" Israeli men|strong="H1121" retreated|strong="H5127" a|strong="H4480" short|strong="H7138" distance|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892", to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{trick} the|strong="H6440" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gibeah|strong="H1390" and|strong="H1121" cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3478" pursue|strong="H5127" the|strong="H6440" Israeli men|strong="H1121" along|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" roads|strong="H1870" outside|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{33}The|strong="H3605" main|strong="H1419" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H4725" Israeli men|strong="H3605" left|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3605" positions|strong="H7896" and|strong="H6965" retreated|strong="H5127", and|strong="H6965" then|strong="H6965" they|strong="H3605" stood|strong="H6965" in|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H6186" positions|strong="H7896" again|strong="H6965" at|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" place|strong="H4725" named|strong="H7121" Baal-Tamar|strong="H1193". 
\verseNumber{34}Then|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w running|strong="H7323"\+w* \+w out|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w toward|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1992"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" 10,000 Israelis came|strong="H5060" out|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" places|strong="H1992" where|strong="H5921" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H3808" hiding|strong="H5641", west|strong="H3220" of|strong="H5921" Gibeah|strong="H1390". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H3478" men|strong="H7451" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3478" come|strong="H5060" from|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" parts|strong="H3411" of|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478". There|strong="H1992" was|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3588" very|strong="H3045" big|strong="H0931" battle|strong="H4421". But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H7451" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H5921" Benjamin|strong="H1144" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H3478" about|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" suffer|strong="H5060" a|strong="H3588" disastrous defeat|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{35}Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" Israeli men|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144". They|strong="H3117" killed|strong="H2719" 25,000 of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H6440", even|strong="H3068" though|strong="H1931" they|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" using|strong="H5927" swords|strong="H2719". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*}: 
\verseNumber{36-38}The|strong="H3605" main|strong="H1419" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" Israeli men|strong="H0376" arranged|strong="H6186" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H1961" hiding|strong="H5641" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" should|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971" up|strong="H5927" a|strong="H1961" smoke|strong="H6227" signal|strong="H5251" to|strong="H0413" enable|strong="H7980" the|strong="H3605" main|strong="H1419" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" soldiers|strong="H5650" to|strong="H0413" know|strong="H3045" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" should|strong="H3068" attack|strong="H5221". Then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H3605" main|strong="H1419" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" Israeli men|strong="H0376" retreated|strong="H5127" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H1961" short|strong="H7138" distance|strong="H7350", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" Israeli men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" hiding|strong="H5641" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" side|strong="H6285" of|strong="H1121" Gibeah|strong="H1390" would|strong="H0014" attack|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" by|strong="H0801" surprise. So|strong="H3651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w main|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w group|strong="H7235"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* Israeli \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w retreated|strong="H5127"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w little|strong="H4592"\+w* \+w distance|strong="H7350"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" hiding|strong="H5641" rushed|strong="H6743" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H3967" ran|strong="H7323" into|strong="H0413" Gibeah|strong="H1390" and|strong="H3967" used|strong="H6213" their|strong="H3605" swords|strong="H2719" to|strong="H0413" kill|strong="H2026" everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H0227"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w started|strong="H2490"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w burn|strong="H8313"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w buildings|strong="H1004"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{39}By|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H7223", the|strong="H6440" men|strong="H3478" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H6440" Benjamin|strong="H1144" said|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3478" winning the|strong="H6440" battle|strong="H4421", as|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3478" before|strong="H6440"!” 
\verseNumber{40}But|strong="H2009" then|strong="H2009" smoke|strong="H6227" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w burning|strong="H2740"\+w* \+w buildings|strong="H1004"\+w*} began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5927" rise|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" city|strong="H5892". The|strong="H4480" men|strong="H2490" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H4480" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H5892" Benjamin|strong="H1144" turned|strong="H6437" around|strong="H6437" and|strong="H8064" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H5892" the|strong="H4480" whole|strong="H3632" city|strong="H5892" was|strong="H5892" burning|strong="H2740". 
\verseNumber{41}Then|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" main|strong="H1419" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H5921" Israeli men|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w smoke|strong="H6227"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w smoke|strong="H6227"\+w* signaled \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3588"\+w*} turn|strong="H2015" around|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3478" begin|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" attack|strong="H5221". The|strong="H5921" men|strong="H7451" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H5921" Benjamin|strong="H1144" were|strong="H3478" very|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3478" about|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" suffer|strong="H5060" a|strong="H3588" disastrous defeat|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{42}So|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" men|strong="H3478" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H6440" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H5892" Benjamin|strong="H1144" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H3478" run|strong="H7323" away|strong="H6437" toward|strong="H1870" the|strong="H6440" desert|strong="H4057" to|strong="H3478" escape|strong="H4422" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Israeli men|strong="H3478", but|strong="H6437" they|strong="H6440" were|strong="H3478" not|strong="H1870" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3478" escape|strong="H4422", because|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Israeli men|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" burned|strong="H8313" the|strong="H6440" two|strong="H8432" cities|strong="H5892" came|strong="H3478" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H5892" those|strong="H1992" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3478" killed|strong="H2026" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H5892" them|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{43}They|strong="H5704" surrounded|strong="H3803" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1390"\+w*} the|strong="H5704" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1390" the|strong="H5704" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1390" Benjamin|strong="H1144", and|strong="H1144" pursued|strong="H7291" the|strong="H5704" others|strong="H0312" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" area|strong="H1508" east|strong="H4217" of|strong="H1390" Gibeah|strong="H1390". 
\verseNumber{44}They|strong="H3605" killed|strong="H5307" 18,000 strong|strong="H2428" soldiers|strong="H2428" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3605" Benjamin|strong="H1144". 
\verseNumber{45}Then|strong="H6437" the|strong="H5221" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5221" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5221" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4480" Benjamin|strong="H1144" realized|strong="H3045" that|strong="H4480" they|strong="H5704" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" defeated|strong="H5221". They|strong="H5704" ran|strong="H5127" toward|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5221" desert|strong="H4057" to|strong="H5704" Rimmon|strong="H7417" Rock|strong="H5553", but|strong="H6437" the|strong="H5221" Israeli men|strong="H0376" killed|strong="H5221" 5,000 more|strong="H4480" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5221" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4480" Benjamin|strong="H1144" along|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5221" roads|strong="H1870". They|strong="H5704" pursued|strong="H1692" the|strong="H5221" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H4480" them|strong="H5221" to|strong="H5704" Gidom|strong="H1440", and|strong="H2568" they|strong="H5704" killed|strong="H5221" 2,000 more|strong="H4480" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5221" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4480" Benjamin|strong="H1144" there|strong="H4480". 
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\verseNumber{46}Altogether|strong="H3605", there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" 25,000 men|strong="H2428" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3117" Benjamin|strong="H1144" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2719", all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3117" whom|strong="H0834" had|strong="H1961" swords|strong="H2719". 
\verseNumber{47}But|strong="H6437" 600 men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3427" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3427" Benjamin|strong="H1144" ran|strong="H5127" to|strong="H5127" Rimmon|strong="H7417" Rock|strong="H5553" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3427" desert|strong="H4057". They|strong="H2320" stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427" for|strong="H3427" four|strong="H0702" months|strong="H2320". 
\verseNumber{48}Then|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" Israeli men|strong="H1121" went|strong="H3478" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" belonging to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144", and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3478" every|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". They|strong="H5704" also|strong="H1571" killed|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929", and|strong="H1121" destroyed|strong="H5221" everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H5704" found|strong="H4672" there|strong="H4672". And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5704" burned|strong="H7971" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H5704" came|strong="H3478" to|strong="H5704". 

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\chapterNumber{21}When|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5414" Israeli men|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H3478" at|strong="H3478" Mizpah|strong="H4709" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w started|strong="H2490"\+w*}, they|strong="H3808" vowed|strong="H7650", “None|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1323" us|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3478" ever|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1323" our|strong="H5414" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H3478" marry|strong="H5414" any|strong="H4480" man|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5414" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1323" Benjamin|strong="H1144"!” 
\verseNumber{2}But|strong="H5971" now|strong="H1419" the|strong="H6440" Israelis went|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5704" Bethel|strong="H1008" and|strong="H1419" they|strong="H8033" cried|strong="H1058" loudly|strong="H6963" to|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068" all|strong="H5704" day|strong="H3117", until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" sun|strong="H8121" went|strong="H5971" down|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{3}They|strong="H3117" kept|strong="H1961" saying|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" us|strong="H3117" Israeli people|strong="H5971", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} one|strong="H1961" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H3068" us|strong="H3117" Israelis does|strong="H4100" not|strong="H1961" exist anymore|strong="H5750"! ◄Why|strong="H4100" has|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2063" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" us|strong="H3117"?/It|strong="H1961" is|strong="H3068" terrible|strong="H3372" that|strong="H3117" this|strong="H2063" has|strong="H3068" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" us|strong="H3117"!►” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{4}Early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H1129" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H4283" the|strong="H1129" people|strong="H5971" built|strong="H1129" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196". Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H8033" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" some|strong="H8033" sacrifices|strong="H5930" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, and|strong="H5971" also|strong="H5971" offered|strong="H5927" other|strong="H0312" sacrifices|strong="H5930" to|strong="H5927" maintain|strong="H1129" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H5971" God|strong="H0430". 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H1961", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" vowed|strong="H5087" that|strong="H3588" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H4310" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" meet|strong="H1121" with|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5927" at|strong="H3478" Mizpah|strong="H4709" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w help|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H7626"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\+w*} would|strong="H4310" be|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H4191", they|strong="H3588" asked|strong="H7592" among|strong="H4310" themselves|strong="H0905", “Were|strong="H3478" there|strong="H1961" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H4310" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" Mizpah|strong="H4709" to|strong="H3478" meet|strong="H1121" with|strong="H3068" us|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068"?” 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H3117" Israelis felt|strong="H4959" sorry|strong="H5162" for|strong="H3117" their|strong="H3117" fellow|strong="H1121" Israelis from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3117" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144". They|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559", “Today|strong="H3117" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" our|strong="H3478" Israeli tribes|strong="H7626" ◄has|strong="H3478" disappeared|strong="H0369"/no|strong="H3478" longer|strong="H5750" exists|strong="H1961"►. 
\verseNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" us|strong="H5414" solemnly|strong="H7650" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3068" we|strong="H6213" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1115" allow|strong="H5414" any|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H3068" marry|strong="H5414" any|strong="H6213" man|strong="H0376" from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3068" Benjamin|strong="H1144". What|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" we|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" certain|strong="H0259" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" men|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3068" Benjamin|strong="H1144" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1323" not|strong="H1115" killed|strong="H2026" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" wives|strong="H0802"?” 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} them|strong="H5927" asked|strong="H7592", “What|strong="H4310" group|strong="H7235" from|strong="H5927" any|strong="H4310" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" send|strong="H5927" any|strong="H4310" men|strong="H3478" here|strong="H2009" to|strong="H3478" Mizpah|strong="H4709"?” 
\verseNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w realized|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*} when|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6485" soldiers|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" counted|strong="H6485", there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3427" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0259" from|strong="H5971" Jabesh-Gilead|strong="H3003" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} who|strong="H5971" had|strong="H5971" come|strong="H5971" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H7971" all|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5221" Israelis decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="H3212" send|strong="H7971" 12,000 very|strong="H2428" good|strong="H2896" soldiers|strong="H2428" to|strong="H3212" Jabesh-Gilead|strong="H3003" to|strong="H3212" kill|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" people|strong="H1121" there|strong="H8033" with|strong="H3427" their|strong="H7971" swords|strong="H2719", even|strong="H1571" to|strong="H3212" kill|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" married|strong="H3427" women|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w told|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w this|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H2145"\+w*}: “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" do|strong="H6213": You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H2026" every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H2145" in|strong="H6213" Jabesh-Gilead|strong="H3003". You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H6213" kill|strong="H2026" every|strong="H3605" married|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H2088". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w unmarried|strong="H0408"\+w* \+w women|strong="H0802"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H3808" those|strong="H3427" soldiers|strong="H3967" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w Jabesh-Gilead|strong="H3003"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w men|strong="H2145"\+w*, \+w married|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w women|strong="H1330"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w children|strong="H1121"\+w*. \+w But|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w*} found|strong="H4672" 400 unmarried|strong="H0408" young|strong="H5291" women|strong="H1330" there|strong="H3427". So|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" brought|strong="H0935" them|strong="H4672" to|strong="H3045" their|strong="H3045" camp|strong="H4264" at|strong="H3427" Shiloh|strong="H7887", in|strong="H3427" Canaan|strong="H3667", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w across|strong="H5676"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w river|strong="H5104"\+w* \+w from|strong="H2145"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w Gilead|strong="H1568"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w belonged|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w gathered|strong="H6960"\+w*} sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" 600 men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" at|strong="H1121" Rimmon|strong="H7417" Rock|strong="H5553". They|strong="H3605" said|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" would|strong="H3605" like|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1696" make|strong="H7121" peace|strong="H7965" with|strong="H1696" them|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5414" men|strong="H0376" came|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" Rimmon|strong="H7417" Rock|strong="H6697". The|strong="H5414" Israelis gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" them|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" women|strong="H0802" from|strong="H7725" Jabesh-Gilead|strong="H3003" whom|strong="H0834" they|strong="H3651" had|strong="H5414" not|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H2026". But|strong="H3808" there|strong="H4672" were|strong="H1144" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w* 400 \+w women|strong="H0802"\+w*. \+w But|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w there|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1144"\+w*} not|strong="H3808" enough|strong="H4672" women|strong="H0802" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1931"\+w* 600 \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H3588" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w still|strong="H5971"\+w*} felt|strong="H4959" sorry|strong="H5162" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H3068" Benjamin|strong="H1144", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" ◄decimated/almost|strong="H4592" wiped|strong="H3772" out|strong="H6213"► one|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" Israeli tribes|strong="H7626". 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H3588" Israeli leaders|strong="H2205" said|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" married|strong="H3947" women|strong="H2205" of|strong="H2205" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H2205" Benjamin|strong="H1144". Where|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" we|strong="H3588" get|strong="H6213" women|strong="H2205" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3588" wives|strong="H0802" of|strong="H2205" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H2205" who|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4100" still|strong="H3588" alive|strong="H2416"? 
\verseNumber{17}These|strong="H0428" men|strong="H3478" must|strong="H3478" have|strong="H3478" wives|strong="H0802" to|strong="H3478" give|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3478" children|strong="H1121", in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3808" families|strong="H4940" will|strong="H3478" continue|strong="H1961". If|strong="H0518" that|strong="H3478" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" happen|strong="H1961", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3808" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H7626" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H7626" the|strong="H3808" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H7626" Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" die|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" our|strong="H5414" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H3478" marry|strong="H5414" these|strong="H0428" men|strong="H1121", because|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" vowed|strong="H7650" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3478" curse|strong="H7650" anyone|strong="H3588" who|strong="H1121" gives|strong="H5414" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H1121" any|strong="H5414" man|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144".” 
\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} them|strong="H5927" ◄had|strong="H3068" an|strong="H3068" idea|strong="H1697"/thought|strong="H0559" of|strong="H3068" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" could|strong="H3201" do|strong="H3068"►. He|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559", “Every|strong="H3117" year|strong="H3117" there|strong="H2009" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5927" festival|strong="H2282" to|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H3519" Yahweh|strong="H3068" at|strong="H3068" Shiloh|strong="H7887", which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" north|strong="H6828" of|strong="H3068" Bethel|strong="H1008" and|strong="H3068" east|strong="H4217" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" road|strong="H1870" that|strong="H3117" extends|strong="H7337" from|strong="H5927" Bethel|strong="H1008" to|strong="H3068" Shechem|strong="H7927", and|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5927" is|strong="H3068" south|strong="H5045" of|strong="H3068" Lebonah|strong="H3829" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H6680" the|strong="H6680" Israeli leaders|strong="H7218" told|strong="H6680" the|strong="H6680" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6680" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w for|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w festival|strong="H2282"\+w*}, go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Shiloh|strong="H7887" and|strong="H1121" hide|strong="H5641" in|strong="H3212" the|strong="H6680" vineyards|strong="H3754". 
\verseNumber{21}Keep|strong="H7200" watching|strong="H8245" for|strong="H3318" the|strong="H7200" young|strong="H5288" women|strong="H1323" to|strong="H1980" come|strong="H1980" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H7200" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H1980" dance|strong="H4246". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w they|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w come|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3318"\+w*}, all|strong="H7200" of|strong="H1323" you|strong="H4480" should|strong="H1980" run|strong="H1980" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H7200" vineyards|strong="H3754". Each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1323" you|strong="H4480" can|strong="H7200" seize|strong="H0962" one|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H7200" young|strong="H5288" women|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Shiloh|strong="H7887". Then|strong="H1980" you|strong="H4480" can|strong="H7200" all|strong="H7200" return|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" your|strong="H7200" homes|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w those|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w women|strong="H1323"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{22}If|strong="H3588" their|strong="H5414" fathers|strong="H0001" or|strong="H3808" brothers|strong="H0251" come|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" us|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3947" complain|strong="H7378" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w done|strong="H1961"\+w*}, we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H5414", ‘Be|strong="H1961" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H3947" of|strong="H6256" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H6256" Benjamin|strong="H1144". When|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" fought|strong="H3898" them|strong="H5414", we|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H5414" any|strong="H5414" women|strong="H0802" alive|strong="H2416" to|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" their|strong="H5414" wives|strong="H0802", and|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" give|strong="H5414" those|strong="H1961" young|strong="H5288" women|strong="H0802" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H3947" from|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H6256" Benjamin|strong="H1144". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w stole|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*}. So|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" guilty|strong="H0816", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w allow|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w any|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w your|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w daughters|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w marry|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w one|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*}.’ ” 
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\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" what|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5375" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5375" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" did|strong="H6213". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w went|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\+w* \+w at|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w time|strong="H4557"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w festival|strong="H2282"\+w*}. And|strong="H1121" when|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5375" young|strong="H1121" women|strong="H0802" were|strong="H1121" dancing|strong="H4246", each|strong="H5892" man|strong="H1121" caught|strong="H1497" one|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H7725" and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H5375" her|strong="H5375" away|strong="H7725" and|strong="H1121" married|strong="H3427" her|strong="H5375". Then|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" took|strong="H5375" their|strong="H5375" wives|strong="H0802" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5375" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H3651" God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H1121" given|strong="H5375" to|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7725". They|strong="H3651" rebuilt|strong="H1129" their|strong="H5375" cities|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w been|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w burned|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w down|strong="H3427"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3651" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H3318" other|strong="H0312" Israelis went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" their|strong="H3318" homes|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3318" areas|strong="H0776" where|strong="H8033" their|strong="H3318" tribes|strong="H7626" and|strong="H1121" clans|strong="H4940" lived|strong="H3427", the|strong="H3318" areas|strong="H0776" that|strong="H1931" God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H3478" allotted|strong="H5159" to|strong="H1980" them|strong="H3318". 
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\verseNumber{25}At|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", the|strong="H6213" Israeli people|strong="H5869" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" have|strong="H5869" a|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428". Everyone|strong="H3605" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3477" they|strong="H1992" themselves|strong="H1992" thought|strong="H5869" was|strong="H3478" right|strong="H3477". 
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\BibleBook{Ruth}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of Ruth, a non-Israeli woman who became an Israeli. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Ruth }

\BibleSectionHeading{Ruth declared she would stay with Naomi }
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\chapterNumber{1}During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" before|strong="H3117" kings|strong="H4428" ruled|strong="H8199" Israel|strong="H3478", ◄there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" famine|strong="H7458"/the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H1121" there|strong="H1961" had|strong="H1961" nothing|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3212" eat|strong="H0398"►. There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1931" lived|strong="H1481" there|strong="H1961" whose|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H1961" Elimelech|strong="H0458". His|strong="H1961" wife’s|strong="H0802" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H1961" Naomi|strong="H5281", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" sons’|strong="H1121" names|strong="H8034" were|strong="H1961" Mahlon|strong="H4248" and|strong="H1121" Chilion|strong="H3630". They|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3212" from|strong="H1121" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3117" Ephrath|strong="H0672" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w*} in|strong="H3117" Judah|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}Because|strong="H8033" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" famine|strong="H7458", they|strong="H8033" left|strong="H1961" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H3063" east|strong="H6921" to|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w live|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w for|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w while|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1121"\+w*} Moab|strong="H4124" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{3}While|strong="H1931" they|strong="H1931" were|strong="H1121" there|strong="H7604", Elimelech|strong="H0458" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H1121" Naomi|strong="H5281" had|strong="H1121" only|strong="H0389" her|strong="H1931" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" with|strong="H4191" her|strong="H1931". 
\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H8033" married|strong="H3427" women|strong="H0802" from|strong="H3427" Moab|strong="H4125". One|strong="H5375" of|strong="H8141" them|strong="H5375" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" Orpah|strong="H6204", and|strong="H8033" the|strong="H5375" other|strong="H8145" one|strong="H5375" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" Ruth|strong="H7327". But|strong="H3588" after|strong="H8145" they|strong="H8033" had|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" that|strong="H8141" area|strong="H1508" for|strong="H8034" about|strong="H8033" ten|strong="H6235" years|strong="H8141", 
\verseNumber{5}Mahlon|strong="H4248" and|strong="H8147" Chilion|strong="H3630" died|strong="H4191". So|strong="H1571" then|strong="H1571" Naomi|strong="H5281" had|strong="H3068" no|strong="H7604" husband|strong="H0376" and|strong="H8147" no|strong="H7604" sons|strong="H3206". 
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\verseNumber{6}One|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117" while|strong="H1931" Naomi|strong="H5281" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" Moab|strong="H4124", she|strong="H1931" heard|strong="H8085" someone|strong="H5414" say|strong="H7725" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H5826" his|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H5971" and|strong="H6965" that|strong="H3588" now|strong="H3588" there|strong="H7725" was|strong="H3068" plenty|strong="H7647" of|strong="H3068" food|strong="H3899" to|strong="H7725" eat|strong="H3899". So|strong="H5414" she|strong="H1931" prepared|strong="H6965" to|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Bethlehem|strong="H1035"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}She|strong="H8147" left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H4480" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H8033" she|strong="H8147" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" living|strong="H1870" and|strong="H3063" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" walk|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w her|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w daughters-in-law|strong="H3618"\+w*} along|strong="H5973" the|strong="H4480" road|strong="H1870" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" three|strong="H7969" of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H7725" were|strong="H8147" walking|strong="H3212", Naomi|strong="H5281" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" her|strong="H7725" two|strong="H8147" daughters-in-law|strong="H3618", “Each|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1004" you|strong="H7725" should|strong="H3068" turn|strong="H7725" around|strong="H7725" and|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" your|strong="H3068" mother’s|strong="H0517" home|strong="H1004". You|strong="H7725" treated|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w husbands|strong="H5973"\+w*} kindly|strong="H2617" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="H5973"\+w*} they|strong="H3068" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7725" have|strong="H3068" treated|strong="H6213" me|strong="H7725" kindly|strong="H2617". 
\verseNumber{9}Now|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" desire|strong="H5375" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" each|strong="H5414" of|strong="H1004" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" another|strong="H0312" husband|strong="H0376" in|strong="H3068" whose|strong="H0834" home|strong="H1004" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w feel|strong="H4184"\+w*} secure|strong="H4496".” Then|strong="H5375" she|strong="H1931" kissed|strong="H5401" both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" cried|strong="H5414" aloud|strong="H6963". 
\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H3588" each|strong="H5971" said|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", we|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H7725" go|strong="H7725" with|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3588" as|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" your|strong="H7725" relatives|strong="H0251".” 
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\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H1961" Naomi|strong="H5281" said|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H1961", my|strong="H7725" daughters|strong="H1323", return|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725". ◄It|strong="H7725" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" do|strong="H4100" any|strong="H5750" good|strong="H4100" for|strong="H1121" you|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" come|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H7725"!/What|strong="H4100" good|strong="H4100" will|strong="H1961" it|strong="H7725" do|strong="H4100" for|strong="H1121" you|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" come|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H7725"?► [RHQ] Do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H7725" think|strong="H2803" I|strong="H4100" will|strong="H1961" get|strong="H3212" married|strong="H3947" again|strong="H7725" and|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1961" more|strong="H5750" sons|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" could|strong="H4100" become|strong="H1961" your|strong="H7725" husbands|strong="H5973"? 
\verseNumber{12}Even|strong="H1571" if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" thought|strong="H0559" I|strong="H3588" could|strong="H1571" have|strong="H1961" another|strong="H1571" husband|strong="H0376", and|strong="H1121" even|strong="H1571" if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" got|strong="H6965" married|strong="H3947" today|strong="H3117" and|strong="H1121" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2030" [EUP] tonight|strong="H3915" and|strong="H1121" later|strong="H1961" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H7725" sons|strong="H1121", 
\verseNumber{13}would|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" remain|strong="H1961" single|strong="H0259"/unmarried|strong="H0408" until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3588" grew|strong="H1431" up|strong="H1431" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w became|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w old|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w enough|strong="H3027"\+w*} for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5704" marry|strong="H1961"? No|strong="H1115", my|strong="H3068" daughters|strong="H1323", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1115"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*}. Your|strong="H3068" situations are|strong="H3027" bad|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w husbands|strong="H1167"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*, \+w but|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* possible \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w each|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w marry|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w again|strong="H1961"\+w*}. My|strong="H3068" situation|strong="H4186" is|strong="H3068" much|strong="H3966" worse|strong="H7489", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" [SYN] has|strong="H3068" opposed|strong="H5975" me|strong="H4480", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w now|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w too|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w old|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w married|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w again|strong="H1961"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H5375" Ruth|strong="H7327" and|strong="H6963" Orpah|strong="H6204" cried|strong="H1058" again|strong="H5750" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w what|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w Naomi|strong="H5281"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w*}. Then|strong="H5375" Orpah|strong="H6204" kissed|strong="H5401" her|strong="H5375" mother-in-law|strong="H2545" goodbye, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w left|strong="H5750"\+w*}, but|strong="H5750" Ruth|strong="H7327" clung|strong="H1692" to|strong="H5375" Naomi|strong="H5281". 
\verseNumber{15}Naomi|strong="H5281" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" her|strong="H7725", “Look|strong="H2009"! Your|strong="H7725" sister-in-law|strong="H2994" is|strong="H2009" going|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" her|strong="H7725" relatives|strong="H0251" and|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" her|strong="H7725" gods|strong="H0430"! Go|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" with|strong="H5971" her|strong="H7725"!” 
\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H3588" Ruth|strong="H7327" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808"! Don’t|strong="H0408" urge|strong="H6293" me|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" leave|strong="H5800" you|strong="H3588"! I|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w*} go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3212" you|strong="H3588". Where|strong="H0834" you|strong="H3588" go|strong="H3212", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" go|strong="H3212". Where|strong="H0834" you|strong="H3588" stay|strong="H3885", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" stay|strong="H3885". Your|strong="H7725" relatives|strong="H0251" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H5971" my|strong="H7725" relatives|strong="H0251", and|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*} will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" I|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{17}Where|strong="H8033" you|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4191", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191". Where|strong="H8033" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" buried|strong="H6912", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H4191" buried|strong="H6912". May|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213" severely|strong="H5953" if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" separate|strong="H6504" from|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H4191" separated|strong="H6504" from|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" only|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w one|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w us|strong="H6213"\+w*} dies|strong="H4191".” 
\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H3588" Naomi|strong="H5281" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Ruth|strong="H7327" was|strong="H1931" very|strong="H3966" determined|strong="H2782" to|strong="H1696" go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H1696" her|strong="H7200", she|strong="H1931" stopped|strong="H2308" urging|strong="H6680" her|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w return|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w home|strong="H3212"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" women|strong="H0802" continued|strong="H1961" walking|strong="H3212" until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5921" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". When|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5921" arrived|strong="H0935" there|strong="H1961", everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" town|strong="H5892" was|strong="H1961" excited|strong="H7264" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w*} them|strong="H5921". The|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w town|strong="H5892"\+w*} exclaimed|strong="H0559", “◄Can|strong="H8147" this|strong="H2063" be|strong="H1961" Naomi|strong="H5281"?/It|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3605" difficult|strong="H6381" to|strong="H5704" believe|strong="H0539" that|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2063" is|strong="H3605" Naomi|strong="H5281"!►” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{20}Naomi|strong="H5281" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H7121" them|strong="H7121", “Don’t|strong="H0408" call|strong="H7121" me|strong="H7121" Naomi|strong="H5281", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘pleasant’}. Instead|strong="H3588", call|strong="H7121" me|strong="H7121" Mara|strong="H4755", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘bitter’}, because|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" Almighty|strong="H7706" has|strong="H3588" made|strong="H4843" my|strong="H3588" life|strong="H5315" very|strong="H3966" unpleasant|strong="H7451". 
\verseNumber{21}When|strong="H7725" I|strong="H4100" left|strong="H1980" here|strong="H6311", I|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w felt|strong="H4959"\+w*} rich|strong="H6223", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w I|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w family|strong="H4940"\+w*}. But|strong="H6030" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" here|strong="H6311" and|strong="H1980" now|strong="H7121" I|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w feel|strong="H4184"\+w*} poor|strong="H6041", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w I|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w no|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w family|strong="H4940"\+w*}. Do|strong="H7489" not|strong="H7725" call|strong="H7121" me|strong="H7725" Naomi|strong="H5281" [RHQ]. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w feel|strong="H4184"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" spoken|strong="H7121" against|strong="H3068" (OR|strong="H3068", afflicted|strong="H7489") me|strong="H7725". Almighty|strong="H7706" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H3068"\+w*} has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1980" experience|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7121" great|strong="H1419" tragedy|strong="H7451".” 
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\verseNumber{22}That|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{summarizes \+w the|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w account|strong="H5921"\+w*} of|strong="H7704" Naomi|strong="H5281" returning|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725" along|strong="H5973" with|strong="H5973" her|strong="H7725" daughter-in-law|strong="H3618" Ruth|strong="H7327", the|strong="H7725" woman|strong="H0802" from|strong="H7725" Moab|strong="H4124". And|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7725"\+w*} when|strong="H7725" they|strong="H1992" arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H7725" Bethlehem|strong="H1035", the|strong="H7725" barley|strong="H8184" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w grain|strong="H1715"\+w*} harvest|strong="H7105" was|strong="H4124" just|strong="H3512" beginning|strong="H8462". 

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\chapterNumber{2}There|strong="H3045" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H3045" man|strong="H1368" in|strong="H8034" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" who|strong="H1368" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3045" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Naomi’s|strong="H5281"\+w* \+w dead|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w husband|strong="H0376"\+w*}, Elimelech|strong="H0458". He|strong="H3045" was|strong="H8034" rich|strong="H6223" and|strong="H3045" well-known/influential. His|strong="H3045" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Boaz|strong="H1162". 
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\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H0259"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} Ruth|strong="H7327" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" Naomi|strong="H5281", “Let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H4672" fields|strong="H7704" and|strong="H3212" pick|strong="H5375" up|strong="H3950" the|strong="H4672" grain|strong="H7641" left|strong="H4672" behind|strong="H0310" by|strong="H3212" the|strong="H4672" workers|strong="H6466".” Naomi|strong="H5281" replied|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H3212" ahead|strong="H6440", my|strong="H4672" daughter|strong="H1323".” 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H3651" Ruth|strong="H7327" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3212" fields|strong="H7704" and|strong="H3212" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3212" pick|strong="H5375" up|strong="H3950" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H7704" the|strong="H3212" left-over grain|strong="H1715". And|strong="H3212" it|strong="H3212" happened|strong="H7136" that|strong="H4940" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H4940" working|strong="H4639" in|strong="H3212" a|strong="H4940" field|strong="H7704" that|strong="H4940" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3212" Boaz|strong="H1162", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w man|strong="H0376"\+w*} from|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3212" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H7704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w her|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w dead|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w father-in-law|strong="H2860"\+w*}, Elimelech|strong="H0458"! 
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\verseNumber{4}Just|strong="H3512" then|strong="H2009", Boaz|strong="H1162" arrived|strong="H0935" from|strong="H3068" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". He|strong="H3068" greeted|strong="H1288" the|strong="H3068" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H2009" harvesting|strong="H7105" the|strong="H3068" grain|strong="H1715", saying|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H2009" want|strong="H4270" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H5973"!” They|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H2009" want|strong="H4270" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H5973", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w too|strong="H4480"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H0227" Boaz|strong="H1162" saw|strong="H7200" Ruth|strong="H7327", and|strong="H5288" asked|strong="H7592" the|strong="H5921" ◄foreman/man|strong="H5288" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H2063" workmen|strong="H4399"►, “Whose|strong="H4310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w daughter|strong="H1323"\+w*} is|strong="H4310" that|strong="H5288" young|strong="H5288" woman|strong="H5291"?” 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H5921" foreman replied|strong="H6030", “She|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5921" woman|strong="H5291" from|strong="H7725" Moab|strong="H4124" who|strong="H1931" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" there|strong="H7725" with|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w her|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w mother-in-law|strong="H2545"\+w*} Naomi|strong="H5281". 
\verseNumber{7}She|strong="H1242" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H4994", ‘Please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" walk|strong="H1980" behind|strong="H5975" the|strong="H5704" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3427" are|strong="H1004" harvesting|strong="H7105" the|strong="H5704" grain|strong="H1715" and|strong="H1004" pick|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5975" some|strong="H4592" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5704" grain|strong="H1715" they|strong="H5704" leave|strong="H5800" behind|strong="H5975".’ \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w permission|strong="H7971"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H1004"\+w*} she|strong="H1242" went|strong="H1004" into|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" field|strong="H7704", and|strong="H1004" she|strong="H1242" has|strong="H2088" been|strong="H4592" working|strong="H4639" from|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" morning|strong="H1242" until|strong="H5704" now|strong="H6258". The|strong="H5704" only|strong="H5704" time|strong="H6258" she|strong="H1242" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H2088" work|strong="H4399" was|strong="H1004" when|strong="H5704" she|strong="H1242" rested|strong="H5117" for|strong="H5704" a|strong="H5975" short|strong="H7114" time|strong="H6258" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5704" shelter|strong="H1004".” 
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\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H3541" Boaz|strong="H1162" went|strong="H3212" over|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3212" Ruth|strong="H7327" and|strong="H3212" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3212" her|strong="H1571", “Young|strong="H5291" lady|strong="H5291", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3212" me|strong="H5674". Don’t|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" pick|strong="H5375" up|strong="H3950" grain|strong="H1715" in|strong="H8085" another|strong="H2088" field|strong="H7704". Do|strong="H8085" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3212" away|strong="H5674" from|strong="H8085" here|strong="H2088". Stay|strong="H1692" here|strong="H2088" with|strong="H5973" my|strong="H8085" servant|strong="H5650" girls|strong="H5291". 
\verseNumber{9}Watch|strong="H5869" where|strong="H3808" the|strong="H6680" men|strong="H5288" are|strong="H5869" harvesting|strong="H7105", and|strong="H1980" follow|strong="H1980" along|strong="H1980" behind|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w servant|strong="H5288"\+w*} girls|strong="H3207". I|strong="H6680" will|strong="H5869" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H6680" men|strong="H5288" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w working|strong="H4639"\+w*} not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1980" touch|strong="H5060"/molest you|strong="H6680". And|strong="H1980" whenever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H6680" are|strong="H5869" thirsty|strong="H6770", go|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" get|strong="H1980" some|strong="H4480" water|strong="H7579" to|strong="H1980" drink|strong="H8354" from|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6680" jars|strong="H3627" that|strong="H5288" the|strong="H6680" men|strong="H5288" have|strong="H5869" filled|strong="H4390".” 
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\verseNumber{10}When|strong="H5307" he|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H5307", she|strong="H5921" knelt|strong="H5234" down|strong="H5307" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w respect|strong="H5234"\+w*}, with|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" face|strong="H6440" touching|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440". She|strong="H5921" exclaimed|strong="H0559", “Why|strong="H4069" are|strong="H5869" you|strong="H6440" acting|strong="H4603" so|strong="H4672" kindly|strong="H6440" toward|strong="H5921" me|strong="H6440", by|strong="H5921" paying|strong="H1576" attention|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H6440"? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w not|strong="H5234"\+w* \+w even|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w a|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w Jew|strong="H3064"\+w*; \+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w*} a|strong="H4672" foreigner|strong="H5237"!” 
\verseNumber{11}Boaz|strong="H1162" replied|strong="H6030", “People|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046" all|strong="H3605" about|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H5971" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3605" mother-in-law|strong="H2545". They|strong="H3808" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3605" left|strong="H5800" your|strong="H3605" parents|strong="H0001" and|strong="H6030" your|strong="H3605" homeland, and|strong="H6030" you|strong="H3605" came|strong="H3212" here|strong="H6311" to|strong="H3212" live|strong="H3427" among|strong="H5971" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3605" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" before|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{12}I|strong="H8478" hope|strong="H2620"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" repay|strong="H7999" you|strong="H5973" for|strong="H8478" what|strong="H6467" you|strong="H5973" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961". You|strong="H5973" have|strong="H1961" put|strong="H3068" yourself|strong="H5973" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w little|strong="H4592"\+w* \+w bird|strong="H3671"\+w* \+w puts|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w itself|strong="H0905"\+w*} under|strong="H8478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w its|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w mother’s|strong="H0517"\+w*} wings|strong="H3671" [MET|strong="H6298"]. I|strong="H8478" desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" reward|strong="H7999" you|strong="H5973" very|strong="H3966" greatly|strong="H3966".” 
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\verseNumber{13}She|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H1696", “Sir|strong="H0113", I|strong="H3588" hope|strong="H3176" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" act|strong="H1961" kindly|strong="H3820" toward|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921". You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" comforted|strong="H5162"/encouraged|strong="H2388" me|strong="H5921", even|strong="H3588" though|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" lower|strong="H8481" in|strong="H5921" status|strong="H6256" than|strong="H3808" any|strong="H1961" of|strong="H5869" your|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H8198" girls|strong="H3207".” 
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\verseNumber{14}At|strong="H3427" mealtime|strong="H6256", Boaz|strong="H1162" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6256" her|strong="H6642", “Come|strong="H5066" over|strong="H3498" here|strong="H1988". Take|strong="H3427" some|strong="H4480" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3899" dip|strong="H2881" it|strong="H6256" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H4480" wine|strong="H3196" vinegar|strong="H2558" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6256"\+w*}.” Then|strong="H5066" when|strong="H6256" she|strong="H6256" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" with|strong="H7646" the|strong="H4480" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3427" had|strong="H7646" been|strong="H1961" harvesting|strong="H7105", he|strong="H4480" offered|strong="H5066" her|strong="H6642" some|strong="H4480" roasted|strong="H7039" grain|strong="H7039". She|strong="H6256" ate|strong="H0398" all|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" grain|strong="H7039" she|strong="H6256" wanted|strong="H2654", and|strong="H3899" had|strong="H7646" some|strong="H4480" left|strong="H3498" over|strong="H3498". 
\verseNumber{15}As|strong="H1571" she|strong="H1571" stood|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" to|strong="H6965" start|strong="H1870" gathering|strong="H3950" grain|strong="H1715" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H6965"\+w*}, Boaz|strong="H1162" ordered|strong="H6680" his|strong="H6680" workers|strong="H6466", “Even|strong="H1571" if|strong="H0518" she|strong="H1571" gathers|strong="H6908" some|strong="H4480" grain|strong="H1715" near|strong="H3808" the|strong="H6680" bundles|strong="H6872" of|strong="H5288" grain|strong="H1715" that|strong="H5288" have|strong="H1571" been|strong="H3808" cut|strong="H3772", do|strong="H6680" not|strong="H3808" scold her|strong="H1571". 
\verseNumber{16}Instead|strong="H3808", pull|strong="H7997" out|strong="H4480" some|strong="H4480" stalks|strong="H6086" of|strong="H4480" grain|strong="H1715" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" bundles|strong="H6653", and|strong="H1571" leave|strong="H5800" them|strong="H4480" on|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" ground|strong="H0776" for|strong="H3808" her|strong="H1571" to|strong="H4480" pick|strong="H5375" up|strong="H3950", and|strong="H1571" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" rebuke|strong="H1605" her|strong="H1571".” 
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\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H1961" Ruth|strong="H7327" gathered|strong="H3950" grain|strong="H1715" in|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5704" field|strong="H7704" until|strong="H5704" evening|strong="H6153". Then|strong="H1961" she|strong="H6153" ◄threshed|strong="H2251"/beat|strong="H2251" with|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" stick|strong="H6086"► the|strong="H5704" barley|strong="H8184" that|strong="H5704" she|strong="H6153" had|strong="H1961" gathered|strong="H3950", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w separate|strong="H0914"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w kernels|strong="H2785"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w stalks|strong="H6086"\+w*}, and|strong="H7704" the|strong="H5704" barley|strong="H8184" filled|strong="H4390" a|strong="H1961" large|strong="H1419" basket|strong="H5536". 
\verseNumber{18}She|strong="H5892" carried|strong="H5375" it|strong="H5414" back|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" town|strong="H5892", and|strong="H5892" showed|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3318" her|strong="H5414" mother-in-law|strong="H2545" how|strong="H4100" much|strong="H3498" she|strong="H5892" had|strong="H5414" gathered|strong="H3950". Ruth|strong="H7327" also|strong="H3318" showed|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3318" her|strong="H5414" the|strong="H7200" grain|strong="H1715" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w was|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w left|strong="H3498"\+w* \+w over|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w after|strong="H3318"\+w*} she|strong="H5892" had|strong="H5414" eaten|strong="H0398" enough|strong="H3498" from|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Boaz|strong="H1162"\+w* \+w had|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w given|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w at|strong="H7200"\+w* lunchtime}. 
\verseNumber{19}Her|strong="H5046" mother-in-law|strong="H2545" asked|strong="H7592" her|strong="H5046", “Where|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3117" gather|strong="H3950" grain|strong="H1715" today|strong="H3117"? In|strong="H6213" whose|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w field|strong="H7704"\+w*} did|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3117" work|strong="H6213"? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w*} surely|strong="H6213" bless|strong="H1288" the|strong="H6213" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H6213" was|strong="H8034" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3117".” Then|strong="H1961" Ruth|strong="H5234" told|strong="H5046" her|strong="H5046" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6213" man|strong="H0376" in|strong="H6213" whose|strong="H8034" field|strong="H7704" she|strong="H5973" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" working|strong="H6213". She|strong="H5973" said|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H6213" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" man|strong="H0376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w owns|strong="H3426"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w field|strong="H7704"\+w*} where|strong="H0834" I|strong="H3117" worked|strong="H6213" today|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117" Boaz|strong="H1162".” 
\verseNumber{20}Naomi|strong="H5281" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" her|strong="H3618" daughter-in-law|strong="H3618", “I|strong="H3808" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H1931" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" him|strong="H4191"! He|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" stopped|strong="H5800" acting|strong="H4603" kindly|strong="H2617" toward|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H5800"\+w*, \+w who|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w still|strong="H1288"\+w*} living|strong="H2416", and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w husbands|strong="H1167"\+w*} who|strong="H1931" have|strong="H3068" died|strong="H4191".” Then|strong="H3068" she|strong="H1931" added|strong="H3254", “That|strong="H1931" man|strong="H4191" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" close|strong="H7138" relative|strong="H1350" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Elimelech|strong="H0458"\+w*}; he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" responsibility|strong="H6486" to|strong="H4191" help|strong="H5800" those|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" are|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" relatives|strong="H1350".” 
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H1571" Ruth|strong="H7327" said|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H3588" also|strong="H1571" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H5973", ‘Stay|strong="H1692" with|strong="H5973" my|strong="H3605" workers|strong="H6466" until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1571" finished|strong="H3615" harvesting|strong="H7105" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" grain|strong="H3605".’” 
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\verseNumber{22}Naomi|strong="H5281" replied|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H3318" daughter|strong="H1323", it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" good|strong="H2896" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3318" go|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w field|strong="H7704"\+w*} with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w servant|strong="H5650"\+w*} girls|strong="H5291", because|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" go|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" someone|strong="H0376" else’s|strong="H0312" field|strong="H7704", someone|strong="H0376" might|strong="H1323" harm|strong="H7463"/molest you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H3427" Ruth|strong="H7327" stayed|strong="H3427" close|strong="H1692" to|strong="H5704" Boaz’s \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w servant|strong="H5650"\+w*} girls|strong="H5291" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w she|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w was|strong="H5291"\+w* \+w working|strong="H4639"\+w*}. She|strong="H5704" gathered|strong="H3950" stalks|strong="H6086" of|strong="H3427" grain|strong="H2406" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" barley|strong="H8184" harvest|strong="H7105" and|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5704" wheat|strong="H2406" harvest|strong="H7105" were|strong="H3427" finished|strong="H3615". During|strong="H3117" that|strong="H5704" time|strong="H5704" she|strong="H5704" lived|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3427" Naomi|strong="H5281". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Ruth asked Boaz to marry her so she would have a home and other things she needed }
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\chapterNumber{3}One|strong="H3808" day|strong="H3117", Naomi|strong="H5281" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1245" Ruth|strong="H7327", “My|strong="H1245" daughter|strong="H1323", I|strong="H3808" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" should|strong="H1323" [RHQ] try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H1245" arrange|strong="H6186" for|strong="H1245" you|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1245" have|strong="H1323" a|strong="H1245" husband|strong="H0376" [MTY] who|strong="H1323" will|strong="H3808" ◄take|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1323"/provide|strong="H6213" for|strong="H1245"► you|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{2}Boaz|strong="H1162", the|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" with|strong="H1961" whose|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w servant|strong="H5650"\+w* } girls|strong="H5291" you|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gathering|strong="H4723"\+w* \+w grain|strong="H1715"\+w*}, is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H1961" close|strong="H5980" relative|strong="H1350" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1637"\+w* \+w our|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w dead|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w husbands|strong="H1167"\+w*}. Listen|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w carefully|strong="H3808"\+w*}. Tonight|strong="H3915" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" at|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" ground|strong="H0776" where|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w barley|strong="H8184"\+w* \+w has|strong="H1961"\+w*} been|strong="H1961" threshed|strong="H1758". He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" separating|strong="H5144" the|strong="H1961" barley|strong="H8184" grain|strong="H1715" from|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" chaff|strong="H4671". 
\verseNumber{3}Bathe|strong="H7364" yourself|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3381" put|strong="H7760" on|strong="H5921" some|strong="H4480" perfume|strong="H7004". Put|strong="H7760" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w best|strong="H2459"\+w*} clothes|strong="H8071". Then|strong="H3045" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H0776" where|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3045" threshed|strong="H1758" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w grain|strong="H1715"\+w*}. But|strong="H5921" do|strong="H3381" not|strong="H3045" let|strong="H3381" Boaz|strong="H1162" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3045" there|strong="H3045" while|strong="H5704" he|strong="H5704" is|strong="H0369" eating|strong="H0398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{supper} and|strong="H3381" drinking|strong="H8354". 
\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w has|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w finished|strong="H3615"\+w* \+w eating|strong="H0398"\+w*}, notice|strong="H3045" where|strong="H8033" he|strong="H1931" lies|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" to|strong="H1961" sleep|strong="H7901". Then|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w asleep|strong="H3463"\+w*}, take|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" blanket|strong="H4541" off|strong="H1540" his|strong="H3045" feet|strong="H4772" and|strong="H8033" lie|strong="H7901" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w close|strong="H5980"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w feet|strong="H4772"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* wakes \+w up|strong="H6213"\+w*}, he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3045" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{5}Ruth|strong="H7327" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3605" will|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" told|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H7901" Boaz|strong="H1162" finished|strong="H3615" eating|strong="H0398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{supper} and|strong="H8354" drinking|strong="H8354" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wine|strong="H3196"\+w*}, he|strong="H8354" felt|strong="H4959" happy|strong="H3190". Then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H8354" went|strong="H1540" over|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3820" the|strong="H1540" far|strong="H5704" end|strong="H7097" of|strong="H3820" the|strong="H1540" pile|strong="H1530" of|strong="H3820" grain|strong="H6194". He|strong="H8354" lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H8354"\+w* \+w went|strong="H1540"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w sleep|strong="H7901"\+w*}. Then|strong="H0227" Ruth|strong="H7327" approached|strong="H5066" him|strong="H7097" quietly|strong="H3909". She|strong="H3820" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H1540" blanket|strong="H4541" off|strong="H1540" his|strong="H1540" feet|strong="H4772" and|strong="H8354" lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="H8033"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H3588" asked|strong="H7592" her|strong="H5921", “Who|strong="H4310" are|strong="H4310" you|strong="H3588"?” She|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" your|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5650", Ruth|strong="H7327". Since|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4310" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H3588" who|strong="H4310" has|strong="H4310" a|strong="H3588" responsibility|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" take|strong="H3947" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w someone|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w like|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w whose|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w dead|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w husband|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3671"\+w*} your|strong="H5921" close|strong="H1350" relative|strong="H1350", spread|strong="H6566" the|strong="H5921" corner|strong="H3671" of|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" cloak|strong="H8008" over|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w feet|strong="H7272"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w marry|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{10}Boaz|strong="H1162" replied|strong="H0559", “Young|strong="H1115" lady|strong="H5291", I|strong="H3068" hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" ◄bless|strong="H1288"/be|strong="H3068" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H3212"► you|strong="H1288"! You|strong="H1288" have|strong="H3068" acted|strong="H6213" kindly|strong="H2617" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w toward|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w mother-in-law|strong="H2545"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" now|strong="H3212" you|strong="H1288" are|strong="H3068" acting|strong="H4603" even|strong="H3068" more|strong="H4480" kindly|strong="H2617" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w toward|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w me|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w wanting|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w marry|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w me|strong="H4480"\+w*, \+w instead|strong="H1115"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w wanting|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w marry|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w a|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w young|strong="H1115"\+w* \+w man|strong="H6223"\+w*}. You|strong="H1288" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1115" looked|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3068" either|strong="H4480" a|strong="H4480" rich|strong="H6223" young|strong="H1115" man|strong="H6223" or|strong="H4480" a|strong="H4480" poor|strong="H1800" young|strong="H1115" man|strong="H6223", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w marry|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w him|strong="H1288"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{11}Now|strong="H6258", young|strong="H5288" lady|strong="H5291", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" do|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3588" ask|strong="H7592". Don’t|strong="H0408" worry|strong="H3372" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w in|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w this|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w town|strong="H8179"\+w* \+w might|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w wrong|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w marrying|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w woman|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w Moab|strong="H4124"\+w*}. All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" town|strong="H8179" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" an|strong="H6213" honorable|strong="H3513" woman|strong="H1323". 
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\verseNumber{13}You|strong="H5704" stay|strong="H3885" here|strong="H5704" for|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3068" rest|strong="H7901" of|strong="H3068" this|strong="H3068" night|strong="H3915". Tomorrow|strong="H1242" morning|strong="H1242" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w man|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w about|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5704"\+w*}. If|strong="H1961" he|strong="H5704" says|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w marry|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} take|strong="H1961" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5704", fine|strong="H2896", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w*} let|strong="H3808" him|strong="H2896" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068". But|strong="H3808" if|strong="H1961" he|strong="H5704" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" willing|strong="H0014" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*}, I|strong="H5704" solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H1350" that|strong="H3068" as|strong="H5704" surely|strong="H1961" as|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w marry|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} take|strong="H1961" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5704". So|strong="H1961" lie|strong="H7901"/sleep|strong="H7901" here|strong="H5704" until|strong="H5704" it|strong="H1242" is|strong="H3068" morning|strong="H1242".” 
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\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H6965" she|strong="H3588" lay|strong="H7901" at|strong="H6965" his|strong="H3045" feet|strong="H4772" until|strong="H5704" morning|strong="H1242". But|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" left|strong="H6965" before|strong="H5704" it|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1242" light|strong="H0216" enough|strong="H1767" that|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3045" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H3588" able|strong="H5234" to|strong="H5704" recognize|strong="H5234" her|strong="H3045", because|strong="H3588" Boaz|strong="H1162" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3045" want|strong="H4270" anyone|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5704" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" woman|strong="H0802" was|strong="H1242" here|strong="H5704".” 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H5921" also|strong="H1571" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921", “Bring|strong="H3051" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" cloak|strong="H4304" and|strong="H5892" spread|strong="H6566" it|strong="H5921" out|strong="H5921".” When|strong="H5921" she|strong="H5921" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5892", he|strong="H5921" poured|strong="H8210" into|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" six|strong="H8337" measures|strong="H5429"/24 liters/50 pounds|strong="H8184" of|strong="H5892" barley|strong="H8184", and|strong="H5892" put|strong="H7896" in|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" back|strong="H7725". Then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H5921" (OR|strong="H5892", she|strong="H5921") went|strong="H5892" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" town|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H6213" Ruth|strong="H7327" arrived|strong="H0935" home|strong="H1004", her|strong="H3605" mother-in-law|strong="H2545" asked|strong="H7592" her|strong="H3605", “My|strong="H3605" daughter|strong="H1323", how|strong="H4310" did|strong="H6213" ◄things|strong="H3605" go|strong="H1980"/Boaz|strong="H1162" act|strong="H6213" toward|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605"►?” Then|strong="H6213" Ruth|strong="H7327" told|strong="H5046" her|strong="H3605" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Boaz|strong="H1162" had|strong="H6213" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" her|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w her|strong="H3605"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{17}She|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w Naomi|strong="H5281"\+w*}, “He|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" all|strong="H5414" this|strong="H5414" barley|strong="H8184", saying|strong="H0559" ‘I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5414" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" mother-in-law|strong="H2545" empty-handed|strong="H7387".’ ” 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H5307" Naomi|strong="H5281" said|strong="H1697", “My|strong="H3045" daughter|strong="H1323", just|strong="H1697" wait|strong="H3427" until|strong="H5704" we|strong="H3588" see|strong="H3045" what|strong="H1697" happens|strong="H3117". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w sure|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} Boaz|strong="H1162" will|strong="H1697" take|strong="H3045" care|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3117" [LIT|strong="H0215"] the|strong="H3588" matter|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w marriage|strong="H0802"\+w* }today|strong="H3117". [LIT|strong="H0215"]” 

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\chapterNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Meanwhile|strong="H3541"\+w*}, Boaz|strong="H1162" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5674" town|strong="H8179" gate|strong="H8179" and|strong="H8033" sat|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H8179"\+w* \+w was|strong="H8179"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w place|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w where|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w met|strong="H6298"\+w* \+w together|strong="H3162"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w decide|strong="H3198"\+w* \+w important|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w matters|strong="H1697"\+w*}. When|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5674" man|strong="H5674" that|strong="H8179" Boaz|strong="H1162" had|strong="H1162" mentioned|strong="H5927" came|strong="H5927" there|strong="H8033", the|strong="H5674" close|strong="H1350" relative|strong="H1350" of|strong="H3427" Ruth|strong="H7327" and|strong="H8033" Naomi’s|strong="H5281" dead|strong="H4191" husbands|strong="H1167" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1162"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w responsibility|strong="H6486"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w take|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w care|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w Naomi|strong="H5281"\+w* \+w and|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w Ruth|strong="H7327"\+w*}, Boaz|strong="H1162" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5927", “My|strong="H5493" friend|strong="H6423", come|strong="H5927" over|strong="H5674" here|strong="H6311" and|strong="H8033" sit|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427".” So|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5674" man|strong="H5674" went|strong="H5927" and|strong="H8033" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{2}Boaz|strong="H1162" then|strong="H3947" gathered|strong="H6960" ten|strong="H6235" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3947" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3947" town|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5892" asked|strong="H7592" them|strong="H3947" to|strong="H5892" sit|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w also|strong="H1571"\+w*}. After|strong="H0310" they|strong="H5892" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427", 
\verseNumber{3}he|strong="H7725" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H4376" had|strong="H7704" the|strong="H7725" responsibility|strong="H6486" to|strong="H7725" take|strong="H7725" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H7704" Naomi|strong="H5281", “Naomi|strong="H5281" has|strong="H4124" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" Moab|strong="H4124" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. She|strong="H1931" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H7725" sell|strong="H4376" the|strong="H7725" field|strong="H7704" that|strong="H7725" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" our|strong="H7725" relative|strong="H1350" Elimelech|strong="H0458". 
\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H3588" thought|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3588" about|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588", and|strong="H5971" suggest that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" buy|strong="H7069" it|strong="H3588", while|strong="H3588" these|strong="H5971" elders|strong="H2205" who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" sitting|strong="H3427" here|strong="H1350" are|strong="H5971" listening|strong="H8085". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" willing|strong="H0014" to|strong="H1540" buy|strong="H7069" the|strong="H3588" property|strong="H0272", do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588". But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1540" buy|strong="H7069" it|strong="H3588", tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046", so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" know|strong="H3045". I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" suggesting this|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1540" you|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H5971" has|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" first|strong="H7223" right|strong="H3045" to|strong="H1540" buy|strong="H7069" it|strong="H3588", and|strong="H5971" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H5971" has|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" second|strong="H8145"/next|strong="H1350" right|strong="H3045" to|strong="H1540" buy|strong="H7069" it|strong="H3588".” The|strong="H3588" man|strong="H2205" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" buy|strong="H7069" it|strong="H3588"!” 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H6965" Boaz|strong="H1162" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921", “When|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5921" buy|strong="H7069" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H7704" from|strong="H5921" Naomi|strong="H5281", you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3027" also|strong="H8034" be|strong="H4191" taking|strong="H3947" Ruth|strong="H7327", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w woman|strong="H8034"\+w*} who|strong="H4125" is|strong="H3117" from|strong="H5921" Moab|strong="H4125", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w be|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w your|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*}, in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3117" she|strong="H5921" may|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w give|strong="H7704"\+w* \+w birth|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w who|strong="H4125"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3027"\+w* } inherit|strong="H5159" the|strong="H5921" property|strong="H5159" of|strong="H3117" her|strong="H5921" dead|strong="H4191" husband|strong="H0376" [MTY].” 
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\verseNumber{7}At|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6440", it|strong="H5414" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" custom|strong="H1697" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478", when|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5414" person|strong="H6440" bought|strong="H5414" property|strong="H0272" that|strong="H3605" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" another|strong="H7453" person|strong="H6440", that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3478" selling|strong="H4376" the|strong="H3605" property|strong="H0272" would|strong="H3478" take|strong="H5414" off|strong="H5921" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1697" his|strong="H3605" sandals|strong="H5275" and|strong="H6965" give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3478" buying|strong="H7069" the|strong="H3605" property|strong="H0272". That|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1697" they|strong="H5921" finalized sales in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H3588" Boaz|strong="H1162" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" and|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3117"\+w*}, “Today|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" seen|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" bought|strong="H7069" from|strong="H3027" Naomi|strong="H5281" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" property|strong="H0272" that|strong="H3588" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w her|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w dead|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w husband|strong="H0376"\+w*} Elimelech|strong="H0458" and|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w dead|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w sons|strong="H1121"\+w*} Mahlon|strong="H4248" and|strong="H3117" Chilion|strong="H3630". 
\verseNumber{10}I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" also|strong="H1571" taking|strong="H3947" Ruth|strong="H7327", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w woman|strong="H8034"\+w*} from|strong="H3772" Moab|strong="H4125", Mahlon’s|strong="H4248" widow|strong="H0490", to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" my|strong="H5921" wife|strong="H0802", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3117" she|strong="H5921" may|strong="H1571" give|strong="H5159" birth|strong="H3808" to|strong="H4191" a|strong="H3772" son|strong="H1121" who|strong="H4125" will|strong="H1571" inherit|strong="H5159" the|strong="H5921" property|strong="H5159" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" dead|strong="H4191" man|strong="H4191". In|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" way|strong="H5921", Elimelech’s|strong="H0458" name|strong="H8034" will|strong="H1571" continue|strong="H6965" [LIT|strong="H0215"] among|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5921" members|strong="H3338" of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H5921" family|strong="H4191" and|strong="H6965" among|strong="H5973" all|strong="H3772" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3117" this|strong="H4191" town|strong="H8179". Today|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3772" are|strong="H3117" witnesses|strong="H5707" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{11}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w others|strong="H5971"\+w*} who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" sitting|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H8179"\+w*} gate|strong="H8179" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w agreed|strong="H8085"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w one|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*} said|strong="H7121", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yes|strong="H3588"\+w*,} we|strong="H6213" are|strong="H5971" witnesses|strong="H5707". We|strong="H6213" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" this|strong="H6213" woman|strong="H8034", who|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" coming|strong="H0935" into|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3068" home|strong="H1004", to|strong="H3478" give|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3478" many|strong="H7227" children|strong="H1129", as|strong="H6213" Rachel|strong="H7354" and|strong="H3478" Leah|strong="H3812" did|strong="H6213". They|strong="H3068" are|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H2205" from|strong="H3478" whom|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H5414"\+w*} people|strong="H5971" [MTY] of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" are|strong="H5971" descended|strong="H3381". We|strong="H6213" hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H7121" rich|strong="H6223" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1004" Ephratah|strong="H0672", and|strong="H3478" become|strong="H7121" famous|strong="H8034" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H6311"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". 
\verseNumber{12}We|strong="H4480" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3063" this|strong="H2063" young|strong="H5291" woman|strong="H5291" to|strong="H3068" have|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7227" descendants|strong="H2233". And|strong="H3063" we|strong="H4480" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" family|strong="H1004" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" important|strong="H5704" as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5414" family|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3068" ancestor Perez|strong="H6557", the|strong="H5414" son|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Tamar|strong="H8559".” 
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\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H3947" Boaz|strong="H1162" took|strong="H3947" Ruth|strong="H7327" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w home|strong="H3068"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H1931" became|strong="H3205" his|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802". He|strong="H3068" ◄slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H3068"/had|strong="H3068" sexual|strong="H3947" relations|strong="H3045" with|strong="H3068"► her|strong="H5414" [EUP] and|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" pregnant|strong="H2030", and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H1931" gave|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H3068" women|strong="H0802" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Bethlehem|strong="H1035"\+w*} said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3478" Naomi|strong="H5281", “Praise|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! Now|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" has|strong="H3068" given|strong="H7121" [LIT|strong="H0215"] you|strong="H3117" a|strong="H7121" grandson|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" responsibility|strong="H6486" to|strong="H3478" take|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3117". We|strong="H3117" hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H7121" famous|strong="H8034" [MTY] throughout|strong="H3117" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" make|strong="H7725" you|strong="H3588" feel|strong="H4184" young|strong="H1121" again|strong="H7725", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" take|strong="H7725" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" become|strong="H1961" old|strong="H1121". Your|strong="H7725" daughter-in-law|strong="H3618", who|strong="H1931" loves|strong="H0157" you|strong="H3588", has|strong="H1961" given|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H7725" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121", who|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" ◄be|strong="H1961" better|strong="H2896" to|strong="H7725"/do|strong="H6213" more|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588"► you|strong="H3588" than|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w*} seven|strong="H7651" sons|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w your|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w own|strong="H1961"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H1961" Naomi|strong="H5281" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" baby|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3947" put|strong="H7896" him|strong="H3947" on|strong="H1961" her|strong="H3947" lap|strong="H2436", and|strong="H3947" took|strong="H3947" care|strong="H2436" of|strong="H3206" him|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H3205" women|strong="H7934" who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H1121" living|strong="H2416" near|strong="H7126" her|strong="H7121" said|strong="H7121", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w though|strong="H1931"\+w*} Naomi|strong="H5281" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H7121"\+w*} has|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121"!” And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1931" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H3205" Obed|strong="H5744". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Later|strong="H0310"\+w*}, Obed|strong="H5744" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448", and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w later|strong="H0310"\+w*} Jesse|strong="H3448" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} David|strong="H1732". 
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\verseNumber{18-22}Here|strong="H6311" is|strong="H0369" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w list|strong="H4557"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w*}: Perez’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" Hezron|strong="H2696". Hezron’s|strong="H2696" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" Ram|strong="H0352". Ram’s|strong="H3104" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" Amminadab|strong="H5992". Amminadab’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" Nahshon|strong="H5177". Nahshon’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" Salmon|strong="H8012". Salmon’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" Boaz|strong="H1162". Boaz’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" Obed|strong="H5744". Obed’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" Jesse|strong="H3448". Jesse’s|strong="H3448" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} David|strong="H1732". 
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\BibleBook{1 Samuel}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of what happened in Israel from the birth of Samuel to the death of King Saul. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{1 Samuel }

\BibleSectionHeading{Samuel was born }
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\chapterNumber{1}There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H1121" named|strong="H8034" Elkanah|strong="H0511" who|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1121" Ramah|strong="H7414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" hilly area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Ephraim|strong="H8034" lived|strong="H1961". His|strong="H1961" father|strong="H1121" was|strong="H8034" Jeroham|strong="H3395", his|strong="H1961" grandfather|strong="H0001" was|strong="H8034" Elihu|strong="H0453", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" great-grandfather was|strong="H8034" Tohu|strong="H8459". He|strong="H4480" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H4480" Zuph|strong="H6689" clan|strong="H4940". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H8147" had|strong="H1961" two|strong="H8147" wives|strong="H0802": Hannah|strong="H2584" and|strong="H8147" Peninnah|strong="H6444". Peninnah|strong="H6444" had|strong="H1961" several|strong="H2669" children|strong="H3206", but|strong="H1961" Hannah|strong="H2584" had|strong="H1961" no|strong="H1961" children|strong="H3206". 
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\verseNumber{3}Once|strong="H3117" every|strong="H3117" year|strong="H3117" Elkanah|strong="H0511" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w family|strong="H4940"\+w*} from|strong="H5927" Ramah|strong="H7414" to|strong="H3068" Shiloh|strong="H7887" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. He|strong="H1931" went|strong="H5927" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w commander|strong="H8269"\+w* } of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3068" armies|strong="H6635" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w angels|strong="H4397"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H5927" sacrifices|strong="H2076" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H1931". The|strong="H3068" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eli|strong="H5941", Hophni|strong="H2652" and|strong="H1121" Phinehas|strong="H6372", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w helped|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w father|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3117"\+w*} priests|strong="H3548" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{4}Each|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" Elkanah|strong="H0511" offered|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2076" there|strong="H1961", he|strong="H3117" gave|strong="H5414" some|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" meat|strong="H1320" to|strong="H1961" Peninnah|strong="H6444" and|strong="H1121" some|strong="H3117" to|strong="H1961" each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" her|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H3588" even|strong="H3588" though|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" loved|strong="H0157" Hannah|strong="H2584" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H7227", he|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" only|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3588" special|strong="H6381" amount|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" meat|strong="H1320" because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5414" permitted|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H7358" to|strong="H3068" any|strong="H5414" children|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" wife|strong="H0802", Peninnah|strong="H3707", would|strong="H3068" ridicule|strong="H4912" Hannah|strong="H2584" to|strong="H3068" make|strong="H3707" her|strong="H5462" feel|strong="H4184" miserable|strong="H5999", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" allowed|strong="H3068" her|strong="H5462" to|strong="H3068" bear|strong="H5375" children|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{7}This|strong="H3651" happened|strong="H6213" every|strong="H6213" year|strong="H8141". When|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3651" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\+w*}, Peninnah|strong="H6213" ridiculed Hannah|strong="H5927" so|strong="H3651" much|strong="H1767" that|strong="H3068" Hannah|strong="H5927" cried|strong="H1058" and|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398". 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H4100" Elkanah|strong="H0511" would|strong="H4100" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" her|strong="H1058", “Hannah|strong="H2584", ◄why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3808" crying|strong="H1058"?/please|strong="H2896" quit|strong="H5355" crying|strong="H1058"!► [RHQ] ◄Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" eating|strong="H0398"?/Please|strong="H2896" eat|strong="H0398" something|strong="H1697"!► [RHQ] Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3808" so|strong="H3808" upset|strong="H8058"/sad|strong="H3415"? You|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1121" me|strong="H3808"; is|strong="H4100" that|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" more|strong="H3808" important|strong="H5704" to|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3808" than|strong="H2896" if|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3808" had|strong="H1121" ten|strong="H6235" sons|strong="H1121"? (OR|strong="H3808", I|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w love|strong="H0157"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w*} more|strong="H3808" than|strong="H2896" your|strong="H3808" sons|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w would|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w love|strong="H0157"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w*}, even|strong="H3808" if|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3808" had|strong="H1121" ten|strong="H6235" sons|strong="H1121".)” 
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\verseNumber{9}One|strong="H3068" year|strong="H8141", after|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" finished|strong="H3615" eating|strong="H0398" and|strong="H6965" drinking|strong="H8354" at|strong="H3427" Shiloh|strong="H7887", Hannah|strong="H2584" stood|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w pray|strong="H6419"\+w*}. Eli|strong="H5941" the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548" was|strong="H3068" nearby|strong="H7138", sitting|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3068" chair|strong="H3678" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" doorway|strong="H6607" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" sacred|strong="H6944" tent|strong="H0168" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{10}Hannah|strong="H2584" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" distressed|strong="H4751", and|strong="H3068" she|strong="H1931" cried|strong="H1058" very|strong="H3966" sorrowfully as|strong="H5315" she|strong="H1931" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{11}She|strong="H5921" made|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" vow|strong="H5088" saying|strong="H0559", “O|strong="H3068" Almighty|strong="H6635" Commander|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397", if|strong="H7200" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" look|strong="H7200" at|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" how|strong="H2142" miserable|strong="H5999" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" think|strong="H2142" about|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3068" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5414" son|strong="H2233", then|strong="H5414" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" dedicate|strong="H6942" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w serve|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w*} for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" life|strong="H2416". And|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w dedicated|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w*}, ◄no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" ever|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w allowed|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} cut|strong="H3772" his|strong="H3605" hair|strong="H7218"/his|strong="H3605" hair|strong="H7218" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" cut|strong="H3772"►.” 
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\verseNumber{12}As|strong="H1961" she|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" praying|strong="H6419" like|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", Eli|strong="H5941" the|strong="H6440" priest|strong="H3548" saw|strong="H7200" Hannah’s lips|strong="H6310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w moving|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w she|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w praying|strong="H6419"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H7535" Hannah|strong="H2584" was|strong="H3820" only|strong="H7535" praying|strong="H1696" silently|strong="H1748"; she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3820" not|strong="H3808" making|strong="H6213" any|strong="H3808" sound|strong="H6963". So|strong="H3808" Eli|strong="H5941" thought|strong="H2803" that|strong="H8085" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3820" drunk|strong="H7910". 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H5704" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" her|strong="H5493", “How|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5921" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" get|strong="H5493" drunk|strong="H7937" [RHQ]? ◄Throw|strong="H7993" away|strong="H5493" your|strong="H5921" wine|strong="H3196"/Quit|strong="H5355" drinking|strong="H8354" wine|strong="H3196"►!” 
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\verseNumber{15}Hannah|strong="H2584" replied|strong="H6030", “Sir|strong="H0113", I|strong="H5315" am|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" drunk|strong="H8354"! I|strong="H5315" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H3808" drinking|strong="H8354" wine|strong="H3196" or|strong="H3808" any|strong="H5315" other|strong="H0312" alcoholic drink|strong="H8354". I|strong="H5315" feel|strong="H4184" very|strong="H3966" distressed|strong="H6887" and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5315" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3808" telling|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" about|strong="H5439" how|strong="H6030" I|strong="H5315" feel|strong="H4184". 
\verseNumber{16}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5414" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" a|strong="H5414" worthless|strong="H1100"/wicked|strong="H1100" woman|strong="H1323"! I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1323" been|strong="H1961" praying|strong="H1696" like|strong="H5704" this|strong="H5414" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H5704" distressed|strong="H6887" [DOU].” 
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\verseNumber{17}Eli|strong="H5941" replied|strong="H6030", “I|strong="H5414" wish|strong="H2896"/desire|strong="H7592" that|strong="H3478" things|strong="H5973" will|strong="H3478" go|strong="H3212" well|strong="H7965" for|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5414". I|strong="H5414" desire|strong="H7592" that|strong="H3478" God|strong="H5414", the|strong="H5414" one|strong="H7596" we|strong="H0587" Israeli people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, will|strong="H3478" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5414" requested|strong="H7592" from|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{18}She|strong="H6440" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3212" think|strong="H5869" highly|strong="H3966"/well|strong="H5869" about|strong="H1961" me|strong="H6440".” Then|strong="H1961" she|strong="H6440" returned|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w her|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w family|strong="H4940"\+w*} and|strong="H3212" after|strong="H1961" she|strong="H6440" ate|strong="H0398" something|strong="H1697", her|strong="H4672" face|strong="H6440" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" looked|strong="H6440" sad|strong="H7451". 
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\verseNumber{19}Early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H6440" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242", Elkanah|strong="H0511" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" family|strong="H1004" got|strong="H7925" up|strong="H7925" and|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" then|strong="H7725" they|strong="H3068" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" their|strong="H3068" home|strong="H1004" at|strong="H3068" Ramah|strong="H7414". Elkanah|strong="H0511" ◄slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H1004"/had|strong="H3068" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H1004"► Hannah|strong="H2584". Then|strong="H7725" Yahweh|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H7725" her|strong="H7725" prayer|strong="H8605", 
\verseNumber{20}and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H3588" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029" and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121". She|strong="H3588" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H3205" Samuel|strong="H8050", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w words|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w language|strong="H3956"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w mean|strong="H2823"\+w* ‘\+w heard|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3117"\+w* God’}, because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" said|strong="H7121" “Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w heard|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" requested|strong="H7592" from|strong="H1121" him|strong="H3205" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Hannah|strong="H2584" dedicated|strong="H7592" Samuel|strong="H8050" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" }
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\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H3605" following|strong="H0310" year|strong="H3117", Elkanah|strong="H0511" again|strong="H7725" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\+w*} with|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H1004" sacrifice|strong="H2077" he|strong="H3117" made|strong="H3068" each|strong="H3605" year|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5927" a|strong="H5927" special|strong="H6381" offering|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w give|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" Hannah|strong="H2584" did|strong="H1580" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w*}. She|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" her|strong="H7200" husband|strong="H0376", “After|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" weaned|strong="H1580" the|strong="H6440" baby|strong="H1121", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H5927" him|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w present|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" stay|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" life|strong="H5315".” 
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\verseNumber{23}Elkanah|strong="H0511" said|strong="H1697", “Do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" seems|strong="H2896" the|strong="H6213" best|strong="H2896" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704". Stay|strong="H3427" here|strong="H5704" until|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" have|strong="H3068" weaned|strong="H1580" him|strong="H6213". What|strong="H1697" I|strong="H5704" desire|strong="H8378" is|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w*} do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H5704" have|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H3068".” So|strong="H6213" Hannah|strong="H2584" stayed|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" home|strong="H3068" and|strong="H1121" nursed|strong="H3243" her|strong="H6213" son|strong="H1121" until|strong="H5704" she|strong="H5704" weaned|strong="H1580" him|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{24}After|strong="H5927" she|strong="H5973" weaned|strong="H1580" him|strong="H5973", even|strong="H3068" though|strong="H3588" Samuel|strong="H8050" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" young|strong="H5288", she|strong="H5973" took|strong="H5927" him|strong="H5973" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004"/house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068" at|strong="H3068" Shiloh|strong="H7887". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w To|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w offer|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\+w*}, she|strong="H5973" took|strong="H5927" along|strong="H5973" a|strong="H5927" three-year-old|strong="H7969" bull|strong="H6499", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w sack|strong="H0572"\+w* \+w containing|strong="H8033"\+w*} ◄20 pounds|strong="H1993"/9 kg.► of|strong="H1004" flour|strong="H7058", and|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5927" container|strong="H3627" of|strong="H1004" wine|strong="H3196". 
\verseNumber{25}After|strong="H0310" the|strong="H7819" priest|strong="H3548" had|strong="H3068" slaughtered|strong="H7819" the|strong="H7819" bull|strong="H6499" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6499"\+w* \+w offered|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7819"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7819"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, Hannah|strong="H2584" and|strong="H6499" Elkanah|strong="H0511" brought|strong="H0935" the|strong="H7819" boy|strong="H5288" to|strong="H5288" Eli|strong="H5941". 
\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H2088" Hannah|strong="H2584" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5973", “Sir|strong="H0113", ◄Do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5973" remember|strong="H2142" me|strong="H5315"?/I|strong="H5315" solemnly|strong="H7650" affirm|strong="H5002"►, I|strong="H5315" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" woman|strong="H2088" who|strong="H3068" prayed|strong="H6419" as|strong="H5315" I|strong="H5315" stood|strong="H5324" here|strong="H2088" beside|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w several|strong="H2669"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w ago|strong="H7350"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{27}I|strong="H5414" prayed|strong="H6419" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5414" child|strong="H5288", and|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" child|strong="H5288" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H5414" requested|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H1961" now|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" presenting|strong="H5307" him|strong="H1931" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" as|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" lives|strong="H1961".” Then|strong="H1961" Elkanah|strong="H0511" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w family|strong="H4940"\+w*} worshiped|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033". 
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\chapterNumber{2}Then|strong="H3588" Hannah|strong="H2584" prayed|strong="H6419", saying|strong="H6310", 
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“I|strong="H3588" rejoice|strong="H8055" in|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H6310"\+w*} you|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{, \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
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I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" strong|strong="H7161" [MET|strong="H6298"] because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588". 
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I|strong="H3588" ◄laugh|strong="H7832" at|strong="H5921"/ridicule|strong="H4912"► my|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341", 
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because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" me|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w being|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w taunted|strong="H2778"\+w* \+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{2}There|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H1115" one|strong="H6918" who|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" holy|strong="H6918" like|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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There|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H1115" other|strong="H1115" god|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588". 
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There|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H1115" one|strong="H6918" like|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588", our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", who|strong="H3068" can|strong="H4310" protect|strong="H8104" us|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w putting|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w beneath|strong="H8478"\+w*} a|strong="H3588" huge|strong="H1995" rock|strong="H6697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w can|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w hide|strong="H5641"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w danger|strong="H7451"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w oppose|strong="H7853"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w*}, stop|strong="H3808" boasting|strong="H6310"! 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" knows|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w everything|strong="H3605"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" evaluate|strong="H3045"/judge|strong="H8199" everyone’s|strong="H3318" actions|strong="H5949". 
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So|strong="H3808" don’t|strong="H3808" speak|strong="H1696" so|strong="H3808" arrogantly|strong="H6277"! 
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\verseNumber{4}Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3782" break|strong="H7665" the|strong="H3605" bows|strong="H7198"/weapons|strong="H3627" of|strong="H1368" mighty|strong="H1368" soldiers|strong="H2428", 
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and|strong="H7198" you|strong="H3782" give|strong="H5414" strength|strong="H2428" to|strong="H2428" those|strong="H3782" who|strong="H1368" stumble|strong="H3782" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1368"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w weak|strong="H3782"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}Many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" previously|strong="H8543" had|strong="H3205" plenty|strong="H7227" to|strong="H5704" eat|strong="H3899", now|strong="H7227" have|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5704" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H5704" other|strong="H3205" people|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* earn \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" buy|strong="H7069" food|strong="H3899", 
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but|strong="H3205" many|strong="H7227" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" always|strong="H3605" hungry|strong="H7457" are|strong="H1121" not|strong="H2308" hungry|strong="H7457" anymore|strong="H5750". 
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The|strong="H3205" woman|strong="H6135" who|strong="H1121" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H2308" have|strong="H1121" any|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" before|strong="H5704", now|strong="H7227" has|strong="H3205" given|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H5704" many|strong="H7227"/seven|strong="H7651" children|strong="H1121", 
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and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" woman|strong="H6135" who|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3205" many|strong="H7227" children|strong="H1121" before|strong="H5704", now|strong="H7227" is|strong="H1121" very|strong="H5704" lonely|strong="H3173" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w all|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{6}Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3381" cause|strong="H2600" some|strong="H4480" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3381" die|strong="H4191", 
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and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3381" restore|strong="H5927" some|strong="H4480" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" almost|strong="H4592" dead|strong="H4191". 
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For|strong="H3068" some|strong="H4480" people|strong="H5971", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w seems|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w soon|strong="H3512"\+w*} go|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3381" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3068" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H3068", but|strong="H4191" you|strong="H3381" cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" become|strong="H1961" healthy|strong="H1277" again|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3423" cause|strong="H2600" some|strong="H4480" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" poor|strong="H3423" and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3423" cause|strong="H2600" some|strong="H4480" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" rich|strong="H6238", 
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you|strong="H3423" humble|strong="H8213" some|strong="H4480" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3423" honor|strong="H3519" some|strong="H4480" people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Sometimes|strong="H3426"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" lift|strong="H7311" poor|strong="H1800" people|strong="H3427" up|strong="H6965" so|strong="H6965" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" no|strong="H5157" longer|strong="H5750" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w despondent|strong="H3512"\+w*, \+w sitting|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w dust|strong="H6083"\+w*,} 
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or|strong="H3068" sitting|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" heaps|strong="H6194" of|strong="H3068" ashes|strong="H6083"; 
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you|strong="H3588" cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" sit|strong="H3427" next|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" princes|strong="H5081"; 
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you|strong="H3588" cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" sit|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" chairs/thrones|strong="H3678" where|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" highly|strong="H3966" honored|strong="H3519" sit|strong="H3427". 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3068" laid|strong="H7896" the|strong="H5921" foundations|strong="H4144" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H6083", 
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and|strong="H6965" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" set|strong="H7896" the|strong="H5921" whole|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398" on|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" foundations|strong="H4144". 
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\verseNumber{9}You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H7563" protect|strong="H8104" your|strong="H8104" loyal|strong="H2623"/faithful|strong="H0539" people|strong="H3808" [SYN], 
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We|strong="H3588" do|strong="H8104" not|strong="H3808" defeat|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} by|strong="H3808" our|strong="H3588" own|strong="H1961" strength|strong="H3581"; 
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\verseNumber{10}Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" break|strong="H3068" into|strong="H5921" pieces|strong="H5409" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H3068" oppose|strong="H7853" you|strong="H5414". 
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You|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H5414" thunder|strong="H7481" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sky|strong="H8064" to|strong="H3068" show|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" ◄oppose|strong="H7853"/are|strong="H8064" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068"► them|strong="H5414". 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" judge|strong="H1777" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w everywhere|strong="H5921"\+w*, \+w even|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w those|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" most|strong="H3068" remote|strong="H3411" places|strong="H1116" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H8064". 
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You|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" strength|strong="H5797" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" appoint|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" great|strong="H1419" power|strong="H5797" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w over|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H1961" Elkanah|strong="H0511" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w family|strong="H1004"\+w*} returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3068" Ramah|strong="H7414", but|strong="H1961" Samuel|strong="H8050", the|strong="H6440" little|strong="H4592" boy|strong="H5288", stayed|strong="H3427" to|strong="H3068" help|strong="H1961" Eli|strong="H5941" the|strong="H6440" priest|strong="H3548" serve|strong="H8334" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 

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\verseNumber{12}Eli’s|strong="H5941" two|strong="H3808" sons|strong="H1121"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{, \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w also|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3808"\+w*,} were|strong="H1121" very|strong="H3045" wicked|strong="H1100". They|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" revere|strong="H3372" (OR|strong="H3808", respect|strong="H3045"/obey|strong="H3045") Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{13}While|strong="H4941" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" boiling|strong="H1310" the|strong="H3605" meat|strong="H1320" from|strong="H3027" their|strong="H3605" sacrifices|strong="H2077" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w huge|strong="H1995"\+w* \+w pot|strong="H5518"\+w* \+w at|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}, one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3027" Eli’s|strong="H5941" sons|strong="H1121", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w would|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w send|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w servant|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w come|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w a|strong="H2076"\+w* \+w large|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w three-pronged|strong="H7969"\+w* \+w fork|strong="H4207"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w hand|strong="H3027"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{16}If|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" man|strong="H5315" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" servant|strong="H5650", “Let|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" priests|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cut|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w off|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3117"\+w*} burn|strong="H6999" the|strong="H3588" fat|strong="H2459" first|strong="H3117"; then|strong="H6258" you|strong="H3588" can|strong="H3947" take|strong="H3947" what|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3808",” the|strong="H3588" servant|strong="H5650" would|strong="H5315" reply|strong="H7725", “No|strong="H3808", give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" now|strong="H6258"; if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5315" take|strong="H3947" it|strong="H5414" forcefully!” 
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\verseNumber{17}Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" young|strong="H5288" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sons|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Eli|strong="H5941"\+w*} were|strong="H1961" committing|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H1419" sin|strong="H2403", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" treating very|strong="H3966" disrespectfully the|strong="H6440" offerings|strong="H4503" that|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" being|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5006" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{18}As|strong="H3068" for|strong="H6440" Samuel|strong="H8050", who|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" still|strong="H5750" a|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" young|strong="H5288" boy|strong="H5288", he|strong="H3068" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068", wearing|strong="H2296" a|strong="H3068" little|strong="H4592" sacred|strong="H6944" linen|strong="H8336" vest \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* Supreme \+w Priest|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w wore|strong="H3830"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{19}Each|strong="H3117" year|strong="H3117" his|strong="H6213" mother|strong="H0517" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w new|strong="H2319"\+w*} little|strong="H6996" robe|strong="H4598" for|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213" and|strong="H3117" took|strong="H5927" it|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5927" him|strong="H6213" when|strong="H3117" she|strong="H1931" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\+w*} with|strong="H6213" her|strong="H6213" husband|strong="H0376" to|strong="H5927" offer|strong="H5927" a|strong="H6213" sacrifice|strong="H2077". 
\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H1980" Eli|strong="H5941" would|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w*} bless|strong="H1288" Elkanah|strong="H0511" and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H7760" wife|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1980" he|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1980" Elkanah|strong="H0511", “I|strong="H7760" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H7592" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" your|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802" to|strong="H1980" give|strong="H7760" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1980" other|strong="H2063" children|strong="H2233", to|strong="H1980" take|strong="H7760" the|strong="H3068" place|strong="H4725" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H4480" whom|strong="H0834" she|strong="H2063" dedicated|strong="H7592" to|strong="H1980" Yahweh|strong="H3068".” Then|strong="H1980" Elkanah|strong="H0511" and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H7760" family|strong="H2233" would|strong="H3068" return|strong="H8478" home|strong="H4725". 
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\verseNumber{22}Eli|strong="H5941" became|strong="H3205" very|strong="H3966" old|strong="H1121". He|strong="H6213" often|strong="H1767" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w evil|strong="H6213"\+w*} things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" doing|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121". He|strong="H6213" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sometimes|strong="H3426"\+w*} ◄slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H6213"/had|strong="H3478" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H6213"► the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H6633" who|strong="H3605" worked|strong="H6213" at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" tent|strong="H0168" where|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*} spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{23}He|strong="H6213" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213", “◄It|strong="H6213" is|strong="H4100" terrible|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213" such|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697"!/Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213" such|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697"?► [RHQ] Many|strong="H4100" people|strong="H5971" keep|strong="H6213" telling|strong="H1696" me|strong="H6213" about|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{24}My|strong="H8085" sons|strong="H1121", stop|strong="H3808" it|strong="H3588"! The|strong="H8085" reports|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H8085" others|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" terrible|strong="H3372" [EUP]! 
\verseNumber{25}If|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3808" person|strong="H5315" sins|strong="H2398" against|strong="H2398" another|strong="H3808" person|strong="H5315", God|strong="H3068" can|strong="H4310" ◄intercede|strong="H6419"/act|strong="H6213" as|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" referee► between|strong="H6963" them|strong="H8085". But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H4310" sins|strong="H2398" against|strong="H2398" Yahweh|strong="H3068", no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" can|strong="H4310" [RHQ] ◄intercede|strong="H6419"/act|strong="H6213" as|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" referee► between|strong="H6963" them|strong="H8085"!” But|strong="H3588" Eli’s|strong="H5941" sons|strong="H1121" would|strong="H4310" not|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H4191" what|strong="H4310" their|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" said|strong="H8085". This|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" decided|strong="H3289" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* }kill|strong="H4191" them|strong="H8085". 

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\verseNumber{26}The|strong="H3068" boy|strong="H5288" Samuel|strong="H8050" continued|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" grow|strong="H1432" up|strong="H1980", and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3068" things|strong="H5973" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H2896" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1571". 
\verseNumber{27}One|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117", a|strong="H1961" prophet|strong="H5030" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Eli|strong="H5941" and|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1540" him|strong="H1540", “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1540" me|strong="H1961": ‘When|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" were|strong="H1961" slaves|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3541" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1004" Egypt|strong="H4714", I|strong="H3541" appeared|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Aaron|strong="H0175". 
\verseNumber{28}From|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121", I|strong="H5414" chose|strong="H5375" him|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w male|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H1121"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1121" priests|strong="H3548" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5414". I|strong="H5414" appointed|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" my|strong="H5414" altar|strong="H4196", to|strong="H3478" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H7004", to|strong="H3478" wear|strong="H5375" a|strong="H5414" sacred|strong="H6944" apron \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w worked|strong="H5375"\+w*} for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5414". And|strong="H1121" I|strong="H5414" declared|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H5921" could|strong="H5375" take|strong="H5375" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w some|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w meat|strong="H6999"\+w*} that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" burned|strong="H6999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{29}So|strong="H4480" why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H6680" show|strong="H7200" disrespect|strong="H8034" for|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" sacrifices|strong="H2077" and|strong="H1121" offerings|strong="H4503" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H6680" commanded|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w bring|strong="H0935"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H4480" [RHQ]? You|strong="H6680" are|strong="H5971" honoring|strong="H3513" your|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" more|strong="H4480" than|strong="H4480" you|strong="H6680" are|strong="H5971" honoring|strong="H3513" me|strong="H4480", by|strong="H3478" allowing them|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3478" get|strong="H3947" fat|strong="H1254" from|strong="H4480" eating|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3605" best|strong="H2459" parts|strong="H3411" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sacrifices|strong="H2077" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" bring|strong="H0935" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H4480"!’ 
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\verseNumber{30}“herefore, this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3651" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6440" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H6440" we|strong="H3588" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3651"\+w*}, declares|strong="H5002": ‘I|strong="H3588" definitely|strong="H3559" promised|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" would|strong="H3068" continue|strong="H3651" to|strong="H5704" serve|strong="H1980" [IDM] me|strong="H6440" forever|strong="H5769".’ But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H3588" declare|strong="H5046" this|strong="H3651": ‘It|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" continue|strong="H3651" like|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3588"! I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H3513" those|strong="H1980" who|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H3513" me|strong="H6440", but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" despise|strong="H7043" those|strong="H1980" who|strong="H3068" despise|strong="H7043" me|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{31}Listen|strong="H2009" carefully|strong="H6213"! There|strong="H2009" will|strong="H1961" soon|strong="H3512" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" strong|strong="H2388" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w young|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w men|strong="H2205"\+w*} in|strong="H1004" your|strong="H1961" family|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1961" die|strong="H4191". The|strong="H3117" result|strong="H6903" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3117" no|strong="H1961" men|strong="H2205" in|strong="H1004" your|strong="H1961" family|strong="H1004" will|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w live|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w long|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w enough|strong="H1767"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w*} become|strong="H1961" old|strong="H2205" men|strong="H2205". 
\verseNumber{32}You|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" distressed|strong="H6887" and|strong="H3478" envious|strong="H7065" as|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3605" see|strong="H5027" the|strong="H3605" blessings|strong="H1293" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H3190" to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478". And|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w repeat|strong="H6286"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*} no|strong="H3808" men|strong="H2205" in|strong="H3478" your|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004" will|strong="H1961" ever|strong="H3117" live|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" enough|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" old|strong="H2205" men|strong="H2205". 
\verseNumber{33}There|strong="H3605" is|strong="H5315" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" whom|strong="H5869" I|strong="H5315" will|strong="H5869" spare|strong="H2550", and|strong="H1004" not|strong="H3808" prevent|strong="H6923" him|strong="H5973" from|strong="H3772" serving|strong="H5647" me|strong="H5315" as|strong="H5315" a|strong="H3772" priest|strong="H3548". But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5869" become|strong="H1961" blind|strong="H5787", and|strong="H1004" then|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5869" always|strong="H3605" be|strong="H4191" sad|strong="H7451" and|strong="H1004" grieving|strong="H5110". But|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H5869" die|strong="H4191" violently|strong="H3966". 
\verseNumber{34}And|strong="H1121" your|strong="H2088" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121", Hophni|strong="H2652" and|strong="H1121" Phinehas|strong="H6372", will|strong="H1121" both|strong="H8147" die|strong="H4191" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" same|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". And|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1121" prove|strong="H5254" to|strong="H4191" you|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w come|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w true|strong="H0571"\+w*/\+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{35}‘ have|strong="H3548" chosen|strong="H4899" another|strong="H6440" man|strong="H5315" to|strong="H1980" be|strong="H5315" my|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548". He|strong="H3117" is|strong="H5315" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5315" serve|strong="H1980" me|strong="H6440" faithfully|strong="H0571": He|strong="H3117" will|strong="H5315" do|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3117" want|strong="H5315" [DOU] him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1980" do|strong="H6213". And|strong="H1980" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H5315" enable|strong="H7980" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1980" have|strong="H3548" many|strong="H7227" descendants|strong="H2233" [IDM] who|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5315" be|strong="H5315" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H1980" will|strong="H5315" always|strong="H3605" serve|strong="H1980" me|strong="H6440" by|strong="H3117" helping|strong="H5826" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H6440" whom|strong="H6440" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H5315" choose|strong="H0977". 
\verseNumber{36}All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" who|strong="H3605" remain|strong="H3498" alive|strong="H2416" will|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" go|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3701" ask|strong="H7592" him|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1961" give|strong="H4994" them|strong="H1961" money|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" food|strong="H3899", and|strong="H3701" they|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" each|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" say|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" allow|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H1961" help|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548", in|strong="H1004" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3605" may|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{earn \+w some|strong="H3498"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w*} buy|strong="H7069" some|strong="H3498" food|strong="H3899".”’” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh Called Samuel }
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\chapterNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w While|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w still|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w*} boy|strong="H5288", Samuel|strong="H8050" was|strong="H3068" working|strong="H4639" for|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068" while|strong="H1961" Eli|strong="H5941" supervised|strong="H5921" him|strong="H6440". At|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" very|strong="H1992" few|strong="H4592" messages|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w anyone|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w received|strong="H1961"\+w*} from|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" very|strong="H1992" few|strong="H4592" people|strong="H5288" saw|strong="H7200" visions|strong="H2377" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1992"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{2}By|strong="H3117" that|strong="H7200" time|strong="H3117" Eli’s|strong="H5941" eyes|strong="H5869" were|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" weak|strong="H3808"; he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" almost|strong="H3117" blind|strong="H7200". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w night|strong="H3915"\+w*} he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" sleeping|strong="H3463" in|strong="H3117" his|strong="H7200" room|strong="H4725", 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" was|strong="H3068" sleeping|strong="H3463" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944" tent|strong="H0168", where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H3068" chest|strong="H0727" that|strong="H3068" contained|strong="H3557" the|strong="H3068" Ten|strong="H6235" Commandments|strong="H4687" was|strong="H3068" kept|strong="H8104". While|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944" lamp|strong="H5216" was|strong="H3068" still|strong="H7901" burning|strong="H2740", 
\verseNumber{4}Yahweh|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121", “Samuel|strong="H8050"! Samuel|strong="H8050"!” Samuel|strong="H8050" replied|strong="H0559", “I’m here|strong="H2005"!” 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H7725" he|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w got|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w up|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7725"\+w*} ran|strong="H7323" to|strong="H7725" Eli|strong="H5941". He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7121", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H2005" here|strong="H2005", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" called|strong="H7121" me|strong="H7725"!” But|strong="H3588" Eli|strong="H5941" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" call|strong="H7121" you|strong="H3588". Go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" your|strong="H7725" bed|strong="H7901".” So|strong="H7121" Samuel|strong="H8050" went|strong="H3212" and|strong="H7725" lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" again|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H6965" Yahweh|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" again|strong="H7725", “Samuel|strong="H8050"!” So|strong="H7121" Samuel|strong="H8050" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" again|strong="H7725" and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H7725" Eli|strong="H5941" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H7121", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" here|strong="H2005", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" called|strong="H7121" me|strong="H7725"!” But|strong="H3588" Eli|strong="H5941" said|strong="H7121", “No|strong="H3808", my|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121", I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" call|strong="H7121" you|strong="H3588". Go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725" and|strong="H1121" lie|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901".” 
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\verseNumber{7}At|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3045" time|strong="H6256" Samuel|strong="H8050" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3045" yet|strong="H2962" know|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* } Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w could|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w speak|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3045"\+w*}, because|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3045" previously|strong="H8543" revealed|strong="H1540" anything|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H3045". 
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\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Samuel|strong="H8050"\+w* \+w lay|strong="H7901"\+w* \+w down|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w again|strong="H3254"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" him|strong="H7121" a|strong="H3588" third|strong="H7992" time|strong="H7992". So|strong="H7121" again|strong="H3254" Samuel|strong="H8050" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3068" Eli|strong="H5941" and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H7121", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" here|strong="H2005", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" called|strong="H7121" me|strong="H7121"!” 
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Then|strong="H6965" Eli|strong="H5941" realized|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H7121" was|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" calling|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3588" boy|strong="H5288". 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Samuel|strong="H8050", “Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3068" lie|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" again|strong="H3212". If|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H0376" calls|strong="H7121" you|strong="H3588" again|strong="H3212", say|strong="H1696" ‘Speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H7121", Yahweh|strong="H3068", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" listening|strong="H8085"!’ ” So|strong="H1961" Samuel|strong="H8050" went|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3068" lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" again|strong="H3212". 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" came|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" stood|strong="H3320" there|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" as|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" the|strong="H8085" other|strong="H6471" times|strong="H6471", “Samuel|strong="H8050"! Samuel|strong="H8050"!” Then|strong="H1696" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H1696", “Speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H7121", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" listening|strong="H8085"!” 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H2009" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" Samuel|strong="H8050", “Listen|strong="H8085" carefully|strong="H6213". I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H3068" about|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" here|strong="H2009" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" shock/horrify [IDM] everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" hears|strong="H8085" about|strong="H1697" it|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{12}When|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" happens|strong="H3117", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1004" punish|strong="H6485" Eli|strong="H5941" and|strong="H6965" his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004". I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1004" do|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H3615" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3117" said|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3117" would|strong="H5941" do|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{13}His|strong="H3045" sons|strong="H1121" have|strong="H3045" shown|strong="H5046" great|strong="H1419" disrespect|strong="H8034" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H5046" by|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3588" disgraceful|strong="H5039" things|strong="H1992" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H3045" done|strong="H6213", and|strong="H1121" Eli|strong="H5941" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" restrain|strong="H3607" them|strong="H1992". So|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0014" punish|strong="H6485" his|strong="H3045" family|strong="H1004" forever|strong="H5769". 
\verseNumber{14}I|strong="H5704" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650" to|strong="H5704" Eli’s|strong="H5941" family|strong="H1004", ‘You|strong="H5704" will|strong="H1004" never|strong="H5769" be|strong="H5769" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5704" avoid|strong="H6544" the|strong="H5704" consequences for|strong="H5704" your|strong="H5704" sin|strong="H5771", even|strong="H5704" if|strong="H3651" you|strong="H5704" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H1004" sacrifices|strong="H2077" or|strong="H5704" offerings|strong="H4503".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{15}Samuel|strong="H8050" lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" again|strong="H7725" until|strong="H5704" morning|strong="H1242". Then|strong="H3372" he|strong="H5704" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H5704" and|strong="H3068" opened|strong="H6605" the|strong="H3068" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w usual|strong="H3117"\+w*}. He|strong="H5704" was|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H3372" to|strong="H5704" tell|strong="H5046" Eli|strong="H5941" about|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" vision|strong="H4759" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w given|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5046"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H3588" Eli|strong="H5941" called|strong="H7121" him|strong="H7121" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H7121", “Samuel|strong="H8050", my|strong="H7121" son|strong="H1121"!” Samuel|strong="H8050" answered|strong="H6030", “I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H2005" here|strong="H2005"!” 
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\verseNumber{17}Eli|strong="H5941" asked|strong="H4100" him|strong="H6213", “What|strong="H4100" was|strong="H1697" it|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3605"? Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" conceal|strong="H3582" it|strong="H6213"! I|strong="H3541" want|strong="H4270" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H1696" punish|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" severely|strong="H5953" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" tell|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4994" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H6213" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3605".” 
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\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H6213" Samuel|strong="H8050" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046" everything|strong="H3605". He|strong="H1931" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" refuse|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046" anything|strong="H3605". Then|strong="H6213" Eli|strong="H5941" said|strong="H1697", “He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". I|strong="H1697" am|strong="H3068" willing|strong="H0014" for|strong="H6213" him|strong="H5046" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H1931" thinks|strong="H8176" is|strong="H3068" best|strong="H2896".” 
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\verseNumber{19}As|strong="H1697" Samuel|strong="H8050" grew|strong="H1431" up|strong="H1431", Yahweh|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H5826" him|strong="H5973", and|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1961" everything|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" ◄come|strong="H1961" true|strong="H3068"/happen|strong="H1961"► that|strong="H3605" Samuel|strong="H8050" predicted|strong="H1696". 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3045" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478", from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" northern|strong="H6828" end|strong="H7093" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" southern|strong="H5045" end|strong="H7093", realized|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Samuel|strong="H8050" was|strong="H3068" truly|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" prophet|strong="H5030" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{21}Yahweh|strong="H3068" continued|strong="H3254" to|strong="H3068" appear|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" in|strong="H3068" Shiloh|strong="H7887" and|strong="H3068" give|strong="H3254" messages|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7200". 
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\chapterNumber{4}And|strong="H3478" Samuel|strong="H8050" told|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1697" Israel|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" messages|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" gave|strong="H3318" him|strong="H5921". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" captured|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" }
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At|strong="H2583" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" Israeli army|strong="H4421" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H4421" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" Philistine|strong="H6430" people|strong="H5971". The|strong="H3605" Israeli army|strong="H4421" set|strong="H3478" up|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H2583" at|strong="H2583" Ebenezer|strong="H0072", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Philistine|strong="H6430" army|strong="H4421" set|strong="H3478" up|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H2583" at|strong="H2583" Aphek|strong="H0663". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H6440" Philistine|strong="H6430" army|strong="H4634" attacked|strong="H5221" the|strong="H6440" Israeli army|strong="H4634", and|strong="H3478" as|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" battle|strong="H4421" continued|strong="H5674", the|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H6440" Israelis and|strong="H3478" killed|strong="H5221" about|strong="H5221" 4,000 of|strong="H6440" their|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H4421". 
\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" remaining|strong="H8300" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5971" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3068" camp|strong="H4264", the|strong="H6440" Israeli elders|strong="H2205"/leaders|strong="H2205" said|strong="H0559", “Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068" allow|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" Philistine|strong="H6430" army|strong="H4264" to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5221" us|strong="H6440" today|strong="H3117"? We|strong="H3117" should|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H3947" the|strong="H6440" chest|strong="H0727" that|strong="H5971" contains|strong="H4393" the|strong="H6440" Ten|strong="H6235" Commandments|strong="H4687" here|strong="H6311" from|strong="H6440" Shiloh|strong="H7887", in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H5971" with|strong="H3068" us|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w go|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4264"\+w* \+w again|strong="H6440"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5971" our|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6440" defeat|strong="H5221" us|strong="H6440" again|strong="H6440"!” 
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\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H7971" the|strong="H5375" soldiers|strong="H5971" did|strong="H5971" that|strong="H5971". They|strong="H8033" sent|strong="H7971" some|strong="H8033" men|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" Shiloh|strong="H7887", and|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1121" men|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H5375" back|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5375" chest|strong="H0727" that|strong="H5971" contained|strong="H3557" the|strong="H5375" Ten|strong="H6235" Commandments|strong="H4687". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w thought|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w if|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w they|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w did|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*, \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7971"\+w*. \+w They|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w believed|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" sat|strong="H3427" on|strong="H3427" a|strong="H5375" throne|strong="H3678" between|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5375" statues|strong="H2088" of|strong="H1121" winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w top|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H5375" chest|strong="H0727" that|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" Almighty|strong="H6635" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w given|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7971"\+w*}. The|strong="H5375" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eli|strong="H5941", Hophni|strong="H2652" and|strong="H1121" Phinehas|strong="H6372", went|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H7971". 
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\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H7321" saw|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w bringing|strong="H0935"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" box|strong="H0712" into|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264", they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" so|strong="H1961" happy|strong="H0835" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3068" shouted|strong="H7321" loudly|strong="H1419". They|strong="H3068" shouted|strong="H7321" so|strong="H1961" loudly|strong="H1419" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3068" made|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" shake|strong="H7493"! 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H8085" Philistines|strong="H6430" asked|strong="H4100", “What|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H3045" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" Hebrew|strong="H5680" camp|strong="H4264" shouting|strong="H8643" about|strong="H8085"?” Someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H8085" them|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H6430" shouting|strong="H8643" because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" chest|strong="H0727" that|strong="H3588" contained|strong="H3557" the|strong="H8085" Ten|strong="H6235" Commandments|strong="H4687" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H8085". 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" Philistines|strong="H6430" became|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372". They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “One|strong="H3808" of|strong="H4264" the|strong="H3588" Israelis’ gods|strong="H0430" has|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961" into|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3588" camp|strong="H4264" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w help|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1961"\+w*} We|strong="H3588" are|strong="H6430" in|strong="H3808" big|strong="H0931" trouble|strong="H6869" now|strong="H1961"! Nothing|strong="H3808" like|strong="H1961" this|strong="H2063" has|strong="H1961" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" us|strong="H3588" before|strong="H3808"! 
\verseNumber{8}◄Who|strong="H4310" can|strong="H4310"/Can|strong="H4310" anyone|strong="H3605"► save|strong="H5337" us|strong="H5337" from|strong="H3027" their|strong="H3605" powerful|strong="H2392" gods|strong="H0430" [RHQ]? They|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" the|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430" who|strong="H4310" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3027" Egypt|strong="H4714" with|strong="H4714" many|strong="H7227" plagues|strong="H4347" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israelis \+w left|strong="H7604"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w traveled|strong="H5265"\+w*} through|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H4057". 
\verseNumber{9}You|strong="H5647" Philistine|strong="H6430" men|strong="H2388", be|strong="H1961" courageous|strong="H2388"! Fight|strong="H3898" very|strong="H3966" hard|strong="H7186"! If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5647" do|strong="H5647" not|strong="H6435" do|strong="H5647" that|strong="H1961", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w defeat|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w us|strong="H6435"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w then|strong="H1961"\+w*} you|strong="H5647" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" their|strong="H5647" slaves|strong="H5647", just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5647" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" our|strong="H1961" slaves|strong="H5647" previously|strong="H8543"!” 
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\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" Philistine|strong="H6430" men|strong="H1419" fought|strong="H3898" very|strong="H3966" hard|strong="H1419", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3478" defeated|strong="H5062" the|strong="H1961" Israelis. They|strong="H3478" killed|strong="H5307" 30,000 Israeli soldiers|strong="H7273", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H1961" other|strong="H0312" Israeli soldiers|strong="H7273" fled|strong="H5127" and|strong="H3478" ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127" to|strong="H3478" their|strong="H1961" tents|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H3947" Philistines|strong="H6430" captured|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3947" killed|strong="H4191" Eli’s|strong="H5941" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121", Hophni|strong="H2652" and|strong="H1121" Phinehas|strong="H6372". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Eli|strong="H5941" died|strong="H4191" }
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\verseNumber{12}On|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" same|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117", one|strong="H1931" man|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w descended|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5921"\+w*} Benjamin|strong="H1144" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H5921" clothes|strong="H4055" and|strong="H3117" threw|strong="H7993" dirt|strong="H6083" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w very|strong="H7323"\+w* \+w sad|strong="H7451"\+w*}. He|strong="H1931" ran|strong="H7323" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4634" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" armies|strong="H4634" were|strong="H3117" fighting|strong="H3898", and|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H5921" Shiloh|strong="H7887" late|strong="H0309" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w afternoon|strong="H3117"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}Eli|strong="H5941" was|strong="H1961" waiting|strong="H8104" beside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" road|strong="H1870". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w hear|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w news|strong="H1319"\+w* \+w about|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4421"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H5892"\+w*} he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" also|strong="H5221" very|strong="H3966" anxious|strong="H1672" to|strong="H1961" know|strong="H5046" if|strong="H3588" anything|strong="H3605" bad|strong="H7451" had|strong="H1961" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" God’s|strong="H0430" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727". When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" messenger|strong="H5046" arrived|strong="H0935" and|strong="H5892" told|strong="H5046" people|strong="H3427" what|strong="H1870" had|strong="H1961" happened|strong="H1961", everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" town|strong="H5892" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" cry|strong="H2199" loudly|strong="H6963". 
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\verseNumber{14}Eli|strong="H5941" asked|strong="H4100", “Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" they|strong="H4100" making|strong="H6213" all|strong="H5941" that|strong="H8085" noise|strong="H6963"?” The|strong="H8085" messenger|strong="H5046" ran|strong="H7323" over|strong="H4100" to|strong="H8085" Eli|strong="H5941" and|strong="H6963" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046" the|strong="H8085" news|strong="H6963". 
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\verseNumber{15}At|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" time|strong="H8141", Eli|strong="H5941" was|strong="H1121" 98 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3808" was|strong="H1121" blind|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H4480" messenger|strong="H4397" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1961" Eli|strong="H5941", “I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" just|strong="H1697" come|strong="H1961" from|strong="H4480" where|strong="H4100" the|strong="H4480" armies|strong="H4634" were|strong="H1961" fighting|strong="H3898". I|strong="H3117" left|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" earlier|strong="H7223" today|strong="H3117".” Eli|strong="H5941" asked|strong="H4100", “What|strong="H4100" happened|strong="H1961"?” 
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\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H6440" man|strong="H1121" replied|strong="H6030", “The|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430" defeated|strong="H5221" our|strong="H3947" Israeli army|strong="H5971". They|strong="H5971" killed|strong="H4191" thousands|strong="H0505" of|strong="H1121" our|strong="H3947" soldiers|strong="H5971", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" others|strong="H5971" ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H3947". The|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430" killed|strong="H4191" your|strong="H3947" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121", Hophni|strong="H2652" and|strong="H1121" Phinehas|strong="H6372". They|strong="H5971" also|strong="H1571" captured|strong="H3947" God’s|strong="H0430" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727".” 
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\verseNumber{18}Eli|strong="H5307" was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" old|strong="H2204", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" fat|strong="H2459"; and|strong="H3478" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" heard|strong="H3588" what|strong="H2142" had|strong="H1961" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727", he|strong="H1931" fell|strong="H5307" backward|strong="H0268" from|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" chair|strong="H3678" beside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" town|strong="H8179" gate|strong="H8179". His|strong="H5921" neck|strong="H4665" was|strong="H1961" broken|strong="H7665" and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H1931" died|strong="H4191". He|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" led|strong="H8199" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1931" for|strong="H3588" 40 years|strong="H8141" before|strong="H5921" he|strong="H1931" died|strong="H4191". 
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\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H5921" wife|strong="H0802"/widow|strong="H0490" of|strong="H3205" Eli’s|strong="H5941" son|strong="H3205" Phinehas|strong="H6372" was|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2030", and|strong="H8085" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3205" almost|strong="H4592" time|strong="H5921" for|strong="H3588" her|strong="H3947" to|strong="H4191" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H4191" her|strong="H3947" baby|strong="H1121". When|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" God’s|strong="H0430" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" had|strong="H3205" been|strong="H1961" captured|strong="H3947" and|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" her|strong="H3947" husband|strong="H0376" and|strong="H8085" her|strong="H3947" father-in-law|strong="H2524" were|strong="H3205" dead|strong="H4191", her|strong="H3947" labor|strong="H3205" pains|strong="H6735" suddenly|strong="H6597" began|strong="H2490". She|strong="H3588" quickly|strong="H4116" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H4191" a|strong="H3947" boy|strong="H5288". 
\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H5921" women|strong="H0802" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" helping|strong="H5826" her|strong="H5921" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H1696" encourage|strong="H2388" her|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5921" saying|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" her|strong="H5921", “You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" given|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1696" a|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121"!” But|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H7896" any|strong="H3588" attention|strong="H3820" [DOU] to|strong="H1696" what|strong="H3372" they|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696". 
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\verseNumber{21}She|strong="H7121" named|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3947" boy|strong="H5288" Ichabod|strong="H0350", which|strong="H3478" means|strong="H3027" ‘no|strong="H3947" glory’, because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H7121" said|strong="H7121", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w*} glory|strong="H3519" has|strong="H3478" departed|strong="H1540" from|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478".” She|strong="H7121" said|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3478" because|strong="H3588" God’s|strong="H0430" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H1961" captured|strong="H3947" and|strong="H3478" because|strong="H3588" her|strong="H1540" husband|strong="H0376" and|strong="H3478" her|strong="H1540" father-in-law|strong="H2524" had|strong="H3478" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{22}She|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w*} glory|strong="H3519" has|strong="H3478" left|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478", because|strong="H3588" God’s|strong="H0430" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" has|strong="H3478" been|strong="H1961" captured|strong="H3947"!” And|strong="H3478" then|strong="H3947" she|strong="H3588" died|strong="H4191". 

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\chapterNumber{5}After|strong="H6430" the|strong="H3947" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" Philistia|strong="H6429" people-group captured|strong="H3947" God’s|strong="H0430" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" in|strong="H3947" Ebenezer|strong="H0072" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, they|strong="H3947" took|strong="H3947" it|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3947" Ashdod|strong="H0795" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w is|strong="H0369"\+w* \+w one|strong="H0259"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3947"\+w* biggest \+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}They|strong="H6430" carried|strong="H3947" it|strong="H3322" into|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w god|strong="H0430"\+w*} Dagon|strong="H1712", and|strong="H1004" placed|strong="H3947" it|strong="H3322" alongside|strong="H5980" a|strong="H3947" statue|strong="H6755" of|strong="H1004" Dagon|strong="H1712". 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H2009" early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H6440" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H4283", when|strong="H7725" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Ashdod|strong="H0795" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w see|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7725"\+w*, \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" statue|strong="H6755" had|strong="H3068" fallen|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5307" its|strong="H7725" face|strong="H6440" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727"! So|strong="H3947" they|strong="H3068" set|strong="H7725" the|strong="H6440" statue|strong="H6755" up|strong="H7925" in|strong="H3068" its|strong="H7725" place|strong="H4725" again|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H7535" the|strong="H6440" following|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*} it|strong="H5921" had|strong="H3068" fallen|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" again|strong="H7925". But|strong="H7535" this|strong="H6440" time|strong="H6440", the|strong="H6440" statue’s head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027" had|strong="H3068" broken|strong="H7665" off|strong="H3772", and|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3027" lying|strong="H5307" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" doorway|strong="H6607". Only|strong="H7535" its|strong="H5921" body|strong="H1320" remained|strong="H7604" intact|strong="H5921"/unbroken. 
\verseNumber{5}That|strong="H3605" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3605" reason|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605" since|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117", the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" of|strong="H1004" Dagon|strong="H1712" and|strong="H3117" everyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3605" enters|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Dagon|strong="H1712" in|strong="H5921" Ashdod|strong="H0795" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" step|strong="H6587" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" doorsill \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w hands|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w head|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w Dagon|strong="H1712"\+w* \+w fell|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" [SYN] powerfully caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5221" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Ashdod|strong="H0795" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5221" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3068" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3068" nearby|strong="H7138" villages|strong="H2691" to|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" ◄a|strong="H5221" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H3513" plague|strong="H5061"/serious|strong="H2470" illness|strong="H2483"► of|strong="H3068" tumors|strong="H6076". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H5921" men|strong="H3478" of|strong="H3027" Ashdod|strong="H0795" realized|strong="H7200" why|strong="H5921" this|strong="H3651" was|strong="H3478" happening, and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3588" cried|strong="H3478" out|strong="H7200", “The|strong="H5921" god|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H3427" is|strong="H3027" punishing|strong="H7725" us|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3027" also|strong="H3478" punishing|strong="H7725" our|strong="H7200" god|strong="H3808" Dagon|strong="H1712". So|strong="H3651" we|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" god|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" Israelis to|strong="H3478" remain|strong="H3427" here|strong="H3651"!” 
\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H4100" summoned|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" five|strong="H2568" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" people-group, and|strong="H3478" asked|strong="H4100" them|strong="H7971", “What|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" we|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" with|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" god|strong="H7971" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israelis?” 
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The|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" replied|strong="H0559", “Take|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" to|strong="H3478" Gath|strong="H1661" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}.” So|strong="H6213" they|strong="H4100" moved|strong="H4131" it|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" Gath|strong="H1661". 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H1961" after|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" took|strong="H1961" it|strong="H5221" to|strong="H5704" Gath|strong="H1661", Yahweh|strong="H3068" powerfully struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892" also|strong="H3068", with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5221" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3068" many|strong="H5704" men|strong="H1419", including|strong="H5704" young|strong="H6996" men|strong="H1419" and|strong="H3068" old|strong="H1419" men|strong="H1419", got|strong="H6965" tumors|strong="H6076" on|strong="H3027" their|strong="H3068" skin|strong="H5785". Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5221" people|strong="H5971" became|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372". 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H7971" they|strong="H5971" took|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7971" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" to|strong="H3478" Ekron|strong="H6138" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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But|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7971" men|strong="H5971" carried|strong="H5437" the|strong="H7971" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" into|strong="H1961" Ekron|strong="H6138", the|strong="H7971" people|strong="H5971" there|strong="H1961" cried|strong="H2199" out|strong="H7971", “Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H5971" you|strong="H7971" bringing|strong="H0935" the|strong="H7971" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" of|strong="H5971" the|strong="H7971" God|strong="H7971" of|strong="H5971" the|strong="H7971" Israelis into|strong="H1961" our|strong="H1961" city|strong="H5892" [RHQ]? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w By|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*} you|strong="H7971" will|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H5971" us|strong="H1961" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7971" rest|strong="H1961" of|strong="H5971" our|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3478" die|strong="H4191"!” 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H3478" terrified|strong="H3966"/in|strong="H3478" panic|strong="H4103" because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} God|strong="H3808" was|strong="H1961" starting|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H7725" severely|strong="H3966". So|strong="H7971" they|strong="H3588" summoned|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w five|strong="H2568"\+w*} kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" people-group again|strong="H7725", and|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w pleaded|strong="H7378"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7725"\+w*}, saying|strong="H0559", “Take|strong="H7725" this|strong="H3588" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" god|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" Israelis back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" its|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" place|strong="H4725"! If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" quickly|strong="H3966", we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" die|strong="H4191"!” 
\verseNumber{12}Some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5221" people|strong="H3808" in|strong="H4191" Ekron|strong="H6138" had|strong="H8064" already|strong="H3528" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H8064" the|strong="H5221" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5221" people|strong="H3808" were|strong="H8064" suffering|strong="H6040" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H5892" tumors|strong="H6076" on|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5221" skin|strong="H5785". So|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" all|strong="H5927" cried|strong="H5892" out|strong="H5927" to|strong="H4191" their|strong="H5221" gods|strong="H0430" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w help|strong="H7775"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5221"\+w*}. 

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\chapterNumber{6}The|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Philistia|strong="H6429" kept|strong="H1961" God’s|strong="H0430" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" in|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" area|strong="H1508" for|strong="H3068" seven|strong="H7651" months|strong="H2320". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H7971" they|strong="H3068" summoned|strong="H7121" their|strong="H3068" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" ◄diviners|strong="H7080"/men|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3068" practice|strong="H6213" rituals to|strong="H3068" find|strong="H3045" out|strong="H7971" what|strong="H4100" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" future|strong="H0319"►. They|strong="H3068" asked|strong="H4100" them|strong="H7971", “What|strong="H4100" should|strong="H3068" we|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068"? Tell|strong="H3045" us|strong="H6213" how|strong="H4100" we|strong="H6213" should|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971" it|strong="H7121" back|strong="H3045" to|strong="H3068" its|strong="H6213" own|strong="H3548" land|strong="H4725".” 
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\verseNumber{3}Those|strong="H4480" men|strong="H3478" replied|strong="H0559", “Send|strong="H7971" with|strong="H3045" it|strong="H3588" an|strong="H7971" offering|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w show|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3478"\+w*} guilty|strong="H0816" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w having|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w captured|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w chest|strong="H0727"\+w*}, in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" plague|strong="H5061" will|strong="H3478" stop|strong="H5493". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H4100" that|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3478" then|strong="H7971" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3478" healed|strong="H7495", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H4100" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3478" caused|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H7725" experience|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3588" plague|strong="H5061".” 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4557" Philistia|strong="H6429" asked|strong="H4100", “What|strong="H4100" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H4557" offering|strong="H4503" should|strong="H4100" we|strong="H3588" send|strong="H7971"?” 
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The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" replied|strong="H0559", “Make|strong="H7725" five|strong="H2568" gold|strong="H2091" models of|strong="H4557" the|strong="H3605" tumors|strong="H6076" on|strong="H2091" your|strong="H3605" skin|strong="H5785", and|strong="H7725" five|strong="H2568" gold|strong="H2091" models of|strong="H4557" rats. Make|strong="H7725" five|strong="H2568" of|strong="H4557" each|strong="H3605" because|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H4100" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" number|strong="H4557" as|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H4557" your|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428", and|strong="H7725" because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" plague|strong="H4046" has|strong="H4100" struck|strong="H5221" both|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H7725" your|strong="H3605" five|strong="H2568" kings|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{5}Make|strong="H6213" models that|strong="H3478" represent|strong="H7969" the|strong="H5921" rats and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" tumors|strong="H6076" that|strong="H3478" are|strong="H3478" ruining|strong="H2254" your|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776". Make|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3478" honor|strong="H3519" the|strong="H5921" god|strong="H5414" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H5971". If|strong="H7043" you|strong="H5414" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3478", perhaps|strong="H0194" he|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3478" stop|strong="H2308" punishing|strong="H7725" [IDM] you|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3478" your|strong="H5414" gods|strong="H0430", and|strong="H3478" your|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{6}Do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" [RHQ] stubborn|strong="H5637" [IDM] like|strong="H3808" the|strong="H7971" Egyptians|strong="H4713" and|strong="H7971" their|strong="H7971" king|strong="H4428" were|strong="H3820". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w did|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w do|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7971"\+w* Israelis’ \+w god|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w do|strong="H4100"\+w*, \+w so|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7971"\+w*}. After|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" Israelis’ god|strong="H3808" finished|strong="H3615" punishing|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7971" very|strong="H3966" severely|strong="H5953", they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H3820" glad|strong="H8055" to|strong="H3212" allow|strong="H5414" the|strong="H7971" Israelis to|strong="H3212" leave|strong="H5800" their|strong="H7971" country|strong="H2022" [RHQ]. 
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\verseNumber{7}“o|strong="H1004" you|strong="H5921" must|strong="H1121" build|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3947" new|strong="H2319" cart|strong="H5699". Then|strong="H6258" get|strong="H3947" two|strong="H8147" cows|strong="H6510" that|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" very|strong="H6213" recently|strong="H3117" given|strong="H6213" birth|strong="H3808" to|strong="H7725" calves|strong="H1121". They|strong="H3808" must|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3808" cows|strong="H6510" that|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" never|strong="H3808" been|strong="H3808" hitched|strong="H0631" to|strong="H7725" a|strong="H3947" cart|strong="H5699" [MTY]. Hitch|strong="H0631" those|strong="H5921" cows|strong="H6510" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" new|strong="H2319" cart|strong="H5699", and|strong="H1121" take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" calves|strong="H1121" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" their|strong="H3947" mothers|strong="H0517". 
\verseNumber{8}Put|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" Israelis’ god’s|strong="H0430" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" on|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5414" cart|strong="H5699". Also|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5414" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5414" cart|strong="H5699" the|strong="H5414" five|strong="H2568" gold|strong="H2091" models of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" tumors|strong="H6076" on|strong="H1980" your|strong="H3068" skin|strong="H5785" and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5414" five|strong="H2568" gold|strong="H2091" models of|strong="H3068" rats. Put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H1980" a|strong="H3947" small|strong="H6996" box|strong="H0712" alongside|strong="H5980" the|strong="H5414" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727". They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" an|strong="H5414" offering|strong="H3068" to|strong="H1980" show|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" deserved|strong="H1576" to|strong="H1980" be|strong="H3068" punished|strong="H6485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H7971"\+w* capturing \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w chest|strong="H0727"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1980" send|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w cows|strong="H6510"\+w*} down|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5414" road|strong="H1980", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{pulling} the|strong="H5414" cart|strong="H5699". 
\verseNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Watch|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w cart|strong="H5699"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w cows|strong="H6510"\+w* \+w pull|strong="H2040"\+w* \+w it|strong="H1931"\+w*}. If|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" pull|strong="H2040" it|strong="H1931" to|strong="H5927" Beth-Shemesh|strong="H1053" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} in|strong="H6213" Israel|strong="H3478", we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7200" Israelis’ god|strong="H3808" who|strong="H1931" caused|strong="H1961" us|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5927" experience|strong="H7200" this|strong="H2063" plague|strong="H5061". But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" take|strong="H6213" it|strong="H1931" there|strong="H1961", we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H7200" god|strong="H3808" [MTY] of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7200" Israelis who|strong="H1931" has|strong="H1961" punished|strong="H6485" us|strong="H6213". We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" just|strong="H6213" happened|strong="H1961".” 
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\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3947" people|strong="H1121" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3947" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H1121" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" predicted|strong="H1696" what|strong="H6213" would|strong="H6213" happen|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3947" future|strong="H0319" told|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213". They|strong="H3651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w made|strong="H6213"\+w*} a|strong="H3947" cart|strong="H5699" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} hitched|strong="H0631" two|strong="H8147" cows|strong="H6510" to|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213". They|strong="H3651" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" calves|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3947" mothers|strong="H0517". 
\verseNumber{11}They|strong="H3068" put|strong="H7760" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" cart|strong="H5699" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" box|strong="H0712" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" models of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" gold|strong="H2091" rats and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" tumors|strong="H2914". 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5921" cows|strong="H6510" started|strong="H2490" walking|strong="H1980", and|strong="H1980" they|strong="H3808" went|strong="H1980" straight|strong="H3474" toward|strong="H1870" Beth-Shemesh|strong="H1053". They|strong="H3808" stayed|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" road|strong="H1870", and|strong="H1980" were|strong="H6430" mooing all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" time|strong="H5704". They|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H5493" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" left|strong="H8040" or|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3225". The|strong="H5921" five|strong="H2568" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H5921" Philistia|strong="H6429" area|strong="H1366" followed|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5921" cows|strong="H6510" until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3808" reached|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="H1366" Beth-Shemesh|strong="H1053". 
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\verseNumber{13}At|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" time|strong="H7105", the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5869" of|strong="H5869" Beth-Shemesh|strong="H1053" were|strong="H5869" harvesting|strong="H7105" wheat|strong="H2406" in|strong="H8055" the|strong="H7200" valley|strong="H6010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w outside|strong="H2351"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w cows|strong="H6510"\+w* \+w came|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w along|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w road|strong="H1870"\+w*}, they|strong="H5375" looked|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5375" and|strong="H5869" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727". They|strong="H5375" were|strong="H5869" extremely|strong="H3966" happy|strong="H8055" to|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200" it|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{14-15}The|strong="H3605" cows|strong="H6510" pulled|strong="H5265" the|strong="H3605" cart|strong="H5699" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" field|strong="H7704" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" named|strong="H7121" Joshua|strong="H3091", and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H1992" stopped|strong="H5975" alongside|strong="H5980" a|strong="H1961" large|strong="H1419" rock|strong="H6697". Several|strong="H2669" men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878" lifted|strong="H5375" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" cart|strong="H5699" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" box|strong="H0712" containing|strong="H8033" the|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091" models of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" rats and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" tumors|strong="H6076", and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H1992" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" large|strong="H1419" rock|strong="H6697". Then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" smashed|strong="H7665" the|strong="H3605" cart|strong="H5699" and|strong="H3967" kindled|strong="H2734" a|strong="H1961" fire|strong="H0784" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" wood|strong="H6086" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w cart|strong="H5699"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w made|strong="H6213"\+w*}. They|strong="H1992" slaughtered|strong="H7819" the|strong="H3605" cows|strong="H6510" and|strong="H3967" burned|strong="H8313" their|strong="H3605" bodies|strong="H6297"/carcasses|strong="H5038" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" fire|strong="H0784" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1129" offering|strong="H4503" for|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" that|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313". That|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Beth-Shemesh|strong="H1053" offered|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H7227"\+w*} sacrifices|strong="H2077" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313", and|strong="H3967" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} sacrifices|strong="H2077". 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H7200" five|strong="H2568" kings|strong="H4428" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7200" Philistia|strong="H6429" area|strong="H1508" watched|strong="H7200" all|strong="H7200" this|strong="H1931", and|strong="H7725" then|strong="H7725" they|strong="H3117" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Ekron|strong="H6138", that|strong="H7200" same|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H3068" five|strong="H2568" gold|strong="H2091" models of|strong="H3068" tumors|strong="H2914" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3068" an|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H3068" to|strong="H7725" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H7725" show|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" deserved|strong="H1576" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3068" punished|strong="H6485" were|strong="H6430" gifts|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w five|strong="H2568"\+w* \+w kings|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w were|strong="H6430"\+w* \+w rulers|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Ashdod|strong="H0795", Gaza|strong="H5804", Ashkelon|strong="H0831", Gath|strong="H1661", and|strong="H3068" Ekron|strong="H6138" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H3605" models of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" five|strong="H2568" gold|strong="H2091" rats were|strong="H6430" gifts|strong="H4979" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3240" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H3605" five|strong="H2568" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" surrounding|strong="H5439" towns|strong="H5892". The|strong="H3605" large|strong="H1419" rock|strong="H6697" at|strong="H5921" Beth-Shemesh|strong="H1053", on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w men|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Levi|strong="H3878"\+w*} set|strong="H3240" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727", is|strong="H3068" still|strong="H3240" there|strong="H2088" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" field|strong="H7704" that|strong="H3605" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" Joshua|strong="H3091". When|strong="H3117" people|strong="H3240" see|strong="H7200" it|strong="H5921", they|strong="H3117" remember|strong="H2142" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w there|strong="H2088"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H3588" seventy|strong="H7657" men|strong="H1419" from|strong="H3068" Beth-Shemesh|strong="H1053" looked|strong="H7200" into|strong="H7200" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727", and|strong="H3068" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5221" to|strong="H3068" die|strong="H5221". Then|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971" mourned|strong="H7657" very|strong="H1419" much|strong="H1419" because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" punished|strong="H6485" [IDM] those|strong="H3588" men|strong="H1419" like|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{20}They|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H5927" one|strong="H6918" [RHQ] can|strong="H4310" ◄resist|strong="H5975" the|strong="H6440" power|strong="H3201" of|strong="H3068"/stand|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068"► Yahweh|strong="H3068", our|strong="H3068" holy|strong="H6918" God|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w remain|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w alive|strong="H2416"\+w*}! Where|strong="H5921" can|strong="H4310" we|strong="H3201" send|strong="H5927" the|strong="H6440" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727"?” 
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\verseNumber{21}They|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3068" Kiriath-Jearim|strong="H7157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} to|strong="H7725" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H7725", “The|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3068" Philistia|strong="H6429" have|strong="H3068" returned|strong="H7725" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" to|strong="H7725" us|strong="H7725"! Come|strong="H5927" here|strong="H6311" and|strong="H3068" take|strong="H7725" it|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7971"!” 
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\chapterNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H8104" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kiriath-Jearim|strong="H7157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w received|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w message|strong="H3068"\+w*, \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w*} came|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" Beth-Shemesh|strong="H1053" and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H5927" the|strong="H8104" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068". They|strong="H3068" took|strong="H5927" it|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8104" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Abinadab|strong="H0041", which|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5927" hillside|strong="H6763". They|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H1121" Abinadab’s son|strong="H1121" Eleazar|strong="H0499" to|strong="H3068" take|strong="H8104" care|strong="H8104" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8104" chest|strong="H0727". 
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\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Kiriath-Jearim|strong="H7157" for|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" long|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117"—a|strong="H1961" total|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" 20 years|strong="H8141". During|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" mourned|strong="H5594" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w it|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w seemed|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w abandoned|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1961"\+w*} (OR|strong="H3117", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w then|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w help|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1961"\+w*}). 

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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H7725" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3605" truly|strong="H3588" [IDM] want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H7725" act|strong="H6213" like|strong="H1004" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" should|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3478" get|strong="H3027" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3068" statues|strong="H2088" of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Astarte|strong="H6253" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1544"/statues|strong="H2088" of|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" foreign|strong="H5236" gods|strong="H0430". You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3478" decide|strong="H3198" to|strong="H7725" serve|strong="H5647"/worship|strong="H5647" only|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H5647" that|strong="H3605", he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3605" from|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} [MTY] the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" people|strong="H5971".” 
\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5647" Israelis got|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" statues|strong="H2088" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5647" gods|strong="H0430" Baal|strong="H1168" and|strong="H1121" Astarte|strong="H6253", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H5647" only|strong="H0389" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H1157", “All|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H6908" must|strong="H3478" gather|strong="H6908" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1157" at|strong="H3478" Mizpah|strong="H4709". Then|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3068" pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" for|strong="H1157" you|strong="H3605".” 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H8033" they|strong="H3117" gathered|strong="H6908" at|strong="H3478" Mizpah|strong="H4709", which|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" town|strong="H7151" where|strong="H8033" Samuel|strong="H8050" previously|strong="H6440" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H1121". They|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3117" big|strong="H0931" ceremony|strong="H5656" there|strong="H8033". They|strong="H3117" drew|strong="H7579" water|strong="H4325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w well|strong="H3190"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" poured|strong="H8210" the|strong="H6440" water|strong="H4325" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440" while|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" watched|strong="H7200". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w To|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w sorry|strong="H5162"\+w* \+w for|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w having|strong="H0369"\+w* \+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w*}, they|strong="H3117" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H6440" eat|strong="H0398" any|strong="H6440" food|strong="H3899" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3117" confessed|strong="H3034" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Philistia|strong="H6429" area|strong="H1508" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H6908" at|strong="H3478" Mizpah|strong="H4709", they|strong="H3588" led|strong="H6440" their|strong="H6440" armies|strong="H6635" there|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" attack|strong="H5927" the|strong="H6440" Israelis. When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" Israelis found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H5927" was|strong="H3478" approaching|strong="H0935" them|strong="H6440", they|strong="H3588" became|strong="H3372" very|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372". 
\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" Samuel|strong="H8050", “Pray|strong="H2199" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" rescue|strong="H3467" us|strong="H3027" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3068" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H2428" [MTY], and|strong="H1121" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H2790" stop|strong="H2308" pleading|strong="H1696"!” 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H3947" Samuel|strong="H8050" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" very|strong="H3966" young|strong="H5288" lamb|strong="H2924" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5927"\+w*} and|strong="H3478" offered|strong="H5927" it|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3947" sacrifice|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3632" burned|strong="H3632" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. Then|strong="H6030" he|strong="H3068" prayed|strong="H6419" and|strong="H3478" pleaded|strong="H7378" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H6030"\+w*} the|strong="H3947" Israelis, and|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3478" help|strong="H6030" them|strong="H3947". 
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\verseNumber{10}While|strong="H1961" Samuel|strong="H8050" was|strong="H3068" burning|strong="H2740" the|strong="H6440" offering|strong="H5930", the|strong="H6440" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H5927" came|strong="H1961" near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H3478" attack|strong="H5927" the|strong="H6440" Israelis. But|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1931" to|strong="H3478" thunder|strong="H6963" very|strong="H1419" loudly|strong="H6963". The|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H4421" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H5927" became|strong="H1961" very|strong="H1419" frightened|strong="H3372", and|strong="H3478" then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3117" ◄became|strong="H1961" confused|strong="H2000"/did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H1961" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H6963" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3068"►. So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" Israelis were|strong="H3478" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H5221" Israeli men|strong="H3478" ran|strong="H7323" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4480" Mizpah|strong="H4709" and|strong="H3478" pursued|strong="H7291" the|strong="H5221" Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H5650" almost|strong="H4592" to|strong="H5704" Beth-Car|strong="H1033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" killed|strong="H5221" many|strong="H5704" Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H5650" while|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5704" were|strong="H3478" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H5704" run|strong="H7291" away|strong="H3318". 
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\verseNumber{12}After|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3068" happened|strong="H1961", Samuel|strong="H8050" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" large|strong="H1419" stone|strong="H0068" and|strong="H3068" set|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" up|strong="H7760" between|strong="H5704" Mizpah|strong="H4709" and|strong="H3068" Jeshanah|strong="H3466" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w*}. He|strong="H5704" named|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3947" stone|strong="H0068" ‘Ebenezer’, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w stone|strong="H0068"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* help’}, because|strong="H3068" he|strong="H5704" said|strong="H7121" “Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H5826" us|strong="H7760" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3947" present|strong="H5704" time|strong="H5704".” 
\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" people|strong="H3808" were|strong="H3478" defeated|strong="H5221", and|strong="H3478" for|strong="H3027" a|strong="H1961" long|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Israeli land|strong="H1366" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3027"\+w*} again|strong="H5750". During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" Samuel|strong="H8050" was|strong="H3068" alive|strong="H2416", Yahweh|strong="H3068" powerfully protected|strong="H3467" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w*} from|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w attacked|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3027"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H2428". 
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\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H3947" Israeli army|strong="H2428" was|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5704" capture|strong="H3947" again|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3947" Israeli villages|strong="H2691" between|strong="H7965" Ekron|strong="H6138" and|strong="H3478" Gath|strong="H1661" that|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3947" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H2428" had|strong="H1961" captured|strong="H3947" before|strong="H5704". The|strong="H3947" Israelis were|strong="H3478" also|strong="H3478" able|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5704" take|strong="H3947" again|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3947" other|strong="H0312" areas|strong="H0776" around|strong="H3027" those|strong="H1961" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3947" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H2428" had|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* Israelis} previously|strong="H8543". And|strong="H3478" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" peace|strong="H7965" between|strong="H7965" the|strong="H3947" Israelis and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3947" Amor people-group. 
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\verseNumber{15}Samuel|strong="H8050" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" until|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{16}As|strong="H8141" long|strong="H3605" as|strong="H8141" he|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3478" alive|strong="H2416", every|strong="H3605" year|strong="H8141" he|strong="H3605" traveled|strong="H1980" back|strong="H5437" and|strong="H1980" forth|strong="H1980" between|strong="H8199" Bethel|strong="H1008" and|strong="H1980" Gilgal|strong="H1537" and|strong="H1980" Mizpah|strong="H4709" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}. In|strong="H8141" those|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" he|strong="H3605" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1980" disputes|strong="H6099" between|strong="H8199" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H1980" made|strong="H8141" decisions|strong="H4941" about|strong="H5437" them|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{17}After|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" disputes|strong="H6099" and|strong="H3478" made|strong="H1129" decisions|strong="H4941" in|strong="H3478" each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1004" those|strong="H3588" towns|strong="H1323", he|strong="H3588" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3068" home|strong="H1004" at|strong="H3478" Ramah|strong="H7414", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" people’s|strong="H5971" disputes|strong="H6099" there|strong="H8033", also|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w make|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w decisions|strong="H4941"\+w* \+w about|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w them|strong="H4196"\+w*}. And|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3588" built|strong="H1129" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196" at|strong="H3478" Ramah|strong="H7414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w offer|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 

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\chapterNumber{8}When|strong="H1961" Samuel|strong="H8050" became|strong="H1961" old|strong="H1121", he|strong="H3478" appointed|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121", Joel|strong="H3100" and|strong="H1121" Abijah|strong="H0029", to|strong="H3478" lead|strong="H5148"/rule|strong="H8199" the|strong="H7760" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{2}They|strong="H8034" judged|strong="H8199" people’s|strong="H5971" disputes|strong="H6099"/cases|strong="H1697" in|strong="H1121" Beersheba|strong="H0884" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" like|strong="H1870" their|strong="H3947" father|strong="H1121". They|strong="H3808" wanted|strong="H2654" only|strong="H0389" to|strong="H1980" get|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H1121" money|strong="H3701". They|strong="H3808" accepted|strong="H3947" bribes|strong="H7810", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" make|strong="H3947" honest|strong="H4941" decisions|strong="H4941" about|strong="H1980" people’s|strong="H5971" disputes|strong="H6099"/cases|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{4}Finally|strong="H5704", the|strong="H3605" Israeli leaders|strong="H2205" met|strong="H6298" at|strong="H3478" Ramah|strong="H7414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w discuss|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w matter|strong="H1697"\+w*} with|strong="H3478" Samuel|strong="H8050". 
\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1980" him|strong="H7760", “Listen|strong="H3605"! You|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1121" now|strong="H6258" old|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" like|strong="H1870" you|strong="H3605". Appoint|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H1980" rule|strong="H4428" over|strong="H4428" us|strong="H7760", like|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" countries|strong="H0776" have|strong="H1121"!” 
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\verseNumber{6}Samuel|strong="H8050" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H7489" unhappy with|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3068" requesting that|strong="H3068", so|strong="H5414" he|strong="H3068" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" about|strong="H1697" it|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6963" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" requested|strong="H7592" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". But|strong="H3588" ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w*/\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w truth|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w*}► that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" whom|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" really|strong="H2088" rejecting. I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H4427" their|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4427", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" really|strong="H2088" rejecting. 
\verseNumber{8}Ever|strong="H3117" since|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" brought|strong="H5927" them|strong="H1992" out|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3117" Egypt|strong="H4714", they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H1571" rejected|strong="H5800" me|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3117" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H1571" worshiped|strong="H5647" other|strong="H2088" gods|strong="H0430". And|strong="H3117" now|strong="H3117" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3117" also|strong="H1571" rejecting you|strong="H3605" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H2088" way|strong="H2088". 
\verseNumber{9}Do|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6963" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4428" asking|strong="H7592" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H8085". But|strong="H3588" warn|strong="H5749"/tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5921" about|strong="H5921" how|strong="H3588" their|strong="H8085" kings|strong="H4428" will|strong="H4428" act|strong="H6213" toward|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921"!” 
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\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H1697" Samuel|strong="H8050" told|strong="H1697" those|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{11}He|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" rules|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" you|strong="H6440", this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" what|strong="H2088" he|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" do|strong="H2088" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6440": He|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" force|strong="H2394" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3947" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1961" join|strong="H2266" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H2428". He|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" make|strong="H7760" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} them|strong="H5921" run|strong="H7323" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7760" chariots|strong="H4818" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w clear|strong="H5352"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w way|strong="H4941"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8269"\+w*} them|strong="H6213" will|strong="H8269" be|strong="H7760" commanders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" his|strong="H7760" soldiers|strong="H4421", but|strong="H2790" others|strong="H0312" will|strong="H8269" work|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213" like|strong="H6213" slaves|strong="H5650". He|strong="H6213" will|strong="H8269" force|strong="H2394" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H8269" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" plow|strong="H2790" his|strong="H7760" fields|strong="H7704" and|strong="H2572" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w later|strong="H0310"\+w*} harvest|strong="H7105" his|strong="H7760" crops|strong="H7105". He|strong="H6213" will|strong="H8269" force|strong="H2394" others|strong="H0312" to|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" his|strong="H7760" weapons|strong="H3627" and|strong="H2572" equipment|strong="H3627" for|strong="H6213" his|strong="H7760" chariots|strong="H7393". 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" will|strong="H1323" take|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1323"\+w*} your|strong="H3947" daughters|strong="H1323" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w force|strong="H2394"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3947"\+w*} to|strong="H1323" make|strong="H3947" perfumes|strong="H7547" for|strong="H3947" him|strong="H3947" and|strong="H1323" cook|strong="H2876" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H3947" him|strong="H3947" and|strong="H1323" bake|strong="H0644" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w bread|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3947"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5650" take|strong="H3947" your|strong="H5414" best|strong="H2896" fields|strong="H7704" and|strong="H5650" vineyards|strong="H3754" and|strong="H5650" olive|strong="H2132" tree|strong="H2132" groves|strong="H2132"/orchards|strong="H6508", and|strong="H5650" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" own|strong="H1961" officials|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5650" take|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" tenth|strong="H6237" of|strong="H5650" your|strong="H5414" harvests|strong="H7114" and|strong="H5650" distribute|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H5414" officers|strong="H5631" and|strong="H5650" servants|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w work|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5650"\+w*} his|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w palace|strong="H1004"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H6213" will|strong="H5650" take|strong="H3947" from|strong="H3947" you|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3947" male|strong="H5650" and|strong="H5650" female|strong="H8198" servants|strong="H5650", your|strong="H3947" best|strong="H2896" cattle|strong="H4399" and|strong="H5650" donkeys|strong="H2543", and|strong="H5650" force|strong="H2394" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" take|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1961" tenth|strong="H6237" of|strong="H5650" your|strong="H1961" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H5650" goats|strong="H5795". And|strong="H5650" you|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" slaves|strong="H5650"! 
\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" comes|strong="H6440", you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3068" complain|strong="H2199" loudly|strong="H6963" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428", the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H6440" yourselves|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977", but|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" ◄pay|strong="H7999" attention|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068"/help|strong="H6030"► you|strong="H6440".” 
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\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H1961" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1961" what|strong="H6963" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H8085". They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H8085", “We|strong="H3588" do|strong="H8085" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w care|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H6963"\+w*}! We|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3808" a|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428"! 
\verseNumber{20}We|strong="H3605" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471". We|strong="H3605" want|strong="H4270" a|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3318" rule|strong="H4428" us|strong="H6440" and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3318" lead|strong="H3318" our|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H4421" when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3605" go|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H3898".” 
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\verseNumber{21}When|strong="H8085" Samuel|strong="H8050" told|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{22}Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6963" they|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3478" telling|strong="H1696" you|strong="H6963" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3068". Give|strong="H8085" them|strong="H8085" a|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428"!” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w Samuel|strong="H8050"\+w* \+w agreed|strong="H8085"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" then|strong="H8085" he|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H8085" home|strong="H3212". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Saul met Samuel }
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\chapterNumber{9}There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H1961" rich|strong="H6223" and|strong="H1121" influential man|strong="H1368" whose|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Kish|strong="H7027". He|strong="H8034" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" tribe|strong="H4294" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144". Kish|strong="H7027" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abiel|strong="H0022" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zeror|strong="H6872". He|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" family|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Becorath|strong="H1064" and|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Aphiah|strong="H0647". 
\verseNumber{2}Kish|strong="H7027" had|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" whose|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Saul|strong="H7586". He|strong="H3605" was|strong="H8034" more|strong="H4480" handsome|strong="H2896" than|strong="H4480" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" Israeli men|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3605" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H1961" head|strong="H7218"/foot|strong="H7272" taller|strong="H1364" than|strong="H4480" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" Israeli men|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{3}One|strong="H1121" day|strong="H3117", some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" Kish’s female|strong="H5347" donkeys|strong="H2543" wandered|strong="H8582" off|strong="H3772". So|strong="H3947" Kish|strong="H7027" told|strong="H5046" Saul|strong="H7586", “Take|strong="H3947" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3947" servants|strong="H5288" with|strong="H3212" you|strong="H3947", and|strong="H1121" go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H1121" search|strong="H1245" for|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" donkeys|strong="H2543"!” 
\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H3808" Saul|strong="H7586" did|strong="H3808" that|strong="H2022". He|strong="H3808" took|strong="H5674" a|strong="H4672" servant|strong="H5650", and|strong="H2022" they|strong="H3808" walked|strong="H1980" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" hilly area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5674" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669" lived|strong="H3427", and|strong="H2022" then|strong="H5674" they|strong="H3808" went|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" areas|strong="H0776" named|strong="H7121" Shalishah|strong="H8031" and|strong="H2022" Shaalim|strong="H8171", and|strong="H2022" then|strong="H5674" they|strong="H3808" went|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" all|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5674" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H2022" Benjamin|strong="H1144" lived|strong="H3427", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" the|strong="H5674" donkeys|strong="H2543". 
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\verseNumber{5}Finally|strong="H5704", they|strong="H1992" came|strong="H3212" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H4480" area|strong="H1508" of|strong="H4480" Zuph|strong="H6689". Then|strong="H7725" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H4480" servant|strong="H5288", “Let’s|strong="H1980" go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725". If|strong="H6435" we|strong="H6435" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H2308" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5288", my|strong="H7725" father|strong="H0001" will|strong="H5288" stop|strong="H2308" worrying|strong="H4480" about|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" donkeys|strong="H2543" and|strong="H7725" start|strong="H1870" worrying|strong="H4480" about|strong="H4480" us|strong="H7725".” 
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\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H2009" the|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650" said|strong="H1696", “I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H3605" another|strong="H5046" idea|strong="H1697" [IDM]. There|strong="H8033" is|strong="H1870" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5892" God’s|strong="H0430" prophets|strong="H5030" who|strong="H3605" lives|strong="H5315" in|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2063" town|strong="H5892". People|strong="H1696" respect|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" very|strong="H6258" much|strong="H5921", because|strong="H5921" everything|strong="H3605" he|strong="H8033" predicts comes|strong="H1980" true|strong="H0571". Let’s|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w*} to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5921". Perhaps|strong="H0194" he|strong="H8033" can|strong="H1980" tell|strong="H5046" us|strong="H4994" where|strong="H8033" we|strong="H4994" can|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w find|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w donkeys|strong="H2543"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{7}Saul|strong="H7586" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3588" servant|strong="H5288", “If|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" go|strong="H3212" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H3212" him|strong="H3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w should|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w give|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w gift|strong="H8670"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3588"\+w*, \+w but|strong="H3588"\+w*} what|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" we|strong="H3588" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H3588"? We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5288" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H3588" food|strong="H3899" in|strong="H3212" our|strong="H3588" sacks|strong="H3627". Do|strong="H4100" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5288" anything|strong="H4100" else|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3212" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H3588"?” 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H5414" servant|strong="H5288" replied|strong="H6030", “Look|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w this|strong="H5414"\+w*}! I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3027" a|strong="H5414" small|strong="H6996" silver|strong="H3701" coin. I|strong="H5414" can|strong="H3254" give|strong="H5414" this|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H6030" then|strong="H6030" he|strong="H3027" will|strong="H3027" tell|strong="H5046" us|strong="H5414" where|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5414" go|strong="H3254" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w find|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w donkeys|strong="H2543"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{9-11}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", “Okay, let’s|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w*.”} So|strong="H3651" they|strong="H1992" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" town|strong="H7151" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" prophet|strong="H5030" lived|strong="H3427". As|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" going|strong="H1980" up|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" hill|strong="H2022" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" town|strong="H7151", they|strong="H1992" met|strong="H6298" some|strong="H4480" young|strong="H5288" women|strong="H0802" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" coming|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" town|strong="H7151" to|strong="H0413" get|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4480" water|strong="H4325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w well|strong="H3190"\+w*}. One|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5414" asked|strong="H7592" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802", “Is|strong="H0369" the|strong="H3605" seer|strong="H2374" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" town|strong="H7151" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w today|strong="H3117"\+w*}?” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} previously|strong="H8543", if|strong="H0518" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*} wanted|strong="H2654" a|strong="H1961" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H4480" God|strong="H0430", they|strong="H1992" would|strong="H0014" say|strong="H0559", “Let’s|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" seer|strong="H2374",” and|strong="H3967" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" now|strong="H6258" are|strong="H3117" called|strong="H7121" prophets|strong="H5030" were|strong="H0834" at|strong="H3427" that|strong="H0834" time|strong="H6256" called|strong="H7121" ‘those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" see|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{◄\+w visions|strong="H2376"\+w* \+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*/\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w sees|strong="H7200"\+w*►}.’ 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H6440" women|strong="H0802" replied|strong="H6030", “Yes|strong="H3588", he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3426" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" town|strong="H5892". In|strong="H3117" fact|strong="H1589", he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3426" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w walking|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w road|strong="H1870"\+w*} ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588". He|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3117" just|strong="H6258" arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" town|strong="H5892", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H3117" going|strong="H3426" to|strong="H6440" offer|strong="H2077" a|strong="H3588" sacrifice|strong="H2077" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" altar|strong="H4196" where|strong="H2009" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" gather|strong="H6908" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" go|strong="H5927" quickly|strong="H4116", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w time|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7121"\+w*} before|strong="H2962" he|strong="H1931" goes|strong="H5927" there|strong="H5927". The|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H1931" have|strong="H5971" been|strong="H5971" invited|strong="H7121" will|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" start|strong="H1870" eating|strong="H0398" until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H1931" arrives|strong="H0935" there|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3117" ◄blesses|strong="H1288"/asks|strong="H7592" God|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5704" bless|strong="H1288"► the|strong="H3588" sacrifice|strong="H2077".” 
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\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H5927" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H5892" the|strong="H8432" servant|strong="H5650" entered|strong="H3318" the|strong="H8432" town|strong="H5892". As|strong="H5927" they|strong="H1992" went|strong="H3318" through|strong="H8432" the|strong="H8432" gates|strong="H8179", they|strong="H1992" saw|strong="H2009" Samuel|strong="H8050" as|strong="H5927" he|strong="H3318" was|strong="H5892" coming|strong="H3318" toward|strong="H5927" them|strong="H1992", on|strong="H5927" the|strong="H8432" way|strong="H1870" to|strong="H3318" where|strong="H2009" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H1992" going|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" offer|strong="H5927" sacrifices|strong="H2077". 
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\verseNumber{15}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" previous|strong="H7223" day|strong="H3117", Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1540" Samuel|strong="H8050", 
\verseNumber{16}“At|strong="H5921" this|strong="H7200" time|strong="H6256" tomorrow|strong="H4279", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" send|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H7200" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3027" Benjamin|strong="H1144" live|strong="H3427". Pour|strong="H8210" olive|strong="H2132" oil|strong="H4886" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w head|strong="H7218"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{indicate \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5971"\+w*} be|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H5057" of|strong="H3027" my|strong="H7200" Israeli people|strong="H5971". I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" seen|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" suffering|strong="H6040" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Philistine|strong="H6430"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w oppressing|strong="H3238"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" heard|strong="H3588" my|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971" as|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w help|strong="H3467"\+w*}. The|strong="H5921" man|strong="H7200" on|strong="H5921" whose|strong="H1144" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w head|strong="H7218"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" pour|strong="H8210" olive|strong="H2132" oil|strong="H4886" will|strong="H5971" rescue|strong="H3467" my|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" [MTY] Philistine|strong="H6430" people|strong="H5971".” 
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\verseNumber{17}When|strong="H7200" Samuel|strong="H8050" saw|strong="H7200" Saul|strong="H7586", Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7200", “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" man|strong="H2088" I|strong="H2009" told|strong="H5046" you|strong="H7200" about|strong="H2009" yesterday|strong="H8543"! He|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" one|strong="H2088" who|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H6113" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971"!” 
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\verseNumber{18}Saul|strong="H7586" saw|strong="H7200" Samuel|strong="H8050" as|strong="H1004" he|strong="H1004" was|strong="H7586" sitting|strong="H3427" at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8432" town|strong="H8179" gateway|strong="H8179" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w did|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w not|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w know|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w that|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w it|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w was|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w Samuel|strong="H8050"\+w*}. He|strong="H1004" went|strong="H7586" over|strong="H8179" to|strong="H1004" him|strong="H5046" and|strong="H1004" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H5046", “Can|strong="H1004" you|strong="H5046" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H4994", where|strong="H1004" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H8432" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8432" man|strong="H2088" who|strong="H2088" sees|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{◄\+w visions|strong="H7203"\+w* \+w from|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*/\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w sees|strong="H7200"\+w*►}?” 
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\verseNumber{19}Samuel|strong="H8050" replied|strong="H6030", “I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605". Go|strong="H5927" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3117" me|strong="H6440" with|strong="H5973" your|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H1116" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" make|strong="H5046" sacrifices|strong="H2077". Both|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3117" you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3824" eat|strong="H0398" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H6440" today|strong="H3117". Tomorrow|strong="H1242" morning|strong="H1242" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3824" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H6440" what|strong="H5927" you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H3117" wanting|strong="H6485" to|strong="H7971" know|strong="H5046", and|strong="H6030" then|strong="H6030" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3824" send|strong="H7971" you|strong="H6440" home|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{20}Also|strong="H3478", do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" worry|strong="H2347" anymore|strong="H5750" about|strong="H3117" those|strong="H3605" donkeys|strong="H2543" that|strong="H3588" wandered|strong="H8582" away|strong="H3605" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" ago|strong="H3117". ◄Someone|strong="H4310" has|strong="H4310" found|strong="H4672" them|strong="H7760"/They|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3478" been|strong="H3808" found|strong="H4672"►. But|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} it|strong="H7760" is|strong="H3820" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3478" your|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3117" wanting|strong="H6485"!” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{21}Saul|strong="H7586" replied|strong="H6030", “I|strong="H1697" am|strong="H1961" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1697" Benjamin|strong="H1144" [RHQ]. That|strong="H3605" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3605" smallest|strong="H6996" tribe|strong="H7626" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" [RHQ]! And|strong="H3478" my|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3605" least|strong="H6996" important|strong="H5704" family|strong="H4940" in|strong="H3478" our|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H7626"! So|strong="H3808" why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3605" talking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696" like|strong="H3478" this|strong="H2088", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w wanting|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w me|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w family|strong="H4940"\+w*}?” 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H3947" Samuel|strong="H8050" brought|strong="H3947" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H7970" the|strong="H5414" servant|strong="H5288" into|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5414" big|strong="H0931" dining room|strong="H4725", and|strong="H7970" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" sit|strong="H5414" at|strong="H8050" the|strong="H5414" head|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w table|strong="H7979"\+w*, indicating \+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w was|strong="H7586"\+w*} honoring|strong="H3513" them|strong="H5414" more|strong="H3947" than|strong="H4480" he|strong="H5414" was|strong="H7586" honoring|strong="H3513" the|strong="H5414" 30 people|strong="H5288" who|strong="H1992" had|strong="H7586" been|strong="H1961" invited|strong="H7121". 
\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H5414" Samuel|strong="H8050" told|strong="H7760" the|strong="H5414" cook|strong="H2876", “Bring|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" special|strong="H6381" piece|strong="H6595" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w meat|strong="H1320"\+w*} that|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" told|strong="H7760" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" set|strong="H7760" aside|strong="H5973".” 
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\verseNumber{24}So|strong="H7121" the|strong="H6440" cook|strong="H2876" brought|strong="H7760" the|strong="H6440" leg|strong="H7785" and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" meat|strong="H1320" that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H7586" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H7760", and|strong="H3117" set|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3117" Saul|strong="H7586", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w those|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w portions|strong="H4490"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w only|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w*}. Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H7586", “Start|strong="H1870" eating|strong="H0398" it|strong="H7760". I|strong="H3588" told|strong="H7760" the|strong="H6440" cook|strong="H2876" to|strong="H5921" save|strong="H8104" this|strong="H1931" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588", so|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" could|strong="H5971" eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H7760" at|strong="H5921" this|strong="H1931" time|strong="H3117", when|strong="H3588" all|strong="H5921" these|strong="H7121" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H6440" I|strong="H3588" invited|strong="H7121" are|strong="H3117" here|strong="H2009".” So|strong="H7121" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3117" Samuel|strong="H8050" ate|strong="H0398" together|strong="H5973". 
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\verseNumber{25}After|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" finished|strong="H3615" eating|strong="H0398", they|strong="H5921" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" town|strong="H5892". Then|strong="H1696" Samuel|strong="H8050" took|strong="H3381" Saul|strong="H7586" up|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w flat|strong="H8478"\+w*} roof|strong="H1406" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1406"\+w*}, and|strong="H5892" fixed|strong="H3559" a|strong="H1696" bed|strong="H4904" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{26}As|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7121" sun|strong="H8121" was|strong="H1961" rising|strong="H6965" the|strong="H7121" next|strong="H7971" morning|strong="H7837", Samuel|strong="H8050" called|strong="H7121" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3318" Saul|strong="H7586", “Get|strong="H6965" up|strong="H5927"! It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" time|strong="H3318" for|strong="H7121" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3318" send|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7121" road|strong="H1870" back|strong="H5927" home|strong="H1004".” So|strong="H7971" Saul|strong="H7586" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H5927", and|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w later|strong="H1961"\+w*} Samuel|strong="H8050" and|strong="H6965" Saul|strong="H7586" left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H7121" house|strong="H1406" together|strong="H7121". 
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\verseNumber{27}When|strong="H3117" they|strong="H1992" got|strong="H6965" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H6440" edge|strong="H7097" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" town|strong="H5892", Samuel|strong="H8050" told|strong="H1697" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H3381" send|strong="H5674" his|strong="H8085" servant|strong="H5288" ahead|strong="H6440". After|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" servant|strong="H5288" left|strong="H5975", Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3381" Saul|strong="H7586", “Stay|strong="H5975" here|strong="H6311" for|strong="H6440" a|strong="H8085" few|strong="H4592" minutes, in|strong="H8085" order|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" can|strong="H5975" give|strong="H8085" you|strong="H6440" a|strong="H8085" message|strong="H1697" I|strong="H3117" received|strong="H8085" from|strong="H6440" God|strong="H0430".” 

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\chapterNumber{10}Then|strong="H3947" Samuel|strong="H8050" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" small|strong="H6996" jar|strong="H3537" of|strong="H3068" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081" and|strong="H3068" poured|strong="H3332" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} it|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" Saul’s|strong="H7218" head|strong="H7218". Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3588" kissed|strong="H5401" Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w cheek|strong="H3895"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H6213" this|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H5057" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w And|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w this|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w prove|strong="H5254"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3117"\+w*}: When|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" leave|strong="H1980" me|strong="H5978" today|strong="H3117", when|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" arrive|strong="H0935" near|strong="H5973" Rachel’s|strong="H7354" tomb|strong="H6900" at|strong="H3117" Zelzah|strong="H6766", in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6213" area|strong="H1366" where|strong="H4100" the|strong="H6213" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" live|strong="H3117", you|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1121" meet|strong="H4672" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H1121". They|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1121" say|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1980" you|strong="H3117", ‘The|strong="H6213" donkeys|strong="H2543" have|strong="H1121" been|strong="H1961" found|strong="H4672", but|strong="H2009" now|strong="H3117" your|strong="H6213" father|strong="H1121" is|strong="H4100" worrying|strong="H4480" about|strong="H1980" you|strong="H3117", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3117" is|strong="H4100" asking|strong="H7592" people|strong="H1121", “Have|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3117" seen|strong="H7200" my|strong="H1245" son|strong="H1121"?’ ” 
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\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" arrive|strong="H0935" at|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5375" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w large|strong="H1419"\+w*} oak|strong="H0424" tree|strong="H6086" at|strong="H5927" Tabor|strong="H8396" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, you|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5704" see|strong="H7200" three|strong="H7969" men|strong="H0376" coming|strong="H5927" toward|strong="H5927" you|strong="H5704". They|strong="H8033" will|strong="H5704" be|strong="H5375" on|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5375" way|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*} God|strong="H1008" at|strong="H5927" Bethel|strong="H1008" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. One|strong="H5375" of|strong="H3603" them|strong="H5375" will|strong="H5704" be|strong="H5375" leading|strong="H7218" three|strong="H7969" young|strong="H1423" goats|strong="H1423", one|strong="H5375" will|strong="H5704" be|strong="H5375" carrying|strong="H5375" three|strong="H7969" loaves|strong="H3899" of|strong="H3603" bread|strong="H3899", and|strong="H3899" one|strong="H5375" will|strong="H5704" be|strong="H5375" carrying|strong="H5375" a|strong="H5375" container|strong="H3627" of|strong="H3603" wine|strong="H3196". 
\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H3027" will|strong="H3027" greet|strong="H7592" you|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3027" they|strong="H3027" will|strong="H3027" offer|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5414" loaves|strong="H3899" of|strong="H3027" bread|strong="H3899". Accept|strong="H3947" them|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6440" arrive|strong="H0935" at|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" hill|strong="H1389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H3651"\+w*} God|strong="H0430" near|strong="H6440" Gibeah|strong="H1390" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H5892"\+w*}, where|strong="H8033" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H3651" the|strong="H6440" camp|strong="H4264" where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H6440" Philistine|strong="H6430" soldiers|strong="H5650" stay|strong="H3427", you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H1961" meet|strong="H6440" a|strong="H1961" group|strong="H2256" of|strong="H5892" prophets|strong="H5030" who|strong="H5030" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" coming|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" altar|strong="H4196" on|strong="H1961" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H6440" hill|strong="H1389". There|strong="H8033" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5892" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H5892" them|strong="H1992" who|strong="H5030" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" playing|strong="H5059" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w various|strong="H2921"\+w* \+w musical|strong="H7892"\+w* \+w instruments|strong="H3627"\+w*}: a|strong="H1961" harp|strong="H3658", a|strong="H1961" tambourine|strong="H8596", a|strong="H1961" flute|strong="H2485", and|strong="H5892" a|strong="H1961" lyre|strong="H3658". And|strong="H5892" all|strong="H3651" of|strong="H5892" them|strong="H1992" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" speaking|strong="H1696" messages|strong="H2372" that|strong="H3651" come|strong="H1961" directly|strong="H5227" frrom God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{6}At|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3068" time|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H6743" upon|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" also|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" speak|strong="H1696" messages|strong="H2372" that|strong="H3068" come|strong="H6743" directly|strong="H5227" from|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068". ◄You|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" changed|strong="H2015"/The|strong="H5921" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" change|strong="H2015" you|strong="H5921"►, so|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H2015" like|strong="H5973" a|strong="H3068" different|strong="H8133" person|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{7}After|strong="H1961" those|strong="H6213" things|strong="H5973" occur|strong="H1961", do|strong="H6213" whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3588" think|strong="H2803" is|strong="H3027" right|strong="H3225" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3027" God|strong="H3027" will|strong="H1961" ◄be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973"/help|strong="H1961"► you|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H2009" go|strong="H5927" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3117" me|strong="H6440", down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H5704" Gilgal|strong="H1537" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H3117" wait|strong="H3176" for|strong="H5704" me|strong="H6440" there|strong="H2009", for|strong="H5704" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". Then|strong="H2009" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" join|strong="H3381" you|strong="H6440" there|strong="H2009", to|strong="H5704" burn|strong="H5927" sacrifices|strong="H2077" and|strong="H3117" offer|strong="H5927" other|strong="H0312" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H5704" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5704" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H6213" God|strong="H0430". When|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" arrive|strong="H0935" there|strong="H2009", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" tell|strong="H3045" you|strong="H6440" what|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} things|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6440" should|strong="H3117" do|strong="H6213".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{What|strong="H3045" Samuel|strong="H8050" prophesied|strong="H5012" came|strong="H5927" true|strong="H0571" }
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\verseNumber{9}As|strong="H3117" Saul|strong="H1931" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3212" leave|strong="H5800" there|strong="H1961", God|strong="H0430" changed|strong="H2015" Saul’s|strong="H7586" inner|strong="H6442" being|strong="H1961". And|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Samuel|strong="H8050" had|strong="H1961" predicted|strong="H1696" happened|strong="H1961" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{10}When|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H5012" and|strong="H8033" his|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5650" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H5921" Gibeah|strong="H1390", they|strong="H8033" saw|strong="H2009" some|strong="H8033" prophets|strong="H5030" who|strong="H5030" were|strong="H5030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w speaking|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w messages|strong="H2372"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w came|strong="H6743"\+w* \+w directly|strong="H5227"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*. \+w As|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5030"\+w*} approaching|strong="H0935" Saul|strong="H5012" and|strong="H8033" his|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5650", God’s|strong="H0430" Spirit|strong="H7307" came|strong="H6743" upon|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H5012" powerfully, and|strong="H8033" he|strong="H8033" also|strong="H5030" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5921" speak|strong="H1696" messages|strong="H2372" from|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" known|strong="H3045" Saul|strong="H7586" previously|strong="H8032" heard|strong="H7200" him|strong="H7200" speaking|strong="H1696" messages|strong="H2372" from|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430" as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" were|strong="H1961" doing|strong="H6213", they|strong="H4100" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" each|strong="H3605" other|strong="H2088", “What|strong="H4100" has|strong="H1961" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" this|strong="H2088" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kish|strong="H7027"? Is|strong="H2088" he|strong="H3605" now|strong="H1961" really|strong="H2088" one|strong="H2088" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" ◄prophets|strong="H5030"/men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" speak|strong="H1696" messages|strong="H2372" from|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430"►?” 
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\verseNumber{12}One|strong="H1961" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H4310" lived|strong="H1961" there|strong="H8033" replied|strong="H6030", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w cannot|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H5921"\+w*} all|strong="H5921" prophets|strong="H5030" receive|strong="H1961" their|strong="H5921" power|strong="H3027" to|strong="H1961" speak|strong="H6030" messages|strong="H2372" from|strong="H5921" God|strong="H4310", not|strong="H1961" from|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" parents|strong="H0001".” And|strong="H6030" that|strong="H3651" is|strong="H4310" why|strong="H5921", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w hear|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w about|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w report|strong="H8088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w prophesying|strong="H5012"\+w*, \+w they|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w about|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6030"\+w*} say|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w surprised|strong="H8610"\+w* \+w about|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w person|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w becoming|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w*, \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} we|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1961" surprised|strong="H8610" to|strong="H1961" hear|strong="H6030" that|strong="H3651" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H1961" really|strong="H2088" become|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1961" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" prophets|strong="H5030".” 
\verseNumber{13}When|strong="H3615" Saul|strong="H5012" finished|strong="H3615" speaking|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3615" messages|strong="H2372" that|strong="H1116" God|strong="H0430" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H3615", he|strong="H1116" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1116" the|strong="H3615" place|strong="H1116" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3615" people|strong="H5971" offered|strong="H5927" sacrifices|strong="H2077". 
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\verseNumber{14}Later|strong="H0310", Saul’s|strong="H7586" uncle|strong="H1730" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w there|strong="H7200"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H1980"\+w*} asked|strong="H1245" him|strong="H7200", “Where|strong="H0834" did|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3588" go|strong="H1980"?” Saul|strong="H7586" replied|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H3588" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" look|strong="H7200" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" donkeys|strong="H2543". When|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" could|strong="H5288" not|strong="H3588" find|strong="H1245" them|strong="H7200", we|strong="H3588" came|strong="H1980" here|strong="H6311" to|strong="H1980" ask|strong="H1245" Samuel|strong="H8050" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w could|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w us|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="H7586"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{15}Saul’s|strong="H7586" uncle|strong="H1730" replied|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" Samuel|strong="H8050" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H5046"?” 
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\verseNumber{16}Saul|strong="H7586" replied|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H3588" assured|strong="H0571" us|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" donkeys|strong="H2543" had|strong="H7586" been|strong="H5046" found|strong="H4672".” But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" his|strong="H5046" uncle|strong="H1730" what|strong="H1697" Samuel|strong="H8050" had|strong="H7586" said|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1697" him|strong="H5046" becoming|strong="H5000" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4410" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Later|strong="H0310"\+w*} Samuel|strong="H8050" summoned|strong="H6817" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3068" gather|strong="H6908" at|strong="H3068" Mizpah|strong="H4709" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w hear|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w message|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3068"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{18}After|strong="H5927" they|strong="H3068" arrived|strong="H0935", he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H3027", “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, says|strong="H3541": I|strong="H3541" brought|strong="H5927" you|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" out|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714". I|strong="H3541" rescued|strong="H5337" your|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w*} from|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" power|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" rulers|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5927" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" who|strong="H3605" oppressed|strong="H3905" them|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{19}I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" saves|strong="H3467" you|strong="H3588" from|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" troubles|strong="H6869" and|strong="H3068" difficulties. But|strong="H3588" today|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" rejected|strong="H3988" me|strong="H6440", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", ‘We|strong="H3588" don’t|strong="H0408" care|strong="H7760"! Give|strong="H7760" us|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428"!’ So|strong="H6258" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w*}. Now|strong="H6258" have|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w representatives|strong="H7098"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} your|strong="H3068" tribes|strong="H7626" and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* } your|strong="H3068" clans|strong="H4940" stand|strong="H3320" here|strong="H6258" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh|strong="H3068".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{20}When|strong="H3478" those|strong="H3605" representatives|strong="H7098" came|strong="H7126" near|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3478" Samuel|strong="H8050", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* indicated \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*} he|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3478" chosen|strong="H0977" someone|strong="H0376" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H7626" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3478" Benjamin|strong="H1144". 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H7126" Samuel|strong="H8050" told|strong="H5046" representatives|strong="H7098" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7126" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" to|strong="H1121" come|strong="H7126" forward|strong="H7126", and|strong="H1121" God|strong="H3808" indicated that|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H7626"\+w*} he|strong="H3808" had|strong="H7586" chosen|strong="H0977" someone|strong="H0376" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7126" family|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Matri|strong="H4309", and|strong="H1121" then|strong="H7126" God|strong="H3808" indicated that|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w family|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Matri|strong="H4309"\+w*} he|strong="H3808" had|strong="H7586" chosen|strong="H0977" Saul|strong="H7586", the|strong="H7126" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kish|strong="H7027". But|strong="H3808" when|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3808" looked|strong="H1245" for|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586", they|strong="H3808" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" him|strong="H4672". 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H1931" they|strong="H3068" asked|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “Where|strong="H2009" is|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H1931"?” Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" hiding|strong="H2244" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3068" army|strong="H2428" equipment|strong="H3627".” 
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\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H3947" they|strong="H8033" quickly|strong="H7323" went|strong="H5971" there|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w found|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3947"\+w*,} and|strong="H5971" brought|strong="H3947" him|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w front|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}. They|strong="H8033" could|strong="H5971" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w truly|strong="H3588"\+w*} he|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3605" a|strong="H3947" head|strong="H7218" taller|strong="H1361" than|strong="H3605" anyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H4428" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" there|strong="H3605", “This|strong="H7200" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" whom|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428". Among|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" us|strong="H7200" Israeli people|strong="H5971", there|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" like|strong="H3644" him|strong="H7200"!” Then|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" shouted|strong="H7321", “We|strong="H3588" hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H3588" this|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" will|strong="H3068" live|strong="H2421" a|strong="H3588" long|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6256"!” 
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\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H1696" Samuel|strong="H8050" told|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" what|strong="H4941" things|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H6440" would|strong="H3068" force|strong="H5971" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H6440" was|strong="H3068" required|strong="H7592" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3068". He|strong="H3068" wrote|strong="H3789" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" on|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7971" scroll|strong="H5612", and|strong="H3068" then|strong="H1696" he|strong="H3068" put|strong="H7971" it|strong="H6440" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7971" sacred|strong="H6944" place|strong="H1004" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". Then|strong="H1696" Samuel|strong="H8050" sent|strong="H7971" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" home|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{26}When|strong="H1980" Saul|strong="H7586" returned|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" his|strong="H7586" home|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1980" Gibeah|strong="H1390" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, a|strong="H1980" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1004" men|strong="H2428" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="H1980" continually|strong="H1980" accompany|strong="H1980" Saul|strong="H7586". They|strong="H1571" did|strong="H1571" that|strong="H7586" because|strong="H5973" God|strong="H0430" ◄motivated|strong="H0834" them|strong="H5060"/put|strong="H5414" it|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" their|strong="H5060" minds|strong="H3820"► to|strong="H1980" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H7586". 
\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H3808" some|strong="H4480" worthless|strong="H1100" men|strong="H1121" said|strong="H2790", “◄How|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H1121" save|strong="H3467" us|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w our|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}?/This|strong="H2088" man|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1961" save|strong="H3467" us|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w our|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}.►” [RHQ] They|strong="H3808" despised|strong="H0959" him|strong="H2088", and|strong="H1121" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1961" give|strong="H1961" him|strong="H2088" any|strong="H1961" gifts|strong="H4503" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w show|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w would|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w loyal|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w him|strong="H2088"\+w*}. But|strong="H3808" Saul|strong="H7586" did|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559" anything|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w rebuke|strong="H1606"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Saul’s army rescued the people of Jabesh }
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\chapterNumber{11}About|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3772" month|strong="H2320" later|strong="H0310", King|strong="H5921" Nahash|strong="H5176" of|strong="H5921" Ammon|strong="H5984" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w led|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w across|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H1285"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w*} surrounded|strong="H5437" Jabesh|strong="H3003" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. But|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5921" Jabesh|strong="H3003" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1285"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5927" Nahash|strong="H5176", “Make|strong="H3772" an|strong="H3772" agreement|strong="H1285"/treaty|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" us|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5921"\+w*}, and|strong="H1285" then|strong="H5927" we|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5647" let|strong="H7971" you|strong="H3605" rule|strong="H4910" us|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{2}Nahash|strong="H5176" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3478" do|strong="H5869" that|strong="H3605" if|strong="H7760" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H5869" one|strong="H3605" thing|strong="H2063". Allow|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" gouge|strong="H5365" out|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" right|strong="H3225" eyes|strong="H5869" of|strong="H5869" your|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5869". By|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" we|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3478" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5869" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w countries|strong="H0776"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" despise|strong="H3988" all|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5869".” 
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\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H3117" Jabesh|strong="H3003" replied|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H3318" not|strong="H3318" attack|strong="H5221" us|strong="H3117" for|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" next|strong="H7971" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". During|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117", we|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3478" send|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" throughout|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3117"\+w* demanding}. If|strong="H0518" no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3478" help|strong="H3467" us|strong="H3117", then|strong="H3318" we|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3478" ◄surrender|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3605"/allow|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3318" do|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" us|strong="H3117" whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" want|strong="H4270"►.” 
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Being|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w confident|strong="H0982"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w was|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w superior|strong="H1870"\+w*, \+w Nahash|strong="H5176"\+w* \+w agreed|strong="H8085"\+w*. \+w So|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Jabesh|strong="H3003"\+w* \+w sent|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w messengers|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w throughout|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H5971"\+w*}. When|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" messengers|strong="H4397" came|strong="H5971" to|strong="H1696" Gibeah|strong="H1390", which|strong="H1697" was|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} where|strong="H0834" Saul|strong="H7586" lived|strong="H3427", and|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5971" told|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" there|strong="H3605" about|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" situation|strong="H4186", everyone|strong="H3605" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H1696" cry|strong="H6963". 
\verseNumber{5}At|strong="H7586" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256", Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H7586" plowing|strong="H2758" in|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3588" field|strong="H7704". When|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" returned|strong="H7725" home|strong="H5608", he|strong="H3588" asked|strong="H4100", “Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H5971" all|strong="H1058" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w crying|strong="H1058"\+w*}?” So|strong="H4480" they|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5608" him|strong="H4480" what|strong="H4100" the|strong="H3588" messengers|strong="H4397" from|strong="H4480" Jabesh|strong="H3003" had|strong="H7586" reported|strong="H5046". 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H8085" God’s|strong="H0430" Spirit|strong="H7307" came|strong="H6743" powerfully upon|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H7586" he|strong="H5921" became|strong="H2734" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Nahash|strong="H5176"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w do|strong="H1697"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H6213" took|strong="H3947" two|strong="H3947" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" oxen|strong="H1241" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*} and|strong="H3478" cut|strong="H5408" them|strong="H5921" into|strong="H5307" pieces|strong="H5408". Then|strong="H3318" he|strong="H6213" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w carrying|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w pieces|strong="H5408"\+w*} throughout|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3318" tell|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" this|strong="H6213" message|strong="H3068": “Saul|strong="H7586" says|strong="H3541" that|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w cut|strong="H5408"\+w* \+w this|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w ox|strong="H1241"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w pieces|strong="H5408"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w he|strong="H6213"\+w* } will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H3541" thing|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" oxen|strong="H1241" of|strong="H3068" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" refuses|strong="H3985" to|strong="H3318" come|strong="H3318" with|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3478" Samuel|strong="H8050" to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H3898" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w Ammon|strong="H5983"\+w*}!” Then|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5307" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3027" afraid|strong="H6343" of|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6213" Saul|strong="H7586" might|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H5921" (OR|strong="H1241", of|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" might|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H5921") \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w go|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w*}. So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" gathered|strong="H6213" together|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H1961" Saul|strong="H7586" gave|strong="H1961" them|strong="H1961" all|strong="H6485" weapons|strong="H3627" at|strong="H3478" Bezek|strong="H0966", he|strong="H3478" saw|strong="H3063" that|strong="H3478" there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H3478" 300,000 Israeli men|strong="H1121" there|strong="H1961", as|strong="H1961" well|strong="H3190" as|strong="H1961" 30,000 men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6485" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H3541" Saul|strong="H7586" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3541" people|strong="H5971" at|strong="H1961" Jabesh|strong="H3003" to|strong="H1961" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H8055", “We|strong="H0587" will|strong="H1961" rescue|strong="H5337"/save|strong="H3467" you|strong="H5046" by|strong="H1961" noontime tomorrow|strong="H4279".” When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3541" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4397" Jabesh|strong="H3003" heard|strong="H5046" that|strong="H4397" message|strong="H1697", they|strong="H3541" were|strong="H1961" very|strong="H8055" joyful|strong="H8055"/happy|strong="H8055". 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H6213" of|strong="H5869" Jabesh|strong="H3003" told|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Nahash|strong="H5176"\+w*}, “Tomorrow|strong="H4279" we|strong="H6213" will|strong="H5869" surrender|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3605", and|strong="H5869" then|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3605" can|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3318" us|strong="H6213" whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3318".” 
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\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H3808" before|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5221" sun|strong="H8121" rose|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5221" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242", Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w army|strong="H4264"\+w* \+w arrived|strong="H0935"\+w*. \+w He|strong="H3117"\+w*} divided|strong="H0914" them|strong="H5221" into|strong="H8432" three|strong="H7969" groups|strong="H7218". They|strong="H3117" rushed|strong="H6743" into|strong="H8432" the|strong="H5221" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5221" soldiers|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3117" Ammon|strong="H5983", and|strong="H3117" attacked|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5221". By|strong="H3117" noontime they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H5221" most|strong="H6944" of|strong="H3117" them|strong="H5221", and|strong="H3117" those|strong="H1961" who|strong="H5971" were|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H5221" scattered|strong="H6327". Each|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" them|strong="H5221" who|strong="H5971" ran|strong="H1961" away|strong="H5493" ran|strong="H1961" away|strong="H5493" alone|strong="H7604". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H5221" people|strong="H5971" proclaimed|strong="H7121" Saul|strong="H7586" as|strong="H5704" king|strong="H4428" }
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w Jabesh|strong="H3003"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" Samuel|strong="H8050", “Where|strong="H5921" are|strong="H5971" those|strong="H5921" men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H4310" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5921" did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" our|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4427"? Bring|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" here|strong="H5921", and|strong="H5971" we|strong="H4191" will|strong="H4310" kill|strong="H4191" them|strong="H5414"!” 
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\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w No|strong="H3808"\+w*}, we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3478" execute|strong="H6213" anyone|strong="H3588" today|strong="H3117", because|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" saved|strong="H3467" us|strong="H6213" Israeli people|strong="H3808". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w rejoice|strong="H8055"\+w*, \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w anyone|strong="H3588"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H0227" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H8033" people|strong="H5971", “Let’s|strong="H1980" all|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Gilgal|strong="H1537", and|strong="H3212" there|strong="H8033" we|strong="H8033" will|strong="H5971" again|strong="H3212" proclaim|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w is|strong="H8033"\+w*} our|strong="H5971" king|strong="H4410".” 
\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H3966" they|strong="H8033" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H5704" Gilgal|strong="H1537". There|strong="H8033", knowing|strong="H3045" that|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" watching|strong="H8245", they|strong="H8033" proclaimed|strong="H7121" that|strong="H5971" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4427". Then|strong="H7586" they|strong="H8033" offered|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H5704" enable|strong="H7980" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5704" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". And|strong="H3478" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H3478" very|strong="H3966" happy|strong="H8055". 

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\chapterNumber{12}Then|strong="H2009" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H8085" this|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H8085": “I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H3478" done|strong="H3478" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" told|strong="H8085" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3605", and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H3478" given|strong="H8085"/appointed|strong="H4427" a|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{2}My|strong="H6258" own|strong="H6440" sons|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w grown|strong="H2204"\+w* \+w up|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} with|strong="H1980" you|strong="H6440" now|strong="H6258", but|strong="H2009" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1121" appointed|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w instead|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w one|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3117" is|strong="H2088" now|strong="H6258" your|strong="H6440" leader|strong="H5387". I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H2204" now|strong="H6258" old|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" my|strong="H6258" hair|strong="H8181" is|strong="H2088" gray|strong="H7867". I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1121" been|strong="H6258" your|strong="H6440" leader|strong="H5387" ever|strong="H3117" since|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3117" boy|strong="H5288". 
\verseNumber{3}Now|strong="H3947" tell|strong="H6030" me|strong="H7725", while|strong="H5869" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" listening|strong="H8085", and|strong="H3068" while|strong="H5869" the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" whom|strong="H4310" he|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H4899" is|strong="H3068" listening|strong="H8085": whose|strong="H4310" ox|strong="H7794" or|strong="H7794" donkey|strong="H2543" have|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2005" stolen|strong="H1589" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w during|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w all|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w*}? Whom|strong="H4310" have|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2005" cheated|strong="H8524"? Whom|strong="H4310" have|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2005" oppressed|strong="H6231"/treated|strong="H3190" badly|strong="H3966"? From|strong="H7725" whom|strong="H4310" have|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2005" accepted|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" bribe|strong="H3724", in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2005" would|strong="H4310" ignore|strong="H5956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w evil|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H3027"\+w*}? If|strong="H2005" I|strong="H2005" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H3027" any|strong="H4310" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H1697", tell|strong="H6030" me|strong="H7725", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3068" pay|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" what|strong="H4310" I|strong="H2005" owe.” 
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\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H3808" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w No|strong="H3808"\+w*,} you|strong="H3947" have|strong="H3027" never|strong="H3808" cheated|strong="H8524" anyone|strong="H3605" or|strong="H3808" oppressed|strong="H6231" anyone|strong="H3605" or|strong="H3808" accepted|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" bribe|strong="H7810" from|strong="H3027" anyone|strong="H3605".” 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H2088" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559", “Today|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" can|strong="H3808" testify|strong="H6030", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" whom|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" chose|strong="H0977" can|strong="H3808" testify|strong="H6030", that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" taken|strong="H4672" a|strong="H3588" bribe|strong="H7810" from|strong="H3027" anyone|strong="H3588".” They|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068" can|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" knows|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" true|strong="H3068".” 
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\verseNumber{6}Samuel|strong="H8050" continued|strong="H5674" by|strong="H3068" saying|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" one|strong="H6213" who|strong="H5971" appointed|strong="H6213" Moses|strong="H4872" and|strong="H4872" Aaron|strong="H0175" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w lead|strong="H5927"\+w*} our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001". He|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" one|strong="H6213" who|strong="H5971" brought|strong="H5927" them|strong="H6213" out|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w And|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w he|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w one|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w who|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w testify|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w what|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w I|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w saying|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w true|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}Now|strong="H6258" while|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" listening|strong="H8085", stand|strong="H3320" here|strong="H6258" quietly|strong="H8252" while|strong="H5704" I|strong="H6258" accuse|strong="H7378" you|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* requesting \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w king|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w instead|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w trusting|strong="H0982"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w lead|strong="H5148"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w wrong|strong="H7451"\+w*}. I|strong="H6258" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" by|strong="H3068" reminding you|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" great|strong="H6213" miracles|strong="H6381" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" performed|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001". 
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\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{“\+w any|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w*} after|strong="H3318" Jacob|strong="H3290" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714", our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" pleaded|strong="H7378" to|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3318" help|strong="H5826" them|strong="H7971". So|strong="H7971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" Moses|strong="H4872" and|strong="H4872" Aaron|strong="H0175" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H7971", and|strong="H4872" they|strong="H3068" led|strong="H3318" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H4872" eventually|strong="H0310" they|strong="H3068" settled|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" this|strong="H2088" land|strong="H4725". 
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\verseNumber{9}“ut our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" soon|strong="H3512" forgot|strong="H7911" about|strong="H4428" Yahweh|strong="H3068", their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". So|strong="H3027" he|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H3068" Sisera|strong="H5516", the|strong="H3068" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3068" army|strong="H6635" from|strong="H3027" Hazor|strong="H2674", to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5221" them|strong="H3027". He|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Philistines|strong="H6430" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" army|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124" to|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" and|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5221" them|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H6258" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" pleaded|strong="H7378" with|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5800" them|strong="H3027". They|strong="H3588" admitted, ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068", we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398", and|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" forsaken|strong="H5800" you|strong="H3588". We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H5647" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w represent|strong="H7969"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w god|strong="H3068"\+w*} Baal|strong="H1168" and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Astarte|strong="H6253". But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" rescue|strong="H5337" us|strong="H3588" from|strong="H3027" our|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H3027", we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H5647" you|strong="H3588" only|strong="H3588".’ 
\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H7971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" men|strong="H0376" such|strong="H2088" as|strong="H3068" Gideon|strong="H7971", Barak|strong="H1301", Jephthah|strong="H3316", and|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" save|strong="H5337" you|strong="H7971". And|strong="H3068" as|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7971" result|strong="H6903", you|strong="H7971" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" worry|strong="H2347" about|strong="H5439" any|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H3027" attacking|strong="H5221" you|strong="H7971". 
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\verseNumber{12}“ut now|strong="H3588", when|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" Nahash|strong="H5176" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" came|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" attack|strong="H5221" you|strong="H3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H3372"\+w*. \+w So|strong="H3808"\+w*}, you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w came|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7200"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} said|strong="H0559", ‘We|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H4428" us|strong="H5921",’ even|strong="H3588" though|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" already|strong="H3528" your|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428"! 
\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H5414" now|strong="H6258", look|strong="H2009", here|strong="H2009" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977". You|strong="H5414" asked|strong="H7592" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" now|strong="H6258" appointed|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{14}If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" revere|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" if|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5921" serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3068" if|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5921" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6963" he|strong="H3068" says|strong="H6310" and|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6963" he|strong="H3068" commands|strong="H6680", and|strong="H3068" if|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H3068" rules|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" do|strong="H5647" what|strong="H6963" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" wants|strong="H2656" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H5647", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{◄\+w things|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w go|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w well|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w all|strong="H5921"\+w*/\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w bless|strong="H1288"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w*►}. 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H3808" if|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6963" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H6310", if|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3808" disobey|strong="H6963" what|strong="H6963" he|strong="H3068" commands|strong="H6680", then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" [MTY] you|strong="H3808" all|strong="H6310", just|strong="H6310" as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3068" punished|strong="H6485" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001". 
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\verseNumber{16}“ow stand|strong="H3320" here|strong="H2088" quietly|strong="H8252" and|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" great|strong="H1419" thing|strong="H1697" that|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" about|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{17}You|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" [RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w does|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w rain|strong="H4306"\+w* \+w at|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w this|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w time|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w year|strong="H3117"\+w*}, during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" harvest|strong="H7105" wheat|strong="H2406". But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" ask|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" send|strong="H5414" thunder|strong="H6963" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w lightning|strong="H1300"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" rain|strong="H4306" today|strong="H3117". When|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" does|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considers|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" very|strong="H7227" wicked|strong="H7451" thing|strong="H3588" by|strong="H3117" requesting a|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428".” 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H5414" Samuel|strong="H8050" prayed|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" thunder|strong="H6963" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w lightning|strong="H1300"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" rain|strong="H4306". So|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" became|strong="H3372" very|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050". 
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\verseNumber{19}They|strong="H3588" cried|strong="H7121" out|strong="H5921" to|strong="H4191" Samuel|strong="H8050", “Pray|strong="H6419" for|strong="H3588" us|strong="H5921"! We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" added|strong="H3254" to|strong="H4191" our|strong="H3068" previous|strong="H7223" sins|strong="H2403" by|strong="H5921" requesting a|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428"! Pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H4191" Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3254" die|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w having|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w done|strong="H3254"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{20}Samuel|strong="H8050" replied|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H3372"! You|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063" evil|strong="H7451" thing|strong="H2063", but|strong="H5971" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" turn|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" doing|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" wants|strong="H2656" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213". Instead|strong="H8478", serve|strong="H5647" Yahweh|strong="H3068" wholeheartedly|strong="H3824". 
\verseNumber{21}Do|strong="H5493" not|strong="H3808" abandon|strong="H5493" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} and|strong="H5493" worship|strong="H7812" useless|strong="H3808" idols|strong="H1544". They|strong="H1992" cannot|strong="H3808" help|strong="H3276" you|strong="H3588" or|strong="H3808" save|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" truly|strong="H3588" useless|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{22}Yahweh|strong="H3068" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" us|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971". So|strong="H6213" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" abandon|strong="H5203" us|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H5971" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" injure|strong="H7463" his|strong="H3068" own|strong="H5971" reputation|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w being|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w completely|strong="H3617"\+w* \+w faithful|strong="H0539"\+w*} if|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H1571" as|strong="H1571" for|strong="H1157" me|strong="H1157", I|strong="H1571" have|strong="H3068" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H1571" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H2308" sin|strong="H2398" against|strong="H2398" Yahweh|strong="H3068" by|strong="H3068" ceasing|strong="H2308" to|strong="H3068" pray|strong="H6419" for|strong="H1157" you|strong="H3384". And|strong="H3068" I|strong="H1571" will|strong="H3068" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" teach|strong="H3384" you|strong="H3384" what|strong="H2896" things|strong="H2896" are|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896" and|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3477" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H1157"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3384"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" revere|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H7200" wholeheartedly|strong="H3824". Never|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1431" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H1431" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{25}But|strong="H1571" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H7489" keep|strong="H8104" doing|strong="H7489" wicked|strong="H7489" things|strong="H1697", he|strong="H4428" will|strong="H4428" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H4428" you|strong="H7489" and|strong="H4428" your|strong="H1571" king|strong="H4428"!” 

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\chapterNumber{13}Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H3478" no|strong="H3478" longer|strong="H5750" a|strong="H3478" young|strong="H1121" man|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8147" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4427". He|strong="H8147" ruled|strong="H4427" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H5921" 42 years|strong="H8141". 
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\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Several|strong="H2669"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w after|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w he|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w became|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}, he|strong="H7971" chose|strong="H0977" three|strong="H7969" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7971" Israeli army|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3478" go|strong="H7971" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w Philistines|strong="H6430"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" other|strong="H0312" soldiers|strong="H5971" back|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004". Of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H7971" men|strong="H5971" he|strong="H7971" chose|strong="H0977", 2,000 stayed|strong="H3478" with|strong="H5973" Saul|strong="H7586" at|strong="H3478" Micmash|strong="H4363" and|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7971" hilly area|strong="H2022" near|strong="H5973" Bethel|strong="H1008", and|strong="H3478" 1,000 stayed|strong="H3478" with|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} Jonathan|strong="H3129" at|strong="H3478" Gibeah|strong="H1390", in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7971" area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H7971" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H2022" Benjamin|strong="H1144" lived|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{3}Jonathan|strong="H3129" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H6430"\+w* \+w with|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5221"\+w*} attacked|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" Philistine|strong="H6430" soldiers|strong="H5650" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H6430" camped|strong="H8628" at|strong="H7586" Geba|strong="H1387". The|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} Philistines|strong="H6430" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3605". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w realized|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Philistia|strong="H6429"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3605"\+w* probably \+w come|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israelis \+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*}. So|strong="H8085" Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sent|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w messengers|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8085"\+w*} blow|strong="H8628" trumpets|strong="H7782" throughout|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w gather|strong="H6908"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w together|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w and|strong="H8085"\+w*} proclaim|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" them|strong="H5221", “All|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" Hebrews|strong="H5680" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H8085" hear|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w now|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Philistines|strong="H6430"\+w* \+w will|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w start|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w a|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w war|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w with|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w us|strong="H8085"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3605" messengers|strong="H4397" told|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3478" gather|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6817" with|strong="H5971" Saul|strong="H7586" at|strong="H3478" Gilgal|strong="H1537". And|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" news|strong="H1319". People|strong="H5971" were|strong="H3478" saying|strong="H0559", “Saul’s|strong="H7586" army|strong="H5971" has|strong="H3478" attacked|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" Philistine|strong="H6430" camp|strong="H4264", with|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H5971" now|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" hate|strong="H8130" us|strong="H8085" Israelis very|strong="H1571" much|strong="H3605".” 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H5921" Philistines|strong="H6430" gathered|strong="H6430" together|strong="H5973" and|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" given|strong="H5414" equipment|strong="H3627" to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H3898" the|strong="H5921" Israelis. The|strong="H5921" Philistines|strong="H6430" had|strong="H3478" 3,000 chariots|strong="H7393", and|strong="H3478" 6,000 chariot-drivers. Their|strong="H5921" soldiers|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w seemed|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w as|strong="H7230"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7230"\+w*} as|strong="H7230" grains|strong="H4579" of|strong="H7230" sand|strong="H2344" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" seashore|strong="H3220" [HYP]. They|strong="H5921" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3478" set|strong="H3478" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5921" tents|strong="H2583" at|strong="H2583" Micmash|strong="H4363", to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" east|strong="H6926" of|strong="H7230" Beth-Aven|strong="H1007" (\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w means|strong="H5927"\+w* ‘\+w house|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7230"\+w* wickedness’, \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w really|strong="H2088"\+w* referred \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Bethel|strong="H1008"\+w* \+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}). 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H7200" Philistines|strong="H6430" attacked|strong="H5221" the|strong="H7200" Israelis very|strong="H3966" strongly|strong="H3966", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7200" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5971" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3588" very|strong="H3966" bad|strong="H7451" situation|strong="H4186". So|strong="H3588" many|strong="H7200" of|strong="H5971" the|strong="H7200" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5971" hid|strong="H2244" in|strong="H3478" caves|strong="H4631" and|strong="H3478" holes|strong="H4631" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7200" ground|strong="H0776", or|strong="H7200" among|strong="H5971" the|strong="H7200" rocks|strong="H5553", or|strong="H7200" in|strong="H3478" pits|strong="H7882", or|strong="H7200" in|strong="H3478" wells|strong="H0875". 
\verseNumber{7}Some|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5971" them|strong="H5674" crossed|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H5104" at|strong="H3383" a|strong="H5750" place|strong="H3605" where|strong="H0834" it|strong="H5674" was|strong="H7586" very|strong="H3966" shallow. Then|strong="H5674" they|strong="H5971" went|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5971" Gad|strong="H1410" lived|strong="H3427" and|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. 
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But|strong="H5971" Saul|strong="H7586" stayed|strong="H5750" at|strong="H3383" Gilgal|strong="H1537". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5971" him|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" shaking|strong="H5363" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w so|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H2729"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}Saul|strong="H7586" waited|strong="H3176" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117", which|strong="H5971" was|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H3117" days|strong="H3117" that|strong="H5971" Samuel|strong="H8050" had|strong="H5971" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" wait|strong="H3176" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". But|strong="H3808" Samuel|strong="H8050" did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5921" Gilgal|strong="H1537" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w during|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w time|strong="H3117"\+w*}, so|strong="H3808" many|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" Saul’s|strong="H7586" army|strong="H5971" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5921" leave|strong="H5800" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3117" run|strong="H7323" away|strong="H5493". 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H5927" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" soldiers|strong="H5927", “Bring|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" me|strong="H5927" an|strong="H5927" animal|strong="H0929" to|strong="H5927" be|strong="H8002" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} and|strong="H7586" one|strong="H0259" for|strong="H8002" the|strong="H5927" offering|strong="H5930" to|strong="H5927" enable|strong="H7980" us|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}.” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w did|strong="H5930"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7586"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H7586" just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3318" was|strong="H1961" finished|strong="H3615" burning|strong="H2740" those|strong="H3318" offerings|strong="H5930", Samuel|strong="H8050" arrived|strong="H0935". Saul|strong="H7586" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" greet|strong="H1288" him|strong="H3318". 
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\verseNumber{11}Samuel|strong="H8050" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w had|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" Saul|strong="H7586", “Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213"?” Saul|strong="H7586" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H7200" men|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" leaving|strong="H5800" me|strong="H7200" and|strong="H3117" running|strong="H7323" away|strong="H5493", and|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H5971" here|strong="H5921" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" would|strong="H5971" come|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" Philistine|strong="H6430" army|strong="H5971" was|strong="H7586" gathering|strong="H4723" together|strong="H5921" at|strong="H5921" Micmash|strong="H4363". 
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\verseNumber{12}“o|strong="H3068" I|strong="H6258" thought|strong="H0559", ‘The|strong="H6440" Philistine|strong="H6430" army|strong="H5927" is|strong="H3068" going|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3381" attack|strong="H5927" us|strong="H6440" here|strong="H6258" at|strong="H3068" Gilgal|strong="H1537", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H6258" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" yet|strong="H3068" asked|strong="H2470" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3381" bless|strong="H1288"/help|strong="H5826" us|strong="H6440".’ So|strong="H5927" I|strong="H6258" felt|strong="H4959" it|strong="H3381" was|strong="H3068" necessary|strong="H2706" to|strong="H3381" offer|strong="H5927" the|strong="H6440" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H5930" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w seek|strong="H2470"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w blessings|strong="H1293"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{13}Samuel|strong="H8050" replied|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H3559" you|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H5704" foolish|strong="H5528"! You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" obeyed|strong="H8104" what|strong="H3559" Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", commanded|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w*}. If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" obeyed|strong="H8104" him|strong="H6680", God|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3478" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" to|strong="H5704" rule|strong="H4467" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*} for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" long|strong="H5704" time|strong="H6258". 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*, \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w die|strong="H4191"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w after|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w die|strong="H4191"\+w*,} none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H4467". Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" seeking|strong="H1245" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w king|strong="H5921"\+w*} who|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" just|strong="H6258" the|strong="H5921" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H3068" person|strong="H1245" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" wants|strong="H2656" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808", so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" can|strong="H3808" appoint|strong="H6680" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H5057" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H8104" people|strong="H5971". Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" this|strong="H6258" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" obeyed|strong="H8104" what|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" commanded|strong="H6680".” 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H6965" Samuel|strong="H8050" left|strong="H4672" Gilgal|strong="H1537" and|strong="H3967" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" Gibeah|strong="H1390". Saul|strong="H7586" stayed|strong="H3427" at|strong="H6965" Gilgal|strong="H1537" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H6965" soldiers|strong="H5971". There|strong="H5927" were|strong="H5971" only|strong="H0389" about|strong="H4480" 600 of|strong="H4480" them|strong="H4672" left|strong="H4672" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w had|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w not|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w run|strong="H7323"\+w* \+w away|strong="H5927"\+w*}. 

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\verseNumber{16}Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H4672" son|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3129" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" soldiers|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H4672" went|strong="H5971" to|strong="H1121" Geba|strong="H1387" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5973" area|strong="H1508" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w set|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w up|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w their|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w tents|strong="H2583"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3427"\+w*}. The|strong="H5973" Philistine|strong="H6430" army|strong="H5971" set|strong="H3427" up|strong="H3427" their|strong="H4672" tents|strong="H2583" at|strong="H3427" Micmash|strong="H4363". 
\verseNumber{17}Three|strong="H7969" groups|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" Philistia|strong="H6429" men|strong="H7218" soon|strong="H3512" left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" place|strong="H7218" where|strong="H0834" their|strong="H3318" army|strong="H4264" was|strong="H7218" staying|strong="H3427", and|strong="H7218" went|strong="H3318" and|strong="H7218" ◄raided|strong="H6584" the|strong="H3318" Israeli towns|strong="H1323"/attacked|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" Israelis and|strong="H7218" took|strong="H3318" their|strong="H3318" possessions|strong="H7399"►. One|strong="H0259" group|strong="H7235" went|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} toward|strong="H1870" Ophrah|strong="H6084" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H1870" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3318"\+w* } Shual|strong="H7777" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{18}One|strong="H0259" group|strong="H7235" went|strong="H1366" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w west|strong="H3220"\+w*} to|strong="H5921" Beth-Horon|strong="H1032" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. The|strong="H5921" third|strong="H7992" group|strong="H7235" went|strong="H1366" toward|strong="H1870" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} border|strong="H1366", above|strong="H5921" Zeboim|strong="H6650" Valley|strong="H1516", near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" desert|strong="H4057". 
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\verseNumber{19}At|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3478", there|strong="H4672" were|strong="H3478" no|strong="H3808" men|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3605" ◄were|strong="H3478" blacksmiths|strong="H2796"/could|strong="H3201" make|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" from|strong="H3478" iron|strong="H1270"►. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Philistia|strong="H6429"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w permit|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israelis \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} they|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3478" make|strong="H6213" iron|strong="H1270" swords|strong="H2719" and|strong="H3478" spears|strong="H2595" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" Hebrews|strong="H5680" to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H3898" with|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whenever|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israelis \+w needed|strong="H1767"\+w*} to|strong="H3381" sharpen|strong="H3913" the|strong="H3605" blades of|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" plows|strong="H6398", or|strong="H0176" picks|strong="H5375", or|strong="H0176" axes|strong="H7134", or|strong="H0176" sickles, they|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H3381" take|strong="H3381" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3381" a|strong="H3478" Philistia|strong="H6429" man|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" could|strong="H3201" sharpen|strong="H3913" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{21}They|strong="H6310" needed|strong="H1767" to|strong="H1961" pay|strong="H7999" ◄one|strong="H6310" fourth|strong="H7243" of|strong="H6310" an|strong="H1961" ounce/8 grams► of|strong="H6310" silver|strong="H3701" for|strong="H1961" sharpening a|strong="H1961" plow|strong="H2790", and|strong="H6310" ◄an|strong="H1961" eighth|strong="H8066" of|strong="H6310" an|strong="H1961" ounce/4 grams► of|strong="H6310" silver|strong="H3701" to|strong="H1961" sharpen|strong="H5324" an|strong="H1961" axe|strong="H7134", or|strong="H6310" a|strong="H1961" sickle|strong="H2770", or|strong="H6310" ◄an|strong="H1961" ox|strong="H7794" goad|strong="H4451"/a|strong="H1961" pointed rod|strong="H7626" to|strong="H1961" jab|strong="H5221" an|strong="H1961" ox|strong="H7794" to|strong="H1961" make|strong="H6213" it|strong="H1961" walk|strong="H1980"►. 
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\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israelis \+w could|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w make|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w weapons|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w iron|strong="H1270"\+w*}, on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" Israelis fought|strong="H3898" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Philistia|strong="H6429"\+w*}, Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3129" were|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" only|strong="H3605" Israeli men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" swords|strong="H2719". None|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" others|strong="H5971" had|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" sword|strong="H2719"; \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w only|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w bows|strong="H7198"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w arrows|strong="H1121"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{23}Before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3318" battle|strong="H4421" started|strong="H3318", some|strong="H4480" Philistia|strong="H6429" men|strong="H0376" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" ◄the|strong="H3318" pass|strong="H4569"/a|strong="H3318" narrow|strong="H0331" place|strong="H4673" between|strong="H0996" two|strong="H6430" cliffs|strong="H5553"► outside|strong="H3318" Micmash|strong="H4363" to|strong="H3318" guard|strong="H2876" it|strong="H3318". 

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\chapterNumber{14}One|strong="H3808" day|strong="H3117", Jonathan|strong="H3129" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5375" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" who|strong="H1121" carried|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" weapons|strong="H3627", “Come|strong="H1961" with|strong="H3117" me|strong="H5046"; we|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" go|strong="H3212" over|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3212" where|strong="H4673" the|strong="H5375" Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H5288" have|strong="H1961" put|strong="H5674" up|strong="H5375" their|strong="H5375" tents|strong="H0168".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w went|strong="H3212"\+w*}, but|strong="H3808" Jonathan|strong="H3129" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" his|strong="H5375" father|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w going|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{2}On|strong="H3427" that|strong="H5971" day|strong="H3117", Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H8478" 600 soldiers|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" were|strong="H5971" sitting|strong="H3427" around|strong="H5439" a|strong="H3427" pomegranate|strong="H7416" tree|strong="H7416" at|strong="H3427" a|strong="H3427" place|strong="H8478" where|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" people|strong="H5971" threshed|strong="H1758" grain|strong="H1715", near|strong="H5973" Gibeah|strong="H1390". 
\verseNumber{3}Ahijah|strong="H0281" the|strong="H3588" priest|strong="H3548" was|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" there|strong="H3045". He|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" wearing|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3588" sacred|strong="H6944" vest. Ahijah|strong="H0281" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahitub|strong="H0285", who|strong="H5971" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" brother|strong="H0251" of|strong="H1121" Ichabod|strong="H0350". Ichabod|strong="H0350" and|strong="H1121" Ahitub|strong="H0285" were|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3588" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Phinehas|strong="H6372", who|strong="H5971" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eli|strong="H5941", who|strong="H5971" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H5971" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" priest|strong="H3548" at|strong="H3068" Shiloh|strong="H7887". 
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No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Jonathan|strong="H3129" had|strong="H3068" left|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* Israeli \+w camp|strong="H4264"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{4}Jonathan|strong="H3129" planned|strong="H3289" that|strong="H2088" he|strong="H5921" and|strong="H6430" the|strong="H5921" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H2088" would|strong="H8034" go|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" a|strong="H2088" narrow|strong="H0331" ◄pass|strong="H5674"/place|strong="H2088" between|strong="H5921" two|strong="H2088" cliffs|strong="H5553"► to|strong="H5921" get|strong="H1245" to|strong="H5921" where|strong="H4673" the|strong="H5921" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H2428" was|strong="H8034". The|strong="H5921" cliff|strong="H5553" on|strong="H5921" one|strong="H2088" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H8034" the|strong="H5921" pass|strong="H5674" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" Bozez|strong="H0949", and|strong="H6430" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H2088" cliff|strong="H5553" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" Seneh|strong="H5573". 
\verseNumber{5}One|strong="H0259" cliff|strong="H5553" faced|strong="H6440" north|strong="H6828" toward|strong="H4136" Micmash|strong="H4363", and|strong="H6828" the|strong="H4136" cliff|strong="H5553" on|strong="H4136" the|strong="H4136" other|strong="H0312" side|strong="H6828" faced|strong="H6440" south|strong="H5045" toward|strong="H4136" Geba|strong="H1387" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{6}Jonathan|strong="H3083" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" who|strong="H3068" carried|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" weapons|strong="H3627", “Come|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6213". We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3068" where|strong="H4673" those|strong="H5375" ◄pagans|strong="H3808"/people|strong="H5288" who|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" believe|strong="H0539" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068"► [MTY] have|strong="H3068" set|strong="H6213" up|strong="H5375" their|strong="H3068" tents|strong="H0168". Perhaps|strong="H5375" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" help|strong="H3467" us|strong="H6213". It|strong="H3588" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" matter|strong="H4592" whether|strong="H0518" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" only|strong="H3588" two|strong="H6213" men|strong="H5288" or|strong="H4592" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5288"; nothing|strong="H3808" can|strong="H6213" hinder|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" from|strong="H3068" enabling us|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5221" them|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H3605" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3824" carrying|strong="H5375" Jonathan’s|strong="H3083" weapons|strong="H3627" said|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" think|strong="H3824" is|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" best|strong="H2459" thing|strong="H3627" for|strong="H6213" us|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213". I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3824" help|strong="H5375" you|strong="H3605".” 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H2009" Jonathan|strong="H3083" said|strong="H0559", “Okay, come|strong="H5674" with|strong="H5674" me|strong="H5674". We|strong="H2009" will|strong="H3068" cross|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" valley|strong="H6010" to|strong="H5674" where|strong="H2009" the|strong="H5674" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H2428" is|strong="H2009", and|strong="H5674" allow|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5674" see|strong="H2009" us|strong="H5674". 
\verseNumber{9}If|strong="H0518" they|strong="H3808" then|strong="H5975" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" us|strong="H8478", ‘You|strong="H5704" two|strong="H3808" stay|strong="H5975" there|strong="H5927" until|strong="H5704" we|strong="H5704" come|strong="H5927" down|strong="H5060" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704",’ we|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3808" stay|strong="H5975" there|strong="H5927" and|strong="H5975" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5704" them|strong="H5975". 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5414", ‘Come|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" here|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w against|strong="H5921"\+w*} us|strong="H5414",’ that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" show|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414". Then|strong="H2088" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898" them|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H3318" the|strong="H4480" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H4480" them|strong="H3318" crossed|strong="H5674" the|strong="H4480" valley|strong="H6010", the|strong="H4480" Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H5650" saw|strong="H2009" them|strong="H3318" coming|strong="H3318". They|strong="H8033" said|strong="H3318", “Look|strong="H2009"! The|strong="H4480" Hebrews|strong="H5680" are|strong="H6430" crawling|strong="H2119" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" holes|strong="H2356" in|strong="H8033" which|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" have|strong="H6430" been|strong="H1961" hiding|strong="H2244"!” 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H6030" the|strong="H3588" Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H5927" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" closest|strong="H1350" to|strong="H3478" Jonathan|strong="H3129" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5375" who|strong="H3068" carried|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" weapons|strong="H3627" said|strong="H1697", “Come|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" here|strong="H6311", and|strong="H3478" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" teach|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588" something|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w how|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w*} [IDM]!” 
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Jonathan|strong="H3129" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5375" who|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5414", “Come|strong="H5927" behind|strong="H0310" me|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3478" climb|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" going|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" help|strong="H5375" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414"!” 
\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H5927" Jonathan|strong="H3129" climbed|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927", using|strong="H5927" his|strong="H5375" hands|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" his|strong="H5375" feet|strong="H7272" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w steep|strong="H4095"\+w*}. The|strong="H6440" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H4191" climbed|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" following|strong="H7272" him|strong="H6440". As|strong="H5927" Jonathan|strong="H3129" climbed|strong="H5927", he|strong="H3027" struck|strong="H5307" and|strong="H3027" killed|strong="H4191" many|strong="H7227" Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H5927", and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H6440" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H4191" who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3027" with|strong="H5921" him|strong="H6440" killed|strong="H4191" many|strong="H7227" more|strong="H5921" as|strong="H5927" he|strong="H3027" followed|strong="H7272" behind|strong="H5921" Jonathan|strong="H3129". 
\verseNumber{14}In|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3627" first|strong="H7223" battle|strong="H4421" the|strong="H5221" two|strong="H6776" of|strong="H3627" them|strong="H5221" killed|strong="H5221" about|strong="H1961" 20 Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H5650" in|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" area|strong="H1508" that|strong="H3627" was|strong="H1961" about|strong="H1961" half|strong="H2677" an|strong="H1961" acre|strong="H6776". 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H5971", the|strong="H3605" ones|strong="H1992" in|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264" and|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" ones|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" attacking|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" Israeli towns|strong="H1323", ones|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" out|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" field|strong="H7704" much|strong="H3605" closer|strong="H5066", panicked|strong="H0926". Then|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430" caused|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H7704" to|strong="H1961" shake|strong="H7264", and|strong="H5971" they|strong="H1992" all|strong="H3605" became|strong="H1961" terrified|strong="H2729"/very|strong="H1992" afraid|strong="H2729". 

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\verseNumber{16}Saul’s|strong="H7586" ◄lookouts/men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1144" were|strong="H1144" watching|strong="H6822" to|strong="H3212" see|strong="H7200" if|strong="H2009" enemies|strong="H0341" were|strong="H1144" coming|strong="H2009"► were|strong="H1144" in|strong="H3212" Gibeah|strong="H1390" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} in|strong="H3212" the|strong="H7200" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1995" the|strong="H7200" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1995" Benjamin|strong="H1144". They|strong="H7586" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" soldiers|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1995" the|strong="H7200" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H1995" were|strong="H1144" running|strong="H7323" away|strong="H3212" in|strong="H3212" all|strong="H7200" directions|strong="H7253". 
\verseNumber{17}Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w realized|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w some|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3627"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w must|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w have|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w attacked|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Philistia|strong="H6429"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5971"\+w*. \+w So|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1980"\+w* } said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H7200" soldiers|strong="H5971" who|strong="H4310" were|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H7200", “Check|strong="H4148" to|strong="H1980" see|strong="H7200" if|strong="H2009" any|strong="H5375" of|strong="H3627" our|strong="H7200" men|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" not|strong="H7200" here|strong="H2009".” So|strong="H1980" they|strong="H5971" checked|strong="H6113", and|strong="H1980" they|strong="H5971" found|strong="H5375" out|strong="H7200" that|strong="H5971" Jonathan|strong="H3129" and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H7200" man|strong="H5375" who|strong="H4310" carried|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" weapons|strong="H3627" were|strong="H5971" gone|strong="H1980". 
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\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H1961" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Ahijah|strong="H0281" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* Supreme \+w Priest|strong="H3548"\+w*}, “Bring|strong="H5066" the|strong="H3588" sacred|strong="H6944" vest here|strong="H5066" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w find|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}.” On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" Ahijah|strong="H0281" was|strong="H1961" wearing|strong="H2296" the|strong="H3588" sacred|strong="H6944" vest, going|strong="H1980" in|strong="H3478" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" Israelis. 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H1961" while|strong="H5704" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1961" talking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5704" priest|strong="H3548", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3548"\+w*} the|strong="H5704" Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H5650" were|strong="H1961" becoming|strong="H1980" more|strong="H7227" panicked|strong="H1980"/confused|strong="H1101". So|strong="H1980" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Ahijah|strong="H0281", “Take|strong="H1980" your|strong="H1961" hand|strong="H3027" down|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* vest. \+w Do|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w waste|strong="H2723"\+w* \+w any|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w more|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w time|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w using|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w marked|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w stones|strong="H0068"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* vest \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w find|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w out|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w* \+w us|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3027"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H1961" Saul|strong="H7586" gathered|strong="H2199" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1419" and|strong="H1419" they|strong="H5704" went|strong="H5971" toward|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H4421". They|strong="H5704" found|strong="H4672" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H4421" were|strong="H1961" so|strong="H1961" confused|strong="H1101" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5704" were|strong="H1961" striking|strong="H5221" each|strong="H3605" other|strong="H7453" with|strong="H5971" their|strong="H3605" swords|strong="H2719". 
\verseNumber{21}Before|strong="H5973" that|strong="H3478", some|strong="H1992" of|strong="H4264" the|strong="H5927" Hebrew|strong="H5680" men|strong="H1992" had|strong="H1961" deserted|strong="H5307" their|strong="H1992" army|strong="H4264" and|strong="H3478" gone|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" join|strong="H5973" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5927" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H4264". But|strong="H1961" now|strong="H1961" those|strong="H1992" men|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w revolted|strong="H6586"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w*} joined|strong="H1571" with|strong="H5973" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3478" Jonathan|strong="H3129" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5927" other|strong="H0312" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5927". 
\verseNumber{22}Some|strong="H1992" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H3605" Israeli soldiers|strong="H4421" had|strong="H3478" previously|strong="H1571" run|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127" and|strong="H3478" hidden|strong="H2244" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" mountains|strong="H2022" where|strong="H1992" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669" lived|strong="H3427". But|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H4421" were|strong="H3478" running|strong="H7323" away|strong="H5127", they|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w came|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w down|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w*} joined|strong="H1692" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" Israeli soldiers|strong="H4421" and|strong="H3478" pursued|strong="H1692" the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H4421". 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H5674" Yahweh|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" the|strong="H3068" Israelis on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117". The|strong="H3068" Israeli soldiers|strong="H4421" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3478" pursue|strong="H7291" their|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" beyond|strong="H5674" Beth-Aven|strong="H1007" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 

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\verseNumber{24}Before|strong="H5704" Saul’s|strong="H7586" soldiers|strong="H5971" went|strong="H3478" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H3117", Saul|strong="H7586" declared|strong="H5046" to|strong="H5704" them|strong="H5704" solemnly|strong="H7650", “I|strong="H3117" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5704" eat|strong="H3899" any|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899" before|strong="H5704" this|strong="H1931" evening|strong="H6153", before|strong="H5704" we|strong="H3117" have|strong="H5971" defeated|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" our|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341". If|strong="H1931" anyone|strong="H3605" eats|strong="H0398" anything|strong="H3605", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} will|strong="H5971" curse|strong="H7045"/punish|strong="H6485" him|strong="H1931".” So|strong="H3808" none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5971" ate|strong="H2938" any|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3117" became|strong="H7586" faint|strong="H5889"/weak|strong="H3605" because|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" were|strong="H3478" very|strong="H5704" hungry|strong="H7457". 
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\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H3605" Israeli army|strong="H2428" went|strong="H6440" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" forest|strong="H3293", and|strong="H6440" they|strong="H5921" found|strong="H4672" honeycombs on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H7704", but|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5921" did|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H0398" any|strong="H3605" honey|strong="H1706". 
\verseNumber{26}They|strong="H3588" were|strong="H5971" afraid|strong="H3372" to|strong="H3027" eat|strong="H6310" any|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" solemnly|strong="H7621" promised|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" would|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3588" eat|strong="H6310" any|strong="H3588" food|strong="H3899". 
\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H3808" Jonathan|strong="H3129" did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" hear|strong="H8085" what|strong="H7200" his|strong="H7971" father|strong="H0001" commanded|strong="H6310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w had|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w left|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w camp|strong="H4264"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w early|strong="H7925"\+w* \+w in|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w morning|strong="H1242"\+w*}. So|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w*} a|strong="H7971" honeycomb|strong="H3295", he|strong="H3027" dipped|strong="H2881" the|strong="H8085" end|strong="H7097" of|strong="H3027" his|strong="H7971" walking|strong="H1980" stick|strong="H7200" into|strong="H7725" it|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7971" ate|strong="H0398" some|strong="H7097" honey|strong="H1706". After|strong="H7097" he|strong="H3027" ate|strong="H0398" the|strong="H8085" honey|strong="H1706", he|strong="H3027" felt|strong="H4959" stronger|strong="H2388". 
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\verseNumber{28}But|strong="H6030" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5971" saw|strong="H7200" him|strong="H6030" and|strong="H6030" said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H3117" him|strong="H6030", “Your|strong="H3117" father|strong="H0001" solemnly|strong="H7650" declared|strong="H5046" to|strong="H3117" us|strong="H3117" that|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} would|strong="H5971" curse|strong="H7650"/punish|strong="H6485" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H5971" ate|strong="H0398" any|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899" today|strong="H3117". So|strong="H7650" now|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w tired|strong="H5774"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6030"\+w*} weak|strong="H2470" from|strong="H3117" being|strong="H5971" hungry|strong="H7457" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w obeyed|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6030"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{29}Jonathan|strong="H3129" exclaimed|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001" has|strong="H3588" caused|strong="H5414" trouble|strong="H5916" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H7200" of|strong="H5869" us|strong="H4994"! See|strong="H7200" how|strong="H3588" refreshed|strong="H5314"/strong|strong="H2388" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" after|strong="H3588" eating|strong="H0398" a|strong="H3588" little|strong="H4592" honey|strong="H1706"! 
\verseNumber{30}If|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H6430" permitted|strong="H5117" all|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" us|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3117" eat|strong="H0398" from|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" food|strong="H3899" we|strong="H3588" took|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3117" our|strong="H3588" enemies|strong="H0341" while|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3588" were|strong="H5971" pursuing|strong="H7291" them|strong="H4672", we|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3863" have|strong="H5971" been|strong="H5971" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3117" kill|strong="H2026" many|strong="H7235" more|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3117" their|strong="H3588" soldiers|strong="H5971"!” 
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\verseNumber{31}The|strong="H5221" Israelis pursued|strong="H7291" and|strong="H3117" killed|strong="H5221" Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3966" that|strong="H5971" day|strong="H3117", from|strong="H3117" Micmash|strong="H4363" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w west|strong="H3220"\+w*} to|strong="H3117" Aijalon|strong="H0357". But|strong="H5221" they|strong="H3117" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3117" become|strong="H1961" weaker|strong="H1800" from|strong="H3117" being|strong="H5971" hungry|strong="H7457". 
\verseNumber{32}They|strong="H5921" had|strong="H5971" taken|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H7227"\+w*} sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H1121" cattle|strong="H1241" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5921" Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H5971" had|strong="H5971" abandoned|strong="H5800". Now|strong="H3947", because|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H5971" extremely|strong="H3966" hungry|strong="H7457", they|strong="H5921" butchered some|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H5921" animals|strong="H0929" and|strong="H1121" ate|strong="H0398" the|strong="H5921" meat|strong="H1320" without|strong="H6629" draining the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" animals|strong="H0929". 
\verseNumber{33}One|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" soldiers|strong="H5971" told|strong="H5046" Saul|strong="H7586", “Look|strong="H2009"! The|strong="H5921" men|strong="H1419" are|strong="H3117" sinning|strong="H2398" against|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" by|strong="H5921" eating|strong="H0398" meat|strong="H1320" that|strong="H5971" still|strong="H5971" has|strong="H3068" blood|strong="H1818" in|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921"!” 
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Saul|strong="H7586" replied|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w who|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w near|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w*}, “They|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3068" disobeyed|strong="H6963" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! Roll|strong="H1556" a|strong="H3117" large|strong="H1419" stone|strong="H0068" over|strong="H5921" here|strong="H2009"!” 
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\verseNumber{34}After|strong="H0310" they|strong="H8033" did|strong="H5971" that|strong="H5971", he|strong="H8033" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" those|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971", “Go|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5971" that|strong="H5971" each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H3027" must|strong="H1818" bring|strong="H5066" an|strong="H8033" ox|strong="H7794" or|strong="H3808" a|strong="H2088" sheep|strong="H7716" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5066", and|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H7819" it|strong="H7819" here|strong="H2088" on|strong="H3027" this|strong="H2088" stone|strong="H0068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w drain|strong="H4680"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w blood|strong="H1818"\+w*} before|strong="H3808" he|strong="H8033" eats|strong="H0398" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" meat|strong="H1320". They|strong="H8033" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" sin|strong="H2398" against|strong="H2398" Yahweh|strong="H3068" by|strong="H3027" eating|strong="H0398" meat|strong="H1320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w some|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w animal|strong="H0929"\+w*} without|strong="H3808" draining its|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H1818".” So|strong="H3808" that|strong="H5971" night|strong="H3915" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5971" brought|strong="H5066" animals|strong="H0929" and|strong="H3068" slaughtered|strong="H7819" them|strong="H3027" there|strong="H8033". Then|strong="H2088" Saul|strong="H7586" built|strong="H1129" an|strong="H8033" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{35}That|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" first|strong="H2490" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w time|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w built|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w an|strong="H1129"\+w*} altar|strong="H4196" for|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3068" soldiers|strong="H5650" rescued|strong="H5337" Jonathan|strong="H3083" from|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586" }
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\verseNumber{36}Then|strong="H6213" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israeli \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*}, “Let’s|strong="H1980" pursue|strong="H7291" the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H5650" tonight|strong="H3915". We|strong="H5704" can|strong="H6213" attack|strong="H5221" them|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915". We|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5869" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5704" escape|strong="H4422" alive|strong="H7604".” 
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The|strong="H3605" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5650" answered|strong="H6030", “We|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5869" do|strong="H6213" whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" think|strong="H5869" is|strong="H2896" the|strong="H3605" best|strong="H2896" thing|strong="H2896" for|strong="H5704" us|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H6213".” 
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But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" said|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H5704" should|strong="H3548" ask|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w thinks|strong="H8176"\+w* \+w we|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{37}So|strong="H5414" Saul|strong="H7586" asked|strong="H7592" God|strong="H5414", “Should|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" pursue|strong="H7291" the|strong="H5414" Philistine|strong="H6430" soldiers|strong="H5650"? Will|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5414" enable|strong="H7980" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3381" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414"?” But|strong="H3808" God|strong="H5414" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030" Saul|strong="H7586" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{38}Then|strong="H1961" Saul|strong="H7586" summoned|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971". He|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H7200", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w sure|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w has|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w answered|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3117"\+w*} someone|strong="H0376" has|strong="H1961" sinned|strong="H2403". We|strong="H3117" must|strong="H4191" find|strong="H3045" out|strong="H7200" what|strong="H4100" sin|strong="H2403" someone|strong="H0376" has|strong="H1961" committed|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{39}Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" us|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Philistia|strong="H6429"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5971"\+w*}. Just|strong="H3605" as|strong="H3068" certain|strong="H0259" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", whoever|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191". Even|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3129" who|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398", he|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191".” 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w His|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w guilty|strong="H0816"\+w*}, but|strong="H3588" none|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H6030" said|strong="H6030" anything|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{40}Then|strong="H1961" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5971", “You|strong="H3605" stand|strong="H5869" on|strong="H1961" one|strong="H3605" side|strong="H5676". My|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3129" and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1961" stand|strong="H5869" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H5676" side|strong="H5676".” 
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His|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" replied|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H6213" whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" think|strong="H5869" is|strong="H2896" best|strong="H2896".” 
\verseNumber{41}Then|strong="H3318" Saul|strong="H7586" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" Israelis’ God|strong="H3068", “Tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H3318" who|strong="H5971" is|strong="H3068" guilty|strong="H0816" and|strong="H3478" who|strong="H5971" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3318" guilty|strong="H0816".” Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3068" priest|strong="H3548" ◄cast|strong="H3068" lots|strong="H1486"/threw|strong="H7993" the|strong="H3068" stones|strong="H0068" that|strong="H5971" were|strong="H3478" marked|strong="H8104"►, and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3068" indicated that|strong="H5971" it|strong="H3920" was|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w either|strong="H1571"\+w*} Jonathan|strong="H3129" or|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586" who|strong="H5971" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" guilty|strong="H0816" one|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3478" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H5971" were|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3318" guilty|strong="H0816". 
\verseNumber{42}Then|strong="H5307" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3920" priest|strong="H3548", “Throw|strong="H5307" the|strong="H3920" stones|strong="H0068" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1121" indicate which|strong="H0834" of|strong="H1121" us|strong="H5414" two|strong="H8147" is|strong="H1121" guilty|strong="H0816".” So|strong="H3651" he|strong="H1121" did|strong="H5307", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3920" stones|strong="H0068" indicated that|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3129" was|strong="H7586" the|strong="H3920" guilty|strong="H0816" one|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{43}Then|strong="H6213" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" Jonathan|strong="H3129", “Tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3027" done|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w was|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w wrong|strong="H7451"\+w*}.” 
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Jonathan|strong="H3129" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H2005" ate|strong="H2938" a|strong="H6213" little|strong="H4592" bit|strong="H5391" of|strong="H3027" honey|strong="H1706". It|strong="H6213" was|strong="H7586" only|strong="H0389" a|strong="H6213" little|strong="H4592" bit|strong="H5391" that|strong="H7586" was|strong="H7586" on|strong="H3027" the|strong="H6213" end|strong="H7097" of|strong="H3027" my|strong="H6213" stick|strong="H6086". Do|strong="H6213" I|strong="H2005" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w deserve|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w be|strong="H4191"\+w*} executed|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7586"\+w*}?” 
\verseNumber{44}Saul|strong="H7586" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H6213"! I|strong="H3588" hope|strong="H3176"/wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H6213" strike|strong="H4191" me|strong="H6213" and|strong="H7586" kill|strong="H4191" me|strong="H6213" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" executed|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" having|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588"!” 
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\verseNumber{45}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5971" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Saul|strong="H7586", “Jonathan|strong="H3129" has|strong="H3068" won|strong="H1589" a|strong="H6213" great|strong="H1419" victory|strong="H3444" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H6213" us|strong="H6213" Israelis. Should|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" eating|strong="H0398" some|strong="H3117" honey|strong="H1706" [RHQ]? Certainly|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808"! Just|strong="H6213" as|strong="H3117" surely|strong="H4191" as|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3478" injure|strong="H7463" him|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3478" any|strong="H6213" manner|strong="H4941" [IDM], \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} today|strong="H3117" God|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H5826" Jonathan|strong="H3129" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w many|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Philistia|strong="H6429"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5971"\+w*}!” 
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So|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w saying|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H3588" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5971" rescued|strong="H6299" Jonathan|strong="H3129", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" executed|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{46}Then|strong="H1980" Saul|strong="H7586" ordered|strong="H6680" his|strong="H7586" soldiers|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1980" stop|strong="H2308" pursuing|strong="H7291" the|strong="H5927" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H5927", so|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5927" Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H5927" returned|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1980" their|strong="H5927" homes|strong="H1004". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Saul’s|strong="H7586" army|strong="H5927" defeated|strong="H5221" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H4725" their|strong="H5927" enemies|strong="H0341" }
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\verseNumber{47}After|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H7586" became|strong="H4124" the|strong="H3605" ruler|strong="H4910"/king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121", his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" in|strong="H5921" many|strong="H7227" areas|strong="H0776". They|strong="H5921" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Moab|strong="H4124" people-group, the|strong="H3605" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group, the|strong="H3605" Edom|strong="H0112" people-group, the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Zobah|strong="H6678" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*/\+w area|strong="H5439"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" people-group. Wherever|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli army|strong="H2428" fought|strong="H3898", they|strong="H5921" defeated|strong="H5221" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341". 
\verseNumber{48}Saul’s|strong="H7586" army|strong="H2428" fought|strong="H3898" bravely and|strong="H3478" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w tall|strong="H7311"\+w*} descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3027" Amalek|strong="H6002". His|strong="H5221" army|strong="H2428" rescued|strong="H5337" the|strong="H5221" Israelis from|strong="H3478" those|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" ◄plundered|strong="H8154"/forcefully taken|strong="H5337" things|strong="H3478" from|strong="H3478"► them|strong="H5221". 
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\verseNumber{49}Saul’s|strong="H7586" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" Jonathan|strong="H3129", Ishbosheth, and|strong="H1121" Malchishua. He|strong="H8147" also|strong="H8034" had|strong="H1961" two|strong="H8147" daughters|strong="H1323", Merab|strong="H4764" and|strong="H1121" her|strong="H1961" younger|strong="H6996" sister|strong="H0269" Michal|strong="H4324". 
\verseNumber{50}Saul’s|strong="H7586" wife|strong="H0802" was|strong="H8034" Ahinoam|strong="H0293", the|strong="H8034" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Ahimaaz|strong="H0290". The|strong="H8034" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" Saul’s|strong="H7586" army|strong="H6635" was|strong="H8034" Abner|strong="H0074", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H8034" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Saul’s|strong="H7586" uncle|strong="H1730" Ner|strong="H5369". 
\verseNumber{51}Saul’s|strong="H7586" father|strong="H1121" Kish|strong="H7027" and|strong="H1121" Abner’s|strong="H0074" father|strong="H1121" Ner|strong="H5369" were|strong="H1121" both|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abiel|strong="H0022". 
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\verseNumber{52}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H7200" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H7200", his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H2428". And|strong="H1121" whenever|strong="H3605" Saul|strong="H7586" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H1961" young|strong="H1121" man|strong="H1368" who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1961" ◄brave|strong="H2428"/not|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H3372" to|strong="H1961" fight|strong="H4421"► and|strong="H1121" strong|strong="H2389", he|strong="H3117" forced|strong="H4522" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" join|strong="H2266" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428". 

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\chapterNumber{15}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" Saul|strong="H7586", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3478" appoint|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H5971". So|strong="H7971" now|strong="H6258" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068": 
\verseNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w commander|strong="H8269"\+w* } of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3541" armies|strong="H6635" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w angels|strong="H4397"\+w*} has|strong="H3068" declared|strong="H5046" this|strong="H6213": ‘I|strong="H3541" am|strong="H3068" going|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" punish|strong="H6485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Amalek|strong="H6002" for|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w attacking|strong="H5221"\+w*} the|strong="H3541" Israeli people|strong="H5971" after|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3541" Israelis left|strong="H7760" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H3808" now|strong="H6258" go|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} and|strong="H3212" attack|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group. Destroy|strong="H2763" them|strong="H5921" completely|strong="H3605"—destroy|strong="H2763" them|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3212" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" them|strong="H5921"—the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3212" women|strong="H0802", their|strong="H3605" children|strong="H5768" and|strong="H3212" infants|strong="H5768", their|strong="H3605" cattle|strong="H7716" and|strong="H3212" sheep|strong="H7716" and|strong="H3212" camels|strong="H1581" and|strong="H3212" donkeys|strong="H2543". Do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" ◄spare|strong="H2550" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921"/allow|strong="H5414" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5704" remain|strong="H3808" alive|strong="H2416"►!’” 
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\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H6485" Saul|strong="H7586" summoned|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" army|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H5971" gathered|strong="H8085" at|strong="H7586" Telaim|strong="H2923" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H5971" 200,000 soldiers|strong="H7273". 10,000 of|strong="H5971" them|strong="H6485" were|strong="H5971" from|strong="H8085" Judah|strong="H3063", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w others|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w from|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* Israeli \+w tribes|strong="H7626"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H7586" Saul|strong="H7586" went|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" a|strong="H5704" town|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5704" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group lived|strong="H3427". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w His|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w prepared|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w suddenly|strong="H6597"\+w* \+w by|strong="H5892"\+w*} hiding|strong="H5641" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5704" valley|strong="H5158". 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H6213" Saul|strong="H7586" sent|strong="H5927" this|strong="H6213" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" Ken people-group \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}: “You|strong="H3605" acted|strong="H6213" kindly|strong="H2617" toward|strong="H5973" all|strong="H3605" our|strong="H3605" Israeli \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w*} when|strong="H6213" they|strong="H6213" left|strong="H5493" Egypt|strong="H4714". But|strong="H3605" we|strong="H6213" are|strong="H1121" going|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3381" kill|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H6435"\+w* \+w they|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w opposed|strong="H5975"\+w*/\+w attacked|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w our|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w*}. So|strong="H6213" move|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group live|strong="H3427". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H6435"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w move|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w away|strong="H5493"\+w*}, you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H2026" when|strong="H6213" they|strong="H6213" are|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H2026".” So|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H6213"\+w* } the|strong="H3605" Ken people-group \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w heard|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*, \+w they|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w immediately|strong="H6965"\+w*} left|strong="H5493" that|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508". 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H7586" Saul’s|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} slaughtered|strong="H5221" the|strong="H6440" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group, from|strong="H6440" Havilah|strong="H2341" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w east|strong="H5921"\+w*} to|strong="H5921" Shur|strong="H7793" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w west|strong="H3220"\+w*}. Shur|strong="H7793" was|strong="H7586" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" border|strong="H1366" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w between|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4714"\+w*} Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{8}Saul’s|strong="H7586" army|strong="H5971" captured|strong="H8610" Agag|strong="H0090", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group, but|strong="H5971" they|strong="H6310" killed|strong="H2719" everyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" only|strong="H3605" ◄spared|strong="H2550"/did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H2026"► Agag|strong="H0090", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" also|strong="H7586" took|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" best|strong="H4315" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H5971" goats|strong="H5795" and|strong="H5971" cattle|strong="H1241". They|strong="H3808" took|strong="H5971" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" was|strong="H7586" good|strong="H2896". They|strong="H3808" destroyed|strong="H2763" only|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3808" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3808" worthless|strong="H3808". 

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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050", 
\verseNumber{11}“I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" sorry|strong="H5162" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" appointed|strong="H4427" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3808" your|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" turned|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725" and|strong="H6965" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" obeyed|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H3588" commanded|strong="H6680" him|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H3068".” Samuel|strong="H8050" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H2734" disturbed|strong="H1993"/upset|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w heard|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*}, and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3588" cried|strong="H2199" out|strong="H2199" to|strong="H7725" Yahweh|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" night|strong="H3915". 
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\verseNumber{12}Early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H5674" next|strong="H3027" morning|strong="H1242", Samuel|strong="H8050" got|strong="H7925" up|strong="H5324" and|strong="H3027" went|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" talk|strong="H5046" with|strong="H3381" Saul|strong="H7586". But|strong="H2009" someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" Samuel|strong="H8050", “Saul|strong="H7586" went|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Camel|strong="H1581" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, where|strong="H3027" he|strong="H3027" has|strong="H7586" set|strong="H5324" up|strong="H5324" a|strong="H5674" monument|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3381" honor|strong="H3519" himself|strong="H3027". Now|strong="H2009" he|strong="H3027" has|strong="H7586" left|strong="H3381" there|strong="H2009" and|strong="H3027" gone|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Gilgal|strong="H1537".” 
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\verseNumber{13}When|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" arrived|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\+w*} he|strong="H3068" approached|strong="H5066" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H6965" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H1697" tohim,, “I|strong="H1697" wish|strong="H1697"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H1288"! I|strong="H1697" have|strong="H3068" obeyed|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1697" me|strong="H1288" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068".” 
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\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H8085" Samuel|strong="H8050" replied|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H0518" that|strong="H8085" is|strong="H2088" true|strong="H0571", why|strong="H4100" is|strong="H2088" it|strong="H2088" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H2088" hear|strong="H8085" cattle|strong="H1241" mooing and|strong="H6963" I|strong="H2088" hear|strong="H8085" sheep|strong="H6629" bleating|strong="H6963"?” 
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\verseNumber{15}Saul|strong="H7586" replied|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H5921" soldiers|strong="H5971" took|strong="H5971" them|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group. They|strong="H3068" saved|strong="H3498" the|strong="H5921" best|strong="H4315" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3068" cattle|strong="H1241", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H2076" them|strong="H5921" as|strong="H3068" sacrifices|strong="H2076" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". But|strong="H3498" we|strong="H2763" have|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H2763" destroyed|strong="H2763" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" others|strong="H5971".” 
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\verseNumber{16}Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Saul|strong="H7586", “Stop|strong="H2308" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w talking|strong="H1696"\+w*}! Allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5046" to|strong="H1696" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H5046" what|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5046" last|strong="H0314" night|strong="H3915".” 
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Saul|strong="H7586" replied|strong="H1696", “Tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1696"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{17}Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559", “Previously|strong="H3808" you|strong="H5921" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" think|strong="H5869" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3478" important|strong="H5704". But|strong="H3808" now|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" [RHQ] the|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". Yahweh|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H4150" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" their|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H3068" something|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7971"\+w*}. He|strong="H5704" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H7971", ‘Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3068" get|strong="H3212" rid|strong="H7971" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H5704" those|strong="H1992" sinful|strong="H2400" people|strong="H5971", the|strong="H3068" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group. Attack|strong="H3898" them|strong="H7971" and|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" all|strong="H5704" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H7971".’ 
\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H6213" why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" obey|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" [RHQ]? Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3068" men|strong="H7451" take|strong="H6213" the|strong="H8085" best|strong="H5869" animals|strong="H0929" [RHQ]? Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H8085" was|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451"?” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{20}Saul|strong="H7586" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050", “Hey|strong="H1945", I|strong="H8085" did|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6963" Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068"! I|strong="H8085" brought|strong="H3212" back|strong="H3212" King|strong="H4428" Agag|strong="H0090", but|strong="H8085" we|strong="H8085" killed|strong="H2026" everyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750"! 
\verseNumber{21}My|strong="H3068" men|strong="H5971" brought|strong="H3947" back|strong="H3947" only|strong="H0389" the|strong="H3947" best|strong="H2459" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3068" cattle|strong="H1241" and|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H2764", in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3068" sacrifice|strong="H2076" them|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" here|strong="H6311" at|strong="H3068" Gilgal|strong="H1537".” 
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\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H2009" Samuel|strong="H8050" replied|strong="H0559", 
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“Which|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w*} pleases|strong="H2896" Yahweh|strong="H3068" more|strong="H3254", animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H8085" are|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H8085" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" sacrifices|strong="H2077", 
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or|strong="H8085" people|strong="H8085" obeying|strong="H8085" him|strong="H6963" [SYN]? 
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It|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" better|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} than|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w offer|strong="H2077"\+w*} sacrifices|strong="H2077" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6963"\+w*}. 
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It|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" better|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" pay|strong="H7181" attention|strong="H7181" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2896" he|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559" than|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w burn|strong="H8313"\+w*} the|strong="H8085" fat|strong="H2459" of|strong="H3068" rams|strong="H0352", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6963"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{23}To|strong="H3068" rebel|strong="H4805" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w*} is|strong="H3068" as|strong="H1697" sinful|strong="H2403" as|strong="H1697" doing|strong="H6213" sorcery|strong="H3784"/black|strong="H7838" magic, 
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and|strong="H3068" being|strong="H3068" stubborn|strong="H5637" is|strong="H3068" as|strong="H1697" sinful|strong="H2403" as|strong="H1697" worshiping|strong="H7812" idols|strong="H8655". 
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So|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" disobeyed|strong="H6963" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068", 
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he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" declared|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H1697" king|strong="H4428".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Saul|strong="H7586" asks|strong="H7592" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" forgiven|strong="H5545" }
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\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H5674" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yes|strong="H3588"\+w*}, I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398". I|strong="H3588" disobeyed|strong="H6963" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" told|strong="H1697" me|strong="H6963" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068", which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6310". I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H5971" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" ◄afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3068"/worried|strong="H1672" about|strong="H1697"► what|strong="H1697" my|strong="H8085" men|strong="H5971" would|strong="H3068" say|strong="H6310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w did|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w*}. So|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H5971" what|strong="H1697" they|strong="H3588" demanded|strong="H7592". 
\verseNumber{25}But|strong="H6258" now|strong="H6258", please|strong="H4994" forgive|strong="H5375" me|strong="H4994" for|strong="H3068" having|strong="H0369" sinned|strong="H2403". And|strong="H3068" come|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H4994" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3068"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H6258" may|strong="H4994" worship|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068".” 
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\verseNumber{26}But|strong="H3588" Samuel|strong="H8050" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3588". You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" rejected|strong="H3988"/disobeyed|strong="H6963" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H3068". So|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" rejected|strong="H3988" you|strong="H3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w declared|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w no|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w longer|strong="H3808"\+w*} be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w anymore|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{27}As|strong="H2388" Samuel|strong="H8050" turned|strong="H5437" to|strong="H3212" leave|strong="H5800", Saul|strong="H2388" tried|strong="H5437" to|strong="H3212" stop|strong="H2308" him|strong="H2388" by|strong="H3212" grabbing|strong="H3420" the|strong="H2388" edge|strong="H3671" of|strong="H3671" Samuel’s|strong="H8050" robe|strong="H4598", and|strong="H3212" it|strong="H5437" tore|strong="H7167". 
\verseNumber{28}Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5414", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w tore|strong="H7167"\+w* \+w my|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w robe|strong="H4598"\+w*! \+w And|strong="H3478"\+w*} today|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" torn|strong="H7167" away|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" you|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" kingdom|strong="H4468" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478"! He|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" appoint|strong="H5414" someone|strong="H5414" else|strong="H7453" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" king|strong="H5921", someone|strong="H5414" who|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5414" better|strong="H2896" man|strong="H2896" than|strong="H4480" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{29}And|strong="H3478" since|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3588" glorious|strong="H8597" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H3808"\+w*} of|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H3808" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" lie|strong="H8266", he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" change|strong="H5162" ◄his|strong="H3478" mind|strong="H5162"/what|strong="H1571" he|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559"►. Humans sometimes|strong="H3426" change|strong="H5162" their|strong="H3588" minds|strong="H5162", but|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3808" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3588" human|strong="H0120".” 
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\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H6258" Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w pleaded|strong="H7378"\+w* \+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*. \+w He|strong="H3068"\+w*} said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H6258" know|strong="H5048" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H6258" have|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398". But|strong="H3513" please|strong="H4994" honor|strong="H3513" me|strong="H4994" in|strong="H3478" front|strong="H5048" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" leaders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" front|strong="H5048" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3068" other|strong="H5048" Israeli people|strong="H5971" by|strong="H3068" coming|strong="H0935" back|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7725"\+w*} with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H4994" in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H6258" may|strong="H4994" worship|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068".” 
\verseNumber{31}So|strong="H7725" Samuel|strong="H8050" finally|strong="H5704" agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" went|strong="H3068" together|strong="H3162" back|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w were|strong="H7586"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586" worshiped|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068" there|strong="H7725". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Samuel|strong="H8050" executed|strong="H6213" King|strong="H4428" Agag|strong="H0090" }
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\verseNumber{32}Then|strong="H4428" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559", “Bring|strong="H5066" King|strong="H4428" Agag|strong="H0090" to|strong="H3212" me|strong="H5493".” So|strong="H5066" they|strong="H4428" brought|strong="H5066" Agag|strong="H0090" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H4428". Agag|strong="H0090" was|strong="H4428" confidently|strong="H2388" expecting that|strong="H4428" they|strong="H4428" would|strong="H5493" spare|strong="H2550" him|strong="H4428"/not|strong="H3212" kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="H4428". He|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" thinking|strong="H0559", “Surely|strong="H4191" I|strong="H4194" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3212" have|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3212" endure|strong="H5975" an|strong="H4428" agonizing death|strong="H4194"!” 
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\verseNumber{33}But|strong="H3651" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H6440", 
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“You|strong="H6440" have|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2719" the|strong="H6440" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H3068" many|strong="H7227" women|strong="H0802" with|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" sword|strong="H2719", 
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so|strong="H3651" now|strong="H6258" your|strong="H3068" mother|strong="H0517" will|strong="H3068" no|strong="H6440" longer|strong="H5750" have|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121".” 
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And|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050" cut|strong="H3772" Agag|strong="H0090" into|strong="H2719" pieces|strong="H8158" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sword|strong="H2719"\+w*}, there|strong="H3068" at|strong="H3068" Gilgal|strong="H1537", in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{34}Then|strong="H5927" Samuel|strong="H8050" left|strong="H5927" there|strong="H5927" and|strong="H1004" returned|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3212" his|strong="H7586" home|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" Ramah|strong="H7414", and|strong="H1004" Saul|strong="H7586" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" his|strong="H7586" home|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" Gibeah|strong="H1390". 
\verseNumber{35}Samuel|strong="H8050" never|strong="H3808" saw|strong="H7200" Saul|strong="H7586" again|strong="H3254", but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H5704" sad|strong="H7451" about|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H7200"\+w*} Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H3254"\+w*}. And|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H5704" sorry|strong="H5162" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H4427" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478". 

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\chapterNumber{16}Finally|strong="H5704", Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" Samuel|strong="H8050", “I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" decided|strong="H3289" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" allow|strong="H5414" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H5704" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428". So|strong="H7971" you|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" [RHQ] keep|strong="H7200" feeling sad|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H3478"\+w*}. Put|strong="H7971" some|strong="H4480" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3588" small|strong="H6996" container|strong="H3627" and|strong="H1121" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H5704" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w anoint|strong="H4886"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w with|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w oil|strong="H8081"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w appoint|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}. I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" sending|strong="H7971" you|strong="H3588" there|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H1121" named|strong="H5921" Jesse|strong="H3448", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{2}But|strong="H8085" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H8085", “I|strong="H8085" am|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H3372" [RHQ] to|strong="H3212" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H8085"! If|strong="H0518" Saul|strong="H7586" hears|strong="H8085" about|strong="H8085" it|strong="H3947", he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H3947"!” Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H8085", “Take|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" ◄heifer|strong="H5697"/young|strong="H1241" female|strong="H5347" cow|strong="H5697"► with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3947", and|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" people|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3947" have|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} offer|strong="H2076" it|strong="H3947" as|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3947" sacrifice|strong="H2076" to|strong="H3212" me|strong="H3947". 
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\verseNumber{3}“nvite Jesse|strong="H3448" to|strong="H6213" come|strong="H3045" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" sacrifice|strong="H2077". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w he|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w comes|strong="H0935"\+w*,} I|strong="H3045" will|strong="H6213" show|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3045" you|strong="H6213" should|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213". And|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3045" will|strong="H6213" show|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" which|strong="H0834" of|strong="H2077" his|strong="H7121" sons|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w chosen|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}. Then|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" should|strong="H6213" anoint|strong="H4886" that|strong="H3045" one|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w* \+w oil|strong="H4886"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{4}Samuel|strong="H8050" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213". He|strong="H6213" went|strong="H3068" to|strong="H1696" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". When|strong="H1696" the|strong="H6213" town|strong="H5892" leaders|strong="H2205" came|strong="H3068" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6213", they|strong="H3068" trembled|strong="H2729", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w worried|strong="H1672"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Samuel|strong="H8050"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w come|strong="H7122"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w rebuke|strong="H1606"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w about|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w*}. One|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6213" asked|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6213", “Have|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6213" come|strong="H7122" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w speak|strong="H1696"\+w*} peacefully|strong="H7965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w us|strong="H6213"\+w*}?” 
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\verseNumber{5}Samuel|strong="H8050" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588". I|strong="H1121" have|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" peacefully|strong="H7965", to|strong="H3068" make|strong="H7121" a|strong="H7121" sacrifice|strong="H2077" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Perform|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* rituals \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} make|strong="H7121" yourselves|strong="H6942" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" then|strong="H7121" come|strong="H0935" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" where|strong="H0834" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H2076" the|strong="H3068" sacrifice|strong="H2077".” Then|strong="H7121" Samuel|strong="H8050" performed|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3068" ritual|strong="H3925" to|strong="H3068" make|strong="H7121" Jesse|strong="H3448" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" invited|strong="H7121" them|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" sacrifice|strong="H2077". 
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\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" arrived|strong="H0935" there|strong="H1961", Samuel|strong="H7200" looked|strong="H7200" at|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesse’s|strong="H3448"\+w* \+w oldest|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} Eliab|strong="H0446", and|strong="H3068" thought|strong="H0559", “Surely|strong="H1961" this|strong="H7200" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" one|strong="H7200" whom|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H4150" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050", “No|strong="H3808", he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H7200" one|strong="H3808" whom|strong="H5869" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977". Don’t|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H5027" attention|strong="H5027" to|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" being|strong="H3068" handsome|strong="H4758" and|strong="H3068" very|strong="H6967" tall|strong="H6967", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" chosen|strong="H0977" him|strong="H7200". I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" evaluate|strong="H3045" people|strong="H3808" as|strong="H3824" people|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3068". You|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" evaluate|strong="H3045" people|strong="H3808" by|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" appearance|strong="H4758", but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" evaluate|strong="H3045" people|strong="H3808" by|strong="H3068" what|strong="H7200" is|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" inner|strong="H6442" beings|strong="H7200".” 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H2088" Jesse|strong="H3448" told|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w next|strong="H4283"\+w* \+w oldest|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} Abinadab|strong="H0041" to|strong="H3068" step|strong="H6587" forward|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3068" walk|strong="H5674" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Samuel|strong="H8050". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*}, Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H7121", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" chosen|strong="H0977" this|strong="H2088" one|strong="H2088", either|strong="H1571".” 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H2088" Jesse|strong="H3448" told|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w next|strong="H4283"\+w* \+w oldest|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} Shammah|strong="H8048" to|strong="H3068" step|strong="H6587" forward|strong="H5674". He|strong="H3068" stepped|strong="H3318" forward|strong="H5674", but|strong="H3808" Samuel|strong="H5674" said|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" chosen|strong="H0977" this|strong="H2088" one|strong="H2088", either|strong="H1571".” 
\verseNumber{10}Similarly|strong="H2088", Jesse|strong="H3448" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" four|strong="H0702" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" walk|strong="H5674" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" Samuel|strong="H8050". But|strong="H3808" Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Jesse|strong="H3448", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" chosen|strong="H0977" any|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" these|strong="H6440" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" yours|strong="H4191".” 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H2009" Samuel|strong="H8050" asked|strong="H7971" Jesse|strong="H3448", “Do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5288" any|strong="H5750" other|strong="H5750" sons|strong="H1121"?” Jesse|strong="H3448" replied|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H3947" youngest|strong="H6996" son|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w here|strong="H6311"\+w*}; he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2009" out|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H7604"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w fields|strong="H7704"\+w*} taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H6629" the|strong="H3588" sheep|strong="H6629".” Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559", “Send|strong="H7971" someone|strong="H0376" to|strong="H5704" bring|strong="H3947" him|strong="H7971" here|strong="H6311"! We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" sit|strong="H5437" down|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H7462"\+w*} until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H3588" gets|strong="H7971" here|strong="H6311".” 
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\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H7971" Jesse|strong="H3448" sent|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w David|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w there|strong="H2088"\+w*. \+w And|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w David|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w arrived|strong="H0935"\+w*, \+w Samuel|strong="H8050"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" handsome|strong="H3303" and|strong="H6965" healthy|strong="H1277", and|strong="H6965" had|strong="H3068" bright|strong="H0934" eyes|strong="H5869". Then|strong="H6965" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whom|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w chosen|strong="H0977"\+w*}; anoint|strong="H4886" him|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H3947" as|strong="H3117" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stood|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3117"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" older|strong="H4605" brothers|strong="H0251", Samuel|strong="H8050" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" container|strong="H3627" of|strong="H3068" oil|strong="H8081" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3947" and|strong="H6965" poured|strong="H8081" some|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" it|strong="H1931" on|strong="H3117" David’s|strong="H1732" head|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w set|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w apart|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w serve|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w*. \+w After|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w ate|strong="H0398"\+w*, \+w Samuel|strong="H8050"\+w* \+w left|strong="H6965"\+w* } and|strong="H6965" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3212" Ramah|strong="H7414". But|strong="H3947" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" came|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3117" David|strong="H1732" powerfully, and|strong="H6965" stayed|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" for|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3947" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" life|strong="H3117". 

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\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H7451" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" left|strong="H5493" Saul|strong="H7586". Instead|strong="H8478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Spirit|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w staying|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H3068" an|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307" to|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H3068" terrify|strong="H1204" him|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w repeatedly|strong="H7725"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{15}One|strong="H0259" of|strong="H7307" his|strong="H7586" servants|strong="H5650" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5650" him|strong="H5414", “It|strong="H7307" is|strong="H2009" evident|strong="H6440" that|strong="H7586" an|strong="H7307" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307" sent|strong="H7971" by|strong="H7451" God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H2009" terrifying|strong="H3372" you|strong="H7307". 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H4994"\+w* suggest \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w*} allow|strong="H4994" us|strong="H4994", your|strong="H5921" servants|strong="H5650" here|strong="H5921", to|strong="H1961" search|strong="H1245" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H7451" who|strong="H5650" plays|strong="H5059" the|strong="H6440" harp|strong="H3658" well|strong="H2895". He|strong="H3027" can|strong="H5650" play|strong="H5059" the|strong="H6440" harp|strong="H3658" whenever|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307" bothers you|strong="H6440". Then|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w calm|strong="H8367"\+w* \+w down|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3027"\+w*} you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" okay again|strong="H6440".” 
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\verseNumber{17}Saul|strong="H7586" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Fine|strong="H5560"\+w*/Okay}, find|strong="H7200" for|strong="H5650" me|strong="H4994" a|strong="H7200" man|strong="H7200" who|strong="H5650" can|strong="H5650" play|strong="H5059" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w harp|strong="H3658"\+w*} well|strong="H3190", and|strong="H5650" bring|strong="H0935" him|strong="H7200" to|strong="H5650" me|strong="H4994".” 
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\verseNumber{18}One|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" servants|strong="H5288" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7200", “A|strong="H7200" man|strong="H5288" named|strong="H7121" Jesse|strong="H3448", in|strong="H3068" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, has|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7200" son|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" plays|strong="H5059" the|strong="H7200" harp|strong="H3658" very|strong="H3045" well|strong="H3045". Furthermore|strong="H2009", he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7200" brave|strong="H2428" man|strong="H5288", and|strong="H1121" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7200" capable|strong="H2428" soldier|strong="H4421". He|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" handsome|strong="H8389" and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" speaks|strong="H1696" wisely|strong="H2451". And|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" protects|strong="H8104" him|strong="H7200".” 
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\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H7971" Saul|strong="H7586" sent|strong="H7971" this|strong="H7971" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7971" Jesse|strong="H3448": “Send|strong="H7971" your|strong="H7971" son|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971", the|strong="H7971" one|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" takes|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" sheep|strong="H6629".” 
\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w after|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w went|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w*} Jesse|strong="H3448" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1121"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w agreed|strong="H8085"\+w*. \+w He|strong="H1732"\+w* } got|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" young|strong="H1121" goat|strong="H5795", a|strong="H3947" container|strong="H3627" of|strong="H1121" wine|strong="H3196", a|strong="H3947" donkey|strong="H2543" on|strong="H3027" which|strong="H3899" he|strong="H1732" put|strong="H7971" some|strong="H3027" loaves|strong="H3899" of|strong="H1121" bread|strong="H3899", and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H3947" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H7971" take|strong="H3947" to|strong="H7971" Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w present|strong="H7126"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H1732" to|strong="H1961" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1732" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440". Saul|strong="H7586" liked|strong="H7521" David|strong="H1732" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H3966", and|strong="H1732" he|strong="H1732" became|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" man|strong="H5375" who|strong="H5975" carried|strong="H5375" Saul’s|strong="H7586" weapons|strong="H3627" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w went|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w in|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w battles|strong="H4421"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H7971" Saul|strong="H7586" sent|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w messenger|strong="H4397"\+w* } to|strong="H7971" Jesse|strong="H3448" to|strong="H7971" tell|strong="H4994" him|strong="H6440", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H6440" David|strong="H1732". Please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H7971" him|strong="H6440" stay|strong="H5975" here|strong="H4672" and|strong="H7971" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H6440".” 
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\verseNumber{23}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesse|strong="H3448"\+w* \+w agreed|strong="H8085"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w after|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1732"\+w*}, whenever|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307" whom|strong="H0834" God|strong="H3027" sent|strong="H1732" tormented|strong="H1204" Saul|strong="H7586", David|strong="H1732" played|strong="H5059" the|strong="H5921" harp|strong="H3658". Then|strong="H1961" Saul|strong="H7586" would|strong="H7307" become|strong="H1961" calm|strong="H8367", and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307" would|strong="H7307" leave|strong="H5493" him|strong="H5921". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Goliath challenged the Israeli army }
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\chapterNumber{17}The|strong="H3063" Philistines|strong="H6430" gathered|strong="H6430" their|strong="H3605" army|strong="H4264" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3063"\+w* Israeli \+w army|strong="H4264"\+w*}. They|strong="H3063" gathered|strong="H6430" together|strong="H3162" near|strong="H7126" Socoh|strong="H7755", in|strong="H2583" the|strong="H3063" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3063" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4264" Judah|strong="H3063" lived|strong="H3427". They|strong="H3063" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H4264" at|strong="H2583" Ephes-Dammim|strong="H0658", which|strong="H3063" is|strong="H3063" between|strong="H4421" Socoh|strong="H7755" and|strong="H3063" Azekah|strong="H5825". 
\verseNumber{2}Saul|strong="H7586" gathered|strong="H6430" the|strong="H7122" Israeli army|strong="H6010" near|strong="H7126" Elah|strong="H0425" Valley|strong="H6010", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3478" set|strong="H6186" up|strong="H6186" their|strong="H6186" tents|strong="H2583". Then|strong="H7586" they|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" took|strong="H3478" their|strong="H6186" places|strong="H1116", ready|strong="H6186" to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H4421" the|strong="H7122" Philistines|strong="H6430". 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H5975" the|strong="H5975" Philistine|strong="H6430" and|strong="H3478" Israeli armies|strong="H6635" faced|strong="H6440" each|strong="H2088" other|strong="H2088". They|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" on|strong="H5975" two|strong="H2088" hills|strong="H2022", with|strong="H3478" a|strong="H5975" valley|strong="H1516" between|strong="H0996" them|strong="H5975". 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H3318" Goliath|strong="H1555", from|strong="H3318" Gath|strong="H1661" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" Philistine|strong="H6430" camp|strong="H4264". He|strong="H3318" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H3318" champion|strong="H1368" warrior|strong="H1368"/soldier|strong="H6635". He|strong="H3318" was|strong="H8034" ◄over|strong="H3318" 9 feet|strong="H7272"/3 meters► tall|strong="H1363". 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H1931" wore|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" helmet|strong="H3553" made|strong="H6213" of|strong="H7218" bronze|strong="H5178" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w protect|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w head|strong="H7218"\+w*}, and|strong="H7218" he|strong="H1931" wore|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" coat|strong="H8302" made|strong="H6213" of|strong="H7218" metal|strong="H2830" plates|strong="H7554" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w protect|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w body|strong="H8302"\+w*}. The|strong="H5921" coat|strong="H8302" weighed|strong="H4948" ◄125 pounds|strong="H1993"/56 kg.►. 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H5921" wore|strong="H5921" bronze|strong="H5178" guards|strong="H7323"/protectors on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" legs|strong="H7272". He|strong="H5921" had|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5921" long|strong="H5921" bronze|strong="H5178" dagger|strong="H2719" fastened|strong="H8628" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" back|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H1980" also|strong="H6793" had|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5375" big|strong="H0931" spear|strong="H2595". It|strong="H5375" had|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5375" cord|strong="H6616" on|strong="H1980" it|strong="H5375" to|strong="H1980" enable|strong="H7980" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1980" throw|strong="H7993" it|strong="H5375" better|strong="H2896" (OR|strong="H2595", which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H6440" as|strong="H6440" thick|strong="H6205" as|strong="H6440" a|strong="H5375" weaver’s|strong="H0707" beam|strong="H4500"). The|strong="H6440" tip|strong="H8571" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" spear|strong="H2595" was|strong="H6440" made|strong="H1980" of|strong="H6440" iron|strong="H1270" and|strong="H3967" weighed|strong="H8254" ◄15 pounds|strong="H1993"/almost|strong="H4592" 7 kg.►. A|strong="H5375" soldier|strong="H6635" carrying|strong="H5375" a|strong="H5375" huge|strong="H1995" shield|strong="H6793" walked|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{8}Goliath|strong="H5975" stood|strong="H5975" there|strong="H5975" and|strong="H3478" shouted|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H7121" Israeli army|strong="H4634", “Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3808" all|strong="H7121" lined|strong="H3591" up|strong="H5975" for|strong="H7121" battle|strong="H4421"? I|strong="H5650" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7121" great|strong="H1419" Philistine|strong="H6430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldier|strong="H4421"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H5650" think|strong="H2803" [RHQ] you|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w merely|strong="H6680"\+w*} Saul’s|strong="H7586" slaves|strong="H5650". Choose|strong="H1262" one|strong="H3808" man|strong="H0376" to|strong="H3381" fight|strong="H4421" for|strong="H7121" all|strong="H7121" of|strong="H5650" you|strong="H3808", and|strong="H3478" send|strong="H3318" him|strong="H7121" down|strong="H3381" here|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3381" me|strong="H7121"! 
\verseNumber{9}If|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3201" fights|strong="H3898" with|strong="H3898" me|strong="H5221" and|strong="H5650" kills|strong="H5221" me|strong="H5221", then|strong="H1961" my|strong="H1961" fellow|strong="H7453" Philistines|strong="H6430" will|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3201" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H1961" slaves|strong="H5650". But|strong="H1961" if|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3201" defeat|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221" and|strong="H5650" kill|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221", then|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5221" Israelis will|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3201" be|strong="H1961" our|strong="H5650" slaves|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{10}I|strong="H3117" defy|strong="H2778"/challenge|strong="H1481" you|strong="H5414" men|strong="H3478" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" Israeli army|strong="H4634". Send|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" man|strong="H2088" who|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H3898" with|strong="H3898" me|strong="H5414"!” 
\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H8085" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5650" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3605", they|strong="H1697" were|strong="H3478" extremely|strong="H3966" terrified|strong="H2865" [DOU]. 

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\verseNumber{12}David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H3117" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448". Jesse|strong="H3448" was|strong="H8034" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3117" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Ephrath|strong="H0672". He|strong="H3117" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3117" Bethlehem|strong="H1035", in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3117" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" lived|strong="H3427". Jesse|strong="H3448" had|strong="H1732" eight|strong="H8083" sons|strong="H1121". When|strong="H3117" Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}, Jesse|strong="H3448" had|strong="H1732" already|strong="H3528" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H3117" very|strong="H2088" old|strong="H1121" man|strong="H1121" [DOU]. 
\verseNumber{13}Jesse’s|strong="H3448" three|strong="H7969" oldest|strong="H1419" sons|strong="H1121", Eliab|strong="H0446" and|strong="H1121" Abinadab|strong="H0041" and|strong="H1121" Shammah|strong="H8048", had|strong="H7586" gone|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1980" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H1980" fight|strong="H4421" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w Philistines|strong="H6430"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{14}David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" Jesse’s|strong="H3448" youngest|strong="H6996" son|strong="H1121". While|strong="H1931" his|strong="H1732" three|strong="H7969" oldest|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H0251" were|strong="H1732" with|strong="H1980" Saul|strong="H7586", 
\verseNumber{15}David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H1980" back|strong="H7725" and|strong="H1980" forth|strong="H1980": Sometimes|strong="H3426" he|strong="H1732" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" Saul’s|strong="H7586" camp|strong="H4264", and|strong="H1980" sometimes|strong="H3426" he|strong="H1732" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H5921" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" to|strong="H1980" take|strong="H7725" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" his|strong="H1732" father’s|strong="H0001" sheep|strong="H6629". 
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\verseNumber{16}For|strong="H3117" 40 days|strong="H3117" Goliath|strong="H1555" came|strong="H5066" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" Philistine|strong="H6430" camp|strong="H4264" and|strong="H3117" stood|strong="H3320" there|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w taunting|strong="H2781"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* Israeli \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*/\+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* Israelis \+w to|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w choose|strong="H0977"\+w* \+w one|strong="H0259"\+w* \+w man|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3117"\+w*}. He|strong="H3117" did|strong="H3117" it|strong="H3117" twice|strong="H6471" each|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", once|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" morning|strong="H7925" and|strong="H3117" once|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" evening|strong="H6150". 
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\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*}, Jesse|strong="H3448" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732", “Here|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" a|strong="H3947" sack|strong="H0572" of|strong="H1121" roasted|strong="H7039" grain|strong="H7039" and|strong="H1121" ten|strong="H6235" loaves|strong="H3899" of|strong="H1121" bread|strong="H3899". Take|strong="H3947" these|strong="H2088" quickly|strong="H7323" to|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H2461" here|strong="H6311" are|strong="H8269" ten|strong="H6235" large|strong="H1419" chunks of|strong="H8269" cheese|strong="H2461". Take|strong="H3947" them|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3947" their|strong="H3947" commander|strong="H8269". And|strong="H2461" see|strong="H6485" how|strong="H7965" things|strong="H1697" are|strong="H8269" going|strong="H1980" with|strong="H3947" your|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251". Then|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w are|strong="H8269"\+w* okay,} bring|strong="H3947" back|strong="H3947" something|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3947" show|strong="H7200" they|strong="H3947" are|strong="H8269" all|strong="H6485" right|strong="H3225".” 
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\verseNumber{19}His|strong="H3605" brothers|strong="H0251" were|strong="H3478" with|strong="H5973" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5650", camped|strong="H2583" alongside|strong="H5980" Elah|strong="H0425" Valley|strong="H6010", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w preparing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} fight|strong="H3898" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430". 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H3318" David|strong="H1732" arranged|strong="H6186" for|strong="H5921" another|strong="H0312" shepherd|strong="H7462" to|strong="H3318" take|strong="H5375" care|strong="H8104" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sheep|strong="H6629". Early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H5921" next|strong="H5921" morning|strong="H1242" he|strong="H1732" took|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5921" food|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3212" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" Israeli camp|strong="H4570", as|strong="H3318" Jesse|strong="H3448" told|strong="H6680" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3318" do|strong="H6680". He|strong="H1732" arrived|strong="H0935" there|strong="H8033" just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" Israeli soldiers|strong="H4421" were|strong="H1732" forming|strong="H3335" their|strong="H5375" ranks|strong="H4634" and|strong="H3212" going|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" battlefield|strong="H4634". As|strong="H3318" they|strong="H5921" went|strong="H3212", they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H1732" shouting|strong="H7321" a|strong="H5375" war|strong="H4421" cry|strong="H7321". 
\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H7122" Philistine|strong="H6430" army|strong="H4634" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7122" Israeli army|strong="H4634" stood|strong="H5975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7122"\+w* hillsides}, facing|strong="H6437" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312", ready|strong="H6186" for|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7122" battle|strong="H4634". 
\verseNumber{22}David|strong="H1732" gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" food|strong="H3899" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H8104" was|strong="H1732" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" war|strong="H4421" equipment|strong="H3627". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w take|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w care|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w food|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3627"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w brought|strong="H7323"\+w*}, and|strong="H3027" then|strong="H1732" he|strong="H1732" went|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3027" greeted|strong="H7592" his|strong="H8104" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H0251". 
\verseNumber{23}While|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H8034" talking|strong="H1696" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H5927", he|strong="H1931" saw|strong="H2009" Goliath|strong="H1555" coming|strong="H5927" out|strong="H1696" from|strong="H5927" among|strong="H5973" the|strong="H8085" Philistine|strong="H6430" soldiers|strong="H5927", shouting|strong="H8643" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* Israelis}, challenging them|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w send|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w a|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w man|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5973"\+w*}. David|strong="H1732" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1697" Goliath|strong="H1555" was|strong="H8034" saying|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{24}When|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5650" saw|strong="H7200" Goliath|strong="H1555", they|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" terrified|strong="H3966" and|strong="H3478" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127". 
\verseNumber{25}They|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3478" saying|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" each|strong="H5414" other|strong="H2088", “Look|strong="H7200" at|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5414" coming|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" toward|strong="H5927" us|strong="H5414"! And|strong="H3478" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5414" as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3588" defies us|strong="H5414" Israelis! The|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" says|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" big|strong="H0931" reward|strong="H7939" to|strong="H3478" whoever|strong="H3605" kills|strong="H5221" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H1419". He|strong="H3588" also|strong="H6213" says|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323" to|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" man|strong="H1419" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" marry|strong="H1961" her|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" no|strong="H6213" longer|strong="H5750" require|strong="H1875" that|strong="H3588" man’s|strong="H0376" family|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3478" pay|strong="H5414" taxes|strong="H4061".” 
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\verseNumber{26}David|strong="H1732" talked|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3478" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H6213" who|strong="H4310" were|strong="H3478" standing|strong="H5975" near|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921". He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" will|strong="H4310" be|strong="H3478" given|strong="H5221" to|strong="H3478" whoever|strong="H4310" kills|strong="H5221" this|strong="H2088" Philistine|strong="H6430" and|strong="H3478" frees us|strong="H5921" Israelis from|strong="H5493" this|strong="H2088" shame|strong="H2781"/disgrace|strong="H2781"? And|strong="H3478" who|strong="H4310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w does|strong="H6213"\+w* } this|strong="H2088" heathen|strong="H1471" Philistine|strong="H6430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w*} is|strong="H2088", defying/ridiculing the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H4634" that|strong="H3588" serves|strong="H5647" the|strong="H5921" all-powerful God|strong="H4310"?” 
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\verseNumber{27}They|strong="H1697" told|strong="H1697" him|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" same|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5221" other|strong="H2088" men|strong="H5971" had|strong="H5971" said|strong="H1697", about|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5221" king|strong="H4428" would|strong="H5971" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H5971" killed|strong="H5221" Goliath|strong="H1555". 
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\verseNumber{28}But|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" David’s|strong="H1732" oldest|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H0251" Eliab|strong="H0446" heard|strong="H8085" David|strong="H1732" talking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H1419", he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1732" angry|strong="H2734". He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" David|strong="H1732", “Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588" come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" here|strong="H2088"? Is|strong="H2088" someone|strong="H4310" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4057" those|strong="H5921" few|strong="H4592" sheep|strong="H6629" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" left|strong="H5203" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" desert|strong="H4057"? I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4100" just|strong="H1696" a|strong="H3588" ◄smart-aleck/brat►! You|strong="H3588" just|strong="H1696" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H1696" watch|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" battle|strong="H4421"!” 
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\verseNumber{29}David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H0559", “Have|strong="H1697" I|strong="H1697" done|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" wrong|strong="H7451"? I|strong="H1697" was|strong="H1732" merely|strong="H6680" asking|strong="H7592" a|strong="H6213" question|strong="H1697"!” 
\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H2088" he|strong="H5971" walked|strong="H1980" over|strong="H5437" to|strong="H7725" another|strong="H2088" man|strong="H2088" and|strong="H7725" asked|strong="H1697" him|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" same|strong="H2088" question|strong="H1697", but|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" man|strong="H2088" gave|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" same|strong="H2088" answer|strong="H7725". Each|strong="H5971" time|strong="H7223" he|strong="H5971" asked|strong="H1697" someone|strong="H0376", he|strong="H5971" received|strong="H3947" the|strong="H7725" same|strong="H2088" answer|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{31}Finally|strong="H5704", someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" king|strong="H6440" Saul|strong="H7586" what|strong="H1697" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H1696", and|strong="H1732" Saul|strong="H7586" sent|strong="H1732" someone|strong="H0376" to|strong="H1696" bring|strong="H3947" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{32}David|strong="H1732" told|strong="H5046" king|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H7586", “No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H2088" should|strong="H1732" ◄worry|strong="H2347"/become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H2088" coward► because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5650" that|strong="H2088" Philistine|strong="H6430" man|strong="H2088". I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5650" go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" fight|strong="H3898" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921"!” 
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\verseNumber{33}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3201" David|strong="H1732", “You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4421" only|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288", and|strong="H3212" he|strong="H1931" has|strong="H7586" been|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3588" very|strong="H2088" capable|strong="H2428" soldier|strong="H4421" all|strong="H3212" his|strong="H1732" life|strong="H5315". So|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4421" not|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" fight|strong="H3898" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973"!” 
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\verseNumber{34}David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5650" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H5650" my|strong="H1732" father’s|strong="H0001" sheep|strong="H6629" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w*}. Whenever|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" lion|strong="H0738" or|strong="H7462" a|strong="H1961" bear|strong="H5375" came|strong="H1961" and|strong="H1732" carried|strong="H5375" away|strong="H5375" a|strong="H1961" lamb|strong="H7716", 
\verseNumber{35}I|strong="H5921" went|strong="H3318" after|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" lion|strong="H0738" or|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5921" bear|strong="H3318" and|strong="H6965" attacked|strong="H5221" it|strong="H5921" and|strong="H6965" rescued|strong="H5337" the|strong="H5921" lamb|strong="H3532" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" wild|strong="H7704" animal’s|strong="H0929" mouth|strong="H6310". Then|strong="H6965" I|strong="H5921" grabbed|strong="H2388" the|strong="H5921" animal|strong="H0929" by|strong="H5921" its|strong="H5921" jaw|strong="H3895"/throat|strong="H1627" and|strong="H6965" struck|strong="H5221" it|strong="H5921" and|strong="H6965" killed|strong="H5221" it|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{36}I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H5221" both|strong="H1571" lions|strong="H3715" and|strong="H5650" bears|strong="H1677". And|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w do|strong="H2088"\+w*} the|strong="H3588" same|strong="H2088" to|strong="H1961" this|strong="H2088" heathen|strong="H1471" Philistine|strong="H6430", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H1961" defied|strong="H2778"/ridiculed the|strong="H3588" army|strong="H4634" of|strong="H5650" the|strong="H3588" all-powerful God|strong="H0430"! 
\verseNumber{37}Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" me|strong="H5973" from|strong="H3027" paws|strong="H3709" of|strong="H3068" lions|strong="H3715" and|strong="H3068" bears|strong="H1677", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H5337" me|strong="H5973" from|strong="H3027" this|strong="H2088" Philistine|strong="H6430"!” Then|strong="H1961" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" David|strong="H1732", “All|strong="H5337" right|strong="H3068", go|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3027"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w hope|strong="H3176"\+w*/\+w desire|strong="H8378"\+w*} that|strong="H1931" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" help|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5973"!” 
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\verseNumber{38}Then|strong="H5414" Saul|strong="H7586" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H5414" own|strong="H1961" clothes|strong="H3847" that|strong="H5414" he|strong="H1732" always|strong="H3605" wore|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" battles|strong="H4421", and|strong="H1732" he|strong="H1732" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" bronze|strong="H5178" helmet|strong="H6959" and|strong="H1732" a|strong="H5414" coat|strong="H8302" made|strong="H5414" of|strong="H7218" metal|strong="H2830" plates|strong="H7554". 
\verseNumber{39}David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w put|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w these|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w*. \+w Then|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w*} fastened|strong="H8628" his|strong="H1732" sword|strong="H2719" over|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3212" tried|strong="H2974" to|strong="H3201" walk|strong="H3212". But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" walk|strong="H3212", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1732" not|strong="H3808" accustomed|strong="H3928" to|strong="H3201" wearing|strong="H2296" those|strong="H5921" things|strong="H3808". So|strong="H3808" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3201" Saul|strong="H7586", “I|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" fight|strong="H3898" wearing|strong="H2296" all|strong="H3212" these|strong="H1732" things|strong="H3808", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" accustomed|strong="H3928" to|strong="H3201" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wearing|strong="H2296"\+w*} them|strong="H5921"!” So|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3588" took|strong="H5493" them|strong="H5921" off|strong="H5493". 
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\verseNumber{40}Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H2568" took|strong="H3947" his|strong="H7760" walking|strong="H1980"/shepherd’s|strong="H7462" stick|strong="H4731", and|strong="H3027" he|strong="H2568" picked|strong="H5375" up|strong="H7760" five|strong="H2568" smooth|strong="H2512" stones|strong="H0068" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3947" brook|strong="H5158"/stream|strong="H5158". He|strong="H2568" put|strong="H7760" them|strong="H3027" in|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3947" pouch|strong="H3219" of|strong="H3027" his|strong="H7760" shoulder-bag. Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H2568" put|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" sling|strong="H7050" in|strong="H3027" his|strong="H7760" hand|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" started|strong="H2490" walking|strong="H1980" toward|strong="H4480" Goliath|strong="H1555". 

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\verseNumber{41}Goliath|strong="H1555" walked|strong="H1980" toward|strong="H6440" David|strong="H1732", with|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" soldier|strong="H6635" who|strong="H1980" was|strong="H1732" carrying|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" shield|strong="H6793" walking|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440". When|strong="H1980" he|strong="H1732" got|strong="H1980" near|strong="H7131" David|strong="H1732", 
\verseNumber{42}he|strong="H3588" looked|strong="H7200" at|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" closely|strong="H1692". He|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" handsome|strong="H3303" face|strong="H4758" and|strong="H1732" healthy|strong="H1277" body|strong="H1320", but|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" only|strong="H3588" a|strong="H1961" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288". So|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3588" sneered at|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{43}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732", “Are|strong="H6430" you|strong="H3588" coming|strong="H0935" to|strong="H1732" me|strong="H3588" with|strong="H1732" a|strong="H3588" stick|strong="H4731" because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" a|strong="H3588" dog|strong="H3611"?” Then|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" gods|strong="H0430" to|strong="H1732" harm|strong="H7463" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{44}He|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" David|strong="H1732", “Come|strong="H3212" here|strong="H6311" to|strong="H3212" me|strong="H5414", and|strong="H8064" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H8064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w and|strong="H8064"\+w*} give|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" dead|strong="H4191" body|strong="H1320" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5414" birds|strong="H5775" and|strong="H8064" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H0929" to|strong="H3212" eat|strong="H0398"!” 
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\verseNumber{45}David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3478" are|strong="H3478" coming|strong="H0935" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H2719" with|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3478" sword|strong="H2719" and|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" dagger|strong="H2719" and|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" spear|strong="H2595". But|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3478" am|strong="H3068" coming|strong="H0935" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3478" ◄in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034"/with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" authority|strong="H8034"► of|strong="H3068" almighty|strong="H6635" Yahweh|strong="H3068". He|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3068" army|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worships|strong="H7812"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H3478" have|strong="H3068" defied|strong="H2778"/ridiculed. 
\verseNumber{46}Today|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5221" you|strong="H3588". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" strike|strong="H5221" you|strong="H3588" down|strong="H5221" and|strong="H3478" cut|strong="H3478" off|strong="H5493" your|strong="H3068" head|strong="H7218". And|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* Israelis \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H5221"\+w*} many|strong="H7227" Philistine|strong="H6430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w*} give|strong="H5414" their|strong="H3605" bodies|strong="H6297" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" birds|strong="H5775" and|strong="H3478" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H2416" to|strong="H3478" eat|strong="H0398". And|strong="H3478" everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w hear|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w*} know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H3045" worship|strong="H3478" an|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{all-powerful} God|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{47}And|strong="H3068" everyone|strong="H3605" here|strong="H2088" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" can|strong="H3045" rescue|strong="H3467" people|strong="H3808" without|strong="H3808" a|strong="H5414" sword|strong="H2719" or|strong="H3808" a|strong="H5414" spear|strong="H2595". Yahweh|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" wins|strong="H5414" his|strong="H3605" battles|strong="H4421", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Philistines|strong="H6430"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{48}As|strong="H1961" Goliath|strong="H1555" came|strong="H1961" closer|strong="H5066" to|strong="H3212" attack|strong="H6965" David|strong="H1732", David|strong="H1732" ran|strong="H7323" quickly|strong="H4116" toward|strong="H7122" him|strong="H7122". 
\verseNumber{49}He|strong="H8033" put|strong="H7971" his|strong="H7971" hand|strong="H3027" into|strong="H5307" his|strong="H7971" shoulder-bag and|strong="H7971" took|strong="H3947" out|strong="H7971" one|strong="H3027" stone|strong="H0068". He|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w put|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w sling|strong="H7049"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7971"\+w*} hurled|strong="H2904" it|strong="H5921" toward|strong="H5921" Goliath|strong="H1555". The|strong="H6440" stone|strong="H0068" hit|strong="H5221" Goliath|strong="H1555" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" forehead|strong="H4696" and|strong="H7971" penetrated his|strong="H7971" skull|strong="H1538", and|strong="H7971" he|strong="H8033" fell|strong="H5307" face|strong="H6440" down|strong="H5307" onto|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{50-51}Then|strong="H0227" David|strong="H1732" ran|strong="H7323" and|strong="H3967" stood|strong="H5975" over|strong="H5921" Goliath|strong="H1555". He|strong="H0834" pulled|strong="H5265" Goliath’s|strong="H2719" sword|strong="H2719" from|strong="H4480" its|strong="H3605" sheath|strong="H8593" and|strong="H3967" killed|strong="H2026" him|strong="H5414" with|strong="H5973" it|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3967" then|strong="H0227" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" his|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218". In|strong="H0935" that|strong="H0834" way|strong="H1870" David|strong="H1732" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" Philistine|strong="H6430" without|strong="H3808" having|strong="H0369" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" sword|strong="H2719". He|strong="H0834" used|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} a|strong="H1961" sling|strong="H7050" and|strong="H3967" a|strong="H1961" stone|strong="H0068"! 
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When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" Philistines|strong="H6430" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H0834" their|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" warrior|strong="H1368" was|strong="H3068" dead|strong="H4191", they|strong="H1992" ran|strong="H7323" away|strong="H5493". 
\verseNumber{52}The|strong="H5704" Israeli men|strong="H3478" shouted|strong="H7321" and|strong="H3063" ran|strong="H7323" after|strong="H7291" them|strong="H7291". They|strong="H5704" pursued|strong="H7291" them|strong="H7291" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" way|strong="H1870" to|strong="H5704" Gath|strong="H1661" and|strong="H3063" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" gates|strong="H8179" of|strong="H1870" Ekron|strong="H6138" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H8179"\+w*}. They|strong="H5704" struck|strong="H5307" them|strong="H7291" as|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5704" went|strong="H3478", with|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5704" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3478" dead|strong="H2491"/wounded|strong="H2491" Philistines|strong="H6430" were|strong="H3478" lying|strong="H5307" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H5704" road|strong="H1870" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" way|strong="H1870" from|strong="H3478" Shaaraim|strong="H8189" to|strong="H5704" Gath|strong="H1661" and|strong="H3063" Ekron|strong="H6138" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w towns|strong="H8179"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{53}When|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" Israelis returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" chasing|strong="H1814" the|strong="H7725" Philistines|strong="H6430", they|strong="H3478" ◄plundered|strong="H8155"/took|strong="H3478" everything|strong="H3605" from|strong="H7725"► the|strong="H7725" Philistine|strong="H6430" camp|strong="H4264". 
\verseNumber{54}David|strong="H1732" later|strong="H0310" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3627" Goliath|strong="H1555" to|strong="H3389" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", but|strong="H3947" he|strong="H1732" kept|strong="H8104" Goliath’s|strong="H2719" weapons|strong="H3627" in|strong="H1732" his|strong="H7760" own|strong="H1961" tent|strong="H0168". 
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\verseNumber{55}As|strong="H5315" Saul|strong="H7586" watched|strong="H7200" David|strong="H1732" going|strong="H3318" toward|strong="H7122" Goliath|strong="H1555", he|strong="H1732" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Abner|strong="H0074", the|strong="H7200" commanded|strong="H6680" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1732" army|strong="H6635", “Abner|strong="H0074", whose|strong="H4310" son|strong="H1121" is|strong="H2088" that|strong="H3045" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288"?” Abner|strong="H0074" replied|strong="H0559", “◄As|strong="H5315" sure|strong="H3045" as|strong="H5315" you|strong="H3045" are|strong="H1121" alive|strong="H2416"/Truly|strong="H3588"► [IDM], I|strong="H3045" do|strong="H3318" not|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045".” 
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\verseNumber{56}Then|strong="H2088" the|strong="H7592" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H3318" whose|strong="H4310" son|strong="H1121" he|strong="H4428" is|strong="H2088"!” 
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\verseNumber{57}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Later|strong="H0310"\+w*,} as|strong="H6440" David|strong="H1732" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" killing|strong="H5221" Goliath|strong="H1555", Abner|strong="H0074" took|strong="H3947" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H7725" Saul|strong="H7586". David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" carrying|strong="H5375" Goliath’s|strong="H2719" head|strong="H7218". 
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\verseNumber{58}Saul|strong="H7586" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H1732", “Young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288", whose|strong="H4310" son|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H4310"?” David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Sir|strong="H0113"\+w*, \+w perhaps|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w you|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w forgotten|strong="H7911"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5288"\+w*} I|strong="H5650" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5650" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H1732" servant|strong="H5650" Jesse|strong="H3448", who|strong="H4310" has|strong="H4310" served|strong="H5647" you|strong="H4310" faithfully|strong="H0571", who|strong="H4310" lives|strong="H5315" in|strong="H1121" Bethlehem|strong="H1035".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Saul became jealous of David }
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\chapterNumber{18}After|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" finished|strong="H3615" talking|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1696" Saul|strong="H7586", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w met|strong="H6298"\+w* \+w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*, \+w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\+w*.} Jonathan|strong="H3083" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w immediately|strong="H6965"\+w*} liked|strong="H7521" David|strong="H1732"; in|strong="H5315" fact|strong="H1589", he|strong="H1732" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" love|strong="H0157"/like|strong="H1961" him|strong="H1732" as|strong="H1961" much|strong="H7227" as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1732" loved|strong="H0157"/liked|strong="H7521" himself|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{2}From|strong="H7725" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", Saul|strong="H7586" kept|strong="H5414" David|strong="H3117" with|strong="H1004" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H7725" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" let|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" return|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{3}Because|strong="H3588" Jonathan|strong="H3083" loved|strong="H0157" David|strong="H1732" so|strong="H3651" much|strong="H7227", he|strong="H1732" made|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3772" solemn|strong="H6116" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" David|strong="H1732". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w each|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w would|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w always|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w be|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w loyal|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w friends|strong="H7453"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}Jonathan|strong="H3083" took|strong="H5414" off|strong="H6584" his|strong="H5414" own|strong="H1961" outer|strong="H2435" robe|strong="H4598" and|strong="H1732" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" David|strong="H1732". He|strong="H5704" also|strong="H1732" gave|strong="H5414" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H5414" soldier’s|strong="H3824" tunic|strong="H3801", his|strong="H5414" sword|strong="H2719", his|strong="H5414" bow|strong="H7198" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w arrows|strong="H7198"\+w*}, and|strong="H1732" his|strong="H5414" belt|strong="H2290". 
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\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w went|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w wherever|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w sent|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w*. \+w And|strong="H7971"\+w*} whatever|strong="H3605" Saul|strong="H7586" told|strong="H7760" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3318" do|strong="H3190", David|strong="H1732" did|strong="H5971" it|strong="H7760" very|strong="H3190" successfully|strong="H6743". As|strong="H1571" a|strong="H7760" result|strong="H6903", Saul|strong="H7586" appointed|strong="H7760" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H1571" a|strong="H7760" commander|strong="H8269" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" officers|strong="H5650" and|strong="H7971" other|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971" ◄approved|strong="H3477" of|strong="H5869"/were|strong="H5971" very|strong="H3190" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="H5921"► that|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H1961", when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H7891" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" were|strong="H3478" returning|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725" after|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H5221" Goliath|strong="H1555", the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H7891" came|strong="H1961" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H7725" many|strong="H7227" [HYP] towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H7725" meet|strong="H7122"/greet|strong="H7592" King|strong="H4428" Saul|strong="H7586". They|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" singing|strong="H7891" and|strong="H3478" dancing|strong="H4246" very|strong="H3966" joyfully|strong="H8057", playing|strong="H5059" tambourines|strong="H8596" and|strong="H3478" lyres|strong="H3658". 
\verseNumber{7}As|strong="H5221" they|strong="H5221" danced|strong="H3769", they|strong="H5221" sang|strong="H6030" this|strong="H1732" song|strong="H7892" to|strong="H1732" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312": 
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“Saul|strong="H7586" has|strong="H7586" killed|strong="H5221" 1,000 \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w enemy|strong="H0340"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*}, 
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But|strong="H6030" David|strong="H1732" has|strong="H7586" killed|strong="H5221" 10,000 \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5221"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H5750"\+w*} Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w heard|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w singing|strong="H7440"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1697"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H1732"\+w*} did|strong="H1732" not|strong="H5414" like|strong="H1697" it|strong="H5414". He|strong="H1732" became|strong="H2734" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734". He|strong="H1732" said|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w himself|strong="H5315"\+w*}, “They|strong="H1697" are|strong="H5869" saying|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w*} 10,000 men|strong="H0376", but|strong="H5750" that|strong="H1697" I|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w*} only|strong="H0389" 1,000. Soon|strong="H5750" they|strong="H1697" will|strong="H5869" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H5414" make|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4410"!” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{9}From|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", Saul|strong="H7586" watched|strong="H7200" David|strong="H1732" very|strong="H3966" closely|strong="H1692" because|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" suspicious|strong="H7065" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w would|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w try|strong="H0974"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H8432" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117", an|strong="H1961" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307" sent|strong="H1732" by|strong="H3027" God|strong="H3027" suddenly|strong="H6597" took|strong="H1961" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" Saul|strong="H7586". He|strong="H3117" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" act|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" madman|strong="H7696", inside|strong="H8432" his|strong="H1732" house|strong="H1004". David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1961" playing|strong="H5059" the|strong="H8432" lyre|strong="H3658" for|strong="H3027" him|strong="H3027", as|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" did|strong="H1732" every|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117". Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1961" holding|strong="H2388" a|strong="H1961" spear|strong="H2595" in|strong="H1004" his|strong="H1732" hand|strong="H3027", 
\verseNumber{11}and|strong="H1732" he|strong="H1732" hurled|strong="H2904" it|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w*}, saying|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6440" himself|strong="H6440", “I|strong="H6440" will|strong="H2904" fasten|strong="H5414" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" wall|strong="H7023" with|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" spear|strong="H2595"!” He|strong="H1732" did|strong="H1732" that|strong="H7586" two|strong="H5221" times|strong="H6471", but|strong="H5221" David|strong="H1732" jumped aside|strong="H5437" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w both|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w times|strong="H6471"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{12}Because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w became|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w evident|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" abandoned|strong="H5800" Saul|strong="H7586" but|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" helping|strong="H5826" David|strong="H1732", Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H3318" he|strong="H6440" appointed|strong="H7760" David|strong="H5973" as|strong="H3318" a|strong="H7760" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" 1,000 soldiers|strong="H5971" and|strong="H5971" sent|strong="H3318" David|strong="H5973" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" him|strong="H6440", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w hoping|strong="H6960"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w David|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w would|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w be|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w in|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H6440"\+w*}. But|strong="H5971" when|strong="H3318" David|strong="H5973" led|strong="H3318" his|strong="H7760" soldiers|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w their|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w battles|strong="H4421"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{14}he|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419" success|strong="H7919", because|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" helping|strong="H5826" him|strong="H5973". 
\verseNumber{15}When|strong="H7200" Saul|strong="H7586" heard|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w his|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w were|strong="H7586"\+w*} very|strong="H3966" successful|strong="H7919", he|strong="H1931" became|strong="H7200" more|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H1481" of|strong="H6440" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1931" of|strong="H6440" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" of|strong="H6440" Judah|strong="H3063" loved|strong="H0157" David|strong="H1732", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" led|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5650" very|strong="H3966" successfully|strong="H6743" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w battles|strong="H4421"\+w*}. 

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\verseNumber{17}One|strong="H1121" day|strong="H3117" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732", “I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" oldest|strong="H1419" daughter|strong="H1323", Merab|strong="H4764", to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" if|strong="H2009" you|strong="H5414" serve|strong="H1961" me|strong="H5414" bravely by|strong="H3027" fighting|strong="H3898" battles|strong="H4421" for|strong="H3027" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w Philistines|strong="H6430"\+w*}”. He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3068" because|strong="H3027" he|strong="H3068" thought|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5414" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H3068" get|strong="H3027" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" by|strong="H3027" myself|strong="H0589". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" allow|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" Philistines|strong="H6430" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068".” 
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\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Saul|strong="H7586", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" [RHQ] a|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" important|strong="H5704" person|strong="H5315", and|strong="H3478" my|strong="H1732" family|strong="H4940" is|strong="H4310" not|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" important|strong="H5704", and|strong="H3478" my|strong="H1732" clan|strong="H4940" is|strong="H4310" not|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" important|strong="H5704" Israeli clan|strong="H4940". So|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H4310" not|strong="H1961" deserve|strong="H0376" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3588" son-in-law|strong="H2860".” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H1961", when|strong="H1961" it|strong="H5414" was|strong="H1961" time|strong="H6256" for|strong="H6256" Merab|strong="H4764" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802", instead|strong="H8478", Saul|strong="H7586" gave|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" named|strong="H7121" Adriel|strong="H5741", from|strong="H1961" Meholah \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H3588" Saul’s|strong="H7586" other|strong="H0312" daughter|strong="H1323", Michal|strong="H4324", fell|strong="H5307" in|strong="H1697" love|strong="H0157" with|strong="H1697" David|strong="H1732". When|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1697" told|strong="H5046" Saul|strong="H7586" about|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697", he|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" pleased|strong="H3474". 
\verseNumber{21}He|strong="H3117" thought|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" let|strong="H5414" Michal|strong="H4324" marry|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5414", in|strong="H3117" order|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3117" she|strong="H8147" may|strong="H1961" trap|strong="H4170" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" Philistines|strong="H6430" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3027" to|strong="H1961" kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="H5414".” So|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{“\+w You|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w can|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w marry|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w Michal|strong="H4324"\+w*},” and|strong="H3117" by|strong="H3027" saying|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3117", he|strong="H3117" indicated for|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5414" second|strong="H8147" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" David|strong="H1732" would|strong="H1732" become|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5414" son-in-law|strong="H2859". 
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\verseNumber{22}Saul|strong="H7586" told|strong="H1696" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650", “Talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" David|strong="H1732" privately|strong="H0241", and|strong="H4428" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6680", ‘Listen|strong="H3605", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" is|strong="H2009" pleased|strong="H2654" with|strong="H1696" you|strong="H6680", and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" us|strong="H5414" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" love|strong="H0157" you|strong="H6680". So|strong="H6258" now|strong="H6258" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*} you|strong="H6680" should|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w marry|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w Michal|strong="H4324"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4428"\+w*} become|strong="H2859" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" son-in-law|strong="H2859".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H1697" they|strong="H1697" told|strong="H1696" that|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" David|strong="H1732". But|strong="H1696" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H1696", “It|strong="H1696" would|strong="H1697" be|strong="H1697" a|strong="H1696" great|strong="H1419" honor|strong="H3519" [RHQ] to|strong="H1696" become|strong="H2859" the|strong="H1697" king’s|strong="H4428" son-in-law|strong="H2859". But|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w do|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w think|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w I|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w should|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w do|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1697"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H1697"\+w*} I|strong="H1697" am|strong="H7326" only|strong="H0389" a|strong="H1696" poor|strong="H7326" and|strong="H4428" insignificant|strong="H7043" man|strong="H7326".” 
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\verseNumber{24}When|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1697" servants|strong="H5650" told|strong="H5046" Saul|strong="H7586" what|strong="H1697" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1732" said|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{25}Saul|strong="H7586" replied|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3967" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3027" David|strong="H1732", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w In|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w order|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* } the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w allow|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w marry|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w Michal|strong="H4324"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w*} wants|strong="H2656" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w*} 100 Philistines|strong="H6430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w cut|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w off|strong="H4428"\+w*} their|strong="H3588" foreskins|strong="H6190" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w bring|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w foreskins|strong="H6190"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w prove|strong="H5254"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H6430"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3027"\+w*}. In|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3588" way|strong="H3541" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" get|strong="H3027" revenge|strong="H5358" on|strong="H5307" his|strong="H1732" enemies|strong="H3027".’ ” But|strong="H3588" what|strong="H3541" Saul|strong="H7586" wanted|strong="H2654" was|strong="H1732" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Philistines|strong="H6430" would|strong="H4428" kill|strong="H2026" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w trying|strong="H1156"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3027"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{26}When|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" servants|strong="H5650" told|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3117" David|strong="H1732", he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1732" very|strong="H3966" pleased|strong="H3474" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" could|strong="H1697" become|strong="H2859" the|strong="H3117" king’s|strong="H4428" son-in-law|strong="H2859" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w*. \+w The|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w how|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w many|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w days|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w would|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w allow|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w do|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w*}. But|strong="H3808" before|strong="H5869" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" ended|strong="H4390", 
\verseNumber{27}David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H5414" men|strong="H0376" went|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3967" killed|strong="H5221", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="H5414"\+w* 100, \+w but|strong="H5221"\+w*} 200 Philistines|strong="H6430"! He|strong="H1931" brought|strong="H3212" their|strong="H5414" foreskins|strong="H6190" to|strong="H3212" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H3967" counted|strong="H2803" them|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w watching|strong="H8245"\+w*}, in|strong="H4428" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3212" prove|strong="H5254" that|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w done|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w required|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w so|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w could|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w become|strong="H2859"\+w* \+w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w son-in-law|strong="H2859"\+w*. \+w So|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w then|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1732"\+w* obligated} to|strong="H3212" allow|strong="H5414" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H3212" marry|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323" Michal|strong="H4324". 
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\verseNumber{28}But|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" realized|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" helping|strong="H5826" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3068" daughter|strong="H1323" loved|strong="H0157" David|strong="H1732", 
\verseNumber{29}he|strong="H3117" became|strong="H1961" more|strong="H3254" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3117" David|strong="H1732". So|strong="H1961", as|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" Saul|strong="H7586" lived|strong="H1961", he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" David’s|strong="H1732" enemy|strong="H0340". 
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\verseNumber{30}The|strong="H3605" Philistine|strong="H6430" armies|strong="H6635" repeatedly|strong="H7725" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H3898" the|strong="H3605" Israelis, but|strong="H1961" every|strong="H3605" time|strong="H1767" they|strong="H3605" fought|strong="H3898", David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H5650" his|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5650" were|strong="H1961" more|strong="H3966" successful|strong="H7919" than|strong="H3605" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8269" Saul’s|strong="H7586" other|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" commanders|strong="H8269". As|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H6903", David|strong="H1732" became|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" famous|strong="H8034". 

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\chapterNumber{19}Then|strong="H1696" Saul|strong="H7586" urged|strong="H6484" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3129" to|strong="H1696" kill|strong="H4191" David|strong="H1732". But|strong="H1696" Jonathan|strong="H3129" liked|strong="H2654" David|strong="H1732" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H3966". 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H4191" he|strong="H1732" warned|strong="H2094" David|strong="H1732", “My|strong="H8104" father|strong="H0001" Saul|strong="H7586" is|strong="H7586" seeking|strong="H1245" for|strong="H3427" a|strong="H1245" way|strong="H1870" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" you|strong="H5046". So|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" careful|strong="H8104". Tomorrow|strong="H1242" morning|strong="H1242" go|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1732" find|strong="H1245" a|strong="H1245" place|strong="H5643" to|strong="H4191" hide|strong="H2244" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w field|strong="H7704"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3027" ask|strong="H7592" my|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001" to|strong="H1696" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" there|strong="H8033" with|strong="H1696" me|strong="H7200". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w While|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w we|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w*}, I|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3027" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5046" about|strong="H8033" you|strong="H5046". Then|strong="H1696" I|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3027" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H5046" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H8033" tells|strong="H1696" me|strong="H7200".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w David|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w did|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w do|strong="H4100"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w next|strong="H4283"\+w* \+w morning|strong="H1242"\+w*}, Jonathan|strong="H3083" spoke|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1696" his|strong="H1732" father|strong="H0001", saying|strong="H1696" many|strong="H3808" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H4639" about|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732". He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696", “You|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" never|strong="H3808" do|strong="H4639" anything|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1696" harm|strong="H2398" your|strong="H3588" servant|strong="H5650" David|strong="H1732"! He|strong="H3588" has|strong="H4428" never|strong="H3808" done|strong="H4639" anything|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1696" harm|strong="H2398" you|strong="H3588"! Everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H4428" done|strong="H4639" has|strong="H4428" helped|strong="H5826" you|strong="H3588" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H3966". 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H6213" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3478" danger|strong="H3709" of|strong="H3068" being|strong="H5315" killed|strong="H5221" when|strong="H7200" he|strong="H6213" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H2398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Goliath|strong="H1555"\+w*, \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w champion|strong="H1368"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*. \+w By|strong="H3068"\+w* enabling \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5221"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" won|strong="H1589" a|strong="H6213" great|strong="H1419" victory|strong="H8668" for|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5315" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478". You|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" very|strong="H1419" happy|strong="H8055" when|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3605" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200". Why|strong="H4100" would|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3605" want|strong="H5315" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H3605" now|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" harm|strong="H2398" David|strong="H1732" [RHQ]? There|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H6213" reason|strong="H6440" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3478" kill|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5221", because|strong="H3605" he|strong="H6213" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6213" done|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H3605" wrong|strong="H2398"!” 
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\verseNumber{6}Saul|strong="H7586" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H4191" what|strong="H6963" Jonathan|strong="H3083" said|strong="H8085". Then|strong="H8085" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H8085", “I|strong="H8085" solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H7650" that|strong="H8085" just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H3068" certain|strong="H8085" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", I|strong="H8085" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H8085" kill|strong="H4191" David|strong="H1732".” 
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\verseNumber{7}Afterward|strong="H0310", Jonathan|strong="H3083" summoned|strong="H7121" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1732" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H6440" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3605" and|strong="H1732" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H1961" said|strong="H1697". Then|strong="H1961" Jonathan|strong="H3083" brought|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H1961" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" served|strong="H6440" Saul|strong="H7586" as|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961" before|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{8}One|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117" a|strong="H1961" war|strong="H4421" started|strong="H1961" again|strong="H3254", and|strong="H1419" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w led|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w*} fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" the|strong="H6440" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H4421". David’s|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H4421"\+w*} attacked|strong="H5221" them|strong="H6440" very|strong="H1419" furiously|strong="H7697", with|strong="H3898" the|strong="H6440" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H1732" the|strong="H6440" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H4421" ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127". 
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\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H1961" sitting|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" his|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", an|strong="H1961" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sent|strong="H1732"\+w*} from|strong="H3027" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w suddenly|strong="H6597"\+w*} came|strong="H1961" upon|strong="H3027" Saul|strong="H7586". While|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H3068" playing|strong="H5059" his|strong="H3068" harp|strong="H3658" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{10}Saul|strong="H7586" hurled|strong="H2904" his|strong="H1732" spear|strong="H2595" at|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H6440" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H6440" fasten|strong="H5414" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" wall|strong="H7023". David|strong="H1732" ◄dodged/jumped to|strong="H6440" one|strong="H1931" side|strong="H7023"►, and|strong="H1732" the|strong="H6440" spear|strong="H2595" did|strong="H1732" not|strong="H1732" hit|strong="H5221" him|strong="H6440". The|strong="H6440" spear|strong="H2595" stuck|strong="H5221" in|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" wall|strong="H7023", but|strong="H5221" that|strong="H1931" night|strong="H3915" David|strong="H1732" escaped|strong="H4422". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Michal|strong="H4324" helped|strong="H5826" David|strong="H1732" escape|strong="H4422" }
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H7971" Saul|strong="H7586" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H4191" David’s|strong="H1732" house|strong="H1004". He|strong="H1004" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H4191" watch|strong="H8104" the|strong="H8104" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H7971" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w leaving|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*} the|strong="H8104" following|strong="H0310" morning|strong="H1242". But|strong="H4191" David’s|strong="H1732" wife|strong="H0802" Michal|strong="H4324" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7971"\+w*} warned|strong="H2094" him|strong="H7971", “To|strong="H4191" survive|strong="H6965", you|strong="H7971" must|strong="H4191" run|strong="H4422" away|strong="H7971" tonight|strong="H3915", because|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H7971" do|strong="H8104" not|strong="H1732" do|strong="H8104" that|strong="H5315", you|strong="H7971" will|strong="H5315" be|strong="H4191" killed|strong="H4191" tomorrow|strong="H4279"!” 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H3381" she|strong="H2474" enabled|strong="H5414" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H3381" climb|strong="H5927" out|strong="H4422" through|strong="H1157" a|strong="H1732" window|strong="H2474", and|strong="H3212" he|strong="H1732" ran|strong="H1272" away|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" escaped|strong="H4422". 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H3947" Michal|strong="H4324" took|strong="H3947" an|strong="H3947" idol|strong="H8655" and|strong="H3947" put|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" in|strong="H7760" the|strong="H3947" bed|strong="H4296". She|strong="H1931" covered|strong="H3680" it|strong="H7760" with|strong="H3680" some|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4296"\+w* \+w David’s|strong="H1732"\+w*} clothes|strong="H0899", and|strong="H3947" put|strong="H7760" some|strong="H4480" goat’s|strong="H5795" hair|strong="H8181" on|strong="H7760" the|strong="H3947" head|strong="H4763" of|strong="H4296" the|strong="H3947" idol|strong="H8655". 
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\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3947" messengers|strong="H4397" came|strong="H4397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w next|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w morning|strong="H1242"\+w*}, she|strong="H1931" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H7971" that|strong="H1931" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" sick|strong="H2470" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w could|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w out|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w bed|strong="H4904"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{15}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w they|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w reported|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w*} Saul|strong="H7586", he|strong="H1732" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H4191" go|strong="H5927" back|strong="H5927" to|strong="H4191" David’s|strong="H1732" house|strong="H1004". He|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" them|strong="H7971", “Bring|strong="H5927" him|strong="H7971" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H7971" lying|strong="H8267" on|strong="H7200" his|strong="H7971" bed|strong="H4296", in|strong="H4191" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" can|strong="H7200" kill|strong="H4191" him|strong="H7971"!” 
\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H2009" when|strong="H2009" those|strong="H1992" men|strong="H0376" entered|strong="H0935" David’s|strong="H1732" house|strong="H1004", they|strong="H1992" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H4397" there|strong="H2009" was|strong="H4397" only|strong="H0389" an|strong="H1129" idol|strong="H8655" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H2009" bed|strong="H4296", with|strong="H5973" goat’s|strong="H5795" hair|strong="H8181" on|strong="H5795" its|strong="H3605" head|strong="H4763". 
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\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w they|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w reported|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w*,} Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w summoned|strong="H7121"\+w*} Michal|strong="H4324" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7971"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" her|strong="H7971", “Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H7971" trick me|strong="H7971" like|strong="H4191" that|strong="H1931"? You|strong="H7971" allowed|strong="H5414" my|strong="H7971" enemy|strong="H0340" to|strong="H4191" escape|strong="H4422"!” 
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Michal|strong="H4324" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" Saul|strong="H7586", “David|strong="H7971" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H7971" that|strong="H1931" if|strong="H1931" I|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" not|strong="H4191" help|strong="H5826" him|strong="H7971" escape|strong="H4422", he|strong="H1931" would|strong="H4100" kill|strong="H4191" me|strong="H7971"!” [RHQ] 

\BibleSectionHeading{God’s|strong="H0430" spirit|strong="H7307" took|strong="H4191" possession|strong="H0272" of|strong="H4191" Saul|strong="H7586" }
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\verseNumber{18}After|strong="H0310" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1732" escaped|strong="H4422" from|strong="H1272" Saul|strong="H7586", he|strong="H1931" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Samuel|strong="H8050", who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w home|strong="H3212"\+w*} at|strong="H3427" Ramah|strong="H7414". He|strong="H1931" told|strong="H5046" Samuel|strong="H8050" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H1732" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w try|strong="H0974"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w*} him|strong="H5046". Then|strong="H6213" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3212" Samuel|strong="H8050" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Naioth|strong="H5121", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w section|strong="H4060"\+w*} of|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Ramah|strong="H7414"\+w* \+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}, and|strong="H3212" they|strong="H1931" stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{19}Someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" Saul|strong="H7586" that|strong="H7586" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" in|strong="H5121" Naioth|strong="H5121". 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H3947" Saul|strong="H7586" sent|strong="H7971" some|strong="H1992" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H7971" capture|strong="H3947" David|strong="H1732". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H1961"\+w*} those|strong="H1992" messengers|strong="H4397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w arrived|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Ramah|strong="H7414"\+w*, \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w*} met|strong="H6298" some|strong="H1992" men|strong="H1992" who|strong="H5030" were|strong="H1961" proclaiming|strong="H7121" ecstatic messages|strong="H2372", and|strong="H7971" Samuel|strong="H8050" was|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961", as|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3947" leader|strong="H5387". When|strong="H1961" Saul’s|strong="H7586" messengers|strong="H4397" met|strong="H6298" them|strong="H1992", the|strong="H5921" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H7307" God|strong="H7971" took|strong="H3947" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="H7307" Saul’s|strong="H7586" men|strong="H1992", and|strong="H7971" they|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" spoke|strong="H1696" ecstatically. 
\verseNumber{21}When|strong="H7971" Saul|strong="H7586" heard|strong="H5046" about|strong="H5439" that|strong="H4397", he|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" a|strong="H7971" third|strong="H7992" time|strong="H7992", but|strong="H1571" they|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H7971" speak|strong="H1696" ecstatically. 
\verseNumber{22}Finally|strong="H5704", Saul|strong="H1931" himself|strong="H1931" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H5704" Ramah|strong="H7414". When|strong="H5704" he|strong="H1931" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H1732" the|strong="H5704" well|strong="H1571" at|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w place|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Secu|strong="H7906", he|strong="H1931" asked|strong="H7592" people|strong="H1931" there|strong="H2009", “Where|strong="H2009" are|strong="H1571" Samuel|strong="H8050" and|strong="H1419" David|strong="H1732"?” 
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The|strong="H5704" people|strong="H1931" replied|strong="H0559", “They|strong="H5704" are|strong="H1571" at|strong="H1732" Naioth|strong="H5121" in|strong="H3212" Ramah|strong="H7414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{23}While|strong="H5704" Saul|strong="H5012" was|strong="H1961" walking|strong="H1980" toward|strong="H5921" Naioth|strong="H5121", the|strong="H5921" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H7307" God|strong="H0430" also|strong="H1571" took|strong="H1961" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="H7307" him|strong="H5921". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w While|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w walked|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w*}, he|strong="H1931" continued|strong="H1980" speaking|strong="H1696" ecstatic messages|strong="H2372" until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H1931" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" Naioth|strong="H5121". 
\verseNumber{24}There|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" took|strong="H5030" off|strong="H6584" his|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899", and|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" spoke|strong="H1696" messages|strong="H2372" from|strong="H6440" God|strong="H0430" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3117" Samuel|strong="H8050". He|strong="H1931" lay|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H6440" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915". That|strong="H3605" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3605" reason|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w something|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3651"\+w* unexpected, \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3117"\+w*} they|strong="H3117" say|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" surprised|strong="H8610", like|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1931" were|strong="H3117" surprised|strong="H8610" to|strong="H5921" see|strong="H7200" Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w acting|strong="H4603"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3651"\+w*} a|strong="H3117" prophet|strong="H5030"?” [RHQ] 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jonathan helped David escape from Saul }
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\chapterNumber{20}David|strong="H1732" ran|strong="H1272" away|strong="H1272" from|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w*} Naioth|strong="H5121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w section|strong="H4060"\+w*} of|strong="H6440" Ramah|strong="H7414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. He|strong="H3588" went|strong="H1732" to|strong="H6213" Jonathan|strong="H3083" and|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H4100" him|strong="H6440", “What|strong="H4100" have|strong="H5771" I|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w displease|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w your|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w father|strong="H0001"\+w*}? What|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1732" wrong|strong="H5771"? Why|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" he|strong="H3588" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H6213" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H6440"?” 
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\verseNumber{2}Jonathan|strong="H3083" replied|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H5641" father|strong="H0001" is|strong="H2088" surely|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" you|strong="H6213"! He|strong="H6213" always|strong="H3605" tells|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4480" before|strong="H4480" he|strong="H6213" does|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" he|strong="H6213" is|strong="H2088" planning|strong="H2803". He|strong="H6213" tells|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4480" about|strong="H1697" important|strong="H1419" things|strong="H1697" and|strong="H1419" unimportant things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" he|strong="H6213" plans|strong="H6213" to|strong="H4191" do|strong="H6213". ◄Why|strong="H4069" would|strong="H1697" he|strong="H6213" refuse|strong="H3808" to|strong="H4191" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w he|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w planning|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w me|strong="H4480"\+w*}?/I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" sure|strong="H0539" that|strong="H1697" he|strong="H6213" would|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" refuse|strong="H3808" to|strong="H4191" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w he|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w planning|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w*}.► [RHQ] So|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6213" are|strong="H1697" saying|strong="H1697" cannot|strong="H3808" be|strong="H4191" true|strong="H0571".” 
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" solemnly|strong="H7650" declared|strong="H3045" this|strong="H2063" to|strong="H3068" Jonathan|strong="H3083": “Your|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" knows|strong="H3045" very|strong="H3045" well|strong="H5869" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5869" very|strong="H3045" good|strong="H5869" friends|strong="H3045", so|strong="H6435" he|strong="H3588" says|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" himself|strong="H5315", ‘I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3045" tell|strong="H3045" Jonathan|strong="H3083" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w going|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. If|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" tell|strong="H3045" Jonathan|strong="H3083", he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H5750" upset|strong="H5869"/distressed|strong="H6887", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w then|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w*}.’ But|strong="H3588" just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H5315" certain|strong="H3045" as|strong="H5315" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315" and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" live|strong="H2416", I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" only|strong="H3588" one|strong="H2416" step|strong="H6587" away|strong="H5750" from|strong="H5315" being|strong="H5315" killed|strong="H2026".” 
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\verseNumber{4}Jonathan|strong="H3083" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" David|strong="H1732", “I|strong="H5315" will|strong="H5315" do|strong="H6213" whatever|strong="H4100" you|strong="H6213" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5315" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{5}David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H0559", “Tomorrow|strong="H4279" we|strong="H5704" will|strong="H4428" celebrate|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5704" Festival|strong="H2282" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5704" New|strong="H2320" Moon|strong="H2320". I|strong="H5704" always|strong="H3605" eat|strong="H0398" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5704" king|strong="H4428" at|strong="H3427" that|strong="H4428" festival|strong="H2282". But|strong="H2009" tomorrow|strong="H4279" I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H4428" hide|strong="H5641" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5704" field|strong="H7704", and|strong="H7971" I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H4428" stay|strong="H3427" there|strong="H2009" for|strong="H5704" one|strong="H7992" night|strong="H6153". I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H4428" stay|strong="H3427" there|strong="H2009" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" evening|strong="H6153" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5704" day|strong="H2320" after|strong="H7992" tomorrow|strong="H4279". 
\verseNumber{6}If|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" asks|strong="H7592" why|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H6485" not|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" at|strong="H1732" the|strong="H3605" festival|strong="H2282", say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3117" him|strong="H3605", ‘David|strong="H1732" requested|strong="H7592" me|strong="H4480" to|strong="H3117" allow|strong="H5414" him|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3117" go|strong="H6485" to|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3605" home|strong="H1004" in|strong="H3117" Bethlehem|strong="H1035", where|strong="H8033" his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940" will|strong="H5892" offer|strong="H2077" the|strong="H3605" sacrifice|strong="H2077" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" offer|strong="H2077" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w during|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w festival|strong="H2282"\+w*} every|strong="H3605" year|strong="H3117".’ 
\verseNumber{7}If|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3045" father|strong="H0001" says|strong="H3541" ‘That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2896" okay’, then|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5650" be|strong="H5650" safe|strong="H7965". But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" becomes|strong="H3045" extremely|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5650" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2896" determined|strong="H3615" to|strong="H5650" harm|strong="H7451" me|strong="H5973". 
\verseNumber{8}Please|strong="H4994" be|strong="H4191" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H5921". Yahweh|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" solemn|strong="H6116" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w always|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w be|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w loyal|strong="H2617"\+w* \+w friends|strong="H7453"\+w*}. If|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" deserve|strong="H0376" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H4191" punished|strong="H6485" [MTY], kill|strong="H4191" me|strong="H5921" yourself|strong="H6213". I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" want|strong="H4270" [RHQ] you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5704" allow|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" to|strong="H5704" punish|strong="H6213" [IDM] me|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{9}Jonathan|strong="H3083" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588"! But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" find|strong="H3045" out|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" is|strong="H7451" determined|strong="H3615" to|strong="H5921" harm|strong="H7451"/kill|strong="H2026" you|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" certainly|strong="H3588" warn|strong="H2094" you|strong="H3588".” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{10}David|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H4100" him|strong="H5046", “How|strong="H4100" will|strong="H4310" I|strong="H4100" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H4100" if|strong="H0518" your|strong="H5046" father|strong="H0001" answers|strong="H6030" you|strong="H5046" harshly|strong="H7186"?” 
\verseNumber{11}Jonathan|strong="H3083" replied|strong="H0559", “Come|strong="H3318" with|strong="H3318" me|strong="H3318". We|strong="H0587" will|strong="H7704" go|strong="H3212" out|strong="H3318" into|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3318" field|strong="H7704".” So|strong="H3318" they|strong="H3318" went|strong="H3212" together|strong="H8147" out|strong="H3318" into|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3318" field|strong="H7704". 
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\verseNumber{12}There|strong="H2009" Jonathan|strong="H3083" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732", “I|strong="H3588" promise|strong="H3068" this|strong="H3588" while|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, is|strong="H3068" listening|strong="H8085": At|strong="H3478" this|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256" the|strong="H3588" day|strong="H6256" after|strong="H3588" tomorrow|strong="H4279", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" find|strong="H2713" out|strong="H7971" what|strong="H2896" my|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w thinking|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w about|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}. If|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" saying|strong="H0559" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H2896" about|strong="H6256" you|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3588" send|strong="H7971" a|strong="H3588" message|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3478" tell|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3588" [RHQ]. 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H1980" hurt|strong="H7451"/kill|strong="H2026" you|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1980" know|strong="H3045" [IDM] that|strong="H3588", and|strong="H1980" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" away|strong="H7971" safely|strong="H7965". I|strong="H3588" desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6213" me|strong="H7971" severely|strong="H5953" if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}. I|strong="H3588" desire|strong="H8378"/hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w help|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*} like|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H5826" my|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H3808" while|strong="H5750" I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H3068" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416", please|strong="H4994" be|strong="H4191" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H5978" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" same|strong="H1931" way|strong="H1870" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H5978", and|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H4191" me|strong="H5978" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w become|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w die|strong="H4191"\+w*,} never|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H3808" beng kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H5704" my|strong="H3068" family|strong="H1004", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H5704"\+w*} after|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" gotten|strong="H6213" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1004" all|strong="H5704" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" all|strong="H5704" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" earth|strong="H0776".” 
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\verseNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w agreed|strong="H8085"\+w*}. So|strong="H3027" Jonathan|strong="H3083" made|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3772" solemn|strong="H6116" agreement|strong="H7284" with|strong="H5973" David|strong="H1732". And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3027" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H1245" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" get|strong="H3027" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3772" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H3027".” 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H1732" Jonathan|strong="H3083" requested|strong="H7592" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H1732" repeat|strong="H6286" his|strong="H1732" solemn|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H7650" to|strong="H1732" be|strong="H5315" his|strong="H1732" close|strong="H5980" friend|strong="H7453", because|strong="H3588" Jonathan|strong="H3083" loved|strong="H0157" David|strong="H1732" as|strong="H5315" much|strong="H7227" as|strong="H5315" he|strong="H3588" loved|strong="H0157" himself|strong="H5315". 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H3588" Jonathan|strong="H3083" said|strong="H0559", “Tomorrow|strong="H4279" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H2320" celebrate|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" Festival|strong="H2282" of|strong="H2320" the|strong="H3588" New|strong="H2320" Moon|strong="H2320". When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3083" not|strong="H3588" sitting|strong="H4186" at|strong="H2320" your|strong="H3588" place|strong="H4186" when|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" eat|strong="H0398", my|strong="H3588" father|strong="H0001" will|strong="H2320" ◄miss|strong="H6485" you|strong="H3588"/see|strong="H6485" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3083" not|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033"►. 
\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" after|strong="H3117" tomorrow|strong="H4279", in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3117" evening|strong="H3117", go|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3117" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H8033" you|strong="H3117" hid|strong="H5641" before|strong="H3117". Wait|strong="H3427" by|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" pile|strong="H1530" of|strong="H3117" stones|strong="H0068". 
\verseNumber{20}I|strong="H7971" will|strong="H7971" come|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" shoot|strong="H3384" three|strong="H7969" arrows|strong="H2678" as|strong="H0834" though|strong="H3588" I|strong="H7971" were|strong="H7969" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H7971" shoot|strong="H3384" at|strong="H7969" a|strong="H7971" target|strong="H4307". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w arrows|strong="H2678"\+w* \+w will|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w hit|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H0776"\+w*} close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" pile|strong="H1530" of|strong="H3384" stones|strong="H0068". 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H2009" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971" a|strong="H3947" boy|strong="H5288" to|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3588" arrows|strong="H2678" back|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7971". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" hear|strong="H8085" me|strong="H7971" say|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7971", ‘They|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1697" closer|strong="H5066" to|strong="H3068" me’, then|strong="H2009" as|strong="H1697" surely|strong="H3588" as|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" everything|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" fine|strong="H3947", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H7971", ‘The|strong="H3588" arrows|strong="H2678" are|strong="H3068" farther|strong="H6581" away’, you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" leave|strong="H4480" immediately|strong="H6965", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" wants|strong="H2656" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3212" run|strong="H3212" away|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{23}I|strong="H5704" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" watch|strong="H2009" you|strong="H5704" and|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1696" and|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" never|strong="H5769" forget|strong="H7911" what|strong="H1697" we|strong="H5704" have|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312".” 
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\verseNumber{24}So|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H1732" and|strong="H4428" hid|strong="H5641" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" field|strong="H7704". When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" Festival|strong="H2282" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" New|strong="H2320" Moon|strong="H2320" started|strong="H1961", the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" to|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H3899". 
\verseNumber{25}He|strong="H1732" sat|strong="H3427" where|strong="H4725" he|strong="H1732" usually|strong="H2370" sat|strong="H3427", close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" wall|strong="H7023". Jonathan|strong="H3083" sat|strong="H3427" across|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H6965" Abner|strong="H0074" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w commander|strong="H8269"\+w*} sat|strong="H3427" next|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H7586". But|strong="H4428" no|strong="H6965" one|strong="H4428" was|strong="H1732" sitting|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H4725" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w usually|strong="H2370"\+w* \+w sat|strong="H3427"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{26}On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117", Saul|strong="H7586" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" say|strong="H1696" anything|strong="H3972" about|strong="H3117" David|strong="H3117", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H7586" thinking|strong="H0559", “Something|strong="H3972" must|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3117" happened|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" caused|strong="H5414" David|strong="H3117" to|strong="H1696" become|strong="H1961" unacceptable|strong="H4284" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3808"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3117" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117", when|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" sitting|strong="H3427" at|strong="H1732" the|strong="H3117" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H4725" he|strong="H3117" usually|strong="H2370" sat|strong="H3427", Saul|strong="H7586" asked|strong="H7592" Jonathan|strong="H3083", “Why|strong="H4069" has|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3117" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H1961" here|strong="H4725" to|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H3899" with|strong="H3117" us|strong="H3117" yesterday|strong="H8543" and|strong="H1121" today|strong="H3117"?” 
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\verseNumber{28}Jonathan|strong="H3083" replied|strong="H6030", “David|strong="H1732" earnestly|strong="H7592" requested|strong="H7592" me|strong="H5978" that|strong="H7586" I|strong="H5704" permit|strong="H5414" him|strong="H7592" to|strong="H5704" go|strong="H1732" to|strong="H5704" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". 
\verseNumber{29}He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H3651", ‘Please|strong="H4994" allow|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H7971" go|strong="H7971", because|strong="H3588" our|strong="H7200" family|strong="H4940" is|strong="H1931" going|strong="H4672" to|strong="H7971" offer|strong="H2077" a|strong="H3588" sacrifice|strong="H2077". My|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" insisted|strong="H6484" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3808" there|strong="H4672". So|strong="H3651" please|strong="H4994" allow|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H7971" go|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" be|strong="H3808" with|strong="H5921" my|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251".’ \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w allowed|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w David|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w go|strong="H7971"\+w*}, and|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5921" reason|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3808" here|strong="H4672" eating|strong="H0398" with|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{30}Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H7586" ◄furious|strong="H2734"/very|strong="H2734" angry|strong="H2734"► with|strong="H3045" Jonathan|strong="H3083". He|strong="H3588" yelled|strong="H5414" at|strong="H7586" him|strong="H3045", “You|strong="H3588" stupid|strong="H1197" bastard|strong="H4464" [EUP]! I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" being|strong="H1121" loyal|strong="H0310" to|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448". By|strong="H3808" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H3045" shame|strong="H1322" to|strong="H1121" yourself|strong="H3045" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3045" mother|strong="H0517". 
\verseNumber{31}As|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" Jesse’s|strong="H3448" son|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1931" living|strong="H3605", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1121" never|strong="H3808" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1121" never|strong="H3808" rule|strong="H4438" over|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" kingdom|strong="H4438"! So|strong="H3947" now|strong="H6258", summon|strong="H7121" David|strong="H3117", and|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H3947" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971". He|strong="H1931" must|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3808" executed|strong="H6213"!” 
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\verseNumber{32}Jonathan|strong="H3083" asked|strong="H4100" his|strong="H6213" father|strong="H0001", “Why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" David|strong="H1732" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H6213"? What|strong="H4100" wrong|strong="H7451" has|strong="H4100" he|strong="H6213" done|strong="H6213"?” 
\verseNumber{33}Then|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" threw|strong="H2904" his|strong="H1732" spear|strong="H2595" at|strong="H5921" Jonathan|strong="H3083" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w spear|strong="H2595"\+w* \+w did|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w hit|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w*}. So|strong="H4191" Jonathan|strong="H3083" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" his|strong="H1732" father|strong="H0001" really|strong="H2088" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" David|strong="H1732". 
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\verseNumber{34}Jonathan|strong="H3083" was|strong="H1732" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734", and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3588" left|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3588" room|strong="H2315". On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" second|strong="H8145" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" festival|strong="H2282", he|strong="H3588" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3117" eat|strong="H3899" anything|strong="H3899". He|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1732" disgusted|strong="H3363" about|strong="H3117" what|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H1732" done|strong="H6213", and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1732" worried|strong="H1672" about|strong="H3117" David|strong="H1732". 
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\verseNumber{35}The|strong="H3318" following|strong="H0310" morning|strong="H1242" Jonathan|strong="H3083" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" field|strong="H7704" to|strong="H3318" give|strong="H7704" a|strong="H1961" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3318" David|strong="H1732", like|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1961" agreed|strong="H8085" that|strong="H5288" he|strong="H1732" would|strong="H5288" do|strong="H3318". He|strong="H1732" took|strong="H3318" a|strong="H1961" young|strong="H5288" boy|strong="H5288" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973". 
\verseNumber{36}Jonathan|strong="H3384" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" boy|strong="H5288", “Run|strong="H7323" and|strong="H5288" find|strong="H4672" the|strong="H5674" arrows|strong="H2678" that|strong="H1931" I|strong="H5288" shoot|strong="H3384".” The|strong="H5674" boy|strong="H5288" started|strong="H2490" running|strong="H7323", and|strong="H5288" Jonathan|strong="H3384" shot|strong="H3384" an|strong="H4672" arrow|strong="H2678" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H5288" the|strong="H5674" boy|strong="H5288". 
\verseNumber{37}When|strong="H5704" the|strong="H4480" boy|strong="H5288" ran|strong="H7323" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H4480" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H4725" the|strong="H4480" arrow|strong="H2678" hit|strong="H4672" the|strong="H4480" ground|strong="H4725", Jonathan|strong="H3083" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H4480", “The|strong="H4480" arrow|strong="H2678" is|strong="H4725" further|strong="H1973" away|strong="H4480"!” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{38}Then|strong="H5975" he|strong="H7121" shouted|strong="H7121" to|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7121" boy|strong="H5288", “Act|strong="H5975" quickly|strong="H4120"; do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5975" wait|strong="H5975"! Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5975" stop|strong="H5975"!” The|strong="H7121" boy|strong="H5288" picked|strong="H3950" up|strong="H5975" the|strong="H7121" arrow|strong="H2678" and|strong="H5288" brought|strong="H0935" it|strong="H7121" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7121" Jonathan|strong="H3083". 
\verseNumber{39}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3045" boy|strong="H5288" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" understand|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3045" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" Jonathan|strong="H3083" had|strong="H1732" said|strong="H1697"; only|strong="H0389" Jonathan|strong="H3083" and|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" knew|strong="H3045". 
\verseNumber{40}Then|strong="H5414" Jonathan|strong="H3083" gave|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" bow|strong="H7198" and|strong="H3212" arrows|strong="H2671" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5414" boy|strong="H5288" and|strong="H3212" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5414", “Go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5414" town|strong="H5892".” 
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\verseNumber{41}When|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" boy|strong="H5288" left|strong="H6965", David|strong="H1732" came|strong="H5307" out|strong="H5307" from|strong="H6965" the|strong="H5704" south|strong="H5045" side|strong="H5045" of|strong="H5045" the|strong="H5704" pile|strong="H1530" of|strong="H5045" stones|strong="H0068" behind|strong="H0310" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H5704" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H1961" hiding|strong="H5641". He|strong="H5704" went|strong="H1732" to|strong="H5704" Jonathan|strong="H3083" and|strong="H6965" bowed|strong="H7812" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w front|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5045"\+w* \+w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\+w*} three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471", with|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" face|strong="H6440" touching|strong="H5401" the|strong="H5704" ground|strong="H0776". Then|strong="H6965" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H6965" Jonathan|strong="H3083" kissed|strong="H5401" each|strong="H6471" other|strong="H7453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w cheek|strong="H3895"\+w*/\+w neck|strong="H6677"\+w*}, and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H5704" cried|strong="H1058" together|strong="H3162". But|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" cried|strong="H1058" more|strong="H6471" than|strong="H4480" Jonathan|strong="H3083". 
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\verseNumber{42}Jonathan|strong="H3083" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" David|strong="H1732", “May|strong="H1961" things|strong="H8147" go|strong="H1980" well|strong="H7965" for|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" go|strong="H1980". Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1732" we|strong="H5704" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650" to|strong="H5704" always|strong="H5769" do|strong="H3068" for|strong="H5704" each|strong="H8147" other|strong="H8147", and|strong="H1980" what|strong="H1732" we|strong="H5704" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" must|strong="H4191" do|strong="H3068" for|strong="H5704" each|strong="H8147" other|strong="H8147".” Then|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" left|strong="H1980", and|strong="H1980" Jonathan|strong="H3083" went|strong="H1980" back|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3068" town|strong="H7151". 

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\chapterNumber{21}David|strong="H1732" fled|strong="H5127" from|strong="H6965" there|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Nob|strong="H5011" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w*} Ahimelech|strong="H0288" the|strong="H6965" priest|strong="H3548". Ahimelech|strong="H0288" trembled|strong="H2729" when|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3212" saw|strong="H7200" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w was|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w bad|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3083"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*}. He|strong="H3212" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" David|strong="H1732", “Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H5892" you|strong="H3212" alone|strong="H0905"? Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H5892" no|strong="H6965" men|strong="H0376" come|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3212" you|strong="H3212"?” 
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\verseNumber{2}David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w deceived|strong="H7411"\+w* \+w Ahimelech|strong="H0288"\+w*} by|strong="H1732" replying, “The|strong="H1732" king|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H1732" me|strong="H0413". But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1732" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1732" want|strong="H4270" anyone|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1732" know|strong="H3045" anything|strong="H7122" about|strong="H1732" what|strong="H1732" he|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H1732" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H1732" do|strong="H6213". I|strong="H7122" have|strong="H3548" told|strong="H5046" my|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" where|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w meet|strong="H7122"\+w* \+w me|strong="H0413"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}Now|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w*}, do|strong="H6680" you|strong="H6680" have|strong="H3045" any|strong="H3972" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w food|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w here|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w for|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w*} [IDM]? Could|strong="H3045" you|strong="H6680" give|strong="H6680" me|strong="H7971" five|strong="H2568" loaves|strong="H3899" of|strong="H4428" bread|strong="H3899", or|strong="H4428" whatever|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w food|strong="H3899"\+w*} that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H6680" can|strong="H3045" find|strong="H3045"?” 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H5414" priest|strong="H3548" answered|strong="H6030" David|strong="H3027", “There|strong="H3426" is|strong="H3426" no|strong="H4672" ordinary|strong="H2455" bread|strong="H3899" here|strong="H4672", but|strong="H6258" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3426" some|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5414" sacred|strong="H6944" bread|strong="H3899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w placed|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w before|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. Your|strong="H5414" men|strong="H0376" may|strong="H5414" eat|strong="H3899" it|strong="H5414" if|strong="H3426" they|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3426" not|strong="H5414" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H3899" [EUP] women|strong="H0802" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w recently|strong="H3117"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{5}David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H6030", “They|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3426" not|strong="H3588" been|strong="H3426" near|strong="H3027" women|strong="H0802" for|strong="H3588" many|strong="H7227" days|strong="H3117". I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H8104" not|strong="H3588" allow|strong="H5414" my|strong="H8104" men|strong="H5288" to|strong="H8104" defile|strong="H2930" themselves|strong="H0905" by|strong="H3027" sleeping|strong="H3463" with|strong="H3899" women|strong="H0802" while|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3027" preparing|strong="H6213" to|strong="H8104" fight|strong="H3898" in|strong="H3899" battles|strong="H4421". They|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H8104" keep|strong="H8104" themselves|strong="H0905" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H8104" God|strong="H3027" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3027" on|strong="H3027" ordinary|strong="H2455" trips, and|strong="H6030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w today|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3426"\+w* \+w kept|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w themselves|strong="H0905"\+w* \+w acceptable|strong="H7522"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3027"\+w*} because|strong="H3588" now|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3027" doing|strong="H3027" something|strong="H3899" very|strong="H3966" special|strong="H6381"/important|strong="H5704".” 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H3588" only|strong="H3588" bread|strong="H3899" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" priest|strong="H3548" had|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" sacred|strong="H6944" bread|strong="H3899" that|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" placed|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3117" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" presence|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w tent|strong="H0168"\+w*}. So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" priest|strong="H3548" gave|strong="H3318" David|strong="H1732" some|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" bread|strong="H3899". On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" priest|strong="H3548" had|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H1961" those|strong="H3318" loaves|strong="H3899" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3588" table|strong="H7979" and|strong="H6030" replaced|strong="H8478" them|strong="H3318" with|strong="H3318" ◄fresh|strong="H3892"/newly|strong="H7138" baked|strong="H0644"► loaves|strong="H3899". 
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\verseNumber{7}It|strong="H5414" happened|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" Doeg|strong="H1673", from|strong="H5493" the|strong="H6440" Edom|strong="H0112" people-group, was|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3068" make|strong="H7760" himself|strong="H6440" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Ahimelech|strong="H0288"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3068"\+w*}. He|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" Saul’s|strong="H7586" officials|strong="H3947" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H3068" Saul’s|strong="H7586" shepherds|strong="H7462". 
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\verseNumber{8}David|strong="H3117" asked|strong="H7592" Ahimelech|strong="H0288", “Do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" have|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3117" spear|strong="H2595" or|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3117" sword|strong="H2719" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w could|strong="H6113"\+w* \+w use|strong="H1931"\+w*}? The|strong="H6440" king|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w appointed|strong="H4150"\+w* \+w us|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*} this|strong="H1931" task|strong="H6045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w us|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w leave|strong="H5800"\+w*} immediately|strong="H6965", so|strong="H5650" I|strong="H3117" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6113" have|strong="H3068" time|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H0935" any|strong="H6440" weapons|strong="H3627".” 
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\verseNumber{9}Ahimelech|strong="H0288" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" only|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" sword|strong="H2719" that|strong="H3588" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" Goliath|strong="H1555" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w giant|strong="H7497"\+w*} from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3588" Philistia|strong="H6429" people-group whom|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" killed|strong="H2719" in|strong="H4428" Elah|strong="H0425" Valley|strong="H6010". It|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3426" wrapped|strong="H3874" in|strong="H4428" a|strong="H1961" cloth|strong="H0899", and|strong="H4428" is|strong="H3426" behind|strong="H0310" the|strong="H3588" sacred|strong="H6944" vest \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w*}. If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3808" it|strong="H3588", take|strong="H3947" it|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" other|strong="H6311" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w weapon|strong="H3627"\+w*} here|strong="H6311".” 
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David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H0559", “Truly|strong="H3588", there|strong="H3426" is|strong="H3426" no|strong="H3808" other|strong="H6311" sword|strong="H2719" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3426" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w good|strong="H2896"\+w*} as|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3808"! Give|strong="H3947" it|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H3947".” 
\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w Ahimelech|strong="H0288"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w*}, and|strong="H3548" David|strong="H1732" left|strong="H5414" there|strong="H2009". He|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3947"\+w*} and|strong="H3548" went|strong="H1732" to|strong="H5414" Gath|strong="H1661" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Philistia|strong="H6429"\+w* \+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, to|strong="H5414" stay|strong="H3427" with|strong="H1732" King|strong="H4428" Achish|strong="H0397". 
\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H1931" the|strong="H6440" officers|strong="H7860" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Achish|strong="H0397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{objected \+w to|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3117"\+w*. \+w They|strong="H3117"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6440" King|strong="H4428" Achish|strong="H0397", “This|strong="H1931" man|strong="H6440" is|strong="H1931" [RHQ] David|strong="H1732", the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478"! He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H6440" one|strong="H1931" [RHQ] whom|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H6965"\+w*}, the|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} people|strong="H1931", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w honored|strong="H3513"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3117"\+w*} dancing|strong="H4246" and|strong="H6965" singing|strong="H7440", 
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‘Saul|strong="H7586" has|strong="H4428" killed|strong="H2026" thousands|strong="H0505" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H6965"\+w*}, 
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but|strong="H1931" David|strong="H1732" has|strong="H4428" killed|strong="H2026" tens|strong="H6235" of|strong="H4428" thousands|strong="H0505" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H6440"!’” 
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\verseNumber{12}David|strong="H1732" heard|strong="H6030" what|strong="H2088" those|strong="H2088" men|strong="H5650" were|strong="H5650" saying|strong="H0559", so|strong="H3808" he|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H2088"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Achish|strong="H0397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w might|strong="H1369"\+w* \+w do|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5221"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H3966" he|strong="H1732" pretended|strong="H5060" that|strong="H1697" he|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" insane. He|strong="H1732" started|strong="H2490" scratching on|strong="H7760" the|strong="H6440" gates|strong="H8179" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H4428" allowing his|strong="H7760" saliva|strong="H7388" to|strong="H6440" run|strong="H7323" down|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" beard|strong="H2206". 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H3381" King|strong="H5921" Achish|strong="H0397" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3381" his|strong="H5921" men|strong="H0376", “Look|strong="H5869" at|strong="H5921" this|strong="H3027" man|strong="H8179"! He|strong="H3027" is|strong="H3027" acting|strong="H4603" like|strong="H3381" an|strong="H8179" insane man|strong="H8179"! Why|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5869" you|strong="H5921" brought|strong="H3381" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3381" me|strong="H5921"? 
\verseNumber{15}Have|strong="H5650" you|strong="H4100" brought|strong="H5650" him|strong="H7200" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H2009" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H7200" have|strong="H5650" enough|strong="H1767" insane men|strong="H5650" here|strong="H2009" already|strong="H3528" [RHQ]? I|strong="H2009" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H7200" want|strong="H4270" [RHQ] him|strong="H7200" to|strong="H5650" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H7200" my|strong="H7200" house|strong="H1004"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{David and his men hid in a cave at Adullam }
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\chapterNumber{22}David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3605"\+w*} left|strong="H4422" Gath|strong="H1661" and|strong="H1004" went|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w east|strong="H6921"\+w*} to|strong="H3381" hide|strong="H5641" in|strong="H1004" a|strong="H8085" cave|strong="H4631" on|strong="H1004" a|strong="H8085" hill|strong="H2022" at|strong="H1004" Adullam|strong="H5725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. Soon|strong="H3512" his|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" and|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" relatives|strong="H0251" came|strong="H3381" and|strong="H1004" stayed|strong="H3427" with|strong="H1004" him|strong="H3381" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H1961" other|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" came|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961". Some|strong="H5315" were|strong="H1961" men|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" caused|strong="H1961" trouble|strong="H6869", some|strong="H5315" were|strong="H1961" men|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" owed money|strong="H3701", and|strong="H3967" some|strong="H5315" were|strong="H1961" men|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" content|strong="H2974" [IDM] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w government|strong="H4951"\+w*}. They|strong="H5921" continued|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961" until|strong="H5921" there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" 400 men|strong="H3605" there|strong="H1961", and|strong="H3967" David|strong="H5973" was|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H8269". 
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\verseNumber{3}Later|strong="H0310" they|strong="H8033" left|strong="H3318" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H4428" went|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w east|strong="H6921"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" Mizpah|strong="H4708" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" Moab|strong="H4124" region|strong="H2256". There|strong="H8033" David|strong="H1732" requested|strong="H7592" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124", “Please|strong="H4994" allow|strong="H4994" my|strong="H1732" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H4428" mother|strong="H0517" to|strong="H5704" live|strong="H3427" here|strong="H8033" with|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5704" until|strong="H5704" I|strong="H5704" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H4100" going|strong="H3318" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5704" me|strong="H4994".” 
\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w permission|strong="H7971"\+w*,} so|strong="H1961" David’s|strong="H1732" parents|strong="H0001" stayed|strong="H3427" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H6440" were|strong="H1961" hiding|strong="H5641" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}One|strong="H3808" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H1732" prophet|strong="H5030" Gad|strong="H1410" told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732", “Leave|strong="H5800" ◄your|strong="H3808" fortress|strong="H4686"/this|strong="H1732" area|strong="H1508"► and|strong="H3063" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3212" Judah|strong="H3063".” So|strong="H3808" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3063" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Hereth|strong="H2802" forest|strong="H3293" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Saul|strong="H7586" killed|strong="H2026" Ahimelech|strong="H0288" and|strong="H3063" many|strong="H3808" other|strong="H0312" priests|strong="H3808" }
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\verseNumber{6}One|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117", someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H8085" Saul|strong="H7586" that|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5650" had|strong="H1732" arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3427" Judah|strong="H3063". On|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117", Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1732" sitting|strong="H3427" underneath|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" tamarisk|strong="H0815" tree|strong="H6086" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3588" hill|strong="H2022" at|strong="H3427" Gibeah|strong="H1390" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. He|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1732" holding|strong="H2388" his|strong="H3605" spear|strong="H2595", and|strong="H3027" was|strong="H1732" surrounded|strong="H5437" by|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H3427" officers|strong="H5324". 
\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H3605" shouted|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414", “You|strong="H5414" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5414"! Do|strong="H4994" you|strong="H5414" think|strong="H7760" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448" will|strong="H5650" give|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414" fields|strong="H7704" and|strong="H3967" vineyards|strong="H3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w becomes|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H5921"\+w*}? Will|strong="H5650" he|strong="H3605" appoint|strong="H7760" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" become|strong="H1961" generals|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3967" captains|strong="H8269" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} [RHQ]? 
\verseNumber{8}Is|strong="H2088" that|strong="H3588" why|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" conspired|strong="H7194" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" [RHQ]? None|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" told|strong="H1540" me|strong="H5921" when|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\+w*} made|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3772" solemn|strong="H6116" agreement|strong="H7284" with|strong="H5973" that|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448". None|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" feels|strong="H0270" sorry|strong="H2470" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H5921". That|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448" was|strong="H3117" my|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650", but|strong="H3588" now|strong="H3117" my|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" is|strong="H2088" encouraging him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" hide|strong="H5641" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H5921" ◄ambush|strong="H0693" me|strong="H5921"/attack|strong="H6965" me|strong="H5921" suddenly|strong="H6597"►, as|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2088" doing|strong="H4480" today|strong="H3117"!” 
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\verseNumber{9}Doeg|strong="H1673", a|strong="H7200" man|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Edom|strong="H0112" people-group, was|strong="H7586" standing|strong="H5324" there|strong="H7200" with|strong="H5921" Saul’s|strong="H7586" officers|strong="H5324". He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H7586", “When|strong="H7200" I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H7586" at|strong="H5921" Nob|strong="H5011", I|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448" talking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H5921" Ahimelech|strong="H0288", the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{10}Ahimelech|strong="H0288" asked|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" David|strong="H1732" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". Then|strong="H5414" Ahimelech|strong="H0288" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" some|strong="H4480" food|strong="H6720" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" sword|strong="H2719" of|strong="H3068" Goliath|strong="H1555", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w giant|strong="H7497"\+w*} from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" Philistia|strong="H6429" people-group.” 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H7971" Saul|strong="H7586" summoned|strong="H7121" Ahimelech|strong="H0288" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" Ahimelech’s|strong="H0288" relatives|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" priests|strong="H3548" at|strong="H1004" Nob|strong="H5011". So|strong="H7971" they|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" came|strong="H3548" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{12}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" Ahimelech|strong="H0288", “You|strong="H4994" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahitub|strong="H0285", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" me|strong="H4994"!” 
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Ahimelech|strong="H0288" answered|strong="H8085", “Yes|strong="H2005", sir|strong="H0113"!” 
\verseNumber{13}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", “Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" Jesse’s|strong="H3448" son|strong="H1121" conspiring to|strong="H5921" get|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1121" me|strong="H5414"? You|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" some|strong="H3117" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5414" sword|strong="H2719". You|strong="H5414" requested|strong="H7592" God|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" tell|strong="H5046" David|strong="H3117" what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H3117" should|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100". David|strong="H3117" has|strong="H3117" rebelled|strong="H6965" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1121" right|strong="H3225" now|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" is|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w hiding|strong="H5641"\+w* \+w somewhere|strong="H1481"\+w*}, waiting|strong="H8104" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5414"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{14}Ahimelech|strong="H0288" replied|strong="H6030", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w understand|strong="H0995"\+w* \+w why|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w saying|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H3605"\+w*} David|strong="H1732", your|strong="H3605" son-in-law|strong="H2860", the|strong="H3605" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H3605" bodyguards, is|strong="H4310" very|strong="H3966" loyal|strong="H0310" to|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3605". No|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" is|strong="H4310" more|strong="H3254" loyal|strong="H0310" to|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3605" than|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732"! Everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3605" household|strong="H1004" respects|strong="H0959" him|strong="H3605" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{15}Furthermore|strong="H1571", this|strong="H2063" was|strong="H1697" certainly|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" [RHQ] the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" requested|strong="H7592" God|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3117" say|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3588" wanted|strong="H2654" David|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3117" do|strong="H1697". And|strong="H4428" it|strong="H7760" is|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" right|strong="H3045" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3117" accuse|strong="H7592" me|strong="H7760" or|strong="H3808" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H3605" relatives|strong="H0251" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w trying|strong="H1156"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w get|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w rid|strong="H5337"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" anything|strong="H3605" about|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w anyone|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w wanting|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w do|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" then|strong="H4428" shouted|strong="H7321", “Ahimelech|strong="H0288", you|strong="H3605" and|strong="H4428" your|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" relatives|strong="H0251" are|strong="H1004" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191" right|strong="H3225" now|strong="H4428"!” 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H7971" he|strong="H1931" commanded|strong="H1571" his|strong="H3068" bodyguards, “Kill|strong="H4191" these|strong="H1931" priests|strong="H3548" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh|strong="H3068", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3027" allies|strong="H2266" of|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3027" conspiring with|strong="H5973" David|strong="H1732" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H7971"! They|strong="H3588" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H3068" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H4191" run|strong="H7323" away|strong="H7971" from|strong="H5921" me|strong="H7971", but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H3045" me|strong="H7971"!” 
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But|strong="H3588" Saul’s|strong="H7586" bodyguards refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" priests|strong="H3548". 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" Doeg|strong="H1673", “You|strong="H3117" kill|strong="H4191" them|strong="H5375"!” So|strong="H4191" Doeg|strong="H1673", the|strong="H5375" man|strong="H4191" from|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5375" Edom|strong="H0112" people-group, went|strong="H4428" out|strong="H5437" and|strong="H4428" struck|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5375" with|strong="H3117" his|strong="H5375" sword|strong="H2719". On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" killed|strong="H4191" eighty-five|strong="H8084" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H3117" wearing|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" sacred|strong="H6944" vests|strong="H1549" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H5704" also|strong="H5221" went|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3548" killed|strong="H5221" many|strong="H5704" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5892" Nob|strong="H5011", the|strong="H5221" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5221" priests|strong="H3548" lived|strong="H3427". He|strong="H5704" killed|strong="H5221" men|strong="H0376", women|strong="H0802", children|strong="H5768", babies|strong="H3245", cattle|strong="H7716", donkeys|strong="H2543", and|strong="H3548" sheep|strong="H7716" there|strong="H5704". 
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\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H3588" Abiathar|strong="H0054", Ahimelech’s|strong="H0288" son|strong="H1121", escaped|strong="H4422". He|strong="H1732" ran|strong="H1272" away|strong="H1272" and|strong="H1121" joined|strong="H2266" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w with|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w him|strong="H1732"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{21}He|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732" that|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Doeg|strong="H1673"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" priests|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3117" him|strong="H5046", “That|strong="H3588" man|strong="H5315" from|strong="H5315" the|strong="H3605" Edom|strong="H0112" people-group, Doeg|strong="H1673", was|strong="H1732" there|strong="H8033" at|strong="H1004" Nob|strong="H5011" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w*}. I|strong="H3588" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" would|strong="H5315" surely|strong="H3588" tell|strong="H5046" Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*}. So|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" my|strong="H3605" fault|strong="H3972" that|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004" have|strong="H3045" been|strong="H5046" killed|strong="H2026". 
\verseNumber{23}You|strong="H3588" stay|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3427" me|strong="H5315", and|strong="H3427" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H5315" afraid|strong="H3372". The|strong="H3588" man|strong="H5315" who|strong="H5315" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H1245" kill|strong="H2026" you|strong="H3588" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H1245" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H5315" also|strong="H5315", but|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5315" be|strong="H5315" safe|strong="H4931" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" stay|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3427" me|strong="H5315".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{David saved the people of Keilah }
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\chapterNumber{23}One|strong="H0259" day|strong="H3117" someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732", “You|strong="H5046" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H1732" know|strong="H5046" that|strong="H1732" the|strong="H5046" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H2428" is|strong="H2009" attacking|strong="H5221" Keilah|strong="H7084" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} and|strong="H1732" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" stealing|strong="H1589" grain|strong="H1715" from|strong="H6430" where|strong="H2009" men|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" threshing|strong="H1637" it|strong="H1992".” 
\verseNumber{2}David|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “Should|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" men|strong="H0376" and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3212" those|strong="H3467" men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5221" Philistia|strong="H6429" people-group?” 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H6030", “Yes|strong="H3588", go|strong="H3212". Attack|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5221", and|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H3467" the|strong="H5221" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Keilah|strong="H7084".” 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3588" David’s|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H1732", “We|strong="H3588" are|strong="H6430" afraid|strong="H3372" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3588"\+w*} here|strong="H6311" in|strong="H3212" Judah|strong="H3063". We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3063" be|strong="H3063" more|strong="H3588" afraid|strong="H3372" if|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Keilah|strong="H7084" where|strong="H2009" the|strong="H3588" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H4634" is|strong="H2009"!” 
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\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H5414" David|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068" again|strong="H5750" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w go|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w Keilah|strong="H7084"\+w*}. Yahweh|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H6030", “Yes|strong="H3588", go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Keilah|strong="H7084". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" help|strong="H6965" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3381" defeat|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" Philistia|strong="H6429" people-group.” 
\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H3427" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1419" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H1419" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Keilah|strong="H7084". They|strong="H5221" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" the|strong="H5221" men|strong="H1419" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5221" Philistia|strong="H6429" people-group and|strong="H1419" captured|strong="H3920" many|strong="H1419" of|strong="H3427" their|strong="H5221" cattle|strong="H4735". David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1419" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H1419" killed|strong="H5221" many|strong="H1419" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5221" Philistia|strong="H6429" men|strong="H1419" and|strong="H1419" rescued|strong="H5337" the|strong="H5221" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Keilah|strong="H7084". 
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\verseNumber{6}Abiathar|strong="H0054", the|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahimelech|strong="H0288", fled|strong="H1272" to|strong="H3381" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H3381" David|strong="H1732" at|strong="H1732" Keilah|strong="H7084", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1732" brought|strong="H3381" the|strong="H1961" sacred|strong="H6944" vest with|strong="H3381" him|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w use|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w determine|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w done|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Saul|strong="H7586" pursued|strong="H7291" David|strong="H1732" }
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\verseNumber{7}Soon|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" at|strong="H1732" Keilah|strong="H7084". So|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3027" good|strong="H2896"! God|strong="H3027" is|strong="H3027" enabling me|strong="H5046" to|strong="H3027" capture|strong="H3920" him|strong="H5046"! He|strong="H3588" has|strong="H7586" trapped|strong="H0270" himself|strong="H3027" in|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3588" town|strong="H5892", because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" has|strong="H7586" high|strong="H1116" walls|strong="H1280" with|strong="H5892" gates|strong="H1817" around|strong="H3027" it|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H8085" Saul|strong="H7586" summoned|strong="H8085" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971", and|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5971" prepared|strong="H3559" to|strong="H3381" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Keilah|strong="H7084" to|strong="H3381" attack|strong="H4421" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H5971" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" found|strong="H3045" out|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1732" planning|strong="H2803" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} to|strong="H5921" attack|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921". So|strong="H5066" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H2790" to|strong="H5921" Abiathar|strong="H0054" the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548", “Bring|strong="H5066" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H5066"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" sacred|strong="H6944" vest.” 
\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H5668"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\+w* \+w brought|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w*,} David|strong="H1732" prayed|strong="H1245", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" us|strong="H3588" Israelis, I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" is|strong="H3068" planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3478" come|strong="H3478" here|strong="H6311" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} and|strong="H3478" destroy|strong="H7843" Keilah|strong="H7084" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" here|strong="H6311". 
\verseNumber{11}Will|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586" come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H6311"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w Keilah|strong="H7084"\+w*}, as|strong="H3068" people|strong="H8085" reported|strong="H5046" to|strong="H3381" me|strong="H4994"? Will|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" leaders|strong="H1167" of|strong="H3068" Keilah|strong="H7084" enable|strong="H7980" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H3381" capture|strong="H3920" me|strong="H4994"? Yahweh|strong="H3068", God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" us|strong="H4994" Israelis, please|strong="H4994" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H4994"!” 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H5046", “Yes|strong="H3588", Saul|strong="H7586" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381".” 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H7586" David|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H7592", “Will|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" leaders|strong="H1167" of|strong="H3068" Keilah|strong="H7084" enable|strong="H7980" Saul’s|strong="H7586" army|strong="H2428" to|strong="H3068" capture|strong="H3920" me|strong="H5462" and|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" men|strong="H1167" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w we|strong="H0587"\+w* \+w stay|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w here|strong="H6311"\+w*}?” 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w By|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w stones|strong="H0068"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* vest}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068".” 
\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H1980" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H1732" 600 men|strong="H1980" left|strong="H3318" Keilah|strong="H7084". They|strong="H3588" continued|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" move|strong="H1980" from|strong="H3318" one|strong="H3588" place|strong="H4725" to|strong="H1980" another|strong="H5046", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wherever|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w thought|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w would|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w not|strong="H2308"\+w* \+w find|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3318"\+w*}. And|strong="H3967" when|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H3318" that|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1732" escaped|strong="H4422" from|strong="H3318" Keilah|strong="H7084", he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H1732" not|strong="H2308" go|strong="H1980" there|strong="H6965". 
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\verseNumber{14}David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" hiding|strong="H5641" places|strong="H3027" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H4057" and|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" hills|strong="H2022" of|strong="H3117" Ziph|strong="H2128" Desert|strong="H4057". Every|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sent|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w*} search|strong="H1245" for|strong="H3027" David|strong="H1732", but|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" capture|strong="H3920" David|strong="H1732". 
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\verseNumber{15}While|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H5315" were|strong="H1732" at|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w place|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Horesh|strong="H2793" in|strong="H5315" Ziph|strong="H2128" desert|strong="H4057", he|strong="H3588" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H3318" that|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1732" coming|strong="H3318" there|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3318" kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H2388" Saul’s|strong="H7586" son|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" David|strong="H1732" at|strong="H1732" Horesh|strong="H2793", and|strong="H1121" encouraged|strong="H2388" him|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3212" continue|strong="H6965" to|strong="H3212" trust|strong="H0982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H3027"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{17}Jonathan|strong="H3083" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921", “Do|strong="H3027" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H3372", because|strong="H3588" my|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3478" harm|strong="H7463" [IDM] you|strong="H3588". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H3027" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" second|strong="H4932" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w most|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w important|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w man|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. My|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" Saul|strong="H7586" also|strong="H1571" knows|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588".” 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H6440" repeated|strong="H1696" their|strong="H3068" solemn|strong="H6116" promise|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w heard|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w make|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H6440"\+w*, \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w always|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w loyal|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w each|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w other|strong="H8147"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1980" Jonathan|strong="H3083" went|strong="H1980" home|strong="H1004", but|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" stayed|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" Horesh|strong="H2793". 
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\verseNumber{19}Some|strong="H4480" people|strong="H3808" from|strong="H5927" Ziph|strong="H2128" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" Saul|strong="H7586" when|strong="H5927" he|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" at|strong="H1732" Gibeah|strong="H1390", and|strong="H1732" they|strong="H3808" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5973", “David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w*} are|strong="H5973" hiding|strong="H5641" in|strong="H1732" our|strong="H1732" land|strong="H0776" [RHQ]! They|strong="H3808" are|strong="H5973" hiding|strong="H5641" in|strong="H1732" places|strong="H1116" at|strong="H1732" Horesh|strong="H2793" on|strong="H5927" Hakilah Hill|strong="H1389", south|strong="H3225" of|strong="H1390" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w place|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Jeshimon|strong="H3452". 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H6258", O|strong="H5315" king|strong="H4428", come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" there|strong="H3605" any|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6258" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" want|strong="H5315" to|strong="H3381". It|strong="H3381" is|strong="H5315" our|strong="H3605" duty|strong="H2992" to|strong="H3381" capture|strong="H3920" him|strong="H3027" and|strong="H4428" turn|strong="H7725" him|strong="H3027" over|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3381" you|strong="H3605".” 
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\verseNumber{21}Saul|strong="H7586" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{22}Go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H3045" and|strong="H3212" find|strong="H3045" out|strong="H7200" more|strong="H5750" about|strong="H1961" him|strong="H7200". Find|strong="H3045" out|strong="H7200" exactly|strong="H4310" where|strong="H8033" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" staying|strong="H8033", and|strong="H3212" find|strong="H3045" out|strong="H7200" who|strong="H4310" has|strong="H4310" seen|strong="H7200" him|strong="H7200" there|strong="H8033". People|strong="H1931" tell|strong="H3045" me|strong="H4994" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" very|strong="H6191" clever|strong="H0995", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w clever|strong="H0995"\+w* \+w also|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w capture|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7200"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{23}Find|strong="H3045" out|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" places|strong="H4224" where|strong="H8033" he|strong="H8033" and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1980" hide|strong="H2244". Then|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1980" back|strong="H7725" and|strong="H1980" tell|strong="H3045" me|strong="H7725" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" found|strong="H3045" out|strong="H7200". Then|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3045" will|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w take|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1980"\+w*} go|strong="H1980" there|strong="H8033" with|strong="H1980" you|strong="H3605". If|strong="H7200" David|strong="H1732" is|strong="H3426" in|strong="H1980" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" clans|strong="H4940"/caves|strong="H4631" of|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063", we|strong="H1980" will|strong="H1961" search|strong="H2664" for|strong="H3559" him|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w find|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7725"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{24}So|strong="H6965" those|strong="H1992" people|strong="H5971" went|strong="H3212" back|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Ziph|strong="H2128" before|strong="H6440" Saul|strong="H7586" went|strong="H3212" there|strong="H6965". At|strong="H1732" that|strong="H1732" time|strong="H6440" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H6965" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" were|strong="H1732" in|strong="H3212" Maon|strong="H4584" Desert|strong="H6160", south|strong="H3225" of|strong="H6440" Jeshimon|strong="H3452". 
\verseNumber{25}Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3212" his|strong="H1732" soldiers|strong="H5650" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3381" search|strong="H1245" for|strong="H3427" David|strong="H1732", but|strong="H8085" David|strong="H1732" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085". So|strong="H8085" he|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3212" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" went|strong="H3212" further|strong="H5750" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w south|strong="H4057"\+w*} to|strong="H3381" a|strong="H8085" rocky|strong="H5553" hill|strong="H2022"/peak|strong="H7093" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8085" Maon|strong="H4584" Desert|strong="H4057". When|strong="H8085" Saul|strong="H7586" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085", he|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3212" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" followed|strong="H3212" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3212" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H8085" Maon|strong="H4584" Desert|strong="H4057". 
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\verseNumber{26}Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3212" his|strong="H1732" soldiers|strong="H5650" were|strong="H1961" walking|strong="H3212" along|strong="H3212" one|strong="H2088" side|strong="H6654" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H6440" hill|strong="H2022"/peak|strong="H7093", and|strong="H3212" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3212" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" were|strong="H1961" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H2088" side|strong="H6654". David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3212" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" were|strong="H1961" hurrying|strong="H2648" to|strong="H3212" escape|strong="H4422" from|strong="H6440" Saul’s|strong="H7586" soldiers|strong="H5650", because|strong="H6440" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3212" his|strong="H1732" soldiers|strong="H5650" were|strong="H1961" coming|strong="H0935" much|strong="H7227" closer|strong="H5066". 
\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H3588" then|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" messenger|strong="H4397" came|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3212" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H5921", “Come|strong="H3212" quickly|strong="H4116"! The|strong="H5921" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H2428" is|strong="H7586" attacking|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776"!” 
\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H3651" Saul|strong="H7586" stopped|strong="H7725" pursuing|strong="H7291" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H7725" he|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H7725" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H2428". That|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5921" reason|strong="H5921" that|strong="H1931" people|strong="H1931" call|strong="H7121" that|strong="H1931" place|strong="H4725" ‘Escape|strong="H4422" Rock’. 
\verseNumber{29}David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" also|strong="H1571" left|strong="H7604" the|strong="H3605" Maon|strong="H4584" Desert|strong="H6160" and|strong="H3967" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" places|strong="H1116" to|strong="H0413" hide|strong="H5641" safely|strong="H0983" at|strong="H3427" En-Gedi|strong="H5872". 

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\chapterNumber{24}After|strong="H5927" Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5927"\+w*} returned|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w home|strong="H1004"\+w*} after|strong="H5927" fighting|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H3427", someone|strong="H0376" reported|strong="H5046" to|strong="H5927" Saul|strong="H7586" that|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w*} had|strong="H1732" gone|strong="H5927" into|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" desert|strong="H6160" near|strong="H8033" En-Gedi|strong="H5872". 
\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H1961"\+w* } Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w heard|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1732"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H1732"\+w*} chose|strong="H0977" 3,000 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H7725" various|strong="H2921" areas|strong="H0776" in|strong="H7725" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H7725" they|strong="H6430" went|strong="H1732" to|strong="H7725" search|strong="H2713" for|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H7725" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" at|strong="H1732" a|strong="H1961" place|strong="H1961" named|strong="H7121" Rocks|strong="H5553" of|strong="H4057" Wild|strong="H7704" Goats|strong="H5795". 
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\verseNumber{3}At|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" place|strong="H3605" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" road|strong="H1870" was|strong="H1732" alongside|strong="H5921" some|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629" pens|strong="H0723", Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w left|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w road|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w*} entered|strong="H0935" a|strong="H3947" cave|strong="H4631" to|strong="H3478" defecate [EUP]. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*} David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" hiding|strong="H5641" further|strong="H5750" inside|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" cave|strong="H4631"! 
\verseNumber{4}David’s|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1732"\+w*} whispered|strong="H3907" to|strong="H5921" David|strong="H1732", “Today|strong="H3117" is|strong="H1870" the|strong="H5921" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H7586" Yahweh|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1696" about|strong="H5921" when|strong="H3427" he|strong="H8033" said|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H7272" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" defeat|strong="H5221" your|strong="H5921" enemy|strong="H0340".’ You|strong="H5921" can|strong="H4310" do|strong="H1870" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H5921" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H5921"!” So|strong="H3427" David|strong="H1732" crept toward|strong="H1870" the|strong="H5921" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" cave|strong="H4631" and|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w knife|strong="H3979"\+w*} he|strong="H8033" cut|strong="H7272" off|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" piece|strong="H6595" of|strong="H3427" Saul’s|strong="H7586" robe|strong="H4598". 
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But|strong="H2009" then|strong="H6965" David|strong="H1732" felt|strong="H4959" guilty|strong="H0816" for|strong="H6213" having|strong="H0369" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" a|strong="H6213" piece|strong="H6595" of|strong="H3068" Saul’s|strong="H7586" robe|strong="H4598". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H3651" said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H3772", “I|strong="H5921" should|strong="H1732" not|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3651" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921"! I|strong="H5921" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3651" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H1961" never|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" attack|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H1961" whom|strong="H0834" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H1961" appointed|strong="H4150", because|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3820" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H1961" who|strong="H5221" chose|strong="H0977" him|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w king|strong="H5921"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{7}By|strong="H3027" saying|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588", David|strong="H3027" restrained|strong="H3607" his|strong="H3068" men|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" allow|strong="H5414" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" Saul|strong="H1931". 
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\verseNumber{8}After|strong="H6965" Saul|strong="H7586" left|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" cave|strong="H4631" and|strong="H6965" started|strong="H6965" to|strong="H3212" walk|strong="H3212" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H5414" road|strong="H1870" again|strong="H6965", David|strong="H1732" came|strong="H3212" out|strong="H5414" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5414" cave|strong="H4631" and|strong="H6965" shouted|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" Saul|strong="H7586", “King|strong="H4428" Saul|strong="H7586"!” Saul|strong="H7586" turned|strong="H5414" around|strong="H5439" and|strong="H6965" looked|strong="H7200", and|strong="H6965" David|strong="H1732" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H1870" with|strong="H1697" his|strong="H5414" face|strong="H6440" touching|strong="H5060" the|strong="H5414" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3651" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3318" Saul|strong="H7586", “◄Why|strong="H3651" do|strong="H3318" you|strong="H4480" pay|strong="H5027" attention|strong="H5027" to|strong="H3318" people|strong="H5971" when|strong="H3318" they|strong="H3651" say|strong="H0559" ‘David|strong="H1732" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H3318" harm|strong="H7463" you’?/You|strong="H4480" should|strong="H1732" not|strong="H1732" pay|strong="H5027" attention|strong="H5027" to|strong="H3318" people|strong="H5971" when|strong="H3318" they|strong="H3651" say|strong="H0559" ‘David|strong="H1732" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H3318" harm|strong="H7463" you’.► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{10}Today|strong="H3117" you|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" see|strong="H2009" with|strong="H1697" your|strong="H8085" own|strong="H1961" eyes|strong="H5869" that|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w they|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w say|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w not|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w true|strong="H0571"\+w*}. Yahweh|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5414" you|strong="H4100" in|strong="H8085" a|strong="H8085" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H4100" my|strong="H8085" men|strong="H7451" and|strong="H1732" I|strong="H2009" could|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1697" killed|strong="H2026" you|strong="H4100" when|strong="H8085" you|strong="H4100" were|strong="H1697" in|strong="H8085" this|strong="H1697" cave|strong="H4631". Some|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" my|strong="H8085" men|strong="H7451" told|strong="H1697" me|strong="H1697" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H2009" should|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" that|strong="H8085", but|strong="H2009" I|strong="H2009" did|strong="H4100" not|strong="H8085" do|strong="H4100" that|strong="H8085". I|strong="H2009" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H8085" them|strong="H8085", ‘I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H1697" not|strong="H8085" harm|strong="H7451" my|strong="H8085" master|strong="H0113", because|strong="H1697" he|strong="H1732" is|strong="H4100" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" whom|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H4150".’ 
\verseNumber{11}Your|strong="H3068" majesty|strong="H1926", look|strong="H7200" at|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" piece|strong="H6595" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" robe|strong="H4598" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027"! I|strong="H3588" cut|strong="H3772" it|strong="H5414" from|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" robe|strong="H4598", but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H2026" you|strong="H3588". So|strong="H7971" now|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" understand|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" anything|strong="H3808" evil|strong="H7451" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588". I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" done|strong="H3027" anything|strong="H3808" wrong|strong="H7451" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588", but|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" searching|strong="H2664" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{12}I|strong="H3588" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H5315" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H1571" judge|strong="H8199" and|strong="H3027" decide|strong="H7200" which|strong="H7451" of|strong="H3027" us|strong="H3045" ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w what|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w is|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w right|strong="H3045"\+w*/\+w pleases|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3027"\+w*}►. And|strong="H3027" I|strong="H3588" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H5315" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1571" punish|strong="H6485" you|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" wrong|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3045" done|strong="H2398" to|strong="H3027" me|strong="H5315". But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1571" not|strong="H3808" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H3027" harm|strong="H7451" you|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{13}There|strong="H1961" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" proverb|strong="H4912" that|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" words|strong="H1697", ‘Evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1961" are|strong="H3027" done|strong="H1961" by|strong="H3027" evil|strong="H7451" people|strong="H3808".’ But|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w evil|strong="H7451"\+w*, \+w so|strong="H4480"\+w*} I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{14}“ou are|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3318" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H3027" Israel|strong="H3478". So|strong="H1961" ◄why|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3808" pursuing|strong="H7291" me|strong="H3318"?/you|strong="H3808" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" pursuing|strong="H7291" me|strong="H3318".► [RHQ] I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* harmless \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H1961" dead|strong="H4191" dog|strong="H3611" or|strong="H3808" a|strong="H1961" flea|strong="H6550". 
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\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H1961" David|strong="H3027" finished|strong="H3615" speaking|strong="H1696", Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w called|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w out|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} asked|strong="H7592", “My|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" David|strong="H3027", is|strong="H3068" that|strong="H7200" your|strong="H3068" voice|strong="H6963" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w I|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w hearing|strong="H0241"\+w*}?” Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3068" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" cry|strong="H7121" loudly|strong="H6963". 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H1732" said|strong="H1696", “You|strong="H1696" are|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" better|strong="H2896" man|strong="H1121" than|strong="H2088" I|strong="H1697" am|strong="H1961". You|strong="H1696" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961" something|strong="H1697" very|strong="H2088" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H6963" when|strong="H1961" I|strong="H1697" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H1697" something|strong="H1697" very|strong="H2088" bad|strong="H7451" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H1696". 
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\verseNumber{19}◄Who|strong="H3068" else|strong="H3027" would|strong="H3068"/No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" else|strong="H3027" would|strong="H3068"► find|strong="H4672" his|strong="H3068" enemy|strong="H0340" and|strong="H3068" allow|strong="H5414" his|strong="H3068" enemy|strong="H0340" to|strong="H3068" escape|strong="H4422" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w could|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w instead|strong="H3808"\+w*} [RHQ]. I|strong="H3117" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" reward|strong="H7939" you|strong="H3117" for|strong="H6213" being|strong="H3068" kindly|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5046" today|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{20}I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3588" become|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3068" kingdom|strong="H4467" will|strong="H3068" prosper|strong="H6743" as|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" rule|strong="H4910" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{21}Now|strong="H6258" while|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3027" listening|strong="H8085", solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H4427" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3045" kill|strong="H2026" my|strong="H3045" family|strong="H4940" and|strong="H6965" get|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3045" my|strong="H3045" descendants|strong="H2233".” 
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\verseNumber{22}David|strong="H1732" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650" Saul|strong="H7586" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w harm|strong="H7463"\+w* \+w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w family|strong="H1004"\+w*}. Then|strong="H6258" Saul|strong="H7586" went|strong="H3068" back|strong="H1004" home|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" men|strong="H8034" went|strong="H3068" back|strong="H1004" up|strong="H5927" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3068" place|strong="H1004" where|strong="H1004" they|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H6258" hiding|strong="H5641". 

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\chapterNumber{25}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Soon|strong="H3512"\+w* \+w after|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*}, Samuel|strong="H8050" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H6908" gathered|strong="H6908" and|strong="H6965" mourned|strong="H5594" for|strong="H1004" him|strong="H4191". They|strong="H3605" buried|strong="H6912" his|strong="H3605" body|strong="H4191" outside|strong="H2351" his|strong="H3605" home|strong="H1004" in|strong="H3478" Ramah|strong="H7414". 

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Then|strong="H6965" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H6965" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" moved|strong="H4131" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" Maon|strong="H4584" Desert|strong="H4057". 
\verseNumber{2}In|strong="H1419" Maon|strong="H4584" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H1419" who|strong="H0834" owned|strong="H3426" land|strong="H0776" in|strong="H1419" Carmel|strong="H3760", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w nearby|strong="H7138"\+w* \+w village|strong="H1949"\+w*}. He|strong="H5795" was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" rich|strong="H1419"; he|strong="H5795" owned|strong="H3426" 3,000 sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H1419" 1,000 goats|strong="H5795". 
\verseNumber{3}His|strong="H1931" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Nabal|strong="H5037"; he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H7451" descendant|strong="H2233" of|strong="H8034" Caleb|strong="H3612". His|strong="H1931" wife|strong="H0802" Abigail|strong="H0026" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H7451" wise|strong="H7922" and|strong="H2896" beautiful|strong="H3303" woman|strong="H8034", but|strong="H1931" Nabal|strong="H5037" was|strong="H8034" very|strong="H2896" cruel|strong="H7186" and|strong="H2896" treated|strong="H3190" people|strong="H1931" very|strong="H2896" unkindly [IDM]. 
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\verseNumber{4}One|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" while|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w*} were|strong="H1732" in|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" desert|strong="H4057", someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H8085" him|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" Nabal|strong="H5037" was|strong="H1732" cutting|strong="H2799" the|strong="H8085" wool|strong="H6785" from|strong="H8085" his|strong="H1732" sheep|strong="H6629". 
\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H7971" David|strong="H1732" told|strong="H5046" ten|strong="H6235" of|strong="H8034" his|strong="H7971" men|strong="H5288", “Go|strong="H5927" to|strong="H7971" Nabal|strong="H5037" at|strong="H1732" Carmel|strong="H3760" and|strong="H7971" greet|strong="H7592" him|strong="H7971" for|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971". 
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\verseNumber{7}‘ heard|strong="H8085" people|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" cutting|strong="H2799" the|strong="H3605" wool|strong="H6785" from|strong="H8085" your|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629". Previously|strong="H3808", when|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3605" shepherds|strong="H7462" were|strong="H1961" among|strong="H5973" us|strong="H3588", we|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" harm|strong="H3972" them|strong="H1961". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3605" shepherds|strong="H7462" were|strong="H1961" among|strong="H5973" us|strong="H3588" at|strong="H3117" Camel|strong="H1581", we|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" steal|strong="H3637" any|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629" from|strong="H8085" them|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{9}When|strong="H1696" David’s|strong="H1732" men|strong="H5288" arrived|strong="H0935" where|strong="H0834" Nabal|strong="H5037" was|strong="H8034", they|strong="H1697" gave|strong="H5117" David’s|strong="H1732" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5117", and|strong="H1732" they|strong="H1697" waited|strong="H5117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w reply|strong="H1697"\+w*}. But|strong="H1696" Nabal|strong="H5037" spoke|strong="H1696" harshly|strong="H7186" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5117". 
\verseNumber{10}He|strong="H3117" said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440", “Who|strong="H4310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w does|strong="H6440"\+w*} this|strong="H6440" man|strong="H1121", this|strong="H6440" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w think|strong="H7235"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w*} is|strong="H4310"? [DOU, RHQ] There|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" many|strong="H7235" slaves|strong="H5650" who|strong="H4310" are|strong="H3117" running|strong="H7323" away|strong="H6555" from|strong="H6440" their|strong="H6440" masters|strong="H0113" at|strong="H1732" the|strong="H6440" present|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w seems|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w just|strong="H3512"\+w* \+w one|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H7725" David’s|strong="H1732" men|strong="H5288" returned|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7725" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046" what|strong="H1697" Nabal|strong="H5037" had|strong="H1732" said|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{20}David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w left|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w place|strong="H5643"\+w* \+w where|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w staying|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w road|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w Nabal’s|strong="H5037"\+w* \+w property|strong="H0272"\+w*. \+w They|strong="H5921"\+w*} were|strong="H1961" coming|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" a|strong="H1961" hill|strong="H2022" when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5921" met|strong="H6298" Abigail|strong="H0026". 
\verseNumber{21}David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H6485" saying|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H7451", “It|strong="H7725" was|strong="H1732" useless|strong="H8267" for|strong="H8478" us|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" protect|strong="H8104" that|strong="H3605" man|strong="H7451" and|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H7399" here|strong="H2088" in|strong="H7725" this|strong="H2088" desert|strong="H4057". We|strong="H3605" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" steal|strong="H1589" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7725", but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3605" has|strong="H2088" done|strong="H7451" evil|strong="H7451" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725" in|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" for|strong="H8478" our|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w things|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w for|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7725"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{22}I|strong="H5704" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H5704" strike|strong="H5221" me|strong="H6213" and|strong="H1732" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H6213" [IDM] if|strong="H0518" he|strong="H5704" or|strong="H5704" even|strong="H5704" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H6213" [IDM] is|strong="H3605" still|strong="H5704" alive|strong="H7604" tomorrow|strong="H1242" morning|strong="H1242"!” 
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\verseNumber{23}When|strong="H7200" Abigail|strong="H0026" saw|strong="H7200" David|strong="H1732", she|strong="H5921" quickly|strong="H4116" got|strong="H6965" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H6440" her|strong="H5921" donkey|strong="H2543" and|strong="H1732" bowed|strong="H7812" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440", with|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" face|strong="H6440" touching|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H1696" she|strong="H5921" prostrated|strong="H7812" herself|strong="H5921" at|strong="H5921" David’s|strong="H1732" feet|strong="H7272" and|strong="H8085" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5921", “Sir|strong="H0113", I|strong="H5921" deserve|strong="H0376" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H1697" punished|strong="H6485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w my|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w husband|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w has|strong="H7272"\+w* \+w done|strong="H1697"\+w*}. Please|strong="H4994" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H5921" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{25}Please|strong="H4994" do|strong="H4994" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H7760" attention|strong="H3820" to|strong="H7971" [IDM] what|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088" worthless|strong="H1100" man|strong="H5288" Nabal|strong="H5037" has|strong="H3820" said|strong="H3651". His|strong="H7760" name|strong="H8034" means|strong="H3651" ‘fool’, and|strong="H7971" he|strong="H1931" surely|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2088" a|strong="H3588" foolish|strong="H3684" man|strong="H5288". But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", who|strong="H1931" am|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w willing|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w*} your|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5288", did|strong="H3651" not|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" messengers|strong="H4397" whom|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{26}Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" prevented|strong="H4513" you|strong="H3027" from|strong="H5315" getting|strong="H7075" revenge|strong="H5360" on|strong="H3027" anyone|strong="H5315" and|strong="H3068" killing|strong="H1818" anyone|strong="H5315". I|strong="H6258" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H5315" that|strong="H5315" as|strong="H1961" surely|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315" and|strong="H3068" as|strong="H1961" surely|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3027" live|strong="H2416", your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H3027" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cursed|strong="H0779"\+w*} like|strong="H1961" Nabal|strong="H5037" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{27}I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5288" brought|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" gift|strong="H1293" for|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1980" for|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" men|strong="H5288" who|strong="H5288" are|strong="H7272" with|strong="H1980" you|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{28}Please|strong="H4994" forgive|strong="H5375" me|strong="H4994" if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H6213" wrong|strong="H7451" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588". Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w reward|strong="H7939"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3117"\+w*} allowing many|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H5375" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H4421", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" fighting|strong="H3898" the|strong="H3588" battles|strong="H4421" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w*}. And|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} throughout|strong="H6213" all|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3068" life|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H6213" wrong|strong="H7451". 
\verseNumber{29}Even|strong="H3068" when|strong="H1961" those|strong="H1961" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" you|strong="H8432" pursue|strong="H7291" you|strong="H8432", you|strong="H8432" are|strong="H3068" safe|strong="H7965", because|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" takes|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H8432". You|strong="H8432" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w protected|strong="H3467"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H1961" bundle|strong="H6872" that|strong="H5315" he|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" safely|strong="H0983" tied|strong="H0631" up|strong="H6965". But|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H6887" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w disappear|strong="H0622"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w fast|strong="H6685"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w stones|strong="H0068"\+w*} that|strong="H5315" are|strong="H3068" hurled|strong="H2904" from|strong="H5315" a|strong="H1961" sling|strong="H7050". 
\verseNumber{30}Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H3605" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H2896" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696". And|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1696" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" ruler|strong="H5057" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1696". 
\verseNumber{31}When|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3068" happens|strong="H1961", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w glad|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H8210"\+w* \+w any|strong="H1961"\+w*} people|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3068" Nabal’s|strong="H5037" household|strong="H1004". You|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" think|strong="H2142" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3808" deserve|strong="H0376" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" punished|strong="H6485" for|strong="H3068" having|strong="H3808" taken|strong="H1961" revenge|strong="H5360" yourself|strong="H3820" and|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2026" innocent|strong="H2600" people|strong="H3808". And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" enables you|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" successfully|strong="H6743" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}, please|strong="H3190" do|strong="H3190" not|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w kind|strong="H4327"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} me|strong="H3467".” 
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\verseNumber{32}David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Abigail|strong="H0026", “I|strong="H3117" praise|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H3117" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, because|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" sent|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3068"\+w*} me|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{33}I|strong="H3117" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3027" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3027" being|strong="H1961" very|strong="H2088" wise|strong="H2450". You|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3027" prevented|strong="H6923" me|strong="H1288" from|strong="H3027" taking|strong="H3947" revenge|strong="H5360" myself|strong="H0589" and|strong="H3117" killing|strong="H1818" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H1818" [MTY] today|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{34}Just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H5704" surely|strong="H3588" as|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*} is|strong="H3068" alive|strong="H2416", he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" prevented|strong="H4513" me|strong="H4513" from|strong="H3478" harming|strong="H7489" you|strong="H3588". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" come|strong="H7122" quickly|strong="H4116" to|strong="H5704" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H4513", neither|strong="H3808" Nabal|strong="H5037" nor|strong="H7489" even|strong="H5704" one|strong="H2416" of|strong="H3068" Nabal’s|strong="H5037" men|strong="H3478" [IDM] would|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" still|strong="H7489" alive|strong="H2416" tomorrow|strong="H1242" morning|strong="H1242".” 
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\verseNumber{35}Then|strong="H3947" David|strong="H1732" accepted|strong="H3947" the|strong="H6440" gifts|strong="H4979" that|strong="H7200" Abigail|strong="H0026" had|strong="H1732" brought|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" him|strong="H6440". He|strong="H1004" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5927" her|strong="H3947", “I|strong="H7200" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H5375" that|strong="H7200" things|strong="H1697" will|strong="H1004" go|strong="H5927" well|strong="H7965" for|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440". I|strong="H7200" have|strong="H3027" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6963" you|strong="H6440" said|strong="H8085", and|strong="H3027" I|strong="H7200" will|strong="H1004" do|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6963" you|strong="H6440" have|strong="H3027" requested|strong="H7592".” 

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\verseNumber{36}When|strong="H5704" Abigail|strong="H0026" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" Nabal|strong="H5037", he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3820" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004", having|strong="H3808" a|strong="H5921" big|strong="H0931" celebration|strong="H8057" like|strong="H1004" kings|strong="H4428" have|strong="H1697". He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3820" very|strong="H3966" drunk|strong="H7910" and|strong="H4428" feeling very|strong="H3966" happy|strong="H2896". So|strong="H3808" Abigail|strong="H0026" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" say|strong="H1697" anything|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H5921" that|strong="H1931" night|strong="H3915" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w meeting|strong="H4150"\+w* \+w with|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{37}The|strong="H3318" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242", when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H1961" longer|strong="H5750" drunk|strong="H3196", she|strong="H1931" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046" everything|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w when|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w she|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w talked|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w with|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Immediately|strong="H6965"\+w*} ◄he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" stroke|strong="H5061"/a|strong="H1961" blood|strong="H1818" vessel|strong="H3627" burst|strong="H1234" in|strong="H4191" his|strong="H5046" brain► and|strong="H1242" he|strong="H1931" became|strong="H1961" paralyzed|strong="H0068" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
\verseNumber{38}About|strong="H1961" ten|strong="H6235" days|strong="H3117" later|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" struck|strong="H5062" him|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H1961"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191". 
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\verseNumber{39}After|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" Nabal|strong="H5037" was|strong="H3068" dead|strong="H4191", he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696", “Praise|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! Nabal|strong="H5037" insulted|strong="H3637" me|strong="H7971", but|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" ◄vindicated|strong="H5360" me|strong="H7971"/got|strong="H3947" revenge|strong="H5360" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H7971"►. He|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" prevented|strong="H6923" me|strong="H7971" from|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w doing|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w anything|strong="H3605"\+w*} wrong|strong="H7451". And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" punished|strong="H2820" Nabal|strong="H5037" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" wrong|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3068".” 

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Then|strong="H1696" David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w messengers|strong="H5650"\+w*} to|strong="H1696" Abigail|strong="H0026", to|strong="H1696" ask|strong="H7592" her|strong="H7971" if|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" become|strong="H7725" his|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H1696". 
\verseNumber{40}His|strong="H7971" servants|strong="H5650" went|strong="H1732" to|strong="H1696" Carmel|strong="H3760" and|strong="H7971" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Abigail|strong="H0026", “David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" us|strong="H7971" to|strong="H1696" take|strong="H3947" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H1696" become|strong="H1961" his|strong="H7971" wife|strong="H1696".” 
\verseNumber{41}Abigail|strong="H0026" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" with|strong="H7364" her|strong="H6965" face|strong="H6440" touching|strong="H5060" the|strong="H6965" ground|strong="H0776". Then|strong="H6965" she|strong="H6965" told|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w messengers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w*}, “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w happy|strong="H0835"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w your|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*}. I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H5650" be|strong="H5650" your|strong="H6965" servant|strong="H5650". And|strong="H6965" I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" willing|strong="H0014" to|strong="H6965" wash|strong="H7364" the|strong="H6965" feet|strong="H7272" of|strong="H5650" your|strong="H6965" slaves|strong="H5650".” 
\verseNumber{42}Abigail|strong="H0026" quickly|strong="H4116" got|strong="H6965" on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" donkey|strong="H2543" and|strong="H1980" went|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1980" David’s|strong="H1732" messengers|strong="H4397". Five|strong="H2568" of|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" maids|strong="H5291" went|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1980" her|strong="H5921". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w she|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w arrived|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w where|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w*,} she|strong="H5921" became|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1732" wife|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{43}David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1961" previously|strong="H1571" married|strong="H3947" Ahinoam|strong="H0293", a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H0802" from|strong="H3947" Jezreel|strong="H3157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w near|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w Carmel|strong="H3760"\+w*}. So|strong="H3947" both|strong="H8147" Abigail|strong="H0026" and|strong="H1732" Ahinoam|strong="H0293" were|strong="H1961" now|strong="H1961" David’s|strong="H1732" wives|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{44}King|strong="H4428" Saul’s|strong="H7586" daughter|strong="H1323" Michal|strong="H4324" was|strong="H1732" also|strong="H1732" David’s|strong="H1732" wife|strong="H0802", but|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H1732" given|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" Laish’s son|strong="H1121" Paltiel|strong="H6409", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1732" from|strong="H1121" Gallim|strong="H1554" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{David spared Saul’s life again }
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\chapterNumber{26}One|strong="H3808" day|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H6440" Ziph|strong="H2128" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} went|strong="H1732" to|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H7586" while|strong="H5921" he|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" at|strong="H5921" Gibeah|strong="H1390", and|strong="H1732" they|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H6440", “David|strong="H1732" is|strong="H6440" hiding|strong="H5641" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" cave|strong="H4631" on|strong="H5921" Hakilah hill|strong="H1389", across|strong="H5921" from|strong="H6440" Jeshimon|strong="H3452" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H6965" Saul|strong="H7586" chose|strong="H0977" 3,000 of|strong="H4057" the|strong="H6965" best|strong="H2459" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5650" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H3381" with|strong="H3381" them|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Ziph|strong="H2128" Desert|strong="H4057" to|strong="H3381" search|strong="H1245" for|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{3}Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" set|strong="H3427" up|strong="H7200" their|strong="H6440" tents|strong="H2583" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" road|strong="H1870" on|strong="H5921" Hakilah hill|strong="H1389", east|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3427" Jeshimon|strong="H3452" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, but|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w*} stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" desert|strong="H4057". When|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" heard|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1732" searching|strong="H2664" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H6440", 
\verseNumber{4}he|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H7971" some|strong="H4480" spies|strong="H7270" to|strong="H7971" find|strong="H3045" out|strong="H7971" for|strong="H3588" certain|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H1732" come|strong="H7586" to|strong="H7971" Hakilah. 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w evening|strong="H6153"\+w*} David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H1732" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7200" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H8033" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H1732" set|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" his|strong="H1732" tent|strong="H2583". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w From|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w distance|strong="H7350"\+w*} he|strong="H8033" saw|strong="H7200" where|strong="H8033" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1732" army|strong="H6635" commander|strong="H8269", Abner|strong="H0074", were|strong="H5971" sleeping|strong="H3463". Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1732" sleeping|strong="H3463" with|strong="H7901" all|strong="H5439" his|strong="H1732" army|strong="H6635" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sleeping|strong="H3463"\+w*} around|strong="H5439" him|strong="H7200". 
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\verseNumber{6}David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w back|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} talked|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3381" Ahimelech|strong="H0288", who|strong="H4310" was|strong="H1732" from|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5973" Heth|strong="H2845" people-group, and|strong="H1121" Joab’s|strong="H3097" brother|strong="H0251" Abishai|strong="H0052", whose|strong="H4310" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w David’s|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w older|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w sister|strong="H0269"\+w*} Zeruiah|strong="H6870". He|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H7592" them|strong="H3381", “Who|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" go|strong="H3381" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H5973" down|strong="H3381" into|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5973" camp|strong="H4264" where|strong="H0834" Saul|strong="H7586" is|strong="H4310"?” 
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Abishai|strong="H0052" replied|strong="H6030", “I|strong="H1121" will|strong="H4310" go|strong="H3381" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5973".” 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H3651" that|strong="H5971" night|strong="H3915" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H5971" Abishai|strong="H0052" crept into|strong="H2595" Saul’s|strong="H7586" camp|strong="H4570". They|strong="H5971" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H5971" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1732" asleep|strong="H3463". His|strong="H1732" spear|strong="H2595" was|strong="H1732" stuck|strong="H4600" in|strong="H7901" the|strong="H5439" ground|strong="H0776" near|strong="H4763" his|strong="H1732" head|strong="H4763". Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1732" asleep|strong="H3463" in|strong="H7901" the|strong="H5439" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5439" camp|strong="H4570". Abner|strong="H0074" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w commander|strong="H8269"\+w*} and|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5439" other|strong="H0312" soldiers|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" sleeping|strong="H3463" around|strong="H5439" Saul|strong="H7586". 
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\verseNumber{8}Abishai|strong="H0052" whispered|strong="H3907" to|strong="H3027" David|strong="H1732", “Today|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3117" enabled|strong="H5414" us|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3027" kill|strong="H5221" your|strong="H4994" enemy|strong="H0340"! Allow|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3027" fasten|strong="H5414" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5221" ground|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w thrusting|strong="H3238"\+w*} my|strong="H1732" spear|strong="H2595" into|strong="H2595" him|strong="H5221". It|strong="H5221" will|strong="H3027" be|strong="H3808" necessary|strong="H2706" for|strong="H3027" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3027" strike|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221" only|strong="H0389" once|strong="H6471". I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3027" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3027"\+w*} strike|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221" twice|strong="H6471".” 
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\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" whispered|strong="H3907" to|strong="H3068" Abishai|strong="H0052", “No|strong="H4310", do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" kill|strong="H7843" Saul|strong="H7586". Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H4150" him|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" king|strong="H4428", so|strong="H7971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3588" [RHQ] punish|strong="H6485" anyone|strong="H3588" who|strong="H4310" kills|strong="H5221" him|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{10}Just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H3117" surely|strong="H4191" as|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", he|strong="H3588" himself|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" Saul|strong="H7586". Perhaps|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" strike|strong="H5062" him|strong="H4191" when|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" Saul’s|strong="H7586" time|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3381" die|strong="H4191", or|strong="H3117" perhaps|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H4191" killed|strong="H4191" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" battle|strong="H4421". 
\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H6258" I|strong="H6258" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" prevent|strong="H6923" me|strong="H4994" from|strong="H3027" harming|strong="H7489" the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H4150". Let’s|strong="H4994" take|strong="H3947" Saul’s|strong="H7586" spear|strong="H2595" and|strong="H3068" water|strong="H4325" jug|strong="H6835" that|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3027" near|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3068" head|strong="H4763". Then|strong="H6258" let’s|strong="H4994" get|strong="H3947" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H3068" here|strong="H6258"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{David|strong="H3027" taunted|strong="H2778" Abner|strong="H0074" and|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586" }
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\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H3947" David|strong="H1732" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" spear|strong="H2595" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" jug|strong="H6835", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3068" Abishai|strong="H0052" left|strong="H7604". No|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" saw|strong="H7200" them|strong="H5921" or|strong="H7200" knew|strong="H3045" what|strong="H3045" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H4325" doing|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" woke|strong="H3364" up|strong="H7200", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5307" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" sound|strong="H8639" asleep|strong="H3462". 
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\verseNumber{13}David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1732" Abishai|strong="H0052" went|strong="H5674" across|strong="H5676" the|strong="H5921" valley|strong="H6010" and|strong="H1732" climbed|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H5921" hill|strong="H2022", a|strong="H5975" long|strong="H7227" way|strong="H5674" from|strong="H5921" Saul’s|strong="H7218" camp|strong="H4264". 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H6030" David|strong="H1732" shouted|strong="H7121" to|strong="H1121" Abner|strong="H0074", “Abner|strong="H0074", can|strong="H4310" you|strong="H3808" hear|strong="H6030" me|strong="H7121"?” 
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Abner|strong="H0074" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w woke|strong="H3364"\+w* \+w up|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} replied|strong="H6030" “Who|strong="H4310" are|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3808", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w waking|strong="H8109"\+w* \+w up|strong="H6030"\+w*} the|strong="H7121" king|strong="H4428" by|strong="H7121" calling|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1121" him|strong="H7121"?” 
\verseNumber{15}David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w sure|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3588" greatest|strong="H1419" man|strong="H0376" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" [IRO, RHQ]! So|strong="H3808" why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" guard|strong="H8104" your|strong="H8104" master|strong="H0113", the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428"? Someone|strong="H4310" came|strong="H3478" into|strong="H0413" your|strong="H8104" camp|strong="H4264" in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3478" kill|strong="H7843" your|strong="H8104" master|strong="H0113", the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{16}You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" very|strong="H2088" poor|strong="H6041" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w job|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w guarding|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w*}. So|strong="H6213" just|strong="H1697" as|strong="H1697" surely|strong="H3588" as|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" men|strong="H1121" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" executed|strong="H6213"! You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" guarded|strong="H8104" your|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113" whom|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428". Where|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" spear|strong="H2595" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" jug|strong="H6835" that|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1121" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H3068" his|strong="H8104" head|strong="H4763"?” 
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\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w shouting|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w woke|strong="H3364"\+w* } Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w up|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1732"\+w*} recognized|strong="H5234" that|strong="H4428" it|strong="H5234" was|strong="H1732" David’s|strong="H1732" voice|strong="H6963". He|strong="H1732" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H5234", saying|strong="H6963", “My|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732", is|strong="H2088" that|strong="H4428" your|strong="H2088" voice|strong="H6963"?” 
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David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", your|strong="H2088" majesty|strong="H1926" it|strong="H5234" is|strong="H2088" my|strong="H1732" voice|strong="H6963".” 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H2088" David|strong="H3027" added|strong="H3254", “Sir|strong="H0113", why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3588" pursuing|strong="H7291" me|strong="H6213" [RHQ]? What|strong="H4100" wrong|strong="H7451" have|strong="H5650" I|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213" [RHQ]? 
\verseNumber{19}Your|strong="H3068" majesty|strong="H1926", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440"! If|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440", I|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H7126" a|strong="H3588" sacrifice|strong="H4503" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w order|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w appease|strong="H3722"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w*}. But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440", I|strong="H3588" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" curse|strong="H7045" them|strong="H1992". They|strong="H1992" have|strong="H3068" forced|strong="H4522" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" leave|strong="H5800" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440". They|strong="H1992" have|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1697" me|strong="H6440", ‘Go|strong="H3212" somewhere|strong="H1481" else|strong="H3588" and|strong="H1121" worship|strong="H5647" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430"!’ 
\verseNumber{20}Now|strong="H6258" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" force|strong="H2394" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3318" die|strong="H5307" [MTY] far|strong="H5048" from|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068". You|strong="H3588", the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", have|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3318" here|strong="H6258" searching|strong="H1245" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H6440". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w want|strong="H1245"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w harm|strong="H7463"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}! I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* harmless \+w as|strong="H3068"\+w*} a|strong="H3588" flea|strong="H6550" [MET|strong="H6298"]. You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3478" searching|strong="H1245" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H6440" like|strong="H3318" people|strong="H1818" hunt|strong="H7291" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" bird|strong="H6833" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" mountains|strong="H2022"! [MET|strong="H6298"]” 
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H2009" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", “David|strong="H1732", my|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121". I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5869" sinned|strong="H2398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w trying|strong="H1156"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}. So|strong="H3808" come|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725". Today|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5869" considered|strong="H2803" my|strong="H1732" life|strong="H5315" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3808" very|strong="H3966" valuable|strong="H3368" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w so|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5315"\+w*}. So|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3808" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H7725" harm|strong="H7489" you|strong="H3588". I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5869" made|strong="H7235" a|strong="H3588" big|strong="H0931" mistake|strong="H7686" and|strong="H1121" have|strong="H5869" acted|strong="H5528" foolishly|strong="H5528".” 
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\verseNumber{22}David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H6030", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{“ \+w will|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w leave|strong="H5800"\+w*} your|strong="H3947" spear|strong="H2595" here|strong="H2009". Send|strong="H5674" one|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H3947" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" here|strong="H2009" to|strong="H4428" get|strong="H3947" it|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{23}Yahweh|strong="H3068" rewards|strong="H5023" us|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5414" things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" right|strong="H6666" and|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3027" being|strong="H3068" loyal|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w*}. Even|strong="H3808" when|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" placed|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" where|strong="H3027" I|strong="H3117" could|strong="H3201" easily|strong="H4592" have|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2026" you|strong="H5414", I|strong="H3117" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3117", because|strong="H3027" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" one|strong="H3808" whom|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H5414" [MTY] to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{24}Just|strong="H3605" like|strong="H3651" I|strong="H3117" considered|strong="H2803" your|strong="H3068" life|strong="H5315" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" valuable|strong="H3368" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w spared|strong="H5337"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w life|strong="H5315"\+w*} today|strong="H3117", I|strong="H3117" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H5315" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" consider|strong="H2009" my|strong="H3605" life|strong="H5315" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" valuable|strong="H3368" and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w spare|strong="H2550"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w life|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} save|strong="H5337" me|strong="H5315" from|strong="H5315" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" troubles|strong="H6869".” 
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\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H1571" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" David|strong="H1732", “My|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732", I|strong="H3201" pray|strong="H6419" that|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H1571" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H7725". You|strong="H7725" will|strong="H1571" do|strong="H6213" great|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697" very|strong="H6213" successfully|strong="H6743".” 
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Then|strong="H1571" David|strong="H1732" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" went|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725" home|strong="H4725". 

\BibleSectionHeading{David stayed among the Philistia people-group }
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\chapterNumber{27}But|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" thought|strong="H3820", “Some|strong="H4480" day|strong="H3117" Saul|strong="H7586" will|strong="H3478" capture|strong="H3920" me|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w stay|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w around|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w here|strong="H6258"\+w*}. So|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" best|strong="H2896" thing|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" can|strong="H5750" do|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3820" to|strong="H3478" escape|strong="H4422" and|strong="H3478" go|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" area|strong="H1366". If|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588", Saul|strong="H7586" will|strong="H3478" stop|strong="H2308" searching|strong="H1245" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H4480" here|strong="H6258" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H5750" safe|strong="H7965".” 
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\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H6965" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H1732" 600 men|strong="H1121" left|strong="H6965" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3967" went|strong="H5674" to|strong="H1121" see|strong="H7200" Maoch’s son|strong="H1121" Achish|strong="H0397", who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1732" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Gath|strong="H1661" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w Philistia|strong="H6429"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1004" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H8147" and|strong="H1004" their|strong="H1732" families|strong="H1004" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H1004" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Gath|strong="H1661", the|strong="H5973" city|strong="H1931" where|strong="H1004" king|strong="H4428" Achish|strong="H0397" lived|strong="H3427". David’s|strong="H1732" two|strong="H8147" wives|strong="H0802" were|strong="H1732" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973"—Ahinoam|strong="H0293" from|strong="H5973" Jezreel|strong="H3157", and|strong="H1004" Nabal’s|strong="H5037" widow|strong="H0490" Abigail|strong="H0026", from|strong="H5973" Carmel|strong="H3760". 
\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" Saul|strong="H7586" that|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1732" run|strong="H7323" away|strong="H1272" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w living|strong="H2416"\+w*} in|strong="H5750" Gath|strong="H1661", he|strong="H3588" stopped|strong="H5975" searching|strong="H1245" for|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732". 
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\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" Achish|strong="H0397", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H5869" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H5414", give|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" place|strong="H4725" in|strong="H3427" one|strong="H5892" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5414" small|strong="H6996" villages|strong="H2691" where|strong="H8033" we|strong="H4994" can|strong="H4100" stay|strong="H3427". There|strong="H8033" is|strong="H4100" no|strong="H4672" need|strong="H4270" [RHQ] for|strong="H3427" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" stay|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5414" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H8033" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H5869" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428".” 
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\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Achish|strong="H0397"\+w* \+w liked|strong="H7521"\+w* \+w what|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w David|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w suggested|strong="H5414"\+w*}. So|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" Achish|strong="H0397" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" David|strong="H3117" Ziklag|strong="H6860" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. As|strong="H5704" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H6903", Ziklag|strong="H6860" has|strong="H1961" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5414" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" since|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{7}David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w*} lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3117" Philistia|strong="H6429" area|strong="H1508" for|strong="H3427" 16 months|strong="H2320". 
\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w During|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w time|strong="H5769"\+w*} David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" raided|strong="H6584" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w areas|strong="H5927"\+w*} where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3588" Geshur|strong="H1650", Girzi, and|strong="H1732" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-groups lived|strong="H3427". Those|strong="H2007" people|strong="H3427" had|strong="H1732" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427" a|strong="H3588" long|strong="H5704" time|strong="H5769". That|strong="H3588" area|strong="H1508" extended|strong="H5186" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*} from|strong="H5927" Telam to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3588" Shur|strong="H7793" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Desert|strong="H6160"\+w*} and|strong="H1732" to|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w border|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w*} Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{9}Whenever|strong="H3605" David’s|strong="H1732" men|strong="H3947" attacked|strong="H5221" them|strong="H7725", they|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H5221" all|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3947" men|strong="H3947" and|strong="H7725" women|strong="H0802", and|strong="H7725" they|strong="H3808" took|strong="H3947" all|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3947" people’s|strong="H5971" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H7725" cattle|strong="H1241" and|strong="H7725" donkeys|strong="H2543" and|strong="H7725" camels|strong="H1581", and|strong="H7725" even|strong="H3808" their|strong="H3947" clothes|strong="H0899". Then|strong="H3947" they|strong="H3808" would|strong="H2421" bring|strong="H7725" those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H3808" back|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w would|strong="H2421"\+w* \+w go|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w*} to|strong="H7725" Achish|strong="H0397". 
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\verseNumber{10}Each|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" Achish|strong="H0397" would|strong="H1732" ask|strong="H7592" David|strong="H1732", “Where|strong="H5921" did|strong="H3063" you|strong="H5921" go|strong="H1732" raiding today|strong="H3117"?” David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w would|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w lie|strong="H7901"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w*}. Sometimes|strong="H3426" he|strong="H3117" would|strong="H1732" reply|strong="H7725" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H1732" gone|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" southern|strong="H5045" part|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3117" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" sometimes|strong="H3426" he|strong="H3117" would|strong="H1732" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H1732" gone|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5921" Jerahmeel|strong="H3396", or|strong="H3117" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Ken people-group lived|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{11}David’s|strong="H1732" men|strong="H6213" never|strong="H3808" brought|strong="H6213" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H6213" Gath|strong="H1661" any|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" or|strong="H3808" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1732" left|strong="H3427" alive|strong="H2421". David|strong="H1732" thought|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H6435" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w everyone|strong="H3605"\+w*, \+w some|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3117"\+w*} them|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w still|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w alive|strong="H2421"\+w*} will|strong="H3808" go|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3117" tell|strong="H5046" Achish|strong="H0397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w truth|strong="H3808"\+w*} about|strong="H5921" what|strong="H6213" we|strong="H3117" really|strong="H2088" did|strong="H6213".” David|strong="H1732" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H6213"\+w*} lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" area|strong="H1508". 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H1961" Achish|strong="H0397" believed|strong="H0539" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1732"\+w*} David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w him|strong="H1732"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" himself|strong="H5315", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w has|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w done|strong="H1961"\+w*,} his|strong="H1732" own|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971", the|strong="H1961" Israelis, must|strong="H3478" now|strong="H1961" hate|strong="H8130" him|strong="H1732" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H7227". So|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1732" will|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stay|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w here|strong="H6311"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w*} serve|strong="H1961" me|strong="H5650" forever|strong="H5769".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Saul consulted a witch/medium }
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\chapterNumber{28}Some|strong="H1992" time|strong="H3117" later|strong="H1961", the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3045" of|strong="H3117" Philistia|strong="H6429" gathered|strong="H6908" their|strong="H1992" army|strong="H6635" to|strong="H3318" attack|strong="H3898" the|strong="H3588" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H1961"\+w*}. King|strong="H4428" Achish|strong="H0397" told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" expecting that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3478" your|strong="H3045" men|strong="H1992" will|strong="H1961" join|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3898" my|strong="H1732" men|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3318" attack|strong="H3898" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* Israelis}.” 
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\verseNumber{2}David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w go|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w with|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w then|strong="H3651"\+w*} you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5650" see|strong="H3045" for|strong="H6213" yourself|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3045" we|strong="H3117" can|strong="H5650" do|strong="H6213"!” 
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Achish|strong="H0397" said|strong="H3651", “Okay, I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H5650" appoint|strong="H7760" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3117" my|strong="H8104" bodyguard|strong="H8104" permanently|strong="H5769".” 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w While|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w Samuel|strong="H8050"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w still|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w alive|strong="H2416"\+w*, \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w pleased|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*. \+w One|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w good|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*} Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w did|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} expel|strong="H1644" from|strong="H5493" Israel|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" fortune-tellers|strong="H6049" or|strong="H5892" who|strong="H3605" talked|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" spirits|strong="H7307" of|strong="H5892" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H5971". But|strong="H3605" Samuel|strong="H8050" had|strong="H3478" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" had|strong="H3478" mourned|strong="H5594" for|strong="H4191" him|strong="H4191". Then|strong="H7586" they|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3478" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H4191" in|strong="H3478" Ramah|strong="H7414", his|strong="H3605" hometown|strong="H4725". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*, \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w not|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w try|strong="H0974"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w please|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w anymore|strong="H5750"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" gathered|strong="H6908" and|strong="H3478" set|strong="H3478" up|strong="H6908" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H2583" at|strong="H2583" Shunem|strong="H7766" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*, \+w in|strong="H2583"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. Saul|strong="H7586" gathered|strong="H6908" the|strong="H3605" Israeli army|strong="H2428" and|strong="H3478" set|strong="H3478" up|strong="H6908" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H2583" at|strong="H2583" Gilboa|strong="H1533" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H2583"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w eastern|strong="H6931"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w same|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w valley|strong="H6010"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H7200" Saul|strong="H7586" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" army|strong="H4264" of|strong="H4264" Philistia|strong="H6429", he|strong="H7200" became|strong="H3372" so|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372" that|strong="H7200" his|strong="H7200" heart|strong="H3820" pounded|strong="H1743"/shook|strong="H2729". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H3068" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", but|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030" him|strong="H7592". Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* } giving|strong="H6030" him|strong="H7592" a|strong="H3068" dream|strong="H2472", or|strong="H3808" by|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w having|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w throw|strong="H7993"\+w*} the|strong="H3068" marked|strong="H8104" stones|strong="H0068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* vest}, or|strong="H3808" by|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w giving|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w message|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} any|strong="H1571" prophet|strong="H5030". 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H2009" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" his|strong="H1245" servants|strong="H5650", “Find|strong="H1245" for|strong="H5650" me|strong="H1875" a|strong="H1245" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H5650" talks to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H1875" spirits|strong="H7307" of|strong="H5650" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H5971", in|strong="H3212" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H7586" I|strong="H2009" can|strong="H5650" ask|strong="H1875" her|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*}.” His|strong="H1245" servants|strong="H5650" replied|strong="H0559", “There|strong="H2009" is|strong="H2009" a|strong="H1245" woman|strong="H0802" in|strong="H3212" Endor|strong="H5874" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} who|strong="H5650" does|strong="H6213" that|strong="H7586".” 
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\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H5927" Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w took|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w off|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w clothes|strong="H3847"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w showed|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w was|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w*} put|strong="H3847" on|strong="H3847" ordinary|strong="H2455" clothes|strong="H3847" ◄to|strong="H3212" disguise|strong="H2664" himself|strong="H1931"/so|strong="H5927" that|strong="H1931" people|strong="H1931" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3212" recognize|strong="H5234" who|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H7586"►. Then|strong="H5927" he|strong="H1931" and|strong="H3212" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H8147" his|strong="H7586" men|strong="H8147" went|strong="H3212" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5927" night|strong="H3915" to|strong="H3212" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3212" that|strong="H1931" woman|strong="H0802". Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" her|strong="H1931", “I|strong="H3212" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H5973" to|strong="H3212" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3212" a|strong="H5927" spirit|strong="H7307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w who|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w has|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}. Cause|strong="H2600" to|strong="H3212" appear|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5927" person|strong="H5927" whose|strong="H7586" name|strong="H8034" I|strong="H3212" will|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w give|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5973"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H2009" the|strong="H6213" woman|strong="H0802" replied|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H6213" surely|strong="H4191" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" Saul|strong="H7586" has|strong="H4100" done|strong="H6213". He|strong="H6213" expelled|strong="H3423" from|strong="H4480" this|strong="H6213" land|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3045" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5315" who|strong="H5315" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H4191" spirits|strong="H7307" of|strong="H4480" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H5315" and|strong="H7586" all|strong="H3045" fortune-tellers|strong="H6049". I|strong="H2009" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H6213" are|strong="H4100" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H4191" trap|strong="H4170" me|strong="H5315", in|strong="H6213" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3045" I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H5315" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w permitted|strong="H5117"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{10}Saul|strong="H7586" replied|strong="H0559", solemnly|strong="H7650" asking|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" saying|strong="H1697", “Just|strong="H1697" as|strong="H1697" surely|strong="H4191" as|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", you|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H2088" be|strong="H1697" punished|strong="H6485" for|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" woman|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559", “Whom|strong="H4310" do|strong="H4310" you|strong="H5927" want|strong="H4270" me|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" cause|strong="H2600" to|strong="H5927" appear|strong="H7200"?” 
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Saul|strong="H7586" replied|strong="H0559", “Cause|strong="H2600" Samuel|strong="H8050" to|strong="H5927" appear|strong="H7200".” 
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\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H7200"\+w*} the|strong="H7200" woman|strong="H0802" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w did|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w*. \+w But|strong="H7200"\+w*} when|strong="H7200" she|strong="H4100" saw|strong="H7200" Samuel|strong="H8050", she|strong="H4100" screamed|strong="H7121". She|strong="H4100" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H4100" have|strong="H7200" tricked|strong="H5377" me|strong="H7200" [RHQ]! You|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" Saul|strong="H7586"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w execute|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w for|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w this|strong="H7200"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{13}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5927" her|strong="H7200", “Do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H4428" afraid|strong="H3372". What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" see|strong="H7200"?” 
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The|strong="H7200" woman|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" see|strong="H7200" a|strong="H3588" god|strong="H0430"/spirit|strong="H7307" coming|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7200" ground|strong="H0776".” 
\verseNumber{14}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" does|strong="H4100" he|strong="H1931" look|strong="H7200" like|strong="H5927"?” 
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The|strong="H3588" woman|strong="H0802" replied|strong="H0559", “An|strong="H3588" old|strong="H2205" man|strong="H2205" wearing|strong="H2296" a|strong="H3588" robe|strong="H4598" is|strong="H1931" appearing|strong="H7200".” 
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Then|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H7586" Samuel|strong="H8050". So|strong="H5927" he|strong="H1931" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" with|strong="H3045" his|strong="H3045" face|strong="H6440" touching|strong="H5060" the|strong="H3588" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{15}Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H5927" Saul|strong="H7586", “Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3045" you|strong="H5921" bothered|strong="H5221"/disturbed|strong="H7264" me|strong="H5921" by|strong="H3027" causing|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5927" appear|strong="H7200"?” 
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Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H6030", “I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" worried|strong="H1672". The|strong="H5921" army|strong="H5927" of|strong="H3027" Philistia|strong="H6429" is|strong="H4100" about|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5927" attack|strong="H5927" my|strong="H5921" army|strong="H5927", and|strong="H6030" God|strong="H3808" has|strong="H4100" abandoned|strong="H5800" me|strong="H5921". He|strong="H6213" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030" my|strong="H5921" questions|strong="H1697" anymore|strong="H5750". He|strong="H6213" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" give|strong="H6030" me|strong="H5921" dreams|strong="H2472" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*} or|strong="H3808" give|strong="H6030" messages|strong="H2372" to|strong="H5927" prophets|strong="H5030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}. That|strong="H3045" is|strong="H4100" the|strong="H5921" reason|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3045" I|strong="H5921" came|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" see|strong="H3045" you|strong="H5921". So|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5921" tell|strong="H3045" me|strong="H5921" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H5921" should|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213"!” 
\verseNumber{16}Samuel|strong="H8050" said|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" abandoned|strong="H5800" you|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3068" enemy|strong="H6145". So|strong="H1961" why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" ask|strong="H7592" me|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}? [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H6213" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" told|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" would|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5414". He|strong="H6213" has|strong="H3068" torn|strong="H7167" the|strong="H5414" kingdom|strong="H4467" away|strong="H7167" from|strong="H3027" you|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" someone|strong="H5414" who|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" another|strong="H7453" Israeli—David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{18}You|strong="H5921" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" obey|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H2088" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group. You|strong="H5921" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w all|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w animals|strong="H0929"\+w*}, with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5921" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" show|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H2088" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921". That|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" reason|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" today|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{19}Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" the|strong="H5414" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H4264" to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" other|strong="H0312" Israeli soldiers|strong="H1121". And|strong="H1121" tomorrow|strong="H4279" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w place|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w where|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w spirits|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w dead|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1121"\+w*}. Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" whole|strong="H3605" Israeli army|strong="H4264" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3027" defeated|strong="H5221" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5414" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H4264".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w And|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w after|strong="H6430"\+w* \+w Samuel|strong="H8050"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w disappeared|strong="H0369"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{20}Saul|strong="H7586" immediately|strong="H4116" fell|strong="H5307" flat|strong="H5307" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776". He|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" so|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H3372" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3117" what|strong="H1697" Samuel|strong="H8050" had|strong="H1961" said|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" became|strong="H1961" paralyzed|strong="H0068". He|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" also|strong="H1571" very|strong="H3966" weak|strong="H3605" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" eaten|strong="H0398" anything|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" night|strong="H3915". 
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\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H8085" woman|strong="H0802" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H7586" extremely|strong="H3966" worried|strong="H1672"/terrified|strong="H3966". She|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H7200", “Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5315"! I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H7200" done|strong="H7760" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" requested|strong="H1697" me|strong="H5315" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H1697". I|strong="H3588" could|strong="H1697" be|strong="H1697" executed|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H1961" now|strong="H6258" please|strong="H4994" pay|strong="H7760" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3212" what|strong="H6963" I|strong="H3588" say|strong="H6963". Allow|strong="H4994" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3212" give|strong="H7760" you|strong="H3588" some|strong="H4480" food|strong="H3899", in|strong="H8085" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w eat|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3212"\+w*} get|strong="H3212" enough|strong="H1571" strength|strong="H3581" to|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w your|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H3808" Saul|strong="H7586" refused|strong="H3985". He|strong="H3808" said|strong="H8085", “No|strong="H3808", I|strong="H5650" will|strong="H5650" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" anything|strong="H3808".” Then|strong="H6965" Saul’s|strong="H7586" servants|strong="H5650" also|strong="H1571" urged|strong="H6555" him|strong="H6963" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3985"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w*}, and|strong="H6965" finally|strong="H1571" he|strong="H3808" heeded|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6963" they|strong="H3808" said|strong="H8085". He|strong="H3808" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" from|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" ground|strong="H0776" and|strong="H6965" sat|strong="H3427" on|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8085" bed|strong="H4296". 
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\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H1004" had|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3947" fat|strong="H4770" calf|strong="H5695" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H1004" her|strong="H3947" house|strong="H1004". She|strong="H1931" quickly|strong="H4116" slaughtered|strong="H2076" it|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w cooked|strong="H2102"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3947"\+w*}. She|strong="H1931" took|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4480" flour|strong="H7058" and|strong="H1004" mixed|strong="H1101" it|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w* \+w oil|strong="H8081"\+w*}, and|strong="H1004" baked|strong="H0644" it|strong="H3947" without|strong="H1004" putting|strong="H5414" in|strong="H1004" any|strong="H3947" yeast|strong="H7603". 
\verseNumber{25}She|strong="H1931" placed|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" food|strong="H3899" in|strong="H3212" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H6965" his|strong="H6440" servants|strong="H5650", and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H1931" ate|strong="H0398" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H6440" it|strong="H1931". Then|strong="H6965" that|strong="H1931" night|strong="H3915" they|strong="H1931" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" left|strong="H6965". 

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\chapterNumber{29}The|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H4264" gathered|strong="H6908" at|strong="H2583" Aphek|strong="H0663" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Valley|strong="H6010"\+w*, \+w which|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w near|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w Shunem|strong="H7766"\+w*}. The|strong="H3605" Israelis set|strong="H3478" up|strong="H6908" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H4264" at|strong="H2583" Jezreel|strong="H3157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*, \+w which|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w in|strong="H2583"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w same|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w valley|strong="H6010"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H5674" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1732" Philistia|strong="H6429" divided|strong="H0914" their|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" into|strong="H5674" groups|strong="H7218"; some|strong="H4480" groups|strong="H7218" had|strong="H1732" 100 soldiers|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" some|strong="H4480" groups|strong="H7218" had|strong="H1732" 1,000 soldiers|strong="H3967". David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" were|strong="H6430" marching|strong="H5265" behind|strong="H0310", with|strong="H5973" King|strong="H4428" Achish|strong="H0397". 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3117" Philistia|strong="H6429" commanders|strong="H8269" asked|strong="H4100", “What|strong="H4100" are|strong="H3117" these|strong="H2088" Hebrews|strong="H5680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w here|strong="H2088"\+w*, \+w marching|strong="H5265"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H3117"\+w*}?” 
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Achish|strong="H0397" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Their|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w leader|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w is|strong="H2088"\+w*} David|strong="H1732". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3117"\+w*} previously|strong="H3808" worked|strong="H5704" for|strong="H5704" King|strong="H4428" Saul|strong="H7586" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", but|strong="H3808" now|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" has|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" living|strong="H2416" near|strong="H3808" me|strong="H4672" for|strong="H5704" more|strong="H3808" than|strong="H3808" a|strong="H1961" year|strong="H8141". During|strong="H3117" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" since|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" left|strong="H4672" Saul|strong="H7586", I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" seen|strong="H7200"/found|strong="H4672" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" has|strong="H1961" any|strong="H3972" faults|strong="H2399".” 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5921" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H4421" commanders|strong="H8269" were|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H7107" with|strong="H5973" Achish|strong="H0397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* allowing \+w David’s|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w army|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w going|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1992"\+w*}. They|strong="H1992" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H5921", “Send|strong="H7971" David|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w men|strong="H7218"\+w*} back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H2088" you|strong="H5921" gave|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H5921"! We|strong="H8033" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H6485" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7725" go|strong="H3381" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H7725" into|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5921" battle|strong="H4421". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w he|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w goes|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w us|strong="H7725"\+w*,} we|strong="H8033" will|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" enemy|strong="H7854" in|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5921" own|strong="H1961" midst|strong="H8432"! He|strong="H8033" would|strong="H4100" please|strong="H7521" King|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H7586" by|strong="H5921" killing|strong="H2026" our|strong="H5921" own|strong="H1961" soldiers|strong="H4421" [RHQ]! 
\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Have|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w forgotten|strong="H7911"\+w* \+w that|strong="H2088"\+w*} David|strong="H1732" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H5221" one|strong="H2088" about|strong="H5221" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5221" Israelis dance|strong="H4246" and|strong="H6030" sing|strong="H6030", saying|strong="H0559", 
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‘Saul|strong="H7586" has|strong="H7586" killed|strong="H5221" 1000 of|strong="H5221" our|strong="H2088" enemies|strong="H0341", 
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but|strong="H3808" David|strong="H1732" has|strong="H7586" killed|strong="H5221" 10,000 of|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5221"!’?” 
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\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H7121" Achish|strong="H0397" summoned|strong="H7121" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H7121", “Just|strong="H3477" as|strong="H5704" surely|strong="H3588" as|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3808" loyal|strong="H3068" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H7121". I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3318" very|strong="H2088" much|strong="H7227" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5704" fight|strong="H4264" along|strong="H3588" with|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" army|strong="H4264". Since|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" came|strong="H3318" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H7121", I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" found|strong="H4672"/seen|strong="H5869" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" any|strong="H3588" faults|strong="H2399". But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" other|strong="H2088" Philistia|strong="H6429" rulers|strong="H8269" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" trust|strong="H0982" you|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H6213" all|strong="H6213" of|strong="H5869" you|strong="H7725" go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725", and|strong="H7725" I|strong="H6258" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" will|strong="H5869" go|strong="H3212" well|strong="H7965" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H7725". I|strong="H6258" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" you|strong="H7725"(sg) to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H6213" that|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" other|strong="H0312" rulers|strong="H8269" of|strong="H5869" Philistia|strong="H6429" will|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{8}David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" wrong|strong="H7451" have|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213"? Since|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" first|strong="H3117" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H3588" until|strong="H5704" today|strong="H3117", have|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H4100" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" think|strong="H2803" is|strong="H2088" evil|strong="H6213"? Your|strong="H6440" majesty|strong="H1926", why|strong="H4100" will|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5704" go|strong="H1961" and|strong="H4428" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" your|strong="H6440" enemies|strong="H0341"?” 
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\verseNumber{9}Achish|strong="H0397" replied|strong="H6030", “I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5869" as|strong="H5927" just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H5927" good|strong="H2896" as|strong="H5927" an|strong="H3588" angel|strong="H4397" from|strong="H5927" God|strong="H3808". But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" commanders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" my|strong="H1732" army|strong="H5927" have|strong="H5869" said|strong="H6030", ‘We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w men|strong="H2896"\+w*} to|strong="H5927" go|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H3045" into|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3588" battle|strong="H4421".’ 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H6258" early|strong="H7925" tomorrow|strong="H1242" morning|strong="H1242" you|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" your|strong="H6258" men|strong="H5650" must|strong="H4191" leave|strong="H5800". Get|strong="H3212" up|strong="H7925" as|strong="H5650" soon|strong="H6258" as|strong="H5650" it|strong="H1242" is|strong="H5650" light|strong="H0216" and|strong="H3212" leave|strong="H5800".” 
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\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H5927" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H7725" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" got|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H7725" following|strong="H3212" morning|strong="H1242" and|strong="H7725" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H7725" Philistia|strong="H6429" people|strong="H1931" lived|strong="H3427". And|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H5927" went|strong="H3212" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H7725" Jezreel|strong="H3157". 

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\chapterNumber{30}Three|strong="H7992" days|strong="H3117" later|strong="H1961", when|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3117" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H1732" Ziklag|strong="H6860", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w discovered|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w*} men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5221" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group had|strong="H1961" raided|strong="H6584" Ziklag|strong="H6860" and|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3117"\+w*} the|strong="H5221" southern|strong="H5045" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H3117" Judah|strong="H3063". They|strong="H3117" had|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H5221" Ziklag|strong="H6860" and|strong="H3117" burned|strong="H8313" down|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5221" buildings|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{2}They|strong="H3808" had|strong="H3808" captured|strong="H7617" the|strong="H5704" women|strong="H0802" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w children|strong="H1121"\+w*} and|strong="H1419" everyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808", and|strong="H1419" had|strong="H3808" taken|strong="H7617" them|strong="H7617" away|strong="H3212". But|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" had|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H4191" anyone|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H1121" came|strong="H1323" to|strong="H1121" Ziklag|strong="H6860", they|strong="H5892" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H5892" the|strong="H8313" town|strong="H5892" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H1961" burned|strong="H8313", and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H5892" their|strong="H8313" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H1961" captured|strong="H7617" and|strong="H1121" taken|strong="H7617" away|strong="H7617". 
\verseNumber{4}David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H5971" his|strong="H5375" men|strong="H5971" cried|strong="H1058" loudly|strong="H6963", until|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w so|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w weak|strong="H2470"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*} they|strong="H5704" could|strong="H5375" not|strong="H1732" cry|strong="H6963" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w anymore|strong="H5750"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}David’s|strong="H1732" two|strong="H8147" wives|strong="H0802", Ahinoam|strong="H0293" and|strong="H1732" Abigail|strong="H0026", had|strong="H1732" also|strong="H1732" been|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H7617" away|strong="H7617". 
\verseNumber{6}David’s|strong="H1732" men|strong="H1121" were|strong="H5971" threatening to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* } throwing|strong="H3027" stones|strong="H5619" at|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H5971" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734" because|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w been|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w taken|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w away|strong="H3605"\+w*}. David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" distressed|strong="H3334", but|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H2388" him|strong="H5921" strength|strong="H2388". 
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\verseNumber{7}David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w did|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w do|strong="H4994"\+w*, \+w so|strong="H5066"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1732"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" Abiathar|strong="H0054" the|strong="H1732" priest|strong="H3548", “Bring|strong="H5066" to|strong="H1121" me|strong="H4994" the|strong="H1732" sacred|strong="H6944" vest.” So|strong="H5066" Abiathar|strong="H0054" brought|strong="H5066" it|strong="H1121", 
\verseNumber{8}and|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “Should|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1416"\+w*} pursue|strong="H7291" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H1416" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w took|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w families|strong="H4940"\+w*}? Will|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w able|strong="H5381"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} catch|strong="H5381" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H7291"?” 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H6030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w means|strong="H5381"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w stones|strong="H5381"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Abiathar’s|strong="H0054"\+w* \+w sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w pouch|strong="H3219"\+w*}, “Yes|strong="H3588", pursue|strong="H7291" them|strong="H7291". You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" catch|strong="H5381" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H7291", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" able|strong="H5381" to|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H5337" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w families|strong="H4940"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H5975" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H5704" 600 men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H1732" with|strong="H3212" him|strong="H5975" left|strong="H3498", and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H5704" came|strong="H3212" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" Besor|strong="H1308" Ravine|strong="H5158". Some|strong="H3498" of|strong="H5158" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" stayed|strong="H5975" there|strong="H5975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w some|strong="H3498"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5158"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w supplies|strong="H4399"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{10}David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3967" 400 men|strong="H0376" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H1732" pursue|strong="H7291" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w who|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w captured|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w families|strong="H4940"\+w*}. The|strong="H5674" other|strong="H0312" 200 men|strong="H0376" stayed|strong="H5975" there|strong="H5975" at|strong="H1732" the|strong="H5674" ravine|strong="H5158", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1931" were|strong="H1732" so|strong="H5975" exhausted|strong="H6296" that|strong="H1931" they|strong="H1931" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H1732" cross|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" ravine|strong="H5158". 
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\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w As|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* 400 \+w men|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w were|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w going|strong="H4672"\+w*}, they|strong="H5414" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H3947" man|strong="H0376" from|strong="H3947" Egypt|strong="H4713" in|strong="H4672" a|strong="H3947" field|strong="H7704"; so|strong="H3947" they|strong="H5414" took|strong="H3947" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" David|strong="H1732". They|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" man|strong="H0376" some|strong="H4480" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H5414" drink|strong="H8248" and|strong="H3899" some|strong="H4480" food|strong="H3899" to|strong="H5414" eat|strong="H3899". 
\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3117" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" piece|strong="H6400" of|strong="H3117" fig|strong="H1690" cake|strong="H1690" and|strong="H7725" two|strong="H8147" clusters|strong="H6778"/packs of|strong="H3117" raisins|strong="H6778". The|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" had|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" had|strong="H3588" anything|strong="H3899" to|strong="H7725" eat|strong="H3899" or|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" for|strong="H3588" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" and|strong="H7725" nights|strong="H3915", but|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w ate|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w drank|strong="H8354"\+w*} he|strong="H3588" felt|strong="H4959" refreshed|strong="H5314". 
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\verseNumber{13}David|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H2470" him|strong="H1732", “Who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H2088" your|strong="H3588" master|strong="H0113"? And|strong="H3117" where|strong="H2088" do|strong="H2088" you|strong="H3588" come|strong="H5288" from|strong="H3117"?” 
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He|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H2470" from|strong="H3117" Egypt|strong="H4713". I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H2470" a|strong="H3588" slave|strong="H5650" of|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H5288" from|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group. Three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" ago|strong="H3117" my|strong="H1732" master|strong="H0113" left|strong="H5800" me|strong="H5800" here|strong="H2088", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1732" sick|strong="H2470" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w not|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w go|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3117"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{14}We|strong="H0587" had|strong="H3063" raided|strong="H6584" the|strong="H5921" southern|strong="H5045" part|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Kereth people-group live|strong="H3427", and|strong="H3063" some|strong="H4480" other|strong="H0312" towns|strong="H1323" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H5921" area|strong="H1508" south|strong="H5045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Hebron|strong="H2275"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5921" Caleb|strong="H3612" live|strong="H3427". We|strong="H0587" also|strong="H3063" burned|strong="H8313" Ziklag|strong="H6860" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{15}David|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H3027", “Can|strong="H4310" you|strong="H3381" lead|strong="H5148" us|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3381" this|strong="H2088" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3027" raiders|strong="H1416"?” 
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He|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w do|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w that|strong="H2088"\+w*} if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3381" ask|strong="H7592" God|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3381" listen|strong="H8085" while|strong="H2088" you|strong="H3381" promise|strong="H7650" that|strong="H2088" you|strong="H3381" will|strong="H3027" not|strong="H2088" kill|strong="H4191" me|strong="H4191" or|strong="H4191" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H4191" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3381" my|strong="H1732" master|strong="H0113". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3381" promise|strong="H7650" that|strong="H2088", I|strong="H2088" will|strong="H3027" take|strong="H7650" you|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" them|strong="H3027".” 
\verseNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w agreed|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*,} so|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H1419" from|strong="H6440" Egypt|strong="H4714" led|strong="H6440" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1419"\+w*} to|strong="H3381" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1419" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group were|strong="H6430". Those|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1419" were|strong="H6430" lying|strong="H8267" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H6440", eating|strong="H0398" and|strong="H3063" drinking|strong="H8354" and|strong="H3063" celebrating|strong="H7832" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H6440" having|strong="H0369" captured|strong="H3947" many|strong="H1419" things|strong="H1419" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" and|strong="H3063" Judah|strong="H3063" areas|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{17}David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w men|strong="H5288"\+w*} fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="H1992" from|strong="H5921" sunset|strong="H6153" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H4283" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" evening|strong="H6153" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" following|strong="H4283" day|strong="H4283". Four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" of|strong="H5921" them|strong="H1992" escaped|strong="H4422" and|strong="H3967" rode|strong="H7392" away|strong="H5127" on|strong="H5921" camels|strong="H1581", but|strong="H3588" none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" others|strong="H1992" escaped|strong="H4422". 
\verseNumber{18}David|strong="H1732" rescued|strong="H5337" his|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" wives|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1732" he|strong="H3605" and|strong="H1732" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" got|strong="H3947" back|strong="H3947" everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group had|strong="H1732" taken|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{19}Nothing|strong="H3808" was|strong="H1732" missing|strong="H5737". They|strong="H3808" took|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" back|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w Ziklag|strong="H6860"\+w*}—young|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" old|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w wives|strong="H0802"\+w*}, their|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" daughters|strong="H1323". They|strong="H3808" also|strong="H1732" recovered|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1419" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group had|strong="H1732" taken|strong="H3947" from|strong="H4480" Ziklag|strong="H6860". 
\verseNumber{20}They|strong="H1931" took|strong="H3947" with|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H1732" cattle|strong="H4735" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H3605" captured|strong="H3947", and|strong="H1732" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" caused|strong="H5414" those|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929" to|strong="H6440" go|strong="H1732" in|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440", saying|strong="H0559", “These|strong="H2088" are|strong="H6440" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3605" we|strong="H3605" captured|strong="H3947" in|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H6440"; they|strong="H1931" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H6440" David|strong="H1732"!” 
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\verseNumber{21}David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H5971" got|strong="H3318" back|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3318" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3318" other|strong="H0312" 200 men|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" waiting|strong="H8104", the|strong="H3318" men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H1732" go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3427" David|strong="H1732" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" very|strong="H3966" exhausted|strong="H6296". They|strong="H5971" had|strong="H1732" stayed|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" Besor|strong="H1308" Ravine|strong="H5158". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w men|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w coming|strong="H3318"\+w*}, they|strong="H5971" went|strong="H3212" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" greet|strong="H7592" them|strong="H3318". And|strong="H3967" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w greeted|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w*} said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3318", “I|strong="H7592" hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H5971" things|strong="H7592" are|strong="H5971" going|strong="H3318" well|strong="H7965" with|strong="H3427" you|strong="H7592"!” 
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\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1732" gone|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" David|strong="H1732", men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" evil|strong="H7451" and|strong="H1121" troublemakers, said|strong="H6030", “These|strong="H3605" 200 men|strong="H1121" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H5414". So|strong="H1980" we|strong="H3588" should|strong="H1980" not|strong="H3808" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1980" them|strong="H5414" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" recovered|strong="H5337"/captured|strong="H3920". Each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5414" should|strong="H1980" take|strong="H1980" only|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" go|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w back|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w homes|strong="H1004"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{23}David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", my|strong="H8104" fellow|strong="H7453" Israelis, it|strong="H5414" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" right|strong="H3651" to|strong="H3068" divide|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5414" like|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" capture|strong="H3920". Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" protected|strong="H8104" us|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H3027" who|strong="H3068" attacked|strong="H3027" our|strong="H3068" town|strong="H7151". 
\verseNumber{24}◄Who|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3381" you|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" say|strong="H1697" things|strong="H1697" like|strong="H3381" that|strong="H3588"?/No|strong="H4310" one|strong="H2088" will|strong="H4310" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3381" you|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" say|strong="H1697" things|strong="H1697" like|strong="H3381" that|strong="H3588".► [RHQ] The|strong="H5921" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H4310" stayed|strong="H3427" here|strong="H2088" with|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5921" supplies|strong="H4399" will|strong="H4310" get|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" same|strong="H2088" amount|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H4310" went|strong="H3381" into|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5921" battle|strong="H4421" will|strong="H4310" get|strong="H3947". They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4310" all|strong="H3162" receive|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" same|strong="H2088" amount|strong="H1697".” 
\verseNumber{25}David|strong="H3117" made|strong="H7760" that|strong="H3117" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" law|strong="H2706" [DOU] for|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3117" Israeli people|strong="H1931", and|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3117" is|strong="H2088" still|strong="H5704" a|strong="H1961" law|strong="H2706" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{26}When|strong="H7971" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w all|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w others|strong="H0312"\+w*} arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3068" Ziklag|strong="H6860", David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" friends|strong="H7453" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3063" leaders|strong="H2205" in|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" some|strong="H2009" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" captured|strong="H3920" from|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3068" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group. He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H7971", “Here|strong="H2009" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7971" present|strong="H1293" for|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971". These|strong="H1732" are|strong="H3068" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" we|strong="H2009" took|strong="H1732" from|strong="H7971" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341".” 
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\verseNumber{27}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Here|strong="H6311"\+w* \+w is|strong="H0369"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w list|strong="H4557"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1008"\+w* \+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1008"\+w* \+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1008"\+w* \+w whose|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w sent|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w gifts|strong="H4979"\+w*:} Bethel|strong="H1008", Ramoth|strong="H7418" in|strong="H1008" the|strong="H1008" southern|strong="H5045" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", Jattir|strong="H3492", 
\verseNumber{28}Aroer|strong="H6177", Siphmoth|strong="H8224", Eshtemoa|strong="H0851", 
\verseNumber{29}Racal|strong="H7403", the|strong="H5892" cities|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5892" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5892" Jehrameel lived|strong="H3427" and|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5892" cities|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5892" Ken people-group lived|strong="H3427", 
\verseNumber{30}Hormah|strong="H2767", Bor-Ashan|strong="H0953", Athach|strong="H6269", 
\verseNumber{31}Hebron|strong="H2275", and|strong="H1980" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" places|strong="H4725" where|strong="H8033" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1980" had|strong="H1732" gone|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w they|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w hiding|strong="H5641"\+w* \+w from|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H1931"\+w*}. 

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\chapterNumber{31}Later|strong="H0310", the|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430" again|strong="H6440" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" the|strong="H6440" Israelis. The|strong="H6440" Israelis ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127" from|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3478" ◄many|strong="H7227" Israelis were|strong="H3478" killed|strong="H2491"/the|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430" killed|strong="H2491" many|strong="H7227" Israelis► on|strong="H5307" Gilboa|strong="H1533" Mountain|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H5221" Philistines|strong="H6430" caught|strong="H3920" up|strong="H1121" with|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5221" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5221" killed|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w three|strong="H7969"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} his|strong="H5221" sons|strong="H1121", Jonathan|strong="H3083" and|strong="H1121" Abinadab|strong="H0041" and|strong="H1121" Malchishua. 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H4672" fighting|strong="H4421" was|strong="H7586" very|strong="H3966" fierce|strong="H3513" around|strong="H3384" Saul|strong="H7586". When|strong="H4672" the|strong="H4672" Philistine|strong="H6430" ◄archers|strong="H3384"/men|strong="H3513" with|strong="H4421" bows|strong="H7198" and|strong="H7586" arrows|strong="H7198"► caught|strong="H4672" up|strong="H5927" with|strong="H4421" Saul|strong="H7586", they|strong="H7586" wounded|strong="H2342" him|strong="H4672" badly|strong="H3966" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3513"\+w* \+w arrows|strong="H7198"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{4}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H5375" who|strong="H3588" was|strong="H7586" carrying|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" weapons|strong="H3627", “Take|strong="H3947" out|strong="H3947" your|strong="H3947" sword|strong="H2719" and|strong="H2719" kill|strong="H2719" me|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" these|strong="H3947" heathen|strong="H1471" Philistines|strong="H6430" will|strong="H2719" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5921" thrust|strong="H1856" their|strong="H5375" swords|strong="H2719" into|strong="H5307" me|strong="H5921" and|strong="H2719" make|strong="H3947" fun of|strong="H3627" me|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w dying|strong="H0006"\+w*}.” 
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But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H5375" who|strong="H3588" was|strong="H7586" carrying|strong="H5375" Saul’s|strong="H7586" weapons|strong="H3627" was|strong="H7586" terrified|strong="H3966", and|strong="H2719" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H5953" that|strong="H3588". So|strong="H3947" Saul|strong="H7586" took|strong="H3947" his|strong="H5375" own|strong="H1961" sword|strong="H2719" and|strong="H2719" fell|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w sword|strong="H2719"\+w* \+w pierced|strong="H1856"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w body|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w and|strong="H2719"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w died|strong="H5307"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H4191" carrying|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" weapons|strong="H3627" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H7586" dead|strong="H4191", he|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1571" threw|strong="H5307" himself|strong="H1931" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5375" own|strong="H5973" sword|strong="H2719" and|strong="H2719" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H1571" Saul|strong="H7586", three|strong="H7969" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" carried|strong="H5375" Saul’s|strong="H7586" weapons|strong="H3627", all|strong="H3605" died|strong="H4191" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" Israeli people|strong="H1121" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" north|strong="H6828" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\+w*} Valley|strong="H6010" and|strong="H1121" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" east|strong="H5676" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7200" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3588"\+w*} heard|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" Israeli army|strong="H3427" had|strong="H3478" run|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127" and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7200" sons|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3478" died|strong="H4191", they|strong="H3588" left|strong="H5800" their|strong="H7200" towns|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127". Then|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" Philistines|strong="H6430" came|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" occupied|strong="H3427" their|strong="H7200" towns|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H1961" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H4283", when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" Philistines|strong="H6430" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" take|strong="H1961" away|strong="H5307" the|strong="H1961" weapons|strong="H3627" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" dead|strong="H2491" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli \+w soldiers|strong="H1121"\+w*}, they|strong="H7586" found|strong="H4672" the|strong="H1961" bodies|strong="H6297" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121" on|strong="H5307" Gilboa|strong="H1533" Mountain|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H5971" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" Saul’s|strong="H7218" head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H7971" took|strong="H5971" his|strong="H7971" weapons|strong="H3627". Then|strong="H7971" they|strong="H5971" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" throughout|strong="H5439" their|strong="H7971" land|strong="H0776", to|strong="H7971" proclaim|strong="H1319" the|strong="H7971" news|strong="H1319", in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7971" temple|strong="H1004" where|strong="H1004" they|strong="H5971" kept|strong="H8104" their|strong="H7971" idols|strong="H6091", and|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H5971", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w their|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w had|strong="H6430"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H7760" put|strong="H7760" Saul’s|strong="H7586" weapons|strong="H3627" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7760" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Astarte|strong="H6253". They|strong="H7760" also|strong="H1472" fastened|strong="H8628" the|strong="H7760" bodies|strong="H1472" of|strong="H1004" Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w sons|strong="H1121"\+w*} to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7760" wall|strong="H2346" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3627"\+w* \+w surrounded|strong="H5437"\+w*} Beth-Shan|strong="H1052" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jabesh|strong="H3003" in|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8085"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6213" the|strong="H8085" Philistines|strong="H6430" had|strong="H7586" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" Saul’s|strong="H7586" corpse|strong="H5038", 
\verseNumber{12}all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" bravest|strong="H0533" soldiers|strong="H2428" walked|strong="H3212" all|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915" to|strong="H3212" Beth-Shan|strong="H1052". They|strong="H8033" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" corpses|strong="H1472" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" down|strong="H8313" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" wall|strong="H2346", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H8033" took|strong="H3947" them|strong="H3947" back|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3212" Jabesh|strong="H3003" and|strong="H1121" burned|strong="H8313" the|strong="H3605" corpses|strong="H1472" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{13}They|strong="H3117" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" bones|strong="H6106" and|strong="H3117" buried|strong="H6912" them|strong="H3947" under|strong="H8478" a|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w big|strong="H0931"\+w*} tamarisk|strong="H0815" tree|strong="H6086". Then|strong="H3947" they|strong="H3117" ◄fasted|strong="H6684"/abstained from|strong="H3947" eating|strong="H0398" food|strong="H3899"► for|strong="H8478" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". 
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\BibleBook{2 Samuel}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of King David reigning over all of Israel. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{2 Samuel }

\BibleSectionHeading{David found out about Saul’s death }
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\chapterNumber{1}After|strong="H1961" Saul|strong="H7586" died|strong="H4191", David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w men|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5221"\+w*} returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Ziklag|strong="H6860" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} after|strong="H1961" defeating|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3117" Amalek|strong="H6002". They|strong="H3117" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Ziklag|strong="H6860" for|strong="H3427" two|strong="H8147" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{2}On|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117", unexpectedly|strong="H6597" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H5307" arrived|strong="H0935" there|strong="H2009" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961" from|strong="H4480" where|strong="H5921" Saul’s|strong="H7586" army|strong="H4264" was|strong="H1961" camped|strong="H2583". He|strong="H3117" had|strong="H1961" torn|strong="H7167" his|strong="H1732" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H3117" put|strong="H5414" dust|strong="H6083" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H1732" head|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w show|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w grieving|strong="H5110"\+w*}. He|strong="H3117" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H3117" prostrated|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H7812" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w front|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w show|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w respect|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{3}David|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H1732", “Where|strong="H2088" have|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3478" come|strong="H3478" from|strong="H3478"?” The|strong="H1732" man|strong="H2088" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H2088" escaped|strong="H4422" from|strong="H3478" where|strong="H2088" the|strong="H1732" Israeli army|strong="H4264" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H1961" camped|strong="H2583".” 
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\verseNumber{4}David|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H4100" him|strong="H5046", “What|strong="H4100" happened|strong="H1961"? Tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H4994" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4421"\+w*}!” The|strong="H4480" man|strong="H1121" replied|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H4480" Israeli soldiers|strong="H4421" ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" battle|strong="H4421". Many|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H4191". And|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083" ◄are|strong="H5971" dead|strong="H4191"/were|strong="H1961" also|strong="H1571" killed|strong="H4191"►.” 
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\verseNumber{5}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3588" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288", “How|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083" are|strong="H1121" dead|strong="H4191"?” 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H5921" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" replied|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H5921" happened|strong="H7122" that|strong="H5288" I|strong="H2009" was|strong="H7586" on|strong="H5921" Gilboa|strong="H1533" Mountain|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w occurred|strong="H1961"\+w*}, and|strong="H7393" I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H2009" Saul|strong="H7586", leaning|strong="H8172" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" spear|strong="H2595". The|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w enemy|strong="H0340"\+w*} chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H7393" their|strong="H5921" drivers had|strong="H7586" come|strong="H7122" very|strong="H3966" close|strong="H1692" to|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H7586". 
\verseNumber{7}Saul|strong="H7586" turned|strong="H6437" around|strong="H6437" and|strong="H7200" saw|strong="H7200" me|strong="H7200", and|strong="H7200" he|strong="H7121" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H7200" to|strong="H7121" me|strong="H7200". I|strong="H2005" answered|strong="H6030" him|strong="H7121" and|strong="H7200" said|strong="H7121", ‘What|strong="H7200" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H7200" want|strong="H4270" me|strong="H7200" to|strong="H7121" do|strong="H6213"?’ 
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\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H4310" replied|strong="H0559", ‘Who|strong="H4310" are|strong="H4310" you|strong="H4310"?’ I|strong="H0589" replied|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" descendant|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1121" Amalek|strong="H6002".’ 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H5975" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H4994", ‘Come|strong="H4994" over|strong="H5921" here|strong="H5921" and|strong="H5975" kill|strong="H4191" me|strong="H4994". I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H5315", but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" enduing a|strong="H3588" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H5921" pain|strong="H4341".’ 
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\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H3947" I|strong="H3588" went|strong="H7218" to|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H7218" killed|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H7218" wounded|strong="H2491" very|strong="H3045" badly|strong="H3966" and|strong="H7218" would|strong="H2421" ◄not|strong="H3808" continue|strong="H5975" to|strong="H4191" live|strong="H2421"/soon|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4191"►. I|strong="H3588" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" crown|strong="H5145" that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H7218" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3947" head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" band|strong="H7218"/bracelet|strong="H0685" that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H7218" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3947" arm|strong="H2220", and|strong="H7218" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3045" brought|strong="H3947" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H4191" you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H1571" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1732" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1732" with|strong="H1732" him|strong="H3605" tore|strong="H7167" their|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w show|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w very|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w sad|strong="H7451"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H3588" mourned|strong="H5594" for|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3588" cried|strong="H1058" and|strong="H1121" ◄fasted|strong="H6684"/abstained from|strong="H5921" eating|strong="H0398" food|strong="H1004"► until|strong="H5704" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3068" evening|strong="H6153". They|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3068" mourned|strong="H5594" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H5971", because|strong="H3588" many|strong="H5704" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3068" soldiers|strong="H5971" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H5971" killed|strong="H2719" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" battle|strong="H4421" [MTY]. 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H2088" David|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H7592" the|strong="H5046" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" who|strong="H1616" had|strong="H1732" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4421"\+w*}, “Where|strong="H2088" are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5046" from|strong="H1121"?” He|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H1732" father|strong="H1121" is|strong="H2088" a|strong="H2088" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amalek|strong="H6002", but|strong="H3588" we|strong="H0587" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478".” 
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\verseNumber{14}David|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7971", “◄Why|strong="H3808" were|strong="H3027" you|strong="H7971" not|strong="H3808" afraid|strong="H3372" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7971"\+w*} killed|strong="H2026" Saul|strong="H7586", whom|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H4150" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}?/You|strong="H7971" should|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3808" afraid|strong="H3372" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7971"\+w*} killed|strong="H2026" Saul|strong="H7586", whom|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H4150" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}.► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{15-16}You|strong="H0859" yourself|strong="H0859" said|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H0589" killed|strong="H2026" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" whom|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H4150" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428".’ So|strong="H3651" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H1961" caused|strong="H5414" yourself|strong="H0859" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" guilty|strong="H0816" [MTY] of|strong="H1121" causing|strong="H7462" your|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" death|strong="H4194"!” Then|strong="H0227" David|strong="H1732" summoned|strong="H7121" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5650" and|strong="H3967" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H5414", “Kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="H5414"!” So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" soldier|strong="H6635" killed|strong="H2026" him|strong="H5414" by|strong="H0801" striking|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w sword|strong="H2719"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{David’s|strong="H1732" song|strong="H7892" about|strong="H5439" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3967" Jonathan|strong="H3083" }
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H7586" David|strong="H1732" composed|strong="H6969"/wrote|strong="H3789" this|strong="H2063" sad|strong="H7451" song|strong="H7892" about|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083", 
\verseNumber{18}and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5921" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H1121" it|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1121" taught|strong="H3925" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w song|strong="H7892"\+w* \+w is|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H5921" Bow|strong="H7198" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Arrow|strong="H1121"\+w*}’ and|strong="H1121" it|strong="H5921" has|strong="H3063" been|strong="H1961" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H1121" Jashar|strong="H3477": 
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\verseNumber{19}“ou Israeli people|strong="H5971", your|strong="H5921" glorious|strong="H6643" [MTY] leaders|strong="H7218" have|strong="H3478" been|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2491" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" mountains|strong="H2022"! 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w sad|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3478"\+w*} those|strong="H5921" mighty|strong="H1368" men|strong="H1368" have|strong="H3478" died|strong="H5307"! 
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\verseNumber{20}“o|strong="H8055" not|strong="H6435" tell|strong="H5046" it|strong="H8055" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w* \+w in|strong="H6189"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w Philistia|strong="H6429"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}; 
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do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6435" tell|strong="H5046" to|strong="H1323" the|strong="H5046" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H1323" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H6189" Gath|strong="H1661" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} what|strong="H4100" happened|strong="H1961"; 
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do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6435" proclaim|strong="H1319" it|strong="H8055" in|strong="H6189" the|strong="H5046" streets|strong="H2351" of|strong="H1323" Ashkelon|strong="H0831" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, because|strong="H6435" if|strong="H6435" you|strong="H5046" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H8055", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H1571"\+w*} the|strong="H5046" women|strong="H1323" in|strong="H6189" that|strong="H6430" area|strong="H1508" will|strong="H1323" be|strong="H1961" happy|strong="H8055"; 
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do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6435" allow|strong="H5414" those|strong="H1992" ◄pagan|strong="H5869" women|strong="H1323"/women|strong="H1323" who|strong="H1323" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6435" know|strong="H5046" God|strong="H0430"► to|strong="H1323" rejoice|strong="H8055". 
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No|strong="H1097" one|strong="H1097" rubbed|strong="H4803" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081" on|strong="H5921" Saul’s|strong="H7586" shield|strong="H4043"; 
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\verseNumber{22}instead|strong="H3808", it|strong="H7725" was|strong="H7586" stained|strong="H1351" with|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H1368" those|strong="H2459" whom|strong="H1368" he|strong="H3808" had|strong="H7586" killed|strong="H2491", 
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and|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" fat|strong="H2459" of|strong="H1368" mighty|strong="H1368" enemy|strong="H0340" soldiers|strong="H1368" was|strong="H7586" smeared|strong="H4886" on|strong="H2719" it|strong="H7725". 
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Jonathan|strong="H3083" [PRS] did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" retreat|strong="H7725" carrying|strong="H5375" his|strong="H7725" bow|strong="H7198" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w arrows|strong="H7198"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H7725" Saul|strong="H7586" always|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w defeated|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w* \+w when|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w fought|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7725"\+w*} with|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" sword|strong="H2719". [PRS, LIT|strong="H0215"] 
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\verseNumber{23}“aul|strong="H4836" and|strong="H7586" Jonathan|strong="H3083" were|strong="H7586" loved|strong="H0157" and|strong="H7586" they|strong="H3808" pleased|strong="H3190" many|strong="H3808" people|strong="H3808". 
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They|strong="H3808" were|strong="H7586" together|strong="H3162" [LIT|strong="H0215"] while|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3808" lived|strong="H2416" and|strong="H7586" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3808" died|strong="H4194". 
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\verseNumber{24}“ou Israeli women|strong="H1323", cry|strong="H7121" about|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H7586"; 
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He|strong="H5921" provided|strong="H3557" beautiful|strong="H3303" scarlet|strong="H8144"/red|strong="H8144" clothes|strong="H3847" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" 
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and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H5921" gave|strong="H3847" you|strong="H5921" gold|strong="H2091" ornaments|strong="H5716"/jewelry|strong="H5730" to|strong="H3478" fasten|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" clothes|strong="H3847". 
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\verseNumber{25}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3083"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w sad|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1116"\+w*} this|strong="H8432" mighty|strong="H1368" soldier|strong="H4421" has|strong="H1368" died|strong="H5307"! 
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Jonathan|strong="H3083" has|strong="H1368" been|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2491" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" mountains|strong="H2022"/hills|strong="H1389". 
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\verseNumber{26}Jonathan|strong="H3083", my|strong="H5921" dear|strong="H5276" friend|strong="H7453", I|strong="H5921" grieve|strong="H6087" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921"; 
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you|strong="H5921" were|strong="H5921" very|strong="H3966" dear|strong="H5276" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921". 
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You|strong="H5921" loved|strong="H0157" me|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" wonderful|strong="H6381" manner|strong="H4941"; 
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it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3966" better|strong="H5921" than|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" way|strong="H5921" that|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" woman|strong="H0802" loves|strong="H0157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w her|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w husband|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3083"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w children|strong="H1121"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{27}“t is|strong="H1368" very|strong="H3966" sad|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3627" those|strong="H1992" mighty|strong="H1368" men|strong="H1368" have|strong="H5307" died|strong="H5307", 
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and|strong="H5307" their|strong="H5307" weapons|strong="H3627" are|strong="H1368" now|strong="H6258" abandoned|strong="H5800"! 

\BibleSectionHeading{David was appointed to be the king of Judah }
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\chapterNumber{2}Some|strong="H4480" time|strong="H1961" after|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3068", David|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “Should|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3651" go|strong="H5927" back|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w*} one|strong="H1961" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063"?” Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3651", go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" there|strong="H1961".” Then|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H7592", “To|strong="H3068" which|strong="H3068" town|strong="H5892" should|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3651" go|strong="H5927"?” Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “To|strong="H3068" Hebron|strong="H2275".” 
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\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H5927" David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" there|strong="H8033", taking|strong="H3947" his|strong="H1732" two|strong="H8147" wives|strong="H0802", Ahinoam|strong="H0293" who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1732" from|strong="H5927" Jezreel|strong="H3157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H1732" Abigail|strong="H0026", the|strong="H5927" widow|strong="H0490" of|strong="H8147" Nabal|strong="H5037" from|strong="H5927" Carmel|strong="H3760" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H1004" also|strong="H1732" took|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3427" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973", and|strong="H1004" their|strong="H1732" families|strong="H1004". They|strong="H5892" all|strong="H5927" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5927" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" villages|strong="H2691" near|strong="H5973" Hebron|strong="H2275". 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" came|strong="H3063" to|strong="H5921" Hebron|strong="H2275", and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} them|strong="H5921" poured|strong="H4886" olive|strong="H2132" oil|strong="H4886" on|strong="H5921" David’s|strong="H1732" head|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w show|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w they|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3063"\+w* appointing \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w be|strong="H4428"\+w*} [MTY] the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" [MTY] of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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When|strong="H5921" David|strong="H1732" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H5921" that|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Jabesh|strong="H3003" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} had|strong="H1732" buried|strong="H6912" Saul’s|strong="H7586" body|strong="H1320", 
\verseNumber{5}he|strong="H6213" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" men|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3068" Jabesh|strong="H3003" to|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H7971" this|strong="H2088": “I|strong="H2088" desire|strong="H8378"/hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H7971" for|strong="H6213" having|strong="H0369" shown|strong="H6213", by|strong="H3068" burying|strong="H6912" the|strong="H6213" body|strong="H1320" of|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586" your|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428", that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7971" were|strong="H1732" loyal|strong="H2617" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{6}Now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H1697" also|strong="H1571" desire|strong="H8378"/hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" faithfully|strong="H2617" love|strong="H2617" you|strong="H6213" and|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" loyal|strong="H2617" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6213". And|strong="H3068" I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H1697" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" because|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}Now|strong="H6258", although|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" your|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" is|strong="H1571" dead|strong="H4191", be|strong="H1961" strong|strong="H2388" and|strong="H1121" courageous|strong="H2388", like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", who|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1961" appointed|strong="H1121" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Ishbosheth was|strong="H1961" appointed|strong="H1121" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" }
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\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w While|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w this|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w was|strong="H7586"\+w* happening}, Ner’s son|strong="H1121" Abner|strong="H0074", the|strong="H3947" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" Saul’s|strong="H7586" army|strong="H6635", took|strong="H3947" Saul’s|strong="H7586" son|strong="H1121" Ishbosheth and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H5674" across|strong="H5674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} to|strong="H1121" Mahanaim|strong="H4266" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{9}There|strong="H3605" Abner|strong="H0074" proclaimed|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3605" Ishbosheth was|strong="H3478" now|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} and|strong="H3478" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H5921" Asher|strong="H0836" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" region|strong="H2256" of|strong="H5921" Jezreel|strong="H3157" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H5921" Ephraim|strong="H0669" and|strong="H3478" Benjamin|strong="H1144". That|strong="H3605" meant|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{10}Ishbosheth was|strong="H1961" 40 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1004" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". He|strong="H1004" ruled|strong="H4427" them|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141". But|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" ◄was|strong="H1961" loyal|strong="H0310" to|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732"/wanted|strong="H2654" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4427"►, 
\verseNumber{11}and|strong="H3063" he|strong="H3117" ruled|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" seven|strong="H7651" and|strong="H3063" a|strong="H1961" half|strong="H2677" years|strong="H8141" while|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H8141" Hebron|strong="H2275". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H5921" war|strong="H4421" between|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Israel|strong="H3478" }
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\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} Abner|strong="H0074" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3318" officials|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1121" Isbosheth went|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" Mahanaim|strong="H4266" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w across|strong="H5676"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} to|strong="H3318" Gibeon|strong="H1391" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}Joab|strong="H3097", whose|strong="H1121" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H1732" Zeruiah|strong="H6870", and|strong="H1121" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" David’s|strong="H1732" officials|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w Hebron|strong="H2275"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} met|strong="H6298" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" pool|strong="H1295" there|strong="H3427". They|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3162" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427", the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H2088" group|strong="H7235" on|strong="H5921" one|strong="H2088" side|strong="H2088" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" pool|strong="H1295" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H2088" group|strong="H7235" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H2088" side|strong="H2088". 
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\verseNumber{14}Abner|strong="H0074" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6440" Joab|strong="H3097", “Let’s|strong="H4994" tell|strong="H4994" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H6440" our|strong="H6440" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" to|strong="H6440" fight|strong="H3898" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312"!” Joab|strong="H3097" replied|strong="H0559", “Okay!” 
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\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H6965" twelve|strong="H8147" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5674" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" fought|strong="H3898" for|strong="H1121" Ishbosheth, against|strong="H6965" twelve|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" David’s|strong="H1732" soldiers|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{16}Each|strong="H3162" of|strong="H7218" them|strong="H7121" grabbed|strong="H2388" the|strong="H7121" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H7121" man|strong="H5307" against|strong="H2719" whom|strong="H7121" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" fighting|strong="H3898", and|strong="H7218" thrust|strong="H1920" his|strong="H7121" sword|strong="H2719" into|strong="H5307" that|strong="H1931" man’s|strong="H0376" side|strong="H6654". The|strong="H7121" result|strong="H6903" was|strong="H1931" that|strong="H1931" all|strong="H3162" 24 of|strong="H7218" them|strong="H7121" fell|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" dead|strong="H4191". So|strong="H7121" that|strong="H1931" area|strong="H4725" in|strong="H5307" Gibeon|strong="H1391" is|strong="H1931" now|strong="H7121" called|strong="H7121" ‘Field|strong="H7704" of|strong="H7218" Swords’. 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w others|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w started|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H4421"\+w*}. It|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" fierce|strong="H7186" battle|strong="H4421". Abner|strong="H0074" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" men|strong="H5650" of|strong="H3117" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" defeated|strong="H5062" by|strong="H3117" David’s|strong="H1732" soldiers|strong="H5650". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Joab’s|strong="H3097" brother|strong="H0251" Asahel|strong="H6214" was|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2026" }
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\verseNumber{18}Zeruiah’s|strong="H6870" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" there|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*}: Joab|strong="H3097", Abishai|strong="H0052", and|strong="H1121" Asahel|strong="H6214". Asahel|strong="H6214" was|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1961" run|strong="H7323" very|strong="H3966" fast|strong="H7031"; he|strong="H8033" could|strong="H3201" run|strong="H7323" as|strong="H1961" fast|strong="H7031" as|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" wild|strong="H7704" gazelle|strong="H6643"/antelope|strong="H8377". 
\verseNumber{19}Asahel|strong="H6214" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3212" pursue|strong="H7291" Abner|strong="H0074". He|strong="H3808" ran|strong="H3212" straight|strong="H3474" toward|strong="H5921" Abner|strong="H0074", without|strong="H3808" stopping|strong="H2014". 
\verseNumber{20}Abner|strong="H0074" looked|strong="H6437" behind|strong="H0310" him|strong="H2088", and|strong="H6437" said|strong="H0559" “Is|strong="H2088" that|strong="H2088" you|strong="H6437", Asahel|strong="H6214"?” Asahel|strong="H6214" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588"!” 
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\verseNumber{21}Abner|strong="H0074" yelled|strong="H5414" at|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", “Turn|strong="H5493" to|strong="H5921" one|strong="H3808" side|strong="H3225" or|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w pursue|strong="H7291"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w else|strong="H3808"\+w*}!” But|strong="H3808" Asahel|strong="H6214" would|strong="H5288" not|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H5493" pursuing|strong="H7291" Abner|strong="H0074". 
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\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H5375" Abner|strong="H0074" yelled|strong="H5414" at|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440" again|strong="H5750", “Stop|strong="H5493" ◄chasing|strong="H0310" after|strong="H0310"/pursuing|strong="H7291"► me|strong="H6440"! ◄Why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" I|strong="H4100" kill|strong="H5221" you|strong="H6440"?/It|strong="H5375" would|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3254" be|strong="H5750" good|strong="H4100" for|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" kill|strong="H5221" you|strong="H6440"!► [RHQ] If|strong="H0518" I|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" that|strong="H5375", ◄how|strong="H4100" could|strong="H4100" I|strong="H4100" <face|strong="H6440"/be|strong="H5750" reconciled with|strong="H6440"> your|strong="H5375" brother|strong="H0251" Joab|strong="H3097"?/it|strong="H5375" would|strong="H4100" be|strong="H5750" very|strong="H3966" difficult|strong="H6381" for|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" <face|strong="H6440"/be|strong="H5750" reconciled with|strong="H6440"> your|strong="H5375" brother|strong="H0251" Joab|strong="H3097".► [RHQ]” 
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\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H1961" Asahel|strong="H6214" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H3318" stop|strong="H5975" pursuing|strong="H7291" Abner|strong="H0074". So|strong="H1961" Abner|strong="H0074" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w suddenly|strong="H6597"\+w* \+w turned|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w and|strong="H8033"\+w*} thrust|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" butt|strong="H0310" end|strong="H3318" of|strong="H8478" his|strong="H3605" spear|strong="H2595" into|strong="H5307" Asahel’s|strong="H6214" stomach|strong="H4578". Because|strong="H8478" he|strong="H8033" thrust|strong="H5221" it|strong="H8033" very|strong="H3966" strongly|strong="H3966", that|strong="H3605" end|strong="H3318" of|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" spear|strong="H2595" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Asahel’s|strong="H6214"\+w* \+w body|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w and|strong="H8033"\+w*} came|strong="H1961" out|strong="H3318" at|strong="H5975" his|strong="H3605" back|strong="H5493", and|strong="H8033" he|strong="H8033" fell|strong="H5307" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H4725", dead|strong="H4191". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5650" who|strong="H3605" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H8033" his|strong="H3605" body|strong="H4191" was|strong="H1961" lying|strong="H5307" stopped|strong="H5975" and|strong="H8033" stood|strong="H5975" there|strong="H8033", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stunned|strong="H6313"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H1992" Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H6440" Abishai|strong="H0052" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5704" pursue|strong="H7291" Abner|strong="H0074". At|strong="H5921" sunset|strong="H8121" they|strong="H1992" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H5704" Ammah|strong="H0522" Hill|strong="H1389", which|strong="H1992" is|strong="H1870" east|strong="H5921" of|strong="H6440" Giah|strong="H1520", along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" road|strong="H1870" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" desert|strong="H4057" near|strong="H6440" Gibeon|strong="H1391". 
\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H5921" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" gathered|strong="H6908" around|strong="H5921" Abner|strong="H0074" in|strong="H5921" one|strong="H1121" group|strong="H7235", and|strong="H1121" stood|strong="H5975" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" hill|strong="H1389". 
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\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H1961" Abner|strong="H0074" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3045" to|strong="H5704" Joab|strong="H3097", saying|strong="H0559" “Are|strong="H5971" we|strong="H3588" going|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" fight|strong="H3898" forever|strong="H5704" [RHQ]? Do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w continue|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w fighting|strong="H3898"\+w*}, the|strong="H3588" result|strong="H6903" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" very|strong="H5704" bad|strong="H7451" [RHQ]? We|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3045" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5971" Jacob|strong="H3290". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w stop|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w fighting|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w each|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w other|strong="H7121"\+w*} ◄How|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" will|strong="H1961" it|strong="H7121" be|strong="H1961" until|strong="H5704" you|strong="H3588" tell|strong="H3045" your|strong="H3045" soldiers|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5704" stop|strong="H3808" pursuing|strong="H7291" us|strong="H7725"?/Tell|strong="H3045" your|strong="H3045" soldiers|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5704" stop|strong="H3808" pursuing|strong="H7291" us|strong="H7725".►” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{27}Joab|strong="H3097" replied|strong="H1696", “Just|strong="H1696" as|strong="H5927" surely|strong="H3588" as|strong="H5927" God|strong="H0430" lives|strong="H2416", if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3588", my|strong="H1696" soldiers|strong="H5971" would|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" continued|strong="H5674" pursuing|strong="H7291" your|strong="H3588" men|strong="H5971" until|strong="H3588" tomorrow|strong="H1242" morning|strong="H1242"!” 
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\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H3808" Joab|strong="H3097" blew|strong="H8628" a|strong="H5975" trumpet|strong="H7782" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w signal|strong="H5251"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w stop|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w fighting|strong="H3898"\+w*}. So|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" did|strong="H3478" that|strong="H5971". They|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" pursue|strong="H7291" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478" anymore|strong="H5750", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3808" stopped|strong="H5975" fighting|strong="H3898". 
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\verseNumber{29}That|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915" Abner|strong="H0074" and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5650" went|strong="H1980" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} Valley|strong="H6010". They|strong="H1931" crossed|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} and|strong="H1980" marched|strong="H1980" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1338", and|strong="H1980" they|strong="H1931" finally|strong="H5704" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H3383" Mahanaim|strong="H4266". 
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\verseNumber{30}Joab|strong="H3097" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} stopped|strong="H7725" pursuing|strong="H7291" Abner|strong="H0074". And|strong="H7725" when|strong="H7725" he|strong="H3605" gathered|strong="H6908" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5650" together|strong="H6908", he|strong="H3605" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H7725" that|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5650" addition|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7725" Asahel|strong="H6214", only|strong="H3605" 19 of|strong="H5650" them|strong="H7725" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H6485" killed|strong="H2026" in|strong="H5650" the|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H4421". 
\verseNumber{31}But|strong="H5221" David’s|strong="H1732" soldiers|strong="H5650" had|strong="H1732" killed|strong="H5221" 360 of|strong="H5650" Abner’s|strong="H0074" men|strong="H5650", all|strong="H4191" from|strong="H5650" the|strong="H5221" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H5650" Benjamin|strong="H1144". 
\verseNumber{32}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Joab’s|strong="H3097"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} took|strong="H5375" Asahel’s|strong="H6214" body|strong="H1320" and|strong="H3212" buried|strong="H6912" it|strong="H5375" in|strong="H6912" the|strong="H3605" tomb|strong="H6913" where|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3097" been|strong="H5375" buried|strong="H6912", in|strong="H6912" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". Then|strong="H5375" they|strong="H3605" marched|strong="H5973" all|strong="H3605" during|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915", and|strong="H3212" at|strong="H6912" dawn|strong="H7837" they|strong="H3605" arrived|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w back|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w home|strong="H3212"\+w*} at|strong="H6912" Hebron|strong="H2275". 
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\chapterNumber{3}There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" long|strong="H1980" war|strong="H4421" between|strong="H4421" those|strong="H1980" who|strong="H4421" wanted|strong="H2654" Saul’s|strong="H7586" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1980" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H1980" those|strong="H1980" who|strong="H4421" wanted|strong="H2654" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H1980" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428". But|strong="H1961" more|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" more|strong="H1980" people|strong="H5971" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1980" want|strong="H4270" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H1980" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428", while|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1004" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H4421" wanted|strong="H2654" Saul’s|strong="H7586" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1980" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" continued|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" become|strong="H1961" smaller|strong="H4592". 

\BibleSectionHeading{David’s|strong="H1732" sons|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205" at|strong="H4421" Hebron|strong="H2275" }
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\verseNumber{2}David’s|strong="H1732" wives|strong="H0802" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" six|strong="H8337" sons|strong="H1121" at|strong="H1732" Hebron|strong="H2275". The|strong="H3205" oldest|strong="H1060" was|strong="H1961" Amnon|strong="H0550", whose|strong="H1121" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H1961" Ahinoam|strong="H0293", from|strong="H1121" Jezreel|strong="H3157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H1121" next|strong="H4932" one|strong="H7992" was|strong="H4428" Kileab, whose|strong="H1121" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H4428" Abigail|strong="H0026", the|strong="H1121" widow|strong="H0490" of|strong="H1121" Nabal|strong="H5037", from|strong="H1121" Carmel|strong="H3760" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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The|strong="H1121" next|strong="H4932" one|strong="H7992" was|strong="H4428" Absalom|strong="H0053", whose|strong="H1121" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H4428" Maacah|strong="H4601", the|strong="H1121" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Talmai|strong="H8526", the|strong="H1121" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1121"\+w*} Geshur|strong="H1650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H1121" next|strong="H4283" one|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Adonijah|strong="H0138", whose|strong="H1121" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H1121" Haggith|strong="H2294". 
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The|strong="H1121" next|strong="H4283" one|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Shephatiah|strong="H8203", whose|strong="H1121" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H1121" Abital|strong="H0037". 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H3205" youngest|strong="H6996" one|strong="H0259" was|strong="H1732" Ithream|strong="H3507", whose|strong="H0834" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H1732" Eglah|strong="H5698", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w another|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w one|strong="H0259"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3205"\+w*} David’s|strong="H1732" wives|strong="H0802". 
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Those|strong="H1992" sons|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" David|strong="H1732" were|strong="H1732" all|strong="H3605" born|strong="H3205" in|strong="H1732" Hebron|strong="H2275". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Abner|strong="H0074" decided|strong="H3289" that|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" would|strong="H1732" be|strong="H1732" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H3205" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3205" them|strong="H3205" }
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\verseNumber{6}While|strong="H1961" those|strong="H2388" who|strong="H4421" wanted|strong="H2654" Saul’s|strong="H7586" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1961" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H2388" them|strong="H1961" and|strong="H1004" those|strong="H2388" who|strong="H4421" wanted|strong="H2654" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H1961" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H2388" them|strong="H1961" continued|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H4421" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312", Abner|strong="H0074" was|strong="H1961" becoming|strong="H1961" more|strong="H4421" influential among|strong="H8432" those|strong="H2388" who|strong="H4421" wanted|strong="H2654" Saul’s|strong="H7586" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H2388" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H8034" alive|strong="H2416", he|strong="H8034" had|strong="H7586" as|strong="H1323" one|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1323" his|strong="H7586" wives|strong="H0802" a|strong="H1323" slave|strong="H5650" woman|strong="H1323" named|strong="H8034" Rizpah|strong="H7532", the|strong="H8034" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Aiah|strong="H0345". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w one|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w Abner|strong="H0074"\+w* \+w had|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w sexual|strong="H7901"\+w* \+w relations|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w with|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w her|strong="H1323"\+w*}. So|strong="H3651" Ishbosheth said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1323" Abner|strong="H0074", “Why|strong="H4069" have|strong="H1323" you|strong="H0859" had|strong="H7586" sexual|strong="H7901" relations|strong="H3045" with|strong="H8034" [EUP] my|strong="H7586" father’s|strong="H0001" slave|strong="H5650" wife|strong="H0802"?” 
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\verseNumber{8}Abner|strong="H0074" became|strong="H2734" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734" about|strong="H5921" what|strong="H1697" Ishbosheth said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H6213" him|strong="H5921". He|strong="H3117" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H6213" Ishbosheth, “◄Do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5921" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H6485" a|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worthless|strong="H3808"\+w*} dog|strong="H3611" [MET|strong="H4672"] from|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063"?/You|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3117" treating me|strong="H5921" as|strong="H1697" though|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H6485" a|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worthless|strong="H3808"\+w*} dog|strong="H3611" [MET|strong="H4672"] from|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063".► [RHQ] From|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" beginning|strong="H7218", I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3063" been|strong="H6485" loyal|strong="H2617" to|strong="H6213" Saul|strong="H7586" your|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001", to|strong="H6213" his|strong="H1732" brothers|strong="H0251", and|strong="H3063" to|strong="H6213" his|strong="H1732" friends|strong="H4828". And|strong="H3063" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3063" prevented|strong="H6923" you|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" being|strong="H1004" defeated|strong="H5221" by|strong="H3027" David’s|strong="H1732" army|strong="H2428". So|strong="H6213" now|strong="H3117" ◄why|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5921" criticizing me|strong="H5921" about|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5973"\+w*} some|strong="H1697" woman|strong="H1004"?/you|strong="H5921" should|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" criticizing me|strong="H5921" about|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5973"\+w*} some|strong="H1697" woman|strong="H1004".► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{9-10}Yahweh|strong="H3068" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H1696" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" to|strong="H0413" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" rule|strong="H4910". He|strong="H0834" promised|strong="H1696" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0014" cause|strong="H2600" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H0413" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3967" Judah|strong="H3063", from|strong="H4480" Dan|strong="H1835" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} far|strong="H5704" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" north|strong="H6828" to|strong="H0413" Beersheba|strong="H0884" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} far|strong="H5704" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" south|strong="H5045". So|strong="H3651" I|strong="H0589" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H0834" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" me|strong="H0413" severely|strong="H5953" [HYP] if|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0589" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" enable|strong="H7980" that|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0413" happen|strong="H1961"!” 
\verseNumber{11}Ishbosheth was|strong="H1697" very|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H1697" Abner|strong="H0074", so|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" say|strong="H7725" anything|strong="H1697" in|strong="H7725" reply|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Abner|strong="H0074". 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H2009" Abner|strong="H0074" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w at|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Hebron|strong="H2275"\+w*}, to|strong="H3478" say|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H7971", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Either|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w or|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w I|strong="H2009"\+w*} should|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3027" [RHQ] the|strong="H3605" ruler|strong="H4910" of|strong="H3027" this|strong="H3027" entire|strong="H3605" nation|strong="H1471", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1732"\+w* Isbosheth. \+w However|strong="H0389"\+w*,} if|strong="H2009" you|strong="H3605" make|strong="H3772" an|strong="H7971" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H7971", I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H4310" help|strong="H5826" you|strong="H3605" by|strong="H3027" encouraging all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3027" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" ◄be|strong="H3027" want|strong="H3772" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3027" their|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428"/start|strong="H1870" to|strong="H3478" support|strong="H3027"► you|strong="H3605".” 
\verseNumber{13}David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" back|strong="H7725" this|strong="H7200" reply|strong="H1697": “Good|strong="H2896"! I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" willing|strong="H0014" to|strong="H6440" make|strong="H3772" an|strong="H7200" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" you|strong="H3588". But|strong="H3588" before|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3588" happens|strong="H7592", there|strong="H1697" is|strong="H1697" one|strong="H3808" thing|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" do|strong="H1697". When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" come|strong="H7586" to|strong="H6440" see|strong="H7200" me|strong="H6440", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" bring|strong="H1323" my|strong="H7200" wife|strong="H0802" Michal|strong="H4324", Saul’s|strong="H7586" daughter|strong="H1323".” 
\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H7971" David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H7971" Ishbosheth, to|strong="H7971" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7971" him|strong="H5414", “I|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w*} 100 men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Philistia|strong="H6429" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w cut|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w off|strong="H5414"\+w*} their|strong="H5414" foreskins|strong="H6190" to|strong="H7971" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7971" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H7971" pay|strong="H5414" for|strong="H7971" Michal|strong="H4324" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w my|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*}. So|strong="H7971" now|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7971" me|strong="H5414"!” 
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\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H3947" Ishbosheth sent|strong="H7971" some|strong="H4480" men|strong="H1121" to|strong="H7971" take|strong="H3947" Michal|strong="H4324" from|strong="H1121" her|strong="H7971" husband|strong="H0376" Palti|strong="H6406". But|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w took|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w her|strong="H7971"\+w*,} her|strong="H7971" husband|strong="H0376" followed|strong="H0310" them|strong="H7971" all|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3947" way|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" Bahurim|strong="H0980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, crying|strong="H1058" as|strong="H1121" he|strong="H7971" went|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H1980" Abner|strong="H0074" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w turned|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1980"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H7725", “Go|strong="H1980" back|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w home|strong="H7725"\+w*}!”, so|strong="H1980" he|strong="H5704" did|strong="H1980". 
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\verseNumber{17}Abner|strong="H0074" went|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" Israeli leaders|strong="H2205" and|strong="H3478" talked|strong="H1696" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H5921". He|strong="H1732" said|strong="H1697", “For|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" long|strong="H5921" time|strong="H8543" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1961" wanted|strong="H1245" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H6213" now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" an|strong="H6213" opportunity to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588". Keep|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3478" mind|strong="H3820" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H3068" this|strong="H6213": ‘With|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" help|strong="H3467" of|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732", who|strong="H3605" serves|strong="H5647" me|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w well|strong="H3190"\+w*}, I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H3467" my|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Philistia|strong="H6429", and|strong="H3478" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" power|strong="H3027" [MTY] of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" enemies’|strong="H0341".” 
\verseNumber{19}Abner|strong="H0074" also|strong="H1571" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1571" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1004" Benjamin|strong="H1144". Then|strong="H1696" he|strong="H3605" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H1696" Hebron|strong="H2275", to|strong="H1696" tell|strong="H1696" David|strong="H1732" what|strong="H2896" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1571" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1571" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1004" Benjamin|strong="H1144" had|strong="H3478" agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H5869". 
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\verseNumber{20}When|strong="H6213" Abner|strong="H0074" came|strong="H1732" with|strong="H6213" 20 of|strong="H6213" his|strong="H1732" soldiers|strong="H5650" to|strong="H6213" see|strong="H7200" David|strong="H1732" at|strong="H1732" Hebron|strong="H2275", David|strong="H1732" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" feast|strong="H4960" for|strong="H6213" all|strong="H6213" of|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{21}Afterwards|strong="H0310", Abner|strong="H0074" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732", “Sir|strong="H0113"/Your|strong="H3605" majesty|strong="H1926", I|strong="H5315" will|strong="H4428" now|strong="H3478" go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H6965" encourage|strong="H2388" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5315" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" accept|strong="H7521" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", as|strong="H5315" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3478" desired|strong="H2530".” Then|strong="H6965" Abner|strong="H0074" left|strong="H7971", peacefully|strong="H7965". 

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\verseNumber{22}Soon|strong="H3588" after|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588", Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H7971" some|strong="H7227" of|strong="H5650" David’s|strong="H1732" other|strong="H0312" soldiers|strong="H5650" returned|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w Hebron|strong="H2275"\+w*} after|strong="H3588" raiding \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w enemies’|strong="H0341"\+w* \+w villages|strong="H2691"\+w*}, bringing|strong="H0935" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H7971" a|strong="H3588" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H5650" things|strong="H5973" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1732" captured|strong="H3920". But|strong="H3588" Abner|strong="H0074" was|strong="H1732" not|strong="H3588" there|strong="H2009" at|strong="H1732" Hebron|strong="H2275", because|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7971" safely|strong="H7965" home|strong="H3212". 
\verseNumber{23}When|strong="H7971" Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" with|strong="H3212" him|strong="H7971" arrived|strong="H0935", someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3605" Abner|strong="H0074" had|strong="H4428" come|strong="H3212" there|strong="H7965" and|strong="H1121" talked|strong="H1696" with|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" home|strong="H3212" safely|strong="H7965". 
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\verseNumber{24}So|strong="H6213" Joab|strong="H3097" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H1980" said|strong="H0559", “Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H4428" you|strong="H7971" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="H4428"? Listen|strong="H2009" to|strong="H1980" me|strong="H7971"! Abner|strong="H0074" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w your|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w enemy|strong="H0340"\+w*, \+w but|strong="H2009"\+w*} when|strong="H1980" he|strong="H6213" came|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" you|strong="H7971", you|strong="H7971" allowed|strong="H5414" him|strong="H7971" [RHQ] to|strong="H1980" leave|strong="H1980"! 
\verseNumber{25}Do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H6213" deceive|strong="H6601" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H6213" find|strong="H3045" out|strong="H4161" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" doing|strong="H6213", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" places|strong="H4161" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H6213"?” 
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\verseNumber{26}After|strong="H3318" Joab|strong="H3097" left|strong="H3318" David|strong="H1732", he|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" some|strong="H4480" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H7725" get|strong="H3318" Abner|strong="H0074". They|strong="H3808" found|strong="H3045" him|strong="H7971" at|strong="H1732" Sirah|strong="H5626" Well|strong="H3045", and|strong="H7971" brought|strong="H3318" him|strong="H7971" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Hebron|strong="H2275", but|strong="H3808" David|strong="H1732" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" they|strong="H3808" had|strong="H1732" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3045". 
\verseNumber{27}So|strong="H7725" when|strong="H7725" Abner|strong="H0074" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1696" Hebron|strong="H2275", Joab|strong="H3097" met|strong="H6298" him|strong="H5221" at|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5221" city|strong="H8179" gate|strong="H8179", and|strong="H7725" took|strong="H5186" him|strong="H5221" aside|strong="H5186" as|strong="H1696" though|strong="H3588" he|strong="H8033" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H1696" speak|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5221" privately|strong="H7987". Then|strong="H1696" he|strong="H8033" stabbed|strong="H5221" Abner|strong="H0074" in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5221" stomach|strong="H4578" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w knife|strong="H3979"\+w*/\+w sword|strong="H2719"\+w*}. In|strong="H4191" that|strong="H8179" way|strong="H1870" he|strong="H8033" murdered|strong="H2026" Abner|strong="H0074" because|strong="H8033" Abner|strong="H0074" had|strong="H3097" killed|strong="H5221" [MTY] Joab’s|strong="H3097" brother|strong="H0251" Asahel|strong="H6214". 
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\verseNumber{28}Later|strong="H0310", after|strong="H0310" David|strong="H1732" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H8085" had|strong="H3068" happened|strong="H1961", he|strong="H3651" said|strong="H8085", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" knows|strong="H3045" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H3651" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H8085" kingdom|strong="H4467" are|strong="H1121" not|strong="H8085" at|strong="H3068" all|strong="H5769" ◄responsible|strong="H1818" for|strong="H3068"/guilty|strong="H0816" of|strong="H1121"► murdering [MTY] Abner|strong="H0074". 
\verseNumber{29}I|strong="H5921" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3605" Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004" will|strong="H2719" be|strong="H1004" punished|strong="H6485" [MTY] for|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605"! I|strong="H5921" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3605" there|strong="H3605" will|strong="H2719" always|strong="H3605" be|strong="H1004" someone|strong="H5307" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004" who|strong="H3605" has|strong="H2719" sores|strong="H0076", or|strong="H7218" someone|strong="H5307" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" a|strong="H3772" leper|strong="H6879", or|strong="H7218" some|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H3605" women’s|strong="H0802" work|strong="H4399", or|strong="H7218" someone|strong="H5307" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" killed|strong="H2719" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3772" battle|strong="H4421", or|strong="H7218" someone|strong="H5307" who|strong="H3605" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5307" have|strong="H3605" enough|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899" to|strong="H5921" eat|strong="H3899"!” 
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\verseNumber{30}That|strong="H4421" is|strong="H4191" how|strong="H4100" Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H3097" his|strong="H5921" brother|strong="H0251" Abishai|strong="H0052" murdered|strong="H2026" Abner|strong="H0074", because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H5921" had|strong="H3097" killed|strong="H2026" their|strong="H5921" brother|strong="H0251" Asahel|strong="H6214" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" battle|strong="H4421" at|strong="H5921" Gibeon|strong="H1391". 
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\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="H1980" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1980" Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" all|strong="H3605" Joab’s|strong="H3097" soldiers|strong="H5971", “Tear|strong="H7167" your|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H1980" put|strong="H2296" on|strong="H1980" coarse cloth|strong="H0899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w sad|strong="H7451"\+w*}, and|strong="H1980" mourn|strong="H5594" for|strong="H6440" Abner|strong="H0074"!” And|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* funeral}, King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" walked|strong="H1980" behind|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w carrying|strong="H5375"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" coffin|strong="H0727". 
\verseNumber{32}They|strong="H5971" buried|strong="H6912" Abner’s|strong="H0074" body|strong="H1320" at|strong="H4428" Hebron|strong="H2275". And|strong="H4428" at|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" grave|strong="H6913", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" cried|strong="H1058" loudly|strong="H6963", and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" also|strong="H4428" cried|strong="H1058". 
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\verseNumber{33}David|strong="H1732" sang|strong="H7891" this|strong="H4191" sad|strong="H7451" song|strong="H7892" to|strong="H4191" lament|strong="H6969" for|strong="H4191" Abner|strong="H0074": 
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“t is|strong="H4428" not|strong="H4191" right|strong="H3225" that|strong="H4428" [RHQ] Abner|strong="H0074" died|strong="H4191" like|strong="H4191" outlaws die|strong="H4191"! 
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\verseNumber{34}No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" tied|strong="H0631" his|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027" or|strong="H3808" put|strong="H3254" chains|strong="H5178" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" feet|strong="H7272", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H7272"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3254"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w criminals|strong="H5766"\+w*}. 
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No|strong="H3808", he|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1121" murdered|strong="H2026" by|strong="H3027" wicked|strong="H5766" men|strong="H1121"!” 
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\verseNumber{35}Then|strong="H3254" many|strong="H7227" [HYP] people|strong="H5971" came|strong="H5971" to|strong="H6213" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H6213" tell|strong="H3605" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6213" eat|strong="H1262" some|strong="H3117" food|strong="H3899" before|strong="H6440" sunset|strong="H8121", but|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" refused|strong="H3985". He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H5971" punish|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6440" severely|strong="H5953" [HYP] if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" eat|strong="H1262" any|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121" goes|strong="H6440" down|strong="H6440"!” 
\verseNumber{36}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" saw|strong="H7200" what|strong="H2896" David|strong="H1732" did|strong="H6213", and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H6213" were|strong="H5971" pleased|strong="H3190". Truly|strong="H3190", everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" did|strong="H6213" pleased|strong="H3190" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{37}So|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" realized|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" wanted|strong="H2654" Abner|strong="H0074" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{38}The|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3045" officials|strong="H8269", “◄Do|strong="H2088" you|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" leader|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3588" great|strong="H1419" man|strong="H1419" has|strong="H3478" died|strong="H5307" today|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478"?/You|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" leader|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3588" great|strong="H1419" man|strong="H1419" has|strong="H3478" died|strong="H5307" today|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478".► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{39}Even|strong="H6213" though|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H1121" me|strong="H4480" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428", today|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" feel|strong="H4184" weak|strong="H7390". These|strong="H6213" two|strong="H4480" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zeruiah|strong="H6870", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Joab|strong="H3097"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Abishai|strong="H0052"\+w*}, are|strong="H3117" very|strong="H6213" violent|strong="H2555"; I|strong="H3117" cannot|strong="H4480" control|strong="H3027" them|strong="H6213". So|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3117" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" severely|strong="H5953" in|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" for|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" wicked|strong="H7451" thing|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Ishbosheth was murdered }
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\chapterNumber{4}When|strong="H3588" Saul’s|strong="H7586" son|strong="H1121" Ishbosheth heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" Abner|strong="H0074" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H3605" killed|strong="H4191" at|strong="H3478" Hebron|strong="H2275", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w realized|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w might|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w also|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w be|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H4191"\+w*}. He|strong="H3588" became|strong="H7586" discouraged|strong="H7503", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" ◄trembled|strong="H2729"/became|strong="H7586" afraid|strong="H3372"►. 
\verseNumber{2}Ishbosheth had|strong="H1961" two|strong="H8147" officers|strong="H8269" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" leaders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" groups|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" raided|strong="H6584" other|strong="H8145" villages|strong="H2691". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w brothers|strong="H1121"\+w*;} their|strong="H5921" names|strong="H8034" were|strong="H1961" Baanah|strong="H1196" and|strong="H1121" Rechab|strong="H7394", sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Rimmon|strong="H7417" from|strong="H5921" Beeroth|strong="H0881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144". Beeroth|strong="H0881" is|strong="H1571" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" area|strong="H1508" that|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w assigned|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144". 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3117" Beeroth|strong="H0881" had|strong="H1961" fled|strong="H1272" to|strong="H5704" Gittaim|strong="H1664" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, and|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" still|strong="H5704" live|strong="H1481" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{4}Saul’s|strong="H7586" son|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083" had|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" named|strong="H8034" Mephibosheth|strong="H4648". When|strong="H1961" Mephibosheth|strong="H4648" was|strong="H8034" five|strong="H2568" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083" died|strong="H5307" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H5375" battle|strong="H4421". When|strong="H1961" people|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H5375" that|strong="H8141" news|strong="H8052" from|strong="H1121" Jezreel|strong="H3157", Mephibosheth’s nursemaid picked|strong="H5375" him|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" and|strong="H1121" ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5375". She|strong="H1931" ran|strong="H5127" very|strong="H3966" fast|strong="H6685", with|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H8141" she|strong="H1931" dropped|strong="H5307" him|strong="H5375", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5375" legs|strong="H7272" became|strong="H1961" crippled|strong="H5223". 
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\verseNumber{5}One|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117", Rechab|strong="H7394" and|strong="H1121" Baanah|strong="H1196" left|strong="H7604" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w home|strong="H1004"\+w*} to|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Ishbosheth’s house|strong="H1004". They|strong="H3117" arrived|strong="H0935" there|strong="H3117" about|strong="H3117" noontime, when|strong="H3117" Ishbosheth was|strong="H1931" taking|strong="H7901" his|strong="H3117" midday|strong="H6672" nap. 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H1004" who|strong="H5221" was|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" doorkeeper|strong="H8104" was|strong="H1004" sifting wheat|strong="H2406". While|strong="H5704" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5704", she|strong="H5704" became|strong="H3205" sleepy, and|strong="H1004" fell|strong="H5307" asleep|strong="H3463". So|strong="H3947" Rechab|strong="H7394" and|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3947" brother|strong="H0251" Baanah|strong="H1196" were|strong="H1004" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5704" creep|strong="H7430" in|strong="H1004" quietly|strong="H8252". 
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\verseNumber{7}They|strong="H5921" entered|strong="H0935" Ishbosheth’s bedroom|strong="H2315", where|strong="H1004" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" sleeping|strong="H4904". They|strong="H5921" killed|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w swords|strong="H2719"\+w*} and|strong="H3212" cut|strong="H5493" off|strong="H5493" his|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218". They|strong="H5921" carried|strong="H3212" his|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H3212" walked|strong="H3212" all|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915" through|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} Valley|strong="H6010". 
\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H3117" took|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" Ishbosheth to|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" at|strong="H3068" Hebron|strong="H2275". They|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5414", “Here|strong="H2009" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" Ishbosheth, the|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" enemy|strong="H0340" Saul|strong="H7586", who|strong="H3068" tried|strong="H1245" to|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" you|strong="H5414". Your|strong="H3068" majesty|strong="H1926", today|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" get|strong="H1245" revenge|strong="H5360" on|strong="H3117" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H2233"!” 
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\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H6030" David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H6030" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6030", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H6299" me|strong="H5315" from|strong="H5315" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" troubles|strong="H6869". And|strong="H1121" just|strong="H3605" as|strong="H5315" surely|strong="H6299" as|strong="H5315" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315", what|strong="H1732" I|strong="H5315" am|strong="H3068" now|strong="H6258" saying|strong="H0559" is|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" true|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{10}When|strong="H3588" a|strong="H1961" messenger|strong="H5046" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4191" Ziklag|strong="H6860" and|strong="H5869" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5414" ‘Saul|strong="H7586" is|strong="H1931" dead|strong="H4191"!’ and|strong="H5869" he|strong="H1931" thought|strong="H5869" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" news|strong="H1319" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" bringing|strong="H5414" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H5414" was|strong="H1961" good|strong="H1319" news|strong="H1319", I|strong="H3588" seized|strong="H8610" him|strong="H5414" and|strong="H5869" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w one|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w my|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w*} kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="H5414". That|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" reward|strong="H1309" I|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H5414" news|strong="H1319"! 
\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H4480" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" two|strong="H4480" evil|strong="H7563" men|strong="H7563" murdered|strong="H2026" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H7563" who|strong="H6662" is|strong="H3027" ◄innocent|strong="H6662"/has|strong="H3588" done|strong="H3027" nothing|strong="H3808" wrong|strong="H7563"► when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1004" sleeping|strong="H4904" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" bed|strong="H4904" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" own|strong="H3027" house|strong="H1004", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H6662" do|strong="H3027" something|strong="H1697" worse|strong="H7489" to|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H6662" surely|strong="H3588" [RHQ] get|strong="H3027" revenge|strong="H5360" on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588" two|strong="H4480" for|strong="H3588" murdering [MTY] him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3027" ◄wipe|strong="H4229" you|strong="H3588"/cause|strong="H2600" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5921" disappear|strong="H4480"► from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776"!” 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H3947", following|strong="H7272" David’s|strong="H1732" orders|strong="H6680", his|strong="H3947" soldiers|strong="H5288" killed|strong="H2026" the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H3947" men|strong="H5288", and|strong="H3027" cut|strong="H7112" off|strong="H7112" their|strong="H3947" hands|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" their|strong="H3947" feet|strong="H7272", and|strong="H3027" hung|strong="H8518" their|strong="H3947" bodies|strong="H6297" (OR|strong="H7218", their|strong="H3947" hands|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" feet|strong="H7272") \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w pole|strong="H5251"\+w*} near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" pool|strong="H1295" at|strong="H5921" Hebron|strong="H2275". But|strong="H3947" they|strong="H5921" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3027" Ishbosheth and|strong="H3027" buried|strong="H6912" it|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{respectfully} in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tomb|strong="H6913" of|strong="H3027" Abner|strong="H0074", there|strong="H8033" at|strong="H5921" Hebron|strong="H2275". 

\BibleSectionHeading{David became the king of all the Israeli tribes }
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\chapterNumber{5}Then|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7626"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H7626" Israel|strong="H3478" came|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732" at|strong="H3478" Hebron|strong="H2275", and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H3605", “Listen|strong="H2005", we|strong="H2005" have|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H6106" ancestors|strong="H0001" [IDM] that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{2}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" past|strong="H8032", when|strong="H1961" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428", it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" who|strong="H5971" led|strong="H3318" our|strong="H3068" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w battles|strong="H4421"\+w*}. You|strong="H5921" are|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3318" whom|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H3318", ‘You|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H5057" [MET|strong="H6298"] of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971"; you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H5921" while|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" listening|strong="H8085", all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" declared|strong="H5046" there|strong="H3605" at|strong="H5921" Hebron|strong="H2275" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}. And|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732" made|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3772" sacred|strong="H6944" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921". They|strong="H3068" anointed|strong="H4886" him|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w* \+w oil|strong="H4886"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w set|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w apart|strong="H0914"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{4}David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" 30 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1732" became|strong="H4427" their|strong="H1732" king|strong="H4427". He|strong="H1732" ruled|strong="H4427" them|strong="H1121" for|strong="H1121" 40 years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{5}In|strong="H8141" Hebron|strong="H2275" he|strong="H3605" ruled|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H8141" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" seven|strong="H7651" and|strong="H3063" a|strong="H3478" half|strong="H2677" years|strong="H8141", and|strong="H3063" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" he|strong="H3605" ruled|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H8141" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H5921" 33 years|strong="H8141". 

\BibleSectionHeading{David’s|strong="H1732" army|strong="H3389" captured|strong="H3920" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" }
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\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H4428" his|strong="H1732" soldiers|strong="H5650" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H3212" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3588" Jebus|strong="H2982" people-group who|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". The|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427" thought|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" David’s|strong="H1732" army|strong="H3427" would|strong="H5493" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3212" capture|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892", so|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H1732" a|strong="H3588" message|strong="H3389" to|strong="H3212" David|strong="H1732", saying|strong="H0559" “Your|strong="H3588" army|strong="H3427" will|strong="H4428" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3212" get|strong="H3212" inside|strong="H8432" our|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892"! Even|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" blind|strong="H5787" and|strong="H4428" crippled|strong="H5223" people|strong="H3427" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3212" chase|strong="H7291" you|strong="H3588" away|strong="H5493"!” 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H1931" David’s|strong="H1732" army|strong="H2428" captured|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3920" fortress|strong="H4686" on|strong="H5892" Zion|strong="H6726" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Hill|strong="H2022"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w later|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w it|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w known|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5892"\+w*} David’s|strong="H1732" City|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{8}On|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117", David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H3651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*}, “Those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5921" get|strong="H5060" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" Jebus|strong="H2982" people-group should|strong="H3117" go|strong="H1732" through|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H6794" tunnel|strong="H6794" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w enter|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}. Then|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3117" can|strong="H3808" attack|strong="H5221" those|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5315" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H3117" [SYN] detest|strong="H8130"—\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w find|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w out|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w if|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w any|strong="H3605"\+w*} blind|strong="H5787" and|strong="H3117" crippled|strong="H5223" people|strong="H5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w stop|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}!” That|strong="H3605" is|strong="H1931" why|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5315" say|strong="H0559", “Blind|strong="H5787" and|strong="H3117" crippled|strong="H5223" people|strong="H5315" cannot|strong="H3808" enter|strong="H0935" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004".” 
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\verseNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H4480"\+w* } David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w captured|strong="H3920"\+w*} the|strong="H4480" city|strong="H5892" with|strong="H1004" its|strong="H5439" strong|strong="H2388" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" it|strong="H7121", he|strong="H1004" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427", and|strong="H1004" they|strong="H5892" named|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121" ‘David’s|strong="H1732" City’. David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} built|strong="H1129" the|strong="H4480" city|strong="H5892" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H4480" fortress|strong="H4686", starting|strong="H4161" where|strong="H1004" the|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w land|strong="H0776"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1732"\+w* ◄\+w filled|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w*/\+w terraces|strong="H4546"\+w*► \+w on|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w east|strong="H6921"\+w* \+w side|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w hill|strong="H2022"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{10}David|strong="H1732" continued|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" become|strong="H1980" more|strong="H1419" and|strong="H1980" more|strong="H1419" powerful|strong="H2392"/influential, because|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Almighty|strong="H6635" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397" was|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973"/helping|strong="H5826" him|strong="H5973". 
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\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} Hiram|strong="H2438", the|strong="H1129" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Tyre|strong="H6865" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H7023"\+w*}, sent|strong="H7971" ambassadors|strong="H4397"/messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H7971" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w about|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w making|strong="H6213"\+w* agreements \+w between|strong="H0996"\+w* \+w their|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w countries|strong="H0776"\+w*}. Hiram|strong="H2438" agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H7971" provide|strong="H6213" cedar|strong="H0730" trees|strong="H6086" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w make|strong="H6213"\+w* lumber}, and|strong="H7971" also|strong="H1732" that|strong="H4397" he|strong="H1004" would|strong="H4428" send|strong="H7971" carpenters|strong="H2796" and|strong="H7971" masons|strong="H7023", to|strong="H7971" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" palace|strong="H1004" for|strong="H7971" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{12}His|strong="H5375" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" caused|strong="H5414" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H3478" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" truly|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H3559" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3478" cause|strong="H5971" his|strong="H5375" kingdom|strong="H4467" to|strong="H3478" prosper|strong="H6743", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" loved|strong="H0157" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H5971", whom|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w chosen|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{13}After|strong="H0310" David|strong="H1732" moved|strong="H3389" from|strong="H1121" Hebron|strong="H2275" to|strong="H3389" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", he|strong="H1732" took|strong="H3947" more|strong="H5750" slave|strong="H5650" women|strong="H1323" to|strong="H3389" be|strong="H5750" his|strong="H3947" second-class wives|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1732" also|strong="H1732" married|strong="H3947" other|strong="H5750" women|strong="H1323". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w All|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w women|strong="H1323"\+w*} gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3389" more|strong="H5750" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H5416" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H8034" the|strong="H5416" sons|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3389" were|strong="H3209" born|strong="H3209" in|strong="H8034" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" were|strong="H3209" Shammua|strong="H8051", Shobab|strong="H7727", Nathan|strong="H5416", Solomon|strong="H8010", 
\verseNumber{15}Ibhar|strong="H2984", Elishua|strong="H0474", Nepheg|strong="H5298", Japhia|strong="H3309", 
\verseNumber{16}Elishama|strong="H0476", Eliada|strong="H0450", and|strong="H3967" Eliphelet|strong="H0467". 

\BibleSectionHeading{David’s|strong="H1732" army|strong="H2428" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" }
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\verseNumber{17}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" people|strong="H8085" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H5927" appointed|strong="H4150" to|strong="H3381" be|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", their|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5927" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w toward|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} to|strong="H3381" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H3381" capture|strong="H3920" David|strong="H1732". But|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3478" coming|strong="H5927", so|strong="H5927" he|strong="H3588" went|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" another|strong="H0312" fortified|strong="H1219" place|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H5203" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H6010"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6010"\+w*} Philistia|strong="H6429" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H6430" Rephaim|strong="H7497" Valley|strong="H6010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{southwest \+w of|strong="H6010"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} and|strong="H6430" spread|strong="H5203" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5203" valley|strong="H6010". 
\verseNumber{19}David|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “Should|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" attack|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3588" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H5927"? Will|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" enable|strong="H7980" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" [IDM]?” Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", attack|strong="H5927" them|strong="H5414", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3588" enable|strong="H7980" your|strong="H3068" army|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414". [IDM]” 
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\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H3651" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} went|strong="H1732" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Philistia|strong="H6429"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033" they|strong="H3651" defeated|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H3651" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H7121", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" burst|strong="H1234" through|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" like|strong="H3651" a|strong="H7121" flood|strong="H4325".” [SIM] So|strong="H3651" that|strong="H1931" place|strong="H4725" is|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" ‘Lord|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" Bursting-through’. 
\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H5375" Philistia|strong="H6429" men|strong="H0376" left|strong="H5800" their|strong="H5375" idols|strong="H6091" there|strong="H8033"; so|strong="H5375" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1732" his|strong="H5375" soldiers|strong="H5650" took|strong="H5375" them|strong="H5375" away|strong="H5375". 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H3254" the|strong="H5927" Philistia|strong="H6429" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H5927"\+w*} returned|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" Rephaim|strong="H7497" Valley|strong="H6010" and|strong="H5927" spread|strong="H5203" all|strong="H5927" over|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" valley|strong="H6010". 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H5927" again|strong="H5437" David|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5927"\+w*}. But|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" attack|strong="H5927" them|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w here|strong="H6311"\+w*}. Tell|strong="H5046" your|strong="H3068" men|strong="H0376" to|strong="H3068" go|strong="H5927" around|strong="H5437" them|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3068" attack|strong="H5927" them|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" side|strong="H5437", near|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3068" balsam|strong="H1057" trees|strong="H1057". 
\verseNumber{24}When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" hear|strong="H8085" something|strong="H1697" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" tops|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" balsam|strong="H1057" trees|strong="H1057" that|strong="H3588" sounds|strong="H6963" like|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w an|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w army|strong="H4264"\+w*} marching|strong="H6807", attack|strong="H5221" them|strong="H6440", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H1961" gone|strong="H3318" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w army|strong="H4264"\+w*} to|strong="H3318" defeat|strong="H5221" their|strong="H3068" army|strong="H4264".” 
\verseNumber{25}So|strong="H3651" David|strong="H1732" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H6680" him|strong="H5221" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H2428" from|strong="H5704" Geba|strong="H1387" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5221" way|strong="H3651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w west|strong="H3220"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" Gezer|strong="H1507" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{They moved the sacred chest to Jerusalem }
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\chapterNumber{6}Then|strong="H3254" David|strong="H1732" chose|strong="H0977" 30,000 Israeli men|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H1732" them|strong="H3478" together|strong="H3162". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H8033" led|strong="H3212" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3427" Judah|strong="H1184" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w formerly|strong="H6440"\+w*} called|strong="H7121" Baalah|strong="H1173", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w Kiriath-Jearim|strong="H7157"\+w*}. They|strong="H8033" went|strong="H3212" in|strong="H3427" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5921" there|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727", which|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w angels|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w*} heaven|strong="H8064", written|strong="H3789" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H7121", and|strong="H6965" which|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w statues|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H5971" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" it|strong="H7121". Between|strong="H3427" those|strong="H3605" statues|strong="H2088" was|strong="H3068" where|strong="H8033" Yahweh|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1696" messages|strong="H2372" about|strong="H5921" ruling|strong="H3427" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" [MTY]. 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H5375" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" was|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5375" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Abinadab|strong="H0041", on|strong="H7392" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5375" hill|strong="H1389". They|strong="H5375" went|strong="H1121" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5375" put|strong="H7392" the|strong="H5375" chest|strong="H0727" on|strong="H7392" a|strong="H5375" new|strong="H2319" cart|strong="H5699". Uzzah|strong="H5798" and|strong="H1121" Ahio|strong="H0283", the|strong="H5375" two|strong="H1004" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abinadab|strong="H0041", were|strong="H1121" guiding|strong="H5090" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w oxen|strong="H1241"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* pulling \+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w cart|strong="H5699"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}Uzzah|strong="H5798" walked|strong="H1980" alongside|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" cart|strong="H5699", and|strong="H1980" Ahio|strong="H0283" walked|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" it|strong="H5375". 
\verseNumber{5}David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli men|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" celebrating|strong="H7832" in|strong="H3478" God’s|strong="H0430" presence|strong="H6440", singing|strong="H7440" with|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" strength|strong="H5797" and|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w playing|strong="H7832"\+w*} lyres|strong="H3658" and|strong="H3478" harps|strong="H3658", and|strong="H3478" beating|strong="H8608" tambourines|strong="H8596", and|strong="H3478" clashing castanets|strong="H4517" and|strong="H3478" cymbals|strong="H6767". 
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\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3588" place|strong="H1637" where|strong="H0834" Nacon|strong="H5225" threshed|strong="H1758" grain|strong="H1715", the|strong="H3588" oxen|strong="H1241" stumbled|strong="H8058". So|strong="H7971" Uzzah|strong="H5798" put|strong="H7971" his|strong="H7971" hand|strong="H3027" on|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3588" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" to|strong="H5704" ◄steady|strong="H0530" it|strong="H3588"/prevent|strong="H6923" it|strong="H3588" from|strong="H7971" falling|strong="H5307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w off|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w cart|strong="H5699"\+w*}►. 
\verseNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068" immediately|strong="H6965" became|strong="H2734" very|strong="H2734" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H5973" Uzzah|strong="H5798", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H8033" killed|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033" alongside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727", because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H8033" had|strong="H3068" touched|strong="H5060" the|strong="H5921" chest|strong="H0727", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w only|strong="H0389"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Levi|strong="H3878"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w touch|strong="H5060"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w chest|strong="H0727"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{8}David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H3068" angry|strong="H2734" because|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" punished|strong="H6485" Uzzah|strong="H5798". So|strong="H7121" ever|strong="H3117" since|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", that|strong="H3117" place|strong="H4725" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5921" Punishment|strong="H5771" of|strong="H3068" Uzzah’. 
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\verseNumber{9}David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3068"\+w*} afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w else|strong="H5750"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3117"\+w*}, so|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", “◄How|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4310" I|strong="H3117" take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H3372" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}?/I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H3372" to|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H3372" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}.►” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" take|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5921" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" to|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". Instead|strong="H3808", they|strong="H3068" took|strong="H5493" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" another|strong="H3808" place|strong="H1004"; they|strong="H3068" took|strong="H5493" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Obed-Edom|strong="H5654", from|strong="H5493" Gath|strong="H1663" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{11}They|strong="H3068" left|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Obed-Edom|strong="H5654" for|strong="H3068" three|strong="H7969" months|strong="H2320", and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w during|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" Obed-Edom|strong="H5654" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{12}Later|strong="H0310", people|strong="H5971" told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" Obed-Edom|strong="H5654" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004" because|strong="H5668" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w taking|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w care|strong="H3027"\+w*} of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727"!” When|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" heard|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3605", he|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w some|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3605"\+w*} went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3068" Obed-Edom’s|strong="H5654" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" joyfully|strong="H8057" brought|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" from|strong="H5927" there|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w time|strong="H1961"\+w*, \+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Levi|strong="H3878"\+w*} were|strong="H1961" carrying|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3588" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727", but|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" walked|strong="H1980" only|strong="H3588" six|strong="H8337" steps|strong="H6806", they|strong="H3588" stopped|strong="H5975", and|strong="H3068" there|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" killed|strong="H2076" a|strong="H1961" bull|strong="H7794" and|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" fat|strong="H2459" calf|strong="H5695", and|strong="H3068" offered|strong="H2076" them|strong="H5375" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H1961" sacrifice|strong="H2076". 
\verseNumber{14}David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H3068" wearing|strong="H2296" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H3605"\+w*} a|strong="H3068" linen|strong="H8336" cloth|strong="H0899" wrapped|strong="H2296" around|strong="H6440" his|strong="H3605" waist|strong="H4975", and|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" dancing|strong="H3769" very|strong="H3966" energetically|strong="H2388" to|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H3519" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{15}David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Israeli men|strong="H3605" took|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" up|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}, shouting|strong="H8643" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w loudly|strong="H6963"\+w*} and|strong="H3478" blowing|strong="H8643" trumpets|strong="H7782". 
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\verseNumber{16}While|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1961" carrying|strong="H5375" the|strong="H6440" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" into|strong="H1323" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w David’s|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*} Michal|strong="H4324", who|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" Saul’s|strong="H7586" daughter|strong="H1323", looked|strong="H7200" out|strong="H8259" the|strong="H6440" window|strong="H2474" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w her|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*}. She|strong="H3820" saw|strong="H7200" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" leaping|strong="H6339" and|strong="H3068" dancing|strong="H3769" to|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H3519" Yahweh|strong="H3068". So|strong="H1961" she|strong="H3820" was|strong="H3068" disgusted|strong="H3363" with|strong="H3068" him|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{17}They|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H5927" the|strong="H6440" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" into|strong="H5927" the|strong="H6440" tent|strong="H0168" that|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" erected|strong="H5927" for|strong="H6440" it|strong="H8432". Then|strong="H5927" David|strong="H1732" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w an|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H3068" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H3615" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" finished|strong="H3615" offering|strong="H5930" those|strong="H1992" sacrifices|strong="H5930", he|strong="H3068" asked|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" armies|strong="H6635" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w angels|strong="H4397"\+w*}, to|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H5704" also|strong="H3478" distributed|strong="H2505" food|strong="H3899" to|strong="H5704" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". To|strong="H5704" each|strong="H3605" Israeli man|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3478" woman|strong="H2505" he|strong="H5704" gave|strong="H5414" a|strong="H3478" loaf|strong="H2471" of|strong="H1004" bread|strong="H3899", some|strong="H5971" meat|strong="H3899", and|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" raisin|strong="H0809" cake|strong="H2471". Then|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" their|strong="H3605" homes|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{20}When|strong="H3117" David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H3318" home|strong="H1004" to|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ask|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w*} bless|strong="H1288" his|strong="H1732" family|strong="H1004", his|strong="H1732" wife|strong="H0802" Michal|strong="H4324" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H7725" meet|strong="H7125" him|strong="H7725". She|strong="H4100" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7725", “Maybe|strong="H0194" you|strong="H3117", the|strong="H7725" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w think|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3117"\+w*} [IRO] were|strong="H3478" honoring|strong="H3513" yourself|strong="H7125" today|strong="H3117", but|strong="H3513" really|strong="H7725", you|strong="H3117" acted|strong="H6213" like|strong="H3318" a|strong="H3318" fool|strong="H3684", uncovering yourself|strong="H7125" while|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7725" female|strong="H1323" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H7725" officials|strong="H5650" were|strong="H3478" watching|strong="H5869"!” 
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\verseNumber{21}David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Michal|strong="H4324", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" honor|strong="H3519" Yahweh|strong="H3068", who|strong="H3605" chose|strong="H0977" me|strong="H6440" instead|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H3478" other|strong="H3605" members|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004", to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971", the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068". And|strong="H3478" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w continue|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} dance|strong="H4234" to|strong="H3478" honor|strong="H3519" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! 
\verseNumber{22}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Even|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w think|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w what|strong="H2063"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w did|strong="H5869"\+w*} was|strong="H1961" disgraceful|strong="H5039", I|strong="H5869" will|strong="H1961" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H5869" it|strong="H1961" even|strong="H5750" more|strong="H5750". You|strong="H5973" may|strong="H1961" despise|strong="H7043" me|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w what|strong="H2063"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w did|strong="H5869"\+w*}, but|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" women|strong="H0802" whom|strong="H5869" you|strong="H5973" were|strong="H1961" talking|strong="H1696" about|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" honor|strong="H3513" me|strong="H5973"!” 
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\verseNumber{23}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w As|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w*,} Saul’s|strong="H7586" daughter|strong="H1323" Michal|strong="H4324" never|strong="H3808" gave|strong="H1961" birth|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5704" any|strong="H1961" children|strong="H3206". 

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\chapterNumber{7}After|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} David|strong="H1732" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" his|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004", Yahweh|strong="H3068" protected|strong="H3467" him|strong="H5117" from|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341". 
\verseNumber{2}One|strong="H7200" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1004" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7200" prophet|strong="H5030" Nathan|strong="H5416", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w not|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w right|strong="H3225"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w*} I|strong="H7200" am|strong="H1961" here|strong="H6311", living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w beautiful|strong="H3303"\+w*} house|strong="H1004" made|strong="H6213" of|strong="H4428" cedar|strong="H0730" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wood|strong="H6086"\+w*}, but|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" chest|strong="H0727" that|strong="H7200" contains|strong="H4393" God’s|strong="H0430" Ten|strong="H6235" Commandments|strong="H4687" is|strong="H4428" kept|strong="H8104" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H7200" tent|strong="H3407"!” 
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H6213" Nathan|strong="H5416" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" helping|strong="H5826"/directing you|strong="H3588", so|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w regarding|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w chest|strong="H0727"\+w*} whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" thinking|strong="H0559".” 
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\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1931" night|strong="H3915", Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" Nathan|strong="H5416", 
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\verseNumber{5}“Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" my|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650", David|strong="H1732", that|strong="H3068" this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3541"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", am|strong="H3068" saying|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H1732": ‘You|strong="H1129" are|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1732" the|strong="H3541" one|strong="H3068" [RHQ] who|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" temple|strong="H1004" for|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5650" to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" any|strong="H1961" building|strong="H1129" from|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" brought|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5927" Egypt|strong="H4714" until|strong="H5704" now|strong="H1961". Instead|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H1961" tent|strong="H0168", moving|strong="H1980" from|strong="H5927" one|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4908" to|strong="H5704" another|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* Israelis} moved|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5704" other|strong="H2088" places|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{7}Wherever|strong="H3605" I|strong="H1697" went|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1980" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w traveled|strong="H1980"\+w*}, I|strong="H1697" never|strong="H3808" said|strong="H1696" [RHQ] to|strong="H1696" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" whom|strong="H5971" I|strong="H1697" appointed|strong="H6680" to|strong="H1696" lead|strong="H1980" them|strong="H6680", “Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H5971" you|strong="H6680" not|strong="H3808" built|strong="H1129" me|strong="H1696" a|strong="H1129" temple|strong="H1004" made|strong="H1129" of|strong="H1121" cedar|strong="H0730" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wood|strong="H6086"\+w*}?”’ 
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\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H4480" this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" you|strong="H5921" should|strong="H3068" say|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" my|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" David|strong="H1732": ‘The|strong="H5921" Almighty|strong="H6635" Commander|strong="H5057" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397" says|strong="H3541" that|strong="H5971" he|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947" you|strong="H5921" from|strong="H4480" a|strong="H1961" pasture|strong="H5116" where|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3478" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" sheep|strong="H6629", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w appointed|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" ruler|strong="H5057" of|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{9}I|strong="H1980" have|strong="H1961" ◄been|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973"/helped|strong="H5826"► you|strong="H6440" wherever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H6440" have|strong="H1961" gone|strong="H1980". I|strong="H1980" have|strong="H1961" gotten|strong="H6213" rid|strong="H1980" of|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" as|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6440" advanced|strong="H1980". I|strong="H1980" will|strong="H1961" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1980" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H1419" famous|strong="H8034", as|strong="H1961" well-known as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" greatest|strong="H1419" men|strong="H1419" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w ever|strong="H5769"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H1961"\+w*} on|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{10-11}Formerly|strong="H6440", during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6256" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" appointed|strong="H4150" leaders|strong="H7218" for|strong="H3588" my|strong="H8104" Israeli people|strong="H5971", many|strong="H7227" violent|strong="H2555" groups|strong="H7218" oppressed|strong="H6231" the|strong="H3605" Israelis. But|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2088" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" happen|strong="H1961" anymore|strong="H5750". I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H1961" chosen|strong="H0977" a|strong="H1961" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" my|strong="H8104" Israeli people|strong="H5971" can|strong="H4310" live|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w peacefully|strong="H7965"\+w*} and|strong="H3967" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0259" will|strong="H3068" disturb|strong="H2729" them|strong="H5414" anymore|strong="H5750". I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" rest|strong="H5117" from|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w attacked|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w by|strong="H0801"\+w*} their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341". And|strong="H3967" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341". 
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I|strong="H0589" declare|strong="H5046" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0859" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589", Yahweh|strong="H3068", will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" to|strong="H0413" rule|strong="H4910" after|strong="H0310" you|strong="H0859" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w die|strong="H4191"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{12}When|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3588" life|strong="H3117" ends|strong="H7098" [EUP] and|strong="H6965" you|strong="H3588" go|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3117" with|strong="H4390" your|strong="H3588" ancestors|strong="H0001", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H2233" appoint|strong="H6485" one|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3117" your|strong="H3588" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3117" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H6965" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H2233" enable|strong="H7980" his|strong="H3559" kingdom|strong="H4467" to|strong="H3318" ◄be|strong="H3117" strong|strong="H2388"/resist|strong="H2388" all|strong="H7901" their|strong="H4390" enemies|strong="H6965"►. 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H1129" one|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1004" arrange|strong="H6186" for|strong="H5704" a|strong="H1129" temple|strong="H1004" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H5769" built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H5704" me|strong="H1004" [MTY], and|strong="H1004" I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H1004" cause|strong="H2600" his|strong="H3559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H5769" kings|strong="H4428" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*} forever|strong="H5769". 
\verseNumber{14}I|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} a|strong="H1961" father|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H1931", and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w though|strong="H1931"\+w*} he|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="H1931"\+w* } a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961" [MET|strong="H6298"]. When|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" does|strong="H3198" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" wrong|strong="H5753", I|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1961" punish|strong="H3198" him|strong="H1931" as|strong="H1961" fathers|strong="H0001" punish|strong="H3198" their|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H5493" faithfully|strong="H2617" loving|strong="H0157" him|strong="H6440" as|strong="H6440" I|strong="H3808" stopped|strong="H5493" loving|strong="H0157" Saul|strong="H7586", whom|strong="H6440" I|strong="H3808" removed|strong="H5493" from|strong="H4480" being|strong="H1961" king|strong="H6440" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" became|strong="H7586" king|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{16}Your|strong="H6440" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H1961" rule|strong="H4467" the|strong="H6440" kingdom|strong="H4467" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*} forever|strong="H5769". Their|strong="H6440" rule|strong="H4467" will|strong="H1961" never|strong="H5769" end|strong="H7093". [DOU]’ ” 
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\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H3651" Nathan|strong="H5416" told|strong="H1696" David|strong="H1732" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H1732" told|strong="H1696" him|strong="H3605". 

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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H1732" into|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" sat|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" prayed|strong="H6419" this|strong="H3588": 
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“Yahweh|strong="H3068", my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" worthy|strong="H4941" [RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w all|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w these|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w*} for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" family|strong="H1004" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" worthy|strong="H4941", either|strong="H5704". 
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\verseNumber{19}“nd now|strong="H1571", O|strong="H3069" Yahweh|strong="H3068" my|strong="H1696" God|strong="H3069", in|strong="H1004" addition|strong="H1571" to|strong="H1696" everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750", you|strong="H1696" have|strong="H5869" spoken|strong="H1696" about|strong="H1696" what|strong="H1571" will|strong="H5650" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" my|strong="H1696" descendants|strong="H2233" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3069" future|strong="H7350" for|strong="H1004" many|strong="H7227" generations|strong="H1755". 
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\verseNumber{20}“ Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3069", what|strong="H4100" more|strong="H3254" can|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3045", David|strong="H1732", say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w honoring|strong="H3513"\+w* \+w me|strong="H1696"\+w*}? Although|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" very|strong="H3045" well|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" my|strong="H1732" God|strong="H3069", you|strong="H3045" have|strong="H3045" done|strong="H3254" things|strong="H1697" for|strong="H5650" me|strong="H1696" as|strong="H3254" though|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3045" was|strong="H1732" the|strong="H3069" most|strong="H6944" important|strong="H5704" man|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3069"\+w* \+w earth|strong="H0776"\+w*}! 
\verseNumber{21}For|strong="H6213" my|strong="H3605" sake|strong="H5668" and|strong="H5650" because|strong="H5668" it|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3820" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3605" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213", you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3045" done|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H2063" great|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697" for|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{22}“ Yahweh|strong="H3068" my|strong="H8085" God|strong="H3069", you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" great|strong="H1431". There|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3651" no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" like|strong="H3644" you|strong="H3588". Only|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" God|strong="H3069", just|strong="H3605" as|strong="H3644" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3605" always|strong="H3605" heard|strong="H8085". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H1980" there|strong="H8034" is|strong="H4310" no|strong="H6213" other|strong="H0312" nation|strong="H1471" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" world|strong="H8398" like|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". Israel|strong="H3478" is|strong="H4310" the|strong="H6440" only|strong="H0389" nation|strong="H1471" on|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" earth|strong="H0776" whose|strong="H4310" people|strong="H5971" you|strong="H6440" went|strong="H1980" out|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1980" rescue|strong="H6299" [RHQ]. By|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" great|strong="H6213" and|strong="H1980" awesome|strong="H3372" things|strong="H3372" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H6440" did|strong="H6213", you|strong="H6440" have|strong="H5971" become|strong="H6213" famous|strong="H8034"/well-known throughout|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" world|strong="H8398". As|strong="H6213" your|strong="H7760" people|strong="H5971" advanced|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w through|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w this|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w land|strong="H6440"\+w*}, you|strong="H6440" expelled|strong="H3423" other|strong="H0312" people-groups \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w here|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w Canaan|strong="H3667"\+w*}, who|strong="H4310" worshiped|strong="H7812" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H1980". 
\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5704" caused|strong="H1961" us|strong="H1961" Israeli people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" forever|strong="H5769", and|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5704", Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068"! 
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\verseNumber{25}“nd now|strong="H6258", Yahweh|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w pray|strong="H6419"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w*} cause|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5921" about|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H1697" fulfilled|strong="H6965" forever|strong="H5769", and|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w*} do|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" said|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{26}When|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3068" happens|strong="H1961", you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" famous|strong="H8034" forever|strong="H5769", and|strong="H3478" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" exclaim, ‘The|strong="H6440" Almighty|strong="H6635" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1004" angels|strong="H4397" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" God|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" rules|strong="H5769" Israel|strong="H3478".’ And|strong="H3478" you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3068" forever|strong="H5769" there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" mine|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H4910". 
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\verseNumber{27}“ahweh Almighty|strong="H6635", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H3820" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3651"\+w*}, you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" revealed|strong="H1540" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6419" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" kings|strong="H4428". For|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" reason|strong="H5921", I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" brave|strong="H2428" enough|strong="H4672" to|strong="H3478" pray|strong="H6419" like|strong="H3651" this|strong="H2063" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H1961" now|strong="H6258", O|strong="H3069" Yahweh|strong="H3068" Almighty|strong="H7706", because|strong="H1697" you|strong="H1696" are|strong="H1697" God|strong="H3069", we|strong="H6258" can|strong="H5650" trust|strong="H0982" that|strong="H1931" you|strong="H1696" will|strong="H1961" do|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H1696" promise|strong="H1697". You|strong="H1696" have|strong="H1961" promised|strong="H1696" these|strong="H1696" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696". 
\verseNumber{29}So|strong="H1961" now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H3588" ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" pleases|strong="H2654" you|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" bless|strong="H1288" my|strong="H1961" descendants|strong="H2233", in|strong="H1004" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" may|strong="H1961" continue|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w rule|strong="H4910"\+w*} forever|strong="H5769". Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3069", you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" promised|strong="H1696" these|strong="H1696" things|strong="H1961", and|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" keep|strong="H1961" blessing|strong="H1293" my|strong="H1961" descendants|strong="H2233" forever|strong="H5769".” 

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\chapterNumber{8}Some|strong="H3027" time|strong="H1961" later|strong="H1961", David’s|strong="H1732" army|strong="H2428" attacked|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3947" Philistia|strong="H6429" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} and|strong="H3027" defeated|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5221". They|strong="H3651" took|strong="H3947" control|strong="H3027" over|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3947" entire|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" area|strong="H1508". 
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\verseNumber{2}David’s|strong="H1732" army|strong="H2428" also|strong="H1732" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H5650" the|strong="H5221" Moab|strong="H4124" people-group. David|strong="H1732" forced|strong="H4522" their|strong="H5375" soldiers|strong="H5650" to|strong="H4191" lie|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5221" ground|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w close|strong="H5980"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w each|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w other|strong="H8147"\+w*}. His|strong="H5375" men|strong="H5650" killed|strong="H5221" two|strong="H8147" out|strong="H4058" of|strong="H5650" every|strong="H5221" three|strong="H7969" of|strong="H5650" them|strong="H5221". The|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H8147"\+w*} Moab|strong="H4124" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w forced|strong="H4522"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w*} accept|strong="H5375" David|strong="H1732" as|strong="H1961" their|strong="H5375" ruler|strong="H4910", and|strong="H1732" they|strong="H5221" were|strong="H1961" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H4191" give|strong="H2421" to|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w every|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5221"\+w*} payment|strong="H0868"/tax|strong="H4061" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w demanded|strong="H7592"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{3}David’s|strong="H1732" army|strong="H2428" also|strong="H1732" defeated|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Hadadezer|strong="H1909", the|strong="H5221" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Rehob|strong="H7340", who|strong="H1121" ruled|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w state|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Zobah|strong="H6678" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Syria|strong="H0758"\+w*}. That|strong="H4428" happened|strong="H1961" when|strong="H7725" David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H7725" rule|strong="H3027" again|strong="H7725" over|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5221" area|strong="H1508" at|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w upper|strong="H5944"\+w* \+w part|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H5221" Euphrates|strong="H5104" River|strong="H5104". 
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\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Syria|strong="H0758" came|strong="H4428" from|strong="H4428" Damascus|strong="H1834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} to|strong="H4428" help|strong="H5826" King|strong="H4428" Hadadezer’s|strong="H1909" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*}, David’s|strong="H1732" soldiers|strong="H5650" killed|strong="H5221" 22,000 of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5221". 
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\verseNumber{7}David’s|strong="H1732" soldiers|strong="H5650" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" gold|strong="H2091" shields|strong="H7982" that|strong="H1732" were|strong="H1961" carried|strong="H3947" by|strong="H2091" Hadadezer’s|strong="H1909" officials|strong="H5650", and|strong="H2091" brought|strong="H3947" them|strong="H3947" to|strong="H1961" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H3947" also|strong="H1732" brought|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} a|strong="H3947" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H4428" bronze|strong="H5178" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w found|strong="H5178"\+w*} in|strong="H4428" Betah|strong="H0984" and|strong="H4428" Berothai|strong="H1268", two|strong="H3947" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Hadadezer|strong="H1909" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} ruled|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{9}When|strong="H3588" Toi|strong="H8583", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Hamath|strong="H2574" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Syria|strong="H0758"\+w*}, heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" David’s|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2426"\+w*} had|strong="H1732" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" entire|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2426" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Hadadezer|strong="H1909", 
\verseNumber{10}he|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H7971" his|strong="H7971" son|strong="H1121" Joram|strong="H3141" to|strong="H7971" greet|strong="H7592" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H7971" ◄congratulate|strong="H1288" him|strong="H5921"/say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" happy|strong="H0835"► about|strong="H1961" his|strong="H7971" army|strong="H4421" defeating|strong="H5221" Hadadezer’s|strong="H1909" army|strong="H4421", which|strong="H2091" Toi’s \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H4421"\+w*} had|strong="H1961" fought|strong="H3898" many|strong="H7227" times|strong="H3027". Joram|strong="H3141" brought|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7971" David|strong="H1732" many|strong="H7227" items|strong="H3627"/gifts|strong="H4979" made|strong="H1961" from|strong="H5921" gold|strong="H2091", silver|strong="H3701", and|strong="H1121" bronze|strong="H5178". 
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\verseNumber{11}King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" dedicated|strong="H6942" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" items|strong="H6942" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". He|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" dedicated|strong="H6942" the|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3068" gold|strong="H2091" which|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" had|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H3947" from|strong="H1471" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" conquered|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H6430" had|strong="H4428" taken|strong="H3947" items|strong="H3627" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Edom|strong="H0112" people-group and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124" people-group, from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group, from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Philistia|strong="H6429" people|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* } Amalek|strong="H6002", as|strong="H1121" well|strong="H3190" as|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121" that|strong="H4428" Hadadezer|strong="H1909" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} ruled|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{13}When|strong="H7725" David|strong="H1732" returned|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w defeating|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w Syria|strong="H0758"\+w*}, he|strong="H6213" became|strong="H7725" more|strong="H7725" famous|strong="H8034" because|strong="H3588" his|strong="H1732" army|strong="H2428" killed|strong="H5221" 18,000 soldiers|strong="H5650" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5221" Edom|strong="H0112" people-group in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5221" Salt|strong="H4417" Valley|strong="H1516" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w near|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w Dead|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w Sea|strong="H3220"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{14}David|strong="H1732" stationed|strong="H7760" ◄groups|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5650"/army|strong="H2428" camps|strong="H4264"► throughout|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Edom|strong="H0112" area|strong="H1508", and|strong="H1980" forced|strong="H4522" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" there|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1980" accept|strong="H7521" him|strong="H7760" as|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" David’s|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} to|strong="H1980" win|strong="H6743" battles|strong="H4421" wherever|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3068" went|strong="H1980". 
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\verseNumber{15}David|strong="H1732" ruled|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H6213" always|strong="H3605" did|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" what|strong="H6213" was|strong="H1961" fair|strong="H3303" and|strong="H3478" just|strong="H4941". 
\verseNumber{16}Joab|strong="H3097" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H6635" commander|strong="H8269"; Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahilud|strong="H0286", was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" reported|strong="H5046" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" decided|strong="H3289" that|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213"; 
\verseNumber{17}Zadok|strong="H6659" the|strong="H6659" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahitub|strong="H0285" and|strong="H1121" Ahimelech|strong="H0288" the|strong="H6659" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abiathar|strong="H0054" were|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6659" priests|strong="H3548"; Seraiah|strong="H8304" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6659" official|strong="H8269" secretary|strong="H5608"; 
\verseNumber{18}Benaiah|strong="H1141" the|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" ◄David’s|strong="H1732" bodyguards/the|strong="H1961" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3548" protected|strong="H3467" the|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428"►; and|strong="H1121" David’s|strong="H1732" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" priests|strong="H3548" (OR|strong="H1121", his|strong="H1732" administrators|strong="H6486"/advisors). 

\BibleSectionHeading{David was kind to Mephibosheth }
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\chapterNumber{9}One|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" David|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H7592", “Is|strong="H3426" there|strong="H3426" anyone|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3426" a|strong="H6213" descendant|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="H6213" whom|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" can|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3426" kind|strong="H4327"?” He|strong="H3588" asked|strong="H7592" this|strong="H6213" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H6213" honor|strong="H3519" Jonathan|strong="H3083". 
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\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4428"\+w*} there|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} a|strong="H7121" man|strong="H0376" named|strong="H7121" Ziba|strong="H6717" who|strong="H5650" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H1961" a|strong="H7121" servant|strong="H5650" of|strong="H4428" Saul’s|strong="H7586" family|strong="H1004". So|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w sent|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w messengers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w summon|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w Ziba|strong="H6717"\+w*. \+w When|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w arrived|strong="H0935"\+w*}, the|strong="H7121" king|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H7121", “Are|strong="H5650" you|strong="H7121" Ziba|strong="H6717"?” He|strong="H1004" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", your|strong="H1732" majesty|strong="H1926", I|strong="H5650" am|strong="H1961".” 
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\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H6213", “Is|strong="H2617" there|strong="H8033" anyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H1004" Saul’s|strong="H7586" family|strong="H1004" to|strong="H6213" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H1121" can|strong="H6213" bet kind|strong="H4327", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w I|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w I|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w would|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}?” Ziba|strong="H6717" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H2617" one|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083" who|strong="H1121" is|strong="H2617" still|strong="H5750" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w alive|strong="H2416"\+w*}. His|strong="H6213" feet|strong="H7272" are|strong="H1121" crippled|strong="H5223".” 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H2009" king|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H1931", “Where|strong="H1004" is|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931"?” Ziba|strong="H6717" replied|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w living|strong="H2416"\+w*} in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H2009" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Machir|strong="H4353", son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammiel|strong="H5988", in|strong="H1004" Lo-Debar|strong="H3810" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w east|strong="H6921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H3947" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w messengers|strong="H4397"\+w*} to|strong="H7971" bring|strong="H3947" Mephibosheth|strong="H4648" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H1121" Mephibosheth|strong="H4648" came|strong="H7586" to|strong="H5921" David|strong="H1732", he|strong="H1732" knelt|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H1732" face|strong="H6440" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440", to|strong="H5921" show|strong="H7200" respect|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H2009" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", “Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"!” He|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H2009", your|strong="H5921" majesty|strong="H1926", how|strong="H2009" may|strong="H1121" I|strong="H2009" serve|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440"?” 
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\verseNumber{7}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H5921", “Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3372" afraid|strong="H3372"; I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H7704" be|strong="H3372" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" Jonathan|strong="H3083" your|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w loyal|strong="H2617"\+w* \+w friend|strong="H7453"\+w*}. I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H7704" give|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H7704" that|strong="H3588" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" your|strong="H3605" grandfather|strong="H0001" Saul|strong="H7586". And|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H7725" always|strong="H3605" eat|strong="H3899" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H7725" at|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" [MTY].” 
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\verseNumber{8}Mephibosheth|strong="H4648" bowed|strong="H7812" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w front|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*} and|strong="H5650" said|strong="H0559", “Sir|strong="H0113", I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w worthless|strong="H1100"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3644"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H3588" dead|strong="H4191" dog|strong="H3611"; I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3588" deserve|strong="H0376" [RHQ] that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" be|strong="H4191" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H5650"!” 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" summoned|strong="H7121" Saul’s|strong="H7586" servant|strong="H5288" Ziba|strong="H6717" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5414", “Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3605" master|strong="H5414"; now|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" Mephibosheth|strong="H4648" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{10}You|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H5921" 15 sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H5921" 20 servants|strong="H5650" must|strong="H1121" till|strong="H5647"/plow|strong="H2790" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" for|strong="H5921" Mephibosheth’s \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w family|strong="H4940"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w plant|strong="H5193"\+w* \+w crops|strong="H8393"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" harvest|strong="H7105" them|strong="H5921", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" food|strong="H3899" to|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H3899". But|strong="H1961" Mephibosheth|strong="H4648" will|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H3899" food|strong="H3899" with|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" at|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Ziba|strong="H6717" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", “Your|strong="H3605" majesty|strong="H1926", I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4428" do|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H6680" have|strong="H1121" commanded|strong="H6680" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213".” So|strong="H3651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*}, Mephibosheth|strong="H4648" always|strong="H3605" ate|strong="H0398" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" table|strong="H7979", as|strong="H6213" though|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3651" were|strong="H1121" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" sons|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{12}Mephibosheth|strong="H4648" had|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1121" young|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" named|strong="H8034" Mica|strong="H4316". All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" Ziba’s family|strong="H1004" became|strong="H5650" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1121" Mephibosheth|strong="H4648". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H4428" Mephibosheth|strong="H4648", who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" still|strong="H3427" crippled|strong="H5223" in|strong="H3427" both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5921" feet|strong="H7272", started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5921" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H1931" always|strong="H8548" ate|strong="H0398" ◄at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" table|strong="H7979"/with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428"►. 

\BibleSectionHeading{David’s army defeated the Ammon people-group }
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\chapterNumber{10}Some|strong="H4480" time|strong="H1961" later|strong="H1961", the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8478" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" Hanun|strong="H2586" became|strong="H4427" their|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{2}David|strong="H1732" thought|strong="H0559", “Nahash|strong="H5176" was|strong="H1732" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971", so|strong="H6213" I|strong="H5650" will|strong="H5650" be|strong="H3027" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H7971" his|strong="H7971" son|strong="H1121".” So|strong="H6213" David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" some|strong="H3027" officials|strong="H5650" there|strong="H8033", to|strong="H7971" tell|strong="H5046" Hanun|strong="H2586" that|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" sorry|strong="H5162" that|strong="H1121" Hanun’s father|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}. 
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When|strong="H7971" those|strong="H1121" messengers|strong="H5650" arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H3027" the|strong="H6213" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group lived|strong="H3427", 
\verseNumber{3}the|strong="H3588" leaders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7971" Hanun|strong="H2586", “Do|strong="H5869" you|strong="H3588" think|strong="H5869" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H5892" to|strong="H7971" honor|strong="H3513" your|strong="H3588" father|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" has|strong="H5650" sent|strong="H7971" these|strong="H1732" men|strong="H1121" to|strong="H7971" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H5892" sorry|strong="H5162" that|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3588" father|strong="H1121" died|strong="H4191" [RHQ]? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w think|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H5650" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971" here|strong="H6311" to|strong="H7971" look|strong="H5869" around|strong="H2015" the|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H7971" determine|strong="H7200" how|strong="H3588" his|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} can|strong="H5650" conquer|strong="H3423" us|strong="H3588"!” 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H3588" men|strong="H0376" were|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" humiliated|strong="H3637"/ashamed|strong="H3637", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w did|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w return|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w home|strong="H7725"\+w*}. When|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H7971" about|strong="H1961" what|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1961" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" his|strong="H7971" officials|strong="H8269", he|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H7971" someone|strong="H0376" to|strong="H5704" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H7725", “Stay|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" Jericho|strong="H3405" until|strong="H5704" your|strong="H7725" beards|strong="H2206" have|strong="H1961" grown|strong="H6779" again|strong="H7725", and|strong="H7971" then|strong="H1961" return|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725".” 
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\verseNumber{3}David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" messenger|strong="H4397" to|strong="H7971" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H7971" who|strong="H1323" she|strong="H2063" was|strong="H1732". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w messenger|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w*} and|strong="H7971" said|strong="H0559", “She|strong="H2063" is|strong="H1732" [RHQ] Bathsheba|strong="H1339". She|strong="H2063" is|strong="H1732" the|strong="H7971" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Eliam|strong="H0463", and|strong="H7971" her|strong="H7971" husband|strong="H0376" is|strong="H1732" Uriah|strong="H0223", from|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" Heth|strong="H2845" people-group.” 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H3947" David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" more|strong="H7725" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H7725" get|strong="H3947" her|strong="H7971". They|strong="H1931" brought|strong="H7725" her|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7725" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H7971" he|strong="H1931" ◄slept|strong="H7901"/had|strong="H1732" sex|strong="H7901"► [EUP] with|strong="H5973" her|strong="H7971". (She|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1732" just|strong="H3512" finished|strong="H3615" performing|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3947" rituals to|strong="H7725" make|strong="H7725" herself|strong="H1931" pure|strong="H2889" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w her|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w monthly|strong="H2320"\+w* \+w menstrual|strong="H5079"\+w* \+w period|strong="H3117"\+w*}.) Then|strong="H3947" Bathsheba|strong="H1339" went|strong="H1732" back|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w*}, she|strong="H1931" realized|strong="H3045" that|strong="H1732" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1732" pregnant|strong="H2030". So|strong="H7971" she|strong="H1931" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" messenger|strong="H5046" to|strong="H7971" tell|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w she|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w pregnant|strong="H2030"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H7971" David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7971" Joab|strong="H3097". He|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", “Send|strong="H7971" Uriah|strong="H0223", from|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" Heth|strong="H2845" people-group, to|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971".” So|strong="H7971" Joab|strong="H3097" did|strong="H1732" that|strong="H1732". He|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" Uriah|strong="H0223" to|strong="H7971" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1732" arrived|strong="H0935", David|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H7592" if|strong="H0518" Joab|strong="H3097" was|strong="H1732" well|strong="H7965", and|strong="H5971" if|strong="H0518" other|strong="H0312" soldiers|strong="H4421" were|strong="H5971" well|strong="H7965", and|strong="H5971" how|strong="H7965" the|strong="H1732" war|strong="H4421" was|strong="H1732" progressing. 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H3318" David|strong="H1732", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w hoping|strong="H6960"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Uriah|strong="H0223"\+w* \+w would|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w go|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w home|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w sleep|strong="H8142"\+w* \+w with|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*,} said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3381" Uriah|strong="H0223", “Okay, go|strong="H3318" home|strong="H1004" and|strong="H4428" relax|strong="H7503" for|strong="H1004" a|strong="H3318" while|strong="H1004". [IDM]” So|strong="H3318" Uriah|strong="H0223" left|strong="H3318", and|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" gave|strong="H3318" someone|strong="H0376" a|strong="H3318" gift|strong="H4864" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w food|strong="H1004"\+w*} to|strong="H3381" take|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3381" Uriah’s|strong="H0223" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3808" Uriah|strong="H0223" did|strong="H5650" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3381" home|strong="H1004". Instead|strong="H3808", he|strong="H3605" slept|strong="H7901" at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004" entrance|strong="H6607" with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004" guards|strong="H7323". 
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\verseNumber{10}When|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732" that|strong="H1732" Uriah|strong="H0223" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" his|strong="H1732" house|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w night|strong="H3915"\+w*}, David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w summoned|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w again|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1004"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3381" him|strong="H5046", “Why|strong="H4069" didn’t|strong="H3808" you|strong="H5046" go|strong="H3381" home|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w with|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w last|strong="H0314"\+w* \+w night|strong="H3915"\+w*}, after|strong="H1004" having|strong="H3808" been|strong="H5046" away|strong="H1870" for|strong="H1004" a|strong="H3808" long|strong="H0753" time|strong="H6256"?” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{11}Uriah|strong="H0223" replied|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Israel|strong="H3478" are|strong="H3478" camping|strong="H2583" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" open|strong="H6440" fields|strong="H7704", and|strong="H3063" even|strong="H6213" our|strong="H5921" commander|strong="H8269" Joab|strong="H3097" is|strong="H2088" sleeping|strong="H3463" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H6213" tent|strong="H2583", and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H6440" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" is|strong="H2088" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H5921". ◄How|strong="H6213" could|strong="H2088" I|strong="H5921"/It|strong="H5921" would|strong="H3478" not|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1697" right|strong="H3478" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3478"► go|strong="H3478" home|strong="H1004", eat|strong="H0398" and|strong="H3063" drink|strong="H8354", and|strong="H3063" sleep|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" my|strong="H1732" wife|strong="H2416" [RHQ]. I|strong="H5921" solemnly|strong="H7650" declare|strong="H5046" [IDM] that|strong="H5315" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3478" never|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" such|strong="H2088" a|strong="H6213" thing|strong="H1697"!” 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H2088" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7971" Uriah|strong="H0223", “Stay|strong="H3427" here|strong="H2088" today|strong="H3117". I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1571" let|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" return|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H3117"\+w*} tomorrow|strong="H4279".” So|strong="H7971" Uriah|strong="H0223" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3117" night|strong="H3915". 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H6440" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3381", David|strong="H1732" invited|strong="H7121" him|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w meal|strong="H7058"\+w*}. So|strong="H7121" Uriah|strong="H0223" had|strong="H1732" a|strong="H7121" meal|strong="H7058" with|strong="H5973" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732" made|strong="H1732" him|strong="H6440" drink|strong="H8354" a|strong="H7121" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H1004" wine|strong="H3196" so|strong="H7121" that|strong="H7121" he|strong="H1004" would|strong="H5650" get|strong="H3318" drunk|strong="H8354", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w hoping|strong="H6960"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w drunk|strong="H8354"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w would|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w sleep|strong="H7901"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*}. But|strong="H3808" that|strong="H7121" night|strong="H6153", Uriah|strong="H0223" again|strong="H6440" did|strong="H5650" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3318" home|strong="H1004". Instead|strong="H3808", he|strong="H1004" slept|strong="H7901" on|strong="H1004" his|strong="H7121" cot with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" servants|strong="H5650". 
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\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w reported|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* } David|strong="H1732", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H7971"\+w*} the|strong="H7971" next|strong="H3027" morning|strong="H1242" he|strong="H1732" wrote|strong="H3789" a|strong="H1961" letter|strong="H5612" to|strong="H7971" Joab|strong="H3097", and|strong="H7971" gave|strong="H7971" it|strong="H1242" to|strong="H7971" Uriah|strong="H0223" to|strong="H7971" take|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7971" Joab|strong="H3097". 
\verseNumber{15}In|strong="H4191" the|strong="H6440" letter|strong="H5612", he|strong="H5221" wrote|strong="H3789", “Put|strong="H4191" Uriah|strong="H0223" in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" line|strong="H6440", where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H6440" fighting|strong="H4421" is|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" ◄worst|strong="H7451"/most|strong="H6944" severe|strong="H2389"►. Then|strong="H7725" command|strong="H6680" the|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H4421" to|strong="H7725" pull|strong="H2040" back|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" him|strong="H6440", in|strong="H4191" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H4421" he|strong="H5221" will|strong="H7725" be|strong="H4191" killed|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w our|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w after|strong="H1961"\+w*} Joab|strong="H3097" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w got|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w letter|strong="H5612"\+w*}, as|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5414" army|strong="H2428" was|strong="H1961" surrounding|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892", he|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H5414" Uriah|strong="H0223" to|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H8033" he|strong="H3588" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" their|strong="H5414" enemies’|strong="H0341" strongest|strong="H4581" and|strong="H5892" best|strong="H2459" soldiers|strong="H2428" would|strong="H5892" be|strong="H1961" fighting|strong="H3898". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H4480" men|strong="H5971" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" city|strong="H5892" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H5971" fought|strong="H3898" with|strong="H3898" Joab’s|strong="H3097" soldiers|strong="H5650". They|strong="H5971" killed|strong="H4191" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H5892" David’s|strong="H1732" officers|strong="H5650", including|strong="H1571" Uriah|strong="H0223". 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H7971" Joab|strong="H3097" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" messenger|strong="H5046" to|strong="H7971" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H7971" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H7971" about|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" fighting|strong="H4421". 
\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H3605" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" messenger|strong="H4397", “Tell|strong="H1696" David|strong="H3615" the|strong="H3605" news|strong="H1319" about|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H4421". After|strong="H0310" you|strong="H6680" finish|strong="H3615" telling|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6680", 
\verseNumber{20}if|strong="H1961" David|strong="H5927" is|strong="H5892" angry|strong="H2534" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w so|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w many|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w officers|strong="H7860"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w*}, he|strong="H3808" may|strong="H1961" ask|strong="H4428" you|strong="H5921", ‘Why|strong="H4069" did|strong="H3808" your|strong="H5921" soldiers|strong="H5927" go|strong="H5927" so|strong="H1961" close|strong="H5066" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H5927" fight|strong="H3898" [RHQ]? Did|strong="H3808" you|strong="H5921" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" they|strong="H3808" would|strong="H4428" shoot|strong="H3384" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w arrows|strong="H2671"\+w* \+w at|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w while|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w standing|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w top|strong="H5921"\+w*} of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" wall|strong="H2346" [RHQ]? 
\verseNumber{21}Do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5921" not|strong="H3808" remember|strong="H2142" how|strong="H4100" Abimelech|strong="H0040", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gideon|strong="H1439", was|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H5221"? A|strong="H5221" woman|strong="H0802" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" Thebez|strong="H8405" threw|strong="H7993" a|strong="H5221" huge|strong="H1995" ◄millstone|strong="H7393"/stone|strong="H0068" for|strong="H5921" grinding|strong="H2912" grain|strong="H1715"► on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w top|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* }a|strong="H5221" tower|strong="H4026", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3808" died|strong="H4191". So|strong="H3808" why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" your|strong="H5921" troops|strong="H1121" go|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" wall|strong="H2346"?’ If|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" asks|strong="H7592" this|strong="H4191", then|strong="H1571" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921", ‘Your|strong="H5921" officer|strong="H5631" Uriah|strong="H0223" also|strong="H1571" was|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H5221".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" messenger|strong="H4397" went|strong="H3212" and|strong="H7971" told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Joab|strong="H3097" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3212" say|strong="H0559". 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H5921" messenger|strong="H4397" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H5704" David|strong="H1732", “Our|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H0341" were|strong="H1961" very|strong="H5704" brave|strong="H2428", and|strong="H1732" came|strong="H1961" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H8179" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H8179" to|strong="H5704" fight|strong="H3898" us|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" fields|strong="H7704". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w defeating|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5921"\+w*} but|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" forced|strong="H4522" them|strong="H5921" back|strong="H3318" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H8179" gate|strong="H8179". 
\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H1571" their|strong="H5921" archers|strong="H3384" shot|strong="H3384" arrows|strong="H2671" at|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w top|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" wall|strong="H2346". They|strong="H5921" killed|strong="H4191" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H5921" officers|strong="H5650". They|strong="H5921" killed|strong="H4191" your|strong="H5921" officer|strong="H5631" Uriah|strong="H0223", too|strong="H1571".” 
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\verseNumber{25}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H4397" the|strong="H3588" messenger|strong="H4397", “Go|strong="H1732" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H4397" Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H5869" say|strong="H1697" to|strong="H4397" him|strong="H1732", ‘Do|strong="H7489" not|strong="H2088" be|strong="H1697" distressed|strong="H7489" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1697"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H2088" ever|strong="H2088" knows|strong="H3045" who|strong="H2088" will|strong="H5869" be|strong="H1697" killed|strong="H2719" in|strong="H5892" a|strong="H3588" battle|strong="H4421".’ Tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H1732" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" next|strong="H4283" time|strong="H4421" his|strong="H1732" troops|strong="H1416" should|strong="H3588" attack|strong="H4421" the|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892" more|strong="H3588" strongly|strong="H2388", and|strong="H5869" capture|strong="H3920" it|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{26}When|strong="H3588" Uriah’s|strong="H0223" wife|strong="H0802" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Bathsheba|strong="H1339"\+w*} heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" her|strong="H5921" husband|strong="H1167" had|strong="H3588" died|strong="H4191", she|strong="H3588" mourned|strong="H5594" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{27}When|strong="H1961" her|strong="H7971" time|strong="H1961" of|strong="H1121" mourning|strong="H0060" was|strong="H3068" ended|strong="H1961", David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H6213" her|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" palace|strong="H1004". Thus|strong="H1697", she|strong="H1931" became|strong="H3205" David’s|strong="H1732" wife|strong="H0802". She|strong="H1931" later|strong="H1961" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121". But|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H6213" displeased|strong="H7489" with|strong="H1004" what|strong="H1697" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 

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\chapterNumber{12}Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w Nathan|strong="H5416"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H1961"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w*} sent|strong="H7971" Nathan|strong="H5416" to|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w story|strong="H4605"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} David|strong="H1732": “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w heard|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w about|strong="H1961"\+w*} two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H6223" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w*} were|strong="H1961" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" certain|strong="H0259" city|strong="H5892". One|strong="H1961" was|strong="H3068" rich|strong="H6223" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" other|strong="H8147" was|strong="H3068" poor|strong="H7326". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H1961" rich|strong="H6223" man|strong="H6223" owned|strong="H3426" a|strong="H1961" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H6629" cattle|strong="H1241" and|strong="H6629" sheep|strong="H6629". 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" poor|strong="H7326" man|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1961" only|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3605" little|strong="H6996" female|strong="H1323" lamb|strong="H3535", which|strong="H1323" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" bought|strong="H7069". He|strong="H3588" raised|strong="H1431" the|strong="H3605" lamb|strong="H3535", and|strong="H1121" it|strong="H3588" grew|strong="H1431" up|strong="H1431" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121". He|strong="H3588" would|strong="H2421" give|strong="H2421" the|strong="H3605" lamb|strong="H3535" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" food|strong="H3899" and|strong="H1121" let|strong="H1961" it|strong="H3588" drink|strong="H8354" from|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" cup|strong="H3563". He|strong="H3588" let|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" lamb|strong="H3535" sleep|strong="H7901" in|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" arms|strong="H2436". The|strong="H3605" lamb|strong="H3535" was|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" daughter|strong="H1323" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5973". 
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} a|strong="H3947" visitor came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w visit|strong="H6485"\+w*} the|strong="H3947" rich|strong="H6223" man|strong="H6223". The|strong="H3947" rich|strong="H6223" man|strong="H6223" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H6213" take|strong="H3947" one|strong="H6213" of|strong="H6629" his|strong="H3947" own|strong="H1961" animals|strong="H0929" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6629"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6213"\+w*} to|strong="H6213" prepare|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3947" meal|strong="H7058" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3947" visitor. So|strong="H6213" instead|strong="H3947", he|strong="H6213" stole|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" poor|strong="H7326" man’s|strong="H6223" lamb|strong="H3535" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6629"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6213"\+w*} and|strong="H6629" prepared|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3947" meal|strong="H7058" for|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3947" visitor.” 
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\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3588"\+w*} David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w heard|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w*} was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734" about|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H6213"\+w*} the|strong="H3588" rich|strong="H6223" man|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}. He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Nathan|strong="H5416", “I|strong="H3588" solemnly|strong="H7650" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" man|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" executed|strong="H6213"! 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H3808" before|strong="H5921" he|strong="H6213" is|strong="H2088" executed|strong="H6213", he|strong="H6213" should|strong="H6213" pay|strong="H7999" back|strong="H7999" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" poor|strong="H6041" man|strong="H2088" four|strong="H0702" lambs|strong="H3535" for|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088", and|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" not|strong="H3808" having|strong="H3808" pity|strong="H2550" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w poor|strong="H6041"\+w* \+w man|strong="H2088"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{7}Nathan|strong="H5416" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732", “You|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H0376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w been|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w talking|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w*}! And|strong="H3478" this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068" we|strong="H0587" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, says|strong="H3541" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5921": ‘I|strong="H3541" appointed|strong="H4150" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3027" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", after|strong="H5921" having|strong="H4428" rescued|strong="H5337" you|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H7586". 
\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3063" his|strong="H5414" wives|strong="H0802". I|strong="H5414" caused|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4910" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" Judah|strong="H3063". If|strong="H0518" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3478"\+w*} you|strong="H5414" were|strong="H3478" not|strong="H5414" content|strong="H2974" with|strong="H1004" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414", I|strong="H5414" would|strong="H3478" have|strong="H3478" given|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" twice|strong="H6471" as|strong="H3254" much|strong="H7227"! 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H6213" why|strong="H4069" have|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3947" despised|strong="H0959" my|strong="H3068" commandment|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w committing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w adultery|strong="H5003"\+w*}? You|strong="H3947" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H1697" consider|strong="H5869" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" very|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451"! You|strong="H3947" have|strong="H3068" arranged|strong="H6186" for|strong="H6213" Uriah|strong="H0223" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" killed|strong="H2026" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3947" battle|strong="H4421" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3947" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group’s soldiers|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3947" have|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" your|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802"! 
\verseNumber{10}You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" despised|strong="H0959" me|strong="H3947", and|strong="H1004" have|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H3947" Uriah’s|strong="H0223" wife|strong="H0802" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802". So|strong="H3947" for|strong="H3588" many|strong="H5704" generations|strong="H1755" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3947" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H1961" die|strong="H2719" violently|strong="H2719". [MTY, PRS] 
\verseNumber{11}I|strong="H2005" solemnly|strong="H7650" declare|strong="H5046" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H5414" someone|strong="H5414" from|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" own|strong="H5973" family|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H3947" trouble|strong="H7451" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414". I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3947" your|strong="H3068" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H6965" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" sexual|strong="H7901" relations|strong="H5973" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" daytime|strong="H3119", where|strong="H1004" everyone|strong="H3605" can|strong="H3947" see|strong="H5869" it|strong="H5414", and|strong="H6965" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" all|strong="H5414" about|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{12}What|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213", you|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" secretly|strong="H5643", but|strong="H3588" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" cause|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" happen|strong="H6213", everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1697" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3478" see|strong="H7200" it|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w or|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w know|strong="H5048"\+w* \+w about|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w*}. [IDM]’” 
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\verseNumber{13}David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H2398" Yahweh|strong="H3068".” Nathan|strong="H5416" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" David|strong="H1732", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" forgiven|strong="H5674" you|strong="H3808" for|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H2403": You|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w this|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w sin|strong="H2403"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" shown|strong="H7200" contempt|strong="H0937" for|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" by|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088". So|strong="H1571", your|strong="H3068" baby|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191".” 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H1732" Nathan|strong="H5416" went|strong="H3212" home|strong="H1004". 

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Then|strong="H1732" Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3205" baby|strong="H1121" t o|strong="H3068" become|strong="H3205" very|strong="H3966" sick|strong="H2470", the|strong="H3205" one|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" Uriah’s|strong="H0223" wife|strong="H0802" had|strong="H3068" given|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H3651" David|strong="H1732" prayed|strong="H1245" to|strong="H1732" God|strong="H0430" that|strong="H5288" the|strong="H1245" child|strong="H5288" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w would|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w die|strong="H4191"\+w*}. He|strong="H1732" ◄fasted|strong="H6684"/abstained from|strong="H5288" food|strong="H3899"►, and|strong="H1732" he|strong="H1732" went|strong="H1732" into|strong="H0413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1245"\+w* \+w room|strong="H2315"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w slept|strong="H7901"\+w*} and|strong="H1732" lay|strong="H7901" all|strong="H7901" night|strong="H3885" on|strong="H7901" the|strong="H1245" floor|strong="H1637". 
\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w next|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w morning|strong="H1242"\+w*} his|strong="H5921" advisors stood|strong="H6965" around|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H6965" urged|strong="H6484" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" get|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965". But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H1004" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" get|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H1004" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H3899" any|strong="H4480" food|strong="H3899" with|strong="H1004" them|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{18}One|strong="H3808" week|strong="H7620" later|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8085" baby|strong="H1121" died|strong="H4191". David’s|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5650" were|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H3372" to|strong="H1696" tell|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1696" David|strong="H1732". They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w each|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*}, “Hey|strong="H1945", while|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8085" baby|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1961" still|strong="H3588" alive|strong="H2416", we|strong="H3588" talked|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5046", but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" would|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030" us|strong="H5046". Now|strong="H1961", if|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" baby|strong="H1121" is|strong="H3117" dead|strong="H4191" [RHQ], he|strong="H3588" may|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" harm|strong="H7451" himself|strong="H6213"!” 
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\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" his|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5650" were|strong="H5650" whispering|strong="H3907" something|strong="H1697" to|strong="H4191" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312", he|strong="H3588" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" baby|strong="H1121" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" dead|strong="H4191". So|strong="H4191" he|strong="H3588" asked|strong="H7592" them|strong="H7200", “Is|strong="H5650" the|strong="H7200" baby|strong="H1121" dead|strong="H4191"?” They|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H5650" dead|strong="H4191".” 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H6965" David|strong="H1732" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" from|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3068" floor|strong="H1637". He|strong="H3068" bathed|strong="H7364" himself|strong="H7812", put|strong="H7760" lotions on|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" body|strong="H1320", and|strong="H6965" put|strong="H7760" on|strong="H7760" other|strong="H0312" clothes|strong="H8071", Then|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3068" went|strong="H1732" into|strong="H7760" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H6965" worshiped|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Then|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3068" went|strong="H1732" home|strong="H1004". He|strong="H3068" asked|strong="H7592" his|strong="H7760" servants|strong="H5650" for|strong="H3068" some|strong="H4480" food|strong="H3899". They|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H7760" him|strong="H7760" some|strong="H4480", and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3068" ate|strong="H0398" it|strong="H7760". 
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H6965" his|strong="H6965" servants|strong="H5650" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H4191" him|strong="H6213", “We|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" understand|strong="H0995" [RHQ] why|strong="H4100" you|strong="H6213" have|strong="H5650" done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088"! While|strong="H2088" the|strong="H6213" baby|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1697" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416", you|strong="H6213" cried|strong="H1058" for|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213" and|strong="H6965" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H4191" eat|strong="H3899" anything|strong="H1697". But|strong="H4191" now|strong="H2088" that|strong="H1697" the|strong="H6213" baby|strong="H1121" has|strong="H5650" died|strong="H4191", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w are|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w crying|strong="H1058"\+w* \+w anymore|strong="H5750"\+w*!} You|strong="H6213" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" ate|strong="H0398" some|strong="H1697" food|strong="H3899"!” 
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\verseNumber{22}David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H0559", “While|strong="H5750" the|strong="H3588" baby|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416", I|strong="H3588" fasted|strong="H6684" and|strong="H3068" cried|strong="H1058". I|strong="H3588" thought|strong="H3045", ‘Who|strong="H4310" knows|strong="H3045"? Yahweh|strong="H3068" may|strong="H3068" be|strong="H5750" merciful|strong="H2603" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H2603" and|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3045" allow|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" baby|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" die’. 
\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H3808" now|strong="H6258" the|strong="H7725" baby|strong="H1121" is|strong="H2088" dead|strong="H4191". So|strong="H1980" ◄there|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" no|strong="H3808" reason|strong="H6440" for|strong="H4191" me|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1980" <fast|strong="H6684"/abstain|strong="H5144" from|strong="H7725" eating|strong="H0398" food|strong="H3899"> anymore|strong="H5750"./why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" I|strong="H6258" <fast|strong="H6684"/abstain|strong="H5144" from|strong="H7725" eating|strong="H0398" food|strong="H3899"> anymore|strong="H5750"?► [RHQ] ◄Can|strong="H3201" I|strong="H6258" bring|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1980" me|strong="H7725"?/I|strong="H6258" certainly|strong="H7725" cannot|strong="H3808" bring|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1980" me|strong="H7725"!► [RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} I|strong="H6258" will|strong="H3808" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" where|strong="H4100" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2088", but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1980" me|strong="H7725".” 
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\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H7121" David|strong="H1732" comforted|strong="H5162" his|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802", Bathsheba|strong="H1339". Then|strong="H7121" he|strong="H3068" ◄slept|strong="H7901"/had|strong="H3068" sexual|strong="H7901" relations|strong="H5973"► with|strong="H5973" her|strong="H7121", and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w became|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w pregnant|strong="H2030"\+w* \+w again|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" another|strong="H0312" son|strong="H1121". David|strong="H1732" named|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010". Yahweh|strong="H3068" loved|strong="H0157" that|strong="H3068" little|strong="H4592" boy|strong="H5288". 
\verseNumber{25}He|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3068" prophet|strong="H5030" Nathan|strong="H5416" to|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" David|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034" the|strong="H3068" baby|strong="H1121" boy|strong="H5288" Jedediah \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w loved|strong="H0157"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3027"\+w* Yahweh’,} because|strong="H5668" Yahweh|strong="H3068" loved|strong="H0157" him|strong="H7121". 

\BibleSectionHeading{David’s|strong="H1732" army|strong="H2428" captured|strong="H3920" Rabbah|strong="H7237" }
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\verseNumber{26}◄Meanwhile|strong="H3541"/While|strong="H5704" all|strong="H3920" that|strong="H5892" was|strong="H5892" happening►, Joab’s|strong="H3097" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H1121"\+w*} attacked|strong="H3898" Rabbah|strong="H7237", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w capital|strong="H3805"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3920" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3920" captured|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3920" king’s|strong="H4410" fortress|strong="H4581". 
\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="H7971" Joab|strong="H3097" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H7971" David|strong="H1732", to|strong="H7971" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H7971" this|strong="H7971": “My|strong="H1732" troops|strong="H3898" are|strong="H5892" attacking|strong="H5221" Rabbah|strong="H7237", and|strong="H7971" we|strong="H5892" have|strong="H1571" captured|strong="H3920" the|strong="H7971" city’s water|strong="H4325" supply|strong="H4294". 
\verseNumber{28}Now|strong="H6258" gather|strong="H6908" your|strong="H5921" troops|strong="H5971" and|strong="H5971" come|strong="H5971" and|strong="H5971" surround|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5971" capture|strong="H3920" it|strong="H7121". If|strong="H6435" you|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6435" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5971", my|strong="H5921" troops|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" capture|strong="H3920" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5971" it|strong="H7121" will|strong="H5971" then|strong="H6258" be|strong="H8034" named|strong="H7121" ‘the|strong="H5921" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H5892" Joab’.” 
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\verseNumber{29}So|strong="H3651" David|strong="H1732" gathered|strong="H1732" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" troops|strong="H5971". They|strong="H5971" went|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w*} to|strong="H3212" Rabbah|strong="H7237" and|strong="H3212" attacked|strong="H3898" it|strong="H3920" and|strong="H3212" captured|strong="H3920" it|strong="H3920". 
\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" crown|strong="H5850" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Rabbah|strong="H7237" (OR|strong="H7218", from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Milcom|strong="H4445"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" god|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" Rabbah|strong="H7237") and|strong="H4428" put|strong="H3318" it|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3947" own|strong="H1961" head|strong="H7218". It|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w heavy|strong="H3513"\+w*; \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*} weighed|strong="H4948" ◄75 pounds|strong="H1993"/34 kg.►, and|strong="H4428" it|strong="H5921" had|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7235" very|strong="H3966" valuable|strong="H3368" stones|strong="H0068" fastened|strong="H8628" to|strong="H3318" it|strong="H5921". His|strong="H3947" soldiers|strong="H5650" also|strong="H1732" took|strong="H3947" many|strong="H7235" other|strong="H0312" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H1961" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="H3318" they|strong="H3651" brought|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Rabbah|strong="H7237" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" forced|strong="H4522" them|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w work|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7725"\+w*} using|strong="H5927" saws|strong="H4050" and|strong="H1121" iron|strong="H1270" picks|strong="H2757" and|strong="H1121" axes|strong="H4037". David’s|strong="H1732" troops|strong="H5971" also|strong="H1732" forced|strong="H4522" them|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" make|strong="H6213" bricks|strong="H3843". David’s|strong="H1732" soldiers|strong="H5971" did|strong="H6213" this|strong="H3651" in|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group. Then|strong="H3318" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 

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\chapterNumber{13}David’s|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" Absalom|strong="H0053" had|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" beautiful|strong="H3303" sister|strong="H0269" named|strong="H8034" Tamar|strong="H8559". Another|strong="H0312" of|strong="H1121" David’s|strong="H1732" sons|strong="H1121", Amnon|strong="H0550", was|strong="H8034" attracted|strong="H0160" to|strong="H1961" Tamar|strong="H8559". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H1931" wanted|strong="H2654" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w have|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w sex|strong="H7901"\+w* \+w with|strong="H6213"\+w*} [EUP] his|strong="H6213" half-sister very|strong="H6213" much|strong="H6213", with|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" made|strong="H6213" himself|strong="H1931" sick|strong="H2470" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w thinking|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w about|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w her|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w all|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w*}. But|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" not|strong="H6213" possible for|strong="H3588" Amnon|strong="H0550" to|strong="H6213" get|strong="H6213" her|strong="H1931", because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" a|strong="H6213" virgin|strong="H1330", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w kept|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w men|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w away|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w her|strong="H1931"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3588" Amnon|strong="H0550" had|strong="H1732" a|strong="H1732" friend|strong="H7453" named|strong="H8034" Jonadab|strong="H3122", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" David’s|strong="H1732" brother|strong="H7453" Shimeah|strong="H8093". Jonadab|strong="H3122" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H1732" very|strong="H3966" crafty|strong="H2450"/shrewd|strong="H2450" man|strong="H2450". 
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w day|strong="H1242"\+w*} Jonadab|strong="H3082" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" Amnon|strong="H0550", “You|strong="H5046" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5046" king’s|strong="H4428" son|strong="H1121", but|strong="H3808" every|strong="H1242" day|strong="H1242" I|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H4428" [RHQ] you|strong="H5046" seem|strong="H5869" very|strong="H3966" depressed|strong="H1800"/sad|strong="H7451". What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4428" your|strong="H3808" problem|strong="H2008"?” Amnon|strong="H0550" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3808" ◄am|strong="H1961" in|strong="H4428" love|strong="H0157"/want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1121" sleep|strong="H8142"► [EUP] with|strong="H4428" Tamar|strong="H8559", my|strong="H5046" half-brother Absalom’s|strong="H0053" sister|strong="H0269".” 
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\verseNumber{5}Jonadab|strong="H3082" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" him|strong="H5921", “Lie|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" bed|strong="H4904", and|strong="H3027" pretend|strong="H2470" that|strong="H7200" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H5869" sick|strong="H2470". When|strong="H7200" your|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" comes|strong="H0935" to|strong="H6213" see|strong="H7200" you|strong="H5921", say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" him|strong="H5921", ‘Allow|strong="H4994" my|strong="H7200" half-sister Tamar|strong="H8559" to|strong="H6213" come|strong="H4994" and|strong="H3027" give|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" some|strong="H3027" food|strong="H3899" to|strong="H6213" eat|strong="H1262". She|strong="H5921" can|strong="H6213" prepare|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" food|strong="H3899" while|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H2470" watching|strong="H5869" her|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H4616" she|strong="H5921" can|strong="H6213" serve|strong="H3027" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H6213" me|strong="H4994" herself|strong="H5921".’” 
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\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H7200" Amnon|strong="H0550" lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901", and|strong="H4428" pretended|strong="H2470" that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H8147" was|strong="H4428" sick|strong="H2470". When|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" came|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3027" see|strong="H7200" him|strong="H3027", Amnon|strong="H0550" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3027" him|strong="H3027", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w am|strong="H2470"\+w* \+w sick|strong="H2470"\+w*;} please|strong="H4994" allow|strong="H4994" my|strong="H7200" half-sister Tamar|strong="H8559" to|strong="H3027" come|strong="H4994" and|strong="H4428" make|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" couple|strong="H8147" scones/dumplings for|strong="H3027" me|strong="H4994" while|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" am|strong="H2470" watching|strong="H5869", and|strong="H4428" then|strong="H4428" she|strong="H8147" can|strong="H7200" serve|strong="H3027" them|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3027" me|strong="H4994".” 
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\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H6213" David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H6213" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3212" Tamar|strong="H8559" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" palace|strong="H1004", saying|strong="H0559" “Amnon|strong="H0550" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w sick|strong="H2470"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w he|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w*} go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" his|strong="H7971" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H7971" prepare|strong="H6213" some|strong="H4480" food|strong="H1279" for|strong="H6213" him|strong="H7971".” 
\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H3947" Tamar|strong="H8559" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Amnon’s|strong="H0550" house|strong="H1004", where|strong="H1004" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" lying|strong="H7901" in|strong="H1004" bed|strong="H7901". She|strong="H1931" took|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4480" dough|strong="H1217" and|strong="H1004" kneaded|strong="H3888" it|strong="H1931", and|strong="H1004" formed|strong="H3335" it|strong="H1931" into|strong="H3212" some|strong="H4480" scones/dumplings while|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" watching|strong="H5869" her|strong="H3947". Then|strong="H3947" she|strong="H1931" baked|strong="H1310" them|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{9}She|strong="H5921" took|strong="H3947" them|strong="H5921" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" pan|strong="H4958" and|strong="H6440" put|strong="H3318" them|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w plate|strong="H6731"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440", but|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3605" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H3318" eat|strong="H0398" them|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H3318" he|strong="H3605" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" everyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" room|strong="H2315", “All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440", leave|strong="H3318" me|strong="H6440" now|strong="H3947"!” So|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" others|strong="H0312" left|strong="H3318" his|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w room|strong="H2315"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H3947" Amnon|strong="H0550" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" Tamar|strong="H8559", “Bring|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" food|strong="H1279" into|strong="H6213" my|strong="H3947" room|strong="H2315" and|strong="H3027" serve|strong="H3027" it|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213".” So|strong="H6213" Tamar|strong="H8559" took|strong="H3947" into|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3947" room|strong="H2315" the|strong="H3947" scones/dumplings that|strong="H3027" she|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3027" made|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H2388" when|strong="H7901" she|strong="H5973" brought|strong="H5066" them|strong="H2388" close|strong="H5066" for|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" to|strong="H5066" eat|strong="H0398" them|strong="H2388", he|strong="H0834" grabbed|strong="H2388" her|strong="H7901" and|strong="H2388" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5066" her|strong="H7901", “Come|strong="H5066" to|strong="H5066" bed|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H2388"!” 
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\verseNumber{12}She|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" force|strong="H6031" me|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" such|strong="H3651" a|strong="H6213" disgraceful|strong="H5039" thing|strong="H5039"! We|strong="H3588" never|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3808" like|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478"! That|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" awful/terrible|strong="H6213"! 
\verseNumber{13}As|strong="H1961" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H4994", if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1696" [RHQ] endure|strong="H1961" being|strong="H1961" disgraced|strong="H0954" by|strong="H3478" having|strong="H3808" done|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588". And|strong="H3478" as|strong="H1961" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588", everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" would|strong="H3478" condemn|strong="H7561" you|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" having|strong="H3808" done|strong="H1961" such|strong="H1696" a|strong="H1961" disgraceful|strong="H5039" deed|strong="H4639". So|strong="H4480" I|strong="H3588" plead|strong="H7378" with|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588", talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428". I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" sure|strong="H0539" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" allow|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H1696" marry|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588".” 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H4480" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" her|strong="H6031". He|strong="H4480" was|strong="H6963" stronger|strong="H2388" than|strong="H4480" she|strong="H7901" was|strong="H6963", so|strong="H4480" he|strong="H4480" forced|strong="H6031" her|strong="H6031" to|strong="H8085" have|strong="H3808" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H7901" him|strong="H6963". 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H6965" Amnon|strong="H0550" hated|strong="H8130" her|strong="H8130" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H3966". He|strong="H3588" hated|strong="H8130" her|strong="H8130" much|strong="H3966" more|strong="H1419" than|strong="H1419" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" desired|strong="H2530" her|strong="H8130". He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" her|strong="H8130", “Get|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" get|strong="H6965" out|strong="H3212" of|strong="H1419" here|strong="H6311"!” 
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\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H3808" she|strong="H2063" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7971", “No|strong="H3808"! It|strong="H6213" would|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3808" very|strong="H1419" wrong|strong="H7451" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" send|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" away|strong="H7971". It|strong="H6213" would|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3808" worse|strong="H7451" than|strong="H3808" what|strong="H7451" you|strong="H7971" just|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971"!” But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H6213" would|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H7971" her|strong="H7971". 
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\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H5921" summoned|strong="H7121" his|strong="H7121" personal|strong="H8334" servant|strong="H5288" and|strong="H7971" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7121", “Take|strong="H8334" this|strong="H2063" woman|strong="H0802" outside|strong="H2351", away|strong="H7971" from|strong="H5921" me|strong="H4994", and|strong="H7971" lock|strong="H5274" the|strong="H5921" door|strong="H1817" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w she|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w cannot|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w come|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w again|strong="H7971"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H8334" put|strong="H3847" her|strong="H5921" outside|strong="H2351" and|strong="H4428" locked|strong="H5274" the|strong="H5921" door|strong="H1817". 
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Tamar|strong="H8559" was|strong="H4428" wearing|strong="H2296" a|strong="H3588" long|strong="H5921" robe|strong="H4598" with|strong="H3847" long|strong="H5921" sleeves, which|strong="H1323" was|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" clothing|strong="H3847" that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H4428" usually|strong="H2370" worn|strong="H3847" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" unmarried|strong="H0408" daughters|strong="H1323" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" at|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3318". 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H3947" Tamar|strong="H8559" tore|strong="H7167" the|strong="H5921" long|strong="H5921" robe|strong="H3801" that|strong="H3027" she|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3027" wearing|strong="H2296", and|strong="H1980" put|strong="H7760" ashes|strong="H0665" on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H3947" head|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w she|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w very|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w sad|strong="H7451"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1980" she|strong="H5921" put|strong="H7760" her|strong="H3947" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H3947" head|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w she|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w grieving|strong="H5110"\+w*}, and|strong="H1980" she|strong="H5921" went|strong="H1980" away|strong="H3947", crying|strong="H2199". 
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\verseNumber{20}Her|strong="H7896" brother|strong="H0251" Absalom|strong="H0053" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w her|strong="H7896"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1004"\+w*} said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1961" her|strong="H7896", “Has|strong="H1961" your|strong="H1961" half-brother Amnon|strong="H0550" [DOU] forced|strong="H4522" you|strong="H5973" to|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" [EUP]? Please|strong="H4994", my|strong="H1961" sister|strong="H0269", do|strong="H1697" not|strong="H2088" tell|strong="H5046" anyone|strong="H1931", and|strong="H1004" do|strong="H1697" not|strong="H2088" become|strong="H1961" depressed|strong="H1800"/sad|strong="H7451".” So|strong="H1961" Tamar|strong="H8559" went|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1961" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Absalom’s|strong="H0053" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1004" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H2088" sad|strong="H7451" and|strong="H1004" lonely|strong="H3173". 
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\verseNumber{21}When|strong="H8085" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H1697" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605", he|strong="H3605" became|strong="H2734" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734". 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H1697" Absalom|strong="H0053" hated|strong="H8130" Amnon|strong="H0550", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" raped|strong="H7693" his|strong="H5921" sister|strong="H0269", so|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3588" would|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Amnon|strong="H0550" about|strong="H5921" anything|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{23}Two|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141" later|strong="H1961", Absalom’s|strong="H0053" servants|strong="H5650" were|strong="H1961" shearing|strong="H1494" sheep|strong="H6629" at|strong="H3117" Baal-Hazor|strong="H1178", which|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117" near|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Ephraim|strong="H0669". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w finished|strong="H3615"\+w* \+w shearing|strong="H1494"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w sheep|strong="H6629"\+w*, \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w celebrated|strong="H6213"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" Absalom|strong="H0053" invited|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" sons|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w come|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w celebrate|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{24}Absalom|strong="H0053" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5973" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H5973", “Sir|strong="H0113", my|strong="H5650" servants|strong="H5650" have|strong="H5650" been|strong="H1961" shearing|strong="H1494" my|strong="H5650" sheep|strong="H6629". Please|strong="H4994" come|strong="H3212" with|strong="H5973" your|strong="H4994" officials|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w celebrate|strong="H6213"\+w*} with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H4994"!” 
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\verseNumber{25}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", my|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121", it|strong="H5921" would|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" good|strong="H2896" for|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" us|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212", because|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" would|strong="H4428" cause|strong="H2600" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3212" do|strong="H4994" a|strong="H5921" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H1121" work|strong="H4399" and|strong="H1121" spend|strong="H3885" a|strong="H5921" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H1121" money|strong="H3701" for|strong="H5921" food|strong="H3899".” Absalom|strong="H0053" continued|strong="H5674" urging|strong="H6680" him|strong="H5921", but|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" would|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3212". Instead|strong="H3808", he|strong="H3605" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" hoped|strong="H3176"/desired|strong="H2530" that|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3808" would|strong="H4428" bless|strong="H1288" them|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w celebrated|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H4428" Absalom|strong="H0053" said|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5973" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3212", please|strong="H4994" allow|strong="H4994" my|strong="H5973" half-brother Amnon|strong="H0550" to|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H4994".” But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5973" king|strong="H4428" replied|strong="H0559", “Why|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w*} him|strong="H5973" to|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5973"?” 
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\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H3605" Absalom|strong="H0053" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H7971" insist, so|strong="H7971" finally|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" permitted|strong="H5117" Amnon|strong="H0550" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" David’s|strong="H1732" other|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H7971" go|strong="H7971" with|strong="H4428" Absalom|strong="H0053". 
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\verseNumber{28}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w all|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w went|strong="H1121"\+w*. \+w And|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w at|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w celebration|strong="H8057"\+w*}, Absalom|strong="H0053" commanded|strong="H6680" his|strong="H7200" servants|strong="H5288", “Notice|strong="H3045" when|strong="H3588" Amnon|strong="H0550" has|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" bit|strong="H5391" drunk|strong="H3196" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7200" wine|strong="H3196". Then|strong="H1961" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" signal|strong="H5251" to|strong="H4191" you|strong="H3588", kill|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5221". Do|strong="H6680" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H3372"; you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" doing|strong="H6213" this|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H3588"\+w*} because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" told|strong="H6680" you|strong="H3588" [RHQ] to|strong="H4191" do|strong="H6680" it|strong="H3588". So|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" courageous|strong="H2388" and|strong="H1121" do|strong="H6680" it|strong="H3588"!” 
\verseNumber{29}So|strong="H6213" Absalom’s|strong="H0053" servants|strong="H5288" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Absalom|strong="H0053" told|strong="H6680" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w Amnon|strong="H0550"\+w*}. All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H1121" David’s|strong="H1732" sons|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w what|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} fled|strong="H5127", riding|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" mules|strong="H6505". 
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\verseNumber{30}While|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1961" on|strong="H1870" their|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1870" home|strong="H1004", someone|strong="H0376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w quickly|strong="H4116"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} reported|strong="H5046" to|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732", “Absalom|strong="H0053" has|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121"; none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H1992" is|strong="H1870" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416"!” 
\verseNumber{31}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" stood|strong="H5324" up|strong="H6965", tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w was|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w extremely|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w sad|strong="H7451"\+w*}, and|strong="H6965" then|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3605" threw|strong="H7993" himself|strong="H5315" down|strong="H7901" on|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5650" there|strong="H3605" also|strong="H4428" tore|strong="H7167" their|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899". 
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\verseNumber{32}But|strong="H3588" Jonadab|strong="H3122", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" David’s|strong="H1732" brother|strong="H0251" Shimeah|strong="H8093", said|strong="H6030", “Your|strong="H3605" Majesty|strong="H1926", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w sure|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H4191" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w sure|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} only|strong="H3588" Amnon|strong="H0550" is|strong="H3117" dead|strong="H4191", because|strong="H3588" Absalom|strong="H0053" has|strong="H1961" determined|strong="H7760" to|strong="H4191" do|strong="H3605" this|strong="H3588" ever|strong="H3117" since|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" Amnon|strong="H0550" raped|strong="H7693" [EUP] his|strong="H3605" half-sister Tamar|strong="H8559". 
\verseNumber{33}So|strong="H4191", your|strong="H3605" majesty|strong="H1926", do|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3588" believe|strong="H0539" the|strong="H3605" report|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" dead|strong="H4191". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w sure|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} only|strong="H3588" Amnon|strong="H0550" is|strong="H3820" dead|strong="H4191".” 
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\verseNumber{34}In|strong="H1980" the|strong="H7200" meantime, Absalom|strong="H0053" ran|strong="H1980" away|strong="H5375". 
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Just|strong="H3512" then|strong="H1980", the|strong="H7200" soldier|strong="H6635"/sentry \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w was|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w standing|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w on|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w wall|strong="H2346"\+w*} saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H5375" large|strong="H7227" crowd|strong="H5971" of|strong="H2022" people|strong="H5971" coming|strong="H1980" down|strong="H1980" the|strong="H7200" hill|strong="H2022" along|strong="H1980" the|strong="H7200" road|strong="H1870" from|strong="H1980" Horonaim|strong="H2773". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w ran|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w what|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w had|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w seen|strong="H7200"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{35}Jonadab|strong="H3122" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1697" king|strong="H4428", “Aha|strong="H1889"! What|strong="H1697" I|strong="H2009" told|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3651" is|strong="H1697" true|strong="H3651". Your|strong="H1961" other|strong="H0312" sons|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w alive|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} have|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961"!” 
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\verseNumber{36}And|strong="H1121" as|strong="H1961" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3605" said|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3605", David’s|strong="H1732" sons|strong="H1121" came|strong="H1961" in|strong="H4428". They|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" started|strong="H1961" crying|strong="H1058", and|strong="H1121" David|strong="H3615" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H5650" also|strong="H1571" cried|strong="H1058" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H3966". 
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\verseNumber{37-38}But|strong="H3588" Absalom|strong="H0053" had|strong="H3068" fled|strong="H5127". He|strong="H0834" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" stay|strong="H3427" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Geshur|strong="H1650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" Talmai|strong="H8526" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammihud|strong="H5989". Absalom|strong="H0053" stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" for|strong="H3588" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141". 
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David|strong="H1732" mourned|strong="H5594" for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" Amnon|strong="H0550" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H1961" long|strong="H0753" time|strong="H6256", 
\verseNumber{39}but|strong="H3588" after|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588", he|strong="H3588" desired|strong="H2530" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3318" see|strong="H7200" Absalom|strong="H0053", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1732" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" grieving|strong="H5110" about|strong="H5921" Amnon|strong="H0550" being|strong="H1961" dead|strong="H4191". 

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\chapterNumber{14}Joab|strong="H3097" realized|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" yearned|strong="H3615" [IDM] to|strong="H5921" see|strong="H3045" Absalom|strong="H0053". 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H3947" Joab|strong="H3097" sent|strong="H7971" someone|strong="H4191" to|strong="H4191" Tekoa|strong="H8620" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} to|strong="H4191" bring|strong="H3947" back|strong="H3947" a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H2088" who|strong="H7227" was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H2088" clever|strong="H0995". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w she|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w arrived|strong="H0935"\+w*,} Joab|strong="H3097" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" her|strong="H7971", “Pretend|strong="H3584" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H7971" are|strong="H3117" grieving|strong="H5110" because|strong="H5921" someone|strong="H4191" has|strong="H1961" died|strong="H4191". Put|strong="H4191" on|strong="H5921" clothes|strong="H3847" that|strong="H3117" show|strong="H4994" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H7971" are|strong="H3117" mourning|strong="H0060". Do|strong="H4994" not|strong="H2088" put|strong="H4191" any|strong="H1961" lotion/ointment|strong="H8081" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3947" body|strong="H4191". Act|strong="H4994" as|strong="H3117" if|strong="H1961" you|strong="H7971" are|strong="H3117" a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H2088" who|strong="H7227" has|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" mourning|strong="H0060" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" long|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H4428" go|strong="H4428" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H7760" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H4428" tell|strong="H1696" him|strong="H7760" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H7760" tell|strong="H1696" you|strong="H7760" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696".” Then|strong="H1696" Joab|strong="H3097" told|strong="H1696" her|strong="H7760" what|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" woman|strong="H0802" from|strong="H5921" Tekoa|strong="H8621" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428". She|strong="H5921" prostrated|strong="H7812" herself|strong="H7812" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4428" then|strong="H5307" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H5307" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H5921" Majesty|strong="H1926", help|strong="H3467" me|strong="H5921"!” 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H4191" king|strong="H4428" replied|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" your|strong="H4428" problem|strong="H2008"?” She|strong="H4100" replied|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994", sir|strong="H0113", I|strong="H4100" am|strong="H1961" a|strong="H4428" widow|strong="H0490". My|strong="H4191" husband|strong="H0376" died|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w ago|strong="H7350"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1121" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121". But|strong="H5221" one|strong="H1121" day|strong="H3117" they|strong="H5221" quarreled|strong="H7378" with|strong="H4191" each|strong="H8147" other|strong="H8147" out|strong="H5337" in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5221" fields|strong="H7704". There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1121" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H1121" to|strong="H4191" separate|strong="H5337" them|strong="H5221", and|strong="H1121" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5221" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" other|strong="H8147" one|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{7}Now|strong="H2009", all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H5414" family|strong="H4940" oppose|strong="H7853" me|strong="H5414". They|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1571" insisting that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5414" allow|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H2026" my|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H5315" still|strong="H1571" alive|strong="H7604" [MTY], in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H5921" may|strong="H5315" get|strong="H6965" revenge|strong="H5360" for|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" killing|strong="H2026" his|strong="H3605" brother|strong="H0251". But|strong="H2009" if|strong="H2009" they|strong="H5921" do|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1571" not|strong="H1115" have|strong="H1571" any|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H4191" inherit|strong="H3423" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w husband’s|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w possessions|strong="H7399"\+w*}. That|strong="H3605" would|strong="H5315" be|strong="H4191" like|strong="H4191" [MET|strong="H6298"] extinguishing the|strong="H3605" last|strong="H6965" coals|strong="H1513" of|strong="H6440" a|strong="H5414" fire|strong="H1513", and|strong="H6965" my|strong="H5414" husband|strong="H0376" would|strong="H5315" not|strong="H1115" have|strong="H1571" a|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H4191" preserve|strong="H7760" our|strong="H3605" family’s name|strong="H8034". [DOU]” 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5921" woman|strong="H1004", “Go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H3212" home|strong="H1004"; I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4428" take|strong="H3212" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" this|strong="H1004" matter|strong="H1697" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H6680".” 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H5921" woman|strong="H1004" from|strong="H5921" Tekoa|strong="H8621" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428", “Your|strong="H5921" Majesty|strong="H1926", if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1004" criticized|strong="H3885" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w helping|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w*}, my|strong="H5921" family|strong="H1004" and|strong="H4428" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4428" accept|strong="H7521" the|strong="H5921" blame|strong="H5771". You|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" royal|strong="H4428" family|strong="H1004" will|strong="H4428" ◄be|strong="H4428" innocent|strong="H5355"/not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H5771" done|strong="H6213" what|strong="H5921" is|strong="H5771" wrong|strong="H5771"►.” 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H5060" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" her|strong="H5060", “If|strong="H0518" anyone|strong="H3605" says|strong="H1696" anything|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w threaten|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w*/\+w cause|strong="H2600"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w trouble|strong="H6869"\+w*} you|strong="H3808", bring|strong="H5060" that|strong="H4428" person|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696", and|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w make|strong="H3254"\+w* \+w sure|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4428"\+w*} he|strong="H3808" will|strong="H4428" never|strong="H3808" cause|strong="H2600" you|strong="H3808" trouble|strong="H6869" again|strong="H5750".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H5307" the|strong="H3068" woman|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H3068" Majesty|strong="H1926", please|strong="H4994" pray|strong="H4994" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H4994" my|strong="H3068" relative|strong="H1350", who|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3947"\+w*} revenge|strong="H5360" on|strong="H5307" my|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" for|strong="H3068" killing|strong="H1818" [MTY] his|strong="H3068" brother|strong="H0251", to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068".” 
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David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H0559", “As|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H5307" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", your|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" harmed|strong="H2255" at|strong="H3068" all|strong="H7843". [IDM]” 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1697" woman|strong="H0802" said|strong="H1696", “Your|strong="H4994" Majesty|strong="H1926", please|strong="H4994" allow|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696" one|strong="H1697" more|strong="H3254" thing|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H1696".” He|strong="H1696" replied|strong="H1696", “Speak|strong="H1696"!” 
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\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H5921" woman|strong="H2088" said|strong="H1696", “Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H5971" you|strong="H5921" done|strong="H1697" this|strong="H2088" bad|strong="H7451" thing|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" God’s|strong="H0430" people|strong="H5971"? You|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5971" not|strong="H1115" allowed|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" Absalom|strong="H0053" to|strong="H1696" return|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725". By|strong="H5921" saying|strong="H1697" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5971" just|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1696", you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5971" certainly|strong="H7725" declared|strong="H1696" [RHQ] that|strong="H5971" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5971" done|strong="H1697" is|strong="H2088" wrong|strong="H7451". 
\verseNumber{14}We|strong="H3588" all|strong="H4480" die|strong="H4191"; we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4284" like|strong="H2803" [SIM] water|strong="H4325" that|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" be|strong="H4191" picked|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" after|strong="H4480" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H5315" spilled|strong="H5064" on|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3588" ground|strong="H0776". But|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3808" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" just|strong="H3512" cause|strong="H2600" us|strong="H3588" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191"; he|strong="H3588" creates|strong="H1254" ways|strong="H4284" to|strong="H4191" bring|strong="H5375" us|strong="H3588" back|strong="H7725" when|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" become|strong="H5375" separated|strong="H6504" from|strong="H4480" him|strong="H4191". 
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\verseNumber{15}“ow, Your|strong="H6213" Majesty|strong="H1926", I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" come|strong="H4994" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" others|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" threatened|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4994". So|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" myself|strong="H0589", ‘I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" go|strong="H5971" and|strong="H4428" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H4428" perhaps|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H3588" request|strong="H1697" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{16}Perhaps|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" me|strong="H5337", and|strong="H1121" save|strong="H5337" me|strong="H5337" from|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" man|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" is|strong="H4428" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H8085" kill|strong="H2026" my|strong="H8085" son|strong="H1121". If|strong="H3588" my|strong="H8085" son|strong="H1121" is|strong="H4428" killed|strong="H2026", it|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3162" result|strong="H6903" in|strong="H4428" us|strong="H3588" disappearing from|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" gave|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" us|strong="H3588".’ 
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\verseNumber{17}“nd I|strong="H3588" thought|strong="H1697", ‘What|strong="H1697" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" says|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" comfort|strong="H5162"/encourage|strong="H2388" me|strong="H4994", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" is|strong="H3068" like|strong="H1961" [SIM] an|strong="H1961" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H3068". He|strong="H3588" knows|strong="H3045" what|strong="H1697" is|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896" and|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" is|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451".’ I|strong="H3588" pray|strong="H4994"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" ◄be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973"/direct|strong="H3559"► you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H6030" the|strong="H4480" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H4480" woman|strong="H0802", “I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H4428" now|strong="H4994" ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H4480" a|strong="H1696" question|strong="H1697". Answer|strong="H6030" it|strong="H1696", and|strong="H6030" tell|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4994" the|strong="H4480" truth|strong="H0571". [LIT|strong="H0215"]” The|strong="H4480" woman|strong="H0802" replied|strong="H6030", “Your|strong="H4480" majesty|strong="H1926", ask|strong="H7592" your|strong="H4480" question|strong="H1697".” 
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\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1696", “Was|strong="H1931" Joab|strong="H3097" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" told|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6680" this|strong="H2063"?” She|strong="H1931" replied|strong="H6030", “Yes|strong="H3588", Your|strong="H3605" Majesty|strong="H1926", as|strong="H1697" surely|strong="H3588" as|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" live|strong="H2416", I|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3027" avoid|strong="H6544" telling|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588" what|strong="H1697" is|strong="H1931" true|strong="H0571". Yes|strong="H3588", indeed|strong="H3588", it|strong="H7760" was|strong="H1931" Joab|strong="H3097" who|strong="H3605" told|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5315" to|strong="H1696" come|strong="H0935" here|strong="H2063", and|strong="H6030" who|strong="H3605" told|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5315" what|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696". 
\verseNumber{20}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" order|strong="H5668" to|strong="H6213" cause|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6213" think|strong="H2803" differently about|strong="H5437" this|strong="H2088" matter|strong="H1697". Your|strong="H3605" Majesty|strong="H1926", you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H1697" as|strong="H1697" wise|strong="H2450" as|strong="H1697" God’s|strong="H5650" angels|strong="H4397", and|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w seems|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w*} you|strong="H6440" know|strong="H3045" everything|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w happens|strong="H6213"\+w*} on|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w why|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Joab|strong="H3097"\+w* \+w sent|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w here|strong="H2088"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H2009" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w summoned|strong="H7121"\+w*} Joab|strong="H3097" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w*} said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H6213", “Listen|strong="H2009"! I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H5288" decided|strong="H4994" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w*}. So|strong="H6213" go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H7725" get|strong="H3212" that|strong="H1697" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" Absalom|strong="H0053" and|strong="H7725" bring|strong="H7725" him|strong="H6213" back|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{22}Joab|strong="H3097" prostrated|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H7812" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440", and|strong="H4428" then|strong="H5307" he|strong="H3588" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H5307" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w asked|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w*} bless|strong="H1288" him|strong="H6440". Then|strong="H5307" Joab|strong="H3097" said|strong="H1697", “Your|strong="H6440" Majesty|strong="H1926", today|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6440", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5869" agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H3588" requested|strong="H1697".” 
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\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H6965" Joab|strong="H3097" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Geshur|strong="H1650", and|strong="H6965" got|strong="H6965" Absalom|strong="H0053" and|strong="H6965" brought|strong="H3212" him|strong="H3389" back|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559"/commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H7200" Absalom|strong="H0053" would|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H6440" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" palace|strong="H1004". He|strong="H1004" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H7200" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" come|strong="H5437" to|strong="H6440" see|strong="H7200" me|strong="H6440".” So|strong="H3808" Absalom|strong="H0053" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1004" his|strong="H6440" own|strong="H6440" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H4428" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H5437" to|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6440"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{25}Absalom|strong="H0053" was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" handsome|strong="H3303". He|strong="H5704" looked|strong="H7200" perfect|strong="H3971", from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" bottom|strong="H3247" of|strong="H3709" his|strong="H3605" feet|strong="H7272" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3709" his|strong="H3605" head|strong="H6936". In|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3709" Israel|strong="H3478" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" whom|strong="H0834" people|strong="H3808" admired more|strong="H3966" than|strong="H3808" Absalom|strong="H0053". 
\verseNumber{26}His|strong="H5921" hair|strong="H8181" was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" thick|strong="H6205", and|strong="H3967" he|strong="H3588" cut|strong="H1548" it|strong="H5921" only|strong="H3588" once|strong="H3117" each|strong="H3117" year|strong="H3117", when|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5921" became|strong="H1961" too|strong="H5921" heavy|strong="H3513" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H5921". Using|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5921" standard|strong="H1714" weights|strong="H0068", he|strong="H3588" would|strong="H4428" weigh|strong="H8254" the|strong="H5921" hair|strong="H8181" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w cut|strong="H1548"\+w* \+w off|strong="H5921"\+w*}, and|strong="H3967" it|strong="H5921" always|strong="H3117" weighed|strong="H8254" about|strong="H1961" five|strong="H2568" pounds|strong="H1993". 
\verseNumber{27}Absalom|strong="H0053" had|strong="H1961" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" one|strong="H1931" daughter|strong="H1323" named|strong="H8034" Tamar|strong="H8559". She|strong="H1931" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" beautiful|strong="H3303" woman|strong="H1323". 
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\verseNumber{28}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H3117"\+w*} Absalom|strong="H0053" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6440"\+w*} Jerusalem|strong="H3389", he|strong="H3117" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427" two|strong="H3427" years|strong="H8141", and|strong="H4428" during|strong="H3117" that|strong="H7200" time|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" never|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w allowed|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6440"\+w*} see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{29}So|strong="H7971" he|strong="H3808" sent|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w messenger|strong="H4397"\+w*} to|strong="H7971" Joab|strong="H3097" to|strong="H7971" ask|strong="H4428" him|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" come|strong="H5750" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7971"\+w*}, but|strong="H3808" Joab|strong="H3097" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H7971" come|strong="H5750". So|strong="H7971" Absalom|strong="H0053" sent|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7971"\+w*} a|strong="H7971" second|strong="H8145" time|strong="H8145", but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" still|strong="H5750" would|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H5750". 
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\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H7200" Absalom|strong="H0053" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" his|strong="H7200" servants|strong="H5650", “You|strong="H7200" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H7200" Joab’s|strong="H3097" field|strong="H2513" is|strong="H3027" next|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3212" mine|strong="H7200", and|strong="H3027" that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H8033" has|strong="H5650" barley|strong="H8184" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w growing|strong="H5927"\+w*} there|strong="H8033". Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3027" light|strong="H0216" a|strong="H7200" fire|strong="H3341" there|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w burn|strong="H3341"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w barley|strong="H8184"\+w*}.” So|strong="H7200" Absalom’s|strong="H0053" servants|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3027"\+w*} lit|strong="H0215" a|strong="H7200" fire|strong="H3341", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w all|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w barley|strong="H8184"\+w* \+w burned|strong="H3341"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{31}Joab|strong="H3097" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w who|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3097"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5650"\+w*, \+w so|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1004"\+w*} went|strong="H6965" to|strong="H1004" Absalom’s|strong="H0053" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1004" him|strong="H5414", “Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H5650" your|strong="H6965" servants|strong="H5650" burned|strong="H3341" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w barley|strong="H8184"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1004"\+w*} my|strong="H6965" field|strong="H2513"?” 
\verseNumber{32}Absalom|strong="H0053" replied|strong="H0559", “Because|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w did|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w not|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w come|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w when|strong="H7200"\+w*} I|strong="H2009" sent|strong="H7971" messages|strong="H2372" to|strong="H4191" you|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{requesting \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w come|strong="H5750"\+w*}. I|strong="H2009" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H4191" request|strong="H7971" that|strong="H7200" you|strong="H6440" go|strong="H7971" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H4191" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" him|strong="H6440", ‘Absalom|strong="H0053" ◄wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H4191" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" good|strong="H2896" it|strong="H7200" did|strong="H4100"/says|strong="H0559" that|strong="H7200" is|strong="H3426" was|strong="H4428" useless|strong="H1892"► [RHQ] for|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440" [RHQ] to|strong="H4191" leave|strong="H5800" Geshur|strong="H1650" and|strong="H7971" come|strong="H5750" here|strong="H2009". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w thinks|strong="H8176"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w*} it|strong="H7200" would|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3426" been|strong="H3426" better|strong="H2896" for|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H4191" have|strong="H3426" stayed|strong="H5750" there|strong="H8033". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w*} allow|strong="H5414" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H4191" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H4191" you|strong="H6440". And|strong="H7971" if|strong="H2009" you|strong="H6440" think|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H8033" has|strong="H4428" done|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H7200" is|strong="H3426" wrong|strong="H5771", you|strong="H6440" can|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w command|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w*} he|strong="H8033" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191".’” 
\verseNumber{33}So|strong="H7121" Joab|strong="H3097" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H4428" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Absalom|strong="H0053"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w said|strong="H7121"\+w*}. Then|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w summoned|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w Absalom|strong="H0053"\+w*}, and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H5921" came|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" knelt|strong="H5307" down|strong="H7812" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" him|strong="H6440" with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7121" face|strong="H6440" touching|strong="H5401" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440". Then|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" kissed|strong="H5401" Absalom|strong="H0053" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w show|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w was|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w pleased|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w*}. 

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\chapterNumber{15}Some|strong="H4480" time|strong="H6440" later|strong="H1961", Absalom|strong="H0053" acquired|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1961" chariot|strong="H4818" and|strong="H2572" horses|strong="H5483" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w pull|strong="H2040"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6213"\+w*}. He|strong="H3651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w hired|strong="H7936"\+w*} 50 men|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1961" run|strong="H7323" in|strong="H6213" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w while|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w riding|strong="H7392"\+w* \+w around|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w in|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w chariot|strong="H4818"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}Furthermore|strong="H1571", he|strong="H3605" always|strong="H3605" rose|strong="H7925" early|strong="H7925" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w each|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w morning|strong="H7925"\+w*} and|strong="H3478" stood|strong="H5975" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" gate|strong="H8179". Whenever|strong="H3605" someone|strong="H0376" came|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" dispute|strong="H7379"/quarrel|strong="H7379" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" wanted|strong="H2654" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3478" decide|strong="H4941", Absalom|strong="H0053" would|strong="H3478" call|strong="H7121" out|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H7121", asking|strong="H7121" “What|strong="H2088" city|strong="H5892" are|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3605" from|strong="H5921"?” When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" person|strong="H3027" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H7121" what|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w*} tribe|strong="H7626" he|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1961" from|strong="H5921", 
\verseNumber{3}Absalom|strong="H0053" would|strong="H1697" say|strong="H1697" to|strong="H8085" him|strong="H7200", “Listen|strong="H8085", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w sure|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w*} what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H7200" are|strong="H1697" saying|strong="H1697"/claiming is|strong="H1697" right|strong="H5228". But|strong="H7200" there|strong="H1697" is|strong="H1697" no|strong="H7200" one|strong="H2896" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" has|strong="H4428" appointed|strong="H4150"/authorized|strong="H1697" to|strong="H8085" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1697"\+w*} you|strong="H7200".” 
\verseNumber{4}Absalom|strong="H0053" would|strong="H4310" then|strong="H1961" add|strong="H3254", “I|strong="H5921" wish|strong="H4310" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5921" were|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" judge|strong="H8199" in|strong="H5921" this|strong="H7760" land|strong="H0776". If|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5921" were|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" judge|strong="H8199", anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H4310" had|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" dispute|strong="H7379" could|strong="H4310" come|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H5921", and|strong="H4941" I|strong="H5921" would|strong="H4310" decide|strong="H8199" it|strong="H7760" fairly|strong="H4941"/justly|strong="H4941".” 
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\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H7971" whenever|strong="H1961" anyone|strong="H3605" came|strong="H1961" near|strong="H7126" to|strong="H7971" Absalom|strong="H0053" to|strong="H7971" bow|strong="H7812" respectfully in|strong="H3027" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3027" him|strong="H7971", Absalom|strong="H0053" would|strong="H0014" reach|strong="H1961" out|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" embrace|strong="H2263" him|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" kiss|strong="H5401" him|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{6}Absalom|strong="H0053" did|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" to|strong="H3478" everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3605" came|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" because|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" having|strong="H4428" a|strong="H6213" dispute|strong="H1697" with|strong="H6213" someone|strong="H0376". In|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1697", Absalom|strong="H0053" persuaded|strong="H5496" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3820" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1697" more|strong="H6213" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213" [IDM] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w than|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w they|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w pleased|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w with|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{7}Four|strong="H0702" years|strong="H8141" later|strong="H7093", Absalom|strong="H0053" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w*} the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" allow|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Hebron|strong="H2275" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, in|strong="H8141" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H8141" can|strong="H4994" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H7093" I|strong="H8141" promised|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H8141" would|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Geshur|strong="H1650", in|strong="H3427" Syria|strong="H0758", I|strong="H3588" promised|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" brought|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H5647" him|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w Hebron|strong="H2275"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H6965" king|strong="H4428" replied|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H6965" may|strong="H4428" go|strong="H3212".” So|strong="H6965" Absalom|strong="H0053" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Hebron|strong="H2275". 
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\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3605"\+w*,} he|strong="H3605" secretly|strong="H5643" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478", to|strong="H3478" tell|strong="H8085" them|strong="H7971", “When|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3605" hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" sound|strong="H6963" of|strong="H7626" the|strong="H3605" trumpets|strong="H7782" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w being|strong="H4427"\+w* \+w blown|strong="H8628"\+w*}, shout|strong="H6963" ‘Absalom|strong="H0053" has|strong="H3478" become|strong="H4427" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4427" at|strong="H3478" Hebron|strong="H2275"!’ ” 
\verseNumber{11}Absalom|strong="H0053" had|strong="H3045" taken|strong="H3947" with|strong="H1980" him|strong="H7121" to|strong="H1980" Hebron|strong="H2275" 200 men|strong="H1980" from|strong="H1980" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Absalom|strong="H0053"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w planning|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w do|strong="H1697"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{12}While|strong="H1961" Absalom|strong="H0053" was|strong="H1961" offering|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2077" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w Hebron|strong="H2275"\+w*}, he|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H1961" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1980" Ahithophel|strong="H0302", from|strong="H1980" Giloh|strong="H1542" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H5892"\+w*}, requesting him|strong="H7971" to|strong="H1980" come|strong="H1980". Ahithophel|strong="H0302" was|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1961" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H7971" king’s|strong="H4428" advisors. So|strong="H1980" the|strong="H7971" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H5892" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" joined|strong="H2266" Absalom|strong="H0053" and|strong="H1980" who|strong="H5971" were|strong="H1961" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H1980" rebel|strong="H4775" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H3289"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w*} became|strong="H1961" larger|strong="H7227". 

\BibleSectionHeading{David|strong="H1732" escaped|strong="H4422" from|strong="H1980" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" }
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\verseNumber{13}Soon|strong="H3512" a|strong="H1961" messenger|strong="H5046" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5046", “All|strong="H3605" [HYP] the|strong="H5046" Israeli people|strong="H3820" [SYN] are|strong="H3478" joining|strong="H1695" Absalom|strong="H0053" to|strong="H3478" rebel|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5046" you|strong="H5046"!” 
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\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H6435" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H6310" to|strong="H3212" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H5650", “We|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H5800" immediately|strong="H6965" if|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3212" escape|strong="H6413" from|strong="H6440" Absalom|strong="H0053"! We|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3212" quickly|strong="H4116", before|strong="H6440" he|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H5650"\+w*} arrive|strong="H0935". If|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588", they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" kill|strong="H5221" us|strong="H5921" and|strong="H6965" everyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H6435" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892"!” 
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\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" officials|strong="H5650" said|strong="H0559", “Okay, your|strong="H3605" majesty|strong="H1926", we|strong="H3605" are|strong="H5650" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H4428" do|strong="H3605" whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" decide|strong="H3198".” 
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\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" left|strong="H5800" ten|strong="H6235" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" slave|strong="H5650" wives|strong="H0802" there|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3318" take|strong="H8104" care|strong="H8104" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004", but|strong="H5800" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5800" in|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004" went|strong="H3318" with|strong="H1004" him|strong="H3318". 
\verseNumber{17}When|strong="H3318" they|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" leaving|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, they|strong="H5971" stopped|strong="H5975" at|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" last|strong="H5975" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H5650" stood|strong="H4428" there|strong="H3605" while|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" bodyguards went|strong="H5674" by|strong="H3027" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" him|strong="H6440". 600 soldiers|strong="H5650" from|strong="H6440" Gath|strong="H1661" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} also|strong="H3027" walked|strong="H1980" by|strong="H3027" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" him|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H1571" David|strong="H5973" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" Ittai|strong="H0863", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w leader|strong="H5387"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} from|strong="H7725" Gath|strong="H1663", “◄Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" going|strong="H3212" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H7725"?/You|strong="H3588" should|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1571" going|strong="H3212" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H7725".► [RHQ] Go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7725" stay|strong="H3427" with|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Absalom|strong="H0053"\+w*} the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w new|strong="H2319"\+w*} king|strong="H4428". You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3588" an|strong="H3588" Israeli; you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4100" living|strong="H3427" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" your|strong="H7725" own|strong="H5973" land|strong="H4725". 
\verseNumber{20}You|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3117" lived|strong="H3427" here|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*} for|strong="H5921" only|strong="H0389" a|strong="H3117" short|strong="H7138" time|strong="H3117" [HYP]. And|strong="H1980" we|strong="H3117" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H7725" even|strong="H5921" know|strong="H3045" where|strong="H5921" we|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3117" going|strong="H1980". So|strong="H1980" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H2617" not|strong="H7725" right|strong="H3225" [RHQ] for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1980" force|strong="H2394" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1980" wander|strong="H5128" around|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H7725". And|strong="H1980" take|strong="H7725" your|strong="H5921" troops|strong="H1416" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5921". And|strong="H1980" I|strong="H3117" hope|strong="H3176"/wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3117" faithfully|strong="H2617" love|strong="H2617" and|strong="H1980" be|strong="H3117" loyal|strong="H2617" to|strong="H1980" you|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H3588" Ittai|strong="H0863" replied|strong="H6030", “Your|strong="H3068" Majesty|strong="H1926", as|strong="H1961" surely|strong="H3588" as|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588" live|strong="H2416", wherever|strong="H4725" you|strong="H3588" go|strong="H1961", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H1961"; I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" stay|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588", whether|strong="H0518" they|strong="H3588" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H6030" or|strong="H4194" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H6030" to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H2416".” 
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\verseNumber{22}David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" Ittai|strong="H0863", “Okay, march|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3212" us|strong="H5674"!” So|strong="H5674" Ittai|strong="H0863" and|strong="H3212" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" troops|strong="H1416" and|strong="H3212" their|strong="H3605" families|strong="H2945" went|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{23}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w along|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w road|strong="H1870"\+w*} cried|strong="H1058" when|strong="H5674" they|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H7200" them|strong="H5921" walking|strong="H1980" by|strong="H5921". The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" others|strong="H5971" crossed|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" Kidron|strong="H6939" Valley|strong="H5158" and|strong="H4428" then|strong="H5674" they|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" went|strong="H5674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w up|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w hill|strong="H2022"\+w*} toward|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H4057". 
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\verseNumber{24}Abiathar|strong="H0054" and|strong="H5971" Zadok|strong="H6659", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w*,} were|strong="H5971" walking|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1285" them|strong="H5375". The|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5892" Levi|strong="H3881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w helped|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w*} also|strong="H1571" went|strong="H5927" with|strong="H1285" them|strong="H5375", carrying|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" that|strong="H5971" contained|strong="H3557" the|strong="H3605" Ten|strong="H6235" Commandments|strong="H4687". But|strong="H2009" they|strong="H5704" set|strong="H5375" it|strong="H5375" on|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" until|strong="H5704" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" others|strong="H5971" had|strong="H5971" left|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" Zadok|strong="H6659", “You|strong="H7725" and|strong="H3068" Abiathar|strong="H0054" take|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7200" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" back|strong="H7725" into|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7200" city|strong="H5892". If|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7725", he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" some|strong="H4480" day|strong="H3117" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" see|strong="H7200" it|strong="H7725" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" place|strong="H5116" where|strong="H0834" it|strong="H7725" is|strong="H3068" kept|strong="H8104". 
\verseNumber{26}But|strong="H3808" if|strong="H2005" he|strong="H6213" says|strong="H3541" that|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" is|strong="H2896" not|strong="H3808" pleased|strong="H2654" with|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213", then|strong="H6213" I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H2005" willing|strong="H0014" for|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213" whatever|strong="H2896" he|strong="H6213" thinks|strong="H8176" is|strong="H2896" good|strong="H2896".” 
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\verseNumber{27}He|strong="H8147" also|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" Zadok|strong="H6659", “Listen|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w what|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w I|strong="H7200"\+w* suggest}. You|strong="H7725" and|strong="H1121" Abiathar|strong="H0054" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7200" city|strong="H5892" peacefully|strong="H7965"/safely|strong="H7965", and|strong="H1121" take|strong="H7725" your|strong="H7200" son|strong="H1121" Ahimaaz|strong="H0290" and|strong="H1121" Abiathar’s|strong="H0054" son|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083" with|strong="H5892" you|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{28}I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H1697" wait|strong="H4102" in|strong="H1697" the|strong="H7200" desert|strong="H4057" at|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" people|strong="H7200" can|strong="H7200" walk|strong="H1980" across|strong="H5676" the|strong="H7200" river|strong="H5704", until|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" send|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7200" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H7200".” 
\verseNumber{29}So|strong="H7725" Zadok|strong="H6659" and|strong="H7725" Abiathar|strong="H0054" carried|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" sacred|strong="H6944" chest|strong="H0727" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H7725" they|strong="H8033" stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{30}David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w with|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w him|strong="H1931"\+w*} went|strong="H1980" up|strong="H5927" Olive|strong="H2132" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tree|strong="H2132"\+w* } Hill|strong="H4608". David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" crying|strong="H1058" while|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" walked|strong="H1980". He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1732" walking|strong="H1980" barefoot|strong="H3182" and|strong="H1980" had|strong="H1732" something|strong="H3605" covering|strong="H4372" his|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w sorrowful|strong="H3510"\+w*}. All|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" going|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1980" him|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1732" covered|strong="H2645" their|strong="H3605" heads|strong="H7218" and|strong="H1980" were|strong="H5971" crying|strong="H1058" while|strong="H1931" they|strong="H1931" walked|strong="H1980". 
\verseNumber{31}Someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732" that|strong="H3068" Ahithophel|strong="H0302" had|strong="H3068" joined|strong="H7194" with|strong="H5973" those|strong="H5973" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1732" rebelling|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5973" David|strong="H1732". So|strong="H4994" David|strong="H1732" prayed|strong="H4994", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", cause|strong="H2600" whatever|strong="H3605" Ahithophel|strong="H0302" suggests|strong="H3617" to|strong="H3068" Absalom|strong="H0053" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w considered|strong="H2803"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" foolish|strong="H5528"!” 
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\verseNumber{32}When|strong="H1961" they|strong="H8033" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" hill|strong="H2022", where|strong="H8033" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" place|strong="H1961" where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" worshiped|strong="H7812" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}, suddenly|strong="H2009" Hushai|strong="H2365", from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Arki people-group, met|strong="H7125" David|strong="H1732". He|strong="H5704" had|strong="H1961" torn|strong="H7167" his|strong="H1732" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H1732" put|strong="H5414" dirt|strong="H6083" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H1732" head|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w show|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w very|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w sad|strong="H7451"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{33}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5921", “If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5921" go|strong="H5674" with|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921", you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1961" help|strong="H1961" me|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{34}But|strong="H1961" if|strong="H1961" you|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" city|strong="H5892", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w can|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w help|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w by|strong="H5892"\+w*} saying|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" Absalom|strong="H0053", ‘Your|strong="H7725" Majesty|strong="H1926", I|strong="H6258" will|strong="H1961" serve|strong="H1961" you|strong="H7725" as|strong="H1961" faithfully|strong="H0571" as|strong="H1961" I|strong="H6258" served|strong="H1961" your|strong="H7725" father|strong="H0001".’ If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H7725" do|strong="H6565" that|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w stay|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w near|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w Absalom|strong="H0053"\+w*}, you|strong="H7725" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H7725" oppose|strong="H7853" any|strong="H1961" advice|strong="H6098" that|strong="H4428" Ahithophel|strong="H0302" gives|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Absalom|strong="H0053". 
\verseNumber{35}Zadok|strong="H6659" and|strong="H4428" Abiathar|strong="H0054" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" are|strong="H1697" already|strong="H3528" there|strong="H8033" [RHQ]. Whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" hear|strong="H8085" people|strong="H3808" say|strong="H1697" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004", tell|strong="H5046" it|strong="H8033" to|strong="H1961" Zadok|strong="H6659" and|strong="H4428" Abiathar|strong="H0054". 
\verseNumber{36}Keep|strong="H8085" in|strong="H8085" mind|strong="H3820" that|strong="H3605" Zadok’s|strong="H6659" son|strong="H1121" Ahimaaz|strong="H0290" and|strong="H1121" Abiathar’s|strong="H0054" son|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083" are|strong="H1121" also|strong="H3027" there|strong="H8033". You|strong="H3605" can|strong="H1121" tell|strong="H8085" them|strong="H7971" whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H7971", and|strong="H1121" send|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" report|strong="H1697" it|strong="H8033" to|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971".” 
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\verseNumber{37}So|strong="H3651" David’s|strong="H1732" friend|strong="H7463" Hushai|strong="H2365" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3389" the|strong="H1732" city|strong="H5892", at|strong="H1732" the|strong="H1732" same|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256" that|strong="H5892" Absalom|strong="H0053" was|strong="H1732" entering|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 

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\chapterNumber{16}When|strong="H5674" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w others|strong="H0312"\+w*} had|strong="H1732" gone|strong="H5674" a|strong="H5921" little|strong="H4592" way|strong="H5674" past|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" hill|strong="H2022", Mephibosheth’s servant|strong="H5288" Ziba|strong="H6717" met|strong="H7122" him|strong="H5921". He|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1732" with|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" two|strong="H6776" donkeys|strong="H2543" that|strong="H5288" were|strong="H1732" carrying|strong="H5375" 200 loaves|strong="H3899" of|strong="H7218" bread|strong="H3899", 100 bunches|strong="H6778"/clusters|strong="H6778" of|strong="H7218" raisins|strong="H6778", 100 bunches|strong="H6778" of|strong="H7218" fresh|strong="H3892" fruit|strong="H7019", and|strong="H3967" a|strong="H5921" leather|strong="H5785" bag|strong="H3599" full|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" wine|strong="H3196". 
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\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H8354" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1004" Ziba|strong="H6717", “What|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" these|strong="H1004" for|strong="H1004"?” Ziba|strong="H6717" replied|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H8354" donkeys|strong="H2543" are|strong="H4100" for|strong="H1004" your|strong="H8354" family|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1004" ride|strong="H7392" on|strong="H7392", the|strong="H8354" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8354" fruit|strong="H7019" are|strong="H4100" for|strong="H1004" your|strong="H8354" soldiers|strong="H5288" to|strong="H1004" eat|strong="H3899", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8354" wine|strong="H3196" is|strong="H4100" for|strong="H1004" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1004" drink|strong="H8354" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H4100" become|strong="H1961" exhausted|strong="H6296" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8354" desert|strong="H4057".” 
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\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Where|strong="H1004" is|strong="H3117" Mephibosheth|strong="H4648", the|strong="H3588" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w former|strong="H7223"\+w*} master|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w*}?” Ziba|strong="H6717" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w deceived|strong="H7411"\+w* \+w David|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3117"\+w*} saying|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H3588" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" thinks|strong="H8176" that|strong="H3588" now|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121" will|strong="H4428" allow|strong="H5414" him|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" rule|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3588" kingdom|strong="H4468" that|strong="H3588" his|strong="H7725" grandfather|strong="H0001" Saul|strong="H7586" ruled|strong="H4428".” 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4428" Ziba|strong="H6717", “Okay, everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4428" Mephibosheth|strong="H4648" is|strong="H2009" now|strong="H2009" yours|strong="H4191".” Ziba|strong="H6717" replied|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H3605" Majesty|strong="H1926", I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H4428" humbly|strong="H7812" serve|strong="H5647" you|strong="H3605"; and|strong="H4428" I|strong="H2009" desire|strong="H8378"/hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H4428" always|strong="H3605" be|strong="H5869" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H4428" me|strong="H4672".” 

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\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H3318" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w with|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3318"\+w*} arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H1004" Bahurim|strong="H0980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, a|strong="H3318" man|strong="H1121" named|strong="H8034" Shimei|strong="H8096" met|strong="H6298" him|strong="H3318". Shimei|strong="H8096", whose|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121" was|strong="H8034" Gera|strong="H1617", was|strong="H8034" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Saul’s|strong="H7586" relatives|strong="H4940". Shimei|strong="H8096" was|strong="H8034" cursing|strong="H7043" David|strong="H1732" as|strong="H5704" he|strong="H5704" approached|strong="H5066". 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3605" threw|strong="H5619" stones|strong="H5619" at|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H5650", even|strong="H1571" though|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H5650" and|strong="H4428" David’s|strong="H1732" bodyguards surrounded|strong="H5437" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{7}Shimei|strong="H8096" cursed|strong="H7043" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1818" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H3318", “Get|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1818" here|strong="H3541", you|strong="H3318" murderer|strong="H7523", you|strong="H3318" scoundrel|strong="H0376"! 
\verseNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" ◄getting|strong="H7075" revenge|strong="H5360" on|strong="H5921"/punishing|strong="H7725"► you|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" for|strong="H3588" murdering [MTY] many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H1121" in|strong="H5921" Saul’s|strong="H7586" family|strong="H1004". And|strong="H1121" now|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H5414" Saul’s|strong="H7586" kingdom|strong="H4410" to|strong="H7725" your|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" Absalom|strong="H0053". You|strong="H3588" murderer|strong="H7523", you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" being|strong="H4427" paid|strong="H5414" back|strong="H7725" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2026"/murdered|strong="H2026" [MTY]!” 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H2088" Abishai|strong="H0052" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5674" king|strong="H4428", “Your|strong="H4994" Majesty|strong="H1926", this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H1121" is|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w worthless|strong="H1100"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1121"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H2088" dead|strong="H4191" dog|strong="H3611"! ◄Why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" he|strong="H4428" be|strong="H4191" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H4191" curse|strong="H7043" you|strong="H4100"?/He|strong="H4428" should|strong="H4100" not|strong="H2088" be|strong="H4191" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H4191" curse|strong="H7043" you|strong="H4100".► [RHQ] Allow|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H4191" go|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5674" there|strong="H2088" and|strong="H1121" cut|strong="H5493" off|strong="H5493" his|strong="H5493" head|strong="H7218"!” 
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\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" replied|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3588" two|strong="H6213" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zeruiah|strong="H6870", ◄do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4100" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213"/this|strong="H3651" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" concern|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588"► [RHQ]. If|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" cursing|strong="H7043" me|strong="H6213" because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588", certainly|strong="H3588" no|strong="H6213" one|strong="H1121" should|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559" ‘◄Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588"?/You|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588".► [RHQ]’” 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H3318" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Abishai|strong="H0052" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H5650", “You|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3605" own|strong="H5315" son|strong="H1121" is|strong="H3068" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H3318" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H5315". So|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3588"\+w* surprising \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} this|strong="H6258" man|strong="H1121" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1145" is|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H3318" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H5315". So|strong="H3318" ignore|strong="H5641" him|strong="H3318", and|strong="H1121" allow|strong="H3240" him|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" curse|strong="H7043" me|strong="H5315", because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w perhaps|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w thinks|strong="H8176"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{12}Perhaps|strong="H0194" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H3068" having|strong="H0369" all|strong="H7200" this|strong="H2088" trouble|strong="H2088", and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w repay|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3117"\+w*} ◄blessing|strong="H1293"/doing|strong="H6213" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H2896" for|strong="H8478"► me|strong="H7725" in|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" for|strong="H8478" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H2896" cursing|strong="H7045" me|strong="H7725" today|strong="H3117".” 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H1980" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1980" those|strong="H1980" who|strong="H1980" were|strong="H2022" with|strong="H1980" him|strong="H1732" walked|strong="H1980" along|strong="H1980" the|strong="H1870" road|strong="H1870", and|strong="H1980" Shimei|strong="H8096" continued|strong="H1980" walking|strong="H1980" along|strong="H1980" the|strong="H1870" hillside|strong="H6763" near|strong="H7126" him|strong="H1732". While|strong="H5704" he|strong="H1732" walked|strong="H1980" along|strong="H1980", he|strong="H1732" cursed|strong="H7043" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1980" threw|strong="H5619" stones|strong="H5619" and|strong="H1980" dirt|strong="H6083" at|strong="H1732" him|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H3588" David|strong="H5314" and|strong="H4428" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5971" him|strong="H3605" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}, they|strong="H8033" were|strong="H5971" very|strong="H3966" tired|strong="H5889". So|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" rested|strong="H5117" there|strong="H8033". 

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\verseNumber{15}While|strong="H5704" that|strong="H5971" was|strong="H3478" happening, Absalom|strong="H0053" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" with|strong="H3389" him|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3478" arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". Ahithophel|strong="H0302" had|strong="H3478" also|strong="H3478" arrived|strong="H0935" there|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H1961" David’s|strong="H1732" friend|strong="H7463" Hushai|strong="H2365" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" Absalom|strong="H0053", he|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" Absalom|strong="H0053", “I|strong="H7463" desire|strong="H8378"/hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H4428" the|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" will|strong="H1961" live|strong="H2421" a|strong="H1961" long|strong="H0753" time|strong="H1961"! May|strong="H1961" you|strong="H4428" live|strong="H2421" for|strong="H4428" many|strong="H7227" years|strong="H8141"!” 
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\verseNumber{17}Absalom|strong="H0053" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1980" Hushai|strong="H2365", “You|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" been|strong="H3808" loyal|strong="H2617" [RHQ] to|strong="H1980" your|strong="H3808" friend|strong="H7453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w for|strong="H2617"\+w* \+w a|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w long|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w*}. So|strong="H1980" why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1980" him|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w instead|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2617"\+w* \+w coming|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w me|strong="H3808"\+w*}?” 
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\verseNumber{18}Hushai|strong="H2365" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H2088" whom|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3478" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" have|strong="H1961" chosen|strong="H0977" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}. So|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" stay|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{19}You|strong="H6440" are|strong="H1121" my|strong="H1961" master|strong="H0113" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w David’s|strong="H1732"\+w*} son|strong="H1121"; if|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3651" do|strong="H5647" not|strong="H3808" serve|strong="H5647" you|strong="H6440", what|strong="H4310" other|strong="H8145" man|strong="H1121" should|strong="H4310" I|strong="H3651" serve|strong="H5647" [RHQ]? I|strong="H3651" will|strong="H4310" serve|strong="H5647" you|strong="H6440" as|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3651" served|strong="H5647" your|strong="H6440" father|strong="H1121".” 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H6213" Absalom|strong="H0053" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" Ahithophel|strong="H0302", “What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" advise|strong="H3289" that|strong="H6213" we|strong="H6213" should|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213"?” 
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\verseNumber{21}Ahithophel|strong="H0302" replied|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" left|strong="H3240" some|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" slave|strong="H5650" wives|strong="H0802" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3478" take|strong="H2388" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" it|strong="H3588". Have|strong="H3478" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H1004" them|strong="H3027". When|strong="H3588" everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" hears|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3478" done|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3588", they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3478" acting|strong="H4603" very|strong="H3240" contemptuously|strong="H5034" toward|strong="H3027" your|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001". Then|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3478" with|strong="H1004" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3027" very|strong="H3240" encouraged|strong="H2388".” 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" set|strong="H3478" up|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3478" tent|strong="H0168" for|strong="H5921" Absalom|strong="H0053" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" roof|strong="H1406" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w palace|strong="H1004"\+w*}. And|strong="H3478" Absalom|strong="H0053" went|strong="H3478" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" father’s|strong="H0001" slave|strong="H5650" wives|strong="H0802", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w one|strong="H3605"\+w*,} and|strong="H3478" everyone|strong="H3605" [HYP] could|strong="H3201" see|strong="H5869" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w going|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w into|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w tent|strong="H0168"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{23}In|strong="H3117" those|strong="H1992" days|strong="H3117", people|strong="H1571" accepted|strong="H7521" what|strong="H1697" Ahithophel|strong="H0302" recommended as|strong="H1697" though|strong="H1571" he|strong="H3117" were|strong="H3117" speaking|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3117" God|strong="H0430". So|strong="H3651" just|strong="H1697" as|strong="H1697" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1732" always|strong="H3605" accepted|strong="H7521" what|strong="H1697" Ahithophel|strong="H0302" said|strong="H1697", now|strong="H3117" Absalom|strong="H0053" did|strong="H3651" also|strong="H1571". 
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\chapterNumber{17}Then|strong="H6965" Ahithophel|strong="H0302" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1732" Absalom|strong="H0053", “Allow|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H1732" choose|strong="H0977" 12,000 men|strong="H8147", and|strong="H6965" I|strong="H6965" will|strong="H8147" leave|strong="H5800" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w them|strong="H8147"\+w*} tonight|strong="H3915" to|strong="H1732" pursue|strong="H7291" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{2}We|strong="H3605" will|strong="H4428" attack|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921" while|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" tired|strong="H3021" and|strong="H4428" discouraged|strong="H7503", and|strong="H4428" cause|strong="H5971" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3027" very|strong="H3966" frightened|strong="H3372". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4428" run|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127". We|strong="H3605" will|strong="H4428" kill|strong="H5221" only|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H1961" we|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" bring|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5971" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H3605", like|strong="H1961" [SIM] a|strong="H1961" ◄bride|strong="H3618"/woman|strong="H0802" comes|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" her|strong="H3605" husband|strong="H0376" when|strong="H1961" she|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3605" married|strong="H3947"►. You|strong="H3605" are|strong="H5971" wanting|strong="H6485" to|strong="H7725" kill|strong="H2026" only|strong="H1245" one|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605"; so|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" harmed|strong="H2255".” 
\verseNumber{4}Absalom|strong="H0053" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli leaders|strong="H2205" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w with|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3605"\+w*} thought|strong="H5869" that|strong="H3605" what|strong="H1697" Ahithophel|strong="H0302" said|strong="H1697" would|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1697" good|strong="H3474" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H5869". 
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\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H1571" Absalom|strong="H0053" said|strong="H7121", “Summon|strong="H7121" Hushai|strong="H2365" also|strong="H1571", and|strong="H8085" we|strong="H8085" will|strong="H1571" hear|strong="H8085" what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H1931" suggests|strong="H3617".” 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H6213" when|strong="H1696" Hushai|strong="H2365" arrived|strong="H0935", Absalom|strong="H0053" told|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" Ahithophel|strong="H0302" had|strong="H1697" suggested|strong="H5414". Then|strong="H1696" he|strong="H6213" asked|strong="H1696" Hushai|strong="H2365", “What|strong="H1697" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" think|strong="H2803" we|strong="H6213" should|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213"? If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H1697" we|strong="H6213" should|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" Ahithophel|strong="H0302" suggests|strong="H3617", tell|strong="H1696" us|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w we|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w should|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{7}Hushai|strong="H2365" replied|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H2063" time|strong="H6471" what|strong="H2896" Ahithophel|strong="H0302" has|strong="H3289" suggested|strong="H5414" is|strong="H2896" not|strong="H3808" good|strong="H2896" advice|strong="H6098". 
\verseNumber{8}You|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3045" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H1368" who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H1992" with|strong="H3045" him|strong="H3045" are|strong="H1992" strong|strong="H1368" soldiers|strong="H4421", and|strong="H5971" that|strong="H3588" now|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" very|strong="H3045" angry|strong="H4751", like|strong="H3808" [SIM] a|strong="H3588" mother|strong="H0517" bear|strong="H1677" whose|strong="H3045" cubs|strong="H7909" have|strong="H5971" been|strong="H5971" stolen|strong="H1589" from|strong="H5315" her|strong="H3045". Furthermore|strong="H1571", your|strong="H3045" father|strong="H0001" knows|strong="H3045" how|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5315" fight|strong="H4421" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3588" fought|strong="H3898" in|strong="H5315" many|strong="H3808" battles|strong="H4421". He|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" stay|strong="H3885" with|strong="H3045" his|strong="H3045" troops|strong="H5971" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" night|strong="H3885". 
\verseNumber{9}Right|strong="H2009" now|strong="H6258" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" probably already|strong="H6258" hiding|strong="H2244" in|strong="H8085" one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H5971" the|strong="H8085" pits|strong="H6354", or|strong="H8085" in|strong="H8085" some|strong="H5971" other|strong="H0312" place|strong="H4725". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w his|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w start|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w your|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5971"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H5971"\+w*} if|strong="H2009" they|strong="H1931" kill|strong="H2026" some|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5971" them|strong="H1961", whoever|strong="H3605" hears|strong="H8085" about|strong="H1961" that|strong="H5971" will|strong="H1961" say|strong="H0559" ‘Many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H5971" the|strong="H8085" soldiers|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5971" Absalom|strong="H0053" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H5307"!’ 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H1571" your|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H2428", even|strong="H1571" if|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" as|strong="H1571" fearless [SIM, IDM] as|strong="H1571" lions|strong="H3715", they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3045" afraid|strong="H3372". Do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3045" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H3588" everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" knows|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3605" father|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H3588" great|strong="H1368"/strong|strong="H2428" soldier|strong="H6635", and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H2428" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1121" with|strong="H3045" him|strong="H1931" are|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1571" very|strong="H3045" brave|strong="H2428"/courageous|strong="H0553". 
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\verseNumber{11}“o|strong="H3069" what|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" suggest is|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" summon|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5650", from|strong="H6440" Dan|strong="H1835" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w far|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" Beersheba|strong="H0884" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w far|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w south|strong="H3220"\+w*}. They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" as|strong="H5704" many|strong="H7230" as|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" grains|strong="H4579" of|strong="H6440" sand|strong="H2344" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" seashore|strong="H3220" [HYP]. And|strong="H1980" then|strong="H1980" you|strong="H3588" yourself|strong="H5921" lead|strong="H1980" us|strong="H5921" into|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H7128". 
\verseNumber{12}We|strong="H8033" will|strong="H1571" find|strong="H4672" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w father|strong="H0001"\+w*}, wherever|strong="H3605" he|strong="H8033" is|strong="H1571", and|strong="H8033" we|strong="H8033" will|strong="H1571" attack|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w sides|strong="H3411"\+w*}, like|strong="H3808" [SIM] dew|strong="H2919" covers|strong="H3680" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H4725". And|strong="H8033" neither|strong="H3808" he|strong="H8033" nor|strong="H3808" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5650" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1571" with|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1571" survive|strong="H3498". 
\verseNumber{13}If|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" escapes|strong="H4422" into|strong="H5892" some|strong="H8033" city|strong="H5892", all|strong="H3605" our|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5650" will|strong="H3478" bring|strong="H5375" ropes|strong="H2256" and|strong="H3478" pull|strong="H2040" that|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" down|strong="H3381" into|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" valley|strong="H5158". As|strong="H5704" a|strong="H5375" result|strong="H6903", not|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" stone|strong="H6872" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" left|strong="H4672" there|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w top|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w hill|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w where|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3478"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{14}Absalom|strong="H0053" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" Israeli men|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6680"\+w*} said|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H2896" Hushai|strong="H2365" suggests|strong="H3617" is|strong="H3068" better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H2896" what|strong="H2896" Ahithophel|strong="H0302" suggested|strong="H5414".” The|strong="H3605" reason|strong="H5668" that|strong="H3605" happened|strong="H1961" was|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" determined|strong="H2782" that|strong="H3605" if|strong="H0518" they|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" accept|strong="H7521" the|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" advice|strong="H6098" that|strong="H3605" Ahithophel|strong="H0302" had|strong="H3068" given|strong="H6680" them|strong="H6680", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w been|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w defeat|strong="H6565"\+w*/\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w*}. But|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w what|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w Hushai|strong="H2365"\+w* \+w suggested|strong="H5414"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" a|strong="H3478" disaster|strong="H7451" to|strong="H3478" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" Absalom|strong="H0053". 

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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H3548" Hushai|strong="H2365" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H6659" two|strong="H8147" priests|strong="H3548", Zadok|strong="H6659" and|strong="H3478" Abiathar|strong="H0054", what|strong="H2063" both|strong="H8147" he|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" Ahithophel|strong="H0302" had|strong="H3478" suggested|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" Absalom|strong="H0053" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6659" Israeli leaders|strong="H2205". 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H6258" he|strong="H3605" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971", “Send|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*} quickly|strong="H4120" to|strong="H7971" David|strong="H1732". Tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" not|strong="H6435" stay|strong="H3885" at|strong="H1732" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H3605" where|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" walk|strong="H5674" across|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" river|strong="H5104", near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H6160". Instead|strong="H8478", he|strong="H3605" and|strong="H7971" his|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5971" must|strong="H1571" cross|strong="H5674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} immediately|strong="H6965", in|strong="H4428" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5971" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H6435" be|strong="H1571" killed|strong="H2026"/wiped|strong="H3772" out|strong="H7971".” 
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\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w priest’s|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w two|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w sons|strong="H1121"\+w*,} Jonathan|strong="H3083" and|strong="H1980" Ahimaaz|strong="H0290", were|strong="H1992" waiting|strong="H8104" at|strong="H1732" En-Rogel|strong="H5883" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Spring|strong="H6779"\+w*}, outside|strong="H2351" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". They|strong="H1992" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w dare|strong="H6148"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w*} enter|strong="H1980" the|strong="H7200" city|strong="H5892", because|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H0376" saw|strong="H7200" them|strong="H1992", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w report|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w Absalom|strong="H0053"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w While|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w at|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w En-Rogel|strong="H5883"\+w*,} a|strong="H3588" female|strong="H8198" servant|strong="H8198" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w two|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3808"\+w*} would|strong="H1980" frequently go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" them|strong="H1992" and|strong="H1980" report|strong="H5046" to|strong="H1980" them|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1732"\+w* happening}, and|strong="H1980" then|strong="H1980" they|strong="H1992" would|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" report|strong="H5046" it|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1980" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732". 
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\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H6440" man’s|strong="H0376" wife|strong="H0802" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" cloth|strong="H0899"/mat and|strong="H6440" covered|strong="H3680" the|strong="H6440" well|strong="H3045", and|strong="H6440" scattered|strong="H6566" grain|strong="H7383" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1697" it|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3045" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" would|strong="H1697" know|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w two|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w hiding|strong="H5641"\+w* \+w inside|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{20}Some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1004" Absalom’s|strong="H0053" soldiers|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w found|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w out|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w where|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w two|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w men|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3083"\+w* \+w gone|strong="H5674"\+w*. \+w So|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w*} went|strong="H5674" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H7725" asked|strong="H1245" the|strong="H7725" woman|strong="H1004", “Where|strong="H1004" are|strong="H5650" Ahimaaz|strong="H0290" and|strong="H7725" Jonathan|strong="H3083"?” 
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She|strong="H3808" replied|strong="H0559", “They|strong="H3808" crossed|strong="H5674" the|strong="H7725" river|strong="H5104".” 
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So|strong="H3808" the|strong="H7725" soldiers|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w crossed|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w river|strong="H5104"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7725"\+w*} searched|strong="H1245" for|strong="H1004" them|strong="H7725". But|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" them|strong="H7725", so|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{21}After|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" gone|strong="H5927", the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H0376" came|strong="H1961" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" well|strong="H3190" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H3212" and|strong="H6965" reported|strong="H5046" to|strong="H3212" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6965"\+w*} what|strong="H1732" Ahithophel|strong="H0302" had|strong="H1961" suggested|strong="H5414". Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H5921", “Cross|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5921" river|strong="H3588" quickly|strong="H4120"!” 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H3808" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5971" quickly|strong="H4116" started|strong="H6965" to|strong="H5704" cross|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w*}, and|strong="H6965" by|strong="H5674" dawn|strong="H1242" they|strong="H3808" had|strong="H1732" all|strong="H3605" crossed|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" side|strong="H3383". 
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\verseNumber{23}When|strong="H3588" Ahithophel|strong="H0302" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Absalom|strong="H0053" was|strong="H5892" not|strong="H3808" going|strong="H3212" to|strong="H4191" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" he|strong="H3588" suggested|strong="H5414", he|strong="H3588" put|strong="H4191" a|strong="H6213" saddle|strong="H2280" on|strong="H7200" his|strong="H7200" donkey|strong="H2543" and|strong="H6965" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H4191" his|strong="H7200" own|strong="H1961" town|strong="H5892". He|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w family|strong="H1004"\+w*} instructions|strong="H6680" about|strong="H6213" his|strong="H7200" possessions|strong="H7399", and|strong="H6965" then|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3588" hanged|strong="H2614" himself|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Absalom|strong="H0053"\+w* \+w would|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w be|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w defeated|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w be|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w considered|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w traitor|strong="H4780"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w be|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H4191"\+w*}. His|strong="H7200" body|strong="H4191" was|strong="H5892" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7200" tomb|strong="H6913" where|strong="H1004" his|strong="H7200" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w been|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w buried|strong="H6912"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{24}David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H3478" Mahanaim|strong="H4266". And|strong="H3478" Absalom|strong="H0053" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* Israeli \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} also|strong="H1732" crossed|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{26}Absalom|strong="H0053" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3478" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5650" set|strong="H3478" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H2583" in|strong="H2583" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3478"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{27}When|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H1121"\+w*} arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H1732" Mahanaim|strong="H4266", Shobi|strong="H7629" the|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nahash|strong="H5176" from|strong="H1121" Rabbah|strong="H7237" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" Ammon|strong="H5983" area|strong="H1508", and|strong="H1121" Machir|strong="H4353" the|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammiel|strong="H5988" from|strong="H1121" Lo-Debar|strong="H3810" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" Barzillai|strong="H1271" from|strong="H1121" Rogelim|strong="H7274" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} in|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1961"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} 
\verseNumber{28}brought|strong="H0935" sleeping|strong="H4904" mats, bowls|strong="H5592", clay|strong="H2635" pots|strong="H3627", barley|strong="H8184", wheat|strong="H2406" flour|strong="H7058", parched|strong="H7039" grain|strong="H7039", beans|strong="H6321", and|strong="H3627" lentils|strong="H5742" to|strong="H3627" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{29}They|strong="H3588" brought|strong="H5066" honey|strong="H1706" and|strong="H5971" curds|strong="H2529", sheep|strong="H6629", and|strong="H5971" some|strong="H5971" cream/cheese|strong="H8194" for|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H5971" his|strong="H1732" soldiers|strong="H5971" to|strong="H1732" eat|strong="H0398". They|strong="H3588" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H5971" his|strong="H1732" soldiers|strong="H5971" would|strong="H5971" be|strong="H1241" hungry|strong="H7457" and|strong="H5971" tired|strong="H5889" and|strong="H5971" thirsty|strong="H6771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w marching|strong="H5265"\+w*} in|strong="H6629" the|strong="H3588" desert|strong="H4057". 

\BibleSectionHeading{David’s men prepared for the battle }
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\chapterNumber{18}David|strong="H1732" arranged|strong="H6186" his|strong="H7760" soldiers|strong="H5971" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" battle|strong="H4421". He|strong="H1732" divided|strong="H0914" them|strong="H5921" into|strong="H5921" groups|strong="H7218", and|strong="H3967" appointed|strong="H6485" a|strong="H7760" commander|strong="H8269" for|strong="H5921" each|strong="H5971" 100 soldiers|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3967" a|strong="H7760" commander|strong="H8269" for|strong="H5921" each|strong="H5971" 1,000 soldiers|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971" out|strong="H3318" in|strong="H4428" three|strong="H7992" groups|strong="H1121". Joab|strong="H3097" commanded|strong="H1571" one|strong="H7992" group|strong="H7235", Joab’s|strong="H3097" brother|strong="H0251" Abishai|strong="H0052" commanded|strong="H1571" a|strong="H7971" second|strong="H8145" group|strong="H7235", and|strong="H1121" Ittai|strong="H0863" from|strong="H3318" Gath|strong="H1663" commanded|strong="H1571" the|strong="H7971" third|strong="H7992" group|strong="H7235". David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H7971", “I|strong="H1571" myself|strong="H1571" will|strong="H4428" go|strong="H3318" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4421"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3588" his|strong="H7760" soldiers|strong="H5971" said|strong="H3318", “No|strong="H3808", we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3318" go|strong="H3318" with|strong="H3318" us|strong="H7760". If|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" force|strong="H5971" us|strong="H7760" all|strong="H4191" to|strong="H3318" run|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127", they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" concerned|strong="H6485" about|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" happening. Or|strong="H3808" if|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" kill|strong="H4191" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H5892" us|strong="H7760", that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" also|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" what|strong="H2896" they|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3808". To|strong="H3318" them|strong="H7760", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w killing|strong="H4191"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3820" more|strong="H3808" important|strong="H5704" than|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w killing|strong="H4191"\+w*} 10,000 of|strong="H5892" us|strong="H7760". So|strong="H1961" it|strong="H7760" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" better|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stay|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w here|strong="H6258"\+w*} in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5971" send|strong="H3318" help|strong="H5826" to|strong="H3318" us|strong="H7760".” 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" replied|strong="H0559", “Okay, I|strong="H3027" will|strong="H4428" do|strong="H6213" whatever|strong="H3605" seems|strong="H3190" best|strong="H3190" to|strong="H3381" you|strong="H3605".” So|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" stood|strong="H5975" at|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" gate|strong="H8179" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w watched|strong="H7200"\+w*} while|strong="H5975" his|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5971" marched|strong="H5973" out|strong="H6213", group|strong="H7235" by|strong="H3027" group|strong="H7235". 
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\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w While|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w leaving|strong="H5800"\+w*,} the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680" Joab|strong="H3097", Abishai|strong="H0052", and|strong="H4428" Ittai|strong="H0863", “For|strong="H5921" my|strong="H8085" sake|strong="H5921", do|strong="H6680" not|strong="H8085" harm|strong="H1697" my|strong="H8085" son|strong="H1121" Absalom|strong="H0053"!” And|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" troops|strong="H5971" heard|strong="H8085" it|strong="H5921" when|strong="H8085" David|strong="H1732" gave|strong="H6680" that|strong="H5971" order|strong="H6680" about|strong="H5921" Absalom|strong="H0053" to|strong="H5921" those|strong="H3605" three|strong="H7969" commanders|strong="H8269". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Joab|strong="H3097" killed|strong="H2026" Absalom|strong="H0053" }
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\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3318" army|strong="H5971" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H7125" the|strong="H3318" Israeli soldiers|strong="H4421" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w Absalom|strong="H0053"\+w*}. They|strong="H5971" fought|strong="H3898" the|strong="H3318" battle|strong="H4421" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3318" forest|strong="H3293" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w*} of|strong="H7704" Ephraim|strong="H0669" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lived|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}David’s|strong="H1732" soldiers|strong="H5650" defeated|strong="H5062" Absalom’s|strong="H0053" soldiers|strong="H5650". They|strong="H3117" killed|strong="H2026" 20,000 of|strong="H3117" them|strong="H6440"! 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H4421" was|strong="H1961" fought|strong="H3898" {They|strong="H3117" fought|strong="H3898" the|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H4421"} all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" that|strong="H5971" area|strong="H1508", and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" number|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3117" men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" died|strong="H4191" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w dangerous|strong="H6348"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" forest|strong="H3293" [PRS] was|strong="H1961" greater|strong="H7235" than|strong="H7235" the|strong="H3605" number|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3117" men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2719" ◄in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H4421"/by|strong="H5921" swords|strong="H2719"►. 
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\verseNumber{9}During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" battle|strong="H6440", Absalom|strong="H0053" suddenly|strong="H6597" came|strong="H5674" near|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7218"\+w*} David’s|strong="H1732" soldiers|strong="H5650". Absalom|strong="H0053" was|strong="H1732" riding|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" mule|strong="H6505"; and|strong="H1419" when|strong="H5674" the|strong="H6440" mule|strong="H6505" went|strong="H5674" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H6440" thick|strong="H7730" branches|strong="H7730" of|strong="H7218" a|strong="H5414" large|strong="H1419" oak|strong="H0424" tree|strong="H6086", Absalom’s|strong="H0053" head|strong="H7218"/hair|strong="H7218" was|strong="H1732" caught|strong="H2388" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" branches|strong="H7730". The|strong="H6440" mule|strong="H6505" kept|strong="H5414" going|strong="H5674", but|strong="H2388" Absalom|strong="H0053" was|strong="H1732" left|strong="H5414" dangling|strong="H5188" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" air|strong="H8064". 
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\verseNumber{10}One|strong="H7200" of|strong="H7200" David’s|strong="H1732" soldiers|strong="H5650" saw|strong="H7200" what|strong="H7200" happened|strong="H1961", and|strong="H7200" went|strong="H7200" and|strong="H7200" told|strong="H5046" Joab|strong="H3097", “I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H7200" Absalom|strong="H0053" hanging|strong="H8518" in|strong="H7200" an|strong="H7200" oak|strong="H0424" tree|strong="H6086"!” 
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\verseNumber{11}Joab|strong="H3097" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H7200", “What|strong="H7200"? You|strong="H5414" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H7200" you|strong="H5414" saw|strong="H7200" him|strong="H5414" hanging|strong="H5414" there|strong="H8033", so|strong="H5414" why|strong="H4069" did|strong="H3808" you|strong="H5414" not|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5414" immediately|strong="H6965" [RHQ]? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w had|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w*,} I|strong="H5414" would|strong="H0014" have|strong="H7200" given|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" ten|strong="H6235" pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H5921" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" a|strong="H5414" belt|strong="H2290"!” 
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\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H5921" man|strong="H5288" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7971" Joab|strong="H3097", “Even|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H6680" me|strong="H7971" 1,000 pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701", I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H4310" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1121" done|strong="H3027" anything|strong="H3808" to|strong="H7971" harm|strong="H7971" [IDM] the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" son|strong="H1121". We|strong="H3588" all|strong="H5921" heard|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" command|strong="H6680" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H1121" Abishai|strong="H0052" and|strong="H1121" Ittai|strong="H0863", ‘For|strong="H3588" my|strong="H8104" sake|strong="H5921", do|strong="H6680" not|strong="H3808" harm|strong="H7971" my|strong="H8104" son|strong="H1121" Absalom|strong="H0053"!’ 
\verseNumber{13}If|strong="H0518" I|strong="H1697" had|strong="H4428" disobeyed|strong="H6963" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" killed|strong="H2026" Absalom|strong="H0053", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" would|strong="H1697" have|strong="H1697" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H1697" it|strong="H6213", because|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" hears|strong="H8085" about|strong="H1697" everything|strong="H3605", and|strong="H4428" even|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3605" would|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1697" defended|strong="H5337" me|strong="H5315"!” 
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\verseNumber{14}Joab|strong="H3097" said|strong="H3651", “I|strong="H3651" am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3820" waste|strong="H3176" time|strong="H6440" talking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3820" you|strong="H6440"!” Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3651" took|strong="H3947" three|strong="H7969" spears|strong="H7626" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w went|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w where|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w Absalom|strong="H0053"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3820"\+w*}, and|strong="H6440" thrust|strong="H8628" them|strong="H6440" into|strong="H3947" Absalom’s|strong="H0053" chest|strong="H0727"/heart|strong="H3820" while|strong="H5750" he|strong="H3651" was|strong="H3820" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416", dangling|strong="H5188" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" oak|strong="H0424" tree|strong="H6086". 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H5375" ten|strong="H6235" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" who|strong="H5288" carried|strong="H5375" weapons|strong="H3627" for|strong="H4191" Joab|strong="H3097" surrounded|strong="H5437" Absalom|strong="H0053" and|strong="H5288" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w finished|strong="H3615"\+w*} killing|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221". 
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\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H7725" Joab|strong="H3097" blew|strong="H8628" his|strong="H7725" trumpet|strong="H7782" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w signal|strong="H5251"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w anymore|strong="H5750"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H7725" soldiers|strong="H5971" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" pursuing|strong="H7291" those|strong="H7291" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{17}They|strong="H5921" took|strong="H3947" Absalom’s|strong="H0053" body|strong="H1320" and|strong="H3478" threw|strong="H7993" it|strong="H5921" into|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" huge|strong="H1995" pit|strong="H6354" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" forest|strong="H3293", and|strong="H3478" covered|strong="H3680" it|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" huge|strong="H1995" pile|strong="H1530" of|strong="H5921" stones|strong="H0068". Then|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" remaining|strong="H8300" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w been|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Absalom|strong="H0053"\+w*} fled|strong="H5127" to|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" towns|strong="H1323". 
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\verseNumber{18}Absalom|strong="H0053" had|strong="H4428" no|strong="H3947" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5704" preserve|strong="H2142" his|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w family|strong="H4940"\+w*} name|strong="H8034". So|strong="H3947", while|strong="H5704" Absalom|strong="H0053" was|strong="H8034" alive|strong="H2416", he|strong="H3588" built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H3947" monument|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5704" himself|strong="H3027" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" King’s|strong="H4428" Valley|strong="H6010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w near|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*, \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w order|strong="H5668"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w would|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w remember|strong="H2142"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7121"\+w*}. He|strong="H3588" put|strong="H3947" his|strong="H7121" name|strong="H8034" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" monument|strong="H3027", and|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121" still|strong="H2142" call|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121" Absalom’s|strong="H0053" monument|strong="H3027". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H5921" report|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" Absalom’s|strong="H0053" death|strong="H4194" reached|strong="H5921" David|strong="H3027" }
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\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Absalom|strong="H0053"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w been|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w*,} Zadok’s|strong="H6659" son|strong="H1121" Ahimaaz|strong="H0290" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Joab|strong="H3097", “Allow|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3068" run|strong="H7323" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H4994" him|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3588" good|strong="H1319" news|strong="H1319" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" him|strong="H3027" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3588" power|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H3027"!” 
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\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H3588" Joab|strong="H3097" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921", “No|strong="H3808", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H4191" take|strong="H1121" news|strong="H1319" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" today|strong="H3117". Some|strong="H3117" other|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" allow|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H4191" take|strong="H1121" some|strong="H3117" news|strong="H1319", but|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" today|strong="H3117". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w took|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w news|strong="H1319"\+w* \+w today|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w would|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w be|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w good|strong="H1319"\+w* \+w news|strong="H1319"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*,} because|strong="H3588" his|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" is|strong="H2088" dead|strong="H4191".” 
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H4428" Joab|strong="H3097" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" David’s|strong="H1732" servant|strong="H5650" who|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" from|strong="H3212" Ethiopia|strong="H3569", “You|strong="H5046" go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H4428" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" what|strong="H7200" you|strong="H5046" have|strong="H7200" seen|strong="H7200".” So|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" man|strong="H7200" from|strong="H3212" Ethiopia|strong="H3569" bowed|strong="H7812" in|strong="H4428" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" Joab|strong="H3097", and|strong="H4428" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3212" run|strong="H7323". 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H1961" Ahimaaz|strong="H0290" said|strong="H0559" again|strong="H5750" to|strong="H1961" Joab|strong="H3097", “Even|strong="H1571" though|strong="H1571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w man|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w from|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Ethiopia|strong="H3569"\+w* \+w is|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w running|strong="H7323"\+w*}, allow|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H1961" run|strong="H7323" behind|strong="H0310" him|strong="H4672".” Joab|strong="H3097" replied|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H1961" boy|strong="H5288"/son|strong="H1121", why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H3254" you|strong="H4100" want|strong="H7323" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H3254" that|strong="H1121"? You|strong="H4100" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H2088" receive|strong="H1961" any|strong="H5750" reward|strong="H1309" for|strong="H1121" your|strong="H1961" news|strong="H1309"!” 
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\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H1961" Ahimaaz|strong="H0290" replied|strong="H0559", “That|strong="H1961" does|strong="H4100" not|strong="H1961" matter|strong="H1697", I|strong="H4100" want|strong="H7323" to|strong="H1961" go|strong="H5674".” So|strong="H1961" Joab|strong="H3097" said|strong="H0559", “Okay, go|strong="H5674".” So|strong="H1961" Ahimaaz|strong="H0290" ran|strong="H7323" along|strong="H5674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w another|strong="H7323"\+w*} road|strong="H1870" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" Jordan|strong="H3383" Valley|strong="H3603" and|strong="H1870" arrived|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w*} before|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" man|strong="H5674" from|strong="H1961" Ethiopia|strong="H3569" arrived|strong="H0935". 
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\verseNumber{24}David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" sitting|strong="H3427" between|strong="H3427" the|strong="H7200" outer|strong="H2435" gate|strong="H8179" and|strong="H3212" the|strong="H7200" inner|strong="H6442" gate|strong="H8179" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w city|strong="H8179"\+w*}. The|strong="H7200" watchman|strong="H6822"/lookout|strong="H6822" went|strong="H3212" up|strong="H5375" on|strong="H7200" top|strong="H1406" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H7200" city|strong="H8179" wall|strong="H2346" and|strong="H3212" stood|strong="H5975" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" roof|strong="H1406" over|strong="H3427" the|strong="H7200" gates|strong="H8179". He|strong="H1732" looked|strong="H7200" out|strong="H7200" and|strong="H3212" saw|strong="H7200" one|strong="H5375" man|strong="H5375" running|strong="H7323" alone|strong="H0905". 
\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H7121" watchman|strong="H6822" called|strong="H7121" down|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" reported|strong="H5046" it|strong="H7121" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H7121" king|strong="H4428". The|strong="H7121" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H7121", “If|strong="H0518" he|strong="H7121" is|strong="H4428" alone|strong="H0905", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H4428"\+w* indicates/\+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4428"\+w*} he|strong="H7121" is|strong="H4428" bringing|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w good|strong="H2896"\+w*} news|strong="H1309".” The|strong="H7121" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" running|strong="H1980" continued|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" come|strong="H1980" closer|strong="H5066". 
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\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H2009" the|strong="H7200" watchman|strong="H6822" saw|strong="H7200" another|strong="H2088" man|strong="H2088" running|strong="H7323". So|strong="H7121" he|strong="H7121" called|strong="H7121" down|strong="H7323" to|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7200" gatekeeper|strong="H7778", “Look|strong="H7200"! There|strong="H2009" is|strong="H2088" another|strong="H2088" man|strong="H2088" running|strong="H7323"!” And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H7121", “He|strong="H7121" also|strong="H1571" is|strong="H2088" bringing|strong="H1319" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w good|strong="H1319"\+w*} news|strong="H1319".” 
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\verseNumber{27}The|strong="H7200" watchman|strong="H6822" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H7200" think|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" first|strong="H7223" man|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w must|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H4428"\+w*} is|strong="H2088" running|strong="H4794" like|strong="H1121" Ahimaaz|strong="H0290" runs|strong="H7323".” The|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H4428" is|strong="H2088" a|strong="H7200" good|strong="H2896" man|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w sure|strong="H0539"\+w*} he|strong="H4428" is|strong="H2088" coming|strong="H0935" with|strong="H4428" good|strong="H2896" news|strong="H1309".” 
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\verseNumber{28}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3068"\+w*} Ahimaaz|strong="H0290" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w reached|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w*} called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3027" “I|strong="H3027" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H5375" that|strong="H3068" things|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3068" well|strong="H7965" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H1288"!” Then|strong="H5375" he|strong="H3068" prostrated|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H7812" on|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5375" ground|strong="H0776" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5375" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H7121", “Your|strong="H3068" Majesty|strong="H1926", praise|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", who|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" you|strong="H1288" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5375" men|strong="H7121" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3027" rebelling|strong="H4775" against|strong="H3027" you|strong="H1288"!” 
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\verseNumber{29}The|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Is|strong="H4100" the|strong="H7200" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" Absalom|strong="H0053" safe|strong="H7965"/all|strong="H7200" right|strong="H3045"?” Ahimaaz|strong="H0290" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w did|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w answer|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w question|strong="H1697"\+w*, \+w so|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3808"\+w*} replied|strong="H0559", “When|strong="H7200" Joab|strong="H3097" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971", I|strong="H3045" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3045" there|strong="H7965" was|strong="H4428" a|strong="H7971" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H4428" confusion|strong="H1322", but|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3045" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" it|strong="H7200" was|strong="H4428" about|strong="H3045".” 
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\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H5975" the|strong="H3541" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Stand|strong="H5975" aside|strong="H5437".” So|strong="H3541" Ahimaaz|strong="H0290" stepped|strong="H3318" aside|strong="H5437" and|strong="H4428" stood|strong="H5975" there|strong="H5975". 
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\verseNumber{31}Suddenly|strong="H2009" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" from|strong="H5921" Ethiopia|strong="H3569" arrived|strong="H0935", and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H3068" Majesty|strong="H1926", I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" good|strong="H1319" news|strong="H1319" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588"! Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3068" soldiers|strong="H5650" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" rebelled|strong="H6965" against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588"!” 
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\verseNumber{32}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5921", “Is|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" Absalom|strong="H0053" safe|strong="H7965"/all|strong="H3605" right|strong="H3225"?” And|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H5288" from|strong="H5921" Ethiopia|strong="H3569" replied|strong="H0559", “Sir|strong="H0113", I|strong="H5921" wish|strong="H2896"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3605" what|strong="H7451" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5921" would|strong="H5288" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" to|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" rebel|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3605"!” 
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\verseNumber{33}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w realized|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w he|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w meant|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w Absalom|strong="H0053"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w dead|strong="H4191"\+w*, \+w so|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w he|strong="H0834"\+w*} became|strong="H3205" ◄extremely|strong="H3966" distressed|strong="H6887"/overcome|strong="H3201" with|strong="H5973" grief|strong="H3708"►, and|strong="H3967" he|strong="H0834" went|strong="H1980" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" room|strong="H2315" above|strong="H4605" the|strong="H3605" gateway|strong="H8179" and|strong="H3967" cried|strong="H7121". While|strong="H5704" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" going|strong="H1980" up|strong="H5927", he|strong="H0834" kept|strong="H8104" crying|strong="H1058" out|strong="H3318", “O|strong="H3069", my|strong="H8104" son|strong="H1121" Absalom|strong="H0053"! My|strong="H8104" son|strong="H1121"! O|strong="H3069", my|strong="H8104" son|strong="H1121" Absalom|strong="H0053", I|strong="H0589" desire|strong="H8378"/wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" had|strong="H3068" died|strong="H4191" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H0859"!” 

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\chapterNumber{19}Someone|strong="H4310" told|strong="H5046" Joab|strong="H3097" that|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" crying|strong="H1058" and|strong="H1121" mourning|strong="H0060" because|strong="H5921" Absalom|strong="H0053" had|strong="H4428" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{2}All|strong="H1058" of|strong="H4428" David’s|strong="H1732" soldiers|strong="H5650" became|strong="H3205" sad|strong="H7451". Instead|strong="H2009" of|strong="H4428" rejoicing|strong="H8057" about|strong="H5921" defeating|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w who|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w fought|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Absalom|strong="H0053"\+w*}, they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H4428" sad|strong="H7451" because|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" heard|strong="H5046" that|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" mourning|strong="H0060" because|strong="H5921" Absalom|strong="H0053" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w dead|strong="H4191"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5971" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H1931" quietly|strong="H8252", like|strong="H1961" [SIM] soldiers|strong="H5971" do|strong="H3605" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" ashamed|strong="H0954" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" ran|strong="H1961" away|strong="H3605" from|strong="H5921" battle|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3117" king|strong="H4428" covered|strong="H3680" his|strong="H3117" face|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w hands|strong="H3027"\+w*} and|strong="H3117" kept|strong="H8104" crying|strong="H1058" loudly|strong="H6963", “O|strong="H3069", my|strong="H1589" son|strong="H1121" Absalom|strong="H0053"! O|strong="H3069", Absalom|strong="H0053", my|strong="H1589" son|strong="H1121"! My|strong="H1589" son|strong="H1121"!” 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H4428" Joab|strong="H3097" entered|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" room|strong="H2315" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428", “Today|strong="H3117" you|strong="H6440" have|strong="H1121" caused|strong="H5414" your|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H1121" to|strong="H6440" be|strong="H1121" ashamed|strong="H0954"! You|strong="H6440" have|strong="H1121" humiliated|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" saved|strong="H3467" your|strong="H6440" life|strong="H5315" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" lives|strong="H5315" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H6440" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H6440" ordinary|strong="H2455" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H6440" slave|strong="H5650" wives|strong="H0802"! 
\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w seems|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*} you|strong="H6440" love|strong="H0157" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" hate|strong="H8130" you|strong="H6440" and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*} you|strong="H6440" hate|strong="H8130" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" love|strong="H0157" you|strong="H6440". You|strong="H6440" have|strong="H1121" caused|strong="H5414" it|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" be|strong="H1121" clear|strong="H3605" today|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" commanders|strong="H8269" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3605" officers|strong="H5650" are|strong="H3117" not|strong="H6440" at|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" important|strong="H5704" to|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440". I|strong="H3117" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3605" if|strong="H1121" Absalom|strong="H0053" were|strong="H1121" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H5315" and|strong="H1121" we|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" dead|strong="H5315" today|strong="H3117", you|strong="H6440" would|strong="H5315" be|strong="H1121" happy|strong="H0835". 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H4191", now|strong="H3117" go|strong="H1980" and|strong="H3117" thank|strong="H3034" your|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3477"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w did|strong="H5650"\+w*}. Because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" solemnly|strong="H7650" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3045" do|strong="H5869" that|strong="H3588", none|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3117" them|strong="H8130" will|strong="H5650" still|strong="H3588" be|strong="H4191" with|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588" by|strong="H3117" tomorrow|strong="H4279" morning|strong="H1242" and|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3863" be|strong="H4191" worse|strong="H7489" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*} than|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" disasters|strong="H4672"/troubles|strong="H6869" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5869" experienced|strong="H3045" since|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3588" boy|strong="H5288".” 
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\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H5921" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H3318" and|strong="H6965" sat|strong="H3427" near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" gate|strong="H8179". And|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1696" were|strong="H5650" told|strong="H1696", “Hey|strong="H1945", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3068" sitting|strong="H3427" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" gate|strong="H8179"!” So|strong="H3318" they|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" came|strong="H3318" and|strong="H6965" gathered|strong="H3588" around|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1696" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H6965" Judah|strong="H3063" wanted|strong="H2654" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" king|strong="H5921" again|strong="H6965" }
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Meanwhile|strong="H3318", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli troops|strong="H1416" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w been|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Absalom|strong="H0053"\+w*} had|strong="H3068" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1696" their|strong="H3605" homes|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" throughout|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" started|strong="H6965" to|strong="H3478" quarrel|strong="H7378" among|strong="H3427" themselves|strong="H6440". They|strong="H5971" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" each|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605", “King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" rescued|strong="H5337" us|strong="H5046" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Philistia|strong="H6429" and|strong="H6965" from|strong="H6440" our|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H6965". But|strong="H2009" now|strong="H2009" he|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3478" fled|strong="H5127" from|strong="H6440" Absalom|strong="H0053" and|strong="H6965" left|strong="H3427" Israel|strong="H3478"! 
\verseNumber{10}We|strong="H6258" appointed|strong="H4150" [MTY] Absalom|strong="H0053" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" our|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", but|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" died|strong="H4191" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H4421" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w David’s|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5971"\+w*}. So|strong="H4480" ◄why|strong="H5921" does|strong="H6213" someone|strong="H0376" not|strong="H1961" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H3478" bring|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" back|strong="H7725"?/surely|strong="H5337" someone|strong="H0376" should|strong="H3478" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H3478" bring|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" back|strong="H7725".►” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{11}King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w found|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w out|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w were|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w saying|strong="H0559"\+w*. \+w So|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5921"\+w*} sent|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" priests|strong="H3548", Zadok|strong="H6659" and|strong="H7725" Abiathar|strong="H0054", to|strong="H7725" say|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", “The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" says|strong="H2790" that|strong="H4428" he|strong="H5921" has|strong="H4428" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H4428" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w be|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*}. And|strong="H7725" he|strong="H5921" says|strong="H2790", ‘◄Why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5921" be|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5921" last|strong="H0314" ones|strong="H2945" to|strong="H7725" bring|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" my|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1004"?/It|strong="H5921" is|strong="H4100" not|strong="H7725" right|strong="H3225" that|strong="H4428" you|strong="H5921" be|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5921" last|strong="H0314" ones|strong="H2945" to|strong="H7725" bring|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" my|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1004".► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{12}You|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3478" my|strong="H3605" relatives|strong="H0251"; we|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1697" ancestor [IDM]. So|strong="H7971" ◄why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3605" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" last|strong="H0314" ones|strong="H2945" to|strong="H1696" bring|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7971" back|strong="H7725"?/you|strong="H3605" should|strong="H4100" certainly|strong="H7725" not|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" last|strong="H0314" ones|strong="H2945" to|strong="H1696" bring|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7971" back|strong="H7725".► [RHQ]’” 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H7725" say|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Amasa|strong="H6021", “You|strong="H7725" are|strong="H6106" one|strong="H1961" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H7725" relatives|strong="H0251". I|strong="H4100" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0430" strike|strong="H5221" me|strong="H7725" dead|strong="H4191" [IDM] if|strong="H1961" I|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H1961" appoint|strong="H6485" you|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H1961", from|strong="H7725" now|strong="H1961" on|strong="H1961", the|strong="H7725" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H7725" army|strong="H2428" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H4428" Joab|strong="H3097".” 
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\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w By|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w sending|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w*,} David|strong="H3117" convinced|strong="H6484" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1320" of|strong="H3117" Judah|strong="H3063" [IDM] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3117"\+w* ◄\+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w loyal|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w*/\+w accept|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H6440"\+w*}►. So|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3117" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H1961" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H6440", saying|strong="H0559" “We|strong="H3117" want|strong="H3808" you|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H8269" to|strong="H1961" return|strong="H8478" here|strong="H3541".” 
\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w officials|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w started|strong="H2490"\+w* \+w back|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w toward|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. When|strong="H7725" they|strong="H3605" reached|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" came|strong="H7725" there|strong="H3605" to|strong="H7725" Gilgal|strong="H1537" to|strong="H7725" meet|strong="H7122" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H3063" to|strong="H7725" bring|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7971" across|strong="H5676" the|strong="H3605" river|strong="H5104". 
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\verseNumber{16}Shimei|strong="H8096", the|strong="H7725" man|strong="H5674" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4428" Benjamin|strong="H1144", also|strong="H4428" came|strong="H3212" down|strong="H3212" quickly|strong="H4116" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w river|strong="H5704"\+w*} with|strong="H3212" the|strong="H7725" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H5704" meet|strong="H7125" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{17}There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" 1,000 men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5973" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1145" who|strong="H1121" came|strong="H3381" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973". And|strong="H1121" Ziba|strong="H6717", who|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5973" servant|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586", also|strong="H1732" hurried|strong="H4116" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5973" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}, bringing|strong="H0935" 20 of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5650" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973". They|strong="H4428" all|strong="H5973" came|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5973" king|strong="H4428", 
\verseNumber{18}and|strong="H1121" then|strong="H4428" they|strong="H6440" all|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w prepared|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6440"\+w*} take|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H5973" his|strong="H6440" family|strong="H1004" across|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" river|strong="H5104", at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" place|strong="H1004" where|strong="H1004" they|strong="H6440" could|strong="H5288" walk|strong="H1980" across|strong="H6440" it|strong="H6440". They|strong="H6440" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H6440" do|strong="H6213" whatever|strong="H3605" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" wanted|strong="H2654" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" do|strong="H6213". As|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H7586" about|strong="H4428" to|strong="H6440" cross|strong="H5674" the|strong="H6440" river|strong="H5104", Shimei|strong="H8096" came|strong="H6743" to|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440" and|strong="H1121" prostrated|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H6440" in|strong="H1004" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H6213" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428", “Your|strong="H6440" Majesty|strong="H1926", please|strong="H2896" forgive|strong="H5545" me|strong="H6440". Please|strong="H2896" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" keep|strong="H6213" thinking|strong="H0559" about|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" terrible|strong="H6213" thing|strong="H2896" that|strong="H4428" I|strong="H6440" did|strong="H6213" on|strong="H5674" the|strong="H6440" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H4428" you|strong="H6440" left|strong="H5674" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" think|strong="H5869" about|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" anymore|strong="H5750". 
\verseNumber{20}Because|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H5650" sinned|strong="H2398". Look|strong="H7760", I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H5650" come|strong="H3318" today|strong="H3117", the|strong="H3117" first|strong="H3117" one|strong="H4428" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3117" northern|strong="H6828" tribes|strong="H7626" to|strong="H3318" come|strong="H3318" here|strong="H7760" to|strong="H3318" greet|strong="H7592" you|strong="H3117" today|strong="H3117", Your|strong="H7760" Majesty|strong="H1926".” 
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\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H3588" Abishai|strong="H0052", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H4428" Zeruiah|strong="H6870", said|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H3588" cursed|strong="H0779" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H3045" [MTY] to|strong="H3381" be|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428"! So|strong="H3588" ◄should|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3045" be|strong="H3117" executed|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588"?/he|strong="H3588" certainly|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3117" executed|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588".►” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H6030", “You|strong="H3588" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zeruiah|strong="H6870", what|strong="H2063" am|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H4191" do|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588"? (OR|strong="H3808", you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" ones|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" decide|strong="H3198" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H2063"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w him|strong="H4191"\+w*}). \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" my|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" today|strong="H3117". I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" now|strong="H3588" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} certainly|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" [RHQ] in|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191" today|strong="H3117".” 
\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Shimei|strong="H8096", “I|strong="H3588" solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" execute|strong="H4191" you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H4428" Miphibosheth, Saul’s|strong="H7586" grandson|strong="H1121", came|strong="H4428" down|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w river|strong="H5104"\+w*} to|strong="H4191" greet|strong="H7592" the|strong="H4191" king|strong="H4428". He|strong="H3808" had|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" washed|strong="H7364" his|strong="H8096" feet|strong="H7272" or|strong="H3808" trimmed|strong="H6213" his|strong="H8096" beard|strong="H2206" or|strong="H3808" washed|strong="H7364" his|strong="H8096" clothes|strong="H0899", from|strong="H4191" the|strong="H4191" time|strong="H6256" that|strong="H4428" the|strong="H4191" king|strong="H4428" left|strong="H7604" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H4191" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3808" returned|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{25}When|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" arrived|strong="H0935" from|strong="H4480" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H5704" greet|strong="H7965" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428", the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H6213", “Mephibosheth|strong="H4648", why|strong="H3808" did|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H6213" me|strong="H4480"?” 
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\verseNumber{26}He|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H3588" Majesty|strong="H1926", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" crippled|strong="H5223". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w heard|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w leaving|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*,} I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1980" my|strong="H1961" servant|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Ziba|strong="H6717"\+w*}, ‘Put|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" saddle|strong="H2280" on|strong="H1980" my|strong="H1961" donkey|strong="H2543" in|strong="H1980" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" can|strong="H4100" ride|strong="H7392" on|strong="H1980" it|strong="H3588" and|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428".’ But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" deceived|strong="H7411" me|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w left|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w without|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5973"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{27}And|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3588" lied|strong="H3584" to|strong="H3212" you|strong="H3588" about|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921". But|strong="H3588", Your|strong="H5921" Majesty|strong="H1926", you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w wise|strong="H2450"\+w*} as|strong="H3588" God’s|strong="H5650" angel|strong="H4397". So|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" whatever|strong="H3605" seems|strong="H3190" right|strong="H3225" to|strong="H3212" you|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{28}All|strong="H6213" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H6213" grandfather’s family|strong="H4940" expected|strong="H6960"/deserved|strong="H1576" that|strong="H4397" we|strong="H6213" would|strong="H6213" be|strong="H5869" executed|strong="H6213". But|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w execute|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6213"\+w*;} you|strong="H6213" allowed|strong="H5414" me|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" eat|strong="H0398" food|strong="H3899" with|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" at|strong="H4428" your|strong="H6213" table|strong="H7979"! So|strong="H6213" I|strong="H5650" certainly|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" have|strong="H5869" [RHQ] the|strong="H6213" right|strong="H5869" to|strong="H6213" request|strong="H1246" you|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H6213" more|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{29}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" replied|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3588" certainly|strong="H3588" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H1961" say|strong="H0559" any|strong="H3605" more|strong="H5750". I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" decided|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H4428" Ziba|strong="H6717" will|strong="H1961" divide|strong="H2505" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{equally} the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w belonged|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w grandfather|strong="H0001"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{30}Mephibosheth|strong="H4648" replied|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1697" king|strong="H4428", “Your|strong="H1697" Majesty|strong="H1926", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w content|strong="H2974"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1697"\+w*} you|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1697" returned|strong="H7725" safely|strong="H0983". So|strong="H1697" allow|strong="H5414" him|strong="H4428" to|strong="H1696" take|strong="H2505" all|strong="H1697" the|strong="H1697" land|strong="H7704".” 
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\verseNumber{31}Barzillai|strong="H1271", the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" from|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, had|strong="H4428" come|strong="H0935" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} from|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Rogelim|strong="H7274", to|strong="H1004" escort|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" across|strong="H5676" the|strong="H3605" river|strong="H5104". 
\verseNumber{32}Barzillai|strong="H1271" was|strong="H4428" a|strong="H7971" very|strong="H3966" old|strong="H1121" man|strong="H5674", 80 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121". He|strong="H7971" was|strong="H4428" a|strong="H7971" very|strong="H3966" wealthy|strong="H1431" man|strong="H5674", and|strong="H7971" he|strong="H7971" had|strong="H4428" provided|strong="H3557" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H7971" the|strong="H5674" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} while|strong="H3383" they|strong="H4428" were|strong="H4428" at|strong="H4428" Mahanaim|strong="H4266". 
\verseNumber{33}The|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" Barzillai|strong="H1271", “Come|strong="H0935" with|strong="H4428" me|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" take|strong="H1121" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{34}But|strong="H4428" Barzillai|strong="H1271" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0589" certainly|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5674" have|strong="H4428" [RHQ] many|strong="H7227" more|strong="H5674" years|strong="H8141" to|strong="H3389" live|strong="H3427". So|strong="H5674" ◄why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4428" I|strong="H0589" go|strong="H5674" with|strong="H3389" you|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3389" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"?/there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H4428" certainly|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3557" reason|strong="H6440" for|strong="H3389" me|strong="H5978" to|strong="H3389" go|strong="H5674" with|strong="H3389" you|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3389" Jerusalem|strong="H3389".► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{35}I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" now|strong="H3117" 80 years|strong="H3117" old|strong="H2416". I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3588" [RHQ] know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" enjoyable and|strong="H4428" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3588" enjoyable. I|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" [RHQ] enjoy|strong="H7200" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3588" eat|strong="H0398" and|strong="H4428" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3588" drink|strong="H8354". I|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" [RHQ] hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3588" voices|strong="H6963" of|strong="H4428" men|strong="H8147" and|strong="H4428" women|strong="H0802" as|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3588" sing|strong="H7891". So|strong="H5927" ◄why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3117" another|strong="H0312" burden|strong="H4853" to|strong="H5927" you|strong="H3588"?/I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H5927" be|strong="H3117" another|strong="H0312" burden|strong="H4853" to|strong="H5927" you|strong="H3588".► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{36}I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" cross|strong="H5674" the|strong="H8085" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} with|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3117" and|strong="H1121" go|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" little|strong="H4592" further|strong="H5750", and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3045" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3045" the|strong="H8085" reward|strong="H7939" that|strong="H3045" I|strong="H3117" need|strong="H4270" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w helping|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3117"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{37}Then|strong="H5674" please|strong="H4994" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5674" to|strong="H4428" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H4428" my|strong="H5674" home|strong="H1004", because|strong="H3588" that|strong="H4428" is|strong="H4100" where|strong="H4100" I|strong="H5650" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H4428" die|strong="H4191", near|strong="H7126" my|strong="H5674" parents’ grave|strong="H6913". But|strong="H4428" here|strong="H2063" is|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} Chimham|strong="H3643". Your|strong="H5674" Majesty|strong="H1926", allow|strong="H5414" him|strong="H1580" to|strong="H4428" go|strong="H5674" with|strong="H4428" you|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w serve|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w you|strong="H4100"\+w*}, and|strong="H4428" do|strong="H4100" for|strong="H5650" him|strong="H1580" whatever|strong="H4100" seems|strong="H3190" good|strong="H1580" to|strong="H4428" you|strong="H4100"!” 
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\verseNumber{38}The|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" replied|strong="H0559", “Okay, he|strong="H6213" will|strong="H4428" cross|strong="H5674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w river|strong="H5104"\+w*} with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H4994", and|strong="H7725" I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H4428" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213" whatever|strong="H2896" seems|strong="H2896" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H7725". And|strong="H7725" I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H4428" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H7725" whatever|strong="H2896" you|strong="H7725" want|strong="H4270" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{39}Then|strong="H6213" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" others|strong="H0312" crossed|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. He|strong="H6213" kissed|strong="H5401" Barzillai|strong="H1271" and|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w*} bless|strong="H1288" him|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H6213" Barzillai|strong="H1271" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" home|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{40}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w crossed|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w river|strong="H5104"\+w*,} Chimham|strong="H3643" went|strong="H5674" with|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H7725" half|strong="H2677" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" Israeli tribes|strong="H7626" escorted|strong="H7971"/accompanied|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H7725" Gilgal|strong="H1537". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" troops|strong="H5971" from|strong="H7725" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H7725" Israel|strong="H5971" argued }
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\verseNumber{41}Then|strong="H1571" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" Israeli tribes|strong="H7626" came|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3063" said|strong="H0559", “◄Why|strong="H4100" is|strong="H1571" it|strong="H5674" that|strong="H5971" our|strong="H3605" relatives|strong="H0251", the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3478" Judah|strong="H3063", took|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3605" away|strong="H5674" from|strong="H3478" us|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" only|strong="H3605" ones|strong="H2945" to|strong="H3478" escort|strong="H7971" you|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3063" your|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940" across|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" river|strong="H5104", along|strong="H5973" with|strong="H5973" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971"?/It|strong="H5674" is|strong="H1571" not|strong="H1571" right|strong="H3478" that|strong="H5971" our|strong="H3605" relatives|strong="H0251", the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3478" Judah|strong="H3063", took|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3605" away|strong="H5674" from|strong="H3478" us|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" only|strong="H3605" ones|strong="H2945" to|strong="H3478" escort|strong="H7971" you|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3063" your|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940" across|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" river|strong="H5104", along|strong="H5973" with|strong="H5973" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971".► [RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Why|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w request|strong="H1246"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*}?” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{42}The|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5650" from|strong="H3478" Judah|strong="H3063" replied|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H3605" did|strong="H3478" it|strong="H5674" because|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" is|strong="H2009" from|strong="H3478" Judah|strong="H3063". So|strong="H5674" ◄why|strong="H4069" are|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3605" angry|strong="H5674" about|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3605"?/you|strong="H3605" should|strong="H3478" not|strong="H1732" be|strong="H3478" angry|strong="H5674" about|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3605".► [RHQ] The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" has|strong="H3478" never|strong="H3808" paid|strong="H5414" for|strong="H1004" our|strong="H3605" food|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3063" he|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3478" never|strong="H3808" given|strong="H5414" us|strong="H3478" any|strong="H3605" gifts|strong="H4979".” 
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\verseNumber{43}The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H2088" Israeli tribes|strong="H7626" replied|strong="H6030", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w There|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w ten|strong="H6235"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="H7626"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w only|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w one|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*. \+w So|strong="H4480"\+w*} it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H2088" ten|strong="H6235" times|strong="H6471" more|strong="H4480" right|strong="H3478" for|strong="H3588" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" say|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w our|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*} than|strong="H4480" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H2088" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3478" say|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588". So|strong="H4480" why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3588" despising|strong="H3988" us|strong="H5921" [RHQ]? We|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3478" certainly|strong="H3588" [RHQ] the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H2088" ones|strong="H7138" to|strong="H3478" talk|strong="H1697" about|strong="H5921" bringing|strong="H5375" David|strong="H1732" back|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w our|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w again|strong="H3478"\+w*}.” 
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But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" spoke|strong="H1697" more|strong="H4480" harshly|strong="H7186" than|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H2088" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" did|strong="H4100". 

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\chapterNumber{20}There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H3478" man|strong="H1121" there|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\+w*} named|strong="H8034" Sheba|strong="H7652". He|strong="H8033" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H3478" man|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" always|strong="H3605" caused|strong="H5414" trouble|strong="H6869". He|strong="H8033" was|strong="H8034" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8628" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H8628" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bichri|strong="H1075". He|strong="H8033" blew|strong="H8628" a|strong="H3478" trumpet|strong="H7782" and|strong="H1121" called|strong="H8034" out|strong="H8033", “We|strong="H8033" have|strong="H1121" nothing|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" with|strong="H1732" [DOU] David|strong="H1732", that|strong="H3478" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448"! So|strong="H3808", men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", let’s|strong="H1980" go|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" our|strong="H1732" homes|strong="H1004"!” 
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\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H4480" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" Israeli tribes|strong="H7626" deserted|strong="H5307" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H5927" with|strong="H3389" Sheba|strong="H7652", but|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" stayed|strong="H3478" with|strong="H3389" David|strong="H1732". They|strong="H5704" wanted|strong="H2654" him|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H5927" with|strong="H3389" him|strong="H3605" from|strong="H4480" near|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w*} up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5704" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" palace|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", he|strong="H3117" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5414" ten|strong="H6235" slave|strong="H5650" wives|strong="H0802" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H3117" had|strong="H1961" left|strong="H3240" there|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" take|strong="H3947" care|strong="H4931" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H4428" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H1004" another|strong="H3808" house|strong="H1004". He|strong="H3117" put|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" guard|strong="H8104" at|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3117" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3117" provided|strong="H3557" for|strong="H5704" them|strong="H5414" what|strong="H1732" they|strong="H3117" needed|strong="H1767", but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3117" never|strong="H3808" had|strong="H1961" sexual|strong="H3947" relations|strong="H3045" [EUP] with|strong="H1004" them|strong="H5414" again|strong="H1961". So|strong="H3947" they|strong="H3117" remained|strong="H1961" shut|strong="H6887" up|strong="H5414" in|strong="H1004" their|strong="H5414" house|strong="H1004" until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4194". It|strong="H5414" was|strong="H1961" as|strong="H5704" though|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" widows|strong="H0490". 
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} the|strong="H3117" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3117" Amasa|strong="H6021", “Summon|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3117" soldiers|strong="H5650" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3117" come|strong="H3063" here|strong="H6311" within|strong="H3063" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3063" you|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3117" here|strong="H6311" also|strong="H4428".” 
\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H4480" Amasa|strong="H6021" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" summon|strong="H3259" them|strong="H4480", but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H4480" did|strong="H3063" not|strong="H3212" return|strong="H7725" within|strong="H3063" the|strong="H4480" time|strong="H4150" that|strong="H4480" David|strong="H1732" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H4480" to|strong="H3212". 
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\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H4480" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" Abishai|strong="H0052", “Now|strong="H6258" Sheba|strong="H7652" will|strong="H5650" harm|strong="H3415" us|strong="H6435" more|strong="H4480" than|strong="H4480" Absalom|strong="H0053" did|strong="H5650". So|strong="H4480" you|strong="H3947" take|strong="H3947" my|strong="H1732" soldiers|strong="H5650" and|strong="H1121" pursue|strong="H7291" him|strong="H4672". If|strong="H6435" you|strong="H3947" do|strong="H5869" not|strong="H6435" do|strong="H5869" that|strong="H5892", he|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3947" soldiers|strong="H5650" may|strong="H1121" occupy|strong="H3423"/capture|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" ◄fortified|strong="H1219" towns|strong="H5892"/towns|strong="H5892" that|strong="H5892" have|strong="H5869" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H3947"►, and|strong="H1121" escape|strong="H5337" from|strong="H4480" us|strong="H6435". [IDM]” 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H3318" Abishai|strong="H0052" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Joab|strong="H3097"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" bodyguards and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H1121" left|strong="H3318" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", to|strong="H3318" pursue|strong="H7291" Sheba|strong="H7652". 
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\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H3318" they|strong="H1992" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" huge|strong="H1995" rock|strong="H6697" in|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w*} Gibeah|strong="H1390" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, Amasa|strong="H6021" met|strong="H6298" them|strong="H1992". Joab|strong="H3097" was|strong="H1931" wearing|strong="H2296" a|strong="H3318" soldier’s|strong="H3824" uniform. He|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3097" a|strong="H3318" dagger|strong="H2719"/long|strong="H6440" knife|strong="H2719" fastened|strong="H6775" to|strong="H3318" his|strong="H6440" belt|strong="H2290". When|strong="H3318" he|strong="H1931" came|strong="H3318" close|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w Amasa|strong="H6021"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w allowed|strong="H5414"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" dagger|strong="H2719" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w*} fall|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{9}Joab|strong="H3097" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3027" Amasa|strong="H6021", “Are|strong="H3027" things|strong="H1697" going|strong="H1980" well|strong="H7965" with|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3027", my|strong="H3027" friend|strong="H7453"?” Then|strong="H0227" Joab|strong="H3097" grabbed|strong="H2388" Amasa’s beard|strong="H2206" with|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3027" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3027", in|strong="H3027" order|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3027" kiss|strong="H5401" him|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H3808" Amasa|strong="H6021" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097" was|strong="H1121" holding|strong="H2388" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w another|strong="H3808"\+w*} dagger|strong="H2719" in|strong="H4191" his|strong="H8104" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} hand|strong="H3027". And|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097" stabbed|strong="H5221" it|strong="H5221" into|strong="H2719" Amasa’s belly|strong="H2570", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8104" insides spilled|strong="H8210" out|strong="H8210" onto|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5221" ground|strong="H0776". Amasa|strong="H6021" died|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w immediately|strong="H6965"\+w*}; Joab|strong="H3097" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H4191" stab|strong="H1856" him|strong="H5221" again|strong="H8138". Then|strong="H3808" Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8104" brother|strong="H0251" Abishai|strong="H0052" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H4191" pursue|strong="H7291" Sheba|strong="H7652". 
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\verseNumber{11}One|strong="H4310" of|strong="H5921" Joab’s|strong="H3097" soldiers|strong="H5288" stood|strong="H5975" alongside|strong="H5921" Amasa’s body|strong="H1320" and|strong="H1732" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H5921", “Everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H4310" wants|strong="H2656" Joab|strong="H3097" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w our|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w commander|strong="H8269"\+w*} and|strong="H1732" who|strong="H4310" wants|strong="H2656" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w our|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w king|strong="H5921"\+w*}, go|strong="H1732" with|strong="H5921" Joab|strong="H3097"!” 
\verseNumber{12}Amasa’s body|strong="H1320" was|strong="H3605" lying|strong="H7993" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" road|strong="H1870". It|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3605" covered|strong="H3680" with|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818". The|strong="H3605" soldier|strong="H6635" of|strong="H7704" Joab|strong="H3097" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w out|strong="H7993"\+w*} saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" many|strong="H7200" others|strong="H5971" of|strong="H7704" Joab’s|strong="H3097" soldiers|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" stopping|strong="H2014" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*}, so|strong="H4480" he|strong="H3588" dragged|strong="H5498" Amasa’s body|strong="H1320" off|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" road|strong="H1870" into|strong="H8432" a|strong="H3588" field|strong="H7704", and|strong="H5971" threw|strong="H7993" a|strong="H3588" cloth|strong="H0899"/blanket|strong="H4541" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" body|strong="H1320". 
\verseNumber{13}After|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" body|strong="H1320" had|strong="H3097" been|strong="H5674" taken|strong="H5674" off|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" road|strong="H1870", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H1121" went|strong="H5674" with|strong="H3605" Joab|strong="H3097" to|strong="H1121" pursue|strong="H7291" Sheba|strong="H7652". 
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\verseNumber{14}Sheba|strong="H5674" went|strong="H3478" through|strong="H5674" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H7626" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H3478" Abel-Beth-Maacah|strong="H0062" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w northern|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7626"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. There|strong="H3605", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" members|strong="H3338" of|strong="H7626" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w father|strong="H0001"\+w*} Bichri’s clan|strong="H4940" gathered|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" went|strong="H3478" with|strong="H3478" Sheba|strong="H5674" into|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" town|strong="H7151". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5921" Joab|strong="H3097" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w found|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w out|strong="H8210"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w Sheba|strong="H7614"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3097"\+w* \+w gone|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w there|strong="H5975"\+w*, \+w so|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w*} went|strong="H5971" there|strong="H5975" and|strong="H5971" surrounded|strong="H5437" the|strong="H3605" town|strong="H5892". They|strong="H5921" built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H5975" dirt|strong="H6083" ramp|strong="H5550" up|strong="H5975" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" town|strong="H5892" wall|strong="H2346". They|strong="H5921" also|strong="H5971" pounded|strong="H1743" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" wall|strong="H2346" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w heavy|strong="H3513"\+w* \+w poles|strong="H0905"\+w*}, to|strong="H5921" cause|strong="H5971" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" collapse|strong="H5307". 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H1696" a|strong="H8085" wise|strong="H2450" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H2450" was|strong="H5892" in|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085" town|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stood|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w on|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w top|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w wall|strong="H2346"\+w* \+w and|strong="H5892"\+w*} shouted|strong="H7121" down|strong="H7121", “Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4994"! Tell|strong="H1696" Joab|strong="H3097" to|strong="H1696" come|strong="H7126" here|strong="H2008", because|strong="H4480" I|strong="H5704" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H1696" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H7121"!” 
\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H7126" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w told|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Joab|strong="H3097"\+w*}, he|strong="H7126" came|strong="H7126" there|strong="H7126", and|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" woman|strong="H0802" said|strong="H1697", “Are|strong="H1697" you|strong="H7126" Joab|strong="H3097"?” 
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He|strong="H7126" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", I|strong="H1697" am|strong="H1961".” She|strong="H1931" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H8085" him|strong="H8085", “Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H1697" say|strong="H1697".” He|strong="H7126" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H1697" am|strong="H1961" listening|strong="H8085".” 
\verseNumber{18}She|strong="H3651" said|strong="H1696", “Long|strong="H0753" ago|strong="H7350" people|strong="H1696" used|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696", ‘Go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1696" Abel|strong="H1893" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} to|strong="H1696" get|strong="H3947" good|strong="H2896" advice|strong="H6098" about|strong="H1696" your|strong="H3651" problems|strong="H7001".’ And|strong="H7223" that|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" what|strong="H3651" people|strong="H1696" did|strong="H3651". 
\verseNumber{19}We|strong="H5892" are|strong="H3478" peaceful|strong="H7965" and|strong="H3478" loyal|strong="H3068" Israelis. Our|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5159" here|strong="H4191" are|strong="H3478" important|strong="H5704" and|strong="H3478" respected|strong="H7230" [IDM]. So|strong="H4191" ◄why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H3478" you|strong="H4100" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H3478" destroy|strong="H1104" a|strong="H3068" town|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3068" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068"?/you|strong="H4100" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H3478" destroy|strong="H1104" a|strong="H3068" town|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3068" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068".►” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{20}Job|strong="H0347" replied|strong="H6030", “I|strong="H0589" would|strong="H0014" certainly|strong="H3588" never|strong="H3808" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H6030" ruin|strong="H7843" or|strong="H1104" destroy|strong="H7843" your|strong="H7843" town|strong="H7151"! 
\verseNumber{21}That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H8034" not|strong="H3808" what|strong="H1697" we|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3212" do|strong="H1697". But|strong="H3588" Bichri’s son|strong="H1121" Sheba|strong="H7652", a|strong="H5414" man|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" hilly area|strong="H2022" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H8034", is|strong="H8034" rebelling|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732". Put|strong="H5414" this|strong="H3651" man|strong="H1121" into|strong="H3212" our|strong="H5414" hands|strong="H3027", and|strong="H1121" then|strong="H2009" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" ◄go|strong="H3212" away|strong="H5375" from|strong="H5921"/not|strong="H3808" attack|strong="H5221"► this|strong="H3651" town|strong="H5892".” 
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The|strong="H5921" woman|strong="H8034" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" Joab|strong="H3097", “Okay, what|strong="H1697" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" do|strong="H1697" is|strong="H8034", we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cut|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w off|strong="H5921"\+w*} his|strong="H5375" head|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} throw|strong="H7993" it|strong="H5414" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" wall|strong="H2346" to|strong="H3212" you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H7725" this|strong="H7725" wise|strong="H7725" woman|strong="H0802" went|strong="H5971" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" town|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5921" what|strong="H5921" she|strong="H5921" had|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" Joab|strong="H3097". So|strong="H7725" they|strong="H5921" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" Sheba’s|strong="H7652" head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H1121" threw|strong="H7993" it|strong="H5921" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" wall|strong="H2346" to|strong="H7725" Joab|strong="H3097". Then|strong="H7725" Joab|strong="H3097" blew|strong="H8628" his|strong="H3605" trumpet|strong="H7782" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w signal|strong="H5251"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w was|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w ended|strong="H1961"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5971" left|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" town|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" their|strong="H3605" homes|strong="H1004". And|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H1121" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{23}Joab|strong="H3097" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" entire|strong="H3605" Israeli army|strong="H6635". Jehoiada’s|strong="H3077" son|strong="H1121" Benaiah|strong="H1141" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" David’s|strong="H1732" bodyguards; 
\verseNumber{24}Adoram|strong="H0151" supervised|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H5921" work|strong="H4399" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w king|strong="H5921"\+w*}; Ahilud’s son|strong="H1121" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" reported|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w everything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w decided|strong="H3289"\+w*}; 
\verseNumber{25}Sheva|strong="H7864" was|strong="H3548" the|strong="H6659" official|strong="H8269" secretary|strong="H5608"; Zadok|strong="H6659" and|strong="H3548" Abiathar|strong="H0054" were|strong="H0834" the|strong="H6659" priests|strong="H3548"; 
\verseNumber{26}and|strong="H3548" Ira|strong="H5896" from|strong="H1961" Jair|strong="H2971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} was|strong="H1961" also|strong="H1571" one|strong="H1961" of|strong="H3548" David’s|strong="H1732" priests|strong="H3548". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The people of Gibeon got revenge for what Saul did }
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\chapterNumber{21}During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ruled|strong="H4427"\+w*}, there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" famine|strong="H7458" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*} for|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141". David|strong="H1732" prayed|strong="H1245" to|strong="H4191" Yahweh|strong="H3068" about|strong="H1961" it|strong="H5921". And|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w In|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w famine|strong="H7458"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w end|strong="H7093"\+w*}, Saul’s|strong="H7586" family|strong="H1004" needs|strong="H4191" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" punished|strong="H6485" [MTY] because|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H7586" killed|strong="H4191" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H1818" from|strong="H6440" Gibeon|strong="H1391" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gibeon|strong="H1391" were|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" Israelis; they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3588" small|strong="H6996" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" Amor people-group whom|strong="H1992" the|strong="H3588" Israelis had|strong="H3478" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650" to|strong="H3478" protect|strong="H8104". But|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H3478" tried|strong="H1245" to|strong="H3478" kill|strong="H5221" all|strong="H7121" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H1992" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" ◄was|strong="H3478" very|strong="H7065" zealous|strong="H7065"/wanted|strong="H1245" very|strong="H7065" much|strong="H7227"► to|strong="H3478" enable|strong="H7980" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w only|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w ones|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w living|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w*}. So|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" summoned|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3588" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" Gibeon|strong="H1391" 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6213", “What|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H3068" I|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213"? How|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" I|strong="H4100" make|strong="H6213" amends|strong="H7521"/up|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4100" was|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5159", in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" us|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3068" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068"?” 
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\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H4100" replied|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H6213" cannot|strong="H3808" settle|strong="H3427" our|strong="H6213" quarrel|strong="H7378" with|strong="H5973" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3478" family|strong="H1004" by|strong="H2091" giving|strong="H5414" us|strong="H6213" silver|strong="H3701" or|strong="H3701" gold|strong="H2091". And|strong="H3478" we|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6213" right|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" kill|strong="H4191" any|strong="H6213" Israelis.” 
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So|strong="H6213" David|strong="H5973" asked|strong="H4100", “Then|strong="H6213"/So|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" say|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3478" I|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213"?” 
\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H3605" replied|strong="H0559", “Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H4428" us|strong="H3478". He|strong="H3605" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H3478" annihilate|strong="H3615"/kill|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" us|strong="H3478", in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3605" none|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" us|strong="H3478" would|strong="H3478" live|strong="H3427" anywhere|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{6}Hand|strong="H5414" over|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5414" seven|strong="H7651" of|strong="H1121" Saul’s|strong="H7586" descendants|strong="H1121". We|strong="H0587" will|strong="H3068" hang|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" where|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7812" in|strong="H3068" Gibeon|strong="H1391", our|strong="H3068" town|strong="H7151", the|strong="H5414" town|strong="H7151" where|strong="H0834" Saul|strong="H7586", whom|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" previously|strong="H8543" chose|strong="H0977" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428", lived|strong="H3427".” 
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The|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" replied|strong="H0559", “Okay, I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" over|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414".” 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1732" hand|strong="H3027" over|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921" Saul’s|strong="H7586" grandson|strong="H1121" Mephibosheth|strong="H4648", because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" what|strong="H1732" he|strong="H3068" and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Mephibosheth’s \+w father|strong="H1121"\+w*} Jonathan|strong="H3083" had|strong="H3068" solemnly|strong="H7621" promised|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312". 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H3947" Rizpah|strong="H7532" took|strong="H3947" coarse cloth|strong="H0899" made|strong="H5414" from|strong="H4480" goats’|strong="H5795" hair|strong="H8181", and|strong="H8064" spread|strong="H5186" it|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" rock|strong="H6697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w corpses|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w lay|strong="H5414"\+w*}. She|strong="H5921" stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" time|strong="H8462" that|strong="H5414" people|strong="H3808" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5704" harvest|strong="H7105" the|strong="H5921" barley|strong="H8184" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" rains|strong="H1653" started|strong="H2490". She|strong="H5921" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" any|strong="H4480" birds|strong="H5775" to|strong="H5704" come|strong="H0935" near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" corpses|strong="H4480" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" day|strong="H3119", and|strong="H8064" she|strong="H5921" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" any|strong="H4480" animals|strong="H2416" to|strong="H5704" come|strong="H0935" near|strong="H5921" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" night|strong="H3915". 
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\verseNumber{14}They|strong="H3651" buried|strong="H6912" the|strong="H3605" bones|strong="H6106" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083" in|strong="H6213" Zela|strong="H6762" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Benjamin|strong="H1144". Doing|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680", they|strong="H3651" buried|strong="H6912" their|strong="H3605" bones|strong="H6106" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" tomb|strong="H6913" where|strong="H0834" Saul’s|strong="H7586" father|strong="H1121" Kish|strong="H7027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w buried|strong="H6912"\+w*}. After|strong="H0310" that|strong="H3605", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3651"\+w*} God|strong="H0430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w family|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w been|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w pay|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w murder|strong="H7523"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w from|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H3651"\+w*} answered|strong="H6279" the|strong="H3605" Israelis’ prayers|strong="H6279" for|strong="H6213" their|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776", and|strong="H1121" caused|strong="H3083" the|strong="H3605" famine|strong="H7458" to|strong="H6213" end|strong="H7093". 

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\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H1961" army|strong="H4421" of|strong="H5650" Philistia|strong="H6429" again|strong="H5750" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3381" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5973" the|strong="H1961" army|strong="H4421" of|strong="H5650" Israel|strong="H3478". And|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H1732" soldiers|strong="H5650" went|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" fight|strong="H3898" the|strong="H1961" Philistines|strong="H6430". During|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" battle|strong="H4421", David|strong="H1732" became|strong="H1961" weary|strong="H5774". 
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\verseNumber{20}Later|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" another|strong="H5750" battle|strong="H4421" near|strong="H3027" Gath|strong="H1661". There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" ◄huge|strong="H1995" man|strong="H0376"/giant|strong="H7497"► there|strong="H1961" who|strong="H1931" liked|strong="H7521" to|strong="H1961" fight|strong="H4421" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w battles|strong="H4421"\+w*}. He|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" six|strong="H8337" fingers|strong="H0676" on|strong="H3027" each|strong="H0376" hand|strong="H3027" and|strong="H6242" six|strong="H8337" toes|strong="H7272" on|strong="H3027" each|strong="H0376" foot|strong="H7272". He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" descended|strong="H3205" from|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3205"\+w*} Rapha|strong="H7498" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w giants|strong="H7497"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{David’s song to praise Yahweh }
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\chapterNumber{22}After|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" David|strong="H1732" from|strong="H3117" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341", David|strong="H1732" sang|strong="H1696" a|strong="H1696" song|strong="H7892" to|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" fortress|strong="H4686", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859" rescue|strong="H6403" me|strong="H4686". 
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\verseNumber{3}Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3467" protect|strong="H8104" me|strong="H3467"; you|strong="H3467" are|strong="H4043" like|strong="H4043" a|strong="H2620" shield|strong="H4043"; 
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you|strong="H3467" are|strong="H4043" the|strong="H3467" powerful|strong="H2392" one|strong="H6697" [MET|strong="H6298"] who|strong="H6697" saves|strong="H3467" me|strong="H3467"; 
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you|strong="H3467" are|strong="H4043" like|strong="H4043" a|strong="H2620" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" I|strong="H6697" ◄find|strong="H4672" refuge|strong="H2620"/am|strong="H1961" safe|strong="H3467"►. 
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You|strong="H3467" save|strong="H3467" me|strong="H3467" from|strong="H3467" those|strong="H3467" who|strong="H6697" act|strong="H6213" violently|strong="H3966" toward|strong="H0413" me|strong="H3467". 
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\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H3068" call|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3467", Yahweh|strong="H3068"; 
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you|strong="H3467" deserve|strong="H0376" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" praised|strong="H1984", 
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and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3467" rescue|strong="H3467" me|strong="H7121" from|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341". 
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\verseNumber{5}“ almost|strong="H4592" died|strong="H4194" [PRS]; it|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3644" [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H3588" huge|strong="H1995" wave|strong="H8573" had|strong="H3588" crashed over|strong="H5921" me|strong="H3588", 
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and|strong="H5158" almost|strong="H4592" destroyed|strong="H4229" me|strong="H3588" like|strong="H3644" a|strong="H3588" flood|strong="H5158". 
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\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H4194" thought|strong="H0559" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H4194" would|strong="H0014" die|strong="H4194"; it|strong="H5437" was|strong="H3068" as|strong="H7585" though|strong="H3588" death|strong="H4194" wrapped|strong="H3874" ropes|strong="H2256" around|strong="H5437" me|strong="H5437"; 
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it|strong="H5437" was|strong="H3068" as|strong="H7585" though|strong="H3588" I|strong="H4194" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H7585" a|strong="H5437" trap|strong="H4170" where|strong="H0834" I|strong="H4194" would|strong="H0014" surely|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4194". [PRS, MET|strong="H6923"] 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H8085" when|strong="H8085" I|strong="H8085" was|strong="H3068" ◄very|strong="H3966" distressed|strong="H6887"/in|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419" trouble|strong="H6862"►, I|strong="H8085" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6963", Yahweh|strong="H3068"; 
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I|strong="H8085" cried|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6963", my|strong="H8085" God|strong="H3068". 
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And|strong="H3068" from|strong="H8085" your|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1964" you|strong="H6963" heard|strong="H8085" me|strong="H7121"; 
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you|strong="H6963" listened|strong="H8085" when|strong="H8085" I|strong="H8085" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6963" to|strong="H3068" help|strong="H7775" me|strong="H7121". 
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\verseNumber{45}Foreigners|strong="H1121" humbly|strong="H6800" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H3381" in|strong="H8085" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" me|strong="H8085"; 
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as|strong="H1121" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1121" they|strong="H8085" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H8085" me|strong="H8085", they|strong="H8085" obeyed|strong="H8085" me|strong="H8085". 
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\verseNumber{46}They|strong="H1992" became|strong="H3205" afraid|strong="H2296", 
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and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H1121" me|strong="H1121", trembling|strong="H2296", from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" places|strong="H4526" where|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1121" hiding|strong="H5641". 
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\verseNumber{47}“ahweh, you|strong="H1288" are|strong="H3068" alive|strong="H2416"! I|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H1288" you|strong="H1288"! You|strong="H1288" are|strong="H3068" like|strong="H7311" [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w huge|strong="H1995"\+w* overhanging} rock|strong="H6697" under|strong="H8478" which|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" am|strong="H3068" safe|strong="H7965"/protected|strong="H3467"! 
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You|strong="H1288" are|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H2416" who|strong="H3068" rescues|strong="H5337" me|strong="H1288" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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Everyone|strong="H3605" should|strong="H3068" exalt|strong="H7311"/honor|strong="H3519"/praise|strong="H1288" you|strong="H1288". 
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\verseNumber{48}You|strong="H5414" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3381" conquer|strong="H3423" my|strong="H5414" enemies|strong="H0341"; 
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you|strong="H5414" cause|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} nations|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3381" be|strong="H5414" ◄under|strong="H8478" my|strong="H5414" authority|strong="H3027"/my|strong="H5414" slaves|strong="H5650"►. 
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\verseNumber{49}You|strong="H6965" delivered|strong="H5337" me|strong="H7311" from|strong="H3318" my|strong="H6965" enemies|strong="H6965"; 
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you|strong="H6965" caused|strong="H6965" me|strong="H7311" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H7311" honored|strong="H3513" more|strong="H3254" than|strong="H7311" they|strong="H3318" were|strong="H3318"; 
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you|strong="H6965" rescued|strong="H5337" me|strong="H7311" from|strong="H3318" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w always|strong="H3605"\+w*} acted|strong="H6213" violently|strong="H3966". 
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\verseNumber{50}Because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3068", I|strong="H5921" exalt|strong="H7311" you|strong="H5921" among|strong="H5921" many|strong="H7227" people-groups 
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and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5921" sing|strong="H2167" to|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H3034" you|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{51}You|strong="H5704" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H6213", whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H5704" appointed|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H5769" king|strong="H4428", to|strong="H5704" powerfully conquer|strong="H3423" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}; 
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you|strong="H5704" faithfully|strong="H2617" love|strong="H2617" me|strong="H6213", David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H4428" you|strong="H5704" will|strong="H4428" love|strong="H2617" my|strong="H1732" descendants|strong="H2233" forever|strong="H5769". 

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\chapterNumber{23}David|strong="H1732", the|strong="H5002" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448", was|strong="H1732" a|strong="H3478" man|strong="H1397" whom|strong="H1397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w caused|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} become|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1419". 
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He|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" appointed|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" by|strong="H6965" the|strong="H5002" God|strong="H0430" whom|strong="H1397" Jacob|strong="H3290" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H6965"\+w*}. 
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He|strong="H1732" wrote|strong="H3789" beautiful|strong="H3303" songs|strong="H2158" for|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5002" Israeli people|strong="H1121". 
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This|strong="H1697" is|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5002" last|strong="H6965" song|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" he|strong="H1732" wrote|strong="H3789": 
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\verseNumber{2}“he|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" tells|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5921" what|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696"; 
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the|strong="H5921" message|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5921" speak|strong="H1696" [MTY] comes|strong="H0935" from|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{3}God|strong="H6697", the|strong="H1696" one|strong="H6662" whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0587" Israeli \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, has|strong="H3478" spoken|strong="H1696"; 
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the|strong="H1696" one|strong="H6662" who|strong="H3478" protects|strong="H6697" us|strong="H3478" Israeli people|strong="H1696" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696", 
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‘ings who|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4910" people|strong="H1696" justly|strong="H4941" 
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have|strong="H3478" an|strong="H3478" awesome|strong="H3374" respect|strong="H6437" for|strong="H3478" me|strong="H1696", God|strong="H6697". 
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\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H3808" are|strong="H5645" like|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3808" sun|strong="H8121" that|strong="H3808" shines|strong="H2224" at|strong="H3808" dawn|strong="H1242" 
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and|strong="H1242" causes|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3808" grass|strong="H1877" to|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sprout|strong="H6779"\+w*/sparkle} after|strong="H1242" the|strong="H3808" rain|strong="H4306" ends|strong="H7098".’ 
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\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H1004" truly|strong="H3588", that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3651" how|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1004" surely|strong="H3588" bless|strong="H1288" my|strong="H8104" family|strong="H1004" [RHQ] 
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because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" made|strong="H7760" an|strong="H7760" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H7760" that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1004" endure|strong="H5769" forever|strong="H5769", 
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an|strong="H7760" agreement|strong="H1285" in|strong="H1004" which|strong="H1004" he|strong="H3588" promises|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H1004" it|strong="H7760" will|strong="H1004" ever|strong="H5769" be|strong="H3808" changed|strong="H8133". 
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He|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1004" surely|strong="H3588" cause|strong="H3651" me|strong="H7760" to|strong="H8104" prosper|strong="H6743" [RHQ], 
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and|strong="H1004" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1004" always|strong="H3605" help|strong="H5826" me|strong="H7760", 
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and|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3651" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" desire|strong="H2656". 
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\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w rid|strong="H5337"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w*} godless|strong="H2611"/evil|strong="H1100" people|strong="H3808" like|strong="H3808" [SIM] people|strong="H3808" throw|strong="H7993" away|strong="H3947" thorns|strong="H6975" 
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that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w injure|strong="H7463"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w if|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w try|strong="H0974"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3027"\+w*} pick|strong="H3947" them|strong="H3027" up|strong="H3947" with|strong="H3027" their|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{7}Someone|strong="H0376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5060"\+w* \+w get|strong="H5060"\+w* \+w rid|strong="H5337"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4390"\+w* thornbushes} does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" grab|strong="H2388" them|strong="H8313"; 
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he|strong="H0834" uses|strong="H5647" an|strong="H4390" iron|strong="H1270" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w shovel|strong="H7371"\+w*} or|strong="H2595" a|strong="H5060" spear|strong="H2595" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5060"\+w* \+w dig|strong="H2864"\+w* \+w them|strong="H8313"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3318"\+w*} 
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and|strong="H6086" then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H0834" burns|strong="H8313" them|strong="H8313" completely|strong="H8313". 

\BibleSectionHeading{David’s|strong="H1732" three|strong="H7969" greatest|strong="H1419" warriors|strong="H1368" }
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\verseNumber{8}These|strong="H1931" are|strong="H1368" the|strong="H5921" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H7218" David’s|strong="H1732" three|strong="H7969" greatest|strong="H1419" warriors|strong="H1368". 
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The|strong="H5921" first|strong="H7218" was|strong="H8034" Esh-Baal|strong="H0792", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whose|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w other|strong="H6471"\+w* \+w name|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w was|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w Jashobeam|strong="H3434"\+w*}, from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Hachmon clan|strong="H4940" (OR|strong="H7218", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H7218" Hachmon). He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7969" men|strong="H1368". One|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6471" he|strong="H1931" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" 800 enemies|strong="H0341" and|strong="H3967" killed|strong="H2491" them|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H1732" spear|strong="H2595". 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H5927" second|strong="H8145"/next|strong="H4283" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5927" three|strong="H7969" greatest|strong="H1419" warriors|strong="H1368" was|strong="H1732" Eleazar|strong="H0499", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1732" the|strong="H5927" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Dodo|strong="H1734" from|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Ahoh. One|strong="H1121" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1732" with|strong="H5973" David|strong="H1732" when|strong="H1121" they|strong="H8033" defied|strong="H2778"/challenged|strong="H5254" the|strong="H5927" soldiers|strong="H4421" of|strong="H1121" Philistia|strong="H6429" who|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H6430" for|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5927" battle|strong="H4421". The|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} Israeli soldiers|strong="H4421" retreated|strong="H5927", 
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\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H6440" third|strong="H7992" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" greatest|strong="H1419" warriors|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1961" Shammah|strong="H8048", the|strong="H6440" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Agee|strong="H0089" from|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w*/\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Harar. One|strong="H1121" time|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H5971" gathered|strong="H6430" at|strong="H1961" Lehi|strong="H3896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, where|strong="H8033" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" field|strong="H7704" full|strong="H4395" of|strong="H1121" lentils|strong="H5742"/peas \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w they|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w steal|strong="H1589"\+w*}. The|strong="H6440" other|strong="H0312" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5971" ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Philistia|strong="H6429" troops|strong="H5971", 
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\verseNumber{13}Altogether|strong="H3162" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H6430" 30 special|strong="H6381" warriors|strong="H1368" among|strong="H7218" David’s|strong="H1732" soldiers|strong="H5650". Once|strong="H3381", when|strong="H7105" it|strong="H3381" was|strong="H1732" almost|strong="H4592" time|strong="H7105" to|strong="H3381" harvest|strong="H7105" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w crops|strong="H7105"\+w*}, three|strong="H7970" of|strong="H7218" those|strong="H2583" 30 men|strong="H7218" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Adullam|strong="H5725" Cave|strong="H4631", where|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w staying|strong="H3427"\+w*}. A|strong="H1732" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H7218" men|strong="H7218" from|strong="H3381" the|strong="H1732" Philistia|strong="H6429" army|strong="H6010" had|strong="H1732" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H1732" tents|strong="H2583" in|strong="H2583" Rephaim|strong="H7497" Valley|strong="H6010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w near|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{14}David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} were|strong="H6430" in|strong="H1035" the|strong="H1732" cave|strong="H4631" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w safe|strong="H7965"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w*}, and|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w another|strong="H0312"\+w*} group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1732" Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H5650" was|strong="H1732" occupying|strong="H3423" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". 
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\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H3808" his|strong="H5375" three|strong="H7969" greatest|strong="H1419" warriors|strong="H1368" forced|strong="H4522" their|strong="H3068" way|strong="H1870" through|strong="H1234" the|strong="H5375" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H3068" Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H1368" and|strong="H3068" drew|strong="H7579" some|strong="H4480" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5375" well|strong="H3190", and|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H5375" it|strong="H5375" to|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732". But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" it|strong="H5375". Instead|strong="H3808", he|strong="H3068" poured|strong="H5258" it|strong="H5375" out|strong="H5258" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H0776"\+w*} as|strong="H3068" an|strong="H5375" offering|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H6213" said|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", it|strong="H6213" would|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" right|strong="H3068" for|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5315" to|strong="H1980" drink|strong="H8354" this|strong="H2063" water|strong="H4325"! That|strong="H5315" would|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" like|strong="H3808" [RHQ] drinking|strong="H8354" the|strong="H6213" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H3068" these|strong="H2063" men|strong="H1368" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H5315" willing|strong="H0014"/ready|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1980" die|strong="H1980" for|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5315"!” So|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1980" drink|strong="H8354" it|strong="H6213". 
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That|strong="H5315" was|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7969" that|strong="H5315" those|strong="H6213" three|strong="H7969" great|strong="H6213" warriors|strong="H1368" did|strong="H6213". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H6213" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" great|strong="H6213" warriors|strong="H1368" }
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\verseNumber{18}Abishai|strong="H0052", Joab’s|strong="H3097" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251", was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" 30 \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w greatest|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w warriors|strong="H1121"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} he|strong="H1931" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" 300 men|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" killed|strong="H2491" them|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" spear|strong="H2595". As|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903", he|strong="H1931" also|strong="H8034" became|strong="H3205" famous|strong="H8034". 
\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" most|strong="H4480" famous|strong="H8034" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H3588" thirty|strong="H7969" greatest|strong="H1419" warriors|strong="H1368", and|strong="H8269" he|strong="H3588" became|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3588" leader|strong="H8269"/commander|strong="H8269", but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H3588" three|strong="H7969" greatest|strong="H1419" warriors|strong="H1368". 
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\verseNumber{20}Jehoiada’s|strong="H3077" son|strong="H1121" Benaiah|strong="H1141", from|strong="H3381" Kabzeel|strong="H6909" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, also|strong="H1121" did|strong="H3117" great|strong="H7227" deeds|strong="H6467". He|strong="H1931" killed|strong="H5221" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" best|strong="H2459" warriors|strong="H1121" from|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5221" Moab|strong="H4124" people-group. Also|strong="H1121", he|strong="H1931" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" into|strong="H3381" a|strong="H5221" pit|strong="H0953" on|strong="H3117" a|strong="H5221" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" snow|strong="H7950" was|strong="H1931" falling|strong="H5307", and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H5221" a|strong="H5221" lion|strong="H0738" there|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{21}He|strong="H1931" also|strong="H3027" killed|strong="H2026" a|strong="H5221" huge|strong="H1995" soldier|strong="H6635" from|strong="H3381" Egypt|strong="H4713" who|strong="H1931" carried|strong="H1497" a|strong="H5221" spear|strong="H2595". Benaiah|strong="H1141" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} his|strong="H5221" club|strong="H7626", but|strong="H5221" he|strong="H1931" attacked|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" giant|strong="H7497" with|strong="H3381" it|strong="H1931". Then|strong="H4713" he|strong="H1931" snatched|strong="H1497" the|strong="H5221" spear|strong="H2595" from|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5221" man’s|strong="H0376" hand|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" killed|strong="H2026" him|strong="H5221" with|strong="H3381" his|strong="H5221" own|strong="H3027" spear|strong="H2595". 
\verseNumber{22}Those|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7969" that|strong="H1121" Benaiah|strong="H1141" did|strong="H6213". As|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" result|strong="H6903", he|strong="H6213" became|strong="H3205" famous|strong="H8034", like|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" three|strong="H7969" greatest|strong="H1419" warriors|strong="H1368" were|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{23}He|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" more|strong="H4480" honored|strong="H3513" than|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" other|strong="H0312" members|strong="H3338" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H4480" thirty|strong="H7970" great|strong="H3513" warriors|strong="H1368", but|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" as|strong="H7760" famous|strong="H8034" as|strong="H7760" the|strong="H4480" three|strong="H7969" greatest|strong="H1419" warriors|strong="H1368". David|strong="H1732" appointed|strong="H7760" him|strong="H7760" to|strong="H1732" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H4480" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4480" his|strong="H7760" bodyguards. 
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\verseNumber{24}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w These|strong="H0428"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3097"\+w* \+w names|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3097"\+w* \+w great|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w warriors|strong="H1121"\+w*}: 
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Asahel|strong="H6214", the|strong="H3097" brother|strong="H0251" of|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097"; 
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Elhanan|strong="H0445", the|strong="H3097" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Dodo|strong="H1734", from|strong="H1121" Bethlehem|strong="H1035"; 
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\verseNumber{25}Shammah|strong="H8048" and|strong="H8048" Elika|strong="H0470", from|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8048"\+w*} Harod|strong="H2730" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{26}Helez|strong="H2503", from|strong="H1121" Pelet|strong="H6404" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}; 
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Ira|strong="H5896", the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ikkesh|strong="H6142", from|strong="H1121" Tekoa|strong="H8621" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{27}Abiezer|strong="H0044", from|strong="H4480" Anathoth|strong="H6069" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}; 
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Mebunnai|strong="H4012" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whose|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w name|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Sibbecai|strong="H5444"\+w*}, from|strong="H4480" Hushah’s \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{28}Zalmon|strong="H6756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whose|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w name|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Ilai|strong="H5866"\+w*}, from|strong="H4480" Ahoh’s \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w*}; 
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Maharai|strong="H4121", from|strong="H4480" Netophah|strong="H5199" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{29}Heleb|strong="H2460", the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Baanah|strong="H1196", also|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Netophah|strong="H5199" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}; 
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Ittai|strong="H0863", the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ribai|strong="H7380", from|strong="H1121" Gibeah|strong="H1390" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} in|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w belonged|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144"; 
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\verseNumber{30}Benaiah|strong="H1141", from|strong="H4480" Pirathon|strong="H6552" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}; 
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Hiddai|strong="H1914", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H1141" valleys|strong="H5158" near|strong="H7126" Gaash|strong="H1608" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{31}Abi-Albon|strong="H0045", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5820" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Arabah|strong="H6160"; 
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Azmaveth|strong="H5820", from|strong="H4480" Bahurim|strong="H0980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{32}Eliahba|strong="H0455", from|strong="H1121" Shaalbon \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}; 
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The|strong="H3083" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jashen|strong="H3464"; 
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Jonathan|strong="H3083"; 
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\verseNumber{33}Shammah|strong="H8048", from|strong="H1121" Harar \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*/\+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w*}; 
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Ahiam|strong="H0279" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Sharar|strong="H8325", from|strong="H1121" Harar \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*/\+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{34}Eliphelet|strong="H0467", the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahasbai|strong="H0308", from|strong="H1121" Maacah|strong="H4601" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}; 
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Eliam|strong="H0463", the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahithophel|strong="H0302", from|strong="H1121" Gilo \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{35}Hezro|strong="H2695", from|strong="H4480" Carmel|strong="H3760" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}; 
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Paarai|strong="H6474", from|strong="H4480" Arba|strong="H0704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{36}Igal|strong="H3008", the|strong="H5416" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nathan|strong="H5416", from|strong="H1121" Zobah|strong="H6678" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}; 
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Bani|strong="H1137", from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5416" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Gad|strong="H1425"; 
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\verseNumber{37}Zelek|strong="H6768", from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5375" Ammon|strong="H5984" people-group; 
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Naharai|strong="H5171", the|strong="H5375" man|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" carried|strong="H5375" Joab’s|strong="H3097" weapons|strong="H3627", from|strong="H1121" Beeroth|strong="H0881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{38}Ira|strong="H5896" and|strong="H3967" Gareb|strong="H1619", from|strong="H4480" Jattir|strong="H3492" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{39}Uriah|strong="H0223", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Bathsheba’s \+w husband|strong="H0376"\+w*}, from|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Heth|strong="H2845" people-group. 
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Altogether|strong="H3605", there|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3605" 37 famous|strong="H8034" soldiers|strong="H5650", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w some|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7970"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w names|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w included|strong="H3605"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{David ordered a census to be taken }
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\chapterNumber{24}Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H5971" again|strong="H3254", so|strong="H3254" he|strong="H3068" incited|strong="H5496" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H3478" cause|strong="H2600" trouble|strong="H6869" for|strong="H3068" them|strong="H3068". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732", “Send|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3478"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" count|strong="H4487" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" Judah|strong="H3063".” 
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\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H6485" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" Joab|strong="H3097", the|strong="H3605" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428", “Go|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w officers|strong="H8269"\+w*} through|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", from|strong="H3478" Dan|strong="H1835" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w far|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" Beersheba|strong="H0884" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w far|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" count|strong="H4557" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3045" I|strong="H5704" may|strong="H4994" know|strong="H3045" how|strong="H3045" many|strong="H5704" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w able|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H7200" Joab|strong="H3097" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428", “Your|strong="H3068" Majesty|strong="H1926", I|strong="H1697" wish|strong="H2654"/desire|strong="H2654" that|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H1697" there|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" 100 times|strong="H6471" as|strong="H1697" many|strong="H4100" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H5971"\+w*} as|strong="H1697" there|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" now|strong="H6471", and|strong="H3967" I|strong="H1697" wish|strong="H2654"/desire|strong="H2654" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H4100" would|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H5971" happen|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w you|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w die|strong="H4191"\+w*}. But|strong="H7200" why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H4100" want|strong="H2654" us|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088"?” 
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\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H2388" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680" Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H6440" officers|strong="H8269" to|strong="H3318" do|strong="H3318" it|strong="H5921". So|strong="H3318" they|strong="H5921" left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3478" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" count|strong="H5608" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H5892" crossed|strong="H5674" the|strong="H8432" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5158"\+w*} and|strong="H5892" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H8432" tents|strong="H2583" south|strong="H3225" of|strong="H5892" Aroer|strong="H6177" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H5892"\+w*}, in|strong="H2583" the|strong="H8432" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H8432" valley|strong="H5158", in|strong="H2583" the|strong="H8432" territory|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w was|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w given|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w*} of|strong="H5892" Gad|strong="H1410". From|strong="H5674" there|strong="H5158" they|strong="H5892" went|strong="H5674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} to|strong="H5674" Jazer|strong="H3270" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H0227" they|strong="H1992" went|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} to|strong="H5439" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5439"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} and|strong="H1568" to|strong="H5439" Kadesh|strong="H6946" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, in|strong="H1568" the|strong="H5439" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5439" Heth|strong="H2845" people-group lived|strong="H3427". Then|strong="H0227" they|strong="H1992" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5439" Dan|strong="H1835" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1568"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w far|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}, and|strong="H1568" then|strong="H0227" further|strong="H5750" west|strong="H3220", to|strong="H5439" Sidon|strong="H6721" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w near|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5439"\+w* Mediterranean \+w Sea|strong="H3220"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H3318" they|strong="H3605" went|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*} to|strong="H3318" Tyre|strong="H6865", a|strong="H3318" city|strong="H5892" with|strong="H3318" high|strong="H1116" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" it|strong="H3318", and|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Hiv and|strong="H3063" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-groups live|strong="H3427". Then|strong="H3318" they|strong="H3605" went|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w east|strong="H6921"\+w*} to|strong="H3318" Beersheba|strong="H0884", in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" southern|strong="H5045" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H5892" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{8}After|strong="H3117" nine|strong="H8672" months|strong="H2320" and|strong="H6242" 20 days|strong="H3117", when|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3389" finished|strong="H3615" going|strong="H1980" throughout|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6242"\+w* \+w counting|strong="H4557"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}, they|strong="H3117" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3117" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H5971" reported|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H4428" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5971" had|strong="H1961" counted|strong="H4557". There|strong="H1961" were|strong="H3478" 800,000 men|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3967" 500,000 men|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3478" Judah|strong="H3063" who|strong="H5971" were|strong="H3478" able|strong="H2428" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" soldiers|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5414" army|strong="H2428" [MTY]. 
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\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H3588" after|strong="H3588" David’s|strong="H1732" men|strong="H5971" had|strong="H3068" counted|strong="H5608" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971", David|strong="H1732" regretted|strong="H5162" [IDM] that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5608" them|strong="H5221" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w night|strong="H3915"\+w*} he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" very|strong="H3966" big|strong="H0931" sin|strong="H2398". Please|strong="H4994" forgive|strong="H5545" me|strong="H4994", because|strong="H3588" what|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" foolish|strong="H5528".” 
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\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3068" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242", Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" prophet|strong="H5030" Gad|strong="H1410". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H1732", 
\verseNumber{12}“Go|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" tell|strong="H1696" this|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" David|strong="H1732": ‘I|strong="H3541" am|strong="H3068" allowing you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" choose|strong="H0977" one|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3068" three|strong="H7969" things|strong="H7969" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w*}. I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" whichever|strong="H0834" one|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5921" choose|strong="H0977".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H7971" Gad|strong="H1410" went|strong="H1732" to|strong="H7725" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H7971" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1697"\+w*}. He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7725" David|strong="H1732", “You|strong="H6440" can|strong="H4100" choose|strong="H0977" whether|strong="H7200" there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141" of|strong="H3117" famine|strong="H7458" in|strong="H8141" your|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440", or|strong="H3117" three|strong="H7969" months|strong="H2320" of|strong="H3117" your|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} running|strong="H1961" away|strong="H7971" from|strong="H7725" your|strong="H6440" enemies|strong="H6862", or|strong="H3117" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" when|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" ◄plague|strong="H1698"/very|strong="H6258" severe|strong="H3515" illness|strong="H2483"► in|strong="H8141" your|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440". You|strong="H6440" think|strong="H7200" about|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1931" and|strong="H7971" choose|strong="H0977" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w one|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6440"\+w*}, and|strong="H7971" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H7971" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H6440" what|strong="H4100" your|strong="H6440" answer|strong="H7725" is|strong="H1931".” 
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\verseNumber{14}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Gad|strong="H1410", “All|strong="H3966" those|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3027" very|strong="H3966" terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H7227" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3068" choose|strong="H0977" between|strong="H0996"! But|strong="H3588" allow|strong="H4994" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" [MTY] me|strong="H4994", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" merciful|strong="H2603". Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" allow|strong="H4994" humans to|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" me|strong="H4994", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w merciful|strong="H2603"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H4480" Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" plague|strong="H1698" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H5971". It|strong="H5414" started|strong="H2490" that|strong="H5971" morning|strong="H1242" and|strong="H3478" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H5414" stop|strong="H2308" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5414" time|strong="H6256" that|strong="H5971" he|strong="H5704" had|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977"/set|strong="H5414". All|strong="H5704" over|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776", from|strong="H4480" Dan|strong="H1835" to|strong="H5704" Beersheba|strong="H0884", there|strong="H4480" were|strong="H3478" 70,000 Israelis who|strong="H5971" died|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w plague|strong="H1698"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\+w*} angel|strong="H4397" stretched|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" his|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" toward|strong="H3027" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H7843" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w this|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w plague|strong="H5061"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" changed|strong="H5162" his|strong="H3068" mind|strong="H5162" about|strong="H1961" punishing|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w any|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w more|strong="H7227"\+w*} people|strong="H5971". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397" who|strong="H5971" was|strong="H3068" killing|strong="H2026" them|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w plague|strong="H5061"\+w*}, “Stop|strong="H2308" what|strong="H7451" you|strong="H7971" are|strong="H5971" doing|strong="H7451" [IDM]! That|strong="H5971" is|strong="H3068" enough|strong="H7227"!” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*,} the|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397" was|strong="H3068" standing|strong="H5975" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" ground|strong="H0776" where|strong="H3027" Araunah|strong="H0728", from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3068" Jebus|strong="H2982" people-group, threshed|strong="H1758" grain|strong="H1715". 
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\verseNumber{17}When|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" angel|strong="H4397" who|strong="H5971" was|strong="H3068" causing|strong="H6213" the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" sick|strong="H2470" and|strong="H3068" die|strong="H5221", he|strong="H6213" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “Truly|strong="H6213", I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7200" one|strong="H1961" who|strong="H5971" has|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6213" the|strong="H7200" sin|strong="H2398". I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1961" very|strong="H6213" wicked|strong="H6213" thing|strong="H4100", but|strong="H1961" these|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w innocent|strong="H5355"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w*} sheep|strong="H6629" [MET|strong="H6298"]. They|strong="H3068" have|strong="H1961" certainly|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" [RHQ] done|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w wrong|strong="H5753"\+w*}. So|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" should|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H5221" [IDM] me|strong="H4994" and|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" family|strong="H1004", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w these|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{18}That|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" Gad|strong="H1410" came|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H1931", “Go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" place|strong="H1637" where|strong="H0834" Araunah|strong="H0728" threshes grain|strong="H1715", and|strong="H6965" build|strong="H6965" an|strong="H6965" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" there|strong="H5927".” 
\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H5927" David|strong="H1732" did|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Gad|strong="H1410" told|strong="H6680" him|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068", which|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w went|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w up|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w there|strong="H5927"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{20}When|strong="H7200" Araunah|strong="H0728" looked|strong="H7200" down|strong="H7812" and|strong="H4428" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5921" officials|strong="H5650" coming|strong="H3318" toward|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", he|strong="H5921" prostrated|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H7812" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H0776" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428", with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" face|strong="H7200" touching|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{21}Araunah|strong="H0728" said|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H3068" Majesty|strong="H1926", why|strong="H4069" have|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" come|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5921"?” David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w come|strong="H5971"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" buy|strong="H7069" this|strong="H3068" ground|strong="H0776" where|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" thresh|strong="H1758" grain|strong="H1715", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w offer|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*}, in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5971" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" stop|strong="H6113" the|strong="H5921" plague|strong="H4046".” 
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\verseNumber{22}Araunah|strong="H0728" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5927" David|strong="H1732", “Your|strong="H3947" Majesty|strong="H1926", offer|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" Yahweh|strong="H3068" whatever|strong="H2896" you|strong="H3947" wish|strong="H2896"/want|strong="H4270". Here|strong="H6311", take|strong="H3947" my|strong="H7200" oxen|strong="H1241" to|strong="H5927" use|strong="H3947" for|strong="H6086" the|strong="H7200" offering|strong="H5930" that|strong="H7200" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H1241" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" altar|strong="H4196". And|strong="H4428" here|strong="H6311", take|strong="H3947" their|strong="H3947" yokes|strong="H3627" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7200" boards|strong="H7175" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w I|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w use|strong="H3947"\+w*} for|strong="H6086" the|strong="H7200" threshing|strong="H4173", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w use|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7200"\+w*} for|strong="H6086" the|strong="H7200" wood|strong="H6086" that|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3947" will|strong="H4428" burn|strong="H5927". 
\verseNumber{23}I|strong="H5414", Araunah|strong="H0728", am|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428".” Then|strong="H5414" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5414" desire|strong="H8378"/hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" accept|strong="H7521" your|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H3068".” 
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\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Araunah|strong="H0728", “No|strong="H3808", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w take|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w these|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w gift|strong="H3068"\+w*.} I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" pay|strong="H3701" you|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" take|strong="H5927" sacrifices|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" cost|strong="H4242" me|strong="H2600" nothing|strong="H3808", and|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H5927" them|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" altar|strong="H4196".” So|strong="H5927" he|strong="H3588" paid|strong="H5414" 50 pieces|strong="H8255" of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701" to|strong="H3068" Araunah|strong="H0728" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" oxen|strong="H1241" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" ground|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H5927" David|strong="H1732" built|strong="H1129" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H8033" offered|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w oxen|strong="H1241"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H8033" also|strong="H3068" offered|strong="H5927" sacrifices|strong="H5930" to|strong="H3478" maintain|strong="H1129" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Then|strong="H5927", Yahweh|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H6279" David’s|strong="H1732" prayers|strong="H6279", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H8033" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" plague|strong="H4046" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" end|strong="H7093". 
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\BibleBook{1 Kings}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of King Solomon’s reign and of Israel being divided into two kingdoms, Israel and Judah, after his death. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{1 Kings }

\BibleSectionHeading{When King David was an old man }
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\chapterNumber{1}When|strong="H3117" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" very|strong="H3966" old|strong="H2204" [IDM, DOU], even|strong="H3808" though|strong="H3588" his|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5650" put|strong="H5414" many|strong="H3808" blankets on|strong="H3117" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" him|strong="H1732", he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1732" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3117" become|strong="H1961" warm|strong="H3179". 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H1961" they|strong="H6440" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H6440", “Your|strong="H6440" Majesty|strong="H1926", allow|strong="H5414" us|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1961" search|strong="H1245" for|strong="H6440" a|strong="H1961" young|strong="H5291" virgin|strong="H1330" who|strong="H5650" can|strong="H5650" stay|strong="H5975" with|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" and|strong="H4428" take|strong="H1961" care|strong="H2436" of|strong="H4428" you|strong="H6440". She|strong="H6440" can|strong="H5650" sleep|strong="H7901" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6440" and|strong="H4428" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" warm|strong="H2552".” 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w them|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w permission|strong="H7971"\+w*, } so|strong="H4672" they|strong="H3605" searched|strong="H1245" throughout|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H4428" a|strong="H4672" beautiful|strong="H3303" young|strong="H5291" woman|strong="H5291". They|strong="H3605" found|strong="H4672" a|strong="H4672" woman|strong="H5291" named|strong="H7121" Abishag|strong="H0049", from|strong="H3478" Shunem|strong="H7766" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" brought|strong="H3478" her|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{4}She|strong="H5704" was|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w truly|strong="H3588"\+w*} very|strong="H3966" beautiful|strong="H3303". She|strong="H5704" took|strong="H1961" care|strong="H8334" of|strong="H4428" [DOU] the|strong="H3045" king|strong="H4428", but|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3045" king|strong="H4428" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1961" sexual|strong="H7901" relations|strong="H3045" with|strong="H3045" her|strong="H3045". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Adonijah|strong="H0138" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3045" king|strong="H4428" }
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\verseNumber{5-6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w Absalom|strong="H0053"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}, David’s|strong="H1732" oldest|strong="H1419" surviving|strong="H3498" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" Adonijah|strong="H0138", whose|strong="H0834" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H3068" Haggith|strong="H2294". He|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" handsome|strong="H3303"/good-looking|strong="H2896" man|strong="H0376". But|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" rebuked|strong="H1605" him|strong="H5414" about|strong="H5439" anything|strong="H3605" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w Absalom|strong="H0053"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*, \+w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\+w* \+w thought|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w he|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w would|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}. So|strong="H3651" he|strong="H0834" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H0413" boast|strong="H1984", saying|strong="H0559" “I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H6258"\+w*}.” Then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H0834" provided|strong="H3557" for|strong="H3588" himself|strong="H5315" some|strong="H4480" chariots|strong="H7393", and|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0413" drive|strong="H3423" them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3967" horses|strong="H5483" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w pull|strong="H2040"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*}, and|strong="H3967" 50 men|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0413" run|strong="H7323" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* bodyguards} in|strong="H0935" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1992" chariots|strong="H7393" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wherever|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w he|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w went|strong="H1980"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{7}One|strong="H1121" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1697" conferred|strong="H1697" with|strong="H5973" Joab|strong="H3097", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w David’s|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w commander|strong="H8269"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" Abiathar|strong="H0054" the|strong="H1697" priest|strong="H3548", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1697" promised|strong="H1696"/agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1961" help|strong="H5826"/support|strong="H5826" Adonijah|strong="H0138". 
\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H3808" Zadok|strong="H6659", who|strong="H3548" was|strong="H1961" also|strong="H1732" a|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548", Benaiah|strong="H1141" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w supervised|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w David’s|strong="H1732"\+w* bodyguards}, Nathan|strong="H5416" the|strong="H1961" prophet|strong="H5030", Shimei|strong="H8096" and|strong="H1121" Rei|strong="H7472", and|strong="H1121" David’s|strong="H1732" most|strong="H6944" capable|strong="H2428" soldiers|strong="H1121" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1961" help|strong="H1961"/support|strong="H2388" Adonijah|strong="H0138". 
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\verseNumber{9}One|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" Adonijah|strong="H0138" went|strong="H3063" to|strong="H1121" Snake|strong="H5175" Rock|strong="H6697" near|strong="H5973" En-Rogel|strong="H5883" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Spring|strong="H6779"\+w*, \+w which|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w near|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}, to|strong="H1121" sacrifice|strong="H2076" some|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H1121" oxen|strong="H1241" and|strong="H1121" fattened|strong="H0075" cattle|strong="H1241". He|strong="H3605" invited|strong="H7121" most|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" brothers|strong="H1121", King|strong="H4428" David’s|strong="H1732" other|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121", to|strong="H1121" come|strong="H3063". He|strong="H3605" also|strong="H4428" invited|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" officials|strong="H5650" from|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H1121" come|strong="H3063" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" celebration|strong="H8057". 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H8010" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" invite|strong="H7121" Nathan|strong="H5416" or|strong="H3808" Benaiah|strong="H1141" or|strong="H3808" the|strong="H7121" king’s|strong="H4428" most|strong="H6944" capable|strong="H2428" soldiers|strong="H1368" or|strong="H3808" his|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*/\+w half|strong="H2677"\+w*}-brother Solomon|strong="H8010". 
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\verseNumber{11}Nathan|strong="H5416" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w found|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w*, \+w so|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w went|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8085"\+w*} Solomon’s|strong="H8010" mother|strong="H0517" Bathsheba|strong="H1339" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} asked|strong="H7592" her|strong="H3045", “Have|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" Haggith’s|strong="H2294" son|strong="H1121" Adonijah|strong="H0138" is|strong="H1121" declared|strong="H3045" himself|strong="H3045" to|strong="H8085" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4427"? And|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4427" David|strong="H1732" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" about|strong="H8085" it|strong="H3588"! 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H6258" if|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3289" want|strong="H5315" to|strong="H3212" save|strong="H4422" yourself|strong="H5315" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H4994" son|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" from|strong="H5315" being|strong="H5315" killed|strong="H2026", allow|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3212" tell|strong="H4994" you|strong="H3289" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3289" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H4994". 
\verseNumber{13}Go|strong="H3212" immediately|strong="H6965" to|strong="H3212" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732". Say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H5921", ‘Your|strong="H5921" Majesty|strong="H1926", you|strong="H3588" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650" me|strong="H5921" [RHQ] that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" would|strong="H8010" become|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" after|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w die|strong="H1121"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" would|strong="H8010" sit|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" throne|strong="H3678" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w rule|strong="H4428"\+w*}. So|strong="H3808" why|strong="H4069" is|strong="H1931" it|strong="H1931" that|strong="H3588" Adonijah|strong="H0138" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w has|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w*} is|strong="H1931" now|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428"?’ 
\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H1696", while|strong="H5750" you|strong="H5973" are|strong="H1697" still|strong="H5750" talking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H4390" king|strong="H4428", I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H4428" come|strong="H4390" in|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" tell|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5973" that|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H5973" are|strong="H1697" saying|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\+w*} is|strong="H1697" true|strong="H0571".” 
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\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H3966" Bathsheba|strong="H1339" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H4428" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H8334" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H4428" his|strong="H4428" bedroom|strong="H2315". He|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" very|strong="H3966" old|strong="H2204", and|strong="H4428" Abishag|strong="H0049" was|strong="H4428" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H8334" of|strong="H4428" him|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{16}Bathsheba|strong="H1339" bowed|strong="H7812" very|strong="H3966" low|strong="H6915" in|strong="H4428" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7812" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7812" king|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H4100" her|strong="H3605", “What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" want|strong="H4270"?” 
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\verseNumber{17}She|strong="H1931" replied|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H3068" Majesty|strong="H1926", you|strong="H3588" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650" me|strong="H5921", knowing|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w listening|strong="H8085"\+w*} [IDM], that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" would|strong="H3068" become|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427" after|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w die|strong="H1121"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" would|strong="H3068" sit|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" throne|strong="H3678" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w rule|strong="H4427"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H3808" now|strong="H6258", believe|strong="H0539" it|strong="H3045" or|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808", Adonijah|strong="H0138" has|strong="H4428" become|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3045" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" anything|strong="H3808" about|strong="H3045" it|strong="H3045". 
\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H3605" has|strong="H6635" sacrificed|strong="H2076" a|strong="H7121" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H1121" oxen|strong="H7794" and|strong="H1121" fattened|strong="H0075" cattle|strong="H6629" and|strong="H1121" sheep|strong="H6629", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3605" has|strong="H6635" invited|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" celebration|strong="H8057". He|strong="H3605" has|strong="H6635" also|strong="H4428" invited|strong="H7121" Abiathar|strong="H0054" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" and|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097" the|strong="H3605" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635", but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3605" did|strong="H5650" not|strong="H3808" invite|strong="H7121" your|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010". 
\verseNumber{20}Your|strong="H3605" Majesty|strong="H1926", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" [SYN] of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" are|strong="H3478" expecting you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3478" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5921" who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" become|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" after|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3478" no|strong="H3605" longer|strong="H5750" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{21}If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5973" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H4428", what|strong="H4100" will|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961" is|strong="H4428" that|strong="H4428" after|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5973" die|strong="H1121" [EUP] people|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1961" consider|strong="H7200" that|strong="H4428" my|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" rebelling|strong="H4775", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w they|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w execute|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w us|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w because|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w we|strong="H0587"\+w* \+w did|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w help|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{22}While|strong="H5750" she|strong="H5973" was|strong="H4428" still|strong="H5750" talking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1696" king|strong="H4428", Nathan|strong="H5416" came|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w palace|strong="H1004"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" servants|strong="H6440"/advisors told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732", “Nathan|strong="H5416" the|strong="H6440" prophet|strong="H5030" has|strong="H4428" come|strong="H0935".” So|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Bathsheba|strong="H1339"\+w* \+w left|strong="H7604"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H4428"\+w*} Nathan|strong="H5416" went|strong="H4428" into|strong="H5921" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" knelt|strong="H5307" down|strong="H7812", with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H6440" face|strong="H6440" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H4428" Nathan|strong="H5416" said|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H5921" Majesty|strong="H1926", have|strong="H4428" you|strong="H5921" declared|strong="H5046" that|strong="H1931" Adonijah|strong="H0138" will|strong="H4428" become|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4428" after|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H4428" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428"? 
\verseNumber{25}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* } because|strong="H3588" today|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H6635" gone|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w En-Rogel|strong="H5883"\+w* \+w Spring|strong="H6779"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" has|strong="H6635" sacrificed|strong="H2076" a|strong="H3588" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H1121" oxen|strong="H7794", fattened|strong="H0075" cattle|strong="H6629", and|strong="H1121" sheep|strong="H6629". And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H6635" invited|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121", Joab|strong="H3097" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635" commander|strong="H8269", and|strong="H1121" Abiathar|strong="H0054" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548". They|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" eating|strong="H0398" and|strong="H1121" drinking|strong="H8354" with|strong="H3381" him|strong="H6440" and|strong="H1121" saying|strong="H0559" ‘We|strong="H3588" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3588" King|strong="H4428" Adonijah|strong="H0138" will|strong="H4428" live|strong="H2421" a|strong="H3588" long|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117"!’ 
\verseNumber{26}But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" did|strong="H5650" not|strong="H3808" invite|strong="H7121" me|strong="H7121" or|strong="H3808" Zadok|strong="H6659" the|strong="H7121" priest|strong="H3548" or|strong="H3808" Benaiah|strong="H1141" or|strong="H3808" Solomon|strong="H8010". 
\verseNumber{27}Did|strong="H5650" you|strong="H5921", as|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428", say|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3045" they|strong="H3808" should|strong="H4310" do|strong="H1697" this|strong="H2088" without|strong="H3808" telling|strong="H1696" your|strong="H5921" other|strong="H2088" officials|strong="H5650" who|strong="H4310" you|strong="H5921" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" [MTY] after|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1697" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428"?” 

\BibleSectionHeading{David|strong="H1732" arranged|strong="H6186" for|strong="H5921" Solomon|strong="H8010" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" declared|strong="H3045" king|strong="H4428" }
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\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="H6030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w Nathan|strong="H5416"\+w* \+w left|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w room|strong="H2315"\+w*,} King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H6030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w one|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w servants|strong="H6440"\+w*}, “Tell|strong="H6030" Bathsheba|strong="H1339" to|strong="H6440" come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H4428" here|strong="H6311" again|strong="H6440".” So|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w went|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w her|strong="H7121"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H6030"\+w*} she|strong="H7121" came|strong="H4428" in|strong="H4428" and|strong="H6030" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H4428" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{29-30}Then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" me|strong="H0413" from|strong="H4480" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H8104" troubles|strong="H6869". I|strong="H0589" promised|strong="H1696" you|strong="H0859", with|strong="H5973" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0587" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*} listening|strong="H8085", that|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" after|strong="H0310" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". Today|strong="H3117", as|strong="H0834" surely|strong="H4191" as|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w solemnly|strong="H7650"\+w* \+w declare|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w*} I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H0589" promised|strong="H1696".” 
\verseNumber{31}Bathsheba|strong="H1339" knelt|strong="H5307" down|strong="H7812" with|strong="H4428" her|strong="H3605" face|strong="H6440" on|strong="H2421" the|strong="H7812" ground|strong="H0776" and|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H1732" Majesty|strong="H1926", I|strong="H0589" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H4428" you|strong="H5769" will|strong="H4428" live|strong="H2421" for|strong="H4428" many|strong="H7227" more|strong="H5769" years|strong="H8141" [HYP]!” 
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\verseNumber{32}Then|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H7121", “Summon|strong="H7121" Zadok|strong="H6659" the|strong="H6440" priest|strong="H3548", Nathan|strong="H5416" the|strong="H6440" prophet|strong="H5030", and|strong="H1121" Benaiah|strong="H1141".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w went|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w summoned|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w*.} When|strong="H1121" they|strong="H6440" came|strong="H3548" in|strong="H4428", 
\verseNumber{33}he|strong="H8010" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3381" them|strong="H5921", “Put|strong="H7392" my|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3947" mule|strong="H6506". Take|strong="H3947" him|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5973" my|strong="H3947" officials|strong="H5650" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Gihon|strong="H1521" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Spring|strong="H6779"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{34}There|strong="H8033", you|strong="H5921" two|strong="H2421", Zadok|strong="H6659" and|strong="H3478" Nathan|strong="H5416", should|strong="H3478" anoint|strong="H4886" him|strong="H5921", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w* \+w oil|strong="H4886"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w appoint|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3478"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". Then|strong="H4428" you|strong="H5921" must|strong="H3478" blow|strong="H8628" trumpets|strong="H7782", and|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w must|strong="H3478"\+w*} shout|strong="H7321", ‘We|strong="H8033" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3478" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" will|strong="H4428" live|strong="H2421" for|strong="H5921" many|strong="H7227" years|strong="H8141"!’ 
\verseNumber{35}Then|strong="H1961" follow|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5921" back|strong="H5927" here|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3063" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" come|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3063" sit|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" throne|strong="H3678". He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" then|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4427" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H3427" me|strong="H5921". I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1961" appointed|strong="H6680" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" ruler|strong="H5057" of|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" of|strong="H3427" Judah|strong="H3063".” 
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\verseNumber{36}Benaiah|strong="H1141" replied|strong="H6030", “We|strong="H0587" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068"! We|strong="H0587" hope|strong="H3176"/wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", who|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w*}, will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H3651" it|strong="H3651" to|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961"! 
\verseNumber{37}King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732", Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H5826" you|strong="H5973"; we|strong="H0587" hope|strong="H3176"/wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" help|strong="H1961" Solomon|strong="H8010" and|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" him|strong="H5973" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" greater|strong="H1431" king|strong="H4428" than|strong="H4428" you|strong="H5973" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961".” 
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\verseNumber{38}So|strong="H3381" Zadok|strong="H6659", Nathan|strong="H5416", Benaiah|strong="H1141", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" groups|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3548" were|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" bodyguards went|strong="H3212" and|strong="H1121" put|strong="H7392" Solomon|strong="H8010" on|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" David’s|strong="H1732" mule|strong="H6506" and|strong="H1121" escorted|strong="H7971" him|strong="H5921" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Gihon|strong="H1521" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Spring|strong="H6779"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{39}There|strong="H4480" Zadok|strong="H6659" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" container|strong="H3627" of|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H4428" ◄anointed|strong="H4886"/poured|strong="H8081" some|strong="H4480" oil|strong="H8081" on|strong="H3605"► Solomon|strong="H8010". Then|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" trumpets|strong="H7782" were|strong="H5971" blown|strong="H8628", and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" shouted|strong="H7321", “We|strong="H3605" hope|strong="H3176"/wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H5971" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" will|strong="H4428" live|strong="H2421" for|strong="H4428" many|strong="H7227" years|strong="H8141"!” 
\verseNumber{40}Then|strong="H5927" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" followed|strong="H5927" him|strong="H6963" back|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, shouting|strong="H6963" joyfully|strong="H8057" and|strong="H1419" playing|strong="H2490" flutes|strong="H2485". They|strong="H5971" shouted|strong="H7321" very|strong="H1419" loudly|strong="H6963", with|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" shook|strong="H1234". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Adonijah’s|strong="H0138" reaction }
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\verseNumber{41}When|strong="H8085" Adonijah|strong="H0138" and|strong="H6963" all|strong="H3605" ◄his|strong="H3605" guests|strong="H7121"/the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H8085" whom|strong="H1992" he|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3097" invited|strong="H7121"► were|strong="H1992" finishing|strong="H3635" eating|strong="H0398" at|strong="H6963" their|strong="H3605" celebration|strong="H8057", they|strong="H1992" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" noise|strong="H6963". When|strong="H8085" Joab|strong="H3097" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" sound|strong="H6963" of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H3605" trumpets|strong="H7782", he|strong="H3605" asked|strong="H7592", “What|strong="H6963" is|strong="H3605" causinng all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" noise|strong="H6963" in|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H7151"?” 
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\verseNumber{42}While|strong="H5750" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1121" still|strong="H5750" speaking|strong="H1696", Jonathan|strong="H3129", the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abiathar|strong="H0054" the|strong="H3588" priest|strong="H3548", arrived|strong="H0935". Adonijah|strong="H0138" said|strong="H1696", “Come|strong="H5750" in|strong="H1696"! You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" can|strong="H1121" trust|strong="H0982", so|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" be|strong="H5750" bringing|strong="H1319" us|strong="H3588" good|strong="H2896" news|strong="H1319"!” 
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\verseNumber{43}Jonathan|strong="H3129" replied|strong="H6030", “No|strong="H3808", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H4427"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w have|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w good|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w news|strong="H1319"\+w*}! His|strong="H1732" Majesty|strong="H1926", King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732", has|strong="H4428" caused|strong="H5414" Solomon|strong="H8010" to|strong="H4428" be|strong="H4428" the|strong="H1732" king|strong="H4428"! 
\verseNumber{44}He|strong="H5921" sent|strong="H7971" Zadok|strong="H6659", Nathan|strong="H5416", Benaiah|strong="H1141", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7971" own|strong="H3548" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" bodyguards to|strong="H7971" go|strong="H7971" with|strong="H5921" Solomon|strong="H7971". They|strong="H5921" put|strong="H7971" Solomon|strong="H7971" on|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" David’s|strong="H1732" mule|strong="H6506". 
\verseNumber{45}They|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w down|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w*} Gihon|strong="H1521" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Spring|strong="H5927"\+w*}, and|strong="H4428" there|strong="H8033" Zadok|strong="H6659" and|strong="H4428" Nathan|strong="H5416" anointed|strong="H4886" him|strong="H6963" to|strong="H5927" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428". Now|strong="H8085" they|strong="H8033" have|strong="H5030" returned|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5927" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H8085" city|strong="H7151", shouting|strong="H6963" joyfully|strong="H8056". That|strong="H8085" is|strong="H1931" why|strong="H4100" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H1931" that|strong="H8085" great|strong="H1419"/loud|strong="H8085" noise|strong="H6963" that|strong="H8085" you|strong="H4886" are|strong="H5030" hearing|strong="H8085". 
\verseNumber{46}So|strong="H1571" Solomon|strong="H8010" is|strong="H1571" now|strong="H1571" our|strong="H5921" king|strong="H3678" [MTY]. 
\verseNumber{47}Furthermore|strong="H1571", the|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1004" officials|strong="H5650" came|strong="H5650" to|strong="H5921" His|strong="H1732" Majesty|strong="H1926", King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732", to|strong="H5921" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921" that|strong="H4428" they|strong="H5921" approved|strong="H3477" of|strong="H4428" what|strong="H1571" he|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1732" done|strong="H3190". They|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559", ‘We|strong="H8034" wish|strong="H2896"/hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H4428" our|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3190" will|strong="H4428" enable|strong="H7980" Solomon|strong="H8010" [MTY] to|strong="H5921" become|strong="H1431" more|strong="H5921" famous|strong="H8034" than|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1571" been|strong="H1961" and|strong="H4428" enable|strong="H7980" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H8034" a|strong="H5921" better|strong="H3190" king|strong="H4428" than|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1571" been|strong="H1961".’ When|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H4428", the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428", lying|strong="H4904" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H1732" bed|strong="H4904", bowed|strong="H7812" his|strong="H1732" head|strong="H7218" to|strong="H5921" worship|strong="H7812" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{48}Then|strong="H1571" he|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H3117" praise|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H5869" we|strong="H3117" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H3117" has|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H5414" one|strong="H7200" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" today|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3478" has|strong="H3068" permitted|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" see|strong="H7200" it|strong="H5414" happen|strong="H1961".’” 
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\verseNumber{49}Then|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1870" Adonijah’s|strong="H0138" guests|strong="H7121" ◄trembled|strong="H2729"/were|strong="H1870" afraid|strong="H2729"►, so|strong="H7121" they|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" immediately|strong="H6965" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" left|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" scattered|strong="H6327". 
\verseNumber{50}Adonijah|strong="H0138" was|strong="H8010" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H6440" what|strong="H3372" Solomon|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w would|strong="H8010"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}, so|strong="H6965" he|strong="H8010" went|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w*} and|strong="H6965" grabbed|strong="H2388" the|strong="H6440" projections|strong="H3027" at|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" corners|strong="H6285" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" altar|strong="H4196", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w he|strong="H8010"\+w* \+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4196"\+w* \+w no|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w one|strong="H0259"\+w* \+w would|strong="H8010"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w there|strong="H6965"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{51}But|strong="H2009" someone|strong="H4191" told|strong="H5046" Solomon|strong="H8010", “Hey|strong="H1945"/Listen|strong="H2009", Adonijah|strong="H0138" is|strong="H3117" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3117", so|strong="H4191" he|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w has|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w gone|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4428"\+w* } is|strong="H3117" holding|strong="H2388" on|strong="H3117" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3117" corners|strong="H6285" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3117" altar|strong="H4196". He|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117" saying|strong="H0559", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Before|strong="H2719"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w leave|strong="H5800"\+w*,} I|strong="H3117" want|strong="H4270" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" to|strong="H4191" solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H7650" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3372" command|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191".’” 
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\verseNumber{52}Solomon|strong="H8010" replied|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H1961" he|strong="H8010" proves|strong="H4480" that|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8010" is|strong="H7451" loyal|strong="H0310" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H4672", I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" harm|strong="H7451" him|strong="H4672" at|strong="H4191" all|strong="H4191" [IDM]. But|strong="H3808" if|strong="H1961" he|strong="H8010" does|strong="H3808" anything|strong="H3808" that|strong="H1121" is|strong="H7451" wrong|strong="H7451", he|strong="H8010" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" executed|strong="H4191".” 
\verseNumber{53}So|strong="H7971" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" sent|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\+w*}, and|strong="H7971" they|strong="H5921" brought|strong="H3381" him|strong="H5921" back|strong="H3212" from|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". He|strong="H1004" came|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Solomon|strong="H8010" and|strong="H7971" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H3381" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" him|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H7971" Solomon|strong="H8010" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3381" him|strong="H5921", “Go|strong="H3212" home|strong="H1004".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{David’s final instructions before he died }
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\chapterNumber{2}When|strong="H3117" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w*} was|strong="H1732" about|strong="H3117" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191", he|strong="H3117" gave|strong="H6680" these|strong="H1732" final|strong="H0319" instructions|strong="H6680" to|strong="H4191" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010": 
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\verseNumber{2}“I|strong="H1980" am|strong="H1961" about|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1980" die|strong="H1980" [EUP], like|strong="H1961" everyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" on|strong="H1980" earth|strong="H0776" does|strong="H6213". Be|strong="H1961" courageous|strong="H2388" and|strong="H1980" conduct|strong="H1870" yourself|strong="H0859" as|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" adult should|strong="H1980". 
\verseNumber{3}Do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" tells|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213". Conduct|strong="H1870" yourself|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6213" he|strong="H8033" wants|strong="H2656" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213". Obey|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" and|strong="H4872" commands|strong="H4687" and|strong="H4872" precepts|strong="H4687" and|strong="H4872" instructions|strong="H4687" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H3605" Moses|strong="H4872" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gave|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w us|strong="H6213"\+w*}. Do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" prosper|strong="H7919" in|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213" and|strong="H4872" wherever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" go|strong="H3212". 
\verseNumber{4}If|strong="H1121" you|strong="H6440" continually|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605", Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" me|strong="H6440": He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696", ‘If|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H1121" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H5921" tell|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" faithfully|strong="H0571" obey|strong="H8104" my|strong="H8104" commands|strong="H1870" with|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H6442" beings|strong="H5315", they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" be|strong="H3808" [LIT|strong="H0215"] the|strong="H3605" ones|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H1697" [MTY] Israel|strong="H3478".’ 
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\verseNumber{5}“here|strong="H7760" is|strong="H1571" something|strong="H1697" else|strong="H5750" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}. You|strong="H5414" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H3045" Joab|strong="H3097" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5414". He|strong="H6213" killed|strong="H2026" my|strong="H5414" two|strong="H8147" army|strong="H6635" commanders|strong="H8269", Abner|strong="H0074" and|strong="H1121" Amasa|strong="H6021". He|strong="H6213" murdered|strong="H2026" them|strong="H5414" violently|strong="H3966" [MTY] during|strong="H3117" a|strong="H6213" time|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1121" peace|strong="H7965", pretending|strong="H7186" that|strong="H3045" it|strong="H5414" was|strong="H3478" a|strong="H6213" time|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1121" war|strong="H4421". Those|strong="H1121" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H1121" ◄were|strong="H3478" innocent|strong="H5355"/had|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3045" done|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3045" was|strong="H3478" wrong|strong="H7451"►. But|strong="H1571" Joab|strong="H3097" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* }caused|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" blood|strong="H1818" to|strong="H3478" stain|strong="H1351" his|strong="H5414" belt|strong="H2290" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" sandals|strong="H5275". 
\verseNumber{6}Because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H6213" are|strong="H6213" wise|strong="H2451", do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3381" him|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" think|strong="H2803" is|strong="H2451" best|strong="H2459" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}, but|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3381" become|strong="H6213" old|strong="H7872" [MTY] and|strong="H2451" then|strong="H6213" die|strong="H4191" [IDM] peacefully|strong="H7965". 
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\verseNumber{7}“ut be|strong="H1961" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Barzillai|strong="H1271", the|strong="H6440" man|strong="H1121" from|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* } Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" sure|strong="H0539" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" always|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" enough|strong="H6213" food|strong="H3899" to|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H0398" [MTY]. Do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" Barzillai|strong="H1271" helped|strong="H5826" me|strong="H6440" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" running|strong="H1961" away|strong="H1272" from|strong="H6440" your|strong="H6440" older|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H0251" Absalom|strong="H0053". 
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\verseNumber{8}Also|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w remember|strong="H2142"\+w*} Gera’s son|strong="H1121" Shimei|strong="H8096" from|strong="H3381" Bahurim|strong="H0980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H2009" the|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1145" live|strong="H3117". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5973"\+w*}. He|strong="H1931" cursed|strong="H7043" me|strong="H5973" terribly|strong="H6206" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" day|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w left|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3381" Mahanaim|strong="H4266" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. But|strong="H2009" when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" later|strong="H0310" came|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" see|strong="H2009" me|strong="H5973" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}, I|strong="H3117" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650", while|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" listened|strong="H8085" [MTY], that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H4191" cause|strong="H2600" him|strong="H5973" to|strong="H3381" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1818" [LIT|strong="H0215"] surely|strong="H3588" punish|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213". You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H2450" a|strong="H6213" wise|strong="H2450" man|strong="H2450", so|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H2450" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3381" him|strong="H6213". He|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1818" an|strong="H6213" old|strong="H7872" man|strong="H2450" [MTY], but|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1818" sure|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w loses|strong="H0582"\+w*/\+w sheds|strong="H8210"\+w*} a|strong="H6213" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H1818" blood|strong="H1818" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="H6213" [MTY].” 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" died|strong="H4191" [EUP] and|strong="H5892" was|strong="H1732" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w which|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H5973" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H5892" David’. 
\verseNumber{11}David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H3117" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H5921" 40 years|strong="H8141": He|strong="H3117" ruled|strong="H4427" for|strong="H5921" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H5921" Hebron|strong="H2275" and|strong="H3478" for|strong="H5921" 33 years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{12}Solomon|strong="H8010" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H5921" ruler|strong="H3427"/king|strong="H4428" [MTY] to|strong="H5921" take|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H3427" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H1732" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H4428" took|strong="H4428" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" kingdom|strong="H4428". 

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\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} Adonijah|strong="H0138" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H1121" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" mother|strong="H0517" Bathsheba|strong="H1339". She|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" him|strong="H8010", “Have|strong="H1121" you|strong="H0859" come|strong="H0935" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" want|strong="H4270" things|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1121" go|strong="H1980" well|strong="H7965"?” He|strong="H8010" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H1696" then|strong="H1696" he|strong="H1696" said|strong="H1696", “I|strong="H1697" have|strong="H1697" something|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H1697".” She|strong="H1931" said|strong="H1696", “Tell|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w you|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w me|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w do|strong="H1697"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3045" expected|strong="H7760" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w David’s|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w oldest|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w surviving|strong="H3498"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*}. But|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3045" happen|strong="H1961". Instead|strong="H3588", my|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427", because|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3045" Yahweh|strong="H3068" wanted|strong="H2654". 
\verseNumber{16}Now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H6258" have|strong="H6258" one|strong="H7596" thing|strong="H7596" that|strong="H7725" I|strong="H6258" ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213". Please|strong="H4994" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1696" refuse|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H7725".” She|strong="H6440" replied|strong="H1696", “Tell|strong="H1696" me|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" ask|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" to|strong="H7725" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H5414" Abishag|strong="H0049", the|strong="H6440" woman|strong="H0802" from|strong="H7725" Shunem|strong="H7766" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3808" my|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w sure|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" refuse|strong="H7725".” 
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\verseNumber{18}Bathsheba|strong="H1339" replied|strong="H1696", “Okay, I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4428" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H6965" Bathsheba|strong="H1339" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H1696" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010", to|strong="H1696" tell|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5921" what|strong="H1696" Adonijah|strong="H0138" wanted|strong="H2654". The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w throne|strong="H3678"\+w*} and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H1696" greet|strong="H7592" her|strong="H5921" and|strong="H6965" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H1696" her|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H6965" he|strong="H8010" sat|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7760" throne|strong="H3678" again|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" asked|strong="H1696" someone|strong="H0376" to|strong="H1696" bring|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" chair|strong="H3678" for|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921". So|strong="H6965" she|strong="H5921" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H7812" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" right|strong="H3225" side|strong="H3225". 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H7725" she|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H4428" one|strong="H3808" small|strong="H6996" thing|strong="H3588" which|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H6213"; please|strong="H4994" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" say|strong="H7725" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H3588".” The|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" replied|strong="H0559", “Mother|strong="H0517", what|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3808"? I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" refuse|strong="H7725" you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{21}She|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", “Allow|strong="H5414" Abishag|strong="H0049" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" Adonijah|strong="H0138" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802".” 
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\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" replied|strong="H6030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w angrily|strong="H2195"\+w*}, “What|strong="H4100"? Are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" requesting me|strong="H4480" to|strong="H1121" give|strong="H6030" Abishag|strong="H0049" to|strong="H1121" Adonijah|strong="H0138"? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Does|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w me|strong="H4480"\+w*} to|strong="H1121" allow|strong="H5414" him|strong="H1931" to|strong="H1121" rule|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3588" kingdom|strong="H4410", too|strong="H4480"? Because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" my|strong="H3588" older|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H0251", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w does|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w should|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}? Does|strong="H4100" he|strong="H1931" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3588" Abiathar|strong="H0054" should|strong="H4100" be|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" priest|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w instead|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Zadok|strong="H6659"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" Joab|strong="H3097" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w should|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w commander|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w instead|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\+w*} because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" supported|strong="H0310" him|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w tried|strong="H6884"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}?” 
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\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H1696" Solomon|strong="H8010" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H1696", requesting Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H1696" listen|strong="H8085", “I|strong="H3588" wish|strong="H1697" God|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" strike|strong="H5221" me|strong="H5315" and|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H5315" if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" cause|strong="H1697" Adonijah|strong="H0138" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H1697" executed|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" requesting this|strong="H2088"! 
\verseNumber{24}Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H3678" and|strong="H3068" placed|strong="H3427" me|strong="H5921" here|strong="H6258" to|strong="H1696" rule|strong="H3427" [MTY] as|strong="H3117" my|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732" did|strong="H6213". He|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" [MTY] will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5921" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478". So|strong="H6213" just|strong="H6213" as|strong="H3117" surely|strong="H4191" as|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", I|strong="H3588" solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3588" Adonijah|strong="H0138" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H6213" today|strong="H3117"!” 
\verseNumber{25}So|strong="H7971" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" gave|strong="H7971" orders|strong="H0560" to|strong="H4191" Benaiah|strong="H1141" to|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w go|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} kill|strong="H4191" Adonijah|strong="H0138", and|strong="H1121" Benaiah|strong="H1141" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H2088" Solomon|strong="H8010" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" Abiathar|strong="H0054" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548", “Go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H4191" Anathoth|strong="H6068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, to|strong="H4191" your|strong="H3605" land|strong="H7704" there|strong="H2088". You|strong="H3588" deserve|strong="H0376" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" killed|strong="H4191", but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" execute|strong="H4191" you|strong="H3588" now|strong="H3117", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H2088" who|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w supervised|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w*} carried|strong="H5375" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" for|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" my|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3588" endured|strong="H5375" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" troubles|strong="H6869" that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" endured|strong="H5375".” 
\verseNumber{27}So|strong="H1961" Solomon|strong="H8010" dismissed|strong="H1644" Abiathar|strong="H0054" from|strong="H5921" being|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068". By|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" happen|strong="H1961" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} at|strong="H5921" Shiloh|strong="H7887", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w some|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w rid|strong="H5337"\+w*} of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" [MTY] of|strong="H1004" Eli|strong="H5941". 
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\verseNumber{28}Joab|strong="H3097" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" supported|strong="H5186" Absalom|strong="H0053" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w tried|strong="H6884"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}, but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" supported|strong="H5186" Adonijah|strong="H0138". So|strong="H3808" when|strong="H3588" Joab|strong="H3097" heard|strong="H3588" what|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" happened|strong="H1961", he|strong="H3588" ran|strong="H5127" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3588" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" grasped|strong="H0270" the|strong="H3588" projections|strong="H3027" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" corners|strong="H6285" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" altar|strong="H4196", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w no|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w one|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5186"\+w* \+w there|strong="H5704"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{29}When|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" Solomon|strong="H8010" that|strong="H3588" Joab|strong="H3097" had|strong="H3068" run|strong="H5127" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3588" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" standing|strong="H5975" alongside|strong="H5980" the|strong="H3588" altar|strong="H4196", Solomon|strong="H8010" told|strong="H5046" Benaiah|strong="H1141", “Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H1121" execute|strong="H6213" Joab|strong="H3097".” 
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\verseNumber{30}So|strong="H3541" Benaiah|strong="H1141" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Joab|strong="H3097", “The|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" commands|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1696" come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318"!” But|strong="H3588" Joab|strong="H3097" replied|strong="H6030", “No|strong="H3808", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191" here|strong="H6311".” So|strong="H3541" Benaiah|strong="H1141" went|strong="H3318" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" reported|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w Joab|strong="H3097"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} what|strong="H1697" Joab|strong="H3097" had|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H6030". 
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\verseNumber{31}The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" replied|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5921", “Do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" has|strong="H4428" requested|strong="H7592". Kill|strong="H6293" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4428" bury|strong="H6912" his|strong="H5921" body|strong="H1320". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H4428", my|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" [MTY] and|strong="H4428" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4428" no|strong="H6213" longer|strong="H5493" be|strong="H4428" punished|strong="H6485" for|strong="H5921" what|strong="H6213" Joab|strong="H3097" did|strong="H6213" when|strong="H1696" he|strong="H6213" killed|strong="H2026" [MTY] two|strong="H6213" men|strong="H6213" who|strong="H4428" ◄were|strong="H4428" innocent|strong="H2600"/had|strong="H4428" not|strong="H6213" done|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H6213" that|strong="H4428" is|strong="H4428" wrong|strong="H7451"►. 
\verseNumber{32}But|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" [MTY] Joab|strong="H3097" for|strong="H5921" attacking|strong="H5221" and|strong="H1121" killing|strong="H2026" Abner|strong="H0074", the|strong="H5921" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H1121" Amasa|strong="H6021", the|strong="H5921" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" more|strong="H4480" righteous|strong="H6662" and|strong="H1121" better|strong="H2896" [DOU] men|strong="H1121" than|strong="H4480" he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068". My|strong="H3068" father|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" Joab|strong="H3097" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w planning|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w murder|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{33}Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" punished|strong="H6485" [IDM] forever|strong="H5769" for|strong="H5704" his|strong="H3068" murdering Abner|strong="H0074" and|strong="H3068" Amasa|strong="H6021". But|strong="H1961" things|strong="H5973" will|strong="H3068" forever|strong="H5769" go|strong="H7725" well|strong="H7965" for|strong="H5704" David’s|strong="H1732" descendants|strong="H2233" [MTY] who|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H4910" [MTY] as|strong="H5704" King|strong="H3678" David|strong="H1732" did|strong="H3068".” 
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\verseNumber{34}So|strong="H5927" Benaiah|strong="H1141" went|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w into|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H4191" Joab|strong="H3097". Joab|strong="H3097" was|strong="H1004" buried|strong="H6912" on|strong="H5927" his|strong="H6912" property|strong="H0272" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5927" desert|strong="H4057" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{35}Then|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" appointed|strong="H5414" Benaiah|strong="H1141" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H6635" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5414" appointed|strong="H5414" Zadok|strong="H6659" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H1121" Abiathar|strong="H0054". 
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\verseNumber{36}Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H1129" king|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w messenger|strong="H4397"\+w*} to|strong="H3318" summon|strong="H7121" Shimei|strong="H8096", and|strong="H7971" the|strong="H1129" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H7121", “Build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" house|strong="H1004" for|strong="H7121" yourself|strong="H8033" here|strong="H8033" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". Remain|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H7971" do|strong="H3318" not|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H3318" the|strong="H1129" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H3318" go|strong="H3318" anywhere|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{37}Be|strong="H1961" sure|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" leave|strong="H3318" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3117" go|strong="H3318" across|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3588" Kidron|strong="H6939" Brook|strong="H5158", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" executed|strong="H4191", and|strong="H3117" it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" ◄your|strong="H3045" own|strong="H1961" fault|strong="H3972"/what|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588" deserve|strong="H0376"►.” 
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\verseNumber{38}Shimei|strong="H8096" replied|strong="H1696", “Your|strong="H6213" Majesty|strong="H1926", what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3117" say|strong="H1696" is|strong="H3117" good|strong="H2896". I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H4428" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3117" have|strong="H5650" said|strong="H1696".” So|strong="H3651" Shimei|strong="H8096" remained|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H6213" several|strong="H2669" years|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{39}But|strong="H1961" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141" later|strong="H7093", two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" Shimei’s slaves|strong="H5650" ran|strong="H1272" away|strong="H1272". They|strong="H8141" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H1961" stay|strong="H3427" with|strong="H4428" Maacah’s son|strong="H1121" Achish|strong="H0397", the|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Gath|strong="H1661" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. When|strong="H1961" someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" Shimei|strong="H8096" that|strong="H4428" they|strong="H8141" were|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8141" Gath|strong="H1661", 
\verseNumber{40}he|strong="H3212" put|strong="H2280" a|strong="H6965" saddle|strong="H2280" on|strong="H3212" his|strong="H6965" donkey|strong="H2543" and|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w got|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w it|strong="H1245"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6965"\+w*} went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Gath|strong="H1661". He|strong="H3212" found|strong="H4672" his|strong="H6965" slaves|strong="H5650" staying|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3212" King|strong="H4428" Achish|strong="H0397" and|strong="H6965" brought|strong="H3212" them|strong="H5414" back|strong="H3212" home|strong="H3212". 
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\verseNumber{41}But|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" that|strong="H3588" Shimei|strong="H8096" had|strong="H8010" gone|strong="H1980" from|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H1980" Gath|strong="H1661" and|strong="H1980" had|strong="H8010" returned|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{42}So|strong="H1980" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w soldier|strong="H6635"\+w*} to|strong="H1980" summon|strong="H7121" Shimei|strong="H8096" and|strong="H1980" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1980" him|strong="H7121", “I|strong="H3588" told|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1980" solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H1697", knowing|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" [MTY] was|strong="H3068" listening|strong="H8085", that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H1980" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". I|strong="H3588" told|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" [RHQ], ‘Be|strong="H4191" sure|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" ever|strong="H3117" leave|strong="H1980" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191".’ And|strong="H1980" you|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559" [RHQ] to|strong="H1980" me|strong="H7971", ‘What|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" is|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896"; I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697".’ 
\verseNumber{43}So|strong="H3808" why|strong="H4069" did|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6680" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4687" you|strong="H6680" solemnly|strong="H7621" promised|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068"? Why|strong="H4069" did|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6680" disobey|strong="H0854" what|strong="H4687" I|strong="H5921" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H6680"?” 
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\verseNumber{44}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" Shimei|strong="H8096", “You|strong="H3605" know|strong="H3045" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3605" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H7725" my|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732". So|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" now|strong="H4428" punish|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3605" did|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{45}But|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" me|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" David’s|strong="H1732" descendants|strong="H2233" [MTY] to|strong="H5704" rule|strong="H4428" forever|strong="H5769".” 
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\verseNumber{46}Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H6680" king|strong="H4428" gave|strong="H6680" an|strong="H3318" order|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3318" Benaiah|strong="H1141", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3027" went|strong="H3318" and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H4191" Shimei|strong="H8096". 
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So|strong="H3318" Solomon|strong="H8010" was|strong="H4428" completely|strong="H3617" in|strong="H4428" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6680" kingdom|strong="H4467". 

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\chapterNumber{3}Solomon|strong="H8010" went|strong="H1732" to|strong="H5704" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714". Solomon|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w made|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w an|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w agreement|strong="H7284"\+w* \+w with|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w*} marry|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3068" daughter|strong="H1323". They|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" made|strong="H1129" an|strong="H1129" alliance|strong="H2859"/agreement|strong="H7284" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w each|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*}. Then|strong="H3947" Solomon|strong="H8010" brought|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" king’s|strong="H4428" daughter|strong="H1323" to|strong="H5704" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H3947" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" David’. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w She|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w there|strong="H5704"\+w*} until|strong="H5704" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" workers|strong="H1129" had|strong="H3068" finished|strong="H3615" building|strong="H1129" his|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3947" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3947" wall|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w At|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w time|strong="H3117"\+w*} the|strong="H3588" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" yet|strong="H3588" been|strong="H5971" built|strong="H1129", so|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" still|strong="H5971" offering|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2076" at|strong="H3068" many|strong="H5704" other|strong="H0312" places|strong="H1116" of|strong="H1004" worship|strong="H7812". 
\verseNumber{3}Solomon|strong="H8010" loved|strong="H0157" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" obeyed|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3068" instructions|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1931" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" him|strong="H1931". But|strong="H7535" he|strong="H1931" also|strong="H3068" offered|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H6999" and|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" at|strong="H3068" various|strong="H2921" altars|strong="H4196". 
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\verseNumber{4}One|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Gibeon|strong="H1391" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*} to|strong="H3212" offer|strong="H5927" a|strong="H3588" sacrifice|strong="H2076" there|strong="H8033", because|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1931" where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H5921" most|strong="H4428" famous|strong="H8034"/important|strong="H1419" altar|strong="H4196" was|strong="H1931". In|strong="H5921" previous|strong="H7223" years|strong="H8141" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H8010" offered|strong="H5927" hundreds|strong="H3967" of|strong="H4428" sacrifices|strong="H2076" on|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{5}That|strong="H7200" night|strong="H3915", Yahweh|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5414" dream|strong="H2472". He|strong="H3068" asked|strong="H7592" Solomon|strong="H8010", “What|strong="H4100" would|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" like|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414"?” 
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\verseNumber{6}Solomon|strong="H8010" replied|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H5414" always|strong="H3117" greatly|strong="H1419" and|strong="H1121" faithfully|strong="H2617" loved|strong="H0157" my|strong="H8104" father|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732", who|strong="H1121" served|strong="H6440" you|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w well|strong="H5973"\+w*}. You|strong="H5414" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3117" because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H3117" ◄was|strong="H1732" faithful|strong="H2617" to|strong="H1980"/faithfully|strong="H2617" obeyed|strong="H8104"► you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" acted|strong="H6213" righteously|strong="H6666" and|strong="H1121" honestly|strong="H8549" toward|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414". And|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1121" showed|strong="H6213" how|strong="H6213" greatly|strong="H1419" and|strong="H1121" faithfully|strong="H2617" you|strong="H5414" loved|strong="H0157" him|strong="H5414" by|strong="H5921" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1980" him|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414", his|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" now|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1980" ruling|strong="H3427" [MTY] as|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" did|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{7}“ow, Yahweh|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3045" have|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H3045" me|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4427" like|strong="H3318" my|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" was|strong="H3068". But|strong="H3808" I|strong="H6258" am|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w young|strong="H5288"\+w*, \+w like|strong="H3318"\+w*} a|strong="H3318" little|strong="H6996" child|strong="H5288" [MET|strong="H6298"]. I|strong="H6258" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" how|strong="H3045" to|strong="H3318" lead|strong="H3318"/rule|strong="H4427" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3808" at|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3045" [IDM]. 
\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H5650" am|strong="H1961" here|strong="H6311" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H8432" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3808" have|strong="H5971" chosen|strong="H0977". They|strong="H3808" are|strong="H5971" a|strong="H4487" very|strong="H7227" large|strong="H7230" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H5650" people|strong="H5971"; there|strong="H8432" are|strong="H5971" very|strong="H7227", very|strong="H7227" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H5650" them|strong="H8432", with|strong="H5971" the|strong="H8432" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H5971" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" can|strong="H5650" count|strong="H5608" them|strong="H8432" [DOU]. 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H5414" please|strong="H2896" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3201" think|strong="H3820" clearly|strong="H3045", in|strong="H8085" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" may|strong="H3201" rule|strong="H8199" your|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w well|strong="H2896"\+w*}. Enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3201" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4310" is|strong="H2088" good|strong="H2896" and|strong="H5971" what|strong="H4310" is|strong="H2088" evil|strong="H7451". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*,} I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4310" never|strong="H3808" [RHQ] be|strong="H3820" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" rule|strong="H8199" this|strong="H2088" great|strong="H3515" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H5650" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H4310" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3201" you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{10}Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H1697" very|strong="H2088" pleased|strong="H3190" that|strong="H3588" Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H8010" requested|strong="H7592" that|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{11}God|strong="H3808" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3117" him|strong="H7592", “You|strong="H3117" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" request|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" live|strong="H3117" for|strong="H4941" many|strong="H7227" years|strong="H3117" or|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H2088" rich|strong="H6239" or|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3117" kill|strong="H2026" all|strong="H1697" your|strong="H8085" enemies|strong="H0341". Instead|strong="H3808", you|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1697" requested|strong="H7592" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3808" wise|strong="H2450", in|strong="H8085" order|strong="H4941" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" will|strong="H5315" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3117" know|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w do|strong="H1697"\+w*} what|strong="H1697" is|strong="H2088" right|strong="H4941" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w govern|strong="H4475"\+w* \+w these|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5315"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H6213", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" certainly|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H5414" requested|strong="H1697". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" very|strong="H6213" wise|strong="H2450" [DOU]. The|strong="H6440" result|strong="H6903" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1697" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H2450" has|strong="H1961" lived|strong="H1961" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H5414" or|strong="H3808" who|strong="H2450" will|strong="H1961" live|strong="H3427" after|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wise|strong="H2450"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1697"\+w*} you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{13}I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" also|strong="H1571" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H5414" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" request|strong="H7592": I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H1571" rich|strong="H6239" and|strong="H4428" honored|strong="H3519", as|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5414" live|strong="H3117". You|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" richer|strong="H6238" and|strong="H4428" more|strong="H3808" honored|strong="H3519" than|strong="H3808" any|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{14}If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3117" conduct|strong="H1870" your|strong="H8104" life|strong="H3117" [IDM] as|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H3117" to|strong="H1980", and|strong="H1980" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3117" obey|strong="H8104" all|strong="H3212" my|strong="H8104" laws|strong="H2706" and|strong="H1980" commandments|strong="H4687", as|strong="H3117" your|strong="H8104" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732" did|strong="H1732", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H3117" to|strong="H1980" live|strong="H3117" for|strong="H2706" many|strong="H7227" years|strong="H3117".” 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H2009" Solomon|strong="H8010" awoke|strong="H3364", and|strong="H3389" he|strong="H6213" realized|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w had|strong="H8010"\+w* \+w spoken|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w in|strong="H6213"\+w*} a|strong="H6213" dream|strong="H2472". Then|strong="H2009" he|strong="H6213" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3389" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H6213" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w* \+w where|strong="H4960"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H8010"\+w*}, and|strong="H3389" he|strong="H6213" offered|strong="H5927" many|strong="H7227" sacrifices|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5650" completely|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} and|strong="H3389" offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H5927" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H1285" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Then|strong="H2009" he|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" feast|strong="H4960" for|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H5650". 

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\verseNumber{16}One|strong="H4428" day|strong="H3117" two|strong="H8147" prostitutes|strong="H2185" came|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H4428" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H5975". 
\verseNumber{17}One|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H3427" said|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H5973" Majesty|strong="H1926", this|strong="H2063" woman|strong="H3205" and|strong="H1004" I|strong="H1004" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3205" same|strong="H2063" house|strong="H1004". I|strong="H1004" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" baby|strong="H1121" while|strong="H5973" she|strong="H2063" was|strong="H1004" there|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3205" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{18}Three|strong="H7992" days|strong="H3117" after|strong="H1961" my|strong="H1961" baby|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1961" born|strong="H3205", this|strong="H2063" woman|strong="H2114" also|strong="H1571" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" baby|strong="H1121". Only|strong="H2108" the|strong="H3205" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1004" us|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3205" house|strong="H1004"; there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H1961" one|strong="H7992" else|strong="H5750" there|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{19}“ut one|strong="H1121" night|strong="H3915" this|strong="H2063" woman’s|strong="H0802" baby|strong="H1121" died|strong="H4191" because|strong="H5921" she|strong="H2063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w accidentally|strong="H7684"\+w*} rolled|strong="H1556" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" her|strong="H5921" baby|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w sleeping|strong="H3463"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* smothered \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H3947" she|strong="H7901" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" at|strong="H4191" midnight|strong="H8432" and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H3947" my|strong="H3947" baby|strong="H1121" boy|strong="H5288" who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" lying|strong="H7901" beside|strong="H5921" me|strong="H3947" while|strong="H5704" I|strong="H6965" was|strong="H1121" sleeping|strong="H3463". She|strong="H7901" carried|strong="H6965" him|strong="H3947" to|strong="H4191" her|strong="H3947" bed|strong="H7901" and|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947" dead|strong="H4191" baby|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" put|strong="H4191" it|strong="H8432" in|strong="H4191" my|strong="H3947" bed|strong="H7901". 
\verseNumber{21}When|strong="H1961" I|strong="H2009" awoke|strong="H3364" the|strong="H3205" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242" and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1961" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H4191" nurse|strong="H3243" my|strong="H6965" baby|strong="H1121", I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H1121" it|strong="H1242" was|strong="H1961" dead|strong="H4191". But|strong="H3808" when|strong="H1961" I|strong="H2009" looked|strong="H2009" at|strong="H4191" it|strong="H1242" closely|strong="H1692" in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3205" morning|strong="H1242" light|strong="H0216", I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H1121" it|strong="H1242" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" my|strong="H6965" baby|strong="H1121"!” 
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\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H2063" woman|strong="H0802" said|strong="H1696", “That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" true|strong="H0571"! The|strong="H6440" baby|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H4428" alive|strong="H2416" is|strong="H4428" mine|strong="H6440", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" baby|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H4428" dead|strong="H4191" is|strong="H4428" yours|strong="H4191"!” Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H6440" first|strong="H1121" woman|strong="H0802" said|strong="H1696", “No|strong="H3808", the|strong="H6440" dead|strong="H4191" baby|strong="H1121" is|strong="H4428" yours|strong="H4191", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" one|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H4428" alive|strong="H2416" is|strong="H4428" mine|strong="H6440"!” And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3588" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H1696" argue|strong="H3198" in|strong="H4428" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Both|strong="H4191" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" saying|strong="H0559", ‘My|strong="H3588" baby|strong="H1121" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H2088" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2088" alive|strong="H2416" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H2088" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2088" dead|strong="H4191" is|strong="H2088" yours|strong="H4191".’ ” 
\verseNumber{24}So|strong="H3947" he|strong="H6440" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6440" one|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3947" servants|strong="H6440", “Bring|strong="H3947" me|strong="H6440" a|strong="H3947" sword|strong="H2719".” So|strong="H3947" the|strong="H6440" servant|strong="H5650" brought|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" sword|strong="H2719" to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" servant|strong="H5650", “Cut|strong="H1504" the|strong="H5414" baby|strong="H1121" that|strong="H5414" is|strong="H4428" alive|strong="H2416" into|strong="H5414" two|strong="H8147" parts|strong="H2677". Give|strong="H5414" one|strong="H2416" part|strong="H2677" to|strong="H5414" each|strong="H5414" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" women|strong="H0802".” 
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\verseNumber{26}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" woman|strong="H3205" whose|strong="H1121" baby|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416" loved|strong="H0157" her|strong="H5414" baby|strong="H1121" very|strong="H1571" much|strong="H5921", so|strong="H1961" she|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428", “No|strong="H3808", Your|strong="H5414" Majesty|strong="H1926"! Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5921" baby|strong="H1121"! Give|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" child|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1571" alive|strong="H2416"!” But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H3205" woman|strong="H3205" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428", “No|strong="H3808", cut|strong="H1504" it|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" half|strong="H2677". Then|strong="H1961" it|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" her|strong="H5414" baby|strong="H1121" or|strong="H3808" my|strong="H5414" baby|strong="H1121".” 
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\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="H6030" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5414" servant|strong="H5650", “Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5414" baby|strong="H1121". Give|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" baby|strong="H1121" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5414" woman|strong="H3205" who|strong="H1931" said|strong="H6030" ‘Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" cut|strong="H3772" the|strong="H5414" baby|strong="H1121" in|strong="H4428" half|strong="H2677",’ because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" truly|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5414" baby’s mother|strong="H0517".” 
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\verseNumber{28}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H7200" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H3478" decided|strong="H3289", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3588" revered|strong="H3372" him|strong="H6440". They|strong="H3588" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" God|strong="H2451" had|strong="H3478" truly|strong="H3588" enabled|strong="H5414" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" very|strong="H6213" wise|strong="H2451", to|strong="H3478" judge|strong="H8199" people’s|strong="H5971" matters|strong="H4941" fairly|strong="H4941". 

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\chapterNumber{4}Solomon|strong="H8010" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H3605" ruled|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", 
\verseNumber{2}and|strong="H1121" these|strong="H0428" were|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3548" most|strong="H6944" important|strong="H5704" officials|strong="H8269": 
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Zadok’s|strong="H6659" son|strong="H1121" Azariah|strong="H5838" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6659" priest|strong="H3548". 
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\verseNumber{3}Shisha’s sons|strong="H1121" Elihoreph|strong="H0456" and|strong="H1121" Ahijah|strong="H0281" were|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2142" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w official|strong="H8269"\+w*} secretaries|strong="H5613". 
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Ahilud’s son|strong="H1121" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2142" one|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" announced|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2142" people|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2142" king’s|strong="H4428" decisions|strong="H4941". 
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\verseNumber{4}Benaiah|strong="H1141" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H6635". 
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Zadok|strong="H6659" and|strong="H1121" Abiathar|strong="H0054" were|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1121" priests|strong="H3548". 
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\verseNumber{5}Nathan’s son|strong="H1121" Azariah|strong="H5838" was|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" administrator|strong="H5532" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" governors|strong="H6346". 
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Another|strong="H0312" of|strong="H1121" Nathan’s sons|strong="H1121", Zabud|strong="H2071", was|strong="H4428" a|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" chief|strong="H3548" advisor. 
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\verseNumber{6}Ahishar|strong="H0301" supervised|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" servants|strong="H5650" who|strong="H1121" worked|strong="H2388" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1004". 
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Abda’s son|strong="H1121" Adoniram|strong="H0141" supervised|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" work|strong="H4399" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w government|strong="H4951"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{7}Solomon|strong="H8010" appointed|strong="H5324" twelve|strong="H8147" men|strong="H3605", one|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3478" govern|strong="H4475" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w each|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w regions|strong="H2506"\+w* } in|strong="H8141" Israel|strong="H3478". They|strong="H5921" also|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" required|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" provide|strong="H3557" food|strong="H1004" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" others|strong="H0312" who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H1961" and|strong="H3478" worked|strong="H2388" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004". Each|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1961" required|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" provide|strong="H3557" from|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" region|strong="H2256" the|strong="H3605" food|strong="H1004" for|strong="H5921" one|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320" each|strong="H3605" year|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{8}Their|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" were|strong="H2022": 
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Ben-Hur|strong="H1133", for|strong="H8034" the|strong="H8034" hilly area|strong="H2022" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H8034" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H8034". 
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\verseNumber{9}Ben-Deker|strong="H1128", for|strong="H3588" Makaz|strong="H4739", Shaalbim|strong="H8169", Beth-Shemesh|strong="H1053", and|strong="H1053" Elon-Bethhanan \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{10}Ben-Hesed|strong="H1136", for|strong="H3605" Arubboth|strong="H0700" and|strong="H3605" Socoh|strong="H7755" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w*} and|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" near|strong="H7126" Hepher|strong="H2660" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{11}Ben-Abinadab|strong="H1125", who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1961" married|strong="H3947" to|strong="H1961" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" daughter|strong="H1323" Taphath|strong="H2955", for|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Dor|strong="H1756" district|strong="H6418"; 
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\verseNumber{12}Ahilud’s son|strong="H1121" Baana|strong="H1195", for|strong="H5704" Taanach|strong="H8590" and|strong="H1121" Megiddo|strong="H4023" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" region|strong="H2256" near|strong="H5704" Zarethan|strong="H6891" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Beth-Shan|strong="H1052" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} south|strong="H5045" of|strong="H1121" Jezreel|strong="H3157" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" Abel-Meholah|strong="H0065" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" Jokmeam|strong="H3361" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{13}Ben-Geber|strong="H1127", for|strong="H1121" Ramoth|strong="H7433" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* } Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" villages|strong="H2691" in|strong="H5892" Gilead|strong="H1568" that|strong="H5892" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1121" Jair|strong="H2971", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H5892" a|strong="H5892" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Argob|strong="H0709" area|strong="H1508" in|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1121"\+w*} Bashan|strong="H1316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" 60 large|strong="H1419" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" that|strong="H5892" region|strong="H2256" altogether|strong="H3162", each|strong="H5892" town|strong="H5892" with|strong="H5892" a|strong="H5892" wall|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" it|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" bronze|strong="H5178" bars|strong="H1280" across|strong="H5676" the|strong="H1121" gates|strong="H8179". 
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\verseNumber{14}Iddo’s son|strong="H1121" Ahinadab|strong="H0292", for|strong="H1121" Mahanaim|strong="H4266" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w east|strong="H6921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{15}Ahimaaz|strong="H0290", who|strong="H1931" had|strong="H8010" married|strong="H3947" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" daughter|strong="H1323" Basemath|strong="H1315", for|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w territory|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1323"\+w*} Naphtali|strong="H5321"; 
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\verseNumber{16}Hushai’s son|strong="H1121" Baana|strong="H1195", for|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w territory|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Asher|strong="H0836" and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H1121" Aloth|strong="H1175" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{17}Paruah’s son|strong="H1121" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", for|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3092"\+w* \+w territory|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3092"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Issachar|strong="H3485"; 
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\verseNumber{18}Ela’s son|strong="H1121" Shimei|strong="H8096", for|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w territory|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Benjamin|strong="H1144"; 
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\verseNumber{19}Uri’s son|strong="H1121" Geber|strong="H1398", for|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Gilead|strong="H1568" region|strong="H2256", the|strong="H1121" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H4428" Sihon|strong="H5511" the|strong="H1121" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Amor people-group \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w formerly|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w ruled|strong="H4428"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Bashan|strong="H1316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}, which|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" the|strong="H1121" area|strong="H1508" that|strong="H4428" Og|strong="H5747" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w formerly|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w ruled|strong="H4428"\+w*}. 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w In|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w addition|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1121"\+w*}, Solomon|strong="H8010" appointed|strong="H1121" one|strong="H1121" governor|strong="H6346" for|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w territory|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1121"\+w*} tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 

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\verseNumber{20}There|strong="H7230" were|strong="H3478" as|strong="H7230" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Israel|strong="H3478" as|strong="H7230" there|strong="H7230" are|strong="H3478" grains|strong="H4579" of|strong="H7230" sand|strong="H2344" [HYP] on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" seashore|strong="H3220". They|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w plenty|strong="H7230"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} eat|strong="H0398" and|strong="H3063" drink|strong="H8354" and|strong="H3063" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3478" happy|strong="H8056". 
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\verseNumber{22}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w To|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w feed|strong="H7462"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w palace|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w guests|strong="H7121"\+w*} Solomon|strong="H8010" needed|strong="H1767" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H0413" bring|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H5414" every|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" 150 bushels of|strong="H1121" fine|strong="H5560" flour|strong="H5560" and|strong="H3967" 300 bushels of|strong="H1121" wheat|strong="H2406", 
\verseNumber{23}ten|strong="H6235" cattle|strong="H4735" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" kept|strong="H8104" in|strong="H0935" stalls|strong="H0723"/barns|strong="H0618", 20 cattle|strong="H4735" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" kept|strong="H8104" in|strong="H0935" pastures|strong="H4999", 100 sheep|strong="H6629", and|strong="H3967" ◄deer|strong="H0354" and|strong="H3967" gazelles|strong="H6643" and|strong="H3967" roebucks|strong="H3180"/three|strong="H7969" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="H1121" deer|strong="H0354"►, and|strong="H3967" poultry. 
\verseNumber{24}Solomon|strong="H8010" ruled|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" west|strong="H3220" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Euphrates|strong="H6578" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}, from|strong="H4480" Tiphsah|strong="H8607" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* northeast} to|strong="H0413" Gaza|strong="H5804" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* southwest}. He|strong="H0834" ruled|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" in|strong="H0935" that|strong="H0834" area|strong="H1508". And|strong="H3967" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3068" peace|strong="H7965" between|strong="H0996" his|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w government|strong="H4951"\+w*} and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{governments \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} nearby|strong="H7138" countries|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{25}All|strong="H3605" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" years|strong="H8141" that|strong="H0834" Solomon|strong="H8010" ruled|strong="H4427", the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3967" Israel|strong="H3478" lived|strong="H3427" safely|strong="H0983". Each|strong="H0376" family|strong="H4940" had|strong="H3068" its|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" grapevines and|strong="H3967" fig|strong="H8384" trees|strong="H6086". 
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\verseNumber{26}Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H3068" 4,000 stalls|strong="H0723" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" horses|strong="H5483" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w pulled|strong="H5265"\+w*} his|strong="H3605" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H3967" 12,000 men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" rode|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" horses|strong="H5483" (OR|strong="H0176", in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" chariots|strong="H7393"). 
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\verseNumber{27}His|strong="H3605" twelve|strong="H8147" governors|strong="H6346" supplied|strong="H7311" the|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899" that|strong="H0834" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" needed|strong="H1767" for|strong="H3588" himself|strong="H5315" and|strong="H3967" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" ate|strong="H0398" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004". Each|strong="H0376" governor|strong="H6346" supplied|strong="H7311" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H3588" one|strong="H0259" month|strong="H2320" each|strong="H0376" year|strong="H8141". They|strong="H1992" provided|strong="H3557" everything|strong="H3605" [LIT|strong="H0215"] that|strong="H0834" Solomon|strong="H8010" required|strong="H7592". 
\verseNumber{28}They|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" brought|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stalks|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} barley|strong="H8184" and|strong="H3967" wheat|strong="H2406" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" fast|strong="H6685" horses|strong="H5483" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w pulled|strong="H5265"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w chariots|strong="H7393"\+w*} and|strong="H3967" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w*} horses|strong="H5483". They|strong="H1992" brought|strong="H0935" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" places|strong="H1116" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" horses|strong="H5483" were|strong="H0834" kept|strong="H8104". 

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\verseNumber{29}God|strong="H0430" enabled|strong="H5414" Solomon|strong="H8010" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" extremely|strong="H3966" wise|strong="H2450" and|strong="H3967" to|strong="H0413" have|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1419" insight|strong="H7919"/understanding|strong="H8394". He|strong="H0834" understood|strong="H0995" about|strong="H5439" more|strong="H3254" things|strong="H1697" than|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" grains|strong="H4579" of|strong="H1121" sand|strong="H2344" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" seashore|strong="H3220" [HYP]. 
\verseNumber{30}He|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" wiser|strong="H2449" than|strong="H4480" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wise|strong="H2450" men|strong="H0376" in|strong="H0935" Arabia|strong="H6152" and|strong="H3967" Mesopotamia|strong="H0763" and|strong="H3967" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wise|strong="H2450" men|strong="H0376" in|strong="H0935" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{31}Ethan|strong="H0387" from|strong="H4480" Ezrah|strong="H5834" and|strong="H3967" Heman|strong="H1968" and|strong="H3967" Calcol|strong="H3633" and|strong="H3967" Darda|strong="H1862" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Mahol|strong="H4235" were|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w considered|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w*} very|strong="H3966" wise|strong="H2450", but|strong="H3588" Solomon|strong="H8010" was|strong="H3068" wiser|strong="H2449" than|strong="H4480" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5414". People|strong="H5971" in|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" nearby|strong="H7138" countries|strong="H0776" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H5439" Solomon|strong="H8010". 
\verseNumber{32}He|strong="H0834" composed|strong="H7737"/wrote|strong="H3789" 3,000 ◄proverbs|strong="H4912"/wise|strong="H2450" sayings|strong="H1697"► and|strong="H3967" more|strong="H3254" than|strong="H4480" 1,000 songs|strong="H7892". 
\verseNumber{33}He|strong="H0834" talked|strong="H1696" about|strong="H5439" various|strong="H2921" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="H1121" plants|strong="H6212", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w huge|strong="H1995"\+w*} cedar|strong="H0730" trees|strong="H6086" in|strong="H0935" Lebanon|strong="H3844" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{tiny} hyssop|strong="H0231" plants|strong="H6212" that|strong="H0834" grow|strong="H6779" in|strong="H0935" cracks|strong="H0919" in|strong="H0935" walls|strong="H2346". He|strong="H0834" also|strong="H1571" talked|strong="H1696" about|strong="H5439" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H0929" and|strong="H3967" birds|strong="H5775" and|strong="H3967" reptiles|strong="H2119" and|strong="H3967" fish|strong="H1710". 
\verseNumber{34}People|strong="H5971" came|strong="H0935" from|strong="H4480" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398" to|strong="H0413" hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" wise|strong="H2450" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" Solomon|strong="H8010" said|strong="H0559". Many|strong="H7227" kings|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971" men|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0413" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w then|strong="H0227"\+w* \+w return|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w Solomon|strong="H8010"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Preparations for building the temple }
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\chapterNumber{5}Hiram|strong="H2438", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H3117" Tyre|strong="H6865" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, had|strong="H1961" always|strong="H3605" been|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" close|strong="H5066" friend|strong="H7453" of|strong="H3117" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H3117". When|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3605" Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" appointed|strong="H4150" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" after|strong="H4480" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H4480" longer|strong="H5750" king|strong="H4428", he|strong="H3117" sent|strong="H7971" some|strong="H4480" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H5704" Solomon|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w congratulate|strong="H1288"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5647"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}Solomon|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gave|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w messengers|strong="H4397"\+w*} this|strong="H3117" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1961" take|strong="H1961" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1961" Hiram|strong="H2438": 
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\verseNumber{3}“You|strong="H0859" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H1241" my|strong="H8104" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w led|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H6235"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6242"\+w*} fight|strong="H3898" many|strong="H7227" wars|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" in|strong="H6629" the|strong="H3967" nearby|strong="H7138" countries|strong="H0776". So|strong="H3651" he|strong="H1241" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w arrange|strong="H6186"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6242"\+w*} build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H6235" temple|strong="H1004" in|strong="H6629" which|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0587" [MTY] could|strong="H3201" worship|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", until|strong="H5704" after|strong="H0310" Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3967"\+w* Israeli \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} to|strong="H6242" defeat|strong="H5221" [IDM] all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341". 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H1961" enabled|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5439" to|strong="H5704" have|strong="H1961" peace|strong="H7965" with|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" surrounding|strong="H5439" countries|strong="H0776". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{◄\+w There|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w no|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w danger|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*/\+w We|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w worry|strong="H2347"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*►} we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" attacked|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" my|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H3117", ‘Your|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121", whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3478" enable|strong="H7980" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3478" king|strong="H4428" after|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3117" no|strong="H3605" longer|strong="H5750" king|strong="H4428", will|strong="H3478" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H3117" temple|strong="H1004" for|strong="H5704" me|strong="H3117" [MTY].’ Because|strong="H8478" of|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605", I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3478" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="H5704" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H3117" temple|strong="H1004" in|strong="H3427" which|strong="H3478" we|strong="H3117" can|strong="H4310" worship|strong="H3478" [MTY] Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430". 
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\verseNumber{6}“o|strong="H3069" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* requesting \+w that|strong="H8010"\+w*} you|strong="H1961" command|strong="H6680" your|strong="H1961" workers|strong="H6466" to|strong="H1961" cut|strong="H3772" cedar|strong="H0730" trees|strong="H6086" for|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961". My|strong="H1961" men|strong="H8147" will|strong="H1961" work|strong="H4399" with|strong="H8147" them|strong="H8147", and|strong="H5483" I|strong="H8147" will|strong="H1961" pay|strong="H7999" your|strong="H1961" workers|strong="H6466" whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H1961" decide|strong="H3198". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H1961"\+w*} my|strong="H1961" men|strong="H8147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cannot|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w alone|strong="H0905"\+w*,} because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1961" know|strong="H3045" how|strong="H4100" to|strong="H1961" cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H3381" trees|strong="H6086" like|strong="H1961" your|strong="H1961" workers|strong="H6466" from|strong="H1961" Sidon|strong="H6721" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} do|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H3588" Hiram|strong="H2438" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H1697" Solomon|strong="H8010", he|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1697" very|strong="H3966" happy|strong="H0835" and|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1697", “I|strong="H1697" praise|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068" today|strong="H3117" for|strong="H4428" giving|strong="H5414" David|strong="H1732" a|strong="H3808" very|strong="H3966" wise|strong="H2450" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H4428" rule|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" nation|strong="H1471"!” 
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\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H8033" sent|strong="H7971" this|strong="H1961" message|strong="H1697" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1961" Solomon|strong="H8010": “I|strong="H8033" have|strong="H1961" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H1961" message|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1961" you|strong="H4725" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961", and|strong="H4941" I|strong="H8033" am|strong="H1961" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4941" you|strong="H4725" ask|strong="H7592". I|strong="H8033" will|strong="H1961" provide|strong="H6213" cedar|strong="H0730" and|strong="H4941" cypress|strong="H1265" logs|strong="H6086". 
\verseNumber{9}My|strong="H5414" workers|strong="H6466" will|strong="H3820" bring|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" logs|strong="H6086" down|strong="H5414" from|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w*} Lebanon|strong="H3844" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w mountains|strong="H2022"\+w*} to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Mediterranean} sea|strong="H3220". Then|strong="H5414" they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3820" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tie|strong="H6029"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w together|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w*} make|strong="H5414" rafts|strong="H1702" to|strong="H5921" float|strong="H6687" them|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w*} along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" coast|strong="H1366" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" indicate. Then|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" workers|strong="H6466" will|strong="H3820" untie the|strong="H5921" logs|strong="H6086", and|strong="H2451" your|strong="H5414" workers|strong="H6466" will|strong="H3820" take|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" from|strong="H5921" there|strong="H8033". What|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H8193" is|strong="H3820" to|strong="H5921" supply|strong="H4294" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3820" who|strong="H0834" work|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5414" palace|strong="H1004".” 
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\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H7235" Hiram|strong="H2438" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w arranged|strong="H6186"\+w* \+w for|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w workers|strong="H6466"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4714"\+w*} supply|strong="H4294" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cedar|strong="H0730" and|strong="H1121" cypress|strong="H1265" logs|strong="H6086" that|strong="H3605" Solomon|strong="H8010" wanted|strong="H2654". 
\verseNumber{11}Each|strong="H3605" year|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" gave|strong="H1961" Hiram|strong="H2438" 100,000 bushels of|strong="H1121" wheat|strong="H2406" and|strong="H1121" 110,000 gallons|strong="H1324" of|strong="H1121" pure|strong="H2889" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081" to|strong="H1961" feed|strong="H7462" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1471" who|strong="H3605" worked|strong="H2388" in|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{12}Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" Solomon|strong="H8010" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H1961" wise|strong="H2450", just|strong="H1696" like|strong="H1961" he|strong="H2568" had|strong="H1961" promised|strong="H1696". Solomon|strong="H8010" and|strong="H2568" Hiram|strong="H2438" made|strong="H1696" a|strong="H1961" treaty|strong="H1285"/agreement|strong="H7284" that|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H1961" peace|strong="H7965" between|strong="H0996" their|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w two|strong="H8147"\+w* governments/\+w countries|strong="H0776"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{13}King|strong="H5921" Solomon|strong="H8010" forced|strong="H4522" 30,000 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" all|strong="H5704" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H1696" become|strong="H3318" his|strong="H5921" workers|strong="H6466". 
\verseNumber{14}Adoniram|strong="H0141" was|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3605" boss. Solomon|strong="H8010" divided|strong="H0914" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" into|strong="H0413" three|strong="H7969" groups|strong="H7218". Each|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320" 10,000 of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H8085" went|strong="H5971" to|strong="H8085" Lebanon|strong="H3844" and|strong="H4428" worked|strong="H2388" for|strong="H4428" a|strong="H8085" month|strong="H2320" there|strong="H3605", and|strong="H4428" then|strong="H8085" they|strong="H5971" came|strong="H5971" back|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004" for|strong="H4428" two|strong="H8147" months|strong="H2320". 
\verseNumber{15}Solomon|strong="H8010" also|strong="H1732" forced|strong="H4522" 80,000 men|strong="H5650" to|strong="H7971" cut|strong="H3772" stones|strong="H0068" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" hilly area|strong="H1508" and|strong="H7971" 70,000 men|strong="H5650" to|strong="H7971" haul|strong="H5267" the|strong="H3605" stones|strong="H0068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H7971" he|strong="H8010" also|strong="H8010" assigned|strong="H5414" 3,600 men|strong="H0376" to|strong="H7971" supervise|strong="H5329" their|strong="H7971" work|strong="H4399". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H6440" king|strong="H6440" also|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" his|strong="H5414" workers|strong="H1129" to|strong="H5704" cut|strong="H7272" huge|strong="H1995" blocks|strong="H4383" of|strong="H1004" stones|strong="H0068" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" quarries|strong="H6456" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H5704" smooth|strong="H3474" the|strong="H6440" sides|strong="H3411" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" stones|strong="H0068". Those|strong="H5437" huge|strong="H1995" stones|strong="H0068" were|strong="H1732" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" foundation|strong="H3245" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{18}Solomon’s|strong="H8010" workers|strong="H6466" and|strong="H3068" Hiram’s|strong="H2438" workers|strong="H6466" and|strong="H3068" men|strong="H7451" from|strong="H3068" Gebal|strong="H1381"/Byblos \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} shaped|strong="H8246" the|strong="H3068" stones|strong="H0068" and|strong="H3068" prepared|strong="H3559" the|strong="H3068" timber|strong="H6086" to|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Solomon’s men built the temple }
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\chapterNumber{6}480 years|strong="H8141" after|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121" left|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714", during|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" fourth|strong="H7243" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H1931" Solomon|strong="H8010" ruled|strong="H4427" Israel|strong="H3478", early|strong="H7925" in|strong="H8141" May|strong="H1961", Solomon’s|strong="H8010" workers|strong="H1129" began|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3318" build|strong="H1129" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{2}Inside|strong="H1004", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w main|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" was|strong="H3068" 90 feet|strong="H7272" long|strong="H0753", 30 feet|strong="H7272" wide|strong="H7341", and|strong="H3068" 45 feet|strong="H7272" high|strong="H6967". 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H6440" entrance|strong="H6607" room|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1004" 15 feet|strong="H7272" long|strong="H6440" and|strong="H6242" 30 feet|strong="H7272" wide|strong="H7341", just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H6440" wide|strong="H7341" as|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" main|strong="H1419" part|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{4}There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1004" windows|strong="H2474" in|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w walls|strong="H2346"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} the|strong="H6213" temple|strong="H1004". The|strong="H6213" windows|strong="H2474" were|strong="H1004" narrower|strong="H7114" on|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6213" outside|strong="H2351" than|strong="H4480" on|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6213" inside|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{5}Against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H6213" sides|strong="H6763" and|strong="H1004" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" back|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" walls|strong="H7023", they|strong="H5921" built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H6213" structure|strong="H0846"/building|strong="H1129" that|strong="H6213" had|strong="H1129" rooms|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w structure|strong="H0846"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w three|strong="H7969"\+w* levels/\+w stories|strong="H6763"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w each|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1004"\+w* 7-1/2 \+w feet|strong="H7272"\+w* \+w high|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Each|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w room|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1004"\+w*} the|strong="H3588" lowest|strong="H8481" level|strong="H4334"/story|strong="H4605" was|strong="H1004" 7-1/2 feet|strong="H7272" wide|strong="H7341". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Each|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w room|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1004"\+w*} the|strong="H3588" middle|strong="H8484" level|strong="H4334"/story|strong="H4605" was|strong="H1004" nine|strong="H8672" feet|strong="H7272" wide|strong="H7341". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w rooms|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1004"\+w*} the|strong="H3588" top|strong="H7218" level|strong="H4334"/story|strong="H4605" were|strong="H5414" 10-1/2 feet|strong="H7272" wide|strong="H7341". The|strong="H3588" wall|strong="H7023" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" temple|strong="H1004" at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" top|strong="H7218" level|strong="H4334"/story|strong="H4605" was|strong="H1004" thinner than|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" wall|strong="H7023" at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" middle|strong="H8484" level|strong="H4334"/story|strong="H4605", and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" wall|strong="H7023" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" middle|strong="H8484" level|strong="H4334"/story|strong="H4605" was|strong="H1004" thinner than|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" wall|strong="H7023" at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" bottom|strong="H3247" level|strong="H4334"/story|strong="H4605". The|strong="H3588" result|strong="H6903" was|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" rooms|strong="H1004" could|strong="H3201" be|strong="H5414" supported|strong="H0310" by|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" wall|strong="H7023" underneath|strong="H8478" them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1004" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1115" require|strong="H1875" wooden|strong="H6086" beams|strong="H3773" to|strong="H5414" support|strong="H2388" them|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H3605" huge|strong="H1995" stones|strong="H0068" for|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w foundation|strong="H3245"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" were|strong="H3627" cut|strong="H3772" and|strong="H1004" shaped|strong="H8003" at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" quarry|strong="H4551" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w smooth|strong="H3474"\+w*}. The|strong="H3605" result|strong="H6903" was|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3605" while|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" workers|strong="H1129" were|strong="H3627" building|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" there|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1004" no|strong="H3808" noise|strong="H8085", because|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" use|strong="H4399" hammers|strong="H4717" or|strong="H3808" chisels or|strong="H3808" any|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" iron|strong="H1270" tools|strong="H0240" there|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H5921" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5921" bottom|strong="H3247" level|strong="H4334"/story|strong="H4605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w attached|strong="H2266"\+w* \+w structure|strong="H0846"\+w*} was|strong="H1004" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" south|strong="H3233" side|strong="H3802" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004". There|strong="H5927" were|strong="H1004" stairs|strong="H3883" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" bottom|strong="H3247" level|strong="H4334"/story|strong="H4605" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5921" middle|strong="H8484" and|strong="H1004" top|strong="H4480" level|strong="H4334"/story|strong="H4605". 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H3651" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w workers|strong="H1129"\+w*} finished|strong="H3615" building|strong="H1129" the|strong="H1129" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w framework|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1129"\+w*} temple|strong="H1004". They|strong="H1992" made|strong="H1129" the|strong="H1129" ceiling|strong="H7023" from|strong="H1004" cedar|strong="H0730" beams|strong="H1356" and|strong="H1004" boards|strong="H7713". 
\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H5921" built|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" structure|strong="H0846" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1129" three|strong="H7969" levels/stories|strong="H3330", that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1004" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" walls|strong="H2346" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". Each|strong="H3605" level|strong="H4334"/story|strong="H4605" was|strong="H1004" 7-1/2 feet|strong="H7272" high|strong="H6967", and|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1004" joined|strong="H2266" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" cedar|strong="H6967" beams|strong="H6086". 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" Solomon|strong="H8010": 
\verseNumber{12}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w*} about|strong="H1697" this|strong="H2088" temple|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1697" building|strong="H1129". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3605" continually|strong="H3605" obey|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H8104" statutes|strong="H2708" and|strong="H6965" laws|strong="H8451" and|strong="H6965" commands|strong="H4687", I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H1004" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H1697" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" your|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{13}I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H5971" live|strong="H7931" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H8432" Israeli people|strong="H5971", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w this|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*,} and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H5971" never|strong="H3808" abandon|strong="H5800" them|strong="H8432".” 
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\verseNumber{14}Solomon’s|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w workers|strong="H1129"\+w* } finished|strong="H3615" building|strong="H1129" the|strong="H1129" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{15}On|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1129" inside|strong="H1004", they|strong="H5704" lined|strong="H3591"/covered|strong="H6823" the|strong="H1129" walls|strong="H7023" with|strong="H1004" cedar|strong="H0730" boards|strong="H6763". They|strong="H5704" lined|strong="H3591"/covered|strong="H6823" them|strong="H5704" from|strong="H5704" the|strong="H1129" floor|strong="H7172" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H1129" ceiling|strong="H7023". They|strong="H5704" made|strong="H1129" the|strong="H1129" floor|strong="H7172" from|strong="H5704" cypress|strong="H1265" boards|strong="H6763". 
\verseNumber{16}Inside|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" back|strong="H1004" part|strong="H3411" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H4480" temple|strong="H1004" they|strong="H5704" built|strong="H1129" an|strong="H1129" inner|strong="H1687" room|strong="H1004", called|strong="H7121" the|strong="H4480" Very|strong="H5704" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H6944". It|strong="H5704" was|strong="H1004" 30 feet|strong="H6944" long|strong="H5704". All|strong="H5704" the|strong="H4480" walls|strong="H7023" of|strong="H1004" this|strong="H1004" room|strong="H1004" were|strong="H1004" lined|strong="H3591" with|strong="H1004" cedar|strong="H0730" boards|strong="H6763". 
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\verseNumber{19}At|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" back|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004" they|strong="H8033" made|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" Very|strong="H3966" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H5414", where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H5414" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" would|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{24-26}They|strong="H1992" each|strong="H0376" were|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" size|strong="H4060" and|strong="H3967" had|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" shape|strong="H8478". They|strong="H1992" each|strong="H0376" had|strong="H3068" two|strong="H8147" wings|strong="H3671" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w were|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w spread|strong="H6566"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3318"\+w*}. Each|strong="H0376" wing|strong="H3671" was|strong="H3068" 7-1/2 feet|strong="H7272" long|strong="H0753", with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" distance|strong="H7350" between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H3605" outer|strong="H2435" ends|strong="H7098" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" wings|strong="H3671" was|strong="H3068" 15 feet|strong="H7272". 
\verseNumber{27}They|strong="H5414" put|strong="H5414" those|strong="H1992" statues|strong="H2088" next|strong="H8145" to|strong="H5414" each|strong="H5414" other|strong="H8145" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" Very|strong="H7023" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H5414" so|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" wing|strong="H3671" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" one|strong="H3671" touched|strong="H5060" the|strong="H5414" one|strong="H3671" wing|strong="H3671" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" other|strong="H8145" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" center|strong="H8432" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" room|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" outer|strong="H2435" wings|strong="H3671" touched|strong="H5060" the|strong="H5414" walls|strong="H7023". 
\verseNumber{28}They|strong="H1992" covered|strong="H6823" the|strong="H6823" statues|strong="H2088" with|strong="H6823" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w thin|strong="H1851"\+w* \+w sheets|strong="H6341"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2091"\+w*} gold|strong="H2091". 
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\verseNumber{31}They|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" set|strong="H6213" of|strong="H6086" doors|strong="H1817" from|strong="H6086" olive|strong="H8081" tree|strong="H6086" wood|strong="H6086", and|strong="H6086" placed|strong="H5414" them|strong="H6213" at|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" Very|strong="H6213" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H6607". The|strong="H6213" doorposts|strong="H4201" joined|strong="H2266" at|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" top|strong="H7218" to|strong="H6213" form|strong="H8389" a|strong="H6213" pointed arch. 
\verseNumber{32}The|strong="H5921" doors|strong="H1817" were|strong="H3742" decorated|strong="H5927" by|strong="H5921" carving|strong="H2799" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" representations of|strong="H6086" winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H2416", palm|strong="H8561" trees|strong="H6086", and|strong="H6086" flowers|strong="H6731". All|strong="H5921" of|strong="H6086" these|strong="H8147" things|strong="H8147" were|strong="H3742" covered|strong="H6823" with|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w thin|strong="H1851"\+w* \+w sheets|strong="H6341"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6086"\+w*} gold|strong="H2091". 
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\verseNumber{36}They|strong="H2691" built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" courtyard|strong="H2691" in|strong="H1129" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H2905" the|strong="H1129" temple|strong="H1004". The|strong="H1129" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H1129" courtyard|strong="H2691" were|strong="H7969" made|strong="H1129" of|strong="H2905" cedar|strong="H0730" and|strong="H7969" stone|strong="H1496"; to|strong="H2691" make|strong="H6213" the|strong="H1129" walls|strong="H2346", between|strong="H0996" each|strong="H0376" layer|strong="H7902" of|strong="H2905" cedar|strong="H0730" beams|strong="H3773" they|strong="H2691" put|strong="H5414" down|strong="H3381" two|strong="H8147" layers|strong="H5073" of|strong="H2905" stone|strong="H1496". 
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\verseNumber{37}They|strong="H3068" laid|strong="H3245" the|strong="H3068" foundation|strong="H3245" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068" in|strong="H8141" early|strong="H7925" May|strong="H3068", in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3068" fourth|strong="H7243" year|strong="H8141" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Solomon|strong="H8010"\+w* \+w ruled|strong="H4427"\+w*}. 
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\chapterNumber{7}They|strong="H8141" also|strong="H8010" built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" palace|strong="H1004" for|strong="H1004" Solomon|strong="H8010", but|strong="H3605" it|strong="H3615" required|strong="H7592" 13 years|strong="H8141" to|strong="H1004" build|strong="H1129" it|strong="H3615". 
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\verseNumber{5}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" windows|strong="H8260" and|strong="H7969" doorways|strong="H6607" had|strong="H7969" rectangular frames|strong="H8260". The|strong="H3605" windows|strong="H8260" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" long|strong="H3605" wall|strong="H2346" on|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" side|strong="H6285" faced|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" windows|strong="H8260" on|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H6471" side|strong="H6285". 
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\verseNumber{6}They|strong="H5921" also|strong="H6213" built|strong="H6213" another|strong="H6440" building|strong="H1129" called|strong="H7121" the|strong="H6440" Hall|strong="H0197" of|strong="H6440" Pillars|strong="H5982". It|strong="H5921" was|strong="H6440" 75 feet|strong="H7272" long|strong="H6440" and|strong="H7970" 45 feet|strong="H7272" wide|strong="H7341". It|strong="H5921" had|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" covered|strong="H3680" porch|strong="H0197" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whose|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w roof|strong="H1406"\+w* \+w was|strong="H6440"\+w*} supported|strong="H0310" by|strong="H5921" pillars|strong="H5982". 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H6213" they|strong="H8033" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" building|strong="H1129" called|strong="H8033" the|strong="H6213" Hall|strong="H0197" of|strong="H3678" the|strong="H6213" Throne|strong="H3678". It|strong="H6213" was|strong="H6213" also|strong="H6213" called|strong="H8033" the|strong="H6213" Hall|strong="H0197" of|strong="H3678" Judgment|strong="H4941". That|strong="H5704" was|strong="H6213" where|strong="H8033" Solomon|strong="H8010" decided|strong="H3289"/judged|strong="H8199" concerning|strong="H5921" people’s|strong="H5971" disputes|strong="H6099". The|strong="H6213" walls|strong="H2346" were|strong="H4941" covered|strong="H5603" with|strong="H6213" cedar|strong="H0730" boards|strong="H7175", from|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6213" floor|strong="H7172" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6213" rafters|strong="H7351". 
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\verseNumber{8}In|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3947" courtyard|strong="H2691" behind|strong="H0310" the|strong="H3947" Hall|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Judgment|strong="H4941" they|strong="H8033" built|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1961" house|strong="H1004" for|strong="H6213" Solomon|strong="H8010" to|strong="H1961" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" that|strong="H2088" was|strong="H1961" made|strong="H6213" like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3947" other|strong="H2088" buildings|strong="H1004". They|strong="H8033" also|strong="H6213" built|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3947" same|strong="H2088" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H1004" house|strong="H1004" for|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802", who|strong="H3427" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3947" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1004" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
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\verseNumber{9}All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" those|strong="H3605" buildings|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1419" the|strong="H3605" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004" courtyard|strong="H2691" were|strong="H1419" made|strong="H3605" from|strong="H5704" costly|strong="H3368" blocks|strong="H4383" of|strong="H1004" stone|strong="H1496", from|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" foundations|strong="H4144" up|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" eaves. The|strong="H3605" stones|strong="H1496" were|strong="H1419" cut|strong="H1496" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w quarry|strong="H2672"\+w*}, according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" sizes that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1419" needed|strong="H1767", and|strong="H1419" the|strong="H3605" sides|strong="H3411" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" stones|strong="H1496" were|strong="H1419" shaped|strong="H8246" by|strong="H5704" cutting|strong="H2799"/smoothing them|strong="H5704" with|strong="H1004" saws|strong="H4050". 
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\verseNumber{13-14}There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H0935" Tyre|strong="H6865" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} whose|strong="H0834" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H3068" Huram|strong="H2361". He|strong="H0834" knew|strong="H3045" how|strong="H4100" to|strong="H0413" make|strong="H6213" very|strong="H3966" nice|strong="H2899" things|strong="H1697" from|strong="H4480" bronze|strong="H5178". His|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H0935" Tyre|strong="H6865" and|strong="H3967" had|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" been|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" skilled|strong="H2450" at|strong="H3427" making|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697" from|strong="H4480" bronze|strong="H5178", but|strong="H3588" Huram’s|strong="H2361" father|strong="H0001" was|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" living|strong="H2416". His|strong="H3605" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H3068" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Naphtali|strong="H5321". Huram|strong="H2361" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" wise|strong="H2450" and|strong="H3967" intelligent|strong="H0995" and|strong="H3967" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" skilled|strong="H2450" at|strong="H3427" making|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697" from|strong="H4480" bronze|strong="H5178". Solomon|strong="H8010" invited|strong="H7121" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" come|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w supervise|strong="H5329"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" of|strong="H1121" making|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697" from|strong="H4480" bronze|strong="H5178", and|strong="H3967" Huram|strong="H2361" agreed|strong="H8085". 
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\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H8147" made|strong="H5437" two|strong="H8147" bronze|strong="H5178" pillars|strong="H5982". Each|strong="H8147" one|strong="H8147" was|strong="H6967" 27 feet|strong="H7272" tall|strong="H6967" and|strong="H8147" 18 feet|strong="H7272" around|strong="H5437". Each|strong="H8147" was|strong="H6967" hollow|strong="H5014", and|strong="H8147" the|strong="H5437" walls|strong="H2346" of|strong="H5982" the|strong="H5437" pillars|strong="H5982" were|strong="H8147" 3 in|strong="H5437"./7.4 cm. thick|strong="H6205". 
\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H6213" also|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" two|strong="H8147" bronze|strong="H5178" caps|strong="H4021" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H5414" put|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" pillars|strong="H5982". Each|strong="H5414" cap was|strong="H7218" 7-1/2 feet|strong="H7272" tall|strong="H6967". 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H7218" he|strong="H5921" made|strong="H4639" bronze|strong="H5178" wreaths|strong="H1434" of|strong="H7218" chains|strong="H8333" to|strong="H5921" decorate|strong="H5710" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H7218" part|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" each|strong="H0376" pillar|strong="H5982". 
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\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H5921" top|strong="H7218" part|strong="H7218" over|strong="H5921" each|strong="H0376" pillar|strong="H5982" was|strong="H7218" shaped|strong="H4639" like|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" lily|strong="H7799". Each|strong="H0376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lily|strong="H7799"\+w* \+w leaf|strong="H5929"\+w*} was|strong="H7218" six|strong="H8337" feet|strong="H7272" tall|strong="H7311". 
\verseNumber{20}These|strong="H8147" top|strong="H4605" parts|strong="H3411" were|strong="H8147" placed|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" bowl-shaped|strong="H1543" section|strong="H8145" around|strong="H5439" which|strong="H3805" was|strong="H3805" draped the|strong="H5921" wreaths|strong="H7639" of|strong="H5982" chains|strong="H8333". He|strong="H8147" made|strong="H1571" 200 \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w figures|strong="H1823"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3805"\+w* represented} pomegranates|strong="H7416" and|strong="H3967" put|strong="H8147" them|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" rows|strong="H2905" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H4605"/head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H5982" each|strong="H5439" pillar|strong="H5982". 
\verseNumber{21}His|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w helpers|strong="H5826"\+w*} set|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" the|strong="H7121" pillars|strong="H5982" in|strong="H8034" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H8034" the|strong="H7121" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H8034" the|strong="H7121" temple|strong="H1964". The|strong="H7121" pillar|strong="H5982" on|strong="H6965" the|strong="H7121" south|strong="H3233" side|strong="H6285" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H7121" Jakin|strong="H3199", and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H7121" pillar|strong="H5982" on|strong="H6965" the|strong="H7121" north|strong="H6828" side|strong="H6285" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H7121" Boaz|strong="H1162". 
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So|strong="H5921" Huram|strong="H2361" and|strong="H7218" his|strong="H5921" helpers|strong="H5826" finished|strong="H8552" making|strong="H4639" the|strong="H5921" bronze|strong="H5178" pillars|strong="H5982". 
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\verseNumber{23}Huram|strong="H2361" also|strong="H6213" constructed|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" very|strong="H5704" large|strong="H1419" round|strong="H5439" bronze|strong="H5178" tank that|strong="H6213" was|strong="H6967" made|strong="H6213" of|strong="H8193" metal|strong="H6213" and|strong="H7970" cast|strong="H7993" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w clay|strong="H2635"\+w* \+w mold|strong="H4404"\+w*}. It|strong="H6213" was|strong="H6967" 7-1/2 ft./2.3 meters high|strong="H6967", 30 feet|strong="H7272"/9 meters across|strong="H5676"/wide|strong="H7341", and|strong="H7970" 45 feet|strong="H7272"/13.5 meters around|strong="H5439" it|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{24}Around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H8478" outer|strong="H2435" edge|strong="H8193" of|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" rim|strong="H8193" of|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" tank were|strong="H8147" two|strong="H8147" rows|strong="H2905" of|strong="H8478" gourds|strong="H6497" that|strong="H3220" were|strong="H8147" made|strong="H5437" of|strong="H8478" bronze|strong="H5178". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H8193"\+w*} the|strong="H8478" gourds|strong="H6497" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w cast|strong="H3332"\+w* separately; \+w they|strong="H8478"\+w*} were|strong="H8147" cast|strong="H3332" in|strong="H3220" the|strong="H8478" same|strong="H1931" mold|strong="H4404" as|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" rest|strong="H3333" of|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" tank. For|strong="H8478" each|strong="H5439" foot|strong="H8478" of|strong="H8478" length|strong="H0753" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H8478" rim|strong="H8193" of|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" tank there|strong="H8478" were|strong="H8147" six|strong="H8337" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w figures|strong="H1823"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8478"\+w*} gourds|strong="H6497". 
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\verseNumber{25}Huram|strong="H2361" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w cast|strong="H7993"\+w*} twelve|strong="H8147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w bronze|strong="H5178"\+w* \+w statues|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} oxen|strong="H1241". He|strong="H3605" placed|strong="H5975" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" face|strong="H6437" outward|strong="H2435". He|strong="H3605" placed|strong="H5975" three|strong="H7969" of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" face|strong="H6437" north|strong="H6828", three|strong="H7969" to|strong="H5921" face|strong="H6437" west|strong="H3220", three|strong="H7969" to|strong="H5921" face|strong="H6437" south|strong="H5045", and|strong="H1004" three|strong="H7969" to|strong="H5921" face|strong="H6437" east|strong="H4217". His|strong="H3605" helpers|strong="H5826" put|strong="H8147" the|strong="H3605" bronze|strong="H5178" tank on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" backs|strong="H6203" of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w statues|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" oxen|strong="H1241". 
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\verseNumber{27}Huram|strong="H2361" also|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" ten|strong="H6235" bronze|strong="H5178" carts|strong="H5699". Each|strong="H0376" was|strong="H6967" six|strong="H7969" feet|strong="H7272" long|strong="H0753" and|strong="H6213" six|strong="H7969" feet|strong="H7272" wide|strong="H7341" and|strong="H6213" 4-1/2 feet|strong="H7272" tall|strong="H6967". 
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\verseNumber{32}The|strong="H8478" wheels|strong="H0212" were|strong="H3027" 27 inches|strong="H0753" high|strong="H6967". They|strong="H3027" were|strong="H3027" below|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" panels. The|strong="H8478" wheels|strong="H0212" were|strong="H3027" connected|strong="H5439" to|strong="H3027" axles|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3027" had|strong="H3027" been|strong="H1961" cast|strong="H7993" in|strong="H3027" the|strong="H8478" same|strong="H1931" mold|strong="H4404" as|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H8478" cart|strong="H5699". 
\verseNumber{33}The|strong="H3605" wheels|strong="H0212" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" carts|strong="H5699" were|strong="H3027" like|strong="H4818" the|strong="H3605" wheels|strong="H0212" of|strong="H3027" chariots|strong="H4818". The|strong="H3605" axles|strong="H3027", the|strong="H3605" rims|strong="H1354", the|strong="H3605" spokes|strong="H2839", and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" hubs|strong="H2840" were|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" cast|strong="H3332" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w bronze|strong="H5178"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{34}At|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" top|strong="H4480" corners|strong="H6438" of|strong="H4480" each|strong="H0376" cart|strong="H5699" there|strong="H4480" were|strong="H4480" handles|strong="H3709". These|strong="H0428" were|strong="H4480" cast|strong="H7993" in|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" same|strong="H4480" mold|strong="H4404" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H4480" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" cart|strong="H5699". 
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\verseNumber{37}That|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" how|strong="H6213" Huram|strong="H2361" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" ten|strong="H6235" carts|strong="H5699". They|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w cast|strong="H7993"\+w* \+w in|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w same|strong="H2063"\+w* \+w mold|strong="H4404"\+w*, \+w so|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w they|strong="H6213"\+w*} were|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" alike|strong="H3162": They|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H2063" size|strong="H4060" and|strong="H6213" had|strong="H4350" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H2063" shape|strong="H8478". 
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\verseNumber{38}Huram|strong="H2361" also|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" ten|strong="H6235" bronze|strong="H5178" basins|strong="H3595", one|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" each|strong="H0376" cart|strong="H5699". Each|strong="H0376" basin|strong="H3595" was|strong="H6213" six|strong="H8337" feet|strong="H7272" across|strong="H5921" and|strong="H6213" held|strong="H6213" 200 gallons|strong="H1324" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{39}Huram|strong="H2361" placed|strong="H5414" five|strong="H2568" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" carts|strong="H5699" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" south|strong="H5045" side|strong="H3802" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" five|strong="H2568" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" north|strong="H8040" side|strong="H3802". He|strong="H2568" put|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" big|strong="H0931" tank at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" southeast|strong="H5045" corner|strong="H3802". 
\verseNumber{40}Huram|strong="H2361" also|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" pots|strong="H5518", shovels|strong="H3257" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w carrying|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w ashes|strong="H0665"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" bowls|strong="H4219" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w carrying|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w blood|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w animals|strong="H0929"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sacrificed|strong="H6213"\+w*}. He|strong="H6213" completed|strong="H3615" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" that|strong="H3605" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" requested|strong="H7592" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w list|strong="H4557"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w bronze|strong="H5178"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w he|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w made|strong="H6213"\+w*}: 
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\verseNumber{41}the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" pillars|strong="H5982"; 
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the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" top|strong="H7218" parts|strong="H3411" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1543" put|strong="H8147" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" pillars|strong="H5982"; 
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the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" wreaths|strong="H7639" of|strong="H7218" chains|strong="H8333" to|strong="H5921" decorate|strong="H5710" the|strong="H5921" tops|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" pillars|strong="H5982"; 
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\verseNumber{42}the|strong="H6440" 400 \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w figures|strong="H1823"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w*} pomegranates|strong="H7416", in|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" rows|strong="H2905", with|strong="H5921" 100 in|strong="H5921" each|strong="H8147" row|strong="H2905", that|strong="H3805" were|strong="H8147" placed|strong="H5414" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" top|strong="H3805" parts|strong="H3411" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" pillars|strong="H5982"; 
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\verseNumber{43}the|strong="H5921" ten|strong="H6235" carts|strong="H5699"; 
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the|strong="H5921" ten|strong="H6235" basins|strong="H3595"; 
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\verseNumber{44}the|strong="H8478" big|strong="H0931" tank; 
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the|strong="H8478" twelve|strong="H8147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w statues|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8478"\+w*} oxen|strong="H1241" on|strong="H8478" whose|strong="H0834" backs|strong="H6203" the|strong="H8478" tank was|strong="H3220" placed|strong="H5414"; 
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\verseNumber{45}the|strong="H3605" pots|strong="H5518", shovels|strong="H3257" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w ashes|strong="H0665"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" bowls|strong="H4219". 
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Huram|strong="H2361" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w workers|strong="H6213"\+w*} made|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" for|strong="H6213" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" and|strong="H3068" put|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". They|strong="H3068" were|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" made|strong="H6213" of|strong="H4428" polished|strong="H4803" bronze|strong="H5178". 
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\verseNumber{46}They|strong="H4428" made|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5414" by|strong="H3383" pouring|strong="H5258" melted|strong="H4549" bronze|strong="H5178" into|strong="H3332" the|strong="H3332" clay|strong="H4568" molds that|strong="H4428" Huram|strong="H2361" had|strong="H4428" set|strong="H3332" up|strong="H4428" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H3332" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} Valley|strong="H3603", between|strong="H0996" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3332"\+w* \+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Succoth|strong="H5523" and|strong="H4428" Zarethan|strong="H6891". 
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\verseNumber{47}Solomon|strong="H8010" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w workers|strong="H6466"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8010"\+w*} weigh|strong="H4948" those|strong="H3605" bronze|strong="H5178" objects|strong="H3627", because|strong="H7230" there|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3627" many|strong="H7230" items|strong="H3627". So|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" ever|strong="H3808" knew|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H3808" weighed|strong="H4948". 
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\verseNumber{48}Solomon’s|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w workers|strong="H6213"\+w*} also|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091" items|strong="H3627" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004": 
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the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196"; 
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the|strong="H3605" table|strong="H7979" on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" put|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" bread|strong="H3899" placed|strong="H5414" before|strong="H6440" God|strong="H3068"; 
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\verseNumber{49}the|strong="H6440" ten|strong="H6235" lampstands|strong="H4501" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H2091"\+w* \+w were|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w put|strong="H5414"\+w*} in|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Very|strong="H3966" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H4725", five|strong="H2568" on|strong="H2091" the|strong="H6440" south|strong="H3225" side|strong="H3225" and|strong="H2091" five|strong="H2568" on|strong="H2091" the|strong="H6440" north|strong="H8040" side|strong="H3225"; 
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the|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{decorations \+w that|strong="H2091"\+w* \+w resembled|strong="H1823"\+w*} flowers|strong="H6525"; 
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the|strong="H6440" lamps|strong="H5216"; 
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the|strong="H6440" tongs|strong="H4457" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w grasp|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w hot|strong="H2552"\+w* \+w coals|strong="H1513"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{50}the|strong="H5462" cups|strong="H5592", the|strong="H5462" gold|strong="H2091" lamp|strong="H5216" wick|strong="H6594" snuffers|strong="H4212", the|strong="H5462" small|strong="H6996" lamp|strong="H5216" bowls|strong="H4219", the|strong="H5462" dishes|strong="H7086" for|strong="H1004" incense|strong="H7004", the|strong="H5462" pans|strong="H3709" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w carrying|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5462"\+w* \+w hot|strong="H2552"\+w* \+w coals|strong="H1513"\+w*}, and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5462" hinges|strong="H6596" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5462" doors|strong="H1817" at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5462" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5462" Very|strong="H3966" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H6944" and|strong="H1004" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5462" doors|strong="H1817" at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5462" entrance|strong="H6607" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5462"\+w* \+w main|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w room|strong="H1004"\+w*} of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5462" temple|strong="H1004". 
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Those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H6944" were|strong="H3709" all|strong="H3605" made|strong="H6213" of|strong="H1004" gold|strong="H2091". 
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\verseNumber{51}So|strong="H6213" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w workers|strong="H4399"\+w*} finished|strong="H7999" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". Then|strong="H5414" they|strong="H3068" placed|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" storerooms all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H6944" that|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" dedicated|strong="H6944" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068"—all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3068" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" items|strong="H3627". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The sacred chest was brought to the temple }
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\chapterNumber{8}Solomon|strong="H8010" then|strong="H4428" summoned|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H4294", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" clans|strong="H4940". He|strong="H1931" wanted|strong="H2654" them|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" join|strong="H2266" in|strong="H3478" bringing|strong="H5927" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" from|strong="H5927" Zion|strong="H6726" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Hill|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}, where|strong="H0834" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" part|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" David’. 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H1931" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli leaders|strong="H7218" came|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" during|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Festival|strong="H2282" of|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Living|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Temporary|strong="H5521"\+w*} Shelters|strong="H5521", in|strong="H3478" October. 
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\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H5375" they|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" arrived|strong="H0935", the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" 
\verseNumber{4}and|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H5927" it|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". The|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Levi|strong="H3881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w assisted|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w*} helped|strong="H5826" them|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" carry|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" things|strong="H6944" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H5927" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" and|strong="H3478" many|strong="H7230" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H3259" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" sacrificed|strong="H2076" a|strong="H2076" huge|strong="H7230" amount|strong="H7230" of|strong="H4428" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3478" oxen|strong="H1241". No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3478" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3478" count|strong="H5608" the|strong="H3605" sacrifices|strong="H2076" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w so|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7230"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" priests|strong="H3548" then|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3548" the|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3068" Very|strong="H3966" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H4725" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" placed|strong="H5414" it|strong="H3068" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3068" wings|strong="H3671" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w statues|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w*} winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H2416". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H5921" wings|strong="H3671" of|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" statues|strong="H2088" spread|strong="H6566" out|strong="H6566" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" and|strong="H4725" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" poles|strong="H0905" by|strong="H5921" which|strong="H4725" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H4725" carried|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H6440" poles|strong="H0905" were|strong="H1961" so|strong="H4480" long|strong="H5704" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" ends|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" poles|strong="H0905" could|strong="H2088" be|strong="H1961" seen|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w who|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w standing|strong="H5975"\+w*} at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" Most|strong="H6944" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H6944", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3117" could|strong="H2088" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" seen|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w standing|strong="H5975"\+w*} outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1687". Those|strong="H4480" poles|strong="H0905" are|strong="H3117" still|strong="H5704" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H3068" only|strong="H7535" things|strong="H8147" that|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" were|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" two|strong="H8147" stone|strong="H0068" tablets|strong="H3871" that|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872" had|strong="H3068" put|strong="H3240" there|strong="H8033" at|strong="H3478" Sinai|strong="H5514" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*}, where|strong="H8033" Yahweh|strong="H3068" made|strong="H3772" an|strong="H3772" agreement|strong="H7284" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1121" after|strong="H3318" they|strong="H8033" left|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
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\verseNumber{10}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3068" priests|strong="H3548" came|strong="H1961" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w suddenly|strong="H6597"\+w*} it|strong="H1961" was|strong="H3068" filled|strong="H4390" with|strong="H4390" a|strong="H1961" cloud|strong="H6051". 
\verseNumber{11}It|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" rhe glory|strong="H3519"/radiance|strong="H5051" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" filled|strong="H4390" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004", with|strong="H4390" the|strong="H6440" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548" were|strong="H1004" not|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" continue|strong="H5975" their|strong="H3068" work|strong="H4399". 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H3068" Solomon|strong="H8010" prayed|strong="H6419" this|strong="H3068": 
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“Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H3068" placed|strong="H7931" the|strong="H3068" sun|strong="H8121" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" sky|strong="H8064", 
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but|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H3068" decided|strong="H3289" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859" would|strong="H3068" live|strong="H7931" in|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" dark|strong="H6205" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w clouds|strong="H5645"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{13}I|strong="H1004" have|strong="H1129" built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H3427" you|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" magnificent|strong="H0117" temple|strong="H1004", 
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a|strong="H1129" place|strong="H4349" for|strong="H3427" you|strong="H1129" to|strong="H1004" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" forever|strong="H5769".” 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H5975", while|strong="H5975" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" stood|strong="H5975" there|strong="H5975", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" turned|strong="H5437" around|strong="H5437" and|strong="H3478" faced|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} bless|strong="H1288" them|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696", “Praise|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0587" Israelis belong|strong="H1961"! By|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3068" own|strong="H3027" power|strong="H3027" he|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H3027" what|strong="H6310" he|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" give|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" my|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732". What|strong="H6310" he|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" was|strong="H3068" this|strong="H1696": 
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\verseNumber{16}‘rom the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H3117" brought|strong="H3318" my|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1004" Egypt|strong="H4714", I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" never|strong="H3808" chosen|strong="H0977" any|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" in|strong="H5921" which|strong="H1004" a|strong="H1961" temple|strong="H1004" should|strong="H3117" be|strong="H1961" built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3318" worship|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5921" there|strong="H8033". But|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3117" chose|strong="H0977" you|strong="H3605", David|strong="H1732", to|strong="H3318" rule|strong="H4910" my|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971".” 
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\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w Solomon|strong="H8010"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w*}, “My|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732" wanted|strong="H3824" to|strong="H3478" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1961" temple|strong="H1004" in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3068" we|strong="H8034" Israeli people|strong="H5971" could|strong="H3824" worship|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" there|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H6965" now|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H3478" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3068". I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H3678" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H1696" succeed|strong="H6965" my|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H6965" I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H3068" ruling|strong="H3427" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3427", like|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696". I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w arranged|strong="H6186"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w*} this|strong="H1696" temple|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1697"\+w*} built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921" Israelis to|strong="H1696" worship|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068", to|strong="H1696" whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H1697" Israelis belong|strong="H8478". 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H5975" Solomon|strong="H8010" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3478" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" which|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" facing|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3709" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" gathered|strong="H8010" there|strong="H5975". He|strong="H3068" spread|strong="H6566" out|strong="H6566" his|strong="H3605" arms|strong="H2220" toward|strong="H6440" heaven|strong="H8064", 
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“Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H6440" we|strong="H1980" Israeli people|strong="H3820" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w belong|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w*/\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, there|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3605" god|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3644" you|strong="H6440" up|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" heaven|strong="H8064" or|strong="H3068" down|strong="H1980" here|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064". You|strong="H6440" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H6440" would|strong="H3068" faithfully|strong="H2617" love|strong="H2617" us|strong="H5921". And|strong="H1980" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H5921" you|strong="H6440" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H1980" for|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921" who|strong="H3605" earnestly|strong="H5650" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H5921" you|strong="H6440" want|strong="H4270" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1980" do|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{24}You|strong="H3117" have|strong="H5650" done|strong="H3027" the|strong="H8104" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" promised|strong="H1696" my|strong="H8104" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732", who|strong="H5650" served|strong="H5647" you|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w well|strong="H1696"\+w*}, that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" would|strong="H5650" do|strong="H8104". Truly|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3117" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H8104" these|strong="H2088" things|strong="H1697" for|strong="H3027" him|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3117" today|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3117" by|strong="H3027" your|strong="H8104" power|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3117" have|strong="H5650" done|strong="H3027" them|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{25}So|strong="H1980" now|strong="H6258", Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6440" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H6440" we|strong="H1980" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w belong|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*/\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, please|strong="H4994" do|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" promised|strong="H1696" my|strong="H8104" father|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" would|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". You|strong="H6440" told|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3068" there|strong="H3427" would|strong="H3068" always|strong="H7535" be|strong="H3808" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8104" descendants|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H3427" Israel|strong="H3478", if|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" conduct|strong="H1870" their|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H3427" as|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3808", you|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" really|strong="H2088" live|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H8064". There|strong="H2009" is|strong="H2088" surely|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" enough|strong="H1767" space|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" sky|strong="H8064", or|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" heaven|strong="H8064". So|strong="H3808" there|strong="H2009" is|strong="H2088" surely|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" enough|strong="H1767" space|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5921" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" this|strong="H2088" temple|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H5921" workers|strong="H1129" have|strong="H1129" built|strong="H1129". 
\verseNumber{28}But|strong="H6437" Yahweh|strong="H3068", my|strong="H8085" God|strong="H3068", please|strong="H8085" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440" while|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H3068" praying|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" this|strong="H6440" day|strong="H3117", 
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\verseNumber{30}I|strong="H2088" request|strong="H1246" that|strong="H5971" when|strong="H8085" I|strong="H2088" pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3478" your|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971" pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5971" while|strong="H2088" they|strong="H5971" turn|strong="H5971" toward|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725", that|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3427" your|strong="H8085" home|strong="H4725" in|strong="H3427" heaven|strong="H8064" you|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" hear|strong="H8085" us|strong="H8085" and|strong="H3478" forgive|strong="H5545" us|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w we|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w have|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w committed|strong="H3478"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{31}If|strong="H2398" someone|strong="H0376" is|strong="H2088" accused|strong="H7170" of|strong="H1004" doing|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" wrong|strong="H2398" to|strong="H6440" another|strong="H7453" person|strong="H6440", and|strong="H1004" they|strong="H6440" bring|strong="H2398" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" your|strong="H6440" altar|strong="H4196" outside|strong="H2351" this|strong="H2088" holy|strong="H6944" temple|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1004" if|strong="H2398" he|strong="H1004" says|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H2088" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H2088" do|strong="H2088" that|strong="H4196"; may|strong="H1004" God|strong="H0430" punish|strong="H6485" me|strong="H6440" if|strong="H2398" I|strong="H2088" am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H2088" telling|strong="H1696" the|strong="H6440" truth|strong="H0571",’ 
\verseNumber{32}then|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" listen|strong="H8085" from|strong="H8085" heaven|strong="H8064", and|strong="H8064" decide|strong="H8199" who|strong="H5650" is|strong="H1870" telling|strong="H1696" the|strong="H8085" truth|strong="H0571". Then|strong="H5414" punish|strong="H6213" the|strong="H8085" person|strong="H8199" who|strong="H5650" is|strong="H1870" guilty|strong="H7563" as|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" deserves|strong="H1288" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H7563" punished|strong="H6485", and|strong="H8064" declare|strong="H6663" that|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" other|strong="H0312" person|strong="H8199" is|strong="H1870" innocent|strong="H6666". 
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\verseNumber{33}And|strong="H3478" when|strong="H7725" your|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" defeated|strong="H5062" by|strong="H3478" their|strong="H6440" enemies|strong="H0341" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w a|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H6440"\+w*} because|strong="H6440" they|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w if|strong="H2603"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w forced|strong="H4522"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w go|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w some|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w distant|strong="H7350"\+w* \+w country|strong="H2022"\+w*,} if|strong="H2603" they|strong="H5971" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" their|strong="H6440" sinful|strong="H2398" behavior|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3478" turn|strong="H7725" toward|strong="H6440" this|strong="H2088" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3478" admit|strong="H8085" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w justly|strong="H4941"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7725"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" if|strong="H2603" they|strong="H5971" plead|strong="H7378" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w forgive|strong="H5545"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7725"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{59}I|strong="H3117" pray|strong="H2603" that|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" these|strong="H6213" words|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" prayed|strong="H6419", pleading|strong="H1696" for|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5971"; I|strong="H3117" pray|strong="H2603" that|strong="H5971" he|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H1961" them|strong="H6440" by|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3478" by|strong="H3117" night|strong="H3915". I|strong="H3117" pray|strong="H2603" that|strong="H5971" he|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3117" help|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H6213"\+w*} Israeli people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3478" me|strong="H6440", giving|strong="H5414" us|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5971" we|strong="H3117" need|strong="H1697" day|strong="H3117" by|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{60}If|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" does|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people-groups in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" only|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3605" other|strong="H5750" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{61}I|strong="H3117" pray|strong="H6419" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*,} will|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3117" be|strong="H1961" fully|strong="H8003" committed|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3212" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H8104" all|strong="H3212" his|strong="H8104" statutes|strong="H2706" and|strong="H3068" commands|strong="H4687", like|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" doing|strong="H6213" now|strong="H1961".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Solomon|strong="H8010" dedicated|strong="H6942" the|strong="H8104" temple|strong="H1004" }
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\verseNumber{62}Then|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" there|strong="H3605" offered|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{63}They|strong="H3068" sacrificed|strong="H2076" 22,000 cattle|strong="H1241" and|strong="H3967" 120,000 sheep|strong="H6629" to|strong="H3478" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Then|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3967" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" dedicated|strong="H2596" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{64}On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117", the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" also|strong="H3068" dedicated|strong="H6942"/set|strong="H6942" apart|strong="H6942" the|strong="H6440" middle|strong="H8432" part|strong="H8432" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" courtyard|strong="H2691" that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004". Then|strong="H6213" he|strong="H1931" offered|strong="H6213" sacrifices|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*}, the|strong="H6440" offerings|strong="H8002" of|strong="H4428" grain|strong="H1715" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" fat|strong="H2459" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3117" sacrificed|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068". They|strong="H3588" sacrificed|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6440" there|strong="H8033" because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" bronze|strong="H5178" altar|strong="H4196" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6213" big|strong="H0931" enough|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H6213" those|strong="H1931" sacrifices|strong="H5930" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" on|strong="H3117" it|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{65}Then|strong="H6213" Solomon|strong="H8010" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1931" celebrated|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Festival|strong="H2282" of|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Living|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Temporary|strong="H5521"\+w*} Shelters|strong="H5521" for|strong="H5704" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". There|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H6213" huge|strong="H1995" crowd|strong="H6951" of|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1931" there|strong="H3117", some|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H6440" had|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3478" from|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w distant|strong="H7350"\+w* \+w places|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w like|strong="H5973"\+w*} Hamath|strong="H2574" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w far|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w far|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{66}On|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" eighth|strong="H8066" day|strong="H3117", Solomon|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3605" homes|strong="H1004". They|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" praised|strong="H1288" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3478" went|strong="H3212" home|strong="H3212" happy|strong="H8056" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" bless|strong="H1288" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh’s repiy to Solomon’s prayer }
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\chapterNumber{9}After|strong="H1961" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w workers|strong="H6213"\+w*} had|strong="H3068" finished|strong="H3615" building|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Solomon|strong="H8010" wanted|strong="H2654" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129", 
\verseNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w dream|strong="H2472"\+w*} a|strong="H7200" second|strong="H8145" time|strong="H8145", like|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7200" at|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Gibeon|strong="H1391". 
\verseNumber{3}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H6440", 
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“I|strong="H3117" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H2088" you|strong="H6440" prayed|strong="H6419" and|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2088" you|strong="H6440" pleaded|strong="H2603" for|strong="H5704" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H3068". I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" set|strong="H7760" apart|strong="H6942"/dedicated|strong="H6942" this|strong="H2088" temple|strong="H1004" which|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w workers|strong="H1129"\+w*} have|strong="H1961" built|strong="H1129" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H7760" where|strong="H8033" people|strong="H5869" will|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" me|strong="H6440" forever|strong="H5769". I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" watch|strong="H5869" over|strong="H6440" it|strong="H7760" and|strong="H3068" protect|strong="H3117" it|strong="H7760". 
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\verseNumber{4}“nd as|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6440", if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H6440" conduct|strong="H1870" your|strong="H3605" life|strong="H4941" as|strong="H6213" I|strong="H6680" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1980", like|strong="H1980" your|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732" did|strong="H6213", and|strong="H1980" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H6440" very|strong="H6213" sincerely|strong="H8549" obey|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" statutes|strong="H2706" and|strong="H1980" laws|strong="H2706" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H6680" have|strong="H3605" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1980" obey|strong="H6213", 
\verseNumber{5}I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1732" I|strong="H5921" promised|strong="H1696" your|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" that|strong="H3478" I|strong="H5921" would|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213": I|strong="H5921" promised|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" would|strong="H3478" always|strong="H5769" be|strong="H3808" ruled|strong="H4427" by|strong="H5921" his|strong="H1732" descendants|strong="H2233". 
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\verseNumber{6}“ut if|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414" or|strong="H3808" your|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H1121" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" me|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" disobey|strong="H0854" the|strong="H6440" commands|strong="H4687" and|strong="H1121" decrees|strong="H2711" that|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1121" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1980" you|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1121" if|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414" start|strong="H1870" to|strong="H1980" worship|strong="H7812" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H1980", 
\verseNumber{7}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" remove|strong="H6440" my|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H6440" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H5414". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" also|strong="H8034" abandon|strong="H5414" this|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1961" set|strong="H5414" apart|strong="H6942"/dedicated|strong="H6942" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H5414" where|strong="H1004" people|strong="H5971" should|strong="H3478" worship|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5414". Then|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" everywhere|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" despise|strong="H3988" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" make|strong="H5414" fun of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{8}This|strong="H2088" temple|strong="H1004" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" heap|strong="H5945" of|strong="H1004" ruins|strong="H5945". Everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" passes|strong="H5674" by|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" astonished|strong="H8074" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" shocked|strong="H8074" and|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559", ‘Why|strong="H4100" has|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" to|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" temple|strong="H1004"?’ 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H3068" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5800" will|strong="H3068" reply|strong="H7725", ‘It|strong="H5921" happened|strong="H1961" because|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5800" abandoned|strong="H5800" Yahweh|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" brought|strong="H3318" their|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714". They|strong="H3651" started|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" accept|strong="H7521" and|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" other|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430". And|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" why|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5647" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3318" experience|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H2063" disasters|strong="H7451".’ ” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Other|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Solomon|strong="H8010" did|strong="H3068" }
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\verseNumber{10}Solomon’s|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w workers|strong="H1129"\+w*} labored|strong="H3021" for|strong="H3068" 20 years|strong="H8141" to|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" palace|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{11}Hiram|strong="H2438", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Tyre|strong="H6865" had|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w arranged|strong="H6186"\+w* \+w for|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w workers|strong="H6466"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w*} give|strong="H5414" Solomon|strong="H8010" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cedar|strong="H0730" and|strong="H6242" pine|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w logs|strong="H6086"\+w*} and|strong="H6242" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" needed|strong="H2656" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w this|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w work|strong="H5414"\+w*}. After|strong="H0310" it|strong="H5414" was|strong="H5892" all|strong="H3605" finished|strong="H3615", King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" Hiram|strong="H2438" 20 cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Galilee|strong="H1551" region|strong="H2256". 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H3808" when|strong="H7200" Hiram|strong="H2438" went|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" Tyre|strong="H6865" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w Galilee|strong="H1551"\+w*} to|strong="H3318" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H7200" Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H8010" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H5414", he|strong="H5414" was|strong="H5892" not|strong="H3808" pleased|strong="H3474" with|strong="H3318" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="H3117" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5704" Solomon|strong="H8010", “My|strong="H5414" friend|strong="H7453", those|strong="H2088" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" are|strong="H3117" worthless|strong="H1100"!” So|strong="H7121", that|strong="H3117" area|strong="H1508" is|strong="H2088" still|strong="H5704" called|strong="H7121" ‘Worthless’. 
\verseNumber{14}Hiram|strong="H2438" paid|strong="H5414" Solomon|strong="H7971" only|strong="H0389" five|strong="H2568" tons of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{15}This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1129" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3068" work|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" forced|strong="H4522" men|strong="H4522" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". He|strong="H3068" forced|strong="H4522" them|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" terraces|strong="H4546"/landfills \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w east|strong="H6921"\+w* \+w side|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" wall|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w rebuild|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Hazor|strong="H2674" and|strong="H3068" Megiddo|strong="H4023" and|strong="H3068" Gezer|strong="H1507". 
\verseNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w reason|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w needed|strong="H1767"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w rebuild|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w Gezer|strong="H1507"\+w* \+w was|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w army|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" had|strong="H8010" attacked|strong="H5927" Gezer|strong="H1507" and|strong="H4428" captured|strong="H3920" it|strong="H5414". Then|strong="H5414" they|strong="H3920" had|strong="H8010" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w houses|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w*} the|strong="H5414" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H4428" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group who|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". The|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" gave|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5414" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H5927" his|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323" as|strong="H5927" a|strong="H5414" gift|strong="H5414" when|strong="H3427" she|strong="H5892" married|strong="H3427" Solomon|strong="H8010". 
\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H3651" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" workers|strong="H1129" also|strong="H8010" rebuilt|strong="H1129" Gezer|strong="H1507", and|strong="H1129" they|strong="H1992" also|strong="H8010" rebuilt|strong="H1129" Lower|strong="H8481" Beth-Horon|strong="H1032" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{18}They|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" rebuilt|strong="H1129" Baalath|strong="H1191" and|strong="H4057" Tamar|strong="H8559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w*} in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H4057" desert|strong="H4057" in|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H4057"\+w* \+w southern|strong="H5045"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4057"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{19}They|strong="H3605" also|strong="H8010" built|strong="H1129" cities|strong="H5892" where|strong="H1129" they|strong="H3605" kept|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" supplies|strong="H4399" for|strong="H3389" Solomon|strong="H8010", the|strong="H3605" places|strong="H3605" where|strong="H1129" his|strong="H3605" horses|strong="H6571" and|strong="H5892" chariots|strong="H7393" were|strong="H1961" kept|strong="H1961". They|strong="H3605" also|strong="H8010" built|strong="H1129" everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Solomon|strong="H8010" wanted|strong="H2836" them|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" build|strong="H1129", in|strong="H5892" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" Lebanon|strong="H3844", and|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" other|strong="H3605" places|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" over|strong="H3605" which|strong="H5892" he|strong="H3605" ruled|strong="H4427". 
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\verseNumber{20}There|strong="H1992" were|strong="H3478" many|strong="H3808" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Amor people-group, the|strong="H3605" Heth|strong="H2845" people-group, the|strong="H3605" Periz people-group, the|strong="H3605" Hiv people-group, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Jebus|strong="H2982" people-group who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H2026" when|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Israelis captured|strong="H3920" their|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{21}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Their|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w still|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. It|strong="H5927" was|strong="H3478" those|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H0834" Solomon|strong="H8010" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H5647" his|strong="H3478" slaves|strong="H5647" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w build|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w all|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w places|strong="H1116"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" still|strong="H3201" slaves|strong="H5647". 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" Solomon|strong="H8010" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" force|strong="H2394" any|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" slaves|strong="H5650". Some|strong="H1992" Israeis became|strong="H5650" soldiers|strong="H5650" and|strong="H1121" army|strong="H4421" officers|strong="H8269" and|strong="H1121" commanders|strong="H8269" and|strong="H1121" drivers of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H1121" soldiers|strong="H5650" who|strong="H1121" rode|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5414" horses|strong="H6571". 
\verseNumber{23}There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H5971" 550 officials|strong="H8269" who|strong="H5971" supervised|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" slaves|strong="H5650" who|strong="H5971" worked|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w build|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w all|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w those|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w places|strong="H1116"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{24}After|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*, \+w who|strong="H6547"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1732"\+w*} the|strong="H1129" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1129" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1004" Egypt|strong="H4714", moved|strong="H4131" from|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w place|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w outside|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H1129" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1004" David’ to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H1129" palace|strong="H1004" that|strong="H5892" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" workers|strong="H1129" built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H1004" her|strong="H1129", Solomon|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w workers|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w*} fill|strong="H4390" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1129" slopes|strong="H0794" on|strong="H5927" the|strong="H1129" east|strong="H6921" side|strong="H6285" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1129" city|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{25}Three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471" each|strong="H6471" year|strong="H8141" Solomon|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w brought|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*} offerings|strong="H8002" that|strong="H3068" were|strong="H7969" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H6999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H3068" restore|strong="H7999" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068". He|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H5927" incense|strong="H6999" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H6999" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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And|strong="H3068" so|strong="H5927" his|strong="H3068" men|strong="H0376" finished|strong="H7999" building|strong="H1129" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{26}King|strong="H4428" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w workers|strong="H6213"\+w*} also|strong="H6213" built|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" fleet|strong="H0590" of|strong="H4428" ships|strong="H0591" at|strong="H5921" Ezion-Geber|strong="H6100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, which|strong="H4428" is|strong="H4428" near|strong="H5921" Elath|strong="H0359" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" shore|strong="H8193" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Gulf of|strong="H4428" Aqaba, in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" belonging to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Edom|strong="H0112" people-group. 
\verseNumber{27}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Hiram|strong="H2438" sent|strong="H7971" some|strong="H4480" very|strong="H3045" expert|strong="H6186" sailors|strong="H4419" to|strong="H7971" work|strong="H4399" on|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3045" ships|strong="H0591" with|strong="H5973" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" workers|strong="H6466". 
\verseNumber{28}They|strong="H8033" sailed|strong="H1980" to|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3947"\+w*} Ophir|strong="H0211" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H3603"\+w*} and|strong="H3967" brought|strong="H3947" back|strong="H3947" to|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" about|strong="H8033" 16 tons of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091". 

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\chapterNumber{10}The|strong="H8085" queen|strong="H4436" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w ruled|strong="H4427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w*} Sheba|strong="H7614" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*} heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" Solomon|strong="H8010" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" famous|strong="H8034", so|strong="H8085" she|strong="H1931" traveled|strong="H5265" to|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H3068" ask|strong="H7592" him|strong="H8085" questions|strong="H2420" that|strong="H8085" were|strong="H3068" difficult|strong="H2420" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w answer|strong="H6030"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}She|strong="H5973" came|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" a|strong="H1961" large|strong="H3515" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3605" wealthy|strong="H2428"/influential people|strong="H1696", and|strong="H2091" she|strong="H5973" brought|strong="H5375" camels|strong="H1581" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" loaded|strong="H5375" with|strong="H5973" spices|strong="H1314", and|strong="H2091" valuable|strong="H3368" gems|strong="H0068", and|strong="H2091" a|strong="H1961" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091". When|strong="H1961" she|strong="H5973" met|strong="H5375" Solomon|strong="H8010", she|strong="H5973" asked|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5973" questions|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" topics/things|strong="H3605" in|strong="H1696" which|strong="H2428" she|strong="H5973" was|strong="H1961" interested. 
\verseNumber{3}Solomon|strong="H8010" answered|strong="H5046" all|strong="H3605" her|strong="H3605" questions|strong="H1697". He|strong="H3605" explained|strong="H0560" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" she|strong="H3808" asked|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1961", even|strong="H3808" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" difficult|strong="H6381". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3605" queen|strong="H4436" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" Solomon|strong="H8010" was|strong="H1004" very|strong="H3966" wise|strong="H2451". She|strong="H1931" saw|strong="H7200" his|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004"; 
\verseNumber{5}she|strong="H3808" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3068" food|strong="H3978" that|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" served|strong="H8334" on|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" table|strong="H7979" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w every|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*}; she|strong="H3808" saw|strong="H7200" where|strong="H4186" his|strong="H3068" officials|strong="H5650" lived|strong="H4186" (OR|strong="H3808", how|strong="H4100" his|strong="H3068" officials|strong="H5650" were|strong="H1961" seated|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" table|strong="H7979"), their|strong="H3068" uniforms, the|strong="H3068" servants|strong="H5650" who|strong="H3068" served|strong="H8334" the|strong="H3068" food|strong="H3978" and|strong="H3068" wine|strong="H3196", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" sacrifices|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" took|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" offered|strong="H5927". She|strong="H3808" was|strong="H3068" extremely|strong="H3966" amazed|strong="H8539". 
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\verseNumber{6}She|strong="H5921" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010", “Everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H5921" heard|strong="H8085" in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H8085" own|strong="H1961" country|strong="H2022" about|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4428" about|strong="H1961" how|strong="H8085" wise|strong="H2451" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1697" is|strong="H1697" true|strong="H0571"! 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3808" I|strong="H5704" did|strong="H3254" not|strong="H3808" believe|strong="H0539" it|strong="H7200" was|strong="H1697" true|strong="H0571" until|strong="H5704" I|strong="H5704" came|strong="H1697" here|strong="H2009" and|strong="H5869" saw|strong="H7200" it|strong="H7200" myself|strong="H0589". But|strong="H3808" really|strong="H2088", what|strong="H1697" they|strong="H3808" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H7200" is|strong="H1697" only|strong="H5704" half|strong="H2677" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w could|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w have|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w about|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5704"\+w*}. You|strong="H5704" are|strong="H5869" extremely|strong="H5704" wise|strong="H2451" and|strong="H5869" rich|strong="H6223", more|strong="H3254" than|strong="H2896" what|strong="H1697" people|strong="H3808" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{8}Your|strong="H6440" wives|strong="H0802" are|strong="H5650" very|strong="H3966" fortunate|strong="H1409"! Your|strong="H6440" officials|strong="H5650" who|strong="H5650" are|strong="H5650" constantly|strong="H8548" standing|strong="H5975" in|strong="H8085" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" and|strong="H5650" listening|strong="H8085" to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" wise|strong="H2451" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H8085" you|strong="H6440" say|strong="H0559" are|strong="H5650" also|strong="H8085" fortunate|strong="H1409"! 
\verseNumber{9}Praise|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", who|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" shown|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H2654" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" by|strong="H5921" causing|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478"! God|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" always|strong="H5769" loved|strong="H0157" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3478" therefore|strong="H5921" he|strong="H6213" has|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4941" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5414" fairly|strong="H4941" and|strong="H3478" righteously|strong="H6666".” 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" queen|strong="H4436" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w things|strong="H7230"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w she|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w had|strong="H8010"\+w* \+w brought|strong="H5414"\+w*. \+w She|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w*} almost|strong="H3966" five|strong="H2568" tons of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3967" a|strong="H5414" large|strong="H7230" amount|strong="H7230" of|strong="H4428" spices|strong="H1314" and|strong="H3967" valuable|strong="H3368" gems|strong="H0068". Never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H5750" did|strong="H3808" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" receive|strong="H5414" more|strong="H5750" spices|strong="H1314" than|strong="H7235" the|strong="H5414" queen|strong="H4436" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" at|strong="H4428" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H5750". 
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\verseNumber{11}In|strong="H6086" the|strong="H5375" ships|strong="H0591" that|strong="H6086" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5375" King|strong="H4428" Hiram|strong="H2438", in|strong="H6086" which|strong="H6086" they|strong="H5375" had|strong="H7235" previously|strong="H1571" brought|strong="H5375" gold|strong="H2091" from|strong="H2091" Ophir|strong="H0211", they|strong="H5375" also|strong="H1571" brought|strong="H5375" a|strong="H5375" large|strong="H7235" amount|strong="H7235" of|strong="H6086" juniper|strong="H7574" wood|strong="H6086" and|strong="H6086" gems|strong="H0068"/valuable|strong="H3368" stones|strong="H0068". 
\verseNumber{12}King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" told|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3068" workers|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5704" use|strong="H6213" that|strong="H7200" wood|strong="H6086" to|strong="H5704" make|strong="H6213" railings/supports|strong="H4552" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" to|strong="H5704" make|strong="H6213" harps|strong="H3658" and|strong="H3068" lyres|strong="H3658" for|strong="H5704" the|strong="H7200" ◄musicians|strong="H7891"/men|strong="H7891" who|strong="H3068" played|strong="H2181" musical|strong="H7892" instruments|strong="H3627"►. That|strong="H7200" wood|strong="H6086" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" largest amount|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" (OR|strong="H3808", the|strong="H7200" finest|strong="H2459") wood|strong="H6086" that|strong="H7200" had|strong="H3068" ever|strong="H3117" been|strong="H3808" seen|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. And|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H2088" since|strong="H3117" then|strong="H2088" has|strong="H3068" ever|strong="H3117" seen|strong="H7200" so|strong="H3651" much|strong="H6213" wood|strong="H6086" of|strong="H4428" that|strong="H7200" kind|strong="H4327". 
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\verseNumber{13}King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3605" queen|strong="H4436" from|strong="H3027" Sheba|strong="H7614" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" she|strong="H1931" wanted|strong="H2654". He|strong="H1931" gave|strong="H5414" her|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" gifts|strong="H4979" in|strong="H4428" addition|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3605" gifts|strong="H4979" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H1931" always|strong="H3605" gave|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w rulers|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w visited|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w*}. Then|strong="H5414" she|strong="H1931" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1931" who|strong="H3605" came|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3212" her|strong="H3605" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3212" her|strong="H3605" own|strong="H3027" land|strong="H0776". 

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\verseNumber{14}Each|strong="H0376" year|strong="H8141" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" brought|strong="H8010" to|strong="H1961" Solomon|strong="H8010" a|strong="H1961" total|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8141" 25 tons of|strong="H8141" gold|strong="H2091". 
\verseNumber{15}That|strong="H3605" was|strong="H4428" in|strong="H4428" addition|strong="H5921" to|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w taxes|strong="H4061"\+w*} paid|strong="H5414" to|strong="H4428" him|strong="H3605" by|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" merchants|strong="H7402" and|strong="H4428" traders|strong="H7402", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" annual|strong="H6471" taxes|strong="H4061" paid|strong="H5414" by|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Arabia|strong="H6152" and|strong="H4428" by|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" governors|strong="H6346" of|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w regions|strong="H2506"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4428"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{16}King|strong="H4428" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" workers|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w took|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w this|strong="H6213"\+w*} gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3967" hammered|strong="H4749" it|strong="H5921" into|strong="H5927" thin|strong="H1851" sheets|strong="H6341" and|strong="H3967" covered|strong="H3680" 200 large|strong="H6793" shields|strong="H6793" with|strong="H6213" those|strong="H5921" thin|strong="H1851" sheets|strong="H6341" of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091"; they|strong="H5921" put|strong="H5927" ◄almost|strong="H4592" 15 pounds|strong="H1993"/more|strong="H2091" than|strong="H5921" 6 kg.► of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091" on|strong="H5921" each|strong="H0376" shield|strong="H6793". 
\verseNumber{17}His|strong="H5414" workers|strong="H6466" made|strong="H5414" 300 smaller|strong="H4592" shields|strong="H4043". They|strong="H5921" covered|strong="H3680" each|strong="H5414" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5414" with|strong="H1004" ◄almost|strong="H4592" 4 pounds|strong="H1993"/1.5 kg.► of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091". Then|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" put|strong="H5414" those|strong="H5921" shields|strong="H4043" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Hall|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Forest|strong="H3293" of|strong="H4428" Lebanon|strong="H3844". 
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\verseNumber{18}His|strong="H6213" workers|strong="H6213" also|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" large|strong="H1419" throne|strong="H3678". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w was|strong="H4428"\+w*} covered|strong="H6823" with|strong="H6213" ◄ivory|strong="H8127" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{decorations \+w made|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w from|strong="H2091"\+w*►} tusks|strong="H7161" of|strong="H4428" elephants and|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w was|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w covered|strong="H6823"\+w*} with|strong="H6213" very|strong="H1419" fine|strong="H6213" gold|strong="H2091". 
\verseNumber{19-20}There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0834" six|strong="H8337" steps|strong="H4609" in|strong="H0935" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" throne|strong="H3678". There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" statue|strong="H6755" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" lion|strong="H0738" on|strong="H5921" both|strong="H8147" sides|strong="H3411" of|strong="H1121" each|strong="H0376" step|strong="H6587". So|strong="H3651" altogether|strong="H3162" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0834" twelve|strong="H8147" statues|strong="H2088" of|strong="H1121" lions|strong="H3715". The|strong="H3605" back|strong="H7725" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" throne|strong="H3678" was|strong="H3068" rounded|strong="H0990" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" top|strong="H7218". At|strong="H3427" each|strong="H0376" side|strong="H6285" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" throne|strong="H3678" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3068" an|strong="H1129" armrest, and|strong="H3967" alongside|strong="H5980" each|strong="H0376" armrest there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" small|strong="H6996" statue|strong="H6755" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" lion|strong="H0738". No|strong="H3808" throne|strong="H3678" like|strong="H3644" that|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" ever|strong="H5769" existed|strong="H1961" in|strong="H0935" any|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" kingdom|strong="H4467". 
\verseNumber{21}All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" cups|strong="H4945" were|strong="H3117" made|strong="H3627" of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H3701" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" various|strong="H2921" dishes|strong="H7086" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" Hall|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Forest|strong="H3293" of|strong="H4428" Lebanon|strong="H3844" were|strong="H3117" made|strong="H3627" of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091". They|strong="H3117" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" make|strong="H2803" things|strong="H3605" from|strong="H3117" silver|strong="H3701", because|strong="H3117" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" years|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" Solomon|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ruled|strong="H4428"\+w*}, silver|strong="H3701" was|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3808" valuable|strong="H3972". 
\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3588" ◄fleet|strong="H0590"/large|strong="H1419" number|strong="H4557"► of|strong="H4428" ships|strong="H0591" that|strong="H3588" sailed|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3588" ships|strong="H0591" that|strong="H3588" King|strong="H4428" Hiram|strong="H2438" owned|strong="H3426". Every|strong="H8141" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3588" ships|strong="H0591" returned|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H2091"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w places|strong="H1116"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w which|strong="H2091"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w sailed|strong="H1980"\+w*}, bringing|strong="H5375" gold|strong="H2091", silver|strong="H3701", ivory|strong="H8143", monkeys, and|strong="H3701" baboons (OR|strong="H3701", peacocks|strong="H8500"). 
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\verseNumber{23}King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" became|strong="H1431" richer|strong="H6238" and|strong="H4428" wiser|strong="H2451" than|strong="H4428" any|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{24}People|strong="H8085" from|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398" wanted|strong="H1245" to|strong="H5414" come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H2451" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" wise|strong="H2451" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Solomon|strong="H8010" said|strong="H8085", things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" God|strong="H5414" had|strong="H8010" put|strong="H5414" into|strong="H5414" his|strong="H3605" mind|strong="H3820". 
\verseNumber{25}All|strong="H1697" the|strong="H1697" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H1992" came|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1697" him|strong="H1697" brought|strong="H0935" presents|strong="H4503": They|strong="H1992" brought|strong="H0935" things|strong="H1697" made|strong="H3627" from|strong="H2091" silver|strong="H3701" or|strong="H3701" gold|strong="H2091", or|strong="H3701" robes|strong="H0899", or|strong="H3701" weapons|strong="H3627" (OR|strong="H3701", myrrh|strong="H4753"), or|strong="H3701" spices|strong="H1314", or|strong="H3701" horses|strong="H5483", or|strong="H3701" mules|strong="H6505". The|strong="H1697" people|strong="H5971" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H1697" do|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1697" every|strong="H1697" year|strong="H8141". 
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\verseNumber{26}Solomon|strong="H8010" acquired|strong="H6213" 1,400 chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H3967" 12,000 men|strong="H8147" who|strong="H4428" rode|strong="H7392" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w horses|strong="H6571"\+w*} (OR|strong="H8147", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w chariots|strong="H7393"\+w*}). Solomon|strong="H8010" put|strong="H5148" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H8147" in|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3967" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H8147" in|strong="H4428" other|strong="H8147" cities|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" he|strong="H8147" kept|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" chariots|strong="H7393". 
\verseNumber{27}During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" years|strong="H8141" that|strong="H5414" Solomon|strong="H8010" was|strong="H4428" king|strong="H4428", silver|strong="H3701" became|strong="H3205" as|strong="H7230" common|strong="H7230" in|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" as|strong="H7230" stones|strong="H0068"; and|strong="H3701" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{lumber \+w from|strong="H3389"\+w*} cedar|strong="H0730" trees|strong="H8256" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" foothills|strong="H8219" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" was|strong="H4428" as|strong="H7230" plentiful|strong="H7230" as|strong="H7230" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{lumber \+w from|strong="H3389"\+w*} fig|strong="H8384" trees|strong="H8256". 
\verseNumber{28}Solomon’s|strong="H8010" agents bought|strong="H7069" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H4428" supervised|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3947" men|strong="H3947" who|strong="H4428" brougt them|strong="H3947" into|strong="H4714" Israel|strong="H3478" from|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" areas|strong="H0776" of|strong="H4428" Musri and|strong="H4428" Cilicia \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w were|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w famous|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w for|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w breeding|strong="H6629"\+w* \+w horses|strong="H5483"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{29}In|strong="H4428" Musri they|strong="H3651" bought|strong="H7069" chariots|strong="H4818" and|strong="H3967" horses|strong="H5483"; they|strong="H3651" paid|strong="H3318" 600 pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701" for|strong="H3027" each|strong="H3605" chariot|strong="H4818" and|strong="H3967" 150 pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701" for|strong="H3027" each|strong="H3605" horse|strong="H5483". They|strong="H3651" brought|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3318" Israel|strong="H3478". Then|strong="H3318" they|strong="H3651" sold|strong="H3318" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Heth|strong="H2845" people-group and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758". 

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\chapterNumber{11}King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" married|strong="H3947" many|strong="H7227" foreign|strong="H5237" women|strong="H1323". First|strong="H1323" he|strong="H8010" married|strong="H3947" the|strong="H8010" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8010" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714". He|strong="H8010" also|strong="H4428" married|strong="H3947" women|strong="H1323" from|strong="H1323" the|strong="H8010" Heth|strong="H2845" people-group and|strong="H4428" from|strong="H1323" the|strong="H8010" Moab|strong="H4125", Ammon|strong="H4125", and|strong="H4428" Edom|strong="H0112" people-groups, and|strong="H4428" from|strong="H1323" Sidon|strong="H6721" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H3068" married|strong="H3947" them|strong="H1992" even|strong="H3808" though|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" the|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H1471", “Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" marry|strong="H3947" people|strong="H1471" from|strong="H4480" those|strong="H1992" areas|strong="H0776", because|strong="H4480" if|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068", they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H1121" persuade|strong="H6601" you|strong="H3808" [IDM] to|strong="H3478" worship|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" gods|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H1992" worship|strong="H3478"!” 
\verseNumber{3}Solomon|strong="H8010" married|strong="H3947" 700 women|strong="H0802" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H1961" kings’|strong="H4428" daughters|strong="H1323". He|strong="H5186" also|strong="H6370" had|strong="H1961" 300 wives|strong="H0802" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5186" slaves|strong="H5650"/servants|strong="H5650". And|strong="H3967" his|strong="H5186" wives|strong="H0802" caused|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5186" to|strong="H1961" turn|strong="H5186" away|strong="H5186" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}By|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" time|strong="H6256" that|strong="H3068" Solomon|strong="H8010" became|strong="H1961" old|strong="H2209", they|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" persuaded|strong="H5496" him|strong="H5973" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" the|strong="H3068" gods|strong="H0430" from|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" countries|strong="H0776". He|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" completely|strong="H8003" dedicated|strong="H6942"/committed|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" like|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" [SYN] David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{5}Solomon|strong="H8010" worshiped|strong="H7812" Astarte|strong="H6253", the|strong="H8010" goddess|strong="H0430" that|strong="H8010" the|strong="H8010" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H8251" Sidon|strong="H6721" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}, and|strong="H3212" he|strong="H8010" worshiped|strong="H7812" Molech|strong="H4432", the|strong="H8010" disgusting|strong="H8441" god|strong="H0430" that|strong="H8010" the|strong="H8010" Ammon|strong="H5984" people-group \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{6}That’s|strong="H1696" how|strong="H6213" Solomon|strong="H8010" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" were|strong="H5869" evil|strong="H7451". He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" conduct|strong="H1870" his|strong="H3068" life|strong="H5315" like|strong="H3808" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213"; he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" conduct|strong="H1870" his|strong="H3068" life|strong="H5315" as|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" wanted|strong="H2654" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{7}On|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" hill|strong="H2022" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" east|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" he|strong="H3389" built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" place|strong="H1116" to|strong="H5921" worship|strong="H7812" Chemosh|strong="H3645", the|strong="H6440" disgusting|strong="H8441" god|strong="H0430" that|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Moab|strong="H4124" people-group \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1129" place|strong="H1116" to|strong="H5921" worship|strong="H7812" Molech|strong="H4432", the|strong="H6440" disgusting|strong="H8441" god|strong="H0430" that|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H3651" also|strong="H6213" built|strong="H6213" places|strong="H3605" where|strong="H0834" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" foreign|strong="H5237" wives|strong="H0802" could|strong="H3201" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" and|strong="H6213" offer|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H6999" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430" from|strong="H6213" their|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" countries|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{9-10}Even|strong="H1571" though|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}, had|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H0413" Solomon|strong="H8010" two|strong="H8147" times|strong="H6471", and|strong="H3967" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" not|strong="H3808" worship|strong="H7812" foreign|strong="H5237" gods|strong="H0430", Solomon|strong="H8010" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H0413" obey|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068". So|strong="H3651" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H5973" Solomon|strong="H8010", 
\verseNumber{11}and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5414", “You|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1961" chosen|strong="H0977" to|strong="H3068" break|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5414" made|strong="H5414" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" disobey|strong="H0854" what|strong="H2063" I|strong="H5414" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H5414". So|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" surely|strong="H5414" not|strong="H3808" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3068" allow|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H4467" all|strong="H5414" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" kingdom|strong="H4467". I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3068" allow|strong="H5414" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" officials|strong="H5650" to|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H4467" it|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H3808", because|strong="H4616" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H1696"\+w*} your|strong="H6213" father|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1121" allow|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3117" to|strong="H6213" rule|strong="H3027" all|strong="H6213" your|strong="H6213" kingdom|strong="H4467" while|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" still|strong="H5750" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w living|strong="H2416"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w die|strong="H1121"\+w*}, I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" your|strong="H6213" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H6213" rule|strong="H3027" the|strong="H6213" whole|strong="H3117" kingdom|strong="H4467" [MTY]. 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H7535" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5650" not|strong="H3808" take|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4467" away|strong="H7167" from|strong="H1121" him|strong="H5414". Instead|strong="H3808", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5650" allow|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" rule|strong="H4467" one|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H7626" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w besides|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H7626"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}, because|strong="H4616" of|strong="H1121" what|strong="H1732" I|strong="H5414" promised|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" David|strong="H1732", who|strong="H3605" served|strong="H5647" me|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w well|strong="H3190"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" because|strong="H4616" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w David’s|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w rule|strong="H4467"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1121"\+w*} Jerusalem|strong="H3389", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w my|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w located|strong="H0834"\+w*}.” 

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\verseNumber{14}Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H6965" Hadad|strong="H1908", from|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3068" family|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3068" kings|strong="H4428" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Edom|strong="H0112" people-group, to|strong="H3068" rebel|strong="H4775" against|strong="H6965" Solomon|strong="H8010". 
\verseNumber{15-16}What|strong="H4100" happened|strong="H1961" was|strong="H3068" that|strong="H0834" previously|strong="H8543", when|strong="H3588" David’s|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} had|strong="H3068" conquered|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" Edom|strong="H0112" people-group, his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" commander|strong="H8269" Joab|strong="H3097" had|strong="H3068" gone|strong="H1980" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H0413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w help|strong="H5826"\+w*} bury|strong="H6912" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2026" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4421"\+w*}. Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" remained|strong="H3427" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Edom|strong="H0112" area|strong="H1508" for|strong="H3588" six|strong="H8337" months|strong="H2320", and|strong="H3967" during|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" time|strong="H6256" they|strong="H1992" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" males|strong="H2145" of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H0834" area|strong="H1508". 
\verseNumber{17}Hadad|strong="H1908" was|strong="H1931" a|strong="H4714" young|strong="H5288" child|strong="H5288" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w*}, and|strong="H5650" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H4714" escaped|strong="H1272" to|strong="H4714" Egypt|strong="H4714", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H4714" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H5650" his|strong="H1931" father’s|strong="H0001" servants|strong="H5650" from|strong="H1272" the|strong="H5650" Edom|strong="H0112" area|strong="H1508". 
\verseNumber{18}They|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w*} Midian|strong="H4080" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, and|strong="H6965" then|strong="H6965" they|strong="H5414" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w desert|strong="H6160"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w* \+w at|strong="H1004"\+w*} Paran|strong="H6290". Some|strong="H4480" other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H3947" joined|strong="H2266" them|strong="H5414" there|strong="H6965". Then|strong="H6965" they|strong="H5414" all|strong="H5414" traveled|strong="H5265" to|strong="H5414" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5414" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714". The|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" gave|strong="H5414" Hadad|strong="H1908" some|strong="H4480" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H6965" ordered|strong="H3947" his|strong="H5414" servants|strong="H5650" to|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" food|strong="H3899" regularly|strong="H8548". 
\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" liked|strong="H5869" Hadad|strong="H1908". As|strong="H5869" a|strong="H5414" result|strong="H6903" he|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" sister|strong="H0269" of|strong="H5869" his|strong="H5414" own|strong="H5869" wife|strong="H0802", Queen|strong="H1377" Tahpenes|strong="H8472", to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" Hadad’s wife|strong="H0802". 
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\verseNumber{20}Later|strong="H1961" Hadad’s wife|strong="H0802" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" named|strong="H7121" Genubath|strong="H1592". The|strong="H8432" sister|strong="H0269" of|strong="H1121" Tahpenes|strong="H8472" ◄raised|strong="H8432" him|strong="H3205"/brought|strong="H3205" him|strong="H3205" up|strong="H3205"► in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8432" palace|strong="H1004", where|strong="H1004" he|strong="H1004" lived|strong="H8432" with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8432" king’s|strong="H4428" sons|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{21}While|strong="H3588" Hadad|strong="H1908" was|strong="H1732" in|strong="H4191" Egypt|strong="H4714", he|strong="H3588" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1732" died|strong="H4191" [EUP], and|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3588" Joab|strong="H3097", the|strong="H8085" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" David’s|strong="H1732" army|strong="H6635", was|strong="H1732" also|strong="H1732" dead|strong="H4191". So|strong="H7971" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H8269" Egypt|strong="H4714", “Please|strong="H8085" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H4191" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H4191" my|strong="H8085" own|strong="H5973" country|strong="H2022".” 
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\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H7971", “Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" want|strong="H1245" to|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" your|strong="H3588" country|strong="H2022"? Is|strong="H4100" there|strong="H8033" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" lack|strong="H2638" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" want|strong="H1245" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3212" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" you|strong="H3588"?” Hadad|strong="H1908" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", but|strong="H3588" please|strong="H4994" just|strong="H3512" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w allowed|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w leave|strong="H5800"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w own|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w country|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w became|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2638"\+w* \+w Edom|strong="H0112"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{23}God|strong="H0430" also|strong="H4428" caused|strong="H6965" another|strong="H0312" man|strong="H1121" named|strong="H7121" Rezon|strong="H7331", the|strong="H6965" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eliada|strong="H0450", to|strong="H1121" rebel|strong="H4775" against|strong="H6965" Solomon|strong="H8010". Rezon|strong="H7331" had|strong="H4428" run|strong="H7323" away|strong="H1272" from|strong="H1121" his|strong="H6965" master|strong="H0113", King|strong="H4428" Hadadezer|strong="H1909" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6965"\+w*} Zobah|strong="H6678" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w area|strong="H1508"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Damascus|strong="H1834"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{24}Rezon|strong="H7331" then|strong="H1961" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3427" a|strong="H1961" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3427" outlaws. That|strong="H1732" happened|strong="H1961" after|strong="H5921" David’s|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H1416"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w defeated|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w Hadadezer|strong="H1909"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3212"\+w*} had|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H1732"\+w*} killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H6908" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*}. Rezon|strong="H7331" and|strong="H3212" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H1416" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Damascus|strong="H1834" and|strong="H3212" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3212" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H1961", and|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w there|strong="H1961"\+w*} appointed|strong="H4427" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3212" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4427". 
\verseNumber{25}All|strong="H3605" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" Solomon|strong="H8010" was|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416", while|strong="H1961" Rezon|strong="H7331" was|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w only|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Damascus|strong="H1834"\+w* \+w but|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3117"\+w*} Syria|strong="H0758", he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" enemy|strong="H7854" of|strong="H3117" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" caused|strong="H1961" trouble|strong="H7451" for|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" like|strong="H1961" Hadad|strong="H1908" did|strong="H3478". 

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\verseNumber{26}Another|strong="H4480" man|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" rebelled|strong="H7311" against|strong="H4480" [IDM] Solomon|strong="H8010" was|strong="H8034" one|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3027" officials|strong="H5650" named|strong="H8034" Jeroboam|strong="H3379", the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebat|strong="H5028". He|strong="H4480" was|strong="H8034" from|strong="H4480" Zeredah|strong="H6868" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} in|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w region|strong="H2256"\+w* \+w where|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Ephraim|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*}. His|strong="H3027" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H4480" widow|strong="H0490" named|strong="H8034" Zeruah|strong="H6871". 
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\verseNumber{27}This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" what|strong="H1697" happened|strong="H1697". Solomon’s|strong="H8010" workers|strong="H1129" were|strong="H1697" filling|strong="H4390" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H1129" land|strong="H0776"/ground|strong="H0776" on|strong="H3027" the|strong="H1129" east|strong="H6921" side|strong="H2088" of|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H4428" repairing|strong="H3247" the|strong="H1129" walls|strong="H2346" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w around|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{28}Jeroboam|strong="H3379" was|strong="H1931" a|strong="H6213" very|strong="H6213" capable|strong="H2428" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288". So|strong="H6213", when|strong="H3588" Solomon|strong="H8010" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" worked|strong="H6213" very|strong="H6213" hard|strong="H1004", he|strong="H1931" appointed|strong="H6485" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" supervise|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1368" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H2428" forced|strong="H5447" to|strong="H6213" work|strong="H4399" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" areas|strong="H0776" where|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1004" Manasseh|strong="H4519" and|strong="H1004" Ephraim|strong="H0669" live|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{29}One|strong="H1931" day|strong="H6256" when|strong="H1961" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" was|strong="H1961" walking|strong="H1980" alone|strong="H1931" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3680" road|strong="H1870" outside|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1870" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", the|strong="H3680" prophet|strong="H5030" Ahijah|strong="H3680" from|strong="H3318" Shiloh|strong="H7887" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*} met|strong="H4672" him|strong="H4672". Ahijah|strong="H3680" was|strong="H1961" wearing|strong="H2296" a|strong="H1961" new|strong="H2319" robe|strong="H8008", 
\verseNumber{30}which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H8147" took|strong="H8610" off|strong="H5921" and|strong="H8147" tore|strong="H7167" into|strong="H5921" twelve|strong="H8147" pieces|strong="H7168". 
\verseNumber{31}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Jeroboam|strong="H3379", “Take|strong="H3947" ten|strong="H6235" of|strong="H3068" these|strong="H3947" pieces|strong="H7168" for|strong="H3588" yourself|strong="H5414", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, says|strong="H3541" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3588", ‘I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" going|strong="H2005" to|strong="H3478" tear|strong="H7167" the|strong="H3588" kingdom|strong="H4467" from|strong="H3478" Solomon|strong="H8010", and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" going|strong="H2005" to|strong="H3478" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3588" ruler|strong="H4910" of|strong="H3068" ten|strong="H6235" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" tribes|strong="H7626" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{33}I|strong="H3282" am|strong="H1980" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" because|strong="H3282" Solomon|strong="H8010" has|strong="H4124" rejected|strong="H5800" me|strong="H6213" and|strong="H1121" has|strong="H4124" been|strong="H3808" worshiping|strong="H7812" Astarte|strong="H6253", the|strong="H6213" goddess|strong="H0430" that|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Sidon|strong="H6721" worship|strong="H7812", Chemosh|strong="H3645", the|strong="H6213" god|strong="H3808" that|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" Moab|strong="H4124" people-group worship|strong="H7812", and|strong="H1121" Milcom|strong="H4445", the|strong="H6213" god|strong="H3808" that|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group worship|strong="H7812". He|strong="H6213" has|strong="H4124" not|strong="H3808" conducted|strong="H1240" his|strong="H1732" life|strong="H4941" as|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3282" wanted|strong="H2654" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1980". He|strong="H6213" has|strong="H4124" not|strong="H3808" obeyed|strong="H8085" my|strong="H1732" statutes|strong="H2708" and|strong="H1121" laws|strong="H8451", like|strong="H1870" his|strong="H1732" father|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" did|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{34}‘ut I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5650" not|strong="H3808" take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" entire|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4467" away|strong="H3947" from|strong="H3027" him|strong="H3027". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5650" enable|strong="H7980" him|strong="H3027" to|strong="H8104" rule|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" years|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3117" alive|strong="H2416". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5650" do|strong="H8104" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w do|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w*} David|strong="H1732", whom|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" chose|strong="H0977" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4616"\+w*}, and|strong="H3117" who|strong="H3605" served|strong="H5647" me|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w well|strong="H7896"\+w*}, and|strong="H3117" who|strong="H3605" always|strong="H3605" obeyed|strong="H8104" my|strong="H8104" commandments|strong="H4687" and|strong="H3117" laws|strong="H8451". 
\verseNumber{35}But|strong="H3947" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1121" take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} ten|strong="H6235" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" kingdom|strong="H4410" and|strong="H1121" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w rule|strong="H3027"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{36}I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" allow|strong="H5414" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1961" rule|strong="H4910" one|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H7626", in|strong="H3117" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" [MET|strong="H6298"] of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" will|strong="H1961" always|strong="H3605" rule|strong="H4910" in|strong="H3117" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" chosen|strong="H0977" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H7760" where|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*} me|strong="H5414" [MTY]. 
\verseNumber{37}I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" rule|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" territory|strong="H1366" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" want|strong="H5315" to|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{38}If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414" obey|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5414" command|strong="H6680" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1980" do|strong="H6213", and|strong="H1980" conduct|strong="H1870" your|strong="H3605" life|strong="H3605" as|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1980", and|strong="H1980" if|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3477" I|strong="H5414" say|strong="H3478" is|strong="H1870" right|strong="H3477" by|strong="H1870" obeying|strong="H8085" my|strong="H8104" laws|strong="H8451" and|strong="H1980" commandments|strong="H4687" like|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" did|strong="H6213", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" help|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" make|strong="H6213" sure|strong="H8104" that|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H1961" rule|strong="H4910" after|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w die|strong="H1980"\+w*}, like|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w promised|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w*} do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{39}Because|strong="H4616" of|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w*}, I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3808" punish|strong="H6485" David’s|strong="H1732" descendants|strong="H2233", but|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3117" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H4616" forever|strong="H3605".’” 
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\verseNumber{40}Solomon|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w found|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w out|strong="H1245"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\+w* \+w told|strong="H8010"\+w* \+w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\+w*}, so|strong="H1961" he|strong="H5704" tried|strong="H1245" to|strong="H5704" kill|strong="H4191" Jeroboam|strong="H3379". But|strong="H1961" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" escaped|strong="H1272" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5704" Egypt|strong="H4714". He|strong="H5704" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5704" Shishak|strong="H7895", the|strong="H5704" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H6965" stayed|strong="H3427" with|strong="H4714" him|strong="H4191" until|strong="H5704" after|strong="H1961" Solomon|strong="H8010" died|strong="H4191". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Solomon|strong="H8010" died|strong="H4191" }
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\verseNumber{41}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w A|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w record|strong="H3789"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1697"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" Solomon|strong="H8010" did|strong="H6213", and|strong="H2451" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wise|strong="H2451" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w said|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w and|strong="H2451"\+w* \+w wrote|strong="H3789"\+w*}, was|strong="H1697" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Book|strong="H5612" Telling|strong="H1696" what|strong="H1697" Solomon|strong="H8010" Did|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{42}He|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" who|strong="H3605" ruled|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3117" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H5921" 40 years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{43}Then|strong="H1732" Solomon|strong="H8010" died|strong="H4191" [EUP], and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1732" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" the|strong="H8478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H8478" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" David’. And|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The ten tribes rebelled against Rehoboam }
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\chapterNumber{12}All|strong="H3605" [HYP] the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w northern|strong="H6828"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3478" Shechem|strong="H7927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3478" appoint|strong="H4427" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4427". So|strong="H3588" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" also|strong="H3478" went|strong="H3212" there|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{2}When|strong="H1961" Jeroboam|strong="H3379", who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" still|strong="H5750" in|strong="H3427" Egypt|strong="H4714", heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H1961" that|strong="H8085", he|strong="H1931" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H6440" Egypt|strong="H4714" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6951"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w northern|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="H7626"\+w*} summoned|strong="H7121" him|strong="H7121", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3605" went|strong="H3478" together|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w*} to|strong="H1696" Rehoboam|strong="H7346". They|strong="H3605" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H7121", 
\verseNumber{4}“Your|strong="H5414" father|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Solomon|strong="H8010"\+w*} forced|strong="H4522" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" work|strong="H5656" very|strong="H6258" hard|strong="H7186" [MET|strong="H6298"] for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414". If|strong="H7043" you|strong="H5414" ◄lighten|strong="H7043" these|strong="H0428" loads|strong="H4853"/do|strong="H5647" not|strong="H5414" force|strong="H2394" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" work|strong="H5656" that|strong="H5414" hard|strong="H7186"►, and|strong="H5647" if|strong="H7043" you|strong="H5414" charge|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5414" less|strong="H0637" taxes|strong="H4061" than|strong="H5921" we|strong="H6258" were|strong="H5414" paying|strong="H1576" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414", we|strong="H6258" will|strong="H5414" serve|strong="H5647" you|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w faithfully|strong="H0571"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H3117" replied|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H3212" away|strong="H7725", and|strong="H7725" come|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" from|strong="H7725" now|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w give|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w my|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w answer|strong="H7725"\+w*}.” So|strong="H7725" those|strong="H1992" leaders|strong="H7218" and|strong="H7725" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" left|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" consulted|strong="H3289" the|strong="H6440" older|strong="H2205" men|strong="H2205" who|strong="H5971" had|strong="H1961" advised|strong="H3289" his|strong="H7725" father|strong="H0001" Solomon|strong="H8010" while|strong="H1961" he|strong="H8010" was|strong="H1961" still|strong="H5975" living|strong="H2416". He|strong="H8010" asked|strong="H1697" them|strong="H7725", “What|strong="H1697" shall|strong="H5971" I|strong="H1697" say|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" answer|strong="H7725" those|strong="H2088" men|strong="H2205"?” 
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\verseNumber{7}They|strong="H3117" replied|strong="H6030", “If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H1696" serve|strong="H5647" your|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" well|strong="H2896", speak|strong="H1696" kindly|strong="H2896" to|strong="H1696" those|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" when|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" reply|strong="H6030" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H1961". If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H5647" that|strong="H5971", your|strong="H3605" peope will|strong="H1961" always|strong="H3605" serve|strong="H5647" you|strong="H3605" faithfully|strong="H0571".” 
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\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H5800" he|strong="H6440" ignored|strong="H6313" what|strong="H4100" the|strong="H6440" older|strong="H2205" men|strong="H2205" advised|strong="H3289" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" do|strong="H6213". Instead|strong="H8478", he|strong="H6440" consulted|strong="H3289" the|strong="H6440" younger|strong="H6810" men|strong="H2205" who|strong="H5975" had|strong="H3068" grown|strong="H1431" up|strong="H5975" with|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440", who|strong="H5975" were|strong="H2205" now|strong="H6258" ◄his|strong="H6440" advisors/the|strong="H6440" ones|strong="H3206" who|strong="H5975" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H6440" what|strong="H4100" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H6440" good|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" do|strong="H6213"►. 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H4480" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5414", “What|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" I|strong="H5414" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" asking|strong="H7592" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" reduce|strong="H1639" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w work|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w taxes|strong="H4061"\+w*} that|strong="H5971" my|strong="H5414" father|strong="H0001" required|strong="H1697" from|strong="H4480" them|strong="H5414"?” 
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\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H5921" replied|strong="H1696", “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" what|strong="H2088" you|strong="H5921" should|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5921": ‘My|strong="H5921" little|strong="H6995" finger|strong="H6995" is|strong="H2088" thicker|strong="H5666" than|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" father’s|strong="H0001" waist|strong="H4975". 
\verseNumber{11}What|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" mean|strong="H2823" is|strong="H0369" that|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" required|strong="H7592" you|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w hard|strong="H3515"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3254"\+w* \+w pay|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w high|strong="H1116"\+w* \+w taxes|strong="H4061"\+w*}. But|strong="H6258" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3254" make|strong="H3254" those|strong="H5921" loads|strong="H4853" heavier|strong="H3515". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3254"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} my|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" whipped you|strong="H5921", but|strong="H6258" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* wil \+w be|strong="H3254"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3254"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3254" whip|strong="H7752" you|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" whips|strong="H7752" that|strong="H5921" have|strong="H6258" pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H5921" metal|strong="H2830" in|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H7725" three|strong="H7992" days|strong="H3117" later|strong="H7992", Jeroboam|strong="H3379" and|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" came|strong="H5971" to|strong="H1696" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" again|strong="H7725", as|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" had|strong="H4428" told|strong="H1696" them|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H5800" king|strong="H4428" ignored|strong="H6313" the|strong="H5800" advice|strong="H6098" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5800" older|strong="H2205" men|strong="H2205" and|strong="H6030" spoke|strong="H6030" harshly|strong="H7186" to|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5800" Israeli leaders|strong="H2205". 
\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w told|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3206"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w advised|strong="H1696"\+w*.} He|strong="H5921" said|strong="H1696", “My|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" put|strong="H3254" heavy|strong="H3513" burdens|strong="H3513" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6098"\+w* \+w taxes|strong="H4061"\+w*} on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921", but|strong="H1696" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3206" put|strong="H3254" heavier|strong="H3513" burdens|strong="H3513" on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3206"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3254"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} he|strong="H5921" beat|strong="H5221" you|strong="H5921" with|strong="H1696" whips|strong="H7752", but|strong="H1696" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3206" beat|strong="H5221" you|strong="H5921" with|strong="H1696" whips|strong="H7752" that|strong="H3206" have|strong="H1696" pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H5921" metal|strong="H2830" in|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921"!” 
\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H4616" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" any|strong="H1961" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H8085" Israeli leaders|strong="H7218". But|strong="H3588" this|strong="H1696" happened|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" wanted|strong="H4616" would|strong="H3068" occur|strong="H1961", what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" the|strong="H8085" prophet|strong="H1696" Ahijah|strong="H0281" about|strong="H1961" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w becoming|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w ten|strong="H6235"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="H7626"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" Israeli leaders|strong="H7218" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" did|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H7725" any|strong="H3605" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H7725" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1697", they|strong="H3588" shouted|strong="H7321", 
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“We|strong="H3588" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" [RHQ] want|strong="H3808" anything|strong="H3605" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H4100" with|strong="H1004" this|strong="H7200" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732"! 
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We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H7725" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H7725" what|strong="H4100" this|strong="H7200" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448" says|strong="H1697"! 
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You|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", let’s|strong="H1980" go|strong="H3212" home|strong="H1004"! 
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As|strong="H1697" for|strong="H3588" this|strong="H7200" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" [MTY], he|strong="H3588" can|strong="H4100" rule|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H5971" kingdom|strong="H4428" [MTY]!” 
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So|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" Israeli leaders|strong="H7218" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" their|strong="H3605" homes|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3478"\+w*,} the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w* Israeli} people|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H0834" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" ruled|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3478" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" territory|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H7971" King|strong="H4428" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" sent|strong="H7971" Adoniram|strong="H0141" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}. Adoniram|strong="H0141" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H4191" who|strong="H3605" supervised|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w*} forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H3478" work|strong="H4399" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\+w*}. But|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" killed|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5921" throwing|strong="H3027" stones|strong="H0068" at|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". When|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3605" happened|strong="H1961", King|strong="H4428" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" quickly|strong="H4116" got|strong="H5927" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" chariot|strong="H4818" and|strong="H3478" escaped|strong="H5127" to|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{19}Ever|strong="H3117" since|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w northern|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="H7626"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478" have|strong="H3478" been|strong="H6586" rebelling|strong="H4775" against|strong="H6586" the|strong="H3117" descendants|strong="H2233" [MTY] of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} David|strong="H1732". 
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\verseNumber{20}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3808" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" had|strong="H1961" returned|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*}, they|strong="H3588" invited|strong="H7121" him|strong="H7121" to|strong="H7725" come|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" a|strong="H1961" meeting|strong="H4150", and|strong="H3063" there|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3588" appointed|strong="H4427" him|strong="H7121" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478". Only|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\+w*} continued|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H1961" loyal|strong="H0310" to|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w kings|strong="H4427"\+w* \+w descended|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w from|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w King|strong="H4427"\+w*} [MTY] David|strong="H1732". 
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\verseNumber{21}When|strong="H7725" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", he|strong="H6213" gathered|strong="H6950" 180,000 of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" best|strong="H2459" soldiers|strong="H4421" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" [MTY] of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3967" Benjamin|strong="H1144". He|strong="H6213" wanted|strong="H2654" them|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" northern|strong="H6828" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" [MTY] Israel|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w defeat|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7725"\+w*}, in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H6213" could|strong="H3201" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w rule|strong="H4910"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="H7626"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} his|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4410" again|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430" spoke|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1697" prophet|strong="H5030" Shemaiah|strong="H8098" and|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H1697": 
\verseNumber{23}“Go|strong="H5971" and|strong="H1121" tell|strong="H3605" this|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} Rehoboam|strong="H7346", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" northern|strong="H6828" tribe|strong="H4294" who|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063": 
\verseNumber{24}‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H7725" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5973" your|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" relatives|strong="H1121", the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". All|strong="H3212" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" go|strong="H3212" home|strong="H1004". What|strong="H1697" has|strong="H3068" happened|strong="H1961" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H7725" happen|strong="H1961".’ ” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\+w* \+w went|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w told|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7725"\+w*,} and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3212" paid|strong="H7725" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H7725" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3588" went|strong="H3212" home|strong="H1004". 

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\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H3318" Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379" workers|strong="H1129" built|strong="H1129" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w walls|strong="H2346"\+w* \+w around|strong="H5439"\+w*} Shechem|strong="H7927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H1129" hilly area|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H3318"\+w*} of|strong="H3427" Ephraim|strong="H0669" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w*}, and|strong="H8033" he|strong="H8033" ruled|strong="H4427" from|strong="H3318" there|strong="H8033" for|strong="H3427" a|strong="H1129" while|strong="H3427". He|strong="H8033" and|strong="H8033" his|strong="H1129" workers|strong="H1129" then|strong="H3318" left|strong="H3318" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H8033" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Peniel|strong="H6439" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, and|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" built|strong="H1129" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" that|strong="H2022" town|strong="H7151". 
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\verseNumber{26-27}Then|strong="H0227" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" himself|strong="H5315", “If|strong="H0518" my|strong="H8104" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w continue|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w*} go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3967" offer|strong="H7126" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh|strong="H3068" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" there|strong="H8033", soon|strong="H3512" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" again|strong="H7725" become|strong="H1961" loyal|strong="H0310" to|strong="H0413" Rehoboam|strong="H7346", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" [DOU], and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H0413".” 
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\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" consulted|strong="H3289" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3478"\+w* advisors, \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w then|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w he|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w they|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w suggested|strong="H5414"\+w*}. He|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w workers|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} make|strong="H6213" gold|strong="H2091" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w statues|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} two|strong="H8147" calves|strong="H5695". Then|strong="H2009" he|strong="H6213" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971", “You|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3478" been|strong="H5927" going|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*} for|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" long|strong="H7227" time|strong="H7227". It|strong="H6213" is|strong="H2009" a|strong="H6213" big|strong="H0931" trouble|strong="H6869" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" continue|strong="H1961" going|strong="H5927" there|strong="H2009". You|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", look|strong="H2009"! These|strong="H6213" statues|strong="H2088" are|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6213" gods|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3478" brought|strong="H5927" our|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w*} up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5927" Egypt|strong="H4714"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w can|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w these|strong="H6213"\+w*, \+w here|strong="H2009"\+w*!}” 
\verseNumber{29}He|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w workers|strong="H6466"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w*} place|strong="H7760" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H7760" the|strong="H5414" statues|strong="H2088" in|strong="H5414" Bethel|strong="H1008" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*} and|strong="H1008" one|strong="H0259" in|strong="H5414" Dan|strong="H1835" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{30}So|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\+w* \+w did|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w caused|strong="H1961"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w*} sin|strong="H2403". Some|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" them|strong="H6440" went|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" worshiped|strong="H7812" the|strong="H6440" calf|strong="H5695" at|strong="H1961" Bethel|strong="H1008", and|strong="H3212" others|strong="H5971" went|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" worshiped|strong="H7812" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H2088" calf|strong="H5695" at|strong="H1961" Dan|strong="H1835". 
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\verseNumber{31}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Moses|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w declared|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w only|strong="H0389"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w from|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Levi|strong="H3878"\+w* \+w would|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w*, \+w but|strong="H3808"\+w*} Jeroboam|strong="H3379" also|strong="H6213" told|strong="H6213" his|strong="H1961" workers|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1961" build|strong="H6213" shrines|strong="H1004" on|strong="H1961" hilltops, and|strong="H1121" then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H6213" appointed|strong="H1121" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H5971" were|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" priests|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{32}He|strong="H3117" also|strong="H6213" appointed|strong="H5975" Adonijah|strong="H0138" and|strong="H3063" two|strong="H6213" priests|strong="H3548", Elishama|strong="H0476" and|strong="H3063" Jehoram|strong="H3088". They|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3063" a|strong="H6213" celebration|strong="H8057" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" end|strong="H7093" of|strong="H3117" October, like|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5921" celebration|strong="H8057" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w Living|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Temporary|strong="H5521"\+w* \+w Shelters|strong="H5521"\+w*} that|strong="H3117" occurred|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w each|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w year|strong="H3117"\+w*}. On|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w built|strong="H6213"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" Bethel|strong="H1008", he|strong="H3117" offered|strong="H5927" sacrifices|strong="H2076" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5921" gold|strong="H2091" statues|strong="H2088" of|strong="H3117" calves|strong="H5695" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3063" made|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3063" he|strong="H3117" stationed|strong="H5975" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548" there|strong="H5927" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" shrines|strong="H1354" that|strong="H3117" his|strong="H5921" workers|strong="H6213" had|strong="H3063" built|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{33}Jeroboam|strong="H3379" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3117" altar|strong="H4196" on|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" in|strong="H5921" October which|strong="H4196" he|strong="H3117" himself|strong="H6213" had|strong="H3478" chosen|strong="H0977". There|strong="H5927" on|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" altar|strong="H4196" he|strong="H3117" burned|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w sacrifice|strong="H2282"\+w*}. And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3117" declared|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" should|strong="H3117" celebrate|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3117" festival|strong="H2282" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w same|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w every|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w year|strong="H3117"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{A prophet condemned the altar at Bethel }
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\chapterNumber{13}One|strong="H1697" day|strong="H3117" a|strong="H5975" prophet|strong="H5030", obeying|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068", went|strong="H3063" from|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" Bethel|strong="H1008". He|strong="H3068" arrived|strong="H0935" there|strong="H2009" right|strong="H3068" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" time|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3068" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" was|strong="H3068" standing|strong="H5975" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196", ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999". 
\verseNumber{2}Saying|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1697" him|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" say|strong="H1697", the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" shouted|strong="H7121", “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3541"\+w*} altar|strong="H4196" [APO]: ‘I|strong="H3541" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} a|strong="H3205" descendant|strong="H1121" [MTY] of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H5921" David|strong="H1732" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" born|strong="H3205". His|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" Josiah|strong="H2977", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3205" here|strong="H2009". He|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" slaughter|strong="H2076" at|strong="H5921" this|strong="H3541" altar|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1121" burning|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" for|strong="H5921" sacrifices|strong="H6999" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" hills|strong="H1389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H8313" the|strong="H5921" bones|strong="H6106" of|strong="H1121" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H1121" on|strong="H5921" this|strong="H3541" altar|strong="H4196".’” [APO] 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H1696" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696", “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2088" will|strong="H3068" prove|strong="H5254" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" this|strong="H2088": This|strong="H2088" altar|strong="H4196" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" split|strong="H7167" apart|strong="H7167", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" ashes|strong="H1880" that|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" scattered|strong="H6327".’” 
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\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" say|strong="H7725" that|strong="H8085", he|strong="H3027" pointed his|strong="H7121" finger|strong="H0676" at|strong="H5921" him|strong="H7121" and|strong="H7971" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7121" servants|strong="H5650", “Seize|strong="H8610" that|strong="H8085" man|strong="H0376"!” But|strong="H3808" immediately|strong="H6965" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" arm|strong="H3027" became|strong="H1961" paralyzed|strong="H0068"/stiff|strong="H7185", with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H8085" he|strong="H3027" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" move|strong="H5472" it|strong="H7121". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" altar|strong="H4196" immediately|strong="H6965" split|strong="H7167" apart|strong="H7167", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" ashes|strong="H1880" spilled|strong="H8210" out|strong="H8210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H0776"\+w*}, which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5414" prophet|strong="H5030" said|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" [MTY] had|strong="H3068" predicted|strong="H1696" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H6030" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H6440" prophet|strong="H5030", “Please|strong="H4994" pray|strong="H6419" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" merciful|strong="H2603" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3068" heal|strong="H7495" my|strong="H3068" arm|strong="H3027"!” So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" prophet|strong="H5030" prayed|strong="H6419", and|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" healed|strong="H7495" the|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" arm|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5414" prophet|strong="H1696", “Come|strong="H0935" home|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" me|strong="H5414" and|strong="H4428" eat|strong="H0398" some|strong="H4480" food|strong="H1004". And|strong="H4428" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" also|strong="H4428" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" reward|strong="H4991" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w have|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w done|strong="H5414"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5414" prophet|strong="H5030" replied|strong="H0559", “Even|strong="H3808" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" would|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w promise|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w*} give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H4428" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" own|strong="H5973" [MTY], I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H4428" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5414", and|strong="H4428" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H3899" or|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" anything|strong="H3899" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5414" here|strong="H2088", 
\verseNumber{9}because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" me|strong="H7725" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1980" eat|strong="H3899" or|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" anything|strong="H1697" here|strong="H1870". He|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" me|strong="H7725" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1980" return|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725" on|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3588" road|strong="H1870" on|strong="H1980" which|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" came|strong="H1980" here|strong="H1870".” 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725", but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3212" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H7725" road|strong="H1870" on|strong="H1870" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H3808" came|strong="H3212" to|strong="H7725" Bethel|strong="H1008". He|strong="H3808" went|strong="H3212" on|strong="H1870" a|strong="H7725" different|strong="H8133" road|strong="H1870". 

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\verseNumber{11}At|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" there|strong="H3427" was|strong="H1697" an|strong="H6213" old|strong="H1121" man|strong="H2205" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Bethel|strong="H1008" who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1697" a|strong="H6213" prophet|strong="H5030". His|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" came|strong="H1697" and|strong="H1121" told|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" prophet|strong="H5030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*} had|strong="H4428" done|strong="H6213" there|strong="H3427" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3117" also|strong="H6213" told|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" prophet|strong="H5030" had|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{12}Their|strong="H7200" father|strong="H1121" said|strong="H1696", “On|strong="H1980" which|strong="H2088" road|strong="H1870" did|strong="H3063" he|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980"?” So|strong="H1980" his|strong="H7200" sons|strong="H1121" showed|strong="H7200" him|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" road|strong="H1870" on|strong="H1980" which|strong="H2088" the|strong="H7200" prophet|strong="H1696" from|strong="H1980" Judah|strong="H3063" had|strong="H3063" gone|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w left|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w Bethel|strong="H1008"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121", “Put|strong="H7392" a|strong="H5921" saddle|strong="H2280" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" donkey|strong="H2543".” So|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5921" got|strong="H6965" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" donkey|strong="H2543". 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H3063" went|strong="H3212" along|strong="H3212" the|strong="H8478" road|strong="H1870" to|strong="H3212" ◄find|strong="H4672"/catch|strong="H4672" up|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3427"► the|strong="H8478" prophet|strong="H5030" from|strong="H8478" Judah|strong="H3063". He|strong="H3063" found|strong="H4672" him|strong="H4672" sitting|strong="H3427" under|strong="H8478" an|strong="H4672" oak|strong="H0424" tree|strong="H6086". He|strong="H3063" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H4672", “Are|strong="H8478" you|strong="H4672" the|strong="H8478" prophet|strong="H5030" who|strong="H3427" came|strong="H3212" from|strong="H8478" Judah|strong="H3063"?” He|strong="H3063" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", I|strong="H4672" am|strong="H1961".” 
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\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H1004" old|strong="H1121" prophet|strong="H5030" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H5414", “Come|strong="H3212" home|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" me|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" eat|strong="H3899" some|strong="H4480" food|strong="H3899".” 
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\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H3808" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", I|strong="H3201" am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" allowed|strong="H3201" to|strong="H7725" go|strong="H7725" with|strong="H3899" you|strong="H7725" into|strong="H7725" your|strong="H7725" house|strong="H1004", or|strong="H3808" to|strong="H7725" eat|strong="H3899" or|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" anything|strong="H3899" with|strong="H3899" you|strong="H7725", 
\verseNumber{17}because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1697" me|strong="H7725", ‘Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H3899" or|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" anything|strong="H1697" here|strong="H8033", and|strong="H1980" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" return|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725" on|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3588" road|strong="H1870" on|strong="H1980" which|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" came|strong="H1980".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3068" old|strong="H1121" prophet|strong="H5030" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H7725", “I|strong="H1697" also|strong="H1571" am|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1696" prophet|strong="H5030", like|strong="H3644" you|strong="H7725" are|strong="H1697". Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7725" an|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397" to|strong="H1696" tell|strong="H1696" me|strong="H7725" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H1697" should|strong="H3068" take|strong="H7725" you|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" me|strong="H7725" and|strong="H3068" give|strong="H7725" you|strong="H7725" some|strong="H1697" food|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3068" drink|strong="H8354".” But|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3068" old|strong="H1121" man|strong="H0376" was|strong="H3068" lying|strong="H3584" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H7725" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1004" what|strong="H4100" the|strong="H7725" old|strong="H1121" prophet|strong="H5030" said|strong="H0559", the|strong="H7725" prophet|strong="H5030" from|strong="H7725" Judah|strong="H3063" returned|strong="H7725" with|strong="H1004" him|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004" and|strong="H7725" ate|strong="H0398" some|strong="H4480" food|strong="H3899" and|strong="H7725" drank|strong="H8354" some|strong="H4480" water|strong="H4325" with|strong="H1004" him|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{20}While|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1961" sitting|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3068" table|strong="H7979", Yahweh|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3068" old|strong="H1121" man|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" cried|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" prophet|strong="H5030" from|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063", “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": ‘You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" disobeyed|strong="H4784" him|strong="H7121", and|strong="H3063" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3541" he|strong="H3588" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{22}Instead|strong="H3808", you|strong="H7725" have|strong="H1696" come|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" here|strong="H4725" and|strong="H7725" had|strong="H4325" things|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1696" eat|strong="H3899" and|strong="H7725" drink|strong="H8354" in|strong="H1696" a|strong="H1696" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H4725" he|strong="H3808" commanded|strong="H1696" you|strong="H7725" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H4325". As|strong="H1696" a|strong="H1696" result|strong="H6903", you|strong="H7725" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H2026", and|strong="H7725" your|strong="H7725" body|strong="H5038" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H1696" the|strong="H7725" grave|strong="H6913" where|strong="H4725" your|strong="H7725" ancestors|strong="H0001" are|strong="H4325" buried|strong="H6912".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{23}When|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H1961" finished|strong="H3615" eating|strong="H0398", the|strong="H7725" old|strong="H1121" man|strong="H0376" put|strong="H7725" a|strong="H1961" saddle|strong="H2280" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7725" donkey|strong="H2543" for|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7725" prophet|strong="H5030" from|strong="H7725" Judah|strong="H3063", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w from|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w left|strong="H7725"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3212" was|strong="H1961" going|strong="H3212", a|strong="H1961" lion|strong="H0738" met|strong="H4672" him|strong="H4672" and|strong="H3212" killed|strong="H4191" him|strong="H4672". The|strong="H1870" prophet’s|strong="H0430" corpse|strong="H5038" was|strong="H1961" lying|strong="H7993" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H1870" road|strong="H1870", and|strong="H3212" the|strong="H1870" donkey|strong="H2543" was|strong="H1961" standing|strong="H5975" beside|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5038", and|strong="H3212" the|strong="H1870" lion|strong="H0738" was|strong="H1961" also|strong="H4191" standing|strong="H5975" beside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H1870" corpse|strong="H5038". 
\verseNumber{25}Some|strong="H2009" men|strong="H2205" passed|strong="H5674" by|strong="H5674" and|strong="H5892" were|strong="H5030" surprised|strong="H8610" to|strong="H1696" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" corpse|strong="H5038" on|strong="H5674" the|strong="H7200" road|strong="H1870" and|strong="H5892" the|strong="H7200" lion|strong="H0738" standing|strong="H5975" next|strong="H7200" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H7200" corpse|strong="H5038". So|strong="H5975" they|strong="H5892" went|strong="H5674" into|strong="H7993" Bethel|strong="H1008" and|strong="H5892" reported|strong="H5046" what|strong="H7200" they|strong="H5892" had|strong="H5030" seen|strong="H7200". 
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\verseNumber{26}When|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" old|strong="H1121" man|strong="H4191" who|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H7725" the|strong="H8085" prophet|strong="H5030" from|strong="H4480" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H1696" his|strong="H5414" home|strong="H7725" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H1697" it|strong="H5414", he|strong="H1931" said|strong="H1696", “That|strong="H8085" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" prophet|strong="H5030" who|strong="H1931" disobeyed|strong="H4784" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3068"! That|strong="H8085" is|strong="H3068" why|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H5414" the|strong="H8085" lion|strong="H0738" to|strong="H1696" attack|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5414". That|strong="H8085" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1697"!” 
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\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="H1696" he|strong="H1696" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" his|strong="H2280" sons|strong="H1121", “Put|strong="H2280" a|strong="H1696" saddle|strong="H2280" on|strong="H1696" my|strong="H1696" donkey|strong="H2543".” So|strong="H1696" they|strong="H1696" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="H5975" he|strong="H3808" rode|strong="H7392" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H7665" donkey|strong="H2543" and|strong="H3212" found|strong="H4672" the|strong="H7665" prophet’s|strong="H0430" corpse|strong="H5038" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H7665" road|strong="H1870", and|strong="H3212" his|strong="H7993" donkey|strong="H2543" and|strong="H3212" the|strong="H7665" lion|strong="H0738" were|strong="H4672" still|strong="H5975" standing|strong="H5975" there|strong="H5975" alongside|strong="H5980" the|strong="H7665" corpse|strong="H5038". But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H7665" lion|strong="H0738" had|strong="H4672" not|strong="H3808" eaten|strong="H0398" any|strong="H7665" of|strong="H1870" the|strong="H7665" flesh|strong="H1320" of|strong="H1870" the|strong="H7665" prophet|strong="H5030" and|strong="H3212" had|strong="H4672" not|strong="H3808" attacked|strong="H5975" the|strong="H7665" donkey|strong="H2543". 
\verseNumber{29}The|strong="H5375" old|strong="H2205" man|strong="H2205" picked|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" corpse|strong="H5038" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5375" prophet|strong="H5030" and|strong="H7725" put|strong="H7725" it|strong="H7725" on|strong="H5892" his|strong="H5375" donkey|strong="H2543" and|strong="H7725" brought|strong="H7725" it|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Bethel|strong="H1008", in|strong="H6912" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H7725" mourn|strong="H5594" for|strong="H5892" him|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" bury|strong="H6912" his|strong="H5375" corpse|strong="H5038". 
\verseNumber{30}He|strong="H5921" buried|strong="H6912" the|strong="H5921" prophet’s|strong="H0430" corpse|strong="H5038" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" grave|strong="H6913" where|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H3240" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" family|strong="H4940" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w buried|strong="H6912"\+w*}. Then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H5921" and|strong="H5594" his|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" mourned|strong="H5594" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", saying|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H0587"\+w* \+w are|strong="H6913"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3240"\+w* \+w sorry|strong="H5162"\+w*}, my|strong="H5921" brother|strong="H0251"!” 
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\verseNumber{31}After|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H1961" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H4191", the|strong="H1961" old|strong="H1121" man|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" his|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121", “When|strong="H1961" I|strong="H1121" die|strong="H4191", bury|strong="H6912" my|strong="H1961" corpse|strong="H4191" in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H1961" grave|strong="H6913" where|strong="H0834" we|strong="H4191" buried|strong="H6912" the|strong="H1961" prophet|strong="H5030" from|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". Lay|strong="H3240" my|strong="H1961" corpse|strong="H4191" next|strong="H4283" to|strong="H4191" his|strong="H1961" corpse|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{32}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w And|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w forget|strong="H7911"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1697"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* } the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1697" him|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" say|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" in|strong="H5921" Bethel|strong="H1008", and|strong="H3068" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" shrines|strong="H1004" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" hills|strong="H1389" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111", will|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3588" happen|strong="H1961".” 
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\verseNumber{33}But|strong="H3808" King|strong="H4428" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" still|strong="H7725" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" continuing|strong="H1641" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697". Instead|strong="H3808", he|strong="H6213" appointed|strong="H6213" more|strong="H3808" priests|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w descended|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w from|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Levi|strong="H3878"\+w*}. Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H5971" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548", he|strong="H6213" appointed|strong="H6213" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548", in|strong="H6213" order|strong="H3027" that|strong="H5971" he|strong="H6213" could|strong="H2088" offer|strong="H6213" sacrifices|strong="H2077" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H6213" hills|strong="H1389". 
\verseNumber{34}Because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H1004" committed|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1697" sin|strong="H2403", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w few|strong="H4592"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w later|strong="H1961"\+w*} God|strong="H0430" got|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1004" most|strong="H6944" of|strong="H1004" Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379" descendants|strong="H2233" and|strong="H1004" did|strong="H1697" not|strong="H2088" allow|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478". 

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\chapterNumber{14}At|strong="H1121" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256", Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379" son|strong="H1121" Abijah|strong="H0029" became|strong="H2470" very|strong="H3966" sick|strong="H2470". 
\verseNumber{2}Jeroboam|strong="H3379" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" his|strong="H5921" wife|strong="H1696", “Disguise|strong="H8138" yourself|strong="H5921", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H2088" will|strong="H4428" recognize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" my|strong="H5921" wife|strong="H1696". Then|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1696" Shiloh|strong="H7887" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}, where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" Ahijah|strong="H0281" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*}. He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H2088" who|strong="H1931" predicted|strong="H1696"/prophesied|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H5971" become|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{3}Take|strong="H3947" with|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3947" ten|strong="H6235" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w loaves|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w*} bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3027" some|strong="H3027" small|strong="H6996" flat|strong="H8478" cakes|strong="H5350", and|strong="H3027" a|strong="H1961" jar|strong="H1228" of|strong="H3027" honey|strong="H1706", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w give|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3027"\+w*} to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5046". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w about|strong="H1961"\+w*} our|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3027"\+w*} he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3947" what|strong="H4100" will|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5046".” 
\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H3651" his|strong="H7200" wife|strong="H0802" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3201" Shiloh|strong="H7887", to|strong="H3201" Ahijah’s house|strong="H1004". Ahijah|strong="H0281" was|strong="H1004" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3201" see|strong="H7200", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1004" very|strong="H3651" old|strong="H1121" and|strong="H6965" had|strong="H3588" become|strong="H6213" blind|strong="H7200". 
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\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w she|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w got|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w there|strong="H2009"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" Ahijah|strong="H0281" that|strong="H3588" Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379" wife|strong="H1696" was|strong="H3068" coming|strong="H2009" to|strong="H1696" inquire|strong="H1875" about|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121", who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H2088" sick|strong="H2470". And|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" Ahijah|strong="H0281" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H1931" should|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H1696" her|strong="H1931". 
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When|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5973", she|strong="H1931" pretended|strong="H2470" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H1961" another|strong="H2088" woman|strong="H2088". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" Ahijah|strong="H0281" heard|strong="H8085" her|strong="H7971" footsteps|strong="H7272" as|strong="H1961" she|strong="H4100" entered|strong="H0935" the|strong="H8085" doorway|strong="H6607", he|strong="H7272" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H7971" her|strong="H7971", “Come|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8085", wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H6963" Jeroboam|strong="H3379"! ◄Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H7971" pretend|strong="H3584" that|strong="H8085" you|strong="H7971" are|strong="H4100" someone|strong="H0376" else|strong="H5750"?/It|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H2088" help|strong="H1961" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" pretend|strong="H3584" that|strong="H8085" you|strong="H7971" are|strong="H4100" someone|strong="H0376" else|strong="H5750".► [RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} has|strong="H1961" given|strong="H8085" me|strong="H7971" bad|strong="H7451" news|strong="H6963" to|strong="H7971" tell|strong="H8085" you|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{7}Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3478" tell|strong="H5046" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" that|strong="H5971" this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H5971" we|strong="H0587" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, says|strong="H3541" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5414": ‘I|strong="H5414" chose|strong="H0977" you|strong="H5414" from|strong="H5921" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H5921" common|strong="H1121" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3478" enabled|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H7311" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" my|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H5414" took|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w most|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4467" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H8104" away|strong="H1980" from|strong="H1980" David’s|strong="H1732" descendants|strong="H2233" and|strong="H1980" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1980" you|strong="H5414". But|strong="H7535" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732", who|strong="H3605" served|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w well|strong="H5869"\+w*}. He|strong="H6213" obeyed|strong="H8104" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H8104" commandments|strong="H4687" very|strong="H6213" sincerely|strong="H8549", doing|strong="H6213" only|strong="H7535" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5414" considered|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1980" be|strong="H1961" right|strong="H3477". 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6440" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" more|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7489" things|strong="H3605"/deeds|strong="H4611" than|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w ruled|strong="H4427"\+w*} before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440". You|strong="H6440" have|strong="H1961" rejected|strong="H3988" me|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3212" you|strong="H6440" have|strong="H1961" caused|strong="H1961" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3212" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H6213" angry|strong="H3707" by|strong="H1961" making|strong="H6213" metal|strong="H6213" images|strong="H4541" of|strong="H6440" other|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430" so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w others|strong="H0312"\+w*} could|strong="H3201" worship|strong="H7812" them|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{10}‘o|strong="H1004", I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H2005" going|strong="H2005" to|strong="H5704" cause|strong="H3651" terrible|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451" to|strong="H5704" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" your|strong="H5800" family|strong="H1004". I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3478" cause|strong="H3651" all|strong="H8552" your|strong="H5800" male|strong="H8366" descendants|strong="H2233" to|strong="H5704" die|strong="H4191", young|strong="H5288" ones|strong="H7451" and|strong="H3478" old|strong="H1121" ones|strong="H7451". I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3478" completely|strong="H8552" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H5800" family|strong="H1004" [MTY]. I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3478" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H5800" family|strong="H1004" [MTY] just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H3651" a|strong="H3772" man|strong="H7451" completely|strong="H8552" burns|strong="H1197" dung|strong="H1557" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w cook|strong="H8552"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w food|strong="H1004"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w corpses|strong="H6297"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} any|strong="H3588" members|strong="H3338" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" family|strong="H4191" who|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191" in|strong="H3068" cities|strong="H5892" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H4191" eaten|strong="H0398" by|strong="H3068" dogs|strong="H3611". And|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w corpses|strong="H6297"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} any|strong="H3588" members|strong="H3338" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" family|strong="H4191" who|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" open|strong="H6605" fields|strong="H7704" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H4191" eaten|strong="H0398" by|strong="H3068" vultures|strong="H5404". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*}.’ 
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\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H6965" go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H3212" home|strong="H1004". And|strong="H6965" as|strong="H5892" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H5892" you|strong="H3212" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6965" city|strong="H5892", your|strong="H6965" son|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1004" die|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{13}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" mourn|strong="H5594" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H4672" and|strong="H3478" bury|strong="H6912" him|strong="H4672". He|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" only|strong="H3588" one|strong="H2088" of|strong="H1004" Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379" family|strong="H1004" who|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" buried|strong="H6912" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w properly|strong="H4941"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" only|strong="H3588" one|strong="H2088" of|strong="H1004" Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379" family|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" whom|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H2896". 
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\verseNumber{14}Furthermore|strong="H1571", Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" appoint|strong="H6485" for|strong="H5921" himself|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3772" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" get|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H4428" Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379" descendants|strong="H2233". And|strong="H6965" that|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w start|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H6965"\+w*} today|strong="H3117"! 
\verseNumber{15}Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H2219" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478"; he|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" shake|strong="H5110" them|strong="H5414" like|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w wind|strong="H7307"\+w*} shakes|strong="H7493" the|strong="H5921" reeds|strong="H7070" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w grow|strong="H6779"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w*} a|strong="H6213" stream|strong="H5104". He|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" expel|strong="H1644" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H2219" from|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2063" good|strong="H2896" land|strong="H5676" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001". He|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" scatter|strong="H2219" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H5921" countries|strong="H0776" east|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Euphrates|strong="H5104"\+w*} River|strong="H5104", because|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H6213" very|strong="H6213" angry|strong="H3707" by|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w statues|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" goddess|strong="H0430" Asherah|strong="H0842". 
\verseNumber{16}Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3478" abandon|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H5971" because|strong="H1558" of|strong="H2403" the|strong="H5414" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3478" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" committed|strong="H2398", sins|strong="H2403" which|strong="H3478" led|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3478" commit|strong="H2398" them|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{17}Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379" wife|strong="H0802" returned|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004" to|strong="H4191" Tirzah|strong="H8656" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*, \+w the|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w new|strong="H2319"\+w* \+w capital|strong="H3805"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. And|strong="H6965" just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H6965" she|strong="H1931" entered|strong="H0935" her|strong="H1931" house|strong="H1004", her|strong="H1931" son|strong="H1121" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{18}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1696" mourned|strong="H5594" for|strong="H3027" him|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3478" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H3027", which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" his|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650", the|strong="H3605" prophet|strong="H5030" Ahijah|strong="H0281", would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{19}Everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750" that|strong="H3117" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" did|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="H4428" wars|strong="H4421" that|strong="H3117" his|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} fought|strong="H3898", and|strong="H3478" how|strong="H2009" he|strong="H3117" ruled|strong="H4427", is|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5921" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 
\verseNumber{20}Jeroboam|strong="H3379" ruled|strong="H4427" for|strong="H8478" 22 years|strong="H8141"; then|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191" [EUP] and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" Nadab|strong="H5070" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Rehoboam|strong="H7346" died|strong="H4191" }
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\verseNumber{21}Solomon’s|strong="H8010" son|strong="H1121" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" ruled|strong="H4427" Judah|strong="H3063". He|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3068" 41 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3068" he|strong="H8033" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8033" ruled|strong="H4427" for|strong="H8034" 17 years|strong="H8141". He|strong="H8033" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" chose|strong="H0977" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H7760" where|strong="H8033" he|strong="H8033" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7812" [MTY]. Rehoboam’s|strong="H7346" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H3068" Naamah|strong="H5279"; she|strong="H5892" was|strong="H3068" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Ammon|strong="H5985" people-group. 
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\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5869" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451". They|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H6213" angry|strong="H2734" because|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6213" more|strong="H6213" sins|strong="H2403" than|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6213": They|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7812" many|strong="H7227" other|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H3068" worshiping|strong="H7812" only|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{23}They|strong="H1992" built|strong="H1129" places|strong="H1116" to|strong="H5921" worship|strong="H7812" those|strong="H1992" gods|strong="H0430"; on|strong="H5921" high|strong="H1116" hills|strong="H1389", and|strong="H6086" under|strong="H8478" big|strong="H0931" trees|strong="H6086" they|strong="H1992" set|strong="H1129" up|strong="H1129" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stone|strong="H0068"\+w*} pillars|strong="H4676" to|strong="H5921" worship|strong="H7812" the|strong="H3605" goddess|strong="H0430" Asherah|strong="H0842". 
\verseNumber{24}Also|strong="H1571", there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H3478" male|strong="H6945" prostitutes|strong="H6945" at|strong="H3478" these|strong="H6213" places|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" worship|strong="H3478". The|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1471" did|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" disgraceful|strong="H5039" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1471" whom|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" expelled|strong="H3423" while|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" Israelis were|strong="H3478" advancing|strong="H1980" through|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{25}When|strong="H1961" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" five|strong="H2568" years|strong="H8141", King|strong="H4428" Shishak|strong="H7895" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" came|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w*} to|strong="H5927" attack|strong="H5927" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{26}They|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004", including|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091" shields|strong="H4043" that|strong="H3605" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w workers|strong="H6213"\+w*} had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{27}King|strong="H4428" Rehoboam’s|strong="H7346" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w workers|strong="H6213"\+w*} made|strong="H6213" bronze|strong="H5178" shields|strong="H4043" to|strong="H5921" replace|strong="H8478" them|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4428" entrusted|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" officers|strong="H8269" who|strong="H8104" guarded|strong="H8104" the|strong="H5921" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{28}Every|strong="H7725" time|strong="H1767" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5375" king|strong="H4428" went|strong="H3068" into|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5375" temple|strong="H1004", those|strong="H5375" guards|strong="H7323" carried|strong="H5375" those|strong="H5375" shields|strong="H4043"; and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w left|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*} they|strong="H3068" returned|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5375" shields|strong="H4043" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5375" storeroom|strong="H0214". 
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\verseNumber{29}Everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" did|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" [RHQ] in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah’. 
\verseNumber{30}There|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" wars|strong="H4421" continually|strong="H3605" between|strong="H4421" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3117"\+w*} Rehoboam|strong="H7346" and|strong="H3117" Jeroboam|strong="H3379". 
\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="H1732" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" died|strong="H4191" [EUP], and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1732" was|strong="H8034" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w called|strong="H8034"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H8478" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" David’, where|strong="H8478" his|strong="H1732" ancestors|strong="H0001" were|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912". Then|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" Abijah|strong="H0029" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". 

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\chapterNumber{15}After|strong="H5921" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" 18 years|strong="H8141", Abijah|strong="H0029" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H3389" ruled|strong="H4427" for|strong="H8034" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". His|strong="H4427" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Maacah|strong="H4601", the|strong="H8034" granddaughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w David’s|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} Absalom|strong="H0053". 
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\verseNumber{3}Abijah|strong="H0029" committed|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H3068" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6213". He|strong="H6213" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" fully|strong="H8003" dedicated|strong="H6942"/committed|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068", as|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3605" grandfather|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} David|strong="H1732", Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" Abijah|strong="H0029" a|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" [MET|strong="H6298"] to|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H4910" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" after|strong="H3588" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3068" protect|strong="H8104" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H6965"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" because|strong="H1697" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" done|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" pleased|strong="H5869" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" because|strong="H1697" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" obeyed|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068". The|strong="H3605" only|strong="H7535" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" disobeyed|strong="H6963" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" caused|strong="H1697" Uriah|strong="H0223" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{6}There|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" wars|strong="H4421" between|strong="H4421" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3117"\+w*} Rehoboam|strong="H7346" and|strong="H3117" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" all|strong="H3605" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" Abijah|strong="H0029" ruled|strong="H4427". 
\verseNumber{7}Everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" Abijah|strong="H0029" did|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" [RHQ] in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah’. 
\verseNumber{8}Abijah|strong="H0029" died|strong="H4191" [EUP] and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1732" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H8478" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" David’, and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" Asa|strong="H0609" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427". 

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\verseNumber{9}After|strong="H8141" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" the|strong="H3379" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H4428" almost|strong="H4592" 20 years|strong="H8141", Asa|strong="H0609" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{10}He|strong="H3389" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H8034" 41 years|strong="H8141". His|strong="H4427" grandmother was|strong="H8034" Maacah|strong="H4601", the|strong="H8034" granddaughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Absalom|strong="H0053". 
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\verseNumber{11}Asa|strong="H0609" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3477" was|strong="H3068" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", as|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3068" ancestor David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{12}He|strong="H6213" got|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" male|strong="H6945" prostitutes|strong="H6945" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3605" at|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" places|strong="H3605" where|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" worshiped|strong="H7812" idols|strong="H1544", and|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" also|strong="H6213" got|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H4480" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1544" that|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" had|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="H6213" also|strong="H1571" removed|strong="H5493" his|strong="H5493" grandmother Maacah|strong="H4601" so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H6213" she|strong="H1571" no|strong="H6213" longer|strong="H5493" had|strong="H8313" influence|strong="H4294" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" government|strong="H4951" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5158"\+w*} being|strong="H3772" the|strong="H6213" mother|strong="H1377" of|strong="H5158" a|strong="H6213" previous|strong="H7223" king|strong="H4428". He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H6213" because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1571" had|strong="H8313" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" disgusting|strong="H8441" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wooden|strong="H6086"\+w*} statue|strong="H6755" of|strong="H5158" the|strong="H6213" goddess|strong="H0430" Asherah|strong="H0842". Asa|strong="H0609" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w workers|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w*} cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H3772" the|strong="H6213" statue|strong="H6755" and|strong="H6213" burned|strong="H8313" it|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" Kidron|strong="H6939" Valley|strong="H5158". 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" places|strong="H1116" where|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" worshiped|strong="H7812" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w*} on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" high|strong="H1116" hills|strong="H1389", but|strong="H7535" he|strong="H3117" continued|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" dedicated|strong="H6942"/committed|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" entIre|strong="H3605" life|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w workers|strong="H6466"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} place|strong="H6944" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" items|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" dedicated|strong="H6944" to|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3068" silver|strong="H3701" things|strong="H6944" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" dedicated|strong="H6944" to|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{16}There|strong="H1961" were|strong="H3478" wars|strong="H4421" between|strong="H4421" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Asa|strong="H0609" and|strong="H3478" Baasha|strong="H1201", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", all|strong="H3605" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3117" ruled|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{17}Baasha’s|strong="H1201" army|strong="H5927" invaded|strong="H5927" Judah|strong="H3063". They|strong="H5921" captured|strong="H3920" Ramah|strong="H7414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. Then|strong="H3318" they|strong="H5921" started|strong="H1129" to|strong="H3318" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H5414" wall|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3318" prevent|strong="H1115" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3318" entering|strong="H0935" or|strong="H1115" leaving|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" area|strong="H1508" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" that|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" ruled|strong="H4428" by|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" Asa|strong="H0609". 
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\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H3947" Asa|strong="H0609" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H5046"\+w*} his|strong="H3605" workers|strong="H6466" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} take|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H1121" gold|strong="H2091" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" still|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" storerooms in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004". He|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3947" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" Damascus|strong="H1834" and|strong="H1121" give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428" Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130" who|strong="H3605" ruled|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758". Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Tabrimmon|strong="H2886" and|strong="H1121" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hezion|strong="H2383". He|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3605" workers|strong="H6466" to|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559" this|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130": 
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\verseNumber{21}When|strong="H1961" Baasha|strong="H1201" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H1961" that|strong="H8085", he|strong="H1129" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w his|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w*} stop|strong="H2308" working|strong="H4639" at|strong="H3427" Ramah|strong="H7414". He|strong="H1129" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w his|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w*} Tirzah|strong="H8656" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H8085"\+w*} stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H5375" King|strong="H4428" Asa|strong="H0609" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H1129" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} towns|strong="H1323" in|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", stating that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3063" required|strong="H7592" to|strong="H8085" go|strong="H4428" to|strong="H8085" Ramah|strong="H7414" and|strong="H3063" carry|strong="H5375" away|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3605" stones|strong="H0068" and|strong="H3063" timber|strong="H6086" that|strong="H3605" Baasha’s|strong="H1201" soldiers|strong="H5650" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H5375" using|strong="H5927" to|strong="H8085" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" wall|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". With|strong="H4428" those|strong="H3605" stones|strong="H0068" and|strong="H3063" timber|strong="H6086" they|strong="H3605" fortified|strong="H1129" Mizpah|strong="H4709" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}, and|strong="H3063" Geba|strong="H1387", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" territory|strong="H1366" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4428" Benjamin|strong="H1144". 
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\verseNumber{23}Everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" Asa|strong="H0609" did|strong="H6213", the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5650" defeated|strong="H5221", and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3117" caused|strong="H1697" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3808" fortified|strong="H1129", are|strong="H3117" [RHQ] written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah’. But|strong="H7535" when|strong="H3117" Asa|strong="H0609" became|strong="H2470" old|strong="H2209", he|strong="H3117" got|strong="H6965" a|strong="H6213" disease|strong="H1697" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" feet|strong="H7272". 
\verseNumber{24}He|strong="H1732" died|strong="H4191" [EUP] and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1732" buried|strong="H6912" where|strong="H8478" his|strong="H1732" ancestors|strong="H0001" were|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H8478" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" David’. Then|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427". 

\BibleSectionHeading{King|strong="H4427" Nadab|strong="H5070" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" }
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\verseNumber{25}After|strong="H5921" Asa|strong="H0609" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" two|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141", King|strong="H4428" Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379" son|strong="H1121" Nadab|strong="H5070" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". He|strong="H8147" ruled|strong="H4427" for|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{26}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451". His|strong="H3068" behavior|strong="H5869" was|strong="H3068" sinful|strong="H2403" like|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3068" father’s|strong="H0001" behavior|strong="H5869" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3478" what|strong="H7451" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" led|strong="H3212" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5869" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2403". 
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\verseNumber{27}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w A|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w man|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w named|strong="H5921"\+w*} Baasha|strong="H1201", from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Issachar|strong="H3485", planned|strong="H3289" to|strong="H3478" harm|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921". He|strong="H3605" killed|strong="H5221" Nadab|strong="H5070" when|strong="H1121" Nadab|strong="H5070" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" had|strong="H3478" surrounded|strong="H5437" Gibbethon|strong="H1405" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" area|strong="H1508". 
\verseNumber{28}That|strong="H4428" [DOU] was|strong="H4428" when|strong="H3588" Asa|strong="H0609" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w ruling|strong="H4910"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H8478" almost|strong="H4592" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141". Then|strong="H4428" Baasha|strong="H1201" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{29}As|strong="H5704" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H5704" Baasha|strong="H1201" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w commanded|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*} kill|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379" family|strong="H1004". Doing|strong="H3027" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" prophet|strong="H1696" Ahijah|strong="H0281" from|strong="H3027" Shiloh|strong="H7887" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961", they|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379" family|strong="H1004". None|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H5221" ◄was|strong="H3068" left|strong="H7604"/remained|strong="H7604" alive|strong="H7604"►. 
\verseNumber{30}That|strong="H3068" happened|strong="H2398" because|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H3707" with|strong="H3068" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3068" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" had|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H2398", and|strong="H3478" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" persuaded|strong="H5496" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" commit|strong="H2398". 
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\verseNumber{31}Everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" Nadab|strong="H5070" did|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" [RHQ] in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 
\verseNumber{32}There|strong="H1961" were|strong="H3478" wars|strong="H4421" between|strong="H4421" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Asa|strong="H0609" and|strong="H3478" King|strong="H4428" Baasha|strong="H1201" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3117" ruled|strong="H4428". 

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\verseNumber{33}After|strong="H5921" Asa|strong="H0609" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141", Baasha|strong="H1201", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahijah|strong="H0281", started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" at|strong="H5921" Tirzah|strong="H8656" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. He|strong="H3605" ruled|strong="H4427" for|strong="H5921" 24 years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{34}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451", and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3068" behavior|strong="H5869" was|strong="H3068" sinful|strong="H2403" like|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3068" father’s|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H6213" led|strong="H3212" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5869" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2403". 

\BibleSectionHeading{When Baasha ruled Israel }
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\chapterNumber{16}During|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" time|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3068" Baasha|strong="H1201" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w king|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w*} Jehu|strong="H3058", Hanani’s son|strong="H1121", gave|strong="H1961" Baasha|strong="H1201" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" received|strong="H1961" from|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068": 
\verseNumber{2}“You|strong="H5414" were|strong="H3478" very|strong="H3966" insignificant|strong="H6819"/unimportant [IDM] when|strong="H4480" I|strong="H5414" caused|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H7311" the|strong="H5921" ruler|strong="H5057" of|strong="H1870" my|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H5971". But|strong="H1870" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5971" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H7311" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H3707" by|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H1870" [IDM] the|strong="H5921" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="H1870" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H5057" that|strong="H5971" King|strong="H5921" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" did|strong="H3478". You|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5971" also|strong="H3478" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H7311" angry|strong="H3707" by|strong="H5921" causing|strong="H7462" my|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H5414" now|strong="H2005" I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H1121" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H5414" family|strong="H1004" [MTY]. I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H1121" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H1004" I|strong="H2005" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5414" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" family|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" happened|strong="H1697" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" Baasha|strong="H1201" ruled|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" did|strong="H6213", are|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" [RHQ] in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5921" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 
\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H1121" Baasha|strong="H1201" died|strong="H4191", he|strong="H6912" was|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" Tirzah|strong="H8656", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w capital|strong="H3805"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" Elah|strong="H0425" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427". 
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\verseNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" message|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1961" Baasha|strong="H1201" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" prophet|strong="H5030" Jehu|strong="H3058". Baasha|strong="H1201" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" evil|strong="H7451", which|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H3707". Baasha|strong="H1201" did|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1697" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H1121" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" King|strong="H5921" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" previously|strong="H1571". Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" angry|strong="H3707" with|strong="H1004" Baasha|strong="H1201" because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H6213" had|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379" family|strong="H1004". 

\BibleSectionHeading{When|strong="H1961" Elah|strong="H0425" ruled|strong="H4427" Israel|strong="H3478" }
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\verseNumber{8}After|strong="H5921" Asa|strong="H0609" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" 26 years|strong="H8141", Elah|strong="H0425" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". Elah|strong="H0425" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" Tirzah|strong="H8656" for|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} two|strong="H4427" years|strong="H8141". 
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\verseNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w A|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w man|strong="H7910"\+w* \+w named|strong="H5921"\+w*} Zimri|strong="H2174" was|strong="H1931" one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H1004" Elah’s army|strong="H2428" officers|strong="H8269". He|strong="H1931" commanded|strong="H6680" the|strong="H5921" drivers of|strong="H1004" half|strong="H4276" of|strong="H1004" Elah’s army’s ◄chariots|strong="H7393"/two-wheeled vehicles pulled|strong="H5265" by|strong="H5921" horses|strong="H7393"►. He|strong="H1931" made|strong="H7194" plans|strong="H4284" to|strong="H5921" kill|strong="H2026" Elah|strong="H0425" while|strong="H1931" Elah|strong="H0425" was|strong="H1931" in|strong="H5921" Tirzah|strong="H8656", getting|strong="H7075" drunk|strong="H8354" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w man|strong="H7910"\+w* \+w named|strong="H5921"\+w*} Arza|strong="H0777". Arza|strong="H0777" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H7910" who|strong="H1931" took|strong="H3947" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" things|strong="H1697" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{10}Zimri|strong="H2174" went|strong="H3063" into|strong="H3063" Arza’s house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3063" killed|strong="H5221" Elah|strong="H0425". Then|strong="H4428" Zimri|strong="H2174" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5221" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". That|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" when|strong="H3588" Asa|strong="H0609" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5221" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H8478" 27 years|strong="H8141". 
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\verseNumber{11}As|strong="H1961" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1961" Zimri|strong="H2174" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427" [MTY], he|strong="H3605" killed|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" Baasha’s|strong="H1201" family|strong="H1004" [MTY]. That|strong="H3605" included|strong="H1961" every|strong="H3605" male|strong="H8366" [IDM] in|strong="H3427" Baasha’s|strong="H1201" family|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" Baasha’s|strong="H1201" male|strong="H8366" friends|strong="H7453". 
\verseNumber{12}That|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" just|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" prophet|strong="H5030" Jehu|strong="H3058" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{13}Baasha|strong="H1201" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" Elah|strong="H0425" had|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398" and|strong="H1121" led|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2403". They|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" worshiped|strong="H7812", to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H3707", because|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3068" both|strong="H3605" urged|strong="H6484" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*} worthless|strong="H1892" idols|strong="H1892". 
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\verseNumber{14}Everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" Elah|strong="H0425" did|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 

\BibleSectionHeading{When|strong="H3117" Zimri|strong="H2174" ruled|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" }
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\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H5921" Zimri|strong="H2174" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H5971" after|strong="H5921" Asa|strong="H0609" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" 27 years|strong="H8141". But|strong="H5971" Zimri|strong="H2174" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" Tirzah|strong="H8656" for|strong="H5921" only|strong="H0389" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". The|strong="H5921" Israeli army|strong="H5971" was|strong="H3117" beseiging/surrounding|strong="H5439" Gibeah|strong="H1390", a|strong="H3117" town|strong="H7151" which|strong="H5971" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Philistine|strong="H6430" people-group. 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Israeli army|strong="H6635" camp|strong="H4264" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H5971" Zimri|strong="H2174" had|strong="H3478" secretly|strong="H5643" planned|strong="H3289" to|strong="H3478" kill|strong="H5221" King|strong="H4428" Elah|strong="H0425", and|strong="H3478" then|strong="H1571" had|strong="H3478" killed|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921". So|strong="H1571" on|strong="H5921" that|strong="H5971" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5971" chose|strong="H0977" Omri|strong="H6018", the|strong="H3605" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635", to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H4427" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H3605" Israeli army|strong="H5927" was|strong="H3478" camped|strong="H2583" near|strong="H5973" Gibbethon|strong="H1405" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. When|strong="H5927" they|strong="H5921" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H5927" Zimri|strong="H2174" had|strong="H3478" done|strong="H3478", they|strong="H5921" left|strong="H3478" there|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3478" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" Tirzah|strong="H8656", and|strong="H3478" surrounded|strong="H5437" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H3588" Zimri|strong="H2174" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" was|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w*} captured|strong="H3920", he|strong="H3588" went|strong="H4428" into|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H4428" set|strong="H7760" it|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" fire|strong="H0784". So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1004" burned|strong="H8313" down|strong="H8313", and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3588" died|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w fire|strong="H0784"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H6213" died|strong="H4191" because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H6213" had|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398" by|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451". Jeroboam|strong="H3379" had|strong="H3068" led|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H5869" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2403", and|strong="H3478" Zimri|strong="H2174" sinned|strong="H2398" just|strong="H6213" like|strong="H3478" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" had|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398". 
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\verseNumber{20}All|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" Zimri|strong="H2174" did|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="H4428" how|strong="H4100" he|strong="H3117" rebelled|strong="H4784" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Elah|strong="H0425"\+w*}, are|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5921" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 

\BibleSectionHeading{When|strong="H3117" Omri|strong="H6018" ruled|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" }
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\verseNumber{21}After|strong="H1961" Zimri|strong="H2174" died|strong="H4191", the|strong="H1961" Israeli people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H3478" divided|strong="H2505". One|strong="H1121" group|strong="H7235" wanted|strong="H2654" Tibni|strong="H8402", the|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ginath|strong="H1527", to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4427". The|strong="H1961" other|strong="H0312" group|strong="H7235" wanted|strong="H2654" Omri|strong="H6018" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4427"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{22}Those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H5971" supported|strong="H2388" Omri|strong="H6018" ◄were|strong="H5971" stronger|strong="H2388" than|strong="H4480"/defeated|strong="H5221"► those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H5971" supported|strong="H2388" Tibni|strong="H8402". So|strong="H4191" Tibni|strong="H8402" was|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H4191", and|strong="H1121" Omri|strong="H6018" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427". 
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\verseNumber{23}Omri|strong="H6018" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4428" when|strong="H5921" Asa|strong="H0609" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" 31 years|strong="H8141". Omri|strong="H6018" ruled|strong="H4427" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H5921" 12 years|strong="H8141". For|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" first|strong="H7223" six|strong="H8337" years|strong="H8141" he|strong="H8147" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" Tirzah|strong="H8656". 
\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H7121" he|strong="H5921" bought|strong="H7069" a|strong="H1129" hill|strong="H2022" from|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w man|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Shemer|strong="H8106" and|strong="H3701" paid|strong="H5414" him|strong="H7121" about|strong="H5921" ◄150 pounds|strong="H1993"/70 kg.► of|strong="H5892" silver|strong="H3701" for|strong="H5921" it|strong="H7121". Then|strong="H7121" Omri|strong="H6018" ordered|strong="H6680" his|strong="H7121" men|strong="H8034" to|strong="H5921" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" city|strong="H5892" on|strong="H5921" that|strong="H5892" hill|strong="H2022", and|strong="H3701" he|strong="H5921" called|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121" Samaria|strong="H8111", to|strong="H5921" honor|strong="H8034" Shemer|strong="H8106", the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H7121" owned|strong="H3426" it|strong="H7121" previously|strong="H8543". 
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\verseNumber{25}But|strong="H7451" Omri|strong="H6018" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451". He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" more|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" deeds|strong="H4611" than|strong="H3605" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" who|strong="H3605" ruled|strong="H4427" Israel|strong="H3478" before|strong="H6440" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{26}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3068"\+w*} Jeroboam|strong="H3379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w*} had|strong="H3068" led|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2403", and|strong="H1121" Omri|strong="H6018" committed|strong="H2398" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H1121" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3605" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" did|strong="H3478". The|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" caused|strong="H5414" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7812", to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H3707", because|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7812" worthless|strong="H1892" idols|strong="H1892". 
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\verseNumber{27}Everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3117" Omri|strong="H6018" did|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" victories|strong="H3444" that|strong="H3117" his|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} won|strong="H1589", are|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5921" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 
\verseNumber{28}After|strong="H0310" Omri|strong="H6018" died|strong="H4191", he|strong="H6912" was|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" Samaria|strong="H8111", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" Ahab|strong="H0256" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427". 

\BibleSectionHeading{When|strong="H1121" Ahab|strong="H0256" ruled|strong="H4427" Israel|strong="H3478" }
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\verseNumber{29}Ahab|strong="H0256" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" when|strong="H1121" Asa|strong="H0609" had|strong="H3478" ruled|strong="H4427" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" 38 years|strong="H8141". Ahab|strong="H0256" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} for|strong="H5921" 22 years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{30}Ahab|strong="H0256" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451". He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" more|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" than|strong="H3605" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" who|strong="H3605" ruled|strong="H4427" Israel|strong="H3478" before|strong="H6440" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{31}He|strong="H4428" committed|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3947" same|strong="H1931" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H1121" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H4428" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" did|strong="H7812", but|strong="H1961" he|strong="H4428" did|strong="H7812" things|strong="H1961" that|strong="H4428" were|strong="H1961" worse|strong="H7489" than|strong="H7043" the|strong="H3947" things|strong="H1961" that|strong="H4428" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" did|strong="H7812". He|strong="H4428" married|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w woman|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Jezebel|strong="H0348", the|strong="H3947" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Ethbaal|strong="H0856", the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Sidon|strong="H6721" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1961" Ahab|strong="H0256" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3212" worship|strong="H7812" Baal|strong="H1168", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w god|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w Canaan|strong="H3667"\+w* people-group \+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{32}He|strong="H1004" built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" temple|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" Samaria|strong="H8111" in|strong="H1004" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H4196" the|strong="H1129" Israeli people|strong="H5971" could|strong="H6965" worship|strong="H7812" Baal|strong="H1168" there|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H1004" put|strong="H5414" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196" there|strong="H6965" for|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w making|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1004"\+w*} Baal|strong="H1168". 
\verseNumber{33}He|strong="H6213" also|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" idol|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3605" represented Asherah|strong="H0842", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Baal’s|strong="H1168"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*}. He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" more|strong="H3254" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" caused|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H3707". He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" more|strong="H3254" evil|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" than|strong="H4428" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" previous|strong="H7223" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{34}During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" years|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" Ahab|strong="H0256" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ruled|strong="H4427"\+w*}, Hiel|strong="H2419", a|strong="H1129" man|strong="H1121" from|strong="H3027" Bethel|strong="H1008" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, rebuilt|strong="H1129" Jericho|strong="H3405" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. But|strong="H1696" when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" started|strong="H1129" to|strong="H1696" rebuild|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892", his|strong="H3068" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1121" Abiram|strong="H0048" died|strong="H4191". And|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w finished|strong="H3615"\+w*,} while|strong="H3117" Hiel|strong="H2419" was|strong="H3068" building|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892" gates|strong="H1817", his|strong="H3068" youngest|strong="H6810" son|strong="H1121" Segub|strong="H7687" died|strong="H4191". They|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191" just|strong="H1697" like|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" Joshua|strong="H3091" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sons|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w anyone|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w rebuild|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w Jericho|strong="H3405"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Crows fed Elijah }
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\chapterNumber{17}Elijah|strong="H0452" was|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w*} who|strong="H3068" lived|strong="H2416" in|strong="H8141" Tishbe \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} in|strong="H8141" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. One|strong="H2416" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} King|strong="H6440" Ahab|strong="H0256" and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H6440", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H6440" we|strong="H3588" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*} and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H6440" I|strong="H3588" worship|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" serve|strong="H1961". Just|strong="H1697" as|strong="H1697" certainly|strong="H3588" as|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" no|strong="H5975" dew|strong="H2919" or|strong="H3068" rain|strong="H4306" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" next|strong="H2416" few|strong="H4592" years|strong="H8141", if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1961" command|strong="H6310" rain|strong="H4306" to|strong="H3478" fall|strong="H1961"!” 
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\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" Elijah|strong="H0452", 
\verseNumber{3}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w have|strong="H6437"\+w* \+w made|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w king|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w angry|strong="H2734"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w*, \+w escape|strong="H4422"\+w* \+w from|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w king|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3212"\+w*,} go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H6440" east|strong="H6924", to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H6440" Kerith Brook|strong="H5158", east|strong="H6924" of|strong="H6440" where|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" flows|strong="H2100" into|strong="H3212" the|strong="H6440" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5158"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}You|strong="H6680" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1961" drink|strong="H8354" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6680" brook|strong="H5158", and|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w*} the|strong="H6680" crows \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w bring|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6680"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H8033"\+w*} I|strong="H6680" have|strong="H1961" commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H6680" to|strong="H1961" bring|strong="H1961" food|strong="H3899" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6680".” 
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\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H6213" Elijah|strong="H0452" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213". He|strong="H6213" went|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3068" camped|strong="H2583" alongside|strong="H5921" Kerith Brook|strong="H5158". 
\verseNumber{6}Crows bought|strong="H7069" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3899" meat|strong="H1320" to|strong="H4480" him|strong="H4480" every|strong="H1242" morning|strong="H1242" and|strong="H3899" every|strong="H1242" evening|strong="H6153", and|strong="H3899" he|strong="H4480" drank|strong="H8354" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w water|strong="H4325"\+w*} from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" brook|strong="H5158". 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3588" after|strong="H7093" a|strong="H1961" while|strong="H1961", the|strong="H3588" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" brook|strong="H5158" dried|strong="H3001" up|strong="H3001", because|strong="H3588" rain|strong="H1653" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" fall|strong="H1961" anywhere|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" Elijah|strong="H0452", 
\verseNumber{9}“Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H6965" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Zarephath|strong="H6886" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w village|strong="H1949"\+w*}, near|strong="H8033" Sidon|strong="H6721" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. There|strong="H8033" is|strong="H2009" a|strong="H6965" widow|strong="H0490" there|strong="H8033" who|strong="H3427" will|strong="H8033" give|strong="H6680" you|strong="H6680" food|strong="H3899" to|strong="H3212" eat|strong="H0398". I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w already|strong="H3528"\+w*} told|strong="H6680" her|strong="H6965" what|strong="H4100" to|strong="H3212" do|strong="H6680" about|strong="H8033" that|strong="H6965".” 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Elijah|strong="H0452"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w said|strong="H7121"\+w*}. He|strong="H8033" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Zarephath|strong="H6886". As|strong="H5892" he|strong="H8033" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3947" gates|strong="H6607" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3947" village|strong="H1949", he|strong="H8033" saw|strong="H2009" a|strong="H3947" widow|strong="H0490" who|strong="H8354" was|strong="H5892" gathering|strong="H7197" sticks|strong="H6086". He|strong="H8033" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3212" her|strong="H3947", “Would|strong="H5892" you|strong="H3947" please|strong="H4994" bring|strong="H3947" me|strong="H4994" a|strong="H3947" cup|strong="H3563" of|strong="H5892" water|strong="H4325"?” 
\verseNumber{11}While|strong="H5704" she|strong="H7121" was|strong="H3027" going|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" get|strong="H3947" it|strong="H7121", he|strong="H3027" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3212" her|strong="H3947", “Bring|strong="H3947" me|strong="H4994" a|strong="H3947" piece|strong="H6595" of|strong="H3027" bread|strong="H3899", too|strong="H4480"!” 
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\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" knows|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" what|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" telling|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" true|strong="H3068": I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3426" even|strong="H3588" one|strong="H1121" piece|strong="H6595" of|strong="H1121" bread|strong="H4580" in|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3426" only|strong="H3588" a|strong="H6213" handful|strong="H4393" of|strong="H1121" flour|strong="H7058" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H6213" jar|strong="H3537", and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H6213" little|strong="H4592" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H6213" jug|strong="H6835". I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" gathering|strong="H7197" a|strong="H6213" few|strong="H4592" sticks|strong="H6086" to|strong="H4191" use|strong="H6213" these|strong="H6213" to|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w make|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w fire|strong="H0784"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} cook|strong="H2876" one|strong="H1121" more|strong="H3588" meal|strong="H7058", and|strong="H1121" then|strong="H6213" after|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3588" eat|strong="H0398" that|strong="H3588", we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w hunger|strong="H7458"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H7223" Elijah|strong="H0452" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3318" her|strong="H3318", “Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1697" worried|strong="H1672"! Go|strong="H3318" home|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1121" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6213" said|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6213" were|strong="H1121" going|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" do|strong="H6213". But|strong="H7223" first|strong="H7223", bake|strong="H0644" me|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" little|strong="H6996" loaf|strong="H3603" of|strong="H1121" bread|strong="H5692" and|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H3318" it|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H6213". After|strong="H3318" you|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1697", take|strong="H3318" what|strong="H1697" is|strong="H1697" left|strong="H3318" and|strong="H1121" prepare|strong="H6213" some|strong="H8033" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H6213" son|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*,} because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6440" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H6440" we|strong="H3588" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, says|strong="H3541" this|strong="H3541": ‘There|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3808" plenty|strong="H7647" of|strong="H3068" flour|strong="H7058" and|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081" left|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" containers|strong="H3627", until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" send|strong="H5414" rain|strong="H1653" again|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w crops|strong="H8393"\+w* \+w grow|strong="H6779"\+w* \+w again|strong="H6440"\+w*}!’ ” 
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\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" woman|strong="H1004" did|strong="H6213" exactly|strong="H0834" what|strong="H1697" Elijah|strong="H0452" told|strong="H1697" her|strong="H1931" to|strong="H3212" do|strong="H6213". And|strong="H3117" she|strong="H1931" and|strong="H3117" her|strong="H1931" son|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3117" Elijah|strong="H0452" had|strong="H1931" enough|strong="H6213" food|strong="H1004" every|strong="H3212" day|strong="H3117", 
\verseNumber{16}because|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3068" flour|strong="H7058" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" jar|strong="H3537" was|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" finished|strong="H3615", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" jug|strong="H6835" of|strong="H3068" oil|strong="H8081" was|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" empty|strong="H3615". That|strong="H3068" happened|strong="H1697" just|strong="H1697" like|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" Elijah|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3068" it|strong="H1696" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1697". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Elijah|strong="H1696" restored|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1696" life|strong="H5315" the|strong="H3068" widow’s|strong="H0490" son|strong="H1121" }
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\verseNumber{17}Some|strong="H1697" time|strong="H5704" later|strong="H1961", the|strong="H5704" woman’s|strong="H0802" son|strong="H1121" became|strong="H1961" sick|strong="H2470". He|strong="H5704" continued|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" get|strong="H3947" worse|strong="H7489", and|strong="H1121" finally|strong="H5704" he|strong="H5704" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H4191" the|strong="H2142" woman|strong="H0802" went|strong="H1121" to|strong="H4191" Elijah|strong="H0452" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" him|strong="H4191", “You|strong="H4100" are|strong="H1121" a|strong="H4191" prophet|strong="H5030"; so|strong="H4191" why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1121" you|strong="H4100" done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H4191" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H4191"? Have|strong="H1121" you|strong="H4100" come|strong="H2142" here|strong="H4191" to|strong="H4191" punish|strong="H6485" me|strong="H4191" for|strong="H1121" my|strong="H2142" sins|strong="H5771" by|strong="H4191" causing|strong="H7462" my|strong="H2142" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191"?” 
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\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H3947" Elijah|strong="H0452" replied|strong="H0559", “Give|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5927" me|strong="H5414".” So|strong="H3947" she|strong="H1931" gave|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5927" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1931" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" boy’s|strong="H5288" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w body|strong="H1320"\+w*} from|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" carried|strong="H5927" it|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w steps|strong="H4609"\+w*} to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5921" room|strong="H5944" where|strong="H8033" he|strong="H1931" stayed|strong="H3427". He|strong="H1931" laid|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" boy’s|strong="H5288" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w body|strong="H1320"\+w*} on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" bed|strong="H4296". 
\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H1571" Elijah|strong="H0452" cried|strong="H7121" out|strong="H5921" to|strong="H4191" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “O|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", this|strong="H7121" widow|strong="H0490" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w kindly|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w allowed|strong="H3068"\+w*} me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H4191" stay|strong="H1481" in|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" home|strong="H3068". So|strong="H7121" why|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" brought|strong="H7489" this|strong="H7121" tragedy|strong="H7451" to|strong="H4191" her|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" caused|strong="H4191" her|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191"?” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H2088" Elijah|strong="H0452" stretched|strong="H4058" himself|strong="H5315" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" boy’s|strong="H3206" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w body|strong="H5315"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7725" Yahweh|strong="H3068" saying|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", please|strong="H4994" allow|strong="H4994" this|strong="H2088" boy|strong="H3206" to|strong="H7725" become|strong="H7121" alive|strong="H5315" again|strong="H7725"!” He|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471". 
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\verseNumber{22}Yahweh|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6963" Elijah|strong="H0452" prayed|strong="H6419", and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w caused|strong="H5414"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" boy|strong="H3206" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* } become|strong="H7725" alive|strong="H2421" again|strong="H7725" [DOU]. 
\verseNumber{23}Elijah|strong="H0452" carried|strong="H3947" the|strong="H7200" boy|strong="H3206" down|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w steps|strong="H4609"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3381" his|strong="H5414" mother|strong="H0517". He|strong="H1004" said|strong="H0559", “Look|strong="H7200", your|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1121" alive|strong="H2416"!” 
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\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H3588" woman|strong="H2088" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" Elijah|strong="H0452", “Now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w certain|strong="H3045"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1697" a|strong="H3588" prophet|strong="H5030" and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" words|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" speak|strong="H1697" are|strong="H1697" truly|strong="H3588" from|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068"!” 

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\chapterNumber{18}For|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H3117" three|strong="H7992" years|strong="H8141" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H3068" no|strong="H5414" rain|strong="H4306" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111". Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" this|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" Elijah|strong="H0452": “Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3068" meet|strong="H6440" with|strong="H3068" King|strong="H5921" Ahab|strong="H0256" and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w*} I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" soon|strong="H3512" send|strong="H5414" rain|strong="H4306".” 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H7200" Elijah|strong="H0452" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3212" Ahab|strong="H0256". 
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In|strong="H3212" Samaria|strong="H8111" there|strong="H7200" was|strong="H7458" almost|strong="H4592" no|strong="H7200" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H3212" anyone|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3212" eat|strong="H0398". 
\verseNumber{3}There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" there|strong="H1961" named|strong="H7121" Obadiah|strong="H5662". He|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004". He|strong="H3068" greatly|strong="H3966" revered|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{4}One|strong="H1961" time|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Queen|strong="H4436"\+w*} Jezebel|strong="H0348" had|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tried|strong="H6884"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} kill|strong="H3772" all|strong="H3772" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030", Obadiah|strong="H5662" hid|strong="H2244" 100 of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H3947" in|strong="H3068" two|strong="H3947" caves|strong="H4631". He|strong="H3068" put|strong="H3068" 50 prophets|strong="H5030" in|strong="H3068" each|strong="H3947" cave|strong="H4631", and|strong="H3967" he|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3947" food|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3967" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H3947". 
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\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w By|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w*, \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* ◄\+w famine|strong="H7458"\+w*/\+w lack|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w food|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w*► \+w had|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w severe|strong="H3515"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w Samaria|strong="H8111"\+w*}. So|strong="H3808" Ahab|strong="H0256" summoned|strong="H7121" Obadiah|strong="H5662" and|strong="H3212" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H4672", “We|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" check|strong="H4148"/look|strong="H7200" near|strong="H3808" every|strong="H3605" spring|strong="H4599" and|strong="H3212" in|strong="H3212" every|strong="H3605" valley|strong="H5158" to|strong="H3212" see|strong="H7200" if|strong="H0518" we|strong="H3605" can|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" enough|strong="H4672" grass|strong="H2682" to|strong="H3212" give|strong="H2421" to|strong="H3212" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4325" my|strong="H3605" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H3212" mules|strong="H6505", so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" die|strong="H4191".” 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H1980" they|strong="H1992" both|strong="H1992" started|strong="H2490" walking|strong="H1980" throughout|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" land|strong="H0776". Obadiah|strong="H5662" went|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" one|strong="H0259" direction|strong="H1870" by|strong="H5674" hmself, and|strong="H1980" Ahab|strong="H0256" went|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" another|strong="H0312" direction|strong="H1870" by|strong="H5674" himself|strong="H5315". 
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\verseNumber{7}While|strong="H1961" Obadiah|strong="H5662" was|strong="H1961" walking|strong="H1980" along|strong="H5921", he|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H2009" Elijah|strong="H0452" coming|strong="H2009" toward|strong="H1870" him|strong="H6440". Obadiah|strong="H5662" recognized|strong="H5234" Elijah|strong="H0452" and|strong="H6440" bowed|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440" and|strong="H6440" said|strong="H0559", “Is|strong="H2088" it|strong="H5921" really|strong="H2088" you|strong="H6440", Elijah|strong="H0452", my|strong="H5921" master|strong="H0113"?” 
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\verseNumber{8}Elijah|strong="H0452" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H2009". Now|strong="H2009" go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" tell|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Ahab|strong="H0256"\+w*,} your|strong="H2009" master|strong="H0113", that|strong="H2009" I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" here|strong="H2009".” 
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\verseNumber{9}Obadiah|strong="H5662" objected. He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Sir|strong="H0113", I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5650" not|strong="H5414" [RHQ] harmed|strong="H2255" you|strong="H3588" at|strong="H4191" all|strong="H5414". So|strong="H5414" why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3588" sending|strong="H7971" me|strong="H5414" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H4191" Ahab|strong="H0256"? He|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5650" kill|strong="H4191" me|strong="H5414"! 
\verseNumber{10}Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w knows|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w truth|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" solemnly|strong="H7650" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" has|strong="H3068" searched|strong="H1245" in|strong="H3068" every|strong="H3068" kingdom|strong="H4467" all|strong="H7971" over|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" world|strong="H8398" [HYP] to|strong="H3068" find|strong="H4672" you|strong="H3588". Each|strong="H1471" time|strong="H6256" that|strong="H3588" some|strong="H8033" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7971", ‘Elijah|strong="H0452" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" here|strong="H8033",’ Ahab|strong="H0256" demanded|strong="H7592" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" country|strong="H2022" solemnly|strong="H7650" swear|strong="H7650"/declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H3068" telling|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" truth|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{11}Now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H3212" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" me|strong="H3212", ‘Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" tell|strong="H5046" your|strong="H6258" master|strong="H0113" that|strong="H2009" Elijah|strong="H0452" is|strong="H2009" here|strong="H2009"!’ 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H3808" as|strong="H1961" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5921" leave|strong="H5800" you|strong="H5921", the|strong="H5921" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" carry|strong="H5375" you|strong="H5921" away|strong="H5375", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" where|strong="H5921" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H5375" you|strong="H5921". So|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w*} Ahab|strong="H0256" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w here|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w*} comes|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5046" and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" you|strong="H5921" here|strong="H4672", he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H5046"! But|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w deserve|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w die|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w because|strong="H5921"\+w*} I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1961" revered|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068" since|strong="H3588" I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" boy|strong="H5288". 
\verseNumber{13}My|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113", have|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" heard|strong="H5046" about|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3808" did|strong="H6213" when|strong="H6213" Jezebel|strong="H0348" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" all|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030"? I|strong="H3808" hid|strong="H2244" 100 of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3068" two|strong="H6213" caves|strong="H4631" and|strong="H3967" took|strong="H5030" food|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3967" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{14}Now|strong="H6258", sir|strong="H0113", you|strong="H3212" say|strong="H0559", ‘Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" tell|strong="H5046" your|strong="H2026" master|strong="H0113" that|strong="H2009" Elijah|strong="H0452" is|strong="H2009" here|strong="H2009".’ But|strong="H2009" if|strong="H2009" I|strong="H2009" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H2009", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w comes|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w here|strong="H2009"\+w*,} he|strong="H3212" will|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H2026"!” 
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\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H3588" Elijah|strong="H0452" replied|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6440" Almighty|strong="H6635" One|strong="H2416" whom|strong="H6440" I|strong="H3588" serve|strong="H5975" [IDM], knows|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w truth|strong="H0571"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3117"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" solemnly|strong="H7650" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" meet|strong="H6440" with|strong="H3068" Ahab|strong="H0256" today|strong="H3117".” 

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\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H3651" Obadiah|strong="H5662" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" tell|strong="H5046" Ahab|strong="H0256" that|strong="H3212" Elijah|strong="H0452" had|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3212". Ahab|strong="H0256" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" meet|strong="H7125" with|strong="H3212" him|strong="H5046". 
\verseNumber{17}When|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3478" saw|strong="H7200" Elijah|strong="H0452", he|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H7200", “Is|strong="H2088" that|strong="H7200" you|strong="H7200", the|strong="H7200" one|strong="H2088" who|strong="H3478" causes|strong="H5414" trouble|strong="H5916" for|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w people|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7200"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478"?” 
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\verseNumber{18}Elijah|strong="H0452" replied|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" trouble|strong="H5916" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478"! You|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3478" your|strong="H3068" family|strong="H1004" are|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" ones|strong="H2945" who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" trouble|strong="H5916"! You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3478" obey|strong="H8085" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" commands|strong="H4687", and|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7812" the|strong="H3588" idols|strong="H1544" of|strong="H1004" Baal|strong="H1168" instead|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H7971" now|strong="H6258", command|strong="H6680" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H6908" to|strong="H3478" come|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" Carmel|strong="H3760" Mountain|strong="H2022", and|strong="H3967" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w sure|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} bring|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" 450 prophets|strong="H5030" who|strong="H3605" worship|strong="H3478" Baal|strong="H1168" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" 400 prophets|strong="H5030" who|strong="H3605" worship|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Asherah|strong="H0842", the|strong="H3605" ones|strong="H2945" to|strong="H3478" whom|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*} Jezebel|strong="H0348" brings|strong="H0935" food|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3967" water|strong="H4325".” 
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\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H7971" Ahab|strong="H0256" summoned|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" Carmel|strong="H3760" Mountain|strong="H2022", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Elijah|strong="H0452"\+w* \+w went|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w up|strong="H6908"\+w* \+w there|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w too|strong="H4480"\+w*.} 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H6030" Elijah|strong="H0452" stood|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697", “How|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" [RHQ] are|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3605" going|strong="H3212" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3808" undecided \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w truly|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w*}? If|strong="H0518" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w truly|strong="H3588"\+w*} God|strong="H3068", then|strong="H6030" worship|strong="H7812"/serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H5921". If|strong="H0518" Baal|strong="H1168" is|strong="H3068" truly|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3068", then|strong="H6030" worship|strong="H7812"/serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H5921"!” But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" said|strong="H1697" nothing|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w reply|strong="H6030"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* admitted \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H3068" Elijah|strong="H0452" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H3068", “I|strong="H3068" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" only|strong="H0389" true|strong="H3068" prophet|strong="H5030" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" who|strong="H5971" is|strong="H3068" left|strong="H3498", but|strong="H3498" Baal|strong="H1168" has|strong="H3068" 450 prophets|strong="H5030". 
\verseNumber{23}Bring|strong="H5414" two|strong="H8147" bulls|strong="H6499". The|strong="H5921" prophets|strong="H5030" of|strong="H6086" Baal|strong="H1168" may|strong="H6213" choose|strong="H0977" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H3808" that|strong="H5414" they|strong="H1992" want|strong="H3808". They|strong="H1992" must|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6086"\+w*} cut|strong="H5408" it|strong="H5414" into|strong="H5921" pieces|strong="H5408" and|strong="H6086" lay|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" pieces|strong="H5408" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" wood|strong="H6086" that|strong="H5414" is|strong="H6213" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" that|strong="H5414" they|strong="H1992" havemade. But|strong="H3808" they|strong="H1992" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" light|strong="H7760" a|strong="H6213" fire|strong="H0784" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w under|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w wood|strong="H6086"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w other|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w bull|strong="H6499"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w cut|strong="H5408"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w pieces|strong="H5408"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w lay|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w pieces|strong="H5408"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w make|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H6030" they|strong="H3068" must|strong="H4191" call|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" god|strong="H3068" [MTY], and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" call|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". The|strong="H3605" god|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3605" answers|strong="H6030" by|strong="H3068" lighting|strong="H3974" a|strong="H1961" fire|strong="H0784" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w wood|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} is|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w true|strong="H3068"\+w*} God|strong="H3068"!” 
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Then|strong="H6030" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" thought|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5971" Elijah’s|strong="H0452" suggestion was|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896". 
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\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H6213" Elijah|strong="H0452" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" prophets|strong="H5030" of|strong="H8034" Baal|strong="H1168", “You|strong="H3588" call|strong="H7121" to|strong="H6213" Baal|strong="H1168" first|strong="H7223", because|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8034" are|strong="H5030" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H8034" you|strong="H3588". Choose|strong="H0977" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H8034" the|strong="H3588" bulls|strong="H6499" and|strong="H6499" prepare|strong="H6213" it|strong="H7760", and|strong="H6499" then|strong="H6213" call|strong="H7121" to|strong="H6213" your|strong="H7760" god|strong="H3808". But|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" light|strong="H7760" a|strong="H6213" fire|strong="H0784" under|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" wood|strong="H6086"!” 
\verseNumber{26}So|strong="H6213" they|strong="H5921" killed|strong="H2026" one|strong="H6213" of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H5921" bulls|strong="H6499" and|strong="H6030" cut|strong="H3772" it|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5414" and|strong="H6030" placed|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" pieces|strong="H5409" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". Then|strong="H6030" they|strong="H5921" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" Baal|strong="H1168" all|strong="H5704" morning|strong="H1242". They|strong="H5921" shouted|strong="H5414", “Baal|strong="H1168", answer|strong="H6030" us|strong="H5414"!” But|strong="H6030" no|strong="H6213" one|strong="H6213" answered|strong="H6030". There|strong="H5704" was|strong="H8034" no|strong="H6213" reply|strong="H6030" at|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5704" [DOU]. 
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Then|strong="H6030" they|strong="H5921" danced|strong="H3769" wildly|strong="H8264" around|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" that|strong="H5414" they|strong="H5921" had|strong="H5414" made|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{27}About|strong="H1961" noontime, Elijah|strong="H0452" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" make|strong="H7121" fun of|strong="H6963" them|strong="H7121". He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H7121", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Surely|strong="H3588"\+w*} Baal|strong="H1168" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H1961" god|strong="H0430", so|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1931" seems|strong="H3190" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" shout|strong="H6963" louder|strong="H1419"! Perhaps|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" thinking|strong="H0559" about|strong="H1961" something|strong="H1697", or|strong="H1419" perhaps|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" has|strong="H1961" gone|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" toilet. Or|strong="H1419" perhaps|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" traveling|strong="H1980" somewhere|strong="H1481", or|strong="H1419" perhaps|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" asleep|strong="H3463" and|strong="H1419" you|strong="H3588" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H1961" wake|strong="H3364" him|strong="H7121" up|strong="H1961"!” 
\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H7121" they|strong="H5921" shouted|strong="H7121" louder|strong="H1419". Then|strong="H7121", doing|strong="H6213" one|strong="H1419" of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H5921" things|strong="H1419" that|strong="H7121" they|strong="H5921" frequently did|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w worshiped|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w Baal|strong="H1168"\+w*}, they|strong="H5921" slashed/cut|strong="H1413" themselves|strong="H7121" with|strong="H5921" knives|strong="H2719" and|strong="H1419" swords|strong="H2719" until|strong="H5704" a|strong="H7121" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H6963" blood|strong="H1818" flowed|strong="H1980". 
\verseNumber{29}They|strong="H5704" continued|strong="H5674" calling|strong="H7121" out|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5704" Baal|strong="H1168" all|strong="H5704" afternoon|strong="H5186". But|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H5927" reply|strong="H6030", no|strong="H5927" answer|strong="H6030", no|strong="H5927" god|strong="H0430" who|strong="H5012" paid|strong="H7182" attention|strong="H7182". 
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\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H3068" Elijah|strong="H0452" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" saying|strong="H0559", “Come|strong="H5066" closer|strong="H5066"!” So|strong="H5066" they|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" crowded|strong="H6950" around|strong="H5439" him|strong="H3605". Then|strong="H3068" Elijah|strong="H0452" repaired|strong="H7495" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" that|strong="H5971" had|strong="H3068" previously|strong="H8543" been|strong="H5971" ◄ruined|strong="H2040"/torn|strong="H2040" down|strong="H2040"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Baal|strong="H1168"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947" twelve|strong="H8147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w large|strong="H1419"\+w*} stones|strong="H0068", each|strong="H3947" one|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" represent|strong="H7969" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" Israeli tribes|strong="H7626". The|strong="H3947" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1121" tribes|strong="H7626" were|strong="H3478" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H3947" by|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" ancestor Jacob|strong="H3290". 
\verseNumber{32}With|strong="H1004" these|strong="H6213" stones|strong="H0068" he|strong="H6213" rebuilt|strong="H1129" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196". Then|strong="H6213" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H6213" altar|strong="H4196" he|strong="H6213" dug|strong="H2658" a|strong="H6213" little|strong="H4592" ditch|strong="H7845" that|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" large|strong="H1004" enough|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" hold|strong="H6213" about|strong="H5439" ◄three|strong="H7969" gallons|strong="H1324"/12 liters► of|strong="H1004" water|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{33}He|strong="H5921" piled|strong="H6651" wood|strong="H6086" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H6086" the|strong="H5921" stones|strong="H0068". He|strong="H5921" killed|strong="H2026" the|strong="H5921" bull|strong="H6499" and|strong="H6086" cut|strong="H5408" it|strong="H7760" in|strong="H5921" pieces|strong="H5408". Then|strong="H7760" he|strong="H5921" laid|strong="H7760" the|strong="H5921" pieces|strong="H5408" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H6086" the|strong="H5921" wood|strong="H6086". Then|strong="H7760" he|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559", “Fill|strong="H4390" four|strong="H0702" large|strong="H1419" jars|strong="H7184" with|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325", and|strong="H6086" pour|strong="H8210" the|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H6086" the|strong="H5921" pieces|strong="H5408" of|strong="H6086" meat|strong="H1320" and|strong="H6086" the|strong="H5921" wood|strong="H6086".” So|strong="H7760" they|strong="H5921" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H6086". 
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\verseNumber{34}Then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H8138" the|strong="H5921" same|strong="H1931" thing|strong="H1697" again|strong="H8138"!” So|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" did|strong="H5930" it|strong="H5921" again|strong="H8138". Then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" “Do|strong="H8138" it|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" third|strong="H8027" time|strong="H8138"!” So|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" did|strong="H5930" it|strong="H5921" again|strong="H8138". 
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\verseNumber{35}As|strong="H1571" a|strong="H1571" result|strong="H6903", the|strong="H4390" water|strong="H4325" flowed|strong="H3212" down|strong="H3212" below|strong="H8478" the|strong="H4390" altar|strong="H4196" and|strong="H3212" filled|strong="H4390" the|strong="H4390" ditches|strong="H1356". 
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\verseNumber{36}When|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" time|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3478" offer|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" evening|strong="H3117" sacrifices|strong="H4503", Elijah|strong="H0452" walked|strong="H1980" close|strong="H5066" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} and|strong="H3478" prayed|strong="H6419". He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1697", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w*} Abraham|strong="H0085" and|strong="H3478" Isaac|strong="H3327" and|strong="H3478" Jacob|strong="H3290" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}, prove|strong="H3045" today|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" prove|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650". Prove|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" told|strong="H1697" me|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{37}Yahweh|strong="H3068", answer|strong="H6030" me|strong="H5437"! Answer|strong="H6030" me|strong="H5437" in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" them|strong="H6030" to|strong="H3068" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3068" [IDM] you|strong="H3588" again|strong="H5437"!” 
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\verseNumber{38}Immediately|strong="H6965" a|strong="H3068" fire|strong="H0784" from|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" flashed|strong="H1980" down|strong="H5307" from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" sky|strong="H8064". The|strong="H3068" fire|strong="H0784" burned|strong="H8313" up|strong="H3897" the|strong="H3068" pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H3068" meat|strong="H1320", the|strong="H3068" wood|strong="H6086", the|strong="H3068" stones|strong="H0068", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" dirt|strong="H6083" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w around|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. It|strong="H3068" even|strong="H3068" dried|strong="H3068" up|strong="H3897" all|strong="H3897" the|strong="H3068" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" ditch|strong="H7845"! 
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\verseNumber{39}When|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H5971", they|strong="H3068" prostrated|strong="H7812" themselves|strong="H6440" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3068" shouted|strong="H7321", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068"! Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068"!” 
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\verseNumber{40}Then|strong="H3381" Elijah|strong="H0452" commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H1992", “Seize|strong="H8610" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H7819" prophets|strong="H5030" of|strong="H5158" Baal|strong="H1168"! Do|strong="H3381" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" any|strong="H4422" of|strong="H5158" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3381" escape|strong="H4422"!” So|strong="H3381" the|strong="H7819" people|strong="H5971" seized|strong="H8610" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H7819" prophets|strong="H5030" of|strong="H5158" Baal|strong="H1168", and|strong="H8033" took|strong="H8610" them|strong="H1992" down|strong="H3381" the|strong="H7819" mountain|strong="H2022" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H7819" Kishon|strong="H7028" Valley|strong="H5158", and|strong="H8033" Elijah|strong="H0452" killed|strong="H7819" them|strong="H1992" all|strong="H3605" there|strong="H8033". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Elijah|strong="H0452" prayed|strong="H6419" for|strong="H8033" rain|strong="H4306" }
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\verseNumber{41}Then|strong="H3588" Elijah|strong="H0452" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5927" Ahab|strong="H0256", “Go|strong="H5927" and|strong="H6963" get|strong="H5927" something|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5927" eat|strong="H0398" and|strong="H6963" drink|strong="H8354". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w quickly|strong="H4116"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H6963" soon|strong="H3588" going|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" rain|strong="H1653" very|strong="H3966" hard|strong="H7186"!” 
\verseNumber{42}So|strong="H5927" Ahab|strong="H0256" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w men|strong="H7218"\+w*} left|strong="H7760" to|strong="H5927" prepare|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" big|strong="H0931" meal|strong="H7058". But|strong="H3588" Elijah|strong="H0452" went|strong="H5927" back|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H6440" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" Carmel|strong="H3760" Mountain|strong="H2022" and|strong="H7218" prayed|strong="H6419". 
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\verseNumber{43}Then|strong="H7725" he|strong="H7725" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" servant|strong="H5288", “Go|strong="H5927" and|strong="H7725" look|strong="H5027" out|strong="H7725" toward|strong="H1870" the|strong="H7725" sea|strong="H3220", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w see|strong="H5027"\+w* \+w if|strong="H5027"\+w* \+w there|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w any|strong="H3972"\+w* \+w rain|strong="H4306"\+w* \+w clouds|strong="H5645"\+w*.}” So|strong="H5927" his|strong="H7725" servant|strong="H5288" went|strong="H5927" and|strong="H7725" looked|strong="H5027", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w came|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w back|strong="H7725"\+w*} and|strong="H7725" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5288" do|strong="H1870" not|strong="H1870" see|strong="H5027" anything|strong="H3972".” This|strong="H6471" happened|strong="H1961" six|strong="H8337" times|strong="H6471". 
\verseNumber{44}But|strong="H3808" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5927" servant|strong="H5650" went|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" seventh|strong="H7637" time|strong="H1961", he|strong="H3808" came|strong="H1961" back|strong="H5927" and|strong="H5927" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H2009" a|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" small|strong="H6996" cloud|strong="H5645" above|strong="H4605" the|strong="H5927" sea|strong="H3220". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w As|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w I|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w extend|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w my|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w arm|strong="H2220"\+w*,} the|strong="H5927" cloud|strong="H5645" is|strong="H2009" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5927" size|strong="H4060" of|strong="H3709" my|strong="H1961" hand|strong="H3709"/fist|strong="H0106".” 
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Then|strong="H1961" Elijah|strong="H0452" shouted|strong="H7321" to|strong="H3381" him|strong="H3381", “Go|strong="H5927" and|strong="H5927" tell|strong="H5046" King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" to|strong="H3381" get|strong="H5927" his|strong="H1961" chariot|strong="H7393" ready|strong="H3559" and|strong="H5927" go|strong="H5927" home|strong="H1004" immediately|strong="H6965"! If|strong="H2009" he|strong="H3808" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3381" that|strong="H3808", the|strong="H5927" rain|strong="H1653" will|strong="H1961" stop|strong="H3808" him|strong="H3381"!” 
\verseNumber{45}Very|strong="H5704" soon|strong="H3512" the|strong="H3541" sky|strong="H8064" was|strong="H1961" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H7307" black|strong="H6937" clouds|strong="H5645". There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" strong|strong="H1419" wind|strong="H7307", and|strong="H8064" then|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1961" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" rain|strong="H1653" very|strong="H5704" hard|strong="H1419". Ahab|strong="H0256" got|strong="H6965" into|strong="H3212" his|strong="H1961" chariot|strong="H7392" and|strong="H8064" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" Jezreel|strong="H3157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{46}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" extra strength|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5704" Elijah|strong="H0452". He|strong="H5704" tucked his|strong="H3068" cloak|strong="H8008" into|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3068" belt|strong="H0232" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w order|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w run|strong="H7323"\+w* \+w fast|strong="H6685"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H5704" ran|strong="H7323" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w chariot|strong="H7393"\+w*} all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" way|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{17 \+w miles|strong="H7341"\+w*/26 km.} to|strong="H5704" Jezreel|strong="H3157". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Elijah fled to the desert and then to Sinai Mountain }
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\chapterNumber{19}When|strong="H6213" Ahab|strong="H0256" got|strong="H6965" home|strong="H1004", he|strong="H6213" told|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*} Jezebel|strong="H0348" what|strong="H6213" Elijah|strong="H0452" had|strong="H5030" done|strong="H6213". He|strong="H6213" told|strong="H5046" her|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Elijah|strong="H0452" had|strong="H5030" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" of|strong="H3605" Baal|strong="H1168". 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H6213" Jezebel|strong="H0348" sent|strong="H7971" this|strong="H6213" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7971" Elijah|strong="H0452": “By|strong="H7971" this|strong="H6213" time|strong="H6256" tomorrow|strong="H4279" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5315" have|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w*} you|strong="H3588", just|strong="H6213" like|strong="H3541" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w all|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w Baal|strong="H1168"\+w*}. If|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" hope|strong="H3176" the|strong="H3588" gods|strong="H0430" will|strong="H5315" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H7971".” 
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\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H7200" Elijah|strong="H0452" received|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w her|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*}, he|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3063" afraid|strong="H3372". So|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w taking|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w servant|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7200"\+w*}, he|strong="H8033" fled|strong="H5127" in|strong="H3212" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H8033" would|strong="H5315" not|strong="H7200" be|strong="H5315" killed|strong="H2026". He|strong="H8033" went|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w far|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*} to|strong="H3212" Beersheba|strong="H0884", in|strong="H3212" Judah|strong="H3063". He|strong="H8033" left|strong="H3240" his|strong="H7200" servant|strong="H5288" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H1980" he|strong="H1931" went|strong="H1980" by|strong="H3117" himself|strong="H5315" further|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w south|strong="H4057"\+w*} into|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3588" desert|strong="H4057". He|strong="H1931" walked|strong="H1980" all|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117". He|strong="H1931" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" under|strong="H8478" a|strong="H3947" broom|strong="H7574" tree|strong="H7574" and|strong="H1980" prayed|strong="H6419" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} would|strong="H3068" allow|strong="H1980" him|strong="H3947" to|strong="H1980" die|strong="H4191". He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", I’ve had|strong="H3068" enough|strong="H7227". So|strong="H1980" allow|strong="H1980" me|strong="H5315" to|strong="H1980" die|strong="H4191", because|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H5315" to|strong="H1980" live|strong="H3427" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w being|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w with|strong="H1980"\+w*} my|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H6965" he|strong="H4397" lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" broom|strong="H7574" tree|strong="H7574" and|strong="H6965" slept|strong="H7901". But|strong="H2009" while|strong="H2009" he|strong="H4397" was|strong="H2088" sleeping|strong="H3463", an|strong="H6965" angel|strong="H4397" touched|strong="H5060" him|strong="H8478" and|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w woke|strong="H3364"\+w* \+w him|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w up|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6965"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4397" him|strong="H8478", “Get|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" eat|strong="H0398" some|strong="H2009" food|strong="H3899"!” 
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\verseNumber{6}Elijah|strong="H0452" looked|strong="H5027" around|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7725" saw|strong="H2009" some|strong="H2009" bread|strong="H5692" which|strong="H4325" had|strong="H4325" been|strong="H1961" baked|strong="H0644" on|strong="H5027" hot|strong="H2552" stones|strong="H0068", and|strong="H7725" he|strong="H7725" also|strong="H8354" saw|strong="H2009" a|strong="H7725" jar|strong="H6835" of|strong="H4325" water|strong="H4325". So|strong="H7725" he|strong="H7725" ate|strong="H0398" some|strong="H2009" bread|strong="H5692" and|strong="H7725" drank|strong="H8354" some|strong="H2009" water|strong="H4325" and|strong="H7725" lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w sleep|strong="H7901"\+w*} again|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3588" angel|strong="H4397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w been|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sent|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3068"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" came|strong="H5060" again|strong="H7725" and|strong="H6965" touched|strong="H5060" him|strong="H7725", and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H0559", “Get|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" eat|strong="H0398" some|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w more|strong="H4480"\+w*} food|strong="H3899", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" need|strong="H4270" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w more|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w strength|strong="H5797"\+w*} to|strong="H7725" go|strong="H7725" on|strong="H1870" a|strong="H3588" long|strong="H7227" journey|strong="H1870".” 
\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H6965" he|strong="H1931" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" ate|strong="H0398" and|strong="H6965" drank|strong="H8354" some|strong="H3117" more|strong="H5704", and|strong="H6965" because|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" doing|strong="H8354" that|strong="H3117", he|strong="H1931" got|strong="H6965" enough|strong="H1767" strength|strong="H3581" to|strong="H5704" enable|strong="H7980" him|strong="H1931" to|strong="H5704" travel|strong="H1980" for|strong="H5704" forty|strong="H0705" days|strong="H3117" and|strong="H6965" nights|strong="H3915" to|strong="H5704" Sinai|strong="H5514" Mountain|strong="H2022", the|strong="H3117" mountain|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w dedicated|strong="H6942"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w*} God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H8033" went|strong="H3068" into|strong="H1697" a|strong="H3068" cave|strong="H4631" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H3068" slept|strong="H7901" there|strong="H8033" that|strong="H3068" night|strong="H3885". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" instructions|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" Elijah|strong="H0452" }
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w next|strong="H4283"\+w* \+w morning|strong="H1242"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H1697" “Elijah|strong="H0452", why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" here|strong="H6311"?” 
\verseNumber{10}Elijah|strong="H0452" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" zealously|strong="H2734" served|strong="H5647" you|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", God|strong="H3068" Almighty|strong="H6635". But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121" have|strong="H3068" broken|strong="H2040" the|strong="H3588" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" made|strong="H7065" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588". They|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" torn|strong="H2040" down|strong="H2040" your|strong="H3068" altars|strong="H4196", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H2026" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030". I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" only|strong="H3588" one|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" killed|strong="H2026", and|strong="H1121" now|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H3478" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H5315", too|strong="H4480". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w running|strong="H7323"\+w* \+w away|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3947"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{11}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H6440", “Go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H3068" stand|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440" on|strong="H5674" this|strong="H5674" mountain|strong="H2022" while|strong="H2009" I|strong="H2009" pass|strong="H5674" by|strong="H5674".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Suddenly|strong="H2009"\+w*} a|strong="H3318" strong|strong="H2389" windstorm|strong="H8178" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H6440" mountain|strong="H2022". As|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3318" result|strong="H6903", rocks|strong="H5553" were|strong="H2022" loosened from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H6440" mountainside. But|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" wind|strong="H7307". Then|strong="H3318" there|strong="H2009" was|strong="H3068" an|strong="H6440" earthquake|strong="H7494", but|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" earthquake|strong="H7494". 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H3068" there|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" fire|strong="H0784", but|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" fire|strong="H0784". Then|strong="H3068" there|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" sound|strong="H6963" like|strong="H3808" someone|strong="H0376" whispering|strong="H1681" quietly|strong="H8252". 
\verseNumber{13}When|strong="H1961" Elijah|strong="H0452" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085", he|strong="H6440" wrapped|strong="H3874" his|strong="H8085" cloak|strong="H8008" around|strong="H6440" his|strong="H8085" face|strong="H6440". He|strong="H6440" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H6440" cave|strong="H4631" and|strong="H6963" stood|strong="H5975" at|strong="H5975" its|strong="H5975" entrance|strong="H6607". And|strong="H6963" he|strong="H6440" heard|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" speaking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H6440", saying|strong="H6963" again|strong="H6440", “Elijah|strong="H0452", why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" you|strong="H6440" here|strong="H6311"?” 
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\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559" again|strong="H3478", “I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" zealously|strong="H2734" served|strong="H5647" you|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", God|strong="H3068" Almighty|strong="H6635". But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121" have|strong="H3068" broken|strong="H2040" the|strong="H3588" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" made|strong="H7065" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588". They|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" torn|strong="H2040" down|strong="H2040" your|strong="H3068" altars|strong="H4196", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H2026" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030". I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" only|strong="H3588" one|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" killed|strong="H2026", and|strong="H1121" now|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H3478" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H5315", too|strong="H4480". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w running|strong="H7323"\+w* \+w away|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3947"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H7725" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921", “Go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" desert|strong="H4057" near|strong="H5921" Damascus|strong="H1834". When|strong="H7725" you|strong="H5921" arrive|strong="H0935" there|strong="H7725", anoint|strong="H4886" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w* \+w oil|strong="H4886"\+w*} a|strong="H3068" man|strong="H0376" named|strong="H5921" Hazael|strong="H2371", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w appoint|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w*} to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758". 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H4428" anoint|strong="H4886" Jehu|strong="H3058", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nimshi|strong="H5250", to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H1121" also|strong="H3478" anoint|strong="H4886" Elisha|strong="H0477" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shaphat|strong="H8202", from|strong="H5921" Abel-Meholah|strong="H0065" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" my|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" after|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1121" dead|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{17}Hazael’s|strong="H2371" army|strong="H2428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H2719"\+w*} those|strong="H1961" who|strong="H0834" escape|strong="H4422" from|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w by|strong="H4191"\+w*} his|strong="H1961" army|strong="H2428" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H4191" by|strong="H4191" Jehu’s|strong="H3058" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*}, and|strong="H2719" those|strong="H1961" who|strong="H0834" escape|strong="H4422" from|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w by|strong="H4191"\+w*} Jehu’s|strong="H3058" army|strong="H2428" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H4191" by|strong="H4191" Elisha|strong="H0477". 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*} there|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3478" still|strong="H5750" 7,000 people|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3478" never|strong="H3808" bowed|strong="H3766" to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*} Baal|strong="H1168" or|strong="H3808" kissed|strong="H5401" his|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w idol|strong="H3478"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Elijah|strong="H0452" summoned|strong="H7121" Elisha|strong="H0477" }
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\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H5674" Elijah|strong="H0452" went|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w Syria|strong="H0758"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" found|strong="H4672" Elisha|strong="H0477" as|strong="H6440" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" plowing|strong="H2790" a|strong="H4672" field|strong="H7704" with|strong="H6440" a|strong="H4672" team|strong="H6776" of|strong="H1121" oxen|strong="H6776". There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" eleven|strong="H6240" other|strong="H8147" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3212" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" him|strong="H6440", plowing|strong="H2790" with|strong="H6440" teams|strong="H6776" of|strong="H1121" oxen|strong="H6776" in|strong="H3212" the|strong="H6440" same|strong="H1931" field|strong="H7704". Elijah|strong="H0452" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Elisha|strong="H0477", and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H5674" off|strong="H7993" his|strong="H6440" own|strong="H6440" coat|strong="H3801" and|strong="H1121" put|strong="H5674" it|strong="H1931" on|strong="H5674" Elisha|strong="H0477", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Elisha|strong="H0477"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w take|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w his|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w place|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w as|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w a|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w*. \+w Then|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w started|strong="H2490"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w walk|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w away|strong="H5674"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{20}Elisha|strong="H7725" left|strong="H5800" the|strong="H3588" oxen|strong="H1241" standing|strong="H5975" there|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7725" ran|strong="H7323" after|strong="H3588" Elijah|strong="H0452", and|strong="H7725" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H6213", “I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4100" go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588", but|strong="H3588" first|strong="H7223" let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" kiss|strong="H5401" my|strong="H7725" parents|strong="H0001" goodbye.” 
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Elijah|strong="H0452" replied|strong="H0559", “Okay, go|strong="H3212" home|strong="H7725". But|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" forget|strong="H7911" why|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w given|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w my|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w cloak|strong="H8008"\+w*} to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H3588"!” 
\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H3947" Elisha|strong="H7725" went|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{tohis \+w oxen|strong="H1241"\+w*}. He|strong="H5414" killed|strong="H2076" them|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w cut|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w pieces|strong="H5409"\+w*} and|strong="H6965" used|strong="H8334" the|strong="H5414" wood|strong="H6086" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5414" plow|strong="H2790" to|strong="H7725" build|strong="H6965" a|strong="H3947" fire|strong="H0784" to|strong="H7725" roast|strong="H1310" the|strong="H5414" meat|strong="H1320". He|strong="H5414" distributed|strong="H2505" the|strong="H5414" meat|strong="H1320" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5414" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H5971" all|strong="H5414" ate|strong="H0398" some|strong="H5971". Then|strong="H6965" he|strong="H5414" went|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3212" Elijah|strong="H0452" and|strong="H6965" became|strong="H7725" his|strong="H5414" helper|strong="H5826". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The Syrian army attacked Israel }
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\chapterNumber{20}Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758", gathered|strong="H6908" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2426", and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3605" persuaded|strong="H5496" 32 other|strong="H8147" kings|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5927" join|strong="H2266" him|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" and|strong="H4428" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H4428" chariots|strong="H7393". They|strong="H5921" marched|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*, \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w capital|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}, and|strong="H4428" surrounded|strong="H5437" it|strong="H5921", and|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w prepared|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w*} attack|strong="H5927" it|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{2}Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" into|strong="H5892" the|strong="H7971" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H3478" King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256", to|strong="H3478" say|strong="H3478" this|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H7971": “This|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3478" what|strong="H4100" King|strong="H4428" Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130" says|strong="H0559": 
\verseNumber{3}‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w must|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w give|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1121"\+w*} me|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3541" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H1121" gold|strong="H2091", your|strong="H3541" ◄good-looking|strong="H2896"/most|strong="H2896" beautiful|strong="H2896"► wives|strong="H0802"/women|strong="H1992" and|strong="H1121" strongest|strong="H4581" children|strong="H1121".’” 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" replied|strong="H6030" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H6030", “Tell|strong="H3605" this|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" King|strong="H4428" Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130": ‘I|strong="H1697" agree|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3605" requested|strong="H1697". You|strong="H3605" can|strong="H4310" have|strong="H3478" me|strong="H6030" and|strong="H3478" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H1697" own|strong="H1961".’” 
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\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w messengers|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w*} Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sent|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w back|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w with|strong="H7725"\+w*} another|strong="H0312" message|strong="H1697": “I|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H5414" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H3588" saying|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" all|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H1121" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H5414" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H5414" children|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w addition|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*}, about|strong="H1961" this|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256" tomorrow|strong="H4279", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" send|strong="H7971" some|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H5650" to|strong="H7971" search|strong="H2664" your|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" houses|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H5650", and|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" bring|strong="H3947" to|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" pleases|strong="H5869" them|strong="H7971".” 
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\verseNumber{7}King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" summoned|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H7971", “You|strong="H3588" can|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200"/realize|strong="H3045" for|strong="H3588" yourselves|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H2205" is|strong="H2088" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H3478" cause|strong="H7121" much|strong="H3605" trouble|strong="H7451". He|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H4994" a|strong="H3588" message|strong="H1697" insisting that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" give|strong="H4994" him|strong="H7121" my|strong="H3605" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121", my|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3588" agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H4994" that|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H2205" and|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" him|strong="H3605", “Do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" any|strong="H3605" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" him|strong="H3605"! Do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3605" what|strong="H8085" he|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" requesting!” 
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\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H6213" Ahab|strong="H0256" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7725" Ben-Hadad’s messengers|strong="H4397", “Tell|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H1697" agree|strong="H8085" to|strong="H7725" give|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H6213" first|strong="H7223" requested|strong="H1697", but|strong="H3808" I|strong="H1697" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" agree|strong="H8085" to|strong="H7725" allow|strong="H5414" his|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H5650" to|strong="H7725" take|strong="H7725" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" from|strong="H7725" my|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H7971" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" houses|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H5650".” So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" messengers|strong="H4397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w reported|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w*} returned|strong="H7725" with|strong="H6213" another|strong="H2088" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H7725" Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130". 
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\verseNumber{10}In|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5971" message|strong="H1697" he|strong="H6213" said|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w destroy|strong="H6213"\+w*} your|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w completely|strong="H3605"\+w*, \+w with|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*} there|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5971" not|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3254" enough|strong="H3605" dust|strong="H6083" and|strong="H7971" rubble|strong="H6083" left|strong="H7971" for|strong="H6213" each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5971" my|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5971" to|strong="H7971" have|strong="H5971" one|strong="H3605" handful|strong="H7062"! I|strong="H3541" hope|strong="H3176"/wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430" will|strong="H5971" strike|strong="H5606" me|strong="H7971" dead|strong="H4191" if|strong="H0518" we|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5971"!” 
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\verseNumber{11}King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" replied|strong="H6030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w messengers|strong="H1696"\+w*}, “Tell|strong="H1696" King|strong="H4428" Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130" that|strong="H3478" a|strong="H1696" soldier|strong="H6635" who|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3478" putting|strong="H5414" on|strong="H2296" his|strong="H3478" armor|strong="H3627" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w preparing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4421"\+w*} [MTY] should|strong="H3478" not|strong="H1696" boast|strong="H1984" at|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3478" time|strong="H3478"; he|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w should|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w wait|strong="H0693"\+w* \+w until|strong="H5704"\+w*} after|strong="H0310" he|strong="H1696" wins|strong="H3947" the|strong="H1696" battle|strong="H4421".” 
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\verseNumber{12}Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085" message|strong="H1697" while|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H2088" rulers|strong="H8269" were|strong="H1961" drinking|strong="H8354" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wine|strong="H3196"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H7760" temporary|strong="H5521" shelters|strong="H5521". He|strong="H1931" told|strong="H1697" his|strong="H7760" men|strong="H5650" to|strong="H1961" prepare|strong="H7760" to|strong="H1961" attack|strong="H5221" [MTY] the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892". So|strong="H1961" his|strong="H7760" men|strong="H5650" did|strong="H5650" that|strong="H8085". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Ahab’s|strong="H0256" soldiers|strong="H5650" won|strong="H1589" their|strong="H7760" first|strong="H2088" victory|strong="H8668" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Syrians|strong="H0758" }
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\verseNumber{13}At|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" moment|strong="H7281", a|strong="H5414" prophet|strong="H5030" came|strong="H5066" to|strong="H3478" King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5414", “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w at|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} [RHQ] the|strong="H3605" large|strong="H1419" enemy|strong="H0340" army|strong="H1995" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" see|strong="H7200"! I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" your|strong="H3068" army|strong="H1995" to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" today|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}.’” 
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\verseNumber{14}Ahab|strong="H0256" asked|strong="H7592", “What|strong="H4310" group|strong="H7235" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w army|strong="H4421"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5221" them|strong="H3068"?” The|strong="H3541" prophet|strong="H5030" replied|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H3541" young|strong="H5288" soldiers|strong="H4421" who|strong="H4310" are|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3541" district|strong="H6418" governors|strong="H8269" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3068".” The|strong="H3541" king|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H7592", “Who|strong="H4310" should|strong="H3068" lead|strong="H5148" the|strong="H3541" attack|strong="H4421"?” The|strong="H3541" prophet|strong="H5030" replied|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H4310" should|strong="H3068"!” 
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\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H1961" Ahab|strong="H0256" gathered|strong="H5288" the|strong="H3605" young|strong="H5288" soldiers|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" commanded|strong="H6680" by|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" district|strong="H6418" governors|strong="H8269". There|strong="H1961" were|strong="H3478" 232 of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5288". Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3605" also|strong="H3478" summoned|strong="H6485" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli army|strong="H5971". There|strong="H1961" were|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H3605"\+w*} 7,000 soldiers|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{16}They|strong="H1931" started|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" attack|strong="H5221" at|strong="H4428" noon|strong="H6672", while|strong="H1931" Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3318" other|strong="H8147" rulers|strong="H8269" were|strong="H4428" getting|strong="H7075" drunk|strong="H8354" in|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3318" temporary|strong="H5521" shelters|strong="H5521". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H7971" young|strong="H5288" soldiers|strong="H5288" advanced|strong="H0935" first|strong="H7223". Some|strong="H4480" scouts|strong="H7270" who|strong="H5288" had|strong="H8269" been|strong="H5046" sent|strong="H7971" out|strong="H3318" by|strong="H3318" Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130" reported|strong="H5046" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H7971", “There|strong="H8033" are|strong="H8269" men|strong="H5288" coming|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H8269" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}”! 
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\verseNumber{18}He|strong="H3318" said|strong="H3318", “It|strong="H3318" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3318" matter|strong="H1697" whether|strong="H0518" they|strong="H3318" are|strong="H4421" coming|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H4421" us|strong="H5414" or|strong="H2416" to|strong="H3318" ask|strong="H7592" for|strong="H3318" peace|strong="H7965". Capture|strong="H8610" them|strong="H8610", but|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3318" not|strong="H3318" kill|strong="H2026" them|strong="H8610" 
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\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H4480" young|strong="H5288" Israeli soldiers|strong="H2428" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H4480" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H3318" attack|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w Syrian|strong="H0761"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*}, and|strong="H5892" the|strong="H4480" other|strong="H0312" soldiers|strong="H2428" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H4480" Israeli army|strong="H2428" followed|strong="H0310" them|strong="H3318". 
\verseNumber{20}Each|strong="H0376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli \+w soldier|strong="H6635"\+w*} killed|strong="H5221" a|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Syrian|strong="H0761"\+w*} soldier|strong="H6635". The|strong="H5921" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Syrian|strong="H0761" army|strong="H2428" then|strong="H4428" ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5650" pursued|strong="H7291" them|strong="H5921". But|strong="H5221" King|strong="H4428" Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130" escaped|strong="H4422" riding|strong="H7392" his|strong="H5921" horse|strong="H5483", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" some|strong="H4480" other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H3478" riding|strong="H7392" horses|strong="H5483". 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5221" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H5221" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H5221" soldiers|strong="H5650" captured|strong="H3920" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H1419"\+w*} the|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w Syrian|strong="H0761"\+w*} horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H3478" chariots|strong="H7393", and|strong="H3478" also|strong="H3478" killed|strong="H5221" a|strong="H3318" large|strong="H1419" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H4428" Syrian|strong="H0761" soldiers|strong="H5650". 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" same|strong="H1931" prophet|strong="H5030" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3478" King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5921", “Go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3478" prepare|strong="H6213" your|strong="H5921" soldiers|strong="H5927", and|strong="H3478" think|strong="H7200" carefully|strong="H6213" about|strong="H5921" what|strong="H3045" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H3478" necessary|strong="H2706" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" with|strong="H6213" attack|strong="H5927" with|strong="H6213" his|strong="H5921" army|strong="H5927" again|strong="H3212" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H5921" springtime of|strong="H4428" next|strong="H5921" year|strong="H8141".” 
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\verseNumber{23}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Syrian|strong="H0761"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w was|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w defeated|strong="H5221"\+w*,} Ben-Hadad’s officials|strong="H5650" said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", “The|strong="H5921" gods|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5921" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3651"\+w*} are|strong="H1992" gods|strong="H0430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" hills|strong="H2022". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Samaria|strong="H8111"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w built|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w hill|strong="H2022"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H4428"\+w*} that|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" why|strong="H5921" their|strong="H1992" soldiers|strong="H5650" were|strong="H1992" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5921" defeat|strong="H5221" us|strong="H5921". But|strong="H3808" if|strong="H3651" we|strong="H4480" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="H1992" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" plains|strong="H4334"/lowlands, we|strong="H4480" certainly|strong="H3808" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5921" defeat|strong="H5221" them|strong="H1992". 
\verseNumber{24}So|strong="H6213", this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6213" should|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213": You|strong="H6213" must|strong="H4191" remove|strong="H5493" the|strong="H6213" 32 kings|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w leading|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w your|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w troops|strong="H1416"\+w*} and|strong="H4428" replace|strong="H8478" them|strong="H6213" with|strong="H6213" army|strong="H2428" commanders|strong="H8269". 
\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H3651" gather|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" army|strong="H2428" like|strong="H3651" the|strong="H8085" army|strong="H2428" that|strong="H8085" was|strong="H6963" defeated|strong="H5221". Gather|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" army|strong="H2428" that|strong="H8085" has|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6213" many|strong="H3808" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H6963" chariots|strong="H7393" as|strong="H6213" the|strong="H8085" first|strong="H7223" army|strong="H2428" had|strong="H6963". Then|strong="H3651" we|strong="H8085" will|strong="H3808" fight|strong="H3898" the|strong="H8085" Israelis in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H8085" plains|strong="H4334"/lowlands, and|strong="H6963" we|strong="H8085" will|strong="H3808" surely|strong="H6213" defeat|strong="H5221" them|strong="H1992".” 
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Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130" agreed|strong="H8085" with|strong="H6213" them|strong="H1992", and|strong="H6963" he|strong="H3651" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6963" they|strong="H1992" suggested|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{26}In|strong="H8141" the|strong="H6485" spring|strong="H5927" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H6485" following|strong="H0310" year|strong="H8141", he|strong="H8141" gathered|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3478" soldiers|strong="H4421" and|strong="H3478" marched|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5927"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" Aphek|strong="H0663" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w east|strong="H6921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w Galilee|strong="H1551"\+w* Lake}, to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5973" the|strong="H6485" Israeli army|strong="H5927". 
\verseNumber{27}The|strong="H4390" Israeli army|strong="H2428" was|strong="H3478" also|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H4390" together|strong="H4390", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" equipped|strong="H2502" with|strong="H4390" the|strong="H4390" things|strong="H8147" that|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3478" needed|strong="H1767" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4421"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3478" marched|strong="H7125" out|strong="H3212" and|strong="H1121" formed|strong="H3335" two|strong="H8147" groups|strong="H1121" facing|strong="H6437" the|strong="H4390" Syrian|strong="H0761" army|strong="H2428". Their|strong="H4390" army|strong="H2428" was|strong="H3478" very|strong="H3966" small|strong="H6996"; they|strong="H3478" resembled|strong="H1823" two|strong="H8147" small|strong="H6996" flocks|strong="H2835" of|strong="H1121" goats|strong="H5795", whereas|strong="H6258" the|strong="H4390" Syrian|strong="H0761" army|strong="H2428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w large|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} spread|strong="H3212" all|strong="H6485" over|strong="H5048" the|strong="H4390" countryside|strong="H7704". 
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\verseNumber{28}A|strong="H5414" prophet|strong="H5030" came|strong="H5066" to|strong="H3478" King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5414", “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": ‘The|strong="H3605" Syrians|strong="H0758" say|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5414" god|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3605" lives|strong="H5315" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" hills|strong="H2022", and|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H5414" god|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3605" lives|strong="H5315" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" valleys|strong="H6010". So|strong="H3541" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w show|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w wrong|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3027"\+w*} enabling your|strong="H3068" men|strong="H1419" to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5414" this|strong="H2088" huge|strong="H1995" army|strong="H1995" [IDM] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w valley|strong="H6010"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w*}.’” 
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\verseNumber{29}The|strong="H5221" two|strong="H5221" armies|strong="H6635" stayed|strong="H3478" in|strong="H2583" their|strong="H7126" tents|strong="H2583" for|strong="H3117" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117", in|strong="H2583" groups|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3117" faced|strong="H6440" each|strong="H3117" other|strong="H0312". Then|strong="H1961", on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5221" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117", they|strong="H3117" started|strong="H1961" fighting|strong="H4421". The|strong="H5221" Israeli army|strong="H4421" killed|strong="H5221" 100,000 Syrian|strong="H0761" soldiers|strong="H7273". 
\verseNumber{30}The|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" Syrian|strong="H0761" soldiers|strong="H5650" ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127" into|strong="H5307" Aphek|strong="H0663" City|strong="H5892". Then|strong="H5307" the|strong="H5921" wall|strong="H2346" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" collapsed|strong="H5307" and|strong="H6242" killed|strong="H5307" 27,000 more|strong="H5921" Syrian|strong="H0761" soldiers|strong="H5650". 
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Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130" also|strong="H1571" escaped|strong="H5127" into|strong="H5307" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H6242" hid|strong="H5641" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" back|strong="H7725" room|strong="H2315" of|strong="H5892" a|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{31}His|strong="H7760" officials|strong="H5650" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H7760" and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H8085", “We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5650" heard|strong="H8085" a|strong="H3588" report|strong="H8088" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" Israelis act|strong="H4994" mercifully. So|strong="H3318" allow|strong="H4994" us|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3318" go|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", wearing|strong="H2296" coarse sacks|strong="H8242" around|strong="H5439" our|strong="H8085" waists and|strong="H3478" ropes|strong="H2256" on|strong="H7760" our|strong="H8085" heads|strong="H7218"/necks|strong="H6677" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* indicate \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w slaves|strong="H5650"\+w*}. Perhaps|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*,} he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" allow|strong="H4994" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3318" remain|strong="H3427" alive|strong="H2421".” 
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\verseNumber{32}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w permitted|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w them|strong="H2421"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w*,} so|strong="H5650" they|strong="H1931" wrapped|strong="H2296" coarse sacks|strong="H8242" around|strong="H5439" their|strong="H8242" waists and|strong="H3478" put|strong="H2296" ropes|strong="H2256" on|strong="H2296" their|strong="H8242" heads|strong="H7218"/necks|strong="H6677", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H1931" went|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5650" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H1931", “Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130", who|strong="H1931" greatly|strong="H4428" respects|strong="H0959" you|strong="H5315", says|strong="H0559", ‘Please|strong="H4994" do|strong="H4994" not|strong="H5315" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H4994".’” Ahab|strong="H0256" replied|strong="H0559", “Is|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416"? He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" like|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" brother|strong="H0251" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H4994"!” 
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\verseNumber{33}Ben-Hadad’s officials|strong="H3947" were|strong="H5921" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H3318" find|strong="H3947" out|strong="H3318" if|strong="H0518" Ahab|strong="H0256" would|strong="H0014" act|strong="H4116" mercifully, and|strong="H5927" when|strong="H3318" Ahab|strong="H0256" said|strong="H3318" “brother|strong="H0251",” they|strong="H5921" ◄were|strong="H5921" optimistic/thought|strong="H0559" that|strong="H4480" Ahab|strong="H0256" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H3318" merciful|strong="H2603"►. So|strong="H4480" they|strong="H5921" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", he|strong="H4480" is|strong="H4480" like|strong="H3318" your|strong="H3947" brother|strong="H0251"!” Ahab|strong="H0256" said|strong="H3318", “Go|strong="H3318" and|strong="H5927" bring|strong="H3318" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H5921".” So|strong="H4480" they|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w and|strong="H5927"\+w*} brought|strong="H3318" Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H5921". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130"\+w* \+w arrived|strong="H0935"\+w*,} Ahab|strong="H0256" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3318" get|strong="H3947" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3947" chariot|strong="H4818" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w sit|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{34}Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7971", “I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H5892" give|strong="H7760" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3947" towns|strong="H5892" that|strong="H5892" my|strong="H7760" father’s|strong="H0001" army|strong="H2428" took|strong="H3947" from|strong="H7725" your|strong="H3947" father|strong="H0001". And|strong="H7971" I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H5892" allow|strong="H5414" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7725" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H7760" market|strong="H4627" areas|strong="H0776" for|strong="H7971" your|strong="H3947" merchants|strong="H7402" in|strong="H5892" Damascus|strong="H1834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w capital|strong="H3805"\+w*}, just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H5892" my|strong="H7760" father|strong="H0001" did|strong="H6213" in|strong="H5892" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w capital|strong="H3805"\+w*}.” Ahab|strong="H0256" replied|strong="H0559", “Because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H7971" agree|strong="H8085" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5892", I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H5892" not|strong="H7760" execute|strong="H6213" you|strong="H7971".” So|strong="H3947" Ahab|strong="H0256" made|strong="H3772" an|strong="H3947" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130", and|strong="H7971" allowed|strong="H5414" him|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7725" go|strong="H7971" home|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{35}Then|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5221" member|strong="H1995" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5221" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" prophets|strong="H5030" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5221", “Ask|strong="H7592" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" fellow|strong="H7453" prophets|strong="H5030" to|strong="H3068" strike|strong="H5221" and|strong="H1121" wound|strong="H4347" you|strong="H5221".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w told|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w one|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w fellow|strong="H7453"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w*, ‘trike \+w me|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w wound|strong="H4347"\+w* \+w me|strong="H4994"\+w*}.’ But|strong="H5221" that|strong="H3068" man|strong="H1121" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5221". 
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\verseNumber{36}So|strong="H1980" the|strong="H8085" prophet|strong="H5030" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1980" him|strong="H5221", “Because|strong="H3282" you|strong="H3808" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1980" obey|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6963" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1980" do|strong="H3068", a|strong="H8085" lion|strong="H0738" will|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H5221" you|strong="H3808" as|strong="H3068" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H1980" me|strong="H6963".” And|strong="H1980" as|strong="H3068" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" left|strong="H1980" that|strong="H8085" prophet|strong="H5030", a|strong="H8085" lion|strong="H0738" suddenly|strong="H6597" pounced on|strong="H1980" him|strong="H5221" and|strong="H1980" killed|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221". 
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\verseNumber{37}Then|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" prophet|strong="H5030" found|strong="H4672" another|strong="H0312" prophet|strong="H5030", and|strong="H4994" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4994" him|strong="H5221", “Strike|strong="H5221" me|strong="H4994"!” So|strong="H4994" that|strong="H0834" man|strong="H0376" hit|strong="H4672" him|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w hard|strong="H7186"\+w*} and|strong="H4994" injured|strong="H8295" him|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{38}Then|strong="H5975" the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" put|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5975" large|strong="H1419" bandage|strong="H0666"/cloth|strong="H0899" over|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" face|strong="H5869" so|strong="H5975" that|strong="H4428" no|strong="H5975" one|strong="H4428" would|strong="H4428" recognize|strong="H5234" him|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H5975" he|strong="H5921" went|strong="H3212" and|strong="H4428" stood|strong="H5975" alongside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" road|strong="H1870", waiting|strong="H8104" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3212" come|strong="H3212" by|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{39}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8104" king|strong="H4428" passed|strong="H5674" by|strong="H5674", the|strong="H8104" prophet|strong="H5030" cried|strong="H6817" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H3318", saying|strong="H0559" “Your|strong="H8104" majesty|strong="H1926", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w I|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w wounded|strong="H2491"\+w*} while|strong="H1961" I|strong="H2009" was|strong="H1961" fighting|strong="H4421" in|strong="H4428" a|strong="H1961" battle|strong="H4421", a|strong="H1961" soldier|strong="H4421" brought|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H5315" one|strong="H2088" of|strong="H4428" our|strong="H5650" enemies|strong="H0341" that|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" captured|strong="H3920", and|strong="H3701" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H5315", ‘Guard|strong="H8104" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H5315"! If|strong="H2009" he|strong="H1931" escapes|strong="H5674", you|strong="H7130" must|strong="H5315" pay|strong="H8254" me|strong="H5315" 3,000 pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701", and|strong="H3701" if|strong="H2009" you|strong="H7130" do|strong="H3318" not|strong="H2088" pay|strong="H8254" that|strong="H1931", you|strong="H7130" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" executed|strong="H6213"!’ 
\verseNumber{40}But|strong="H1961" while|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3651" was|strong="H1961" busy|strong="H6213" doing|strong="H6213" other|strong="H2008" things|strong="H1961", the|strong="H6213" man|strong="H0376" escaped|strong="H4422"!” The|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H6213", “That|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" your|strong="H6213" problem|strong="H2008"! You|strong="H6213" yourself|strong="H6213" have|strong="H1961" said|strong="H3651" that|strong="H1931" you|strong="H6213" deserve|strong="H4941" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" punished|strong="H6485".” 
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\verseNumber{41}The|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" immediately|strong="H4116" took|strong="H5493" off|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5921" bandage|strong="H0666", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" recognized|strong="H5234" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3478" one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" prophets|strong="H5030". 
\verseNumber{42}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3541" prophet|strong="H5030" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7971", “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": ‘You|strong="H7971" have|strong="H1961" allowed|strong="H3068" that|strong="H5971" man|strong="H5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" escape|strong="H4422" after|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3541" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" sure|strong="H0539" to|strong="H3068" execute|strong="H6213" him|strong="H7971"! Since|strong="H3282" you|strong="H7971" did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H1961" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H5971", you|strong="H7971" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2026" instead|strong="H8478". And|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" army|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H2764" because|strong="H3282" you|strong="H7971" allowed|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} his|strong="H3068" army|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3068" escape|strong="H4422"!’” 
\verseNumber{43}The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" went|strong="H3212" back|strong="H3212" home|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3478" Samaria|strong="H8111", very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734" and|strong="H3478" depressed|strong="H1800"/dejected|strong="H2196". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jezebel arranged for Naboth to be killed }
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\chapterNumber{21}King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" had|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" palace|strong="H1964" in|strong="H4428" Jezreel|strong="H3157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. Near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H1697" palace|strong="H1964" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" vineyard|strong="H3754" owned|strong="H3426" by|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" from|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1697" city|strong="H5892" whose|strong="H0834" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H1961" Naboth|strong="H5022". 
\verseNumber{2}One|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117", Ahab|strong="H0256" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*} Naboth|strong="H5022" and|strong="H3701" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5414", “Your|strong="H5414" vineyard|strong="H3754" is|strong="H2088" close|strong="H7138" to|strong="H1696" my|strong="H5414" palace|strong="H1004". I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0014" like|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" buy|strong="H7069" it|strong="H5414", so|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" can|strong="H1004" plant|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" vegetables|strong="H3419" there|strong="H1961". In|strong="H1004" exchange|strong="H8478", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" a|strong="H1961" better|strong="H2896" vineyard|strong="H3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w somewhere|strong="H1481"\+w* \+w else|strong="H3588"\+w*}, or|strong="H3701" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" prefer|strong="H7489", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" pay|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H5414" vineyard|strong="H3754".” 
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\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3068" Naboth|strong="H5022" replied|strong="H0559", “That|strong="H3068" land|strong="H5159" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" my|strong="H5414" ancestors|strong="H0001", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w keep|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w*}. I|strong="H5414" hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3068" land|strong="H5159" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414"!” 
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\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H5414" Ahab|strong="H0256" became|strong="H1697" very|strong="H3966" sullen|strong="H5620" and|strong="H1004" angry|strong="H2734" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" what|strong="H1697" Naboth|strong="H5022" had|strong="H5414" said|strong="H1696". He|strong="H1004" went|strong="H5437" home|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" bed|strong="H4296". He|strong="H1004" turned|strong="H5437" his|strong="H5414" face|strong="H6440" toward|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" wall|strong="H2346", and|strong="H1004" he|strong="H1004" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1696" eat|strong="H3899" anything|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{5}His|strong="H1696" wife|strong="H1696" Jezebel|strong="H0348" came|strong="H7307" in|strong="H1696" and|strong="H3899" asked|strong="H4100" him|strong="H2088", “Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" so|strong="H2088" depressed|strong="H1800"? Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" refusing|strong="H3985" to|strong="H1696" eat|strong="H3899" anything|strong="H4100"?” 
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\verseNumber{6}Ahab|strong="H0256" replied|strong="H1696", “I|strong="H3588" talked|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Naboth|strong="H5022", that|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" from|strong="H8478" Jezreel|strong="H3157". I|strong="H3588" told|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w*} his|strong="H5414" vineyard|strong="H3754". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1696"\+w*,} ‘I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5414" buy|strong="H7069" it|strong="H5414" from|strong="H8478" you|strong="H3588", or|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" another|strong="H3808" vineyard|strong="H3754" for|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5414".’ But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" refused|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w let|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w have|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{7}His|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802" replied|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H5414" are|strong="H3478" [RHQ] the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w can|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w get|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w whatever|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w*} Get|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" eat|strong="H3899" some|strong="H4480" food|strong="H3899" and|strong="H6965" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" worry|strong="H2347" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w Naboth|strong="H5022"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w*}. I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3478" get|strong="H6965" Naboth’s|strong="H5022" vineyard|strong="H3754" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H7971" Jezebel|strong="H0348" wrote|strong="H3789" some|strong="H4480" letters|strong="H5612", and|strong="H7971" she|strong="H5892" signed|strong="H3789" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" name|strong="H8034" on|strong="H3427" them|strong="H7971". She|strong="H5892" used|strong="H6213" his|strong="H7971" official|strong="H8269" seal|strong="H2368" to|strong="H7971" seal|strong="H2368" them|strong="H7971". Then|strong="H7971" she|strong="H5892" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" older|strong="H2205" leaders|strong="H2715" and|strong="H7971" other|strong="H0312" important|strong="H5704" men|strong="H2205" who|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Naboth’s|strong="H5022" town|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{9}This|strong="H7121" is|strong="H7218" what|strong="H4100" she|strong="H7121" wrote|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H7121" letters|strong="H5612": “Proclaim|strong="H7121" a|strong="H7121" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3427" all|strong="H3427" the|strong="H7121" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gather|strong="H6908"\+w* \+w together|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w and|strong="H5971"\+w*} ◄fast|strong="H6685"/abstain|strong="H5144" from|strong="H5971" eating|strong="H0398" food|strong="H3899"►. Give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7121" Naboth|strong="H5022" an|strong="H7121" important|strong="H5704" place|strong="H3427" to|strong="H7121" sit|strong="H3427" among|strong="H3427" them|strong="H7121". 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H3318" find|strong="H4672" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" always|strong="H3605" cause|strong="H3318" trouble|strong="H6869". Give|strong="H5749" them|strong="H3318" places|strong="H1116" to|strong="H3318" sit|strong="H3427" opposite|strong="H5048"/facing|strong="H6437" him|strong="H3318". Tell|strong="H5046" these|strong="H8147" men|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3318" testify|strong="H5749" that|strong="H4428" they|strong="H3318" heard|strong="H8085" Naboth|strong="H5022" say|strong="H0559" things|strong="H8147" that|strong="H4428" criticized|strong="H3885" God|strong="H0430" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1288" king|strong="H4428". Then|strong="H3318" take|strong="H3318" Naboth|strong="H5022" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1288" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" kill|strong="H4191" him|strong="H3318" by|strong="H3318" throwing|strong="H3027" stones|strong="H5619" at|strong="H3427" him|strong="H3318".” 
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\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H6213" leaders|strong="H2715" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w received|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w letters|strong="H5612"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7971"\+w*} did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Jezebel|strong="H0348" had|strong="H3427" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6213" letters|strong="H5612" for|strong="H6213" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H5971" declared|strong="H5046" a|strong="H7121" day|strong="H3117" on|strong="H3427" which|strong="H5971" the|strong="H7121" people|strong="H5971" would|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3427" ◄fast|strong="H6685"/abstain|strong="H5144" from|strong="H5971" food|strong="H3899"►. And|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5971" gave|strong="H7121" Naboth|strong="H5022" a|strong="H7121" seat|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H7121" place|strong="H3427" where|strong="H0834" honored|strong="H3513" people|strong="H5971" sat|strong="H3427", in|strong="H3427" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H7121" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{13}Two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H5971" always|strong="H3605" caused|strong="H4191" trouble|strong="H6869" sat|strong="H3427" opposite|strong="H5048"/facing|strong="H6437" Naboth|strong="H5022". While|strong="H3427" everyone|strong="H3605" was|strong="H5892" listening|strong="H8085", they|strong="H5971" stated that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5971" had|strong="H4428" heard|strong="H8085" Naboth|strong="H5022" say|strong="H0559" things|strong="H8147" that|strong="H5971" criticized|strong="H3885" God|strong="H0430" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1288" king|strong="H4428". So|strong="H3318" the|strong="H1288" people|strong="H5971" seized|strong="H8610" Naboth|strong="H5022". They|strong="H5971" took|strong="H3318" him|strong="H3318" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H1288" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H4191" him|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w throwing|strong="H3027"\+w*} stones|strong="H5619" at|strong="H3427" him|strong="H3318". 
\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H7971" those|strong="H1992" leaders|strong="H7218" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H4191" Jezebel|strong="H0348", saying|strong="H0559" “We|strong="H4191" have|strong="H1961" executed|strong="H4191" Naboth|strong="H5022".” 
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\verseNumber{15}When|strong="H3588" Jezebel|strong="H0348" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H3423" that|strong="H3588" Naboth|strong="H5022" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H4191", she|strong="H3588" told|strong="H8085" Ahab|strong="H0256", “Naboth|strong="H5022" is|strong="H3701" dead|strong="H4191". Now|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588" can|strong="H4310" go|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" take|strong="H3423" possession|strong="H3423" of|strong="H3754" the|strong="H8085" vineyard|strong="H3754" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H4191" sell|strong="H5414" to|strong="H4191" you|strong="H3588".” 
\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H3588" Ahab|strong="H0256" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" Naboth|strong="H5022" was|strong="H1961" dead|strong="H4191", he|strong="H3588" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H8085" vineyard|strong="H3754" to|strong="H3381" claim|strong="H0589" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" now|strong="H1961" owned|strong="H3426" it|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" Elijah|strong="H0452" the|strong="H3068" prophet|strong="H5030". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697", 
\verseNumber{18}“Go|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Samaria|strong="H8111" and|strong="H6965" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3381" Ahab|strong="H0256", the|strong="H3423" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". He|strong="H8033" is|strong="H2009" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3423" vineyard|strong="H3754" of|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3478" man|strong="H0376" named|strong="H7121" Naboth|strong="H5022". He|strong="H8033" has|strong="H3478" gone|strong="H3381" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H3381" claim|strong="H0589" that|strong="H3478" he|strong="H8033" now|strong="H2009" owns|strong="H3426" it|strong="H3381". 
\verseNumber{19}Tell|strong="H1696" Ahab|strong="H0256" that|strong="H3068" this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" I|strong="H3541", Yahweh|strong="H3068", say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H1571": ‘You|strong="H1696" have|strong="H3068" murdered|strong="H7523" Naboth|strong="H5022" and|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H3423" his|strong="H3068" land|strong="H4725".’ So|strong="H3541" I|strong="H3541" am|strong="H3068" telling|strong="H1696" you|strong="H1696" this|strong="H3541": ‘In|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3541" same|strong="H3541" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H4725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Naboth|strong="H5022"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} dogs|strong="H3611" came|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" licked|strong="H3952" up|strong="H3952" Naboth’s|strong="H5022" blood|strong="H1818", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w die|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H3541" dogs|strong="H3611" will|strong="H3068" lick|strong="H3952" up|strong="H3952" your|strong="H3068" blood|strong="H1818", too|strong="H1571"!’ ” 
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\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H6213" when|strong="H6213" Elijah|strong="H0452" met|strong="H4672" with|strong="H3068" Ahab|strong="H0256", Ahab|strong="H0256" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H6213", “You|strong="H6213", my|strong="H3068" enemy|strong="H0340", have|strong="H3068" found|strong="H4672" me|strong="H6213"!” [RHQ] Elijah|strong="H0452" answered|strong="H6030", “Yes|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3282" have|strong="H3068" found|strong="H4672" you|strong="H6213". You|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" stopped|strong="H5975" doing|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3282" are|strong="H5869" wrong|strong="H7451". 
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\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H5800" this|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3478" what|strong="H7451" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5800": ‘I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3478" soon|strong="H3512" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H7451" you|strong="H5800". I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3478" kill|strong="H3772" you|strong="H5800", and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3478" also|strong="H3478" kill|strong="H3772" every|strong="H8366" male|strong="H8366" in|strong="H3478" your|strong="H3772" household|strong="H1004", including|strong="H5704" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3478" are|strong="H3478" slaves|strong="H5650" and|strong="H3478" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3478" are|strong="H3478" not|strong="H6113" slaves|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{22}Your|strong="H5414" family|strong="H1004" will|strong="H3478" all|strong="H5414" be|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H2026", just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" family|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" and|strong="H1121" like|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" family|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Baasha|strong="H1201" were|strong="H3478" killed|strong="H2026". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3478" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414" because|strong="H2398" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1121" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H3707", and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1121" also|strong="H3478" led|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2398".’ 
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\verseNumber{23}Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" told|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H1696"\+w*} Jezebel|strong="H0348" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} dogs|strong="H3611" in|strong="H3068" Jezreel|strong="H3157" will|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398" her|strong="H1571" corpse|strong="H5038". 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w dead|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w bodies|strong="H6297"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4191"\+w*} members|strong="H3338" of|strong="H5892" your|strong="H8064" family|strong="H4191" who|strong="H0834" die|strong="H4191" in|strong="H4191" this|strong="H4191" city|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H8064"\+w* \+w not|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w be|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w buried|strong="H6912"\+w*, \+w they|strong="H3611"\+w*} will|strong="H8064" be|strong="H4191" eaten|strong="H0398" by|strong="H4191" dogs|strong="H3611", and|strong="H8064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w corpses|strong="H6297"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w*} those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" die|strong="H4191" in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H4191" fields|strong="H7704" will|strong="H8064" be|strong="H4191" eaten|strong="H0398" by|strong="H4191" vultures|strong="H5404".” 
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\verseNumber{25}There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" man|strong="H7451" no|strong="H3808" man|strong="H7451" like|strong="H1961" Ahab|strong="H0256" who|strong="H3068" always|strong="H7535" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" evil|strong="H7451". His|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802" Jezebel|strong="H0348" incited|strong="H5496"/urged|strong="H6484" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} those|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451". 
\verseNumber{26}The|strong="H3605" most|strong="H3068" abominable|strong="H8581"/detestable|strong="H8581" thing|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Ahab|strong="H0256" did|strong="H6213" was|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" worship|strong="H3478" idols|strong="H1544", just|strong="H3605" like|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Amor people-group had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". And|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" why|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3423" the|strong="H3605" Amor people’s|strong="H5971" land|strong="H6440" from|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440" and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Israelis. 
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\verseNumber{27}After|strong="H5921" Elijah|strong="H0452" finished|strong="H3615" talking|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1980" Ahab|strong="H0256", Ahab|strong="H0256" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H7760" clothes|strong="H0899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w show|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w sorry|strong="H5162"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w all|strong="H7901"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w committed|strong="H1961"\+w*}. He|strong="H5921" put|strong="H7760" on|strong="H5921" rough|strong="H8181" clothes|strong="H0899" that|strong="H8085" were|strong="H1961" made|strong="H7760" from|strong="H5921" sacks|strong="H8242", and|strong="H1980" he|strong="H5921" refused|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1980" eat|strong="H0398" anything|strong="H1697". He|strong="H5921" even|strong="H5921" wore|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" rough|strong="H8181" clothes|strong="H0899" made|strong="H7760" from|strong="H5921" sacks|strong="H8242" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H5921" slept|strong="H7901", to|strong="H1980" show|strong="H1961" that|strong="H8085" he|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" sorry|strong="H5162". 
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\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" Elijah|strong="H0452": 
\verseNumber{29}“I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" seen|strong="H7200" [RHQ] that|strong="H3588" Ahab|strong="H0256" is|strong="H3117" now|strong="H3117" very|strong="H3966" sorry|strong="H5162" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3117" done|strong="H7451". So|strong="H3808" the|strong="H6440" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5921" his|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w family|strong="H1004"\+w*} will|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" happen|strong="H1961" while|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3117" still|strong="H3588" alive|strong="H7200". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1121" cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" happen|strong="H1961" after|strong="H5921" his|strong="H6440" son|strong="H1121" becomes|strong="H3588" king|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H3588" those|strong="H5921" things|strong="H7451" will|strong="H1121" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5921" his|strong="H6440" family|strong="H1004".” [MTY] 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jehoshaphat talked with Ahab }
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\chapterNumber{22}For|strong="H3427" almost|strong="H4592" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141" there|strong="H3427" was|strong="H3478" no|strong="H3478" war|strong="H4421" between|strong="H4421" Syria|strong="H0758" and|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", who|strong="H3478" ruled|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", went|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w visit|strong="H6485"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256", who|strong="H3478" ruled|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w While|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w talking|strong="H1696"\+w*,} Ahab|strong="H0256" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3947" officials|strong="H5650", “Do|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3588" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Syrians|strong="H0758" are|strong="H3478" still|strong="H2814" occupying|strong="H3423" our|strong="H3947" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" Ramoth|strong="H7433" in|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}? And|strong="H3478" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3478" doing|strong="H3027" nothing|strong="H2814" to|strong="H3478" retake that|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892"!” 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3478" turned|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" and|strong="H3478" asked|strong="H7592", “Will|strong="H4428" your|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H5971"\+w*} join|strong="H2266" my|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H5971"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H4421" the|strong="H3092" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Ramoth|strong="H7433" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* retake \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}?” 
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Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Certainly|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w whatever|strong="H3605"\+w*} you|strong="H3644" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w want|strong="H4270"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3644" may|strong="H5971" command|strong="H6680" my|strong="H3478" troops|strong="H5971". You|strong="H3644" may|strong="H5971" take|strong="H3212" my|strong="H3478" horses|strong="H5483" into|strong="H3212" battle|strong="H4421", also|strong="H3478".” 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3117" added|strong="H3117", “But|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3117" should|strong="H3068" ask|strong="H1875" Yahweh|strong="H3068" first|strong="H3117", to|strong="H3478" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H1875" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3117" wants|strong="H2656" us|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3068".” 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H5414" Ahab|strong="H0256" summoned|strong="H7121" about|strong="H5921" 400 of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5414" prophets|strong="H5030" together|strong="H6908", and|strong="H3967" he|strong="H5414" asked|strong="H7592" them|strong="H5414", “Should|strong="H3478" my|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H5927"\+w*} go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H4421" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H6908" in|strong="H5921" Ramoth|strong="H7433" and|strong="H3967" retake that|strong="H3478" city|strong="H5892", or|strong="H3027" not|strong="H2308"?” 
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They|strong="H5921" answered|strong="H6030", “Yes|strong="H3588", go|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*}, because|strong="H5921" God|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" enable|strong="H7980" your|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H5927"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3068" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" asked|strong="H1875", “Is|strong="H3068" there|strong="H3068" no|strong="H5030" prophet|strong="H5030" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" here|strong="H6311" whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0587" can|strong="H5750" ask|strong="H1875"?” 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" replied|strong="H0559", “There|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3808" man|strong="H1121" we|strong="H3588" can|strong="H7451" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3478". We|strong="H3588" can|strong="H7451" ask|strong="H1875" him|strong="H5921" if|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" can|strong="H7451" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H5921" what|strong="H2896" Yahweh|strong="H3068" wants|strong="H2656". His|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034" is|strong="H3068" Micaiah|strong="H4321"; he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Imlah|strong="H3229". But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" hate|strong="H8130" him|strong="H5921", because|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" ◄prophesies|strong="H5012"/tells|strong="H1696" what|strong="H2896" God|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5921"► he|strong="H3588" never|strong="H3808" says|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} anything|strong="H3808" good|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H8130". He|strong="H3588" always|strong="H3605" predicts \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} bad|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w me|strong="H8130"\+w*}.” 
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Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" replied|strong="H0559", “King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256", you|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" say|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588"!” 
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\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7121" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" told|strong="H5046" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7121" officers|strong="H5631" to|strong="H3478" summon|strong="H7121" Micaiah|strong="H4321" immediately|strong="H4116". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Micaiah|strong="H4321" prophesied|strong="H5012" against|strong="H5921" Ahab|strong="H0256" }
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" were|strong="H3478" wearing|strong="H2296" their|strong="H3605" ◄royal|strong="H4428" robes|strong="H0899"/robes|strong="H0899" that|strong="H3605" showed|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3478" kings|strong="H4428"►. They|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3478" sitting|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" thrones|strong="H3678" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H1637" where|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427" threshed|strong="H1758" grain|strong="H3605", near|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H4428" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H8179"\+w*}. All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" prophets|strong="H5030" were|strong="H3478" standing|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3427" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428", ◄prophesying|strong="H5012"/predicting|strong="H3027" what|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3478" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3478" happen|strong="H1961"►. 
\verseNumber{11}One|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H6213", whose|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H3068" Zedekiah|strong="H6667", the|strong="H3541" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kenaanah|strong="H3668", had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" from|strong="H1121" iron|strong="H1270" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w something|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w resembled|strong="H1823"\+w*} horns|strong="H7161" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H6213" bull|strong="H1121". Then|strong="H6213" he|strong="H5704" proclaimed|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w Ahab|strong="H0256"\+w*}, “This|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": ‘With|strong="H3068" horns|strong="H7161" like|strong="H3541" these|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" keep|strong="H6213" attacking|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3541" Syrians|strong="H0758" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w bull|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w attacks|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w another|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w animal|strong="H0929"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"], until|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" completely|strong="H3615" destroy|strong="H3615" them|strong="H6213"!’” 
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\verseNumber{12}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} prophets|strong="H5030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Ahab|strong="H0256"\+w*} agreed|strong="H8085". They|strong="H3651" said|strong="H3651", “Yes|strong="H3651"! If|strong="H3651" you|strong="H5414" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" attack|strong="H5927" Ramoth|strong="H7433" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" successful|strong="H6743", because|strong="H3651" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414"!” 
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\verseNumber{13}Meanwhile|strong="H3541", the|strong="H7121" messenger|strong="H4397" who|strong="H5030" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1696" summon|strong="H7121" Micaiah|strong="H4321" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H7121", “Listen|strong="H2009" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4994"! All|strong="H1697" the|strong="H7121" other|strong="H7121" prophets|strong="H5030" are|strong="H1992" predicting|strong="H3027" that|strong="H1697" the|strong="H7121" king’s|strong="H4428" army|strong="H2428" will|strong="H1961" defeat|strong="H5221" the|strong="H7121" Syrians|strong="H0758". So|strong="H1980" be|strong="H1961" sure|strong="H0539" that|strong="H1697" you|strong="H1696" agree|strong="H8085" with|strong="H1980" them|strong="H1992" and|strong="H1980" say|strong="H1696" ◄what|strong="H1697" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" favorable|strong="H2896"/that|strong="H1697" the|strong="H7121" king’s|strong="H4428" army|strong="H2428" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" successful|strong="H6743"►.” 
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\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H3588" Micaiah|strong="H4321" replied|strong="H1696", “As|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3588" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H1696" him|strong="H3588" only|strong="H3588" what|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" tells|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696".” 
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\verseNumber{15}When|strong="H3068" Micaiah|strong="H4321" came|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3212" Ahab|strong="H0256", Ahab|strong="H0256" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H5414", “Micaiah|strong="H4321", should|strong="H3068" we|strong="H0587" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Ramoth|strong="H7433", or|strong="H3068" not|strong="H2308"?” 
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Micaiah|strong="H4321" replied|strong="H0559", “Sure|strong="H0539", go|strong="H3212"! Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" your|strong="H3068" army|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3212" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414"!” 
\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H7535" King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w realized|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* ◄\+w lying|strong="H8267"\+w*/\+w being|strong="H8034"\+w* sarcastic►, \+w so|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5704"\+w*} said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Micaiah|strong="H4321", “I|strong="H5704" have|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5704" [RHQ] many|strong="H4100" times|strong="H6471" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5704" must|strong="H3808" always|strong="H7535" tell|strong="H1696" only|strong="H7535" the|strong="H3068" truth|strong="H3808" when|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" say|strong="H1696" what|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w revealed|strong="H1540"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5704"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H3808" Micaiah|strong="H4321" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7725", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w truth|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" a|strong="H7200" vision|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" saw|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" troops|strong="H1416" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" scattered|strong="H6327" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" mountains|strong="H2022". They|strong="H1992" seemed|strong="H7200" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3808" like|strong="H1004" sheep|strong="H6629" that|strong="H7200" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7200" shepherd|strong="H7462". And|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", ‘Their|strong="H3605" master|strong="H0113" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H2026". So|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H3605" them|strong="H1992" all|strong="H3605" to|strong="H7725" go|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004" peacefully|strong="H7965".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{18}Ahab|strong="H0256" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", “I|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3588" [RHQ] that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" never|strong="H3808" predicts \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} anything|strong="H3808" good|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w*}! He|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w always|strong="H3605"\+w*} predicts \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} bad|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H7200" Micaiah|strong="H4321" continued|strong="H3427", saying|strong="H1697", “Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" showed|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7200"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w In|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H7200"\+w*} I|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" sitting|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" throne|strong="H3678", with|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" heaven|strong="H8064" surrounding|strong="H5439" him|strong="H5921", on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" right|strong="H3225" side|strong="H3225" and|strong="H3068" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" left|strong="H8040" side|strong="H3225". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", ‘Who|strong="H4310" can|strong="H4310" persuade|strong="H6601" Ahab|strong="H0256" to|strong="H3068" go|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3541" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Ramoth|strong="H7433", in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" may|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H5307" there|strong="H2088"?’ 
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Some|strong="H4480" suggested|strong="H5414" one|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H2088", and|strong="H3068" others|strong="H0312" suggested|strong="H5414" something|strong="H1697" else|strong="H5750". 
\verseNumber{21}Finally|strong="H5704" one|strong="H6601" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w evil|strong="H7451"\+w*} spirit|strong="H7307" came|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H3318", ‘I|strong="H6440" can|strong="H7307" do|strong="H3068" it|strong="H6440"!’ 
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\verseNumber{22}Yahweh|strong="H3068" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H6213", ‘How|strong="H3651" will|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213"?’ 
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The|strong="H3605" spirit|strong="H7307" replied|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H3651" will|strong="H1961" go|strong="H3318" and|strong="H6213" inspire all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H7307" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" prophets|strong="H5030" to|strong="H3318" tell|strong="H3605" lies|strong="H8267".’ Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H3651", ‘You|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" successful|strong="H6743"; go|strong="H3318" and|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213"!’ 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H5414" now|strong="H6258" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030" to|strong="H1696" lie|strong="H8267" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5414". Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" decided|strong="H3289" that|strong="H3605" something|strong="H3605" terrible|strong="H7451" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H1696" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" walked|strong="H1980" over|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" Micaiah|strong="H4321" and|strong="H1121" slapped|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3068" face|strong="H6440". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696", “Do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" left|strong="H5674" me|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H1696" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5921"?” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{25}Micaiah|strong="H4321" replied|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" find|strong="H7200" out|strong="H7200" for|strong="H3117" yourself|strong="H0859" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w us|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Spirit|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w truly|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w spoken|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3117"\+w*} on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" go|strong="H1980" into|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" room|strong="H2315" of|strong="H3117" some|strong="H3117" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3117" hide|strong="H2247" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Syrian|strong="H0761"\+w* \+w troops|strong="H1416"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{26}King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" commanded|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H1121"\+w*}, “Seize|strong="H3947" Micaiah|strong="H4321" and|strong="H1121" take|strong="H3947" him|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Amon|strong="H0526", the|strong="H3947" governor|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" this|strong="H7725" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H7725" my|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3101". 
\verseNumber{27}Tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H7760" that|strong="H4428" I|strong="H5704" have|strong="H7965" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H4428" they|strong="H5704" should|strong="H4428" put|strong="H7760" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H2088" in|strong="H1004" prison|strong="H1004" and|strong="H4428" give|strong="H7760" him|strong="H7760" only|strong="H5704" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H4428" water|strong="H4325". Do|strong="H2088" not|strong="H2088" give|strong="H7760" him|strong="H7760" anything|strong="H3899" else|strong="H5750" to|strong="H5704" eat|strong="H3899" until|strong="H5704" I|strong="H5704" return|strong="H7725" safely|strong="H7965" from|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3541" battle|strong="H4421"!” 
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\verseNumber{28}Micaiah|strong="H4321" replied|strong="H1696", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3605" return|strong="H7725" safely|strong="H7965", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w clear|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*} it|strong="H7725" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3605" told|strong="H1696" me|strong="H7725" what|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3605"!” Then|strong="H1696" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w standing|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w there|strong="H7965"\+w*}, “Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" what|strong="H8085" I|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Ahab|strong="H0256"\+w*}!” 

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\verseNumber{29}So|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H5927" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w led|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" Ramoth|strong="H7433", in|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5927"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{30}King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", “I|strong="H3478" will|strong="H4428" put|strong="H3847" on|strong="H3847" different|strong="H8133" clothes|strong="H3847", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w no|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w one|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w recognize|strong="H5234"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3092"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}. But|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3847" should|strong="H3478" wear|strong="H3847" your|strong="H3478" ◄royal|strong="H4428" robe|strong="H4598"/robe|strong="H4598" that|strong="H3478" shows|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3847" are|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" king|strong="H4428"►.” So|strong="H3651" Ahab|strong="H0256" disguised|strong="H2664" himself|strong="H5315", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3478" both|strong="H4421" went|strong="H3478" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3092" battle|strong="H4421". 
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\verseNumber{31}The|strong="H3588" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" told|strong="H6680" this|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3478" his|strong="H6680" thirty-two|strong="H7970" men|strong="H1419" who|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" driving|strong="H4491" the|strong="H3588" chariots|strong="H7393": “Attack|strong="H3898" only|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478"!” 
\verseNumber{32}So|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H1992" who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H3478" driving|strong="H4491" the|strong="H5921" Syrian|strong="H0761" chariots|strong="H7393" saw|strong="H7200" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wearing|strong="H2296"\+w* ◄\+w his|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w royal|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w robes|strong="H0899"\+w*/\+w clothes|strong="H0899"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w showed|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*►}, they|strong="H1992" pursued|strong="H7291" him|strong="H5921". They|strong="H1992" shouted|strong="H7321", “There|strong="H1961" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478"!” But|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" cried|strong="H2199" out|strong="H2199", 
\verseNumber{33}they|strong="H3588" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". So|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3588" stopped|strong="H7725" pursuing|strong="H7291" him|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{34}But|strong="H3588" one|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Syrian|strong="H0761"\+w*} soldier|strong="H6635" shot|strong="H4900" an|strong="H5221" arrow|strong="H2671" at|strong="H3478" Ahab|strong="H0256", without|strong="H4480" knowing|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3478" Ahab|strong="H0256". The|strong="H3588" arrow|strong="H2671" struck|strong="H5221" Ahab|strong="H0256" between|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3588" places|strong="H3027" where|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3588" parts|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5221" armor|strong="H8302" joined|strong="H2266" together|strong="H5221". Ahab|strong="H0256" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3588" driver|strong="H7395" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5221" chariot|strong="H7395", “Turn|strong="H2015" the|strong="H3588" chariot|strong="H7395" around|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3478" take|strong="H3318" me|strong="H4480" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" here|strong="H3318"! I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3478" been|strong="H2470" severely|strong="H2470" wounded|strong="H5221"!” 
\verseNumber{35}The|strong="H3117" battle|strong="H4421" continued|strong="H1961" all|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117". Ahab|strong="H0256" was|strong="H1961" sitting|strong="H3427" propped|strong="H5975" up|strong="H5927" in|strong="H4428" his|strong="H1961" chariot|strong="H7393", facing|strong="H6437" the|strong="H3117" Syrian|strong="H0761" troops|strong="H1416". The|strong="H3117" blood|strong="H1818" from|strong="H5927" his|strong="H1961" wound|strong="H4347" ran|strong="H1818" down|strong="H3332" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3117" floor|strong="H1637" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3117" chariot|strong="H7393". And|strong="H4428" late|strong="H0309" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3117" afternoon|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{36}Just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5674" sun|strong="H8121" was|strong="H5892" going|strong="H5674" down|strong="H3381", someone|strong="H0376" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H5674" Israeli troops|strong="H4264" shouted|strong="H7440", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4264"\+w* \+w is|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w ended|strong="H1961"\+w*!} Everyone|strong="H3605" should|strong="H4264" return|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004"!” 
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\verseNumber{37}So|strong="H4191" king|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H4428" took|strong="H4428" his|strong="H6912" body|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w chariot|strong="H7393"\+w*} to|strong="H4191" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H4428" buried|strong="H6912" his|strong="H6912" body|strong="H4191" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{38}They|strong="H3068" washed|strong="H7364" his|strong="H3068" chariot|strong="H7393" alongside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" pool|strong="H1295" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111", a|strong="H1696" pool|strong="H1295" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" prostitutes|strong="H2185" bathed|strong="H7364". And|strong="H3068" dogs|strong="H3611" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w came|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} licked|strong="H3952" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" blood|strong="H1818", just|strong="H1697" like|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" predicted|strong="H1696" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{39}The|strong="H3605" account|strong="H5921"/record|strong="H3789" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" happened|strong="H1697" while|strong="H3117" Ahab|strong="H0256" was|strong="H3478" ruling|strong="H4910", and|strong="H3478" about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004" decorated|strong="H5927" with|strong="H1004" much|strong="H1697" ivory|strong="H8127" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w built|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", was|strong="H3478" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 
\verseNumber{40}When|strong="H1121" Ahab|strong="H0256" died|strong="H4191", his|strong="H8478" body|strong="H1320" was|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912" where|strong="H8478" his|strong="H8478" ancestors|strong="H0001" were|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912". Then|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H4427" Judah|strong="H3063" }
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\verseNumber{41}Before|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" died|strong="H4191", when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8141" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H5921" four|strong="H0702" years|strong="H8141", Asa’s|strong="H0609" son|strong="H1121" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4428" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{42}Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" was|strong="H8034" thirty-five|strong="H7970" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H2568" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3389" rule|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H2568" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H8034" twenty-five|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141". His|strong="H3092" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H8034" Azubah|strong="H5806", the|strong="H3092" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Shilhi|strong="H7977". 
\verseNumber{43}Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H6213" good|strong="H5869" king|strong="H4428", just|strong="H3605" like|strong="H1870" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" Asa|strong="H0609" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3808". He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" pleased|strong="H5869" Yahweh|strong="H3068". But|strong="H3808" while|strong="H5869" he|strong="H6213" was|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428", he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" remove|strong="H5493" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" pagan|strong="H5869" altars|strong="H5493" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w built|strong="H6213"\+w*} on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3605" hilltops. So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3212" offer|strong="H6213" sacrifices|strong="H2077" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H5869"\+w*} on|strong="H1870" those|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H5493" and|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" incense|strong="H7004" there|strong="H4480". 
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\verseNumber{45}All|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5973" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H5973" that|strong="H3478" happened|strong="H1961" while|strong="H5973" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" was|strong="H3478" ruling|strong="H4910", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5973" great|strong="H1419" things|strong="H5973" that|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3478" did|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5973" victories|strong="H3444" his|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w troops|strong="H1416"\+w*} won|strong="H1589", are|strong="H3478" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5973" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5973" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5973" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah’. 
\verseNumber{46}Jehoshaphat’s|strong="H3092" father|strong="H0001" Asa|strong="H0609" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w tried|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w expel|strong="H1644"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" male|strong="H2145" prostitutes|strong="H6945" that|strong="H3117" stayed|strong="H3427" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" pagan|strong="H5869" shrines|strong="H1354", but|strong="H3808" some|strong="H1992" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H1992" were|strong="H3117" still|strong="H5750" there|strong="H1992". Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" got|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H1992". 
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\verseNumber{47}At|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", there|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" no|strong="H4480" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H3117" Edom|strong="H0112"; a|strong="H4480" ruler|strong="H4910" who|strong="H7604" had|strong="H3117" been|strong="H1961" appointed|strong="H4150" by|strong="H3117" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" ruled|strong="H4427" there|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{48}Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ordered|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* Israeli \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4428"\+w*} build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H5324" fleet|strong="H0590"/group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H4428" ships|strong="H0591" to|strong="H4428" sail|strong="H5251" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*} to|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5324"\+w*} Ophir|strong="H0211" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} to|strong="H4428" get|strong="H3947" gold|strong="H2091". But|strong="H4428" they|strong="H4428" were|strong="H4428" wrecked at|strong="H4428" Ezion-Geber|strong="H6100"/Elath|strong="H0359", so|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5324" ships|strong="H0591" never|strong="H3808" sailed|strong="H1980". 
\verseNumber{49}Before|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" ships|strong="H0591" were|strong="H8659" wrecked, Ahab’s|strong="H0256" son|strong="H1121" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" suggested|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1980" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", “Allow|strong="H1980" my|strong="H3588" sailors|strong="H4419" to|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1980" your|strong="H3588" sailors|strong="H4419",” but|strong="H3588" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" refused|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{50}When|strong="H1121" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" died|strong="H4191", his|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w body|strong="H1320"\+w*} was|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912" where|strong="H3808" his|strong="H3808" ancestors|strong="H0001" were|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*,} the|strong="H5973" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H3808" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w ruled|strong="H4427"\+w*}. Then|strong="H3808" Jehoshaphat’s|strong="H3092" son|strong="H1121" Jehoram|strong="H3088" became|strong="H5650" king|strong="H4428". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Ahaziah|strong="H0274" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H3212" Israel|strong="H3478" }
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\verseNumber{51}Before|strong="H5973" King|strong="H4427" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" died|strong="H4191", when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" in|strong="H6912" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H8478" 17 years|strong="H8141", Ahab’s|strong="H0256" son|strong="H1121" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H1121" rule|strong="H4427" in|strong="H6912" Israel|strong="H3478". Ahaziah|strong="H0274" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H6912" Samaria|strong="H8111" for|strong="H8478" two|strong="H4427" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{52}He|strong="H8141" did|strong="H3478" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1121" evil|strong="H7451", doing|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w evil|strong="H7451"\+w*} things|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3478" his|strong="H5921" father|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" mother|strong="H0517" had|strong="H3478" done|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3478" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" had|strong="H3478" done|strong="H3478"—the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3478" led|strong="H1980" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2403" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{53}Ahaziah|strong="H0274" bowed|strong="H7812" in|strong="H3478" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" Baal’s|strong="H1168" idol|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" worshiped|strong="H7812" it|strong="H6213". That|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6213" God|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" true|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" Israeli people|strong="H1121", to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H6213" very|strong="H6213" angry|strong="H2734", just|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6213" Ahaziah’s|strong="H0274" father|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H6213" angry|strong="H2734". 
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\BibleBook{2 Kings}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of the prophet Elijah and of many kings who ruled Israel and Judah until other nations conquered Israel and Judah. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{2 Kings }

\BibleSectionHeading{Elijah condemned King Ahaziah }
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\chapterNumber{1}After|strong="H0310" King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" died|strong="H4194", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w country|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4194"\+w*} Moab|strong="H4124" rebelled|strong="H6586" against|strong="H6586" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{2}One|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117", Ahaziah|strong="H0274", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w new|strong="H2319"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*,} fell|strong="H5307" through|strong="H1157" the|strong="H7971" wooden|strong="H6086" slats/boards|strong="H7175" around|strong="H1157" the|strong="H7971" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="H4397" the|strong="H7971" flat|strong="H5307" roof|strong="H5944" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w palace|strong="H1004"\+w*} in|strong="H3212" Samaria|strong="H8111". He|strong="H7971" was|strong="H2088" badly|strong="H3966" injured|strong="H8295", so|strong="H7971" he|strong="H7971" summoned|strong="H7121" some|strong="H4480" messengers|strong="H4397" and|strong="H7971" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H7971", “Go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Ekron|strong="H6138" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w Philistia|strong="H6429"\+w*}, and|strong="H7971" ask|strong="H1875" their|strong="H7971" god|strong="H7971" Baalzebub whether|strong="H0518" I|strong="H2088" will|strong="H5307" ◄recover|strong="H2421"/become|strong="H2470" well|strong="H3190"►.” 
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\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H1696" an|strong="H6965" angel|strong="H4397" from|strong="H5927" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Elijah|strong="H1696", the|strong="H3068" prophet|strong="H1696" from|strong="H5927" Tishbe \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, “The|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sending|strong="H7971"\+w*} some|strong="H4480" messengers|strong="H4397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w Ekron|strong="H6138"\+w*}. Go|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" meet|strong="H7125" them|strong="H5927" and|strong="H1980" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5927", ‘Is|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5927" because|strong="H1097" there|strong="H5927" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H1097" God|strong="H3068" in|strong="H1980" Israel|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H1696" are|strong="H3478" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1696" Ekron|strong="H6138" to|strong="H1696" ask|strong="H1875" Baalzebub, the|strong="H3068" god|strong="H3068" of|strong="H4428" those|strong="H1696" people|strong="H1696", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whether|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w recover|strong="H2421"\+w*}? 
\verseNumber{4}Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" recover|strong="H2421" from|strong="H4480" his|strong="H3068" being|strong="H3068" injured|strong="H8295"; he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191".’” 
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\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Elijah|strong="H0452"\+w* \+w went|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w meet|strong="H7122"\+w*} the|strong="H7725" messengers|strong="H4397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7725"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w they|strong="H4100"\+w*} returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w instead|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w going|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Ekron|strong="H6138"\+w*}. The|strong="H7725" king|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H4100" them|strong="H7725", “Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w soon|strong="H3512"\+w*}?” 
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\verseNumber{6}They|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H1696", “A|strong="H3588" man|strong="H4191" came|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1696" meet|strong="H7125" us|strong="H7725", and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" us|strong="H7725", ‘Return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3478" tell|strong="H1696" him|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541", “◄Is|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" no|strong="H3808" God|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3478" sending|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w messengers|strong="H1696"\+w*} to|strong="H1696" Ekron|strong="H6138" to|strong="H1696" consult|strong="H1875" Baalzebub, their|strong="H3068" god|strong="H3068"?/You|strong="H3588" seem|strong="H5869" to|strong="H1696" think|strong="H2803" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" God|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478", with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" result|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3478" sending|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w messengers|strong="H1696"\+w*} to|strong="H1696" Ekron|strong="H6138" to|strong="H1696" ask|strong="H1875" Baazebub, their|strong="H3068" god|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whether|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w recover|strong="H7725"\+w*}.► [RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Go|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" recover|strong="H7725" from|strong="H4480" being|strong="H3068" injured|strong="H8295"; instead|strong="H3588", he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191".”’” 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H5927" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5927", “The|strong="H5927" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H4100" came|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1696" meet|strong="H7125" you|strong="H4100" and|strong="H4941" told|strong="H1696" that|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H4100", what|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" he|strong="H1696" look|strong="H7200" like|strong="H1697"?” 
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\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H1931" replied|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" a|strong="H1931" hairy|strong="H8181" man|strong="H1167" and|strong="H4975" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1167" a|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wide|strong="H7341"\+w*} leather|strong="H5785" belt|strong="H0232" around|strong="H5439" his|strong="H1931" waist|strong="H4975".” The|strong="H1931" king|strong="H4428" exclaimed|strong="H0559", “That|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" Elijah|strong="H0452"!” 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971" an|strong="H7971" officer|strong="H8269" with|strong="H1696" 50 soldiers|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1696" seize|strong="H0962" Elijah|strong="H1696". They|strong="H5921" found|strong="H4672" Elijah|strong="H1696" sitting|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" a|strong="H7971" hill|strong="H2022". The|strong="H5921" officer|strong="H8269" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H7971" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5921", “Prophet|strong="H1696", the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" commands|strong="H6680" that|strong="H4428" you|strong="H7971" come|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" here|strong="H2009"!” 
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\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H6030" Elijah|strong="H1696" replied|strong="H6030", “I|strong="H4480" am|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1696" prophet|strong="H1696"; so|strong="H4480", I|strong="H4480" command|strong="H6680" that|strong="H4480" fire|strong="H0784" come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" sky|strong="H8064" and|strong="H6030" burn|strong="H8313" up|strong="H6030" you|strong="H4480" and|strong="H6030" your|strong="H4480" 50 soldiers|strong="H5650"!” Immediately|strong="H6965", fire|strong="H0784" came|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" sky|strong="H8064" and|strong="H6030" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" up|strong="H6030" the|strong="H4480" officer|strong="H8269" and|strong="H6030" his|strong="H4480" 50 \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w found|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w out|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w about|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4428"\+w*,} he|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" another|strong="H0312" officer|strong="H8269" with|strong="H1696" 50 more|strong="H7725" soldiers|strong="H5650". They|strong="H3541" went|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w where|strong="H2572"\+w* \+w Elijah|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w was|strong="H4428"\+w*}, and|strong="H6030" the|strong="H3541" officer|strong="H8269" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H7971" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H7971", “Prophet|strong="H1696", the|strong="H3541" king|strong="H4428" commands|strong="H6680" that|strong="H4428" you|strong="H7971" come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" immediately|strong="H6965"!” 
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\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H6030" Elijah|strong="H1696" replied|strong="H6030", “I|strong="H4480" am|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1696" prophet|strong="H1696"; \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w prove|strong="H5254"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4480"\+w*,} I|strong="H4480" command|strong="H6680" that|strong="H4480" fire|strong="H0784" come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" sky|strong="H8064" and|strong="H6030" kill|strong="H2026" you|strong="H4480" and|strong="H6030" your|strong="H4480" soldiers|strong="H5650"!” Then|strong="H6030" a|strong="H1696" fire|strong="H0784" from|strong="H4480" God|strong="H8064" came|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" sky|strong="H8064" and|strong="H6030" killed|strong="H2026" the|strong="H4480" officer|strong="H5631" and|strong="H6030" his|strong="H4480" soldiers|strong="H5650". 
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\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w king|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w heard|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5315"\+w*} he|strong="H5921" sent|strong="H7971" another|strong="H0312" officer|strong="H8269" with|strong="H1696" 50 more|strong="H5921" soldiers|strong="H5650". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w went|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w where|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Elijah|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w was|strong="H5315"\+w*}, and|strong="H7971" the|strong="H5921" officer|strong="H8269" prostrated|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H5315" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H5048" of|strong="H8269" Elijah|strong="H1696", and|strong="H7971" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5921", “Prophet|strong="H1696", I|strong="H5921" plead|strong="H7378" with|strong="H1696" you|strong="H7971", be|strong="H5315" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4994" and|strong="H7971" my|strong="H5921" 50 soldiers|strong="H5650", and|strong="H7971" ◄do|strong="H5869" not|strong="H1696" kill|strong="H2026" us|strong="H4994"/allow|strong="H4994" us|strong="H4994" to|strong="H1696" remain|strong="H3427" alive|strong="H5315"►! 
\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5315"\+w*} two|strong="H8147" times|strong="H6471" fire|strong="H0784" came|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" sky|strong="H8064" and|strong="H8064" killed|strong="H2026" officers|strong="H8269" and|strong="H8064" the|strong="H4480" 50 soldiers|strong="H5650" who|strong="H5315" were|strong="H5869" with|strong="H3381" them|strong="H3381". So|strong="H4480" now|strong="H6258", please|strong="H4994" be|strong="H5315" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H3381" me|strong="H5315"!” 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H6965" the|strong="H6440" angel|strong="H4397" from|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Elijah|strong="H1696", “Go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w go|strong="H3381"\+w* } with|strong="H3068" him|strong="H6440". Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1696" be|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H4428" him|strong="H6440".” So|strong="H6965" Elijah|strong="H1696" went|strong="H3381" with|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Elijah|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w arrived|strong="H0935"\+w*,} he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428", “This|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": ‘You|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H1696" go|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1696" Ekron|strong="H6138" to|strong="H1696" ask|strong="H1875" Baalzebub, their|strong="H3068" god|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whether|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w recover|strong="H2421"\+w*}. You|strong="H3588" acted|strong="H1697" as|strong="H1697" though|strong="H3588" [RHQ] there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" God|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H1696" consult|strong="H1875". So|strong="H3651" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" recover|strong="H2421" from|strong="H4480" being|strong="H3068" injured|strong="H8295"; instead|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3478" going|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1696" die|strong="H4191"!’” 
\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H1961" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" died|strong="H4191", which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" Elijah|strong="H1696" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961". Ahaziah’s|strong="H0274" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" Joram|strong="H3088" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H3588" new|strong="H2319" king|strong="H4428", when|strong="H3588" Jehoram|strong="H3088", the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H3588" almost|strong="H4592" two|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141". Ahaziah’s|strong="H0274" brother|strong="H0251" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" because|strong="H3588" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" had|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" son|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{18}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w*} all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" did|strong="H6213", they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3117" [RHQ] written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5921" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Elijah is taken up to heaven }
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\chapterNumber{2}When|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" about|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" take|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w*} Elijah|strong="H0452" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" heaven|strong="H8064" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" ◄whirlwind|strong="H5591"/twisting wind|strong="H7307"►, Elijah|strong="H0452" and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w fellow|strong="H7453"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w*} Elisha|strong="H0477" were|strong="H1961" traveling|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*} from|strong="H4480" Gilgal|strong="H1537" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}Elijah|strong="H0452" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" Elisha|strong="H3427", “Stay|strong="H3427" here|strong="H6311", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H3588"\+w*} me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H5704" go|strong="H7971" to|strong="H5704" Bethel|strong="H1008" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}.” 
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But|strong="H3588" Elisha|strong="H3427" replied|strong="H0559", “Just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H5704" certainly|strong="H3588" as|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315" and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" live|strong="H3427", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" leave|strong="H5800" you|strong="H3588"!” 
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So|strong="H7971" they|strong="H3588" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w together|strong="H3162"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" Bethel|strong="H1008". 
\verseNumber{3}A|strong="H3947" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" prophets|strong="H5030" came|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Elisha|strong="H0477" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Elijah|strong="H0452"\+w* \+w before|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w entered|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3588" asked|strong="H7592" Elisha|strong="H0477", “Do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" going|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" take|strong="H3947" your|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113"/boss \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Elijah|strong="H0452"\+w*} away|strong="H3947" from|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3588" today|strong="H3117"?” 
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Elisha|strong="H0477" answered|strong="H6030", “Certainly|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588", but|strong="H3588" don’t|strong="H0408" talk|strong="H1696" about|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921"!” [IDM] 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H7971" Elijah|strong="H0452" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Elisha|strong="H3427", “Stay|strong="H3427" here|strong="H6311", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H3588"\+w*} me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3068" go|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" Jericho|strong="H3405".” 
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But|strong="H3588" Elisha|strong="H3427" replied|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7971"\+w*}, “Just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H5315" certainly|strong="H3588" as|strong="H5315" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315" and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" live|strong="H3427", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" leave|strong="H5800" you|strong="H3588"!” 
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So|strong="H7971" they|strong="H3588" went|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w together|strong="H3162"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" Jericho|strong="H3405" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w As|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* neared} Jericho|strong="H3405", a|strong="H3947" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" prophets|strong="H5030" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5921" there|strong="H3117" came|strong="H5066" to|strong="H3068" Elisha|strong="H0477" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5921", “Do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3947" your|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113"/boss \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Elijah|strong="H0452"\+w*} away|strong="H3947" from|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588" today|strong="H3117"?” 
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He|strong="H3588" answered|strong="H6030" again|strong="H3947", “Certainly|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588", but|strong="H3588" don’t|strong="H0408" talk|strong="H1696" about|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921"!” [IDM] 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H7971" Elijah|strong="H0452" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" Elisha|strong="H3427", “Stay|strong="H3427" here|strong="H6311", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H3588"\+w*} me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3588" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3588"\+w*}.” 
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But|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7971"\+w*} Elisha|strong="H3427" replied|strong="H0559", “As|strong="H5315" certainly|strong="H3588" as|strong="H5315" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315" and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" live|strong="H3427", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" leave|strong="H5800" you|strong="H3588"!” 
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So|strong="H7971" they|strong="H3588" continued|strong="H3427" walking|strong="H3212" together|strong="H8147". 
\verseNumber{7}Fifty|strong="H2572" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5975" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" prophets|strong="H5030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Jericho|strong="H3405"\+w*} also|strong="H1121" went|strong="H1980", but|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" watched|strong="H7200" from|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5975" distance|strong="H7350" as|strong="H1980" Elijah|strong="H0452" and|strong="H1121" Elisha|strong="H0477" stopped|strong="H5975" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H3947" Elijah|strong="H0452" rolled|strong="H5674" up|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947" cloak|strong="H8008" and|strong="H8147" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3947" water|strong="H4325" with|strong="H4325" it|strong="H5221". A|strong="H3947" path|strong="H0734" opened|strong="H6605" up|strong="H3947" for|strong="H4325" them|strong="H5221" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3947" river|strong="H5104", and|strong="H8147" they|strong="H5221" walked|strong="H1980" across|strong="H5674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w were|strong="H4325"\+w*} on|strong="H5674" dry|strong="H2724" ground|strong="H2724". 
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\verseNumber{9}When|strong="H1961" they|strong="H2962" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3947" other|strong="H8147" side|strong="H7307", Elijah|strong="H0452" said|strong="H6310" to|strong="H1961" Elisha|strong="H0477", “What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3947" want|strong="H4270" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3947" before|strong="H2962" ◄I|strong="H2962" am|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947"/Yahweh|strong="H3068" takes|strong="H3947" me|strong="H4994" away|strong="H3947"►?” 
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Elisha|strong="H0477" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H2962" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H1961" receive|strong="H3947" twice|strong="H8147" as|strong="H1961" much|strong="H6310" of|strong="H7307" your|strong="H3947" power|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w*,} (OR|strong="H8147" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H1961" very|strong="H6213" powerfully continue|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3947" ministry|strong="H5656").” 
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\verseNumber{10}Elijah|strong="H0452" replied|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3947" have|strong="H1961" asked|strong="H7592" for|strong="H7592" something|strong="H1697" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H3651" difficult|strong="H7185" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w cause|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*}. But|strong="H3808", if|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3947" see|strong="H7200" me|strong="H7200" when|strong="H1961" ◄I|strong="H3651" am|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H3947" from|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3947"/Yahweh|strong="H3068" takes|strong="H3947" me|strong="H7200" from|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3947"►, you|strong="H3947" will|strong="H1961" get|strong="H3947" what|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3947" are|strong="H1961" requesting. But|strong="H3808" if|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3947" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" me|strong="H7200", then|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3947" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" get|strong="H3947" it|strong="H3651".” 
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\verseNumber{11}As|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1961" walking|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" talking|strong="H1696", suddenly|strong="H2009" a|strong="H1961" chariot|strong="H7393" that|strong="H5927" had|strong="H1961" fire|strong="H0784" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w surrounding|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5927"\+w*}, pulled|strong="H5265" by|strong="H1980" horses|strong="H5483" which|strong="H1992" also|strong="H8064" had|strong="H1961" fire|strong="H0784" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w surrounding|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1992"\+w*}, appeared|strong="H1961". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w chariot|strong="H7393"\+w* \+w driver|strong="H7395"\+w*} drove|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5927" chariot|strong="H7393" between|strong="H0996" Elijah|strong="H1696" and|strong="H1980" Elisha|strong="H0477" and|strong="H1980" separated|strong="H6504" them|strong="H1992". Then|strong="H1961" Elijah|strong="H1696" was|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1696" heaven|strong="H8064" in|strong="H1980" a|strong="H1961" ◄whirlwind|strong="H5591"/twisting wind|strong="H7307"►. 
\verseNumber{12}Elisha|strong="H0477" saw|strong="H7200" it|strong="H1931". He|strong="H1931" cried|strong="H6817" out|strong="H2388", “My|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001"/master|strong="H0113"! My|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001"/master|strong="H0113"! The|strong="H7200" chariots|strong="H7393" of|strong="H7393" us|strong="H7200" Israeli people|strong="H3808" and|strong="H3478" their|strong="H7200" drivers \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w taken|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w my|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w master|strong="H0113"\+w* \+w away|strong="H7167"\+w*}!” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w disappeared|strong="H0369"\+w* \+w into|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w sky|strong="H8064"\+w*,} and|strong="H3478" Elisha|strong="H0477" never|strong="H3808" saw|strong="H7200" Elijah|strong="H0452" again|strong="H5750". Then|strong="H7200" Elisha|strong="H0477" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H7200" own|strong="H2388" robe|strong="H4598" into|strong="H7200" two|strong="H8147" pieces|strong="H7168" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w sad|strong="H7451"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}Elijah’s|strong="H0452" cloak|strong="H8008" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w fallen|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w off|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w when|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w was|strong="H8193"\+w* \+w taken|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w away|strong="H7725"\+w*, \+w so|strong="H7725"\+w*} Elisha|strong="H7725" picked|strong="H7311" it|strong="H5921" up|strong="H7311" and|strong="H7725" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" bank|strong="H8193" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w rolled|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w up|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w cloak|strong="H8008"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" with|strong="H3068" it|strong="H1931", and|strong="H3068" cried|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3947", “Will|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068" who|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w enabled|strong="H5414"\+w*} Elijah|strong="H0452" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w perform|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w miracles|strong="H6381"\+w*, \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w similar|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w*}?” Then|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" separated|strong="H2673", and|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3947" path|strong="H0734" opened|strong="H6605" up|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3068" Elisha|strong="H0477" went|strong="H5674" across|strong="H5674". 
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\verseNumber{15}When|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" prophets|strong="H5030" from|strong="H5921" Jericho|strong="H3405" saw|strong="H7200" what|strong="H7200" happened|strong="H1961", they|strong="H5921" exclaimed|strong="H0559", “Elisha|strong="H0477" now|strong="H5921" has|strong="H7307" the|strong="H5921" power|strong="H3027" that|strong="H7200" Elijah|strong="H0452" had|strong="H1121"!” [MTY] They|strong="H5921" walked|strong="H1980" over|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H5048" of|strong="H1121" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} them|strong="H7971" said|strong="H0559", “Sir|strong="H0113", if|strong="H2009" you|strong="H7971" permit|strong="H5414" us|strong="H4994", 50 of|strong="H1121" our|strong="H3068" strongest|strong="H4581" men|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H1121" search|strong="H1245" for|strong="H7971" your|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w side|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w river|strong="H5104"\+w*}. Perhaps|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" left|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7971" on|strong="H3068" some|strong="H2009" mountain|strong="H2022" or|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3068" some|strong="H2009" valley|strong="H1516".” 
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Elisha|strong="H0477" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" send|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971".” 
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\verseNumber{17}But|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3117" kept|strong="H6484" insisting. Finally|strong="H5704" he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" tired|strong="H3021" of|strong="H3117" saying|strong="H0559" “No|strong="H3808",” and|strong="H7971" he|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559", “Okay, send|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971".” So|strong="H7971" 50 men|strong="H0376" searched|strong="H1245" for|strong="H5704" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3117" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" Elijah|strong="H0452". 
\verseNumber{18}They|strong="H3808" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Jericho|strong="H3405", and|strong="H7725" Elisha|strong="H7725" was|strong="H1931" still|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7725", “I|strong="H3808" told|strong="H5046" you|strong="H7725" that|strong="H1931" you|strong="H7725" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3212", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w would|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w find|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7725"\+w*}!” [RHQ] 

\BibleSectionHeading{Elisha|strong="H7725" made|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" water|strong="H4325" pure|strong="H2889" }
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\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H2009" the|strong="H7200" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jericho|strong="H3405"\+w*} city|strong="H5892" came|strong="H4325" to|strong="H4325" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H5892" Elisha|strong="H0477". One|strong="H2896" of|strong="H5892" them|strong="H7200" said|strong="H0559", “Our|strong="H7200" master|strong="H0113", we|strong="H4994" have|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" problem|strong="H2008". You|strong="H7200" can|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" this|strong="H7200" is|strong="H2896" a|strong="H7200" very|strong="H2896" nice|strong="H2896" place|strong="H4186" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w live|strong="H4186"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5892"\+w*}. But|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" water|strong="H4325" is|strong="H2896" bad|strong="H7451", and|strong="H5892" as|strong="H5892" a|strong="H7200" result|strong="H6903", crops|strong="H8393" will|strong="H5892" not|strong="H7200" grow|strong="H6779" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" land|strong="H0776".” 
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\verseNumber{20}Elisha|strong="H0477" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H8033" them|strong="H7760", “Put|strong="H7760" some|strong="H8033" salt|strong="H4417" in|strong="H8033" a|strong="H3947" new|strong="H2319" bowl|strong="H4219" and|strong="H8033" bring|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" bowl|strong="H4219" to|strong="H8033" me|strong="H7760".” So|strong="H3947" they|strong="H8033" brought|strong="H3947" it|strong="H7760" to|strong="H8033" him|strong="H3947". 
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H8033" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3541" spring|strong="H4161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w got|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w*}. He|strong="H8033" threw|strong="H7993" the|strong="H3541" salt|strong="H4417" into|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3541" spring|strong="H4161". Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H8033" said|strong="H3318", “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": ‘I|strong="H3541" have|strong="H1961" made|strong="H1961" this|strong="H3541" water|strong="H4325" good|strong="H2896"/pure|strong="H2889". No|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" will|strong="H3068" anyone|strong="H3605" die|strong="H4194", from|strong="H3318" having|strong="H3808" drunk|strong="H8354" this|strong="H3541" water|strong="H4325", and|strong="H3068" now|strong="H1961" crops|strong="H8393" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3318" grow|strong="H3318".’” [LIT|strong="H0215"] 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" water|strong="H4325" became|strong="H1697" pure|strong="H2889", just|strong="H1697" as|strong="H5704" Elisha|strong="H5704" said|strong="H1696" it|strong="H5704" would|strong="H1697" be|strong="H1697". Since|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" it|strong="H5704" has|strong="H3117" always|strong="H3117" remained|strong="H3427" pure|strong="H2889". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Elisha|strong="H5704" cursed|strong="H0779" boys|strong="H3206" who|strong="H2088" made|strong="H1696" fun of|strong="H3117" him|strong="H5704" }
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\verseNumber{23}Elisha|strong="H0477" left|strong="H3318" Jericho|strong="H3405" and|strong="H5892" went|strong="H3318" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3318" Bethel|strong="H1008". As|strong="H5927" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" walking|strong="H1980" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H4480" road|strong="H1870", a|strong="H3318" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H5892" young|strong="H5288" boys|strong="H5288" from|strong="H4480" Bethel|strong="H1008" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w and|strong="H5892"\+w*} started|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" make|strong="H6213" fun of|strong="H5892" him|strong="H3318". They|strong="H8033" continued|strong="H5674" shouting|strong="H8643", “Go|strong="H3318" away|strong="H5927", you|strong="H4480" bald-headed man|strong="H5288"!” 
\verseNumber{24}Elisha|strong="H0477" turned|strong="H6437" around|strong="H6437" and|strong="H3068" looked|strong="H7200"/glared at|strong="H3068" them|strong="H1992". He|strong="H3068" asked|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3318" ◄curse|strong="H7043" them|strong="H1992"/do|strong="H3068" something|strong="H1697" bad|strong="H7451" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H1992"►. Immediately|strong="H6965" two|strong="H8147" bears|strong="H1677" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" woods|strong="H3293" and|strong="H3068" mauled forty-two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H1992". 
\verseNumber{25}Elisha|strong="H7725" left|strong="H7725" Bethel|strong="H1008" and|strong="H7725" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H7725" Carmel|strong="H3760" Mountain|strong="H2022", and|strong="H7725" after|strong="H0310" that|strong="H2022" he|strong="H8033" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{The war between Israel and Moab }
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\chapterNumber{3}After|strong="H5921" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" 18 years|strong="H8141", Ahab’s|strong="H0256" son|strong="H1121" Joram|strong="H3088" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". He|strong="H8147" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} for|strong="H5921" twelve|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" evil|strong="H7451", but|strong="H7535" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6213" much|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" as|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H3068" mother|strong="H0517" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" got|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" pillar|strong="H4676" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w*} Baal|strong="H1168" which|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H7535" he|strong="H4480" committed|strong="H2398" the|strong="H4480" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Jeroboam|strong="H3379" had|strong="H3478" committed|strong="H2398" and|strong="H1121" which|strong="H3478" led|strong="H1980" the|strong="H4480" Israeli people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2403", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H4480" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H5493" committing|strong="H6213" those|strong="H4480" sins|strong="H2403". 
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\verseNumber{4}Mesha|strong="H4338", the|strong="H7725" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124", raised|strong="H6965" sheep|strong="H5349". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Every|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w*} he|strong="H3478" was|strong="H1961" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H7725" give|strong="H7725" 100,000 lambs|strong="H3733" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H7725" wool|strong="H6785" from|strong="H7725" 100,000 rams|strong="H3733" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w kingdom|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w controlled|strong="H0662"\+w* \+w by|strong="H4124"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H1961" after|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" died|strong="H4194", Mesha|strong="H4331" rebelled|strong="H6586" against|strong="H6586" the|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H3318" King|strong="H4428" Joram|strong="H3088" left|strong="H3318" Samaria|strong="H8111" and|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H3478" together|strong="H3162" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H7971" he|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" this|strong="H5927" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3212" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", the|strong="H7971" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063": “The|strong="H7971" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124" has|strong="H4428" rebelled|strong="H6586" against|strong="H5927" me|strong="H7971". So|strong="H7971" will|strong="H4428" your|strong="H7971" army|strong="H5971" join|strong="H2266" my|strong="H7971" army|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3063" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5927" the|strong="H7971" army|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124"?” 
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Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H4428" help|strong="H5971" you|strong="H7971". We|strong="H0587" are|strong="H5971" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H3212" do|strong="H3063" whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H7971" want|strong="H4270" us|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3212". My|strong="H7971" soldiers|strong="H4421" and|strong="H3063" my|strong="H7971" horses|strong="H5483" are|strong="H5971" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H3212" help|strong="H5971" you|strong="H7971".” 
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\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H2088" asked|strong="H7592", “On|strong="H1870" which|strong="H2088" road|strong="H1870" shall|strong="H2088" we|strong="H0587" march|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5927" attack|strong="H5927" them|strong="H5927"?” 
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Joram|strong="H3141" replied|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H0587" will|strong="H2088" go|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w south|strong="H4057"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*, \+w where|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w your|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w will|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w join|strong="H2266"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5927"\+w*. \+w Then|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w we|strong="H0587"\+w* \+w will|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w all|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w go|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w south|strong="H4057"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w Dead|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w Sea|strong="H3220"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w then|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w turn|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} through|strong="H1870" the|strong="H5927" Edom|strong="H0112" Desert|strong="H4057".” 
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\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w army|strong="H4264"\+w*} went|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Edom|strong="H0112" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w their|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H4264"\+w*}. They|strong="H3117" marched|strong="H5437" for|strong="H4325" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". Then|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" water|strong="H4325" left|strong="H1961" for|strong="H4325" their|strong="H1961" soldiers|strong="H5650" or|strong="H3808" for|strong="H4325" their|strong="H1961" animals|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3117" carried|strong="H3212" supplies|strong="H4399". 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" exclaimed|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5414" terrible|strong="H3372" situation|strong="H4186"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w seems|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" allow|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" three|strong="H7969" of|strong="H4428" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3027" captured|strong="H3920" by|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} [MTY] Moab|strong="H4124"!” 
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\verseNumber{11}Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" said|strong="H6030", “Is|strong="H3068" there|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3478" prophet|strong="H5030" here|strong="H6311" who|strong="H3068" can|strong="H5650" ask|strong="H1875" Yahweh|strong="H3068" for|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w we|strong="H0587"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}?” 
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One|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joram’s army|strong="H2428" officers|strong="H5650" said|strong="H6030", “Elisha|strong="H0477", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shaphat|strong="H8202", is|strong="H3068" here|strong="H6311". He|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" Elijah’s|strong="H0452" assistant|strong="H8334".” [IDM] 
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\verseNumber{12}Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" said|strong="H1697", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3426"\+w* \+w good|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3381"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H1697"\+w*} he|strong="H3068" speaks|strong="H3426" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" tells|strong="H1696" him|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" say|strong="H1697".” 
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So|strong="H1697" those|strong="H1992" three|strong="H7969" kings|strong="H4428" went|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Elisha|strong="H0477". 
\verseNumber{13}Elisha|strong="H7121" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", “Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" come|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5414" [RHQ]? Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3478" ask|strong="H4428" those|strong="H3588" prophets|strong="H5030" that|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H3478" mother|strong="H0517" consulted|strong="H3289"!” 
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But|strong="H3588" Joram|strong="H3141" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H5414", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w seems|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" going|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3478" allow|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" three|strong="H7969" kings|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3027" captured|strong="H3920" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3588" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124".” 
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\verseNumber{14}Elisha|strong="H0477" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" serve|strong="H5975" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6440" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" angels|strong="H4397" in|strong="H3068" heaven|strong="H8064". As|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3588" as|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" lives|strong="H2416", if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" respect|strong="H7200" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" even|strong="H3588" think|strong="H7200" about|strong="H4428" doing|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H5375" to|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5375" you|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H1961", bring|strong="H3947" a|strong="H1961" musician|strong="H5059" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5921".” 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*}. And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" musician|strong="H5059" played|strong="H5059" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w harp|strong="H3658"\+w*}, the|strong="H5921" power|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" came|strong="H1961" on|strong="H5921" Elisha|strong="H0477". 
\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H6213" said|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" dry|strong="H3004" stream-bed to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" full|strong="H1356" of|strong="H3068" water|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H7200" result|strong="H6903" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3068" soldiers|strong="H5650" and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3588" carry|strong="H5375" supplies|strong="H4399" and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" livestock|strong="H4735" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" plenty|strong="H7647" of|strong="H3068" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H3068" drink|strong="H8354". 
\verseNumber{18}That|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5414" difficult|strong="H6381" for|strong="H3027" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w more|strong="H3254"\+w* \+w than|strong="H7043"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*}. He|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Moab|strong="H4124". 
\verseNumber{19}You|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5892" conquer|strong="H3423" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" beautiful|strong="H2896" cities|strong="H5892", cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" high|strong="H1116" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H5221". You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" cut|strong="H5640" down|strong="H5307" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" fruit|strong="H3605" trees|strong="H6086", stop|strong="H5640" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H5892" flowing|strong="H4325" from|strong="H5892" their|strong="H3605" springs|strong="H4599", and|strong="H6086" ruin|strong="H2723" their|strong="H3605" fertile|strong="H3759" fields|strong="H7704" by|strong="H5892" covering|strong="H4372" them|strong="H5221" with|strong="H5892" rocks|strong="H5553".” 
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\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H4390" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242", at|strong="H1961" the|strong="H4390" time|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5927" offered|strong="H5927" the|strong="H4390" sacrifices|strong="H4503" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w grain|strong="H1715"\+w*}, they|strong="H5927" were|strong="H1961" surprised|strong="H8610" to|strong="H5927" see|strong="H2009" water|strong="H4325" flowing|strong="H4325" from|strong="H5927" Edom|strong="H0112" and|strong="H1242" covering|strong="H4372" the|strong="H4390" ground|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{21}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H8085" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" three|strong="H7969" kings|strong="H4428" had|strong="H4428" come|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w*} to|strong="H5927" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H4428" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5927" fight|strong="H3898" in|strong="H5921" battles|strong="H4421", from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" youngest|strong="H6996" men|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" oldest|strong="H1419" ones|strong="H5975", were|strong="H4428" summoned|strong="H6817", and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H3588" ◄took|strong="H5927" their|strong="H3605" positions|strong="H7896"/prepared|strong="H3559" to|strong="H5927" fight|strong="H3898"► at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w southern|strong="H5045"\+w*} border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3605" land|strong="H1366". 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H7200" when|strong="H7200" they|strong="H5921" rose|strong="H7925" early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H5921" next|strong="H5921" morning|strong="H1242", they|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" across|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H8121" as|strong="H4325" red|strong="H5488" as|strong="H4325" blood|strong="H1818". 
\verseNumber{23}They|strong="H5221" exclaimed|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H5221" is|strong="H2088" blood|strong="H1818"! The|strong="H5221" three|strong="H7969" enemy|strong="H0340" armies|strong="H6635" must|strong="H1818" have|strong="H4428" fought|strong="H2717" and|strong="H4428" killed|strong="H5221" each|strong="H2088" other|strong="H2088"! So|strong="H6258" let’s|strong="H5221" go|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" take|strong="H5221" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H4428" they|strong="H5221" have|strong="H4428" left|strong="H7604"!” 
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\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H5221" when|strong="H5127" they|strong="H3478" reached|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H6440" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5650" had|strong="H3478" set|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" their|strong="H6440" tents|strong="H4264", the|strong="H6440" Israelis attacked|strong="H5221" the|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H5650" from|strong="H6440" Moab|strong="H4124" and|strong="H6965" forced|strong="H4522" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3478" retreat|strong="H5127". The|strong="H6440" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5650" pursued|strong="H7291" the|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H5650" from|strong="H6440" Moab|strong="H4124" and|strong="H6965" killed|strong="H5221" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H3605" Israelis also|strong="H5221" destroyed|strong="H2040" their|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892". And|strong="H6086" whenever|strong="H3605" they|strong="H5704" passed|strong="H4390" fertile|strong="H3759" fields|strong="H7704", they|strong="H5704" threw|strong="H7993" rocks|strong="H5553" on|strong="H5307" those|strong="H3605" fields|strong="H7704", until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" fields|strong="H7704" were|strong="H4325" covered|strong="H4390" with|strong="H4390" rocks|strong="H5553". They|strong="H5704" stopped|strong="H5640" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H5704" flowing|strong="H4325" from|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" springs|strong="H4599" and|strong="H6086" cut|strong="H5640" down|strong="H5307" the|strong="H3605" fruit|strong="H3605" trees|strong="H6086". Finally|strong="H5704", only|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w capital|strong="H3805"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*,} Kir-Hareseth|strong="H7025", remained|strong="H7604". The|strong="H3605" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5650" who|strong="H3605" threw|strong="H7993" stones|strong="H0068" with|strong="H4390" slings|strong="H7050" surrounded|strong="H5437" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H6086" attacked|strong="H5221" it|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{26}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3947" army|strong="H4421" was|strong="H4428" being|strong="H1961" defeated|strong="H3201", he|strong="H3588" took|strong="H3947" with|strong="H4428" him|strong="H7200" 700 men|strong="H2388" who|strong="H4428" fought|strong="H3898" with|strong="H4428" swords|strong="H2719", and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H3588" tried|strong="H1234" to|strong="H3201" force|strong="H2388" a|strong="H3947" way|strong="H3201" through|strong="H4480" the|strong="H7200" Israeli lines|strong="H2256" of|strong="H4428" soldiers|strong="H4421" to|strong="H3201" escape|strong="H4422" to|strong="H3201" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w get|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w help|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w from|strong="H4480"\+w*} the|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758", but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H4428" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3201" escape|strong="H4422". 
\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124" took|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947" oldest|strong="H1419" son|strong="H1121", who|strong="H1121" would|strong="H3478" have|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" next|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H2026" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" offered|strong="H5927" him|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" sacrifice|strong="H5930" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w god|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w Chemosh|strong="H3645"\+w*}, burning|strong="H2740" him|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" wall|strong="H2346". The|strong="H5921" Israeli soldiers|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" horrified|strong="H8074", with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3478" they|strong="H5921" left|strong="H5265" that|strong="H3478" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" their|strong="H3947" own|strong="H1961" country|strong="H2022". 

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\chapterNumber{4}One|strong="H1121" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" widow|strong="H0490" of|strong="H1121" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\+w*} prophets|strong="H5030" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4191" Elisha|strong="H0477" and|strong="H1121" cried|strong="H6817" out|strong="H3947" to|strong="H4191" him|strong="H3947", “My|strong="H3068" husband|strong="H0376", who|strong="H3068" worked|strong="H2388" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588", is|strong="H3068" dead|strong="H4191". You|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" revered|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w much|strong="H7227"\+w*}. But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H1121" to|strong="H4191" whom|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" owed a|strong="H1961" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H1121" money|strong="H3701" has|strong="H3068" come|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H3947". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w And|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w cannot|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w pay|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w back|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* threatening} to|strong="H4191" take|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" my|strong="H3068" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3068" slaves|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w payment|strong="H0868"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* owe \+w him|strong="H3947"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{2}Elisha|strong="H0477" replied|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" help|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588"? Tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046", what|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3426" in|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004"?” 
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She|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3426" only|strong="H3588" a|strong="H6213" container|strong="H3627" of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081"; we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3426" nothing|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605".” 
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\verseNumber{3}Elisha|strong="H0477" said|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" your|strong="H3605" neighbors|strong="H7934" and|strong="H3212" borrow|strong="H7592" from|strong="H4480" them|strong="H4480" as|strong="H3605" many|strong="H7227" empty|strong="H7386" jars|strong="H3627" as|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" can|strong="H4310". 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H1121" take|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" jars|strong="H3627" into|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" with|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121". Shut|strong="H5462" the|strong="H3605" door|strong="H1817". Then|strong="H1121" pour|strong="H3332" olive|strong="H2132" oil|strong="H8081" from|strong="H5265" your|strong="H3605" container|strong="H3627" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" jars|strong="H3627". When|strong="H1121" each|strong="H3605" jar|strong="H3627" is|strong="H3605" full|strong="H4392", set|strong="H5265" it|strong="H5921" aside|strong="H5265" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w fill|strong="H4392"\+w* \+w another|strong="H3627"\+w* \+w jar|strong="H3627"\+w*. \+w Keep|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w until|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w jars|strong="H3627"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w full|strong="H4392"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H5066"\+w* \+w she|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1157"\+w* \+w Elisha|strong="H0477"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5462"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}. Her|strong="H5462" sons|strong="H1121" kept|strong="H8104" bringing|strong="H5066" jars|strong="H7184" to|strong="H3212" her|strong="H5462", and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H1931" kept|strong="H8104" filling|strong="H4390" them|strong="H1992". 
\verseNumber{6}Soon|strong="H5750" all|strong="H5750" the|strong="H4390" jars|strong="H3627" were|strong="H1961" full|strong="H4390". So|strong="H1961" she|strong="H3627" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" her|strong="H4390" sons|strong="H1121", “Bring|strong="H5066" me|strong="H1961" another|strong="H5750" jar|strong="H3627"!” But|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1121" replied|strong="H0559", “There|strong="H1961" are|strong="H1121" no|strong="H5975" more|strong="H5750" jars|strong="H3627"!” And|strong="H1121" then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H4390" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081" stopped|strong="H5975" flowing|strong="H3627". 
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\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H2421" she|strong="H1931" told|strong="H5046" Elijah|strong="H0452" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*}, he|strong="H3212" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" her|strong="H5046", “Now|strong="H3212" sell|strong="H4376" the|strong="H5046" jars|strong="H7184" of|strong="H1121" oil|strong="H8081". And|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3212"\+w*,} pay|strong="H7999" what|strong="H7999" you|strong="H5046" owe, and|strong="H1121" there|strong="H3498" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" enough|strong="H3498" extra money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H3212" keep|strong="H2421" buying|strong="H7069" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H1121" yourself|strong="H0859" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H5046" sons|strong="H1121".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w she|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1121"\+w*}. 

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\verseNumber{8}One|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117" Elisha|strong="H0477" went|strong="H5674" to|strong="H1961" Shunem|strong="H7766" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" wealthy|strong="H1419" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H5493" lived|strong="H1961" there|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w husband|strong="H0376"\+w*}. One|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117" she|strong="H1931" invited|strong="H7121" Elisha|strong="H0477" to|strong="H1961" her|strong="H5493" house|strong="H1004" for|strong="H3117" a|strong="H1961" meal|strong="H3899". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Elisha|strong="H0477"\+w* \+w went|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3117"\+w*} from|strong="H5493" then|strong="H1961" on|strong="H3117", every|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" Elisha|strong="H0477" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3117" Shunem|strong="H7766", he|strong="H3117" went|strong="H5674" to|strong="H1961" their|strong="H2388" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H3899" a|strong="H1961" meal|strong="H3899". 
\verseNumber{9}One|strong="H6918" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" woman|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" husband|strong="H0376", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" sure|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" this|strong="H1931" man|strong="H5674" who|strong="H1931" often|strong="H1767" comes|strong="H5674" here|strong="H2009" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H3588" prophet|strong="H5030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w brings|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w messages|strong="H2372"\+w* } from|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{10}I|strong="H7760" think|strong="H7760" we|strong="H6213" should|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1961" small|strong="H6996" room|strong="H5944" for|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213" on|strong="H7760" our|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w flat|strong="H8478"\+w*} roof|strong="H5944", and|strong="H8033" put|strong="H7760" a|strong="H1961" bed|strong="H4296", a|strong="H1961" table|strong="H7979", a|strong="H1961" chair|strong="H3678", and|strong="H8033" a|strong="H1961" lamp|strong="H5216" in|strong="H6213" it|strong="H7760". If|strong="H1961" we|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H6213", whenever|strong="H1961" he|strong="H8033" comes|strong="H1961" here|strong="H8033", he|strong="H8033" will|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" place|strong="H7760" to|strong="H1961" stay|strong="H3427".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w they|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{11}One|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117" Elisha|strong="H0477" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1961" Shunem|strong="H7766", and|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" went|strong="H1961" up|strong="H5944" to|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3117" room|strong="H5944" to|strong="H1961" rest|strong="H7901". 
\verseNumber{12}He|strong="H7121" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H6440" his|strong="H7121" servant|strong="H5288" Gehazi|strong="H1522", “Tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H6440" woman|strong="H0802" that|strong="H5288" I|strong="H5288" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H6440" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H6440" her|strong="H7121".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w servant|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w went|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w her|strong="H7121"\+w*}. When|strong="H5975" she|strong="H7121" came|strong="H1522" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w doorway|strong="H6607"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Elisha’s|strong="H0477"\+w* \+w room|strong="H2315"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{13}Elisha|strong="H3427" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Gehazi|strong="H4994", “Tell|strong="H1696" her|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" we|strong="H6213" both|strong="H3605" appreciate all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" she|strong="H2063" has|strong="H6635" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" us|strong="H4994". Then|strong="H1696" ask|strong="H4428" her|strong="H3605" what|strong="H4100" we|strong="H6213" can|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" her|strong="H3605". Ask|strong="H4428", ‘Do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" want|strong="H4270" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w go|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" or|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635" commander|strong="H8269", to|strong="H1696" request|strong="H1246" something|strong="H3605" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605"?’” 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Gehazi|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w told|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w her|strong="H3605"\+w*,} and|strong="H4428" she|strong="H2063" replied|strong="H1696", “No|strong="H6213", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w does|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H3605"\+w*} my|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940"/relatives|strong="H0251" are|strong="H5971" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1696" give|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4994" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H2009" need|strong="H4270".” 
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\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Later|strong="H0310"\+w*,} Elisha|strong="H0477" asked|strong="H4100" Gehazi|strong="H1522", “What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H1121" we|strong="H6213" can|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1121" woman|strong="H0802"?” 
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He|strong="H6213" replied|strong="H0559", “She|strong="H4100" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" have|strong="H1121" a|strong="H6213" son|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" her|strong="H6213" husband|strong="H0376" is|strong="H4100" an|strong="H6213" old|strong="H1121" man|strong="H1121". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w maybe|strong="H0194"\+w* \+w we|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w should|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w her|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{15}Elisha|strong="H7121" told|strong="H5046" Gehazi|strong="H1522", “Call|strong="H7121" her|strong="H7121" back|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\+w* \+w went|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w and|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w her|strong="H7121"\+w*}. And|strong="H5975" when|strong="H5975" the|strong="H7121" woman|strong="H0802" returned|strong="H7725", as|strong="H7121" she|strong="H7121" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5975" the|strong="H7121" doorway|strong="H6607", 
\verseNumber{16}Elisha|strong="H0477" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6256" her|strong="H3605", “About|strong="H6256" this|strong="H2088" time|strong="H6256" next|strong="H2416" year|strong="H6256" you|strong="H6256" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" holding|strong="H2388" your|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w infant|strong="H3243"\+w*} son|strong="H1121" in|strong="H1121" your|strong="H2088" arms|strong="H2220".” But|strong="H3588" she|strong="H6256" protested|strong="H5749", “O|strong="H3069", sir|strong="H0113", you|strong="H6256" are|strong="H1121" a|strong="H2088" prophet|strong="H5030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w brings|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w messages|strong="H2372"\+w* } from|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430", so|strong="H2088" please|strong="H4994" do|strong="H2088" not|strong="H2088" deceive|strong="H3576"/lie|strong="H3576" to|strong="H6256" me|strong="H2416" by|strong="H1121" saying|strong="H0559" things|strong="H6256" like|strong="H1121" that|strong="H2416"!” 
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\verseNumber{17}But|strong="H1696" a|strong="H3205" few|strong="H4592" months|strong="H2320" later|strong="H0310", the|strong="H3205" woman|strong="H3205" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029", and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H6256" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1696" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121" at|strong="H1121" that|strong="H2416" time|strong="H6256" the|strong="H3205" following|strong="H0310" year|strong="H6256", just|strong="H1696" like|strong="H1121" Elisha|strong="H0477" had|strong="H3205" predicted|strong="H1696". 
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\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" child|strong="H3206" was|strong="H1961" older|strong="H1419", one|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3117" fields|strong="H7704" to|strong="H3318" see|strong="H7200" his|strong="H1961" father|strong="H0001", who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w working|strong="H4639"\+w*} with|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" men|strong="H3206" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H1961" harvesting|strong="H7105" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w grain|strong="H1715"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Suddenly|strong="H6597"\+w*} the|strong="H5375" boy|strong="H5288" exclaimed|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H5375" head|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w hurts|strong="H5062"\+w*}! My|strong="H5375" head|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w hurts|strong="H5062"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w lot|strong="H1486"\+w*}!” 
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His|strong="H5375" father|strong="H0001" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5375" one|strong="H5375" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5375" servants|strong="H5288", “Carry|strong="H5375" him|strong="H5375" home|strong="H1004" to|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" mother|strong="H0517"!” 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5650" carried|strong="H5375" him|strong="H5921" home|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3427" his|strong="H5375" mother|strong="H0517" held|strong="H2388" him|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5375" lap|strong="H1290". But|strong="H4191" at|strong="H3427" noontime the|strong="H5921" boy|strong="H5288" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{21}She|strong="H5921" carried|strong="H5927" him|strong="H5921" up|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w steps|strong="H4609"\+w*} to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" prophet’s|strong="H0430" room|strong="H2315" and|strong="H5927" laid|strong="H7901" him|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" bed|strong="H4296". She|strong="H5921" left|strong="H3318" him|strong="H5921" there|strong="H5927" and|strong="H5927" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H5927" shut|strong="H5462" the|strong="H5921" door|strong="H6607". 
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\verseNumber{22}She|strong="H7121" then|strong="H7971" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H7971" to|strong="H5704" her|strong="H7971" husband|strong="H0376", saying|strong="H0559", “Send|strong="H7971" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H4994" one|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" servants|strong="H5288" and|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" donkey|strong="H2543", so|strong="H4480" that|strong="H5288" I|strong="H5704" can|strong="H4994" ride|strong="H7392" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7121"\+w*} quickly|strong="H7323" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H4480" prophet|strong="H5030", and|strong="H7971" then|strong="H7971" come|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725"!” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w she|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w did|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w not|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w her|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w husband|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w their|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w had|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{23}Her|strong="H1980" husband|strong="H0376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w called|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w out|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w her|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1980"\+w*} said|strong="H0559", “Why|strong="H4069" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w go|strong="H1980"\+w*} today|strong="H3117"? This|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" celebrate|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3117" Festival|strong="H2282" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" New|strong="H2320" Moon|strong="H2320", and|strong="H1980" it|strong="H1980" is|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3117" Sabbath|strong="H7676" day|strong="H3117"!” 
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But|strong="H3808" she|strong="H2320" only|strong="H7965" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Just|strong="H3512"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w requested|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1980"\+w*} everything|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3117" right|strong="H3225".” 
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\verseNumber{24}So|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w servant|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w*} put|strong="H7392" saddles on|strong="H7392" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w two|strong="H8147"\+w*} donkeys|strong="H2543", and|strong="H3212" as|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" left|strong="H7604", she|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Hurry|strong="H4116"! Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" slow|strong="H6113" down|strong="H3212" unless|strong="H3588" t tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3212" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588"!” 
\verseNumber{25}As|strong="H1961" they|strong="H7200" approached|strong="H5066" Carmel|strong="H3760" Mountain|strong="H2022", where|strong="H2009" Elisha|strong="H0477" was|strong="H1961", Elisha|strong="H0477" saw|strong="H7200" her|strong="H7200" in|strong="H3212" the|strong="H7200" distance|strong="H7350". He|strong="H3212" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" Gehazi|strong="H1522", “Look|strong="H7200", the|strong="H7200" woman|strong="H0802" from|strong="H1961" Shunem|strong="H7766" is|strong="H2009" coming|strong="H2009"! 
\verseNumber{26}Run|strong="H7323" to|strong="H7323" her|strong="H7125", and|strong="H7965" ask|strong="H7592" her|strong="H7125" if|strong="H0518" everything|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3206" all|strong="H3605" right|strong="H3225" with|strong="H7323" her|strong="H7125" and|strong="H7965" her|strong="H7125" husband|strong="H0376" and|strong="H7965" with|strong="H7323" her|strong="H7125" child|strong="H3206"!” 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w Gehazi|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w ran|strong="H7323"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7323"\+w* \+w her|strong="H7125"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7965"\+w* \+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w her|strong="H7125"\+w*, \+w but|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w she|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w did|strong="H7965"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w Gehazi|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w anything|strong="H3605"\+w*.} She|strong="H1931" only|strong="H7965" said|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", everything|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3206" fine|strong="H5560".” 
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\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" came|strong="H5066" to|strong="H3068" where|strong="H4480" Elisha|strong="H0477" was|strong="H3068", she|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w prostrated|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w herself|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H0776"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w front|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Elisha|strong="H0477"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} took|strong="H2388" hold|strong="H2388" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" feet|strong="H7272". Gehazi|strong="H1522" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3068" push|strong="H1920" her|strong="H5046" away|strong="H4480", but|strong="H3588" Elisha|strong="H0477" said|strong="H0559", “◄Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" push|strong="H1920" her|strong="H5046" away|strong="H4480"/Leave|strong="H4480" her|strong="H5046" alone|strong="H7503"►! Something|strong="H1697" is|strong="H3068" troubling|strong="H7451" her|strong="H5046" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H7227", but|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5315" what|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068".” 
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\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="H3808" she|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" Elisha|strong="H0477", “O|strong="H3069", sir|strong="H0113", I|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1121" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H7592" to|strong="H1121" give|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3808" son|strong="H1121" [RHQ]. And|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3808" told|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1121" lie|strong="H7901" to|strong="H1121" me|strong="H7592" about|strong="H5439" that|strong="H1121"!” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{29}Then|strong="H6030" Elisha|strong="H0477" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w realized|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w must|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w her|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*. \+w So|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w*} said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H3212" Gehazi|strong="H1522", “Get|strong="H3947" ready|strong="H4672" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w leave|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w immediately|strong="H6965"\+w*}. Take|strong="H3947" my|strong="H7760" staff|strong="H4938"/walking|strong="H3212" stick|strong="H6086" and|strong="H6030" go|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w her|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w home|strong="H3212"\+w*}. Do|strong="H3027" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stop|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w*} talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3212" anyone|strong="H3588" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" way|strong="H3212". Go|strong="H3212" quickly|strong="H4116" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w where|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w her|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3027"\+w*} and|strong="H6030" lay|strong="H7760" the|strong="H6440" staff|strong="H4938" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" child’s|strong="H5288" face|strong="H6440". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*, \+w perhaps|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w well|strong="H7760"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{30}But|strong="H5800" the|strong="H3068" boy’s|strong="H5288" mother|strong="H0517" said|strong="H0559", “Just|strong="H3512" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w certain|strong="H0259"\+w*} as|strong="H5315" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315" and|strong="H6965" you|strong="H5800" live|strong="H2416", I|strong="H5315" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" home|strong="H3212" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5800" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5315".” So|strong="H6965" Elisha|strong="H0477" returned|strong="H7725" with|strong="H3068" her|strong="H5800" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w home|strong="H3212"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{31}Gehazi|strong="H1522" hurried|strong="H4116" quickly|strong="H4116", and|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w got|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w woman’s|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w home|strong="H7725"\+w*,} he|strong="H3808" laid|strong="H7760" the|strong="H6440" staff|strong="H4938"/walking|strong="H1980" stick|strong="H6086" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" child’s|strong="H5288" face|strong="H6440", but|strong="H3808" the|strong="H6440" child|strong="H5288" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" move|strong="H5472" or|strong="H3808" say|strong="H7725" anything|strong="H3808". 
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So|strong="H3808" Gehazi|strong="H1522" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" meet|strong="H7125" Elisha|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w along|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w road|strong="H1870"\+w*}, and|strong="H7725" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H6440", “The|strong="H6440" child|strong="H5288" is|strong="H6963" still|strong="H7725" dead|strong="H4191".” 
\verseNumber{32}When|strong="H7901" Elisha|strong="H0477" reached|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004", he|strong="H1004" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H5288" the|strong="H5921" boy|strong="H5288" was|strong="H1004" lying|strong="H7901" dead|strong="H4191" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" bed|strong="H4296". 
\verseNumber{33}Elisha|strong="H0477" went|strong="H3068" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3068" room|strong="H2315" by|strong="H3068" himself|strong="H1157" and|strong="H3068" shut|strong="H5462" the|strong="H3068" door|strong="H1817" and|strong="H3068" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{34}Then|strong="H5927" he|strong="H5921" lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" boy’s|strong="H3206" body|strong="H1320", and|strong="H5869" put|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" mouth|strong="H6310" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" boy’s|strong="H3206" mouth|strong="H6310", and|strong="H5869" put|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" eyes|strong="H5869" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" boy’s|strong="H3206" eyes|strong="H5869", and|strong="H5869" put|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" hands|strong="H3709" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" boy’s|strong="H3206" hands|strong="H3709". Then|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5921" boy’s|strong="H3206" body|strong="H1320" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5927" become|strong="H2552" warm|strong="H2552"! 
\verseNumber{35}Elisha|strong="H7725" got|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H7725" walked|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7725" forth|strong="H2008" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" room|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w several|strong="H2669"\+w* \+w times|strong="H6471"\+w*}. Then|strong="H7725" he|strong="H5704" stretched|strong="H1457" his|strong="H7725" body|strong="H1320" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" boy’s|strong="H5288" body|strong="H1320" again|strong="H7725". The|strong="H5921" boy|strong="H5288" sneezed|strong="H2237" seven|strong="H7651" times|strong="H6471" and|strong="H7725" opened|strong="H6491" his|strong="H7725" eyes|strong="H5869"! 
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\verseNumber{36}Then|strong="H5375" Elisha|strong="H7121" summoned|strong="H7121" Gehazi|strong="H1522". He|strong="H7121" said|strong="H7121", “Call|strong="H7121" the|strong="H5375" boy’s|strong="H5288" mother|strong="H0517"!” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\+w* \+w went|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5375"\+w*,} and|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" she|strong="H7121" came|strong="H1522" in|strong="H1121", Elisha|strong="H7121" said|strong="H7121", “Here|strong="H2063", take|strong="H5375" your|strong="H5375" son|strong="H1121"!” 
\verseNumber{37}She|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{gratefully} prostrated|strong="H7812" herself|strong="H7812" at|strong="H5921" Elisha’s|strong="H0477" feet|strong="H7272". Then|strong="H3318" she|strong="H5921" picked|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" her|strong="H5375" son|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" carried|strong="H5375" him|strong="H5921" downstairs. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Elisha|strong="H0477" made|strong="H6213" some|strong="H4480" stew|strong="H5138" edible|strong="H0398" }
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\verseNumber{38}Then|strong="H7725" Elisha|strong="H7725" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Gilgal|strong="H1537". But|strong="H7725" at|strong="H3427" that|strong="H5288" time|strong="H6440" there|strong="H3427" was|strong="H5288" ◄a|strong="H6440" famine|strong="H7458"/very|strong="H1419" little|strong="H4592" food|strong="H5138"► in|strong="H3427" that|strong="H5288" area|strong="H1508". One|strong="H1121" day|strong="H3117" as|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" prophets|strong="H5030" was|strong="H5288" sitting|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" Elisha|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w listening|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w he|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w was|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w teaching|strong="H8451"\+w*}, he|strong="H6440" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" servant|strong="H5288", “Put|strong="H7725" a|strong="H6440" large|strong="H1419" pot|strong="H5518" on|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w stove|strong="H3600"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" make|strong="H7725" some|strong="H4480" stew|strong="H5138" for|strong="H6440" these|strong="H6440" men|strong="H5288".” 
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\verseNumber{39}One|strong="H3808" of|strong="H7704" the|strong="H3588" prophets|strong="H5030" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3588" fields|strong="H7704" to|strong="H3318" gather|strong="H3950" some|strong="H4480" vegetables|strong="H2235". But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" gathered|strong="H3950" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H3588"\+w*} some|strong="H4480" wild|strong="H7704" gourds|strong="H6498" and|strong="H7704" put|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3318" in|strong="H4672" his|strong="H3045" cloak|strong="H8008" and|strong="H7704" brought|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3318" back|strong="H3045". He|strong="H3588" shredded them|strong="H3318" and|strong="H7704" put|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3318" in|strong="H4672" the|strong="H3588" pot|strong="H5518", but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" gourds|strong="H6498" were|strong="H4672" poisonous|strong="H7219". 
\verseNumber{40}He|strong="H3808" served|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" stew|strong="H5138" to|strong="H3201" the|strong="H1961" prophets|strong="H5030", but|strong="H3808" after|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" men|strong="H1992" had|strong="H1961" eaten|strong="H0398" only|strong="H0389" a|strong="H1961" couple|strong="H6776" bites|strong="H5391", they|strong="H1992" cried|strong="H6817" out|strong="H3332", “Elisha|strong="H0477", there|strong="H1961" is|strong="H1961" something|strong="H1697" in|strong="H3808" the|strong="H1961" pot|strong="H5518" that|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" kill|strong="H2026" us|strong="H1961"!” 
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So|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{41}Elisha|strong="H0477" said|strong="H1697", “Bring|strong="H3947" me|strong="H7993" some|strong="H1697" flour|strong="H7058".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w brought|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w some|strong="H1697"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H5971"\+w*} he|strong="H3808" threw|strong="H7993" it|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3947" pot|strong="H5518" and|strong="H5971" he|strong="H3808" said|strong="H1697", “It|strong="H1961" is|strong="H1697" all|strong="H1697" right|strong="H3225" now|strong="H1961". You|strong="H3947" can|strong="H3947" eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H1961".” And|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3808" ate|strong="H0398" it|strong="H1961", and|strong="H5971" it|strong="H1961" did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" harm|strong="H7451" them|strong="H3947". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Elisha|strong="H0477" multiplied|strong="H7235" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H7451" the|strong="H3947" prophets|strong="H5030" }
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\verseNumber{42}One|strong="H0259" day|strong="H3117" a|strong="H5414" man|strong="H0376" from|strong="H3899" Baal-Shalishah|strong="H1190" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} brought|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" Elisha|strong="H0477" a|strong="H5414" sack|strong="H6861" of|strong="H5971" freshly|strong="H2965" cut|strong="H3772" grain|strong="H3899" and|strong="H6242" 20 loaves|strong="H3899" of|strong="H5971" barley|strong="H8184" bread|strong="H3899", made|strong="H5414" from|strong="H3899" the|strong="H5414" first|strong="H1061" grain|strong="H3899" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5971" harvested|strong="H1219" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w*}. 
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Elisha|strong="H0477" said|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w servant|strong="H5650"\+w*}, “Give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H5971" prophets|strong="H5030", so|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5971" can|strong="H4310" eat|strong="H3899" it|strong="H5414".” 
\verseNumber{43}But|strong="H3588" his|strong="H5414" servant|strong="H8334" exclaimed|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" can|strong="H4100" feed|strong="H7462" 100 of|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5414" prophets|strong="H5030" with|strong="H3068" only|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" much|strong="H4100"?” [RHQ] 
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But|strong="H3588" Elisha|strong="H0477" replied|strong="H0559", “Give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" prophets|strong="H5030" so|strong="H3541" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" can|strong="H4100" eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H5414", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H2088" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" plenty|strong="H7647" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H5414" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3967" there|strong="H2088" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" some|strong="H3498" left|strong="H3498" over|strong="H5414"!” 
\verseNumber{44}After|strong="H0310" his|strong="H5414" servant|strong="H5650" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" prophets|strong="H5030", they|strong="H3068" ate|strong="H0398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" there|strong="H3498" was|strong="H3068" food|strong="H3899" left|strong="H3498" over|strong="H5414", just|strong="H1697" as|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H5414". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Naaman was healed of leprosy }
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\chapterNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w A|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w man|strong="H1368"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Naaman|strong="H5283" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758". Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" win|strong="H6743" many|strong="H1419" victories|strong="H3444"/battles|strong="H4421". He|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1419" warrior|strong="H1368", and|strong="H3068" as|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H6903" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" greatly|strong="H1419" respected|strong="H5375" him|strong="H5414". But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" ◄leprosy|strong="H6883"/a|strong="H1961" dreaded|strong="H1481" skin|strong="H5785" disease|strong="H2483"►. 
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\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H6440"\+w*,} groups|strong="H7218" of|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H5650"/marauders|strong="H7703" from|strong="H3318" Syria|strong="H0758" had|strong="H1961" raided|strong="H6584"/attacked|strong="H3318" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3478" had|strong="H1961" captured|strong="H7617" a|strong="H1961" young|strong="H5291" girl|strong="H5291" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w taken|strong="H7617"\+w* \+w her|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w Syria|strong="H0758"\+w*}. She|strong="H6440" became|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" servant|strong="H5650" for|strong="H6440" Naaman’s|strong="H5283" wife|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{3}One|strong="H0259" day|strong="H3117", that|strong="H5030" girl|strong="H5291" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6440" her|strong="H6440", “I|strong="H6440" wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H5030" ◄my|strong="H6440" master|strong="H0113"/your|strong="H6440" husband|strong="H0376"► would|strong="H0014" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H6440" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" prophet|strong="H5030" in|strong="H6440" Samaria|strong="H8111". That|strong="H5030" prophet|strong="H5030" would|strong="H0014" heal|strong="H7495" your|strong="H6440" husband|strong="H0376" from|strong="H6440" his|strong="H6440" leprosy|strong="H6883".” 
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Naaman’s|strong="H5283"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w husband|strong="H0376"\+w*} what|strong="H2063" the|strong="H5046" girl|strong="H5291" from|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" said|strong="H1696", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w*} Naaman|strong="H5283" told|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3478"\+w*} to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5046" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{5-6}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H5414", “Okay, go|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w*}. I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w write|strong="H3789"\+w*} a|strong="H1961" letter|strong="H5612" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H0413" take|strong="H3947" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w saying|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w sent|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w*}.” The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" wrote|strong="H3789" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" letter|strong="H5612", “I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H1961" sending|strong="H7971" this|strong="H2088" letter|strong="H5612" with|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w commander|strong="H8269"\+w*} Naaman|strong="H5283", who|strong="H0834" serves|strong="H5647" me|strong="H0413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w faithfully|strong="H0571"\+w*}. I|strong="H0589" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H0413" heal|strong="H7495" him|strong="H5414" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" disease|strong="H2483".” So|strong="H3651" Naaman|strong="H5283", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{assuming/\+w thinking|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w*, \+w took|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w letter|strong="H5612"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w*} 750 pounds|strong="H1993" of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701", 150 pounds|strong="H1993" of|strong="H1121" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H3967" ten|strong="H6235" sets|strong="H0935" of|strong="H1121" clothing|strong="H3830", to|strong="H0413" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w he|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w went|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w Samaria|strong="H8111"\+w*, \+w taking|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w along|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w several|strong="H2669"\+w* \+w servants|strong="H5650"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w arrived|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Samaria|strong="H8111"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w letter|strong="H5612"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*} of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". The|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" read|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7200" letter|strong="H5612". Then|strong="H1961", being|strong="H1961" very|strong="H2088" dismayed|strong="H2865", the|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H7121" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H7121", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3045" God|strong="H7971" [RHQ]! I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3045" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3478" enable|strong="H7980" people|strong="H1931" to|strong="H3478" live|strong="H2421" or|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3478" die|strong="H4191" [RHQ]! Why|strong="H3588" does|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*} who|strong="H1931" wrote|strong="H3789" this|strong="H2088" letter|strong="H5612" request|strong="H7971" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3478" cure|strong="H0622" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H4191" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H7121" leprosy|strong="H6883"? I|strong="H3588" think|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2088" just|strong="H2088" wanting|strong="H6485" to|strong="H3478" start|strong="H1870" a|strong="H1961" fight|strong="H3898" with|strong="H3045" me|strong="H4994"!” 
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\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" prophet|strong="H5030" Elisha|strong="H0477" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H1961" torn|strong="H7167" his|strong="H7971" robe|strong="H4598" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w said|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*}. So|strong="H7971" he|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H1961" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428", saying|strong="H0559", “Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3588" upset|strong="H8058"/frustrated|strong="H6565" [RHQ]? Send|strong="H7971" Naaman|strong="H5283" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H4994", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" find|strong="H3045" out|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" true|strong="H0571" prophet|strong="H5030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H3426"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w can|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w help|strong="H1961"\+w*/\+w heal|strong="H7495"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7971"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H5975" Naaman|strong="H5283" went|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" his|strong="H5975" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H1004" chariots|strong="H7393" to|strong="H1004" Elisha’s|strong="H0477" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" waited|strong="H5975" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H5975" door|strong="H6607". 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H7725" Elisha|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w did|strong="H6471"\+w* \+w not|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w come|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w door|strong="H6607"\+w*. \+w Instead|strong="H8478"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H7971"\+w*} sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" messenger|strong="H4397" to|strong="H1980" Naaman|strong="H5283", to|strong="H1980" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H7971", “Go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H7725" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} and|strong="H1980" wash|strong="H7364" yourself|strong="H0859" seven|strong="H7651" times|strong="H6471" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H7725" river|strong="H5104". Then|strong="H1980" your|strong="H7725" skin|strong="H1320" will|strong="H1320" be|strong="H1320" restored|strong="H7725"/healed|strong="H7495", and|strong="H1980" you|strong="H7971" will|strong="H1320" no|strong="H1980" longer|strong="H1980" have|strong="H1980" leprosy|strong="H6883".” 
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\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H2009" Naaman|strong="H5283" became|strong="H7107" very|strong="H7107" angry|strong="H7107". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H7121", “I|strong="H2009" thought|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3318" he|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" wave|strong="H5130" his|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" over|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3068" leprosy|strong="H6883", and|strong="H3068" pray|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" god|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" heal|strong="H7495" me|strong="H7121"! 
\verseNumber{12}Surely|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" Abana|strong="H0071" River|strong="H5104" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Pharpar|strong="H6554" River|strong="H5104" in|strong="H3478" Damascus|strong="H1834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w own|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w country|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w Syria|strong="H0758"\+w*} are|strong="H3478" [RHQ] better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H2896" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4325" the|strong="H3605" rivers|strong="H5104" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478"! Why|strong="H3808" can|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" wash|strong="H7364" in|strong="H3478" those|strong="H3605" rivers|strong="H5104" and|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" healed|strong="H7495"?” [RHQ] So|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3605" turned|strong="H6437" and|strong="H3478" walked|strong="H3212" away|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3212" great|strong="H2896" anger|strong="H2534"/disgust. 
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\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H3588" his|strong="H7364" servants|strong="H5650" came|strong="H5066" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6213", and|strong="H1419" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w*} said|strong="H1696", “Sir|strong="H0113", if|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" prophet|strong="H5030" had|strong="H3588" told|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" difficult|strong="H1419", you|strong="H3588" would|strong="H1697" certainly|strong="H3588" [RHQ] have|strong="H5030" done|strong="H6213" it|strong="H3588". So|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" certainly|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3588" says|strong="H1696" and|strong="H1419" wash|strong="H7364" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H3588"\+w*} to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H3808" healed|strong="H7495"!” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H7725" Naaman|strong="H5283" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} and|strong="H7725" washed|strong="H7364" himself|strong="H2881" seven|strong="H7651" times|strong="H6471", as|strong="H1697" ◄the|strong="H7725" prophet|strong="H5030"/Elisha|strong="H7725"► told|strong="H1697" him|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H1697". Then|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" skin|strong="H1320" was|strong="H1697" restored|strong="H7725"/healed|strong="H7495", and|strong="H7725" it|strong="H7725" became|strong="H1697" healthy|strong="H1277"/smooth|strong="H3474", like|strong="H3381" the|strong="H7725" skin|strong="H1320" of|strong="H1697" a|strong="H7725" young|strong="H5288" child|strong="H5288". 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H2009" Naaman|strong="H5283" and|strong="H3478" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" with|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440" went|strong="H3478" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H7725" Elisha|strong="H7725". They|strong="H3588" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3478" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3478" Naaman|strong="H5283" said|strong="H0559", “Now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H2009" are|strong="H3478" no|strong="H3605" real gods|strong="H0430" anywhere|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398", but|strong="H3588" there|strong="H2009" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H3947" God|strong="H0430" here|strong="H2009" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478"! So|strong="H3947" now|strong="H6258" please|strong="H4994" accept|strong="H3947" these|strong="H1931" gifts|strong="H7725" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w brought|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H3947" Elisha|strong="H0477" replied|strong="H0559", “Just|strong="H5975" as|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3588" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6440" one|strong="H2416" whom|strong="H6440" I|strong="H6440" serve|strong="H5975", lives|strong="H2416", I|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5975" accept|strong="H3947" any|strong="H6440" gifts|strong="H4979".” Naaman|strong="H5283" kept|strong="H5975" urging|strong="H6680" him|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w accept|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w gifts|strong="H4979"\+w*}, but|strong="H3947" Elisha|strong="H0477" kept|strong="H5975" refusing|strong="H3985". 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H5414" Naaman|strong="H5283" said|strong="H0559", “Okay, but|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w one|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w request|strong="H1246"\+w*. \+w This|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w dirt|strong="H6083"\+w* \+w here|strong="H6311"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w holy|strong="H6944"\+w*, \+w so|strong="H6213"\+w*} please|strong="H4994" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" take|strong="H6213" some|strong="H4480" dirt|strong="H6083" from|strong="H3068" this|strong="H6213" place|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sacks|strong="H0572"\+w*} on|strong="H3068" two|strong="H6776" mules|strong="H6505". Then|strong="H5414" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5414" back|strong="H5750" home|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w make|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w an|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w this|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w dirt|strong="H6083"\+w*}. From|strong="H3068" now|strong="H4994" on|strong="H3068", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H6213" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" offer|strong="H6213" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H3068" any|strong="H5750" other|strong="H5750" god|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{18}However|strong="H0389", when|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w king|strong="H5921"\+w*,} goes|strong="H1980" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" god|strong="H3068" Rimmon|strong="H7417" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" him|strong="H5921"/it|strong="H1931" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" leaning|strong="H8172" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" arm|strong="H3027", I|strong="H5921" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H1931" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" forgive|strong="H5545" me|strong="H4994" because|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" bow|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812", too|strong="H1697".” 
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\verseNumber{19}Elisha|strong="H0477" replied|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H3212" home|strong="H3212", and|strong="H3212" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3212" worry|strong="H2347" about|strong="H5439" that|strong="H3212".” So|strong="H3651" Naaman|strong="H5283" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w servants|strong="H5650"\+w*} started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3212" travel|strong="H1980" home|strong="H3212". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Elisha|strong="H0477" cursed|strong="H0779" Gehazi|strong="H1522" for|strong="H3212" being|strong="H1961" greedy|strong="H1214" }
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\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H3588" then|strong="H2009" Elisha’s|strong="H0477" servant|strong="H5288" Gehazi|strong="H1522" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" himself|strong="H3027", “It|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H2088" good|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113" allowed|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" Syrian|strong="H0761" man|strong="H5288" to|strong="H3068" leave|strong="H5800" like|strong="H7323" this|strong="H2088". He|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" accepted|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3068" gifts|strong="H4979". So|strong="H3947" just|strong="H2088" as|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3588" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" catch|strong="H3920" up|strong="H3947" with|strong="H3068" Naaman|strong="H5283" and|strong="H3068" get|strong="H3947" something|strong="H3972" from|strong="H3027" him|strong="H3027".” 
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\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H7200" Gehazi|strong="H1522" hurried|strong="H4116" to|strong="H5921" catch|strong="H3920" up|strong="H7200" with|strong="H5921" Naaman|strong="H5283". When|strong="H7200" Naaman|strong="H5283" saw|strong="H7200" Gehazi|strong="H1522" running|strong="H7323" toward|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", he|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stopped|strong="H5975"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" chariot|strong="H4818" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w was|strong="H5283"\+w* \+w riding|strong="H7392"\+w*,} jumped out|strong="H7200", and|strong="H7200" went|strong="H7125" to|strong="H5921" see|strong="H7200" what|strong="H7200" Gehazi|strong="H1522" wanted|strong="H2654". He|strong="H5921" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H5921", “Is|strong="H5307" everything|strong="H3605" all|strong="H7200" right|strong="H3225"?” 
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\verseNumber{22}Gehazi|strong="H4994" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H2009", but|strong="H2009" two|strong="H8147" young|strong="H5288" prophets|strong="H5030" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" hilly area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H2088" the|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669" live|strong="H3427" have|strong="H1121" just|strong="H2088" arrived|strong="H0935". Elisha|strong="H0477" has|strong="H5030" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7971" tell|strong="H4994" you|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5414" he|strong="H5414" would|strong="H5288" like|strong="H2022" 75 pounds|strong="H1993" of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H1121" two|strong="H8147" sets|strong="H2487" of|strong="H1121" clothing|strong="H3830" to|strong="H7971" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7971" them|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{23}Naaman|strong="H5283" replied|strong="H0559", “Certainly|strong="H5414"! You|strong="H5414" can|strong="H3947" have|strong="H5288" 150 pounds|strong="H1993" of|strong="H6440" silver|strong="H3701"!” He|strong="H8147" urged|strong="H6555" Gehazi|strong="H1522" to|strong="H5414" take|strong="H3947" it|strong="H5414". He|strong="H8147" also|strong="H1571" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" two|strong="H8147" sets|strong="H2487" of|strong="H6440" clothing|strong="H3830". He|strong="H8147" tied|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5375" the|strong="H6440" silver|strong="H3701" in|strong="H6440" two|strong="H8147" bags|strong="H2754" and|strong="H3701" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H6440" his|strong="H5375" servants|strong="H5288" to|strong="H5414" carry|strong="H5375" back|strong="H3947" to|strong="H5414" Elisha|strong="H0477". 
\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H3947" when|strong="H7971" they|strong="H3027" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" hill|strong="H6076" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w Elisha|strong="H0477"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w*}, Gehazi|strong="H1522" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3947" clothes|strong="H0899" from|strong="H3027" Naaman’s|strong="H5283" servants|strong="H5650" and|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3947" servants|strong="H5650" back|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3212" Naaman|strong="H5283". Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H1004" took|strong="H3947" those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H1697" into|strong="H3212" his|strong="H7971" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H7971" hid|strong="H5641" them|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{25}When|strong="H1980" he|strong="H1931" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" Elisha|strong="H0477", Elisha|strong="H0477" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H5975", “Where|strong="H3808" did|strong="H5650" you|strong="H3808" go|strong="H1980", Gehazi|strong="H1522"?” Gehazi|strong="H1522" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5650" did|strong="H5650" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H1980" anywhere|strong="H3605".” 
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\verseNumber{26}Elisha|strong="H0477" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H5921", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{“\+w o|strong="H3069"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w realize|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H6256"\+w*} my|strong="H3947" spirit|strong="H3820" was|strong="H3820" there|strong="H8033" when|strong="H6256" Naaman|strong="H5283" got|strong="H3947" out|strong="H3947" of|strong="H5650" his|strong="H3947" chariot|strong="H4818" to|strong="H1980" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1980" you|strong="H5921"? This|strong="H3947" is|strong="H3820" certainly|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" [RHQ] the|strong="H5921" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H1980" accept|strong="H3947" gifts|strong="H4979" of|strong="H5650" money|strong="H3701" and|strong="H1980" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H1980" olive|strong="H2132" groves|strong="H2132" and|strong="H1980" vineyards|strong="H3754" and|strong="H1980" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H1980" oxen|strong="H1241" and|strong="H1980" servants|strong="H5650"! 
\verseNumber{27}Because|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" have|strong="H6883" done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6440", you|strong="H6440" and|strong="H5769" your|strong="H6440" children|strong="H2233" and|strong="H5769" all|strong="H5769" your|strong="H6440" descendants|strong="H2233", forever|strong="H5769", will|strong="H2233" have|strong="H6883" leprosy|strong="H6883" just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H3318" Naaman|strong="H5283" had|strong="H3068"!” And|strong="H5769" when|strong="H3318" Gehazi|strong="H1522" left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H6440" room|strong="H2315", he|strong="H6440" was|strong="H6440" a|strong="H3318" leper|strong="H6879"! His|strong="H6440" skin|strong="H5785" was|strong="H6440" as|strong="H3318" white|strong="H3836" as|strong="H3318" snow|strong="H7950"! 

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\chapterNumber{6}One|strong="H4480" day|strong="H3117" a|strong="H4480" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" prophets|strong="H5030" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6440" Elisha|strong="H3427", “Look|strong="H2009", this|strong="H6440" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H8033" we|strong="H4994" meet|strong="H6440" together|strong="H3162" with|strong="H3427" you|strong="H6440" is|strong="H2009" very|strong="H3966" small|strong="H6862". 
\verseNumber{2}Allow|strong="H4994" us|strong="H4994" to|strong="H5704" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3947" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w cut|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w down|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w some|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w trees|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w make|strong="H6213"\+w*} logs|strong="H6086" to|strong="H5704" build|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3947" new|strong="H2319" meeting|strong="H4150" place|strong="H4725".” So|strong="H6213" Elisha|strong="H3427" said|strong="H0559", “Okay, go|strong="H3212".” 
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\verseNumber{3}One|strong="H0259" of|strong="H5650" them|strong="H4994" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" Elisha|strong="H0477", “Please|strong="H4994" come|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3212" us|strong="H4994".” So|strong="H5650" Elisha|strong="H0477" replied|strong="H0559", “Okay, I|strong="H5650" will|strong="H5650" go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3212" you|strong="H3212".” 
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\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H3651" they|strong="H1992" went|strong="H3212" together|strong="H3162". When|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" reached|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3212" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}, they|strong="H1992" cut|strong="H1504" down|strong="H1504" some|strong="H4480" trees|strong="H6086". 
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\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H1961" while|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H4325" them|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" cutting|strong="H2799" down|strong="H5307" a|strong="H1961" tree|strong="H6086", suddenly|strong="H6597" the|strong="H1961" axe|strong="H1270" head|strong="H1270" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w separated|strong="H6504"\+w* \+w from|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w handle|strong="H8610"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4325"\+w*} fell|strong="H5307" into|strong="H5307" the|strong="H1961" water|strong="H4325". He|strong="H1931" cried|strong="H6817" out|strong="H6817" to|strong="H1961" Elisha|strong="H0477", “O|strong="H3069", Master|strong="H0113", what|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H4325" I|strong="H7592" do|strong="H6213"? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w axe|strong="H1270"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w mine|strong="H5375"\+w*}; I|strong="H7592" borrowed|strong="H7592" it|strong="H1931"!” 
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\verseNumber{6}Elisha|strong="H0477" replied|strong="H0559", “Where|strong="H8033" did|strong="H1270" it|strong="H7200" fall|strong="H5307" into|strong="H5307" the|strong="H7200" water|strong="H4325"?” After|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" man|strong="H5307" showed|strong="H7200" him|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" place|strong="H4725", Elisha|strong="H0477" cut|strong="H7094" off|strong="H7993" a|strong="H7200" stick|strong="H6086", and|strong="H6086" threw|strong="H7993" it|strong="H7200" into|strong="H5307" the|strong="H7200" water|strong="H4325", and|strong="H6086" caused|strong="H5307" the|strong="H7200" iron|strong="H1270" axe|strong="H1270" head|strong="H1270" to|strong="H7200" float|strong="H6687" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w top|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}Elisha|strong="H0477" said|strong="H0559", “Take|strong="H3947" it|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3947" water|strong="H4325".” So|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" man|strong="H0376" reached|strong="H7971" his|strong="H7971" hand|strong="H3027" down|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" picked|strong="H7311" up|strong="H7311" the|strong="H3947" axe|strong="H1631" head|strong="H7218". 

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\verseNumber{8}Whenever|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w prepared|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w send|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" Israel|strong="H3478", he|strong="H3478" first|strong="H7223" consulted|strong="H3289" his|strong="H3478" officers|strong="H5650", and|strong="H3478" then|strong="H1961" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H1961" where|strong="H4725" they|strong="H3478" should|strong="H3478" set|strong="H3478" up|strong="H4428" their|strong="H1961" tents|strong="H0168". 
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\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3588" each|strong="H2088" time|strong="H3478", Elisha|strong="H0477" would|strong="H3478" send|strong="H7971" a|strong="H3588" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" warn|strong="H2094" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w where|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Syria|strong="H0758"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w planning|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7971"\+w*,} saying|strong="H0559", “Be|strong="H3478" sure|strong="H8104" that|strong="H3588" your|strong="H8104" army|strong="H2428" does|strong="H2088" not|strong="H2088" go|strong="H7971" near|strong="H8033" that|strong="H3588" place|strong="H4725", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" has|strong="H3478" set|strong="H7971" up|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3588" tents|strong="H0168" there|strong="H8033".” 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H7971" the|strong="H8104" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" would|strong="H3478" send|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w messengers|strong="H4397"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" warn|strong="H2094" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w*} that|strong="H3478" place|strong="H4725", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8104" people|strong="H3808" would|strong="H3478" remain|strong="H3808" on|strong="H7971" guard|strong="H8104". That|strong="H3478" happened|strong="H1961" several|strong="H2669" times|strong="H6471". 
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\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" was|strong="H3478" very|strong="H2088" upset|strong="H1697"/disturbed|strong="H1993"/angry|strong="H2734" about|strong="H5921" that|strong="H1697". So|strong="H7121" he|strong="H3808" summoned|strong="H7121" his|strong="H7121" army|strong="H2428" officers|strong="H5650" and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H5921", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{Obviously} one|strong="H2088" of|strong="H4428" you|strong="H5921" is|strong="H2088" ◄betraying us|strong="H5046"/revealing|strong="H1540" our|strong="H5921" plans|strong="H4284"► to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". Which|strong="H7945" one|strong="H2088" of|strong="H4428" you|strong="H5921" is|strong="H2088" doing|strong="H6213" it|strong="H7121"?” 
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\verseNumber{12}One|strong="H3808" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5046" officers|strong="H5650" answered|strong="H5046", “Your|strong="H3588" Majesty|strong="H1926", it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H4428" us|strong="H5046". Elisha|strong="H0477" the|strong="H3588" prophet|strong="H5030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w knows|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w plan|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w do|strong="H1697"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w*} tells|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" everything|strong="H3605". He|strong="H3588" even|strong="H3588" knows|strong="H3045" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" say|strong="H1696" in|strong="H3478" your|strong="H3588" own|strong="H1961" bedroom|strong="H2315"!” 
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\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H7200" Syria|strong="H0758" replied|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H7971" find|strong="H3947" out|strong="H7971" where|strong="H2009" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931", and|strong="H7971" I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H1931" send|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w there|strong="H2009"\+w*} to|strong="H3212" capture|strong="H3947" him|strong="H7971".” Someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H7971", “People|strong="H1931" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" in|strong="H3212" Dothan|strong="H1886" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Samaria|strong="H8111"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H7971" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" large|strong="H3515" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H5892" soldiers|strong="H2428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w Dothan|strong="H1886"\+w*} with|strong="H5921" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H7971" chariots|strong="H7393". They|strong="H8033" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H5921" night|strong="H3915" and|strong="H7971" surrounded|strong="H5362" the|strong="H5921" town|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{15}Early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H6213" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H7925", Elisha’s|strong="H0477" servant|strong="H5288" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H3318" outside|strong="H3318" the|strong="H6213" house|strong="H1004". He|strong="H6213" saw|strong="H2009" the|strong="H6213" soldiers|strong="H2428" of|strong="H5892" Syria|strong="H0758" with|strong="H6213" their|strong="H6213" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H6965" chariots|strong="H7393" surrounding|strong="H5437" the|strong="H6213" town|strong="H5892". So|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" went|strong="H3318" inside|strong="H8432" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w reported|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w Elisha|strong="H0477"\+w*} and|strong="H6965" exclaimed|strong="H0559", “O|strong="H3069", sir|strong="H0113"! What|strong="H6213" are|strong="H5892" we|strong="H6213" going|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" do|strong="H6213"?” 
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\verseNumber{16}Elisha|strong="H0477" replied|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3372" afraid|strong="H3372"! Those|strong="H3588" who|strong="H7227" will|strong="H7227" be|strong="H3372" helping|strong="H5826" us|strong="H3588" will|strong="H7227" be|strong="H3372" more|strong="H7227" than|strong="H3588" those|strong="H3588" who|strong="H7227" will|strong="H7227" be|strong="H3372" helping|strong="H5826" them|strong="H3588"!” 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H2009" he|strong="H3068" prayed|strong="H6419", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H2009" request|strong="H1246" that|strong="H7200" you|strong="H7200" open|strong="H6491" my|strong="H3068" servant’s|strong="H5288" eyes|strong="H5869" in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H3068" can|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w out|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w there|strong="H2009"\+w*}!” So|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H6491" the|strong="H7200" servant|strong="H5288" to|strong="H3068" look|strong="H7200" out|strong="H7200" and|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" surrounding|strong="H5439" the|strong="H7200" hill|strong="H2022" on|strong="H7200" which|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" town|strong="H7151" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w built|strong="H1129"\+w*} was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7200" huge|strong="H1995" number|strong="H6491" of|strong="H3068" horses|strong="H5483", and|strong="H3068" chariots|strong="H7393" made|strong="H6419" of|strong="H3068" fire|strong="H0784"! 
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\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5221" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H3068" Syria|strong="H0758" prepared|strong="H3559" to|strong="H3381" attack|strong="H5221" Elisha|strong="H0477", he|strong="H3068" prayed|strong="H6419" again|strong="H7725", saying|strong="H1697", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", cause|strong="H1697" all|strong="H1697" these|strong="H2088" soldiers|strong="H5650" to|strong="H3381" become|strong="H1961" blind|strong="H5787"!” Yahweh|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H1697" his|strong="H3068" prayer|strong="H6419" and|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1697" them|strong="H5221" to|strong="H3381" be|strong="H1697" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3381" see|strong="H7200" clearly|strong="H3045". 
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\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H2088" Elisha|strong="H0477" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" them|strong="H2088" and|strong="H3212" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3808" are|strong="H5892" not|strong="H3808" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H1870" right|strong="H3225" road|strong="H1870"; this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H1870" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H5892" you|strong="H3808" are|strong="H5892" searching|strong="H1245" for|strong="H5892". I|strong="H2088" will|strong="H5892" take|strong="H3212" you|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H1870" man|strong="H2088" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H3808" are|strong="H5892" searching|strong="H1245" for|strong="H5892".” But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" led|strong="H3212" them|strong="H2088" to|strong="H3212" Samaria|strong="H8111", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w capital|strong="H3805"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}! 
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\verseNumber{20}As|strong="H1961" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" entered|strong="H0935" Samaria|strong="H8111", Elisha|strong="H0477" prayed|strong="H6419" again|strong="H1961", saying|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", now|strong="H1961" enable|strong="H7980" these|strong="H0428" soldiers|strong="H5650" to|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" correctly|strong="H3651" again|strong="H1961"!” So|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H6491" them|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" correctly|strong="H3651", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1961" surprised|strong="H8610" to|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1961" inside|strong="H8432" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{21}When|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" saw|strong="H7200" them|strong="H5221", he|strong="H5221" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Elisha|strong="H0477", “Sir|strong="H0113", shall|strong="H3478" I|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w my|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} kill|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5221"? Shall|strong="H3478" we|strong="H7200" kill|strong="H5221" all|strong="H7200" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5221"?” 
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\verseNumber{22}Elisha|strong="H0477" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", you|strong="H6440" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H5221" them|strong="H6440". If|strong="H7760" your|strong="H7760" army|strong="H2428" captured|strong="H7617" many|strong="H3808" of|strong="H6440" your|strong="H7760" enemies|strong="H0341" in|strong="H3212" a|strong="H7760" battle|strong="H6440", you|strong="H6440" would|strong="H0014" certainly|strong="H8354" not|strong="H3808" [RHQ] kill|strong="H5221" them|strong="H6440". Give|strong="H7760" these|strong="H7760" men|strong="H0376" something|strong="H3899" to|strong="H3212" eat|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3212" drink|strong="H8354", and|strong="H3212" then|strong="H7760" allow|strong="H5414" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3212" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3212" their|strong="H7760" king|strong="H6440".” 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1416" Israel|strong="H3478" did|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3478". He|strong="H3808" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="H7971" servants|strong="H5650" to|strong="H3478" provide|strong="H6213" a|strong="H7971" big|strong="H0931" feast|strong="H3740" for|strong="H7971" them|strong="H1992". And|strong="H3478" when|strong="H7971" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3478" eaten|strong="H0398" and|strong="H3478" drunk|strong="H8354" plenty|strong="H7647", he|strong="H3808" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H1992" away|strong="H7971". They|strong="H1992" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7971" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1416" Syria|strong="H0758" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*}. So|strong="H7971" for|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" while|strong="H5750" after|strong="H1992" that|strong="H3478", soldiers|strong="H5750" from|strong="H3478" Syria|strong="H0758" stopped|strong="H5975" raiding/attacking|strong="H5221" towns|strong="H1323" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". 

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\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H1961" some|strong="H3605" time|strong="H1961" later|strong="H1961", Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758", assembled|strong="H6908" his|strong="H3605" entire|strong="H3605" army|strong="H4264", and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H3651" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" Samaria|strong="H8111" and|strong="H4428" surrounded|strong="H5437" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w long|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w time|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{25}Because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H7218" that|strong="H5704", after|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" while|strong="H5704" there|strong="H2009" was|strong="H1961" hardly|strong="H0389" any|strong="H1961" food|strong="H3899" left|strong="H1961" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892", with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H5704" eventually|strong="H0310" a|strong="H1961" donkey’s|strong="H2543" head|strong="H7218", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w usually|strong="H2370"\+w* \+w worthless|strong="H1100"\+w*,} cost|strong="H4242" eighty|strong="H8084" pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H7218" silver|strong="H3701", and|strong="H3701" ◄one|strong="H1961" cup|strong="H3563"/0.3 liter► of|strong="H7218" dove’s|strong="H3123" dung|strong="H1828" cost|strong="H4242" five|strong="H2568" pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H7218" silver|strong="H3701". 
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\verseNumber{26}One|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" was|strong="H1961" walking|strong="H1980" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" wall|strong="H2346", a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H0802" cried|strong="H6817" out|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5921", “Your|strong="H5921" Majesty|strong="H1926", help|strong="H3467" me|strong="H5921"!” 
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\verseNumber{27}He|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H0518" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H4480" help|strong="H3467" you|strong="H4480", I|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H4480" [RHQ] help|strong="H3467" you|strong="H4480". I|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3588" [RHQ] do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H4480" have|strong="H3068" any|strong="H4480" wheat|strong="H2406" or|strong="H4480" wine|strong="H3342"! 
\verseNumber{28}What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" your|strong="H5414" problem|strong="H2008"?” She|strong="H2063" replied|strong="H0559", “Several|strong="H2669" days|strong="H3117" ago|strong="H3117", that|strong="H3117" woman|strong="H0802" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w over|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3117"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w nothing|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w left|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w*,} let’s|strong="H1980" kill|strong="H2026" your|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" today|strong="H3117", in|strong="H4428" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" can|strong="H4100" eat|strong="H0398" his|strong="H5414" flesh|strong="H1320". Then|strong="H5414" tomorrow|strong="H4279" we|strong="H3117" can|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w*} my|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} eat|strong="H0398" his|strong="H5414" flesh|strong="H1320".’ 
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\verseNumber{29}So|strong="H5414" we|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w my|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w cut|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w body|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w up|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} boiled|strong="H1310" his|strong="H5414" flesh|strong="H1320" and|strong="H1121" ate|strong="H0398" it|strong="H5414". The|strong="H5414" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117", I|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414", ‘Now|strong="H3117" give|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414", in|strong="H3117" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" can|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w cook|strong="H1310"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w flesh|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H5414".’ But|strong="H3117" she|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3117" hidden|strong="H2244" her|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121"!” 
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\verseNumber{30}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" woman|strong="H1004" said|strong="H1697", he|strong="H1931" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H8085" robe|strong="H4598" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w distressed|strong="H6887"\+w*}. The|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H1961" standing|strong="H5975" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" wall|strong="H2346" were|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1961" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H1961" wearing|strong="H2296" rough|strong="H8181" cloth|strong="H0899" underneath|strong="H8478" his|strong="H8085" robe|strong="H4598" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w distressed|strong="H6887"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{31}The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" exclaimed|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3117" wish|strong="H2896"/hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H3117" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H1121" strike|strong="H5221" me|strong="H5921" dead|strong="H4191" if|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3117" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" Elisha|strong="H0477" today|strong="H3117", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w one|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w caused|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w these|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w terrible|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w things|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5921"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{32}So|strong="H7971" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H6440" sent|strong="H7971" an|strong="H7200" officer|strong="H5631" to|strong="H7971" get|strong="H5493" Elisha|strong="H3427". 
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Before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" officer|strong="H5631" arrived|strong="H0935", Elisha|strong="H3427" was|strong="H1931" sitting|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" his|strong="H7971" house|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" some|strong="H4480" Israeli elders|strong="H2205" who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H1121" talking|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1004" him|strong="H6440". Elisha|strong="H3427" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971", “That|strong="H3588" murderer|strong="H7523", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w king|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*,} is|strong="H2088" sending|strong="H7971" someone|strong="H0376" here|strong="H2088" to|strong="H7971" kill|strong="H7523" me|strong="H6440". Listen|strong="H6963": When|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" arrives|strong="H0935", shut|strong="H5462" the|strong="H6440" door|strong="H1817" and|strong="H1121" do|strong="H2088" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H7971" come|strong="H7971" in|strong="H3427". And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H6440" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3808" coming|strong="H7272" right|strong="H3225" behind|strong="H0310" that|strong="H3588" officer|strong="H5631"!” 
\verseNumber{33}And|strong="H3068" while|strong="H5750" he|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" still|strong="H5750" speaking|strong="H1696", the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" officer|strong="H5631" arrived|strong="H0935". The|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1696", “It|strong="H3381" is|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" us|strong="H7451" to|strong="H1696" have|strong="H3068" all|strong="H2009" this|strong="H2063" trouble|strong="H7451"/suffering|strong="H6040". ◄Why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2009" wait|strong="H3176" any|strong="H5750" longer|strong="H5750" [RHQ] for|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5973" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3068" something|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w us|strong="H7451"\+w*}?/It|strong="H3381" is|strong="H3068" useless|strong="H1892" for|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" wait|strong="H3176" any|strong="H5750" longer|strong="H5750" for|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w us|strong="H7451"\+w*}!►” 
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\chapterNumber{7}Elisha|strong="H0477" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428", “Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": ‘He|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" that|strong="H8085" by|strong="H3068" this|strong="H3541" time|strong="H6256" tomorrow|strong="H4279", at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" marketplace here|strong="H3541" in|strong="H3068" Samaria|strong="H8111", you|strong="H8085" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3068" buy|strong="H7069" ◄ten|strong="H6235" pounds|strong="H8184"/five|strong="H2568" kg.► of|strong="H3068" fine|strong="H5560" wheat|strong="H2406" or|strong="H8085" ◄20 pounds|strong="H8184"/ten|strong="H6235" kg.► of|strong="H3068" barley|strong="H8184" for|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} one|strong="H1697" piece|strong="H6595" of|strong="H3068" silver|strong="H3701".’” 
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\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" officer|strong="H7991" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" Elijah|strong="H0452", “That|strong="H7200" cannot|strong="H3808" happen|strong="H1961"! Even|strong="H3808" if|strong="H2005" Yahweh|strong="H3068" himself|strong="H3027" would|strong="H3068" open|strong="H5869" the|strong="H5921" windows|strong="H2474" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" sky|strong="H8064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w send|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w grain|strong="H1715"\+w* \+w down|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5921"\+w*}, that|strong="H7200" certainly|strong="H6213" could|strong="H2088" not|strong="H3808" [RHQ] happen|strong="H1961"!” Elisha|strong="H0477" replied|strong="H6030", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w*,} you|strong="H5921" [SYN] will|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" it|strong="H5921" happen|strong="H1961", but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398" any|strong="H6213" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" food|strong="H3899"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H5921" Syrian|strong="H0761" army|strong="H2428" became|strong="H1961" frightened|strong="H3372" and|strong="H3068" left|strong="H1961" }
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\verseNumber{3}That|strong="H8179" day|strong="H3117" there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" four|strong="H0702" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3427" had|strong="H1961" ◄leprosy|strong="H6883"/a|strong="H1961" dreaded|strong="H1481" skin|strong="H5785" disease|strong="H2483"► who|strong="H3427" were|strong="H1961" sitting|strong="H3427" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H5704" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H3427" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H8179"\+w*. \+w They|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w each|strong="H6311"\+w* \+w other|strong="H7453"\+w*, “◄\+w Why|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w should|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w we|strong="H5704"\+w*} wait|strong="H3427" here|strong="H6311" until|strong="H5704" we|strong="H5704" die|strong="H4191"?/\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4100"\+w* ridiculous \+w for|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w us|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w*} wait|strong="H3427" here|strong="H6311" until|strong="H5704" we|strong="H5704" die|strong="H4191".► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{4}If|strong="H0518" we|strong="H6258" go|strong="H3212" into|strong="H3212" the|strong="H8033" city|strong="H5892", we|strong="H6258" will|strong="H5892" die|strong="H4191" there|strong="H8033", because|strong="H8033" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H5892" no|strong="H3808" food|strong="H3899" there|strong="H8033". If|strong="H0518" we|strong="H6258" remain|strong="H3427" sitting|strong="H3427" here|strong="H6311", we|strong="H6258" will|strong="H5892" die|strong="H4191" here|strong="H6311". So|strong="H4191" let’s|strong="H1980" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H4191" where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H8033" army|strong="H4264" of|strong="H3427" Syria|strong="H0758" has|strong="H2421" set|strong="H3427" up|strong="H3212" their|strong="H5307" tents|strong="H4264". If|strong="H0518" they|strong="H8033" kill|strong="H4191" us|strong="H2421", we|strong="H6258" will|strong="H5892" die|strong="H4191". But|strong="H6258" if|strong="H0518" they|strong="H8033" allow|strong="H5414" us|strong="H2421" to|strong="H4191" remain|strong="H3427" alive|strong="H2421", we|strong="H6258" will|strong="H5892" not|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191".” 
\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H6965" when|strong="H5704" it|strong="H8033" was|strong="H4264" getting|strong="H7075" dark|strong="H5399", those|strong="H1992" four|strong="H0702" men|strong="H4264" went|strong="H6965" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" camp|strong="H4264" where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H5704" army|strong="H4264" of|strong="H4264" Syria|strong="H0758" had|strong="H4264" set|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" their|strong="H8033" tents|strong="H4264". But|strong="H2009" when|strong="H5704" they|strong="H8033" reached|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" camp|strong="H4264", they|strong="H8033" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H5704" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H4264" no|strong="H6965" one|strong="H7097" there|strong="H8033"! 
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\verseNumber{6}What|strong="H6963" had|strong="H3478" happened|strong="H1961" was|strong="H3478" that|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3478" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" to|strong="H3478" hear|strong="H8085" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H8085" sounded|strong="H6963" like|strong="H3478" a|strong="H8085" large|strong="H1419" army|strong="H2428" marching|strong="H5265" with|strong="H5921" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H3478" horses|strong="H5483". So|strong="H8085" they|strong="H5921" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312", “Listen|strong="H8085"! The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" has|strong="H3478" hired|strong="H7936" the|strong="H5921" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" Heth|strong="H2845" people-group \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w their|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H4264"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3478" come|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" attack|strong="H5221" us|strong="H5921"!” 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H6965" they|strong="H1931" all|strong="H6965" ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127" that|strong="H1931" evening|strong="H5399" and|strong="H6965" left|strong="H5800" their|strong="H5800" tents|strong="H4264" and|strong="H6965" their|strong="H5800" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H6965" donkeys|strong="H2543" there|strong="H6965", because|strong="H5800" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5483"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w*} they|strong="H1931" would|strong="H5315" be|strong="H5315" killed|strong="H2026" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w stayed|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w there|strong="H6965"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H5704" those|strong="H5375" four|strong="H0702" lepers|strong="H6879" came|strong="H3212" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5375" edge|strong="H7097" of|strong="H4264" the|strong="H5375" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H5375" soldiers|strong="H5650" of|strong="H4264" Syria|strong="H0758" had|strong="H4264" set|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" their|strong="H5375" tents|strong="H4264", they|strong="H8033" went|strong="H3212" into|strong="H7725" one|strong="H5375" tent|strong="H0168", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w all|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4264"\+w* \+w been|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w left|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w*}. So|strong="H7725" they|strong="H8033" ate|strong="H0398" and|strong="H3701" drank|strong="H8354" what|strong="H4100" was|strong="H4264" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H3701" they|strong="H8033" took|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" the|strong="H5375" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3701" clothes|strong="H0899". Then|strong="H5375" they|strong="H8033" went|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w outside|strong="H7097"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w tent|strong="H0168"\+w*} and|strong="H3701" hid|strong="H2934" those|strong="H5375" things|strong="H1697". Then|strong="H5375" they|strong="H8033" entered|strong="H5704" another|strong="H0312" tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H3701" took|strong="H5375" things|strong="H1697" from|strong="H7725" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H3701" then|strong="H5375" went|strong="H3212" outside|strong="H7097" and|strong="H3701" hid|strong="H2934" them|strong="H7725", also|strong="H8354". 
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\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3808" then|strong="H6258" they|strong="H3117" said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H5704" each|strong="H3117" other|strong="H2088", “We|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" doing|strong="H6213" what|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" right|strong="H3651". We|strong="H3117" have|strong="H4672" good|strong="H2896" news|strong="H1309" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w others|strong="H0312"\+w*} today|strong="H3117". If|strong="H3651" we|strong="H3117" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" it|strong="H1931" to|strong="H5704" anyone|strong="H1931" now|strong="H6258", and|strong="H4428" if|strong="H3651" we|strong="H3117" wait|strong="H2442" until|strong="H5704" morning|strong="H1242" to|strong="H5704" tell|strong="H5046" it|strong="H1931", we|strong="H3117" will|strong="H4428" certainly|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3808" punished|strong="H6485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. So|strong="H3651" let’s|strong="H1980" go|strong="H3212" right|strong="H3651" now|strong="H6258" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6213" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H4428" tell|strong="H5046" it|strong="H1931" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6213" king’s|strong="H4428" officials|strong="H8269"!” 
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\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H7121" they|strong="H1992" went|strong="H5892" to|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3588" guards|strong="H7778" at|strong="H4264" the|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892" gates|strong="H8179" and|strong="H6963" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H8033" to|strong="H7121" them|strong="H1992", “We|strong="H3588" went|strong="H5892" to|strong="H7121" where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H3588" army|strong="H4264" of|strong="H5892" Syria|strong="H0758" had|strong="H3588" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H1992" tents|strong="H4264", but|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" see|strong="H2009" or|strong="H2543" hear|strong="H6963" anyone|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033". Their|strong="H1992" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H6963" donkeys|strong="H2543" were|strong="H1992" still|strong="H3588" tied|strong="H0631" up|strong="H5927", but|strong="H3588" their|strong="H1992" tents|strong="H4264" were|strong="H1992" all|strong="H2009" deserted|strong="H5307"/abandoned|strong="H5800"!” 
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\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w heard|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w*} got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3045" bed|strong="H4904" and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" his|strong="H3045" officials|strong="H5650", “I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3588" what|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3588" army|strong="H4264" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" is|strong="H5892" planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3318" do|strong="H6213". They|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3045" no|strong="H6213" food|strong="H3899" here|strong="H3318", so|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3045" left|strong="H3318" their|strong="H3588" tents|strong="H4264" and|strong="H6965" are|strong="H5892" hiding|strong="H5641" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" fields|strong="H7704". They|strong="H3588" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" leave|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w find|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w food|strong="H3899"\+w*}, and|strong="H6965" then|strong="H6965" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" capture|strong="H8610" us|strong="H4994" and|strong="H6965" capture|strong="H8610" the|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892".” 
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\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H7200" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5650" his|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H5650" said|strong="H6030", “Many|strong="H1995" of|strong="H5650" our|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1995" have|strong="H5650" already|strong="H3528" died|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* ◄\+w hunger|strong="H7458"\+w*/\+w not|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w having|strong="H0369"\+w* \+w anything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w*}►. If|strong="H2005" those|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5650" us|strong="H4994" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3478" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H7604" all|strong="H3605" stay|strong="H3427" here|strong="H2009", we|strong="H4994" also|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" die|strong="H4191" anyway. So|strong="H4480" let’s|strong="H4994" send|strong="H7971" some|strong="H4480" men|strong="H5650" with|strong="H3478" five|strong="H2568" of|strong="H5650" our|strong="H3605" horses|strong="H5483" that|strong="H7200" are|strong="H3478" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H7604" to|strong="H3478" go|strong="H7971" and|strong="H3478" see|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w really|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H3947" they|strong="H4428" chose|strong="H0977" some|strong="H4480" men|strong="H8147" and|strong="H7971" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" in|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3947" chariot|strong="H7393" and|strong="H7971" find|strong="H3947" out|strong="H7971" what|strong="H7200" had|strong="H4428" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H7200" army|strong="H4264" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758". 
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\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H5971" had|strong="H4428" appointed|strong="H6485" the|strong="H5921" officer|strong="H7991" who|strong="H5971" was|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5921" assistant|strong="H8334" to|strong="H1696" supervise|strong="H5329" what|strong="H1696" was|strong="H4428" happening at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" marketplace. But|strong="H1696" as|strong="H5971" he|strong="H3027" was|strong="H4428" standing|strong="H5975" near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" gate|strong="H8179", all|strong="H6485" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w rushing|strong="H7494"\+w* \+w outside|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w city|strong="H8179"\+w*} trampled|strong="H7429" on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3027" died|strong="H4191", which|strong="H5971" was|strong="H4428" what|strong="H1696" Elisha|strong="H0477" had|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1696" would|strong="H5971" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5921" when|strong="H1696" Elisha|strong="H0477" previously|strong="H8543" went|strong="H3381" to|strong="H1696" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" officer|strong="H7991" had|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H6030", “That|strong="H7200" certainly|strong="H6213" cannot|strong="H3808" [RHQ] happen|strong="H1961"! Even|strong="H3808" if|strong="H2005" Yahweh|strong="H3068" himself|strong="H6213" would|strong="H3068" open|strong="H5869" the|strong="H7200" sky|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971" down|strong="H3381" some|strong="H8033" grain|strong="H1715", that|strong="H7200" could|strong="H2088" not|strong="H3808" happen|strong="H1961".” And|strong="H3068" Elisha|strong="H0477" had|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H6030", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w*,} you|strong="H6213" [SYN] will|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" it|strong="H6213" happen|strong="H1961", but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398" any|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" food|strong="H3899"!” 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H5971" that|strong="H5971" is|strong="H3651" what|strong="H3651" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4191" him|strong="H4191". The|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w rushing|strong="H7494"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8179"\+w*} the|strong="H1961" city|strong="H8179" gate|strong="H8179" trampled|strong="H7429" on|strong="H1961" him|strong="H4191", and|strong="H5971" he|strong="H3651" died|strong="H4191". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The widow from Shunem recovered her land }
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\chapterNumber{8}After|strong="H3588" Elisha|strong="H7121" caused|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" woman|strong="H1004" from|strong="H1121" Shunem|strong="H7766" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} to|strong="H1696" become|strong="H7121" alive|strong="H2421" again|strong="H6965", he|strong="H3588" told|strong="H1696" her|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" leave|strong="H2421" with|strong="H1004" her|strong="H7121" family|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1121" live|strong="H2421" somewhere|strong="H1481" else|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" while|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" going|strong="H3212" to|strong="H1696" ◄send|strong="H7971" a|strong="H3588" famine|strong="H7458"/cause|strong="H7121" food|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1696" become|strong="H7121" very|strong="H1571" scarce|strong="H2637"► in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776". He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" famine|strong="H7458" would|strong="H3068" last|strong="H6965" for|strong="H3588" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" woman|strong="H1004" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" Elisha|strong="H0477" told|strong="H1697" her|strong="H1931" to|strong="H3212" do|strong="H6213". She|strong="H1931" and|strong="H6965" her|strong="H1931" family|strong="H1004" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" live|strong="H1481" in|strong="H8141" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6213"\+w*} Philistia|strong="H6429" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} for|strong="H6213" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141". 
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\verseNumber{3}After|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7725" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" were|strong="H1961" ended|strong="H1961", they|strong="H8141" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" their|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004". The|strong="H7725" woman|strong="H1004" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H7725" request|strong="H1246" that|strong="H4428" her|strong="H3318" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H7725" her|strong="H3318" land|strong="H7704" be|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" her|strong="H3318". 
\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H1696" she|strong="H1931" arrived|strong="H0935", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" talking|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1696" Gehazi|strong="H1522", Elisha’s|strong="H0477" servant|strong="H5288". The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" saying|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6213", “Tell|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4994" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" things|strong="H1419" that|strong="H3605" Elisha|strong="H0477" has|strong="H4428" done|strong="H6213".” 
\verseNumber{5}While|strong="H1961" Gehazi|strong="H1522" was|strong="H1961" telling|strong="H5608" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" that|strong="H1931" Elisha|strong="H2421" had|strong="H1961" caused|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Shunem|strong="H7766"\+w*} to|strong="H4191" become|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2421" again|strong="H1961", that|strong="H1931" woman|strong="H2088" came|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" requested|strong="H7592" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H4191" enable|strong="H7980" her|strong="H5921" to|strong="H4191" get|strong="H3947" her|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1121" land|strong="H7704" back|strong="H1004" again|strong="H1961". Gehazi|strong="H1522" exclaimed|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H5921" Majesty|strong="H1926", this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H5921" woman|strong="H2088" whose|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" Elisha|strong="H2421" caused|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4191" become|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2421" again|strong="H1961"!” 
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\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H7592" her|strong="H3605" about|strong="H3117" it|strong="H5414", she|strong="H5704" told|strong="H5608" him|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w true|strong="H0571"\+w*}. The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" summoned|strong="H7121" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H5631" and|strong="H7725" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H5414", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w*} everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" this|strong="H5414" woman|strong="H0802" possessed|strong="H3423" previously|strong="H8543", including|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" value|strong="H6186" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" crops|strong="H8393" that|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3117" been|strong="H3605" harvested|strong="H1219" during|strong="H3117" these|strong="H3605" last|strong="H0314" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H3117" while|strong="H5704" she|strong="H5704" was|strong="H3117" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" her|strong="H3605" land|strong="H7704", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w*} be|strong="H3117" given|strong="H5414" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" her|strong="H3605".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w official|strong="H5631"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Elisha|strong="H7725" predicted|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" death|strong="H4194" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" }
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\verseNumber{7}Elisha|strong="H5704" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5704" Damascus|strong="H1834", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w capital|strong="H3805"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Syria|strong="H0758"\+w*}, when|strong="H5704" Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130", the|strong="H5704" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758", was|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H5704"\+w*} sick|strong="H2470". When|strong="H5704" someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H5704" king|strong="H4428" that|strong="H4428" Elisha|strong="H5704" was|strong="H4428" in|strong="H4428" Damascus|strong="H1834", 
\verseNumber{8}the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" told|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w officials|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Hazael|strong="H2371", “Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3068" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3212" that|strong="H3068" prophet|strong="H5030" and|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" present|strong="H4503"/gift|strong="H4503" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3212" give|strong="H2421" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H3027". Request|strong="H1246" him|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3212" ask|strong="H1875" Yahweh|strong="H3068" if|strong="H0518" I|strong="H2088" will|strong="H3068" recover|strong="H2421" from|strong="H3027" my|strong="H3068" illness|strong="H2483".” 
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\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H3947" Hazael|strong="H2371" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H6440" Elisha|strong="H2421". He|strong="H3605" took|strong="H3947" with|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440" forty|strong="H0705" camels|strong="H1581" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" carrying|strong="H4853" many|strong="H7227" kinds|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" goods|strong="H2898" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" produced|strong="H6213" in|strong="H4428" Damascus|strong="H1834". When|strong="H2421" Hazael|strong="H2371" met|strong="H7125" him|strong="H6440", he|strong="H3605" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H6440", “Your|strong="H3605" friend|strong="H7453" Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758", sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3212" ask|strong="H4428" you|strong="H6440" whether|strong="H4853" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w*} he|strong="H3605" will|strong="H4428" recover|strong="H2421" from|strong="H6440" his|strong="H3605" illness|strong="H2483".” 
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\verseNumber{10}Elisha|strong="H2421" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" Hazael|strong="H2371", “Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" him|strong="H7200", ‘Yes|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191" from|strong="H3068" this|strong="H7200" illness|strong="H2483",’ but|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" shown|strong="H7200" me|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w recovers|strong="H5381"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H5975" Elisha|strong="H5704" stared at|strong="H5975" him|strong="H6440" and|strong="H6440" had|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" terrified|strong="H0926" look|strong="H6440" on|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" face|strong="H6440". That|strong="H5704" caused|strong="H5414" Hazael|strong="H7760" to|strong="H5704" feel|strong="H4184" uneasy/embarrassed|strong="H0954". Then|strong="H5975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w suddenly|strong="H6597"\+w*} Elisha|strong="H5704" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5704" cry|strong="H7121". 
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\verseNumber{12}Hazael|strong="H2371" said|strong="H0559", “Sir|strong="H0113", why|strong="H4069" are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" crying|strong="H1058"?” 
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Elisha|strong="H0477" replied|strong="H0559", “Because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w enabled|strong="H5414"\+w*} me|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} know|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3588" terrible|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478": You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" burn|strong="H8313" their|strong="H3588" cities|strong="H4013" with|strong="H6213" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H7971", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" kill|strong="H2026" their|strong="H3588" fine|strong="H6213" young|strong="H1121" men|strong="H1121" with|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" sword|strong="H2719", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" bash the|strong="H3588" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3588" children|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" rip|strong="H1234" open|strong="H1234" the|strong="H3588" bellies of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3588" pregnant|strong="H2030" women|strong="H2030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w sword|strong="H2719"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{13}Hazael|strong="H2371" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w insignificant|strong="H6819"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1697"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H6213" dog|strong="H3611"; ◄how|strong="H4100" could|strong="H2088" I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" such|strong="H2088" things|strong="H1697"?/I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" such|strong="H2088" terrible|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697"!►” [RHQ] 
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Elisha|strong="H0477" replied|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" revealed|strong="H1540" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758".” 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H4100" Hazael|strong="H2371" left|strong="H7604" and|strong="H3212" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3212" his|strong="H2421" master|strong="H0113"/boss \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H2421"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}, who|strong="H4100" asked|strong="H4100" him|strong="H2421", “What|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" Elisha|strong="H2421" say|strong="H0559"?” 
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He|strong="H3212" replied|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H3212" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H2421" that|strong="H3212" you|strong="H4100" would|strong="H2421" certainly|strong="H2421" recover|strong="H2421".” 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H4283", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4427"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w sleeping|strong="H3463"\+w*,} Hazael|strong="H2371" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H1961" blanket|strong="H4541" and|strong="H6440" soaked|strong="H7301" it|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325". Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H5921" spread|strong="H6566" it|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" face|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w could|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w breathe|strong="H5397"\+w*}, and|strong="H6440" he|strong="H5921" died|strong="H4191". Then|strong="H1961" Hazael|strong="H2371" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H6440" Syria|strong="H0758" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H6440" Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130". 

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\verseNumber{16}After|strong="H8141" King|strong="H4428" Joram|strong="H3141", the|strong="H3092" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahab|strong="H0256", had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" in|strong="H8141" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H1121" almost|strong="H4592" five|strong="H2568" years|strong="H8141", Jehoshaphat’s|strong="H3092" son|strong="H1121" Jehoram|strong="H3088" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H3092" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H8147" was|strong="H1961" thirty-two|strong="H7970" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H8147" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8147" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H3389" eight|strong="H8083" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{18}His|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256". And|strong="H3478" like|strong="H1961" everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3478" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" family|strong="H1004", he|strong="H3588" continually|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" previous|strong="H7223" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". He|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" evil|strong="H7451". 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", because|strong="H4616" of|strong="H1121" what|strong="H1732" he|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H5414" David|strong="H1732", who|strong="H3605" served|strong="H5647" him|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w well|strong="H3190"\+w*}. He|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H5414" David|strong="H1732" that|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" [MET|strong="H6298"] would|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" rule|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{20}During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" Jehoram|strong="H3088" ruled|strong="H4427", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Edom|strong="H0112" rebelled|strong="H6586" against|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" they|strong="H3117" appointed|strong="H4427" their|strong="H5921" own|strong="H3027" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H1961" Jehoram|strong="H3088" went|strong="H5674" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971" and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" chariots|strong="H7393" to|strong="H1961" Zair|strong="H6811" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w near|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w border|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w Edom|strong="H0112"\+w*}. There|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971" of|strong="H8269" Edom|strong="H0112" surrounded|strong="H5437" them|strong="H5221". But|strong="H1961" during|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915", Jehoram|strong="H3088" and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" commanders|strong="H8269" in|strong="H5971" their|strong="H3605" chariots|strong="H7393" were|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1961" get|strong="H6965" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" enemy|strong="H0340" lines|strong="H2256" and|strong="H6965" escaped|strong="H5437". And|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5971" also|strong="H5971" fled|strong="H5127" to|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3605" homes|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H2088" after|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117", Edom|strong="H0112" was|strong="H1931" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" controlled|strong="H0662" by|strong="H3027" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2088" still|strong="H5704" like|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3117". During|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" same|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256", the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3117" Libnah|strong="H3841" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*} also|strong="H3027" freed|strong="H6586" themselves|strong="H0905" from|strong="H3027" being|strong="H1961" controlled|strong="H0662" by|strong="H3027" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{23}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w read|strong="H5612"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" Jehoram|strong="H3088" did|strong="H6213", they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah’. 
\verseNumber{24}Jehoram|strong="H3088" died|strong="H4191" [EUP] and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1732" buried|strong="H6912" where|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" other|strong="H0312" kings|strong="H4427" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H4427" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H8478" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" David’. Then|strong="H1732" Jehoram’s|strong="H3088" son|strong="H1121" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". 

\BibleSectionHeading{King|strong="H4427" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" }
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\verseNumber{25}After|strong="H8141" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" son|strong="H1121" Joram|strong="H3141" has|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" in|strong="H8141" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H1121" almost|strong="H4592" twelve|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141", Jehoram’s|strong="H3088" son|strong="H1121" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H1121" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{26}Ahaziah|strong="H0274" was|strong="H8034" twenty-two|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8147" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4428". He|strong="H8147" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} one|strong="H1121" year|strong="H8141". His|strong="H3478" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Athaliah|strong="H6271", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w daughter|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Ahab|strong="H0256"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H8034" granddaughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Omri|strong="H6018" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{27}King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" conducted|strong="H1240" his|strong="H3068" life|strong="H5315" just|strong="H6213" like|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" members|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" family|strong="H1004" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". He|strong="H1931" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" very|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451". 
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\verseNumber{28}Ahaziah’s|strong="H0274" army|strong="H4421" joined|strong="H2266" the|strong="H5221" army|strong="H4421" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Joram|strong="H3141" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H4421" to|strong="H3212" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5221" army|strong="H4421" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Hazael|strong="H2371" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758". Their|strong="H5221" armies|strong="H6635" started|strong="H2490" fighting|strong="H4421" at|strong="H4421" Ramoth|strong="H7433" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5221"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" soldiers|strong="H4421" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758" wounded|strong="H5221" Joram|strong="H3141". 
\verseNumber{29}King|strong="H4428" Joram|strong="H3141" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Jezreel|strong="H3157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*} to|strong="H7725" recover|strong="H7725" from|strong="H4480" his|strong="H7725" wounds|strong="H4347". King|strong="H4428" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" went|strong="H3381" to|strong="H7725" visit|strong="H7200" him|strong="H5221" there|strong="H4480". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jehu became the king of Israel }
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\chapterNumber{9}Meanwhile|strong="H3541", the|strong="H3947" prophet|strong="H5030" Elisha|strong="H7121" summoned|strong="H7121" one|strong="H2088" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" other|strong="H2088" prophets|strong="H5030". He|strong="H3027" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H7121", “Get|strong="H3947" ready|strong="H3559" [IDM] and|strong="H1121" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Ramoth|strong="H7433" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3947"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. Take|strong="H3947" this|strong="H2088" jar|strong="H3537" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081" with|strong="H3212" you|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{2}When|strong="H7200" you|strong="H8432" arrive|strong="H0935" there|strong="H8033", search|strong="H7200" for|strong="H1121" a|strong="H7200" man|strong="H1121" named|strong="H7121" Jehu|strong="H3058", the|strong="H7200" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" and|strong="H1121" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nimshi|strong="H5250". Go|strong="H6965" with|strong="H6965" him|strong="H7200" into|strong="H8432" a|strong="H7200" room|strong="H2315" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7200" companions|strong="H2270", 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="H3478" pour|strong="H3332" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} this|strong="H3541" oil|strong="H8081" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3068" head|strong="H7218". Then|strong="H3947" say|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5921", ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" declares|strong="H5002" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" appointing you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478".’ Then|strong="H3947" open|strong="H6605" the|strong="H5921" door|strong="H1817" and|strong="H3478" run|strong="H5127" away|strong="H3947" as|strong="H3068" quickly|strong="H4116" as|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" can|strong="H3947".” 
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\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3212" young|strong="H5288" prophet|strong="H5030" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Ramoth|strong="H7433". 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H3427" he|strong="H3605" arrived|strong="H0935", he|strong="H3605" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" commanders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" were|strong="H1697" having|strong="H0369" a|strong="H3427" conference. He|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w looked|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w at|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w Jehu|strong="H3058"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1697"\+w*} said|strong="H1697", “Sir|strong="H0113", I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H1697" a|strong="H3427" message|strong="H1697" for|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1697"\+w*} you|strong="H3605".” 
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Jehu|strong="H3058" replied|strong="H0559", “Which|strong="H4310" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1697" us|strong="H5414" is|strong="H4310" the|strong="H3605" message|strong="H1697" for|strong="H3427"?” 
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The|strong="H3605" young|strong="H5288" prophet|strong="H5030" replied|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H2009" is|strong="H4310" for|strong="H3427" you|strong="H3605", commander|strong="H8269"/sir|strong="H0113".” 
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\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H3541" Jehu|strong="H3058" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H3478" with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3541" young|strong="H5288" prophet|strong="H5030" into|strong="H3332" a|strong="H3478" house|strong="H1004". There|strong="H3541" the|strong="H3541" young|strong="H5288" prophet|strong="H5030" poured|strong="H3332" some|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081" on|strong="H3068" Jehu’s|strong="H3058" head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H4886", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3541" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H5971" we|strong="H0587" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, declares|strong="H5002" this|strong="H3541": ‘I|strong="H3541" am|strong="H3068" appointing you|strong="H4886" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3541" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{7}You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H1818" kill|strong="H5221" your|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Joram|strong="H3141"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1004" Ahab|strong="H0256", because|strong="H3027" I|strong="H5650" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Ahab’s|strong="H0256"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*} Jezebel|strong="H0348" for|strong="H3027" murdering [MTY] many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" and|strong="H3068" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1818" who|strong="H3605" served|strong="H5647" me|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{8}You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3478" kill|strong="H3772" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="H6113"\+w* \+w only|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Joram|strong="H3141"\+w* \+w but|strong="H5800"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" family|strong="H1004". I|strong="H3772" want|strong="H3772" to|strong="H3478" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1004" every|strong="H3605" male|strong="H8366" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004", including|strong="H3605" young|strong="H5288" ones|strong="H2945" and|strong="H3478" old|strong="H1121" ones|strong="H2945". 
\verseNumber{9}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1121" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1121" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" family|strong="H1004", like|strong="H1004" I|strong="H5414" got|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" families|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" two|strong="H1004" other|strong="H0312" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", Jeroboam|strong="H3379" and|strong="H1121" Baasha|strong="H1201". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H1817" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H5127"\+w*} Jezebel|strong="H0348" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w dies|strong="H4191"\+w*}, her|strong="H6605" corpse|strong="H5038" will|strong="H3611" not|strong="H6605" be|strong="H1961" buried|strong="H6912". Dogs|strong="H3611" will|strong="H3611" eat|strong="H0398" her|strong="H6605" corpse|strong="H5038" there|strong="H8033" in|strong="H6912" Jezreel|strong="H3157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}.’” 
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After|strong="H1817" the|strong="H6605" young|strong="H5288" prophet|strong="H5030" said|strong="H0559" this|strong="H2088", he|strong="H6912" left|strong="H7604" the|strong="H6605" room|strong="H2315" and|strong="H1817" ran|strong="H5127". 
\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H3318" Jehu|strong="H3058" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H5650" the|strong="H3045" room|strong="H2315" to|strong="H3318" where|strong="H2088" his|strong="H3045" other|strong="H2088" commanders|strong="H8269" were|strong="H5650", they|strong="H3045" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H3318", “Is|strong="H2088" everything|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3045" right|strong="H3045"? Why|strong="H4069" did|strong="H5650" that|strong="H3045" mad|strong="H7696" fellow|strong="H7696" come|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3045"?” 
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He|strong="H3318" replied|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H2088" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="H5650" things|strong="H1697" young|strong="H5288" prophets|strong="H5030" like|strong="H3318" him|strong="H3318" say|strong="H0559".” 
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\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H5046" are|strong="H3478" lying|strong="H8267"! Tell|strong="H5046" us|strong="H4994" what|strong="H3541" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559"!” 
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He|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H4994" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H3541" am|strong="H3068" appointing [MTY] you|strong="H5046" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3541" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478".’” 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H3947" they|strong="H7760" all|strong="H3947" spread|strong="H6566" their|strong="H3947" cloaks|strong="H4304" on|strong="H7760" the|strong="H3947" steps|strong="H4609" of|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3947" building|strong="H1129" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w Jehu|strong="H3058"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4116"\+w* \+w walk|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w on|strong="H7760"\+w*}, and|strong="H4116" they|strong="H7760" blew|strong="H8628" trumpets|strong="H7782" and|strong="H4116" shouted|strong="H7321", “Jehu|strong="H3058" is|strong="H3058" now|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4427"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{King|strong="H4427" Joram|strong="H3141" of|strong="H8478" Israel|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3058" killed|strong="H2026" }
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\verseNumber{14-15}King|strong="H4428" Joram|strong="H3141" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" defending|strong="H8104" Ramoth|strong="H7216" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" attacks|strong="H5221" by|strong="H0801" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758". King|strong="H4428" Joram|strong="H3141" had|strong="H3068" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" Jezreel|strong="H3157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, to|strong="H0413" recover|strong="H2421" from|strong="H4480" being|strong="H1961" wounded|strong="H2491" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H1121" Hazael|strong="H2371", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758". And|strong="H3967" Jehu|strong="H3058" made|strong="H6213" plans|strong="H4284" to|strong="H0413" kill|strong="H2026" Joram|strong="H3141". He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" commanders|strong="H8269", “If|strong="H0518" helping|strong="H5826" me|strong="H0413" is|strong="H0369" truly|strong="H3588" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H0859" want|strong="H4270", make|strong="H6213" sure|strong="H0539" that|strong="H0834" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0259" leaves|strong="H1817" this|strong="H2088" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" warn|strong="H2094" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Jezreel|strong="H3157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w planning|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H4428" Jehu|strong="H3058" and|strong="H3063" his|strong="H7200" officers|strong="H7860" got|strong="H6965" into|strong="H3381" their|strong="H7200" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H3063" rode|strong="H7392" to|strong="H3381" Jezreel|strong="H3157", where|strong="H8033" Joram|strong="H3141" was|strong="H4428" still|strong="H7901" recovering. And|strong="H3063" King|strong="H4428" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" was|strong="H4428" there|strong="H8033", visiting|strong="H6485" Joram|strong="H3141". 
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\verseNumber{17}A|strong="H3947" guard|strong="H2876" was|strong="H3058" standing|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" watchtower|strong="H4026" in|strong="H5921" Jezreel|strong="H3157". He|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H7200" Jehu|strong="H3058" and|strong="H7971" his|strong="H7971" men|strong="H3947" approaching|strong="H0935". He|strong="H5921" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H7971", “I|strong="H5921" see|strong="H7200" a|strong="H3947" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H5921" men|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w approaching|strong="H0935"\+w*}!” King|strong="H5921" Joram|strong="H3088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w heard|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w what|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w watchman|strong="H6822"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w*, \+w so|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5921"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7971" his|strong="H7971" soldiers|strong="H5650", “Send|strong="H7971" someone|strong="H0376" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" horse|strong="H5483" to|strong="H7971" go|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" find|strong="H3947" out|strong="H7971" if|strong="H7200" they|strong="H5921" are|strong="H5975" coming|strong="H7125" to|strong="H7971" be|strong="H7965" friendly|strong="H7965" to|strong="H7971" us|strong="H5921" or|strong="H7200" to|strong="H7971" attack|strong="H5221" us|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H3541" a|strong="H7725" man|strong="H0376" rode|strong="H7392" out|strong="H3212" to|strong="H5704" meet|strong="H7125" Jehu|strong="H3058" and|strong="H7725" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H5046", “The|strong="H3541" king|strong="H4428" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H5704" know|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w coming|strong="H7125"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w*} friendly|strong="H7965" to|strong="H5704" us|strong="H7725".” 
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Jehu|strong="H3058" replied|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3541" time|strong="H5704" for|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" [RHQ] to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3808" concerned|strong="H6485" about|strong="H5437" acting|strong="H1992" friendly|strong="H7965"! Turn|strong="H7725" around|strong="H5437" and|strong="H7725" come|strong="H3212" behind|strong="H0310" me|strong="H7725"!” 
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So|strong="H3541" the|strong="H3541" guard|strong="H2876" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3541" watchtower|strong="H4026" reported|strong="H5046" that|strong="H4397" the|strong="H3541" messenger|strong="H4397" had|strong="H4428" reached|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3541" group|strong="H7235" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w was|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w approaching|strong="H0935"\+w*}, but|strong="H3808" that|strong="H4397" he|strong="H5704" was|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" returning|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w alone|strong="H0905"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H3541" King|strong="H4428" Joram|strong="H3141" sent|strong="H7971" another|strong="H8145" messenger|strong="H4397", who|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H4100" Jehu|strong="H3058" the|strong="H3541" same|strong="H3541" question|strong="H1697". Again|strong="H8145" Jehu|strong="H3058" replied|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3541" time|strong="H8145" [RHQ] for|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" be|strong="H4428" concerned|strong="H6485" about|strong="H5437" acting|strong="H4603" friendly|strong="H7965"! Turn|strong="H5437" around|strong="H5437" and|strong="H7971" follow|strong="H0310" me|strong="H7971"!” 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3588" watchman|strong="H6822" reported|strong="H5046" again|strong="H7725", “That|strong="H3588" messenger|strong="H5046" also|strong="H1121" reached|strong="H5704" them|strong="H7725", but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" coming|strong="H0935" back|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w alone|strong="H0905"\+w*}. And|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w leader|strong="H5387"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w group|strong="H7235"\+w* \+w must|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w*} Jehu|strong="H3058", the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nimshi|strong="H5250", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1121" driving|strong="H4491" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w chariot|strong="H7393"\+w*} furiously|strong="H7697", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w Jehu|strong="H3058"\+w* \+w does|strong="H3808"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{21}Joram|strong="H3088" said|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*}, “Get|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w chariot|strong="H7393"\+w*} ready|strong="H4672"!” So|strong="H3318" they|strong="H3478" did|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3478". Then|strong="H3318" King|strong="H4428" Joram|strong="H3088" and|strong="H3063" King|strong="H4428" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" both|strong="H8147" rode|strong="H7392" toward|strong="H3318" Jehu|strong="H3058", each|strong="H0376" one|strong="H4428" in|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3478" own|strong="H1961" chariot|strong="H7393". And|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3478"\+w*} they|strong="H3478" met|strong="H4672" Jehu|strong="H3058" at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3318" field|strong="H2513" that|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" previously|strong="H8543" belonged|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Naboth|strong="H5022"! 
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Jehu|strong="H3058" replied|strong="H0559", “◄How|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" there|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" peace|strong="H7965" while|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" and|strong="H7200" your|strong="H7200" people|strong="H7200" are|strong="H4100" prostrating|strong="H5307" themselves|strong="H0905" to|strong="H5704" worship|strong="H7812" idols|strong="H1544" and|strong="H7200" practicing|strong="H6213" very|strong="H5704" much|strong="H7227" <witchcraft|strong="H6049"/sorcery|strong="H3785"> like|strong="H1961" your|strong="H7200" mother|strong="H0517" Jezebel|strong="H0348" did|strong="H4100"?/There|strong="H1961" certainly|strong="H7200" cannot|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" peace|strong="H7965" while|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" and|strong="H7200" your|strong="H7200" people|strong="H7200" are|strong="H4100" prostrating|strong="H5307" themselves|strong="H0905" to|strong="H5704" worship|strong="H7812" idols|strong="H1544" and|strong="H7200" practicing|strong="H6213" <witchcraft|strong="H6049"/sorcery|strong="H3785"> like|strong="H1961" your|strong="H7200" mother|strong="H0517" Jezebel|strong="H0348" has|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" doing|strong="H6213"!►” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{23}Joram|strong="H3088" cried|strong="H7121" out|strong="H5127", “Ahaziah|strong="H0274", they|strong="H4820" have|strong="H3027" deceived|strong="H7411" us|strong="H3027"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H4820"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3027"\+w*}!” So|strong="H3027" Joram|strong="H3088" turned|strong="H2015" his|strong="H3027" chariot|strong="H7393" around|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H3027" flee|strong="H5127". 
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\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H5221" Jehu|strong="H3058" drew|strong="H4390" his|strong="H5221" bow|strong="H7198" mightily|strong="H6743" and|strong="H3027" shot|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w an|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w arrow|strong="H2678"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w pierced|strong="H1856"\+w*} Joram|strong="H3088" between|strong="H0996" his|strong="H5221" shoulder|strong="H2220" blades. The|strong="H5221" arrow|strong="H2678" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w through|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w body|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3027"\+w*} pierced|strong="H1856" his|strong="H5221" heart|strong="H3820", and|strong="H3027" he|strong="H3027" slumped down|strong="H5221" dead|strong="H4191" in|strong="H3027" his|strong="H5221" chariot|strong="H7393". 
\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H2088" Jehu|strong="H3058" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" his|strong="H5375" assistant|strong="H8334" Bidkar|strong="H0920", “Take|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" corpse|strong="H5038" and|strong="H3068" throw|strong="H7993" it|strong="H5921" here|strong="H2088" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" field|strong="H7704" that|strong="H3588" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Naboth|strong="H5022". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sure|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" remember|strong="H2142" that|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" were|strong="H5921" riding|strong="H7392" together|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w chariots|strong="H7393"\+w*} behind|strong="H5921" King|strong="H5921" Joram’s father|strong="H0001" Ahab|strong="H0256", that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" this|strong="H2088" about|strong="H5921" Ahab|strong="H0256": 
\verseNumber{26}‘Yesterday|strong="H8543" I|strong="H1697" saw|strong="H7200" Ahab|strong="H0256" murder|strong="H7523" [MTY] Naboth|strong="H5022" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5375" sons|strong="H1121" here|strong="H2063". And|strong="H1121" I|strong="H1697" solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H1697" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" him|strong="H7200" right|strong="H3068" here|strong="H2063" in|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2063" same|strong="H2063" field|strong="H2513"!’ So|strong="H3808" take|strong="H5375" Joram’s corpse|strong="H5038" and|strong="H1121" throw|strong="H7993" it|strong="H7200" into|strong="H7993" that|strong="H7200" field|strong="H2513"! That|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3068" fulfill|strong="H7999" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1697".” 

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\verseNumber{27}When|strong="H7200" King|strong="H4428" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" saw|strong="H7200" what|strong="H7200" happened|strong="H1961", he|strong="H8033" fled|strong="H5127" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w chariot|strong="H4818"\+w*} toward|strong="H1870" Beth-Haggan \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. But|strong="H7200" Jehu|strong="H3058" pursued|strong="H7291" him|strong="H5221" and|strong="H3063" said|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w commanders|strong="H8269"\+w*}, “Shoot|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221", also|strong="H1571"!” So|strong="H1571" they|strong="H8033" shot|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w arrows|strong="H2671"\+w*} while|strong="H1004" he|strong="H8033" was|strong="H4428" riding|strong="H7392" in|strong="H1004" his|strong="H7200" chariot|strong="H4818" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H7200" road|strong="H1870" up|strong="H4608" to|strong="H4191" Gur|strong="H1483", near|strong="H7200" Ibleam|strong="H2991" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. He|strong="H8033" continued|strong="H5674" going|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1004" his|strong="H7200" chariot|strong="H4818" until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H8033" reached|strong="H0935" Megiddo|strong="H4023" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, where|strong="H8033" he|strong="H8033" died|strong="H4191". 
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\verseNumber{29}Ahaziah|strong="H0274" had|strong="H3063" become|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" when|strong="H1121" Joram|strong="H3141" had|strong="H3063" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" eleven|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Queen|strong="H4427" Jezebel|strong="H0348" was|strong="H3063" killed|strong="H2026" }
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\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H8085" Jehu|strong="H3058" went|strong="H7218" to|strong="H8085" Jezreel|strong="H3157". When|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Ahab’s|strong="H0256"\+w* \+w widow|strong="H0490"\+w*} Jezebel|strong="H0348" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H8085" had|strong="H5869" happened|strong="H1961", she|strong="H2474" put|strong="H7760" paint|strong="H6320"/makeup on|strong="H7760" her|strong="H7760" eyelids|strong="H5869", and|strong="H5869" combed|strong="H8305" her|strong="H7760" hair|strong="H7218" to|strong="H8085" make|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" beautiful|strong="H3303", and|strong="H5869" looked|strong="H8259" out|strong="H8259" the|strong="H8085" window|strong="H2474" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w palace|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w toward|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w street|strong="H2351"\+w* \+w below|strong="H8478"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{31}While|strong="H5704" Jehu|strong="H3058" was|strong="H8179" entering|strong="H0935" the|strong="H2026" city|strong="H8179" gate|strong="H8179", she|strong="H1931" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H8179" him|strong="H2026", “You|strong="H0859" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H8179"\+w* \+w like|strong="H2026"\+w*} Zimri|strong="H2174"! You|strong="H0859" are|strong="H8179" a|strong="H2026" murderer|strong="H2026"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H7965"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w*} you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H8179" certainly|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" [RHQ] comingon apeaceful visit|strong="H6485"!” 
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\verseNumber{32}Jehu|strong="H3058" looked|strong="H8259" up|strong="H5375" toward|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" window|strong="H2474", and|strong="H6440" then|strong="H5375" he|strong="H8147" said|strong="H0559", “Who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" ◄on|strong="H5375" my|strong="H5375" side|strong="H8147"/wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H6440" help|strong="H5375" me|strong="H6440"►? Anyone|strong="H3605"?” Two|strong="H8147" or|strong="H8147" three|strong="H7969" palace|strong="H1004" officials|strong="H5631" looked|strong="H8259" down|strong="H8259" at|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w window|strong="H2474"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6440"\+w* pointed \+w to|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w themselves|strong="H6440"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{33}Jehu|strong="H3058" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7023" them|strong="H7429", “Throw|strong="H8058" her|strong="H8058" down|strong="H7429" here|strong="H6311"!” 
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So|strong="H3651" they|strong="H1992" threw|strong="H8058" her|strong="H8058" down|strong="H7429", and|strong="H1818" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w she|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w hit|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7429"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H0776"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}, some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1818" her|strong="H8058" blood|strong="H1818" splattered on|strong="H5483" the|strong="H7429" city|strong="H7023" wall|strong="H7023" and|strong="H1818" on|strong="H5483" the|strong="H7429" horses|strong="H5483" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5483"\+w* pulling \+w the|strong="H7429"\+w* \+w chariots|strong="H7393"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{34}Then|strong="H4428" Jehu|strong="H3058" went|strong="H4428" into|strong="H1323" the|strong="H3588" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H4428" ate|strong="H0398" and|strong="H4428" drank|strong="H8354". Then|strong="H4428" he|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w men|strong="H6485"\+w*}, “Take|strong="H6485" the|strong="H3588" corpse|strong="H5038" of|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3588" women|strong="H1323" whom|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H4428" cursed|strong="H0779" and|strong="H4428" bury|strong="H6912" it|strong="H1931", because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H3588" king’s|strong="H4428" daughter|strong="H1323" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w therefore|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w be|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w buried|strong="H6912"\+w* \+w properly|strong="H4941"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{35}But|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" get|strong="H3212" her|strong="H4672" corpse|strong="H5038" to|strong="H3212" bury|strong="H6912" it|strong="H3588", all|strong="H3212" that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3027" left|strong="H4672" was|strong="H3027" only|strong="H3588" her|strong="H4672" skull|strong="H1538" and|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w bones|strong="H6106"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w*} her|strong="H4672" feet|strong="H7272" and|strong="H3027" her|strong="H4672" hands|strong="H3027". Everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3027" was|strong="H3027" gone|strong="H3212". 
\verseNumber{36}When|strong="H7725" they|strong="H3068" reported|strong="H5046" this|strong="H1931" to|strong="H1696" Jehu|strong="H3058", he|strong="H1931" said|strong="H1696", “That|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1697"! He|strong="H1931" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650"/prophet|strong="H1696" Elijah|strong="H1696", ‘In|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w city|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Jezreel|strong="H3157", dogs|strong="H3611" will|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3068" flesh|strong="H1320" of|strong="H3068" Jezebel’s|strong="H0348" corpse|strong="H5038". 
\verseNumber{37}Her|strong="H5921" bones|strong="H6106" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" scattered|strong="H6327" there|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" Jezreel|strong="H3157" like|strong="H1961" dung|strong="H1828", with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w recognize|strong="H5234"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6440"\+w*} say|strong="H0559", “These|strong="H2063" are|strong="H1961" Jezebel’s|strong="H0348" bones|strong="H6106".” ’ ” 

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\chapterNumber{10}There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" seventy|strong="H7657" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" living|strong="H2416" there|strong="H8033" in|strong="H3789" Samaria|strong="H8111". Jehu|strong="H3058" wrote|strong="H3789" a|strong="H7971" letter|strong="H5612" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w made|strong="H6213"\+w* copies \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7971"\+w* } and|strong="H1121" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" rulers|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7971" city|strong="H5892", to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" elders|strong="H2205", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H7971" those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" raised|strong="H6965" and|strong="H1121" tutored|strong="H5973" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" children|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w is|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w what|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w he|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w wrote|strong="H3789"\+w*}: “You|strong="H6258" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6258" ones|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w taking|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w care|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H6258" king’s|strong="H4428" descendants|strong="H1121". You|strong="H6258" have|strong="H1121" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H1121" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H1121" weapons|strong="H5402", and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H6258" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H5892" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H5892" have|strong="H1121" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H1121". So|strong="H6258" as|strong="H5892" soon|strong="H6258" as|strong="H5892" you|strong="H6258" receive|strong="H3947" this|strong="H2088" letter|strong="H5612", 
\verseNumber{3}choose|strong="H0977" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" sons|strong="H1121", the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" is|strong="H2896" the|strong="H5921" best|strong="H2896" qualified, and|strong="H1121" appoint|strong="H7760" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1121" your|strong="H5921" king|strong="H3678". Then|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w prepare|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w*} fight|strong="H3898" to|strong="H5921" defend|strong="H1598" him|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w got|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w letters|strong="H5612"\+w* \+w from|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Jehu|strong="H3058"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w read|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w*}, they|strong="H3808" became|strong="H3372" very|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372". They|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559", “King|strong="H4428" Joram|strong="H3141" and|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" resist|strong="H5975" him|strong="H6440"; ◄how|strong="H2009" can|strong="H3808" we|strong="H2009" resist|strong="H5975" him|strong="H6440"?/we|strong="H2009" cannot|strong="H3808" possibly|strong="H3045" resist|strong="H5975" him|strong="H6440"!►” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" officer|strong="H5631" who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" mayor of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H6213" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7971" Jehu|strong="H3058" saying|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H6213" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H7971" serve|strong="H5647" you|strong="H3605", and|strong="H7971" we|strong="H6213" are|strong="H5869" ready|strong="H6213" to|strong="H7971" do|strong="H6213" whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" tell|strong="H3605" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7971" do|strong="H6213". We|strong="H6213" will|strong="H5650" not|strong="H3808" appoint|strong="H7971" anyone|strong="H3605" to|strong="H7971" become|strong="H4427" our|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4427". You|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213" whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" think|strong="H5869" is|strong="H2896" best|strong="H2896".” 
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\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H3947" Jehu|strong="H3058" sent|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" second|strong="H8145" letter|strong="H5612" to|strong="H6256" them|strong="H3947", writing|strong="H3789" this|strong="H8085": “If|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3947" ◄are|strong="H1121" on|strong="H5892" my|strong="H8085" side|strong="H6285"/want|strong="H6963" to|strong="H6256" help|strong="H5826" me|strong="H6963"►, and|strong="H1121" if|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3947" are|strong="H1121" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H6256" obey|strong="H8085" me|strong="H6963", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" descendants|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w cut|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w off|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w heads|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} bring|strong="H3947" their|strong="H3947" heads|strong="H7218" to|strong="H6256" me|strong="H6963" here|strong="H6311" in|strong="H4428" Jezreel|strong="H3157" at|strong="H4428" this|strong="H8085" time|strong="H6256" tomorrow|strong="H4279".” 
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The|strong="H8085" seventy|strong="H7657" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" were|strong="H1121" being|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H3947" up|strong="H1431" and|strong="H1121" supervised|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5892" the|strong="H8085" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Samaria|strong="H8111"\+w*} city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3947" received|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" letter|strong="H5612" from|strong="H1121" Jehu|strong="H3058", they|strong="H3947" killed|strong="H7819" all|strong="H7971" seventy|strong="H7657" of|strong="H1121" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" descendants|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cut|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w off|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w heads|strong="H7218"\+w*}. They|strong="H3947" put|strong="H7760" their|strong="H3947" heads|strong="H7218" in|strong="H4428" baskets|strong="H1731" and|strong="H1121" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" Jehu|strong="H3058" at|strong="H4428" Jezreel|strong="H3157". 
\verseNumber{8}A|strong="H7760" messenger|strong="H4397" came|strong="H4397" to|strong="H5704" Jehu|strong="H3058" and|strong="H1121" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046", “They|strong="H5704" have|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H7760" the|strong="H7760" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" descendants|strong="H1121".” So|strong="H7760" Jehu|strong="H3058" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H4397" the|strong="H7760" heads|strong="H7218" should|strong="H4428" be|strong="H1121" put|strong="H7760" in|strong="H4428" two|strong="H8147" piles|strong="H6652" at|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7760" city|strong="H8179" gate|strong="H8179" and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H4397" the|strong="H7760" heads|strong="H7218" should|strong="H4428" stay|strong="H3427" there|strong="H5704" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H7760" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242". 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H3605" next|strong="H5921" morning|strong="H1242" he|strong="H3605" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w gate|strong="H8179"\+w*} and|strong="H5971" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", “I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H4310" plotted|strong="H7451" against|strong="H5921" King|strong="H5921" Joram|strong="H3141" and|strong="H5971" killed|strong="H2026" him|strong="H5921". You|strong="H3605" are|strong="H5971" not|strong="H1961" guilty|strong="H0816" of|strong="H5971" doing|strong="H3318" that|strong="H5971". But|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*, \+w not|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w I|strong="H2009"\+w*} [RHQ] who|strong="H4310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w descendants|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w Ahab|strong="H0256"\+w* \+w should|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w*} killed|strong="H2026". 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" need|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H6213" has|strong="H3068" happened|strong="H1697". He|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" happen|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3588" told|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H1696" Elijah|strong="H1696" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H6213".” 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H3045" Jehu|strong="H3058" executed|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" relatives|strong="H0251" of|strong="H1004" Ahab|strong="H0256" in|strong="H1004" Jezreel|strong="H3157", and|strong="H1419" all|strong="H3605" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" officers|strong="H7860", and|strong="H1419" close|strong="H5980" friends|strong="H3045", and|strong="H1419" his|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548". He|strong="H5704" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1115" allow|strong="H5414" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H5221" to|strong="H5704" remain|strong="H7604" alive|strong="H8300". 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H6965" Jehu|strong="H3058" left|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\+w*} and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H3212" toward|strong="H1870" Samaria|strong="H8111". While|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" going|strong="H3212" there|strong="H6965", at|strong="H6965" a|strong="H6965" place|strong="H4725" called|strong="H7121" ‘Shepherds’|strong="H7462" Camp’, 
\verseNumber{13}he|strong="H3063" met|strong="H4672" some|strong="H4480" relatives|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". He|strong="H3063" asked|strong="H7592" them|strong="H3381", “Who|strong="H4310" are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3381"?” 
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They|strong="H3063" replied|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H4672" are|strong="H1121" relatives|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Ahaziah|strong="H0274". We|strong="H4672" are|strong="H1121" going|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Jezreel|strong="H3157" to|strong="H3381" visit|strong="H6485" the|strong="H4672" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Queen|strong="H1377" Jezebel|strong="H0348" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4672" other|strong="H0312" members|strong="H3338" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Joram’s} family|strong="H4940".” 
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\verseNumber{14}Jehu|strong="H3058" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3808" his|strong="H3808" men|strong="H1992", “Seize|strong="H8610" them|strong="H1992"!” So|strong="H3808" they|strong="H1992" seized|strong="H8610" them|strong="H1992" and|strong="H8147" killed|strong="H7819" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8147" them|strong="H1992" at|strong="H3808" the|strong="H7819" pit|strong="H0953" named|strong="H7121" Beth-Eked|strong="H1044". There|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" 42 people|strong="H3808" whom|strong="H1992" they|strong="H1992" killed|strong="H7819"; they|strong="H1992" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" any|strong="H3808" of|strong="H8147" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3808" remain|strong="H7604" alive|strong="H2416". 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H5414" Jehu|strong="H3058" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w continued|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w travel|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w toward|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w Samaria|strong="H8111"\+w*}. Along|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5414" road|strong="H1870", he|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3824" met|strong="H4672" by|strong="H3027" Jonadab|strong="H3082", a|strong="H5414" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" Rechab|strong="H7394" clan|strong="H4940". Jehu|strong="H3058" greeted|strong="H1288" him|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H5414", “Are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414" as|strong="H3824" devoted|strong="H3824" to|strong="H3212" me|strong="H5414" [IDM] as|strong="H3824" I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H3426" devoted|strong="H3824" to|strong="H3212" you|strong="H5414"?” 
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Jonadab|strong="H3082" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H3426".” 
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Jehu|strong="H3058" said|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H3426" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H1121", shake|strong="H7493" hands|strong="H3027" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H5414".” So|strong="H5414" Jonadab|strong="H3082" shook|strong="H1607" hands|strong="H3027" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1121" Jehu|strong="H3058" helped|strong="H3027" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" get|strong="H3212" into|strong="H5927" his|strong="H5414" chariot|strong="H4818". 
\verseNumber{16}Jehu|strong="H3058" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7200", “Come|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7200", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" am|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" devoted|strong="H8003" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068".” So|strong="H7200" they|strong="H3068" rode|strong="H7392" together|strong="H3162" to|strong="H3068" Samaria|strong="H8111". 
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\verseNumber{17}When|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3068" arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3068" Samaria|strong="H8111", Jehu|strong="H3058" killed|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" relatives|strong="H0251" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1697" still|strong="H5704" alive|strong="H7604". He|strong="H5704" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1696" ◄spare|strong="H2550" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5221"/allow|strong="H5414" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5221" to|strong="H1696" remain|strong="H7604" alive|strong="H7604"►. That|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" Elijah|strong="H1696" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1697". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1696" who|strong="H3605" worshiped|strong="H7812" Baal|strong="H1168" were|strong="H1697" killed|strong="H5221" }
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H6908" Jehu|strong="H3058" summoned|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w Samaria|strong="H8111"\+w*}, and|strong="H5971" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5971" them|strong="H5647", “King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" was|strong="H3605" devoted|strong="H8003" to|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w god|strong="H0430"\+w*} Baal|strong="H1168" a|strong="H5971" little|strong="H4592" bit|strong="H5391", but|strong="H5971" I|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5971" serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H5647" much|strong="H7235" more|strong="H7235". 
\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H4616" now|strong="H6258" summon|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" of|strong="H2077" Baal|strong="H1168", all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H2077" Baal’s|strong="H1168" priests|strong="H3548", and|strong="H1419" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" others|strong="H0312" who|strong="H3605" worship|strong="H5647" Baal|strong="H1168". I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H6485" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" great|strong="H1419" sacrifice|strong="H2077" to|strong="H6213" Baal|strong="H1168". I|strong="H3588" want|strong="H6485" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H2077" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3808" there|strong="H3605". Any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H2077" them|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" there|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" executed|strong="H6213".” But|strong="H3588" Jehu|strong="H3058" was|strong="H5030" planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H6213" trick them|strong="H6213"; he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H5030" planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H6213" kill|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" worshiped|strong="H5647" Baal|strong="H1168". 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H7121" Jehu|strong="H3058" commanded|strong="H6680", “Announce|strong="H7121" that|strong="H7121" we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H3117" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H7121" set|strong="H6942" aside|strong="H5493" a|strong="H7121" day|strong="H3117" to|strong="H7121" honor|strong="H3519" Baal|strong="H1168".” So|strong="H7121" they|strong="H6942" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H7121". 
\verseNumber{21}Jehu|strong="H3058" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w decided|strong="H3289"\+w* \+w what|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w gather|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w*} sent|strong="H7971" messages|strong="H2372" throughout|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w everyone|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w what|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w gather|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w on|strong="H7971"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" on|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117", everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" worshiped|strong="H5647" Baal|strong="H1168" came|strong="H3478". No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" stayed|strong="H3478" at|strong="H3478" home|strong="H1004". They|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" went|strong="H3478" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" huge|strong="H1995" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Baal|strong="H1168" and|strong="H3478" filled|strong="H4390" it|strong="H7971" from|strong="H3478" one|strong="H3605" end|strong="H6310" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{22}Jehu|strong="H3058" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3605" took|strong="H3318" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" robes|strong="H3830" to|strong="H3318" bring|strong="H3318" them|strong="H5921" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H3318" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" worshiped|strong="H5647" Baal|strong="H1168". So|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H3588" Jehu|strong="H3058" went|strong="H3068" into|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Baal|strong="H1168" with|strong="H5973" Jonadab|strong="H3082", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1121" there|strong="H3426" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H5647" Baal|strong="H1168", “Be|strong="H3426" sure|strong="H0539" that|strong="H3588" only|strong="H3588" those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H5647" Baal|strong="H1168" are|strong="H1121" here|strong="H6311". Be|strong="H3426" sure|strong="H0539" that|strong="H3588" no|strong="H7200" one|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" worships|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3068".” 
\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" and|strong="H3027" Jonadab|strong="H3082" prepared|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" offer|strong="H6213" sacrifices|strong="H2077" and|strong="H3027" other|strong="H0312" offerings|strong="H5930" to|strong="H6213" Baal|strong="H1168" that|strong="H5315" would|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3027" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w was|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w there|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Samaria|strong="H8111"\+w*}. But|strong="H5921" Jehu|strong="H3058" had|strong="H3027" stationed|strong="H7760" eighty|strong="H8084" of|strong="H3027" his|strong="H7760" men|strong="H6213" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3027" had|strong="H3027" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5921", “I|strong="H5921" want|strong="H5315" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H6213" kill|strong="H2026" all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}. Anyone|strong="H5315" who|strong="H5315" allows|strong="H7617" one|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3027" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H6213" escape|strong="H4422" will|strong="H5315" be|strong="H3027" executed|strong="H6213"!” 
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\verseNumber{25}As|strong="H5704" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H5704" Jehu|strong="H3058" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w Jonadab|strong="H3082"\+w*} had|strong="H1961" finished|strong="H3615" killing|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" animals|strong="H1961" that|strong="H5892" would|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3615" burned|strong="H8313" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" an|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H5930" to|strong="H5704" Baal|strong="H1168", they|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w outside|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1004"\+w*} said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5221" guards|strong="H7323" and|strong="H1004" officers|strong="H7991", “Go|strong="H3212" in|strong="H6213" and|strong="H1004" kill|strong="H5221" all|strong="H5704" of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H5221"! Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" allow|strong="H5414" any|strong="H6213" of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H5221" to|strong="H5704" escape|strong="H3318"!” So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5221" guards|strong="H7323" and|strong="H1004" officers|strong="H7991" went|strong="H3212" in|strong="H6213" and|strong="H1004" killed|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5221" all|strong="H5704" with|strong="H1004" their|strong="H1961" swords|strong="H2719". Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5704" dragged|strong="H5498" their|strong="H1961" corpses|strong="H6297" outside|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5221" temple|strong="H1004". Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5704" went|strong="H3212" into|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5221" inner|strong="H1004" room|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5221" temple|strong="H1004", 
\verseNumber{26}and|strong="H1004" they|strong="H3318" carried|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" sacred|strong="H6944" pillar|strong="H4676" of|strong="H1004" Baal|strong="H1168" that|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1004" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H1004" they|strong="H3318" burned|strong="H8313" it|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{27}So|strong="H7760" they|strong="H3117" destroyed|strong="H5422" that|strong="H3117" pillar|strong="H4676" that|strong="H3117" honored|strong="H3513" Baal|strong="H1168", and|strong="H3117" then|strong="H7760" they|strong="H3117" burned|strong="H8313" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H3117" temple|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3117" made|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" publc toilet. And|strong="H3117" it|strong="H7760" is|strong="H3117" still|strong="H5704" a|strong="H7760" toilet! 
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\verseNumber{28}That|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3478" how|strong="H4100" Jehu|strong="H3058" got|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3058" worship|strong="H3478" of|strong="H3478" Baal|strong="H1168" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{29}But|strong="H7535" Jehu|strong="H3058" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" quit|strong="H5355" committing|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5493" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="H1121" sins|strong="H2398" that|strong="H3478" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" had|strong="H3478" committed|strong="H2398", sins|strong="H2398" that|strong="H3478" led|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5493" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2398" by|strong="H2091" worshiping|strong="H7812" the|strong="H5493" gold|strong="H2091" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w statues|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} calves|strong="H5695" in|strong="H3478" Bethel|strong="H1008" and|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Jehu|strong="H3058", “You|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3477" pleased|strong="H5869" me|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5921" getting|strong="H7075" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" descendants|strong="H1121". So|strong="H6213" I|strong="H5921" promise|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" grandson|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" great-grandson and|strong="H1121" great-great-grandson will|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" be|strong="H3068" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478".” 
\verseNumber{31}But|strong="H3808" Jehu|strong="H3058" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" obey|strong="H8104" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3808". He|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H5493" committing|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3605" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" had|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H2398", sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3605" led|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2403". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jehu|strong="H3058" died|strong="H4191" }
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\verseNumber{32}At|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117", Yahweh|strong="H3068" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H3605" territory|strong="H1366" controlled|strong="H0662" by|strong="H3117" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" smaller|strong="H4592". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Hazael|strong="H2371" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Syria|strong="H0758"\+w*} conquered|strong="H5221" much|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Israeli territory|strong="H1366". 
\verseNumber{33}He|strong="H3605" conquered|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" parts|strong="H3411" east|strong="H4217" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5158"\+w*}, as|strong="H3605" far|strong="H4480" south|strong="H5045" as|strong="H3605" Aroer|strong="H6177" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Arnon|strong="H0769" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5158"\+w*}. That|strong="H3605" included|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" and|strong="H1568" Bashan|strong="H1316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w regions|strong="H2506"\+w*}, where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H4480" Gad|strong="H1425", Reuben|strong="H7206", and|strong="H1568" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4480" Manasseh|strong="H4520" lived|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{34}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w read|strong="H5612"\+w* \+w more|strong="H3808"\+w*} about|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" Jehu|strong="H3058" did|strong="H6213" [RHQ], they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 
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\verseNumber{35}Jehu|strong="H3058" died|strong="H4191" [EUP], and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" Samaria|strong="H8111". His|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427" in|strong="H6912" place|strong="H8478" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8478" father|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{36}Jehu|strong="H3058" had|strong="H3478" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111" as|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H3117" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H5921" twenty-eight|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141". 

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\chapterNumber{11}When|strong="H3588" King|strong="H4428" Ahaziah’s|strong="H0274" mother|strong="H0517" Athaliah|strong="H6271" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" her|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3588" been|strong="H3605" killed|strong="H4191", she|strong="H3588" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" members|strong="H3338" of|strong="H1121" Ahaziah’s|strong="H0274" family|strong="H2233" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w might|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w become|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*} must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H3947" Ahaziah’s|strong="H0274" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" all|strong="H4191" about|strong="H4428" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" murdered|strong="H2026". But|strong="H3808" Jehosheba|strong="H3089", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Jehoram’s|strong="H3088" daughter|strong="H1323" and|strong="H1121" Ahaziah’s|strong="H0274" half-sister, took|strong="H3947" Ahaziah’s|strong="H0274" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w young|strong="H1121"\+w*} son|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3101" and|strong="H1121" hid|strong="H5641" him|strong="H6440" and|strong="H1121" ◄his|strong="H3947" nursemaid/the|strong="H6440" woman|strong="H1323" who|strong="H1121" took|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" him|strong="H6440"► in|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3947" bedroom|strong="H2315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}. So|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3808" was|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H3068" stayed|strong="H3427" with|strong="H1004" Jehosheba|strong="H3089" for|strong="H5921" six|strong="H8337" years|strong="H8141". All|strong="H5921" during|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3068" time|strong="H1961", he|strong="H3068" remained|strong="H1961" hidden|strong="H2244" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004", while|strong="H1961" Athaliah|strong="H6271" ruled|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H7200" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" next|strong="H7200" year|strong="H8141", Jehoiada|strong="H3077" the|strong="H7200" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" summoned|strong="H3947" the|strong="H7200" officers|strong="H8269" who|strong="H3068" supervised|strong="H5921" the|strong="H7200" royal|strong="H4428" bodyguards and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H7200" palace|strong="H1004" guards|strong="H7323". He|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3068" come|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" temple|strong="H1004". There|strong="H1992" he|strong="H3068" required|strong="H7592" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3068" solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H7650" that|strong="H7200" they|strong="H1992" would|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H7200" he|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". And|strong="H3967" he|strong="H3068" showed|strong="H7200" King|strong="H4428" Ahaziah’s|strong="H0274" son|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3101" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H1992". 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H6213" gave|strong="H6680" them|strong="H6213" these|strong="H2088" instructions|strong="H1697": “There|strong="H2088" are|strong="H1697" three|strong="H7992" groups|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" you|strong="H6680" guards|strong="H8104". When|strong="H6213" one|strong="H2088" group|strong="H7235" finishes|strong="H3615" their|strong="H6213" work|strong="H6213" on|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6213" Sabbath|strong="H7676" day|strong="H3117", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w divide|strong="H2505"\+w* \+w yourselves|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w into|strong="H6213"\+w*} three|strong="H7992" smaller|strong="H4592" groups|strong="H7218". One|strong="H2088" group|strong="H7235" must|strong="H4191" guard|strong="H8104" the|strong="H6213" palace|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{6}Another|strong="H7323" group|strong="H7235" must|strong="H4191" guard|strong="H8104" at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8104" Sur|strong="H5495" Gate|strong="H8179". The|strong="H8104" other|strong="H0312" group|strong="H7235" must|strong="H4191" guard|strong="H8104" at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8104" gate|strong="H8179" behind|strong="H0310" the|strong="H8104" other|strong="H0312" groups|strong="H7218". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" groups|strong="H7218" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3027" not|strong="H3318" working|strong="H4639" on|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" Sabbath|strong="H7676" day|strong="H3117" must|strong="H4191" guard|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w protect|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w little|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Joash|strong="H3101"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}You|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" stand|strong="H5975" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" wherever|strong="H5921" he|strong="H3027" goes|strong="H3318", with|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" weapons|strong="H3627" in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027". You|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H4428" comes|strong="H3318" near|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H3605" officers|strong="H8269" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w supervised|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w guards|strong="H7323"\+w*} did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" told|strong="H6680" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3318" do|strong="H6213". Each|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" brought|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" the|strong="H3605" guards|strong="H7323" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H6213" supervised|strong="H5921"—the|strong="H3605" guards|strong="H7323" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H8269" just|strong="H3605" finishing|strong="H3635" their|strong="H3605" work|strong="H6213" and|strong="H3967" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H8269" about|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3318" start|strong="H1870" their|strong="H3605" work|strong="H6213" on|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" Sabbath|strong="H7676" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H5414" priest|strong="H3548" distributed|strong="H2505" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" commanders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" guards|strong="H7323" the|strong="H5414" spears|strong="H2595" and|strong="H3967" shields|strong="H7982" that|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732", that|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1732" kept|strong="H5414"/stored|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H5975" he|strong="H5704" commanded|strong="H6680" all|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5921" guards|strong="H7323" to|strong="H5704" stand|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" positions|strong="H7896", each|strong="H5439" one|strong="H5439" with|strong="H1004" his|strong="H5921" sword|strong="H3027" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027", all|strong="H5439" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5921" young|strong="H5288" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H3318" he|strong="H5414" brought|strong="H3318" Joash|strong="H3101" out|strong="H3318". He|strong="H5414" put|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" crown|strong="H5145" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" scroll|strong="H5612" on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H4428" were|strong="H1121" written|strong="H3789" the|strong="H5921" rules|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w kings|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w needed|strong="H1767"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w obey|strong="H8085"\+w*}. Then|strong="H3318" he|strong="H5414" poured|strong="H4886" some|strong="H4480" olive|strong="H2132" oil|strong="H4886" on|strong="H5921" Joash’s|strong="H3101" head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H1121" proclaimed|strong="H7121" that|strong="H5414" he|strong="H5414" was|strong="H4428" now|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428". The|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" all|strong="H5414" clapped|strong="H5221" their|strong="H5414" hands|strong="H3709" and|strong="H1121" shouted|strong="H5414", “We|strong="H0587" desire|strong="H8378"/hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" will|strong="H4428" live|strong="H2421" for|strong="H5921" many|strong="H7227" years|strong="H8141"!” 
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\verseNumber{13}When|strong="H8085" Athaliah|strong="H6271" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" noise|strong="H6963" that|strong="H5971" was|strong="H3068" being|strong="H1004" made|strong="H3068" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" guards|strong="H7323" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H5971", she|strong="H1931" ran|strong="H7323" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" temple|strong="H1004", where|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" gathered|strong="H8085". 
\verseNumber{14}She|strong="H7121" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" new|strong="H2319" king|strong="H4428" standing|strong="H5975" there|strong="H2009" alongside|strong="H5921" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" big|strong="H0931" pillars|strong="H5982", which|strong="H5971" was|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H3605" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" usually|strong="H2370" stood|strong="H5975". She|strong="H7121" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H5971" he|strong="H3605" was|strong="H4428" surrounded|strong="H5437" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" officers|strong="H8269" and|strong="H4428" men|strong="H5971" blowing|strong="H8628" trumpets|strong="H2689", and|strong="H4428" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" shouting|strong="H8643" joyfully|strong="H8056", and|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} them|strong="H5921" were|strong="H5971" also|strong="H4428" blowing|strong="H8628" trumpets|strong="H2689". She|strong="H7121" tore|strong="H7167" her|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w her|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w distress|strong="H6869"\+w*} and|strong="H4428" shouted|strong="H7121", “You|strong="H3605" are|strong="H5971" traitors! You|strong="H3605" have|strong="H5971" tricked|strong="H5377"/deceived|strong="H7411" me|strong="H7200"!” 
\verseNumber{15}Jehoiada|strong="H3077" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w immediately|strong="H6965"\+w*} said|strong="H3318", “Kill|strong="H4191" her|strong="H3318", but|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" kill|strong="H4191" her|strong="H3318" here|strong="H4191" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! Take|strong="H3318" her|strong="H3318" away|strong="H3318" between|strong="H0996" two|strong="H1004" rows|strong="H2905" of|strong="H1004" guards|strong="H7323". And|strong="H3967" kill|strong="H4191" anyone|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3068" tries|strong="H0974" to|strong="H3318" rescue|strong="H5337" her|strong="H3318"!” 
\verseNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w She|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w tried|strong="H6884"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w flee|strong="H5127"\+w*, \+w but|strong="H1870"\+w*} the|strong="H7760" guards|strong="H7323" seized|strong="H7760" her|strong="H7760" and|strong="H4428" took|strong="H7760" her|strong="H7760" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H7760" palace|strong="H1004", to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H7760" place|strong="H7760" where|strong="H8033" horses|strong="H5483" enter|strong="H3996" the|strong="H7760" courtyard|strong="H2691". They|strong="H8033" killed|strong="H4191" her|strong="H7760" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H1961" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" made|strong="H3772" a|strong="H1961" solemn|strong="H6116" agreement|strong="H1285" between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971", that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" ◄obey|strong="H8085"/be|strong="H1961" faithful|strong="H0539" to|strong="H3068"► Yahweh|strong="H3068". He|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" made|strong="H3772" an|strong="H1961" agreement|strong="H1285" requiring|strong="H6963" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" loyal|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" Joash|strong="H3101" their|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H7760" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" there|strong="H3605" went|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Baal|strong="H1168" and|strong="H3068" tore|strong="H5422" it|strong="H7760" down|strong="H5422". They|strong="H3068" smashed|strong="H7665" the|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" statues|strong="H2088" of|strong="H1004" Baal|strong="H1168". They|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2026" Mattan|strong="H4977", the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" of|strong="H1004" Baal|strong="H1168", in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196". 
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Jehoiada|strong="H3077" stationed|strong="H7760"/put|strong="H7760" guards|strong="H6486" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" officers|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004", the|strong="H3605" officers|strong="H8269" who|strong="H3605" supervised|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" royal|strong="H4428" bodyguards, and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" bodyguards brought|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" from|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w followed|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}. Joash|strong="H3101" entered|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" Guard|strong="H7323" Gate|strong="H8179" and|strong="H3967" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3381" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" throne|strong="H3678", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w showed|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w new|strong="H2319"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{20}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" rejoiced|strong="H8055". And|strong="H4428" because|strong="H3605" Athaliah|strong="H6271" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H8252" killed|strong="H4191", the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" was|strong="H5892" quiet|strong="H8252"/calm|strong="H8252". 
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\verseNumber{21}Joash|strong="H3101" was|strong="H3068" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. 

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\chapterNumber{12}When|strong="H1121" Jehu|strong="H3058" had|strong="H1121" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H1121" almost|strong="H4592" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141", Joash|strong="H3060" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H3060" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". He|strong="H8141" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H1121" 40 years|strong="H8141". His|strong="H3060" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H1121" Zibiah|strong="H6645", from|strong="H1121" Beersheba|strong="H0884" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}All|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3060" life|strong="H8141", he|strong="H3389" did|strong="H3389" what|strong="H4100" pleased|strong="H3190" Yahweh|strong="H3068", because|strong="H3588" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" the|strong="H3058" priest|strong="H3548" instructed|strong="H6680"/taught|strong="H3925" him|strong="H4427". 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" places|strong="H3605" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5869" worshiped|strong="H7812" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" tops|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3068" hills|strong="H1389" were|strong="H3117" not|strong="H6213" destroyed|strong="H4229", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3117" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H6213" sacrifices|strong="H2077" and|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H8313" incense|strong="H7004" at|strong="H3068" those|strong="H3605" places|strong="H3605", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w instead|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w at|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w place|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w chosen|strong="H0977"\+w* \+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{4}Joash|strong="H3101" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5493" priests|strong="H3808", “You|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" take|strong="H5493" all|strong="H5750" the|strong="H5493" money|strong="H3701" which|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5493" people|strong="H5971" contribute|strong="H5068", both|strong="H8147" the|strong="H5493" money|strong="H3701" they|strong="H3808" are|strong="H5971" required|strong="H7592" to|strong="H5971" give|strong="H5414" and|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5493" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3808" themselves|strong="H0905" decide|strong="H3198" to|strong="H5971" give|strong="H5414", as|strong="H5971" sacred|strong="H6944" offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H5971" buy|strong="H7069" things|strong="H3808" for|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5493" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{5}Each|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H5315" take|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" from|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5315" who|strong="H3605" know|strong="H3045" him|strong="H5921" (OR|strong="H3701", from|strong="H5921" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" treasurers|strong="H1411"), and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" must|strong="H5315" use|strong="H5674" that|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H3068" repair|strong="H2388" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" whenever|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3068" sees|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3605" there|strong="H5927" is|strong="H3068" something|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" needs|strong="H5375" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" repaired|strong="H2388".” 
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\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H2388" after|strong="H1992" Joash|strong="H3101" had|strong="H3548" been|strong="H3605" ruling|strong="H4910" for|strong="H1004" almost|strong="H4592" twenty-three|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141", the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" still|strong="H5750" had|strong="H3548" not|strong="H3947" repaired|strong="H2388" anything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H1961" Joash|strong="H3060" summoned|strong="H7121" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" and|strong="H6242" the|strong="H2388" other|strong="H0312" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H6242" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H1961", “◄Why|strong="H3808" are|strong="H8141" you|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" repairing|strong="H2388" things|strong="H7969" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H2388" temple|strong="H1004"?/You|strong="H3808" should|strong="H8141" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" repairing|strong="H2388" things|strong="H7969" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H2388" temple|strong="H1004"!► [RHQ] From|strong="H1961" now|strong="H1961" on|strong="H1961", you|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" keep|strong="H1961" the|strong="H2388" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3548" you|strong="H3808" receive|strong="H1961" from|strong="H1961" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3548" know|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3808" (OR|strong="H3808", the|strong="H2388" treasurers|strong="H1411"). You|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" give|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H2388" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3548" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" repairing|strong="H2388" things|strong="H7969" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H2388" temple|strong="H1004"!” 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H3588" priests|strong="H3548" agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5414" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3701" they|strong="H3588" also|strong="H4428" agreed|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" themselves|strong="H2388" would|strong="H4428" not|strong="H5414" do|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" repair|strong="H2388" work|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H3947" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" chest|strong="H0727" and|strong="H3701" bored|strong="H5344" a|strong="H3947" hole|strong="H6310" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" lid|strong="H1817". He|strong="H1004" placed|strong="H3947" it|strong="H3947" alongside|strong="H5980" the|strong="H3947" altar|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w burning|strong="H2740"\+w* \+w incense|strong="H7004"\+w*/\+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w*} that|strong="H5971" was|strong="H1004" on|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" right|strong="H3225" as|strong="H5971" anyone|strong="H3605" enters|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3947" temple|strong="H1004". The|strong="H3947" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H5971" guarded|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3947" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" temple|strong="H1004" put|strong="H3947" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" box|strong="H0712" the|strong="H3947" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H5971" was|strong="H1004" brought|strong="H3947" to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{10}Whenever|strong="H3605" they|strong="H8033" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3605" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3947" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H1004" money|strong="H3701" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" chest|strong="H0727", the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" secretary|strong="H5608" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" would|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H3068" count|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701". Then|strong="H3947" they|strong="H8033" would|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3068" bags|strong="H2754" and|strong="H3068" tie|strong="H6029" the|strong="H3605" bags|strong="H2754" shut|strong="H5462". 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H1961", after|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3588" weighed|strong="H8254" it|strong="H3588", they|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5927" the|strong="H7200" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" men|strong="H1419" who|strong="H3068" supervised|strong="H5921" the|strong="H7200" work|strong="H4399" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" temple|strong="H1004". Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7200" supervisors|strong="H5329" would|strong="H3068" use|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H3068" pay|strong="H3701" the|strong="H7200" carpenters|strong="H2796" and|strong="H3068" builders|strong="H1129" who|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" repair|strong="H2388" work|strong="H4399" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" temple|strong="H1004", 
\verseNumber{12}and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" masons|strong="H2796" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" stone|strong="H0068" cutters. Also|strong="H3068" with|strong="H1004" some|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3068" money|strong="H3701" they|strong="H3068" bought|strong="H5414" timber|strong="H6086" and|strong="H3068" stones|strong="H0068" that|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H6485" cut|strong="H3772" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3027" used|strong="H6213" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" repair|strong="H2388" work|strong="H4399", and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3318" pay|strong="H5414" all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" expenses|strong="H5313" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" repair|strong="H2388" work|strong="H4399". 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H2388" they|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3318" use|strong="H4399" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w pay|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3605"\+w*} to|strong="H3318" make|strong="H2388" silver|strong="H3701" cups|strong="H1375" or|strong="H1004" wick|strong="H6594" trimmers or|strong="H1004" bowls|strong="H4219" or|strong="H1004" trumpets|strong="H2689" or|strong="H1004" any|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" items|strong="H3627" made|strong="H2388" of|strong="H1004" silver|strong="H3701" or|strong="H1004" gold|strong="H2091" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3068" used|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{14}All|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" was|strong="H3068" given|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3627" doing|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H6213" of|strong="H1004" repairing|strong="H3247" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H3588" men|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3068" supervised|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3588" work|strong="H4399" always|strong="H3605" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697" honestly|strong="H8549", so|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" king’s|strong="H4428" secretary|strong="H5608" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" never|strong="H3808" required|strong="H7592" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" supervisors|strong="H5329" report|strong="H8088" what|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" spent|strong="H3885" the|strong="H3588" money|strong="H3701" for|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H6213" pay|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" wrong|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1992" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213" and|strong="H3701" the|strong="H5921" money|strong="H3701" they|strong="H1992" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H6213" purify|strong="H2398" themselves|strong="H1992" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3588" committed|strong="H6213" was|strong="H3027" not|strong="H3808" put|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" chest|strong="H0727". That|strong="H3588" money|strong="H3701" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{17}At|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" time|strong="H1961", Hazael|strong="H2371", the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1004" Syria|strong="H0758", went|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" attacked|strong="H5221" Gath|strong="H1661" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" conquered|strong="H5221" it|strong="H1961". Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3068" decided|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" attack|strong="H5221" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H5927" Joash|strong="H3101", the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", took|strong="H3920" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" previous|strong="H7223" kings|strong="H4428", Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" and|strong="H4428" Jehoram|strong="H3088" and|strong="H4428" Ahaziah|strong="H0274", had|strong="H4428" dedicated|strong="H6942" to|strong="H5927" Yahweh|strong="H3068". He|strong="H3389" added|strong="H3254" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H7760" own|strong="H6440" money|strong="H3701", and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" gold|strong="H2091" that|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" rooms|strong="H2315" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004" where|strong="H5921" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H1697" were|strong="H4428" kept|strong="H8104"/stored|strong="H6845", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" gold|strong="H2091" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7760" palace|strong="H1004", and|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H5927" it|strong="H7760" all|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5927" King|strong="H4428" Hazael|strong="H2371", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* ◄\+w appease|strong="H3722"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w*/\+w persuade|strong="H6601"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w not|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*►}. So|strong="H5927" King|strong="H4428" Hazael|strong="H2371" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w took|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w*} away|strong="H5927" from|strong="H6440" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w read|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w more|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* } what|strong="H5927" Joash|strong="H3060" did|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* } is|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" written|strong="H3789" [RHQ] in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah’. 
\verseNumber{20-21}Joash’s|strong="H3101" officials|strong="H8269" plotted|strong="H7451" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3967" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5414" killed|strong="H2026" Joash|strong="H3101" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" road|strong="H1870" that|strong="H0834" goes|strong="H1980" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Silla|strong="H5538" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*}. The|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" Jozabad|strong="H3107", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shimeath|strong="H8100", and|strong="H3967" Jehozabad|strong="H3075", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shomer|strong="H7763". Joash|strong="H3101" was|strong="H3068" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" were|strong="H0834" buried|strong="H6912", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H3605" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" David’. Then|strong="H0227" Joash’s|strong="H3101" son|strong="H1121" Amaziah|strong="H0558" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 

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\chapterNumber{13}After|strong="H5921" Joash|strong="H3101" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" 23 years|strong="H8141", Jehu’s|strong="H3058" son|strong="H1121" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". He|strong="H8141" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} for|strong="H5921" 17 years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H3808" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" evil|strong="H7451" and|strong="H1121" committed|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" same|strong="H4480" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H1121" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3068" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" had|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6213", sins|strong="H2403" which|strong="H3068" led|strong="H3212" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2403". He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H5493" committing|strong="H6213" those|strong="H4480" sins|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H5414" Yahweh|strong="H3068" became|strong="H2734" very|strong="H2734" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3117" allowed|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Hazael|strong="H2371" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130" to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" Israelis many|strong="H7227" times|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H8085" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" heeded|strong="H8085" him|strong="H6440", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" was|strong="H3068" oppressing|strong="H3905" the|strong="H6440" Israelis. 
\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" leader|strong="H5387" to|strong="H3318" Israel|strong="H3478", who|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3027" freed|strong="H8199" from|strong="H3318" being|strong="H1121" controlled|strong="H0662" by|strong="H3027" Syria|strong="H0758". After|strong="H3318" that|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" peacefully|strong="H7965" as|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H3027" previously|strong="H8543". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" still|strong="H5975" continued|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" commit|strong="H2398" the|strong="H5493" same|strong="H1931" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H1004" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3478" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H5493" family|strong="H1004" had|strong="H3478" committed|strong="H2398" and|strong="H1980" which|strong="H1004" led|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5493" Israelis to|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H1571"\+w*} sin|strong="H2403". And|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5493" statue|strong="H6755" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5493" goddess|strong="H0430" Asherah|strong="H0842" remained|strong="H5975" in|strong="H1980" Samaria|strong="H8111". 
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\verseNumber{7}Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" had|strong="H4428" only|strong="H3588" 50 men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" rode|strong="H7392" on|strong="H7760" horses|strong="H6571" and|strong="H4428" ten|strong="H6235" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H4428" 10,000 other|strong="H0312" soldiers|strong="H7273", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" army|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" had|strong="H4428" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3588" rest|strong="H7604", trampling|strong="H0947" them|strong="H7760" like|strong="H3808" people|strong="H5971" walk|strong="H1980" on|strong="H7760" dirt|strong="H6083". 
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\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w read|strong="H5612"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w*} [RHQ] everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" did|strong="H6213", you|strong="H3605" can|strong="H6213" read|strong="H5612" about|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 
\verseNumber{9}Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" died|strong="H4191" [EUP] and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" Samaria|strong="H8111". Then|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" Jehoash|strong="H3060" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". 

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\verseNumber{10}Jehoash|strong="H3060", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059", started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4428" in|strong="H8141" Israel|strong="H3478" after|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" Joash|strong="H3101" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" in|strong="H8141" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" 23 years|strong="H8141". Jehoash|strong="H3060" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Samaria|strong="H8111" for|strong="H5921" 17 years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{11}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H3808" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H1980" be|strong="H3808" evil|strong="H7451". He|strong="H6213" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1980" turn|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" worshiping|strong="H7812" idols|strong="H5869", which|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" sin|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w earlier|strong="H7223"\+w* \+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Jeroboam|strong="H3379" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1980" commit|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" happened|strong="H1697" while|strong="H3117" Jehoash|strong="H3060" was|strong="H3478" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3117" did|strong="H6213" are|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" Account|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" What|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" Did’. In|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605" account|strong="H5921" they|strong="H1992" wrote|strong="H3789" about|strong="H5921" Jehoash’s|strong="H3060" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{army’s} victories|strong="H3444", and|strong="H3063" their|strong="H3605" war|strong="H3898" with|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Amaziah|strong="H0558" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{13}When|strong="H3427" Jehoash|strong="H3060" died|strong="H4191", he|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3478" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H3427" Samaria|strong="H8111" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" buried|strong="H6912". Then|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" became|strong="H3205" king|strong="H4428". 

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\verseNumber{14}Elisha|strong="H0477" became|strong="H2470" very|strong="H3966" ill|strong="H2470". Just|strong="H3512" before|strong="H6440" he|strong="H5921" died|strong="H4191", King|strong="H4428" Jehoash|strong="H3060" went|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Elisha|strong="H0477" and|strong="H3478" cried|strong="H1058" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" him|strong="H6440". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Saying|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w same|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w words|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Elisha|strong="H0477"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w when|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Elijah|strong="H0452"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w taken|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="H8064"\+w*}, he|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001"/master|strong="H0113"! My|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001"/master|strong="H0113"! The|strong="H6440" chariots|strong="H7393" of|strong="H4428" us|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3478" their|strong="H6440" drivers \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w taking|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w my|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w master|strong="H0113"\+w* \+w away|strong="H5493"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{15}Elisha|strong="H0477" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3947" him|strong="H3947", “Bring|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3947" me|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" bow|strong="H7198" and|strong="H7198" some|strong="H4480" arrows|strong="H2671"!” So|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H2671". 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H4428" Elisha|strong="H0477" told|strong="H7760" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3478" put|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" bow|strong="H7198" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w prepare|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w shoot|strong="H3384"\+w* \+w some|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w arrows|strong="H7198"\+w*}. And|strong="H3478" then|strong="H4428" Elisha|strong="H0477" put|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" own|strong="H3027" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" hands|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H3068" Elisha|strong="H5704" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5221", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w*} open|strong="H6605" that|strong="H3068" window|strong="H2474" toward|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5221" east|strong="H6924".” So|strong="H3384" they|strong="H3068" opened|strong="H6605" it|strong="H5221". Then|strong="H3068" Elisha|strong="H5704" said|strong="H0559", “Shoot|strong="H3384"!” So|strong="H3384" the|strong="H5221" king|strong="H4428" did|strong="H3068". Then|strong="H3068" Elisha|strong="H5704" said|strong="H0559", “That|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5221" arrow|strong="H2671" that|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{indicates \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" Syrian|strong="H0761" army|strong="H2428". Your|strong="H3068" army|strong="H2428" will|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3615" defeat|strong="H5221" their|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} at|strong="H3068" Aphek|strong="H0663" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H3947" Elisha|strong="H0477" said|strong="H0559", “Pick|strong="H3947" up|strong="H5975" the|strong="H3947" other|strong="H6471" arrows|strong="H2678" and|strong="H3478" strike|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3947" ground|strong="H0776" with|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5221"!” So|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" picked|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5975" the|strong="H3947" arrows|strong="H2678" and|strong="H3478" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3947" ground|strong="H0776" three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471". 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H5221" Elisha|strong="H5704" was|strong="H5221" angry|strong="H7107" with|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". He|strong="H5704" exclaimed|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H5921" should|strong="H3068" have|strong="H6258" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H0776" five|strong="H2568" or|strong="H5704" six|strong="H8337" times|strong="H6471"! If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5921" had|strong="H7969" done|strong="H3615" that|strong="H5704", your|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" would|strong="H0014" have|strong="H6258" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5921" Syrian|strong="H0761" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H7969" completely|strong="H3615" wiped|strong="H3772" out|strong="H5921"! But|strong="H5221" now|strong="H6258", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w struck|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H0776"\+w* \+w only|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w three|strong="H7969"\+w* \+w times|strong="H6471"\+w*,} your|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" will|strong="H5704" defeat|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5921" only|strong="H5704" three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471"!” 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H4191" Elisha|strong="H0477" died|strong="H4191" and|strong="H8141" was|strong="H8141" buried|strong="H6912". 
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Groups|strong="H7218" of|strong="H8141" raiders|strong="H1416" from|strong="H4191" Moab|strong="H4124" came|strong="H8141" to|strong="H4191" Israel|strong="H3478" each|strong="H0376" year|strong="H8141" during|strong="H3117" ◄spring|strong="H6779"/the|strong="H4191" time|strong="H8141" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H4191" cold|strong="H7135" season|strong="H6256" was|strong="H8141" ending|strong="H3615"►. 
\verseNumber{21}One|strong="H2421" year|strong="H8141", when|strong="H1961" some|strong="H1992" Israeli people|strong="H7200" were|strong="H1961" burying|strong="H6912" a|strong="H1961" man’s|strong="H0376" body|strong="H6106", they|strong="H1992" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H1961" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H5921" those|strong="H1992" raiders|strong="H1416". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H3372"\+w*,} so|strong="H1961" quickly|strong="H4116" they|strong="H1992" threw|strong="H7993" that|strong="H7200" man’s|strong="H0376" body|strong="H6106" into|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5921" tomb|strong="H6913" where|strong="H5921" Elisha|strong="H2421" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w buried|strong="H6912"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w ran|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w away|strong="H7993"\+w*}. 
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But|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" man’s|strong="H0376" body|strong="H6106" touched|strong="H5060" Elisha’s|strong="H0477" bones|strong="H6106", the|strong="H5921" dead|strong="H4191" man|strong="H7200" became|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2421" again|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" jumped up|strong="H6965"! 

\BibleSectionHeading{War|strong="H4421" between|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H6965" Syria|strong="H0758" }
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\verseNumber{22}King|strong="H4428" Hazael|strong="H2371" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sent|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} oppress|strong="H3905" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" years|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ruled|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H5704" kind|strong="H4327" [DOU] to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H3808". He|strong="H5704" helped|strong="H5826" them|strong="H5921" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H5704" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H2603" with|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w*} Abraham|strong="H0085", Isaac|strong="H3327", and|strong="H3068" Jacob|strong="H3290". He|strong="H5704" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Israelis, and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H5704" still|strong="H5704" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" rejected|strong="H3988" them|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{24}When|strong="H1121" Hazael|strong="H2371" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758" died|strong="H4191", his|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{25}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w army|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Jehoash|strong="H3060" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" defeated|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w army|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130" three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471", and|strong="H1121" recaptured the|strong="H3947" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3478" Ben-Hadad’s army|strong="H4421" had|strong="H3478" captured|strong="H3947" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3947" time|strong="H6471" that|strong="H3478" Jehoash’s|strong="H3060" father|strong="H1121" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" was|strong="H3478" ruling|strong="H4910" Israel|strong="H3478". 

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\chapterNumber{14}After|strong="H8141" Jehoash|strong="H3060" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H1121" almost|strong="H4592" two|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141", Joash’s|strong="H3101" son|strong="H1121" Amaziah|strong="H0558" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H1121" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H2568" was|strong="H8034" 25 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H2568" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" rule|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H2568" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H8034" 29 years|strong="H8141". His|strong="H1961" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H8034" Jehoaddin|strong="H3086"; she|strong="H6242" was|strong="H8034" from|strong="H4480" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{3}Amaziah|strong="H0558" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H3808" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" pleased|strong="H5869" Yahweh|strong="H3068", but|strong="H7535" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6213" many|strong="H3808" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" pleased|strong="H5869" Yahweh|strong="H3068" as|strong="H6213" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" good|strong="H5869" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" Joash|strong="H3101" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H7535", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w father|strong="H0001"\+w*,} he|strong="H3808" did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" tear|strong="H7167" down|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5493" places|strong="H1116" for|strong="H5971" worshipping|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068" at|strong="H3808" pagan|strong="H5869" shrines|strong="H1354". The|strong="H5493" people|strong="H5971" continued|strong="H5750" to|strong="H5971" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} on|strong="H6999" those|strong="H1992" hills|strong="H1389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w instead|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*, \+w the|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w place|strong="H1116"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w had|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w appointed|strong="H4150"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}As|strong="H1961" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3027" was|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3617" in|strong="H4428" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5221" kingdom|strong="H4467", he|strong="H3027" caused|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" executed|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" officials|strong="H5650" who|strong="H5650" had|strong="H1961" murdered|strong="H2026" his|strong="H5221" father|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" execute|strong="H4191" their|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121". He|strong="H3588" obeyed|strong="H8085" what|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H6680" to|strong="H4191" Moses|strong="H4872": “Parents|strong="H0001" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H5221" for|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w crimes|strong="H6588"\+w*/\+w sins|strong="H2399"\+w* \+w committed|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w by|strong="H5921"\+w*} their|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H5221" for|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w crimes|strong="H6588"\+w*/\+w sins|strong="H2399"\+w* \+w committed|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w by|strong="H5921"\+w*} their|strong="H3068" parents|strong="H0001". People|strong="H1121" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H5221" only|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" sins|strong="H2399" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" themselves|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w committed|strong="H5921"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{7}Amaziah’s|strong="H0558" soldiers|strong="H4421" killed|strong="H5221" 10,000 soldiers|strong="H4421" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5221" Edom|strong="H0112" people-group in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5221" Salt|strong="H4417" Valley|strong="H1516" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w south|strong="H5045"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w Dead|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w Sea|strong="H3220"\+w*}, and|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" captured|strong="H8610" Sela|strong="H5554" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*} and|strong="H3117" gave|strong="H7121" it|strong="H1931" a|strong="H7121" new|strong="H2319" name|strong="H8034", Joktheel|strong="H3371". That|strong="H3117" is|strong="H2088" still|strong="H5704" its|strong="H1516" name|strong="H8034". 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H7971" Amaziah|strong="H0558" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H3478" King|strong="H4428" Jehoash|strong="H3060" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", saying|strong="H0559" “Come|strong="H3212" here|strong="H6311" and|strong="H1121" let’s|strong="H1980" talk|strong="H1696" together|strong="H3162".” 
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\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Jehoash|strong="H3060" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" King|strong="H4428" Amaziah|strong="H0558": “Once|strong="H6471" a|strong="H5414" thornbush growing|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w mountains|strong="H2022"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" Lebanon|strong="H3844" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H5414" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" a|strong="H5414" cedar|strong="H0730" tree|strong="H6086", saying|strong="H0559", ‘Give|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323" to|strong="H3478" my|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3478" he|strong="H5414" may|strong="H3478" marry|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414".’ But|strong="H4428" a|strong="H5414" wild|strong="H7704" animal|strong="H2416" in|strong="H3478" Lebanon|strong="H3844" passed|strong="H5674" by|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5414" thornbush and|strong="H1121" trampled|strong="H7429" it|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w meaning|strong="H0998"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w I|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w saying|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5307"\+w*} your|strong="H5375" army|strong="H3427" has|strong="H3820" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" army|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1004" Edom|strong="H0112", so|strong="H5375" now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H5973" have|strong="H3063" become|strong="H5375" very|strong="H3966" proud|strong="H5375". But|strong="H3513" you|strong="H5973" should|strong="H4100" be|strong="H3820" content|strong="H2974" with|strong="H5973" defeating|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1004" Edom|strong="H0112", and|strong="H3063" allow|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5375" soldiers|strong="H5650" to|strong="H3820" stay|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" home|strong="H1004". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5973" cause|strong="H2600" trouble|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w fighting|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w against|strong="H5973"\+w*} us|strong="H7451", you|strong="H5973" will|strong="H1004" surely|strong="H5307" [RHQ] cause|strong="H2600" a|strong="H5375" disaster|strong="H7451" to|strong="H3820" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3820" you|strong="H5973" and|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3820" your|strong="H5375" people|strong="H3427".” 
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\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H3808" Amaziah|strong="H0558" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3478" heed|strong="H8085" Jehoash’s|strong="H3060" message|strong="H1697". So|strong="H5927" he|strong="H1931" marched|strong="H5927" with|strong="H6440" his|strong="H8085" army|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Israeli army|strong="H5927" at|strong="H3478" Beth-Shemesh|strong="H1053" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H6440" Israeli army|strong="H2428" defeated|strong="H5062" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H6440" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H5650" of|strong="H6440" Judah|strong="H3063" fled|strong="H5127" and|strong="H3063" ran|strong="H5127" back|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{13}Jehoash’s|strong="H3060" army|strong="H3389" also|strong="H3478" captured|strong="H8610" King|strong="H4428" Amaziah|strong="H0558" there|strong="H5704", and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H5704" also|strong="H3478" marched|strong="H5973" to|strong="H5704" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3967" tore|strong="H6555" down|strong="H6555" the|strong="H5704" wall|strong="H2346" that|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5704" city|strong="H8179", from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5704" Ephraim|strong="H0669" Gate|strong="H8179" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" Corner|strong="H6438" Gate|strong="H8179". That|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" section|strong="H4060" that|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" about|strong="H4428" ◄200 yards|strong="H5439"/180 meters► long|strong="H5704". 
\verseNumber{14}Jehoash’s|strong="H3060" soldiers|strong="H1121" seized|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3068" found|strong="H4672", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" utensils|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H3947" them|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Samaria|strong="H8111". They|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947" to|strong="H7725" Samaria|strong="H8111" some|strong="H3605" prisoners|strong="H0615" whom|strong="H0834" they|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" captured|strong="H3947". 
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\verseNumber{15}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w*} all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" Jehoash|strong="H3060" did|strong="H6213" when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3478" king|strong="H4428", including|strong="H4428" when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Amaziah|strong="H0558" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5921" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 
\verseNumber{16}Jehoash|strong="H3060" died|strong="H4191" [EUP], and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H3478" Samaria|strong="H8111", where|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" other|strong="H0312" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" buried|strong="H6912". Then|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3478" son|strong="H1121" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{#2} became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{17}Amaziah|strong="H0558", the|strong="H3060" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", lived|strong="H2421" for|strong="H1121" 15 more|strong="H3254" years|strong="H8141" after|strong="H8141" Jehoash|strong="H3060", the|strong="H3060" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", died|strong="H4194". 
\verseNumber{18}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w more|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* } everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3117" Amaziah|strong="H0558" did|strong="H3063", it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" [RHQ] in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5921" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah’. 
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\verseNumber{19}Some|strong="H8033" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" plotted|strong="H7451" against|strong="H5921" Amaziah|strong="H0558", so|strong="H7971" he|strong="H8033" fled|strong="H5127" to|strong="H4191" Lachish|strong="H3923" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. But|strong="H4191" they|strong="H8033" followed|strong="H0310" him|strong="H5921" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H7971" killed|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{20}They|strong="H5921" took|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" corpse|strong="H5038" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3389" buried|strong="H6912" it|strong="H5921" where|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5375" ancestors|strong="H0001" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H5375" buried|strong="H6912", in|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w part|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H5921" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H5892" David’. 
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" appointed|strong="H1121" Amaziah’s|strong="H0558" son|strong="H1121" Uzziah|strong="H1931", when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" 16 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4427" 
\verseNumber{22}After|strong="H0310" his|strong="H7725" father|strong="H0001" died|strong="H4191", Uzziah’s|strong="H5818" workers|strong="H1129" captured|strong="H3920" Elath|strong="H0359" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}, and|strong="H3063" it|strong="H1931" came|strong="H7725" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H7725" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" again|strong="H7725". 

\BibleSectionHeading{King|strong="H4428" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{#2} of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" }
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\verseNumber{23}When|strong="H1121" Amaziah|strong="H0558" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H1121" almost|strong="H4592" 15 years|strong="H8141", Jeroboam|strong="H3379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{#2} became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H3379" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". He|strong="H2568" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} for|strong="H1121" 41 years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{24}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H3808" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" evil|strong="H7451". He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H5493" committing|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H1121" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3605" Jeroboam|strong="H3379", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebat|strong="H5028", committed|strong="H6213", sins|strong="H2403" which|strong="H3068" led|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2403" also|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{25}His|strong="H3068" soldiers|strong="H5650" conquered|strong="H5221" again|strong="H7725" some|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3068" territory|strong="H1366" that|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3068" previously|strong="H8543" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" Israel|strong="H3478", from|strong="H7725" Hamath|strong="H2574" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" north|strong="H6828" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3068" Dead|strong="H4191" Sea|strong="H3220" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" south|strong="H3220". That|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3068" Israelis worshiped|strong="H7812", promised|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3068" prophet|strong="H5030" Jonah|strong="H3124", the|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amittai|strong="H0573", from|strong="H7725" Gath-Hepher|strong="H1662" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{26}That|strong="H3588" happened|strong="H1961" because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* Israelis’ \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w causing|strong="H7462"\+w*} the|strong="H7200" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* } suffer|strong="H5414" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H3966". And|strong="H3478" there|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" absolutely|strong="H0657" no|strong="H7200" one|strong="H3588" [IDM] who|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5826" them|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H4229" Israel|strong="H3478" completely|strong="H3617", so|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" King|strong="H4428" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{#2} to|strong="H1696" rescue|strong="H3467" them|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{28}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w more|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w*} everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{#2} did|strong="H6213", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H5921"\+w*} his|strong="H3605" fighting|strong="H3898" courageously|strong="H2388" in|strong="H5921" battles|strong="H4421", and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H5921"\+w*} his|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{enabling \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israelis \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w*} capture|strong="H3920" again|strong="H7725" Damascus|strong="H1834" and|strong="H3063" Hamath|strong="H2574" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}, they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" [RHQ] in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 
\verseNumber{29}Jeroboam|strong="H3379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{#2} died|strong="H4191" [EUP], \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w buried|strong="H6912"\+w* } where|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" other|strong="H0312" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w buried|strong="H6912"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3478" son|strong="H1121" Zechariah|strong="H2148" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4428". 

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\chapterNumber{15}After|strong="H8141" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{#2} had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H1121" almost|strong="H4592" twenty-seven|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141", Uzziah|strong="H5818", the|strong="H3379" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Amaziah|strong="H0558" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", began|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H8147" was|strong="H8034" 16 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H8147" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" rule|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8147" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H8034" 52 years|strong="H8141". His|strong="H1961" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H8034" Jecoliah|strong="H3203", from|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H3068", like|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" Amaziah|strong="H0558" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H7535", the|strong="H5493" places|strong="H1116" at|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5493" pagan|strong="H5869" shrines|strong="H1354" where|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" worshiped|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068" were|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" destroyed|strong="H4229", and|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5493" people|strong="H5971" continued|strong="H5750" to|strong="H5971" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} at|strong="H3808" those|strong="H1992" places|strong="H1116" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w instead|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*, \+w the|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w place|strong="H1116"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w had|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w appointed|strong="H4150"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1961" Uzziah|strong="H5818" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" leper|strong="H6879", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" leper|strong="H6879" for|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" rest|strong="H1961" of|strong="H1121" hiis life|strong="H3117". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w allowed|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w palace|strong="H1004"\+w*}. He|strong="H3117" lived|strong="H3427" alone|strong="H0905" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H1961" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" Jotham|strong="H3147" ruled|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" country|strong="H2022". 
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\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w*} everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" Uzziah|strong="H5818" did|strong="H6213", it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" [RHQ] in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah’. 
\verseNumber{7}Uzziah|strong="H5818" died|strong="H4191" [EUP], and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H8478" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H4427" in|strong="H6912" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H8478" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" David’, where|strong="H8478" his|strong="H1732" ancestors|strong="H0001" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H4427" buried|strong="H6912". Then|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" Jotham|strong="H3147" oficially became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". 

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\verseNumber{8}After|strong="H5921" Uzziah|strong="H5818" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" thirty-eight|strong="H7970" years|strong="H8141", Zechariah|strong="H2148", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{#2}, became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". He|strong="H8141" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} for|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} six|strong="H8337" months|strong="H2320". 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H3808" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" evil|strong="H7451", like|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". He|strong="H6213" committed|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" same|strong="H1931" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H1121" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3068" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{#1} had|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6213", sins|strong="H2403" which|strong="H3068" led|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" Israeli people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2403". 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H1121" Shallum|strong="H7967", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jabesh|strong="H3003", made|strong="H4427" plans|strong="H4284" to|strong="H4191" assassinate Zechariah|strong="H2148". He|strong="H5921" killed|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921" at|strong="H5921" Ibleam|strong="H2991" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" then|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5921" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4427". 
\verseNumber{11}Everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750" that|strong="H3117" Zechariah|strong="H2148" did|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5921" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 
\verseNumber{12}When|strong="H1961" Zechariah|strong="H2148" died|strong="H4191", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w ended|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w dynasty|strong="H3678"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w King|strong="H3678"\+w* \+w Jehu|strong="H3058"\+w*}. That|strong="H1931" fulfilled|strong="H1961" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" King|strong="H3678" Jehu|strong="H3058" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961": “Your|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" grandson|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" great-grandson and|strong="H1121" great-great-grandson will|strong="H3068" all|strong="H1697" be|strong="H1961" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478".” 

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\verseNumber{13}Shallum|strong="H7967", the|strong="H3117" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jabesh|strong="H3003", became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H3117" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" after|strong="H3117" King|strong="H4428" Uzziah|strong="H5818" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H3117" almost|strong="H3117" thirty-nine years|strong="H8141". But|strong="H3117" Shallum|strong="H7967" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Samaria|strong="H8111" for|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} one|strong="H1121" month|strong="H3391". 
\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H5927" Menahem|strong="H4505", the|strong="H5221" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gadi|strong="H1424", went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5927" Tirzah|strong="H8656" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} to|strong="H4191" Samaria|strong="H8111" and|strong="H1121" assassinated|strong="H4191" Shallum|strong="H7967". Then|strong="H5927" Menahem|strong="H4505" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5221" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{15}Everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750" that|strong="H3117" Shallum|strong="H7967" did|strong="H3478", including|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5921" killing|strong="H2026" King|strong="H4428" Zechariah|strong="H2148", is|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5921" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 
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\verseNumber{16}While|strong="H3588" Menahem|strong="H4505" was|strong="H1366" ruling|strong="H4910" in|strong="H3808" Samaria|strong="H8111", he|strong="H3588" completely|strong="H3605" destroyed|strong="H5221" Tappuah|strong="H8599" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w village|strong="H1949"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w Samaria|strong="H8111"\+w*} and|strong="H5221" killed|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3605" and|strong="H5221" in|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" surrounding|strong="H5439" territory|strong="H1366". He|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3808" surrender|strong="H6605" to|strong="H3808" him|strong="H5221". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w With|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w sword|strong="H2719"\+w*} he|strong="H3588" even|strong="H3588" ripped|strong="H1234" open|strong="H6605" the|strong="H3605" bellies of|strong="H1366" pregnant|strong="H2030" women|strong="H2030". 

\BibleSectionHeading{King|strong="H4428" Menahem|strong="H4505" of|strong="H1366" Israel|strong="H3478" }
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\verseNumber{17}When|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Azariah|strong="H5838" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" thirty-nine years|strong="H8141", Menahem|strong="H4505", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gadi|strong="H1424", became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". He|strong="H8141" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111" for|strong="H5921" ten|strong="H6235" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{18}He|strong="H3117" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H3808" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" evil|strong="H7451". He|strong="H3117" committed|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" kinds|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3605" King|strong="H5921" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{#1} had|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6213", sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3605" led|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2403". He|strong="H3117" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3478" commit|strong="H6213" those|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" life|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Tiglath-Pileser|strong="H8407" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" came|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} to|strong="H1961" attack|strong="H5221" Israel|strong="H3478". So|strong="H1961" Menahem|strong="H4505" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" ◄thirty-eight|strong="H7970" tons/35,000 kg.► of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H3027" that|strong="H5414" Tiglath-Pileser|strong="H8407" would|strong="H4428" help|strong="H2388" Menahem|strong="H4505" to|strong="H1961" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3701" rule|strong="H3027" his|strong="H5414" country|strong="H3603" more|strong="H5921" strongly|strong="H2388". 
\verseNumber{20}Menahem|strong="H4505" obtained|strong="H5375" that|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" rich|strong="H6223" men|strong="H1368" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478". He|strong="H8033" compelled|strong="H5080" each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" contribute|strong="H5414" 50 pieces|strong="H8255" of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701". So|strong="H5414" Tiglath-Pileser|strong="H8407" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w took|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w*} went|strong="H3318" back|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{21}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w more|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w*} everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Menahem|strong="H4505" did|strong="H6213", it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" [RHQ] in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 
\verseNumber{22}Menahem|strong="H4505" died|strong="H4191" [EUP] and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" Pekahiah|strong="H6494" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 

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\verseNumber{23}When|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Uzziah|strong="H5818" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" 50 years|strong="H8141", Menahem’s|strong="H4505" son|strong="H1121" Pekahiah|strong="H6494" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". He|strong="H8141" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Samaria|strong="H8111" for|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} two|strong="H4427" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{24}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H3808" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" evil|strong="H7451". He|strong="H6213" committed|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" same|strong="H1931" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H1121" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{#1} had|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6213", sins|strong="H2403" which|strong="H3068" led|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H4428" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Pekahiah’s army|strong="H2428" commanders|strong="H8269" whose|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H4428" Pekah|strong="H6492", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Remaliah|strong="H7425", planned|strong="H3289" with|strong="H5973" 50 men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" Pekahiah|strong="H5973". They|strong="H5921" assassinated|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5221" fortified|strong="H1219" place|strong="H8478" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111". Then|strong="H4428" Pekah|strong="H6492" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{26}Everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Pekahiah|strong="H6494" did|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 

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\verseNumber{27}When|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Uzziah|strong="H5818" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" 52 years|strong="H8141", Pekah|strong="H6492", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Remaliah|strong="H7425", became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". He|strong="H8147" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111" for|strong="H5921" 20 years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{28}He|strong="H6213" also|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H3808" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" evil|strong="H7451". He|strong="H6213" committed|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" same|strong="H4480" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H1121" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{#1} had|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6213", sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3068" led|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2403". 
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\verseNumber{29}While|strong="H3117" Pekah|strong="H6492" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", Tiglath-Pileser|strong="H8407", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804", came|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* } and|strong="H3478" captured|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Ijon|strong="H5859", Abel-Beth-Maacah|strong="H0062", Janoah|strong="H3239", Kedesh|strong="H6943", Hazor|strong="H2674", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" regions|strong="H2506" of|strong="H4428" Gilead|strong="H1568", Galilee|strong="H1551", and|strong="H3478" Naphtali|strong="H5321". His|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" forced|strong="H4522" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3478" leave|strong="H5800" their|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022" and|strong="H3478" go|strong="H1540" to|strong="H3478" live|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3478" Assyria|strong="H0804". 
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\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H1121" Hoshea|strong="H1954", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Elah|strong="H0425", plotted|strong="H7451" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" Pekah|strong="H6492". He|strong="H5921" assassinated|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921" when|strong="H1121" Uzziah’s|strong="H5818" son|strong="H1121" Jotham|strong="H3147" had|strong="H5818" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" 20 years|strong="H8141". Then|strong="H1121" Hoshea|strong="H1954" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{31}Everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Pekah|strong="H6492" did|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 

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\verseNumber{32}When|strong="H1121" Pekah|strong="H6492" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H1121" almost|strong="H4592" two|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141", Uzziah’s|strong="H5818" son|strong="H1121" Jotham|strong="H3147" began|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{33}He|strong="H2568" was|strong="H8034" 25 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H2568" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" rule|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H2568" ruled|strong="H4427" from|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H8034" 16 years|strong="H8141". His|strong="H1961" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H8034" Jerusha|strong="H3388", the|strong="H1961" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Zadok|strong="H6659". 
\verseNumber{34}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" pleased|strong="H5869" Yahweh|strong="H3068", like|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" Uzziah|strong="H5818" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{35}But|strong="H7535" he|strong="H1931" did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H7843" the|strong="H3068" places|strong="H1116" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" tops|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" hills|strong="H1389" where|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" worshiped|strong="H7812" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" continued|strong="H5750" to|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" there|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. Jotham’s|strong="H3147" workers|strong="H1129" built|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3068" Upper|strong="H5945" Gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{36}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w more|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w*} everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3117" Jotham|strong="H3147" did|strong="H6213", it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" [RHQ] in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5921" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah’. 
\verseNumber{37}It|strong="H7971" was|strong="H3068" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" Jotham|strong="H3147" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" King|strong="H4428" Rezin|strong="H7526" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758" and|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Pekah|strong="H6492" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" attack|strong="H5221" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{38}Jotham|strong="H3147" died|strong="H4191" [EUP] and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1732" buried|strong="H6912" where|strong="H8478" his|strong="H1732" ancestors|strong="H0001" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H4427" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H8478" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" David’. Then|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" Ahaz|strong="H0271" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 

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\chapterNumber{16}When|strong="H1121" Pekah|strong="H6492" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H1121" almost|strong="H4592" 17 years|strong="H8141", Ahaz|strong="H0271", the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jotham|strong="H3147", became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H1121" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H6213" was|strong="H3068" 20 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. He|strong="H6213" ruled|strong="H4427" from|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H6213" 16 years|strong="H8141". He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" things|strong="H8337" that|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H5869" Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", good|strong="H5869" things|strong="H8337" like|strong="H3808" his|strong="H3068" ancestor King|strong="H4427" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{3}Instead|strong="H8478", he|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" as|strong="H1571" sinful|strong="H2400" as|strong="H1571" the|strong="H6440" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H5674". He|strong="H3068" even|strong="H1571" sacrificed|strong="H2076" his|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" as|strong="H1571" an|strong="H6440" offering|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" idols|strong="H1544". That|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" worse|strong="H6440" than|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" disgusting|strong="H8441" things|strong="H8441" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1471" who|strong="H3068" previously|strong="H6440" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H3478", people|strong="H1471" whom|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" expelled|strong="H3423" as|strong="H1571" the|strong="H6440" Israelis were|strong="H3478" advancing|strong="H1980" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{4}Ahaz|strong="H0271" offered|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H6999" and|strong="H6086" burned|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" tops|strong="H7218" of|strong="H6086" many|strong="H7227" hills|strong="H1389" and|strong="H6086" under|strong="H8478" many|strong="H7227" [HYP] big|strong="H0931" trees|strong="H6086", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w instead|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w as|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}While|strong="H5921" he|strong="H3808" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", King|strong="H4428" Rezin|strong="H7526" of|strong="H1121" Assyria|strong="H0804" and|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Pekah|strong="H6492" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w came|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H3808"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" attacked|strong="H5927" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". They|strong="H3808" surrounded|strong="H5437" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" conquer|strong="H3898" it|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{6}At|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H6256" the|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w*} king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Edom|strong="H0112" expelled|strong="H3423" the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3064" who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H3117" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Elath|strong="H0359" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}. Some|strong="H8033" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H4428" Edom|strong="H0112" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5704" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H7725" they|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" still|strong="H3427" living|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{7}King|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H3478" King|strong="H4428" Tiglath-Pileser|strong="H8407" of|strong="H1121" Assyria|strong="H0804", to|strong="H3478" tell|strong="H5046" this|strong="H5927" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5921": “I|strong="H5921" promise|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3478" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4428" completely|strong="H3617" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H5927" you|strong="H7971" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3478"\+w*} your|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121". Please|strong="H4994" come|strong="H5927" and|strong="H1121" rescue|strong="H3467" us|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758" and|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" attacking|strong="H5221" my|strong="H5921" country|strong="H2022".” 
\verseNumber{8}Ahaz|strong="H0271" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3068" gold|strong="H2091" that|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3947" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3947" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" it|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" Assyria|strong="H0804" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3947" present|strong="H4672"/gift|strong="H7810" for|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804". 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H5927" Tiglath-Pileser|strong="H8407" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H8085" Ahaz|strong="H0271" requested|strong="H7592". His|strong="H8085" army|strong="H5927" marched|strong="H5927" to|strong="H4191" Damascus|strong="H1834" and|strong="H4428" captured|strong="H8610" it|strong="H5927", and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H1540" took|strong="H8610" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H8085" of|strong="H4428" Damascus|strong="H1834" as|strong="H5927" prisoners|strong="H0615" to|strong="H4191" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8085" capital|strong="H5927" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804", and|strong="H4428" executed|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Rezin|strong="H7526". 
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\verseNumber{10}When|strong="H7200" King|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Damascus|strong="H1834" to|strong="H3212" meet|strong="H7125" King|strong="H4428" Tiglath-Pileser|strong="H8407", he|strong="H3605" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" that|strong="H7200" was|strong="H4428" there|strong="H3605". So|strong="H7971" he|strong="H3605" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3212" Uriah|strong="H0223", the|strong="H3605" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}, a|strong="H7971" drawing|strong="H5472" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" and|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" model|strong="H8403" that|strong="H7200" was|strong="H4428" exactly|strong="H3605" like|strong="H1823" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" in|strong="H4428" Damascus|strong="H1834". 
\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H3651" Uriah|strong="H0223" built|strong="H1129" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}, following|strong="H0310" the|strong="H3605" drawing|strong="H5472" that|strong="H3605" King|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271" had|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971". Uriah|strong="H0223" finished|strong="H3615" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" before|strong="H5704" Ahaz|strong="H0271" returned|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} from|strong="H7971" Damascus|strong="H1834". 
\verseNumber{12}When|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" returned|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5921" Damascus|strong="H1834", he|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". He|strong="H5921" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" it|strong="H5921" 
\verseNumber{13}and|strong="H4196" burned|strong="H6999" animal|strong="H0929" sacrifices|strong="H6999" and|strong="H4196" a|strong="H5921" grain|strong="H6999" offering|strong="H4503" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921". He|strong="H5921" also|strong="H1571" poured|strong="H5258" a|strong="H5921" wine|strong="H3196" offering|strong="H4503" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4196" threw|strong="H2236" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5921" offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H5921" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H6440" old|strong="H6440" bronze|strong="H5178" altar|strong="H4196" which|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" dedicated|strong="H5414" long|strong="H6440" ago|strong="H7350" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" between|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" new|strong="H2319" altar|strong="H4196" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004", so|strong="H5414" Ahaz|strong="H0271" moved|strong="H4131" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" north|strong="H6828" side|strong="H3409" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H5414" new|strong="H2319" altar|strong="H4196", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w bigger|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w than|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w old|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271" ordered|strong="H6680" Uriah|strong="H0223": “Each|strong="H3605" morning|strong="H1242" put|strong="H6680" on|strong="H5921" this|strong="H5971" new|strong="H2319" altar|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" sacrifices|strong="H2077" that|strong="H5971" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H6999", and|strong="H4428" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" evening|strong="H6153" put|strong="H6680" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" grain|strong="H3605" offering|strong="H4503", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" offering|strong="H4503" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H5930" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" bring|strong="H1961", ones|strong="H1419" that|strong="H5971" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H6999", and|strong="H4428" my|strong="H3605" grain|strong="H3605" offering|strong="H4503" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" people’s|strong="H5971" grain|strong="H3605" and|strong="H4428" wine|strong="H3196" offerings|strong="H5930". Pour|strong="H8210" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sides|strong="H3411" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H1961" that|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" sacrificed|strong="H2076". But|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" old|strong="H1419" bronze|strong="H5178" altar|strong="H4196" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" only|strong="H3605" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" use|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H5921" what|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" wants|strong="H2656" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6680".” 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H6213" Uriah|strong="H0223" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{17}King|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="H5414" workers|strong="H6466" to|strong="H3381" take|strong="H5493" off|strong="H7112" the|strong="H5921" frames|strong="H4526" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" carts|strong="H5699" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1241"\+w* \+w outside|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*} and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3381" take|strong="H5493" down|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5921" basins|strong="H4350" that|strong="H5414" were|strong="H1241" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414". They|strong="H5921" also|strong="H4428" took|strong="H5493" down|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5921" bronze|strong="H5178" tank from|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5921" backs|strong="H6203" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" bronze|strong="H5178" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w statues|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w*} oxen|strong="H1241" and|strong="H4428" put|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5414" stone|strong="H0068" foundation|strong="H4350". 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3068" please|strong="H4994" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804", Ahaz|strong="H0271" had|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6440" remove|strong="H5437" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" roof|strong="H1406" under|strong="H1004" which|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" walked|strong="H1980" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Sabbath|strong="H7676" Day|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3068" closed|strong="H5462" up|strong="H1129" the|strong="H6440" private|strong="H7023" entrance|strong="H3996" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004" for|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" Ahaz|strong="H0271" did|strong="H6213", they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" [RHQ] in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5921" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah’. 
\verseNumber{20}Ahaz|strong="H0271" died|strong="H4191" [EUP], and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H8478" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" David’, where|strong="H8478" his|strong="H1732" ancestors|strong="H0001" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H4427" buried|strong="H6912". Then|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". 

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\chapterNumber{17}Elah’s son|strong="H1121" Hoshea|strong="H1954" began|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" after|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271" had|strong="H3478" ruled|strong="H4427" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" twelve|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141". Hoshea|strong="H1954" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111" for|strong="H5921" nine|strong="H8672" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H3808" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" evil|strong="H7451", but|strong="H7535" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" as|strong="H1961" many|strong="H3808" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451" as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" previous|strong="H7223" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Shalmaneser|strong="H8022" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" attacked|strong="H5927" and|strong="H7725" defeated|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Hoshea|strong="H1954". As|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H6903", the|strong="H5921" Israelis were|strong="H1961" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H7725" pay|strong="H7725" a|strong="H1961" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H4428" tribute|strong="H4503"/taxes|strong="H4061" to|strong="H7725" Assyria|strong="H0804" each|strong="H0376" year|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3808" several|strong="H2669" years|strong="H8141" later|strong="H0310", Hoshea|strong="H1954" secretly|strong="H5643" planned|strong="H3289" to|strong="H7971" rebel|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5927" the|strong="H7971" rulers|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804". He|strong="H1004" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H7971" So|strong="H7971"/Osorkon, the|strong="H7971" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w asking|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w could|strong="H6113"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7971"\+w* Israelis \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w against|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Assyria|strong="H0804"\+w*}. Hoshea|strong="H1954" also|strong="H4428" stopped|strong="H6113" paying|strong="H1576" the|strong="H7971" tribute|strong="H4503"/taxes|strong="H4061" that|strong="H4397" he|strong="H1004" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H3808" paying|strong="H1576" to|strong="H7971" Assyria|strong="H0804" every|strong="H5927" year|strong="H8141". But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H7971" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H7971" about|strong="H4428" those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H3808", so|strong="H7971" he|strong="H1004" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="H7971" officers|strong="H7860" to|strong="H7971" put|strong="H7971" Hoshea|strong="H1954" in|strong="H8141" prison|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w brought|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Assyria|strong="H0804" to|strong="H5927" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H5921" attacked|strong="H5927" everywhere|strong="H3605" in|strong="H8141" that|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776". His|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5927" surrounded|strong="H5437" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} for|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{6}Finally|strong="H5704", after|strong="H8141" King|strong="H4428" Hoshea|strong="H1954" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H3427" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H3427" nine|strong="H8672" years|strong="H8141", the|strong="H3920" army|strong="H3427" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{forcefully \+w entered|strong="H0935"\+w*} the|strong="H3920" city|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w*} captured|strong="H3920" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3427"\+w*}. They|strong="H8141" took|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3920" Israeli people|strong="H3427" to|strong="H3478" Assyria|strong="H0804" and|strong="H3478" forced|strong="H4522" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H1540" to|strong="H3478" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Halah|strong="H2477" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H5892"\+w*}. They|strong="H8141" forced|strong="H4522" others|strong="H1540" to|strong="H3478" live|strong="H3427" near|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3920" Habor|strong="H2249" River|strong="H5104" in|strong="H3427" Gozan|strong="H1470" district|strong="H6418". They|strong="H8141" forced|strong="H4522" others|strong="H1540" to|strong="H3478" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3920" towns|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3920" Mede|strong="H4075" people-group lived|strong="H3427". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3920" reason|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3920" Israelis were|strong="H3478" defeated|strong="H5221" }
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\verseNumber{7}Those|strong="H1121" things|strong="H3372" happened|strong="H1961" because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H5927" Yahweh|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". He|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" their|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w*} from|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3588" power|strong="H3027" [MTY] of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H5927" them|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w safely|strong="H0983"\+w*} out|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714", but|strong="H3588" later|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3588" began|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" worship|strong="H3372" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H3068" imitated the|strong="H6440" things|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" heathen|strong="H1471"/pagan|strong="H5869" people-groups did|strong="H6213". Those|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" groups|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" expelled|strong="H3423" as|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" Israelis occupied|strong="H6213" their|strong="H3068" land|strong="H6440". The|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H1471" also|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" evil|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" ◄introduced|strong="H6213"/showed|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H6440"►. 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" also|strong="H3068" secretly|strong="H2644" did|strong="H3478" many|strong="H5704" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068". They|strong="H3651" built|strong="H1129" shrines|strong="H1354" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892", including|strong="H5704" small|strong="H6996" towns|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" big|strong="H0931" cities|strong="H5892" with|strong="H3068" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H5921" set|strong="H5324" up|strong="H5324" stone|strong="H0068" pillars|strong="H4676" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w* \+w gods|strong="H0430"\+w*}, and|strong="H6086" poles|strong="H0905" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Asherah|strong="H0842" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H6086" every|strong="H3605" high|strong="H1364" hill|strong="H1389" and|strong="H6086" under|strong="H8478" every|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w big|strong="H0931"\+w*} tree|strong="H6086". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H3605" Israelis burned|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" in|strong="H3068" every|strong="H3605" place|strong="H1116" where|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" worshiped|strong="H7812" those|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430", just|strong="H1697" like|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" people-groups who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" previously|strong="H6440" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213"—the|strong="H3605" groups|strong="H7218" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" expelled|strong="H3423" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H6440". The|strong="H3605" Israelis did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" wicked|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" caused|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H6213" angry|strong="H3707". 
\verseNumber{12}Yahweh|strong="H3068" warned|strong="H2094" them|strong="H6213" many|strong="H3808" times|strong="H6471" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" worship|strong="H5647" idols|strong="H1544", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" anyway. 
\verseNumber{13}Yahweh|strong="H3068" frequently sent|strong="H7971" his|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" and|strong="H3063" ◄seers|strong="H2374"/those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" saw|strong="H3063" visions|strong="H2376" from|strong="H7725" Yahweh|strong="H3068"► to|strong="H7725" warn|strong="H5749" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063". The|strong="H3605" message|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H6680" them|strong="H7725" was|strong="H3068", “Turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7971" from|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" behavior|strong="H3027". Obey|strong="H8104" my|strong="H8104" commands|strong="H6680" and|strong="H3063" my|strong="H8104" laws|strong="H8451", the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H6680" told|strong="H6680" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w obey|strong="H8104"\+w*} and|strong="H3063" which|strong="H3068" I|strong="H6680" told|strong="H6680" the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" who|strong="H3605" served|strong="H5647" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7725" tell|strong="H3605" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H8085" Israeli people|strong="H3808" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085". They|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3068" stubborn|strong="H7185" [IDM] just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H3808" their|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" were|strong="H3068". Just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H3808" their|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" did|strong="H3068", they|strong="H3068" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" believe|strong="H0539" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{15}They|strong="H3068" rejected|strong="H3988" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" laws|strong="H5715" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" with|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001". They|strong="H3068" ignored|strong="H6313" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" warnings|strong="H5715". They|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7812" worthless|strong="H1892" idols|strong="H1892" and|strong="H3068" as|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" result|strong="H6903" they|strong="H3068" themselves|strong="H6213" became|strong="H1891" worthless|strong="H1892". Although|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1115" to|strong="H3068" imitate|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H6213" behavior|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" people-groups that|strong="H3068" lived|strong="H3427" near|strong="H7126" them|strong="H6213", they|strong="H3068" disobeyed|strong="H6963" that|strong="H3068" command|strong="H6680". 
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\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5800" disobeyed|strong="H6963" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" commands|strong="H4687". They|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" two|strong="H8147" metal|strong="H6213" calves|strong="H5695" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*}. They|strong="H3068" set|strong="H6213" up|strong="H6213" two|strong="H8147" poles|strong="H0905" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Asherah|strong="H0842", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7812" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w god|strong="H3068"\+w*} Baal|strong="H1168", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121", the|strong="H3605" moon|strong="H3394", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" stars|strong="H3556". 
\verseNumber{17}They|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" their|strong="H3068" own|strong="H5869" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" sacrifices|strong="H2077" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w gods|strong="H0430"\+w*}. They|strong="H3068" went|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3068" fortune-tellers|strong="H6049" and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3068" practiced|strong="H6213" sorcery|strong="H3784". They|strong="H3068" continually|strong="H3068" chose|strong="H6213" [MET|strong="H6298"] to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w kinds|strong="H2178"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5674" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H6213" angry|strong="H3707". 
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\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H3808", because|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H3808", he|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" take|strong="H5493" them|strong="H5921" away|strong="H5493" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w country|strong="H2022"\+w*}. Only|strong="H7535" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" were|strong="H3478" left|strong="H7604" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w land|strong="H6440"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H3808" even|strong="H1571" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" obey|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" commands|strong="H4687" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". They|strong="H3068" imitated the|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H6213" customs|strong="H2708" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" Israelis had|strong="H3068" introduced|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H5414" Yahweh|strong="H3068" rejected|strong="H3988" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063". He|strong="H5704" punished|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5414" by|strong="H3027" allowing the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" other|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5704" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w take|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w away|strong="H7993"\+w*}. He|strong="H5704" got|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{21}Earlier|strong="H7223", when|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" separate|strong="H0914"/break|strong="H3068" away|strong="H7167" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" area|strong="H1508" [MTY] that|strong="H3588" King|strong="H4427" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* estabished}, they|strong="H3588" chose|strong="H0977" Jeroboam|strong="H3379", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebat|strong="H5028", to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4427". Then|strong="H3588" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" enticed|strong="H6601" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" stop|strong="H2308" worshiping|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w* \+w instead|strong="H3588"\+w*}. He|strong="H3588" led|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" commit|strong="H2398" great|strong="H1419" sins|strong="H2398". 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" introduced|strong="H6213". They|strong="H3808" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H4480" those|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403", 
\verseNumber{23}until|strong="H5704" finally|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068" got|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921". That|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" just|strong="H3605" what|strong="H2088" his|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" had|strong="H3068" warned|strong="H1696" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961". The|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1696" were|strong="H3478" taken|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Assyria|strong="H0804", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3117" still|strong="H5704" remain|strong="H3427" there|strong="H2088". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Other|strong="H2088" groups|strong="H7218" settled|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" }
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\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Assyria|strong="H0804" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ordered|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} take|strong="H3423" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w groups|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} people|strong="H1121" from|strong="H3478" Babylon|strong="H0894", Cuthah|strong="H3575", Avva|strong="H5755", Hamath|strong="H2574", and|strong="H1121" Sepharvaim|strong="H5617" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8478"\+w*} Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" resettle|strong="H3427" them|strong="H3423" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8478" towns|strong="H5892" there|strong="H3427", to|strong="H3478" take|strong="H3423" the|strong="H8478" place|strong="H8478" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8478" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*}. Those|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121" took|strong="H3423" control|strong="H3027" over|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w whole|strong="H3605"\+w*} Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8478" towns|strong="H5892" there|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{25}But|strong="H3808" those|strong="H3427" people|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w came|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w from|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w countries|strong="H0776"\+w*} did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" worship|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068" when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H8033" first|strong="H8462" arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3427" Samaria|strong="H8111". So|strong="H7971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" lions|strong="H3715" to|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" some|strong="H8033" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H2009" those|strong="H3427" people|strong="H1471" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3045" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804". They|strong="H3808" wrote|strong="H3789", “We|strong="H5892" people|strong="H1471" who|strong="H3427" have|strong="H3045" resettled in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3045" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3427" Samaria|strong="H8111" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" how|strong="H3045" to|strong="H4191" worship|strong="H7812" the|strong="H3045" God|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3045"\+w* Israelis \+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*} in|strong="H3427" this|strong="H4191" land|strong="H0776". So|strong="H7971" he|strong="H3808" has|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971" lions|strong="H3715" among|strong="H3427" us|strong="H3045" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" us|strong="H3045", because|strong="H3588" we|strong="H5892" have|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3808" worshiped|strong="H7812" him|strong="H7971" correctly|strong="H3651".” 
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\verseNumber{27}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3427"\+w*} the|strong="H6680" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w read|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w letter|strong="H5612"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H8033"\+w*} commanded|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w officers|strong="H7860"\+w*}, “You|strong="H6680" brought|strong="H3212" many|strong="H7227" priests|strong="H3548" here|strong="H8033" from|strong="H1540" Samaria|strong="H8111". Send|strong="H7971" one|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H6680" back|strong="H3212" there|strong="H8033". Tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3212" teach|strong="H3384" the|strong="H6680" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3548" are|strong="H4428" now|strong="H3212" living|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" how|strong="H4100" to|strong="H3212" worship|strong="H7812" correctly|strong="H3651" the|strong="H6680" God|strong="H0430" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H6680" Israelis worshiped|strong="H7812" in|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3548" land|strong="H0776".” 
\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w officers|strong="H7860"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*}. They|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H1540" one|strong="H1961" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Israeli priests|strong="H3548" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3068" Samaria|strong="H8111". That|strong="H3068" priest|strong="H3548" went|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Bethel|strong="H1008" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" taught|strong="H3384" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3427" there|strong="H1961" how|strong="H4100" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{29}But|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H1471" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w from|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w started|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w Samaria|strong="H8118"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1004"\+w*} continued|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" make|strong="H6213" their|strong="H1992" own|strong="H1961" idols|strong="H1544". They|strong="H1992" placed|strong="H3427" them|strong="H1992" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6213" shrines|strong="H1004" that|strong="H1471" the|strong="H6213" Israelis had|strong="H1961" built|strong="H6213" there|strong="H8033". The|strong="H6213" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H1004" each|strong="H5892" people-group made|strong="H6213" idols|strong="H1544" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6213" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3427" which|strong="H1471" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1961" living|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{30}The|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H6213" Babylon|strong="H0894" made|strong="H6213" idols|strong="H1544" to|strong="H6213" represent|strong="H7969" their|strong="H6213" god|strong="H0430" Succoth-Benoth|strong="H5524". The|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H6213" Cuthah|strong="H3575" made|strong="H6213" idols|strong="H1544" to|strong="H6213" represent|strong="H7969" their|strong="H6213" god|strong="H0430" Nergal|strong="H5370". The|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H6213" Hamath|strong="H2574" made|strong="H6213" idols|strong="H1544" to|strong="H6213" represent|strong="H7969" their|strong="H6213" god|strong="H0430" Ashima|strong="H0807". 
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\verseNumber{33}So|strong="H1961" they|strong="H8033" revered|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068", but|strong="H1961" they|strong="H8033" also|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H5647" their|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" gods|strong="H0430", just|strong="H4941" as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5647" people|strong="H1471" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5647" countries|strong="H0776" from|strong="H1540" which|strong="H3068" they|strong="H8033" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H1540" to|strong="H3068" Samaria|strong="H8111" did|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{34}They|strong="H1992" still|strong="H5704" keep|strong="H6213" their|strong="H3068" old|strong="H1121" customs|strong="H2708". They|strong="H1992" really|strong="H2088" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" worship|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" obey|strong="H6213" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6213" laws|strong="H8451" and|strong="H1121" commands|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H6680" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6213" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290", to|strong="H5704" whom|strong="H1992" he|strong="H3117" gave|strong="H6680" the|strong="H6213" new|strong="H2319" name|strong="H8034" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{35}Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" previously|strong="H3808" made|strong="H3772" an|strong="H3772" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001", commanding|strong="H6680" them|strong="H6680" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430" or|strong="H3808" bow|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H3519" them|strong="H6680" or|strong="H3808" do|strong="H5647" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H3372" to|strong="H3068" please|strong="H4994" them|strong="H6680" or|strong="H3808" offer|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2076" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{36}He|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5927", “You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" have|strong="H3068" an|strong="H3588" awesome|strong="H3372" respect|strong="H6437" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H3372", Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H5927" you|strong="H3588" out|strong="H5186" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714" with|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" very|strong="H1419" great|strong="H1419" power|strong="H3581" [DOU]. I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3588" whom|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" bow|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H3519", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" offer|strong="H5927" sacrifices|strong="H2076". 
\verseNumber{37}You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" always|strong="H3605" obey|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" and|strong="H3117" commands|strong="H4687" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w*} write|strong="H3789" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605". You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" worship|strong="H3372" other|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{38}And|strong="H1285" you|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" the|strong="H3772" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" made|strong="H3772" with|strong="H1285" your|strong="H7911" ancestors|strong="H0001". You|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" revere|strong="H3372" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{39}Instead|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" revere|strong="H3372" me|strong="H5337", Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3588" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" power|strong="H3027" [MTY] of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H3027".” 
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\verseNumber{40}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w foreign|strong="H5237"\+w* \+w nations|strong="H1471"\+w*} would|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" heed|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H8085". Instead|strong="H3588", they|strong="H1992" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H6213" adhere|strong="H1693" to|strong="H6213" their|strong="H8085" old|strong="H7223" customs|strong="H4941". 
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\chapterNumber{18}After|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Hoshea|strong="H1954" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H1121" almost|strong="H4592" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141", Hezekiah|strong="H2396", the|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahaz|strong="H0271", began|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H2568" was|strong="H8034" 25 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H2568" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H2568" ruled|strong="H4427" from|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H8034" 29 years|strong="H8141". His|strong="H1961" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H8034" Abijah|strong="H0029", the|strong="H1961" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w man|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w whose|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w name|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w was|strong="H8034"\+w*} Zechariah|strong="H2148". 
\verseNumber{3}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3477", like|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3605" ancestor King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H1931" destroyed|strong="H7665" the|strong="H3588" places|strong="H1116" where|strong="H1992" people|strong="H1121" worshiped|strong="H7121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" tops|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" hills|strong="H1389", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1931" broke|strong="H7665" into|strong="H6213" pieces|strong="H7665" the|strong="H3588" stone|strong="H0068" pillars|strong="H4676" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w Asherah|strong="H0842"\+w*}. He|strong="H1931" also|strong="H6213" broke|strong="H7665" into|strong="H6213" pieces|strong="H7665" the|strong="H3588" bronze|strong="H5178" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{replica/\+w statue|strong="H6755"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w*} snake|strong="H5175" that|strong="H3588" Moses|strong="H4872" had|strong="H1961" made|strong="H6213". He|strong="H1931" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1961" named|strong="H7121" it|strong="H1931" Nehushtan|strong="H5180", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H3478" burning|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" in|strong="H3478" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" it|strong="H1931" to|strong="H5704" honor|strong="H3519" it|strong="H1931". 
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\verseNumber{5}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" trusted|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*.} There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H3605" ruled|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440" or|strong="H3808" after|strong="H1961" him|strong="H6440" who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" as|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w devoted|strong="H8003"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w*} he|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H3068" remained|strong="H1692" loyal|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H4872" never|strong="H3808" disobeyed|strong="H6963" him|strong="H6680". He|strong="H3068" carefully|strong="H8104" obeyed|strong="H8104" all|strong="H6680" the|strong="H8104" commandments|strong="H4687" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" given|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872". 
\verseNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" ◄helped|strong="H5826"/was|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973"► him|strong="H5973". He|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" successful|strong="H7919" in|strong="H3068" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068". He|strong="H3068" rebelled|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" and|strong="H3068" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3318" ◄pay|strong="H7999" taxes|strong="H4061" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H5973"/do|strong="H5647" what|strong="H4100" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" wanted|strong="H2654" him|strong="H5973" to|strong="H3318" do|strong="H5647"►. 
\verseNumber{8}His|strong="H5221" army|strong="H2428" defeated|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* } Philistia|strong="H6429" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*} as|strong="H5704" Gaza|strong="H5804" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5221" nearby|strong="H7138" villages|strong="H2691". They|strong="H5704" conquered|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" entire|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1366", from|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5221" smallest|strong="H6996" watchtower|strong="H4026" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5221" largest cities|strong="H5892" surrounded|strong="H5437" by|strong="H5892" walls|strong="H2346". 
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\verseNumber{9}After|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" four|strong="H0702" years|strong="H8141", and|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Hoshea|strong="H1954" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" seven|strong="H7637" years|strong="H8141", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Shalmaneser|strong="H8022" of|strong="H1121" Assyria|strong="H0804" invaded|strong="H5927" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" surrounded|strong="H5437" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{10}In|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3920" third|strong="H7969" year|strong="H8141" they|strong="H8141" captured|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3920" city|strong="H1931". That|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3478" when|strong="H3478" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" has|strong="H3478" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H4428" almost|strong="H4592" six|strong="H8337" years|strong="H8141", and|strong="H3478" when|strong="H3478" Hoshea|strong="H1954" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H4428" almost|strong="H4592" nine|strong="H8672" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H1540" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3478" the|strong="H1540" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" taken|strong="H1540" to|strong="H3478" Assyria|strong="H0804". Some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H1540" were|strong="H3478" taken|strong="H1540" to|strong="H3478" Halah|strong="H2477" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H5892"\+w*}, some|strong="H4480" were|strong="H3478" taken|strong="H1540" to|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" place|strong="H4725" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H1540" Habor|strong="H2249" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1540"\+w*} Gozan|strong="H1470" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" some|strong="H4480" were|strong="H3478" taken|strong="H1540" to|strong="H3478" cities|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H1540" Mede|strong="H4075" people-group live|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{12}That|strong="H3605" happened|strong="H6213" because|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Israelis did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" obey|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068". They|strong="H3068" disobeyed|strong="H6963" the|strong="H3605" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" with|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001", and|strong="H4872" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H3605" Moses|strong="H4872", the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" served|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w well|strong="H3190"\+w*}, had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H6680" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H8085". They|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" obey|strong="H8085" those|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451"; they|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H3068" Assyria|strong="H0804" invaded|strong="H0935" Judah|strong="H3063" }
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\verseNumber{13}After|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H5927" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" 14 years|strong="H8141", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" attacked|strong="H5927" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4428" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". They|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w did|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w not|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w capture|strong="H8610"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*, \+w but|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* } captured|strong="H8610" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{14}King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H5414" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7725" Sennacherib|strong="H5576", while|strong="H5921" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" was|strong="H4428" in|strong="H5921" Lachish|strong="H3923", saying|strong="H0559" “What|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3063" done|strong="H2398" was|strong="H4428" wrong|strong="H2398". Please|strong="H4994" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w your|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w*} stop|strong="H2308" attacking|strong="H5221" us|strong="H5414". If|strong="H2398" you|strong="H5414" do|strong="H3063" that|strong="H5414", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" pay|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H5414" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725".” So|strong="H7971" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H5414" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" must|strong="H5375" pay|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H5414" ◄ten|strong="H6235" tons/9,000 kg.► of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3967" ◄one|strong="H5375" ton/900 kg.► of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091". 
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\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H5414" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" stored|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Sennacherib|strong="H5576" threatened|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H3605" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" }
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\verseNumber{16}Hezekiah’s|strong="H2396" men|strong="H0376" also|strong="H3068" stripped|strong="H7112" the|strong="H5414" gold|strong="H2091" from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1964" and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H5414" gold|strong="H2091" that|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" himself|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5414" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" doorposts|strong="H4201", and|strong="H3063" he|strong="H1931" sent|strong="H5414" all|strong="H5414" that|strong="H1931" gold|strong="H2091" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804". 
\verseNumber{17}But|strong="H4428" the|strong="H4480" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" large|strong="H3515" army|strong="H2426" with|strong="H3389" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3526" important|strong="H5704" officials|strong="H8269" from|strong="H4480" Lachish|strong="H3923" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} to|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w persuade|strong="H6601"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w surrender|strong="H5462"\+w*}. When|strong="H7971" they|strong="H3389" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", they|strong="H3389" stood|strong="H5975" alongside|strong="H5980" the|strong="H4480" aqueduct/channel|strong="H8585" in|strong="H4428" which|strong="H7704" water|strong="H4325" flows|strong="H2100" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" upper|strong="H5945" pool|strong="H1295" into|strong="H5927" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", near|strong="H5975" the|strong="H4480" road|strong="H1870" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H4480" field|strong="H7704" where|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" women|strong="H0802" wash|strong="H3526" clothes|strong="H0899". 
\verseNumber{18}They|strong="H5921" sent|strong="H3318" a|strong="H7121" message|strong="H1697" requesting King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" to|strong="H3318" come|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H5921", but|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H3318" three|strong="H7969" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7121" officials|strong="H8269" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H5608"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}. He|strong="H1004" sent|strong="H3318" Hilkiah’s|strong="H2518" son|strong="H1121" Eliakim|strong="H0471", who|strong="H1121" supervised|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1004"; Shebna|strong="H7644", the|strong="H5921" official|strong="H8269" secretary|strong="H5608"; and|strong="H1121" Asaph’s|strong="H0623" son|strong="H1121" Joah|strong="H3098", who|strong="H1121" communicated the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" messages|strong="H2372" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{19}One|strong="H2088" of|strong="H4428" Sennacherib’s|strong="H1696" important|strong="H1419" officials|strong="H8269" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H2088" to|strong="H4428" take|strong="H3947" this|strong="H2088" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396": 
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“This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" what|strong="H4100" the|strong="H3541" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804", the|strong="H3541" great|strong="H1419" king|strong="H4428", says|strong="H3541": ‘What|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" trusting|strong="H0982" in|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w rescue|strong="H5337"\+w* \+w you|strong="H4100"\+w*} [RHQ]? 
\verseNumber{20}You|strong="H3588" say|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1697" weapons|strong="H4421" to|strong="H5921" fight|strong="H4421" us|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1697" some|strong="H1697" country|strong="H2022" promises|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w help|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w defeat|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5921"\+w*,} but|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H4310" only|strong="H3588" talk|strong="H1697" [RHQ]. Who|strong="H4310" do|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" think|strong="H2803" will|strong="H4310" help|strong="H4421" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5921" rebel|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Assyria|strong="H0804"\+w*}? 
\verseNumber{21}Listen|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921"! You|strong="H3605" are|strong="H4428" relying on|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Egypt|strong="H4714". But|strong="H2009" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H2088" like|strong="H3651" [MET|strong="H6298"] using|strong="H5927" a|strong="H2088" broken|strong="H7533" reed|strong="H7070" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H2088" walking|strong="H1980" stick|strong="H7070" on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H2088" you|strong="H3605" could|strong="H2088" lean|strong="H5564". But|strong="H2009" it|strong="H5921" would|strong="H6547" pierce|strong="H5344" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3709" of|strong="H4428" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" would|strong="H6547" lean|strong="H5564" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921"! That|strong="H3605" is|strong="H2088" what|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" would|strong="H6547" be|strong="H4428" like|strong="H3651" for|strong="H5921" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" relied|strong="H5564" on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" perhaps|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440", “No|strong="H3808", we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" ◄relying on|strong="H3068"/trusting|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3068"► Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w us|strong="H6440"\+w*}.” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w reply|strong="H7725"\+w*,} “Is|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H6440" one|strong="H2088" whom|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w insulted|strong="H3637"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3068"\+w*} tearing|strong="H2963" down|strong="H7812" his|strong="H3068" shrines|strong="H1354" and|strong="H3063" altars|strong="H4196" and|strong="H3063" forcing|strong="H4330" everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w places|strong="H1116"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" only|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" altar|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}?” ’ 
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\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" suggest that|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" make|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" deal|strong="H6148" between|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H4428" my|strong="H5414" master|strong="H5414"/boss, the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" 2,000 horses|strong="H5483", but|strong="H6258" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5414"\+w*} you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H5483" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" find|strong="H3201" 2,000 of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H5414" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H4428" can|strong="H3201" ride|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414"! 
\verseNumber{24}You|strong="H6440" are|strong="H5650" expecting the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H5921" of|strong="H6440" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H7725" send|strong="H7971" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H7725" men|strong="H5650" riding|strong="H7392" horses|strong="H6571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w assist|strong="H6677"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w*}. But|strong="H7725" they|strong="H5921" certainly|strong="H7725" would|strong="H5650" not|strong="H7725" [RHQ] be|strong="H5650" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H7725" resist|strong="H2388"/defeat|strong="H5221" even|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" most|strong="H6944" insignificant|strong="H6819"/unimportant official|strong="H5650" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H6440" Assyria|strong="H0804"! 
\verseNumber{25}Furthermore|strong="H6258", ◄do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3068" we|strong="H6258" have|strong="H3068" come|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H7843" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" without|strong="H1107" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5826"?/do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H2088" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3068" we|strong="H6258" have|strong="H3068" come|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" without|strong="H1107" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5826".► [RHQ] It|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" himself|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" come|strong="H5927" here|strong="H2088" and|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H7843" this|strong="H2088" land|strong="H4725"!” 
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\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H1696" Eliakim|strong="H0471", Shebna|strong="H7644" and|strong="H1121" Joah|strong="H3098" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" official|strong="H5650" from|strong="H5921" Assyria|strong="H0804", “Sir|strong="H0113", please|strong="H4994" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" us|strong="H4994" in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" Aramaic|strong="H0762" language|strong="H3066", because|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" understand|strong="H8085" it|strong="H5921". Do|strong="H4994" not|strong="H3588" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" us|strong="H4994" in|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5921" Hebrew|strong="H5680" language|strong="H3066", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" standing|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" wall|strong="H2346" will|strong="H5971" understand|strong="H8085" it|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w frightened|strong="H3372"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5921" official|strong="H8269" replied|strong="H1696", “Do|strong="H1697" you|strong="H7971" think|strong="H2803" [RHQ] that|strong="H1697" my|strong="H5921" master|strong="H3427" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696" these|strong="H1696" things|strong="H1697" only|strong="H0389" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" are|strong="H1697" standing|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" wall|strong="H2346"? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w reject|strong="H3988"\+w* \+w this|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*,} the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w this|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} will|strong="H1697" soon|strong="H3512" need|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" eat|strong="H0398" their|strong="H5921" own|strong="H5973" dung|strong="H1828" and|strong="H7971" drink|strong="H8354" their|strong="H5921" own|strong="H5973" urine|strong="H7890", just|strong="H1697" like|strong="H5973" you|strong="H7971" will|strong="H1697", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w nothing|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w more|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w or|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w drink|strong="H8354"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H8085" official|strong="H8269" stood|strong="H5975" up|strong="H5975" and|strong="H4428" shouted|strong="H7121" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8085" Hebrew|strong="H5680" language|strong="H3066" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w sitting|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w wall|strong="H2346"\+w*}. He|strong="H7121" said|strong="H1696", “Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" this|strong="H1696" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" great|strong="H1419" king|strong="H4428", the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804". He|strong="H7121" says|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{29}‘Do|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" to|strong="H3201" deceive|strong="H5377" you|strong="H3588". He|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3588" from|strong="H3027" my|strong="H5337" power|strong="H3027" [MTY]. 
\verseNumber{30}Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" persuade|strong="H6601" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" rely|strong="H8172" on|strong="H3027" Yahweh|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" capture|strong="H3920" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892"!’ 
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\verseNumber{31}“o|strong="H8085" not|strong="H6213" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3318" what|strong="H6213" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" says|strong="H3541"! This|strong="H6213" is|strong="H4428" what|strong="H6213" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" says|strong="H3541": ‘Come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8085" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H4428" surrender|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H6213". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" arrange|strong="H6186" for|strong="H3588" each|strong="H3541" of|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3318" drink|strong="H8354" the|strong="H8085" juice|strong="H6071" from|strong="H3318" your|strong="H8085" own|strong="H1961" grapevines, and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3318" eat|strong="H0398" figs|strong="H8384" from|strong="H3318" your|strong="H8085" own|strong="H1961" trees|strong="H8384", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3318" drink|strong="H8354" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H3318" your|strong="H8085" own|strong="H1961" wells|strong="H0875". 
\verseNumber{32}You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H4191" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" until|strong="H5704" we|strong="H3588" come|strong="H2421" and|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5704" a|strong="H3947" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3808" your|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776"—a|strong="H3947" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H3808" there|strong="H5704" is|strong="H3068" grain|strong="H1715" to|strong="H5704" make|strong="H8085" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3068" vineyards|strong="H3754" to|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w produce|strong="H6529"\+w* \+w grapes|strong="H8492"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w making|strong="H6213"\+w*} wine|strong="H8492". It|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H4191" a|strong="H3947" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" plenty|strong="H7647" of|strong="H3068" olive|strong="H2132" trees|strong="H2132" and|strong="H3068" honey|strong="H1706". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H3068" Assyria|strong="H0804" commands|strong="H6680", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191". You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" live|strong="H2421". 
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‘o|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" to|strong="H5704" persuade|strong="H5496" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5704" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" saying|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3588"! 
\verseNumber{33}The|strong="H3027" gods|strong="H0430" that|strong="H1471" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H4428" other|strong="H0312" nations|strong="H1471" worship|strong="H7812" have|strong="H1471" never|strong="H3808" rescued|strong="H5337" them|strong="H3027" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" power|strong="H3027" [MTY] of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3027" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" [RHQ]! 
\verseNumber{34}Why|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3588" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H3027" Hamath|strong="H2574" and|strong="H3027" Arpad|strong="H0774" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*} unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3027" rescue|strong="H5337" their|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H3027" Assyria|strong="H0804" [RHQ]? What|strong="H3588" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3588" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H3027" Sepharvaim|strong="H5617", Hena|strong="H2012", and|strong="H3027" Ivvah|strong="H5755", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w completely|strong="H3617"\+w* \+w destroyed|strong="H4229"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w gods|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w disappeared|strong="H0369"\+w*} [RHQ]? Did|strong="H6213" any|strong="H3588" god|strong="H3027" rescue|strong="H5337" Samaria|strong="H8111" from|strong="H3027" my|strong="H5337" power|strong="H3027"? 
\verseNumber{35}No|strong="H3605", none|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" countries|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w attacked|strong="H3027"\+w*} rescued|strong="H5337" their|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" [RHQ] from|strong="H3027" me|strong="H5337"! So|strong="H3588" why|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" from|strong="H3027" my|strong="H3605" power|strong="H3027" [MTY]?’” 
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\verseNumber{36}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w listening|strong="H8085"\+w*} stayed|strong="H3427" silent|strong="H2790". No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" said|strong="H1697" anything|strong="H1697", because|strong="H3588" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" had|strong="H4428" told|strong="H1697" them|strong="H6030", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w official|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w from|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Assyria|strong="H0804"\+w* talks \+w to|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*,} do|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030" him|strong="H1931".” 
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\verseNumber{37}Then|strong="H1121" Eliakim|strong="H0471" the|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1004" administrator|strong="H5532" and|strong="H1121" Shebna|strong="H7644" the|strong="H5921" court|strong="H1004" secretary|strong="H5608" and|strong="H1121" Joah|strong="H3098" the|strong="H5921" royal|strong="H4438" historian went|strong="H2396" back|strong="H1004" to|strong="H5921" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" with|strong="H1004" their|strong="H5921" clothes|strong="H0899" torn|strong="H7167" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w extremely|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w distressed|strong="H6887"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" official|strong="H8269" from|strong="H5921" Assyria|strong="H0804" had|strong="H1121" said|strong="H1697". 

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\chapterNumber{19}When|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H8085" they|strong="H3068" reported|strong="H8085", he|strong="H3068" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H3068" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H3068" put|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3068" clothes|strong="H0899" made|strong="H1961" of|strong="H4428" rough|strong="H8181" cloth|strong="H0899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w distressed|strong="H6887"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3068" went|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" temple|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H1004" summoned|strong="H7121" Eliakim|strong="H0471" and|strong="H1121" Shebna|strong="H7644" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" ◄older|strong="H2205"/most|strong="H6944" important|strong="H5704"► priests|strong="H3548", who|strong="H3548" were|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1121" wearing|strong="H2296" clothes|strong="H0899" made|strong="H3680" of|strong="H1121" rough|strong="H8181" sackcloth|strong="H8242", and|strong="H1121" told|strong="H5608" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7971" talk|strong="H5608" to|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" them|strong="H5704", “Tell|strong="H5046" this|strong="H2088" to|strong="H5704" Isaiah|strong="H3470": ‘ing Hezekiah|strong="H2396" says|strong="H3541" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" having|strong="H3205" great|strong="H1419" distress|strong="H6869"/trouble|strong="H6869" now|strong="H3117". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Other|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w nations|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w causing|strong="H7462"\+w*} us|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1121" insulted|strong="H3637" and|strong="H1121" disgraced|strong="H0954". We|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" like|strong="H3541" [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H3588" woman|strong="H3205" who|strong="H1121" is|strong="H2088" about|strong="H3117" to|strong="H5704" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H5704" a|strong="H3588" child|strong="H1121", but|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" does|strong="H2088" not|strong="H2088" have|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" strength|strong="H3581" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" needs|strong="H5375" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H2088" it|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{4}Perhaps|strong="H5375" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" official|strong="H8269" from|strong="H8085" Assyria|strong="H0804" said|strong="H1697". Perhaps|strong="H5375" he|strong="H3068" knows|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" boss/master|strong="H0113", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804", sent|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" insult|strong="H2778" the|strong="H3605" all-powerful God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" rebuke|strong="H3198"/punish|strong="H3198" him|strong="H7971" for|strong="H1157" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697".’ And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" requests|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" pray|strong="H8605" for|strong="H1157" the|strong="H3605" few|strong="H4592" of|strong="H4428" us|strong="H8085" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1697" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5650" messengers|strong="H5650" from|strong="H5650" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" came|strong="H5650" to|strong="H4428" Isaiah|strong="H3470", 
\verseNumber{6}Isaiah|strong="H3470" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6440", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Go|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w back|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} your|strong="H3068" boss/master|strong="H0113" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} tell|strong="H8085" him|strong="H6440", ‘This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": Those|strong="H8085" messengers|strong="H4397" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1697" me|strong="H6440". But|strong="H8085" you|strong="H6440" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H8085" be|strong="H1697" disturbed|strong="H1993" because|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" what|strong="H1697" they|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{7}Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H7725" this|strong="H5414": I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H2719" cause|strong="H5414" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" to|strong="H7725" hear|strong="H8085" a|strong="H5414" rumor|strong="H8052" that|strong="H8085" will|strong="H2719" worry|strong="H2347" him|strong="H5414", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w foreign|strong="H5237"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w is|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w about|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w country|strong="H2022"\+w*}. So|strong="H5414" he|strong="H5414" will|strong="H2719" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H5414" own|strong="H1961" country|strong="H2022", and|strong="H7725" there|strong="H7725" I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H2719" cause|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H5414" assassinated|strong="H4191" by|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w men|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w using|strong="H5927"\+w*} swords|strong="H2719".’” 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H5921" official|strong="H8269" from|strong="H5265" Assyria|strong="H0804" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H4672" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} had|strong="H4428" left|strong="H4672" Lachish|strong="H3923" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H7725" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H4428" attacking|strong="H5221" Libnah|strong="H3841", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w nearby|strong="H7138"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. So|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" official|strong="H8269" went|strong="H5265" there|strong="H4672" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w report|strong="H8088"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}Soon|strong="H3512" after|strong="H3318" that|strong="H8085", King|strong="H4428" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" received|strong="H8085" a|strong="H7971" report|strong="H8088" that|strong="H8085" King|strong="H4428" Tirhakah|strong="H8640" of|strong="H4428" Ethiopia|strong="H3568" was|strong="H4428" leading|strong="H7218" his|strong="H7971" army|strong="H2428", and|strong="H7971" was|strong="H4428" coming|strong="H3318" to|strong="H7725" attack|strong="H3898" them|strong="H7725". So|strong="H7971" before|strong="H4397" King|strong="H4428" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" left|strong="H3318" Libnah|strong="H3841" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w against|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w from|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Ethiopia|strong="H3568"\+w*}, he|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" other|strong="H0312" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H7725" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" with|strong="H3898" a|strong="H7971" letter|strong="H5612". 
\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w In|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w letter|strong="H5612"\+w*} he|strong="H5414" wrote|strong="H3789" this|strong="H3541" to|strong="H5414" Hezekiah|strong="H2396": “Do|strong="H3063" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" god|strong="H5414" on|strong="H3027" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H3027" relying to|strong="H5414" deceive|strong="H5377" you|strong="H5414" by|strong="H3027" promising|strong="H1696" that|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Jerusalem|strong="H3389" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" captured|strong="H3920" by|strong="H3027" my|strong="H5414" army|strong="H3389" [MTY]. 
\verseNumber{11}You|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" certainly|strong="H6213" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" have|strong="H3605" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" countries|strong="H0776". Our|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" have|strong="H3605" completely|strong="H3605" destroyed|strong="H2763" them|strong="H6213". So|strong="H6213", ◄do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H4428" escape|strong="H5337"?/do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" god|strong="H0430" will|strong="H4428" save|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3605"!► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{12}Did|strong="H6213" the|strong="H7843" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7843" nations|strong="H1471" that|strong="H1471" were|strong="H1121" about|strong="H5439" to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" destroyed|strong="H7843" by|strong="H5337" the|strong="H7843" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7843" previous|strong="H7223" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Assyria|strong="H0804" rescue|strong="H5337" them|strong="H7843"? Did|strong="H6213" those|strong="H1121" gods|strong="H0430" rescue|strong="H5337" the|strong="H7843" people|strong="H1471" in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7843" Gozan|strong="H1470" region|strong="H2256" and|strong="H1121" in|strong="H1121" Haran|strong="H2771" and|strong="H1121" Rezeph|strong="H7530" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w northern|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w Syria|strong="H0758"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7843" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H1121" Eden|strong="H5729" who|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1121" been|strong="H1961" ◄deported|strong="H1540"/forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H1121" go|strong="H7843"► to|strong="H1121" Tel-Assar \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}? None|strong="H0369" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7843" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1121" cities|strong="H5892" were|strong="H1121" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1121" rescue|strong="H5337" them|strong="H7843". 
\verseNumber{13}What|strong="H4100" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5892" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Hamath|strong="H2574" and|strong="H4428" Arpad|strong="H0774" and|strong="H4428" Sepharvaim|strong="H5617" and|strong="H4428" Ivvah|strong="H5755" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*} [RHQ]? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Most|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w dead|strong="H4191"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w were|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w deported|strong="H1540"\+w*}!” 

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\verseNumber{14}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H6440" letter|strong="H5612" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" messengers|strong="H4397" gave|strong="H7121" him|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" read|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121". Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3068" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" spread|strong="H6566" out|strong="H6566" the|strong="H6440" letter|strong="H5612" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H6213" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" prayed|strong="H6419", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3478" whom|strong="H6440" we|strong="H6213" Israelis belong|strong="H1961", you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H3478" seated|strong="H3427" on|strong="H3427" your|strong="H3068" throne|strong="H3678" above|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w statues|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} creatures|strong="H2416" with|strong="H3068" wings|strong="H3671", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w above|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Chest|strong="H0727"\+w*}. Only|strong="H3605" you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H3478" truly|strong="H6213" God|strong="H3068". You|strong="H6440" rule|strong="H4467" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kingdoms|strong="H4467" on|strong="H3427" this|strong="H6213" earth|strong="H8064". You|strong="H6440" are|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" created|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w everything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3427"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3427"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064". 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H7971", Yahweh|strong="H3068", please|strong="H8085" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H1697" am|strong="H3068" saying|strong="H1697", and|strong="H3068" look|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* happening}. And|strong="H3068" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" King|strong="H4428" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" has|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" insult|strong="H2778" you|strong="H7971", the|strong="H8085" all-powerful God|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{17}“ahweh, it|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" true|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} the|strong="H3068" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" have|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" destroyed|strong="H2717" many|strong="H7227" nations|strong="H1471", and|strong="H3068" ruined|strong="H2717" their|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H3027" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H3027" thrown|strong="H7993" the|strong="H3588" idols|strong="H1544" of|strong="H3027" those|strong="H1992" nations|strong="H1471" into|strong="H3027" fires|strong="H0784" and|strong="H3027" burned|strong="H8313" them|strong="H5414". But|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w difficult|strong="H6381"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w do|strong="H4639"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" not|strong="H3808" gods|strong="H0430". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" only|strong="H3588" statues|strong="H2088" made|strong="H5414" of|strong="H3027" wood|strong="H6086" and|strong="H3027" stone|strong="H0068", idols|strong="H1544" that|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1992" shaped|strong="H4639" by|strong="H3027" humans, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w why|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w destroyed|strong="H4229"\+w* \+w easily|strong="H4592"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H6258" now|strong="H6258", Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", please|strong="H4994" rescue|strong="H3467" us|strong="H4994" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" power|strong="H3027" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Assyria|strong="H0804"\+w*}, in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3045" in|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kingdoms|strong="H4467" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", are|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" only|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" truly|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3068".” 

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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H7971" Isaiah|strong="H3470" sent|strong="H7971" this|strong="H3541" message|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" Hezekiah|strong="H2396": “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H8085" God|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H8085" Israelis belong|strong="H1961", says|strong="H3541": 'I have|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H3541" you|strong="H7971" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H7971" about|strong="H8085" Sennacherib|strong="H5576", the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Assyria|strong="H0804". 
\verseNumber{21}This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H5921" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5921": 
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“The|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5128" of|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" [MTY] despise|strong="H3988" you|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" fun of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921". 
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They|strong="H3068" wag|strong="H5128"/shake|strong="H5128" their|strong="H3068" heads|strong="H7218" to|strong="H1696" mock|strong="H3932" you|strong="H5921" while|strong="H2088" you|strong="H5921" flee|strong="H5127" from|strong="H5921" here|strong="H2088". 
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\verseNumber{22}Who|strong="H4310" do|strong="H5869" you|strong="H5921" think|strong="H5869" that|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3478" despising|strong="H3988" and|strong="H3478" ridiculing? 
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Who|strong="H4310" do|strong="H5869" you|strong="H5921" think|strong="H5869" you|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3478" shouting|strong="H6963" at|strong="H5921"? 
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Who|strong="H4310" do|strong="H5869" you|strong="H5921" think|strong="H5869" you|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3478" looking|strong="H2370" at|strong="H5921" very|strong="H3966" proudly|strong="H4791"/arrogantly|strong="H2102"? 
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It|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3478" I|strong="H5921", the|strong="H5921" holy|strong="H6918" God|strong="H4310" whom|strong="H4310" the|strong="H5921" Israelis worship|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H5927" messengers|strong="H4397" that|strong="H4397" you|strong="H3027" sent|strong="H3027" made|strong="H3772" fun of|strong="H3027" me|strong="H5927". 
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You|strong="H3027" said|strong="H0559", 'With my|strong="H5927" many|strong="H7227" chariots|strong="H7393" I|strong="H3772" have|strong="H3027" gone|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" highest|strong="H7093" mountains|strong="H2022", 
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even|strong="H1571" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" highest|strong="H7093" mountains|strong="H2022" in|strong="H3027" Lebanon|strong="H3844". 
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We|strong="H0587" have|strong="H3027" cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H3772" its|strong="H5927" tallest cedar|strong="H6967" trees|strong="H1265" 
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and|strong="H3027" its|strong="H5927" nicest pine|strong="H1992"/cyprus|strong="H3794" trees|strong="H1265". 
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We|strong="H0587" have|strong="H3027" been|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" most|strong="H6944" distant|strong="H7350"/remote|strong="H3411" peaks|strong="H1386" 
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and|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5927" its|strong="H5927" dense|strong="H3514" forests|strong="H3293". 
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\verseNumber{24}We|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" dug|strong="H6979" wells|strong="H0875" in|strong="H3709" other|strong="H6471" countries|strong="H0776" and|strong="H8354" drank|strong="H8354" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H4325" them|strong="H5414". 
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And|strong="H8354" by|strong="H4325" marching|strong="H5265" through|strong="H3605" [MTY] the|strong="H3605" streams|strong="H2975" of|strong="H4325" Egypt|strong="H4693", 
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we|strong="H3605" dried|strong="H2717" them|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" up|strong="H2717" [HYP]!” ’ 
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\verseNumber{25}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{‘ut \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w reply|strong="H7725"\+w*}, “ave you|strong="H3117" never|strong="H3808" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" ago|strong="H7350" I|strong="H3117" determined|strong="H2782" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w those|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w would|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*}? 
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I|strong="H3117" planned|strong="H3335" it|strong="H6213" long|strong="H3117" ago|strong="H7350", 
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and|strong="H3117" now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" causing|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961". 
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I|strong="H3117" planned|strong="H3335" that|strong="H3117" your|strong="H8085" army|strong="H2428" would|strong="H6213" have|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w*} capture|strong="H3920" many|strong="H3808" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" surrounded|strong="H5437" by|strong="H3117" high|strong="H6213" walls|strong="H2346", 
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and|strong="H3117" cause|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" piles|strong="H6651" of|strong="H3117" rubble|strong="H2721". 
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\verseNumber{26}The|strong="H6440" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" those|strong="H3427" cities|strong="H5892" have|strong="H1961" no|strong="H6440" power|strong="H3027", 
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and|strong="H3027" as|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H6903" they|strong="H3027" became|strong="H1961" dismayed|strong="H2865" and|strong="H3027" discouraged|strong="H2865". 
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They|strong="H3027" are|strong="H3027" as|strong="H1961" frail|strong="H2310" as|strong="H1961" plants|strong="H6212" and|strong="H3027" grass|strong="H2682" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" fields|strong="H7704", 
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as|strong="H1961" frail|strong="H2310" as|strong="H1961" grass|strong="H2682" that|strong="H3027" grows|strong="H3318" on|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" roofs|strong="H1406" of|strong="H3027" houses|strong="H1004" 
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and|strong="H3027" is|strong="H3027" scorched|strong="H7711" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H6440" hot|strong="H2552" east|strong="H6440" wind|strong="H7711". 
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\verseNumber{27}“ut I|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w everything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w about|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3045"\+w*}. 
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I|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" when|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3045" are|strong="H3045" in|strong="H3427" your|strong="H3045" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3318" when|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3045" go|strong="H3318" outside|strong="H3318"; 
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I|strong="H3045" also|strong="H3318" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3045" are|strong="H3045" ◄raging|strong="H7264"/speaking|strong="H1696" very|strong="H3045" angrily|strong="H2195"► against|strong="H3427" me|strong="H3318". 
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\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H5927", because|strong="H3282" you|strong="H7725" have|strong="H8193" raged|strong="H5927" against|strong="H5927" me|strong="H7725", 
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and|strong="H7725" because|strong="H3282" I|strong="H7760" have|strong="H8193" heard|strong="H8085" [MTY] you|strong="H7725" speak|strong="H8193" very|strong="H3966" proudly|strong="H2102"/arrogantly|strong="H2102", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w will|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H7725" put|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" hook|strong="H2397" in|strong="H1870" your|strong="H7760" nose|strong="H0639" 
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and|strong="H7725" an|strong="H7760" iron|strong="H1270" ◄bit|strong="H4964"/piece|strong="H6595" of|strong="H1870" metal|strong="H2830"► in|strong="H1870" your|strong="H7760" mouth|strong="H6310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w I|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w can|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w lead|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w I|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w go|strong="H5927"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H7725" I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H7725" force|strong="H2394" you|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w your|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w own|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w country|strong="H2022"\+w*} 
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on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H7725" same|strong="H1931" road|strong="H1870" on|strong="H1870" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H7725" came|strong="H5927" here|strong="H1870", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w without|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w conquering|strong="H2114"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}.” ' 
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\verseNumber{29}Then|strong="H2088" Isaiah|strong="H3470" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H8141" Hezekiah|strong="H2396", “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" what|strong="H2088" will|strong="H3754" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H8141" prove|strong="H5254" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w I|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w truth|strong="H0571"\+w*}: 
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This|strong="H2088" year|strong="H8141" and|strong="H8141" next|strong="H8145" year|strong="H8141" you|strong="H8145" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w your|strong="H2232"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} will|strong="H3754" be|strong="H8141" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H8141" harvest|strong="H7114" only|strong="H0389" ◄wild|strong="H7704" grain|strong="H1715"/grain|strong="H1715" that|strong="H8141" grows|strong="H5599" without|strong="H8141" having|strong="H0369" been|strong="H1961" planted|strong="H5193"►. 
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But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8141" following|strong="H0310" year|strong="H8141", you|strong="H8145" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israelis} will|strong="H3754" be|strong="H8141" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H8141" plant|strong="H5193" grain|strong="H1715" and|strong="H8141" harvest|strong="H7114" it|strong="H2088", and|strong="H8141" to|strong="H8141" plant|strong="H5193" vineyards|strong="H3754" and|strong="H8141" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H8141" grapes|strong="H6025" that|strong="H8141" you|strong="H8145" harvest|strong="H7114". 
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\verseNumber{30}The|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971" [MTY] in|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063" who|strong="H3063" remain|strong="H7604" alive|strong="H7604" will|strong="H1004" prosper|strong="H6743" and|strong="H3063" have|strong="H3063" many|strong="H7227" children|strong="H1121"; they|strong="H6213" will|strong="H1004" be|strong="H3254" like|strong="H1004" plants|strong="H6212" whose|strong="H0834" roots|strong="H8328" go|strong="H3254" deep|strong="H8328" down|strong="H4295" into|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" ground|strong="H0776" and|strong="H3063" which|strong="H1004" produce|strong="H6529" much|strong="H6213" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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\verseNumber{31}There|strong="H2022" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" [DOU] who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" survive|strong="H6965", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3588" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397" in|strong="H3068" heaven|strong="H8064", wants|strong="H2656" [PRS] it|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3318" happen|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{32}So|strong="H3651" this|strong="H2063" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068", says|strong="H3541" about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804": 
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‘His|strong="H3068" armies|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" enter|strong="H0935" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892"; 
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they|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3651" shoot|strong="H3384" any|strong="H3808" arrows|strong="H2671" into|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921"! 
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His|strong="H3068" soldiers|strong="H5650" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" march|strong="H1980" outside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" gates|strong="H8179" carrying|strong="H5375" shields|strong="H4043", 
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and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3651" build|strong="H1129" high|strong="H1116" mounds|strong="H8510" of|strong="H4428" dirt|strong="H6083" against|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w walls|strong="H2346"\+w*} 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H6923"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{33}Their|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" will|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" country|strong="H2022" 
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on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H5002" same|strong="H2063" road|strong="H1870" on|strong="H1870" which|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" came|strong="H3068" here|strong="H2063". 
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He|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" enter|strong="H0935" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892"! 
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\verseNumber{34}I|strong="H5650" will|strong="H5650" defend|strong="H1598" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5892" prevent|strong="H6923" it|strong="H2063" from|strong="H5650" being|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H4229". 
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I|strong="H5650" will|strong="H5650" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063" for|strong="H4616" the|strong="H5650" sake|strong="H4616" of|strong="H5892" my|strong="H1732" own|strong="H1961" reputation|strong="H8034" and|strong="H5892" because|strong="H4616" of|strong="H5892" what|strong="H2063" I|strong="H5650" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1732" King|strong="H4616" David|strong="H1732", who|strong="H5650" served|strong="H5647" me|strong="H3467" well|strong="H3190".' ” 
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\verseNumber{35}That|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915", an|strong="H1961" angel|strong="H4397" from|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" where|strong="H2009" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H4264" of|strong="H3068" Assyria|strong="H0804" had|strong="H3068" put|strong="H4191" up|strong="H7925" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H4264", and|strong="H3967" killed|strong="H5221" 185,000 of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H3967"! When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H1961" of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H3967" woke|strong="H3364" up|strong="H7925" the|strong="H3605" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242", they|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H3605" there|strong="H2009" were|strong="H1961" corpses|strong="H6297" everywhere|strong="H3605"! 
\verseNumber{36}Then|strong="H7725" King|strong="H4428" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" left|strong="H5265" and|strong="H7725" went|strong="H3212" home|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Nineveh|strong="H5210", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w capital|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Assyria|strong="H0804"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{37}One|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117", when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" worshiping|strong="H7812" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5221" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5221" god|strong="H0430" Nisroch|strong="H5268", two|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5221" sons|strong="H1121", Adrammelech|strong="H0152" and|strong="H1121" Sharezer|strong="H8272", killed|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221" with|strong="H1004" their|strong="H1992" swords|strong="H2719". Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" escaped|strong="H4422" and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5221"\+w*} Ararat|strong="H0780" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*, northwest \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\+w*}. And|strong="H1121" another|strong="H0312" of|strong="H1121" Sennacherib's sons|strong="H1121", Esarhaddon|strong="H0634", became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5221" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H1121" Assyria|strong="H0804". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Hezekiah’s sickness and his recovery }
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\chapterNumber{20}About|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117", Hezekiah|strong="H2396" became|strong="H2470" very|strong="H1992" ill|strong="H2470". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w thought|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w*} was|strong="H3068" about|strong="H3117" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191". Isaiah|strong="H3470" the|strong="H3588" prophet|strong="H5030" came|strong="H3068" to|strong="H4191" him|strong="H6680" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": ‘You|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" palace|strong="H1004" what|strong="H3541" you|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3808" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H4191" do|strong="H3068" after|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4191", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H4191" recover|strong="H2421" from|strong="H1121" this|strong="H3541" illness|strong="H2483". You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{2}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" turned|strong="H5437" his|strong="H3068" face|strong="H6440" toward|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" wall|strong="H7023" and|strong="H3068" prayed|strong="H6419", 
\verseNumber{3}“Yahweh|strong="H3068", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H1980" have|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" served|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" faithfully|strong="H0571", and|strong="H1980" I|strong="H1980" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1419" that|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H5869" you|strong="H6440".” Then|strong="H1980" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H1980" cry|strong="H7121" loudly|strong="H1419". 
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\verseNumber{4}Isaiah|strong="H3470" left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428", but|strong="H3808" before|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" crossed|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3068" middle|strong="H8484" courtyard|strong="H5892" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" palace|strong="H1004", Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H3318" him|strong="H3318" a|strong="H1961" message|strong="H1697" 
\verseNumber{5}which|strong="H3068" said|strong="H8085", “Go|strong="H5927" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Hezekiah|strong="H2396", the|strong="H8085" ruler|strong="H5057" of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3068" say|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7725", ‘I|strong="H3117", Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H8085" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H5971" your|strong="H3068" ancestor King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}, have|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H3541" you|strong="H3117" prayed|strong="H6419". And|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H7200" your|strong="H3068" tears|strong="H1832". So|strong="H3541", listen|strong="H8085": I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" heal|strong="H7495" you|strong="H3117". Two|strong="H1004" days|strong="H3117" from|strong="H7725" now|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w*} go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H7725" my|strong="H8085" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H4428" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" live|strong="H3117" for|strong="H5921" 15 more|strong="H3254" years|strong="H8141". And|strong="H4428" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H4428" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4428" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892" again|strong="H3254" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" power|strong="H3709" [MTY] of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804". I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H4428" defend|strong="H1598" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sake|strong="H4616" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H1732" own|strong="H1961" reputation|strong="H8034" and|strong="H4428" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" what|strong="H2063" I|strong="H3117" promised|strong="H1696" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732", who|strong="H5650" served|strong="H5647" me|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w well|strong="H3190"\+w*}.’ ” 
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\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H3947" Isaiah|strong="H3470" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w palace|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w told|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\+w* \+w what|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w had|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w*. \+w Then|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5921"\+w*} said|strong="H0559"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Hezekiah’s|strong="H2396"\+w* \+w servants|strong="H5650"\+w*}, “Bring|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" paste made|strong="H7760" of|strong="H5921" boiled|strong="H1310" figs|strong="H8384". Put|strong="H7760" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H5921" it|strong="H7760" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7760" boil|strong="H7822", and|strong="H3947" he|strong="H5921" will|strong="H8384" get|strong="H3947" well|strong="H7760".” 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H3588" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Isaiah|strong="H3470", “What|strong="H4100" will|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" prove|strong="H5254" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" heal|strong="H7495" me|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" two|strong="H1004" days|strong="H3117" from|strong="H5927" now|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3068" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" temple|strong="H1004"?” 
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\verseNumber{9}Isaiah|strong="H3470" replied|strong="H1696", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" prove|strong="H5254" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3588" promised|strong="H1696". Do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" cause|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3588" shadow|strong="H6738" on|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3588" stairway|strong="H4609"/sundial to|strong="H1696" go|strong="H1980" back|strong="H7725" ten|strong="H6235" steps|strong="H4609"/degrees|strong="H4609", or|strong="H3068" to|strong="H1696" go|strong="H1980" forward|strong="H1980" ten|strong="H6235" steps|strong="H4609"/degrees|strong="H4609"?” 
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\verseNumber{10}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" replied|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H3588" is|strong="H6738" easy|strong="H7043" to|strong="H7725" cause|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3588" shadow|strong="H6738" to|strong="H7725" move|strong="H5472" forward|strong="H5265", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H6738"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w always|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w does|strong="H3808"\+w*}. Tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" cause|strong="H7725" it|strong="H3588" to|strong="H7725" move|strong="H5472" backward|strong="H0268" ten|strong="H6235" steps|strong="H4609"/degrees|strong="H4609".” 
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\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H7121" Isaiah|strong="H3470" prayed|strong="H7121" earnestly|strong="H7592" to|strong="H7725" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3068" shadow|strong="H6738" to|strong="H7725" go|strong="H3381" backward|strong="H0268" ten|strong="H6235" steps|strong="H4609"/degrees|strong="H4609" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" stairway|strong="H4609"/sundial that|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H7725" (OR|strong="H3068", that|strong="H3068" workers|strong="H6466" had|strong="H3068" built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H7121" King|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271"). 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3068" messengers|strong="H4397" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H3068" Babylonia|strong="H0894" }
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\verseNumber{12}At|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256", King|strong="H4428" Merodach-Baladan|strong="H1255", the|strong="H8085" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Baladan|strong="H1081" the|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previous|strong="H7223"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Babylonia|strong="H0894", heard|strong="H8085" a|strong="H3588" report|strong="H8088" that|strong="H3588" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H2470" very|strong="H3966" sick|strong="H2470". So|strong="H7971" he|strong="H1931" wrote|strong="H3789" some|strong="H6256" letters|strong="H5612" and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H8085" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" some|strong="H6256" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H7971" take|strong="H1121" to|strong="H7971" Hezekiah|strong="H2396", along|strong="H3588" with|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3588" gift|strong="H4503". 
\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w messengers|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w arrived|strong="H0935"\+w*}, Hezekiah|strong="H2396" welcomed|strong="H8085" them|strong="H5921" gladly|strong="H8055". Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3605" showed|strong="H7200" them|strong="H5921" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" ◄treasure|strong="H5238" houses|strong="H1004"/places|strong="H1004" where|strong="H1004" very|strong="H2896" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H1697" were|strong="H1961" stored|strong="H6845"►—the|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" gold|strong="H2091", the|strong="H3605" spices|strong="H1314", the|strong="H3605" nice-smelling olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081", and|strong="H3701" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" weapons|strong="H3627" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*}. He|strong="H3605" showed|strong="H7200" them|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w valuable|strong="H3368"\+w*} things|strong="H1697" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" storerooms and|strong="H3701" everywhere|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4474" [HYP]; he|strong="H3605" showed|strong="H7200" them|strong="H5921" everything|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3470" prophet|strong="H5030" Isaiah|strong="H3470" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" and|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H4100" him|strong="H4428", “Where|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" those|strong="H1992" men|strong="H0376" come|strong="H7350" from|strong="H7350", and|strong="H4428" what|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" they|strong="H4100" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4428" you|strong="H4100"?” 
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Hezekiah|strong="H2396" replied|strong="H0559", “They|strong="H4100" came|strong="H4428" from|strong="H7350" a|strong="H4428" country|strong="H2022" very|strong="H3966" far|strong="H7350" from|strong="H7350" here|strong="H6311". They|strong="H4100" came|strong="H4428" from|strong="H7350" Babylonia|strong="H0894".” 
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\verseNumber{15}Isaiah|strong="H3470" asked|strong="H4100", “What|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" they|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" in|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004"?” 
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Hezekiah|strong="H2396" replied|strong="H0559", “They|strong="H3808" saw|strong="H7200" everything|strong="H3605". I|strong="H1697" showed|strong="H7200" them|strong="H7200" absolutely|strong="H0657" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H1697" own|strong="H1961"—all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H1697".” 
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\verseNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\+w* \+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w a|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w foolish|strong="H3684"\+w* \+w thing|strong="H1697"\+w*}. So|strong="H1697" Isaiah|strong="H3470" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H8085", “Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{17}There|strong="H2009" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" a|strong="H5375" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" still|strong="H5704" in|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" palace|strong="H1004", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3117" put|strong="H3068" there|strong="H2009" by|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001", will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" carried|strong="H5375" away|strong="H5375" to|strong="H5704" Babylon|strong="H0894". There|strong="H2009" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" nothing|strong="H3808" left|strong="H3498" here|strong="H2009"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w*} 
\verseNumber{18}Furthermore|strong="H1571", some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3947" own|strong="H1961" descendants|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H3318" go|strong="H3318" there|strong="H1961", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3205" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" castrated in|strong="H4428" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H4428" they|strong="H3205" may|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" servants|strong="H5650" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3947" palace|strong="H1964" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894".” 
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\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H1961" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" replied|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Isaiah|strong="H3470", “That|strong="H3117" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696" is|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896".” He|strong="H3117" said|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3117" because|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3068" thinking|strong="H0559", “Even|strong="H3808" if|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3117" happens|strong="H1961", there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" peace|strong="H7965" and|strong="H3068" security|strong="H7965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*} all|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3068" rest|strong="H7965" of|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" life|strong="H3117".” 
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\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w more|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w*} [RHQ] all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" did|strong="H6213", about|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" brave|strong="H2428" deeds|strong="H1697" in|strong="H5921" battle|strong="H3117", about|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" ordering|strong="H0559" a|strong="H6213" reservoir|strong="H4724" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3808" built|strong="H6213" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3063" a|strong="H6213" tunnel|strong="H6794" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w dug|strong="H2658"\+w*} to|strong="H6213" bring|strong="H6213" water|strong="H4325" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" reservoir|strong="H4724", they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah’. 
\verseNumber{21}Later|strong="H0310" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" died|strong="H4191" [EUP], and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". 

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\chapterNumber{21}Manasseh|strong="H4519" was|strong="H8034" twelve|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H2568" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3389" rule|strong="H4427". He|strong="H2568" ruled|strong="H4427" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H8034" 55 years|strong="H8141" from|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". His|strong="H4519" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H8034" Hephzibah|strong="H2657". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451". He|strong="H6213" imitated the|strong="H6440" disgusting|strong="H8441" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" formerly|strong="H6440" done|strong="H6213" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" nations|strong="H1471" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" expelled|strong="H3423" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" as|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1471" advanced|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w through|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w land|strong="H6440"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H6213" commanded|strong="H6680" his|strong="H3605" workers|strong="H6213" to|strong="H7725" rebuild|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" shrines|strong="H1354" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} that|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" had|strong="H3478" destroyed|strong="H4229" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w they|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w place|strong="H1116"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w they|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6213"\+w*}. He|strong="H6213" directed|strong="H5090" his|strong="H3605" workers|strong="H6213" to|strong="H7725" build|strong="H1129" altars|strong="H4196" for|strong="H6213" worshiping|strong="H7812" Baal|strong="H1168". He|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w statue|strong="H6755"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Asherah|strong="H0842", like|strong="H3478" Ahab|strong="H0256" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" done|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*}. And|strong="H6965" Manasseh|strong="H1129" worshiped|strong="H7812" [DOU] the|strong="H3605" stars|strong="H3556". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H3068" directed|strong="H5090" his|strong="H3068" workers|strong="H1129" to|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" altars|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w foreign|strong="H5237"\+w* \+w gods|strong="H0430"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068", about|strong="H8034" which|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H7760" is|strong="H3068" here|strong="H7760" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" where|strong="H1004" I|strong="H7760" want|strong="H4270" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" [MTY] me|strong="H7760", forever|strong="H5769".” 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H3068" directed|strong="H5090" that|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196" for|strong="H3068" worshiping|strong="H7812" the|strong="H3605" stars|strong="H3556" be|strong="H3068" built|strong="H1129" in|strong="H3068" both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" courtyards|strong="H2691" outside|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H6213" even|strong="H6213" sacrificed|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3068" own|strong="H5869" son|strong="H1121" by|strong="H5674" burning|strong="H2740" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w him|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w fire|strong="H0784"\+w*}. He|strong="H6213" performed|strong="H6213" rituals to|strong="H3068" practice|strong="H6213" sorcery|strong="H3784" and|strong="H1121" magic rituals. He|strong="H6213" also|strong="H3068" went|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" consulted|strong="H3289" the|strong="H6213" spirits|strong="H7307" of|strong="H1121" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H6213" what|strong="H7451" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" future|strong="H0319". He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7235" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" extremely|strong="H3966" evil|strong="H7451", things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5674" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H6213" very|strong="H7235" angry|strong="H3707". 
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\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H6213" placed|strong="H7760" the|strong="H3605" statue|strong="H6755" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" goddess|strong="H0430" Asherah|strong="H0842" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004", the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H7760" about|strong="H6213" which|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010", “My|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" here|strong="H2088" in|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H7760" have|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" from|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" territory|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" twelve|strong="H8147" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", where|strong="H1004" I|strong="H7760" want|strong="H4270" people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" worship|strong="H3478" me|strong="H7760", forever|strong="H5769". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H4872" if|strong="H0518" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3808" obey|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H8104" commands|strong="H6680" and|strong="H4872" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" Moses|strong="H4872", the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" served|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w well|strong="H3190"\+w*}, I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" again|strong="H3254" force|strong="H2394" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" leave|strong="H4480" this|strong="H6213" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001".” 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1471" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" heed|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068". And|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519" persuaded|strong="H5496" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3478" commit|strong="H6213" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H8085" are|strong="H1121" more|strong="H4480" evil|strong="H7451" than|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6440" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H8085" were|strong="H3478" committed|strong="H6213" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" nations|strong="H1471" that|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" expelled|strong="H3423" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" as|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H1471" advanced|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w These|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w some|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030" said|strong="H1696" many|strong="H7227" times|strong="H3027", messages|strong="H2372" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5650" them|strong="H3027": 
\verseNumber{11}“Manasseh|strong="H4519", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", has|strong="H4428" done|strong="H6213" these|strong="H6213" abominable|strong="H8441" things|strong="H3605", things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H4428" much|strong="H6213" worse|strong="H7489" than|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Amor people-group did|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" land|strong="H6440" long|strong="H3605" ago|strong="H7350". He|strong="H6213" has|strong="H4428" persuaded|strong="H5496" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1571" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H6213" sin|strong="H2398" by|strong="H1571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w*} idols|strong="H1544". 
\verseNumber{12}Therefore|strong="H3651", this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H7451" I|strong="H2005", Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H8085" worship|strong="H3651", say|strong="H3478": I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" cause|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H8085" of|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3478" experience|strong="H7200" great|strong="H7451" disasters|strong="H7451". It|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" terrible|strong="H7451", with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3605" everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" hears|strong="H8085" about|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" stunned|strong="H6313" [MTY]. 
\verseNumber{13}I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1004" judge|strong="H8199" and|strong="H1004" punish|strong="H6485" [MET|strong="H6298"] the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1004" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" like|strong="H1004" I|strong="H5921" punished|strong="H6485" the|strong="H6440" family|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" King|strong="H5921" Ahab|strong="H0256" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1004" ◄wipe|strong="H4229" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" clean|strong="H2889"/remove|strong="H6440" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H6440" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"►, like|strong="H1004" [MET|strong="H6298"] people|strong="H5971" wipe|strong="H4229" a|strong="H5921" plate|strong="H6731" and|strong="H1004" then|strong="H0227" turn|strong="H5186" it|strong="H5921" upside|strong="H5921" down|strong="H5186" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w finished|strong="H3615"\+w* \+w eating|strong="H0398"\+w*, \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w now|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w satisfied|strong="H7646"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H3027" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" abandon|strong="H5203" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5159" who|strong="H3605" remain|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416", and|strong="H3027" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" allow|strong="H5414" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H3027" to|strong="H1961" conquer|strong="H3423" them|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3027" steal|strong="H1589" everything|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" from|strong="H3027" their|strong="H3605" land|strong="H5159". 
\verseNumber{15}I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" because|strong="H4480" my|strong="H3318" people|strong="H5869" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" consider|strong="H5869" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" very|strong="H2088" evil|strong="H7451", things|strong="H7451" which|strong="H5869" have|strong="H1961" caused|strong="H1961" me|strong="H4480" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H2088" angry|strong="H3707". They|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" caused|strong="H1961" me|strong="H4480" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H3707" continually|strong="H3117", ever|strong="H3117" since|strong="H4480" their|strong="H1961" ancestors|strong="H0001" left|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714".” 
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\verseNumber{16}Manasseh|strong="H4519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w commanded|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w officials|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w*} kill|strong="H8210" many|strong="H7235" innocent|strong="H5355" people|strong="H1818" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", with|strong="H4390" the|strong="H6213" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" blood|strong="H1818" flowed|strong="H1980" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" streets|strong="H2351". He|strong="H5704" did|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3068" addition|strong="H1571" to|strong="H5704" persuading the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H1818" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H5704" sin|strong="H2403" against|strong="H2398" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H6310"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H2398"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w more|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" Manasseh|strong="H4519" did|strong="H6213", they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah’. 
\verseNumber{18}Manasseh|strong="H4519" died|strong="H4191" [EUP] and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1004" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8478" garden|strong="H1588" outside|strong="H2351" his|strong="H8478" palace|strong="H1004", the|strong="H8478" garden|strong="H1588" that|strong="H1121" Uzza|strong="H5798" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H4519"\+w* \+w made|strong="H4427"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1121" Manasseh’s|strong="H4519" son|strong="H1121" Amon|strong="H0526" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". 

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\verseNumber{19}Amon|strong="H0526" was|strong="H8034" twenty-two|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8147" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427". He|strong="H8147" ruled|strong="H4427" Judah|strong="H3063" from|strong="H4480" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} two|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141". His|strong="H4480" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Meshullemeth|strong="H4922". She|strong="H8147" was|strong="H8034" from|strong="H4480" Jotbah|strong="H3192" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H4480" granddaughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Haruz|strong="H2743". 
\verseNumber{20}Amon|strong="H0526" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451", like|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" Manasseh|strong="H4519" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{21}He|strong="H3605" imitated the|strong="H3605" behavior|strong="H1980" of|strong="H1870" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H1980" he|strong="H3605" worshiped|strong="H7812" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" idols|strong="H1544" that|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7812" [DOU]. 
\verseNumber{22}He|strong="H3068" abandoned|strong="H5800" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}, and|strong="H1980" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" behave|strong="H6213" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" wanted|strong="H2654" him|strong="H5800" to|strong="H1980". 
\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H4428" one|strong="H1004" day|strong="H3117" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5921" officials|strong="H5650" plotted|strong="H7451" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921". They|strong="H5921" assassinated|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H5221" then|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" killed|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4428" assassinated|strong="H4191" King|strong="H4428" Amon|strong="H0526", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" appointed|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" Josiah|strong="H2977" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{25}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w read|strong="H5612"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w*} [RHQ] the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" Amon|strong="H0526" did|strong="H6213", they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5921" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah’. 
\verseNumber{26}Amon|strong="H0526" was|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" the|strong="H8478" tomb|strong="H6900" in|strong="H6912" the|strong="H8478" garden|strong="H1588" that|strong="H1121" Uzza|strong="H5798" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w made|strong="H4427"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1121" Amon’s|strong="H0526" son|strong="H1121" Josiah|strong="H2977" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". 

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\chapterNumber{22}Josiah|strong="H2977" was|strong="H8034" eight|strong="H8083" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8034" king|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. He|strong="H3389" ruled|strong="H4427" from|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H8034" 31 years|strong="H8141". His|strong="H2977" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H8034" Jedidah|strong="H3040" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H2977" grandfather|strong="H0001" was|strong="H8034" Adaiah|strong="H5718" from|strong="H1121" Bozkath|strong="H1218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}Josiah|strong="H2977" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5869" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" conducted|strong="H1240" his|strong="H3605" life|strong="H3605" as|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3605" ancestor King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". He|strong="H6213" completely|strong="H3605" obeyed|strong="H8085" [IDM] all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" of|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{3}After|strong="H1961" Josiah|strong="H2977" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" for|strong="H7971" almost|strong="H4592" 18 years|strong="H8141", he|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" his|strong="H3068" secretary|strong="H5608" Shaphan|strong="H8227", the|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Azaliah|strong="H0683" and|strong="H1121" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Meshullam|strong="H4918", to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" these|strong="H1004" instructions|strong="H1697": 
\verseNumber{4}“Go|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" Hilkiah|strong="H2518", the|strong="H8104" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548", and|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H8104" me|strong="H8104" a|strong="H5927" report|strong="H8088", telling|strong="H1696" me|strong="H8104" how|strong="H4100" much|strong="H1419" money|strong="H3701" the|strong="H8104" men|strong="H1419" who|strong="H5971" guard|strong="H8104" the|strong="H8104" doors|strong="H5592" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8104" temple|strong="H1004" have|strong="H3068" collected|strong="H6908" from|strong="H5927" the|strong="H8104" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w offerings|strong="H5927"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H5414" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" all|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3027" supervising the|strong="H5921" work|strong="H4399" of|strong="H1004" repairing|strong="H2388" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{6}They|strong="H1992" must|strong="H4191" give|strong="H5414" that|strong="H6086" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1129" carpenters|strong="H2796", the|strong="H1129" builders|strong="H1129", and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1129" masons|strong="H1443", and|strong="H1004" they|strong="H1992" should|strong="H3068" also|strong="H2388" buy|strong="H7069" the|strong="H1129" timber|strong="H6086" and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1129" stones|strong="H0068" that|strong="H6086" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H1004" use|strong="H4399" to|strong="H1004" repair|strong="H2388" the|strong="H1129" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H6213" who|strong="H1992" supervise|strong="H5329" the|strong="H5921" work|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3027" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" required|strong="H7592" to|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" report|strong="H8088" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3027" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5414", saying|strong="H0559" what|strong="H6213" they|strong="H1992" spent|strong="H3885" it|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" those|strong="H1992" men|strong="H6213" are|strong="H1992" completely|strong="H3617" honest|strong="H3653".” 
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\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\+w* \+w said|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" secretary|strong="H5608", Hilkiah|strong="H2518" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" Shaphan|strong="H8227", “I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3068" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" a|strong="H5414" scroll|strong="H5612" on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" the|strong="H5921" laws|strong="H8451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H5414"\+w*}!” Hilkiah|strong="H2518" gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612" to|strong="H3068" Shaphan|strong="H8227", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3068" read|strong="H7121" it|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H5414" Shaphan|strong="H8227" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w took|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w scroll|strong="H5612"\+w*} to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H5414", “Your|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" guards|strong="H7323" have|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H5608" the|strong="H5921" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H5650" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" supervise|strong="H5329" the|strong="H5921" work|strong="H4399" of|strong="H4428" repairing|strong="H3247" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004".” 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H5414" Shaphan|strong="H8227" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{“\+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w brought|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w*} a|strong="H5414" scroll|strong="H5612" that|strong="H3548" Hilkiah|strong="H2518" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414".” And|strong="H4428" Shaphan|strong="H8227" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5414" read|strong="H7121" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H8085" were|strong="H1961" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8085" scroll|strong="H5612" that|strong="H8085" Shaphan|strong="H8227" was|strong="H1961" reading|strong="H7121" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H8085", he|strong="H4428" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H8085" clothes|strong="H0899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w he|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w dismayed|strong="H2865"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H4428" he|strong="H6680" gave|strong="H6680" these|strong="H4428" instructions|strong="H6680" to|strong="H1121" Hilkiah|strong="H2518", to|strong="H1121" Shaphan’s son|strong="H1121" Ahikam|strong="H0296", to|strong="H1121" Micaiah’s son|strong="H1121" Achbor|strong="H5907", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1121" Asaiah|strong="H6222", the|strong="H6680" king’s|strong="H4428" special|strong="H6381" advisor: 
\verseNumber{13}“Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3063" ask|strong="H1875" Yahweh|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3063" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063", about|strong="H5921" what|strong="H1697" is|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" scroll|strong="H5612" that|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H5971" found|strong="H4672". Because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w clear|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" very|strong="H2088" angry|strong="H2534" with|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5921" because|strong="H3588" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" disobeyed|strong="H6963" what|strong="H1697" was|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" on|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" scroll|strong="H5612", things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H1696" Hilkiah|strong="H2518", Ahikam|strong="H0296", Achbor|strong="H5907", Shaphan|strong="H8227", and|strong="H1121" Asaiah|strong="H6222" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H1696" ◄consult|strong="H3289"/talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1696"► a|strong="H1696" woman|strong="H0802" whose|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H1931" Huldah|strong="H2468", who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" a|strong="H1696" prophetess|strong="H5031" who|strong="H1931" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8104" newer/northern|strong="H6828" part|strong="H1931" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". Her|strong="H1931" husband|strong="H0376" Shallum|strong="H7967", son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Tikvah|strong="H8616" and|strong="H1121" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Harhas|strong="H2745", took|strong="H3548" care|strong="H8104" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8104" robes|strong="H0899" that|strong="H1931" were|strong="H1121" worn|strong="H1086" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*} (OR|strong="H1121", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}). \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Those|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w five|strong="H2568"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w told|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w her|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w about|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w scroll|strong="H5612"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{15}She|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H7971", “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3541" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0587" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*} says|strong="H3541": ‘Go|strong="H7971" back|strong="H7725" and|strong="H3478" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3541" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" 
\verseNumber{16}that|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": “Listen|strong="H2005" to|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" carefully|strong="H3605". I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H3068" going|strong="H2005" to|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H1697" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3427" here|strong="H2088" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H3068" experience|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7121" disaster|strong="H7451", which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" was|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" has|strong="H3068" read|strong="H7121". 
\verseNumber{17}I|strong="H2088" will|strong="H3027" do|strong="H4639" that|strong="H3605" because|strong="H4616" they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3027" abandoned|strong="H5800" me|strong="H5800", and|strong="H3027" they|strong="H3808" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" to|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w*} other|strong="H2088" gods|strong="H0430". They|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3027" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5800" to|strong="H3027" become|strong="H3027" very|strong="H2088" angry|strong="H3707" by|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* }all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1544" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3027" made|strong="H4639" (OR|strong="H3808", by|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wicked|strong="H8478" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3027" done|strong="H4639"), and|strong="H3027" my|strong="H3605" anger|strong="H3707" is|strong="H2088" like|strong="H3808" [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H3341" fire|strong="H3341" that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3027" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" put|strong="H3518" out|strong="H3518".” 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" sent|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3478" inquire|strong="H1875" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H3541", Yahweh|strong="H3068", wanted|strong="H2654" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3068", so|strong="H3541" this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H7971" should|strong="H3068" say|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H7971": “Because|strong="H1697" you|strong="H7971" have|strong="H3068" heeded|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1697" was|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8085" scroll|strong="H5612", 
\verseNumber{19}and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" repented|strong="H5162" and|strong="H3068" humbled|strong="H3665" yourself|strong="H3665" when|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6440" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H2088" I|strong="H5921" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" warn|strong="H2094" you|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w what|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*} this|strong="H2088" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" here|strong="H2088" and|strong="H3068" because|strong="H5921" you|strong="H6440" tore|strong="H7167" your|strong="H3068" robes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H3068" wept|strong="H1058" in|strong="H3427" my|strong="H8085" presence|strong="H6440", I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1961" heard|strong="H8085" you|strong="H6440". I|strong="H5921" said|strong="H1696" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H5921" would|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H1961" this|strong="H2088" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H1961" abandoned|strong="H5800". It|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" city|strong="H5892" whose|strong="H0834" name|strong="H8034" people|strong="H3427" will|strong="H3068" use|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" curse|strong="H7045" someone|strong="H0376". But|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1961" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H2088" you|strong="H6440" prayed|strong="H6419", 
\verseNumber{20}so|strong="H3651" I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H4428" allow|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H7725" die|strong="H4191" [EUP] and|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3808" buried|strong="H6912" peacefully|strong="H7965". I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H4428" cause|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3427" here|strong="H2088" to|strong="H7725" experience|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" terrible|strong="H7451" disaster|strong="H7451", but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w alive|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w*} see|strong="H7200" it|strong="H5921".” ’ ” 
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After|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H7451" heard|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200", they|strong="H3651" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" King|strong="H4428" Josiah|strong="H2977" and|strong="H7725" gave|strong="H7725" him|strong="H5921" that|strong="H7200" message|strong="H1697". 

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\chapterNumber{23}Then|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" summoned|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w places|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4428"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{2}They|strong="H3068" went|strong="H5927" together|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004", along|strong="H5704" with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030", and|strong="H3063" many|strong="H5704" other|strong="H3605" [HYP] people|strong="H5971", from|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" most|strong="H3068" important|strong="H5704" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" least|strong="H6996" important|strong="H5704" people|strong="H5971". And|strong="H3063" while|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3068" listened|strong="H8085", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" read|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5704" them|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H5971" Moses|strong="H4872" had|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789". He|strong="H5704" read|strong="H7121" from|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" that|strong="H5971" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H5971" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" stood|strong="H5975" next|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" pillar|strong="H5982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w kings|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w stood|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w made|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w important|strong="H5704"\+w* announcements}, and|strong="H6965" while|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" listening|strong="H8085", he|strong="H3068" repeated|strong="H1696" his|strong="H3605" promise|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" sincerely|strong="H8549" obey|strong="H8104" [DOU] all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" commands|strong="H4687" and|strong="H6965" regulations|strong="H3789" [DOU]. He|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" ◄fulfill|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" conditions|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428"/do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" was|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921"► the|strong="H3605" agreement|strong="H1285" he|strong="H3068" made|strong="H3772" with|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". And|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" also|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3605" agreement|strong="H1285". 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680" Hilkiah|strong="H2518" the|strong="H3605" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3605" assisted|strong="H5375" him|strong="H6213" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1419" who|strong="H3605" guarded|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3605" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1964" to|strong="H3318" bring|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1964" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" items|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H5375" using|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3318" worship|strong="H7812" Baal|strong="H1168", the|strong="H3605" goddess|strong="H0430" Asherah|strong="H0842", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" stars|strong="H3556". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w carried|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3318"\+w*,} they|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1419" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H3605" Kidron|strong="H6939" Valley|strong="H6010". Then|strong="H3318" they|strong="H3068" took|strong="H5375" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" ashes|strong="H6083" to|strong="H3318" Bethel|strong="H1008", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w already|strong="H3528"\+w* \+w considered|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w desecrated|strong="H2490"\+w*/\+w unholy|strong="H2455"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}There|strong="H3605" were|strong="H8064" many|strong="H7227" pagan|strong="H5869" priests|strong="H3649" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" previous|strong="H7223" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" had|strong="H4428" appointed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" on|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196" on|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" tops|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" hills|strong="H1389" in|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063". They|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H3605" offering|strong="H6999" sacrifices|strong="H6999" to|strong="H5414" Baal|strong="H1168", to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121", the|strong="H3605" moon|strong="H3394", the|strong="H3605" planets|strong="H4208", and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" stars|strong="H3556". The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" stopped|strong="H7673" them|strong="H5414" from|strong="H8064" doing|strong="H6213" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" statue|strong="H6755" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" goddess|strong="H0430" Asherah|strong="H0842" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H3068"\+w*} taken|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004". Then|strong="H3318" they|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3318" it|strong="H5921" outside|strong="H2351" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", down|strong="H7993" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" Kidron|strong="H6939" Brook|strong="H5158", and|strong="H1121" burned|strong="H8313" it|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H3318" they|strong="H3068" pounded|strong="H1743" the|strong="H5921" ashes|strong="H6083" to|strong="H3318" powder|strong="H1854" and|strong="H1121" scattered|strong="H5971" that|strong="H5971" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" graves|strong="H6913" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" public|strong="H1121" cemetery. 
\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H8033" also|strong="H3068" destroyed|strong="H5422" the|strong="H3068" rooms|strong="H1004" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" male|strong="H6945" prostitutes|strong="H6945" lived|strong="H3427". That|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" where|strong="H8033" women|strong="H0802" wove|strong="H5526" robes|strong="H0899" that|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1004" used|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" the|strong="H3068" goddess|strong="H0430" Asherah|strong="H0842". 
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\verseNumber{8-9}Josiah|strong="H2977" also|strong="H1571" brought|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" offering|strong="H4503" sacrifices|strong="H2077" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H0935" Judah|strong="H3063". He|strong="H0834" also|strong="H1571" desecrated|strong="H2490" the|strong="H3605" places|strong="H1116" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" tops|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" hills|strong="H1389" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" had|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" incense|strong="H7004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w*}, from|strong="H4480" Geba|strong="H1387" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} to|strong="H0413" Beersheba|strong="H0884" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*}. Those|strong="H1992" priests|strong="H3548" were|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" offer|strong="H7126" sacrifices|strong="H2077" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004", but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w allowed|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w*} eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3605" unleavened|strong="H4682" bread|strong="H3899" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w worked|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*} ate|strong="H0398". He|strong="H0834" also|strong="H1571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" dedicated|strong="H6942" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" goat|strong="H5795" demons|strong="H7700" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H3605" gate|strong="H8179" built|strong="H1129" by|strong="H0801" Joshua|strong="H3091", the|strong="H3605" mayor of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H1961"\+w*} destroyed|strong="H4229". Those|strong="H1992" altars|strong="H4196" were|strong="H0834" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" left|strong="H7604" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" main|strong="H1419" gate|strong="H8179" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{10}Josiah|strong="H2977" also|strong="H1121" desecrated|strong="H2490" the|strong="H5674" place|strong="H4725" named|strong="H7121" Topheth|strong="H8612", in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5674" Hinnom|strong="H2011" Valley|strong="H1516", in|strong="H1121" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H1121" no|strong="H1115" one|strong="H1121" could|strong="H3201" offer|strong="H5674" his|strong="H2930" son|strong="H1121" or|strong="H1121" daughter|strong="H1323" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" for|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5674" sacrifice|strong="H2077" to|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w god|strong="H0430"\+w*} Molech|strong="H4432". 
\verseNumber{11}He|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" removed|strong="H7673" the|strong="H5414" horses|strong="H5483" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previous|strong="H7223"\+w*} kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" had|strong="H3068" dedicated|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" worshiping|strong="H7812" the|strong="H5414" sun|strong="H8121", and|strong="H3063" he|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" the|strong="H5414" chariots|strong="H4818" that|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3063" used|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812". Those|strong="H1992" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H3063" chariots|strong="H4818" were|strong="H3063" kept|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" courtyard|strong="H2691" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004", near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H5414" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3063" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H5414" room|strong="H1004" where|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Josiah’s|strong="H2977"\+w*} officials|strong="H5631", whose|strong="H3957" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H3068" Nathan-Melech|strong="H5419", lived|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{12}Josiah|strong="H2977" also|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" his|strong="H3068" servants|strong="H8033" to|strong="H3068" tear|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H5921" altars|strong="H4196" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" previous|strong="H7223" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" had|strong="H3068" built|strong="H6213" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" roof|strong="H1406" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1004", above|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" room|strong="H1004" where|strong="H8033" King|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271" had|strong="H3068" stayed|strong="H3427". They|strong="H8033" also|strong="H3068" tore|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H5921" altars|strong="H4196" that|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" built|strong="H6213" by|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" Manasseh|strong="H4519" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" courtyards|strong="H2691" outside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004". He|strong="H8033" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H8033" be|strong="H3068" smashed|strong="H5422" to|strong="H3068" pieces|strong="H5409" and|strong="H3063" thrown|strong="H7993" down|strong="H5422" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Kidron|strong="H6939" Valley|strong="H5158". 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="H3389" also|strong="H3478" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" altars|strong="H4196" that|strong="H3478" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H3478" built|strong="H1129" east|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", south|strong="H3225" of|strong="H1121" Olive|strong="H2132" Tree|strong="H6086" Hill|strong="H2022", be|strong="H1121" desecrated|strong="H2490". Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H3478" built|strong="H1129" them|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" worship|strong="H3478" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" disgusting|strong="H8441" idols|strong="H8251"—the|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w statue|strong="H6755"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Astarte|strong="H6253" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w*} Sidon|strong="H6721" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, Chemosh|strong="H3645" the|strong="H6440" god|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Moab|strong="H4124" people-group, and|strong="H1121" Molech|strong="H4432" the|strong="H6440" god|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group. 
\verseNumber{14}They|strong="H4725" also|strong="H1571" broke|strong="H7665" into|strong="H0413" pieces|strong="H7665" the|strong="H7665" stone|strong="H0068" pillars|strong="H4676" that|strong="H4725" the|strong="H7665" Israeli people|strong="H5971" worshiped|strong="H7812", and|strong="H4725" cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H3772" the|strong="H7665" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w pillars|strong="H4676"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w honored|strong="H3513"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7665"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Asherah|strong="H0842", and|strong="H4725" they|strong="H4725" scattered|strong="H6327" the|strong="H7665" ground|strong="H4725" there|strong="H8033" with|strong="H4390" human|strong="H0120" bones|strong="H6106" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w desecrate|strong="H2490"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7665"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{15}Furthermore|strong="H1571", he|strong="H1931" commanded|strong="H1571" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" tear|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H6213" place|strong="H1116" of|strong="H1121" worship|strong="H3478" at|strong="H3478" Bethel|strong="H1008" which|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H1961" built|strong="H6213" by|strong="H3478" King|strong="H4428" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{#1}, the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H1931" persuaded|strong="H5496" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2398". They|strong="H1931" tore|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H6213" altar|strong="H4196". Then|strong="H1571" they|strong="H1931" broke|strong="H5422" its|strong="H6213" stones|strong="H0068" into|strong="H6213" pieces|strong="H1854" and|strong="H1121" pounded|strong="H1743" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H6213" powder|strong="H1854". They|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1571" burned|strong="H8313" the|strong="H6213" statue|strong="H6755" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Asherah|strong="H0842". 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H3947" Josiah|strong="H2977" looked|strong="H7200" around|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H7200" some|strong="H4480" tombs|strong="H6913" there|strong="H8033" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" hill|strong="H2022". He|strong="H8033" commanded|strong="H6680" his|strong="H3068" men|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" bones|strong="H6106" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H4480" tombs|strong="H6913" and|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H8313" them|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". By|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H4480" that|strong="H7200", he|strong="H8033" desecrated|strong="H2490" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". That|strong="H7200" was|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" a|strong="H3947" prophet|strong="H5030" had|strong="H3068" predicted|strong="H1696" many|strong="H7200" years|strong="H8141" before|strong="H4480" when|strong="H7200" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{#1} was|strong="H3068" standing|strong="H5975" close|strong="H4480" to|strong="H3068" that|strong="H7200" altar|strong="H4196" at|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" festival|strong="H2282". 
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Then|strong="H3947" Josiah|strong="H2977" looked|strong="H7200" up|strong="H7200" and|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" tomb|strong="H6913" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" who|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" predicted|strong="H1696" that|strong="H7200". 
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\verseNumber{17}Josiah|strong="H2977" asked|strong="H4100", “Whose|strong="H0834" tomb|strong="H6913" is|strong="H4100" that|strong="H7200"?” The|strong="H5921" people|strong="H7200" of|strong="H1697" Bethel|strong="H1008" replied|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H7121" is|strong="H4100" the|strong="H5921" tomb|strong="H6913" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" who|strong="H3063" came|strong="H1697" from|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" predicted|strong="H1696" that|strong="H7200" these|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H7200" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3063" just|strong="H1697" now|strong="H7121" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" altar|strong="H4196" would|strong="H1697" happen|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{18}Josiah|strong="H2977" replied|strong="H0559", “Allow|strong="H3240" his|strong="H4422" tomb|strong="H6913" to|strong="H4422" remain|strong="H3427" as|strong="H8111" it|strong="H3240" is|strong="H5030". Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" remove|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5030" prophet’s|strong="H5030" bones|strong="H6106" from|strong="H4422" the|strong="H5030" tomb|strong="H6913".” 
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So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5030" people|strong="H5128" did|strong="H5030" not|strong="H3808" remove|strong="H5493" those|strong="H3240" bones|strong="H6106", or|strong="H0176" the|strong="H5030" bones|strong="H6106" of|strong="H5030" the|strong="H5030" other|strong="H0312" prophet|strong="H5030", the|strong="H5030" one|strong="H4422" who|strong="H5030" had|strong="H5030" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H4422" Samaria|strong="H8111". 
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\verseNumber{19}In|strong="H3478" every|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478", at|strong="H3478" Josiah’s|strong="H2977" command|strong="H6680", they|strong="H1992" tore|strong="H7167" down|strong="H5493" the|strong="H3605" shrines|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H3605" built|strong="H6213" by|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" previous|strong="H7223" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", which|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3478" caused|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H6213" very|strong="H6213" angry|strong="H3707". He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H1992" shrines|strong="H1004"/altars|strong="H5493" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1992" thing|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H6213" had|strong="H3478" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H5493" at|strong="H3478" Bethel|strong="H1008". 
\verseNumber{20}He|strong="H8033" ordered|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3605" offered|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2076" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" tops|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4196" hills|strong="H1389" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H3389" killed|strong="H2076" on|strong="H5921" those|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196". Then|strong="H7725" he|strong="H8033" burned|strong="H8313" human|strong="H0120" bones|strong="H6106" on|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4196" those|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w desecrate|strong="H2490"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}. Then|strong="H7725" he|strong="H8033" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Josiah|strong="H2977" had|strong="H3548" them|strong="H5921" celebrate|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Passover|strong="H6453" Festival|strong="H2282" }
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3068" celebrate|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Passover|strong="H6453" Festival|strong="H2282" to|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H3519" Yahweh|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068", which|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" law|strong="H8451" of|strong="H4428" Moses|strong="H4872" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w every|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{22}During|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" years|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" leaders|strong="H8199" ruled|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" during|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" years|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" kings|strong="H4428" had|strong="H3478" ruled|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" Judah|strong="H3063", they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" celebrated|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" festival|strong="H2282". 
\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H3588", after|strong="H3588" Josiah|strong="H2977" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" ruling|strong="H4910" for|strong="H3588" almost|strong="H4592" 18 years|strong="H8141", to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" celebrated|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" Passover|strong="H6453" Festival|strong="H2282" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 

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\verseNumber{24}Furthermore|strong="H1571", Josiah|strong="H2977" got|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1571" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" other|strong="H3605" places|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" who|strong="H3605" practiced|strong="H6213" sorcery|strong="H3784" and|strong="H3063" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" requested|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" spirits|strong="H7307" of|strong="H1004" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H1571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. He|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" removed|strong="H1197" from|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" places|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" household|strong="H1004" idols|strong="H1544" and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1544" and|strong="H3063" abominable|strong="H8251" things|strong="H1697". He|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H8451" what|strong="H1697" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3605" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" that|strong="H7200" Hilkiah|strong="H2518" had|strong="H3068" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{25}Josiah|strong="H2977" was|strong="H3068" totally|strong="H3605" devoted|strong="H3824" to|strong="H7725" Yahweh|strong="H3068". There|strong="H1961" had|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" been|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w or|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*} a|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" like|strong="H3644" him|strong="H6440". He|strong="H3068" obeyed|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" of|strong="H4428" Moses|strong="H4872". And|strong="H6965" there|strong="H1961" has|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" since|strong="H3588" then|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" like|strong="H3644" Josiah|strong="H2977". 
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\verseNumber{26}But|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" become|strong="H7725" extremely|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1419" that|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H5921"\+w*} Manasseh|strong="H4519" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H3605" to|strong="H7725" infuriate him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3063" he|strong="H3068" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3808" very|strong="H1419" angry|strong="H2734". 
\verseNumber{27}He|strong="H8033" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" Judah|strong="H3063" what|strong="H1571" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" banish|strong="H5493" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1571" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063", with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H8033" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" enter|strong="H0935" my|strong="H3068" presence|strong="H6440" again|strong="H6440". And|strong="H3063" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" reject|strong="H3988" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5921" chose|strong="H0977" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w belong|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6440"\+w*}, and|strong="H3063" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" abandon|strong="H5493" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004", the|strong="H6440" place|strong="H1004" where|strong="H8033" I|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5921" [MTY] should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" worshiped|strong="H7812".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H6440" end|strong="H7093" of|strong="H1004" Josiah’s|strong="H2977" rule|strong="H4910" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063" }
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\verseNumber{28}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w more|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w*} [RHQ] all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" Josiah|strong="H2977" did|strong="H6213", they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah’. 
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\verseNumber{29}While|strong="H3117" Josiah|strong="H2977" was|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", King|strong="H4428" Neco|strong="H6549" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" led|strong="H3212" his|strong="H5921" army|strong="H5927" north|strong="H6828" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5921" Euphrates|strong="H6578" River|strong="H5104" to|strong="H4191" help|strong="H7125" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804". King|strong="H4428" Josiah|strong="H2977" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H4191" stop|strong="H2308" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H5927" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" at|strong="H5921" Megiddo|strong="H4023" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, but|strong="H7200" Josiah|strong="H2977" was|strong="H3117" killed|strong="H4191" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H7200" battle|strong="H3117" there|strong="H5927". 
\verseNumber{30}His|strong="H3947" officials|strong="H5650" placed|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947" corpse|strong="H4191" in|strong="H4191" a|strong="H3947" chariot|strong="H7392" and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H3947" it|strong="H3947" back|strong="H3947" to|strong="H4191" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", where|strong="H8478" it|strong="H3947" was|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H4191" his|strong="H3947" own|strong="H5971" tomb|strong="H6900", a|strong="H3947" tomb|strong="H6900" where|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3947" other|strong="H0312" previous|strong="H7223" kings|strong="H4427" had|strong="H5971" not|strong="H4191" been|strong="H4427" buried|strong="H6912". 
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Then|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" poured|strong="H4886" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w*} oil|strong="H4886" on|strong="H7392" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w head|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Josiah’s|strong="H2977" son|strong="H1121" Joahaz|strong="H3059", to|strong="H4191" appoint|strong="H4427" him|strong="H4427" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3947" new|strong="H2319" king|strong="H4427". 

\BibleSectionHeading{King|strong="H4427" Joahaz|strong="H3059" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" }
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\verseNumber{31}Joahaz|strong="H3059" was|strong="H8034" 23 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H3414" king|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}, but|strong="H3059" he|strong="H3389" ruled|strong="H4427" from|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} three|strong="H7969" months|strong="H2320". His|strong="H3059" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H8034" Hamutal|strong="H2537", the|strong="H3414" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" from|strong="H1121" Libnah|strong="H3841" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{32}Joahaz|strong="H3099" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" were|strong="H5869" evil|strong="H7451", just|strong="H3605" like|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{33}King|strong="H4427" Neco’s \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w came|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w captured|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w*} tied|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5414" with|strong="H5921" chains|strong="H8333" and|strong="H3967" took|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" as|strong="H3389" a|strong="H5414" prisoner|strong="H0615" to|strong="H5921" Riblah|strong="H7247" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" Hamath|strong="H2574" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H3603"\+w*}, to|strong="H5921" prevent|strong="H6923" him|strong="H5414" from|strong="H5921" continuing|strong="H1641" to|strong="H5921" rule|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". Neco|strong="H6549" forced|strong="H4522" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3603" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H5921" pay|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414" ◄7,500 pounds|strong="H1993"/3,400 kg.► of|strong="H3603" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3967" ◄75 pounds|strong="H1993"/34 kg.► of|strong="H3603" gold|strong="H2091". 
\verseNumber{34}King|strong="H4427" Neco|strong="H6549" appointed|strong="H1121" another|strong="H0312" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Josiah|strong="H2977", Eliakim|strong="H0471", to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3947" new|strong="H2319" king|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8033" changed|strong="H5437" Eliakim’s name|strong="H8034" to|strong="H4191" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079". Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H8033" took|strong="H3947" Joahaz|strong="H3059" to|strong="H4191" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H1121" later|strong="H0310" Joahaz|strong="H3059" died|strong="H4191" there|strong="H8033" in|strong="H4191" Egypt|strong="H4714". 

\BibleSectionHeading{King|strong="H4427" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" }
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\verseNumber{35}King|strong="H5921" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" collected|strong="H6908" a|strong="H5414" tax|strong="H4061" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. He|strong="H5414" collected|strong="H6908" more|strong="H2091" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" rich|strong="H6223" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3701" less|strong="H0637" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" poor|strong="H6041" people|strong="H5971". He|strong="H5414" collected|strong="H6908" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" gold|strong="H2091" from|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H6186" to|strong="H5921" pay|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" of|strong="H6310" Egypt|strong="H4714" what|strong="H6310" he|strong="H5414" commanded|strong="H6310" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" give|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{36}Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" was|strong="H8034" twenty-five|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H2568" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H4480" king|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H2568" ruled|strong="H4427" from|strong="H4480" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H8034" eleven|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141". His|strong="H4480" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H8034" Zebidah|strong="H2080", the|strong="H4480" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Pedaiah|strong="H6305" from|strong="H4480" Rumah|strong="H7316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{37}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559" are|strong="H5869" evil|strong="H7451", like|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
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\chapterNumber{24}While|strong="H1961" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" was|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*, \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" invaded|strong="H5927" Judah|strong="H3063". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w defeated|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w Judean|strong="H3066"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w*,} Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" was|strong="H1961" required|strong="H3117" to|strong="H7725" pay|strong="H7725" a|strong="H1961" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H4428" tribute|strong="H4503"/taxes|strong="H4061" to|strong="H7725" King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019". But|strong="H1961" after|strong="H1961" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141", Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" rebelled|strong="H4775". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" raiders|strong="H1416" from|strong="H3027" Babylonia|strong="H3778" and|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758", and|strong="H1121" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3068" Moab|strong="H4124" and|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-groups, to|strong="H1696" attack|strong="H4124" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" get|strong="H3027" rid|strong="H7971" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H7971", just|strong="H1697" as|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" his|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030" to|strong="H1696" warn|strong="H2094" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1121" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{3}These|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6310". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w decided|strong="H1961"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" get|strong="H6213" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" many|strong="H7227" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3605" King|strong="H5921" Manasseh|strong="H4519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w committed|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}Manasseh|strong="H4519" had|strong="H3068" even|strong="H1571" caused|strong="H5414" many|strong="H3808" innocent|strong="H5355" people|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H2026", and|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" forgive|strong="H5545" that|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" happened|strong="H1697" while|strong="H3117" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" was|strong="H1697" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3117" did|strong="H6213", are|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah’. 
\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H1121" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" died|strong="H4191", his|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". 
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\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w defeated|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H4428"\+w*} took|strong="H3947" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" Egyptians|strong="H4714" formerly|strong="H6440" controlled|strong="H0662", from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" brook|strong="H5158" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w border|strong="H1961"\+w*} of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Euphrates|strong="H6578" River|strong="H5104" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*}. So|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" did|strong="H3254" not|strong="H3808" return|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*} again|strong="H5750". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" ruled|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" }
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\verseNumber{8}Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" was|strong="H8034" 18 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8034" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". His|strong="H3078" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Nehushta|strong="H5179"; she|strong="H2320" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H8034" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3389" man|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" named|strong="H8034" Elnathan|strong="H0494". Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} three|strong="H7969" months|strong="H2320". 
\verseNumber{9}Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451", just|strong="H3605" as|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w While|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*,} some|strong="H6256" officers|strong="H5650" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" came|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w along|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w whole|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Babylonian|strong="H3778"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w*} to|strong="H5927" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H6256" surrounded|strong="H5437" the|strong="H5927" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{11}While|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H5650" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H4428", Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" himself|strong="H5315" came|strong="H5650" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H3318" King|strong="H4428" Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" and|strong="H3063" his|strong="H3947" mother|strong="H0517" and|strong="H3063" his|strong="H3947" advisors and|strong="H3063" important|strong="H5704" officers|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3063" palace|strong="H1004" officials|strong="H8269" all|strong="H5921" surrendered|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" Babylonian|strong="H3778" army|strong="H2428". 
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These|strong="H1931" thngs happened|strong="H1961" when|strong="H3318" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4428" for|strong="H5921" eight|strong="H8083" years|strong="H8141". He|strong="H1931" arrested|strong="H8610" Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" and|strong="H3063" took|strong="H3947" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3318" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
\verseNumber{13}Just|strong="H3605" as|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H6213", Nebuchadnezzar’s \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} took|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H3605" from|strong="H3318" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3478" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004". They|strong="H8033" cut|strong="H7112" apart|strong="H0914" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091" items|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3605" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H3068" put|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{14}They|strong="H3808" took|strong="H5971" from|strong="H1540" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*} 10,000 people|strong="H5971", including|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" important|strong="H5704" officials|strong="H8269" and|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" best|strong="H2459" soldiers|strong="H5971" and|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" made|strong="H3605" and|strong="H5971" repaired|strong="H2388" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" made|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8269" metal|strong="H2830". Only|strong="H2108" the|strong="H3605" very|strong="H2428" poor|strong="H1803" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" left|strong="H7604" in|strong="H7604" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{15}Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers|strong="H5650" also|strong="H4428" took|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3212" Babylon|strong="H0894" Jehoiachin’s|strong="H3078" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H4428" officials|strong="H5631", his|strong="H1540" mother|strong="H0517", and|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3212"\+w*} the|strong="H1540" important|strong="H5704" people|strong="H1473". 
\verseNumber{16}They|strong="H6213" also|strong="H6213" took|strong="H4428" to|strong="H6213" Babylon|strong="H0894" 7,000 of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" best|strong="H2459" soldiers|strong="H4421" and|strong="H4428" 1,000 men|strong="H1368" who|strong="H3605" knew|strong="H3045" how|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" and|strong="H4428" repair|strong="H2388" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1368" made|strong="H6213" from|strong="H1473" metal|strong="H6213". All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" these|strong="H6213" people|strong="H1473" whom|strong="H1368" they|strong="H6213" took|strong="H4428" were|strong="H2428" strong|strong="H2428" and|strong="H4428" able|strong="H2428" to|strong="H6213" fight|strong="H4421" in|strong="H6213" wars|strong="H4421". 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" appointed|strong="H4427" Jehoiachin’s|strong="H1730" uncle|strong="H1730", Mattaniah|strong="H4983", to|strong="H4428" be|strong="H8034" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}, and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H4428" changed|strong="H5437" Mattaniah’s name|strong="H8034" to|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Zedekiah|strong="H6667" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" }
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\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H1121" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" was|strong="H8034" twenty-one|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", he|strong="H3389" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H8034" eleven|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141". His|strong="H6667" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Hamutal|strong="H2537"; she|strong="H6242" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H3414" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3389" man|strong="H1121" named|strong="H8034" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" from|strong="H1121" Libnah|strong="H3841" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H7451" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451", just|strong="H3605" as|strong="H6213" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{20}Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H5704" angry|strong="H2734". So|strong="H1961" ◄and|strong="H3063" finally|strong="H5704"/after|strong="H5921" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" patient|strong="H0750" a|strong="H1961" long|strong="H5704" time|strong="H6440"► he|strong="H3588" expelled|strong="H3423" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w places|strong="H1116"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" sent|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5704" Babylon|strong="H0894". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jerusalem|strong="H3389" was|strong="H3068" destroyed|strong="H4229" }
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3588"\+w*} Zedekiah|strong="H6667" rebelled|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
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\chapterNumber{25}On|strong="H5921" January 15 of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" ninth|strong="H8671" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H3605" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910", King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" arrived|strong="H0935" with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428", and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H5921" surrounded|strong="H5439" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". They|strong="H5921" built|strong="H1129" ramps|strong="H5550" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w made|strong="H4427"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w dirt|strong="H6083"\+w* \+w against|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w walls|strong="H1785"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}, so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H5921" could|strong="H2428" climb|strong="H5927" up|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" ramps|strong="H5550" and|strong="H4428" attack|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H1931". 
\verseNumber{2}They|strong="H8141" did|strong="H8141" that|strong="H4428" for|strong="H5704" two|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{3}After|strong="H1961" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" for|strong="H5892" eleven|strong="H0259" years|strong="H8141", the|strong="H2388" ◄famine|strong="H7458"/shortage of|strong="H5892" food|strong="H3899"► had|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" bad|strong="H7451". All|strong="H3605" their|strong="H2388" food|strong="H3899" was|strong="H1961" gone|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{4}On|strong="H5921" July 18 of|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3605" year|strong="H8141", the|strong="H3605" Babylonian|strong="H3778" soldiers|strong="H4421" broke|strong="H1234" through|strong="H5921" part|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" wall|strong="H2346", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w enabled|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w enter|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H4421" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w escape|strong="H4422"\+w*}. But|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3605" Babylonian|strong="H3778" soldiers|strong="H4421" surrounded|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", so|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4428"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H4421" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" waited|strong="H3176" until|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H5892" nighttime. Then|strong="H4428" they|strong="H5921" fled|strong="H5127" through|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" gate|strong="H8179" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H5892" between|strong="H4421" the|strong="H3605" two|strong="H2346" walls|strong="H2346" near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" park. They|strong="H5921" ran|strong="H3212" across|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" fields|strong="H7704" and|strong="H4428" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" down|strong="H1870" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} Valley|strong="H6010". 
\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Babylonian|strong="H3778" soldiers|strong="H2428" chased|strong="H7291"/ran|strong="H7323" after|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". They|strong="H5921" caught|strong="H5381" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" when|strong="H5921" he|strong="H3605" was|strong="H4428" by|strong="H5921" himself|strong="H5315" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" valley|strong="H6010" near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H3405". He|strong="H3605" was|strong="H4428" by|strong="H5921" himself|strong="H5315" because|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H2428" had|strong="H4428" abandoned|strong="H5800" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H5927" Babylonian|strong="H3778" soldiers|strong="H5927" took|strong="H8610" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" to|strong="H1696" Riblah|strong="H7247" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894". There|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" decided|strong="H3289" what|strong="H4941" they|strong="H5927" would|strong="H4428" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" punish|strong="H6485" him|strong="H5927". 
\verseNumber{7}There|strong="H8033" the|strong="H7819" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894" forced|strong="H4522" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" to|strong="H1121" watch|strong="H5869" as|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7819" Babylonian|strong="H3778" soldiers|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H7819" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" Zedekiah’s|strong="H6667" sons|strong="H1121". Then|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5178" gouged|strong="H5365" out|strong="H5786" Zedekiah’s|strong="H6667" eyes|strong="H5869". They|strong="H5178" put|strong="H5786" bronze|strong="H5178" chains|strong="H5178" on|strong="H5869" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H6667"\+w* \+w hands|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w feet|strong="H7272"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" then|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5178" took|strong="H3947" him|strong="H5869" to|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
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\verseNumber{8}On|strong="H3389" August 14 of|strong="H4428" that|strong="H1931" year|strong="H8141", after|strong="H8141" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" for|strong="H3389" 19 years|strong="H8141", Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018" arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H4428" king|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar’s officials|strong="H5650" and|strong="H4428" captain|strong="H7227" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5650" men|strong="H5650" that|strong="H1931" guarded|strong="H8104" the|strong="H5650" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} burn|strong="H8313" down|strong="H8313" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" houses|strong="H1004" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". So|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" down|strong="H8313" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" important|strong="H1419" buildings|strong="H1004" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H3605" Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018" supervised|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H2428" of|strong="H2346" the|strong="H3605" Babylonian|strong="H3778" army|strong="H2428" as|strong="H3389" they|strong="H3605" tore|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H3605" walls|strong="H2346" of|strong="H2346" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H5307" he|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5921" soldiers|strong="H5971" took|strong="H2876" to|strong="H5921" Babylon|strong="H0894" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" still|strong="H5971" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892", the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}, and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" soldiers|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" had|strong="H4428" previously|strong="H8543" surrendered|strong="H3947" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Babylonian|strong="H3778" army|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H7604" Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018" allowed|strong="H5414" some|strong="H7227" of|strong="H7227" the|strong="H7604" very|strong="H7227" poor|strong="H1803" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H7227" stay|strong="H3427" in|strong="H7227" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H7227" take|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H7227" the|strong="H7604" vineyards|strong="H3754" and|strong="H7227" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w plant|strong="H5193"\+w* \+w crops|strong="H8393"\+w* \+w in|strong="H7227"\+w*} the|strong="H7604" fields|strong="H7704". 
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\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H5375" Babylonian|strong="H3778" soldiers|strong="H5650" broke|strong="H7665" into|strong="H3220" pieces|strong="H7665" the|strong="H5375" bronze|strong="H5178" pillars|strong="H5982", the|strong="H5375" bronze|strong="H5178" carts|strong="H5699" with|strong="H1004" wheels|strong="H0212", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5375" huge|strong="H1995" bronze|strong="H5178" basin|strong="H3595", all|strong="H5375" of|strong="H1004" which|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1004" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5375" temple|strong="H1004" courtyard|strong="H2691", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" took|strong="H5375" all|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" bronze|strong="H5178" to|strong="H3068" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
\verseNumber{14}They|strong="H3605" also|strong="H1571" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" pots|strong="H5518", the|strong="H3605" shovels|strong="H3257", the|strong="H3605" instruments|strong="H3627" for|strong="H3627" ◄snuffing out|strong="H3947"/extinguishing► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* wicks \+w of|strong="H3627"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" lamps|strong="H5216", the|strong="H3605" dishes|strong="H7086", and|strong="H5178" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" bronze|strong="H5178" items|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli priests|strong="H3548" had|strong="H3068" used|strong="H8334" for|strong="H3627" offering|strong="H4503" sacrifices|strong="H2077" at|strong="H3709" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H3947" soldiers|strong="H5650" also|strong="H2876" took|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" ◄firepans|strong="H4289"/trays|strong="H4289" for|strong="H3701" carrying|strong="H5375" burning|strong="H2740" coals|strong="H1513"►, the|strong="H3947" basins|strong="H4219", and|strong="H3701" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} items|strong="H3627" made|strong="H3947" of|strong="H4219" pure|strong="H2889" gold|strong="H2091" or|strong="H3701" pure|strong="H2889" silver|strong="H3701". 
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\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H3605" bronze|strong="H5178" from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" pillars|strong="H5982", the|strong="H3605" carts|strong="H5699" with|strong="H1004" wheels|strong="H0212", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" huge|strong="H1995" basin|strong="H3595" were|strong="H1961" very|strong="H6213" heavy|strong="H3513"; they|strong="H3068" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" weighed|strong="H4948". ◄Those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" made|strong="H6213"/A|strong="H1961" man|strong="H3605" named|strong="H7121" Hiram|strong="H2438" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" these|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605"► for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" when|strong="H1961" Solomon|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{17}Each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5982" the|strong="H3605" pillars|strong="H5982" was|strong="H6967" ◄27 feet|strong="H7272"/8 meters► tall|strong="H6967". The|strong="H3605" bronze|strong="H5178" capital|strong="H3805"/top|strong="H3805" of|strong="H5982" each|strong="H3605" pillar|strong="H5982" was|strong="H6967" ◄7-1/2 feet|strong="H7272"/2.3 meters► high|strong="H6967". They|strong="H5921" were|strong="H7969" each|strong="H3605" decorated|strong="H5927" all|strong="H3605" around|strong="H5439" with|strong="H5921" something|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" looked|strong="H7200" like|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" net|strong="H7568" made|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5982" bronze|strong="H5178" chains|strong="H5178" connecting bronze|strong="H5178" pomegranates|strong="H7416". 
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\verseNumber{18}Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018" took|strong="H3947" with|strong="H3548" him|strong="H3947" to|strong="H8104" Babylon|strong="H0894" Seraiah|strong="H8304" the|strong="H3947" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548", Zephaniah|strong="H6846" his|strong="H8104" assistant|strong="H8334", and|strong="H3548" the|strong="H3947" three|strong="H7969" men|strong="H7218" who|strong="H3548" guarded|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3947" entrance|strong="H6607" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H5592"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H4428" fhey found|strong="H4672" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H5971" still|strong="H5971" hiding|strong="H5641" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". From|strong="H4480" those|strong="H4480" peeople he|strong="H1931" took|strong="H3947" one|strong="H4480" officer|strong="H5631" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6440" Judean|strong="H3066" army|strong="H6635", five|strong="H2568" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" advisors, the|strong="H6440" chief|strong="H8269" secretary|strong="H5608" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H6635" commander|strong="H8269" who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" recruiting men|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5921" join|strong="H2266" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H6635", and|strong="H4428" 60 other|strong="H0312" important|strong="H5704" Judean|strong="H3066" men|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{20}Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018" took|strong="H3947" them|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" at|strong="H5921" Riblah|strong="H7247" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{21}There|strong="H8033" at|strong="H5921" Riblah|strong="H7247", in|strong="H5921" Hamath|strong="H2574" province|strong="H4082", the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H4428" they|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5921" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H5221". 
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That|strong="H4428" is|strong="H4428" what|strong="H5921" happened|strong="H1961" when|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" were|strong="H3063" ◄taken|strong="H5221" forcefully/exiled|strong="H1540"► from|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Gedaliah|strong="H1436" was|strong="H4428" appointed|strong="H4150" governor|strong="H6346" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" }
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" appointed|strong="H6485" Gedaliah|strong="H1436", who|strong="H5971" was|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahikam|strong="H0296" and|strong="H1121" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shaphan|strong="H8227", to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" governor|strong="H6485" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" still|strong="H5971" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{23}When|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H2428" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3588" surrendered|strong="H3947" to|strong="H8085" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894" had|strong="H4428" appointed|strong="H6485" Gedaliah|strong="H1436" to|strong="H8085" be|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" governor|strong="H8269", they|strong="H1992" met|strong="H6298" with|strong="H4428" him|strong="H3605" at|strong="H4428" Mizpah|strong="H4709" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. These|strong="H1992" army|strong="H2428" captains|strong="H8269" were|strong="H1121" Ishmael|strong="H3458" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nethaniah|strong="H5418", Johanan|strong="H3110" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kareah|strong="H7143", Seraiah|strong="H8304" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Tanhumeth|strong="H8576" from|strong="H8085" Netophah|strong="H5199" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" Jaazaniah|strong="H2970" from|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" Maacah|strong="H4601" region|strong="H2256". 
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\verseNumber{24}Gedaliah|strong="H1436" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650" them|strong="H3190" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w officials|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w planning|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w harm|strong="H7463"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3190"\+w*}. He|strong="H7650" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H5647" may|strong="H4428" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" this|strong="H5650" land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w without|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H3372"\+w*} and|strong="H4428" serve|strong="H5647" the|strong="H5647" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894", and|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3190"\+w*}, everything|strong="H3605" will|strong="H4428" go|strong="H3190" well|strong="H3190" for|strong="H3427" you|strong="H5647".” 
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\verseNumber{25}But|strong="H1961" in|strong="H4191" October of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H1121" year|strong="H7637", Ishmael|strong="H3458", whose|strong="H1121" grandfather|strong="H0001" Elishama|strong="H0476" was|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" relatives|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4410" David|strong="H1732", went|strong="H1121" to|strong="H4191" Mizpah|strong="H4709" along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H4191" ten|strong="H6235" other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" assassinated|strong="H4191"/killed|strong="H5221" Gedaliah|strong="H1436" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5221" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" with|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5221". There|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" also|strong="H3458" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3064" and|strong="H1121" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894" whom|strong="H0834" they|strong="H2320" assassinated|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H6965" many|strong="H5704" [HYP] of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H6440" Judah|strong="H3063", important|strong="H5704" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H6965" unimportant ones|strong="H1419", and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" captains|strong="H8269", were|strong="H5971" very|strong="H5704" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H8269" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H3372"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" Babylonians|strong="H3778" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w would|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w*}, so|strong="H6965" they|strong="H3588" fled|strong="H5127" to|strong="H5704" Egypt|strong="H4714". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" was|strong="H4714" released|strong="H7971" }
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\verseNumber{27}Thirty-seven|strong="H7970" years|strong="H8141" after|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" was|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H5375" to|strong="H1961" Babylon|strong="H0894", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Nebuchadnezzar’s \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} Evil-Merodach|strong="H0192" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5375" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894". He|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1961" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H1961" Jehoiachin|strong="H3078", and|strong="H3063" on|strong="H1961" April 2 of|strong="H4428" that|strong="H4428" year|strong="H8141", he|strong="H1004" released|strong="H5375"/freed|strong="H8199" Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" from|strong="H1961" prison|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{28}He|strong="H5414" always|strong="H3605" spoke|strong="H1696" kindly|strong="H2896" to|strong="H1696" Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" and|strong="H4428" honored|strong="H3513" him|strong="H5414" more|strong="H5921" than|strong="H2896" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" kings|strong="H4428" who|strong="H4428" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H5414"/exiled|strong="H1540" to|strong="H1696" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
\verseNumber{29}He|strong="H3117" gave|strong="H5414" Jehoiachin|strong="H8132" new|strong="H2319" clothes|strong="H0899" to|strong="H6440" replace|strong="H2498" the|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3117" had|strong="H2416" been|strong="H3605" wearing|strong="H2296" in|strong="H3117" prison|strong="H3608", and|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" allowed|strong="H5414" Jehoiachin|strong="H8132" to|strong="H6440" eat|strong="H3899" at|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" table|strong="H6440" every|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" for|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3605" life|strong="H2416". 
\verseNumber{30}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" also|strong="H4428" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" money|strong="H3701" every|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117", so|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3117" could|strong="H1697" buy|strong="H7069" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3117" needed|strong="H1767". The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5414" do|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" until|strong="H3117" Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" died|strong="H4191". 
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\BibleBook{1 Chronicles}

\BibleTitlePage
\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains genealogies from Adam to the death of King David and the account of David reigning over all of Israel. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{1 Chronicles }

\BibleSectionHeading{A list of genealogies }

\BibleSectionHeading{The descendants of Adam }
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\chapterNumber{1}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w first|strong="H7223"\+w* \+w person|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w created|strong="H1254"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Adam|strong="H0121"\+w*}. Adam’s \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w son|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w*} Seth|strong="H8352". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Seth’s \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w*} Enosh|strong="H0583". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Enosh’s \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w*} Kenan|strong="H7018". 
\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{Kenan’s \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w*} Mahalalel|strong="H4111". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Mahalalel’s \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w*} Jared|strong="H3382". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Jared’s \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w*} Enoch|strong="H2585". 
\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{Enoch’s \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w was|strong="H2585"\+w*} Methuselah|strong="H4968". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Methusalah’s \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w was|strong="H2585"\+w*} Lamech|strong="H3929". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Lamech’s \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w was|strong="H2585"\+w*} Noah|strong="H5146". 
\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Noah’s|strong="H5146"\+w* \+w sons|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5146"\+w*} Shem|strong="H8035", Ham|strong="H2526", and|strong="H8035" Japheth|strong="H3315". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3315" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1121" Japheth|strong="H3315" }
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" (OR|strong="H1121", descendants|strong="H1121") of|strong="H1121" Japheth|strong="H3315" were|strong="H1121" Gomer|strong="H1586", Magog|strong="H4031", Madai|strong="H4074", Javan|strong="H3120", Tubal|strong="H8422", Meshech|strong="H4902", and|strong="H1121" Tiras|strong="H8494". 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" (OR|strong="H1121", descendants|strong="H1121") of|strong="H1121" Gomer|strong="H1586" were|strong="H1121" Ashkenaz|strong="H0813", Riphath|strong="H7384", and|strong="H1121" Togarmah|strong="H8425". 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Javan|strong="H3120" were|strong="H1121" Elishah|strong="H0473", Tarshish|strong="H8659", Kittim|strong="H3794", and|strong="H1121" Rodanim|strong="H7290". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ham|strong="H2526" }
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ham|strong="H2526" were|strong="H1121" Cush|strong="H3568", Mizraim|strong="H4714" (OR|strong="H1121", Egypt|strong="H4714"), Put|strong="H6316", and|strong="H1121" Canaan|strong="H3667". 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Cush|strong="H3568" were|strong="H1121" Seba|strong="H5434", Havilah|strong="H2341", Sabtah|strong="H5454", Raamah|strong="H7484", and|strong="H1121" Sabteca|strong="H5455". 
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The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" (OR|strong="H1121", descendants|strong="H1121") of|strong="H1121" Raamah|strong="H7484" were|strong="H1121" Sheba|strong="H7614" and|strong="H1121" Dedan|strong="H1719". 
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\verseNumber{10}Another|strong="H1368" descendant|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3205" Cush|strong="H3568" was|strong="H1961" Nimrod|strong="H5248". When|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" grew|strong="H1431" up|strong="H3205", he|strong="H1931" became|strong="H3205" a|strong="H1961" mighty|strong="H1368" warrior|strong="H1368" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3205" earth|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{11}Mizraim|strong="H4714" (OR|strong="H0176", Egypt|strong="H4714") was|strong="H4714" the|strong="H3205" ancestor of|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" Lud|strong="H3866" people-group, the|strong="H3205" Anam|strong="H6047" people-group, the|strong="H3205" Lehab|strong="H3853" people-group, the|strong="H3205" Naphtuh|strong="H5320" people-group, 
\verseNumber{12}the|strong="H3318" Pathrus|strong="H6625" people-group, the|strong="H3318" Casluh|strong="H3695" people-group, and|strong="H8033" the|strong="H3318" Caphtor|strong="H3732" people-group. The|strong="H3318" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3318"\+w*} Philistia|strong="H6429" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} were|strong="H6430" descended|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" Casluh|strong="H3695" people-group. 
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\verseNumber{13}Canaan’s|strong="H3667" first|strong="H7223" son|strong="H1060" was|strong="H1060" Sidon|strong="H6721". He|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1060" also|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" ancestor of|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" Heth|strong="H2845" people-group, 
\verseNumber{14}the|strong="H2983" Jebus|strong="H2982" people-group, the|strong="H2983" Amor people-group, the|strong="H2983" Girgash people-group, 
\verseNumber{15}the|strong="H2340" Hiv people-group, the|strong="H2340" Ark|strong="H0727" people-group, the|strong="H2340" Sin|strong="H2403" people-group, 
\verseNumber{16}the|strong="H3605" Arvad|strong="H0719" people-group, the|strong="H3605" Zemar people-group, and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" Hamath|strong="H2574" people-group. 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1121" Shem|strong="H8035" }
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\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shem|strong="H8035" were|strong="H1121" Elam|strong="H5867", Asshur|strong="H0804", Arphaxad|strong="H0775", Lud|strong="H3865", and|strong="H1121" Aram|strong="H0758". 
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Aram’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Uz|strong="H5780", Hul|strong="H2343", Gether|strong="H1666", and|strong="H1121" Meshech|strong="H4902". 
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\verseNumber{18}Arphaxad|strong="H0775" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Shelah|strong="H7974", who|strong="H3205" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Eber|strong="H5677". 
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\verseNumber{19}Eber|strong="H5677" had|strong="H3205" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121". One|strong="H1121" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" Peleg|strong="H6389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘divided’} because|strong="H3588" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" lived|strong="H3427", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3117"\+w*} the|strong="H3588" earth|strong="H0776" were|strong="H1121" divided|strong="H6385" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w into|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w various|strong="H2921"\+w* \+w language|strong="H3956"\+w* \+w groups|strong="H1121"\+w*}. Peleg’s \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" was|strong="H8034" Joktan|strong="H3355". 
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\verseNumber{20}Joktan|strong="H3355" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" ancestor of|strong="H3205" Almodad|strong="H0486", Sheleph|strong="H8026", Hazarmaveth|strong="H2700", Jerah|strong="H3392", 
\verseNumber{21}Hadoram|strong="H1913", Uzal|strong="H0187", Diklah|strong="H1853", 
\verseNumber{22}Obal|strong="H5745", Abimael|strong="H0039", Sheba|strong="H7614", 
\verseNumber{23}Ophir|strong="H0211", Havilah|strong="H2341", and|strong="H1121" Jobab|strong="H3103". 
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\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H7974" Shem|strong="H8035", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w Abraham|strong="H0085"\+w*}, were|strong="H0834" Arphaxad|strong="H0775", Shelah|strong="H7974", 
\verseNumber{25}Eber|strong="H5677", Peleg|strong="H6389", Reu|strong="H7466", 
\verseNumber{26}Serug|strong="H8286", Nahor|strong="H5152", Terah|strong="H8646", 
\verseNumber{27}and|strong="H3967" Abram|strong="H0087", whose|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w name|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w later|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w changed|strong="H8133"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w*} Abraham|strong="H0085". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H1931" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1931" Abraham|strong="H0085" }
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\verseNumber{28}Abraham’s|strong="H0085" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Isaac|strong="H3327" and|strong="H1121" Ishmael|strong="H3458". 
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\verseNumber{29}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3458"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1060"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1060"\+w* \+w Abraham’s|strong="H0085"\+w* \+w slave|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w Hagar|strong="H1904"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1060"\+w* \+w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\+w*.} Ishmael’s|strong="H3458" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w twelve|strong="H8147"\+w*} sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H0834" Nebaioth|strong="H5032", Kedar|strong="H6938", Adbeel|strong="H0110", Mibsam|strong="H4017", 
\verseNumber{30}Mishma|strong="H4927", Dumah|strong="H1746", Massa|strong="H4854", Hadad|strong="H2301", Tema|strong="H8485", 
\verseNumber{31}Jetur|strong="H3195", Naphish|strong="H5305", and|strong="H1121" Kedemah|strong="H6929". 
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\verseNumber{32}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H0310"\+w* }Abraham’s|strong="H0085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w Sarah|strong="H8283"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w took|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w another|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Keturah|strong="H6989". The|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abraham|strong="H0085" and|strong="H1121" Keturah|strong="H6989" were|strong="H1121" Zimran|strong="H2175", Jokshan|strong="H3370", Medan|strong="H4091", Midian|strong="H4080", Ishbak|strong="H3435", and|strong="H1121" Shuah|strong="H7744". 
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Jokshan’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Sheba|strong="H7614" and|strong="H1121" Dedan|strong="H1719". 
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\verseNumber{33}Midian’s|strong="H4080" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Ephah|strong="H5891", Epher|strong="H6081", Hanoch|strong="H2585", Abida|strong="H0028", and|strong="H1121" Eldaah|strong="H0420". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Esau|strong="H6215" }
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\verseNumber{34}The|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abraham|strong="H0085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w Sarah|strong="H8283"\+w*} was|strong="H3478" Isaac|strong="H3327", and|strong="H1121" Isaac’s|strong="H3327" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" Esau|strong="H6215" and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jacob|strong="H3290"\+w*, \+w whose|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w name|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w later|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w changed|strong="H8133"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{35}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Esau|strong="H6215" were|strong="H1121" Eliphaz|strong="H0464", Reuel|strong="H7467", Jeush|strong="H3266", Jalam|strong="H3281", and|strong="H1121" Korah|strong="H7141". 
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\verseNumber{36}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eliphaz|strong="H0464" were|strong="H1121" Teman|strong="H8487", Omar|strong="H0201", Zepho|strong="H6825" (OR|strong="H1121", Zephi|strong="H6825"), Gatam|strong="H1609", Kenaz|strong="H7073", Timna|strong="H8555", and|strong="H1121" Amalek|strong="H6002". 
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\verseNumber{37}Reuel’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Nahath|strong="H5184", Zerah|strong="H2226", Shammah|strong="H8048", and|strong="H1121" Mizzah|strong="H4199". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Seir|strong="H8165" }
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\verseNumber{38}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Another|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w descendant|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Esau|strong="H6215"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Seir|strong="H8165"\+w*. \+w His|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Edom|strong="H0112"\+w* \+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. Seir’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Lotan|strong="H3877", Shobal|strong="H7732", Zibeon|strong="H6649", Anah|strong="H6034", Dishon|strong="H1787", Ezer|strong="H5829", and|strong="H1121" Dishan|strong="H1789". 
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\verseNumber{39}Lotan’s|strong="H3877" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Hori|strong="H2753" and|strong="H1121" Homam|strong="H1950", and|strong="H1121" Lotan’s|strong="H3877" sister|strong="H0269" was|strong="H1121" Timna|strong="H8555". 
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\verseNumber{40}Shobal’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Alvan|strong="H5935", Manahath|strong="H4506", Ebal|strong="H5858", Shepho|strong="H8195", and|strong="H1121" Onam|strong="H0208". 
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Zibeon’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Aiah|strong="H0345" and|strong="H1121" Anah|strong="H6034". 
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\verseNumber{41}Anah’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Dishon|strong="H1787". 
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1 Dishon’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Hemdan|strong="H2533" (OR|strong="H1121", Hamran|strong="H2566"), Eshban|strong="H0790", Ithran|strong="H3506", and|strong="H1121" Keran. 
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\verseNumber{42}Ezer’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Bilhan|strong="H1092", Zaavan|strong="H2190", and|strong="H1121" Akan|strong="H6130" (OR|strong="H1121", Jaakan|strong="H3292"). 
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Dishan’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Uz|strong="H5780" and|strong="H1121" Aran|strong="H0765". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H1121" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Edom|strong="H0112" }
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\verseNumber{43}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w These|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w names|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" kings|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3478" ruled|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w*} Edom|strong="H0112" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} before|strong="H6440" any|strong="H6440" kings|strong="H4428" ruled|strong="H4427" over|strong="H4427" Israel|strong="H3478": 
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Bela|strong="H1106", the|strong="H6440" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Beor|strong="H1160", was|strong="H8034" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H3478" Edom|strong="H0112", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w which|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w he|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w*} was|strong="H8034" Dinhabah|strong="H1838". 
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\verseNumber{44}When|strong="H1121" Bela|strong="H1106" died|strong="H4191", Jobab|strong="H3103", the|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zerah|strong="H2226" from|strong="H1121" Bozrah|strong="H1224" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". 
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\verseNumber{45}When|strong="H3588" Jobab|strong="H3103" died|strong="H4191", Husham|strong="H2367" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". He|strong="H4427" was|strong="H2367" from|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" region|strong="H2256" where|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" Teman|strong="H8487" people-group lived|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{46}When|strong="H1121" Husham|strong="H2367" died|strong="H4191", Hadad|strong="H1908", the|strong="H5221" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bedad|strong="H0911", became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5221" king|strong="H4427". He|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ruled|strong="H4427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4191"\+w*} Avith|strong="H5762" city|strong="H5892". Hadad’s \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} defeated|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5221"\+w*} Midian|strong="H4080" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{people-group} in|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5221"\+w*} Moab|strong="H4124" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{47}When|strong="H3588" Hadad|strong="H1908" died|strong="H4191", Samlah|strong="H8072" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". He|strong="H4427" was|strong="H8072" from|strong="H8478" Masrekah|strong="H4957" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{48}When|strong="H3588" Samlah|strong="H8072" died|strong="H4191", Shaul|strong="H7586" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". He|strong="H4427" was|strong="H7586" from|strong="H8478" Rehoboth|strong="H7344" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H8478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Euphrates|strong="H5104"\+w*} river|strong="H5104". 
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\verseNumber{49}When|strong="H1121" Shaul|strong="H7586" died|strong="H4191", Baal-Hanan|strong="H1177", the|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Achbor|strong="H5907", became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". 
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\verseNumber{50}When|strong="H3588" Baal-Hanan|strong="H1177" died|strong="H4191", Hadad|strong="H1908" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". He|strong="H4427" was|strong="H8034" from|strong="H8478" Pau|strong="H6464" city|strong="H5892". His|strong="H8478" wife’s|strong="H0802" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Mehetabel|strong="H4105"; she|strong="H5892" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H8478" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Matred|strong="H4308" and|strong="H5892" the|strong="H8478" granddaughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Me-Zahab. 
\verseNumber{51}Then|strong="H1961" Hadad|strong="H1908" died|strong="H4191". 
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The|strong="H1961" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4191" the|strong="H1961" clans|strong="H4940" of|strong="H4191" the|strong="H1961" Edom|strong="H0112" people-group were|strong="H1961" Timna|strong="H8555", Alvah|strong="H5933", Jetheth|strong="H3509", 
\verseNumber{52}Oholibamah|strong="H0173", Elah|strong="H0425", Pinon|strong="H6373", 
\verseNumber{53}Kenaz|strong="H7073", Teman|strong="H8487", Mibzar|strong="H4014", 
\verseNumber{54}Magdiel|strong="H4025", and|strong="H3967" Iram|strong="H5902". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The descendants of Jacob }
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\chapterNumber{2}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290" were|strong="H3478" Reuben|strong="H7205", Simeon|strong="H8095", Levi|strong="H3878", Judah|strong="H3063", Issachar|strong="H3485", Zebulun|strong="H2074", 
\verseNumber{2}Dan|strong="H1835", Joseph|strong="H3130", Benjamin|strong="H1144", Naphtali|strong="H5321", Gad|strong="H1410", and|strong="H1144" Asher|strong="H0836". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3130" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1144" Judah|strong="H3063" }
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\verseNumber{3}Judah’s|strong="H3063" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" Er|strong="H6147", Onan|strong="H0209", and|strong="H1121" Shelah|strong="H7956". Their|strong="H3068" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3205" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Shua|strong="H7774" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H1961"\+w*} Judah’s|strong="H3063" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1121" Er|strong="H6147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w grew|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w up|strong="H3205"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w*} did|strong="H3068" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" wicked|strong="H7451", so|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1961" him|strong="H3205" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{4}Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" daughter-in-law|strong="H3618" Tamar|strong="H8559" had|strong="H3205" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{twin \+w boys|strong="H3206"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Perez|strong="H6557" and|strong="H1121" Zerah|strong="H2226". So|strong="H3651" altogether|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063" had|strong="H3205" five|strong="H2568" sons|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Perez|strong="H6557" were|strong="H1121" Hezron|strong="H2696" and|strong="H1121" Hamul|strong="H2538". 
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\verseNumber{6}Zerah|strong="H2226" had|strong="H1121" five|strong="H2568" sons|strong="H1121": Zimri|strong="H2174", Ethan|strong="H0387", Heman|strong="H1968", Calcol|strong="H3633", and|strong="H1121" Darda|strong="H1862" (OR|strong="H1121", Dara|strong="H1873"). 
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\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w sons|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Zimri|strong="H2174"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Carmi|strong="H3756"\+w*}. Carmi’s son|strong="H1121" Achan|strong="H5917" (OR|strong="H1121", Achar|strong="H5917") caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" experience|strong="H7200" much|strong="H7227" trouble|strong="H5916", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3478" stole|strong="H1589" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" things|strong="H2764" that|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4603" devoted|strong="H2764" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w destroyed|strong="H2764"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{8}Ethan’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Azariah|strong="H5838". 
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\verseNumber{9}Hezron’s|strong="H2696" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Jerahmeel|strong="H3396", Ram|strong="H7410", and|strong="H1121" Caleb|strong="H3612" (OR|strong="H1121", Chelubai|strong="H3621"). 
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\verseNumber{10}Ram|strong="H7410" was|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" Amminadab|strong="H5992", and|strong="H1121" Amminadab|strong="H5992" was|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" Nahshon|strong="H5177". Nahshon|strong="H5177" was|strong="H3063" a|strong="H3205" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{11}Nahshon|strong="H5177" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Salmon|strong="H8012", who|strong="H3205" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Boaz|strong="H1162". 
\verseNumber{12}Boaz|strong="H1162" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Obed|strong="H5744", and|strong="H3205" Obed|strong="H5744" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Jesse|strong="H3448". 
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\verseNumber{13}Jesse’s|strong="H3448" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1060" was|strong="H1060" Eliab|strong="H0446". His|strong="H3205" other|strong="H8145" sons|strong="H3205" were|strong="H3205" Abinadab|strong="H0041", Shimea|strong="H8092", 
\verseNumber{14}Nethanel|strong="H5417", Raddai|strong="H7288", 
\verseNumber{15}Ozem|strong="H0684", and|strong="H1732" the|strong="H1732" youngest|strong="H6996" was|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{16}Their|strong="H3605" sisters|strong="H0269" were|strong="H1121" Zeruiah|strong="H6870" and|strong="H1121" Abigail|strong="H0026". Zeruiah’s|strong="H6870" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Abishai|strong="H0052", Joab|strong="H3097", and|strong="H1121" Asahel|strong="H6214". 
\verseNumber{17}Abigail’s husband|strong="H0376" was|strong="H3205" Jether|strong="H3500", a|strong="H3205" descendant|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3205" Ishmael|strong="H3458", and|strong="H3205" their|strong="H3605" son|strong="H3205" was|strong="H3205" Amasa|strong="H6021". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3205" Hezron|strong="H2696" }
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\verseNumber{18}Hezron’s|strong="H2696" younger|strong="H6810" son|strong="H1121" Caleb|strong="H3612" had|strong="H3205" two|strong="H8147" wives|strong="H0802". One|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H3205", Azubah|strong="H5806", gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w three|strong="H7969"\+w*} sons|strong="H1121": Jesher|strong="H3475", Shobab|strong="H7727", and|strong="H1121" Ardon|strong="H0715". 
\verseNumber{19}When|strong="H3588" Azubah|strong="H5806" died|strong="H4191", Caleb|strong="H3612" married|strong="H3947" Ephrath|strong="H0672". Their|strong="H3947" son|strong="H3205" was|strong="H3205" Hur|strong="H2354". 
\verseNumber{20}Hur|strong="H2354" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Uri|strong="H0221", and|strong="H3205" Uri|strong="H0221" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Bezalel|strong="H1212". 
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\verseNumber{21}When|strong="H1121" Hezron|strong="H2696" was|strong="H1931" 60 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", he|strong="H1931" married|strong="H3947" [EUP] Makir’s|strong="H4353" daughter|strong="H1323", who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3947" sister|strong="H0269" of|strong="H1121" Gilead|strong="H1568". The|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hezron|strong="H2696" and|strong="H1121" Makir|strong="H4353" was|strong="H1931" Segub|strong="H7687". 
\verseNumber{22}Segub|strong="H7687" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H5892" Jair|strong="H2971". Jair’s \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} controlled|strong="H0662" twenty-three|strong="H6242" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3205" region|strong="H2256" ruled|strong="H4427" by|strong="H5892" Gilead|strong="H1568". 
\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Geshur|strong="H1650" and|strong="H1121" Aram|strong="H0758" captured|strong="H3947" those|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H1323" controlled|strong="H0662" by|strong="H5892" Jair|strong="H2971". They|strong="H3605" also|strong="H1121" captured|strong="H3947" Kenath|strong="H7079" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" nearby|strong="H7138" towns|strong="H1323"; altogether|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" captured|strong="H3947" 60 towns|strong="H1323". The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Makir|strong="H4353", the|strong="H3605" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gilead|strong="H1568". 
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\verseNumber{24}Shortly|strong="H7138" after|strong="H0310" Hezron|strong="H2696" died|strong="H4194" in|strong="H4194" Caleb-Ephrath \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, his|strong="H3205" widow|strong="H0490" Abijah|strong="H0029" had|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H3205" Asshur|strong="H0804"; Asshur|strong="H0804" started|strong="H2490" Tekoa|strong="H8620" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jerahmeel’s|strong="H3396" descendants|strong="H2233" }
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\verseNumber{25}Hezron’s|strong="H2696" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1961" Jerahmeel|strong="H3396". His|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" Ram|strong="H7410", Bunah|strong="H0946", Oren|strong="H0767", Ozem|strong="H0684", and|strong="H1121" Ahijah|strong="H0281". Jerahmeel’s|strong="H3396" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1961" Ram|strong="H7410". 
\verseNumber{26}Jerahmeel|strong="H3396" had|strong="H1961" another|strong="H0312" wife|strong="H0802" named|strong="H8034" Atarah|strong="H5851". Their|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H8034" Onam|strong="H0208". 
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\verseNumber{27}The|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ram|strong="H7410", Jerahmeel’s|strong="H3396" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1121", were|strong="H1961" Maaz|strong="H4619", Jamin|strong="H3226", and|strong="H1121" Eker|strong="H6134". 
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\verseNumber{28}Onam’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" Shammai|strong="H8060" and|strong="H1121" Jada|strong="H3047". 
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Shammai’s|strong="H8060" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" Nadab|strong="H5070" and|strong="H1121" Abishur|strong="H0051". 
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\verseNumber{29}Abishur’s|strong="H0051" wife|strong="H0802" was|strong="H8034" Abihail|strong="H0032". The|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Abishur|strong="H0051" and|strong="H8034" Abihail|strong="H0032" were|strong="H3205" Ahban|strong="H0257" and|strong="H8034" Molid|strong="H4140". 
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\verseNumber{30}Nadab’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Seled|strong="H5540" and|strong="H1121" Appaim|strong="H0649". Seled|strong="H5540" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1121" any|strong="H3808" children|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{31}Appaim’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Ishi|strong="H3469"; Ishi’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Sheshan|strong="H8348". One|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Sheshan’s daughters|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Ahlai|strong="H0304". 
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\verseNumber{32}Shammai’s|strong="H8060" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" was|strong="H1121" Jada|strong="H3047". Jada’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Jether|strong="H3500" and|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3129". Jether|strong="H3500" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1121" any|strong="H3808" children|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{33}Jonathan’s|strong="H3083" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" Peleth|strong="H6431" and|strong="H1121" Zaza|strong="H2117". 
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Those|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jerahmeel|strong="H3396". 
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\verseNumber{34}Sheshan|strong="H8348" did|strong="H5650" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1961" any|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121"; he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" only|strong="H3588" daughters|strong="H1323". He|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" servant|strong="H5650" from|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4713" whose|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Jarha|strong="H3398". 
\verseNumber{35}Sheshan|strong="H8348" allowed|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323" to|strong="H5414" marry|strong="H5414" Jarha|strong="H3398", and|strong="H5650" their|strong="H5414" son|strong="H3205" was|strong="H5650" Attai|strong="H6262". 
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\verseNumber{36}Attai|strong="H6262" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Nathan|strong="H5416". 
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Nathan|strong="H5416" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Zabad|strong="H2066". 
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\verseNumber{37}Zabad|strong="H2066" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Ephlal|strong="H0654". 
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Ephlal|strong="H0654" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Obed|strong="H5744". 
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\verseNumber{38}Obed|strong="H5744" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Jehu|strong="H3058". 
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Jehu|strong="H3058" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Azariah|strong="H5838". 
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\verseNumber{39}Azariah|strong="H5838" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Helez|strong="H2503". 
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Helez|strong="H2503" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Eleasah|strong="H0501". 
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\verseNumber{40}Eleasah|strong="H0501" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Sismai|strong="H5581". 
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Sismai|strong="H5581" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Shallum|strong="H7967". 
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\verseNumber{41}Shallum|strong="H7967" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Jekamiah|strong="H3359". 
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And|strong="H3205" Jekamiah|strong="H3359" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Elishama|strong="H0476". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Caleb’s|strong="H3612" descendants|strong="H2233" }
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\verseNumber{42}Jerahmeel’s|strong="H3396" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" was|strong="H1931" Caleb|strong="H3612". 
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Caleb’s|strong="H3612" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1931" Mesha|strong="H4337". Mesha|strong="H4337" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3612" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ziph|strong="H2128". Ziph|strong="H2128" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3612" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Mareshah|strong="H4762". Mareshah|strong="H4762" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3612" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hebron|strong="H2275". 
\verseNumber{43}Hebron’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Korah|strong="H7141", Tappuah|strong="H8599", Rekem|strong="H7552", and|strong="H1121" Shema|strong="H8087". 
\verseNumber{44}Shema|strong="H8087" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Raham|strong="H7357". Raham|strong="H7357" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Jorkeam|strong="H3421". Rekem|strong="H7552" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Shammai|strong="H8060". 
\verseNumber{45}Shammai|strong="H8060" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Maon|strong="H4584". Maon|strong="H4584" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Beth-Zur|strong="H1049". 
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\verseNumber{46}Caleb|strong="H3612" had|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" slave|strong="H5650" wife|strong="H0802" who|strong="H3205" was|strong="H3205" named|strong="H7121" Ephah|strong="H5891". Caleb|strong="H3612" and|strong="H6370" Ephah’s sons|strong="H3205" were|strong="H3205" Haran|strong="H2771", Moza|strong="H4162", and|strong="H6370" Gazez|strong="H1495". Haran|strong="H2771" had|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H3205" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" also|strong="H3205" named|strong="H7121" Gazez|strong="H1495". 
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\verseNumber{47}Ephah’s father|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Jahdai|strong="H3056". Jahdai|strong="H3056" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w six|strong="H8337"\+w* \+w sons|strong="H1121"\+w*:} Regem|strong="H7276", Jotham|strong="H3147", Geshan|strong="H1529", Pelet|strong="H6404", Ephah|strong="H5891", and|strong="H1121" Shaaph|strong="H8174". 
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\verseNumber{48}Caleb|strong="H3612" had|strong="H3205" another|strong="H0312" slave|strong="H5650" wife|strong="H0802" whose|strong="H6370" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H3205" Maacah|strong="H4601". Caleb|strong="H3612" and|strong="H6370" Maacah’s sons|strong="H3205" were|strong="H3205" Sheber|strong="H7669", Tirhanah|strong="H8647", 
\verseNumber{49}Shaaph|strong="H8174", and|strong="H1323" Sheva|strong="H7724". Shaaph|strong="H8174" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1323" Madmannah|strong="H4089". Sheva|strong="H7724" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1323" Macbenah and|strong="H1323" Gibea|strong="H1388". Caleb’s|strong="H3612" daughter|strong="H1323" was|strong="H3205" Acsah|strong="H5915". 
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\verseNumber{50-51}These|strong="H0428" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H0834" also|strong="H1571" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1121" Caleb|strong="H3612": \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Caleb|strong="H3612"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w another|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w whose|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w name|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w*} Ephrathah|strong="H0672". Their|strong="H3605" oldest|strong="H1419" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" Hur|strong="H2354". Hur’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H0834" Shobal|strong="H7732", Salma|strong="H8007", and|strong="H3967" Hareph|strong="H2780". Shobal|strong="H7732" started|strong="H2490" Kiriath-Jearim|strong="H7157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. Salma|strong="H8007" started|strong="H2490" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. Hareph|strong="H2780" started|strong="H2490" Beth-Gader|strong="H1013" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{52}Shobal’s descendants|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" Haroeh|strong="H7204", and|strong="H1121" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" Manahath|strong="H4506" people-group. 
\verseNumber{53}His|strong="H3318" descendants|strong="H3318" also|strong="H3318" included|strong="H5475" these|strong="H0428" clans|strong="H4940" that|strong="H4940" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H4940" Kiriath-Jearim|strong="H7157": Ithri, Put|strong="H3318", Shumath, and|strong="H3318" Mishra. The|strong="H3318" Zorath and|strong="H3318" Eshtaol|strong="H0847" clans|strong="H4940" were|strong="H4940" descendants|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4940" the|strong="H3318" Mishra clan|strong="H4940". 
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\verseNumber{54}Salma’s descendants|strong="H1121" in|strong="H1121" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" were|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Netophath clan|strong="H4940", the|strong="H1121" Atroth-Beth-Joab|strong="H5854" clan|strong="H4940", the|strong="H1121" other|strong="H0312" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Manahath|strong="H4506" clan|strong="H4940", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Zor clan|strong="H4940". 
\verseNumber{55}Salma’s descendants|strong="H4940" also|strong="H1992" included|strong="H5475" the|strong="H3427" families|strong="H4940" at|strong="H3427" Jabez|strong="H3258" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} who|strong="H3427" wrote|strong="H3789" and|strong="H1004" copied|strong="H3063" important|strong="H5704" documents|strong="H5612". These|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" the|strong="H3427" Tirath clan|strong="H4940", the|strong="H3427" Shimeath|strong="H8100" clan|strong="H4940", and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3427" Sucath clan|strong="H4940". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" all|strong="H3427" from|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3427" Ken people-group who|strong="H3427" came|strong="H0935" from|strong="H3427" Hammath|strong="H2575" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H1004" who|strong="H3427" had|strong="H7017" married|strong="H3427" members|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3427" family|strong="H4940" [MTY] of|strong="H1004" Rechab|strong="H7394". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The sons of King David }
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\chapterNumber{3}Six|strong="H8337" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} David|strong="H1732" were|strong="H1961" born|strong="H3205" in|strong="H1121" Hebron|strong="H2275" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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His|strong="H1732" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1961" Amnon|strong="H0550", whose|strong="H1121" mother|strong="H0517" Ahinoam|strong="H0293" was|strong="H1961" from|strong="H1121" Jezreel|strong="H3157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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His|strong="H1732" next|strong="H8145" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1961" Daniel|strong="H1840", whose|strong="H1121" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H1961" Abigail|strong="H0026" from|strong="H1121" Carmel|strong="H3760" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{2}His|strong="H4428" next|strong="H4283" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H4428" Absalom|strong="H0053", whose|strong="H1121" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H4428" Maacah|strong="H4601", the|strong="H1121" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Talmai|strong="H8526", the|strong="H1121" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w ruled|strong="H4428"\+w*} in|strong="H4428" Geshur|strong="H1650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
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His|strong="H4428" next|strong="H4283" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H4428" Adonijah|strong="H0138", whose|strong="H1121" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H4428" Haggith|strong="H2294". 
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\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H8203" next|strong="H4283" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" Shephatiah|strong="H8203", whose|strong="H0834" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H3068" Abital|strong="H0037". 
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His|strong="H5698" youngest|strong="H6996" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" Ithream|strong="H3507", whose|strong="H0834" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H3068" Eglah|strong="H5698". 
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\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H8033" were|strong="H3205" all|strong="H3605" born|strong="H3205" in|strong="H8141" Hebron|strong="H2275", where|strong="H8033" David|strong="H1732" ruled|strong="H4427" for|strong="H3389" 7-1/2 years|strong="H8141". 
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After|strong="H8141" that|strong="H8141", David|strong="H1732" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H3389" 33 years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{5}Many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H1323" David’s|strong="H1732" children|strong="H3205" were|strong="H1323" born|strong="H3205" in|strong="H8010" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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Bathsheba|strong="H1339", the|strong="H3205" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Ammiel|strong="H5988", gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3389" four|strong="H0702" of|strong="H1323" his|strong="H8010" sons|strong="H3205": Shammua|strong="H8051" (OR|strong="H0176", Shimea|strong="H8092"), Shobab|strong="H7727", Nathan|strong="H5416", and|strong="H3389" Solomon|strong="H8010". 
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\verseNumber{6}Nine|strong="H8672" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w sons|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w were|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w also|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w born|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w*. \+w They|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w were|strong="H0834"\+w*} Ibhar|strong="H2984", Elishua|strong="H0474" (OR|strong="H0176", Elishama|strong="H0476"), Eliphelet|strong="H0467", 
\verseNumber{7}Nogah|strong="H5052", Nepheg|strong="H5298", Japhia|strong="H3309", 
\verseNumber{8}Elishama|strong="H0476", Eliada|strong="H0450", and|strong="H8672" Eliphelet|strong="H0467". 
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\verseNumber{9}In|strong="H1121" addition|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121", David’s|strong="H1732" slave|strong="H5650" wives|strong="H0802" also|strong="H1732" gave|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121". David|strong="H1732" also|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1732" one|strong="H3605" daughter|strong="H1323" whose|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H1732" Tamar|strong="H8559". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" }
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\verseNumber{10}Solomon’s|strong="H8010" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Rehoboam|strong="H7346". 
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Rehoboam’s|strong="H7346" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Abijah|strong="H0029". 
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Abijah’s|strong="H0029" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Asa|strong="H0609". 
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Asa’s|strong="H0609" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092". 
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\verseNumber{11}Jehoshaphat’s|strong="H3092" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Jehoram|strong="H3088" (OR|strong="H1121", Joram|strong="H3141"). 
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Jehoram’s|strong="H3088" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Ahaziah|strong="H0274". 
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Ahaziah’s|strong="H0274" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Joash|strong="H3101". 
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\verseNumber{12}Joash’s|strong="H3101" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Amaziah|strong="H0558". 
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Amaziah’s|strong="H0558" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Azariah|strong="H5838". 
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Azariah’s|strong="H5838" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Jotham|strong="H3147". 
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\verseNumber{13}Jotham’s|strong="H3147" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Ahaz|strong="H0271". 
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Ahaz’s|strong="H0271" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Hezekiah|strong="H2396". 
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Hezekiah’s|strong="H2396" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Manasseh|strong="H4519". 
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\verseNumber{14}Manasseh’s|strong="H4519" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Amon|strong="H0526". 
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Amon’s|strong="H0526" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Josiah|strong="H2977". 
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\verseNumber{15}Josiah’s|strong="H2977" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Johanan|strong="H3110". His|strong="H2977" other|strong="H8145" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079", Zedekiah|strong="H6667", and|strong="H1121" Shallum|strong="H7967". 
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\verseNumber{16}Jehoiakim’s|strong="H3079" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Jehoiachin|strong="H3204" (OR|strong="H1121", Jeconiah|strong="H3204") and|strong="H1121" Zedekiah|strong="H6667". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Other|strong="H0312" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H6667" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" were|strong="H1121" exiled|strong="H1540" }
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\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Jehoiachin|strong="H3204" was|strong="H1121" captured|strong="H3920" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w taken|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*}. His|strong="H7597" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Shealtiel|strong="H7597", 
\verseNumber{18}Malkiram|strong="H4443", Pedaiah|strong="H6305", Shenazzar|strong="H8137", Jekamiah|strong="H3359", Hoshama|strong="H1953", and|strong="H1953" Nedabiah|strong="H5072". 
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\verseNumber{19}Pedaiah’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Zerubbabel|strong="H2216" and|strong="H1121" Shimei|strong="H8096". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Two|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Zerubbabel’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Meshullam|strong="H4918" and|strong="H1121" Hananiah|strong="H2608", and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H8019" sister|strong="H0269" was|strong="H1121" Shelomith|strong="H8019". 
\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{Zerubbabel’s} five|strong="H2568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w sons|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w were|strong="H0834"\+w*} Hashubah|strong="H2807", Ohel|strong="H0169", Berekiah, Hasadiah|strong="H2619", and|strong="H2568" Jushab-Hesed|strong="H3142". 
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\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H3470" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hananiah|strong="H2608" were|strong="H1121" Pelatiah|strong="H6410" and|strong="H1121" Jeshaiah|strong="H3470". Jeshaiah’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Rephaiah|strong="H7509". Rephaiah’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Arnan|strong="H0770". Arnan’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Obadiah|strong="H5662". Obadiah’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Shecaniah|strong="H7935". 
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\verseNumber{22}Shecaniah’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Shemaiah|strong="H8098". Shemaiah’s five|strong="H2568" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Hattush|strong="H2407", Igal|strong="H3008", Bariah|strong="H1282", Neariah|strong="H5294", and|strong="H1121" Shaphat|strong="H8202". 
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\verseNumber{23}Neariah’s three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Elioenai|strong="H0454", Hizkiah|strong="H2396", and|strong="H1121" Azrikam|strong="H5840". 
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\verseNumber{24}Elioenai’s seven|strong="H7651" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Hodaviah|strong="H1939", Eliashib|strong="H0475", Pelaiah|strong="H6411", Akkub|strong="H6126", Johanan|strong="H3110", Delaiah|strong="H1806", and|strong="H1121" Anani|strong="H6054". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Other clans descended from Judah }
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\chapterNumber{4}The|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" were|strong="H1121" Perez|strong="H6557", Hezron|strong="H2696", Carmi|strong="H3756", Hur|strong="H2354", and|strong="H1121" Shobal|strong="H7732". 
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\verseNumber{2}Shobal’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Reaiah|strong="H7211". Reaiah|strong="H7211" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" Jahath|strong="H3189", and|strong="H1121" Jahath|strong="H3189" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" Ahumai|strong="H0267" and|strong="H1121" Lahad|strong="H3855". They|strong="H3205" were|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" ancestors|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" Zorath people-group. 
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\verseNumber{3-4}The|strong="H3605" oldest|strong="H1419" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Caleb|strong="H3612" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802" Ephrathah|strong="H0672" was|strong="H3068" Hur|strong="H2354". Hur|strong="H2354" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H0259" who|strong="H0834" started|strong="H2490"/founded|strong="H3245" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. His|strong="H3605" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H0834" Etam|strong="H5862", Penuel|strong="H6439", and|strong="H3967" Ezer|strong="H5829". Etam’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H0834" Jezreel|strong="H3157", Ishma|strong="H3457", and|strong="H3967" Idbash|strong="H3031". Their|strong="H3605" sister|strong="H0269" was|strong="H3068" Hazzelelponi|strong="H6753". Penuel|strong="H6439" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1121" Gedor|strong="H1446", and|strong="H3967" Ezer|strong="H5829" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1121" Hushah|strong="H2364". 
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\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Hezron’s|strong="H2696"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} Ashhur|strong="H0806", the|strong="H1961" father|strong="H0001" of|strong="H8147" Tekoa|strong="H8620", had|strong="H1961" two|strong="H8147" wives|strong="H0802" whose|strong="H0834" names|strong="H8034" were|strong="H1961" Helah|strong="H2458" and|strong="H8147" Naarah|strong="H5292". 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Asshur|strong="H0804" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3205" wife|strong="H0802" Naarah|strong="H5292" were|strong="H1121" Ahuzzam|strong="H0275", Hepher|strong="H2660", Temeni|strong="H8488", and|strong="H1121" Haahashtari|strong="H0326". 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Ashhur|strong="H0806"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*} Helah|strong="H2458" were|strong="H1121" Zereth|strong="H6889", Zohar|strong="H3328", Ethnan|strong="H0869", 
\verseNumber{8}and|strong="H1121" Koz|strong="H6976". Koz|strong="H6976" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" Anub|strong="H6036", Hazzobebah|strong="H6637", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" ancestor of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" clans|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H3205" from|strong="H1121" Aharhel|strong="H0316". Aharhel|strong="H0316" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Harum|strong="H2037". 
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\verseNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w There|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w was|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w another|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w descendant|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w whose|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w name|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w was|strong="H8034"\+w*} Jabez|strong="H3258". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3588"\+w*} was|strong="H8034" more|strong="H3588" respected|strong="H3513" than|strong="H3588" his|strong="H7121" brothers|strong="H0251" were|strong="H1961". His|strong="H7121" mother|strong="H0517" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H3205" Jabez|strong="H3258" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘pain’} because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" said|strong="H7121", “I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H8034" enduring|strong="H0539" much|strong="H7227" pain|strong="H6090" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H3205".” 
\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} he|strong="H6213" prayed|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3478" God|strong="H3027" whom|strong="H7121" his|strong="H7121" fellow|strong="H7453" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7121"\+w*}, saying|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H7451" greatly|strong="H7235" bless|strong="H1288" me|strong="H7121" and|strong="H3478" ◄enlarge|strong="H7235" my|strong="H1961" land|strong="H1366"/give|strong="H7235" me|strong="H7121" a|strong="H1961" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H3027" land|strong="H1366"/property|strong="H0272"►. Remain|strong="H1961" [IDM] with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H7121", and|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1115" allow|strong="H5414" anyone|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3478" harm|strong="H7451" me|strong="H7121". If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3478" for|strong="H7121" me|strong="H7121", I|strong="H3027" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1115" have|strong="H1961" any|strong="H6213" pain|strong="H7451".” And|strong="H3478" God|strong="H3027" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H7451" Jabez|strong="H3258" requested|strong="H7592" him|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Another|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w descendant|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1931"\+w*} Shuhah|strong="H7746". His|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" Kelub|strong="H3620" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Mehir|strong="H4243". Mehir|strong="H4243" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Eshton|strong="H0850". 
\verseNumber{12}Eshton|strong="H0850" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Beth-Rapha|strong="H1051", Paseah|strong="H6454", and|strong="H3205" Tehinnah|strong="H8468". Tehinnah|strong="H8468" founded|strong="H3245" Nahash|strong="H5176" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, but|strong="H3205" their|strong="H3605" families|strong="H4940" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3205" Recah|strong="H7397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{13-15}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Another|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w descendant|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w*} Jephunneh|strong="H3312". His|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" Caleb|strong="H3612". Caleb’s|strong="H3612" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H0834" Iru|strong="H5900", Elah|strong="H0425", and|strong="H3967" Naam|strong="H5277". Elah’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" Kenaz|strong="H7073". The|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kenaz|strong="H7073" were|strong="H0834" Othniel|strong="H6274" and|strong="H3967" Seraiah|strong="H8304". 
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Othniel’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H0834" Hathath|strong="H2867" and|strong="H3967" Meonothai|strong="H4587". Meonothai|strong="H4587" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1121" Ophrah|strong="H6084". 
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Seraiah|strong="H8304" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097". Joab|strong="H3097" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" ancestor of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H0935" Craftsmen’s Valley|strong="H6010". The|strong="H3605" valley|strong="H6010" was|strong="H3068" named|strong="H7121" that|strong="H0834" because|strong="H3588" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0834" ◄craftsmen|strong="H2796"/men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" experts in|strong="H0935" making|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697"►. 
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\verseNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Another|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w descendant|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1121"\+w*} Jehallelel|strong="H3094". His|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Ziph|strong="H2128", Ziphah|strong="H2129", Tiria|strong="H8493", and|strong="H1121" Asarel|strong="H0840". 
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\verseNumber{17-18}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Another|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w descendant|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* Ezrzh.} Ezrah’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H0834" Jether|strong="H3500", Mered|strong="H4778", Epher|strong="H6081", and|strong="H3967" Jalon|strong="H3210". Mered|strong="H4778" married|strong="H3947" Bithiah|strong="H1332", who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714". The|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Mered|strong="H4778" and|strong="H3967" Bithiah|strong="H1332" were|strong="H0834" Miriam|strong="H4813", Shammai|strong="H8060", and|strong="H3967" Ishbah|strong="H3431". Ishbah|strong="H3431" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1121" Eshtemoa|strong="H0851". Ezrah|strong="H5834" also|strong="H1571" had|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" wife|strong="H0802" from|strong="H4480" Judah|strong="H3063". She|strong="H1931" gave|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H0413" Jered|strong="H3382", Heber|strong="H2268", and|strong="H3967" Jekuthiel|strong="H3354". Jered|strong="H3382" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1121" (OR|strong="H0176", founded|strong="H3245" the|strong="H3605" town|strong="H7151" of|strong="H1121") Gedor|strong="H1446", Heber|strong="H2268" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1121" (OR|strong="H0176", founded|strong="H3245" the|strong="H3605" town|strong="H7151" of|strong="H1121") Soco|strong="H7755", and|strong="H3967" Jekuthiel|strong="H3354" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1121" (OR|strong="H0176", founded|strong="H3245" the|strong="H3605" town|strong="H7151" of|strong="H1121") Zanoah|strong="H2182". 
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\verseNumber{19}Hodiah’s wife|strong="H0802", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Naham’s sister|strong="H0269", bore|strong="H3205" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121". One|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Keilah|strong="H7084", the|strong="H1121" ancestor of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Gar people-group, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" other|strong="H0312" one|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eshtemoa|strong="H0851", the|strong="H1121" ancestor of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Maacath|strong="H4601" people-group. 
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\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Another|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w descendant|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Shimon|strong="H7889"\+w*}. Shimon’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Amnon|strong="H0550", Rinnah|strong="H7441", Ben-Hanan|strong="H1135", and|strong="H1121" Tilon|strong="H8436". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Another|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w descendant|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1121"\+w*} Ishi|strong="H3469". His|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Zoheth|strong="H2105" and|strong="H1121" Ben-Zoheth|strong="H1132". 
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\verseNumber{21}One|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah’s|strong="H3063" sons|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1004" Shelah|strong="H7956". Shelah’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Er|strong="H6147" the|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Lecah|strong="H3922", Laadah|strong="H3935" the|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Mareshah|strong="H4762", the|strong="H1121" families|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" made|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697" from|strong="H1121" linen|strong="H8336" at|strong="H1004" Beth-Ashbea|strong="H1004", 
\verseNumber{22}Jokim|strong="H3137", and|strong="H1697" the|strong="H1697" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1697" Cozeba|strong="H3578" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, and|strong="H1697" Joash|strong="H3101" and|strong="H1697" Saraph|strong="H8315", two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" married|strong="H1166" women|strong="H0802" from|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1697"\+w*} Moab|strong="H4124" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} and|strong="H1697" later|strong="H0310" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1697" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" (OR|strong="H0176", and|strong="H1697" ruled|strong="H1166" in|strong="H1697" Jashubi-Lehem|strong="H3433"). All|strong="H1697" their|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" and|strong="H1697" a|strong="H1166" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" they|strong="H1697" did|strong="H1697" are|strong="H1697" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H1697" very|strong="H3966" old|strong="H1121" scrolls. 
\verseNumber{23}They|strong="H1992" made|strong="H3335" pottery|strong="H3627" for|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5973" king|strong="H4428"; some|strong="H8033" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H1992" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Netaim|strong="H5196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} and|strong="H4428" some|strong="H8033" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H1992" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Gederah|strong="H1448" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4428" Simeon|strong="H8095" }
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\verseNumber{24}Simeon’s|strong="H8095" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Nemuel|strong="H5241", Jamin|strong="H3226", Jarib|strong="H3402", Zerah|strong="H2226", and|strong="H1121" Shaul|strong="H7586". 
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\verseNumber{25}Shaul’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Shallum|strong="H7967". Shallum’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Mibsam|strong="H4017". Mibsam’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Mishma|strong="H4927". 
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\verseNumber{26}Mishma’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Hammuel|strong="H2536". Hammuel’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Zaccur|strong="H2139". Zaccur’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Shimei|strong="H8096". 
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\verseNumber{27}Shimei|strong="H8096" had|strong="H3063" 16 sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" six|strong="H8337" daughters|strong="H1323", but|strong="H3808" none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" brothers|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3063" many|strong="H7227" children|strong="H1121". So|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Simeon|strong="H8095" never|strong="H3808" were|strong="H1121" as|strong="H5704" many|strong="H7227" as|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H0251"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{28}The|strong="H3427" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3427" Simeon|strong="H8095" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w these|strong="H0428"\+w* \+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w*}: Beersheba|strong="H0884", Moladah|strong="H4137", Hazar-Shual|strong="H2705", 
\verseNumber{29}Bilhah|strong="H1090", Ezem|strong="H6107", Tolad|strong="H8434", 
\verseNumber{30}Bethuel|strong="H1328", Hormah|strong="H2767", Ziklag|strong="H6860", 
\verseNumber{31}Beth-Marcaboth|strong="H1024", Hazar-Susim|strong="H2702", Beth-Biri|strong="H1011", and|strong="H5892" Shaaraim|strong="H8189". They|strong="H5704" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H4427" those|strong="H1992" places|strong="H1116" until|strong="H5704" David|strong="H1732" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427". 
\verseNumber{32}They|strong="H5892" also|strong="H1571" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H5892" villages|strong="H2691" near|strong="H7126" those|strong="H1992" towns|strong="H5892": Etam|strong="H5862", Ain|strong="H5871", Rimmon|strong="H7417", Token|strong="H0226", and|strong="H5892" Ashan|strong="H6228". 
\verseNumber{33}There|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5892" other|strong="H3605" villages|strong="H2691" where|strong="H4186" they|strong="H5704" lived|strong="H4186", as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{southwest} as|strong="H5704" Baalath|strong="H1191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H5892"\+w*}. Those|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" places|strong="H4186" where|strong="H4186" they|strong="H5704" lived|strong="H4186", and|strong="H5892" their|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034", according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940" records|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{34-38}The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" following|strong="H0310" list|strong="H4557" were|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" clans|strong="H4940": Meshobab|strong="H4877", Jamlech|strong="H3230", Joshah|strong="H3144" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amaziah|strong="H0558", Joel|strong="H3100", and|strong="H3967" Jehu|strong="H3058" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joshibiah|strong="H3143". Joshibiah|strong="H3143" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Seraiah|strong="H8304" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Asiel|strong="H6221". Other|strong="H0312" clan|strong="H4940" leaders|strong="H7218" were|strong="H0834" Elioenai|strong="H0454", Jaakobah|strong="H3291", Jeshohaiah|strong="H3439", Asaiah|strong="H6222", Adiel|strong="H5717", Jesimiel|strong="H3450", Benaiah|strong="H1141", and|strong="H3967" Ziza|strong="H2124". Ziza|strong="H2124" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shiphi|strong="H8230" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Allon|strong="H0438", who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jedaiah|strong="H3048", who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shimri|strong="H8113", who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shemaiah|strong="H8098". 
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Those|strong="H1992" families|strong="H4940" became|strong="H3205" very|strong="H3966" large|strong="H1419"/numerous|strong="H7227". 
\verseNumber{39}They|strong="H5704" went|strong="H3212" outside|strong="H2351" of|strong="H1516" Gedor|strong="H1446" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} on|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5704" east|strong="H4217" side|strong="H4217" of|strong="H1516" the|strong="H5704" valley|strong="H1516" to|strong="H5704" look|strong="H1245" for|strong="H5704" pastureland for|strong="H5704" their|strong="H1245" flocks|strong="H6629" of|strong="H1516" sheep|strong="H6629". 
\verseNumber{40}They|strong="H3588" found|strong="H4672" good|strong="H2896" pastureland with|strong="H3427" plenty|strong="H7647" of|strong="H3027" grass|strong="H2682". The|strong="H6440" place|strong="H3027" was|strong="H3027" peaceful|strong="H7961" and|strong="H3027" quiet|strong="H8252". 
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Previously|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Noah’s|strong="H5146"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} Ham|strong="H2526" had|strong="H3588" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{41}But|strong="H3588" while|strong="H5704" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", the|strong="H3588" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4428" Simeon|strong="H8095" came|strong="H4672" to|strong="H5704" Gedor|strong="H1446" and|strong="H3063" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3789" the|strong="H3588" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4428" Ham|strong="H2526" and|strong="H3063" destroyed|strong="H2763" their|strong="H3588" tents|strong="H0168". They|strong="H3588" also|strong="H8034" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3789" the|strong="H3588" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4428" Meun who|strong="H3427" were|strong="H3117" living|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H3063" they|strong="H3588" killed|strong="H5221" all|strong="H5704" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5221". So|strong="H2088" now|strong="H3117" there|strong="H8033" are|strong="H3117" no|strong="H4672" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4428" Meun living|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033". The|strong="H3588" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4428" Simeon|strong="H8095" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5704" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033", because|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H8034" good|strong="H2896" pastureland there|strong="H8033" for|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3588" sheep|strong="H6629". 
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\verseNumber{42}Ishi’s four|strong="H0702" sons|strong="H1121" Pelatiah|strong="H6410", Neariah|strong="H5294", Rephaiah|strong="H7509" and|strong="H3967" Uzziel|strong="H5816" led|strong="H1980" 500 other|strong="H0312" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Simeon|strong="H8095" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w attacked|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w living|strong="H1980"\+w*} in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H4480" hilly area|strong="H2022" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" Edom|strong="H0112" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{43}They|strong="H3117" killed|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" few|strong="H4592" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3117" Amalek|strong="H6002" who|strong="H3427" were|strong="H3117" still|strong="H3427" alive|strong="H2416". From|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" until|strong="H5704" now|strong="H3117", the|strong="H5221" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3117" Simeon|strong="H8095" have|strong="H3117" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5221"\+w*} Edom|strong="H0112" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{The descendants of Reuben }
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\chapterNumber{5}Reuben|strong="H7205" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290". Therefore|strong="H3588", he|strong="H1931" should|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" received|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3588" special|strong="H6381" rights|strong="H1779"/privileges that|strong="H3588" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" firstborn|strong="H1060" sons|strong="H1121". But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3478" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H3478" his|strong="H5414" father’s|strong="H0001" slave|strong="H5650" wife|strong="H0802", so|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w father|strong="H1121"\+w*} gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" rights|strong="H1779" if|strong="H3588" a|strong="H5414" firstborn|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Reubers younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251" Joseph|strong="H3130". And|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" family|strong="H4940" records|strong="H1697", Reuben|strong="H7205" is|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3808" mentioned|strong="H2142" first|strong="H1121", like|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" firstborn|strong="H1060" sons|strong="H1121" always|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{2}Although|strong="H3588" Judah|strong="H3063" became|strong="H3205" more|strong="H4480" influential than|strong="H4480" his|strong="H3588" brothers|strong="H0251", and|strong="H3063" a|strong="H3588" ruler|strong="H5057" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H4294" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" him|strong="H4480", Joseph’s|strong="H3130" family|strong="H4940" received|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3588" rights|strong="H1779" that|strong="H3588" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3063" firstborn|strong="H1062" sons|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3588" Reuben|strong="H7205" was|strong="H3478" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1121". 
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Reuben’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" Hanoch|strong="H2585", Pallu|strong="H6396", Hezron|strong="H2696", and|strong="H1121" Carmi|strong="H3756". 
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Another|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w descendant|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Reuben|strong="H7205"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Joel|strong="H3100"\+w*}. Joel’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Shemaiah|strong="H8098". Shemaiah’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Gog|strong="H1463". Gog’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Shimei|strong="H8096". 
\verseNumber{5}Shimei’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Micah|strong="H4318". Micah’s|strong="H4318" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Reaiah|strong="H7211". Reaiah’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Baal|strong="H1168". 
\verseNumber{6}Baal’s|strong="H1168" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1931" Beerah|strong="H5387". Beerah|strong="H5387" was|strong="H1931" a|strong="H4428" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1540" tribe|strong="H4294"/descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7206". But|strong="H1931" Tiglath-Pileser|strong="H8407" the|strong="H1540" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Assyria|strong="H0804" captured|strong="H3920" him|strong="H1931" and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H4428" him|strong="H1931" to|strong="H1121" Assyria|strong="H0804". 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H2148" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H7218" these|strong="H0428" clans|strong="H4940" are|strong="H3117" listed|strong="H3187" here|strong="H6311" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7218" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H7218" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H4940" their|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940" records|strong="H1697". 
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The|strong="H2148" first|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w name|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w written|strong="H3789"\+w* \+w was|strong="H7218"\+w*} Jeiel|strong="H3273". Then|strong="H7218" Zechariah|strong="H2148", 
\verseNumber{8}and|strong="H1121" then|strong="H1121" Bela|strong="H1106". Bela|strong="H1106" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5704" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Azaz|strong="H5811", and|strong="H1121" Azaz|strong="H5811" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5704" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shema|strong="H8087", and|strong="H1121" Shema|strong="H8087" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5704" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joel|strong="H3100". Reuben’s clan|strong="H4940" was|strong="H1931" very|strong="H5704" large|strong="H1419". Some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5704" lived|strong="H3427" near|strong="H5704" Aroer|strong="H6177" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*} as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} as|strong="H5704" Nebo|strong="H5015" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" Baal-Meon|strong="H1186" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{9}Some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3427" them|strong="H5704" lived|strong="H3427" further|strong="H5750" east|strong="H4217", as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3588" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3588" desert|strong="H4057" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w south|strong="H4057"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w*} the|strong="H3588" Euphrates|strong="H6578" River|strong="H5104". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w went|strong="H5104"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3427"\+w*} because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" huge|strong="H1995" amount|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3427" cattle|strong="H4735", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w result|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w enough|strong="H1767"\+w* pastureland \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5704"\+w*} in|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{10}When|strong="H3117" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H7586" king|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H4421"\+w*}, Bela’s|strong="H1106" clan|strong="H4940" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3117" Hagar|strong="H1904" and|strong="H3117" defeated|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5921". After|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605", Bela’s|strong="H1106" clan|strong="H4940" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H0168" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3117" Hagar|strong="H1904" had|strong="H7586" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" previously|strong="H6440", in|strong="H3427" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" east|strong="H4217" of|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3117" Gad|strong="H1410" }
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\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H5704" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Gad|strong="H1410" lived|strong="H3427" near|strong="H5048" the|strong="H5704" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205"; they|strong="H5704" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5704"\+w*} Bashan|strong="H1316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" way|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w east|strong="H6921"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" Salecah|strong="H5548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{12}Joel|strong="H3100" was|strong="H7218" their|strong="H3605" chief|strong="H7218"; Shapham|strong="H8223" was|strong="H7218" his|strong="H3100" assistant|strong="H8334"; other|strong="H4932" leaders|strong="H7218" were|strong="H7218" Janai|strong="H3285" and|strong="H7218" Shaphat|strong="H8202". 
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\verseNumber{13}Other|strong="H0312" members|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1004" tribe|strong="H4294" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1004" seven|strong="H7651" clans|strong="H1004", whose|strong="H0834" leaders|strong="H7218" were|strong="H5677" Michael|strong="H4317", Meshullam|strong="H4918", Sheba|strong="H7652", Jorai|strong="H3140", Jacan|strong="H3275", Zia|strong="H2127", and|strong="H1004" Eber|strong="H5677". 
\verseNumber{14}They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abihail|strong="H0032". Abihail|strong="H0032" was|strong="H1121" Huri’s son|strong="H1121". Huri|strong="H2359" was|strong="H1121" Jaroah’s son|strong="H1121". Jaroah|strong="H3386" was|strong="H1121" Gilead’s|strong="H1568" son|strong="H1121". Gilead|strong="H1568" was|strong="H1121" Michael’s son|strong="H1121". Michael|strong="H4317" was|strong="H1121" Jeshishai’s son|strong="H1121". Jeshishai|strong="H3454" was|strong="H1121" Jahdo’s son|strong="H1121". Jahdo|strong="H3163" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Buz|strong="H0938". 
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\verseNumber{15}Ahi|strong="H0277" was|strong="H1004" Abdiel’s son|strong="H1121". Abdiel|strong="H5661" was|strong="H1004" Guni’s son|strong="H1121". Ahi|strong="H0277" was|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1121" leader|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" clan|strong="H4940". 
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\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1323" Gad|strong="H1410" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H1323" in|strong="H3427" Gilead|strong="H1568" and|strong="H4054" Bashan|strong="H1316" regions|strong="H2506", and|strong="H4054" on|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" pastureland on|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Sharon|strong="H8289" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w plain|strong="H4334"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{17}All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" those|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" were|strong="H3478" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" records|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" clans|strong="H4940" of|strong="H4428" Gad|strong="H1410" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" Jotham|strong="H3147" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" that|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H3427" east|strong="H6921" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H5104" }
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\verseNumber{18}There|strong="H1425" were|strong="H1121" 44,760 soldiers|strong="H4421" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5375" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205" and|strong="H3967" Gad|strong="H1425" and|strong="H3967" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w eastern|strong="H6931"\+w*} half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5375" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519". They|strong="H5375" all|strong="H4480" carried|strong="H5375" shields|strong="H4043" and|strong="H3967" swords|strong="H2719" and|strong="H3967" bows|strong="H7198" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w arrows|strong="H7198"\+w*}. They|strong="H5375" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w all|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w trained|strong="H3925"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w*} fight|strong="H4421" well|strong="H3190" in|strong="H4421" battles|strong="H4421". 
\verseNumber{19}They|strong="H6213" attacked|strong="H4421" the|strong="H6213" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H6213" Hagar|strong="H1904" and|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H6213" Jetur|strong="H3195", Naphish|strong="H5305", and|strong="H6213" Nodab|strong="H5114" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" from|strong="H5921" those|strong="H3605" three|strong="H7969" tribes|strong="H7626" prayed|strong="H6279" to|strong="H5921" God|strong="H5414" during|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" battles|strong="H4421", requesting him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" help|strong="H5826" them|strong="H5414". So|strong="H5414" he|strong="H3588" helped|strong="H5826" them|strong="H5414", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" trusted|strong="H0982" in|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414". He|strong="H3588" enabled|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" defeat|strong="H5414" [IDM] the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3027" Hagar|strong="H1904" and|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3027" helping|strong="H5826" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{21}They|strong="H5315" took|strong="H7617" the|strong="H3967" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H5315" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5315" the|strong="H3967" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5315" Hagar|strong="H1904": They|strong="H5315" took|strong="H7617" 50,000 camels|strong="H1581", 250,000 sheep|strong="H6629", and|strong="H3967" 2,000 donkeys|strong="H2543". They|strong="H5315" also|strong="H1581" captured|strong="H7617" 100,000 people|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" many|strong="H7227" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3427" Hagar|strong="H1904" were|strong="H7227" killed|strong="H2491" because|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" helped|strong="H5826" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3588" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H3427" Reuben|strong="H7205", Gad|strong="H1410", and|strong="H3427" Manasseh|strong="H4519". After|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588", those|strong="H3427" three|strong="H7969" tribes|strong="H7626" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3588" area|strong="H1508" until|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w army|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w*} Babylonia|strong="H0894" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w captured|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3427"\+w*} took|strong="H3947" them|strong="H5307" away|strong="H5307" to|strong="H5704" Babylon|strong="H0894". 

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\verseNumber{23}There|strong="H3427" were|strong="H1121" many|strong="H7235" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" eastern|strong="H6931" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5704" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519". They|strong="H1992" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5704"\+w*} Bashan|strong="H1316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w* \+w east|strong="H6921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5704"\+w*}, as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} as|strong="H5704" Baal-Hermon|strong="H1179", Senir|strong="H8149", and|strong="H1121" Hermon|strong="H2768" Mountain|strong="H2022". 
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\verseNumber{24}Their|strong="H3605" clan|strong="H4940" leaders|strong="H7218" were|strong="H2428" Epher|strong="H6081", Ishi|strong="H3469", Eliel|strong="H0447", Azriel|strong="H5837", Jeremiah|strong="H3414", Hodaviah|strong="H1938", and|strong="H1004" Jahdiel|strong="H3164". They|strong="H2428" were|strong="H2428" all|strong="H3164" strong|strong="H2428", brave|strong="H2428", and|strong="H1004" famous|strong="H8034" soldiers|strong="H2428", and|strong="H1004" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3605" clans|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{25}But|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5971" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H6440" God|strong="H0430", the|strong="H6440" one|strong="H0259" whom|strong="H6440" their|strong="H6440" ancestors|strong="H0001" had|strong="H5971" worshiped|strong="H7812". They|strong="H5971" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H6440" worship|strong="H7812" the|strong="H6440" gods|strong="H0430"/idols|strong="H1544" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H6440" that|strong="H5971" region|strong="H2256" had|strong="H5971" worshiped|strong="H7812", the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H6440" God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H5971" enabled|strong="H5414" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" destroy|strong="H8045"! 
\verseNumber{26}So|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3117" God|strong="H0430" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3117" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*} cauaed Pul|strong="H6322", the|strong="H3117" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804", to|strong="H5704" conquer|strong="H3423" those|strong="H2088" tribes|strong="H7626". Pul’s other|strong="H2088" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H3478" Tiglath-Pileser|strong="H8407". His|strong="H1540" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} captured|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3117" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H4428" Reuben|strong="H7206", Gad|strong="H1425", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3117" eastern|strong="H6931" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3117" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H4428" Manasseh|strong="H4519", and|strong="H3478" took|strong="H3478" them|strong="H1540" to|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w various|strong="H2921"\+w* \+w places|strong="H1116"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Assyria|strong="H0804"\+w*}: Halah|strong="H2477", Habor|strong="H2249", Hara|strong="H2024" and|strong="H3478" near|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3117" Gozan|strong="H1470" River|strong="H5104". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w those|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w places|strong="H1116"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w time|strong="H3117"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3117" present|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The descendants of Levi }
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\chapterNumber{6}Levi’s|strong="H3878" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Gershon|strong="H1648", Kohath|strong="H6955", and|strong="H1121" Merari|strong="H4847". 
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\verseNumber{2}Kohath’s|strong="H6955" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Amram|strong="H6019", Izhar|strong="H3324", Hebron|strong="H2275", and|strong="H1121" Uzziel|strong="H5816". 
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\verseNumber{3}Amram’s|strong="H6019" children|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Miriam|strong="H4813" and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w her|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w* \+w brothers|strong="H1121"\+w*} Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872". 
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Aaron’s|strong="H0175" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Nadab|strong="H5070", Abihu|strong="H0030", Eleazar|strong="H0499", and|strong="H1121" Ithamar|strong="H0385". 
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\verseNumber{4}Eleazar|strong="H0499" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Phinehas|strong="H6372". 
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Phinehas|strong="H6372" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abishua|strong="H0050". 
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\verseNumber{5}Abishua|strong="H0050" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bukki|strong="H1231". 
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Bukki|strong="H1231" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Uzzi|strong="H5813". 
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\verseNumber{6}Uzzi|strong="H5813" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zerahiah|strong="H2228". 
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Zerahiah|strong="H2228" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Meraioth|strong="H4812". 
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\verseNumber{7}Meraioth|strong="H4812" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amariah|strong="H0568". 
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Amariah|strong="H0568" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahitub|strong="H0285". 
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\verseNumber{8}Ahitub|strong="H0285" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zadok|strong="H6659". 
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Zadok|strong="H6659" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahimaaz|strong="H0290". 
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\verseNumber{9}Ahimaaz|strong="H0290" was|strong="H7586" the|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Azariah|strong="H5838". 
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Azariah|strong="H5838" was|strong="H7586" the|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Johanan|strong="H3110". 
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\verseNumber{10}Johanan|strong="H3110" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Azariah|strong="H5838". Azariah|strong="H5838" was|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1121" priest|strong="H3548" in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" temple|strong="H1004" that|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" commanded|strong="H6680" to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" built|strong="H1129" in|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{11}Azariah|strong="H5838" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amariah|strong="H0568". 
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Amariah|strong="H0568" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahitub|strong="H0285". 
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\verseNumber{12}Ahitub|strong="H0285" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zadok|strong="H6659". 
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Zadok|strong="H6659" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shallum|strong="H7967". 
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\verseNumber{13}Shallum|strong="H7967" was|strong="H8050" the|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hilkiah|strong="H2518". 
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Hilkiah|strong="H2518" was|strong="H8050" the|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Azariah|strong="H5838". 
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\verseNumber{14}Azariah|strong="H5838" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Seraiah|strong="H8304". 
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Seraiah|strong="H8304" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehozadak|strong="H3087". 
\verseNumber{15}Jehozadak|strong="H3087" was|strong="H1121" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H1121" leave|strong="H5800" his|strong="H8092" home|strong="H1004" when|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Nebuchadnezzar’s \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} [MTY] to|strong="H1121" capture|strong="H3920" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H1121" in|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H1121" other|strong="H0312" places|strong="H1116" in|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" compel|strong="H5647" them|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w go|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{16}Levi’s|strong="H3878" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3027" Gershon|strong="H1648", Kohath|strong="H6955", and|strong="H3068" Merari|strong="H4847". 
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\verseNumber{17}Gershon’s|strong="H1648" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" Libni|strong="H3845" and|strong="H3068" Shimei|strong="H8096". 
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\verseNumber{18}Kohath’s|strong="H6955" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Amram|strong="H6019", Izhar|strong="H3324", Hebron|strong="H2275", and|strong="H1121" Uzziel|strong="H5816". 
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\verseNumber{19}Merari’s|strong="H4847" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Mahli|strong="H4249" and|strong="H1121" Mushi|strong="H4187". 
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Here|strong="H6311" is|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1121" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878", who|strong="H1121" became|strong="H3205" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" clans|strong="H4940". 
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\verseNumber{20}Gershon’s|strong="H1648" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w oldest|strong="H1419"\+w*} son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Libni|strong="H3845". 
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Libni’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Jehath. 
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Jehath’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Zimmah|strong="H2155". 
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\verseNumber{21}Zimmah’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Joah|strong="H3098". 
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Joah’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Iddo|strong="H5714". 
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Iddo’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Zerah|strong="H2226". 
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Zerah’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Jeatherai|strong="H2979". 
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\verseNumber{22}Kohath’s|strong="H6955" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Amminadab|strong="H5992". 
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Amminadab’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Korah|strong="H7141". 
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Korah’s|strong="H7141" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Assir|strong="H0617". 
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\verseNumber{23}Assir’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3478" Elkanah|strong="H0511". 
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Elkanah’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3478" Ebiasaph|strong="H0043". 
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Ebiasaph’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3478" Assir|strong="H0617". 
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\verseNumber{24}Assir’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Tahath|strong="H8480". 
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Tahath’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Uriel|strong="H0222". 
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Uriel’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Uzziah|strong="H5818". 
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Uzziah’s|strong="H5818" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Shaul|strong="H7586". 
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\verseNumber{25}Elkanah’s \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Amasai|strong="H6022" and|strong="H1121" Ahimoth|strong="H0287". 
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\verseNumber{26}Ahimoth’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Elkanah|strong="H0511". 
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Elkanah’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Zophai|strong="H6689". 
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Zophai’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Nahath|strong="H5184". 
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\verseNumber{27}Nahath’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Eliab|strong="H0446". 
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Eliab’s|strong="H0446" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Jeroham|strong="H3395". 
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Jeroham’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Elkanah|strong="H0511". 
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Elkanah’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Samuel|strong="H8050". 
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\verseNumber{28}Samuel’s|strong="H8050" oldest|strong="H1419" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Joel|strong="H3100"; his|strong="H3189" other|strong="H0312" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Abijah|strong="H0029". 
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\verseNumber{29}Merari’s|strong="H4847" oldest|strong="H1419" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Mahli|strong="H4249". 
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Mahli’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Libni|strong="H3845". 
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Libni’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Shimei|strong="H8096". 
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Shimei’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Uzzah|strong="H5798". 
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\verseNumber{30}Uzzah’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Shimea|strong="H8092". 
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Shimea’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Haggiah|strong="H2293". 
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Haggiah’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Asaiah|strong="H6222". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H2518" temple|strong="H1004" musicians|strong="H7891" }
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\verseNumber{31}After|strong="H0310" the|strong="H1121" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" was|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*, \+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} David|strong="H1732" appointed|strong="H1121" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878" to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" in|strong="H1121" charge|strong="H4931" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" music|strong="H2170" in|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{32}Those|strong="H1121" musicians|strong="H7891" first|strong="H1121" sang|strong="H7891" and|strong="H1121" played|strong="H2181" their|strong="H4847" instruments|strong="H3627" in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1121" called|strong="H7121" the|strong="H1121" Tent|strong="H0168" of|strong="H1121" Meeting|strong="H4150", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H1121" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1121" until|strong="H5704" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w workers|strong="H6466"\+w*} built|strong="H1129" the|strong="H1121" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" in|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". In|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H4847" work|strong="H4399", they|strong="H1992" obeyed|strong="H8085" the|strong="H1121" instructions|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w given|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1121"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{33}Here|strong="H6311" is|strong="H3605" a|strong="H5414" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" musicians|strong="H7891" and|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121": 
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From|strong="H3881" Kohath’s|strong="H6955" descendants|strong="H2233" there|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1004" Heman|strong="H1968", the|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" singers|strong="H7891". 
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Heman|strong="H1968" was|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1004" Joel|strong="H3100". 
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Joel|strong="H3100" was|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1004" Samuel|strong="H8050". 
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\verseNumber{34}Samuel|strong="H8050" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Elkanah|strong="H0511". 
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Elkanah|strong="H0511" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jeroham|strong="H3395". 
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Jeroham|strong="H3395" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eliel|strong="H0447". 
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Eliel|strong="H0447" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Toah|strong="H8430". 
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\verseNumber{35}Toah|strong="H8430" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zuph|strong="H6689". 
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Zuph|strong="H6689" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Elkanah|strong="H0511". 
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Elkanah|strong="H0511" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Mahath|strong="H4287". 
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Mahath|strong="H4287" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amasai|strong="H6022". 
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\verseNumber{36}Amasai|strong="H6022" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w another|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w man|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w whose|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w name|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1121"\+w*} Elkanah|strong="H0511". 
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Elkanah|strong="H0511" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joel|strong="H3100". 
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Joel|strong="H3100" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Azariah|strong="H5838". 
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Azariah|strong="H5838" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zephaniah|strong="H6846". 
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\verseNumber{37}Zephaniah|strong="H6846" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Tahath|strong="H8480". 
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Tahath|strong="H8480" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Assir|strong="H0617". 
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Assir|strong="H0617" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ebiasaph|strong="H0043". 
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Ebiasaph|strong="H0043" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Korah|strong="H7141". 
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\verseNumber{38}Korah|strong="H7141" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6659" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Izhar|strong="H3324". 
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Izhar|strong="H3324" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6659" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kohath|strong="H6955". 
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Kohath|strong="H6955" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6659" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878". 
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Levi|strong="H3878" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6659" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290". 
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\verseNumber{39}Heman’s helper|strong="H5826" was|strong="H1961" Asaph|strong="H0623". His|strong="H1961" group|strong="H7235" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w singers|strong="H7891"\+w*} stood|strong="H5975" at|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" right|strong="H3225" side|strong="H1992" of|strong="H1121" Heman|strong="H1968". 
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Asaph|strong="H0623" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Berekiah. 
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Berekiah was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shimea|strong="H8092". 
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\verseNumber{40}Shimea|strong="H8092" was|strong="H3063" the|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H5439" Michael|strong="H4317". 
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Michael|strong="H4317" was|strong="H3063" the|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H5439" Baaseiah|strong="H1202". 
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Baaseiah|strong="H1202" was|strong="H3063" the|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H5439" Malkijah|strong="H4441". 
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\verseNumber{41}Malkijah|strong="H4441" was|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ethni|strong="H0867". 
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Ethni|strong="H0867" was|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zerah|strong="H2226". 
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Zerah|strong="H2226" was|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Adaiah|strong="H5718". 
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\verseNumber{42}Adaiah|strong="H5718" was|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ethan|strong="H0387". 
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Ethan|strong="H0387" was|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zimmah|strong="H2155". 
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Zimmah|strong="H2155" was|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shimei|strong="H8096". 
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\verseNumber{43}Shimei|strong="H8096" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H4054" Jahath|strong="H3189". 
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Jahath|strong="H3189" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H4054" Gershon|strong="H1648", 
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and|strong="H4054" Gershon|strong="H1648" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H4054" Levi|strong="H3878". 
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\verseNumber{44}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w A|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w group|strong="H7235"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4054"\+w* \+w singers|strong="H7891"\+w* \+w from|strong="H4480"\+w*} Merari’s|strong="H4847" family|strong="H4940" helped|strong="H5826" Heman|strong="H1968" and|strong="H4054" Asaph|strong="H0623". They|strong="H1992" stood|strong="H5975" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" left|strong="H7604" of|strong="H4054" Heman|strong="H1968". The|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H4054" this|strong="H2088" group|strong="H7235" was|strong="H3068" Ethan|strong="H0387", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H4054" Kishi|strong="H7029". 
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Kishi|strong="H7029" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H4054" Abdi|strong="H5660". 
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Abdi|strong="H5660" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H4054" Malluch|strong="H4409". 
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\verseNumber{45}Malluch|strong="H4409" was|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H4294" Hashabiah|strong="H2811". 
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Hashabiah|strong="H2811" was|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H4294" Amaziah|strong="H0558". 
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Amaziah|strong="H0558" was|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H4294" Hilkiah|strong="H2518". 
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\verseNumber{46}Hilkiah|strong="H2518" was|strong="H5892" the|strong="H2677" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amzi|strong="H0557". 
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Amzi|strong="H0557" was|strong="H5892" the|strong="H2677" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bani|strong="H1137". 
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Bani|strong="H1137" was|strong="H5892" the|strong="H2677" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shemer|strong="H8106". 
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\verseNumber{47}Shemer|strong="H8106" was|strong="H5892" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Mahli|strong="H4249". 
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Mahli|strong="H4249" was|strong="H5892" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Mushi|strong="H4187". 
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Mushi|strong="H4187" was|strong="H5892" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Merari|strong="H4847", 
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and|strong="H1121" Merari|strong="H4847" was|strong="H5892" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878". 
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\verseNumber{48}The|strong="H1121" other|strong="H8147" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878" were|strong="H1121" appointed|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1121" do|strong="H6213" other|strong="H8147" work|strong="H4399" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H1121" sacred|strong="H6944" tent|strong="H0168", the|strong="H1121" place|strong="H4725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{49}Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5414" ones|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" placed|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5414" altar|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5414" sacrifices|strong="H2077" that|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1121" burned|strong="H8313" completely|strong="H3617", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3478" burned|strong="H8313" incense|strong="H7004" on|strong="H5892" another|strong="H0312" altar|strong="H4196". Those|strong="H1121" sacrifices|strong="H2077" were|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3478" no|strong="H5414" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H1121" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H1121" having|strong="H0369" sinned|strong="H2398". Those|strong="H1121" men|strong="H1121" also|strong="H3478" did|strong="H3478" other|strong="H0312" work|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5414" Very|strong="H3966" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5414" sacred|strong="H6944" tent|strong="H0168", obeying|strong="H8085" the|strong="H5414" instructions|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3478" Moses|strong="H5414", who|strong="H1121" served|strong="H5647" God|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w well|strong="H3190"\+w*}, had|strong="H3478" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{50}These|strong="H7121" were|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175": 
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Aaron’s|strong="H0175" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H8034" Eleazar|strong="H0499". 
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Eleazar’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H8034" Phinehas|strong="H6372". 
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Phinehas’s|strong="H6372" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H8034" Abishua|strong="H0050". 
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\verseNumber{51}Abishua’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1961" Bukki|strong="H1231". 
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Bukki’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1961" Uzzi|strong="H5813". 
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Uzzi’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1961" Zerahiah|strong="H2228". 
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\verseNumber{52}Zerahiah’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H5892" Meraioth|strong="H4812". 
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Meraioth’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H5892" Amariah|strong="H0568". 
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Amariah’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H5892" Ahitub|strong="H0285". 
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\verseNumber{53}Ahitub’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" Zadok|strong="H6659", 
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and|strong="H4054" Zadok’s|strong="H6659" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" Ahimaaz|strong="H0290". 

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\verseNumber{54}Here|strong="H6311" is|strong="H0369" a|strong="H1961" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H4054" the|strong="H3605" places|strong="H1116" where|strong="H0834" Aaron’s|strong="H0175" descendants|strong="H2233" lived|strong="H3427". Those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4054" Kohath|strong="H6955" were|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" group|strong="H7235" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" allotted|strong="H1486" cities|strong="H5892" to|strong="H0413" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H4054". 
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\verseNumber{55}They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1121" allotted|strong="H1486" Hebron|strong="H2275" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" pastureland around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H1121" city|strong="H5892", 
\verseNumber{56}but|strong="H3588" the|strong="H2677" fields|strong="H7704" farther|strong="H6581" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2677" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2677" villages|strong="H2691" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H2677" city|strong="H5892" were|strong="H1121" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1121" Caleb|strong="H3612", the|strong="H2677" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jephunneh|strong="H3312". 
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\verseNumber{57}The|strong="H3485" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4294" Aaron|strong="H0175" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w were|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w Kohath|strong="H6955"\+w*} were|strong="H4294" allotted|strong="H1486" Hebron|strong="H2275", one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H4294" the|strong="H3485" cities|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w could|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w flee|strong="H5127"\+w*} and|strong="H4054" be|strong="H1961" protected|strong="H3467" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w accidentally|strong="H7684"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w*}. They|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" were|strong="H4294" allotted|strong="H1486" the|strong="H3485" towns|strong="H1323" and|strong="H4054" pastureland near|strong="H7126" Libnah|strong="H3841", Jattir|strong="H3492", Eshtemoa|strong="H0851", 
\verseNumber{58}Hilen|strong="H2432", Debir|strong="H1688", 
\verseNumber{59}Ashan|strong="H6228", Juttah|strong="H3194", and|strong="H4054" Beth-Shemesh|strong="H1053". 
\verseNumber{60}They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" also|strong="H1571" allotted|strong="H1486" Gibeon|strong="H1391", Geba|strong="H1387", Alemeth|strong="H5964", and|strong="H4054" Anathoth|strong="H6068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*} from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4054" Benjamin|strong="H1144". 
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Altogether|strong="H3162", these|strong="H0428" clans|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" Kohath|strong="H6955" were|strong="H0834" allotted|strong="H1486" 13 towns|strong="H1323". 
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\verseNumber{61}The|strong="H4294" other|strong="H0312" clans|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4294" Kohath|strong="H6955" were|strong="H4294" allotted|strong="H1486" ten|strong="H6235" towns|strong="H1323" from|strong="H4294" the|strong="H4294" clans|strong="H4940" of|strong="H4294" the|strong="H4294" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4294" Manasseh|strong="H4519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w west|strong="H3220"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{62}The|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gershon|strong="H1648" were|strong="H1121" allotted|strong="H1486" 13 cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" towns|strong="H1323" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" tribes|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Issachar|strong="H3485", Asher|strong="H0836", Naphtali|strong="H5321", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519" that|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1121"\+w*} Bashan|strong="H1316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3498"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w east|strong="H6921"\+w* \+w side|strong="H6285"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{63}The|strong="H5676" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4294" Merari|strong="H4847" were|strong="H3383" allotted|strong="H1486" twelve|strong="H8147" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H4054" towns|strong="H1323" from|strong="H4294" the|strong="H5676" tribes|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4294" Reuben|strong="H7205", Gad|strong="H1410", and|strong="H4054" Zebulun|strong="H2074". 
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\verseNumber{64}The|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4054" Israel|strong="H3478" allotted|strong="H1486" those|strong="H1992" towns|strong="H1323" and|strong="H4054" the|strong="H3605" nearby|strong="H7138" pasturelands|strong="H4054" to|strong="H6932" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4054" Levi|strong="H3878". 
\verseNumber{65}They|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H4294" them|strong="H5414" the|strong="H1410" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H4054" towns|strong="H1323" from|strong="H4294" the|strong="H1410" tribes|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4294" Judah|strong="H3063", Simeon|strong="H8095", and|strong="H4054" Benjamin|strong="H1144" that|strong="H4294" were|strong="H1410" listed|strong="H3187" previously|strong="H8543". 
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\verseNumber{66}Some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4054" the|strong="H3270" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4054" Kohath|strong="H6955" were|strong="H0834" allotted|strong="H1486" towns|strong="H1323" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3270" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4054" Ephraim|strong="H0669". 
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\verseNumber{67}They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" allotted|strong="H1486" Shechem|strong="H7927", which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w could|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w flee|strong="H5127"\+w*} and|strong="H3967" be|strong="H1961" protected|strong="H3467" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w accidentally|strong="H7684"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w*}, along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" nearby|strong="H7138" pastureland in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" hills|strong="H1389" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" also|strong="H1571" allotted|strong="H1486" these|strong="H0428" towns|strong="H1323" and|strong="H3967" pastureland near|strong="H7126" them|strong="H5414": Gezer|strong="H1507", 
\verseNumber{68}Jokmeam|strong="H3361", Beth-Horon|strong="H1032", 
\verseNumber{69}Aijalon|strong="H0357", and|strong="H3967" Gath-Rimmon|strong="H1667". 
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\verseNumber{70}The|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1121" Kohath|strong="H6955" were|strong="H0834" allotted|strong="H1486" Aner|strong="H6063" and|strong="H3967" Bileam|strong="H1109" towns|strong="H1323" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" nearby|strong="H7138" pastureland from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519" that|strong="H0834" lived|strong="H3427" west|strong="H3220" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{71}The|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1121" Gershon|strong="H1648", who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519", lived|strong="H3427" east|strong="H6921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" allotted|strong="H1486" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3967" towns|strong="H1323" and|strong="H3967" pastureland near|strong="H7126" them|strong="H5414": Golan|strong="H1474" in|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Bashan|strong="H1316" and|strong="H3967" Ashtaroth|strong="H6252" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w regions|strong="H2506"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{72}From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Issachar|strong="H3485" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" allotted|strong="H1486" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3967" towns|strong="H1323" and|strong="H3967" pastureland near|strong="H7126" Kedesh|strong="H6943", Daberath|strong="H1705", 
\verseNumber{73}Ramoth|strong="H7216", and|strong="H3967" Anem|strong="H6046". 
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\verseNumber{74}From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Asher|strong="H0836" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" allotted|strong="H1486" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3967" towns|strong="H1323" and|strong="H3967" pastureland near|strong="H7126" Mashal|strong="H4913", Abdon|strong="H5658", 
\verseNumber{75}Hukok|strong="H2712", and|strong="H3967" Rehob|strong="H7340". 
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\verseNumber{76}And|strong="H3967" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Naphtali|strong="H5321" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" allotted|strong="H1486" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3967" towns|strong="H1323" and|strong="H3967" pastureland near|strong="H7126" Kedesh|strong="H6943" in|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Galilee|strong="H1551" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, and|strong="H3967" Hammon|strong="H2540" and|strong="H3967" Kiriathaim|strong="H7156" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{77}The|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878", those|strong="H1992" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" Merari|strong="H4847", were|strong="H0834" allotted|strong="H1486" towns|strong="H1323" and|strong="H3967" pasturelands|strong="H4054" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Zebulun|strong="H2074" near|strong="H7126" Jokneam|strong="H3362", Kartah|strong="H7177", Rimmono|strong="H7417", and|strong="H3967" Tabor|strong="H8396". 
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\verseNumber{78-79}From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" allotted|strong="H1486" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3967" towns|strong="H1323" and|strong="H3967" pastureland near|strong="H7126" Bezer|strong="H1221" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H6160", Jahzah|strong="H3096", Kedemoth|strong="H6932", and|strong="H3967" Mephaath|strong="H4158". The|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205" lived|strong="H3427" east|strong="H6921" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}, across|strong="H5676" from|strong="H4480" Jericho|strong="H3405". 
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\verseNumber{80}From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Gad|strong="H1410", they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" allotted|strong="H1486" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3967" towns|strong="H1323" and|strong="H3967" pastureland near|strong="H7126" Ramoth|strong="H7216" in|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Mahanaim|strong="H4266", 
\verseNumber{81}Heshbon|strong="H2809", and|strong="H3967" Jazer|strong="H3270". 

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\chapterNumber{7}Issachar’s|strong="H3485" four|strong="H0702" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Tola|strong="H8439", Puah|strong="H6312", Jashub|strong="H3437", and|strong="H1121" Shimron|strong="H8110". 
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\verseNumber{2}Tola’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Uzzi|strong="H5813", Rephaiah|strong="H7509", Jeriel|strong="H3400", Jahmai|strong="H3181", Ibsam|strong="H3005", and|strong="H3967" Samuel|strong="H8050" (OR|strong="H3117", Shemuel|strong="H8050"). They|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1121" all|strong="H4557" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3117" clans|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w descended|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w from|strong="H1121"\+w*} them|strong="H8147". 
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In|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3117" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="H1121" Tola’s descendants|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3117" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" 22,600 men|strong="H1368" who|strong="H1121" served|strong="H5647" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3117" army|strong="H2428" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" the|strong="H3117" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{3}Uzzi’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Izrahiah|strong="H3156". Izrahiah’s five|strong="H2568" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Michael|strong="H4317", Obadiah|strong="H5662", Joel|strong="H3100", and|strong="H1121" Isshiah|strong="H3449". Izrahiah|strong="H3156" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" clans|strong="H4940". 
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\verseNumber{4}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="H1121" Izrahiah’s descendants|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" 36,000 men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" served|strong="H5647" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H6635" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" many|strong="H7235" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{5}In|strong="H1368" the|strong="H3605" records|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1368" the|strong="H3605" clans|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3605" Issachar|strong="H3485" were|strong="H4940" the|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1368" 87,000 men|strong="H1368" who|strong="H3605" served|strong="H5647" in|strong="H1368" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1368" Benjamin|strong="H1144" }
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\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1144"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3043"\+w*} sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1144" Benjamin|strong="H1144" were|strong="H1144" Bela|strong="H1106", Beker|strong="H1071", and|strong="H1144" Jediael|strong="H3043". 
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\verseNumber{7}Bela’s|strong="H1106" five|strong="H2568" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Ezbon|strong="H0675", Uzzi|strong="H5813", Uzziel|strong="H5816", Jerimoth|strong="H3406", and|strong="H1121" Iri|strong="H5901". They|strong="H2428" were|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" clans|strong="H1004". 
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In|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1121" records|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clans|strong="H1004" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Bela|strong="H1106" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" 22,034 men|strong="H1368" who|strong="H1121" served|strong="H5647" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1121" army|strong="H2428". 
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\verseNumber{8}Beker’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Zemirah|strong="H2160", Joash|strong="H3135", Eliezer|strong="H0461", Elioenai|strong="H0454", Omri|strong="H6018", Jeremoth|strong="H3406", Abijah|strong="H0029", Anathoth|strong="H6068", and|strong="H1121" Alemeth|strong="H5964". 
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\verseNumber{9}In|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1004" records|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1004" clans|strong="H1004" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H1004" Beker|strong="H1071" were|strong="H2428" the|strong="H1004" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1004" 20,200 men|strong="H1368" and|strong="H3967" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1004" clans|strong="H1004" who|strong="H1368" served|strong="H5647" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1004" army|strong="H2428". 
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\verseNumber{10}Jediael’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Bilhan|strong="H1092". Bilhan’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Jeush|strong="H3266", Benjamin|strong="H1144", Ehud|strong="H0164", Kenaanah|strong="H3668", Zethan|strong="H2133", Tarshish|strong="H8659", and|strong="H1121" Ahishahar|strong="H0300". 
\verseNumber{11}They|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" clans|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3318". 
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There|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" 17,200 of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H3318" who|strong="H3605" served|strong="H5647" in|strong="H4421" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428". 
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\verseNumber{12}Shuppim|strong="H8206" and|strong="H1121" Huppim|strong="H2650" were|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ir|strong="H5893". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aher|strong="H0313" was|strong="H1121" Hushim|strong="H2366". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Naphtali’s sons|strong="H1121" }
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\verseNumber{13}Naphtali’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Jahziel|strong="H3185", Guni|strong="H1476", Jezer|strong="H3337", and|strong="H1121" Shillem|strong="H8006". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jacob’s|strong="H3290"\+w* \+w slave|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*} Bilhah|strong="H1090". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Manasseh’s|strong="H4519" descendants|strong="H1121" }
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\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w list|strong="H4557"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Manasseh’s|strong="H4519" descendants|strong="H1121". Manasseh|strong="H4519" had|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" slave|strong="H5650" wife|strong="H0802" who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758". She|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" mother|strong="H0517" of|strong="H1121" Asriel|strong="H0844" and|strong="H1121" Makir|strong="H4353". 
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Makir|strong="H4353" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" Gilead|strong="H1568". 
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\verseNumber{15}Makir|strong="H4353" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w two|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w wives|strong="H0802"\+w*}. They|strong="H8034" were|strong="H1961" from|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" clans|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1323" Huppim|strong="H2650" and|strong="H1323" Shuppim|strong="H8206". 
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One|strong="H1961" of|strong="H1323" Makir’s|strong="H4353" wives|strong="H0802" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" Maacah|strong="H4601". 
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Another|strong="H8145" descendant|strong="H2233" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w Makir|strong="H4353"\+w*} was|strong="H8034" Zelophehad|strong="H6765". Zelophehad|strong="H6765" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w no|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w sons|strong="H1121"\+w*; \+w he|strong="H3947"\+w*} had|strong="H1961" only|strong="H0389" daughters|strong="H1323". 
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\verseNumber{16}Makir’s|strong="H4353" wife|strong="H0802" Maacah|strong="H4601" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H7121" she|strong="H7121" named|strong="H7121" Peresh|strong="H6570" and|strong="H1121" Sheresh|strong="H8329". Sheresh’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Ulam|strong="H0198" and|strong="H1121" Rakem|strong="H7552". 
\verseNumber{17}Ulam’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Bedan|strong="H0917". 
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All|strong="H3605" those|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w men|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w considered|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1121"\+w*} descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gilead|strong="H1568", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4353" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Makir|strong="H4353" and|strong="H1121" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519". 
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\verseNumber{18}Makir’s|strong="H4353" sister|strong="H0269" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H3205" Hammoleketh|strong="H4447" who|strong="H3205" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" mother|strong="H0517" of|strong="H3205" Ishdod, Abiezer|strong="H0044", and|strong="H3205" Mahlah|strong="H4244". 
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\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Gilead|strong="H1568"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w*} Shemida|strong="H8061", whose|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" Ahian|strong="H0291", Shechem|strong="H7928", Likhi|strong="H3949", and|strong="H1121" Aniam|strong="H0593". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669" }
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\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w list|strong="H4557"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669". 
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One|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim’s|strong="H0669" was|strong="H1121" Shuthelah|strong="H7803". 
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Shuthelah’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Bered|strong="H1260". 
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Bered’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Tahath|strong="H8480". 
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Tahath’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Eleadah|strong="H0497". 
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Eleadah’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Tahath|strong="H8480". 
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\verseNumber{21}Tahath’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Zabad|strong="H2066". 
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Zabad’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Shuthelah|strong="H7803". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Ephraim’s|strong="H0669"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w sons|strong="H1121"\+w*,} Ezer|strong="H5827" and|strong="H1121" Elead|strong="H0496", went|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Gath|strong="H1661" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} to|strong="H3381" steal|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4480" cows|strong="H6510" and|strong="H1121" sheep|strong="H6629". But|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1121" both|strong="H8147" killed|strong="H2026" by|strong="H3205" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H3381" that|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{22}Their|strong="H3117" father|strong="H0001" Ephraim|strong="H0669" cried|strong="H7121"/mourned|strong="H5594" for|strong="H3117" them|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3117" many|strong="H7227" days|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3117" his|strong="H5162" family|strong="H4940" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H3117" comfort|strong="H5162" him|strong="H5162". 
\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3588" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7121" wife|strong="H0802" had|strong="H1961" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H2029"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H3588" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029" and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121". Ephraim|strong="H8034" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H3205" Beriah|strong="H1283" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1004"\+w* resembles \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* ‘trouble’,} because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" trouble|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3588" his|strong="H7121" family|strong="H1004" had|strong="H1961" experienced|strong="H3045". 
\verseNumber{24}Ephraim’s|strong="H0669" daughter|strong="H1323" was|strong="H1323" Sheerah|strong="H7609". Her|strong="H1129" workers|strong="H1129" built|strong="H1129" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w three|strong="H7969"\+w* \+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w*}: Lower|strong="H8481" Beth-Horon|strong="H1032", Upper|strong="H5945" Beth-Horon|strong="H1032", and|strong="H1323" Uzzen-Sheerah|strong="H0242". 
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\verseNumber{25}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Another|strong="H0312"\+w*} son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669" was|strong="H1121" Rephah|strong="H7506". 
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Rephah’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Resheph|strong="H7566". 
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Resheph’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Telah|strong="H8520". 
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Telah’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Tahan|strong="H8465". 
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\verseNumber{26}Tahan’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Ladan|strong="H3936". 
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Ladan’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Ammihud|strong="H5989". 
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Ammihud’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Elishama|strong="H0476". 
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\verseNumber{27}Elishama’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Nun|strong="H5126". 
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Nun’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Joshua|strong="H3091", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3091"\+w* \+w man|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w led|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3091"\+w* Israelis \+w after|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{28}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w list|strong="H4557"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1323"\+w*} the|strong="H5704" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1008" areas|strong="H0776" where|strong="H4186" the|strong="H5704" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1323" Ephraim|strong="H0669" lived|strong="H4186": 
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Bethel|strong="H1008" and|strong="H1008" the|strong="H5704" nearby|strong="H7138" villages|strong="H1323"; 
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Naaran|strong="H5295" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" east|strong="H4217"; 
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Gezer|strong="H1507" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" west|strong="H4628" and|strong="H1008" the|strong="H5704" nearby|strong="H7138" villages|strong="H1323"; and|strong="H1008" 
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Shechem|strong="H7927" and|strong="H1008" the|strong="H5704" nearby|strong="H7138" villages|strong="H1323". Those|strong="H1992" villages|strong="H1323" extended|strong="H5186" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" Ayyah|strong="H5857" and|strong="H1008" the|strong="H5704" nearby|strong="H7138" villages|strong="H1323". 
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\verseNumber{29}Along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" border|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519" lived|strong="H3427" were|strong="H3478" these|strong="H0428" towns|strong="H1323": Beth-Shan|strong="H1052", Taanach|strong="H8590", Megiddo|strong="H4023", and|strong="H1121" Dor|strong="H1756", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" nearby|strong="H7138" villages|strong="H1323". 
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The|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" all|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" places|strong="H3027" were|strong="H3478" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" son|strong="H1121" Joseph|strong="H3130". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Asher|strong="H0836" }
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\verseNumber{30}Asher’s|strong="H0836" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Imnah|strong="H3232", Ishvah|strong="H3438", Ishvi|strong="H3440", and|strong="H1121" Beriah|strong="H1283". Their|strong="H8294" sister|strong="H0269" was|strong="H1121" Serah|strong="H8294". 
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\verseNumber{31}Beriah’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Heber|strong="H2268" and|strong="H1121" Malkiel. 
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Malkiel was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Birzaith|strong="H1269" 
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\verseNumber{32}Heber|strong="H2268" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Japhlet|strong="H3310", Shomer|strong="H7763", and|strong="H3205" Hotham|strong="H2369". Their|strong="H7774" sister|strong="H0269" was|strong="H3205" Shua|strong="H7774". 
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\verseNumber{33}Japhlet’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Pasach|strong="H6457", Bimhal|strong="H1118", and|strong="H1121" Ashvath|strong="H6220". 
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\verseNumber{34}Japhlet’s \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" was|strong="H1121" Shomer|strong="H7763". Shomer’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Rohgah|strong="H7303", Hubbah|strong="H3160", and|strong="H1121" Aram|strong="H0758". 
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\verseNumber{35}Shomer’s \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" was|strong="H1121" Hotham|strong="H2369" (OR|strong="H1121", Helem|strong="H1987"). Hotham’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Zophah|strong="H6690", Imna|strong="H3234", Shelesh|strong="H8028", and|strong="H1121" Amal|strong="H6000". 
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\verseNumber{36}Zophah’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Suah|strong="H5477", Harnepher|strong="H2774", Shual|strong="H7777", Beri|strong="H1275", Imrah|strong="H3236", 
\verseNumber{37}Bezer|strong="H1221", Hod|strong="H1936", Shamma|strong="H8037", Shilshah|strong="H8030", Ithran|strong="H3506" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whose|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w name|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Jether|strong="H3500"\+w*}, and|strong="H3506" Beera|strong="H0878". 
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\verseNumber{38}Jether’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Jephunneh|strong="H3312", Pispah|strong="H6462", and|strong="H1121" Ara|strong="H0690". 
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\verseNumber{39}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Another|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w descendant|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Asher|strong="H0836"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1121"\+w*} Ulla|strong="H5925", whose|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Arah|strong="H0733", Hanniel|strong="H2592", and|strong="H1121" Rizia|strong="H7525". 
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\verseNumber{40}All|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1368" were|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Asher|strong="H0836", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" clans|strong="H1004". They|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" brave|strong="H2428" warriors|strong="H1368" and|strong="H1121" excellent|strong="H2428" leaders|strong="H7218". In|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" clans|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1121" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Asher|strong="H0836" are|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w names|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} 26,000 men|strong="H1368" who|strong="H3605" served|strong="H5647" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Another list of descendants of Benjamin }
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\chapterNumber{8}Benjamin|strong="H1144" had|strong="H3205" five|strong="H2568" sons|strong="H3205": Bela|strong="H1106", Ashbel|strong="H0788", Aharah|strong="H0315", 
\verseNumber{2}Nohah|strong="H5119", and|strong="H2549" Rapha|strong="H7498". 
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\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bela|strong="H1106" were|strong="H1961" Addar|strong="H0146", Gera|strong="H1617", Abihud|strong="H0031", 
\verseNumber{4}Abishua|strong="H0050", Naaman|strong="H5283", Ahoah|strong="H0265", 
\verseNumber{5}Gera|strong="H1617", Shephuphan|strong="H8197", and|strong="H8197" Huram|strong="H2361". 
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\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* Gera’s \+w sons|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Ehud|strong="H0164"\+w*.} The|strong="H1540" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ehud|strong="H0164" were|strong="H1121" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H1992" clans|strong="H4940" who|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Geba|strong="H1387" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, but|strong="H1992" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1121" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H1121" move|strong="H5472" to|strong="H1121" Manahath|strong="H4506" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}Ehud’s sons|strong="H3205"/descendants|strong="H2233" were|strong="H3205" Naaman|strong="H5283", Ahijah|strong="H0281", and|strong="H5798" Gera|strong="H1617". 
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Gera|strong="H1617" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3205" one|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" led|strong="H1540" them|strong="H1540" when|strong="H1540" they|strong="H1931" moved|strong="H4131" to|strong="H3205" Manahath|strong="H4506". Gera|strong="H1617" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Uzza|strong="H5798" and|strong="H5798" Ahihud|strong="H0282". 
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\verseNumber{8-11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Another|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w descendant|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Shaharaim|strong="H7842"\+w*}. He|strong="H0834" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802" Hushim|strong="H2366" had|strong="H3068" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121", Abitub|strong="H0036" and|strong="H3967" Elpaal|strong="H0508". In|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Moab|strong="H4124" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, Shaharaim|strong="H7842" divorced|strong="H1644" Hushim|strong="H2366" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" wife|strong="H0802" Baara|strong="H1199". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H0227"\+w* \+w he|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w married|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w woman|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w whose|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w name|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w*} Hodesh|strong="H2321", and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w seven|strong="H7651"\+w* \+w sons|strong="H1121"\+w*}: Jobab|strong="H3103", Zibia|strong="H6644", Mesha|strong="H4331", Malcam|strong="H4445", Jeuz|strong="H3263", Sakia|strong="H7634", and|strong="H3967" Mirmah|strong="H4821". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" all|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" clans|strong="H4940". 
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\verseNumber{12-13}Elpaal’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H0834" Eber|strong="H5677", Misham|strong="H4936", Shemed|strong="H8046", Beriah|strong="H1283", and|strong="H3967" Shema|strong="H8087". Shemed|strong="H8046" built|strong="H1129" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Ono|strong="H0207" and|strong="H3967" Lod|strong="H3850", and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" nearby|strong="H7138" villages|strong="H2691". Beriah|strong="H1283" and|strong="H3967" Shema|strong="H8087" were|strong="H0834" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" clans|strong="H4940", who|strong="H0834" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H0935" Aijalon|strong="H0357" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. They|strong="H1992" forced|strong="H4522" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H0935" Gath|strong="H1661" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} to|strong="H0413" leave|strong="H5800" their|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{14-16}Beriah’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H0834" Ahio|strong="H0283", Shashak|strong="H8349", Jeremoth|strong="H3406", Zebadiah|strong="H2069", Arad|strong="H6166", Eder|strong="H5740", Michael|strong="H4317", Ishpah|strong="H3472", and|strong="H3967" Joha|strong="H3109". 
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\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Other|strong="H0312"\+w*} descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1121" Elpaal|strong="H0508" were|strong="H0834" Zebadiah|strong="H2069", Meshullam|strong="H4918", Hizki|strong="H2395", Heber|strong="H2268", 
\verseNumber{18}Ishmerai|strong="H3461", Izliah|strong="H3152", and|strong="H1121" Jobab|strong="H3103". 
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\verseNumber{19-21}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Another|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w descendant|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Shimei|strong="H8096"\+w*.} Shimei’s descendants|strong="H2233" included|strong="H5475" Jakim|strong="H3356", Zicri|strong="H2147", Zabdi|strong="H2067", Elienai|strong="H0462", Zillethai|strong="H6769", Eliel|strong="H0447", Adaiah|strong="H5718", Beraiah|strong="H1256", and|strong="H3967" Shimrath|strong="H8119". 
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\verseNumber{22}Shashak’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H5677" Ishpan|strong="H3473", Eber|strong="H5677", Eliel|strong="H0447", 
\verseNumber{23}Abdon|strong="H5658", Zicri|strong="H2147", Hanan|strong="H2605", 
\verseNumber{24}Hananiah|strong="H2608", Elam|strong="H5867", Anthothijah|strong="H6070", 
\verseNumber{25}Iphdeiah|strong="H3301", and|strong="H1121" Penuel|strong="H6439". 
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\verseNumber{26-27}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Another|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w descendant|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w*} Jeroham|strong="H3395", whose|strong="H0834" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H0834" Shamsherai|strong="H8125", Shehariah|strong="H7841", Athaliah|strong="H6271", Jaareshiah|strong="H3298", Elijah|strong="H0452", and|strong="H3967" Zicri|strong="H2147". 
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\verseNumber{28}In|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3427" records|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3427" these|strong="H0428" clans|strong="H4940" it|strong="H7218" is|strong="H7218" written|strong="H3789" that|strong="H3389" all|strong="H3427" those|strong="H3427" men|strong="H7218" were|strong="H3427" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3427" their|strong="H3427" clans|strong="H4940", and|strong="H3389" they|strong="H3389" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{29}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Another|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w descendant|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\+w* \+w was|strong="H8034"\+w*} Jeiel|strong="H3273". He|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Gibeon|strong="H1391" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, and|strong="H3427" he|strong="H3427" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H3427" leader|strong="H5387" there|strong="H3427". His|strong="H3427" wife|strong="H0802" was|strong="H8034" Maacah|strong="H4601". 
\verseNumber{30}His|strong="H5070" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Abdon|strong="H5658". His|strong="H5070" other|strong="H0312" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Zur|strong="H6698", Kish|strong="H7027", Baal|strong="H1168", Ner|strong="H5369", Nadab|strong="H5070", 
\verseNumber{31}Gedor|strong="H1446", Ahio|strong="H0283", Zeker|strong="H2144", 
\verseNumber{32}and|strong="H3389" Mikloth|strong="H4732". Mikloth|strong="H4732" was|strong="H3389" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3427" Shimeah|strong="H8039". All|strong="H3427" these|strong="H1992" sons|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3427" Jeiel|strong="H3273" also|strong="H3205" lived|strong="H3427" near|strong="H5973" their|strong="H1992" relatives|strong="H0251" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{33}Ner|strong="H5369" was|strong="H7586" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Kish|strong="H7027", and|strong="H7586" Kish|strong="H7027" was|strong="H7586" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Saul|strong="H7586". 
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Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H7586" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Jonathan|strong="H3083", Malchishua, Abinadab|strong="H0041", and|strong="H7586" Esh-Baal|strong="H0792". 
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\verseNumber{34}Jonathan’s|strong="H3083" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Merib-Baal|strong="H4807". 
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Merib-Baal|strong="H4807" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" Micah|strong="H4318". 
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\verseNumber{35}Micah’s|strong="H4318" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Pithon|strong="H6377", Melech|strong="H4429", Tarea|strong="H8390", and|strong="H1121" Ahaz|strong="H0271". 
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\verseNumber{36}Ahaz|strong="H0271" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Jehoaddah|strong="H3085". 
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Jehoaddah|strong="H3085" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Alemeth|strong="H5964", Azmaveth|strong="H5820", and|strong="H3205" Zimri|strong="H2174". 
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Zimri|strong="H2174" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Moza|strong="H4162". 
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\verseNumber{37}Moza|strong="H4162" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" Binea|strong="H1150". 
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The|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Binea|strong="H1150" was|strong="H1121" Raphah|strong="H7504". 
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The|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Raphah|strong="H7504" was|strong="H1121" Eleasah|strong="H0501". 
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The|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eleasah|strong="H0501" was|strong="H1121" Azel|strong="H0682". 
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\verseNumber{38}Azel|strong="H0682" had|strong="H1121" six|strong="H8337" sons|strong="H1121": Azrikam|strong="H5840", Bokeru, Ishmael|strong="H3458", Sheariah|strong="H8187", Obadiah|strong="H5662", and|strong="H1121" Hanan|strong="H2605". 
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\verseNumber{39}Azel’s \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" was|strong="H1121" Eshek|strong="H6232". 
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Eshek’s oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Ulam|strong="H0198". His|strong="H6232" other|strong="H8145" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Jeush|strong="H3266" and|strong="H1121" Eliphelet|strong="H0467". 
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\verseNumber{40}Ulam’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" brave|strong="H2428" warriors|strong="H1368" and|strong="H3967" ◄good|strong="H2896" archers|strong="H7198"/able|strong="H2428" to|strong="H1961" shoot|strong="H1869" arrows|strong="H7198" well|strong="H3190"►. Altogether|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" 150 sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" grandsons|strong="H1121". 
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Those|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144". 
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\chapterNumber{9}The|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w names|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" listed|strong="H3187"/written|strong="H3789" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3605" clans|strong="H4940", and|strong="H3063" that|strong="H3605" information|strong="H1697" was|strong="H3478" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612"/book|strong="H5612" named|strong="H5921" ‘The|strong="H3605" Record|strong="H3789" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" }
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" were|strong="H3478" captured|strong="H3920" and|strong="H3063" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H3478" go|strong="H1540" to|strong="H3478" Babylon|strong="H0894". That|strong="H3605" happened|strong="H1961" because|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" faithfully|strong="H0571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w what|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w pleasing|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H3548" first|strong="H7223" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3548" returned|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w* 70 \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w later|strong="H0310"\+w*} and|strong="H3478" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" their|strong="H3427" own|strong="H3548" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3427" their|strong="H3427" own|strong="H3548" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3478" towns|strong="H5892" were|strong="H3478" some|strong="H4480" Israeli priests|strong="H3548", other|strong="H0312" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3427" Levi|strong="H3881", and|strong="H3478" men|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3548" worked|strong="H2388" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3548" temple|strong="H5411". 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Other|strong="H0312"\+w*} people|strong="H1121" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", Benjamin|strong="H1144", Ephraim|strong="H0669", and|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". This|strong="H3389" is|strong="H1121" a|strong="H4480" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H4480" people|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}: 
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\verseNumber{4}Uthai|strong="H5793" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammihud|strong="H5989". Ammihud|strong="H5989" was|strong="H3063" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Omri|strong="H6018"; Omri|strong="H6018" was|strong="H3063" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Imri|strong="H0566"; Imri|strong="H0566" was|strong="H3063" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bani|strong="H1137"; Bani|strong="H1137" was|strong="H3063" a|strong="H3063" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Perez|strong="H6557"; Perez|strong="H6557" was|strong="H3063" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{5}Asaiah|strong="H6222" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H4480" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shelah|strong="H7956". Asaiah|strong="H6222" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1121" in|strong="H1121" his|strong="H4480" family|strong="H4940". 
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\verseNumber{6}Jeuel|strong="H3262" and|strong="H3967" others|strong="H0312" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H4480" relatives|strong="H1121" in|strong="H1121" Zerah’s clan|strong="H4940". There|strong="H4480" were|strong="H1121" 690 people|strong="H1121" in|strong="H1121" this|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940". 
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\verseNumber{7}From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144", Sallu|strong="H5543", the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Meshullam|strong="H4918". Meshullam|strong="H4918" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hodaviah|strong="H1938"; Hodaviah|strong="H1938" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hassenuah|strong="H5574". 
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\verseNumber{8}Ibneiah|strong="H2997" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jeroham|strong="H3395". 
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Elah|strong="H0425" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Uzzi|strong="H5813". Uzzi|strong="H5813" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Micri. 
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Meshullam|strong="H4918" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shephatiah|strong="H8203". Shephatiah|strong="H8203" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Reuel|strong="H7467"; Reuel|strong="H7467" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ibnijah|strong="H2998". 
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\verseNumber{9}In|strong="H1004" other|strong="H3605" records|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H1004" Benjamin|strong="H1144", there|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1004" 956 people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H7218" living|strong="H3605" in|strong="H1004" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". All|strong="H3605" these|strong="H3605" were|strong="H7218" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3605" clans|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{10}Some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" priests|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w were|strong="H4480"\+w*}: 
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Jedaiah|strong="H3048", Jehoiarib|strong="H3080", Jakin|strong="H3199", 
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\verseNumber{11}and|strong="H1121" Azariah|strong="H5838" who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6659" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hilkiah|strong="H2518". 
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Hilkiah|strong="H2518" who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6659" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Meshullam|strong="H4918"; 
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Meshullam|strong="H4918" who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6659" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zadok|strong="H6659", 
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Zadok|strong="H6659" who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6659" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Meraioth|strong="H4812"; 
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Meraioth|strong="H4812" who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6659" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahitub|strong="H0285"; 
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Ahitub|strong="H0285" who|strong="H1121" supervised|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6659" temple|strong="H1004" guards|strong="H7323"; 
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\verseNumber{12}Adaiah|strong="H5718" who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jeroham|strong="H3395"; 
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Jeroham|strong="H3395" who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Pashhur|strong="H6583"; 
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Pashhur|strong="H6583" who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Malchijah|strong="H4441"; 
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Maasai|strong="H4640" who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Adiel|strong="H5717"; 
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Adiel|strong="H5717" who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jahzerah|strong="H3170"; 
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Jahzerah|strong="H3170" who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Meshullam|strong="H4918"; 
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Meshullam|strong="H4918" who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Meshillemith|strong="H4921"; 
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Meshillemith|strong="H4921" who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Immer|strong="H0564". 
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\verseNumber{13}Altogether|strong="H3162" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H2428" 1,760 priests|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1368"\+w* \+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. They|strong="H4399" were|strong="H2428" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" their|strong="H4399" clans|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H4399" all|strong="H3605" were|strong="H2428" responsible|strong="H7218" for|strong="H1004" doing|strong="H6213" work|strong="H4399" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1004" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" God|strong="H0430". 
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\verseNumber{14}From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*} there|strong="H4480" was|strong="H1121" Shemaiah|strong="H8098" the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hasshub|strong="H2815". 
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Hasshub|strong="H2815" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Azrikam|strong="H5840"; 
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Azrikam|strong="H5840" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hashabiah|strong="H2811"; 
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Hashabiah|strong="H2811" was|strong="H1121" a|strong="H4480" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Levi’s|strong="H3878"\+w* \+w youngest|strong="H6996"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} Merari|strong="H4847". 
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\verseNumber{15}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Levi|strong="H3878"\+w* \+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1121"\+w*} Bakbakkar|strong="H1230", Heresh|strong="H2792", Galal|strong="H1559", and|strong="H1121" Mattaniah|strong="H4983" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Mica|strong="H4316". 
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Mica|strong="H4316" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" if|strong="H1121" Zicri|strong="H2147"; 
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Zicri|strong="H2147" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Asaph|strong="H0623". 
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\verseNumber{16}There|strong="H3427" was|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1121" Obadiah|strong="H5662" the|strong="H8098" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shemaiah|strong="H8098". 
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Shemaiah|strong="H8098" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8098" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Galal|strong="H1559". 
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Galal|strong="H1559" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8098" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jeduthun|strong="H3038". 
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There|strong="H3427" was|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1121" Berekiah the|strong="H8098" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Asa|strong="H0609". 
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Asa|strong="H0609" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8098" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Elkanah|strong="H0511", who|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8098" villages|strong="H2691" where|strong="H2691" the|strong="H8098" Netophath people-clan lived|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{17}From|strong="H7218" the|strong="H7967" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w Levi|strong="H3878"\+w* \+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*} who|strong="H0834" guarded|strong="H8104" the|strong="H7967" temple|strong="H1004" gates|strong="H8179" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H7218" Shallum|strong="H7967", Akkub|strong="H6126", Talmon|strong="H2929", Ahiman|strong="H0289", and|strong="H7218" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H7218" their|strong="H3605" relatives|strong="H0251". Shallum|strong="H7967" was|strong="H7218" their|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H7218". 
\verseNumber{18}Those|strong="H1992" gatekeepers|strong="H7778" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5704" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878" stood|strong="H4428" at|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5704" King’s|strong="H4428" Gate|strong="H8179" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5704" east|strong="H4217" side|strong="H4217" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{19}Shallum|strong="H7967" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kore|strong="H6981". 
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Kore|strong="H6981" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ebiasaph|strong="H0043". 
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Ebiasaph|strong="H0043" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Korah|strong="H7141". 
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Shallum|strong="H7967" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8104" relatives|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" gatekeepers|strong="H8104", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1121" responsible|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" guard|strong="H8104" the|strong="H5921" gates|strong="H5592" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068", like|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{20}Previously|strong="H6440" Phinehas|strong="H6372", the|strong="H6440" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eleazar|strong="H0499", had|strong="H3068" supervised|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" gatekeepers|strong="H7778", and|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" ◄was|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973"/helped|strong="H5826"► Phinehas|strong="H6372". 
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\verseNumber{21}Zechariah|strong="H2148" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Meshelemiah|strong="H4920" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" gatekeeper|strong="H7778" at|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
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\verseNumber{22}Altogether|strong="H3605", there|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" 212 men|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1992" chosen|strong="H1305" to|strong="H1732" guard|strong="H2876" the|strong="H3605" gates|strong="H5592". Their|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" were|strong="H1992" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H1732" the|strong="H3605" records|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" clans|strong="H4940" in|strong="H1732" their|strong="H3605" villages|strong="H2691". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" prophet|strong="H5030" Samuel|strong="H8050" appointed|strong="H3245"/chose|strong="H0977" those|strong="H1992" men|strong="H3605" because|strong="H3605" those|strong="H1992" men|strong="H3605" ◄were|strong="H1992" dependable|strong="H3559"/always|strong="H3605" did|strong="H1732" what|strong="H7200" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" told|strong="H5046" to|strong="H1732" do|strong="H3605"►. 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H5921" work|strong="H4399" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1992" gatekeepers|strong="H7778" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" guard|strong="H4931" the|strong="H5921" entrances|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068". That|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" before|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" was|strong="H3068" built|strong="H1129" to|strong="H3068" replace|strong="H2498" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{24}There|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" gatekeepers|strong="H7778" on|strong="H1961" each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H7307" the|strong="H1961" four|strong="H0702" sides|strong="H7307" of|strong="H7307" the|strong="H1961" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{25}Sometimes|strong="H6256" it|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" necessary|strong="H2706" for|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" relatives|strong="H0251" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" gatekeepers|strong="H7778" who|strong="H0834" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3117" those|strong="H5973" villages|strong="H2691" to|strong="H6256" come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H3117" help|strong="H5826" them|strong="H3117". Each|strong="H3117" time|strong="H6256" some|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" them|strong="H3117" came|strong="H0935", they|strong="H3117" helped|strong="H5826" the|strong="H3117" gatekeepers|strong="H7778" for|strong="H3117" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{26}There|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" four|strong="H0702" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" Levi|strong="H3881" who|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worked|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w every|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w*} supervised|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" gatekeepers|strong="H7778". They|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1992" took|strong="H1961" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" rooms|strong="H3957" and|strong="H1004" treasures|strong="H0214" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" of|strong="H1004" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{27}They|strong="H1992" remained|strong="H3427" awake|strong="H5782" all|strong="H5439" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" night|strong="H3885" to|strong="H5921" guard|strong="H4931" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H1004" each|strong="H5439" morning|strong="H1242" they|strong="H1992" opened|strong="H6605" the|strong="H5921" gates|strong="H8179". 
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\verseNumber{28}Some|strong="H1992" of|strong="H3627" the|strong="H5921" gatekeepers|strong="H7778" took|strong="H3318" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3627" the|strong="H5921" articles|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1992" used|strong="H3627" in|strong="H5921" worship|strong="H7812". They|strong="H1992" also|strong="H3318" took|strong="H3318" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3627" the|strong="H5921" flour|strong="H5560", wine|strong="H3196", olive|strong="H2132" oil|strong="H8081", incense|strong="H7004", and|strong="H3318" spices|strong="H1314" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w used|strong="H3627"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{29}Other|strong="H3605" gatekeepers|strong="H7778" were|strong="H1992" appointed|strong="H4487" to|strong="H5921" take|strong="H3947" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3627" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" things|strong="H6944" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{30}But|strong="H3588" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" priests|strong="H3548" had|strong="H3548" the|strong="H4480" work|strong="H4399" of|strong="H1121" mixing|strong="H4842" the|strong="H4480" spices|strong="H1314". 
\verseNumber{31}There|strong="H4480" was|strong="H1931" a|strong="H4480" descendant|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4480" Levi|strong="H3881" named|strong="H5921" Mattithiah|strong="H4993", the|strong="H5921" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1060" of|strong="H4480" Shallum|strong="H7967", who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" a|strong="H4480" descendant|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4480" Korah|strong="H7145". He|strong="H1931" ◄was|strong="H1931" very|strong="H3966" dependable|strong="H3559"/always|strong="H3605" did|strong="H4639" what|strong="H4639" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" told|strong="H5046" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H4639"►, so|strong="H4480" they|strong="H5921" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5921" {he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" given|strong="H5414"} the|strong="H5921" work|strong="H4639" of|strong="H4480" baking the|strong="H5921" bread|strong="H3899" that|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" used|strong="H6213" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" offerings|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{32}Some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" gatekeepers|strong="H7778" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H4480" Kohath|strong="H6955" prepared|strong="H3559" the|strong="H5921" freshly|strong="H2965" baked|strong="H0644" loaves|strong="H3899" of|strong="H1121" sacred|strong="H6944" bread|strong="H3899" that|strong="H4480" were|strong="H1121" placed|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" table|strong="H7979" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w inside|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w*} every|strong="H7676" Sabbath|strong="H7676"/rest|strong="H5117" day|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{33}Some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H7218" Levi|strong="H3881" were|strong="H3881" musicians|strong="H7891" who|strong="H3881" worked|strong="H4399" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". The|strong="H5921" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" those|strong="H5921" families|strong="H4940" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stayed|strong="H3427"\+w*/\+w slept|strong="H7901"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" rooms|strong="H3957" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w*}. They|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3915" not|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w any|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3881" responsible|strong="H7218" to|strong="H5921" serve|strong="H5647" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w musicians|strong="H7891"\+w*} day|strong="H3119" and|strong="H7218" night|strong="H3915". 
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\verseNumber{34}Those|strong="H3427" are|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w names|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w*} the|strong="H3427" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3427" clans|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3881" Levi|strong="H3881". Their|strong="H3427" names|strong="H8034" were|strong="H3881" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3427" records|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3427" clans|strong="H4940". They|strong="H3389" all|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3427" ancestors|strong="H0001" and|strong="H3389" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3427" King|strong="H4428" Saul|strong="H7586" }
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\verseNumber{35}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\+w*,} Jeiel|strong="H3273", lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Gibeon|strong="H1391" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. He|strong="H3427" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H3427" city|strong="H5892" leader|strong="H5387". His|strong="H3427" wife’s|strong="H0802" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Maacah|strong="H4601". 
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\verseNumber{36}His|strong="H5070" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Abdon|strong="H5658". 
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His|strong="H5070" other|strong="H0312" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Zur|strong="H6698", Kish|strong="H7027", Baal|strong="H1168", Ner|strong="H5369", Nadab|strong="H5070", 
\verseNumber{37}Gedor|strong="H1446", Ahio|strong="H0283", Zechariah|strong="H2148", and|strong="H2148" Mikloth|strong="H4732". 
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\verseNumber{38}Mikloth|strong="H4732" was|strong="H3389" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3427" Shimeam|strong="H8043". Jeiel’s family|strong="H4940" lived|strong="H3427" near|strong="H5973" their|strong="H1992" relatives|strong="H0251" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{39}Ner|strong="H5369" was|strong="H7586" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Kish|strong="H7027". Kish|strong="H7027" was|strong="H7586" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Saul|strong="H7586". Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H7586" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Jonathan|strong="H3083", Malchishua, Abinadab|strong="H0041", and|strong="H7586" Esh-Baal|strong="H0792". 
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\verseNumber{40}Jonathan’s|strong="H3083" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Merib-Baal|strong="H4807". Merib-Baal|strong="H4807" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" Micah|strong="H4318". 
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\verseNumber{41}Micah’s|strong="H4318" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Pithon|strong="H6377", Melech|strong="H4429", Tahrea|strong="H8475", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{42}Ahaz|strong="H0271" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Jadah (OR|strong="H0176", Jarah|strong="H3294"). Jadah was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Alemeth|strong="H5964", Azmaveth|strong="H5820", and|strong="H3205" Zimri|strong="H2174". 
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Zimri|strong="H2174" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Moza|strong="H4162". 
\verseNumber{43}Moza|strong="H4162" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" Binea|strong="H1150". 
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The|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Binea|strong="H1150" was|strong="H1121" Rephaiah|strong="H7509". The|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Rephaiah|strong="H7509" was|strong="H1121" Eleasah|strong="H0501". The|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eleasah|strong="H0501" was|strong="H1121" Azel|strong="H0682". 
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\verseNumber{44}Azel|strong="H0682" had|strong="H1121" six|strong="H8337" sons|strong="H1121": Azrikam|strong="H5840", Bokeru, Ishmael|strong="H3458", Sheariah|strong="H8187", Obadiah|strong="H5662", and|strong="H1121" Hanan|strong="H2605". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The death of King Saul }
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\chapterNumber{10}The|strong="H6440" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H2022" Philistia|strong="H6429" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H6440"\+w*} fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" the|strong="H6440" Israelis. The|strong="H6440" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5650" ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127" from|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3478" many|strong="H7227" Israelis were|strong="H3478" killed|strong="H2491" {the|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H5650" of|strong="H2022" Philistia|strong="H6429" killed|strong="H2491" many|strong="H7227" Israelis} on|strong="H5307" Gilboa|strong="H1533" Mountain|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H5221" soldiers|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Philistia|strong="H6429" caught|strong="H3920" up|strong="H1121" with|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5221" sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5221" killed|strong="H5221" his|strong="H5221" sons|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3129", Abinadab|strong="H0041", and|strong="H1121" Malchishua. 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H5921" fighting|strong="H4421" was|strong="H7586" very|strong="H3966" fierce|strong="H3513" around|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H7586" the|strong="H5921" ◄archers|strong="H3384"/men|strong="H3513" who|strong="H4421" shot|strong="H3384" arrows|strong="H7198"► shot|strong="H3384" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H7586" wounded|strong="H2342" him|strong="H5921" severely|strong="H3513". 
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\verseNumber{4}Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H5375" who|strong="H3588" was|strong="H7586" carrying|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" weapons|strong="H3627", “Take|strong="H3947" out|strong="H3947" your|strong="H3947" sword|strong="H2719" and|strong="H2719" kill|strong="H2719" me|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" these|strong="H3947" heathen|strong="H1471" Philistines|strong="H6430" will|strong="H2719" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5921" injure|strong="H7463" me|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w further|strong="H5750"\+w*} and|strong="H2719" make|strong="H3947" fun of|strong="H3627" me|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w dying|strong="H0006"\+w*}.” But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H5375" who|strong="H3588" was|strong="H7586" carrying|strong="H5375" Saul’s|strong="H7586" weapons|strong="H3627" was|strong="H7586" terrified|strong="H3966" and|strong="H2719" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H5953" that|strong="H3588". So|strong="H3947" Saul|strong="H7586" took|strong="H3947" his|strong="H5375" own|strong="H1961" sword|strong="H2719" and|strong="H2719" fell|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H2719"\+w* \+w died|strong="H5307"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H4191" carrying|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" weapons|strong="H3627" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H7586" dead|strong="H4191", he|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1571" threw|strong="H5307" himself|strong="H1931" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5375" own|strong="H1961" sword|strong="H2719" and|strong="H2719" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H4191" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" three|strong="H7969" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H1121" none|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" ever|strong="H5769" became|strong="H7586" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" Israelis who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" valley|strong="H6010" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3605" army|strong="H3427" had|strong="H3478" run|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127" and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" dead|strong="H4191", they|strong="H3588" left|strong="H5800" their|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127". Then|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H1121" from|strong="H3478" Philistia|strong="H6429" came|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" ◄occupied|strong="H3427"/lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427"► those|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H1961" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H4283", when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" Philistines|strong="H6430" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" take|strong="H1961" away|strong="H5307" the|strong="H1961" weapons|strong="H3627" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" dead|strong="H2491" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli \+w soldiers|strong="H1121"\+w*}, they|strong="H6430" found|strong="H4672" the|strong="H1961" corpses|strong="H2491" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121" on|strong="H5307" Gilboa|strong="H1533" Mountain|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H5971" took|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" clothes|strong="H0899" off|strong="H6584" Saul’s|strong="H7218" corpse|strong="H5038" and|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cut|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w off|strong="H6584"\+w*} his|strong="H5375" head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H7971" took|strong="H5375" it|strong="H5439" and|strong="H7971" Saul’s|strong="H7218" armor|strong="H3627". 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H7760" they|strong="H7760" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" throughout|strong="H3605" their|strong="H7760" land|strong="H0776", to|strong="H1004" proclaim|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7760" news|strong="H1319" throughout|strong="H3605" their|strong="H7760" own|strong="H1961" area|strong="H1508", to|strong="H1004" their|strong="H7760" idols|strong="H1544" and|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7760" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H5971". They|strong="H7760" put|strong="H7760" Saul’s|strong="H7586" armor|strong="H3627" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7760" temple|strong="H1004" where|strong="H1004" their|strong="H7760" idols|strong="H1544" were|strong="H3627", and|strong="H1004" they|strong="H7760" hung|strong="H8518" Saul’s|strong="H7586" head|strong="H1538" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7760" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w god|strong="H0430"\+w*} Dagon|strong="H1712". 
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\verseNumber{11}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H8085" who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H6213" Jabesh|strong="H3003" in|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" had|strong="H7586" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" Saul’s|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w corpse|strong="H5038"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" bravest|strong="H0533" men|strong="H1121"/soldiers|strong="H2428" of|strong="H1121" Jabesh|strong="H3003" went|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" got|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" corpses|strong="H6297" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H5375" them|strong="H5375" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3117" Jabesh|strong="H3003". They|strong="H3117" buried|strong="H6912" their|strong="H3605" bones|strong="H6106" under|strong="H8478" a|strong="H5375" large|strong="H1419" tree|strong="H6086" in|strong="H3117" Jabesh|strong="H3003". Then|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jabesh|strong="H3003" ◄fasted|strong="H6684"/abstained from|strong="H1121" eating|strong="H0398" food|strong="H3899"► for|strong="H8478" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{13}Saul|strong="H7586" died|strong="H4191" because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" faithfully|strong="H0571" obey|strong="H8104" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1697" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H4191" do|strong="H3068". He|strong="H3068" even|strong="H1571" went|strong="H3068" to|strong="H4191" a|strong="H3068" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H3068" talks to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5921" spirits|strong="H7307" of|strong="H3068" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H3808" and|strong="H3068" asked|strong="H7592" her|strong="H5921" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068", 
\verseNumber{14}instead|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1121" asking|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1732" he|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". So|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H4191" him|strong="H4191" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732", the|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448", to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4410" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. 

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\chapterNumber{11}Then|strong="H2009" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1320" of|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" came|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732" at|strong="H3478" Hebron|strong="H2275" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H3605", “Listen|strong="H3605", we|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H6106" ancestors|strong="H0001" [IDM] that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{2}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" past|strong="H8032", when|strong="H1961" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428", it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" who|strong="H5971" led|strong="H3318" our|strong="H3068" Israeli \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w battles|strong="H4421"\+w*}. You|strong="H5921" are|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3318" whom|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H3318", ‘You|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H5057" [MET|strong="H6298"] of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971"; you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428".’” 
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\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H1697" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli elders|strong="H2205" came|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732" at|strong="H5921" Hebron|strong="H2275". And|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732" made|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3772" sacred|strong="H6944" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921" while|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" listening|strong="H8085". They|strong="H3068" anointed|strong="H4886" him|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w* \+w oil|strong="H4886"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w set|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w apart|strong="H0914"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971". That|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" previously|strong="H6440" told|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w*} Samuel|strong="H8050" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1697". 

\BibleSectionHeading{David’s|strong="H1732" men|strong="H2205" captured|strong="H3920" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" }
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\verseNumber{4}David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} [SYN] went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w At|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w time|strong="H3478"\+w*,} Jerusalem|strong="H3389" was|strong="H1732" called|strong="H8033" Jebus|strong="H2982", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Jebus|strong="H2982" people-group. 
\verseNumber{5}Those|strong="H1931" people|strong="H3427" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732", “Your|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} will|strong="H5892" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1732" get|strong="H3947" inside|strong="H8432" our|strong="H1732" city|strong="H5892"!” But|strong="H3808" David’s|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} captured|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3920" city|strong="H5892", even|strong="H3808" though|strong="H1931" it|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1732" strong|strong="H2388" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H2008" it|strong="H1931", and|strong="H5892" since|strong="H2008" then|strong="H1732" it|strong="H1931" has|strong="H1732" been|strong="H3808" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3920" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H3427" David’. 
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\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w What|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w this|strong="H5927"\+w*:}: David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H1121"\+w*}, “The|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" leads|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H1121"\+w*} to|strong="H5927" attack|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" Jebus|strong="H2982" people-group will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5927".” Joab|strong="H3097", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zeruiah|strong="H6870", led|strong="H3097" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H1121", so|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3605" became|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5927". 
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\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w captured|strong="H3920"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" which|strong="H5892" had|strong="H1732" strong|strong="H2388" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5921" it|strong="H7121", David|strong="H1732" moved|strong="H4131" there|strong="H3427". That|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" why|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3651" named|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5921" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H3427" David’. 
\verseNumber{8}David’s|strong="H1732" workers|strong="H1129" rebuilt|strong="H1129" the|strong="H4480" city|strong="H5892", starting|strong="H4161" where|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" land|strong="H0776" was|strong="H5892" filled|strong="H4390" in|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5892" extending|strong="H3318" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H4480" wall|strong="H2346" that|strong="H5892" was|strong="H5892" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H4480" city|strong="H5892". Joab’s|strong="H3097" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w men|strong="H0376"\+w*} repaired|strong="H1129" the|strong="H4480" other|strong="H7605" parts|strong="H3411" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H4480" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{9}David|strong="H1732" became|strong="H1980" more|strong="H1419" and|strong="H1980" more|strong="H1419" powerful|strong="H2392"/influential, because|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Almighty|strong="H6635" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397" was|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973"/helping|strong="H5826" him|strong="H5973". 

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\verseNumber{10}Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w become|strong="H4427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4427"\+w*}. And|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" ◄were|strong="H3478" happy|strong="H0835" that|strong="H3605" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H3068"/supported|strong="H2388" David|strong="H1732" as|strong="H1697"► their|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4427". 
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There|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" many|strong="H7227" soldiers|strong="H1368"/warriors|strong="H1368" who|strong="H3605" helped|strong="H2388" David’s|strong="H1732" kingdom|strong="H4438" to|strong="H3478" remain|strong="H3427" strong|strong="H2388". 
\verseNumber{11}This|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H5921" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" David’s|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w most|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w mighty|strong="H1368"\+w*} warriors|strong="H1368": 
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Jashobeam|strong="H3434" was|strong="H1732" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Hacmon clan|strong="H4940". He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1732" one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" David’s|strong="H1732" most|strong="H6944" powerful|strong="H1368" soldiers|strong="H1121". One|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6471" he|strong="H1931" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" 300 enemies|strong="H0341" and|strong="H3967" killed|strong="H2491" them|strong="H5921" all|strong="H4557" with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H1732" spear|strong="H2595". 
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\verseNumber{12}Another|strong="H1368" one|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" Eleazar|strong="H0499", who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Dodo|strong="H1734" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Ahoh. 
\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" David|strong="H1732" at|strong="H4421" Pas Dammim when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H4421" of|strong="H6440" Philistia|strong="H6429" gathered|strong="H6430" there|strong="H8033" for|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" battle|strong="H4421". There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" field|strong="H7704" of|strong="H6440" barley|strong="H8184" there|strong="H8033". At|strong="H4421" first|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Israeli soldiers|strong="H4421" ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H4421" of|strong="H6440" Philistia|strong="H6429", 
\verseNumber{14}but|strong="H5221" then|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3068" Eleazar|strong="H0499" stopped|strong="H6430" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5221" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5221" field|strong="H2513" and|strong="H3068" fought|strong="H3898" to|strong="H3068" defend|strong="H3467" it|strong="H8432" and|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H5221" soldiers|strong="H5650" of|strong="H3068" Philistia|strong="H6429". Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5221" to|strong="H3068" win|strong="H6743" a|strong="H5221" great|strong="H1419" victory|strong="H8668" on|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" day|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{15}One|strong="H4480" time|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7969" of|strong="H7218" David’s|strong="H1732" thirty|strong="H7970" most|strong="H4480" mighty|strong="H7969" warriors|strong="H1368" came|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" David|strong="H1732" when|strong="H4480" he|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" camping|strong="H2583" next|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5921" huge|strong="H1995" rock|strong="H6697" outside|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" cave|strong="H4631" near|strong="H5921" Adullam|strong="H5725". At|strong="H2583" that|strong="H4480" same|strong="H4480" time|strong="H5921", the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H4264" of|strong="H7218" Philistia|strong="H6429" had|strong="H1732" camped|strong="H2583" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Rephaim|strong="H7497" Valley|strong="H6010". 
\verseNumber{16}David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" in|strong="H1035" a|strong="H1732" fortress|strong="H4686", and|strong="H1732" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H5333" the|strong="H1732" soldiers|strong="H5650" of|strong="H5333" Philistia|strong="H6429" were|strong="H6430" occupying|strong="H3423" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". 
\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" very|strong="H3966" thirsty|strong="H6771" and|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0589" wish|strong="H4310" that|strong="H4325" someone|strong="H4310" would|strong="H4310" bring|strong="H1732" me|strong="H8248" some|strong="H4480" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H4325" the|strong="H1732" well|strong="H3190" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H1732" gate|strong="H8179" at|strong="H1732" Bethlehem|strong="H1035"!” 
\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H3808" those|strong="H5375" three|strong="H7969" most|strong="H3068" outstanding|strong="H1368" warriors|strong="H1368" forced|strong="H4522" their|strong="H3068" way|strong="H1870" through|strong="H1234" the|strong="H5375" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H3068" Philistia|strong="H6429" soldiers|strong="H5650" and|strong="H3068" drew|strong="H7579" some|strong="H4480" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5375" well|strong="H3190", and|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H5375" it|strong="H5375" to|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732". But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" it|strong="H5375". Instead|strong="H3808", he|strong="H3068" poured|strong="H5258" it|strong="H5375" out|strong="H5258" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H0776"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w an|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w offering|strong="H3068"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", it|strong="H3588" would|strong="H6213" certainly|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" right|strong="H3225" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H5315" to|strong="H6213" drink|strong="H8354" this|strong="H2063" water|strong="H4325"! That|strong="H3588" would|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3808" like|strong="H3808" [RHQ] drinking|strong="H8354" the|strong="H3588" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H1368" these|strong="H2063" men|strong="H1368" who|strong="H5315" were|strong="H5315" willing|strong="H0014"/ready|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" die|strong="H4191" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H5315"!” So|strong="H6213" he|strong="H3588" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H6213" drink|strong="H8354" it|strong="H3588". 
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That|strong="H3588" was|strong="H5315" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1368" the|strong="H3588" things|strong="H7969" that|strong="H3588" those|strong="H6213" three|strong="H7969" most|strong="H6944" outstanding|strong="H1368" warriors|strong="H1368" did|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{20}Joab’s|strong="H3097" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" Abishai|strong="H0052" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" 30 most|strong="H6944" mighty|strong="H7969" warriors|strong="H1368". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w time|strong="H1961"\+w*} Abishai|strong="H0052" fought|strong="H3898" 300 \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w enemy|strong="H0340"\+w*} soldiers|strong="H3967" with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" spear|strong="H2595" and|strong="H3967" killed|strong="H2490" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H4480" he|strong="H5704" became|strong="H1961" as|strong="H5704" famous|strong="H8034" as|strong="H5704" those|strong="H4480" three|strong="H7969" most|strong="H4480" outstanding|strong="H1368" warriors|strong="H1368". He|strong="H5704" became|strong="H1961" their|strong="H1961" commander|strong="H8269", even|strong="H5704" though|strong="H3588" he|strong="H5704" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H8269" those|strong="H4480" three|strong="H7969" men|strong="H3513". 
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\verseNumber{22}Jehoiada’s|strong="H3077" son|strong="H1121" Benaiah|strong="H1141" was|strong="H1931" a|strong="H5221" brave|strong="H2428" soldier|strong="H6635" from|strong="H4480" Kabzeel|strong="H6909" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} who|strong="H1931" did|strong="H3117" heroic deeds|strong="H6467". He|strong="H1931" killed|strong="H5221" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" best|strong="H2459" warriors|strong="H2428" from|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5221"\+w*} Moab|strong="H4124" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{people-group}. One|strong="H4480" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" into|strong="H3381" a|strong="H5221" pit|strong="H0953" when|strong="H3117" snow|strong="H7950" was|strong="H1931" falling|strong="H5307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H0776"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H5221" a|strong="H5221" lion|strong="H0738" there|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{23}He|strong="H1931" also|strong="H3027" killed|strong="H2026" a|strong="H5221" soldier|strong="H6635" from|strong="H3381" Egypt|strong="H4713" who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" ◄7-1/2 feet|strong="H7272"/2.3 meters► tall|strong="H4060". The|strong="H5221" soldier|strong="H6635" from|strong="H3381" Egypt|strong="H4713" carried|strong="H1497" a|strong="H5221" spear|strong="H2595" that|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" as|strong="H5221" long|strong="H0753" as|strong="H5221" a|strong="H5221" weaver’s|strong="H0707" rod|strong="H7626". Benaiah|strong="H1141" had|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} a|strong="H5221" club|strong="H7626", but|strong="H5221" he|strong="H1931" grabbed|strong="H2388" the|strong="H5221" other|strong="H0312" man’s|strong="H0376" spear|strong="H2595" and|strong="H3027" killed|strong="H2026" him|strong="H5221" with|strong="H3381" it|strong="H1931". 
\verseNumber{24}Those|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7969" that|strong="H1121" Benaiah|strong="H1141" did|strong="H6213". So|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" became|strong="H3205" as|strong="H6213" famous|strong="H8034" as|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" three|strong="H7969" mighty|strong="H1368" warriors|strong="H1368". 
\verseNumber{25}He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1732" more|strong="H4480" honored|strong="H3513" than|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" members|strong="H3338" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H4480" thirty|strong="H7970" most|strong="H4480" mighty|strong="H7969" warriors|strong="H1368", but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H1931" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H7760" member|strong="H1995" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H4480" three|strong="H7969" most|strong="H4480" outstanding|strong="H1368" warriors|strong="H1368". David|strong="H1732" appointed|strong="H7760" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H4480" his|strong="H7760" bodyguards. 
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\verseNumber{26}These|strong="H0428" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3097" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" David’s|strong="H1732" mighty|strong="H1368" warriors|strong="H1368": 
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Asahel|strong="H6214", the|strong="H3097" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" of|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097"; 
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Elhanan|strong="H0445", the|strong="H3097" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Dodo|strong="H1734", from|strong="H1121" Bethlehem|strong="H1035"; 
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\verseNumber{27}Shammah|strong="H8048", from|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H2503"\+w*} Harod|strong="H2730" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w*}; 
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Helez|strong="H2503", from|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H2503"\+w*} Pelon \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{28}Ira|strong="H5896", the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ikkesh|strong="H6142", from|strong="H1121" Tekoa|strong="H8621" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}; 
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Abiezer|strong="H0044", from|strong="H1121" Anathoth|strong="H6069" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{29}Sibbecai|strong="H5444", from|strong="H4480" Hushah’s \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w*}; 
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Ilai|strong="H5866" from|strong="H4480" Ahoh’s clan|strong="H4940"; 
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\verseNumber{30}Maharai|strong="H4121", from|strong="H1121" Netophah|strong="H5199" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}; 
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Heled|strong="H2466", the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Baanah|strong="H1196", also|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Netophah|strong="H5199" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{31}Ithai|strong="H0863", the|strong="H1141" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ribai|strong="H7380", from|strong="H1121" Gibeah|strong="H1390" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* } in|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1141"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w belonged|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H1141" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144"; 
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Benaiah|strong="H1141", from|strong="H1121" Pirathon|strong="H6552" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{32}Hurai|strong="H2360", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" valleys|strong="H5158" near|strong="H7126" Gaash|strong="H1608" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*}; 
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Abiel|strong="H0022" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H5158" Arabah|strong="H6160"; 
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\verseNumber{33}Azmaveth|strong="H5820", from|strong="H4480" Baharum \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}; 
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Eliahba|strong="H0455", from|strong="H4480" Shaalbon \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{34}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hashem|strong="H2044" from|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1121"\+w*} Gizon \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w*}; 
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Jonathan|strong="H3129" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shagee|strong="H7681" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Harar \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*/\+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{35}Ahiam|strong="H0279" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Sharar|strong="H8325"/Sacar|strong="H7940", from|strong="H1121" Harar \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*/\+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w*}; 
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Eliphal|strong="H0465" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ur|strong="H0218"; 
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\verseNumber{36}Hepher|strong="H2660" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H2660" Mekerath \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w*}; 
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Ahijah|strong="H0281" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H2660" Pelon \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w*/\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{37}Hezro|strong="H2695" from|strong="H1121" Carmel|strong="H3760" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}; 
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Naarai|strong="H5293" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ezbai|strong="H0229"; 
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\verseNumber{38}Joel|strong="H3100" the|strong="H5416" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" of|strong="H1121" Nathan|strong="H5416"; 
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Mibhar|strong="H4006" the|strong="H5416" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hagri|strong="H1905"; 
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\verseNumber{39}Zelek|strong="H6768" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5375" Ammon|strong="H5984" people-group; 
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Naharai|strong="H5171", the|strong="H5375" man|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" carried|strong="H5375" Joab’s|strong="H3097" weapons|strong="H3627", from|strong="H1121" Beeroth|strong="H0881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{40}Ira|strong="H5896" and|strong="H3967" Gareb|strong="H1619" from|strong="H4480" Jattir|strong="H3492" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{41}Uriah|strong="H0223", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Bathsheba’s \+w husband|strong="H0376"\+w*}, from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Heth|strong="H2845" people-group; 
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Zabad|strong="H2066" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahlai|strong="H0304"; 
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\verseNumber{42}Adina|strong="H5721" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shiza|strong="H7877", a|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H7218" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7206", who|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1121" thirty|strong="H7970" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H1121"\+w*} with|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921"; 
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\verseNumber{43}Hanan|strong="H2605" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Maacah|strong="H4601"; 
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Joshaphat|strong="H3146" from|strong="H1121" Mithna \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*/\+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{44}Uzzia|strong="H5814" from|strong="H1121" Ashterath \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}; 
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Shama|strong="H8091" and|strong="H1121" Jeiel|strong="H3273", the|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hotham|strong="H2369", from|strong="H1121" Aroer|strong="H6177" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{45}Jediael|strong="H3043" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shimri|strong="H8113" 
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and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3109" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" Joha|strong="H3109", from|strong="H1121" Tiz \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*/\+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{46}Eliel|strong="H0447" from|strong="H1121" Mahavah \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*/\+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w*}; 
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Jeribai|strong="H3403" and|strong="H1121" Joshaviah|strong="H3145", the|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Elnaam|strong="H0493"; 
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Ithmah|strong="H3495" from|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1121"\+w*} Moab|strong="H4125" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{47}Eliel|strong="H0447" and|strong="H5744" Obed|strong="H5744", 
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and|strong="H5744" Jaasiel|strong="H3300" from|strong="H4480" Zobah|strong="H6678" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*/\+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Some warriors joined David }
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\chapterNumber{12}David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H1732" to|strong="H6440" Ziklag|strong="H6860" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} to|strong="H6440" escape|strong="H4422" from|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H6440"\+w*} Saul|strong="H7586". While|strong="H5750" he|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" there|strong="H1992", many|strong="H7227" warriors|strong="H1368" came|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" joined|strong="H2266" him|strong="H6440", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" helped|strong="H5826" him|strong="H6440" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1732" fought|strong="H3898" battles|strong="H4421". 
\verseNumber{2}They|strong="H7586" carried|strong="H5375" bows|strong="H7198" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w arrows|strong="H2671"\+w*}. They|strong="H7586" were|strong="H1144" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H7586" shoot|strong="H3384" arrows|strong="H2671" and|strong="H7586" to|strong="H7586" sling|strong="H7050" stones|strong="H0068". They|strong="H7586" could|strong="H3201" use|strong="H4399" either|strong="H1571" their|strong="H1144" right|strong="H3231" arms|strong="H2220" or|strong="H0176" their|strong="H1144" left|strong="H8041" arms|strong="H2220" to|strong="H7586" do|strong="H5401" that|strong="H7586". They|strong="H7586" were|strong="H1144" relatives|strong="H0251" of|strong="H7198" Saul|strong="H7586" from|strong="H3231" the|strong="H7586" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H7198" Benjamin|strong="H1144". 
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\verseNumber{3}Their|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H7218" was|strong="H1121" Ahiezer|strong="H0295". Next|strong="H4283" in|strong="H1121" command|strong="H6680" was|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3101". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1121" both|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shemaah|strong="H8094" from|strong="H1121" Gibeah|strong="H1390" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w These|strong="H0428"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3058"\+w* \+w names|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w warriors|strong="H1121"\+w*:} 
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Jeziel|strong="H3149" and|strong="H1121" Pelet|strong="H6404", the|strong="H3058" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Azmaveth|strong="H5820"; 
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Beracah|strong="H1294"; 
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Jehu|strong="H3058" from|strong="H1121" Anathoth|strong="H6069" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{4}Ishmaiah|strong="H3460" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Gibeon|strong="H1391" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, who|strong="H1368" was|strong="H1368" a|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1368" the|strong="H5921" thirty|strong="H7970" mighty|strong="H1368" warriors|strong="H1368"; 
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Jeremiah|strong="H3414", Jahaziel|strong="H3166", Johanan|strong="H3110", and|strong="H7970" Jozabad|strong="H3107" from|strong="H5921" Gederah|strong="H1449" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{5}Eluzai|strong="H0498", Jerimoth|strong="H3406", Bealiah|strong="H1183", Shemariah|strong="H8114", and|strong="H3414" Shephatiah|strong="H8203" from|strong="H3414" Haruph \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{6}Elkanah|strong="H0511", Isshiah|strong="H3449", Azarel|strong="H5832", Joezer|strong="H3134" and|strong="H3406" Jashobeam|strong="H3434", who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H8203" Korah|strong="H7141"; 
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\verseNumber{7}Joelah|strong="H3132" and|strong="H3967" Zebadiah|strong="H2069", who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jeroham|strong="H3395", from|strong="H4480" Gedor|strong="H1446" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{8}Some|strong="H4480" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Gad|strong="H1410" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w east|strong="H6921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} joined|strong="H2266" David|strong="H1732" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H4480" was|strong="H1121" at|strong="H4480" his|strong="H4480" fortress|strong="H4581" in|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w caves|strong="H4631"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H4480" desert|strong="H6160". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1121" brave|strong="H2428" warriors|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" trained|strong="H2593" for|strong="H1121" fighting|strong="H3898" battles|strong="H4421" and|strong="H1121" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1121" use|strong="H4399" shields|strong="H4043" and|strong="H1121" spears|strong="H7420" well|strong="H3190". They|strong="H1992" [SYN] were|strong="H1121" as|strong="H1121" fierce|strong="H2740" as|strong="H1121" [SIM, MTY] lions|strong="H3715", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" could|strong="H3201" run|strong="H7323" as|strong="H1121" fast|strong="H6685" as|strong="H1121" [HYP, SIM] deer|strong="H0354"/gazelles|strong="H6643" on|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" hills|strong="H1389"/mountains|strong="H2022". 
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\verseNumber{9}Ezer|strong="H5829" was|strong="H1732" their|strong="H6440" leader|strong="H5387". 
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Next|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" command|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1732" Obadiah|strong="H5662". 
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Next|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1732" Eliab|strong="H0446". 
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\verseNumber{10}Next|strong="H8145" was|strong="H7218" Mishmannah|strong="H4925". 
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Next|strong="H8145" was|strong="H7218" Jeremiah|strong="H3414". 
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\verseNumber{11}Next|strong="H4283" was|strong="H3414" Attai|strong="H6262". 
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Next|strong="H4283" was|strong="H3414" Eliel|strong="H0447". 
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\verseNumber{12}Next|strong="H4283" was|strong="H3068" Johanan|strong="H3110". 
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Next|strong="H4283" was|strong="H3068" Elzabad|strong="H0443". 
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\verseNumber{13}Next|strong="H4283" was|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w another|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w man|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w whose|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w name|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w*} Jeremiah|strong="H3414". 
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The|strong="H3076" last|strong="H0314" was|strong="H3068" Macbannai. 
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\verseNumber{14}Those|strong="H1992" men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H3414" the|strong="H3414" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3414" Gad|strong="H1410" were|strong="H0834" all|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" officers|strong="H7860". Some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3414" them|strong="H5414" commanded|strong="H6680" 1,000 soldiers|strong="H5650", and|strong="H3414" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3414" them|strong="H5414" commanded|strong="H6680" 100 soldiers|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{15}They|strong="H1992" crossed|strong="H5674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w west|strong="H3220"\+w* \+w side|strong="H6285"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H1121" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} during|strong="H3117" March|strong="H1980", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w year|strong="H1121"\+w*} when|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" river|strong="H5104" was|strong="H1121" flooded|strong="H7857". They|strong="H1992" chased|strong="H7291" from|strong="H1121" there|strong="H8033" all|strong="H1419" the|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1419" the|strong="H1121" valleys|strong="H6010" on|strong="H7218" both|strong="H8147" sides|strong="H3411" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" river|strong="H5104". 
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\verseNumber{16}Some|strong="H1992" other|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H6010" Benjamin|strong="H1144" and|strong="H7223" from|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" also|strong="H1992" came|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5921" David|strong="H1732" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" fortress|strong="H4581". 
\verseNumber{17}David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H1732" out|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w cave|strong="H4631"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" meet|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5704" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" them|strong="H5704", “If|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5704" have|strong="H1121" come|strong="H3063" peacefully|strong="H7965" to|strong="H5704" help|strong="H4480" me|strong="H4480", I|strong="H5704" am|strong="H1961" eager|strong="H1245" to|strong="H5704" have|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5704" join|strong="H2266" with|strong="H1732" me|strong="H4480". But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5704" have|strong="H1121" come|strong="H3063" to|strong="H5704" enable|strong="H7980" my|strong="H1732" enemies|strong="H0341" to|strong="H5704" capture|strong="H3920" me|strong="H4480", even|strong="H5704" though|strong="H3588" I|strong="H5704" [SYN] have|strong="H1121" not|strong="H1732" done|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H4480" to|strong="H5704" harm|strong="H7463" you|strong="H5704", I|strong="H5704" hope|strong="H3176"/wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" God|strong="H0430" whom|strong="H0834" our|strong="H4480" ancestors|strong="H0001" ◄worshiped|strong="H7812"/belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704"► will|strong="H1121" see|strong="H7200" it|strong="H5704" and|strong="H1121" condemn|strong="H7561"/punish|strong="H6485" you|strong="H5704".” 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H6030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w*} Spirit|strong="H7307" came|strong="H1961" upon|strong="H5921" Amasai|strong="H6022", who|strong="H6862" was|strong="H1961" another|strong="H7200" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" thirty|strong="H7970" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w greatest|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w warriors|strong="H1368"\+w*}, and|strong="H6030" he|strong="H1732" said|strong="H6030", 
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“David|strong="H1732", we|strong="H7200" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5921" you|strong="H6440"; 
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you|strong="H6440" who|strong="H6862" are|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H6440" Jesse|strong="H3448", we|strong="H7200" will|strong="H1961" join|strong="H2266" you|strong="H6440". 
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We|strong="H7200" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H7200" things|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" go|strong="H3318" very|strong="H3966" well|strong="H7965" [DOU] for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H6440" and|strong="H6030" for|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H6862" are|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5921" you|strong="H6440", 
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because|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3808" is|strong="H1961" helping|strong="H5826" you|strong="H6440".” 
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\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H5414" David|strong="H1732" welcomed|strong="H8085" those|strong="H1121" men|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3588" appointed|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H1121" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" soldiers|strong="H1121". Some|strong="H4480" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519" also|strong="H1732" joined|strong="H2266" David|strong="H1732" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" went|strong="H1732" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3588" soldiers|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Philistia|strong="H6429" to|strong="H5414" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5973" Saul’s|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H1416"\+w*}. But|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" men|strong="H1121" did|strong="H7965" not|strong="H5414" really|strong="H2088" help|strong="H5826" the|strong="H3588" army|strong="H1416" of|strong="H1121" Philistia|strong="H6429". After|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" Philistia|strong="H6429" talked|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H1121"\+w*}, they|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H5414" David|strong="H1732" away|strong="H5973". They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" joins his|strong="H5414" master|strong="H5414" Saul|strong="H7586" again|strong="H7725", we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1121" all|strong="H5414" be|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H2026" {his|strong="H5414" army|strong="H1416" will|strong="H1121" kill|strong="H2026" all|strong="H5414" of|strong="H1121" us|strong="H5414"}!” 
\verseNumber{20}When|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H1732" to|strong="H7971" Ziklag|strong="H6860", these|strong="H1732" were|strong="H6430" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H7218" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H7218" Manasseh|strong="H4519" who|strong="H4421" went|strong="H1732" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921": Adnah|strong="H5734", Jozabad|strong="H3107", Jediael|strong="H3043", Michael|strong="H4317", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w another|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w man|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w whose|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w name|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1732"\+w*} Jozabad|strong="H3107", Elihu|strong="H0453", and|strong="H7971" Zillethai|strong="H6769". Each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H7218" them|strong="H5921" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H1961" a|strong="H3588" commander|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" 1,000 men|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w army|strong="H4421"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{21}They|strong="H5921" were|strong="H7218" all|strong="H3212" brave|strong="H2428" soldiers|strong="H5650", and|strong="H3212" they|strong="H5921" helped|strong="H5826" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H3212" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" groups|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" men|strong="H7218" who|strong="H0834" roamed throughout|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" country|strong="H2022", robbing|strong="H6906" people|strong="H5971". So|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" men|strong="H7218" became|strong="H3205" commanders|strong="H8269" in|strong="H5921" David’s|strong="H1732" army|strong="H2428". 
\verseNumber{22}Every|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" more|strong="H3588" men|strong="H1368" joined|strong="H2266" David’s|strong="H1732" men|strong="H1368", and|strong="H1732" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" became|strong="H1961" large|strong="H1419", like|strong="H1961" [SIM] the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H8269" God|strong="H0430" (OR|strong="H3588", a|strong="H1961" very|strong="H1992" huge|strong="H1995" army|strong="H2428"). 

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\verseNumber{23}These|strong="H1732" are|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" numbers|strong="H7230" of|strong="H3117" soldiers|strong="H5650" who|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3117" ready|strong="H3559" for|strong="H3588" battle|strong="H4264" who|strong="H3588" joined|strong="H2266" David|strong="H1732" at|strong="H5921" Hebron|strong="H2275" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. They|strong="H3588" came|strong="H1732" to|strong="H5704" help|strong="H5826" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3117" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H5704" replace|strong="H2498" Saul|strong="H7586", as|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H1732" promised|strong="H1696" would|strong="H1732" happen|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{24}There|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1732" 6,800 men|strong="H7218" from|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063", who|strong="H3068" carried|strong="H3068" shields|strong="H4043" and|strong="H3068" spears|strong="H7420". 
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\verseNumber{25}There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" 7,100 men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5375" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Simeon|strong="H8095". They|strong="H5375" were|strong="H1121" all|strong="H5375" strong|strong="H2388" warriors|strong="H6635" trained|strong="H6635" to|strong="H1121" fight|strong="H3898" battles|strong="H4421". 
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\verseNumber{26}There|strong="H4480" were|strong="H1121" 4,600 men|strong="H1368" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878". 
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\verseNumber{27}Jehoiada|strong="H3077", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" a|strong="H4480" leader|strong="H5387" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H4480" Aaron|strong="H0175", was|strong="H1121" in|strong="H1121" that|strong="H4480" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878", and|strong="H3967" there|strong="H4480" were|strong="H1121" 3,700 men|strong="H1121" with|strong="H4480" him|strong="H4480". 
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\verseNumber{28}Zadok|strong="H6659", a|strong="H7651" strong|strong="H2388" young|strong="H5288" soldier|strong="H6635", was|strong="H5057" also|strong="H1571" in|strong="H5973" that|strong="H5057" group|strong="H7235", and|strong="H3967" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H7969" 22 other|strong="H0312" leaders|strong="H5057" from|strong="H5973" his|strong="H5973" clan|strong="H4940" who|strong="H0834" came|strong="H7969" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973". 
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\verseNumber{29}There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H8269" 3,000 men|strong="H1368" from|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6659" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1004" Benjamin|strong="H1144" who|strong="H5288" were|strong="H8269" Saul’s|strong="H7586" relatives|strong="H0251". Most|strong="H6944" of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H8147" had|strong="H8269" previously|strong="H8543" wanted|strong="H2654" one|strong="H1368" of|strong="H1004" Saul’s|strong="H7586" descendants|strong="H2233" to|strong="H1004" be|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6659" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{30}There|strong="H2008" were|strong="H1121" 20,800 men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H8104" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" all|strong="H5704" brave|strong="H2428" warriors|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" trained|strong="H2593" for|strong="H5704" fighting|strong="H3898" battles|strong="H4421" and|strong="H1121" famous|strong="H8034" in|strong="H1004" their|strong="H8104" own|strong="H1961" clans|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{31}There|strong="H4480" were|strong="H1121" 18,000 men|strong="H1368" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w west|strong="H3220"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. They|strong="H8034" were|strong="H1121" all|strong="H4480" chosen|strong="H0977" to|strong="H1121" go|strong="H1980" and|strong="H3967" help|strong="H4480" David|strong="H1732" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H4480" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{32}There|strong="H8034" were|strong="H1732" 200 men|strong="H8034" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H1732" leaders|strong="H7218" from|strong="H4294" the|strong="H1732" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4294" Issachar|strong="H3485", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H1732" their|strong="H1732" relatives|strong="H0251". Those|strong="H1992" leaders|strong="H7218" always|strong="H3605" knew|strong="H3045" what|strong="H1732" the|strong="H1732" Israelis should|strong="H1732" do|strong="H6213", and|strong="H1732" they|strong="H8034" knew|strong="H3045" the|strong="H1732" right|strong="H3225" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H1732" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H8034". 
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\verseNumber{33}There|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" 55,000 men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Zebulun|strong="H2074". They|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" experienced|strong="H3045" warriors|strong="H6213" and|strong="H3967" knew|strong="H3045" how|strong="H4100" to|strong="H3478" use|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" kinds|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" weapons|strong="H3627" well|strong="H3045". They|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3478" completely|strong="H3605" loyal|strong="H0310" to|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732". 
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\verseNumber{34}There|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3627" 1,000 officers|strong="H7860" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3627" Naphtali|strong="H5321". With|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3318" were|strong="H3627" 37,000 soldiers|strong="H4421", each|strong="H3605" carrying|strong="H5375" shields|strong="H4043" and|strong="H2572" spears|strong="H7420". 
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\verseNumber{35}There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H8269" 28,600 soldiers|strong="H5650" from|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5973" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H8269" Dan|strong="H1835", all|strong="H5973" trained|strong="H2593" to|strong="H5973" fight|strong="H3898" battles|strong="H4421". 
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\verseNumber{36}There|strong="H4480" were|strong="H4421" 47,000 experienced|strong="H3045" soldiers|strong="H4421" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4480" Asher|strong="H0836", all|strong="H4480" trained|strong="H2593" to|strong="H4480" fight|strong="H4421" battles|strong="H4421". 
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\verseNumber{37}There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H4421" also|strong="H3318" 120,000 soldiers|strong="H4421" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" area|strong="H1508" east|strong="H6921" of|strong="H6635" the|strong="H3318" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w* \+w who|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w joined|strong="H6186"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w*}. They|strong="H6186" were|strong="H4421" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H6635" Reuben|strong="H7205", Gad|strong="H1410", and|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" eastern|strong="H6931" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H6635" the|strong="H3318" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H6635" Manasseh|strong="H4519". They|strong="H6186" had|strong="H6635" all|strong="H3318" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="H6635" weapons|strong="H4421". 
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\verseNumber{38}All|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3627" soldiers|strong="H4421" who|strong="H3605" volunteered|strong="H5068" to|strong="H4480" be|strong="H4480" in|strong="H4421" David’s|strong="H1732" army|strong="H6635". They|strong="H3605" came|strong="H6635" to|strong="H4480" Hebron|strong="H2275" wanting|strong="H6485" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H3605" to|strong="H4480" enable|strong="H7980" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H4480" be|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H7626" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H7626" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{39}The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" spent|strong="H3885" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" there|strong="H3605" with|strong="H5921" David|strong="H1732", eating|strong="H0398" and|strong="H3478" drinking|strong="H8354", because|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" families|strong="H4940" had|strong="H3478" given|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5921" food|strong="H3899" to|strong="H3478" take|strong="H3947" with|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{40}Also|strong="H1732", their|strong="H3588" fellow|strong="H7453" Israelis came|strong="H1961" from|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" far|strong="H5704" away|strong="H5973" as|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H3588" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H3117" Issachar|strong="H3485", Zebulun|strong="H2074", and|strong="H3117" Naphtali|strong="H5321" lived|strong="H1961", bringing|strong="H0935" food|strong="H3899" on|strong="H3117" donkeys|strong="H2543", camels|strong="H1581", mules|strong="H6505", and|strong="H3117" oxen|strong="H1241". They|strong="H3588" brought|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H3117" flour|strong="H5560", fig|strong="H8384" cakes|strong="H2471", raisins|strong="H6778", wine|strong="H3196", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081", cattle|strong="H4735" and|strong="H3117" sheep|strong="H6629". And|strong="H3117" throughout|strong="H3117" Israel|strong="H3478", the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" joyful|strong="H7440". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Bringing back the Sacred Chest }
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\chapterNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} David|strong="H1732" talked|strong="H1696" with|strong="H5973" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" officers|strong="H8269". Some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8269" them|strong="H5414" were|strong="H1732" commanders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" 100 soldiers|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" some|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1732" commanders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" 1,000 soldiers|strong="H3967". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H7971" he|strong="H3068" summoned|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" Israeli leaders|strong="H7218" and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921", “If|strong="H0518" it|strong="H5921" seems|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7971" good|strong="H2895" thing|strong="H3605" for|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3478" if|strong="H0518" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1732" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" wants|strong="H2656", let’s|strong="H1980" send|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" message|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" our|strong="H3068" fellow|strong="H7453" Israelis in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" areas|strong="H4054" of|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" country|strong="H2022", including|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Levi|strong="H3881" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3478" living|strong="H3605" among|strong="H4480" them|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3478" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" nearby|strong="H7138" pasturelands|strong="H4054", to|strong="H3478" come|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" join|strong="H5973" us|strong="H5921", 
\verseNumber{3}because|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3117" bring|strong="H5437" the|strong="H3588" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" of|strong="H3117" our|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3808" back|strong="H5437" to|strong="H3117" us|strong="H3588". While|strong="H3117" Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}, we|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H5437" to|strong="H3117" God’s|strong="H0430" presence|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3117" ask|strong="H1875" him|strong="H3588" what|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213".” 
\verseNumber{4}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" agreed|strong="H3474" with|strong="H6213" David|strong="H1732", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" thought|strong="H5869" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" right|strong="H3474" thing|strong="H1697" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H4480" David|strong="H1732" gathered|strong="H6950" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" Shihor|strong="H7883" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w* } in|strong="H3478" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H5704" Lebo-Hamath|strong="H2574" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5704"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w help|strong="H4480"\+w*} bring|strong="H1732" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" of|strong="H4480" God|strong="H0430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w back|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} from|strong="H4480" Kiriath-Jearim|strong="H7157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{6}David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H5927" with|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3427" to|strong="H3478" Baalah|strong="H1173" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w another|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w name|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w for|strong="H7121"\+w*} Kiriath-Jearim|strong="H7157", to|strong="H3478" get|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w believed|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*} God|strong="H3068" ruled|strong="H4427" from|strong="H5927" between|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" statues|strong="H2088" of|strong="H3068" winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" above|strong="H4605" the|strong="H3605" lid|strong="H1817" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" [MTY]. 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" put|strong="H7392" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" new|strong="H2319" cart|strong="H5699" and|strong="H1004" transported|strong="H7392" it|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" Abinadab’s house|strong="H1004". Uzzah|strong="H5798" and|strong="H1004" Ahio|strong="H0283" were|strong="H1004" guiding|strong="H5090" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w oxen|strong="H1241"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1004"\+w* pulling \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w cart|strong="H5699"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H3478" celebrating|strong="H7832" in|strong="H3478" God’s|strong="H0430" presence|strong="H6440" with|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" strength|strong="H5797". They|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" singing|strong="H7892" and|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w playing|strong="H7832"\+w*} lyres|strong="H3658", harps|strong="H3658", tambourines|strong="H8596", and|strong="H3478" cymbals|strong="H4700", and|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w blowing|strong="H8628"\+w*} trumpets|strong="H2689". 
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\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" David’s|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3588" place|strong="H3027" where|strong="H3027" Kidon threshed|strong="H1758" grain|strong="H1715", the|strong="H3588" oxen|strong="H1241" stumbled|strong="H8058". So|strong="H7971" Uzzah|strong="H5798" reached|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" with|strong="H3027" his|strong="H7971" hand|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5704" prevent|strong="H6923" the|strong="H3588" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" from|strong="H3027" falling|strong="H5307" off|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3588" cart|strong="H5699". 
\verseNumber{10}Yahweh|strong="H3068" immediately|strong="H6965" became|strong="H2734" very|strong="H2734" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" Uzzah|strong="H5798", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H8033" caused|strong="H4191" Uzzah|strong="H5798" to|strong="H4191" suddenly|strong="H6597" die|strong="H4191" there|strong="H8033" because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H8033" had|strong="H3068" put|strong="H4191" his|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w only|strong="H0389"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Levi|strong="H3878"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w touch|strong="H5060"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Chest|strong="H0727"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{11}David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H3068" angry|strong="H2734" because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" punished|strong="H6485" [MTY] Uzzah|strong="H5798". And|strong="H3068" now|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" place|strong="H4725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w Uzzah|strong="H5798"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*} is|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3588" Punishment|strong="H5771" of|strong="H3068" Uzzah’. 
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\verseNumber{12}That|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3117" God|strong="H0430". He|strong="H1931" asked|strong="H7592" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w himself|strong="H1931"\+w*}, “◄How|strong="H1963" can|strong="H4310" I|strong="H3117" bring|strong="H1732" God’s|strong="H0430" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" to|strong="H3117" my|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}?/I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H3372" to|strong="H3117" bring|strong="H1732" God’s|strong="H0430" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" to|strong="H3117" my|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}.►” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5493" men|strong="H0376" with|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" take|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5493" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" to|strong="H1004" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". Instead|strong="H3808", they|strong="H3808" took|strong="H5493" it|strong="H5186" to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5493" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Obed-Edom|strong="H5654", who|strong="H5493" was|strong="H1732" from|strong="H5493" Gath|strong="H1663" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" stayed|strong="H3427" with|strong="H5973" Obed-Edom’s|strong="H5654" family|strong="H1004" in|strong="H3427" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" for|strong="H3068" three|strong="H7969" months|strong="H2320". And|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w during|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" Obed-Edom’s|strong="H5654" family|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3068" owned|strong="H3426". 

\BibleSectionHeading{David’s palace and his family }
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\chapterNumber{14}One|strong="H4428" day|strong="H3117" Hiram|strong="H2438", the|strong="H1129" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Tyre|strong="H6865" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H7023"\+w*}, sent|strong="H7971" some|strong="H4480" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H7971" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w about|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w making|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w an|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w agreement|strong="H7284"\+w* \+w between|strong="H0996"\+w* \+w their|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w countries|strong="H0776"\+w*}. Then|strong="H7971" Hiram|strong="H2438" sent|strong="H7971" cedar|strong="H0730" logs|strong="H6086", bricklayers, and|strong="H7971" carpenters|strong="H2796" to|strong="H7971" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" palace|strong="H1004" for|strong="H7971" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*,} David|strong="H1732" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" truly|strong="H3588" caused|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5375" kingdom|strong="H4438" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" greatly|strong="H4428" respected|strong="H5375". Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3478" this|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w loved|strong="H0157"\+w*} his|strong="H5375" Israeli people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{3}David|strong="H1732" married|strong="H3947" more|strong="H5750" women|strong="H1323" in|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w women|strong="H1323"\+w*} gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3389" more|strong="H5750" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323" for|strong="H3389" him|strong="H3205". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3205" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" children|strong="H3205" that|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" born|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H3205" there|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8034" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" are|strong="H1961" Shammua|strong="H8051", Shobab|strong="H7727", Nathan|strong="H5416", Solomon|strong="H8010", 
\verseNumber{5}Ibhar|strong="H2984", Elishua|strong="H0474", Elpelet|strong="H0467", 
\verseNumber{6}Nogah|strong="H5052", Nepheg|strong="H5298", Japhia|strong="H3309", 
\verseNumber{7}Elishama|strong="H0476", Beeliada|strong="H1182", and|strong="H1182" Eliphelet|strong="H0467". 

\BibleSectionHeading{David’s|strong="H1732" army|strong="H2428" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H1121" Philistia|strong="H6429" }
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\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5927" of|strong="H4428" Philistia|strong="H6429" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" has|strong="H3478" been|strong="H5927" appointed|strong="H4150" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3478" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", they|strong="H3588" came|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" capture|strong="H3920" him|strong="H6440". But|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3478" coming|strong="H3318", so|strong="H5927" he|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5927"\+w*} marched|strong="H5927" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H6584" army|strong="H6010" of|strong="H6010" Philistia|strong="H6429" had|strong="H6430" attacked|strong="H5221" the|strong="H6584" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H6430" the|strong="H6584" Rephaim|strong="H7497" Valley|strong="H6010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{southwest \+w of|strong="H6010"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} and|strong="H6430" had|strong="H6430" robbed|strong="H1497" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{10}David|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H7592" God|strong="H3068", “Should|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} I|strong="H5414" go|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3068" attack|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H5927" of|strong="H3068" Philistia|strong="H6429"? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w we|strong="H0587"\+w* \+w go|strong="H5927"\+w*,} will|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" enable|strong="H7980" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" [IDM] them|strong="H5414"?” 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", go|strong="H5927", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" [IDM] them|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H3651" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3027" his|strong="H7121" men|strong="H8034" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" a|strong="H7121" town|strong="H7151" where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H5921" soldiers|strong="H5927" of|strong="H3027" Philistia|strong="H6429" were|strong="H4325" staying|strong="H8033" and|strong="H3027" defeated|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H3651" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H7121", “God|strong="H3027" has|strong="H3027" enabled|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w my|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5927"\+w*} to|strong="H5927" overwhelm|strong="H3680" my|strong="H1732" enemies|strong="H3027" like|strong="H3651" [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H7121" flood|strong="H4325".” So|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" named|strong="H7121" that|strong="H1931" place|strong="H4725" {That|strong="H1931" place|strong="H4725" is|strong="H1931" called|strong="H7121"} ‘Baal-Perazim’ \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w breaks|strong="H6555"\+w* through’}. 
\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w As|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w Philistia|strong="H6429"\+w* \+w fled|strong="H5127"\+w*}, they|strong="H8033" left|strong="H5800" their|strong="H8313" idols|strong="H1544" there|strong="H8033". So|strong="H8033" David|strong="H1732" commanded|strong="H6680" his|strong="H1732" soldiers|strong="H5650" to|strong="H1732" burn|strong="H8313" those|strong="H1992" idols|strong="H1544". 
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\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H5750" soon|strong="H5750" the|strong="H3254" army|strong="H6010" of|strong="H6010" Philistia|strong="H6429" attacked|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3254" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5750" that|strong="H6430" valley|strong="H6010" again|strong="H5750". 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H5927" again|strong="H5750" David|strong="H1732" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H5927" God|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w should|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}, and|strong="H1732" God|strong="H3808" replied|strong="H0559", saying|strong="H0559" “Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" attack|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H5927" of|strong="H5921" Philistia|strong="H6429" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" front|strong="H4136". Instead|strong="H3808", go|strong="H5927" around|strong="H5437" them|strong="H1992", and|strong="H1732" attack|strong="H5927" them|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w rear|strong="H3411"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H4136" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" balsam|strong="H1057" trees|strong="H1057". 
\verseNumber{15}When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" hear|strong="H8085" something|strong="H1697" in|strong="H8085" the|strong="H6440" tops|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H6440" balsam|strong="H1057" trees|strong="H1057" that|strong="H3588" sounds|strong="H6963" like|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H4421"\+w*} marching|strong="H6807", attack|strong="H5221" them|strong="H6440". I|strong="H3588", God|strong="H0430", will|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" gone|strong="H3318" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H7218" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3318" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3318" defeat|strong="H5221" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H4264" of|strong="H7218" Philistia|strong="H6429".” 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H6213" David|strong="H1732" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" God|strong="H0430" commanded|strong="H6680" him|strong="H5221" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H6213", and|strong="H1732" he|strong="H5704" and|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" army|strong="H4264" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" army|strong="H4264" of|strong="H4264" Philistia|strong="H6429", all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5221" way|strong="H5704" from|strong="H5704" Gibeon|strong="H1391" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w east|strong="H6921"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" Gezer|strong="H1507" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w west|strong="H3220"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H5414" David|strong="H1732" became|strong="H3318" famous|strong="H8034" in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" nearby|strong="H7138" countries|strong="H0776", and|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w nearby|strong="H7138"\+w*} nations|strong="H1471" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H6343" of|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5414". 

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\chapterNumber{15}David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w workers|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w*} build|strong="H6213" some|strong="H4725" houses|strong="H1004" for|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". He|strong="H6213" also|strong="H1732" told|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" set|strong="H3559" up|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" tent|strong="H0168" in|strong="H6213" which|strong="H1004" to|strong="H6213" put|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Only|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Levi|strong="H3881" are|strong="H3068" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H5704" carry|strong="H5375" God’s|strong="H0430" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" ones|strong="H2945" whom|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3068" chose|strong="H5375" to|strong="H5704" carry|strong="H5375" it|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H5704" serve|strong="H8334" him|strong="H1732" forever|strong="H5769".” 
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\verseNumber{3}David|strong="H1732" summoned|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" come|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". He|strong="H3068" wanted|strong="H2654" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5927" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H4725" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H3559" for|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3559". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H1732" summoned|strong="H7121" the|strong="H1732" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w first|strong="H1121"\+w* Supreme \+w Priest|strong="H3548"\+w*,} and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1732" other|strong="H0312" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881". 
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\verseNumber{5}120 descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kohath|strong="H6955", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Levi’s|strong="H3878" second|strong="H8145" son|strong="H1121", came|strong="H0935", with|strong="H1121" Uriel|strong="H0222" their|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H8269". 
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\verseNumber{6}There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" 220 descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Merari|strong="H4847", Levi’s|strong="H3878" third|strong="H7992" son|strong="H1121", who|strong="H1121" came|strong="H0935", with|strong="H1121" Asaiah|strong="H6222" their|strong="H4847" leader|strong="H8269". 
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\verseNumber{7}There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" 130 descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gershon|strong="H1648", Levi’s|strong="H3878" first|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121", who|strong="H1121" came|strong="H0935", with|strong="H1121" Joel|strong="H3100" their|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H8269". 
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\verseNumber{8}There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" 200 people|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Elizaphan’s clan|strong="H4940" who|strong="H1121" came|strong="H0935", with|strong="H1121" Shemaiah|strong="H8098" their|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H8269". 
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\verseNumber{9}There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" 80 people|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Hebron’s clan|strong="H4940" who|strong="H1121" came|strong="H0935", with|strong="H1121" Eliel|strong="H0447" their|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H8269". 
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\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H3967" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" 112 people|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Uzziel’s clan|strong="H4940" who|strong="H1121" came|strong="H8147", with|strong="H8147" Amminadab|strong="H5992" their|strong="H8147" leader|strong="H8269". 
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\verseNumber{11}David|strong="H1732" summoned|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7121" priests|strong="H3548" Zadok|strong="H6659" and|strong="H3548" Abiathar|strong="H0054" and|strong="H3548" these|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H7121"\+w*} descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3548" Levi|strong="H3881": Uriel|strong="H0222", Asaiah|strong="H6222", Joel|strong="H3100", Shemaiah|strong="H8098", Eliel|strong="H0447", and|strong="H3548" Amminadab|strong="H5992". 
\verseNumber{12}David|strong="H5927" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H5927", “You|strong="H3559" are|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" clans|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H5927" Levi|strong="H3881". You|strong="H3559" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Levi|strong="H3881" must|strong="H3478" purify|strong="H2398" yourselves|strong="H6942", in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H3559" to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w special|strong="H6381"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*. \+w You|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w must|strong="H3478"\+w*} bring|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" us|strong="H3478" Israelis, up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" place|strong="H7218" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3559" have|strong="H3068" made|strong="H3559" for|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H6311"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H3588" first|strong="H7223" time|strong="H7223" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H0935" it|strong="H3588", we|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" ask|strong="H1875" Yahweh|strong="H3068" how|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" carry|strong="H5375" it|strong="H3588" {it|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" carried|strong="H3068"}. You|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Levi|strong="H3878"\+w*} were|strong="H7223" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" ones|strong="H7223" who|strong="H3068" carried|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3588", so|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" punished|strong="H6485" us|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3068" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Levi|strong="H3881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w performed|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* rituals \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} purify|strong="H2398" themselves|strong="H6942", in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5927" would|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" proper|strong="H2896" for|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" work|strong="H4399" of|strong="H3068" carrying|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" us|strong="H3478" Israeli people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w inserted|strong="H0935"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" poles|strong="H4133" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w into|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w rings|strong="H2885"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" so|strong="H5375" that|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921", they|strong="H3068" could|strong="H5375" carry|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3068" shoulders|strong="H3802", like|strong="H1697" Moses|strong="H4872" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680", and|strong="H1121" like|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{16}David|strong="H1732" told|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" leaders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H8085" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H8269" Levi|strong="H3881" to|strong="H8085" appoint|strong="H5975" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H8269" their|strong="H8085" relatives|strong="H0251" to|strong="H8085" sing|strong="H7891" joyful|strong="H7440" songs|strong="H7892" and|strong="H6963" play|strong="H2181" lyres|strong="H3658", harps|strong="H3658", and|strong="H6963" cymbals|strong="H4700" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3881"\+w* \+w carrying|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Chest|strong="H0727"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H4480" they|strong="H5975" appointed|strong="H5975" Heman|strong="H1968" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H4480" relatives|strong="H1121" Asaph|strong="H0623" and|strong="H1121" Ethan|strong="H0387". Heman|strong="H1968" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joel|strong="H3100"; Asaph|strong="H0623" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Berekiah. Ethan|strong="H0387", a|strong="H5975" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Merari|strong="H4847", was|strong="H1121" Kushaiah’s son|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{19}Heman|strong="H1968", Asaph|strong="H0623" and|strong="H8085" Ethan|strong="H0387" sang|strong="H7891", and|strong="H8085" also|strong="H8085" played|strong="H2181" bronze|strong="H5178" cymbals|strong="H4700". 
\verseNumber{20}Zechariah|strong="H2148", Aziel|strong="H5815", Shemiramoth|strong="H8070", Jehiel|strong="H3171", Unni|strong="H6042", Eliab|strong="H0446", Maaseiah|strong="H4641", and|strong="H5035" Benaiah|strong="H1141" played|strong="H2181" lyres|strong="H3658". 
\verseNumber{21}Mattithiah|strong="H4993", Eliphelehu|strong="H0466", Mikneiah|strong="H4737", Obed-Edom|strong="H5654", Jeiel|strong="H3273" and|strong="H3658" Azaziah|strong="H5812" played|strong="H2181" harps|strong="H3658". 
\verseNumber{22}Kenaniah|strong="H3663", the|strong="H3588" leader|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H3588" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H8269" Levi|strong="H3881", directed|strong="H5090" the|strong="H3588" singing|strong="H4853" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" very|strong="H3966" skilled|strong="H2450" at|strong="H3881" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{23}Berekiah and|strong="H1296" Elkanah|strong="H0511" were|strong="H7778" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1296" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" guarded|strong="H8104" the|strong="H1296" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727". 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548" Shebaniah|strong="H7645", Joshaphat|strong="H3146", Nethanel|strong="H5417", Amasai|strong="H6022", Zechariah|strong="H2148", Benaiah|strong="H1141", and|strong="H3548" Eliezer|strong="H0461" were|strong="H2690" appointed|strong="H4150" to|strong="H6440" blow|strong="H2690" trumpets|strong="H2689" in|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727". Obed-Edom|strong="H5654" and|strong="H3548" Jehiah|strong="H3174" also|strong="H3174" guarded|strong="H8104" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727". 
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\verseNumber{25}David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3068" Israeli leaders|strong="H8269" and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3068" officers|strong="H8269" who|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" 1,000 soldiers|strong="H5927" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" bring|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" back|strong="H5927" from|strong="H4480" Obed-Edom’s|strong="H5654" house|strong="H1004". They|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" very|strong="H1980" joyful|strong="H7440" as|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H5927" it|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1980" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{26}God|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H5826" the|strong="H5375" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Levi|strong="H3881" who|strong="H3068" carried|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068"; therefore|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5375" leaders|strong="H7218" sacrificed|strong="H2076" seven|strong="H7651" bulls|strong="H6499" and|strong="H3068" seven|strong="H7651" ◄rams|strong="H0352"/male|strong="H2145" sheep|strong="H6629"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w thank|strong="H3034"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5375"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{27}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H8269" Levi|strong="H3881" who|strong="H3605" carried|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" singers|strong="H7891", and|strong="H1732" Kenaniah|strong="H3663", the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" directed|strong="H5090" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" sang|strong="H7891", wore|strong="H5375" robes|strong="H4598" of|strong="H8269" fine|strong="H5560" white|strong="H3836" linen|strong="H8336" and|strong="H1732" sacred|strong="H6944" vests|strong="H1549" made|strong="H1732" of|strong="H8269" fine|strong="H5560" linen|strong="H8336". David|strong="H1732" also|strong="H1732" wore|strong="H5375" a|strong="H5375" sacred|strong="H6944" vest made|strong="H1732" of|strong="H8269" white|strong="H3836" linen|strong="H8336". 
\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H5927" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H8085" joined|strong="H2266" in|strong="H3478" bringing|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" up|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. They|strong="H3068" shouted|strong="H8643" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w joyfully|strong="H7321"\+w*, \+w while|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w musicians|strong="H7891"\+w*} blew|strong="H8628" horns|strong="H7782" and|strong="H3478" trumpets|strong="H2689", and|strong="H3478" played|strong="H2181" cymbals|strong="H4700", lyres|strong="H3658", and|strong="H3478" harps|strong="H3658". 
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\verseNumber{29}While|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1961" bringing|strong="H0935" the|strong="H7200" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" into|strong="H1323" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", Saul’s|strong="H7586" daughter|strong="H1323" Michal|strong="H4324" watched|strong="H7200" them|strong="H7200", looking|strong="H7200" out|strong="H8259" of|strong="H4428" a|strong="H1961" window|strong="H2474". When|strong="H1961" she|strong="H3820" saw|strong="H7200" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" dancing|strong="H7540" and|strong="H3068" celebrating|strong="H7832", she|strong="H3820" despised|strong="H0959" him|strong="H7200". 
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\chapterNumber{16}They|strong="H6440" brought|strong="H7126" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\+w*} and|strong="H1732" put|strong="H3322" it|strong="H7126" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" that|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w workers|strong="H6466"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6440"\+w*} set|strong="H3322" up|strong="H5930". Then|strong="H7126" they|strong="H6440" brought|strong="H7126" offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H6440" be|strong="H6440" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} and|strong="H1732" offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H6440" enable|strong="H7980" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}When|strong="H3615" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" finished|strong="H3615" presenting|strong="H5307" all|strong="H5927" those|strong="H1992" offerings|strong="H8002", he|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} bless|strong="H1288" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H5704" gave|strong="H5414" a|strong="H3478" loaf|strong="H3603" of|strong="H3603" bread|strong="H3899", some|strong="H3605" dates|strong="H0829", and|strong="H3478" some|strong="H3605" raisins|strong="H6778" to|strong="H5704" every|strong="H3605" Israeli man|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3478" woman|strong="H2505" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3605"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H5414" David|strong="H1732" appointed|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Levi|strong="H3881" to|strong="H3478" stand|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3478" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w which|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w been|strong="H2142"\+w* \+w placed|strong="H5414"\+w*}, to|strong="H3478" lead|strong="H5148" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7812" and|strong="H3478" thanked|strong="H1288" and|strong="H3478" praised|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6440" God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{5}Asaph|strong="H0623", who|strong="H0834" played|strong="H2181" the|strong="H8085" cymbals|strong="H4700", was|strong="H7218" their|strong="H8085" leader|strong="H7218". Zechariah|strong="H2148" was|strong="H7218" his|strong="H8085" assistant|strong="H8334". The|strong="H8085" other|strong="H4932" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3627" Levi|strong="H3878" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w helped|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w Asaph|strong="H0623"\+w*} were|strong="H7218" Jaaziel|strong="H3268", Shemiramoth|strong="H8070", Jehiel|strong="H3171", Mattithiah|strong="H4993", Eliab|strong="H0446", Benaiah|strong="H1141", Obed-Edom|strong="H5654", and|strong="H7218" Jeiel|strong="H3273". They|strong="H8085" played|strong="H2181" lyres|strong="H3658" and|strong="H7218" harps|strong="H3658". 
\verseNumber{6}Benaiah|strong="H1141" and|strong="H3548" Jahaziel|strong="H3166" were|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3548" blew|strong="H8628" trumpets|strong="H2689" frequently in|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w* \+w in|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w which|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w was|strong="H6440"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727". 

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\verseNumber{7}On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", David|strong="H1732" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" Asaph|strong="H0623" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H5414" helpers|strong="H5826" this|strong="H1931" psalm|strong="H4210" to|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H3034" Yahweh|strong="H3068": 
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\verseNumber{8}Thank|strong="H3034" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" pray|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7121" [MTY]. 
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Tell|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3045" nations|strong="H5971" what|strong="H3045" he|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H5949". 
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\verseNumber{9}Sing|strong="H7891" to|strong="H3605" him|strong="H3605"; sing|strong="H7891" songs|strong="H7892" to|strong="H3605" praise|strong="H2167" him|strong="H3605". 
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Tell|strong="H3605" about|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" miraculous|strong="H6381" deeds|strong="H6381". 
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\verseNumber{10}Be|strong="H3068" glad|strong="H8055" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H1245" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H1245" [MTY]; 
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those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3068" want|strong="H1245" to|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" Yahweh|strong="H3068" better|strong="H2896" should|strong="H3068" rejoice|strong="H8055". 
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\verseNumber{11}Trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" power|strong="H5797"; 
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continually|strong="H8548" seek|strong="H1245" to|strong="H3068" get|strong="H1245" help|strong="H5826" from|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{12}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" forget|strong="H7911" the|strong="H6213" wonderful|strong="H6381" things|strong="H6381" that|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" has|strong="H6213" done|strong="H6213", 
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the|strong="H6213" miracles|strong="H6381" and|strong="H4941" the|strong="H6213" just|strong="H4941" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" has|strong="H6213" given|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" us|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{13}We|strong="H0587" people|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5650" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3478" servant|strong="H5650" Jacob|strong="H3290"; 
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we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5650" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H3478" has|strong="H3478" chosen|strong="H0977". 
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\verseNumber{14}Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". 
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His|strong="H3605" just|strong="H4941"/fair|strong="H3303" laws|strong="H8451" are|strong="H3068" known|strong="H3045" by|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1931" throughout|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398". 
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\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H1285" never|strong="H5769" forgets|strong="H7911" the|strong="H6680" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H1697" he|strong="H1285" has|strong="H1697" made|strong="H6213": 
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he|strong="H1285" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6680" promise|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" will|strong="H1697" last|strong="H1755" for|strong="H1697" 1,000 generations|strong="H1755". 
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\verseNumber{16}That|strong="H7621" is|strong="H0369" the|strong="H3772" agreement|strong="H7284" that|strong="H7621" he|strong="H3327" made|strong="H3772" with|strong="H3772" Abraham|strong="H0085", 
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and|strong="H3327" he|strong="H3327" repeated|strong="H1696" that|strong="H7621" agreement|strong="H7284" to|strong="H7621" Isaac|strong="H3327". 
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\verseNumber{17}It|strong="H5975" was|strong="H3478" an|strong="H3478" agreement|strong="H1285" for|strong="H2706" the|strong="H5975" Israeli people|strong="H5971", 
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and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3478" wanted|strong="H2654" that|strong="H3478" agreement|strong="H1285" to|strong="H3478" endure|strong="H5975" forever|strong="H5769". 
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\verseNumber{18}What|strong="H4100" he|strong="H5414" said|strong="H0559" was|strong="H5159", “I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" Canaan|strong="H3667" region|strong="H2256" to|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414", 
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to|strong="H5414" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H5159"\+w* \+w your|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w forever|strong="H5769"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1961"\+w*} when|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" only|strong="H0389" a|strong="H1961" few|strong="H4592" of|strong="H4557" them|strong="H1961", 
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a|strong="H1961" tiny group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H4557" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H1961" living|strong="H1481" in|strong="H4962" that|strong="H1961" land|strong="H0776" ◄like|strong="H1961" strangers|strong="H1481"/that|strong="H1961" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H5971"►; 
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\verseNumber{20}they|strong="H5971" continued|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" wander|strong="H8582" from|strong="H1980" one|strong="H0259" place|strong="H4725" to|strong="H1980" another|strong="H0312", 
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from|strong="H1980" one|strong="H0259" kingdom|strong="H4467" to|strong="H1980" another|strong="H0312". 
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\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H3240" others|strong="H0312" to|strong="H5921" oppress|strong="H6231" them|strong="H5921", 
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and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3808" warned|strong="H2094" kings|strong="H4428" by|strong="H5921" saying|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", 
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\verseNumber{22}“Do|strong="H7489" not|strong="H3808" harm|strong="H7489" the|strong="H5060" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H5030" have|strong="H5030" chosen|strong="H4899"! 
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Do|strong="H7489" not|strong="H3808" harm|strong="H7489" my|strong="H5060" prophets|strong="H5030"!” 
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\verseNumber{23}You|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" throughout|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398", sing|strong="H7891" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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Every|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" proclaim|strong="H1319" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w others|strong="H0312"\+w*} that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3117" has|strong="H3068" saved|strong="H3467" us|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{24}Tell|strong="H5608" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" that|strong="H5971" he|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419"; 
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tell|strong="H5608" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people-groups the|strong="H3605" marvelous|strong="H6381" things|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w has|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w done|strong="H3605"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{25}Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" deserves|strong="H1288" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" praised|strong="H1984" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H3966". 
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He|strong="H1931" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" revered|strong="H3372" more|strong="H1419" than|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430", 
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\verseNumber{26}because|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} people-groups \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*} are|strong="H5971" only|strong="H3588" idols|strong="H1544", 
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but|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w truly|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w great|strong="H6213"\+w*; \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w*} created|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" skies|strong="H7834". 
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\verseNumber{27}He|strong="H6440" is|strong="H4725" glorious|strong="H1935" and|strong="H6440" majestic|strong="H1935"; 
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his|strong="H6440" power|strong="H5797" and|strong="H6440" joy|strong="H2304" fill|strong="H4390" his|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
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\verseNumber{28}You|strong="H5971" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3068" nations|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3068" over|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" world|strong="H8398", praise|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! 
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Praise|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" glorious|strong="H3519" power|strong="H5797" [HEN|strong="H2581"]! 
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\verseNumber{29}Praise|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" [MTY] deserves|strong="H1288" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" praised|strong="H1984". 
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Bring|strong="H5375" an|strong="H5375" offering|strong="H4503" and|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3051" to|strong="H3068" his|strong="H5375" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
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Worship|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068" because|strong="H6440" he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" holy|strong="H6944". 
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\verseNumber{30}Everyone|strong="H3605" on|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" should|strong="H3068" tremble|strong="H2342" in|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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He|strong="H3605" put|strong="H3559" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" firmly|strong="H3559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w its|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w place|strong="H3605"\+w*}; and|strong="H6440" nothing|strong="H3605" ever|strong="H5769" will|strong="H6440" be|strong="H6440" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H6440" move|strong="H5472"/shake|strong="H4131" it|strong="H3559". 
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\verseNumber{31}Everything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" sky|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" earth|strong="H8064" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" happy|strong="H8056". 
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People|strong="H1471" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w everywhere|strong="H3605"\+w*} should|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4427"!” 
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\verseNumber{32}The|strong="H3605" oceans|strong="H2342" and|strong="H7704" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3220" the|strong="H3605" oceans|strong="H2342" should|strong="H3068" shout|strong="H7321" to|strong="H3220" praise|strong="H1984" him|strong="H3605"; 
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the|strong="H3605" fields|strong="H7704" and|strong="H7704" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3220" them|strong="H5414" should|strong="H3068" rejoice|strong="H5970". 
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\verseNumber{33}When|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" trees|strong="H6086" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" forest|strong="H3293" will|strong="H3068" sing|strong="H7442" joyfully|strong="H7442" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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That|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" comes|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" judge|strong="H8199" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w everyone|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3068"\+w*} [MTY] the|strong="H6440" earth|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{34}Thank|strong="H3034" Yahweh|strong="H3068", because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w everything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w does|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* } good|strong="H2896". 
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He|strong="H3588" faithfully|strong="H2617" loves|strong="H0157" us|strong="H3588" forever|strong="H5769". 
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\verseNumber{35}Say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1471" him|strong="H4480", “God|strong="H0430", you|strong="H3034" are|strong="H1471" the|strong="H4480" one|strong="H4480" who|strong="H1471" rescues|strong="H5337" us|strong="H5337", 
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so|strong="H4480" gather|strong="H6908" us|strong="H5337" together|strong="H6908" and|strong="H1471" save|strong="H3467" us|strong="H5337" from|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8034"\+w*} other|strong="H0312" nations|strong="H1471". 
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When|strong="H4480" you|strong="H3034" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1471", we|strong="H4480" will|strong="H1471" thank|strong="H3034" you|strong="H3034" [MTY], 
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and|strong="H1471" we|strong="H4480" will|strong="H1471" be|strong="H8034" happy|strong="H0835" to|strong="H1471" praise|strong="H8416" you|strong="H3034".” 
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\verseNumber{36}Praise|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" us|strong="H3478" Israeli people|strong="H5971", 
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He|strong="H5704" has|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" existed|strong="H1961", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" exist forever|strong="H5769". 
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After|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w finished|strong="H3615"\+w* \+w singing|strong="H7440"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w song|strong="H7892"\+w*}, they|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" said|strong="H0559", “◄Amen|strong="H0543"/May|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3068" so|strong="H4480"►!”, and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3068" praised|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Worship|strong="H3478" at|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3478" Gibeon|strong="H1391" }
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\verseNumber{37}Then|strong="H3068" David|strong="H5800" left|strong="H5800" Asaph|strong="H0623" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H0312" members|strong="H3338" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" clan|strong="H4940" there|strong="H8033" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w tent|strong="H0168"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w which|strong="H3068"\+w*} Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w been|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w placed|strong="H5414"\+w*}. He|strong="H3117" told|strong="H1697" them|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" must|strong="H4191" do|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" work|strong="H1697" there|strong="H8033" every|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{38}David|strong="H1732" also|strong="H1121" left|strong="H7604" Obed-Edom|strong="H5654" and|strong="H1121" 68 other|strong="H0312" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878" to|strong="H1121" work|strong="H4399" with|strong="H5654" them|strong="H1121". Hosah|strong="H2621" and|strong="H1121" Obed-Edom|strong="H5654" guarded|strong="H8104" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w entrances|strong="H6607"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{39}David|strong="H1732" also|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" Zadok|strong="H6659" the|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Supreme} Priest|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H0312" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3068" worked|strong="H2388" with|strong="H3068" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" remain|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", which|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" still|strong="H5750" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" place|strong="H1116" where|strong="H4908" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H5971" worshiped|strong="H7812" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3068"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" Gibeon|strong="H1391" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{40}Every|strong="H3605" morning|strong="H1242" and|strong="H3478" every|strong="H3605" evening|strong="H6153" they|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" offerings|strong="H5930" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196", obeying|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" rules|strong="H4910"/laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H5927" written|strong="H3789" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*}, rules|strong="H4910"/laws|strong="H8451" which|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" given|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H6153". 
\verseNumber{41}With|strong="H5973" them|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3068" Heman|strong="H1968" and|strong="H3068" Jeduthun|strong="H3038" and|strong="H3068" other|strong="H7605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Levi|strong="H3878". They|strong="H3588" [MTY] were|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H1305" to|strong="H3068" sing|strong="H7891" songs|strong="H7892" to|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H3034" Yahweh|strong="H3068" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" faithfully|strong="H2617" loves|strong="H0157" his|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" forever|strong="H5769". 
\verseNumber{42}Heman|strong="H1968" and|strong="H1121" Jeduthun|strong="H3038" were|strong="H1121" appointed|strong="H1121" to|strong="H8085" play|strong="H2181" the|strong="H8085" trumpets|strong="H2689" and|strong="H1121" cymbals|strong="H4700" when|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Levi|strong="H3878"\+w* \+w sang|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w songs|strong="H7892"\+w*}. The|strong="H8085" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jeduthun|strong="H3038" were|strong="H1121" appointed|strong="H1121" to|strong="H8085" guard|strong="H2876" the|strong="H8085" gates|strong="H8179" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{43}Then|strong="H1732" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" left|strong="H7604". They|strong="H5971" returned|strong="H5437" to|strong="H3212" their|strong="H3605" homes|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732" returned|strong="H5437" home|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w*} bless|strong="H1288" his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh’s promise to David }
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\chapterNumber{17}After|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" his|strong="H3068" palace|strong="H1004", he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" prophet|strong="H5030" Nathan|strong="H5416", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w does|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w seem|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w right|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*} I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" here|strong="H2009" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H1961" palace|strong="H1004" made|strong="H1961" of|strong="H1004" cedar|strong="H0730" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wood|strong="H6086"\+w*}, but|strong="H1961" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" is|strong="H3068" kept|strong="H1961" inside|strong="H1004" a|strong="H1961" tent|strong="H3407"!” 
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\verseNumber{2}Nathan|strong="H5416" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" David|strong="H1732", “Whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H6213" thinking|strong="H0559" about|strong="H6213" doing|strong="H6213", do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H3605" with|strong="H5973"/guiding|strong="H7919" you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1931" night|strong="H3915" God|strong="H0430" spoke|strong="H1697" [MTY] to|strong="H1961" Nathan|strong="H5416". He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H1697", 
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\verseNumber{4}“Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" my|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" David|strong="H1732" that|strong="H3068" this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" I|strong="H3541", Yahweh|strong="H3068", am|strong="H3068" saying|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H1732": ‘You|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3541" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" temple|strong="H1004" for|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5650" to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{5}I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" any|strong="H4480" building|strong="H1129", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" brought|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" up|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w out|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*} until|strong="H5704" now|strong="H1961". Instead|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w tent|strong="H0168"\+w*}, moving|strong="H1980" from|strong="H4480" one|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4908" to|strong="H5704" another|strong="H2088" with|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* Israelis} when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" moved|strong="H4131" to|strong="H5704" other|strong="H2088" places|strong="H1004" [DOU]. 
\verseNumber{6}Wherever|strong="H3605" I|strong="H1697" went|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1980" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w traveled|strong="H1980"\+w*}, I|strong="H1697" never|strong="H3808" [RHQ] said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H8199" whom|strong="H5971" I|strong="H1697" appointed|strong="H6680" to|strong="H1696" lead|strong="H1980" [MET|strong="H6298"] them|strong="H6680", “Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H5971" you|strong="H6680" not|strong="H3808" built|strong="H1129" me|strong="H1696" a|strong="H1129" temple|strong="H1004" made|strong="H1129" of|strong="H1004" cedar|strong="H0730" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wood|strong="H6086"\+w*}?”’ 
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\verseNumber{7}Therefore|strong="H5921", this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" you|strong="H5921" should|strong="H3068" say|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" my|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" David|strong="H1732": ‘I|strong="H3541", the|strong="H5921" Almighty|strong="H6635" Commander|strong="H5057" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397", took|strong="H3947" you|strong="H5921" from|strong="H4480" a|strong="H1961" pasture|strong="H5116" where|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3478" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" sheep|strong="H6629", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w appointed|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" ruler|strong="H5057" of|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H1980" have|strong="H1961" ◄been|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973"/helped|strong="H5826"► you|strong="H6440" wherever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H6440" have|strong="H1961" gone|strong="H1980", and|strong="H1980" I|strong="H1980" have|strong="H1961" gotten|strong="H6213" rid|strong="H1980" of|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" as|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6440" advanced|strong="H1980". And|strong="H1980" now|strong="H1961" I|strong="H1980" will|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1980" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H1419" famous|strong="H8034", as|strong="H1961" well-known as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" greatest|strong="H1419" men|strong="H1419" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w ever|strong="H5769"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H1961"\+w* } on|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{9-10}Formerly|strong="H6440", during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6256" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" appointed|strong="H4150" leaders|strong="H7218" for|strong="H3588" my|strong="H8104" Israeli people|strong="H5971", many|strong="H7227" violent|strong="H2555" groups|strong="H7218" oppressed|strong="H6231" them|strong="H5414". But|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2088" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" happen|strong="H1961" anymore|strong="H5750". I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H1961" chosen|strong="H0977" a|strong="H1961" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" my|strong="H8104" Israeli people|strong="H5971" can|strong="H4310" live|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w peacefully|strong="H7965"\+w*} and|strong="H3967" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0259" will|strong="H3068" disturb|strong="H2729" them|strong="H5414" anymore|strong="H5750". I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" notallow them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w attacked|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w by|strong="H0801"\+w*} their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341". And|strong="H3967" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341". 
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I|strong="H0589" declare|strong="H5046" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0859" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589", Yahweh|strong="H3068", will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" to|strong="H0413" rule|strong="H4910" after|strong="H0310" you|strong="H0859" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w die|strong="H4191"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3588" life|strong="H3117" ends|strong="H7098" [EUP], and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w die|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" your|strong="H3588" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}, I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" appoint|strong="H6485" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3588" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3212" become|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" enable|strong="H7980" his|strong="H3559" kingdom|strong="H4438" to|strong="H3212" ◄be|strong="H1961" strong|strong="H2388"/resist|strong="H2388" all|strong="H3212" their|strong="H4390" enemies|strong="H6965"►. 
\verseNumber{12}He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H1129" one|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w arrange|strong="H6186"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5704"\+w*} a|strong="H1129" temple|strong="H1004" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H5769" built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H5704" me|strong="H1004". And|strong="H1004" I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H1004" enable|strong="H7980" his|strong="H3559" descendants|strong="H2233" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H5769" kings|strong="H4428" [MTY] of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" forever|strong="H5769". 
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\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H3651" Nathan|strong="H5416" reported|strong="H5046" to|strong="H1696" David|strong="H1732" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H1732" revealed|strong="H1540" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H3605". 

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\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w into|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" sat|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" prayed|strong="H6419" this|strong="H3588": 
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“Yahweh|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3588" [RHQ] worthy|strong="H4941" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5704" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" all|strong="H5704" these|strong="H6440" things|strong="H1697" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" family|strong="H1004" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" worthy|strong="H4941", either|strong="H5704". 
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\verseNumber{17}“And|strong="H3068" O|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", now|strong="H1696", in|strong="H5921" addition|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750", you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" spoken|strong="H1696" about|strong="H5921" what|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" my|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" future|strong="H7350" for|strong="H5921" many|strong="H7200" generations|strong="H1755". Yahweh|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" acted|strong="H6213" toward|strong="H5921" me|strong="H7200" as|strong="H3068" though|strong="H3588" I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" most|strong="H3068" important|strong="H5704" man|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w earth|strong="H0776"\+w*}! 
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\verseNumber{18}“What|strong="H4100" more|strong="H3254" can|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3045", David|strong="H1732", say|strong="H3254" to|strong="H1732" you|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w honoring|strong="H3513"\+w* \+w me|strong="H3254"\+w*}? Although|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" very|strong="H3045" well|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3045" am|strong="H1961" like|strong="H3644", 
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\verseNumber{20}“Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419". There|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" like|strong="H3644" you|strong="H3605". Only|strong="H2108" you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H8085" we|strong="H8085" have|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" heard|strong="H8085". 
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\verseNumber{22}You|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1961" caused|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5704" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5414" forever|strong="H5769", and|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5414", Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068"! 
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\verseNumber{23}“And|strong="H3068" now|strong="H6258" Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H5704" pray|strong="H6419" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5704" me|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" [MTY] to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H1697" fulfilled|strong="H6213" forever|strong="H5769". 
\verseNumber{24}When|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3068" happens|strong="H1961", you|strong="H6440" [MTY] will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" famous|strong="H8034" forever|strong="H5769". And|strong="H3478" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" exclaim, ‘The|strong="H6440" Almighty|strong="H6635" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1004" angels|strong="H4397", is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" God|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" rules|strong="H5769" Israel|strong="H3478"!’ And|strong="H3478" you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" that|strong="H3068" forever|strong="H5769" there|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" [MTY] of|strong="H1004" mine|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H4910". 
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\verseNumber{25}“You|strong="H3588", my|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430", have|strong="H5650" revealed|strong="H1540" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5650" cause|strong="H3651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} my|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" to|strong="H5921" become|strong="H1961" kings|strong="H4428". So|strong="H3651" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" brave|strong="H2428" enough|strong="H4672" to|strong="H5921" pray|strong="H6419" like|strong="H3651" this|strong="H3651" to|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{26}Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068"! You|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3068" these|strong="H1696" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H2896" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{27}And|strong="H3068" now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w promised|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} bless|strong="H1288" my|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" [MTY], in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H4910" forever|strong="H5769". That|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", are|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" one|strong="H1961" who|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" them|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" keep|strong="H1961" blessing|strong="H1288" them|strong="H6440" forever|strong="H5769".” 

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\verseNumber{7}David|strong="H1732" soldiers|strong="H5650" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" gold|strong="H2091" shields|strong="H7982" that|strong="H1732" were|strong="H1961" carried|strong="H3947" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" officers|strong="H5650" of|strong="H5650" Hadadezer’s|strong="H1909" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H3389"\+w*} and|strong="H2091" brought|strong="H3947" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{11}King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" dedicated|strong="H6942" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", like|strong="H5973" he|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H3605" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H1121" gold|strong="H2091" that|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H5375" from|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Edom|strong="H0112" and|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{people-groups}, and|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group and|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H1121" Philistia|strong="H6429", and|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Amalek|strong="H6002". 
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\verseNumber{14}David|strong="H1732" ruled|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H6213" always|strong="H3605" did|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" what|strong="H6213" was|strong="H1961" just|strong="H4941" and|strong="H3478" fair|strong="H3303". 
\verseNumber{15}Zeruiah’s|strong="H6870" son|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" chief|strong="H7218" army|strong="H6635" commander|strong="H8269". Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahilud|strong="H0286" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" record-keeper. 
\verseNumber{16}Zadok|strong="H6659" the|strong="H6659" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahitub|strong="H0285" and|strong="H1121" Ahimelech|strong="H0288" the|strong="H6659" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abiathar|strong="H0054" were|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6659" Supreme Priests|strong="H3548". Shavsha|strong="H7798" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6659" official|strong="H8269" secretary|strong="H5608". 
\verseNumber{17}Benaiah|strong="H1141" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" ruled|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Kereth and|strong="H1121" Peleth|strong="H6431" groups|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w David’s|strong="H1732"\+w* bodyguards}. And|strong="H1121" David’s|strong="H1732" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1732" most|strong="H4428" important|strong="H5704" officials|strong="H8269". 

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\chapterNumber{19}Some|strong="H4480" time|strong="H1961" later|strong="H1961", Nahash|strong="H5176", the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8478" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group, died|strong="H4191". Then|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" Hanun|strong="H2586" became|strong="H4427" their|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3588"\+w*} David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w heard|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w*} thought|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w himself|strong="H6213"\+w*}, “Nahash|strong="H5176" was|strong="H1732" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971", so|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5650" be|strong="H1121" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H7971" his|strong="H7971" son|strong="H1121".” So|strong="H6213" David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" some|strong="H4480" officials|strong="H5650" there|strong="H8033", to|strong="H7971" tell|strong="H5046" Hanun|strong="H2586" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1732" sorry|strong="H5162" to|strong="H7971" hear|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" Hanun’s father|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}. 
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But|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" David’s|strong="H1732" officials|strong="H5650" came|strong="H5983" to|strong="H7971" Hanun|strong="H2586" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group lived|strong="H3427", 
\verseNumber{3}the|strong="H3588" leaders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7971" Hanun|strong="H2586", “Do|strong="H5869" you|strong="H3588" think|strong="H5869" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1121" really|strong="H2088" to|strong="H7971" honor|strong="H3513" your|strong="H3588" father|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" is|strong="H1121" sending|strong="H7971" these|strong="H1732" men|strong="H1121" to|strong="H7971" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1121" sorry|strong="H5162" that|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3588" father|strong="H1121" died|strong="H4191"? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w think|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} his|strong="H7971" men|strong="H1121" have|strong="H5869" come|strong="H2015" to|strong="H7971" ◄look|strong="H5869" around|strong="H2015"/spy|strong="H7270"► our|strong="H5650" city|strong="H5892" in|strong="H1121" order|strong="H5668" to|strong="H7971" determine|strong="H7200" how|strong="H3588" his|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} can|strong="H5650" conquer|strong="H3423" us|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H5921" officials|strong="H8269" were|strong="H1961" greatly|strong="H3966" humiliated|strong="H3637"/ashamed|strong="H3637". When|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" found|strong="H4672" outers did|strong="H1732" that|strong="H3588". about|strong="H1961" what|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1961" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" his|strong="H7971" officials|strong="H8269", he|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H7971" some|strong="H4480" messengers|strong="H5046" to|strong="H5704" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5704" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5921", “Stay|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" Jericho|strong="H3405" until|strong="H5704" your|strong="H5921" beards|strong="H2206" have|strong="H1961" grown|strong="H6779" again|strong="H7725", and|strong="H7971" then|strong="H1961" return|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725".” 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w*} Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1732" greatly|strong="H3966" insulted|strong="H3637" [IDM] David|strong="H1732". So|strong="H4480" Hanun|strong="H2586" and|strong="H1121" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7971" officials|strong="H8269" sent|strong="H7971" about|strong="H4480" ◄37,000 pounds|strong="H1993"/34,000 kg.► of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701" to|strong="H7971" hire|strong="H7936" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H1121" chariot-drivers from|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7200"\+w*} Aram-Naharaim|strong="H0763", Aram-Maacah|strong="H0758" and|strong="H1121" Zobah|strong="H6678" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w regions|strong="H2506"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Syria|strong="H0758"\+w* northeast \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}They|strong="H5971" hired|strong="H7936" 32,000 chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H1121" chariot-drivers, as|strong="H5971" well|strong="H3190" as|strong="H5971" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w*} Maacah|strong="H4601" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H6440" army|strong="H5971". They|strong="H5971" came|strong="H5971" and|strong="H1121" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H1121" their|strong="H6440" tents|strong="H2583" near|strong="H6440" Medeba|strong="H4311" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H2583"\+w* \+w Moab|strong="H4124"\+w* \+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. The|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H4421" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group also|strong="H4428" marched|strong="H4421" out|strong="H6440" and|strong="H1121" ◄stood|strong="H5971" in|strong="H2583" their|strong="H6440" positions|strong="H7896"/arranged|strong="H6186" themselves|strong="H6440" for|strong="H6440" battle|strong="H4421"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H2583"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w entrance|strong="H6607"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w their|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w capital|strong="H3805"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*, \+w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H8085" David|strong="H1732" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3605", he|strong="H3605" sent|strong="H7971" Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H7971" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635". 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H3318" soldiers|strong="H4421" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3318" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3318" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" lined|strong="H3591" up|strong="H3318" for|strong="H1121" battle|strong="H4421" at|strong="H4421" the|strong="H3318" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w capital|strong="H3805"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*, \+w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\+w*}. Meanwhile|strong="H3318", the|strong="H3318" other|strong="H0312" kings|strong="H4428" who|strong="H1121" had|strong="H4428" come|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w*} stood|strong="H4428" in|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3318" positions|strong="H7896" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3318" open|strong="H6605" fields|strong="H7704". 
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\verseNumber{10}Joab|strong="H3097" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H3478" groups|strong="H7218" of|strong="H6440" enemy|strong="H0340" soldiers|strong="H4421" in|strong="H3478" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" his|strong="H3605" troops|strong="H1416" and|strong="H3478" behind|strong="H0310" his|strong="H3605" troops|strong="H1416". So|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3588" selected|strong="H7200" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" best|strong="H2459" Israeli troops|strong="H1416" and|strong="H3478" put|strong="H6186" them|strong="H6440" in|strong="H3478" positions|strong="H7896" to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H7125" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H4421" of|strong="H6440" Syria|strong="H0758". 
\verseNumber{11}He|strong="H5414" appointed|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" Abishai|strong="H0052" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5414" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" other|strong="H0312" soldiers|strong="H5971" and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5414" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" ◄stand|strong="H5975" in|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5414" positions|strong="H7896"/arrange|strong="H6186" themselves|strong="H6186"► in|strong="H1121" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H5414" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group. 
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\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H5066" Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H5971" his|strong="H6440" troops|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w advanced|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6440"\+w*} fight|strong="H4421" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H5971" of|strong="H6440" Syria|strong="H0758", and|strong="H5971" the|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H4421" from|strong="H6440" Syria|strong="H0758" ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127" from|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H1121" from|strong="H6440" Syria|strong="H0758" were|strong="H1121" running|strong="H7323" away|strong="H5127", they|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H6440" run|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127" from|strong="H6440" Abishai|strong="H0052" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H6440" army|strong="H3389", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" retreated|strong="H5127" back|strong="H7725" inside|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892". So|strong="H1571" Joab|strong="H3097" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w his|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w army|strong="H3389"\+w*} returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H6440" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{16}After|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w army|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8269"\+w*} Syria|strong="H0758" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H1961" defeated|strong="H5062" by|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w army|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8269"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478", they|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w another|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w Syria|strong="H0758"\+w* \+w on|strong="H7200"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" east|strong="H5676" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Euphrates|strong="H5104"\+w*} river|strong="H5104", and|strong="H3478" brought|strong="H3318" troops|strong="H6635" from|strong="H3318" there|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}, with|strong="H6440" Shophach|strong="H7780", the|strong="H6440" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" Hadadezer’s|strong="H1909" army|strong="H6635", leading|strong="H8269" them|strong="H7971". 
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\verseNumber{17}When|strong="H5674" David|strong="H1732" heard|strong="H5046" about|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3605", he|strong="H3605" gathered|strong="H1732" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli soldiers|strong="H4421", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3478" crossed|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. They|strong="H3478" advanced|strong="H0935" and|strong="H3478" took|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H4421" positions|strong="H7896" to|strong="H3478" attack|strong="H3898" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H4421" of|strong="H3605" Syria|strong="H0758". 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H4191" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H6635" of|strong="H8269" Syria|strong="H0758" ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H7273" of|strong="H8269" Israel|strong="H3478". However|strong="H0389", David’s|strong="H1732" soldiers|strong="H7273" killed|strong="H2026" 7,000 of|strong="H8269" their|strong="H6440" chariot-drivers and|strong="H3478" 40,000 other|strong="H0312" soldiers|strong="H7273". They|strong="H3478" also|strong="H1732" killed|strong="H2026" Shophach|strong="H7780", their|strong="H6440" army|strong="H6635" commander|strong="H8269". 
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\verseNumber{19}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" kings|strong="H4428" who|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H5647" ruled|strong="H4427" by|strong="H3478" Hadadezer|strong="H1909" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H5647" defeated|strong="H5062" by|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" Israeli army|strong="H2428", they|strong="H3588" made|strong="H7999" peace|strong="H7999" with|strong="H5973" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H1121" agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" allow|strong="H5414" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4910" them|strong="H6440". 
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So|strong="H3808" the|strong="H6440" rulers|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3478" help|strong="H3467" the|strong="H6440" rulers|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group anymore|strong="H5750". 

\BibleSectionHeading{David’s army captured the capital city of Ammon }
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\chapterNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w In|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, kings|strong="H4428" usually|strong="H2370" went|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w their|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w*} to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H3898" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H3389"\+w*} ◄in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5221" springtime/when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5221" cold|strong="H7135" season|strong="H6256" ended|strong="H1961"►. But|strong="H1961" that|strong="H4428" year|strong="H8141", David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w did|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4428"\+w*. \+w Instead|strong="H8478"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H1732"\+w*} stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w commander|strong="H8269"\+w*} Joab|strong="H3097" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w lead|strong="H5090"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w army|strong="H6635"\+w*}. Joab|strong="H3097" took|strong="H3318" his|strong="H1732" troops|strong="H6635". They|strong="H8141" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w crossed|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} ruined|strong="H2040" the|strong="H5221" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group. Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H8141" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Rabbah|strong="H7237", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w capital|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*,} and|strong="H1121" surrounded|strong="H5437" it|strong="H5221". David|strong="H1732" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w while|strong="H1961"\+w*. \+w But|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w later|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w took|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w more|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w troops|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w went|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w help|strong="H1961"\+w*} Joab|strong="H3097". Their|strong="H1961" armies|strong="H6635" attacked|strong="H5221" Rabbah|strong="H7237" and|strong="H1121" destroyed|strong="H7843" it|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" crown|strong="H5850" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Rabbah|strong="H7237" (OR|strong="H7218", from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3947" god|strong="H0430" Milcom|strong="H4445") and|strong="H4428" put|strong="H3318" it|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3947" own|strong="H1961" head|strong="H7218". It|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w heavy|strong="H3513"\+w*; \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*} weighed|strong="H4948" ◄75 pounds|strong="H1993"/34 kg.►, and|strong="H4428" it|strong="H5921" had|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7235" very|strong="H3966" valuable|strong="H3368" stones|strong="H0068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w fastened|strong="H8628"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*}. They|strong="H5921" also|strong="H1732" took|strong="H3947" many|strong="H7235" other|strong="H0312" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H1961" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H3318" they|strong="H3651" brought|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" forced|strong="H4522" them|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w work|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5971"\+w*,} using|strong="H5927" saws|strong="H4050" and|strong="H1121" iron|strong="H1270" picks|strong="H2757" and|strong="H1121" axes|strong="H4050". David’s|strong="H1732" soldiers|strong="H5971" did|strong="H6213" this|strong="H3651" in|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group. Then|strong="H3318" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Wars|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" giants|strong="H7497" in|strong="H6213" Philistia|strong="H6429" }
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\verseNumber{4}Later|strong="H1961", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w David’s|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w army|strong="H4421"\+w*} fought|strong="H3898" a|strong="H1961" battle|strong="H4421" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5221" army|strong="H4421" of|strong="H5221" Philistia|strong="H6429", at|strong="H4421" Gezer|strong="H1507" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. During|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5221" battle|strong="H4421" Sibbecai|strong="H5444", from|strong="H1961" Hushah|strong="H2364" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w*}, killed|strong="H5221" Sippai|strong="H5598", one|strong="H1961" of|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" descendants|strong="H3211" of|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" Rapha|strong="H7498" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w giants|strong="H7497"\+w*}. So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5221" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H5221" Philistia|strong="H6429" were|strong="H1961" defeated|strong="H5221". 
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\verseNumber{5}In|strong="H4421" another|strong="H5750" battle|strong="H4421" against|strong="H4421" the|strong="H5221" soldiers|strong="H4421" of|strong="H1121" Philistia|strong="H6429", Elhanan|strong="H0445", the|strong="H5221" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jair|strong="H3265", killed|strong="H5221" Lahmi|strong="H3902", the|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w giant|strong="H7497"\+w*} Goliath|strong="H1555" from|strong="H1121" Gath|strong="H1663" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, who|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" spear|strong="H2595" which|strong="H6086" was|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" thick|strong="H6205" as|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" weaver’s|strong="H0707" rod|strong="H7626". 
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\verseNumber{6}There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" another|strong="H5750" battle|strong="H4421" near|strong="H7126" Gath|strong="H1661". A|strong="H1961" ◄huge|strong="H1995" man|strong="H0376"/giant|strong="H7497"► was|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" who|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" six|strong="H8337" fingers|strong="H0676" on|strong="H1961" each|strong="H0376" hand|strong="H3027" and|strong="H6242" six|strong="H8337" toes|strong="H0676" on|strong="H1961" each|strong="H0376" foot|strong="H7272". He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" descended|strong="H3205" from|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3205"\+w*} Rapha|strong="H7498" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w giants|strong="H7497"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1732" made|strong="H1732" fun of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" soldiers|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", Jonathan|strong="H3083", the|strong="H5221" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" David’s|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" Shimea|strong="H8092", killed|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221". 
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\verseNumber{8}Those|strong="H1992" were|strong="H3027" some|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3205" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3205"\+w*} Rapha|strong="H7498" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w giants|strong="H7497"\+w*} who|strong="H5650" had|strong="H1732" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H5650" Gath|strong="H1661", who|strong="H5650" were|strong="H3027" killed|strong="H5307" [MTY] by|strong="H3027" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3027" his|strong="H1732" soldiers|strong="H5650". 

\BibleSectionHeading{David commanded that the soldiers be counted }
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\chapterNumber{21}Satan|strong="H7854" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="H3478" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3478" have|strong="H3478" trouble|strong="H6869". So|strong="H5975" he|strong="H1732" incited|strong="H5496" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H3478" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H5921" how|strong="H4100" many|strong="H7227" men|strong="H3478" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H5704" David|strong="H1732" commanded|strong="H6680" Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3045" other|strong="H0312" army|strong="H5971" commanders|strong="H8269", “Count|strong="H5608" all|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3045" men|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5971"\+w*}. Start|strong="H1870" at|strong="H3478" Beersheba|strong="H0884" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*} and|strong="H3478" go|strong="H3212" all|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3045" way|strong="H3212" to|strong="H5704" Dan|strong="H1835" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*}. Then|strong="H3045" come|strong="H3212" back|strong="H3045" and|strong="H3478" report|strong="H8088" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H3045", in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3045" I|strong="H5704" may|strong="H5971" know|strong="H3045" how|strong="H3045" many|strong="H5704" men|strong="H5971" there|strong="H3045" are|strong="H5971".” 
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\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3808" Joab|strong="H3097" replied|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H3068" majesty|strong="H1926", even|strong="H3808" if|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" have|strong="H1961" 100 times|strong="H6471" as|strong="H1961" many|strong="H4100" soldiers|strong="H5650" as|strong="H1961" we|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" now|strong="H1961", you|strong="H3605" would|strong="H3068" [RHQ] still|strong="H5971" rule|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H1992". So|strong="H1961" why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3605" want|strong="H1245" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2063"? You|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H2063" [RHQ] cause|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" guilty|strong="H0816" of|strong="H4428" sinning|strong="H2398".” 
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\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H2388" David|strong="H1732" would|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3318" change|strong="H5162" his|strong="H3605" mind|strong="H3820". So|strong="H1980" Joab|strong="H3097" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} went|strong="H1980" everywhere|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1980" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H1980" counted|strong="H2803" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". Then|strong="H1980" they|strong="H5921" returned|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", 
\verseNumber{5}and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H5971" reported|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732" that|strong="H5971" there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H3478" 1,100,000 men|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3605" could|strong="H5971" be|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3967" 470,000 in|strong="H3478" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{6}Joab|strong="H3097" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" count|strong="H5608" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H6485" from|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3588" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H4428" Levi|strong="H3878" and|strong="H4428" Benjamin|strong="H1144", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1697" disgusted|strong="H8581" with|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680". 

\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="H3808" punished|strong="H6485" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" }
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\verseNumber{7}David’s|strong="H1732" command|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" count|strong="H5608" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5869" caused|strong="H1697" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H2734", so|strong="H2088" he|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w decided|strong="H3289"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} punish|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1697"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H6258" David|strong="H1732" prayed|strong="H4994", saying|strong="H1697", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" was|strong="H1732" very|strong="H3966" foolish|strong="H5528". I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5650" sinned|strong="H2398" greatly|strong="H3966" by|strong="H5674" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5650" done|strong="H6213". So|strong="H6213" now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H3588" plead|strong="H7378" with|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588", please|strong="H4994" forgive|strong="H5545" me|strong="H4994".” 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Gad|strong="H1410", David’s|strong="H1732" prophet|strong="H2374", 
\verseNumber{10}“Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H1696" this|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" David|strong="H1732": I|strong="H3541" am|strong="H3068" allowing you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" choose|strong="H0977" one|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3068" three|strong="H7969" things|strong="H7969" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w*}. I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" whichever|strong="H0834" one|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5921" choose|strong="H0977".” 
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\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H3541" Gad|strong="H1410" went|strong="H1732" to|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H1732", “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": ‘You|strong="H0859" can|strong="H4310" choose|strong="H6901" one|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" these|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w punishments|strong="H8433"\+w*}: 
\verseNumber{12}three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141" of|strong="H3068" famine|strong="H7458" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}, or|strong="H3117" three|strong="H7969" months|strong="H2320" during|strong="H3117" which|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" armies|strong="H6635" will|strong="H3068" run|strong="H7323" away|strong="H7971" from|strong="H7725" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H6862" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3068"\+w*} swords|strong="H2719", or|strong="H3117" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" during|strong="H3117" which|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971" my|strong="H3605" angel|strong="H4397" to|strong="H7725" cause|strong="H1697" many|strong="H4100" people|strong="H6862" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022" to|strong="H7725" die|strong="H2719" because|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7971" ◄plague|strong="H1698"/very|strong="H6258" serious|strong="H2470" illness|strong="H2483"►.’ So|strong="H7971", you|strong="H6440" must|strong="H3478" decide|strong="H7200" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" answer|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*,} the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H6440".” 
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\verseNumber{13}David|strong="H1732" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Gad|strong="H1410", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" distressed|strong="H6887". But|strong="H3588" allow|strong="H4994" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" [MTY] me|strong="H4994", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" merciful|strong="H2603". Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" allow|strong="H4994" humans to|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" me|strong="H4994", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w merciful|strong="H2603"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H5414" Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" plague|strong="H1698" on|strong="H5307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" 70,000 of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5414" died|strong="H5307" because|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" an|strong="H7200" angel|strong="H4397" to|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H7843" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H7200" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" plague|strong="H5061". But|strong="H7200" when|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" angel|strong="H4397" was|strong="H3068" standing|strong="H5975" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H0776" where|strong="H5921" Araunah|strong="H0728", from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Jebus|strong="H2982" people-group, threshed|strong="H1758" grain|strong="H1715", Yahweh|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H7200" all|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" suffering|strong="H6040" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H7200" had|strong="H3068" endured|strong="H5375", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" grieved|strong="H6087". So|strong="H7971" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" angel|strong="H4397", “Stop|strong="H5975" what|strong="H7451" you|strong="H7971" are|strong="H3027" doing|strong="H7451" [IDM]! That|strong="H7200" is|strong="H3068" enough|strong="H7227" [IDM]!” 
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\verseNumber{16}David|strong="H1732" looked|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5375" and|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" angel|strong="H4397" whom|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H1732", standing|strong="H5975" between|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" sky|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440". The|strong="H6440" angel|strong="H4397" had|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5375" sword|strong="H2719" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5375" hand|strong="H3027" that|strong="H7200" was|strong="H3068" pointed toward|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". Then|strong="H5375" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" elders|strong="H2205" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H5869" wearing|strong="H5375" clothes|strong="H0899" made|strong="H5975" of|strong="H3068" rough|strong="H8181" sackcloth|strong="H8242", prostrated|strong="H7812" themselves|strong="H6440" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{17}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", “I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H1961" [RHQ] the|strong="H6213" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H1931" ordered|strong="H6680" the|strong="H6213" men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H1931" could|strong="H4100" be|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" army|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" counted|strong="H4487". I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6213" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398" and|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H3068" very|strong="H6213" wrong|strong="H7489", but|strong="H3808" these|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w innocent|strong="H5355"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] sheep|strong="H6629". They|strong="H3068" have|strong="H1961" certainly|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" [RHQ] done|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w wrong|strong="H7489"\+w*}. So|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", punish|strong="H6213" [IDM] me|strong="H4994" and|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" family|strong="H1004", but|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H4994" this|strong="H6213" plague|strong="H4046" to|strong="H3068" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cause|strong="H6213"\+w*} your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w sick|strong="H2470"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w die|strong="H4191"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3588" angel|strong="H4397" who|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H1732" by|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" Gad|strong="H1410" to|strong="H3068" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" place|strong="H1637" where|strong="H0834" Araunah|strong="H0728" threshed|strong="H1758" grain|strong="H1715" and|strong="H6965" tell|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H3068" build|strong="H6965" an|strong="H6965" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" there|strong="H5927". 
\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w Gad|strong="H1410"\+w* \+w told|strong="H1696"\+w*} David|strong="H1732", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H3068"\+w*} obeyed|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3068" message|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" [MTY] had|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" Gad|strong="H1410", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w went|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w up|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w there|strong="H5927"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{20}While|strong="H5973" Araunah|strong="H0728" was|strong="H1121" threshing|strong="H1758" some|strong="H4480" wheat|strong="H2406", he|strong="H4397" turned|strong="H7725" and|strong="H1121" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" angel|strong="H4397". His|strong="H7725" four|strong="H0702" sons|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w angel|strong="H4397"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w they|strong="H7200"\+w*} hid|strong="H2244" themselves|strong="H2244". 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H3318" David|strong="H1732" approached|strong="H5066". When|strong="H7200" Araunah|strong="H0728" saw|strong="H7200" him|strong="H7200", he|strong="H5704" left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H7200" place|strong="H1637" where|strong="H4480" he|strong="H5704" was|strong="H1732" threshing|strong="H1637" grain|strong="H1715" and|strong="H1732" prostrated|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H7812", with|strong="H3318" his|strong="H1732" face|strong="H7200" touching|strong="H5060" the|strong="H7200" ground|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{22}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5414", “Please|strong="H4994" sell|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3068" threshng place|strong="H4725" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H5414" can|strong="H4310" build|strong="H1129" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196" here|strong="H4725" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068". Then|strong="H5414" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" stop|strong="H6113" this|strong="H5414" plague|strong="H4046". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" pay|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" full|strong="H4392" price|strong="H3701".” 
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\verseNumber{23}Araunah|strong="H0728" replied|strong="H0559", “Take|strong="H3947" it|strong="H5414"! Your|strong="H3605" majesty|strong="H1926", do|strong="H6213" whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H6213". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" oxen|strong="H1241" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w thresh|strong="H1758"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w grain|strong="H3605"\+w*} for|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H4503" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H5414" completely|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. And|strong="H4428" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" threshing|strong="H4173" boards|strong="H7175" to|strong="H6213" use|strong="H3947" as|strong="H6213" wood|strong="H6086" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, and|strong="H4428" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" grain|strong="H3605" for|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3947" grain|strong="H3605" offering|strong="H4503". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" give|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" to|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Araunah|strong="H0728", “No|strong="H3808", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w take|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w these|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w gift|strong="H3068"\+w*}. I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" pay|strong="H3701" you|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" full|strong="H4392" price|strong="H3701" for|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" take|strong="H5375" things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588", things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" cost|strong="H2600" me|strong="H2600" nothing|strong="H3808" and|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H5927" them|strong="H5375" as|strong="H3068" sacrifices|strong="H5930" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" completely|strong="H4392" burned|strong="H5375" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" altar|strong="H4196".” 
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\verseNumber{25}So|strong="H5414" David|strong="H1732" paid|strong="H5414" Araunah|strong="H0728" 600 pieces|strong="H8255" of|strong="H8255" gold|strong="H2091" for|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" whole|strong="H3605" area|strong="H4725". 
\verseNumber{26}David|strong="H1732" built|strong="H1129" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7121"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H8033" offered|strong="H5927" sacrifices|strong="H5930" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" sacrifices|strong="H5930" to|strong="H3068" restore|strong="H5927" fellowship|strong="H2266" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. David|strong="H1732" prayed|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H6030" by|strong="H5921" sending|strong="H7971" a|strong="H1129" fire|strong="H0784" from|strong="H4480" heaven|strong="H8064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w burn|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w up|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w offerings|strong="H8002"\+w*} on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". 
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\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="H7725" Yahweh|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397", and|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" put|strong="H7725" his|strong="H3068" sword|strong="H2719" back|strong="H7725" into|strong="H7725" its|strong="H7725" sheath|strong="H5084". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w angel|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{28}And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H6030" him|strong="H7200" there|strong="H8033" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" place|strong="H1637" where|strong="H8033" Araunah|strong="H0728" threshed|strong="H1758" grain|strong="H1715" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w ended|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w plague|strong="H5061"\+w*}, he|strong="H1931" offered|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2076" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{29}Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", which|strong="H1931" Moses|strong="H4872" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" set|strong="H6213" up|strong="H5930" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" desert|strong="H4057", and|strong="H4872" the|strong="H6213" altar|strong="H4196" for|strong="H6213" burning|strong="H2740" sacrifices|strong="H5930" completely|strong="H3617", were|strong="H4057" at|strong="H3068" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256" on|strong="H3068" a|strong="H6213" hill|strong="H2022" at|strong="H3068" Gibeon|strong="H1391" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{30}But|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3201" go|strong="H3212" there|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3201" request|strong="H6440" God|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3201" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H6440" what|strong="H1732" he|strong="H3588" wanted|strong="H2654" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w him|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H1204" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" angel|strong="H4397" sent|strong="H1732" from|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w might|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w strike|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3068"\+w*} his|strong="H3068" sword|strong="H2719". 
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\chapterNumber{22}Then|strong="H2088" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", “Here|strong="H2088", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w edge|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*,} is|strong="H3068" where|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H0587"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w build|strong="H1129"\+w*} the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" for|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3478" where|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H0587"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w make|strong="H6213"\+w*} the|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196" for|strong="H3068" burning|strong="H2740" the|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H5930" that|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3068" Israeli \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w bring|strong="H1732"\+w*}.” 

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\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H5975" David|strong="H1732" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H1616" the|strong="H1129" foreigners|strong="H1616" who|strong="H1616" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" must|strong="H3478" gather|strong="H3664" together|strong="H3664". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1616"\+w*,} he|strong="H1004" appointed|strong="H5975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1992"\+w*} men|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cut|strong="H1496"\+w* \+w huge|strong="H1995"\+w*} stones|strong="H1496" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w quarries|strong="H6456"\+w*} and|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" smooth|strong="H1496" their|strong="H5975" surfaces, to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" used|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" build|strong="H1129" the|strong="H1129" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{3}David|strong="H1732" provided|strong="H3559" a|strong="H3559" large|strong="H7230" amount|strong="H7230" of|strong="H8179" iron|strong="H1270" for|strong="H3559" making|strong="H3559" nails|strong="H4548" and|strong="H1732" hinges|strong="H6596" for|strong="H3559" the|strong="H3559" doors|strong="H1817" in|strong="H1732" the|strong="H3559" gates|strong="H8179" of|strong="H8179" the|strong="H3559" temple|strong="H1004". He|strong="H1732" also|strong="H1732" provided|strong="H3559" so|strong="H7230" much|strong="H7230" bronze|strong="H5178" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w making|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w various|strong="H2921"\+w* \+w utensils|strong="H3627"\+w*}, that|strong="H1732" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0259" could|strong="H3559" weigh|strong="H4948" it|strong="H3559" all|strong="H7230". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H3588" also|strong="H1732" provided|strong="H3557" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w money|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w buying|strong="H7069"\+w*} a|strong="H3588" large|strong="H7230" amount|strong="H7230" of|strong="H4557" cedar|strong="H0730" logs|strong="H6086". Because|strong="H3588" there|strong="H7230" was|strong="H1732" a|strong="H3588" huge|strong="H7230" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H4557" them|strong="H3588", no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1732" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1732" count|strong="H4557" them|strong="H3588". Those|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1732" logs|strong="H6086" that|strong="H3588" men|strong="H6876" from|strong="H4557" Tyre|strong="H6876" and|strong="H6086" Sidon|strong="H6721" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*} sent|strong="H1732" to|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732". 
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\verseNumber{5}David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w provided|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w because|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w*} thought|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" is|strong="H3068" still|strong="H5750" young|strong="H5288" and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3068" does|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1732" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H3559" he|strong="H3068" needs|strong="H5375" to|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w building|strong="H1129"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" must|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3068" ◄magnificent|strong="H1431"/very|strong="H4605" beautiful|strong="H8597"►. It|strong="H8034" must|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1129" glorious|strong="H8597" building|strong="H1129" that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1431" famous|strong="H8034", and|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121" throughout|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398" must|strong="H1121" consider|strong="H3559" it|strong="H8034" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" glorious|strong="H8597"/splendid|strong="H3519". So|strong="H1431" now|strong="H4994" I|strong="H5288" will|strong="H3068" begin|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3068" prepare|strong="H3559" for|strong="H6440" it|strong="H8034" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" built|strong="H1129", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Solomon|strong="H8010"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w responsible|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w for|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w building|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w it|strong="H8034"\+w*}.” So|strong="H1431" David|strong="H1732" collected|strong="H6908" a|strong="H1129" great|strong="H1431" amount|strong="H7230" of|strong="H1121" building|strong="H1129" materials before|strong="H6440" he|strong="H3068" died|strong="H4194". 
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\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3068"\+w*} David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w old|strong="H1121"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w*} summoned|strong="H7121" his|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010", and|strong="H1121" told|strong="H6680" him|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" arrange|strong="H6186" for|strong="H7121" a|strong="H1129" temple|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H7121" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3068" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7121"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5973", “I|strong="H1121" wanted|strong="H3824" [IDM] to|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1961" temple|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H8034" [MTY] Yahweh|strong="H3068", my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w*} me|strong="H6440", ‘You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2026" many|strong="H7227" men|strong="H1419" [MTY] in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" battles|strong="H4421" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" fought|strong="H3898". I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" seen|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H1004" all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H3808" whom|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588" killed|strong="H2026", so|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" arrange|strong="H6186" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H1961" temple|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" built|strong="H1129" to|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H8034" me|strong="H6440" [MTY]. 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w king|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w after|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w die|strong="H1121"\+w*}. He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H1931" peaceful|strong="H7965" and|strong="H1121" quiet|strong="H4496", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w man|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w kills|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w others|strong="H0312"\+w*}. And|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H2009" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" peace|strong="H7965" between|strong="H7965" him|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3117" in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" nearby|strong="H7138" lands|strong="H4054". His|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" Solomon|strong="H8010", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w peace|strong="H7965"\+w*}. During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" king|strong="H5921", people|strong="H1121" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" peaceful|strong="H7965" and|strong="H1121" safe|strong="H7965". 
\verseNumber{10}He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" arrange|strong="H6186" for|strong="H5704" a|strong="H1961" temple|strong="H1004" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" built|strong="H1129" to|strong="H5704" honor|strong="H8034" me|strong="H5921" [MTY]. He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H1961" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5704" rule|strong="H4438" [MTY] over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" forever|strong="H5769" [HYP].’ 
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\verseNumber{11}“So|strong="H1961" now|strong="H6258", my|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121", I|strong="H5921" hope|strong="H3176"/wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" help|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H1961" successful|strong="H6743" in|strong="H5921" arranging for|strong="H5921" building|strong="H1129" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1696" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" would|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{12}I|strong="H5414" also|strong="H3068" hope|strong="H3176"/wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" wise|strong="H7922" and|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" understand|strong="H0995" what|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3478" know|strong="H3045", and|strong="H3478" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" obey|strong="H8104" his|strong="H5414" laws|strong="H8451" while|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{13}If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H6680" carefully|strong="H6213" obey|strong="H6213" all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" laws|strong="H2706" and|strong="H4872" regulations|strong="H4941"/commands|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3478" Moses|strong="H4872" to|strong="H3478" give|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3478" us|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H5971", you|strong="H6680" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" successful|strong="H6743". So|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3068" steadfast|strong="H3559"/strong|strong="H2388" and|strong="H4872" courageous|strong="H2388". Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3068" anything|strong="H6213", and|strong="H4872" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" become|strong="H6213" discouraged|strong="H2865"! 
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\verseNumber{14}“I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" tried|strong="H6884" hard|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3068" provide|strong="H3559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{materials} for|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w building|strong="H1129"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068". I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" provided|strong="H3559" nearly|strong="H1241" 4,000 tons of|strong="H1004" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H3967" nearly|strong="H1241" 40,000 tons of|strong="H1004" silver|strong="H3701". I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" also|strong="H3068" provided|strong="H3559" a|strong="H1961" very|strong="H7230" large|strong="H7230" amount|strong="H7230" of|strong="H1004" iron|strong="H1270" and|strong="H3967" bronze|strong="H5178"; no|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1961" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3068" weigh|strong="H4948" it|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5921". I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" also|strong="H3068" gathered|strong="H3588"/provided|strong="H3559" lumber and|strong="H3967" stone|strong="H0068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w walls|strong="H2346"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}, but|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" may|strong="H1961" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3068" get|strong="H3559" some|strong="H2009" more|strong="H3254" of|strong="H1004" those|strong="H5921" things|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{15}There|strong="H3605" are|strong="H2450" many|strong="H7230" men|strong="H2450" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*} who|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" ability|strong="H3581" to|strong="H6213" cut|strong="H2672" big|strong="H0931" stones|strong="H0068" for|strong="H6213" making|strong="H6213" stone|strong="H0068" walls|strong="H2346", and|strong="H6086" carpenters|strong="H2796", and|strong="H6086" men|strong="H2450" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H2450" very|strong="H6213" skilled|strong="H2450" at|strong="H6213" making|strong="H6213" various|strong="H2921" kinds|strong="H3605" of|strong="H6086" things|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{16}There|strong="H1961" are|strong="H3068" many|strong="H4557" men|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" how|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" things|strong="H5973" from|strong="H6965" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H6965" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H6965" bronze|strong="H5178" and|strong="H6965" iron|strong="H1270". So|strong="H6213" now|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w*}, begin|strong="H2490" the|strong="H6213" work|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w building|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}, and|strong="H6965" I|strong="H3068" hope|strong="H3176"/wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" help|strong="H1961"/be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H6680" David|strong="H1732" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli leaders|strong="H8269" must|strong="H1121" assist|strong="H6677" Solomon|strong="H8010". He|strong="H3605" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H6680", 
\verseNumber{18}“Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3588" with|strong="H5973"/helping|strong="H5826" you|strong="H3588" [RHQ]. He|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" peace|strong="H5117" with|strong="H5973" all|strong="H5439" the|strong="H6440" nearby|strong="H7138" nations|strong="H5971" [RHQ]. He|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H5971"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" conquer|strong="H3423" [IDM] them|strong="H5414", so|strong="H5414" now|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" my|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" control|strong="H3027" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{19}Now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H5414" must|strong="H5315" obey|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617". Help|strong="H6965" Solomon|strong="H8010" to|strong="H3068" arrange|strong="H6186" for|strong="H8034" building|strong="H1129" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004" for|strong="H8034" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5315" you|strong="H5414" can|strong="H1004" bring|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" that|strong="H5315" contains|strong="H4393" the|strong="H5414" Ten|strong="H6235" Commandments|strong="H4687" and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H5414" other|strong="H0312" sacred|strong="H6944" items|strong="H3627" that|strong="H5315" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" into|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004" that|strong="H5315" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" to|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H8034" Yahweh|strong="H3068".” 

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\chapterNumber{23}David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" a|strong="H3117" very|strong="H3966" old|strong="H1121" man|strong="H1121" [DOU] when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" appointed|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" next|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4427". 
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\verseNumber{2}David|strong="H1732" gathered|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3478" other|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H8269" Levi|strong="H3881". 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H8141" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w officials|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w*} count|strong="H5608" the|strong="H1961" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" at|strong="H1961" least|strong="H6996" thirty|strong="H7970" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H8141" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H5608" that|strong="H3881" there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" 38,000 of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", “From|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" 38,000 men|strong="H0376", I|strong="H5921" want|strong="H4270" 24,000 of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" supervise|strong="H5329" the|strong="H5921" work|strong="H4399" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5921" want|strong="H4270" 6,000 of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" officials|strong="H7860" and|strong="H3068" judges|strong="H8199". 
\verseNumber{5}I|strong="H3068" want|strong="H4270" 4,000 to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" guards|strong="H7778" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" gates|strong="H8179", and|strong="H3068" 4,000 to|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068", using|strong="H5927" the|strong="H6213" musical|strong="H3627" instruments|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" provided|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{6}David|strong="H1732" divided|strong="H2505" the|strong="H1732" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878" into|strong="H2505" three|strong="H7969" family|strong="H4940" groups|strong="H1121"; each|strong="H0376" group|strong="H7235" consisted|strong="H4256" of|strong="H1121" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1732" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878"—Gershon|strong="H1648", Kohath|strong="H6955", and|strong="H1121" Merari|strong="H4847". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H1732" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gershon|strong="H1648" }
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\verseNumber{7}From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H8096" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1121" Gershon|strong="H1649" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0834" Ladan|strong="H3936" and|strong="H8096" Shimei|strong="H8096". 
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\verseNumber{8}There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ladan|strong="H3936": Jehiel|strong="H3171" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" oldest|strong="H1419", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brothers|strong="H1121" Zetham|strong="H2241" and|strong="H1121" Joel|strong="H3100". 
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\verseNumber{9}There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" three|strong="H7969" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shimei|strong="H8096": Shelomoth|strong="H8013", Haziel|strong="H2381", and|strong="H1121" Haran|strong="H2039". 
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They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clans|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Ladan|strong="H3936". 
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\verseNumber{10}There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" four|strong="H0702" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" other|strong="H0312" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shimei|strong="H8096": 
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\verseNumber{11}Jahath|strong="H3189", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" oldest|strong="H1419" son|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brothers|strong="H1121" Ziza|strong="H2124", Jeush|strong="H3266", and|strong="H1121" Beriah|strong="H1283". 
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Jeush|strong="H3266" and|strong="H1121" Beriah|strong="H1283" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7235" sons|strong="H1121", so|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H1961" counted|strong="H2803" as|strong="H1961" though|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H1961" one|strong="H3808" family|strong="H1004". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H1961" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kohath|strong="H6955" }
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\verseNumber{12}Kohath|strong="H6955" had|strong="H1121" four|strong="H0702" sons|strong="H1121": Amram|strong="H6019", Izhar|strong="H3324", Hebron|strong="H2275", and|strong="H1121" Uzziel|strong="H5816". 
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\verseNumber{13}There|strong="H5704" were|strong="H1121" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amram|strong="H6019": Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872". 
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Aaron|strong="H0175" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" set|strong="H6942" apart|strong="H6942" to|strong="H5704" dedicate|strong="H6942" the|strong="H6440" very|strong="H5704" holy|strong="H6944" things|strong="H6944", to|strong="H5704" offer|strong="H6999" sacrifices|strong="H6999" to|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068", to|strong="H5704" serve|strong="H8334" in|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" presence|strong="H6440", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5704" declare|strong="H6942" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w*} what|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068" [MTY] would|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" to|strong="H5704" bless|strong="H1288" them|strong="H6440". They|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1121" things|strong="H6944" forever|strong="H5769". 
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\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872", the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" served|strong="H5647" God|strong="H0430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w well|strong="H3190"\+w*}, were|strong="H1121" counted|strong="H2803" as|strong="H1121" part|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878". 
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\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H4872" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872" were|strong="H1121" Gershom|strong="H1647" and|strong="H1121" Eliezer|strong="H0461". 
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\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H1121" oldest|strong="H1419" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gershom|strong="H1647" was|strong="H1121" Shubael|strong="H7619". 
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\verseNumber{17}Rehabiah|strong="H7345" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" oldest|strong="H1419" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eliezer|strong="H0461". 
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Eliezer|strong="H0461" had|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" other|strong="H0312" sons|strong="H1121", but|strong="H3808" Rehabiah|strong="H7345" had|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7235" sons|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H1121" oldest|strong="H1419" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Izhar|strong="H3324" was|strong="H1121" Shelomith|strong="H8019". 
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\verseNumber{19}Hebron|strong="H2275" had|strong="H1121" four|strong="H0702" sons|strong="H1121". 
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Jeriah|strong="H3404" was|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1121" oldest|strong="H1419" son|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brothers|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Amariah|strong="H0568", Jahaziel|strong="H3166", and|strong="H1121" Jekameam|strong="H3360". 
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\verseNumber{20}Uzziel|strong="H5816" had|strong="H1121" two|strong="H8145" sons|strong="H1121". 
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Micah|strong="H4318" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" oldest|strong="H1419" son|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H4318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" was|strong="H1121" Isshiah|strong="H3449". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Merari|strong="H4847" }
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\verseNumber{21}Merari|strong="H4847" had|strong="H1121" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121": Mahli|strong="H4249" and|strong="H1121" Mushi|strong="H4187". 
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The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Mahli|strong="H4249" were|strong="H1121" Eleazar|strong="H0499" and|strong="H1121" Kish|strong="H7027". 
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\verseNumber{22}Eleazar|strong="H0499" had|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" sons|strong="H1121"; he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" only|strong="H3588" daughters|strong="H1323". Their|strong="H5375" cousins, the|strong="H3588" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kish|strong="H7027", married|strong="H5375" them|strong="H5375". 
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\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H1121" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Mushi|strong="H4187" were|strong="H1121" Mahli|strong="H4249", Eder|strong="H5740", and|strong="H1121" Jerimoth|strong="H3406". 
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\verseNumber{24}Those|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878", whose|strong="H1121" names|strong="H8034" were|strong="H1121" listed|strong="H8034" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" families|strong="H1004"/clans|strong="H1004". They|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1121" chosen|strong="H0977" for|strong="H6213" special|strong="H6381" jobs by|strong="H8141" ◄casting|strong="H4165" lots|strong="H1486"/throwing|strong="H3027" small|strong="H6996" marked|strong="H8104" stones|strong="H0068"►. Each|strong="H0376" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" at|strong="H3068" least|strong="H6996" 20 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" listed|strong="H8034". They|strong="H3068" all|strong="H6213" worked|strong="H6213" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H6213" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{25}David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" previously|strong="H8543", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3068" to|strong="H5704" whom|strong="H5971" we|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H5971" belong|strong="H1961", has|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" us|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5704" have|strong="H3068" peace|strong="H5117", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w come|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w*} live|strong="H7931" in|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" forever|strong="H5769". 
\verseNumber{26}Therefore|strong="H1571", the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3627" Levi|strong="H3881" no|strong="H3605" longer|strong="H5750" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H5375" carry|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H3881" the|strong="H3605" items|strong="H3627" used|strong="H3627" in|strong="H3881" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H5656" there|strong="H3605".” 
\verseNumber{27}Obeying|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3588" final|strong="H0319" instructions|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*, \+w instructions|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w this|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w work|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w at|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}, they|strong="H1992" counted|strong="H4557" only|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" at|strong="H1732" least|strong="H6996" 20 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{28}The|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4639" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878" was|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" assist|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4639" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068": To|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" courtyards|strong="H2691" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" side|strong="H3027" rooms|strong="H3957", the|strong="H3605" ceremonies|strong="H4941" for|strong="H3588" purifying|strong="H2893" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" things|strong="H6944", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" other|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4639" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{29}They|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3605" also|strong="H3899" in|strong="H3899" charge|strong="H4931" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" loaves|strong="H3899" of|strong="H3605" bread|strong="H3899" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3605" placed|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w each|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w week|strong="H7620"\+w*} on|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" table|strong="H7979" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" flour|strong="H5560" for|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" grain|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H4503", the|strong="H3605" wafers|strong="H7550" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3605" made|strong="H3605" without|strong="H3808" yeast|strong="H7603", and|strong="H3899" the|strong="H3605" measuring|strong="H4060" the|strong="H3605" ingredients and|strong="H3899" mixing|strong="H4842" them|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3899" baking that|strong="H3605" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3899" those|strong="H3605" wafers|strong="H7550". 
\verseNumber{30}They|strong="H3651" were|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" to|strong="H3068" stand|strong="H5975" every|strong="H1242" morning|strong="H1242" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" thank|strong="H3034" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H1984" him|strong="H5975". They|strong="H3651" were|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" required|strong="H7592" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" same|strong="H3651" thing|strong="H3651" every|strong="H1242" evening|strong="H6153". 
\verseNumber{31}And|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" thing|strong="H3605" whenever|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} were|strong="H5921" presented|strong="H7126"/offered|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" on|strong="H5921" Sabbath|strong="H7676" days|strong="H4150" and|strong="H3068" during|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" new|strong="H2320" moon|strong="H2320" celebrations|strong="H4885" and|strong="H3068" other|strong="H3605" religious festivals|strong="H4150". They|strong="H3068" were|strong="H5921" told|strong="H5046" how|strong="H4100" many|strong="H4557" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" there|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4941" they|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" each|strong="H3605" time|strong="H4150". 
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\verseNumber{32}So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H8104" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878" did|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8104" work|strong="H5656" that|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" assigned|strong="H5656" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H1121" by|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" fellow|strong="H1121" Israelis who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175". They|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" work|strong="H5656" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8104" area|strong="H1508" surrounding|strong="H5439" the|strong="H8104" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8104" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w later|strong="H0310"\+w*} at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8104" temple|strong="H1004". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The duties of the priests }
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\chapterNumber{24}These|strong="H0428" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" groups|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w first|strong="H1121"\+w* Supreme \+w Priest|strong="H3548"\+w*}: Aaron’s|strong="H0175" four|strong="H0702" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Nadab|strong="H5070", Abihu|strong="H0030", Eleazar|strong="H0499", and|strong="H1121" Ithamar|strong="H0385". 
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\verseNumber{2}But|strong="H3808" Nadab|strong="H5070" and|strong="H1121" Abihu|strong="H0030" died|strong="H4191" before|strong="H6440" their|strong="H6440" father|strong="H1121" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" children|strong="H1121". So|strong="H1961" their|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brothers|strong="H1121" Eleazar|strong="H0499" and|strong="H1121" Ithamar|strong="H0385" became|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3547". 
\verseNumber{3}Zadok|strong="H6659", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1732" a|strong="H4480" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eleazar|strong="H0499", and|strong="H1121" Ahimelech|strong="H0288", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1732" a|strong="H4480" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ithamar|strong="H0385", helped|strong="H5826" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H1121" separate|strong="H2505" his|strong="H1732" descendants|strong="H1121" into|strong="H4480" two|strong="H4480" groups|strong="H1121". Each|strong="H0376" group|strong="H7235" had|strong="H1732" certain|strong="H0259" duties|strong="H4931". 
\verseNumber{4}There|strong="H4672" were|strong="H1121" more|strong="H4480" leaders|strong="H7218" among|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eleazar|strong="H0499" than|strong="H4480" there|strong="H4672" were|strong="H1121" among|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ithamar|strong="H0385". So|strong="H4480" they|strong="H1992" appointed|strong="H1121" 16 leaders|strong="H7218" from|strong="H4480" Eleazar’s descendants|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" eight|strong="H8083" leaders|strong="H7218" from|strong="H4480" Ithamar’s descendants|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{5}There|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" temple|strong="H1004" officials|strong="H8269" and|strong="H1121" priests|strong="H3548", including|strong="H5704" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" both|strong="H8147" Eleazar|strong="H0499" and|strong="H1121" Ithamar|strong="H0385", to|strong="H1961" make|strong="H1486" sure|strong="H0539" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" work|strong="H4399" was|strong="H1961" divided|strong="H2505" fairly|strong="H6664". So|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3588" decided|strong="H1961" what|strong="H3588" work|strong="H4399" each|strong="H0376" person|strong="H5315" would|strong="H0014" do|strong="H6213" by|strong="H1961" ◄casting|strong="H4165" lots|strong="H1486"/throwing|strong="H3027" marked|strong="H8104" stones|strong="H0068"►. 
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\verseNumber{6}Shemaiah|strong="H8098", the|strong="H6440" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nethanel|strong="H5417", who|strong="H3548" was|strong="H4428" a|strong="H4480" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881", wrote|strong="H3789" down|strong="H3789" the|strong="H6440" names|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w each|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w group|strong="H7235"\+w*} while|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H6440" officials|strong="H8269" were|strong="H1121" watching|strong="H8245". Zadok|strong="H6659", the|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Supreme} Priest|strong="H3548", and|strong="H1121" Ahimelech|strong="H0288" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w assistant|strong="H8334"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" families|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" families|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H0312" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" also|strong="H4428" watched|strong="H7200". 
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\verseNumber{7}Jehoiarib|strong="H3080" was|strong="H1486" the|strong="H3318" first|strong="H7223" one|strong="H7223" whose|strong="H0834" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H1486" selected|strong="H0977" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w casting|strong="H4165"\+w* \+w lots|strong="H1486"\+w*/\+w throwing|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w marked|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w stones|strong="H0068"\+w*}. 
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Next|strong="H8145" Jedaiah|strong="H3048" was|strong="H1486" selected|strong="H0977". 
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\verseNumber{8}Next|strong="H4283", Harim|strong="H2766" was|strong="H3068" selected|strong="H0977". 
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Next|strong="H4283", Seorim|strong="H8188" was|strong="H3068" selected|strong="H0977". 
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\verseNumber{9}Next|strong="H4283", Malkijah|strong="H4441" was|strong="H3068" selected|strong="H0977". 
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Next|strong="H4283", Mijamin|strong="H4326" was|strong="H3068" selected|strong="H0977". 
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\verseNumber{10}Next|strong="H4283", Hakkoz|strong="H6976" was|strong="H3068" selected|strong="H0977". 
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Next|strong="H4283", Abijah|strong="H0029" was|strong="H3068" selected|strong="H0977". 
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\verseNumber{11}Next|strong="H4283", Jeshua|strong="H3442" was|strong="H3068" selected|strong="H0977". 
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Next|strong="H4283", Shecaniah|strong="H7935" was|strong="H3068" selected|strong="H0977". 
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\verseNumber{12}Next|strong="H4283", Eliashib|strong="H0475" was|strong="H3068" selected|strong="H0977". 
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Next|strong="H4283", Jakim|strong="H3356" was|strong="H3068" selected|strong="H0977". 
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\verseNumber{13}Next|strong="H4283", Huppah|strong="H2647" was|strong="H3068" selected|strong="H0977". 
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Next|strong="H4283", Jeshebeab|strong="H3428" was|strong="H3068" selected|strong="H0977". 
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\verseNumber{14}Next|strong="H4283", Bilgah|strong="H1083" was|strong="H3068" selected|strong="H0977". 
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Next|strong="H4283", Immer|strong="H0564" was|strong="H3068" selected|strong="H0977". 
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\verseNumber{15}Next|strong="H4283", Hezir|strong="H2387" was|strong="H3068" selected|strong="H0977". 
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Next|strong="H4283", Happizzez|strong="H6483" was|strong="H3068" selected|strong="H0977". 
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\verseNumber{16}Next|strong="H4283", Pethahiah|strong="H6611" was|strong="H3068" selected|strong="H0977". 
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Next|strong="H4283", Jehezkel|strong="H3168" was|strong="H3068" selected|strong="H0977". 
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\verseNumber{17}Next|strong="H4283", Jakin|strong="H3199" was|strong="H3068" selected|strong="H0977". 
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Next|strong="H4283", Gamul|strong="H1577" was|strong="H3068" selected|strong="H0977". 
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\verseNumber{18}Next|strong="H4283", Delaiah|strong="H1806" was|strong="H3068" selected|strong="H0977". 
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Next|strong="H4283", Maaziah|strong="H4590" was|strong="H3068" selected|strong="H0977". 
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\verseNumber{19}Those|strong="H1992" were|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" men|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" chosen|strong="H0977" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3068" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" groups|strong="H7218" that|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H5656" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004", obeying|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3068" regulations|strong="H4941" that|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" set|strong="H6680" down|strong="H6680" by|strong="H3027" Aaron|strong="H0175", regulations|strong="H4941" which|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H5971" belonged|strong="H1961", had|strong="H3068" given|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H3027". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" Levi|strong="H3878" }
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\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3498"\+w* \+w list|strong="H4557"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w some|strong="H3498"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H1121" other|strong="H0312" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878": 
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Amram|strong="H6019" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" ancestor of|strong="H1121" Shubael|strong="H7619" and|strong="H1121" Jehdeiah|strong="H3165". 
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\verseNumber{21}Rehabiah|strong="H7345" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" ancestor of|strong="H1121" Isshiah|strong="H3449", the|strong="H1121" oldest|strong="H1419" son|strong="H1121" in|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7345" family|strong="H4940". 
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\verseNumber{22}Izhar|strong="H3324" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shelomoth|strong="H8013" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" grandfather|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1121" Jahath|strong="H3189". 
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\verseNumber{23}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Kohath’s|strong="H6955"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} Hebron|strong="H2275" had|strong="H1121" four|strong="H0702" sons|strong="H1121": Jeriah|strong="H3404" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brothers|strong="H1121" Amariah|strong="H0568", Jahaziel|strong="H3166", and|strong="H1121" Jekameam|strong="H3360". 
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\verseNumber{24}Uzziel|strong="H5816" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Micah|strong="H4318" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" grandfather|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1121" Shamir|strong="H8053". 
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\verseNumber{25}Micah’s|strong="H4318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zechariah|strong="H2148". 
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\verseNumber{26}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Merari|strong="H4847" were|strong="H1121" Mahli|strong="H4249", Mushi|strong="H4187", and|strong="H1121" Jaaziah|strong="H3269". 
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\verseNumber{27}Jaaziah|strong="H3269" thad four|strong="H0702" sons|strong="H1121": Beno|strong="H1121", Shoham|strong="H7719", Zaccur|strong="H2139", and|strong="H1121" Ibri|strong="H5681". 
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\verseNumber{28}Mahli’s son|strong="H1121" Eleazar|strong="H0499" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1961" any|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{29}From|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Mahli’s \+w second|strong="H8145"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w* }Kish|strong="H7027" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1121" Jerahmeel|strong="H3396". 
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\verseNumber{30}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Mushi|strong="H4187" were|strong="H1121" Mahli|strong="H4249", Eder|strong="H5740", and|strong="H1121" Jerimoth|strong="H3406". 
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Those|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" listed|strong="H1004" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3881" families|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{31}The|strong="H6440" jobs they|strong="H1992" would|strong="H4428" do|strong="H6213" were|strong="H1121" decided|strong="H3289" by|strong="H1571" ◄casting|strong="H4165" lots|strong="H1486"/throwing|strong="H3027" marked|strong="H1992" stones|strong="H0068"►, like|strong="H1121" their|strong="H6440" fellow|strong="H1121" Israelis, the|strong="H6440" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175", did|strong="H1732". They|strong="H1992" cast|strong="H5307" lots|strong="H1486" {The|strong="H6440" lots|strong="H1486" were|strong="H1121" cast|strong="H5307"} while|strong="H1992" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732", Zadok|strong="H6659", Ahimelech|strong="H0288", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" families|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" watched|strong="H7200". They|strong="H1992" gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" same|strong="H1992" jobs to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" families|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" each|strong="H0376" oldest|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H0251" and|strong="H1121" each|strong="H0376" youngest|strong="H6996" brother|strong="H0251". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The duties that David assigned to the musicians }
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\chapterNumber{25}David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1121" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" temple|strong="H1004" officials|strong="H8269" (OR|strong="H1121", army|strong="H6635" commanders|strong="H8269") chose|strong="H0977" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Asaph|strong="H0623", Heman|strong="H1968", and|strong="H1121" Jeduthun|strong="H3038" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1121" charge|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" proclaiming|strong="H7121" God’s|strong="H0430" messages|strong="H2372", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1961" play|strong="H2181" harps|strong="H3658" and|strong="H1121" lyres|strong="H3658" and|strong="H1121" cymbals|strong="H4700". This|strong="H1732" is|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" men|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H0834" they|strong="H4399" chose|strong="H0977" for|strong="H1121" that|strong="H5030" work|strong="H4399": 
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\verseNumber{2}From|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Asaph|strong="H0623" they|strong="H5921" chose|strong="H0977" Zaccur|strong="H2139", Joseph|strong="H3130", Nethaniah|strong="H5418", and|strong="H1121" Aserelah. Asaph|strong="H0623" supervised|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" appointed|strong="H1121" Asaph|strong="H0623" to|strong="H5921" proclaim|strong="H7121" God’s|strong="H0430" messages|strong="H2372". 
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\verseNumber{3}From|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jeduthun|strong="H3038" they|strong="H3068" chose|strong="H0977" six|strong="H8337" men|strong="H1121": Gedaliah|strong="H1436", Zeri|strong="H6874", Jeshaiah|strong="H3470", Shimei|strong="H8096", Hashabiah|strong="H2811", and|strong="H1121" Mattithiah|strong="H4993". Jeduthun|strong="H3038" supervised|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" also|strong="H3068" proclaimed|strong="H7121" God’s|strong="H0430" messages|strong="H2372", playing|strong="H5059" his|strong="H3068" harp|strong="H3658" while|strong="H5921" he|strong="H3068" thanked|strong="H1288" and|strong="H1121" praised|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{4}From|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Heman|strong="H1968", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" king’s|strong="H4428" prophets|strong="H5030", they|strong="H1992" chose|strong="H0977" Bukkiah|strong="H1232", Mattaniah|strong="H4983", Uzziel|strong="H5816", Shubael|strong="H7619", Jerimoth|strong="H3406", Hananiah|strong="H2608", Hanani|strong="H2607", Eliathah|strong="H0448", Giddalti|strong="H1437", Romamti-Ezer|strong="H7320", Joshbekashah|strong="H3436", Mallothi|strong="H4413", Hothir|strong="H1956", and|strong="H1121" Mahazioth|strong="H4238". 
\verseNumber{5}God|strong="H5414" promised|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" cause|strong="H1697" Heman|strong="H1968" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H1697" strong|strong="H5414", so|strong="H5414" altogether|strong="H3605", God|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1121" him|strong="H5414" 14 sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" three|strong="H7969" daughters|strong="H1323". 
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\verseNumber{6}All|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3027" supervised|strong="H5921" by|strong="H3027" their|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001" while|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3068" played|strong="H2181" music|strong="H7892" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh|strong="H3068". They|strong="H3068" played|strong="H2181" cymbals|strong="H4700", lyres|strong="H3658", and|strong="H3068" harps|strong="H3658". And|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001"—Asaph|strong="H0623", Jeduthun|strong="H3038" and|strong="H3068" Heman|strong="H1968"—were|strong="H3027" supervised|strong="H5921" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{7}Those|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3967" their|strong="H3605" relatives|strong="H0251" were|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" trained|strong="H3925" and|strong="H3967" skilled|strong="H2450" for|strong="H3068" playing|strong="H5059" musical|strong="H7892" instruments|strong="H7892" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". That|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Including|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" relatives|strong="H0251", there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" 288 of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{8}All|strong="H1419" of|strong="H5307" them|strong="H5307", including|strong="H5704" ones|strong="H1419" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H1419" young|strong="H6996" and|strong="H1419" those|strong="H5973" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H1419" old|strong="H1419", cast|strong="H5307" lots|strong="H1486" to|strong="H5973" determine|strong="H7200" what|strong="H4100" work|strong="H4399" they|strong="H1992" would|strong="H0014" do|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{9}From|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" family|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Asaph|strong="H0623", the|strong="H3318" first|strong="H7223" ones|strong="H1121" selected|strong="H0977" were|strong="H1121" Joseph|strong="H3130" and|strong="H1121" 12 of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3318" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" relatives|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{10}Next|strong="H4283", Gedaliah|strong="H1436" and|strong="H1121" 12 of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" relatives|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" selected|strong="H0977". 
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\verseNumber{11}Next|strong="H4283", Zaccur|strong="H2139" and|strong="H1121" 12 of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" relatives|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" selected|strong="H0977". 
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\verseNumber{12}Next|strong="H4283", Nethaniah|strong="H5418" and|strong="H1121" 12 of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" relatives|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" selected|strong="H0977". 
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\verseNumber{13}Next|strong="H4283", Bukkiah|strong="H1232" and|strong="H1121" 12 of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" relatives|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" selected|strong="H0977". 
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\verseNumber{14}Next|strong="H4283", Jesarelah and|strong="H1121" 12 of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" relatives|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" selected|strong="H0977". 
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\verseNumber{15}Next|strong="H4283", Jeshaiah|strong="H3470" and|strong="H1121" 12 of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" relatives|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" selected|strong="H0977". 
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\verseNumber{16}Next|strong="H4283", Mattaniah|strong="H4983" and|strong="H1121" 12 of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" relatives|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" selected|strong="H0977". 
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\verseNumber{17}Next|strong="H4283", Shimei|strong="H8096" and|strong="H1121" 12 of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8096" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" relatives|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" selected|strong="H0977". 
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\verseNumber{18}Next|strong="H4283", Azarel|strong="H5832" and|strong="H1121" 12 of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" relatives|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" selected|strong="H0977". 
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\verseNumber{19}Next|strong="H4283", Hashabiah|strong="H2811" and|strong="H1121" 12 of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" relatives|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" selected|strong="H0977". 
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\verseNumber{20}Next|strong="H4283", Shubael|strong="H7619" and|strong="H1121" 12 of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" relatives|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" selected|strong="H0977". 
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\verseNumber{21}Next|strong="H4283", Mattithiah|strong="H4993" and|strong="H1121" 12 of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" relatives|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" selected|strong="H0977". 
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\verseNumber{22}Next|strong="H4283", Jerimoth|strong="H3406" and|strong="H1121" 12 of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" relatives|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" selected|strong="H0977". 
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\verseNumber{23}Next|strong="H4283", Hananiah|strong="H2608" and|strong="H1121" 12 of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" relatives|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" selected|strong="H0977". 
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\verseNumber{24}Next|strong="H4283", Joshbekashah|strong="H3436" and|strong="H1121" 12 of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" relatives|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" selected|strong="H0977". 
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\verseNumber{25}Next|strong="H4283", Hanani|strong="H2607" and|strong="H1121" 12 of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" relatives|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" selected|strong="H0977". 
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\verseNumber{26}Next|strong="H4283", Mallothi|strong="H4413" and|strong="H1121" 12 of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" relatives|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" selected|strong="H0977". 
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\verseNumber{27}Next|strong="H4283", Eliathah|strong="H0448" and|strong="H1121" 12 of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" relatives|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" selected|strong="H0977". 
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\verseNumber{28}Next|strong="H4283", Hothir|strong="H1956" and|strong="H1121" 12 of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" relatives|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" selected|strong="H0977". 
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\verseNumber{29}Next|strong="H4283", Giddalti|strong="H1437" and|strong="H1121" 12 of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" relatives|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" selected|strong="H0977". 
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\verseNumber{30}Next|strong="H4283", Mahazioth|strong="H4238" and|strong="H1121" 12 of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" relatives|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" selected|strong="H0977". 
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\verseNumber{31}Next|strong="H4283", Romamti-Ezer|strong="H7320" and|strong="H1121" 12 of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" relatives|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" selected|strong="H0977". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The guards of the temple gates }
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\chapterNumber{26}This|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1121" a|strong="H4480" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" groups|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" guarded|strong="H8104" the|strong="H4480" temple|strong="H1004" gates|strong="H8179": 
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From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Korah|strong="H7145", there|strong="H4480" was|strong="H1121" Meshelemiah|strong="H4920", the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kore|strong="H6981", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" one|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Asaph|strong="H0623". 
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\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H1121" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Meshelemiah|strong="H4920" was|strong="H1121" Zechariah|strong="H2148". His|strong="H2148" other|strong="H8145" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Jediael|strong="H3043", Zebadiah|strong="H2069", Jathniel|strong="H3496", 
\verseNumber{3}Elam|strong="H5867", Jehohanan|strong="H3076", and|strong="H5867" Eliehoenai|strong="H0454". 
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Another|strong="H8145"\+w* \+w guard|strong="H2876"\+w*} was|strong="H1121" Obed-Edom|strong="H5654". 
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His|strong="H8098" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Shemaiah|strong="H8098". His|strong="H8098" other|strong="H8145" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Jehozabad|strong="H3075", Joah|strong="H3098", Sacar|strong="H7940", Nethanel|strong="H5417", 
\verseNumber{5}Ammiel|strong="H5988", Issachar|strong="H3485", and|strong="H3485" Peullethai|strong="H6469". It|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" because|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H3588" blessed|strong="H1288" him|strong="H1288" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" many|strong="H7227" sons|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{6}Obed-Edom’s|strong="H5654" son|strong="H1121" Shemaiah|strong="H8098" also|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1121" leaders|strong="H7218" in|strong="H1004" their|strong="H1992" father’s|strong="H0001" family|strong="H1004" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1121" capable|strong="H2428" of|strong="H1121" doing|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H1992" well|strong="H3190". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H8098" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shemaiah|strong="H8098" were|strong="H1121" Othni|strong="H6273", Rephael|strong="H7501", Obed|strong="H5744", and|strong="H1121" Elzabad|strong="H0443". Shemaiah’s relatives|strong="H1121" Elihu|strong="H0453" and|strong="H1121" Semakiah were|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1121" capable|strong="H2428" men|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{8}All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1992" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Obed-Edom|strong="H5654" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" relatives|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" capable|strong="H2428" people|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" strong|strong="H2428" workers|strong="H5656". Altogether|strong="H3605" there|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1121" 62 of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H1992". 
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\verseNumber{9}Another|strong="H0312" guard|strong="H2876" was|strong="H1121" Meshelemiah|strong="H4920". He|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" relatives|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1121" capable|strong="H2428" people|strong="H1121". There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" 18 of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H1121" altogether|strong="H3162". 
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\verseNumber{10}Another|strong="H4480" guard|strong="H2876" was|strong="H1961" Hosah’s son|strong="H1121" Shimri|strong="H8113", a|strong="H1961" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Merari|strong="H4847". Hosah|strong="H2621" appointed|strong="H7760" Shimri|strong="H8113" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" leader|strong="H7218", even|strong="H3588" though|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" Hosah’s oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{11}Hosah’s other|strong="H8145" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Hilkiah|strong="H2518", Tabaliah, and|strong="H1121" Zechariah|strong="H2148". Altogether|strong="H3605" there|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" 13 sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" relatives|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hosah|strong="H2621". 
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\verseNumber{12}Those|strong="H1992" men|strong="H1397" were|strong="H7218" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" groups|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" men|strong="H1397" who|strong="H3068" guarded|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3068" gates|strong="H8179" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004". They|strong="H3068" worked|strong="H2388" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" like|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3068" relatives|strong="H0251" did|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{13}By|strong="H5307" casting|strong="H4165" lots|strong="H1486", the|strong="H1004" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1004" each|strong="H8179" family|strong="H1004" chose|strong="H0977" one|strong="H6996" gate|strong="H8179" for|strong="H1004" their|strong="H5307" group|strong="H7235" to|strong="H1004" guard|strong="H1004". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w All|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5307"\+w*, \+w including|strong="H5704"\+w*} young|strong="H6996" men|strong="H1419" and|strong="H1419" old|strong="H1419" men|strong="H1419" (OR|strong="H6996", including|strong="H5704" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" large|strong="H1419" families|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1419" small|strong="H6996" families|strong="H1004"), cast|strong="H5307" lots|strong="H1486". 
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\verseNumber{14}Shelemiah’s group|strong="H7235" was|strong="H1121" selected|strong="H0977" to|strong="H3318" guard|strong="H2876" the|strong="H3318" East|strong="H4217" Gate|strong="H8179". 
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The|strong="H3318" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" Shelemiah’s son|strong="H1121" Zechariah|strong="H2148", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3318" wise|strong="H7922" counselor|strong="H3289", was|strong="H1121" selected|strong="H0977" to|strong="H3318" guard|strong="H2876" the|strong="H3318" North|strong="H6828" Gate|strong="H8179". 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H1121" Obed-Edom’s|strong="H5654" group|strong="H7235" was|strong="H1004" selected|strong="H0977" to|strong="H1121" guard|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1121" South|strong="H5045" Gate|strong="H8179", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" selected|strong="H0977" to|strong="H1121" guard|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w entrances|strong="H6607"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*} storerooms. 
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\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H5927" Shuppim’s group|strong="H7235" and|strong="H5927" Hosah’s group|strong="H7235" were|strong="H8179" selected|strong="H0977" to|strong="H5927" guard|strong="H4929" the|strong="H5927" West|strong="H4628" Gate|strong="H8179" and|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" Shalleketh Gate|strong="H8179" on|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" upper|strong="H5944" road|strong="H1870" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}. 
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The|strong="H5927" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5927" guards|strong="H7323" was|strong="H8179" divided|strong="H0914" evenly|strong="H3474". 
\verseNumber{17}Each|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" there|strong="H3117" were|strong="H3881" six|strong="H8337" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3117" Levi|strong="H3881" who|strong="H3881" guarded|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3117" East|strong="H4217" Gate|strong="H8179", four|strong="H0702" who|strong="H3881" guarded|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3117" North|strong="H6828" Gate|strong="H8179", four|strong="H0702" who|strong="H3881" guarded|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3117" South|strong="H5045" Gate|strong="H8179", and|strong="H3117" two|strong="H8147" at|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" who|strong="H3881" guarded|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3117" entrances|strong="H6607" to|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" storerooms. 
\verseNumber{18}At|strong="H8147" the|strong="H8147" West|strong="H4628" gate|strong="H8179" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H8147" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H8147" who|strong="H0834" guarded|strong="H8104" the|strong="H8147" courtyard|strong="H2691" and|strong="H8147" four|strong="H0702" who|strong="H0834" guarded|strong="H8104" the|strong="H8147" road|strong="H1870" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H8147" courtyard|strong="H2691". 
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\verseNumber{19}Those|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" groups|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Korah|strong="H7145" and|strong="H1121" Merari|strong="H4847" who|strong="H1121" guarded|strong="H8104" the|strong="H1121" gates|strong="H8179" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Other|strong="H0312" work|strong="H4399" at|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" temple|strong="H1004" }
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\verseNumber{20}Other|strong="H0312" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" Levi|strong="H3881" were|strong="H3881" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" chests|strong="H5458" that|strong="H3881" contained|strong="H3557" the|strong="H5921" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3881" was|strong="H1004" dedicated|strong="H6944" to|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068", money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3881" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" brought|strong="H0935" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{21}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1121"\+w*} Ladan|strong="H3936", a|strong="H1121" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gershon|strong="H1649". He|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" ancestor of|strong="H1121" several|strong="H2669" family|strong="H4940" groups|strong="H7218". Jehiel|strong="H3171" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" leader|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1121" family|strong="H4940" groups|strong="H7218". 
\verseNumber{22}Others|strong="H0312" who|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" work|strong="H4399" were|strong="H1121" Zetham|strong="H2241" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" Joel|strong="H3100", who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehiel|strong="H3171". 
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\verseNumber{23}Others|strong="H0312" who|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" work|strong="H4399" were|strong="H2276" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1121" Amram|strong="H6019", Izhar|strong="H3324", Hebron|strong="H2275" and|strong="H3967" Uzziel|strong="H5816". 
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\verseNumber{24}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w From|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Amram|strong="H6019"\+w*}, Shubael|strong="H7619", a|strong="H5921" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Moses’s son|strong="H1121" Gershom|strong="H1647", was|strong="H4872" the|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H5057" who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H4872" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" money|strong="H3701" chests|strong="H5458". 
\verseNumber{25}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Others|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H3470" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Gershom’s|strong="H1647"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H0251"\+w*} Eliezer|strong="H0461". Those|strong="H1121" men|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Eliezer’s son|strong="H1121" Rehabiah|strong="H7345", Rehabiah’s son|strong="H1121" Jeshaiah|strong="H3470", Jeshaiah’s son|strong="H1121" Joram|strong="H3141", Joram’s son|strong="H1121" Zicri|strong="H2147", and|strong="H1121" Zicri’s son|strong="H1121" Shelomith|strong="H8013". 
\verseNumber{26}Shelomith|strong="H8013" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" relatives|strong="H0251" were|strong="H1732" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H6944" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H3605" dedicated|strong="H6942" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} by|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732", by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940" groups|strong="H7218", by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635" commanders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" 1,000 soldiers|strong="H6635" and|strong="H3967" commanders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" 100 soldiers|strong="H6635", and|strong="H3967" by|strong="H5921" other|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635" commanders|strong="H8269". 
\verseNumber{27}Some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" those|strong="H4480" army|strong="H4421" officers|strong="H7860" had|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H2388" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w Israel’s|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" battles|strong="H4421" they|strong="H3068" dedicated|strong="H6942" for|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" repair|strong="H2388" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{28}And|strong="H1121" Shelomith|strong="H8019" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" relatives|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" also|strong="H3027" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" had|strong="H7586" been|strong="H3605" dedicated|strong="H6942" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" prophet|strong="H5030" Samuel|strong="H8050", by|strong="H3027" King|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H1121" by|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w David’s|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w two|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w commanders|strong="H8269"\+w*} Ner|strong="H5369" and|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097". 
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\verseNumber{29}From|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Izhar|strong="H3324", Kenaniah|strong="H3663" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" given|strong="H5414" work|strong="H4399" outside|strong="H2435" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}. They|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3478" officials|strong="H7860" and|strong="H1121" judges|strong="H8199" in|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w various|strong="H2921"\+w* \+w places|strong="H1116"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{30}From|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hebron|strong="H2275", Hashabiah|strong="H2811" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" relatives|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" responsible|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" done|strong="H3478" for|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3967" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" west|strong="H4628" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w river|strong="H5104"\+w*}. There|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" 1,700 of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5921" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" able|strong="H2428" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" well|strong="H3190". 
\verseNumber{31}It|strong="H7218" was|strong="H1732" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H1875" records|strong="H1697" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H1875" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H8141" Hebron|strong="H2275" that|strong="H8141" Jeriah|strong="H3404" was|strong="H1732" their|strong="H1875" leader|strong="H7218". When|strong="H4672" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" for|strong="H2428" almost|strong="H4592" 40 years|strong="H8141", they|strong="H8141" searched|strong="H1875" in|strong="H8141" those|strong="H1992" records|strong="H1697", and|strong="H1732" they|strong="H8141" found|strong="H4672" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w names|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8141"\+w*} capable|strong="H2428" men|strong="H1368" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H7218" Hebron|strong="H2275" who|strong="H1368" were|strong="H1732" at|strong="H1732" Jazer|strong="H3270" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H1875" Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{32}Jeriah|strong="H3404" had|strong="H1732" 2,700 relatives|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" able|strong="H2428" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H1697" their|strong="H3605" work|strong="H1697" well|strong="H3190", and|strong="H3967" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" families|strong="H1121". King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" put|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" governing|strong="H7990" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7206", Gad|strong="H1425", and|strong="H3967" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w eastern|strong="H6931"\+w*} half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4520", to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1697" sure|strong="H0539" that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" did|strong="H1732" what|strong="H1697" God|strong="H0430" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" told|strong="H1697" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H1697". 

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\chapterNumber{27}This|strong="H1697" is|strong="H1697" a|strong="H3318" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Israeli men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" served|strong="H8334" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428". Some|strong="H1697" were|strong="H3478" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" families|strong="H1121", some|strong="H1697" were|strong="H3478" commanders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" 100 men|strong="H1121", some|strong="H1697" were|strong="H3478" commanders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" 1,000 men|strong="H1121", and|strong="H3967" some|strong="H1697" were|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3605" officers|strong="H7860". There|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" 24,000 men|strong="H1121" [DOU] in|strong="H8141" each|strong="H3605" group|strong="H7235". Each|strong="H3605" group|strong="H7235" served|strong="H8334" one|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320" of|strong="H1121" each|strong="H3605" year|strong="H8141". 
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\verseNumber{2}Jashobeam|strong="H3434", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zabdiel|strong="H2068", was|strong="H1121" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" group|strong="H7235" that|strong="H1121" served|strong="H5647" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" first|strong="H7223" month|strong="H2320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w each|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w year|strong="H1121"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1121" a|strong="H4480" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Perez|strong="H6557", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635" officers|strong="H8269" during|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" month|strong="H2320" of|strong="H1121" each|strong="H3605" year|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{4}Dodai|strong="H1737", from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H5921" Ahohi, was|strong="H8145" the|strong="H5921" commander|strong="H5057" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" group|strong="H7235" that|strong="H4256" served|strong="H5647" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" following|strong="H0310"/second|strong="H8145" month|strong="H2320" of|strong="H5921" each|strong="H0376" year|strong="H8141". Mikloth|strong="H4732" was|strong="H8145" his|strong="H5921" ◄assistant|strong="H8334"/chief|strong="H5057" officer|strong="H5057"►. 
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\verseNumber{5}Benaiah|strong="H1141", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" the|strong="H5921" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548", was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" group|strong="H7235" that|strong="H3548" served|strong="H5647" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" following|strong="H0310"/third|strong="H7992" month|strong="H2320". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" a|strong="H5921" mighty|strong="H1368" warrior|strong="H1368" among|strong="H5921" David’s|strong="H1732" thirty|strong="H7970" greatest|strong="H1419" soldiers|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" their|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H5387". His|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" Ammizabad|strong="H5990" was|strong="H1931" his|strong="H5921" assistant|strong="H8334". 
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\verseNumber{7}Asahel|strong="H6214", Joab’s|strong="H3097" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251", was|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w commander|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w group|strong="H7235"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w served|strong="H5647"\+w*} during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" following|strong="H0310"/fourth|strong="H7243" month|strong="H2320". Asahel’s|strong="H6214" son|strong="H1121" Zebadiah|strong="H2069" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H5921" commander|strong="H8269" after|strong="H5921" Asahel|strong="H6214" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H5921" commander|strong="H8269" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" following|strong="H0310"/fifth|strong="H2549" month|strong="H2320" was|strong="H4256" Shamhuth|strong="H8049", a|strong="H5921" descendant|strong="H2233" of|strong="H8269" Izrah. 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H5921" commander|strong="H8269" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" following|strong="H0310"/sixth|strong="H8345" month|strong="H2320" was|strong="H1121" Ira|strong="H5896" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ikkesh|strong="H6142" from|strong="H5921" Tekoa|strong="H8621" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H5921" commander|strong="H8269" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" following|strong="H0310"/seventh|strong="H7637" month|strong="H2320" was|strong="H1121" Helez|strong="H2503", a|strong="H4480" member|strong="H1995" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Pelon \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w*} from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669". 
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\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H5921" commander|strong="H8269" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" following|strong="H0310"/eighth|strong="H8066" month|strong="H2320" was|strong="H4256" Sibbecai|strong="H5444", a|strong="H5921" descendant|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5921" Zerah|strong="H2226" from|strong="H5921" Hushah|strong="H2364" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H5921" commander|strong="H8269" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" following|strong="H0310"/ninth|strong="H8671" month|strong="H2320" was|strong="H4256" Abiezer|strong="H0044" from|strong="H5921" Anathoth|strong="H6069" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H5921" Benjamin|strong="H1145". 
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\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H5921" commander|strong="H8269" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" following|strong="H0310"/tenth|strong="H6224" month|strong="H2320" was|strong="H4256" Maharai|strong="H4121", a|strong="H5921" descendant|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5921" Zerah|strong="H2226" from|strong="H5921" Netophath \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H5921" commander|strong="H8269" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" following|strong="H0310"/eleventh|strong="H6249" month|strong="H2320" was|strong="H1121" Benaiah|strong="H1141" from|strong="H4480" Pirathon|strong="H6552" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669". 
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\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H5921" commander|strong="H8269" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" last|strong="H0314" month|strong="H2320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w each|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w*} was|strong="H4256" Heldai|strong="H2469", a|strong="H5921" descendant|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5921" Othniel|strong="H6274" from|strong="H5921" Netophath \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 

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\verseNumber{16}This|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" administrators|strong="H6486" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w twelve|strong="H8147"\+w*} tribes|strong="H7626" [DOU] of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478": 
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Eliezer|strong="H0461", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zicri|strong="H2147", was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" administrator|strong="H5532" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7206". 
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Shephatiah|strong="H8203", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Maacah|strong="H4601", was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" administrator|strong="H5532" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Simeon|strong="H8099". 
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\verseNumber{17}Hashabiah|strong="H2811", the|strong="H6659" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kemuel|strong="H7055", was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6659" administrator|strong="H5532" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6659" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881". 
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Zadok|strong="H6659" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6659" administrator|strong="H5532" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6659" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175". 
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\verseNumber{18}Elihu|strong="H0453", David’s|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251", was|strong="H1732" the|strong="H1732" administrator|strong="H5532" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1732" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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Omri|strong="H6018", the|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Michael|strong="H4317", was|strong="H1732" the|strong="H1732" administrator|strong="H5532" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1732" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Issachar|strong="H3485". 
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\verseNumber{19}Ishmaiah|strong="H3460", the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Obadiah|strong="H5662", was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" administrator|strong="H5532" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Zebulun|strong="H2074". 
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Jerimoth|strong="H3406", the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Azriel|strong="H5837", was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" administrator|strong="H5532" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Naphtali|strong="H5321". 
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\verseNumber{20}Hoshea|strong="H1954", the|strong="H2677" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Azaziah|strong="H5812", was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2677" administrator|strong="H5532" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2677" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669". 
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Joel|strong="H3100", the|strong="H2677" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Pedaiah|strong="H6305", was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2677" administrator|strong="H5532" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2677" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2677" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w western|strong="H3220"\+w*} half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2677" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519". 
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\verseNumber{21}Iddo|strong="H3035", the|strong="H2677" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zechariah|strong="H2148", was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2677" administrator|strong="H5532" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2677" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w eastern|strong="H6931"\+w*} half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2677" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519", in|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H2677"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. 
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Jaasiel|strong="H3300", the|strong="H2677" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abner|strong="H0074", was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2677" administrator|strong="H5532" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2677" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144". 
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\verseNumber{22}Azarel|strong="H5832", the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jeroham|strong="H3395", was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H1121" administrator|strong="H5532" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835". 
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Those|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" the|strong="H1121" leaders|strong="H8269" over|strong="H8269" the|strong="H1121" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{23}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3588"\+w*} David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w Joab|strong="H3097"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w count|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w*} did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w him|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} count|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" less|strong="H3588" then|strong="H5375" 20 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H7235"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H3808"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" as|strong="H3068" many|strong="H7235" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H1121"\+w*} in|strong="H8141" Israel|strong="H3478" as|strong="H3068" there|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1121" stars|strong="H3556" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3588" sky|strong="H8064". 
\verseNumber{24}Joab|strong="H3097" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w helpers|strong="H5826"\+w*} started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" count|strong="H4487" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3117" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" finish|strong="H3615" counting|strong="H4557" them|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Joab|strong="H3097"\+w* \+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w angry|strong="H7110"\+w* \+w about|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w counted|strong="H4487"\+w*}. Yahweh|strong="H3068" punished|strong="H6485" [MTY] the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" this|strong="H2063" counting|strong="H4557", and|strong="H1121" as|strong="H1697" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H6903" the|strong="H5921" total|strong="H3605" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" Israeli men|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w serve|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w*} was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" written|strong="H3789" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612" about|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" David’s|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w rule|strong="H4428"\+w*}. 

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\verseNumber{25}Azmaveth|strong="H5820", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Adiel|strong="H5717", was|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" storehouses|strong="H0214". 
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Jonathan|strong="H3083", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Uzziah|strong="H5818", was|strong="H5892" is|strong="H5892" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" storehouses|strong="H0214" in|strong="H5921" various|strong="H2921" towns|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" villages|strong="H3723" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H1121" also|strong="H4428" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" watchtowers. 
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\verseNumber{26}Ezri|strong="H5836" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kelub|strong="H3620" was|strong="H1121" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" workers|strong="H4399" who|strong="H1121" farmed the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H7704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w belonged|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w king|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{27}Shimei|strong="H8096" from|strong="H5921" Ramath|strong="H7437" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} was|strong="H2067" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" vineyards|strong="H3754". 
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Zabdi|strong="H2067" from|strong="H5921" Shepham|strong="H8221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} was|strong="H2067" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" storing the|strong="H5921" wine|strong="H3196" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w grapes|strong="H6025"\+w* \+w produced|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w*} vineyards|strong="H3754". 
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\verseNumber{28}Baal-Hanan|strong="H1177" from|strong="H5921" Geder|strong="H1445" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} was|strong="H8081" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" storing the|strong="H5921" olive|strong="H2132" oil|strong="H8081". 
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\verseNumber{29}Shitrai|strong="H7861" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Sharon|strong="H8289" Plain|strong="H4334" was|strong="H1121" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" herds|strong="H1241" of|strong="H1121" cattle|strong="H1241" that|strong="H1121" ◄grazed|strong="H7462"/ate|strong="H0398" grass|strong="H2682"► there|strong="H8033". 
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Shaphat|strong="H8202" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Adlai|strong="H5724" was|strong="H1121" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" cattle|strong="H1241" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" valleys|strong="H6010". 
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\verseNumber{30}Obil|strong="H0179", a|strong="H5921" descendant|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5921" Ishmael|strong="H3458", was|strong="H3459" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" camels|strong="H1581". 
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Jehdeiah|strong="H3165" from|strong="H5921" Meronoth \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} was|strong="H3459" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" donkeys|strong="H2543". 
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\verseNumber{31}Jaziz|strong="H3151", a|strong="H5921" descendant|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4428" Hagar|strong="H1904", was|strong="H1732" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w king’s|strong="H4428"\+w*} flocks|strong="H6629" of|strong="H4428" sheep|strong="H6629". 
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All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" those|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H8269" were|strong="H1732" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732". 
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\verseNumber{32}David’s|strong="H1732" uncle|strong="H1730" Jonathan|strong="H3083" was|strong="H1732" a|strong="H1732" wise|strong="H2450" counselor|strong="H3289" for|strong="H1121" him|strong="H5973". 
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Jehiel|strong="H3171", the|strong="H5973" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hacmoni, taught|strong="H3925" the|strong="H5973" king’s|strong="H4428" sons|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{33}Ahithophel|strong="H0302" was|strong="H4428" the|strong="H2365" king’s|strong="H4428" official|strong="H8269" counselor|strong="H3289". 
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\verseNumber{34}Hushai|strong="H2365" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1141" Ark|strong="H0727" people-group was|strong="H4428" the|strong="H1141" king’s|strong="H4428" special|strong="H6381" friend|strong="H7453". 
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Benaiah’s son|strong="H1121" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H1141" king’s|strong="H4428" advisor after|strong="H0310" Ahithophel|strong="H0302" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H1121" later|strong="H0310" Abiathar|strong="H0054" became|strong="H3205" his|strong="H4428" advisor. 
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Joab|strong="H3097" was|strong="H4428" the|strong="H1141" chief|strong="H8269" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1141" army|strong="H6635". 

\BibleSectionHeading{David’s instructions to Solomon for building the temple }
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\chapterNumber{28}David|strong="H1732" summoned|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" come|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". He|strong="H3605" summoned|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626", the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H8269"/commanders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" groups|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3605" worked|strong="H2388" for|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", the|strong="H3605" commanders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" 100 soldiers|strong="H2428", the|strong="H3605" commanders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" 1,000 soldiers|strong="H2428", those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" charge|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" property|strong="H7399" and|strong="H3967" livestock|strong="H4735" that|strong="H3605" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004" officials|strong="H8269", and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" mighty|strong="H1368" soldiers|strong="H2428" and|strong="H3967" bravest|strong="H0533" warriors|strong="H1368". 
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\verseNumber{2}David|strong="H1732" stood|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H8085", “My|strong="H8085" fellow|strong="H7453" Israelis, listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5921". I|strong="H5921" wanted|strong="H3824" [IDM] to|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" temple|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1129" place|strong="H4496" where|strong="H1004" we|strong="H8085" would|strong="H3068" put|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh|strong="H3068", where|strong="H1004" it|strong="H5921" would|strong="H3068" stay|strong="H3427" permanently|strong="H5769". And|strong="H6965" I|strong="H5921" made|strong="H3559" plans|strong="H4284" to|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" it|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1004" me|strong="H3808", ‘You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1004" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H4421" will|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w arrange|strong="H6186"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1004"\+w*} build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H3588" temple|strong="H1004" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H3808" [MTY], because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1004" a|strong="H3588" warrior|strong="H4421" and|strong="H1004" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1129" killed|strong="H2026" many|strong="H3808" people|strong="H3808" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w battles|strong="H4421"\+w*}.’ 
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\verseNumber{4}“But|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" whom|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" Israelis belong|strong="H1961", had|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" me|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" forever|strong="H5769". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w First|strong="H1121"\+w*} he|strong="H3588" chose|strong="H0977" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" [MTY] of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" he|strong="H3588" chose|strong="H0977" my|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" father’s|strong="H0001" sons|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3588" chose|strong="H0977" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" many|strong="H7227" sons|strong="H1121", but|strong="H3588" from|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414" he|strong="H3588" chose|strong="H0977" my|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" next|strong="H5921" king|strong="H3678" to|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4438" [MTY] the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4438" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961", ‘Solomon|strong="H8010" your|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w arrange|strong="H6186"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w*} build|strong="H1129" my|strong="H1961" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" courtyards|strong="H2691" around|strong="H5439" it|strong="H1931", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" chosen|strong="H0977" him|strong="H1931" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} my|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] his|strong="H1961" father|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{7}I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" enable|strong="H7980" his|strong="H3559" kingdom|strong="H4438" to|strong="H5704" endure|strong="H5769" forever|strong="H5769" if|strong="H0518" he|strong="H3117" continues|strong="H4058" to|strong="H5704" obey|strong="H6213" my|strong="H6213" laws|strong="H8451" and|strong="H3117" commands|strong="H4687", like|strong="H5704" you|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" doing|strong="H6213" now|strong="H3117".’ 
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\verseNumber{8}“So|strong="H4616" now|strong="H6258", while|strong="H5704" all|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* } Israel|strong="H3478", all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068", are|strong="H1121" watching|strong="H8104", and|strong="H1121" while|strong="H5704" God|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" listening|strong="H8085", I|strong="H5704" command|strong="H4687" you|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" carefully|strong="H8104" obey|strong="H8104" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" commands|strong="H4687" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" may|strong="H3068" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" possess|strong="H3423" this|strong="H6258" good|strong="H2896" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H1121" enable|strong="H7980" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5704" inherit|strong="H5157" it|strong="H3423" forever|strong="H5769". 
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\verseNumber{9}“And|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588", my|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010", must|strong="H1121" know|strong="H3045" God|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3820" I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" him|strong="H4672", and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H4672" faithfully|strong="H0571" and|strong="H1121" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" want|strong="H5315" to|strong="H3068". You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" do|strong="H5647" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" knows|strong="H3045" what|strong="H3045" everyone|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" thinking|strong="H0559" and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3588" understands|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3605" reasons|strong="H8394" that|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1121" do|strong="H5647" what|strong="H3045" they|strong="H3588" do|strong="H5647". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" seek|strong="H1875" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w*} him|strong="H4672", he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" heed|strong="H3820" your|strong="H3068" prayers|strong="H8605". But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" abandon|strong="H5800"/reject|strong="H2186" him|strong="H4672", he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" abandon|strong="H5800"/reject|strong="H2186" you|strong="H3588" forever|strong="H5703". 
\verseNumber{10}Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w arrange|strong="H6186"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H6213" temple|strong="H1004" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H6213". So|strong="H6213" think|strong="H7200" about|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" strong|strong="H2388" and|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w wanting|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H5414" David|strong="H1732" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w scroll|strong="H5612"\+w* \+w on|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w which|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w written|strong="H3789"\+w*} the|strong="H5414" plans|strong="H4284" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" main|strong="H1419" rooms|strong="H2315" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004", its|strong="H5414" porch|strong="H0197", its|strong="H5414" storerooms, all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" other|strong="H0312" upper|strong="H5944" and|strong="H1121" lower|strong="H8481" rooms|strong="H2315", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" Very|strong="H3966" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H5414" where|strong="H1004" God|strong="H5414" would|strong="H8010" forgive|strong="H5545" the|strong="H5414" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H5414" people|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1732" committed|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{12}David|strong="H5973" wrote|strong="H3789" for|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" plans|strong="H4284" that|strong="H3605" God’s|strong="H0430" Spirit|strong="H7307" had|strong="H3068" put|strong="H3068" into|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3605" mind|strong="H7307" for|strong="H3068" building|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" courtyards|strong="H2691" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" rooms|strong="H3957" that|strong="H3605" surrounded|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004", including|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" room|strong="H1004" where|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3068" other|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H6944" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" dedicated|strong="H6944" to|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" kept|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" Solomon|strong="H8010" instructions|strong="H1697" for|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" groups|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3068" other|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" Levi|strong="H3881", about|strong="H3548" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3068" must|strong="H4191" do|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H5656" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" about|strong="H3548" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" would|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" used|strong="H4399" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H3605" wrote|strong="H3789" down|strong="H3381" how|strong="H4100" much|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3701" how|strong="H4100" much|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H5656" used|strong="H3627" to|strong="H3701" make|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" items|strong="H3627" in|strong="H3701" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004": 
\verseNumber{15}how|strong="H4100" much|strong="H7227" gold|strong="H2091" for|strong="H3701" making|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5656" gold|strong="H2091" lampstands|strong="H4501" and|strong="H3701" the|strong="H5656" lamps|strong="H5216", how|strong="H4100" much|strong="H7227" silver|strong="H3701" to|strong="H3701" make|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5656" silver|strong="H3701" lamps|strong="H5216" and|strong="H3701" lampstands|strong="H4501", 
\verseNumber{16}how|strong="H4100" much|strong="H7227" gold|strong="H2091" for|strong="H3701" making|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" table|strong="H7979" on|strong="H2091" which|strong="H2091" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w would|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w put|strong="H5414"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" bread|strong="H3899", how|strong="H4100" much|strong="H7227" silver|strong="H3701" to|strong="H3701" use|strong="H4399" to|strong="H3701" make|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" tables|strong="H7979", 
\verseNumber{17}how|strong="H4100" much|strong="H7227" pure|strong="H2889" gold|strong="H2091" for|strong="H3701" the|strong="H3605" meat|strong="H1320" forks|strong="H4207" and|strong="H3701" the|strong="H3605" bowls|strong="H4219" and|strong="H3701" the|strong="H3605" cups|strong="H7184", how|strong="H4100" much|strong="H7227" gold|strong="H2091" for|strong="H3701" each|strong="H3713" gold|strong="H2091" dish|strong="H7086", how|strong="H4100" much|strong="H7227" silver|strong="H3701" for|strong="H3701" each|strong="H3713" silver|strong="H3701" dish|strong="H7086", 
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\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H3068" David|strong="H3027" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w these|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w plans|strong="H4284"\+w*} while|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" directing [MTY] me|strong="H5921". He|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" understand|strong="H7919" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" details|strong="H4399" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" plan|strong="H8403" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w built|strong="H1129"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{20}David|strong="H1732" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010", “Be|strong="H3808" strong|strong="H2388" and|strong="H1121" courageous|strong="H2388", and|strong="H1121" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" work|strong="H4399". Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" afraid|strong="H3372" or|strong="H3808" discouraged|strong="H7503", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" with|strong="H5973"/helping|strong="H5826" you|strong="H3588". He|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" fail|strong="H3615" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w help|strong="H2388"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" or|strong="H3808" abandon|strong="H5800" you|strong="H3588" until|strong="H5704" you|strong="H3588" finish|strong="H3615" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" of|strong="H1121" making|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Gifts for building the temple }
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\chapterNumber{29}Then|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" gathered|strong="H1732" there|strong="H3605", “My|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010", the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" whom|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w next|strong="H4283"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}, is|strong="H3068" young|strong="H5288" and|strong="H1121" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" much|strong="H1419" experience|strong="H7200". This|strong="H3588" work|strong="H4399" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w building|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1002"\+w*} is|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419"/important|strong="H1419", because|strong="H3588" this|strong="H3588" glorious|strong="H8597" building|strong="H1129" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w*} people|strong="H1121", but|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H3519" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3478" leaders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3478" families|strong="H4940"/clans|strong="H4940", the|strong="H3478" leaders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3478" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", the|strong="H3478" commanders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" 1,000 soldiers|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3478" commanders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" 100 soldiers|strong="H3967", and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3478" officials|strong="H8269" who|strong="H3478" supervised|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3478" work|strong="H4399" that|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3478" king|strong="H4428" wanted|strong="H2654" done|strong="H3478", gave|strong="H5414" gifts|strong="H4979" ◄willingly|strong="H5068"/because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3478" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H3478" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H3478"►. 
\verseNumber{7}For|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" work|strong="H5656" at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004" they|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" 190 tons and|strong="H3967" ◄185 pounds|strong="H1993"/84 kg.► of|strong="H1004" gold|strong="H2091", 375 tons of|strong="H1004" silver|strong="H3701", 675 tons of|strong="H1004" bronze|strong="H5178", and|strong="H3967" 3,750 tons of|strong="H1004" iron|strong="H1270". 
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“We|strong="H5704" praise|strong="H1288" you|strong="H3605", Yahweh|strong="H3068", 
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the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H5869" our|strong="H3068" ancestor Jacob|strong="H3290" worshiped|strong="H7812". 
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We|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H1288" you|strong="H3605" forever|strong="H5769"! 
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\verseNumber{11}You|strong="H3588" alone|strong="H0905" are|strong="H8064" great|strong="H1420" and|strong="H3068" powerful|strong="H2392"; 
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only|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H8064" truly|strong="H3588" glorious|strong="H8597" and|strong="H3068" majestic|strong="H1935" and|strong="H3068" wonderful|strong="H6381". 
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You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H8064" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3068" this|strong="H3588" world|strong="H8398"; 
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you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H8064" the|strong="H3605" ruler|strong="H4910" of|strong="H3068" everything|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{12}Because|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H3027" very|strong="H3966" powerful|strong="H3581" [DOU], 
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\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H6258" now|strong="H6258", our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", we|strong="H6258" thank|strong="H3034" you|strong="H3034", 
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\verseNumber{17}My|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430", I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" test|strong="H5254" us|strong="H3045" people|strong="H5971", 
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And|strong="H5971" now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" seen|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" also|strong="H5971" joyfully|strong="H8057" and|strong="H5971" generously|strong="H5670" given|strong="H5068" things|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3824" you|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{18}Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H8104" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H5971" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" Abraham|strong="H0085", Isaac|strong="H3327", and|strong="H3478" Jacob|strong="H3290" worshiped|strong="H7812", 
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I|strong="H3559" desire|strong="H3824"/hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H5971" your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" desire|strong="H3824" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w this|strong="H2063"\+w*} forever|strong="H5769", 
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and|strong="H3478" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" always|strong="H5769" be|strong="H3068" loyal|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H8104". 
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\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H1121" now|strong="H5414", please|strong="H4994" enable|strong="H7980" my|strong="H8104" son|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" to|strong="H6213" faithfully|strong="H0571" and|strong="H1121" sincerely|strong="H8549" [DOU] obey|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3605" commands|strong="H4687" and|strong="H1121" laws|strong="H5715" and|strong="H1121" decrees|strong="H2711" [DOU] 
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and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" needed|strong="H1767" to|strong="H6213" build|strong="H1129" this|strong="H6213" beautiful|strong="H3303" building|strong="H1129" 
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for|strong="H6213" which|strong="H1002" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1121" provided|strong="H3559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w these|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1732" gathered|strong="H1732" there|strong="H3605", “Praise|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068"!” So|strong="H4994" they|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" praised|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" their|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*/\+w belonged|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*}►. They|strong="H3068" prostrated|strong="H7812" themselves|strong="H7812" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Solomon|strong="H8010" was|strong="H3068" crowned|strong="H5849" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" }
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\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H3605" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1931" offered|strong="H5927" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068". They|strong="H3117" presented|strong="H7126" many|strong="H7230" animals|strong="H0929" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}: 1,000 bulls|strong="H6499", 1,000 rams|strong="H0352", 1,000 male|strong="H3532" sheep|strong="H3532", plus|strong="H7970" offerings|strong="H5930" of|strong="H3068" wine|strong="H3196", and|strong="H3478" many|strong="H7230" other|strong="H3605" sacrifices|strong="H2077" on|strong="H3117" behalf|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{22}On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" joyful|strong="H7440" and|strong="H1121" ate|strong="H0398" and|strong="H1121" drank|strong="H8354" while|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" watching|strong="H8245". 
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Then|strong="H1732" for|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" second|strong="H8145" time|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" declared|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3117" Solomon|strong="H8010" was|strong="H3068" now|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4427". While|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" watching|strong="H8245", they|strong="H3117" anointed|strong="H4886" him|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w* \+w oil|strong="H4886"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3117" anointed|strong="H4886" Zadok|strong="H6659" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H8085" Solomon|strong="H8010" sat|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" throne|strong="H3678" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3478" succeed|strong="H6743" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w During|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w following|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w*} Solomon|strong="H8010" prospered|strong="H6743", and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3427" obeyed|strong="H8085" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{24}King|strong="H4428" David’s|strong="H1732" other|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" officers|strong="H8269" and|strong="H1121" mighty|strong="H1368" warriors|strong="H1368" accepted|strong="H7521" Solomon|strong="H8010" as|strong="H1571" their|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3605" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" obey|strong="H8085" him|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{25}Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" Solomon|strong="H8010" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" highly|strong="H1431" respected|strong="H5869" by|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3808", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3068" honored|strong="H3513" him|strong="H5414" very|strong="H4605" much|strong="H5921". No|strong="H3808" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3068" honored|strong="H3513" as|strong="H1961" much|strong="H5921" as|strong="H1961" Solomon|strong="H8010" was|strong="H3068". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" death|strong="H4194" of|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" }
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\verseNumber{26}Jesse’s|strong="H3448" son|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4427" who|strong="H3605" ruled|strong="H4427" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{27}He|strong="H3117" ruled|strong="H4427" for|strong="H5921" 40 years|strong="H8141": Seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H5921" Hebron|strong="H2275" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H3478" 33 years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{28}He|strong="H3117" became|strong="H4427" an|strong="H4191" old|strong="H1121" man|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3117" very|strong="H2896" rich|strong="H6239" and|strong="H1121" greatly|strong="H3966" honored|strong="H3519" by|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H1121". Then|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8010" son|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H3117" king|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{29}A|strong="H7200" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H7200" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" did|strong="H1732" while|strong="H2009" he|strong="H1732" ruled|strong="H4428", from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" beginning|strong="H7223" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" end|strong="H7093", was|strong="H1732" put|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" scrolls written|strong="H3789" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" prophets|strong="H5030" Samuel|strong="H8050", Nathan|strong="H5416", and|strong="H4428" Gad|strong="H1410". 
\verseNumber{30}They|strong="H5921" told|strong="H5046" about|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" powerful|strong="H2392" rule|strong="H4438" [HEN|strong="H2581"], and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" nearby|strong="H7138" kingdoms|strong="H4467" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w ruling|strong="H4910"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. 
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\BibleBook{2 Chronicles}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of the reign of King Solomon and of the other kings of Judah until the Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{2 Chronicles }

\BibleSectionHeading{Solomon prayed for wisdom }
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\chapterNumber{1}David’s|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H5921"\+w*} Solomon|strong="H8010" was|strong="H3068" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3068" gain|strong="H2388" complete|strong="H3617" control|strong="H2388" over|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3068" kingdom|strong="H4438", because|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H2388" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" enabled|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1431" very|strong="H4605" powerful|strong="H2388". 
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\verseNumber{2-5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3588"\+w*} David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w arranged|strong="H6186"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w new|strong="H2319"\+w*} Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w*} made|strong="H6213" in|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". Then|strong="H0227" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israeli \+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w*} had|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H0935" God’s|strong="H0430" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" from|strong="H4480" Kiriath-Jearim|strong="H7157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" new|strong="H2319" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" in|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" prepared|strong="H3559" for|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5414". But|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Solomon|strong="H8010"\+w* \+w became|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*,} the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" was|strong="H3068" still|strong="H5750" at|strong="H3427" Gibeon|strong="H1391" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. That|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" tent|strong="H0168" that|strong="H0834" Moses|strong="H4872", the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" served|strong="H5647" God|strong="H0430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w well|strong="H3190"\+w*}, had|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w arranged|strong="H6186"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w*} made|strong="H6213" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H6160". And|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" bronze|strong="H5178" altar|strong="H4196" that|strong="H0834" Bezalel|strong="H1212", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Uri|strong="H0221" and|strong="H3967" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hur|strong="H2354", had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" was|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" still|strong="H5750" in|strong="H0935" Gibeon|strong="H1391", in|strong="H0935" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H0259"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} Solomon|strong="H8010" summoned|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" commanders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" 1,000 soldiers|strong="H5650" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" commanders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" 100 soldiers|strong="H5650" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" judges|strong="H8199" and|strong="H3967" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" leaders|strong="H7218" in|strong="H0935" Israel|strong="H3478". He|strong="H0834" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" Gibeon|strong="H1391". So|strong="H3651" they|strong="H1992" all|strong="H3605" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" a|strong="H1961" hill|strong="H2022" in|strong="H0935" Gibeon|strong="H1391" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w*}, and|strong="H3967" Solomon|strong="H8010" and|strong="H3967" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" others|strong="H0312" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5414" worshiped|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H5927" Solomon|strong="H8010" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" bronze|strong="H5178" altar|strong="H4196" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H8033" offered|strong="H5927" 1,000 animals|strong="H0929" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{7}That|strong="H7200" night|strong="H3915" God|strong="H5414" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H5414" Solomon|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w dream|strong="H2472"\+w*} and|strong="H3915" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414", “Request|strong="H7592" whatever|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{8}Solomon|strong="H8010" replied|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H6213" were|strong="H1732" very|strong="H1419" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H6213" David|strong="H1732" my|strong="H1732" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H1419" now|strong="H1419" you|strong="H6213" have|strong="H5973" appointed|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1732" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4427" to|strong="H6213" succeed|strong="H6743" him|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H6258" Yahweh|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1697" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4427" to|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H4427" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" as|strong="H1697" many|strong="H7227" as|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" particles of|strong="H3068" dirt|strong="H6083" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H6083". So|strong="H6258" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" promised|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{10}Please|strong="H4994" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H5414" wise|strong="H2451" and|strong="H1419" to|strong="H3318" know|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3318"\+w*}, in|strong="H6440" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" may|strong="H5971" rule|strong="H8199" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w well|strong="H3190"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" there|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" no|strong="H5414" one|strong="H2088" who|strong="H4310" can|strong="H4310" rule|strong="H8199" all|strong="H5414" this|strong="H2088" great|strong="H1419" nation|strong="H5971" of|strong="H6440" yours|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w without|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w your|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5971"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{11}God|strong="H3808" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w pleased|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1571"\+w*} you|strong="H5921" desire|strong="H5315"; you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" requested|strong="H7592" a|strong="H1961" huge|strong="H7227" amount|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3117" money|strong="H3701" or|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" honored|strong="H3519" or|strong="H3808" that|strong="H5971" your|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H8130" be|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2026". And|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" requested|strong="H7592" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H5921" live|strong="H3117" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" long|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117". Instead|strong="H3808", you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1961" requested|strong="H7592" that|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w*} you|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w*} be|strong="H1961" wise|strong="H2451" and|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w*} know|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H5921" may|strong="H1961" govern|strong="H4475" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w well|strong="H1571"\+w*} my|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H5971" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" appointed|strong="H4427" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" rule|strong="H4427". 
\verseNumber{12}Therefore|strong="H3651" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" wise|strong="H2451" and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H1961" know|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w should|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w rule|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w my|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w well|strong="H3651"\+w*}. But|strong="H3808" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" also|strong="H4428" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" huge|strong="H1995" amount|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" money|strong="H3701" and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" honored|strong="H3519", more|strong="H3651" than|strong="H3808" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H4428" was|strong="H1961" previously|strong="H6440" a|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" ever|strong="H3808" was|strong="H1961" honored|strong="H3519", more|strong="H3651" than|strong="H3808" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H4428" later|strong="H1961" becomes|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" honored|strong="H3519".” 
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\verseNumber{14}Solomon|strong="H8010" acquired|strong="H6213" 1,400 chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H3967" 12,000 men|strong="H8147" who|strong="H4428" rode|strong="H7392" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w horses|strong="H6571"\+w*}. He|strong="H8147" put|strong="H3240" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H1961" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H3967" horses|strong="H6571" in|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H3967" put|strong="H3240" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H8147" in|strong="H4428" various|strong="H2921" other|strong="H8147" cities|strong="H5892". 
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\chapterNumber{2}Solomon|strong="H8010" ordered|strong="H6680" that|strong="H2022" a|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" should|strong="H5608" be|strong="H2022" built|strong="H1129" where|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" would|strong="H8010" be|strong="H2022" worshiped|strong="H7812" and|strong="H3967" also|strong="H8010" that|strong="H2022" a|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1004" should|strong="H5608" be|strong="H2022" built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H5921" himself|strong="H5315". 
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\verseNumber{3}Solomon|strong="H8010" sent|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2063" message|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" King|strong="H5921" Hiram|strong="H2438" of|strong="H1004" Tyre|strong="H6865" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}: 
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\verseNumber{4}“We|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1004" about|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1004" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H3588" temple|strong="H1004" where|strong="H1004" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1004" worship|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430". We|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H1004" dedicate|strong="H6942" it|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1004" be|strong="H1004" a|strong="H3588" place|strong="H1004" where|strong="H1004" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1004" burn|strong="H8313" fragrant|strong="H5561" incense|strong="H7004" to|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w*} him|strong="H3605", and|strong="H1419" a|strong="H3588" place|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1004" put|strong="H5414" loaves|strong="H3899" of|strong="H1004" sacred|strong="H6944" bread|strong="H3899", and|strong="H1419" for|strong="H3588" making|strong="H3605" sacrifices|strong="H2077" every|strong="H3605" morning|strong="H1242" and|strong="H1419" every|strong="H3605" evening|strong="H6153" and|strong="H1419" every|strong="H3605" Sabbath|strong="H7676" day|strong="H3117", and|strong="H1419" to|strong="H1004" celebrate|strong="H6213" on|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1004" every|strong="H3605" new|strong="H2319" moon|strong="H3394" and|strong="H1419" at|strong="H1004" other|strong="H3605" special|strong="H6381" religious festivals|strong="H4150" to|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430". We|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H1004" do|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1419" forever|strong="H3605", like|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3588" commanded|strong="H6680". 
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\verseNumber{7}Therefore|strong="H3588", please|strong="H4994" send|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" a|strong="H3772" man|strong="H3045" who|strong="H5650" knows|strong="H3045" well|strong="H3045" how|strong="H3588" to|strong="H7971" make|strong="H3772" things|strong="H5973" from|strong="H3772" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H7971" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H7971" bronze|strong="H5178" and|strong="H7971" iron|strong="H1270", and|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" make|strong="H3772" things|strong="H5973" from|strong="H3772" purple|strong="H0713" and|strong="H7971" red|strong="H5488" and|strong="H7971" blue|strong="H8504" cloth|strong="H0899". He|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" well|strong="H3045" how|strong="H3588" to|strong="H7971" engrave|strong="H6605" designs|strong="H4284". I|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3772" him|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" work|strong="H4399" in|strong="H5650" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H7971" in|strong="H5650" other|strong="H0312" places|strong="H1116" in|strong="H5650" Judah|strong="H3063" with|strong="H5973" my|strong="H3045" skilled|strong="H2450" craftsmen|strong="H2796", the|strong="H3588" ones|strong="H2945" whom|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3045" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H5973" appointed|strong="H3045". 
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\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3588" workers|strong="H1129" are|strong="H1004" skilled|strong="H2450" in|strong="H1004" cutting|strong="H2799" timber|strong="H6086", so|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3588" please|strong="H4994" send|strong="H7971" me|strong="H3588" cedar|strong="H0730" logs|strong="H6086", pine|strong="H1992" logs|strong="H6086", and|strong="H1419" juniper|strong="H7574" logs|strong="H6086" from|strong="H6086" the|strong="H3588" Lebanon|strong="H3844" mountains|strong="H2022". My|strong="H3588" workers|strong="H1129" will|strong="H1004" work|strong="H6381" with|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3588" workers|strong="H1129". 
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“Because|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" loves|strong="H0157" his|strong="H5414" people|strong="H1121", he|strong="H6213" has|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428".” 
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“Praise|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3045" God|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3045" Israeli people|strong="H3045" belong|strong="H1961", the|strong="H3045" one|strong="H0259" who|strong="H3045" created|strong="H1254" the|strong="H3045" sky|strong="H8064" and|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3045" earth|strong="H0776"! He|strong="H7971" has|strong="H3045" given|strong="H5414" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" wise|strong="H2450" son|strong="H2450", one|strong="H0259" who|strong="H3045" is|strong="H2450" very|strong="H6258" smart|strong="H1826"/intelligent|strong="H0995" and|strong="H7971" who|strong="H3045" has|strong="H3045" good|strong="H2896" skill|strong="H3045" and|strong="H7971" understanding|strong="H8394". He|strong="H7971" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H7971" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H7971" temple|strong="H1004" for|strong="H7971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" palace|strong="H1004" for|strong="H7971" himself|strong="H3045". 
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\verseNumber{15}“Now|strong="H5921" please|strong="H4994" send|strong="H5927" us|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" wheat|strong="H2406" and|strong="H6086" barley|strong="H8184" and|strong="H6086" olive|strong="H2132" oil|strong="H8081" and|strong="H6086" wine|strong="H3196" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H5927" send|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" us|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H4672" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605", my|strong="H3605" workers|strong="H6466" will|strong="H3478" cut|strong="H3478" from|strong="H3478" trees|strong="H6086" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Lebanon|strong="H3844" mountains|strong="H2022" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" logs|strong="H6086" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" need|strong="H4270" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w bring|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w them|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w down|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w sea|strong="H3220"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1732" we|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tie|strong="H6029"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w logs|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w together|strong="H3162"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} form|strong="H8389" rafts|strong="H1702" with|strong="H1732" them|strong="H4672", and|strong="H3967" float|strong="H6687" them|strong="H4672" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" sea|strong="H3220" to|strong="H3478" Joppa|strong="H3305" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. From|strong="H3478" there|strong="H4672", you|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w can|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w arrange|strong="H6186"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3478"\+w*} them|strong="H4672" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3478"\+w*} taken|strong="H5608" up|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{17}Solomon|strong="H8010" told|strong="H6213" his|strong="H6213" workers|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" count|strong="H5608" all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H2022" other|strong="H0312" countries|strong="H0776" who|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H6213" Israel|strong="H5971", similar|strong="H5307" to|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" his|strong="H6213" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H5971" done|strong="H6213". There|strong="H1992" were|strong="H5971" 153,600 of|strong="H2022" them|strong="H1992". 
\verseNumber{18}Solomon|strong="H8010" assigned|strong="H5414" 70,000 of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" carry|strong="H5375" materials, and|strong="H3967" 80,000 to|strong="H0413" cut|strong="H3772" stone|strong="H0068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w quarries|strong="H6456"\+w* \+w in|strong="H0935"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" hills|strong="H1389", and|strong="H3967" 3,600 of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" supervise|strong="H5329" the|strong="H3605" others|strong="H0312" and|strong="H3967" be|strong="H1961" sure|strong="H0539" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" worked|strong="H2388" steadily|strong="H1980". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Solomon’s workers built the temple }
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\chapterNumber{3}Then|strong="H7200" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" workers|strong="H1129" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" the|strong="H7200" temple|strong="H1004" for|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". They|strong="H3068" built|strong="H1129" it|strong="H7200" on|strong="H7200" Moriah|strong="H4179" Hill|strong="H2022", where|strong="H4725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w an|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w angel|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3068"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732". They|strong="H3068" built|strong="H1129" it|strong="H7200" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" ground|strong="H4725" that|strong="H7200" Araunah|strong="H0728", a|strong="H1129" descendant|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7200" Jebus|strong="H2982" people-group, had|strong="H3068" sold|strong="H4376" to|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3068" where|strong="H4725" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H7200" it|strong="H7200" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" built|strong="H1129". 
\verseNumber{2}They|strong="H8141" began|strong="H2490" the|strong="H1129" work|strong="H4399" in|strong="H8141" April, when|strong="H3588" Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H1129" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" almost|strong="H4592" four|strong="H0702" years|strong="H8141". 
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\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H1129" foundation|strong="H3245" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1129" temple|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1004" about|strong="H1004" 90 feet|strong="H7272" long|strong="H0753" and|strong="H6242" 30 feet|strong="H7272" wide|strong="H7341". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H6440" entrance|strong="H6607" room|strong="H1004" across|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1004" 30 feet|strong="H7272" wide|strong="H7341" and|strong="H3967" 30 feet|strong="H7272" high|strong="H1363". 
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\verseNumber{5}Solomon’s|strong="H8010" workers|strong="H6466" used|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{panels/\+w boards|strong="H7175"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} pine|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wood|strong="H6086"\+w*} to|strong="H5927" line|strong="H6957" the|strong="H5921" main|strong="H1419" hall|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004". Then|strong="H5927" they|strong="H5921" covered|strong="H2645" those|strong="H5921" panels with|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w thin|strong="H1851"\+w* \+w sheets|strong="H6341"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} pure|strong="H2896" gold|strong="H2091". Then|strong="H5927" they|strong="H5921" decorated|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5921" walls|strong="H2346" with|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w carved|strong="H6456"\+w* \+w images|strong="H6456"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} palm|strong="H8561" trees|strong="H6086" and|strong="H1419" designs|strong="H4284" that|strong="H6086" resembled|strong="H1823" chains|strong="H8333". 
\verseNumber{6}They|strong="H1992" decorated|strong="H5927" the|strong="H6823" temple|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" very|strong="H3966" valuable|strong="H3368" stones|strong="H0068". The|strong="H6823" gold|strong="H2091" that|strong="H1004" they|strong="H1992" used|strong="H6213" was|strong="H1004" from|strong="H2091" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6823"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} Parvaim|strong="H6516". 
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\verseNumber{7}They|strong="H5921" covered|strong="H2645" the|strong="H5921" ceiling|strong="H7023" beams|strong="H6982", the|strong="H5921" door|strong="H1817" frames|strong="H7175", the|strong="H5921" walls|strong="H7023" and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H7023"\+w* \+w thin|strong="H1851"\+w* \+w sheets|strong="H6341"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} gold|strong="H2091". They|strong="H5921" also|strong="H1817" carved|strong="H6605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w statues|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H2416" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" walls|strong="H7023". 
\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H5921" also|strong="H6213" built|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" Very|strong="H6213" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H6944" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w inside|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}. It|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1004" 30 feet|strong="H6944" wide|strong="H7341" and|strong="H3967" 30 feet|strong="H6944" long|strong="H6440". They|strong="H5921" covered|strong="H2645" its|strong="H5921" walls|strong="H2346" with|strong="H1004" sheets|strong="H6341" of|strong="H1004" pure|strong="H2896" gold|strong="H2091" that|strong="H6213" altogether|strong="H3162" weighed|strong="H8254" 23 tons. 
\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H1992" used|strong="H6213" 1-1/4 pounds|strong="H1993" of|strong="H8255" gold|strong="H2091" to|strong="H2091" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cover|strong="H2645"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5944"\+w* \+w heads|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8255"\+w* } the|strong="H5944" nails|strong="H4548". They|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" covered|strong="H2645" the|strong="H5944" walls|strong="H2346" of|strong="H8255" the|strong="H5944" upper|strong="H5944" rooms|strong="H5944" with|strong="H2645" sheets|strong="H6341" of|strong="H8255" gold|strong="H2091". 
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\verseNumber{10}Solomon’s|strong="H8010" workers|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" two|strong="H8147" statues|strong="H2088" of|strong="H1004" creatures|strong="H2416" with|strong="H1004" wings|strong="H8147" to|strong="H6213" put|strong="H6213" inside|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6213" Very|strong="H6213" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H6944". They|strong="H6213" covered|strong="H6823" those|strong="H6213" statues|strong="H2088" with|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w thin|strong="H1851"\+w* \+w sheets|strong="H6341"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} gold|strong="H2091". 
\verseNumber{11-12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Each|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w statue|strong="H6755"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w two|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w long|strong="H0753"\+w* \+w wings|strong="H3671"\+w*}. One|strong="H0259" wing|strong="H3671" of|strong="H1121" each|strong="H0376" statue|strong="H6755" touched|strong="H5060" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" walls|strong="H2346" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Temple|strong="H1004". The|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" wing|strong="H3671" of|strong="H1121" each|strong="H0376" statue|strong="H6755" touched|strong="H5060" a|strong="H1961" wing|strong="H3671" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" statue|strong="H6755". It|strong="H5414" was|strong="H3068" 7-1/2 feet|strong="H7272" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" outer|strong="H2435" tip|strong="H8571" of|strong="H1121" one|strong="H0259" wing|strong="H3671" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" outer|strong="H2435" tip|strong="H8571" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" wing|strong="H3671". The|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H6442" wings|strong="H3671" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" statues|strong="H2088" touched|strong="H5060" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312". 
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\verseNumber{13}It|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1004" 30 feet|strong="H7272" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" outer|strong="H6440" wing|strong="H3671" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" one|strong="H1004" statue|strong="H6755" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" outer|strong="H6440" wing|strong="H3671" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H3671" statue|strong="H6755". The|strong="H6440" statues|strong="H2088" faced|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" doorway|strong="H6607" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" main|strong="H1419" room|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{14}Solomon’s|strong="H8010" workers|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" curtain|strong="H6532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w separate|strong="H0914"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w main|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w room|strong="H2315"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Very|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w Holy|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Place|strong="H4725"\+w*}. It|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3742" made|strong="H6213" of|strong="H5921" blue|strong="H8504", purple|strong="H8504", and|strong="H8504" red|strong="H5488" thread|strong="H2339" and|strong="H8504" fine|strong="H6213" linen|strong="H8336". There|strong="H5927" were|strong="H3742" figures|strong="H1823" of|strong="H5921" winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H6213" were|strong="H3742" embroidered|strong="H7553" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" curtain|strong="H6532". 
\verseNumber{15}They|strong="H5921" made|strong="H6213" two|strong="H8147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w bronze|strong="H5178"\+w*} pillars|strong="H5982" and|strong="H1004" put|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5921" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004". They|strong="H5921" were|strong="H7218" each|strong="H8147" 27 feet|strong="H7272" high|strong="H7218". Each|strong="H8147" had|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" top|strong="H7218" over|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" that|strong="H6213" was|strong="H1004" 7-1/2 feet|strong="H7272" high|strong="H7218". 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H5921" workers|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w carvings|strong="H4734"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w resembled|strong="H1823"\+w*} chains|strong="H8333" and|strong="H3967" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" pillars|strong="H5982". They|strong="H5921" made|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w carvings|strong="H4734"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w resembled|strong="H1823"\+w*} pomegranates|strong="H7416" and|strong="H3967" attached|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" chains|strong="H8333". 
\verseNumber{17}They|strong="H5921" set|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" the|strong="H6440" pillars|strong="H5982" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1964", one|strong="H3225" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" south|strong="H3225" side|strong="H3225" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w entrance|strong="H6607"\+w*} and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H7121" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" north|strong="H8040" side|strong="H3225". The|strong="H6440" one|strong="H3225" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" south|strong="H3225" side|strong="H3225" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H7121" Jakin|strong="H3199" and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H6440" one|strong="H3225" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" north|strong="H8040" side|strong="H3225" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H7121" Boaz|strong="H1162". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The furnishings for the temple }
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\chapterNumber{4}Solomon’s|strong="H8010" workers|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" square|strong="H7339" bronze|strong="H5178" altar|strong="H4196" that|strong="H4196" was|strong="H6967" 10 yards|strong="H5439" wide|strong="H7341" on|strong="H6213" each|strong="H0376" side|strong="H6285", and|strong="H6242" it|strong="H6213" was|strong="H6967" 5 yards|strong="H5439" high|strong="H6967". 
\verseNumber{2}They|strong="H6213" also|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" very|strong="H6213" large|strong="H1419" round|strong="H5439" tank that|strong="H6213" was|strong="H6967" made|strong="H6213" of|strong="H8193" metal|strong="H6213" and|strong="H7970" cast|strong="H3332" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w clay|strong="H2635"\+w* \+w mold|strong="H4404"\+w*}. It|strong="H6213" was|strong="H6967" 10 yards|strong="H5439" wide|strong="H7341"/across|strong="H5676", and|strong="H7970" 5 yards|strong="H5439" high|strong="H6967". It|strong="H6213" was|strong="H6967" 15 yards|strong="H5439" around|strong="H5439" it|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{3}Below|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" outer|strong="H2435" rim|strong="H4526" there|strong="H8478" were|strong="H1241" two|strong="H8147" rows|strong="H2905" of|strong="H8478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w small|strong="H6996"\+w* \+w figures|strong="H1823"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8478"\+w*} bulls|strong="H1241" that|strong="H1241" were|strong="H1241" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" metal|strong="H2830" of|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" basin|strong="H3595". Each|strong="H5439" row|strong="H2905" had|strong="H3068" 300 figures|strong="H1823" of|strong="H8478" bulls|strong="H1241". 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3605" basin|strong="H3595" was|strong="H1004" set|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" twelve|strong="H8147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w statues|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} bulls|strong="H1241". There|strong="H5975" were|strong="H1241" three|strong="H7969" statues|strong="H2088" that|strong="H3605" faced|strong="H6437" north|strong="H6828", three|strong="H7969" that|strong="H3605" faced|strong="H6437" west|strong="H3220", three|strong="H7969" that|strong="H3605" faced|strong="H6437" south|strong="H5045", and|strong="H1004" three|strong="H7969" that|strong="H3605" faced|strong="H6437" east|strong="H4217". 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H2388" sides|strong="H3411" of|strong="H4639" the|strong="H2388" tank were|strong="H7969" 3 inches|strong="H0753" thick|strong="H5672", and|strong="H2388" its|strong="H3605" rim|strong="H8193" was|strong="H8193" shaped|strong="H4639" like|strong="H7799" a|strong="H2388" cup|strong="H3563" that|strong="H4639" curved|strong="H8388" outward|strong="H2435" like|strong="H7799" the|strong="H2388" petals of|strong="H4639" flowers|strong="H6525". The|strong="H2388" basin|strong="H3595" held|strong="H2388" about|strong="H5439" 16,500 gallons|strong="H1324" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4639"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{6}They|strong="H6213" also|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" ten|strong="H6235" basins|strong="H3595" for|strong="H6213" washing|strong="H7364" the|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w animals|strong="H0929"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5414"\+w*} to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H5414" sacrificed|strong="H6213". The|strong="H5414" priests|strong="H3548" used|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5414" very|strong="H6213" large|strong="H1419" tank for|strong="H6213" washing|strong="H7364" themselves|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{7}They|strong="H6213" also|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" ten|strong="H6235" gold|strong="H2091" lampstands|strong="H4501" according|strong="H4941" to|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H5414" instructed|strong="H6680" them|strong="H5414". They|strong="H6213" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1964", five|strong="H2568" on|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5414" south|strong="H3225" side|strong="H3225" and|strong="H4941" five|strong="H2568" on|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5414" north|strong="H8040" side|strong="H3225". 
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\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" ten|strong="H6235" tables|strong="H7979" and|strong="H3967" put|strong="H3240" them|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" temple|strong="H1964", five|strong="H2568" on|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" south|strong="H3225" side|strong="H3225" and|strong="H3967" five|strong="H2568" on|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" north|strong="H8040" side|strong="H3225". They|strong="H6213" also|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" 100 gold|strong="H2091" bowls|strong="H4219". 
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\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H6213" also|strong="H6213" constructed|strong="H6213" one|strong="H6213" courtyard|strong="H2691" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" priests|strong="H3548", and|strong="H1419" a|strong="H6213" larger|strong="H1419" courtyard|strong="H2691" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}. They|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" doors|strong="H1817" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" courtyards|strong="H2691" and|strong="H1419" covered|strong="H6823" them|strong="H6213" with|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w thin|strong="H1851"\+w* \+w sheets|strong="H6341"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3548"\+w*} bronze|strong="H5178". 
\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H5414" placed|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" very|strong="H3966" large|strong="H1419" tank \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3220"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w* \+w side|strong="H3802"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5045"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*,} at|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" southeast|strong="H5045" corner|strong="H3802". 
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\verseNumber{11}They|strong="H6213" also|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" pots|strong="H5518" and|strong="H4428" shovels|strong="H3257" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w ashes|strong="H0665"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, and|strong="H4428" other|strong="H0312" small|strong="H6996" bowls|strong="H4219". 
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So|strong="H6213" Huram|strong="H2361" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w his|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w workers|strong="H4399"\+w*} finished|strong="H3615" the|strong="H6213" work|strong="H4399" that|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H8010" given|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6213" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w These|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w were|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w things|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3805"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w made|strong="H3680"\+w*:} 
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the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" large|strong="H1419" pillars|strong="H5982", 
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the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" bowl-shaped|strong="H1543" top|strong="H7218" parts|strong="H3411" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" pillars|strong="H5982", 
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the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" sets|strong="H0935" of|strong="H7218" carvings|strong="H4734" that|strong="H3805" resembled|strong="H1823" chains|strong="H8333" to|strong="H5921" decorate|strong="H5710" the|strong="H5921" tops|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" pillars|strong="H5982", 
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\verseNumber{13}the|strong="H6440" 400 carvings|strong="H4734" that|strong="H3805" resembled|strong="H1823" pomegranates|strong="H7416" that|strong="H3805" were|strong="H8147" placed|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" rows|strong="H2905", that|strong="H3805" decorated|strong="H5927" the|strong="H6440" bowl-shaped|strong="H1543" tops|strong="H3805" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" two|strong="H8147" pillars|strong="H5982", 
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\verseNumber{14}the|strong="H5921" stands|strong="H4350", and|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" basins|strong="H3595" that|strong="H6213" were|strong="H5921" placed|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", 
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\verseNumber{15}the|strong="H8478" very|strong="H3966" large|strong="H1419" tank, and|strong="H1241" the|strong="H8478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w statues|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8478"\+w*} twelve|strong="H8147" bulls|strong="H1241" underneath|strong="H8478" it|strong="H8478", 
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\verseNumber{16}the|strong="H3605" pots|strong="H5518", shovels|strong="H3257", meat|strong="H1320" forks|strong="H4207", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w needed|strong="H1767"\+w* \+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w work|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w at|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. 
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All|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Huram|strong="H2361" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w workers|strong="H6213"\+w*} made|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" were|strong="H4428" made|strong="H6213" of|strong="H4428" polished|strong="H4838" bronze|strong="H5178". 
\verseNumber{17}They|strong="H4428" made|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5414" by|strong="H3383" pouring|strong="H5258" melted|strong="H4549" bronze|strong="H5178" into|strong="H3332" the|strong="H3332" clay|strong="H5645" molds that|strong="H4428" Huram|strong="H2361" had|strong="H4428" set|strong="H3332" up|strong="H4428" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H3332" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w river|strong="H5104"\+w*} between|strong="H0996" Succoth|strong="H5523" and|strong="H4428" Zarethan|strong="H6891" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{18}All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3627" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" Solomon|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H8010"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w*} make|strong="H6213" used|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" very|strong="H3966" large|strong="H7230" amount|strong="H7230" of|strong="H3627" bronze|strong="H5178"; no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" tried|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" weigh|strong="H4948" it|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{19}Solomon’s|strong="H8010" workers|strong="H6213" also|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3627" put|strong="H6213" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004": 
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the|strong="H3605" golden|strong="H2091" altar|strong="H4196", 
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the|strong="H3605" tables|strong="H7979" on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" put|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" bread|strong="H3899", 
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\verseNumber{20}the|strong="H6440" pure|strong="H5462" gold|strong="H2091" lampstands|strong="H4501" and|strong="H4941" the|strong="H6440" pure|strong="H5462" gold|strong="H2091" lamps|strong="H5216", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w which|strong="H2091"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w put|strong="H1197"\+w* \+w oil|strong="H8081"\+w*} to|strong="H6440" burn|strong="H1197" in|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Most|strong="H6944" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H4941" as|strong="H6440" God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w that|strong="H2091"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{21}the|strong="H1931" pure|strong="H2889" gold|strong="H2091" decorations that|strong="H1931" resembled|strong="H1823" flowers|strong="H6525", and|strong="H2091" the|strong="H1931" lamps|strong="H5216" and|strong="H2091" tongs|strong="H4457", 
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\verseNumber{22}the|strong="H5462" pure|strong="H5462" gold|strong="H2091" wick|strong="H6594" trimmers and|strong="H1004" bowls|strong="H4219" for|strong="H1004" sprinkling, and|strong="H1004" dishes|strong="H7086" and|strong="H1004" lamp|strong="H5216" snuffers|strong="H4212", 
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the|strong="H5462" gold|strong="H2091" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5462" temple|strong="H1004" 
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and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5462" doors|strong="H1817" to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5462" main|strong="H1419" hall|strong="H1004". 
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\chapterNumber{5}After|strong="H1004" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" workers|strong="H4399" had|strong="H3068" finished|strong="H7999" building|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004", Solomon|strong="H8010" put|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" storage|strong="H4543" rooms|strong="H1004" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" dedicated|strong="H6944" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068"—all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3068" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" things|strong="H6944" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1732" used|strong="H6213" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" was|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" }
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\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H5927" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" summoned|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H4294" and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" families|strong="H1121"/clans|strong="H4940". He|strong="H1931" wanted|strong="H2654" them|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" help|strong="H5826" to|strong="H3478" bring|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" from|strong="H5927" Zion|strong="H6726" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Hill|strong="H2022"\+w*}, where|strong="H0834" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H3605" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" David’. 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H1931" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H6950" together|strong="H6950" along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", during|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Festival|strong="H2282" of|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Living|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Temporary|strong="H5521"\+w*} Shelters|strong="H5521", in|strong="H3478" October. 
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\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H5375" they|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" arrived|strong="H0935", the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H2205" Levi|strong="H3881" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727", 
\verseNumber{5}and|strong="H3548" they|strong="H3605" carried|strong="H5927" it|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3548" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H3548" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" things|strong="H6944" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3881" inside|strong="H8432" it|strong="H5927". The|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548", who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3881" also|strong="H1571" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H5927" Levi|strong="H3881", carried|strong="H5927" them|strong="H5927". 
\verseNumber{6}King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" and|strong="H3478" many|strong="H7230" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H3259" there|strong="H3605" walked|strong="H1980" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727". And|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3808" sacrificed|strong="H2076" a|strong="H2076" huge|strong="H7230" amount|strong="H7230" of|strong="H4428" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3478" cattle|strong="H1241". No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3478" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3478" count|strong="H5608" them|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w very|strong="H7230"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7230"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H3068" priests|strong="H3548" then|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3548" the|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3068" Most|strong="H6944" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H4725", the|strong="H3068" inner|strong="H1687" room|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" placed|strong="H5414" it|strong="H3068" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3068" wings|strong="H3671" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" statues|strong="H2088" of|strong="H1004" winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H2416". 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H5921" wings|strong="H3671" of|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" statues|strong="H2088" spread|strong="H6566" out|strong="H6566" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" and|strong="H4725" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" poles|strong="H0905" by|strong="H5921" which|strong="H4725" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" carried|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H6440" poles|strong="H0905" were|strong="H1961" very|strong="H2088" long|strong="H5704", with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" result|strong="H4480" that|strong="H7200" they|strong="H3117" could|strong="H2088" be|strong="H1961" seen|strong="H7200" by|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w who|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w standing|strong="H5975"\+w*} at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" Most|strong="H4480" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H1961", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3117" could|strong="H2088" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" seen|strong="H7200" by|strong="H5921" anyone|strong="H7200" standing|strong="H5975" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1687". Those|strong="H4480" poles|strong="H0905" are|strong="H3117" still|strong="H5704" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H5414" only|strong="H7535" things|strong="H8147" that|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" inside|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" were|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5414" two|strong="H8147" stone|strong="H0068" tablets|strong="H3871" that|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872" had|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5414" there|strong="H3068" at|strong="H3478" Sinai|strong="H5514" Mountain|strong="H2022", where|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" made|strong="H3772" an|strong="H5414" agreement|strong="H7284" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H1121" after|strong="H3318" they|strong="H3068" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H6944". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961", from|strong="H4480" every|strong="H3605" group|strong="H7235", had|strong="H1961" performed|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3605" rituals to|strong="H3318" cause|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H1961" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3318" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{12}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" musicians|strong="H7891"—Asaph|strong="H0623", Heman|strong="H1968", Jeduthun|strong="H3038", their|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" their|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" relatives|strong="H1121"—stood|strong="H5975" on|strong="H3847" the|strong="H3605" east|strong="H4217" side|strong="H4217" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196". They|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" wearing|strong="H2296" linen|strong="H8336" clothes|strong="H3847", and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" playing|strong="H5059" cymbals|strong="H4700", harps|strong="H3658", and|strong="H3967" lyres|strong="H3658". There|strong="H5975" were|strong="H1121" 120 other|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" blowing|strong="H2690" trumpets|strong="H2689". 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H8085" men|strong="H7891" blowing|strong="H2690" trumpets|strong="H2689", those|strong="H8085" playing|strong="H5059" the|strong="H8085" cymbals|strong="H4700" and|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" musical|strong="H7892" instruments|strong="H3627", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" singers|strong="H7891", made|strong="H1961" music|strong="H7892" together|strong="H8085", praising|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" singing|strong="H7891" this|strong="H3588" song|strong="H7892": 
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“Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3588"\+w*}; 
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he|strong="H3588" faithfully|strong="H2617" loves|strong="H0157" us|strong="H3588" forever|strong="H5769".” 
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Then|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w suddenly|strong="H6597"\+w*} the|strong="H8085" temple|strong="H1004" was|strong="H3068" filled|strong="H4390" with|strong="H4390" a|strong="H1961" cloud|strong="H6051". 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H6440" glorious|strong="H3519" radiance|strong="H5051" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068" filled|strong="H4390" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004", with|strong="H4390" the|strong="H6440" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548" were|strong="H1004" not|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" continue|strong="H5975" doing|strong="H6213" their|strong="H3068" work|strong="H4399". 
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\chapterNumber{6}Then|strong="H3068" Solomon|strong="H8010" said|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H0859" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859" would|strong="H3068" live|strong="H7931" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" dark|strong="H6205" cloud|strong="H6205". 
\verseNumber{2}But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H1004" have|strong="H1129" built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" glorious|strong="H8597" temple|strong="H1004" for|strong="H3427" you|strong="H1129" to|strong="H1004" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" forever|strong="H5769"!” 
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H5975" while|strong="H5975" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" stood|strong="H5975" there|strong="H5975", Solomon|strong="H5975" turned|strong="H5437" toward|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} bless|strong="H1288" them|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H3027", 
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“Praise|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" to|strong="H1696" whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0587" Israelis belong|strong="H1961", who|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" happen|strong="H1961" what|strong="H6310" he|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" my|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732". What|strong="H6310" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H3068" this|strong="H1696": 
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\verseNumber{5}‘From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H3117" brought|strong="H3318" my|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1004" Egypt|strong="H4714", I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" never|strong="H3808" chosen|strong="H0977" a|strong="H1961" city|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" in|strong="H5921" which|strong="H1004" a|strong="H1961" temple|strong="H1004" should|strong="H3117" be|strong="H1961" built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*} me|strong="H5921" there|strong="H8033". Nor|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3478" I|strong="H3117" choose|strong="H0977" anyone|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H5057" of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H1961" now|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1961" chosen|strong="H0977" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H1961" for|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3478" worship|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1961" chosen|strong="H0977" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4910" my|strong="H1732" Israeli people|strong="H5971".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w Solomon|strong="H8010"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w*}, “My|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732" wanted|strong="H3824" to|strong="H3478" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1961" temple|strong="H1004" for|strong="H8034" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H8034" Israelis belong|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5973", ‘You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" wanted|strong="H3824" to|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1961" temple|strong="H1004" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H5973", and|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1732" you|strong="H3588" wanted|strong="H3824" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2895". 
\verseNumber{9}However|strong="H7535", you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H1931" I|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3318" build|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3588" temple|strong="H1004"; it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3588" own|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w*} build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H3588" temple|strong="H1004" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H3318".’ 
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\verseNumber{10}“And|strong="H6965" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H3478" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3068". I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H3678" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H1696" succeed|strong="H6965" my|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H6965" I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H3068" ruling|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427", like|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696", and|strong="H6965" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" arranged|strong="H6186" for|strong="H5921" this|strong="H1696" temple|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H1697" built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" worship|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068" to|strong="H1696" whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H1697" Israelis belong|strong="H8478". 
\verseNumber{11}I|strong="H7760" have|strong="H3068" put|strong="H7760" the|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004", in|strong="H3478" which|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3068" stone|strong="H0068" tablets|strong="H3871" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w engraved|strong="H6605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Ten|strong="H6235"\+w* \+w Commandments|strong="H4687"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H3068" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" made|strong="H3772" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H7760" Israeli people|strong="H1121".” 

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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H5975" Solomon|strong="H5975" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3478" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" which|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3478" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3709" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" gathered|strong="H3478" there|strong="H5975". 
\verseNumber{13}His|strong="H3605" workers|strong="H6213" had|strong="H3478" built|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" bronze|strong="H5178" platform|strong="H3595" there|strong="H5975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w stand|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w*}, which|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" 7-1/2 feet|strong="H7272" long|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3478" 7-1/2 feet|strong="H7272" wide|strong="H7341" and|strong="H3478" 4-1/2 feet|strong="H7272" high|strong="H6967". They|strong="H3588" put|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" outer|strong="H2435" courtyard|strong="H2691". Solomon|strong="H8010" stood|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" platform|strong="H3595" and|strong="H3478" then|strong="H5414" knelt|strong="H1288" down|strong="H1288" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H5048" of|strong="H8432" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3709" of|strong="H8432" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H6213" there|strong="H5975", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3588" spread|strong="H6566" out|strong="H6566" his|strong="H3605" arms|strong="H2220" toward|strong="H5921" heaven|strong="H8064", 
\verseNumber{14}and|strong="H1980" he|strong="H3068" prayed|strong="H6419", 
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“Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" to|strong="H1980" whom|strong="H6440" we|strong="H1980" Israeli people|strong="H3820" belong|strong="H1961", there|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3644" you|strong="H6440" in|strong="H1980" heaven|strong="H8064" or|strong="H3068" on|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064". You|strong="H6440" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H6440" would|strong="H3068" faithfully|strong="H2617" love|strong="H2617" us|strong="H6440", and|strong="H1980" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H6440" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H1980" for|strong="H6440" us|strong="H6440" who|strong="H3605" earnestly|strong="H5650" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H6440" want|strong="H4270" us|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1980" do|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{15}“You|strong="H3117" have|strong="H5650" done|strong="H3027" the|strong="H8104" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" promised|strong="H1696" my|strong="H8104" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732", who|strong="H5650" served|strong="H5647" you|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w well|strong="H1696"\+w*}, that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" would|strong="H5650" do|strong="H8104". Truly|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3117" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H8104" those|strong="H1696" things|strong="H1697" for|strong="H3027" him|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3117" today|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3117" by|strong="H3027" your|strong="H8104" power|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3117" have|strong="H5650" caused|strong="H5414" it|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3117" to|strong="H1696" happen|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{16}“So|strong="H1980" now|strong="H6258", Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6440" God|strong="H3068" we|strong="H1980" Israelis belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696", please|strong="H4994" do|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" my|strong="H8104" father|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" would|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". You|strong="H6440" said|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3068" there|strong="H3427" would|strong="H3068" always|strong="H7535" be|strong="H3808" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8104" descendants|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1696" rule|strong="H3427" Israel|strong="H3478", if|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3068" faithfully|strong="H0571" conduct|strong="H1870" their|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H3427" as|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H6258" now|strong="H6258", God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" us|strong="H3478" Israeli people|strong="H1696", cause|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H1696" promised|strong="H1696" David|strong="H1732", who|strong="H3068" served|strong="H5647" you|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w well|strong="H1696"\+w*}, to|strong="H1696" happen|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{18}“But|strong="H3588", my|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3808", will|strong="H1004" you|strong="H3588" really|strong="H2088" live|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H8064" among|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427"? There|strong="H2009" is|strong="H2088" surely|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" enough|strong="H1767" space|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" sky|strong="H8064", or|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" heaven|strong="H8064"! So|strong="H3808" there|strong="H2009" is|strong="H2088" surely|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" enough|strong="H1767" space|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5921" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" this|strong="H2088" temple|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H5921" workers|strong="H1129" have|strong="H1129" built|strong="H1129". 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H6437" Yahweh|strong="H3068", my|strong="H8085" God|strong="H3068", please|strong="H8085" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" my|strong="H8085" prayer|strong="H8605", while|strong="H8085" I|strong="H5650" am|strong="H3068" pleading|strong="H1696" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" this|strong="H6440" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H8085" I|strong="H5650" am|strong="H3068" requesting. 
\verseNumber{20}Please|strong="H8085" protect|strong="H8104" this|strong="H2088" temple|strong="H1004" day|strong="H3119" and|strong="H1004" night|strong="H3915". This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H8085" place|strong="H4725" about|strong="H1961" which|strong="H1004" you|strong="H7760" have|strong="H1961" said|strong="H8085", ‘I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H1961" always|strong="H3605" be|strong="H1961" there|strong="H8033".’ Please|strong="H8085" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1961" my|strong="H8085" prayer|strong="H8605" about|strong="H1961" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725". 
\verseNumber{21}Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H4480" when|strong="H8085" I|strong="H2088" pray|strong="H6419", and|strong="H3478" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" your|strong="H8085" Israeli people|strong="H5971" when|strong="H8085" they|strong="H5971" pray|strong="H6419". Listen|strong="H8085" from|strong="H4480" heaven|strong="H8064", where|strong="H4725" you|strong="H4480" live|strong="H3427"; and|strong="H3478" when|strong="H8085" you|strong="H4480" hear|strong="H8085" us|strong="H8085" pray|strong="H6419", forgive|strong="H5545" us|strong="H8085". 
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\verseNumber{22}“If|strong="H2398" someone|strong="H0376" is|strong="H2088" accused|strong="H7170" of|strong="H1004" doing|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" wrong|strong="H2398" to|strong="H6440" another|strong="H7453" person|strong="H6440", and|strong="H1004" they|strong="H6440" bring|strong="H5375" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" testify|strong="H6030" in|strong="H1004" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H5375" altar|strong="H4196" outside|strong="H2351" this|strong="H2088" holy|strong="H6944" temple|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1004" if|strong="H2398" he|strong="H1004" says|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H2088" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H2088" do|strong="H2088" that|strong="H4196"; may|strong="H1004" God|strong="H0430" punish|strong="H6485" me|strong="H6440" if|strong="H2398" I|strong="H2088" am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H2088" telling|strong="H1696" the|strong="H6440" truth|strong="H0571",’ 
\verseNumber{23}then|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" listen|strong="H8085" from|strong="H4480" heaven|strong="H8064", and|strong="H7725" you|strong="H5414" decide|strong="H8199" who|strong="H5650" is|strong="H1870" telling|strong="H1696" the|strong="H8085" truth|strong="H0571". Then|strong="H5414" punish|strong="H6213" the|strong="H8085" person|strong="H8199" who|strong="H5650" is|strong="H1870" guilty|strong="H7563" as|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" deserves|strong="H1288" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H7563" punished|strong="H6485", and|strong="H7725" declare|strong="H6663" that|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" other|strong="H0312" person|strong="H8199" is|strong="H1870" innocent|strong="H6666". 
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\verseNumber{24}“And|strong="H3478" when|strong="H3588" your|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" defeated|strong="H5062" by|strong="H3478" their|strong="H6440" enemies|strong="H0341" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w forced|strong="H4522"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w go|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w some|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w distant|strong="H7350"\+w* \+w country|strong="H2022"\+w*,} if|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" their|strong="H6440" sinful|strong="H2398" behavior|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3478" turn|strong="H7725" toward|strong="H6440" this|strong="H2088" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3478" admit|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w justly|strong="H4941"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7725"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" plead|strong="H7378" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w forgive|strong="H5545"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7725"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{25}listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H7725" them|strong="H5414" from|strong="H4480" heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3478" forgive|strong="H5545" your|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H5971" for|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8085" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w committed|strong="H5414"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" bring|strong="H7725" them|strong="H5414" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" this|strong="H5414" land|strong="H8064" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" our|strong="H5414" ancestors|strong="H0001". 
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\verseNumber{26}“When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H2403" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" any|strong="H1961" rain|strong="H4306" to|strong="H7725" fall|strong="H1961" because|strong="H3588" your|strong="H7725" people|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1961" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H2398" you|strong="H3588", if|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" turn|strong="H7725" toward|strong="H7725" this|strong="H2088" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H7725" admit|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w justly|strong="H4941"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7725"\+w*}, and|strong="H7725" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" their|strong="H7725" sinful|strong="H2403" behavior|strong="H3027" and|strong="H7725" humbly|strong="H6800" pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H3588", 
\verseNumber{27}hear|strong="H8085" from|strong="H5921" heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3478" forgive|strong="H5545" the|strong="H5921" sins|strong="H2403" of|strong="H1870" your|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H5971". Teach|strong="H3384" them|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3478" way|strong="H1870" to|strong="H3478" conduct|strong="H1870" their|strong="H5414" lives|strong="H5315". Then|strong="H5414" cause|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" rain|strong="H4306" here|strong="H1870" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" your|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3478" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w permanently|strong="H5769"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{28}“And|strong="H8179" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H8179" this|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" experience|strong="H7200" famines|strong="H3615" or|strong="H5061" if|strong="H3588" there|strong="H1961" is|strong="H3605" a|strong="H1961" plague|strong="H5061", or|strong="H5061" when|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3605" crops|strong="H8393" are|strong="H8179" destroyed|strong="H4229" by|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" hot|strong="H2552" winds|strong="H7307" or|strong="H5061" by|strong="H1961" mildew|strong="H3420" or|strong="H5061" by|strong="H1961" locusts|strong="H0697" or|strong="H5061" grasshoppers|strong="H2284", or|strong="H5061" when|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" surround|strong="H5439" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8179" their|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H8179" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H7458"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H6696"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1961"\+w*}, if|strong="H3588" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8179" those|strong="H3605" bad|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H1961", 
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\verseNumber{31}in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H5414" revere|strong="H3372" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3117" conduct|strong="H1870" their|strong="H3605" lives|strong="H2416" as|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H1992" live|strong="H2416" in|strong="H5921" this|strong="H5414" land|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" our|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001". 
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\verseNumber{32}“There|strong="H2088" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H3808" some|strong="H3027" foreigners|strong="H5237" who|strong="H1931" do|strong="H2088" not|strong="H3808" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" your|strong="H5186" Israeli people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H1931" have|strong="H5971" come|strong="H7350" here|strong="H2088" from|strong="H3478" countries|strong="H0776" far|strong="H7350" away|strong="H5186" because|strong="H4616" they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H5971" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3808" are|strong="H5971" very|strong="H2088" great|strong="H1419" and|strong="H3478" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3808" perform|strong="H6213" great|strong="H1419" miracles|strong="H6381". If|strong="H1931" they|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H5186" toward|strong="H3027" this|strong="H2088" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3478" pray|strong="H6419", 
\verseNumber{33}from|strong="H4480" your|strong="H3605" home|strong="H1004" in|strong="H3427" heaven|strong="H8064" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3605" prayer|strong="H8605", and|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H5921" what|strong="H2088" they|strong="H3588" request|strong="H1246" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213". Do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3427" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people-groups in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398" will|strong="H5971" know|strong="H3045" about|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3478" revere|strong="H3372" you|strong="H3588", like|strong="H1004" we|strong="H3588", your|strong="H3605" own|strong="H5971" Israeli people|strong="H5971" do|strong="H6213". And|strong="H3478" then|strong="H2088" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" caused|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H8034" built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{34}“When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" send|strong="H7971" your|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3318" go|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" places|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3318" attack|strong="H4421" their|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H0341", if|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3588", wherever|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971", if|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" turn|strong="H5971" toward|strong="H1870" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" chosen|strong="H0977" and|strong="H7971" toward|strong="H1870" this|strong="H2063" temple|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" caused|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H8034" built|strong="H1129" to|strong="H3318" honor|strong="H8034" you|strong="H3588", 
\verseNumber{35}listen|strong="H8085" in|strong="H6213" heaven|strong="H8064" to|strong="H6213" their|strong="H8085" prayers|strong="H8605"; listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" they|strong="H6213" plead|strong="H7378" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}, and|strong="H8064" assist|strong="H6677" them|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{36}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{“\+w It|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w is|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w true|strong="H0571"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} everyone|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2398". So|strong="H5414", when|strong="H3588" your|strong="H5414" people|strong="H3808" sin|strong="H2398" against|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588" become|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H6440" them|strong="H5414", you|strong="H3588" may|strong="H5414" allow|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" enemies|strong="H0341" to|strong="H5414" capture|strong="H7617" them|strong="H5414" and|strong="H6440" take|strong="H7617" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" countries|strong="H0776", even|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5414" countries|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H7350" far|strong="H7350" away|strong="H7617". 
\verseNumber{37}When|strong="H7725" that|strong="H7725" happens|strong="H1961", while|strong="H7617" they|strong="H8033" are|strong="H3824" in|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" countries|strong="H0776" to|strong="H7725" which|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0834" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H7725" go|strong="H7725", if|strong="H2603" they|strong="H8033" are|strong="H3824" sorry|strong="H5162" for|strong="H8033" having|strong="H0369" sinned|strong="H2398", if|strong="H2603" they|strong="H8033" say|strong="H7725", ‘We|strong="H8033" have|strong="H7617" sinned|strong="H2398"; we|strong="H8033" have|strong="H7617" done|strong="H2398" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H7725" are|strong="H3824" wrong|strong="H5753" and|strong="H7725" have|strong="H7617" done|strong="H2398" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H7725" are|strong="H3824" very|strong="H2603" wicked|strong="H7561",’ 
\verseNumber{38}if|strong="H0518" they|strong="H5315" repent|strong="H7725" very|strong="H3966" sincerely|strong="H8549", and|strong="H7725" if|strong="H0518" they|strong="H5315" turn|strong="H7725" toward|strong="H1870" this|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" our|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001", and|strong="H7725" toward|strong="H1870" this|strong="H5414" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5414" chosen|strong="H0977" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w place|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w where|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w we|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w*}, and|strong="H7725" toward|strong="H1870" this|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5414" caused|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3820" built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H8034" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H7725" pray|strong="H6419", 
\verseNumber{39}then|strong="H6213" from|strong="H4480" your|strong="H8085" home|strong="H1004" in|strong="H3427" heaven|strong="H8064" hear|strong="H8085" their|strong="H8085" prayer|strong="H8605", and|strong="H8064" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" while|strong="H8085" they|strong="H6213" plead|strong="H7378" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w your|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w help|strong="H4480"\+w*}, and|strong="H8064" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" they|strong="H6213" ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213", and|strong="H8064" forgive|strong="H5545" your|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H4480" you|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{40}“Now|strong="H6258", my|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430", look|strong="H5869" at|strong="H1961" us|strong="H4994" and|strong="H5869" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1961" us|strong="H4994" as|strong="H1961" we|strong="H4994" pray|strong="H4994" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5869" in|strong="H4725" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725". 
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\verseNumber{41}Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", come|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" stay|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3068" this|strong="H6258" place|strong="H4725" with|strong="H3847" the|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727", 
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the|strong="H3068" chest|strong="H0727" that|strong="H3068" shows|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3847" are|strong="H3068" powerful|strong="H2392". 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", cause|strong="H2600" your|strong="H3068" priests|strong="H3548" to|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" clearly|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3847" have|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" them|strong="H8055". 
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Cause|strong="H2600" us|strong="H8055" your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3068" rejoice|strong="H8055" because|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3847"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w us|strong="H8055"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{42}Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1732" reject|strong="H7725" me|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w king|strong="H6440"\+w*} whom|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" have|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H4150" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w king|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}; 
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do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1732" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" greatly|strong="H3966" loved|strong="H0157" David|strong="H1732", who|strong="H3068" served|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w well|strong="H2142"\+w*}.” 

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\chapterNumber{7}When|strong="H3615" Solomon|strong="H8010" finished|strong="H3615" praying|strong="H6419", fire|strong="H0784" came|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3068" sky|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" all|strong="H3615" the|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H5930" and|strong="H3068" sacrifices|strong="H2077" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w were|strong="H8064"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" glorious|strong="H3519" radiance|strong="H5051" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068" filled|strong="H4390" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H3588" radiance|strong="H5051" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w extremely|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w bright|strong="H0934"\+w*}, with|strong="H4390" the|strong="H3588" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" priests|strong="H3548" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3588" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3605"\+w*} saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" fire|strong="H0784" coming|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" glory|strong="H3519" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" above|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004", they|strong="H3588" prostrated|strong="H7812" themselves|strong="H7812" with|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3605" faces|strong="H5921" touching|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776". They|strong="H3588" worshiped|strong="H7812" and|strong="H1121" thanked|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068", singing|strong="H7440", 
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“Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3381" us|strong="H5921"; 
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he|strong="H3588" faithfully|strong="H2617" loves|strong="H0157" us|strong="H5921" forever|strong="H5769".” 
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\verseNumber{4-5}Then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3967" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" there|strong="H8033" dedicated|strong="H6942" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh|strong="H3068" by|strong="H0801" offering|strong="H4503" more|strong="H3254" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H5414". King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" gave|strong="H5414" 22,000 cattle|strong="H4735" and|strong="H3967" 120,000 sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3967" goats|strong="H5795" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" sacrificed|strong="H2076". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" positions|strong="H7896", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4428" Levi|strong="H3881" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" positions|strong="H7896" holding|strong="H2388" the|strong="H3605" musical|strong="H7892" instruments|strong="H3627" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w praise|strong="H1984"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068", instruments|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3588" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3027" made|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" praising|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3478" thanking|strong="H3034" him|strong="H5921". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w sang|strong="H1984"\+w*}, “He|strong="H3588" faithfully|strong="H2617" loves|strong="H0157" us|strong="H5921" forever|strong="H5769".” Facing|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4428" Levi|strong="H3881" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" stood|strong="H5975", blowing|strong="H2690" their|strong="H3605" trumpets|strong="H2690", while|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H3478" standing|strong="H5975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w listening|strong="H8085"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{7}Solomon|strong="H8010" dedicated|strong="H6942" the|strong="H6440" middle|strong="H8432" part|strong="H8432" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" courtyard|strong="H2691" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004". Then|strong="H6213" he|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H6213" offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H3201" be|strong="H3808" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" there|strong="H8033" along|strong="H8432" with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" fat|strong="H2459" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" animals|strong="H0929" to|strong="H3201" be|strong="H3808" sacrificed|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3201" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068". The|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3808" burned|strong="H8313" them|strong="H6440" there|strong="H8033" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" courtyard|strong="H2691" because|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3068" addition|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3201" those|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3808" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1004" offerings|strong="H8002" of|strong="H1004" grain|strong="H1715", with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" enough|strong="H6213" space|strong="H3117" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" bronze|strong="H5178" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H3201" burn|strong="H8313" all|strong="H6213" those|strong="H6213" sacrifices|strong="H5930". 
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\verseNumber{8}Solomon|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1931"\+w*} celebrated|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Festival|strong="H2282" of|strong="H3117" Living|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3478" Temporary|strong="H5521" Shelters|strong="H5521" for|strong="H5704" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". There|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3478" a|strong="H6213" huge|strong="H1995" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3117" people|strong="H1931" who|strong="H3605" celebrated|strong="H6213" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H6213". Some|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" them|strong="H6213" came|strong="H3478" from|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w far|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w away|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5704"\+w*} Lebo-Hamath|strong="H2574" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w far|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H3117" Egypt|strong="H4714" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w far|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{9}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" eighth|strong="H8066"/next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3588" gathered|strong="H6213" again|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. They|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" celebrated|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" dedication|strong="H2598" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" altar|strong="H4196" for|strong="H3588" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" Festival|strong="H2282" of|strong="H3117" Living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H6213" Temporary|strong="H5521" Shelters|strong="H5521" for|strong="H3588" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H7971" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" next|strong="H5921" day|strong="H3117" Solomon|strong="H8010" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3068" homes|strong="H1004". They|strong="H3117" were|strong="H3478" very|strong="H6213" joyful|strong="H8056" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H7969" that|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3478" Solomon|strong="H8010" and|strong="H3478" for|strong="H5921" all|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H5971". 

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\verseNumber{11}Solomon’s|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w workers|strong="H6213"\+w*} finished|strong="H3615" building|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" palace|strong="H1004". And|strong="H3068" Solomon|strong="H8010" finished|strong="H3615" doing|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H6213" had|strong="H3068" planned|strong="H3289" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7200" one|strong="H2088" night|strong="H3915" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w dream|strong="H2472"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7200", 
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“I|strong="H7200" have|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" your|strong="H3068" prayer|strong="H8605", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H7200" have|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" this|strong="H2088" temple|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H4725" my|strong="H8085" people|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H2077" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7200". 
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\verseNumber{13}“When|strong="H1961" I|strong="H2005" prevent|strong="H6923" any|strong="H1961" rain|strong="H4306" from|strong="H5921" falling|strong="H5307", or|strong="H3808" when|strong="H1961" I|strong="H2005" command|strong="H6680" locusts|strong="H2284" to|strong="H7971" eat|strong="H0398" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" crops|strong="H8393", or|strong="H3808" when|strong="H1961" I|strong="H2005" send|strong="H7971" a|strong="H1961" plague|strong="H1698" among|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971", 
\verseNumber{14}if|strong="H0518" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H6440" humble|strong="H3665" themselves|strong="H6440" and|strong="H7725" pray|strong="H6419", and|strong="H7725" request|strong="H1245" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H7725" help|strong="H4480" them|strong="H5921", and|strong="H7725" if|strong="H0518" they|strong="H5921" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H4480" their|strong="H6440" sinful|strong="H2403" behavior|strong="H1870", then|strong="H7725" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5971" hear|strong="H8085" from|strong="H4480" heaven|strong="H8064". I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5971" forgive|strong="H5545" them|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" having|strong="H0369" sinned|strong="H2403" and|strong="H7725" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5971" cause|strong="H5971" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7725" prosper|strong="H6743" again|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{15}I|strong="H6258" [SYN] will|strong="H1961" see|strong="H5869" them|strong="H1961" and|strong="H5869" I|strong="H6258" [SYN] will|strong="H1961" hear|strong="H8085" them|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H4725" pray|strong="H8605" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961" in|strong="H4725" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725". 
\verseNumber{16}I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" chosen|strong="H0977" and|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" ◄set|strong="H6942" apart|strong="H6942"/dedicated|strong="H6942"► this|strong="H2088" temple|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5869" may|strong="H1961" worship|strong="H7812" [MTY] me|strong="H1961" there|strong="H8033" forever|strong="H5769". I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" always|strong="H3605" watch|strong="H5869" over|strong="H5704" [MTY] it|strong="H8033" and|strong="H3117" protect|strong="H3117" [IDM] it|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{17}“And|strong="H1980" as|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6440", if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H6440" obey|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6440" as|strong="H6213" David|strong="H1732" your|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" did|strong="H6213", and|strong="H1980" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H6440" do|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H6680" command|strong="H6680" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1980" do|strong="H6213", and|strong="H1980" obey|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H8104" laws|strong="H2706" and|strong="H1980" decrees|strong="H2706", 
\verseNumber{18}I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3478" make|strong="H3772" sure|strong="H6965" that|strong="H3478" your|strong="H3808" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H3478" always|strong="H3605" be|strong="H3808" kings|strong="H4428", which|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3478" what|strong="H1732" I|strong="H3808" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732" your|strong="H3808" father|strong="H0001", saying|strong="H0559", ‘Some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3678" your|strong="H3808" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H3478" always|strong="H3605" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3772" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H3678" Israel|strong="H3478".’ 
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\verseNumber{19}“But|strong="H5800" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" Israelis turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" me|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1980" disobey|strong="H0854" the|strong="H6440" decrees|strong="H2711" and|strong="H1980" commands|strong="H4687" that|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5414" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1980" you|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1980" you|strong="H5414" start|strong="H1870" to|strong="H1980" worship|strong="H7812" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H1980", 
\verseNumber{20}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5971" cause|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H8034" expelled|strong="H3423" from|strong="H6440" this|strong="H2088" land|strong="H6440" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5971" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1004" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5971" abandon|strong="H5414" this|strong="H2088" temple|strong="H1004" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5971" set|strong="H5414" apart|strong="H6942" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H8034" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H5414" where|strong="H1004" people|strong="H5971" should|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" me|strong="H5414". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5971" cause|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H8034" despised|strong="H0959" and|strong="H1004" ridiculed by|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{21}Although|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" temple|strong="H1004" is|strong="H3068" now|strong="H1961" greatly|strong="H3966" respected|strong="H7230", when|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" happens|strong="H1961", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" pass|strong="H5674" by|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" appalled|strong="H8074", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559", ‘Why|strong="H4100" has|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" terrible|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" like|strong="H1961" this|strong="H2088" to|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" country|strong="H2022" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" temple|strong="H1004"?’ 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H3068" others|strong="H0312" will|strong="H3068" reply|strong="H7725", ‘It|strong="H5921" happened|strong="H1961" because|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3651" rejected|strong="H5800" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3318" whom|strong="H0834" their|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" belonged|strong="H3318", the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" brought|strong="H3318" their|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3651" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H5647" worshiping|strong="H7812" other|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430" and|strong="H3068" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H3318" please|strong="H7451" them|strong="H5921". And|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" why|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5647" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3318" experience|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H2063" disasters|strong="H7451".’ ” 

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\chapterNumber{8}Solomon’s|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w workers|strong="H1129"\+w*} worked|strong="H2388" for|strong="H3068" 20 years|strong="H8141" to|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w workers|strong="H1129"\+w*} rebuilt|strong="H1129" the|strong="H5414" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Hiram|strong="H2438" had|strong="H3478" given|strong="H5414" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3478" Solomon|strong="H8010", and|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" sent|strong="H5414" Israelis to|strong="H3478" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" those|strong="H1121" cities|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{3}Solomon’s|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} then|strong="H8010" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Hamath-Zobah|strong="H2578" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} and|strong="H3212" captured|strong="H2388" it|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{4}His|strong="H3605" workers|strong="H1129" also|strong="H1571" rebuilt|strong="H1129" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" Tadmor|strong="H8412" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H4057", and|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Hamath|strong="H2574" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} in|strong="H5892" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" where|strong="H1129" they|strong="H3605" kept|strong="H8104" supplies|strong="H4399". 
\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H5892" rebuilt|strong="H1129" Upper|strong="H5945" Beth-Horon|strong="H1032" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H5892" Lower|strong="H8481" Beth-Horon|strong="H1032" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H5892" built|strong="H1129" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H1129" with|strong="H5892" gates|strong="H1817" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w walls|strong="H2346"\+w*} and|strong="H5892" bars|strong="H1280" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w fasten|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w gates|strong="H1817"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{6}They|strong="H3605" also|strong="H8010" rebuilt|strong="H1129" Baalath|strong="H1191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H5892" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" where|strong="H1129" supplies|strong="H4399" were|strong="H1961" kept|strong="H1961" and|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" where|strong="H1129" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H5892" horses|strong="H6571" were|strong="H1961" kept|strong="H1961". Solomon’s|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w workers|strong="H1129"\+w*} built|strong="H1129" whatever|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" wanted|strong="H2836" them|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" build|strong="H1129", in|strong="H5892" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" Lebanon|strong="H3844", and|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" other|strong="H3605" places|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" ruled|strong="H4474". 
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\verseNumber{7}Solomon|strong="H8010" forced|strong="H4522" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H4480" many|strong="H3808" other|strong="H3605" groups|strong="H7218" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" Israelis to|strong="H3478" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H3478" him|strong="H3605" like|strong="H3478" slaves|strong="H5650". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H3478" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" Heth|strong="H2845", Amor, Periz, Hiv, and|strong="H3478" Jebus|strong="H2982" people-groups. 
\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H3117" were|strong="H3478" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" groups|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H4480" Israelis had|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" completely|strong="H3615" destroyed|strong="H3615". Solomon|strong="H8010" forced|strong="H4522" them|strong="H3615" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3478" slaves|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" still|strong="H5704" slaves|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3588" Solomon|strong="H8010" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" force|strong="H2394" Israelis to|strong="H3478" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H5414". Israelis became|strong="H5650" his|strong="H5414" soldiers|strong="H5650" and|strong="H1121" commanders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" chariot-drivers. 
\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" also|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" chief|strong="H8269" officials|strong="H8269". There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H5971" 250 of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H5971" supervised|strong="H7287" the|strong="H8010" workers|strong="H6466". 
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\verseNumber{11}Solomon|strong="H8010" moved|strong="H4131" his|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802", who|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714", from|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w place|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w outside|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H3588" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" David’ to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" place|strong="H6944" that|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3068" workers|strong="H1129" had|strong="H3068" built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H3588" her|strong="H1129". He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" my|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802" to|strong="H3478" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3588" palace|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w father|strong="H0001"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" David’s|strong="H1732" workers|strong="H1129" built|strong="H1129", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w palace|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w while|strong="H3588"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" any|strong="H3588" place|strong="H6944" where|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3808" is|strong="H3068" holy|strong="H6944".” 
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\verseNumber{12}On|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" altar|strong="H4196" that|strong="H3068" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w workers|strong="H1129"\+w*} had|strong="H3068" built|strong="H1129" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" entrance|strong="H6607" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}, Solomon|strong="H8010" sacrificed|strong="H5927" many|strong="H7227" offerings|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3068" were|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313". 
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\verseNumber{14}Obeying|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1697" his|strong="H1732" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1732" commanded|strong="H4687", he|strong="H3588" appointed|strong="H5975" the|strong="H5921" groups|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3117" priests|strong="H3548" for|strong="H3588" their|strong="H5921" work|strong="H5656", and|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3588" appointed|strong="H5975" the|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3117" Levi|strong="H3881" to|strong="H5921" lead|strong="H5148" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" while|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3588" sang|strong="H1984" to|strong="H5921" praise|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3117" while|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3588" assisted|strong="H5826" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" daily|strong="H3117" work|strong="H5656". He|strong="H3588" also|strong="H1732" appointed|strong="H5975" groups|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3117" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" guard|strong="H4931" all|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" gates|strong="H8179", because|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1732" also|strong="H1732" what|strong="H1697" David|strong="H1732", the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H8179" who|strong="H3548" pleased|strong="H3190" God|strong="H0430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w well|strong="H3651"\+w*}, had|strong="H1732" commanded|strong="H4687". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H4428" other|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4428" Levi|strong="H3881" obeyed|strong="H8085" completely|strong="H3605" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H4687", including|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w taking|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w care|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" storerooms. 
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\verseNumber{16}They|strong="H3117" did|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w building|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*} that|strong="H3605" Solomon|strong="H8010" told|strong="H8010" them|strong="H3615" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H3068", until|strong="H5704" it|strong="H3559" was|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" completed|strong="H3615". So|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3117" finishing|strong="H3635" building|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H1980" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H5921" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" men|strong="H1980" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" Ezion-Geber|strong="H6100" and|strong="H1980" Elath|strong="H0359" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*} on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" coast|strong="H1366" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Red|strong="H5488" Sea|strong="H3220", an|strong="H5921" area|strong="H1508" that|strong="H8010" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5921" Edom|strong="H0112" people-group. 
\verseNumber{18}King|strong="H4428" Hiram|strong="H2438" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" Solomon|strong="H8010" from|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tyre|strong="H6865"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} some|strong="H8033" ships|strong="H0591" that|strong="H3045" were|strong="H3027" commanded|strong="H6680" by|strong="H3027" his|strong="H7971" officers|strong="H5650". They|strong="H8033" were|strong="H3027" men|strong="H5650" who|strong="H5650" were|strong="H3027" experienced|strong="H3045" sailors|strong="H4419". These|strong="H3947" men|strong="H5650" went|strong="H4428" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3947" ships|strong="H0591" with|strong="H5973" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" men|strong="H5650" to|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3947"\+w*} Ophir|strong="H0211" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H3603"\+w*} and|strong="H3967" brought|strong="H3947" back|strong="H3045" about|strong="H8033" 17 tons of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091", which|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" delivered|strong="H3027" to|strong="H7971" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010". 

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\chapterNumber{9}The|strong="H3605" queen|strong="H4436" who|strong="H3605" ruled|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Sheba|strong="H7614" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w area|strong="H1508"\+w* \+w in|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w Arabia|strong="H6152"\+w*} heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3605" Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" famous|strong="H8034", so|strong="H1961" she|strong="H5973" traveled|strong="H5265" to|strong="H1696" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H1696" ask|strong="H7592" him|strong="H5973" questions|strong="H2420" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" difficult|strong="H3515" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w answer|strong="H6030"\+w*}. She|strong="H5973" came|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" a|strong="H1961" large|strong="H7230" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H7230" servants|strong="H5650", and|strong="H2091" she|strong="H5973" brought|strong="H5375" camels|strong="H1581" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" loaded|strong="H5375" with|strong="H5973" spices|strong="H1314", and|strong="H2091" valuable|strong="H3368" gems|strong="H0068", and|strong="H2091" a|strong="H1961" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H7230" gold|strong="H2091". When|strong="H1961" she|strong="H5973" met|strong="H5375" Solomon|strong="H8010", she|strong="H5973" asked|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5973" questions|strong="H2420" about|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605"/topics in|strong="H8085" which|strong="H2428" she|strong="H5973" was|strong="H1961" interested. 
\verseNumber{2}Solomon|strong="H8010" answered|strong="H5046" all|strong="H3605" her|strong="H3605" questions|strong="H1697". He|strong="H3605" explained|strong="H0560" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" she|strong="H3808" asked|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1697", even|strong="H3808" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1697" very|strong="H3966" difficult|strong="H6381". 
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\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H7200" queen|strong="H4436" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" Solomon|strong="H8010" was|strong="H1004" very|strong="H3966" wise|strong="H2451". She|strong="H1931" saw|strong="H7200" his|strong="H7200" palace|strong="H1004", 
\verseNumber{4}she|strong="H3808" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3068" food|strong="H3978" that|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" served|strong="H8334" on|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" table|strong="H7979" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w every|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*}; she|strong="H3808" saw|strong="H7200" how|strong="H4100" his|strong="H3068" officials|strong="H5650" were|strong="H1961" seated|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" table|strong="H7979", their|strong="H3068" uniforms, the|strong="H3068" servants|strong="H5650" who|strong="H3068" served|strong="H8334" the|strong="H3068" food|strong="H3978" and|strong="H3068" wine|strong="H3196", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" sacrifices|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" took|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196". She|strong="H3808" was|strong="H3068" extremely|strong="H3966" amazed|strong="H8539". 
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\verseNumber{5}She|strong="H5921" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428", “Everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H5921" heard|strong="H8085" in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H8085" own|strong="H1961" country|strong="H2022" about|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4428" about|strong="H5921" how|strong="H8085" wise|strong="H2451" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1697" is|strong="H1697" true|strong="H0571"! 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H3808" I|strong="H5704" did|strong="H3254" not|strong="H3808" believe|strong="H0539" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1697" true|strong="H0571" until|strong="H5704" I|strong="H5704" came|strong="H1697" here|strong="H2009" and|strong="H5869" saw|strong="H7200" it|strong="H5921" myself|strong="H0589". You|strong="H5921" are|strong="H5869" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w extremely|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w wise|strong="H2451"\+w* \+w and|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w rich|strong="H6223"\+w*,} more|strong="H3254" than|strong="H3808" what|strong="H1697" people|strong="H3808" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H6440" men|strong="H5650" who|strong="H5650" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H5650" very|strong="H3966" fortunate|strong="H1409"! Your|strong="H6440" officials|strong="H5650" who|strong="H5650" are|strong="H5650" constantly|strong="H8548" standing|strong="H5975" in|strong="H8085" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" and|strong="H5650" listening|strong="H8085" to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" wise|strong="H2451" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H8085" you|strong="H6440" say|strong="H0559" are|strong="H5650" also|strong="H8085" fortunate|strong="H1409"! 
\verseNumber{8}Praise|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", who|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" shown|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H2654" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" by|strong="H5921" appointing you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414". God|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" always|strong="H5769" loved|strong="H0157" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3478" desires|strong="H2654" to|strong="H3478" assist|strong="H6677" them|strong="H5414" forever|strong="H5769", and|strong="H3478" therefore|strong="H5921" he|strong="H6213" has|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H5975" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4941" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5414" fairly|strong="H4941" and|strong="H3478" righteously|strong="H6666".” 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5414" queen|strong="H4436" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" Solomon|strong="H8010" about|strong="H1961" 4-1/2 tons of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3967" a|strong="H1961" large|strong="H7230" amount|strong="H7230" of|strong="H4428" spices|strong="H1314" and|strong="H3967" gems|strong="H0068". Never|strong="H3808" had|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" received|strong="H1961" more|strong="H7230" spices|strong="H1314" than|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5414" queen|strong="H4436" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" at|strong="H4428" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{10-12}King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" queen|strong="H4436" of|strong="H1121" Sheba|strong="H7614" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" she|strong="H1931" wanted|strong="H2654". He|strong="H0834" gave|strong="H5414" her|strong="H3605" more|strong="H3254" than|strong="H4480" she|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H5414". Then|strong="H0227" she|strong="H1931" and|strong="H3967" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" with|strong="H5973" her|strong="H3605" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" land|strong="H0776". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w In|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w ships|strong="H0591"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w belonged|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* ing \+w Hiram|strong="H2438"\+w*,} Hiram’s|strong="H2438" workers|strong="H6466" and|strong="H3967" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" workers|strong="H6466" brought|strong="H0935" gold|strong="H2091" from|strong="H4480" Ophir|strong="H0211". They|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" brought|strong="H0935" a|strong="H1961" large|strong="H1419" amount|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" juniper|strong="H7574" wood|strong="H6086" and|strong="H3967" gems|strong="H0068". King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w workers|strong="H6466"\+w*} to|strong="H0413" use|strong="H4399" that|strong="H0834" wood|strong="H6086" to|strong="H0413" make|strong="H6213" railings in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3967" in|strong="H0935" his|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3967" also|strong="H1571" to|strong="H0413" make|strong="H6213" harps|strong="H3658" and|strong="H3967" lyres|strong="H3658" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" musicians|strong="H7891". That|strong="H0834" wood|strong="H6086" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" finest|strong="H2459" wood|strong="H6086" that|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" ever|strong="H5769" been|strong="H1961" seen|strong="H7200" in|strong="H0935" Israel|strong="H3478". 

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\verseNumber{13}Each|strong="H0376" year|strong="H8141" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" brought|strong="H8010" to|strong="H1961" Solomon|strong="H8010" a|strong="H1961" total|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8141" 25 tons of|strong="H8141" gold|strong="H2091". 
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\verseNumber{15}King|strong="H4428" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w workers|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w took|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w this|strong="H6213"\+w*} gold|strong="H2091" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w*} hammered|strong="H4749" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*} into|strong="H5927" thin|strong="H1851" sheets|strong="H6341" and|strong="H3967" covered|strong="H3680" 200 large|strong="H6793" shields|strong="H6793" with|strong="H6213" those|strong="H5921" thin|strong="H1851" sheets|strong="H6341" of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091"; they|strong="H5921" put|strong="H5927" almost|strong="H4592" 7-1/2 pounds|strong="H1993" of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091" on|strong="H5921" each|strong="H0376" shield|strong="H6793". 
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\verseNumber{17}His|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w workers|strong="H6213"\+w*} also|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" large|strong="H1419" throne|strong="H3678". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} it|strong="H6213" was|strong="H4428" covered|strong="H6823" with|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{decorations \+w made|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w from|strong="H2091"\+w*} ivory|strong="H8127" and|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w was|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w covered|strong="H6823"\+w*} with|strong="H6213" very|strong="H1419" fine|strong="H6213" gold|strong="H2091". 
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\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3588" fleet|strong="H0590" of|strong="H4428" ships|strong="H0591" that|strong="H3588" sailed|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3588" ships|strong="H0591" that|strong="H3588" King|strong="H4428" Hiram|strong="H2438" owned|strong="H3426". Every|strong="H1980" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3588" ships|strong="H0591" returned|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w places|strong="H1116"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w which|strong="H2091"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w sailed|strong="H1980"\+w*}, bringing|strong="H5375" gold|strong="H2091", silver|strong="H3701", ivory|strong="H8143", monkeys, and|strong="H1980" baboons (OR|strong="H3701", peacocks|strong="H8500"). 
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\verseNumber{22}King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" became|strong="H1431" richer|strong="H6238" and|strong="H4428" wiser|strong="H2451" than|strong="H4428" any|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" on|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{23}Kings|strong="H4428" from|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398" wanted|strong="H1245" to|strong="H5414" come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H4428" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" wise|strong="H2451" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Solomon|strong="H8010" said|strong="H8085", things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" God|strong="H5414" had|strong="H8010" enabled|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" know|strong="H3045". 
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\verseNumber{25}Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H1961" 4,000 stalls|strong="H0723" for|strong="H3389" his|strong="H1961" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H4428" chariots|strong="H7393", and|strong="H4428" 12,000 horses|strong="H5483". Solomon|strong="H8010" put|strong="H3240" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H8147" in|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H4428" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H8147" in|strong="H4428" other|strong="H8147" cities|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" he|strong="H8147" kept|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" chariots|strong="H7393". 
\verseNumber{26}Solomon|strong="H8010" ruled|strong="H4910" over|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1366" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Euphrates|strong="H5104"\+w*} River|strong="H5104" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* northeast} to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" area|strong="H1366" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w west|strong="H3220"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{27}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w During|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w Solomon|strong="H8010"\+w* \+w was|strong="H4428"\+w*} king|strong="H4428", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H5414"\+w*} caused|strong="H5414" silver|strong="H3701" to|strong="H5414" become|strong="H1961" as|strong="H7230" common|strong="H7230" in|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" as|strong="H7230" stones|strong="H0068"; and|strong="H3701" he|strong="H5414" caused|strong="H5414" cedar|strong="H0730" trees|strong="H8256" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" foothills|strong="H8219" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H5414" become|strong="H1961" as|strong="H7230" plentiful|strong="H7230" as|strong="H7230" fig|strong="H8384" trees|strong="H8256". 
\verseNumber{28}Solomon’s|strong="H8010" agents brought|strong="H3318" horses|strong="H5483" from|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Musri \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*} and|strong="H4714" other|strong="H3605" places|strong="H3605". 

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\verseNumber{29}Lists of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H7605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" Solomon|strong="H8010" did|strong="H3808" are|strong="H1992" recorded|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" scrolls written|strong="H3789" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" Nathan|strong="H5416" and|strong="H1121" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" Ahijah|strong="H0281" from|strong="H5921" Shiloh|strong="H7887" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" in|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w scroll|strong="H5612"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w which|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w written|strong="H3789"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" visions|strong="H2378" that|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" Iddo|strong="H3260" saw|strong="H7200" concerning|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H5921"\+w*} Jeroboam|strong="H3379". 
\verseNumber{30}Solomon|strong="H8010" ruled|strong="H4427" from|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8141" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H5921" 40 years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="H1732" Solomon|strong="H8010" died|strong="H4191" and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1732" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H8478" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" David’. And|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The people of Israel rebelled against Rehoboam }
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\chapterNumber{10}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3478" Shechem|strong="H7927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3478" appoint|strong="H4427" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4427". So|strong="H3588" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" also|strong="H3478" went|strong="H3212" there|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{2}Jeroboam|strong="H3379", the|strong="H6440" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebat|strong="H5028", had|strong="H1961" fled|strong="H1272" to|strong="H7725" Egypt|strong="H4714" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w escape|strong="H1272"\+w*} from|strong="H7725" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010". But|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" heard|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w wanting|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w appoint|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w their|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}, he|strong="H1931" returned|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*} from|strong="H7725" Egypt|strong="H4714" 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w northern|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="H7626"\+w*} summoned|strong="H7121" him|strong="H7121", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3605" went|strong="H3478" with|strong="H1696" them|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w*} to|strong="H1696" Rehoboam|strong="H7346". They|strong="H3605" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Rehoboam|strong="H7346", 
\verseNumber{4}“Your|strong="H5414" father|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Solomon|strong="H8010"\+w*} forced|strong="H4522" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" work|strong="H5656" very|strong="H6258" hard|strong="H7186" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414". If|strong="H7043" you|strong="H5414" do|strong="H5647" not|strong="H5414" force|strong="H2394" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" work|strong="H5656" that|strong="H5414" hard|strong="H7186", and|strong="H5647" if|strong="H7043" you|strong="H5414" charge|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5414" less|strong="H0637" taxes|strong="H4061" than|strong="H5921" we|strong="H6258" were|strong="H5414" paying|strong="H1576" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414", we|strong="H6258" will|strong="H5414" serve|strong="H5647" you|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w faithfully|strong="H0571"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H3117" replied|strong="H0559", “Come|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" from|strong="H7725" now|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w give|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w my|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w answer|strong="H7725"\+w*}.” So|strong="H7725" those|strong="H1992" leaders|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\+w*} left|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" consulted|strong="H3289" his|strong="H7725" older|strong="H2205" men|strong="H2205" who|strong="H5971" had|strong="H1961" advised|strong="H3289" his|strong="H7725" father|strong="H0001" Solomon|strong="H8010" while|strong="H1961" he|strong="H8010" was|strong="H1961" still|strong="H5975" alive|strong="H2416". He|strong="H8010" asked|strong="H1697" them|strong="H7725", “What|strong="H1697" shall|strong="H5971" I|strong="H1697" say|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" answer|strong="H7725" these|strong="H2088" men|strong="H2205"?” 
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\verseNumber{7}They|strong="H3117" replied|strong="H1696", “If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" kind|strong="H2896" to|strong="H1696" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3117" do|strong="H1697" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5971" will|strong="H1961" please|strong="H7521" them|strong="H1961", and|strong="H3117" if|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" say|strong="H1696" kind|strong="H2896" things|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" answer|strong="H1697" them|strong="H1961", they|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" always|strong="H3605" serve|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605".” 
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\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H5800" he|strong="H6440" ignored|strong="H6313" what|strong="H4100" the|strong="H6440" older|strong="H2205" men|strong="H2205" advised|strong="H3289" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" do|strong="H6213". Instead|strong="H8478", he|strong="H6440" consulted|strong="H3289" the|strong="H6440" younger|strong="H6810" men|strong="H2205" who|strong="H5975" had|strong="H3068" grown|strong="H1431" up|strong="H5975" with|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440", who|strong="H5975" were|strong="H2205" now|strong="H6258" his|strong="H6440" advisors. 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H5414" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5414", “How|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" I|strong="H5414" answer|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" asking|strong="H7592" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" reduce|strong="H1639" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w work|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w taxes|strong="H4061"\+w*} that|strong="H5971" my|strong="H5414" father|strong="H0001" required|strong="H1697" from|strong="H4480" them|strong="H5414"?” 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H5921" young|strong="H3206" men|strong="H3206" who|strong="H5971" had|strong="H5971" grown|strong="H1431" up|strong="H1431" with|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5921" replied|strong="H1696", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Those|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3206"\+w*} have|strong="H5971" said|strong="H1696" that|strong="H5971" your|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" forced|strong="H4522" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" work|strong="H4399" very|strong="H3966" hard|strong="H1696" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", so|strong="H3541" they|strong="H5921" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" reduce|strong="H1639" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w and|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w taxes|strong="H4061"\+w*} that|strong="H5971" your|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" required|strong="H7592" from|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". But|strong="H1696" this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3206" what|strong="H3541" you|strong="H5921" should|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5921": ‘My|strong="H5921" little|strong="H6995" finger|strong="H6995" is|strong="H3206" thicker|strong="H5666" than|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" father’s|strong="H0001" waist|strong="H4975". 
\verseNumber{11}What|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" mean|strong="H2823" is|strong="H0369" that|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" required|strong="H7592" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w hard|strong="H3515"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3254"\+w* \+w pay|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w high|strong="H1116"\+w* \+w taxes|strong="H4061"\+w*}. But|strong="H6258" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3254" make|strong="H3254" those|strong="H5921" loads|strong="H4853" heavier|strong="H3515". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3254"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} my|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" whipped you|strong="H5921", but|strong="H6258" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3254" whip|strong="H7752" you|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" whips|strong="H7752" that|strong="H5921" have|strong="H6258" pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H5921" metal|strong="H2830" in|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921".’” 
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\verseNumber{12}Three|strong="H7992" days|strong="H3117" later|strong="H7992", Jeroboam|strong="H3379" and|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" came|strong="H5971" to|strong="H1696" King|strong="H4428" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" again|strong="H7725", which|strong="H5971" is|strong="H3117" what|strong="H1696" he|strong="H3117" had|strong="H4428" told|strong="H1696" them|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H5800" king|strong="H4428" ignored|strong="H6313" the|strong="H5800" advice|strong="H6098" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5800" older|strong="H2205" men|strong="H2205" and|strong="H6030" spoke|strong="H6030" harshly|strong="H7186" to|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5800" Israeli leaders|strong="H2205". 
\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w told|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3206"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w advised|strong="H1696"\+w*.} He|strong="H5921" said|strong="H1696", “My|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" put|strong="H3254" heavy|strong="H3513" burdens|strong="H3513" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6098"\+w* \+w taxes|strong="H4061"\+w*} on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921", but|strong="H1696" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3206" put|strong="H3254" heavier|strong="H3513" burdens|strong="H3513" on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3206"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3254"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} he|strong="H5921" beat|strong="H5221" you|strong="H5921" with|strong="H1696" whips|strong="H7752", but|strong="H1696" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3206" beat|strong="H5221" you|strong="H5921" with|strong="H1696" whips|strong="H7752" that|strong="H3206" have|strong="H1696" pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H5921" metal|strong="H2830" in|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921"!” 
\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H4616" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" any|strong="H1961" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H8085" Israeli leaders|strong="H7218". But|strong="H3588" this|strong="H1696" happened|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" the|strong="H8085" prophet|strong="H1696" Ahijah|strong="H0281" about|strong="H1961" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" Israeli leaders|strong="H7218" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" did|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H7725" any|strong="H3605" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H7725" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H1992" said|strong="H8085", they|strong="H1992" shouted|strong="H7321", 
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“We|strong="H3588" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" anything|strong="H3605" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H4100" with|strong="H1004" this|strong="H7200" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732"! 
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We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H7725" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H7725" what|strong="H4100" this|strong="H7200" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448" says|strong="H0559"! 
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You|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", let’s|strong="H1980" go|strong="H3212" home|strong="H1004"! 
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As|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" this|strong="H7200" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732", he|strong="H3588" can|strong="H4100" rule|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H5971" kingdom|strong="H4428"!” 
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So|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" Israeli leaders|strong="H7218" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" their|strong="H3605" homes|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3478"\+w*, \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w only|strong="H0389"\+w* Israeli} people|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H0834" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" ruled|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3478" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" territory|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="H7626"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H7971" King|strong="H4428" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" went|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5921" Adoniram|strong="H0141" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w*}. Adoniram|strong="H0141" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" supervised|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w*} forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H3478" work|strong="H4399" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\+w*}. But|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5921" throwing|strong="H3027" stones|strong="H0068" at|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". When|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3478" happened|strong="H1961", King|strong="H4428" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" quickly|strong="H4116" got|strong="H5927" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7971" chariot|strong="H4818" and|strong="H1121" escaped|strong="H5127" to|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{19}Ever|strong="H3117" since|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w northern|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="H7626"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478" have|strong="H3478" been|strong="H6586" rebelling|strong="H4775" against|strong="H6586" the|strong="H3117" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} David|strong="H1732". 
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\chapterNumber{11}When|strong="H7725" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", he|strong="H6213" gathered|strong="H6950" 180,000 of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6213" best|strong="H2459" soldiers|strong="H4421" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H6213" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3967" Benjamin|strong="H1144". He|strong="H6213" wanted|strong="H2654" them|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w northern|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="H7626"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w defeat|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7725"\+w*}, in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3478" he|strong="H6213" could|strong="H3201" rule|strong="H4467" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="H7626"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} the|strong="H6213" kingdom|strong="H4467" again|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{2}But|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" prophet|strong="H5030" Shemaiah|strong="H8098" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H1697": 
\verseNumber{3}“Go|strong="H4428" and|strong="H1121" tell|strong="H3605" this|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} Rehoboam|strong="H7346", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144": 
\verseNumber{4}‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H7725" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*; \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1697"\+w*} your|strong="H3068" distant|strong="H7350" relatives|strong="H0251". All|strong="H3212" of|strong="H1004" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3212" home|strong="H1004". What|strong="H1697" has|strong="H3068" happened|strong="H1961" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H7725" happen|strong="H1961".’” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\+w* \+w went|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w told|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7725"\+w*,} and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3212" heeded|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" attack|strong="H5927" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5927"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Rehoboam|strong="H7346" fortified|strong="H1219" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" }
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\verseNumber{5}Rehoboam|strong="H7346" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H3063" his|strong="H1129" workers|strong="H1129" built|strong="H1129" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" several|strong="H2669" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H1129" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3063" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3427" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3389" protect|strong="H8104" them|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w enemy|strong="H0340"\+w* \+w attacks|strong="H5221"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{6}In|strong="H1129" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w belonged|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1035"\+w*} the|strong="H1129" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1129" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1129" Benjamin|strong="H1144" they|strong="H1992" built|strong="H1129" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" Bethlehem|strong="H1035", Etam|strong="H5862", Tekoa|strong="H8620", 
\verseNumber{7}Beth-Zur|strong="H1049", Soco|strong="H7755", Adullam|strong="H5725", 
\verseNumber{8}Gath|strong="H1661", Mareshah|strong="H4762", 
\verseNumber{9}Adoraim|strong="H0115", Lachish|strong="H3923", Azekah|strong="H5825", 
\verseNumber{10}Zorah|strong="H6881", Aijalon|strong="H0357", and|strong="H3063" Hebron|strong="H2275". 
\verseNumber{11}He|strong="H5414" also|strong="H2388" appointed|strong="H5414" an|strong="H5414" army|strong="H2428" commander|strong="H5057" in|strong="H5414" each|strong="H5414" of|strong="H3196" those|strong="H2388" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H2388" towns|strong="H1323", and|strong="H2388" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" supplies|strong="H5414" of|strong="H3196" food|strong="H3978", olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081", and|strong="H2388" wine|strong="H3196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w keep|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w storage|strong="H4543"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{12}He|strong="H3605" put|strong="H2388" shields|strong="H6793" and|strong="H3063" spears|strong="H7420" in|strong="H5892" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3063" made|strong="H2388" them|strong="H1961" well-protected. So|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3605" continued|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" rule|strong="H4910" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H5892" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Benjamin|strong="H1144". 
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\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3478" other|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1366" Levi|strong="H3881" throughout|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" supported|strong="H3320" Rehoboam|strong="H7346". 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H3588" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w outside|strong="H2351"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w territory|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\+w*} abandoned|strong="H5800" their|strong="H3068" property|strong="H0272" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3068" pastureland, and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3588" came|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w places|strong="H1116"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063", because|strong="H3588" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" allow|strong="H5414" them|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" work|strong="H4399" of|strong="H1121" priests|strong="H3547" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{15}Instead|strong="H8478", Jeroboam|strong="H5975" appointed|strong="H5975" the|strong="H6213" priests|strong="H3548" that|strong="H3548" he|strong="H6213" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H6213" work|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w altars|strong="H4196"\+w* \+w he|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w built|strong="H6213"\+w*} on|strong="H5975" the|strong="H6213" hilltops, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w offer|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w*} the|strong="H6213" idols|strong="H1544" that|strong="H3548" he|strong="H6213" commanded|strong="H6680" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3548" made|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w resembled|strong="H1823"\+w*} goats|strong="H8163" and|strong="H3548" calves|strong="H5695". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H3478" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3478" every|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H7626" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3605" wanted|strong="H1245" to|strong="H3478" worship|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Israelis belonged|strong="H1961", went|strong="H3478" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Levi|strong="H3878" to|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H3478" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" offer|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2076" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" their|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{17}They|strong="H3588" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" kingdom|strong="H4438" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H1980" be|strong="H1121" strong|strong="H2388", and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H3588" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1121" happy|strong="H0835" that|strong="H3588" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" son|strong="H1121" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" was|strong="H1732" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428". During|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H8141" they|strong="H3588" conducted|strong="H1240" their|strong="H3588" lives|strong="H5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w righteously|strong="H6664"\+w*} as|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H1732" done|strong="H1980" previously|strong="H8543". 

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\verseNumber{18}Rehoboam|strong="H7346" married|strong="H3947" Mahalath|strong="H4258". She|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1732" the|strong="H3947" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" David’s|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" Jerimoth|strong="H3406", and|strong="H1121" her|strong="H3947" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H1732" Abihail|strong="H0032", the|strong="H3947" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Eliab|strong="H0446" and|strong="H1121" granddaughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448". 
\verseNumber{19}Rehoboam|strong="H7346" and|strong="H1121" Mahalath|strong="H4258" had|strong="H3205" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121": Jeush|strong="H3266", Shemariah|strong="H8114", and|strong="H1121" Zaham|strong="H2093". 
\verseNumber{20}Later|strong="H0310" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" married|strong="H3947" Maacah|strong="H4601", the|strong="H3947" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Absalom|strong="H0053", and|strong="H1323" they|strong="H3947" had|strong="H3205" four|strong="H0702" sons|strong="H3205": Abijah|strong="H0029", Attai|strong="H6262", Ziza|strong="H2124", and|strong="H1323" Shelomith|strong="H8019". 
\verseNumber{21}Rehoboam|strong="H7346" loved|strong="H0157" Maacah|strong="H4601" more|strong="H3588" than|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" loved|strong="H0157" any|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" slave|strong="H5650" wives|strong="H0802". Altogether|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3205" 18 wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" 60 slave|strong="H5650" wives|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1121" 28 sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" 60 daughters|strong="H1323". 
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\verseNumber{22}Rehoboam|strong="H7346" appointed|strong="H5975" his|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" Abijah|strong="H0029" to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" leader|strong="H5057" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brothers|strong="H1121", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H1121" appoint|strong="H5975" Abijah|strong="H0029" to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" next|strong="H4283" king|strong="H4427". 
\verseNumber{23}He|strong="H3605" very|strong="H7230" wisely|strong="H2451" sent|strong="H5414" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5414" other|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" areas|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3063" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H5414". He|strong="H3605" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" plenty|strong="H7230" of|strong="H1121" supplies|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" many|strong="H7230" wives|strong="H0802". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The army of King Shishak of Egypt invaded Judah }
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\chapterNumber{12}After|strong="H1961" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3478" complete|strong="H3605" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4438", he|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063" stopped|strong="H5800" obeying|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{2}As|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H6903", after|strong="H5921" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" for|strong="H3588" almost|strong="H4592" five|strong="H2568" years|strong="H8141", Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H3068" Shishak|strong="H7895", the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" attack|strong="H5927" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{3}Along|strong="H5973" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H5973" army|strong="H5971" he|strong="H5971" brought|strong="H0935" 1,200 chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H3967" 60,000 soldiers|strong="H5971" riding|strong="H7392" horses|strong="H6571" and|strong="H3967" a|strong="H5971" very|strong="H3966" large|strong="H1419" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H4557" troops|strong="H5971" from|strong="H5973" two|strong="H3967" regions|strong="H2506" in|strong="H5971" Libya|strong="H3864", and|strong="H3967" from|strong="H5973" Ethiopia|strong="H3569". 
\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H5704" captured|strong="H3920" many|strong="H5704" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5704" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" Judah|strong="H3063" that|strong="H5892" had|strong="H3063" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H5704", and|strong="H3063" they|strong="H5704" came|strong="H3063" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" prophet|strong="H5030" Shemaiah|strong="H8098" came|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H3541" leaders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" who|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" gathered|strong="H6960" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" because|strong="H6440" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3063" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w army|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Shishak|strong="H7895". Shemaiah|strong="H8098" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6440", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" this|strong="H3541": ‘You|strong="H6440" have|strong="H3068" abandoned|strong="H5800" me|strong="H6440"; so|strong="H3541" now|strong="H3541" I|strong="H3541" am|strong="H3068" abandoning you|strong="H6440", to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w allow|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w captured|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w army|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Shishak|strong="H7895".’” 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" Israeli leaders|strong="H8269" humbled|strong="H3665" themselves|strong="H3665" and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" us|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3068" fair|strong="H3303".” 
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\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3068" humbled|strong="H3665" themselves|strong="H1992", he|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H5414" this|strong="H5414" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" Shemaiah|strong="H8098": “Because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H1961" humbled|strong="H3665" themselves|strong="H1992", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H7843". Instead|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" soon|strong="H4592" rescue|strong="H5337" them|strong="H5414". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" use|strong="H1961" Shishak’s army|strong="H3389" to|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" destroy|strong="H7843" the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", 
\verseNumber{8}but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" conquer|strong="H3423" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H5650" force|strong="H2394" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3045" there|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3045" Shishak|strong="H7895" wants|strong="H2656" them|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213". As|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H6903", the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3045" of|strong="H5650" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" will|strong="H1961" learn|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w better|strong="H2896"\+w*} to|strong="H1961" serve|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961" than|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1961" serve|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H5650" other|strong="H0312" countries|strong="H0776".” 
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\verseNumber{9}When|strong="H6213" Shishak’s \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H5927"\+w*} attacked|strong="H5927" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", they|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947"/carried|strong="H5927" away|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H4714" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H4714" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004". They|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947" everything|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w valuable|strong="H3368"\+w*}, including|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091" shields|strong="H4043" that|strong="H3605" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w workers|strong="H6213"\+w*} had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H6213" King|strong="H4428" Rehoboam’s|strong="H7346" workers|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" bronze|strong="H5178" shields|strong="H4043" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3027" used|strong="H6213" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" gold|strong="H2091" ones|strong="H2945" and|strong="H4428" gave|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" bronze|strong="H5178" shields|strong="H4043" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" commanders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H6213" who|strong="H8104" guarded|strong="H8104" the|strong="H5921" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H5921" his|strong="H8104" palace|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{11}After|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3068", whenever|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5375" king|strong="H4428" went|strong="H3068" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5375" temple|strong="H1004", the|strong="H5375" guards|strong="H7323" went|strong="H3068" with|strong="H1004" him|strong="H7725", carrying|strong="H5375" those|strong="H5375" bronze|strong="H5178" shields|strong="H4043". Then|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w left|strong="H7725"\+w*,} they|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5375" shields|strong="H4043" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5375" guards’|strong="H7323" room|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{12}Because|strong="H4480" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" humbled|strong="H3665" himself|strong="H3665", Yahweh|strong="H3068" stopped|strong="H7725" being|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7725" and|strong="H3063" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" get|strong="H7725" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7725". Instead|strong="H3808", he|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1961" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7725" happen|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{13}King|strong="H4428" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" again|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H8141" complete|strong="H3605" control|strong="H2388" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H1121" continued|strong="H2388" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. He|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" 41 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". He|strong="H3588" ruled|strong="H4427" for|strong="H3588" 17 years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" from|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" in|strong="H8141" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H7760" in|strong="H8141" which|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" worship|strong="H3478" him|strong="H4427". 
\verseNumber{14}Rehoboam’s|strong="H7346" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H3068" Naamah|strong="H5279". She|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group. Rehoboam|strong="H7346" did|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H3068" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H6213" what|strong="H7451" Yahweh|strong="H3068" wanted|strong="H2654" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{15}An|strong="H3789" account|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" did|strong="H3808" while|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H3117" lists of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" members|strong="H3338" of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940", are|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" scrolls written|strong="H3789" by|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" Shemaiah|strong="H8098" and|strong="H3117" Iddo|strong="H5714". The|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3117" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" and|strong="H3117" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" were|strong="H3117" constantly|strong="H3117" fighting|strong="H4421" each|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H1121" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" died|strong="H4191", he|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H8478" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" David’. Then|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" Abijah|strong="H0029" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". 

\BibleSectionHeading{King Abijah’s rule in Judah }
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\chapterNumber{13}When|strong="H5921" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*} for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" 18 years|strong="H8141", Abijah|strong="H0029" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H4480" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H8034" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141". His|strong="H1961" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H8034" Micaiah|strong="H4322" (OR|strong="H4480", Maacah|strong="H4601"), the|strong="H4480" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Uriel|strong="H0222" from|strong="H4480" Gibeah|strong="H1390" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
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There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H1961" war|strong="H4421" between|strong="H4421" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1323"\+w*} Abijah|strong="H0029" and|strong="H3389" Jeroboam|strong="H3379". 
\verseNumber{3}Abijah|strong="H0029" went|strong="H4421" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3379" battle|strong="H4421", taking|strong="H3947" 400,000 of|strong="H1368" his|strong="H5973" capable|strong="H2428" soldiers|strong="H4421", and|strong="H3967" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" prepared|strong="H6186" to|strong="H5973" fight|strong="H4421" them|strong="H5414", taking|strong="H3947" 800,000 of|strong="H1368" his|strong="H5973" capable|strong="H2428" troops|strong="H2428". 
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\verseNumber{4}Abijah|strong="H0029" stood|strong="H6965" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H2022" Zemaraim|strong="H6787" Mountain|strong="H2022", which|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3478" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" hilly area|strong="H2022" that|strong="H3605" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669", and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3605" shouted|strong="H7321", “Jeroboam|strong="H3379" and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H8085" of|strong="H2022" Israel|strong="H3478", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5921"! 
\verseNumber{5}You|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" whom|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3045" we|strong="H3588" Israelis belong|strong="H1961", has|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H5414" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5921" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" forever|strong="H5769". He|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" confirmed|strong="H0539" that|strong="H3588" by|strong="H5921" making|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" permanent|strong="H5769" agreement|strong="H1285". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H5921" Jeroboam|strong="H3379", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} an|strong="H6965" official|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1121" David’s|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" King|strong="H5921" Solomon|strong="H8010", rebelled|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5921" his|strong="H1732" king|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" son|strong="H1121" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" became|strong="H1961" king|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1961" still|strong="H5750" young|strong="H5288" and|strong="H1121" inexperienced|strong="H7390", a|strong="H1961" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" worthless|strong="H1100" scoundrels|strong="H1121" gathered|strong="H6908" around|strong="H5921" you|strong="H6440", Jeroboam|strong="H3379", and|strong="H1121" rebelled|strong="H4784" against|strong="H5921" Rehoboam|strong="H7346". 
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\verseNumber{8}“And|strong="H1121" now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H1121" planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5973" the|strong="H6440" kingdom|strong="H4467" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" established|strong="H2388" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" governed|strong="H8199" by|strong="H3027" David’s|strong="H1732" descendants|strong="H1121". It|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3068" true|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" have|strong="H3068" a|strong="H6213" huge|strong="H1995" army|strong="H1995", and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H6440" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" soldiers|strong="H1121" have|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H6213" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" golden|strong="H2091" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w statues|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} calves|strong="H5695" that|strong="H3068" Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379" workers|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" gods|strong="H0430" for|strong="H6213" all|strong="H6213" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3605" expelled|strong="H5080" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" that|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w appointed|strong="H1121"\+w*}, men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H5971" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w first|strong="H1121"\+w* Supreme \+w Priest|strong="H3548"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3605" expelled|strong="H5080" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881", and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3605" appointed|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3605" wanted|strong="H2654", like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3605" countries|strong="H0776" do|strong="H6213". You|strong="H3605" allow|strong="H5414" anyone|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548" of|strong="H1121" idols|strong="H1544" that|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" gods|strong="H0430" if|strong="H1961" he|strong="H6213" comes|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" dedicate|strong="H4390" himself|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548" by|strong="H3027" sacrificing|strong="H2076" a|strong="H1961" young|strong="H1121" bull|strong="H6499" and|strong="H1121" seven|strong="H7651" rams|strong="H0352". 
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\verseNumber{10}“As|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5800", Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" we|strong="H0587" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" abandoned|strong="H5800" him|strong="H5800". Our|strong="H3068" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H8334" Yahweh|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" assist|strong="H8334" them|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{11}Every|strong="H1242" morning|strong="H1242" and|strong="H3068" every|strong="H1242" evening|strong="H6153" they|strong="H3588" present|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H5930" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H6999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" burn|strong="H6999" fragrant|strong="H5561" incense|strong="H7004". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Each|strong="H4501"\+w* \+w week|strong="H7620"\+w*} they|strong="H3588" place|strong="H4725" the|strong="H5921" sacred|strong="H6944" bread|strong="H3899" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sacred|strong="H6944" table|strong="H7979", and|strong="H3068" each|strong="H4501" morning|strong="H1242" they|strong="H3588" light|strong="H5216" the|strong="H5921" lamps|strong="H5216" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" gold|strong="H2091" lampstand|strong="H4501". We|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" obeying|strong="H8104" what|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" requires|strong="H4147" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". But|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" abandoned|strong="H5800" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{12}Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H5921"; he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" leader|strong="H7218". The|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548" whom|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" blow|strong="H8643" their|strong="H3068" trumpets|strong="H2689" to|strong="H3478" signal|strong="H8643" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w ready|strong="H3559"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H3898" a|strong="H3588" battle|strong="H8643" against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588". You|strong="H3588" Israeli men|strong="H1121", do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" whom|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" belonged|strong="H1961", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" successful|strong="H6743" and|strong="H1121" win|strong="H6743" the|strong="H5921" battle|strong="H8643" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w While|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w he|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w speaking|strong="H1696"\+w*,} Jeroboam|strong="H3379" sent|strong="H7971" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H6440" his|strong="H6440" troops|strong="H1416" around|strong="H5437" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H6440" Judah|strong="H3063". So|strong="H1961" while|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H5650" who|strong="H3063" were|strong="H1961" with|strong="H6440" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" were|strong="H1961" in|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H6440" Judah|strong="H3063", the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H0312" soldiers|strong="H5650" of|strong="H6440" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H1961" behind|strong="H0310" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H6440" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H4421" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" turned|strong="H6437" and|strong="H3063" saw|strong="H3063" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3063" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" attacked|strong="H4421" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3063" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" rear|strong="H3411", they|strong="H3068" cried|strong="H6817" out|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". The|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548" blew|strong="H2690" their|strong="H3068" trumpets|strong="H2689", 
\verseNumber{15}and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" of|strong="H6440" Judah|strong="H3063" shouted|strong="H7321" a|strong="H1961" loud|strong="H7321" battle-cry. Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w enabled|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w Abijah|strong="H0029"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} defeat|strong="H5221" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" fled|strong="H5127" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H1121" God|strong="H5414" enabled|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{17}Abijah|strong="H0029" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H5221" troops|strong="H5971" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" capable|strong="H2428" soldiers|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3967" killed|strong="H5221" 500,000 of|strong="H5971" them|strong="H5221". 
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\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" soldiers|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" defeated|strong="H5221", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" soldiers|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" won|strong="H1589" the|strong="H5921" battle|strong="H4421" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" trusted|strong="H8172" in|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" whom|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" belonged|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{19}Abijah’s|strong="H0029" army|strong="H2428" pursued|strong="H7291" the|strong="H4480" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H1323" Jeroboam|strong="H3379", and|strong="H5892" they|strong="H3920" captured|strong="H3920" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1323" Israel|strong="H3478" the|strong="H4480" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1323" Bethel|strong="H1008", Jeshanah|strong="H3466", and|strong="H5892" Ephron|strong="H6085", and|strong="H5892" the|strong="H4480" surrounding|strong="H1323" villages|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{20}During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" remaining|strong="H8300" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" Abijah|strong="H0029" ruled|strong="H4427", Jeroboam|strong="H3379" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" become|strong="H1961" powerful|strong="H3581" again|strong="H5750". Then|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H4191" him|strong="H4191" to|strong="H4191" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" ill|strong="H2470", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191". 
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\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H2388" Abijah|strong="H0029" became|strong="H3205" more|strong="H3205" powerful|strong="H2388". He|strong="H8147" married|strong="H5375" 14 wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3205" 22 sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" 16 daughters|strong="H1323". 
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\verseNumber{22}An|strong="H3789" account|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H1870" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" Abijah|strong="H0029" did|strong="H1697" while|strong="H5704" he|strong="H1697" was|strong="H1697" the|strong="H1870" king|strong="H4428", including|strong="H5704" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1697" and|strong="H1870" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H1697" did|strong="H1697", is|strong="H1697" in|strong="H3789" the|strong="H1870" scroll|strong="H5612" written|strong="H3789" by|strong="H1870" the|strong="H1870" prophet|strong="H5030" Iddo|strong="H5714". 
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\chapterNumber{14}When|strong="H6213" Abijah|strong="H0029" died|strong="H4191", he|strong="H6213" was|strong="H3068" buried|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H6213" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H3068" David’. His|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" Asa|strong="H0609" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428". While|strong="H5869" Asa|strong="H0609" was|strong="H3068" ruling|strong="H4910", there|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" peace|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H6213" ten|strong="H6235" years|strong="H8141". 

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\verseNumber{2}Asa|strong="H0609" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H4196" Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H5493" God|strong="H0430" considers|strong="H7919" to|strong="H4196" be|strong="H7665" right|strong="H3225" and|strong="H4196" good|strong="H2896". 
\verseNumber{3}His|strong="H3068" workers|strong="H6213" got|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" altars|strong="H4196" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" foreign|strong="H5237" gods|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3063" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" high|strong="H6213" hills|strong="H1389". They|strong="H3068" smashed|strong="H7665" the|strong="H6213" sacred|strong="H6944" stone|strong="H0068" pillars|strong="H5982" and|strong="H3063" cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H3381" the|strong="H6213" poles|strong="H0905" for|strong="H6213" worshiping|strong="H7812" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Asherah|strong="H0842". 
\verseNumber{4}Asa|strong="H0609" commanded|strong="H6680" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5892" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H6440" worship|strong="H7812" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H3605"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" whom|strong="H6440" their|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" worshiped|strong="H7812", and|strong="H3063" to|strong="H6440" obey|strong="H8085" his|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" and|strong="H3063" commands|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{5}His|strong="H3068" workers|strong="H1129" destroyed|strong="H4229" all|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3588" shrines|strong="H1354" on|strong="H5117" the|strong="H3588" hilltops and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3588" altars|strong="H4196" for|strong="H3588" burning|strong="H2740" incense|strong="H7004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w*} in|strong="H8141" every|strong="H3068" town|strong="H5892" in|strong="H8141" Judah|strong="H3063". As|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" result|strong="H6903", there|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" peace|strong="H8252" while|strong="H3588" Asa|strong="H0609" ruled|strong="H4427" the|strong="H3588" kingdom|strong="H4467" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{6}His|strong="H3068" workers|strong="H1129" built|strong="H1129" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3063" constructed|strong="H1129" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H6440". No|strong="H6440" army|strong="H2428" attacked|strong="H5221" Judah|strong="H3063" during|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6440", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" peace|strong="H5117". 
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\verseNumber{7}Asa|strong="H0609" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1368" Judah|strong="H3063", “We|strong="H3605" should|strong="H3068" protect|strong="H8104" these|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H1323" by|strong="H1961" building|strong="H1129" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H5375", with|strong="H3605" watchtowers and|strong="H3967" gates|strong="H8179" that|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" bars|strong="H1280". This|strong="H5375" country|strong="H2022" still|strong="H5750" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" us|strong="H1961" because|strong="H3605" we|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" requested|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H1961" help|strong="H1961" us|strong="H1961". We|strong="H3605" requested|strong="H7592" him|strong="H3605" for|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" help|strong="H1961", and|strong="H3967" he|strong="H3605" has|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5375" us|strong="H1961" peace|strong="H7965" in|strong="H3063" our|strong="H3605" entire|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022".” So|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3605" built|strong="H1129" buildings|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3967" prospered|strong="H6743". 
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\verseNumber{8}Asa|strong="H0609" had|strong="H2428" an|strong="H3318" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H3318" 300,000 men|strong="H2428" from|strong="H3318" Judah|strong="H3063". They|strong="H5704" all|strong="H5704" carried|strong="H3318" large|strong="H1419" shields|strong="H4043" and|strong="H3967" spears|strong="H7420". He|strong="H5704" also|strong="H3318" had|strong="H2428" 280,000 men|strong="H2428" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5704" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3318" Benjamin|strong="H1144" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*}. They|strong="H5704" carried|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w smaller|strong="H4592"\+w*} shields|strong="H4043", and|strong="H3967" bows|strong="H7198" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w arrows|strong="H2671"\+w*}. They|strong="H5704" were|strong="H2428" all|strong="H5704" brave|strong="H2428" soldiers|strong="H2428". 
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\verseNumber{9}Zerah|strong="H2226", a|strong="H3318" man|strong="H6440" from|strong="H3318" Ethiopia|strong="H3568"/Sudan, marched|strong="H3318" with|strong="H6440" a|strong="H3318" huge|strong="H1995" army|strong="H4421" and|strong="H6440" 300 chariots|strong="H7393" to|strong="H3318" attack|strong="H4421" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w army|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\+w*}. They|strong="H6440" went|strong="H3318" as|strong="H3318" far|strong="H3318" as|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w*} Mareshah|strong="H4762" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H3318"\+w* 25 \+w miles|strong="H7341"\+w*/southwest \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{10}Asa|strong="H0609" went|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w army|strong="H1995"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3068" both|strong="H5921" armies|strong="H6635" took|strong="H3947" their|strong="H3068" positions|strong="H7896" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Zephathah|strong="H6859" Valley|strong="H6010". 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H3068" Asa|strong="H0609" cried|strong="H7121" out|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", there|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H6440" one|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" who|strong="H3068" can|strong="H4310" help|strong="H5826" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" little|strong="H4592" power|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" resist|strong="H2388" a|strong="H3068" mighty|strong="H1368" army|strong="H2428". Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", help|strong="H5826" us|strong="H6440", because|strong="H6440" we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H3068" relying on|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440"; and|strong="H3063" trusting|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" we|strong="H0587" have|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w*} against|strong="H6440" this|strong="H6440" huge|strong="H1995" army|strong="H2428". Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068"; do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6440" allow|strong="H5414" anyone|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5221" you|strong="H6440".” 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H5375" Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" Asa|strong="H0609" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H4264" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H5704" defeat|strong="H5221" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H4264" from|strong="H6440" Ethiopia|strong="H3569". They|strong="H1992" fled|strong="H5127", 
\verseNumber{13}and|strong="H3068" Asa|strong="H0609" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" pursued|strong="H7291" them|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* southwest} as|strong="H1961" far|strong="H5921" as|strong="H1961" Gerar|strong="H1642". A|strong="H1961" huge|strong="H7227" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5650" from|strong="H5921" Ethiopia|strong="H3568" were|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H5221", with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3588" those|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H5221"\+w*} were|strong="H1961" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898" anymore|strong="H5750". They|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" greatly|strong="H7227" defeated|strong="H5221" by|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" carried|strong="H3068" away|strong="H3605" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H7227" amount|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H7399". 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H5221" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H7230" Judah|strong="H3063" were|strong="H1581" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H7725" destroy|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" people|strong="H1571" in|strong="H7725" villages|strong="H2691" near|strong="H7126" Gerar|strong="H1642" because|strong="H7230" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H1581" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5221" people|strong="H1571" there|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" become|strong="H7725" terrified|strong="H0926" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w unable|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w*}. The|strong="H5221" army|strong="H3389" of|strong="H7230" Judah|strong="H3063" took|strong="H7617" away|strong="H7725" all|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5221" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H7230" from|strong="H7725" those|strong="H1992" villages|strong="H2691". 
\verseNumber{15}They|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" attacked|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" places|strong="H1116" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" local people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" took|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" domestic animals|strong="H0929" had|strong="H3068" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H0168", and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H1992" took|strong="H3947" away|strong="H5493" big|strong="H0931" herds|strong="H1241" of|strong="H1121" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3967" goats|strong="H5795" and|strong="H3967" camels|strong="H1581". Then|strong="H0227" they|strong="H1992" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The reforms that Asa introduced }
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\chapterNumber{15}The|strong="H5921" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430" came|strong="H1961" upon|strong="H5921" Azariah|strong="H5838", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Obed|strong="H5744". 
\verseNumber{2}Azariah|strong="H5838" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H5973" Asa|strong="H0609", and|strong="H3063" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H6440", “Asa|strong="H0609" and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="H7626"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Benjamin|strong="H1144", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H6440". Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H6440" whenever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H3068" trusting|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3068" him|strong="H6440". If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6440" request|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w*}, he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5800" you|strong="H6440", but|strong="H1961" if|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6440" abandon|strong="H5800" him|strong="H6440", he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" abandon|strong="H5800" you|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{3}For|strong="H3117" many|strong="H7227" years|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" Israeli people|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3117" true|strong="H0571" God|strong="H3808", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3117" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3478" priests|strong="H3548" or|strong="H3808" God’s|strong="H0430" laws|strong="H8451". 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H7725" when|strong="H7725" they|strong="H3068" experienced|strong="H3045" trouble|strong="H6862", they|strong="H3068" turned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3478" requested|strong="H1245" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7725" help|strong="H5826" them|strong="H5921". And|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H5826" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{5}At|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H7227", people|strong="H3427" were|strong="H1992" not|strong="H3588" safe|strong="H7965" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" traveled|strong="H5265", because|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" nearby|strong="H7138" countries|strong="H0776" were|strong="H1992" experiencing|strong="H2896" many|strong="H7227" difficulties. 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H5892" various|strong="H2921" nations|strong="H1471" were|strong="H1471" thoroughly|strong="H3190" defeated|strong="H3807" by|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w*} other|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471", and|strong="H5892" people|strong="H1471" in|strong="H5892" some|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" were|strong="H1471" crushed|strong="H3807" by|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w from|strong="H1471"\+w*} other|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892", because|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H5892" allowing them|strong="H2000" to|strong="H1471" experience|strong="H7200" many|strong="H7227" difficulties. 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H3426" strong|strong="H2388" and|strong="H3027" do|strong="H3426" not|strong="H3588" become|strong="H3027" discouraged|strong="H7503", because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H3027"\+w*} will|strong="H3027" reward|strong="H7939" you|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" what|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3426" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w please|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3027"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H8085" Asa|strong="H0609" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" prophet|strong="H5030" Azariah|strong="H5838" said|strong="H1697", he|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" encouraged|strong="H2388". He|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w workers|strong="H6466"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} remove|strong="H5674" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" detestable|strong="H8251" idols|strong="H8251" from|strong="H4480" everywhere|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Benjamin|strong="H1144", and|strong="H3063" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} had|strong="H3068" captured|strong="H3920" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" hills|strong="H2022" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3068" Ephraim|strong="H0669". Asa’s|strong="H0609" workers|strong="H6466" repaired|strong="H2388" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w people|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w offered|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w* } to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H5307" he|strong="H3588" gathered|strong="H6908" all|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="H7626"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Benjamin|strong="H1144" and|strong="H3063" many|strong="H7230" people|strong="H7200" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H3068" Ephraim|strong="H0669", Manasseh|strong="H4519", and|strong="H3063" Simeon|strong="H8095" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" living|strong="H1481" among|strong="H5973" them|strong="H5921". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} because|strong="H3588" many|strong="H7230" people|strong="H7200" from|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="H7626"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3068" c toome to|strong="H3478" Judah|strong="H3063" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" Asa|strong="H0609" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}, was|strong="H3068" helping|strong="H5826" him|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{10}After|strong="H7992" Asa|strong="H0609" had|strong="H3389" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" for|strong="H3389" almost|strong="H4592" 15 years|strong="H8141", in|strong="H8141" May|strong="H1961" of|strong="H8141" that|strong="H8141" year|strong="H8141", those|strong="H1992" people|strong="H6908" gathered|strong="H6908" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{11}At|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" sacrificed|strong="H2076" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" 700 bulls|strong="H1241" and|strong="H3967" 7,000 sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3967" goats|strong="H5795", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3068" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3068" captured|strong="H3920" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w defeated|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Ethiopia|strong="H3568"\+w*/Sudan}. 
\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H3068" solemnly|strong="H7650" made|strong="H3068" an|strong="H3068" agreement|strong="H1285" to|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" sincerely|strong="H8549" worship|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" their|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}They|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H3068" to|strong="H5704" execute|strong="H4191" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" worship|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068", including|strong="H5704" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" important|strong="H5704" and|strong="H3478" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" important|strong="H5704", both|strong="H4480" men|strong="H1419" and|strong="H3478" women|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{14}They|strong="H3068" shouted|strong="H8643" and|strong="H3068" blew|strong="H8628" trumpets|strong="H2689" and|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" horns|strong="H7782" while|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3068" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{15}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3063" living|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" were|strong="H3063" happy|strong="H8055" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" agreement|strong="H7284" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" solemnly|strong="H7650" and|strong="H3063" very|strong="H8055" sincerely|strong="H8549" promised|strong="H7650" to|strong="H3068" keep|strong="H8104" it|strong="H5921". They|strong="H3588" eagerly|strong="H6960" requested|strong="H1245" help|strong="H5826" from|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3063" he|strong="H3588" helped|strong="H5826" them|strong="H5921". So|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" enabled|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" peace|strong="H5117" throughout|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022". 
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\verseNumber{16}King|strong="H4428" Asa’s|strong="H0609" grandmother Maacah|strong="H4601" had|strong="H4428" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" disgusting|strong="H8441" pole|strong="H5251" for|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Asherah|strong="H0842". So|strong="H6213" Asa|strong="H0609" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w commanded|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w workers|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w*} cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H3772" that|strong="H4428" pole|strong="H5251" and|strong="H4428" chop|strong="H1414" it|strong="H6213" into|strong="H6213" pieces|strong="H1854" and|strong="H4428" burn|strong="H8313" it|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" Kidron|strong="H6939" Valley|strong="H5158". He|strong="H6213" then|strong="H1571" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" allow|strong="H5414" Maacah|strong="H4601" to|strong="H6213" continue|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w influence|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w her|strong="H3772"\+w* } being|strong="H3772" the|strong="H6213" mother|strong="H1377" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6213" previous|strong="H7223" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{17}Although|strong="H3808" Asa’s|strong="H0609" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w workers|strong="H6466"\+w*} did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" get|strong="H5493" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" shrines|strong="H1354" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" hilltops in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478", he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" determined|strong="H2782" to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* } pleased|strong="H3190" Yahweh|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" life|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{18}He|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ordered|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w his|strong="H6942"\+w* \+w workers|strong="H6466"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1004"\+w*} bring|strong="H0935" into|strong="H3701" God’s|strong="H0430" temple|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H6942" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3701" other|strong="H0312" valuable|strong="H3368" items|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3627" he|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3701" his|strong="H6942" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H6944" dedicated|strong="H6942" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{19}There|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H3808" wars|strong="H4421" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*} until|strong="H5704" Asa|strong="H0609" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" almost|strong="H4592" 35 years|strong="H8141". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The final years that Asa ruled Judah }
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\chapterNumber{16}When|strong="H3318" Asa|strong="H0609" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H5927" ruling|strong="H4910" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*} for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" 36 years|strong="H8141", King|strong="H4428" Baasha|strong="H1201" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" went|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w*} to|strong="H3318" attack|strong="H5927" Judah|strong="H3063". They|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w captured|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Ramah|strong="H7414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w north|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} and|strong="H3063" started|strong="H1129" to|strong="H3318" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H5414" wall|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5414"\+w*}, in|strong="H8141" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3318" prevent|strong="H1115" any|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3318" entering|strong="H0935" or|strong="H1115" leaving|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" area|strong="H1508" in|strong="H8141" Judah|strong="H3063" that|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" ruled|strong="H4428" by|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" Asa|strong="H0609" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w only|strong="H0389"\+w* \+w road|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w into|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w went|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w through|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Ramah|strong="H7414"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H7971" Asa|strong="H0609" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="H3068" workers|strong="H6466" to|strong="H3318" take|strong="H3318" all|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3068" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3068" gold|strong="H2091" that|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3068" storerooms of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3427" his|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" palace|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3318" and|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3318" Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130", the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758", who|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" ruling|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Damascus|strong="H1834". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sent|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w message|strong="H3068"\+w*,} saying|strong="H0559" 
\verseNumber{3}“I|strong="H2009" want|strong="H4270" there|strong="H2009" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" a|strong="H7971" peace|strong="H7965" treaty|strong="H1285" between|strong="H5921" me|strong="H7971" and|strong="H3478" you|strong="H7971", like|strong="H3478" there|strong="H2009" was|strong="H3478" between|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H3478" your|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001". Look|strong="H2009", I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" sending|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w lot|strong="H1486"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3478" gold|strong="H2091". So|strong="H7971" please|strong="H4994" cancel the|strong="H5921" treaty|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3478" you|strong="H7971" have|strong="H3478" made|strong="H3478" with|strong="H1285" Baasha|strong="H1201", the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3478" he|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4428" take|strong="H5927" his|strong="H7971" soldiers|strong="H5927" away|strong="H7971" from|strong="H5921" attacking|strong="H5221" mine|strong="H7971", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w your|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{4}Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130" agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3605" what|strong="H8085" King|strong="H4428" Asa|strong="H0609" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w suggested|strong="H5414"\+w*}. He|strong="H3605" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" commanders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H2428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H2428"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" attack|strong="H5221" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". They|strong="H3478" captured|strong="H3920" Ijon|strong="H5859", Dan|strong="H1835", Abel-Beth-Maacah|strong="H0062" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" belonging to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4428" Naphtali|strong="H5321" where|strong="H0834" supplies|strong="H4399" were|strong="H3478" kept|strong="H8104". 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H1961" Baasha|strong="H1201" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H1961" that|strong="H8085", he|strong="H1129" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w his|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w troops|strong="H1416"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w*} stop|strong="H2308" fortifying|strong="H1129" Ramah|strong="H7414" and|strong="H8085" doing|strong="H6213" other|strong="H0312" work|strong="H4399" there|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H3947" King|strong="H4428" Asa|strong="H0609" gathered|strong="H6960" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" they|strong="H3605" took|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" from|strong="H3947" Ramah|strong="H7414" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" stones|strong="H0068" and|strong="H3063" timber|strong="H6086" that|strong="H3605" Baasha’s|strong="H1201" men|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H5375" using|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w build|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w wall|strong="H2346"\+w* \+w around|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. They|strong="H3605" took|strong="H3947" those|strong="H3605" materials to|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Geba|strong="H1387" and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Mizpah|strong="H4709" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w north|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} and|strong="H3063" built|strong="H1129" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H3947". 
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\verseNumber{7}At|strong="H5921" that|strong="H7200" time|strong="H6256" the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" Hanani|strong="H2607" went|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428" Asa|strong="H0609" and|strong="H3063" said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5921", “Because|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" relied|strong="H8172" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" and|strong="H3063" not|strong="H3808" on|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", you|strong="H5921" missed|strong="H6485" your|strong="H3068" opportunity to|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H7843" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2426" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758". 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H5921" huge|strong="H7230" armies|strong="H2428" from|strong="H5921" Ethiopia|strong="H3569" and|strong="H3068" Libya|strong="H3864" with|strong="H3068" all|strong="H5414" their|strong="H3068" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H3068" soldiers|strong="H2428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w riding|strong="H7392"\+w*} on|strong="H5921" horses|strong="H6571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w certainly|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w powerful|strong="H2428"\+w*. \+w But|strong="H3808"\+w* } when|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414" relied|strong="H8172" on|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068", he|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3068" army|strong="H2428" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{9}That|strong="H3588" happened|strong="H1961" because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" sees|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H2063"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* happening} all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" strengthens|strong="H5797" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" completely|strong="H3605" trust|strong="H0982" him|strong="H5921". You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3426" done|strong="H5528" a|strong="H3588" very|strong="H6258" foolish|strong="H5528" thing|strong="H2063", so|strong="H6258" from|strong="H5921" now|strong="H6258" on|strong="H5921" other|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3426" fighting|strong="H4421" your|strong="H3068" army|strong="H4421".” 
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\verseNumber{10}Asa|strong="H0609" was|strong="H1931" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H3707" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1004" what|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" had|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559". So|strong="H4480" he|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w officials|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w*} put|strong="H5414" Hanani|strong="H2607" in|strong="H5921" prison|strong="H1004". At|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" same|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256", he|strong="H1931" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5921" treat|strong="H6213" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" very|strong="H3966" cruelly|strong="H7188". 
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\verseNumber{11}All|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" Asa|strong="H0609" did|strong="H3478" while|strong="H2009" he|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3478" ruling|strong="H4910", from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" time|strong="H7223" he|strong="H5921" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4428" until|strong="H5921" he|strong="H5921" died|strong="H4191", are|strong="H3478" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612" containing|strong="H8033" the|strong="H5921" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w activities|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w*} kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{12}When|strong="H3588" Asa|strong="H0609" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3808" ruling|strong="H4910" for|strong="H3588" almost|strong="H4592" 39 years|strong="H8141", he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" afflicted|strong="H6041" with|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" disease|strong="H2483" in|strong="H8141" his|strong="H3068" feet|strong="H7272". The|strong="H3588" disease|strong="H2483" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H5704" severe|strong="H4605", but|strong="H3588" in|strong="H8141" spite|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588", he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" request|strong="H1246" help|strong="H5826" from|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Instead|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" sought|strong="H1875" help|strong="H5826" only|strong="H3588" from|strong="H5704" doctors. 
\verseNumber{13}When|strong="H7901" he|strong="H8141" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" for|strong="H4191" almost|strong="H4592" 40 years|strong="H8141", he|strong="H8141" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H5704" was|strong="H1732" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" the|strong="H5704" tomb|strong="H6913" that|strong="H5892" his|strong="H1732" workers|strong="H6466" had|strong="H1732" made|strong="H4639" for|strong="H5704" him|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H5704" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H5892" David’. They|strong="H5704" laid|strong="H7901" his|strong="H1732" corpse|strong="H5038" on|strong="H5892" a|strong="H5704" bed|strong="H4904" covered|strong="H4390" with|strong="H4390" spices|strong="H1314" and|strong="H1419" various|strong="H2921" perfumes|strong="H7547" that|strong="H5892" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H4390" mixed|strong="H4842" together|strong="H4390". They|strong="H5704" also|strong="H1732" lit|strong="H0215" a|strong="H5704" huge|strong="H1995" fire|strong="H8316" to|strong="H5704" honor|strong="H3519" him|strong="H6912". 

\BibleSectionHeading{King Jehoshaphat’s rule in Judah }
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\chapterNumber{17}Asa’s|strong="H0609" son|strong="H1121" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5921" enabled|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H4427" very|strong="H3966" strong|strong="H2388", with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3478" they|strong="H5921" could|strong="H3201" resist|strong="H2388" attacks|strong="H5221" from|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H3605" put|strong="H5414" soldiers|strong="H2428" in|strong="H5892" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" Judah|strong="H3063" around|strong="H5439" which|strong="H5892" they|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3063" built|strong="H1129" walls|strong="H2346", and|strong="H3063" he|strong="H3605" put|strong="H5414" soldiers|strong="H2428" in|strong="H5892" other|strong="H3605" places|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5892" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" belonging to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H5892" Ephraim|strong="H0669" that|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w*} his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" Asa|strong="H0609" had|strong="H3063" captured|strong="H3920". 
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\verseNumber{3}Yahweh|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H5826" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" because|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" started|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w rule|strong="H4910"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}, he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" things|strong="H7223" that|strong="H3588" pleased|strong="H3190" Yahweh|strong="H3068" like|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3068" ancestor \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H1961". He|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" worship|strong="H7812" the|strong="H3588" idols|strong="H1544" of|strong="H3068" Baal|strong="H1168". 
\verseNumber{4}Instead|strong="H3588", he|strong="H3588" sought|strong="H1875" advice|strong="H6098" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3808" whom|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3478" father|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}, and|strong="H1980" he|strong="H3588" obeyed|strong="H8085" God’s|strong="H0430" commands|strong="H4687", and|strong="H1980" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H4639" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w evil|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w things|strong="H4639"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w kings|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4639"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478" continually|strong="H1980" did|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3605" control|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4467". All|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063" brought|strong="H5414" gifts|strong="H4503" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5414", with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3068" became|strong="H1961" very|strong="H7230" rich|strong="H6239" and|strong="H3063" was|strong="H3068" greatly|strong="H7230" honored|strong="H3519". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" devoted|strong="H8003" to|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H1870" what|strong="H1870" pleased|strong="H3190" Yahweh|strong="H3068". His|strong="H3068" workers|strong="H6466" got|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" shrines|strong="H1354" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3068" hilltops and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3068" poles|strong="H0905" for|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Asherah|strong="H0842" throughout|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H7971" he|strong="H8141" had|strong="H3063" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*} for|strong="H7971" almost|strong="H4592" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141", he|strong="H8141" sent|strong="H7971" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H8141" his|strong="H7971" officials|strong="H8269"—Ben-Hail|strong="H1134", Obadiah|strong="H5662", Zechariah|strong="H2148", Nethanel|strong="H5417", and|strong="H3063" Micaiah|strong="H4322"—to|strong="H7971" teach|strong="H3925" the|strong="H7971" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H8141" various|strong="H2921" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H8141" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{8}With|strong="H5973" them|strong="H5414" he|strong="H3881" sent|strong="H7971" several|strong="H2669" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3548" Levi|strong="H3881"—Shemaiah|strong="H8098", Nethaniah|strong="H5418", Zebadiah|strong="H2069", Asahel|strong="H6214", Shemiramoth|strong="H8070", Jehonathan|strong="H3083", Adonijah|strong="H0138", Tobijah|strong="H2900", and|strong="H3548" Tob-Adonijah|strong="H2899"—and|strong="H3548" two|strong="H8147" priests|strong="H3548", Elishama|strong="H0476" and|strong="H3548" Jehoram|strong="H3088". 
\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H3068" took|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H3925" a|strong="H3068" scroll|strong="H5612" on|strong="H3068" which|strong="H3068" were|strong="H5971" written|strong="H3789" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3063" taught|strong="H3925" them|strong="H3925" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" throughout|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063", 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kingdoms|strong="H4467" surrounding|strong="H5439" Judah|strong="H3063" became|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H6343" of|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H6343"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w might|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w if|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w fought|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w against|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}, so|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" start|strong="H1870" wars|strong="H4421" with|strong="H5973" Jehoshaphat’s|strong="H3092" army|strong="H2428". 
\verseNumber{11}Some|strong="H4480" people|strong="H1571" from|strong="H4480" Philistia|strong="H6429" brought|strong="H6430" gifts|strong="H4503" to|strong="H4480" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H1571" also|strong="H1571" brought|strong="H6430" to|strong="H4480" him|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" silver|strong="H3701" that|strong="H4480" he|strong="H4480" demanded|strong="H7592" that|strong="H4480" they|strong="H1571" pay|strong="H3701" to|strong="H4480" him|strong="H4480". Some|strong="H4480" Arabs|strong="H6163" brought|strong="H6430" to|strong="H4480" him|strong="H4480" 7,700 rams|strong="H0352" and|strong="H3967" 7,700 goats|strong="H8495". 
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\verseNumber{12}Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" continued|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H1961" more|strong="H5704" powerful|strong="H2392"/influential. His|strong="H1961" workers|strong="H1129" built|strong="H1129" forts|strong="H1785" and|strong="H1980" places|strong="H1116" to|strong="H5704" store|strong="H4543" supplies|strong="H4399" in|strong="H1980" various|strong="H2921" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H1980" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3389" put|strong="H5414" large|strong="H7227" amounts|strong="H4948" of|strong="H5892" supplies|strong="H4399" in|strong="H5892" those|strong="H1961" storehouses|strong="H0214". 
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Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" also|strong="H3389" placed|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5892" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" soldiers|strong="H4421" who|strong="H3063" were|strong="H1961" experienced|strong="H3045". 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H5973" leaders|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3967" numbers|strong="H6486" from|strong="H5973" each|strong="H0376" tribe|strong="H4294" were|strong="H3063" as|strong="H3063" follows|strong="H3652": 
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From|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5973" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063", 
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Adnah|strong="H5734" was|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5973" leader|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5973" soldiers|strong="H2428", and|strong="H3967" he|strong="H1004" commanded|strong="H6680" 300,000 soldiers|strong="H2428". 
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\verseNumber{15}His|strong="H5921" assistant|strong="H8334" was|strong="H3027" Jehohanan|strong="H3076", who|strong="H8269" commanded|strong="H6680" 280,000 soldiers|strong="H3967". 
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\verseNumber{16}Next|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3068" Zicri’s son|strong="H1121" Amasiah|strong="H6007", who|strong="H3068" volunteered|strong="H5068" to|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H3027" Yahweh|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" this|strong="H3068" way|strong="H5921"; he|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" 200,000 soldiers|strong="H2428". 
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\verseNumber{17}From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4480" Benjamin|strong="H1144", 
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Eliada|strong="H0450", who|strong="H1368" was|strong="H2428" a|strong="H4480" brave|strong="H2428" soldier|strong="H6635", was|strong="H2428" the|strong="H4480" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" soldiers|strong="H2428"; he|strong="H4480" commanded|strong="H6680" 200,000 men|strong="H1368" who|strong="H1368" had|strong="H2428" bows|strong="H7198" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w arrows|strong="H7198"\+w*} and|strong="H3967" shields|strong="H4043". 
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\verseNumber{18}Next|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3027" Jehozabad|strong="H3075", who|strong="H6635" commanded|strong="H6680" 180,000 men|strong="H2502" who|strong="H6635" had|strong="H6635" weapons|strong="H3627" for|strong="H5921" fighting|strong="H3898" battles|strong="H4421". 
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\verseNumber{19}Those|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5650" who|strong="H3605" served|strong="H8334" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}, in|strong="H4428" addition|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H4428" placed|strong="H5414" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4428" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H5414". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The prophet Micaiah warned King Ahab of Israel }
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\chapterNumber{18}Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" became|strong="H1961" very|strong="H7230" wealthy|strong="H6239" and|strong="H6239" was|strong="H1961" greatly|strong="H7230" honored|strong="H3519". But|strong="H1961" then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H0834" arranged|strong="H6186" for|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1961" of|strong="H7230" his|strong="H1961" family|strong="H4940" to|strong="H1961" marry|strong="H1961" someone|strong="H0376" from|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" family|strong="H4940" of|strong="H7230" King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H7230"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}Several|strong="H2669" years|strong="H8141" later|strong="H7093", he|strong="H8141" went|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} to|strong="H3381" Samaria|strong="H8111" to|strong="H3381" visit|strong="H6485" Ahab|strong="H0256". Ahab|strong="H0256" welcomed|strong="H8085" him|strong="H5973" and|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5927" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" had|strong="H5971" come|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" by|strong="H8141" slaughtering|strong="H5221" many|strong="H7230" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H5971" cattle|strong="H1241" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w feast|strong="H2282"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3063" asked|strong="H7592" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", “Will|strong="H4428" you|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5971"\+w*} go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H5973" my|strong="H3478" army|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3478" attack|strong="H4421" Ramoth|strong="H7433" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5973"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}?” Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" replied|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H3478" soldiers|strong="H4421" and|strong="H3063" I|strong="H3478" will|strong="H4428" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5973" battle|strong="H4421" when|strong="H3644" you|strong="H5973" tell|strong="H5046" us|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" go|strong="H3212".” 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3117" added|strong="H3117", “But|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3117" should|strong="H3068" ask|strong="H1875" Yahweh|strong="H3068" first|strong="H3117", to|strong="H3478" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H1875" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3117" wants|strong="H2656" us|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3068".” 
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\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H6908" all|strong="H6908" his|strong="H5414" 400 prophets|strong="H5030" and|strong="H3967" asked|strong="H7592" them|strong="H5414", “Should|strong="H3478" we|strong="H0587" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3478" attack|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H6908" of|strong="H4428" Ramoth|strong="H7433" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, or|strong="H3027" should|strong="H3478" we|strong="H0587" not|strong="H2308" do|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3478"?” 
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They|strong="H3478" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", go|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*} because|strong="H3027" God|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" enable|strong="H7980" your|strong="H5414" army|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H3068" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" asked|strong="H1875", “Is|strong="H3068" there|strong="H3068" no|strong="H5030" prophet|strong="H5030" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" here|strong="H6311" whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0587" can|strong="H5750" ask|strong="H1875"?” 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" replied|strong="H0559", “There|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3068" still|strong="H5750" one|strong="H3605" man|strong="H1121" here|strong="H3651", whom|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" can|strong="H7451" ask|strong="H1875" to|strong="H3478" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H5921" what|strong="H2896" Yahweh|strong="H3068" wants|strong="H2656", his|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" is|strong="H3068" Micaiah|strong="H4321", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Imlah|strong="H3229". But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" hate|strong="H8130" him|strong="H5921" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" never|strong="H3808" says|strong="H0559" anything|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" about|strong="H5921" me|strong="H8130". He|strong="H1931" always|strong="H3605" predicts \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} bad|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w things|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w me|strong="H8130"\+w*}.” 
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Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" replied|strong="H0559", “King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256", you|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" say|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588"!” 
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\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7121" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" told|strong="H5046" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7121" officials|strong="H5631" to|strong="H3478" summon|strong="H7121" Micaiah|strong="H4318" immediately|strong="H4116". 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" were|strong="H3478" sitting|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" thrones|strong="H3678", wearing|strong="H2296" their|strong="H3605" royal|strong="H4428" robes|strong="H0899". They|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3478" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H1637" where|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427" threshed|strong="H1758" grain|strong="H3605", near|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H4428" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H8179"\+w*}. All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Ahab’s|strong="H0256"\+w*} prophets|strong="H5030" were|strong="H3478" standing|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3427" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5921", predicting|strong="H3027" what|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3478" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3478" happen|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w whose|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w name|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w*} Zedekiah|strong="H6667", the|strong="H3541" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kenaanah|strong="H3668", had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" from|strong="H1121" iron|strong="H1270" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" resembled|strong="H1823" the|strong="H3541" horns|strong="H7161" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H6213" bull|strong="H1121". He|strong="H5704" proclaimed|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5704" Ahab|strong="H0256", “This|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": ‘With|strong="H3068" horns|strong="H7161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w these|strong="H6213"\+w*}, your|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" keep|strong="H6213" attacking|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3541" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w bull|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w attacks|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w another|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w animal|strong="H0929"\+w*}, until|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" completely|strong="H3615" destroy|strong="H3615" them|strong="H6213".’” 
\verseNumber{11}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Ahab|strong="H0256"\+w*} agreed|strong="H8085". They|strong="H3651" said|strong="H3651", “Yes|strong="H3651"! If|strong="H3651" you|strong="H5414" attack|strong="H5927" Ramoth|strong="H7433" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" successful|strong="H6743", because|strong="H3651" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H7121" messenger|strong="H4397" who|strong="H5030" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1696" summon|strong="H7121" Micaiah|strong="H4321" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H7121", “Listen|strong="H2009" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4994"! All|strong="H1697" the|strong="H7121" other|strong="H7121" prophets|strong="H5030" are|strong="H1992" unitedly predicting|strong="H3027" that|strong="H1697" the|strong="H7121" king|strong="H4428" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" successful|strong="H6743" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4421"\+w*}. So|strong="H1980" be|strong="H1961" sure|strong="H0539" to|strong="H1696" agree|strong="H8085" with|strong="H1980" them|strong="H1992" and|strong="H1980" say|strong="H1696" that|strong="H1697" the|strong="H7121" king’s|strong="H4428" army|strong="H2428" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" successful|strong="H6743"!” 
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\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H3588" Micaiah|strong="H4321" said|strong="H1696", “As|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3588" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" only|strong="H3588" what|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" tells|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696".” 
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\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H5927" Micaiah|strong="H4318" arrived|strong="H0935", the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H4421"\+w*} asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H5414", “Should|strong="H4428" we|strong="H0587" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" attack|strong="H5927" Ramoth|strong="H7433", or|strong="H3027" not|strong="H2308"?” 
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Micaiah|strong="H4318" replied|strong="H0559", “Sure|strong="H0539", go|strong="H3212"! Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H4428" enable|strong="H7980" your|strong="H5414" army|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3212" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414"!” 
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\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H7535" King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w realized|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w lying|strong="H8267"\+w*, \+w so|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5704"\+w*} said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Micaiah|strong="H4321", “I|strong="H5704" have|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5704" many|strong="H4100" times|strong="H6471" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5704" must|strong="H3808" always|strong="H7535" tell|strong="H1696" only|strong="H7535" the|strong="H3068" truth|strong="H3808" when|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" say|strong="H1696" what|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w revealed|strong="H1540"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5704"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H7725" Micaiah|strong="H4321" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w truth|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H7200"\+w*} I|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" troops|strong="H1416" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" scattered|strong="H6327" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" mountains|strong="H2022". They|strong="H3068" seemed|strong="H7200" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3808" like|strong="H1004" sheep|strong="H6629" that|strong="H7200" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7200" shepherd|strong="H7462". And|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", ‘Their|strong="H3605" master|strong="H0113" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H2026". So|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H3605" them|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" to|strong="H7725" go|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004" peacefully|strong="H7965".’” 
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\verseNumber{17}Ahab|strong="H0256" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", “I|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" never|strong="H3808" predicts that|strong="H3588" anything|strong="H3808" good|strong="H2896" will|strong="H4428" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5921"! He|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w always|strong="H3605"\+w*} predicts that|strong="H3588" bad|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451" will|strong="H4428" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H7200" Micaiah|strong="H4321" continued|strong="H3427", saying|strong="H1697", “Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" showed|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7200"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w In|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H7200"\+w*} I|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" sitting|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" throne|strong="H3678", with|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" heaven|strong="H8064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w standing|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w around|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w*}, on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" right|strong="H3225" side|strong="H3225" and|strong="H3068" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" left|strong="H8040" side|strong="H3225". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", ‘Who|strong="H4310" can|strong="H4310" persuade|strong="H6601" Ahab|strong="H0256", the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", to|strong="H3478" go|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Ramoth|strong="H7433", in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" may|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H5307" there|strong="H2088"?’ 
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“Some|strong="H4480" suggested|strong="H5414" one|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H2088", and|strong="H3478" others|strong="H0312" suggested|strong="H5414" something|strong="H1697" else|strong="H5750". 
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\verseNumber{20}“Finally|strong="H5704" one|strong="H6601" spirit|strong="H7307", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w having|strong="H0369"\+w* \+w received|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w message|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w Satan|strong="H7854"\+w*}, came|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H3318", ‘I|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" do|strong="H3068" it|strong="H6440"!’ 
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“Yahweh|strong="H3068" asked|strong="H4100" him|strong="H6440", ‘How|strong="H4100" will|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" do|strong="H3068" it|strong="H6440"?’ 
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\verseNumber{21}“The|strong="H3605" spirit|strong="H7307" replied|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H3651" will|strong="H1961" go|strong="H3318" and|strong="H6213" inspire all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H7307" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" prophets|strong="H5030" to|strong="H3318" tell|strong="H3605" lies|strong="H8267".’ Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H3651", ‘You|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" successful|strong="H6743"; go|strong="H3318" and|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213"!’ 
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\verseNumber{22}“So|strong="H5414" now|strong="H6258" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030" to|strong="H1696" lie|strong="H8267" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5414". Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" decided|strong="H3289" that|strong="H3068" something|strong="H1697" terrible|strong="H7451" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H1696" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kenaanah|strong="H3668" walked|strong="H1980" over|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" Micaiah|strong="H4321" and|strong="H1121" slapped|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3068" face|strong="H6440". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696", “Do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" left|strong="H5674" me|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H1696" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5921"?” 
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\verseNumber{24}Micaiah|strong="H4321" replied|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" find|strong="H7200" out|strong="H7200" for|strong="H3117" yourself|strong="H0859" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w which|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w us|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Spirit|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w truly|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w spoken|strong="H1696"\+w*} on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" go|strong="H1980" into|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" room|strong="H2315" of|strong="H3117" some|strong="H3117" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3117" hide|strong="H2244" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Syrian|strong="H0761"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{25}King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" commanded|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H1121"\+w*}, “Seize|strong="H3947" Micaiah|strong="H4321" and|strong="H1121" take|strong="H3947" him|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Amon|strong="H0526", the|strong="H3947" governor|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" this|strong="H7725" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H7725" my|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3101". 
\verseNumber{26}Tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H7725" that|strong="H4428" I|strong="H5704" have|strong="H7965" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H4428" they|strong="H5704" should|strong="H4428" put|strong="H7760" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H2088" in|strong="H1004" prison|strong="H1004" and|strong="H7725" give|strong="H7760" him|strong="H7725" only|strong="H5704" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H7725" water|strong="H4325". Do|strong="H2088" not|strong="H2088" give|strong="H7760" him|strong="H7725" anything|strong="H3899" else|strong="H5750" to|strong="H5704" eat|strong="H3899" until|strong="H5704" I|strong="H5704" return|strong="H7725" safely|strong="H7965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4421"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{27}Micaiah|strong="H4321" replied|strong="H1696", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3605" return|strong="H7725" safely|strong="H7965", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w clear|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*} it|strong="H7725" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3605" told|strong="H1696" me|strong="H7725" what|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3605"!” Then|strong="H1696" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w standing|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w there|strong="H7965"\+w*}, “Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" what|strong="H8085" I|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Ahab|strong="H0256"\+w*}!” 

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\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H5927" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w led|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" Ramoth|strong="H7433", in|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5927"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{29}King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", “I|strong="H3478" will|strong="H4428" put|strong="H3847" on|strong="H3847" different|strong="H8133" clothes|strong="H3847", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w no|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w one|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w recognize|strong="H5234"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3092"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*.} But|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3847" should|strong="H3478" wear|strong="H3847" your|strong="H3478" royal|strong="H4428" robe|strong="H4598".” So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3092" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" disguised|strong="H2664" himself|strong="H5315", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3478" both|strong="H4421" went|strong="H3478" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3092" battle|strong="H4421". 
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\verseNumber{30}The|strong="H3588" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" told|strong="H6680" his|strong="H6680" soldiers|strong="H5650" who|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" driving|strong="H4491" the|strong="H3588" chariots|strong="H7393", “Attack|strong="H3898" only|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478"!” 
\verseNumber{31}So|strong="H4480" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" soldiers|strong="H5650" who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H3478" driving|strong="H4491" the|strong="H5921" Syrian|strong="H0761" chariots|strong="H7393" saw|strong="H7200" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wearing|strong="H2296"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w royal|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w robes|strong="H0899"\+w*}, they|strong="H1992" thought|strong="H0559" “He|strong="H1931" must|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478"!” 
\verseNumber{32}So|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3588" turned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" attack|strong="H5221" him|strong="H7725". But|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" cried|strong="H3478" out|strong="H7200", Yahweh|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H5826" him|strong="H7725", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3588" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". And|strong="H3478" God|strong="H3808" caused|strong="H1961" them|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" stop|strong="H3808" pursuing|strong="H7291" him|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{33}But|strong="H3588" one|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Syrian|strong="H0761"\+w*} soldier|strong="H6635" shot|strong="H4900" an|strong="H5221" arrow|strong="H2671" at|strong="H3478" Ahab|strong="H0256", without|strong="H4480" knowing|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3478" Ahab|strong="H0256". The|strong="H3588" arrow|strong="H2671" struck|strong="H5221" Ahab|strong="H0256" between|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3588" places|strong="H3027" where|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3588" parts|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5221" armor|strong="H8302" joined|strong="H2266" together|strong="H5221". Ahab|strong="H0256" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3588" driver|strong="H7395" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5221" chariot|strong="H7395", “Turn|strong="H2015" the|strong="H3588" chariot|strong="H7395" around|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3478" take|strong="H3318" me|strong="H4480" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" here|strong="H3318"! I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3478" been|strong="H2470" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w severely|strong="H2470"\+w*} wounded|strong="H5221"!” 
\verseNumber{34}The|strong="H3117" battle|strong="H4421" continued|strong="H1961" all|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117". Ahab|strong="H0256" was|strong="H1961" sitting|strong="H3427" propped|strong="H5975" up|strong="H5927" in|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3478" chariot|strong="H4818", facing|strong="H6437" the|strong="H3117" Syrian|strong="H0761" soldiers|strong="H4421". And|strong="H3478" late|strong="H0309" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3117" afternoon|strong="H3117", when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" sun|strong="H8121" was|strong="H1961" setting|strong="H5414", he|strong="H1931" died|strong="H4191". 
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\chapterNumber{19}When|strong="H7725" King|strong="H4428" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" was|strong="H4428" returning|strong="H7725" safely|strong="H7965" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" palace|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", 
\verseNumber{2}the|strong="H6440" prophet|strong="H2374" Jehu|strong="H3058", the|strong="H6440" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H2374"\+w*} Hanani|strong="H2607", went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H3318" meet|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H6440", “It|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3318" right|strong="H3068" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3318" help|strong="H5826" a|strong="H3318" wicked|strong="H7563" man|strong="H7563" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3318" love|strong="H0157" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H3068" hate|strong="H8130" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" what|strong="H2063" you|strong="H6440" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213", Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" angry|strong="H7110" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H4672" done|strong="H1697" some|strong="H4480" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H1697"; you|strong="H3588" got|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3588" poles|strong="H0905" in|strong="H4672" this|strong="H1697" country|strong="H2022" for|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Asherah|strong="H0842", and|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H4672" strongly|strong="H3966" determined|strong="H3559" to|strong="H1697" do|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" pleases|strong="H2896" God|strong="H0430".” 

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\verseNumber{4}Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". But|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w time|strong="H3318"\+w*}, like|strong="H3318" he|strong="H5704" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" once|strong="H7725" previously|strong="H8543", he|strong="H5704" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" among|strong="H3427" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3068" country|strong="H2022", from|strong="H7725" Beersheba|strong="H0884" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w far|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3068" hilly area|strong="H2022" of|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Ephraim|strong="H0669" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w far|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H5704" convinced|strong="H6484" them|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H5971" their|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H3605" appointed|strong="H5975" judges|strong="H8199" throughout|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063", in|strong="H5892" each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3063" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H5975". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H3588" told|strong="H1697" them|strong="H6213", “Make|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3068" decisions|strong="H4941" carefully|strong="H6213", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4100" judging|strong="H8199" cases|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4941"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w please|strong="H4994"\+w*} people|strong="H3808" but|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w please|strong="H4994"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068". And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" watching|strong="H8245" you|strong="H3588" whenever|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" decision|strong="H4941". 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H6213" now|strong="H6258" revere|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" judge|strong="H6213" cases|strong="H1697" carefully|strong="H6213", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w forget|strong="H7911"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" acts|strong="H6213" unjustly|strong="H5766", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" never|strong="H3808" does|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971" want|strong="H4270" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H3068" him|strong="H6440" money|strong="H3701"; he|strong="H3588" never|strong="H3808" accepts|strong="H3947" bribes|strong="H7810".” 
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\verseNumber{8}In|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" also|strong="H1571", Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" appointed|strong="H5975" some|strong="H4480" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3478" other|strong="H0312" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Levi|strong="H3881" and|strong="H3478" some|strong="H4480" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3068" Israeli families|strong="H4940" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w judges|strong="H8199"\+w*}. He|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1571" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" laws|strong="H8451" said|strong="H0559" was|strong="H3068" right|strong="H4941" when|strong="H7725" they|strong="H3068" settled|strong="H5975" disputes|strong="H7379". Those|strong="H4480" men|strong="H7218" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H6213" told|strong="H6680" them|strong="H5921" this|strong="H6213": “You|strong="H6680" must|strong="H4191" always|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3068" work|strong="H6213" faithfully|strong="H0571", revering Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{10}In|strong="H3427" every|strong="H3605" dispute|strong="H7379" that|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" fellow|strong="H7453" Israelis who|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" want|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" settle|strong="H3427", you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H1818" warn|strong="H2094" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" sin|strong="H2403" against|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w lies|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w during|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w trial|strong="H4941"\+w*}. If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" warn|strong="H2094" them|strong="H5921", God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6213" both|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" fellow|strong="H7453" Israelis. If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" warn|strong="H2094" them|strong="H5921", you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" sinning|strong="H2398". You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H1818" warn|strong="H2094" them|strong="H5921" whether|strong="H0518" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w accused|strong="H7170"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*} of|strong="H3068" murdering someone|strong="H0376", or|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" disobeying some|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" law|strong="H8451" or|strong="H3808" command|strong="H4687" or|strong="H3808" decree|strong="H2706" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{11}Amariah|strong="H0568" the|strong="H3605" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3068" supervise|strong="H5329" you|strong="H6440" in|strong="H5921" any|strong="H3605" matter|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" concerned|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1961", and|strong="H1121" Zebadiah|strong="H2069" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ishmael|strong="H3458", the|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H5057" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", will|strong="H3068" supervise|strong="H5329" you|strong="H6440" in|strong="H5921" any|strong="H3605" matter|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" responsible|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921". And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" will|strong="H3068" assist|strong="H6677" you|strong="H6440". Act|strong="H6213" courageously|strong="H2388", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H2009" pray|strong="H6419" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" help|strong="H2388" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213" their|strong="H3605" work|strong="H6213" well|strong="H2896".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jehoshaphat’s army defeated armies from Moab and Ammon }
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\chapterNumber{20}Later|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5921"\+w*} Moab|strong="H4124" and|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" and|strong="H1121" some|strong="H4480" soldiers|strong="H4421" from|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w*} Meun \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w area|strong="H1508"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Edom|strong="H0112"\+w*} came|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H4421"\+w*} against|strong="H5921" Jehoshaphat’s|strong="H3092" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H4421"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{2}Some|strong="H7227" men|strong="H7227" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H3220" told|strong="H5046" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", “A|strong="H5921" huge|strong="H1995" army|strong="H1995" is|strong="H1931" coming|strong="H2009" to|strong="H5921" attack|strong="H5221" your|strong="H5921" army|strong="H1995". They|strong="H5921" are|strong="H7227" coming|strong="H2009" from|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w*} Edom|strong="H0112" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" eastern|strong="H6931" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Dead|strong="H7227"\+w*} Sea|strong="H3220". They|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5921" already|strong="H3528" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H5921" Hazazon-Tamar|strong="H2688"!” Another|strong="H5046" name|strong="H8034" for|strong="H5921" that|strong="H1931" place|strong="H3220" is|strong="H1931" En-Gedi|strong="H5872". 
\verseNumber{3}Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" became|strong="H3372" very|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372", so|strong="H7121" he|strong="H3068" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="H3068" ask|strong="H1875" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. He|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" proclaimed|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063" should|strong="H3068" fast|strong="H6685". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1571" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" gathered|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908" to|strong="H3068" request|strong="H1245" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5826" them|strong="H3068". They|strong="H3068" came|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} from|strong="H3068" every|strong="H3605" town|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3068" seek|strong="H1245" help|strong="H5826" from|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H5975" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" stood|strong="H5975" up|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" new|strong="H2319" courtyard|strong="H2691" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004", 
\verseNumber{6}and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" prayed|strong="H6419" this|strong="H1931": 
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“Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1471" surely|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w rules|strong="H4910"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3027"\+w*} heaven|strong="H8064". You|strong="H3605" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kingdoms|strong="H4467" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471". You|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419" power|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" can|strong="H3808" successfully|strong="H6743" oppose|strong="H7853" you|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{7}Our|strong="H5414" God|strong="H5414", you|strong="H5414" expelled|strong="H3423" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H6440" while|strong="H3427" your|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H5971" advanced|strong="H0935", and|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5414" certainly|strong="H3808" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" us|strong="H5414" who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3427" your|strong="H5414" friend|strong="H7453" Abraham|strong="H0085", to|strong="H3478" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" us|strong="H5414" forever|strong="H5769". 
\verseNumber{8}We|strong="H8034" have|strong="H1129" lived|strong="H3427" here|strong="H6311" and|strong="H3427" have|strong="H1129" built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" temple|strong="H4720" where|strong="H1129" we|strong="H8034", your|strong="H1129" people|strong="H3427", worship|strong="H7812" you|strong="H1129". We|strong="H8034" said|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{9}'If we|strong="H3588" experience|strong="H7200" disasters|strong="H7451", either|strong="H2088" from|strong="H6440" our|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H0341" attacking|strong="H5221" us|strong="H5921" or|strong="H8085" from|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588" punishing|strong="H7725" us|strong="H5921", or|strong="H8085" if|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" experience|strong="H7200" a|strong="H3588" plague|strong="H1698" or|strong="H8085" a|strong="H3588" famine|strong="H7458", we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H2719" stand|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" presence|strong="H6440" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" this|strong="H2088" temple|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2088" built|strong="H1129" to|strong="H5921" honor|strong="H8034" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H1004" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H2719" cry|strong="H2199" out|strong="H2199" to|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1004" distressed|strong="H6887"/suffering|strong="H6040", and|strong="H1004" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H2719" hear|strong="H8085" us|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1004" will|strong="H2719" rescue|strong="H3467" us|strong="H5921".' 
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\verseNumber{10}You|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" our|strong="H5414" Israeli ancestors|strong="H0001" to|strong="H3478" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H5921" countries|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" and|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124" and|strong="H1121" Edom|strong="H0112" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3478" traveling|strong="H1980" from|strong="H5493" Egypt|strong="H4714" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Canaan|strong="H3667"\+w*}. So|strong="H5414" our|strong="H5414" ancestors|strong="H0001" turned|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" those|strong="H5921" areas|strong="H0776" and|strong="H1121" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" attack|strong="H4124" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" there|strong="H2009" and|strong="H1121" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H8045" them|strong="H5414". But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" coming|strong="H2009" here|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H4124"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w did|strong="H1580"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w destroy|strong="H3423"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1992"\+w*. \+w But|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w now|strong="H2009"\+w*} look|strong="H2009" at|strong="H5921" how|strong="H2009" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" repaying us|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5921" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H5921" expel|strong="H3423" us|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H1992" you|strong="H5921" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5921" ancestors|strong="H0001" to|strong="H5921" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5921" them|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3423"\+w* \+w their|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w forever|strong="H5769"\+w*} 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H6213", our|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3808", please|strong="H4994" punish|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5921", because|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H5869" enough|strong="H7227" power|strong="H3581" to|strong="H6213" resist|strong="H2388"/defeat|strong="H5221" this|strong="H2088" huge|strong="H1995" army|strong="H1995" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2088" coming|strong="H0935" to|strong="H6213" attack|strong="H5221" us|strong="H5921". We|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213". But|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5869" pleading|strong="H1696" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H6213" help|strong="H6213" us|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{13}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" babies|strong="H3245" were|strong="H1121" standing|strong="H5975" there|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\+w* \+w prayed|strong="H6419"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" came|strong="H1961" upon|strong="H5921" Jahaziel|strong="H3166", who|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zechariah|strong="H2148", who|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benaiah|strong="H1141", who|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jeiel|strong="H3273", who|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Mattaniah|strong="H4983". He|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Asaph|strong="H0623". He|strong="H3068" stood|strong="H3068" up|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" whole|strong="H3605" group|strong="H7235" that|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" gathered|strong="H6951" there|strong="H1961", 
\verseNumber{15}and|strong="H3063" said|strong="H0559", “King|strong="H4428" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" in|strong="H3427" other|strong="H2088" places|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3427" Judah|strong="H3063", listen|strong="H7181"! This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588": ‘Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" afraid|strong="H3372" or|strong="H3808" discouraged|strong="H2865" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H4428" this|strong="H2088" huge|strong="H1995" army|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w coming|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w win|strong="H6743"\+w*} this|strong="H2088" battle|strong="H4421". It|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w win|strong="H6743"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{16}Tomorrow|strong="H4279" march|strong="H1980" down|strong="H3381" toward|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". They|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5158" be|strong="H6440" climbing|strong="H1801" up|strong="H5927" through|strong="H5921" Ziz|strong="H6732" Pass|strong="H5674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w north|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w En-Gedi|strong="H5872"\+w*}. You|strong="H6440" will|strong="H5158" meet|strong="H6440" them|strong="H5921" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" end|strong="H5490" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" gorge near|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Jeruel|strong="H3385" Desert|strong="H4057". 
\verseNumber{17}But|strong="H3808" you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H3898" this|strong="H2063" battle|strong="H3898". You|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H5650" from|strong="H3318" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" other|strong="H2063" places|strong="H1116" in|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063", just|strong="H5975" take|strong="H3320" your|strong="H3068" positions|strong="H7896", and|strong="H3063" then|strong="H3318" stand|strong="H5975" still|strong="H5975" and|strong="H3063" watch|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*}. You|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H6440". Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" afraid|strong="H3372" or|strong="H3808" discouraged|strong="H2865". March|strong="H3318" toward|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440" tomorrow|strong="H4279", and|strong="H3063" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H6440".’” 
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\verseNumber{18}Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" prostrated|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H7812" with|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" face|strong="H6440" touching|strong="H5060" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" other|strong="H3605" places|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3427" Judah|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3427"\+w*} knelt|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H6965" some|strong="H4480" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" both|strong="H4480" Kohath|strong="H6955" and|strong="H1121" Korah|strong="H7145" stood|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H1121" loudly|strong="H6963" praised|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3068" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w belonged|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{20}Early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H8085" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242" the|strong="H8085" army|strong="H3427" left|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" go|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H8085" desert|strong="H4057" near|strong="H5975" Tekoa|strong="H8620" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. While|strong="H8085" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3063" leaving|strong="H3318", Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" stood|strong="H5975" up|strong="H5975" and|strong="H3063" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H3427", “You|strong="H3318" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" other|strong="H0312" places|strong="H1116" in|strong="H3427" Judah|strong="H3063", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H3318"! Trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3427" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068"; if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3318" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H8085", you|strong="H3318" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" strong|strong="H2388". Trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H8085"\+w* } his|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H8085"\+w*}; if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3318" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H8085", you|strong="H3318" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" successful|strong="H6743".” 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H3318", after|strong="H3588" consulting|strong="H7592" with|strong="H3068" some|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971", he|strong="H3588" appointed|strong="H5975" some|strong="H5971" men|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3318" go|strong="H3318" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H5971", singing|strong="H7891" to|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" praising|strong="H1984" him|strong="H6440" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" being|strong="H5971" holy|strong="H6944" and|strong="H3068" wonderful|strong="H6381". They|strong="H3588" were|strong="H5971" singing|strong="H7891", 
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“Thank|strong="H3034" Yahweh|strong="H3068", 
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because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" faithfully|strong="H2617" loves|strong="H0157" us|strong="H6440" forever|strong="H5769".” 
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\verseNumber{22}When|strong="H6256" they|strong="H3068" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3068" sing|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" praise|strong="H8416" Yahweh|strong="H3068", Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" soldiers|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5921" Ammon|strong="H5983" and|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124" and|strong="H1121" Edom|strong="H0112" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1121" invading Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3068" panic|strong="H2865", with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1121" defeated|strong="H5062". 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H5921" soldiers|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5921" Ammon|strong="H5983" and|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5921" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" soldiers|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5921" Edom|strong="H0112", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" completely|strong="H3615" annihilated|strong="H2763" the|strong="H5921" soldiers|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5921" Edom|strong="H0112". After|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" finished|strong="H3615" slaughtering|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5921" Edom|strong="H0112", they|strong="H5921" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5921" attack|strong="H4124" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H7453". 
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\verseNumber{24}When|strong="H5307" the|strong="H5921" soldiers|strong="H5650" from|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" came|strong="H3063" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" could|strong="H3201" look|strong="H2005" down|strong="H5307" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" desert|strong="H4057", they|strong="H5921" looked|strong="H6437" toward|strong="H5921" that|strong="H5307" huge|strong="H1995" army|strong="H1995" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4057"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}, and|strong="H3063" they|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H3063" only|strong="H5307" corpses|strong="H6297" lying|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H0776". No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0259" had|strong="H3063" survived|strong="H7604". 
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\verseNumber{25}So|strong="H1961" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" and|strong="H3117" his|strong="H1961" soldiers|strong="H5971" went|strong="H5971" to|strong="H1961" take|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" possessions|strong="H7399" of|strong="H3117" their|strong="H3588" enemies|strong="H0341", and|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H3117" equipment|strong="H3627" and|strong="H3117" clothing|strong="H6297" and|strong="H3117" other|strong="H0312" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H7969"; there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" more|strong="H7227" than|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" could|strong="H5337" carry|strong="H4853" away|strong="H5337". There|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" very|strong="H7227" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H7969", with|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" took|strong="H1961" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H4672" to|strong="H1961" collect|strong="H3063" it|strong="H1931" all|strong="H5337". 
\verseNumber{26}The|strong="H5921" following|strong="H0310" day|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3588" gathered|strong="H6950" in|strong="H5921" Beracah|strong="H1294" Valley|strong="H6010" and|strong="H3068" praised|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033". That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" why|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" valley|strong="H6010" is|strong="H3068" still|strong="H1288" called|strong="H7121" Beracah|strong="H1294", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w praise|strong="H1288"\+w*.} 
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\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="H7725" while|strong="H3588" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" led|strong="H3068" them|strong="H7725", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5650" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3063" from|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" other|strong="H3605" places|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". They|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3063" happy|strong="H8055" because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" them|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" defeat|strong="H5221" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{28}When|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", they|strong="H3068" went|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w playing|strong="H5059"\+w*} harps|strong="H3658" and|strong="H3068" lutes and|strong="H3068" trumpets|strong="H2689". 
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\verseNumber{29}People|strong="H8085" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" kingdoms|strong="H4467" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" nearby|strong="H7138" countries|strong="H0776" became|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H6343" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" heard|strong="H8085" how|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Israelis. 
\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H0227" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H4438" peace|strong="H8252" in|strong="H5117" the|strong="H5439" kingdom|strong="H4438" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H4438" ruled|strong="H4427" by|strong="H4438" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", because|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H8252" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5439" surrounding|strong="H5439" nations|strong="H1471" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5117" attack|strong="H5221" it|strong="H5117". 

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\verseNumber{31}Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5921" rule|strong="H4427" Judah|strong="H3063". He|strong="H2568" was|strong="H8034" 35 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H2568" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H2568" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H5921" 25 years|strong="H8141". His|strong="H5921" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Azubah|strong="H5806", the|strong="H5921" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Shilhi|strong="H7977". 
\verseNumber{32}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3068" were|strong="H5869" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", like|strong="H1870" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" Asa|strong="H0609" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H5493" doing|strong="H6213" those|strong="H4480" things|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{33}But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" get|strong="H3559" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5493" shrines|strong="H1354" on|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5493" hilltops, and|strong="H5971" many|strong="H3808" of|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5493" people|strong="H5971" still|strong="H5750" did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" faithfully|strong="H0571" do|strong="H5493" what|strong="H3559" the|strong="H5493" God|strong="H3808" whom|strong="H5971" their|strong="H3559" ancestors|strong="H0001" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3824" wanted|strong="H3824". 
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\verseNumber{34}A|strong="H5927" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" did|strong="H3478" while|strong="H5921" he|strong="H5921" ruled|strong="H4428", from|strong="H5921" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5921" began|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4428" until|strong="H5921" he|strong="H5921" died|strong="H4191", is|strong="H1697" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" scrolls written|strong="H3789" by|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w*} Jehu|strong="H3058", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hanani|strong="H2607". They|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1121" also|strong="H3478" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5921" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{35}During|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3478" reign|strong="H6213", Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" treaty|strong="H1285" with|strong="H5973" Ahaziah|strong="H0274", the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3478" a|strong="H6213" very|strong="H6213" wicked|strong="H7561" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{36}They|strong="H6213" agreed|strong="H8085" that|strong="H6213" their|strong="H6213" workers|strong="H6213" would|strong="H6213" build|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" fleet|strong="H0590" of|strong="H6213" ships|strong="H0591" to|strong="H3212" use|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3212" buy|strong="H7069" and|strong="H3212" sell|strong="H4376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w things|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w countries|strong="H0776"\+w*}. After|strong="H0310" those|strong="H6213" ships|strong="H0591" were|strong="H8659" built|strong="H6213" at|strong="H6213" Ezion-Geber|strong="H6100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* Gulf \+w of|strong="H6213"\+w* Aqaba}, 
\verseNumber{37}Eliezer|strong="H0461" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Dodavahu|strong="H1735" from|strong="H5921" Mareshah|strong="H4762" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} warned|strong="H2094" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" made|strong="H4639" an|strong="H3068" alliance|strong="H2266" with|strong="H5973" Ahaziah|strong="H0274", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w wicked|strong="H7563"\+w* \+w king|strong="H5921"\+w*}. Therefore|strong="H5921", Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H7665" the|strong="H5921" ships|strong="H0591" that|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" workers|strong="H6466" have|strong="H3068" made|strong="H4639".” And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" ships|strong="H0591" were|strong="H1121" wrecked, and|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" able|strong="H6113" to|strong="H3068" sail|strong="H5251" to|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" countries|strong="H0776". 
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\chapterNumber{21}Then|strong="H1732" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1732" buried|strong="H6912" where|strong="H8478" his|strong="H1732" ancestors|strong="H0001" were|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H8478" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" David’. Then|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" Jehoram|strong="H3088" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}His|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brothers|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" Azariah|strong="H5838", Jehiel|strong="H3171", Zechariah|strong="H2148", Azariah|strong="H5838", Michael|strong="H4317", and|strong="H1121" Shephatiah|strong="H8203". 
\verseNumber{3}Before|strong="H5973" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" died|strong="H4191", he|strong="H1931" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" gifts|strong="H4979" of|strong="H5892" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3063" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3063" other|strong="H0312" valuable|strong="H4030" things|strong="H4030". He|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1992" appointed|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" rule|strong="H4467" various|strong="H2921" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" Judah|strong="H3063" that|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3063" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H5414". But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" appointed|strong="H5414" Jehoram|strong="H3088" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H5892" Judah|strong="H3063", because|strong="H3588" Jehoram|strong="H3088" was|strong="H1931" his|strong="H5414" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1060". 

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\verseNumber{4}After|strong="H5921" Jehoram|strong="H3088" was|strong="H3478" completely|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" control|strong="H2388" of|strong="H8269" his|strong="H3605" father’s|strong="H0001" kingdom|strong="H4467", he|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8269" his|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" executed|strong="H6213", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H3605" nation|strong="H4467". 
\verseNumber{5}Jehoram|strong="H3088" was|strong="H1121" 32 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8147" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H1121" king|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8147" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H1121" eight|strong="H8083" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w evil|strong="H7451"\+w*} things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". He|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considers|strong="H7919" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" evil|strong="H7451", things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" family|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" married|strong="H3947" one|strong="H1961" of|strong="H4428" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{7}However|strong="H0389", because|strong="H4616" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H3772" with|strong="H1004" King|strong="H4616" David|strong="H1732", Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3772" to|strong="H3068" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732". He|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3605" David’s|strong="H1732" descendants|strong="H1121" would|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" ones|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" ruled|strong="H4427" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{8}While|strong="H3117" Jehoram|strong="H3088" was|strong="H3117" ruling|strong="H4910", the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w*} Edom|strong="H0112" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} rebelled|strong="H6586" against|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" appointed|strong="H4427" their|strong="H5921" own|strong="H3027" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H1961" Jehoram|strong="H3088" and|strong="H6965" his|strong="H3605" officers|strong="H8269" and|strong="H6965" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5437" chariots|strong="H7393" went|strong="H5674" to|strong="H1961" Edom|strong="H0112". There|strong="H1961", the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H8269" Edom|strong="H0112" surrounded|strong="H5437" them|strong="H5221". Jehoram|strong="H3088" escaped|strong="H5437" during|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915". 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" was|strong="H3068" never|strong="H5704" able|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5704" regain|strong="H7725" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" Edom|strong="H0112", and|strong="H3063" Edom|strong="H0112" is|strong="H3068" still|strong="H3588" not|strong="H2088" controlled|strong="H0662" by|strong="H3027" Judah|strong="H3063". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w*} Libnah|strong="H3841" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w between|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w Philistia|strong="H6429"\+w*} also|strong="H3068" rebelled|strong="H6586" against|strong="H3027" Judah|strong="H3063". Those|strong="H1931" things|strong="H6256" happened|strong="H1961" because|strong="H3588" Jehoram|strong="H5800" turned|strong="H6256" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w obeying|strong="H8085"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w belonged|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{11}On|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6213" hilltops in|strong="H3427" Judah|strong="H3063" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3063" also|strong="H1571" built|strong="H6213" shrines|strong="H1354" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w*}, and|strong="H3063" had|strong="H3063" caused|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H6213" stray|strong="H8582" away|strong="H5080" from|strong="H3063" Yahweh|strong="H3068" by|strong="H3427" worshiping|strong="H7812" foreign|strong="H5237" gods|strong="H0430". 
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\verseNumber{12}One|strong="H3808" day|strong="H3117", Jehoram|strong="H3088" received|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3068" letter|strong="H4385" from|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3541" prophet|strong="H5030" Elijah|strong="H0452". Elijah|strong="H0452" had|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" this|strong="H3541" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3541" letter|strong="H4385": 
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“This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3541" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3068" ancestor \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}, says|strong="H3541": 'You have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" done|strong="H1980" things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3068" please|strong="H4994" me|strong="H3808" like|strong="H1870" your|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" did|strong="H3068" or|strong="H3808" what|strong="H3541" King|strong="H4428" Asa|strong="H0609" did|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{13}Instead|strong="H8478", you|strong="H4480" have|strong="H1571" continually|strong="H2181" done|strong="H3478" the|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w evil|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w things|strong="H2896"\+w*} that|strong="H3478" the|strong="H4480" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" have|strong="H1571" done|strong="H3478". You|strong="H4480" have|strong="H1571" encouraged|strong="H2388" the|strong="H4480" people|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" other|strong="H0312" places|strong="H1004" in|strong="H3427" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3478" stop|strong="H2308" worshiping|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068", like|strong="H1004" the|strong="H4480" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" did|strong="H3478". You|strong="H4480" have|strong="H1571" also|strong="H1571" murdered|strong="H2026" your|strong="H4480" own|strong="H1961" brothers|strong="H0251", who|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" more|strong="H4480" righteous|strong="H6662" men|strong="H2896" than|strong="H4480" you|strong="H4480" are|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H3651" now|strong="H2009" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" about|strong="H2009" to|strong="H3068" very|strong="H1419" severely|strong="H5953" punish|strong="H6485" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" kingdom|strong="H4467" and|strong="H1121" even|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" own|strong="H5971" children|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3605" own|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5921" yourself|strong="H5921" will|strong="H7227" have|strong="H3117" an|strong="H4480" intestinal|strong="H4578" disease|strong="H2483" that|strong="H3117" will|strong="H7227" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H3318" worse|strong="H7489", and|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H7227" suffer|strong="H5414" from|strong="H4480" it|strong="H5921" until|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5921" die|strong="H4191".' ” 
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\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" some|strong="H3027" men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Philistia|strong="H6429" people-group and|strong="H3068" some|strong="H3027" Arabs|strong="H6163" who|strong="H3068" lived|strong="H3427" near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" coast|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* Mediterranean \+w Sea|strong="H3220"\+w*}, where|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H5921" Ethiopia|strong="H3569" had|strong="H3068" settled|strong="H5921", to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H3027" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" Jehoram|strong="H3088". 
\verseNumber{17}Their|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5927" invaded|strong="H5927" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H7617" away|strong="H7617" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" even|strong="H1571" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" wives|strong="H0802". His|strong="H3605" youngest|strong="H6996" son|strong="H1121", Ahaziah|strong="H3059", was|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" only|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3063" not|strong="H3808" take|strong="H7617" away|strong="H7617". 
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\verseNumber{18}After|strong="H0310" that|strong="H3605" happened|strong="H1961", Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" Jehoram|strong="H3088" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" afflicted|strong="H5062" with|strong="H3068" an|strong="H3068" intestinal|strong="H4578" disease|strong="H2483" that|strong="H3605" no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" could|strong="H3201" cure|strong="H4832". 
\verseNumber{19}About|strong="H1961" two|strong="H8147" years|strong="H3117" later|strong="H7093", while|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H6213" great|strong="H6213" pain|strong="H7451", he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191" because|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" that|strong="H5971" disease|strong="H2483". The|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3117" Judah|strong="H3063" had|strong="H1961" made|strong="H6213" bonfires to|strong="H3318" honor|strong="H3519" his|strong="H1961" ancestors|strong="H0001" when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3117" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1961" bonfire for|strong="H6213" Jehoram|strong="H3088". 
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\verseNumber{20}Jehoram|strong="H3088" was|strong="H1961" 32 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1732" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1732" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H1121" eight|strong="H8083" years|strong="H8141". No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" was|strong="H1961" sorry|strong="H5162" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1732" died|strong="H4191". His|strong="H1732" corpse|strong="H5038" was|strong="H1961" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H8141" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H1961" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" David’, but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" buried|strong="H6912" where|strong="H3808" the|strong="H1961" other|strong="H8147" kings|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*} had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" buried|strong="H6912". 

\BibleSectionHeading{King Ahaziah of Judah }
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\chapterNumber{22}The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" appointed|strong="H1121" Jehoram’s|strong="H3088" youngest|strong="H6996" son|strong="H1121" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" as|strong="H3389" their|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Philistia|strong="H6429"\+w*} who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4428" invaded|strong="H0935" Judah|strong="H3063" with|strong="H3427" some|strong="H3605" Arabs|strong="H6163" had|strong="H4428" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" Jehoram’s|strong="H3088" other|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121". So|strong="H3588" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3389" rule|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{2}Ahaziah|strong="H0274" was|strong="H8034" 22 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8147" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427". He|strong="H8147" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H8034" one|strong="H1121" year|strong="H8141". His|strong="H8147" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Athaliah|strong="H6271", a|strong="H3389" granddaughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4427"\+w*} Omri|strong="H6018" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{3}King|strong="H4428" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" conducted|strong="H1240" his|strong="H1961" life|strong="H5315" just|strong="H1571" like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" members|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" family|strong="H1004" had|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961", because|strong="H3588" his|strong="H1961" mother|strong="H0517" encouraged|strong="H2388" him|strong="H1931" to|strong="H1980" do|strong="H1870" things|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1870" evil|strong="H7561". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considers|strong="H7919" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" evil|strong="H7451", like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" Ahab|strong="H0256" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213", because|strong="H3588" after|strong="H1961" Ahaziah’s|strong="H0274" father|strong="H0001" died|strong="H4194", they|strong="H1992" became|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3068" advisors. And|strong="H3068" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" died|strong="H4194" as|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H6903" of|strong="H1004" heeding their|strong="H3068" bad|strong="H7451" advice|strong="H3289". 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H5921" also|strong="H1571" did|strong="H3478" what|strong="H1571" they|strong="H5921" advised|strong="H0559" when|strong="H1980" he|strong="H5921" went|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1980" Joram|strong="H3141", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", to|strong="H1980" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H4421" of|strong="H1121" Hazael|strong="H2371", the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758", at|strong="H5921" Ramoth-Gilead|strong="H7433". 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H7725" King|strong="H4428" Ahaziah|strong="H5838" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H7725" Jezreel|strong="H3157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*} to|strong="H7725" see|strong="H7200" Joram|strong="H3088", the|strong="H7200" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Ahab|strong="H0256", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H2470" wounded|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{7}It|strong="H1961" was|strong="H3068" during|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3068" visit|strong="H6485" that|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1961" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" to|strong="H3318" die|strong="H1121". When|strong="H1961" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" arrived|strong="H0935", he|strong="H3068" went|strong="H3318" with|strong="H5973" Joram|strong="H3141" to|strong="H3318" meet|strong="H3318" Jehu|strong="H3058", the|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nimshi|strong="H5250", whom|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3318" kill|strong="H3772" all|strong="H3772" the|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahab|strong="H0256". 
\verseNumber{8}While|strong="H1961" Jehu|strong="H3058" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w him|strong="H4672"\+w*} were|strong="H1961" killing|strong="H2026" the|strong="H8199" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahab|strong="H0256", they|strong="H3063" found|strong="H4672" the|strong="H8199" leaders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8199" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahaziah’s|strong="H0274" relatives|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" working|strong="H4639" for|strong="H1004" Ahaziah|strong="H0274", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3063" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H2026" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H4672". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H3588" Jehu|strong="H3058" went|strong="H3068" to|strong="H4191" find|strong="H1245" Ahaziah|strong="H0274", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H1121" found|strong="H3068" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" while|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" hiding|strong="H2244" in|strong="H3068" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}. They|strong="H3588" brought|strong="H3068" him|strong="H4191" to|strong="H4191" Jehu|strong="H3058" and|strong="H1121" executed|strong="H4191" him|strong="H4191". Then|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" buried|strong="H6912" his|strong="H3605" corpse|strong="H4191", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w deserves|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w be|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w buried|strong="H6912"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", who|strong="H3605" tried|strong="H1245" hard|strong="H1004" to|strong="H4191" please|strong="H4994" Yahweh|strong="H3068".” There|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" no|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" powerful|strong="H3581" enough|strong="H3605" to|strong="H4191" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Athaliah|strong="H6271" and|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3101" }
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\verseNumber{10}When|strong="H3588" Athaliah|strong="H6271", the|strong="H3605" mother|strong="H0517" of|strong="H1121" Ahaziah|strong="H0274", saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" her|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3063" been|strong="H3605" killed|strong="H4191", she|strong="H3588" commanded|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" members|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Ahaziah’s|strong="H0274" family|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w might|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w become|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*} must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H3588" Jehosheba|strong="H3089", the|strong="H6440" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Jehoram|strong="H3088", took|strong="H3947" Joash|strong="H3101", Ahaziah’s|strong="H0274" very|strong="H3966" young|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121", away|strong="H3947" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H0312" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H1961" about|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" murdered|strong="H2026", and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H1931" hid|strong="H5641" him|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" nursemaid in|strong="H4428" a|strong="H1961" bedroom|strong="H2315" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004". Because|strong="H3588" Jehosheba|strong="H3089", who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Jehoram|strong="H3088" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" Jehoiada|strong="H3077", was|strong="H1961" Ahaziah’s|strong="H0274" sister|strong="H0269", she|strong="H1931" hid|strong="H5641" the|strong="H6440" child|strong="H1121", with|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3588" Athaliah|strong="H6271" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{12}He|strong="H1004" remained|strong="H1961" hidden|strong="H2244" there|strong="H1961" for|strong="H5921" six|strong="H8337" years|strong="H8141" while|strong="H1961" Athaliah|strong="H6271" ruled|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{The revolt against Athaliah }
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\chapterNumber{23}After|strong="H8141" Joash|strong="H3101" had|strong="H1121" been|strong="H2388" hidden|strong="H5641" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3947" temple|strong="H1004" for|strong="H1121" six|strong="H8337" years|strong="H8141", Jehoiada|strong="H3077" the|strong="H3947" priest|strong="H3548" decided|strong="H3289" that|strong="H8141" it|strong="H3947" was|strong="H1121" necessary|strong="H2706" to|strong="H1121" do|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697". So|strong="H3947" he|strong="H8141" made|strong="H2388" an|strong="H3947" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3947" army|strong="H2428" commanders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" groups|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" 100 soldiers|strong="H1121": Azariah|strong="H5838" the|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jeroham|strong="H3395", Ishmael|strong="H3458" the|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehohanan|strong="H3076", Azariah|strong="H5838" the|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Obed|strong="H5744", Maaseiah|strong="H4641" the|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Adaiah|strong="H5718", and|strong="H3967" Elishaphat|strong="H0478" the|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zicri|strong="H2147". 
\verseNumber{2}They|strong="H3605" went|strong="H3478" throughout|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" gathered|strong="H6908" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5892" Levi|strong="H3881" and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H5892" Israeli families|strong="H4940" from|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892". When|strong="H3881" they|strong="H3605" came|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", 
\verseNumber{3}the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" group|strong="H7235" went|strong="H1732" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1121" made|strong="H3772" an|strong="H3772" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" young|strong="H1121" king|strong="H4428" there|strong="H2009". Jehoiada|strong="H3077" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H1992", “This|strong="H1696" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" previous|strong="H7223" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". So|strong="H1696" he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" must|strong="H1121" rule|strong="H4428", like|strong="H5973" Yahweh|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" must|strong="H1121" do|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{4}“So|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6213" must|strong="H4191" do|strong="H6213": One-third|strong="H7992" of|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6213" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3548" other|strong="H2088" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1697" Levi|strong="H3881" who|strong="H3548" are|strong="H1697" starting|strong="H4161" their|strong="H6213" work|strong="H6213" on|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" Sabbath|strong="H7676" day|strong="H3117" must|strong="H4191" guard|strong="H2876" the|strong="H6213" doors|strong="H5592" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H5592"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}One-third|strong="H7992" of|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" guard|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" one-third|strong="H7992" of|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" guard|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" Foundation|strong="H3247" Gate|strong="H8179". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" courtyards|strong="H2691" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{6}Only|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" Levi|strong="H3881" who|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" there|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". They|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" set|strong="H6944" apart|strong="H6944" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w*}. All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" others|strong="H5971" must|strong="H4191" remain|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" courtyards|strong="H2691", obeying|strong="H8104" what|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{7}You|strong="H3027" descendants|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" Levi|strong="H3881" must|strong="H4191" stand|strong="H5975" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3318" young|strong="H5288" king|strong="H4428", each|strong="H5439" of|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3027" with|strong="H1004" your|strong="H1961" weapon|strong="H3627" in|strong="H1004" your|strong="H1961" hand|strong="H3027". Anyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3027" who|strong="H3881" tries|strong="H0974" to|strong="H3318" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3318" temple|strong="H1004" you|strong="H3027" must|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191". And|strong="H4428" stay|strong="H3427" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" young|strong="H5288" king|strong="H4428", wherever|strong="H3605" he|strong="H1004" goes|strong="H3318".” 
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\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3605" Levi|strong="H3881" and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3605"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" had|strong="H3063" told|strong="H6680" them|strong="H6213". He|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" anyone|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3318" go|strong="H3318" home|strong="H1004" after|strong="H3588" having|strong="H3808" finished|strong="H3615" his|strong="H3605" work|strong="H6213" on|strong="H3318" that|strong="H3588" Sabbath|strong="H7676" day|strong="H3117". Each|strong="H3605" commander|strong="H6680" took|strong="H3947" charge|strong="H6680" of|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H6213", the|strong="H3605" ones|strong="H2945" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3881" finishing|strong="H3635" their|strong="H3605" work|strong="H6213" on|strong="H3318" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3063" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3881" starting|strong="H4161" their|strong="H3605" work|strong="H6213" on|strong="H3318" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H5414" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" gave|strong="H5414" each|strong="H5414" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" commanders|strong="H8269" the|strong="H5414" spears|strong="H2595" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H5414" large|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3967" small|strong="H7982" shields|strong="H4043" that|strong="H3548" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H1961" put|strong="H5414" there|strong="H8033" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004" by|strong="H5414" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{10}He|strong="H5704" commanded|strong="H6680" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" guards|strong="H7323" to|strong="H5704" stand|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" positions|strong="H7896", each|strong="H3605" with|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H7973" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027", all|strong="H3605" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428"—around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004", from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" north|strong="H6828" side|strong="H3802" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" south|strong="H3233" side|strong="H3802". 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H3318" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H3318" Joash|strong="H3101" out|strong="H3318". They|strong="H5921" put|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" crown|strong="H5145" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w scroll|strong="H5612"\+w*} on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H4428" were|strong="H1121" written|strong="H3789" the|strong="H5921" rules|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w kings|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w needed|strong="H1767"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w obey|strong="H8085"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" proclaimed|strong="H7121" that|strong="H5414" he|strong="H5414" was|strong="H4428" now|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428". They|strong="H5921" anointed|strong="H4886" him|strong="H5414" with|strong="H5921" olive|strong="H2132" oil|strong="H4886" and|strong="H1121" shouted|strong="H5414", “We|strong="H0587" hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" will|strong="H4428" live|strong="H2421" for|strong="H5921" many|strong="H7227" years|strong="H8141"!” 
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\verseNumber{12}When|strong="H8085" Athaliah|strong="H6271" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" noise|strong="H6963" being|strong="H1004" made|strong="H3068" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971" running|strong="H7323" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w toward|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" cheering, she|strong="H1931" ran|strong="H7323" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{13}She|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" young|strong="H5288" king|strong="H4428" there|strong="H2009", standing|strong="H5975" alongside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" pillar|strong="H5982" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" entrance|strong="H3996" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w is|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w place|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w at|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*} where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" usually|strong="H2370" stood|strong="H5975". The|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971" commanders|strong="H8269" and|strong="H4428" trumpet|strong="H2689" players|strong="H2490" were|strong="H5971" standing|strong="H5975" beside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" were|strong="H5971" rejoicing|strong="H8055" and|strong="H4428" blowing|strong="H8628" trumpets|strong="H2689", and|strong="H4428" singers|strong="H7891" with|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" musical|strong="H7892" instruments|strong="H3627" were|strong="H5971" leading|strong="H8269" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" while|strong="H2009" they|strong="H5921" praised|strong="H1984" God|strong="H0430". Then|strong="H2009" Athaliah|strong="H6271" tore|strong="H7167" her|strong="H3605" robes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H4428" started|strong="H2490" screaming, “You|strong="H3605" are|strong="H5971" committing|strong="H6213" treason|strong="H7195"!” 
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\verseNumber{14}Jehoiada|strong="H3077" the|strong="H3588" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3588" army|strong="H2428" commanders|strong="H8269", “Kill|strong="H4191" her|strong="H3318", but|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H4191" her|strong="H3318" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068"!” Then|strong="H3318" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3318", “Bring|strong="H3318" Athaliah|strong="H6271" out|strong="H3318" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" troops|strong="H2428" and|strong="H3967" kill|strong="H4191" anyone|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3068" tries|strong="H0974" to|strong="H3318" follow|strong="H3068" her|strong="H3318"!” 
\verseNumber{15}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w She|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w tried|strong="H6884"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w flee|strong="H5127"\+w*, \+w but|strong="H4191"\+w*} they|strong="H8033" seized|strong="H7760" her|strong="H7760" as|strong="H1004" she|strong="H1931" reached|strong="H0935" the|strong="H7760" gate|strong="H8179" where|strong="H8033" horses|strong="H5483" enter|strong="H3996" the|strong="H7760" palace|strong="H1004" area|strong="H1508", and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H8033" killed|strong="H4191" her|strong="H7760" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H1961" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" made|strong="H3772" an|strong="H1961" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H5971" he|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" would|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H3548" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" there|strong="H3605" went|strong="H5971" to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Baal|strong="H1168" and|strong="H1004" tore|strong="H5422" it|strong="H6440" down|strong="H5422". They|strong="H5971" smashed|strong="H7665" the|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w Baal|strong="H1168"\+w*}. They|strong="H5971" also|strong="H5971" killed|strong="H2026" Mattan|strong="H4977", the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" of|strong="H1004" Baal|strong="H1168", in|strong="H1004" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" those|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196". 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H4872" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" appointed|strong="H7760" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548", who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3881" also|strong="H3068" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H5921" Levi|strong="H3881", to|strong="H3068" work|strong="H3027" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004". They|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3881" part|strong="H2505" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" group|strong="H7235" to|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" King|strong="H5921" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" given|strong="H3027" various|strong="H2921" jobs at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004", to|strong="H3068" sacrifice|strong="H5930" the|strong="H5921" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3881" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196", doing|strong="H3027" what|strong="H1732" was|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872" had|strong="H3068" given|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921". He|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" told|strong="H7760" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" rejoice|strong="H8057" and|strong="H4872" sing|strong="H7892", which|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" put|strong="H3068" guards|strong="H7778" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" gates|strong="H8179" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" allowed|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" enter|strong="H5975". 
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\verseNumber{20}Jehoiada|strong="H3077" took|strong="H3947" with|strong="H1004" him|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971" commanders|strong="H8269", the|strong="H3605" important|strong="H5704" men|strong="H5971", the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3967" many|strong="H7227" others|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3967" brought|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". They|strong="H3068" went|strong="H3381" into|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004" through|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" Upper|strong="H5945" Gate|strong="H8179", and|strong="H3967" put|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" throne|strong="H3678". 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5892" Judah|strong="H3063" rejoiced|strong="H8055". And|strong="H5971" there|strong="H3605" was|strong="H5892" calm|strong="H8252" throughout|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", because|strong="H3605" Athaliah|strong="H6271" had|strong="H5971" been|strong="H8252" killed|strong="H4191". 

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\chapterNumber{24}Joash|strong="H3101" was|strong="H8034" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8034" king|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H8034" 40 years|strong="H8141". His|strong="H3101" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Zibiah|strong="H6645"; she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H8034" from|strong="H1121" Beersheba|strong="H0884" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}Joash|strong="H3101" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3477" pleased|strong="H5869" Yahweh|strong="H3068" as|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" was|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Supreme} Priest|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{3}Jehoiada|strong="H3077" chose|strong="H5375" two|strong="H8147" women|strong="H1323" to|strong="H3205" be|strong="H1121" Joash’s|strong="H3101" wives|strong="H0802". And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5375" bore|strong="H3205" Joash|strong="H3101" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323". 
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\verseNumber{4}Some|strong="H4480" years|strong="H8141" later|strong="H1961", Joash|strong="H3101" decided|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" repaired|strong="H2388". 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H3605" summoned|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3063" other|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1004" Levi|strong="H3881" and|strong="H3063" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3318", “Go|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H8141" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" collect|strong="H6908" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" tax|strong="H4061" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3478" required|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3318" pay|strong="H3701" each|strong="H3605" year|strong="H8141", and|strong="H3063" use|strong="H4399" that|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H3318" pay|strong="H3701" for|strong="H1004" repairing|strong="H2388" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". Do|strong="H3318" it|strong="H3808" immediately|strong="H4116".” But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1004" Levi|strong="H3881" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3318" it|strong="H3808" immediately|strong="H4116". 
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\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H7121" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" summoned|strong="H7121" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" and|strong="H3063" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H7121", “Why|strong="H4069" have|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" not|strong="H3808" required|strong="H1875" the|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4428" Levi|strong="H3881" to|strong="H3478" bring|strong="H3881" to|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" from|strong="H5921" various|strong="H2921" places|strong="H1116" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" the|strong="H5921" annual|strong="H6471"/yearly|strong="H3117" tax|strong="H4864" that|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872" said|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" must|strong="H3478" pay|strong="H7999", for|strong="H5921" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H1875" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168"?” 
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\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w needed|strong="H1767"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w repaired|strong="H2388"\+w*} because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" wicked|strong="H4849" woman|strong="H1004" Athaliah|strong="H6271" had|strong="H3068" entered|strong="H0935" into|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* wrecked \+w some|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w things|strong="H6944"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" used|strong="H6213" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" items|strong="H6944" that|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Baal|strong="H1168". 
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\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H6213", obeying|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680", the|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4428" Levi|strong="H3878" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" chest|strong="H0727" and|strong="H3068" placed|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004", at|strong="H3068" one|strong="H6213" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" entrances|strong="H6607". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" sent|strong="H5414" letters|strong="H5612" everywhere|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063", requesting everyone|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3478" bring|strong="H5414" their|strong="H3068" tax|strong="H4864" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004", like|strong="H3478" Moses|strong="H4872" had|strong="H3068" required|strong="H7592" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" desert|strong="H4057". 
\verseNumber{10}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H8269" and|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w agreed|strong="H8085"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5704"\+w*} brought|strong="H3615" their|strong="H3605" contributions|strong="H8641" gladly|strong="H8055". They|strong="H5704" put|strong="H3615" the|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" into|strong="H7993" the|strong="H3605" chest|strong="H0727" until|strong="H5704" it|strong="H7993" was|strong="H3605" full|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{11}Whenever|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7200" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4428" Levi|strong="H3881" brought|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7200" chest|strong="H0727" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7200" king’s|strong="H4428" officials|strong="H8269", and|strong="H3701" they|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H4428" money|strong="H3701" in|strong="H6213" it|strong="H3588", the|strong="H7200" king’s|strong="H4428" secretary|strong="H5608" and|strong="H3701" the|strong="H7200" assistant|strong="H8334" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Supreme} Priest|strong="H3548" would|strong="H6213" take|strong="H5375" all|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" money|strong="H3701" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7200" chest|strong="H0727", and|strong="H3701" then|strong="H1961" put|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7200" chest|strong="H0727" back|strong="H7725" in|strong="H6213" its|strong="H7725" place|strong="H4725". They|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" frequently, and|strong="H3701" they|strong="H3588" collected|strong="H6908" a|strong="H1961" huge|strong="H7227" amount|strong="H7230" of|strong="H4428" money|strong="H3701". 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" men|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1961" supervising the|strong="H5414" work|strong="H4399" of|strong="H4428" repairing|strong="H2388" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004". Those|strong="H2388" men|strong="H6213" hired|strong="H7936" stoneworkers and|strong="H3068" carpenters|strong="H2796" to|strong="H3068" repair|strong="H2388" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004". They|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" hired|strong="H7936" men|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3068" worked|strong="H2388" with|strong="H1004" iron|strong="H1270" and|strong="H3068" bronze|strong="H5178" to|strong="H3068" repair|strong="H2388" things|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w broken|strong="H7665"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H5921" men|strong="H6213" who|strong="H5975" did|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" repair|strong="H5975" work|strong="H4399" worked|strong="H6213" hard|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" work|strong="H4399" of|strong="H1004" repairing|strong="H3247" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" progressed|strong="H5927". They|strong="H5921" rebuilt|strong="H1129" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3027" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1004" like|strong="H1004" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1004" originally, and|strong="H3027" they|strong="H5921" even|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5921" stronger|strong="H2388". 
\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3068" finished|strong="H3615" the|strong="H3605" repair|strong="H2388" work|strong="H6213", they|strong="H3117" brought|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" the|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6213" used|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" repairs|strong="H2388". That|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" was|strong="H3068" used|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" use|strong="H1961" for|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H5930" the|strong="H3605" sacrifices|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" bowls|strong="H3627" and|strong="H3068" other|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3068" silver|strong="H3701" things|strong="H3605" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". As|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" Joash|strong="H3101" lived|strong="H1961", the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3709" continually|strong="H8548" brought|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" sacrifices|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196". 
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\verseNumber{15}Jehoiada|strong="H3077" lived|strong="H3427" to|strong="H4191" become|strong="H7646" very|strong="H3966" old|strong="H1121". He|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191" when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" 130 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1732" buried|strong="H6912" where|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" kings|strong="H4428" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H1961" buried|strong="H6912", in|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H3588" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" David’. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w buried|strong="H6912"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w*} because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3588" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H5973" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3478" done|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3478" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" and|strong="H3478" for|strong="H3588" God’s|strong="H0430" temple|strong="H1004". 

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\verseNumber{17}After|strong="H0310" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" died|strong="H4194", the|strong="H8085" leaders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" went|strong="H3063" to|strong="H8085" Joash|strong="H3101", bowed|strong="H7812" in|strong="H4428" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" him|strong="H8085", and|strong="H3063" persuaded|strong="H5496" him|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" do|strong="H3063" what|strong="H8085" they|strong="H4428" wanted|strong="H2654". 
\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H2063" people|strong="H5800" stopped|strong="H5800" worshiping|strong="H5647" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3063" they|strong="H3068" started|strong="H1961" worshiping|strong="H5647" the|strong="H5921" poles|strong="H0905" dedicated|strong="H6942" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Asherah|strong="H0842" and|strong="H3063" other|strong="H2063" idols|strong="H6091". Because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H6213" those|strong="H5921" sinful|strong="H2400" things|strong="H1961", God|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H7110" angry|strong="H7110" with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5800" of|strong="H1004" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w other|strong="H2063"\+w* \+w places|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{19}Although|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" prophets|strong="H5030" to|strong="H7725" persuade|strong="H6601" them|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7971", and|strong="H3068" although|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030" tod them|strong="H7725" about|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213", the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3808" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H7725" attention|strong="H7181". 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H5975" God’s|strong="H0430" Spirit|strong="H7307" came|strong="H3068" upon|strong="H5921" Zechariah|strong="H2148", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Supreme} Priest|strong="H3548". He|strong="H3588" stood|strong="H5975" up|strong="H5975" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" God|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": ‘Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3588" disobeying what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H4687"? You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" abandoned|strong="H5800" me|strong="H5921", so|strong="H3541" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" abandon|strong="H5800" you|strong="H3588".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" planned|strong="H3289" to|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" Zechariah|strong="H2148". And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" joined|strong="H7194" them|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5921". The|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" killed|strong="H2026" Zechariah|strong="H2148" by|strong="H5921" throwing|strong="H3027" stones|strong="H0068" at|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" courtyard|strong="H2691". 
\verseNumber{22}King|strong="H4428" Joash|strong="H3101" had|strong="H3068" forgotten|strong="H7911" about|strong="H6213" how|strong="H2142" Zechariah’s father|strong="H1121" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H2142" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H4191" him|strong="H6213". That’s|strong="H1696" why|strong="H3808" he|strong="H6213" gave|strong="H6213" orders|strong="H2142" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H2026" Jehoiada’s|strong="H3077" son|strong="H1121" Zechariah|strong="H2148", who|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" as|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" was|strong="H3068" dying|strong="H4191", “I|strong="H7200" hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7200"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" punish|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6213"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{23}Near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" end|strong="H8622" of|strong="H4428" that|strong="H5971" year|strong="H8141" (OR|strong="H4428", early|strong="H7925" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" following|strong="H0310" year|strong="H8141"), the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" marched|strong="H5927" to|strong="H7971" attack|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Joash|strong="H3101". They|strong="H5921" invaded|strong="H5927" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" attacked|strong="H5927" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". They|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w seized|strong="H8610"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w valuable|strong="H3368"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3063"\+w*} sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7971" their|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H8141" Damascus|strong="H1834", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w capital|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*.} 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H3588" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H3068" Syria|strong="H0758" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w came|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*} was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" small|strong="H4705", but|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" large|strong="H7230" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" punishing|strong="H7725" Joash|strong="H3101" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H5800" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H3588" having|strong="H3588" abandoned|strong="H5800" him|strong="H5414", the|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" worshiped|strong="H7812". 
\verseNumber{25}Before|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" battle|strong="H4421" ended|strong="H1961", Joash|strong="H4251" was|strong="H1732" severely|strong="H5953" wounded|strong="H2491". Then|strong="H4428" his|strong="H1732" officials|strong="H5650" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="H5921" for|strong="H3588" murdering Zechariah|strong="H2148", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Supreme} Priest|strong="H3548". They|strong="H3588" killed|strong="H2026" him|strong="H5921" while|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1732" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H1732" bed|strong="H4296". He|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1732" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w part|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H5921" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" David’, but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H5650" not|strong="H3808" bury|strong="H6912" him|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H6913" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" kings|strong="H4428" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H3808" buried|strong="H6912". 
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\verseNumber{26}Those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H1121" conspired|strong="H7194" to|strong="H5921" kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="H5921" were|strong="H1121" Zabad|strong="H2066" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shimeath|strong="H8100", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5921" woman|strong="H0802" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Ammon|strong="H5985" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{people-group}, and|strong="H1121" Jehozabad|strong="H3075" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shimrith|strong="H8116", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5921" woman|strong="H0802" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Moab|strong="H4125" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{people-group}. 
\verseNumber{27}An|strong="H4428" account|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" things|strong="H4853" that|strong="H4428" were|strong="H1121" done|strong="H6213" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3101" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" many|strong="H7230" prophecies|strong="H1697" about|strong="H5921" Joash|strong="H3101" and|strong="H1121" what|strong="H5921" he|strong="H1004" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5921" repair|strong="H2388" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" are|strong="H1121" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘the|strong="H5921" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Kings|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}’. Then|strong="H4428" after|strong="H5921" Joash|strong="H3101" died|strong="H4191", Amaziah|strong="H0558" his|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428". 

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\chapterNumber{25}Amaziah|strong="H0558" was|strong="H8034" 25 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H2568" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8034" king|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H2568" ruled|strong="H4427" from|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H8034" 29 years|strong="H8141". His|strong="H4427" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H8034" Jehoaddin|strong="H3086"; she|strong="H6242" was|strong="H8034" from|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{2}Amaziah|strong="H0558" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H3808" things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H5869" Yahweh|strong="H3068", but|strong="H7535" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" enthusiastically. 
\verseNumber{3}As|strong="H1961" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" complete|strong="H3617" control|strong="H2388" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5921" kingdom|strong="H4467", he|strong="H5921" caused|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" executed|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5921" officials|strong="H5650" who|strong="H5650" had|strong="H1961" murdered|strong="H2026" his|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" command|strong="H6680" their|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191"; he|strong="H3588" obeyed|strong="H8085" what|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H3588" Moses|strong="H4872" had|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789". In|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" laws|strong="H8451" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680", “People|strong="H1121" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H3588"\+w*} their|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191" for|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H3588"\+w*} their|strong="H3068" parents|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}. People|strong="H1121" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191" only|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" sins|strong="H2399" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" themselves|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{5}Amaziah|strong="H0558" summoned|strong="H6485" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3967" Benjamin|strong="H1144" to|strong="H3318" come|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H3967" there|strong="H5975" he|strong="H3605" put|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5975" in|strong="H8141" groups|strong="H1121", each|strong="H3605" clan|strong="H4940" in|strong="H8141" a|strong="H4672" group|strong="H7235" by|strong="H8141" themselves|strong="H6908". Then|strong="H3318" he|strong="H3605" appointed|strong="H5975" officers|strong="H8269" to|strong="H3318" command|strong="H6680" each|strong="H3605" group|strong="H7235". Some|strong="H3605" officers|strong="H8269" commanded|strong="H6680" 100 men|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" some|strong="H3605" commanded|strong="H6680" 1,000 men|strong="H1121". They|strong="H8141" counted|strong="H6485" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" at|strong="H1004" least|strong="H6996" 20 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121"; altogether|strong="H3605" there|strong="H5975" were|strong="H1121" 300,000 men|strong="H1121". They|strong="H8141" were|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" prepared|strong="H3559" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H1121" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635", and|strong="H3967" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w well|strong="H3190"\+w*,} using|strong="H5927" spears|strong="H7420" and|strong="H3967" shields|strong="H6793". 
\verseNumber{6}Amaziah|strong="H0558" also|strong="H3478" hired|strong="H7936" 100,000 capable|strong="H2428" soldiers|strong="H2428" from|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3967" paid|strong="H5414" almost|strong="H4592" four|strong="H0702" tons of|strong="H3603" silver|strong="H3701" for|strong="H3478" them|strong="H7936". 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" prophet|strong="H5030" came|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5973" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H3068" majesty|strong="H1926", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3588" allow|strong="H5414" those|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H1121" from|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" march|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" your|strong="H3068" soldiers|strong="H1121", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" does|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" help|strong="H5826" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669" or|strong="H1121" from|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w anywhere|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w else|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{8}Even|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" your|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H4421" go|strong="H1980" and|strong="H6440" fight|strong="H4421" courageously|strong="H2388" in|strong="H6213" battles|strong="H4421", God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H5826" cause|strong="H6213" your|strong="H6440" enemies|strong="H0341" to|strong="H6213" defeat|strong="H5221" you|strong="H3588"; do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" power|strong="H3581" to|strong="H6213" help|strong="H5826" armies|strong="H6635" or|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" cause|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3426" defeated|strong="H5221".” 
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\verseNumber{9}Amaziah|strong="H0558" asked|strong="H4100" that|strong="H3068" prophet|strong="H5030", “If|strong="H3426" I|strong="H5414" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068", what|strong="H4100" about|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5414" huge|strong="H1995" amount|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3068" silver|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5414" paid|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" hire|strong="H7939" those|strong="H6213" soldiers|strong="H3967" from|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478"?” 
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The|strong="H5414" prophet|strong="H5030" replied|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3478" pay|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" back|strong="H7725" more|strong="H7235" money|strong="H3701" than|strong="H7235" you|strong="H5414" paid|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w hire|strong="H7939"\+w* \+w those|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H3967"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H7725" Amaziah|strong="H0558" told|strong="H5046" those|strong="H1992" soldiers|strong="H5650" from|strong="H7725" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" home|strong="H4725". They|strong="H3063" left|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" go|strong="H3212" home|strong="H4725", but|strong="H7725" they|strong="H3063" were|strong="H3063" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3212" the|strong="H7725" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4725" Judah|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w not|strong="H7725"\+w* allowing \+w them|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w stay|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H1121" Amaziah|strong="H0558" became|strong="H2388" brave|strong="H2428", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5221" led|strong="H3212" his|strong="H5221" army|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5221" Salt|strong="H4417" Valley|strong="H1516". There|strong="H8033" they|strong="H5971" killed|strong="H5221" 10,000 men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" Edom|strong="H0112" people-group. 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" also|strong="H1121" captured|strong="H7617" 10,000 others|strong="H0312", and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H7617" them|strong="H7617" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H7993" cliff|strong="H5553" and|strong="H1121" threw|strong="H7993" them|strong="H7617" all|strong="H3605" down|strong="H7993" over|strong="H7218" the|strong="H3605" cliff|strong="H5553", with|strong="H7218" the|strong="H3605" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" corpses|strong="H6297" were|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" smashed|strong="H7665" to|strong="H1121" pieces|strong="H1234". 
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\verseNumber{13}While|strong="H5704" that|strong="H5892" was|strong="H5892" happening, the|strong="H5221" soldiers|strong="H4421" from|strong="H7725" Israel|strong="H4421" whom|strong="H1992" Amaziah|strong="H0558" had|strong="H3063" sent|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725" after|strong="H1992" not|strong="H7725" allowing them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H5704" fight|strong="H4421" along|strong="H5973" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H7725" soldiers|strong="H4421", raided|strong="H6584" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3212" Judea|strong="H3061", from|strong="H7725" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" Beth-Horon|strong="H1032" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H5892"\+w*}. They|strong="H1992" killed|strong="H5221" 3,000 people|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" a|strong="H5221" great|strong="H7227" amount|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H7969". 
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\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H1961" Amaziah|strong="H0558" returned|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} after|strong="H1961" his|strong="H6440" army|strong="H2428" had|strong="H1961" slaughtered|strong="H5221" the|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H1121" from|strong="H6440" Edom|strong="H0112", he|strong="H5221" brought|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" idols|strong="H1544" that|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" worshiped|strong="H7812" by|strong="H5975" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Edom|strong="H0112". He|strong="H5221" set|strong="H5975" them|strong="H6440" up|strong="H5975" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" his|strong="H6440" own|strong="H1961" gods|strong="H0430". Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H5221" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*} them|strong="H6440" and|strong="H1121" offered|strong="H6999" sacrifices|strong="H6999" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{15}Because|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" that|strong="H5971", Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H2734" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" Amaziah|strong="H0558". He|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" prophet|strong="H5030" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7971", who|strong="H5971" said|strong="H0559", “Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7971" worship|strong="H7812" these|strong="H5971" foreign|strong="H5237" gods|strong="H0430" that|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" save|strong="H5337" their|strong="H3068" own|strong="H5971" people|strong="H5971" when|strong="H7971" your|strong="H3068" army|strong="H5971" attacked|strong="H3027" them|strong="H7971"?” 
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\verseNumber{16}While|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" still|strong="H3588" speaking|strong="H1696", the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5414", “We|strong="H3588" certainly|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" appoint|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H1961" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H8085" advisors. So|strong="H6213" stop|strong="H2308" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w talking|strong="H1696"\+w*}! If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" say|strong="H1696" anything|strong="H4100" more|strong="H3808", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w my|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*} kill|strong="H5221" you|strong="H3588"!” 
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So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H8085" prophet|strong="H5030" said|strong="H1696", “I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" God|strong="H5414" has|strong="H1961" determined|strong="H3289" to|strong="H1696" get|strong="H6213" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w begun|strong="H2490"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*} worship|strong="H7812" idols|strong="H1544", and|strong="H4428" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" heeded|strong="H8085" my|strong="H8085" advice|strong="H6098".” Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8085" prophet|strong="H5030" said|strong="H1696" nothing|strong="H3808" more|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{17}Some|strong="H4480" time|strong="H6440" later|strong="H0310" Amaziah|strong="H3289", the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", consulted|strong="H3289" his|strong="H7971" advisors. Then|strong="H1980" he|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1980" Jehoash|strong="H3060", the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". He|strong="H7971" wrote|strong="H3789", “Come|strong="H1980" here|strong="H6311" and|strong="H1121" let’s|strong="H1980" talk|strong="H1696" together|strong="H3289".” 
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\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H4428" Jehoash|strong="H3060" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" King|strong="H4428" Amaziah|strong="H0558", “One|strong="H1121" time|strong="H3478" a|strong="H5414" thistle|strong="H2336" growing|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w mountains|strong="H2022"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" Lebanon|strong="H3844" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H5414" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" a|strong="H5414" cedar|strong="H0730" tree|strong="H6086" saying|strong="H0559", ‘Let|strong="H7971" your|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323" marry|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121".’ But|strong="H4428" a|strong="H5414" wild|strong="H7704" animal|strong="H2416" in|strong="H3478" Lebanon|strong="H3844" came|strong="H3478" along|strong="H5674" and|strong="H1121" trampled|strong="H7429" the|strong="H5414" thistle|strong="H2336" under|strong="H7429" its|strong="H5414" feet|strong="H7429". 
\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w meaning|strong="H0998"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w I|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w saying|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5307"\+w*} you|strong="H5973" are|strong="H4100" saying|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3820" yourself|strong="H5307" that|strong="H5307" your|strong="H5375" army|strong="H3427" has|strong="H3820" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" army|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1004" Edom|strong="H0112", so|strong="H6258" you|strong="H5973" have|strong="H3063" become|strong="H5375" very|strong="H6258" proud|strong="H5375". But|strong="H2009" you|strong="H5973" should|strong="H4100" stay|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" your|strong="H5375" home|strong="H1004". It|strong="H5375" would|strong="H4100" not|strong="H5375" be|strong="H3820" good|strong="H4100" for|strong="H3427" you|strong="H5973" to|strong="H3820" cause|strong="H2600" trouble|strong="H7451", which|strong="H1004" would|strong="H4100" result|strong="H6903" in|strong="H3427" you|strong="H5973" and|strong="H3063" your|strong="H5375" kingdom|strong="H4467" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063" being|strong="H1004" destroyed|strong="H5221".” 
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\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H3588" Amaziah|strong="H0558" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5414" heed|strong="H8085" Jehoash’s|strong="H3060" message|strong="H1697". That|strong="H3588" happened|strong="H1961" because|strong="H3588" God|strong="H5414" wanted|strong="H4616" Jehoash’s|strong="H3060" army|strong="H2428" to|strong="H5414" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3027" worshiping|strong="H7812" the|strong="H8085" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H3027" Edom|strong="H0112". 
\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H5927" Jehoash’s|strong="H3060" army|strong="H5927" attacked|strong="H5927". Their|strong="H6440" two|strong="H8147" armies|strong="H6635" faced|strong="H6440" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312" at|strong="H3478" Beth-Shemesh|strong="H1053" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H6440" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H6440" Judah|strong="H3063" was|strong="H3478" badly|strong="H3966" defeated|strong="H5062" by|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H6440" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H5650" of|strong="H6440" Judah|strong="H3063" fled|strong="H5127" to|strong="H3478" their|strong="H6440" homes|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{23}King|strong="H4428" Jehoash’s|strong="H3060" army|strong="H3389" also|strong="H3478" captured|strong="H8610" King|strong="H4428" Amaziah|strong="H0558" there|strong="H5704". Then|strong="H4428" he|strong="H5704" brought|strong="H3478" Amaziah|strong="H0558" to|strong="H5704" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3478" soldiers|strong="H1121" tore|strong="H6555" down|strong="H6555" the|strong="H5704" wall|strong="H2346" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w around|strong="H6437"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w city|strong="H8179"\+w*}, from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5704" Ephraim|strong="H0669" Gate|strong="H8179" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" Corner|strong="H6437" Gate|strong="H8179". That|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" section|strong="H4060" that|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" about|strong="H4428" 600 feet|strong="H7272" long|strong="H5704". 
\verseNumber{24}His|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H1121" also|strong="H4428" carried|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" furnishings|strong="H3627" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" which|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Obed-Edom|strong="H5654" had|strong="H4428" previously|strong="H8543" been|strong="H3605" guarding|strong="H8104". They|strong="H3605" also|strong="H4428" took|strong="H4428" away|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H3605" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3605" took|strong="H4428" to|strong="H7725" Samaria|strong="H8111" some|strong="H3605" prisoners|strong="H0615" whom|strong="H0834" they|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4428" captured|strong="H3920". 
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\verseNumber{25}King|strong="H4428" Jehoash|strong="H3060" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Amaziah|strong="H0558" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" lived|strong="H2421" for|strong="H1121" 15 years|strong="H8141" after|strong="H8141" that|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{26}An|strong="H3063" account|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" Amaziah|strong="H0558" did|strong="H3478" while|strong="H5921" he|strong="H3808" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*} is|strong="H1697" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5921" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Israel’. 
\verseNumber{27}From|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5921" time|strong="H6256" that|strong="H3068" Amaziah|strong="H0558" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H4191" disobey|strong="H0854" Yahweh|strong="H3068", some|strong="H8033" men|strong="H0376" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" planned|strong="H3289" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921". He|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3068" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H4191" escape|strong="H5127" to|strong="H4191" Lachish|strong="H3923" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, but|strong="H3068" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H3068" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921" sent|strong="H7971" another|strong="H0312" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H4191" Lachish|strong="H3923" and|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{28}They|strong="H5921" put|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" corpse|strong="H5038" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5375" horse|strong="H5483" and|strong="H3063" brought|strong="H5375" it|strong="H5921" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" buried|strong="H6912" it|strong="H5921" where|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5375" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w been|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w buried|strong="H6912"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" part|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5892" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5921" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H5892" David’. 

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\chapterNumber{26}\verseNumber{1-2}After|strong="H0310" King|strong="H4428" Amaziah|strong="H0558" died|strong="H4191", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" appointed|strong="H4150" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" Uzziah|strong="H5818", who|strong="H0834" then|strong="H0227" was|strong="H3068" 16 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", as|strong="H0834" their|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H0259"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*} while|strong="H5704" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w*} his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" captured|strong="H3920" Elath|strong="H0359" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Gulf \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* Aqaba} and|strong="H3967" rebuilt|strong="H1129" it|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{3}Uzziah|strong="H5818" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H8034" 52 years|strong="H8141". His|strong="H4480" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H8034" Jecoliah|strong="H3203"; she|strong="H8147" was|strong="H8034" from|strong="H4480" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{4}Uzziah|strong="H5818" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" consdered to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" good|strong="H5869", like|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" Amaziah|strong="H0558" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H3117" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H3068" please|strong="H4994" God|strong="H3068" while|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w*} Zechariah|strong="H2148" was|strong="H3068" living|strong="H2416", because|strong="H3117" Zechariah|strong="H2148" taught|strong="H7200" him|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" revere|strong="H3372" God|strong="H3068". As|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" Uzziah|strong="H5818" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H3068" please|strong="H4994" God|strong="H3068", God|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" him|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" successful|strong="H6743". 
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\verseNumber{6}Uzziah|strong="H5818" and|strong="H5892" his|strong="H1129" army|strong="H2428" started|strong="H1129" to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" the|strong="H1129" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H5892" Philistia|strong="H6429". They|strong="H6430" tore|strong="H6555" down|strong="H6555" the|strong="H1129" walls|strong="H2346" of|strong="H5892" Gath|strong="H1661", Jabneh|strong="H2996", and|strong="H5892" Ashdod|strong="H0795" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}. Then|strong="H3318" they|strong="H6430" rebuilt|strong="H1129" the|strong="H1129" towns|strong="H5892" near|strong="H7126" Ashdod|strong="H0795" and|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" other|strong="H0312" places|strong="H1116" in|strong="H5892" Philistia|strong="H6429". 
\verseNumber{7}God|strong="H0430" helped|strong="H5826" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" fight|strong="H3898" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Philistia|strong="H6429" and|strong="H6430" the|strong="H5921" Arabs|strong="H6163" who|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w*} Gur-Baal|strong="H1485" and|strong="H6430" the|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3427" Meun who|strong="H3427" had|strong="H6430" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H5921" that|strong="H6430" area|strong="H1508" from|strong="H5921" Edom|strong="H0112". 
\verseNumber{8}Even|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3588" Ammon|strong="H5984" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{people-group} paid|strong="H5414" taxes|strong="H4061" to|strong="H5704" Uzziah|strong="H5818" each|strong="H5414" year|strong="H8141". So|strong="H5414" Uzziah|strong="H5818" became|strong="H2388" famous|strong="H8034" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3588" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H8034" Egypt|strong="H4714", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H5704" powerful|strong="H2388". 
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\verseNumber{9}Uzziah’s|strong="H5818" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w workers|strong="H1129"\+w*} built|strong="H1129" watchtowers in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Corner|strong="H6438" Gate|strong="H8179", at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Valley|strong="H1516" Gate|strong="H8179", and|strong="H3389" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" wall|strong="H2346" turns|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3389" they|strong="H5921" placed|strong="H5414" weapons|strong="H3627" in|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3588" built|strong="H1129" watchtowers in|strong="H7227" the|strong="H3588" desert|strong="H4057" and|strong="H2022" dug|strong="H2658" many|strong="H7227" wells|strong="H0875". They|strong="H3588" did|strong="H2022" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w provide|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w*} for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H1961" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H3588" king’s|strong="H4428" cattle|strong="H4735" that|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" in|strong="H7227" the|strong="H3588" foothills|strong="H8219" and|strong="H2022" in|strong="H7227" the|strong="H3588" plains|strong="H4334". Uzziah|strong="H5818" liked|strong="H7521" farming|strong="H0376", so|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3588" stationed|strong="H5975" workers|strong="H1129" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w take|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w care|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2022"\+w*} his|strong="H1961" fields|strong="H7704" and|strong="H2022" vineyards|strong="H3754" in|strong="H7227" the|strong="H3588" hills|strong="H2022" and|strong="H2022" in|strong="H7227" the|strong="H3588" fertile|strong="H3759" areas|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{11}Uzziah’s|strong="H5818" army|strong="H2428" was|strong="H1961" trained|strong="H6635" for|strong="H5921" fighting|strong="H4421" battles|strong="H4421". They|strong="H5921" were|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" groups|strong="H7218" that|strong="H4428" were|strong="H1961" always|strong="H3605" ready|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3318" go|strong="H3318" into|strong="H5921" battle|strong="H4421". Jeiel|strong="H3273", the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" secretary|strong="H5608", and|strong="H4428" Maaseiah|strong="H4641", one|strong="H1961" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" officers|strong="H7860", counted|strong="H5608" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H2428" and|strong="H4428" placed|strong="H1961" them|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" groups|strong="H7218". Hananiah|strong="H2608", one|strong="H1961" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" officials|strong="H8269", was|strong="H1961" their|strong="H5921" commander|strong="H8269". 
\verseNumber{12}There|strong="H3605" were|strong="H2428" 2,600 leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" those|strong="H3605" groups|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" soldiers|strong="H2428". 
\verseNumber{13}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" groups|strong="H7218" that|strong="H4428" those|strong="H5921" leaders|strong="H7218" commanded|strong="H6680" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H3027" a|strong="H6213" total|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" 307,500 well-trained|strong="H0970" soldiers|strong="H4421". It|strong="H5921" was|strong="H4428" a|strong="H6213" very|strong="H6213" powerful|strong="H3581" army|strong="H2428" which|strong="H2428" was|strong="H4428" ready|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" help|strong="H5826" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{14}Uzziah|strong="H5818" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3559" each|strong="H3605" soldier|strong="H6635" a|strong="H3559" shield|strong="H4043", a|strong="H3559" spear|strong="H7420", a|strong="H3559" helmet|strong="H3553", a|strong="H3559" vest made|strong="H3559" of|strong="H6635" iron|strong="H1270" plates|strong="H7554", a|strong="H3559" bow|strong="H7198" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4043"\+w* \+w arrows|strong="H7198"\+w*}, and|strong="H4043" a|strong="H3559" slingshot. 
\verseNumber{15}In|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" his|strong="H5921" skilled|strong="H2450" workers|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" machines to|strong="H5704" put|strong="H6213" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" watchtowers and|strong="H1419" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" corners|strong="H6438" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w walls|strong="H2346"\+w*}, to|strong="H5704" shoot|strong="H3384" arrows|strong="H2678" and|strong="H1419" to|strong="H5704" hurl|strong="H2904" large|strong="H1419" stones|strong="H0068". He|strong="H3588" became|strong="H1961" very|strong="H5704" famous|strong="H8034" even|strong="H5704" in|strong="H5921" distant|strong="H7350" places|strong="H1116", because|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" helped|strong="H5826" him|strong="H5921" very|strong="H5704" much|strong="H6213" and|strong="H1419" enabled|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H5704" powerful|strong="H2388". 
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\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H3068" because|strong="H5921" Uzziah|strong="H5818" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H5704" powerful|strong="H2392", he|strong="H5704" became|strong="H4603" very|strong="H5704" proud|strong="H1361", and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" led|strong="H3068" to|strong="H5704" his|strong="H3068" being|strong="H3068" punished|strong="H6485". He|strong="H5704" disobeyed|strong="H4603" what|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680". He|strong="H5704" went|strong="H3068" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1964" to|strong="H5704" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H7004" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w only|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w burn|strong="H6999"\+w*} incense|strong="H7004". 
\verseNumber{17}Azariah|strong="H5838" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Supreme} Priest|strong="H3548" and|strong="H1121" 80 other|strong="H0312" brave|strong="H2428" priests|strong="H3548" followed|strong="H0310" him|strong="H5973" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{18}They|strong="H3588" rebuked|strong="H1605" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H5921", “Uzziah|strong="H5818", it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" right|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3318" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" to|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068". That|strong="H3588" duty|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3068" only|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548", those|strong="H4480" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w first|strong="H1121"\+w* Supreme \+w Priest|strong="H3548"\+w*}! You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" leave|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w immediately|strong="H6965"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" disobeyed|strong="H4603" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" honor|strong="H3519" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H4603"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{19}Uzziah|strong="H5818" had|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" a|strong="H3068" pan|strong="H3709" for|strong="H5921" burning|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H7004". He|strong="H3068" became|strong="H3205" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548", but|strong="H3068" suddenly|strong="H6597" there|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" leprosy|strong="H6883" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3068" forehead|strong="H4696". 
\verseNumber{20}When|strong="H3588" Azariah|strong="H5838" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Supreme} Priest|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w*} looked|strong="H6437" at|strong="H3068" him|strong="H3318", they|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H2009" the|strong="H3605" leprosy|strong="H6883" on|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" forehead|strong="H4696", so|strong="H3318" they|strong="H3588" quickly|strong="H1765" took|strong="H3318" him|strong="H3318" outside|strong="H3318". And|strong="H3068" truly|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H3068" eager|strong="H1245" to|strong="H3318" leave|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" him|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" have|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" leprosy|strong="H6883", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w it|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w become|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w worse|strong="H7489"\+w*.} 
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\verseNumber{21}King|strong="H4428" Uzziah|strong="H5818" had|strong="H3068" leprosy|strong="H6883" until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H3588" died|strong="H4194". And|strong="H1121" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" leprosy|strong="H6883", he|strong="H3588" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H1961" house|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1961" near|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" houses|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1961" allowed|strong="H3068" to|strong="H5704" enter|strong="H8199" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004". His|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" Jotham|strong="H3147" supervised|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1121" ruled|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{22}A|strong="H3789" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H1697" the|strong="H1697" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" Uzziah|strong="H5818" did|strong="H1697" while|strong="H5704" he|strong="H1697" was|strong="H1697" the|strong="H1697" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*} was|strong="H1697" written|strong="H3789" by|strong="H3789" the|strong="H1697" prophet|strong="H5030" Isaiah|strong="H3470", the|strong="H1697" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amoz|strong="H0531". 
\verseNumber{23}Because|strong="H3588" Uzziah|strong="H5818" was|strong="H1931" a|strong="H3588" leper|strong="H6879", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*,} they|strong="H3588" would|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3588" bury|strong="H6912" him|strong="H4427" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3588" tombs|strong="H6913" where|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3588" other|strong="H0312" kings|strong="H4428" were|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912". Instead|strong="H8478", he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3588" nearby|strong="H7138" cemetery that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" kings|strong="H4428" owned|strong="H3426". Then|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" Jotham|strong="H3147" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{King Jotham of Judah }
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\chapterNumber{27}Jotham|strong="H3147" was|strong="H8034" 25 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H2568" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H6659" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". He|strong="H2568" ruled|strong="H4427" from|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H8034" 16 years|strong="H8141". His|strong="H3147" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H8034" Jerushah|strong="H3388", the|strong="H6659" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6659"\+w* \+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w*} Zadok|strong="H6659". 
\verseNumber{2}Jotham|strong="H3147" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H3808" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" pleased|strong="H5869" Yahweh|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3808" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" Uzziah|strong="H5818" did|strong="H6213". He|strong="H6213" obeyed|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" right|strong="H3477". He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H3808" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" Uzziah|strong="H5818" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213", but|strong="H7535" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" burn|strong="H8313" incense|strong="H7004" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1964", like|strong="H3808" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". However|strong="H7535", the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" continued|strong="H5750" to|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H2403" against|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{3}Jotham’s|strong="H3147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w workers|strong="H1129"\+w*} rebuilt|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3068" Upper|strong="H5945" Gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1129" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H1004" work|strong="H4399" to|strong="H3068" repair|strong="H2388" the|strong="H3068" wall|strong="H2346" near|strong="H7126" Ophel|strong="H6077" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Hill|strong="H2022"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H3063" built|strong="H1129" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H1129" hills|strong="H2022" of|strong="H5892" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" they|strong="H3063" built|strong="H1129" forts|strong="H1785" and|strong="H3063" defense|strong="H4581" towers|strong="H4026" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H1129" forests|strong="H2793". 
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\verseNumber{5}During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" time|strong="H8145" that|strong="H1931" Jotham|strong="H3147" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", his|strong="H5414" army|strong="H2428" attacked|strong="H3898" and|strong="H3967" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group. Then|strong="H5414", every|strong="H7725" year|strong="H8141" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" next|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7992" years|strong="H8141", he|strong="H1931" required|strong="H7592" the|strong="H5921" Anmon people-group to|strong="H7725" pay|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H5414" four|strong="H0702" tons of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701", 60,000 bushels of|strong="H1121" wheat|strong="H2406", and|strong="H3967" 60,000 bushels of|strong="H1121" barley|strong="H8184". 
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\verseNumber{6}Jotham|strong="H3147" faithfully|strong="H0571" obeyed|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" as|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" result|strong="H6903" he|strong="H3588" became|strong="H2388" a|strong="H3588" very|strong="H3966" powerful|strong="H2388" king|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{7}A|strong="H3478" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="H4428" everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Jotham|strong="H3147" did|strong="H3478" during|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H4421" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", including|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wars|strong="H4421" that|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H4421" fought|strong="H3898", is|strong="H1697" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w History|strong="H8435"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" Judah’. 
\verseNumber{8}After|strong="H1961" Jotham|strong="H3147" had|strong="H1961" ruled|strong="H4427" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H1121" 16 years|strong="H8141", he|strong="H2568" died|strong="H4191" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H2568" was|strong="H1961" 41 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" Ahaz|strong="H0271" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{King Ahaz of Judah }
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\chapterNumber{28}Ahaz|strong="H0271" was|strong="H3068" 20 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. He|strong="H6213" ruled|strong="H4427" from|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H6213" 16 years|strong="H8141". His|strong="H3068" ancestor King|strong="H4427" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H6213" good|strong="H5869" king|strong="H4427", but|strong="H3808" Ahaz|strong="H0271" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" like|strong="H3808" David|strong="H1732". He|strong="H6213" constantly|strong="H8548" disobeyed|strong="H6963" Yahweh|strong="H3068" 
\verseNumber{2}and|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" as|strong="H6213" sinful|strong="H2400" as|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H1961". He|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" idols|strong="H1544" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6213" god|strong="H0430" Baal|strong="H1168". 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H1931" burned|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" in|strong="H3478" Hinnom|strong="H2011" Valley|strong="H1516". He|strong="H1931" even|strong="H1571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} his|strong="H6440" own|strong="H6440" sons|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} offered|strong="H6999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w them|strong="H6440"\+w*} as|strong="H6440" sacrifices|strong="H6999" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1121" completely|strong="H3423" burned|strong="H6999". That|strong="H1931" imitated the|strong="H6440" disgusting|strong="H8441" customs|strong="H2708" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" people-groups who|strong="H1931" previously|strong="H6440" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H6440", people|strong="H1471" whom|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3478" expelled|strong="H3423" as|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Israelis advanced|strong="H0935" through|strong="H3027" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{4}Ahaz|strong="H0271" offered|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H6999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w*} at|strong="H5921" shrines|strong="H1354" on|strong="H5921" hilltops and|strong="H6086" under|strong="H8478" every|strong="H3605" big|strong="H0931" green|strong="H7488" tree|strong="H6086". 
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\verseNumber{5}Therefore|strong="H1571" Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H5414" God|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" army|strong="H2428" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3027" defeated|strong="H5221" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5414" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758". They|strong="H3068" captured|strong="H7617" many|strong="H1419" soldiers|strong="H5650" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3478" took|strong="H7617" them|strong="H5414" as|strong="H1571" prisoners|strong="H0615" to|strong="H3478" Damascus|strong="H1834". 
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The|strong="H5414" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" also|strong="H1571" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5414" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3478" killed|strong="H5221" very|strong="H1419" many|strong="H1419" of|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3068" soldiers|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{6}In|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H1121" Remaliah’s|strong="H7425" son|strong="H1121", King|strong="H4428" Pekah|strong="H6492" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}, killed|strong="H2026" 120,000 soldiers|strong="H2428" in|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063". That|strong="H3605" happened|strong="H1961" because|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063" had|strong="H3068" abandoned|strong="H5800" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" their|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}Zicri|strong="H2147", a|strong="H2026" warrior|strong="H1368" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2026" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669", killed|strong="H2026" king|strong="H4428" Ahaz’s|strong="H0271" son|strong="H1121" Maaseiah|strong="H4641", Azrikam|strong="H5840" the|strong="H2026" officer|strong="H5057" in|strong="H1004" charge|strong="H4931" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2026" palace|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" Elkanah|strong="H0511", the|strong="H2026" king’s|strong="H4428" assistant|strong="H8334". 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H1571" soldiers|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" captured|strong="H7617" 200,000 of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1571" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", including|strong="H1571" many|strong="H7227" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H3967" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. They|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" seized|strong="H7617" and|strong="H3967" took|strong="H7617" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3478" Samaria|strong="H8111" many|strong="H7227" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H7227". 
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\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" prophet|strong="H5030" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" whose|strong="H8034" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H3068" Obed|strong="H5744" was|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Samaria|strong="H8111"\+w*}. He|strong="H5704" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H5704" meet|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H6635" when|strong="H1961" it|strong="H5414" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" Samaria|strong="H8111". He|strong="H5704" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H5704" them|strong="H5414", “Because|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6440" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H6440" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w belonged|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w*}, was|strong="H3068" angry|strong="H2534" with|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063", he|strong="H5704" allowed|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414". But|strong="H1961" God|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" cruel|strong="H0394" way|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" slaughtered|strong="H7819" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H1121" now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H5973" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sin|strong="H2403"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3068"\+w*} causing|strong="H7462" men|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" women|strong="H8198" from|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3068" slaves|strong="H5650", but|strong="H7535" you|strong="H5973" have|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3808" also|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H5973" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068"! 
\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H7725" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725"! Send|strong="H7971" back|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*} your|strong="H3068" fellow-countrymen whom|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" captured|strong="H7617", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" extremely|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w what|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H6965" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Ephraim|strong="H0669"—Azariah|strong="H5838" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehohanan|strong="H3076", Berekiah the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Meshillemoth|strong="H4919", Jehizkiah|strong="H3169" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shallum|strong="H7967", and|strong="H1121" Amasa|strong="H6021" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hadlai|strong="H2311"—rebuked|strong="H1605" those|strong="H4480" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" returning|strong="H7725" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" battle|strong="H6635". 
\verseNumber{13}They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H5921", “You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" bring|strong="H3254" those|strong="H5921" prisoners|strong="H0615" here|strong="H2008"! If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" consider|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3478" guilty|strong="H0816" of|strong="H3068" sinning|strong="H2403". We|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3478" already|strong="H3528" guilty|strong="H0816" of|strong="H3068" committing|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" sins|strong="H2403"; do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3478" cause|strong="H2600" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3588" more|strong="H3254" guilty|strong="H0816" by|strong="H5921" committing|strong="H6213" another|strong="H3254" sin|strong="H2403"? God|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" already|strong="H3528" very|strong="H7227" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478"!” 
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\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H5800", while|strong="H5704" their|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H8269" and|strong="H6440" others|strong="H0312" were|strong="H8269" watching|strong="H8245", the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H2502" released|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" prisoners|strong="H0615", and|strong="H6440" also|strong="H8269" gave|strong="H5414" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H6440" had|strong="H8269" captured|strong="H3920". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5892" selected|strong="H0977" took|strong="H2388" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H3847" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5650" had|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H2388" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" prisoners|strong="H0615" and|strong="H6965" gave|strong="H8248" those|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H3847" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5892" naked|strong="H4636". They|strong="H3605" also|strong="H8034" gave|strong="H8248" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" prisoners|strong="H0615" sandals|strong="H5274" and|strong="H6965" other|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H3847" and|strong="H6965" things|strong="H3605" to|strong="H7725" eat|strong="H0398" and|strong="H6965" drink|strong="H8248", and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H3605" gave|strong="H8248" them|strong="H7725" olive|strong="H2132" oil|strong="H8081" to|strong="H7725" rub on|strong="H3847" their|strong="H3605" wounds|strong="H4347". They|strong="H3605" gave|strong="H8248" donkeys|strong="H2543" to|strong="H7725" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5892" very|strong="H3966" weak|strong="H3782", in|strong="H3847" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" could|strong="H6965" ride|strong="H7392" on|strong="H3847" them|strong="H7725". Then|strong="H6965" they|strong="H3605" led|strong="H5095" them|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" to|strong="H7725" Jericho|strong="H3405", the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" many|strong="H7227" palm|strong="H8558" trees|strong="H8558". Then|strong="H6965" those|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*} returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Samaria|strong="H8111". 
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\verseNumber{16}About|strong="H5921" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256", King|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271" sent|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*} to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" requesting help|strong="H5826". 
\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3063"\+w*} the|strong="H5221" Edom|strong="H0112" people-group had|strong="H3063" come|strong="H3063" again|strong="H5750" and|strong="H3063" attacked|strong="H5221" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" taken|strong="H7617" away|strong="H7617" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5221" Judah|strong="H3063" as|strong="H3063" prisoners|strong="H7628". 
\verseNumber{18}At|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8033" same|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256", men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H6430" Philistia|strong="H6429" had|strong="H3063" raided|strong="H6584"/attacked|strong="H5221" towns|strong="H1323" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8033" foothills|strong="H8219" and|strong="H3063" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8033" southern|strong="H5045" desert|strong="H6160" of|strong="H1323" Judah|strong="H3063". They|strong="H8033" had|strong="H3063" captured|strong="H3920" Beth-Shemesh|strong="H1053", Aijalon|strong="H0357", and|strong="H3063" Gederoth|strong="H1450" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}, as|strong="H3427" well|strong="H3190" as|strong="H3427" Soco|strong="H7755", Timnah|strong="H8553" and|strong="H3063" Gimzo|strong="H1579" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w*} and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H8033" nearby|strong="H7138" villages|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{19}Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w allowed|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w order|strong="H5668"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} humble|strong="H3665" king|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" encouraged|strong="H2388" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3068" wicked|strong="H7563" things|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" had|strong="H3068" disobeyed|strong="H4603" Yahweh|strong="H3068" very|strong="H4604" much|strong="H7227". 
\verseNumber{20}Tiglath-Pileser|strong="H8407", the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804", sent|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w saying|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w would|strong="H4428"\+w*} help|strong="H2388" Ahaz|strong="H0271", but|strong="H3808" instead|strong="H3808" of|strong="H4428" helping|strong="H5826" him|strong="H5921", they|strong="H5921" caused|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" experience|strong="H7200" trouble|strong="H6869". 
\verseNumber{21}Ahaz’s|strong="H0271" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} took|strong="H4428" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w valuable|strong="H3368"\+w*} things|strong="H3808" from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" from|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" leaders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w pay|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5833"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*}, but|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5833" Ahaz|strong="H0271". 
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\verseNumber{22}While|strong="H1931" King|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271" was|strong="H3068" experiencing|strong="H2896" those|strong="H1931" troubles|strong="H6869", he|strong="H1931" disobeyed|strong="H4603" Yahweh|strong="H3068" even|strong="H3068" more|strong="H3254". 
\verseNumber{23}He|strong="H3588" offered|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2076" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3478" worshiped|strong="H7812" in|strong="H3478" Damascus|strong="H1834", whose|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} had|strong="H1961" defeated|strong="H5221" his|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*}. He|strong="H3588" thought|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1992" worshiped|strong="H7812" by|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" have|strong="H1961" helped|strong="H5826" them|strong="H1992", so|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" offer|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2076" to|strong="H3478" those|strong="H1992" gods|strong="H0430" in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H1961" help|strong="H5826" me|strong="H5221".” But|strong="H3588" worshiping|strong="H7812" those|strong="H1992" gods|strong="H0430" caused|strong="H1961" Ahaz|strong="H0271" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" ruined|strong="H5221". 
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\verseNumber{24}Ahaz|strong="H0271" gathered|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" furnishings|strong="H3627" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3627"\+w* \+w used|strong="H6213"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" broke|strong="H7665" them|strong="H6213" into|strong="H6213" pieces|strong="H7112". He|strong="H6213" locked|strong="H5462" the|strong="H3605" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" set|strong="H6213" up|strong="H5462" altars|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w*} at|strong="H3068" every|strong="H3605" street|strong="H2351" corner|strong="H6438" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{25}In|strong="H3068" every|strong="H3605" town|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063", his|strong="H3605" workers|strong="H6213" built|strong="H6213" shrines|strong="H1354" to|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H6999" sacrifices|strong="H6999" to|strong="H3068" other|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430", and|strong="H3063" that|strong="H3605" caused|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" their|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}, to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" very|strong="H6213" angry|strong="H3707". 
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\verseNumber{26}A|strong="H3478" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" Ahaz|strong="H0271" did|strong="H3478" while|strong="H5921" he|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", from|strong="H5921" when|strong="H5921" he|strong="H3605" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4428" until|strong="H5921" he|strong="H3605" died|strong="H4191", is|strong="H1697" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Israel’. 
\verseNumber{27}Ahaz|strong="H0271" died|strong="H4191" and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3478" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" tombs|strong="H6913" where|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3588" other|strong="H0312" kings|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w been|strong="H4427"\+w* \+w buried|strong="H6912"\+w*}. Then|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3478" son|strong="H1121" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428". 

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\chapterNumber{29}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" was|strong="H8034" 25 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H2568" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8034" king|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. He|strong="H2568" ruled|strong="H4427" from|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H8034" 29 years|strong="H8141". His|strong="H2396" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H8034" Abijah|strong="H0029", the|strong="H8034" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w man|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w whose|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w name|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w was|strong="H8034"\+w*} Zechariah|strong="H2148". 
\verseNumber{2}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3477", like|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3605" ancestor King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Hezekiah|strong="H2396" purified|strong="H2891" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" }
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\verseNumber{3}During|strong="H3117" March|strong="H1980" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" first|strong="H7223" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H1931" Hezekiah|strong="H2388" was|strong="H3068" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063", he|strong="H1931" unlocked the|strong="H3068" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" workers|strong="H6466" repaired|strong="H2388" them|strong="H2388". 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H3548" he|strong="H4217" gathered|strong="H6960" the|strong="H3548" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3548" other|strong="H0312" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3548" Levi|strong="H3881" in|strong="H3881" the|strong="H3548" area|strong="H1508" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3548" east|strong="H4217" side|strong="H4217" of|strong="H3548" the|strong="H3548" temple|strong="H1004", 
\verseNumber{5}and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3318", “You|strong="H4480" descendants|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1004" Levi|strong="H3881", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H4480"! Consecrate|strong="H6942" yourselves|strong="H6942". And|strong="H3068" then|strong="H3318" consecrate|strong="H6942" the|strong="H8085" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H8085" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*/\+w belonged|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w*}. Remove|strong="H3318" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H8085" temple|strong="H1004" all|strong="H4480" the|strong="H8085" things|strong="H6944" that|strong="H8085" are|strong="H3068" not|strong="H8085" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3318" God|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{6}Our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" disobeyed|strong="H4603" God|strong="H3068"; they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" considered|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" beevil, things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3588" werre not|strong="H6213" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5414". They|strong="H3588" abandoned|strong="H5800" this|strong="H6213" place|strong="H5414" where|strong="H4908" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" turned|strong="H5437" away|strong="H5437" from|strong="H6440" him|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{7}They|strong="H3808" locked|strong="H5462" the|strong="H5927" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H1817" the|strong="H5927" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3478" extinguished|strong="H3518" the|strong="H5927" lamps|strong="H5216". They|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" burn|strong="H6999" any|strong="H1571" incense|strong="H7004", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" offer|strong="H5927" any|strong="H1571" sacrifices|strong="H6999" that|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H6999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}Therefore|strong="H5921", Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H7110" angry|strong="H7110" with|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5869" of|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w places|strong="H1116"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" he|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H5869" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" frightened|strong="H3372" and|strong="H3063" horrified|strong="H2113" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w hear|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w what|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w*}. And|strong="H3063" they|strong="H3068" ridicule|strong="H4912" us|strong="H5414". You|strong="H5414" know|strong="H3045" this|strong="H5414" very|strong="H7110" well|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{9}That|strong="H1121" is|strong="H2009" why|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5921" fathers|strong="H0001" have|strong="H1121" been|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2719" in|strong="H5921" battles|strong="H4421", and|strong="H1121" our|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323" and|strong="H1121" our|strong="H5921" wives|strong="H0802" have|strong="H1121" been|strong="H1961" captured|strong="H7628" and|strong="H1121" taken|strong="H7628" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w other|strong="H2063"\+w* \+w countries|strong="H0776"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H6258" now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H6258" intend|strong="H2803" to|strong="H7725" make|strong="H3772" an|strong="H3772" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H5973" Yahweh|strong="H3068", our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" no|strong="H4480" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3068" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} my|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121", do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1961" waste|strong="H2723" any|strong="H6440" time|strong="H6258". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w immediately|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*.} Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" stand|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" presence|strong="H6440" and|strong="H1121" offer|strong="H6999" sacrifices|strong="H6999" and|strong="H1121" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999".” 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H6965" these|strong="H6965" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" started|strong="H6965" to|strong="H1121" work|strong="H4399" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}: 
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From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kohath|strong="H6955" there|strong="H4480" were|strong="H1121" Mahath|strong="H4287" the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amasai|strong="H6022", and|strong="H1121" Joel|strong="H3100" the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Azariah|strong="H5838". 
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From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Merari|strong="H4847" there|strong="H4480" were|strong="H1121" Kish|strong="H7027" the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abdi|strong="H5660", and|strong="H1121" Azariah|strong="H5838" the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehallelel|strong="H3094". 
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From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gershon|strong="H1649" there|strong="H4480" were|strong="H1121" Joah|strong="H3098" the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zimmah|strong="H2155", and|strong="H1121" Eden|strong="H5731" the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joah|strong="H3098". 
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\verseNumber{13}From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Elizaphan|strong="H0469" there|strong="H4480" were|strong="H1121" Shimri|strong="H8113" and|strong="H1121" Jeiel|strong="H3273". 
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From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Asaph|strong="H0623" there|strong="H4480" were|strong="H1121" Zechariah|strong="H2148" and|strong="H1121" Mattaniah|strong="H4983". 
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\verseNumber{14}From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Heman|strong="H1968" there|strong="H4480" were|strong="H1121" Jehiel|strong="H3171" and|strong="H1121" Shimei|strong="H8096". 
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From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jeduthun|strong="H3038" there|strong="H4480" were|strong="H1121" Shemaiah|strong="H8098" and|strong="H1121" Uzziel|strong="H5816". 
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\verseNumber{15}When|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1992" men|strong="H0376" had|strong="H3068" gathered|strong="H6960" their|strong="H3068" fellow|strong="H7453" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4428" Levi|strong="H3878" and|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" consecrated|strong="H6942" themselves|strong="H6942", they|strong="H3068" entered|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" consecrate|strong="H6942" it|strong="H6942". That|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H4687" them|strong="H6942" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1697" also|strong="H3068" obeying|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H4687". 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" entered|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3318" consecrate|strong="H6942" it|strong="H4672". They|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" into|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" courtyard|strong="H2691" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3318" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1004" Levi|strong="H3881" took|strong="H3318" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" Kidron|strong="H6939" Valley|strong="H5158" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w burned|strong="H8313"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w there|strong="H4672"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H3068" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" Levi|strong="H3878" started|strong="H2490" this|strong="H3068" work|strong="H4399" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" first|strong="H7223" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1004" March|strong="H1980" and|strong="H3068" finished|strong="H3615" purifying|strong="H2893" the|strong="H3068" courtyard|strong="H2691" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*} on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" eighth|strong="H8083" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3117" month|strong="H2320", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3117" finished|strong="H3615" purifying|strong="H2893" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" one|strong="H7223" week|strong="H7620" later|strong="H0310". 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H4428" they|strong="H3068" went|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" and|strong="H3068" reported|strong="H5046", “We|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3068" purified|strong="H2891" all|strong="H3605" parts|strong="H3411" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" where|strong="H1004" sacrifices|strong="H5930" are|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" items|strong="H3627" used|strong="H3627" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196", the|strong="H3605" table|strong="H7979" on|strong="H3068" which|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" place|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" bread|strong="H3899", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w used|strong="H3627"\+w* \+w at|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w table|strong="H7979"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{19}While|strong="H5704" Ahaz|strong="H0271" was|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428", he|strong="H3068" disobeyed|strong="H4604" what|strong="H3559" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" removed|strong="H2186" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3605"\+w*}, but|strong="H3605" now|strong="H2005" we|strong="H2005" have|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6440" back|strong="H7725" and|strong="H3068" placed|strong="H5414" them|strong="H6440" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" altar|strong="H4196".” 
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\verseNumber{20}Early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H3068" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H7925", King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" gathered|strong="H6960" together|strong="H3162" the|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892" officials|strong="H8269", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w courtyard|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w*} temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{21}They|strong="H3068" took|strong="H5927" with|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921" seven|strong="H7651" bulls|strong="H6499", seven|strong="H7651" rams|strong="H0352", seven|strong="H7651" male|strong="H3532" lambs|strong="H3532", and|strong="H1121" seven|strong="H7651" male|strong="H3532" goats|strong="H5795" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" an|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H2403" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" forgive|strong="H5545" the|strong="H5921" sins|strong="H2403" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" kingdom|strong="H4467" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H1121" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3068" purify|strong="H2398" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H4720". The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548", who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175", should|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H5927" those|strong="H5921" animals|strong="H0929" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" sacrificed|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H3651" first|strong="H7223" the|strong="H7819" priests|strong="H3548" slaughtered|strong="H7819" those|strong="H1992" bulls|strong="H1241", and|strong="H3548" took|strong="H6901" their|strong="H7819" blood|strong="H1818" and|strong="H3548" sprinkled|strong="H2236" it|strong="H7819" on|strong="H4196" the|strong="H7819" altar|strong="H4196". Then|strong="H3548" they|strong="H4196" slaughtered|strong="H7819" the|strong="H7819" rams|strong="H0352" and|strong="H3548" sprinkled|strong="H2236" their|strong="H7819" blood|strong="H1818" on|strong="H4196" the|strong="H7819" altar|strong="H4196". Then|strong="H3548" they|strong="H4196" slaughtered|strong="H7819" the|strong="H7819" lambs|strong="H3532" and|strong="H3548" sprinkled|strong="H2236" their|strong="H7819" blood|strong="H1818" on|strong="H4196" the|strong="H7819" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H6440" goats|strong="H8163" that|strong="H4428" were|strong="H3027" slaughtered|strong="H7819" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3027" an|strong="H6440" offering|strong="H2403" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H3027" that|strong="H4428" Yahweh|strong="H3068" would|strong="H4428" forgive|strong="H5545" the|strong="H6440" sins|strong="H2403" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H3027" brought|strong="H5066" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" others|strong="H0312" who|strong="H4428" were|strong="H3027" there|strong="H6440". Then|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H4428" were|strong="H3027" present|strong="H5066" laid|strong="H5564" their|strong="H5564" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" goats|strong="H8163". 
\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" slaughtered|strong="H7819" those|strong="H3605" goats|strong="H5795" and|strong="H3478" splashed|strong="H2236" their|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H1818" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3478" forgive|strong="H3722" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1818" had|strong="H3478" committed|strong="H2398". The|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" did|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H3478" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3588" offerings|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" completely|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} and|strong="H3478" other|strong="H3605" sacrifices|strong="H5930" should|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3478" made|strong="H3722" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1818" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" then|strong="H5975" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3588" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4428" Levi|strong="H3881" to|strong="H3068" stand|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" temple|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3068" cymbals|strong="H4700" and|strong="H3068" harps|strong="H3658" and|strong="H3068" lyres|strong="H3658", obeying|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030" Gad|strong="H1410" and|strong="H3068" Nathan|strong="H5416" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H4687". Those|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3881" things|strong="H4687" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4428" Levi|strong="H3881" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{26}So|strong="H5975" the|strong="H5975" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3627" Levi|strong="H3881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3548"\+w*} stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5975" the|strong="H5975" temple|strong="H1004", ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H1732" play|strong="H2181" the|strong="H5975" musical|strong="H5975" instruments|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3548" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1732" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1732" them|strong="H5975". And|strong="H3548" the|strong="H5975" priests|strong="H3548" were|strong="H3881" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H1732" blow|strong="H8628" their|strong="H5975" trumpets|strong="H2689". 
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\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" told|strong="H5046" some|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548" to|strong="H3478" burn|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5921" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" sacrificed|strong="H5927" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". When|strong="H6256" they|strong="H3068" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" burn|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5921" animals|strong="H0929", the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H2490" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" sing|strong="H7892" to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w praise|strong="H1984"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068", while|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4428" Levi|strong="H3878" were|strong="H3478" playing|strong="H2490" their|strong="H3068" instruments|strong="H3627". 
\verseNumber{28}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H2690" there|strong="H3605" bowed|strong="H7812" to|strong="H5704" worship|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068", while|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" singers|strong="H7891" sang|strong="H7891" and|strong="H5930" the|strong="H3605" trumpeters|strong="H2689" blew|strong="H2690" their|strong="H3605" trumpets|strong="H2689". They|strong="H5704" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H3605" this|strong="H3605" until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5704" had|strong="H7891" finished|strong="H3615" slaughtering|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3605" would|strong="H3605" be|strong="H7892" completely|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313". 
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\verseNumber{29}When|strong="H3615" they|strong="H3605" finished|strong="H3615" making|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H5927", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H4428" there|strong="H5927" knelt|strong="H5307" down|strong="H7812" and|strong="H4428" worshiped|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" officials|strong="H8269" commanded|strong="H6680" the|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4428" Levi|strong="H3881" to|strong="H5704" praise|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068", singing|strong="H7440" the|strong="H3068" songs|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w composed|strong="H7737"\+w*/\+w written|strong="H3789"\+w*} by|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3068" Asaph|strong="H0623" the|strong="H3068" prophet|strong="H2374". So|strong="H1697" they|strong="H3068" sang|strong="H1984" songs|strong="H1697" joyfully|strong="H8057" and|strong="H3068" bowed|strong="H7812" their|strong="H3068" heads|strong="H6915" to|strong="H5704" worship|strong="H7812". 
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\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="H6030" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" said|strong="H6030", “You|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3068" now|strong="H6258" dedicated|strong="H6942" yourselves|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". So|strong="H5066" come|strong="H5066" close|strong="H5066" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H5066" animals|strong="H0929" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" sacrificed|strong="H2076" and|strong="H3068" other|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H5930" to|strong="H3068" thank|strong="H8426" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w*}.” And|strong="H3068" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H5066" animals|strong="H0929" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" completely|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} brought|strong="H5066" them|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{32}Altogether|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H1961" 70 bulls|strong="H1241", 100 rams|strong="H0352", and|strong="H3967" 200 male|strong="H3532" lambs|strong="H3532" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{33}The|strong="H6942" other|strong="H0312" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H1241" they|strong="H6942" brought|strong="H0935" were|strong="H1241" 600 bulls|strong="H1241" and|strong="H3967" 3,000 sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3967" goats|strong="H5795" that|strong="H1241" were|strong="H1241" set|strong="H6942" apart|strong="H6942" to|strong="H8337" be|strong="H1241" sacrifices|strong="H2077". 
\verseNumber{34}But|strong="H3588" there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" enough|strong="H4592" priests|strong="H3548" to|strong="H5704" remove|strong="H6584" the|strong="H3605" skins|strong="H5785" from|strong="H3881" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3477" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. So|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3605" fellow|strong="H7453" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3615" Levi|strong="H3881" helped|strong="H2388" them|strong="H3615" until|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3588" work|strong="H4399" was|strong="H1961" finished|strong="H3615", and|strong="H3548" until|strong="H5704" other|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" had|strong="H1961" purified|strong="H6942"/consecrated|strong="H6942" themselves|strong="H6942" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H3201" that|strong="H3588" work|strong="H4399". It|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" necessary|strong="H2706" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H3615" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H3201" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" many|strong="H5704" of|strong="H3615" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" had|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" yet|strong="H3588" performed|strong="H4399" the|strong="H3605" rituals to|strong="H5704" consecrate|strong="H6942" themselves|strong="H6942" for|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" work|strong="H4399", like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3615" Levi|strong="H3881" had|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{35}In|strong="H3068" addition|strong="H1571" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" all|strong="H7230" the|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H8002" that|strong="H2459" were|strong="H1004" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, the|strong="H3068" priests|strong="H3548" also|strong="H1571" burned|strong="H8313" the|strong="H3068" fat|strong="H2459" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H2459" were|strong="H1004" sacrificed|strong="H2076" to|strong="H3068" maintain|strong="H3559" good|strong="H2896" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" usual|strong="H3117" wine|strong="H3196" offerings|strong="H8002". 
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So|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" began|strong="H2490" again|strong="H1571". 
\verseNumber{36}And|strong="H5971" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" and|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1697" Judah|strong="H3063" celebrated|strong="H8055", because|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H1961" enabled|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H1697" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" very|strong="H8055" quickly|strong="H4116". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Preparations to celebrate the Passover Festival }
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\chapterNumber{30}\verseNumber{1-3}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3967" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" gathered|strong="H6960" in|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H0413" celebrate|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Passover|strong="H6453" Festival|strong="H2282". But|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H0413" celebrate|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5414" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" usual|strong="H3117" time|strong="H6256", because|strong="H3588" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" had|strong="H3068" still|strong="H5750" not|strong="H3808" performed|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" rituals to|strong="H0413" purify|strong="H2398" themselves|strong="H0905"; therefore|strong="H3651" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213" serve|strong="H5647" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" festival|strong="H2282". Also|strong="H1571", everyone|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" still|strong="H5750" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w celebrate|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Passover|strong="H6453"\+w*}. So|strong="H3651" they|strong="H1992" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="H0413" celebrate|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5414" one|strong="H0259" month|strong="H2320" later|strong="H0310" than|strong="H4480" usual|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5869" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4428" gathered|strong="H6951" thought|strong="H5869" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1697" a|strong="H4428" good|strong="H3474" plan|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3588" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="H5704" send|strong="H5674" messages|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5704" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H1323" in|strong="H3478" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478", from|strong="H3478" Beersheba|strong="H0884" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w far|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" Dan|strong="H1835" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w far|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*}, including|strong="H5704" towns|strong="H1323" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H5975" of|strong="H3068" Ephraim|strong="H0669" and|strong="H3478" Manasseh|strong="H4519", to|strong="H5704" invite|strong="H7121" people|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5704" come|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" in|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H5704" celebrate|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Passover|strong="H6453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Festival|strong="H2282"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*/\+w belonged|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w*}. Many|strong="H7230" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" previously|strong="H3808" celebrated|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" festival|strong="H2282", even|strong="H5704" though|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H5674" written|strong="H3789" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w laws|strong="H8451"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{6}Obeying|strong="H8085" what|strong="H4687" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H4687", messengers|strong="H7323" went|strong="H3212" throughout|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", taking|strong="H3947" messages|strong="H2372" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3605" written|strong="H3789" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H8269". This|strong="H7725" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4687" they|strong="H3068" wrote|strong="H3789": 
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“You|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121", you|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" survived|strong="H7604" after|strong="H0310" being|strong="H1121" slaves|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Assyria|strong="H0804", return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w great|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w*} Abraham|strong="H0085", Isaac|strong="H3327", and|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*/\+w belonged|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w*}, in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3068" may|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H3605". Your|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001" and|strong="H1121" brothers|strong="H1121" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H7725" faithfully|strong="H0571" obey|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5414" act|strong="H4603" like|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068", because|strong="H3068" what|strong="H7200" they|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" disgusted|strong="H3363" with|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{8}Do|strong="H5647" not|strong="H5414" be|strong="H3027" stubborn|strong="H7185" as|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" were|strong="H3027". Do|strong="H5647" what|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068" desires|strong="H0183". Come|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H4720", which|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" set|strong="H5414" apart|strong="H6942" forever|strong="H5769". Do|strong="H5647" what|strong="H4100" pleases|strong="H2654" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" no|strong="H4480" longer|strong="H5769" be|strong="H3027" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{9}If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" captured|strong="H7617" our|strong="H3068" brothers|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w sisters|strong="H0269"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" our|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H7725" them|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" allow|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H6440". Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" kind|strong="H4327" and|strong="H1121" merciful|strong="H7349". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H6440", he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" reject|strong="H5493" you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H5921" messengers|strong="H7323" went|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5704" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H5892" Ephraim|strong="H0669" and|strong="H5892" Manasseh|strong="H4519", as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} as|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H5892" Zebulun|strong="H2074", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w this|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*,} but|strong="H1961" most|strong="H6944" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" there|strong="H1961" scorned|strong="H6712" them|strong="H5921" and|strong="H5892" ridiculed them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H3588" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3389" the|strong="H4519" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H4519"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="H7626"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3389"\+w*} Asher|strong="H0836", Manasseh|strong="H4519", and|strong="H3389" Zebulun|strong="H2074" humbled|strong="H3665" themselves|strong="H3665" and|strong="H3389" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3389" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{12}Also|strong="H1571" in|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" God|strong="H3068" motivated|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H1571" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" united|strong="H3161" in|strong="H3068" wanting|strong="H6485" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" wanted|strong="H2654" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213", which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3063" his|strong="H5414" officials|strong="H8269" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1697" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" message|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H5414". 

\BibleSectionHeading{They|strong="H3068" celebrated|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5414" Passover|strong="H6453" Festival|strong="H2282" }
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\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" huge|strong="H7227" crowd|strong="H6951" of|strong="H6951" people|strong="H5971" gathered|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" in|strong="H6213" May|strong="H5971", to|strong="H6213" celebrate|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" Festival|strong="H2282" of|strong="H6951" Eating|strong="H0398" Unleavened|strong="H4682" Bread|strong="H4682". 
\verseNumber{14}They|strong="H3605" removed|strong="H5493" the|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4196"\+w* \+w Baal|strong="H1168"\+w*} in|strong="H5493" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H6965" took|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" the|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196" for|strong="H4196" burning|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w gods|strong="H0430"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w burned|strong="H6999"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7993"\+w*} in|strong="H5493" Kidron|strong="H6939" Valley|strong="H5158". 
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\verseNumber{15}They|strong="H3068" slaughtered|strong="H7819" the|strong="H3068" Passover|strong="H6453" lambs|strong="H3532" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" fourteenth|strong="H6240" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3068" month|strong="H2320". Some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" other|strong="H8145" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" Levi|strong="H3881" were|strong="H3881" ashamed|strong="H3637" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w performed|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* rituals \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w cause|strong="H2600"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6942"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w acceptable|strong="H7522"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. So|strong="H6942" they|strong="H3068" performed|strong="H6213" those|strong="H1992" rituals, and|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3548" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" animals|strong="H0929" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H4872" they|strong="H5921" stood|strong="H5975" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" places|strong="H3027" where|strong="H5921" Moses|strong="H4872" had|strong="H4872" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H3548" they|strong="H5921" should|strong="H3548" stand|strong="H5975". Then|strong="H4872" the|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3027" Levi|strong="H3881" gave|strong="H4872" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w bowls|strong="H4219"\+w* \+w containing|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w blood|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w animals|strong="H0929"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3881"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\+w*}, and|strong="H4872" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548" sprinkled|strong="H2236" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} with|strong="H5921" some|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818". 
\verseNumber{17}Many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H3808" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" crowd|strong="H6951" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" purified|strong="H6942" themselves|strong="H6942", and|strong="H3068" therefore|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3881" not|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" the|strong="H3605" lambs|strong="H3532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w dedicate|strong="H6942"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". So|strong="H3808" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3068" necessary|strong="H2706" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Levi|strong="H3881" to|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" the|strong="H3605" lambs|strong="H3532" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{18}Although|strong="H3588" most|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" had|strong="H3068" come|strong="H5971" from|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="H7626"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Ephraim|strong="H0669", Manasseh|strong="H4519", and|strong="H3068" Issachar|strong="H3485" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" purified|strong="H2891" themselves|strong="H2896", they|strong="H3588" ate|strong="H0398" the|strong="H5921" food|strong="H3899" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Passover|strong="H6453" Festival|strong="H2282" anyway, ignoring the|strong="H5921" rules|strong="H4910" written|strong="H3789" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H3808"\+w*}. But|strong="H3588" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" prayed|strong="H6419" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H5921", saying|strong="H0559" “Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3588" always|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2896" is|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896"; I|strong="H3588" pray|strong="H6419" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" forgive|strong="H3722" everyone|strong="H3605" 
\verseNumber{19}who|strong="H3605" sincerely|strong="H8549" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H3519" you|strong="H3605", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}, even|strong="H3808" if|strong="H0518" they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" purified|strong="H2891" themselves|strong="H0905" by|strong="H3068" obeying|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5414".” 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H8085" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" prayed|strong="H6419"; he|strong="H3068" forgave|strong="H5375" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w did|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w not|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w them|strong="H8085"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H6213" Israeli people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" there|strong="H4672" in|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" celebrated|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" Festival|strong="H2282" of|strong="H1121" Eating|strong="H0398" Unleavened|strong="H4682" Bread|strong="H4682" for|strong="H6213" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". They|strong="H3117" rejoiced|strong="H8057" greatly|strong="H1419" as|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" celebrated|strong="H6213", while|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H1121" other|strong="H0312" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" sang|strong="H1984" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" every|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", and|strong="H1121" played|strong="H2181" musical|strong="H3627" instruments|strong="H3627" to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w praise|strong="H1984"\+w*} God|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{22}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" thanked|strong="H1288" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Levi|strong="H3881" for|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H6213" this|strong="H1696" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" for|strong="H5921" very|strong="H2896" skillfully|strong="H2805" leading|strong="H7218" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1696" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3881" worshiping|strong="H7812". For|strong="H5921" those|strong="H3605" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1696" ate|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3605" Passover|strong="H6453" food|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H1696" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" praised|strong="H3034" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" their|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w belonged|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*/\+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" group|strong="H7235" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="H6213" celebrate|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" seven|strong="H7651" more|strong="H6213" days|strong="H3117", so|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3117" did|strong="H6213": They|strong="H3117" celebrated|strong="H6213" joyfully|strong="H8057" for|strong="H6213" seven|strong="H7651" more|strong="H6213" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{24}King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" provided|strong="H3557" 1,000 bulls|strong="H6499" and|strong="H3063" 7,000 sheep|strong="H6629" to|strong="H4428" be|strong="H4428" slaughtered|strong="H7819" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w during|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w festival|strong="H2282"\+w*}, and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3588" officials|strong="H8269" also|strong="H4428" gave|strong="H7311" them|strong="H6942" 1,000 bulls|strong="H6499" and|strong="H3063" 10,000 sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3063" goats|strong="H5795". Many|strong="H7230" priests|strong="H3548" consecrated|strong="H6942" themselves|strong="H6942". 
\verseNumber{25}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Judah|strong="H3063" rejoiced|strong="H8055", including|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3063" other|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3427" Levi|strong="H3881" and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" from|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3478" come|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3063" including|strong="H3605" some|strong="H3605" from|strong="H3478" other|strong="H3605" countries|strong="H0776" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" some|strong="H3605" from|strong="H3478" other|strong="H3605" countries|strong="H0776" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{26}Everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H1419" joyful|strong="H7440", because|strong="H3588" nothing|strong="H3808" like|strong="H1961" this|strong="H2063" had|strong="H1961" happened|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" since|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3588" David’s|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{27}The|strong="H8085" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H8085" other|strong="H0312" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H6963" Levi|strong="H3881" stood|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" to|strong="H8085" bless|strong="H1288" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H6965" God|strong="H8064" heard|strong="H8085" them|strong="H8085" in|strong="H8085" heaven|strong="H8064", the|strong="H8085" holy|strong="H6944" place|strong="H6944" where|strong="H0834" he|strong="H5971" lives|strong="H5315". 
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\chapterNumber{31}After|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" festival|strong="H2282" ended|strong="H3615", the|strong="H3605" Israelis who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" there|strong="H4672" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H5704" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3478" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" smashed|strong="H7665" the|strong="H3605" stones|strong="H0068"/pillars|strong="H4676" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" cut|strong="H1438" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H3605" poles|strong="H0905" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Asherah|strong="H0842". They|strong="H5704" destroyed|strong="H7665" the|strong="H3605" shrines|strong="H1354" on|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" hilltops and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Baal|strong="H1168"\+w*} throughout|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" areas|strong="H0776" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" lived|strong="H3427", and|strong="H1121" also|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" areas|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669" and|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519". After|strong="H3318" destroying|strong="H7843" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H7725", they|strong="H5704" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" their|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" towns|strong="H5892". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H3478" for|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H1121" Levites|strong="H1121" }
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\verseNumber{2}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" divided|strong="H0914" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H6310"\+w*} descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Levi|strong="H3881" into|strong="H5921" groups|strong="H7218". He|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H5975" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" groups|strong="H7218" to|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H7126" sacrifices|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H3068" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. He|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H5975" some|strong="H4480" groups|strong="H7218" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" other|strong="H6310" work|strong="H5656" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004": some|strong="H4480" to|strong="H3068" lead|strong="H5148" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812", some|strong="H4480" to|strong="H3068" thank|strong="H3034" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" some|strong="H4480" to|strong="H3068" sing|strong="H1984" songs|strong="H1984" to|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H1984" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" gates|strong="H8179" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" contributed|strong="H4521" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" funds to|strong="H3068" buy|strong="H7676" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" sacrificed|strong="H2076" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" morning|strong="H1242" and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" evening|strong="H6153" of|strong="H4428" each|strong="H0376" day|strong="H2320", and|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Sabbath|strong="H7676" days|strong="H6153", to|strong="H3068" celebrate|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3068" new|strong="H2320" moons|strong="H2320", and|strong="H3068" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" feasts|strong="H4150", according|strong="H4480" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" was|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" laws|strong="H8451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}Hezekiah|strong="H2388" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" other|strong="H0312" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Levi|strong="H3881" the|strong="H5414" portions|strong="H4521" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w meat|strong="H1320"\+w*} that|strong="H5971" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5414", in|strong="H3427" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3068" could|strong="H5971" devote|strong="H2388" all|strong="H5414" their|strong="H3068" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H3068" obeying|strong="H8085" the|strong="H5414" laws|strong="H8451" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{5}As|strong="H1697" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3605" told|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121", they|strong="H1697" generously|strong="H5670" gave|strong="H7235" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H1121" part|strong="H4643" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" harvest|strong="H8393" of|strong="H1121" grain|strong="H1715", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H1121" part|strong="H4643" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" new|strong="H8492" wine|strong="H8492" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w produced|strong="H6213"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w*} oil|strong="H3323" and|strong="H1121" honey|strong="H1706", and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" crops|strong="H8393" that|strong="H3605" grew|strong="H6555" in|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3605" fields|strong="H7704". They|strong="H1697" brought|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*} a|strong="H3478" tenth|strong="H4643" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" crops|strong="H8393". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H5414" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" various|strong="H2921" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3427" Judah|strong="H3063" also|strong="H1571" brought|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" tenth|strong="H4643" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3068" cattle|strong="H1241" and|strong="H1121" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H1121" goats|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5414" tenth|strong="H4643" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H6944" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3068" dedicated|strong="H6942" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" piled|strong="H6651" all|strong="H5414" those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H6944" in|strong="H3427" heaps|strong="H6194". 
\verseNumber{7}They|strong="H2320" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H2490" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" in|strong="H2320" May|strong="H1961" and|strong="H2320" finished|strong="H3615" doing|strong="H6213" it|strong="H3615" in|strong="H2320" September. 
\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H7200" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3068" officials|strong="H8269" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" heaps|strong="H6194", they|strong="H3068" praised|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w requested|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} bless|strong="H1288" the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H5921" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" asked|strong="H1875" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3548" other|strong="H0312" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5921" Levi|strong="H3881", “Why|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3548" these|strong="H3881" heaps|strong="H6194" of|strong="H5921" things|strong="H1697" here|strong="H5921"?” 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H2088" Azariah|strong="H5838" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Supreme} Priest|strong="H3548", a|strong="H3588" descendant|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" Zadok|strong="H6659", replied|strong="H0559", “Since|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" time|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5704" bring|strong="H0935" their|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H8641" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3588" temple|strong="H1004", we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" even|strong="H5704" more|strong="H7230" food|strong="H1004" than|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" need|strong="H4270". This|strong="H2088" has|strong="H3068" happened|strong="H1961" because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" greatly|strong="H7230" blessed|strong="H1288" our|strong="H3068" fellow|strong="H7453" Israelis, with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3588" all|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" left|strong="H3498" over|strong="H3498" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w other|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w Levi|strong="H3878"\+w* \+w took|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w all|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H3068" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" ordered|strong="H3559" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" prepare|strong="H3559" storerooms in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004". So|strong="H3559" they|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H8096" they|strong="H5921" brought|strong="H0935" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" storerooms all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tithes|strong="H4643" and|strong="H6944" offerings|strong="H8641" and|strong="H6944" the|strong="H5921" things|strong="H6944" dedicated|strong="H6944" to|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3881"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w had|strong="H8096"\+w* \+w brought|strong="H0935"\+w*}. One|strong="H0259" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5921" Levi|strong="H3881" whose|strong="H0834" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H3881" Conaniah|strong="H3562" was|strong="H3881" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" things|strong="H6944", and|strong="H6944" his|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" Shimei|strong="H8096" was|strong="H3881" his|strong="H5921" assistant|strong="H8334". 
\verseNumber{13}Those|strong="H1992" two|strong="H1004" men|strong="H0376" supervised|strong="H5921" Jehiel|strong="H3171", Azaziah|strong="H5812", Nahath|strong="H5184", Asahel|strong="H6214", Jerimoth|strong="H3406", Jozabad|strong="H3107", Eliel|strong="H0447", Ismakiah|strong="H3253", Mahath|strong="H4287" and|strong="H4428" Benaiah|strong="H1141" while|strong="H1004" they|strong="H3027" did|strong="H2396" the|strong="H3027" work|strong="H3027". They|strong="H3027" were|strong="H3027" appointed|strong="H4662" by|strong="H3027" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396"; Azariah|strong="H5838" was|strong="H4428" in|strong="H1004" charge|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w everything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w was|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w done|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1004"\+w*} the|strong="H3027" temple|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{14}Kore|strong="H6981" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Imnah|strong="H3232", another|strong="H0312" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881", who|strong="H3068" guarded|strong="H8104" the|strong="H5921" east|strong="H4217" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004", was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" offerings|strong="H5071" to|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1121" made|strong="H5414" voluntarily|strong="H5071". He|strong="H3068" distributed|strong="H2505" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" the|strong="H5921" offerings|strong="H5071" and|strong="H1121" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H6944" that|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1121" dedicated|strong="H6942" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{15}Eden|strong="H5731", Miniamin|strong="H4509", Jeshua|strong="H3442", Shemaiah|strong="H8098", Amariah|strong="H0568" and|strong="H1419" Shecaniah|strong="H7935" faithfully|strong="H0571" assisted|strong="H5826" him|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" towns|strong="H5892" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548" lived|strong="H3427". They|strong="H5921" distributed|strong="H2505" those|strong="H5921" things|strong="H1419" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" groups|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3027" their|strong="H5414" fellow|strong="H7453" priests|strong="H3548"; they|strong="H5921" distributed|strong="H2505" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" everyone|strong="H3605", ifrom the|strong="H5921" youngest|strong="H6996" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" oldest|strong="H1419". 
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\verseNumber{16}They|strong="H3117" also|strong="H3068" distributed|strong="H2505" things|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" males|strong="H2145" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" at|strong="H3068" least|strong="H6996" 30 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", those|strong="H3605" whose|strong="H1121" names|strong="H8034" were|strong="H1121" written|strong="H3789" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" scrolls where|strong="H1004" lists of|strong="H1121" family|strong="H1004" names|strong="H8034" were|strong="H1121" written|strong="H3789". They|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1121" males|strong="H2145" who|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w allowed|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3068" perform|strong="H6213" their|strong="H3605" tasks|strong="H5656"/work|strong="H5656" each|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117", the|strong="H3605" tasks|strong="H5656" that|strong="H3605" each|strong="H3605" group|strong="H7235" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3605" assigned|strong="H5656" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H3548" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3548" priests|strong="H3548" were|strong="H1121" on|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3548" scrolls where|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3548" clans’ names|strong="H8034" were|strong="H1121" written|strong="H3789". They|strong="H8141" also|strong="H1121" distributed|strong="H2505" things|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1121" groups|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881", those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3548" were|strong="H1121" at|strong="H1004" least|strong="H6996" 20 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{18}They|strong="H3588" included|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" little|strong="H2945" children|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323" whose|strong="H1121" names|strong="H8034" were|strong="H1121" on|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" scrolls where|strong="H0834" their|strong="H3605" clans’ names|strong="H8034" were|strong="H1121" written|strong="H3789", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" also|strong="H1121" faithfully|strong="H0571" had|strong="H3588" dedicated|strong="H6942" themselves|strong="H6942" to|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\+w*} also|strong="H8034" appointed|strong="H5414" other|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5414" distribute|strong="H5414" portions|strong="H4490" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" living|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" pasturelands|strong="H4054" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" Judah|strong="H3063". But|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" gave|strong="H5414" things|strong="H3605" only|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5414" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w first|strong="H1121"\+w* Supreme \+w Priest|strong="H3548"\+w*}, whose|strong="H1121" names|strong="H8034" were|strong="H1121" on|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" scrolls containing|strong="H8033" the|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" clans|strong="H4940". 
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\verseNumber{20}That|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2896" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" did|strong="H6213" throughout|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063". He|strong="H6213" always|strong="H3605" faithfully|strong="H0571" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3477" and|strong="H3063" good|strong="H2896". 
\verseNumber{21}In|strong="H1004" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" worship|strong="H7812" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1004" as|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" obeyed|strong="H8085" God’s|strong="H0430" laws|strong="H8451" and|strong="H1004" commands|strong="H4687", he|strong="H6213" tried|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4639" his|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" wanted|strong="H3824", and|strong="H1004" he|strong="H6213" worked|strong="H6213" energetically|strong="H2388". So|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" was|strong="H1004" successful|strong="H6743". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The army of King Sennacherib of Assyria invaded Judah }
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\chapterNumber{32}After|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" had|strong="H4428" obeyed|strong="H8085" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" instructions|strong="H1697" and|strong="H3063" had|strong="H4428" done|strong="H1697" all|strong="H1697" those|strong="H5921" things|strong="H1697", King|strong="H4428" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" came|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} and|strong="H3063" invaded|strong="H1234" Judah|strong="H3063". He|strong="H5921" commanded|strong="H6680" his|strong="H5921" soldiers|strong="H5650" to|strong="H5921" surround|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5921" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H1697" had|strong="H4428" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", thinking|strong="H0559" that|strong="H1697" they|strong="H5921" would|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w break|strong="H1234"\+w* \+w through|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w those|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w walls|strong="H2346"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3063"\+w*} conquer|strong="H3423" those|strong="H5921" cities|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{2}When|strong="H3588" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" had|strong="H3588" come|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w his|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w army|strong="H3389"\+w*} and|strong="H3389" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" intended|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5921" attack|strong="H4421" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", 
\verseNumber{3-4}he|strong="H0834" consulted|strong="H3289" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3967" army|strong="H2428" leaders|strong="H7218". They|strong="H1992" said|strong="H0559" among|strong="H8432" themselves|strong="H0905", “Why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H3068" we|strong="H0587" allow|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Assyria|strong="H0804" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} to|strong="H0413" come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H3967" find|strong="H4672" plenty|strong="H7647" of|strong="H1121" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H0413" drink|strong="H8354"?” So|strong="H3651" they|strong="H1992" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="H0413" stop|strong="H2308" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H4480" flowing|strong="H2100" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". So|strong="H3651" a|strong="H1961" large|strong="H1419" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" men|strong="H0376" gathered|strong="H6960" together|strong="H3162" and|strong="H3967" blocked|strong="H1443" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" springs|strong="H4599" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" stream|strong="H5158" that|strong="H0834" flowed|strong="H1980" through|strong="H3027" that|strong="H0834" area|strong="H1508". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H6213" they|strong="H5921" worked|strong="H2388" hard|strong="H7186" to|strong="H5927" repair|strong="H2388" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sections|strong="H6391" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" wall|strong="H2346" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H5927" broken|strong="H6555", and|strong="H5892" they|strong="H5921" built|strong="H1129" watchtowers on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" walls|strong="H2346". They|strong="H5921" built|strong="H1129" another|strong="H0312" wall|strong="H2346" outside|strong="H2351"/around|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" wall|strong="H2346" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1732" already|strong="H3528" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H5892" they|strong="H5921" strengthened|strong="H2388" the|strong="H3605" defenses|strong="H7973" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sloping terraces|strong="H4546" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w east|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w side|strong="H6285"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w* ‘\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w City|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* David’}. They|strong="H5921" also|strong="H1732" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" large|strong="H7230" number|strong="H7230" of|strong="H5892" weapons|strong="H7973" and|strong="H5892" shields|strong="H4043". 
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\verseNumber{6}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" appointed|strong="H5414" army|strong="H5971" commanders|strong="H8269", and|strong="H5971" he|strong="H5414" gathered|strong="H6908" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H8269" him|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" square|strong="H7339" at|strong="H5921" one|strong="H5892" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" gates|strong="H8179", and|strong="H5971" he|strong="H5414" encouraged|strong="H2388" them|strong="H5414" by|strong="H5921" saying|strong="H1696" this|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5414": 
\verseNumber{7}“Be|strong="H4428" strong|strong="H2388" and|strong="H4428" courageous|strong="H2388". Do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H4428" afraid|strong="H3372" or|strong="H4428" discouraged|strong="H2865" on|strong="H2388" account|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" huge|strong="H1995" army|strong="H1995" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3605" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H6440", because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} is|strong="H3605" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H6440", and|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w power|strong="H2388"\+w*} is|strong="H3605" greater|strong="H7227" than|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w power|strong="H2388"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" rely|strong="H8172" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" power|strong="H2220" of|strong="H4428" humans, but|strong="H5971" we|strong="H1697" have|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5826" us|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898" battles|strong="H4421" for|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921".” So|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" became|strong="H1697" more|strong="H5921" confident|strong="H0982" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" what|strong="H1697" Hezekiah|strong="H2396", the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", said|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{9}Later|strong="H0310", when|strong="H7971" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5650" were|strong="H3063" surrounding|strong="H5439" Lachish|strong="H3923" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}, he|strong="H1931" sent|strong="H7971" some|strong="H3605" officers|strong="H5650" to|strong="H7971" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H7971" give|strong="H5414" this|strong="H2088" message|strong="H3389" to|strong="H7971" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" and|strong="H3063" to|strong="H7971" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1931" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3063" there|strong="H2088": 
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\verseNumber{10}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w*} Sennacherib|strong="H5576", the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w great|strong="H1419"\+w*} king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4428"\+w*} this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H4100" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3541" say|strong="H0559": 'While you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H4100" staying|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", my|strong="H5921" soldiers|strong="H5650" are|strong="H4100" surrounding|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892". So|strong="H3541" why|strong="H4100" [RHQ] are|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5921" so|strong="H3541" confident|strong="H0982"? 
\verseNumber{11}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" says|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" you|strong="H5414", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" save|strong="H5337" us|strong="H5414" from|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w being|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w defeated|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804",” but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" misleading|strong="H5496" you|strong="H5414". He|strong="H3068" wants|strong="H2656" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191" from|strong="H3068" having|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" food|strong="H3899" or|strong="H3808" water|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{12}Isn’t|strong="H3808" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" the|strong="H6440" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H1931" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="H6440" men|strong="H0376" to|strong="H5921" get|strong="H5493" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H6440" your|strong="H5921" god|strong="H3808" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" shrines|strong="H1354" and|strong="H3063" altars|strong="H4196" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" hilltops, saying|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w*} Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" other|strong="H0312" places|strong="H1116" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063", “You|strong="H6440" must|strong="H3808" worship|strong="H7812" at|strong="H5921" only|strong="H0389" one|strong="H3808" altar|strong="H4196" and|strong="H3063" burn|strong="H6999" sacrifices|strong="H6999" on|strong="H5921" only|strong="H0389" that|strong="H1931" altar|strong="H4196"”? 
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\verseNumber{13-14}'Do you|strong="H0859" people|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H0589" and|strong="H3967" my|strong="H8104" ancestors|strong="H0001" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people-groups in|strong="H0935" other|strong="H0312" countries|strong="H0776"? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H0587"\+w* \+w destroyed|strong="H4229"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w*} none|strong="H0369" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1992" nations|strong="H1471" were|strong="H0834" ever|strong="H5769" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H0413" prevent|strong="H6923" my|strong="H8104" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w troops|strong="H1416"\+w*} from|strong="H4480" conquering|strong="H2114" them|strong="H5414"! So|strong="H3651" how|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4310" your|strong="H3068" god|strong="H0430" prevent|strong="H6923" my|strong="H8104" soldiers|strong="H5650" from|strong="H4480" conquering|strong="H2114" you|strong="H0859"? 
\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" to|strong="H3201" deceive|strong="H5377" you|strong="H3588" like|strong="H3808" this|strong="H2063". Do|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" believe|strong="H0539" what|strong="H2063" he|strong="H3588" says|strong="H0559", because|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" god|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3027" any|strong="H3605" nation|strong="H1471" or|strong="H3808" kingdom|strong="H4467" has|strong="H3588" ever|strong="H3808" been|strong="H5971" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" rescue|strong="H5337" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3027" being|strong="H5971" conquered|strong="H5221" by|strong="H3027" my|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3027" my|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001". So|strong="H3808" certainly|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3605" god|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1471" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3588" from|strong="H3027" my|strong="H3605" power' .” 
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\verseNumber{16}Sennacherib’s|strong="H1696" officers|strong="H5650" said|strong="H1696" more|strong="H5750" things|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" belittle Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Israelis and|strong="H3068" Hezekiah|strong="H2396", who|strong="H3068" served|strong="H5647" God|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w well|strong="H1696"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{17}King|strong="H5921" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" wrote|strong="H3789" more|strong="H3651" letters|strong="H5612" insulting Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5921" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w belonged|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*/\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}. He|strong="H3651" said|strong="H3651" things|strong="H3808" like|strong="H3651" this|strong="H3651": “The|strong="H5921" gods|strong="H0430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3027"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" people-groups in|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" countries|strong="H0776" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" rescue|strong="H5337" their|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" power|strong="H3027". Similarly|strong="H2088", the|strong="H5921" god|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" rescue|strong="H5337" his|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" power|strong="H3027".” 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H4616" King|strong="H5921" Sennachereb’s officers|strong="H7860" shouted|strong="H7121" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Hebrew|strong="H5680" language|strong="H3066" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" wall|strong="H2346", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H5921" cause|strong="H5971" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3389" terrified|strong="H0926", thinking|strong="H0559" that|strong="H5971" as|strong="H3389" a|strong="H7121" result|strong="H6903" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5892" Assyria|strong="H0804" could|strong="H5971" capture|strong="H3920" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w without|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4421"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{19}They|strong="H5921" belittled the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} of|strong="H3027" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" as|strong="H3389" they|strong="H5921" belittled the|strong="H5921" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" people-groups of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" world|strong="H8398"—saying|strong="H1696" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H5971" only|strong="H0389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w*} made|strong="H4639" by|strong="H3027" humans. 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" Isaiah|strong="H3470" cried|strong="H2199" out|strong="H2199" to|strong="H5921" God|strong="H8064", praying|strong="H6419" about|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2063". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w night|strong="H3915"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" an|strong="H7971" angel|strong="H4397" who|strong="H3605" killed|strong="H2719" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" and|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" officers|strong="H8269" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H1004" where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" had|strong="H3068" set|strong="H7971" up|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H4264". So|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" left|strong="H7725" and|strong="H3068" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H4578" country|strong="H2022", very|strong="H2428" disgraced|strong="H0954". And|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H7725" he|strong="H8033" went|strong="H3068" into|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" god|strong="H3068", some|strong="H8033" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" struck|strong="H5307" him|strong="H6440" with|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3605" swords|strong="H2719" and|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2719" him|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{22}That|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" how|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" power|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" Sennacherib|strong="H5576", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804", and|strong="H3068" from|strong="H3027" their|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H3027". Yahweh|strong="H3068" took|strong="H4428" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H3027" (OR|strong="H3068", gave|strong="H3467" them|strong="H3027" peace|strong="H7965") everywhere|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{23}Many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H1471" brought|strong="H5375" offerings|strong="H4503" for|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H3063" also|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H5375" valuable|strong="H4030" gifts|strong="H4503" for|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396". And|strong="H3063" from|strong="H1471" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H7227", Hezekiah|strong="H2396" was|strong="H3068" highly|strong="H3651" respected|strong="H5375"/honored|strong="H3513" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471". 

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\verseNumber{24}About|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", Hezekiah|strong="H2396" became|strong="H2470" very|strong="H5704" ill|strong="H2470". He|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3068" about|strong="H3117" to|strong="H5704" die|strong="H4191". But|strong="H1992" he|strong="H3117" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H6030" his|strong="H5414" prayer|strong="H6419". He|strong="H3117" performed|strong="H4159" a|strong="H5414" miracle|strong="H4159" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w healed|strong="H7495"\+w* \+w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{25}But|strong="H3588" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" [SYN] was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H7110" proud|strong="H1361", and|strong="H3063" he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3063" not|strong="H3808" thank|strong="H3034" Yahweh|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3588" being|strong="H1961" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H5921". Therefore|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H7110" with|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w*} and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w*} Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" other|strong="H0312" places|strong="H1116" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H3068" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" sorry|strong="H5162" for|strong="H5921" being|strong="H3068" proud|strong="H1343", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" were|strong="H3117" sorry|strong="H5162" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w*}. So|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5921" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" remaining|strong="H3427" years|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w king|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 

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\verseNumber{27}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" became|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" rich|strong="H6239" and|strong="H3701" was|strong="H1961" greatly|strong="H3966" honored|strong="H3519". His|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w workers|strong="H6213"\+w*} made|strong="H6213" storerooms for|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H3701" for|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3605" very|strong="H3966" valuable|strong="H3368" stones|strong="H0068", and|strong="H3701" for|strong="H6213" spices|strong="H1314" and|strong="H3701" shields|strong="H4043" and|strong="H3701" other|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{28}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w His|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w workers|strong="H6466"\+w*} also|strong="H1571" built|strong="H1129" buildings|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3605" store|strong="H4543" the|strong="H3605" grain|strong="H1715" and|strong="H1715" wine|strong="H8492" and|strong="H1715" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w*} oil|strong="H3323" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w produced|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1715"\+w* \+w brought|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3605"\+w*}. They|strong="H3605" also|strong="H1571" made|strong="H3605" stalls|strong="H0723" for|strong="H3605" various|strong="H2921" kinds|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" cattle|strong="H4735" and|strong="H1715" pens|strong="H0723" for|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" flocks|strong="H5739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w sheep|strong="H6629"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1715"\+w* \+w goats|strong="H5795"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{29}They|strong="H3588" built|strong="H6213" towns|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5892" acquired|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" many|strong="H7227" flocks|strong="H6629" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w sheep|strong="H6629"\+w* \+w and|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w goats|strong="H5795"\+w*} and|strong="H5892" herds|strong="H1241" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w cattle|strong="H4735"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" God|strong="H5414" had|strong="H3588" enabled|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H6213" become|strong="H6213" very|strong="H3966" rich|strong="H6223". 
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\verseNumber{30}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" was|strong="H1732" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="H3605" workers|strong="H6466" to|strong="H1732" block|strong="H4383" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H3605" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" flows|strong="H2100" out|strong="H4161" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" Gihon|strong="H1521" Spring|strong="H4161", and|strong="H5892" to|strong="H1732" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1732" tunnel|strong="H6794" through|strong="H3605" which|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" flowed|strong="H4325" to|strong="H1732" the|strong="H3605" west|strong="H4628" side|strong="H4628" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H5892" David’. He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1732" able|strong="H4639" to|strong="H1732" do|strong="H4639" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H1931" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H1732" do|strong="H4639". 
\verseNumber{31}But|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" messengers|strong="H4397" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" sent|strong="H7971" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" rulers|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" Babylon|strong="H0894" came|strong="H1961" and|strong="H7971" asked|strong="H1875" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" miracle|strong="H4159" that|strong="H3045" God|strong="H7971" had|strong="H1961" performed|strong="H4159" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", God|strong="H7971" allowed|strong="H5414" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" to|strong="H7971" say|strong="H0559" what|strong="H3045" he|strong="H3651" himself|strong="H3824" wanted|strong="H3824" to|strong="H7971" say|strong="H0559", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H7971" test|strong="H5254" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whether|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w or|strong="H1875"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w admit|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w God|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w performed|strong="H4159"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w miracle|strong="H4159"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{32}A|strong="H3478" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" happened|strong="H1697" while|strong="H5921" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" was|strong="H3478" ruling|strong="H4910", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" he|strong="H5921" did|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" please|strong="H4994" God|strong="H0430", is|strong="H2617" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612" in|strong="H5921" which|strong="H1697" is|strong="H2617" written|strong="H3789" the|strong="H5921" vision|strong="H2377" that|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" Isaiah|strong="H3470". It|strong="H5921" is|strong="H2617" also|strong="H3478" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5921" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" Israel’. 
\verseNumber{33}When|strong="H6213" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" died|strong="H4194", he|strong="H6213" was|strong="H1732" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" tombs|strong="H6913" where|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" most|strong="H6944" respected|strong="H7230" kings|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*} were|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912". Everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3605" places|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3427" Judah|strong="H3063" honored|strong="H3519" him|strong="H6213". Then|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4427". 

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\chapterNumber{33}Manasseh|strong="H4519" was|strong="H1121" 12 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H2568" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H1121" king|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H2568" ruled|strong="H4427" from|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H1121" 55 years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451". He|strong="H6213" imitated the|strong="H6440" disgusting|strong="H8441" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" formerly|strong="H6440" done|strong="H6213" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" people-groups that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" expelled|strong="H3423" from|strong="H6440" Israel|strong="H3478" as|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1471" advanced|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w land|strong="H6440"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H6213" commanded|strong="H6680" his|strong="H3605" workers|strong="H6213" to|strong="H7725" rebuild|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" shrines|strong="H1354" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w*} that|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" had|strong="H6635" destroyed|strong="H5422". He|strong="H6213" told|strong="H6213" them|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" set|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" altars|strong="H4196" to|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" statues|strong="H2088" of|strong="H4196" Baal|strong="H1168", and|strong="H6965" to|strong="H7725" make|strong="H6213" altars|strong="H4196" to|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Asherah|strong="H0842". He|strong="H6213" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H5422" to|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" stars|strong="H3556". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H3068" directed|strong="H5090" his|strong="H3068" workers|strong="H1129" to|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" altars|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w foreign|strong="H5237"\+w* \+w gods|strong="H0430"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004", about|strong="H1961" which|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H8034" is|strong="H3068" here|strong="H6311" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" want|strong="H4270" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" me|strong="H1961", forever|strong="H5769".” 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H3068" directed|strong="H5090" that|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196" for|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" stars|strong="H3556" be|strong="H3068" built|strong="H1129" in|strong="H3068" both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" courtyards|strong="H2691" outside|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H1931" even|strong="H6213" sacrificed|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} his|strong="H3068" own|strong="H5869" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" burned|strong="H8313" them|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H6213" fire|strong="H0784" in|strong="H3068" Hinnom|strong="H2011" Valley|strong="H1516". He|strong="H1931" performed|strong="H6213" rituals to|strong="H3068" practice|strong="H6213" sorcery|strong="H3784". He|strong="H1931" asked|strong="H7592" fortune-tellers|strong="H6049" for|strong="H6213" advice|strong="H6098". He|strong="H1931" performed|strong="H6213" witchcraft|strong="H6049". He|strong="H1931" talked|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1931" consulted|strong="H3289" the|strong="H6213" spirits|strong="H7307" of|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3068" died|strong="H4191" to|strong="H3068" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H6213" what|strong="H7451" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" future|strong="H0319". He|strong="H1931" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7235" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H1931" Yahweh|strong="H3068" conidered o|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" very|strong="H7235" evil|strong="H7451", things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H1931" caused|strong="H5674" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H6213" very|strong="H7235" angry|strong="H3707". 
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\verseNumber{7}Manasseh|strong="H4519" took|strong="H7760" a|strong="H6213" carved|strong="H6213" idol|strong="H6459" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w workers|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w made|strong="H6213"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" put|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". That|strong="H3605" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" concerning|strong="H3478" which|strong="H1004" God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010", “My|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1121" here|strong="H2088" in|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H7760" have|strong="H1121" chosen|strong="H0977" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w I|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} worship|strong="H3478" me|strong="H7760", forever|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{8}If|strong="H0518" they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3478" obey|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" and|strong="H4872" decrees|strong="H2706" and|strong="H4872" regulations|strong="H4941" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5921" told|strong="H6680" Moses|strong="H4872" to|strong="H3478" give|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H5921", I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" again|strong="H3254" force|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3478" leave|strong="H5493" this|strong="H6213" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5921" gave|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001".” 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H7451" Manasseh|strong="H4519" led|strong="H8582" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H1121" other|strong="H0312" places|strong="H1116" in|strong="H3427" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1121" wrong|strong="H7451", with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" result|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" more|strong="H4480" evil|strong="H7451" than|strong="H4480" was|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1471" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" people-groups that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" expelled|strong="H3423" as|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H1471" advanced|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w through|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w land|strong="H6440"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{10}Yahweh|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Manasseh|strong="H4519" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3068" paid|strong="H7181" no|strong="H3808" attention|strong="H7181". 
\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H6635" commanders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H6635"\+w*} to|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w come|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w*} captured|strong="H3920" Manasseh|strong="H4519". They|strong="H3068" put|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" hook|strong="H2336" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3068" nose|strong="H0639" and|strong="H3068" put|strong="H3068" bronze|strong="H5178" chains|strong="H5178" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w feet|strong="H7272"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3920" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3212" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
\verseNumber{12}There|strong="H3068", while|strong="H5704" he|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" suffering|strong="H6040", he|strong="H3068" humbled|strong="H3665" himself|strong="H3665" greatly|strong="H3966" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6440" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H6440" his|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" pleaded|strong="H7378" with|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5826" him|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{13}When|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" prayed|strong="H6419", Yahweh|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" him|strong="H7725" and|strong="H3068" pitied|strong="H2550" him|strong="H7725". So|strong="H7725" he|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w allowed|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w*} return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w*} rule|strong="H4438" his|strong="H3068" kingdom|strong="H4438" again|strong="H7725". Then|strong="H7725" Manasseh|strong="H4519" realized|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w an|strong="H3588"\+w* all-powerful} God|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{14}Later|strong="H0310", Manasseh’s|strong="H4519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w workers|strong="H1129"\+w*} rebuilt|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" eastern|strong="H6931" section|strong="H4060" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H3605" outer|strong="H2435" wall|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5437" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3651"\+w*} made|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" higher|strong="H1361". That|strong="H3605" section|strong="H4060" extended|strong="H5186" from|strong="H5437" Gihon|strong="H1521" Spring|strong="H6779" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} to|strong="H1732" the|strong="H3605" Fish|strong="H1709" Gate|strong="H8179", and|strong="H3063" around|strong="H5437" the|strong="H3605" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3651" called|strong="H7760" Ophel|strong="H6077" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Hill|strong="H2022"\+w*}. Manasseh|strong="H1129" also|strong="H1732" appointed|strong="H7760" army|strong="H2428" officers|strong="H8269" to|strong="H1732" guard|strong="H2876" each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" Judah|strong="H3063" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1732" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5437" them|strong="H7760". 
\verseNumber{15}Manasseh’s|strong="H4519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w workers|strong="H1129"\+w*} removed|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1544" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" stone|strong="H0068" statues|strong="H2088" of|strong="H1004" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1004" other|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471". Manasseh|strong="H1129" also|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7993"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} remove|strong="H5493" the|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" previously|strong="H8543" built|strong="H1129" on|strong="H3068" Zion|strong="H6726" Hill|strong="H2022" and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w places|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w*} Jerusalem|strong="H3389". He|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" thrown|strong="H7993" out|strong="H2351" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} repair|strong="H2388" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3063" he|strong="H3068" offered|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H3478" restore|strong="H7725" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3478" thank|strong="H8426" him|strong="H5921". And|strong="H3063" he|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" must|strong="H3478" worship|strong="H5647" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" continued|strong="H5750" to|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2076" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" hilltops, but|strong="H7535" only|strong="H7535" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" happened|strong="H1697" while|strong="H5921" Manasseh|strong="H4519" was|strong="H3068" ruling|strong="H4910", including|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3068" prayer|strong="H8605" to|strong="H1696" God|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" messages|strong="H1697" from|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" prophets|strong="H2374" gave|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5921", are|strong="H3478" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H8034" ‘The|strong="H5921" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 
\verseNumber{19}What|strong="H1697" Manasseh|strong="H1129" prayed|strong="H6279" and|strong="H6440" how|strong="H4100" God|strong="H0430" pitied|strong="H2550" him|strong="H6440" because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H3605" pleaded|strong="H7378" to|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H6440" also|strong="H3789" his|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403" and|strong="H6440" ways|strong="H1697" in|strong="H5921" which|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3605" disobeyed|strong="H4604" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w list|strong="H4557"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1697"\+w*} places|strong="H1116" where|strong="H4725" he|strong="H3605" built|strong="H1129" shrines|strong="H1354" and|strong="H6440" set|strong="H5975" up|strong="H5975" poles|strong="H0905" to|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Asherah|strong="H0842" and|strong="H6440" other|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H6456" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w humbled|strong="H3665"\+w* \+w himself|strong="H3665"\+w*}, are|strong="H1697" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" wrote|strong="H3789". 
\verseNumber{20}Manasseh|strong="H4519" died|strong="H4191" and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1004" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H1004" his|strong="H8478" palace|strong="H1004". Then|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" Amon|strong="H0526" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. 

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\verseNumber{21}Amon|strong="H0526" was|strong="H1121" 22 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8147" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8147" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H1121" two|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{22}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451", like|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" Manasseh|strong="H4519" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". Amon|strong="H0526" worshiped|strong="H5647" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H6456" that|strong="H3605" Manasseh’s|strong="H4519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w workers|strong="H6213"\+w*} had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" humble|strong="H3665" himself|strong="H1931" and|strong="H3068" turn|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3808" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" did|strong="H3068". So|strong="H3808" he|strong="H1931" became|strong="H7235" more|strong="H7235" sinful|strong="H2400" than|strong="H7235" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H4191" Amon’s|strong="H0526" officials|strong="H5650" made|strong="H7194" plans|strong="H4284" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921". They|strong="H5921" assassinated|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{25}But|strong="H5221" then|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" killed|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4428" assassinated|strong="H4191" Amon|strong="H0526", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" appointed|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" Josiah|strong="H2977" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 

\BibleSectionHeading{King Josiah of Judah }
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\chapterNumber{34}Josiah|strong="H2977" was|strong="H1121" eight|strong="H8083" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H1121" king|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. He|strong="H3389" ruled|strong="H4427" from|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H1121" 31 years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3068" were|strong="H5869" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" conducted|strong="H1240" his|strong="H3068" life|strong="H5315" like|strong="H1870" his|strong="H3068" ancestor King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". He|strong="H6213" fully|strong="H4390" obeyed|strong="H8085" [IDM] all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" laws|strong="H8451" of|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H4480" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" for|strong="H3389" almost|strong="H4592" eight|strong="H8083" years|strong="H8141", while|strong="H5750" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1732" still|strong="H5750" a|strong="H4480" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288", he|strong="H1931" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3389" worship|strong="H7812" God|strong="H0430" like|strong="H3644" his|strong="H1732" ancestor \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4427"\+w*} David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1732" done|strong="H6213". Four|strong="H0702" years|strong="H8141" later|strong="H4480", he|strong="H1931" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3389" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H8141" all|strong="H1875" the|strong="H4480" pagan|strong="H5869" shrines|strong="H1354" on|strong="H4480" hilltops in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" in|strong="H8141" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w places|strong="H1116"\+w* \+w in|strong="H8141"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H4480" poles|strong="H0905" to|strong="H3389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Asherah|strong="H0842", and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H4480" carved|strong="H6456" idols|strong="H6456" and|strong="H3063" statues|strong="H2088" of|strong="H8141" gods|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{4}While|strong="H5921" he|strong="H5921" directed|strong="H5090" them|strong="H5921", his|strong="H6440" workers|strong="H6466" tore|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H6440" altars|strong="H4196" where|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" worshiped|strong="H7812" Baal|strong="H1168". They|strong="H5921" smashed|strong="H7665" the|strong="H6440" altars|strong="H4196" that|strong="H4196" were|strong="H5921" near|strong="H6440" those|strong="H5921" altars|strong="H4196", where|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" burned|strong="H8313" incense|strong="H2553". They|strong="H5921" smashed|strong="H7665" the|strong="H6440" poles|strong="H0905" to|strong="H5921"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Asherah|strong="H0842" and|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" idols|strong="H6456" and|strong="H6440" statues|strong="H2088". They|strong="H5921" smashed|strong="H7665" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" bits|strong="H6595" and|strong="H6440" scattered|strong="H2236" the|strong="H6440" bits|strong="H6595" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" graves|strong="H6913" of|strong="H6440" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H4605" had|strong="H3068" offered|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2076" to|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H5921" burned|strong="H8313" the|strong="H5921" bones|strong="H6106" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w offered|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w*}; they|strong="H5921" burned|strong="H8313" them|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H8313" own|strong="H3548" altars|strong="H4196". In|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3548" way|strong="H5921" Josiah|strong="H2977" caused|strong="H5414" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" other|strong="H0312" places|strong="H1116" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3389" acceptable|strong="H7522" places|strong="H1116" to|strong="H5921" worship|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068" again|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{6}In|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5704" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="H7626"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} Manasseh|strong="H4519", Ephraim|strong="H0669", and|strong="H1004" Simeon|strong="H8095", and|strong="H1004" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} as|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} Naphtali|strong="H5321" and|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5704" ruins|strong="H5892" around|strong="H5439" all|strong="H5439" those|strong="H1992" towns|strong="H5892", 
\verseNumber{7}Josiah’s|strong="H2977" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w workers|strong="H6466"\+w*} tore|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H3605" pagan|strong="H5869" altars|strong="H4196" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" poles|strong="H0905" to|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Asherah|strong="H0842", and|strong="H3478" crushed|strong="H3807" the|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H6456" to|strong="H7725" powder|strong="H1854". They|strong="H3478" also|strong="H3478" smashed|strong="H5422" to|strong="H7725" pieces|strong="H3807" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196" for|strong="H4196" burning|strong="H2740" incense|strong="H2553" throughout|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478". Then|strong="H7725" Josiah|strong="H2977" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H7971" Josiah|strong="H2977" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" for|strong="H7971" almost|strong="H4592" 18 years|strong="H8141", he|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w did|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w else|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" acceptable|strong="H7522" places|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068". He|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" Shaphan|strong="H8227" the|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Azaliah|strong="H0683" and|strong="H1121" Maaseiah|strong="H4641" the|strong="H3068" governor|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" Joah|strong="H3098" the|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joahaz|strong="H3099", who|strong="H3068" wrote|strong="H3789" on|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7971" scroll|strong="H5612" what|strong="H2142" happened|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892", to|strong="H3068" repair|strong="H2388" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H3478" went|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" Hilkiah|strong="H2518" the|strong="H3605" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3063" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H3605" brought|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". That|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" Levi|strong="H3881" who|strong="H3605" guarded|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3605" doors|strong="H5592" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" had|strong="H3478" collected|strong="H6908" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="H7626"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} Manasseh|strong="H4519" and|strong="H3063" Ephraim|strong="H0669" and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w places|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w northern|strong="H6828"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3063" also|strong="H3478" from|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" other|strong="H3605" places|strong="H1004" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Benjamin|strong="H1144". 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H5414" Hilkiah|strong="H2518" gave|strong="H5414" some|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H6485" appointed|strong="H6485" to|strong="H3068" supervise|strong="H5329" the|strong="H5921" work|strong="H4399" of|strong="H1004" repairing|strong="H2388" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004". The|strong="H5921" supervisors|strong="H6485" paid|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" repair|strong="H2388" work|strong="H4399". 
\verseNumber{11}They|strong="H4428" also|strong="H4428" gave|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" carpenters|strong="H2796" and|strong="H3063" builders|strong="H1129" to|strong="H5414" buy|strong="H7069" the|strong="H5414" cut|strong="H3772" stones|strong="H0068" and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H5414" timber|strong="H6086" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" joists and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H5414" beams|strong="H7136" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" buildings|strong="H1004" that|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" had|strong="H4428" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" decay|strong="H7845". 
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\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H3605" workers|strong="H4399" did|strong="H6213" their|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" faithfully|strong="H0571". Their|strong="H3605" supervisors|strong="H5329" were|strong="H1121" Jahath|strong="H3189" and|strong="H1121" Obadiah|strong="H5662", who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Levi’s|strong="H3878"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} Merari|strong="H4847", and|strong="H1121" Zechariah|strong="H2148" and|strong="H1121" Meshullam|strong="H4918", who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Levi’s|strong="H3878"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} Kohath|strong="H6955". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881", those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" played|strong="H2181" musical|strong="H7892" instruments|strong="H3627" well|strong="H3190", 
\verseNumber{13}supervised|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" workers|strong="H4399" as|strong="H6213" they|strong="H5921" did|strong="H6213" their|strong="H3605" various|strong="H2921" jobs. Some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5921" Levi|strong="H3881" were|strong="H3881" secretaries|strong="H5613" and|strong="H6213" some|strong="H3605" kept|strong="H6213" records|strong="H1697" and|strong="H6213" some|strong="H3605" guarded|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3605" gates|strong="H8179" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" containing|strong="H8033" God’s|strong="H0430" laws|strong="H8451" was|strong="H5656" found|strong="H4672" }
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\verseNumber{14}While|strong="H1004" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3027" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3068" supervisors|strong="H5329" the|strong="H3068" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004", Hilkiah|strong="H2518" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Supreme} Priest|strong="H3548" found|strong="H4672" a|strong="H4672" scroll|strong="H5612" on|strong="H3027" which|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3027" written|strong="H3789" the|strong="H3068" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" Moses|strong="H4872" to|strong="H3318" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H5414" Hilkiah|strong="H2518" said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H3068" Shaphan|strong="H8227", “I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3068" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004" a|strong="H5414" scroll|strong="H5612" on|strong="H3068" which|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" the|strong="H5414" laws|strong="H8451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H5414"\+w*}!” Then|strong="H6030" Hilkiah|strong="H2518" gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" scroll|strong="H5612" to|strong="H3068" Shaphan|strong="H8227". 
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\verseNumber{16}Shaphan|strong="H8227" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w took|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w scroll|strong="H5612"\+w*} to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H7725" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H5414", “Your|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H5650" are|strong="H1992" doing|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H5414" told|strong="H1697" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{17}They|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" supervise|strong="H5329" the|strong="H5921" workers|strong="H4399" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" repair|strong="H2388" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004".” 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H5414" Shaphan|strong="H8227" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w brought|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w*} a|strong="H5414" scroll|strong="H5612" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3548"\+w* } Hilkiah|strong="H2518" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414".” And|strong="H4428" Shaphan|strong="H8227" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5414" read|strong="H7121" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{19}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" laws|strong="H8451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w written|strong="H3789"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w scroll|strong="H5612"\+w*}, he|strong="H4428" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H8085" clothes|strong="H0899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w he|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w dismayed|strong="H2865"\+w*/\+w worried|strong="H1672"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H4428" he|strong="H6680" gave|strong="H6680" these|strong="H4428" instructions|strong="H6680" to|strong="H1121" Hilkiah|strong="H2518", to|strong="H1121" Shaphan’s son|strong="H1121" Ahikam|strong="H0296", to|strong="H1121" Micah’s|strong="H4318" son|strong="H1121" Abdon|strong="H5658", to|strong="H1121" Shaphan|strong="H8227", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1121" Asaiah|strong="H6222" the|strong="H6680" king’s|strong="H4428" special|strong="H6381" advisor: 
\verseNumber{21}“Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3063" ask|strong="H1875" Yahweh|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3063" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3478" still|strong="H3588" alive|strong="H7604" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Israel|strong="H3478", about|strong="H5921" what|strong="H1697" is|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" scroll|strong="H5612" that|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3808" found|strong="H4672". Because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w clear|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" very|strong="H2088" angry|strong="H2534" with|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5921" because|strong="H3588" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" disobeyed|strong="H6963" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697"; they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" obey|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3478" written|strong="H3789" on|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" scroll|strong="H5612".” 
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\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H2063" Hilkiah|strong="H2518" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8104" others|strong="H0312" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H1696" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1696" a|strong="H1696" woman|strong="H0802" whose|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H1931" Huldah|strong="H2468", who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" a|strong="H1696" prophetess|strong="H5031" who|strong="H1931" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8104" newer part|strong="H1931" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". Her|strong="H1931" husband|strong="H0376" Shallum|strong="H7967" who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H8104" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Tikvah|strong="H8616", took|strong="H4428" care|strong="H8104" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8104" robes|strong="H0899" that|strong="H1931" were|strong="H1121" worn|strong="H1086" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{23}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w her|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w*,} she|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H7971", “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3541" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0587" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, says|strong="H3541": ‘Go|strong="H7971" back|strong="H7725" and|strong="H3478" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3541" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" 
\verseNumber{24}that|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": “Listen|strong="H2005" to|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" carefully|strong="H3605". I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H3068" going|strong="H2005" to|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H7121" a|strong="H7121" disaster|strong="H7451" to|strong="H3068" strike|strong="H5221" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3427" here|strong="H2088". I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H7121" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" experience|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" curses|strong="H7043" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3063" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" read|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{26}The|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" sent|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3478" ask|strong="H1875" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H3541", Yahweh|strong="H3068", want|strong="H4270". Go|strong="H7971" and|strong="H3063" tell|strong="H8085" him|strong="H7971" that|strong="H8085" this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H3541", Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H8085" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H7971" Israelis worship|strong="H3478", say|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H7971" read|strong="H7121": 
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\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H3808" I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H4428" allow|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H7725" die|strong="H4191" and|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3808" buried|strong="H6912" peacefully|strong="H7965". I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H4428" cause|strong="H1697" a|strong="H7200" great|strong="H7451" disaster|strong="H7451" to|strong="H7725" strike|strong="H5221" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725" and|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3427" here|strong="H2088", but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w alive|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w*} see|strong="H7200" it|strong="H5921".” ’ ” 
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So|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" reported|strong="H7725" her|strong="H3605" reply|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{29}Then|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" summoned|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w places|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4428"\+w*} Judea|strong="H3061". 
\verseNumber{30}They|strong="H3068" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" together|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" many|strong="H5704" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3063" other|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4428" Levi|strong="H3881", from|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" least|strong="H6996" important|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" most|strong="H3068" important|strong="H5704" ones|strong="H1419". And|strong="H3063" while|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3068" listened|strong="H8085", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" read|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5704" them|strong="H7121" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" containing|strong="H8033" God’s|strong="H0430" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H5971" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H5971" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" stood|strong="H5975" next|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" pillar|strong="H5982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w entrance|strong="H6607"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*, \+w where|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w kings|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w stood|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w when|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w announced|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w important|strong="H5704"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" while|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" listening|strong="H8085", he|strong="H6213" repeated|strong="H1696" his|strong="H3605" promise|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" very|strong="H2088" sincerely|strong="H8549" and|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3605" obey|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" commands|strong="H4687" and|strong="H3068" regulations|strong="H3789" and|strong="H3068" decrees|strong="H2706" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1697" written|strong="H3789" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612". 
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\verseNumber{32}Then|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3605" everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3389" from|strong="H3389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w*} Benjamin|strong="H1144" should|strong="H6213" promise|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H6213" also|strong="H6213" would|strong="H6213" obey|strong="H6213" those|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451". And|strong="H3389" they|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605", agreeing that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H6213" would|strong="H6213" keep|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430", whom|strong="H0834" their|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" had|strong="H4672" worshiped|strong="H7812", had|strong="H4672" made|strong="H6213" with|strong="H1285" them|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{33}Josiah|strong="H2977" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w instructed|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w workers|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} remove|strong="H5493" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" detestable|strong="H8441" idols|strong="H1544" from|strong="H5493" everywhere|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3117" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5493" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" there|strong="H4672" should|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H5647" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H3605"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068". And|strong="H1121" as|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" Josiah|strong="H2977" was|strong="H3068" alive|strong="H2416", the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" did|strong="H3478" what|strong="H4100" was|strong="H3068" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" their|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H5647"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Josiah led them in celebrating the Passover Festival }
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\chapterNumber{35}Josiah|strong="H2977" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w*} celebrate|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" Passover|strong="H6453" Festival|strong="H2282" to|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H3519" Yahweh|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". So|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3068" slaughtered|strong="H7819" the|strong="H6213" lambs|strong="H3532" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" Passover|strong="H6453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Festival|strong="H2282"\+w*} at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" end|strong="H7093" of|strong="H3068" March|strong="H1980". 
\verseNumber{2}Josiah|strong="H2977" assigned|strong="H5656" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548" the|strong="H5921" tasks|strong="H5656" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" perform|strong="H6213" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" encouraged|strong="H2388" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" work|strong="H5656" well|strong="H3190". 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" were|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" ones|strong="H6918" who|strong="H3605" taught|strong="H3925" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971"; they|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H5647" dedicated|strong="H6944" to|strong="H3478" serve|strong="H5647" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Josiah|strong="H2977" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H5414", “Put|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" that|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w workers|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} David’s|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Solomon|strong="H8010" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" built|strong="H1129". But|strong="H6258" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w carry|strong="H4853"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w poles|strong="H0905"\+w*;} do|strong="H5647" not|strong="H5414" carry|strong="H4853" it|strong="H5414" on|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" shoulders|strong="H3802". And|strong="H1121" do|strong="H5647" your|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" work|strong="H5647" well|strong="H3190" for|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{4}Divide|strong="H2505" yourselves|strong="H5315" into|strong="H0413" clans|strong="H1004", obeying|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3559" instructions|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3478" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" wrote|strong="H3789". 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H5975" stand|strong="H5975" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5975" temple|strong="H1004", with|strong="H1004" one|strong="H1121" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5975" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" to|strong="H1121" help|strong="H5971" each|strong="H5971" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5975" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w bring|strong="H3881"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w offerings|strong="H8002"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{6}Slaughter|strong="H7819" the|strong="H6213" lambs|strong="H3532" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" Passover|strong="H6453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Festival|strong="H2282"\+w*}. Perform|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" rituals to|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H1697" yourselves|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" for|strong="H6213" doing|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" work|strong="H6213". Prepare|strong="H3559" the|strong="H6213" sacrifices|strong="H2077", doing|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1697" Moses|strong="H4872" to|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6213" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{7}Josiah|strong="H2977" provided|strong="H3557" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w own|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w flocks|strong="H6629"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w herds|strong="H1241"\+w*} 30,000 sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H1121" goats|strong="H5795" for|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Passover|strong="H6453" sacrifices|strong="H2077". 
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\verseNumber{8}His|strong="H5414" officials|strong="H8269" also|strong="H5971" voluntarily|strong="H5071" contributed|strong="H7311" animals|strong="H0929" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H5414" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" Levi|strong="H3881". Hilkiah|strong="H2518", Zechariah|strong="H2148", and|strong="H3967" Jehiel|strong="H3171", the|strong="H5414" officials|strong="H8269" who|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" in|strong="H1004" charge|strong="H5414" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004", gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" priests|strong="H3548" 2,600 lambs|strong="H3532" and|strong="H3967" 300 cattle|strong="H1241" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" sacrifices|strong="H2077" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" Passover|strong="H6453". 
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\verseNumber{10}Everything|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Passover|strong="H6453"\+w*} was|strong="H4428" arranged|strong="H6186": The|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4428" Levi|strong="H3881" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" places|strong="H1116" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" groups|strong="H7218", like|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H4687". 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H3548" they|strong="H3027" slaughtered|strong="H7819" the|strong="H7819" Passover|strong="H6453" lambs|strong="H3532". The|strong="H7819" priests|strong="H3548" sprinkled|strong="H2236" the|strong="H7819" blood|strong="H1818" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7819"\+w* \+w bowls|strong="H4219"\+w*} that|strong="H3548" were|strong="H3881" handed|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3027" them|strong="H3027", while|strong="H5704" the|strong="H7819" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3027" Levi|strong="H3881" removed|strong="H6584" the|strong="H7819" skins|strong="H5785" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7819" animals|strong="H0929". 
\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H3651" set|strong="H5414" aside|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5414" animals|strong="H0929" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" altar|strong="H4196", in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" various|strong="H2921" family|strong="H1004" groups|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", obeying|strong="H8085" the|strong="H5414" instructions|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" laws|strong="H8451" God|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" Moses|strong="H4872". They|strong="H3651" did|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5414" same|strong="H3651" thing|strong="H3651" with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" cattle|strong="H1241". 
\verseNumber{13}Obeying|strong="H8085" those|strong="H3605" regulations|strong="H4941", they|strong="H7323" roasted|strong="H1310" the|strong="H3605" lambs|strong="H1121" for|strong="H4941" the|strong="H3605" Passover|strong="H6453" over|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" fire|strong="H0784". And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H7323" boiled|strong="H1310" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w meat|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} sacred|strong="H6944" offerings|strong="H6453" in|strong="H1121" pots|strong="H5518" and|strong="H1121" kettles|strong="H1731" and|strong="H1121" pans|strong="H6745", and|strong="H1121" served|strong="H5647" the|strong="H3605" meat|strong="H1320" immediately|strong="H6965" to|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3605"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H5921" musicians|strong="H7891", who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Asaph|strong="H0623", stood|strong="H3559" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" places|strong="H1116", as|strong="H3588" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732", Asaph|strong="H0623", Heman|strong="H1968", and|strong="H1121" Jeduthun|strong="H3038" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" prophet|strong="H2374" had|strong="H1732" commanded|strong="H4687". The|strong="H5921" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" guarded|strong="H8104" the|strong="H5921" gates|strong="H8179" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*} did|strong="H1732" not|strong="H3588" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H5921" leave|strong="H5493" their|strong="H5921" places|strong="H1116", because|strong="H3588" their|strong="H5921" fellow|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" prepared|strong="H3559" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" eat|strong="H0398". 
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\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H6213" on|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" needed|strong="H1767" to|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" worshiping|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". They|strong="H3117" celebrated|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Passover|strong="H6453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Festival|strong="H2282"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3117" presented|strong="H6213" offerings|strong="H5930" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196", which|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6213" Josiah|strong="H2977" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H4687". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H6213" Israelis who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H3478" there|strong="H4672" celebrated|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" Passover|strong="H6453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Festival|strong="H2282"\+w*} on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H6213" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" celebrated|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" Festival|strong="H2282" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Eating|strong="H0398"\+w*} Unleavened|strong="H4682" Bread|strong="H4682". 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H3605" Passover|strong="H6453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Festival|strong="H2282"\+w*} had|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H3644" celebrated|strong="H6213" like|strong="H3644" that|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3427" Israel|strong="H3478" since|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" prophet|strong="H5030" Samuel|strong="H8050" lived|strong="H3427". None|strong="H3808" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" ever|strong="H3117" celebrated|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Passover|strong="H6453" like|strong="H3644" Josiah|strong="H2977" did|strong="H6213", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548", the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4428" Levi|strong="H3881", and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" there|strong="H3427" with|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{19}They|strong="H8141" celebrated|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" Passover|strong="H6453" Festival|strong="H2282" when|strong="H6213" Josiah|strong="H2977" had|strong="H2977" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" for|strong="H6213" almost|strong="H4592" 18 years|strong="H8141". 

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\verseNumber{20}After|strong="H5921" Josiah|strong="H2977" had|strong="H4428" done|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w restore|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w at|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004", King|strong="H4428" Neco|strong="H5224" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" went|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w*} to|strong="H3318" attack|strong="H5927" Carchemish|strong="H3751" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} alongside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Euphrates|strong="H6578" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}, and|strong="H4428" Josiah|strong="H2977" marched|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w*} to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{21}Neco|strong="H6549" sent|strong="H7971" some|strong="H3117" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H7971" Josiah|strong="H2977", to|strong="H7971" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921", “You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" there|strong="H3117" is|strong="H4100" certainly|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" quarrel|strong="H7378" between|strong="H4421" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3063" me|strong="H7971". My|strong="H5921" army|strong="H4421" is|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" attacking|strong="H5221" you|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808"; we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" attacking|strong="H5221" another|strong="H3808" army|strong="H4421", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}. God|strong="H3808" has|strong="H4428" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" hurry|strong="H4116". So|strong="H7971" stop|strong="H2308" opposing God|strong="H3808", who|strong="H3063" is|strong="H4100" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H7971". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H2308", God|strong="H3808" will|strong="H4428" get|strong="H7971" rid|strong="H7971" of|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" Josiah|strong="H2977" would|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440". Instead|strong="H3588", he|strong="H3588" disguised|strong="H2664" himself|strong="H6440" in|strong="H8085" order|strong="H1697" to|strong="H6440" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H6440" attack|strong="H3898" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w without|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w anyone|strong="H3588"\+w* recognizing \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w*}. He|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" any|strong="H4480" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H6440" what|strong="H1697" God|strong="H3808" had|strong="H3588" told|strong="H1697" Neco|strong="H5224" to|strong="H6440" say|strong="H6310". Instead|strong="H3588", he|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w his|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} went|strong="H5437" to|strong="H6440" fight|strong="H3898" Neco’s army|strong="H2428" at|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" plain|strong="H1237" of|strong="H1697" Megiddo|strong="H4023". 
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\verseNumber{23}Some|strong="H4480" Egyptian|strong="H4713" archers|strong="H3384" shot|strong="H3384" King|strong="H4428" Josiah|strong="H2977". He|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="H3588" officers|strong="H5650", “Take|strong="H5674" me|strong="H5674" away|strong="H5674" from|strong="H5674" here|strong="H6311" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H2470" badly|strong="H3966" wounded|strong="H2470".” 
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\verseNumber{25}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w*} Jeremiah|strong="H3414" composed|strong="H6969" a|strong="H5414" song|strong="H7891" to|strong="H5704" mourn|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5704" Josiah|strong="H2977", and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H7891" and|strong="H3478" women|strong="H7891" singers|strong="H7891" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" still|strong="H5704" mourn|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5704" Josiah|strong="H2977" by|strong="H5921" singing|strong="H7891" that|strong="H3605" song|strong="H7891". That|strong="H3605" became|strong="H3205" a|strong="H5414" custom|strong="H2706" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478"; the|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" song|strong="H7891" are|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5414" scroll|strong="H5612" of|strong="H3117" funeral songs|strong="H7892". 
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\verseNumber{26-27}A|strong="H1961" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" happened|strong="H1961" while|strong="H5704" Josiah|strong="H2977" ruled|strong="H4427", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6256" he|strong="H0834" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H0413" rule|strong="H4910" until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H0834" died|strong="H4191", including|strong="H5704" how|strong="H4100" he|strong="H0834" faithfully|strong="H0571" honored|strong="H3513" God|strong="H0430" by|strong="H0801" obeying|strong="H8085" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068", is|strong="H0369" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3967" Judah’. 

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\chapterNumber{36}Then|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" chose|strong="H0977" Josiah’s|strong="H2977" son|strong="H1121" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" and|strong="H1121" appointed|strong="H1121" him|strong="H4427" as|strong="H3389" the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4427" in|strong="H4427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{2}Jehoahaz|strong="H3099" was|strong="H1121" 23 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H1121" king|strong="H4427", but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3389" ruled|strong="H4427" from|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} three|strong="H7969" months|strong="H2320". 
\verseNumber{3}King|strong="H4428" Neco|strong="H6549" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w captured|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w him|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w*} prevented|strong="H5493" him|strong="H4428" from|strong="H5493" ruling|strong="H4910" any|strong="H3605" longer|strong="H5493". He|strong="H3389" also|strong="H4428" forced|strong="H4522" the|strong="H5493" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3389" pay|strong="H3701" him|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3389" tax|strong="H4061" of|strong="H4428" almost|strong="H4592" four|strong="H0702" tons of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3967" about|strong="H4428" 75 pounds|strong="H1993" of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{King|strong="H4428" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" }
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\verseNumber{5}Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" was|strong="H3068" 25 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H6213" ruled|strong="H4427" from|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H6213" 11 years|strong="H8141". He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" considers|strong="H7919" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451". 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H5927" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" attacked|strong="H5927" Jehoiakim’s|strong="H5927" army|strong="H5927". They|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w captured|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4428"\+w*} bound|strong="H0631" him|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" bronze|strong="H5178" chains|strong="H5178" and|strong="H4428" took|strong="H5927" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3212" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
\verseNumber{7}Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers|strong="H5650" also|strong="H3068" took|strong="H5414" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H3627" from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004"; they|strong="H3068" took|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" Babylon|strong="H0894" and|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Nebuchadnezzar’s} palace|strong="H1004" there|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{8}A|strong="H6213" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" happened|strong="H4672" while|strong="H5921" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" was|strong="H3478" ruling|strong="H4910", the|strong="H5921" detestable|strong="H8441" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213", including|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" evil|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" people|strong="H1121" said|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213", is|strong="H1697" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5921" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" Judah’. After|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w taken|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*}, his|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{King|strong="H4428" Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" }
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\verseNumber{9}Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" was|strong="H3068" 18 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3117" ruled|strong="H4427" from|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} three|strong="H7969" months|strong="H2320" and|strong="H1121" ten|strong="H6235" days|strong="H3117". He|strong="H3117" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7969" that|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considers|strong="H7919" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451". 
\verseNumber{10}During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" spring|strong="H8666" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" next|strong="H5921" year|strong="H8141", King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" sent|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H0935" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" Babylon|strong="H0894". They|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" took|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3068" Babylon|strong="H0894" many|strong="H7227" valuable|strong="H2532" things|strong="H5973" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Then|strong="H7971" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" appointed|strong="H4427" Jehoiachin’s|strong="H3112" uncle|strong="H1730", Zedekiah|strong="H6667", to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063". 

\BibleSectionHeading{King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" }
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\verseNumber{11}Zedekiah|strong="H6667" was|strong="H1121" 21 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H6667" king|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H1121" 11 years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{12}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H3808" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" consideredto be|strong="H3808" evil|strong="H7451". And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" humble|strong="H3665" himself|strong="H3665" when|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" prophet|strong="H5030" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" gave|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6440" a|strong="H6213" message|strong="H3068" from|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w warn|strong="H2094"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1571" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1571" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}. Zedekiah|strong="H6667" also|strong="H1571" rebelled|strong="H4775" against|strong="H4775" King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019", who|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" forced|strong="H4522" him|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H7650" using|strong="H5927" God’s|strong="H0430" name|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w loyal|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7725"\+w*}. Zedekiah|strong="H6667" became|strong="H7185" very|strong="H1571" stubborn|strong="H7185". 
\verseNumber{14}Furthermore|strong="H1571", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*} became|strong="H4603" more|strong="H7235" wicked|strong="H7563" again|strong="H1571", doing|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" detestable|strong="H8441" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" did|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3068" causing|strong="H7462" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" that|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" holy|strong="H6942" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H2930" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w an|strong="H3068"\+w*} unacceptable|strong="H4284" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w place|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w him|strong="H2930"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jerusalem|strong="H3389" was|strong="H3068" ruined|strong="H2930" }
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\verseNumber{15}Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5921" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w belonged|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*/\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}, gave|strong="H7971" messages|strong="H2372" to|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030" many|strong="H7227" times|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" prophets|strong="H5030" told|strong="H5046" those|strong="H5921" messages|strong="H2372" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063". Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H5971" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" pitied|strong="H2550" his|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3068" did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" his|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" destroyed|strong="H4229". 
\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" continually|strong="H3068" made|strong="H1961" fun of|strong="H3068" God’s|strong="H0430" messengers|strong="H4397". They|strong="H3068" despised|strong="H0959" God’s|strong="H0430" messages|strong="H1697". They|strong="H3068" ridiculed his|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030", until|strong="H5704" finally|strong="H5704" God|strong="H3068" became|strong="H1961" extremely|strong="H5704" angry|strong="H2534" with|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971", with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H5971" nothing|strong="H1697" could|strong="H1697" stop|strong="H2308" him|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w destroying|strong="H7843"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H3605" incited|strong="H5496" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylonia|strong="H3778" to|strong="H5927" attack|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w with|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w*}. They|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H2026" the|strong="H3605" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H2205" with|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3605" swords|strong="H2719", even|strong="H3808" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". They|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" spare|strong="H2550"/pity|strong="H2550" anyone|strong="H3605", young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H2205" or|strong="H3808" young|strong="H5288" women|strong="H1330" or|strong="H3808" old|strong="H2205" people|strong="H3808". God|strong="H5414" enabled|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5927" of|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" to|strong="H5927" kill|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{18}His|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5650" took|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3068" Babylon|strong="H0894" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1419" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H8269" used|strong="H3627" in|strong="H3068" God’s|strong="H0430" temple|strong="H1004"—big|strong="H0931" things|strong="H1419" and|strong="H3068" little|strong="H6996" things|strong="H1419", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H1419", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H1419" that|strong="H3605" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H8269". 
\verseNumber{19}They|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1004" they|strong="H3605" broke|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H3605" wall|strong="H2346" surrounding|strong="H5439" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". They|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" palaces|strong="H0759" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} and|strong="H1004" destroyed|strong="H7843" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" remaining|strong="H8300" valuable|strong="H4261" things|strong="H3605" there|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{20}Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers|strong="H5650" took|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" Babylon|strong="H0894" the|strong="H4480" remaining|strong="H8300" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2719" with|strong="H4480" their|strong="H1961" swords|strong="H2719". Then|strong="H1961" those|strong="H4480" people|strong="H1121" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H4480" king’s|strong="H4428" slaves|strong="H5650" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1540" son’s|strong="H1121" slaves|strong="H5650", until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4480"\+w*} king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H1121" Persia|strong="H6539" conquered|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{21}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w every|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w seventh|strong="H7637"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w must|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w not|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w plant|strong="H5193"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w fields|strong="H7704"\+w*; \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w must|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w allow|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w soil|strong="H0127"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H7673"\+w*. \+w But|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w done|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*. \+w So|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w after|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w* \+w destroyed|strong="H8074"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*,} the|strong="H3605" soil|strong="H0127" was|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H3068" to|strong="H5704" rest|strong="H7673". That|strong="H3605" continued|strong="H5674" for|strong="H5704" 70 years|strong="H8141", fulfilling|strong="H4390" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1697" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" and|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" had|strong="H3068" predicted|strong="H1696"/prophesied|strong="H5012" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{22}During|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H3605" Cyrus|strong="H3566" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539", in|strong="H8141" order|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1697" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1697" would|strong="H3068" occur|strong="H1961", Yahweh|strong="H3068" motivated|strong="H0834" Cyrus|strong="H3566" to|strong="H3068" write|strong="H3789" this|strong="H1697" and|strong="H3068" proclaim|strong="H5674" it|strong="H3615" throughout|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4438": 
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\verseNumber{23}“I|strong="H5414", Cyrus|strong="H3566", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539", declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w rules|strong="H4428"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" heaven|strong="H8064", has|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" ruler|strong="H6485" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kingdoms|strong="H4467" of|strong="H4428" this|strong="H1931" world|strong="H8398". And|strong="H3063" he|strong="H1931" wants|strong="H2656" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w command|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w my|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w workers|strong="H1129"\+w*} build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004" {a|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004" be|strong="H3068" built|strong="H1129"} for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063". Any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" living|strong="H3605" among|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539" are|strong="H5971" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" go|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". And|strong="H3063" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" pray|strong="H6419" that|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H5414".” 
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\BibleBook{Ezra}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of some of the people of Judah returning to Judah and rebuilding the temple. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Ezra }

\BibleSectionHeading{Cyrus let the Jews return to Jerusalem }
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\chapterNumber{1}During|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H3605" Cyrus|strong="H3566" ruled|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Persian|strong="H6542" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Empire|strong="H4438"\+w*}, he|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" fulfilled|strong="H3615" what|strong="H1697" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" had|strong="H3068" prophecied. Yahweh|strong="H3068" motivated|strong="H0834" Cyrus|strong="H3566" to|strong="H3068" write|strong="H3789" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697", and|strong="H3068" then|strong="H1571" Cyrus|strong="H3566" sent|strong="H5674" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697" throughout|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" empire|strong="H4438": 
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\verseNumber{2}“I|strong="H5414", King|strong="H4428" Cyrus|strong="H3566", who|strong="H3605" rule|strong="H4467" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Persian|strong="H6542" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Empire|strong="H4438"\+w*}, declare|strong="H5046" this|strong="H1931": 'Yahweh, the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w*/\+w rules|strong="H4428"\+w*} from|strong="H5921" heaven|strong="H8064", has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" ruler|strong="H6485" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kingdoms|strong="H4467" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w*} on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064". And|strong="H3063" he|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H6485" me|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1931"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w land|strong="H8064"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}All|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H4310" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" God|strong="H3068" may|strong="H1961" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H3478" rebuild|strong="H1129" this|strong="H1931" temple|strong="H1004" for|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" who|strong="H4310" lives|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w*} Israeli people|strong="H5971". I|strong="H3478" desire|strong="H8378"/hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H5971" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w who|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w go|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w there|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}Those|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1931" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" places|strong="H4725" where|strong="H8033" Israelis are|strong="H1004" living|strong="H1481", whose|strong="H8033" ancestors|strong="H0001" were|strong="H1004" exiled|strong="H1540" here|strong="H8033", should|strong="H4725" contribute|strong="H5068" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" gold|strong="H2091" to|strong="H3389" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" go|strong="H1980". They|strong="H8033" should|strong="H4725" also|strong="H3389" give|strong="H5375" them|strong="H5375" supplies|strong="H7399" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w they|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w for|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w journey|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. They|strong="H8033" should|strong="H4725" also|strong="H3389" give|strong="H5375" them|strong="H5375" some|strong="H8033" livestock|strong="H4735", and|strong="H3701" gifts|strong="H4979" of|strong="H1004" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H3389" help|strong="H5375" build|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" God|strong="H0430" in|strong="H1004" Jerusalem|strong="H3389".' ” 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H6965" God|strong="H3068" motivated|strong="H0834" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3063" ◄Levites|strong="H3881"/men|strong="H7218" who|strong="H3605" did|strong="H3068" work|strong="H4399" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004"► and|strong="H3063" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3881" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H5927" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Benjamin|strong="H1144" to|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". Those|strong="H3605" whom|strong="H0834" God|strong="H3068" motivated|strong="H0834" got|strong="H6965" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" build|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" for|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" there|strong="H5927". 
\verseNumber{6}All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3027" their|strong="H3605" neighbors|strong="H7934" helped|strong="H2388" them|strong="H5921" by|strong="H3027" giving|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5921" things|strong="H3605" made|strong="H2388" of|strong="H3027" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" things|strong="H3605" made|strong="H2388" of|strong="H3027" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H3701" supplies|strong="H7399" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" journey|strong="H1870", and|strong="H3701" livestock|strong="H4735". They|strong="H5921" also|strong="H3027" gave|strong="H2388" them|strong="H5921" other|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H4030" gifts|strong="H4979", and|strong="H3701" also|strong="H3027" gave|strong="H2388" them|strong="H5921" money|strong="H3701" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w buy|strong="H7069"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w building|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}King|strong="H4428" Cyrus|strong="H3566" brought|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5414" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar’s \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} had|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar’s gods|strong="H0430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}Cyrus|strong="H3566" commanded|strong="H6680" Mithredath|strong="H4990", the|strong="H5921" treasurer|strong="H1489" of|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w*} Persian|strong="H6542" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Empire|strong="H4438"\+w*}, to|strong="H3318" count|strong="H5608" all|strong="H5921" these|strong="H4428" items|strong="H3627" and|strong="H3063" then|strong="H3318" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3318" Sheshbazzar|strong="H8339", the|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w group|strong="H7235"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w was|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w going|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w return|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{9}This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3701" a|strong="H3701" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H4557" the|strong="H4557" items|strong="H3627" that|strong="H4557" Cyrus|strong="H3566" donated: 
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30 large|strong="H1419" gold|strong="H2091" dishes|strong="H7086" 
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1,000 large|strong="H1419" silver|strong="H3701" dishes|strong="H7086" 
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29 silver|strong="H3701" ◄censers|strong="H4289"/incense|strong="H7004" burning|strong="H2740" pans|strong="H3709"► 
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\verseNumber{10}30 gold|strong="H2091" bowls|strong="H3713" 
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410 silver|strong="H3701" bowls|strong="H3713" 
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1,000 other|strong="H4932" items|strong="H3627". 
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\verseNumber{11}All|strong="H3605" together|strong="H5973", there|strong="H5927" were|strong="H3627" 5,400 items|strong="H3627" made|strong="H3627" of|strong="H3627" silver|strong="H3701" or|strong="H3701" gold|strong="H2091", that|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H3627"\+w* \+w given|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w*} Sheshbazzar|strong="H8339" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5927"\+w*} take|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" when|strong="H5927" he|strong="H2568" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" others|strong="H0312" returned|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The list of groups that returned to Judah }
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\chapterNumber{2}King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar’s \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H1121"\+w*} had|strong="H4428" captured|strong="H7628" many|strong="H7227" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} people|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" taken|strong="H5927" them|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Babylonia|strong="H0894". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w later|strong="H0310"\+w*, } some|strong="H4480" Israeli peole returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Judah|strong="H3063". Some|strong="H4480" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H1121" some|strong="H4480" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w places|strong="H1116"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4428"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063". They|strong="H1540" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" towns|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" their|strong="H7725" ancestors|strong="H0001" had|strong="H4428" lived|strong="H3427". This|strong="H7725" is|strong="H5892" a|strong="H5927" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7725" groups|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" returned|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H5973" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4557" those|strong="H5973" groups|strong="H7218" were|strong="H3478" Zerubbabel|strong="H2216", Jeshua|strong="H3442", Nehemiah|strong="H5166", Seraiah|strong="H8304", Reelaiah|strong="H7480", Mordecai|strong="H4782", Bilshan|strong="H1114", Mispar|strong="H4558", Bigvai|strong="H0902", Rehum|strong="H7348", and|strong="H3478" Baanah|strong="H1196". 
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There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H3478": 
\verseNumber{3}2,172 descendants of Parosh 
\verseNumber{4}372 descendants of Shephatiah 
\verseNumber{5}775 descendants of Arah 
\verseNumber{6}2,812 descendants of Pahath-Moab, from the families of Jeshua and Joab 
\verseNumber{7}1,254 descendants of Elam 
\verseNumber{8}945 descendants of Zattu 
\verseNumber{9}760 descendants of Zaccai 
\verseNumber{10}642 descendants of Bani 
\verseNumber{11}623 descendants of Bebai 
\verseNumber{12}1,222 descendants of Azgad 
\verseNumber{13}666 descendants of Adonikam 
\verseNumber{14}2,056 descendants of Bigvai 
\verseNumber{15}454 descendants of Adin 
\verseNumber{16}98 descendants of Ater, whose other name was Hezekiah 
\verseNumber{17}323 descendants of Bezai 
\verseNumber{18}112 descendants of Jorah 
\verseNumber{19}223 descendants of Hashum 
\verseNumber{20}95 descendants of Gibbar. 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w People|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w whose|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w these|strong="H0428"\+w* \+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*:} 
\verseNumber{21}123 from Bethlehem 
\verseNumber{22}56 from Netophah 
\verseNumber{23}128 from Anathoth 
\verseNumber{24}42 from Azmaveth 
\verseNumber{25}743 from Kiriath-Jearim, Kephirah, and Beeroth 
\verseNumber{26}621 from Ramah and Geba 
\verseNumber{27}122 from Micmash 
\verseNumber{28}223 from Bethel and Ai 
\verseNumber{29}52 from Nebo 
\verseNumber{30}156 from Magbish 
\verseNumber{31}1,254 from Elam 
\verseNumber{32}320 from Harim 
\verseNumber{33}725 from Lod, Hadid, and Ono 
\verseNumber{34}345 from Jericho 
\verseNumber{35}3,630 from Senaah. 
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\verseNumber{36}Priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3548" returned|strong="H7725": 
\verseNumber{37}1,052 descendants of Immer 
\verseNumber{38}1,247 descendants of Pashhur 
\verseNumber{39}1,017 descendants of Harim. 
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The|strong="H1121" ones|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w rest|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1121"\+w*} tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878" who|strong="H1121" returned|strong="H7725" were|strong="H1121": 
\verseNumber{40}74 descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel, who were from the family of Hodaviah 
\verseNumber{41}128 singers who were descendants of Asaph 
\verseNumber{42}139 ◄gatekeepers/men who guarded the gates of the temple► who were descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai. 
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\verseNumber{43}The|strong="H1121" ◄temple|strong="H5411" workers|strong="H6466"/men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" would|strong="H0014" work|strong="H4399" in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" temple|strong="H5411"► who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" these|strong="H0428" men|strong="H1121": 
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Ziha|strong="H6727", Hasupha|strong="H2817", Tabbaoth|strong="H2884", 
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\verseNumber{44}Keros|strong="H7026", Siaha|strong="H5517", Padon|strong="H6303", 
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\verseNumber{45}Lebanah|strong="H3838", Hagabah|strong="H2286", Akkub|strong="H6126", 
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\verseNumber{46}Hagab|strong="H2285", Shalmai|strong="H8073", Hanan|strong="H2605", 
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\verseNumber{47}Giddel|strong="H1435", Gahar|strong="H1515", Reaiah|strong="H7211", 
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\verseNumber{48}Rezin|strong="H7526", Nekoda|strong="H5353", Gazzam|strong="H1502", 
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\verseNumber{49}Uzza|strong="H5798", Paseah|strong="H6454", Besai|strong="H1153", 
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\verseNumber{50}Asnah|strong="H0619", Meunim|strong="H4586", Nephusim|strong="H5300", 
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\verseNumber{51}Bakbuk|strong="H1227", Hakupha|strong="H2709", Harhur|strong="H2744", 
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\verseNumber{52}Bazluth|strong="H1213", Mehida|strong="H4240", Harsha|strong="H2797", 
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\verseNumber{53}Barkos|strong="H1302", Sisera|strong="H5516", Temah|strong="H8547", 
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\verseNumber{54}Neziah|strong="H5335", and|strong="H1121" Hatipha|strong="H2412". 
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\verseNumber{55}These|strong="H0428" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Solomon’s|strong="H8010" servants|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w*}: 
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Sotai|strong="H5479", Hassophereth|strong="H5618", Peruda|strong="H6514", 
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\verseNumber{56}Jaalah|strong="H3279", Darkon|strong="H1874", Giddel|strong="H1435", 
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\verseNumber{57}Shephatiah|strong="H8203", Hattil|strong="H2411", Pokereth-Hazzebaim|strong="H6380", and|strong="H1121" Ami|strong="H0532". 
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\verseNumber{58}Altogether|strong="H3605", there|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" 392 temple|strong="H5411" workers|strong="H6466" and|strong="H3967" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" servants|strong="H5650" who|strong="H3605" returned|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{59}There|strong="H1992" was|strong="H3478" another|strong="H5046" group|strong="H7235" who|strong="H3478" returned|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*} from|strong="H5927" Tel-Melah|strong="H8528", Tel-Harsha|strong="H8521", Kerub|strong="H3743", Addan|strong="H0135", and|strong="H3478" Immer|strong="H0564" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}. But|strong="H3808" they|strong="H1992" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" prove|strong="H5254" that|strong="H3478" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H3478" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{60}This|strong="H1121" group|strong="H7235" included|strong="H5475" 652 people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Delaiah|strong="H1806", Tobiah|strong="H2900", and|strong="H3967" Nekoda|strong="H5353". 
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\verseNumber{61}Hobaiah’s clan|strong="H4940", Hakkoz’s clan|strong="H4940", and|strong="H1121" Barzillai’s clan|strong="H4940" also|strong="H8034" returned|strong="H7725". Barzillai|strong="H1271" had|strong="H3548" married|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H1323" who|strong="H3548" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H3947" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Barzillai|strong="H1271" from|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5921" had|strong="H3548" taken|strong="H3947" for|strong="H5921" himself|strong="H7121" the|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7121" father-in-law’s clan|strong="H4940". 
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\verseNumber{62}The|strong="H4480" people|strong="H3808" in|strong="H4672" that|strong="H4480" group|strong="H7235" searched|strong="H1245" in|strong="H4672" the|strong="H4480" documents|strong="H5612" that|strong="H4480" had|strong="H4672" the|strong="H4480" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" ancestors|strong="H0001" of|strong="H4480" all|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" clans|strong="H4940", but|strong="H3808" these|strong="H0428" men’s|strong="H0120" names|strong="H8034" were|strong="H4672" not|strong="H3808" found|strong="H4672". So|strong="H4480" they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H4672" not|strong="H3808" permitted|strong="H5117" do|strong="H6213" the|strong="H4480" work|strong="H4399" that|strong="H4480" priests|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{63}The|strong="H5704" governor|strong="H8660" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5975" that|strong="H3548" they|strong="H3808" would|strong="H3548" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H5704" ask|strong="H7592" a|strong="H5975" priest|strong="H3548" to|strong="H5704" consult|strong="H3289" Yahweh|strong="H3068" by|strong="H5975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{◄\+w casting|strong="H4165"\+w*/\+w throwing|strong="H3027"\+w*} the|strong="H5704" sacred|strong="H6944" lots|strong="H1486"/stones|strong="H0068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w been|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w marked|strong="H8104"\+w*}►, to|strong="H5704" determine|strong="H7200" if|strong="H0518" those|strong="H1992" men|strong="H0376" were|strong="H6944" truly|strong="H3588" Israelis. When|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" priests|strong="H3548" did|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3548", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w stones|strong="H0068"\+w* \+w showed|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w were|strong="H6944"\+w* Israelis}, they|strong="H3808" would|strong="H3548" be|strong="H3808" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H5704" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H5704" shares|strong="H2256" of|strong="H3548" the|strong="H5704" sacrifices|strong="H6944" that|strong="H3548" were|strong="H6944" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" priests|strong="H3548". 
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\verseNumber{64}Altogether|strong="H3605" 42,360 Israeli people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{65}There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H5650" also|strong="H1571" 7,337 servants|strong="H5650" and|strong="H3967" 200 musicians|strong="H7891", both|strong="H8147" men|strong="H5650" and|strong="H3967" women|strong="H7891", who|strong="H5650" returned|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{66}The|strong="H3967" Israelis brought|strong="H0935" with|strong="H5483" them|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5483"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*} 736 horses|strong="H5483", 245 mules|strong="H6505", 
\verseNumber{67}435 camels|strong="H1581", and|strong="H3967" 6,720 donkeys|strong="H2543". 
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\verseNumber{68}When|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" clan|strong="H4940" leaders|strong="H7218" gave|strong="H5414" money|strong="H3701" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w supplies|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w needed|strong="H1767"\+w* } to|strong="H3068" rebuild|strong="H1129" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4349" where|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" previously|strong="H8543". 
\verseNumber{69}They|strong="H5414" all|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" as|strong="H5414" much|strong="H7227" money|strong="H3701" as|strong="H5414" they|strong="H5414" were|strong="H5414" able|strong="H3581" to|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414". Altogether|strong="H3162" they|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" 61,000 gold|strong="H2091" coins, ◄6,250 pounds|strong="H1993"/3,000 kg.► of|strong="H3548" silver|strong="H3701", and|strong="H3967" 100 robes|strong="H3801" for|strong="H3701" the|strong="H5414" priests|strong="H3548". 
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\verseNumber{70}Then|strong="H3548" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548", the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3427" Levi|strong="H3881", the|strong="H3605" musicians|strong="H7891", the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H5411" guards|strong="H7778", and|strong="H3478" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} people|strong="H5971" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3478" villages|strong="H2691" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w near|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. The|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" went|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" places|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3427" Israel|strong="H3478" where|strong="H4480" their|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3478" lived|strong="H3427". 

\BibleSectionHeading{They rebuilt the altar in Jerusalem }
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\chapterNumber{3}After|strong="H0310" the|strong="H5060" Israeli people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} had|strong="H3478" begun|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3478" their|strong="H5060" towns|strong="H5892", ◄in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5060" autumn|strong="H2779" of|strong="H1121"/after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H5060" hot|strong="H2552" season|strong="H6256" ended|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3478"► that|strong="H5971" year|strong="H7637", they|strong="H2320" all|strong="H3605" gathered|strong="H3478" together|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H6965" Jeshua|strong="H3442", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehozadak|strong="H3087", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" fellow|strong="H1121" priests|strong="H3548", and|strong="H1121" Zerubbabel|strong="H2216" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shealtiel|strong="H7597" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" friends|strong="H7453", all|strong="H5921" began|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" rebuild|strong="H1129" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" of|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430", the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H6965"\+w*}. They|strong="H5921" did|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3478" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3478" they|strong="H5921" could|strong="H6965" sacrifice|strong="H5930" burned|strong="H8313" offerings|strong="H5930" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921", according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" what|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" Moses|strong="H4872" had|strong="H3478" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" laws|strong="H8451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3-6}Even|strong="H1571" though|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" already|strong="H3528" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H0935" that|strong="H0834" area|strong="H1508", they|strong="H1992" rebuilt|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" place|strong="H4725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w previous|strong="H7223"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w*}. Before|strong="H6440" they|strong="H1992" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H0413" lay|strong="H7901" the|strong="H3605" foundation|strong="H3245" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w*} started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H0413" burn|strong="H8313" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. They|strong="H1992" offered|strong="H5927" sacrifices|strong="H2077" every|strong="H3605" morning|strong="H1242" and|strong="H3967" every|strong="H3605" evening|strong="H6153". Fifteen|strong="H2568" days|strong="H3117" after|strong="H0310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w started|strong="H2490"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w offer|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w these|strong="H0428"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" celebrated|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Festival|strong="H2282" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Living|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w Temporary|strong="H5521"\+w*} Shelters|strong="H5521", as|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*} had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w*}. Each|strong="H0376" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" offered|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" sacrifices|strong="H2077" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w were|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w required|strong="H7592"\+w*} for|strong="H3588" that|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117". In|strong="H0935" addition|strong="H5921", they|strong="H1992" presented|strong="H7126" the|strong="H3605" regular|strong="H8548" burned|strong="H8313" offerings|strong="H8002" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H8002" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w were|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w required|strong="H7592"\+w*} for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" New|strong="H2319" Moon|strong="H3394" Festivals|strong="H4150" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" festivals|strong="H4150" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" celebrated|strong="H6213" each|strong="H0376" year|strong="H8141" to|strong="H0413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068". They|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" brought|strong="H0935" other|strong="H0312" offerings|strong="H8002" only|strong="H0389" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" desired|strong="H2530" to|strong="H0413" bring|strong="H0935" them|strong="H5414", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w were|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w required|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w bring|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{They|strong="H1992" rebuilt|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" }
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" Israelis hired|strong="H7936" masons|strong="H2672" and|strong="H3701" carpenters|strong="H2796", and|strong="H3701" they|strong="H5921" bought|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w logs|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w from|strong="H4480"\+w*} cedar|strong="H0730" trees|strong="H6086" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Tyre|strong="H6876" and|strong="H3701" Sidon|strong="H6721" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H3701" they|strong="H5921" gave|strong="H5414" those|strong="H4480" people|strong="H5971" food|strong="H3978" and|strong="H3701" wine|strong="H3196" and|strong="H3701" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" logs|strong="H6086". They|strong="H5921" brought|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" logs|strong="H6086" down|strong="H5414" from|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w mountains|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w*} Lebanon|strong="H3844" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* Mediterranean \+w seacoast|strong="H3220"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w then|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w floated|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w along|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w coast|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Sea|strong="H3220"\+w*,} to|strong="H5921" Joppa|strong="H3305". King|strong="H4428" Cyrus|strong="H3566" permitted|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5414". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w logs|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w were|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w brought|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w Joppa|strong="H3305"\+w* inland \+w up|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H3605" Israelis started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3068" rebuild|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" ◄spring|strong="H6779"/time|strong="H8145" before|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" hot|strong="H2552" season|strong="H6256"► of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" second|strong="H8145" year|strong="H8141" after|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3068" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". Zerubbabel|strong="H2216" and|strong="H1121" Jeshua|strong="H3442" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" worked|strong="H4399" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" building|strong="H1129". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" ◄Levites|strong="H3881"/men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" did|strong="H3068" work|strong="H4399" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004"► supervised|strong="H5921" this|strong="H3068" work|strong="H4399". 
\verseNumber{9}Jeshua|strong="H3442" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" relatives|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" Kadmiel|strong="H6934" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121", who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hodaviah|strong="H1938", also|strong="H6213" helped|strong="H5826" to|strong="H5921" supervise|strong="H5329" the|strong="H5921" work|strong="H4399". The|strong="H5921" family|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Henadad|strong="H2582", who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" also|strong="H6213" all|strong="H6213" Levites|strong="H3881", joined|strong="H2266" with|strong="H1004" them|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" supervising this|strong="H6213" work|strong="H4399". 
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\verseNumber{10}When|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" builders|strong="H1129" finished|strong="H3615" laying|strong="H3245" the|strong="H5921" foundation|strong="H3245" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1964", the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548" put|strong="H3847" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3068" robes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H1121" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3068" places|strong="H3027", blowing|strong="H8628" their|strong="H3068" trumpets|strong="H2689". Then|strong="H5975" the|strong="H5921" Levites|strong="H3881", who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Asaph|strong="H0623", clashed/banged their|strong="H3068" cymbals|strong="H4700" to|strong="H3478" praise|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068", just|strong="H5975" as|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} told|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Asaph|strong="H0623"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w musicians|strong="H7891"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{11}They|strong="H3588" praised|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3478" thanked|strong="H1288" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3588" sang|strong="H1984" this|strong="H3588" song|strong="H7892" about|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921": 
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“He|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" very|strong="H1419" good|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5921"\+w*}! 
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He|strong="H3588" faithfully|strong="H2617" loves|strong="H0157" us|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" love|strong="H2617" us|strong="H5921" forever|strong="H5769".” 
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Then|strong="H6030" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" shouted|strong="H7321" loudly|strong="H1419", praising|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" finished|strong="H3615" laying|strong="H3245" the|strong="H3605" foundation|strong="H3245" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{12}Many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w old|strong="H2205"\+w*} priests|strong="H3548", Levites|strong="H3881", and|strong="H1419" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" families|strong="H1004" remembered|strong="H2142" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H2088"\+w*} the|strong="H7200" first|strong="H7223" temple|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1004"\+w*}, and|strong="H1419" they|strong="H3548" cried|strong="H1058" aloud|strong="H7311" when|strong="H7200" they|strong="H3548" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" foundation|strong="H3245" of|strong="H1004" this|strong="H2088" temple|strong="H1004" being|strong="H1004" laid|strong="H3245" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w new|strong="H2319"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w would|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w not|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w be|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w beautiful|strong="H3303"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w first|strong="H7223"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}. But|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" other|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5869" shouted|strong="H8643" joyfully|strong="H8057". 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H8085" shouting|strong="H8643" and|strong="H1419" the|strong="H8085" crying|strong="H1065" was|strong="H6963" very|strong="H5704" loud|strong="H1419"; \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} far|strong="H5704" away|strong="H7350" could|strong="H5234" hear|strong="H8085" it|strong="H3588". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Their enemies opposed rebuilding the temple }
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\chapterNumber{4}The|strong="H8085" enemies|strong="H6862" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="H7626"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H3478" Babylonia|strong="H0894" were|strong="H3478" rebuilding|strong="H1129" a|strong="H3588" temple|strong="H1964" for|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H8085" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" Israeli people|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3588" Zerubbabel|strong="H2216", Jeshua|strong="H3442", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" other|strong="H7605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} leaders|strong="H7218" replied|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3478" help|strong="H5826" us|strong="H3588" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H3588" temple|strong="H1004" for|strong="H3588" our|strong="H3068"(exc) God|strong="H3068". We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" it|strong="H3588" ◄ourselves|strong="H1129"/without|strong="H3808" your|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5826"► for|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" Israelis worship|strong="H3478", like|strong="H1004" Cyrus|strong="H3566", the|strong="H3588" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539", told|strong="H6680" us|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3068".” 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1129" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H1129" that|strong="H5971" land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1129"\+w* Israelis \+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w*} tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H5971" the|strong="H1129" Jews|strong="H3063" to|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" discouraged|strong="H7503" and|strong="H3063" become|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H3372", and|strong="H3063" to|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H5971" them|strong="H3027" to|strong="H1961" stop|strong="H2308" building|strong="H1129" the|strong="H1129" temple|strong="H1004". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Opposition|strong="H8569" to|strong="H5704" rebuilding|strong="H1129" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" }
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\verseNumber{8}Rehum|strong="H7348", the|strong="H5922" high|strong="H1116" commissioner|strong="H8269", and|strong="H4430" Shimshai|strong="H8124", the|strong="H5922" provincial secretary|strong="H5613", wrote|strong="H3790" the|strong="H5922" letter|strong="H5612" to|strong="H5922" King|strong="H4430" Artaxerxes|strong="H0783" concerning|strong="H5922" what|strong="H4100" was|strong="H4430" happening in|strong="H5922" Jerusalem|strong="H3390". 
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\verseNumber{11}This|strong="H1836" is|strong="H1768" what|strong="H1768" they|strong="H1768" wrote|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" letter|strong="H5612": 
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\verseNumber{13}“It|strong="H1934" is|strong="H1768" important|strong="H5704" for|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" to|strong="H3046" know|strong="H3046" that|strong="H1768" if|strong="H2006" they|strong="H1768" rebuild|strong="H1124" the|strong="H1768" city|strong="H7149" and|strong="H4430" finish|strong="H3635" building|strong="H1124" the|strong="H1768" walls|strong="H7792", they|strong="H1768" will|strong="H1768" stop|strong="H2308" paying|strong="H1576" any|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H4430" taxes|strong="H4061". As|strong="H1768" a|strong="H1934" result|strong="H6903", there|strong="H1768" will|strong="H1768" be|strong="H1934" less|strong="H0637" money|strong="H3701" in|strong="H4430" your|strong="H1768" treasury|strong="H0214". 
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“To|strong="H5922" Rehum|strong="H7348", the|strong="H5922" high|strong="H1116" commissioner|strong="H8269", and|strong="H4430" Shimshai|strong="H8124", the|strong="H5922" provincial secretary|strong="H5613", and|strong="H4430" their|strong="H3605" colleagues|strong="H3675" in|strong="H5922" Samaria|strong="H8115" and|strong="H4430" in|strong="H5922" other|strong="H0312" parts|strong="H3411" of|strong="H4430" the|strong="H5922" province|strong="H4082" that|strong="H1768" is|strong="H1768" west|strong="H3220" of|strong="H4430" the|strong="H5922" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\+w*} River|strong="H5103": I|strong="H1768" ◄send|strong="H7972" you|strong="H1768" my|strong="H5922" greetings/wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H1768" things|strong="H1697" will|strong="H1768" go|strong="H1980" well|strong="H3190" for|strong="H5922" you|strong="H1768"►. 
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\verseNumber{22}Do|strong="H5648" this|strong="H1836" immediately|strong="H6965" [LIT|strong="H0215"], because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H1836" do|strong="H5648" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H4270" those|strong="H1992" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5922" do|strong="H5648" anything|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5922" harm|strong="H2257" the|strong="H5922" things|strong="H1697"/area|strong="H1508" about|strong="H5922" which|strong="H4101" I|strong="H1836" am|strong="H1961" concerned|strong="H6485".” 
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\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H1768" result|strong="H6903" was|strong="H1934" that|strong="H1768" the|strong="H1768" Jews|strong="H3064" stopped|strong="H5975" rebuilding|strong="H1129" the|strong="H1768" temple|strong="H1005". They|strong="H1768" did|strong="H1934" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H1934" any|strong="H3605" more|strong="H3254" work|strong="H5673" to|strong="H5705" rebuild|strong="H1129" the|strong="H1768" temple|strong="H1005" until|strong="H5705" Darius|strong="H1868" became|strong="H1934" the|strong="H1768" King|strong="H4430" of|strong="H1005" Persia|strong="H6540". 

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\chapterNumber{5}At|strong="H3427" that|strong="H1768" time|strong="H6256" two|strong="H8147" prophets|strong="H5030" gave|strong="H5414" messages|strong="H2372" from|strong="H1768" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" Jews|strong="H3062" in|strong="H5922" Jerusalem|strong="H3390" and|strong="H2148" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5922"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3061". The|strong="H5922" prophets|strong="H5030" were|strong="H1768" Haggai|strong="H2292" and|strong="H2148" Zechariah|strong="H2148", who|strong="H1768" was|strong="H8036" a|strong="H1961" descendant|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1247" Iddo|strong="H5714". They|strong="H1768" spoke|strong="H1696" those|strong="H1768" messages|strong="H2372" representing God|strong="H0430", whom|strong="H1768" the|strong="H5922" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*/\+w belonged|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5922"\+w*}, the|strong="H5922" one|strong="H0259" who|strong="H1768" was|strong="H8036" their|strong="H3605" true|strong="H0571" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H1768" Zerubbabel|strong="H2217" and|strong="H1005" Shealtiel|strong="H7598" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w led|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} as|strong="H1768" they|strong="H1768" started|strong="H2490" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*} to|strong="H5974" rebuild|strong="H1124" the|strong="H1768" temple|strong="H1005" of|strong="H1005" God|strong="H0430" in|strong="H6966" Jerusalem|strong="H3390". And|strong="H1005" God’s|strong="H0430" prophets|strong="H5029" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Haggai|strong="H2292"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1005"\+w* \+w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\+w*} were|strong="H1768" with|strong="H5974" them|strong="H5974" and|strong="H1005" helped|strong="H5826" them|strong="H5974". 
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H0227" Tattenai|strong="H8674" the|strong="H5922" governor|strong="H6347" of|strong="H1005" the|strong="H5922" province|strong="H4082" west|strong="H3220" of|strong="H1005" the|strong="H5922" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\+w*} River|strong="H5103" and|strong="H1005" Shethar-Bozenai|strong="H8370" his|strong="H5922" assistant|strong="H8334" and|strong="H1005" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1005"\+w*} their|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H8269" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5922" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H1005" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" people|strong="H5971", “Who|strong="H4479" has|strong="H3068" permitted|strong="H5117" you|strong="H5922" to|strong="H5922" rebuild|strong="H1124" this|strong="H1836" temple|strong="H1005" and|strong="H1005" put|strong="H5414" furnishings|strong="H3627" in|strong="H5922" it|strong="H5922"?” 
\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H3660" also|strong="H3660" requested|strong="H7592" the|strong="H1768" people|strong="H1400" to|strong="H8036" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5414" the|strong="H1768" names|strong="H8036" of|strong="H1768" the|strong="H1768" men|strong="H1400" who|strong="H1768" were|strong="H1400" working|strong="H4639" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1400"\+w* \+w refused|strong="H3985"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}However|strong="H0389", God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H1934" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" Jewish|strong="H3062" leaders|strong="H7218", so|strong="H5705" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" were|strong="H1934" not|strong="H3809" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5922" prevent|strong="H6923" the|strong="H5922" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H4480" continuing|strong="H1641" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5922"\+w* \+w rebuild|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5922"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H3809"\+w* \+w continued|strong="H1934"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5922"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w while|strong="H5705"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H5705" report|strong="H8088" to|strong="H5922" King|strong="H4428" Darius|strong="H1868", and|strong="H1934" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H5922" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1934"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1994"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5922"\+w* \+w do|strong="H5922"\+w*} about|strong="H5922" it|strong="H5922". 
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\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H1768" Tattenai|strong="H8674" and|strong="H4430" Shethar-Bozenai|strong="H8370" and|strong="H4430" their|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H8269" sent|strong="H7972" a|strong="H7972" report|strong="H8088" to|strong="H5922" King|strong="H4430" Darius|strong="H1868". 
\verseNumber{7}This|strong="H1836" is|strong="H3606" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H3606" wrote|strong="H3790": 
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“King|strong="H4430" Darius|strong="H1868", we|strong="H3606" hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H3606" things|strong="H3606" are|strong="H5922" going|strong="H1980" well|strong="H3190" for|strong="H5922" you|strong="H5922"! 
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\verseNumber{9}“We|strong="H7593" asked|strong="H7593" the|strong="H1124" Jewish|strong="H3064" leaders|strong="H7218", ‘Who|strong="H4479" has|strong="H3068" permitted|strong="H5117" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H2942" rebuild|strong="H1124" this|strong="H1836" temple|strong="H1005" and|strong="H1005" put|strong="H5414" furnishings|strong="H3627" in|strong="H0935" it|strong="H5414"?’ 
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\verseNumber{11}“But|strong="H1768" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w instead|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1005"\+w* \+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w us|strong="H8421"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* leaders’ \+w names|strong="H8034"\+w*,} what|strong="H1768" they|strong="H3660" said|strong="H0559" was|strong="H1934", ‘We|strong="H1768" serve|strong="H5647" the|strong="H1768" God|strong="H0430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w created|strong="H1254"\+w*} the|strong="H1768" heaven|strong="H8065" and|strong="H4430" the|strong="H1768" earth|strong="H0776". Many|strong="H7690" years|strong="H8140" ago|strong="H6928" a|strong="H1934" great|strong="H7229" king|strong="H4430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w ruled|strong="H1934"\+w*} us|strong="H8421" Israeli people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1994"\+w*} build|strong="H1124" a|strong="H1934" temple|strong="H1005" here|strong="H6311", and|strong="H4430" now|strong="H4430" we|strong="H1768" are|strong="H1768" rebuilding|strong="H1124" it|strong="H1934". 
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\verseNumber{12}“'But God|strong="H0430", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w rules|strong="H4910"\+w*} in|strong="H5020" heaven|strong="H8065", allowed|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4481"\+w*} Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020", King|strong="H4430" of|strong="H4481" Babylonia|strong="H0894", to|strong="H1994" destroy|strong="H7843" that|strong="H1768" temple|strong="H1005", because|strong="H4481" our|strong="H4481" ancestors|strong="H0001" did|strong="H1994" things|strong="H5642" that|strong="H1768" caused|strong="H5414" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H1994" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734". Nebuchadnezzar’s army|strong="H2428" took|strong="H5020" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4481"\+w*} the|strong="H4481" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} people|strong="H5972" to|strong="H1994" Babylonia|strong="H0894". 
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\verseNumber{13}“'However, during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H1768" first|strong="H2298" year|strong="H8140" that|strong="H1768" Cyrus|strong="H3567" the|strong="H1768" King|strong="H4430" of|strong="H1005" Babylon|strong="H0894" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H2942" rule|strong="H4910", he|strong="H1768" decreed|strong="H2782" that|strong="H1768" the|strong="H1768" temple|strong="H1005" of|strong="H1005" God|strong="H0430" should|strong="H4430" be|strong="H1005" rebuilt|strong="H1124". 
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\verseNumber{15}“'The king|strong="H4428" instructed|strong="H6680" him|strong="H5922" to|strong="H5922" take|strong="H5376" the|strong="H5922" cups|strong="H1375" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5922" Jerusalem|strong="H3390", to|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" place|strong="H5182" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w which|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w taken|strong="H3947"\+w*}. He|strong="H1768" also|strong="H1571" decreed|strong="H2782" that|strong="H1768" they|strong="H1768" should|strong="H3068" rebuild|strong="H1124" the|strong="H5922" temple|strong="H1005" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5922" place|strong="H5182" where|strong="H1768" it|strong="H5922" had|strong="H1768" been|strong="H1961" before|strong="H5922". So|strong="H1768" Cyrus|strong="H3566" appointed|strong="H4150" Sheshbazzar|strong="H8339" to|strong="H5922" be|strong="H1005" the|strong="H5922" governor|strong="H6346" in|strong="H5922" Judah|strong="H3063". He|strong="H1768" also|strong="H1571" sent|strong="H7971" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H1994" things|strong="H1697" made|strong="H6213" of|strong="H1005" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H1005" silver|strong="H3701", for|strong="H5922" Sheshbazzar|strong="H8339" to|strong="H5922" put|strong="H5182" in|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" new|strong="H2319" temple|strong="H1005". 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H1768" Sheshbazzar|strong="H8340" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1768". He|strong="H1768" came|strong="H1768" here|strong="H6311" to|strong="H5705" Jerusalem|strong="H3390", and|strong="H1005" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w supervised|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w who|strong="H1768"\+w*} laid|strong="H3052" the|strong="H4481" foundation|strong="H3245" of|strong="H4481" the|strong="H4481" temple|strong="H1005". And|strong="H1005" since|strong="H1768" that|strong="H1768" time|strong="H6256", the|strong="H4481" people|strong="H5971" have|strong="H1768" been|strong="H1961" working|strong="H4639" on|strong="H5705" the|strong="H4481" temple|strong="H1005", but|strong="H1768" it|strong="H4481" is|strong="H1768" not|strong="H3809" finished|strong="H8000" yet|strong="H5750".’ 
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\verseNumber{17}“Therefore|strong="H5922", your|strong="H1768" majesty|strong="H1926", please|strong="H4994" order|strong="H4616" someone|strong="H0376" to|strong="H5922" search|strong="H1240" in|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" place|strong="H4725" in|strong="H5922" Babylon|strong="H0894" where|strong="H1768" the|strong="H5922" important|strong="H5704" records|strong="H1697" are|strong="H1768" kept|strong="H8104", to|strong="H5922" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H3318" whether|strong="H2006" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5922"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w true|strong="H0571"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1768"\+w*} King|strong="H4430" Cyrus|strong="H3567" decreed|strong="H2782" that|strong="H1768" God’s|strong="H0430" temple|strong="H1005" should|strong="H4430" be|strong="H1005" rebuilt|strong="H1124" in|strong="H5922" Jerusalem|strong="H3390". Then|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" can|strong="H1768" tell|strong="H5046" us|strong="H5922" what|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" want|strong="H4270" us|strong="H5922" to|strong="H5922" do|strong="H5922" about|strong="H5922" this|strong="H1836" matter|strong="H1836".” 

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This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H1768" what|strong="H1768" was|strong="H1459" written|strong="H3790" on|strong="H5921" that|strong="H1768" scroll|strong="H4040": 
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\verseNumber{3}“During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H1768" first|strong="H2298" year|strong="H8140" that|strong="H1768" Cyrus|strong="H3567" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ruled|strong="H4427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w empire|strong="H4438"\+w*}, he|strong="H1768" sent|strong="H7971" out|strong="H3318" a|strong="H7761" decree|strong="H2942" concerning|strong="H2942" the|strong="H1768" temple|strong="H1005" of|strong="H1005" God|strong="H0430" which|strong="H1768" is|strong="H1768" at|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3390". In|strong="H4430" the|strong="H1768" decree|strong="H2942" it|strong="H5414" was|strong="H4430" stated that|strong="H1768" a|strong="H7761" new|strong="H2319" temple|strong="H1005" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1005" built|strong="H1124" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H1768" same|strong="H2298" place|strong="H4725" that|strong="H1768" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1768"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} had|strong="H4430" offered|strong="H1684" sacrifices|strong="H1685", where|strong="H1768" the|strong="H1768" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{original} foundation|strong="H3245" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1005"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w first|strong="H2298"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1005"\+w*} was|strong="H4430". The|strong="H1768" temple|strong="H1005" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1005" 90 feet|strong="H7272" high|strong="H1116" and|strong="H4430" 90 feet|strong="H7272" wide|strong="H6613". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H4481" building|strong="H1129" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1005" made|strong="H6213" from|strong="H4481" large|strong="H1419" stones|strong="H0068". After|strong="H4481" putting|strong="H5414" down|strong="H3381" three|strong="H8532" layers|strong="H5073" of|strong="H4481" stones|strong="H0068", a|strong="H4481" layer|strong="H5073" of|strong="H4481" timber|strong="H6086" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1005" put|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4481" them|strong="H3052". This|strong="H4481" work|strong="H4399" will|strong="H1768" be|strong="H1005" paid|strong="H3052" for|strong="H1768" by|strong="H4481" money|strong="H3701" from|strong="H4481" my|strong="H4481" treasury|strong="H1005". 
\verseNumber{5}Also|strong="H4481", the|strong="H4481" gold|strong="H1722" and|strong="H1722" silver|strong="H3702" utensils|strong="H3984" that|strong="H1768" King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020" took|strong="H5312" from|strong="H4481" the|strong="H4481" temple|strong="H1005" of|strong="H4481" God|strong="H0430" in|strong="H5020" Jerusalem|strong="H3390" and|strong="H1722" brought|strong="H2987" to|strong="H3390" Babylon|strong="H0894" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1005" taken|strong="H5312" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3390" Jerusalem|strong="H3390". They|strong="H1768" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1005" put|strong="H5182" in|strong="H5020" God’s|strong="H0430" temple|strong="H1005" just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1768" they|strong="H1768" were|strong="H1768" in|strong="H5020" the|strong="H4481" previous|strong="H7223" temple|strong="H1005".” 
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\verseNumber{6}After|strong="H4481" reading|strong="H7121" this|strong="H4481", King|strong="H4428" Darius|strong="H1868" sent|strong="H7971" this|strong="H4481" message|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4481"\+w* Israeli \+w people’s|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w* \+w in|strong="H8536"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}: 
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“This|strong="H4481" is|strong="H1768" a|strong="H1934" message|strong="H1697" for|strong="H1768" Tattenai|strong="H8674", the|strong="H4481" governor|strong="H6347" of|strong="H4481" the|strong="H4481" province|strong="H4082" west|strong="H3220" of|strong="H4481" the|strong="H4481" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\+w*} River|strong="H5103", and|strong="H1934" for|strong="H1768" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w assistant|strong="H8334"\+w*} Shethar-Bozenai|strong="H8370", and|strong="H1934" for|strong="H1768" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H1768" colleagues|strong="H3675": Stay|strong="H3427" away|strong="H7352" from|strong="H4481" that|strong="H1768" area|strong="H1508"! 
\verseNumber{7}Do|strong="H5922" not|strong="H3808" ◄interfere with|strong="H5922"/hinder|strong="H4513"► the|strong="H5922" work|strong="H5673" of|strong="H1005" building|strong="H1124" the|strong="H5922" temple|strong="H1005" of|strong="H1005" God|strong="H0430"! The|strong="H5922" temple|strong="H1005" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1005" rebuilt|strong="H1124" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5922" same|strong="H1791" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5922" former|strong="H7223" temple|strong="H1005" was|strong="H1005". And|strong="H1005" do|strong="H5922" not|strong="H3808" hinder|strong="H4513" the|strong="H5922" governor|strong="H6347" of|strong="H1005" the|strong="H5922" Jews|strong="H3062" and|strong="H1005" the|strong="H5922" elders|strong="H7868" of|strong="H1005" the|strong="H5922" Jews|strong="H3062" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5922"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w this|strong="H1791"\+w* \+w work|strong="H5673"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{8}“Furthermore|strong="H1571", I|strong="H4481" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" must|strong="H4191" help|strong="H5826" these|strong="H4481" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4481" the|strong="H4481" Jews|strong="H3062" as|strong="H1768" they|strong="H1768" rebuild|strong="H1124" this|strong="H1791" temple|strong="H1005" of|strong="H4481" God|strong="H0430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w giving|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3052"\+w* funds \+w for|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w building|strong="H1124"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}“The|strong="H1768" Jewish|strong="H3064" priests|strong="H3549" in|strong="H1768" Jerusalem|strong="H3390" need|strong="H2818" young|strong="H1123" bulls|strong="H8450" and|strong="H8065" rams|strong="H1798" and|strong="H8065" lambs|strong="H3532" to|strong="H3390" sacrifice|strong="H2077" as|strong="H1768" they|strong="H1768" make|strong="H3809" burned|strong="H8313" offerings|strong="H5928" to|strong="H3390" the|strong="H1768" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1123" heaven|strong="H8065". You|strong="H1768" must|strong="H4191" give|strong="H3052" them|strong="H3052" the|strong="H1768" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H1768" they|strong="H1768" need|strong="H2818". Also|strong="H1571", you|strong="H1768" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1934" certain|strong="H0259" to|strong="H3390" give|strong="H3052" them|strong="H3052" the|strong="H1768" wheat|strong="H2591", salt|strong="H4416", wine|strong="H2562", and|strong="H8065" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w*} oil|strong="H4887" that|strong="H1768" they|strong="H1768" need|strong="H2818" each|strong="H0376" day|strong="H3118" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{10}If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H1768" do|strong="H8065" that|strong="H1768", the|strong="H1768" Jewish|strong="H3064" priests|strong="H3548" will|strong="H1768" be|strong="H1934" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H4430" offer|strong="H7127" sacrifices|strong="H5208" that|strong="H1768" please|strong="H4994" the|strong="H1768" God|strong="H0430" who|strong="H1768" is|strong="H1768" in|strong="H4430" heaven|strong="H8065", and|strong="H4430" they|strong="H1768" will|strong="H1768" pray|strong="H6739" that|strong="H1768" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H1768" bless|strong="H1288" me|strong="H0413" and|strong="H4430" my|strong="H4430" sons|strong="H1123". 
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\verseNumber{11}“If|strong="H0518" anyone|strong="H3606" disobeys this|strong="H1836" decree|strong="H2942", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H5922"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} will|strong="H1768" pull|strong="H2040" a|strong="H7761" beam|strong="H4500" from|strong="H4481" his|strong="H5922" house|strong="H1005". Then|strong="H1768" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3606"\+w* \+w sharpen|strong="H3913"\+w* \+w one|strong="H1836"\+w* \+w end|strong="H7093"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3606"\+w* \+w beam|strong="H4500"\+w*,} they|strong="H3606" will|strong="H1768" lift|strong="H5375" that|strong="H1768" man|strong="H0376" up|strong="H2211" and|strong="H1005" impale him|strong="H5922" on|strong="H5922" that|strong="H1768" beam|strong="H4500". Then|strong="H1768" they|strong="H3606" will|strong="H1768" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w completely|strong="H3617"\+w* \+w destroy|strong="H7843"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w man’s|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1005"\+w* \+w until|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} a|strong="H7761" pile|strong="H1530" of|strong="H4481" rubble|strong="H2721" is|strong="H1768" left|strong="H7604". 
\verseNumber{12}God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H1768" chosen|strong="H0977" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1005"\+w*} Jerusalem|strong="H3390" as|strong="H3606" the|strong="H3606" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H1768" people|strong="H5972" will|strong="H1768" honor|strong="H3519" him|strong="H5414" [MTY]. What|strong="H1768" I|strong="H1768" desire|strong="H8378" is|strong="H1768" that|strong="H1768" he|strong="H1768" will|strong="H1768" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1005" any|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4430" or|strong="H4430" any|strong="H3606" nation|strong="H1471" that|strong="H1768" tries|strong="H0974" to|strong="H2942" change|strong="H8133" this|strong="H1791" decree|strong="H2942" or|strong="H4430" tries|strong="H0974" to|strong="H2942" destroy|strong="H2255" that|strong="H1768" temple|strong="H1005" in|strong="H8133" Jerusalem|strong="H3390". I|strong="H1768", Darius|strong="H1868", have|strong="H7761" made|strong="H5648" this|strong="H1791" decree|strong="H2942". It|strong="H5414" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1005" obeyed|strong="H8085" quickly|strong="H4116" and|strong="H4430" thoroughly|strong="H3190".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{They|strong="H3606" completed|strong="H4390" and|strong="H4430" dedicated|strong="H6942" the|strong="H3606" temple|strong="H1005" }
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\verseNumber{13}Tattenai|strong="H8674", the|strong="H5675" governor|strong="H6347" of|strong="H4430" the|strong="H5675" province|strong="H4082", and|strong="H4430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H7972"\+w* \+w assistant|strong="H8334"\+w*} Shethar-Bozenai|strong="H8370" and|strong="H4430" their|strong="H3605" colleagues|strong="H3675" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w read|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5675"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4430"\+w*} immediately|strong="H6965" obeyed|strong="H8085" the|strong="H5675" decree|strong="H2942" of|strong="H4430" King|strong="H4430" Darius|strong="H1868". 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H4481" the|strong="H4481" Jewish|strong="H3062" leaders|strong="H7218" continued|strong="H5674" their|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w rebuilding|strong="H1124"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}. They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" greatly|strong="H3966" encouraged|strong="H2388" by|strong="H4481" the|strong="H4481" messages|strong="H2372" that|strong="H2942" the|strong="H4481" prophets|strong="H5029" Haggai|strong="H2292" and|strong="H4430" Zechariah|strong="H2148" preached|strong="H1696". The|strong="H4481" Israelis continued|strong="H5674" building|strong="H1124" the|strong="H4481" temple|strong="H1004", just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H3644" God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H4430" commanded|strong="H4481" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H2942" do|strong="H6213" and|strong="H4430" like|strong="H3644" King|strong="H4430" Cyrus|strong="H3567" had|strong="H4430" decreed|strong="H2782". 
\verseNumber{15}They|strong="H1768" finished|strong="H3319" building|strong="H1129" it|strong="H1932" on|strong="H5705" March|strong="H1980" 12, during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H1768" sixth|strong="H8353" year|strong="H8140" that|strong="H1768" King|strong="H4430" Darius|strong="H1868" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ruled|strong="H4427"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H5648" priests|strong="H3549" and|strong="H1005" the|strong="H5648" Levites|strong="H3879" and|strong="H1005" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H5648" other|strong="H0312" Israeli people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H1123" Babylon|strong="H0894" very|strong="H3966" joyfully|strong="H7321" dedicated|strong="H6942" the|strong="H5648" temple|strong="H1005". 
\verseNumber{17}During|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3606"\+w* \+w ceremony|strong="H5656"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5922"\+w*} dedicate|strong="H6942" the|strong="H3606" temple|strong="H1005", they|strong="H3606" sacrificed|strong="H2076" 100 young|strong="H5288" bulls|strong="H8450", 200 rams|strong="H1798", and|strong="H1005" 400 lambs|strong="H3532". They|strong="H3606" also|strong="H1571" sacrificed|strong="H2076" twelve|strong="H8648" male|strong="H6841" goats|strong="H5796" as|strong="H3606" an|strong="H3606" offering|strong="H7127" in|strong="H5922" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3606" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w would|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w forgive|strong="H5545"\+w*} the|strong="H3606" sins|strong="H2403" of|strong="H1005" the|strong="H3606" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1005" the|strong="H3606" twelve|strong="H8648" tribes|strong="H7625" of|strong="H1005" Israel|strong="H3479". 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H1768" the|strong="H5922" priests|strong="H3549" and|strong="H3792" Levites|strong="H3879" were|strong="H1768" divided|strong="H0914" into|strong="H0413" groups|strong="H7218" that|strong="H1768" would|strong="H0014" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w take|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w turns|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5922"\+w*} serve|strong="H5647" at|strong="H6966" the|strong="H5922" temple|strong="H1004". They|strong="H1768" did|strong="H6213" this|strong="H5922" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5922" what|strong="H1768" Moses|strong="H4873" had|strong="H1768" written|strong="H3792" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} in|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" laws|strong="H8451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w wrote|strong="H3789"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{They|strong="H1768" celebrated|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5922" Passover|strong="H6453" Festival|strong="H2282" }
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\verseNumber{19}On|strong="H6213" April 21, the|strong="H6213" Jews|strong="H3064" who|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1121" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894" celebrated|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" Passover|strong="H6453" Festival|strong="H2282". 
\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w To|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w qualify|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w themselves|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w offering|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H1121" Levites|strong="H3881" had|strong="H3588" already|strong="H3528" purified|strong="H2891" themselves|strong="H1992" by|strong="H3605" performing|strong="H6213" certain|strong="H0259" rituals. Then|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" slaughtered|strong="H7819" the|strong="H3605" lambs|strong="H1121" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" benefit|strong="H1576" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3588" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548", and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H3588" themselves|strong="H1992". 
\verseNumber{21}Those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" Babylon|strong="H0894" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1471" in|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" turned|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" their|strong="H3605" immoral practices|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H7725" worship|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1471", ate|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3605" Passover|strong="H6453" meal|strong="H7058". 
\verseNumber{22}They|strong="H3588" celebrated|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" Unleavened|strong="H4682" Bread|strong="H4682" Festival|strong="H2282" of|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Eating|strong="H0398"\+w*} Unleavened|strong="H4682" Bread|strong="H4682" for|strong="H3588" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". The|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H3820" throughout|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" were|strong="H3478" joyful|strong="H8055" because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" changed|strong="H5437" the|strong="H5921" attitude|strong="H3820" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" toward|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3478" as|strong="H3117" a|strong="H6213" result|strong="H6903", the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H2388" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" rebuild|strong="H1129" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H6213" whom|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}. 

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\chapterNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Many|strong="H7227"\+w*/\+w Fifty|strong="H2572"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w*} later|strong="H0310", while|strong="H5704" Artaxerxes|strong="H0783" was|strong="H1697" the|strong="H1697" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Persia|strong="H6539", I|strong="H1697", Ezra|strong="H5830" came|strong="H1697" from|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894" here|strong="H6311" to|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". I|strong="H1697" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1697" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Seraiah|strong="H8304" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1697" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Azariah|strong="H5838", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1697" great-grandson of|strong="H1121" Hilkiah|strong="H2518". 
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\verseNumber{13}“Ezra|strong="H5830", I|strong="H4481" command|strong="H2942" that|strong="H1768" when|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H2942" Jerusalem|strong="H3390", any|strong="H3606" of|strong="H4481" the|strong="H3606" Israeli people|strong="H5972" in|strong="H4437" my|strong="H4481" kingdom|strong="H4437" who|strong="H1768" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H2942" are|strong="H1768" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H2942" go|strong="H1946" with|strong="H5974" you|strong="H1768". That|strong="H1768" includes any|strong="H3606" priests|strong="H3549" and|strong="H4437" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4481" Levi|strong="H3878" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4437"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3606"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*} who|strong="H1768" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H2942" go|strong="H1946". 
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\verseNumber{24}We|strong="H1768" are|strong="H1768" also|strong="H1571" commanding|strong="H6680" that|strong="H1768" none|strong="H3809" of|strong="H1005" the|strong="H3606" priests|strong="H3549", descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1005" Levi|strong="H3878", musicians|strong="H7891", temple|strong="H1005" guards|strong="H7323", or|strong="H3809" other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1768" work|strong="H4399" in|strong="H5922" the|strong="H3606" temple|strong="H1005", will|strong="H1768" be|strong="H3809" required|strong="H7592" to|strong="H5922" pay|strong="H7999" any|strong="H3606" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H1005" taxes|strong="H4061".' 
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\verseNumber{25}“Ezra|strong="H5831", your|strong="H1768" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H1768" enabled|strong="H5414" you|strong="H1768" to|strong="H3046" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" wise|strong="H2450". Using|strong="H5927" that|strong="H1768" wisdom|strong="H2452", appoint|strong="H4483" men|strong="H0376" in|strong="H1768" the|strong="H3606" province|strong="H4082" west|strong="H3220" of|strong="H1768" the|strong="H3606" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\+w*} River|strong="H5103" who|strong="H1768" will|strong="H1768" judge|strong="H1934" cases|strong="H1697" involving|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3606" people|strong="H5972", and|strong="H2452" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1768" will|strong="H1768" judge|strong="H1934" cases|strong="H1697" involving|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3606" government|strong="H4951". You|strong="H1768" must|strong="H4191" appoint|strong="H4483" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1768" know|strong="H3046" the|strong="H3606" laws|strong="H1882" of|strong="H1768" your|strong="H1768" God|strong="H0430". All|strong="H3606" of|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" must|strong="H4191" teach|strong="H3046" God’s|strong="H0430" laws|strong="H1882" to|strong="H3046" others|strong="H0312" who|strong="H1768" do|strong="H1934" not|strong="H3809" know|strong="H3046" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{26}Everyone|strong="H3606" who|strong="H1768" does|strong="H5648" not|strong="H3809" obey|strong="H8085" God’s|strong="H0430" laws|strong="H1882" or|strong="H2006" the|strong="H3606" laws|strong="H1882" of|strong="H4481" my|strong="H4430" government|strong="H4951" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1934" punished|strong="H6485" severely|strong="H5953". Some|strong="H4481" of|strong="H4481" them|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1768" be|strong="H1934" executed|strong="H5648", some|strong="H4481" will|strong="H1768" be|strong="H1934" put|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5648" prison|strong="H1004", some|strong="H4481" will|strong="H1768" be|strong="H1934" sent|strong="H7971" out|strong="H5648" of|strong="H4481" the|strong="H3606" country|strong="H2022" or|strong="H2006" have|strong="H1934" all|strong="H3606" their|strong="H3606" property|strong="H0272" taken|strong="H3947" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H4481" them|strong="H5414".” 

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\verseNumber{27}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Artaxerxes|strong="H0783"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w kind|strong="H4327"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*, \+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w*}, “Praise|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5414" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*/\+w belonged|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*}! He|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3068" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H6286" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{28}Because|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H6440", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" advisors and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" powerful|strong="H1368" officials|strong="H8269" have|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" been|strong="H5927" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H6440". So|strong="H5927", because|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H2388" me|strong="H6440", I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" become|strong="H3027" encouraged|strong="H2388", and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w been|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} persuade|strong="H6601" some|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Israeli leaders|strong="H7218" to|strong="H3478" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H6440".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The clans that returned with Ezra to Jerusalem }
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\chapterNumber{8}This|strong="H5927" is|strong="H4428" a|strong="H5927" list|strong="H3187" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5927" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5927" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5927" clans|strong="H4940" who|strong="H4428" came|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H5973" up|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} from|strong="H5927" Babylonia|strong="H0894" when|strong="H5927" Artaxerxes|strong="H0783" was|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5927" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Persia|strong="H6539"\+w*}: 
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\verseNumber{2}Gershom|strong="H1647", from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1732" clan|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Aaron’s|strong="H0175"\+w* \+w grandson|strong="H1121"\+w*} Phinehas|strong="H6372" 
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Daniel|strong="H1840", from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1732" clan|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Aaron’s|strong="H0175"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} Ithamar|strong="H0385" 
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Hattush|strong="H2407", the|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shecaniah|strong="H7935", from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1732" clan|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" 
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\verseNumber{3}Zechariah|strong="H2148" and|strong="H3967" 150 \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" clan|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Parosh|strong="H6551" 
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\verseNumber{4}Eliehoenai|strong="H0454" the|strong="H5973" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zerahiah|strong="H2228" and|strong="H3967" 200 other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" clan|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Pahath-Moab|strong="H6355" 
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\verseNumber{5}Shecaniah|strong="H7935" the|strong="H5973" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jahaziel|strong="H3166" and|strong="H3967" 300 other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" clan|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Zattu|strong="H2240" 
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\verseNumber{6}Ebed|strong="H5651" the|strong="H5973" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3129" and|strong="H1121" 50 other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" clan|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Adin|strong="H5720" 
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\verseNumber{7}Jeshaiah|strong="H3470" the|strong="H5973" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Athaliah|strong="H6271" and|strong="H1121" 70 other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" clan|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Elam|strong="H5867" 
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\verseNumber{8}Zebadiah|strong="H2069" the|strong="H5973" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Michael|strong="H4317" and|strong="H1121" 80 other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" clan|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Shephatiah|strong="H8203" 
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\verseNumber{9}Obadiah|strong="H5662" the|strong="H5973" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehiel|strong="H3171" and|strong="H3967" 218 other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" clan|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097" 
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\verseNumber{10}Shelomith|strong="H8019" the|strong="H5973" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Josiphiah|strong="H3131" and|strong="H3967" 160 other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" clan|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Bani|strong="H1137" 
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\verseNumber{11}Zechariah|strong="H2148" the|strong="H5973" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bebai|strong="H0893" and|strong="H1121" 28 other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" clan|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w another|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w man|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w whose|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w name|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1121"\+w*} Bebai|strong="H0893" 
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\verseNumber{12}Johanan|strong="H3110" the|strong="H5973" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hakkatan|strong="H6997" and|strong="H3967" 110 other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" clan|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Azgad|strong="H5803" 
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\verseNumber{13}Also|strong="H8034" Eliphelet|strong="H0467", Jeuel|strong="H3273", and|strong="H1121" Shemaiah|strong="H8098", who|strong="H1121" returned|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H6311"\+w*} later|strong="H0310" with|strong="H5973" 60 men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" clan|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Adonikam|strong="H0140" 
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\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H1121" Uthai|strong="H5793" and|strong="H1121" Zaccur|strong="H2139" and|strong="H1121" 70 other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" clan|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Bigvai|strong="H0902". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Ezra|strong="H5830" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" others|strong="H0312" prepared|strong="H3559" to|strong="H1121" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" }
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\verseNumber{15}I|strong="H3117" gathered|strong="H6908" all|strong="H6908" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H4672" together|strong="H6908" at|strong="H2583" the|strong="H3117" canal|strong="H5104" that|strong="H5971" goes|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*} to|strong="H3117" Ahava|strong="H0163" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. We|strong="H3117" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H6908" our|strong="H5971" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H1121" stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" for|strong="H3117" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w During|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w time|strong="H3117"\+w*} I|strong="H3117" checked|strong="H6113" the|strong="H3117" lists of|strong="H1121" names|strong="H8034" and|strong="H1121" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H4672" that|strong="H5971" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H5971" priests|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w going|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3117"\+w*}, but|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w could|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w them|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w in|strong="H2583"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H7971" I|strong="H7971" summoned|strong="H7121" Eliezer|strong="H0461", Ariel|strong="H0740", Shemaiah|strong="H8098", two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H7218" whose|strong="H0834" names|strong="H8034" were|strong="H7218" Elnathan|strong="H0494", and|strong="H7971" Jarib|strong="H3402", Nathan|strong="H5416", Zechariah|strong="H2148", and|strong="H7971" Meshullam|strong="H4918", who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H7218" all|strong="H7971" leaders|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}. I|strong="H7971" also|strong="H1571" summoned|strong="H7121" Joiarib|strong="H3114" and|strong="H7971" another|strong="H0312" Elnathan|strong="H0494", who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H7218" wise|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{17}I|strong="H5921" sent|strong="H3318" them|strong="H5921" all|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" Iddo|strong="H5714", the|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1004" Levi|strong="H3878", who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1697" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H5921" Casiphia|strong="H3703" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, to|strong="H1696" request|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" he|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" his|strong="H7760" relatives|strong="H0251" and|strong="H1004" other|strong="H6310" men|strong="H7218" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H7760" worked|strong="H2388" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" send|strong="H3318" to|strong="H1696" us|strong="H5921" some|strong="H1697" men|strong="H7218" who|strong="H0834" would|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w go|strong="H3318"\+w*/\+w come|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w with|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*} work|strong="H1697" in|strong="H5921" God’s|strong="H0430" new|strong="H2319" temple|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{18}Because|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3027" was|strong="H3478" kind|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3478" us|strong="H5921", they|strong="H5921" brought|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" us|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3478" man|strong="H1121" named|strong="H5921" Sherebiah|strong="H8274" and|strong="H1121" 18 of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" other|strong="H0312" relatives|strong="H1121". Sherebiah|strong="H8274" was|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" very|strong="H2896" wise|strong="H7922" man|strong="H1121", a|strong="H3478" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Mahli|strong="H4249", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w grandson|strong="H1121"\+w*} of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878". 
\verseNumber{19}They|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1121" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H1121" us|strong="H5414" Hashabiah|strong="H2811", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H6242" Jeshaiah|strong="H3470", descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Levi’s|strong="H3878"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} Merari|strong="H4847", and|strong="H1121" 20 of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H4847" relatives|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{20}They|strong="H3605" also|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H5414" 220 other|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5414" work|strong="H5656" in|strong="H8034" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H5411". Those|strong="H3605" men’s|strong="H0120" ancestors|strong="H0001" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H3605" appointed|strong="H5414" by|strong="H5344" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H5414" assist|strong="H6677" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H8269" Levi|strong="H3881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w helped|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w in|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H5411"\+w*}. I|strong="H5414" listed|strong="H8034"/wrote|strong="H3789" the|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H8269" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{21}There|strong="H8033" alongside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Ahava|strong="H0163" Canal|strong="H5104", I|strong="H5921" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605" we|strong="H8033" all|strong="H3605" would|strong="H3477" ◄fast|strong="H6685"/abstain|strong="H5144" from|strong="H4480" eating|strong="H0398" food|strong="H3899"► and|strong="H6440" pray|strong="H7121". I|strong="H5921" also|strong="H2945" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605" we|strong="H8033" should|strong="H3068" humble|strong="H6031" ourselves|strong="H6031" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430". We|strong="H8033" prayed|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" would|strong="H3477" protect|strong="H8104" us|strong="H5921" while|strong="H5921" we|strong="H8033" traveled|strong="H5265", and|strong="H6440" also|strong="H2945" protect|strong="H8104" our|strong="H3605" children|strong="H2945" and|strong="H6440" our|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H7399"/belongings|strong="H5973". 
\verseNumber{22}Previously|strong="H4480" we|strong="H3588" had|strong="H4428" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3588" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3027" takes|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" truly|strong="H3588" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", but|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" becomes|strong="H3588" very|strong="H2428" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H5921" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" refuse|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5921" obey|strong="H8085" him|strong="H5921". So|strong="H4480" I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H4428" have|strong="H3027" been|strong="H3605" ashamed|strong="H0954" if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" had|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H7592" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5921" send|strong="H7971" soldiers|strong="H2428" and|strong="H4428" men|strong="H2428" riding|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" horses|strong="H6571" to|strong="H5921" protect|strong="H5826" us|strong="H5921" from|strong="H4480" our|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H3027" while|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3027" traveling|strong="H1980" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" road|strong="H1870". 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H2063" we|strong="H0587" ◄fasted|strong="H6684"/abstained from|strong="H5921" eating|strong="H0398" food|strong="H3899"► and|strong="H6684" requested|strong="H1245" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H5921" protect|strong="H8104" us|strong="H5921", and|strong="H6684" he|strong="H5921" ◄answered|strong="H6279" our|strong="H5921" prayers|strong="H6279"/did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H2063" we|strong="H0587" requested|strong="H1245".► 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H5921" gifts|strong="H4979" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" }
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\verseNumber{24}I|strong="H8147" chose|strong="H0977" twelve|strong="H8147" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H5973" leaders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H5973" priests|strong="H3548", Sherebiah|strong="H8274" and|strong="H3548" Hashabiah|strong="H2811" and|strong="H3548" ten|strong="H6235" of|strong="H8269" their|strong="H8147" relatives|strong="H0251". 
\verseNumber{25}I|strong="H4672" appointed|strong="H4150" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3478" supervise|strong="H5329" carrying|strong="H5375" to|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" the|strong="H3605" gifts|strong="H8641" of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3478" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" items|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" advisors and|strong="H3478" other|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H8269", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w living|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}, had|strong="H3478" contributed|strong="H7311" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{26}As|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" gave|strong="H5414" these|strong="H0428" various|strong="H2921" items|strong="H3627" to|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548", I|strong="H5921" weighed|strong="H8254" each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" items|strong="H3627". This|strong="H3027" was|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" total|strong="H3605": 25 tons of|strong="H3027" silver|strong="H3701", 100 items|strong="H3627" made|strong="H3627" from|strong="H5921" silver|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3627" altogether|strong="H3162" weighed|strong="H8254" 7,500 pounds|strong="H1993", ◄7,500 pounds|strong="H1993"/3,400 kg.► of|strong="H3027" gold|strong="H2091", 
\verseNumber{27}20 gold|strong="H2091" bowls|strong="H3713" that|strong="H3627" altogether|strong="H3162" weighed|strong="H8254" ◄19 pounds|strong="H1993"/8.6 kg.►, and|strong="H6242" two|strong="H8147" items|strong="H3627" made|strong="H3627" of|strong="H3627" polished|strong="H4803" bronze|strong="H5178" that|strong="H3627" were|strong="H8147" as|strong="H2532" valuable|strong="H2532" as|strong="H2532" ones|strong="H2896" made|strong="H3627" of|strong="H3627" gold|strong="H2091". 
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\verseNumber{28}I|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1992" priests|strong="H3548", “You|strong="H0859" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" ◄worshiped|strong="H7812"/also|strong="H3068" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068"►, and|strong="H3068" these|strong="H0428" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H6944" also|strong="H3068" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H3068". The|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" themselves|strong="H0905" gave|strong="H5414" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H6944" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H5071" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" ◄voluntarily|strong="H5071"/because|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H3068"►. 
\verseNumber{29}So|strong="H5704" guard|strong="H8104" them|strong="H6440" carefully|strong="H8104", and|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w we|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w arrive|strong="H0935"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", weigh|strong="H8254" them|strong="H6440" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548", the|strong="H6440" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" Levi|strong="H3881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H0312" Israeli leaders|strong="H8269" there|strong="H5704". They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" then|strong="H3068" put|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6440" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" storerooms in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" new|strong="H2319" temple|strong="H1004".” 
\verseNumber{30}So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3548" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3701" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" Levi|strong="H3881" took|strong="H6901" from|strong="H3881" me|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3548" gifts|strong="H4979" of|strong="H1004" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3701" the|strong="H3548" other|strong="H0312" valuable|strong="H3368" items|strong="H3627", in|strong="H1004" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3389" carry|strong="H5375" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3389" the|strong="H3548" temple|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 

\BibleSectionHeading{They|strong="H3389" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3389" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" }
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\verseNumber{31}On|strong="H5921" April 19, we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" the|strong="H5921" Ahava|strong="H0163" Canal|strong="H5104" and|strong="H3027" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3212" travel|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3212" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". Our|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3027" took|strong="H1961" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" us|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3027" while|strong="H1961" we|strong="H0587" traveled|strong="H5265", he|strong="H8147" prevented|strong="H6923" our|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" bandits|strong="H1416" from|strong="H5265" ◄ambushing us|strong="H5921"/suddenly|strong="H6597" attacking|strong="H5221" us|strong="H5921"►. 
\verseNumber{32}After|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", we|strong="H3117" rested|strong="H5117" for|strong="H3427" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{33}Then|strong="H3117" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" fourth|strong="H7243"/next|strong="H5921" day|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" went|strong="H3881" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004". There|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H1121" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" items|strong="H3627" were|strong="H1121" weighed|strong="H8254" and|strong="H1121" given|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548" Meremoth|strong="H4822", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Uriah|strong="H0223". Eleazar|strong="H0499" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Phinehas|strong="H6372" and|strong="H1121" two|strong="H1004" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881", Jozabad|strong="H3107" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jeshua|strong="H3442" and|strong="H1121" Noadiah|strong="H5129" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Binnui|strong="H1131", were|strong="H1121" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{34}They|strong="H6256" counted|strong="H4557" everything|strong="H3605", and|strong="H6256" wrote|strong="H3789" down|strong="H3789" how|strong="H4100" much|strong="H3605" they|strong="H6256" weighed|strong="H4948", and|strong="H6256" wrote|strong="H3789" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H3789"\+w* description \+w of|strong="H4557"\+w*} each|strong="H3605" item. 
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\verseNumber{35}We|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H5921" Babylonia|strong="H0894" offered|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3478" God|strong="H3068" sacrifices|strong="H5930" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196". We|strong="H3605" offered|strong="H7126" twelve|strong="H8147" bulls|strong="H6499" for|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" us|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121". We|strong="H3605" also|strong="H3068" offered|strong="H7126" 96 rams|strong="H0352" and|strong="H1121" 27 lambs|strong="H3532". We|strong="H3605" also|strong="H3068" sacrificed|strong="H2076" twelve|strong="H8147" goats|strong="H6842" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w atone|strong="H3722"\+w*} for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H3478". These|strong="H8147" were|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" completely|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{36}Some|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" us|strong="H5414" who|strong="H5971" returned|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*} took|strong="H5375" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" governors|strong="H6346" and|strong="H4428" other|strong="H5676" officials|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" province|strong="H4082" west|strong="H5676" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Euphrates|strong="H5104"\+w*} River|strong="H5104" the|strong="H5414" letter|strong="H5612" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H4428" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w read|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w letter|strong="H5612"\+w*,} they|strong="H5971" did|strong="H5971" all|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*} for|strong="H1004" us|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H4428" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H5414". 

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\chapterNumber{9}Some|strong="H5971" time|strong="H3478" later|strong="H0310", the|strong="H3548" Jewish|strong="H3064" leaders|strong="H8269" came|strong="H5066" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5066" and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559", “Many|strong="H3808" Israelis, and|strong="H3478" even|strong="H3808" some|strong="H5971" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w men|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w who|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5971"\+w*} descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H8269" Levi|strong="H3881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}, have|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" kept|strong="H8104" themselves|strong="H0905" from|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w*} the|strong="H3548" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H3478" this|strong="H3478" land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}. They|strong="H3808" are|strong="H5971" practicing|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3548" detestable|strong="H8441" things|strong="H8441" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3548" Canaan|strong="H3669", Heth|strong="H2845", Periz, Jebus|strong="H2982", Ammon|strong="H4125", and|strong="H3478" Amor people-groups, and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3548" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3478" Moab|strong="H4125" and|strong="H3478" Egypt|strong="H4713" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Specifically|strong="H0559"\+w*, \+w some|strong="H1992"\+w*} Israeli men|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1961" married|strong="H5375" women|strong="H1323" who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H1992" not|strong="H2088" Israelis, and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H1961" allowed|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5375" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3588" same|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H6944". So|strong="H1961" we|strong="H3588", God’s|strong="H0430" sacred|strong="H6944" people|strong="H5971", have|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" ◄contaminated/polluted|strong="H2490" in|strong="H1121" God’s|strong="H0430" sight|strong="H5869"►. And|strong="H1121" some|strong="H1992" of|strong="H1121" our|strong="H1961" leaders|strong="H8269" and|strong="H1121" officials|strong="H8269" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" first|strong="H7223"/worst|strong="H7451" ones|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088".” 
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\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H8085" I|strong="H1697" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w became|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w very|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w angry|strong="H2734"\+w*, \+w with|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w*} I|strong="H1697" tore|strong="H7167" my|strong="H8085" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H7218" tore|strong="H7167" some|strong="H1697" hair|strong="H8181" from|strong="H8085" my|strong="H8085" head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H7218" from|strong="H8085" my|strong="H8085" beard|strong="H2206". Then|strong="H2088" I|strong="H1697" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427", very|strong="H2088" shocked|strong="H8074"/dismayed|strong="H2865". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H8085"\+w* Israelis \+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w had|strong="H8181"\+w* \+w warned|strong="H2094"\+w* \+w us|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w he|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w would|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w us|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w we|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w disobeyed|strong="H6963"\+w*} what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H2088" had|strong="H8181" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H8085" us|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w marrying|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w women|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w not|strong="H2088"\+w* Israelis}. 
\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H1697"\+w*} many|strong="H5704" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" Israelis trembled|strong="H2730"/were|strong="H3478" afraid|strong="H2730" when|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5921" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3605" some|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3478" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H5921" Babylonia|strong="H0894" had|strong="H3478" sinned|strong="H2398" by|strong="H5921" disobeying the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1697" us|strong="H5921" Israelis like|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3605". They|strong="H5921" came|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" sat|strong="H3427" with|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" until|strong="H5704" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3478" time|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" offer|strong="H7126" the|strong="H3605" evening|strong="H6153" sacrifices|strong="H4503" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w grain|strong="H3605"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3068" time|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H7126" those|strong="H5921" sacrifices|strong="H4503", I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3068" still|strong="H5750" sitting|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3068", wearing|strong="H2296" those|strong="H5921" torn|strong="H7167" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H6965" mourning|strong="H0060"/sad|strong="H7451". I|strong="H5921" stood|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" then|strong="H6965" I|strong="H5921" quickly|strong="H4116" prostrated|strong="H7812" myself|strong="H0589" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H0776". I|strong="H5921" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H6965" my|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3709" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", 
\verseNumber{6}and|strong="H8064" this|strong="H3588" is|strong="H5771" what|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" prayed|strong="H6419": 
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“Yahweh|strong="H3068" my|strong="H7311" God|strong="H8064", I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H5704" ashamed|strong="H3637" to|strong="H5704" raise|strong="H7311" my|strong="H7311" head|strong="H7218" in|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H7218" you|strong="H3588". The|strong="H6440" sins|strong="H5771" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" Israelis have|strong="H5771" committed|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H8064"\+w* \+w very|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w great|strong="H1431"\+w*; \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H5771"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w*} have|strong="H5771" risen|strong="H7235" up|strong="H7311" higher|strong="H4605" than|strong="H7235" our|strong="H3588" heads|strong="H7218", and|strong="H8064" our|strong="H3588" guilt|strong="H5771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w committing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H5771"\+w*, \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H5771"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w*} rises|strong="H6965" up|strong="H7311" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" heavens|strong="H8064". 
\verseNumber{7}Since|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" our|strong="H5414" ancestors|strong="H0001" lived|strong="H3427" until|strong="H5704" now|strong="H3117", we|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3027" been|strong="H1961" very|strong="H2088" guilty|strong="H5771". That|strong="H3117" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H6440" reason|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" and|strong="H4428" our|strong="H5414" kings|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" our|strong="H5414" priests|strong="H3548" have|strong="H3027" been|strong="H1961" defeated|strong="H5221" by|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" other|strong="H2088" lands|strong="H4054". They|strong="H3117" killed|strong="H2719" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w our|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}, they|strong="H3117" captured|strong="H7628" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H3117"\+w*}, they|strong="H3117" robbed|strong="H1497" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H3117"\+w*}, and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w caused|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w all|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3027"\+w*} disgraced|strong="H0954", just|strong="H2088" like|strong="H5704" we|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" today|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{8}“But|strong="H1961" now|strong="H6258", Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" very|strong="H6258" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5414". You|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1961" allowed|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4592" of|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" ◄survive|strong="H7604"/continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427"►. You|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1961" revived|strong="H2421" our|strong="H3068" spirits|strong="H7307" [IDM] and|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" escape|strong="H6413" from|strong="H3068" being|strong="H1961" slaves|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" safely|strong="H0983" [IDM] to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3068" this|strong="H5414" sacred|strong="H6944" place|strong="H4725". 
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\verseNumber{10}“Our|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430", what|strong="H4100" more|strong="H3588" can|strong="H4100" we|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" now|strong="H6258" [RHQ]? In|strong="H5800" spite|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4687" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3588"\+w*}, we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H6258" disobeyed|strong="H6963" your|strong="H3588" commands|strong="H4687". 
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\verseNumber{13}“You|strong="H5414" punished|strong="H2820" us|strong="H5414" because|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1419" very|strong="H1419" guilty|strong="H5771" for|strong="H3588" having|strong="H3588" done|strong="H4639" wicked|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1419". But|strong="H3588" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5771" not|strong="H5414" punished|strong="H2820" us|strong="H5414" as|strong="H3588" much|strong="H1419" as|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" deserve|strong="H0376" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H5414" punished|strong="H2820". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w this|strong="H2063"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H5414", our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H5414", have|strong="H5771" allowed|strong="H5414" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" survive|strong="H6965". 
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\verseNumber{15}Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6440" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H6440" we|strong="H3588" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*/\+w belong|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*}, you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" fair|strong="H3303"/just|strong="H6662". We|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" guilty|strong="H0816". We|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" only|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" few|strong="H4592" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" escaped|strong="H6413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}, but|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3588", even|strong="H3588" though|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H2088" deserve|strong="H0376" to|strong="H3478" stand|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" presence|strong="H6440".” 

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\chapterNumber{10}While|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3478" kneeling|strong="H3766" down|strong="H5307" in|strong="H3478" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3478" praying|strong="H6419" and|strong="H3478" crying|strong="H1058", I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3478" confessing|strong="H3034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w committed|strong="H3478"\+w*}. Many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5971", men|strong="H3206" and|strong="H3478" women|strong="H0802" and|strong="H3478" children|strong="H3206", gathered|strong="H6908" around|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3478" also|strong="H3478" cried|strong="H1058" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H7227". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H6030" Shecaniah|strong="H7935", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehiel|strong="H3171" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Elam|strong="H5867", said|strong="H6030" this|strong="H2063" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5921": “We|strong="H6258" have|strong="H3426" disobeyed|strong="H4603" God|strong="H0430". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} us|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3426" married|strong="H3427" women|strong="H0802" who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" not|strong="H5971" Israelis. But|strong="H6030" we|strong="H6258" can|strong="H3426" still|strong="H3427" confidently|strong="H2388" expect|strong="H6960" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3426"\+w* \+w merciful|strong="H2603"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} us|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{3}We|strong="H6213" will|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605", and|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" others|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" an|strong="H6213" awesome|strong="H3372" respect|strong="H6437" for|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H3318" commanded|strong="H4687", tell|strong="H3605" us|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3318" do|strong="H6213". We|strong="H6213" will|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" God|strong="H0430" told|strong="H6213" us|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451". We|strong="H6213" will|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430", saying|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3605" we|strong="H6213" will|strong="H6213" divorce|strong="H7971" our|strong="H3605" wives|strong="H0802" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1992" not|strong="H6213" Israelis, and|strong="H6213" we|strong="H6213" will|strong="H6213" send|strong="H3318" them|strong="H1992" away|strong="H3318" with|strong="H1285" their|strong="H3605" children|strong="H3205". 
\verseNumber{4}◄It|strong="H5921" is|strong="H1697" your|strong="H5921" responsibility|strong="H5921" to|strong="H6213"/Because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1697" our|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H5387", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}. So|strong="H6213" get|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" be|strong="H1697" courageous|strong="H2388", and|strong="H6965" do|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w necessary|strong="H2706"\+w*}. We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1697" ◄support|strong="H2388" you|strong="H3588"/tell|strong="H5046" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" say|strong="H1697"►.” 
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\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H6213" I|strong="H1697" stood|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" demanded|strong="H7592" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548", the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H2088"\+w*} descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1697" Levi|strong="H3881", and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w other|strong="H2088"\+w*} Israeli people|strong="H5971" solemnly|strong="H7650" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H1697" would|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" Shecaniah|strong="H7935" said|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H1697" should|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213". So|strong="H6213" they|strong="H1697" all|strong="H3605" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H5674" we|strong="H3605" sent|strong="H5674" a|strong="H3389" message|strong="H3389" to|strong="H3389" all|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1121"\+w*} Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1121"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063", saying|strong="H6963" that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3063" returned|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*} should|strong="H3068" come|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3389" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" immediately|strong="H6965". 
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\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H1697" within|strong="H1004" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117", on|strong="H5921" December 19, all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Benjamin|strong="H1144" gathered|strong="H6908" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". They|strong="H3117" were|strong="H5971" there|strong="H3427", sitting|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" courtyard|strong="H2691" in|strong="H3427" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". They|strong="H3117" were|strong="H5971" trembling|strong="H7460" because|strong="H5921" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" raining hard|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3063" because|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3117" were|strong="H5971" worried|strong="H1672" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w would|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w done|strong="H1697"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H6965" I|strong="H5921" stood|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H5921", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w*} you|strong="H5921" men|strong="H3478" have|strong="H3478" committed|strong="H4603" a|strong="H3478" very|strong="H3966" bad|strong="H7451" sin|strong="H2403". You|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3478" married|strong="H3427" women|strong="H0802" who|strong="H3548" are|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3254" Israelis. By|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3478", you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3478" made|strong="H3478" us|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H3427" more|strong="H3254" guilty|strong="H0816" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w than|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w we|strong="H0587"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w before|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H6213" now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H5414" must|strong="H4191" confess|strong="H3034" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5414" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H5971" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*/\+w belonged|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*}, the|strong="H5414" sin|strong="H2403" which|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" must|strong="H4191" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" wants|strong="H2656". Separate|strong="H0914" yourselves|strong="H3068" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" nations|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3068" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5414" women|strong="H0802" from|strong="H4480" those|strong="H4480" nations|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H5971" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3068" married|strong="H3947".” 
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\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" group|strong="H7235" answered|strong="H6030", shouting|strong="H6963" loudly|strong="H6963", “Yes|strong="H3651", what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1697" is|strong="H1697" right|strong="H3651"! We|strong="H6213" will|strong="H1697" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1697".” 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H3588" then|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3117"\+w*} them|strong="H5975" said|strong="H1697", “But|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3588" very|strong="H2088" large|strong="H7227" group|strong="H7235", and|strong="H3117" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2088" raining hard|strong="H5971". Also|strong="H2088", there|strong="H2088" are|strong="H3117" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H3117" us|strong="H3588" who|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" committed|strong="H6586" this|strong="H2088" bad|strong="H7451" sin|strong="H2403". This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" ◄take|strong="H5975" care|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3117"/handle|strong="H8610"► in|strong="H3117" one|strong="H2088" or|strong="H3808" two|strong="H8147" days|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" stand|strong="H5975" here|strong="H2088" in|strong="H3117" this|strong="H2088" rain|strong="H1653". 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H4480" allow|strong="H4994" our|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H8269" to|strong="H5704" decide|strong="H8199" for|strong="H5704" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1697" us|strong="H4994" what|strong="H1697" we|strong="H5704" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H1697". Tell|strong="H3605" everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" has|strong="H1697" married|strong="H3427" a|strong="H5975" woman|strong="H5237" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H2088" not|strong="H2088" Israeli to|strong="H5704" come|strong="H7725" at|strong="H3427" a|strong="H5975" time|strong="H6256" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" decide|strong="H8199". They|strong="H5704" should|strong="H3068" come|strong="H7725" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" and|strong="H7725" judges|strong="H8199" from|strong="H4480" each|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". If|strong="H0518" we|strong="H5704" do|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605", our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H5892" stop|strong="H5975" being|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H4994" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w we|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w done|strong="H1697"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{15}Jonathan|strong="H3129" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Asahel|strong="H6214", Jahzeiah|strong="H3167" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Tikvah|strong="H8616", Meshullam|strong="H4918", and|strong="H1121" Shabbethai|strong="H7678", a|strong="H5975" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881", were|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" only|strong="H0389" ones|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" objected to|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2063". 
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\verseNumber{16}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" others|strong="H0312" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3548" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H1121" Babylonia|strong="H0894" said|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3117" would|strong="H1697" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213". So|strong="H3651" I|strong="H3117" chose|strong="H6213" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" clans|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3117" wrote|strong="H3789" down|strong="H3427" their|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034". On|strong="H3117" December 29, these|strong="H6213" men|strong="H1121" came|strong="H1697" and|strong="H1121" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" to|strong="H6213" investigate|strong="H1875" the|strong="H3605" matter|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{17}By|strong="H3117" March|strong="H1980" 27 of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" next|strong="H4283" year|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" finished|strong="H3615" determining which|strong="H3117" men|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3427" married|strong="H3427" women|strong="H0802" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3117" not|strong="H5704" Israelis. 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3427" married|strong="H3427" foreign|strong="H5237" wives|strong="H0802" }
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\verseNumber{18}This|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1121" a|strong="H4672" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4672" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4672" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3548" had|strong="H3548" married|strong="H3427" non-Israeli women|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4672" clans|strong="H4940" to|strong="H1121" which|strong="H3548" they|strong="H3548" belonged|strong="H1961". From|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4672" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Jeshua|strong="H3442" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H4672" brothers|strong="H1121", who|strong="H3548" were|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehozadak|strong="H3087", there|strong="H3427" were|strong="H1121" Maaseiah|strong="H4641", Eliezer|strong="H0461", Jarib|strong="H3402", and|strong="H1121" Gedaliah|strong="H1436". 
\verseNumber{19}They|strong="H5921" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" divorce|strong="H7971" their|strong="H5414" wives|strong="H0802", and|strong="H3027" they|strong="H5921" each|strong="H5414" sacrificed|strong="H2076" a|strong="H5414" ram|strong="H0352" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3027" an|strong="H5414" offering|strong="H4503" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w atone|strong="H3722"\+w*} for|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5414" sins|strong="H2403". 
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\verseNumber{20}From|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Immer|strong="H0564" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" Hanani|strong="H2607" and|strong="H1121" Zebadiah|strong="H2069". 
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\verseNumber{21}From|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8098" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Harim|strong="H2766" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" Maaseiah|strong="H4641", Elijah|strong="H0452", Shemaiah|strong="H8098", Jehiel|strong="H3171", and|strong="H1121" Uzziah|strong="H5818". 
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\verseNumber{22}From|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3458" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Pashhur|strong="H6583" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" Elioenai|strong="H0454", Maaseiah|strong="H4641", Ishmael|strong="H3458", Nethanel|strong="H5417", Jozabad|strong="H3107", and|strong="H1121" Elasah|strong="H0501". 
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\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4480" Levi|strong="H3881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w married|strong="H3947"\+w* non-Israeli \+w women|strong="H0802"\+w*} were|strong="H3881" Jozabad|strong="H3107", Shimei|strong="H8096", Kelaiah|strong="H7041" (whose|strong="H0834" other|strong="H0312" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H1931" Kelita|strong="H7042"), Pethahiah|strong="H6611", Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" Eliezer|strong="H0461". 
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\verseNumber{24}There|strong="H4480" was|strong="H3068" Eliashib|strong="H0475" the|strong="H4480" musician|strong="H5329". 
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From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" temple|strong="H1004" guards|strong="H7778" there|strong="H4480" were|strong="H7778" Shallum|strong="H7967", Telem|strong="H2928", and|strong="H7891" Uri|strong="H0221". 
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\verseNumber{25}This|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1141" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1141" other|strong="H0312" Israelis who|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3478" married|strong="H3947" foreign|strong="H5237" wives|strong="H0802": 
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From|strong="H3478" the|strong="H1141" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Parosh|strong="H6551" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H3478" Ramiah|strong="H7422", Izziah|strong="H3150", Malchijah|strong="H4441", Mijamin|strong="H4326", Eleazar|strong="H0499", Hashabiah|strong="H2811", and|strong="H1121" Benaiah|strong="H1141". 
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\verseNumber{26}From|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Elam|strong="H5867" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" Mattaniah|strong="H4983", Zechariah|strong="H2148", Jehiel|strong="H3171", Abdi|strong="H5660", Jeremoth|strong="H3406", and|strong="H1121" Elijah|strong="H0452". 
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\verseNumber{27}From|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Zattu|strong="H2240" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" Elioenai|strong="H0454", Eliashib|strong="H0475", Mattaniah|strong="H4983", Jeremoth|strong="H3406", Zabad|strong="H2066", and|strong="H1121" Aziza|strong="H5819". 
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\verseNumber{28}From|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3076" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Bebai|strong="H0893" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" Jehohanan|strong="H3076", Hananiah|strong="H2608", Zabbai|strong="H2079", and|strong="H1121" Athlai|strong="H6270". 
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\verseNumber{29}From|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Bani|strong="H1137" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" Meshullam|strong="H4918", Malluch|strong="H4409",, Adaiah|strong="H5718", Jashub|strong="H3437", Sheal|strong="H7594", and|strong="H1121" Jeremoth|strong="H3406". 
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\verseNumber{30}From|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1141" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Pahath-Moab|strong="H6355" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" Adna|strong="H5733", Kelal|strong="H3636", Benaiah|strong="H1141", Maaseiah|strong="H4641", Mattaniah|strong="H4983", Bezalel|strong="H1212", Binnui|strong="H1131", and|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519". 
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\verseNumber{31}From|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8098" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Harim|strong="H2766" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" Eliezer|strong="H0461", Ishijah|strong="H3449", Malkijah|strong="H4441", Shemaiah|strong="H8098", Shimeon|strong="H8095", 
\verseNumber{32}Benjamin|strong="H1144", Malluch|strong="H4409", and|strong="H1144" Shemariah|strong="H8114". 
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\verseNumber{33}From|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Hashum|strong="H2828" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" Mattenai|strong="H4982", Mattattah|strong="H4992", Zabad|strong="H2066", Eliphelet|strong="H0467", Jeremai|strong="H3413", Manasseh|strong="H4519", and|strong="H1121" Shimei|strong="H8096". 
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\verseNumber{34}From|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Bigvai|strong="H0902" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" Maadai|strong="H4572", Amram|strong="H6019", Uel|strong="H0177", 
\verseNumber{35}Benaiah|strong="H1141", Bedeiah|strong="H0912", Keluhi|strong="H3622", 
\verseNumber{36}Vaniah|strong="H2057", Meremoth|strong="H4822", Eliashib|strong="H0475", 
\verseNumber{37}Mattaniah|strong="H4983", Mattenai|strong="H4982", and|strong="H3967" Jaasu|strong="H3299". 
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\verseNumber{38}From|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Binnui|strong="H1131" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" Shimei|strong="H8096", 
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\verseNumber{39}Shelemiah|strong="H8018", Nathan|strong="H5416", Adaiah|strong="H5718", 
\verseNumber{40}Macnadebai, Shashai|strong="H8343", Sharai|strong="H8298", 
\verseNumber{41}Azarel|strong="H5832", Shelemiah|strong="H8018", Shemariah|strong="H8114", 
\verseNumber{42}Shallum|strong="H7967", Amariah|strong="H0568", and|strong="H3130" Joseph|strong="H3130". 
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\verseNumber{43}From|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1141" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Nebo|strong="H5015" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" Jeiel|strong="H3273", Mattithiah|strong="H4993", Zabad|strong="H2066", Zebina|strong="H2081", Jaddai|strong="H3035", Joel|strong="H3100", and|strong="H1121" Benaiah|strong="H1141". 
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\verseNumber{44}Each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1992" men|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3426" married|strong="H5375" a|strong="H7760" woman|strong="H5237" who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1121" not|strong="H7760" an|strong="H7760" Israeli. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w immediately|strong="H6965"\+w*} they|strong="H1992" divorced|strong="H1644" those|strong="H1992" women|strong="H1992" and|strong="H1121" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H1992" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" away|strong="H5375". 
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\BibleBook{NEHEMIAH}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of Nehemiah supervising the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem and of teaching the people the laws that God wanted them to obey. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Nehemiah }

\BibleSectionHeading{Nehemiah’s prayer }
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\chapterNumber{1}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w*} Nehemiah|strong="H5166", the|strong="H1697" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hacaliah|strong="H2446". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w writing|strong="H3791"\+w*} this|strong="H1697" account|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w I|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w did|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w when|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w I|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*. \+w After|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Artaxerxes|strong="H0783"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w ruling|strong="H4910"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Persian|strong="H6542"\+w* \+w Empire|strong="H4438"\+w*} for|strong="H1121" almost|strong="H4592" 20 years|strong="H8141", near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H1697" end|strong="H7093" of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H1697" year|strong="H8141", I|strong="H1697" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8141" Susa|strong="H7800", the|strong="H1697" capital|strong="H3805" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Persia|strong="H6539"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{2}My|strong="H5921" brother|strong="H0251" Hanani|strong="H2607" came|strong="H3063" to|strong="H5921" visit|strong="H6485" me|strong="H5921". He|strong="H1931" and|strong="H3063" some|strong="H4480" other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H0376" had|strong="H3063" just|strong="H3512" returned|strong="H3064" from|strong="H4480" Judah|strong="H3063". I|strong="H5921" queried them|strong="H5921" about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Jews|strong="H3064" who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H3063" living|strong="H2416" there|strong="H4480", whose|strong="H3064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w parents|strong="H0001"\+w*} had|strong="H3063" been|strong="H1961" ◄exiled|strong="H1540"/taken|strong="H7628" forcefully► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H4480"\+w*}. I|strong="H5921" also|strong="H3389" asked|strong="H7592" them|strong="H5921" about|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1931"\+w* happening \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w*} Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{3}They|strong="H8033" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3389" me|strong="H4480", “The|strong="H4480" Jews|strong="H3064" in|strong="H7604" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" who|strong="H7604" returned|strong="H7725" there|strong="H8033" from|strong="H4480" Babylonia|strong="H0894" are|strong="H8179" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H7604" a|strong="H4480" very|strong="H1419" difficult|strong="H1419" situation|strong="H4186". The|strong="H4480" walls|strong="H2346" of|strong="H8179" the|strong="H4480" city|strong="H8179" have|strong="H3389" been|strong="H1961" broken|strong="H6555" down|strong="H6555", and|strong="H1419" even|strong="H1571" the|strong="H4480" city|strong="H8179" gates|strong="H8179" have|strong="H3389" been|strong="H1961" burned|strong="H3341" down|strong="H6555".” 
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\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3117" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3117", I|strong="H3117" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" and|strong="H3117" cried|strong="H1058". For|strong="H6440" several|strong="H2669" days|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" mourned|strong="H1058", and|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" ◄fasted|strong="H6684"/abstained from|strong="H6440" eating|strong="H0398" food|strong="H3899"►, and|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H1961" our|strong="H8085" God|strong="H8064", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3117"\+w*/\+w rules|strong="H4910"\+w*} in|strong="H3427" heaven|strong="H8064". 
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\verseNumber{7}We|strong="H0587" have|strong="H5650" acted|strong="H2254" very|strong="H2254" wickedly|strong="H7561". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Many|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w ago|strong="H7350"\+w*} your|strong="H8104" servant|strong="H5650" Moses|strong="H4872" gave|strong="H6680" us|strong="H5414" your|strong="H8104" laws|strong="H2706" and|strong="H4872" all|strong="H6680" the|strong="H8104" things|strong="H4687" you|strong="H6680" commanded|strong="H6680" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H8104" do|strong="H6680" [DOU], but|strong="H3808" we|strong="H0587" have|strong="H5650" not|strong="H3808" obeyed|strong="H8104"/done|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6680". 
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\verseNumber{8}“But|strong="H5971" please|strong="H4994" remember|strong="H2142" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6680" told|strong="H6680" your|strong="H6680" servant|strong="H5650" Moses|strong="H4872". You|strong="H6680" said|strong="H1697", ‘If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H6680" sin|strong="H2403", I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H5971" scatter|strong="H6327" you|strong="H6680" among|strong="H5971" the|strong="H6680" ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w heathen|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w nations|strong="H5971"\+w*/\+w nations|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w not|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w believe|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w me|strong="H4994"\+w*}►. 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H1961" if|strong="H1961" you|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7725" obey|strong="H6213" my|strong="H8104" commands|strong="H4687", even|strong="H6213" if|strong="H1961" you|strong="H7725" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" exiled|strong="H1540" to|strong="H7725" very|strong="H6213" remote|strong="H7097"/distant|strong="H7350" places|strong="H4725" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6213" earth|strong="H8064", I|strong="H6213" will|strong="H1961" bring|strong="H7725" you|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" here|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H8064"\+w*}, the|strong="H6213" land|strong="H4725" that|strong="H6213" I|strong="H6213" [MTY] have|strong="H1961" chosen|strong="H0977" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H1961" honored|strong="H3513" in|strong="H6213".’ 
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\verseNumber{10}“We|strong="H0587" are|strong="H1992" your|strong="H3027" servants|strong="H5650". We|strong="H0587" are|strong="H1992" the|strong="H3027" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H1992" you|strong="H3027" brought|strong="H5650" here|strong="H6311" by|strong="H3027" your|strong="H3027" very|strong="H1419" great|strong="H1419" power|strong="H3027" [MTY, DOU] 
\verseNumber{11}Yahweh|strong="H3068", please|strong="H4994" hear|strong="H8085" this|strong="H2088" prayer|strong="H8605" of|strong="H4428" mine|strong="H5414", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" prayers|strong="H8605" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5650" are|strong="H3117" delighted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H1961" revere|strong="H3372" you|strong="H5414" [MTY]. Today|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" go|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428", to|strong="H1961" request|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" do|strong="H4994" me|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H6440" favor|strong="H6440". Please|strong="H4994" motivate him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" act|strong="H4994" kindly|strong="H6440" toward|strong="H6440" me|strong="H5414", in|strong="H4428" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" successful|strong="H6743" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* obtaining \+w what|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w*}.” 
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At|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", I|strong="H3117" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H6440" one|strong="H2088" whose|strong="H5650" work|strong="H5414" was|strong="H8034" to|strong="H1961" taste|strong="H2938" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" food|strong="H3899" and|strong="H4428" drink|strong="H4945" before|strong="H6440" it|strong="H5414" was|strong="H8034" served|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w sure|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w no|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w one|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w put|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w poison|strong="H2534"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Artaxerses allowed Nehemiah to go to Jerusalem }
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\chapterNumber{2}After|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Artaxerxes|strong="H0783" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w ruling|strong="H4910"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Persian|strong="H6542"\+w* \+w Empire|strong="H4438"\+w*} for|strong="H6440" almost|strong="H4592" 20 years|strong="H8141", ◄during|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" spring|strong="H6779"/before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" hot|strong="H2552" season|strong="H6256"► of|strong="H4428" that|strong="H5414" year|strong="H8141", when|strong="H1961" it|strong="H5414" was|strong="H1961" time|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1961" serve|strong="H1961" wine|strong="H3196" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w during|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w feast|strong="H2282"\+w*}, I|strong="H5414" took|strong="H5375" the|strong="H6440" wine|strong="H3196" and|strong="H6242" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5414". I|strong="H5414" had|strong="H1961" never|strong="H3808" looked|strong="H5375" sad|strong="H7451" when|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5414" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8141" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" him|strong="H5414" before|strong="H6440", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w on|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w day|strong="H2320"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w looked|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w sad|strong="H7451"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H3966" he|strong="H3588" asked|strong="H2470" me|strong="H6440", “Why|strong="H4069" are|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3588" sad|strong="H7451"? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4428" not|strong="H2088" sick|strong="H2470". It|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H3820" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4428" troubled|strong="H3966" about|strong="H4428" something|strong="H1697".” Then|strong="H2088" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3820" very|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w not|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w proper|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w sad|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w came|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*} (OR|strong="H4428", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w worried|strong="H1672"\+w* \+w what|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w would|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w do|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w if|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w refused|strong="H3985"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w do|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w what|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w about|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w request|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w do|strong="H2088"\+w*}). 
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\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H3808" replied|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H6440" majesty|strong="H1926", I|strong="H3808" hope|strong="H3176" you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H4428" live|strong="H2421" a|strong="H6440" very|strong="H7489" long|strong="H5769" time|strong="H5769"! But|strong="H3808" ◄how|strong="H4069" can|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" prevent|strong="H6923" myself|strong="H0589" from|strong="H6440" being|strong="H1004" sad|strong="H7489", because|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H1004" my|strong="H6440" ancestors|strong="H0001" are|strong="H5892" buried|strong="H6912" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w has|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w been|strong="H5769"\+w* \+w destroyed|strong="H2717"\+w*} and|strong="H4428" is|strong="H5892" in|strong="H1004" ruins|strong="H5892"?/I|strong="H3808" cannot|strong="H3808" keep|strong="H2421" myself|strong="H0589" from|strong="H6440" looking|strong="H2370" sad|strong="H7489", because|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H1004" my|strong="H6440" ancestors|strong="H0001" are|strong="H5892" buried|strong="H6912" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w has|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w been|strong="H5769"\+w* \+w destroyed|strong="H2717"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4428"\+w*} is|strong="H5892" in|strong="H1004" ruins|strong="H5892".► [RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Even|strong="H3808"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892" gates|strong="H8179" have|strong="H5892" been|strong="H5769" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313".” 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" replied|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5921" want|strong="H1245" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w*}?” 
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I|strong="H5921" prayed|strong="H6419" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w silently|strong="H1748"\+w*} to|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5921" God|strong="H8064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w is|strong="H2088"\+w*/\+w rules|strong="H4428"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" heaven|strong="H8064". 
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\verseNumber{6}While|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" queen|strong="H7694" was|strong="H1961" sitting|strong="H3427" beside|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428", he|strong="H5704" asked|strong="H7971", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{“\+w If|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w allow|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w go|strong="H7971"\+w*,} how|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" will|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414" be|strong="H1961" gone|strong="H1961"? When|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414" return|strong="H7725"?” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w how|strong="H4970"\+w* \+w long|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w would|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w gone|strong="H1961"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H7971"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" gave|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" permission|strong="H7971" to|strong="H5704" go|strong="H7971", and|strong="H7971" I|strong="H5414" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5414" what|strong="H4100" day|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w leave|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{7}I|strong="H5414" also|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H4428" willing|strong="H0014" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H2895" it|strong="H5414", write|strong="H3789" letters|strong="H5612" for|strong="H5704" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" take|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" governors|strong="H6346" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" province|strong="H4082" west|strong="H5676" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Euphrates|strong="H5104"\+w*} River|strong="H5104". Tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" travel|strong="H5674" safely|strong="H0983" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w through|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w province|strong="H4082"\+w*} until|strong="H5704" I|strong="H5414" arrive|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Nehemiah|strong="H5166" inspected|strong="H7663" the|strong="H8085" walls|strong="H2346" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" }
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\verseNumber{11-12}When|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", I|strong="H0589" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" anyone|strong="H3605" what|strong="H4100" thoughts|strong="H4284" God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" about|strong="H5439" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H0589" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" there|strong="H8033". Three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" after|strong="H0310" I|strong="H0589" arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", I|strong="H0589" went|strong="H1980" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" evening|strong="H6153", taking|strong="H3947" a|strong="H1961" few|strong="H4592" other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H0376" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H0413". I|strong="H0589" was|strong="H3068" riding|strong="H7392" a|strong="H1961" donkey|strong="H2543"; we|strong="H0587" had|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" other|strong="H0312" animals|strong="H0929" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{13}We|strong="H0587" left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H8179", going|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" through|strong="H6555" the|strong="H6440" Valley|strong="H1516" Gate|strong="H8179", then|strong="H1961" past|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" well|strong="H5869" called|strong="H7121" the|strong="H6440" Jackal (OR|strong="H3915", Dragon’s|strong="H5886") Well|strong="H5869", and|strong="H5869" then|strong="H1961" past|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" gate|strong="H8179" called|strong="H7121" the|strong="H6440" Rubbish|strong="H6083"/Garbage Gate|strong="H8179". We|strong="H0587" inspected|strong="H7663" all|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" walls|strong="H2346" that|strong="H5869" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" broken|strong="H6555" down|strong="H6555" and|strong="H5869" all|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" gates|strong="H8179" that|strong="H5869" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" burned|strong="H8313" down|strong="H6555". 
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\verseNumber{17}But|strong="H3808" now|strong="H1961" I|strong="H7200" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" them|strong="H7200", “You|strong="H3808" all|strong="H7200" know|strong="H3045" very|strong="H3966" well|strong="H3190" the|strong="H7200" terrible|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w*} our|strong="H7200" city|strong="H8179". The|strong="H7200" city|strong="H8179" is|strong="H7451" ruined|strong="H2717"; even|strong="H5750" the|strong="H7200" gates|strong="H8179" are|strong="H8179" burned|strong="H3341" down|strong="H3212". So|strong="H1961" we|strong="H7200" should|strong="H3068" rebuild|strong="H1129" the|strong="H7200" city|strong="H8179" wall|strong="H2346". If|strong="H7200" we|strong="H7200" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H7200", we|strong="H7200" will|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" feel|strong="H7200" humiliated|strong="H3637"/disgraced|strong="H0954".” 
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They|strong="H5921" immediately|strong="H6965" replied|strong="H0559", “Let’s|strong="H1980" start|strong="H2388" rebuilding|strong="H1129"!” So|strong="H6965" they|strong="H5921" started|strong="H6965" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1931" good|strong="H2896" work|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H8085" when|strong="H8085" Sanballat|strong="H5571", Tobiah|strong="H2900", and|strong="H4428" Gershom|strong="H1647" the|strong="H5921" Arab|strong="H6163" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Kedar|strong="H6938"\+w* \+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H5921" what|strong="H4100" we|strong="H8085" planned|strong="H3289" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213", they|strong="H5921" made|strong="H6213" fun of|strong="H4428" us|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4428" ridiculed us|strong="H5921". They|strong="H5921" said|strong="H1697", “What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088" work|strong="H6213" that|strong="H8085" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H4100" doing|strong="H6213"? Are|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5921" rebelling|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*}?” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H1931" I|strong="H1697" replied|strong="H0559", “Our|strong="H5650" God|strong="H8064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1931"\+w*/\+w rules|strong="H4910"\+w*} in|strong="H5650" heaven|strong="H8064" will|strong="H5650" help|strong="H6965" our|strong="H5650" plans|strong="H4284" to|strong="H7725" succeed|strong="H6743". But|strong="H1931" as|strong="H1697" for|strong="H3389" you|strong="H7725", you|strong="H7725" have|strong="H5650" no|strong="H2506" right|strong="H6666" to|strong="H7725" decide|strong="H3198" anything|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1931" city|strong="H1931", because|strong="H1697" you|strong="H7725" have|strong="H5650" not|strong="H7725" participated in|strong="H5650" what|strong="H1697" has|strong="H5650" happened|strong="H1697" in|strong="H5650" this|strong="H1931" city|strong="H1931" in|strong="H5650" previous|strong="H7223" years|strong="H8141".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{They rebuilt the wall around Jerusalem }
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\verseNumber{9}Next|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", Rephaiah|strong="H7509" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hur|strong="H2354", who|strong="H1121" ruled|strong="H4427" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" District|strong="H6418", repaired|strong="H2388" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w part|strong="H6418"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w wall|strong="H2346"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{11}Malchijah|strong="H4441" the|strong="H2388" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Harim|strong="H2766", and|strong="H1121" Hashub|strong="H2815" the|strong="H2388" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Pahath-Moab|strong="H6355", repaired|strong="H2388" a|strong="H2388" section|strong="H4060" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w wall|strong="H2346"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1121" repaired|strong="H2388" the|strong="H2388" Tower|strong="H4026" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2388" Ovens|strong="H8574". 
\verseNumber{12}Next|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", Shallum|strong="H7967" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hallohesh|strong="H3873", who|strong="H1931" ruled|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" District|strong="H6418", repaired|strong="H2388" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w part|strong="H6418"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w wall|strong="H2346"\+w*}. His|strong="H5921" daughters|strong="H1323" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w helped|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w work|strong="H3027"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{13}Hanun|strong="H2586" and|strong="H2388" people|strong="H3427" from|strong="H5704" Zanoah|strong="H2182" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H8179"\+w*} repaired|strong="H2388" the|strong="H1129" Valley|strong="H1516" Gate|strong="H8179". They|strong="H1992" put|strong="H2388" the|strong="H1129" gates|strong="H8179" in|strong="H3427" their|strong="H1992" places|strong="H1992", and|strong="H2388" also|strong="H2388" put|strong="H2388" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H1129" bolts|strong="H4514" and|strong="H2388" bars|strong="H1280" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5704"\+w* locking \+w the|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w gate|strong="H8179"\+w*}. They|strong="H1992" repaired|strong="H2388" the|strong="H1129" wall|strong="H2346" for|strong="H5704" ◄1,500 feet|strong="H7272"/500 meters►, as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" the|strong="H1129" Dung|strong="H1828" Gate|strong="H8179". 
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\verseNumber{14}Malchijah|strong="H4441" the|strong="H1129" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Rechab|strong="H7394", who|strong="H1931" ruled|strong="H4427" Beth-Haccherem|strong="H1021" District|strong="H6418", repaired|strong="H2388" the|strong="H1129" Dung|strong="H1828" Gate|strong="H8179". He|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1121" put|strong="H2388" in|strong="H1121" their|strong="H2388" places|strong="H1280" the|strong="H1129" bolts|strong="H4514" and|strong="H1121" bars|strong="H1280" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H1121"\+w* locking \+w the|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w gate|strong="H8179"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{15}Shallum|strong="H7968" the|strong="H1129" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Colhozeh, who|strong="H1931" ruled|strong="H4428" Mizpah|strong="H4709" District|strong="H6418", repaired|strong="H2388" the|strong="H1129" Fountain|strong="H5869" Gate|strong="H8179". He|strong="H1931" put|strong="H3381"/built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" roof|strong="H1406" over|strong="H4428" the|strong="H1129" gate|strong="H8179", and|strong="H1121" put|strong="H3381" in|strong="H4428" their|strong="H2388" places|strong="H1280" the|strong="H1129" gates|strong="H8179" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1129" bolts|strong="H4514" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1129" bars|strong="H1280" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5704"\+w* locking \+w the|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w gate|strong="H8179"\+w*}. Near|strong="H5704" the|strong="H1129" Pool|strong="H1295" of|strong="H1121" Shelah|strong="H7975" he|strong="H1931" built|strong="H1129" the|strong="H1129" wall|strong="H2346" next|strong="H4283" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H1129" king’s|strong="H4428" garden|strong="H1588", as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" the|strong="H1129" steps|strong="H4609" that|strong="H1931" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3381" the|strong="H1129" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{16}Next|strong="H4283" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H6213", Nehemiah|strong="H5166" the|strong="H6213" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Azbuk|strong="H5802", who|strong="H1121" ruled|strong="H4427" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" Beth-Zur|strong="H1049" District|strong="H6418", repaired|strong="H2388" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w wall|strong="H2346"\+w*} as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6213" tombs|strong="H6913" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w City|strong="H5892"\+w*} of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732", to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6213" reservoir|strong="H4724" that|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1732" made|strong="H6213" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" army|strong="H2428" barracks. 
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\verseNumber{17}Next|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", several|strong="H2669" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w helped|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w*} repaired|strong="H2388" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w parts|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w wall|strong="H2346"\+w*}. Rehum|strong="H7348" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bani|strong="H1137" repaired|strong="H2388" one|strong="H1121" section|strong="H4060". Hashabiah|strong="H2811", who|strong="H1121" ruled|strong="H4427" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Keilah|strong="H7084" District|strong="H6418", repaired|strong="H2388" the|strong="H5921" next|strong="H5921" section|strong="H4060" on|strong="H5921" behalf|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" district|strong="H6418". 
\verseNumber{18}Bavvai|strong="H0942" the|strong="H2388" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Henadad|strong="H2582", who|strong="H1121" ruled|strong="H4427" the|strong="H2388" other|strong="H0312" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2388" Keilah|strong="H7084" District|strong="H6418", repaired|strong="H2388" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w next|strong="H4283"\+w* \+w section|strong="H4060"\+w*} along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H1121" other|strong="H0312" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878". 
\verseNumber{19}Next|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5927" him|strong="H5921", Ezer|strong="H5829" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jeshua|strong="H3442", who|strong="H1121" ruled|strong="H4427" Mizpah|strong="H4709" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, repaired|strong="H2388" another|strong="H8145" section|strong="H4060" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H5048" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w steps|strong="H4609"\+w* \+w which|strong="H8269"\+w*} went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5921" ◄armory|strong="H5402"/building|strong="H1129" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" weapons|strong="H5402" are|strong="H1121" kept|strong="H8104"►, as|strong="H5927" far|strong="H5921" as|strong="H5927" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" wall|strong="H2346" turns|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w bit|strong="H5391"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w right|strong="H3225"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{20}Next|strong="H8145" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H4480", Baruch|strong="H1263" the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zabbai|strong="H2079" repaired|strong="H2388" a|strong="H4480" section|strong="H4060", as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" the|strong="H4480" door|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Eliashib|strong="H0475" the|strong="H4480" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{21}Next|strong="H8145" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H5704", Meremoth|strong="H4822" the|strong="H5704" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Uriah|strong="H0223" and|strong="H1121" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hakkoz|strong="H6976", repaired|strong="H2388" a|strong="H5704" section|strong="H4060" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5704" door|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1121" Eliashib’s|strong="H0475" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" end|strong="H8503" of|strong="H1121" Eliahib’s house|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{22}Next|strong="H4283" to|strong="H2388" him|strong="H2388", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w several|strong="H2669"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w repaired|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w parts|strong="H3411"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3603"\+w* \+w the|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w wall|strong="H2346"\+w*}. Priests|strong="H3548" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H2388" area|strong="H1508" near|strong="H7126" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" repaired|strong="H2388" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H0259"\+w* \+w section|strong="H4060"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{23}Next|strong="H4283" to|strong="H1121" them|strong="H2388", Benjamin|strong="H1144" and|strong="H1121" Hasshub|strong="H2815" repaired|strong="H2388" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w section|strong="H4060"\+w*} in|strong="H1004" front|strong="H5048" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H2388" house|strong="H1004". Azariah|strong="H5838", the|strong="H2388" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Maaseiah|strong="H4641" and|strong="H1121" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ananiah|strong="H6055", repaired|strong="H2388" the|strong="H2388" next|strong="H4283" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w section|strong="H4060"\+w*} in|strong="H1004" front|strong="H5048" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H2388" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{24}Next|strong="H8145" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H5704", Binnui|strong="H1131" the|strong="H5704" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Henadad|strong="H2582" repaired|strong="H2388" a|strong="H5704" section|strong="H4060", from|strong="H1121" Azariah’s|strong="H5838" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H5704" where|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5704" wall|strong="H2346" turns|strong="H7725" a|strong="H5704" bit|strong="H5391". 
\verseNumber{25}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Next|strong="H4283"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3318"\+w*}, Palal|strong="H6420" the|strong="H3318" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Uzai|strong="H0186" repaired|strong="H2388" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w section|strong="H4060"\+w*}, from|strong="H3318" where|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3318" wall|strong="H2346" turns|strong="H7725" and|strong="H1121" from|strong="H3318" where|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3318" watchtower|strong="H4026" is|strong="H4428" taller|strong="H7311" than|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3318" upper|strong="H5945" palace|strong="H1004", the|strong="H3318" one|strong="H1121" where|strong="H1004" King|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Solomon|strong="H8010"\+w*} had|strong="H4428" lived|strong="H3427". The|strong="H3318" watchtower|strong="H4026" is|strong="H4428" near|strong="H5048" the|strong="H3318" courtyard|strong="H2691" where|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3318" guards|strong="H7323" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w live|strong="H3427"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{26}Next|strong="H4283" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H3318", Pedaiah|strong="H6305" the|strong="H5704" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H3427" Parosh|strong="H6551" repaired|strong="H2388" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w section|strong="H4060"\+w*} toward|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" east|strong="H4217" to|strong="H5704" a|strong="H1961" place|strong="H1961" near|strong="H5048" the|strong="H5704" Water|strong="H4325" Gate|strong="H8179" and|strong="H3318" near|strong="H5048" the|strong="H5704" tall|strong="H7311" tower|strong="H4026". That|strong="H4325" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5704" wall|strong="H2346" is|strong="H1961" near|strong="H5048" Ophel|strong="H6077" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Hill|strong="H2022"\+w*}, where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5704" temple|strong="H5411" servants|strong="H5411" lived|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{27}Next|strong="H8145" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H3318", men|strong="H1419" from|strong="H3318" Tekoa|strong="H8621" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} repaired|strong="H2388" another|strong="H8145" section|strong="H4060", from|strong="H3318" near|strong="H5048" the|strong="H5704" tall|strong="H4060" tower|strong="H4026" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" wall|strong="H2346" near|strong="H5048" Ophel|strong="H6077" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Hill|strong="H2022"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w was|strong="H2346"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w second|strong="H8145"\+w* \+w section|strong="H4060"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w repaired|strong="H2388"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{28}A|strong="H5921" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1004" priests|strong="H3548" repaired|strong="H2388" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w wall|strong="H2346"\+w*} north|strong="H6828" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Horse|strong="H5483" Gate|strong="H8179". Each|strong="H8179" one|strong="H1004" repaired|strong="H2388" the|strong="H5921" section|strong="H4060" near|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" own|strong="H3548" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{29}Next|strong="H4283" to|strong="H8104" them|strong="H2388", Zadok|strong="H6659" the|strong="H8104" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Immer|strong="H0564" repaired|strong="H2388" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w section|strong="H4060"\+w*} in|strong="H1004" front|strong="H5048" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8104" house|strong="H1004". Next|strong="H4283" to|strong="H8104" him|strong="H5048", Shemaiah|strong="H8098" the|strong="H8104" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shecaniah|strong="H7935", who|strong="H1121" ◄was|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8104" gatekeeper|strong="H7778" at|strong="H1004"/opened|strong="H6605" and|strong="H1121" closed|strong="H5462"► the|strong="H8104" East|strong="H4217" Gate|strong="H8179", repaired|strong="H2388" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w next|strong="H4283"\+w* \+w section|strong="H4060"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{30}Next|strong="H8145" to|strong="H1121" him|strong="H5048", Hananiah|strong="H2608" the|strong="H2388" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shelemiah|strong="H8018", and|strong="H1121" Hanun|strong="H2586" the|strong="H2388" sixth|strong="H8345" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zalaph|strong="H6764", repaired|strong="H2388" a|strong="H2388" section|strong="H4060". That|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2388" second|strong="H8145" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w section|strong="H4060"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w repaired|strong="H2388"\+w*}. Next|strong="H8145" to|strong="H1121" them|strong="H2388", Meshullam|strong="H4918" the|strong="H2388" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Berekiah, made|strong="H2388" repairs|strong="H2388" across|strong="H5676" from|strong="H1121" where|strong="H0834" he|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{31}Next|strong="H4283" to|strong="H5704" them|strong="H2388", Malchijah|strong="H4441", who|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1121" made|strong="H2388" things|strong="H1697" from|strong="H1121" gold|strong="H2091", repaired|strong="H2388" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w section|strong="H4060"\+w*} as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" building|strong="H1129" used|strong="H6213" by|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" temple|strong="H1004" servants|strong="H5411" and|strong="H1121" merchants|strong="H7402", which|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1004" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" Inspection|strong="H4663" Gate|strong="H8179". This|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5704" gate|strong="H8179" into|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" temple|strong="H1004" that|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1004" near|strong="H5048" the|strong="H5704" room|strong="H1004" on|strong="H1004" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5704" northeast corner|strong="H6438" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5704" wall|strong="H2346". 
\verseNumber{32}Other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H2388" who|strong="H6884" made|strong="H2388" things|strong="H1697" from|strong="H8179" gold|strong="H2091", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H6629" merchants|strong="H7402", repaired|strong="H2388" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w last|strong="H0314"\+w* \+w section|strong="H4060"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8179"\+w* \+w the|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w wall|strong="H2346"\+w*}, as|strong="H2388" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H2388" the|strong="H2388" Sheep|strong="H6629" Gate|strong="H8179". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Enemies opposed rebuilding the wall }
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\chapterNumber{4}When|strong="H3588" Sanballat|strong="H5571" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" rebuilding|strong="H1129" the|strong="H8085" city|strong="H5892" wall|strong="H2346", he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734". He|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" enraged|strong="H2196"/furious|strong="H2734". He|strong="H3588" made|strong="H6555" fun of|strong="H2346" us|strong="H3588" Jews|strong="H3064". 
\verseNumber{2}While|strong="H5704" his|strong="H3605" colleagues|strong="H3675" and|strong="H3389" officials|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H3389" troops|strong="H3898" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3389" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H3389" Samaria|strong="H8111" were|strong="H3389" listening|strong="H8085", he|strong="H6213" said|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" these|strong="H6213" feeble|strong="H3782"/pathetic Jews|strong="H3064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w they|strong="H6213"\+w*} are|strong="H6213" doing|strong="H6213"? Do|strong="H6213" they|strong="H6213" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3605" if|strong="H0518" they|strong="H6213" offer|strong="H6213" enough|strong="H3605"/many|strong="H7227" sacrifices|strong="H2077", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w gods|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w hear|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w*} them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" finish|strong="H3615" building|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" wall|strong="H2346" in|strong="H6213" one|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117"? The|strong="H3605" stones|strong="H0068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w in|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w wall|strong="H2346"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w been|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w weakened|strong="H7503"\+w* \+w by|strong="H6213"\+w*} being|strong="H1961" burned|strong="H8313" in|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" fire|strong="H0784". Those|strong="H3605" stones|strong="H0068" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H6213" are|strong="H6213" pulling out|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" rubbish|strong="H6083"/garbage heaps|strong="H6194"—do|strong="H6213" they|strong="H6213" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H6213" can|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" strong|strong="H2388" again|strong="H7725"?” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{3}Tobiah|strong="H2900" was|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w standing|strong="H5975"\+w*} beside|strong="H5921" Sanballat|strong="H5571". He|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559", “That|strong="H5975" stone|strong="H0068" wall|strong="H2346" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w are|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w building|strong="H1129"\+w*} is|strong="H6440" very|strong="H3966" weak|strong="H2470"; so|strong="H5975" if|strong="H0518" even|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5975" fox|strong="H7776" climbed|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921", the|strong="H6440" wall|strong="H2346" would|strong="H0014" fall|strong="H5307" down|strong="H6440"!” 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3201" prayed|strong="H6419". I|strong="H3201" said|strong="H0559", “Our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3808", hear|strong="H8085" us|strong="H5414", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3782" ridiculing us|strong="H5414"! Cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H1129" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H2346" their|strong="H3808" insults|strong="H3639" to|strong="H3201" fall|strong="H3782" back|strong="H7725" on|strong="H7235" them|strong="H1129"! Allow|strong="H5414" their|strong="H3808" enemies|strong="H0341" to|strong="H3201" come|strong="H3201" and|strong="H3063" capture|strong="H3920" them|strong="H1129" and|strong="H3063" force|strong="H3581" them|strong="H1129" to|strong="H3201" go|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" a|strong="H1129" foreign|strong="H5237" land|strong="H0776"! 
\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3045" guilty|strong="H0816"; they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w*} caused|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3808" angry|strong="H2734" while|strong="H5704" the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H3808" here|strong="H5704" who|strong="H3045" are|strong="H3045" building|strong="H1129" the|strong="H7200" wall|strong="H2346" are|strong="H3045" listening|strong="H8085"; so|strong="H3808" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H7200"!” 
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\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H1961" after|strong="H5921" some|strong="H4725" time|strong="H6471", we|strong="H3605" finished|strong="H3615" building|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" wall|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", up|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7725" half|strong="H2677" as|strong="H1961" high|strong="H1116" as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" wall|strong="H2346" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961". We|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" because|strong="H5921" we|strong="H3605" worked|strong="H2388" very|strong="H3966" hard|strong="H7186". 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H5971" when|strong="H5975" Sanballat|strong="H5571", Tobiah|strong="H2900", the|strong="H5975" men|strong="H5971" from|strong="H5973" Arabia|strong="H6152", the|strong="H5975" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5975" Ammon|strong="H5983" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{people-group} and|strong="H5971" from|strong="H5973" Ashdod|strong="H0795" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5975" work|strong="H4399" on|strong="H5975" the|strong="H5975" wall|strong="H2346" was|strong="H4725" continuing|strong="H1641" and|strong="H5971" that|strong="H5971" we|strong="H0587" were|strong="H5971" filling|strong="H4390" in|strong="H5975" the|strong="H5975" gaps|strong="H6556" in|strong="H5975" the|strong="H5975" wall|strong="H2346", they|strong="H5971" became|strong="H3205" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734". 
\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H5921" all|strong="H7200" planned|strong="H3289" to|strong="H5921" come|strong="H5971" and|strong="H1121" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" [MTY] and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5921" cause|strong="H5971" trouble|strong="H6869". 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1931" of|strong="H1004" [MTY] Judah|strong="H3063" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" say|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5288" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3117" working|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w wall|strong="H2346"\+w*} are|strong="H3117" becoming|strong="H1961" very|strong="H6213" tired|strong="H3021". There|strong="H1961" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H1961" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w heavy|strong="H3513"\+w*} rubble|strong="H2721" that|strong="H3605" we|strong="H3117" must|strong="H4191" remove|strong="H5493"; we|strong="H3117" ourselves|strong="H2388" cannot|strong="H4480" finish|strong="H3615" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399". 
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\verseNumber{11}“Besides|strong="H4480", our|strong="H6213" enemies|strong="H3027" are|strong="H3027" saying|strong="H0559", ‘Before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H5375" Jews|strong="H3064" see|strong="H7200" us|strong="H6213", we|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3027" swoop|strong="H5774" down|strong="H3027" on|strong="H3027" them|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" kill|strong="H2026" them|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" stop|strong="H2308" their|strong="H5375" work|strong="H4399" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w wall|strong="H2346"\+w*}!’” 
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\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H5921" Jews|strong="H3064" who|strong="H1129" were|strong="H5921" living|strong="H2416" near|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H0341" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H2719" told|strong="H5046" us|strong="H5921" many|strong="H7227" times|strong="H6471", “You|strong="H5921" should|strong="H3068" leave|strong="H5800" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H2719" go|strong="H2719" to|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" places|strong="H1116", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H2719" your|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H0341" will|strong="H2719" not|strong="H3808" attack|strong="H5221" you|strong="H5921"!” 
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\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H7235" I|strong="H5921" put|strong="H5414" guards|strong="H7323" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" places|strong="H1116" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" wall|strong="H2346" was|strong="H2346" not|strong="H5971" very|strong="H7235" high|strong="H7235" yet|strong="H5921" and|strong="H5971" at|strong="H5921" places|strong="H1116" where|strong="H5921" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H5971" gaps|strong="H6556" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" wall|strong="H2346". I|strong="H5921" put|strong="H5414" guards|strong="H7323" to|strong="H5921" protect|strong="H8104" each|strong="H5971" of|strong="H2346" their|strong="H5921" family|strong="H4940" groups|strong="H7218". I|strong="H5921" gave|strong="H7235" the|strong="H5921" guards|strong="H7323" daggers, spears|strong="H7420", and|strong="H5971" bows|strong="H7198" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w arrows|strong="H2671"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H8085" after|strong="H0310" I|strong="H8085" inspected|strong="H7663" everything|strong="H3605", I|strong="H8085" summoned|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" leaders|strong="H7218" and|strong="H6963" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} officials|strong="H8269" and|strong="H6963" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6963"\+w*} the|strong="H8085" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H6908", and|strong="H6963" I|strong="H8085" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" them|strong="H8085", “Do|strong="H8085" not|strong="H8085" be|strong="H6963" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H6963" our|strong="H8085" enemies|strong="H0341"! Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H6963"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068", who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H4725" great|strong="H1419" and|strong="H6963" glorious|strong="H8597", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w can|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w do|strong="H8085"\+w*}! And|strong="H6963" fight|strong="H3898" to|strong="H8085" protect|strong="H8104" your|strong="H8085" friends|strong="H7453", your|strong="H8085" families|strong="H4940", and|strong="H6963" your|strong="H8085" homes|strong="H1004"!” 
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\verseNumber{15}Our|strong="H3318" enemies|strong="H0341" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H6213" we|strong="H5704" knew|strong="H3045" what|strong="H6213" they|strong="H5704" were|strong="H3318" planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H6213" and|strong="H2388" that|strong="H6213" God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H4399" ◄spoiled|strong="H7703" their|strong="H2388" plans|strong="H6213"/prevented|strong="H6923" them|strong="H6213" from|strong="H3318" doing|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" they|strong="H5704" planned|strong="H3289"►. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w we|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w sure|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w that|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w would|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w defend|strong="H1598"\+w* \+w us|strong="H6213"\+w*,} so|strong="H6213" we|strong="H5704" all|strong="H5704" started|strong="H3318" to|strong="H5704" work|strong="H4399" on|strong="H4399" the|strong="H6213" wall|strong="H2346" again|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H1961" after|strong="H1961" that|strong="H5971", only|strong="H1571" half|strong="H8432" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H8432" men|strong="H5288" who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H1961" working|strong="H4639" for|strong="H3117" me|strong="H1961" worked|strong="H4399" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H8432" wall|strong="H2346". The|strong="H8432" others|strong="H5971" stood|strong="H5971" there|strong="H1961" on|strong="H3117" guard|strong="H4929", holding|strong="H2388" their|strong="H8432" spears|strong="H7420", shields|strong="H4043", bows|strong="H7198" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w arrows|strong="H2671"\+w*}, and|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wearing|strong="H2296"\+w* \+w their|strong="H8432"\+w*} coats|strong="H3801" made|strong="H1961" of|strong="H3117" metal|strong="H2830" plates|strong="H7554". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w To|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w encourage|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H1961" building|strong="H1129" the|strong="H8432" wall|strong="H2346", their|strong="H8432" leaders|strong="H7218" stood|strong="H5971" behind|strong="H0310" them|strong="H8432". 
\verseNumber{17}Those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H5288" carried|strong="H5375" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w baskets|strong="H5536"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w supplies|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w on|strong="H6584"\+w* \+w their|strong="H6584"\+w* \+w heads|strong="H7218"\+w*/\+w shoulders|strong="H3802"\+w*} and|strong="H5288" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H5288" built|strong="H1129" the|strong="H6584" wall|strong="H2346" did|strong="H5288" their|strong="H6584" work|strong="H4399" with|strong="H4325" one|strong="H0259" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H5288" held|strong="H2388" a|strong="H6584" weapon|strong="H7973" with|strong="H4325" the|strong="H6584" other|strong="H0312" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{18}All|strong="H3605" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" building|strong="H1129" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w wall|strong="H2346"\+w*} had|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" dagger|strong="H2719" fastened|strong="H8628" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" side|strong="H6285". The|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0014" blow|strong="H8628" the|strong="H3605" trumpet|strong="H7782" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w* \+w attacked|strong="H5221"\+w*} was|strong="H3068" standing|strong="H5975" at|strong="H3427" my|strong="H8104" side|strong="H6285". 
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\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H0227" I|strong="H0589" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H8269", the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" important|strong="H5704" men|strong="H0376", and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H5971", “This|strong="H2088" wall|strong="H2346" is|strong="H0369" very|strong="H3966" long|strong="H0753", and|strong="H3967" we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H3117" far|strong="H5704" apart|strong="H0914" from|strong="H4480" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" wall|strong="H2346". 
\verseNumber{20}If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" blowing|strong="H8628" the|strong="H3605" trumpet|strong="H7782", gather|strong="H6908" around|strong="H5439" us|strong="H5414" at|strong="H3427" that|strong="H0834" place|strong="H4725". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Remember|strong="H2142"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w*} our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898" for|strong="H3588" us|strong="H5414"!” 
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\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H3651" we|strong="H0587" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H0413" work|strong="H4399". Half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H0413" hold|strong="H2388" their|strong="H3605" spears|strong="H7420" all|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117", from|strong="H4480" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121" rose|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w morning|strong="H1242"\+w*} until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" stars|strong="H3556" appeared|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w night|strong="H3915"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{22}At|strong="H3427" that|strong="H0834" time|strong="H6256", I|strong="H0589" also|strong="H1571" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", “Tell|strong="H5046" every|strong="H3605" worker|strong="H6213" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" helper|strong="H5826" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" must|strong="H4191" stay|strong="H3427" inside|strong="H8432" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" at|strong="H3427" night|strong="H3915". By|strong="H0801" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834", they|strong="H1992" can|strong="H4310" guard|strong="H2876" us|strong="H5414" at|strong="H3427" night|strong="H3915", and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H1992" can|strong="H4310" work|strong="H4399" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w wall|strong="H2346"\+w*} during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" daytime|strong="H3119".” 
\verseNumber{23}During|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" time|strong="H6256", none|strong="H0369" of|strong="H1121" us|strong="H5414" ever|strong="H5769" took|strong="H3947" off|strong="H3772" our|strong="H3068" clothes|strong="H0899" (OR|strong="H0176", we|strong="H0587" wore|strong="H3830" our|strong="H3068" clothes|strong="H0899" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6256")—I|strong="H0589" and|strong="H3967" my|strong="H8104" relatives|strong="H0251" and|strong="H3967" my|strong="H8104" workers|strong="H6466" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" guards|strong="H7323" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H0413". And|strong="H3967" we|strong="H0587" had|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" weapons|strong="H3627" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H5414", in|strong="H0935" our|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027". 

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\chapterNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Later|strong="H1961"\+w*,} many|strong="H1419" of|strong="H5971" the|strong="H1961" men|strong="H1419" and|strong="H1419" their|strong="H1961" wives|strong="H0802" protested|strong="H5749" loudly|strong="H1419" about|strong="H1961" what|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5971"\+w*} the|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} Jews|strong="H3064" were|strong="H1961" doing|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{2}Some|strong="H7227"/One|strong="H2421" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H3947" said|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H0587" have|strong="H3426" many|strong="H7227" children|strong="H1121". So|strong="H3947" we|strong="H0587" need|strong="H4270" a|strong="H3947" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H1121" grain|strong="H1715" to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3426" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1121" eat|strong="H0398" and|strong="H1121" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1121" live|strong="H2421".” 
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\verseNumber{3}Others|strong="H0312" said|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H3947" fields|strong="H7704" and|strong="H1004" vineyards|strong="H3754" and|strong="H1004" houses|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3426" we|strong="H0587" own|strong="H1961", it|strong="H3947" has|strong="H3426" been|strong="H3426" necessary|strong="H2706" for|strong="H1004" us|strong="H7704" to|strong="H1004" ◄mortgage them|strong="H3947"/promise|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1004" give|strong="H7704" them|strong="H3947" to|strong="H1004" someone|strong="H0376" if|strong="H3426" we|strong="H0587" do|strong="H3426" not|strong="H3947" pay|strong="H7999" back|strong="H3947" to|strong="H1004" him|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" money|strong="H3701" he|strong="H1004" has|strong="H3426" loaned|strong="H5383" us|strong="H7704"► in|strong="H1004" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H1004" get|strong="H3947" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H1004" buy|strong="H3947" grain|strong="H1715", during|strong="H3117" this|strong="H3947" ◄famine|strong="H7458"/time|strong="H6256" where|strong="H1004" there|strong="H3426" is|strong="H3426" not|strong="H3947" much|strong="H7227" food|strong="H1004"►.” 
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\verseNumber{4}Others|strong="H0312" said|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H0587" have|strong="H3426" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w needed|strong="H1767"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4428"\+w*} borrow|strong="H3867" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H4428" pay|strong="H3701" the|strong="H3426" taxes|strong="H4061" that|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3426" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w us|strong="H7704"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w pay|strong="H3701"\+w*} on|strong="H3426" our|strong="H3426" fields|strong="H7704" and|strong="H3701" our|strong="H3426" vineyards|strong="H3754". 
\verseNumber{5}We|strong="H6258" are|strong="H1121" Jews|strong="H3064" just|strong="H6258" like|strong="H1121" [IDM] they|strong="H3027" are|strong="H1121". Our|strong="H5650" children|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w just|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w good|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1121"\+w*/\+w equal|strong="H8505"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3027"\+w*►} their|strong="H6258" children|strong="H1121". But|strong="H2009" we|strong="H6258" have|strong="H3426" needed|strong="H1767" to|strong="H3027" sell|strong="H4376" some|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" our|strong="H5650" children|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3027" become|strong="H3027" slaves|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w order|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w pay|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w we|strong="H6258"\+w* owe}. We|strong="H6258" have|strong="H3426" already|strong="H6258" sold|strong="H4376" some|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" our|strong="H5650" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H3027" become|strong="H3027" slaves|strong="H5650". Our|strong="H5650" fields|strong="H7704" and|strong="H1121" vineyards|strong="H3754" have|strong="H3426" been|strong="H3426" taken|strong="H3947" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H3027" us|strong="H3027", so|strong="H6258" now|strong="H6258" we|strong="H6258" do|strong="H3426" not|strong="H1121" have|strong="H3426" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w pay|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w we|strong="H6258"\+w* owe, \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w we|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w forced|strong="H3533"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w sell|strong="H4376"\+w* \+w our|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w children|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w pay|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w debts|strong="H4859"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H1697" was|strong="H1697" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734" when|strong="H8085" I|strong="H1697" heard|strong="H8085" these|strong="H8085" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H8085" they|strong="H1697" were|strong="H1697" complaining|strong="H7879" about|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" thought|strong="H3820" about|strong="H5921" what|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5414" could|strong="H3201" do|strong="H6213" about|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5414". I|strong="H5414" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H5921" leaders|strong="H5461" and|strong="H1419" officials|strong="H5461" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w responsible|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w this|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w work|strong="H5414"\+w*}, “You|strong="H5414" are|strong="H1419" charging|strong="H5927" interest|strong="H5392" to|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5414" own|strong="H1961" relatives|strong="H0251" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w borrow|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w*}!” Then|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" called|strong="H7121" together|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5414" large|strong="H1419" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3820", 
\verseNumber{8}and|strong="H1471" I|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1697" their|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w*}, “Some|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" our|strong="H7069" Jewish|strong="H3064" relatives|strong="H0251" have|strong="H1571" been|strong="H3808" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H1697" sell|strong="H4376" themselves|strong="H0905" to|strong="H1697" become|strong="H1961" slaves|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1697" people|strong="H1471" who|strong="H4672" have|strong="H1571" come|strong="H4672" from|strong="H1471" other|strong="H0312" countries|strong="H0776". As|strong="H1697" much|strong="H1697" as|strong="H1697" we|strong="H1697" have|strong="H1571" been|strong="H3808" able|strong="H1767" to|strong="H1697", we|strong="H1697" have|strong="H1571" been|strong="H3808" buying|strong="H7069" them|strong="H4672" back|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w out|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w slavery|strong="H5650"\+w*}. But|strong="H3808" now|strong="H1571" you|strong="H3808" are|strong="H1471" forcing|strong="H4330" your|strong="H3808" own|strong="H1961" relatives|strong="H0251" to|strong="H1697" sell|strong="H4376" themselves|strong="H0905" to|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3808", their|strong="H3808" fellow|strong="H7453" Jews|strong="H3064", as|strong="H1697" slaves|strong="H5650"!” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H1767"\+w* \+w I|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w them|strong="H4672"\+w*,} they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H1697" silent|strong="H2790". There|strong="H4672" was|strong="H1697" nothing|strong="H3808" that|strong="H1471" they|strong="H3808" could|strong="H1571" say|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w I|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w true|strong="H0571"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H6213" I|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3212" them|strong="H6213", “What|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6213" are|strong="H1471" doing|strong="H6213" is|strong="H1697" terrible|strong="H6213" [EUP]! You|strong="H6213" certainly|strong="H6213" ought|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3212" [RHQ] obey|strong="H6213" God|strong="H3808" and|strong="H3212" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" is|strong="H1697" right|strong="H2896"! If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1471", our|strong="H6213" enemies|strong="H0341" who|strong="H2896" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" revere|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w would|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w we|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w right|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3212"\+w*} would|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" ridicule|strong="H4912" us|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{10}My|strong="H5800" fellow|strong="H7453" Jews|strong="H3064" and|strong="H3701" I|strong="H2088" and|strong="H3701" my|strong="H5800" servants|strong="H5288" have|strong="H1571" lent|strong="H5383" money|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" grain|strong="H1715" to|strong="H3701" people|strong="H1571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w without|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w charging|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w interest|strong="H5392"\+w*}. So|strong="H1571" you|strong="H5800" all|strong="H1571" should|strong="H3068" stop|strong="H2308" charging|strong="H5927" interest|strong="H5392" on|strong="H1571" these|strong="H2088" loans|strong="H5671". 
\verseNumber{11}Also|strong="H3117", you|strong="H3117" must|strong="H4191" give|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7725" their|strong="H7725" fields|strong="H7704", their|strong="H7725" vineyards|strong="H3754", their|strong="H7725" olive|strong="H2132" tree|strong="H2132" orchards|strong="H6508", and|strong="H3967" their|strong="H7725" houses|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3117" taken|strong="H3947" from|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7725". You|strong="H3117" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H3117" give|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" interest|strong="H5392" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" charged|strong="H6680" them|strong="H7725" when|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" borrowed|strong="H5383" money|strong="H3701", grain|strong="H1715", wine|strong="H8492", and|strong="H3967" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w*} oil|strong="H3323" from|strong="H7725" you|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3967" you|strong="H3117" must|strong="H4191" do|strong="H4994" it|strong="H7725" today|strong="H3117"!” 
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\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H6213" leaders|strong="H7218" replied|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H6213" will|strong="H1697" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H7725" have|strong="H3548" said|strong="H1697". We|strong="H6213" will|strong="H1697" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" them|strong="H1992" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H1697" we|strong="H6213" forced|strong="H4522" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H7725" give|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" us|strong="H7725", and|strong="H7725" we|strong="H6213" will|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" require|strong="H1245" that|strong="H1697" they|strong="H1992" give|strong="H7725" us|strong="H7725" anything|strong="H1697" more|strong="H3651".” 
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Then|strong="H2088" I|strong="H1697" summoned|strong="H7121" the|strong="H6213" priests|strong="H3548", and|strong="H7725" I|strong="H1697" forced|strong="H4522" the|strong="H6213" leaders|strong="H7218" to|strong="H7725" vow|strong="H7650" in|strong="H6213" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1697" them|strong="H1992" that|strong="H1697" they|strong="H1992" would|strong="H1697" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3548" promised|strong="H7650" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{13}I|strong="H1697" shook|strong="H5287" out|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" folds|strong="H1448" of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3605" robe|strong="H4598" and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6213", “If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" just|strong="H1697" now|strong="H1961" promised|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213", I|strong="H1697" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H5971" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" shake|strong="H5287" you|strong="H3605" like|strong="H1961" I|strong="H1697" am|strong="H1961" shaking|strong="H5363" my|strong="H3605" robe|strong="H4598". He|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H6213" away|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" homes|strong="H1004" and|strong="H6965" everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961".” 
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They|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" replied|strong="H0559", “Amen|strong="H0543"/May|strong="H1961" it|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1961" so|strong="H6213"!” And|strong="H6965" they|strong="H3068" praised|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" they|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{14}I|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" appointed|strong="H6680" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" governor|strong="H6346" of|strong="H4428" Judea|strong="H3061" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3117" twentieth|strong="H6242" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H3117" Artaxerxes|strong="H0783" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Persia|strong="H6539"\+w*}. For|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3117" next|strong="H4283" twelve|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141", until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H3117" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" for|strong="H5704" almost|strong="H3117" 32 years|strong="H8141", neither|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3117" nor|strong="H3808" my|strong="H1961" officials|strong="H8269" accepted|strong="H7521" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w allowed|strong="H5414"\+w*/entitled \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w receive|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w buy|strong="H7069"\+w*} food|strong="H3899" because|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H1961" being|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" governor|strong="H6346". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H6440" men|strong="H5288" who|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" governors|strong="H6346" before|strong="H6440" I|strong="H5921" became|strong="H3513" the|strong="H6440" governor|strong="H6346" had|strong="H5971" burdened|strong="H5647" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" by|strong="H5921" requiring|strong="H6963" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H6213" pay|strong="H3701" a|strong="H3947" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H6440" taxes|strong="H4061". They|strong="H1992" had|strong="H5971" forced|strong="H4522" each|strong="H5971" person|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6213" pay|strong="H3701" to|strong="H6213" them|strong="H1992" 40 silver|strong="H3701" coins every|strong="H3947" day|strong="H3117", in|strong="H5921" addition|strong="H5921" to|strong="H6213" giving|strong="H5414" food|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3701" wine|strong="H3196" to|strong="H6213" them|strong="H1992". Even|strong="H1571" their|strong="H3947" servants|strong="H5288"/officials|strong="H3947" oppressed|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971". But|strong="H3808" I|strong="H5921" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5971", because|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" revered|strong="H3372" God|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{16}I|strong="H5921" also|strong="H1571" continued|strong="H2388" to|strong="H5921" work|strong="H4399" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" wall|strong="H2346", and|strong="H2388" I|strong="H5921" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" take|strong="H2388" land|strong="H7704" from|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w unable|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w pay|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w back|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w they|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w had|strong="H7704"\+w* \+w borrowed|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w*}. All|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" worked|strong="H2388" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" joined|strong="H1571" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" work|strong="H4399" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" wall|strong="H2346". 
\verseNumber{17}Also|strong="H1471", every|strong="H5439" day|strong="H3117" I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1471" responsible|strong="H4480" to|strong="H5921" feed|strong="H7462" 150 Jewish|strong="H3064" officials|strong="H5461", and|strong="H3967" also|strong="H1471" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w official|strong="H8269"\+w*} visitors|strong="H1992" who|strong="H1471" came|strong="H0935" from|strong="H4480" nearby|strong="H7138" countries|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{19}My|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" forget|strong="H7911" me|strong="H5921", and|strong="H5971" reward|strong="H7939" me|strong="H5921" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5971" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971". 

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\chapterNumber{6}Sanballat|strong="H5571", Tobiah|strong="H2900", Geshem|strong="H1654", and|strong="H8085" our|strong="H8085" other|strong="H0312" enemies|strong="H0341" heard|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w report|strong="H8088"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" finished|strong="H3615" rebuilding|strong="H1129" the|strong="H8085" wall|strong="H2346", and|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" now|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H3808" ◄gaps|strong="H6556"/places|strong="H1116" where|strong="H3808" the|strong="H8085" wall|strong="H2346" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" finished|strong="H3615"► (although|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" yet|strong="H3588" put|strong="H5414" the|strong="H8085" doors|strong="H1817" in|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" gates|strong="H8179"). 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H6213" Sanballat|strong="H5571" and|strong="H7971" Geshem|strong="H1654" sent|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*} to|strong="H3212" me|strong="H7971", in|strong="H6213" which|strong="H1992" they|strong="H1992" said|strong="H0559" “Come|strong="H3212" and|strong="H7971" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H6213" us|strong="H6213" at|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" place|strong="H4725" in|strong="H6213" Ono|strong="H0207" Plain|strong="H1237" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w north|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1237"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}.” But|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7451"\+w*} really|strong="H1992" they|strong="H1992" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H3212" harm|strong="H7451" me|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w went|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w there|strong="H1992"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H6213" I|strong="H5921" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H3381" them|strong="H5921", to|strong="H3381" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5921", “I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" doing|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" important|strong="H1419" work|strong="H4399", and|strong="H7971" I|strong="H5921" cannot|strong="H3808" go|strong="H7971" down|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="H8033"\+w*}. ◄Why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" I|strong="H5921" stop|strong="H7673" doing|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" work|strong="H4399" just|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3381" go|strong="H7971" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w with|strong="H6213"\+w*} you|strong="H7971"?/I|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3381" stop|strong="H7673" doing|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" work|strong="H4399" just|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3381" go|strong="H7971" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w with|strong="H6213"\+w*} you|strong="H7971".►” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H1697" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7725" same|strong="H2088" message|strong="H1697" four|strong="H0702" times|strong="H6471", and|strong="H7971" each|strong="H2088" time|strong="H6471" when|strong="H7725" I|strong="H1697" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7725" I|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1697" the|strong="H7725" same|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H2088" Sanballat|strong="H5571" sent|strong="H7971" one|strong="H2088" of|strong="H3027" his|strong="H7971" servants|strong="H5288" to|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971", bringing|strong="H0935" a|strong="H7971" fifth|strong="H2549" message|strong="H1697". This|strong="H2088" one|strong="H2088" was|strong="H1697" written|strong="H3789", but|strong="H3588" it|strong="H7971" was|strong="H1697" not|strong="H2088" sealed|strong="H2856". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w did|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w order|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w others|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w would|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w read|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w servant|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w carrying|strong="H5375"\+w*} in|strong="H1697" his|strong="H7971" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{6}This|strong="H3651" is|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" was|strong="H1697" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" message|strong="H1697": 
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“Some|strong="H1697" people|strong="H1471" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" nearby|strong="H7138" countries|strong="H0776" have|strong="H1471" heard|strong="H8085" a|strong="H1129" report|strong="H1697" that|strong="H8085" you|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" Jews|strong="H3064" are|strong="H1471" rebuilding|strong="H1129" the|strong="H5921" wall|strong="H2346" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w order|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w resist|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w attacks|strong="H5221"\+w*}, because|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1471" planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H5921" revolt|strong="H5627" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*}. And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" report|strong="H1697" also|strong="H4428" says|strong="H1697" that|strong="H8085" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1471" planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H5921" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* Israelis}. Geshem|strong="H1654" says|strong="H1697" that|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1697" they|strong="H3651" have|strong="H1471" reported|strong="H8085" is|strong="H1697" true|strong="H3651". 
\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w People|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w also|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w saying|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w*} you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1571" appointed|strong="H5975" some|strong="H1697" prophets|strong="H5030" to|strong="H3212" proclaim|strong="H7121" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" that|strong="H8085" you|strong="H5921", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Nehemiah|strong="H5166"\+w*,} are|strong="H1697" now|strong="H6258" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H5921" Judea|strong="H3061". King|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Artaxerxes|strong="H0783"\+w*} will|strong="H4428" certainly|strong="H1571" hear|strong="H8085" these|strong="H7121" reports|strong="H1697", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w then|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w big|strong="H0931"\+w* \+w trouble|strong="H1697"\+w*}. So|strong="H7121" I|strong="H5921" suggest that|strong="H8085" we|strong="H8085" should|strong="H4428" meet|strong="H7122" together|strong="H3162" to|strong="H3212" talk|strong="H1697" about|strong="H5921" this|strong="H1697" matter|strong="H1697".” 
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\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" went|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1121" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1004" Shemaiah|strong="H8098", son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Delaiah|strong="H1806" and|strong="H1121" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Mehetabel|strong="H4105". I|strong="H3588" went|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1121" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1004" him|strong="H1931" in|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3588" house|strong="H1004", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3588" able|strong="H6113" (OR|strong="H1121", allowed|strong="H5414") to|strong="H1121" leave|strong="H5800" his|strong="H3588" house|strong="H1004". He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" me|strong="H2026", “You|strong="H3588" and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3588" very|strong="H3966" sacred|strong="H6944" place|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1121" lock|strong="H6734" the|strong="H3588" doors|strong="H1817", because|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1121" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H1121" kill|strong="H2026" you|strong="H3588" at|strong="H1004" night|strong="H3915".” 
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\verseNumber{11}I|strong="H3808" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3808" ◄am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" that|strong="H4310" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H3808" person|strong="H5315"/do|strong="H4310" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H4310" things|strong="H3644" like|strong="H3644" that|strong="H4310"► [RHQ]! I|strong="H3808" would|strong="H4310" not|strong="H3808" run|strong="H7323" and|strong="H1272" hide|strong="H5641" in|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3808" temple|strong="H1964" to|strong="H1272" save|strong="H3467" my|strong="H3808" life|strong="H2425"! No|strong="H3808", I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H4310" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H4310" that|strong="H4310"!” 
\verseNumber{12}When|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" thought|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1696"\+w*}, I|strong="H3588" realized|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3808" had|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" told|strong="H1696" Shemaiah|strong="H8098" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H7971". I|strong="H3588" realized|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" Tobiah|strong="H2900" and|strong="H7971" Sanballat|strong="H5571" had|strong="H3588" bribed him|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w say|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7971"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}They|strong="H1992" had|strong="H1961" bribed him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H3372". They|strong="H1992" wanted|strong="H4616" me|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w disobey|strong="H0854"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w commands|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6213"\+w*} sin|strong="H2398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w hiding|strong="H5641"\+w* \+w in|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}. If|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3651" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1931", they|strong="H1992" would|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1961" ruin|strong="H7451" my|strong="H1961" reputation|strong="H8034" [MTY] and|strong="H6213" discredit me|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w I|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w prayed|strong="H6419"\+w*,} “My|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430", do|strong="H4639" not|strong="H1961" forget|strong="H7911" what|strong="H4639" Tobiah|strong="H2900" and|strong="H3372" Sanballat|strong="H5571" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961". Punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H1961". And|strong="H3372" do|strong="H4639" not|strong="H1961" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H5030" the|strong="H2142" female|strong="H5347" prophet|strong="H5030" Noadiah|strong="H5129" and|strong="H3372" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4639" the|strong="H2142" other|strong="H0312" prophets|strong="H5030" have|strong="H1961" also|strong="H1571" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H1961" me|strong="H3372" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H3372".” 

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\verseNumber{15}On|strong="H3117" October 2 we|strong="H3117" finished|strong="H7999" rebuilding|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3117" wall|strong="H2346". We|strong="H3117" did|strong="H3117" it|strong="H7999" all|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3117" 52 days|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{17}During|strong="H3117" this|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", the|strong="H5921" Jewish|strong="H3064" leaders|strong="H2715" had|strong="H3063" been|strong="H1961" sending|strong="H7971" many|strong="H7235" messages|strong="H2372"/letters|strong="H5612" to|strong="H1980" Tobiah|strong="H2900", and|strong="H1980" Tobiah|strong="H2900" had|strong="H3063" been|strong="H1961" sending|strong="H7971" messages|strong="H2372" back|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" them|strong="H1992". 
\verseNumber{18}Many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H1121" in|strong="H7227" Judea|strong="H3061" were|strong="H1121" closely|strong="H1692" associated|strong="H2270" with|strong="H3947" Tobiah|strong="H2900", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3588" son-in-law|strong="H2860" of|strong="H1121" Shecaniah|strong="H7935" the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Arah|strong="H0733". Furthermore|strong="H1571", Tobiah’s|strong="H2900" son|strong="H1121" Jehohanan|strong="H3076" had|strong="H3063" married|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3588" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Meshullam|strong="H4918" the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Berekiah. 
\verseNumber{19}People|strong="H1571" often|strong="H1767" talked|strong="H1696" in|strong="H6440" my|strong="H7971" presence|strong="H6440" about|strong="H1961" all|strong="H1697" the|strong="H6440" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" Tobiah|strong="H2900" had|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961", and|strong="H7971" then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1697" would|strong="H1697" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H6440" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H1697" I|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1697". So|strong="H7971" Tobiah|strong="H2900" sent|strong="H7971" many|strong="H7227" letters|strong="H5612" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3318" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H3318" cause|strong="H1697" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3318" become|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H3372". 
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\chapterNumber{7}After|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1129" wall|strong="H2346" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" finished|strong="H3615" and|strong="H5975" we|strong="H7891" had|strong="H1961" put|strong="H6485" the|strong="H1129" gates|strong="H1817" in|strong="H5975" their|strong="H1961" places|strong="H1116", we|strong="H7891" assigned|strong="H6485" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1129" temple|strong="H1004" guards|strong="H7778" and|strong="H5975" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1129" members|strong="H3338" of|strong="H2346" the|strong="H1129" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sacred|strong="H6944"\+w*} choir|strong="H8426" and|strong="H5975" the|strong="H1129" other|strong="H0312" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H2346" Levi|strong="H3881" the|strong="H1129" work|strong="H4399" that|strong="H3881" they|strong="H5975" were|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{2}I|strong="H3588" appointed|strong="H6680" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H7227" to|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w*} govern|strong="H4475" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", my|strong="H5921" brother|strong="H0251" Hanani|strong="H2607" and|strong="H3389" Hananiah|strong="H2608" who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5921" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H5921" fortress|strong="H1002" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. Hananiah|strong="H2608" always|strong="H3605" did|strong="H3389" his|strong="H5921" work|strong="H4399" reliably, and|strong="H3389" he|strong="H1931" revered|strong="H3372" God|strong="H0430" more|strong="H7227" than|strong="H5921" most|strong="H6944" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H1931" do|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H5704" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" them|strong="H1992", “Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" open|strong="H6605" the|strong="H5704" gates|strong="H8179" of|strong="H1004" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" until|strong="H5704" late|strong="H0309" each|strong="H1817" morning|strong="H1242". And|strong="H1004" close|strong="H5980" the|strong="H5704" gates|strong="H8179" and|strong="H1004" put|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5704" bars|strong="H1280" across|strong="H5676" the|strong="H5704" doors|strong="H1817" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{◄\+w late|strong="H0309"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w each|strong="H1817"\+w* \+w afternoon|strong="H5186"\+w*/\+w before|strong="H5048"\+w* \+w sunset|strong="H8121"\+w*►} while|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" gatekeepers|strong="H7778" are|strong="H1992" still|strong="H5975" guarding|strong="H8104" the|strong="H5704" gates|strong="H8179".” I|strong="H5704" also|strong="H3389" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H5704" appoint|strong="H5975" some|strong="H1992" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3808" guards|strong="H4931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w wall|strong="H2346"\+w*}, and|strong="H1004" to|strong="H5704" assign|strong="H5414" some|strong="H1992" of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3808" guards|strong="H4931" at|strong="H3427" certain|strong="H0259" other|strong="H5048" places|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" to|strong="H5704" assign|strong="H5414" others|strong="H1992" to|strong="H5704" guard|strong="H4929" the|strong="H5704" area|strong="H1508" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H5704" their|strong="H1992" own|strong="H1961" houses|strong="H1004". 

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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H8432" city|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} covered|strong="H3680" a|strong="H1129" large|strong="H1419" area|strong="H1508", but|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w*} not|strong="H5971" many|strong="H1419" people|strong="H5971" lived|strong="H8432" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8432" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H1419" they|strong="H5971" had|strong="H3027" not|strong="H5971" built|strong="H1129" many|strong="H1419" new|strong="H2319" houses|strong="H1004" yet|strong="H5750" [HYP]. 
\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w To|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w defend|strong="H1598"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*, \+w we|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w needed|strong="H1767"\+w* \+w more|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w there|strong="H5927"\+w*.} Then|strong="H5414" God|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" idea|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5927" summon|strong="H7121" the|strong="H5414" leaders|strong="H5461" and|strong="H5971" officials|strong="H5461" and|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5927" look|strong="H7200" in|strong="H3789" the|strong="H5414" books|strong="H5612" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3789"\+w* \+w which|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w written|strong="H3789"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w names|strong="H8034"\+w*} of|strong="H5971" all|strong="H6908" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H5971" their|strong="H5414" clans|strong="H4940". So|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" found|strong="H4672" the|strong="H5414" records|strong="H5612" of|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" had|strong="H5414" first|strong="H7223" returned|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5927" Babylonia|strong="H0894". This|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3820" what|strong="H5927" I|strong="H5414" found|strong="H4672" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3789" those|strong="H1992" records|strong="H5612": 
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\verseNumber{6}◄This|strong="H7725" is|strong="H5892" a|strong="H5927" list|strong="H4557"/Here|strong="H6311" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7725" names|strong="H8034"► of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7725" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H7725" other|strong="H0312" places|strong="H1116" in|strong="H4428" Judea|strong="H3061". They|strong="H1540" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H5927" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H4428" Babylonia|strong="H0894" since|strong="H5927" King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar’s army|strong="H5927" had|strong="H4428" captured|strong="H7628" their|strong="H7725" relatives|strong="H1121"/ancestors|strong="H0001" and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H5927" them|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Babylonia|strong="H0894". But|strong="H7725" they|strong="H1540" had|strong="H4428" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Judea|strong="H3061" and|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7725" towns|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w their|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}Their|strong="H5973" leaders|strong="H7218" were|strong="H3478" Zerubbabel|strong="H2216", Joshua|strong="H3091", Azariah|strong="H5838", Raamiah|strong="H7485", Nahamani|strong="H5167", Mordecai|strong="H4782", Bilshan|strong="H1114", Mispereth|strong="H4559", Bigvai|strong="H0902", Nehum|strong="H5149", Baanah|strong="H1196", and|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5973". 
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This|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H4557" the|strong="H5973" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H4557" men|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3478" each|strong="H5971" clan|strong="H4940" who|strong="H5971" returned|strong="H7725": 
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\verseNumber{8}2,172 men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Parosh|strong="H6551"; 
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\verseNumber{9}372 men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Shephatiah|strong="H8203"; 
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\verseNumber{10}652 men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Arah|strong="H0733"; 
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\verseNumber{11}2,818 men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3097" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Pahath-Moab|strong="H6355", who|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jeshua|strong="H3442" and|strong="H3967" Joab|strong="H3097"; 
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\verseNumber{12}1,254 men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Elam|strong="H5867"; 
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\verseNumber{13}845 men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Zattu|strong="H2240"; 
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\verseNumber{14}760 men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Zaccai|strong="H2140"; 
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\verseNumber{15}648 men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Bani|strong="H1137" (OR|strong="H1121", Binnui|strong="H1131"); 
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\verseNumber{16}628 men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Bebai|strong="H0893"; 
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\verseNumber{17}2,322 men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Azgad|strong="H5803"; 
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\verseNumber{18}667 men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Adonikam|strong="H0140"; 
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\verseNumber{19}2,067 men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Bigvai|strong="H0902"; 
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\verseNumber{20}655 men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Adin|strong="H5720"; 
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\verseNumber{21}98 men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Ater|strong="H0333", whose|strong="H1121" other|strong="H0312" name|strong="H8034" is|strong="H1121" Hezekiah|strong="H2396"; 
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\verseNumber{22}328 men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Hashum|strong="H2828"; 
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\verseNumber{23}324 men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Bezai|strong="H1209"; 
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\verseNumber{24}112 men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Hariph|strong="H2756", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whose|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w other|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w name|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jorah|strong="H3139"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{25}95 men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Gibeon|strong="H1391", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whose|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w name|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Gibbar|strong="H1402"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{26}Men|strong="H0376" whose|strong="H0834" ancestors|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1035" these|strong="H0428" towns|strong="H1323" also|strong="H1571" returned|strong="H7725": 
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188 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H3967" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" and|strong="H3967" Netophah|strong="H5199" 
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\verseNumber{27}128 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H6068" Anathoth|strong="H6068"; 
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\verseNumber{28}42 men|strong="H8147" from|strong="H4480" Beth-Azmaveth|strong="H1041" 
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\verseNumber{29}743 men|strong="H7651" from|strong="H3967" Kiriath-Jearim|strong="H7157", Kephirah|strong="H3716" and|strong="H3967" Beeroth|strong="H0881"; 
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\verseNumber{30}621 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H3967" Ramah|strong="H7414" and|strong="H3967" Geba|strong="H1387"; 
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\verseNumber{31}122 men|strong="H8147" from|strong="H3967" Micmash|strong="H4363"; 
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\verseNumber{32}123 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H3967" Bethel|strong="H1008" and|strong="H3967" Ai|strong="H5857"; 
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\verseNumber{33}52 men|strong="H8147" from|strong="H4480" Nebo|strong="H5015"; 
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\verseNumber{34}1,254 from|strong="H1121" Elam|strong="H5867"; 
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\verseNumber{35}320 from|strong="H1121" Harim|strong="H2766"; 
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\verseNumber{36}345 from|strong="H1121" Jericho|strong="H3405"; 
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\verseNumber{37}721 from|strong="H1121" Lod|strong="H3850", Hadid|strong="H2307", and|strong="H3967" Ono|strong="H0207"; 
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\verseNumber{38}3,930 from|strong="H1121" Senaah|strong="H5570". 
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The|strong="H1121" following|strong="H0310" priests|strong="H3548" also|strong="H1121" returned|strong="H7725": 
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\verseNumber{39}973 from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3548" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Jedaiah|strong="H3048" who|strong="H3548" are|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jeshua|strong="H3442"; 
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\verseNumber{40}1,052 from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Immer|strong="H0564"; 
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\verseNumber{41}1,247 from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Pashhur|strong="H6583"; 
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\verseNumber{42}1,017 from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Harim|strong="H2766". 
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\verseNumber{43}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Other|strong="H0312"\+w*} descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" who|strong="H1121" returned|strong="H7725" were|strong="H1121": 
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74 from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Jeshua|strong="H3442" and|strong="H1121" Kadmiel|strong="H6934", who|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hodevah|strong="H1937" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w also|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w known|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Hodaviah|strong="H1937"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{44}148 singers|strong="H7891" who|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Asaph|strong="H0623". 
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\verseNumber{45}Also|strong="H1121" 138 temple|strong="H1004" gatekeepers|strong="H7778" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7967" clans|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Shallum|strong="H7967", Ater|strong="H0333", Talmon|strong="H2929", Akkub|strong="H6126", Hatita|strong="H2410", and|strong="H3967" Shobai|strong="H7630" returned|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{46}Temple|strong="H5411" workers|strong="H6466" who|strong="H1121" returned|strong="H7725" were|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" these|strong="H0428" men|strong="H1121": 
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Ziha|strong="H6727", Hasupha|strong="H2817", Tabbaoth|strong="H2884", 
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\verseNumber{47}Keros|strong="H7026", Sia|strong="H5517" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w also|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w known|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Siaha|strong="H5517"\+w*}, Padon|strong="H6303", 
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\verseNumber{48}Lebanah|strong="H3838", Hagabah|strong="H2286", Shalmai|strong="H8014", 
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\verseNumber{49}Hanan|strong="H2605", Giddel|strong="H1435", Gahar|strong="H1515", 
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\verseNumber{50}Reaiah|strong="H7211", Rezin|strong="H7526", Nekoda|strong="H5353", 
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\verseNumber{51}Gazzam|strong="H1502", Uzza|strong="H5798", Paseah|strong="H6454", 
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\verseNumber{52}Besai|strong="H1153", Meunim|strong="H4586", Ephusesim \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w also|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w Nephusim|strong="H5300"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{53}Bakbuk|strong="H1227", Hakupha|strong="H2709", Harhur|strong="H2744", 
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\verseNumber{54}Bazlith|strong="H1213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w also|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w Bazluth|strong="H1213"\+w*}, Mehida|strong="H4240", Harsha|strong="H2797", 
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\verseNumber{55}Barkos|strong="H1302", Sisera|strong="H5516", Temah|strong="H8547", 
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\verseNumber{56}Neziah|strong="H5335", and|strong="H1121" Hatipha|strong="H2412". 
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\verseNumber{57}Descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5650" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" who|strong="H1121" returned|strong="H7725" were|strong="H1121": 
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Sotai|strong="H5479", Sophereth|strong="H5618" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w also|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w Hassophereth|strong="H5618"\+w*}, Perida|strong="H6514" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w also|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w known|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Peruda|strong="H6514"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{58}Jaalah|strong="H3279", Darkon|strong="H1874", Giddel|strong="H1435", 
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\verseNumber{59}Shephatiah|strong="H8203", Hattil|strong="H2411", Pokereth-hazzebaim|strong="H6380", and|strong="H1121" Amon|strong="H0526". 
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\verseNumber{60}Altogether|strong="H3605", there|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" 392 temple|strong="H5411" workers|strong="H6466" and|strong="H3967" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" servants|strong="H5650" who|strong="H3605" returned|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{61-62}Another|strong="H0312" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" 642 people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" clans|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Delaiah|strong="H1806", Tobiah|strong="H2900", and|strong="H3967" Nekoda|strong="H5353" also|strong="H1571" returned|strong="H7725". They|strong="H1992" came|strong="H0935" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Tel-Melah|strong="H8528", Tel-Harsha|strong="H8521", Kerub|strong="H3743", Addan|strong="H0135" (\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w is|strong="H0369"\+w* \+w also|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w known|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w as|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w Addon|strong="H0114"\+w*}), and|strong="H3967" Immer|strong="H0564" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}. But|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" prove|strong="H5254" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1121" Israelis. 
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\verseNumber{63}Priests|strong="H3548" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" clans|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Hobaiah|strong="H2252", Hakkoz|strong="H6976", and|strong="H1121" Barzillai|strong="H1271" also|strong="H8034" returned|strong="H7725". Barzillai|strong="H1271" had|strong="H3548" married|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H1323" who|strong="H3548" is|strong="H8034" a|strong="H3947" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w man|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Barzillai|strong="H1271" from|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H4480" had|strong="H3548" taken|strong="H3947" his|strong="H7121" wife’s|strong="H0802" family|strong="H4940" name|strong="H8034". 
\verseNumber{64}They|strong="H3808" searched|strong="H1245" in|strong="H4672" the|strong="H4480" records|strong="H1697" that|strong="H4480" contained|strong="H3557" the|strong="H4480" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H4480" people’s|strong="H5971" ancestors|strong="H0001", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" the|strong="H4480" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H4480" those|strong="H4480" clans|strong="H4940", so|strong="H4480" they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H4672" not|strong="H3808" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1245" have|strong="H4672" the|strong="H4480" rights|strong="H1779" and|strong="H4480" duties|strong="H4931" that|strong="H4480" priests|strong="H3808" have|strong="H4672" right|strong="H3225" away|strong="H4480". 
\verseNumber{65}The|strong="H5704" governor|strong="H8660" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5975" that|strong="H3548" before|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3808" could|strong="H3201" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H5704" food|strong="H3899" offered|strong="H5927" as|strong="H5704" sacrifices|strong="H6944", a|strong="H5975" priest|strong="H3548" should|strong="H3548" use|strong="H4399" the|strong="H5704" marked|strong="H8104" stones|strong="H0068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w find|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w out|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w about|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{66}Altogether|strong="H3605", there|strong="H3605" were|strong="H7969" 42,360 people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3605" Judea|strong="H3061". 
\verseNumber{67}There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H5650" also|strong="H1571" 7,337 of|strong="H5650" their|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650", and|strong="H3967" 245 singers|strong="H7891", which|strong="H0834" included|strong="H5475" men|strong="H5650" and|strong="H3967" women|strong="H7891". 
\verseNumber{68}The|strong="H3967" Israelis also|strong="H1581" brought|strong="H0935" back|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*} 736 horses|strong="H5483", 245 mules|strong="H6505", 
\verseNumber{69}435 camels|strong="H1581", and|strong="H3967" 6,720 donkeys|strong="H2543". 
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\verseNumber{70}Some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5414" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5414" clans|strong="H4940" gave|strong="H5414" gifts|strong="H4979" for|strong="H3701" the|strong="H5414" work|strong="H4399" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w rebuilding|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}. I|strong="H5414", being|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5414" governor|strong="H6346", gave|strong="H5414" ◄17 pounds|strong="H1993"/8.6 kg.► of|strong="H7218" gold|strong="H2091", 50 bowls|strong="H4219" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w be|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w used|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}, and|strong="H3967" 530 robes|strong="H0899" for|strong="H3701" the|strong="H5414" priests|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{71}Some|strong="H5971" of|strong="H7611" the|strong="H5414" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7611" the|strong="H5414" clans|strong="H4940" gave|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" total|strong="H3605" of|strong="H7611" ◄337 pounds|strong="H1993"/153 kg.► of|strong="H7611" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H3701" ◄3,215 pounds|strong="H1993"/1,460 kg.► of|strong="H7611" silver|strong="H3701". 
\verseNumber{72}The|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" gave|strong="H5414" a|strong="H4480" total|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" ◄337 pounds|strong="H1993"/153 kg.► of|strong="H1121" gold|strong="H2091", ◄2,923 pounds|strong="H1993"/1,330 kg.► of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701", and|strong="H1121" 67 robes|strong="H0899" for|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548". 
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\verseNumber{73}So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548", the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w helped|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" guards|strong="H7323", the|strong="H3605" musicians|strong="H7891", the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" workers|strong="H6466", and|strong="H3967" many|strong="H7227" ordinary|strong="H2455" people|strong="H5971", who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" all|strong="H3605" Israelis, started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H0413" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H1323" and|strong="H3967" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" Judea|strong="H3061" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Ezra read from the laws of Moses }
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\chapterNumber{8}\verseNumber{1-2}Ezra|strong="H5830", who|strong="H0834" taught|strong="H3925" people|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" of|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w scroll|strong="H5612"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w which|strong="H0834"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" of|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872" were|strong="H0834" written|strong="H3789". Those|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w obey|strong="H8085"\+w*}. On|strong="H5921" October 8 of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H0834" year|strong="H8141", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" gathered|strong="H6960" together|strong="H3162" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" plaza|strong="H7339"/square|strong="H7339" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Water|strong="H4325" Gate|strong="H8179". Men|strong="H0376" and|strong="H3967" women|strong="H0802" and|strong="H3967" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w children|strong="H1121"\+w*} who|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w old|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w enough|strong="H1767"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w*} understand|strong="H0995" gathered|strong="H6960" together|strong="H3162". Someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" Ezra|strong="H5830" to|strong="H0413" bring|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318" that|strong="H0834" scroll|strong="H5612". 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H4480" he|strong="H3117" brought|strong="H0935" it|strong="H7121" out|strong="H4480" and|strong="H3117" read|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". He|strong="H3117" started|strong="H2490" reading|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121" early|strong="H7925" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" morning|strong="H1242" and|strong="H3117" continued|strong="H5674" reading|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121" until|strong="H5704" noontime. All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" listened|strong="H8085" carefully|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" written|strong="H3789" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612". 
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\verseNumber{4}Ezra|strong="H5830" stood|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1697" a|strong="H6213" high|strong="H6213" wooden|strong="H6086" platform|strong="H4026" that|strong="H1697" had|strong="H5830" been|strong="H1961" built|strong="H6213" just|strong="H1697" for|strong="H5921" that|strong="H1697" event|strong="H1697". At|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3225" side|strong="H3225" stood|strong="H5975" Mattithiah|strong="H4993", Shema|strong="H8087", Anaiah|strong="H6043", Uriah|strong="H0223", Hilkiah|strong="H2518", and|strong="H6086" Maaseiah|strong="H4641". At|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" left|strong="H8040" side|strong="H3225" stood|strong="H5975" Pedaiah|strong="H6305", Mishael|strong="H4332", Malkijah|strong="H4441", Hashum|strong="H2828", Hashbaddanah|strong="H2806", Zechariah|strong="H2148", and|strong="H6086" Meshullam|strong="H4918". 
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\verseNumber{5}Ezra|strong="H5830" stood|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" platform|strong="H3595" above|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", where|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3588" could|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" see|strong="H5869" him|strong="H5921". He|strong="H3588" opened|strong="H6605" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612"; and|strong="H5971" as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H5971" that|strong="H3588", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" stood|strong="H5975" up|strong="H5975", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w continued|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w stand|strong="H5975"\+w*, \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w show|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w respect|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H6030" Ezra|strong="H5830" praised|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" lifted|strong="H5971" up|strong="H6030" their|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H6030", “Amen|strong="H0543"! Amen|strong="H0543"!” Then|strong="H6030" they|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" with|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" foreheads|strong="H4696" touching|strong="H5060" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{7}Jeshua|strong="H3442", Bani|strong="H1137", Sherebiah|strong="H8274", Jamin|strong="H3226", Akkub|strong="H6126", Shabbethai|strong="H7678", Hodiah|strong="H1941", Maaseiah|strong="H4641", Kelita|strong="H7042", Azariah|strong="H5838", Jozabad|strong="H3107", Hanan|strong="H2605", and|strong="H5971" Pelaiah|strong="H6411", were|strong="H5971" all|strong="H5921" ◄Levites|strong="H3881"/men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" worked|strong="H2388" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004"►. They|strong="H5921" explained|strong="H0560" the|strong="H5921" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H8451" the|strong="H5921" laws|strong="H8451" of|strong="H8451" Moses|strong="H4872" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" standing|strong="H5977" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H7760" also|strong="H1571" read|strong="H7121" from|strong="H7760" scrolls that|strong="H7121" contained|strong="H3557" the|strong="H7760" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H7121" God|strong="H0430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gave|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*}, and|strong="H8451" they|strong="H7760" interpreted|strong="H6622" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w into|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w Aramaic|strong="H0762"\+w* \+w language|strong="H3956"\+w*} what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H7760" read|strong="H7121", making|strong="H6213" the|strong="H7760" meaning|strong="H0998" clear|strong="H6567" so|strong="H7121" that|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7760" people|strong="H5971" could|strong="H3201" understand|strong="H0995" the|strong="H7760" meaning|strong="H0998". 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H8085" I|strong="H3588", Nehemiah|strong="H5166" the|strong="H3605" governor|strong="H8660", and|strong="H3068" Ezra|strong="H5830", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" interpreting|strong="H6590" what|strong="H1697" was|strong="H3068" being|strong="H5971" read|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H8085", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" considers|strong="H7919" that|strong="H3588" this|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" holy|strong="H6918"/sacred|strong="H6944". So|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1697" sad|strong="H7451" or|strong="H8085" cry|strong="H7121"!” They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" crying|strong="H1058" as|strong="H1697" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H5971" listening|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" of|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H7971" I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H7971", “Now|strong="H3117" go|strong="H3212" home|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3068" enjoy|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H3117"\+w*} good|strong="H2896" food|strong="H4490" and|strong="H3068" drink|strong="H8354" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H3117"\+w*} sweet|strong="H4477" wine|strong="H3196". And|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971" some|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" it|strong="H1931" to|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" anything|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w or|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w drink|strong="H8354"\+w*}. This|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considers|strong="H7919" sacred|strong="H6944". Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3068" sad|strong="H7451"! Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" joyful|strong="H7440" and|strong="H3068" make|strong="H3559" you|strong="H3588" strong|strong="H4581".” 
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\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881" also|strong="H3117" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3117" quiet|strong="H2013", saying|strong="H0559" “Be|strong="H3117" quiet|strong="H2013" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w cry|strong="H7121"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" this|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3588" sacred|strong="H6944" day|strong="H3117"! Do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3117" sad|strong="H7451"!” 
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\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" went|strong="H3212" away|strong="H7971", and|strong="H7971" they|strong="H3588" ate|strong="H0398" and|strong="H7971" drank|strong="H8354", and|strong="H7971" they|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H7971" portions|strong="H4490" of|strong="H1697" food|strong="H4490" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w have|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w any|strong="H3605"\+w*}. They|strong="H3588" celebrated|strong="H6213" very|strong="H1419" joyfully|strong="H8057", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" heard|strong="H3588" and|strong="H7971" understood|strong="H3045" what|strong="H1697" had|strong="H3588" been|strong="H5971" read|strong="H3045" to|strong="H3212" them|strong="H7971". 
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\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H3605" next|strong="H8145" day|strong="H3117", the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" families|strong="H4940" and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H8145"\+w*} descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3117" Levi|strong="H3881" met|strong="H6298" with|strong="H1697" Ezra|strong="H5830" to|strong="H3117" study|strong="H3854" carefully|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3548" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3117" Moses|strong="H4872". 
\verseNumber{14}While|strong="H4672" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" doing|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3068", they|strong="H3068" realized|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H6680" Moses|strong="H4872" to|strong="H3478" command|strong="H6680" the|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" shelters|strong="H5521" during|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3068" month|strong="H2320", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w remember|strong="H2142"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w shelters|strong="H5521"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w left|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w city|strong="H8179"\+w*} and|strong="H1004" cut|strong="H3772" branches|strong="H7070" and|strong="H1004" used|strong="H6213" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3318" build|strong="H6213" shelters|strong="H5521". They|strong="H1992" built|strong="H6213" shelters|strong="H5521" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w flat|strong="H8478"\+w*} roofs|strong="H1406" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w their|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w houses|strong="H1004"\+w*}, in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H1992" courtyards|strong="H2691", in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" courtyards|strong="H2691" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" plazas|strong="H7339"/squares|strong="H7339" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" Water|strong="H4325" Gate|strong="H8179" and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" Ephraim|strong="H0669" Gate|strong="H8179". 
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\verseNumber{18}Every|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" during|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" week|strong="H7620" Ezra|strong="H7121" read|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6213" scroll|strong="H5612" that|strong="H3117" contained|strong="H3557" the|strong="H6213" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H3117" God|strong="H0430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gave|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*}. Then|strong="H6213" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" eighth|strong="H8066" day|strong="H3117", just|strong="H4941" as|strong="H5704" one|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" laws|strong="H8451" of|strong="H3117" God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" should|strong="H3117" do|strong="H6213", they|strong="H3117" gathered|strong="H6213" together|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5704" end|strong="H7093" the|strong="H6213" celebration|strong="H8057". 

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\chapterNumber{9}On|strong="H5921" October 31, the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" gathered|strong="H3478" together|strong="H5921" again|strong="H3478". They|strong="H3117" ◄fasted|strong="H6684"/abstained from|strong="H5921" eating|strong="H0398" food|strong="H3899"►, they|strong="H3117" wore|strong="H5921" clothes|strong="H0899" made|strong="H3478" from|strong="H5921" rough|strong="H8181" cloth|strong="H0899", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3117" put|strong="H5414" dirt|strong="H6083" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" heads|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w sorry|strong="H5162"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" separated|strong="H6504" themselves|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" foreigners|strong="H1121". They|strong="H5921" stood|strong="H5975" there|strong="H5975" and|strong="H1121" confessed|strong="H3034" their|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3478" committed|strong="H3478". 
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“Yahweh|strong="H3068", we|strong="H5704" praise|strong="H8416" your|strong="H3068" glorious|strong="H3519" name|strong="H8034"! You|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3068" much|strong="H5921" greater|strong="H1419" than|strong="H4480" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" we|strong="H5704" can|strong="H4310" think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H5921" or|strong="H5704" talk|strong="H1696" about|strong="H5921"! 
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\verseNumber{6}“You|strong="H3605" only|strong="H3605" are|strong="H8064" God|strong="H3068". You|strong="H3605" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" heavens|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" stars|strong="H3556". You|strong="H3605" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H1931", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3605" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" seas|strong="H3220"/oceans|strong="H2342" and|strong="H3068" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". You|strong="H3605" are|strong="H8064" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" gives|strong="H2421" life|strong="H2421" to|strong="H3068" everything|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3068" helps|strong="H5826" them|strong="H5921" remain|strong="H3427" alive|strong="H2421". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" angels|strong="H4397" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H8064" in|strong="H5921" heaven|strong="H8064" worship|strong="H7812" you|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{7}“Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H7760" are|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". You|strong="H7760" chose|strong="H0977" Abram|strong="H0087" and|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3318" him|strong="H7760" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" Ur|strong="H0218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" Chaldea|strong="H3778" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. You|strong="H7760" gave|strong="H7760" him|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" new|strong="H2319" name|strong="H8034", Abraham|strong="H0085". 
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\verseNumber{9}“You|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H7200" what|strong="H7200" our|strong="H7200" ancestors|strong="H0001" were|strong="H4714" suffering|strong="H6040" in|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714". You|strong="H5921" heard|strong="H8085" them|strong="H5921" cry|strong="H2201" to|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" help|strong="H5826" when|strong="H7200" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H4714" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Red|strong="H5488" Sea|strong="H3220". 
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\verseNumber{16}“But|strong="H3808" our|strong="H8085" ancestors|strong="H0001" were|strong="H1992" very|strong="H1992" proud|strong="H2102" and|strong="H8085" stubborn|strong="H7185" [IDM], and|strong="H8085" they|strong="H1992" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H8085" what|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3808" commanded|strong="H4687" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H8085" do|strong="H8085". 
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\verseNumber{19}“Because|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" always|strong="H3605" act|strong="H6213" mercifully, you|strong="H5921" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" abandon|strong="H5800" them|strong="H5921" when|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H7227" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" desert|strong="H4057". The|strong="H5921" bright|strong="H0934" cloud|strong="H6051" which|strong="H4057" was|strong="H6051" like|strong="H1870" a|strong="H5921" huge|strong="H7227" pillar|strong="H5982" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3212" lead|strong="H5148" them|strong="H5921" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" daytime|strong="H3119", and|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5921" fiery|strong="H5135" cloud|strong="H6051" showed|strong="H7200" them|strong="H5921" where|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3212" walk|strong="H3212" at|strong="H5921" night|strong="H3915". 
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\verseNumber{36}“So|strong="H5414" now|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H5921"\+w*} slaves|strong="H5650" here|strong="H2009" in|strong="H5921" this|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5414" ancestors|strong="H0001", the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" could|strong="H3201" enjoy|strong="H7200" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" good|strong="H2898" things|strong="H2898" that|strong="H3117" grow|strong="H6779" here|strong="H2009". 
\verseNumber{37}Because|strong="H5921" we|strong="H0587" have|strong="H5414" sinned|strong="H2403", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H0587"\+w* \+w cannot|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w grow|strong="H7235"\+w* \+w here|strong="H5921"\+w*}. The|strong="H5921" kings|strong="H4428" that|strong="H5414" now|strong="H5414" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5414" are|strong="H4428" enjoying the|strong="H5921" things|strong="H1419" that|strong="H5414" grow|strong="H7235" here|strong="H5921". They|strong="H5921" rule|strong="H4910" us|strong="H5414" and|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w take|strong="H5414"\+w*} our|strong="H5414" cattle|strong="H4735". We|strong="H0587" have|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" serve|strong="H5647" them|strong="H5414" and|strong="H4428" do|strong="H2403" the|strong="H5921" things|strong="H1419" that|strong="H5414" please|strong="H7522" them|strong="H5414". We|strong="H0587" are|strong="H4428" experiencing|strong="H2896" great|strong="H1419" misery|strong="H5999"/distress|strong="H6869". 

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\verseNumber{38}“However|strong="H0389", we|strong="H0587" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} people|strong="H5971" now|strong="H6258" are|strong="H3117" making|strong="H6213" an|strong="H1129" agreement|strong="H7284"/promise|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w obey|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w*}, and|strong="H3967" we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H3117" writing|strong="H3791" this|strong="H2088" agreement|strong="H7284"/promise|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w scroll|strong="H5612"\+w*}. We|strong="H0587" will|strong="H3068" write|strong="H3789" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" our|strong="H3068" leaders|strong="H7218" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548", and|strong="H3967" then|strong="H0227" we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H3068" seal|strong="H2368" it|strong="H5414".” 

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\chapterNumber{10}◄This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H3605" a|strong="H3772" list|strong="H4557"/These|strong="H2063" are|strong="H3548" the|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034"► of|strong="H8269" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" signed|strong="H3789" the|strong="H3605" agreement|strong="H7284": 
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I|strong="H5921", Nehemiah|strong="H5166", the|strong="H3605" governor|strong="H8269"; and|strong="H3548" also|strong="H3789" Zedekiah|strong="H6667". 
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\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H1121" signed|strong="H7560" it|strong="H5921" were|strong="H1121": 
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Seraiah|strong="H8304", Azariah|strong="H5838", Jeremiah|strong="H3414", 
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\verseNumber{3}Pashhur|strong="H6583", Amariah|strong="H0568", Malkijah|strong="H4441", 
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\verseNumber{4}Hattush|strong="H2407", Shebaniah|strong="H7645", Malluch|strong="H4409", 
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\verseNumber{5}Harim|strong="H2766", Meremoth|strong="H4822", Obadiah|strong="H5662", 
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\verseNumber{6}Daniel|strong="H1841", Ginnethon|strong="H1599", Baruch|strong="H1263", 
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\verseNumber{7}Meshullam|strong="H4918", Abijah|strong="H0029", Mijamin|strong="H4326", 
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\verseNumber{8}Maaziah|strong="H4590", Bilgai|strong="H1084", and|strong="H4918" Shemaiah|strong="H8098". 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3548" Levi|strong="H3878" who|strong="H3548" signed|strong="H7560" it|strong="H5414" were|strong="H0834": 
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Jeshua|strong="H3442" the|strong="H3548" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H3548" Azaniah|strong="H0245", Binnui|strong="H1131" from|strong="H8098" the|strong="H3548" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H3548" Henadad|strong="H2582", Kadmiel|strong="H6934", 
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\verseNumber{10}Shebaniah|strong="H7645", Hodiah|strong="H1941", Kelita|strong="H7042", Pelaiah|strong="H6411", Hanan|strong="H2605", 
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\verseNumber{11}Mica|strong="H4316", Rehob|strong="H7340", Hashabiah|strong="H2811", 
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\verseNumber{12}Zaccur|strong="H2139", Sherebiah|strong="H8274", Shebaniah|strong="H7645", 
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\verseNumber{13}Hodiah|strong="H1941", Bani|strong="H1137", and|strong="H8274" Beninu|strong="H1148". 
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\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H1137" Israeli leaders|strong="H7218" who|strong="H0834" signed|strong="H7560" it|strong="H5414" were|strong="H0834": 
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Parosh|strong="H6551", Pahath-Moab|strong="H6355", Elam|strong="H5867", Zattu|strong="H2240", Bani|strong="H1137", 
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\verseNumber{15}Bunni|strong="H1138", Azgad|strong="H5803", Bebai|strong="H0893", 
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\verseNumber{16}Adonijah|strong="H0138", Bigvai|strong="H0902", Adin|strong="H5720", 
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\verseNumber{17}Ater|strong="H0333", Hezekiah|strong="H2396", Azzur|strong="H5809", 
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\verseNumber{18}Hodiah|strong="H1941", Hashum|strong="H2828", Bezai|strong="H1209", 
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\verseNumber{19}Hariph|strong="H2756", Anathoth|strong="H6068", Nebai|strong="H5109", 
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\verseNumber{20}Magpiash|strong="H4047", Meshullam|strong="H4918", Hezir|strong="H2387", 
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\verseNumber{21}Meshezabel|strong="H4898", Zadok|strong="H6659", Jaddua|strong="H3037", 
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\verseNumber{22}Pelatiah|strong="H6410", Hanan|strong="H2605", Anaiah|strong="H6043", 
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\verseNumber{23}Hoshea|strong="H1954", Hananiah|strong="H2608", Hasshub|strong="H2815", 
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\verseNumber{24}Hallohesh|strong="H3873", Pilha|strong="H6401", Shobek|strong="H7733", 
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\verseNumber{25}Rehum|strong="H7348", Hashabnah|strong="H2812", Maaseiah|strong="H4641", 
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\verseNumber{26}Ahiah|strong="H0281", Hanan|strong="H2605", Anan|strong="H6052", 
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\verseNumber{27}Malluch|strong="H4409", Harim|strong="H2766", and|strong="H3967" Baanah|strong="H1196". 

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\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H1196" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1196" people|strong="H5971" also|strong="H1571" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1961" solemn|strong="H6116" agreement|strong="H7284". The|strong="H1196" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5414" included|strong="H5475" priests|strong="H3548", temple|strong="H1004" gatekeepers|strong="H7778", singers|strong="H7891", and|strong="H2766" temple|strong="H1004" workers|strong="H6466". They|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" included|strong="H5475" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H1196" men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" other|strong="H0312" countries|strong="H0776" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" separated|strong="H6504" themselves|strong="H0905" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H1196" other|strong="H0312" foreigners|strong="H1121" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H0935" Israel|strong="H3478". These|strong="H0428" men|strong="H0376", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5973" their|strong="H3605" wives|strong="H0802", their|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H2766" daughters|strong="H1323" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" old|strong="H1121" enough|strong="H1767" to|strong="H0413" understand|strong="H0995" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w were|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w*, \+w were|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w obey|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w laws|strong="H8451"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{29}They|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" joined|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3045" their|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7891" in|strong="H1121" making|strong="H3605" this|strong="H3045" solemn|strong="H6116" agreement|strong="H7284". They|strong="H5971" agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1121" obey|strong="H3045" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H3045" God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H3045" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872". They|strong="H5971" agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1121" obey|strong="H3045" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3045" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H3045" commanded|strong="H6680", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" regulations|strong="H4941" and|strong="H1121" instructions|strong="H8451". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w And|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3605"\+w*:} 
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\verseNumber{30}“We|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6213" allow|strong="H5414" our|strong="H3068" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H3068" marry|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" live|strong="H8451" in|strong="H5921" this|strong="H6213" land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}, and|strong="H4872" we|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6213" allow|strong="H5414" our|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" marry|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{31}“If|strong="H1121" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H1121" other|strong="H0312" countries|strong="H0776" who|strong="H5971" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1121" this|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" bring|strong="H3947" us|strong="H5414" grain|strong="H1715" or|strong="H3808" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5414" sell|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5414" Sabbath|strong="H7676" days|strong="H3117" or|strong="H3808" any|strong="H5414" other|strong="H0312" sacred|strong="H6944" day|strong="H3117", we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" buy|strong="H3947" anything|strong="H3808" from|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5414". And|strong="H1121" in|strong="H1121" every|strong="H3947" seventh|strong="H7637" year|strong="H1121", we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" plant|strong="H5414" any|strong="H5414" crops|strong="H8393", and|strong="H1121" we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H5971" ◄cancel all|strong="H5414" debts|strong="H4859"/declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H5971" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" have|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5414" pay|strong="H5414" back|strong="H3947" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H3808" owe us|strong="H5414"►. 
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\verseNumber{32}“We|strong="H3117" also|strong="H3027" promise|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5971" every|strong="H3605" year|strong="H8141" we|strong="H3117" will|strong="H5971" pay|strong="H7999" ◄one-eighth of|strong="H3117" an|strong="H3947" ounce/4 grams► of|strong="H3117" silver|strong="H3701" for|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3117" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{33}With|strong="H1004" that|strong="H5414" money|strong="H3701" they|strong="H5921" can|strong="H1004" buy|strong="H7069" these|strong="H1004" things|strong="H4687": The|strong="H5921" sacred|strong="H6944" bread|strong="H3899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w placed|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w before|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w God|strong="H5414"\+w*}, the|strong="H5921" grain|strong="H1715" that|strong="H5414" is|strong="H1004" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} each|strong="H5414" day|strong="H3117", the|strong="H5921" lambs|strong="H3532" that|strong="H5414" were|strong="H5414" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, the|strong="H5921" sacred|strong="H6944" offerings|strong="H8002" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Sabbath|strong="H7676" days|strong="H8141" and|strong="H1004" for|strong="H5921" celebrating|strong="H7832" each|strong="H5414" new|strong="H2319" moon|strong="H3394" and|strong="H1004" other|strong="H0312" festivals|strong="H4150" that|strong="H5414" God|strong="H5414" told|strong="H5046" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" celebrate|strong="H6213", and|strong="H1004" other|strong="H0312" offerings|strong="H8002" that|strong="H5414" are|strong="H8141" dedicated|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" God|strong="H5414", the|strong="H5921" animals|strong="H0929" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H5414" sacrificed|strong="H2076" to|strong="H5921" atone|strong="H3722" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sins|strong="H2403" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H1004" anything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750" that|strong="H5414" is|strong="H1004" needed|strong="H1767" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" work|strong="H5656" of|strong="H1004" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{34}“Each|strong="H3605" year|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548", the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" Levi|strong="H3878" who|strong="H3605" help|strong="H5826" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H1004" us|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3478" ◄cast|strong="H7993" lots|strong="H1486"/throw|strong="H7993" marked|strong="H8104" stones|strong="H0068"► to|strong="H3478" determine|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w*} which|strong="H1004" clans|strong="H1004" will|strong="H3478" provide|strong="H6213" wood|strong="H6086" to|strong="H3478" burn|strong="H8313" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" sacrifices|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3478" offered|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H2403" what|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3478" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{35}“We|strong="H0587" promise|strong="H3068" that|strong="H5971" each|strong="H5971" year|strong="H8141" each|strong="H5971" family|strong="H1004" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3881" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" an|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H7133" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" first|strong="H7223" grain|strong="H1715" that|strong="H5971" we|strong="H0587" harvest|strong="H7105" and|strong="H3068" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" first|strong="H7223" fruit|strong="H6086" that|strong="H5971" grows|strong="H3318" on|strong="H5921" our|strong="H3068" trees|strong="H6086" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{36}“Also|strong="H3068", we|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" our|strong="H3068" firstborn|strong="H1060" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3068" dedicate|strong="H6942" them|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". And|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H0935" firstborn|strong="H1060" calves|strong="H5695" and|strong="H3068" lambs|strong="H3532" and|strong="H3068" baby|strong="H1121" goats|strong="H5795" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w offered|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w*}. That|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6529" is|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H8141" God’s|strong="H0430" laws|strong="H8451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w must|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{37}“We|strong="H0587" will|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1121" take|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3548" priests|strong="H3548" at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3548" temple|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3548" flour|strong="H5560" made|strong="H6213" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3548" first|strong="H1121" grain|strong="H1715" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w we|strong="H0587"\+w* \+w harvest|strong="H7105"\+w* \+w each|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w year|strong="H1121"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" our|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" offerings|strong="H8002" of|strong="H1121" wine|strong="H3196", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081", and|strong="H1121" fruit|strong="H6529". We|strong="H0587" will|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1121" take|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3548" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w*} the|strong="H3548" tithes|strong="H4643"/10% of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w crops|strong="H8393"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w we|strong="H0587"\+w* \+w grow|strong="H6779"\+w* \+w on|strong="H1004"\+w*} our|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3548" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3548" ones|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3548" collect|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3548" tithes|strong="H4643" in|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3548" villages|strong="H2691" where|strong="H1004" we|strong="H0587" work|strong="H4399"/live|strong="H8451". 
\verseNumber{38}The|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1992" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" Aaron|strong="H0175" will|strong="H1004" be|strong="H6086" with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" Levi|strong="H3881" and|strong="H1004" supervise|strong="H5329" them|strong="H1992" when|strong="H5656" they|strong="H1992" collect|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" tithes|strong="H4643". Then|strong="H3548" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" Levi|strong="H3881" must|strong="H4191" take|strong="H6237" 10% of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" bring|strong="H3881" and|strong="H1004" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H1992" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" storerooms in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{39}The|strong="H5927" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H5927" other|strong="H0312" Israeli people|strong="H1121" must|strong="H1121" take|strong="H1961" 10% of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5927" offerings|strong="H5927" of|strong="H1121" grain|strong="H1715", wine|strong="H3196", and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" storerooms where|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5927" various|strong="H2921" utensils|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3548" are|strong="H1121" used|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5927" temple|strong="H1004" are|strong="H1121" kept|strong="H1961". That|strong="H3548" is|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5927" place|strong="H1004" where|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5927" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3548" are|strong="H1121" serving|strong="H5647" at|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3548" time|strong="H1961", the|strong="H5927" temple|strong="H1004" guards|strong="H7323", and|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3548" sing|strong="H7891" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5927" temple|strong="H1004" choir|strong="H8426" live|strong="H3427". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H0587"\+w* \+w promise|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3548"\+w*} we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" neglect|strong="H5800" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w taking|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w care|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w our|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The people who settled in Jerusalem }
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\chapterNumber{11}The|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} leaders|strong="H8269" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w families|strong="H4940"\+w*} settled|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H4480" sacred|strong="H6944" city|strong="H5892", Jerusalem|strong="H3389". The|strong="H4480" other|strong="H7605" people|strong="H5971" ◄cast|strong="H5307" lots|strong="H1486"/threw|strong="H5307" marked|strong="H8104" stones|strong="H0068"► to|strong="H3027" determine|strong="H7200" which|strong="H5971" family|strong="H4940" from|strong="H4480" each|strong="H5892" ten|strong="H6235" families|strong="H4940" would|strong="H5971" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". The|strong="H4480" other|strong="H7605" people|strong="H5971" continued|strong="H3427" to|strong="H3027" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H4480" other|strong="H7605" towns|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3027" cities|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w Judea|strong="H3061"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}Those|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3389"\+w*} bless|strong="H1288" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" volunteered|strong="H5068" to|strong="H3389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H1288"\+w* \+w among|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* 10% \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* } moved|strong="H5068" to|strong="H3389" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H5650" priests|strong="H3548", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H5650" temple|strong="H5411" workers|strong="H6466", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5650" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" servants|strong="H5650", and|strong="H1121" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5650" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" on|strong="H3427" their|strong="H3427" own|strong="H3548" property|strong="H0272" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5650" towns|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3588" some|strong="H4480" people|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3427" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w decided|strong="H3289"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3389"\+w*} live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". One|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H3427" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3427" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" was|strong="H3063" Athaiah|strong="H6265". He|strong="H3389" was|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3427" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Uzziah|strong="H5818", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3427" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zechariah|strong="H2148", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3427" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amariah|strong="H0568", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3427" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shephatiah|strong="H8203", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3427" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Mahalalel|strong="H4111", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3063" a|strong="H3389" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Judah’s|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} Perez|strong="H6557". 
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\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Another|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w one|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w from|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1263"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1121"\+w*} Maaseiah|strong="H4641", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H1263" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Baruch|strong="H1263", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H1263" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Colhozeh, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H1263" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hazaiah|strong="H2382", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H1263" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Adaiah|strong="H5718", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H1263" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joiarib|strong="H3114", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H1263" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zechariah|strong="H2148", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1121"\+w*} a|strong="H1121" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Judah’s|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} Shelah|strong="H7956". 
\verseNumber{6}There|strong="H3427" were|strong="H1121" 468 men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Perez|strong="H6557" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" valiant|strong="H2428"/courageous|strong="H0553" soldiers|strong="H2428" who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3470"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w*} of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3470" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" who|strong="H1121" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="H1121" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" was|strong="H1121" Sallu|strong="H5543", the|strong="H3470" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Meshullam|strong="H4918", the|strong="H3470" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joed|strong="H3133", the|strong="H3470" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Pedaiah|strong="H6305", the|strong="H3470" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kolaiah|strong="H6964", the|strong="H3470" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Maaseiah|strong="H4641", the|strong="H3470" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ithiel|strong="H0384", the|strong="H3470" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jeshaiah|strong="H3470". 
\verseNumber{8}Two|strong="H3967" of|strong="H3967" Sallu’s relatives|strong="H0251", Gabbai|strong="H1373" and|strong="H3967" Sallai|strong="H5543", also|strong="H1571" settled|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3967" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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Altogether|strong="H3162", 928 people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3967" the|strong="H5543" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3967" Benjamin|strong="H1144" settled|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3967" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" 
\verseNumber{9}Their|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H6496" was|strong="H5892" Joel|strong="H3100", son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zichri|strong="H2147". The|strong="H5921" official|strong="H8269" who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H5892" second|strong="H4932" in|strong="H5921" command|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" was|strong="H5892" Hassenuah|strong="H5574". 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H4480" priests|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w settled|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} were|strong="H1121" Jedaiah|strong="H3048" the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joiarib|strong="H3114", Jakin|strong="H3199", 
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\verseNumber{11}Seraiah|strong="H8304", the|strong="H6659" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hilkiah|strong="H2518", the|strong="H6659" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Meshullam|strong="H4918", the|strong="H6659" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zadok|strong="H6659", the|strong="H6659" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Meraioth|strong="H4812", the|strong="H6659" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahitub|strong="H0285" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* } the|strong="H6659" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{12}Altogether|strong="H3162", 822 members|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" worked|strong="H6213" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6213" temple|strong="H1004". 
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Another|strong="H0312" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w settled|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} was|strong="H1004" Adaiah|strong="H5718", the|strong="H6213" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jeroham|strong="H3395", the|strong="H6213" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Pelaliah|strong="H6421", the|strong="H6213" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amzi|strong="H0557", the|strong="H6213" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zechariah|strong="H2148", the|strong="H6213" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Pashhur|strong="H6583", the|strong="H6213" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Malchijah|strong="H4441". 
\verseNumber{13}Altogether|strong="H3162", there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" 242 members|strong="H3338" of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w settled|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. 
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Another|strong="H0312" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w settled|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} was|strong="H1121" Amashsai|strong="H6023" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Azarel|strong="H5832", the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahzai|strong="H0273", the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Meshillemoth|strong="H4919", the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Immer|strong="H0564". 
\verseNumber{14}There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" 128 members|strong="H3338" of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" valiant|strong="H2428" soldiers|strong="H2428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w settled|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. Their|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H6496" was|strong="H1121" Zabdiel|strong="H2068" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Haggedolim|strong="H1896". 
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\verseNumber{15}Another|strong="H4480" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" who|strong="H1121" settled|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" was|strong="H1121" Shemaiah|strong="H8098" the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hasshub|strong="H2815", the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Azrikam|strong="H5840", the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hashabiah|strong="H2811", the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bunni|strong="H1138". 
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\verseNumber{16}Two|strong="H1004" others|strong="H0312" were|strong="H3881" Shabbethai|strong="H7678" and|strong="H1004" Jozabad|strong="H3107", who|strong="H3881" were|strong="H3881" prominent|strong="H1419" men|strong="H7218" who|strong="H3881" supervised|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" work|strong="H4399" outside|strong="H2435" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{17}Another|strong="H0312" one|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Mattaniah|strong="H4983", the|strong="H3034" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Mica|strong="H4316", the|strong="H3034" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zabdi|strong="H2067", the|strong="H3034" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Asaph|strong="H0623". Mattaniah|strong="H4983" directed|strong="H5090" the|strong="H3034" temple|strong="H1004" choir|strong="H8426" when|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" sang|strong="H7891" the|strong="H3034" prayers|strong="H8605" to|strong="H1121" thank|strong="H3034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}. His|strong="H4318" assistant|strong="H8334" was|strong="H1121" Bakbukiah|strong="H1229". Another|strong="H0312" one|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Abda|strong="H5653", the|strong="H3034" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shammua|strong="H8051", the|strong="H3034" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Galal|strong="H1559", the|strong="H3034" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jeduthun|strong="H3038". 
\verseNumber{18}Altogether|strong="H3605", there|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3881" 284 descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5892" Levi|strong="H3881" who|strong="H3605" settled|strong="H3427" in|strong="H5892" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H8104" men|strong="H8147" who|strong="H8104" guarded|strong="H8104" the|strong="H8104" temple|strong="H1004" gates|strong="H8179" were|strong="H8147" Akkub|strong="H6126" and|strong="H3967" Talmon|strong="H2929" and|strong="H3967" 172 of|strong="H8179" their|strong="H8104" relatives|strong="H0251" who|strong="H8104" settled|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3967" Jerusalem|strong="H8104". 
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\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5159" including|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5892" Levi|strong="H3881" lived|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5892" their|strong="H3605" own|strong="H3548" property|strong="H5159" in|strong="H3478" other|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3063" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3478" Judea|strong="H3061". 
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\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H5411" workers|strong="H6466" lived|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" Ophel|strong="H6077" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Hill|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. They|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3427" supervised|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5921" Ziha|strong="H6727" and|strong="H3427" Gishpa|strong="H1658". 
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\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H5048" man|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" supervised|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5048" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H5048"\+w*} descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" who|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w helped|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5048"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1004" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" was|strong="H1004" Uzzi|strong="H5813", the|strong="H5048" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bani|strong="H1137", the|strong="H5048" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hashabiah|strong="H2811", the|strong="H5048" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Mattaniah|strong="H4983", the|strong="H5048" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Mica|strong="H4316". Uzzi|strong="H5813" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3389" the|strong="H5048" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Asaph|strong="H0623", the|strong="H5048" clan|strong="H4940" that|strong="H3881" was|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" charge|strong="H6496" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5048" music|strong="H2170" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5048" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Persia|strong="H6539"\+w*} had|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H4687" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" clans|strong="H4940" should|strong="H3588" decide|strong="H3198" what|strong="H1697" each|strong="H3117" clan|strong="H4940" should|strong="H3588" do|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5921" lead|strong="H5148" the|strong="H5921" music|strong="H2170" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" each|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{24}Pethahiah|strong="H6611", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Meshezabel|strong="H4898", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1697"\+w*} from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Zerah|strong="H2226" and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5971" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", was|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" ambassador|strong="H6735" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israelis} to|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Persia|strong="H6539". 
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\verseNumber{25}Some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3427" people|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w settle|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" villages|strong="H2691" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3427" farms. Some|strong="H4480" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3427" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" villages|strong="H2691" near|strong="H7126" Kiriath-Arba|strong="H7153", Dibon|strong="H1769", and|strong="H1121" Jekabzeel|strong="H3343" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{26}Some|strong="H4480" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H0935" Jeshua|strong="H3442" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, in|strong="H0935" Moladah|strong="H4137" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, in|strong="H0935" Beth-Pelet|strong="H1046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{27}in|strong="H1323" Hazar-Shual|strong="H2705" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H1323" in|strong="H1323" Beersheba|strong="H0884" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H1323" the|strong="H1323" villages|strong="H1323" near|strong="H7126" it|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{28}Others|strong="H0312" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1323" Ziklag|strong="H6860" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, in|strong="H1323" Meconah|strong="H4368" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H1323" the|strong="H1323" villages|strong="H1323" near|strong="H7126" it|strong="H5414", 
\verseNumber{29}in|strong="H0935" En-Rimmon|strong="H5884" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, in|strong="H0935" Zorah|strong="H6881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, in|strong="H0935" Jarmuth|strong="H3412" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{30}in|strong="H2583" Zanoah|strong="H2182" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, in|strong="H2583" Adullam|strong="H5725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H7704" in|strong="H2583" the|strong="H5704" villages|strong="H2691" near|strong="H5704" those|strong="H2583" cities|strong="H5892". Some|strong="H4480" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H2583" Lachish|strong="H3923" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H7704" in|strong="H2583" the|strong="H5704" nearby|strong="H7138" villages|strong="H2691", and|strong="H7704" some|strong="H4480" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H2583" Azekah|strong="H5825" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} and|strong="H7704" the|strong="H5704" villages|strong="H2691" near|strong="H5704" it|strong="H5704". All|strong="H5704" of|strong="H1323" those|strong="H2583" people|strong="H5971" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H2583" Judea|strong="H3061", in|strong="H2583" the|strong="H5704" area|strong="H1508" between|strong="H2583" Beersheba|strong="H0884" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H2583"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*} and|strong="H7704" Hinnom|strong="H2011" Valley|strong="H1516" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H2583"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*, \+w at|strong="H2583"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w edge|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{31}The|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1121" Geba|strong="H1387" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5857"\+w*}, Micmash|strong="H4363" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5857"\+w*}, Aija|strong="H5857" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5857"\+w* \+w which|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w also|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w known|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Ai|strong="H5857"\+w*}, Bethel|strong="H1008" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5857"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" in|strong="H1121" nearby|strong="H7138" villages|strong="H1323", 
\verseNumber{32}in|strong="H0935" Anathoth|strong="H6068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, in|strong="H0935" Nob|strong="H5011" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, in|strong="H0935" Ananiah|strong="H6055" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{33}in|strong="H0935" Hazor|strong="H2674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, in|strong="H0935" Ramah|strong="H7414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, in|strong="H0935" Gittaim|strong="H1664" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{34}in|strong="H0935" Hadid|strong="H2307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, in|strong="H0935" Zeboim|strong="H6650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, in|strong="H0935" Neballat|strong="H5041" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{35}in|strong="H0935" Lod|strong="H3850" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, in|strong="H0935" Ono|strong="H0207" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, and|strong="H1516" in|strong="H0935" Craftsmen’s Valley|strong="H1516". 
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\verseNumber{36}Some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" groups|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4480" rhe descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4480" Levi|strong="H3881" who|strong="H3881" had|strong="H3063" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3063" Judea|strong="H3061" were|strong="H3881" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3063" live|strong="H3427" with|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4480"\+w*} Benjamin|strong="H1144". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A list of the priests and Levites who returned }
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\chapterNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Many|strong="H7227"\+w*} priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" returned|strong="H5927" ◄from|strong="H5927" Babylonia|strong="H0894"/to|strong="H5927" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"► with|strong="H5973" Zerubbabel|strong="H2216" and|strong="H1121" Jeshua|strong="H3442". They|strong="H5927" included|strong="H5927" 
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Seraiah|strong="H8304", Jeremiah|strong="H3414", Ezra|strong="H5830", 
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\verseNumber{2}Amariah|strong="H0568", Malluch|strong="H4409", Hattush|strong="H2407", 
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\verseNumber{3}Shecaniah|strong="H7935", Rehum|strong="H7348", Meremoth|strong="H4822", 
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\verseNumber{4}Iddo|strong="H5714", Ginnethon|strong="H1599", Abijah|strong="H0029", 
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\verseNumber{5}Mijamin|strong="H4326", Moadiah|strong="H4573", Bilgah|strong="H1083", 
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\verseNumber{6}Shemaiah|strong="H8098", Joiarib|strong="H3114", Jedaiah|strong="H3048", 
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\verseNumber{7}Sallu|strong="H5543", Amok|strong="H5987", Hilkiah|strong="H2518", and|strong="H3117" Jedaiah|strong="H3048". 
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All|strong="H3117" those|strong="H1992" men|strong="H7218" were|strong="H3117" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" priests|strong="H3548" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" Jeshua|strong="H3442" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* Supreme \+w Priest|strong="H3548"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5921" Levi|strong="H3881" who|strong="H1931" returned|strong="H7725" were|strong="H3881" Jeshua|strong="H3442", Binnui|strong="H1131", Kadmiel|strong="H6934", Sherebiah|strong="H8274", Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" Mattaniah|strong="H4983". They|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3881" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" singing|strong="H7440" songs|strong="H1960" to|strong="H5921" thank|strong="H3034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{9}Bakbukiah|strong="H1229", Unni|strong="H6042", and|strong="H4931" other|strong="H5048" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5048" Levi|strong="H3878" formed|strong="H3335" a|strong="H1961" choir|strong="H8426" that|strong="H0834" stood|strong="H5975" opposite|strong="H5048" the|strong="H5048" other|strong="H5048" group|strong="H7235" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4931"\+w* \+w sang|strong="H7891"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5048"\+w* \+w reply|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5048"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{A|strong="H1961" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H5048" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5048" Jeshua|strong="H3442" the|strong="H5048" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" }
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\verseNumber{10}Jeshua|strong="H3442" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3205"\+w* Supreme \+w Priest|strong="H3548"\+w*} was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Joiakim|strong="H3113", who|strong="H3205" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Eliashib|strong="H0475", who|strong="H3205" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Joiada|strong="H3111", 
\verseNumber{11}who|strong="H3205" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Jonathan|strong="H3129", who|strong="H3205" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Jaddua|strong="H3037". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" clans|strong="H4940" of|strong="H3205" priests|strong="H3548" }
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\verseNumber{12}When|strong="H1961" Joiakim|strong="H3113" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548", these|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" clans|strong="H4940" of|strong="H3117" priests|strong="H3548": 
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Meraiah|strong="H4811", from|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3117"\+w*} Seraiah|strong="H8304"; 
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Hananiah|strong="H2608", from|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3117"\+w*} Jeremiah|strong="H3414"; 
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\verseNumber{13}Meshullam|strong="H4918", from|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3076"\+w* \+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Ezra|strong="H5830"; 
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Jehohanan|strong="H3076", from|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3076"\+w* \+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Amariah|strong="H0568"; 
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\verseNumber{14}Jonathan|strong="H3129", from|strong="H3130" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3129"\+w* \+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3130"\+w*} Malluch|strong="H4409"; 
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Joseph|strong="H3130", from|strong="H3130" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3129"\+w* \+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3130"\+w*} Shecaniah|strong="H7935"; 
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\verseNumber{15}Adna|strong="H5733", from|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Harim|strong="H2766"; 
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Helkai|strong="H2517", from|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Meremoth|strong="H4822"/Maraioth; 
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\verseNumber{16}Zechariah|strong="H2148", from|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H4918"\+w* \+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2148"\+w*} Iddo|strong="H5714"; 
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Meshullam|strong="H4918", from|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H4918"\+w* \+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2148"\+w*} Ginnethon|strong="H1599"; 
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\verseNumber{17}Zicri|strong="H2147", from|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Abijah|strong="H0029". 
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There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" a|strong="H1961" leader|strong="H5387" from|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Miniamin|strong="H4509"; 
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Piltai|strong="H6408", from|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Moadiah|strong="H4153"; 
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\verseNumber{18}Shammua|strong="H8051", from|strong="H8098" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8098"\+w* \+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8098"\+w*} Bilgah|strong="H1083"; 
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Jehonathan|strong="H3083", from|strong="H8098" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8098"\+w* \+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8098"\+w*} Shemaiah|strong="H8098"; 
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\verseNumber{19}Mattenai|strong="H4982", from|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5813"\+w* \+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Joiarib|strong="H3114"; 
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Uzzi|strong="H5813", from|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5813"\+w* \+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Jedaiah|strong="H3048"; 
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\verseNumber{20}Kallai|strong="H7040", from|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5543"\+w* \+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Sallu|strong="H5543"/Sallai|strong="H5543"; 
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Eber|strong="H5677", from|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5543"\+w* \+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Amok|strong="H5987"; 
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\verseNumber{21}Hashabiah|strong="H2811", from|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H2518"\+w* \+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Hilkiah|strong="H2518"; 
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and|strong="H2811" Nethanel|strong="H5417", from|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H2518"\+w* \+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Jedaiah|strong="H3048". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Duties|strong="H4931" of|strong="H1121" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H2811" Levites|strong="H3881" }
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\verseNumber{22}During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" years|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" Eliashib|strong="H0475", Joiada|strong="H3111", Johanan|strong="H3110", and|strong="H3117" Jaddua|strong="H3037" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H3881"\+w* Supreme \+w Priests|strong="H3548"\+w*}, they|strong="H3117" ◄wrote|strong="H3789"/kept|strong="H8104" a|strong="H3117" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H3117"► the|strong="H5921" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" clans|strong="H4940" who|strong="H3548" were|strong="H3881" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3117" Levi|strong="H3881". When|strong="H3117" Darius|strong="H1867" was|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3117" Persia|strong="H6539", they|strong="H3117" stopped|strong="H5975" writing|strong="H3789" that|strong="H3117" list|strong="H4557". 
\verseNumber{23}They|strong="H3117" wrote|strong="H3789" the|strong="H5921" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" clans|strong="H4940" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H1121" Events|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}, but|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" stopped|strong="H5975" writing|strong="H3789" those|strong="H5921" names|strong="H8034" when|strong="H3117" Eliashib’s|strong="H0475" grandson|strong="H1121" Johanan|strong="H3110" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* Supreme \+w Priest|strong="H3548"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{24}These|strong="H3881" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1984" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1984" clans|strong="H4940" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1121"\+w*} descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881": Hashabiah|strong="H2811", Sherebiah|strong="H8274", Jeshua|strong="H3442", Binnui|strong="H1131", Kadmiel|strong="H6934" and|strong="H1121" others|strong="H0312" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" divided|strong="H0914" into|strong="H0413" two|strong="H8147" groups|strong="H7218". The|strong="H1984" two|strong="H8147" groups|strong="H7218" faced|strong="H6440" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H5048", one|strong="H1121" group|strong="H7235" replying to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1984" other|strong="H5048", during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H1984" time|strong="H7218" that|strong="H3881" they|strong="H1992" praised|strong="H1984" and|strong="H1121" thanked|strong="H1288" God|strong="H0430". They|strong="H1992" did|strong="H1732" that|strong="H3881" just|strong="H5980" as|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732", the|strong="H1984" man|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" served|strong="H5647" God|strong="H0430" well|strong="H5980", had|strong="H1732" instructed|strong="H6680". 
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The|strong="H8104" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H8104" guarded|strong="H8104" the|strong="H8104" storerooms close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H8104" the|strong="H8104" gates|strong="H8179" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H8179"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*} were|strong="H7778" Meshullam|strong="H4918", Talmon|strong="H2929", and|strong="H8104" Akkub|strong="H6126". 
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\verseNumber{27}When|strong="H6213" we|strong="H6213" dedicated|strong="H6942" the|strong="H3605" wall|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", we|strong="H6213" summoned|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H2346" Levi|strong="H3881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w help|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w*} from|strong="H3881" the|strong="H3605" nearby|strong="H7138" places|strong="H4725" where|strong="H4725" they|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H3881"\+w* \+w living|strong="H3605"\+w*}. We|strong="H6213" asked|strong="H1245" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w join|strong="H2266"\+w* \+w with|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w us|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w*} celebrate|strong="H6213" when|strong="H6213" we|strong="H6213" dedicated|strong="H6942" the|strong="H3605" wall|strong="H2346". We|strong="H6213" wanted|strong="H1245" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" sing|strong="H7892" songs|strong="H7892" to|strong="H6213" thank|strong="H8426" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} and|strong="H3389" make|strong="H6213" music|strong="H7892" by|strong="H3605" playing|strong="H5059" cymbals|strong="H4700" and|strong="H3389" harps|strong="H3658" and|strong="H3389" other|strong="H3605" stringed|strong="H4482" instruments|strong="H7892". 
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\verseNumber{32}Behind|strong="H0310" their|strong="H3212" leaders|strong="H8269" marched|strong="H5973" Hoshaiah|strong="H1955" and|strong="H3063" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H2677" leaders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{38}The|strong="H5921" other|strong="H8145" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H2346" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" thanking|strong="H3034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} marched|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" left|strong="H1980" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H2346" the|strong="H5921" wall|strong="H2346". I|strong="H5704" followed|strong="H1980" them|strong="H5921" with|strong="H1980" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H2346" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w marched|strong="H1980"\+w*} past|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5921" Tower|strong="H4026" of|strong="H2346" the|strong="H5921" Ovens|strong="H8574" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" Broad|strong="H7342" Wall|strong="H2346". 
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\verseNumber{41}My|strong="H8104" group|strong="H7235" included|strong="H5475" these|strong="H0428" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3548" were|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w blowing|strong="H8628"\+w*} trumpets|strong="H2689": Eliakim|strong="H0471", Maaseiah|strong="H4641", Miniamin|strong="H4509", Micaiah|strong="H4320", Elioenai|strong="H0454", Zechariah|strong="H2148", Hananiah|strong="H2608", 
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\verseNumber{44}On|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117", men|strong="H6485" were|strong="H3881" appointed|strong="H5975" {they|strong="H3588" appointed|strong="H5975" men|strong="H6485"} to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3117" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" storerooms where|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3588" kept|strong="H5975" the|strong="H5921" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1931" contributed|strong="H4521" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}. They|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3117" kept|strong="H5975" there|strong="H5975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w contributed|strong="H4521"\+w*—} the|strong="H5921" tithes|strong="H4643" and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H5921" first|strong="H7225" part|strong="H4643" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" grain|strong="H1715" and|strong="H3063" fruit|strong="H6529" that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1931" harvested|strong="H1219" each|strong="H3117" year|strong="H3117". Those|strong="H5921" men|strong="H6485" collected|strong="H3664" those|strong="H5921" things|strong="H1697" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" fields|strong="H7704"/farms near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" cities|strong="H5892", and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w took|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3063"\+w*} gave|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3117" Levi|strong="H3881", as|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Moses|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5921"\+w*} laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3063". All|strong="H6485" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1931" were|strong="H3881" happy|strong="H8057" about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" work|strong="H4399" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3117" Levi|strong="H3881" did|strong="H3063", 
\verseNumber{45}because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" performed|strong="H8104" the|strong="H8104" rituals to|strong="H8104" purify|strong="H2398" things|strong="H4687", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8104" other|strong="H0312" rituals that|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H1732" commanded|strong="H4687". The|strong="H8104" musicians|strong="H7891" in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8104" temple|strong="H1004" also|strong="H1732" did|strong="H1732" their|strong="H8104" work|strong="H4399" as|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8104" son|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H1732" declared|strong="H5046" that|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" should|strong="H8104" do|strong="H8104". 
\verseNumber{46}Ever|strong="H3117" since|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3117" Asaph|strong="H0623" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1732" chief|strong="H7218" musician|strong="H5329", the|strong="H3588" musicians|strong="H7891" had|strong="H1732" led|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" while|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3588" sang|strong="H7891" songs|strong="H7892" to|strong="H3117" praise|strong="H8416" and|strong="H3117" thank|strong="H3034" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{47}During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" years|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" Zerubbabel|strong="H2216" and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3117" governed|strong="H8199" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121", they|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" contributed|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" singers|strong="H7891" and|strong="H1121" temple|strong="H1004" gatekeepers|strong="H7778" needed|strong="H1767" each|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117". They|strong="H3117" gave|strong="H5414" ◄a|strong="H5414" tithe|strong="H4643"/10%► of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" crops|strong="H8393" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w helped|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" those|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881" gave|strong="H5414" ◄a|strong="H5414" tithe|strong="H4643"/10%► of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w*, \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w*} descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w first|strong="H1121"\+w* Supreme \+w Priest|strong="H3548"\+w*}. 

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\chapterNumber{13}On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H5971" day|strong="H3117", when|strong="H3117" someone|strong="H0376" read|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H5971" parts|strong="H3411" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" laws|strong="H8451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H7121"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" Moses|strong="H4872", they|strong="H3117" read|strong="H7121" where|strong="H3808" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" written|strong="H3789" that|strong="H5971" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" from|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" Ammon|strong="H4125" people-group or|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3117" Moab|strong="H4125" people-group was|strong="H1931" ever|strong="H5769" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3808" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3808" with|strong="H3117" God’s|strong="H0430" people|strong="H5971" while|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3117" were|strong="H5971" gathered|strong="H6951" together|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7121"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H5921" reason|strong="H5921" for|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" give|strong="H2015"/sell|strong="H4376" any|strong="H3588" food|strong="H3899" or|strong="H3808" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* Israelis \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w going|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w through|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w areas|strong="H0776"\+w* \+w after|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w left|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*}. Instead|strong="H3588", the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" and|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124" paid|strong="H5414" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H3478" Balaam|strong="H1109" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3478" curse|strong="H7045" the|strong="H5921" Israelis. But|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3808" commanded|strong="H6680" Balaam|strong="H1109" to|strong="H3478" bless|strong="H1288" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121", not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3478" curse|strong="H7045" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H6154" heard|strong="H8085" these|strong="H8085" laws|strong="H8451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w read|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1961"\+w*}, they|strong="H3605" sent|strong="H7971" away|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H6154" whose|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" had|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961" from|strong="H3478" other|strong="H3605" countries|strong="H0776". 

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\verseNumber{4}Previously|strong="H6440", Eliashib|strong="H0475" the|strong="H6440" priest|strong="H3548" had|strong="H5414" been|strong="H1961" appointed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" in|strong="H1004" charge|strong="H5414" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" storerooms in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004". He|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1004" a|strong="H5414" relative|strong="H7138" of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w enemy|strong="H0340"\+w*} Tobiah|strong="H2900". 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H8033" allowed|strong="H5414" Tobiah|strong="H2900" to|strong="H1961" use|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" large|strong="H1419" room|strong="H3957" in|strong="H6213" which|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" had|strong="H1961" previously|strong="H6440" stored|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" grain|strong="H1715" offerings|strong="H4503" and|strong="H1419" the|strong="H6440" incense|strong="H3828", the|strong="H6440" equipment|strong="H3627" that|strong="H5414" is|strong="H1961" used|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004", the|strong="H6440" offerings|strong="H4503" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w brought|strong="H5414"\+w*} for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548", and|strong="H1419" the|strong="H6440" tithes|strong="H4643" of|strong="H3627" grain|strong="H1715" and|strong="H1419" wine|strong="H8492" and|strong="H1419" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w*} oil|strong="H3323" that|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H5414"\+w*} had|strong="H1961" commanded|strong="H4687" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H1961" bring|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3627" Levi|strong="H3881", and|strong="H1419" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004" musicians|strong="H7891", and|strong="H1419" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004" guards|strong="H7778". 
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\verseNumber{6}While|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Tobias \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w using|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w room|strong="H2315"\+w*}, I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", because|strong="H3588" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" 32nd year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H3588" Artaxerxes|strong="H0783" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylonia|strong="H0894", I|strong="H3588" went|strong="H4428" back|strong="H7725" there|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" report|strong="H8088" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H3605". After|strong="H7093" a|strong="H1961" while|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3588" requested|strong="H7592" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H1961" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H4480" to|strong="H1961" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1961" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w allowed|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w me|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w go|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H6213" I|strong="H1004" arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H6213" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", I|strong="H1004" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H6213" that|strong="H2691" Eliashib|strong="H0475" had|strong="H3389" done|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" thing|strong="H7451" by|strong="H7451" allowing Tobiah|strong="H2900" to|strong="H6213" use|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" room|strong="H1004" in|strong="H6213" God’s|strong="H0430" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H4480" became|strong="H3205" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734", and|strong="H1004" I|strong="H4480" threw|strong="H7993" out|strong="H2351" of|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3605" room|strong="H1004" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1004" Tobiah|strong="H2900". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H7725" I|strong="H1004" commanded|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3627"\+w* \+w they|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w perform|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w ritual|strong="H3925"\+w*} to|strong="H7725" make|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" rooms|strong="H3957" ◄pure|strong="H2891"/acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H7725" God|strong="H0430"► again|strong="H7725". And|strong="H7725" I|strong="H1004" also|strong="H1571" ordered|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3627" all|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" equipment|strong="H3627" used|strong="H3627" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7725" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H7725" all|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" grain|strong="H1715" offerings|strong="H4503" and|strong="H7725" incense|strong="H3828" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1004" put|strong="H7725" in|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3627" room|strong="H1004" again|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{10}I|strong="H3588" also|strong="H6213" found|strong="H3045" out|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" temple|strong="H1004" musicians|strong="H7891" and|strong="H7704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H7704" Levi|strong="H3881" had|strong="H3588" left|strong="H5414" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H7704" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H6213" their|strong="H5414" fields|strong="H7704"/farms, because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H3808" had|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H3808" bringing|strong="H5414" to|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" food|strong="H3899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w needed|strong="H1767"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H5975" I|strong="H5921" rebuked|strong="H7378" the|strong="H5921" officials|strong="H5461", saying|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", “◄Why|strong="H4069" have|strong="H1004" you|strong="H5921" not|strong="H5975" taken|strong="H3947" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" work|strong="H4399" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004"?/It|strong="H5921" is|strong="H1004" disgraceful|strong="H5039" that|strong="H1004" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1004" not|strong="H5975" taken|strong="H3947" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" work|strong="H4399" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004".►” [RHQ] So|strong="H5975" I|strong="H5921" brought|strong="H6908" the|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" Levi|strong="H3878" and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" musicians|strong="H7891" back|strong="H1004" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1004" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" their|strong="H5921" work|strong="H4399" there|strong="H5975" again|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063" again|strong="H7725" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3063" bring|strong="H0935" to|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" storerooms their|strong="H3605" tithes|strong="H4643" of|strong="H3605" grain|strong="H1715", wine|strong="H8492", and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w*} oil|strong="H3323". 
\verseNumber{13}I|strong="H3588" appointed|strong="H1121" these|strong="H3881" men|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3027" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" storerooms: Shelemiah|strong="H8018", who|strong="H3548" was|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3588" priest|strong="H3548"; Zadok|strong="H6659", who|strong="H3548" knew|strong="H3045" the|strong="H5921" Jewish|strong="H3064" laws|strong="H8451" very|strong="H3966" well|strong="H3190"; and|strong="H1121" Pedaiah|strong="H6305", a|strong="H3588" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881". I|strong="H3588" appointed|strong="H1121" Hanan|strong="H2605", who|strong="H3548" is|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zaccur|strong="H2139" and|strong="H1121" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Mattaniah|strong="H4983", to|strong="H5921" assist|strong="H3027" them|strong="H5921". I|strong="H3588" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" could|strong="H3201" trust|strong="H0982" these|strong="H3881" men|strong="H1121" while|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" distributed|strong="H2505" those|strong="H4480" offerings|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" fellow|strong="H1121" workers|strong="H6466". 
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\verseNumber{14}My|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" forget|strong="H7911" all|strong="H6213" these|strong="H2063" good|strong="H2617" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H6213" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1004" faithfully|strong="H2617" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" work|strong="H6213" that|strong="H6213" is|strong="H2617" done|strong="H6213" there|strong="H2063"! 

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\verseNumber{15}During|strong="H3117" that|strong="H7200" time|strong="H3117", I|strong="H3117" saw|strong="H7200" some|strong="H1992" people|strong="H7200" in|strong="H5921" Judea|strong="H3061" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w working|strong="H4639"\+w* } on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Sabbath|strong="H7676" day|strong="H3117". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3117"\+w*} pressing|strong="H4330" grapes|strong="H6025" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w make|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w wine|strong="H3196"\+w*}. Others|strong="H1992" were|strong="H3117" putting|strong="H5414" grain|strong="H3605", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w bags|strong="H2754"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3117"\+w*} wine|strong="H3196", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w baskets|strong="H5536"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3117"\+w*} grapes|strong="H6025", figs|strong="H8384", and|strong="H3063" many|strong="H7200" [HYP] other|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605", on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" donkeys|strong="H2543" and|strong="H3063" taking|strong="H3947" them|strong="H1992" into|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". I|strong="H3117" warned|strong="H5749" them|strong="H1992" that|strong="H7200" they|strong="H1992" should|strong="H3117" not|strong="H7200" sell|strong="H4376" things|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H7200" of|strong="H3117" Judea|strong="H3061" on|strong="H5921" Sabbath|strong="H7676" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{16}I|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1121" saw|strong="H3063" some|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Tyre|strong="H6876" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" living|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" bringing|strong="H0935" fish|strong="H1709" and|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w into|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} to|strong="H3389" sell|strong="H4376" to|strong="H3389" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judea|strong="H3061" on|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" Sabbath|strong="H7676" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3117" rebuked|strong="H7378" the|strong="H6213" Jewish|strong="H3064" leaders|strong="H2715" and|strong="H3063" told|strong="H1697" them|strong="H6213", “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" [RHQ] a|strong="H6213" very|strong="H2088" evil|strong="H7451" thing|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" doing|strong="H6213"! You|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" causing|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" Sabbath|strong="H7676" days|strong="H3117" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1697" unholy|strong="H2455". 
\verseNumber{18}Your|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" did|strong="H6213" [RHQ] things|strong="H3605" like|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3605", so|strong="H6213" God|strong="H3808" punished|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3478" as|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" result|strong="H6903", this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892" was|strong="H3478" destroyed|strong="H4229"! And|strong="H3478" now|strong="H3478" by|strong="H5921" causing|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Sabbath|strong="H7676" day|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" unholy|strong="H2455", you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3478" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3478" cause|strong="H6213" God|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H6213" us|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5921"\+w*} more|strong="H3808"!” 
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My|strong="H8104" God|strong="H0430", do|strong="H8104" not|strong="H1961" forget|strong="H7911" this|strong="H2063" also|strong="H1571" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w done|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w*}! And|strong="H3117" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3117" your|strong="H5921" faithfully|strong="H2617" loving|strong="H0157" me|strong="H5921", allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" live|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H7230"\+w* \+w more|strong="H7230"\+w* \+w years|strong="H3117"\+w*}! 
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\verseNumber{29}My|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H2142" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H3881" those|strong="H1992" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w married|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w foreign|strong="H5237"\+w* \+w women|strong="H1992"\+w*} have|strong="H1992" caused|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1285" a|strong="H5921" shame|strong="H0954"/disgrace|strong="H3639" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1285" a|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548", and|strong="H1285" have|strong="H1992" caused|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5921" despise|strong="H3988" the|strong="H5921" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3881" you|strong="H5921" made|strong="H6213" with|strong="H1285" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5921" Levi|strong="H3881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w*}►! 
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\BibleBook{Esther}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of Esther, the queen of Persia, protecting the Jewish people from Haman, who wanted to destroy them. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Esther }

\BibleSectionHeading{The king of Persia deposed his queen }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Esther became the new queen }
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\verseNumber{10}Esther|strong="H0635" did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" anyone|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3588" Jew|strong="H3064", because|strong="H3588" Mordecai|strong="H4782" had|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5046" her|strong="H5046" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5921" tell|strong="H5046" anyone|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{15-16}Everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" saw|strong="H7200" Esther|strong="H0635" liked|strong="H7521" her|strong="H3605". After|strong="H0310" King|strong="H4428" Xerxes had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" for|strong="H3588" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141", it|strong="H5414" was|strong="H3068" Esther’s|strong="H0635" turn|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H5414". When|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" took|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3605" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", it|strong="H5414" was|strong="H3068" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" middle|strong="H8432" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" winter|strong="H2779". She|strong="H1931" wore|strong="H3830" only|strong="H0389" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" Hegai|strong="H1896" suggested|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{19}Later|strong="H0310" all|strong="H6908" those|strong="H3427" women|strong="H1330" who|strong="H3427" had|strong="H4428" spent|strong="H3427" a|strong="H3427" night|strong="H3915" with|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6908" king|strong="H4428" were|strong="H3427" gathered|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908" again|strong="H8145". By|strong="H3427" that|strong="H4428" time|strong="H8145" Mordecai|strong="H4782" had|strong="H4428" become|strong="H1961" an|strong="H3427" official|strong="H8269" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6908" palace|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H1961" Esther|strong="H0635" still|strong="H5971" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" tell|strong="H5046" anyone|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" she|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" Jew|strong="H3064". She|strong="H5921" continued|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Mordecai|strong="H4782" had|strong="H1961" told|strong="H5046" her|strong="H5046" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H4428" Mordecai|strong="H4782" heard|strong="H5046" about|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" they|strong="H1697" were|strong="H1697" planning|strong="H2803", and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H4782" told|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3045" to|strong="H4428" Queen|strong="H4436" Esther|strong="H0635". Then|strong="H4428" she|strong="H1931" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3045" king|strong="H4428" what|strong="H1697" Mordecai|strong="H4782" had|strong="H4428" found|strong="H3045" out|strong="H3045". 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" investigated|strong="H1245" and|strong="H4428" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H4672" that|strong="H3117" Mordecai’s|strong="H4782" report|strong="H1697" was|strong="H1697" true|strong="H0571". So|strong="H1697" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" ordered|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3117" those|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H8147" be|strong="H1697" hanged|strong="H8518". When|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1697" done|strong="H1697", ◄an|strong="H4672" official|strong="H8269" wrote|strong="H3789" a|strong="H4672" report|strong="H1697"/a|strong="H4672" report|strong="H1697" was|strong="H1697" written|strong="H3789"► about|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H4672" book|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H6440" book|strong="H5612" that|strong="H3117" records|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" happened|strong="H4672" while|strong="H3117" Xerxes was|strong="H1697" king’. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Haman planned to kill to the Jews }
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\chapterNumber{3}Some|strong="H1697" time|strong="H5921" later|strong="H0310", King|strong="H4428" Xerxes ◄promoted|strong="H1431"/gave|strong="H7760" his|strong="H3605" most|strong="H4428" important|strong="H5704" job|strong="H0347"/work|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5921"► Haman|strong="H2001", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hammedatha|strong="H4099", who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1697" a|strong="H7760" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Agag|strong="H0090". Haman|strong="H2001" became|strong="H1431" more|strong="H5921" important|strong="H5704" than|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H8269". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Only|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w more|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w important|strong="H5704"\+w*.} 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H5650" had|strong="H4428" to|strong="H4428" bow|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" in|strong="H4428" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" to|strong="H4428" honor|strong="H3519" him|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w walked|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3808"\+w*}. But|strong="H3588" Mordecai|strong="H4782" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H4428" bow|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001". 
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\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H5674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} officials|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4428"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w they|strong="H8179"\+w*} asked|strong="H7592" Mordecai|strong="H4782", “Why|strong="H4069" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H4428" disobey|strong="H0854" what|strong="H4687" the|strong="H5674" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H4687"?” 
\verseNumber{4}Mordecai|strong="H4782" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H1992" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" Jew|strong="H3064", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Jews|strong="H3064"\+w* \+w would|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w bow|strong="H7198"\+w* \+w down|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w only|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3808"\+w*}. Day|strong="H3117" after|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H8085" other|strong="H0312" officials|strong="H8269" spoke|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1961" Mordecai|strong="H4782" about|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588", but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" still|strong="H5975" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1961" obey|strong="H8085". So|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" told|strong="H5046" Haman|strong="H2001" about|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1931", to|strong="H1961" see|strong="H7200" if|strong="H3588" Haman|strong="H2001" would|strong="H1697" tolerate|strong="H3201" it|strong="H1931". 
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\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H3588" Haman|strong="H2001" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Mordecai|strong="H4782" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3588" bow|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H7200" him|strong="H7200", he|strong="H3588" became|strong="H7200" extremely|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2534". 
\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w found|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w out|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Jew|strong="H3064"\+w*,} he|strong="H3588" decided|strong="H3289" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" would|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3027" enough|strong="H3027" to|strong="H7971" get|strong="H3027" rid|strong="H7971" of|strong="H3027" only|strong="H3588" Mordecai|strong="H4782". He|strong="H3588" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="H7971" kill|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" in|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" that|strong="H3588" Xerxes ruled|strong="H4427". 
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\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H1931", during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" twelfth|strong="H8147" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H3117" Xerxes was|strong="H1931" ruling|strong="H4910", during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" month|strong="H2320" of|strong="H4428" April, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Haman|strong="H2001"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w his|strong="H6440"\+w* advisors \+w to|strong="H6440"\+w*} ◄cast|strong="H5307" lots|strong="H1486"/throw|strong="H5307" small|strong="H6996" marked|strong="H8104" stones|strong="H0068"► to|strong="H6440" determine|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" best|strong="H2459" month|strong="H2320" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" best|strong="H2459" day|strong="H3117" to|strong="H6440" kill|strong="H2026" the|strong="H6440" Jews|strong="H3064". Haman’s|strong="H2001" advisors did|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1931" selected|strong="H0977" was|strong="H1931" March|strong="H1980" 7th \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w during|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w following|strong="H0310"\+w*/\+w next|strong="H4283"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H6213" Haman|strong="H2001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4428"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w him|strong="H6213"\+w*}, “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w majesty|strong="H1926"\+w*,} there|strong="H3426" is|strong="H3426" a|strong="H6213" certain|strong="H0259" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H4428" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" areas|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w empire|strong="H4438"\+w*} whose|strong="H3605" customs|strong="H2708" are|strong="H5971" different|strong="H8133" from|strong="H5971" ours|strong="H6440". They|strong="H6213" even|strong="H6213" refuse|strong="H3985" to|strong="H6213" obey|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H1881". So|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" would|strong="H5971" be|strong="H3426" good|strong="H2896" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H6213" get|strong="H6213" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{9}If|strong="H0518" it|strong="H5921" pleases|strong="H2895" you|strong="H5921", command|strong="H3027" that|strong="H4428" they|strong="H5921" should|strong="H6213" all|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3027" killed|strong="H2026". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4428"\+w*,} I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4428" give|strong="H6213" ◄375 tons/750,000 pounds|strong="H1993"► of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701" to|strong="H6213" your|strong="H5921" administrators|strong="H6486" so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H4428" you|strong="H5921" can|strong="H6213" use|strong="H4399" it|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" government|strong="H4951".” 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" liked|strong="H7521" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Haman|strong="H2001"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w*, \+w so|strong="H5414"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w confirm|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w what|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w decided|strong="H3289"\+w*}, he|strong="H3027" gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" ring|strong="H2885" that|strong="H5414" had|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5414" official|strong="H8269" seal|strong="H2368" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" Haman|strong="H2001", who|strong="H1121" now|strong="H5414" hated|strong="H8130" the|strong="H5921" Jews|strong="H3064". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" told|strong="H6213" Haman|strong="H2001", “Keep|strong="H6213" your|strong="H5414" money|strong="H3701", but|strong="H5971" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H2896" you|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H6213" with|strong="H6213" those|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whom|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w talked|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w about|strong="H6213"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{12-13}On|strong="H5921" April 17th Haman|strong="H2001" summoned|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" secretaries|strong="H5613", and|strong="H3967" he|strong="H0834" dictated|strong="H6310" a|strong="H1961" letter|strong="H5612" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H5414" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w translated|strong="H8638"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w*} wrote|strong="H3789" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" governors|strong="H6346" and|strong="H3967" administrators|strong="H6486" and|strong="H3967" other|strong="H0312" officials|strong="H8269" in|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082". They|strong="H1992" wrote|strong="H3789" copies of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" letter|strong="H5612" in|strong="H0935" every|strong="H3605" language|strong="H3956" and|strong="H3967" every|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H1121" writing|strong="H3791"/alphabet that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" used|strong="H6213" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" empire|strong="H4438". They|strong="H1992" wrote|strong="H3789" that|strong="H0834" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w including|strong="H5704"\+w*} young|strong="H5288" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3967" old|strong="H1121" people|strong="H5971", women|strong="H0802" and|strong="H3967" children|strong="H1121", had|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2026" on|strong="H5921" one|strong="H0259" day|strong="H3117". That|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3068" March|strong="H1980" 7th of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" following|strong="H0310" year|strong="H8141". They|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" wrote|strong="H3789" that|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Jews|strong="H3064"\+w*} could|strong="H3201" take|strong="H3947" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w signed|strong="H7560"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" name|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w end|strong="H7093"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" letters|strong="H5612". Then|strong="H0227" they|strong="H1992" sealed|strong="H2856" the|strong="H3605" letters|strong="H5612" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w wax|strong="H1749"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w stamped|strong="H7554"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w wax|strong="H1749"\+w* \+w by|strong="H0801"\+w*} using|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" ring|strong="H2885". Then|strong="H0227" they|strong="H1992" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" letters|strong="H5612" swiftly|strong="H7031" to|strong="H0413" every|strong="H3605" province|strong="H4082" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" empire|strong="H4438", 
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\chapterNumber{4}When|strong="H3318" Mordecai|strong="H4782" found|strong="H3045" out|strong="H3318" about|strong="H6213" those|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w letters|strong="H5612"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w was|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w so|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w anguished|strong="H6862"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w*} he|strong="H6213" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H3847" and|strong="H1419" put|strong="H3847" on|strong="H3847" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w rough|strong="H8181"\+w*} sackcloth|strong="H8242" and|strong="H1419" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w threw|strong="H7993"\+w*} ashes|strong="H0665" over|strong="H3318" himself|strong="H6213". Then|strong="H3318" he|strong="H6213" went|strong="H3318" into|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", crying|strong="H2199" very|strong="H1419" loudly|strong="H1419". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H3588" stood|strong="H4428" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H6440" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" palace|strong="H1004", because|strong="H3588" no|strong="H6440" one|strong="H3588" who|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" wearing|strong="H2296" sackcloth|strong="H8242" was|strong="H4428" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" palace|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{3}In|strong="H4428" every|strong="H3605" province|strong="H4082" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w empire|strong="H4438"\+w*}, when|strong="H5060" the|strong="H3605" letter|strong="H5612" from|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H1697" read|strong="H7121" to|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Jewish|strong="H3064" people|strong="H5971", they|strong="H1697" cried|strong="H7121" and|strong="H4428" mourned|strong="H5594". They|strong="H1697" ◄fasted|strong="H6684"/abstained from|strong="H1697" eating|strong="H0398" food|strong="H3899"►, and|strong="H4428" wailed|strong="H2199" loudly|strong="H1419". Many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5060" also|strong="H4428" put|strong="H5414" on|strong="H4725" sackcloth|strong="H8242" and|strong="H4428" threw|strong="H5060" ashes|strong="H0665" on|strong="H4725" themselves|strong="H0905" and|strong="H4428" lay|strong="H3331" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H4725"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H7971" Esther’s|strong="H0635" maids|strong="H5291" and|strong="H7971" other|strong="H0312" officials|strong="H5631" came|strong="H3847" to|strong="H7971" her|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" told|strong="H5046" her|strong="H7971" what|strong="H5921" Mordecai|strong="H4782" had|strong="H4782" done|strong="H6213", she|strong="H5921" was|strong="H5291" very|strong="H3966" distressed|strong="H6887". So|strong="H7971" she|strong="H5921" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" Mordecai|strong="H4782" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w good|strong="H3966"\+w*} clothes|strong="H3847" to|strong="H7971" wear|strong="H3847" instead|strong="H3808" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sackcloth|strong="H8242", but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H7971" take|strong="H5493" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H2088" Esther|strong="H0635" summoned|strong="H7121" Hathach|strong="H2047", one|strong="H2088" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" officials|strong="H5631" whom|strong="H6440" he|strong="H5921" had|strong="H4428" appointed|strong="H5975" to|strong="H5921" help|strong="H5826" take|strong="H3045" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" Esther|strong="H0635". She|strong="H7121" told|strong="H6680" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5921" go|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w out|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w*} to|strong="H5921" Mordecai|strong="H4782" to|strong="H5921" find|strong="H3045" out|strong="H5921" what|strong="H4100" was|strong="H4428" distressing|strong="H7451" him|strong="H6440" and|strong="H4428" why|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w was|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w wearing|strong="H2296"\+w* \+w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w show|strong="H3045"\+w*} that|strong="H3045" he|strong="H5921" was|strong="H4428" grieving|strong="H5110". 
\verseNumber{6}Hathach|strong="H2047" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Mordecai|strong="H4782", who|strong="H4428" was|strong="H5892" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" plaza|strong="H7339" in|strong="H4428" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" palace|strong="H1004" gate|strong="H8179". 
\verseNumber{7}Mordecai|strong="H4782" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4428" happened|strong="H7136". He|strong="H3605" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921" how|strong="H4100" much|strong="H5921" money|strong="H3701" Haman|strong="H2001" had|strong="H4428" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H5921" give|strong="H5046" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" government|strong="H4951" if|strong="H0518" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" be|strong="H4428" killed|strong="H2026". 
\verseNumber{8}Mordecai|strong="H4782" also|strong="H4428" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" Hathach|strong="H2047" a|strong="H5414" copy|strong="H6572" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" decree|strong="H1881" that|strong="H5971" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H5046" read|strong="H7121" in|strong="H5921" Susa|strong="H7800", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w which|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w was|strong="H4428"\+w* stated} that|strong="H5971" all|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" Jews|strong="H3064" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H5414" killed|strong="H2026". He|strong="H5414" told|strong="H5046" Hathach|strong="H2047" to|strong="H5921" show|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" copy|strong="H6572" to|strong="H5921" Esther|strong="H0635". He|strong="H5414" told|strong="H5046" Hathach|strong="H2047" to|strong="H5921" explain|strong="H5046" to|strong="H5921" Esther|strong="H0635" what|strong="H7200" ◄it|strong="H5414" meant|strong="H2803"/would|strong="H5971" happen|strong="H1961"►. Then|strong="H5414" he|strong="H5414" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" urge|strong="H6293" her|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" go|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" request|strong="H1245" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5921" act|strong="H6213" mercifully to|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H1697" Hathach|strong="H2047" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1697" Esther|strong="H0635" and|strong="H1697" told|strong="H5046" her|strong="H5046" what|strong="H1697" Mordecai|strong="H4782" said|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H6680" Esther|strong="H0635" told|strong="H6680" Hathach|strong="H2047" to|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w return|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6680"\+w*} Mordecai|strong="H4782" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4782"\+w*} tell|strong="H5046" this|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6680"\+w*}: 
\verseNumber{11}“There|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" a|strong="H7121" law|strong="H1881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w going|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}. All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" officials|strong="H5650" and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" empire|strong="H4438" know|strong="H3045" this|strong="H2088" law|strong="H1881". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w In|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w law|strong="H1881"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7121"\+w* states \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w*} anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" goes|strong="H1980" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H6442" court|strong="H2691" without|strong="H3808" having|strong="H3808" been|strong="H5971" summoned|strong="H7121" by|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191". Only|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" to|strong="H4191" whom|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" has|strong="H4428" extended|strong="H3447" his|strong="H3605" scepter|strong="H8275"/staff|strong="H4294" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191". And|strong="H4428" a|strong="H7121" month|strong="H2320" has|strong="H4428" passed|strong="H5971" since|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" has|strong="H4428" summoned|strong="H7121" me|strong="H7121", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w what|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w try|strong="H0974"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w see|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w doesn’t|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w see|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7121"\+w*?}” 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H1697" Hathach|strong="H2047" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w back|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1697"\+w*} Mordecai|strong="H4782" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1697"\+w*} told|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w him|strong="H5046"\+w*} what|strong="H1697" Esther|strong="H0635" had|strong="H4782" said|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{13}Mordecai|strong="H4782" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Go|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w back|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7725"\+w*} tell|strong="H3605" this|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Esther|strong="H0635": 'Do not|strong="H7725" think|strong="H1819" that|strong="H3605" just|strong="H3605" because|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3605" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004", you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H4428" escape|strong="H4422" when|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{14}If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" nothing|strong="H2790" now|strong="H3588", someone|strong="H4310" from|strong="H3064" some|strong="H6256" other|strong="H2063" place|strong="H4725" will|strong="H4310" rescue|strong="H5337" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} us|strong="H3045" Jews|strong="H3064", but|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3045" relatives|strong="H0251" will|strong="H4310" be|strong="H1004" killed|strong="H2026". Furthermore|strong="H1571", ◄perhaps|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H4310"\+w*}/who|strong="H4310" knows|strong="H3045" if|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H4310"\+w*}► has|strong="H4310" put|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" here|strong="H4725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w queen|strong="H4436"\+w*} ◄for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" situation|strong="H4186" like|strong="H1004" this|strong="H2063"/to|strong="H6256" prevent|strong="H6923" this|strong="H2063" from|strong="H3064" happening to|strong="H6256" us|strong="H3045"►!' ” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w Hathach|strong="H2047"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w this|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w*} Esther|strong="H0635", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w she|strong="H1931"\+w* } told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Mordecai|strong="H4782" and|strong="H7725" say|strong="H7725" this|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7725": 
\verseNumber{16}“Gather|strong="H3664" together|strong="H3664" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" here|strong="H4672" in|strong="H5921" Susa|strong="H7800", and|strong="H4428" tell|strong="H3605" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3212" ◄fast|strong="H6684"/abstain|strong="H5144" from|strong="H5921" food|strong="H3899"► for|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" sake|strong="H5921". Tell|strong="H3605" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3212" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" or|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" anything|strong="H3605" for|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" and|strong="H4428" nights|strong="H3915". My|strong="H3605" maids|strong="H5291" and|strong="H4428" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H4428" also|strong="H1571" fast|strong="H6684". Then|strong="H3651", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H4428" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". Even|strong="H1571" if|strong="H3651" ◄I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" executed|strong="H6213"/they|strong="H3117" execute|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5921"► for|strong="H5921" disobeying the|strong="H3605" law|strong="H1881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w seeing|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w does|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w hold|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w out|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w scepter|strong="H7626"\+w*/\+w staff|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w toward|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w*, \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w willing|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H4672"\+w*”}. 
\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Hathach|strong="H2047"\+w* \+w told|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w this|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\+w*,} Mordecai|strong="H4782" went|strong="H5674" and|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Esther|strong="H0635" told|strong="H6680" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Esther invited Haman and the king to a banquet }
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\chapterNumber{5}Three|strong="H7992" days|strong="H3117" later|strong="H1961", Esther|strong="H0635" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w prepared|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w big|strong="H0931"\+w* \+w banquet|strong="H4960"\+w*/\+w feast|strong="H2282"\+w*. \+w Then|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w she|strong="H5921"\+w* } put|strong="H3847" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" robes|strong="H4438" that|strong="H3117" showed|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3117" she|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" queen|strong="H4436", and|strong="H4428" she|strong="H5921" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" inner|strong="H6442" courtyard|strong="H2691" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1004", across|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" room|strong="H1004" where|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H1961". He|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" sitting|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" throne|strong="H3678", facing|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" entrance|strong="H6607" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w room|strong="H1004"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" saw|strong="H7200" Esther|strong="H0635" standing|strong="H5975" there|strong="H1961" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7200" courtyard|strong="H2691", he|strong="H3027" extended|strong="H3447" the|strong="H7200" gold|strong="H2091" scepter|strong="H8275"/staff|strong="H4294" toward|strong="H3027" her|strong="H5375" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w signal|strong="H5251"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w would|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w glad|strong="H8055"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5375"\+w*}. So|strong="H1961" Esther|strong="H0635" came|strong="H1961" close|strong="H5060" and|strong="H4428" touched|strong="H5060" the|strong="H7200" tip|strong="H8571" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7200" scepter|strong="H8275"/staff|strong="H4294". 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H4100" her|strong="H5414", “Esther|strong="H0635", what|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270"? Tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5414", and|strong="H4428" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270", even|strong="H5704" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" ask|strong="H4428" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H5414" kingdom|strong="H4438"!” 
\verseNumber{4}Esther|strong="H0635" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Your|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w majesty|strong="H1926"\+w*,} if|strong="H0518" it|strong="H5921" pleases|strong="H2895" you|strong="H5921", you|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" banquet|strong="H4960" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3117" prepared|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921"!” 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w his|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w servants|strong="H5650"\+w*}, “Go|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" tell|strong="H5046" Haman|strong="H2001" to|strong="H6213" come|strong="H0935" quickly|strong="H4116" to|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" banquet|strong="H4960" that|strong="H1697" Esther|strong="H0635" has|strong="H4428" prepared|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" two|strong="H6213" of|strong="H4428" us|strong="H6213"!” So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" banquet|strong="H4960" that|strong="H1697" Esther|strong="H0635" had|strong="H4428" prepared|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{6}While|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5704" were|strong="H4428" drinking|strong="H4960" wine|strong="H3196", the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" Esther|strong="H0635", “Tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5414" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w really|strong="H2088"\+w*} want|strong="H4270". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5414", even|strong="H5704" if|strong="H0518" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5704"\+w*} half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H5414" kingdom|strong="H4438".” 
\verseNumber{7-8}Esther|strong="H0635" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w*} what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H0589" want|strong="H4270" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w most|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*. \+w Your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w majesty|strong="H1926"\+w*}, if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3117" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3967" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3117" willing|strong="H0014" to|strong="H0413" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H0413" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H1961" requesting, please|strong="H4994" come|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*} tomorrow|strong="H4279" to|strong="H0413" another|strong="H0312" banquet|strong="H4960" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" prepare|strong="H3559" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H0859". Then|strong="H0227" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H0859" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w really|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w*”}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Haman|strong="H2001" planned|strong="H3289" to|strong="H0413" kill|strong="H2026" Mordecai|strong="H4782" }
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\verseNumber{9}Haman|strong="H2001" was|strong="H3820" feeling very|strong="H2896" happy|strong="H8056" as|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" banquet|strong="H4960". But|strong="H3808" then|strong="H6965" he|strong="H1931" saw|strong="H7200" Mordecai|strong="H4782" sitting|strong="H3427" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1004". Mordecai|strong="H4782" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" stand|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" tremble|strong="H2111" fearfully|strong="H3372" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001", so|strong="H4480" Haman|strong="H2001" became|strong="H7200" extremely|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2534". 
\verseNumber{10}However|strong="H0389", he|strong="H1004" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" show|strong="H7200" that|strong="H1004" he|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1004" angry|strong="H2734"; he|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w just|strong="H3512"\+w*} went|strong="H1004" home|strong="H1004". Then|strong="H7971" he|strong="H1004" gathered|strong="H6960" together|strong="H3162" his|strong="H7971" wife|strong="H0802" Zeresh|strong="H2238" and|strong="H7971" his|strong="H7971" friends|strong="H7453", 
\verseNumber{11}and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3605" boasted|strong="H1431" to|strong="H5921" them|strong="H1992" about|strong="H5921" being|strong="H1121" very|strong="H7230" rich|strong="H1431", and|strong="H1121" about|strong="H5921" having|strong="H4428" many|strong="H7230" children|strong="H1121". He|strong="H3605" also|strong="H4428" boasted|strong="H1431" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H4428" greatly|strong="H7230" honored|strong="H3519" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H4428" ◄promoted|strong="H1431" him|strong="H5921"/given|strong="H5650" him|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" second-most important|strong="H5704" job|strong="H0347" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" empire|strong="H4438"►, so|strong="H5375" that|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H8269" had|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5921" respect|strong="H5375" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H1571" Haman|strong="H2001" added|strong="H3254", “And|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1571" not|strong="H3808" all|strong="H6213"! Queen|strong="H4436" Esther|strong="H0635" invited|strong="H7121" just|strong="H6213" two|strong="H6213" of|strong="H4428" us|strong="H6213", the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" me|strong="H7121", to|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" banquet|strong="H4960" she|strong="H3588" prepared|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" us|strong="H6213" today|strong="H3117". And|strong="H4428" she|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1571" inviting \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H3588" two|strong="H6213" of|strong="H4428" us|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" another|strong="H1571" banquet|strong="H4960" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" prepare|strong="H6213" tomorrow|strong="H4279"!” 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H2088" Haman|strong="H2001" said|strong="H0559", “But|strong="H7200" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" ◄mean|strong="H2823" nothing|strong="H3605" to|strong="H6256" me|strong="H7200"/do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H2088" make|strong="H7200" me|strong="H7200" happy|strong="H0835"► while|strong="H2088" I|strong="H7200" keep|strong="H3427" seeing|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" Jew|strong="H3064", Mordecai|strong="H4782", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w just|strong="H3605"\+w*} sitting|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4428"\+w* ignoring \+w me|strong="H7200"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H6213" Haman’s|strong="H2001" wife|strong="H0802" Zeresh|strong="H2238" and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" friends|strong="H7453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3605"\+w*} suggested|strong="H5414", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Why|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w don’t|strong="H0408"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w quickly|strong="H4116"\+w*} set|strong="H6213" up|strong="H5921" ◄a|strong="H6213" gallows|strong="H6086"/posts|strong="H5982" on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H1697" to|strong="H6213" hang|strong="H8518" someone|strong="H0376"►. Make|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5921" 75 feet|strong="H7272" tall|strong="H7311". Then|strong="H6213" tomorrow|strong="H1242" morning|strong="H1242" ask|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H6213" hang|strong="H8518" Mordecai|strong="H4782" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921". After|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605", you|strong="H6440" can|strong="H6213" go|strong="H3190" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" banquet|strong="H4960" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" be|strong="H1697" cheerful|strong="H3190".” That|strong="H3605" idea|strong="H1697" pleased|strong="H3190" Haman|strong="H2001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w much|strong="H1697"\+w*}, so|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" gave|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w men|strong="H6213"\+w*} orders|strong="H1697" to|strong="H6213" set|strong="H6213" up|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" gallows|strong="H6086"/posts|strong="H5982". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The king honored Mordecai }
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\chapterNumber{6}That|strong="H3117" night|strong="H3915" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H1961" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1961" sleep|strong="H8142", so|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w summoned|strong="H7121"\+w*} a|strong="H1961" servant|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4428"\+w* } told|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w him|strong="H6440"\+w* } to|strong="H1961" bring|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" records|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" what|strong="H1697" had|strong="H1961" happened|strong="H1961" during|strong="H3117" all|strong="H1697" the|strong="H6440" time|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w servant|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w brought|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w records|strong="H1697"\+w*} and|strong="H4428" read|strong="H7121" some|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w servant|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w read|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w*} Bigthana|strong="H0904" and|strong="H7971" Teresh|strong="H8657", the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H8147" who|strong="H8104" had|strong="H4428" guarded|strong="H8104" the|strong="H5921" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" rooms|strong="H2315". He|strong="H8147" read|strong="H7121" the|strong="H5921" account|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" when|strong="H7971" Mordecai|strong="H4782" had|strong="H4428" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H7971" that|strong="H4428" they|strong="H5921" planned|strong="H3289" to|strong="H7971" assassinate the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w he|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w servants|strong="H5288"\+w*}, “What|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" we|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5921" reward|strong="H7939" Mordecai|strong="H4782" or|strong="H3808" show|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1697" we|strong="H6213" appreciate what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213"?” The|strong="H5921" servants|strong="H5288" replied|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H1697" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921".” 
\verseNumber{4}At|strong="H5921" that|strong="H4428" moment|strong="H7281", Haman|strong="H2001" entered|strong="H0935" the|strong="H5921" outer|strong="H2435" courtyard|strong="H2691" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1004". He|strong="H1004" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H5921" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" about|strong="H5921" hanging|strong="H8518" Mordecai|strong="H4782" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" gallows|strong="H6086" that|strong="H4428" he|strong="H1004" had|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w just|strong="H3512"\+w*} set|strong="H3559" up|strong="H5921". The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4428"\+w*} said|strong="H0559", “Who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w out|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" courtyard|strong="H2691"?” 
\verseNumber{5}His|strong="H4428" servants|strong="H5288" replied|strong="H0559", “That|strong="H4428" is|strong="H2009" Haman|strong="H2001" standing|strong="H5975" there|strong="H2009" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5975" courtyard|strong="H2691".” The|strong="H5975" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Bring|strong="H0935" him|strong="H5975" in|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H2009"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H6213" Haman|strong="H2001" came|strong="H4428" in|strong="H6213", the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H4100" him|strong="H6213", “What|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" I|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" man|strong="H3820" whom|strong="H4310" I|strong="H4100" want|strong="H2654" to|strong="H6213" honor|strong="H3366"?” Haman|strong="H2001" thought|strong="H3820" to|strong="H6213" himself|strong="H3820", “◄Whom|strong="H4310" would|strong="H4310" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" like|strong="H3820" to|strong="H6213" honor|strong="H3366" more|strong="H4480" than|strong="H4480" me|strong="H4480"?/I|strong="H4100" think|strong="H3820" there|strong="H4480" is|strong="H3820" no|strong="H6213" one|strong="H4480" whom|strong="H4310" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" would|strong="H4310" like|strong="H3820" to|strong="H6213" honor|strong="H3366" more|strong="H4480" than|strong="H4480" me|strong="H4480"!►” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H3651" he|strong="H4428" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4428" the|strong="H2001" king|strong="H4428", “If|strong="H0518" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H4428" someone|strong="H0376" you|strong="H4428" wish|strong="H2654" to|strong="H4428" honor|strong="H3366", 
\verseNumber{8}you|strong="H5414" should|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w your|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w servants|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w*} bring|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" one|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" robes|strong="H3830" you|strong="H5414" wear|strong="H3847" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{yo \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w show|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5483"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428". Also|strong="H4428" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" bring|strong="H5414" one|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" horses|strong="H5483" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5414" ridden|strong="H7392". Tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" put|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" fancy headdress on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" horse’s|strong="H5483" head|strong="H7218" to|strong="H5921" show|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414", the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H5414" tell|strong="H5046" one|strong="H6213" of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H5414" very|strong="H6213" important|strong="H5704" officials|strong="H8269" to|strong="H6213" put|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" robe|strong="H3830" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" man|strong="H6440" whom|strong="H6440" you|strong="H5414" want|strong="H2654" to|strong="H6213" honor|strong="H3366", and|strong="H4428" tell|strong="H5046" that|strong="H5414" man|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6213" sit|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" horse|strong="H5483", and|strong="H4428" then|strong="H5414" lead|strong="H7392" the|strong="H6440" horse|strong="H5483" through|strong="H3027" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892" streets|strong="H7339". And|strong="H4428" tell|strong="H5046" that|strong="H5414" official|strong="H8269" to|strong="H6213" keep|strong="H6213" shouting|strong="H8643", ‘This|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3027" what|strong="H6213" ◄the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" does|strong="H6213"/is|strong="H3027" doing|strong="H6213"► for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" man|strong="H6440" whom|strong="H6440" he|strong="H6213" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H6213" honor|strong="H3366"!’” 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" replied|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Haman|strong="H2001", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Fine|strong="H6213"\+w*}! Go|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3605" said|strong="H1696" immediately|strong="H4116"! Get|strong="H3947" my|strong="H3605" robe|strong="H3830" and|strong="H4428" my|strong="H3605" horse|strong="H5483", and|strong="H4428" do|strong="H6213" just|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3605" suggested|strong="H5414"! Do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" Mordecai|strong="H4782", the|strong="H3605" Jew|strong="H3064", who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H1697" sitting|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w outside|strong="H2351"\+w*} at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004". Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" forget|strong="H7911" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" suggested|strong="H5414"!” 
\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H6213" Haman|strong="H2001" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H7121". He|strong="H6213" got|strong="H3947" the|strong="H6440" robe|strong="H3830" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" horse|strong="H5483". He|strong="H6213" put|strong="H3847" the|strong="H6440" robe|strong="H3830" on|strong="H3847" Mordecai|strong="H4782", and|strong="H4428" as|strong="H6213" Mordecai|strong="H4782" sat|strong="H2001" on|strong="H3847" the|strong="H6440" horse|strong="H5483", Haman|strong="H2001" led|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" horse|strong="H5483" through|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892" streets|strong="H7339" proclaiming|strong="H7121" “This|strong="H6213" is|strong="H5892" what|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" ◄does|strong="H6213"/is|strong="H5892" doing|strong="H6213"► for|strong="H7121" the|strong="H6440" man|strong="H6440" whom|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H6213" honor|strong="H3366"!” 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H7725", Mordecai|strong="H4782" returned|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w sat|strong="H2001"\+w*} at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7725" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7725" palace|strong="H1004". But|strong="H7725" Haman|strong="H2001" hurried|strong="H1765" home|strong="H1004", covering|strong="H4372" his|strong="H7725" face|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w felt|strong="H4959"\+w*} completely|strong="H3617" disgraced|strong="H0954"/humiliated|strong="H3637". 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5608" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802" Zeresh|strong="H2238" and|strong="H6440" his|strong="H3605" friends|strong="H7453" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" happened|strong="H7136" to|strong="H3201" him|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117". Then|strong="H5307" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H6440" his|strong="H3605" friends|strong="H7453" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3201" him|strong="H6440", “Mordecai|strong="H4782", the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H2450" who|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3588" caused|strong="H5307" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3201" be|strong="H3808" completely|strong="H3605" disgraced|strong="H0954"/humiliated|strong="H6440", is|strong="H3605" a|strong="H3588" Jew|strong="H3064". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w clear|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w whom|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Jews|strong="H3064"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w fighting|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w*.} So|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" defeat|strong="H5221" Mordecai|strong="H4782". He|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" defeat|strong="H5221" you|strong="H3588"!” 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H4428" while|strong="H5750" they|strong="H6213" were|strong="H4428" still|strong="H5750" talking|strong="H1696", some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6213" king’s|strong="H4428" officials|strong="H5631" arrived|strong="H5060" to|strong="H1696" take|strong="H6213" Haman|strong="H2001" quickly|strong="H4116" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H6213" banquet|strong="H4960"/feast|strong="H4960" that|strong="H4428" Esther|strong="H0635" had|strong="H4428" prepared|strong="H6213". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Haman was executed }
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\chapterNumber{7}So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5973" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H4428" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H5973" second|strong="H8145" banquet|strong="H8354"/feast|strong="H2282" that|strong="H4428" Queen|strong="H4436" Esther|strong="H0635" had|strong="H4428" prepared|strong="H3559". 
\verseNumber{2}As|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3117" were|strong="H3117" drinking|strong="H4960" wine|strong="H3196", the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H4100" again|strong="H8145", “Esther|strong="H0635", what|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w*? \+w Tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5414"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H4428"\+w*} I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H4428" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5414" for|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5414". Even|strong="H1571" if|strong="H0518" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5704"\+w*} half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H5414" kingdom|strong="H4438", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H4428" give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5414".” 
\verseNumber{3}Esther|strong="H0635" replied|strong="H6030", “O|strong="H5315" king|strong="H4428", if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H5971" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5414", and|strong="H6030" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H5971" willing|strong="H0014" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H5869" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1246"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H4428"\+w*}, save|strong="H5315" me|strong="H5414", and|strong="H6030" save|strong="H5315" my|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971". That|strong="H5971" is|strong="H5315" what|strong="H1246" I|strong="H5414" want|strong="H5315" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H5869" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" and|strong="H4428" my|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w cattle|strong="H4735"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} have|strong="H5971" been|strong="H5971" sold|strong="H4376" to|strong="H4428" be|strong="H4428" slaughtered|strong="H7819". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" been|strong="H5971" sold|strong="H4376" to|strong="H4428" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H4428" completely|strong="H8045" destroy|strong="H8045" us|strong="H3588". If|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" had|strong="H4428" only|strong="H3588" been|strong="H5971" sold|strong="H4376" to|strong="H4428" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H4428" become|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3588" male|strong="H5650" and|strong="H4428" female|strong="H8198" slaves|strong="H5650", I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" anything|strong="H3605", because|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" would|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" been|strong="H5971" a|strong="H3588" matter|strong="H1697" too|strong="H4480" small|strong="H6862" to|strong="H4428" bother|strong="H5060" you|strong="H3588", the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428".” 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H2088" King|strong="H4428" Xerxes asked|strong="H7592" her|strong="H4390", “Who|strong="H4310" would|strong="H4310" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" such|strong="H2088" a|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w terrible|strong="H6213"\+w*} thing|strong="H2088"? Where|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" he|strong="H1931"?” 
\verseNumber{6}Esther|strong="H0635" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w man|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w who|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w is|strong="H2088"\+w*} our|strong="H2088" enemy|strong="H6862" is|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088" evil|strong="H7451" man|strong="H7451" Haman|strong="H2001"!” Then|strong="H2088" Haman|strong="H2001" was|strong="H4428" terrified|strong="H1204" as|strong="H6440" he|strong="H6440" stood|strong="H2001" in|strong="H4428" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" queen|strong="H4436". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" became|strong="H7200" extremely|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2534". He|strong="H3588" immediately|strong="H6965" left|strong="H5975" his|strong="H5921" wine|strong="H3196" and|strong="H6965" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H4428" outside|strong="H5921" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1055" garden|strong="H1594" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w decide|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w what|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}. But|strong="H3588" Haman|strong="H2001" stayed|strong="H5975", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H5921" plead|strong="H1245" with|strong="H5921" Queen|strong="H4436" Esther|strong="H0635" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" would|strong="H5315" spare|strong="H2550" his|strong="H5921" life|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H1004" threw|strong="H5307" himself|strong="H6440" down|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" couch|strong="H4296" where|strong="H1004" Esther|strong="H0635" was|strong="H1697" reclining. But|strong="H1571" at|strong="H5921" that|strong="H1697" moment|strong="H7281" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H6440" garden|strong="H1594" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H6440" room|strong="H1004" where|strong="H1004" they|strong="H5921" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H1961" eating|strong="H0398". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Haman|strong="H2001"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* assumed \+w he|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w preparing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w rape|strong="H3533"\+w* \+w Esther|strong="H0635"\+w*}. He|strong="H1004" exclaimed|strong="H0559", “Are|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6440" going|strong="H3318" to|strong="H7725" rape|strong="H3533" the|strong="H6440" queen|strong="H4436" while|strong="H5973" she|strong="H5921" is|strong="H1571" here|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H6440" in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" own|strong="H5973" palace|strong="H1004"?” As|strong="H1697" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1697" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697", some|strong="H1697" officials|strong="H8269" covered|strong="H2645" Haman’s|strong="H2001" head|strong="H6440", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w did|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w who|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w hanged|strong="H8518"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H1696" Harbona|strong="H2726", one|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" personal|strong="H6440" officials|strong="H5631", said|strong="H1696", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Outside|strong="H4480"\+w*,} near|strong="H6440" Haman’s|strong="H2001" house|strong="H1004", there|strong="H2009" is|strong="H1571" a|strong="H6213" ◄gallows|strong="H6086"/set|strong="H5975" of|strong="H4428" poles|strong="H0905" for|strong="H5921" hanging|strong="H8518" someone|strong="H0376"►. It|strong="H5921" is|strong="H1571" 75 feet|strong="H7272" high|strong="H1364". Haman|strong="H2001" made|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" Mordecai|strong="H4782", the|strong="H6440" man|strong="H2896" who|strong="H4428" spared|strong="H2550" your|strong="H5921" life|strong="H4480"!” The|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1696", “Hang|strong="H8518" him|strong="H6440" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921"!” 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" hanged|strong="H8518" Haman|strong="H2001" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" gallows|strong="H6086" that|strong="H4428" he|strong="H5921" had|strong="H4428" prepared|strong="H3559" for|strong="H5921" hanging|strong="H8518" Mordecai|strong="H4782"! And|strong="H4428" then|strong="H4428" ◄the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" anger|strong="H2534" cooled off|strong="H5921"/the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" so|strong="H5921" angry|strong="H2534"►. 

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\chapterNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Later|strong="H0310"\+w*} on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" same|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117", King|strong="H4428" Xerxes declared|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" Haman|strong="H2001", the|strong="H6440" enemy|strong="H6887" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" Jews|strong="H3064", owned|strong="H3426", would|strong="H4100" now|strong="H3117" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5414" Queen|strong="H4436" Esther|strong="H0635". Esther|strong="H0635" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3588" Mordecai|strong="H4782" was|strong="H1931" her|strong="H5414" cousin. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w heard|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w sent|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w*} Mordecai|strong="H4782" to|strong="H5414" come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{2}When|strong="H5674" Mordecai|strong="H4782" came|strong="H5674" in|strong="H5921", the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" took|strong="H5493" off|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5921" ring|strong="H2885" that|strong="H5414" had|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5414" official|strong="H8269" seal|strong="H2368" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5414", the|strong="H5921" ring|strong="H2885" that|strong="H5414" he|strong="H1004" had|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" Haman|strong="H2001", and|strong="H4428" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" Mordecai|strong="H4782", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* indicate \+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\+w* \+w was|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w now|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w most|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w important|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w official|strong="H8269"\+w*}. And|strong="H4428" Esther|strong="H0635" appointed|strong="H5414" Mordecai|strong="H4782" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5414" had|strong="H4428" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5921" Haman|strong="H2001". 
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\verseNumber{3}Esther|strong="H0635" again|strong="H3254" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w came|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*} talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428". She|strong="H5921" prostrated|strong="H7812" herself|strong="H5921" at|strong="H5921" his|strong="H6440" feet|strong="H7272", crying|strong="H1058". She|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*} plead|strong="H7378" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1696" stop|strong="H2308" what|strong="H7451" Haman|strong="H2001" had|strong="H4428" planned|strong="H2803", to|strong="H1696" kill|strong="H2026" all|strong="H1058" the|strong="H6440" Jews|strong="H3064". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" held|strong="H4428" out|strong="H3447" his|strong="H6440" gold|strong="H2091" scepter|strong="H8275"/staff|strong="H4294" toward|strong="H6440" Esther|strong="H0635", so|strong="H6965" Esther|strong="H0635" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H4428" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" him|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{5}She|strong="H5921" said|strong="H1697", “Your|strong="H3605" majesty|strong="H1926", if|strong="H1121" you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H1121" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H5921" me|strong="H6440", and|strong="H1121" if|strong="H1121" you|strong="H6440" think|strong="H5869" that|strong="H3605" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" right|strong="H3787" thing|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H5869", make|strong="H7725" a|strong="H4672" new|strong="H2319" law|strong="H8451" to|strong="H7725" cancel what|strong="H1697" Haman|strong="H2001" decreed|strong="H3789", that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082" in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" empire|strong="H4438" should|strong="H4428" be|strong="H1697" killed|strong="H2026". 
\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3201" bear|strong="H5375" seeing|strong="H7200" all|strong="H7200" my|strong="H7200" family|strong="H4940" and|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5971"\+w*} my|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971" killed|strong="H2026".” 
\verseNumber{7}King|strong="H4428" Xerxes replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7971" Queen|strong="H4436" Esther|strong="H0635" and|strong="H7971" Mordecai|strong="H4782", “Because|strong="H5921" Haman|strong="H2001" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H7971" get|strong="H3027" rid|strong="H7971" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" Jews|strong="H3064", I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3027" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7971" Esther|strong="H0635" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5414" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7971" Haman|strong="H2001", and|strong="H7971" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3027" ordered|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} to|strong="H7971" hang|strong="H8518" Haman|strong="H2001". 
\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H7725" now|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" also|strong="H8034" permitting you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H7725" write|strong="H3789" other|strong="H0312" letters|strong="H5612", to|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w save|strong="H3467"\+w*} your|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5869". You|strong="H3588" may|strong="H4428" put|strong="H7725" my|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w letters|strong="H5612"\+w*}, and|strong="H7725" use|strong="H4399" my|strong="H5921" ring|strong="H2885" to|strong="H7725" seal|strong="H2856" them|strong="H5921" because|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" letter|strong="H3791" that|strong="H3588" has|strong="H4428" my|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" and|strong="H7725" which|strong="H3064" is|strong="H8034" sealed|strong="H2856" with|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" ring|strong="H2885" can|strong="H5869" ever|strong="H7725" be|strong="H8034" changed|strong="H8133".” 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" summoned|strong="H7121" his|strong="H3605" secretaries|strong="H5613", on|strong="H7121" June 25th, and|strong="H3967" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5608"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w*} write|strong="H3789" letters|strong="H5612" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" and|strong="H3967" to|strong="H5704" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" governors|strong="H6346" and|strong="H3967" other|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H8269" in|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" 127 provinces|strong="H4082", which|strong="H1931" extended|strong="H5186" from|strong="H5704" India|strong="H1912" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w east|strong="H6921"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" Ethiopia|strong="H3568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w west|strong="H3220"\+w*}. They|strong="H5704" wrote|strong="H3789" these|strong="H7121" letters|strong="H5612" in|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" languages|strong="H3956" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H4428" each|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" spoke|strong="H1696". They|strong="H5704" also|strong="H4428" wrote|strong="H3789" letters|strong="H5612" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Jewish|strong="H3064" people|strong="H5971", in|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3605" language|strong="H3956". 
\verseNumber{10-11}They|strong="H1992" wrote|strong="H3789" in|strong="H0935" those|strong="H1992" letters|strong="H5612" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" in|strong="H0935" every|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" were|strong="H0834" permitted|strong="H5117" by|strong="H0801" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0413" gather|strong="H6908" together|strong="H3162" to|strong="H0413" protect|strong="H8104" themselves|strong="H0905". They|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" were|strong="H0834" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H0413" kill|strong="H2026" any|strong="H3605" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" soldiers|strong="H5650" who|strong="H0834" attacked|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5414". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" also|strong="H1571" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H0413" kill|strong="H2026" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802" and|strong="H3967" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" attacked|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3967" to|strong="H0413" take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H7399" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" killed|strong="H2026". 
\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w All|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w this|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w done|strong="H3605"\+w*} on|strong="H3117" March|strong="H1980" 7th of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" following|strong="H0310" year|strong="H3117". Mordecai|strong="H4782" signed|strong="H7560" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" name|strong="H8034" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" letters|strong="H5612", and|strong="H4428" sealed|strong="H2856" them|strong="H8147" with|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" seal|strong="H2368" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1931" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" ring|strong="H2885". Then|strong="H4428" he|strong="H1931" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H8147" to|strong="H3117" messengers|strong="H4397", who|strong="H3605" rode|strong="H7392" on|strong="H3117" fast|strong="H6685" horses|strong="H5483" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H3605" raised|strong="H6965" especially|strong="H3966" for|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{13}Copies of|strong="H3117" this|strong="H2088" law|strong="H1881" were|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" nailed to|strong="H1961" posts|strong="H5982" in|strong="H3117" every|strong="H3605" province|strong="H4082" and|strong="H3117" read|strong="H7121" to|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", in|strong="H3117" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" would|strong="H5971" be|strong="H1961" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H1961" ◄get|strong="H3947" revenge|strong="H5358" on|strong="H3117"/fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3605"► their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" on|strong="H3117" March|strong="H1980" 7th. 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" Queen|strong="H4436" Esther|strong="H0635", “The|strong="H5414" Jews|strong="H3064" have|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H2026" 500 people|strong="H1121" here|strong="H6311" in|strong="H6213" Susa|strong="H7800", including|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" ten|strong="H6235" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Haman|strong="H2001"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5414"\+w*} they|strong="H4100" must|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H2026" many|strong="H4100" more|strong="H5750" people|strong="H1121" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5414" rest|strong="H7605" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H5414" empire|strong="H4438" [RHQ]! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H5750"\+w* okay}, now|strong="H5414" what|strong="H4100" else|strong="H5750" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5414". You|strong="H5414" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3967" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5414".” 
\verseNumber{13}Esther|strong="H0635" replied|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H1121" it|strong="H5414" pleases|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414", allow|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" Jews|strong="H3064" here|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" Susa|strong="H7800" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" again|strong="H1571" tomorrow|strong="H4279" what|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H5414"\+w*} commanded|strong="H1571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*} to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" today|strong="H3117". And|strong="H1121" command|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" bodies|strong="H6297" of|strong="H1121" Haman’s|strong="H2001" ten|strong="H6235" sons|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" hanged|strong="H8518" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" gallows|strong="H6086"/poles|strong="H0905".” 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5414" Jews|strong="H3064" be|strong="H1121" permitted|strong="H5414" to|strong="H6213" kill|strong="H2026" more|strong="H3651" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5414" enemies|strong="H0341" the|strong="H5414" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117". After|strong="H0310" he|strong="H3651" issued|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w another|strong="H0312"\+w*} order|strong="H4616" in|strong="H6213" Susa|strong="H7800", the|strong="H5414" bodies|strong="H6297" of|strong="H1121" Haman’s|strong="H2001" ten|strong="H6235" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" hanged|strong="H8518". 
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\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" Jews|strong="H3064" agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Mordecai|strong="H4782" wrote|strong="H3789". They|strong="H6213" agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H6213" celebrate|strong="H6213" on|strong="H6213" those|strong="H6213" days|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w every|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{24}They|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3605" remember|strong="H2142" how|strong="H3588" Haman|strong="H2001", son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hammedatha|strong="H4099", a|strong="H3588" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H5921"\+w*} Agag|strong="H0090", became|strong="H2001" an|strong="H3588" enemy|strong="H6887" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w remember|strong="H2142"\+w*} how|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3588" made|strong="H2803" an|strong="H3588" evil|strong="H7451" plan|strong="H2803" to|strong="H5921" kill|strong="H2026" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064", and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3588" ◄cast|strong="H5307" lots|strong="H1486"/thrown|strong="H7993" small|strong="H6887" marked|strong="H8104" stones|strong="H0068"► to|strong="H5921" choose|strong="H0977" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" to|strong="H5921" kill|strong="H2026" [DOU] them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{25}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w would|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w remember|strong="H2142"\+w*} that|strong="H4428" when|strong="H7725" Esther|strong="H0635" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" about|strong="H5921" Haman’s|strong="H2001" plan|strong="H2803", the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" arranged|strong="H6186" that|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" evil|strong="H7451" plan|strong="H2803" that|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" had|strong="H4428" made|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" kill|strong="H2026" the|strong="H6440" Jews|strong="H3064" would|strong="H7451" fail|strong="H3615", and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H4428" he|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w would|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w*} instead|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Jews|strong="H3064", and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H4428" his|strong="H7725" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" hanged|strong="H8518". 
\verseNumber{26}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* ◄\+w lot|strong="H1486"\+w*/\+w small|strong="H6996"\+w* \+w marked|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w stone|strong="H0068"\+w*► \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Haman|strong="H2001"\+w* \+w threw|strong="H5060"\+w* \+w was|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} Pur|strong="H6332", the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" called|strong="H7121" these|strong="H2063" days|strong="H3117" Purim|strong="H6332". And|strong="H3117", because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3117" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\+w*} wrote|strong="H3789"/was|strong="H8034" written|strong="H3789"► in|strong="H5921" that|strong="H7200" letter|strong="H5612", and|strong="H3117" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" happened|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", 
\verseNumber{27}the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w throughout|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w empire|strong="H4438"\+w*} agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1961" celebrate|strong="H6213" in|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605" manner|strong="H8147" on|strong="H5921" those|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" days|strong="H3117" every|strong="H3605" year|strong="H8141". They|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3117" would|strong="H6213" tell|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" and|strong="H6965" those|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3605" became|strong="H1961" Jews|strong="H3064" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" certain|strong="H0259" to|strong="H1961" celebrate|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" festival|strong="H2282" every|strong="H3605" year|strong="H8141". They|strong="H3117" should|strong="H8141" celebrate|strong="H6213" just|strong="H3605" as|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\+w*} told|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w letter|strong="H3791"\+w*} that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3117" wrote|strong="H3789". 
\verseNumber{28}They|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3117" would|strong="H6213" remember|strong="H2142" and|strong="H3117" celebrate|strong="H6213" on|strong="H3117" those|strong="H3605" two|strong="H6213" days|strong="H3117" every|strong="H3605" year|strong="H3117", in|strong="H6213" each|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940", in|strong="H6213" every|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H3117" in|strong="H6213" every|strong="H3605" province|strong="H4082". They|strong="H3117" solemnly|strong="H7650" declared|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" their|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" would|strong="H6213" never|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H3808" remembering|strong="H2142" and|strong="H3117" celebrating|strong="H7832" those|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" called|strong="H7121" Purim|strong="H6332". 
\verseNumber{29}Then|strong="H6965" Mordecai|strong="H4782" and|strong="H6965" Queen|strong="H4436" Esther|strong="H0635", who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Abihail|strong="H0032", wrote|strong="H3789" a|strong="H6965" second|strong="H8145" letter|strong="H5612" about|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Purim|strong="H6332" feast|strong="H2282". Esther|strong="H0635" used|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" authority|strong="H8633" that|strong="H3605" she|strong="H2063" had|strong="H4782" because|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1323" being|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" queen|strong="H4436" to|strong="H6965" confirm|strong="H6965" that|strong="H3605" what|strong="H2063" Mordecai|strong="H4782" had|strong="H4782" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3789" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H1323" letter|strong="H5612" was|strong="H3605" true|strong="H0571". 
\verseNumber{30-31}What|strong="H4100" they|strong="H1992" wrote|strong="H3789" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w second|strong="H8145"\+w* \+w letter|strong="H5612"\+w*} was|strong="H3068", “We|strong="H0587" wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H0834" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" living|strong="H2416" peacefully|strong="H7965" and|strong="H3967" safely|strong="H0983"/righteously|strong="H6664". We|strong="H0587" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H0859" and|strong="H3967" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" to|strong="H0413" celebrate|strong="H6213" Purim|strong="H6332" each|strong="H0376" year|strong="H8141" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0587" two|strong="H8147" established|strong="H3559", and|strong="H3967" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0587" two|strong="H8147" told|strong="H5046" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213".” In|strong="H0935" that|strong="H0834" letter|strong="H5612", Queen|strong="H4436" Esther|strong="H0635" and|strong="H3967" Mordecai|strong="H4782" also|strong="H1571" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" instructions|strong="H1697" about|strong="H5439" ◄fasting|strong="H6685"/abstaining from|strong="H4480" eating|strong="H0398" food|strong="H3899"► and|strong="H3967" being|strong="H1961" sorrowful|strong="H3510". Then|strong="H0227" copies of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H0834" letter|strong="H5612" were|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" 127 provinces|strong="H4082" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" empire|strong="H4438". 
\verseNumber{32}The|strong="H6965" letter|strong="H5612" that|strong="H1697" Esther|strong="H0635" wrote|strong="H3789" about|strong="H1697" the|strong="H6965" manner|strong="H1697" in|strong="H3789" which|strong="H1697" they|strong="H1697" should|strong="H3068" celebrate|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6965" Purim|strong="H6332" feast|strong="H2282" was|strong="H1697" also|strong="H3789" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3789" an|strong="H6965" official|strong="H8269" record|strong="H3789". 
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\chapterNumber{10}King|strong="H4428" Xerxes required|strong="H7760" that|strong="H4428" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7760" empire|strong="H4438" pay|strong="H7760" taxes|strong="H4061". Even|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H4428" lived|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" islands|strong="H0339" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* Mediterranean \+w Sea|strong="H3220"\+w*} (OR|strong="H4428", in|strong="H5921" coastal areas|strong="H0776") were|strong="H4428" required|strong="H7760" to|strong="H5921" pay|strong="H7760" taxes|strong="H4061". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1431" and|strong="H4428" powerful|strong="H2392" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" Xerxes did|strong="H3808" were|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121"/entitled ‘The|strong="H3605" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" done|strong="H4639" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Media|strong="H4074" and|strong="H4428" Persia’. In|strong="H5921" this|strong="H1697" book|strong="H5612" were|strong="H3117" also|strong="H4428" written|strong="H3789" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w done|strong="H4639"\+w*} by|strong="H5921" Mordecai|strong="H4782", the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" whom|strong="H1992" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H4428" greatly|strong="H4428" honored|strong="H3513". 
\verseNumber{3}Mordecai|strong="H4782", who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3588" Jew|strong="H3064", became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" most|strong="H4428" important|strong="H1419" official|strong="H8269", and|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" also|strong="H4428" considered|strong="H2803" him|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3588" very|strong="H1419" great|strong="H1419" man|strong="H1419". They|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*} respected|strong="H7230" him|strong="H3605", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H5971" many|strong="H7230" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H1419" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064", and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3588" often|strong="H1696" asked|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*} to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H1419" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H3588". 
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\BibleBook{Job}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of the intense suffering of Job and of God restoring him. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Job }

\BibleSectionHeading{Job and his family }
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\chapterNumber{1}In|strong="H3477" the|strong="H5493" land|strong="H0776" named|strong="H8034" Uz|strong="H5780", there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H7451" named|strong="H8034" Job|strong="H0347". He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" godly|strong="H3477"/righteous|strong="H3477" [DOU] man|strong="H7451", who|strong="H1931" greatly|strong="H3966" respected|strong="H7230"/revered|strong="H3372" God|strong="H0430" and|strong="H8034" always|strong="H3605" avoided|strong="H1732" doing|strong="H7451" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3205" seven|strong="H7651" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" three|strong="H7969" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H1931" owned|strong="H3426" 7,000 sheep|strong="H6629", 3,000 camels|strong="H1581", 1,000 oxen|strong="H1241", and|strong="H3967" 500 female|strong="H5347" donkeys|strong="H2543". He|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7227" servants|strong="H5657". He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" richest|strong="H4924" man|strong="H1121" in|strong="H7227" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" east|strong="H6924" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{4}Each|strong="H3117" year|strong="H3117", Job’s|strong="H0347" sons|strong="H1121" made|strong="H6213" feasts|strong="H4960" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w their|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w houses|strong="H1004"\+w*} to|strong="H1980" celebrate|strong="H6213" their|strong="H7971" birthdays. Whenever|strong="H3117" each|strong="H3117" one|strong="H1121" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" feast|strong="H4960", he|strong="H3117" would|strong="H6213" invite|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w brothers|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} his|strong="H7121" three|strong="H7969" sisters|strong="H0269" to|strong="H1980" come|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1121" eat|strong="H0398" together|strong="H5973". 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H3588" each|strong="H3605" celebration|strong="H8057" ended|strong="H1961", Job|strong="H0347" would|strong="H6213" summon|strong="H7121" them|strong="H7971". He|strong="H3588" would|strong="H6213" get|strong="H6213" up|strong="H5927" early|strong="H7925" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" morning|strong="H1242" and|strong="H1121" kill|strong="H5362" animals|strong="H1961" and|strong="H1121" burn|strong="H5927" them|strong="H7971" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" as|strong="H3117" sacrifices|strong="H5930", one|strong="H3605" for|strong="H3588" each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121". He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7971" himself|strong="H3824", “Perhaps|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} my|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" has|strong="H1961" sinned|strong="H2398" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" something|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H6213" about|strong="H1961" God|strong="H7971" in|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3824".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Satan|strong="H7854" wanted|strong="H3824" to|strong="H7971" test|strong="H5254" Job|strong="H0347" }
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\verseNumber{6}One|strong="H1121" day|strong="H3117", the|strong="H5921" angels|strong="H4397" came|strong="H1961" and|strong="H1121" gathered|strong="H6960" together|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" Satan|strong="H7854" came|strong="H1961" too|strong="H1571". 
\verseNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068" asked|strong="H7592" Satan|strong="H7854", “Where|strong="H0834" have|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6030" come|strong="H1980" from|strong="H1980"?” 
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Satan|strong="H7854" replied|strong="H6030", “I|strong="H1980" have|strong="H3068" come|strong="H1980" from|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3068" earth|strong="H0776", where|strong="H0834" I|strong="H1980" been|strong="H3068" traveling|strong="H1980" back|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" forth|strong="H1980", seeing|strong="H7200" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H3068" happening.” 
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\verseNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Satan|strong="H7854", “Have|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" ◄noticed|strong="H7200"/thought|strong="H3820" about|strong="H5921"► my|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w faithful|strong="H0539"\+w*} servant|strong="H5650" Job|strong="H0347"? He|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" godly|strong="H3477"/righteous|strong="H3477" [DOU], he|strong="H3588" greatly|strong="H3820" respects|strong="H0959"/reveres me|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" always|strong="H3605" avoids doing|strong="H7451" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451". There|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H7760" one|strong="H3588" else|strong="H3588" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776" like|strong="H3644" him|strong="H5921".” 
\verseNumber{9}Satan|strong="H7854" replied|strong="H6030" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w What|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w true|strong="H3068"\+w*}, but|strong="H6030" Job|strong="H0347" greatly|strong="H3966" respects|strong="H0959" you|strong="H3372" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} because|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3372" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6030"\+w*} [RHQ]. 
\verseNumber{10}You|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3027" always|strong="H3605" [RHQ] protected|strong="H3467" [MET|strong="H6298"] him|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3027" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" owns|strong="H3426". You|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3027" made|strong="H4639" him|strong="H3027" very|strong="H3966" prosperous|strong="H6555"/rich|strong="H6223". He|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3027" livestock|strong="H4735" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H3027" this|strong="H3027" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H3808" if|strong="H1288" you|strong="H6440" take|strong="H3027" away|strong="H7971" [MTY] everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3027", he|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3027" curse|strong="H1288" you|strong="H6440" openly|strong="H5869". [IDM]” 
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\verseNumber{12}Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3318" Satan|strong="H7854", “◄All|strong="H3605" right|strong="H3068"/Okay►, I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H3068" permit|strong="H5414" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3318" take|strong="H3318" away|strong="H7971" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068". But|strong="H7535" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3318" harm|strong="H7971" him|strong="H6440".” 
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Then|strong="H3318" Satan|strong="H7854" left|strong="H3318", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w prepared|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w cause|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* disastrous \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w Job|strong="H6440"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{13}One|strong="H1121" day|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w*}, Job’s|strong="H0347" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323" were|strong="H1961" feasting|strong="H8354" and|strong="H1121" drinking|strong="H8354" wine|strong="H3196" at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3117" home|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H1961" oldest|strong="H1060" brother|strong="H0251". 
\verseNumber{14}While|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H1961" doing|strong="H3027" that|strong="H4397", a|strong="H1961" messenger|strong="H4397" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H5921" Job’s|strong="H0347" home|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3027" said|strong="H2790" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5921", “While|strong="H1961" your|strong="H5921" oxen|strong="H1241" were|strong="H1961" plowing|strong="H2790" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w fields|strong="H7704"\+w*} and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" donkeys|strong="H2543" were|strong="H1961" grazing|strong="H7462" nearby|strong="H7138", 
\verseNumber{15}a|strong="H3947" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H6310" men|strong="H5288" from|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3947"\+w*} Sheba|strong="H7614" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*} came|strong="H5307" and|strong="H2719" attacked|strong="H5221" us|strong="H5046". They|strong="H6310" killed|strong="H5221" all|strong="H6310" your|strong="H3947" servants|strong="H5288" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w working|strong="H4639"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w fields|strong="H7704"\+w*} and|strong="H2719" took|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" all|strong="H6310" the|strong="H3947" oxen|strong="H1241" and|strong="H2719" donkeys|strong="H2543"! I|strong="H5288" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3947" only|strong="H7535" one|strong="H6310" who|strong="H5288" escaped|strong="H4422" to|strong="H6310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w come|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w and|strong="H2719"\+w*} tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3947" what|strong="H6310" happened|strong="H1961".” 
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\verseNumber{16}While|strong="H5750" he|strong="H4480" was|strong="H5288" still|strong="H5750" talking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Job|strong="H0347", another|strong="H2088" messenger|strong="H5046" arrived|strong="H0935". He|strong="H4480" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Job|strong="H0347", “Lightning|strong="H1300" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" sky|strong="H8064" [MTY] struck|strong="H5307" and|strong="H8064" killed|strong="H5307" all|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H8064" all|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" men|strong="H5288" who|strong="H5288" were|strong="H8064" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" sheep|strong="H6629"! I|strong="H2088" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H4480" only|strong="H7535" one|strong="H2088" who|strong="H5288" escaped|strong="H4422" to|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w come|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w and|strong="H8064"\+w*} tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{17}While|strong="H5750" he|strong="H5921" was|strong="H5288" still|strong="H5750" talking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Job|strong="H0347", another|strong="H2088" messenger|strong="H5046" arrived|strong="H0935". He|strong="H5921" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Job|strong="H0347", “Three|strong="H7969" groups|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w robbers|strong="H6530"\+w*/\+w bandits|strong="H1416"\+w*} from|strong="H5921" Chaldea|strong="H3778" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w land|strong="H0776"\+w*} came|strong="H7969" and|strong="H7218" attacked|strong="H5221" us|strong="H5046". They|strong="H5921" stole|strong="H3947" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" camels|strong="H1581" and|strong="H7218" killed|strong="H5221" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H5288" who|strong="H5288" were|strong="H1581" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H7760" of|strong="H7218" them|strong="H5921". I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" only|strong="H7535" one|strong="H2088" who|strong="H5288" escaped|strong="H4422" to|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w come|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7218"\+w*} tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{18}While|strong="H5704" he|strong="H5704" was|strong="H1004" still|strong="H5704" talking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Job|strong="H0347", another|strong="H2088" messenger|strong="H4397" arrived|strong="H0935" and|strong="H1121" reported|strong="H5046" this|strong="H2088" to|strong="H1696" Job|strong="H0347": “Your|strong="H5704" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323" were|strong="H1121" feasting|strong="H8354" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5704" home|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H8354" oldest|strong="H1060" brother|strong="H0251". 
\verseNumber{19}Suddenly|strong="H2009" a|strong="H5921" ◄very|strong="H1419" strong|strong="H1419" wind|strong="H7307"/tornado► came|strong="H5060" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" desert|strong="H4057" and|strong="H1419" struck|strong="H5060" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004". The|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" collapsed|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1419" daughters|strong="H1323" and|strong="H1419" killed|strong="H4191" them|strong="H5921" all|strong="H1419"! I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" only|strong="H7535" one|strong="H1419" who|strong="H5288" escaped|strong="H4422" to|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w come|strong="H5060"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1419"\+w*} tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H5060"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{20}Job|strong="H0347" stood|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H7167" robe|strong="H4598" and|strong="H6965" shaved|strong="H1494" his|strong="H7167" head|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w was|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w sad|strong="H7451"\+w*/\+w grieved|strong="H6087"\+w*}. Then|strong="H6965" he|strong="H0834" prostrated|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H7812" on|strong="H5307" the|strong="H6965" ground|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{21}He|strong="H8033" said|strong="H3318", 
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“When|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5414" was|strong="H3068" born|strong="H3318", I|strong="H5414" had|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3947" clothes|strong="H0899" on|strong="H3068". 
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When|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5414" die|strong="H4191", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5414" take|strong="H3947" any|strong="H5414" clothes|strong="H0899" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5414". 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w everything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w possessed|strong="H1961"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H1961"\+w*} he|strong="H8033" has|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H3947" it|strong="H5414" all|strong="H5414" away|strong="H7725". 
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But|strong="H1961" ◄we|strong="H8033" should|strong="H3068"/I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068"► always|strong="H3605" praise|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{anyway}! [MTY]” 
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\verseNumber{22}In|strong="H5414" spite|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H2063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w things|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H2398"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* } Job|strong="H3808", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H3605"\+w* } did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" sin|strong="H2398" by|strong="H5414" saying|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3605" what|strong="H2063" God|strong="H5414" had|strong="H5414" done|strong="H2398" was|strong="H5414" wrong|strong="H2398". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Satan wanted to test Job again }
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\chapterNumber{2}On|strong="H5921" another|strong="H1571" day|strong="H3117", the|strong="H5921" angels|strong="H4397" came|strong="H1961" again|strong="H1961" and|strong="H1121" gathered|strong="H6960" together|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" Satan|strong="H7854" came|strong="H1961" too|strong="H1571". 
\verseNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068" asked|strong="H7592" Satan|strong="H7854", “Where|strong="H2088" have|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6030" come|strong="H1980" from|strong="H1980"?” Satan|strong="H7854" replied|strong="H6030", “I|strong="H2088" have|strong="H3068" come|strong="H1980" from|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3068" earth|strong="H0776", where|strong="H2088" I|strong="H2088" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" traveling|strong="H1980" back|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" forth|strong="H1980", seeing|strong="H7200" what|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" happening.” 
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\verseNumber{3}Yahweh|strong="H3068" asked|strong="H7592" Satan|strong="H7854", “Have|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" ◄noticed|strong="H7200"/thought|strong="H3820" about|strong="H5439"► my|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w faithful|strong="H0539"\+w*} servant|strong="H5650" Job|strong="H0347"? 
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He|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" godly|strong="H3477"/righteous|strong="H3477" [DOU], he|strong="H3588" greatly|strong="H3820" respects|strong="H0959"/reveres me|strong="H7760", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w always|strong="H3605"\+w*} avoids doing|strong="H7451" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451". And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" still|strong="H5750" acts|strong="H1697" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" very|strong="H3966" godly|strong="H3477"/righteous|strong="H3477" manner|strong="H4941", even|strong="H3588" though|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" persuaded|strong="H5496" me|strong="H7760" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w let|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*} cause|strong="H2600" disastrous things|strong="H7451" to|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7760" for|strong="H3588" no|strong="H7760" reason|strong="H6440".” 
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\verseNumber{4}Satan|strong="H7854" replied|strong="H6030" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “He|strong="H3068" praises|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" only|strong="H3605" because|strong="H3605" you|strong="H5414" bless|strong="H1288" him|strong="H5414" [IDM]. People|strong="H5315" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5414" everything|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" save|strong="H5315" their|strong="H3605" own|strong="H5315" lives|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H3808" if|strong="H1288" you|strong="H6440" harm|strong="H7971" his|strong="H7971" body|strong="H1320" [MTY], he|strong="H3027" will|strong="H1320" surely|strong="H3808" curse|strong="H1288" you|strong="H6440" openly|strong="H5869" [IDM]!” 
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\verseNumber{6}Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Satan|strong="H7854", “◄All|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3068"/Okay►, you|strong="H3027" may|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H3027" whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3027" want|strong="H5315" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068", but|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5315" cause|strong="H2600" him|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191".” 
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\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H3318" Satan|strong="H7854" left|strong="H3318", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H5704" caused|strong="H5414" Job|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3068" afflicted|strong="H6041" with|strong="H3068" very|strong="H5704" painful|strong="H4834" boils|strong="H7822", from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H6440" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" head|strong="H6936" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" soles|strong="H3709" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" feet|strong="H7272". 
\verseNumber{8}Job|strong="H0347" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" piece|strong="H6595" of|strong="H3427" broken|strong="H7665" pottery|strong="H3627" and|strong="H3427" scraped|strong="H7096" the|strong="H3947" boils|strong="H7822" on|strong="H3427" his|strong="H3947" skin|strong="H5785", and|strong="H3427" he|strong="H1931" sat|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" ashes|strong="H0665" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w mourning|strong="H0060"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w who|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}His|strong="H1288" wife|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" him|strong="H4191", “Are|strong="H3117" you|strong="H1288" still|strong="H5750" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H4191" ◄be|strong="H4191" loyal|strong="H0310" to|strong="H4191"/faithfully|strong="H0571" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H4191"► God|strong="H0430"? You|strong="H1288" should|strong="H3068" curse|strong="H1288" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H2388" then|strong="H4191" you|strong="H1288" will|strong="H5750" die|strong="H4191".” 
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\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H3808" Job|strong="H3808" replied|strong="H1696", “You|strong="H3605" talk|strong="H1696" like|strong="H3808" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3605" do|strong="H8193" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" God|strong="H3808" talk|strong="H1696". ◄Should|strong="H8193" we|strong="H3605" accept|strong="H6901" only|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w does|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w us|strong="H7451"\+w*}?/We|strong="H3605" should|strong="H8193" not|strong="H3808" accept|strong="H6901" only|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w does|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w us|strong="H7451"\+w*}.► [RHQ] We|strong="H3605" should|strong="H8193" also|strong="H1571" accept|strong="H6901" bad|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605".” So|strong="H3808" in|strong="H1696" spite|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w things|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H2398"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*} Job|strong="H3808", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H3605"\+w*} did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" say|strong="H1696" anything|strong="H3605" against|strong="H2398" God|strong="H3808". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Job’s|strong="H0347" three|strong="H7969" friends|strong="H7453" came|strong="H7451" to|strong="H1696" comfort|strong="H5162" him|strong="H3605" }
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\verseNumber{11}Among|strong="H5921" Job’s|strong="H0347" friends|strong="H7453" were|strong="H7969" Eliphaz|strong="H0464" from|strong="H5921" Teman|strong="H8487" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, Bildad|strong="H1085" from|strong="H5921" Shuah|strong="H7744" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w land|strong="H4725"\+w*} and|strong="H8085" Zophar|strong="H6691" from|strong="H5921" Naamah|strong="H5279" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w land|strong="H4725"\+w*}. When|strong="H8085" they|strong="H5921" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" terrible|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H7969" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5921" Job|strong="H0347", they|strong="H5921" left|strong="H7604" their|strong="H3605" home|strong="H4725" areas|strong="H0776" and|strong="H8085" went|strong="H1980" together|strong="H3162" to|strong="H5921" Job|strong="H0347" to|strong="H5921" console|strong="H5162"/comfort|strong="H5162" him|strong="H5921" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H1696" they|strong="H3588" sat|strong="H3427" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" ground|strong="H0776" with|strong="H1696" Job|strong="H0347" for|strong="H3588" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". None|strong="H0369" of|strong="H3117" them|strong="H7200" said|strong="H1696" anything|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" Job|strong="H0347", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1697" suffering|strong="H6040" greatly|strong="H3966", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w think|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w anything|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w would|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w lessen|strong="H7918"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w pain|strong="H3511"\+w*}. 

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\chapterNumber{3}Finally|strong="H5704", Job|strong="H0347" spoke|strong="H6310", and|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" cursed|strong="H7043" the|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" born|strong="H3205". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H6030", 
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\verseNumber{3}“I|strong="H3117" wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3205" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" born|strong="H3205" could|strong="H3915" be|strong="H3117" eradicated|strong="H8045", 
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and|strong="H3117" also|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3205" night|strong="H3915" when|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" conceived|strong="H2029". 
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\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H3117" wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" born|strong="H3205" would|strong="H0014" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" covered|strong="H3680" in|strong="H5921" darkness|strong="H2822". 
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I|strong="H3117" wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3117" God|strong="H0430" who|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" in|strong="H5921" heaven|strong="H4605" [MTY] would|strong="H0014" have|strong="H1961" forgotten|strong="H7911" about|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", 
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and|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" sun|strong="H8121" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" shone|strong="H3313" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H1931". 
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\verseNumber{5}I|strong="H3117" wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3117" thick|strong="H6757"/intense|strong="H7068" darkness|strong="H2822" would|strong="H0014" have|strong="H3117" filled|strong="H4390" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", 
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and|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3117" black|strong="H6757" cloud|strong="H6053" would|strong="H0014" have|strong="H3117" come|strong="H0935" over|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" 
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and|strong="H3117" blotted|strong="H4229" out|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5921" light|strong="H0216" 
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and|strong="H3117" caused|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3117" terrified|strong="H1204". 
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\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H3117" wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3947" night|strong="H3915" when|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1931" conceived|strong="H2029" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H3117" erased from|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" calendar|strong="H8549", 
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with|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3947" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3117" it|strong="H1931" would|strong="H0014" never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H3947" appear|strong="H7200" as|strong="H3117" one|strong="H1931" night|strong="H3915" in|strong="H8141" any|strong="H3947" month|strong="H3391", 
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and|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" it|strong="H1931" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3947" be|strong="H3117" included|strong="H5475" in|strong="H8141" any|strong="H3947" calendar|strong="H8549". 
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\verseNumber{7}I|strong="H2009" wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H1931" no|strong="H1961" child|strong="H3206" would|strong="H0014" again|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" conceived|strong="H2029" on|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1931" night|strong="H3915" of|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" month|strong="H2320" [MET|strong="H6298"], 
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and|strong="H3915" that|strong="H1931" no|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1931" would|strong="H0014" again|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" happy|strong="H0835" on|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1931" night|strong="H3915". 
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\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H3117" want|strong="H4270" those|strong="H1992" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" ◄curse|strong="H5344"/put|strong="H5414" evil|strong="H7451" spells|strong="H2267" on|strong="H3117"► days|strong="H3117"—those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" know|strong="H3045" how|strong="H4100" to|strong="H3117" arouse|strong="H5782"/awaken|strong="H5782" the|strong="H3117" great|strong="H1419" sea|strong="H3220" monster|strong="H8577"—to|strong="H3117" curse|strong="H5344" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{9}I|strong="H7200" wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" stars|strong="H3556" that|strong="H7200" shone|strong="H7160" early|strong="H7837" in|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" morning|strong="H7837" on|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" day|strong="H7837" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w I|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w conceived|strong="H2029"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H7200" shine|strong="H0215" again|strong="H7725". 
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I|strong="H7200" want|strong="H4270" those|strong="H1992" stars|strong="H3556" to|strong="H7200" have|strong="H7200" wished|strong="H6634" in|strong="H7200" vain|strong="H7723" for|strong="H6960" light|strong="H7837" to|strong="H7200" shine|strong="H0215"; 
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and|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" they|strong="H7200" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H7200" have|strong="H7200" shone|strong="H7160" on|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" day|strong="H7837". 
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\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w an|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w evil|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} because|strong="H3588" my|strong="H5641" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5869" conceive|strong="H2029"; 
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instead|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3808" born|strong="H3808", and|strong="H5869" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5869" now|strong="H3588" experienced|strong="H3045" all|strong="H5999" these|strong="H0428" terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H5641". 
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\verseNumber{11}“I|strong="H3808" wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" had|strong="H3808" died|strong="H4191" [RHQ] when|strong="H3318" I|strong="H3808" was|strong="H3808" born|strong="H3318"— 
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at|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3318" time|strong="H3318" I|strong="H3808" emerged|strong="H5312" from|strong="H3318" my|strong="H3318" mother’s|strong="H0517" womb|strong="H7358". 
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\verseNumber{12}I|strong="H3588" wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3588" mother|strong="H0517" had|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3588" [RHQ] allowed|strong="H5414" me|strong="H4100" to|strong="H3588" live|strong="H3427". 
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I|strong="H3588" wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3588" nursed|strong="H3243" me|strong="H4100". 
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\verseNumber{13}If|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" died|strong="H4191" at|strong="H5117" the|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6258" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" born|strong="H3205", 
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I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H6258" asleep|strong="H3462", resting|strong="H5117" peacefully|strong="H7965" i|strong="H3588"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H7901"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w place|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w dead|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3117"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{14}I|strong="H0589" would|strong="H4428" be|strong="H4428" resting|strong="H4496" with|strong="H5973" kings|strong="H4428" whose|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w beautiful|strong="H3303"\+w* \+w palaces|strong="H0759"\+w*} that|strong="H4428" they|strong="H3289" built|strong="H1129" are|strong="H4428" now|strong="H4428" in|strong="H4428" ruins|strong="H2723" (OR|strong="H4428", who|strong="H4428" rebuilt|strong="H1129" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w palaces|strong="H0759"\+w*} that|strong="H4428" had|strong="H4428" previously|strong="H8543" been|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H2723"), 
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and|strong="H4428" I|strong="H0589" would|strong="H4428" be|strong="H4428" resting|strong="H4496" with|strong="H5973" their|strong="H5973" officials|strong="H8269" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w also|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{15}I|strong="H1004" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H1004" resting|strong="H4496" with|strong="H5973" princes|strong="H8269" who|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" wealthy|strong="H1431", 
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whose|strong="H0834" palaces|strong="H0759" were|strong="H1992" filled|strong="H4390" with|strong="H5973" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3701" silver|strong="H3701". 
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\verseNumber{16}I|strong="H7200" wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" buried|strong="H2934" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" child|strong="H5768" who|strong="H3808" died|strong="H4191" in|strong="H3808" its|strong="H1961" mother’s|strong="H0517" womb|strong="H7358" 
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and|strong="H7200" never|strong="H3808" lived|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" light|strong="H0216". 
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\verseNumber{17}After|strong="H0310" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H7563" die|strong="H4191", they|strong="H8033" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H2308" cause|strong="H2600" any|strong="H3605" more|strong="H7563" troubles|strong="H6869"; 
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those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H7563" are|strong="H7563" very|strong="H3966" tired|strong="H3021" now|strong="H6258" will|strong="H7563" rest|strong="H5117". 
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\verseNumber{18}Those|strong="H8085" who|strong="H3808" were|strong="H6963" in|strong="H8085" prison|strong="H1004" rest|strong="H7599" peacefully|strong="H7965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w die|strong="H4191"\+w*}; 
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they|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" slave-drivers who|strong="H3808" curse|strong="H7045" them|strong="H8085". 
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\verseNumber{19}Rich|strong="H1419" people|strong="H1931" and|strong="H1419" poor|strong="H6041" people|strong="H1931" are|strong="H5650" alike|strong="H3162" after|strong="H0310" they|strong="H8033" die|strong="H4191", 
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and|strong="H1419" those|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H5650" slaves|strong="H5650" are|strong="H5650" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" controlled|strong="H0662" by|strong="H5650" their|strong="H8033" masters|strong="H0113". 
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\verseNumber{20}◄“Why|strong="H4100" does|strong="H4100" God|strong="H5414" allow|strong="H5414" those|strong="H5315" who|strong="H5315" are|strong="H4100" suffering|strong="H6040" greatly|strong="H4751" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5414"\+w*} to|strong="H5414" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5414" remain|strong="H3427" alive|strong="H2416"?/I|strong="H5414" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H5414" understand|strong="H0995" why|strong="H4100" God|strong="H5414" allows|strong="H7617" those|strong="H5315" who|strong="H5315" are|strong="H4100" suffering|strong="H6040" greatly|strong="H4751" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5414"\+w*} to|strong="H5414" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5414" remain|strong="H3427" alive|strong="H2416".► [RHQ] 
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Why|strong="H4100" does|strong="H4100" he|strong="H5414" allow|strong="H5414" those|strong="H5315" who|strong="H5315" are|strong="H4100" very|strong="H3966" miserable|strong="H5999"/distressed|strong="H4751" to|strong="H5414" keep|strong="H8104" living|strong="H2416" [RHQ]? 
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\verseNumber{21}They|strong="H1992" long|strong="H2442"/want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H2442" die|strong="H4194", but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4194". 
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They|strong="H1992" desire|strong="H8378" to|strong="H2442" die|strong="H4194" more|strong="H3254" than|strong="H4480" people|strong="H4194" desire|strong="H8378" to|strong="H2442" find|strong="H4672" a|strong="H2658" hidden|strong="H4301" treasure|strong="H4301". 
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\verseNumber{22}When|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" finally|strong="H5704" die|strong="H4191" and|strong="H8055" are|strong="H6913" buried|strong="H6912", they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H6913" very|strong="H8055" happy|strong="H8055". 
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\verseNumber{23}Those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H1397" do|strong="H1870" not|strong="H1870" know|strong="H3045" where|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1870" are|strong="H1870" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w eventually|strong="H0310"\+w*} going|strong="H1980" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1870" die|strong="H4191" [RHQ], 
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people|strong="H1397" whom|strong="H1397" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H1157" forced|strong="H4522" [MET|strong="H6298"] to|strong="H1870" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1870" live|strong="H1870" in|strong="H1870" misery|strong="H5999", 
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◄it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H1870" not|strong="H1870" right|strong="H3225" that|strong="H1397" they|strong="H1870" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1870" live|strong="H1870"./why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H1870" they|strong="H1870" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1870" live|strong="H1870"?► [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{24}I|strong="H3588" continually|strong="H8548" cry|strong="H7121" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H7227"; as|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" result|strong="H6903", I|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H3899"; 
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and|strong="H3899" I|strong="H3588" can|strong="H4310" never|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H2308" groaning|strong="H7581". 
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\verseNumber{25}Things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" always|strong="H3605" worried|strong="H1672" might|strong="H1369" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3588" me|strong="H3588", have|strong="H3588" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3588" me|strong="H3588"; 
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things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" always|strong="H3605" dreaded|strong="H1481" have|strong="H3588" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3588" me|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{26}Now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" peace|strong="H8252" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w my|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w inner|strong="H6442"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1961"\+w*}, 
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I|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" peace|strong="H8252"; 
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I|strong="H3808" cannot|strong="H3808" rest|strong="H5117"; 
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instead|strong="H3808", I|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" only|strong="H0389" troubles|strong="H6869".” 

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\chapterNumber{4}Then|strong="H6030" Eliphaz|strong="H0464", from|strong="H4480" Teman|strong="H8487", replied|strong="H6030" to|strong="H6030" Job|strong="H0347". He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H6030", 
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\verseNumber{2}“Will|strong="H4310" you|strong="H4310" please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H7971" me|strong="H1697" say|strong="H4405" something|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3201" you|strong="H4310"? 
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I|strong="H1697" am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3201" [RHQ] able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" remain|strong="H3427" silent|strong="H2790" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w any|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w longer|strong="H5750"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{3}In|strong="H7227" the|strong="H2388" past|strong="H5674", you|strong="H3256" have|strong="H3027" instructed|strong="H3256"/taught|strong="H3256" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5971", 
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and|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3256" have|strong="H3027" encouraged|strong="H2388" those|strong="H2388" who|strong="H7227" were|strong="H3027" weak|strong="H7504". 
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\verseNumber{4}By|strong="H6965" what|strong="H4405" you|strong="H6965" said|strong="H4405", you|strong="H6965" have|strong="H4405" helped|strong="H5826" those|strong="H3782" who|strong="H0834" ◄needed|strong="H1767" spiritual|strong="H7307" help|strong="H6965"/almost|strong="H4592" quit|strong="H5355" trusting|strong="H0982" in|strong="H6965" God|strong="H0430"► [MET|strong="H6298"], 
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and|strong="H6965" you|strong="H6965" have|strong="H4405" enabled|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H6965" become|strong="H1961" spiritually strong|strong="H2388" again|strong="H6965" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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The|strong="H3588" disasters|strong="H4672" hit|strong="H4672" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H6258" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" stunned|strong="H6313". 
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\verseNumber{6}You|strong="H3808" revere|strong="H3372" God|strong="H3808"; ◄does|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" cause|strong="H2600" you|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1870" trust|strong="H0982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w him|strong="H1870"\+w*}?/that|strong="H3808" should|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" you|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1870" trust|strong="H0982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w him|strong="H1870"\+w*}.► [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{12}“I|strong="H1697" heard|strong="H8085" a|strong="H3947" message|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" someone|strong="H0376" came|strong="H1697" 
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and|strong="H1697" whispered|strong="H3907" to|strong="H1697" me|strong="H4480". 
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while|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3068" fast|strong="H6685" asleep|strong="H3463". 
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\verseNumber{14}It|strong="H5414" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H7122" be|strong="H6106" afraid|strong="H6342" and|strong="H6106" tremble|strong="H6342"; 
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\verseNumber{15}A|strong="H5921" ghost|strong="H1478" glided past|strong="H6440" my|strong="H5921" face|strong="H6440" 
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\verseNumber{16}It|strong="H3808" stopped|strong="H5975", but|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" could|strong="H5234" not|strong="H3808" see|strong="H5869" what|strong="H6963" form|strong="H8544" it|strong="H3808" had|strong="H5869". 
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But|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w could|strong="H5234"\+w* \+w sense|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w*} there|strong="H5975" was|strong="H6963" some|strong="H4480" being|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8085" front|strong="H5048" of|strong="H6963" me|strong="H6963", 
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\verseNumber{17}‘◄Does|strong="H6213" God|strong="H0430" consider|strong="H7200" anyone|strong="H3605" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1397" righteous|strong="H6663"?/No|strong="H6213" human|strong="H0120" beings|strong="H2421" can|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1397" righteous|strong="H6663" in|strong="H6213" God’s|strong="H0430" sight|strong="H5869"!► [RHQ] 
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◄Their|strong="H6213" creator|strong="H1254" cannot|strong="H3808" consider|strong="H7200" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1397" pure|strong="H2891"./Can|strong="H6213" their|strong="H6213" creator|strong="H1254" consider|strong="H7200" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1397" pure|strong="H2891"?► [RHQ] 
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he|strong="H3808" declares|strong="H5002" that|strong="H4397" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H5650" them|strong="H7760" have|strong="H5650" done|strong="H7760" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H5650" wrong|strong="H7451". 
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\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H6440" he|strong="H1004" certainly|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" trust|strong="H0982" human|strong="H0120" beings|strong="H2421" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H1004" made|strong="H6083" from|strong="H6440" dust|strong="H6083" and|strong="H1004" clay|strong="H2563", 
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\verseNumber{20}People|strong="H6153" are|strong="H3117" sometimes|strong="H3426" well|strong="H7760" in|strong="H7760" the|strong="H7760" morning|strong="H1242", but|strong="H3588" in|strong="H7760" the|strong="H7760" evening|strong="H6153" they|strong="H7760" are|strong="H3117" dead|strong="H4191". 
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They|strong="H7760" are|strong="H3117" gone|strong="H1980" forever|strong="H5331" and|strong="H1242" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H7760" even|strong="H6153" know|strong="H3045" it|strong="H7760" (OR|strong="H3807", and|strong="H1242" no|strong="H1097" one|strong="H1097" pays|strong="H7999" any|strong="H7760" attention|strong="H7760" to|strong="H1242" it|strong="H7760"). 
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he|strong="H5414" sends|strong="H7971" water|strong="H4325" on|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5414" fields|strong="H2351". 
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\verseNumber{21}He|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5704" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5704" [MTY] to|strong="H5704" continually|strong="H8548" laugh|strong="H7832" 
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But|strong="H3588" ◄how|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" anyone|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3045" God|strong="H0430", ‘I|strong="H3588" <am|strong="H1961" innocent|strong="H6663"/have|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3045" done|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" wrong|strong="H7451"> and|strong="H3045" prove|strong="H3045" it|strong="H3588"?’/no|strong="H3045" one|strong="H3588" can|strong="H4100" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3045" God|strong="H0430" ‘I|strong="H3588" <am|strong="H1961" innocent|strong="H6663"/have|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3045" done|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" wrong|strong="H7451"> and|strong="H3045" prove|strong="H3045" it|strong="H3588".’► [RHQ] 
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I|strong="H3045" despise|strong="H3988" continuing|strong="H1641" to|strong="H5315" remain|strong="H3808" alive|strong="H2416". 
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who|strong="H4310" has|strong="H4310" done|strong="H3027" it|strong="H5414"? 
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\chapterNumber{10}“I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" tired|strong="H3021" of|strong="H5921" living|strong="H2416". 
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And|strong="H5315" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5315" not|strong="H1696" be|strong="H5315" silent|strong="H2790" and|strong="H5315" stop|strong="H2308" saying|strong="H1696" what|strong="H1696" I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" complaining|strong="H7879" about|strong="H5921". 
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Instead|strong="H5921", being|strong="H5315" very|strong="H3966" unhappy, I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5315" speak|strong="H1696" [IDM]. 
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to|strong="H5921" abandon|strong="H5800" me|strong="H5921", whom|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" created|strong="H1254", 
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and|strong="H2896" instead|strong="H3588", to|strong="H5921" help|strong="H5826" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H3709" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" things|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" plan|strong="H6098" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213"? 
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\verseNumber{4}Do|strong="H5869" you|strong="H7200" understand|strong="H7200" things|strong="H1697" the|strong="H7200" way|strong="H1870" that|strong="H7200" we|strong="H7200" humans do|strong="H5869"? 
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And|strong="H6440" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H7227" come|strong="H2729" and|strong="H6440" request|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" do|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7227" for|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H7563" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H5315" [SYN] will|strong="H5869" not|strong="H5869" be|strong="H5315" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5315" understand|strong="H0995" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w why|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w bad|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5869"\+w* happening \+w to|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3615"\+w*}; 
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they|strong="H5315" will|strong="H5869" not|strong="H5869" have|strong="H5869" any|strong="H4480" way|strong="H4498" to|strong="H5315" escape|strong="H4498" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3615"\+w* \+w troubles|strong="H6869"\+w*}. 
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The|strong="H4480" only|strong="H0389" thing|strong="H5315" that|strong="H5315" they|strong="H5315" will|strong="H5869" want|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5315" do|strong="H5869" is|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5315" die|strong="H4191". [EUP]” 

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\verseNumber{4}My|strong="H1961" friends|strong="H7453" all|strong="H7121" laugh|strong="H7832" at|strong="H1961" me|strong="H7121" now|strong="H1961". 
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And|strong="H1121" if|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3808" become|strong="H6819" disgraced|strong="H0954", we|strong="H0587" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" see|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w either|strong="H3808"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{22}We|strong="H5315" will|strong="H5315" feel|strong="H4184" our|strong="H5921" own|strong="H5315" pains|strong="H3510"; we|strong="H5315" will|strong="H5315" not|strong="H5315" feel|strong="H4184" anything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750"; 
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we|strong="H5315" will|strong="H5315" be|strong="H5315" sorry|strong="H5162" for|strong="H5921" ourselves|strong="H5315", not|strong="H5315" for|strong="H5921" anyone|strong="H5315" else|strong="H5750".” 

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\chapterNumber{15}Then|strong="H6030" Eliphaz|strong="H0464" replied|strong="H6030" to|strong="H6030" Job|strong="H0347": 
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and|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H6440" hindering people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H6440" meditating/thinking|strong="H0559" about|strong="H5439" God|strong="H0430". 
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you|strong="H3588" talk|strong="H6310" like|strong="H3644" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3588" will|strong="H6310" not|strong="H3588" admit|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H6310" wicked|strong="H7563". 
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\verseNumber{8}Were|strong="H0834" you|strong="H8085" listening|strong="H8085" when|strong="H8085" God|strong="H2451" made|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H8085" plans|strong="H5475"? [SAR, RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{10}My|strong="H3117" friends|strong="H7453" and|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" also|strong="H1571" wise|strong="H2450"; 
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\verseNumber{11}God|strong="H0430" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H1697" comfort|strong="H5162" you|strong="H5973", 
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and|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1697" speak|strong="H1697" gently|strong="H0328"/kindly|strong="H3820" to|strong="H1697" you|strong="H5973"; 
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◄is|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" not|strong="H4480" enough|strong="H4592" for|strong="H4480" you|strong="H5973"/do|strong="H1697" you|strong="H5973" need|strong="H1697" more|strong="H4480" than|strong="H4480" that|strong="H1697"►? 
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\verseNumber{13}You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H6310" angry|strong="H2734" [IDM] with|strong="H3318" God|strong="H0430", 
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and|strong="H7725" so|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3588" [MTY] are|strong="H6310" criticizing/denouncing him|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{14}“◄How|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" any|strong="H3588" person|strong="H5315", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w including|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*,} be|strong="H3588" sinless?/No|strong="H3808" person|strong="H5315", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w including|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}, can|strong="H4100" be|strong="H3588" sinless.► [RHQ] 
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◄How|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" anyone|strong="H3588" on|strong="H4100" the|strong="H3588" earth|strong="H0776" be|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w completely|strong="H3617"\+w*} righteous|strong="H6663"?/No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3588" on|strong="H4100" the|strong="H3588" earth|strong="H0776" can|strong="H4100" be|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w completely|strong="H3617"\+w*} righteous|strong="H6663".► [RHQ] 
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then|strong="H1961" things|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1961" worthless|strong="H7723" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" get|strong="H3947". 
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\verseNumber{32}Before|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" old|strong="H3117", they|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3808" wither|strong="H3001"; 
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like|strong="H5973" people|strong="H1121" plead|strong="H3198" for|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5973" friends|strong="H7453". 
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my|strong="H3117" grave|strong="H6913" is|strong="H3117" waiting|strong="H8104" for|strong="H3117" me|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{2}Those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3808" are|strong="H5869" around|strong="H5439" me|strong="H5978" are|strong="H5869" making|strong="H3885" fun of|strong="H5869" me|strong="H5978"; 
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I|strong="H3808" [SYN] watch|strong="H5869" them|strong="H5414" while|strong="H5869" they|strong="H3808" ◄taunt|strong="H8148"/make|strong="H6213" fun of|strong="H5869"► me|strong="H5978".” 

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\verseNumber{6}“But|strong="H1961" now|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" use|strong="H1961" that|strong="H5971" saying|strong="H0559" of|strong="H6440" our|strong="H1961" ancestors|strong="H0001" when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5971" talk|strong="H1696" about|strong="H1961" me|strong="H6440"; 
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\verseNumber{10}“But|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3808" if|strong="H0518" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" came|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w stood|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w front|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w me|strong="H4994"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{13}If|strong="H0518" my|strong="H7502" home|strong="H1004" will|strong="H1004" be|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1004" place|strong="H1004" where|strong="H1004" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H1004", 
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\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0589" say|strong="H0559" those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H1697", ◄will|strong="H4310" there|strong="H8033" be|strong="H1961" anything|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" that|strong="H4310" I|strong="H0589" can|strong="H4310" confidently|strong="H2388" expect|strong="H6960" to|strong="H4310" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4310" me|strong="H7789"?/there|strong="H8033" will|strong="H4310" be|strong="H1961" nothing|strong="H3808" good|strong="H2896" that|strong="H4310" I|strong="H0589" can|strong="H4310" confidently|strong="H2388" expect|strong="H6960" to|strong="H4310" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4310" me|strong="H7789".► [RHQ] 
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◄Is|strong="H4310" there|strong="H8033" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H4310" knows|strong="H3045" anything|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" that|strong="H4310" I|strong="H0589" can|strong="H4310" expect|strong="H6960" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H1961" in|strong="H7789" the|strong="H4310" grave|strong="H6913"?/No|strong="H4310" one|strong="H4310" knows|strong="H3045" anything|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" that|strong="H4310" I|strong="H0589" can|strong="H4310" expect|strong="H6960" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H1961" in|strong="H7789" the|strong="H4310" grave|strong="H6913".► [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{16}After|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" descend|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" dead|strong="H4191" are|strong="H7585", ◄will|strong="H6083" I|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3162" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3381" confidently|strong="H2388" expect|strong="H6960" anything|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" there|strong="H8033"?/I|strong="H5921" certainly|strong="H3588" will|strong="H6083" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3162" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3381" confidently|strong="H2388" expect|strong="H6960" anything|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" there|strong="H8033".► [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{3}Why|strong="H4069" do|strong="H5869" you|strong="H5869" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H5869" we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H5869" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w stupid|strong="H2933"\+w*} as|strong="H2803" cattle|strong="H4735"? [DOU, RHQ] 
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and|strong="H5315" crush|strong="H1792" my|strong="H1792" spirit|strong="H5315" by|strong="H5704" saying|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w wicked|strong="H7563"\+w*}? 
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\verseNumber{3}You|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" already|strong="H3528" insulted|strong="H3637" me|strong="H3808" many|strong="H3808" [HYP] times|strong="H6471"; 
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◄are|strong="H6235" you|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" ashamed|strong="H3637" for|strong="H3808" saying|strong="H0559" these|strong="H2088" things|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3808" me|strong="H3808"?/you|strong="H3808" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" ashamed|strong="H3637" for|strong="H3808" saying|strong="H0559" these|strong="H2088" things|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3808" me|strong="H3808".► [RHQ] 
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I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" injured|strong="H8295" you|strong="H7686"! 
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\verseNumber{7}“I|strong="H2005" cry|strong="H6817" out|strong="H6817", ‘Help|strong="H7768" me|strong="H6030"!’, 
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but|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" answers|strong="H6030" me|strong="H6030". 
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\verseNumber{17}My|strong="H8104" wife|strong="H0802" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1121" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H1121" come|strong="H0935" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H1121" me|strong="H2603" because|strong="H3588" my|strong="H8104" breath|strong="H7307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w smells|strong="H7381"\+w* \+w very|strong="H2603"\+w* \+w bad|strong="H7451"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H1121" even|strong="H1571" my|strong="H8104" brothers|strong="H1121" detest|strong="H8262" me|strong="H2603". 
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\verseNumber{18}Even|strong="H1571" young|strong="H5759" children|strong="H5759" despise|strong="H3988" me|strong="H1696"; 
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when|strong="H1696" I|strong="H1571" stand|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3988"\+w*}, they|strong="H1571" laugh|strong="H7832" at|strong="H6965" me|strong="H1696". 
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\verseNumber{19}My|strong="H3605" dearest friends|strong="H4962" detest|strong="H8581" me|strong="H8581", 
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and|strong="H2088" those|strong="H3605" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H2088" love|strong="H0157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w much|strong="H3605"\+w*} have|strong="H3605" turned|strong="H2015" against|strong="H3605" me|strong="H8581". 
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\verseNumber{20}My|strong="H4422" body|strong="H1320" is|strong="H1320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} skin|strong="H5785" and|strong="H1320" bones|strong="H6106"; 
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I|strong="H1320" am|strong="H1961" barely alive|strong="H5785" [IDM]. 
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because|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3027" has|strong="H3588" ◄struck|strong="H5060" [EUP] me|strong="H2603" with|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3027" hand|strong="H3027"/caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H2603" to|strong="H3027" suffer|strong="H5060" greatly|strong="H3966"►. 
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\verseNumber{22}Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3808" cause|strong="H2600" me|strong="H7291" to|strong="H1320" suffer|strong="H5414" like|strong="H3644" God|strong="H3808" does|strong="H4100"? 
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Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3808" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1320" slander|strong="H1681" [MET|strong="H6298"] me|strong="H7291"? 
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\verseNumber{23}“I|strong="H5414" wish|strong="H4310"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H5414" someone|strong="H4310" would|strong="H4310" take|strong="H5414" these|strong="H3789" words|strong="H4405" of|strong="H5612" mine|strong="H5414" 
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and|strong="H5612" write|strong="H3789" them|strong="H5414" permanently|strong="H5769" in|strong="H3789" a|strong="H5414" book|strong="H5612" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3789"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w can|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w read|strong="H5612"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{24}Or|strong="H0176" else|strong="H5750", I|strong="H6697" wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0014" carve|strong="H2710" them|strong="H1270" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H2672" rock|strong="H6697" with|strong="H5973" ◄a|strong="H2672" chisel|strong="H5842"/an|strong="H1129" iron|strong="H1270" tool|strong="H3627"► 
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in|strong="H1270" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H5777" would|strong="H0014" last|strong="H0314" forever|strong="H5703". 
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\verseNumber{25}But|strong="H1350" I|strong="H5921" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H2416" who|strong="H3045" vindicates|strong="H4941"/defends|strong="H1755" me|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" court|strong="H2691" is|strong="H1350" alive|strong="H2416", 
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and|strong="H6965" that|strong="H3045" some|strong="H4480" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1350" stand|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H5921"\+w*} on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H6083" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w make|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w final|strong="H0319"\+w* \+w decision|strong="H4941"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w whether|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w deserve|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w be|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{26}And|strong="H1320" even|strong="H1571" after|strong="H0310" diseases|strong="H8463" have|strong="H1961" eaten|strong="H0398" away|strong="H5493" my|strong="H1320" skin|strong="H5785", 
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while|strong="H5704" I|strong="H1320" still|strong="H5750" have|strong="H1961" my|strong="H1320" body|strong="H1320", I|strong="H1320" will|strong="H1320" see|strong="H2372" God|strong="H0430". 
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\verseNumber{27}I|strong="H7200" will|strong="H5869" see|strong="H7200" him|strong="H7200" myself|strong="H0589"; 
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I|strong="H7200" will|strong="H5869" see|strong="H7200" him|strong="H7200" with|strong="H5869" my|strong="H7200" own|strong="H5869" eyes|strong="H5869"! 
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I|strong="H7200" am|strong="H1961" overwhelmed|strong="H5848" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w I|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w think|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w*}! 
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\verseNumber{28}“If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" three|strong="H7969" men|strong="H0376" say|strong="H1697", ‘What|strong="H4100" more|strong="H4672" can|strong="H4100" we|strong="H3588" do|strong="H4100" to|strong="H1697" cause|strong="H1697" Job|strong="H0347" to|strong="H1697" suffer|strong="H5414"?’ 
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and|strong="H1697" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" say|strong="H1697", ‘He|strong="H3588" has|strong="H4100" caused|strong="H1697" his|strong="H3588" own|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w troubles|strong="H6869"\+w*},’ 
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\verseNumber{29}you|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" be|strong="H6440" afraid|strong="H1481" that|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H2719" punish|strong="H6485" [MTY] you|strong="H3588"; 
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he|strong="H3588" punishes|strong="H7489" those|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H2534"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*} with|strong="H6440" whom|strong="H6440" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H5771" angry|strong="H2534"; 
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and|strong="H6440" when|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" happens|strong="H1961", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H2719" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H3045" is|strong="H5771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3588"\+w*} judges|strong="H8199" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3045"\+w*}.” 

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\chapterNumber{20}Then|strong="H6030" Zophar|strong="H6691" replied|strong="H6030", 
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\verseNumber{2}“I|strong="H3651" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3651" perturbed about|strong="H7725" what|strong="H3651" you|strong="H7725" have|strong="H2363" said|strong="H3651", 
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so|strong="H3651" I|strong="H3651" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H7725" reply|strong="H7725" very|strong="H3651" quickly|strong="H2363". 
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\verseNumber{3}By|strong="H4148" saying|strong="H0559" these|strong="H8085" things|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6030" have|strong="H8085" insulted|strong="H3637" me|strong="H6030", 
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but|strong="H6030" I|strong="H8085" know|strong="H3045" how|strong="H8085" (OR|strong="H8085", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H8085" understand|strong="H8085" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H7227") I|strong="H8085" can|strong="H7307" reply|strong="H6030" to|strong="H8085" you|strong="H6030". 
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\verseNumber{4}“Do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5921" not|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" from|strong="H4480" long|strong="H5921" ago|strong="H7350", 
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ever|strong="H5703" since|strong="H4480" people|strong="H3045" were|strong="H5921" first|strong="H7223" put|strong="H7760" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776", 
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\verseNumber{5}wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H7563" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*} do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" rejoice|strong="H8057" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" long|strong="H5704" time|strong="H5704", 
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ungodly|strong="H7563" people|strong="H7563" are|strong="H7563" happy|strong="H8057" only|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" ◄moment|strong="H7281"/very|strong="H5704" short|strong="H7138" time|strong="H5704"► [HYP]? 
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\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Even|strong="H1571"\+w*} though|strong="H3588" their|strong="H5060" reputation|strong="H8034"/pride|strong="H1347" reaches|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" sky|strong="H8064" 
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and|strong="H8064" their|strong="H5060" fame|strong="H8034" goes|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" as|strong="H5927" high|strong="H7218" as|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" clouds|strong="H5645", 
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\verseNumber{7}they|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3068" disappear|strong="H0622" forever|strong="H5331", like|strong="H3644" their|strong="H7200" own|strong="H1961" dung|strong="H1561", 
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and|strong="H7200" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" knew|strong="H3045" them|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3068" ask|strong="H7592", ‘◄Where|strong="H0834" did|strong="H7200" they|strong="H7200" go|strong="H5331"/What|strong="H7200" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7200" them|strong="H7200"►?’ 
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\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" forgotten|strong="H7911" like|strong="H3808" [SIM] a|strong="H4672" dream|strong="H2472" is|strong="H3808", 
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and|strong="H3915" they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" exist no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H3808". 
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They|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" vanish|strong="H3615", like|strong="H3808" visions|strong="H2384" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w*} during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H4672" night|strong="H3915". 
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\verseNumber{9}Those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3808" saw|strong="H7805" those|strong="H1992" people|strong="H3808" previously|strong="H3808" will|strong="H5869" never|strong="H3808" see|strong="H5869" them|strong="H5750" again|strong="H5750"; 
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even|strong="H5750" their|strong="H3808" families|strong="H4940" [MTY] will|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3808" see|strong="H5869" them|strong="H5750" anymore|strong="H5750". 
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\verseNumber{10}Their|strong="H7725" children|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3027" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1121" childen stole|strong="H1589" from|strong="H7725" poor|strong="H1800" people|strong="H1121" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{11}Previously|strong="H8543" their|strong="H4390" bodies|strong="H6297" were|strong="H4390" young|strong="H5288" and|strong="H6083" strong|strong="H2388", 
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but|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H6106" die|strong="H4191" and|strong="H6083" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w bodies|strong="H6297"\+w* \+w will|strong="H6106"\+w*} be|strong="H6106" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H6083". 
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\verseNumber{12}“Doing|strong="H7451" wicked|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451" was|strong="H7451" like|strong="H8478" having|strong="H0369" sweet|strong="H4985" food|strong="H3899" in|strong="H6310" their|strong="H8478" mouths|strong="H6310", 
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and|strong="H6310" they|strong="H6310" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H6310" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H6310" taste|strong="H6310" it|strong="H3582". 
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\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5921" stop|strong="H3808" doing|strong="H6213" those|strong="H5921" things|strong="H3808", 
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\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} the|strong="H7130" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H4846" that|strong="H3899" they|strong="H7130" enjoyed|strong="H7521" doing|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H2015" like|strong="H7130" food|strong="H3899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w they|strong="H7130"\+w* \+w swallow|strong="H1104"\+w*} 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w which|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w becomes|strong="H1961"\+w*} as|strong="H2015" bitter|strong="H4846" as|strong="H2015" snake|strong="H5175" venom|strong="H4846". 
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\verseNumber{15}Wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H2428" not|strong="H3808" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H2428" keep|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3423" money|strong="H3701" they|strong="H2428" have|strong="H2428" accumulated|strong="H0622", 
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like|strong="H3644" people|strong="H5971" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" keep|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3423" food|strong="H3899" that|strong="H2428" they|strong="H2428" vomit|strong="H6958". 
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God|strong="H0430" takes|strong="H3423" their|strong="H3423" wealth|strong="H2428" from|strong="H3423" them|strong="H3423". 
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\verseNumber{16}What|strong="H4100" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H5971" do|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H2026"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] swallowing snake|strong="H5175" venom|strong="H7219"; 
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it|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3956" kill|strong="H2026" them|strong="H2026" like|strong="H2026" [MET|strong="H6298"] the|strong="H2026" bite|strong="H5391" of|strong="H3956" a|strong="H2026" poisonous|strong="H7219" snake|strong="H5175" kills|strong="H2026" people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{17}They|strong="H7200" will|strong="H5158" not|strong="H7200" remain|strong="H3427" alive|strong="H7200" to|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200" abundant|strong="H7227" blessings|strong="H1293" [IDM] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}, milk|strong="H2461" and|strong="H7200" olive|strong="H2132" oil|strong="H8081" and|strong="H7200" honey|strong="H1706", 
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that|strong="H7200" are|strong="H5104" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w abundant|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w they|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5104"\+w* } like|strong="H3644" [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H7200" stream|strong="H5158" that|strong="H7200" flows|strong="H2100" by|strong="H7200". 
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\verseNumber{18}They|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H7725" give|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H2428" they|strong="H3808" stole|strong="H1589" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" poor|strong="H6041"; 
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they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H2428" to|strong="H7725" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" enjoy|strong="H5965" those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H3808". 
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They|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" remain|strong="H3808" happy|strong="H0835" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H2428" what|strong="H3022" they|strong="H3808" got|strong="H6965" from|strong="H7725" their|strong="H7725" businesses, 
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\verseNumber{19}because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" oppressed|strong="H7533" poor|strong="H1800" people|strong="H3808" and|strong="H1004" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1004" help|strong="H5800" them|strong="H3588", 
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and|strong="H1004" they|strong="H3588" took|strong="H1497" other|strong="H0312" people’s|strong="H5971" houses|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3808"\+w* cheating \+w them|strong="H3588"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{20}“They|strong="H3588" were|strong="H0834" always|strong="H3605" greedy|strong="H1214" and|strong="H3045" never|strong="H3808" satisfied|strong="H7961". 
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They|strong="H3588" just|strong="H3512" keep|strong="H8104" dreaming|strong="H2492" about|strong="H3045" owning|strong="H2220" more|strong="H3808" and|strong="H3045" more|strong="H3808" things|strong="H2530". 
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\verseNumber{21}When|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3651" finished|strong="H3615" eating|strong="H0398" their|strong="H5921" food|strong="H3899", there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" anything|strong="H3808" left|strong="H8300" over|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w greedily|strong="H8378"\+w* \+w eaten|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w all|strong="H5921"\+w*}; 
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but|strong="H3808" now|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" prosperity|strong="H2898" will|strong="H3808" end|strong="H7093". 
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\verseNumber{22}When|strong="H4390" they|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3027" extremely|strong="H3966" prosperous|strong="H6743"/wealthy|strong="H1431", 
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they|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3027" suddenly|strong="H6597" experience|strong="H7200" a|strong="H3027" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H3027" trouble|strong="H6869". 
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◄Misery|strong="H6001" will|strong="H3027" strike|strong="H3027" them|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" crush|strong="H1792" them|strong="H3027" [PRS]/They|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3027" suffer|strong="H5414" very|strong="H3966" greatly|strong="H3966"►. 
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\verseNumber{23}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H1961" filling|strong="H4390" their|strong="H4390" stomachs|strong="H4578", 
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God|strong="H7971" will|strong="H1961" show|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1961" he|strong="H5921" is|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H4390" them|strong="H5921" and|strong="H7971" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5921"; 
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the|strong="H5921" punishment|strong="H5771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w gives|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*} will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" [MET|strong="H6298"] rain|strong="H4305" falling|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{24}They|strong="H1992" will|strong="H7198" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H1272" escape|strong="H1272" from|strong="H1272" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w by|strong="H2498"\+w*} iron|strong="H1270" weapons|strong="H5402", 
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but|strong="H3588" arrows|strong="H7198" with|strong="H7198" bronze|strong="H5154" points|strong="H5980" will|strong="H7198" pierce|strong="H2498" them|strong="H1270". 
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\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H5921" arrows|strong="H2671" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w go|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w completely|strong="H3617"\+w* \+w through|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w bodies|strong="H6297"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1980"\+w*} stick|strong="H6086" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" backs|strong="H6203"; 
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the|strong="H5921" shiny|strong="H6668" points|strong="H5980" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" arrows|strong="H2671" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H1980" blood|strong="H1818" dripping|strong="H1812" from|strong="H3318" them|strong="H5921", 
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and|strong="H1980" those|strong="H5921" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3318" terrified|strong="H0926". 
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\verseNumber{26}Their|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" possessions|strong="H7399" will|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" be|strong="H3808" destroyed|strong="H4229"; 
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a|strong="H3808" fire|strong="H0784" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" lit|strong="H0215" by|strong="H3808" humans, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3808"\+w*,} will|strong="H3808" burn|strong="H8313" them|strong="H3415" up|strong="H6845" 
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and|strong="H2822" also|strong="H1571" destroy|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3808" left|strong="H8300" in|strong="H3808" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H0168". 
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\verseNumber{27}The|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w angels|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w in|strong="H6965"\+w*} heaven|strong="H8064" [MTY] will|strong="H8064" reveal|strong="H1540" the|strong="H6965" sins|strong="H5771" that|strong="H6965" those|strong="H1992" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5771" committed|strong="H1540", 
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and|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w on|strong="H6965"\+w*} earth|strong="H8064" will|strong="H8064" stand|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" testify|strong="H6965" against|strong="H6965" them|strong="H1540". 
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\verseNumber{28}When|strong="H3117" God|strong="H0430" punishes|strong="H7489" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}, 
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all|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" possessions|strong="H7399" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3117" wicked|strong="H7563" people’s|strong="H5971" houses|strong="H1004" will|strong="H1004" be|strong="H3117" carried|strong="H1540" away|strong="H1540" by|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3117" flood|strong="H3999". 
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\verseNumber{29}That|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" what|strong="H2088" will|strong="H7563" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5159" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H5159" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H5159"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5159"\+w*}; 
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that|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" what|strong="H2088" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H2088" decided|strong="H3289" will|strong="H7563" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5159" them|strong="H2088".” 

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\chapterNumber{21}Then|strong="H6030" Job|strong="H0347" replied|strong="H6030", 
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\verseNumber{2}“Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1961" what|strong="H8085" I|strong="H8085" say|strong="H4405", all|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w three|strong="H7969"\+w*} of|strong="H8085" you|strong="H8085"; 
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that|strong="H8085" is|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8085" only|strong="H0389" thing|strong="H2063" that|strong="H8085" you|strong="H8085" can|strong="H4310" do|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085" will|strong="H1961" comfort|strong="H5162" me|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{3}Be|strong="H5375" patient|strong="H0750" with|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696", and|strong="H1696" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" speak|strong="H1696". 
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Then|strong="H1696", after|strong="H0310" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H1961" finished|strong="H3615" speaking|strong="H1696", you|strong="H5375" can|strong="H4310" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" make|strong="H5375" fun of|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696". 
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\verseNumber{4}“It|strong="H3808" is|strong="H7307" certainly|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" [RHQ] people|strong="H3808" against|strong="H7307" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H1961" complaining|strong="H7879", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3808"\+w*} 
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And|strong="H7307" it|strong="H3808" is|strong="H7307" certainly|strong="H3808" [RHQ] right|strong="H3225" for|strong="H3808" me|strong="H3808" to|strong="H7307" be|strong="H3808" impatient|strong="H7114"! 
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\verseNumber{5}Look|strong="H6437" at|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921"! Does|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6310" you|strong="H5921" see|strong="H7200" not|strong="H7760" cause|strong="H6310" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3027" appalled|strong="H8074" 
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and|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5921" put|strong="H7760" your|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" over|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" mouths|strong="H6310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w say|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w no|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w more|strong="H5921"\+w*}? 
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\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H2142" I|strong="H2142" think|strong="H2142" about|strong="H5439" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H2142"\+w* \+w has|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w me|strong="H2142"\+w*}, 
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I|strong="H2142" am|strong="H1961" frightened|strong="H3372" and|strong="H1320" my|strong="H2142" entire|strong="H3605" body|strong="H1320" shakes|strong="H7493". 
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\verseNumber{7}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H7563"\+w* \+w let|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w me|strong="H2421"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w this|strong="H1571"\+w*:} ‘Why|strong="H4069" do|strong="H6213" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H1571" continue|strong="H6275" to|strong="H2421" live|strong="H2421", 
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and|strong="H2428" become|strong="H6275" prosperous|strong="H6743", and|strong="H2428" not|strong="H1571" die|strong="H4191" until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H1571" are|strong="H7563" very|strong="H2428" old|strong="H6275"?’ 
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\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H6440" have|strong="H5869" their|strong="H6440" children|strong="H2233" around|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440", 
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and|strong="H5869" they|strong="H6440" watch|strong="H5869" them|strong="H6440" while|strong="H5973" they|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w grow|strong="H6779"\+w* \+w up|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w and|strong="H5869"\+w*} start|strong="H1870" to|strong="H6440" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H6440" their|strong="H6440" own|strong="H5973" houses|strong="H1004", 
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and|strong="H5869" they|strong="H6440" enjoy|strong="H7200" their|strong="H6440" grandchildren|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{9}Wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H3808" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" own|strong="H1961" houses|strong="H1004" without|strong="H3808" being|strong="H1004" afraid|strong="H6343", 
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and|strong="H1004" God|strong="H3808" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" punish|strong="H6485" [MTY] them|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{10}Their|strong="H3808" bulls|strong="H7794" always|strong="H3605" mate|strong="H7468" with|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" cows|strong="H6510" successfully|strong="H6743", 
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and|strong="H7794" the|strong="H5674" cows|strong="H6510" give|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5674" calves|strong="H6403" and|strong="H7794" never|strong="H3808" miscarry|strong="H7921". 
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\verseNumber{11}Wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H5971" send|strong="H7971" their|strong="H7971" young|strong="H3206" children|strong="H3206" outside|strong="H2351" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w play|strong="H2181"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" children|strong="H3206" play|strong="H2181" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{happily} like|strong="H7540" [SIM] lambs|strong="H6629" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H6629"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w pasture|strong="H4054"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{12}Some|strong="H4480" children|strong="H1121" dance|strong="H4234" and|strong="H6963" sing|strong="H5375", while|strong="H5704" others|strong="H0312" shake|strong="H7493" tambourines|strong="H8596" and|strong="H6963" play|strong="H2181" lyres|strong="H3658", 
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and|strong="H6963" they|strong="H5375" are|strong="H3117" happy|strong="H8055" when|strong="H5375" they|strong="H5375" hear|strong="H6963" people|strong="H5971" playing|strong="H5059" flutes|strong="H2485". 
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\verseNumber{13}Wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H5971" enjoy|strong="H1086" having|strong="H0369" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H2896" all|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" alive|strong="H2416", 
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and|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" die|strong="H4191" quietly|strong="H8252"/peacefully|strong="H7965" and|strong="H3117" go|strong="H7281" down|strong="H5181" to|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" place|strong="H4725" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" dead|strong="H4191". 
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\verseNumber{14}While|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3808" are|strong="H1870" alive|strong="H2416", they|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1870" God|strong="H3808", ‘Do|strong="H1870" not|strong="H3808" bother|strong="H5060" us|strong="H4480"; 
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we|strong="H4480" do|strong="H1870" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H2654" to|strong="H1870" know|strong="H1847" how|strong="H1870" you|strong="H3808" want|strong="H2654" us|strong="H4480" to|strong="H1870" conduct|strong="H1870" our|strong="H4480" lives|strong="H5315"! 
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\verseNumber{15}Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H5647" you|strong="H3588", Almighty|strong="H7706" God|strong="H0430", think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" should|strong="H4100" serve|strong="H5647" you|strong="H3588"? 
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◄What|strong="H4100" advantage|strong="H3504" do|strong="H5647" we|strong="H3588" get|strong="H3947" if|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" pray|strong="H6293" to|strong="H6293" you|strong="H3588"?/It|strong="H3588" is|strong="H4100" useless|strong="H1892" for|strong="H3588" us|strong="H3588" to|strong="H6293" pray|strong="H6293" to|strong="H6293" you|strong="H3588".► [RHQ]’ 
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\verseNumber{16}Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H4480" it|strong="H3808": Wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H3808" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H4480" it|strong="H3808" is|strong="H3027" because|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3027" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H7563" done|strong="H3027" that|strong="H4480" they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H7563" become|strong="H3027" prosperous|strong="H6743", 
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but|strong="H3808" I|strong="H2005" do|strong="H3027" not|strong="H3808" understand|strong="H0995" why|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" think|strong="H2803" like|strong="H3808" that|strong="H4480". 
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\verseNumber{17}◄“How|strong="H4100" often|strong="H4100" does|strong="H4100" it|strong="H5921" happen|strong="H1961" that|strong="H4100" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H7563" die|strong="H4191" [MET|strong="H6298"] before|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" are|strong="H7563" old|strong="H1121"?/Very|strong="H3966" seldom do|strong="H4100" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H7563" die|strong="H4191" [MET|strong="H6298"] before|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" are|strong="H7563" old|strong="H1121".► [RHQ] 
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◄Do|strong="H4100" they|strong="H5921" ever|strong="H5769" experience|strong="H7200" disasters|strong="H4672"?/They|strong="H5921" seldom experience|strong="H7200" disasters|strong="H4672".► [RHQ] 
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◄Does|strong="H4100" God|strong="H0430" ever|strong="H5769" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5921" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" being|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921"?/God|strong="H0430" never|strong="H3808" punishes|strong="H7489" them|strong="H5921" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" being|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921".► [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{18}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w does|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w blow|strong="H8628"\+w*} them|strong="H6440" away|strong="H1589" like|strong="H1961" wind|strong="H7307" blows|strong="H4112" away|strong="H1589" straw|strong="H8401"; 
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they|strong="H6440" are|strong="H1961" never|strong="H3808" carried|strong="H5375" off|strong="H6440" by|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" whirlwind|strong="H5492". 
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\verseNumber{19}You|strong="H3045" say|strong="H0559", ‘When|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121" have|strong="H3045" committed|strong="H6213" sins|strong="H2403", 
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God|strong="H7999" waits|strong="H2442" and|strong="H1121" punishes|strong="H7489" their|strong="H3045" children|strong="H1121" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1121" sins|strong="H2403";’ 
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but|strong="H7999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w*} God|strong="H7999" should|strong="H7999" punish|strong="H6485" those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" sin|strong="H2403", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w children|strong="H1121"\+w*,} 
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in|strong="H1121" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3045" sinners|strong="H2400" will|strong="H1121" know|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w own|strong="H6845"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{20}I|strong="H7200" hope|strong="H3176"/wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H7200" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H7200" will|strong="H5869" experience|strong="H7200" themselves|strong="H0905" being|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H4229", 
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that|strong="H7200" they|strong="H7200" will|strong="H5869" experience|strong="H7200" being|strong="H1961" punished|strong="H6485" by|strong="H7200" an|strong="H7200" angry|strong="H2534" Almighty|strong="H7706" God|strong="H0430". 
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\verseNumber{21}After|strong="H3588" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H4100" dead|strong="H4191", 
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they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3588" at|strong="H1004" all|strong="H4557" concerned|strong="H6485" [RHQ] about|strong="H1004" what|strong="H4100" happens|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3588" families|strong="H1004" [MTY]. 
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\verseNumber{22}“Since|strong="H8199" God|strong="H0430" judges|strong="H8199" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w everyone|strong="H3605"\+w*,} even|strong="H1571" those|strong="H1931" that|strong="H1931" are|strong="H8199" in|strong="H3925" heaven|strong="H8064", 
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◄who|strong="H1931" can|strong="H4310" teach|strong="H3925" God|strong="H0430" anything|strong="H3605"?/certainly|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H1931" can|strong="H4310" teach|strong="H3925" God|strong="H0430" anything|strong="H3605".► [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{23}Some|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" die|strong="H4191" while|strong="H2088" they|strong="H3605" are|strong="H6106" very|strong="H6106" healthy|strong="H1277", 
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while|strong="H2088" they|strong="H3605" are|strong="H6106" peaceful|strong="H7961", when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3605" are|strong="H6106" not|strong="H2088" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3605" anything|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{24}Their|strong="H4390" bodies|strong="H6297" are|strong="H6106" fat|strong="H2459"; 
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their|strong="H4390" bones|strong="H6106" are|strong="H6106" strong|strong="H2388". 
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\verseNumber{25}Other|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5315" die|strong="H4191" being|strong="H5315" very|strong="H2088" miserable|strong="H5999"; 
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they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" experienced|strong="H2088" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H2896" happening to|strong="H4191" them|strong="H2088". 
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\verseNumber{26}But|strong="H5921" both|strong="H3162" rich|strong="H6223" and|strong="H6083" poor|strong="H6041" people|strong="H5971" die|strong="H4191" and|strong="H6083" are|strong="H7415" buried|strong="H6912", 
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and|strong="H6083" maggots|strong="H7415" eat|strong="H0398" their|strong="H5921" bodies|strong="H6297". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Everyone|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w dies|strong="H4191"\+w*, \+w so|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w is|strong="H6083"\+w* \+w clear|strong="H5352"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3162"\+w* \+w dying|strong="H0006"\+w* \+w is|strong="H6083"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w always|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w punishment|strong="H5771"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w wicked|strong="H7563"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{27}“Listen|strong="H2005", I|strong="H2005" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H3045" you|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w three|strong="H7969"\+w*} are|strong="H4284" thinking|strong="H0559". 
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I|strong="H2005" know|strong="H3045" the|strong="H5921" evil|strong="H4209" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H5921" plan|strong="H4284" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H2554" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921". 
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The|strong="H3588" houses|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" evil|strong="H7563" rulers|strong="H8269" have|strong="H7563" been|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H4229"!’ 
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Do|strong="H1870" you|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" believe|strong="H0539" their|strong="H3808" reports|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1870" what|strong="H1870" they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" seen|strong="H7200", 
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and|strong="H6440" there|strong="H6440" is|strong="H1931" no|strong="H6213" one|strong="H1931" who|strong="H4310" ◄pays|strong="H7999" them|strong="H5921" back|strong="H7999"/gives|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" punishment|strong="H5771" that|strong="H1931" they|strong="H5921" deserve|strong="H0376"► for|strong="H5921" all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" evil|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1931" they|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5921" done|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{32}The|strong="H5921" corpses|strong="H6297" of|strong="H5921" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H1931" are|strong="H6913" carried|strong="H2986" to|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" graves|strong="H6913", 
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and|strong="H6913" people|strong="H1931" are|strong="H6913" put|strong="H5414" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H5921" guard|strong="H2876" those|strong="H5921" graves|strong="H6913". 
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\verseNumber{33}A|strong="H6440" huge|strong="H1995" number|strong="H4557" [HYP] of|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" go|strong="H4900" to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" grave|strong="H6913" site|strong="H0272". 
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Some|strong="H3605" go|strong="H4900" in|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" procession|strong="H1979" and|strong="H6440" some|strong="H3605" come|strong="H0935" behind|strong="H0310". 
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And|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" clods|strong="H7263" of|strong="H6440" dirt|strong="H6083" thrown|strong="H7993" on|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" graves|strong="H6913" of|strong="H6440" those|strong="H3605" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" died|strong="H4191" are|strong="H6440" like|strong="H6440" a|strong="H6440" nice|strong="H2899" blanket|strong="H4541". 
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\verseNumber{34}“So|strong="H3651" how|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4310" you|strong="H5162" console|strong="H5162" me|strong="H5162" by|strong="H0801" talking|strong="H1696" nonsense|strong="H5039"? 
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Every|strong="H3605" reply|strong="H7725" that|strong="H7604" you|strong="H5162" make|strong="H6213" is|strong="H0369" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H1892" lies|strong="H3577"!” 

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\chapterNumber{22}Then|strong="H6030" Eliphaz|strong="H0464" replied|strong="H6030", 
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\verseNumber{2}“◄Can|strong="H1397" anyone|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1397" useful|strong="H5532" to|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430"?/Certainly|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3588" can|strong="H1397" be|strong="H1397" useful|strong="H5532" to|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430".► [RHQ] 
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Even|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1397" who|strong="H1397" are|strong="H1397" wise|strong="H7919" cannot|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1397" helpful|strong="H8454" to|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430". 
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\verseNumber{3}If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1870" righteous|strong="H6663", ◄would|strong="H7706" that|strong="H3588" benefit|strong="H1576" Almighty|strong="H7706" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}?/that|strong="H3588" certainly|strong="H3588" would|strong="H7706" not|strong="H3588" benefit|strong="H1576" Almighty|strong="H7706" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}.► [RHQ] 
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If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" ◄lived|strong="H3427" a|strong="H3588" perfect|strong="H8552" life|strong="H5315"/never|strong="H3808" done|strong="H8552" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1870" wrong|strong="H7451"►, would|strong="H7706" that|strong="H3588" help|strong="H5826" him|strong="H3588"? 
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\verseNumber{5}No|strong="H3808", it|strong="H3808" certainly|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" [RHQ] because|strong="H5771" you|strong="H3808" are|strong="H7227" extremely|strong="H3966" wicked|strong="H7451". 
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I|strong="H3808" have|strong="H8193" treasured|strong="H6845" the|strong="H3808" words|strong="H8193" that|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" has|strong="H6310" spoken|strong="H6310". 
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\verseNumber{13}“He|strong="H1931" never|strong="H3808" changes|strong="H2487". There|strong="H7725" is|strong="H1931" no|strong="H6213" one|strong="H1931" who|strong="H4310" can|strong="H4310" [RHQ] stop|strong="H2308" him|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w desires|strong="H0183"\+w*}. 
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Whatever|strong="H3605" he|strong="H1931" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H6213", he|strong="H1931" does|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H3651" I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" terrified|strong="H6342" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440"; 
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\verseNumber{16}Almighty|strong="H7706" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H3820" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H3820" [SYN] to|strong="H3820" feel|strong="H4184" terrified|strong="H0926" [DOU]. 
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but|strong="H3808" God|strong="H3808" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" heed|strong="H8104" their|strong="H7760" prayers|strong="H8605". 
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\verseNumber{13}Some|strong="H1992" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H3427" avoid|strong="H6544" the|strong="H1870" light|strong="H0216" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w do|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w evil|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w dark|strong="H2822"\+w*}; 
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they|strong="H1992" do|strong="H1870" not|strong="H3808" walk|strong="H1870" on|strong="H1870" roads|strong="H1870" that|strong="H3808" are|strong="H1992" lighted|strong="H5927". 
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\verseNumber{14}Murderers|strong="H7523" steal|strong="H1589" things|strong="H1961" during|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6965" night|strong="H3915", 
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and|strong="H6965" then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3915" arise|strong="H6965" before|strong="H6965" dawn|strong="H7837" in|strong="H6965" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3915" may|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w go|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w out|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w again|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6965"\+w*} kill|strong="H7523" needy|strong="H6041" [DOU] people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{15}Those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H8104" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H8104" commit|strong="H5003" adultery|strong="H5003" wait|strong="H8104" for|strong="H6440" twilight|strong="H5399"/evening|strong="H5399"; 
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they|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559" ‘I|strong="H7760" do|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" anyone|strong="H3605" to|strong="H8104" see|strong="H5869" me|strong="H6440",’ so|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" keep|strong="H8104" their|strong="H7760" faces|strong="H6440" covered|strong="H3680". 
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\verseNumber{16}It|strong="H3045" is|strong="H1004" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3045" night|strong="H2822" that|strong="H3045" robbers|strong="H6530" break|strong="H7665" into|strong="H2864" houses|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w steal|strong="H1589"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3808"\+w*}, 
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but|strong="H3808" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3045" day|strong="H3119" they|strong="H3808" hide|strong="H5641" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1004" avoid|strong="H6544" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w being|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w seen|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1004"\+w*} the|strong="H3045" light|strong="H0216". 
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\verseNumber{17}All|strong="H3162" of|strong="H6757" those|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H1242" do|strong="H6213" their|strong="H3588" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697" at|strong="H3427" night|strong="H3915", not|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3162" the|strong="H3588" morning|strong="H1242" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w light|strong="H0216"\+w*}, 
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because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1091" not|strong="H3588" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H6757" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w during|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w*} night|strong="H3915" that|strong="H3588" terrify|strong="H1204" others|strong="H0312".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{(Final|strong="H0319" speech|strong="H8193" by|strong="H1242" Zophar|strong="H6691") }
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\verseNumber{18}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w it|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w wicked|strong="H7563"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w*} who|strong="H1931" are|strong="H1870" swept|strong="H5595"/carried|strong="H5921" away|strong="H6437" by|strong="H5921" floods|strong="H5104", 
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and|strong="H6440" God|strong="H3808" curses|strong="H7043" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H2513" that|strong="H1931" they|strong="H5921" own|strong="H6440", 
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and|strong="H6440" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" goes|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5921" work|strong="H4399" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H6440" vineyards|strong="H3754". 
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\verseNumber{19}Just|strong="H1571" like|strong="H7950" the|strong="H1571" snow|strong="H7950" melts|strong="H4549" away|strong="H1497" when|strong="H1571" it|strong="H4325" is|strong="H1571" hot|strong="H2527" and|strong="H4325" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H1571" no|strong="H3808" rain|strong="H4325", 
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those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1571" sinned|strong="H2398" disappear|strong="H0622" into|strong="H4325" the|strong="H1571" place|strong="H6723" where|strong="H0834" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H1571" are|strong="H4325". 
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\verseNumber{20}Not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H5750" their|strong="H7665" mothers|strong="H7911" remember|strong="H2142" them|strong="H7665" now|strong="H6258"; 
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wicked|strong="H5766" people|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3808" destroyed|strong="H7665" like|strong="H3808" trees|strong="H6086" that|strong="H6086" are|strong="H3808" cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H7665", 
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and|strong="H6086" maggots|strong="H7415" eat|strong="H0398" their|strong="H7665" corpses|strong="H6297". 
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\verseNumber{21}They|strong="H3808" mistreat|strong="H3238" women|strong="H0802" who|strong="H7462" have|strong="H7462" been|strong="H3808" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3205" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" children|strong="H3205" and|strong="H3205" women|strong="H0802" who|strong="H7462" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" have|strong="H7462" children|strong="H3205" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w take|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w care|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7462"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3205" they|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3190" good|strong="H3190" things|strong="H3808" for|strong="H3205" widows|strong="H0490". 
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\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3808" God|strong="H3808", by|strong="H6965" his|strong="H6965" power|strong="H3581", gets|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H2416" mighty|strong="H3581"/influential people|strong="H3808". 
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God|strong="H3808" acts|strong="H1697" and|strong="H6965" causes|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6965" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H3808" to|strong="H6965" die|strong="H4191". 
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\verseNumber{23}God|strong="H5414" allows|strong="H7617" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" think|strong="H5869" that|strong="H5414" they|strong="H5921" are|strong="H5869" secure|strong="H0982" and|strong="H5869" safe|strong="H7965", 
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but|strong="H1870" he|strong="H5414" is|strong="H1870" watching|strong="H5869" [MTY] them|strong="H5414" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" time|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{24}They|strong="H3605" prosper|strong="H6743" for|strong="H3605" a|strong="H4592" little|strong="H4592" while|strong="H4592", 
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and|strong="H7218" then|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w suddenly|strong="H6597"\+w*} they|strong="H3605" are|strong="H7641" gone|strong="H1980"; 
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they|strong="H3605" disappear|strong="H0622" like|strong="H7218" weeds|strong="H5488" wither|strong="H5243" and|strong="H7218" die|strong="H4191"; 
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they|strong="H3605" are|strong="H7641" like|strong="H7218" [SIM] stalks|strong="H6086" of|strong="H7218" grain|strong="H7641" that|strong="H3605" have|strong="H4592" been|strong="H4592" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H5243". 
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\verseNumber{25}If|strong="H7760" this|strong="H7760" is|strong="H4310" not|strong="H3808" true|strong="H0571", is|strong="H4310" there|strong="H8033" [RHQ] anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" show|strong="H7760" that|strong="H3808" I|strong="H7760" am|strong="H1961" a|strong="H7760" liar|strong="H3576" 
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and|strong="H3808" prove|strong="H3576" that|strong="H3808" what|strong="H4310" I|strong="H7760" have|strong="H4405" said|strong="H4405" is|strong="H4310" not|strong="H3808" true|strong="H0571"?” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Bildad’s final reply }
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\chapterNumber{25}Then|strong="H6030" Bildad|strong="H1085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H1571"\+w*} replied|strong="H6030", 
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\verseNumber{2}“God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H6213" very|strong="H6213" powerful|strong="H2392"; everyone|strong="H3605" should|strong="H6213" have|strong="H7965" an|strong="H6213" awesome|strong="H3372" respect|strong="H6343" for|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213"; 
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he|strong="H6213" causes|strong="H5414" everything|strong="H3605" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H7965" peaceful|strong="H7965" high|strong="H4791" up|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" heaven|strong="H4791". 
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\verseNumber{3}◄Can|strong="H4310" anyone|strong="H3605" count|strong="H4557" the|strong="H5921" angels|strong="H4397" who|strong="H4310" are|strong="H3426" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" army|strong="H1416" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="H8064"\+w*}?/No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" can|strong="H4310" count|strong="H4557" the|strong="H5921" angels|strong="H4397" who|strong="H4310" are|strong="H3426" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" army|strong="H1416" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="H8064"\+w*}.► [RHQ] 
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◄Is|strong="H3426" there|strong="H3426" any|strong="H3426" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" light|strong="H0216" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" shine|strong="H0215"?/There|strong="H3426" is|strong="H3426" no|strong="H3808" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" light|strong="H0216" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" shine|strong="H0215".► [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H3651", ◄how|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" God|strong="H0430" consider|strong="H7200" anyone|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3205" be|strong="H1961" righteous|strong="H6663"?/God|strong="H0430" certainly|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" consider|strong="H7200" anyone|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3205" be|strong="H1961" righteous|strong="H6663".► [RHQ] 
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◄How|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" any|strong="H3605" human|strong="H0120" being|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" truly|strong="H3588" pure|strong="H2135"?/No|strong="H3808" human|strong="H0120" being|strong="H1961" can|strong="H4100" be|strong="H1961" truly|strong="H3588" pure|strong="H2135".► [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{5}Consider|strong="H5869" this|strong="H5869": God|strong="H3808" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H5704" consider|strong="H5869" the|strong="H5704" full|strong="H4392" moon|strong="H3394" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3808" bright|strong="H0934", 
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and|strong="H5869" he|strong="H5704" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" consider|strong="H5869" the|strong="H5704" stars|strong="H3556" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3808" spotless. 
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\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H3588", ◄what|strong="H3588" about|strong="H5439" humans?/he|strong="H3588" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" consider|strong="H7200" humans \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w important|strong="H5704"\+w*}.► [RHQ] 
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They|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w insignificant|strong="H6819"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3588"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] maggots|strong="H7415". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w does|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w more|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w highly|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} people|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w than|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w thinks|strong="H8176"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} worms|strong="H8438".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Job replied to Bildad again }
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\chapterNumber{26}Job|strong="H0347" replied|strong="H6030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w Bildad|strong="H1085"\+w*}, saying|strong="H0559" this|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{sarcastically}: 
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\verseNumber{2}“I|strong="H4100" am|strong="H1961" a|strong="H3808" very|strong="H3966" weak|strong="H3808" and|strong="H5797" helpless|strong="H3581" man|strong="H0376"; 
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and|strong="H5797" ◄you|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w certainly|strong="H3808"\+w*} have|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" helped|strong="H5826" me|strong="H3467" [SAR] very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H4100"!/\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3808"\+w*} you|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" helped|strong="H5826" me|strong="H3467" [SAR] very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H4100"?► [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{3}◄You|strong="H3045" certainly|strong="H3045" have|strong="H3045" counseled|strong="H3289" me|strong="H3808" well|strong="H3045"—I|strong="H3045", who|strong="H4100" am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" wise|strong="H2451" at|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3045"./\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Do|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w*} you|strong="H3045" have|strong="H3045" counseled|strong="H3289" me|strong="H3808" well|strong="H3045"—I|strong="H3045", who|strong="H4100" am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" wise|strong="H2451" at|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3045"?► [RHQ] 
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◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{I’m \+w sure|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w*} you|strong="H3045" have|strong="H3045" given|strong="H3289" a|strong="H3808" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H7230" very|strong="H7230" good|strong="H4100" advice|strong="H3289" to|strong="H3045" me|strong="H3808". [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{4}Who|strong="H4310" helped|strong="H5826" you|strong="H5046" to|strong="H3318" say|strong="H4405" all|strong="H4480" those|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w great|strong="H1419"\+w*/\+w wise|strong="H2450"\+w*} things|strong="H1697"? 
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Who|strong="H4310" inspired|strong="H7307" you|strong="H5046" to|strong="H3318" speak|strong="H4405" like|strong="H3318" you|strong="H5046" did|strong="H6213"?” 

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\verseNumber{5}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="H8478"\+w*} the|strong="H8478" spirits|strong="H7496" of|strong="H4325" dead|strong="H7496" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H2342"\+w*}, 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H8478"\+w*} tremble|strong="H2342" in|strong="H7931" the|strong="H8478" waters|strong="H4325" that|strong="H4325" are|strong="H4325" deep|strong="H8415" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" earth|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{6}God|strong="H0430" knows|strong="H3045" all|strong="H3605" about|strong="H5048" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w are|strong="H7585"\+w* \+w in|strong="H7585"\+w*} the|strong="H5048" place|strong="H4725" of|strong="H5048" the|strong="H5048" dead|strong="H4191"; 
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there|strong="H6174" is|strong="H6174" nothing|strong="H3808" down|strong="H3381" there|strong="H6174" that|strong="H0834" prevents God|strong="H0430" from|strong="H5048" seeing|strong="H7200" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H6174" there|strong="H6174". 
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\verseNumber{7}God|strong="H0430" stretched|strong="H5186" out|strong="H5186" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" huge|strong="H1995" empty|strong="H8414" space|strong="H8414" 
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and|strong="H6828" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776" to|strong="H5921" have|strong="H6828" nothing|strong="H8414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w support|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H3808" fills|strong="H4390" the|strong="H8478" thick|strong="H5645"/dense|strong="H3514" clouds|strong="H5645" with|strong="H4325" water|strong="H4325" 
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and|strong="H4325" prevents that|strong="H4325" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H8478" bursting|strong="H1518" the|strong="H8478" clouds|strong="H5645". 
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\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H5921" causes|strong="H5414" clouds|strong="H6051" to|strong="H5921" ◄obscure|strong="H2823"/prevent|strong="H6923" us|strong="H5921" from|strong="H6440" seeing|strong="H7200"► the|strong="H6440" moon|strong="H3394". 
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\verseNumber{10}He|strong="H5704" separated|strong="H6504" the|strong="H6440" light|strong="H0216" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" darkness|strong="H2822" 
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and|strong="H6440" put|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" horizon|strong="H8121" to|strong="H5704" mark|strong="H0226" the|strong="H6440" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" night|strong="H2822" ends|strong="H5704" and|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" daytime|strong="H3119" begins|strong="H0935". 
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\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H8064"\+w* \+w is|strong="H0369"\+w* \+w angry|strong="H2734"\+w*, \+w it|strong="H8064"\+w* \+w is|strong="H0369"\+w* \+w as|strong="H8064"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} he|strong="H8064" rebukes|strong="H8433" the|strong="H8064" pillars|strong="H5982" that|strong="H8064" hold|strong="H2388" up|strong="H5927" the|strong="H8064" sky|strong="H8064". 
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They|strong="H1606" are|strong="H8064" ◄shocked|strong="H8539"/very|strong="H3966" fearful|strong="H3372"►, and|strong="H8064" they|strong="H1606" tremble|strong="H7322". 
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\verseNumber{12}With|strong="H3220" his|strong="H3220" power|strong="H3581" he|strong="H8394" calmed|strong="H2814" the|strong="H4272" sea|strong="H3220"; 
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with|strong="H3220" his|strong="H3220" skill|strong="H8394"/wisdom|strong="H8394" he|strong="H8394" destroyed|strong="H4229" Rahab|strong="H7293", the|strong="H4272" huge|strong="H1995" sea|strong="H3220" monster|strong="H8577". 
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\verseNumber{13}With|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3027" breath|strong="H7307" he|strong="H3027" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3027" sky|strong="H8064" to|strong="H3027" be|strong="H3027" bright|strong="H0934"/clear|strong="H5352"; 
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with|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3027" hand|strong="H3027" he|strong="H3027" killed|strong="H2490" the|strong="H3027" great|strong="H1419" dragon|strong="H8577" in|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" sea|strong="H3220". 
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When|strong="H8085" we|strong="H8085" hear|strong="H8085" thunder|strong="H7482", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w say|strong="H1697"\+w*,} ‘◄Who|strong="H4310" can|strong="H4310" really|strong="H2088" understand|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w how|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w great|strong="H1419"\+w*} his|strong="H8085" power|strong="H1369" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="H4310"\+w*}/No|strong="H4310" one|strong="H4310" can|strong="H4310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w really|strong="H2088"\+w*} understand|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w how|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w great|strong="H1419"\+w*} his|strong="H8085" power|strong="H1369" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="H4310"\+w*}!► [RHQ]’” 

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He|strong="H5315" has|strong="H5315" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5315" feel|strong="H4184" bitter|strong="H4843"/resentful. 
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\verseNumber{3}as|strong="H3588" long|strong="H3605" as|strong="H3588" God’s|strong="H0430" Spirit|strong="H7307" enables me|strong="H3588" to|strong="H7307" breathe|strong="H5397", 
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\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3956" not|strong="H1696" lie|strong="H7901"; 
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I|strong="H0589" [SYN] will|strong="H3956" not|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696" anything|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1696" deceive|strong="H5377" anyone|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{5}I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" admit|strong="H8085" that|strong="H4480" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w three|strong="H7969"\+w*} have|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559" is|strong="H3808" true|strong="H0571"; 
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\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" innocent|strong="H6666", and|strong="H3117" never|strong="H3808" ◄say|strong="H0559" anything|strong="H3808" different|strong="H8133"/change|strong="H5162" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3117" say|strong="H0559"►; 
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my|strong="H2388" conscience|strong="H3820" will|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" reproach|strong="H2778" me|strong="H2388" as|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" live|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{7}“I|strong="H6965" want|strong="H4270" my|strong="H6965" enemies|strong="H6965" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w*} like|strong="H1961" all|strong="H6965" wicked|strong="H7563" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H7563"\+w* \+w are|strong="H7563"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w*}; 
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I|strong="H6965" want|strong="H4270" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w*} those|strong="H1961" who|strong="H7563" oppose|strong="H7853" me|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w punishes|strong="H7489"\+w* \+w all|strong="H6965"\+w*} unrighteous|strong="H5767" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H7563"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w*} God|strong="H0430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5315"\+w*} get|strong="H1214" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H5315" godless|strong="H2611"/wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H5315" and|strong="H5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5315"\+w*} cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5315" die|strong="H4191", 
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there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H4100" absolutely|strong="H0657" nothing|strong="H4100" good|strong="H4100" [RHQ] that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" can|strong="H4100" confidently|strong="H2388" expect|strong="H6960" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3588"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}When|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" experience|strong="H7200" troubles|strong="H6869", ◄will|strong="H8085" God|strong="H0430" hear|strong="H8085" them|strong="H5921" call|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w out|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w*}?/God|strong="H0430" certainly|strong="H3588" will|strong="H8085" not|strong="H3588" hear|strong="H8085" them|strong="H5921" call|strong="H8085" out|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w*}.► [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{10}◄Will|strong="H7121" they|strong="H5921" be|strong="H6256" happy|strong="H0835" about|strong="H5921" what|strong="H5921" Almighty|strong="H7706" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*} does|strong="H6213"?/They|strong="H5921" certainly|strong="H3588" will|strong="H7121" not|strong="H6256" be|strong="H6256" happy|strong="H0835" about|strong="H5921" what|strong="H5921" Almighty|strong="H7706" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*} does|strong="H6213".► [RHQ] 
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◄Will|strong="H7121" they|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w begin|strong="H2490"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w*} pray|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H7121" frequently?/They|strong="H5921" certainly|strong="H3588" will|strong="H7121" not|strong="H6256" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w begin|strong="H2490"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w*} pray|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H7121" frequently.► [RHQ] 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Certainly|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6256"\+w*!} 
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\verseNumber{11}“I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3027" teach|strong="H3384" you|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w three|strong="H7969"\+w*} something|strong="H1697" about|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" power|strong="H3027" [MTY] of|strong="H3027" Almighty|strong="H7706" God|strong="H3808" [MTY]; 
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I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3027" reveal|strong="H1540" what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H3027" is|strong="H3027" thinking|strong="H0559". 
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\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w three|strong="H7969"\+w*} have|strong="H3605" seen|strong="H2372" for|strong="H3605" yourselves|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w has|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w done|strong="H3605"\+w*}; 
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so|strong="H2088" ◄why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3605" saying|strong="H0559" such|strong="H2088" nonsense|strong="H5039"?/you|strong="H3605" should|strong="H4100" not|strong="H2088" be|strong="H3605" saying|strong="H0559" such|strong="H2088" nonsense|strong="H5039".► [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{13}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w will|strong="H7563"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3947"\+w*} what|strong="H2088" Almighty|strong="H7706" God|strong="H0430" does|strong="H2088" to|strong="H5973" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H5159", 
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the|strong="H3947" things|strong="H5973" that|strong="H2088" he|strong="H2088" does|strong="H2088" to|strong="H5973" people|strong="H5159" who|strong="H2088" oppress|strong="H6231" others|strong="H0312". 
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\verseNumber{15}Their|strong="H3808" children|strong="H1121" who|strong="H8300" are|strong="H4194" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H8300" will|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4194" from|strong="H3808" diseases|strong="H8463", 
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and|strong="H1058" their|strong="H3808" widows|strong="H0490" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H3808"\+w*} mourn|strong="H1058" for|strong="H1058" them|strong="H6912". 
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\verseNumber{16}Sometimes|strong="H3426" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wicked|strong="H7563"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} accumulate|strong="H7235" a|strong="H3559" huge|strong="H1995" amount|strong="H1697" [SIM] of|strong="H6083" silver|strong="H3701" 
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and|strong="H3701" pile|strong="H1530" up|strong="H6651" clothes|strong="H0899" like|strong="H3701" [SIM] those|strong="H1992" clothes|strong="H0899" were|strong="H3701" a|strong="H3559" pile|strong="H1530" of|strong="H6083" clay|strong="H2563", 
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\verseNumber{19}Wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H3808" are|strong="H5869" rich|strong="H6223" when|strong="H7901" they|strong="H3808" lie|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w night|strong="H3915"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{22}That|strong="H3027" wind|strong="H7307" strikes|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5921" without|strong="H3808" pitying them|strong="H5921" 
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while|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3027" running|strong="H7323" away|strong="H7993", trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H5921" escape|strong="H1272" from|strong="H5921" its|strong="H5921" force|strong="H3027"/power|strong="H3027" [MTY]. 
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howling|strong="H3215" at|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" wherever|strong="H4725" they|strong="H5921" run|strong="H7323" to|strong="H5921".” 

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and|strong="H3947" they|strong="H3947" ◄smelt|strong="H6884" copper|strong="H5154" ore/heat|strong="H2527" copper|strong="H5154" ore to|strong="H3947" get|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" copper|strong="H5154" from|strong="H3947" it|strong="H3947"►. 
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where|strong="H0834" it|strong="H7760" is|strong="H1931" very|strong="H3966" dark|strong="H2822". 
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\verseNumber{12}“But|strong="H3588" wisdom|strong="H2451": Where|strong="H4725" can|strong="H4310" people|strong="H5971" find|strong="H4672" that|strong="H2088"? 
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\verseNumber{20}“So|strong="H2088", where|strong="H4725" does|strong="H2088" wisdom|strong="H2451" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H4725"? 
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\verseNumber{21}No|strong="H3605" living|strong="H2416" humans can|strong="H5869" see|strong="H5869" it|strong="H5869" [MTY]; 
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and|strong="H8064" birds|strong="H5775" cannot|strong="H8064" see|strong="H5869" it|strong="H5869" while|strong="H5869" they|strong="H3605" are|strong="H5869" flying|strong="H5775" [MTY]. 
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He|strong="H7200" examined|strong="H7200" it|strong="H7200" and|strong="H7200" ◄approved|strong="H3477" it|strong="H7200"/said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H7200" it|strong="H7200" was|strong="H1571" very|strong="H1571" good|strong="H2896"►. 
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and|strong="H7665" forcing|strong="H4330" them|strong="H7993" to|strong="H7993" drop|strong="H5197" from|strong="H7993" their|strong="H7665" teeth|strong="H8127"/mouths|strong="H6310" the|strong="H7665" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3068" caught|strong="H3920"/seized|strong="H8610". 
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\verseNumber{18}“At|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" thought|strong="H0559", ‘Surely|strong="H4191" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" live|strong="H3117" securely|strong="H0983", until|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H7235" old|strong="H3117" [SIM], 
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and|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" die|strong="H1478" at|strong="H3117" home|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w my|strong="H7235"\+w* \+w family|strong="H4940"\+w*}.’ 
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\verseNumber{19}I|strong="H0589" was|strong="H4325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H8328"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6605"\+w* \+w tree|strong="H6086"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] whose|strong="H0834" roots|strong="H8328" reach|strong="H6605" down|strong="H3381" into|strong="H4325" the|strong="H3885" water|strong="H4325" 
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and|strong="H4325" whose|strong="H0834" branches|strong="H7105" become|strong="H1961" wet|strong="H6647" with|strong="H4325" dew|strong="H2919" each|strong="H0376" night|strong="H3885". 
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\verseNumber{20}People|strong="H5971" always|strong="H3605" honored|strong="H3519" me|strong="H5978", 
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and|strong="H3027" I|strong="H3027" was|strong="H3027" always|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w strong|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H3027" new|strong="H2319" bow|strong="H7198". 
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\verseNumber{21}“When|strong="H8085" I|strong="H8085" spoke|strong="H1696", people|strong="H8085" waited|strong="H3176" to|strong="H8085" hear|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w I|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w would|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w*} 
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and|strong="H8085" remained|strong="H3427" silent|strong="H1826" until|strong="H5704" I|strong="H8085" advised|strong="H0559" them|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w they|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H8085"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{22}After|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" finished|strong="H3615" speaking|strong="H4405", they|strong="H5921" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" say|strong="H4405" any|strong="H1697" more|strong="H3808"; 
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\verseNumber{23}They|strong="H6310" waited|strong="H3176" for|strong="H3176" me|strong="H0413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w speak|strong="H6310"\+w*} like|strong="H3644" they|strong="H6310" wait|strong="H3176" for|strong="H3176" rain|strong="H4306"; 
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they|strong="H6310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{appreciated \+w what|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w said|strong="H6310"\+w*} like|strong="H3644" [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w farmers|strong="H0406"\+w* appreciate} the|strong="H6310" final|strong="H0319" rain|strong="H4306" in|strong="H6310" the|strong="H6310" spring|strong="H4456" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w dry|strong="H3004"\+w* \+w season|strong="H6256"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{24}When|strong="H5307" they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H6440" discouraged|strong="H7503", I|strong="H3808" smiled|strong="H7832" at|strong="H5307" them|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w encourage|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w*}; 
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they|strong="H3808" became|strong="H3205" encouraged|strong="H2388" when|strong="H5307" they|strong="H3808" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H5307" I|strong="H3808" approved|strong="H3477" of|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{25}I|strong="H1870" was|strong="H4428" their|strong="H1870" leader|strong="H7218", and|strong="H4428" I|strong="H1870" decided|strong="H5162" what|strong="H1870" things|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w would|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w be|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w good|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w do|strong="H1870"\+w*}; 
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I|strong="H1870" was|strong="H4428" among|strong="H3427" them|strong="H3427" like|strong="H1870" [SIM] a|strong="H3427" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H3427" is|strong="H1870" among|strong="H3427" his|strong="H5162" troops|strong="H1416"; 
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I|strong="H1870" was|strong="H4428" like|strong="H1870" someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3427" comforts|strong="H5162" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w others|strong="H0312"\+w*} who|strong="H3427" are|strong="H1870" mourning|strong="H5162".” 

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\chapterNumber{30}“But|strong="H6258" now|strong="H6258" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H3117" younger|strong="H6810" than|strong="H4480" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" make|strong="H7896" fun of|strong="H3117" me|strong="H5921"— 
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men|strong="H0376" whose|strong="H0834" fathers|strong="H0001" I|strong="H3117" greatly|strong="H3966" despised|strong="H3988", 
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with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3988" even|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3117" allowed|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" help|strong="H4480" my|strong="H5921" dogs|strong="H3611" guard|strong="H2876" my|strong="H5921" sheep|strong="H6629". 
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\verseNumber{2}They|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3027" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H4100" were|strong="H3027" old|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3027" ◄weak|strong="H2470"/worn|strong="H1086" out|strong="H5921"►; 
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so|strong="H1571" ◄what|strong="H4100" could|strong="H1571" I|strong="H5921" gain|strong="H1215" from|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" working|strong="H4639" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921"?/I|strong="H5921" would|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1571" gained|strong="H1214" nothing|strong="H4100" from|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" working|strong="H4639" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921".► [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{3}They|strong="H7722" were|strong="H0834" very|strong="H3966" poor|strong="H6041" and|strong="H6723" hungry|strong="H7457", 
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with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H6207" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H7722" chewed|strong="H3772" on|strong="H5921" roots|strong="H8328" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w night|strong="H3915"\+w*} 
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in|strong="H0935" dry|strong="H6723" and|strong="H6723" desolate|strong="H7722" places|strong="H6723". 
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\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H5921" pulled|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5921" plants|strong="H6212" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" desert|strong="H6160" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w ate|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*} 
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and|strong="H3899" warmed|strong="H2552" themselves|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w burning|strong="H2740"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" roots|strong="H8328" of|strong="H5921" broom|strong="H7574" trees|strong="H6086". 
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\verseNumber{5}Everyone|strong="H3605" shouted|strong="H7321" at|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" as|strong="H5921" though|strong="H3588" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H4480" thieves|strong="H1590" 
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and|strong="H4480" expelled|strong="H1644" them|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w areas|strong="H0776"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{6}They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H5158" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H6083" live|strong="H7931" in|strong="H7931" caves|strong="H2356" in|strong="H7931" the|strong="H7931" hills|strong="H1389", 
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in|strong="H7931" holes|strong="H2356" in|strong="H7931" the|strong="H7931" ground|strong="H6083", and|strong="H6083" in|strong="H7931" the|strong="H7931" sides|strong="H3411" of|strong="H5158" cliffs|strong="H6083". 
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\verseNumber{7}In|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" bushes|strong="H7880" they|strong="H7880" howled|strong="H3213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w animals|strong="H0929"\+w* \+w because|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w they|strong="H7880"\+w* \+w were|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w hungry|strong="H7457"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H8478" they|strong="H7880" huddled together|strong="H5596" under|strong="H8478" thornbushes. 
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\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H1571" were|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121" without|strong="H1097" good|strong="H2896" sense|strong="H3820", 
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whose|strong="H1121" names|strong="H8034" no|strong="H4480" one|strong="H4480" knows|strong="H3045"; 
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they|strong="H1571" have|strong="H1121" been|strong="H1961" expelled|strong="H3423" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w born|strong="H1121"\+w*}. 

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\verseNumber{9}“And|strong="H6258" now|strong="H6258" their|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w children|strong="H1121"\+w*} sing|strong="H7891" songs|strong="H5058" to|strong="H1961" make|strong="H6213" fun of|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961". 
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They|strong="H1992" tell|strong="H5046" jokes about|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H3808" are|strong="H6440" disgusted|strong="H8581" with|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440", and|strong="H6440" they|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w usually|strong="H2370"\+w*} stay|strong="H3427" away|strong="H7368" from|strong="H4480" me|strong="H6440", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w when|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6440"\+w*,} they|strong="H3808" are|strong="H6440" happy|strong="H0835" to|strong="H6440" spit|strong="H7536" in|strong="H6440" my|strong="H4480" face|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{11}Because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] God|strong="H7971" has|strong="H3588" cut|strong="H3772" my|strong="H7971" bowstring|strong="H3499", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w caused|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w be|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w unable|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w defend|strong="H1598"\+w* \+w myself|strong="H0589"\+w*,} and|strong="H7971" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3588" humbled|strong="H6031" me|strong="H6440", 
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and|strong="H7971" my|strong="H7971" enemies|strong="H0341" have|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H7971" me|strong="H6440" whatever|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3588" wanted|strong="H2654". 
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\verseNumber{12}◄Gangs/Groups|strong="H7218" of|strong="H5921" violent|strong="H2555" youths|strong="H3206"► attack|strong="H6965" me|strong="H7971" and|strong="H6965" force|strong="H2394" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" run|strong="H7323" away|strong="H7971"; 
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they|strong="H5921" prepare|strong="H3559" to|strong="H7971" destroy|strong="H7843" me|strong="H7971". 
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\verseNumber{13}They|strong="H3808" prevent|strong="H6923" me|strong="H3808" from|strong="H3808" escaping|strong="H6413", 
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and|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="H5826"\+w*} not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w need|strong="H4270"\+w*} anyone|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3808" help|strong="H5826" them|strong="H3276" (OR|strong="H3808", there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3808" help|strong="H5826" me|strong="H3808"). 
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\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w is|strong="H0369"\+w* \+w as|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w a|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w wall|strong="H2346"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7342"\+w*} [SIM] they|strong="H6556" have|strong="H1961" broken|strong="H7665" through|strong="H3027" the|strong="H8478" wall|strong="H2346", 
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and|strong="H7342" they|strong="H6556" have|strong="H1961" come|strong="H0935" crashing|strong="H7667" down|strong="H1556" on|strong="H8478" me|strong="H8478". 
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\verseNumber{15}I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" terrified|strong="H1091"; 
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My|strong="H5921" dignity|strong="H7613"/honor|strong="H5082" has|strong="H7307" been|strong="H5674" taken|strong="H5674" away|strong="H5674" as|strong="H2015" though|strong="H3588" [SIM] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w has|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w been|strong="H5674"\+w*} blown|strong="H8628" away|strong="H5674" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" wind|strong="H7307", 
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and|strong="H5674" my|strong="H5921" prosperity|strong="H3444" has|strong="H7307" disappeared|strong="H0369" like|strong="H7307" [SIM] clouds|strong="H5645" disappear|strong="H0622". 

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\verseNumber{16}“And|strong="H3117" now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H3117" [SYN] am|strong="H1961" about|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" die|strong="H4191" [IDM]; 
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I|strong="H3117" suffer|strong="H5414" every|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{17}My|strong="H5921" bones|strong="H6106" ache during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" night|strong="H3915", 
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and|strong="H3915" the|strong="H5921" pain|strong="H4341" that|strong="H3808" torments me|strong="H5921" never|strong="H3808" stops|strong="H0331". 
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and|strong="H6310" chokes me|strong="H0413" with|strong="H6310" the|strong="H6310" collar|strong="H6310" of|strong="H6310" my|strong="H3581" coat|strong="H3801". 
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\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H3384" has|strong="H3068" thrown|strong="H7993" me|strong="H0413" into|strong="H6083" the|strong="H3384" mud|strong="H2563"; 
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I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w worth|strong="H1929"\+w* \+w anything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w more|strong="H3254"\+w* \+w than|strong="H4480"\+w*} dust|strong="H6083" and|strong="H6083" ashes|strong="H6083". 
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\verseNumber{20}“I|strong="H3808" cry|strong="H7768" out|strong="H7768" to|strong="H6030" God|strong="H3808", but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030"/help|strong="H7768" me|strong="H6030"; 
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I|strong="H3808" stand|strong="H5975" up|strong="H5975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w pray|strong="H6419"\+w*}, but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H7999" any|strong="H3808" attention|strong="H7181". 
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\verseNumber{21}He|strong="H3027" acts|strong="H1697" very|strong="H3966" cruelly|strong="H7188" toward|strong="H3027" me|strong="H3027"; 
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with|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3027" power|strong="H3027" [MTY] he|strong="H3027" causes|strong="H5414" me|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3027" suffer|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{22}He|strong="H7307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w allows|strong="H7617"\+w*} the|strong="H5375" wind|strong="H7307" to|strong="H7307" lift|strong="H5375" me|strong="H0413" up|strong="H5375" and|strong="H7307" blow|strong="H8628" me|strong="H0413" away|strong="H5375", 
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and|strong="H7307" he|strong="H7307" tosses|strong="H3399" me|strong="H0413" up|strong="H5375" and|strong="H7307" down|strong="H3381" in|strong="H7392" a|strong="H5375" violent|strong="H2555" storm|strong="H2230". 
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\verseNumber{23}I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1004" cause|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" die|strong="H4194", 
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which|strong="H1004" is|strong="H3605" what|strong="H3045" happens|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" everyone|strong="H3605" [MTY] who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" alive|strong="H2416". 
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\verseNumber{24}“When|strong="H7971" people|strong="H3808" experience|strong="H7200" disasters|strong="H4672", 
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and|strong="H7971" they|strong="H3808" sit|strong="H3427" on|strong="H3027" a|strong="H7971" pile|strong="H1530" of|strong="H3027" ruins|strong="H2723" and|strong="H7971" cry|strong="H7769" out|strong="H7971" for|strong="H3027" help|strong="H7769", 
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May|strong="H1961" bad|strong="H7451" weeds|strong="H5488" grow|strong="H3318" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H1697" barley|strong="H8184"!” 
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That|strong="H1697" is|strong="H1697" the|strong="H8478" end|strong="H8552" of|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" Job|strong="H0347" said|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w his|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w three|strong="H7969"\+w* \+w friends|strong="H7453"\+w*}. 

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\chapterNumber{32}Then|strong="H6030" those|strong="H1931" three|strong="H7969" men|strong="H6662" stopped|strong="H7673" answering|strong="H6030" Job|strong="H0347", because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w could|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3588"\+w* convince \+w Job|strong="H0347"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w wrong|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5869"\+w* claiming \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1931" wrong|strong="H7451". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H1121" Elihu|strong="H0453", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Barachel|strong="H1292", a|strong="H5921" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Buz|strong="H0938", from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Ram|strong="H7410", became|strong="H2734" very|strong="H2734" angry|strong="H2734" at|strong="H5921" Job|strong="H0347". He|strong="H5921" was|strong="H5315" angry|strong="H2734" because|strong="H5921" Job|strong="H0347" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5921" claim|strong="H0589" that|strong="H5315" he|strong="H5921" was|strong="H5315" righteous|strong="H6663"/innocent|strong="H6663", and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H5315" God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H5315" wrong|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H3808" was|strong="H3808" also|strong="H1571" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H5921" Job’s|strong="H0347" three|strong="H7969" friends|strong="H7453", because|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" had|strong="H4672" declared|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3808" Job|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" have|strong="H4672" done|strong="H6213" many|strong="H3808" things|strong="H7969" that|strong="H3808" were|strong="H4672" wrong|strong="H7451", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H4672" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5921" convince Job|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w what|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w true|strong="H0571"\+w*}. As|strong="H7453" a|strong="H4672" result|strong="H6903", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w seemed|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Elihu|strong="H0453"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3808"\+w*} God|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" what|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3808" wrong|strong="H7451" by|strong="H5921" punishing|strong="H7725" Job|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" Elihu|strong="H0453" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" three|strong="H7969" men|strong="H0376" had|strong="H3588" no|strong="H7200" more|strong="H3588" to|strong="H6310" say|strong="H6310" [MTY] to|strong="H6310" Job|strong="H0347", he|strong="H3588" became|strong="H2734" angry|strong="H2734". 
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\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H1121" this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3117" what|strong="H3372" he|strong="H3117" said|strong="H6030": 
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“I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" young|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3117" much|strong="H5921" older|strong="H1419" than|strong="H5921" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961". 
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So|strong="H3651", I|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" timid|strong="H7390", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" afraid|strong="H3372" to|strong="H5921" tell|strong="H2331" you|strong="H5921" what|strong="H3372" I|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" thinking|strong="H0559". 
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\verseNumber{7}I|strong="H3117" thought|strong="H3045", ‘Let|strong="H7971" those|strong="H1696" [PRS] who|strong="H3045" are|strong="H3117" much|strong="H7230" older|strong="H1419" speak|strong="H1696", 
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because|strong="H7230" older|strong="H1419" people|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w should|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*} say|strong="H1696" things|strong="H7230" that|strong="H3045" are|strong="H3117" wise|strong="H2451".’ 
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\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H1931" the|strong="H1931" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H7307" Almighty|strong="H7706" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*} is|strong="H1931" within|strong="H7130" people|strong="H1931", and|strong="H7307" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" enables them|strong="H7307" to|strong="H7307" be|strong="H7307" wise|strong="H2450". 
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not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*} old|strong="H2205" people|strong="H3808" understand|strong="H0995" what|strong="H4941" is|strong="H4941" right|strong="H4941". 
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\verseNumber{10}“So|strong="H3651", I|strong="H3651" say|strong="H0559", ‘Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" me|strong="H8085", 
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\verseNumber{11}I|strong="H2005" waited|strong="H3176" for|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" all|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" speak|strong="H1697"; 
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\verseNumber{12}I|strong="H5704" paid|strong="H5414" attention|strong="H7181" carefully|strong="H6213", 
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but|strong="H6030" surprisingly, none|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" you|strong="H5704" were|strong="H2009" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5704" prove|strong="H3198" that|strong="H4480" what|strong="H4100" Job|strong="H0347" said|strong="H6030" was|strong="H3068" wrong|strong="H7451". 
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\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H6435", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w yourselves|strong="H5315"\+w*}, ‘We|strong="H6435" have|strong="H4672" discovered|strong="H4672" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H2451" wise|strong="H2451"!’ 
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and|strong="H6030" say|strong="H0559" what|strong="H1843" I|strong="H1843" think|strong="H1843". 
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\verseNumber{18}I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H4405" plenty|strong="H7647" to|strong="H7307" say|strong="H4405", 
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and|strong="H7307" my|strong="H3588" spirit|strong="H7307" compels me|strong="H3588" to|strong="H7307" say|strong="H4405" it|strong="H3588". 
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and|strong="H3196" it|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" soon|strong="H3512" burst|strong="H1234". 
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and|strong="H6440" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H6440" flatter|strong="H3655" anyone|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{22}I|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w really|strong="H2088"\+w*} do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" how|strong="H3588" to|strong="H6213" flatter|strong="H3655" people|strong="H3808"; 
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and|strong="H6213" if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588", God|strong="H3808" would|strong="H6213" soon|strong="H4592" get|strong="H6213" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213".” 

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\chapterNumber{33}“But|strong="H8085" now|strong="H4994", Job|strong="H0347", listen|strong="H8085" carefully|strong="H8085" 
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to|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H1697" am|strong="H1961" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H8085" say|strong="H4405" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{2}I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H1696" tell|strong="H1696" you|strong="H1696" [MTY, DOU] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w I|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w*}. 
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and|strong="H3820" that|strong="H3820" I|strong="H3820" am|strong="H1961" speaking|strong="H1696" [MTY] sincerely|strong="H1305". 
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and|strong="H6213" his|strong="H6213" breath|strong="H7307" has|strong="H7307" caused|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" live|strong="H2421". 
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think|strong="H2803" carefully|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w how|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w will|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w reply|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6440"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{6}“God|strong="H0430" considers|strong="H7919" that|strong="H6310" you|strong="H6310", and|strong="H6310" I|strong="H2005" are|strong="H6310" both|strong="H1571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w equal|strong="H8505"\+w*}; 
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he|strong="H2005" formed|strong="H7169" both|strong="H1571" of|strong="H6310" us|strong="H5414" from|strong="H1571" clay|strong="H2563". 
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\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H3808" you|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3808" afraid|strong="H1204" of|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921"; 
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I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" crush|strong="H1792"/oppress|strong="H6231" you|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w I|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w*} [MTY]. 
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\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H8085" have|strong="H4405" heard|strong="H8085" you|strong="H6963" [DOU] speaking|strong="H4405", 
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and|strong="H6963" this|strong="H8085" is|strong="H6963" what|strong="H6963" you|strong="H6963" have|strong="H4405" said|strong="H4405": 
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\verseNumber{9}‘I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H1961" innocent|strong="H2643"; I|strong="H3808" have|strong="H5771" not|strong="H3808" committed|strong="H6213" any|strong="H3808" sins|strong="H6588"; 
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I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H1961" pure|strong="H2134"; I|strong="H3808" have|strong="H5771" not|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3808" are|strong="H6588" wrong|strong="H5771". 
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\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430" finds|strong="H4672" reasons|strong="H8394" to|strong="H5921" accuse|strong="H7378" me|strong="H5921", 
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and|strong="H5921" he|strong="H5921" considers|strong="H7919" that|strong="H2005" I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H2005" his|strong="H5921" enemy|strong="H0340". 
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\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} he|strong="H3605" has|strong="H7272" put|strong="H7760" my|strong="H8104" feet|strong="H7272" ◄in|strong="H7760" stocks|strong="H5465"/between|strong="H0996" wooden|strong="H6086" blocks|strong="H4383" to|strong="H8104" prevent|strong="H6923" me|strong="H7760" from|strong="H7272" walking|strong="H1980" away|strong="H3605"►, 
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and|strong="H8104" he|strong="H3605" watches|strong="H8104" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H7760" do|strong="H8104".’ [MTY] 
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\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H3588" what|strong="H2063" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3808" said|strong="H6030" is|strong="H3808" wrong|strong="H7451", 
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and|strong="H6030" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H6030" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H2063"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w said|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w wrong|strong="H7451"\+w*}. 
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God|strong="H3808" is|strong="H3808" much|strong="H7235" greater|strong="H7235" than|strong="H7235" any|strong="H3588" human|strong="H0120". 
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\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H3808", ◄why|strong="H4069" are|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" arguing|strong="H3198" against|strong="H7378" God|strong="H3808", saying|strong="H1697" ‘He|strong="H3588" never|strong="H3808" answers|strong="H6030" my|strong="H3605" questions’?/you|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" arguing|strong="H3198" against|strong="H7378" God|strong="H3808", saying|strong="H1697" ‘He|strong="H3588" never|strong="H3808" answers|strong="H6030" my|strong="H3605" questions|strong="H1697".’► [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{14}God|strong="H3808" does|strong="H3808" speak|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3588"\+w*} in|strong="H1696" various|strong="H2921" ways|strong="H1870", 
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but|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H7999" any|strong="H3588" attention|strong="H7181" to|strong="H1696" what|strong="H1696" he|strong="H3588" says|strong="H1696". 
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when|strong="H5307" we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H2472" on|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5921" beds|strong="H4904", asleep|strong="H3463" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H0834" reveals|strong="H1540" things|strong="H1540" [MTY] to|strong="H1540" us|strong="H5414" 
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and|strong="H3967" terrifies|strong="H0926" us|strong="H5414" by|strong="H1540" the|strong="H1540" things|strong="H1540" he|strong="H0834" warns|strong="H2094" us|strong="H5414" about|strong="H5439". 
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and|strong="H5493" to|strong="H5493" prevent|strong="H6923" us|strong="H5414" from|strong="H5493" becoming|strong="H5000" proud|strong="H1343". 
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\verseNumber{18}He|strong="H4480" does|strong="H5315" not|strong="H5674" want|strong="H5315" us|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5674" be|strong="H5315" destroyed|strong="H4229" [MTY]; 
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\verseNumber{19}God|strong="H0430" also|strong="H1571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sometimes|strong="H3426"\+w*} corrects|strong="H3198" us|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5921" forcing|strong="H4330" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" lie|strong="H4904" on|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5921" beds|strong="H4904" suffering|strong="H6040" much|strong="H5921" pain|strong="H4341" 
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and|strong="H7379" with|strong="H5921" fever|strong="H6920"/aching in|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5921" bones|strong="H6106". 
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not|strong="H5315" even|strong="H1571" very|strong="H3966" special|strong="H6381" food|strong="H3899". 
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\verseNumber{21}Our|strong="H7200" bodies|strong="H1320" become|strong="H7200" very|strong="H6106" thin|strong="H1851", with|strong="H1320" the|strong="H7200" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H7200" we|strong="H7200" look|strong="H7200" like|strong="H3808" skeletons [HYP], 
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and|strong="H7200" our|strong="H7200" bones|strong="H6106" stick|strong="H7200" out|strong="H7200". 
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and|strong="H7126" go|strong="H7126" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H7126" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H5315" are|strong="H5315". 
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‘Release|strong="H7971" that|strong="H0834" person|strong="H5315", 
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so|strong="H3381" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H3381" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" descend|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H4672" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H3117"! 
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Do|strong="H3381" that|strong="H0834" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H4672" have|strong="H4672" found|strong="H4672" the|strong="H4672" money|strong="H3724" to|strong="H3381" pay|strong="H7999" so|strong="H3381" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H3381" can|strong="H4310" be|strong="H2603" released|strong="H7971"! 
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\verseNumber{25}Allow|strong="H5414" his|strong="H7725" body|strong="H1320" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3117" strong|strong="H2388" again|strong="H7725"; 
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allow|strong="H5414" him|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3117" strong|strong="H2388" like|strong="H7725" he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3117" youth|strong="H5934"!’ 
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he|strong="H6440" will|strong="H6666" ◄enter|strong="H0935" God’s|strong="H0430" presence|strong="H6440"/worship|strong="H7812" God|strong="H0430"► joyfully|strong="H7200", 
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and|strong="H7725" then|strong="H7725" he|strong="H6440" will|strong="H6666" tell|strong="H7200" others|strong="H0312" how|strong="H4100" God|strong="H0430" saved|strong="H3467" him|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w dying|strong="H0006"\+w*}. 
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‘I|strong="H5921" sinned|strong="H2398", and|strong="H2398" I|strong="H5921" did|strong="H3808" things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3808" were|strong="H5921" not|strong="H3808" right|strong="H3477", 
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but|strong="H3808" God|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" punish|strong="H6485" me|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" way|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3808" I|strong="H5921" deserved|strong="H1576". 
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\verseNumber{28}He|strong="H5315" has|strong="H5315" saved|strong="H3467" me|strong="H5315" from|strong="H5315" dying|strong="H0006" and|strong="H7200" going|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5674" the|strong="H7200" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" dead|strong="H5315" people|strong="H5315" are|strong="H5315", 
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and|strong="H7200" I|strong="H5315" will|strong="H5315" continue|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5674" enjoy|strong="H7200" being|strong="H5315" alive|strong="H2416".’ 
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no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H4427" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H5971" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5971" prevent|strong="H6923" that|strong="H5971" ruler|strong="H4910" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w*}. 
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and|strong="H5375" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" sin|strong="H2403" anymore|strong="H5750"; 
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\verseNumber{32}so|strong="H3808" teach|strong="H3384"/show|strong="H7200" me|strong="H3254" what|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w committed|strong="H6213"\+w*}; 
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if|strong="H0518" I|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6466" anything|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3808" is|strong="H3808" evil|strong="H5766", 
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I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6466" it|strong="H3254" any|strong="H3808" more’? 
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but|strong="H3588" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" do|strong="H4100" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3808" him|strong="H5973" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H4100"? 
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It|strong="H3588" is|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" choose|strong="H0977" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3808"\+w*}, not|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3588"; 
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so|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4100" thinking|strong="H0559" about|strong="H3045" this|strong="H1696". 
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\verseNumber{34}“People|strong="H1397" who|strong="H1397" have|strong="H2450" good|strong="H2896" sense|strong="H3820", those|strong="H8085" who|strong="H1397" are|strong="H2450" wise|strong="H2450" and|strong="H8085" who|strong="H1397" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" what|strong="H8085" I|strong="H8085" say|strong="H0559", 
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will|strong="H3824" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H8085" me|strong="H3824", 
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\verseNumber{35}‘Job|strong="H3808" is|strong="H1697" speaking|strong="H1696" ignorantly|strong="H7683"; 
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what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3808" says|strong="H1696" is|strong="H1697" nonsense|strong="H5039".’ 
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\verseNumber{36}I|strong="H5704" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H5704" Job|strong="H0347" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H5331" taken|strong="H3947" to|strong="H5704" a|strong="H5921" court|strong="H2691" and|strong="H5704" ◄put|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" trial|strong="H4941"/judged|strong="H8199"►, 
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because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H5704" answers|strong="H8666" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w friends|strong="H7453"\+w*} like|strong="H5704" wicked|strong="H7563" men|strong="H0376" would|strong="H0014" answer|strong="H6030". 
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\verseNumber{37}To|strong="H5921" add|strong="H3254" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3588" committed|strong="H5921", he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H6588" rebelling|strong="H4775" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}; 
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he|strong="H3588" shows|strong="H6213" us|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3254" respect|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430" [IDM], 
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making|strong="H6213" long|strong="H7235" speeches|strong="H4405" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w saying|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w unjustly|strong="H5766"\+w*}.” 

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\chapterNumber{35}Then|strong="H6030" Elihu|strong="H0453" also|strong="H1571" said|strong="H6030" this|strong="H2088": 
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\verseNumber{2}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Job|strong="H0347"\+w*,} do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6664" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H2063" what|strong="H6664" you|strong="H6664" said|strong="H0559" is|strong="H4941" right|strong="H4941"/correct|strong="H3256"? 
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You|strong="H6664" say|strong="H0559", ‘God|strong="H0430" knows|strong="H3045" that|strong="H2063" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H1961" innocent|strong="H5355",’ 
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\verseNumber{3}and|strong="H2403" you|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}, ‘What|strong="H4100" good|strong="H3276" have|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" received|strong="H3947" for|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3588" sinning|strong="H2403"? 
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What|strong="H4100" benefit|strong="H3276" have|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" received|strong="H3947" from|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3588"?’ [DOU, RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Well|strong="H5973"\+w*,} I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H7725" answer|strong="H7725" you|strong="H7725", 
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and|strong="H7725" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H7725" answer|strong="H7725" your|strong="H7725" three|strong="H7969" friends|strong="H7453", too|strong="H4480". 
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\verseNumber{5}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Job|strong="H0347"\+w*}, look|strong="H7200" up|strong="H7200" at|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" sky|strong="H8064"; 
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look|strong="H7200" at|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" clouds|strong="H7834" that|strong="H7200" are|strong="H8064" high|strong="H1361" above|strong="H4480" you|strong="H7200" 
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and|strong="H8064" realize|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w God|strong="H8064"\+w* \+w is|strong="H7834"\+w* \+w far|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w above|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w everything|strong="H3605"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{6}If|strong="H2398" you|strong="H6213" have|strong="H1961" sinned|strong="H2398", that|strong="H6213" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" [RHQ] harm|strong="H2398" God|strong="H0430" at|strong="H6213" all|strong="H6213". 
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If|strong="H2398" many|strong="H7231" times|strong="H6471" you|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H6213" are|strong="H4100" wrong|strong="H2398", that|strong="H6213" certainly|strong="H6213" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" [RHQ] affect him|strong="H6213" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3027" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H3027" righteous|strong="H6663", does|strong="H4100" that|strong="H5414" help|strong="H5826" God|strong="H5414"? 
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No|strong="H3947", he|strong="H3027" is|strong="H4100" not|strong="H5414" benefited|strong="H2490" by|strong="H3027" anything|strong="H4100" that|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" do|strong="H4100" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{8}It|strong="H7562" is|strong="H1121" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" suffer|strong="H5414" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" wicked|strong="H7562" things|strong="H3644" that|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3644" do|strong="H7562", 
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but|strong="H3588" by|strong="H1121" doing|strong="H6213" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H3644" for|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121", you|strong="H3644" help|strong="H5826" them|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{9}“People|strong="H2199" cry|strong="H2199" out|strong="H2199" because|strong="H7230" of|strong="H7230" the|strong="H2220" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H7227" that|strong="H7227" people|strong="H2199" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H2199" others|strong="H7227" to|strong="H2199" ◄oppress|strong="H6231" them|strong="H5414"/treat|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5414" cruelly|strong="H7188"►; 
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they|strong="H6217" call|strong="H7768" for|strong="H7768" help|strong="H7768" because|strong="H7230" of|strong="H7230" the|strong="H2220" things|strong="H7227" that|strong="H7227" powerful|strong="H7227" people|strong="H2199" do|strong="H6213" [MTY] to|strong="H2199" them|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H3808" ◄no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808"/none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5414"► calls|strong="H7121" out|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w God|strong="H5414"\+w*}, 
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saying|strong="H0559" ‘Why|strong="H3808" does|strong="H6213" God|strong="H5414", my|strong="H5414" creator|strong="H1254", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w help|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5414"\+w*}? 
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He|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w should|strong="H6213"\+w*} enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H6213" sing|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w joyful|strong="H7440"\+w*} songs|strong="H2158", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w instead|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w very|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w sad|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w songs|strong="H2158"\+w*,} during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" night|strong="H3915". 
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\verseNumber{11}He|strong="H8064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H8064"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8064"\+w*} teach|strong="H2449" us|strong="H2449" more|strong="H3254" than|strong="H4480" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H8064" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H0929" do|strong="H6213"; 
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he|strong="H8064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w should|strong="H3068"\+w*} enable|strong="H7980" us|strong="H2449" to|strong="H8064" become|strong="H1961" wiser|strong="H2449" than|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*} the|strong="H8064" birds|strong="H5775" are|strong="H8064"!’ 
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but|strong="H3808" God|strong="H3808" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030" them|strong="H6440", 
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because|strong="H6440" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3808" cry|strong="H6817" out|strong="H6440" are|strong="H8033" proud|strong="H1347" and|strong="H6030" evil|strong="H7451" people|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{13}It|strong="H3808" is|strong="H8085" useless|strong="H3808" for|strong="H3808" them|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" cry|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3808", 
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because|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3808", the|strong="H8085" Almighty|strong="H7706" One|strong="H3808", does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" any|strong="H3808" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" what|strong="H8085" they|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559". 
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\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H3808", when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" complain|strong="H7378" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7789" God|strong="H3808", 
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and|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H6440" waiting|strong="H2342" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w decide|strong="H3198"\+w* \+w whether|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w or|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}, 
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God|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588", either|strong="H3808"! 
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\verseNumber{15}Furthermore|strong="H6258", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H3045" attention|strong="H3045" when|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" commit|strong="H6485" sins|strong="H2403", 
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he|strong="H3588" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" become|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H2734" and|strong="H3045" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H6485". 
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\verseNumber{16}You|strong="H6310" say|strong="H4405" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H6310" are|strong="H6310" useless|strong="H1892"; 
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you|strong="H6310" say|strong="H4405" a|strong="H1097" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H6310" things|strong="H1697" without|strong="H1097" knowing|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w are|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w talking|strong="H4405"\+w* \+w about|strong="H1097"\+w*}.” 

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\verseNumber{2}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Job|strong="H0347"\+w*,} be|strong="H5750" patient|strong="H0750" with|strong="H3803" me|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" little|strong="H2191" longer|strong="H5750", 
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because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H4405" something|strong="H1697" else|strong="H5750" to|strong="H3588" teach|strong="H3925" you|strong="H3588". 
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I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H4405" something|strong="H1697" else|strong="H5750" to|strong="H3588" say|strong="H4405" that|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H5414" what|strong="H6664" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5414" learned|strong="H3925" from|strong="H7350" many|strong="H7227" sources, 
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in|strong="H5414" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H5414" show|strong="H5375" that|strong="H5414" God|strong="H5414", my|strong="H5414" creator|strong="H1254", is|strong="H6664" just|strong="H6664"/fair|strong="H3303". 
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\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" saying|strong="H0559" anything|strong="H4405" to|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3808" false|strong="H8267"; 
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I|strong="H3588", who|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" standing|strong="H5975" in|strong="H8549" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3588", am|strong="H1961" someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3588" understands|strong="H0995" things|strong="H5973" ◄very|strong="H3966" well|strong="H5973"/perfectly|strong="H3632"► [HYP]. 
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and|strong="H3820" he|strong="H3808" understands|strong="H0995" everything|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H5414" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5414" remain|strong="H3808" alive|strong="H2421", 
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and|strong="H4941" he|strong="H5414" always|strong="H3605" acts|strong="H7563" justly|strong="H4941" toward|strong="H0413" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H6041" are|strong="H7563" poor|strong="H6041". 
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\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H3808" always|strong="H5331" watches|strong="H8104" over|strong="H4428" [MTY] those|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" are|strong="H5869" righteous|strong="H6662"; 
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and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H3808" are|strong="H5869" honored|strong="H3513" forever|strong="H5331". 
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\verseNumber{9}When|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" happens|strong="H1961", God|strong="H0430" shows|strong="H6213" them|strong="H1992" what|strong="H6467" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6467"; 
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he|strong="H3588" shows|strong="H6213" them|strong="H1992" the|strong="H3588" sins|strong="H6588" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H3588" committed|strong="H6213", 
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\verseNumber{14}They|strong="H5315" die|strong="H4191" while|strong="H5315" they|strong="H5315" are|strong="H5315" still|strong="H5750" young|strong="H5288", 
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he|strong="H3808" wants|strong="H2656" your|strong="H3808" table|strong="H7979" to|strong="H6310" be|strong="H3808" full|strong="H4390" of|strong="H4390" very|strong="H3966" nice|strong="H2899" food|strong="H1880". 
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stop|strong="H5975" and|strong="H5975" think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5975" wonderful|strong="H6381" things|strong="H6381" that|strong="H2063" God|strong="H0430" does|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{15}◄Do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5921" know|strong="H3045" how|strong="H3045" God|strong="H0430" commands|strong="H6680" the|strong="H5921" lightning|strong="H1300" to|strong="H5921" flash|strong="H3313" down|strong="H7760" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" clouds|strong="H6051"?/We|strong="H0587" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" how|strong="H3045" God|strong="H0430" commands|strong="H6680" the|strong="H5921" lightning|strong="H1300" to|strong="H5921" flash|strong="H3313" down|strong="H7760" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" clouds|strong="H6051".► [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{16}Only|strong="H0389" God|strong="H0430" knows|strong="H3045" everything|strong="H3605" perfectly|strong="H3632"; 
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so|strong="H5921" ◄do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5921" know|strong="H3045" how|strong="H3045" he|strong="H5921" causes|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" clouds|strong="H5645" to|strong="H5921" <move|strong="H5472"/float|strong="H6687"> <amazingly/wonderfully|strong="H6381"> across|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sky|strong="H8064"?/you|strong="H5921" certainly|strong="H3045" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" how|strong="H3045" he|strong="H5921" causes|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" clouds|strong="H5645" to|strong="H5921" <move|strong="H5472"/float|strong="H6687"> <amazingly/wonderfully|strong="H6381"> across|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sky|strong="H8064"!► [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{17}No|strong="H3808", you|strong="H0859" just|strong="H3512" sweat|strong="H2188" there|strong="H8033" in|strong="H0935" your|strong="H3068" clothes|strong="H0899"; 
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\verseNumber{18}◄Can|strong="H4310" you|strong="H5973" stretch|strong="H5186" out|strong="H3332" the|strong="H5973" skies|strong="H7834" like|strong="H5973" God|strong="H0430" does|strong="H6213" and|strong="H5973" make|strong="H6213" them|strong="H2389" as|strong="H5973" hard|strong="H3332" as|strong="H5973" [SIM] a|strong="H1961" sheet of|strong="H5973" polished|strong="H4803" brass|strong="H5178"?/You|strong="H5973" certainly|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" stretch|strong="H5186" out|strong="H3332" the|strong="H5973" skies|strong="H7834" like|strong="H5973" God|strong="H0430" does|strong="H6213" and|strong="H5973" make|strong="H6213" them|strong="H2389" as|strong="H5973" hard|strong="H3332" as|strong="H5973" [SIM] a|strong="H1961" sheet of|strong="H5973" polished|strong="H4803" brass|strong="H5178"!► [RHQ] 
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we|strong="H0587" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" anything|strong="H4100" [IDM]. 
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As|strong="H6440" a|strong="H6440" result|strong="H6903", we|strong="H0587" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" to|strong="H6440" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" defend|strong="H1598" ourselves|strong="H0587". 
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\verseNumber{20}Should|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" tell|strong="H1696" God|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H1696" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H3588"? 
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\verseNumber{21}Now|strong="H6258", people|strong="H3808" cannot|strong="H3808" look|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w directly|strong="H5227"\+w*} at|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" sun|strong="H8121" 
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\verseNumber{22}God|strong="H0430" comes|strong="H0935" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" north|strong="H6828" with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" light|strong="H0216" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H2091"\+w* \+w shines|strong="H2224"\+w* \+w like|strong="H5921"\+w*} gold|strong="H2091"; 
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his|strong="H5921" glory|strong="H1935" causes|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3372" afraid|strong="H3372". 
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\verseNumber{23}Almighty|strong="H7706" God|strong="H3808" is|strong="H4941" very|strong="H6031" powerful|strong="H3581", 
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and|strong="H4941" we|strong="H4672" cannot|strong="H3808" come|strong="H4672" near|strong="H3808" to|strong="H4941" him|strong="H4672". 
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He|strong="H3808" always|strong="H3605" acts|strong="H6666" righteously|strong="H6666", 
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and|strong="H4941" he|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" oppress|strong="H6031" us|strong="H6666". 
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\verseNumber{24}That|strong="H7200" is|strong="H3820" the|strong="H3605" reason|strong="H3651" that|strong="H7200" we|strong="H3605" have|strong="H7200" an|strong="H7200" awesome|strong="H3372" respect|strong="H7200" for|strong="H3605" him|strong="H7200"; 
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he|strong="H3651" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H7999" attention|strong="H3820" to|strong="H3820" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" proudly|strong="H2102", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H3808"\+w* wrongly}, think|strong="H3820" that|strong="H7200" they|strong="H3651" are|strong="H2450" wise|strong="H2450".” 

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\chapterNumber{38}Then|strong="H6030" Yahweh|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H6030" to|strong="H3068" Job|strong="H0347" from|strong="H4480" inside|strong="H4480" a|strong="H4480" great|strong="H1419" windstorm|strong="H8178". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H6030", 
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\verseNumber{2}“◄Who|strong="H4310" are|strong="H4310" you|strong="H4310" to|strong="H2088" question|strong="H1697" what|strong="H4310" I|strong="H2088" plan|strong="H6098" to|strong="H2088" do|strong="H2088"?/You|strong="H4310" have|strong="H4405" no|strong="H1097" right|strong="H3225"/authority|strong="H3027" to|strong="H2088" question|strong="H1697" what|strong="H4310" I|strong="H2088" plan|strong="H6098" to|strong="H2088" do|strong="H2088".► [RHQ] 
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You|strong="H4310" are|strong="H4310" speaking|strong="H4405" ignorantly|strong="H1097"! 
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\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H3045" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3045" ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w*} questions|strong="H1697", 
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so|strong="H4994", just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H3644" men|strong="H1397" prepare|strong="H3559" themselves|strong="H3045" for|strong="H7592" a|strong="H7592" difficult|strong="H6381" task|strong="H1397" [MET|strong="H6298"], 
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prepare|strong="H3559" to|strong="H3045" answer|strong="H3045" my|strong="H3045" questions|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{4}◄“Where|strong="H0834" were|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3045"/Were|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3045" there|strong="H1961" with|strong="H3045" me|strong="H5046"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w long|strong="H0753"\+w* \+w ago|strong="H7350"\+w*} when|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3045" ◄laid|strong="H3245" the|strong="H3045" foundations|strong="H3245" of|strong="H3045"/created|strong="H1254"► the|strong="H3045" earth|strong="H0776"? 
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\verseNumber{5}Do|strong="H4310" you|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" how|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" decided|strong="H3289" how|strong="H3588" large|strong="H1419" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776" would|strong="H4310" be|strong="H7760"? 
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Do|strong="H4310" you|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" who|strong="H4310" stretched|strong="H5186" a|strong="H3588" measuring|strong="H6957" tape around|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776"? 
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\verseNumber{6-7}What|strong="H4100" supports|strong="H3802" the|strong="H3605" pillars|strong="H5982" on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" rests|strong="H5117"? 
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who|strong="H0834" prevented|strong="H6923" the|strong="H3318" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H3318" flooding|strong="H7857" over|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" land|strong="H0776"? 
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\verseNumber{10}I|strong="H7760" set|strong="H7760" limits|strong="H2706" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" seas|strong="H3220", 
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and|strong="H2706" I|strong="H7760" put|strong="H7760" barriers \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w would|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w not|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w come|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w over|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5704"\+w* pointed \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w shore|strong="H8193"\+w*} and|strong="H3254" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" water|strong="H4325", 
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‘I|strong="H5704" permit|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" come|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" here|strong="H6311", but|strong="H3808" I|strong="H5704" do|strong="H3254" not|strong="H3808" permit|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" come|strong="H0935" any|strong="H3808" farther|strong="H3254". 
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Your|strong="H3808" powerful|strong="H2392" waves|strong="H1530" must|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H3808" there|strong="H5704"!’ 
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with|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" result|strong="H4480" that|strong="H4480" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H5971" run|strong="H7323" away|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" light|strong="H0216"? 
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\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H3644" it|strong="H2015" becomes|strong="H1961" light|strong="H0216" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H2015" dawn|strong="H7837", 
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\verseNumber{26}Who|strong="H3808" causes|strong="H5414" rain|strong="H4305" to|strong="H5921" fall|strong="H5307" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" desert|strong="H4057", 
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\verseNumber{28}Does|strong="H3426" the|strong="H3205" rain|strong="H4306" have|strong="H3426" a|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205"? 
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because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" commanded|strong="H6310" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588"? 
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\verseNumber{29}As|strong="H5869" they|strong="H8033" watch|strong="H5869" carefully|strong="H6213" from|strong="H5869" there|strong="H8033", 
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they|strong="H8033" see|strong="H5027" far|strong="H7350" away|strong="H7350" the|strong="H8033" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H5869" they|strong="H8033" can|strong="H5869" kill|strong="H2026" (OR|strong="H7350", dead|strong="H4191" bodies|strong="H6297" of|strong="H5869" animals|strong="H0929"). 
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\verseNumber{30}After|strong="H0310" an|strong="H8033" eagle|strong="H5404" kills|strong="H5221" an|strong="H8033" animal|strong="H0929", 
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the|strong="H8033" baby|strong="H1121" eagles|strong="H5404" drink|strong="H8354" the|strong="H8033" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H1818" that|strong="H1931" animal|strong="H0929".” 

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\chapterNumber{40}Then|strong="H6030" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H3068" Job|strong="H0347", 
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\verseNumber{2}“Do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5973" still|strong="H5750" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H5973" argue|strong="H3198" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H5973", the|strong="H5973" Almighty|strong="H7706" One|strong="H0259"? 
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Since|strong="H3588" you|strong="H5973" criticize|strong="H7279" me|strong="H5973", ◄you|strong="H5973" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5973" answer|strong="H6030" my|strong="H7378" questions|strong="H1697"!/why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5973" not|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5973" answer|strong="H6030" my|strong="H7378" questions|strong="H1697"?► [RHQ]” 

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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H6030" Job|strong="H0347" replied|strong="H6030" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", 
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I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3027" put|strong="H7760" my|strong="H7760" hand|strong="H3027" over|strong="H3027" my|strong="H7760" mouth|strong="H6310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w not|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w say|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w anything|strong="H4100"\+w*}. 
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and|strong="H2719" I|strong="H1870", who|strong="H1931" created|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213", am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6213" only|strong="H0389" one|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" can|strong="H6213" kill|strong="H2719" them|strong="H6213". 
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while|strong="H3588" many|strong="H7227" [HYP] other|strong="H3605" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H2416" play|strong="H7832" nearby|strong="H7138". 
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\verseNumber{21}They|strong="H8478" lie|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H7901"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w*} under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" lotus|strong="H6628" plants|strong="H6628"; 
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they|strong="H8478" hide|strong="H5643" in|strong="H7901" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tall|strong="H7311"\+w*} reeds|strong="H7070" in|strong="H7901" the|strong="H8478" swamps|strong="H1207". 
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and|strong="H5437" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3117" surrounded|strong="H5437" by|strong="H6155" poplar|strong="H3839" trees|strong="H6628". 
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\verseNumber{23}They|strong="H3588" are|strong="H6310" not|strong="H3808" disturbed|strong="H2648" by|strong="H3808" raging|strong="H7264"/swiftly-flowing rivers|strong="H5104"; 
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they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H6310" not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3588" disturbed|strong="H2648"/frightened|strong="H3372" when|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w rivers|strong="H5104"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w*} Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} rush|strong="H8264" over|strong="H5921" them|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{24}No|strong="H3947" one|strong="H0259" can|strong="H3947" [RHQ] catch|strong="H3920" them|strong="H3947" by|strong="H5344" blinding their|strong="H3947" eyes|strong="H5869" 
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or|strong="H0176" by|strong="H5344" piercing|strong="H1281" their|strong="H3947" noses|strong="H0639" with|strong="H5869" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w teeth|strong="H8127"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5869"\+w*} a|strong="H3947" trap|strong="H4170"!” 

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\chapterNumber{41}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w also|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5439"\+w*} ◄crocodiles/great|strong="H1419" sea|strong="H3220" dragons|strong="H8577"►. 
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Can|strong="H4758" you|strong="H1571" catch|strong="H3920" them|strong="H5414" with|strong="H1571" a|strong="H1571" fishhook|strong="H2443" 
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or|strong="H1571" fasten|strong="H5414" their|strong="H1571" jaws|strong="H3895" with|strong="H1571" a|strong="H1571" rope|strong="H5688"? 
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\verseNumber{2}Can|strong="H4310" you|strong="H3588" put|strong="H5414" ropes|strong="H5688" through|strong="H3588" their|strong="H6440" noses|strong="H0639" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w control|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w*} 
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or|strong="H3808" thrust|strong="H1920" hooks|strong="H2053" through|strong="H3588" their|strong="H6440" jaws|strong="H3895"? 
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\verseNumber{3}Will|strong="H4310" they|strong="H1931" plead|strong="H7378" with|strong="H8064" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H8064" act|strong="H6213" mercifully toward|strong="H0413" them|strong="H8478" 
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or|strong="H4310" ◄use|strong="H1931" sweet|strong="H5207" talk|strong="H1696"/speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H8064" you|strong="H3605" nicely► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H8064"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w harm|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w them|strong="H8478"\+w*}? 
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\verseNumber{4}Will|strong="H1697" they|strong="H3808" make|strong="H2790" an|strong="H1129" agreement|strong="H1697" with|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1697" work|strong="H1697" for|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808", 
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to|strong="H1697" be|strong="H3808" your|strong="H3808" slaves|strong="H5650" as|strong="H1697" long|strong="H0753" as|strong="H1697" they|strong="H3808" live|strong="H3427"? 
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\verseNumber{5}Can|strong="H4310" you|strong="H6440" cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" become|strong="H1961" pets like|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" cause|strong="H2600" birds|strong="H5775" to|strong="H6440" become|strong="H1961" your|strong="H6440" pets? 
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Can|strong="H4310" you|strong="H6440" put|strong="H5414" a|strong="H6440" leash/rope|strong="H5688" around|strong="H6440" their|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w necks|strong="H6677"\+w*} so|strong="H6440" that|strong="H4310" your|strong="H6440" servant|strong="H5650" girls|strong="H3207" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w can|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w play|strong="H2181"\+w* \+w with|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w*}? 
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\verseNumber{6}Will|strong="H4310" merchants|strong="H7402" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H6440" buy|strong="H7069" them|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w market|strong="H4627"\+w*}? 
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Will|strong="H4310" they|strong="H6440" cut|strong="H3772" them|strong="H6440" up|strong="H5927" into|strong="H0413" pieces|strong="H5409" and|strong="H6440" sell|strong="H4376" the|strong="H6440" meat|strong="H1320"? 
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\verseNumber{7}Can|strong="H4310" you|strong="H0859" pierce|strong="H5344" their|strong="H5462" skins|strong="H5785" by|strong="H0801" throwing|strong="H3027" fishing|strong="H4365" spears|strong="H7420" at|strong="H3427" them|strong="H5414"? 
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Can|strong="H4310" you|strong="H0859" pierce|strong="H5344" their|strong="H5462" heads|strong="H7218" with|strong="H5973" a|strong="H5462" harpoon? 
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\verseNumber{8}If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3808" grab|strong="H2388" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H7307" them|strong="H5066" with|strong="H5066" your|strong="H3808" hands|strong="H3027", it|strong="H3808" will|strong="H7307" fight|strong="H3898" you|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3808" way|strong="H1870" that|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" will|strong="H7307" never|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911", 
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and|strong="H5066" you|strong="H3808" will|strong="H7307" never|strong="H3808" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H5066" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H3808" again|strong="H7725"! 
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\verseNumber{9}It|strong="H3808" is|strong="H3808" useless|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3808" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H3808" subdue|strong="H3665" them|strong="H1692". 
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Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3808" tries|strong="H0974" to|strong="H3808" subdue|strong="H3665" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3808" them|strong="H1692" will|strong="H3808" lose|strong="H0622" his|strong="H3808" courage|strong="H2388". 
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\verseNumber{10}No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0259" dares|strong="H0937"/tries|strong="H0974" to|strong="H5869" ◄arouse|strong="H5782" them|strong="H5414"/cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5869" be|strong="H5869" angry|strong="H2734"►. 
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So|strong="H3651", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w since|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H1984"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w much|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w more|strong="H3254"\+w* \+w powerful|strong="H2392"\+w* \+w than|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5869"\+w*,} ◄who|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0014" dare|strong="H6148" to|strong="H5869" cause|strong="H2600" me|strong="H5869" to|strong="H5869" be|strong="H5869" angry|strong="H2734"?/no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0259" would|strong="H0014" dare|strong="H6148" to|strong="H5869" cause|strong="H2600" me|strong="H5869" to|strong="H5869" be|strong="H5869" angry|strong="H2734"!► [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{11}Also|strong="H1571", everything|strong="H3605" on|strong="H1980" the|strong="H1980" earth|strong="H0776" is|strong="H6310" mine|strong="H5375". 
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Therefore|strong="H3651", no|strong="H6310" one|strong="H6310" [RHQ] is|strong="H6310" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1980" give|strong="H5414" anything|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1980" me|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" require|strong="H1875" me|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" pay|strong="H7999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w money|strong="H3701"\+w*} for|strong="H6310" it|strong="H1980"! 
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\verseNumber{12}I|strong="H3318" will|strong="H6227" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3318" about|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w how|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w strong|strong="H2388"\+w*} crocodiles' legs|strong="H3767" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H3117"\+w*} 
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and|strong="H3318" how|strong="H4100" strong|strong="H2388" their|strong="H3318" well-formed bodies|strong="H6297" are|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{13}◄Can|strong="H4310" anyone|strong="H5315" strip|strong="H6584" off|strong="H3318" their|strong="H3318" hides|strong="H5641"?/No|strong="H6310" one|strong="H6310" is|strong="H5315" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3318" strip|strong="H6584" off|strong="H3318" their|strong="H3318" hides|strong="H5641".► [RHQ] 
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◄Can|strong="H4310" anyone|strong="H5315" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H3318" put|strong="H3318" bridles on|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3318"?/No|strong="H6310" one|strong="H6310" can|strong="H4310" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H3318" put|strong="H3318" bridles on|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3318".► [RHQ] (OR|strong="H6310", Can|strong="H4310" anyone|strong="H5315" pierce|strong="H5344" their|strong="H3318" very|strong="H3966" thick|strong="H6205" hides|strong="H5641"?) 
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\verseNumber{14}◄Can|strong="H4310" anyone|strong="H3605" pry open|strong="H6440" their|strong="H6440" jaws|strong="H3895", which|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" terrible|strong="H3372" teeth|strong="H8127" in|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440"?/No|strong="H6440" one|strong="H0259" can|strong="H4310" pry open|strong="H6440" their|strong="H6440" jaws|strong="H3895", which|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" terrible|strong="H3372" teeth|strong="H8127" in|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440"!► [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{15}They|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5921" rows|strong="H2905" of|strong="H5921" scales|strong="H3976" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" back|strong="H7725" 
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which|strong="H0834" are|strong="H1077" as|strong="H5921" hard|strong="H1692" as|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" rock|strong="H6697" (OR|strong="H1320", tightly|strong="H5462" fastened|strong="H8628" together|strong="H1692"). 
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\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H3332" scales|strong="H3976" are|strong="H3820" very|strong="H3966" close|strong="H5980" together|strong="H3162", 
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with|strong="H3820" the|strong="H3332" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3820" not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H1571" air|strong="H8064" can|strong="H4310" get|strong="H3947" between|strong="H0996" them|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H2398" scales|strong="H3976" are|strong="H3117" joined|strong="H2266" very|strong="H3966" closely|strong="H1692" to|strong="H1481" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312", 
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and|strong="H2398" they|strong="H7667" cannot|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" separated|strong="H6504". 
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\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H6965" crocodiles sneeze, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6965"\+w* tiny \+w drops|strong="H7447"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2719"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w that|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w come|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w out|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2719"\+w* \+w their|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w noses|strong="H0639"\+w*} sparkle in|strong="H6965" the|strong="H6965" sunlight|strong="H0216". 
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Their|strong="H6965" eyes|strong="H5869" are|strong="H2719" red|strong="H5488" like|strong="H3644" the|strong="H6965" rising|strong="H6965" sun|strong="H8121". 
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\verseNumber{20}Smoke|strong="H6227" pours|strong="H8210" out|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H2015" nostrils|strong="H0639"/noses|strong="H0639" 
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like|strong="H3808" steam comes|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3808" pot|strong="H5518" that|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1121" put|strong="H1272" over|strong="H2015" a|strong="H3808" fire|strong="H0784" made|strong="H6213" from|strong="H1121" dry|strong="H3004" reeds|strong="H7070". 
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\verseNumber{21}Their|strong="H3605" breath|strong="H7307" can|strong="H4310" cause|strong="H2600" coals|strong="H1513" to|strong="H2803" blaze|strong="H8316", 
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and|strong="H7494" flames|strong="H3852" shoot|strong="H3384" out|strong="H2803" from|strong="H4480" their|strong="H3605" mouths|strong="H6310". 
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\verseNumber{22}Their|strong="H5921" necks|strong="H6677" are|strong="H2789" very|strong="H3966" strong|strong="H2388"; 
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wherever|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" go|strong="H1980", they|strong="H5921" cause|strong="H2600" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372". 
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and|strong="H3220" are|strong="H3117" very|strong="H3966" hard|strong="H7186"/firm|strong="H3559". 
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\verseNumber{24}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5410"\+w* fearless, \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} 
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\verseNumber{25}When|strong="H6213" they|strong="H5921" rise|strong="H6965" up|strong="H5921", they|strong="H5921" cause|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H6213"\+w*} very|strong="H6213" strong|strong="H2388" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1961" terrified|strong="H2844". 
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As|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" result|strong="H6903", people|strong="H5971" ◄fall|strong="H5307" back|strong="H7725"/run|strong="H7323" away|strong="H5493"► when|strong="H6213" crocodiles thrash|strong="H1758" around|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{26}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w People|strong="H1121"\+w*} [PRS] cannot|strong="H3808" injure|strong="H7463" them|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" swords|strong="H2719", 
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and|strong="H1121" spears|strong="H7420" or|strong="H1121" darts|strong="H8455" or|strong="H1121" javelins cannot|strong="H3808" injure|strong="H7463" them|strong="H5921", either|strong="H1571". 
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\verseNumber{27}They|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w certainly|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w weapons|strong="H3627"\+w* \+w made|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} straw|strong="H8401" or|strong="H0176" rotten|strong="H7539" wood|strong="H6086", 
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When|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" drag|strong="H5498" themselves|strong="H0905" through|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" mud|strong="H2916", 
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their|strong="H3605" bellies tear|strong="H7167" up|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" like|strong="H3644" a|strong="H1961" plow|strong="H2790". 
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\verseNumber{31}They|strong="H1992" stir|strong="H5782" up|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" and|strong="H3967" cause|strong="H2600" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" foam|strong="H7110" 
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\verseNumber{32}As|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" go|strong="H1980" through|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325", the|strong="H3605" ◄wakes/trails in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" behind|strong="H0310" them|strong="H5414"► glisten|strong="H6692". 
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People|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w*} would|strong="H0014" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" foam|strong="H7110" in|strong="H0935" those|strong="H1992" wakeshad become|strong="H1961" white|strong="H3836" hair|strong="H8181". 
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\verseNumber{33}There|strong="H8033" are|strong="H3117" no|strong="H3808" creatures|strong="H2416" on|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776" that|strong="H0834" are|strong="H3117" as|strong="H0834" fearless as|strong="H0834" crocodiles. 
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\verseNumber{34}They|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" proudest of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" creatures|strong="H2416"; 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Job replied to Yahweh }
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\verseNumber{2}“I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" can|strong="H3201" do|strong="H3201" everything|strong="H3605" 
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and|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" can|strong="H3201" stop|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3588" from|strong="H4480" doing|strong="H4480" what|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3201" do|strong="H3201". 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5046"\+w*}, ‘◄Who|strong="H4310" are|strong="H4310" you|strong="H3045", who|strong="H4310" by|strong="H3808" speaking|strong="H1696" ignorantly|strong="H1097", question|strong="H1697" what|strong="H4310" I|strong="H3651" plan|strong="H6098" to|strong="H3045" do|strong="H2088"?/You|strong="H3045" have|strong="H3045" no|strong="H3808" right|strong="H3651" to|strong="H3045" question|strong="H1697" what|strong="H4310" I|strong="H3651" plan|strong="H6098" to|strong="H3045" do|strong="H2088" by|strong="H3808" speaking|strong="H1696" ignorantly|strong="H1097".►’ [RHQ] 
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It|strong="H3651" is|strong="H2088" true|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3045" I|strong="H3651" spoke|strong="H1696" about|strong="H4480" things|strong="H6381" that|strong="H3045" I|strong="H3651" did|strong="H3651" not|strong="H3808" understand|strong="H3045", 
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things|strong="H6381" that|strong="H3045" are|strong="H4310" very|strong="H2088" wonderful|strong="H6381"/marvelous|strong="H6381", 
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and|strong="H3045" therefore|strong="H3651" I|strong="H3651" am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" them|strong="H5046". 
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\verseNumber{4}You|strong="H3045" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4994", ‘Listen|strong="H8085" while|strong="H8085" I|strong="H3045" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3045". 
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I|strong="H3045" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H1696" ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H3045" some|strong="H4480" questions|strong="H1697", 
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so|strong="H8085" prepare|strong="H3559" yourself|strong="H3045" to|strong="H1696" answer|strong="H3045" them|strong="H8085".’ 
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\verseNumber{5}I|strong="H6258" had|strong="H5869" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H8085" you|strong="H7200" previously|strong="H8543", 
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but|strong="H7200" now|strong="H6258" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w is|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H6258" have|strong="H5869" seen|strong="H7200" you|strong="H7200" with|strong="H8085" my|strong="H8085" own|strong="H5869" eyes|strong="H5869". 
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\verseNumber{6}Therefore|strong="H3651" I|strong="H5921" ◄am|strong="H5162" ashamed|strong="H0954" of|strong="H5921"/withdraw|strong="H7725"► what|strong="H3651" I|strong="H5921" said|strong="H3651", 
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and|strong="H6083" I|strong="H5921" sit|strong="H3427" in|strong="H5921" dust|strong="H6083" and|strong="H6083" ashes|strong="H6083" to|strong="H5921" show|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3651" I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H5162" sorry|strong="H5162" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w said|strong="H3651"\+w*}.” 

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\verseNumber{7}After|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" these|strong="H1696" things|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" Job|strong="H3808", he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Eliphaz|strong="H0464", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" two|strong="H8147" friends|strong="H7453", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Bildad|strong="H1085"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Zophar|strong="H6691"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" what|strong="H1697" my|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" Job|strong="H3808" said|strong="H1696" about|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1696" was|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3559"/true|strong="H3068", but|strong="H3588" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" spoken|strong="H1696" about|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1696" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" right|strong="H3559"/true|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H6213" Eliphaz|strong="H0464", Bildad|strong="H1085", and|strong="H3068" Zophar|strong="H6691" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H1696" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Job|strong="H6440" requested|strong="H7592" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w three|strong="H7969"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w*}. 

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\verseNumber{10}After|strong="H7453" Job|strong="H0347" prayed|strong="H6419" for|strong="H1157" his|strong="H3605" three|strong="H7969" friends|strong="H7453", Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w healed|strong="H7495"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} caused|strong="H5414" him|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" become|strong="H7725" rich|strong="H6223" again|strong="H7725". Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7725" twice|strong="H4932" as|strong="H3068" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H3605" as|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" before|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" brothers|strong="H0251" and|strong="H3068" sisters|strong="H0269", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3045" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" known|strong="H3045" him|strong="H5414" before|strong="H6440", came|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" ate|strong="H0398" a|strong="H5414" meal|strong="H3899" together|strong="H5973". They|strong="H3068" consoled|strong="H5110"/comforted|strong="H5162" [DOU] him|strong="H5414" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" troubles|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3045" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" experience|strong="H3045". 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" Job|strong="H0347" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" second|strong="H8145" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" life|strong="H5315" more|strong="H1961" than|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" him|strong="H1288" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" first|strong="H7225" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" life|strong="H5315". He|strong="H3068" now|strong="H1961" acquired|strong="H6213"/owned|strong="H3426" 14,000 sheep|strong="H6629", 6,000 camels|strong="H1581", 2,000 oxen|strong="H1241", and|strong="H3068" 1,000 female|strong="H5347" donkeys|strong="H2543". 
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\verseNumber{16}After|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200", Job|strong="H0347" lived|strong="H2421" 140 more|strong="H7200" years|strong="H8141". Before|strong="H7200" he|strong="H8141" died|strong="H4191", he|strong="H8141" ◄saw|strong="H7200"/enjoyed|strong="H7521" being|strong="H1121" with|strong="H7200"► his|strong="H7200" great-great-grandchildren. 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" very|strong="H3966" old|strong="H2205" [DOU] when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191". 
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\BibleBook{Psalms}

\BibleTitlePage
\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains songs that the Israeli people sang. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Psalms }

\BibleIntro
\BibleIntroTitle{Book One }

\BibleSectionHeading{The people God is pleased with }
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\chapterNumber{1}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H3808"\+w*} is|strong="H1870" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="H1980" those|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" do|strong="H1870" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H1870" what|strong="H1870" [MET|strong="H6298"] wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H3427" advise|strong="H3289" them|strong="H5975" to|strong="H1980" do|strong="H1870", 
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and|strong="H1980" who|strong="H3427" do|strong="H1870" not|strong="H3808" imitate|strong="H6213" the|strong="H1870" behavior|strong="H1980" of|strong="H3427" [MET|strong="H6298"] sinful|strong="H2400" people|strong="H3427", 
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and|strong="H1980" who|strong="H3427" do|strong="H1870" not|strong="H3808" join|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3427" with|strong="H1980" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" ◄ridicule|strong="H4912"/sneer|strong="H3932" at|strong="H3427"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H3808"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{2}Those|strong="H3588" whom|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H2656" with|strong="H3068" delight|strong="H2656" in|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" things|strong="H2656" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" instructed|strong="H6680"/taught|strong="H3925" us|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". 
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They|strong="H3588" read|strong="H7121" and|strong="H3068" think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H1897" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" requirements|strong="H4941", day|strong="H3119" and|strong="H3068" night|strong="H3915". 
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\verseNumber{3}They|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w constantly|strong="H8548"\+w* \+w produce|strong="H6529"\+w*/\+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w please|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w God|strong="H5414"\+w*} 
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just|strong="H3605" like|strong="H1961" fruit|strong="H6529" trees|strong="H6086" that|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" planted|strong="H8362" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" banks|strong="H1415" of|strong="H4325" a|strong="H1961" stream|strong="H4325" produce|strong="H6529" fruit|strong="H6529" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" right|strong="H3225" time|strong="H6256" every|strong="H3605" year|strong="H6256". 
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they|strong="H3808" succeed|strong="H6743" in|strong="H5921" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3588" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H3808" are|strong="H7563" not|strong="H3808" like|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3588"! 
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Wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H3808" are|strong="H7563" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w worthless|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3651"\+w*} chaff|strong="H4671" 
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that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H7563" blown|strong="H8628" away|strong="H5086" by|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" wind|strong="H7307". 
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\verseNumber{5}Therefore|strong="H3651", wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H3808" ◄will|strong="H6662" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" acquitted|strong="H5352"/will|strong="H6662" be|strong="H3808" condemned|strong="H7563"► [LIT|strong="H0215"] when|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H3808"\+w*} judges|strong="H8199" people|strong="H3808", 
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and|strong="H6965" furthermore|strong="H1571", sinful|strong="H2400" people|strong="H3808" will|strong="H6662" not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3651" be|strong="H3808" present|strong="H7126" when|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H3808"\+w*} gathers|strong="H6908" righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3808" together|strong="H5921", 
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\verseNumber{6}because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" guides|strong="H5148" and|strong="H3068" protects|strong="H8104" righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3045", 
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but|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" path|strong="H1870" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" wicked|strong="H7563" walk|strong="H1870" on|strong="H1870" leads|strong="H1869" them|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" where|strong="H0834" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" destroyed|strong="H4229"/punished|strong="H6485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w forever|strong="H5769"\+w*}. 
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\chapterNumber{2}◄Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" the|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1471"\+w*} nations|strong="H1471" rage|strong="H7283" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}?/It|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" foolish|strong="H3684" for|strong="H4100" the|strong="H4100" nations|strong="H1471" to|strong="H1471" be|strong="H1471" angry|strong="H2734" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}► [RHQ]. 
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◄Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" people|strong="H3816" plan|strong="H6098" to|strong="H1471" rebel|strong="H7283" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*} even|strong="H1571" though|strong="H3588" it|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" in|strong="H1471" vain|strong="H7385"?/It|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" useless|strong="H1892" for|strong="H4100" people|strong="H3816" to|strong="H1471" plan|strong="H6098" to|strong="H1471" rebel|strong="H7283" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}► [RHQ]! 
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\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H5921" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" nations|strong="H1471" prepare|strong="H3559" to|strong="H3068" revolt|strong="H5627"; 
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the|strong="H5921" rulers|strong="H7336" plot|strong="H2513" together|strong="H3162" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w*} against|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" against|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H4899" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{3}They|strong="H5688" shout|strong="H7321", “We|strong="H4480" should|strong="H3068" free|strong="H2670" ourselves|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" their|strong="H7993" control|strong="H3027" [MET|strong="H6298"]; 
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we|strong="H4480" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H4480" let|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7993" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H4480" us|strong="H4480" any|strong="H4480" longer|strong="H5750"!” 
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\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3427" one|strong="H0259" who|strong="H3427" sits|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w throne|strong="H3678"\+w*} in|strong="H3427" heaven|strong="H8064", laughs|strong="H7832" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3427"\+w*}; 
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he|strong="H3427" ridicules|strong="H3932" those|strong="H3427" rulers|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H1696", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1696" is|strong="H1696" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5414", he|strong="H1696" rebukes|strong="H8433" them|strong="H5414". 
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He|strong="H1696" causes|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H1961" terrified|strong="H0926" when|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w realize|strong="H3045"\+w*} that|strong="H1696" he|strong="H1696" will|strong="H3068" furiously|strong="H7697" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w says|strong="H0559"\+w*}, “I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H4428" installed|strong="H5258" my|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" on|strong="H5921" Zion|strong="H6726", my|strong="H5921" sacred|strong="H6944" hill|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w And|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w says|strong="H0559"\+w*}, “I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" proclaim|strong="H5608" what|strong="H2706" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" decreed|strong="H2706". 
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He|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H3205", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" my|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121"; 
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today|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3068" declared|strong="H5608" to|strong="H3068" everyone|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" father|strong="H3205". 
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\verseNumber{8}Ask|strong="H7592" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" nations|strong="H1471", 
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so|strong="H4480" that|strong="H1471" they|strong="H5414" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w rule|strong="H4910"\+w* \+w over|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w permanently|strong="H5769"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H1471" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1471" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Even|strong="H1571"\+w*} the|strong="H5414" most|strong="H4480" remote|strong="H3411" nations|strong="H1471" will|strong="H1471" be|strong="H1471" yours|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{9}You|strong="H7489" will|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5221" them|strong="H1270" completely|strong="H3617" [MET|strong="H6298"]; 
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you|strong="H7489" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w destroy|strong="H7843"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1270"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} smash|strong="H7489" a|strong="H7626" clay|strong="H2635" pot|strong="H3627" with|strong="H3627" an|strong="H3627" iron|strong="H1270" rod|strong="H7626" [SIM].’” 
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\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H6258" then|strong="H6258", you|strong="H3256" kings|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" other|strong="H0312" rulers|strong="H8199" on|strong="H6258" the|strong="H8199" earth|strong="H0776", act|strong="H7919" wisely|strong="H7919"! 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Heed|strong="H7919"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4428"\+w*} warning|strong="H3256" you|strong="H3256"! 
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\verseNumber{11}Serve|strong="H5647" Yahweh|strong="H3068", fervently revering him|strong="H5647"; 
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Rejoice|strong="H1523" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5647"\+w*}, but|strong="H3068" tremble|strong="H7264" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H5647"! 
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\verseNumber{12}Bow|strong="H7198" down|strong="H1870" humbly|strong="H6800" before|strong="H6440" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1248"! 
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If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H1870" not|strong="H6435" do|strong="H1870" that|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1870" angry|strong="H2734", 
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and|strong="H1870" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3588" suddenly|strong="H6597" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1870" you|strong="H3588". 
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Do|strong="H1870" not|strong="H6435" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" can|strong="H4310" very|strong="H4592" quickly|strong="H4592" show|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1870" very|strong="H4592" angry|strong="H2734"! 
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But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1870" very|strong="H4592" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="H1197" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" request|strong="H1246" him|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1870" protect|strong="H8104" them|strong="H3588" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David when he fled from his son Absalom }
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\chapterNumber{3}Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H6440" have|strong="H1121" many|strong="H7227" enemies|strong="H0341" [DOU]! 
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There|strong="H6440" are|strong="H1121" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" oppose|strong="H7853"/rebel|strong="H4775" against|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{2}Many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H6862" are|strong="H4100" saying|strong="H0559" about|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921", 
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“God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w certainly|strong="H6965"\+w*} not|strong="H6965" help|strong="H6965" him|strong="H5921"!” 
(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3068"!) 
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\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H7227" Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H5315" are|strong="H7227" like|strong="H7227" a|strong="H7227" shield|strong="H4043" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w protects|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5315"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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You|strong="H5315" greatly|strong="H7227" honor|strong="H3519" me|strong="H5315", and|strong="H5315" you|strong="H5315" encourage|strong="H2388" me|strong="H5315" (OR|strong="H0176", enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5315" triumph|strong="H7321" over|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5315" enemies|strong="H0341") [IDM]. 
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\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H3068" cry|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859", Yahweh|strong="H3068", 
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and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859" answer|strong="H6030" me|strong="H1157" from|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Zion|strong="H6726"\+w*}, your|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944" hill|strong="H2022". 
(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H1157" that|strong="H3068"!) 
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\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w At|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w night|strong="H3915"\+w*} I|strong="H3068" lie|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7121" and|strong="H3068" sleep|strong="H8142", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" awake|strong="H5782" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w morning|strong="H1242"\+w* feeling \+w good|strong="H2896"\+w*/\+w refreshed|strong="H5314"\+w*} 
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because|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6963", Yahweh|strong="H3068", ◄take|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068"/protect|strong="H8104"► me|strong="H6963" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w during|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w night|strong="H3915"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{6}There|strong="H3068" may|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" thousands|strong="H0505" of|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w enemy|strong="H0340"\+w*} soldiers|strong="H5650" who|strong="H3068" surround|strong="H5439" me|strong="H3588", 
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but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" afraid|strong="H3372". 
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\verseNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068", arise|strong="H6965"! 
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My|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3808", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w come|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w and|strong="H5971"\+w*} rescue|strong="H5337" me|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*}! 
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You|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w insult|strong="H2781"\+w*} my|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H0341" by|strong="H5921" slapping them|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" cheeks|strong="H3895"; 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w strike|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}, you|strong="H5921" break|strong="H5971" their|strong="H5921" teeth|strong="H8127", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w cannot|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w hurt|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w anyone|strong="H3605"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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\verseNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H7563" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" saves|strong="H3467" your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H7563" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H6965"\+w*}. 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068", bless|strong="H1288" your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H7563"! 
(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H5221" that|strong="H3588"!) 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David for the choir director; a psalm to be accompanied by people playing stringed instruments }
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\chapterNumber{4}God|strong="H0430", answer|strong="H6030" me|strong="H0413" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H1732" you|strong="H0859". 
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You|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3117" the|strong="H1732" one|strong="H0259" who|strong="H0834" vindicates|strong="H4941" me|strong="H0413"; 
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Rescue|strong="H5337" me|strong="H0413" from|strong="H4480" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1732" distress|strong="H6869" me|strong="H0413". 
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Act|strong="H6213" mercifully toward|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1732" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1732" me|strong="H0413" while|strong="H5704" I|strong="H0589" pray|strong="H6419". 
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\verseNumber{2}How|strong="H8085" long|strong="H8085" will|strong="H8085" you|strong="H7121" people|strong="H6862" cause|strong="H6664" me|strong="H7121" to|strong="H8085" be|strong="H2603" disgraced|strong="H0954" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H8085" honoring|strong="H3513" me|strong="H7121" [RHQ]? 
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You|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H6862"\+w*} love|strong="H0157" to|strong="H8085" falsely|strong="H8267" accuse|strong="H6030" me|strong="H7121". 
(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085"!) 
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\verseNumber{3}All|strong="H5704" those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" loyal|strong="H0310" to|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068", 
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he|strong="H5704" has|strong="H4100" chosen|strong="H0977" them|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H1245". 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" listens|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H1121" when|strong="H5704" I|strong="H5704" pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H1245". 
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\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3045" get|strong="H3947" angry|strong="H2734", do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w allow|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w anger|strong="H0639"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w control|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w cause|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} sin|strong="H2403". 
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While|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" lie|strong="H7901" on|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" bed|strong="H4904", 
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silently|strong="H1748" examine|strong="H0974" what|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" thinking|strong="H0559" g. 
(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588"!) 
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\verseNumber{5}Also|strong="H1571", offer|strong="H7126" to|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" proper|strong="H2896" sacrifices|strong="H2077", 
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and|strong="H3824" continue|strong="H1961" trusting|strong="H0982" in|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{6}Some|strong="H4480" people|strong="H5971" ask|strong="H7592", “Who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" allow|strong="H5414" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5414"?” 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w*}, “Yahweh|strong="H3068", continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" act|strong="H6213" kindly|strong="H3820" toward|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{7}You|strong="H6440" have|strong="H3068" made|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440" very|strong="H7227" happy|strong="H2896"; 
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I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H3068" happier than|strong="H2896" people|strong="H7200" who|strong="H4310" have|strong="H3068" harvested|strong="H1219" a|strong="H5375" great|strong="H7227" amount|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" grain|strong="H1715" and|strong="H3068" grapes|strong="H6025". 
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\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H5414" can|strong="H4310" lie|strong="H5414" down|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w night|strong="H3915"\+w*} and|strong="H1715" sleep|strong="H8142" soundly 
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because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5414"\+w*} you|strong="H5414", Yahweh|strong="H3068", will|strong="H3820" keep|strong="H8104" me|strong="H5414" safe|strong="H7965".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David for the choir director; a psalm to be accompanied by playing flutes }
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\chapterNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1732" me|strong="H0413" while|strong="H5704" I|strong="H0589" pray|strong="H6419"! 
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Pay|strong="H7999" attention|strong="H7181" to|strong="H1732" me|strong="H0413" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H1961" groaning|strong="H0603" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w suffering|strong="H6040"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w much|strong="H7227"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{2}You|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". 
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When|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" call|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H3068" ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5826" me|strong="H0413", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H0413", 
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because|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H3068" pray|strong="H6419". 
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\verseNumber{3}Listen|strong="H7181" to|strong="H4428" me|strong="H6963" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w each|strong="H0376"\+w*} morning|strong="H1242", 
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and|strong="H4428" I|strong="H3588" wait|strong="H0693" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H4428" reply|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{4}You|strong="H6963" are|strong="H3068" not|strong="H8085" a|strong="H8085" god|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="H3068" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H8085"; 
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You|strong="H3588" hate|strong="H8130" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3588" who|strong="H2655" do|strong="H7562" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451". 
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\verseNumber{6}You|strong="H3605" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H5869" liars|strong="H0907", 
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and|strong="H5869" you|strong="H3605" despise|strong="H8130" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" murder|strong="H7523" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w others|strong="H0312"\+w*} and|strong="H5869" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" deceive|strong="H5377" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w others|strong="H0312"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068", because|strong="H3068" you|strong="H1696" love|strong="H0157" me|strong="H1696" so|strong="H1696" much|strong="H7227" and|strong="H3068" so|strong="H1696" faithfully|strong="H0571", 
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I|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004". 
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I|strong="H3068" revere|strong="H3372" you|strong="H1696" greatly|strong="H3966", 
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and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" bow|strong="H7198" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H1696" worship|strong="H7812" you|strong="H1696" at|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944" temple|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068", because|strong="H7230" you|strong="H1004" act|strong="H6213" righteously|strong="H6664" toward|strong="H0413" me|strong="H1004", 
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show|strong="H7200" me|strong="H1004" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H2617" right|strong="H3225" for|strong="H1004" me|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1004" do|strong="H6213". 
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Because|strong="H7230" I|strong="H1004" have|strong="H1004" many|strong="H7230" enemies|strong="H0341", 
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show|strong="H7200" me|strong="H1004" clearly|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H1004" want|strong="H4270" me|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1004" do|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{9}My|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H8324" never|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559" what|strong="H1870" is|strong="H3068" true|strong="H3068"; 
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they|strong="H3068" just|strong="H6666" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H7843" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w others|strong="H0312"\+w*}. 
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The|strong="H6440" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559" [MTY] are|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w foul|strong="H0887"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3068"\+w*} an|strong="H6440" open|strong="H6440" grave|strong="H6913" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w corpse|strong="H5038"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w decaying|strong="H1086"\+w*}. 
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They|strong="H3068" use|strong="H4399" their|strong="H3068" tongues|strong="H3956" to|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" lies|strong="H3577". 
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\verseNumber{10}O|strong="H3069" God|strong="H0430", declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H6913" guilty|strong="H0816" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3588"\+w*}. 
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Cause|strong="H6310" them|strong="H3588" to|strong="H6310" experience|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3588" same|strong="H1931" disasters|strong="H4672"/troubles|strong="H6869" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" plan|strong="H6098" to|strong="H6310" cause|strong="H6310" to|strong="H6310" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H6310" others|strong="H0312". 
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Get|strong="H3559" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H6310" them|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" committed|strong="H3559" many|strong="H7227" sins|strong="H2403", 
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and|strong="H6310" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" rebelled|strong="H4784" against|strong="H3956" you|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H3588" cause|strong="H2600" that|strong="H3588" all|strong="H7230" those|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3588" go|strong="H5307" to|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3588" protected|strong="H3467" will|strong="H5307" rejoice|strong="H8055"; 
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cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H5307" to|strong="H3588" sing|strong="H7891" joyfully|strong="H7321" to|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" forever|strong="H5769". 
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Protect|strong="H8104" those|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3588" love|strong="H0157" you|strong="H3588" [MTY]; 
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they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H6588" truly|strong="H3588" happy|strong="H0835" because|strong="H3588" ◄of|strong="H7230" what|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5307"\+w*/\+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w belong|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H3588"►. 
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\verseNumber{12}Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3605" always|strong="H3605" bless|strong="H1288" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" act|strong="H6213" righteously|strong="H6664"; 
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you|strong="H3605" protect|strong="H8104" them|strong="H5921" like|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldier|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w is|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w protected|strong="H3467"\+w* \+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w*} shield|strong="H4043" [SIM]. 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David for the choir leader, to be accompanied by people playing stringed instruments }
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\chapterNumber{6}Yahweh|strong="H3068", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1732" punish|strong="H6485" me|strong="H5921" when|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3117" angry|strong="H2734" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w*}; 
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Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1732" even|strong="H5921" rebuke|strong="H1606"/scold me|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w angry|strong="H2734"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068", be|strong="H3068" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H3256" and|strong="H3068" heal|strong="H7495" me|strong="H3256" because|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" weak|strong="H2470". 
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My|strong="H3068" body|strong="H1320" [SYN] shakes|strong="H7493" because|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" am|strong="H3068" experiencing|strong="H2896" much|strong="H7227" pain|strong="H4341". 
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\verseNumber{3}Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" greatly|strong="H3966" distressed|strong="H6887". 
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How|strong="H3588" long|strong="H0753" ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w must|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w endure|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3588"\+w*/\+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w before|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w me|strong="H2603"\+w*}► [RHQ]? 
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\verseNumber{4}Yahweh|strong="H3068", please|strong="H4994" come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H5315" me|strong="H5315". 
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Save|strong="H5315" me|strong="H5315" because|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5704" faithfully|strong="H0571" love|strong="H0157" me|strong="H5315". 
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\verseNumber{5}I|strong="H5315" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3068" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H7725" praise|strong="H1984" you|strong="H7725" after|strong="H5315" I|strong="H5315" die|strong="H4191" [RHQ]; 
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No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" place|strong="H4725" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" dead|strong="H5315" praises|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" exhausted|strong="H6296"/groan|strong="H0584" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H7585"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w pain|strong="H4341"\+w*}. 
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At|strong="H3034" night|strong="H3915" I|strong="H3588" cry|strong="H7121" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H7227", with|strong="H7585" the|strong="H3588" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3588" bed|strong="H4904" and|strong="H3034" my|strong="H3588" pillow|strong="H3523" become|strong="H1961" wet|strong="H6647" from|strong="H7585" my|strong="H3588" tears|strong="H1832". 
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\verseNumber{7}My|strong="H3605" tears|strong="H1832" blur my|strong="H3605" eyes|strong="H5869" so|strong="H3651" much|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3605" cannot|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" well|strong="H3190". 
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My|strong="H3605" eyes|strong="H5869" have|strong="H3605" become|strong="H3021" weak|strong="H3605" because|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w caused|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w me|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3915"\+w* \+w cry|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w constantly|strong="H8548"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{8}You|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5869" who|strong="H3605" do|strong="H5869" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605", get|strong="H3947" away|strong="H6244" from|strong="H5869" me|strong="H5869"! 
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\verseNumber{9}Yahweh|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" me|strong="H6963" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" crying|strong="H1065" and|strong="H3068" called|strong="H8085" out|strong="H4480" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H6963" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6963"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" answer|strong="H6030" my|strong="H8085" prayer|strong="H8605". 
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\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w happens|strong="H1961"\+w*}, all|strong="H3947" my|strong="H8085" enemies|strong="H0341" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" ashamed|strong="H0954", 
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and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3068"\+w*} be|strong="H3068" terrified|strong="H0926". 
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They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" get|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w me|strong="H3947"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" suddenly|strong="H6597" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leave|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w me|strong="H3947"\+w*} 
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because|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" disgraced|strong="H0954". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm that David sang to Yahweh because of David’s enemy, Cush }
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\chapterNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", I|strong="H5921" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" protect|strong="H8104" me|strong="H5921". 
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Rescue|strong="H5337" me|strong="H5921", save|strong="H3467" me|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" all|strong="H1697" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1697" pursuing|strong="H7291" me|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w order|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w harm|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{2}If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3467" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605", they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" tear|strong="H7167" me|strong="H3467" into|strong="H0413" pieces|strong="H5409" 
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like|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" lion|strong="H0738" does|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w attacks|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w animals|strong="H0929"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" save|strong="H3467" me|strong="H3467" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7291"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{3}Yahweh|strong="H3068" my|strong="H5337" God|strong="H0430", if|strong="H6435" I|strong="H5315" have|strong="H5337" done|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5315" is|strong="H5315" wrong|strong="H7451", 
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\verseNumber{4}if|strong="H3426" I|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3426" done|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" some|strong="H4480" friend|strong="H7453" who|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6213", 
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or|strong="H3068" if|strong="H3426", for|strong="H6213" no|strong="H6213" good|strong="H2896" reason|strong="H6440", I|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3426" spared|strong="H2550" (OR|strong="H3068", acted|strong="H6213" violently|strong="H3966" toward|strong="H3709") those|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3426" my|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341", 
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\verseNumber{5}allow|strong="H5414" my|strong="H7999" enemies|strong="H6887" to|strong="H7451" pursue|strong="H7291" me|strong="H1580" and|strong="H7451" capture|strong="H3920" me|strong="H1580". 
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Allow|strong="H5414" them|strong="H6887" to|strong="H7451" trample|strong="H7429" me|strong="H1580" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H7999" ground|strong="H0776" 
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and|strong="H7451" leave|strong="H5800" me|strong="H1580" [SYN] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lying|strong="H8267"\+w* \+w dead|strong="H4191"\+w*} in|strong="H7451" the|strong="H7999" dirt|strong="H6083". 
(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H5439" that|strong="H7451"!) 
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\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H7291" Yahweh|strong="H3068", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H7291" are|strong="H5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w*} angry|strong="H2734" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w those|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w who|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w pursue|strong="H7291"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5315"\+w*}, 
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arise|strong="H6965" and|strong="H5315" attack|strong="H5221"/defeat|strong="H5221" my|strong="H7291" enemies|strong="H0341" who|strong="H5315" are|strong="H5315" furiously|strong="H7697"/angrily|strong="H2195" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w attacking|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5315"\+w*} 
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Do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5315" them|strong="H7291" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H5315" just|strong="H3512"! 
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\verseNumber{7}Gather|strong="H6908" around|strong="H5439" you|strong="H6680" the|strong="H5375" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H5375"\+w*} nations|strong="H1471", 
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and|strong="H6965" rule|strong="H4941" them|strong="H6680" from|strong="H6965" where|strong="H0834" you|strong="H6680" are|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" heaven|strong="H8064" [MTY]. 
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\verseNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068", judge|strong="H8199" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3816" of|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H5921"\+w*} nations|strong="H3816"! 
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And|strong="H7725", Yahweh|strong="H3068", show|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7725" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5921" done|strong="H6213" nothing|strong="H3808" that|strong="H7725" is|strong="H4791" wrong|strong="H7451". 
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\verseNumber{9}God|strong="H3068", you|strong="H5921" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H6664" every|strong="H3068" person|strong="H8199" is|strong="H3068" thinking|strong="H0559", 
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and|strong="H3068" because|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H5971" righteous|strong="H6664", you|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w always|strong="H3605"\+w*} do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6664" is|strong="H3068" just|strong="H6664"/right|strong="H6664". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w now|strong="H5921"\+w*} stop|strong="H2308" evil|strong="H7451" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H6213" wicked|strong="H7563" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w deeds|strong="H4611"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3068" defend|strong="H8199" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w who|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5971"\+w*} righteous|strong="H6664"! 
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\verseNumber{10}God|strong="H0430", you|strong="H4994" protect|strong="H8104" me|strong="H4994" like|strong="H3644" a|strong="H3559" shield|strong="H4043" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w protects|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"]; 
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you|strong="H4994" protect|strong="H8104" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H6662" are|strong="H7563" righteous|strong="H6662" in|strong="H6662" their|strong="H3559" inner|strong="H6442" being|strong="H3629". 
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\verseNumber{11}You|strong="H5921" judge|strong="H8199" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w everyone|strong="H3605"\+w*} correctly|strong="H3651", 
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and|strong="H4043" every|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5921" punish|strong="H6485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wicked|strong="H7563"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3820"\+w*}. 
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people|strong="H5971" all|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" world|strong="H8398" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H6833" you|strong="H0859" [MTY] are|strong="H8064" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H1419"! 

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you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" erased their|strong="H3588" names|strong="H8034" forever|strong="H3427". 
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what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H3605" confidently|strong="H2388" expect|strong="H6960" will|strong="H1471" certainly|strong="H7725" happen|strong="H1961". 
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do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" them|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3808" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w strong|strong="H2388"\+w*} they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" punished|strong="H6485". 
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\verseNumber{20}Yahweh|strong="H3068", teach|strong="H3925" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" terrified|strong="H0926" about|strong="H5921" you|strong="H6440". 
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Cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1471" merely|strong="H6680" human|strong="H0120" beings|strong="H2421". 
(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3068"!) 
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\chapterNumber{10}Yahweh|strong="H3068", ◄why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" far|strong="H7350" away|strong="H7350" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w*}?/it|strong="H5975" seems|strong="H3190" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" far|strong="H7350" away|strong="H7350" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w*}.► [RHQ] 
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Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H4100" not|strong="H5975" pay|strong="H5956" attention|strong="H5956" when|strong="H6256" we|strong="H0587" have|strong="H3068" troubles|strong="H6869" [RHQ]? 
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\verseNumber{2}People|strong="H7563" who|strong="H6041" are|strong="H7563" proud|strong="H1346" gladly|strong="H8055" cause|strong="H2600" poor|strong="H6041" people|strong="H7563" to|strong="H2803" suffer|strong="H5414". 
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So|strong="H3651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cause|strong="H2600"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w they|strong="H2098"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w others|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w to|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w them|strong="H8610"\+w*}! May|strong="H1961" they|strong="H2098" be|strong="H7563" caught|strong="H8610" in|strong="H6041" the|strong="H8610" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w same|strong="H1931"\+w*} traps|strong="H4170" that|strong="H2098" they|strong="H2098" set|strong="H1814" to|strong="H2803" catch|strong="H8610" others|strong="H0312" [MET|strong="H6298"]! 
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\verseNumber{3}They|strong="H3588" brag|strong="H6286" about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w evil|strong="H7563"\+w*} things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" want|strong="H5315" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". 
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They|strong="H3588" praise|strong="H1984" people|strong="H5315" who|strong="H3068" seize|strong="H0962" from|strong="H5921" others|strong="H1288" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" curse|strong="H1288" you|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{4}Wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H7563" are|strong="H7563" very|strong="H3966" proud|strong="H1343". 
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As|strong="H1363" a|strong="H3605" result|strong="H6903", they|strong="H1077" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H1077" ◄seek|strong="H1875" help|strong="H5826" from|strong="H3605"/are|strong="H7563" not|strong="H1077" concerned|strong="H6485" about|strong="H3605"► God|strong="H0430"; 
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they|strong="H1077" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H1077" even|strong="H1571" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" exists|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H1870" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H4941"\+w* \+w seems|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*} they|strong="H6256" succeed|strong="H6743" in|strong="H1870" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H6256" do|strong="H1870". 
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They|strong="H6256" do|strong="H1870" not|strong="H1870" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H6256" will|strong="H1870" be|strong="H1870" condemned|strong="H7561"/punished|strong="H6485" for|strong="H4941" their|strong="H3605" deeds|strong="H5048", 
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and|strong="H4941" they|strong="H6256" ◄sneer|strong="H3932" at|strong="H4941"/make|strong="H4941" fun of|strong="H1870"► their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H6887". 
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\verseNumber{6}They|strong="H3808" think|strong="H3820", “Nothing|strong="H3808" bad|strong="H7451" will|strong="H3820" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3820" us|strong="H7451"! 
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We|strong="H0587" will|strong="H3820" never|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" troubles|strong="H7451"!” 
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\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H4390" they|strong="H6310" talk|strong="H6310" [MTY], they|strong="H6310" are|strong="H6310" always|strong="H3605" cursing|strong="H7045", lying|strong="H8267", and|strong="H6310" threatening to|strong="H6310" harm|strong="H5999" others|strong="H0312". 
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They|strong="H6310" constantly|strong="H8548" say|strong="H6310" [MTY] evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3956" show|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3956" they|strong="H6310" are|strong="H6310" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H6310" do|strong="H6213" cruel|strong="H0394" things|strong="H1697" to|strong="H6310" others|strong="H0312". 
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\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H2691" hide|strong="H6845" in|strong="H3427" villages|strong="H2691", ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H5869" ◄ambush|strong="H3993"/suddenly|strong="H6597" attack|strong="H5221"► and|strong="H5869" kill|strong="H2026" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" ◄are|strong="H5869" innocent|strong="H5355"/have|strong="H5869" done|strong="H6213" nothing|strong="H3808" wrong|strong="H7451"►. 
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They|strong="H2691" constantly|strong="H8548" search|strong="H2713" for|strong="H3427" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" will|strong="H5869" not|strong="H5869" be|strong="H5869" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5869" ◄resist|strong="H2388"/defend|strong="H1598" themselves|strong="H0905"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w they|strong="H2691"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w attacked|strong="H5221"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H6041" are|strong="H6041" like|strong="H3644" [MET|strong="H6298"] lions|strong="H3715" that|strong="H6041" crouch|strong="H7817" down|strong="H3381" and|strong="H6041" hide|strong="H5641", 
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waiting|strong="H8104" to|strong="H4900" pounce on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" prey|strong="H2964". 
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They|strong="H6041" are|strong="H6041" like|strong="H3644" hunters|strong="H6719" that|strong="H6041" catch|strong="H2414" their|strong="H3605" prey|strong="H2964" with|strong="H6041" a|strong="H4900" net|strong="H7568" and|strong="H6041" then|strong="H0227" drag|strong="H4900" it|strong="H5414" away|strong="H4900". 
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\verseNumber{10}Just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H5307" helpless|strong="H1800" animals|strong="H0929" are|strong="H7817" crushed|strong="H1794", 
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people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" cannot|strong="H3808" defend|strong="H1598" themselves|strong="H0905" are|strong="H7817" killed|strong="H5307" because|strong="H3588" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H7817" very|strong="H3966" strong|strong="H6099". 
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\verseNumber{11}Wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H7200" say|strong="H0559", “God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H3820" not|strong="H1077" pay|strong="H7999" any|strong="H6440" attention|strong="H3820" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w what|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w we|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
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His|strong="H6440" eyes|strong="H5869" are|strong="H6440" covered|strong="H3680", so|strong="H7200" he|strong="H6440" never|strong="H5331" sees|strong="H7200" anything|strong="H3605".” 
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\verseNumber{12}Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", arise|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3027"\+w*} 
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Punish|strong="H6485" [IDM] those|strong="H5375" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H5971"! 
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And|strong="H6965" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5375" forget|strong="H7911" those|strong="H5375" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3027" suffering|strong="H6040"! 
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\verseNumber{13}Wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H3808" revile|strong="H2778" you|strong="H5921" [RHQ] continually|strong="H3820". 
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They|strong="H5921" think|strong="H3820", “God|strong="H3808" will|strong="H7563" never|strong="H3808" punish|strong="H6485" us|strong="H5921"!” 
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\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" trouble|strong="H5999" and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" distress|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w cause|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 
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People|strong="H5800" who|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3027" suffering|strong="H6040" expect|strong="H6960" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" help|strong="H5826" them|strong="H5414"; 
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and|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3588" help|strong="H5826" orphans|strong="H3490", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3027"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{15}◄Break|strong="H7665" the|strong="H7665" arms|strong="H2220"/Destroy|strong="H7665" the|strong="H7665" power|strong="H2220"► of|strong="H1875" wicked|strong="H7563" [DOU] people|strong="H7563"! 
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Continue|strong="H2220" to|strong="H7451" pursue|strong="H7291" and|strong="H7665" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H4672" for|strong="H7451" the|strong="H7665" wicked|strong="H7563" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H7451" they|strong="H1077" do|strong="H7562", until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H1077" stop|strong="H2308" doing|strong="H7451" those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H7451". 
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\verseNumber{16}Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H4428" are|strong="H1471" our|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" forever|strong="H5769", 
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but|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wicked|strong="H7563"\+w*} nations|strong="H1471" will|strong="H3068" disappear|strong="H0622" from|strong="H1471" the|strong="H3068" earth|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{17}You|strong="H8085" have|strong="H3068" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" afflicted|strong="H6035"/suffering|strong="H6040" people|strong="H8085" when|strong="H8085" they|strong="H3068" cry|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3559" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H8085". 
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You|strong="H8085" hear|strong="H8085" them|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w pray|strong="H6419"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H8085" encourage|strong="H2388" [IDM] them|strong="H8085". 
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\verseNumber{18}You|strong="H4480" show|strong="H7200" that|strong="H4480" orphans|strong="H3490" and|strong="H3254" oppressed|strong="H1790" people|strong="H5971" have|strong="H3254" not|strong="H1077" done|strong="H3254" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H4480" are|strong="H8199" wrong|strong="H7451", 
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with|strong="H8199" the|strong="H4480" result|strong="H4480" that|strong="H4480" human|strong="H0120" beings|strong="H2421" will|strong="H5750" not|strong="H1077" cause|strong="H6206" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3254" be|strong="H5750" terrified|strong="H6206" anymore|strong="H5750". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David for the choir director }
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\chapterNumber{11}I|strong="H5315" trust|strong="H2620" that|strong="H5315" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" protect|strong="H8104" [MTY] me|strong="H5315". 
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So|strong="H3651" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1732" [RHQ] say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5315", “You|strong="H5315" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3068" escape|strong="H4422"/flee|strong="H5110" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" mountains|strong="H2022" like|strong="H2022" birds|strong="H6833" do|strong="H3068", 
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\verseNumber{2}because|strong="H3588" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H7563" have|strong="H7563" hidden|strong="H5641" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" darkness|strong="H2822", 
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they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H7563" pulled|strong="H5265" back|strong="H7725" their|strong="H5921" bowstrings|strong="H3499" and|strong="H7198" aimed|strong="H1869" their|strong="H5921" arrows|strong="H2671" 
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to|strong="H5921" shoot|strong="H3384" them|strong="H5921" at|strong="H5921" godly|strong="H3477"/righteous|strong="H3477" [IDM] people|strong="H7563" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3588" punished|strong="H6485" for|strong="H3588" disobeying the|strong="H3588" laws|strong="H8451", 
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◄what|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H5971" do|strong="H6466"?/there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3588" much|strong="H4100" that|strong="H3588" righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H5971" can|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6466".►” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" sitting|strong="H3427" on|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" throne|strong="H3678" in|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944" temple|strong="H1964" in|strong="H3068" heaven|strong="H8064", 
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and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3068" [SYN] watches|strong="H8104" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1121" do|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" examines|strong="H7200" what|strong="H4100" righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H5315" do|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H5315" do|strong="H3068", 
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and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" hates|strong="H8130" those|strong="H5315" who|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" perform|strong="H6213" violent|strong="H2555" actions|strong="H5949" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w injure|strong="H7463"\+w* \+w others|strong="H5315"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H5921" will|strong="H7563" send|strong="H4305" down|strong="H4305" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w sky|strong="H8064"\+w*} flaming|strong="H3852" coals|strong="H1513" and|strong="H7307" burning|strong="H2152" sulfur|strong="H1614", 
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and|strong="H7307" send|strong="H4305" scorching|strong="H6703" hot|strong="H2552" winds|strong="H7307" to|strong="H5921" punish|strong="H6485" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H7563". 
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\verseNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" righteous|strong="H6662" and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" loves|strong="H0157" those|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3068" act|strong="H6213" righteously|strong="H6666"; 
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righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H3068" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H6666" his|strong="H3068" presence|strong="H6440". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David for the choir director }
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\chapterNumber{12}Yahweh|strong="H3068", help|strong="H5826" us|strong="H5921"! 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w seems|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1732"\+w*} people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H3117" loyal|strong="H0310" to|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5921" vanished|strong="H5628". 
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\verseNumber{2}Everyone|strong="H3605" tells|strong="H1696" lies|strong="H3577" to|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H1121"; 
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they|strong="H3588" deceive|strong="H5377" others|strong="H0312" by|strong="H3068" ◄flattering|strong="H2509" them|strong="H1121"/saying|strong="H0559" good|strong="H2623" things|strong="H1697" about|strong="H5439" them|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" are|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3588" true|strong="H3068"►. 
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\verseNumber{3}Yahweh|strong="H3068", we|strong="H0587" wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3820" you|strong="H1696" would|strong="H0014" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H7453" their|strong="H3820" tongues|strong="H3956" 
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so|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3820" they|strong="H1696" cannot|strong="H3808" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" boast|strong="H1696". 
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\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H3068" say|strong="H1696", “By|strong="H3068" telling|strong="H1696" lies|strong="H3577" we|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" get|strong="H3947" what|strong="H1696" we|strong="H3605" want|strong="H3772"; 
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we|strong="H3605" control|strong="H3027" what|strong="H1696" we|strong="H3605" say|strong="H1696" [MTY], so|strong="H1696" no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" can|strong="H4310" tell|strong="H1696" us|strong="H5414" what|strong="H1696" we|strong="H3605" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3068"!” 
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\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H8193" Yahweh|strong="H3068" replies|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H8193" seen|strong="H7200" the|strong="H1396" violent|strong="H2555" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3956" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H8193" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H8193" helpless|strong="H1800" people|strong="H5971"; 
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and|strong="H8193" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H8193" heard|strong="H8085" those|strong="H1992" people|strong="H5971" groaning|strong="H0603", 
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so|strong="H3651" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H4310" arise|strong="H6965" and|strong="H8193" rescue|strong="H5337" the|strong="H1396" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H4310" are|strong="H8193" wanting|strong="H6485" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H8193" help|strong="H5826" them|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{6}Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H6258" always|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H6258" have|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068"; 
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what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H6258" have|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w precious|strong="H3368"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w pure|strong="H2889"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3068"\+w*} silver|strong="H3701" 
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that|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H6258" heated|strong="H0228" seven|strong="H7651" times|strong="H6471" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" furnace|strong="H3564" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w get|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w rid|strong="H5337"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w all|strong="H7896"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w*} impure|strong="H2932" material|strong="H8162". 
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\verseNumber{7-8}Wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H5971" strut|strong="H1980" around|strong="H5439" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w proudly|strong="H2102"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3967" people|strong="H5971" praise|strong="H1984" them|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3588" doing|strong="H6213" vile|strong="H7043"/wicked|strong="H7563" deeds|strong="H4611", 
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but|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H0587"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w*} you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" protect|strong="H8104"/rescue|strong="H5337" us|strong="H5414" 
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from|strong="H4480" those|strong="H1992" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H5971". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David for the choir director }
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\chapterNumber{13}Yahweh|strong="H3068", how|strong="H4100" long|strong="H0753" will|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1732" forget|strong="H7911" about|strong="H1732" me|strong="H0413" [RHQ]? 
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Will|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859" hide|strong="H5641" yourself|strong="H0859" [SYN] from|strong="H4480" me|strong="H0413" forever|strong="H5769"? 
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\verseNumber{2}How|strong="H5704" long|strong="H5704" must|strong="H4191" I|strong="H5704" endure|strong="H6440" anguish|strong="H2342"/worry|strong="H2347"? 
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Must|strong="H4191" I|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3068" miserable|strong="H5999"/sad|strong="H7451" every|strong="H3068" day|strong="H3117"? 
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How|strong="H5704" long|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" continue|strong="H5331" to|strong="H5704" defeat|strong="H5221" me|strong="H6440"? 
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\verseNumber{3}Yahweh|strong="H3068" my|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430", look|strong="H7896" at|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5315" and|strong="H3119" answer|strong="H6030" me|strong="H5315". 
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Enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H7311" strong|strong="H2388" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*} [IDM], and|strong="H3119" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5315" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5704" die|strong="H4191". 
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\verseNumber{4}Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6435" allow|strong="H5414" my|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w boast|strong="H1984"\+w*} saying|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H6435" have|strong="H3068" defeated|strong="H5221" him|strong="H6030"!” 
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Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6435" allow|strong="H5414" them|strong="H6030" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5221" me|strong="H6030", 
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with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" rejoice|strong="H8055" about|strong="H5027" it|strong="H3068"! 
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\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" trust|strong="H0982" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H6862" faithfully|strong="H0571" love|strong="H0157" me|strong="H3201"; 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H6862" rejoice|strong="H1523" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" rescue|strong="H5337" me|strong="H3201". 
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\verseNumber{6}Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H1580" many|strong="H7227" good|strong="H1580" things|strong="H1697" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H5921", 
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so|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" sing|strong="H7891" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David for the choir director }
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\chapterNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Only|strong="H0389"\+w*} foolish|strong="H5036" people|strong="H3820" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" themselves|strong="H6213", “There|strong="H8033" is|strong="H3820" no|strong="H6213" God|strong="H0430"!” 
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People|strong="H3820" who|strong="H2896" say|strong="H0559" those|strong="H6213" things|strong="H2896" are|strong="H6213" corrupt|strong="H7843"/worthless|strong="H1100"; they|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" abominable|strong="H8581"/detestable|strong="H8581" deeds|strong="H5949"; 
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there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H3820" not|strong="H6213" one|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w*} who|strong="H2896" does|strong="H6213" what|strong="H2896" is|strong="H3820" good|strong="H2896"/right|strong="H2896". 
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\verseNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068" looks|strong="H7200" down|strong="H8259" from|strong="H5921" heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H1121" sees|strong="H7200" humans; 
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he|strong="H3068" looks|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" if|strong="H7200" anyone|strong="H7200" is|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" wise|strong="H7919", 
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with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H3068" desires|strong="H0183" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w*} God|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H1571" they|strong="H6213" are|strong="H1571" all|strong="H3605" corrupt|strong="H7843"/evil|strong="H6213"; 
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no|strong="H6213" one|strong="H3605" does|strong="H6213" what|strong="H2896" is|strong="H1571" good|strong="H2896"/right|strong="H2896". 
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\verseNumber{4}Will|strong="H3068" those|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" people|strong="H5971" never|strong="H3808" learn|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6466"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7121"\+w*} [RHQ]? 
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They|strong="H3068" act|strong="H6466" violently|strong="H3966" toward|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" while|strong="H5704" eating|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899" that|strong="H3045" he|strong="H3068" provides|strong="H3899", 
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and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" pray|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H6662" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" terrified|strong="H6342" 
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because|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" helps|strong="H5826" those|strong="H3588" who|strong="H6662" act|strong="H6213" righteously|strong="H6662" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w will|strong="H6662"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="H6662"\+w* \+w reject|strong="H3988"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3588"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{6}Those|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" may|strong="H3068" prevent|strong="H6923" helpless|strong="H1800" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" plan|strong="H6098" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068", 
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but|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" protects|strong="H8104" those|strong="H3588" helpless|strong="H1800" people|strong="H5971" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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\verseNumber{7}I|strong="H5414" wish|strong="H4310"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} would|strong="H4310" come|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" [MTY] and|strong="H3478" rescue|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H5414"\+w*} Israeli people|strong="H5971"! 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068", when|strong="H7725" you|strong="H5414" bless|strong="H1288" your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" again|strong="H7725", 
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all|strong="H5414" of|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H5971", who|strong="H4310" are|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Jacob|strong="H3290", will|strong="H3068" rejoice|strong="H8055". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David }
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\chapterNumber{15}Yahweh|strong="H3068", who|strong="H4310" are|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" enter|strong="H0935" your|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168"? 
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Who|strong="H4310" are|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H7931" on|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944" mountain|strong="H2022"? 
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\verseNumber{2}Only|strong="H0389" those|strong="H1696" who|strong="H6664" always|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6466" what|strong="H6664" is|strong="H6664" right|strong="H6664" and|strong="H1980" do|strong="H6466" not|strong="H1696" sin|strong="H2403" may|strong="H3824" do|strong="H6466" that|strong="H1980". 
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They|strong="H1696" always|strong="H3605" say|strong="H1696" what|strong="H6664" is|strong="H6664" true|strong="H0571" 
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\verseNumber{3}and|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" slander|strong="H7270" others|strong="H0312". 
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They|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5921" others|strong="H0312" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H7451" are|strong="H6213" wrong|strong="H7451", 
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and|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559" bad|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451" about|strong="H5921" others|strong="H0312". 
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Godly|strong="H2623"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w*} hate|strong="H8130" those|strong="H1992" whom|strong="H5869" God|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" rejected|strong="H3988", 
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but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3068" respect|strong="H6437" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3068" revere|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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They|strong="H3068" do|strong="H7489" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H7650" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H7489" 
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even|strong="H3808" if|strong="H0518" it|strong="H3808" causes|strong="H5414" them|strong="H3068" trouble|strong="H6869" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H7489" that|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H3808" lend|strong="H5414" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H5921" others|strong="H0312" without|strong="H3808" charging|strong="H5927" interest|strong="H5392", 
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and|strong="H3701" they|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" accept|strong="H3947" bribes|strong="H7810" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H5921" lie|strong="H5414" about|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H6213" have|strong="H5414" not|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3701" wrong|strong="H7451". 
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Those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" those|strong="H5921" things|strong="H3808" will|strong="H5414" never|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H3808" trusting|strong="H0982" God|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* disastrous \+w things|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David }
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\chapterNumber{16}God|strong="H0430", protect|strong="H8104" me|strong="H8104" 
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because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" go|strong="H1732" to|strong="H8104" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H8104" keep|strong="H8104" me|strong="H8104" safe|strong="H7965"! 
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\verseNumber{2}I|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “You|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068"; 
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all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{3}Your|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H2656" this|strong="H1992" land|strong="H0776" are|strong="H1992" wonderful|strong="H6381"; 
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I|strong="H3605" delight|strong="H2656" to|strong="H1992" be|strong="H3605" with|strong="H3605" them|strong="H1992". 
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\verseNumber{4}Those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H0834" choose|strong="H0977" to|strong="H5921" worship|strong="H7812" other|strong="H8193" gods|strong="H0430" will|strong="H8034" have|strong="H8193" many|strong="H7235" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1818" cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H8034" sad|strong="H6094". 
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I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H8034" not|strong="H1077" join|strong="H2266" them|strong="H5921" when|strong="H5375" they|strong="H5921" make|strong="H4116" sacrifices|strong="H2077" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w gods|strong="H0430"\+w*}; 
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I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H8034" not|strong="H1077" even|strong="H5921" join|strong="H2266" them|strong="H5921" when|strong="H5375" they|strong="H5921" speak|strong="H8193" [MTY] the|strong="H5921" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H8034" their|strong="H5375" gods|strong="H0430". 
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\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977", 
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and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H0413" great|strong="H1419" blessings|strong="H1293". 
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You|strong="H0859" protect|strong="H8104" me|strong="H0413" and|strong="H3068" control|strong="H3027" what|strong="H4100" happens|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H0413". 
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\verseNumber{6}Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H5159" given|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" wonderful|strong="H6381" place|strong="H4725" in|strong="H5921" which|strong="H0834" to|strong="H5921" live|strong="H3427"; 
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I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" delighted|strong="H2654" with|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5307" he|strong="H5921" has|strong="H5159" given|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5921" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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\verseNumber{7}I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" teaches|strong="H3925"/disciplines|strong="H3256" me|strong="H1288"; 
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even|strong="H3068" at|strong="H3068" night|strong="H3915" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H3068"\+w*} you|strong="H1288" put|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" mind|strong="H3629" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1288" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H5048" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" always|strong="H8548" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5048". 
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He|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" beside|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5048"; 
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so|strong="H3588" nothing|strong="H1077" will|strong="H3068" ◄perturb me|strong="H5048"/cause|strong="H2600" me|strong="H5048" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" worried|strong="H1672"►. 
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\verseNumber{9}Therefore|strong="H3651" I|strong="H3651" am|strong="H1961" glad|strong="H8055" and|strong="H3820" I|strong="H3651" [MTY, DOU] rejoice|strong="H8055"; 
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I|strong="H3651" can|strong="H1320" rest|strong="H7931" securely|strong="H0983" 
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\verseNumber{10}because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", will|strong="H5315" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" soul|strong="H5315"/spirit|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5414" remain|strong="H3808" in|strong="H5315" the|strong="H7200" place|strong="H5414" where|strong="H3808" the|strong="H7200" dead|strong="H5315" people|strong="H5315" are|strong="H5315"; 
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you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5315" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414", your|strong="H5414" godly|strong="H2623" one|strong="H3808", to|strong="H5414" stay|strong="H3427" there|strong="H7200". 
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\verseNumber{11}You|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3225" show|strong="H3045" me|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" road|strong="H1870" that|strong="H3045" leads|strong="H2416" to|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w receiving|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w eternal|strong="H5769"\+w*} life|strong="H2416", 
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and|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3225" make|strong="H3045" me|strong="H6440" joyful|strong="H7440" when|strong="H3045" I|strong="H3045" am|strong="H1961" with|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440". 
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I|strong="H3045" will|strong="H3225" have|strong="H3045" pleasure|strong="H8057" forever|strong="H5331" when|strong="H3045" I|strong="H3045" am|strong="H1961" ◄at|strong="H6440" your|strong="H6440" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3225"/seated|strong="H3427" next|strong="H2416" to|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440"►. 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David }
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\chapterNumber{17}Yahweh|strong="H3068", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H3808" while|strong="H8085" I|strong="H3808" plead|strong="H7378" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" act|strong="H6213" justly|strong="H4941" toward|strong="H3068" me|strong="H3808". 
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Hear|strong="H8085" me|strong="H3808" while|strong="H8085" I|strong="H3808" call|strong="H8085" out|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5826" me|strong="H3808". 
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Pay|strong="H7181" attention|strong="H7181" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6664" I|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559" while|strong="H8085" I|strong="H3808" pray|strong="H8605" 
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because|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H3068" speaking|strong="H1696" [MTY] honestly|strong="H6664"/truthfully|strong="H0530". 
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\verseNumber{2}You|strong="H6440" are|strong="H5869" the|strong="H6440" one|strong="H0259" who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H4941" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3318" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H5869" I|strong="H6440" ◄am|strong="H1961" innocent|strong="H5355"/have|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3318" done|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5869" was|strong="H6440" wrong|strong="H4941"► 
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I|strong="H1697" have|strong="H1697" always|strong="H3605" done|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" is|strong="H1697" right|strong="H3225" [IDM], 
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I|strong="H6471" have|strong="H1961" ◄never|strong="H1077" failed|strong="H5307" to|strong="H4131" do|strong="H6213"/always|strong="H3605" done|strong="H6213"► [LIT|strong="H0215"] those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{6}O|strong="H8085" God|strong="H0430", I|strong="H3588" pray|strong="H7121" to|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" answer|strong="H6030" me|strong="H7121"; 
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please|strong="H8085" listen|strong="H8085" [MTY] to|strong="H8085" what|strong="H8085" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" saying|strong="H0559". 
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\verseNumber{7}Show|strong="H6395" me|strong="H3467" that|strong="H6965" you|strong="H3467" faithfully|strong="H2617" love|strong="H2617" me|strong="H3467". 
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By|strong="H6965" your|strong="H6965" great|strong="H1419" power|strong="H3027" [MTY] rescue|strong="H3467" those|strong="H3467" who|strong="H3467" ◄run|strong="H7323" to|strong="H6965"/trust|strong="H2620" in|strong="H6965"► you|strong="H3467" to|strong="H6965" protect|strong="H8104" them|strong="H3467" from|strong="H6965" their|strong="H6965" enemies|strong="H6965". 
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\verseNumber{8}Protect|strong="H8104" me|strong="H8104" as|strong="H5869" people|strong="H5869" carefully|strong="H8104" protect|strong="H8104" their|strong="H8104" own|strong="H5869" eyes|strong="H5869"; 
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\verseNumber{9}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6440" allow|strong="H5414" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5921" attack|strong="H7703" me|strong="H6440"; 
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my|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H0341" surround|strong="H5362" me|strong="H6440", wanting|strong="H6485" to|strong="H5921" kill|strong="H5362" me|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H6310" never|strong="H3808" pity|strong="H2347" [IDM] anyone|strong="H3605", 
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and|strong="H6310" they|strong="H6310" are|strong="H6310" always|strong="H3605" boasting|strong="H6310". 
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They|strong="H6258" surround|strong="H5437" me|strong="H5437", watching|strong="H5869" for|strong="H5869" an|strong="H7896" opportunity to|strong="H5869" throw|strong="H7993" me|strong="H5437" to|strong="H5869" the|strong="H5437" ground|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3715" like|strong="H1825" lions|strong="H3715" [SIM] that|strong="H3427" are|strong="H3715" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H3427" tear|strong="H2963" apart|strong="H0914" the|strong="H3427" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3427" they|strong="H1992" capture|strong="H3920"; 
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\verseNumber{13}Yahweh|strong="H3068", come|strong="H6923" and|strong="H6965" ◄oppose|strong="H7853"/fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H6440"► my|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" defeat|strong="H5221" them|strong="H6440"! 
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Use|strong="H4399" your|strong="H3068" sword|strong="H2719" to|strong="H3068" save|strong="H5315" me|strong="H6440" from|strong="H6440" those|strong="H5315" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H5315"! 
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\verseNumber{14}Yahweh|strong="H3068", by|strong="H3027" your|strong="H3068" power|strong="H3027" [MTY] rescue|strong="H5337" me|strong="H3027" from|strong="H3027" those|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1121" interested \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" things|strong="H1697" here|strong="H6311" in|strong="H3068" this|strong="H3068" world|strong="H2465". 
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But|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3027" provide|strong="H6213" plenty|strong="H7646" of|strong="H1121" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H3027" those|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H3027" love|strong="H0157" dearly|strong="H0157"; 
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their|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121" also|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" grandchildren|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" inherit|strong="H5157". 
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\verseNumber{15}Yahweh|strong="H3068", because|strong="H6440" I|strong="H6440" act|strong="H6213" righteously|strong="H6664", I|strong="H6440" will|strong="H6664" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} see|strong="H2372" you|strong="H6440" [SYN]. 
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When|strong="H2372" I|strong="H6440" awake|strong="H6974", I|strong="H6440" will|strong="H6664" see|strong="H2372" you|strong="H6440" face-to-face, and|strong="H6440" then|strong="H0227" I|strong="H6440" will|strong="H6664" be|strong="H6440" happy|strong="H0835". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by God’s servant David. He sang it after Yahweh had rescued him from Saul and his other enemies. }
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he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" strong|strong="H2388" fortress|strong="H4581", the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" protects|strong="H8104" me|strong="H0413"; 
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he|strong="H3068" protects|strong="H8104" me|strong="H0413" like|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" shield|strong="H4043" [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w protects|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w soldier|strong="H6635"\+w*}; 
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he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3068" ◄for|strong="H3068" refuge|strong="H4733"/to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" protected|strong="H3467"/safe|strong="H7965"►, 
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and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" defends|strong="H1755" me|strong="H0413" by|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419" power|strong="H3027" [IDM]. 
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\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", who|strong="H3068" deserves|strong="H1288" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" praised|strong="H1984", 
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and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" me|strong="H3468" from|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341". 
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\verseNumber{4}All|strong="H4480" around|strong="H5439" me|strong="H7121" were|strong="H3068" dangerous|strong="H6348" situations in|strong="H3068" which|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" might|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2026" [PRS]; 
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it|strong="H7121" was|strong="H3068" as|strong="H3068" though|strong="H3588" there|strong="H4480" were|strong="H3068" huge|strong="H1995" waves|strong="H1530" [MET|strong="H6298"] that|strong="H3068" almost|strong="H4592" crashed on|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7121" and|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2026" me|strong="H7121". 
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\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H7585" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" distressed|strong="H6887", I|strong="H7585" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H5437" to|strong="H5437" Yahweh|strong="H3068", 
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and|strong="H5437" from|strong="H5437" his|strong="H5437" temple|strong="H1004" he|strong="H4194" heard|strong="H8085" me|strong="H5437". 
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He|strong="H4194" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5437" me|strong="H5437" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H7585" cried|strong="H7121" out|strong="H5437" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H4170"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H8085" the|strong="H6440" earth|strong="H0776" quaked|strong="H7493"/shook|strong="H1607" strongly|strong="H3966" [DOU]; 
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the|strong="H6440" mountains|strong="H2022" shook|strong="H1607" very|strong="H3966" strongly|strong="H3966" from|strong="H6440" their|strong="H3068" centers [DOU] 
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because|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" angry|strong="H2734". 
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\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H4480" opened|strong="H5927" the|strong="H4480" sky|strong="H8064" and|strong="H5927" came|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" 
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with|strong="H5927" a|strong="H5927" black|strong="H7838" cloud|strong="H6051" under|strong="H4480" his|strong="H4480" feet|strong="H7272". 
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\verseNumber{12}Hailstones|strong="H1259" and|strong="H4325" flashes|strong="H1300" of|strong="H4325" lightning|strong="H1300" were|strong="H4325" around|strong="H5439" him|strong="H7896"; 
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hail|strong="H1259" and|strong="H4325" burning|strong="H2740" coals|strong="H1513" fell|strong="H5307" from|strong="H4325" the|strong="H5439" sky|strong="H7834". 
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and|strong="H5674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} heard|strong="H8085" his|strong="H5674" voice|strong="H6963" that|strong="H5674" sounded|strong="H2690" like|strong="H3644" thunder|strong="H6963". 
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\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H3068" shot|strong="H3384" his|strong="H5414" arrows|strong="H2671" at|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" scatter|strong="H2219"; 
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\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H7971" bottom|strong="H3247" of|strong="H2671" the|strong="H7971" ocean|strong="H5437" became|strong="H3205" visible|strong="H2379", 
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and|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" foundations|strong="H4144" of|strong="H2671" the|strong="H7971" earth|strong="H0776" were|strong="H0834" uncovered|strong="H1540", 
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when|strong="H7971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" rebuked|strong="H1605" his|strong="H7971" enemies|strong="H0341" 
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when|strong="H7971" he|strong="H7971" snorted. 
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and|strong="H3068" pulled|strong="H5265" me|strong="H7200" up|strong="H7200" out|strong="H7200" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" deep|strong="H1540" ocean|strong="H4325". 
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\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H7971" rescued|strong="H5337" me|strong="H7971" from|strong="H7971" my|strong="H3947" strong|strong="H2388" enemies|strong="H0341" who|strong="H7227" hated|strong="H8130" me|strong="H7971"; 
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they|strong="H3947" were|strong="H4325" very|strong="H7227" strong|strong="H2388", 
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with|strong="H4325" the|strong="H3947" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H4325" I|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w could|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w defeat|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7971"\+w*}. 
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but|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" defended|strong="H5337"/protected|strong="H3467" me|strong="H8130". 
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\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H3117" led|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" place|strong="H1961" where|strong="H0834" I|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3068" safe|strong="H7965"; 
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he|strong="H3117" rescued|strong="H5337" me|strong="H1961" because|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{20}Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3318" rewarded|strong="H1580" me|strong="H3318" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3318" what|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3588" right|strong="H3225"; 
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he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3318" blessed|strong="H1288" me|strong="H3318" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" ◄am|strong="H1961" innocent|strong="H5355"/have|strong="H2654" not|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" wrong|strong="H7451"►. 
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\verseNumber{21}I|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" obeyed|strong="H8085" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" laws|strong="H8451"; 
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I|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H7725" abandoned|strong="H5800" him|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{22}My|strong="H8104" behavior|strong="H1870" was|strong="H3068" directed|strong="H5090" by|strong="H3068" his|strong="H8104" rules|strong="H4910"; 
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I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" stopped|strong="H5975" obeying|strong="H8104" them|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{46}Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H1121" alive|strong="H2416"! 
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Exalt|strong="H7311" the|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430" who|strong="H1121" saves|strong="H3467" me|strong="H1121"! 
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even|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" finest|strong="H2459"/purest|strong="H4357" gold|strong="H2091". 
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They|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" sweeter|strong="H4966" than|strong="H3068" honey|strong="H1706" 
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that|strong="H3068" drips from|strong="H3068" honeycombs. 
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and|strong="H2091" they|strong="H1992" promise|strong="H1697" a|strong="H7227" great|strong="H7227" reward|strong="H7939" 
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do|strong="H4310" not|strong="H3808" let|strong="H7971" my|strong="H5641" sinful|strong="H2400" desires|strong="H0183" control|strong="H3027" me|strong="H5641". 
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and|strong="H5352" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H4310" not|strong="H3808" commit|strong="H6213" the|strong="H4310" great|strong="H1419" sin|strong="H2403" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5352"\+w* \+w rebelling|strong="H4775"\+w* \+w terribly|strong="H6206"\+w*} against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5352". 
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\verseNumber{14}O|strong="H3069" Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H1571" are|strong="H6588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H7227"\+w*} an|strong="H1571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{overhanging} rock|strong="H6697" [MET|strong="H8552"] under|strong="H8478" which|strong="H7227" I|strong="H5650" can|strong="H5650" be|strong="H1571" safe|strong="H7965"; you|strong="H1571" are|strong="H6588" the|strong="H1571" one|strong="H1571" who|strong="H5650" protects|strong="H8104" me|strong="H5650". 
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I|strong="H5650" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H5650" the|strong="H1571" things|strong="H7227" that|strong="H5650" I|strong="H5650" say|strong="H0559" and|strong="H5650" what|strong="H1571" I|strong="H5650" think|strong="H2803" will|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w always|strong="H3605"\+w*} please|strong="H4994" you|strong="H1571". 

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\chapterNumber{20}I|strong="H0589" desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H1732" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" answer|strong="H6030" you|strong="H0859" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w call|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w him|strong="H1732"\+w*} when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H1732" troubles|strong="H6869"! 
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God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H1732" the|strong="H1732" one|strong="H0259" whom|strong="H0834" ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="H1732"\+w* ancestor} Jacob|strong="H3290"/the|strong="H1732" Israeli people|strong="H5971"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}; 
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I|strong="H0589" desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H1732" he|strong="H1732" will|strong="H3068" protect|strong="H8104" you|strong="H0859" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w harmed|strong="H2255"\+w* \+w by|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w your|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{2}I|strong="H3117" desire|strong="H8378"/hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" reach|strong="H5060" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" help|strong="H6030" you|strong="H3117", 
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(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H5439" that|strong="H6944"!) 
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and|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3605" be|strong="H3605" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H4503" accomplish|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" desire|strong="H8378" to|strong="H4503" do|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H4390" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w hear|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*} you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3605" defeated|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}, we|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5414" shout|strong="H7321" joyfully|strong="H7321". 
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and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" save|strong="H3444" me|strong="H8034" by|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" power|strong="H3027" [MTY]. 
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and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H4100" requested|strong="H7592" you|strong="H4100" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". 
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you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3117" made|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414"/him|strong="H5414" famous|strong="H8034". 
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and|strong="H1419" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5921" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5921"/him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3519" joyful|strong="H7440" in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" presence|strong="H5921". 
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and|strong="H6440" ◄I|strong="H3588" trust|strong="H0982"/the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H6440" trusts|strong="H0982"► in|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588". 
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disastrous things|strong="H1697" will|strong="H1293" never|strong="H3808" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440"/him|strong="H6440". 
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All|strong="H3605" you|strong="H8432" Israeli people|strong="H5971", revere|strong="H3372" him|strong="H5608"! 
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All|strong="H3605" who|strong="H7227" come|strong="H0935" worship|strong="H3373" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H7227" praise|strong="H8416" him|strong="H5048". 
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and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3068" all|strong="H1875" the|strong="H3068" clans|strong="H4940" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" world|strong="H8398" will|strong="H3068" bow|strong="H7198" down|strong="H3381" before|strong="H2421" him|strong="H1984". 
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\verseNumber{28}Because|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H6440"! 
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He|strong="H3068" rules|strong="H4910" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471". 
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Some|strong="H4480" day|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191", 
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\verseNumber{30}People|strong="H5315" ◄in|strong="H5315" the|strong="H3605" future|strong="H0319" generations|strong="H1755"/who|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H3808" born|strong="H3808" yet|strong="H3808"► will|strong="H5315" also|strong="H5315" serve|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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Our|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H5315" be|strong="H3808" told|strong="H5046" about|strong="H3605" what|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w has|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w done|strong="H3605"\+w*}. 
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People|strong="H5971" will|strong="H2233" tell|strong="H5608" them|strong="H5647", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5414"!” 
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and|strong="H4325" lets|strong="H7971" them|strong="H5921" rest|strong="H4496" beside|strong="H5921" streams|strong="H6388" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w flowing|strong="H4325"\+w*} slowly. 
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\verseNumber{3}You|strong="H7725" renew|strong="H2318" my|strong="H7725" strength|strong="H5315". 
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You|strong="H7725" guide|strong="H5148" me|strong="H5315" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H7725" roads|strong="H1870" that|strong="H5315" are|strong="H4570" the|strong="H7725" right|strong="H6664" ones|strong="H5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5315"\+w*} 
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in|strong="H5315" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5315" I|strong="H5315" can|strong="H4310" honor|strong="H8034" you|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{4}Even|strong="H1571" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H5162" walking|strong="H3212" through|strong="H3212" very|strong="H1992" dangerous|strong="H7451" dark|strong="H6757" ravines|strong="H0650" 
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where|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3588" might|strong="H1369" be|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H2026", 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1571" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H7626" anything|strong="H1992" 
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because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1992" with|strong="H3212" me|strong="H5978". 
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You|strong="H6440" have|strong="H6887" given|strong="H5414" me|strong="H6440" very|strong="H3966" many|strong="H7227" blessings|strong="H1293"! 
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\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H3068" certain|strong="H0259" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7291" 
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and|strong="H3068" act|strong="H6213" mercifully toward|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7291" 
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as|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" live|strong="H3427"; 
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\chapterNumber{24}The|strong="H3068" earth|strong="H0776" and|strong="H3068" everything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3427" it|strong="H4393" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068"; 
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all|strong="H4393" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3068" world|strong="H8398" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H1732", too|strong="H4480", 
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\verseNumber{2}because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H0776" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3220" above|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325", 
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above|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1931" deep|strong="H8415" below|strong="H8478" the|strong="H5921" surface|strong="H6440" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{3}Who|strong="H4310" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" on|strong="H3068" Zion|strong="H6726" Hill|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}, 
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who|strong="H5315" have|strong="H5375" not|strong="H3808" worshiped|strong="H7812" idols|strong="H7723", 
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and|strong="H5315" who|strong="H5315" do|strong="H7650" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" lies|strong="H7723" when|strong="H5375" they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H5375" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3824"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w truth|strong="H3808"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}◄They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1293" by|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068"/Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" them|strong="H5375"►. 
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When|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w judges|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5375"\+w*}, he|strong="H3068", who|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" saved|strong="H3467" them|strong="H5375", will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" ◄have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" nothing|strong="H3808" wrong|strong="H7451"/are|strong="H3068" without|strong="H3808" fault|strong="H3972"►. 
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\verseNumber{6}They|strong="H6440" are|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" ones|strong="H2945" who|strong="H2088" approach|strong="H7126" God|strong="H0430", 
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they|strong="H6440" are|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" ones|strong="H2945" who|strong="H2088" may|strong="H1755" worship|strong="H7812" God|strong="H0430", the|strong="H6440" one|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H0587"\+w*} Israelis worship|strong="H7812". 
(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H1245" that|strong="H2088"!) 
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in|strong="H4428" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H4428" our|strong="H5375" glorious|strong="H3519" king|strong="H4428" may|strong="H4428" enter|strong="H0935"! 
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\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w*} who|strong="H4310" the|strong="H3068" glorious|strong="H3519" king|strong="H4428" is|strong="H3068"? 
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He|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H2088" who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H3068" very|strong="H2088" strong|strong="H1368" [DOU]; 
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He|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", who|strong="H4310" conquers|strong="H2428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" battles|strong="H4421"! 
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in|strong="H4428" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H4428" our|strong="H5375" glorious|strong="H3519" king|strong="H4428" may|strong="H4428" enter|strong="H0935"! 
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He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" almighty|strong="H6635"; 
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he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" glorious|strong="H3519" king|strong="H4428"! 
(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H4428" that|strong="H1931"!) 

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\chapterNumber{25}Yahweh|strong="H3068", my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068",, I|strong="H5315" give|strong="H5375" myself|strong="H5315" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5315". 
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\verseNumber{2}I|strong="H0589" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H0935" you|strong="H0859". 
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Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" my|strong="H8104" enemies|strong="H0341" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w defeat|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w me|strong="H0413"\+w*}, 
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Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" my|strong="H8104" enemies|strong="H0341" to|strong="H0413" defeat|strong="H5221"/conquer|strong="H3423" me|strong="H0413", 
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\verseNumber{3}Do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" disappointed|strong="H0954"/disgraced|strong="H0954". 
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Cause|strong="H7387" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" ◄act|strong="H6213" treacherously|strong="H0898" toward|strong="H0413"/try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H3808" deceive|strong="H5377"► others|strong="H0312" to|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" disappointed|strong="H0954"/disgraced|strong="H0954". 
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\verseNumber{4}Yahweh|strong="H3068", show|strong="H3045" me|strong="H3925" the|strong="H3068" way|strong="H1870" that|strong="H3045" I|strong="H3045" should|strong="H3068" ◄conduct|strong="H1870" my|strong="H3068" life|strong="H5315"/live|strong="H1870" as|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3045" want|strong="H4270" me|strong="H3925" to|strong="H3068"►, 
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teach|strong="H3925" me|strong="H3925" how|strong="H3045" to|strong="H3068" act|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" manner|strong="H1870" that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3045" want|strong="H4270" me|strong="H3925" to|strong="H3068" act|strong="H6213"/behave|strong="H6213". 
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because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" my|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430", the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" saves|strong="H3467" me|strong="H3925". 
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All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3588" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{6}Yahweh|strong="H3068", do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" forget|strong="H7911" how|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" acted|strong="H6213" mercifully to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H2142" and|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" faithfully|strong="H2617" loved|strong="H0157" me|strong="H2142"; 
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that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" way|strong="H1870" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" acted|strong="H6213" toward|strong="H3068" me|strong="H2142" from|strong="H3068" long|strong="H5769" ago|strong="H5769". 
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\verseNumber{7}Forgive|strong="H6588" me|strong="H5271" for|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" sinful|strong="H2403" things|strong="H2898" I|strong="H2142" did|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" ways|strong="H1870" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2142" rebelled|strong="H4784" against|strong="H3068" you|strong="H2142" when|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2142" was|strong="H3068" young|strong="H5288"; 
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I|strong="H2142" ask|strong="H7592" this|strong="H3068" because|strong="H4616" you|strong="H2142" faithfully|strong="H2617" love|strong="H2617" your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2898" things|strong="H2898" for|strong="H3068" them|strong="H4616", 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068", do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H2142" forget|strong="H7911" me|strong="H5271"! 
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\verseNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896" and|strong="H3068" fair|strong="H2896"/just|strong="H3477"; 
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therefore|strong="H3651" he|strong="H3651" shows|strong="H3384" sinners|strong="H2400" ◄how|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" should|strong="H3068" conduct|strong="H1870" their|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315"/how|strong="H3651" to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H1870" as|strong="H3651" you|strong="H5921" want|strong="H4270" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068"►. 
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\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H0834" shows|strong="H6213" humble|strong="H6035" people|strong="H5971" what|strong="H4941" is|strong="H1870" right|strong="H4941" for|strong="H4941" them|strong="H3925" to|strong="H1870" do|strong="H1870" 
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to|strong="H3068" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" keep|strong="H5341" his|strong="H3605" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H3068" them|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H3068" requires|strong="H4147". 
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\verseNumber{11}Yahweh|strong="H3068", forgive|strong="H5545" me|strong="H8034" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" sins|strong="H5771", which|strong="H1931" are|strong="H3068" many|strong="H7227", 
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in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" may|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H8034" you|strong="H3588" [MTY]. 
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\verseNumber{12}To|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3068" those|strong="H2088" who|strong="H4310" revere|strong="H3372" you|strong="H3384" [RHQ], 
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you|strong="H3384" show|strong="H7200" them|strong="H3384" the|strong="H3068" ◄right|strong="H3068" way|strong="H1870" to|strong="H3068" conduct|strong="H1870" their|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315"/things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068"►. 
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\verseNumber{13}They|strong="H5315" will|strong="H5315" always|strong="H3605" be|strong="H5315" prosperous|strong="H6743", 
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and|strong="H2896" their|strong="H3423" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H5315" continue|strong="H3885" to|strong="H5315" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="H3423"\+w*} land|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{14}Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" friend|strong="H3045" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" an|strong="H3068" awesome|strong="H3372" respect|strong="H3045" for|strong="H3068" him|strong="H3045", 
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and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" teaches|strong="H3925" them|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3045" he|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w made|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{15}I|strong="H3588" always|strong="H8548" ask|strong="H7592" [MTY] Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3318" help|strong="H5826" me|strong="H3318", 
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and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" rescues|strong="H5337" me|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" danger|strong="H7451" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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\verseNumber{16}Yahweh|strong="H3068", pay|strong="H7999" attention|strong="H7181" to|strong="H6437" me|strong="H2603" and|strong="H6041" be|strong="H2603" merciful|strong="H2603" to|strong="H6437" me|strong="H2603", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" alone|strong="H3173", 
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and|strong="H6041" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H2603" distressed|strong="H6887" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" suffering|strong="H6040"/oppressed|strong="H6041". 
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\verseNumber{17}Help|strong="H5826" me|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" not|strong="H3318" worry|strong="H2347", 
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and|strong="H3318" rescue|strong="H5337" me|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" my|strong="H3318" troubles|strong="H6869". 
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\verseNumber{18}Note|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" am|strong="H1961" distressed|strong="H6887" and|strong="H7200" troubled|strong="H0926" [DOU], 
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and|strong="H7200" forgive|strong="H5375" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3605"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403". 
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\verseNumber{19}Also|strong="H3588" note|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H7200" many|strong="H7231" enemies|strong="H8130", 
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see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" hate|strong="H8130" me|strong="H7200" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H7227". 
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\verseNumber{20}Protect|strong="H8104" me|strong="H5315", and|strong="H8104" rescue|strong="H5337" me|strong="H5315" from|strong="H5315" them|strong="H3588"; 
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I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H8104" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H8104" ◄get|strong="H3947" refuge|strong="H2620"/be|strong="H5315" safe|strong="H7965"►. 
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\verseNumber{21}Protect|strong="H5341" me|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3476" good|strong="H2896" and|strong="H8537" honest|strong="H3476"/just|strong="H3512" [PRS], 
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and|strong="H8537" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H5341" you|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{22}God|strong="H0430", rescue|strong="H6299" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H3478"\+w*} Israeli people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" our|strong="H3605" troubles|strong="H6869"! 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David }
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\chapterNumber{26}Yahweh|strong="H3068", show|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" ◄am|strong="H3068" innocent|strong="H5355"/have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" done|strong="H1980" what|strong="H1732" is|strong="H3068" wrong|strong="H7451"►. 
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I|strong="H3588" always|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1732" is|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3068"; 
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I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" trusted|strong="H0982" in|strong="H1980" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H1980" never|strong="H3808" doubted \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w me|strong="H3808"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068", examine|strong="H0974" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" and|strong="H3068" test|strong="H5254" me|strong="H3820"; 
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thoroughly|strong="H3190" evaluate|strong="H6884" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3068" think|strong="H3820" [IDM]. 
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\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H3588" never|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" faithfully|strong="H2617" love|strong="H2617" me|strong="H5048", 
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I|strong="H3588" conduct|strong="H1870" my|strong="H3588" life|strong="H5315" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1980" your|strong="H3588" truth|strong="H0571". 
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\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" spend|strong="H3885" my|strong="H3808" time|strong="H6256" with|strong="H5973" liars|strong="H0907" 
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and|strong="H3427" I|strong="H3808" stay|strong="H3427" away|strong="H5973" from|strong="H5973" hypocrites|strong="H2611". 
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\verseNumber{5}I|strong="H3808" do|strong="H7489" not|strong="H3808" like|strong="H5973" to|strong="H5973" be|strong="H3808" with|strong="H5973" evil|strong="H7489" people|strong="H3427", 
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and|strong="H3427" I|strong="H3808" avoid|strong="H6544" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{6}Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H3068" wash|strong="H7364" my|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3709" to|strong="H3068" show|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" ◄am|strong="H3068" innocent|strong="H5355"/have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4100" was|strong="H3068" wrong|strong="H7451"►. 
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As|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" join|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3068" others|strong="H0312" marching|strong="H5265" around|strong="H5437" your|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196", 
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\verseNumber{7}we|strong="H8085" sing|strong="H7891" songs|strong="H7892" to|strong="H8085" thank|strong="H8426" you|strong="H3605", 
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and|strong="H6963" we|strong="H8085" tell|strong="H5608" others|strong="H0312" the|strong="H3605" wonderful|strong="H6381" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w done|strong="H3605"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H3068" love|strong="H0157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" where|strong="H4725" you|strong="H4725" live|strong="H4583", 
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in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H4725" your|strong="H3068" glory|strong="H3519" appears|strong="H7200". 
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\verseNumber{9}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5315" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1818" me|strong="H5315" like|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5973" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1818" sinners|strong="H2400"; 
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do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5315" cause|strong="H2600" me|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5315" die|strong="H4191" like|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5973" cause|strong="H2600" those|strong="H5973" who|strong="H5315" murder|strong="H7523" [MTY] people|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5315" die|strong="H4191", 
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\verseNumber{10}and|strong="H3027" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" [SYN] are|strong="H3027" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H3027" do|strong="H3027" wicked|strong="H2154" things|strong="H1697" 
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and|strong="H3027" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H3027" always|strong="H3605" taking|strong="H3947" bribes|strong="H7810". 
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\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H3588" as|strong="H0834" for|strong="H3212" me|strong="H2603", I|strong="H3212" always|strong="H3605" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H3212" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H0369" right|strong="H3225". 
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So|strong="H3651" be|strong="H2603" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H3212" me|strong="H2603" and|strong="H3212" rescue|strong="H6299" me|strong="H2603". 
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\verseNumber{12}I|strong="H3068" stand|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3068" places|strong="H1116" where|strong="H0834" I|strong="H3068" am|strong="H3068" safe|strong="H7965", 
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and|strong="H3068" when|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H1288"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} gather|strong="H6908" together|strong="H3162", I|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H1288" you|strong="H1288". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David }
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\chapterNumber{27}Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H2416" who|strong="H4310" gives|strong="H5414" light|strong="H0216" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w soul|strong="H5315"\+w*/\+w spirit|strong="H7307"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H2416" who|strong="H4310" saves|strong="H3467" me|strong="H3372", 
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so|strong="H3651" I|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1732" [RHQ] need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3068" anyone|strong="H3605". 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H2416" to|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H4310" I|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3068" refuge|strong="H4581", 
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so|strong="H3651" I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H3372". 
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\verseNumber{2}When|strong="H5307" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H1992" do|strong="H7489" evil|strong="H7489" come|strong="H7126" near|strong="H7126" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" attack|strong="H5221" me|strong="H5921", 
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they|strong="H1992" stumble|strong="H3782" and|strong="H7126" fall|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307". 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Even|strong="H3808"\+w*} if|strong="H0518" an|strong="H6965" army|strong="H4264" surrounds|strong="H5439" me|strong="H5921", 
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I|strong="H5921" [SYN] will|strong="H3820" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" afraid|strong="H3372". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Even|strong="H3808"\+w*} if|strong="H0518" they|strong="H3808" attack|strong="H6965" me|strong="H5921", 
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I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3820" trust|strong="H0982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3808"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{4}There|strong="H3427" is|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3605" thing|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3068" requested|strong="H7592" from|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068"; 
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this|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" thing|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3117" desire|strong="H7592": 
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That|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3117" may|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" in|strong="H3427" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004"/temple|strong="H1004" every|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3605" life|strong="H2416", 
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and|strong="H3068" see|strong="H2372" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" wonderful|strong="H6381" 
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and|strong="H3068" inquire|strong="H7592" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3117" protect|strong="H3117" me|strong="H7311" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3117" troubles|strong="H7451"; 
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he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3117" keep|strong="H6845" me|strong="H7311" safe|strong="H7965" in|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3588" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168". 
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He|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3117" set|strong="H7311" me|strong="H7311" safely|strong="H0983" ◄on|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3588" high|strong="H7311" rock|strong="H6697"/in|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3588" secure|strong="H0982" place|strong="H5643"►. 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H6258" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" triumph|strong="H7321" over|strong="H5921" [IDM] my|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341". 
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I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" shout|strong="H8643" joyfully|strong="H7321" as|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5921" offer|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2077" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", 
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and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H2167" Yahweh|strong="H3068" as|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5921" sing|strong="H7891". 
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\verseNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7121" while|strong="H8085" I|strong="H8085" pray|strong="H7121". 
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Be|strong="H3068" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7121" and|strong="H3068" answer|strong="H6030" my|strong="H8085" prayer|strong="H8605". 
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\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H3068" sensed that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" you|strong="H6440" say|strong="H0559", “Come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" me|strong="H6440" [IDM],” 
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so|strong="H6440", Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" you|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{9}I|strong="H5650" am|strong="H1961" your|strong="H5186" servant|strong="H5650"; 
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Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440" and|strong="H5650" turn|strong="H5186" away|strong="H5186" from|strong="H4480" me|strong="H6440". 
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You|strong="H6440" have|strong="H1961" always|strong="H3605" helped|strong="H5833" me|strong="H6440". 
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You|strong="H6440" are|strong="H5650" the|strong="H6440" one|strong="H4480" who|strong="H5650" has|strong="H1961" saved|strong="H3467" me|strong="H6440", 
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so|strong="H4480" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1961" abandon|strong="H5800" me|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Even|strong="H3588"\+w*} if|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H3068" mother|strong="H0517" desert|strong="H6160" me|strong="H5800", 
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you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" [IDM] me|strong="H5800". 
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\verseNumber{11}Yahweh|strong="H3068", teach|strong="H3384" me|strong="H5148" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1870" you|strong="H3384" want|strong="H4270" me|strong="H5148" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068", 
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and|strong="H3068" lead|strong="H5148" me|strong="H5148" on|strong="H1870" a|strong="H3068" safe|strong="H7965" path|strong="H1870" 
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because|strong="H4616" I|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" many|strong="H7227" enemies|strong="H8324". 
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\verseNumber{12}Do|strong="H8267" not|strong="H5414" allow|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" enemies|strong="H6862" to|strong="H5414" do|strong="H8267" to|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" what|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" want|strong="H5315"; 
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they|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" many|strong="H7227" false|strong="H8267" things|strong="H1697" about|strong="H5439" me|strong="H5414" and|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w threaten|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w do|strong="H8267"\+w*} violent|strong="H2555" things|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H7200" because|strong="H3068" I|strong="H7200" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7200" 
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you|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2898" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7200" as|strong="H3068" long|strong="H0753" as|strong="H3068" I|strong="H7200" live|strong="H2416". 
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\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H3651" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3820"\+w*}! 
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Be|strong="H3068" strong|strong="H2388" and|strong="H3068" courageous|strong="H2388", 
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and|strong="H3068" wait|strong="H6960" expectantly|strong="H3176" for|strong="H3068" him|strong="H2388" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3820"\+w*}! 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David }
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\chapterNumber{28}Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H3068" call|strong="H7121" out|strong="H4480" to|strong="H3381" you|strong="H5973"; 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w like|strong="H4911"\+w* \+w an|strong="H4480"\+w* overhanging} rock|strong="H6697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w under|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w can|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w hide|strong="H5641"\+w*}. 
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Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6435" refuse|strong="H3985" to|strong="H3381" answer|strong="H6030" me|strong="H7121", 
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because|strong="H4480" if|strong="H6435" you|strong="H5973" are|strong="H3068" silent|strong="H2790", I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" soon|strong="H3512" be|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" those|strong="H4480" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" graves|strong="H6913". 
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\verseNumber{2}Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3027" me|strong="H6963" when|strong="H8085" I|strong="H8085" call|strong="H7768" out|strong="H7768" for|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w help|strong="H7768"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6963"\+w*}, 
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when|strong="H8085" I|strong="H8085" pray|strong="H5375", lifting|strong="H8641" up|strong="H5375" my|strong="H8085" hands|strong="H3027" as|strong="H3027" I|strong="H8085" face|strong="H6440" your|strong="H5375" sacred|strong="H6944" temple|strong="H1687". 
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\verseNumber{3}Do|strong="H6466" not|strong="H1696" drag|strong="H4900" me|strong="H1696" away|strong="H5973" with|strong="H5973" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H1696", 
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with|strong="H5973" those|strong="H1696" who|strong="H7563" do|strong="H6466" wicked|strong="H7563" deeds|strong="H4611", 
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with|strong="H5973" those|strong="H1696" who|strong="H7563" pretend|strong="H3584" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w act|strong="H6466"\+w*} peacefully|strong="H7965" toward|strong="H5973" others|strong="H0312" 
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while|strong="H5973" in|strong="H1696" their|strong="H7563" inner|strong="H6442" beings|strong="H2421", they|strong="H7965" hate|strong="H8130" them|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{4}Punish|strong="H6485" those|strong="H1992" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5414" way|strong="H1870" that|strong="H5414" they|strong="H1992" deserve|strong="H0376" for|strong="H3027" what|strong="H4639" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H3027" done|strong="H4639"; 
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punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3027" their|strong="H5414" evil|strong="H7455" deeds|strong="H4611" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068", they|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H7999" attention|strong="H7181" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wonderful|strong="H6381"\+w*} things|strong="H4639" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H4639" and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" created|strong="H1254"; 
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so|strong="H3808" get|strong="H3027" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H3027" permanently|strong="H5769" and|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" let|strong="H3808" them|strong="H3027" appear|strong="H7200" again|strong="H1129"! 
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\verseNumber{6}Praise|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068" 
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because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" me|strong="H6963" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" called|strong="H8085" out|strong="H3318" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H6963" to|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5826" me|strong="H6963"! 
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\verseNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068" makes|strong="H3068" me|strong="H3820" strong|strong="H5797" and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w protects|strong="H8104"\+w*} me|strong="H3820" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w shield|strong="H4043"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"]; 
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I|strong="H3068" trusted|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5826", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H5826" me|strong="H3820". 
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I|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" glad|strong="H8055", 
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and|strong="H3068" from|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" inner|strong="H6442" being|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" praised|strong="H3034" him|strong="H5826" as|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" sang|strong="H7892" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5826". 
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\verseNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068" causes|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" strong|strong="H5797" and|strong="H3068" protects|strong="H4581" us|strong="H5414"; 
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and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" saves|strong="H3467" me|strong="H0413", the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" appointed|strong="H4150" [MTY] to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{9}Yahweh|strong="H3068", save|strong="H3467"/rescue|strong="H3467" your|strong="H5375" people|strong="H5971"; 
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bless|strong="H1288" those|strong="H5375" who|strong="H5971" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Take|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w care|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w like|strong="H5704"\+w*} a|strong="H5375" shepherd|strong="H7462" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w takes|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w care|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w sheep|strong="H6629"\+w*} [MET|strong="H5375"]; 
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take|strong="H5375" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H5971" them|strong="H5375" forever|strong="H5769". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David }
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\chapterNumber{29}You|strong="H3051" angels|strong="H4397" in|strong="H3068" heaven|strong="H8064", praise|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! 
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Praise|strong="H1984" him|strong="H1732" because|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" glorious|strong="H3519" and|strong="H1121" powerful|strong="H2392". 
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\verseNumber{2}Proclaim|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3068" ◄he|strong="H3068"/his|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034"► is|strong="H3068" glorious|strong="H3519"; 
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bow|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" before|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" holy|strong="H6944" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{3}Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" voice|strong="H6963" is|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H6963" above|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" oceans|strong="H2342"; 
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tYahweh, the|strong="H5921" glorious|strong="H3519" God|strong="H3068", thunders|strong="H7481". 
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His|strong="H3068" voice|strong="H6963" thunders|strong="H7481" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" huge|strong="H7227" oceans|strong="H2342" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{4}His|strong="H3068" voice|strong="H6963" is|strong="H3068" powerful|strong="H3581" and|strong="H3068" majestic|strong="H1926". 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H3068" sound|strong="H6963" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" voice|strong="H6963" breaks|strong="H7665" great|strong="H1419" cedar|strong="H0730" trees|strong="H6086", 
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the|strong="H3068" cedars|strong="H0730" that|strong="H3068" grow|strong="H6779" in|strong="H3068" Lebanon|strong="H3844". 
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\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H1121" causes|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w mountains|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1121"\+w*} Lebanon|strong="H3844" to|strong="H1121" jump|strong="H5425" like|strong="H3644" calves|strong="H5695" jump|strong="H5425", 
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and|strong="H1121" causes|strong="H5414" Hermon|strong="H2768" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*} to|strong="H1121" jump|strong="H5425" like|strong="H3644" a|strong="H3644" young|strong="H1121" bull|strong="H1121" jumps. 
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\verseNumber{7}Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" voice|strong="H6963" causes|strong="H5414" lightning|strong="H1300" to|strong="H3068" flash|strong="H1984". 
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\verseNumber{8}His|strong="H3068" voice|strong="H6963" causes|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3068" desert|strong="H4057" to|strong="H3068" shake|strong="H7493"; 
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he|strong="H3068" shakes|strong="H2342" Kadesh|strong="H6946" Desert|strong="H4057" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w southern|strong="H5045"\+w* \+w part|strong="H2342"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" voice|strong="H6963" shakes|strong="H2342" the|strong="H3605" huge|strong="H1995" oak|strong="H0424" trees|strong="H6086" 
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and|strong="H3068" strips|strong="H2834" the|strong="H3605" leaves|strong="H1817" from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" trees|strong="H6086" 
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while|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1964" shout|strong="H6963", “Praise|strong="H1984" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H3068"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{10}Yahweh|strong="H3068" ruled|strong="H4428" over|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3068" flood|strong="H3999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w covered|strong="H3680"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w earth|strong="H0776"\+w*}; 
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he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H4428" forever|strong="H5769". 
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\verseNumber{11}Yahweh|strong="H3068" enables his|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" strong|strong="H5797", 
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and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" blesses|strong="H1288" them|strong="H5414" by|strong="H3068" causing|strong="H7462" things|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" go|strong="H5971" well|strong="H7965" for|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5414". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David for the dedication of the temple }
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\chapterNumber{30}Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H1004" praise|strong="H1984" you|strong="H1004" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H1004" rescued|strong="H5337" me|strong="H1004". 
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You|strong="H1004" did|strong="H1732" not|strong="H1732" allow|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w die|strong="H4191"\+w*}, 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1732"\+w*} my|strong="H1732" enemies|strong="H0341" could|strong="H3201" gloat|strong="H7200"/rejoice|strong="H8055". 
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\verseNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068", my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", I|strong="H3588" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H1802" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5826" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="H7311"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w ill|strong="H2470"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" healed|strong="H7495" me|strong="H7311". 
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\verseNumber{3}You|strong="H0859" saved|strong="H3467"/restored|strong="H7725" me|strong="H0413" when|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" dying|strong="H0006" [MTY]. 
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I|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" nearly|strong="H1241" dead|strong="H4191", 
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but|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H3068" get|strong="H3947" well|strong="H3190" again|strong="H7495". 
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\verseNumber{4}All|strong="H5927" you|strong="H4480" who|strong="H3068" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3381" Yahweh|strong="H3068", sing|strong="H7891" praise|strong="H1984" to|strong="H3381" him|strong="H3381"! 
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Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H4480" what|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H3068"\+w*}, the|strong="H3068" holy|strong="H6944" one|strong="H2421", has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3068" thank|strong="H3034" him|strong="H3381"! 
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\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" becomes|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H2734", he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" angry|strong="H2734" for|strong="H3068" only|strong="H0389" a|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" short|strong="H7138" time|strong="H6256" [HYP], 
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but|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2623" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w*} all|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" life|strong="H5315". 
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We|strong="H0587" may|strong="H3068" cry|strong="H7121" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" night|strong="H3915", 
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◄In|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" way|strong="H1870" will|strong="H3068" it|strong="H7121" benefit|strong="H1576" you|strong="H7121"?/it|strong="H7121" won’t|strong="H3808" benefit|strong="H1576" you|strong="H7121" at|strong="H3068" all|strong="H7121"► if|strong="H2603" I|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3068" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H3068" [RHQ]. 
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Dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H1984" you|strong="H7121" [RHQ], 
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\verseNumber{10}Yahweh|strong="H3068", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3381" me|strong="H5046", and|strong="H1818" be|strong="H1818" merciful|strong="H2603" to|strong="H3381" me|strong="H5046"! 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068", help|strong="H5826" me|strong="H5046"!” 
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You|strong="H8085" have|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H1961" away|strong="H5493" the|strong="H8085" clothes|strong="H0899" that|strong="H8085" showed|strong="H7200" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H8085" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H2603" sad|strong="H7451" 
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and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H8085" have|strong="H1961" given|strong="H8085" me|strong="H1961" clothes|strong="H0899" that|strong="H8085" showed|strong="H7200" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H8085" was|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H2603"\+w*} joyful|strong="H7440". 
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\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H3651" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6605" be|strong="H1961" silent|strong="H2790"; 
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I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" sing|strong="H7891" out|strong="H6605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w loudly|strong="H6963"\+w*} to|strong="H2015" praise|strong="H1984" you|strong="H6605". 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H6605" are|strong="H3117" my|strong="H6605" God|strong="H0430", 
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and|strong="H8057" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" thank|strong="H3034" you|strong="H6605" forever|strong="H5769". 

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\chapterNumber{31}Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H1732" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H1732" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H1732" be|strong="H1732" protected|strong="H3467"; 
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do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1732" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H1732" be|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w defeated|strong="H5221"\+w*, \+w with|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w*} disgraced|strong="H0954". 
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rescue|strong="H5337" me|strong="H0413"! 
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\verseNumber{2}Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5769", and|strong="H3068" save|strong="H3467" me|strong="H5769" right|strong="H6666" now|strong="H6258"! 
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\verseNumber{4}You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H8034" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3588" protects|strong="H8104" me|strong="H5148", 
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\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" who|strong="H3588" can|strong="H4310" be|strong="H3318" trusted|strong="H0982", 
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so|strong="H3318" I|strong="H3588" put|strong="H3318" myself|strong="H0589" into|strong="H3318" your|strong="H3588" care|strong="H3027" 
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because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" rescued|strong="H5337" me|strong="H3318". 
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\verseNumber{6}Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H3027" hate|strong="H8130" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" useless|strong="H1892" idols|strong="H1544", 
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but|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3027" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{7}I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" glad|strong="H8055" [DOU] because|strong="H3068" you|strong="H8104" faithfully|strong="H0571" love|strong="H0157" me|strong="H8130". 
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You|strong="H8104" see|strong="H7200" me|strong="H8130" when|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" afflicted|strong="H6041", 
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and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H8104" have|strong="H3068" known|strong="H3045" when|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" troubles|strong="H6869". 
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\verseNumber{8}You|strong="H3045" have|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3045" allowed|strong="H5414" my|strong="H7200" enemies|strong="H0341" to|strong="H7200" capture|strong="H3920" me|strong="H5315"; 
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instead|strong="H8478", you|strong="H3045" have|strong="H3045" rescued|strong="H5337" me|strong="H5315" from|strong="H5315" danger|strong="H6869". 
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because|strong="H3027" I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H1961" distressed|strong="H6887". 
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and|strong="H3027" I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3617" exhausted|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{10}I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H2603" weak|strong="H2470" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H3588"\+w*} miserable|strong="H5999", 
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and|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" causing|strong="H7462" my|strong="H3068" life|strong="H5315" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" shorter|strong="H7114". 
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I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" weak|strong="H2470" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" troubles|strong="H6869"; 
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even|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3068" bones|strong="H6106" are|strong="H5869" becoming|strong="H5000" weaker|strong="H1800". 
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\verseNumber{11}All|strong="H3615" of|strong="H8141" my|strong="H3615" enemies|strong="H0341" make|strong="H8141" fun of|strong="H8141" me|strong="H3588", 
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and|strong="H8141" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" see|strong="H7200" me|strong="H3588" on|strong="H3615" the|strong="H3588" streets|strong="H2351", they|strong="H3588" run|strong="H7323" away|strong="H3615". 
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\verseNumber{12}People|strong="H7200" have|strong="H1961" forgotten|strong="H7911" me|strong="H7200" like|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3605" forget|strong="H7911" people|strong="H7200" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1961" dead|strong="H4191". 
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\verseNumber{13}I|strong="H3820" have|strong="H1961" heard|strong="H8085" people|strong="H3820" slandering me|strong="H7911", 
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and|strong="H4191" they|strong="H7911" have|strong="H1961" caused|strong="H1961" me|strong="H7911" to|strong="H4191" become|strong="H1961" terrified|strong="H0926". 
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My|strong="H1961" enemies|strong="H0341" are|strong="H3627" making|strong="H6213" plans|strong="H4284" 
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in|strong="H4191" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" me|strong="H7911". 
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\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H3588" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588". 
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You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H7227" my|strong="H8085" God|strong="H0430". 
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\verseNumber{15}My|strong="H3068" whole|strong="H3605" life|strong="H5315" [MTY] is|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027"; 
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save|strong="H3467" me|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341", 
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from|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H3068" pursue|strong="H7291" me|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{16}Be|strong="H3027" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H6256" me|strong="H7291" 
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and|strong="H3027" rescue|strong="H5337" me|strong="H7291" because|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3027" always|strong="H6256" faithfully|strong="H0571" love|strong="H0157" me|strong="H7291". 
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\verseNumber{17}Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H5921" call|strong="H7121" out|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" you|strong="H6440", 
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so|strong="H6440" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6440" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H5650" disgraced|strong="H0954". 
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Do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" people|strong="H7563" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H7563" proud|strong="H1343" and|strong="H3068" those|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3068" arrogantly|strong="H2102" accuse|strong="H7378" righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H7563". 
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\verseNumber{19}You|strong="H5921" have|strong="H8193" stored|strong="H6845" up|strong="H5921" many|strong="H7227" blessings|strong="H1293" for|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H6662" revere|strong="H3372" you|strong="H5921". 
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You|strong="H5921" do|strong="H8267" those|strong="H5921" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H6277" for|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H6662" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H6662" protected|strong="H3467"; 
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everyone|strong="H3605" sees|strong="H7200" you|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H6662". 
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\verseNumber{20}You|strong="H4100" hide|strong="H6845" people|strong="H1121" in|strong="H7227" your|strong="H4100" presence|strong="H5048" where|strong="H4100" it|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" safe|strong="H7965", 
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\verseNumber{21}Praise|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! 
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\verseNumber{22}I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H3372", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" cried|strong="H5892" out|strong="H3318", “I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" separated|strong="H6504" from|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068"!” 
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but|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" heard|strong="H3588" me|strong="H1288" and|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H6030" my|strong="H3068" cry|strong="H7121" for|strong="H3588" help|strong="H5826". 
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\verseNumber{23}You|strong="H5869" people|strong="H5869" who|strong="H0834" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068", love|strong="H0157" him|strong="H6963"! 
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Those|strong="H8085" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H5869" loyal|strong="H0310" to|strong="H8085" him|strong="H6963", he|strong="H0834" protects|strong="H8104", 
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but|strong="H8085" those|strong="H8085" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H5869" very|strong="H3966" proud|strong="H5869", he|strong="H0834" punishes|strong="H7489" them|strong="H8085" severely|strong="H5953" like|strong="H5869" they|strong="H8085" deserve|strong="H0376" to|strong="H8085" be|strong="H5869" punished|strong="H6485". 
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\verseNumber{24}You|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" confidently|strong="H2388" expect|strong="H6960" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w great|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w*}, 
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be|strong="H3068" strong|strong="H2388", be|strong="H3068" courageous|strong="H0553"! 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David, a psam which will help people to be wise }
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\chapterNumber{32}Those|strong="H5375" whom|strong="H0834" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H1732" forgiven|strong="H5375" for|strong="H1732" rebelling|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H1732", 
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whose|strong="H0834" stains [MET|strong="H5375"] of|strong="H6588" sin|strong="H2401" have|strong="H5375" been|strong="H5375" wiped|strong="H3772" away|strong="H5375", 
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are|strong="H6588" truly|strong="H3588" blessed|strong="H1288" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3680"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}! 
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\verseNumber{2}Those|strong="H1992" whose|strong="H0834" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" sins|strong="H5771" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" erased, 
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those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3068" deceitful|strong="H7423" things|strong="H3808", 
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are|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w truly|strong="H3588"\+w*} blessed|strong="H1288" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w*}! 
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\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3588" confess|strong="H3034" my|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403", 
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◄my|strong="H3605" body|strong="H6106"/I|strong="H3588"► was|strong="H3117" very|strong="H6106" weak|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3117" sick|strong="H2470", 
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and|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3588" groaned|strong="H0584" ◄all|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117"/continually|strong="H3605"►. 
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\verseNumber{4}Day|strong="H3119" and|strong="H3027" night|strong="H3915", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}, you|strong="H3588" [SYN] punished|strong="H6485" me|strong="H5921" severely|strong="H3513". 
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My|strong="H5921" strength|strong="H3027" drained|strong="H2015" away|strong="H2015" like|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w water|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w evaporates|strong="H0235"\+w*/\+w dries|strong="H3001"\+w* \+w up|strong="H5921"\+w*}► on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3588" hot|strong="H2552" summer|strong="H7019" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w day|strong="H3119"\+w*}. 
(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588"!) 
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\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H5375"\+w*/\+w Finally|strong="H5704"\+w*} I|strong="H5921" admitted/confessed|strong="H3034" my|strong="H3068" sins|strong="H2403" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921"; 
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I|strong="H5921" stopped|strong="H5975" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H3068" hide|strong="H3680" them|strong="H5921". 
(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3045"!) 
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I|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w myself|strong="H3045"\+w*}, 
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“I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" confess|strong="H3034" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" wrong|strong="H5771" things|strong="H3034" that|strong="H3045" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213".” 
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And|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w confessed|strong="H3034"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}, you|strong="H5921" forgave|strong="H5375" me|strong="H5921", 
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so|strong="H3808" now|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" ◄am|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" guilty|strong="H5771"/will|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" punished|strong="H6485"► for|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" sins|strong="H2403". 
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\verseNumber{6}Therefore|strong="H5921", the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H4325" godly|strong="H2623" should|strong="H3068" pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3605" 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w*} ◄realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H4672" sinned|strong="H2398"/have|strong="H4672" difficulties►. 
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If|strong="H0518" they|strong="H3808" pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H5921" yout, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{difficulties} [MET|strong="H4672"] will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" overwhelm|strong="H3680" them|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3808"\+w*} a|strong="H4672" great|strong="H7227" flood|strong="H7858". 
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\verseNumber{7}You|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H5437"\+w*} a|strong="H5437" place|strong="H5643" where|strong="H0834" I|strong="H6862" can|strong="H4310" hide|strong="H5643" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5437"\+w* \+w my|strong="H5341"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H6862"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"], 
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you|strong="H0859" protect|strong="H5341" me|strong="H5437" from|strong="H5437" troubles|strong="H6869", 
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and|strong="H5437" you|strong="H0859" ◄enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H5437"/\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w put|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w people|strong="H6862"\+w* \+w around|strong="H5437"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5437"\+w* \+w who|strong="H6862"\+w* \+w will|strong="H6862"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5437"\+w*}► to|strong="H5437" shout|strong="H7321", praising|strong="H1984" you|strong="H0859" for|strong="H6862" saving|strong="H3468" me|strong="H5437" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5437"\+w* \+w my|strong="H5341"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H6862"\+w*}. 
(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H5437" that|strong="H0834"!) 
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\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w says|strong="H0559"\+w*}, “I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5869" teach|strong="H3384" you|strong="H5921" about|strong="H5921" how|strong="H1870" you|strong="H5921" should|strong="H3068" conduct|strong="H1870" your|strong="H5921" life|strong="H5315". 
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I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5869" instruct|strong="H3384" you|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3212" watch|strong="H5869" over|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{9}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1077" be|strong="H1961" stupid|strong="H1197" like|strong="H1961" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H5483" mules|strong="H6505" that|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1077" have|strong="H1961" understanding|strong="H8394"; 
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they|strong="H1077" need|strong="H4270" ◄bits|strong="H6595"/pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H5716" metal|strong="H2830" put|strong="H5414" in|strong="H1961" their|strong="H7126" mouths|strong="H6310"► and|strong="H5483" ◄bridles/ropes|strong="H5688" fastened|strong="H8628" to|strong="H1961" their|strong="H7126" head|strong="H7218"► 
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so|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1077" will|strong="H1961" go|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7126" direction|strong="H3027" you|strong="H7126" want|strong="H4270" them|strong="H7126" to|strong="H1961" go|strong="H1961".” 
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\verseNumber{10}Wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H7563" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" many|strong="H7227" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w troubles|strong="H6869"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w make|strong="H5437"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3068"\+w*} sad|strong="H7451", 
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but|strong="H7563" those|strong="H5437" who|strong="H3068" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" experience|strong="H7200" him|strong="H3068" faithfully|strong="H2617" loving|strong="H0157" them|strong="H3068" all|strong="H5437" the|strong="H3068" time|strong="H7227". 
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\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3651"\+w*, \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*} you|strong="H3605" righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3820", rejoice|strong="H8055" about|strong="H3605" what|strong="H3477" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w for|strong="H7442"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w*}; 
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you|strong="H3605" whose|strong="H3605" ◄inner|strong="H6442" beings|strong="H2421"/lives|strong="H5315"► are|strong="H3068" pure|strong="H2889", be|strong="H3068" glad|strong="H8055" and|strong="H3068" shout|strong="H7442" joyfully|strong="H7442"! 
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\chapterNumber{33}You|strong="H8416" righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H5971" should|strong="H3068" sing|strong="H7442" joyfully|strong="H7442" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" 
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because|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3477" he|strong="H3068" deserves|strong="H1288". 
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\verseNumber{2}Praise|strong="H3034" Yahweh|strong="H3068" as|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3034" play|strong="H2181" songs|strong="H7892" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" lyre|strong="H3658"/harp|strong="H3658". 
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Praise|strong="H3034" him|strong="H3034" as|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3034" play|strong="H2181" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} instruments|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" many|strong="H7227" strings|strong="H6218". 
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\verseNumber{3}Sing|strong="H7891" a|strong="H7891" new|strong="H2319" song|strong="H7892" to|strong="H3190" him|strong="H5414"; 
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Play|strong="H5059" those|strong="H1992" instruments|strong="H7892" well|strong="H3190", and|strong="H7891" shout|strong="H8643" joyfully|strong="H7321" as|strong="H0834" you|strong="H3190" play|strong="H5059" them|strong="H3190"! 
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\verseNumber{4}Yahweh|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" does|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3588" says|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068"; 
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we|strong="H3588" can|strong="H4310" trust|strong="H0982" that|strong="H3588" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" does|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3477". 
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\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H3068" loves|strong="H0157" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3068" we|strong="H0587" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" just|strong="H4941" and|strong="H3068" right|strong="H4941". 
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People|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3068" over|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" earth|strong="H0776" can|strong="H4310" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" faithfully|strong="H2617" loves|strong="H0157" us|strong="H6666". 
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\verseNumber{6}Yahweh|strong="H3068" created|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064" by|strong="H3068" commanding|strong="H6680" it|strong="H6213". 
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By|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H6213" said|strong="H1697" [MTY] he|strong="H6213" created|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" stars|strong="H3556". 
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\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H5414" gathered|strong="H3664" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" water|strong="H4325" into|strong="H3220" one|strong="H0259" huge|strong="H1995" mass|strong="H3514" 
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like|strong="H3644" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w someone|strong="H5414"\+w* scoops \+w liquid|strong="H5674"\+w*} into|strong="H3220" a|strong="H5414" container|strong="H3627". 
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\verseNumber{8}Everyone|strong="H3605" on|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" should|strong="H3068" revere|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{9}When|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" spoke|strong="H1696", the|strong="H3588" world|strong="H8398" ◄was|strong="H1961" created|strong="H1254"/started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" exist►. 
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Everything|strong="H3605" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" exist as|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H6903" of|strong="H1931" him|strong="H6680" commanding|strong="H6680" it|strong="H1931". 
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\verseNumber{10}Yahweh|strong="H3068" frustrates|strong="H5106" the|strong="H3068" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w pagan|strong="H5869"\+w*} nations|strong="H1471" decide|strong="H3198" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". 
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He|strong="H3068" prevents them|strong="H3068" from|strong="H1471" doing|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w evil|strong="H7451"\+w*} things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3068" plan|strong="H6098" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4284" Yahweh|strong="H3068" decides|strong="H6504" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" last|strong="H1755" forever|strong="H5769". 
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What|strong="H4284" he|strong="H3068" plans|strong="H4284" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H5769" be|strong="H3068" changed|strong="H5975". 
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\verseNumber{12}Yahweh|strong="H3068" blesses|strong="H1288" those|strong="H1992" nations|strong="H1471" who|strong="H5971" choose|strong="H0977" him|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068"; 
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He|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1992" whom|strong="H5971" he|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" to|strong="H3068" receive|strong="H3947" what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{13}Yahweh|strong="H3068" looks|strong="H7200" down|strong="H5027" from|strong="H1121" heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H1121" sees|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" us|strong="H7200" people|strong="H1121"; 
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\verseNumber{14}from|strong="H3427" where|strong="H0834" he|strong="H3605" rules|strong="H4910" [MTY], he|strong="H3605" looks|strong="H7688" down|strong="H3427" on|strong="H3427" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3427" on|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H3605" formed|strong="H3335" our|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H6442" beings|strong="H2421", 
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and|strong="H3820" he|strong="H3605" sees|strong="H7200" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" we|strong="H3605" do|strong="H4639". 
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\verseNumber{16}It|strong="H3808" is|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" because|strong="H7230" a|strong="H3808" king|strong="H4428" has|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3808" great|strong="H7230" army|strong="H2428" that|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3808" is|strong="H4428" able|strong="H2428" to|strong="H4428" win|strong="H6743" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w battles|strong="H4421"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H4428" it|strong="H3808" is|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" because|strong="H7230" a|strong="H3808" soldier|strong="H6635" is|strong="H4428" very|strong="H7230" strong|strong="H2428" that|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3808" is|strong="H4428" able|strong="H2428" to|strong="H4428" defeat|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H5337"\+w* \+w enemy|strong="H0340"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{17}It|strong="H3808" is|strong="H8267" foolish|strong="H3684" to|strong="H2428" trust|strong="H0982" that|strong="H2428" because|strong="H7230" horses|strong="H5483" are|strong="H5483" very|strong="H7230" strong|strong="H2428" 
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that|strong="H2428" they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" able|strong="H2428" to|strong="H2428" win|strong="H6743" a|strong="H3808" battle|strong="H4421" and|strong="H5483" save|strong="H4422" their|strong="H3808" riders|strong="H7392". 
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\verseNumber{18}Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3373" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" watches|strong="H8104" over|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3068" revere|strong="H3372" him|strong="H5869", 
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those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3068" confidently|strong="H2388" expect|strong="H6960" him|strong="H5869" to|strong="H3068" faithfully|strong="H2617" love|strong="H2617" them|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H4194" saves|strong="H5337" them|strong="H5337" [SYN] from|strong="H5315" dying|strong="H0006" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="H2421"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w die|strong="H4194"\+w*} 
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and|strong="H5315" preserves|strong="H2421" them|strong="H5337" when|strong="H2421" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H5315" a|strong="H2421" famine|strong="H7458". 
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\verseNumber{20}We|strong="H5315" trust|strong="H0982" that|strong="H1931" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5828" us|strong="H5315"; 
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he|strong="H1931" protects|strong="H8104" us|strong="H5315" like|strong="H4043" a|strong="H3068" shield|strong="H4043" protects|strong="H8104" a|strong="H3068" soldier|strong="H6635" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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\verseNumber{21}We|strong="H3588" rejoice|strong="H8055" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H8034" what|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w has|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3588"\+w*}; 
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we|strong="H3588" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H8034" him|strong="H8055" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" [MTY] is|strong="H3820" holy|strong="H6944". 
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\verseNumber{22}Yahweh|strong="H3068", we|strong="H0587" pray|strong="H6419" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" faithfully|strong="H2617" love|strong="H2617" us|strong="H5921" 
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while|strong="H1961" we|strong="H0587" confidently|strong="H2388" expect|strong="H6960" you|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w great|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David when he pretended to be insane in front of King Abimelech, so that the king would send him away }
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\chapterNumber{34}I|strong="H6440" will|strong="H6440" always|strong="H3605" thank|strong="H3034" Yahweh|strong="H3068"; 
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I|strong="H6440" will|strong="H6440" constantly|strong="H8548" praise|strong="H1984" him|strong="H6440" [MTY]. 
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\verseNumber{2}I|strong="H6256" will|strong="H3068" boast|strong="H1288" about|strong="H6256" what|strong="H6310" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H3605"\+w*}. 
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All|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3068" oppressed|strong="H6231"/discouraged|strong="H7503" should|strong="H3068" hear|strong="H8085" me|strong="H1288" and|strong="H3068" rejoice|strong="H8055". 
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\verseNumber{3}Join|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5315" in|strong="H3068" telling|strong="H1696" others|strong="H5315" that|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419"! 
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You|strong="H5315" and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5315" should|strong="H3068" together|strong="H8085" proclaim|strong="H8085" how|strong="H8085" glorious|strong="H8597" he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068"! 
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\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H3068" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" ◄answered|strong="H6030" my|strong="H3068" prayer|strong="H8605"/did|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3068" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H1431" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068"►; 
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he|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" me|strong="H7311" from|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3162"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w caused|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7311"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H3372". 
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\verseNumber{5}Those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" trust|strong="H0982" [IDM] that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6030"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" joyful|strong="H7440"; 
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◄they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3068" disappointed|strong="H0954"/he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6030" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3068" promises|strong="H1697"► [LIT|strong="H0215"]. 
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\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H6440" was|strong="H6440" miserable|strong="H5999"/helpless|strong="H1800", but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H6440" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H6440" he|strong="H6440" heard|strong="H8085" me|strong="H6440". 
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He|strong="H6440" rescued|strong="H5337" me|strong="H6440" from|strong="H6440" all|strong="H6440" my|strong="H6440" troubles|strong="H6869". 
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\verseNumber{7}An|strong="H7121" angel|strong="H4397" from|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" guards|strong="H7323" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" revere|strong="H3372" him|strong="H7121", 
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and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" angel|strong="H4397" rescues|strong="H5337" them|strong="H7121". 
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\verseNumber{8}Find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H2502" for|strong="H3068" yourself|strong="H0859", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5439" will|strong="H3068" experience|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5439"! 
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He|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="H3068" those|strong="H2583" who|strong="H3068" ask|strong="H7592" him|strong="H5439" to|strong="H3068" protect|strong="H8104" them|strong="H5439". 
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\verseNumber{9}All|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3068" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7200", revere|strong="H3372" him|strong="H7200"! 
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Those|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" things|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" need|strong="H4270" [LIT|strong="H0215"]. 
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\verseNumber{10}Lions|strong="H3715" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w usually|strong="H2370"\+w*} very|strong="H3966" strong|strong="H2388", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w sometimes|strong="H3426"\+w*} even|strong="H3588" young|strong="H5288" lions|strong="H3715" are|strong="H3068" hungry|strong="H7457" and|strong="H3068" become|strong="H3372" weak|strong="H2470", 
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but|strong="H3588" those|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3068" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" ◄have|strong="H3068" everything|strong="H3605"/not|strong="H3588" lack|strong="H4270" any|strong="H3588" good|strong="H2896" thing|strong="H3588"► [LIT|strong="H0215"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{11}You|strong="H3605" ◄who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3605" students/whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H3808" teach|strong="H3925"►, come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H3068" listen|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1875", 
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and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" teach|strong="H3925" you|strong="H3605" how|strong="H4100" to|strong="H3068" revere|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{12}If|strong="H1121" [RHQ] any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3925" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H3068" enjoy|strong="H7200" life|strong="H5315" 
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and|strong="H1121" have|strong="H3068" a|strong="H8085" good|strong="H2896" long|strong="H8085" life|strong="H5315", 
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\verseNumber{13}do|strong="H4310" not|strong="H7200" say|strong="H0559" anythoing that|strong="H7200" is|strong="H4310" evil|strong="H7451"! 
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Do|strong="H4310" not|strong="H7200" tell|strong="H7200" lies|strong="H3577"! 
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\verseNumber{14}Turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7451" from|strong="H7451" doing|strong="H7451" evil|strong="H7451", and|strong="H1696" do|strong="H8193" what|strong="H7451" is|strong="H7451" good|strong="H2896"! 
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Always|strong="H3605" try|strong="H0974" hard|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" enable|strong="H7980" people|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" live|strong="H3427" peacefully|strong="H7965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w each|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w other|strong="H8193"\+w*.} 
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\verseNumber{15}Yahweh|strong="H3068" [MTY] carefully|strong="H6213" watches|strong="H8104" over|strong="H6213" those|strong="H6213" who|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w act|strong="H6213"\+w*} righteously|strong="H6664"; 
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he|strong="H6213" always|strong="H3605" responds|strong="H1366" [MTY] to|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" when|strong="H6213" they|strong="H6213" call|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w help|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H6662" Yahweh|strong="H3068" [SYN] ◄is|strong="H3068" opposed|strong="H5975" to|strong="H3068"/turns|strong="H7725" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H3068"► those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w And|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w after|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w die|strong="H4191"\+w*}, people|strong="H5869" will|strong="H3068" forget|strong="H7911" them|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617". 
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\verseNumber{17}Yahweh|strong="H3068" hears|strong="H8085" righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H5971" when|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3068" call|strong="H7121" out|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H6440"; 
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he|strong="H6213" rescues|strong="H5337" them|strong="H6440" from|strong="H6440" all|strong="H6213" their|strong="H3068" troubles|strong="H7451". 
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\verseNumber{18}Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5826" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3068" discouraged|strong="H7503"; 
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he|strong="H3068" rescues|strong="H5337" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3068" nothing|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" hope|strong="H3176" for|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{19}Righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3820" may|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" many|strong="H7227" troubles|strong="H6869", 
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but|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" rescues|strong="H5337" them|strong="H7665" from|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3467" those|strong="H3467" troubles|strong="H6869". 
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\verseNumber{20}Yahweh|strong="H3068" protects|strong="H8104" them|strong="H5337" from|strong="H3068" being|strong="H3068" harmed|strong="H2255"; 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5337"\+w*}, 
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they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H7451" break|strong="H3068" any|strong="H3605" bones|strong="H6106" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H3605" righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{21}Wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H2026" by|strong="H3808" their|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" evil|strong="H7451" deeds|strong="H4611" (OR|strong="H3808", by|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w them|strong="H2007"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H6106" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w wicked|strong="H7563"\+w* \+w do|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w others|strong="H0312"\+w*}) [PRS], 
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and|strong="H8104" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3808" punish|strong="H6485" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" oppose|strong="H7853" righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{22}Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H6662" save|strong="H3467" those|strong="H8130" who|strong="H6662" serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H4191". 
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He|strong="H0834" will|strong="H6662" ◄not|strong="H4191" condemn|strong="H7561"/forgive|strong="H5545"► [LIT|strong="H0215"] those|strong="H8130" who|strong="H6662" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H4191" him|strong="H4191". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David }
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\chapterNumber{35}Yahweh|strong="H3068", fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" me|strong="H0413"! 
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Fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} when|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898" me|strong="H0413"! 
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\verseNumber{2}Be|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H4043"\+w*} a|strong="H6965" shield|strong="H4043" [DOU] to|strong="H6965" protect|strong="H8104" me|strong="H2388" 
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and|strong="H6965" come|strong="H6965" to|strong="H6965" help|strong="H5833" me|strong="H2388"! 
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\verseNumber{3}Lift|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5462" your|strong="H7291" spear|strong="H2595" [DOU] and|strong="H5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w throw|strong="H7993"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5315"\+w*} at|strong="H5315" those|strong="H5315" who|strong="H5315" pursue|strong="H7291" me|strong="H5315"! 
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Promise|strong="H1697" me|strong="H5315" that|strong="H5315" you|strong="H7291" will|strong="H5315" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5315" defeat|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H7291"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{4}Cause|strong="H2600" those|strong="H5315" who|strong="H5315" are|strong="H5315" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H1245" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H5315" to|strong="H1245" be|strong="H5315" defeated|strong="H5221" and|strong="H5315" disgraced|strong="H3637"! 
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Cause|strong="H2600" those|strong="H5315" who|strong="H5315" are|strong="H5315" planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H1245" do|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451" to|strong="H1245" me|strong="H5315" to|strong="H1245" be|strong="H5315" pushed|strong="H1920" back|strong="H5472" and|strong="H5315" become|strong="H1961" confused|strong="H1101"! 
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\verseNumber{5}Send|strong="H7971" your|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397" to|strong="H3068" pursue|strong="H7291" them|strong="H6440", 
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and|strong="H3068" as|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H6903" cause|strong="H1961" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" disappear|strong="H0622" like|strong="H1961" chaff|strong="H4671"/straw|strong="H8401" blown|strong="H8628" away|strong="H1760" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" wind|strong="H7307"! 
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\verseNumber{6}Cause|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3068" path|strong="H1870" on|strong="H1870" which|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" run|strong="H7291" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" dark|strong="H2822" and|strong="H3068" slippery|strong="H2519" 
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as|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397" pursues|strong="H7291" them|strong="H7291"! 
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\verseNumber{7}Although|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H3605" wrong|strong="H7451" to|strong="H5315" them|strong="H3588", 
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they|strong="H3588" concealed|strong="H2934" a|strong="H3588" deep|strong="H8415" pit|strong="H7845" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5315" fall|strong="H5307" into|strong="H0413"; 
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they|strong="H3588" hid|strong="H2934" a|strong="H3588" net|strong="H7568" in|strong="H5315" which|strong="H2600" they|strong="H3588" would|strong="H5315" catch|strong="H3920" me|strong="H5315". 
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\verseNumber{8}Cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H5307" to|strong="H3045" suddenly|strong="H6597" experience|strong="H3045" disaster|strong="H7451"! 
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Cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H5307" to|strong="H3045" be|strong="H3808" trapped|strong="H0270" in|strong="H5307" their|strong="H3045" own|strong="H1961" nets|strong="H2764"! 
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Cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H5307" to|strong="H3045" fall|strong="H5307" into|strong="H5307" the|strong="H3045" pits|strong="H7882" that|strong="H3045" they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3045" dug|strong="H2658" for|strong="H3045" me|strong="H3808" and|strong="H3045" disappear|strong="H0622"! 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5315" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" joyful|strong="H1523" about|strong="H5439" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5315", Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5315", 
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I|strong="H5315" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" glad|strong="H1523" that|strong="H5315" you|strong="H5315" have|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" me|strong="H5315". 
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\verseNumber{10}With|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H6442" being|strong="H3068" [SYN] I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559", 
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“There|strong="H4480" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H4480" one|strong="H3605" like|strong="H3644" Yahweh|strong="H3068" [RHQ]! 
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No|strong="H4480" one|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" can|strong="H4310" rescue|strong="H5337" helpless|strong="H1800" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H4480" powerful|strong="H2389" people|strong="H5971" [RHQ]. 
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No|strong="H4480" one|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" can|strong="H4310" rescue|strong="H5337" weak|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3068" needy|strong="H6041" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H4480" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H4310" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3068" rob|strong="H1497" them|strong="H4480".” 
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\verseNumber{11}People|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3045" tell|strong="H3045" lies|strong="H3577" stand|strong="H6965" in|strong="H6965" court|strong="H2691" 
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and|strong="H6965" falsely|strong="H8267" accuse|strong="H7592" me|strong="H7592" of|strong="H7592" doing|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7592" that|strong="H3045" I|strong="H3045" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w anything|strong="H3808"\+w*} about|strong="H3045". 
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\verseNumber{12}In|strong="H5315" return|strong="H8478" for|strong="H8478" my|strong="H8478" doing|strong="H7451" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H7451" for|strong="H8478" them|strong="H8478", they|strong="H5315" do|strong="H7999" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451" to|strong="H5315" me|strong="H5315", 
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with|strong="H5315" the|strong="H8478" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H5315" I|strong="H5315" feel|strong="H4184" that|strong="H5315" I|strong="H5315" am|strong="H1961" alone|strong="H0905". 
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\verseNumber{13}When|strong="H7725" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H5315" ill|strong="H2470", I|strong="H5921" showed|strong="H7200" that|strong="H5315" I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H5315" sad|strong="H7451". 
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I|strong="H5921" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H7725" eat|strong="H0398" any|strong="H5315" food|strong="H3899", and|strong="H7725" I|strong="H5921" bowed|strong="H7812" my|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218" as|strong="H5315" I|strong="H5921" prayed|strong="H6419" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{14}I|strong="H1980" mourned|strong="H5594" and|strong="H1980" bowed|strong="H7817" my|strong="H1980" head|strong="H7218" as|strong="H1980" I|strong="H1980" prayed|strong="H6419" 
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as|strong="H1980" though|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1980" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1980" friend|strong="H7453" or|strong="H7453" my|strong="H1980" mother|strong="H0517" for|strong="H7453" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H1980" was|strong="H3068" grieving|strong="H5110". 
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\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H3808" when|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" had|strong="H3045" troubles|strong="H6869", they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3045" happy|strong="H8055" about|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921". 
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They|strong="H3808" gathered|strong="H6960" around|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" make|strong="H3045" fun of|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921". 
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Strangers|strong="H2114" struck|strong="H5221" me|strong="H5921", 
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and|strong="H3045" they|strong="H3808" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{16}Worthless|strong="H1100" people|strong="H5971" ridicule|strong="H4912" me|strong="H5921" 
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and|strong="H8127" snarl at|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{17}Yahweh|strong="H3068", how|strong="H4100" long|strong="H4100" will|strong="H5315" you|strong="H7725" only|strong="H3173" watch|strong="H7200" them|strong="H7725" doing|strong="H6213" this|strong="H7200"? 
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Rescue|strong="H7725" me|strong="H5315" from|strong="H7725" their|strong="H7725" attacking|strong="H5221" me|strong="H5315"; 
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Save|strong="H5315" me|strong="H5315" from|strong="H7725" being|strong="H5315" killed|strong="H2026" by|strong="H7725" these|strong="H0428" men|strong="H5315" who|strong="H5315" are|strong="H4100" attacking|strong="H5221" me|strong="H5315" 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H0227", when|strong="H1984" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H6951" your|strong="H3034" people|strong="H5971" gather|strong="H6908", 
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I|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" praise|strong="H1984" you|strong="H3034" 
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and|strong="H5971" I|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" thank|strong="H3034" you|strong="H3034" in|strong="H7227" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6951" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H6951" them|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{19}Do|strong="H5869" not|strong="H5869" allow|strong="H5414" my|strong="H8055" enemies|strong="H8130", who|strong="H8130" tell|strong="H5046" lies|strong="H8267" about|strong="H5439" me|strong="H8130", defeat|strong="H5221" me|strong="H8130" 
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and|strong="H5869" then|strong="H0227" rejoice|strong="H8055"! 
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Do|strong="H5869" not|strong="H5869" allow|strong="H5414" those|strong="H8130" who|strong="H8130" hate|strong="H8130" me|strong="H8130" when|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" in|strong="H8055" no|strong="H3808" reason|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5869" hate|strong="H8130" me|strong="H8130" 
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to|strong="H5869" ◄smirk/smile|strong="H0215" happily►! 
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\verseNumber{20}They|strong="H3588" do|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" talk|strong="H1696" peacefully|strong="H7965" to|strong="H1696" people|strong="H3808"; 
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instead|strong="H3588", they|strong="H3588" seek|strong="H3808" ways|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" tell|strong="H1696" lies|strong="H1697" about|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1697" peaceful|strong="H7965". 
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\verseNumber{21}They|strong="H5921" shout|strong="H7321" at|strong="H5921" me|strong="H7200", to|strong="H5921" accuse|strong="H7378" me|strong="H7200", 
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saying|strong="H6310", “We|strong="H7200" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" wrong|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H7200" you|strong="H5921" did|strong="H5869"!” 
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\verseNumber{22}Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H7200" have|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H7200" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697", so|strong="H4480" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H7200" be|strong="H3068" silent|strong="H2790"! 
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Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H7200" stay|strong="H3427" far|strong="H7368" from|strong="H4480" me|strong="H7200"! 
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\verseNumber{23}Arise|strong="H5782", my|strong="H5782" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H4941" plead|strong="H7379" my|strong="H5782" case|strong="H7379" in|strong="H4941" court|strong="H4941", 
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and|strong="H4941" successfully|strong="H6743" defend|strong="H7379" me|strong="H4941"! 
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\verseNumber{24}Yahweh|strong="H3068", my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", because|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6664" are|strong="H3068" righteous|strong="H6664", 
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prove|strong="H5254" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" am|strong="H3068" innocent|strong="H5355" 
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in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3068" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3068" gloat|strong="H8055" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w judged|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w guilty|strong="H0816"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{25}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5315" allow|strong="H5414" them|strong="H1104" to|strong="H3820" be|strong="H3820" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3820" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3820" themselves|strong="H5315", 
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“Yes|strong="H3588", we|strong="H5315" have|strong="H1961" gotten|strong="H6213" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3820" him|strong="H5315" [IDM] just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H3820" we|strong="H5315" desired|strong="H2530"!” 
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\verseNumber{26}Cause|strong="H2600" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H3639" rejoice|strong="H8056" about|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" misfortunes|strong="H7463" 
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to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H7451" completely|strong="H3162" defeated|strong="H5221" and|strong="H1431" disgraced|strong="H2659"; 
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cause|strong="H2600" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H3639" boast|strong="H1431" that|strong="H7451" they|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3117" much|strong="H5921" greater|strong="H1431" than|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" 
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to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H7451" disgraced|strong="H2659" and|strong="H1431" dishonored|strong="H3637"! 
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\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H6664" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3068" desire|strong="H2655" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5650" be|strong="H3068" acquitted|strong="H5352" 
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to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" happy|strong="H8055" and|strong="H3068" shout|strong="H7442" joyfully|strong="H7442", 
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and|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H6664" them|strong="H8055" to|strong="H3068" continually|strong="H8548" say|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1431"! 
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He|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" delighted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H6664" things|strong="H1431" to|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3068" well|strong="H7965" for|strong="H7442" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H8055".” 
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\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" proclaim|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" act|strong="H6213" righteously|strong="H6664", 
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and|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" praise|strong="H8416" you|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written for the choir director by David, a man who served God faithfully }
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They|strong="H3068" consider|strong="H7200" [IDM] that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1732" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3068" revere|strong="H3372" God|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{2}Because|strong="H6588" they|strong="H7130" are|strong="H5869" very|strong="H3966" proud|strong="H5869", 
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they|strong="H7130" do|strong="H5869" not|strong="H5869" think|strong="H5869" that|strong="H5869" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H5869" discover|strong="H1540" their|strong="H7130" sins|strong="H6588" and|strong="H5869" condemn|strong="H5869" them|strong="H5048" (OR|strong="H0176", they|strong="H7130" do|strong="H5869" not|strong="H5869" think|strong="H5869" about|strong="H5048" their|strong="H7130" sins|strong="H6588" and|strong="H5869" hate|strong="H8130" themselves|strong="H0905" for|strong="H5869" it|strong="H7130"). 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Everything|strong="H3605"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" is|strong="H5771" deceitful|strong="H4820" and|strong="H5869" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H5869" lies|strong="H3577"; 
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they|strong="H3588" no|strong="H4672" longer|strong="H5750" do|strong="H5869" what|strong="H3588" is|strong="H5771" good|strong="H5869" 
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and|strong="H5869" are|strong="H5869" no|strong="H4672" longer|strong="H5750" wise|strong="H2450". 
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\verseNumber{4}While|strong="H5704" they|strong="H6310" are|strong="H1697" lying|strong="H1697" on|strong="H1697" their|strong="H3605" beds|strong="H4904", they|strong="H6310" plan|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1697" do|strong="H3190" things|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1697" harm|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w others|strong="H0312"\+w*}; 
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they|strong="H6310" are|strong="H1697" determined|strong="H2782" to|strong="H1697" do|strong="H3190" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" are|strong="H1697" not|strong="H2308" good|strong="H3190", 
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and|strong="H1697" they|strong="H6310" never|strong="H2308" refuse|strong="H2308" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1697"\+w*} evil|strong="H7451". 
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\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H5921" faithful|strong="H2896" love|strong="H0157" for|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921" reaches|strong="H5927" as|strong="H2803" high|strong="H1116" as|strong="H2803" the|strong="H5921" heavens|strong="H8064", 
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you|strong="H5921" faithfully|strong="H0571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w what|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H1696"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{6}Your|strong="H3068" righteous|strong="H6662" behavior|strong="H3027" is|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w permanent|strong="H5769"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5704"\+w*} the|strong="H3068" highest|strong="H8064" mountains|strong="H2022" [MET|strong="H6298"], 
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You|strong="H5704" take|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5704" take|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" animals|strong="H0929". 
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\verseNumber{7}God|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" faithful|strong="H0539" love|strong="H0157" for|strong="H3068" us|strong="H6666" is|strong="H3068" very|strong="H7227" precious|strong="H3368". 
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You|strong="H3467" protect|strong="H8104" us|strong="H6666" like|strong="H7227" birds|strong="H5775" protect|strong="H8104" their|strong="H3068" baby|strong="H1121" birds|strong="H5775" under|strong="H8478" their|strong="H3068" wings|strong="H3671" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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\verseNumber{8}You|strong="H4100" provide|strong="H6213" for|strong="H1121" us|strong="H5414" plenty|strong="H7647" of|strong="H1121" food|strong="H3899" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" abundant|strong="H7227" supply|strong="H4294" [IDM] that|strong="H1121" you|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1121"; 
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your|strong="H4100" great|strong="H1419" blessings|strong="H1293" for|strong="H1121" us|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w flow|strong="H1980"\+w*} like|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1121" river|strong="H5104". 
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\verseNumber{9}You|strong="H1004" are|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8248" one|strong="H1004" who|strong="H0834" causes|strong="H5414" everything|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1004" live|strong="H3427"; 
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your|strong="H8248" light|strong="H0216" is|strong="H1004" what|strong="H4100" enables us|strong="H8248" to|strong="H1004" see|strong="H7200". 
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\verseNumber{10}Continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7200" faithfully|strong="H0571" love|strong="H0157" those|strong="H5973" who|strong="H3588" have|strong="H7200" experienced|strong="H3045" a|strong="H3588" relationship with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3588", 
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and|strong="H7200" bless|strong="H1288" those|strong="H5973" who|strong="H3588" act|strong="H6213" righteously|strong="H6664"/justly|strong="H4941". 
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\verseNumber{11}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3045" allow|strong="H5414" proud|strong="H1343" people|strong="H3045" [SYN] to|strong="H3820" attack|strong="H5221" me|strong="H4900", 
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or|strong="H3045" allow|strong="H5414" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H3045" to|strong="H3820" chase|strong="H7291" me|strong="H4900" away|strong="H4900". 
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\verseNumber{12}Look|strong="H7200" where|strong="H3027" evil|strong="H7563" people|strong="H7563" have|strong="H7563" fallen|strong="H5307" on|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" ground|strong="H0776", defeated|strong="H5221"; 
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they|strong="H7272" were|strong="H3027" thrown|strong="H7993" down|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3027" they|strong="H7272" will|strong="H7563" never|strong="H3808" rise|strong="H6965" again|strong="H7725". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David }
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\chapterNumber{37}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1732" bothered|strong="H5221"/upset|strong="H7489" by|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" wicked|strong="H7489" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
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Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" desire|strong="H8378" to|strong="H6213" have|strong="H1732" the|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1732" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" wrong|strong="H5766"/evil|strong="H7489" have|strong="H1732", 
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\verseNumber{2}because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3588" soon|strong="H4120" disappear|strong="H0622", like|strong="H3644" grass|strong="H2682" withers|strong="H5034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w hot|strong="H2552"\+w* \+w sun|strong="H8121"\+w*} and|strong="H4120" dries|strong="H3001" up|strong="H5927". 
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Just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H3644" some|strong="H4480" green|strong="H3418" plants|strong="H3418" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w come|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w up|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w but|strong="H3588"\+w*} die|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w during|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w hot|strong="H2552"\+w* \+w summer|strong="H7019"\+w*}, 
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evil|strong="H7451" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3588" soon|strong="H4120" die|strong="H4191" also|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{3}Trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H2896" is|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896"; 
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and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" live|strong="H7931" peacefully|strong="H7965" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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\verseNumber{5}Commit|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1931" you|strong="H5921" plan|strong="H6098" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213"; 
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trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", 
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\verseNumber{37}Notice|strong="H3045" the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H7200" who|strong="H8104" have|strong="H7200" not|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697", those|strong="H3588" who|strong="H8104" act|strong="H6213" righteously|strong="H6664": 
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their|strong="H7200" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H3477" have|strong="H7200" peace|strong="H7965" in|strong="H3477" their|strong="H7200" inner|strong="H6442" beings|strong="H7200". 
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\verseNumber{38}But|strong="H7563" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H7563" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H7563" the|strong="H3772" wicked|strong="H7563"; 
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he|strong="H0834" will|strong="H7563" also|strong="H6586" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H7563" their|strong="H3772" descendants|strong="H2233" (OR|strong="H3772", as|strong="H3162" a|strong="H3772" result|strong="H6903", they|strong="H3162" will|strong="H7563" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H7563" any|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233"). 
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\verseNumber{39}Yahweh|strong="H3068" rescues|strong="H5337" righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H5971"; 
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in|strong="H3068" times|strong="H6256" of|strong="H3068" trouble|strong="H6869" he|strong="H3068" protects|strong="H4581" them|strong="H3068" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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\verseNumber{40}Yahweh|strong="H3068" helps|strong="H5826" them|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3068" saves|strong="H3467" them|strong="H3588"; 
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because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" go|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5826" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" protected|strong="H3467" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David, asking God not to forget him }
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do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1732" rebuke|strong="H1606"/scold me|strong="H2142" and|strong="H1732" punish|strong="H6485" me|strong="H2142"! 
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you|strong="H3256" have|strong="H3068" struck|strong="H5221" me|strong="H3256" and|strong="H3068" knocked me|strong="H3256" down|strong="H3381". 
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\verseNumber{3}Because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3027" been|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921", 
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I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" suffering|strong="H6040" great|strong="H1419" pain|strong="H4341". 
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Because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3027" my|strong="H5921" sin|strong="H2403", 
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my|strong="H5921" whole|strong="H3605" body|strong="H1320" is|strong="H3027" diseased|strong="H2470". 
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\verseNumber{5}Because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5771" done|strong="H6213" foolish|strong="H3684" things|strong="H7218", 
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I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5771" sores|strong="H0076" that|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5771" become|strong="H1961" worse|strong="H7489", and|strong="H7218" they|strong="H3588" stink|strong="H0887". 
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I|strong="H6440" am|strong="H1961" sad|strong="H7451"/cry|strong="H7121" all|strong="H6440" day|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{7}My|strong="H3605" body|strong="H1320" is|strong="H3117" burning|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1980" fever|strong="H6920", 
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and|strong="H1980" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1980" very|strong="H3966" ill|strong="H2470". 
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\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3617" exhausted|strong="H6296", and|strong="H1320" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" strength|strong="H5797". 
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I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" distressed|strong="H6887", and|strong="H1320" I|strong="H3588" groan|strong="H0584" with|strong="H4390" pain|strong="H4341". 
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\verseNumber{10}My|strong="H3605" heat|strong="H2527" is|strong="H3605" pounding|strong="H1993" heavily|strong="H3513", and|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" strength|strong="H5797" is|strong="H3605" gone|strong="H4480". 
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I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H4480" see|strong="H7200" well|strong="H3190". 
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\verseNumber{11}My|strong="H5800" friends|strong="H7453" and|strong="H5869" neighbors|strong="H7934" stay|strong="H3427" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5869" me|strong="H5800" because|strong="H5800" of|strong="H5869" my|strong="H5800" sores|strong="H0076"; 
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even|strong="H1571" my|strong="H5800" own|strong="H5869" family|strong="H4940" stays|strong="H3027" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5869" me|strong="H5800". 
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\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H5975" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H7350" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H5975" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H5048" set|strong="H5975" traps|strong="H4170" to|strong="H5975" catch|strong="H3920" me|strong="H5048"; 
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those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H7350" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H5975" harm|strong="H7463" me|strong="H5048" discuss|strong="H1696" ways|strong="H1870" to|strong="H5975" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H5061" me|strong="H5048"; 
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they|strong="H5975" plot|strong="H2513" against|strong="H5048" me|strong="H5048" all|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{13}Now|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" act|strong="H6213" like|strong="H1897" I’m deaf|strong="H2795", and|strong="H3117" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H1696" listen|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w what|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w say|strong="H1696"\+w*}. 
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I|strong="H3117" act|strong="H6213" like|strong="H1897" I|strong="H3117" cannot|strong="H3808" talk|strong="H1696", so|strong="H1696" I|strong="H3117" say|strong="H1696" nothing|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w reply|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3117"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{14}I|strong="H3808" act|strong="H6213" like|strong="H3808" a|strong="H8085" man|strong="H2795" who|strong="H3808" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w him|strong="H8085"\+w*}, 
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because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3808" cannot|strong="H3808" hear|strong="H8085" anything|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H8085" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3808". 
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My|strong="H8085" Lord|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3808", you|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" answer|strong="H6030" me|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{16}I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588", “Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" cause|strong="H2600" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w die|strong="H4191"\+w*, \+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} my|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" will|strong="H3068" rejoice|strong="H8055"! 
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Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" cause|strong="H2600" me|strong="H6030" to|strong="H3068" stumble|strong="H3782", with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" happy|strong="H0835"!” 
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\verseNumber{17}I|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" about|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" fall|strong="H4131" down|strong="H4131", 
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and|strong="H7272" I|strong="H3588" constantly|strong="H8548" have|strong="H3588" pain|strong="H4341". 
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\verseNumber{18}I|strong="H3588" confess|strong="H3034" the|strong="H3588" wrong|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" done|strong="H3559"; 
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I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w*} sorry|strong="H5162" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" committed|strong="H3559". 
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\verseNumber{19}My|strong="H5046" enemies|strong="H0341" are|strong="H2403" healthy|strong="H1277" and|strong="H2403" strong|strong="H2388"; 
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there|strong="H8033" are|strong="H2403" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3588" hate|strong="H8130" me|strong="H5046" for|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" reason|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{20}Those|strong="H8130" who|strong="H2416" do|strong="H8267" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697" to|strong="H2416" me|strong="H8130" in|strong="H2416" return|strong="H7725" for|strong="H2416" my|strong="H8267" doing|strong="H6213" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H1697" to|strong="H2416" them|strong="H8130" 
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oppose|strong="H7853" me|strong="H8130" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H2416" do|strong="H8267" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H2416" right|strong="H3225". 
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\verseNumber{21}Yahweh|strong="H3068", do|strong="H7999" not|strong="H7451" abandon|strong="H5800" me|strong="H7291"! 
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My|strong="H8478" God|strong="H7999", do|strong="H7999" not|strong="H7451" stay|strong="H3427" far|strong="H5704" from|strong="H8478" me|strong="H7291"! 
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\verseNumber{22}Lord|strong="H3068", you|strong="H4480" are|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H4480" who|strong="H3068" saves|strong="H3467"/rescues|strong="H5337" me|strong="H4480"; 
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Quickly|strong="H4116" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w come|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} help|strong="H5800" me|strong="H4480"! 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David for Jeduthun, the choir director }
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\chapterNumber{39}I|strong="H0589" said|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w myself|strong="H0589"\+w*}, “I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1732" careful|strong="H8104" not|strong="H1732" to|strong="H1732" sin|strong="H2403" by|strong="H1732" the|strong="H1732" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1732" I|strong="H0589" say|strong="H0559" [MTY]. 
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I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1732" say|strong="H0559" anything|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w complain|strong="H7378"\+w*} 
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while|strong="H5704" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H3117" near|strong="H7126" to|strong="H1732" me|strong="H0413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w can|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w hear|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w me|strong="H0413"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H5704"\+w*} I|strong="H5704" was|strong="H6310" completely|strong="H5704" silent|strong="H6310" [DOU], and|strong="H1870" I|strong="H5704" did|strong="H8104" not|strong="H1870" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H5704"\+w*} talk|strong="H6310" about|strong="H1870" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3956" were|strong="H6310" good|strong="H2896", 
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but|strong="H7563" it|strong="H5704" was|strong="H6310" useless|strong="H1892", because|strong="H1870" I|strong="H5704" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5704" suffer|strong="H5414" even|strong="H5704" more|strong="H5704". 
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\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H0589" became|strong="H3205" very|strong="H2896" anxious|strong="H1672"/worried|strong="H1672" [IDM]. 
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As|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" thought|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w my|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w troubles|strong="H5916"\+w*}, I|strong="H0589" became|strong="H3205" more|strong="H3254" worried|strong="H1672". 
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Then|strong="H0227" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w finally|strong="H5704"\+w*} I|strong="H0589" said|strong="H0559" [MTY], 
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\verseNumber{4}“Yahweh|strong="H3068", show|strong="H7200"/tell|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696" how|strong="H4100" long|strong="H0753" I|strong="H3820" will|strong="H3820" live|strong="H7130". 
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Tell|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696" when|strong="H1696" I|strong="H3820" will|strong="H3820" die|strong="H4191". 
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Tell|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696" how|strong="H4100" many|strong="H7227" years|strong="H8141" I|strong="H3820" will|strong="H3820" live|strong="H7130"! 
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\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w seems|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w*} you|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H3045" to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3117" only|strong="H0389" a|strong="H3117" short|strong="H7138" time|strong="H3117"; 
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◄my|strong="H3068" lifetime|strong="H3117"/all|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3068" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3045" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3068" lived|strong="H3427"► seems|strong="H3045" like|strong="H3117" nothing|strong="H4100" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3117". 
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The|strong="H3068" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3045" all|strong="H3045" we|strong="H3117" humans live|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w short|strong="H7138"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3117"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H3117" puff of|strong="H3068" wind|strong="H7307". 
(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045"!) 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H2009" we|strong="H3117" disappear|strong="H0622" like|strong="H3117" a|strong="H5414" shadow|strong="H6738" does|strong="H6213". 
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It|strong="H5414" seems|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" we|strong="H3117" do|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3117" nothing|strong="H3605"/useless|strong="H1892". 
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We|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sometimes|strong="H3426"\+w*} get|strong="H3947" a|strong="H5414" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H3117" money|strong="H3701", but|strong="H2009" we|strong="H3117" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H5414" know|strong="H5048" who|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5414" get|strong="H3947" it|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w die|strong="H4191"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H1980" now|strong="H1980", Yahweh|strong="H3068", if|strong="H0518" I|strong="H3045" expect|strong="H6960" [RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w receive|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w blessings|strong="H1293"\+w* \+w from|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w*}, I|strong="H3045" will|strong="H4310" be|strong="H3808" disappointed|strong="H0954". 
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You|strong="H3045" are|strong="H4310" the|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} one|strong="H3808" from|strong="H1980" whom|strong="H4310" I|strong="H3045" confidently|strong="H2388" expect|strong="H6960" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w receive|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w blessings|strong="H1293"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{8}Save|strong="H3467" me|strong="H4100" from|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w for|strong="H6960"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H6258" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H1931" I|strong="H6258" have|strong="H6258" committed|strong="H6213". 
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And|strong="H6258" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" foolish|strong="H3684" people|strong="H1931" to|strong="H4100" make|strong="H6213" fun of|strong="H8431" me|strong="H4100". 
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Help|strong="H5826" me|strong="H5921" while|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" crying|strong="H1058". 
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I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" here|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" for|strong="H5921" only|strong="H3605" a|strong="H5921" short|strong="H7138" time|strong="H5921", 
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\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H5921" has|strong="H7272" given|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5927" new|strong="H2319" song|strong="H7892" to|strong="H5927" sing|strong="H7891", 
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I|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w keep|strong="H8104"\+w*} your|strong="H5921" laws|strong="H8451" within|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" inner|strong="H6442" being|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{9}Whenever|strong="H3605" all|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} are|strong="H6213" gathered|strong="H6213", 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H6213" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H6213" I|strong="H6213" have|strong="H2654" not|strong="H6213" been|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H3372" to|strong="H6213" tell|strong="H5046" that|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213". 
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I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3045" are|strong="H3068" faithful|strong="H0539" to|strong="H3068" us|strong="H3045" and|strong="H3068" save|strong="H3467" us|strong="H3045". 
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I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H3068" ◄not|strong="H3808" concealed|strong="H3582"/openly|strong="H5869" told|strong="H5046" people|strong="H3808"► that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3045" faithfully|strong="H0571" love|strong="H0157" us|strong="H3045" and|strong="H3068" act|strong="H6213" loyally toward|strong="H3068" us|strong="H3045". 
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\verseNumber{11}Yahweh|strong="H3068", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H3808" being|strong="H1961" merciful|strong="H2617" to|strong="H3820" me|strong="H3808". 
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I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" discouraged|strong="H7503". 
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\verseNumber{13}O|strong="H3069" Yahweh|strong="H3068", please|strong="H7451" save|strong="H3467" me|strong="H7200"! 
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Come|strong="H3201" quickly|strong="H4116" to|strong="H5704" help|strong="H5800" me|strong="H7200"! 
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\verseNumber{14}Humble|strong="H6035" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" happy|strong="H0835" about|strong="H5439" my|strong="H3068" troubles|strong="H6869", and|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" disgraced|strong="H0954" and|strong="H3068" ashamed|strong="H0954". 
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Chase|strong="H7291" away|strong="H5337" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H3068" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5337". 
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\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H8074" all|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H0834" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*} you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" joyful|strong="H7440" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{17}As|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3068" me|strong="H8055", I|strong="H3068" am|strong="H3068" poor|strong="H6041" and|strong="H3068" needy|strong="H0034" [DOU]; 
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O|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" saves|strong="H3467" and|strong="H3068" helps|strong="H5826" me|strong="H8055", 
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\verseNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068" protects|strong="H8104" them|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3068" allows|strong="H7617" them|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w long|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w time|strong="H3117"\+w*}. 
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He|strong="H3117" enables them|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" happy|strong="H0835" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H2421" they|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" sick|strong="H2470", Yahweh|strong="H3068" strengthens|strong="H5797" them|strong="H5414", 
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\verseNumber{5}My|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" say|strong="H0559" cruel|strong="H0394" things|strong="H1697" about|strong="H5439" me|strong="H5315"; 
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they|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559", “How|strong="H3588" soon|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4191", and|strong="H3068" then|strong="H3588" everyone|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" forget|strong="H7911" about|strong="H5439" him|strong="H5315" [MTY]? (OR|strong="H3068", he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w any|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w continue|strong="H1961"\+w*} his|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034").” 
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\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H4970" my|strong="H4191" enemies|strong="H0341" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H4191", they|strong="H7451" falsely|strong="H8267" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H7451" they|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w concerned|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w about|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w me|strong="H4191"\+w*}. 
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They|strong="H7451" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H4191" bad|strong="H7451" news|strong="H1319" about|strong="H8034" ◄me|strong="H4191"/my|strong="H4191" health|strong="H4832"►. 
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Then|strong="H4191" they|strong="H7451" go|strong="H1980" away|strong="H7451" and|strong="H4191" tell|strong="H5046" everywhere|strong="H3605" what|strong="H7451" is|strong="H8034" happening to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H4191". 
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\verseNumber{7}All|strong="H7200" those|strong="H3318" who|strong="H7723" hate|strong="H8130" me|strong="H7200" whisper|strong="H6850" to|strong="H1696" others|strong="H0312" about|strong="H1696" me|strong="H7200", 
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and|strong="H7200" they|strong="H7200" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H7200" very|strong="H3966" bad|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3820" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H7200". 
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\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H5921" say|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3162" soon|strong="H3512" die|strong="H4191" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" being|strong="H1961" sick|strong="H2470"; 
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he|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3162" never|strong="H3808" get|strong="H3947" up|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" bed|strong="H4904" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w dies|strong="H4191"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{9}Even|strong="H3808" my|strong="H6965" best|strong="H2459" friend|strong="H7453", whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H1697" trusted|strong="H0982" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H1697", 
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who|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w often|strong="H1767"\+w*} ate|strong="H0398" with|strong="H1697" me|strong="H3254", 
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has|strong="H1697" ◄betrayed|strong="H0898" me|strong="H3254"/put|strong="H3254" me|strong="H3254" into|strong="H3332" my|strong="H6965" enemies’|strong="H0341" hands|strong="H3027"► [IDM]. 
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\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H1571" Yahweh|strong="H3068", be|strong="H1571" merciful|strong="H2603" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3899" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" become|strong="H1431" healthy|strong="H1277" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H1571"\+w*}. 
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When|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1571", I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1571" be|strong="H1571" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5921" ◄pay|strong="H7999" back|strong="H7725" my|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H0341"/get|strong="H3947" revenge|strong="H5360" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H0341"/cause|strong="H2600" my|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H0341" to|strong="H5921" suffer|strong="H5414" like|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" suffer|strong="H5414"►. 
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\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H2603"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w me|strong="H2603"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068", with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H6965" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6965" defeat|strong="H5221" me|strong="H2603", 
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I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6965" are|strong="H1992" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H2603". 
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and|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" let|strong="H3808" me|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3808" with|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588" forever|strong="H5769". 
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\verseNumber{13}Praise|strong="H5769" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6440" God|strong="H0430" whom|strong="H6440" we|strong="H0587" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*}; 
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Praise|strong="H5769" him|strong="H6440" forever|strong="H5769"! 
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Amen|strong="H0543"! I|strong="H6440" desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H5324" it|strong="H6440" will|strong="H6440" be|strong="H5769" so|strong="H6440"! 

\BibleMainSectionHeading{Book Two }

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by one of the descendants of Korah for the choir director }
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\chapterNumber{42}Deer|strong="H0354" pant|strong="H7602", desiring to|strong="H1121" drink|strong="H8354" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1121" stream|strong="H5158" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w drought|strong="H6723"\+w*} (OR|strong="H1121", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w pursued|strong="H7291"\+w* \+w by|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w hunters|strong="H6719"\+w*}.) 
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In|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" same|strong="H1931" way|strong="H1870" [SIM], God|strong="H0430", I|strong="H1121" need|strong="H4270" you|strong="H0859" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H7227". 
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\verseNumber{2}I|strong="H5921" desire|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5921" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H5921" [MET|strong="H6298"] you|strong="H5921", the|strong="H5921" all-powerful God|strong="H0430". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w wonder|strong="H4159"\+w*}, “When|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5315" I|strong="H5921" be|strong="H5315" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5921" go|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w back|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*} 
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and|strong="H4325" worship|strong="H3651" in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" presence|strong="H5921" again|strong="H7725"?” 
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\verseNumber{3}Every|strong="H7200" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H6440" every|strong="H7200" night|strong="H3915" I|strong="H5315" cry|strong="H7121"; 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w is|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" only|strong="H0389" thing|strong="H2416" I|strong="H5315" have|strong="H7200" to|strong="H6440" drink|strong="H8354" is|strong="H5315" my|strong="H7200" tears|strong="H1832"; 
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and|strong="H6440" while|strong="H7200" I|strong="H5315" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H7200", my|strong="H7200" enemies|strong="H0341" are|strong="H6440" continually|strong="H8548" asking|strong="H7592" me|strong="H6440", 
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“Why|strong="H4100" does|strong="H5315" your|strong="H6440" god|strong="H0430" not|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w*}?” 
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\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" distressed|strong="H6887" [IDM] as|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" remember|strong="H2142" 
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when|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3117" went|strong="H1961" with|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" crowd|strong="H1995" of|strong="H3117" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}, 
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leading|strong="H7218" them|strong="H1961" as|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" walked|strong="H1980" along|strong="H5921"; 
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we|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" shouting|strong="H8643" joyfully|strong="H7321" and|strong="H3117" singing|strong="H7440" to|strong="H1961" thank|strong="H3034" God|strong="H0430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w done|strong="H1961"\+w*}; 
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we|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" large|strong="H1419" group|strong="H7235" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" celebrating|strong="H7832". 
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\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w*} myself|strong="H5315", “◄Why|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3588" sad|strong="H7451" and|strong="H1004" discouraged|strong="H7503"?/I|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H5315" sad|strong="H7451" and|strong="H1004" discouraged|strong="H7503"!► [RHQ] 
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I|strong="H3588" confidently|strong="H2388" expect|strong="H6960" God|strong="H0430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5315"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H1004" again|strong="H5674" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5315" praise|strong="H8426" him|strong="H5921", 
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my|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430", the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H3588" who|strong="H5315" saves|strong="H3467" me|strong="H5315".” 
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\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w now|strong="H3588"\+w*, \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}, I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" discouraged|strong="H7503" [IDM], 
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so|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588", 
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even|strong="H3588" from|strong="H6440" where|strong="H4100" the|strong="H6440" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3588"\+w*} gushes out|strong="H5921" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" bottom|strong="H3247" of|strong="H6440" Hermon|strong="H2768" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*} and|strong="H6440" from|strong="H6440" Mizar|strong="H4706" Mountain|strong="H2022". 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3651" here|strong="H3651", the|strong="H5921" great|strong="H1419" sorrow|strong="H5921" that|strong="H5315" I|strong="H5921" feel|strong="H4184" is|strong="H5315" like|strong="H3651" water|strong="H4325" that|strong="H5315" you|strong="H5921" send|strong="H7971" down|strong="H7817" [MET|strong="H6298"]; 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w is|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3651"\+w*} a|strong="H5921" waterfall that|strong="H5315" tumbles down|strong="H7817" and|strong="H2022" floods|strong="H5104" over|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5315". 
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\verseNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068" shows|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5921" each|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" faithfully|strong="H0571" loves|strong="H0157" me|strong="H5921", 
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and|strong="H6963" each|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915" I|strong="H5921" sing|strong="H7891" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H7121" 
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and|strong="H6963" pray|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H7121", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" who|strong="H3605" causes|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" live|strong="H7121". 
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\verseNumber{9}I|strong="H6680" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w like|strong="H5973"\+w*} an|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{overhanging} rock|strong="H6697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w under|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w I|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w can|strong="H8605"\+w* \+w hide|strong="H5641"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"], 
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“It|strong="H3915" seems|strong="H3190" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6680" have|strong="H3068" forgotten|strong="H7911" me|strong="H5973". 
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I|strong="H6680" <mourn|strong="H5594"/cry|strong="H7121"> constantly|strong="H8548" because|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" act|strong="H6213" cruelly|strong="H7188" toward|strong="H5973" me|strong="H5973"” [RHQ]. 
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\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H4100" make|strong="H6937" fun of|strong="H5553" me|strong="H7911" constantly|strong="H8548"; 
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they|strong="H4100" continually|strong="H8548" ask|strong="H7592", “Why|strong="H4100" does|strong="H4100" your|strong="H7911" god|strong="H0430" not|strong="H3212" help|strong="H5826" you|strong="H4100"?” [RHQ] 
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And|strong="H3212" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H4100" insult|strong="H2781" me|strong="H7911" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3212"\+w*}, 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3212"\+w*} wounds|strong="H4347" that|strong="H3212" I|strong="H4100" feel|strong="H4184" even|strong="H1571" in|strong="H3212" my|strong="H7911" bones|strong="H6106". 
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\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w*,} 
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“◄Why|strong="H4100" am|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3117" sad|strong="H7451" and|strong="H3117" discouraged|strong="H7503"?/I|strong="H3117" should|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3117" sad|strong="H7451" and|strong="H3117" discouraged|strong="H7503"!► [RHQ] 
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I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" confidently|strong="H2388" expect|strong="H6960" God|strong="H0430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w me|strong="H2778"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" praise|strong="H1984" him|strong="H3605" again|strong="H7725", 
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my|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430", the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" saves|strong="H3467" me|strong="H2778".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{(A continuation of psalm 42) }
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\chapterNumber{43}God|strong="H3808", declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H1471" I|strong="H3808" ◄am|strong="H1961" innocent|strong="H5355"/have|strong="H1471" not|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H1471" are|strong="H1471" wrong|strong="H5766"►. 
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Defend|strong="H8199" me|strong="H3808" when|strong="H7378" ◄ungodly|strong="H3808" people|strong="H1471"/people|strong="H1471" who|strong="H1471" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" worship|strong="H7812" you|strong="H3808"► say|strong="H0559" things|strong="H3808" against|strong="H7378" me|strong="H3808", 
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rescue|strong="H6403" me|strong="H3808" from|strong="H1471" people|strong="H1471" who|strong="H1471" deceive|strong="H5377" and|strong="H1471" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w me|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1471"\+w*} not|strong="H3808" true|strong="H0571". 
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\verseNumber{2}You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4100" God|strong="H0430", the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3588" protects|strong="H4581" me|strong="H3588"; 
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◄why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" abandoned|strong="H5800" me|strong="H3588"?/it|strong="H3588" seems|strong="H3190" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" abandoned|strong="H5800" me|strong="H3588"!► [RHQ] 
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It|strong="H3588" does|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3588" seem|strong="H5869" right|strong="H3225" that|strong="H3588" [RHQ] I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1980" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H1980" mourn|strong="H6937"/cry|strong="H7121" constantly|strong="H8548" 
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because|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3588" enemies|strong="H0341" are|strong="H4100" cruel|strong="H0394" to|strong="H1980" me|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{3}Shine|strong="H0215" your|strong="H7971" light|strong="H0216" on|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" speak|strong="H1696" your|strong="H7971" truth|strong="H0571" to|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971"; 
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and|strong="H7971" let|strong="H7971" them|strong="H1992" guide|strong="H5148" me|strong="H7971", 
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and|strong="H7971" take|strong="H3947" me|strong="H7971" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7971" Zion|strong="H6726", your|strong="H7971" sacred|strong="H6944" hill|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}, where|strong="H4908" you|strong="H7971" live|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3034" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H4196", I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H4196" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H4196" your|strong="H3034" altar|strong="H4196", 
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to|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3034"\+w*}, my|strong="H3034" God|strong="H0430", who|strong="H0834" causes|strong="H5414" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H4196" be|strong="H1961" extremely|strong="H8057" joyful|strong="H7440". 
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There|strong="H8033" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H4196" praise|strong="H3034" you|strong="H3034", the|strong="H3034" God|strong="H0430" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*}, while|strong="H5704" I|strong="H0589" play|strong="H2181" my|strong="H3034" harp|strong="H3658". 
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\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H3588" ◄why|strong="H4100" am|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3588" sad|strong="H7451" and|strong="H6440" discouraged|strong="H7503"?/I|strong="H3588" should|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H5750" sad|strong="H7451" and|strong="H6440" discouraged|strong="H7503"!► [RHQ] 
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I|strong="H3588" confidently|strong="H2388" expect|strong="H6960" God|strong="H0430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w bless|strong="H1288"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6440"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H6440" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5315" praise|strong="H3034" him|strong="H6440" again|strong="H5750", 
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my|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430", the|strong="H6440" one|strong="H3588" who|strong="H5315" saves|strong="H3467" me|strong="H6440". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by one of the descendants of Korah for the choir director }
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\chapterNumber{44}God|strong="H0430", we|strong="H0587" ourselves|strong="H0587" have|strong="H1121" heard|strong="H8085" 
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what|strong="H4100" our|strong="H3068" parents|strong="H0001" and|strong="H1121" grandparents told|strong="H5046" us|strong="H5414". 
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They|strong="H1992" told|strong="H5046" us|strong="H5414" about|strong="H5439" the|strong="H1121" miracles|strong="H6381" 
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that|strong="H1121" you|strong="H0859" performed|strong="H6213" long|strong="H0753" ago|strong="H7350". 
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and|strong="H3117" enabled|strong="H5414" us|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3117" live|strong="H3117" in|strong="H8085" their|strong="H8085" land|strong="H0776". 
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and|strong="H3117" enabled|strong="H5414" your|strong="H8085" own|strong="H1961" people|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3117" prosper|strong="H6743" [IDM]. 
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\verseNumber{3}It|strong="H3423" was|strong="H3027" not|strong="H1471" by|strong="H3027" using|strong="H5927" their|strong="H3423" own|strong="H3027" swords|strong="H2719" that|strong="H1471" they|strong="H3027" conquered|strong="H3423" the|strong="H3423" people|strong="H3816" that|strong="H1471" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3027" that|strong="H1471" land|strong="H0776", 
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and|strong="H7971" it|strong="H3423" was|strong="H3027" not|strong="H1471" by|strong="H3027" their|strong="H3423" own|strong="H3027" power|strong="H3027" that|strong="H1471" they|strong="H3027" were|strong="H3027" victorious|strong="H7161"; 
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\verseNumber{4}You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H6440" my|strong="H3588" King|strong="H6440" and|strong="H6440" my|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3808"; 
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\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H6862" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6965" trust|strong="H0982" that|strong="H6965" I|strong="H6862" will|strong="H8034" be|strong="H8034" saved|strong="H3467" 
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\verseNumber{7}No|strong="H3808", it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2719" you|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" rescued|strong="H5337" us|strong="H3588" from|strong="H2719" our|strong="H3588" enemies|strong="H0341", 
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it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2719" you|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" caused|strong="H5414" those|strong="H3467" who|strong="H3588" hate|strong="H8130" us|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3808" become|strong="H1961" ashamed|strong="H0954" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="H2719"\+w* \+w defeated|strong="H5221"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{8}We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H6862" continually|strong="H8548" boasted|strong="H1431" about|strong="H5439" what|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w has|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3588"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H6862" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3588" thank|strong="H3034" him|strong="H8130" [MTY] forever|strong="H5769". 
(Think|strong="H8130" about|strong="H5439" that|strong="H3588"!) 
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and|strong="H6629" you|strong="H5414" did|strong="H6629" not|strong="H5414" gain|strong="H1215" much|strong="H7227" profit|strong="H3276" from|strong="H1471" selling|strong="H4376" us|strong="H5414"! 
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\verseNumber{13}People|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H5971" nations|strong="H5971" near|strong="H3808" us|strong="H5971" make|strong="H7235" fun of|strong="H5971" us|strong="H5971"; 
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\verseNumber{15}All|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" I|strong="H7760" feel|strong="H4184" disgraced|strong="H0954"; 
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from|strong="H1471" seeing|strong="H7200" my|strong="H7760" face|strong="H6440", people|strong="H3816" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H1471" I|strong="H7760" am|strong="H1961" ashamed|strong="H0954". 
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\verseNumber{16}I|strong="H3117" hear|strong="H8085" what|strong="H4100" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" sneer|strong="H3932" at|strong="H3117" me|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3117" revile|strong="H2778" me|strong="H6440" say|strong="H0559"; 
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I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" ashamed|strong="H1322" in|strong="H3117" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3117" my|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" and|strong="H3117" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H6440" harm|strong="H7463" me|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{17}All|strong="H6440" these|strong="H6440" things|strong="H1697" have|strong="H1961" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H6440" us|strong="H6440" 
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and|strong="H6963" we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H6440" not|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" ones|strong="H2945" who|strong="H0834" disobeyed|strong="H6963" the|strong="H6440" agreement|strong="H7284" you|strong="H6440" made|strong="H6213" with|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{18}We|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" stopped|strong="H5975" being|strong="H1961" loyal|strong="H0310" to|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3605", 
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and|strong="H1285" we|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" stopped|strong="H5975" doing|strong="H6213" what|strong="H2063" you|strong="H3605" want|strong="H3808" us|strong="H7911" to|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3605" [IDM]. 
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\verseNumber{20}If|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" forgotten|strong="H7911" to|strong="H5921" worship|strong="H7812" [MTY] our|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430", 
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or|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" spread|strong="H6566" out|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*} a|strong="H3588" foreign|strong="H5237" god|strong="H0430", 
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\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" because|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3820" you|strong="H3588", 
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They|strong="H3588" act|strong="H6213" toward|strong="H0413" us|strong="H3045" as|strong="H3588" though|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3820" only|strong="H3588" sheep|strong="H6629" to|strong="H3820" be|strong="H3808" slaughtered|strong="H7819". 
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\verseNumber{23}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3588"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", arise|strong="H6965"! Why|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" asleep|strong="H3463" [RHQ]? 
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Get|strong="H3947" up|strong="H5921"! Do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3588" reject|strong="H3988" us|strong="H5921" forever|strong="H3605"! 
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\verseNumber{24}Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" not|strong="H5782" looking|strong="H2370" at|strong="H3427" us|strong="H2186"? 
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Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" forgetting|strong="H7911" that|strong="H4100" we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H4100" suffering|strong="H6040" and|strong="H3462" being|strong="H1961" oppressed|strong="H6231" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H0801"\+w* \+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}? 
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and|strong="H6440" we|strong="H0587" cannot|strong="H3808" get|strong="H3947" up|strong="H5927". 
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\verseNumber{26}Arise|strong="H6965", and|strong="H5315" come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H5315" help|strong="H5826" us|strong="H3588"! 
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Rescue|strong="H5315" us|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" faithfully|strong="H0571" love|strong="H0157" us|strong="H3588"! 

\BibleSectionHeading{A love song written by one of the descendants of Korah, for the choir director, to be sung to the tune ‘Lilies’ }
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which|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" sung|strong="H7891" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921". 
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The|strong="H5921" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" this|strong="H1121" message|strong="H1697" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" written|strong="H3789" with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" pen|strong="H5842" by|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921", a|strong="H5921" skilled|strong="H2450" writer|strong="H5608". 
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and|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3820" always|strong="H3605" speak|strong="H5608" [MTY] eloquently, 
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because|strong="H1697" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H4428" always|strong="H3605" blessed|strong="H1288" you|strong="H3820". 
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\verseNumber{3}You|strong="H5921" who|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5921" mighty|strong="H1121" warrior|strong="H1368", put|strong="H8193" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" sword|strong="H2719"! 
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You|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1121" glorious|strong="H8597" and|strong="H1121" majestic|strong="H0117". 
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\verseNumber{4}Ride|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" like|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" great|strong="H1368" chief|strong="H1368" 
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you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H2719" do|strong="H6213" awesome|strong="H3372" deeds|strong="H4611". 
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\verseNumber{5}Your|strong="H5921" arrows|strong="H2671" are|strong="H1697" sharp|strong="H2299", 
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and|strong="H1697" they|strong="H5921" pierce|strong="H5344" the|strong="H5921" hearts|strong="H3820" of|strong="H1697" your|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H0341". 
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Soldiers|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1697" many|strong="H7227" nations|strong="H1471" will|strong="H1697" fall|strong="H5307" dead|strong="H4191" at|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" feet|strong="H7272". 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H8478" kingdom|strong="H4428" [MTY] that|strong="H5971" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H4428" give|strong="H5307" to|strong="H3820" you|strong="H8478" will|strong="H4428" remain|strong="H3427" forever|strong="H5769". 
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You|strong="H8478" rule|strong="H4428" [MTY] people|strong="H5971" justly|strong="H4941". 
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\verseNumber{7}You|strong="H5769" love|strong="H0157" right|strong="H4334" actions|strong="H5949", 
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and|strong="H5769" you|strong="H5769" hate|strong="H8130" evil|strong="H7451" actions|strong="H5949". 
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Therefore|strong="H3651" God|strong="H0430", your|strong="H5769" God|strong="H0430", has|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" [MTY] you|strong="H5769" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5769"\+w* \+w be|strong="H5769"\+w* \+w king|strong="H3678"\+w*} 
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and|strong="H5769" caused|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5769" to|strong="H5769" be|strong="H5769" happier [MET|strong="H6298"] than|strong="H3678" any|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" king|strong="H3678". 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H5921" perfume|strong="H7004" of|strong="H5921" various|strong="H2921" spices|strong="H1314" is|strong="H3651" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" robes|strong="H0899". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w People|strong="H5971"\+w*} ◄entertain|strong="H7832" you|strong="H5921"/make|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5921" happy|strong="H0835"► in|strong="H5921" ivory|strong="H8127" palaces|strong="H0759" 
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by|strong="H5921" playing|strong="H5059" stringed|strong="H4482" instruments|strong="H3627". 
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\verseNumber{9}Among|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802" who|strong="H3605" stay|strong="H3427" near|strong="H7126" you|strong="H3605" [EUP] stay|strong="H3427" are|strong="H8127" daughters|strong="H1323" of|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} kings|strong="H4428". 
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And|strong="H8055" at|strong="H1964" your|strong="H3605" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3027" stands|strong="H5975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w bride|strong="H3618"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" queen|strong="H4436", wearing|strong="H2296" beautiful|strong="H3303" ornaments|strong="H5716" of|strong="H4480" gold|strong="H2091" that|strong="H3605" comes|strong="H0935" from|strong="H4480" Ophir|strong="H0211". 
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\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Now|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w*} to|strong="H4428" your|strong="H4428" bride|strong="H3618": 
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Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H4428" me|strong="H5324" carefully|strong="H6213" [DOU]! 
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Forget|strong="H7911" the|strong="H5324" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H4428" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H4428" your|strong="H4428" home|strong="H1004" country|strong="H2022", 
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forget|strong="H7911" your|strong="H4428" relatives|strong="H0251"! 
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\verseNumber{11}Because|strong="H5186" you|strong="H7200" are|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* }beautiful|strong="H3303", 
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the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" will|strong="H5971" desire|strong="H8378" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w sleep|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w with|strong="H1004"\+w*} [EUP] you|strong="H7200". 
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He|strong="H1004" is|strong="H1004" your|strong="H5186" master|strong="H7911", so|strong="H8085" you|strong="H7200" must|strong="H4191" obey|strong="H8085" him|strong="H7200". 
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\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1931" from|strong="H4428" Tyre|strong="H6865" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*} will|strong="H4428" bring|strong="H0935" gifts|strong="H4979" to|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3588"; 
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their|strong="H3588" rich|strong="H6223" people|strong="H1931" will|strong="H4428" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H4428" persuade|strong="H6601" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H4428" do|strong="H6213" favors|strong="H1870" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w O|strong="H3069"\+w* \+w king|strong="H6440"\+w*}, your|strong="H6440" bride|strong="H3618" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H5971" entering|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" palace|strong="H1004" 
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wearing|strong="H2296" beautiful|strong="H3303" robes|strong="H0899" made|strong="H2470" from|strong="H6440" gold|strong="H2091" thread|strong="H2339". 
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\verseNumber{14}While|strong="H5704" she|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3605" wearing|strong="H2296" a|strong="H4428" gown that|strong="H3605" has|strong="H4428" many|strong="H7227" colors|strong="H7553", 
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her|strong="H3605" companions|strong="H2270" will|strong="H4428" lead|strong="H5148" her|strong="H3605" to|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3605". 
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She|strong="H1931" will|strong="H4428" have|strong="H1323" many|strong="H7227" other|strong="H3605" young|strong="H5288" women|strong="H1323" who|strong="H3605" accompany|strong="H0935" her|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{15}They|strong="H4428" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H4428" very|strong="H3966" joyful|strong="H7440" [DOU] as|strong="H4428" they|strong="H4428" are|strong="H4428" led|strong="H2986" along|strong="H5921" 
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to|strong="H4428" enter|strong="H0935" your|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{16}Some|strong="H4480" day|strong="H3117", your|strong="H4428" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H4428" your|strong="H4428" grandsons|strong="H1121" will|strong="H4428" become|strong="H1961" kings|strong="H4428", 
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just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H3644" your|strong="H4428" ancestors|strong="H0001" were|strong="H4428". 
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You|strong="H8057" will|strong="H4428" enable|strong="H7980" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H4428" become|strong="H1961" rulers|strong="H8269" in|strong="H4428" many|strong="H7227" countries|strong="H0776" [HYP]. 
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\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H1121" as|strong="H1961" for|strong="H8478" me|strong="H1961", I|strong="H8478" will|strong="H1961" enable|strong="H7980" people|strong="H1121" in|strong="H1121" every|strong="H3605" generation|strong="H1755" to|strong="H1961" remember|strong="H2142" the|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" [MTY] have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961", 
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and|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1961" praise|strong="H1984" you|strong="H3605" forever|strong="H3605". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by one of the descendants of Korah for the choir director }
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\chapterNumber{46}God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" protects|strong="H8104" us|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" causes|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1121" strong|strong="H2388"; 
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he|strong="H5921" is|strong="H1121" always|strong="H3605" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H5921" help|strong="H5826" us|strong="H5921" when|strong="H1121" we|strong="H0587" have|strong="H1121" troubles|strong="H6869". 
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\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H3966", even|strong="H1571" if|strong="H0518" the|strong="H4672" earth|strong="H0776" shakes|strong="H7493", 
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we|strong="H4672" will|strong="H5797" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H3372". 
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Even|strong="H1571" if|strong="H0518" the|strong="H4672" mountains|strong="H2022" fall|strong="H4672" into|strong="H5797" the|strong="H4672" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H4268" the|strong="H4672" sea|strong="H3220", 
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\verseNumber{3}and|strong="H2022" if|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sea|strong="H3220" roars|strong="H7580" and|strong="H2022" foams|strong="H2560", 
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and|strong="H2022" the|strong="H5921" hills|strong="H2022" shake|strong="H4131" violently|strong="H4131", 
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we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H3820" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" afraid|strong="H3372"! 
(Think|strong="H3820" about|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3651"!) 
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Blessings|strong="H1293"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w come|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w from|strong="H2022"\+w*} God|strong="H0430" are|strong="H4325" like|strong="H1993" a|strong="H2022" river|strong="H5104" that|strong="H4325" makes|strong="H6213" everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H2022" the|strong="H7493" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H0587"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*} God|strong="H0430" joyful|strong="H7440". 
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It|strong="H4325" is|strong="H4325" the|strong="H7493" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H7493" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H2022" God|strong="H0430", who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H4325" greater|strong="H1419" than|strong="H4480" any|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" god|strong="H0430", exists|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{5}God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" this|strong="H2088" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H5892" it|strong="H8055" will|strong="H5892" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H5892" destroyed|strong="H4229"; 
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he|strong="H5892" will|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w come|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5892"\+w*} help|strong="H5826" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8055"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5892"\+w*} that|strong="H5892" city|strong="H5892" at|strong="H5892" dawn|strong="H7837" every|strong="H5892" day|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Sometimes|strong="H3426"\+w*} the|strong="H7130" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7130"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7227"\+w*} nations|strong="H1471" are|strong="H1077" terrified|strong="H0926"; 
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kingdoms|strong="H4467" ◄are|strong="H1077" overthrown|strong="H2015"/cease|strong="H7673" to|strong="H6437" exist►; 
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God|strong="H0430" speaks|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w loudly|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H7130"\+w* \+w thunder|strong="H6963"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H1242" the|strong="H7130" earth|strong="H0776" melts|strong="H4549" (OR|strong="H1077", people|strong="H5971" everywhere|strong="H3605" become|strong="H1961" terrified|strong="H0926") [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H4131" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5414" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H5414" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H6963" heaven|strong="H8064", is|strong="H6963" with|strong="H6963" us|strong="H5414"; 
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the|strong="H5414" God|strong="H5414" whom|strong="H0834" Jacob|strong="H3290" worshiped|strong="H7812" (OR|strong="H1471", we|strong="H0587" Israeli people|strong="H1471" worship|strong="H7812") is|strong="H6963" our|strong="H5414" refuge|strong="H4733". 
(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H5439" that|strong="H1471"!) 
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\verseNumber{8}Come|strong="H6635" and|strong="H3068" ◄see|strong="H7200"/think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H5439"► the|strong="H3068" amazing|strong="H6381" things|strong="H5973" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" [DOU]! 
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\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H3068" stops|strong="H0331" wars|strong="H4421" all|strong="H3212" over|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" world|strong="H8398"; 
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he|strong="H3068" breaks|strong="H7665" bows|strong="H7198" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w arrows|strong="H2671"\+w*}; 
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he|strong="H3068" destroys|strong="H7843" spears|strong="H7420"; 
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he|strong="H3068" burns|strong="H8313" up|strong="H7760" shields|strong="H4043". 
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\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w says|strong="H0559"\+w*}, “Be|strong="H7665" quiet|strong="H8252", and|strong="H7198" remember|strong="H2142" that|strong="H4421" I|strong="H5704" am|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430"! 
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I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5704" be|strong="H7665" honored|strong="H3513" by|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H7097" all|strong="H5704" nations|strong="H1471". 
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I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5704" be|strong="H7665" honored|strong="H3513" all|strong="H5704" over|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" earth|strong="H0776".” 
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\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w never|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w forget|strong="H7911"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3588" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3588" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3045" heaven|strong="H8064", is|strong="H3588" with|strong="H3045" us|strong="H3045"; 
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the|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" whom|strong="H3588" Jacob|strong="H3290" worshiped|strong="H7812" (OR|strong="H1471", we|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1471" worship|strong="H7812") is|strong="H3588" our|strong="H3588" refuge|strong="H4733". 
(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588"!) 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written for the choir director by one of the descendants of Korah }
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\chapterNumber{47}You|strong="H0859" people|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w over|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w world|strong="H8398"\+w*}, clap|strong="H8628" your|strong="H1121" hands|strong="H3027" for|strong="H1121" joy|strong="H8057"! 
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Shout|strong="H7321" joyfully|strong="H7321" to|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w praise|strong="H1984"\+w*} God|strong="H0430"! 
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\verseNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068", who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" much|strong="H3605" greater|strong="H1419" than|strong="H3605" any|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" god|strong="H0430", is|strong="H3605" awesome|strong="H3372"; 
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he|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H3605" rules|strong="H4910" over|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398"! 
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\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H3588" enabled|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" people-groups \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Canaan|strong="H3667"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H7272" chose|strong="H0977" for|strong="H8478" us|strong="H3816" this|strong="H1696" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H8478" we|strong="H0587" now|strong="H1696" live|strong="H3427"; 
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we|strong="H0587" Israeli people|strong="H5971" [MTY], whom|strong="H5971" he|strong="H7272" loves|strong="H0157", are|strong="H5971" proud|strong="H1343" that|strong="H5971" we|strong="H0587" own|strong="H5971" this|strong="H1696" land|strong="H0776". 
(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H1696" that|strong="H5971"!) 
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\verseNumber{5}God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H5159" gone|strong="H1980" up|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w into|strong="H3290"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3290"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}. 
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The|strong="H3290" people|strong="H5159" shouted|strong="H7321" joyfully|strong="H7321" and|strong="H3290" blew|strong="H8628" trumpets|strong="H2689" as|strong="H5159" Yahweh|strong="H3068" went|strong="H3290" up|strong="H5927". 
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\verseNumber{6}Sing|strong="H7891" songs|strong="H7892" to|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H1984" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068"! 
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Sing|strong="H7891" to|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H1984" him|strong="H6963" [DOU]! 
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Sing|strong="H7891" to|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", our|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428"! 
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\verseNumber{7}God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H4428" the|strong="H2167" one|strong="H4428" who|strong="H4428" rules|strong="H4428" over|strong="H4428" everything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H2167" world|strong="H8398"; 
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sing|strong="H2167" a|strong="H4428" psalm|strong="H4210" to|strong="H4428" him|strong="H4428"! 
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\verseNumber{8}God|strong="H0430" sits|strong="H3427" on|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" throne|strong="H3678" 
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as|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" rules|strong="H4428" over|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*} ethnic groups|strong="H7218". 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H5921" rulers|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" those|strong="H5921" people-groups gather|strong="H6908" as|strong="H4427" God’s|strong="H0430" people|strong="H1471", the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1471" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w descended|strong="H3381"\+w*} from|strong="H5921" Abraham|strong="H0085", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
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But|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H1471" more|strong="H5921" power|strong="H3027" than|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" weapons|strong="H3627"/shields|strong="H4043" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w all|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w kings|strong="H4427"\+w*} on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776"; 
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◄he|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3678" greatly|strong="H3966" honored|strong="H3513"/people|strong="H1471" honor|strong="H3519" him|strong="H5921"► everywhere|strong="H5921". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by one of the descendants of Korah }
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\chapterNumber{48}Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H1121" great|strong="H1419", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1121" deserves|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" greatly|strong="H3966" praised|strong="H1984" in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" he|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*}, 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w built|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Zion|strong="H6726"\+w*}, his|strong="H7141" sacred|strong="H6944" hill|strong="H2022". 
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\verseNumber{2}That|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892", on|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" high|strong="H1419" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w hill|strong="H2022"\+w*}, is|strong="H3068" beautiful|strong="H3303"; 
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it|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3068" true|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H3068"\+w*}, the|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419" king|strong="H4428", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3068" causes|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" all|strong="H1419" over|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" world|strong="H8398" to|strong="H3068" rejoice|strong="H8055" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{3}God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H3605" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" strong|strong="H2388" towers|strong="H4026" there|strong="H2022", 
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and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3605" shows|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" protects|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3605" city|strong="H7151". 
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they|strong="H3588" became|strong="H3205" terrified|strong="H0926", and|strong="H4428" ran|strong="H7323" away|strong="H5674". 
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\verseNumber{6}Because|strong="H3651" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" very|strong="H3651" afraid|strong="H3372", they|strong="H1992" trembled|strong="H2729" 
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like|strong="H3651" a|strong="H7200" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H1992" is|strong="H3651" about|strong="H5439" to|strong="H7200" give|strong="H7200" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" child|strong="H3206"; 
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and|strong="H7665" now|strong="H6258" we|strong="H0587" have|strong="H1961" seen|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7307" it|strong="H7665" is|strong="H7307". 
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It|strong="H7665" is|strong="H7307" the|strong="H7665" city|strong="H5892" in|strong="H7665" which|strong="H7307" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H7665" almighty|strong="H7706" one|strong="H0259", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*}. 
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It|strong="H7665" is|strong="H7307" the|strong="H7665" city|strong="H5892" which|strong="H7307" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H7307" preserve|strong="H5341"/protect|strong="H8104" forever|strong="H5769". 
(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H5439" that|strong="H7307"!) 
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\verseNumber{9}God|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H5704"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" we|strong="H5704" think|strong="H7200" about|strong="H8085" how|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" faithfully|strong="H0571" love|strong="H0157" us|strong="H7200". 
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\verseNumber{10}You|strong="H7130" [MTY] are|strong="H3117" famous|strong="H8034" and|strong="H2617" ◄are|strong="H3117" praised|strong="H1984"/people|strong="H5971" praise|strong="H1984" you|strong="H7130"► all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H7130" earth|strong="H0776", 
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because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H7130" rule|strong="H4910" powerfully [MTY] and|strong="H2617" justly|strong="H4941". 
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\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H6664" live|strong="H8034" near|strong="H5921" Zion|strong="H6726" Hill|strong="H2022" should|strong="H3225" be|strong="H8034" happy|strong="H0835"! 
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because|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" judge|strong="H8199" people|strong="H5971" fairly|strong="H6664". 
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\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H6726"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w should|strong="H1323"\+w*} walk|strong="H1980" around|strong="H5439" Zion|strong="H6726" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Hill|strong="H2022"\+w*} 
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and|strong="H3063" count|strong="H5608" the|strong="H8055" towers|strong="H4026" there|strong="H2022"; 
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\verseNumber{13}notice|strong="H3045" the|strong="H5437" walls|strong="H2346" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H5437" examine|strong="H0974" the|strong="H5437" forts|strong="H1785" 
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in|strong="H5437" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H6726" can|strong="H4310" tell|strong="H5608" about|strong="H5437" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5437" your|strong="H5608" children|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7896"\+w*}, “This|strong="H4616" is|strong="H3820" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5608"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4616"\+w* belngs \+w to|strong="H3820"\+w*} our|strong="H7896" God|strong="H0430", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5608"\+w* \+w one|strong="H1755"\+w* \+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*} forever|strong="H1755"; 
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he|strong="H3820" will|strong="H3820" guide|strong="H5148" us|strong="H4616" all|strong="H1755" of|strong="H3820" our|strong="H7896" lives|strong="H5315".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written for the choir director by one of the descendants of Korah }
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\chapterNumber{49}You|strong="H0859" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" ethnic groups|strong="H1121", listen|strong="H8085"! 
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You|strong="H0859" people|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H1121" world|strong="H8398", 
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\verseNumber{2}important|strong="H5704" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H5971" unimportant people|strong="H5971", 
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rich|strong="H6223" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H5971" poor|strong="H6041" people|strong="H5971", 
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everyone|strong="H3605", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w listen|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w what|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w I|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w saying|strong="H0559"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} what|strong="H1571" I|strong="H1571" am|strong="H1961" thinking|strong="H0559" is|strong="H1571" very|strong="H1571" sensible|strong="H6175", 
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and|strong="H1121" what|strong="H1571" I|strong="H1571" say|strong="H0559" will|strong="H1571" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H1571" to|strong="H1121" become|strong="H3162" wise|strong="H2450"! 
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\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H3820" think|strong="H3820" about|strong="H1696" [MTY] ◄proverbs|strong="H4912"/wise|strong="H2454" sayings|strong="H6310"►, 
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and|strong="H6310" while|strong="H8394" I|strong="H3820" play|strong="H2181" my|strong="H1696" harp|strong="H3658", I|strong="H3820" explain|strong="H5046" what|strong="H6310" they|strong="H6310" mean|strong="H2823". 
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\verseNumber{5}I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H6605" [RHQ] afraid|strong="H3372" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5186" trouble|strong="H6869"/danger|strong="H7451", 
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when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H1961" surrounded|strong="H5437" by|strong="H0801" my|strong="H5186" enemies|strong="H0341", 
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\verseNumber{6}by|strong="H3117" evil|strong="H7451" men|strong="H7451" who|strong="H4100" trust|strong="H0982" that|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w things|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w always|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w go|strong="H5437"\+w* \+w well|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3117"\+w*} they|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" wealthy|strong="H1431", 
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and|strong="H3117" who|strong="H4100" boast|strong="H1984" about|strong="H5437" being|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" rich|strong="H6223". 
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\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w may|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w rich|strong="H6239"\+w*}, but|strong="H5921" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0259" can|strong="H4310" pay|strong="H7999" money|strong="H3701" 
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with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H2428" he|strong="H5921" would|strong="H0014" live|strong="H3427" forever|strong="H5769"! 
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No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0259" can|strong="H4310" pay|strong="H7999" God|strong="H0430" enough|strong="H1767" so|strong="H5921" that|strong="H2428" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H2428" allow|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w continue|strong="H1961"\+w*} to|strong="H5921" live|strong="H3427", 
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\verseNumber{8}because|strong="H3588" that|strong="H5414" cost|strong="H4242" is|strong="H3724" too|strong="H3808" grreat, 
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and|strong="H3808" he|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5414" pay|strong="H5414" enough|strong="H1767" 
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\verseNumber{9}with|strong="H5315" the|strong="H5769" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H5315" he|strong="H5315" will|strong="H5315" live|strong="H3427" forever|strong="H5769" 
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and|strong="H5769" never|strong="H5769" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w die|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w and|strong="H5769"\+w*} be|strong="H5769" buried|strong="H6912"! 
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\verseNumber{10}We|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" foolish|strong="H3684" and|strong="H7200" stupid|strong="H1197" people|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191", 
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but|strong="H3808" we|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" wise|strong="H2450" people|strong="H3808" also|strong="H5750" die|strong="H4191"; 
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they|strong="H3808" all|strong="H7200" leave|strong="H2421" their|strong="H7200" wealth|strong="H3808", and|strong="H7200" others|strong="H0312" inherit|strong="H5157" it|strong="H7200". 
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\verseNumber{11}Those|strong="H2450" wise|strong="H2450" people|strong="H5800" once|strong="H3162" had|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w houses|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w on|strong="H7200"\+w*} land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" owned|strong="H3426", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w now|strong="H3588"\+w*} their|strong="H7200" graves|strong="H6913" are|strong="H2450" their|strong="H7200" homes|strong="H1004" forever|strong="H5769", 
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the|strong="H7200" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H2450" stay|strong="H3427" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3162" time|strong="H6256"! 
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\verseNumber{12}Even|strong="H5921" if|strong="H0518" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H1004" great|strong="H1419", that|strong="H7121" cannot|strong="H3808" prevent|strong="H6923" them|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" dying|strong="H0006"; 
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all|strong="H1755" people|strong="H5971" die|strong="H4191", the|strong="H5921" same|strong="H8034" as|strong="H1004" animals|strong="H0929" do|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{13}That|strong="H3885" is|strong="H0369" what|strong="H4100" happens|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1077" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" foolishly|strong="H5528" trust|strong="H0982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3885"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1077"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w accomplished|strong="H3615"\+w*}, 
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to|strong="H1077" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H1077" delighted|strong="H2654" in|strong="H3885" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3885"\+w*} that|strong="H3885" they|strong="H1077" possess|strong="H3423". 
(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H5439" that|strong="H3885"!) 
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\verseNumber{14}They|strong="H6310" are|strong="H1870" certain|strong="H6310" to|strong="H1870" die|strong="H4191" just|strong="H2088" like|strong="H1870" sheep|strong="H6629", 
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when|strong="H6310" a|strong="H2088" shepherd|strong="H7462" leads|strong="H1869" them|strong="H2088" away|strong="H1870" to|strong="H1870" be|strong="H1870" slaughtered|strong="H7819". [PRS, MET|strong="H6298"] 
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In|strong="H1870" the|strong="H1870" morning|strong="H2088" righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H2088" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H5921" them|strong="H2088", 
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and|strong="H1870" then|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w wealthy|strong="H1431"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w will|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w die|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1870"\+w*} their|strong="H1870" bodies|strong="H6297" will|strong="H2088" quickly|strong="H4116" decay|strong="H7845" in|strong="H1870" their|strong="H1870" graves|strong="H6913"; 
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they|strong="H6310" will|strong="H2088" be|strong="H1870" where|strong="H2088" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H1870", far|strong="H5704" from|strong="H4480" their|strong="H1870" homes|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1242" is|strong="H3477" certain|strong="H0259" that|strong="H7462" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H3477" rescue|strong="H5337" me|strong="H0413" 
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so|strong="H3651" that|strong="H7462" I|strong="H1242" am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" kept|strong="H7462" in|strong="H3477" the|strong="H7462" place|strong="H4725" of|strong="H4194" the|strong="H7462" dead|strong="H4194". 
(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H5439" that|strong="H7462"!) 
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\verseNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3947"\+w*}, do|strong="H3027" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3027" dismayed|strong="H2865" when|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H5315" becomes|strong="H3588" rich|strong="H6223" 
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and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3588" houses|strong="H1004" where|strong="H3027" they|strong="H3588" live|strong="H3427" become|strong="H3027" more|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3027" more|strong="H3588" luxurious|strong="H6027", 
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\verseNumber{17}because|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" dies|strong="H4191", he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1004" take|strong="H7235" nothing|strong="H3808" with|strong="H1004" him|strong="H7235"; 
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his|strong="H3588" wealth|strong="H3519" will|strong="H1004" not|strong="H3588" go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1004" him|strong="H7235". 
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\verseNumber{18}While|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w rich|strong="H3519"\+w* \+w person|strong="H5315"\+w*} is|strong="H3605" alive|strong="H2416", he|strong="H3588" congratulates|strong="H1288" himself|strong="H3808", 
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and|strong="H3381" people|strong="H3808" praise|strong="H3588" him|strong="H3947" for|strong="H3588" being|strong="H1961" successful|strong="H6743", 
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\verseNumber{19}but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w die|strong="H4191"\+w*}, joining|strong="H1695" his|strong="H1288" ancestors|strong="H0001", 
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who|strong="H5315" will|strong="H5315" never|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" daylight|strong="H8121" again|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{20}Even|strong="H5704" if|strong="H7200" someone|strong="H0376" is|strong="H1755" great|strong="H1419", that|strong="H7200" cannot|strong="H3808" prevent|strong="H6923" him|strong="H7200" from|strong="H5704" dying|strong="H0006"; 
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he|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191", the|strong="H7200" same|strong="H1931" as|strong="H5704" animals|strong="H0929" do|strong="H6213". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by Asaph }
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\chapterNumber{50}God|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" all-powerful one|strong="H3068", speaks|strong="H1696"; 
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he|strong="H5704" summons|strong="H7121" all|strong="H5704" people|strong="H1696", 
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from|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3068" east|strong="H4217" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3068" west|strong="H3996". 
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\verseNumber{2}His|strong="H3605" glory|strong="H3519" shines|strong="H3313" from|strong="H3313" Zion|strong="H6726" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Hill|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}, 
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an|strong="H1129" extremely|strong="H3966" beautiful|strong="H3308" city|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{3}Our|strong="H6440" God|strong="H0430" comes|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" us|strong="H6440", 
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and|strong="H6440" he|strong="H6440" is|strong="H6440" not|strong="H6440" silent|strong="H2790". 
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A|strong="H6440" great|strong="H3966" fire|strong="H0784" is|strong="H6440" in|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440", 
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and|strong="H6440" a|strong="H6440" storm|strong="H8175" is|strong="H6440" around|strong="H5439" him|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H7121" comes|strong="H0935" to|strong="H7121" judge|strong="H1777" his|strong="H7121" people|strong="H5971". 
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He|strong="H7121" shouts|strong="H7440" to|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w angels|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w in|strong="H7121"\+w*} heaven|strong="H8064" 
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and|strong="H8064" to|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w on|strong="H7121"\+w*} the|strong="H7121" earth|strong="H8064". 
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\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H5921" says|strong="H0559", “Summon|strong="H7121" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H0834" faithfully|strong="H0571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*} me|strong="H5921", 
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those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H0834" made|strong="H3772" an|strong="H3772" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" me|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5921" offering|strong="H4503" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w angels|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w in|strong="H8064"\+w*} heaven|strong="H8064" declare|strong="H5046", 
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“God|strong="H8064" is|strong="H1931" righteous|strong="H6664", 
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and|strong="H8064" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3588" supreme judge|strong="H8199".” 
(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H5439" that|strong="H3588"!) 
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\verseNumber{7}God|strong="H0430" says|strong="H1696", “My|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971", listen|strong="H8085"! 
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You|strong="H1696" Israeli people|strong="H5971", listen|strong="H8085", 
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\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David for the choir director, concerning the time when the prophet Nathan rebuked David after he had committed adultery with Bathsheba }
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\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David for the choir director, when Doeg went to Saul and said, “David has gone to talk with Ahimelech, the Supreme Priest” }
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\verseNumber{4}You|strong="H6213" who|strong="H6213" say|strong="H0559" things|strong="H1942" [MTY] to|strong="H6213" deceive|strong="H5377" people|strong="H5971", 
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\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H1696" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H6664" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1696" you|strong="H1696" forever|strong="H5769"; 
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(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H1696" that|strong="H7451"!) 
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and|strong="H1697" they|strong="H1697" will|strong="H1697" laugh|strong="H7832" at|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1697"\+w*} you|strong="H3605", and|strong="H1697" say|strong="H1697", 
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I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" like|strong="H5921" a|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w strong|strong="H2388"\+w*} green|strong="H7488" olive|strong="H2132" tree|strong="H6086". 
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I|strong="H5921" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430", who|strong="H6662" faithfully|strong="H0571" loves|strong="H0157" us|strong="H5921" forever|strong="H5769". 
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\verseNumber{9}God|strong="H3808", I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H3808" always|strong="H3605" thank|strong="H3034" you|strong="H7760" for|strong="H3808" the|strong="H7760" things|strong="H1942" that|strong="H1397" you|strong="H7760" have|strong="H3808" done|strong="H7760". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David for the choir director, to be sung using a tune called ‘Mahalath’ }
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People|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H1732" are|strong="H3117" corrupt|strong="H7843"; they|strong="H5921" commit|strong="H6213" terrible|strong="H3372" sins|strong="H2403"; 
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there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H1732" not|strong="H1732" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" who|strong="H0834" does|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1732" is|strong="H1732" good|strong="H2896"/right|strong="H3225". 
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\verseNumber{2}God|strong="H0430" looks|strong="H7200" down|strong="H7843" from|strong="H3820" heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H6213" sees|strong="H7200" humans; 
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\verseNumber{4}Will|strong="H1571" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H6213" people|strong="H1571" never|strong="H3808" learn|strong="H3925" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w*}? 
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They|strong="H6213" act|strong="H6213" violently|strong="H3966" toward|strong="H6213" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1571" while|strong="H5704" eating|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H6213" provides|strong="H6213", 
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\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} those|strong="H1992" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" become|strong="H7121" terrified|strong="H0926", 
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because|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3808" will|strong="H5971" cause|strong="H5971" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" separated|strong="H6504" from|strong="H3899" him|strong="H7121" to|strong="H7121" die|strong="H4191", 
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\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H3588" wish|strong="H2896"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H0376" from|strong="H1961" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" [MTY] would|strong="H0014" come|strong="H1961" and|strong="H8033" rescue|strong="H5337" the|strong="H3588" Israeli \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3808"\+w*}! 
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God|strong="H3808", when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" bless|strong="H1288" your|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" again|strong="H1961", 
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\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David for the choir director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; it was written when the people of Ziph went to Saul and told him that David was hiding in their area }
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\chapterNumber{54}God|strong="H0430", by|strong="H1732" your|strong="H1732" power|strong="H3027" [MTY, DOU] save|strong="H3467" me|strong="H0413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w my|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H1732" show|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H1732" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H1732" not|strong="H1732" done|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H1732" is|strong="H1732" wrong|strong="H7451"! 
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\verseNumber{2}God|strong="H3808", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1732" my|strong="H1732" prayer|strong="H8605"; 
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listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1732" what|strong="H1732" I|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1732" you|strong="H5973", 
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proud|strong="H1343" men|strong="H8034" are|strong="H1369" wanting|strong="H6485" to|strong="H8034" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H3467"; 
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men|strong="H8034" who|strong="H3467" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3467" have|strong="H8034" any|strong="H3605" ◄respect|strong="H6437" for|strong="H8034"/interest|strong="H5392" in|strong="H8034"► you|strong="H3467". 
(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H8034" that|strong="H0834"!) 
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\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H8085" God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H6310" the|strong="H8085" one|strong="H6310" who|strong="H0834" helps|strong="H5826" me|strong="H8085"; 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" defends|strong="H1755"/protects|strong="H8104" me|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w my|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5315" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H5921" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H2114" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" want|strong="H1245" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5921" happen|strong="H6965" to|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" instead|strong="H3588"; 
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because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" faithfully|strong="H0571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w does|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w promises|strong="H1697"\+w*}, he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5315" get|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{6}Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H5315" gladly|strong="H8055" give|strong="H5414" an|strong="H1129" offering|strong="H4503" to|strong="H5315" you|strong="H5315" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H2009" want|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5315", 
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and|strong="H5315" I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H5315" thank|strong="H3034" you|strong="H5315" [MTY], for|strong="H5315" you|strong="H5315" are|strong="H5315" good|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5315"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{7}you|strong="H7725" have|strong="H7451" rescued|strong="H5337" me|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" all|strong="H7725" my|strong="H7725" troubles|strong="H7451", 
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and|strong="H7725" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H7451" seen|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7451" you|strong="H7725" have|strong="H7451" defeated|strong="H5221" my|strong="H7725" enemies|strong="H8324". 

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\chapterNumber{55}God|strong="H0430", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1732" my|strong="H1732" prayer|strong="H8605", 
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and|strong="H1732" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1732" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H4480" me|strong="H0413" while|strong="H5704" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H1961" pleading|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1732" you|strong="H0859". 
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\verseNumber{2}Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8605" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H8605" answer|strong="H6030" me|strong="H0413", 
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because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H1961" overwhelmed|strong="H5848" by|strong="H0801" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*} my|strong="H5956" troubles|strong="H6869". 
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\verseNumber{3}My|strong="H6030" enemies|strong="H0341" cause|strong="H2600" me|strong="H6030" to|strong="H6030" be|strong="H7879" terrified|strong="H0926"; 
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wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H5971" oppress|strong="H6231" me|strong="H6030". 
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They|strong="H1992" cause|strong="H2600" me|strong="H6030" to|strong="H6030" have|strong="H6030" great|strong="H1419" troubles|strong="H6869"; 
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they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3117" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H6030" me|strong="H6030", and|strong="H6030" they|strong="H1992" hate|strong="H8130" me|strong="H6030". 
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and|strong="H6963" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H5921" afraid|strong="H3372" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H7563" die|strong="H4191". 
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\verseNumber{5}I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" fearful|strong="H3372" and|strong="H3820" I|strong="H5921" tremble|strong="H2342"/shake|strong="H7493", 
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and|strong="H3820" I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3617" terrified|strong="H0926". 
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\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H0589" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0589" wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" had|strong="H3068" wings|strong="H3671" like|strong="H3644" a|strong="H3680" dove|strong="H3123"! 
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If|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0589" had|strong="H3068" wings|strong="H3671", I|strong="H0589" would|strong="H0014" fly|strong="H5774" away|strong="H5493" and|strong="H3374" find|strong="H4672" a|strong="H3680" place|strong="H4725" to|strong="H0413" rest|strong="H5117". 
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\verseNumber{7}I|strong="H5414" would|strong="H4310" fly|strong="H5774" far|strong="H5704" away|strong="H5774" 
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and|strong="H7931" live|strong="H7931" in|strong="H7931" the|strong="H5414" desert|strong="H6160". 
(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H5439" that|strong="H5414"!) 
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\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H2009" would|strong="H0014" quickly|strong="H4116" find|strong="H4672" a|strong="H4057" shelter|strong="H4268" from|strong="H7368" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H7368"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} 
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committing|strong="H6213" crimes|strong="H6588" and|strong="H5892" causing|strong="H7462" trouble|strong="H6869". 
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\verseNumber{11}They|strong="H5921" destroy|strong="H7843" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w things|strong="H1697"\+w*} everywhere|strong="H5921". 
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They|strong="H5921" oppress|strong="H6231" and|strong="H3119" defraud|strong="H6231" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ◄marketplaces/public|strong="H1121" squares|strong="H7339"►. 
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\verseNumber{12}If|strong="H0518" it|strong="H3808" were|strong="H0834" an|strong="H1129" enemy|strong="H0340" who|strong="H3808" was|strong="H3808" making|strong="H6213" fun of|strong="H7130" me|strong="H3808", 
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I|strong="H3808" could|strong="H3201" endure|strong="H5975" it|strong="H3808". 
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If|strong="H0518" it|strong="H3808" were|strong="H0834" someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3808" hates|strong="H8130" me|strong="H3808", who|strong="H3808" despises|strong="H0959" me|strong="H3808", 
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I|strong="H3808" could|strong="H3201" hide|strong="H5641" from|strong="H4185" him|strong="H7130". 
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\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3808" someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3808" just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H3808" me|strong="H8130", my|strong="H5921" companion|strong="H7453", 
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someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3808" my|strong="H5921" friend|strong="H7453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w me|strong="H8130"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{14}We|strong="H0587" previously|strong="H8543" had|strong="H3045" many|strong="H7227" good|strong="H2896" talks together|strong="H3162"; 
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we|strong="H0587" walked|strong="H1980" around|strong="H5439" together|strong="H3162" in|strong="H3045" God’s|strong="H0430" temple|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{15}I|strong="H1980" desire|strong="H8378"/hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H1004" my|strong="H1980" enemies|strong="H0341" will|strong="H1004" die|strong="H1980" suddenly|strong="H6597"; 
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while|strong="H1004" they|strong="H3162" are|strong="H1004" still|strong="H1980" young|strong="H5288", cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H3162" to|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" down|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H1980" place|strong="H1004" where|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1980" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H1004". 
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They|strong="H3162" they|strong="H3162" think|strong="H2803" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H7451"\+w*} ask|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H5921"\+w*} God|strong="H0430", to|strong="H3381" help|strong="H5826" me|strong="H5921", 
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and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" hears|strong="H8085" my|strong="H3068" voice|strong="H6963". 
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\verseNumber{18}I|strong="H7878" have|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w*} many|strong="H7227" enemies|strong="H0341", 
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but|strong="H8085" he|strong="H1242" will|strong="H8085" rescue|strong="H5337" me|strong="H6963" and|strong="H6963" bring|strong="H0935" me|strong="H6963" back|strong="H7725" safely|strong="H0983" from|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" battles|strong="H4421" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H7878" fight|strong="H3898". 
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\verseNumber{19}God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H5315" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H1961" who|strong="H5315" has|strong="H1961" ruled|strong="H4427" everything|strong="H3605" forever|strong="H5769", 
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and|strong="H7965" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H5315". 
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and|strong="H7965" they|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1961" reevere God|strong="H0430". 
(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588"!) 
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and|strong="H8085" broke|strong="H7665" the|strong="H8085" agreement|strong="H7284" that|strong="H8085" he|strong="H3808" made|strong="H8085" with|strong="H3427" them|strong="H8085". 
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but|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3027" his|strong="H7971" inner|strong="H6442" being|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3027" hated|strong="H8130" people|strong="H2490"; 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w hurt|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w people|strong="H2490"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} sharp|strong="H2299" swords|strong="H2719" do|strong="H3027" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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\verseNumber{22}Put|strong="H6310" your|strong="H1697" troubles|strong="H6869" in|strong="H1697" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027", 
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and|strong="H8081" he|strong="H6310" will|strong="H3820" take|strong="H2505" care|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6310"; 
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he|strong="H6310" will|strong="H3820" never|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" righteous|strong="H6662" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3820"\+w*} to|strong="H3820" experience|strong="H7200" disasters|strong="H4672". 
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\verseNumber{23}God|strong="H3068", you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H5414" murderers|strong="H2026" [MTY] and|strong="H3068" liars|strong="H0907" to|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191" before|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" lived|strong="H3427" half|strong="H2677" as|strong="H3068" long|strong="H5769" as|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" expect|strong="H6960" to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427"; 
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but|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5414"\+w*}, I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David for the choir director, concerning the time the Philistines seized David in Gath; to be sung using the tune ‘Dove on distant oaks’ }
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\chapterNumber{56}God|strong="H0430", be|strong="H1732" merciful|strong="H2603" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" because|strong="H5921" men|strong="H0376" have|strong="H6430" harassed|strong="H7852" me|strong="H5921"; 
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all|strong="H5921" day|strong="H3117" my|strong="H1732" enemies|strong="H0341" pursue|strong="H7291" me|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{2}My|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" harass|strong="H6696" me|strong="H2603" all|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117"; 
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there|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H3117" them|strong="H3117" who|strong="H3605" proudly|strong="H2102" attack|strong="H3898" me|strong="H2603". 
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\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3588" whenever|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H3372", 
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I|strong="H3588" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{4}God|strong="H0430", I|strong="H3117" praise|strong="H1984"/thank|strong="H3034" you|strong="H3117" because|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3372" you|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3117" promised|strong="H1696"; 
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I|strong="H3117" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3117" then|strong="H3372" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3372" afraid|strong="H3372". 
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Ordinary|strong="H2455" humans certainly|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" [RHQ] harm|strong="H7463" me|strong="H3372"! 
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\verseNumber{5}All|strong="H6213" day|strong="H3117" long|strong="H4100" my|strong="H6213" enemies|strong="H0341" claim|strong="H0589" that|strong="H1697" I|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1697" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" I|strong="H1697" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" say|strong="H1697" (OR|strong="H3808", try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H6213" destroy|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H1697" am|strong="H1961" doing|strong="H6213"); 
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they|strong="H3808" are|strong="H4100" always|strong="H3605" thinking|strong="H0559" of|strong="H1697" ways|strong="H1697" to|strong="H6213" harm|strong="H1697" me|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{6}In|strong="H5921" order|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5921" cause|strong="H1697" trouble|strong="H7451" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921", they|strong="H3117" hide|strong="H5641" 
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and|strong="H3117" watch|strong="H8104" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3117" do|strong="H1697", 
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waiting|strong="H8104" for|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w an|strong="H5921"\+w* opportunity} to|strong="H5921" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H5921" [MTY]. 
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\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H1992", God|strong="H0430", punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H1992" for|strong="H6960" the|strong="H8104" wicked|strong="H7563" things|strong="H1992" that|strong="H5315" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" doing|strong="H6213"; 
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show|strong="H7200" that|strong="H5315" you|strong="H8104" are|strong="H1992" angry|strong="H2734" by|strong="H8104" defeating|strong="H5221" those|strong="H1992" people|strong="H5315"! 
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\verseNumber{8}You|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5971" counted|strong="H2803" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" times|strong="H6471" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5971" been|strong="H5971" wandering|strong="H8582" alone|strong="H0905"/distressed|strong="H6887"; 
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\verseNumber{9}When|strong="H3588" I|strong="H7760" call|strong="H7121" out|strong="H5608" to|strong="H5612" you|strong="H7760", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H7760"\+w*} God|strong="H3808", my|strong="H7760" enemies|strong="H0341" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" defeated|strong="H5221"; 
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I|strong="H7760" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" happen|strong="H1961", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H7760" are|strong="H3808" fighting|strong="H3898" for|strong="H3808" me|strong="H7760". 
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\verseNumber{10}I|strong="H3588" praise|strong="H3588"/thank|strong="H3034" you|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H2088" what|strong="H2088" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3045" promised|strong="H1696"; 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w always|strong="H3117"\+w*} praise|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{11}I|strong="H1697" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3068" you|strong="H1697", and|strong="H3068" as|strong="H1697" a|strong="H3068" result|strong="H6903", I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1697" afraid|strong="H3372". 
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I|strong="H1697" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3068" humans cannot|strong="H3808" really|strong="H2088" [RHQ] harm|strong="H1697" me|strong="H1697"! 
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\verseNumber{12}I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" bring|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H6213" that|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3808" promised|strong="H1696"; 
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I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" bring|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" thank|strong="H3034" you|strong="H6213", 
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\verseNumber{13}because|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5921" rescued|strong="H5337" me|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" being|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2026"; 
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you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5921" kept|strong="H8104" me|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" stumbling|strong="H4383". 
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As|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903", I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H7999" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5921" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" presence|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" light|strong="H0216" that|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w shines|strong="H2224"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w those|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5088"\+w* \+w still|strong="H5750"\+w*} alive|strong="H2416" (OR|strong="H5088", in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" light|strong="H0216" that|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{enables \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w*} live|strong="H3427"). 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David for the choir director, when David went into a cave to escape from Saul; to be sung using the tune ‘Do not destroy’ }
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\chapterNumber{57}God|strong="H0430", be|strong="H6440" merciful|strong="H2603" to|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440"! 
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Act|strong="H6213" mercifully toward|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440" because|strong="H6440" I|strong="H6440" come|strong="H7586" to|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" protect|strong="H8104" me|strong="H6440". 
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(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H5921" that|strong="H7121"!) 
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And|strong="H1121" show|strong="H7200" your|strong="H1121" glory|strong="H3519" to|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121" all|strong="H7901" over|strong="H8432" the|strong="H8432" earth|strong="H0776"! 
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but|strong="H3605" they|strong="H5921" themselves|strong="H5921" fell|strong="H5921" into|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921"! 
(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605"!) 
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\verseNumber{7}God|strong="H0430", I|strong="H5315" have|strong="H5307" complete|strong="H3617" confidence|strong="H4009" [DOU] in|strong="H8432" you|strong="H6440". 
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I|strong="H5315" will|strong="H5315" sing|strong="H7891" to|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440", 
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and|strong="H6440" I|strong="H5315" will|strong="H5315" praise|strong="H1984" you|strong="H6440" while|strong="H5315" I|strong="H5315" sing|strong="H7891". 
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\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H3559" will|strong="H3820" awaken|strong="H5782" myself|strong="H3820"; 
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I|strong="H3559" will|strong="H3820" arise|strong="H6965" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3559" sun|strong="H8121" rises|strong="H6965" 
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and|strong="H3820" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w praise|strong="H2167"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w while|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w play|strong="H2181"\+w*} my|strong="H3559" harp|strong="H3658" or|strong="H0176" my|strong="H3559" ◄lyre|strong="H3658"/small|strong="H6996" harp|strong="H3658"►. 
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\verseNumber{9}Lord|strong="H3068", I|strong="H5782" will|strong="H3519" thank|strong="H3034" you|strong="H0859" among|strong="H8432" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*} the|strong="H5782" people|strong="H5971"; 
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and|strong="H5971" because|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3034" ◄faithfulness|strong="H0530"/faithfully|strong="H0571" doing|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3034" promise|strong="H1697"► is|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w great|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3034"\+w* \+w distance|strong="H7350"\+w*} up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3034" clouds|strong="H5645" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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\verseNumber{11}God|strong="H8064", show|strong="H7200" in|strong="H1419" the|strong="H3588" heavens|strong="H8064" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H8064" very|strong="H5704" great|strong="H1419"! 
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And|strong="H8064" show|strong="H7200" your|strong="H3588" glory|strong="H3519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} all|strong="H5704" over|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3588" earth|strong="H8064"! 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David for the choir director, to be sung using the tune ‘Do not destroy’ }
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\chapterNumber{58}When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" mighty|strong="H1368" men|strong="H0376" speak|strong="H1696", you|strong="H0859" never|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559" what|strong="H1732" is|strong="H1732" right|strong="H3225"; 
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you|strong="H0859" never|strong="H3808" decide|strong="H3198" things|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1732" people|strong="H5971" justly|strong="H4941" [RHQ]! 
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\verseNumber{2}No|strong="H1696", in|strong="H1696" your|strong="H8199" inner|strong="H6442" beings|strong="H2421" you|strong="H1696" think|strong="H2803" only|strong="H0389" about|strong="H1696" doing|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6664" is|strong="H1121" wrong|strong="H7451", 
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and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H1696" commit|strong="H6213" violent|strong="H2555" crimes|strong="H6588" in|strong="H1696" this|strong="H1696" land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{3}Wicked|strong="H5766" people|strong="H3820" do|strong="H6466" wrong|strong="H2555" things|strong="H1697" and|strong="H3027" tell|strong="H5046" lies|strong="H3577" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" time|strong="H3820" that|strong="H3027" they|strong="H3027" are|strong="H3027" born|strong="H3205" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{4}God|strong="H0430", show|strong="H7200" in|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1696" heavens|strong="H8064" how|strong="H4100" great|strong="H1419" you|strong="H1696" are|strong="H7563"! 
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And|strong="H1696" show|strong="H7200" your|strong="H1696" glory|strong="H3519" to|strong="H1696" people|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H1696" earth|strong="H0776"! 
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What|strong="H1696" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w injures|strong="H5999"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w like|strong="H8582"\+w*} the|strong="H1696" venom|strong="H2534" of|strong="H1696" a|strong="H1696" snake|strong="H5175" [MET|strong="H6298"]; 
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They|strong="H1696" refuse|strong="H3985" to|strong="H1696" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" good|strong="H2896" advice|strong="H6098", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1696"\+w*} cobras|strong="H6620" that|strong="H7563" were|strong="H1696" deaf|strong="H2795" [MET|strong="H6298"]! 
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\verseNumber{6}God|strong="H3808", as|strong="H2266" for|strong="H3808" these|strong="H8085" enemies|strong="H0341" who|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3808"\+w*} young|strong="H5288" lions|strong="H3715", 
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break|strong="H7665" their|strong="H8085" teeth|strong="H8127"! 
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\verseNumber{7}Cause|strong="H6310" them|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" disappear|strong="H0622" like|strong="H3068" water|strong="H4325" disappears|strong="H0622" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w dry|strong="H3004"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H0776"\+w*}! 
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Cause|strong="H6310" the|strong="H3068" arrows|strong="H2671" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" shoot|strong="H3384" to|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" no|strong="H6310" ◄heads|strong="H7218"/sharp|strong="H8127" points|strong="H5980"►! 
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\verseNumber{8}Cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H4135" to|strong="H1980" become|strong="H1980" like|strong="H3644" snails that|strong="H4325" disappear|strong="H0622" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H1980" slime|strong="H2564"; 
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cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H4135" to|strong="H1980" be|strong="H4135" like|strong="H3644" babies|strong="H3245" that|strong="H4325" are|strong="H4325" born|strong="H3205" dead|strong="H4191"! 
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\verseNumber{9}Get|strong="H1980" rid|strong="H1980" of|strong="H8121" them|strong="H8121" 
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\verseNumber{10}Righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5518" rejoice|strong="H8055" when|strong="H3644" they|strong="H2962" see|strong="H7200" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H5971" being|strong="H1961" punished|strong="H6485" as|strong="H3644" they|strong="H2962" deserve|strong="H0376"; 
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they|strong="H2962" will|strong="H5518" wash|strong="H3526" their|strong="H3605" feet|strong="H7272" in|strong="H5518" the|strong="H2962" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H2416" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H3588"\+w*} people|strong="H1818" will|strong="H6662" say|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H3588" is|strong="H7563" true|strong="H0571" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H7563" a|strong="H3588" reward|strong="H7939" for|strong="H3588" righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H1818"; 
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and|strong="H1818" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H7563" indeed|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" who|strong="H6662" judges|strong="H8199" people|strong="H1818" justly|strong="H4941" here|strong="H6311" on|strong="H2372" the|strong="H3588" earth|strong="H0776"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David for the choir director, when Saul, wanting to kill David, sent men to watch David’s house }
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\chapterNumber{59}God|strong="H7971", save|strong="H8104" me|strong="H7971" from|strong="H7971" my|strong="H8104" enemies|strong="H0341"! 
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Protect|strong="H8104" me|strong="H7971" from|strong="H7971" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H8104" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H4191" attack|strong="H5221" me|strong="H7971"! 
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\verseNumber{2}Rescue|strong="H5337" me|strong="H5337" from|strong="H6965" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H6965" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H0369" wicked|strong="H7563", 
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men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H3117" murderers|strong="H2026"! 
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\verseNumber{3}Look|strong="H7200"! They|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1818" waiting|strong="H8104" to|strong="H1818" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H5337"! 
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Fierce|strong="H2740" men|strong="H0376" have|strong="H5337" gathered|strong="H6960" to|strong="H1818" assault|strong="H5061" me|strong="H5337". 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068", they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1818" doing|strong="H6466" that|strong="H1818" even|strong="H1571" though|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H5337" not|strong="H3467" done|strong="H6466" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H1818" wrong|strong="H6466"! 
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\verseNumber{4}It|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H5921" any|strong="H5315" sin|strong="H2403" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*} 
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do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H7200" be|strong="H5771" merciful|strong="H2603" to|strong="H7200" those|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wicked|strong="H7563"\+w* \+w people|strong="H7200"\+w*} who|strong="H7323" have|strong="H5771" ◄acted|strong="H6213" treacherously|strong="H0898" toward|strong="H7125"/secretly|strong="H5643" planned|strong="H3289" to|strong="H7200" harm|strong="H7463"► us|strong="H7200". 
(Think|strong="H7200" about|strong="H1097" that|strong="H7200"!) 
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\verseNumber{6}They|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" each|strong="H3605" evening|strong="H6153", 
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snarling like|strong="H3478" vicious|strong="H6530" dogs|strong="H3611" [SIM] as|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" prowl|strong="H7430" around|strong="H5439" this|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{7}They|strong="H3611" loudly|strong="H6963" say|strong="H7725" terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H1697"; 
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they|strong="H3611" say|strong="H7725" [MTY] many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w injure|strong="H7463"\+w* \+w people|strong="H6153"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1993"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] swords|strong="H2719" do|strong="H6213", 
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but|strong="H7725" they|strong="H3611" think|strong="H2803", “No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H5892" will|strong="H5892" [RHQ] hear|strong="H8085" us|strong="H7725"!” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David for the choir director, a psalm for teaching, to be sung using the tune ‘Lily of the Promise’. David wrote it during the wars in northern Syria, and Joab’s army, after returning from the battle, killed 12,000 of the Edom people-group in Salt Valley }
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\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David for the choir director, to be accompanied by musical instruments }
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(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588"!) 
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\verseNumber{7}Allow|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" rule|strong="H4428" forever|strong="H1755" while|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5921" observe|strong="H8104" us|strong="H5921"; 
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watch|strong="H8104" over|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921" while|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5921" faithfully|strong="H0571" love|strong="H0157" us|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4428" do|strong="H3254" for|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921" what|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" promised|strong="H1696". 
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\verseNumber{8}If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H6440" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3427", I|strong="H6440" will|strong="H2617" always|strong="H5769" sing|strong="H7891" to|strong="H6440" praise|strong="H5769" you|strong="H6440" [MTY] 
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while|strong="H3427" I|strong="H6440" offer|strong="H7126" to|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" each|strong="H0376" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" sacrifices|strong="H2077" that|strong="H3427" I|strong="H6440" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H6440" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David for Jeduthun, the choir leader }
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and|strong="H1732" he|strong="H1732" is|strong="H1732" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H0259" who|strong="H0834" saves|strong="H3467" me|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w my|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}, stop|strong="H3808" attacking|strong="H5221" me|strong="H3808" [RHQ]? 
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I|strong="H3808" feel|strong="H4184" that|strong="H1931" I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w useless|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w against|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w as|strong="H0834"\+w*} a|strong="H3808" wall|strong="H2346" that|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" about|strong="H5439" to|strong="H3808" fall|strong="H4131" over|strong="H5921" or|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3808" broken-down fence|strong="H1447" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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\verseNumber{4}My|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" plan|strong="H6098" to|strong="H5704" remove|strong="H5493" me|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" important|strong="H5704" position|strong="H3678" so|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" no|strong="H3605" longer|strong="H5750" honor|strong="H3519" me|strong="H5921". 
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They|strong="H5921" delight|strong="H2654" in|strong="H5921" telling|strong="H1696" lies|strong="H3577". 
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They|strong="H5921" bless|strong="H1288" people|strong="H5971" by|strong="H5921" what|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" say|strong="H0559" [MTY], 
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(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605"!) 
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\verseNumber{5}God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H6310" the|strong="H1288" only|strong="H0389" one|strong="H6310" who|strong="H0834" gives|strong="H5414" me|strong="H1288" peace|strong="H7965" in|strong="H7130" my|strong="H7130" inner|strong="H7130" being|strong="H1961"; 
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he|strong="H7130" is|strong="H6310" the|strong="H1288" one|strong="H6310" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H7613" confidently|strong="H2388" expect|strong="H6960" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w me|strong="H1288"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{7}God|strong="H6697" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H1931" saves|strong="H3467" me|strong="H3808" and|strong="H6697" honors|strong="H3513" me|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w my|strong="H5921"\+w*} people|strong="H5971", always|strong="H3605" trust|strong="H4268" in|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". 
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Tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" troubles|strong="H6869", 
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because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3519" ◄our|strong="H5921" refuge|strong="H4268"/the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H6697" who|strong="H6697" protects|strong="H6697" us|strong="H5921"► [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H5921" that|strong="H5921"!) 
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\verseNumber{10}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5927" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H1121" money|strong="H3701" gained|strong="H1214" by|strong="H5927" extorting it|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5927" others|strong="H1992"; 
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do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5927" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H5927" gain|strong="H1215" anything|strong="H1992" by|strong="H5927" robbing|strong="H6906" others|strong="H1992". 
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If|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5927" become|strong="H3162" very|strong="H1992" wealthy|strong="H1431", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5927" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H1121" [IDM] your|strong="H5927" money|strong="H3701". 
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\verseNumber{11}I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" heard|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" say|strong="H0559" more|strong="H3588" than|strong="H3588" once|strong="H6471" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3820" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w really|strong="H2088"\+w*} has|strong="H3820" power|strong="H2428", 
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He|strong="H3588" rewards|strong="H5023" every|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3588"\+w*} according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H8085" deeds|strong="H4611" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" do|strong="H8085". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David when he was in the desert in Judea }
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I|strong="H1961" greatly|strong="H3966" desire|strong="H8378" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H1732" you|strong="H1961" 
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like|strong="H1961" [SIL] a|strong="H1961" person|strong="H5315" in|strong="H1732" a|strong="H1961" dry|strong="H3004" hot|strong="H2552" desert|strong="H4057" greatly|strong="H3966" desires|strong="H0183" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w cool|strong="H6315"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H1097", I|strong="H5315" want|strong="H1097" to|strong="H4325" see|strong="H7200" you|strong="H5315" in|strong="H5315" your|strong="H5315" temple|strong="H1004"; 
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I|strong="H5315" want|strong="H1097" to|strong="H4325" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H5315" you|strong="H5315" are|strong="H4325" great|strong="H1419" and|strong="H4325" glorious|strong="H8597". 
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\verseNumber{3}Your|strong="H7200" constantly|strong="H8548" loving|strong="H0157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="H7200"\+w*} is|strong="H3651" ◄worth|strong="H1929" more|strong="H3651"/more|strong="H3651" precious|strong="H3368"► than|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H7200"\+w*} life|strong="H5315", 
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so|strong="H3651" I|strong="H3651" [MTY] will|strong="H5797" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w always|strong="H3605"\+w*} praise|strong="H1984" you|strong="H7200". 
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\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H2617" praise|strong="H7623" you|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" live|strong="H2416"; 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H2617" lift|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5927" my|strong="H3588" hands|strong="H3027" to|strong="H2896" you|strong="H3588" while|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" pray|strong="H6419". 
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\verseNumber{6}While|strong="H5315" I|strong="H5315" lie|strong="H7901" on|strong="H6310" my|strong="H5315" bed|strong="H4904", I|strong="H5315" think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H1984" you|strong="H3644". 
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I|strong="H5315" think|strong="H2803"/meditate|strong="H7878" about|strong="H1984" you|strong="H3644" all|strong="H6310" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H1984" night|strong="H3915", 
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\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H3588" cling|strong="H1692" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588"; 
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and|strong="H7442" with|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3588" hand|strong="H3027"/power|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3588" protect|strong="H8104" me|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3225" those|strong="H5315" who|strong="H5315" are|strong="H5315" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H5315" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H5315" 
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will|strong="H5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w die|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w and|strong="H5315"\+w*} descend|strong="H3381" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H8551" place|strong="H4725" of|strong="H5315" the|strong="H8551" dead|strong="H5315"; 
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\verseNumber{10}they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H5315" be|strong="H5315" killed|strong="H2026" in|strong="H5315" battles|strong="H4421" [MTY] 
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\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5921", the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}, will|strong="H1961" rejoice|strong="H8055" in|strong="H5921" what|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3027" has|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961"; 
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and|strong="H3027" all|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H0834" revere|strong="H3372" and|strong="H3027" trust|strong="H0982" God|strong="H3027" will|strong="H1961" praise|strong="H1984" him|strong="H5921", 
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but|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3027" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" allow|strong="H5414" liars|strong="H0907" to|strong="H1961" say|strong="H0559" anything|strong="H3605". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David for the choir director }
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\chapterNumber{64}God|strong="H0430", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1732" me|strong="H0413" as|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H0859" the|strong="H1732" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1732" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H1961" worried|strong="H1672" about|strong="H1732". 
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I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H4210" my|strong="H1732" enemies|strong="H0341"; so|strong="H3651" save|strong="H3467"/rescue|strong="H5337" me|strong="H0413" from|strong="H4480" them|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{2}Protect|strong="H5341" me|strong="H6963" from|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6963" wicked|strong="H7563" men|strong="H0376" are|strong="H3117" planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H8085" do|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" me|strong="H6963"; 
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protect|strong="H5341" me|strong="H6963" from|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085" gang of|strong="H6963" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H2416" do|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6963" is|strong="H6963" evil|strong="H7451". 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H2022" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H2022" forever|strong="H5769"! 
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He|strong="H0834" received|strong="H3947" gifts|strong="H6944" even|strong="H1571" from|strong="H7393" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H6944" rebelled|strong="H4784" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414", 
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and|strong="H7393" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H7393"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*} forever|strong="H5769". 
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\verseNumber{19}Praise|strong="H1984" the|strong="H3947" Lord|strong="H3050", who|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w helps|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5927"\+w*} carry|strong="H5927" our|strong="H3947" heavy|strong="H3513" loads|strong="H4853" every|strong="H3947" day|strong="H3117"; 
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he|strong="H4791" is|strong="H4791" the|strong="H3947" one|strong="H0259" who|strong="H0834" saves|strong="H3467"/rescues|strong="H5337" us|strong="H5927". 
(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H3947" that|strong="H5927"!) 
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\verseNumber{20}Our|strong="H1288" God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" God|strong="H0430" who|strong="H0834" saves|strong="H3467" us|strong="H3117"; 
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He|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068", our|strong="H1288" Lord|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3117" one|strong="H0259" who|strong="H0834" ◄allows|strong="H7617" us|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3117" escape|strong="H4422"/prevents us|strong="H3117"► from|strong="H3117" being|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2026" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w battles|strong="H4421"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3069" will|strong="H3069" smash|strong="H7665" the|strong="H3069" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4194" his|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341", 
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the|strong="H3069" skulls of|strong="H4194" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3069" behave|strong="H6213" sinfully|strong="H2399". 
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\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H1980" Lord|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H1980" will|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H1980" back|strong="H1980" the|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w corpses|strong="H6297"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w who|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w were|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1980"\+w*} Bashan|strong="H1316", 
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and|strong="H1980" I|strong="H1980" will|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H1980" back|strong="H1980" those|strong="H1980" who|strong="H1980" sank|strong="H2883" deep|strong="H8415" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H1980" ocean|strong="H5437" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w drowned|strong="H2883"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{23}I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3220" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H7725" in|strong="H7725" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H7725" you|strong="H7725" may|strong="H7725" wash|strong="H3526" your|strong="H7725" feet|strong="H7272" in|strong="H7725" their|strong="H7725" blood|strong="H1818", 
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You|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w march|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w like|strong="H7272"\+w*} a|strong="H4480" king|strong="H4616" does|strong="H6213", and|strong="H1818" a|strong="H4480" large|strong="H1419" crowd|strong="H1995" walks|strong="H1980" with|strong="H4480" you|strong="H4480". 
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\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H7200" singers|strong="H7891" are|strong="H4428" in|strong="H4428" front|strong="H6440", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H7200" who|strong="H4428" play|strong="H2181" stringed|strong="H4482" instruments|strong="H3627" are|strong="H4428" at|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7200" rear|strong="H3411", 
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and|strong="H4428" young|strong="H5288" women|strong="H0802" who|strong="H4428" are|strong="H4428" beating|strong="H8608" their|strong="H7200" tambourines|strong="H8596" are|strong="H4428" between|strong="H0996" them|strong="H7200". 
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praise|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068", all|strong="H3605" you|strong="H8432" who|strong="H7891" are|strong="H3117" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H8432" Jacob|strong="H3290"!” 
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and|strong="H3478" following|strong="H0310" them|strong="H1288" come|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3068" group|strong="H7235", 
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\verseNumber{28}God|strong="H0430", show|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H3063" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H8269" very|strong="H3966" powerful|strong="H2392"; 
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show|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971" the|strong="H8033" power|strong="H3027" with|strong="H8033" which|strong="H8033" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H3063" helped|strong="H5826" us|strong="H5414" previously|strong="H8543". 
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\verseNumber{29}Show|strong="H5810" that|strong="H2098" power|strong="H5797" from|strong="H6680" your|strong="H6680" temple|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5797" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", 
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rebuke|strong="H1606"/trample|strong="H7429" them|strong="H5921" until|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" bow|strong="H7198" down|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4428" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5921" gifts|strong="H7862" of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701". 
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Scatter|strong="H2219" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H4428" enjoy|strong="H7200" making|strong="H6213" wars|strong="H4421". 
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\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="H0227" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" bring|strong="H0935" gifts|strong="H4979" of|strong="H5971" bronze|strong="H5178" (OR|strong="H3701", of|strong="H5971" cloth|strong="H0899") to|strong="H5971" you|strong="H5971" from|strong="H2416" Egypt|strong="H4714"; 
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the|strong="H1605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H2654" Ethiopia|strong="H3568" will|strong="H5971" lift|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5971" hands|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w praise|strong="H1984"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5971"\+w*}. 
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Sing|strong="H7891" praises|strong="H2167" to|strong="H3027" the|strong="H4480" Lord|strong="H3068"! 
(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H4480" that|strong="H4480"!) 
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\verseNumber{33}Sing|strong="H7891" to|strong="H4467" the|strong="H2167" God|strong="H0430", the|strong="H2167" one|strong="H0259" who|strong="H7891" rides|strong="H7392" acoss the|strong="H2167" sky|strong="H8064", 
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Listen|strong="H8085" as|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" shouts|strong="H7440" with|strong="H7891" a|strong="H7891" very|strong="H3966" powerful|strong="H2392" voice|strong="H6963". 
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\verseNumber{34}Proclaim|strong="H7121" that|strong="H5414" God|strong="H5414" is|strong="H6963" very|strong="H3966" powerful|strong="H2392"; 
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he|strong="H5414" is|strong="H6963" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" that|strong="H5414" rules|strong="H4910" over|strong="H5414" Israel|strong="H8064", 
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he|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H5414" whom|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H0587"\+w*} Israeli people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}. 
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He|strong="H5414" makes|strong="H5414" [DOU] his|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" very|strong="H3966" powerful|strong="H2392". 
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Praise|strong="H1984" God|strong="H5414"! 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David for the choir director }
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\chapterNumber{69}O|strong="H3069" God|strong="H0430", save|strong="H3467" me|strong="H5921", 
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because|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w great|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w danger|strong="H7451"\+w*}. 
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I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5315" deep|strong="H8415" water|strong="H4325", 
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and|strong="H4325" flood|strong="H4325" waters|strong="H4325" are|strong="H4325" swirling|strong="H5437" around|strong="H5439" me|strong="H5315". 
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\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H1961" exhausted|strong="H6296" from|strong="H4325" calling|strong="H7121" out|strong="H4325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w*}; 
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my|strong="H8104" throat|strong="H1627" is|strong="H4325" very|strong="H3966" dry|strong="H3004". 
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Because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H4325" cried|strong="H7121" so|strong="H3651" much|strong="H7227" as|strong="H4325" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H4325" waited|strong="H3176" for|strong="H4325" God|strong="H0430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w me|strong="H4688"\+w*}, 
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my|strong="H8104" eyes|strong="H5869" are|strong="H4325" swollen. 
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and|strong="H5869" they|strong="H7121" tell|strong="H5046" lies|strong="H3577" about|strong="H5439" me|strong="H7121". 
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They|strong="H3478" have|strong="H3478" thoroughly|strong="H3190" humiliated|strong="H3637" [IDM] me|strong="H1245". 
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they|strong="H3588" treat|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6440" like|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3588" foreigner|strong="H5237". 
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they|strong="H3588" just|strong="H3512" insult|strong="H2781" me|strong="H5921". 
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they|strong="H5315" laugh|strong="H7832" at|strong="H1961" [IDM] me|strong="H5315". 
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\verseNumber{12}Even|strong="H1571" the|strong="H5414" elders|strong="H2205" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4912"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} say|strong="H0559" bad|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1961" about|strong="H1961" me|strong="H5414". 
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The|strong="H5414" drunkards|strong="H7910" of|strong="H4912" the|strong="H5414" city|strong="H5892" sing|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w disgusting|strong="H8441"\+w*} songs|strong="H7892" about|strong="H1961" me|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H7878" will|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w continue|strong="H3427"\+w*} praying|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3427" you|strong="H3427". 
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because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3427" faithfully|strong="H0571" love|strong="H0157" me|strong="H0413". 
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\verseNumber{14}Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6256" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H6030" to|strong="H3068" sink|strong="H2883" anymore|strong="H5750" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" mud|strong="H2916". 
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Rescue|strong="H5337" me|strong="H6030" from|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3068" hate|strong="H8130" me|strong="H6030"! 
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Lift|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6030" up|strong="H6030" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" these|strong="H0428" deep|strong="H8415" waters|strong="H4325"! 
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\verseNumber{15}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H4325" allow|strong="H5414" flood|strong="H4325" waters|strong="H4325" to|strong="H4325" swirl|strong="H2342" around|strong="H5439" me|strong="H8130", 
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do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H4325" allow|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5337" deep|strong="H4615" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w mud|strong="H2916"\+w*} to|strong="H4325" swallow|strong="H1104" me|strong="H8130"; 
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\verseNumber{16}O|strong="H3069" Yahweh|strong="H3068", answer|strong="H6030" my|strong="H5921" prayer|strong="H8605" and|strong="H4325" help|strong="H5826" me|strong="H5921" 
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because|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H4325" good|strong="H2896" and|strong="H4325" love|strong="H0157" me|strong="H5921" faithfully|strong="H0571". 
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\verseNumber{17}Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" ◄hide|strong="H5641" yourself|strong="H0859" from|strong="H3068"/refuse|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" hear|strong="H6030"► me|strong="H6030"; 
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answer|strong="H6030" me|strong="H6030" quickly|strong="H4116" 
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because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" great|strong="H7230" trouble|strong="H6869". 
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\verseNumber{18}Come|strong="H0935" near|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440" and|strong="H6030" save|strong="H3467" me|strong="H6440"; 
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rescue|strong="H5337" me|strong="H6440" from|strong="H6440" my|strong="H5641" enemies|strong="H6887". 
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\verseNumber{19}You|strong="H7126" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H5315" I|strong="H5315" am|strong="H1961" insulted|strong="H3637" 
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and|strong="H7126" that|strong="H5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w cause|strong="H2600"\+w*} me|strong="H5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w feel|strong="H4184"\+w*} ashamed|strong="H0954" and|strong="H7126" dishonored|strong="H3637"; 
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\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Their|strong="H3605"\+w*} insults|strong="H3639" have|strong="H3045" deeply|strong="H6009" offended|strong="H2398" me|strong="H5048", 
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but|strong="H3605" there|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3605" no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605". 
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I|strong="H3045" wanted|strong="H2654" someone|strong="H0376" to|strong="H3045" encourage|strong="H2388"/comfort|strong="H5162" me|strong="H5048", 
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but|strong="H3605" there|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3605" none|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{21}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Instead|strong="H3808"\+w*}, they|strong="H3808" gave|strong="H5414" me|strong="H4672" food|strong="H3899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w tasted|strong="H2938"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3808"\+w*} poison|strong="H2534", 
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and|strong="H3820" when|strong="H4672" I|strong="H3808" was|strong="H3820" thirsty|strong="H6771", they|strong="H3808" gave|strong="H5414" me|strong="H4672" sour|strong="H1155" wine|strong="H3196" to|strong="H3820" drink|strong="H8354". 
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\verseNumber{23}I|strong="H6440" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H1961" their|strong="H6440" eyesight|strong="H5869" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" dim|strong="H3544" so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1961" they|strong="H6440" cannot|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" anything|strong="H3605", 
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and|strong="H6440" that|strong="H1961" their|strong="H6440" backs|strong="H6203"/bodies|strong="H6297" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" weaker|strong="H1800" and|strong="H6440" weaker|strong="H1800". 
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\verseNumber{24}Show|strong="H7200" them|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" you|strong="H7200" are|strong="H5869" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H5869" them|strong="H7200"! 
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Because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H5869" your|strong="H7200" great|strong="H1419"/furious|strong="H2534" anger|strong="H0639", chase|strong="H7291" after|strong="H7200" them|strong="H7200" and|strong="H5869" catch|strong="H3920" them|strong="H7200". 
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\verseNumber{25}Cause|strong="H2600" their|strong="H5921" towns|strong="H1323" to|strong="H5921" become|strong="H1961" abandoned|strong="H5800"/deserted|strong="H5307" 
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and|strong="H5921" that|strong="H5921" there|strong="H8033" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H2195" no|strong="H8210" one|strong="H0259" left|strong="H7604" to|strong="H5921" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" tents|strong="H0168"/houses|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{26}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w this|strong="H1961"\+w*} because|strong="H8074" they|strong="H1992" persecute|strong="H7291" those|strong="H3427" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" punished|strong="H6485", 
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\verseNumber{27}Keep|strong="H8104" making|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3588" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3588" sins|strong="H2403", 
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do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" acquit|strong="H5352"/pardon|strong="H5545" them|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w evil|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{28}Erase their|strong="H5414" names|strong="H8034" [SYN] from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" book|strong="H5612" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w containing|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w names|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w those|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w have|strong="H5771"\+w* \+w eternal|strong="H5769"\+w*} life|strong="H5315"; 
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\verseNumber{29}As|strong="H5973" for|strong="H2416" me|strong="H5973", I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H5973" pain|strong="H4341" and|strong="H6662" am|strong="H1961" suffering|strong="H6040". 
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O|strong="H3069" God|strong="H0430", protect|strong="H8104" me|strong="H5973" and|strong="H6662" rescue|strong="H5337" me|strong="H5973". 
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\verseNumber{30}When|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" does|strong="H6213" that|strong="H6041", I|strong="H3444" will|strong="H3444" sing|strong="H7891" as|strong="H0834" I|strong="H3444" praise|strong="H1984" God|strong="H0430", 
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and|strong="H6041" I|strong="H3444" will|strong="H3444" honor|strong="H3519" him|strong="H3510" by|strong="H0801" thanking|strong="H3034" him|strong="H3510". 
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\verseNumber{32}Oppressed|strong="H6231"/Afflicted|strong="H6041" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w rescued|strong="H5337"\+w* \+w me|strong="H0413"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" glad|strong="H3190". 
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I|strong="H3068" want|strong="H4270" all|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3190" who|strong="H3068" ask|strong="H7592" God|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3190"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" encouraged|strong="H2388". 
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\verseNumber{33}Yahweh|strong="H3068" listens|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3824" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H3824" needy|strong="H0034"; 
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He|strong="H7200" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H7200" ignore|strong="H5641"/forget|strong="H7911" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H3824" oppressed|strong="H6231"/imprisoned|strong="H0631". 
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\verseNumber{34}I|strong="H3588" desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3588" everything|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3068"— 
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everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3068" earth|strong="H0776", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" seas|strong="H3220". 
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\verseNumber{35}God|strong="H8064" will|strong="H8064" rescue|strong="H5337" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3605" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H8064"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H8064" he|strong="H3605" will|strong="H8064" rebuild|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H1323" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H8064" in|strong="H3220" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{36}The|strong="H3588" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3427" his|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3427" will|strong="H5892" inherit|strong="H3423" it|strong="H3588", 
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and|strong="H3063" those|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" love|strong="H0157" him|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5892" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w safely|strong="H0983"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David for the choir director, asking God to help David }
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\chapterNumber{70}God|strong="H0430", please|strong="H4994" save|strong="H3467" me|strong="H2142"! 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068", come|strong="H2142" quickly|strong="H4116" to|strong="H1732" help|strong="H5826" me|strong="H2142"! 
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\verseNumber{2}Humble|strong="H6035" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" happy|strong="H0835" about|strong="H5439" my|strong="H3068" troubles|strong="H6869"/difficulties, and|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H5337" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" disgraced|strong="H0954"/ashamed|strong="H0954". 
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Chase|strong="H7291" away|strong="H5337" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H5337". 
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\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H5315" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H5315" that|strong="H5315" you|strong="H5315" will|strong="H5315" cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1245" become|strong="H1961" dismayed|strong="H2865" and|strong="H5315" ashamed|strong="H3637" 
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I|strong="H5921" want|strong="H4270" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H0834" love|strong="H0157" you|strong="H5921" because|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" saved|strong="H3467" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7725" shout|strong="H7321" repeatedly|strong="H7725" [HYP], 
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“God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H0369" great|strong="H1419"!” 
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\verseNumber{5}As|strong="H3605" for|strong="H1245" me|strong="H1245", I|strong="H3605" am|strong="H1961" poor|strong="H6041" and|strong="H8055" needy|strong="H0034" [DOU]; 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1245" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" saves|strong="H3467" and|strong="H8055" helps|strong="H5826" me|strong="H1245", 
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\chapterNumber{71}Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5769" to|strong="H3068" ◄get|strong="H3947" refuge|strong="H2620"/be|strong="H3068" protected|strong="H3467"►; 
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never|strong="H5769" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5769" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" ashamed|strong="H0954" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w being|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w defeated|strong="H5221"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{2}Because|strong="H5186" you|strong="H3467" always|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H6666" right|strong="H6666", help|strong="H3467" me|strong="H5337" and|strong="H6666" rescue|strong="H5337" me|strong="H5337"; 
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listen|strong="H5186" to|strong="H5186" me|strong="H5337", and|strong="H6666" save|strong="H3467" me|strong="H5337"! 
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You|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w continually|strong="H8548"\+w*} command|strong="H6680" (OR|strong="H6680", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Continually|strong="H8548"\+w*} command|strong="H6680") \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w angels|strong="H4397"\+w*} to|strong="H1961" rescue|strong="H3467" me|strong="H3467". 
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\verseNumber{4}God|strong="H3027", rescue|strong="H6403" me|strong="H3027" from|strong="H3027" wicked|strong="H7563" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3709"\+w*}, 
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from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" power|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" unjust|strong="H5766" and|strong="H3027" evil|strong="H7563" men|strong="H7563". 
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I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" trusted|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" since|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H8615" young|strong="H5288". 
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\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5921" depended|strong="H5027" on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" life|strong="H5315"; 
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you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5921" taken|strong="H3947" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" [IDM] since|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3068" born|strong="H3205", 
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\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H3117" praise|strong="H8416" you|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117", 
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and|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" proclaim|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3117" glorious|strong="H8597"/wonderful|strong="H6381". 
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\verseNumber{9}Now|strong="H6256", when|strong="H6256" I|strong="H6256" have|strong="H6256" become|strong="H1961" an|strong="H3615" old|strong="H2209" man|strong="H0376", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6256" reject|strong="H5800"/abandon|strong="H5800" me|strong="H7993"; 
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do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6256" abandon|strong="H5800" me|strong="H7993" now|strong="H6256", when|strong="H6256" I|strong="H6256" am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H6256" strong|strong="H3581" anymore|strong="H5750". 
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\verseNumber{11}They|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5337"\+w*}, “God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H3588" abandoned|strong="H5800" him|strong="H7291"; 
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so|strong="H3588" now|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" can|strong="H4310" pursue|strong="H7291" him|strong="H7291" and|strong="H7291" seize|strong="H8610" him|strong="H7291", 
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because|strong="H3588" there|strong="H5800" is|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5800" rescue|strong="H5337" him|strong="H7291".” 
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\verseNumber{12}God|strong="H0430", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H4480" stay|strong="H3427" far|strong="H7368" away|strong="H7368" from|strong="H4480" me|strong="H4480"; 
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hurry|strong="H4116" to|strong="H4480" help|strong="H5833" me|strong="H4480"! 
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\verseNumber{13}Cause|strong="H2600" those|strong="H5315" who|strong="H5315" ◄accuse|strong="H7853" me|strong="H5315"/say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H5315" I|strong="H5315" have|strong="H7451" done|strong="H3615" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H5315" are|strong="H5315" wrong|strong="H7451"► to|strong="H1245" be|strong="H5315" defeated|strong="H5221" and|strong="H5315" destroyed|strong="H3615"; 
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cause|strong="H2600" those|strong="H5315" who|strong="H5315" want|strong="H1245" to|strong="H1245" harm|strong="H7451" me|strong="H5315" to|strong="H1245" be|strong="H5315" shamed|strong="H0954" and|strong="H5315" disgraced|strong="H3639". 
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and|strong="H3254" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3254" praise|strong="H8416" you|strong="H3605" more|strong="H3254" and|strong="H3254" more|strong="H3254". 
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\verseNumber{15}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5608" people|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3605" what|strong="H3045" is|strong="H3117" right|strong="H6666"; 
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all|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5608" people|strong="H3808" how|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3045" saved|strong="H3467" me|strong="H3808", 
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although|strong="H3588" what|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3045" done|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3117" more|strong="H3808" than|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3588" can|strong="H3045" fully|strong="H4390" understand|strong="H3045". 
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\verseNumber{16}Yahweh|strong="H3068", my|strong="H2142" Lord|strong="H3069", I|strong="H2142" will|strong="H3069" praise|strong="H1984" you|strong="H2142" for|strong="H1369" your|strong="H2142" mighty|strong="H1369" deeds|strong="H6666"; 
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I|strong="H2142" will|strong="H3069" proclaim|strong="H7121" that|strong="H2142" only|strong="H0389" you|strong="H2142" always|strong="H3605" act|strong="H6213" justly|strong="H4941". 
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\verseNumber{17}God|strong="H0430", you|strong="H5704" have|strong="H1961" taught|strong="H3925" me|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H5704"\+w*/\+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w things|strong="H6381"\+w*} ever|strong="H5769" since|strong="H2008" I|strong="H5704" was|strong="H3068" young|strong="H5288", 
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and|strong="H5046" I|strong="H5704" still|strong="H5704" tell|strong="H5046" people|strong="H5971" about|strong="H5439" your|strong="H5046" wonderful|strong="H6381" deeds|strong="H6381". 
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\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H1571" now|strong="H1571", God|strong="H0430", when|strong="H5704" I|strong="H5704" am|strong="H1961" old|strong="H2209" and|strong="H1571" my|strong="H3605" hair|strong="H7872" is|strong="H1571" gray|strong="H7872", 
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do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H1571" abandon|strong="H5800" me|strong="H5046". 
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\verseNumber{19}God|strong="H4310", you|strong="H5704" do|strong="H6213" many|strong="H5704" righteous|strong="H6666" deeds|strong="H6666"; 
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You|strong="H5704" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" great|strong="H1419" things|strong="H1419"; 
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there|strong="H5704" is|strong="H4310" no|strong="H6213" one|strong="H6213" like|strong="H3644" you|strong="H5704" [RHQ]. 
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\verseNumber{20}You|strong="H7725" have|strong="H7200" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" have|strong="H7200" many|strong="H7227" troubles|strong="H6869" and|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" suffer|strong="H5414" much|strong="H7227", 
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when|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" am|strong="H1961" almost|strong="H4592" dead|strong="H7227" [HYP], you|strong="H7725" will|strong="H7227" keep|strong="H2421" me|strong="H7725" alive|strong="H2421". 
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\verseNumber{21}You|strong="H7235" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" me|strong="H5437" to|strong="H5437" be|strong="H1961" greatly|strong="H7235" honored|strong="H3513" 
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and|strong="H5437" you|strong="H7235" will|strong="H3068" encourage|strong="H2388"/comfort|strong="H5162" me|strong="H5437" again|strong="H5437". 
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\verseNumber{23}I|strong="H3588" [SYN] will|strong="H5315" shout|strong="H7442" joyfully|strong="H7442" while|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" play|strong="H2181" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w harp|strong="H3658"\+w*} for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588"; 
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with|strong="H5315" my|strong="H6299" entire|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H6442" being|strong="H5315" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5315" sing|strong="H2167" 
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because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H8193" rescued|strong="H6299" me|strong="H5315". 
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\verseNumber{24}All|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1571" tell|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1571" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" act|strong="H6213" righteously|strong="H6666", 
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because|strong="H3588" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" wanted|strong="H1245" to|strong="H3117" harm|strong="H7451" me|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1571" have|strong="H1571" been|strong="H3605" defeated|strong="H5221" and|strong="H3117" disgraced|strong="H2659". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A prayer for God to bless the king }
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\verseNumber{19}Praise|strong="H1288" him|strong="H3605" forever|strong="H5769"! 
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I|strong="H3605" desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3605" ◄his|strong="H3605" glory|strong="H3519" will|strong="H8034" fill|strong="H4390" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" world|strong="H5769"/people|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H5769" may|strong="H3519" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" is|strong="H8034" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H1419"► [MTY]! 
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Amen|strong="H0543"! May|strong="H3519" it|strong="H8034" be|strong="H5769" so|strong="H3651"! 
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\verseNumber{20}That|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1732" end|strong="H3615" of|strong="H1121" this|strong="H1732" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" prayers|strong="H8605"/songs|strong="H7892" written|strong="H3789" by|strong="H3615" David|strong="H1732", the|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448". 

\BibleMainSectionHeading{Book Three }

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by Asaph }
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to|strong="H3478" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3478" totally|strong="H3605" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3478" God|strong="H0430" desires|strong="H0183". 
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\verseNumber{2}As|strong="H7272" for|strong="H7272" me|strong="H0413", I|strong="H0589" almost|strong="H4592" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stopped|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w trusting|strong="H0982"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4592"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{7}From|strong="H3318" their|strong="H3318" inner|strong="H6442" beings|strong="H2421" they|strong="H3318" ◄pour|strong="H8210" out|strong="H3318"/do|strong="H5869"► evil|strong="H7451" deeds|strong="H4611", 
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\verseNumber{19}They|strong="H7281" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H8552" instantly|strong="H7281"; 
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and|strong="H3824" brokenhearted|strong="H7665", 
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and|strong="H3045" I|strong="H3045" behaved|strong="H7737" like|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" animal|strong="H1961" toward|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3045". 
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and|strong="H3027" you|strong="H5973" hold|strong="H2388" my|strong="H3027" hand|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{26}My|strong="H3615" body|strong="H7607" and|strong="H5769" my|strong="H3615" mind|strong="H3824" may|strong="H3824" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" weak|strong="H2470", 
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but|strong="H3588" God|strong="H6697", you|strong="H3615" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3824" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H3615" to|strong="H3824" be|strong="H5769" strong|strong="H6697"; 
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I|strong="H6697" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3824" you|strong="H3615" forever|strong="H5769". 
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\verseNumber{27}Those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" remain|strong="H3427" far|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3588" be|strong="H4480" destroyed|strong="H6789"; 
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you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3588" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H4480" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" abandon|strong="H5800" you|strong="H3588". 
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and|strong="H2896" to|strong="H2896" be|strong="H4399" protected|strong="H3467" by|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068", 
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and|strong="H2896" to|strong="H2896" proclaim|strong="H5608" to|strong="H2896" others|strong="H0312" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3605" done|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7896"\+w*}. 

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\chapterNumber{74}God|strong="H0430", why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H6629" you|strong="H4100" abandoned|strong="H5800"/rejected|strong="H2186" us|strong="H6629"? 
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Will|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" keep|strong="H8104" rejecting us|strong="H6629" forever|strong="H5331" [RHQ]? 
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Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" angry|strong="H6225" with|strong="H6629" us|strong="H6629", 
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since|strong="H3588" we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H4100" like|strong="H6629" sheep|strong="H6629" in|strong="H6629" your|strong="H4100" pasture|strong="H4830" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6629"\+w* \+w you|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w are|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w like|strong="H6629"\+w* \+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w shepherd|strong="H7462"\+w*}? [MET|strong="H6298", RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{2}Do|strong="H6726" not|strong="H2088" forget|strong="H7911" your|strong="H2142" people|strong="H5712" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H2022" chose|strong="H0977" long|strong="H2022" ago|strong="H6924", 
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Do|strong="H6726" not|strong="H2088" forget|strong="H7911" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", which|strong="H2088" was|strong="H2088" ◄your|strong="H2142" home|strong="H1004"/where|strong="H2088" you|strong="H2022" dwelt|strong="H7931"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H7931"\+w* \+w this|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w earth|strong="H0776"\+w*}. 
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our|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" have|strong="H3605" destroyed|strong="H7489" everything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H6471" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" temple|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{4}Your|strong="H7760" enemies|strong="H6887" shouted|strong="H7321" triumphantly|strong="H5970" in|strong="H7130" this|strong="H7760" sacred|strong="H6944" place|strong="H7760"; 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H6258" they|strong="H6258" smashed|strong="H7665" all|strong="H3162" the|strong="H6258" carved|strong="H6603" wood|strong="H6086" with|strong="H1986" their|strong="H6258" axes|strong="H3781" and|strong="H6258" hammers|strong="H3597". 
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\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H7971"\+w*} they|strong="H2490" burned|strong="H7971" your|strong="H7971" temple|strong="H4720" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" ground|strong="H0776"; 
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they|strong="H2490" caused|strong="H5414" that|strong="H7971" place|strong="H4908" where|strong="H4908" you|strong="H7971" were|strong="H8034" worshiped|strong="H7812" to|strong="H7971" be|strong="H8034" unfit for|strong="H8034" people|strong="H2490" to|strong="H7971" worship|strong="H7812" in|strong="H8034". 
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\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H3605" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3820" themselves|strong="H0905", “We|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3820" destroy|strong="H3238" the|strong="H3605" Israelis completely|strong="H3605",” 
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\verseNumber{9}All|strong="H7200" our|strong="H7200" sacred|strong="H6944" symbols|strong="H2903" (OR|strong="H3808", miracles|strong="H6381") are|strong="H4100" gone|strong="H3808"; 
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there|strong="H3045" are|strong="H4100" no|strong="H3808" prophets|strong="H5030" now|strong="H6258"/anymore|strong="H5750", 
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\verseNumber{10}God|strong="H0430", how|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5704" our|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H6862" make|strong="H8034" fun of|strong="H8034" you|strong="H5704" [RHQ]? 
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Will|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5704" insult|strong="H2778" you|strong="H5704" [MTY] forever|strong="H5704" [RHQ]? 
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\verseNumber{11}Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H7725" refuse|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" help|strong="H5826" [MTY, RHQ] us|strong="H7725"? 
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Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H7725" keep|strong="H8104" your|strong="H7725" hand|strong="H3027" inside|strong="H3027" your|strong="H7725" cloak|strong="H8008" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w instead|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w using|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w destroy|strong="H3615"\+w* \+w our|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H3027"\+w*} [RHQ]? 
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\verseNumber{15}You|strong="H0859" caused|strong="H5414" springs|strong="H4599" and|strong="H5158" streams|strong="H5158" to|strong="H5104" flow|strong="H1980", 
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\verseNumber{16}You|strong="H3117" created|strong="H1254" the|strong="H3117" days|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" nights|strong="H3915", 
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and|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" put|strong="H3559" the|strong="H3117" sun|strong="H8121" and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" moon|strong="H3394" in|strong="H3117" their|strong="H3559" places|strong="H1116". 
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\verseNumber{17}You|strong="H3605" determined|strong="H2782" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" oceans|strong="H2342" end|strong="H7093" and|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" begins|strong="H0935", 
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\verseNumber{18}Yahweh|strong="H3068", do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5971" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H5971" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" laugh|strong="H7832" at|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5971", 
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and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H5971" it|strong="H8034" is|strong="H3068" foolish|strong="H5036" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" despise|strong="H5006" you|strong="H5971" [MTY]. 
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\verseNumber{19}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5414" let|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" helpless|strong="H1800" people|strong="H5315" [MET|strong="H6298"] fall|strong="H5307" into|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H5315" their|strong="H5414" cruel|strong="H0394" enemies|strong="H0341"; 
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do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5414" forget|strong="H7911" your|strong="H5414" suffering|strong="H6040"/persecuted|strong="H7291" people|strong="H5315". 
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\verseNumber{20}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" forget|strong="H7911" the|strong="H3588" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" made|strong="H6213" with|strong="H4390" us|strong="H3588"; 
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remember|strong="H5027" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" are|strong="H4390" violent|strong="H2555" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3588" every|strong="H4390" dark|strong="H4285" place|strong="H4285" on|strong="H5027" the|strong="H3588" earth|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{21}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H7725" allow|strong="H5414" your|strong="H7725" oppressed|strong="H6041" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H8034" disgraced|strong="H3637"; 
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help|strong="H5826" those|strong="H1992" poor|strong="H6041" and|strong="H7725" needy|strong="H6041" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H7725" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H7725" they|strong="H6041" will|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*} praise|strong="H1984" you|strong="H7725" [MTY]. 
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\verseNumber{22}God|strong="H0430", arise|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" defend|strong="H7379" yourself|strong="H0859" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w defending|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}! 
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Do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H6965" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H3605" foolish|strong="H5036" people|strong="H5971" laugh|strong="H7832" at|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3605" ◄all|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117"/continually|strong="H3605"►! 
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\verseNumber{23}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5927" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H5927" your|strong="H7911" enemies|strong="H6887" shout|strong="H6963" angrily|strong="H2195" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6963"\+w*}; 
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the|strong="H5927" uproar|strong="H7588" that|strong="H5927" they|strong="H7911" make|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w they|strong="H7911"\+w* \+w oppose|strong="H7853"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6963"\+w*} never|strong="H8548" stops|strong="H0331". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by Asaph for the choir director, to be sung using the tune ‘Do not destroy’ }
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\chapterNumber{75}We|strong="H0587" give|strong="H5414" thanks|strong="H3034" to|strong="H7892" you|strong="H0859"; 
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our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", we|strong="H0587" thank|strong="H3034" you|strong="H0859". 
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You|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3117" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H7892" us|strong="H5414", 
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and|strong="H3967" we|strong="H0587" proclaim|strong="H7121" to|strong="H7892" others|strong="H0312" the|strong="H5329" wonderful|strong="H6381" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 
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and|strong="H3034" I|strong="H8034" will|strong="H8034" judge|strong="H8199" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w everyone|strong="H3605"\+w*} fairly|strong="H6664". 
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\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" earth|strong="H0776" shakes|strong="H7493" 
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and|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3588" creatures|strong="H2416" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3588" earth|strong="H0776" tremble|strong="H7264", 
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I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3588" ◄keep|strong="H3947" its|strong="H3588" foundations|strong="H4144" steady|strong="H0530"/prevent|strong="H6923" it|strong="H3588" from|strong="H3947" being|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H4229"►. 
(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H3947" that|strong="H3588"!) 
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\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H3605" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3427" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3605" ◄boast|strong="H1984"/talk|strong="H1696" proudly|strong="H2102" about|strong="H3605" themselves|strong="H0905"►, ‘Stop|strong="H2308" bragging!’ 
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and|strong="H3427" I|strong="H3605" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3427" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H3427", ‘Do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" proudly|strong="H2102" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3427"\+w*} show|strong="H7200" how|strong="H4100" great|strong="H1419" you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3117" [IDM]! 
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\verseNumber{5}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H7563" arrogant|strong="H1984", 
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and|strong="H7311" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" speak|strong="H1696" so|strong="H7311" boastfully!’” 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H1696" one|strong="H7311" who|strong="H0834" judges|strong="H8199" people|strong="H1696" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1696" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H1696" east|strong="H6921" or|strong="H0176" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H1696" west|strong="H3220", 
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and|strong="H1696" he|strong="H1696" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1696" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H1696" desert|strong="H6160". 
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\verseNumber{7}God|strong="H3808" is|strong="H4161" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3588" judges|strong="H8199" people|strong="H3808"; 
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he|strong="H3588" says|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" some|strong="H4480" have|strong="H3588" sinned|strong="H2398" and|strong="H4057" must|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" punished|strong="H6485", and|strong="H4057" that|strong="H3588" others|strong="H0312" have|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3588" is|strong="H4161" wrong|strong="H7451". 
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it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2088" filled|strong="H4390" with|strong="H8199" wine|strong="H3196" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w has|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w spices|strong="H1314"\+w*} mixed|strong="H1101" in|strong="H2088" it|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w cause|strong="H2600"\+w* \+w those|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w who|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w drink|strong="H8354"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w become|strong="H7311"\+w* \+w more|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w drunk|strong="H8354"\+w*}; 
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and|strong="H2088" when|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" pours|strong="H8210" it|strong="H3588" out|strong="H3318", he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H2088" force|strong="H2394" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3588" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3588" drink|strong="H8354" it|strong="H3588"; 
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they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H2088" drink|strong="H8354" every|strong="H3588" drop|strong="H5197" of|strong="H8199" it|strong="H3588", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w give|strong="H7311"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w punishment|strong="H5771"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w deserve|strong="H0376"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w me|strong="H3027"\+w*}, I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H2308" saying|strong="H0559" what|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H3588" Jacob|strong="H3290" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H3027"\+w*}; 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" quit|strong="H5355" singing|strong="H7440" to|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H3588" him|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{10}He|strong="H3290" will|strong="H3290" destroy|strong="H7843" the|strong="H5046" power|strong="H3027" [IDM] of|strong="H5046" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H5971", 
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but|strong="H3290" he|strong="H3290" will|strong="H3290" cause|strong="H2600" righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5046" become|strong="H1961" more|strong="H5769" powerful|strong="H2392". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by Asaph for the choir director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments }
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\chapterNumber{76}People|strong="H5971" in|strong="H0935" Judah|strong="H3063" know|strong="H3045" God|strong="H0430"; 
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the|strong="H5329" Israeli people|strong="H5971" honor|strong="H3519" him|strong="H5414" [MTY]. 
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\verseNumber{2}His|strong="H3045" home|strong="H8034" is|strong="H8034" in|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"; 
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he|strong="H3478" lives|strong="H5315" on|strong="H3045" Zion|strong="H6726" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Hill|strong="H2022"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{3}There|strong="H1961" he|strong="H0834" broke|strong="H7665" the|strong="H1961" flaming|strong="H3852" arrows|strong="H2671" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w* \+w shot|strong="H3384"\+w*}, 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6726"\+w* \+w he|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w also|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w broke|strong="H7665"\+w*} their|strong="H1961" shields|strong="H4043" and|strong="H6726" swords|strong="H2719" and|strong="H6726" other|strong="H0312" weapons|strong="H3627" that|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" used|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1961" battles|strong="H4421". 
(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1961"!) 
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\verseNumber{4}God|strong="H0430", you|strong="H7665" are|strong="H4421" glorious|strong="H8597"! 
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You|strong="H7665" are|strong="H4421" like|strong="H4043" a|strong="H8033" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7665"\+w* \+w return|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w from|strong="H8033"\+w*} the|strong="H7665" mountains|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7665"\+w* \+w defeated|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w your|strong="H7665"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}Their|strong="H2964" brave|strong="H2428" soldiers|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H2042"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w then|strong="H0227"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*} took|strong="H3947" away|strong="H5493" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" those|strong="H1992" soldiers|strong="H5650" had|strong="H3068". 
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Those|strong="H1992" enemies|strong="H0341" died|strong="H4191" [EUP], 
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\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3605", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3808" whom|strong="H0834" Jacob|strong="H3290" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}, rebuked|strong="H1605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H3027"\+w*}, 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w*} horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H3027" their|strong="H3605" riders|strong="H7392" fell|strong="H5307" down|strong="H3027" dead|strong="H4191". 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H7290" you|strong="H0859" cause|strong="H2600" everyone|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3290" be|strong="H3290" afraid|strong="H3372". 
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When|strong="H3290" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H5483" angry|strong="H2734" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7393"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}, no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0259" can|strong="H4310" [RHQ] endure|strong="H5975" it|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{8}From|strong="H6440" heaven|strong="H8064" you|strong="H6440" proclaimed|strong="H7121" that|strong="H4310" you|strong="H6440" would|strong="H4310" judge|strong="H8199" people|strong="H5971", 
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\verseNumber{9}when|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3372" arose|strong="H6965" to|strong="H8085" declare|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3372" would|strong="H0014" punish|strong="H6485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wicked|strong="H7563"\+w* \+w people|strong="H8085"\+w*} 
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and|strong="H8064" rescue|strong="H5337" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H8085" whom|strong="H0834" they|strong="H8085" had|strong="H8252" oppressed|strong="H6231". 
(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085"!) 
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\verseNumber{10}When|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3605"\+w*} with|strong="H4941" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H4941" angry|strong="H2734", your|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H6035" praise|strong="H1984" you|strong="H3605", 
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and|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H6965"\+w*} who|strong="H3605" ◄survive|strong="H6965"/are|strong="H4941" not|strong="H6965" killed|strong="H2026"► will|strong="H6035" worship|strong="H7812" you|strong="H3605" on|strong="H6965" your|strong="H3605" festival|strong="H2282" days|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3588"\+w*} give|strong="H3034" to|strong="H2534" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" offerings|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H2534" give|strong="H3034" to|strong="H2534" him|strong="H3588"; 
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all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H7611" nearby|strong="H7138" people-groups should|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3588" bring|strong="H0935" gifts|strong="H4979" to|strong="H2534" him|strong="H3588", the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2534" awesome|strong="H3372". 
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\verseNumber{12}He|strong="H3068" humbles|strong="H8213" [IDM] princes|strong="H8269", 
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and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H3068"\+w*} causes|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w great|strong="H1419"\+w*} kings|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" terrified|strong="H0926". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by Asaph for Jeduthun, the choir director }
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\chapterNumber{77}I|strong="H5921" cry|strong="H7121" out|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430"; 
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I|strong="H5921" cry|strong="H7121" aloud|strong="H7442" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H5921" he|strong="H5921" hears|strong="H8085" me|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{2}Whenever|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" trouble|strong="H6869", I|strong="H6963" pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H6963" the|strong="H6963" Lord|strong="H3068"; 
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all|strong="H6817" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6963" night|strong="H3915" I|strong="H6963" lift|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5927" my|strong="H6963" hands|strong="H3027" while|strong="H5704" I|strong="H6963" pray|strong="H6419", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H3588"\+w*} nothing|strong="H3808" causes|strong="H5414" me|strong="H6963" to|strong="H6963" be|strong="H6963" comforted|strong="H5162". 
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\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" think|strong="H5162" about|strong="H3117" God|strong="H3808", I|strong="H3117" ◄despair|strong="H2976"/think|strong="H5162" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" will|strong="H5315" never|strong="H3808" help|strong="H5826" me|strong="H5315"►; 
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when|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" meditate|strong="H7878" about|strong="H3117" him|strong="H3027", I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H5162" discouraged|strong="H7503". 
(Think|strong="H5162" about|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117"!) 
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I|strong="H7878" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" worried|strong="H1672", with|strong="H5848" the|strong="H2142" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H2142" I|strong="H7878" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H2142" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H2142" to|strong="H7307" say|strong="H0559". 
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\verseNumber{5}I|strong="H3808" think|strong="H5869" about|strong="H1696" days|strong="H3117" that|strong="H5869" have|strong="H5869" passed|strong="H1696"; 
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I|strong="H3808" remember|strong="H2142" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1696"\+w*} previous|strong="H7223" years|strong="H8141". 
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\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H3117" spend|strong="H3885" the|strong="H3117" whole|strong="H3117" night|strong="H3915" thinking|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w things|strong="H6924"\+w*}; 
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I|strong="H3117" meditate|strong="H7878", and|strong="H3117" this|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3117" ask|strong="H7592" myself|strong="H0589": 
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\verseNumber{7}“Will|strong="H7307" the|strong="H2142" Lord|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" reject|strong="H3988" us|strong="H2142"? 
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Will|strong="H7307" he|strong="H7307" never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H7725" be|strong="H7307" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H2142"? 
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\verseNumber{8}Has|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3808" stopped|strong="H5975" faithfully|strong="H0571" loving|strong="H0157" us|strong="H2186"? 
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Will|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3254" for|strong="H2186" us|strong="H2186" what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H3808" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3254" do|strong="H3254"? 
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\verseNumber{9}God|strong="H0430" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1755" be|strong="H5331" merciful|strong="H2617" to|strong="H1755" us|strong="H5414"; has|strong="H5331" he|strong="H0834" forgotten|strong="H7911" that|strong="H1755"? 
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(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H5439" that|strong="H1755"!) 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H0227" I|strong="H0589" said|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" causes|strong="H5414" me|strong="H7911" to|strong="H7911" be|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w*} sad|strong="H7451" is|strong="H0369" that|strong="H0834" 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w seems|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w*} God|strong="H0430", who|strong="H7911" is|strong="H0369" greater|strong="H1419" than|strong="H4480" any|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" god|strong="H0430", is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" powerful|strong="H2392".” 
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\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w then|strong="H5945"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H8141" recall|strong="H2142"/remember|strong="H2142" your|strong="H2470" great|strong="H1419" deeds|strong="H4611"; 
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I|strong="H8141" remember|strong="H2142" the|strong="H8141" wonderful|strong="H6381" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1931" you|strong="H8141" did|strong="H3225" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H8141" past|strong="H5674". 
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\verseNumber{12}I|strong="H3588" meditate|strong="H7878" on|strong="H6924" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213", 
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and|strong="H2142" I|strong="H3588" think|strong="H2142" about|strong="H5439" your|strong="H3588" mighty|strong="H1368" acts|strong="H2142". 
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\verseNumber{13}God|strong="H0430", everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6467" is|strong="H3605" holy|strong="H6944"; 
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there|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" certainly|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3605" god|strong="H0430" [RHQ] who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" like|strong="H1897" you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H5949"! 
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\verseNumber{14}You|strong="H1870" are|strong="H1870" God|strong="H4310", the|strong="H1870" one|strong="H4310" who|strong="H4310" performs|strong="H6213" miracles|strong="H6381"; 
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you|strong="H1870" showed|strong="H7200" to|strong="H1870" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1870" many|strong="H1419" people-groups that|strong="H4310" you|strong="H1870" are|strong="H1870" powerful|strong="H2392". 
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\verseNumber{15}By|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3045" power|strong="H5797" [MTY] you|strong="H6213" rescued|strong="H5337" your|strong="H3045" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*}; 
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you|strong="H6213" saved|strong="H3467" those|strong="H6213" who|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5971" Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} Joseph|strong="H5971". 
(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3045"!) 
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and|strong="H1121" even|strong="H1571" the|strong="H1121" deepest part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" water|strong="H4325" shook|strong="H1607". 
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\verseNumber{17}Rain|strong="H4325" poured|strong="H8210" down|strong="H2342" from|strong="H4325" the|strong="H7200" clouds|strong="H5645" [PRS]; 
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it|strong="H7200" thundered|strong="H7481" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w loudly|strong="H6963"\+w*} [PRS], 
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and|strong="H7200" lightning|strong="H1300" flashed|strong="H1980" in|strong="H7200" all|strong="H7200" directions|strong="H7253". 
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\verseNumber{18}Thunder|strong="H6963" crashed in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5414" whirlwind|strong="H5591", 
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and|strong="H1980" lightning|strong="H1300" ◄lit|strong="H0215" up|strong="H5414"/flashed|strong="H1980" across|strong="H5676"► the|strong="H5414" entire|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H7834" [HYP]; 
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the|strong="H5414" earth|strong="H0776" shook|strong="H1607" violently|strong="H3966" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H0227"\+w*} you|strong="H6963" walked|strong="H1980" through|strong="H6963" the|strong="H6963" sea|strong="H3220" 
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on|strong="H6963" a|strong="H1961" path|strong="H0734" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H6963" made|strong="H6213" through|strong="H6963" the|strong="H6963" deep|strong="H8415" water|strong="H4325", 
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but|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3068" footprints|strong="H6119" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H6963" seen|strong="H7200". 
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\verseNumber{20}You|strong="H3045" led|strong="H1980" your|strong="H3045" people|strong="H3808" like|strong="H1870" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w shepherd|strong="H7462"\+w* \+w leads|strong="H1869"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3045"\+w*} flock|strong="H6629" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w sheep|strong="H6629"\+w*}, 
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while|strong="H7227" Moses|strong="H3808" and|strong="H1870" Aaron|strong="H0175" were|strong="H4325" the|strong="H3045" leaders|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by Asaph }
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\chapterNumber{78}My|strong="H5186" friends|strong="H7453", listen|strong="H5186" to|strong="H6310" what|strong="H6310" I|strong="H5971" am|strong="H1961" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H6310" teach|strong="H3925" you|strong="H6310"; 
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pay|strong="H5186" careful|strong="H8104" attention|strong="H7181" [IDM] to|strong="H6310" what|strong="H6310" I|strong="H5971" say|strong="H6310". 
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\verseNumber{2}I|strong="H4480" am|strong="H1961" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H6310" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H4480" some|strong="H4480" sayings|strong="H2420" that|strong="H4480" wise|strong="H2450" people|strong="H5971" have|strong="H1961" said|strong="H6310". 
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They|strong="H6310" will|strong="H6310" be|strong="H6310" sayings|strong="H2420" about|strong="H4480" things|strong="H6924" that|strong="H4480" happened|strong="H1961" long|strong="H6924" ago|strong="H6924", 
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things|strong="H6924" that|strong="H4480" were|strong="H6310" difficult|strong="H2420" to|strong="H6310" understand|strong="H0995" [MET|strong="H6298"], 
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\verseNumber{3}things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3045" we|strong="H8085" have|strong="H3045" heard|strong="H8085" and|strong="H8085" known|strong="H3045" previously|strong="H8543", 
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things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3045" our|strong="H8085" parents|strong="H0001" and|strong="H8085" grandparents told|strong="H5608" us|strong="H3045". 
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\verseNumber{4}We|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5608" these|strong="H6213" things|strong="H6381" to|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121" [LIT|strong="H0215"], 
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and|strong="H1121" we|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5608" to|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" grandchildren|strong="H1121" 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H6213"\+w*} Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" power|strong="H6381" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" glorious|strong="H8597"/great|strong="H6213" things|strong="H6381" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H3478" gave|strong="H6680" laws|strong="H8451" and|strong="H1121" commandments|strong="H4687" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7760" Israeli people|strong="H1121", 
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and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3478" told|strong="H6680" our|strong="H6680" ancestors|strong="H0001" to|strong="H3478" teach|strong="H3045" them|strong="H7760" to|strong="H3478" their|strong="H7760" children|strong="H1121" 
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\verseNumber{6}in|strong="H1121" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3045" their|strong="H3045" children|strong="H1121" would|strong="H0014" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H1121"\+w*} know|strong="H3045" them|strong="H4616" 
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and|strong="H1121" then|strong="H6965" they|strong="H3045" would|strong="H0014" teach|strong="H3045" them|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3205" their|strong="H3045" children|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{7}In|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3808" way|strong="H1870", they|strong="H3808" also|strong="H1571" would|strong="H0014" trust|strong="H3689" in|strong="H3808" God|strong="H3808", 
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and|strong="H4687" not|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" the|strong="H7760" things|strong="H4687" that|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" has|strong="H5341" done|strong="H7760"; 
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instead|strong="H3808", they|strong="H3808" would|strong="H0014" obey|strong="H8085" his|strong="H7760" commandments|strong="H4687". 
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\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H3808" would|strong="H7307" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3559" ancestors|strong="H0001", 
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they|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" continue|strong="H1961" firmly|strong="H3559" trusting|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3808" God|strong="H3808", 
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and|strong="H3820" they|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" worship|strong="H7812" only|strong="H0389" him|strong="H3559". 
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but|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" ran|strong="H7323" away|strong="H2015" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w their|strong="H2015"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" fought|strong="H3898" a|strong="H3117" battle|strong="H7128" with|strong="H3117" their|strong="H2015" enemies|strong="H0341". 
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\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H8104" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H3808" had|strong="H3808" agreed|strong="H8085" with|strong="H1285" God|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" would|strong="H0014" do|strong="H8104"; 
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they|strong="H3808" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H3212" obey|strong="H8104" his|strong="H8104" laws|strong="H8451". 
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\verseNumber{11}They|strong="H7911" forgot|strong="H7911" what|strong="H7200" he|strong="H7200" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H5949"; 
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they|strong="H7911" forgot|strong="H7911" about|strong="H5439" the|strong="H7200" miracles|strong="H6381" that|strong="H7200" they|strong="H7911" had|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H7200" him|strong="H7200" perform|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{12}While|strong="H5704" our|strong="H5048" ancestors|strong="H0001" were|strong="H4714" watching|strong="H8245", 
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God|strong="H0430" performed|strong="H6213" miracles|strong="H6381" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" area|strong="H1508" around|strong="H5439" Zoan|strong="H6814" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H6213" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
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\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H5674"\+w*} he|strong="H3220" caused|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Red|strong="H5488"\+w*} Sea|strong="H3220" to|strong="H4325" divide|strong="H1234", 
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and|strong="H3119" by|strong="H6051" a|strong="H3605" fiery|strong="H5135" light|strong="H0216" during|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915". 
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\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H4057" split|strong="H1234" rocks|strong="H6697" open|strong="H1234" in|strong="H7227" the|strong="H8248" desert|strong="H4057", 
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giving|strong="H8248" to|strong="H7227" our|strong="H8248" ancestors|strong="H0001" plenty|strong="H7227" of|strong="H4057" water|strong="H8248" from|strong="H7227" deep|strong="H8415" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="H8248" earth|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H3318" caused|strong="H5414" a|strong="H3318" stream|strong="H5104" of|strong="H4325" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H3381" flow|strong="H5140" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" rock|strong="H5553"; 
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the|strong="H3318" water|strong="H4325" flowed|strong="H3318" like|strong="H3318" a|strong="H3318" river|strong="H5104" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{17}But|strong="H5750" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w*} continued|strong="H5750" to|strong="H3254" sin|strong="H2398" against|strong="H2398" God|strong="H0430"; 
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in|strong="H5750" the|strong="H3254" desert|strong="H6723" they|strong="H1992" rebelled|strong="H4784" against|strong="H2398" the|strong="H3254" one|strong="H6723" who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H2398" greater|strong="H1419" than|strong="H2398" any|strong="H5750" other|strong="H5750" god|strong="H0430". 
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\verseNumber{18}By|strong="H5254" demanding that|strong="H5315" God|strong="H0430" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5254" the|strong="H7592" food|strong="H3899" that|strong="H5315" they|strong="H5315" desired|strong="H7592", 
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they|strong="H5315" tried|strong="H5254" to|strong="H3824" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H3824" if|strong="H0518" he|strong="H5315" would|strong="H5315" always|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H5315" requested|strong="H7592" him|strong="H7592" to|strong="H3824" do|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{19}They|strong="H1696" insulted|strong="H3637" God|strong="H0430" by|strong="H1696" saying|strong="H1696", “We|strong="H3201" don’t|strong="H0408" think|strong="H2803" he|strong="H3201" can|strong="H3201" supply|strong="H4294" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H6186" us|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H6311"\+w*} in|strong="H1696" this|strong="H1696" desert|strong="H4057"! 
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\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w true|strong="H0571"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*} he|strong="H5414" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5414" rock|strong="H6697", 
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with|strong="H2100" the|strong="H5414" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H5971" water|strong="H4325" gushed|strong="H4325"/flowed|strong="H7857" out|strong="H5414", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H1571"\+w*} ◄can|strong="H3201" he|strong="H5414" also|strong="H1571" provide|strong="H3559" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3899" meat|strong="H3899" for|strong="H4325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H5414"\+w*}, his|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971"?/we|strong="H2005" doubt|strong="H0518" that|strong="H5971" he|strong="H5414" can|strong="H3201" also|strong="H1571" provide|strong="H3559" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3899" meat|strong="H3899" for|strong="H4325" us|strong="H5414", his|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971".►” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H3651", when|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085", he|strong="H3651" became|strong="H3205" very|strong="H3651" angry|strong="H5674", 
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and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3651" sent|strong="H5674" a|strong="H8085" fire|strong="H0784" to|strong="H3478" burn|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} his|strong="H3068" Israeli \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H1571"\+w*}. [MTY, DOU] 
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\verseNumber{22}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3808" him|strong="H3588", 
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and|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" believe|strong="H0539" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0014" rescue|strong="H5337" them|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H3588" God|strong="H8064" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H6680" the|strong="H6680" sky|strong="H8064" above|strong="H4605" them|strong="H6680"; 
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he|strong="H6680" commanded|strong="H6680" it|strong="H6680" to|strong="H6680" open|strong="H6605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H1817"\+w*} a|strong="H6680" door|strong="H1817", 
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the|strong="H7462" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" God|strong="H0430". 
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\verseNumber{72}David|strong="H7462" took|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3709" the|strong="H7462" Israeli people|strong="H3709" sincerely|strong="H8549" and|strong="H3824" wholeheartedly|strong="H3824", 
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and|strong="H3824" guided|strong="H5148" them|strong="H5148" skillfully|strong="H8394"/wisely|strong="H2451". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by Asaph }
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\chapterNumber{79}God|strong="H0430", other|strong="H0312" people-groups have|strong="H1471" invaded|strong="H0935" your|strong="H7760" land|strong="H5159". 
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They|strong="H3389" have|strong="H1471" ◄desecrated|strong="H2490" your|strong="H7760" temple|strong="H1964"/caused|strong="H5414" your|strong="H7760" temple|strong="H1964" to|strong="H3389" be|strong="H1471" unfit for|strong="H3389" worship|strong="H7812"►, 
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and|strong="H3389" they|strong="H3389" have|strong="H1471" destroyed|strong="H4229" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H7760" buildings|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1471" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3389" killed|strong="H2026" your|strong="H6912" people|strong="H1818", 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H5439" people-groups that|strong="H1961" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1961" countries|strong="H0776" that|strong="H1961" surround|strong="H5439" our|strong="H1961" land|strong="H0776" insult|strong="H2781" us|strong="H5439"; 
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they|strong="H1992" laugh|strong="H7832" at|strong="H1961" us|strong="H5439" and|strong="H5439" deride|strong="H7832"/belittle us|strong="H5439". 
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Will|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3068" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5414" forever|strong="H5704"? 
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Be|strong="H3808" angry|strong="H2534" with|strong="H5921" kingdoms|strong="H4467" whose|strong="H1471" people|strong="H1471" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" pray|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921", 
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\verseNumber{7}because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" killed|strong="H2026" Israeli people|strong="H5971" 
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\verseNumber{8}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" punish|strong="H6485" us|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H5771" the|strong="H3588" sins|strong="H5771" that|strong="H3588" our|strong="H3588" ancestors|strong="H7223" committed|strong="H6213"! 
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Be|strong="H3588" merciful|strong="H2603" to|strong="H7223" us|strong="H3588" now|strong="H3588"/quickly|strong="H4118", 
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because|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H7356" very|strong="H3966" discouraged|strong="H7503". 
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\verseNumber{10}It|strong="H3045" is|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3045" right|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" [RHQ] other|strong="H0312" people-groups say|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3045"\+w*}, 
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Allow|strong="H5414" us|strong="H3045" to|strong="H5650" see|strong="H5869" you|strong="H3045" punishing|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3045" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H5869" other|strong="H0312" nations|strong="H1471" in|strong="H5650" return|strong="H7725" for|strong="H5650" their|strong="H3045" shedding|strong="H8210" our|strong="H5650" blood|strong="H1818"; 
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they|strong="H4100" have|strong="H5869" killed|strong="H2026" many|strong="H4100" of|strong="H5869" us|strong="H3045", your|strong="H3045" people|strong="H1471". 
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\verseNumber{11}Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H6440" your|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1121" groaning|strong="H0603" while|strong="H5704" they|strong="H6440" are|strong="H1121" in|strong="H6440" prison|strong="H1004", 
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and|strong="H1121" by|strong="H6440" your|strong="H6440" great|strong="H6440" power|strong="H2220" free|strong="H2670" those|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H6440" our|strong="H6440" enemies|strong="H0341" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H1121" they|strong="H6440" will|strong="H1121" certainly|strong="H3588" execute|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{12}In|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" for|strong="H7725" their|strong="H7725" having|strong="H0369" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w often|strong="H1767"\+w*} insulted|strong="H3637" you|strong="H7725", 
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punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H7725" seven|strong="H7659" times|strong="H7659" as|strong="H7725" much|strong="H7227"! 
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\verseNumber{13}After|strong="H0310" you|strong="H3034" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5971", we|strong="H0587", whom|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w take|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w care|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w like|strong="H6629"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w shepherd|strong="H7462"\+w* \+w takes|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w care|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5971"\+w*} his|strong="H5608" sheep|strong="H6629", will|strong="H5971" continue|strong="H1961" praising|strong="H8416" you|strong="H3034"; 
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we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H5971" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1755" praise|strong="H8416" you|strong="H3034" forever|strong="H5769" [HYP]. 

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Show|strong="H7200" us|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3478" are|strong="H3478" powerful|strong="H2392" 
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and|strong="H3478" come|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" rescue|strong="H5337" us|strong="H3478"! 
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\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3808" though|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H3478" very|strong="H3966" stubborn|strong="H5637", 
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I|strong="H3808" allowed|strong="H5414" them|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H8085" whatever|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3808" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H8085". 
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\verseNumber{13}I|strong="H7971" wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3212" my|strong="H7971" people|strong="H3820" would|strong="H0014" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3212" me|strong="H7971", 
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I|strong="H8085" would|strong="H3478" strike|strong="H5221"/punish|strong="H6485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1870"\+w*} them|strong="H8085" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{15}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w all|strong="H5921"\+w*} those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H6862" hate|strong="H8130" me|strong="H7725" would|strong="H6862" ◄cringe|strong="H3584" before|strong="H5921"/bow|strong="H7198" down|strong="H3665" to|strong="H7725"► me|strong="H7725", 
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and|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5921"\+w*} would|strong="H6862" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5921" [MTY] forever|strong="H5769". 
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\verseNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H1961"\+w*} I|strong="H6256" would|strong="H3068" give|strong="H3584" you|strong="H8130" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israelis} very|strong="H3966" good|strong="H2896" wheat|strong="H2406"/grain|strong="H1715", 
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and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H6256" would|strong="H3068" fill|strong="H4390" your|strong="H3068" stomachs|strong="H4578" with|strong="H3068" wild|strong="H7704" honey|strong="H1706".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by Asaph }
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\chapterNumber{82}God|strong="H0430" gathers|strong="H6908" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H8199" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w rulers|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w and|strong="H5712"\+w* \+w judges|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w they|strong="H7130"\+w* \+w are|strong="H8199"\+w*} gods|strong="H0430" for|strong="H8199" a|strong="H5324" meeting|strong="H4150" in|strong="H7130" heaven|strong="H8064"; 
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and|strong="H5712" he|strong="H7130" tells|strong="H1696" them|strong="H7130" that|strong="H5324" he|strong="H7130" has|strong="H8199" decided|strong="H3289" this|strong="H8199": 
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\verseNumber{2}“You|strong="H6440" must|strong="H5375" [RHQ] stop|strong="H2308" judging|strong="H8199" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H7563"\+w*} unfairly; 
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you|strong="H6440" must|strong="H5375" no|strong="H5375" longer|strong="H5750" make|strong="H5375" decisions|strong="H4941" that|strong="H5704" favor|strong="H6440" wicked|strong="H7563" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H7563"\+w*}! 
(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H5375" that|strong="H5704"!) 
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\verseNumber{3}You|strong="H6663" must|strong="H4191" defend|strong="H8199" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w who|strong="H6041"\+w* \+w are|strong="H8199"\+w*} poor|strong="H6041" and|strong="H6041" orphans|strong="H3490"; 
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you|strong="H6663" must|strong="H4191" act|strong="H6213" fairly|strong="H6664" toward|strong="H0413" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H6041" are|strong="H8199" needy|strong="H6041" and|strong="H6041" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H6041" have|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H6041" to|strong="H1800" help|strong="H5826" them|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{4}Rescue|strong="H5337" them|strong="H3027" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" power|strong="H3027" [MTY] of|strong="H3027" evil|strong="H7563" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H7563"\+w*} [DOU]!” 
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\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Those|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w rulers|strong="H8269"\+w*} do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" or|strong="H3808" understand|strong="H3045" anything|strong="H3605"! 
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They|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3045" very|strong="H3045" corrupt|strong="H7843"/evil|strong="H7451", 
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and|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w corrupt|strong="H7843"\+w*/\+w evil|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w behavior|strong="H1980"\+w*}, 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" foundation|strong="H3245" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398" is|strong="H3605" being|strong="H1961" shaken|strong="H4131"! 
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\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* all-powerful \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*, \+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" them|strong="H1121", “You|strong="H3605" think|strong="H2803" you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1121" gods|strong="H0430"! 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121", 
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\verseNumber{7}but|strong="H4191" you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H5307" die|strong="H4191" like|strong="H4191" people|strong="H5971" do|strong="H6213"; 
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your|strong="H5307" lives|strong="H5315" will|strong="H5307" end|strong="H7093", like|strong="H4191" the|strong="H4191" lives|strong="H5315" of|strong="H8269" all|strong="H4191" rulers|strong="H8269" end|strong="H7093".” 
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\verseNumber{8}God|strong="H0430", arise|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" judge|strong="H8199" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w everyone|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w on|strong="H6965"\+w*} [MTY] the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776", 
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because|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people-groups belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H6965" you|strong="H3588"! 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm which is a song written by Asaph }
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\chapterNumber{83}God|strong="H0430", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7892" be|strong="H7892" silent|strong="H2790"! 
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Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H7892" quiet|strong="H8252" and|strong="H3967" say|strong="H0559" nothing|strong="H3808", 
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\verseNumber{2}because|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" are|strong="H3117" rioting against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0859"; 
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those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" hate|strong="H8130" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3117" rebelling|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0859"! 
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\verseNumber{3}They|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" secretly|strong="H5643" planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H5375" do|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7218" to|strong="H5375" harm|strong="H7463" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H3588"\+w*}, your|strong="H5375" people|strong="H5971"; 
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they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" ◄conspiring together|strong="H3162" against|strong="H8130"/planning|strong="H2803" how|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5375" defeat|strong="H5221"► the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" protect|strong="H8104". 
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\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H5921" say|strong="H0559", “Come|strong="H5971", we|strong="H0587" must|strong="H4191" destroy|strong="H7843" their|strong="H5921" nation|strong="H5971", 
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with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H5971" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0259" will|strong="H5971" remember|strong="H2142" that|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H5971" ever|strong="H5769" existed|strong="H1961"!” 
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\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3478" agreed|strong="H8085" on|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H2142"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w destroy|strong="H3582"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3478" formed|strong="H3335" an|strong="H3478" alliance|strong="H2266" against|strong="H3212" you|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3820"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3820" of|strong="H5921" Edom|strong="H0112" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, 
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the|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5921" Ishmael|strong="H3458" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w east|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w side|strong="H6285"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H3588"\+w*}, 
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the|strong="H5921" Moab|strong="H4124" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{people-group}, the|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5921" Hagar|strong="H1904" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w also|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w east|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w side|strong="H6285"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H3588"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{7}Gebal|strong="H1381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{people-group}, the|strong="H3605" Ammon|strong="H5983" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{people-group}, the|strong="H3605" Amalek|strong="H6002" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{people-group}, 
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the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{people-group}, and|strong="H4124" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4124" Tyre|strong="H6865" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w* }Assyria|strong="H0804" have|strong="H5973" joined|strong="H2266" them|strong="H3427"; 
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(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H5439" that|strong="H3427"!) 
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\verseNumber{10}You|strong="H6213" destroyed|strong="H4229" them|strong="H1992" at|strong="H6213" Endor|strong="H5874" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{11}Do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H8045" things|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" you|strong="H8045" did|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Kings|strong="H4428"\+w*} Oreb|strong="H6159" and|strong="H1961" Zeeb|strong="H2062"; 
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defeat|strong="H5221" their|strong="H1961" leaders|strong="H7218" like|strong="H1961" you|strong="H8045" defeated|strong="H5221" Zebah|strong="H2078" and|strong="H1961" Zalmunna|strong="H6759", 
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\verseNumber{12}who|strong="H3605" said|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3605" take|strong="H7896" for|strong="H3605" ourselves|strong="H0587" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israelis \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w*} belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430"!” 
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\verseNumber{13}My|strong="H3423" God|strong="H0430", cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H3423" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3423"\+w* \+w disappear|strong="H0622"\+w* \+w quickly|strong="H4116"\+w*} like|strong="H3644" whirling|strong="H1534" dust|strong="H6083", 
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like|strong="H3644" chaff|strong="H4671" that|strong="H3423" the|strong="H3423" wind|strong="H7307" blows|strong="H4112" away|strong="H5493"! 
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\verseNumber{14}Like|strong="H7307" a|strong="H6440" fire|strong="H0784" completely|strong="H3617" burns|strong="H8313" a|strong="H6440" forest|strong="H3293" 
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and|strong="H6440" like|strong="H7307" flames|strong="H3852" burn|strong="H8313" in|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" mountains|strong="H2022", 
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\verseNumber{15}expel|strong="H1644" them|strong="H3857" by|strong="H1197" sending|strong="H7971" storms; 
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cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H3857" to|strong="H2022" be|strong="H2022" terrified|strong="H0926" by|strong="H1197" your|strong="H3068" big|strong="H0931" storms/hurricanes! 
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\verseNumber{16}Cause|strong="H3651" them|strong="H7291" [SYN] to|strong="H5591" be|strong="H7291" very|strong="H3651" ashamed|strong="H0954" 
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in|strong="H3651" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" will|strong="H7291" admit|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3651" you|strong="H3651" are|strong="H7291" very|strong="H3651" powerful|strong="H2392". 
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and|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191" while|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" still|strong="H5750" disgraced|strong="H0954". 
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\verseNumber{18}Cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704", whose|strong="H0834" name|strong="H8034" is|strong="H0369" Yahweh|strong="H3068", 
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are|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5704" supreme ruler|strong="H4910" over|strong="H5704" everything|strong="H3605" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5704" earth|strong="H0776". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by one of the descendants of Korah for the choir director }
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your|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" is|strong="H1121" very|strong="H3966" beautiful|strong="H3303"! 
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\verseNumber{2}I|strong="H4100" [SYN] would|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" there|strong="H3068"; 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H4100" desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H4100" [DOU]. 
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With|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" inner|strong="H6442" being|strong="H3068" I|strong="H4100" sing|strong="H7891" joyfully|strong="H7321" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H4100", the|strong="H3068" all-powerful God|strong="H3068". 
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who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" heaven|strong="H8064", and|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{4}◄Happy|strong="H0835" are|strong="H3068"/You|strong="H4672" are|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="H1004"► those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3068" ◄live|strong="H3427"/continually|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812"► in|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004", 
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constantly|strong="H8548" singing|strong="H7440" to|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H1984" you|strong="H4672". 
(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3068"!) 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" refuse|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3117" give|strong="H5414" any|strong="H3588" good|strong="H2896" thing|strong="H2896"/blessing|strong="H1293" to|strong="H3117" those|strong="H3588" who|strong="H2896" do|strong="H7562" what|strong="H2896" is|strong="H3117" right|strong="H2896". 
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\verseNumber{12}Yahweh|strong="H3068", commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" armies|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" heaven|strong="H8064", 
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◄happy|strong="H2896" are|strong="H3068"/you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H2896" with|strong="H1980"► those|strong="H1980" who|strong="H3068" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H1980" you|strong="H5414"! 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by one of the descendants of Korah for the choir director }
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you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H1121" enabled|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H5414"\+w*} Israeli people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1121" become|strong="H1961" prosperous|strong="H6743" again|strong="H7725". 
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(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H7725" that|strong="H3068"!) 
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\verseNumber{3}You|strong="H3605" stopped|strong="H5975" being|strong="H5971" angry|strong="H2734" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5971"\+w*} 
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and|strong="H5971" turned|strong="H2015" away|strong="H5375" from|strong="H5971" severely|strong="H5953" punishing|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H5971"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{4}Now|strong="H6258", God|strong="H0430", the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" saves|strong="H3467"/rescues|strong="H5337" us|strong="H7725", ◄restore|strong="H7725" us|strong="H7725"/make|strong="H7725" us|strong="H7725" prosperous|strong="H6743" again|strong="H7725"► 
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and|strong="H7725" stop|strong="H2308" being|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H5678" with|strong="H7725" us|strong="H7725"! 
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\verseNumber{5}◄Will|strong="H7725" you|strong="H7725" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H7725" angry|strong="H3708" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H7725" forever|strong="H5769"?/Please|strong="H4994" do|strong="H6565" not|strong="H7725" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H7725" angry|strong="H3708" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H7725" forever|strong="H5769".► [DOU, RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{6}Please|strong="H4994" enable|strong="H7980" us|strong="H5414" [RHQ] to|strong="H1755" prosper|strong="H6743" again|strong="H7725" 
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show|strong="H7200" us|strong="H7725" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H7725" faithfully|strong="H0571" love|strong="H0157" us|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3068" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="H3068"\+w*} God|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", 
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because|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" promises|strong="H2617"/says|strong="H0559" that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H5414"\+w*}, his|strong="H5414" people|strong="H7200", to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" peacefully|strong="H7965", 
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if|strong="H7200" we|strong="H7200" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5414" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H6213" foolish|strong="H3684" things|strong="H1697". 
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which|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3519" be|strong="H3519" like|strong="H3644" a|strong="H3519" kiss|strong="H5401" that|strong="H7138" he|strong="H0834" gives|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{11}Here|strong="H6311" on|strong="H7965" earth|strong="H0776", we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H2617" ◄be|strong="H7965" loyal|strong="H2617" to|strong="H2617"/continually|strong="H8548" believe|strong="H0539" in|strong="H7965"► God|strong="H0430", 
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and|strong="H2617" from|strong="H7965" heaven|strong="H8064", God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H2617" act|strong="H6213" justly|strong="H4941"/fairly|strong="H6664" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w toward|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{12}Yes|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H8064" do|strong="H6213" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H8064"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w always|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w acts|strong="H1697"\+w*} righteously|strong="H6664" [PRS, MET|strong="H6298"]; 
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he|strong="H3068" acts|strong="H1697" righteously|strong="H6664" wherever|strong="H2896" he|strong="H3068" goes|strong="H1980". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A prayer written by David }
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\chapterNumber{86}Yahweh|strong="H3068", listen|strong="H5186" [IDM] to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1732" I|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" and|strong="H3068" answer|strong="H6030" me|strong="H6030", 
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because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" weak|strong="H2470" and|strong="H3068" needy|strong="H6041". 
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\verseNumber{2}Prevent|strong="H6923" me|strong="H5315" from|strong="H5315" dying|strong="H0006" now|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" ◄am|strong="H1961" loyal|strong="H2623" to|strong="H8104"/continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H8104" believe|strong="H0539" in|strong="H5315"► you|strong="H3588"; 
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save|strong="H3467"/rescue|strong="H3467" me|strong="H5315", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" serve|strong="H5647" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H5650" I|strong="H3588" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H5315" you|strong="H3588", my|strong="H8104" God|strong="H0430". 
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\verseNumber{3}Lord|strong="H3068", be|strong="H3117" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H3117" me|strong="H7121", 
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because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" cry|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{4}Lord|strong="H3068", cause|strong="H2600" me|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5650" be|strong="H5315" glad|strong="H8055", 
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\verseNumber{6}Lord|strong="H3068", listen|strong="H7181" to|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" prayer|strong="H8605"; 
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\verseNumber{10}You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H6213" great|strong="H1419", and|strong="H1419" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" wonderful|strong="H6381"/marvelous|strong="H6381" things|strong="H1419"; 
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only|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H6213" God|strong="H0430". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by one of the descendants of Korah }
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and|strong="H6726" Almighty|strong="H7706" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H1931" cause|strong="H2600" that|strong="H1931" city|strong="H1931" to|strong="H3205" remain|strong="H3427" strong|strong="H2388"/safe|strong="H7965"/secure|strong="H3559".” 
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\verseNumber{7}They|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" dance|strong="H4234" and|strong="H7891" sing|strong="H7891", saying|strong="H0559", 
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“Jerusalem|strong="H3389" is|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" source|strong="H4725" of|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" our|strong="H3605" blessings|strong="H1293".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm that expresses sadness, written for the choir director by Zerah’s son Heman, one of the descendants of Korah }
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\verseNumber{2}Listen|strong="H8085" [IDM] to|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" prayer|strong="H8605" [DOU], 
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\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H6440" have|strong="H1961" experienced|strong="H3045" many|strong="H7227" troubles|strong="H6869"/difficulties, 
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\verseNumber{4}Because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H7646" no|strong="H5060" more|strong="H3588" strength|strong="H5315", 
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I|strong="H1961" am|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H1397" who|strong="H1397" lie|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1961" their|strong="H1961" graves|strong="H6913", 
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people|strong="H1397" who|strong="H1397" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3617" forgotten|strong="H7911", 
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because|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5973" do|strong="H3381" not|strong="H1961" take|strong="H1961" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H2803" them|strong="H3381" anymore|strong="H5750". 
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\verseNumber{8}You|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" caused|strong="H5414" my|strong="H3605" friends|strong="H7453" to|strong="H5921" ◄avoid|strong="H6544"/stay|strong="H5564" away|strong="H3605" from|strong="H5921"► me|strong="H5921"; 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068", every|strong="H3318" day|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3045" call|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w help|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w me|strong="H4480"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{10}You|strong="H3605" certainly|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5869" [RHQ] perform|strong="H6213" miracles|strong="H6381" for|strong="H7121" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H5869"! 
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Their|strong="H3605" spirits|strong="H7307" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5869" [RHQ] arise|strong="H6965" to|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H1984" you|strong="H3605"! 
(Think|strong="H5869" about|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3605"!) 
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each|strong="H0376" morning|strong="H1242" I|strong="H3045" pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3045". 
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\verseNumber{14}Yahweh|strong="H3068", why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H1242" reject|strong="H3988" me|strong="H6923" [RHQ]? 
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Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H1242" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6923" [RHQ]? 
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\verseNumber{15}All|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6440" time|strong="H6440" since|strong="H4480" I|strong="H5315" was|strong="H3068" young|strong="H5288", I|strong="H5315" have|strong="H3068" suffered|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" often|strong="H4100" almost|strong="H4592" died|strong="H4191"; 
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I|strong="H5315" am|strong="H3068" ◄in|strong="H3068" despair|strong="H2976"/very|strong="H3966" discouraged|strong="H7503"► because|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" enduring|strong="H0539" the|strong="H6440" terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H5641" that|strong="H5315" you|strong="H6440" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440". 
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the|strong="H5375" terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1478" you|strong="H5375" are|strong="H6041" doing|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5375" me|strong="H0413" are|strong="H6041" almost|strong="H4592" destroying|strong="H7843" me|strong="H0413". 
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they|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3117" ◄closing in|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921"/crushing|strong="H7533"► me|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5921" sides|strong="H3411". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{A song written by Ethan, from the clan of Ezra }
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that|strong="H1961" is|strong="H1961" always|strong="H5769" watching|strong="H8245" everything|strong="H3605" from|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" sky|strong="H8064". 
Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1961"!) 
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\verseNumber{38}But|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}, now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H5769" have|strong="H5707" rejected|strong="H3988" [DOU] David|strong="H1732"! 
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You|strong="H5769" are|strong="H3117" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3559" king|strong="H4428" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H5769" appointed|strong="H3559". 
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\verseNumber{39}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w seems|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5674"\+w*} you|strong="H5973" have|strong="H5973" broken|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" agreement|strong="H7284" that|strong="H5674" you|strong="H5973" made|strong="H5674" with|strong="H5973" your|strong="H5674" servant|strong="H5650", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w David|strong="H5973"\+w*}; 
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it|strong="H5674" seems|strong="H3190" as|strong="H5973" though|strong="H3588" you|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H5973"\+w* signaled hat \+w he|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4899"\+w* \+w no|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w longer|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w by|strong="H5674"\+w* } throwing|strong="H3027" his|strong="H5674" crown|strong="H5850" into|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" dust|strong="H6083"/dirt|strong="H6083". 
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\verseNumber{40}You|strong="H0859" have|strong="H5650" torn|strong="H7167" down|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5650" walls|strong="H2346" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w protect|strong="H8104"\+w*} his|strong="H2490" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H5650" allowed|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H2490" forts|strong="H1785" to|strong="H2490" become|strong="H1961" ruins|strong="H2723". 
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\verseNumber{41}All|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" pass|strong="H5674" by|strong="H3605" plunder|strong="H0962"/steal|strong="H1589" his|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H7399"; 
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his|strong="H3605" neighbors|strong="H7934" ◄laugh|strong="H7832" at|strong="H3605"/ridicule|strong="H4912"► him|strong="H7760". 
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\verseNumber{42}You|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" enabled|strong="H5414" his|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" to|strong="H1961" defeat|strong="H5221" him|strong="H3605"; 
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you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" made|strong="H1961" them|strong="H5674" all|strong="H3605" happy|strong="H0835". 
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\verseNumber{43}You|strong="H3605" have|strong="H6862" caused|strong="H5414" his|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719" to|strong="H8055" become|strong="H7311" useless|strong="H1892", 
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and|strong="H3225" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H6862" not|strong="H3808" helped|strong="H5826" him|strong="H3605" in|strong="H8055" his|strong="H3605" battles|strong="H4421". 
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\verseNumber{44}You|strong="H7725" have|strong="H3808" caused|strong="H6965" his|strong="H7725" splendor|strong="H1926" to|strong="H7725" end|strong="H7093" (OR|strong="H3808", You|strong="H7725" have|strong="H3808" taken|strong="H6965" away|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" power|strong="H3027" 
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by|strong="H6965" knocking|strong="H6375" his|strong="H7725" throne|strong="H3678" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" ground|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{45}You|strong="H7673" have|strong="H7673" caused|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7673" look|strong="H7200" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" is|strong="H3678" still|strong="H7673" young|strong="H5288" 
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and|strong="H7673" caused|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7673" be|strong="H3678" very|strong="H3966" shamed|strong="H0954"/disgraced|strong="H0954". 
(Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H5439" that|strong="H0834"!) 
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\verseNumber{46}O|strong="H3069" Yahweh|strong="H3068", how|strong="H4100" long|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w continue|strong="H1961"\+w*}? 
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Will|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5921" hide|strong="H5641" yourself|strong="H5921" forever|strong="H3117"? 
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How|strong="H4100" long|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" your|strong="H5921" anger|strong="H0639" burn|strong="H8313" like|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3117" fire|strong="H0784"? 
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\verseNumber{47}Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5704" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H3068" life|strong="H5315" is|strong="H3068" very|strong="H5704" short|strong="H7138"; 
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have|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5704" created|strong="H1254" all|strong="H5704" us|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3068" vain|strong="H7723"? 
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\verseNumber{48}No|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" can|strong="H4100" [RHQ] keep|strong="H2142" on|strong="H5921" living|strong="H3605" and|strong="H1121" never|strong="H3808" die|strong="H1121"; 
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◄No|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" can|strong="H4100" [RHQ] avoid|strong="H6544" going|strong="H1980"/Everyone|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1121" go|strong="H1980"► to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" dead|strong="H4191". 
(Think|strong="H2142" about|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605"!) 
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\verseNumber{49}Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3808" promised|strong="H1696" long|strong="H5315" ago|strong="H7350" 
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that|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3808" would|strong="H4310" faithfully|strong="H0571" love|strong="H0157" us|strong="H7200"; 
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why|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" doing|strong="H3027" that|strong="H7200"? 
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You|strong="H3808" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H1696" that|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3027" David|strong="H3027"! 
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\verseNumber{50}Yahweh|strong="H3068", do|strong="H7650" not|strong="H1732" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H1732" people|strong="H5971" insult|strong="H2781" me|strong="H0413"! 
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◄Heathen|strong="H1471" people|strong="H5971"/People|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" do|strong="H7650" not|strong="H1732" know|strong="H3045" you|strong="H0859"► curse|strong="H7650" me|strong="H0413"! 
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\verseNumber{51}Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" insult|strong="H2781" your|strong="H3605" chosen|strong="H0977" king|strong="H4428"! 
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They|strong="H5971" insult|strong="H2781"/ridicule|strong="H4912" him|strong="H3605" wherever|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" goes|strong="H1980". 
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\verseNumber{52}I|strong="H3068" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" praised|strong="H1984" forever|strong="H5769"! 
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Amen|strong="H0543"! May|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" so|strong="H3651"! 

\BibleMainSectionHeading{Book Four }

\BibleSectionHeading{A prayer by the prophet Moses }
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\chapterNumber{90}Lord|strong="H3068", you|strong="H1755" have|strong="H1961" always|strong="H3605" ◄been|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} a|strong="H1961" home|strong="H1004" for|strong="H1961" us|strong="H1961"/protected|strong="H3467" us|strong="H1961"► [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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\verseNumber{2}Before|strong="H2962" you|strong="H5704" created|strong="H1254" the|strong="H3205" mountains|strong="H2022", 
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before|strong="H2962" you|strong="H5704" formed|strong="H2342" the|strong="H3205" earth|strong="H0776" and|strong="H5769" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H2022" is|strong="H8398" in|strong="H2342" it|strong="H5704", 
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you|strong="H5704" were|strong="H2022" eternally|strong="H5331" God|strong="H0430", 
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and|strong="H5769" you|strong="H5704" will|strong="H2022" be|strong="H5769" God|strong="H0430" forever|strong="H5769". 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w die|strong="H1121"\+w*}, you|strong="H5704" cause|strong="H7725" their|strong="H7725" corpses|strong="H6297" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H7725" soil|strong="H0127" again|strong="H7725"; 
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you|strong="H5704" change|strong="H7725" their|strong="H7725" corpses|strong="H6297" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H7725" dirt|strong="H6083" like|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w first|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w man|strong="H1121"\+w*} was|strong="H1121" created|strong="H1254" from|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" ◄consider|strong="H5869"/think|strong="H5869" about|strong="H3117"► time|strong="H3117", 
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1,000 years|strong="H8141" are|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w short|strong="H7138"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3117"\+w*} [SIM] one|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" which|strong="H5869" passes|strong="H5674"; 
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\verseNumber{5}You|strong="H1242" cause|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" suddenly|strong="H6597" to|strong="H1961" die|strong="H4191" [MET|strong="H6298"]; 
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they|strong="H1242" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w only|strong="H0389"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w short|strong="H7138"\+w* \+w time|strong="H1961"\+w*}, like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" dream|strong="H2472" lasts|strong="H1961" only|strong="H0389" a|strong="H1961" short|strong="H7138" time|strong="H1961". 
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They|strong="H1242" are|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" grass|strong="H2682"/weeds|strong="H5488" [SIM] that|strong="H1961" grow|strong="H6779" up|strong="H2498". 
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\verseNumber{6}In|strong="H1242" the|strong="H1242" morning|strong="H1242" [DOU] the|strong="H1242" grass|strong="H4135" sprouts|strong="H2498" and|strong="H1242" grows|strong="H3318" well|strong="H3190", 
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but|strong="H3588" in|strong="H1242" the|strong="H1242" evening|strong="H6153" it|strong="H1242" dries|strong="H3001" up|strong="H3001" and|strong="H1242" ◄completely|strong="H3001" withers|strong="H3001"/dies|strong="H4191"►. 
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\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Similarly|strong="H2088"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3615"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w committed|strong="H6213"\+w*}, you|strong="H3588" become|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H2534" with|strong="H3615" us|strong="H3588"; 
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you|strong="H3588" terrify|strong="H1204" us|strong="H3588" and|strong="H2534" then|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" destroy|strong="H3615" us|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w is|strong="H5771"\+w* \+w as|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H6440" place|strong="H7896" our|strong="H5048" sins|strong="H5771" in|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440", 
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you|strong="H6440" spread|strong="H6566" out|strong="H6440" even|strong="H1571" our|strong="H5048" secret|strong="H5956" sins|strong="H5771" where|strong="H0834" you|strong="H6440" can|strong="H4310" see|strong="H7200" them|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{9}Because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" angry|strong="H5678" with|strong="H3117" us|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" cause|strong="H2600" our|strong="H3605" lives|strong="H5315" to|strong="H3117" end|strong="H3615"; 
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the|strong="H3605" years|strong="H8141" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" live|strong="H3117" pass|strong="H3615" as|strong="H3117" quickly|strong="H4116" as|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3588" sigh|strong="H1899" does|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{10}People|strong="H5971" live|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3588" only|strong="H3588" 70 years|strong="H8141"; 
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but|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" strong|strong="H1369", some|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" them|strong="H3117" live|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3588" 80 years|strong="H8141". 
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But|strong="H3588" even|strong="H3588" during|strong="H3117" good|strong="H2896" years|strong="H8141" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3117" much|strong="H7227" pain|strong="H5999" and|strong="H3117" troubles|strong="H6869"; 
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our|strong="H3588" lives|strong="H5315" soon|strong="H2440" end|strong="H7093", and|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4191" [EUP]. 
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\verseNumber{11}No|strong="H3045" one|strong="H4310" [RHQ] has|strong="H4310" fully|strong="H4390" experienced|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3045" powerful|strong="H2392" things|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3045" can|strong="H4310" do|strong="H4310" to|strong="H3045" them|strong="H5678" when|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3045" are|strong="H4310" angry|strong="H5678" with|strong="H3045" them|strong="H5678", 
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and|strong="H3045" people|strong="H3045" are|strong="H4310" not|strong="H3045" afraid|strong="H3372" that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3045" will|strong="H4310" greatly|strong="H3966" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5678" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3045" your|strong="H3045" being|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H5678" with|strong="H3045" them|strong="H5678". 
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\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H3651" teach|strong="H3045"/help|strong="H5826" us|strong="H3045" to|strong="H3117" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" we|strong="H3117" live|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3117" only|strong="H0389" a|strong="H3117" short|strong="H7138" time|strong="H3117" 
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in|strong="H3117" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3045" we|strong="H3117" may|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w use|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w our|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w time|strong="H3117"\+w*} wisely|strong="H2451". 
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\verseNumber{13}Yahweh|strong="H3068", how|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w angry|strong="H2734"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w us|strong="H7725"\+w*}? 
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Pity|strong="H5162" us|strong="H7725" who|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H5647" you|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{14}Each|strong="H3605" morning|strong="H1242" show|strong="H7200" us|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" faithfully|strong="H2617" loving|strong="H0157" us|strong="H3117" is|strong="H2617" enough|strong="H7646" for|strong="H7442" us|strong="H3117" 
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in|strong="H3117" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3605" we|strong="H3117" may|strong="H3117" shout|strong="H7442" joyfully|strong="H7442" and|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3117" happy|strong="H8055" for|strong="H7442" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H3117" our|strong="H3605" lives|strong="H5315". 
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\verseNumber{15}Cause|strong="H2600" us|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3117" now|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" happy|strong="H8055" for|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" many|strong="H7200" years|strong="H8141" as|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" ◄afflicted|strong="H6031" us|strong="H7200"/caused|strong="H5414" us|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3117" sad|strong="H7451"► and|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" experienced|strong="H3045" troubles|strong="H7451". 
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\verseNumber{16}Enable|strong="H7980" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w great|strong="H1419"\+w*} things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H7200" you|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6467" 
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and|strong="H1121" enable|strong="H7980" our|strong="H7200" descendants|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H1121"\+w*} see|strong="H7200" your|strong="H5921" glorious|strong="H1926" power|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{17}Lord|strong="H3068", our|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3027", give|strong="H1961" us|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" blessings|strong="H1293" 
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and|strong="H3027" enable|strong="H7980" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" successful|strong="H3559"; 
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yes|strong="H3588", cause|strong="H1961" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" successful|strong="H3559" in|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w everything|strong="H3605"\+w*} that|strong="H3027" we|strong="H0587" do|strong="H4639" [DOU]! 
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\chapterNumber{91}Those|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" live|strong="H3427" under|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3885" protection|strong="H6738" of|strong="H3427" God|strong="H0430" Almighty|strong="H7706", 
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will|strong="H3427" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3427" rest|strong="H5117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w safely|strong="H0983"\+w*} under|strong="H3427" his|strong="H3427" care|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{2}I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" declare|strong="H5046" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", 
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“You|strong="H0859" protect|strong="H8104" me|strong="H4686"; 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3068"\+w*} a|strong="H3068" fort|strong="H4686" [MET|strong="H6298"] in|strong="H3068" which|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" am|strong="H3068" safe|strong="H7965". 
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You|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H3068" trust|strong="H4268".” 
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\verseNumber{3}Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H1931" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3588" from|strong="H5337" all|strong="H5337" hidden|strong="H5641" traps|strong="H6341" 
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and|strong="H1698" save|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3588" from|strong="H5337" deadly|strong="H1942" diseases|strong="H1698". 
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They|strong="H1992" refuse|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1870" obey|strong="H3045" my|strong="H3045" commands|strong="H1870".’ 
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\chapterNumber{96}Sing|strong="H7891" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" new|strong="H2319" song|strong="H7892"! 
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Praise|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" glorious|strong="H3519" power|strong="H5797" [HEN|strong="H2581"]! 
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\verseNumber{8}Praise|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" deserves|strong="H1288" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" praised|strong="H1984", 
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Bring|strong="H5375" an|strong="H5375" offering|strong="H4503" and|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3051" to|strong="H3068" his|strong="H5375" temple|strong="H1004". 
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everyone|strong="H3605" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" should|strong="H3068" tremble|strong="H2342" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" him|strong="H6440", 
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\verseNumber{10}Say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" people-groups, “Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4427"! 
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He|strong="H3068" put|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" world|strong="H8398" in|strong="H3068" its|strong="H3559" place|strong="H3559", and|strong="H3068" nothing|strong="H1077" will|strong="H3068" ever|strong="H5769" be|strong="H3068" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3068" move|strong="H5472"/shake|strong="H4131" it|strong="H3559". 
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The|strong="H8055" oceans|strong="H2342" and|strong="H8064" all|strong="H4393" the|strong="H8055" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H8055" are|strong="H8064" in|strong="H8055" the|strong="H8055" oceans|strong="H2342" should|strong="H3068" roar|strong="H7481" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3220"\+w* \+w praise|strong="H1984"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{13}in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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He|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" judge|strong="H8199" all|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" fairly|strong="H6664"/justly|strong="H4941", according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H6664"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w knows|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w*} true|strong="H3068". 
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\chapterNumber{97}Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4427"! 
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he|strong="H4349" rules|strong="H4910" [MTY] righteously|strong="H6664"/justly|strong="H4941" and|strong="H4941" fairly|strong="H6664". 
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\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sends|strong="H7971"\+w*} fire|strong="H3857" in|strong="H3212" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440", 
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and|strong="H3212" he|strong="H6440" completely|strong="H5439" burns|strong="H3857" all|strong="H5439" his|strong="H6440" enemies|strong="H6862" in|strong="H3212" that|strong="H3212" fire|strong="H3857". 
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\verseNumber{4}All|strong="H7200" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H7200" world|strong="H8398" he|strong="H7200" causes|strong="H5414" lightning|strong="H1300" to|strong="H7200" flash|strong="H1300"; 
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the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w rules|strong="H4910"\+w*} over|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w angels|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5971"\+w*} [MTY] heaven|strong="H8064" proclaim|strong="H5046" that|strong="H5971" he|strong="H3605" acts|strong="H1697" righteously|strong="H6664", 
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\verseNumber{7}Everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" worships|strong="H7812" idols|strong="H6459" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3605" ashamed|strong="H0954"; 
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\verseNumber{9}Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" supreme \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w king|strong="H5921"\+w*} over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H5927"; 
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he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H3966" power|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} gods|strong="H0430" have|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3605" power|strong="H3027" at|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{10}Yahweh|strong="H3068" loves|strong="H0157" those|strong="H5315" who|strong="H3068" hate|strong="H8130" what|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5315"\+w*} is|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451"; 
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he|strong="H3068" protects|strong="H8104" the|strong="H8104" lives|strong="H5315" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H8104" people|strong="H5315", 
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\verseNumber{11}His|strong="H3605" light|strong="H0216" shines|strong="H2224" on|strong="H3820" righteous|strong="H6662" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3820"\+w*}; 
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and|strong="H3068" thank|strong="H3034" him|strong="H8055", our|strong="H3068" holy|strong="H6944" God|strong="H3068"! 

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\chapterNumber{98}Sing|strong="H7891" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" a|strong="H6213" new|strong="H2319" song|strong="H7892", 
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because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" wonderful|strong="H6381" things|strong="H6944"! 
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By|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" power|strong="H2220" [MTY] and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" great|strong="H6213" strength|strong="H2220" [DOU] he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" defeated|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}. 
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and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w*} all|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3068" world|strong="H8398" have|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H5869" that|strong="H3045" he|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" it|strong="H3045". 
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\verseNumber{3}Like|strong="H1004" he|strong="H3605" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3478" us|strong="H7200" Israeli people|strong="H7200" [MTY], 
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Everyone|strong="H3605" on|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3427" earth|strong="H0776" should|strong="H3068" sing|strong="H7891"! 
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He|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" judge|strong="H8199" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" people-groups \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w world|strong="H8398"\+w*} justly|strong="H4941" and|strong="H3068" fairly|strong="H6664" [DOU]. 
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so|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3427"\+w*} the|strong="H3068" people-groups should|strong="H3068" tremble|strong="H7264" ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w presence|strong="H6440"\+w*/\+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w front|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w him|strong="H4427"\+w*}►! 
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He|strong="H3068" sits|strong="H3427" on|strong="H3427" his|strong="H3068" throne|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*} above|strong="H4605" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w statues|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H5971", 
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\verseNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" mighty|strong="H1419" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w king|strong="H5921"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"; 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H1931"\+w*} he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3068"\+w* } the|strong="H3605" supreme ruler|strong="H4910" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" people-groups. 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H1931"\+w*} they|strong="H1931" should|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H3034" him|strong="H1931" because|strong="H3372" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" very|strong="H1419" great|strong="H1419"/powerful|strong="H2392"; 
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and|strong="H1419" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" holy|strong="H6918"! 
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\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H6213" is|strong="H4428" a|strong="H6213" mighty|strong="H5797" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H4428" ◄loves|strong="H0157"/is|strong="H4428" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="H6213"► what|strong="H6213" is|strong="H4428" just|strong="H4941"/right|strong="H4941"; 
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he|strong="H6213" has|strong="H4428" acted|strong="H6213" justly|strong="H4941" and|strong="H4428" fairly|strong="H4339" [DOU] in|strong="H6213" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{5}Praise|strong="H7311" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068"! 
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Worship|strong="H7812" him|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w front|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Chest|strong="H0727"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*} [MTY], 
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where|strong="H0834" he|strong="H1931" rules|strong="H4910" people|strong="H1931". 
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He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" holy|strong="H6918"! 
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\verseNumber{6}Moses|strong="H4872" and|strong="H4872" Aaron|strong="H0175" were|strong="H3068" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" priests|strong="H3548"; 
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Samuel|strong="H8050" also|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1931" prayed|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7121". 
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Those|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w three|strong="H7969"\+w*} cried|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7121"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H4872" he|strong="H1931" answered|strong="H6030" them|strong="H7121". 
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\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H5414" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H5414" and|strong="H2706" Aaron|strong="H0175" from|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" cloud|strong="H6051" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w was|strong="H6051"\+w* \+w like|strong="H6051"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w huge|strong="H1995"\+w*} pillar|strong="H5982"; 
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\verseNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068", our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", you|strong="H5921" answered|strong="H6030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} 
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you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1992" a|strong="H1961" God|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" forgave|strong="H5375" them|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w committed|strong="H1961"\+w*}, 
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even|strong="H3068" though|strong="H3588" you|strong="H5921" punished|strong="H5358" them|strong="H1992" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" things|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H1992" did|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1992" wrong|strong="H7451". 
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\verseNumber{9}Praise|strong="H7311" Yahweh|strong="H3068", our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", 
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and|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" him|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*} on|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944" hill|strong="H2022"; 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w right|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068", our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", is|strong="H3068" holy|strong="H6944"! 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm of thanksgiving }
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\chapterNumber{100}Everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398" should|strong="H3068" shout|strong="H7321" joyfully|strong="H7321" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! 
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\verseNumber{2}We|strong="H0587" should|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H5647" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gladly|strong="H8055"! 
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We|strong="H0587" should|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440" singing|strong="H7445" joyful|strong="H7445" songs|strong="H7892". 
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\verseNumber{3}We|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" acknowledge|strong="H3045"/recognize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068"; 
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it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" made|strong="H6213" us|strong="H6213", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H6213"\+w*} we|strong="H3588" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H6213". 
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We|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" takes|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" [MET|strong="H6298"]; 
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we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3808"\+w*} sheep|strong="H6629" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" cared|strong="H3045" for|strong="H3588" by|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" shepherd|strong="H7462". 
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\verseNumber{4}Enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H1288" gates|strong="H8179" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H8179"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1288"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*} thanking|strong="H3034" him|strong="H1288"; 
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Thank|strong="H3034" him|strong="H1288" and|strong="H8179" praise|strong="H8416" him|strong="H1288", 
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\verseNumber{5}because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" always|strong="H5769" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w does|strong="H3068"\+w*} good|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w things|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3588"\+w*}. 
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He|strong="H3588" faithfully|strong="H2617" loves|strong="H0157" us|strong="H3588", 
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and|strong="H3068" ◄is|strong="H3068" faithful|strong="H2617"/is|strong="H3068" loyal|strong="H2617" to|strong="H5704" us|strong="H3588" forever|strong="H5769"/will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H5769" forsake|strong="H5800" us|strong="H3588"►. 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David }
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\chapterNumber{101}Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" sing|strong="H7891" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H2167"! 
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I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" sing|strong="H7891" about|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3068"\+w*} faithfully|strong="H2617" loving|strong="H0157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H7891"\+w*} (OR|strong="H3068", my|strong="H3068" being|strong="H3068" loyal|strong="H2617" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H2167" and|strong="H3068" acting|strong="H4603" justly|strong="H4941"/fairly|strong="H4941" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w toward|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}). 
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\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w promise|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1004"\+w*} while|strong="H1004" I|strong="H1980" rule|strong="H4910" people|strong="H5971" [MTY], 
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I|strong="H1980" will|strong="H1004" behave|strong="H6213" in|strong="H1980" such|strong="H2088" a|strong="H1980" way|strong="H1870" that|strong="H1004" no|strong="H1980" one|strong="H1004" will|strong="H1004" be|strong="H1004" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1980" criticize|strong="H7279" me|strong="H3824". 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068", ◄when|strong="H4970" will|strong="H1004" you|strong="H7130" come|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w help|strong="H5826"\+w*} me|strong="H3824"?/I|strong="H1980" need|strong="H4270" you|strong="H7130" to|strong="H1980" come|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w help|strong="H5826"\+w*} me|strong="H3824".► [RHQ] 
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I|strong="H1980" will|strong="H1004" do|strong="H1870" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1004" are|strong="H1870" right|strong="H3225". 
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\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" stay|strong="H1692" away|strong="H5048" from|strong="H5869" those|strong="H6213" who|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" is|strong="H1697" evil|strong="H1100" [SYN]. 
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I|strong="H1697" hate|strong="H8130" the|strong="H6213" deeds|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" those|strong="H6213" who|strong="H6213" ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w turn|strong="H7896"\+w* \+w away|strong="H5048"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5869"\+w*/\+w sin|strong="H2403"\+w* \+w against|strong="H5048"\+w*}► you|strong="H6213"; 
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I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H5869" ◄completely|strong="H3617" avoid|strong="H6544" those|strong="H6213" people|strong="H3808"/not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" those|strong="H6213" people|strong="H3808" to|strong="H6213" come|strong="H0935" near|strong="H5048" me|strong="H8130"►. 
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\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H3045" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" dishonest|strong="H1215", 
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and|strong="H3045" I|strong="H3045" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3045" anything|strong="H4480" to|strong="H3824" do|strong="H5493" with|strong="H3045" evil|strong="H7451" (OR|strong="H3808", evil|strong="H7451" people|strong="H3808"). 
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\verseNumber{5}I|strong="H3201" will|strong="H5869" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H5869" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3808" secretly|strong="H5643" slanders|strong="H3960" someone|strong="H0376" else|strong="H3808", 
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and|strong="H5869" I|strong="H3201" will|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3808" ◄tolerate|strong="H3201"/allow|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3201" be|strong="H3808" near|strong="H3808" me|strong="H6789"► anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3808" is|strong="H5869" proud|strong="H7342" and|strong="H5869" arrogant|strong="H7342" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H1980" will|strong="H5869" approve|strong="H7200" of|strong="H3427" [IDM] people|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" this|strong="H1931" land|strong="H0776" who|strong="H1931" ◄are|strong="H5869" loyal|strong="H0310" to|strong="H1980"/faithfully|strong="H0571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w obey|strong="H1980"\+w*}► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H1980" I|strong="H1980" will|strong="H5869" allow|strong="H1980" them|strong="H3427" to|strong="H1980" ◄live|strong="H3427" with|strong="H1980"/work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H3427"► me|strong="H5978". 
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I|strong="H1980" will|strong="H5869" allow|strong="H1980" those|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" behave|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3427" such|strong="H1931" a|strong="H3427" way|strong="H1870" that|strong="H1931" no|strong="H1980" one|strong="H1931" can|strong="H1980" criticize|strong="H7279" them|strong="H3427" to|strong="H1980" ◄serve|strong="H8334" me|strong="H5978"/be|strong="H5869" my|strong="H1980" officials|strong="H8269"►. 
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\verseNumber{7}I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3427" deceives|strong="H8524" others|strong="H0312" to|strong="H1696" work|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3427" my|strong="H6213" palace|strong="H1004"; 
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no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3427" tells|strong="H1696" lies|strong="H8267" will|strong="H5869" be|strong="H3808" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" continually|strong="H8548" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w work|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w for|strong="H6213"\+w*} me|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{8}Every|strong="H3605" day|strong="H1242" I|strong="H3772" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w try|strong="H0974"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H7563" in|strong="H3068" this|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776"; 
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I|strong="H3772" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="H6466"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3068"\+w*} expelling them|strong="H3068" from|strong="H3772" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="H3068"\+w*} city|strong="H5892", which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A prayer written by someone who was afflicted, when he was discouraged and pleaded for Yahweh to help him }
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\chapterNumber{102}Yahweh|strong="H3068", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" praying|strong="H6419"; 
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hear|strong="H8085" me|strong="H6440" while|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" cry|strong="H7121" out|strong="H8210" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588"! 
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\verseNumber{2}Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H8085" ◄turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H5493"/hide|strong="H5641" yourself|strong="H0859"► from|strong="H8085" me|strong="H8085" when|strong="H8085" I|strong="H8085" ◄have|strong="H3068" troubles|strong="H6869"/am|strong="H3068" distressed|strong="H6887"►! 
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Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H8085", 
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\verseNumber{43}Many|strong="H7227" times|strong="H6471" Yahweh|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" them|strong="H1992", 
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he|strong="H7200" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" them|strong="H1992" when|strong="H7200" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" distressed|strong="H6887". 
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in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3068" we|strong="H4480" may|strong="H3068" thank|strong="H3034" you|strong="H3034" [MTY] 
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and|strong="H3068" joyfully|strong="H7321" praise|strong="H8416" you|strong="H3034". 
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\verseNumber{48}Praise|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H5704"\+w*} Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, 
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praise|strong="H1984" him|strong="H3605" now|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" forever|strong="H5769"! 
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And|strong="H3478" I|strong="H5704" want|strong="H4270" everyone|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5704" say|strong="H3478", “Amen|strong="H0543"/May|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3068" so|strong="H4480"!” 
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Praise|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! 

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\chapterNumber{107}Give|strong="H3034" thanks|strong="H3034" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" always|strong="H5769" does|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w things|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3588"\+w*} 
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His|strong="H3068" faithful|strong="H2617" love|strong="H2617" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3588"\+w*} lasts|strong="H5704" forever|strong="H5769"! 
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\verseNumber{2}Those|strong="H1992" whom|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" saved|strong="H3467" should|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" others|strong="H0312" 
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that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" them|strong="H3027" from|strong="H3027" their|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H6862". 
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and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" them|strong="H1992" from|strong="H3068" ◄being|strong="H3068" distressed|strong="H6887"/their|strong="H3068" difficulties►. 
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to|strong="H3212" cities|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w Canaan|strong="H3667"\+w*} where|strong="H4186" they|strong="H5892" could|strong="H3201" live|strong="H4186". 
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who|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3588" greater|strong="H1419" than|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430". 
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and|strong="H3318" brought|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3318" those|strong="H3318" very|strong="H3966" dark|strong="H2822" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w prisons|strong="H3608"\+w*}. 
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and|strong="H5975" saves|strong="H3467" us|strong="H3588" from|strong="H5315" those|strong="H3467" who|strong="H5315" have|strong="H3588" decided|strong="H3289"/declared|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" must|strong="H5315" be|strong="H5315" executed|strong="H6213". 

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you|strong="H7971" will|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H7287" over|strong="H7287" all|strong="H7971" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341". 
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he|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1471" fill|strong="H4390" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" with|strong="H4390" their|strong="H4390" corpses|strong="H1472". 
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He|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1471" crush|strong="H4272" the|strong="H5921" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" other|strong="H0312" kings|strong="H4428" all|strong="H5921" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H1870" my|strong="H5921" lord|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5158" drink|strong="H8354" from|strong="H5921" streams|strong="H5158" near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" road|strong="H1870"; 
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he|strong="H3651" will|strong="H5158" be|strong="H1870" refreshed|strong="H5314" after|strong="H5921" defeating|strong="H5221" his|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H0341". 
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\chapterNumber{111}Praise|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! 
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I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" thank|strong="H3034" Yahweh|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3605" entire|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H6442" being|strong="H3068", 
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the|strong="H5975" righteous|strong="H6666"/just|strong="H6666" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5975" he|strong="H0834" does|strong="H6213" will|strong="H6666" endure|strong="H5975" forever|strong="H5703". 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w always|strong="H3605"\+w*} is|strong="H3068" kind|strong="H4327" and|strong="H3068" merciful|strong="H7349". 
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\verseNumber{8}What|strong="H3477" he|strong="H6213" commands|strong="H6680" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H5769" obeyed|strong="H8085" forever|strong="H5769"; 
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and|strong="H7971" he|strong="H7971" made|strong="H3372" an|strong="H7971" agreement|strong="H1285" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H1285"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5971"\+w*} that|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" last|strong="H5769" forever|strong="H5769". 
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He|strong="H7971" [MTY] is|strong="H8034" holy|strong="H6918" and|strong="H7971" awesome|strong="H3372"! 
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\verseNumber{10}Revering Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H6213" wise|strong="H2451". 
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We|strong="H6213" should|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H8416" him|strong="H6213" forever|strong="H5703"! 
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\chapterNumber{112}Praise|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! 
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◄Happy|strong="H0835" are|strong="H3068"/He|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H2654" with|strong="H3068"► those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3068" revere|strong="H3372" him|strong="H1984", 
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those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3068" happily obey|strong="H3372" his|strong="H3068" commands|strong="H4687". 
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\verseNumber{2}Their|strong="H1961" children|strong="H2233" will|strong="H1961" prosper|strong="H6743" in|strong="H3477" their|strong="H1961" land|strong="H0776"; 
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\verseNumber{3}Their|strong="H5975" families|strong="H1004" [MTY] will|strong="H1004" be|strong="H1004" very|strong="H3966" wealthy|strong="H6239" [DOU], 
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on|strong="H5921" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H6662" are|strong="H6662" kind|strong="H4327", merciful|strong="H7349" and|strong="H2587" righteous|strong="H6662". 
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and|strong="H4941" who|strong="H2896" conduct|strong="H1697" their|strong="H3605" businesses honestly|strong="H8549". 
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\verseNumber{6}Righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" overwhelmed|strong="H5848"/worried|strong="H1672"/distressed|strong="H6887" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w troubles|strong="H6869"\+w*}, 
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they|strong="H3068" confidently|strong="H2388"/completely|strong="H3617" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3820" confident|strong="H0982" and|strong="H7200" not|strong="H3808" afraid|strong="H3372", 
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\verseNumber{10}Wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200" those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H1697" and|strong="H7200" are|strong="H7563" angry|strong="H3707"; 
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\chapterNumber{113}Praise|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! 
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You|strong="H0859" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H5647" Yahweh|strong="H3068", praise|strong="H1984" him|strong="H1984"! 
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Praise|strong="H1984" ◄him|strong="H1984"/his|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034"►! 
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\verseNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" praised|strong="H1288" now|strong="H6258" and|strong="H3068" forever|strong="H5769"! 
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everyone|strong="H3605", should|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068" [MTY]! 
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\verseNumber{4}Yahweh|strong="H3068" rules|strong="H4910" [MTY] over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471", 
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who|strong="H4310" lives|strong="H3427"/sits|strong="H3427"/rules|strong="H4910" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3068" highest|strong="H8064" heaven|strong="H8064", 
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he|strong="H1004" causes|strong="H5414" them|strong="H3427" to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" happy|strong="H8056" mothers|strong="H0517". 
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Praise|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! 
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\chapterNumber{114}When|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" Israeli \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} left|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714", 
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I|strong="H5315" love|strong="H0157" it|strong="H8104" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3966"\+w*} very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H3966". 
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and|strong="H1870" you|strong="H3588" see|strong="H7200" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H1870". 
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\verseNumber{170}Hear|strong="H8085" me|strong="H6440" while|strong="H5704" I|strong="H6440" pray|strong="H6419" 
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and|strong="H6440" rescue|strong="H5337"/save|strong="H5337" me|strong="H6440" as|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" promised|strong="H1696"/said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H5337" you|strong="H6440" would|strong="H0014". 
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\verseNumber{171}I|strong="H3588" [MTY] will|strong="H8193" always|strong="H3605" praise|strong="H8416" you|strong="H3588" 
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\verseNumber{174}Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H3068" eagerly|strong="H6960" desire|strong="H8378" for|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H5337"/save|strong="H3444" me|strong="H0413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}; 
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I|strong="H3068" am|strong="H3068" delighted|strong="H2654" with|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" laws|strong="H8451". 
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search|strong="H1245" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H7911", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5650" not|strong="H3808" forgotten|strong="H7911" ◄your|strong="H3588" commands|strong="H4687"/what|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5650" commanded|strong="H4687" us|strong="H3588"►. 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written for people going up to the temple to worship }
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\chapterNumber{120}When|strong="H3068" I|strong="H6869" had|strong="H3068" troubles|strong="H6869", I|strong="H6869" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" 
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and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H6030" me|strong="H7121". 
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\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w prayed|strong="H6419"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{7}Every|strong="H3588" time|strong="H4421" I|strong="H3588" talk|strong="H1696" about|strong="H1696" living|strong="H2416" together|strong="H3162" peacefully|strong="H7965", 
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they|strong="H1992" talk|strong="H1696" about|strong="H1696" starting|strong="H4161" a|strong="H3588" war|strong="H4421". 

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he|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" one|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" earth|strong="H8064". 
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\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" not|strong="H5414" allow|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" fall|strong="H5307"/stumble|strong="H3782"; 
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God|strong="H5414", who|strong="H8104" protects|strong="H8104" us|strong="H5414", will|strong="H5414" not|strong="H5414" fall|strong="H5307" asleep|strong="H3463". 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H8104" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3478" protects|strong="H8104" us|strong="H3478" Israeli people|strong="H3808" 
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never|strong="H3808" gets|strong="H8610" sleepy, nor|strong="H3808" does|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" sleep|strong="H3462" [LIT|strong="H0215"]. 
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\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" watches|strong="H8104" over|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921"; 
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\verseNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" protect|strong="H8104" us|strong="H5315" from|strong="H5315" being|strong="H5315" harmed|strong="H2255" in|strong="H3068" any|strong="H3605" manner|strong="H3605"; 
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he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" keep|strong="H8104" us|strong="H5315" safe|strong="H7965". 
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\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" protect|strong="H8104" us|strong="H5414" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H8104" time|strong="H6258" that|strong="H3068" we|strong="H5704" leave|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w houses|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w morning|strong="H1242"\+w*} until|strong="H5704" we|strong="H5704" return|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w evening|strong="H6153"\+w*}; 
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he|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" protect|strong="H8104" us|strong="H5414" now|strong="H6258", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" protect|strong="H8104" us|strong="H5414" forever|strong="H5769". 

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\chapterNumber{122}I|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" glad|strong="H8055"/happy|strong="H8055" when|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" me|strong="H1004", 
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“We|strong="H0587" should|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H3389" now|strong="H1961" we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H8179" here|strong="H6311", 
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as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3068" we|strong="H8033" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068", 
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and|strong="H3478" we|strong="H8033" can|strong="H4310" thank|strong="H3034" him|strong="H5927". 
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\verseNumber{5}There|strong="H8033" the|strong="H3588" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3427" were|strong="H1732" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H3678"\+w*} David|strong="H1732" sit|strong="H3427" on|strong="H3427" their|strong="H3588" thrones|strong="H3678" 
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\verseNumber{6}Pray|strong="H7592" that|strong="H3389" there|strong="H7965" will|strong="H3389" be|strong="H3389" peace|strong="H7965" in|strong="H3389" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"; 
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I|strong="H7965" desire|strong="H7592" that|strong="H3389" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3389" love|strong="H0157" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" will|strong="H3389" ◄prosper|strong="H7951"/live|strong="H3427" peacefully|strong="H7965"►. 
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\verseNumber{7}I|strong="H7965" desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" peace|strong="H7965" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="H1961" walls|strong="H2426" of|strong="H7962" the|strong="H1961" city|strong="H5892" 
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\verseNumber{8}For|strong="H4616" the|strong="H1696" sake|strong="H4616" of|strong="H4616" my|strong="H1696" relatives|strong="H0251" and|strong="H7965" friends|strong="H7453", I|strong="H7965" say|strong="H1696", 
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“My|strong="H1696" desire|strong="H7453" is|strong="H1696" that|strong="H4616" that|strong="H4616" inside|strong="H8432" Jerusalem|strong="H4616" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w*} peacefully|strong="H7965".” 
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I|strong="H3068" pray|strong="H6419" that|strong="H3068" things|strong="H2896" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3068" well|strong="H2896" for|strong="H4616" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H4616"\+w*}. 

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\chapterNumber{123}Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H5869" look|strong="H5869" up|strong="H5375" toward|strong="H0413" you|strong="H5375", 
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up|strong="H5375" to|strong="H5869" heaven|strong="H8064", from|strong="H5869" where|strong="H0834" you|strong="H5375" rule|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{2}Like|strong="H3651" servants|strong="H5650" ask|strong="H7592" [IDM] their|strong="H3068" masters|strong="H0113" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w need|strong="H3651"\+w*} 
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and|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3651" maids|strong="H8198" ask|strong="H7592" t their|strong="H3068" mistresses \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w need|strong="H3651"\+w*}, 
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we|strong="H5704" ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H5704", Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w we|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w need|strong="H3651"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3068" we|strong="H5704" ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3027" merciful|strong="H2603" to|strong="H5704" us|strong="H5869". 
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\verseNumber{3}Yahweh|strong="H3068", be|strong="H3068" very|strong="H7227" merciful|strong="H2603" [DOU] to|strong="H3068" us|strong="H3588" 
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because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} have|strong="H3068" acted|strong="H6213" very|strong="H7227" contemptuously|strong="H5034" toward|strong="H3068" us|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{4}Rich|strong="H6223" people|strong="H5315" have|strong="H7646" made|strong="H6213" fun of|strong="H5315" us|strong="H5315" for|strong="H5315" a|strong="H7227" long|strong="H7227" time|strong="H7227", 
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and|strong="H5315" proud|strong="H1349" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5315"\+w*} who|strong="H5315" have|strong="H7646" ◄oppressed|strong="H6231"/acted|strong="H6213" cruelly|strong="H7188" toward|strong="H0413"► us|strong="H5315" have|strong="H7646" acted|strong="H6213" toward|strong="H0413" us|strong="H5315" as|strong="H5315" though|strong="H3588" we|strong="H5315" were|strong="H5315" worthless|strong="H1100". 

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\chapterNumber{124}You|strong="H4994" Israeli \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w answer|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w question|strong="H1697"\+w*}: 
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What|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w us|strong="H4994"\+w*} if|strong="H3884" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" ◄helping|strong="H5826"/fighting|strong="H3898" for|strong="H3068"► us|strong="H4994"? 
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\verseNumber{2}When|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H6965"\+w*} attacked|strong="H6965" us|strong="H5921", 
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if|strong="H3884" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" fighting|strong="H3898" for|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921", 
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\verseNumber{3}we|strong="H0587" would|strong="H0014" have|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" been|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2026" [IDM] 
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because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" very|strong="H2734" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H2734" us|strong="H1104"! 
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\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H3808"\+w*} praise|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068", 
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\verseNumber{7}We|strong="H5315" have|strong="H1961" escaped|strong="H4422" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} like|strong="H5315" a|strong="H7665" bird|strong="H6833" escapes|strong="H4422" from|strong="H5315" the|strong="H7665" trap|strong="H6341" that|strong="H5315" hunters|strong="H6719" have|strong="H1961" set|strong="H3369"; 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H7665"\+w* \+w is|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H7665" trap|strong="H6341" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w* \+w set|strong="H3369"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5315"\+w*} was|strong="H5315" broken|strong="H7665" 
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and|strong="H5315" we|strong="H5315" have|strong="H1961" escaped|strong="H4422" from|strong="H5315" it|strong="H7665"! 
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\verseNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" one|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3068" helps|strong="H5826" us|strong="H6213" [MTY]; 
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he|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" one|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" earth|strong="H8064". 

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\chapterNumber{125}Those|strong="H3427"/We|strong="H0587" who|strong="H3068" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3427" Yahweh|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w secure|strong="H3427"\+w*/\+w steadfast|strong="H3559"\+w*} [SIM] as|strong="H3068" Zion|strong="H6726" Hill|strong="H2022", 
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which|strong="H3068" cannot|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" shaken|strong="H4131" and|strong="H3068" can|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" moved|strong="H4131". 
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\verseNumber{2}Like|strong="H2022" the|strong="H3068" hills|strong="H2022" that|strong="H5971" surround|strong="H5439" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w protect|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" protects|strong="H8104" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H5439"\+w*}, his|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971", 
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and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" protect|strong="H8104" us|strong="H5439" forever|strong="H5769". 
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\verseNumber{3}Wicked|strong="H7562" people|strong="H3808" [MTY] should|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w allowed|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w*} rule|strong="H3027" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H1486" where|strong="H5921" righteous|strong="H6662" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3808"\+w*} live|strong="H3427". 
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If|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588", those|strong="H5921" righteous|strong="H6662" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3808"\+w*} might|strong="H4616" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{◄\+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w encouraged|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w imitate|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7971"\+w*}► do|strong="H7562" things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3027" wrong|strong="H5766". 
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\verseNumber{4}Yahweh|strong="H3068", do|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" others|strong="H0312" 
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and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3068" sincerely|strong="H8549" obey|strong="H8085" your|strong="H3068" commands|strong="H6680" [IDM]. 
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\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H3068" when|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" punish|strong="H6485" the|strong="H5921" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3212"\+w* Israelis}, 
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also|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" those|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israelis} who|strong="H3068" turn|strong="H5186" away|strong="H3212" from|strong="H5921" walking|strong="H3212" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" good|strong="H2896" roads|strong="H1870" [MET|strong="H6298"] that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" shown|strong="H7200" them|strong="H5921"! 
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I|strong="H5921" wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3068" things|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3212" well|strong="H7965" for|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478"! 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written for people going up to the temple to worship }
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\chapterNumber{126}When|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H7725"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" (OR|strong="H3068", enabled|strong="H5414" us|strong="H7725" Israelis to|strong="H7725" prosper|strong="H6743" again|strong="H7725"), 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w wonderful|strong="H6381"\+w*}; 
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it|strong="H7725" seemed|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" though|strong="H3588" [SIM] we|strong="H7725" were|strong="H1961" dreaming|strong="H2492". 
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\verseNumber{2}We|strong="H6213" were|strong="H1471" extremely|strong="H3966" happy|strong="H0835", 
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and|strong="H3068" we|strong="H6213" [SYN] continued|strong="H5674" shouting|strong="H7440" joyfully|strong="H7321". 
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Then|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H6310"\+w*} people-groups said|strong="H6310" about|strong="H6213" us|strong="H6213", 
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“Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" great|strong="H1431" things|strong="H1431" for|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213"!” 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w And|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w we|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w*, “\+w Yes|strong="H3588"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w truly|strong="H6213"\+w*} has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" great|strong="H1431" things|strong="H1431" for|strong="H6213" us|strong="H6213", 
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and|strong="H3068" we|strong="H6213" are|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H6213"\+w*} happy|strong="H8056".” 
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\verseNumber{4}Yahweh|strong="H3068", when|strong="H7725" it|strong="H7725" rains|strong="H1653", water|strong="H4325" flows|strong="H2100" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" streams|strong="H6388" again|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5045"\+w* \+w dry|strong="H3004"\+w*} [SIM]. 
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Similarly|strong="H2088", enable|strong="H7980" our|strong="H3068" nation|strong="H1471" to|strong="H7725" become|strong="H7725" great|strong="H1419" again|strong="H7725" like|strong="H7725" it|strong="H7725" was|strong="H3068" before|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{5}We|strong="H0587" cried|strong="H7121" when|strong="H7114" we|strong="H0587" planted|strong="H2232" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w seeds|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w hard|strong="H7186"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w preparing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H2232"\+w* \+w soil|strong="H0127"\+w* \+w that|strong="H2232"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w plowed|strong="H2790"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w*}; 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w we|strong="H0587"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7440"\+w*} shout|strong="H7440" joyfully|strong="H7321" because|strong="H3588" we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H3117" gathering|strong="H4723" a|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w big|strong="H0931"\+w*} harvest|strong="H7114". 
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\verseNumber{6}Those|strong="H5375" who|strong="H1980" cried|strong="H1058" as|strong="H1980" they|strong="H5375" carried|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w bags|strong="H2754"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2233"\+w*} seeds|strong="H2233" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w fields|strong="H7704"\+w*} will|strong="H2233" shout|strong="H7440" joyfully|strong="H7321" 
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when|strong="H1980" they|strong="H5375" bring|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" crops|strong="H8393" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w houses|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w at|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w harvest|strong="H7105"\+w* \+w time|strong="H2233"\+w*}. 

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\chapterNumber{130}Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7121" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H3068" troubles|strong="H6869"/many|strong="H7227" difficulties, so|strong="H7121" I|strong="H3068" call|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7121". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{A song to sing along the road up to Jerusalem }
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\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H1004" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1004" not|strong="H5927" go|strong="H5927" home|strong="H1004", 
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do|strong="H4899" not|strong="H1732" reject|strong="H7725"/abandon|strong="H5800" him|strong="H6440"! 
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\verseNumber{11}Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H7725" made|strong="H7896" a|strong="H4480" solemn|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H7650" to|strong="H7725" David|strong="H1732", 
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a|strong="H4480" promise|strong="H7650" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7725" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" break|strong="H7725". 
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You|strong="H7725" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H7725" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" to|strong="H7725" rule|strong="H4910" [MTY] as|strong="H3068" kings|strong="H4428" like|strong="H3808" you|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{12}If|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1571" keep|strong="H8104" my|strong="H8104" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" them|strong="H3925" 
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the|strong="H8104" line|strong="H6957" of|strong="H1121" kings|strong="H4428" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3925" will|strong="H1571" never|strong="H3808" end|strong="H5703".” 
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\verseNumber{13}Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"; 
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he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H3068" make|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892" his|strong="H3068" home|strong="H3068"; 
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\verseNumber{14}he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3588" live|strong="H3427" forever|strong="H5703" [DOU]; 
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this|strong="H2063" is|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3588" place|strong="H4496" where|strong="H0834" I|strong="H3588" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H3427" stay|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{15}I|strong="H1288" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3899" the|strong="H1288" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3899" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" all|strong="H1288" that|strong="H3899" they|strong="H1992" need|strong="H4270"; 
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and|strong="H3548" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H8104" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3548" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" will|strong="H2623" shout|strong="H7442" joyfully|strong="H7442". 
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he|strong="H8033" also|strong="H1732" will|strong="H5216" be|strong="H1732" my|strong="H1732" chosen|strong="H4899" king|strong="H4428", 
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but|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" crown|strong="H5145" that|strong="H1322" my|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" wears|strong="H7833" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w always|strong="H3605"\+w*} shine|strong="H6692".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written for people going up to the temple to worship }
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for|strong="H3427" God’s|strong="H0430" people|strong="H3427" to|strong="H1732" gather|strong="H6908" together|strong="H3162" harmoniously. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written for people going up to the temple to worship }
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\chapterNumber{134}All|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" serve|strong="H5975" Yahweh|strong="H3068", 
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who|strong="H3605" stand|strong="H5975" up|strong="H5975" and|strong="H3068" ◄serve|strong="H5975"/pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3068"► him|strong="H5975" at|strong="H3068" night|strong="H3915" in|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004", 
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come|strong="H4609" and|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H1288" him|strong="H5975"! 
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and|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H1288" him|strong="H3027"! 
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\chapterNumber{135}Praise|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! 
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You|strong="H0859" who|strong="H3068" ◄do|strong="H3068" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H8034"/serve|strong="H5647"► Yahweh|strong="H3068", 
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praise|strong="H1984" him|strong="H1984"! 
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\verseNumber{2}You|strong="H1004" who|strong="H3068" stand|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" surrounding|strong="H5439" courtyard|strong="H2691", 
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\verseNumber{3}Praise|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" does|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3588"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{6}Yahweh|strong="H3068" does|strong="H6213" whatever|strong="H3605" he|strong="H6213" desires|strong="H2654" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213", 
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find|strong="H3045" out|strong="H2713" what|strong="H3045" I|strong="H3045" am|strong="H1961" thinking|strong="H0559"! 
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I|strong="H3588" ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5315" protect|strong="H8104" me|strong="H5315"; 
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do|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3588" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5315" ◄die|strong="H4191"/be|strong="H5315" killed|strong="H2026"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H3588"\+w*}! 
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\chapterNumber{142}Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H1961" cry|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H1961"; 
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\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H3588" I|strong="H6869" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" discouraged|strong="H7503", 
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you|strong="H6440" know|strong="H5046" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H6869" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213". 
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and|strong="H7200" you|strong="H4480" are|strong="H5315" all|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H5315" need|strong="H4270" while|strong="H7200" I|strong="H5315" am|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H5315". 
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\verseNumber{6}Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H2416" while|strong="H5704" I|strong="H3068" cry|strong="H2199" out|strong="H2199" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w*}, 
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because|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" am|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" distressed|strong="H6887". 
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Rescue|strong="H5337"/Save|strong="H3467" me|strong="H2416" from|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" pursuing|strong="H7291" me|strong="H2416", 
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\BibleSectionHeading{A psalm written by David }
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\chapterNumber{143}Yahweh|strong="H3068", hear|strong="H8085" me|strong="H6030" while|strong="H8085" I|strong="H8085" pray|strong="H8605" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6030"! 
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and|strong="H3068" because|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6030" faithfully|strong="H0571" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H8085" you|strong="H6030" have|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H3068", 
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do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" judge|strong="H4941" me|strong="H6440", 
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because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" everyone|strong="H3605" has|strong="H5650" done|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5650" wrong|strong="H4941"►. 
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\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" discouraged|strong="H7503"; 
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I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" dismayed|strong="H2865"/worried|strong="H1672". 
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\verseNumber{5}I|strong="H3117" remember|strong="H2142" what|strong="H4639" has|strong="H3117" happened|strong="H1961" previously|strong="H8543": 
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\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H5315" lift|strong="H5375" up|strong="H6566" my|strong="H6566" hands|strong="H3027"/arms|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3027" while|strong="H5315" I|strong="H5315" pray|strong="H6419"; 
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\verseNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H6440" am|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" discouraged|strong="H7503", 
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Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6440" hide|strong="H5641" from|strong="H4480" me|strong="H6440", 
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I|strong="H3588" ◄pray|strong="H5375"/send|strong="H7971" my|strong="H8085" prayers|strong="H8605" up|strong="H5375" [IDM]► to|strong="H3212" you|strong="H3588"; 
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show|strong="H3045" me|strong="H5315" what|strong="H3045" I|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" do|strong="H1870". 
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\verseNumber{10}You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H6213" my|strong="H6213" God|strong="H0430"; 
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teach|strong="H3925" me|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H2896" you|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" me|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213". 
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I|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" your|strong="H6213" good|strong="H2896" Spirit|strong="H7307" to|strong="H6213" lead|strong="H5148" me|strong="H6213" on|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" path|strong="H0734" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2896" not|strong="H6213" difficult|strong="H6381" to|strong="H6213" walk|strong="H1980" on|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{11}Yahweh|strong="H3068", restore|strong="H7725" me|strong="H5315" when|strong="H2421" I|strong="H5315" am|strong="H3068" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H3318" dying|strong="H0006", as|strong="H5315" you|strong="H5315" promised|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" do|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{12}I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" serves|strong="H5647" you|strong="H3588"; 
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so|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" faithfully|strong="H2617" love|strong="H2617" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="H5315"\+w*}, 
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kill|strong="H2026" my|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H6887" 
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and|strong="H5650" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H5650" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" ◄oppress|strong="H6231"/cause|strong="H6887" trouble|strong="H6887" for|strong="H3588"► me|strong="H5315". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Written by David }
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and|strong="H5971" he|strong="H5971" gives|strong="H5414" me|strong="H8478" refuge|strong="H2620". 
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He|strong="H6213" hears|strong="H8085" them|strong="H6213" when|strong="H8085" they|strong="H6213" cry|strong="H7775" out|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213", and|strong="H8085" saves|strong="H3467"/rescues|strong="H5337" them|strong="H6213". 
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He|strong="H6213" always|strong="H3605" does|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" has|strong="H3605" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213". 
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He|strong="H6213" frees those|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" prison|strong="H1004". 
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you|strong="H6726" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H4427" forever|strong="H5769"! 
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Praise|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! 
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\chapterNumber{147}Praise|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! 
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\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H8064" covers|strong="H3680" the|strong="H3680" sky|strong="H8064" with|strong="H3680" clouds|strong="H5645", 
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Praise|strong="H1984" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068"! 
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\verseNumber{2}All|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" angels|strong="H4397" who|strong="H3605" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4397" him|strong="H3605", praise|strong="H1984" him|strong="H3605"! 
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\verseNumber{4}You|strong="H5921" highest|strong="H8064" heavens|strong="H8064", praise|strong="H1984" him|strong="H5921"! 
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And|strong="H8064" you|strong="H5921" waters|strong="H4325" that|strong="H4325" are|strong="H8064" high|strong="H1116" above|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sky|strong="H8064", praise|strong="H1984" him|strong="H5921"! 
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\BibleBook{Proverbs}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains many wise things that King Solomon said. We call this book }
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\verseNumber{32}Those|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3588" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H4878" from|strong="H4480" me|strong="H2026" are|strong="H4878" stupid|strong="H3684"/foolish|strong="H3684"; 
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\verseNumber{33}But|strong="H8085" those|strong="H8085" who|strong="H0834" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" me|strong="H8085" will|strong="H8085" live|strong="H7931" peacefully|strong="H7965" and|strong="H8085" safely|strong="H0983", 
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it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3820" be|strong="H3820" as|strong="H5921" though|strong="H3588" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3820" wearing|strong="H2296" a|strong="H5921" beautiful|strong="H3303" necklace|strong="H2002". 
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\verseNumber{4}If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H4672" do|strong="H5869", God|strong="H0430" and|strong="H5869" people|strong="H5869" will|strong="H5869" approve|strong="H7200" of|strong="H5869" you|strong="H4672" 
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and|strong="H5869" think|strong="H5869" highly|strong="H3966" of|strong="H5869" you|strong="H4672" [MTY]. 
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\verseNumber{5}Trust|strong="H8172" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3605", 
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and|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" rely|strong="H8172" on|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3605" yourself|strong="H3820" understand|strong="H0995". 
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If|strong="H1931" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H1870" that|strong="H3045", he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1931" ◄show|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" right|strong="H3474" path|strong="H1870"/direct|strong="H3474" your|strong="H3605" life|strong="H3605"►. 
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\verseNumber{7}Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" proud|strong="H5869" of|strong="H3068" being|strong="H1961" wise|strong="H2450". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Instead|strong="H8478"\+w*}, revere|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068" 
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and|strong="H3068" turn|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" doing|strong="H7451" evil|strong="H7451". 
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\verseNumber{8}If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1961", your|strong="H1961" body|strong="H6106" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" healthy|strong="H1277"/strong|strong="H2388"; 
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and|strong="H1121" if|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3068" rebukes|strong="H8433" you|strong="H8433", do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3988" resent it|strong="H3068". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{A warning about adultery }
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\chapterNumber{5}My|strong="H5186" son|strong="H1121", listen|strong="H7181" carefully|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1121" some|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w more|strong="H3254"\+w*} wise|strong="H2451" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1121" I|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H5186". 
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Listen|strong="H7181" well|strong="H7181" to|strong="H1121" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H1121" am|strong="H1961" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1121" teach|strong="H3925" you|strong="H5186". 
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\verseNumber{2}If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H8104" do|strong="H8104" that|strong="H8193", you|strong="H8104" will|strong="H8193" be|strong="H8193" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H8104" choose|strong="H0977" wisely|strong="H2451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1847"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w do|strong="H8104"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{3}What|strong="H3588" an|strong="H3588" immoral woman|strong="H2114" says|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w may|strong="H8193"\+w* \+w be|strong="H2114"\+w*} as|strong="H3588" sweet|strong="H5197" as|strong="H3588" honey|strong="H5317", 
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and|strong="H2719" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w injure|strong="H7463"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w as|strong="H4751"\+w* \+w badly|strong="H3966"\+w*}, like|strong="H3644" being|strong="H1961" cut|strong="H3772" with|strong="H6310" a|strong="H6310" sharp|strong="H2299" two-edged|strong="H6310" sword|strong="H2719". 
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\verseNumber{5}If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3381" go|strong="H3381" where|strong="H0834" she|strong="H1931" goes|strong="H3381" [MTY], you|strong="H3381" will|strong="H7272" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3381" dead|strong="H4194" people|strong="H4194" are|strong="H7272". 
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Her|strong="H3381" steps|strong="H6806" will|strong="H7272" lead|strong="H5148" you|strong="H3381" straight|strong="H3474" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3381" grave|strong="H7585". 
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\verseNumber{6}She|strong="H3808" is|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" concerned|strong="H3045" about|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3045" roads|strong="H1870" that|strong="H3045" lead|strong="H5148" to|strong="H3045" a|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w long|strong="H0753"\+w*} life|strong="H2416". 
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She|strong="H3808" walks|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w down|strong="H5128"\+w*} a|strong="H3808" crooked|strong="H6141" path|strong="H4570", 
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and|strong="H3045" she|strong="H3808" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" realize|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w she|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w wrong|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w road|strong="H1870"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H6258" now|strong="H6258", my|strong="H8085" sons|strong="H1121", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" me|strong="H5493". 
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◄Never|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H5493" aside|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493"/always|strong="H3605" remember|strong="H2142"► [LIT|strong="H0215"] what|strong="H6310" I|strong="H6258" am|strong="H1961" about|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" tell|strong="H8085" you|strong="H6310". 
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\verseNumber{8}Run|strong="H7323" away|strong="H7368" from|strong="H5921" immoral women|strong="H0802"! 
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Do|strong="H1870" not|strong="H1870" go|strong="H7126" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H5921" doors|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1004" their|strong="H5921" houses|strong="H1004"! 
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\verseNumber{9}If|strong="H6435" you|strong="H5414" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H5414" home|strong="H1004" of|strong="H8141" one|strong="H8141" of|strong="H8141" them|strong="H5414", you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" lose|strong="H0622" your|strong="H5414" ◄self-respect/good|strong="H2896" reputation|strong="H8034"► 
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and|strong="H8141" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w woman’s|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w husband|strong="H0376"\+w*} will|strong="H5414" not|strong="H5414" act|strong="H6213" mercifully toward|strong="H0413" you|strong="H5414"; 
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he|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w and|strong="H8141"\+w*} take|strong="H5414" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5414" acquired|strong="H6213" during|strong="H3117" your|strong="H5414" life|strong="H8141"! 
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\verseNumber{10}Foreigners|strong="H2114" will|strong="H1004" take|strong="H3947" your|strong="H7646" money|strong="H3701", 
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\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H1320" when|strong="H3615" you|strong="H1320" are|strong="H7607" about|strong="H5439" to|strong="H1320" die|strong="H4191", 
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because|strong="H3588" diseases|strong="H8463" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w you|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w gotten|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w from|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* immoral} will|strong="H1320" be|strong="H1320" destroying|strong="H7843" your|strong="H3615" body|strong="H1320". 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H0227" you|strong="H8130" will|strong="H3820" say|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3820" hated|strong="H8130" it|strong="H3820" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w tried|strong="H6884"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3820"\+w*} correct|strong="H3256" me|strong="H8130". 
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I|strong="H3820" despised|strong="H5006" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3820"\+w*} reproved|strong="H8433"/rebuked|strong="H1605" me|strong="H8130". 
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\verseNumber{13}I|strong="H8085" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" heed|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6963" my|strong="H8085" teachers|strong="H3384" said|strong="H8085"! 
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\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Now|strong="H1961"\+w*} I|strong="H3605" am|strong="H1961" almost|strong="H4592" ruined|strong="H7703", 
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and|strong="H5712" I|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" disgraced|strong="H0954" in|strong="H8432" public|strong="H1121" gatherings.” 
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\verseNumber{15}Like|strong="H3644" a|strong="H8432" man|strong="H0376" is|strong="H4325" refreshed|strong="H5314" by|strong="H4325" drinking|strong="H8354" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H8432" his|strong="H8432" own|strong="H1961" well|strong="H3190" [MET|strong="H6298"], 
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enjoy|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w having|strong="H0369"\+w* \+w sex|strong="H7901"\+w*} [EUP] only|strong="H0389" with|strong="H4325" your|strong="H8354" own|strong="H1961" wife|strong="H0802". 
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\verseNumber{16}Like|strong="H3644" you|strong="H4325" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H4325" waste|strong="H2723" good|strong="H2896" water|strong="H4325" by|strong="H4325" pouring|strong="H5258" it|strong="H4325" into|strong="H4325" the|strong="H2351" street|strong="H2351", 
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\verseNumber{17}Enjoy|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w having|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w sex|strong="H7901"\+w*} only|strong="H0389" with|strong="H1961" your|strong="H1961" wife|strong="H0802"; 
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do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w sex|strong="H7901"\+w* \+w with|strong="H1961"\+w*} other|strong="H2114" women|strong="H2114". 
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\verseNumber{18}Let|strong="H8055" your|strong="H1961" wife|strong="H0802" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" source|strong="H4725" of|strong="H4726" great|strong="H1419" pleasure|strong="H8055" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H1288". 
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◄Be|strong="H1961" happy|strong="H8055"/\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Enjoy|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w sex|strong="H7901"\+w*}► with|strong="H8055" the|strong="H1288" woman|strong="H0802" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H1288" married|strong="H3947" when|strong="H1961" you|strong="H1288" were|strong="H1961" both|strong="H8147" young|strong="H5288". 
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\verseNumber{19}She|strong="H6256" is|strong="H3605" as|strong="H6256" pretty|strong="H3304" and|strong="H6256" graceful|strong="H2580" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H6256"\+w*} a|strong="H6256" young|strong="H5288" female|strong="H5347" deer|strong="H3280". 
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Allow|strong="H5414" her|strong="H3605" breasts|strong="H1717" to|strong="H6256" always|strong="H3605" satisfy|strong="H7301" you|strong="H3605". 
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Allow|strong="H5414" her|strong="H3605" lovemaking to|strong="H6256" excite you|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{20}My|strong="H4100" son|strong="H1121", do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" [RHQ] captivated|strong="H0631"/charmed|strong="H3908" by|strong="H1121" an|strong="H1129" immoral woman|strong="H5237"! 
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Do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H1121" fondle the|strong="H1121" breasts|strong="H7699" of|strong="H1121" another|strong="H2114" man’s|strong="H0376" wife|strong="H0802"! 
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he|strong="H3588" knows|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w going|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w on|strong="H1870"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" roads|strong="H1870" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" walk|strong="H1870" on|strong="H1870". 
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\verseNumber{22}Evil|strong="H7563" men’s|strong="H0120" sinful|strong="H2403" desires|strong="H0183" hold|strong="H8551" them|strong="H5414" fast|strong="H8551"; 
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their|strong="H7563" sins|strong="H2403" are|strong="H7563" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H2403"\+w*} ropes|strong="H2256" that|strong="H2403" bind|strong="H7194" them|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{23}Evil|strong="H7451" men|strong="H7686" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H1931"\+w*} die|strong="H4191" because|strong="H7230" they|strong="H1931" are|strong="H3117" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H4191" say|strong="H0559" “No|strong="H3808"” to|strong="H4191" their|strong="H4191" desires|strong="H0183"; 
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they|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H1931"\+w*} ◄go|strong="H7686" astray|strong="H7686"/be|strong="H4191" lost|strong="H0006"► because|strong="H7230" of|strong="H7230" the|strong="H4191" foolish|strong="H3684" things|strong="H7230" that|strong="H1931" they|strong="H1931" do|strong="H6213". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Warnings against foolish behavior }
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\chapterNumber{6}My|strong="H8104" son|strong="H1121", if|strong="H1121" someone|strong="H0376" has|strong="H1121" borrowed|strong="H7592" money|strong="H3701" from|strong="H1121" a|strong="H8628" friend|strong="H7453" or|strong="H1121" a|strong="H8628" stranger|strong="H2114", 
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and|strong="H1121" if|strong="H1121" you|strong="H2114" have|strong="H1121" promised|strong="H1696" that|strong="H1121" you|strong="H2114" will|strong="H1121" pay|strong="H7999" the|strong="H8628" money|strong="H3701" back|strong="H7725" if|strong="H1121" that|strong="H1121" person|strong="H5315" is|strong="H1121" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1121" pay|strong="H7999" back|strong="H7725" the|strong="H8628" money|strong="H3701" he|strong="H3709" borrowed|strong="H7592", 
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\verseNumber{2}you|strong="H6310" may|strong="H6310" be|strong="H6310" trapped|strong="H0270" by|strong="H3920" what|strong="H6310" you|strong="H6310" have|strong="H1961" agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H6310" do|strong="H6213", 
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What|strong="H6310" you|strong="H6310" have|strong="H1961" said|strong="H6310" that|strong="H6310" you|strong="H6310" will|strong="H6310" do|strong="H6213" will|strong="H6310" be|strong="H6310" like|strong="H3644" a|strong="H3920" snare|strong="H3369" to|strong="H6310" you|strong="H6310". 
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\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H6213", my|strong="H5337" son|strong="H1121", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1121" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3588" what|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3212" escape|strong="H5337" from|strong="H1121" your|strong="H6213" difficulty|strong="H3811", 
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\verseNumber{5}Save|strong="H5337" yourself|strong="H5337", 
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like|strong="H3644" a|strong="H3027" deer|strong="H0354" that|strong="H3027" escapes|strong="H4422" from|strong="H3027" a|strong="H3027" deer|strong="H0354" hunter|strong="H6718" 
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\verseNumber{6}You|strong="H7200" lazy|strong="H6102" individual|strong="H1538", learn|strong="H3925" something|strong="H1697" from|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w watching|strong="H8245"\+w*} the|strong="H7200" ants|strong="H5244". 
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Become|strong="H7200" wise|strong="H2449" from|strong="H3212" observing|strong="H7200" what|strong="H7200" they|strong="H1870" do|strong="H1870". 
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\verseNumber{7}They|strong="H1992" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H4910" a|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" or|strong="H4910" a|strong="H1961" governor|strong="H4910" or|strong="H4910" any|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} person|strong="H5315" who|strong="H7860" rules|strong="H4910" them|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7860"\+w* \+w forces|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4910"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w*}, 
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people|strong="H1818" who|strong="H0834" lie|strong="H8267" [MTY]; 
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\verseNumber{19}people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5707" easily|strong="H4592" tell|strong="H5046" lies|strong="H3577" in|strong="H7971" court|strong="H2691"; 
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\verseNumber{20}My|strong="H5341" son|strong="H1121", obey|strong="H8451" my|strong="H5341" commands|strong="H4687", 
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\verseNumber{21}Remember|strong="H2142" the|strong="H5921" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3820" we|strong="H0587" have|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559". 
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He|strong="H3605" may|strong="H5414" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H5414" sell|strong="H5414" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" in|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w get|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w enough|strong="H1952"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w pay|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w back|strong="H7999"\+w*}. 
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\chapterNumber{7}My|strong="H8104" son|strong="H1121", heed|strong="H8104" my|strong="H8104" advice|strong="H6098", 
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\verseNumber{27}The|strong="H1870" road|strong="H1870" to|strong="H3381" her|strong="H3381" house|strong="H1004" is|strong="H1870" the|strong="H1870" road|strong="H1870" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H1870" grave|strong="H7585". 
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Those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" enter|strong="H0935" her|strong="H3381" bedroom|strong="H2315" [PRS] will|strong="H1004" die|strong="H4194" as|strong="H1004" a|strong="H1004" result|strong="H6903". 

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\verseNumber{2}Wisdom|strong="H2451" stands|strong="H5324" on|strong="H5921" hilltops and|strong="H1004" at|strong="H5921" crossroads. 
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\verseNumber{4}“I|strong="H1121" am|strong="H1961" calling|strong="H7121" to|strong="H1121" everyone|strong="H3605"! 
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\verseNumber{36}But|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" stray|strong="H8582" away|strong="H3605" from|strong="H5315" me|strong="H5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w just|strong="H3605"\+w*} harm|strong="H2398" themselves|strong="H5315". 
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\verseNumber{4}“You|strong="H5493" people|strong="H3820" who|strong="H4310" need|strong="H2638" to|strong="H3820" understand|strong="H0995" more|strong="H3254", come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5493"!” 
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and|strong="H3212" drink|strong="H8354" the|strong="H8354" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w good|strong="H2896"\+w*} wine|strong="H3196" that|strong="H3196" I|strong="H3212" have|strong="H3899" mixed|strong="H4537"! 
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\verseNumber{6}◄Leave|strong="H5800"/Go|strong="H5800" away|strong="H1870" from|strong="H2421"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} foolish|strong="H6612" people|strong="H5800", and|strong="H1870" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w do|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1870"\+w*, \+w you|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w will|strong="H6612"\+w* \+w continue|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1870"\+w*} live|strong="H2421". 
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Walk|strong="H1870" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H1870" road|strong="H1870" that|strong="H1870" will|strong="H6612" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5800" to|strong="H1870" ◄have|strong="H5800" knowledge|strong="H1847"/know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H1870" is|strong="H1870" true|strong="H0571" and|strong="H1870" what|strong="H1870" is|strong="H1870" not|strong="H1870" true|strong="H0571"►.” 
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\verseNumber{7}If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3947" rebuke|strong="H3198" someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H7563" will|strong="H7563" not|strong="H3947" allow|strong="H5414" others|strong="H0312" to|strong="H3947" correct|strong="H3256" him|strong="H3947", he|strong="H3947" will|strong="H7563" insult|strong="H2781" you|strong="H3947". 
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If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3947" reprove|strong="H3198"/scold an|strong="H3947" evil|strong="H7563" man|strong="H7563", he|strong="H3947" will|strong="H7563" hurt|strong="H7451" you|strong="H3947". 
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\verseNumber{8}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6435" rebuke|strong="H3198" someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H2450" will|strong="H2450" not|strong="H6435" allow|strong="H5414" others|strong="H0312" to|strong="H2450" ◄correct|strong="H3198" him|strong="H8130"/tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H8130" what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" is|strong="H2450" wrong|strong="H7451"►, because|strong="H6435" he|strong="H0834" will|strong="H2450" hate|strong="H8130" you|strong="H6435" for|strong="H3198" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H6435". 
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\verseNumber{9}If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" instruction|strong="H3948" to|strong="H5414" wise|strong="H2450" people|strong="H3045", they|strong="H3045" will|strong="H6662" become|strong="H1961" wiser|strong="H2449". 
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And|strong="H3045" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" teach|strong="H3045" righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3045", they|strong="H3045" will|strong="H6662" learn|strong="H3045" more|strong="H3254". 
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\verseNumber{11}If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" become|strong="H1961" wise|strong="H2450", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3117" live|strong="H2416" many|strong="H7235" years|strong="H8141" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{13}Foolish|strong="H3687" women|strong="H0802" talk|strong="H1696" loudly|strong="H6963"; 
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\verseNumber{14}They|strong="H5921" sit|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" doors|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1004" their|strong="H5921" houses|strong="H1004" 
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who|strong="H7121" are|strong="H1870" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H1870" be|strong="H1870" concerned|strong="H6485" with|strong="H5674" their|strong="H1870" own|strong="H1961" affairs|strong="H1697", 
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\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H3588" men|strong="H7121" who|strong="H3588" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H8033" those|strong="H3588" women’s|strong="H0802" houses|strong="H1004" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" those|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3045" gone|strong="H3808" there|strong="H8033" are|strong="H3045" now|strong="H3588" dead|strong="H7496"; 
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they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3045" descended|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3588" into|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3588" deepest parts|strong="H3411" of|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3588" place|strong="H8033" where|strong="H8033" dead|strong="H7496" people|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3045". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Wise sayings from Solomon }
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\chapterNumber{10}These|strong="H0428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w more|strong="H2450"\+w*} proverbs|strong="H4912"/wise|strong="H2450" sayings|strong="H1697" from|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010": 
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If|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" wise|strong="H2450", they|strong="H1992" cause|strong="H2600" their|strong="H3605" parents|strong="H0001" to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" happy|strong="H8055"; 
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but|strong="H8055" if|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" foolish|strong="H3684", they|strong="H1992" cause|strong="H2600" their|strong="H3605" parents|strong="H0001" to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" very|strong="H8055" sad|strong="H7451". 
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\verseNumber{2}Money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" get|strong="H3947" by|strong="H3808" doing|strong="H6213" dishonest|strong="H1215"/wicked|strong="H7562" things|strong="H3276" will|strong="H3808" really|strong="H2088" not|strong="H3808" benefit|strong="H3276" you|strong="H3808"; 
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but|strong="H3808" by|strong="H3808" living|strong="H2416" righteously|strong="H6666" you|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" live|strong="H3427" for|strong="H3808" ◄a|strong="H3808" long|strong="H0753" time|strong="H6256"/many|strong="H3808" years|strong="H8141"►. 
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\verseNumber{3}Yahweh|strong="H3068" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" righteous|strong="H6662" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5315"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" starve|strong="H7456", 
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but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" prevent|strong="H6923" wicked|strong="H7563" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5315"\+w*} from|strong="H5315" getting|strong="H7075" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H3068" want|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{4}Lazy|strong="H7423" people|strong="H3709" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soon|strong="H3512"\+w*} become|strong="H6238" poor|strong="H7326"; 
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it|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3027" those|strong="H6213" who|strong="H6213" work|strong="H6213" hard|strong="H7186" who|strong="H6213" become|strong="H6238" rich|strong="H6238". 
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\verseNumber{5}Those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" wise|strong="H7919", harvest|strong="H7105" the|strong="H1121" crops|strong="H7019" when|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1121" ripe|strong="H1310"; 
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\verseNumber{9}Honest|strong="H3653" people|strong="H3045" will|strong="H1870" be|strong="H1870" safe|strong="H7965", 
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\verseNumber{13}Those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H2638" have|strong="H4672" good|strong="H2896" sense|strong="H3820" say|strong="H0559" [MTY] what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H3820" wise|strong="H2451", 
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\verseNumber{14}Wise|strong="H2450" people|strong="H5971" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H6310" learn|strong="H3925" all|strong="H6310" that|strong="H6310" they|strong="H6310" can|strong="H4310", 
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\verseNumber{16}If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H7563" righteous|strong="H6662", your|strong="H3068" reward|strong="H6468" will|strong="H6662" be|strong="H7563" a|strong="H1961" good|strong="H2896" life|strong="H2416", 
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\verseNumber{17}Those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H8104" pay|strong="H8104" attention|strong="H8104" when|strong="H3588" others|strong="H0312" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H8104" ◄correct|strong="H3256" them|strong="H8582"/teach|strong="H3925" them|strong="H8582" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H5800" are|strong="H3117" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H2416" is|strong="H8433" wrong|strong="H7451"► will|strong="H4148" live|strong="H2416" ◄happily/for|strong="H2416" many|strong="H7227" years|strong="H8141"►; 
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if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3808" are|strong="H1697" wise|strong="H7919", you|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1697" refuse|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1697" say|strong="H1697" very|strong="H7230" much|strong="H7230". 
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\verseNumber{20}What|strong="H4100" righteous|strong="H6662"/good|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H7563"\+w*} say|strong="H0559" [MTY] is|strong="H3820" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w valuable|strong="H3368"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3701"\+w*} pure|strong="H2889" silver|strong="H3701" [MET|strong="H6298"]; 
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\verseNumber{25}When|strong="H5674" storms come|strong="H5674", the|strong="H5674" wicked|strong="H7563" will|strong="H6662" ◄be|strong="H5769" blown|strong="H8628" away|strong="H5674"/never|strong="H5769" be|strong="H5769" safe|strong="H7965"►, 
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\verseNumber{27}If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3117" revere|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117"; 
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\verseNumber{16}Being|strong="H3068" poor|strong="H6041" and|strong="H3068" revering Yahweh|strong="H3068" 
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it|strong="H8055" is|strong="H1121" foolish|strong="H3684" children|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" despise|strong="H3988" their|strong="H3605" parents|strong="H0001". 
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\verseNumber{29}I|strong="H5869" will|strong="H4310" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H5869" [RHQ] what|strong="H4310" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H5869" people|strong="H5869" are|strong="H5869" always|strong="H3605" miserable|strong="H5999" and|strong="H5869" sad|strong="H7451". 
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\verseNumber{5}Being|strong="H1961" wise|strong="H2450" is|strong="H3581" better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H2450" being|strong="H1961" strong|strong="H5797"/powerful|strong="H3581"; 
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\verseNumber{6}Leaders|strong="H7218" can|strong="H6213" fight|strong="H4421" battles|strong="H4421" if|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" wise|strong="H8458" advisors, 
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and|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3588" win|strong="H6743" those|strong="H6213" battles|strong="H4421" if|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" many|strong="H7230" good|strong="H2896" advisors. 

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\verseNumber{7}Foolish|strong="H3684" people|strong="H3808" cannot|strong="H3808" understand|strong="H0995" wise|strong="H2454" sayings|strong="H6310"/talk|strong="H6310"; 
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\verseNumber{9}It|strong="H5414" is|strong="H2403" sinful|strong="H2403" to|strong="H8441" plan|strong="H6098" to|strong="H8441" do|strong="H2403" foolish|strong="H3684" things|strong="H8441", 
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you|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w truly|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w*} weak|strong="H7503". 

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and|strong="H7725" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H5315" certainly|strong="H3588" [RHQ] repay|strong="H7725" us|strong="H7725" as|strong="H5315" we|strong="H3588" deserve|strong="H0376" for|strong="H3588" what|strong="H2088" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3045" done|strong="H6467" or|strong="H3808" for|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" doing|strong="H6213" what|strong="H2088" we|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3045" done|strong="H6467". 

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\verseNumber{13}My|strong="H5921" child|strong="H1121"/son|strong="H1121", eat|strong="H0398" honey|strong="H1706", because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H2896" good|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{14}Similarly|strong="H2088", being|strong="H5315" wise|strong="H2451" is|strong="H3426" good|strong="H2896" for|strong="H5315" your|strong="H3045" soul|strong="H5315"; 
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\verseNumber{15}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H7563" like|strong="H5116" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H7563" who|strong="H6662" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w hide|strong="H5641"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6662"\+w*} wait|strong="H0693" to|strong="H6662" break|strong="H7665" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H7703" houses|strong="H1004" of|strong="H5116" righteous|strong="H6662"/good|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H7563"\+w*} 
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it|strong="H3588" ruins|strong="H2723"/destroys|strong="H7843" them|strong="H5307". 

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\verseNumber{17}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5307" be|strong="H3820" happy|strong="H8055" when|strong="H5307" something|strong="H1697" bad|strong="H7451" happens|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3820" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H3820" your|strong="H5307" enemies|strong="H0341"; 
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\verseNumber{18}because|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H7200" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H5869" thinking|strong="H0559", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6435" like|strong="H7725" it|strong="H5921", 
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\verseNumber{19}Do|strong="H7489" not|strong="H3808" become|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H2734"/upset|strong="H7489" about|strong="H5439" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H7563" do|strong="H7489" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H7563" evil|strong="H7489", 
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\verseNumber{21}My|strong="H3068" child|strong="H1121"/son|strong="H1121", revere|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3068"\+w*} honor|strong="H3519" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428", 
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and|strong="H1121" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3372" associate|strong="H6148" with|strong="H5973" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3068" rebel|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5973" either|strong="H5973" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H1121", 
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\verseNumber{22}because|strong="H3588" those|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3045" will|strong="H4310" suddenly|strong="H6597" experience|strong="H3045" disasters|strong="H4672"; 
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and|strong="H6965" no|strong="H3045" one|strong="H3588" knows|strong="H3045" [RHQ] what|strong="H4310" great|strong="H1419" disasters|strong="H4672" that|strong="H3588" God|strong="H4310" or|strong="H8147" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" can|strong="H4310" cause|strong="H2600" to|strong="H6965" happen|strong="H6965" to|strong="H6965" them|strong="H8147". 

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\verseNumber{23}Here|strong="H6311" are|strong="H2450" more|strong="H2450" things|strong="H2896" that|strong="H2896" wise|strong="H2450" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H1571"\+w*} have|strong="H1571" said|strong="H0559": 
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It|strong="H6440" is|strong="H1571" wrong|strong="H4941" for|strong="H6440" judges|strong="H8199" to|strong="H6440" decide|strong="H4941" matters|strong="H4941" unfairly [IDM]. 
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\verseNumber{24}If|strong="H0518" they|strong="H5971" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5971" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" guilty|strong="H7563", “You|strong="H5971" ◄are|strong="H5971" innocent|strong="H6662"/have|strong="H5971" not|strong="H5971" done|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5971" is|strong="H7563" wrong|strong="H7563"►,” 
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\verseNumber{25}but|strong="H3198" if|strong="H0518" judges|strong="H8199" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H2896" guilty|strong="H0816" people|strong="H5971" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H2896" punished|strong="H6485", 
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\verseNumber{26}Those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" answer|strong="H7725" others|strong="H0312" honestly|strong="H8549" show|strong="H7200" that|strong="H1697" they|strong="H1697" are|strong="H1697" truly|strong="H3588" their|strong="H7725" friends|strong="H7453" [IDM]. 
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\verseNumber{27}First|strong="H7223", do|strong="H6213" the|strong="H1129" work|strong="H4399" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w needs|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w be|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w done|strong="H3559"\+w*} outside|strong="H2351" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{29}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" say|strong="H7725", “I|strong="H3651" will|strong="H7725" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" he|strong="H3651" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725"; 
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\verseNumber{30}One|strong="H6102" day|strong="H3117" I|strong="H5921" walked|strong="H1980" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" vineyards|strong="H3754" of|strong="H7704" a|strong="H5921" lazy|strong="H6102" man|strong="H5674", 
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a|strong="H5921" man|strong="H5674" who|strong="H2638" did|strong="H3820" not|strong="H5674" have|strong="H5921" good|strong="H2896" sense|strong="H3820". 
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\verseNumber{31}I|strong="H2009" was|strong="H6440" surprised|strong="H8610" to|strong="H5927" see|strong="H2009" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" fields|strong="H7704" were|strong="H2009" full|strong="H3605" of|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" kinds|strong="H3605" of|strong="H6440" thorny bushes|strong="H7880", 
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\verseNumber{32}When|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200", I|strong="H7200" thought|strong="H3820" about|strong="H3947" it|strong="H7200", and|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" learned|strong="H3925" this|strong="H7200": 
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\verseNumber{34}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soon|strong="H3512"\+w*} you|strong="H1980" will|strong="H7389" become|strong="H1980" poor|strong="H4270"; 
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those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H3068" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" prosper|strong="H1878" [IDM]. 
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but|strong="H1931" women|strong="H0802" who|strong="H1931" revere|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" honored|strong="H3513". 
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\BibleBook{Ecclesiastes}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of King Solomon observing what people do and of realizing that only reverencing God and obeying him is worthwhile. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Ecclesiastes }

\BibleSectionHeading{Everything is mysterious }
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everything|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" hard|strong="H7186" for|strong="H3605" me|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3605" understand|strong="H0995"; 
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it|strong="H1931" existed|strong="H1961" before|strong="H6440" we|strong="H1697" were|strong="H1961" born|strong="H3205". 
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\verseNumber{12}I|strong="H5921", the|strong="H5921" Religious Teacher|strong="H4175", have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w*, \+w ruling|strong="H4910"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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The|strong="H3588" more|strong="H3254" things|strong="H7227" I|strong="H3588" knew|strong="H1847" about|strong="H5439", the|strong="H3588" sadder I|strong="H3588" became|strong="H3205". 

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\verseNumber{14}I|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3254"\+w*} know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" what|strong="H3045" God|strong="H0430" does|strong="H6213" endures|strong="H5769" forever|strong="H5769". No|strong="H6213" one|strong="H3605" can|strong="H3254" add|strong="H3254" to|strong="H1961" what|strong="H3045" God|strong="H0430" does|strong="H6213", and|strong="H5769" no|strong="H6213" one|strong="H3605" can|strong="H3254" take|strong="H6213" away|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" does|strong="H6213". God|strong="H0430" does|strong="H6213" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1931" would|strong="H6213" revere|strong="H3372" him|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{15}Things|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1931" exist now|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" already|strong="H3528" existed|strong="H1961" previously|strong="H8543", 
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and|strong="H1961" things|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1245" future|strong="H0319" have|strong="H1961" already|strong="H3528" happened|strong="H1961" previously|strong="H8543"; 
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God|strong="H0430" causes|strong="H5414" the|strong="H1245" same|strong="H1931" things|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961" many|strong="H4100" times|strong="H6471". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Injustices|strong="H5767" in|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1245" world|strong="H8398" }
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\verseNumber{16}Furthermore|strong="H5750", I|strong="H7200" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" on|strong="H7200" this|strong="H7200" earth|strong="H8121" [MTY], 
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even|strong="H5750" in|strong="H4725" the|strong="H7200" courts|strong="H2691" where|strong="H8033" we|strong="H8033" expect|strong="H6960" judges|strong="H8199" to|strong="H8033" make|strong="H7200" right|strong="H4941" decisions|strong="H4941" about|strong="H8033" what|strong="H6664" people|strong="H7200" had|strong="H8121" done|strong="H6213", 
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they|strong="H8033" did|strong="H7200" many|strong="H7200" wicked|strong="H7562" [DOU] things|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" myself|strong="H3820" [SYN], “God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H6662" judge|strong="H8199" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w both|strong="H3605"\+w*} righteous|strong="H6662" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H7563"\+w*} and|strong="H8033" wicked|strong="H7563" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H7563"\+w*}; 
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there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H3820" a|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w do|strong="H4639"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*}, 
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because|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H3820" a|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H4639" everything|strong="H3605".” 
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\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H1121" regarding|strong="H5921" humans, I|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H1121"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" myself|strong="H3820", “God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H3820" testing|strong="H5254" us|strong="H5921", to|strong="H5921" show|strong="H7200" us|strong="H5921" that|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w one|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w way|strong="H5921"\+w*} people|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1992" no|strong="H7200" different|strong="H8133" than|strong="H5921" animals|strong="H0929", 
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\verseNumber{21}No|strong="H3045" one|strong="H1931" knows|strong="H3045" [RHQ] for|strong="H1121" sure|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" when|strong="H1121" we|strong="H0587" die|strong="H1121", our|strong="H3045" souls|strong="H5315"/spirits|strong="H7307" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3381" heaven|strong="H4605" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3045" souls|strong="H5315"/spirits|strong="H7307" of|strong="H1121" animals|strong="H0929" go|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3045" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3045" dead|strong="H4191" are|strong="H1121".” 
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\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3588" concluded|strong="H0560" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" best|strong="H2896" thing|strong="H2896" for|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H7200"\+w*} people|strong="H1931" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H4100" is|strong="H1931" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" happy|strong="H8055" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7200" work|strong="H4639" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" do|strong="H4100", because|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1931" what|strong="H4100" God|strong="H4310" has|strong="H4310" given|strong="H8055" to|strong="H1961" us|strong="H7200". I|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" no|strong="H7200" one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H4639" us|strong="H7200" [RHQ] knows|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" happens|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" us|strong="H7200" after|strong="H1961" we|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4191". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Other things that he found hard to understand/accept }
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\chapterNumber{4}I|strong="H2009" thought|strong="H0559" some|strong="H3027" more|strong="H7725" about|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" suffering|strong="H6040" that|strong="H7200" people|strong="H7200" are|strong="H3027" caused|strong="H6213" to|strong="H7725" experience|strong="H7200" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8121" [MTY]. 
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I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" tears|strong="H1832" of|strong="H3027" people|strong="H7200" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3027" ◄oppressed|strong="H6231"/treated|strong="H6213" cruelly|strong="H7188"► 
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and|strong="H7725" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3027" no|strong="H6213" one|strong="H3605" to|strong="H7725" comfort|strong="H5162"/encourage|strong="H2388" them|strong="H7725". 
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Those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" oppressed|strong="H6231" them|strong="H7725" had|strong="H3027" power|strong="H3027", 
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and|strong="H7725" there|strong="H2009" was|strong="H3027" absolutely|strong="H0657" no|strong="H6213" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3027" able|strong="H3027" to|strong="H7725" comfort|strong="H5162" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3027" being|strong="H1961" oppressed|strong="H6231". 
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\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H4480"\+w*} I|strong="H4480" thought|strong="H0559" that|strong="H4480" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" already|strong="H3528" dead|strong="H4191" are|strong="H1992" more|strong="H4480" fortunate|strong="H7623" 
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than|strong="H4480" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" still|strong="H5728" alive|strong="H2416". 
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\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H7200" those|strong="H6213" who|strong="H2896" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H1961" born|strong="H3808" yet|strong="H3808" 
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are|strong="H4639" more|strong="H3808" fortunate|strong="H1409" than|strong="H2896" those|strong="H6213" who|strong="H2896" are|strong="H4639" still|strong="H5728" alive|strong="H7200" and|strong="H7200" those|strong="H6213" who|strong="H2896" have|strong="H1961" died|strong="H4191", 
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\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H3588" also|strong="H1571" thought|strong="H0559" about|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" hard|strong="H7186" work|strong="H4639" that|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1931" do|strong="H4639" and|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" skills that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1571". And|strong="H7200" I|strong="H3588" thought|strong="H0559" about|strong="H3605" how|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" compete|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3605" each|strong="H3605" other|strong="H2088" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1571" envious|strong="H7065" of|strong="H7307" others|strong="H0312", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w concluded|strong="H0560"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} this|strong="H2088" also|strong="H1571" is|strong="H2088" something|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2088" not|strong="H2088" accomplishing|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H3605" useful|strong="H5532", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H7307"\+w*} chasing|strong="H7469" the|strong="H3605" wind|strong="H7307". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3027"\+w*} they|strong="H3027" ruin|strong="H2723" themselves|strong="H0905". 
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\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w*}, “It|strong="H4393" is|strong="H2896" better|strong="H2896" to|strong="H2896" be|strong="H7307" content|strong="H2974" with|strong="H2896" not|strong="H3808" having|strong="H0369" much|strong="H7227" money|strong="H3701", 
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than|strong="H2896" to|strong="H2896" work|strong="H5999" very|strong="H2896" hard|strong="H7186" and|strong="H2896" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H2896" get|strong="H3947" a|strong="H7307" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H7307" money|strong="H3701", 
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\verseNumber{7}I|strong="H7200" thought|strong="H0559" about|strong="H7725" something|strong="H1697" else|strong="H5750" that|strong="H7200" happens|strong="H1961" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" earth|strong="H8121" [MTY] that|strong="H7200" seems|strong="H3190" senseless|strong="H1198". 
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\verseNumber{8}There|strong="H3426" are|strong="H1121" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H4310" live|strong="H3427" alone|strong="H1931"; 
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they|strong="H3808" do|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3426" a|strong="H3426" wife|strong="H0802" or|strong="H3808" children|strong="H1121" or|strong="H3808" any|strong="H3605" brothers|strong="H1121" living|strong="H5315" with|strong="H7646" them|strong="H1121"; 
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every|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3808" work|strong="H5999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w hard|strong="H7186"\+w*}, without|strong="H3808" stopping|strong="H2014", to|strong="H1121" get|strong="H7646" a|strong="H3426" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H1121" money|strong="H3701", 
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but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" are|strong="H1121" never|strong="H3808" satisfied|strong="H7646" with|strong="H7646" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3426". 
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They|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" ask|strong="H7592" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w themselves|strong="H5315"\+w*}, 
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“Why|strong="H3808" am|strong="H3426" I|strong="H5315" working|strong="H4639" very|strong="H2088" hard|strong="H7186" to|strong="H1121" earn more|strong="H8145" money|strong="H3701"? 
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Why|strong="H3808" am|strong="H3426" I|strong="H5315" not|strong="H3808" doing|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" would|strong="H4310" cause|strong="H2600" me|strong="H5315" to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3426" happy|strong="H2896"?” 
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What|strong="H4310" they|strong="H3808" do|strong="H5869" also|strong="H1571" seems|strong="H3605" senseless|strong="H1198". 
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If|strong="H3426" you|strong="H4480" have|strong="H3426" a|strong="H3426" friend|strong="H7453", he|strong="H4480" can|strong="H3426" help|strong="H4480" you|strong="H4480" to|strong="H2896" do|strong="H3426" your|strong="H4480" work|strong="H5999". 
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\verseNumber{10}If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" fall|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307", he|strong="H3588" can|strong="H4310" help|strong="H6965" you|strong="H3588" get|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" again|strong="H8145". 
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But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" fall|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H2270" alone|strong="H0905", it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5307" be|strong="H3588" difficult|strong="H6381" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588", 
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because|strong="H3588" there|strong="H6965" will|strong="H5307" be|strong="H3588" no|strong="H6965" one|strong="H3588" to|strong="H6965" help|strong="H6965" you|strong="H3588" stand|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965". 
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\verseNumber{11}Similarly|strong="H2088", if|strong="H0518" two|strong="H8147" people|strong="H1571" sleep|strong="H7901" together|strong="H1571", 
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they|strong="H1571" can|strong="H8147" keep|strong="H2552" each|strong="H8147" other|strong="H8147" warm|strong="H2552". 
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But|strong="H1571" someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" sleeps|strong="H7901" alone|strong="H0905" will|strong="H1571" certainly|strong="H1571" not|strong="H1571" [RHQ] be|strong="H1571" warm|strong="H2552". 
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\verseNumber{12}Someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H5975" is|strong="H5975" alone|strong="H0905" can|strong="H3808" easily|strong="H4592" be|strong="H3808" attacked|strong="H5975" and|strong="H5975" defeated|strong="H5221" by|strong="H5975" another|strong="H3808" person|strong="H5315", 
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but|strong="H3808" two|strong="H8147" people|strong="H3808" can|strong="H3808" help|strong="H5826" each|strong="H8147" other|strong="H8147" and|strong="H5975" ◄resist|strong="H5975"/defend|strong="H5975" themselves|strong="H0905" against|strong="H5048"► someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H5975" attacks|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5975". 
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and|strong="H3063" they|strong="H3588" refuse|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H8085" him|strong="H5869". 
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They|strong="H3588" rebel|strong="H4784" against|strong="H4784" him|strong="H5869". 
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They|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" proud|strong="H1343" of|strong="H6440" their|strong="H6440" sins|strong="H2403", 
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they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H6662" enjoy|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3588" blessings|strong="H1293" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H6662" receive|strong="H3947" for|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3588" good|strong="H2896" deeds|strong="H4611". 
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My|strong="H8582" people|strong="H5971", your|strong="H5953" leaders|strong="H7218" are|strong="H5971" misleading|strong="H5496" you|strong="H5971"; 
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\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" stand|strong="H5975" up|strong="H1197" to|strong="H3068" declare|strong="H5046" why|strong="H4100" the|strong="H3068" elders|strong="H2205" and|strong="H3068" rulers|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" punished|strong="H6485": 
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but|strong="H5971" you|strong="H5973" have|strong="H3068" ruined|strong="H7703" it|strong="H3068"! 
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Your|strong="H3068" houses|strong="H1004" are|strong="H5971" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H1004" things|strong="H5973" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H5973" have|strong="H3068" stolen|strong="H1589" from|strong="H3068" poor|strong="H6041" people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{15}You|strong="H6440" should|strong="H3068" stop|strong="H2308" [RHQ] crushing|strong="H1792" my|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971"! 
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\verseNumber{16}Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3282" this|strong="H3588": 
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“The|strong="H3588" women|strong="H1323" of|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" are|strong="H5869" haughty|strong="H1361"/proud|strong="H1361"; 
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they|strong="H3588" walk|strong="H1980" around|strong="H1980" sticking their|strong="H3068" chins out|strong="H5186", 
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and|strong="H1980" flirting \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1980"\+w*} with|strong="H1980" their|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869". 
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They|strong="H3588" walk|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1980" tiny steps|strong="H7272" 
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with|strong="H1980" bracelets|strong="H6781" on|strong="H1980" their|strong="H3068" ankles|strong="H0658" that|strong="H3588" jingle. 
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\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H3651" I|strong="H3068", Yahweh|strong="H3068", will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" sores|strong="H0076" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" heads|strong="H7218", 
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and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" those|strong="H1992" beautiful|strong="H3303" women|strong="H1323" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" bald|strong="H6168".” 
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\verseNumber{24}Instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H8478" their|strong="H1961" having|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" nice|strong="H2899" smell|strong="H1314" from|strong="H8478" perfume|strong="H1314", they|strong="H8478" will|strong="H1961" stink|strong="H4716"; 
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instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H8478" nice|strong="H2899" sashes|strong="H0073", they|strong="H8478" will|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" ropes|strong="H5688" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w around|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w their|strong="H1961"\+w* waists \+w because|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w they|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w captives|strong="H7617"\+w*}. 
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Instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H8478" having|strong="H1961" fancy hairdos, they|strong="H8478" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" bald|strong="H7144". 
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Instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H8478" fancy/beautiful|strong="H3308" robes|strong="H0899", they|strong="H8478" will|strong="H1961" wear|strong="H1961" rough|strong="H8181" sackcloth|strong="H8242", 
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and|strong="H8242" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H8478" being|strong="H1961" beautiful|strong="H3308", they|strong="H8478" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" branded. 
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\verseNumber{25}Their|strong="H5307" husbands|strong="H1167" will|strong="H2719" be|strong="H4962" killed|strong="H2719" by|strong="H5307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w enemies’|strong="H0341"\+w*} swords|strong="H2719", 
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and|strong="H2719" their|strong="H5307" soldiers|strong="H4421" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H2719"\+w* \+w also|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w die|strong="H5307"\+w*} in|strong="H4421" battles|strong="H4421". 
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\verseNumber{26}People|strong="H3427" [PRS] will|strong="H3427" mourn|strong="H5594" and|strong="H3427" cry|strong="H7121" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3427" gates|strong="H6607" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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The|strong="H3427" city|strong="H5892" will|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3427"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H3427" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H3427" sits|strong="H3427" on|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3427" ground|strong="H0776" because|strong="H3588" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5352" she|strong="H1931" owned|strong="H3426" is|strong="H3427" gone|strong="H1980". 
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\chapterNumber{4}When|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" happens|strong="H3117", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w be|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w few|strong="H4592"\+w* \+w unmarried|strong="H0408"\+w* \+w men|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w still|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w alive|strong="H2416"\+w*}. 
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“Allow|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H5921"\+w*} to|strong="H5921" marry|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" [IDM]! 
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We|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1931" provide|strong="H6213" our|strong="H5921" own|strong="H2388" food|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3117" clothing|strong="H8071". 
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All|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" want|strong="H4270" is|strong="H1931" to|strong="H5921" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H8034" disgraced|strong="H0954" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w being|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w married|strong="H3947"\+w*}.” 

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\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H1961"\+w*} some|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", Israel|strong="H3478" [MTY] will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w*} beautiful|strong="H8597" and|strong="H3478" great|strong="H1419"/glorious|strong="H8597". 
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The|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" still|strong="H5750" be|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" proud|strong="H1347" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" wonderful|strong="H6381" fruit|strong="H6529" that|strong="H3117" grows|strong="H3318" in|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3068" land|strong="H1347". 
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\verseNumber{3}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" remain|strong="H7604" in|strong="H3789" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2026" when|strong="H1961" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" was|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H4229", 
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whose|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" are|strong="H6726" listed|strong="H3187" among|strong="H8432" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" live|strong="H2416" there|strong="H1961", will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} holy|strong="H6918". 
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w will|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3588"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" washes|strong="H3526" away|strong="H1197" the|strong="H7130" guilt|strong="H1818" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H7130" women|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", 
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and|strong="H4941" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3389" stops|strong="H0331" the|strong="H7130" violence|strong="H2555" [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7130"\+w* \+w streets|strong="H2351"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} by|strong="H3389" punishing|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7130"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. 
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When|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3389" does|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1818", it|strong="H7130" will|strong="H7307" be|strong="H3389" like|strong="H1197" a|strong="H3389" fire|strong="H0784" to|strong="H3389" burn|strong="H1197" up|strong="H1197" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H7130" impure|strong="H2932" things|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971" a|strong="H3588" cloud|strong="H6051" of|strong="H3068" smoke|strong="H6227" every|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3119" and|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" flaming|strong="H3852" fire|strong="H0784" every|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915" 
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to|strong="H3068" cover|strong="H3680" Jerusalem|strong="H3519" and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*} those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" gather|strong="H6908" there|strong="H2022"; 
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it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H2022"\+w*} a|strong="H3588" glorious|strong="H3519" canopy|strong="H2646" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" 
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\verseNumber{6}that|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" shelter|strong="H4268" the|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" sun|strong="H8121" during|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" daytime|strong="H3119" 
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and|strong="H3119" protect|strong="H8104" them|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" are|strong="H1961" windstorms|strong="H5492" and|strong="H3119" rain|strong="H4306". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A song about the people who were like Yahweh’s vineyard }
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\chapterNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Now|strong="H4994"\+w*} I|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1961" sing|strong="H7891" a|strong="H1961" song|strong="H7892" about|strong="H1961" my|strong="H1961" dear|strong="H3357" friend|strong="H7453", 
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and|strong="H3478" dry|strong="H2842" grass|strong="H2842" shrivels|strong="H6565" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3478" quickly|strong="H4116" burns|strong="H8313" in|strong="H3478" flames|strong="H3852", 
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and|strong="H3833" carry|strong="H5375" them|strong="H5337" off|strong="H5337", 
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and|strong="H3833" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0259" is|strong="H0369" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5337" rescue|strong="H5337" them|strong="H5337". 
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\chapterNumber{6}During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H7200" King|strong="H4428" Uzziah|strong="H5818" died|strong="H4194", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w showed|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H7200"\+w*. \+w In|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H7200"\+w*}, I|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" sitting|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5375" throne|strong="H3678", high|strong="H7311" above|strong="H5921" everyone|strong="H3605". He|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w wearing|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w long|strong="H5921"\+w*} robe|strong="H7757" that|strong="H7200" covered|strong="H4390" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w floor|strong="H1637"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1964". 
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he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3605" holy|strong="H6918"! 
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The|strong="H3605" entire|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" is|strong="H3068" filled|strong="H4393" with|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" glory|strong="H3519".” 
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\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H4390" they|strong="H6227" spoke|strong="H1696", it|strong="H7121" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H7121" doorposts|strong="H4201" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7121" temple|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1004" shake|strong="H5128", and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7121" temple|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1004" filled|strong="H4390" with|strong="H4390" smoke|strong="H6227". 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H4428" I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7200", because|strong="H3588" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" [MTY] is|strong="H3068" sinful|strong="H2400", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" live|strong="H3427" among|strong="H8432" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" constantly|strong="H8548" say|strong="H0559" [MTY] sinful|strong="H2400" things|strong="H1697". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" destroyed|strong="H1820" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7200" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" angels|strong="H4397"!” 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H3947" one|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H2416" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" hot|strong="H7531" coal|strong="H7531" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196", using|strong="H5927" a|strong="H3947" pair|strong="H8147" of|strong="H3027" tongs|strong="H4457". He|strong="H4480" flew|strong="H5774" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H7971" I|strong="H2005" heard|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" asking|strong="H7592", “Whom|strong="H4310" shall|strong="H4310" I|strong="H2005" send|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w be|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w messenger|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w my|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w people|strong="H8085"\+w*}? Who|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" go|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w speak|strong="H1696"\+w*} for|strong="H7971" us|strong="H8085"?” I|strong="H2005" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H4310". Send|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971"!” 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H2088" he|strong="H5971" said|strong="H8085", 
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You|strong="H3045" will|strong="H5971" look|strong="H7200" very|strong="H2088" carefully|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w*}, 
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but|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3045" will|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3045" understand|strong="H3045" them|strong="H7200".’ 
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and|strong="H7725" they|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" not|strong="H6435" understand|strong="H8085" it|strong="H7725", 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H0227" I|strong="H5704" said|strong="H0559", “How|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w me|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w continue|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5892"\+w*}?” 
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He|strong="H5704" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5704"\+w*} until|strong="H5704" their|strong="H3427" cities|strong="H5892" are|strong="H5892" ruined|strong="H8077" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5704" fields|strong="H7704" are|strong="H5892" ruined|strong="H8077". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{A message of encouragement for King Ahaz }
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\chapterNumber{7}Ahaz|strong="H0271" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jotham|strong="H3147" and|strong="H1121" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Uzziah|strong="H5818". During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" Ahaz|strong="H0271" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", King|strong="H4428" Rezin|strong="H7526" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758" and|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Pekah|strong="H6492" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" marched|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H3808"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" attack|strong="H5927" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". But|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3117" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" conquer|strong="H3898" it|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w before|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w attacked|strong="H5221"\+w*}, everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" palace|strong="H1004" heard|strong="H5046" a|strong="H5921" report|strong="H5046" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H6440" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1004" Syria|strong="H0758" and|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H5921"\+w*} ◄allies|strong="H2266"/joined|strong="H2266" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*►}. So|strong="H7307" Ahaz|strong="H0271" and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" over|strong="H5921" whom|strong="H6440" he|strong="H1004" ruled|strong="H4427" were|strong="H5971" extremely|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372"; they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H5971" shaking|strong="H5363" from|strong="H6440" fear|strong="H6440" like|strong="H1004" trees|strong="H6086" shake|strong="H5128" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" windstorm|strong="H8178". 
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H4994", “Take|strong="H3318" your|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" Shear-Jashub|strong="H7610", and|strong="H1121" go|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Ahaz|strong="H0271". He|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" end|strong="H7097" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3068" ◄aqueduct/water|strong="H4325" channel|strong="H8585"► that|strong="H3068" brings|strong="H3318" water|strong="H4325" into|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3068" upper|strong="H5945" reservoir|strong="H4724", near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H3068" road|strong="H1870" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3068" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" women|strong="H0802" wash|strong="H3526" clothes|strong="H0899". 
\verseNumber{4}Tell|strong="H5046" Ahaz|strong="H0271" to|strong="H8104" stop|strong="H2308" worrying|strong="H4480" [DOU]. Tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H8104" that|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8147" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3372" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H8104" be|strong="H1121" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1121" two|strong="H8147" kings|strong="H4428", Rezin|strong="H7526" and|strong="H1121" Pekah|strong="H6492". They|strong="H3824" are|strong="H1121" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}, but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3824" are|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w unable|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w harm|strong="H7463"\+w* \+w his|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w country|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w any|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w more|strong="H3254"\+w* \+w than|strong="H7401"\+w*} completely|strong="H3617" burned-out coals|strong="H1513" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w can|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w harm|strong="H7463"\+w* \+w him|strong="H8104"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}Yes|strong="H3588", they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" planning|strong="H3289" to|strong="H5921" attack|strong="H5221" this|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H1121" saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{6}‘We|strong="H0587" will|strong="H4428" attack|strong="H5927" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" conquer|strong="H3423" it|strong="H8432". Then|strong="H4428" we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H4428" appoint|strong="H4427" Tabeel’s son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5927" be|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8432" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063".’ 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3808" this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H1961" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="H3069", says|strong="H3541": 
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‘It|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" happen|strong="H1961"; 
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they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w conquer|strong="H3423"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}! 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H3588" capital|strong="H3805" of|strong="H8141" Syria|strong="H0758" is|strong="H7218" Damascus|strong="H1834", 
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but|strong="H3588" Damascus|strong="H1834" is|strong="H7218" ruled|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H3588"\+w*} by|strong="H8141" its|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{unimportant/\+w insignificant|strong="H6819"\+w*} king|strong="H4428" king|strong="H4428" Rezin|strong="H7526". 
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And|strong="H5971" as|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" Israel|strong="H5971", within|strong="H1157" 65 years|strong="H8141" it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H5971" conquered|strong="H5221" and|strong="H5971" completely|strong="H3617" destroyed|strong="H4229". 
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\verseNumber{9}Israel’s|strong="H3478" capital|strong="H3805" is|strong="H1121" Samaria|strong="H8111", and|strong="H1121" Samaria|strong="H8111" is|strong="H1121" ruled|strong="H4427" only|strong="H3588" by|strong="H3808" its|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w insignificant|strong="H6819"\+w*/unimportant} king|strong="H4428" king|strong="H4428" Pekah|strong="H6492". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w two|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w countries|strong="H0776"\+w*}! 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w must|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w trust|strong="H0982"\+w* \+w me|strong="H3808"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" trust|strong="H0982" me|strong="H3808" fully|strong="H4390", 
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you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3808" defeated|strong="H5221".’ ” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A|strong="H3588" promise|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" named|strong="H7121" Immanuel|strong="H6005" }
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\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Later|strong="H0310"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w another|strong="H3254"\+w* \+w message|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271". 
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\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w refused|strong="H3808"\+w*}. He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w No|strong="H3808"\+w*}, I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" request|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" something|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" prove|strong="H5254" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w*/\+w protect|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w us|strong="H7592"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H1571" I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w him|strong="H8085"\+w*}, “You|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1571" who|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1004" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732", listen|strong="H8085"! You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1004" causing|strong="H7462" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H8085" be|strong="H1571" tired|strong="H3811" of|strong="H1004" being|strong="H1004" patient|strong="H0750". Are|strong="H1004" you|strong="H3588" also|strong="H1571" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H8085" cause|strong="H2600" my|strong="H8085" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H8085" stop|strong="H2308" being|strong="H1004" patient|strong="H0750" with|strong="H1004" you|strong="H3588" [RHQ]? 
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\verseNumber{23}Now|strong="H1961" there|strong="H8033" are|strong="H3117" many|strong="H7227" areas|strong="H0776" where|strong="H8033" there|strong="H8033" are|strong="H3117" vineyards|strong="H3754" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3117" worth|strong="H1929" 1,000 pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H3117" silver|strong="H3701", but|strong="H1961" at|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" there|strong="H8033" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" only|strong="H3605" briers|strong="H8068" and|strong="H3701" thorns|strong="H7898" [DOU] in|strong="H3117" those|strong="H3605" fields|strong="H7704". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{A warning about the Assyrian attack }
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\chapterNumber{8}Then|strong="H3947" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5921", “Make|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" large|strong="H1419" signboard. And|strong="H3068" write|strong="H3789" clearly|strong="H3045" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921", ‘Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz’ \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w quickly|strong="H4116"\+w* ◄\+w plunder|strong="H0962"\+w*/\+w take|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w force|strong="H2394"\+w*► \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w steal|strong="H3947"\+w* everything’}.” 
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H7126" I|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3068" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H3068" [EUP] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*, \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w*} a|strong="H3205" prophetess|strong="H5031", and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H7121" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029" and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="H7126"\+w*} gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121". Then|strong="H7126" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7121", “Give|strong="H3205" him|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" name|strong="H8034" Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz|strong="H4122" (which|strong="H3068" means|strong="H3027" ‘suddenly|strong="H6597" attacked|strong="H5221", quickly|strong="H4116" conquered’), 
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\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696" again|strong="H5750" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tell|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*,} 
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like|strong="H1980" [MET|strong="H6298"] the|strong="H3588" little|strong="H4592" canal|strong="H0180" through|strong="H1980" which|strong="H5971" water|strong="H4325" flows|strong="H1980" from|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3588" Gihon|strong="H1521" Spring|strong="H4325" into|strong="H1980" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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Instead|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" been|strong="H5971" happy|strong="H0835" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w request|strong="H1246"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w from|strong="H1980"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Rezin|strong="H7526" and|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Pekah|strong="H6492". 
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\verseNumber{7}Therefore|strong="H3651", I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H4428" cause|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H1980" be|strong="H4428" attacked|strong="H5927" by|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w powerful|strong="H6099"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804", which|strong="H4325" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3651"\+w*} a|strong="H5927" great|strong="H7227" flood|strong="H5104" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Euphrates|strong="H5104"\+w*} River|strong="H5104". 
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Their|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5927" will|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w everywhere|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w country|strong="H2022"\+w*, \+w like|strong="H3651"\+w*} a|strong="H5927" river|strong="H5104" that|strong="H3605" overflows|strong="H1097" all|strong="H3605" its|strong="H3605" banks|strong="H1415". 
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\verseNumber{8}Those|strong="H1961" soldiers|strong="H5650" will|strong="H1961" go|strong="H5674" all|strong="H4393" over|strong="H5674" Judah|strong="H3063"— 
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Their|strong="H1961" army|strong="H2428" will|strong="H1961" spread|strong="H3671" over|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5704" land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w quickly|strong="H4116"\+w*}, like|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" eagle|strong="H5404", 
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and|strong="H3063" they|strong="H5704" will|strong="H1961" cover|strong="H3680" your|strong="H1961" entire|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776"! 
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But|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5674" you|strong="H5704"!’ ” 
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\verseNumber{9}Listen|strong="H3605", all|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5971"\+w*} distant|strong="H4801" countries|strong="H4801"! 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w can|strong="H4310"\+w*} prepare|strong="H3559" to|strong="H5971" attack|strong="H5221" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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but|strong="H5971" your|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5971"\+w*} be|strong="H5971" crushed|strong="H7533"/shattered|strong="H2865"! 
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\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w can|strong="H3808"\+w*} prepare|strong="H3559" for|strong="H3588" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1697" do|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}, 
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but|strong="H3588" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" plan|strong="H6098" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H1697" will|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" happen|strong="H6965"! 
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You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" succeed|strong="H6965", 
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because|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3808" is|strong="H1697" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H3588"! 

\BibleSectionHeading{Isaiah|strong="H3470" is|strong="H1697" urged|strong="H6484" to|strong="H1696" revere|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068" }
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\verseNumber{11}Yahweh|strong="H3068" strongly|strong="H3966" warned|strong="H3256" me|strong="H3256" [MTY] not|strong="H2088" to|strong="H3068" act|strong="H6213" like|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H2088"\+w*} people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" did|strong="H5971". He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H3256", 
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\verseNumber{12}“Do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H5971" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" people|strong="H5971" do|strong="H3605" is|strong="H2088" conspiring/rebelling|strong="H4775" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H7195"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w government|strong="H4951"\+w*}, 
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like|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H2088"\+w*} people|strong="H5971" say|strong="H0559", 
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And|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H1931" you|strong="H4172" should|strong="H3068" fear|strong="H4172", 
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\verseNumber{14}I|strong="H3478" will|strong="H1961" protect|strong="H8104" you|strong="H1004"(sg). 
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I|strong="H3478" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H1961" trap|strong="H4170" or|strong="H1004" a|strong="H1961" snare|strong="H4170" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{15}Many|strong="H7227" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} will|strong="H7227" stumble|strong="H3782" and|strong="H5307" fall|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" 
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and|strong="H5307" never|strong="H3808" get|strong="H3947" up|strong="H7665" again|strong="H7725". 
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They|strong="H3920" will|strong="H7227" experience|strong="H7200" great|strong="H7227" troubles|strong="H6869"; 
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\BibleSectionHeading{David’s descendant will bring peace }
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and|strong="H6310" he|strong="H5221" will|strong="H7563" act|strong="H6213" justly|strong="H4941" toward|strong="H0413" poor|strong="H1800" people|strong="H7563". 
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He|strong="H5221" will|strong="H7563" punish|strong="H5221" evil|strong="H7563" people|strong="H7563" as|strong="H6310" a|strong="H5221" result|strong="H6903" of|strong="H7626" what|strong="H6664" he|strong="H5221" decides|strong="H6504" [MTY]; 
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\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" always|strong="H3605" act|strong="H1961" righteously|strong="H6664"; 
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He|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" always|strong="H3605" speak|strong="H1696" what|strong="H6664" is|strong="H1961" true|strong="H0571"; 
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will|strong="H5288" lie|strong="H7257" down|strong="H7257" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H3162". 
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and|strong="H5288" a|strong="H3532" young|strong="H5288" child|strong="H5288" will|strong="H5288" take|strong="H5973" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H5288" them|strong="H3162". 
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\verseNumber{7}Cows|strong="H6510" and|strong="H1241" bears|strong="H1677" will|strong="H3206" eat|strong="H7462" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w together|strong="H3162"\+w*}; 
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bear|strong="H1677" cubs|strong="H1482" and|strong="H1241" calves|strong="H1241" will|strong="H3206" lie|strong="H7257" down|strong="H7257" together|strong="H3162". 
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small|strong="H6996" children|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H5921"\+w*} put|strong="H1911" their|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" into|strong="H5921" nests|strong="H7077" of|strong="H3027" poisonous|strong="H7219" snakes|strong="H5175", 
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\verseNumber{9}No|strong="H3808" creatures|strong="H2416" will|strong="H3068" harm|strong="H7489" or|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H7843" other|strong="H3605" creatures|strong="H2416" on|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Zion|strong="H6726"\+w* \+w Hill|strong="H2022"\+w*}, my|strong="H3605" holy|strong="H6944" hill|strong="H2022"; 
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and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w filled|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w with|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w*} know|strong="H3045" Yahweh|strong="H3068" 
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like|strong="H3808" [SIM] the|strong="H3605" seas|strong="H3220" are|strong="H3068" full|strong="H4390" of|strong="H3068" water|strong="H4325". 
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and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" place|strong="H4496" where|strong="H0834" he|strong="H1931" lives|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" glorious|strong="H3519". 
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\verseNumber{11}At|strong="H3117" that|strong="H5971" time|strong="H3117", Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H1961" ◄reach|strong="H1961" out|strong="H7604" his|strong="H3027" hand|strong="H3027"/use|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3027" power|strong="H3027"► as|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" did|strong="H5971" long|strong="H3117" ago|strong="H3117"; 
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he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" enable|strong="H7980" those|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" ◄exiled|strong="H1540" from|strong="H3027"/forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H1961" leave|strong="H7604"► Israel|strong="H5971" to|strong="H1961" return|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004", 
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from|strong="H3027" Assyria|strong="H0804", from|strong="H3027" northern|strong="H6828" Egypt|strong="H4714", from|strong="H3027" southern|strong="H5045" Egypt|strong="H4714", 
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from|strong="H3027" Ethiopia|strong="H3568", from|strong="H3027" Elam|strong="H5867", from|strong="H3027" Babylonia|strong="H0894", from|strong="H3027" Hamath|strong="H2574", and|strong="H3117" from|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" distant|strong="H7350" countries|strong="H0776" near|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3117" sea|strong="H3220". 
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\verseNumber{12}Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H1471" raise|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" flag|strong="H8650" among|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H6908"\+w*} the|strong="H5375" people-groups, 
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and|strong="H3063" he|strong="H3063" will|strong="H1471" gather|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908" the|strong="H5375" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H3671" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H5375" exiled|strong="H1540" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w long|strong="H0753"\+w* \+w ago|strong="H7350"\+w*}. 
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and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3027" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3027" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3027" controlled|strong="H0662"/ruled|strong="H4427" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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and|strong="H3068" send|strong="H5130" a|strong="H5221" strong|strong="H2388" wind|strong="H7307" to|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" divide|strong="H2505" into|strong="H5921" seven|strong="H7651" streams|strong="H5158", 
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when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3117" left|strong="H7604" Egypt|strong="H4714". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Songs that people will sing to praise Yahweh }
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“Yahweh|strong="H3068", we|strong="H3588" praise|strong="H3034" you|strong="H3588"! 
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but|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3588" angry|strong="H2734" now|strong="H3117" 
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Babylon|strong="H0894" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" exist much|strong="H7227" longer|strong="H3808". 

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The|strong="H3588" grass|strong="H2682" there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" withered|strong="H3001"; 
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the|strong="H3588" green|strong="H3418" plants|strong="H3418" will|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3615"\+w*} be|strong="H1961" gone|strong="H1961", 
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and|strong="H4325" there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" nothing|strong="H3808" left|strong="H3615" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1961" green|strong="H3418". 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H6213" pick|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" their|strong="H5375" possessions|strong="H7399" 
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and|strong="H6213" carry|strong="H5375" them|strong="H5921" across|strong="H5921" Willows|strong="H6155" Brook|strong="H5158". 
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\verseNumber{8}Throughout|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3588" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H1366" Moab|strong="H4124", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} will|strong="H4124" be|strong="H2201" crying|strong="H2201"; 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H5921" stream|strong="H4325" near|strong="H5921" Dimon|strong="H1775" will|strong="H4325" become|strong="H4390" red|strong="H5488" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w who|strong="H6413"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w been|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w*}, 
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but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4325" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1818" of|strong="H4325" Moab|strong="H4124" to|strong="H5921" experience|strong="H7200" even|strong="H3588" more|strong="H3254" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w trouble|strong="H6869"\+w*}: 
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Lions|strong="H3715" will|strong="H4325" attack|strong="H4124" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H6413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w trying|strong="H1156"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w*} escape|strong="H6413" from|strong="H5921" Moab|strong="H4124" 
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and|strong="H1818" will|strong="H4325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3254"\+w*} attack|strong="H4124" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1818" who|strong="H6413" remain|strong="H4390" in|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" country|strong="H2022". 
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We|strong="H0587" should|strong="H1323" send|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971" through|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7971" desert|strong="H4057" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H7971" women|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Moab|strong="H4124" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" left|strong="H1961" alone|strong="H0905" at|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7971" ◄fords|strong="H4569" of|strong="H1323"/places|strong="H1116" where|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" can|strong="H4310" walk|strong="H1980" across|strong="H5676"► the|strong="H7971" Arnon|strong="H0769" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}; 
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they|strong="H5074" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" [SIM] birds|strong="H5775" that|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" pushed|strong="H1920" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H1323" their|strong="H7971" nests|strong="H7077". 
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\verseNumber{3}They|strong="H6213" will|strong="H6213" cry|strong="H7121" out|strong="H5080", ‘Help|strong="H6213" us|strong="H6213"! 
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Tell|strong="H5046" us|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" we|strong="H6213" should|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213"! 
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Protect|strong="H8104" us|strong="H6213" completely|strong="H3617" [MET|strong="H6298"], 
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we|strong="H6213" who|strong="H6213" are|strong="H6213" running|strong="H7323" away|strong="H1540" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1540"\+w* \+w our|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3915" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" ◄betray|strong="H1540" us|strong="H6213"/tell|strong="H5046" our|strong="H8432" enemies|strong="H0341" where|strong="H0834" we|strong="H6213" are|strong="H6213"►. 
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\verseNumber{4}Allow|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w us|strong="H6440"\+w*} who|strong="H3588" are|strong="H6440" fleeing|strong="H5127" from|strong="H4480" Moab|strong="H4124" to|strong="H6440" stay|strong="H1481" with|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588"; 
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hide|strong="H5643"/protect|strong="H8104" us|strong="H6440" from|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6440"\+w*} destroy|strong="H3615" us|strong="H6440"!’ 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} there|strong="H4480" will|strong="H4124" be|strong="H1933" no|strong="H4480" one|strong="H4480" to|strong="H6440" oppress|strong="H7703" us|strong="H6440", 
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and|strong="H6440" our|strong="H4480" enemies|strong="H0341" will|strong="H4124" stop|strong="H2308" destroying|strong="H7703" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w land|strong="H6440"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} will|strong="H2617" appoint|strong="H6485" someone|strong="H0376" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1732" king|strong="H3678" 
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who|strong="H3427" will|strong="H2617" be|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w descendant|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w King|strong="H3678"\+w*} David|strong="H1732". 
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As|strong="H3427" he|strong="H1732" rules|strong="H4910" [MTY], he|strong="H1732" will|strong="H2617" be|strong="H1732" merciful|strong="H2617" and|strong="H4941" truthful|strong="H0571". 
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He|strong="H1732" will|strong="H2617" always|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6664" is|strong="H2617" fair|strong="H3303"/just|strong="H6664" 
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and|strong="H4941" quickly|strong="H4116" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6664" is|strong="H2617" righteous|strong="H6664".” 
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\verseNumber{6}We|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1347"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*} have|strong="H3808" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1347"\+w*} Moab|strong="H4124"; 
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we|strong="H8085" have|strong="H3808" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085" they|strong="H3651" are|strong="H3808" very|strong="H3966" proud|strong="H1346" and|strong="H8085" conceited [DOU]; 
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they|strong="H3651" are|strong="H3808" insolent|strong="H5794", 
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but|strong="H3808" what|strong="H8085" they|strong="H3651" proudly|strong="H1346" say|strong="H0559" about|strong="H8085" themselves|strong="H8085" is|strong="H3651" not|strong="H3808" true|strong="H3651". 
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\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3605"\+w*} Moab|strong="H4124" will|strong="H4124" weep|strong="H1058". 
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They|strong="H3651" will|strong="H4124" all|strong="H3605" mourn|strong="H1897", 
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because|strong="H3651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4124"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w no|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w more|strong="H3651"\+w*} raisin|strong="H0809" cakes|strong="H2471" in|strong="H3605" Kir-Hareseth|strong="H7025" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w crops|strong="H8393"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3220"\+w*} the|strong="H3588" fields|strong="H7709" at|strong="H3220" Heshbon|strong="H2809" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} will|strong="H1471" wither|strong="H3001", 
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and|strong="H1471" the|strong="H3588" vineyards|strong="H3754" at|strong="H3220" Sibmah|strong="H7643" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} will|strong="H1471" wither|strong="H3001" also|strong="H1471". 
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The|strong="H3588" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4057" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} nations|strong="H1471" will|strong="H1471" destroy|strong="H7843" Moab|strong="H4124", 
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which|strong="H1471" is|strong="H2809" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H4057"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H3588" beautiful|strong="H3303" grapevine 
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whose|strong="H1471" branches|strong="H7976" spread|strong="H5203" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" Jazer|strong="H3270" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} 
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and|strong="H1471" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w east|strong="H6921"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3588" desert|strong="H4057". 
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Its|strong="H3220" branches|strong="H7976" spread|strong="H5203" very|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w west|strong="H3220"\+w*}, 
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to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3588" west|strong="H3220" side|strong="H3220" of|strong="H4057" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Dead|strong="H4191"\+w*} Sea|strong="H3220". 
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\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H3651" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5307" weep|strong="H1058" for|strong="H3588" Jazer|strong="H3270" 
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and|strong="H5307" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" grapevines of|strong="H5921" Sibmah|strong="H7643". 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5307" shed|strong="H8210" tears|strong="H1832" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H1058" of|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588". 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5307" cry|strong="H7121" because|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5307" no|strong="H1058" longer|strong="H1058" shout|strong="H1959" joyfully|strong="H7321", like|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3588" usually|strong="H2370" do|strong="H1612" 
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when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" gather|strong="H6908" the|strong="H5921" fruit|strong="H7019" that|strong="H3588" ripens in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ◄summer|strong="H7019"/hot|strong="H2552" season|strong="H6256"► and|strong="H5307" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" crops|strong="H7019" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" harvest|strong="H7105". 
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\verseNumber{10}People|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" glad|strong="H8057" at|strong="H3808" harvest|strong="H7105" time|strong="H6256". 
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No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" sing|strong="H7442" in|strong="H3808" the|strong="H4480" vineyards|strong="H3754", 
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no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" shout|strong="H7321" joyfully|strong="H7321". 
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No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" tread|strong="H1869" on|strong="H4480" grapes|strong="H6025" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w grape|strong="H3196"\+w* \+w juice|strong="H6071"\+w* \+w for|strong="H7442"\+w* \+w wine|strong="H3196"\+w*}; 
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there|strong="H4480" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" nothing|strong="H3808" to|strong="H4480" shout|strong="H7321" about|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w joyfully|strong="H7321"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{11}I|strong="H5921" cry|strong="H7121" iinwardly for|strong="H5921" Moab|strong="H4124"; 
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my|strong="H5921" groaning|strong="H0603" is|strong="H3651" like|strong="H3651" [SIM] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w sad|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w song|strong="H7892"\+w* \+w played|strong="H2181"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w*} a|strong="H5921" harp|strong="H3658". 
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I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" sad|strong="H7451" about|strong="H5921" Kir-Hareseth|strong="H7025". 
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\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w*} Moab|strong="H4124" will|strong="H1961" go|strong="H1961" and|strong="H7200" pray|strong="H6419" at|strong="H5921" their|strong="H7200" sacred|strong="H4720" shrines|strong="H1354", 
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but|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" help|strong="H1961" them|strong="H5921". 
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They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" cry|strong="H7121" out|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3201" their|strong="H7200" gods|strong="H0430" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H7200" temples|strong="H7541", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H3588"\+w*} none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" rescue|strong="H5337" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{13}Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" already|strong="H3528" spoken|strong="H1696" those|strong="H1696" things|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1697" Moab|strong="H4124". 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H3808" now|strong="H6258" he|strong="H3068" says|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3605" exactly|strong="H3605" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141" from|strong="H3068" now|strong="H6258", he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Moab|strong="H4124" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H4592" proud|strong="H1343" of|strong="H3068". Even|strong="H3808" though|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1696" huge|strong="H1995" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3808" in|strong="H8141" Moab|strong="H4124" now|strong="H6258", only|strong="H3605" a|strong="H1696" few|strong="H4592" people|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" remain|strong="H3808" alive|strong="H2416", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" weak|strong="H3605"/helpless|strong="H1800". 

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\chapterNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w received|strong="H1961"\+w*} this|strong="H1961" message|strong="H4853" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} about|strong="H1961" Damascus|strong="H1834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w capital|strong="H3805"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w Syria|strong="H0758"\+w*}: 
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“Listen|strong="H2009" carefully|strong="H6213"! Damascus|strong="H1834" will|strong="H1961" no|strong="H1961" longer|strong="H5493" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" city|strong="H5892"; 
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it|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} a|strong="H1961" heap|strong="H4596" of|strong="H5892" ruins|strong="H5892"! 
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\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H5800" towns|strong="H5892" near|strong="H7126" Aroer|strong="H6177" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" abandoned|strong="H5800". 
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Flocks|strong="H5739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w sheep|strong="H6629"\+w*} will|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w grass|strong="H2682"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w streets|strong="H2351"\+w* \+w and|strong="H5892"\+w*} lie|strong="H7257" down|strong="H7257" there|strong="H1961", 
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and|strong="H5892" there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" no|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" chase|strong="H7291" them|strong="H1961" away|strong="H2729". 
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\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H5002" cities|strong="H4013" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w protect|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
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The|strong="H5002" power|strong="H3478" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5002" kingdom|strong="H4467" of|strong="H1121" Damascus|strong="H1834" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" ended|strong="H1961", 
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and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5002" few|strong="H4592" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" remain|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3478" Damascus|strong="H1834" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" disgraced|strong="H0954" like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5002" people|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" disgraced|strong="H0954".” 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w*} the|strong="H5002" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5002" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1121" angels|strong="H4397" says|strong="H5002". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H5002" destruction|strong="H7667" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" }
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\verseNumber{4}“At|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" insignificant|strong="H6819". 
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It|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H1961" fat|strong="H4924" person|strong="H1320" who|strong="H1931" has|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" thin|strong="H1809". 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H1961" entire|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" [SIM] a|strong="H1961" field|strong="H7704" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H1961" harvesters|strong="H8057" have|strong="H1961" cut|strong="H3772" all|strong="H7114" the|strong="H1961" grain|strong="H7054"; 
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there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" nothing|strong="H3808" left|strong="H1961", 
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like|strong="H1961" [SIM] the|strong="H1961" fields|strong="H7704" in|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" Rephaim|strong="H7497" Valley|strong="H6010" after|strong="H1961" all|strong="H7114" the|strong="H1961" crops|strong="H7105" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" harvested|strong="H1219". 
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\verseNumber{6}Only|strong="H0389" a|strong="H3478" few|strong="H8147" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" Israeli people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" remain|strong="H7604" [MET|strong="H6298"], 
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like|strong="H3478" [SIM] the|strong="H5002" few|strong="H8147" olives|strong="H2132" that|strong="H3068" remain|strong="H7604" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3478" tree|strong="H2132" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H5002" workers|strong="H6466" have|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" other|strong="H8147" olives|strong="H2132" to|strong="H3478" fall|strong="H5307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5002"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H0776"\+w*}. 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w There|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} two|strong="H8147" or|strong="H7218" three|strong="H7969" olives|strong="H2132" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5002" top|strong="H7218" branches|strong="H5585", 
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the|strong="H5921" Holy|strong="H6918" One|strong="H6918" of|strong="H3117" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{8}You|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3027" no|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w longer|strong="H3808"\+w*} seek|strong="H7200" to|strong="H6213" get|strong="H3027" help|strong="H6213" from|strong="H3027" your|strong="H7200" idols|strong="H2553" 
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or|strong="H3808" worship|strong="H7812" the|strong="H7200" idols|strong="H2553" that|strong="H7200" you|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3027" made|strong="H6213" with|strong="H6213" your|strong="H7200" own|strong="H3027" hands|strong="H3027" [DOU]. 
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You|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3027" never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H7725" bow|strong="H7198" down|strong="H3027" in|strong="H6213" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7200" poles|strong="H0905" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Asherah|strong="H0842". 
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You|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3027" never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H7725" worship|strong="H7812" at|strong="H6213" the|strong="H7200" shrines|strong="H1354" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w built|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w burning|strong="H2740"\+w* \+w incense|strong="H2553"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H6440" largest cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" abandoned|strong="H5800", like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" Hiv and|strong="H1121" Amor people-groups abandoned|strong="H5800" (OR|strong="H3117", like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" forests|strong="H2793" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Canaan|strong="H3667"\+w* people-group} abandoned|strong="H5800") when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w attacked|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w long|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w ago|strong="H3117"\+w*}. 
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No|strong="H6440" one|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" live|strong="H3117" there|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*} because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" stopped|strong="H5975" worshiping|strong="H7812" God|strong="H6697" 
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who|strong="H2114" is|strong="H3651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3651"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H3588" huge|strong="H1995" rock|strong="H6697" under|strong="H5921" which|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" can|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" safe|strong="H7965". 
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You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" forgotten|strong="H7911" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H2114" can|strong="H3808" hide|strong="H5641"/protect|strong="H8104" you|strong="H3588". 
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So|strong="H3651", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" plant|strong="H5193" very|strong="H3651" nice|strong="H2899" grapevines 
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and|strong="H6697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H3588"\+w*} plant|strong="H5193" very|strong="H3651" expensive ones|strong="H2142" that|strong="H3588" come|strong="H2142" from|strong="H5921" other|strong="H2114" countries|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H3117"\+w*} even|strong="H1571" if|strong="H0518" they|strong="H3117" sprout|strong="H6524" leaves|strong="H1817" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" plant|strong="H5194" them|strong="H3117", 
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and|strong="H3117" even|strong="H1571" if|strong="H0518" they|strong="H3117" produce|strong="H6529" blossoms|strong="H6731" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" same|strong="H1931" morning|strong="H1242", 
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at|strong="H3117" harvest|strong="H7105" time|strong="H3117", there|strong="H3117" will|strong="H2233" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3117" any|strong="H3605" grapes|strong="H6025" for|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3117" pick|strong="H5375". 
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All|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" will|strong="H2233" get|strong="H3947" is|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3117" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H3117" agony|strong="H2427"/misery|strong="H5999". 
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\verseNumber{12}Listen|strong="H8085"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4325"\+w*} many|strong="H7227" nations|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" roar|strong="H1993" like|strong="H1993" the|strong="H5971" sea|strong="H3220" roars|strong="H1993". 
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It|strong="H4325" will|strong="H5971" sound|strong="H1993" like|strong="H1993" the|strong="H5971" noise|strong="H7588" of|strong="H4325" crashing|strong="H7667" waves|strong="H4325". 
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\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H4325" even|strong="H1571" though|strong="H3588" their|strong="H6440" loud|strong="H1419" roaring|strong="H7588" will|strong="H7307" be|strong="H3816" like|strong="H7307" the|strong="H6440" sound|strong="H6963" of|strong="H2022" crashing|strong="H7667" waves|strong="H4325", 
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when|strong="H5127" Yahweh|strong="H3068" rebukes|strong="H1605" them|strong="H6440", they|strong="H6440" will|strong="H7307" run|strong="H7291" far|strong="H4801" away|strong="H5127". 
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They|strong="H6440" will|strong="H7307" flee|strong="H5127" like|strong="H7307" [SIM] chaff|strong="H4671" on|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" hills|strong="H2022" scatters|strong="H6340" when|strong="H5127" the|strong="H6440" wind|strong="H7307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w blows|strong="H4112"\+w*}, 
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like|strong="H7307" tumbleweeds scatter|strong="H2219" when|strong="H5127" a|strong="H6440" windstorm|strong="H8178" blows|strong="H4112". 
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\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H1242", even|strong="H6153" though|strong="H3588" you|strong="H2962" people|strong="H6153" of|strong="H6256" Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H2088" be|strong="H6256" terrified|strong="H1091", 
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in|strong="H2506" the|strong="H2009" morning|strong="H1242" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} will|strong="H2088" all|strong="H2009" be|strong="H6256" gone|strong="H1980"/dead|strong="H4191". 
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That|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" what|strong="H2088" will|strong="H2088" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H6256" those|strong="H2088" who|strong="H2088" invade|strong="H0935" our|strong="H2088" land|strong="H2506" and|strong="H1242" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="H2009"\+w*} steal|strong="H1589" our|strong="H2088" possessions|strong="H7399". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The destruction of Ethiopia }
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\chapterNumber{18}Terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3671" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1945" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} of|strong="H5104" Ethiopia|strong="H3568"! 
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In|strong="H5676" your|strong="H5104" land|strong="H5676" there|strong="H1945" are|strong="H5104" many|strong="H7227" sailboats at|strong="H5104" the|strong="H5676" upper|strong="H5944" part|strong="H3671" of|strong="H5104" the|strong="H5676" Nile|strong="H2975" River|strong="H5104". 
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\verseNumber{2}Your|strong="H5921" rulers|strong="H8269" send|strong="H7971" ambassadors|strong="H4397" that|strong="H5971" sail|strong="H5251" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w quickly|strong="H4116"\+w*} down|strong="H7971" the|strong="H6440" river|strong="H5104" in|strong="H5921" papyrus|strong="H1573" boats|strong="H0591". 
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You|strong="H6440" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H3212" Ethiopia|strong="H3568", go|strong="H3212" quickly|strong="H4116"! 
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Go|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w up|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w river|strong="H5104"\+w*} to|strong="H3212" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H1931" are|strong="H5971" tall|strong="H4900" and|strong="H7971" who|strong="H1931" have|strong="H5971" smooth|strong="H3474" skin|strong="H5785". 
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People|strong="H5971" everywhere|strong="H5921" are|strong="H5971" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3627" those|strong="H4480" people|strong="H5971", 
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because|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" conquer|strong="H3423" and|strong="H7971" destroy|strong="H7843" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w nations|strong="H1471"\+w*}; 
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they|strong="H5921" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H7971" land|strong="H6440" that|strong="H5971" is|strong="H1931" divided|strong="H1471" by|strong="H5921" branches|strong="H7070" of|strong="H3627" one|strong="H4480" large|strong="H1419" river|strong="H5104". 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w messengers|strong="H4397"\+w*} must|strong="H5375" tell|strong="H8085" people|strong="H3427" everywhere|strong="H3605", 
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to|strong="H8085" people|strong="H3427" everywhere|strong="H3605", 
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“Look|strong="H7200" when|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" lift|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" my|strong="H8085" battle|strong="H4421" flag|strong="H8650" on|strong="H7200" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" mountain|strong="H2022", 
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and|strong="H8085" listen|strong="H8085" when|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" blow|strong="H8628" the|strong="H3605" ram’s|strong="H7782" horn|strong="H7782" 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w signal|strong="H5251"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w about|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w begin|strong="H2490"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Listen|strong="H8085"\+w*} because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5921" this|strong="H3541": 
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“I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" watch|strong="H5027" quietly|strong="H8252" from|strong="H5921" where|strong="H5921" I|strong="H3588" live|strong="H3427". 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" watch|strong="H5027" as|strong="H3068" quietly|strong="H8252" as|strong="H3068" [SIM] the|strong="H5921" heat|strong="H2527" waves|strong="H1530" shimmer as|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" rises|strong="H6965" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3588" hot|strong="H2527" summer|strong="H7019" day|strong="H3117", 
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as|strong="H3068" quietly|strong="H8252" as|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" dew|strong="H2919" forms|strong="H3335" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H0776"\+w*} during|strong="H3117" harvest|strong="H7105" time|strong="H7105".” 
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\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H3588"\+w*} before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H6440" Ethiopia|strong="H3568" starts to|strong="H1961" attack|strong="H5221", 
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while|strong="H1961" their|strong="H6440" plans|strong="H4284" are|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{slowly \+w forming|strong="H3335"\+w*} like|strong="H1961" [SIM] grapes|strong="H1155" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1961" ripening|strong="H1580", 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w get|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w rid|strong="H5337"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w farmer|strong="H0127"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3588"\+w*} [MET|strong="H8552"] cuts|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" the|strong="H6440" new|strong="H2319" shoots|strong="H7105" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" grapevines with|strong="H6440" his|strong="H6440" shears, 
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and|strong="H6440" prunes the|strong="H6440" branches|strong="H5189" that|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" long|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{6}All|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w Ethiopia|strong="H3568"\+w*} will|strong="H2022" be|strong="H2022" killed|strong="H2026", 
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and|strong="H2022" their|strong="H3605" corpses|strong="H6297" will|strong="H2022" lie|strong="H7901" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" fields|strong="H7704" for|strong="H5921" vultures|strong="H5404" to|strong="H5921" eat|strong="H0398" their|strong="H3605" flesh|strong="H1320" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ◄summer|strong="H6972"/hot|strong="H2552" season|strong="H6256"►. 
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Then|strong="H3605" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H0929" will|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w chew|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w bones|strong="H6106"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" during|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" ◄winter|strong="H2778"/cold|strong="H7135" season|strong="H6256"►. 
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\verseNumber{7}At|strong="H3068" that|strong="H5971" time|strong="H6256", the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" that|strong="H5971" land|strong="H4725" that|strong="H5971" is|strong="H3068" divided|strong="H1471" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" branches|strong="H7070" of|strong="H3068" that|strong="H5971" one|strong="H4480" big|strong="H0931" river|strong="H5104" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3947" gifts|strong="H7862" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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Those|strong="H4480" tall|strong="H4900" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H1931" have|strong="H3068" smooth|strong="H3474"/dark|strong="H2822" skin|strong="H5785", whom|strong="H5971" people|strong="H5971" everywhere|strong="H3605" are|strong="H5971" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3068", 
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because|strong="H4480" they|strong="H3068" conquer|strong="H3423" and|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H7843" many|strong="H7227" countries|strong="H0776", 
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will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3947" gifts|strong="H7862" to|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", the|strong="H3068" city|strong="H1931" where|strong="H4725" the|strong="H3068" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397" lives|strong="H5315". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A prophecy about the destruction of Egypt }
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\chapterNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w received|strong="H5921"\+w*} this|strong="H6440" message|strong="H4853" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} about|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714": 
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“Listen|strong="H2009" to|strong="H3068" this|strong="H6440"! I|strong="H2009", Yahweh|strong="H3068", am|strong="H3068" coming|strong="H2009" to|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714", 
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riding|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3068" fast-moving cloud|strong="H5645". 
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The|strong="H6440" idols|strong="H1544" in|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H3068" tremble|strong="H5128" when|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w appear|strong="H7200"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5128" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" extremely|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372" [IDM]. 
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men|strong="H0376" will|strong="H4714" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" their|strong="H4714" brothers|strong="H0251", 
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people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5892" one|strong="H5892" city|strong="H5892" will|strong="H4714" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" the|strong="H5892" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5892" another|strong="H7453" city|strong="H5892", 
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people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5892" one|strong="H5892" province|strong="H4082" will|strong="H4714" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" the|strong="H5892" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5892" another|strong="H7453" province|strong="H4082". 
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\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H1875" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H7307" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H4714" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" discouraged|strong="H7503", 
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and|strong="H4714" I|strong="H4714" will|strong="H4714" cause|strong="H2600" their|strong="H7130" plans|strong="H6098" not|strong="H1875" to|strong="H4714" be|strong="H7307" successful|strong="H6743". 
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They|strong="H7130" will|strong="H4714" plead|strong="H7378" with|strong="H4714" idols|strong="H1544" and|strong="H4714" sorcerers|strong="H3784" and|strong="H4714" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3049" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H4714" spirits|strong="H7307" of|strong="H7307" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H5971" 
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to|strong="H4714" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H7307" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H7130" should|strong="H7307" do|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H4428" I|strong="H4714" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" treat|strong="H6213" them|strong="H3027" very|strong="H3966" cruelly|strong="H7188" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H3027" their|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" [DOU].” 
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That|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H4714", the|strong="H5002" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5002" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" angels|strong="H4397", say|strong="H0559". 
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and|strong="H4325" the|strong="H3001" riverbed will|strong="H4325" become|strong="H2717" very|strong="H3966" dry|strong="H3001" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H2717" branches|strong="H7070" of|strong="H5104" the|strong="H2717" river|strong="H5104" will|strong="H2975" all|strong="H3605" dry|strong="H2717" up|strong="H2717" [DOU] 
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The|strong="H2717" canals|strong="H2975" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H2717" river|strong="H5104" will|strong="H2975" stink|strong="H0887" 
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because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H5104" the|strong="H2717" rotting|strong="H4743" reeds|strong="H7070" and|strong="H7070" ◄bulrushes|strong="H1573"/tall|strong="H7311" grass|strong="H2682"►. 
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then|strong="H3605" they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H2975" blow|strong="H8628" away|strong="H5086" and|strong="H6310" disappear|strong="H0622". 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H3605" fishermen|strong="H1728" will|strong="H4325" throw|strong="H7993" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" river|strong="H2975" lines|strong="H2256" with|strong="H5921" hooks|strong="H2053" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" and|strong="H6440" nets|strong="H4365", 
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and|strong="H6440" then|strong="H3605" they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4325" groan|strong="H0584" and|strong="H6440" be|strong="H6440" very|strong="H3966" discouraged|strong="H7503"; 
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they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4325" be|strong="H6440" sad|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w be|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w no|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w fish|strong="H1710"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w river|strong="H2975"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}Those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" weave|strong="H0707" cloth|strong="H0899" from|strong="H4480" flax|strong="H6593" will|strong="H5647" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H5647", 
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because|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" will|strong="H5647" be|strong="H5647" no|strong="H5647" thread|strong="H2339" for|strong="H5647" them|strong="H5647" to|strong="H0413" weave|strong="H0707". 
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\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H5315" will|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" despair|strong="H2976" 
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and|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1961" very|strong="H6213" discouraged|strong="H7503". 
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\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H1197" officials|strong="H8269" in|strong="H4428" Zoan|strong="H6814" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w northern|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*} are|strong="H1121" foolish|strong="H3684". 
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The|strong="H1197" advice|strong="H6098" that|strong="H4428" they|strong="H4428" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1197" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" worthless|strong="H1100". 
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Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" they|strong="H4428" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1121" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H1197" king|strong="H4428" that|strong="H4428" they|strong="H4428" are|strong="H1121" wise|strong="H2450", 
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that|strong="H4428" they|strong="H4428" are|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" wise|strong="H2450" kings|strong="H4428" who|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" long|strong="H6924" ago|strong="H6924" [RHQ]? 
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\verseNumber{12}King|strong="H5921", ◄where|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" your|strong="H3068" wise|strong="H2450" counselors|strong="H3289" now|strong="H4994"?/You|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3045" wise|strong="H2450" counselors|strong="H3289" now|strong="H4994"!► [RHQ] 
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If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5921" had|strong="H3068" any|strong="H3045" wise|strong="H2450" counselors|strong="H3289", they|strong="H3068" could|strong="H3045" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H5921" what|strong="H4100" the|strong="H5921" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397" has|strong="H3068" planned|strong="H3289" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714" [SAR]! 
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\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yes|strong="H3588"\+w*}, the|strong="H7626" officials|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" Zoan|strong="H6814" have|strong="H8269" become|strong="H2973" foolish|strong="H2973", 
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and|strong="H4714" the|strong="H7626" leaders|strong="H8269" in|strong="H4714" Memphis|strong="H5297" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w northern|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*} have|strong="H8269" deceived|strong="H5377" themselves|strong="H0905". 
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\verseNumber{14}Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" them|strong="H8582" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" foolish|strong="H3684", 
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with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3068" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H7130"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Egypt|strong="H4714" stagger|strong="H8582" 
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like|strong="H7307" [SIM] a|strong="H3068" drunken|strong="H7910" person|strong="H5315" staggers|strong="H8582" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w slips|strong="H2156"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" vomit|strong="H6892". 
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\verseNumber{15}There|strong="H1961" is|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" in|strong="H6213" Egypt|strong="H4714", rich|strong="H6223" or|strong="H3808" poor|strong="H7218", important|strong="H5704" or|strong="H3808" unimportant, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w able|strong="H4639"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w help|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{16}At|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w helpless|strong="H1800"\+w*} as|strong="H3117" [SIM] women|strong="H0802". They|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" tremble|strong="H2729", being|strong="H1961" terrified|strong="H6342" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397" has|strong="H3068" raised|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" fist|strong="H3027", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ready|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w strike|strong="H5130"\+w*/\+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H6342" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" mentions Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H1961" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" terrified|strong="H6342", because|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w remind|strong="H2142"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*} of|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2142" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397", is|strong="H3068" planning|strong="H3289" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{18}At|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w*} five|strong="H2568" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H3068" solemnly|strong="H7650" declare|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068". They|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w learn|strong="H3925"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*} speak|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3068" Hebrew|strong="H5680" language|strong="H8193". One|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1931" cities|strong="H5892" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" called|strong="H7121" ‘City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Sun’. 
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\verseNumber{19}At|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" altar|strong="H4196" for|strong="H4714" worshiping|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8432" center|strong="H8432" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H3068" there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" ◄pillar|strong="H4676"/large|strong="H1419" rock|strong="H6697"► to|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H3519" Yahweh|strong="H3068" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8432" border|strong="H1366" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w between|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{22}After|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" punished|strong="H6485" Egypt|strong="H4714", he|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H7725" their|strong="H3068" troubles|strong="H6869" to|strong="H5704" end|strong="H7093". The|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H3068" turn|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" listen|strong="H8085" when|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3068" plead|strong="H7378" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H7725" their|strong="H3068" troubles|strong="H6869" to|strong="H5704" cease|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{23}At|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" highway|strong="H4546" between|strong="H0996" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H3117" Assyria|strong="H0804". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w As|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w*}, the|strong="H5647" people|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3117" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w*} travel|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w easily|strong="H4592"\+w*} to|strong="H1961" Assyria|strong="H0804", and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5647" people|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3117" Assyria|strong="H0804" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w travel|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w easily|strong="H4592"\+w*} to|strong="H1961" Egypt|strong="H4714". And|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5647" people|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3117" both|strong="H8147" countries|strong="H0776" will|strong="H1961" worship|strong="H5647" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H7130" ally|strong="H5826". All|strong="H3117" three|strong="H7992" nations|strong="H1471" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w friendly|strong="H7965"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} each|strong="H3117" other|strong="H0312", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3117" Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" blessing|strong="H1293" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" entire|strong="H3117" world|strong="H8398". 
\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H3068" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397" will|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" them|strong="H3027", saying|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H1288"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Egypt|strong="H4714" are|strong="H5971" now|strong="H3478" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971". You|strong="H1288" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Assyria|strong="H0804", I|strong="H4714" have|strong="H3068" established|strong="H3559" your|strong="H3068" country|strong="H2022". You|strong="H1288" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" are|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H5971" I|strong="H4714" have|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" to|strong="H3478" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H1288".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A message about Egypt and Ethiopia }
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\chapterNumber{20}One|strong="H4428" year|strong="H8141" King|strong="H4428" Sargon|strong="H5623" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" chief|strong="H7218" commander|strong="H8661" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H7971" army|strong="H2428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w take|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} to|strong="H7971" capture|strong="H3920" Ashdod|strong="H0795" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w Philistia|strong="H6429"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}At|strong="H5921" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256", Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5921", “Take|strong="H1980" off|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" rough|strong="H8181" sackcloth|strong="H8242" that|strong="H1931" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" wearing|strong="H2296" and|strong="H1121" take|strong="H1980" off|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" sandals|strong="H5275".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3651"\+w*} I|strong="H5921" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" he|strong="H1931" told|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213", and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="H1980"\+w*} I|strong="H5921" walked|strong="H1980" around|strong="H5921" naked|strong="H6174" and|strong="H1121" barefoot|strong="H3182" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w three|strong="H7969"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H1980"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" this|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}: “My|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" Isaiah|strong="H3470" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" walking|strong="H1980" around|strong="H5921" naked|strong="H6174" and|strong="H1980" barefoot|strong="H3182" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" past|strong="H5674" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141". That|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" to|strong="H1980" show|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" terrible|strong="H3372" disasters|strong="H4672" that|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w cause|strong="H2600"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H1980" Ethiopia|strong="H3568" to|strong="H1980" experience|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{4}What|strong="H3651" will|strong="H4428" happen|strong="H1961" is|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3651"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" will|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w invade|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w countries|strong="H0776"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w capture|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4428"\+w*} take|strong="H2834" them|strong="H5090" away|strong="H5090" as|strong="H3651" their|strong="H4714" prisoners|strong="H7628". They|strong="H3651" will|strong="H4428" force|strong="H2394" all|strong="H3651" them|strong="H5090", including|strong="H4428" both|strong="H8147" the|strong="H3651" young|strong="H5288" ones|strong="H2945" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3651" old|strong="H2205" ones|strong="H2945", to|strong="H4714" walk|strong="H1980" naked|strong="H6174" and|strong="H4428" barefoot|strong="H3182". They|strong="H3651" will|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H4428"\+w*} force|strong="H2394" them|strong="H5090" to|strong="H4714" have|strong="H5288" no|strong="H3808" clothes|strong="H0899" around|strong="H5439" their|strong="H4714" buttocks|strong="H8357", which|strong="H4428" will|strong="H4428" cause|strong="H3651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H4714" be|strong="H4428" ashamed|strong="H0954". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H4480" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4480" other|strong="H0312" countries|strong="H0776" who|strong="H0834" trusted|strong="H0982" that|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4480" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H4714" Ethiopia|strong="H3568" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H4480" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H4714" help|strong="H4480" them|strong="H4480" will|strong="H4714" be|strong="H4480" very|strong="H3966" dismayed|strong="H2865"/confused|strong="H1101" and|strong="H4714" afraid|strong="H2865"/disappointed|strong="H0954". 
\verseNumber{6}They|strong="H3117" will|strong="H4428" say|strong="H0559", ‘We|strong="H3117" trusted|strong="H0982" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H4428" Ethiopia|strong="H3568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w would|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5833"\+w* \+w us|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w defend|strong="H1598"\+w* \+w us|strong="H6440"\+w*, \+w but|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w destroyed|strong="H4229"\+w*}, so|strong="H3541" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H2088" no|strong="H6440" way|strong="H3541" [RHQ] that|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" can|strong="H4310" escape|strong="H4422" from|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w destroyed|strong="H4229"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w army|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804"!’” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A message about the destruction of Babylon }
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it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3372" an|strong="H1129" army|strong="H2428" that|strong="H4057" causes|strong="H5414" its|strong="H3220" enemies|strong="H0341" to|strong="H3220" be|strong="H3372" terrified|strong="H0926", 
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an|strong="H1129" army|strong="H2428" that|strong="H4057" will|strong="H5045" come|strong="H0935" like|strong="H4057" a|strong="H4057" whirlwind|strong="H5492" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3372" south|strong="H5045". 
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\verseNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068" showed|strong="H7200" me|strong="H5046" a|strong="H5927" terrifying|strong="H3372" vision|strong="H2380". 
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that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H7703" betray|strong="H1540"/deceive|strong="H5377" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H5927" steal|strong="H1589" their|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H7399" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w conquer|strong="H3423"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5927"\+w*}. 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w*}, “You|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" from|strong="H5927" Elam|strong="H5867" and|strong="H5927" Media|strong="H4074", surround|strong="H5439" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*} and|strong="H5927" prepare|strong="H3559" to|strong="H5927" attack|strong="H5927" it|strong="H5927"! 
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I|strong="H3605" will|strong="H7703" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H3605" groaning|strong="H0603" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w suffering|strong="H6040"\+w*} that|strong="H3605" Babylon|strong="H0894" caused|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5927" cease|strong="H7673"!” 
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\verseNumber{3}Because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3205" that|strong="H7200", my|strong="H8085" body|strong="H4975" is|strong="H3651" full|strong="H4390" of|strong="H3205" pain|strong="H2479"; 
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my|strong="H8085" pain|strong="H2479" is|strong="H3651" like|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5921" pain|strong="H2479" that|strong="H7200" women|strong="H0802" who|strong="H3205" are|strong="H4390" giving|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" experience|strong="H7200". 
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When|strong="H7200" I|strong="H5921" hear|strong="H8085" about|strong="H5921" and|strong="H8085" see|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w planning|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w do|strong="H8085"\+w*}, 
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I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" shocked|strong="H8074". 
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\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H7760" cannot|strong="H3808" think|strong="H3824" straight|strong="H3474"/correctly|strong="H3651", and|strong="H3824" I|strong="H7760" tremble|strong="H7264". 
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I|strong="H7760" was|strong="H3824" eager|strong="H1245" for|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" to|strong="H3824" be|strong="H7760" nighttime, 
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but|strong="H3588" now|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" is|strong="H3824" night|strong="H5399", and|strong="H3824" I|strong="H7760" am|strong="H1961" horrified|strong="H8074". 
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everyone|strong="H3605" was|strong="H7979" eating|strong="H0398" and|strong="H6965" drinking|strong="H8354". 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H5975" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" me|strong="H7200", 
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and|strong="H3212" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046" to|strong="H3212" shout|strong="H7321"/proclaim|strong="H5046" what|strong="H3541" he|strong="H3588" sees|strong="H7200". 
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\verseNumber{7}Tell|strong="H7200" him|strong="H7200" to|strong="H7200" watch|strong="H7200" for|strong="H7393" chariots|strong="H7393" pulled|strong="H5265" by|strong="H7200" pairs|strong="H6776" of|strong="H7393" horses|strong="H6571", 
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and|strong="H7393" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w men|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w riding|strong="H7392"\+w*} camels|strong="H1581" and|strong="H7393" donkeys|strong="H2543", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w coming|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w from|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*}. 
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Tell|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" watchman|strong="H6822" to|strong="H7200" watch|strong="H7200" and|strong="H7393" listen|strong="H7181" carefully|strong="H6213"!” 
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“Day|strong="H3119" after|strong="H5921" day|strong="H3119" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3605" stood|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" this|strong="H7121" watchtower|strong="H4707", 
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and|strong="H3119" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3605" continued|strong="H5975" to|strong="H5921" watch|strong="H4931" during|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3119" and|strong="H3119" during|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915". 
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\verseNumber{9}Now|strong="H2009", I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H2009" a|strong="H2088" man|strong="H3605" riding|strong="H7392" in|strong="H7665" a|strong="H2088" chariot|strong="H7393" pulled|strong="H5265" by|strong="H3605" two|strong="H6776" horses|strong="H6571". 
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‘Babylon|strong="H0894" has|strong="H2009" been|strong="H3605" destroyed|strong="H7665"! 
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All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H6456" in|strong="H7665" Babylon|strong="H0894" lie|strong="H5307" in|strong="H7665" pieces|strong="H7665" on|strong="H5307" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776"!’” 
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Someone|strong="H0376" from|strong="H8104" Edom|strong="H0112" has|strong="H4100" been|strong="H1961" calling|strong="H7121"/shouting|strong="H8643" to|strong="H8104" me|strong="H7121" saying|strong="H0559", 
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come|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7725" inquire|strong="H1158" again|strong="H7725".” 

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Tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H4853" bring|strong="H0935" water|strong="H4325" for|strong="H3588" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H3293" thirsty|strong="H6771". 
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all|strong="H5921" its|strong="H5921" fortresses|strong="H4581" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H3027" destroyed|strong="H8045". 
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\verseNumber{18}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H3588"\+w*} their|strong="H3068" profits|strong="H8636" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w merchants|strong="H7402"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" hoard|strong="H0686" their|strong="H3068" money|strong="H3701"; 
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instead|strong="H3588", they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H1961" it|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" priests|strong="H3808" 
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in|strong="H3427" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w can|strong="H3808"\+w*} buy|strong="H7069" food|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3068" nice|strong="H2899" clothes|strong="H4374". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The destruction of everything on the earth }
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\chapterNumber{24}Some|strong="H2009" day|strong="H3117", Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H7843" everything|strong="H3605" on|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" earth|strong="H0776". 
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He|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" devastate|strong="H1238" it|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" it|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H3068" desert|strong="H6160" 
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and|strong="H3068" scatter|strong="H6327" its|strong="H6327" people|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H5971" will|strong="H1961" scatter|strong="H2219" everyone|strong="H3605"— 
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priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3548" common|strong="H1121" people|strong="H5971", 
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servants|strong="H5650" and|strong="H3548" their|strong="H1961" masters|strong="H0113", 
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maids|strong="H8198" and|strong="H3548" their|strong="H1961" mistresses, 
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buyers and|strong="H3548" sellers|strong="H4376", 
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lenders and|strong="H3548" borrowers, 
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people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" owe money|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3548" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" owed money|strong="H3701". 
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\verseNumber{3}Nothing|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" worth|strong="H1929" anything|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" left|strong="H7604" on|strong="H3068" earth|strong="H0776"; 
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everything|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" destroyed|strong="H1696". 
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Everything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5971"\+w*} the|strong="H5971" earth|strong="H0776" will|strong="H5971" dry|strong="H3004" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H5971" die|strong="H4191" [DOU]; 
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its|strong="H3605" important|strong="H5704" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" become|strong="H1961" weak|strong="H2470" and|strong="H5971" unimportant. 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H3588" earth|strong="H0776" has|strong="H3588" become|strong="H1961" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H5674" Yahweh|strong="H3068" because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" live|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5674" it|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" disobeyed|strong="H6963" his|strong="H3588" laws|strong="H8451"; 
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they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" rejected|strong="H3988" the|strong="H3588" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" intended|strong="H1819" to|strong="H5674" last|strong="H5769" forever|strong="H5769". 
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\verseNumber{6}Therefore|strong="H3651", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} will|strong="H7604" curse|strong="H7045" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776"; 
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the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" live|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" punished|strong="H6485" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" have|strong="H7604" committed|strong="H5921". 
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They|strong="H3651" will|strong="H7604" be|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H4229" by|strong="H5921" fire|strong="H0784", 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H3605" grapevines will|strong="H3820" wither|strong="H3001", 
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people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H7673" no|strong="H2308" longer|strong="H5750" play|strong="H2181" joyfully|strong="H7321" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" harps|strong="H3658", 
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\verseNumber{9}People|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" sing|strong="H7892" while|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" wine|strong="H3196", 
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and|strong="H8354" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*} their|strong="H3808" alcoholic drinks|strong="H8354" will|strong="H3808" taste|strong="H2938" bitter|strong="H4843". 
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\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Towns|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1004"\+w*} cities|strong="H7151" will|strong="H1004" be|strong="H1004" desolate|strong="H8074"; 
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every|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" will|strong="H1004" be|strong="H1004" locked|strong="H5462" to|strong="H1004" prevent|strong="H6923" thieves|strong="H1590" from|strong="H1004" entering|strong="H0935". 
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\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{Mobs} will|strong="H3605" gather|strong="H6908" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" streets|strong="H2351", wanting|strong="H6485" wine|strong="H3196"; 
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no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" will|strong="H3605" be|strong="H3605" happy|strong="H8057" [DOU] anymore|strong="H5750". 
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\verseNumber{12}Cities|strong="H5892" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H5892" ruined|strong="H8047" 
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and|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*} their|strong="H3807" gates|strong="H8179" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H5892" battered|strong="H3807"/broken|strong="H3807" into|strong="H5892" pieces|strong="H3807". 
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\verseNumber{13}It|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3615" over|strong="H3615" the|strong="H3588" earth|strong="H0776": 
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in|strong="H5921" countries|strong="H0776" across|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sea|strong="H3220", people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H8034" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3651"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{16}We|strong="H8085" will|strong="H6662" hear|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H8085"\+w*} in|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" most|strong="H6944" distant|strong="H7350" places|strong="H1116" on|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" earth|strong="H0776" singing|strong="H2158" praise|strong="H1984" to|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}, the|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w truly|strong="H8085"\+w*} righteous|strong="H6662" one|strong="H6662". 
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But|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H8085"\+w*}, I|strong="H8085" am|strong="H1961" [SYN] very|strong="H3966" sad|strong="H7451". 
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Terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H1697" are|strong="H6662" happening! 
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Treacherous|strong="H0898" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w still|strong="H3671"\+w*} betray|strong="H1540"/deceive|strong="H5377" others|strong="H0312" everywhere|strong="H3605" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{17}You|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427" all|strong="H5921" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776", 
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you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3427" be|strong="H1961" terrified|strong="H0926", 
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and|strong="H3427" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3427" fall|strong="H5307" into|strong="H5921" deep|strong="H8415" pits|strong="H6354" and|strong="H3427" traps|strong="H6341"/snares|strong="H6341". 
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\verseNumber{18}Those|strong="H1961" who|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w try|strong="H0974"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w*} flee|strong="H5127" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1961" terrified|strong="H0926" 
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will|strong="H1961" fall|strong="H5307" into|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w deep|strong="H8415"\+w*} pits|strong="H6354", 
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and|strong="H6963" those|strong="H1961" who|strong="H3588" climb|strong="H5927" out|strong="H5307" of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H3588" pits|strong="H6354" 
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will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" caught|strong="H3920" by|strong="H1961" traps|strong="H6341"/snares|strong="H6341". 
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the|strong="H3588" foundations|strong="H4146" of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H3588" earth|strong="H5927" will|strong="H1961" shake|strong="H7493". 
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\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H6565" earth|strong="H0776" will|strong="H3068" split|strong="H6565" apart|strong="H0914" and|strong="H7489" be|strong="H4131" shattered|strong="H6565"; 
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it|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" shake|strong="H4131" violently|strong="H4131". 
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\verseNumber{21}At|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wicked|strong="H7563"\+w*} powerful|strong="H2392" beings|strong="H2421" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" skies|strong="H5921" 
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and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" wicked|strong="H7563" kings|strong="H4428" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{22}They|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H6485"\+w*} be|strong="H3117" gathered|strong="H6485" together|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3117" thrown|strong="H7993" into|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3117" dungeon|strong="H4525"/pit|strong="H0953". 
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They|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3117" shut|strong="H5462"/locked|strong="H5462" in|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" dungeon|strong="H4525"/pit|strong="H0953", 
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and|strong="H3117" later|strong="H0310" they|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3117" punished|strong="H6485". 
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\verseNumber{23}At|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6635" the|strong="H3588" light|strong="H0216" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" moon|strong="H3842" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" sun|strong="H2535" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" lessened|strong="H2820"; 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Isaiah praises God for having good judgment and providing salvation }
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\chapterNumber{25}Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068"; 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H8034" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H3034" you|strong="H3588" [MTY]. 
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You|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" wonderful|strong="H6382" things|strong="H6382"; 
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you|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" long|strong="H7350" ago|strong="H7350" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" those|strong="H6213" things|strong="H6382", 
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like|strong="H2022" they|strong="H5921" experience|strong="H7200" when|strong="H5921" someone|strong="H0376" dies|strong="H4191". 
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“Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068"! 
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We|strong="H3117" trusted|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3068" him|strong="H1931", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" rescued|strong="H5337" us|strong="H3117"! 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068", in|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H3117" trusted|strong="H0982", has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" it|strong="H1931"; 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" protects|strong="H8104" our|strong="H7896" city|strong="H5892"; 
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He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2088" like|strong="H2346" [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H3117" wall|strong="H2346" that|strong="H3117" surrounds|strong="H5439" it|strong="H1931". 
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\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H3588" humbles|strong="H8213" proud|strong="H1343" people|strong="H3427" 
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their|strong="H3605" spirits|strong="H7496" have|strong="H3605" left|strong="H6965" this|strong="H3651" earth|strong="H0776", and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H3651" will|strong="H4191" not|strong="H1077" become|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2421" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H6965"\+w*}. 
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You|strong="H3605" punished|strong="H6485" those|strong="H3605" rulers|strong="H6485" and|strong="H6965" got|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3605" them|strong="H8045", 
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and|strong="H6965" people|strong="H5971" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H1077" even|strong="H3651" remember|strong="H6485" them|strong="H8045" anymore|strong="H5750". 
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\verseNumber{15}Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" our|strong="H3068" nation|strong="H1471" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" great|strong="H3513"; 
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we|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1471" more|strong="H3254" in|strong="H3068" number|strong="H4557"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H6258"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3068" more|strong="H3254" land|strong="H0776", 
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\verseNumber{16}Yahweh|strong="H3068", when|strong="H3068" we|strong="H0587" were|strong="H6485" distressed|strong="H6887", we|strong="H0587" asked|strong="H7592" you|strong="H6485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w*}; 
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when|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6485" disciplined|strong="H3256"/punished|strong="H6485" us|strong="H5414", we|strong="H0587" were|strong="H6485" able|strong="H3201" only|strong="H0389" to|strong="H3068" whisper|strong="H3908" when|strong="H3068" we|strong="H0587" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6485". 
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\verseNumber{17}Like|strong="H3644" pregnant|strong="H2030" women|strong="H2030" writhe|strong="H2342" and|strong="H3068" cry|strong="H2199" out|strong="H2199" 
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when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3651" are|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205", 
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we|strong="H0587" suffered|strong="H5414" very|strong="H3651" much|strong="H7227", too|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{18}We|strong="H6213" had|strong="H3205" severe|strong="H3515" pain|strong="H2342", 
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but|strong="H3205" nothing|strong="H1077" good|strong="H2896" resulted|strong="H1961" [MET|strong="H6298"] from|strong="H7307" it|strong="H6213". 
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We|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3205" not|strong="H6213" rescued|strong="H5337" our|strong="H5307" people|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w conquered|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w our|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H6213" we|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3205" not|strong="H6213" given|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H6213" children|strong="H3205" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w will|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w rule|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w world|strong="H8398"\+w* \+w correctly|strong="H3651"\+w*} (OR|strong="H1077", not|strong="H6213" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H6213" armies|strong="H6635" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w attacked|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w nations|strong="H1471"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{God’s|strong="H0430" punishment|strong="H5771" for|strong="H6213" Israel|strong="H3478" }
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\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H3588" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" died|strong="H4191" will|strong="H5307" become|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2421" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H6965"\+w*}, 
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their|strong="H3588" corpses|strong="H5038" will|strong="H5307" become|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2421"! 
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Those|strong="H3588" whose|strong="H0834" bodies|strong="H5038" lie|strong="H5307" in|strong="H7931" graves|strong="H6913" will|strong="H5307" rise|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" shout|strong="H7442" joyfully|strong="H7442"! 
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His|strong="H6965" light|strong="H0216" will|strong="H5307" be|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H4191"\+w*} dew|strong="H2919" that|strong="H3588" falls|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5307" his|strong="H6965" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" died|strong="H4191", 
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who|strong="H3588" are|strong="H7496" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H3588"\+w*} in|strong="H7931" the|strong="H3588" place|strong="H7931" where|strong="H7931" the|strong="H3588" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H7496", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w cause|strong="H2600"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w alive|strong="H2421"\+w* \+w again|strong="H6965"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H5971" now|strong="H3212", my|strong="H5674" people|strong="H5971"/fellow-citizens, go|strong="H3212" home|strong="H3212" 
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and|strong="H3212" lock|strong="H6734" your|strong="H5674" doors|strong="H1817"! 
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Hide|strong="H2247" for|strong="H5704" a|strong="H5674" short|strong="H7138" time|strong="H5704", 
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until|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} is|strong="H5971" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" angry|strong="H5674". 
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\verseNumber{21}Listen|strong="H2009" to|strong="H3318" this|strong="H3588": Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" heaven|strong="H8064" 
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to|strong="H3318" punish|strong="H6485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H6485"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" sins|strong="H5771" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6485". 
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People|strong="H3427" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3318" see|strong="H2009" [PRS] the|strong="H5921" ◄blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H5921"/the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427"► who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H6485" murdered|strong="H2026"; 
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their|strong="H3068" murderers|strong="H2026" will|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3318" hide|strong="H3680". 

\BibleSectionHeading{God’s future blessings on Israel }
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\chapterNumber{27}At|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" Leviathan|strong="H3882", 
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the|strong="H5921" swift-moving monster|strong="H8577"/dragon|strong="H8577", 
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that|strong="H3117" coiling serpent|strong="H5175" that|strong="H3117" lives|strong="H5315" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sea|strong="H3220". 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" it|strong="H1931" with|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" sharp|strong="H2299", huge|strong="H1995", and|strong="H3068" powerful|strong="H2389" sword|strong="H2719". 
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\verseNumber{2}At|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w*}, 
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“You|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli \+w people|strong="H1931"\+w*, \+w who|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3117"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H3117" fruitful|strong="H6509" vineyard|strong="H3754", must|strong="H4191" sing|strong="H6030"! 
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\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w protect|strong="H5341"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w*} 
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I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" guard|strong="H5341" you|strong="H5921" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3068" night|strong="H3915", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3117" no|strong="H6435" one|strong="H3068" harms you|strong="H5921". 
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I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4310" attack|strong="H4421" them|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w battles|strong="H4421"\+w*}; 
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I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4310" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H2534" them|strong="H5414" completely|strong="H3162", 
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\verseNumber{5}unless|strong="H3588" they|strong="H6213" request|strong="H1246" me|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" protect|strong="H8104" them|strong="H6213"; 
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I|strong="H7965" strongly|strong="H2388" invite|strong="H7121" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" peace|strong="H7965" with|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213" [DOU]!” 
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\verseNumber{6}There|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" time|strong="H6440" when|strong="H4390" the|strong="H6440" ◄descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H6440" Jacob|strong="H3290"/Israeli people|strong="H5971"► will|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w prosper|strong="H6743"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3478"\+w*} a|strong="H3478" plant|strong="H5193" that|strong="H3478" has|strong="H3478" good|strong="H6440" roots|strong="H8328"; 
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they|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" like|strong="H3478" [MET|strong="H6298"] trees|strong="H6692" that|strong="H3478" bud|strong="H6524" and|strong="H3478" blossom|strong="H6524" and|strong="H3478" bear|strong="H5375" a|strong="H3478" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H6440" fruit|strong="H8570"; 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w they|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w bless|strong="H1288"\+w*} all|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" world|strong="H8398". 
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\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w now|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w*}, has|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" punished|strong="H6485" us|strong="H5414" Israelis 
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like|strong="H2026" he|strong="H5221" punished|strong="H6485" our|strong="H2026" enemies|strong="H0341"? 
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Has|strong="H3068" he|strong="H5221" punished|strong="H6485" us|strong="H5414" as|strong="H5221" much|strong="H7227" as|strong="H5221" he|strong="H5221" punished|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5221"? 
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\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w No|strong="H7971"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w*}, 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H3117"\+w*} he|strong="H3117" punished|strong="H6485" us|strong="H3117" Israeli people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H7971" ◄exiled|strong="H1540" us|strong="H3117"/forced|strong="H4522" us|strong="H3117" to|strong="H7971" leave|strong="H5800" our|strong="H7971" country|strong="H2022"►; 
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we|strong="H3117" were|strong="H3117" taken|strong="H3947" away|strong="H7971" from|strong="H7971" our|strong="H7971" land|strong="H0776" 
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as|strong="H3117" though|strong="H3588" [SIM] we|strong="H3117" were|strong="H3117" struck|strong="H5221" by|strong="H3117" a|strong="H7971" windstorm|strong="H8178" from|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3117" east|strong="H6921". 
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\verseNumber{9}Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5493" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H6965" punish|strong="H6485" us|strong="H7760" for|strong="H4196" our|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403", 
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and|strong="H6965" remove|strong="H5493" our|strong="H3605" guilt|strong="H5771". 
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and|strong="H6965" we|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" forgiven|strong="H3722" for|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3605" we|strong="H3605" have|strong="H5771" committed|strong="H6213". 
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There|strong="H2088" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H3651" poles|strong="H0905" for|strong="H4196" worshiping|strong="H7812" the|strong="H3605" goddess|strong="H0430" Asherah|strong="H0842", or|strong="H3808" altars|strong="H4196" for|strong="H4196" burning|strong="H2740" incense|strong="H2553" to|strong="H6965" other|strong="H2088" gods|strong="H0430"; 
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they|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" be|strong="H3808" torn|strong="H7167" down|strong="H7760". 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H3588" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3588" have|strong="H7462" strong|strong="H1219" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H7971" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H5892" empty|strong="H3615"; 
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like|strong="H4057" the|strong="H3588" desert|strong="H4057", they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5892" have|strong="H7462" no|strong="H7971" one|strong="H3588" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H5892" them|strong="H7971". 
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The|strong="H3588" houses|strong="H1004" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H5892" abandoned|strong="H5800", 
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and|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3588" streets|strong="H2351" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H5892" full|strong="H5800" of|strong="H5892" weeds|strong="H5488". 
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Calves|strong="H5695" will|strong="H5892" eat|strong="H7462" grass|strong="H2682" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H7971" lie|strong="H7257" down|strong="H7257" there|strong="H8033"; 
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they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5892" chew|strong="H5927" up|strong="H7462" all|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3588" leaves|strong="H5800" on|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3588" trees|strong="H6086". 
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\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5921"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3651"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] dry|strong="H3001" branches|strong="H7105" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H6213" tree|strong="H6086"; 
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women|strong="H0802" break|strong="H7665" them|strong="H5921" off|strong="H5921" and|strong="H5971" use|strong="H1931" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" make|strong="H6213" fires|strong="H0784" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w under|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w cooking|strong="H5518"\+w* \+w pots|strong="H5518"\+w*}. 
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Our|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H5971" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H7355" any|strong="H6213" sense|strong="H3820"; 
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so|strong="H3651" Yahweh|strong="H3068", who|strong="H1931" created|strong="H3335" them|strong="H5921", will|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" act|strong="H6213" mercifully toward|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" 
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or|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". 
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it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H7218" a|strong="H5921" beautiful|strong="H8597" and|strong="H7218" glorious|strong="H8597" city|strong="H5892", 
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but|strong="H5921" some|strong="H4480" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H8081" beauty|strong="H8597" will|strong="H5850" disappear|strong="H0622" like|strong="H5921" [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H5921" flower|strong="H6731" that|strong="H8081" wilts and|strong="H7218" dries|strong="H3001" up|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{2}Listen|strong="H2009" to|strong="H3027" this|strong="H3027": Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3027" cause|strong="H2600" a|strong="H3027" great|strong="H2389" army|strong="H2428" to|strong="H3027" attack|strong="H5221" Samaria|strong="H8111". 
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The|strong="H4480" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3548" prophets|strong="H5030" also|strong="H1571" stagger|strong="H8582" 
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because|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" drinking|strong="H8354" a|strong="H4480" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H4480" wine|strong="H3196" and|strong="H3548" other|strong="H0312" alcoholic drinks|strong="H8354". 
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They|strong="H1571" are|strong="H5030" not|strong="H1571" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H4480" think|strong="H2803" right|strong="H1571"; 
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they|strong="H1571" see|strong="H7200" visions|strong="H7203" but|strong="H1571" they|strong="H1571" cannot|strong="H4480" understand|strong="H0995" what|strong="H1571" they|strong="H1571" mean|strong="H2823"; 
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they|strong="H1571" are|strong="H5030" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H4480" decide|strong="H3198" things|strong="H1697" correctly|strong="H3651". 
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filth|strong="H6675" is|strong="H3605" everywhere|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H1992" ridicule|strong="H4912" Yahweh|strong="H3068" saying|strong="H0559", “Who|strong="H4310" does|strong="H1580" he|strong="H3384" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H4310" he|strong="H3384" is|strong="H4310" teaching|strong="H3384"? 
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who|strong="H4310" have|strong="H1961" recently|strong="H3117" been|strong="H1961" weaned|strong="H1580"? 
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\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H3588" now|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H5971" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H1696" force|strong="H5971" them|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1696" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Assyrians|strong="H0804"\+w*} 
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But|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H8085" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" what|strong="H8085" he|strong="H3808" said|strong="H8085". 
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\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H4616" Yahweh|strong="H3068" continues|strong="H4058" to|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Samaria|strong="H8111", 
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they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" wounded|strong="H2491" and|strong="H3068" snared|strong="H3369" and|strong="H3068" captured|strong="H3920". 

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and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" think|strong="H7200", ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3045" cannot|strong="H3045" [RHQ] see|strong="H7200" us|strong="H3045"; 
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he|strong="H3068" cannot|strong="H3045" [RHQ] know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4310" we|strong="H7200" are|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H4639"!’ 
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‘You|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" make|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213"!’ 
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A|strong="H6213" jar|strong="H3537" should|strong="H3588" never|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559", 
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‘The|strong="H3588" potter|strong="H3335" who|strong="H3588" made|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4639" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3808" doing|strong="H6213"!’” 
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and|strong="H3605" no|strong="H3605" more|strong="H3588" arrogant|strong="H2086" people|strong="H5971". 
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And|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" plan|strong="H6098" to|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" will|strong="H6184" be|strong="H3588" executed|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{21}Those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H6662" testify|strong="H6030" falsely|strong="H8267" in|strong="H1697" order|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1697" persuade|strong="H6601" judges|strong="H8199" to|strong="H1697" punish|strong="H3198" innocent|strong="H6662" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H6662" vanish|strong="H3615"/disappear|strong="H0622". 
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Similar|strong="H5307" things|strong="H1697" will|strong="H6662" happen|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1697" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H6662" by|strong="H2398" lying|strong="H1697" in|strong="H1697" court|strong="H8179" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w persuade|strong="H6601"\+w* \+w judges|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1697"\+w*} make|strong="H3198" unjust|strong="H5766" decisions|strong="H3198". 
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no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3651" show|strong="H7200" on|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" faces|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3651" are|strong="H3068" ashamed|strong="H0954". 
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\verseNumber{23}When|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3478" blessed|strong="H1288" them|strong="H3027" by|strong="H3027" giving|strong="H5414" them|strong="H3027" many|strong="H7200" children|strong="H3206" and|strong="H3478" doing|strong="H3027" many|strong="H7200" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H4639" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H3027", 
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they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" realize|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7200" Holy|strong="H6918" One|strong="H6918" of|strong="H3027" Israel|strong="H3478", 
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and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" revere|strong="H3372" me|strong="H7200", the|strong="H7200" God|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3478" whom|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588", the|strong="H7200" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3027" Jacob|strong="H3290", belong|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{24}When|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" happens|strong="H1961", those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3045" have|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3045" been|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3045" think|strong="H2803" well|strong="H3045" will|strong="H7307" think|strong="H2803" clearly|strong="H3045", 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Judah’s worthless treaty with Egypt }
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\chapterNumber{30}Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002", “Terrible|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921", my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" rebel|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921". 
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You|strong="H5921" make|strong="H6213" plans|strong="H6098", but|strong="H3808" what|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5921" plan|strong="H6098" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" what|strong="H6213" I|strong="H5921" want|strong="H3808". 
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You|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" alliance|strong="H4541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5002"\+w* \+w rulers|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5704" write|strong="H3789" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" scroll|strong="H5612" a|strong="H1961" message|strong="H1697", 
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that|strong="H3117" would|strong="H0014" endure|strong="H1961" forever|strong="H5769". 
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they|strong="H3588" refuse|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H8085" he|strong="H1931" tells|strong="H1696"/teaches|strong="H3925" them|strong="H8085". 
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\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H1696" the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200"/receive|strong="H3947" visions|strong="H2372" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}, 
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Tell|strong="H1696" us|strong="H7200" pleasant|strong="H2513" things|strong="H5229"; 
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what|strong="H2088" will|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3651" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" [SIM] a|strong="H1961" cracked|strong="H2865" wall|strong="H2346" that|strong="H3651" suddenly|strong="H6597" collapses|strong="H7503" [DOU]. 
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or|strong="H3808" to|strong="H4325" carry|strong="H5375" a|strong="H4672" little|strong="H4592" bit|strong="H5391" of|strong="H4325" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H4325" a|strong="H4672" well|strong="H3190".” 
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But|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{16}You|strong="H3588" said|strong="H3651", ‘No|strong="H3808", we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" escape|strong="H5127" on|strong="H5921" horses|strong="H5483" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w give|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5921"\+w*}!’ 
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\BibleSectionHeading{A warning about relying on Egypt }
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They|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H4229" by|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" sword|strong="H2719" of|strong="H6440" God|strong="H3808"; 
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\BibleSectionHeading{A|strong="H6965" message|strong="H1697" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" women|strong="H0802" of|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" }
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and|strong="H4057" abundant|strong="H7227" crops|strong="H8393" will|strong="H1961" grow|strong="H6779" in|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" fertile|strong="H3759" fields|strong="H3759". 
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\verseNumber{16}People|strong="H3427" [PRS] will|strong="H6666" act|strong="H6213"/rule|strong="H4941" justly|strong="H4941"/fairly|strong="H4941" in|strong="H3427" those|strong="H3427" desert|strong="H4057" areas|strong="H0776", 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Warnings to Assyria and promises to God’s people }
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\verseNumber{13}You|strong="H6213" people|strong="H3045" who|strong="H7350" live|strong="H7138" far|strong="H7350" away|strong="H7350" and|strong="H8085" you|strong="H6213" people|strong="H3045" who|strong="H7350" live|strong="H7138" nearby|strong="H7138", 
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those|strong="H8085" who|strong="H1980" do|strong="H5869" not|strong="H8085" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H1696" get|strong="H1980" bribes|strong="H7810", 
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you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5869" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" has|strong="H5869" become|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" place|strong="H4150" that|strong="H7200" is|strong="H3605" calm|strong="H8367" and|strong="H5869" safe|strong="H7965". 
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It|strong="H7200" will|strong="H5869" be|strong="H5331" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w secure|strong="H0982"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{21}Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" our|strong="H3068" mighty|strong="H1368" God|strong="H3068"; 
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no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" row|strong="H2905" across|strong="H5674" it|strong="H3588" 
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and|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" ships|strong="H6716" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" sail|strong="H5251" across|strong="H5674" it|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{22}Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" judge|strong="H8199"; 
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he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" gives|strong="H5414" us|strong="H3588" laws|strong="H8451", 
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and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428". 
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He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H3467" us|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H2388" ropes|strong="H2256" on|strong="H2388" our|strong="H6566" enemies’|strong="H0341" boats|strong="H0591" will|strong="H6455" hang|strong="H8518" loose|strong="H7971", 
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their|strong="H2388" masts|strong="H8650" will|strong="H6455" not|strong="H1077" be|strong="H2256" fastened|strong="H2388" firmly|strong="H2388", 
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The|strong="H2388" treasures|strong="H0214" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1077" have|strong="H5203" seized|strong="H2388" will|strong="H6455" be|strong="H2256" divided|strong="H2505" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w among|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w*, \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5375" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" will|strong="H5971" no|strong="H1077" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w longer|strong="H5750"\+w*} say|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H0587" are|strong="H5971" sick|strong="H2470",” 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5771"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} will|strong="H5971" forgive|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" sins|strong="H5771" that|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" been|strong="H2470" committed|strong="H6213" by|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5375" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". 

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\chapterNumber{34}You|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3816" of|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471", come|strong="H7126" near|strong="H7126" and|strong="H8085" listen|strong="H8085" 
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and|strong="H8085" pay|strong="H7181" careful|strong="H8104" attention|strong="H7181". 
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I|strong="H8085" want|strong="H4270" the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398" and|strong="H8085" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" in|strong="H8085" it|strong="H7126" to|strong="H8085" hear|strong="H8085" what|strong="H8085" I|strong="H8085" say|strong="H0559". 
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he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" ◄furious|strong="H2534"/very|strong="H7110" angry|strong="H2534"► with|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635". 
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He|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" decided|strong="H3289" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H3068" destroyed|strong="H2763", 
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and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" slaughter|strong="H2874" them|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{3}Their|strong="H7993" corpses|strong="H6297" will|strong="H2022" not|strong="H5927" be|strong="H2022" buried|strong="H6912", 
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and|strong="H2022" their|strong="H7993" blood|strong="H1818" will|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w fill|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w streams|strong="H6388"\+w* \+w that|strong="H2022"\+w*} flow|strong="H1980" down|strong="H7993" the|strong="H5927" mountains|strong="H2022". 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064" will|strong="H8064" disappear|strong="H0622" like|strong="H8064" [SIM] a|strong="H1556" scroll|strong="H5612" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" rolled|strong="H1556" up|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H8064"\+w* \+w thrown|strong="H7993"\+w* \+w away|strong="H4743"\+w*}. 
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Stars|strong="H3556" will|strong="H8064" fall|strong="H5307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H8064"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w sky|strong="H8064"\+w*} 
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like|strong="H8064" [SIM] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w withered|strong="H3001"\+w*} leaves|strong="H5929" fall|strong="H5307" from|strong="H8064" grapevines, 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w or|strong="H1612"\+w*} like|strong="H8064" [SIM] shriveled|strong="H3001" figs|strong="H8384" fall|strong="H5307" from|strong="H8064" fig|strong="H8384" trees|strong="H8384". 
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\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3588" finished|strong="H3615" his|strong="H5921" work|strong="H4399" of|strong="H5971" destroying|strong="H7843" objects|strong="H3627" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sky|strong="H8064", 
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he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" punish|strong="H6485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5971"\+w*} Edom|strong="H0112", 
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that|strong="H3588" people-group that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H8064" destroyed|strong="H2764"/exterminated|strong="H3615". 
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the|strong="H3588" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H3068" lambs|strong="H3733" and|strong="H3068" goats|strong="H6260" 
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and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" fat|strong="H2459" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" kidneys|strong="H3629" of|strong="H3068" rams|strong="H3733" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" sacrificed|strong="H2076". 
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\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Even|strong="H1571"\+w*} wild|strong="H7214" oxen|strong="H6499" will|strong="H6083" be|strong="H1818" killed|strong="H2026", 
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as|strong="H5973" well|strong="H5973" as|strong="H5973" young|strong="H6499" calves|strong="H6499" and|strong="H6499" big|strong="H0931" bulls|strong="H6499". 
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The|strong="H5973" ground|strong="H6083" will|strong="H6083" be|strong="H1818" soaked|strong="H7301" with|strong="H5973" blood|strong="H1818", 
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and|strong="H6499" the|strong="H5973" dirt|strong="H6083" will|strong="H6083" be|strong="H1818" covered|strong="H3680" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5973" fat|strong="H2459" of|strong="H1818" those|strong="H2459" animals|strong="H0929". 
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\verseNumber{8}That|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gets|strong="H8610" revenge|strong="H5359" 
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for|strong="H3588" what|strong="H3588" those|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" did|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H1961" streams|strong="H5158" in|strong="H1961" Edom|strong="H0112" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H5158" burning|strong="H1197" pitch|strong="H2203"/tar|strong="H2564", 
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and|strong="H6083" the|strong="H1961" ground|strong="H6083" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" covered|strong="H3680" with|strong="H1197" burning|strong="H1197" sulfur|strong="H1614". 
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\verseNumber{10}Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" finish|strong="H3615" punishing|strong="H7725" Edom|strong="H0112" with|strong="H5927" fire|strong="H0784"; 
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the|strong="H5674" smoke|strong="H6227" will|strong="H3808" rise|strong="H5927" forever|strong="H5769". 
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No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" ever|strong="H5769" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3808" land|strong="H0776", 
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and|strong="H5769" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H3808"\+w*} travel|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" it|strong="H5927". 
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\verseNumber{11}Ravens|strong="H6158" and|strong="H8414" various|strong="H2921" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="H5921" owls|strong="H3244" and|strong="H8414" small|strong="H6996" animals|strong="H0929" will|strong="H7090" live|strong="H7931" there|strong="H8033". 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H7090" measure|strong="H4058" that|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" carefully|strong="H6213": 
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He|strong="H5921" will|strong="H7090" measure|strong="H4058" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w decide|strong="H3198"\+w* \+w where|strong="H5921"\+w*} to|strong="H5921" cause|strong="H2600" chaos|strong="H8414" and|strong="H8414" destruction|strong="H7667". 
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\verseNumber{12}There|strong="H8033" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269"; 
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the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" authority|strong="H3027" will|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4410" to|strong="H1961" rule|strong="H4910". 
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\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H5927" deserted|strong="H5307" palaces|strong="H0759" and|strong="H5927" fortified|strong="H4013" buildings|strong="H1004" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H1323" thorns|strong="H2336" and|strong="H5927" thistles|strong="H2336". 
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The|strong="H5927" ruins|strong="H2723" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" place|strong="H1961" for|strong="H1961" jackals|strong="H8577"/wolves|strong="H2061" and|strong="H5927" owls|strong="H1323" to|strong="H5927" live|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{14}Animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H7121" live|strong="H7121" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" desert|strong="H6728" and|strong="H8033" hyenas|strong="H0338"/wolves|strong="H2061" will|strong="H7453" be|strong="H1961" there|strong="H8033", 
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and|strong="H8033" wild|strong="H7704" goats|strong="H8163" will|strong="H7453" bleat/call|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5921" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H7453". 
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There|strong="H8033" will|strong="H7453" also|strong="H1571" be|strong="H1961" creatures|strong="H2416"/animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w roam|strong="H5128"\+w* \+w around|strong="H5921"\+w*} at|strong="H5921" night|strong="H3917". 
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\verseNumber{15}Owls|strong="H7091" will|strong="H8033" make|strong="H1234" their|strong="H8033" nests|strong="H7077" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H8033" lay|strong="H4422" their|strong="H8033" eggs|strong="H1716" in|strong="H8033" the|strong="H8033" nests|strong="H7077"; 
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and|strong="H8033" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8033" eggs|strong="H1716" hatch|strong="H1234", the|strong="H8033" mother|strong="H0517" birds|strong="H5775" will|strong="H8033" cover|strong="H3680" them|strong="H6908" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w their|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w wings|strong="H3671"\+w*}. 
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There|strong="H8033" will|strong="H8033" also|strong="H1571" be|strong="H1961" falcons/hawks|strong="H1772" there|strong="H8033", 
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each|strong="H0376" with|strong="H8033" its|strong="H7077" mate|strong="H7468". 
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\verseNumber{16}If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" read|strong="H7121" what|strong="H6310" is|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" book|strong="H5612" that|strong="H3588" contains|strong="H4393" messages|strong="H2372" from|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H5921" what|strong="H6310" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Edom|strong="H0112"\+w*}. 
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All|strong="H6908" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H5921" animals|strong="H0929" and|strong="H3068" birds|strong="H5775" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" there|strong="H3068", 
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and|strong="H3068" each|strong="H0376" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" mate|strong="H7468", 
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because|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6310" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H3068", 
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and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H7121" them|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H6908"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" gather|strong="H6908" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3027" decided|strong="H3289" what|strong="H4100" parts|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5704" land|strong="H1486" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w Edom|strong="H0112"\+w*} each|strong="H0376" will|strong="H3027" live|strong="H7931" in|strong="H7931", 
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and|strong="H3027" those|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" the|strong="H5704" places|strong="H3027" where|strong="H3027" each|strong="H0376" bird|strong="H6833" or|strong="H5704" animal|strong="H0929" will|strong="H3027" live|strong="H7931". 
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Their|strong="H1992" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H3027" possess|strong="H3423" those|strong="H1992" areas|strong="H0776" forever|strong="H5769", 
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throughout|strong="H1755" all|strong="H1755" generations|strong="H1755". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The promise of restoration }
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\chapterNumber{35}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*, \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w will|strong="H6160"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w as|strong="H6160"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H4057" desert|strong="H6160" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4057"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w*} dry|strong="H6723" areas|strong="H0776" are|strong="H3117" glad|strong="H1523" [DOU]; 
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the|strong="H4057" desert|strong="H6160" will|strong="H6160" rejoice|strong="H1523" and|strong="H4057" flowers|strong="H6525" will|strong="H6160" blossom|strong="H6524". 
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Like|strong="H4057" crocuses/daffodils, 
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\verseNumber{2}the|strong="H7200" desert|strong="H6160" will|strong="H3068" produce|strong="H5414" flowers|strong="H6525" abundantly|strong="H6524"; 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} everything|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" rejoicing|strong="H1525" and|strong="H3068" singing|strong="H7442"! 
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The|strong="H7200" deserts|strong="H6160" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H7200" as|strong="H3068" beautiful|strong="H1926" as|strong="H3068" [SIM] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w trees|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w*} Lebanon|strong="H3844", 
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as|strong="H3068" fertile|strong="H3759" [SIM] as|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" plains|strong="H6160" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" Sharon|strong="H8289" and|strong="H3068" Carmel|strong="H3760" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w areas|strong="H0776"\+w*}. 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w There|strong="H1992"\+w*} people|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" glory|strong="H3519" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068"; 
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they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" magnificent|strong="H0117". 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3027"\+w*}, encourage|strong="H2388" those|strong="H2388" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H3027" tired|strong="H3021" and|strong="H3027" weak|strong="H7504". 
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\verseNumber{4}Say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3820" those|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" are|strong="H3820" afraid|strong="H3372", 
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“Be|strong="H3820" strong|strong="H2388" and|strong="H2388" do|strong="H4116" not|strong="H3372" be|strong="H3820" afraid|strong="H3372", 
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because|strong="H3372" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H1931" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3820" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H3820" get|strong="H3947" revenge|strong="H5359" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w his|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}; 
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he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3820" ◄pay|strong="H1576" them|strong="H2388" back|strong="H7725"/punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H2388"► for|strong="H1931" what|strong="H3372" they|strong="H1931" have|strong="H3372" done|strong="H6213", 
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and|strong="H2388" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3820" rescue|strong="H3467" you|strong="H3372".” 
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\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" does|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5869", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w*} blind|strong="H5787" people|strong="H5869" to|strong="H5869" see|strong="H5869" 
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and|strong="H5869" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w*} deaf|strong="H2795" people|strong="H5869" to|strong="H5869" hear|strong="H8085". 
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\verseNumber{6}Lame|strong="H6455" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H4325" leap|strong="H1801" like|strong="H4057" deer|strong="H0354", 
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and|strong="H4325" those|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3588" have|strong="H4057" been|strong="H1961" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H4325" speak|strong="H1696" will|strong="H4325" sing|strong="H7442" joyfully|strong="H7442". 
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Water|strong="H4325" will|strong="H4325" gush|strong="H6079" out|strong="H1234" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H6160"\+w* \+w springs|strong="H4599"\+w*} in|strong="H4325" the|strong="H3588" desert|strong="H6160"; 
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streams|strong="H5158" will|strong="H4325" flow|strong="H1980" in|strong="H4325" the|strong="H3588" desert|strong="H6160". 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" dry|strong="H3004" ground|strong="H6774" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" pool|strong="H4325" of|strong="H4325" water|strong="H4325", 
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and|strong="H4325" springs|strong="H4002" will|strong="H1961" provide|strong="H6213" water|strong="H4325" for|strong="H4325" the|strong="H1961" dry|strong="H3004" land|strong="H6774". 
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Grass|strong="H2682" and|strong="H4325" reeds|strong="H7070" and|strong="H4325" papyrus|strong="H1573" will|strong="H1961" grow|strong="H1573" in|strong="H1961" places|strong="H1116" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H1961" jackals|strong="H8577"/wolves|strong="H2061" lived|strong="H1961" previously|strong="H8543". 
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\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H1980" there|strong="H8033" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" highway|strong="H1870" through|strong="H5674" that|strong="H1931" land|strong="H0776"; 
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it|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" called|strong="H7121" ‘the|strong="H7121" Holy|strong="H6944" Highway’. 
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People|strong="H3808" who|strong="H1931" are|strong="H1870" not|strong="H3808" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H1980" God|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" walk|strong="H1980" on|strong="H1980" that|strong="H1931" road|strong="H1870"; 
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it|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" only|strong="H0389" for|strong="H7121" those|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" conduct|strong="H1870" their|strong="H1961" lives|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" God|strong="H3808" wants|strong="H2656" them|strong="H7121" to|strong="H1980"; 
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foolish|strong="H3684" people|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" lost|strong="H0006" while|strong="H1961" walking|strong="H1980" on|strong="H1980" that|strong="H1931" road|strong="H1870". 
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\verseNumber{9}There|strong="H8033" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" any|strong="H1961" lions|strong="H3715" there|strong="H8033" 
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or|strong="H3808" any|strong="H1961" other|strong="H0312" dangerous|strong="H6348" animals|strong="H2416" along|strong="H1980" that|strong="H2416" road|strong="H1980". 
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Only|strong="H0389" those|strong="H1980" who|strong="H4672" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" freed|strong="H8199" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w slaves|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*} will|strong="H1961" walk|strong="H1980" on|strong="H1980" it|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{10}Those|strong="H5921" whom|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" freed|strong="H8199" will|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"; 
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they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" sing|strong="H7440" as|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892"; 
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they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" extremely|strong="H8057" joyful|strong="H7440" [MET|strong="H6298", PRS] forever|strong="H5769". 
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No|strong="H7218" longer|strong="H5769" will|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" sad|strong="H7451" or|strong="H7218" mourn|strong="H5921"; 
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they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w completely|strong="H3617"\+w*} joyful|strong="H7440" [DOU]. 

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\chapterNumber{36}When|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ruling|strong="H4910"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*} for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" 14 years|strong="H8141", King|strong="H4428" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" came|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w*} to|strong="H5927" attack|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H8141" Judah|strong="H3063" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w conquer|strong="H3423"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*, \+w but|strong="H1961"\+w*} they|strong="H5921" conquered|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H2088" one|strong="H2088" of|strong="H4428" Sennacherib’s|strong="H1696" important|strong="H1419" officials|strong="H8269" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H2088" to|strong="H4428" take|strong="H3947" this|strong="H2088" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396": 
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This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" what|strong="H4100" the|strong="H3541" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804", the|strong="H3541" great|strong="H1419" king|strong="H4428", says|strong="H3541": “What|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" trusting|strong="H0982" in|strong="H4428" to|strong="H4428" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H4100"? 
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\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" suggest that|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" make|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" deal|strong="H6148" with|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5414" master|strong="H5414"/boss, the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" 2,000 horses|strong="H5483", but|strong="H6258" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5414"\+w*} you|strong="H5414" can|strong="H3201" find|strong="H3201" 2,000 of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H5414" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H4428" can|strong="H3201" ride|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414"! 
\verseNumber{9}You|strong="H6440" are|strong="H5650" expecting the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H5921" of|strong="H6440" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H7725" send|strong="H7971" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H7725" men|strong="H5650" riding|strong="H7392" horses|strong="H6571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w assist|strong="H6677"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w*}. But|strong="H7725" they|strong="H5921" certainly|strong="H7725" would|strong="H5650" not|strong="H7725" [RHQ] be|strong="H5650" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H7725" resist|strong="H2388"/defeat|strong="H5221" even|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" most|strong="H6944" insignificant|strong="H6819"/unimportant official|strong="H5650" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H6440" Assyria|strong="H0804"! 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H1696" Eliakim|strong="H0471", Shebna|strong="H7644", and|strong="H5971" Joah|strong="H3098" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" official|strong="H5650" from|strong="H5921" Assyria|strong="H0804", “Please|strong="H4994" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" us|strong="H4994" in|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H5921"\+w*} Aramaic|strong="H0762" language|strong="H3066", because|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" understand|strong="H8085" it|strong="H5921". Do|strong="H4994" not|strong="H3588" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" us|strong="H4994" in|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="H5921"\+w*} Hebrew|strong="H5680" language|strong="H3066", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" standing|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" wall|strong="H2346" will|strong="H5971" understand|strong="H8085" it|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w frightened|strong="H3372"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5921" official|strong="H8269" replied|strong="H1696", “Do|strong="H1697" you|strong="H7971" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H1697" my|strong="H5921" master|strong="H3427" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696" these|strong="H1696" things|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H7971", and|strong="H7971" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427" standing|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" wall|strong="H2346" [RHQ]? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w reject|strong="H3988"\+w* \+w this|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*}, the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w this|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} will|strong="H1697" soon|strong="H3512" need|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" eat|strong="H0398" their|strong="H5921" own|strong="H5973" dung|strong="H2716" and|strong="H7971" drink|strong="H8354" their|strong="H5921" own|strong="H5973" urine|strong="H7890", just|strong="H1697" like|strong="H5973" you|strong="H7971" will|strong="H1697", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w nothing|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w more|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w or|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w drink|strong="H8354"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H5975" the|strong="H8085" official|strong="H8269" stood|strong="H5975" up|strong="H5975" and|strong="H4428" shouted|strong="H7121" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8085" Hebrew|strong="H5680" language|strong="H3066" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w people|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w sitting|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w wall|strong="H2346"\+w*}. He|strong="H7121" said|strong="H1697", “Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" great|strong="H1419" king|strong="H4428", the|strong="H8085" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804"! 
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\verseNumber{16}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3318" what|strong="H6213" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" says|strong="H3541"! This|strong="H6213" is|strong="H4428" what|strong="H6213" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Assyria|strong="H0804"\+w*} says|strong="H3541": ‘ome out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8085" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H4428" surrender|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H6213". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*, \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w arrange|strong="H6186"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w*} each|strong="H3541" of|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3318" drink|strong="H8354" the|strong="H8085" juice|strong="H6071" from|strong="H3318" your|strong="H8085" own|strong="H1961" grapevines and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3318" eat|strong="H0398" figs|strong="H8384" from|strong="H3318" your|strong="H8085" own|strong="H1961" trees|strong="H8384", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3318" drink|strong="H8354" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H3318" your|strong="H8085" own|strong="H1961" well|strong="H3190". 
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\verseNumber{18}Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6435" allow|strong="H5414" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" to|strong="H3068" mislead|strong="H5496" you|strong="H6435" by|strong="H3027" saying|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H5337" us|strong="H6435".” The|strong="H3068" gods|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H4428" other|strong="H0312" nations|strong="H1471" worship|strong="H7812" have|strong="H3068" never|strong="H6435" [RHQ] rescued|strong="H5337" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H3027" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3068" power|strong="H3027" [MTY] of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804"! 
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\verseNumber{20}No|strong="H3605", no|strong="H3605" god|strong="H3068" [RHQ] of|strong="H3068" any|strong="H3605" nation|strong="H1471" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3605" able|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H5337" their|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3027" me|strong="H5337". So|strong="H3588" why|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" from|strong="H3027" my|strong="H3605" power|strong="H3027" [MTY]?’” 
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\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w listening|strong="H8085"\+w*} were|strong="H1697" silent|strong="H2790". No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" said|strong="H1697" anything|strong="H1697", because|strong="H3588" King|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\+w*} had|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H4687", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w official|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w from|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Assyria|strong="H0804"\+w* talks \+w to|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}, do|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030" him|strong="H1931".” 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H1121" Eliakim|strong="H0471" and|strong="H1121" Shebna|strong="H7644" and|strong="H1121" Joah|strong="H3098" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5921" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" with|strong="H1004" their|strong="H5921" clothes|strong="H0899" torn|strong="H7167" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w extremely|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w distressed|strong="H6887"\+w*}. They|strong="H5921" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" official|strong="H8269" from|strong="H5921" Assyria|strong="H0804" had|strong="H1121" said|strong="H1697". 

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\chapterNumber{37}When|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H8085" they|strong="H3068" reported|strong="H8085", he|strong="H3068" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H3068" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H3068" put|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3068" clothes|strong="H0899" made|strong="H1961" of|strong="H4428" rough|strong="H8181" sackcloth|strong="H8242" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w distressed|strong="H6887"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3068" went|strong="H3068" into|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8085" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w prayed|strong="H6419"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H7971" he|strong="H1004" sent|strong="H7971" Eliakim|strong="H0471", Shebna|strong="H7644", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" ◄older|strong="H2205"/most|strong="H6944" important|strong="H5704"► priests|strong="H3548", who|strong="H3548" were|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1121" wearing|strong="H2296" clothes|strong="H0899" made|strong="H3680" of|strong="H1121" rough|strong="H8181" sackcloth|strong="H8242", to|strong="H7971" talk|strong="H5608" to|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" them|strong="H5704", “Tell|strong="H5046" this|strong="H2088" to|strong="H5704" Isaiah|strong="H3470": ‘King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" says|strong="H3541" that|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" a|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" greatly|strong="H3966" distressed|strong="H6887". Other|strong="H2088" nations|strong="H1471" are|strong="H3117" causing|strong="H7462" us|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1121" insulted|strong="H3637" and|strong="H1121" disgraced|strong="H0954". We|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" like|strong="H3541" [SIM] a|strong="H3588" woman|strong="H3205" who|strong="H1121" is|strong="H2088" about|strong="H3117" to|strong="H5704" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H5704" a|strong="H3588" baby|strong="H1121", but|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" does|strong="H2088" not|strong="H2088" have|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" strength|strong="H3581" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" needs|strong="H5375" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H2088" it|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H8085"\+w*} perhaps|strong="H5375" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H8085" official|strong="H8269" from|strong="H8085" Assyria|strong="H0804" said|strong="H1697". Perhaps|strong="H5375" he|strong="H3068" knows|strong="H3045" that|strong="H8085" his|strong="H5375" boss, the|strong="H8085" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804", sent|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" insult|strong="H2778" the|strong="H8085" all-powerful God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H3198" the|strong="H8085" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" for|strong="H1157" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697". And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" requests|strong="H1697" that|strong="H8085" you|strong="H7971" pray|strong="H8605" for|strong="H1157" the|strong="H8085" few|strong="H4592" of|strong="H4428" us|strong="H8085" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1697" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}.’” 
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\verseNumber{5}After|strong="H0310" those|strong="H1992" men|strong="H5650" gave|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5650" that|strong="H4428" message|strong="H1697", 
\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H3541" replied|strong="H0559", “Tell|strong="H8085" the|strong="H6440" King|strong="H4428", ‘This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": “Those|strong="H8085" messengers|strong="H4397" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1697" me|strong="H6440". But|strong="H8085" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H8085" be|strong="H1697" disturbed|strong="H1993" by|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" they|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{7}Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H7725" this|strong="H5414": I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H2719" cause|strong="H5414" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" to|strong="H7725" hear|strong="H8085" a|strong="H5414" rumor|strong="H8052" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w* \+w are|strong="H2719"\+w* \+w about|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w country|strong="H2022"\+w*}, and|strong="H7725" that|strong="H8085" will|strong="H2719" worry|strong="H2347" him|strong="H5414". So|strong="H5414" he|strong="H5414" will|strong="H2719" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H5414" own|strong="H1961" country|strong="H2022", and|strong="H7725" there|strong="H7725" I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H2719" cause|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H5414" assassinated|strong="H4191" by|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w men|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w using|strong="H5927"\+w*} swords|strong="H2719".” ’ ” 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H5921" official|strong="H8269" from|strong="H5265" Assyria|strong="H0804" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H4672" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} had|strong="H4428" captured|strong="H3920" Lachish|strong="H3923" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H7725" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H4428" attacking|strong="H5221" Libnah|strong="H3841", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w nearby|strong="H7138"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. So|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" official|strong="H8269" left|strong="H4672" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H7725" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H7725" Libnah|strong="H3841" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w report|strong="H8088"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w what|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}Soon|strong="H3512" after|strong="H5921" that|strong="H8085", King|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Sennacherib|strong="H5576"\+w*} received|strong="H8085" a|strong="H7971" report|strong="H8088" that|strong="H8085" King|strong="H4428" Tirhakah|strong="H8640" of|strong="H4428" Ethiopia|strong="H3568" was|strong="H4428" leading|strong="H7218" his|strong="H7971" army|strong="H2428" to|strong="H3318" attack|strong="H3898" them|strong="H5921". So|strong="H7971" before|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" left|strong="H3318" Libnah|strong="H3841" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w against|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w Ethiopia|strong="H3568"\+w*}, he|strong="H5921" sent|strong="H7971" other|strong="H0312" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H3318" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H7971" letter|strong="H5612". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w In|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w letter|strong="H5612"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w wrote|strong="H3789"\+w* \+w this|strong="H8085"\+w*} to|strong="H3318" Hezekiah|strong="H2396": 
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\verseNumber{10}“Do|strong="H3063" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" god|strong="H5414", on|strong="H3027" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H3027" relying, to|strong="H5414" deceive|strong="H5377" you|strong="H5414" by|strong="H3027" promising|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5414" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" captured|strong="H3920" by|strong="H3027" my|strong="H5414" army|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{11}You|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" certainly|strong="H6213" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" have|strong="H3605" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" countries|strong="H0776"; our|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" have|strong="H3605" destroyed|strong="H2763" them|strong="H6213" completely|strong="H3605". So|strong="H6213", ◄do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H4428" escape|strong="H5337"?/do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" god|strong="H0430" will|strong="H4428" save|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3605"!► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{12}Did|strong="H6213" the|strong="H7843" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7843" nations|strong="H1471" that|strong="H1471" were|strong="H1121" about|strong="H5439" to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" destroyed|strong="H7843" by|strong="H5337" the|strong="H7843" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7843" previous|strong="H7223" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Assyria|strong="H0804" rescue|strong="H5337" them|strong="H7843"? Did|strong="H6213" those|strong="H1121" gods|strong="H0430" rescue|strong="H5337" Gozan|strong="H1470" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" Haran|strong="H2771" and|strong="H1121" Rezeph|strong="H7530" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w northern|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w Syria|strong="H0758"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7843" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H1121" Eden|strong="H5729" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H1121" go|strong="H7843" to|strong="H1121" Tel-Assar \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}? 
\verseNumber{13}What|strong="H4100" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5892" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Hamath|strong="H2574" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5892" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Arpad|strong="H0774"? What|strong="H4100" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5892" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Sepharvaim|strong="H5617", Hena|strong="H2012", and|strong="H4428" Ivvah|strong="H5755" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w gods|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w rescue|strong="H5337"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*} [RHQ]?” 

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\verseNumber{14}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" received|strong="H3947" the|strong="H6440" letter|strong="H5612" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" messengers|strong="H4397" gave|strong="H7121" him|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" read|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121". Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3068" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" spread|strong="H6566" out|strong="H6566" the|strong="H6440" letter|strong="H5612" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="H3068"\+w*} Hezekiah|strong="H2396" prayed|strong="H6419" this|strong="H3068": 
\verseNumber{16}“O|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" whom|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H6213"\+w*} Israelis belong|strong="H1961", you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3478" seated|strong="H3427" on|strong="H3427" your|strong="H3068" throne|strong="H3678" above|strong="H4605" the|strong="H3605" statues|strong="H2088" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" creatures|strong="H2416" with|strong="H3068" wings|strong="H3671", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w above|strong="H4605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Chest|strong="H0727"\+w*}. Only|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w truly|strong="H6213"\+w*} God|strong="H3068". You|strong="H3605" rule|strong="H4467" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kingdoms|strong="H4467" on|strong="H3427" this|strong="H6213" earth|strong="H8064". You|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" created|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" on|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064". 
\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H7971"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w please|strong="H8085"\+w*} listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H1697" am|strong="H3068" saying|strong="H1697", and|strong="H3068" look|strong="H7200" at|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* happening}! And|strong="H3068" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" has|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" insult|strong="H2778" you|strong="H3605", the|strong="H3605" all-powerful God|strong="H3068"! 
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\verseNumber{18}Yahweh|strong="H3068", it|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" true|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" have|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3605" destroyed|strong="H2717" many|strong="H7227" nations|strong="H1471" and|strong="H3068" ruined|strong="H2717" their|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H3027" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H3027" thrown|strong="H7993" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" idols|strong="H1544" of|strong="H3027" those|strong="H1992" nations|strong="H1471" into|strong="H3027" fires|strong="H0784" and|strong="H3027" burned|strong="H8313" them|strong="H5414". But|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w really|strong="H1992"\+w*} gods|strong="H0430". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" only|strong="H3588" idols|strong="H1544" made|strong="H5414" of|strong="H3027" wood|strong="H6086" and|strong="H3027" stone|strong="H0068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w why|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w destroyed|strong="H4229"\+w* \+w easily|strong="H4592"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H6258" now|strong="H6258", Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w please|strong="H4994"\+w*} rescue|strong="H3467" us|strong="H3045" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" power|strong="H3027" [MTY] of|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Assyria|strong="H0804"\+w*}, in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kingdoms|strong="H4467" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", are|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" only|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w truly|strong="H3588"\+w*} God|strong="H3068".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Isaiah|strong="H3470" predicted|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" Assyrians|strong="H0804" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3045" conquer|strong="H3423" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" }
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H7971" I|strong="H3541" sent|strong="H7971" this|strong="H3541" message|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" Hezekiah|strong="H2396": “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3541" God|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" whom|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H0587"\+w*} Israelis belong|strong="H1961", says|strong="H3541": Because|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7971" prayed|strong="H6419" about|strong="H4428" what|strong="H3541" King|strong="H4428" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" of|strong="H1121" Assyria|strong="H0804" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w said|strong="H0559"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{22}this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H5921" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5921": 
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‘The|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5128" of|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" despise|strong="H3988" you|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" fun of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921". 
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They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" wag|strong="H5128"/shake|strong="H5128" their|strong="H3068" heads|strong="H7218" to|strong="H1696" mock|strong="H3932" you|strong="H5921" while|strong="H2088" you|strong="H5921" flee|strong="H5127" from|strong="H5921" here|strong="H2088". 
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\verseNumber{23}Whom|strong="H4310" do|strong="H5869" you|strong="H5921" think|strong="H5869" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5869" been|strong="H5375" despising|strong="H3988" and|strong="H3478" ridiculing? 
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Whom|strong="H4310" do|strong="H5869" you|strong="H5921" think|strong="H5869" you|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3478" shouting|strong="H6963" at|strong="H5921"? 
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Whom|strong="H4310" do|strong="H5869" you|strong="H5921" think|strong="H5869" you|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3478" looking|strong="H2370" at|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w*} proudly|strong="H4791"/arrogantly|strong="H2102"? 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5921"\+w*}, the|strong="H5921" Holy|strong="H6918" One|strong="H6918" whom|strong="H4310" the|strong="H5921" Israelis worship|strong="H3478"! 
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\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H5927" messengers|strong="H5650" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H3027" sent|strong="H3027" made|strong="H3772" fun of|strong="H3027" me|strong="H5650". 
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You|strong="H3027" said|strong="H0559", “With|strong="H3027" my|strong="H5927" many|strong="H7230" chariots|strong="H7393" I|strong="H5650" have|strong="H5650" gone|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" highest|strong="H7093" mountains|strong="H2022", 
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We|strong="H0587" have|strong="H5650" cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H3772" its|strong="H5927" tallest cedar|strong="H6967" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w trees|strong="H1265"\+w*} 
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and|strong="H3027" its|strong="H5927" nicest pine|strong="H1992"/cypress|strong="H1265" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w trees|strong="H1265"\+w*}. 
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We|strong="H0587" have|strong="H5650" been|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" most|strong="H7230" distant|strong="H7350"/remote|strong="H3411" peaks|strong="H1386" 
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and|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5927" its|strong="H5927" densest forests|strong="H3293". 
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\verseNumber{25}We|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" dug|strong="H6979" wells|strong="H0875" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3709"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w countries|strong="H0776"\+w*} and|strong="H8354" drunk|strong="H8354" water|strong="H4325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 
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And|strong="H8354" by|strong="H4325" marching|strong="H5265" through|strong="H3605" [MTY] the|strong="H3605" streams|strong="H2975" of|strong="H4325" Egypt|strong="H4693", 
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we|strong="H3605" dried|strong="H2717" them|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" up|strong="H2717" [HYP]!” 
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I|strong="H3117" planned|strong="H3335" them|strong="H6213" long|strong="H3117" ago|strong="H7350", 
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and|strong="H3117" now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" causing|strong="H6213" those|strong="H8085" things|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" occur|strong="H1961". 
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I|strong="H3117" planned|strong="H3335" that|strong="H3117" your|strong="H8085" army|strong="H2428" would|strong="H6213" destroy|strong="H6213" cities|strong="H5892" 
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and|strong="H3117" cause|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" piles|strong="H6651" of|strong="H3117" rubble|strong="H2721". 
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\verseNumber{27}The|strong="H6440" people|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" those|strong="H3427" cities|strong="H5892" have|strong="H1961" no|strong="H6440" power|strong="H3027", 
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and|strong="H3027" as|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H6903" they|strong="H3027" are|strong="H3027" dismayed|strong="H2865" and|strong="H3027" discouraged|strong="H2865". 
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They|strong="H3027" are|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w frail|strong="H2310"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] grass|strong="H2682" and|strong="H3027" plants|strong="H6212" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" fields|strong="H7704", 
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as|strong="H1961" frail|strong="H2310" as|strong="H1961" grass|strong="H2682" that|strong="H3027" grows|strong="H3318" on|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" roofs|strong="H1406" of|strong="H3027" houses|strong="H1004" 
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and|strong="H3027" is|strong="H3027" scorched|strong="H7710" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H6440" hot|strong="H2552" east|strong="H6440" wind|strong="H7307". 
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\verseNumber{28}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w everything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w about|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3045"\+w*}; 
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I|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" when|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3045" are|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3318"\+w*} when|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3045" go|strong="H3318" outside|strong="H3318"; 
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I|strong="H3045" also|strong="H3318" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3045" are|strong="H3045" ◄raging|strong="H7264"/speaking|strong="H1696" very|strong="H3045" angrily|strong="H2195"► against|strong="H3427" me|strong="H3318". 
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\verseNumber{29}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H5927"\+w*}, because|strong="H3282" you|strong="H7725" have|strong="H8193" raged|strong="H5927" against|strong="H5927" me|strong="H7725" 
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and|strong="H7725" because|strong="H3282" I|strong="H7760" have|strong="H8193" heard|strong="H8085" you|strong="H7725" speak|strong="H8193" very|strong="H3966" proudly|strong="H2102"/arrogantly|strong="H2102", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w will|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H7725" put|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" hook|strong="H2397" in|strong="H1870" your|strong="H7760" nose|strong="H0639" 
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and|strong="H7725" I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H7725" put|strong="H7760" an|strong="H7760" iron|strong="H1270" ◄bit|strong="H4964"/metal|strong="H2830" bar|strong="H1280"► in|strong="H1870" your|strong="H7760" mouth|strong="H6310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w I|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w can|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w lead|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w I|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w go|strong="H5927"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H7725" I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H7725" force|strong="H2394" you|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w your|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w own|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w country|strong="H2022"\+w*}, 
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on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H7725" same|strong="H1931" road|strong="H1870" on|strong="H1870" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H7725" came|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H1870"\+w*, \+w without|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w conquering|strong="H2114"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}.”’ 
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“This|strong="H2088" year|strong="H8141", you|strong="H8141"(pl) will|strong="H3754" eat|strong="H0398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w crops|strong="H8393"\+w*} that|strong="H8141" grow|strong="H5599" by|strong="H8141" themselves|strong="H0905", 
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and|strong="H8141" next|strong="H8145" year|strong="H8141" the|strong="H8141" same|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H2088" will|strong="H3754" happen|strong="H1961". 
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But|strong="H3588" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H8141" third|strong="H7992" year|strong="H8141" you|strong="H8141" will|strong="H3754" plant|strong="H5193" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w crops|strong="H8393"\+w*} and|strong="H8141" harvest|strong="H7114" them|strong="H2088"; 
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you|strong="H8141" will|strong="H3754" take|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H8141" your|strong="H2232" vineyards|strong="H3754" and|strong="H8141" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H8141" grapes|strong="H6025". 
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\verseNumber{31}And|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H6213"\+w*} people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3063" are|strong="H1004" still|strong="H5750" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H6311"\+w*} in|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063", 
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will|strong="H1004" be|strong="H3254" strong|strong="H2388" and|strong="H3063" prosper|strong="H6743" again|strong="H3254" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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\verseNumber{32}A|strong="H6213" small|strong="H6996" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" survive|strong="H6965", 
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and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" spread|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" [DOU].” 
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That|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H6213" because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*}, the|strong="H3588" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397", am|strong="H3068" desiring very|strong="H6213" much|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3318" accomplish|strong="H6213" it|strong="H3588".’ 
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\verseNumber{33}And|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2063" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3541"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", say|strong="H0559" about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804": 
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‘His|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w armies|strong="H3808"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" enter|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"; 
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they|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H3651"\+w*} shoot|strong="H3384" arrows|strong="H2671" into|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921". 
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His|strong="H3068" soldiers|strong="H5650" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w march|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w outside|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" gates|strong="H8179" holding|strong="H2388" their|strong="H3068" shields|strong="H4043", 
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and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" build|strong="H1129" high|strong="H1116" mounds|strong="H8510" of|strong="H4428" dirt|strong="H6083" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" walls|strong="H2346" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H6923"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{34}And|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" will|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w own|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w country|strong="H2022"\+w*} 
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on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H5002" same|strong="H2063" road|strong="H1870" on|strong="H1870" which|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" came|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H2063"\+w*}. 
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He|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" enter|strong="H0935" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892"!’ 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w because|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3808"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H5002" it|strong="H7725"! 
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\verseNumber{35}For|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sake|strong="H4616" of|strong="H5892" my|strong="H1732" own|strong="H1961" reputation|strong="H8034" and|strong="H5892" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5892" what|strong="H2063" I|strong="H5921" promised|strong="H1696" King|strong="H5921" David|strong="H1732", who|strong="H5650" served|strong="H5647" me|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w well|strong="H3190"\+w*}, 
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I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5650" defend|strong="H1598" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5892" prevent|strong="H6923" it|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" being|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H4229".” 
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\verseNumber{36}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w night|strong="H3915"\+w*}, an|strong="H5221" angel|strong="H4397" from|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" where|strong="H2009" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H4264" of|strong="H3068" Assyria|strong="H0804" had|strong="H3068" set|strong="H3318" up|strong="H7925" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H4264" and|strong="H3967" killed|strong="H5221" 185,000 of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H3967". When|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H3967"\+w*} woke|strong="H3364" up|strong="H7925" the|strong="H3605" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242", they|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H3605" there|strong="H2009" were|strong="H2009" corpses|strong="H6297" everywhere|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{37}Then|strong="H7725" King|strong="H4428" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" left|strong="H5265" and|strong="H7725" returned|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Nineveh|strong="H5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w Assyria|strong="H0804"\+w*}, and|strong="H7725" stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{38}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*}, when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" worshiping|strong="H7812" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5221" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5221" god|strong="H0430" Nisroch|strong="H5268", his|strong="H5221" two|strong="H1004" sons|strong="H1121", Adrammelech|strong="H0152" and|strong="H1121" Sharezer|strong="H8272", killed|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221" with|strong="H1004" their|strong="H1992" swords|strong="H2719". Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" escaped|strong="H4422" and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5221" Ararat|strong="H0780" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w* northwest \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\+w*}. And|strong="H1121" another|strong="H0312" of|strong="H1121" Sennacherib’s|strong="H1696" sons|strong="H1121", Esarhaddon|strong="H0634", became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5221" King|strong="H4427" of|strong="H1121" Assyria|strong="H0804". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Hezekiah’s sickness and his recovery }
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\chapterNumber{38}About|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117", Hezekiah|strong="H2396" became|strong="H2470" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H1992"\+w*} ill|strong="H2470" and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H4191" dying|strong="H4191". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3541"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" went|strong="H3068" to|strong="H4191" see|strong="H7200" him|strong="H6680". And|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H6680" him|strong="H6680" this|strong="H3541" message|strong="H3068": “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": ‘You|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" palace|strong="H1004" what|strong="H3541" you|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3808" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H4191" do|strong="H3068" after|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4191", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" recover|strong="H2421" from|strong="H1121" this|strong="H3541" illness|strong="H2483". You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H4191" die’ ” 
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\verseNumber{2}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" turned|strong="H5437" his|strong="H3068" face|strong="H6440" toward|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" wall|strong="H7023", and|strong="H3068" prayed|strong="H6419" this|strong="H6440": 
\verseNumber{3}“Yahweh|strong="H3068", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H1980" have|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" served|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" very|strong="H1419" faithfully|strong="H0571", and|strong="H1980" I|strong="H1980" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1419" that|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H5869" you|strong="H6440"!” Then|strong="H1980" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w started|strong="H2490"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w*} cry|strong="H7121" loudly|strong="H1419". 
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w left|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w room|strong="H2315"\+w*, \+w but|strong="H1961"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697": 
\verseNumber{5}“Go|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w back|strong="H1980"\+w*} to|strong="H1980" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" and|strong="H1980" tell|strong="H8085" him|strong="H5921" that|strong="H7200" this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" I|strong="H3117", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068" to|strong="H1980" whom|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3068" ancestor King|strong="H5921" David|strong="H1732" belonged|strong="H1961", say|strong="H3254": ‘I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H3541" you|strong="H5921" prayed|strong="H6419", and|strong="H1980" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H7200" you|strong="H5921" crying|strong="H1058". So|strong="H1980" listen|strong="H8085": I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1980" live|strong="H3117" 15 years|strong="H8141" more|strong="H3254". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H4428", I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4428" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4428" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" power|strong="H3709" [MTY] of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804". I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4428" defend|strong="H1598" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" prove|strong="H5254" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H1697" have|strong="H3068" just|strong="H1697" now|strong="H2088" promised|strong="H1696". I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H1697" the|strong="H6213" shadow|strong="H6738" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" sun|strong="H8121" to|strong="H1696" move|strong="H5472" ten|strong="H6235" steps|strong="H4609" backward|strong="H0268" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" sundial that|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" built|strong="H6213" by|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271".’” 
\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" shadow|strong="H6738" of|strong="H6738" the|strong="H7725" sun|strong="H8121" on|strong="H3381" the|strong="H7725" sundial moved|strong="H4131" backward|strong="H0268" ten|strong="H6235" steps|strong="H4609". 
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\verseNumber{9}When|strong="H2421" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" was|strong="H4428" almost|strong="H4592" well|strong="H3190" again|strong="H7725", he|strong="H2483" wrote|strong="H3789" this|strong="H4428": 
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\verseNumber{10}I|strong="H3117" thought|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" myself|strong="H0589", “Is|strong="H3117" it|strong="H3117" necessary|strong="H2706" for|strong="H3117" me|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" die|strong="H4191" and|strong="H3117" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3117" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3117" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H3117" 
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during|strong="H3117" this|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" my|strong="H6485" life|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H6485" still|strong="H5750" strong|strong="H2388"? 
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Is|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" going|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" rob|strong="H1497" me|strong="H3212" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" remaining|strong="H3499" years|strong="H8141" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w should|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3117"\+w*}?” 
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\verseNumber{11}I|strong="H7200" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H5750"\+w*} 
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in|strong="H3427" this|strong="H7200" world|strong="H2309" where|strong="H3808" people|strong="H3427" are|strong="H5973" alive|strong="H2416". 
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I|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" my|strong="H7200" friends|strong="H7453" again|strong="H5750", 
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or|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" with|strong="H5973" others|strong="H0312" who|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H6258"\+w*} are|strong="H5973" alive|strong="H2416" in|strong="H3427" this|strong="H7200" world|strong="H2309". 
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\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w if|strong="H0518"\+w*} my|strong="H4480" life|strong="H2416" has|strong="H3117" been|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H1540" away|strong="H1540" 
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like|strong="H5704" [SIM] a|strong="H4480" tent|strong="H0168" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whose|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w pegs|strong="H3489"\+w*} have|strong="H3117" been|strong="H1961" pulled|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5704" by|strong="H3117" a|strong="H4480" shepherd|strong="H7473" and|strong="H3117" taken|strong="H1540" away|strong="H1540". 
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My|strong="H4480" time|strong="H3117" to|strong="H5704" live|strong="H2416" has|strong="H3117" been|strong="H1961" cut|strong="H1214" short|strong="H7138", 
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like|strong="H5704" a|strong="H4480" piece|strong="H6595" of|strong="H3117" cloth|strong="H0899" that|strong="H3117" a|strong="H4480" weaver|strong="H7551" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cuts|strong="H1214"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3117"\+w*} rolls|strong="H1556" up|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w finished|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w weaving|strong="H0707"\+w* \+w a|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w cloth|strong="H0899"\+w*}.” 
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Suddenly|strong="H6597", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w seemed|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w*} my|strong="H4480" life|strong="H2416" was|strong="H3117" ending|strong="H3615". 
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\verseNumber{13}I|strong="H3117" waited|strong="H3176" patiently|strong="H6960" all|strong="H3605" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915", 
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but|strong="H3651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w pain|strong="H4341"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] I|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" being|strong="H1961" torn|strong="H7665" apart|strong="H0914" by|strong="H3117" lions|strong="H3715". 
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\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3651"\+w* delirious, \+w and|strong="H5869"\+w*} I|strong="H3651" chirped|strong="H6850" like|strong="H3651" a|strong="H3651" swift|strong="H5483" or|strong="H5483" a|strong="H3651" swallow|strong="H5693", 
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and|strong="H5869" moaned like|strong="H3651" a|strong="H3651" dove|strong="H3123". 
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My|strong="H3651" eyes|strong="H5869" became|strong="H6148" tired|strong="H3021" looking|strong="H2370" up|strong="H1809" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w toward|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="H4791"\+w*} for|strong="H5869" help|strong="H6148". 
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I|strong="H3651" cried|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3318", Lord|strong="H3068", help|strong="H6148" me|strong="H5869", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3651"\+w*} I|strong="H3651" am|strong="H1961" distressed|strong="H6887"!’ 
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\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H1696" there|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1931" really|strong="H2088" nothing|strong="H3605" [RHQ] that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5921" could|strong="H4100" say|strong="H1696" and|strong="H6213" ask|strong="H7592" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" reply|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5315", 
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because|strong="H5921" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" Yahweh|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3605" sent|strong="H7971" this|strong="H6213" illness|strong="H2483". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w now|strong="H1696"\+w*} I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5315" live|strong="H8141" humbly|strong="H6800" during|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w remaining|strong="H8300"\+w*} years|strong="H8141" 
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because|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H6213" anguished|strong="H6862". 
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\verseNumber{16}Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" sufferings|strong="H4341" (OR|strong="H2416", the|strong="H3605" promises|strong="H1697") that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" give|strong="H2421" are|strong="H3117" good|strong="H2896", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w*} what|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3605" and|strong="H2421" what|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3605" say|strong="H0559" bring|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w new|strong="H2319"\+w*} life|strong="H2416" and|strong="H2421" health|strong="H2492" to|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921". 
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And|strong="H2421" you|strong="H3605" restore|strong="H2492"/heal|strong="H7495" me|strong="H5921" 
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and|strong="H2421" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w continue|strong="H1961"\+w*} to|strong="H5921" live|strong="H2421"! 
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\verseNumber{17}Truly|strong="H3588", my|strong="H3605" suffering|strong="H6040" was|strong="H5315" good|strong="H2896" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H5315"; 
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you|strong="H3588" loved|strong="H2836" me|strong="H5315", 
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and|strong="H7965" as|strong="H5315" a|strong="H3588" result|strong="H6903" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H7965" rescued|strong="H5337" me|strong="H5315" from|strong="H5315" dying|strong="H0006" 
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and|strong="H7965" have|strong="H7965" also|strong="H5315" forgiven|strong="H5545" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2399". 
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\verseNumber{18}Dead|strong="H4194" people|strong="H3808" [MTY] cannot|strong="H3808" praise|strong="H1984" you|strong="H3588"; 
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they|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" sing|strong="H1984" to|strong="H3381" praise|strong="H1984" you|strong="H3588". 
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Those|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" descended|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" their|strong="H3588" graves|strong="H6913" 
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cannot|strong="H3808" confidently|strong="H2388" expect|strong="H6960" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3381" faithfully|strong="H0571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3034"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3381"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{19}Only|strong="H0389" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1931" are|strong="H3117" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416", like|strong="H3644" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961", can|strong="H3045" praise|strong="H3034" you|strong="H3117". 
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Fathers|strong="H0001" tell|strong="H3045" their|strong="H3045" children|strong="H1121" how|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" faithful|strong="H0539", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w if|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w remain|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w alive|strong="H2416"\+w*, \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w same|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w thing|strong="H2416"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" fully|strong="H5921" heal|strong="H7495" me|strong="H5921", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H5921"\+w*} I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" sing|strong="H7891" to|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H1984" him|strong="H5921" 
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while|strong="H3117" others|strong="H0312" praise|strong="H1984" him|strong="H5921" playing|strong="H5059" musical|strong="H7892" instruments|strong="H5058"; 
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I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" every|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3605" life|strong="H2416", in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068".” 
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\verseNumber{21}I|strong="H5921" had|strong="H3470" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" Hezekiah’s|strong="H2396" servants|strong="H5650", “Prepare|strong="H3559" an|strong="H5375" ointment|strong="H8081" from|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{mashed} figs|strong="H8384", and|strong="H2421" spread|strong="H5375" it|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5375" boil|strong="H7822", and|strong="H2421" then|strong="H5375" he|strong="H5921" will|strong="H8384" recover|strong="H2421".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5375"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H2421"\+w* \+w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\+w* \+w recovered|strong="H2421"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H3068" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" had|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} asked|strong="H4100", “What|strong="H4100" will|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" prove|strong="H5254" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w recover|strong="H2421"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} go|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004"?” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The messengers from Babylon }
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\chapterNumber{39}Soon|strong="H3588" after|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588", Baladan’s son|strong="H1121" Merodach-Baladan|strong="H4757", the|strong="H8085" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894", heard|strong="H8085" a|strong="H3588" report|strong="H8088" that|strong="H3588" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H2470" very|strong="H3966" sick|strong="H2470" but|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H4428" recovered|strong="H2388". So|strong="H7971" he|strong="H1931" wrote|strong="H3789" some|strong="H6256" notes and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H8085" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" some|strong="H6256" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H7971" take|strong="H2388" to|strong="H7971" Hezekiah|strong="H2396", along|strong="H3588" with|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3588" gift|strong="H4503". 
\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w messengers|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w arrived|strong="H0935"\+w*}, Hezekiah|strong="H2396" welcomed|strong="H8055" them|strong="H5921" gladly|strong="H8055". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H1961"\+w*} he|strong="H3605" showed|strong="H7200" them|strong="H5921" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" ◄treasure|strong="H5238" houses|strong="H1004"/places|strong="H1004" where|strong="H1004" very|strong="H8055" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H1697" were|strong="H1961" kept|strong="H1961"►—the|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701", the|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091", the|strong="H3605" spices|strong="H1314", and|strong="H3701" the|strong="H3605" nice-smelling \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081". He|strong="H3605" also|strong="H1571" took|strong="H1961" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H1004" where|strong="H1004" they|strong="H3808" kept|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3605" soldiers’ weapons|strong="H3627", and|strong="H3701" he|strong="H3605" showed|strong="H7200" them|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H7200" were|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" storehouses|strong="H0214". Hezekiah|strong="H2396" showed|strong="H7200" them|strong="H5921" everything|strong="H3605" [LIT|strong="H0215"] that|strong="H7200" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004" or|strong="H3808" in|strong="H5921" other|strong="H3605" places|strong="H1004" [HYP]. 
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H4428" I|strong="H4100" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" and|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H4100" him|strong="H4428", “Where|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" those|strong="H1992" men|strong="H0376" come|strong="H7350" from|strong="H7350", and|strong="H4428" what|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" they|strong="H4100" want|strong="H4270"?” 
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He|strong="H4428" replied|strong="H0559", “They|strong="H4100" came|strong="H4428" from|strong="H7350" the|strong="H3470" far|strong="H7350" away|strong="H7350" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894".” 
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\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H1697" asked|strong="H4100" him|strong="H7200", “What|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" they|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" in|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004"?” 
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Hezekiah|strong="H2396" replied|strong="H0559", “They|strong="H3808" saw|strong="H7200" everything|strong="H3605". I|strong="H1697" showed|strong="H7200" them|strong="H7200" absolutely|strong="H0657" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H1697" own|strong="H1961"—all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H1697".” 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H8085" I|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" Hezekiah|strong="H2396", “Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397": 
\verseNumber{6}'There will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" a|strong="H5375" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" everything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" palace|strong="H1004", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" stored|strong="H6845" there|strong="H2009" up|strong="H5375" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" present|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" carried|strong="H5375" away|strong="H5375" to|strong="H5704" Babylon|strong="H0894". Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" there|strong="H2009" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" nothing|strong="H3808" left|strong="H3498". 
\verseNumber{7}Furthermore|strong="H1571", some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3947" sons|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H3318" go|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Babylon|strong="H0894". They|strong="H3205" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" castrated in|strong="H4428" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H4428" they|strong="H3205" can|strong="H3947" become|strong="H1961" servants|strong="H5650" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3947" palace|strong="H1964" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894".' ” 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H1961" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" replied|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696", “That|strong="H3588" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696" is|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896".” He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" thinking|strong="H0559", “Even|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" happens|strong="H1961", there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" peace|strong="H7965", and|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1696" in|strong="H3068" this|strong="H1696" country|strong="H2022" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" safe|strong="H7965" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Encouragement for God’s people }
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\chapterNumber{40}Our|strong="H5971" God|strong="H0430" says|strong="H0559", “Encourage|strong="H2388" my|strong="H5971" people|strong="H5971"! 
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Encourage|strong="H2388" them|strong="H5414"! 
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\verseNumber{2}Speak|strong="H1696" kindly|strong="H3820" to|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Jerusalem|strong="H3389"; 
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tell|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3605" suffering|strong="H6040" is|strong="H3068" ended|strong="H4390", 
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and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" forgiven|strong="H5545" them|strong="H5921" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H3820"; 
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I|strong="H3588" [SYN] have|strong="H3068" fully|strong="H4390" punished|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5921" for|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403".” 
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\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H3068" hear|strong="H6963" someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" shouting|strong="H6963", 
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“Prepare|strong="H6437" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" desert|strong="H6160" a|strong="H7121" way|strong="H1870" for|strong="H7121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7121"\+w*}; 
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make|strong="H3474" a|strong="H7121" smooth|strong="H3474" road|strong="H1870" for|strong="H7121" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" (OR|strong="H3068", Prepare|strong="H6437" yourselves|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" receive|strong="H3947" Yahweh|strong="H3068" when|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" comes|strong="H0935", like|strong="H1870" people|strong="H5971" make|strong="H3474" a|strong="H7121" straight|strong="H3474" road|strong="H1870" for|strong="H7121" an|strong="H7121" important|strong="H5704" official|strong="H8269" [MET|strong="H6298"]). 
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\verseNumber{4}Fill|strong="H4390" in|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" valleys|strong="H1516"; 
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flatten every|strong="H3605" hill|strong="H2022" and|strong="H2022" every|strong="H3605" mountain|strong="H2022". 
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Make|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3605" uneven ground|strong="H6121" smooth|strong="H3474", 
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and|strong="H2022" make|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3605" rough|strong="H6121" places|strong="H7406" smooth|strong="H3474". 
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\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*}, it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H3162" known|strong="H1540" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" glorious|strong="H3519"/great|strong="H1419", 
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and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1320" will|strong="H3068" realize|strong="H7200" it|strong="H3588" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Those|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*} because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" [MTY] it|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{6}Someone|strong="H0376" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H7121" me|strong="H6963", “Shout|strong="H6963"!” 
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I|strong="H4100" replied|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" I|strong="H4100" shout|strong="H6963"?” 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w replied|strong="H0559"\+w*}, “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Shout|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*} people|strong="H1320" are|strong="H4100" like|strong="H3644" [SIM] grass|strong="H2682"; 
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their|strong="H3605" influence|strong="H4294" fades|strong="H5034" as|strong="H3605" quickly|strong="H4116" as|strong="H3605" flowers|strong="H6731" in|strong="H1320" the|strong="H3605" field|strong="H7704". 
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\verseNumber{7}Grass|strong="H2682" withers|strong="H3001" and|strong="H3068" flowers|strong="H6731" dry|strong="H3001" up|strong="H3001" 
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when|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" causes|strong="H5414" a|strong="H3588" hot|strong="H2552" wind|strong="H7307" from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" desert|strong="H6160" to|strong="H3068" blow|strong="H5380" on|strong="H3068" them|strong="H3588". 
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And|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" [MET|strong="H6298"] like|strong="H7307" that|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H6965" grass|strong="H2682" withers|strong="H3001" and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H6965" flowers|strong="H6731" dry|strong="H3001" up|strong="H6965", 
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but|strong="H3588" what|strong="H1697" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" promises|strong="H1697" will|strong="H1697" last|strong="H5769" forever|strong="H5769".” 
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\verseNumber{9}You|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w*} Jerusalem|strong="H3389", you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3063" good|strong="H1319" news|strong="H1319" to|strong="H5927" tell|strong="H5046" to|strong="H5927" people|strong="H5971", 
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so|strong="H5927", shout|strong="H6963" it|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5892" a|strong="H5927" high|strong="H1364" mountain|strong="H2022"! 
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Shout|strong="H6963" it|strong="H5921" loudly|strong="H6963", and|strong="H3063" do|strong="H3063" not|strong="H3372" be|strong="H3389" afraid|strong="H3372"! 
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Tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" towns|strong="H5892" of|strong="H5892" Judah|strong="H3063", 
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“Your|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H2009" coming|strong="H5927" here|strong="H2009"!” 
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\verseNumber{10}Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H6440" God|strong="H3069" will|strong="H3069" be|strong="H6440" coming|strong="H2009" with|strong="H6440" power|strong="H2220"; 
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he|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3069" rule|strong="H4910" powerfully [MTY]. 
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And|strong="H6440" when|strong="H2009" he|strong="H6440" comes|strong="H6440", he|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3069" bring|strong="H0935" with|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H6440" he|strong="H6440" has|strong="H2009" freed|strong="H8199" [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w slaves|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w in|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{11}He|strong="H5763" will|strong="H5739" take|strong="H5375" care|strong="H2436" of|strong="H5739" his|strong="H5375" people|strong="H6908" 
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like|strong="H2220" [SIM] a|strong="H5375" shepherd|strong="H7462" takes|strong="H5375" care|strong="H2436" of|strong="H5739" his|strong="H5375" sheep|strong="H6908", 
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and|strong="H5375" carries|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" young|strong="H5763" lambs|strong="H2922" in|strong="H7462" his|strong="H5375" arms|strong="H2220". 
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He|strong="H5763" carries|strong="H5375" them|strong="H5375" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" chest|strong="H0727" 
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and|strong="H5375" he|strong="H5763" gently|strong="H0328" leads|strong="H5095" the|strong="H5375" female|strong="H5347" sheep|strong="H6908" 
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that|strong="H7462" are|strong="H5739" nursing|strong="H5763" their|strong="H5375" young|strong="H5763" lambs|strong="H2922". 
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\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w There|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w no|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w one|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1389"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}! 
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◄Who|strong="H4310" else|strong="H5750" has|strong="H4310" measured|strong="H4058" the|strong="H4058" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H8064" the|strong="H4058" oceans|strong="H2342" in|strong="H8064" the|strong="H4058" palm|strong="H8561" of|strong="H2022" his|strong="H3557" hand|strong="H8168"?/No|strong="H4310" one|strong="H4310" else|strong="H5750" has|strong="H4310" measured|strong="H4058" the|strong="H4058" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H8064" the|strong="H4058" oceans|strong="H2342" in|strong="H8064" the|strong="H4058" palm|strong="H8561" of|strong="H2022" his|strong="H3557" hand|strong="H8168"!► [RHQ] 
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◄Who|strong="H4310" else|strong="H5750" has|strong="H4310" measured|strong="H4058" the|strong="H4058" sky|strong="H8064" with|strong="H8064" his|strong="H3557" fingers|strong="H0676"?/No|strong="H4310" one|strong="H4310" else|strong="H5750" has|strong="H4310" measured|strong="H4058" the|strong="H4058" sky|strong="H8064" with|strong="H8064" his|strong="H3557" fingers|strong="H0676"!► [RHQ] 
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◄Who|strong="H4310" else|strong="H5750" knows|strong="H3045" how|strong="H4310" much|strong="H7227" the|strong="H4058" earth|strong="H6083" weighs|strong="H8505"?/No|strong="H4310" one|strong="H4310" else|strong="H5750" knows|strong="H3045" how|strong="H4310" much|strong="H7227" the|strong="H4058" earth|strong="H6083" weighs|strong="H8505"!► [RHQ] 
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◄Who|strong="H4310" else|strong="H5750" has|strong="H4310" weighed|strong="H8254" the|strong="H4058" mountains|strong="H2022" and|strong="H8064" hills|strong="H1389" on|strong="H2022" scales|strong="H3976"?/No|strong="H4310" one|strong="H4310" else|strong="H5750" has|strong="H4310" weighed|strong="H8254" the|strong="H4058" mountains|strong="H2022" and|strong="H8064" hills|strong="H1389" on|strong="H2022" scales|strong="H3976"!► [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H3068" ◄who|strong="H4310" else|strong="H5750" can|strong="H4310" advise|strong="H3045" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307"?/No|strong="H3045" one|strong="H3068" else|strong="H5750" can|strong="H4310" advise|strong="H3045" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307"!► [RHQ] 
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◄Who|strong="H4310" can|strong="H4310" teach|strong="H3045" him|strong="H3045" or|strong="H3068" advise|strong="H3045"/tell|strong="H3045" him|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4310" he|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068"?/No|strong="H3045" one|strong="H3068" can|strong="H4310" teach|strong="H3045" him|strong="H3045" or|strong="H3068" advise|strong="H3045"/tell|strong="H3045" him|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4310" he|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068"!► [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{14}◄Has|strong="H4310" Yahweh|strong="H3068" consulted|strong="H3289" anyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750" to|strong="H1870" get|strong="H3947" advice|strong="H3289"?/Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H4310" certainly|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3045" consulted|strong="H3289" anyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750" to|strong="H1870" get|strong="H3947" advice|strong="H3289"!► [RHQ] 
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◄Does|strong="H6213" he|strong="H8394" need|strong="H4270" someone|strong="H4310" to|strong="H1870" tell|strong="H3045" him|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" right|strong="H4941" to|strong="H1870" do|strong="H1870" and|strong="H4941" how|strong="H3045" to|strong="H1870" act|strong="H6213" justly|strong="H4941"?/He|strong="H8394" certainly|strong="H3045" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3045" need|strong="H4270" someone|strong="H4310" to|strong="H1870" tell|strong="H3045" him|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" right|strong="H4941" to|strong="H1870" do|strong="H1870" and|strong="H4941" how|strong="H3045" to|strong="H1870" act|strong="H6213" justly|strong="H4941"!► [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{15}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w considers|strong="H7919"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1471"\+w*} the|strong="H2803" nations|strong="H1471" are|strong="H1471" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w insignificant|strong="H6819"\+w* \+w as|strong="H2803"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] one|strong="H0259" drop|strong="H4752" from|strong="H1471" a|strong="H2803" bucket|strong="H1805" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w full|strong="H4392"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w*}. 
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They|strong="H3976" are|strong="H1471" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w insignificant|strong="H6819"\+w* \+w as|strong="H2803"\+w*} dust|strong="H7834" on|strong="H5921" scales|strong="H3976". 
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He|strong="H2803" is|strong="H7834" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H2803" weigh|strong="H8254" islands|strong="H0339" 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w though|strong="H2005"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3976"\+w* \+w weighed|strong="H8254"\+w* \+w no|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w more|strong="H3254"\+w* \+w than|strong="H4480"\+w*} grains|strong="H4579" of|strong="H1471" sand|strong="H2344". 
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\verseNumber{16}There|strong="H8033" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H2416" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="H3808"\+w*} enough|strong="H1767" wood|strong="H6086" from|strong="H1197" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H1197" trees|strong="H6086" in|strong="H5930" Lebanon|strong="H3844" 
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to|strong="H1767" make|strong="H1197" a|strong="H1197" suitable|strong="H5048" fire|strong="H0784" for|strong="H2416" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sacrificing|strong="H2076"\+w* \+w animals|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1767"\+w*} him|strong="H5414", 
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and|strong="H5930" there|strong="H8033" are|strong="H5930" not|strong="H3808" enough|strong="H1767" animals|strong="H2416" in|strong="H5930" Lebanon|strong="H3844" to|strong="H1767" offer|strong="H7126" as|strong="H1767" sacrifices|strong="H5930" to|strong="H1767" him|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398" are|strong="H1471" completely|strong="H3605" insignificant|strong="H6819"/unimportant to|strong="H2803" him|strong="H3605"; 
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he|strong="H3605" considers|strong="H7919" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1471" worthless|strong="H1100" and|strong="H1471" less|strong="H0637" than|strong="H3605" nothing|strong="H8414" [HYP, DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H3651", to|strong="H1819" whom|strong="H4310" can|strong="H4310" you|strong="H4100" compare|strong="H1819" God|strong="H4310"? 
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What|strong="H4100" image|strong="H1823" resembles him|strong="H5414"? 
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\verseNumber{19}Can|strong="H4310" you|strong="H0859" compare|strong="H1819" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3701" an|strong="H2091" idol|strong="H6459" that|strong="H3701" is|strong="H3701" made|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3701" a|strong="H3701" mold|strong="H4404", 
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and|strong="H3701" then|strong="H0227" is|strong="H3701" covered|strong="H3680" with|strong="H2091" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w thin|strong="H1851"\+w* sheet \+w of|strong="H2091"\+w*} gold|strong="H2091" 
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and|strong="H3701" decorated|strong="H5927" with|strong="H2091" silver|strong="H3701" chains|strong="H7577"? 
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\verseNumber{20}A|strong="H3559" man|strong="H2450" who|strong="H2450" is|strong="H2450" poor|strong="H6041" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cannot|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w buy|strong="H7069"\+w* \+w silver|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w or|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w gold|strong="H2091"\+w* \+w for|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w idol|strong="H6459"\+w*}; 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H3808"\+w*} he|strong="H3808" selects|strong="H3920" a|strong="H3559" piece|strong="H6595" of|strong="H6086" wood|strong="H6086" that|strong="H6086" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" rot|strong="H7537", 
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and|strong="H6086" he|strong="H3808" gives|strong="H4131" it|strong="H3559" to|strong="H1245" a|strong="H3559" craftsman|strong="H2796" 
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to|strong="H1245" carve|strong="H2710" an|strong="H1245" idol|strong="H6459" that|strong="H6086" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" fall|strong="H4131" down|strong="H4131"! 
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\verseNumber{21}Have|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3045"(pl) not|strong="H3808" heard|strong="H8085" this|strong="H5046"? 
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Do|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3808" understand|strong="H3045" it|strong="H3045"? 
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Are|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3045" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H8085" hear|strong="H8085" what|strong="H3045" God|strong="H3808" said|strong="H8085" long|strong="H8085" ago|strong="H7350"— 
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and|strong="H8064" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w earth|strong="H8064"\+w*} below|strong="H8478" seem|strong="H5869" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H8064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w small|strong="H6996"\+w*} as|strong="H3427" [SIM] grasshoppers|strong="H2284". 
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He|strong="H5921" spreads|strong="H4969" out|strong="H5186" the|strong="H5921" sky|strong="H8064" like|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" curtain|strong="H1852"; 
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it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3427" like|strong="H5921" [SIM] a|strong="H5921" tent|strong="H0168" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{23}He|strong="H6213" causes|strong="H5414" kings|strong="H4428" to|strong="H6213" have|strong="H5414" no|strong="H6213" more|strong="H6213" power|strong="H3027", 
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and|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" causes|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" rulers|strong="H7336" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H5414" worth|strong="H1929" nothing|strong="H8414". 
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\verseNumber{24}They|strong="H1077" start|strong="H1870" to|strong="H5375" rule|strong="H4910", like|strong="H3001" small|strong="H1571" plants|strong="H5193" start|strong="H1870" to|strong="H5375" grow|strong="H6779" and|strong="H1571" form|strong="H8389" roots|strong="H8328"; 
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but|strong="H1571" then|strong="H5375" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w gets|strong="H8610"\+w* \+w rid|strong="H5337"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5375"\+w*} 
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as|strong="H1571" though|strong="H1571" [MET|strong="H5375"] they|strong="H1077" withered|strong="H3001" when|strong="H5375" he|strong="H1571" blew|strong="H5398" on|strong="H5375" them|strong="H5375", 
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like|strong="H3001" [SIM] chaff|strong="H7179" that|strong="H1571" is|strong="H1571" blown|strong="H8628" away|strong="H5375" by|strong="H1571" the|strong="H5375" wind|strong="H7307". 
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\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H4310" Holy|strong="H6918" One|strong="H6918" asks|strong="H7592", 
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“To|strong="H1819" whom|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" you|strong="H4310" compare|strong="H1819" me|strong="H7737"? 
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Is|strong="H4310" anyone|strong="H3605" equal|strong="H7737" to|strong="H1819" me|strong="H7737"?” 
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\verseNumber{26}Look|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5375" toward|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8034": 
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Consider|strong="H7200" who|strong="H4310" [RHQ] created|strong="H1254" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" stars|strong="H3556". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w created|strong="H1254"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7121"\+w*}, and|strong="H5869" at|strong="H7200" night|strong="H3915" he|strong="H3605" causes|strong="H3318" them|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3318" appear|strong="H7200"; 
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he|strong="H3605" calls|strong="H7121" each|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" by|strong="H7121" its|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034". 
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Because|strong="H7230" he|strong="H3605" is|strong="H4310" extremely|strong="H3966" powerful|strong="H3581" [DOU], 
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all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5869" the|strong="H3605" stars|strong="H3556" are|strong="H5869" there|strong="H3605" [LIT|strong="H0215"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w calls|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w names|strong="H8034"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{27}You|strong="H4100" people|strong="H1696" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" [DOU], why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H4100" complain|strong="H7378" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" does|strong="H4100" not|strong="H1696" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w troubles|strong="H6869"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w experiencing|strong="H2896"\+w*}? 
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Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H4100" say|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" does|strong="H4100" not|strong="H1696" act|strong="H6213" fairly|strong="H4941" toward|strong="H1870" you|strong="H4100"? 
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\verseNumber{28}Have|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3045" never|strong="H3808" heard|strong="H8085" 
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and|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3045" never|strong="H3808" understood|strong="H3045" 
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that|strong="H3045" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" everlasting|strong="H5769" God|strong="H3068"; 
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he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3068" created|strong="H1254" the|strong="H8085" earth|strong="H0776", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w*} most|strong="H3068" distant|strong="H7350" places|strong="H1116" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" earth|strong="H0776". 
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He|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" becomes|strong="H3045" weak|strong="H3808" or|strong="H3808" weary|strong="H3021", 
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and|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" can|strong="H3045" find|strong="H3045" out|strong="H3045" how|strong="H3045" much|strong="H7227" he|strong="H3068" understands|strong="H3045". 
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\verseNumber{29}He|strong="H5414" strengthens|strong="H5797" [DOU] those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" feel|strong="H4184" weak|strong="H2470" and|strong="H3581" tired|strong="H3021". 
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\verseNumber{30}Even|strong="H1571" youths|strong="H5288" become|strong="H3286" faint|strong="H3286" and|strong="H5288" weary|strong="H3021", 
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and|strong="H5288" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" will|strong="H5288" fall|strong="H3782" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H5288" exhausted|strong="H3286". 
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\verseNumber{31}But|strong="H3808" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3068" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H3286" strong|strong="H3581" again|strong="H3212"; 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" soar/fly|strong="H3286" high|strong="H1116" like|strong="H3808" [SIM] eagles|strong="H5404" do|strong="H3068". 
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They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" run|strong="H7323" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w long|strong="H0753"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" become|strong="H3286" weary|strong="H3021"; 
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they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" walk|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w long|strong="H0753"\+w* distances} and|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" faint|strong="H3286". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh will help Israel }
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\chapterNumber{41}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w says|strong="H1696"\+w*}, “You|strong="H7126" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3816"\+w* \+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w on|strong="H1696"\+w*} [APO] islands|strong="H0339" in|strong="H1696" the|strong="H7126" ocean|strong="H5437", 
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be|strong="H3816" silent|strong="H2790" in|strong="H1696" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4941" me|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H4941"\+w* \+w I|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w questions|strong="H1697"\+w*}! 
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Then|strong="H1696" you|strong="H7126" can|strong="H4310" be|strong="H3816" courageous|strong="H0553" and|strong="H4941" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696". 
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We|strong="H0587" will|strong="H3816" meet|strong="H7122" together|strong="H3162" and|strong="H4941" decide|strong="H4941" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w one|strong="H3162"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4941"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3816"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4941"\+w* \+w right|strong="H4941"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{2}Who|strong="H4310" has|strong="H4310" urged|strong="H6484" this|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5414" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" east|strong="H4217"? 
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Who|strong="H4310" has|strong="H4310" enabled|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} to|strong="H5414" righteously|strong="H6664" defeat|strong="H5414" many|strong="H7227" nations|strong="H1471" 
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and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5414" trample|strong="H7429" their|strong="H5414" kings|strong="H4428" under|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" feet|strong="H7272"? 
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With|strong="H6440" their|strong="H5414" swords|strong="H2719" they|strong="H7272" cut|strong="H7272" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} into|strong="H2719" tiny pieces|strong="H5409" [HYP]; 
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with|strong="H6440" their|strong="H5414" arrows|strong="H7198" they|strong="H7272" cause|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" enemies|strong="H0341" to|strong="H5414" scatter|strong="H2219" like|strong="H7272" [SIM] the|strong="H6440" wind|strong="H7307" scatters|strong="H6340" chaff|strong="H7179". 
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\verseNumber{3}Even|strong="H3808" though|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3808" march|strong="H1980" through|strong="H5674" areas|strong="H0776" where|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H7965" not|strong="H3808" gone|strong="H5674" previously|strong="H3808", 
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they|strong="H3808" pursue|strong="H7291" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} and|strong="H7965" continue|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5674" march|strong="H1980", and|strong="H7965" nothing|strong="H3808" stops|strong="H0331" them|strong="H5674". 
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\verseNumber{4}Who|strong="H4310" has|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" rulers|strong="H7218" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" [DOU] mighty|strong="H1368" things|strong="H7223" like|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1931"? 
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Who|strong="H4310" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1931" throughout|strong="H1755" all|strong="H1755" generations|strong="H1755"? 
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It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068", Yahweh|strong="H3068"; 
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I|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" first|strong="H7223" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w things|strong="H7223"\+w* \+w like|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" last|strong="H1755" one|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Idols|strong="H1544" are|strong="H3068" useless|strong="H1892" }
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\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w People|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w on|strong="H7200"\+w*} [PRS] islands|strong="H0339" in|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" ocean|strong="H5437" are|strong="H3117" afraid|strong="H3372" while|strong="H7200" they|strong="H7200" watch|strong="H7200". 
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People|strong="H7200" in|strong="H7200" remote|strong="H3411" areas|strong="H0776" tremble|strong="H2729" and|strong="H7200" gather|strong="H6908" together|strong="H7126". 
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\verseNumber{6}They|strong="H1992" encourage|strong="H2388" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H7453" and|strong="H2388" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H2388" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H7453", 
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“Be|strong="H1961" strong|strong="H2388"!' 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H2388" craftsmen|strong="H2796" encourage|strong="H2388" those|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" make|strong="H2388" things|strong="H2896" from|strong="H2896" gold|strong="H2091", 
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and|strong="H2388" the|strong="H2388" men|strong="H2388" who|strong="H1931" flatten metal|strong="H2830" encourage|strong="H2388" those|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" hammer|strong="H6360" metal|strong="H2830" ◄on|strong="H2388" an|strong="H2388" anvil|strong="H6471"/into|strong="H2505" shape|strong="H8478"►. 
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They|strong="H3808" all|strong="H6471" say|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H2388" idol|strong="H6459" has|strong="H1931" been|strong="H3808" well|strong="H2896" made|strong="H2388"!” 
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And|strong="H2388" then|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" carefully|strong="H2388" nail|strong="H3489" down|strong="H1986" the|strong="H2388" idol|strong="H6459" in|strong="H3808" order|strong="H6471" that|strong="H1931" it|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" topple|strong="H5307" over|strong="H2388"! 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh|strong="H3068" chose|strong="H0977" Israel|strong="H3478" }
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\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w says|strong="H0559"\+w*}, “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5650"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3478"\+w*} my|strong="H3290" servants|strong="H5650"; 
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you|strong="H2233" are|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5650"\+w*} Jacob|strong="H3290", whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H5650" chose|strong="H0977"; 
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\verseNumber{9}I|strong="H5650" summoned|strong="H7121" you|strong="H3808" from|strong="H5650" very|strong="H3966" distant|strong="H7350" places|strong="H1116" [DOU] on|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7121" earth|strong="H0776", 
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and|strong="H5650" I|strong="H5650" said|strong="H7121" ‘I|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5650"\+w*} serve|strong="H5647" me|strong="H7121"; 
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I|strong="H5650" have|strong="H5650" chosen|strong="H0977" you|strong="H3808", 
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and|strong="H5650" I|strong="H5650" will|strong="H5650" not|strong="H3808" reject|strong="H3988" you|strong="H3808".’ 
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\verseNumber{10}Do|strong="H5826" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3372" afraid|strong="H3372", 
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because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3225" ◄be|strong="H3372" with|strong="H5973"/help|strong="H5826"► you|strong="H3588". 
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Do|strong="H5826" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3372" discouraged|strong="H7503", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430". 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3225" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5973" be|strong="H3372" strong|strong="H2388", and|strong="H3372" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3225" help|strong="H5826" you|strong="H3588"; 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3225" hold|strong="H8551" you|strong="H3588" up|strong="H8551" with|strong="H5973" my|strong="H3588" powerful|strong="H2392" arm|strong="H2220" by|strong="H5973" which|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3225" be|strong="H3372" rescued|strong="H5337". 
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\verseNumber{11}It|strong="H1961" is|strong="H3605" certain|strong="H0259" that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" disgraced|strong="H3637" [DOU]. 
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Those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" oppose|strong="H7853" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" wiped|strong="H3772" out|strong="H3605"; 
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they|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" die|strong="H4191". 
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\verseNumber{12}If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3808" search|strong="H1245" for|strong="H1245" those|strong="H1961" who|strong="H4421" tried|strong="H1245" to|strong="H1961" conquer|strong="H3423" you|strong="H3808", 
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you|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" them|strong="H4672", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w all|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w disappeared|strong="H0369"\+w*}. 
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Those|strong="H1961" who|strong="H4421" attacked|strong="H4421" you|strong="H3808" 
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will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" exist \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w anymore|strong="H5750"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" hold|strong="H2388" you|strong="H3588" up|strong="H5927" by|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3225". 
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I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", 
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and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588", ‘Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H3372", 
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I|strong="H3478" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5002" one|strong="H6918" who|strong="H3068" rescues|strong="H5826" you|strong="H3372"; 
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I|strong="H3478" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" Holy|strong="H6918" One|strong="H6918" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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and|strong="H3478" a|strong="H5375" strong|strong="H2388" wind|strong="H7307" will|strong="H3068" blow|strong="H8628" them|strong="H5375" away|strong="H5375" [DOU]. 
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I|strong="H3808", Yahweh|strong="H3068", will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" help|strong="H5800" them|strong="H6030". 
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I|strong="H3808", the|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H3808" Israeli people|strong="H3808" belong|strong="H1961", will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" abandon|strong="H5800" them|strong="H6030". 
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I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4325" give|strong="H7760" them|strong="H5921" fountains|strong="H4599" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" valleys|strong="H1237". 
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I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4325" fill|strong="H4390" [HYP] the|strong="H5921" desert|strong="H4057" with|strong="H5921" pools|strong="H1295" of|strong="H4325" water|strong="H4325". 
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Water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H5921" springs|strong="H4599" will|strong="H4325" flow|strong="H6605" into|strong="H8432" rivers|strong="H5104", 
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and|strong="H4325" the|strong="H5921" rivers|strong="H5104" will|strong="H4325" flow|strong="H6605" across|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" dry|strong="H6723" ground|strong="H0776". 
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cedar|strong="H0730" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w trees|strong="H6086"\+w*}, acacia|strong="H7848" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w trees|strong="H6086"\+w*}, myrtle|strong="H1918" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w trees|strong="H6086"\+w*}, olive|strong="H8081" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w trees|strong="H6086"\+w*}, cypress|strong="H1265" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w trees|strong="H6086"\+w*}, fir|strong="H1265" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w trees|strong="H6086"\+w*}, and|strong="H6086" pine|strong="H8081" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w trees|strong="H6086"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" people|strong="H7200" who|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" it|strong="H7760" will|strong="H3068" think|strong="H7760" about|strong="H6213" it|strong="H7760", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" and|strong="H3478" understand|strong="H3045" [DOU] 
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it|strong="H7760" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*}, the|strong="H7200" Holy|strong="H6918" One|strong="H6918" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478", have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 

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\verseNumber{22}Bring|strong="H5066" them|strong="H7760" here|strong="H5066" to|strong="H3820" tell|strong="H5046" us|strong="H5046" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H3820" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3820" happen|strong="H7136"! 
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Ask|strong="H7592" them|strong="H7760" to|strong="H3820" tell|strong="H5046" us|strong="H5046" what|strong="H4100" things|strong="H7223" happened|strong="H7136" long|strong="H4100" ago|strong="H7350", 
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in|strong="H8085" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3045" we|strong="H8085" can|strong="H4100" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" will|strong="H3820" happen|strong="H7136". 
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Tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H7200" to|strong="H7200" do|strong="H3190" something|strong="H1697"—either|strong="H3588" something|strong="H1697" good|strong="H3190" or|strong="H7200" something|strong="H1697" bad|strong="H7489"! 
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Tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H7200" to|strong="H7200" do|strong="H3190" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3162" cause|strong="H2600" us|strong="H5046" to|strong="H7200" be|strong="H3162" amazed|strong="H8539" and|strong="H7200" afraid|strong="H3372"! 
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they|strong="H8441" can|strong="H4310" do|strong="H6467" nothing|strong="H3808", 
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and|strong="H8441" I|strong="H2005" detest|strong="H8262" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" decide|strong="H3198" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H8441"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*} idols|strong="H1544".” 

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\verseNumber{25}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3644" have|strong="H7429" incited|strong="H5496"/urged|strong="H6484" a|strong="H7121" ruler|strong="H4910" who|strong="H7121" will|strong="H6828" come|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H8121"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} from|strong="H8034" the|strong="H7121" north|strong="H6828". 
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I|strong="H3644" have|strong="H7429" summoned|strong="H7121" him|strong="H7121" to|strong="H7121" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w country|strong="H2022"\+w*, \+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w is|strong="H8034"\+w*} east|strong="H4217" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H6828" I|strong="H3644" have|strong="H7429" given|strong="H7121" him|strong="H7121" my|strong="H7121" authority|strong="H8034" [MTY]. 
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I|strong="H3644" will|strong="H6828" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w conquer|strong="H3423"\+w* \+w other|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w rulers|strong="H5461"\+w*}; 
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they|strong="H8034" will|strong="H6828" trample|strong="H7429" those|strong="H3644" leaders|strong="H5461" like|strong="H3644" [SIM] a|strong="H7121" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H7121" makes|strong="H6213" clay|strong="H2563" pots|strong="H5518" first|strong="H7223" tramples|strong="H7429" the|strong="H7121" clay|strong="H2563". 
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\verseNumber{26}◄Who|strong="H4310" told|strong="H5046" you|strong="H6440" people|strong="H3045" long|strong="H6440" ago|strong="H7350" that|strong="H3045" this|strong="H6440" would|strong="H4310" happen|strong="H1961"?/No|strong="H3045" one|strong="H6662" told|strong="H5046" you|strong="H6440" people|strong="H3045" long|strong="H6440" ago|strong="H7350" that|strong="H3045" this|strong="H6440" would|strong="H4310" happen|strong="H1961"!► [RHQ] 
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◄Who|strong="H4310" predicted|strong="H8085" it|strong="H3045", with|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3045" we|strong="H8085" can|strong="H4310" say|strong="H0559", ‘What|strong="H4310" he|strong="H6440" predicted|strong="H8085" was|strong="H7218" correct|strong="H3256"!’?/No|strong="H3045" one|strong="H6662" predicted|strong="H8085" it|strong="H3045", with|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3045" we|strong="H8085" can|strong="H4310" say|strong="H0559", ‘What|strong="H4310" he|strong="H6440" predicted|strong="H8085" was|strong="H7218" correct|strong="H3256"!’► [RHQ] 
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No|strong="H3045" one|strong="H6662" else|strong="H5750" said|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3045" it|strong="H3045" would|strong="H4310" happen|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{27}I|strong="H2005" was|strong="H3389" the|strong="H5414" first|strong="H7223" one|strong="H7223" to|strong="H5414" tell|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1319"\+w*} Jerusalem|strong="H3389", 
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‘Listen|strong="H2005" to|strong="H5414" this|strong="H5414"! I|strong="H2005" have|strong="H7223" appointed|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" messenger|strong="H1319" to|strong="H5414" tell|strong="H5046" good|strong="H1319" news|strong="H1319" to|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414"!’ 
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\verseNumber{28}None|strong="H0369" of|strong="H1697" your|strong="H7200" idols|strong="H1544" told|strong="H1697" you|strong="H7725" that|strong="H7200" [DOU]. 
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And|strong="H7725" when|strong="H7200" I|strong="H1697" asked|strong="H7592" them|strong="H7725" questions|strong="H1697", none|strong="H0369" of|strong="H1697" them|strong="H7725" was|strong="H1697" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H7725" give|strong="H3289" me|strong="H7725" any|strong="H7200" answers|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{29}Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H3605" it|strong="H7307": Those|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1544" are|strong="H5262" all|strong="H3605" useless|strong="H1892", worthless|strong="H1100" [DOU] things|strong="H3605". 
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They|strong="H3605" are|strong="H5262" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w meaningless|strong="H8414"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3605"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] the|strong="H3605" wind|strong="H7307".” 

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I|strong="H2005" have|strong="H5650" chosen|strong="H0977" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H4941" I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H2005" pleased|strong="H7521" with|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414". 
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I|strong="H2005" have|strong="H5650" given|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" Spirit|strong="H7307", 
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and|strong="H4941" he|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1471" make|strong="H5414" certain|strong="H0259" that|strong="H5315" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" people-groups do|strong="H3318" what|strong="H4941" is|strong="H5315" right|strong="H4941"/just|strong="H4941". 
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\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w show|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3808"\+w*} shouting|strong="H6963" [DOU] 
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or|strong="H3808" by|strong="H3808" talking|strong="H1696" very|strong="H3966" loudly|strong="H6963". 
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He|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" faithfully|strong="H0571"/continually|strong="H8548" make|strong="H4941" sure|strong="H0539" that|strong="H3808" judges|strong="H8199" decide|strong="H4941" cases|strong="H1697" justly|strong="H4941". 
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\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" become|strong="H1961" exhausted|strong="H6296" or|strong="H3808" discouraged|strong="H7533" all|strong="H5704" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7760" time|strong="H5704" that|strong="H5704" he|strong="H5704" is|strong="H4941" causing|strong="H7462" things|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3808" done|strong="H7760" justly|strong="H4941" throughout|strong="H5704" the|strong="H7760" earth|strong="H0776". 
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Even|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w living|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w on|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w islands|strong="H0339"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3808"\+w*} [MTY] the|strong="H7760" oceans|strong="H2342" will|strong="H3808" confidently|strong="H2388" wait|strong="H3176" for|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w him|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w teach|strong="H3925"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7760"\+w*} his|strong="H7760" laws|strong="H8451".” 
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\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" created|strong="H1254" the|strong="H5921" sky|strong="H8064" 
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and|strong="H1980" spread|strong="H5186" it|strong="H5414" out|strong="H5186". 
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I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H8085" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H5046" things|strong="H7223" that|strong="H8085" will|strong="H8085" happen|strong="H1961" before|strong="H2962" they|strong="H2962" happen|strong="H1961".” 

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I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" abandon|strong="H5800" them|strong="H6440". 
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will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3617" humiliated|strong="H1322"/disgraced|strong="H0954".” 

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but|strong="H3808" we|strong="H0587" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H7760" attention|strong="H3820" [IDM]. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Israel’s only Savior }
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\chapterNumber{43}But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258", you|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3068" established|strong="H3559" your|strong="H3068" nation|strong="H1471". 
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The|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H7121" a|strong="H3588" nation|strong="H1471" [DOU] says|strong="H3541" this|strong="H3541": 
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“Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H3372", 
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because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" previously|strong="H8543" rescued|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3588". 
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I|strong="H3588" enabled|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3478" have|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" personal|strong="H6440" relationship with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7121" [MTY], and|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3588" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H7121". 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" with|strong="H3212" you|strong="H3588". 
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I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5869" trade|strong="H5503" them|strong="H5414" for|strong="H8478" you|strong="H5414", 
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because|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" caused|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" become|strong="H7121" a|strong="H6213" nation|strong="H1471" in|strong="H6213" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H6213" would|strong="H6213" honor|strong="H3519" me|strong="H7121"; 
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I|strong="H3605" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3605" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" [DOU].’ 
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\verseNumber{8}Summon|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3318" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" have|strong="H3426" eyes|strong="H5869" but|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3426"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} they|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" blind|strong="H5787"; 
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And|strong="H8085" can|strong="H4310" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" them|strong="H5414" predict|strong="H5046" what|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" happen|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" future|strong="H0319"?’ 
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I|strong="H3588" chose|strong="H0977" you|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" me|strong="H6440", believe|strong="H0539" in|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440", 
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and|strong="H3068" understand|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" only|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w truly|strong="H3588"\+w*} God|strong="H3068". 
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No|strong="H3808" foreign|strong="H2114" god|strong="H3068" among|strong="H8432" you|strong="H5046" did|strong="H3068" that|strong="H8085"! 
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And|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5046" are|strong="H3068" witnesses|strong="H5707" that|strong="H8085" only|strong="H0389" I|strong="H8085", Yahweh|strong="H3068", am|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{13}I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" God|strong="H4310", the|strong="H7725" one|strong="H1931" who|strong="H4310" has|strong="H4310" existed|strong="H1961" forever|strong="H3117" and|strong="H7725" who|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" exist forever|strong="H3117"; 
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no|strong="H6466" one|strong="H1931" can|strong="H4310" snatch|strong="H1504" people|strong="H1931" from|strong="H7725" my|strong="H7725" hand|strong="H3027", 
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and|strong="H7725" no|strong="H6466" one|strong="H1931" can|strong="H4310" alter|strong="H8133"/change|strong="H7725" what|strong="H4310" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1571" done|strong="H6466".” 

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can|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" see|strong="H2005" it|strong="H7760"? 
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And|strong="H1870" I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3808" cause|strong="H6213" there|strong="H6258" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3808" streams|strong="H5104" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" wasteland|strong="H4057"/desert|strong="H4057". 
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\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H3588" jackals|strong="H8577"/wolves|strong="H2061" and|strong="H5971" owls|strong="H1323" and|strong="H5971" other|strong="H0312" wild|strong="H7704" creatures|strong="H2416" will|strong="H5971" thank|strong="H3034" me|strong="H5414" 
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for|strong="H3588" giving|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" desert|strong="H4057". 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" cause|strong="H5414" streams|strong="H5104" to|strong="H5414" appear|strong="H7200" in|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" dry|strong="H3004" desert|strong="H4057" 
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in|strong="H5414" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971", the|strong="H3588" ones|strong="H2945" whom|strong="H5971" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" chosen|strong="H0977", will|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" water|strong="H4325"; 
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\verseNumber{21}I|strong="H2098" will|strong="H5971" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5971" for|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5608" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H2098" I|strong="H2098" have|strong="H5971" created|strong="H3335" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w chosen|strong="H0977"\+w*} to|strong="H5971" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5971" me|strong="H5608", 
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and|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} they|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" cause|strong="H5971" many|strong="H7227" others|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5971" praise|strong="H8416" me|strong="H5608". 

\BibleSectionHeading{God’s|strong="H0430" grievances concerning|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H5971" }
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\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H7121" Jacob|strong="H3290", you|strong="H3588" refuse|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3478" request|strong="H1246" my|strong="H3290" help|strong="H5826". 
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It|strong="H7121" seems|strong="H3190" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H7121" Israel|strong="H3478" have|strong="H3478" become|strong="H7121" tired|strong="H3021" of|strong="H7121" worshiping|strong="H7812" me|strong="H7121". 
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\verseNumber{23}You|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" brought|strong="H0935" to|strong="H4503" me|strong="H3808" sheep|strong="H7716" or|strong="H3808" goats|strong="H5795" for|strong="H3808" offerings|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3513"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}; 
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you|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" honored|strong="H3513" me|strong="H3808" by|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w bringing|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4503"\+w* \+w me|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w any|strong="H3808"\+w*} sacrifices|strong="H2077", 
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even|strong="H3808" though|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5647" offerings|strong="H5930" of|strong="H2077" grain|strong="H1715" and|strong="H5930" incense|strong="H3828" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w*} to|strong="H4503" bring|strong="H0935" to|strong="H4503" me|strong="H3808" were|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3808" burden|strong="H3513" to|strong="H4503" you|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{24}You|strong="H3808" have|strong="H5771" bought|strong="H7069" for|strong="H3701" me|strong="H3808" fragrant|strong="H5561" reeds|strong="H7070", 
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and|strong="H3701" you|strong="H3808" have|strong="H5771" brought|strong="H0935" me|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5647" fat|strong="H2459" from|strong="H3701" your|strong="H3808" sacrifices|strong="H2077". 
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But|strong="H3808" these|strong="H0428" have|strong="H5771" not|strong="H3808" pleased|strong="H3190" me|strong="H3808", 
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because|strong="H5771" you|strong="H3808" have|strong="H5771" burdened|strong="H5647" me|strong="H3808" by|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H5647" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H2459" you|strong="H3808" have|strong="H5771" committed|strong="H6213", 
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and|strong="H3701" made|strong="H5647" me|strong="H3808" weary|strong="H3021" because|strong="H5771" of|strong="H2077" all|strong="H3605" ◄your|strong="H3808" iniquities|strong="H5771"/the|strong="H5647" wrong|strong="H5771" things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H2459" you|strong="H3808" have|strong="H5771" done|strong="H5647"►. 
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\verseNumber{25}I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H2142" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H4616" forgive|strong="H6588" you|strong="H3808" for|strong="H4616" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H2142" sins|strong="H2403"; 
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I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H2142" only|strong="H0389" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H1931" can|strong="H3808" do|strong="H2403" that|strong="H1931", 
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with|strong="H1931" the|strong="H2142" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H1931" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" think|strong="H2142" about|strong="H5439" them|strong="H4616" again|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{26}Tell|strong="H5608" me|strong="H8199" what|strong="H2142" I|strong="H2142" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="H4616" you|strong="H6663" do|strong="H6663" not|strong="H2142" like|strong="H3162". 
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Do|strong="H6663" you|strong="H6663" think|strong="H2142" that|strong="H4616" when|strong="H2142" you|strong="H6663" state|strong="H5608" your|strong="H2142" case|strong="H8199", you|strong="H6663" will|strong="H4616" prove|strong="H5254" that|strong="H4616" you|strong="H6663" ◄are|strong="H8199" innocent|strong="H6663"/have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" nothing|strong="H3808" wrong|strong="H7451"► [IRO]? 
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\verseNumber{27}No|strong="H3808", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H2398"\+w* \+w is|strong="H2398"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7223"\+w*} the|strong="H2398" first|strong="H7223" ancestor of|strong="H7223" you|strong="H2398" Israelis sinned|strong="H2398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H2398"\+w* \+w me|strong="H2398"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H2398" since|strong="H3588" then|strong="H0227", all|strong="H2398" your|strong="H6586" leaders|strong="H7218" have|strong="H7223" rebelled|strong="H6586" against|strong="H2398" me|strong="H2398". 
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\verseNumber{28}That|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3478" why|strong="H4100" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3478" caused|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" priests|strong="H3548" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" disgraced|strong="H0954"; 
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and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3478" allowed|strong="H5414" others|strong="H0312" to|strong="H3478" destroy|strong="H7843" you|strong="H5414" people|strong="H2490" of|strong="H8269" Israel|strong="H3478" 
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and|strong="H3478" caused|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" despised|strong="H0959".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh promised to bless Israel }
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\chapterNumber{44}But|strong="H8085" now|strong="H6258", you|strong="H6258" people|strong="H8085" of|strong="H5650" Israel|strong="H3478" whom|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3478" chosen|strong="H0977" to|strong="H3478" serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H8085", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5650". 
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\verseNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3541" one|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3068" created|strong="H3335" you|strong="H6213" and|strong="H3068" helps|strong="H5826" you|strong="H6213", says|strong="H3541" this|strong="H6213": 
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“You|strong="H6213" dear|strong="H3357" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H3541" have|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977", 
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you|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H5647" me|strong="H6213", 
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do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H3372". 
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\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H7307" pour|strong="H3332" water|strong="H4325" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" dry|strong="H3004" land|strong="H3004" 
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and|strong="H4325" cause|strong="H2600" streams|strong="H5140" to|strong="H5921" flow|strong="H5140". 
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And|strong="H4325" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H7307" pour|strong="H3332" out|strong="H3332" my|strong="H5921" Spirit|strong="H7307" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" 
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and|strong="H4325" greatly|strong="H3966" bless|strong="H1288" them|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4325" grow|strong="H6779" up|strong="H6779" like|strong="H5921" [SIM] grass|strong="H2682" grows|strong="H6779" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325", 
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like|strong="H5921" [SIM] willow|strong="H6851"/poplar|strong="H3839" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w trees|strong="H6086"\+w*} grow|strong="H6779" well|strong="H3190" along|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" riverbank. 
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\verseNumber{5}Some|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H3027" will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H3478", ‘I|strong="H2088" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068",’ 
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and|strong="H3478" others|strong="H0312" will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H3478", ‘We|strong="H8034" are|strong="H3478" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Jacob|strong="H3290",’ 
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and|strong="H3478" others|strong="H0312" will|strong="H3068" write|strong="H3789" on|strong="H3027" their|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027", ‘We|strong="H8034" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068",’ 
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and|strong="H3478" others|strong="H0312" will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H3478", ‘We|strong="H8034" are|strong="H3478" Israelis.’” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Foolish|strong="H3684" worship|strong="H7121" of|strong="H3068" idols|strong="H1544" }
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\verseNumber{6}Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3541" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", the|strong="H3541" one|strong="H7223" who|strong="H3068" saves|strong="H3467" us|strong="H3478", the|strong="H3541" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3541" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" angels|strong="H4397", says|strong="H3541" this|strong="H3541": 
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“I|strong="H3541" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3541" one|strong="H7223" who|strong="H3068" begins|strong="H0935" everything|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3068" ends|strong="H7098" everything|strong="H3605"; 
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there|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3478" other|strong="H1107" God|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{7}If|strong="H3644" there|strong="H5769" is|strong="H4310" anyone|strong="H3605" like|strong="H3644" me|strong="H5046" [RHQ], 
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he|strong="H7121" should|strong="H4310" proclaim|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7760"! 
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He|strong="H7121" should|strong="H4310" speak|strong="H1696" and|strong="H5971" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H7121"\+w*}! 
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He|strong="H7121" should|strong="H4310" tell|strong="H5046" what|strong="H4310" has|strong="H4310" happened|strong="H1961" since|strong="H3588" I|strong="H7760" caused|strong="H5414" my|strong="H7760" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H5971"\+w*} to|strong="H7121" become|strong="H7121" a|strong="H7760" nation|strong="H5971" long|strong="H5769" ago|strong="H5769", 
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and|strong="H5971" he|strong="H7121" should|strong="H4310" also|strong="H5971" tell|strong="H5046" what|strong="H4310" things|strong="H3644" will|strong="H4310" happen|strong="H1961"; 
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he|strong="H7121" should|strong="H4310" predict|strong="H5046" what|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" happen|strong="H1961" in|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7760" future|strong="H0319". 
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\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w My|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w*}, do|strong="H3426" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3426" afraid|strong="H6342". 
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Long|strong="H8085" ago|strong="H7350" I|strong="H3045" told|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3045" things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3045" would|strong="H3426" happen|strong="H1961" [RHQ]; 
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I|strong="H3045" predicted|strong="H8085" them|strong="H5046", and|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3045" can|strong="H3045" testify|strong="H6030" that|strong="H3045" I|strong="H3045" did|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3045". 
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There|strong="H3426" certainly|strong="H3045" is|strong="H3426" not|strong="H3808" [RHQ] any|strong="H3426" other|strong="H1107" God|strong="H6697". 
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There|strong="H3426" is|strong="H3426" no|strong="H3808" other|strong="H1107" God|strong="H6697" who|strong="H3045" is|strong="H3426" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H8085" protect|strong="H8104" you|strong="H3045" [MET|strong="H6298"]; 
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I|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" there|strong="H3426" is|strong="H3426" no|strong="H3808" other|strong="H1107" God|strong="H6697"!” 
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\verseNumber{9}All|strong="H3605" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3605" make|strong="H3045" idols|strong="H6459" are|strong="H1992" foolish|strong="H3684", 
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and|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H6459" that|strong="H3045" they|strong="H1992" ◄think|strong="H7200" highly|strong="H3966" of|strong="H3605"/greatly|strong="H3966" respect|strong="H7200"► are|strong="H1992" worthless|strong="H3276". 
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And|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H7200" who|strong="H3605" worship|strong="H7812" those|strong="H1992" idols|strong="H6459"— \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" blind|strong="H7200", 
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and|strong="H7200" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H4616" be|strong="H1077" ashamed|strong="H0954" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w having|strong="H0369"\+w* \+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H6459"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{10}Only|strong="H0389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w foolish|strong="H3684"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} [RHQ] would|strong="H4310" make|strong="H3335" idols|strong="H6459" in|strong="H0935" a|strong="H3335" mold|strong="H4404", 
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idols|strong="H6459" that|strong="H4310" would|strong="H4310" never|strong="H3808" help|strong="H3276" them|strong="H3276" at|strong="H3427" all|strong="H3276". 
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\verseNumber{11}Those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3605" make|strong="H5975" idols|strong="H1544" and|strong="H5975" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3605" worship|strong="H7812" them|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3162" be|strong="H3162" ashamed|strong="H0954". 
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Those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3605" make|strong="H5975" idols|strong="H1544" are|strong="H1992" only|strong="H3162" human|strong="H0120" beings|strong="H2421", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w claim|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w making|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w gods|strong="H0430"\+w*}! 
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They|strong="H1992" should|strong="H3068" stand|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5975" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" in|strong="H5975" a|strong="H5975" court|strong="H2691", 
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and|strong="H5975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H2005"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w hear|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w says|strong="H0559"\+w*}, they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3162" be|strong="H3162" terrified|strong="H6342", 
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and|strong="H5975" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3162" all|strong="H3605" be|strong="H3162" disgraced|strong="H0954". 
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\verseNumber{12}Metalworkers stand|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3808" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4325" hot|strong="H2552" coals|strong="H6352" 
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in|strong="H3808" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H4325" make|strong="H3335" idols|strong="H1544". 
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They|strong="H3808" pound|strong="H4488" them|strong="H1270" strongly|strong="H3966" with|strong="H4325" hammers|strong="H4717", and|strong="H4325" shape|strong="H8478" them|strong="H1270". 
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Because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3808" work|strong="H6466" very|strong="H1571" hard|strong="H7186", they|strong="H3808" become|strong="H3286" hungry|strong="H7456" and|strong="H4325" weak|strong="H3808"; 
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they|strong="H3808" become|strong="H3286" very|strong="H1571" thirsty|strong="H6771" and|strong="H4325" feel|strong="H4184" exhausted|strong="H3286". 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" woodcarver takes|strong="H5186" a|strong="H6213" big|strong="H0931" block|strong="H4383"/piece|strong="H6595" of|strong="H1004" wood|strong="H6086" and|strong="H1004" he|strong="H6213" measures|strong="H5429" it|strong="H6213"; 
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then|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" marks|strong="H3793" it|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" show|strong="H6213" where|strong="H1004" he|strong="H6213" will|strong="H1004" cut|strong="H3772" it|strong="H6213". 
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He|strong="H6213" uses|strong="H5647" a|strong="H6213" chisel|strong="H5842" and|strong="H1004" other|strong="H0312" tools|strong="H0240" 
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to|strong="H6213" carve|strong="H2710" it|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" resemble|strong="H1819" a|strong="H6213" human|strong="H0120". 
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He|strong="H6213" causes|strong="H5414" it|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" become|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" very|strong="H6213" beautiful|strong="H8597" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w idol|strong="H6459"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H1004" then|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" puts|strong="H7760" it|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H6213" shrine|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H6213" he|strong="H3588" takes|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3588" rest|strong="H7611" of|strong="H7611" the|strong="H3588" wood|strong="H6086" 
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and|strong="H6213" makes|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" idol|strong="H6459" which|strong="H3588" is|strong="H6213" his|strong="H6213" god|strong="H0430". 
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and|strong="H6213" prays|strong="H6419" to|strong="H6213" it|strong="H3588" and|strong="H6213" says|strong="H0559", 
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and|strong="H5869" their|strong="H7200" minds|strong="H3820" are|strong="H5869" closed|strong="H5462" and|strong="H5869" they|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" think|strong="H5869" well|strong="H5869". 
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\verseNumber{19}They|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" think|strong="H3820" about|strong="H5921" what|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3808" are|strong="H6213" doing|strong="H6213", 
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and|strong="H7725" burning|strong="H8313" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H6086" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7725" warm|strong="H2552" themselves|strong="H6213" 
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“It|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3820" stupid|strong="H1197" [RHQ] to|strong="H7725" take|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H6086" the|strong="H5921" wood|strong="H6086" to|strong="H7725" make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" detestable|strong="H8441" idol|strong="H6459"! 
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It|strong="H5921" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" make|strong="H6213" sense|strong="H3820" to|strong="H7725" bow|strong="H5456" down|strong="H5456" to|strong="H7725" a|strong="H6213" block|strong="H4383" of|strong="H6086" wood|strong="H6086"!” 
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\verseNumber{20}They|strong="H3808" are|strong="H5315" very|strong="H3966" stupid|strong="H1197" to|strong="H3820" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w burn|strong="H8313"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5186"\+w*, \+w it|strong="H5186"\+w* \+w becomes|strong="H1961"\+w*} ashes|strong="H0665"! 
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They|strong="H3808" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H5315" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5315" cannot|strong="H3808" save|strong="H5337" them|strong="H7462"; 
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they|strong="H3808" do|strong="H8267" not|strong="H3808" admit|strong="H8085", “In|strong="H5315" my|strong="H5337" hand|strong="H3225" I|strong="H5315" hold|strong="H2388" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5315" is|strong="H3820" not|strong="H3808" really|strong="H2088" a|strong="H5186" god|strong="H3808"! [RHQ]” 

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\verseNumber{21}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w says|strong="H0559"\+w*, “\+w You|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5650"\+w*} [MTY] Jacob|strong="H3290", 
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you|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H5650" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H5650" should|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3808" serving|strong="H5647" me|strong="H5650", 
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I|strong="H3588" created|strong="H3335" you|strong="H3588", 
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and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H5382" you|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{22}I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H2403" gotten|strong="H6213" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H6588" your|strong="H7725" sins|strong="H2403" 
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[SIM] that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H2403" blown|strong="H8628" away|strong="H7725". 
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Return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725" 
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because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H2403" rescued|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3588".” 
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All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" mountains|strong="H2022" and|strong="H3478" forests|strong="H3293", and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3588" trees|strong="H6086", 
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should|strong="H3068" sing|strong="H7442" loudly|strong="H6963", 
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because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} [MTY] Jacob|strong="H3290"; 
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\verseNumber{24}Yahweh|strong="H3068", who|strong="H3605" saved|strong="H3467" you|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3068" created|strong="H3335" you|strong="H3605", says|strong="H3541" this|strong="H6213": 
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“I|strong="H3541" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" created|strong="H3335" everything|strong="H3605". 
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I|strong="H3541" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" only|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" stretched|strong="H5186" out|strong="H5186" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064". 
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There|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" [RHQ] no|strong="H6213" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" ◄was|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068"/helped|strong="H5826"► me|strong="H6213" 
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when|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3541" created|strong="H3335" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064". 
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\verseNumber{25}I|strong="H1984" show|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" false|strong="H8267" prophets|strong="H5030" are|strong="H2450" liars|strong="H0907", 
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and|strong="H7725" I|strong="H1984" show|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7725" those|strong="H7080" who|strong="H2450" perform|strong="H6213" rituals to|strong="H7725" predict|strong="H3045" the|strong="H7725" future|strong="H0319" are|strong="H2450" fools|strong="H1984". 
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but|strong="H7725" I|strong="H1984" show|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7725" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H2450" foolish|strong="H5528". 
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\verseNumber{26}But|strong="H7999" I|strong="H1697" always|strong="H3605" cause|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3389" happen|strong="H6965" what|strong="H1697" my|strong="H6965" prophets|strong="H5030" predict|strong="H3045" [DOU]. 
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‘Your|strong="H6965" towns|strong="H5892" will|strong="H5650" be|strong="H1697" rebuilt|strong="H1129"; 
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I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H5650" cause|strong="H1697" the|strong="H1129" places|strong="H2723" that|strong="H1697" are|strong="H1697" only|strong="H0389" ruins|strong="H2723" to|strong="H3389" be|strong="H1697" rebuilt|strong="H1129".’ 
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\verseNumber{27}When|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5104" the|strong="H3001" rivers|strong="H5104", ‘Dry|strong="H3001" up|strong="H3001"!’, 
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they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H5104" become|strong="H2717" dry|strong="H3001". 
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\verseNumber{28}When|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3605" say|strong="H0559" about|strong="H3605" King|strong="H4428" Cyrus|strong="H3566", ‘He|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w take|strong="H3245"\+w* \+w care|strong="H2656"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H1129" shepherd|strong="H7473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w takes|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w care|strong="H2656"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w sheep|strong="H6629"\+w*}, 
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he|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3389" do|strong="H3605" what|strong="H7999" I|strong="H3605" want|strong="H4270" him|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3389" do|strong="H3605",’ 
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he|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3389" say|strong="H0559" about|strong="H3605" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", 
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‘We|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" rebuild|strong="H1129" it|strong="H7999"!’, 
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and|strong="H3389" he|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3389" also|strong="H3389" say|strong="H0559", ‘We|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" rebuild|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1964"!’” 

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and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H6440" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" great|strong="H6440" power|strong="H2388" [IDM]; 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5221" other|strong="H3541" nations|strong="H1471" 
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and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" take|strong="H2388" away|strong="H5493" the|strong="H6440" power|strong="H2388" of|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3068" kings|strong="H4428". 
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He|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" gates|strong="H8179" of|strong="H4428" cities|strong="H8179" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" opened|strong="H6605", 
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and|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" ever|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3068" shut|strong="H5462" them|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{2}This|strong="H6440" is|strong="H6440" what|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H6440": 
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“Cyrus|strong="H3566", I|strong="H6440" will|strong="H6440" go|strong="H3212" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" 
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and|strong="H3212" level|strong="H4334" the|strong="H6440" mountains|strong="H2022". 
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I|strong="H6440" will|strong="H6440" smash|strong="H7665" down|strong="H1438" bronze|strong="H5154" gates|strong="H1817" 
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and|strong="H3212" cut|strong="H1438" through|strong="H3212" iron|strong="H1270" bars|strong="H1280". 
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Even|strong="H5750" though|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3045" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" me|strong="H2108", 
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I|strong="H3045" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3045" power|strong="H3027" 
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I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" there|strong="H3045" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3045" other|strong="H5750" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{7}I|strong="H3068" created|strong="H1254" the|strong="H3605" light|strong="H0216" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" darkness|strong="H2822". 
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I|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H6213" there|strong="H7965" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" peace|strong="H7965" and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H6213" there|strong="H7965" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" disasters|strong="H7451". 
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I|strong="H3068", Yahweh|strong="H3068", do|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605".” 
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I|strong="H6779", Yahweh|strong="H3068", am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H6664" both|strong="H3162" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{9}Terrible|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3027" happen|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" those|strong="H1945" who|strong="H4100" argue|strong="H7378" with|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213", the|strong="H6213" one|strong="H6213" who|strong="H4100" created|strong="H3335" them|strong="H3027". 
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so|strong="H6213" they|strong="H4100" certainly|strong="H6213" cannot|strong="H3027" [RHQ] criticize|strong="H7279" me|strong="H6213". 
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The|strong="H6213" pot|strong="H5518" cannot|strong="H3027" say|strong="H0559" ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w no|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w skill|strong="H2451"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H3027"\+w*} what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" has|strong="H4100" no|strong="H6213" handles|strong="H3709"!’ 
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\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H3205" it|strong="H3205" would|strong="H4100" be|strong="H1961" terrible|strong="H3372" if|strong="H0518" an|strong="H3205" unborn baby|strong="H1121" would|strong="H4100" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3205" its|strong="H3605" father|strong="H3205", 
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or|strong="H0176" if|strong="H0518" it|strong="H3205" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3205" its|strong="H3605" mother|strong="H0517", 
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\verseNumber{11}Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" Holy|strong="H6918" One|strong="H6918" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121", the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H6918" who|strong="H3068" created|strong="H3335" Israel|strong="H3478", says|strong="H3541" this|strong="H3541" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H5921": 
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◄Why|strong="H5921" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6680" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5921" about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" work|strong="H6467" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3541" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068"?/You|strong="H6680" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1121" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5921" about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" work|strong="H6467" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3541" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068".► [RHQ] 
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I|strong="H5921" stretched|strong="H5186" out|strong="H5186" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064" with|strong="H6213" my|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027", 
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and|strong="H8064" I|strong="H5921" put|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" stars|strong="H3556" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" places|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" appoint|strong="H7971" Cyrus|strong="H3566" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3474"/just|strong="H6664", 
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and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" him|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" easily|strong="H4592" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" it|strong="H1931" without|strong="H3808" my|strong="H3605" rewarding|strong="H1580"/paying|strong="H1576" him|strong="H7971"! 
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and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" only|strong="H0389" God|strong="H3068"; 
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there|strong="H1961" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H7812" other|strong="H5750" God|strong="H3068".” ' ” 
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\verseNumber{15}God|strong="H0430", although|strong="H3588" we|strong="H0587" cannot|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3467", 
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\verseNumber{16}All|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" make|strong="H6213" idols|strong="H6736" will|strong="H1571" be|strong="H1571" humiliated|strong="H3637". 
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Never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3068" we|strong="H5704" again|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" humiliated|strong="H3637" and|strong="H3478" disgraced|strong="H3637". 
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\verseNumber{18}Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068"; 
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and|strong="H3068" created|strong="H1254" and|strong="H3068" formed|strong="H3335" the|strong="H3588" earth|strong="H8064". 
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He|strong="H1931" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" it|strong="H1931" to|strong="H3068" remain|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3068" nothing|strong="H3808" living|strong="H3427" on|strong="H3427" it|strong="H1931"; 
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he|strong="H1931" wanted|strong="H2654" people|strong="H3427" to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" on|strong="H3427" it|strong="H1931". 
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or|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w hide|strong="H5643"\+w* \+w what|strong="H6664"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w saying|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w speaking|strong="H1696"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1696" dark|strong="H2822" place|strong="H4725". 
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Did|strong="H3068" any|strong="H5750" idol|strong="H6459" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w those|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w things|strong="H6924"\+w* \+w would|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*} [RHQ]?’ 
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No|strong="H3808", it|strong="H2063" was|strong="H3068" [RHQ] only|strong="H2108" I|strong="H3808", Yahweh|strong="H3068", who|strong="H4310" told|strong="H5046" you|strong="H5046", 
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because|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" only|strong="H2108" God|strong="H3068"; there|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" other|strong="H5750" God|strong="H3068". 
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I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H3068" a|strong="H8085" God|strong="H3068" who|strong="H4310" acts|strong="H1697" righteously|strong="H6662" and|strong="H3068" saves|strong="H3467" people|strong="H3808"; 
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because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" only|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" who|strong="H3605" can|strong="H5750" do|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588"; 
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there|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" no|strong="H3605" other|strong="H5750" one|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{23}I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1697" solemnly|strong="H7650" declared|strong="H5046", using|strong="H5927" my|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" name|strong="H8034"; 
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I|strong="H3588" [SYN] have|strong="H1697" spoken|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" is|strong="H1697" true|strong="H0571", 
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and|strong="H7725" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1697" never|strong="H3808" change|strong="H7725" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1697": 
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and|strong="H7725" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1697" all|strong="H3605" solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3808" loyal|strong="H0310" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{24}They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" declare|strong="H5046", 
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‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" enables us|strong="H6666" to|strong="H5704" live|strong="H3427" righteously|strong="H6666" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3068" strong|strong="H5797".’ ” 
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and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" ashamed|strong="H0954" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w having|strong="H0369"\+w* \+w been|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w angry|strong="H2734"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3605"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{25}Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" only|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H3478"\+w*} Israeli people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" future|strong="H0319" to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5221" our|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341", 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The gods of Babylonia are useless }
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The|strong="H1961" statues|strong="H2088" are|strong="H6091" heavy|strong="H3513" burdens|strong="H4853" and|strong="H5015" will|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" animals|strong="H2416" to|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" tired|strong="H5889" [SAR]! 
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not|strong="H3808" only|strong="H3162" can|strong="H3201" they|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" save|strong="H4422" themselves|strong="H5315", 
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but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" themselves|strong="H5315" are|strong="H5315" being|strong="H5315" ◄exiled|strong="H1540"/taken|strong="H7628" to|strong="H1980" another|strong="H3808" country|strong="H2022"►! 
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since|strong="H4480" you|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" became|strong="H3205" a|strong="H5375" nation|strong="H1004" [MET|strong="H5375"]. 
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I|strong="H8085" carried|strong="H5375" you|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H1571"\+w*} before|strong="H4480" you|strong="H3605" became|strong="H3205" a|strong="H5375" nation|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H1931" be|strong="H5375" your|strong="H5375" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H6213" I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H1931" carry|strong="H5375" you|strong="H5704" for|strong="H5704" many|strong="H5704" years|strong="H7872", 
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and|strong="H6213" I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H1931" sustain|strong="H5375" you|strong="H5704" and|strong="H6213" rescue|strong="H4422" you|strong="H5704". 
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\verseNumber{5}There|strong="H8033" is|strong="H4310" certainly|strong="H3588" [RHQ] no|strong="H4310" one|strong="H4310" to|strong="H1819" whom|strong="H4310" I|strong="H1819" can|strong="H4310" be|strong="H1961" compared|strong="H1819". 
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There|strong="H8033" is|strong="H4310" [RHQ] no|strong="H4310" one|strong="H4310" who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" equal|strong="H7737" to|strong="H1819" me|strong="H7737" [DOU]. 
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and|strong="H3701" weigh|strong="H8254" it|strong="H6213" on|strong="H2091" a|strong="H6213" scale|strong="H7070". 
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\verseNumber{7}They|strong="H3808" lift|strong="H5375" it|strong="H5921" up|strong="H5375" and|strong="H6030" carry|strong="H5375" it|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5375" shoulders|strong="H3802". 
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They|strong="H3808" put|strong="H3240" it|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5375" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w special|strong="H6381"\+w*} place|strong="H4725", 
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and|strong="H6030" it|strong="H5921" stays|strong="H5975" there|strong="H5975". 
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It|strong="H5921" cannot|strong="H3808" move|strong="H4185"! 
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And|strong="H6030" when|strong="H5375" someone|strong="H0376" prays|strong="H6419" to|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921", it|strong="H5921" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030". 
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So|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{obviously} it|strong="H5921" cannot|strong="H3808" rescue|strong="H3467" anyone|strong="H3605" from|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5375" troubles|strong="H6869"! 
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keep|strong="H2142" thinking|strong="H0559" about|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921", you|strong="H5921" sinful|strong="H2400" people|strong="H3820"! 
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Only|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430"; I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H5769" there|strong="H5769" is|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H7223" like|strong="H3644" me|strong="H5769". 
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\verseNumber{10}Only|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3808" can|strong="H6213" tell|strong="H5046" what|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3808" happen|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" future|strong="H0319" before|strong="H3808" it|strong="H6213" occurs|strong="H6213"; 
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I|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" it|strong="H6213" long|strong="H3605" before|strong="H3808" it|strong="H6213" happens|strong="H6213". 
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I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" accomplish|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3808" plan|strong="H6098" to|strong="H6213" accomplish|strong="H6213", 
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\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H6213" I|strong="H6213" will|strong="H6213" summon|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w come|strong="H0935"\+w*} from|strong="H4217" the|strong="H6213" east|strong="H4217" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w swift|strong="H7031"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w powerful|strong="H2392"\+w*} eagle|strong="H5404"; 
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he|strong="H6213" will|strong="H6213" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H4217" a|strong="H6213" distant|strong="H4801" country|strong="H2022". 
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He|strong="H6213" will|strong="H6213" accomplish|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" I|strong="H6213" want|strong="H4270" him|strong="H7121" to|strong="H1696". 
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what|strong="H6213" I|strong="H6213" have|strong="H1696" planned|strong="H3335". 
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\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H3808" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3478" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H5414", 
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and|strong="H3478" it|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" a|strong="H5414" long|strong="H0753" time|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w happens|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
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I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6726" it|strong="H5414" soon|strong="H7126". 
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I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3478" rescue|strong="H5337" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" 
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and|strong="H3478" show|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5414" Israeli \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3808"\+w*} that|strong="H3478" I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" glorious|strong="H8597".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Prediction of the destruction of Babylon }
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People|strong="H3427" will|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H3254" say|strong="H3254" that|strong="H3588" Babylonia|strong="H3778" is|strong="H3678" beautiful|strong="H3303" 
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I|strong="H5414" allowed|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*} to|strong="H5921" conquer|strong="H3423" them|strong="H5414". 
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You|strong="H5414" ◄oppressed|strong="H6231"/treated|strong="H3190" cruelly|strong="H7188"► [MET|strong="H6298"] even|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5921" old|strong="H2205" people|strong="H5971". 
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or|strong="H3808" think|strong="H2142" about|strong="H1961" what|strong="H2142" would|strong="H0014" result|strong="H6903". 
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listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" this|strong="H2063": 
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You|strong="H3045" enjoy|strong="H7200" a|strong="H8085" luxurious|strong="H6027" life|strong="H5750" and|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3045" feel|strong="H3045" secure|strong="H3427". 
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You|strong="H3045" say|strong="H0559", ‘We|strong="H8085" are|strong="H3824" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w gods|strong="H0430"\+w*}, 
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Our|strong="H8085" women|strong="H0802" will|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" become|strong="H1961" widows|strong="H0490", 
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and|strong="H8085" our|strong="H8085" children|strong="H7908" will|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H2026" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w wars|strong="H4421"\+w*}.’ 
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\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3117" both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H3117" those|strong="H5921" things|strong="H8147" will|strong="H3117" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" suddenly|strong="H7281": 
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\verseNumber{10}You|strong="H7725" felt|strong="H4959" protected|strong="H3467" even|strong="H5750" though|strong="H1931" you|strong="H7725" were|strong="H3820" doing|strong="H7451" many|strong="H7200" wicked|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451", 
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and|strong="H7725" you|strong="H7725" said|strong="H0559", ‘No|strong="H7200" one|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3820" see|strong="H7200" what|strong="H7451" we|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H7451"\+w*}!’ 
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and|strong="H7725" you|strong="H7725" said|strong="H0559", ‘We|strong="H7725" are|strong="H3820" gods|strong="H0430", and|strong="H7725" there|strong="H7725" are|strong="H3820" no|strong="H7200" others|strong="H0312" like|strong="H3820" us|strong="H7725",’ 
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but|strong="H7200" you|strong="H7725" deceived|strong="H7411" yourselves|strong="H3820". 
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\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H3808" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3808" experience|strong="H3045" terrible|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451", 
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and|strong="H3045" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" prevent|strong="H6923" them|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5921" working|strong="H4639" magic. 
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You|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3808" experience|strong="H3045" disasters|strong="H7451", 
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and|strong="H3045" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" pay|strong="H3045" anyone|strong="H5307" to|strong="H3201" prevent|strong="H6923" those|strong="H5921" things|strong="H7451" from|strong="H5921" happening. 
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◄A|strong="H5921" catastrophe|strong="H7451"/Something|strong="H1697" terrible|strong="H7451"► will|strong="H3808" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3201" you|strong="H5921" suddenly|strong="H6597", 
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something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" realize|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H5975" you|strong="H4994" can|strong="H3201" continue|strong="H5975" to|strong="H3201" perform|strong="H6213" all|strong="H7230" your|strong="H4994" magic spells|strong="H2267" [IRO]! 
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You|strong="H4994" can|strong="H3201" perform|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5975" many|strong="H7230" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="H7230" sorcery|strong="H3785" that|strong="H5975" you|strong="H4994" have|strong="H1961" practiced|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5975" many|strong="H7230" years|strong="H8141"! 
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Perhaps|strong="H0194" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w things|strong="H7230"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w you|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3201"\+w*} be|strong="H3201" successful|strong="H6743"; 
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perhaps|strong="H0194" you|strong="H4994" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3201" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" cause|strong="H6206" your|strong="H4994" enemies|strong="H0341" to|strong="H3201" be|strong="H3201" afraid|strong="H6206" of|strong="H7230" you|strong="H4994"! 
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The|strong="H5921" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H5975" look|strong="H4994" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" stars|strong="H3556" every|strong="H5975" month|strong="H2320" and|strong="H8064" predict|strong="H3045" what|strong="H3045" will|strong="H8064" happen|strong="H1961" 
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they|strong="H3808" cannot|strong="H3808" save|strong="H5337" themselves|strong="H5315" from|strong="H5315" being|strong="H1961" burned|strong="H8313" up|strong="H8313" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3027" flames|strong="H3852". 
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Those|strong="H3427" men|strong="H5315" are|strong="H3027" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1961" help|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3808" [MET|strong="H6298"]; 
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\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H5676" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H3651" have|strong="H1961" associated|strong="H2270" with|strong="H3651" and|strong="H1961" worked|strong="H3021" with|strong="H3651" since|strong="H3651" you|strong="H3651" were|strong="H1961" young|strong="H5288" 
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and|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3651" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" pay|strong="H7999" any|strong="H1961" attention|strong="H7181" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3651" 
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Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H7121"! 
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You|strong="H3808" make|strong="H8085" solemn|strong="H7650" promises|strong="H7650" using|strong="H5927" my|strong="H8085" name|strong="H8034", Yahweh|strong="H3068", 
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and|strong="H3063" you|strong="H3808" request|strong="H1246" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H3808", the|strong="H8085" God|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3318" whom|strong="H7121" you|strong="H3808" Israeli people|strong="H3808" belong|strong="H1961", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w hear|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{3}Long|strong="H8085" ago|strong="H7350" I|strong="H8085" [MTY] predicted|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6213" would|strong="H6213" happen|strong="H6213" [DOU]. 
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And|strong="H8085" then|strong="H3318" suddenly|strong="H6597", I|strong="H8085" caused|strong="H6213" those|strong="H8085" things|strong="H7223" to|strong="H3318" happen|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H3588" knew|strong="H1847" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H7186" very|strong="H3966" stubborn|strong="H7186"; 
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\verseNumber{5}That|strong="H8085" is|strong="H6213" why|strong="H4100" I|strong="H2962" told|strong="H5046" you|strong="H6680" those|strong="H8085" things|strong="H1697" long|strong="H8085" ago|strong="H7350". 
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‘Our|strong="H8085" idols|strong="H6459" did|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213"; 
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our|strong="H8085" statue|strong="H6755" made|strong="H6213" of|strong="H6213" wood|strong="H6086" and|strong="H8085" our|strong="H8085" idol|strong="H6459" made|strong="H6213" of|strong="H6213" metal|strong="H6213" caused|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" happen|strong="H6213".’ 
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\verseNumber{6}You|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3045" heard|strong="H8085" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w predicted|strong="H8085"\+w*} 
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and|strong="H8085" now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3045" seen|strong="H2372" that|strong="H3045" they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3045" all|strong="H3605" occurred|strong="H1961", 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5414" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" any|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w person|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w or|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w any|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w idol|strong="H6459"\+w*} to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3808" honored|strong="H3519" as|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w deserve|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w*} honored|strong="H3519".” 

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I|strong="H3027" stretched|strong="H3027" out|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7121" sky|strong="H8064" with|strong="H3027" my|strong="H3027" hand|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{14}All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3605", gather|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908" and|strong="H3068" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5046". 
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I|strong="H1870" have|strong="H1696" summoned|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Cyrus|strong="H3566"\+w*}. 
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I|strong="H1870" have|strong="H1696" appointed|strong="H1696" him|strong="H7121", 
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and|strong="H1870" he|strong="H7121" will|strong="H1870" accomplish|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7121" he|strong="H7121" attempts|strong="H7972" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H1870". 
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“I|strong="H3541" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068"; 
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I|strong="H3541" teach|strong="H3925" you|strong="H3925" what|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" important|strong="H5704" for|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3925" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w*}; 
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I|strong="H3541" direct|strong="H3559" you|strong="H3925" and|strong="H3478" lead|strong="H1869" you|strong="H3925" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3541" roads|strong="H1870" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3925" should|strong="H3068" walk|strong="H3212" on|strong="H1870" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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If|strong="H3863" you|strong="H1961" had|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3863", things|strong="H4687" would|strong="H3863" have|strong="H1961" gone|strong="H1961" well|strong="H7965" for|strong="H1961" you|strong="H1961" 
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like|strong="H1961" [SIM] a|strong="H1961" river|strong="H5104" that|strong="H3863" flows|strong="H2100" gently|strong="H0328"; 
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you|strong="H1961" would|strong="H3863" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" successful|strong="H6743" again|strong="H1961" and|strong="H6666" again|strong="H1961", 
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\verseNumber{19}Your|strong="H6440" descendants|strong="H2233" would|strong="H8034" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w many|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] the|strong="H6440" grains|strong="H4579" of|strong="H6440" sand|strong="H2344" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w seashore|strong="H3220"\+w*} 
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I|strong="H3808" would|strong="H8034" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1961" needed|strong="H1767" to|strong="H1961" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440"; 
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pay|strong="H7181" attention|strong="H7181" [DOU] to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H8085" I|strong="H8085" will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559"! 
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he|strong="H3068" chose|strong="H0977"/appointed|strong="H4150" me|strong="H7121" when|strong="H8085" I|strong="H8085" was|strong="H3068" still|strong="H2142" in|strong="H3068" my|strong="H8085" mother’s|strong="H0517" womb|strong="H4578". 
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He|strong="H3027" has|strong="H3027" protected|strong="H3467" me|strong="H7760" with|strong="H3027" his|strong="H7760" hand|strong="H3027" [SYN]. 
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\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H3068" work|strong="H6468" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3615" useless|strong="H1892"; 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" honored|strong="H3513" me|strong="H7725", 
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and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1961" me|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H1961" strong|strong="H5797". 
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\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H5704" says|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H5414", 
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“It|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3478" not|strong="H5414" enough|strong="H1767" for|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" serve|strong="H1961" me|strong="H5414" 
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by|strong="H6965" bringing|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H7626" Jacob|strong="H3290" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" worship|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5414" again|strong="H7725" [DOU]; 
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I|strong="H5414" also|strong="H3478" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H1961" light|strong="H7043" for|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5414" non-Jews; 
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I|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" take|strong="H7725" my|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*} about|strong="H1961" how|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" saved|strong="H3467" to|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H1471"\+w*} all|strong="H5704" over|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" world|strong="H8398".” 
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\verseNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H7200" one|strong="H6918" who|strong="H3068" saves|strong="H3467" us|strong="H7200", 
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the|strong="H7200" Holy|strong="H6918" God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H4428" us|strong="H7200" Israeli \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H1471"\+w*}, 
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says|strong="H3541" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7200" one|strong="H6918" who|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" despised|strong="H0959" and|strong="H6965" rejected|strong="H8581" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7200"\+w*} nations|strong="H1471", 
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the|strong="H7200" one|strong="H6918" who|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" slave|strong="H5650" of|strong="H4428" rulers|strong="H8269", 
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“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} kings|strong="H4428" will|strong="H3068" stand|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" to|strong="H3478" respect|strong="H7200" you|strong="H7200" when|strong="H7200" they|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" you|strong="H7200", 
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and|strong="H6965" princes|strong="H8269" will|strong="H3068" bow|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" before|strong="H7200" you|strong="H7200" 
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because|strong="H4616" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w serve|strong="H5647"\+w*} me|strong="H5315", Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H7200" one|strong="H6918" who|strong="H3068" faithfully|strong="H0571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w does|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w promise|strong="H1350"\+w*}. 
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I|strong="H3541" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" Holy|strong="H6918" God|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H7200" Israelis belong|strong="H1961", the|strong="H7200" one|strong="H6918" who|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" you|strong="H7200".” 

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\verseNumber{8}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": 
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“At|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5414" time|strong="H6256" when|strong="H3117" it|strong="H5414" pleases|strong="H7522" me|strong="H5414", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" answer|strong="H6030" your|strong="H3068" prayers|strong="H8605". 
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On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w oppressors|strong="H3905"\+w*}, I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5826" you|strong="H5414". 
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I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" protect|strong="H5341" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H6965" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" establish|strong="H6965" an|strong="H5414" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H3068" other|strong="H3541" nations|strong="H5971". 
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And|strong="H6965" by|strong="H3117" what|strong="H3541" you|strong="H5414" do|strong="H3068", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" re-establish your|strong="H3068" nation|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H5971" 
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and|strong="H6965" allow|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3117"/settle|strong="H3427" again|strong="H6965" in|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H5971" was|strong="H3068" abandoned|strong="H5800". 
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\verseNumber{9}I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H2822" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3318" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5921" captured|strong="H3920" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1870"\+w* ◄\+w exiled|strong="H1540"\+w*/\+w taken|strong="H1540"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*►}, 
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‘Leave|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*} and|strong="H1870" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3318" your|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" country|strong="H2022"!’ 
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And|strong="H1870" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H2822" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3318" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1870" in|strong="H5921" dark|strong="H2822" prisons|strong="H3608", 
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‘Come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" into|strong="H1540" the|strong="H3605" light|strong="H0216"!’ 
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When|strong="H3318" that|strong="H3605" happens|strong="H1961", they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H2822" again|strong="H7725" be|strong="H1870" like|strong="H3318" [MET|strong="H6298"] sheep|strong="H6629" 
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that|strong="H3605" eat|strong="H7462" grass|strong="H2682" in|strong="H5921" green|strong="H7488" pastures|strong="H7462", 
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on|strong="H5921" hills|strong="H1389" where|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} there|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1870" no|strong="H3605" grass|strong="H2682". 
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\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" hungry|strong="H7456" or|strong="H3808" thirsty|strong="H6770" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w anymore|strong="H5750"\+w*}; 
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the|strong="H5921" hot|strong="H2552" sun|strong="H8121" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" beat|strong="H5221" upon|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" again|strong="H7725" [DOU]. 
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I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", will|strong="H3808" act|strong="H6213" mercifully toward|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4325" lead|strong="H5090" them|strong="H5921"; 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" lead|strong="H5090" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" where|strong="H5921" there|strong="H8033" are|strong="H4325" springs|strong="H4002" of|strong="H4325" cool|strong="H6315" water|strong="H4325". 
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\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H1870" I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H2022" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H3605" mountains|strong="H2022" to|strong="H1870" become|strong="H7311" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H2022"\+w*} level|strong="H4334" roads|strong="H1870", 
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and|strong="H1870" I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H2022" prepare|strong="H7760" good|strong="H2896" highways|strong="H4546" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w travel|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w on|strong="H1870"\+w*, \+w to|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w return|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{12}My|strong="H8104" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H6828" return|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7350" far|strong="H7350" away|strong="H7350"; 
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some|strong="H2009" will|strong="H6828" come|strong="H7350" from|strong="H7350" the|strong="H2009" north|strong="H6828", some|strong="H2009" from|strong="H7350" the|strong="H2009" west|strong="H3220", 
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some|strong="H2009" from|strong="H7350" southern|strong="H5045" Egypt|strong="H4714".” 
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\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}, 
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everything|strong="H3605" should|strong="H3068" shout|strong="H7442" joyfully|strong="H7442"— 
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the|strong="H3588" sky|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" earth|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" mountains|strong="H2022" should|strong="H3068" sing|strong="H7442", 
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because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" comforts|strong="H5162" his|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971", 
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and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" pity|strong="H7355" those|strong="H3588" who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" suffering|strong="H6040". 
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\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Jerusalem|strong="H3389" say|strong="H0559", 
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“Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" abandoned|strong="H5800" us|strong="H7911"; 
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he|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" forgotten|strong="H7911" about|strong="H5439" us|strong="H7911".” 
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\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w replies|strong="H0559"\+w*}, 
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“That|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1571" not|strong="H3808" true|strong="H0571"! ◄Can|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3808" woman|strong="H0802" forget|strong="H7911" the|strong="H7911" infant|strong="H5764" that|strong="H1121" she|strong="H1571" is|strong="H1571" nursing|strong="H5764"?/A|strong="H3808" woman|strong="H0802" certainly|strong="H1571" cannot|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" the|strong="H7911" infant|strong="H5764" that|strong="H1121" she|strong="H1571" is|strong="H1571" nursing|strong="H5764"!► [RHQ] 
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◄Can|strong="H3808" she|strong="H1571" stop|strong="H3808" being|strong="H1121" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7911" child|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H0834" she|strong="H1571" has|strong="H1571" given|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3808"?/She|strong="H1571" certainly|strong="H1571" cannot|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H3808" being|strong="H1121" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7911" child|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H0834" she|strong="H1571" has|strong="H1571" given|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3808"!► [RHQ] 
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But|strong="H3808" even|strong="H1571" if|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3808" woman|strong="H0802" would|strong="H0014" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1121", 
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I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1571" not|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" you|strong="H3808"! 
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\verseNumber{16}Note|strong="H2710" that|strong="H2005" I|strong="H2005" have|strong="H5921" written|strong="H3789" your|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w names|strong="H8034"\+w*} on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" palms|strong="H3709" of|strong="H2346" my|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3709"; 
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in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" mind|strong="H3820" I|strong="H2005" can|strong="H4310" always|strong="H8548" see|strong="H2005" the|strong="H5921" walls|strong="H2346" of|strong="H2346" your|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{17}Soon|strong="H4116" your|strong="H4480" children|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" returning|strong="H7725" there|strong="H4480" (OR|strong="H1121", Those|strong="H4480" who|strong="H1121" rebuild|strong="H1129" your|strong="H4480" city|strong="H5892" will|strong="H1121" work|strong="H4399" more|strong="H4480" quickly|strong="H4116" than|strong="H4480" those|strong="H4480" who|strong="H1121" destroyed|strong="H2040" it|strong="H2040"), 
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and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H4480" those|strong="H4480" who|strong="H1121" destroyed|strong="H2040" your|strong="H4480" city|strong="H5892" will|strong="H1121" leave|strong="H3318". 
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\verseNumber{18}You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" look|strong="H7200" around|strong="H5439" and|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" 
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all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121" coming|strong="H0935" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588". 
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As|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3588" as|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" live|strong="H2416", 
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they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" around|strong="H5439" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5869"\+w*} 
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like|strong="H3068" [SIM] a|strong="H3588" bride|strong="H3618" shows|strong="H7200" her|strong="H3605" wedding|strong="H1984" ornaments|strong="H5716"! 
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\verseNumber{19}Your|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" has|strong="H3588" been|strong="H6258" ruined|strong="H2723" and|strong="H3427" caused|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3427" become|strong="H8074" desolate|strong="H8074"/abandoned|strong="H5800" [DOU], 
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but|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H7368"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H2723" be|strong="H6258" filled|strong="H4390" with|strong="H3427" people|strong="H3427", 
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and|strong="H3427" those|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" conquered|strong="H5221" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H2723" be|strong="H6258" far|strong="H7368" away|strong="H7368". 
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\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H5066" children|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" born|strong="H1121" while|strong="H5750" you|strong="H4725" were|strong="H1121" ◄exiled|strong="H1540"/in|strong="H3427" Babylonia|strong="H0894"► [MET|strong="H6298"] will|strong="H1121" return|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" say|strong="H0559", 
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‘This|strong="H1121" city|strong="H5892" is|strong="H1121" too|strong="H5750" small|strong="H6862" for|strong="H3427" us|strong="H5414"; 
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We|strong="H0587" need|strong="H4270" more|strong="H5750" space|strong="H4725" to|strong="H1121" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427"!’ 
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H0227" you|strong="H3205" will|strong="H4310" think|strong="H3824" to|strong="H3205" yourselves|strong="H1431" [MTY], 
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‘It|strong="H1992" is|strong="H4310" amazing|strong="H6381" that|strong="H4310" we|strong="H2005" have|strong="H7604" [RHQ] all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H1992" children|strong="H7921"! 
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Most|strong="H6944" of|strong="H3205" our|strong="H3068" children|strong="H7921" were|strong="H1992" dead|strong="H4191", 
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and|strong="H3824" the|strong="H3205" rest|strong="H7604" were|strong="H1992" exiled|strong="H1540". 
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We|strong="H2005" were|strong="H1992" left|strong="H7604" here|strong="H2005" alone|strong="H7604"; 
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so|strong="H5493" we|strong="H2005" do|strong="H4310" not|strong="H7604" know|strong="H3045" [RHQ] where|strong="H1992" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H1992" children|strong="H7921" have|strong="H7604" come|strong="H3205" from|strong="H5493"! 
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Who|strong="H4310" raised|strong="H1431" them|strong="H1992"?' ” 
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\verseNumber{22}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3027" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3069" says|strong="H3541": 
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“Watch|strong="H2009"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H1471" lift|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" my|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5921" signal|strong="H5251" to|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" not|strong="H5375" Israelis. 
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And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1471" carry|strong="H5375" your|strong="H5921" little|strong="H4592" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5375" shoulders|strong="H3802" 
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and|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H5375" them|strong="H5921" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{23}Kings|strong="H4428" will|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" tutor/teach|strong="H3045" your|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121", 
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and|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" queens|strong="H8282" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H1961" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H3068" young|strong="H5288" children|strong="H1121". 
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They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" prostrate|strong="H7812" themselves|strong="H7812" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3588" 
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When|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" happens|strong="H1961", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}; 
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and|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1961" who|strong="H3068" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1961" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" disappointed|strong="H0954".” 
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\verseNumber{24}There|strong="H8033" is|strong="H6662" no|strong="H3947" one|strong="H6662" [RHQ] who|strong="H1368" can|strong="H3947" snatch|strong="H1504" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H1697" from|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" soldier|strong="H6635" who|strong="H1368" has|strong="H3947" captured|strong="H3947" those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1368"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w war|strong="H4421"\+w*}; 
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there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H6662" no|strong="H3947" one|strong="H6662" [RHQ] who|strong="H1368" can|strong="H3947" force|strong="H2394" a|strong="H3947" ◄tyrant|strong="H6184"/cruel|strong="H0394" man|strong="H1368"► to|strong="H4422" free|strong="H2670" the|strong="H3947" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H1368" he|strong="H3947" has|strong="H3947" captured|strong="H3947". 
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\verseNumber{25}But|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" this|strong="H3541": 
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“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*}, those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" captured|strong="H3947" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" freed|strong="H8199", 
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and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" ◄tyrants|strong="H6184"/cruel|strong="H0394" men|strong="H1368"► have|strong="H3068" snatched|strong="H5337" from|strong="H1121" others|strong="H0312" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" returned|strong="H7725", 
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because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H7378" against|strong="H7378" those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H7378" against|strong="H7378" you|strong="H3588", 
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and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H3467" your|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{26}And|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" to|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H3238" themselves|strong="H3045" [MET|strong="H6298"] 
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instead|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3068" murdering others|strong="H0312". 
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When|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" happens|strong="H1961", everyone|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w world|strong="H8398"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" saves|strong="H3467" you|strong="H3588", 
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the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" rescues|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3588" from|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341"; 
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everyone|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" mighty|strong="H1368" God|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} [MTY] Jacob|strong="H3290" belong|strong="H1961".” 

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like|strong="H3541" some|strong="H4480" men|strong="H0376" send|strong="H7971" away|strong="H7971" their|strong="H3068" wives|strong="H0802" 
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after|strong="H7971" giving|strong="H5414" them|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" paper 
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on|strong="H3068" which|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" state|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H5612" divorcing them|strong="H7971"! 
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I|strong="H2005" certainly|strong="H7971" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H2088" [RHQ] get|strong="H7971" rid|strong="H7971" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7971" like|strong="H3541" a|strong="H7971" man|strong="H2088" who|strong="H4310" sells|strong="H4376" his|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" get|strong="H7971" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H3068" pay|strong="H7999" what|strong="H4310" he|strong="H3068" owes|strong="H0854". 
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No|strong="H4310", the|strong="H3541" reason|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2005" forced|strong="H4522" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" exiled|strong="H1540" 
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\verseNumber{2}When|strong="H7114" I|strong="H2005" came|strong="H4325" to|strong="H4191" you|strong="H7760" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w rescue|strong="H5337"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7760"\+w*}, 
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why|strong="H4069" did|strong="H4069" no|strong="H7760" one|strong="H3027" answer|strong="H6030" when|strong="H7114" I|strong="H2005" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H5337" to|strong="H4191" you|strong="H7760" [RHQ]? 
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Was|strong="H3027" there|strong="H8033" no|strong="H7760" one|strong="H3027" there|strong="H8033" [RHQ]? 
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Or|strong="H4191", did|strong="H4069" you|strong="H7760" think|strong="H7760" that|strong="H7121" I|strong="H2005" do|strong="H4057" not|strong="H7760" have|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7760" power|strong="H3027" [MTY] to|strong="H4191" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H7760" [DOU]? 
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Think|strong="H7760" about|strong="H3027" this|strong="H7121": 
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I|strong="H2005" can|strong="H4310" speak|strong="H6030" to|strong="H4191" a|strong="H7760" sea|strong="H3220" and|strong="H6030" cause|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7760" to|strong="H4191" become|strong="H2717" dry|strong="H2717"! 
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I|strong="H2005" can|strong="H4310" cause|strong="H7121" rivers|strong="H5104" to|strong="H4191" become|strong="H2717" deserts|strong="H4057", 
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with|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7760" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7760" fish|strong="H1710" in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H7760" rivers|strong="H5104" die|strong="H4191" from|strong="H3027" thirst|strong="H6772" and|strong="H6030" they|strong="H1606" rot|strong="H4743". 
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\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H7760" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H7760" sky|strong="H8064" to|strong="H8064" become|strong="H1961" dark|strong="H2822", 
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\verseNumber{4}Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H5414" God|strong="H3069" has|strong="H1697" given|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" wise|strong="H2450" message|strong="H1697" [MTY] 
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in|strong="H8085" order|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3045" I|strong="H5414" may|strong="H5414" encourage|strong="H2388" those|strong="H8085" who|strong="H3045" are|strong="H1697" weary|strong="H3287". 
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Each|strong="H5414" morning|strong="H1242" he|strong="H5414" awakens|strong="H5782" me|strong="H5414", 
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in|strong="H8085" order|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3045" I|strong="H5414" [SYN] may|strong="H5414" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5414" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H5414" teaches|strong="H3925" [SIM] me|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H6605" God|strong="H3069" has|strong="H3068" spoken|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3808" me|strong="H3808" [IDM], 
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and|strong="H6605" I|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" rejected|strong="H3988" what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H3808" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H3808"; 
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I|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" accepted|strong="H7521" [LIT|strong="H0215"] it|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H5414" allowed|strong="H5414" people|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5414" beat|strong="H5221" me|strong="H5414" on|strong="H6440" my|strong="H5414" back|strong="H1460" 
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and|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5414" pull|strong="H2040" out|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" whiskers in|strong="H6440" my|strong="H5414" beard|strong="H4803" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w hated|strong="H8130"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 
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I|strong="H5414" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H5414" away|strong="H5414" [MTY] from|strong="H6440" them|strong="H5414" 
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when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3808" made|strong="H5414" fun of|strong="H6440" me|strong="H5414" and|strong="H6440" spat on|strong="H6440" me|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" Lord|strong="H3069" our|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3069" helps|strong="H5826" me|strong="H6440", 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" humiliated|strong="H3637". 
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Therefore|strong="H3651", I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" strongly|strong="H3966" determined|strong="H7760" [IDM] to|strong="H5921" face|strong="H6440"/endure|strong="H6440" difficulties, 
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and|strong="H6440" I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" nothing|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" cause|strong="H3651" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3808" ashamed|strong="H3637". 
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\verseNumber{8}God|strong="H4310", the|strong="H5975" one|strong="H3162" who|strong="H4310" vindicates|strong="H6663" me|strong="H5975", is|strong="H4310" near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H5066" me|strong="H5975"; 
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so|strong="H5066" if|strong="H0518" anyone|strong="H3605" [RHQ] stands|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5975" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1167" me|strong="H5975" and|strong="H4941" accuses|strong="H6965" me|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5975" a|strong="H5975" court|strong="H4941", 
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he|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" not|strong="H5975" be|strong="H3162" able|strong="H3201" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5066"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w have|strong="H7138"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w anything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w wrong|strong="H4941"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3069" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3069" defends|strong="H1755" me|strong="H7561" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w court|strong="H2691"\+w*}, 
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so|strong="H1931" no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" [RHQ] will|strong="H4310" be|strong="H3069" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3605" ◄condemn|strong="H7561" me|strong="H7561"/declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H2005" guilty|strong="H7561"►. 
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All|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H4310" accuse|strong="H7378" me|strong="H7561" will|strong="H4310" disappear|strong="H0622" 
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like|strong="H6211" [SIM] old|strong="H1086" clothes|strong="H0899" that|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" been|strong="H3605" eaten|strong="H0398" by|strong="H3605" ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{larvae \+w of|strong="H3605"\+w*} moths/cockroaches►. 
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\verseNumber{10}If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H6963" revere|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068" 
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and|strong="H1980" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4310" his|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" tells|strong="H1696" you|strong="H6963" to|strong="H1980" do|strong="H3068", 
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even|strong="H3068" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H6963" are|strong="H3068" ◄walking|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" darkness|strong="H2825"/enduring|strong="H0539" suffering|strong="H6040"►, and|strong="H1980" it|strong="H8034" seems|strong="H3190" that|strong="H8085" [MET|strong="H6298"] there|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H4310" light|strong="H5051", 
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trust|strong="H8172" in|strong="H1980" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" [DOU] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6963"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w oppose|strong="H7853"\+w* \+w me|strong="H1961"\+w*}, 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w throw|strong="H7993"\+w*} me|strong="H1961" into|strong="H3212" a|strong="H1961" blazing|strong="H3345" fire|strong="H0784", 
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walk|strong="H3212" in|strong="H3212" your|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" fires|strong="H1197" 
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and|strong="H3027" burn|strong="H1197" yourselves|strong="H3027" with|strong="H3212" your|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" torches|strong="H3940"! 
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This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H3027" what|strong="H2063" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3212" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3212" you|strong="H3605": 
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You|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" enduring|strong="H0539" great|strong="H1419" torment|strong="H4620" when|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" die|strong="H4191" [EUP]! 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh will bless the descendants of Abraham }
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who|strong="H3068" want|strong="H1245" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6664" I|strong="H8085" want|strong="H1245" you|strong="H7291" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068", 
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listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7291"! 
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Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H8085" Abraham|strong="H0085"! 
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and|strong="H3068" when|strong="H8085" you|strong="H7291" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w became|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w a|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w nation|strong="H1471"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{2}Think|strong="H7235" about|strong="H5027" your|strong="H3588" ancestor Abraham|strong="H0085" and|strong="H5027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*} Sarah|strong="H8283", of|strong="H7121" whom|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H1288"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7121"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" descendants|strong="H2233". 
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When|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" first|strong="H7223" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H7121" Abraham|strong="H0085", 
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he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" children|strong="H1121". 
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But|strong="H3588" after|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" blessed|strong="H1288" him|strong="H7121", he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" huge|strong="H1995" number|strong="H7235" of|strong="H7121" descendants|strong="H2233". 
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and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" comfort|strong="H5162" all|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" ruins|strong="H2723" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. 
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listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3820" me|strong="H3372"! 
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do|strong="H8085" not|strong="H3045" be|strong="H3820" disturbed|strong="H1993"/upset|strong="H2865" when|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971" revile|strong="H2778" you|strong="H3045", 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" save|strong="H3444" you|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H5769" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" saved|strong="H3467" forever|strong="H5769".” 

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like|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3117" did|strong="H3068" long|strong="H3117" ago|strong="H5769", 
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when|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" stabbed|strong="H1856" [RHQ] that|strong="H3117" sea|strong="H8577" monster|strong="H8577"/dragon|strong="H8577" Rahab|strong="H7294" and|strong="H3068" cut|strong="H2672" it|strong="H1931" into|strong="H5797" pieces|strong="H2672". 
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will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w similarly|strong="H2088"\+w*} return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", singing|strong="H7440". 
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They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3068" sad|strong="H7451" or|strong="H7218" mourn|strong="H5921" anymore|strong="H5750"; 
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“I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H5162" the|strong="H5414" one|strong="H1931" who|strong="H4310" encourages|strong="H2388" you|strong="H5414". 
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So|strong="H5414" ◄why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414"/you|strong="H5414" should|strong="H4310" not|strong="H5414" be|strong="H4191"► [RHQ] afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H1121" humans 
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the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" stretched|strong="H5186" out|strong="H5186" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064" 
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◄Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H3117" you|strong="H6440"/You|strong="H6440" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3068"► [RHQ] continually|strong="H8548" afraid|strong="H6342" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3117" angry|strong="H2534" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3068" ◄oppress|strong="H6693" you|strong="H6440"/treat|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6440" cruelly|strong="H7188"► 
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and|strong="H3068" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3068" get|strong="H6213" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440". 
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I|strong="H3068" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397"! 
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\verseNumber{16}I|strong="H7760" have|strong="H5971" given|strong="H3027" you|strong="H7760" my|strong="H7760" message|strong="H1697" [MTY] to|strong="H3027" proclaim|strong="H7121", 
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and|strong="H8064" I|strong="H7760" have|strong="H5971" protected|strong="H3467" you|strong="H7760" with|strong="H1697" my|strong="H7760" hand|strong="H3027" [MTY]. 
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I|strong="H7760" stretched|strong="H3027" out|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7760" sky|strong="H8064" 
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and|strong="H8064" laid|strong="H7760" the|strong="H7760" foundation|strong="H3245" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7760" earth|strong="H8064". 
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And|strong="H8064" I|strong="H7760" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7760" one|strong="H6310" who|strong="H5971" says|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3027" you|strong="H7760" Israeli people|strong="H5971", 
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You|strong="H3027" have|strong="H3068" experienced|strong="H3045" Yahweh|strong="H3068" severely|strong="H5953" punishing|strong="H7725" [MTY] you|strong="H3027". 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H6965" you|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" suffer|strong="H5414" much|strong="H3027", 
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\verseNumber{22}Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", 
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My|strong="H5375" servant|strong="H5650" will|strong="H5650" act|strong="H7919" wisely|strong="H7919" (OR|strong="H5650", do|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5375" right|strong="H2009" things|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5650" accomplish|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H2009" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H5650"), 
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\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H3651" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" appalled|strong="H8074" when|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3651" see|strong="H4758" what|strong="H4758" has|strong="H1121" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{9}Just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3588" sky|strong="H8064" is|strong="H1870" far|strong="H5704" above|strong="H1361" the|strong="H3588" earth|strong="H8064", 
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what|strong="H1870" I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H1870" is|strong="H1870" far|strong="H5704" greater|strong="H1419" than|strong="H3588" what|strong="H1870" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H1870", 
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and|strong="H8064" what|strong="H1870" I|strong="H3588" think|strong="H2803" is|strong="H1870" much|strong="H7227" greater|strong="H1419" than|strong="H3588" what|strong="H1870" you|strong="H3588" think|strong="H2803". 
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\verseNumber{10}Rain|strong="H1653" and|strong="H7725" snow|strong="H7950" come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3588" sky|strong="H8064", 
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and|strong="H7725" they|strong="H3588" cause|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" ground|strong="H0776" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3808" moist|strong="H8248" before|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3588" moisture|strong="H7377" returns|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w sky|strong="H8064"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w produces|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w more|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w clouds|strong="H5645"\+w*}. 
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When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" ground|strong="H0776" becomes|strong="H3588" moist|strong="H8248", it|strong="H5414" causes|strong="H5414" plants|strong="H6212" to|strong="H7725" sprout|strong="H6779" and|strong="H7725" grow|strong="H6779", 
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with|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3588" result|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" soil|strong="H0127" produces|strong="H5414" seed|strong="H2233" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" farmer|strong="H0127" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w plant|strong="H2232"\+w*} and|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w grain|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w produce|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w flour|strong="H5560"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w make|strong="H5414"\+w*} bread|strong="H3899" for|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" to|strong="H7725" eat|strong="H3899". 
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\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H7971" similarly|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3588" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" promise|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H6213", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w always|strong="H3605"\+w*} cause|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7725" happen|strong="H1961"; 
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my|strong="H7971" promises|strong="H1697" will|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w always|strong="H3605"\+w*} be|strong="H1961" fulfilled|strong="H1961" [LIT|strong="H0215"]. 
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They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" accomplish|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H6213" them|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" accomplish|strong="H6213" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{12}You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H7704" leave|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*} joyfully|strong="H8057", 
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you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H7704" have|strong="H7965" peace|strong="H7965" as|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" lead|strong="H2986" you|strong="H3588" out|strong="H3318". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H7704"\+w* \+w be|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" hills|strong="H1389" and|strong="H6086" mountains|strong="H2022" will|strong="H7704" sing|strong="H7440" joyfully|strong="H8057", 
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and|strong="H6086" the|strong="H3605" trees|strong="H6086" in|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" fields|strong="H7704" will|strong="H7704" clap|strong="H4222" their|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3709". 
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\verseNumber{13}Instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H3068" thornbushes and|strong="H3068" briers|strong="H8068", 
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pine|strong="H1992"/cypress|strong="H1265" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w trees|strong="H1265"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" myrtle|strong="H1918" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w trees|strong="H1265"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" grow|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w*}. 
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As|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H6903" of|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068", people|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H8034" me|strong="H1961" much|strong="H7227" more|strong="H3808"; 
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and|strong="H3068" what|strong="H5927" I|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" remind|strong="H5046" everyone|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H3068"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{God will bless all the nations }
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\chapterNumber{56}Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w all|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}, 
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“Do|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" things|strong="H1540" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" fair|strong="H3303" and|strong="H3068" just|strong="H4941", 
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because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" soon|strong="H7138" come|strong="H4941" to|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H5337" [DOU] you|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{2}I|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" bless|strong="H1288" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" faithfully|strong="H0571" obey|strong="H6213" my|strong="H8104" laws|strong="H8451" about|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Sabbath|strong="H7676"/rest|strong="H5117" days|strong="H3117". 
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I|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" bless|strong="H1288" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" ◄keep|strong="H8104" sacred|strong="H6944"/honor|strong="H3519"► my|strong="H8104" Sabbath|strong="H7676"/rest|strong="H5117" days|strong="H3117", 
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and|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" any|strong="H3605" work|strong="H6213" on|strong="H3027" those|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117", 
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and|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" refrain|strong="H2308" from|strong="H3027" [MTY] doing|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3027" evil|strong="H7451". 
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\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H1121" foreigners|strong="H1121" who|strong="H5971" have|strong="H3068" believed|strong="H0539" in|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5971" say|strong="H0559", 
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‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H1121" not|strong="H5971" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971".’ 
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And|strong="H1121" eunuchs|strong="H5631" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5971" say|strong="H0559", 
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‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w I|strong="H2005"\+w* \+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w unable|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w children|strong="H1121"\+w*, \+w I|strong="H2005"\+w* \+w cannot|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w belong|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}; 
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I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H3068" like|strong="H1121" [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H3068" tree|strong="H6086" that|strong="H5971" has|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" withered|strong="H3002".’ 
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\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", say|strong="H0559" this|strong="H3541" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" eunuchs|strong="H5631" 
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who|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H8104" my|strong="H8104" laws|strong="H8451" about|strong="H3541" the|strong="H3588" Sabbath|strong="H7676", 
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and|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" choose|strong="H0977" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" please|strong="H2654" me|strong="H8104", 
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and|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H8104" all|strong="H2654" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w laws|strong="H8451"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H3588" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w made|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}: 
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\verseNumber{5}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1121" cause|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H3808" put|strong="H5414" inside|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" walls|strong="H2346" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004" a|strong="H3772" monument|strong="H3027" [DOU] to|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414"; 
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because|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H5414" monument|strong="H3027", they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3808" honored|strong="H3513" more|strong="H3808" than|strong="H2896" they|strong="H3808" would|strong="H8034" have|strong="H1121" if|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3808" had|strong="H5414" children|strong="H1121"; 
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they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3808" honored|strong="H3513" forever|strong="H5769". 
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\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1121" not|strong="H1961" Israelis, 
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who|strong="H3605" ◄join|strong="H3867" themselves|strong="H2388" to|strong="H3068"/believe|strong="H0539" in|strong="H5921"► me|strong="H5921", 
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and|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" serve|strong="H8334" me|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" worship|strong="H7812" and|strong="H1121" love|strong="H0157" me|strong="H5921", 
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and|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" obey|strong="H8104" my|strong="H8104" laws|strong="H8451" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" Sabbath|strong="H7676", 
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and|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" faithfully|strong="H0571" obey|strong="H8104" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w laws|strong="H8451"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w made|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{7}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" bring|strong="H7121" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" hill|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}, 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" cause|strong="H5971" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H8055"\+w*} joyful|strong="H8055" in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" where|strong="H1004" people|strong="H5971" pray|strong="H8605" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921", 
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and|strong="H1004" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" accept|strong="H7521" the|strong="H3605" sacrifices|strong="H2077" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" completely|strong="H3605" burn|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} and|strong="H1004" other|strong="H3605" sacrifices|strong="H2077" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" offer|strong="H2077". 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" do|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H6944" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H5921" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" my|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1004" a|strong="H3588" building|strong="H1129" where|strong="H1004" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleBD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*} nations|strong="H5971" pray|strong="H8605" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5921"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5002" Lord|strong="H3069", the|strong="H5002" one|strong="H0259" who|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" bring|strong="H0935" back|strong="H5750" the|strong="H5002" people|strong="H6908" of|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3478" have|strong="H3478" been|strong="H1961" ◄forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H3478" go|strong="H3478"/exiled|strong="H1540"► to|strong="H3478" other|strong="H5750" countries|strong="H0776", say|strong="H3478" this|strong="H3478": 
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'I will|strong="H3478" bring|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w other|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w countries|strong="H0776"\+w*} many|strong="H7227" more|strong="H5750" people|strong="H6908" to|strong="H3478" join|strong="H2266" those|strong="H5921" Israelis whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3478" brought|strong="H3478" back|strong="H5750".' ” 

\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="H3069" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3478" punish|strong="H6485" the|strong="H5002" Israeli leaders|strong="H7218" }
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\verseNumber{9}“You|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w surrounding|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w nations|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3293"\+w* \+w like|strong="H2416"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] animals|strong="H2416" in|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" forest|strong="H3293"; 
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come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H7704" attack|strong="H5221"/destroy|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}! 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H3605" Israeli leaders|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3808"\+w*} watchdogs to|strong="H3201" protect|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808", 
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but|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} they|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3045" blind|strong="H5787". 
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They|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3045" stupid|strong="H1197". 
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They|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3045" all|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3808"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] dogs|strong="H3611" that|strong="H3045" cannot|strong="H3808" bark|strong="H5024". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Good|strong="H2896"\+w* watchdogs \+w bark|strong="H5024"\+w* \+w when|strong="H7901"\+w* \+w strangers|strong="H2114"\+w* \+w approach|strong="H7126"\+w*}, 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israeli \+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w warn|strong="H2094"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w coming|strong="H0935"\+w*}. 
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Instead|strong="H3808", they|strong="H3808" just|strong="H3605" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3201" lie|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" and|strong="H3045" sleep|strong="H7901" and|strong="H3045" dream|strong="H2472". 
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\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w And|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1870"\+w*} greedy|strong="H5315" dogs|strong="H3611"; 
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they|strong="H1992" never|strong="H3808" get|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3045" they|strong="H1992" want|strong="H3808". 
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They|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{supposed \+w to|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w lead|strong="H5148"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5315"\+w*, \+w like|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w good|strong="H2896"\+w*} shepherds|strong="H7462" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lead|strong="H5148"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w flocks|strong="H6629"\+w*}, 
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but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" ignorant|strong="H3045", 
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and|strong="H1870" they|strong="H1992" each|strong="H3605" do|strong="H1870" whatever|strong="H3605" they|strong="H1992" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1870" do|strong="H1870". 
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\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H3117" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" each|strong="H3117" other|strong="H2088", ‘Come|strong="H1961", let’s|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1961" and|strong="H3117" get|strong="H3947" some|strong="H3117" wine|strong="H3196" and|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H2088"\+w*} alcoholic/strong|strong="H7941" drinks|strong="H8354", 
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and|strong="H3117" let’s|strong="H1980" become|strong="H1961" drunk|strong="H3196"! 
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And|strong="H3117" tomorrow|strong="H4279" we|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" enjoy|strong="H7200" drinking|strong="H8354" even|strong="H1571" more|strong="H1419"!’ ” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Israel’s idolatry condemned }
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\chapterNumber{57}Righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3820" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sometimes|strong="H3426"\+w*} die|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H6662"\+w* \+w still|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w young|strong="H5288"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H6440" no|strong="H7760" one|strong="H6662" is|strong="H2617" concerned|strong="H6485" about|strong="H5921" it|strong="H7760". 
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Godly|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3820" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sometimes|strong="H3426"\+w*} die|strong="H4191" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H6440" disasters|strong="H7451", 
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and|strong="H6440" no|strong="H7760" one|strong="H6662" understands|strong="H0995" why|strong="H5921". 
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They|strong="H3588" are|strong="H6662" taken|strong="H7760" away|strong="H7451" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H6662" not|strong="H3588" endure|strong="H6440" more|strong="H3588" calamities|strong="H7451", 
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\verseNumber{2}and|strong="H1980" now|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" have|strong="H7965" peace|strong="H7965". 
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but|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H5046" truth|strong="H3808". 
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It|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" help|strong="H3276" you|strong="H5046" to|strong="H5046" do|strong="H4639" any|strong="H3808" of|strong="H4639" those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H4639". 
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they|strong="H3605" will|strong="H7307" not|strong="H5375" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3605". 
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The|strong="H3605" wind|strong="H7307" will|strong="H7307" blow|strong="H8628" them|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" [DOU]. 
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But|strong="H3947" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" trust|strong="H2620" in|strong="H3947" me|strong="H3947" will|strong="H7307" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}, 
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I|strong="H7200" will|strong="H7999" encourage|strong="H2388"/comfort|strong="H5150" them|strong="H7200". 
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And|strong="H1870" to|strong="H1870" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H1870" mourning|strong="H0060", 
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\verseNumber{21}and|strong="H7965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H7965"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H7563" things|strong="H1697" will|strong="H7563" never|strong="H3808" ◄go|strong="H1980" well|strong="H7965"/be|strong="H7563" peaceful|strong="H7965"► for|strong="H7563" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H7563" are|strong="H7563" evil|strong="H7563".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{True worship }
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“Shout|strong="H6963" loudly|strong="H6963"! 
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Shout|strong="H6963" like|strong="H1004" [SIM] a|strong="H7121" loud|strong="H7311" trumpet|strong="H7782"! 
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Shout|strong="H6963" to|strong="H1004" warn|strong="H5971" my|strong="H7311" Israeli people|strong="H5971" about|strong="H5971" their|strong="H3290" sins|strong="H2403" [DOU]! 
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and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" children|strong="H2233" and|strong="H3068" grandchildren|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w*} declare|strong="H5046" it|strong="H7760" forever|strong="H5769".” 

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in|strong="H3027" order|strong="H3027" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5971" show|strong="H6286" others|strong="H5971" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H3027" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H1419". 
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and|strong="H3068" small|strong="H6996" clans|strong="H4940" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" great|strong="H6099" nations|strong="H1471". 
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Everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" sees|strong="H7200" them|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" a|strong="H3588" nation|strong="H1471" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288".” 
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\verseNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" raised|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3225" to|strong="H3068" solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H7650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}, 
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“I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" use|strong="H4399" my|strong="H5414" power|strong="H5797" [MTY] and|strong="H1121" never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H5750" allow|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414"; 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w from|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w other|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w nations|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w never|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w come|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w again|strong="H5750"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" take|strong="H7650" away|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3068" grain|strong="H1715" 
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and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" wine|strong="H8492" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" worked|strong="H3021" hard|strong="H7186" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w produce|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}You|strong="H3588" yourselves|strong="H3068" grew|strong="H1431" the|strong="H3588" grain|strong="H1715", 
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and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" ones|strong="H6944" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H1984" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="H1984"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", while|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" eat|strong="H0398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w bread|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w made|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3068"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" grain|strong="H1715". 
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Inside|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" courtyards|strong="H2691" of|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" 
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you|strong="H3588" yourselves|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" drink|strong="H8354" the|strong="H3588" wine|strong="H3196" made|strong="H3068" from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" grapes|strong="H6025" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w harvested|strong="H1219"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{10}Go|strong="H5674" out|strong="H5921" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H8179"\+w*} gates|strong="H8179"! 
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Prepare|strong="H6437" the|strong="H5921" highway|strong="H4546" on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H5971" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w return|strong="H6437"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w countries|strong="H0776"\+w*}! 
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Cause|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5921" road|strong="H1870" to|strong="H5921" become|strong="H7311" smooth|strong="H3474"; 
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clear|strong="H6437" off|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" stones|strong="H5619"; 
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set|strong="H7311" up|strong="H7311" signal|strong="H5251" flags|strong="H5488" to|strong="H5921" help|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5921" people-groups to|strong="H5921" see|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w road|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1870"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{11}This|strong="H6440" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" message|strong="H3068" that|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w people|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} every|strong="H3068" nation|strong="H1471": 
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“Tell|strong="H8085" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H8085" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478", ‘The|strong="H6440" one|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H5337"/save|strong="H3467" you|strong="H6440" is|strong="H3068" coming|strong="H2009"! 
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Look|strong="H2009"! He|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" bringing|strong="H0935" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" ◄your|strong="H3068" reward|strong="H7939"/what|strong="H8085" you|strong="H6440" deserve|strong="H0376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w good|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}►; 
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those|strong="H8085" whom|strong="H6440" he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" setting|strong="H5414" free|strong="H2670" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" going|strong="H1980" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" him|strong="H6440".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" called|strong="H7121" “Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" own|strong="H5971" people|strong="H5971", 
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the|strong="H3068" ones|strong="H6944" whom|strong="H1992" he|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337"”. 
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And|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" known|strong="H3808" as|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} loves|strong="H0157", 
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the|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H5971" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w longer|strong="H3808"\+w*} abandoned|strong="H5800". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh’s punishment on the nations }
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\chapterNumber{63}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w*}, “Who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088" who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H2088" coming|strong="H0935" from|strong="H3581" Bozrah|strong="H1224" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H1696" Edom|strong="H0112", 
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whose|strong="H4310" clothes|strong="H3830" are|strong="H7227" stained|strong="H1351" red|strong="H5488" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3581"\+w* \+w blood|strong="H1818"\+w*}? 
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Who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088" who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H2088" wearing|strong="H1921" beautiful|strong="H3303" robes|strong="H3830"?” 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w replies|strong="H0559"\+w*}, “It|strong="H1696" is|strong="H2088" I|strong="H2088", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}, declaring|strong="H5046" that|strong="H2088" I|strong="H2088" have|strong="H1696" defeated|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H6666" I|strong="H2088" am|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3581" to|strong="H1696" rescue|strong="H3467" you|strong="H3467"!” 
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\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w*}, “What|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4069" those|strong="H1992" red|strong="H5488" spots|strong="H0934" on|strong="H1869" your|strong="H3068" clothes|strong="H3830"? 
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It|strong="H3830" appears|strong="H7200" that|strong="H0834" [SIM] you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H4069" been|strong="H1961" treading|strong="H1869"/tramping on|strong="H1869" grapes|strong="H6025" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w make|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w wine|strong="H1660"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w replies|strong="H0559"\+w*}, “I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5971" been|strong="H5971" treading|strong="H1869" on|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*, \+w not|strong="H5971"\+w*} on|strong="H5921" grapes|strong="H6025". 
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I|strong="H5921" did|strong="H5971" it|strong="H5921" myself|strong="H0589"; no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" helped|strong="H5826" me|strong="H5921". 
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I|strong="H5921" punished|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5921" because|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3605" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2534" with|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", 
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and|strong="H5971" my|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899" became|strong="H3205" stained|strong="H1351" with|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H5332". 
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\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3820" time|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H3117" [SYN] to|strong="H3820" get|strong="H3947" revenge|strong="H5359"; 
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it|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3820" time|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3820" rescue|strong="H1350" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w oppressed|strong="H6231"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3117"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}I|strong="H0589" searched|strong="H1245" for|strong="H1931" someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1931" would|strong="H0014" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H3467" to|strong="H2534" help|strong="H5826" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H3467"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1931"\+w*}, 
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but|strong="H1931" I|strong="H0589" was|strong="H1931" amazed|strong="H8074"/shocked|strong="H8074" that|strong="H1931" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1931" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H1931" to|strong="H2534" help|strong="H5826" me|strong="H3467". 
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So|strong="H1931" I|strong="H0589" defeated|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H5564"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} with|strong="H2534" my|strong="H3467" own|strong="H1961" power|strong="H2220"/strength|strong="H2220" [MTY]; 
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I|strong="H0589" was|strong="H1931" able|strong="H3201" [PRS] to|strong="H2534" do|strong="H5826" that|strong="H1931" because|strong="H8074" of|strong="H2534" my|strong="H3467" being|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2534". 
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\verseNumber{6}Because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H5971" was|strong="H5971" extremely|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2534", I|strong="H5971" punished|strong="H6485" the|strong="H3381" nations|strong="H5971"; 
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I|strong="H5971" caused|strong="H5414" them|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w stagger|strong="H5128"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3381"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] drunk|strong="H7937" men|strong="H5971", 
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and|strong="H5971" I|strong="H5971" caused|strong="H5414" their|strong="H3381" blood|strong="H5332" to|strong="H3381" pour|strong="H8210" out|strong="H3381" on|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3381" ground|strong="H0776".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" kindness|strong="H2617" to|strong="H3381" his|strong="H3381" people|strong="H5971" }
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\verseNumber{7}I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H3605" about|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" faithfully|strong="H2617" loving|strong="H0157" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", 
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and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H8416" him|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H1580". 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H1580" good|strong="H2898" things|strong="H3605" for|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H5921"\+w*} people|strong="H5971" [MTY] of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478"; 
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he|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" acted|strong="H6213" mercifully toward|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921", 
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and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" steadfastly and|strong="H3478" faithfully|strong="H2617" loved|strong="H0157" us|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “These|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" my|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971"; 
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they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" deceive|strong="H5377" me|strong="H3467";” 
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so|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3808" rescued|strong="H5337" us|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{9}When|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" had|strong="H1931" many|strong="H3808" troubles|strong="H6869", 
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he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" sad|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3117"\+w*}. 
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He|strong="H1931" sent|strong="H7971" his|strong="H3605" angel|strong="H4397" to|strong="H6440" rescue|strong="H3467" us|strong="H6440". 
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Because|strong="H6440" he|strong="H1931" loved|strong="H0157" us|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1931" merciful|strong="H2551" to|strong="H6440" us|strong="H6440", 
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he|strong="H1931" saved|strong="H3467" us|strong="H6440"; 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w though|strong="H1931"\+w*} he|strong="H1931" picked|strong="H5375" our|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" up|strong="H5375" and|strong="H3117" carried|strong="H5375" them|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" years|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w during|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w which|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w oppressed|strong="H6231"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H1992" we|strong="H0587" rebelled|strong="H4784" against|strong="H3898" him|strong="H1931", 
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and|strong="H6944" we|strong="H0587" caused|strong="H5414" his|strong="H2015" Holy|strong="H6944" Spirit|strong="H7307" to|strong="H7307" be|strong="H7307" sad|strong="H7451". 
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So|strong="H7307" he|strong="H1931" became|strong="H4784" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H7307"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] an|strong="H7307" enemy|strong="H0340" 
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who|strong="H1931" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" us|strong="H3898". 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H4872" we|strong="H3117" thought|strong="H7130" about|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*} long|strong="H3117" ago|strong="H5769", 
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during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" Moses|strong="H4872" led|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w* \+w out|strong="H2142"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*}. 
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We|strong="H3117" cried|strong="H7121" out|strong="H2142", “Where|strong="H0834" is|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" one|strong="H0259" who|strong="H5971" brought|strong="H5927" our|strong="H7760" ancestors|strong="H0001" through|strong="H7130" the|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Red|strong="H5488"\+w*} Sea|strong="H3220" 
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while|strong="H3117" Moses|strong="H4872" led|strong="H1980" them|strong="H7760"? 
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Where|strong="H0834" is|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" one|strong="H0259" who|strong="H5971" sent|strong="H5927" his|strong="H7760" Holy|strong="H6944" Spirit|strong="H7307" 
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to|strong="H5927" be|strong="H5769" among|strong="H7130" our|strong="H7760" ancestors|strong="H0001"? 
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\verseNumber{12}Where|strong="H0834" is|strong="H8034" the|strong="H6440" one|strong="H6213" who|strong="H6213" showed|strong="H6213" his|strong="H6440" glorious|strong="H8597" power|strong="H2220" [MTY], 
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and|strong="H4872" caused|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H3212" separate|strong="H0914" when|strong="H6213" Moses|strong="H4872" lifted|strong="H4872" his|strong="H6440" arm|strong="H2220" above|strong="H6440" it|strong="H6213", 
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with|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H4325" he|strong="H6213" will|strong="H4325" be|strong="H5769" honored|strong="H3513"/praised|strong="H1984" forever|strong="H5769"? 
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\verseNumber{13}Where|strong="H3808" is|strong="H8415" the|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3808" led|strong="H3212" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" while|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3808" walked|strong="H3212" through|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3808" sea|strong="H3220" bed|strong="H4904"? 
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They|strong="H3808" were|strong="H5483" like|strong="H3808" [SIM] horses|strong="H5483" that|strong="H3808" were|strong="H5483" racing along|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" never|strong="H3808" stumbled|strong="H3782". 
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\verseNumber{14}They|strong="H3651" were|strong="H5971" like|strong="H3651" [SIM] cattle|strong="H4735" that|strong="H5971" walk|strong="H1980" down|strong="H3381" into|strong="H3381" a|strong="H6213" valley|strong="H1237" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H5117"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3381" go|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" a|strong="H6213" place|strong="H5117" where|strong="H0834" they|strong="H3651" could|strong="H5971" rest|strong="H5117". 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H6213" led|strong="H5090" your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971", 
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and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6213" caused|strong="H6213" yourself|strong="H6213" [MTY] to|strong="H3381" ◄get|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" wonderful|strong="H6381" reputation|strong="H8034"/be|strong="H3068" greatly|strong="H3966" honored|strong="H3513"►.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A|strong="H6213" prayer|strong="H8605" for|strong="H6213" God’s|strong="H0430" mercy|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" pardon|strong="H5545" }
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\verseNumber{15}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}, look|strong="H7200" down|strong="H5027" from|strong="H5027" heaven|strong="H8064"; 
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\verseNumber{19}I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H1471" put|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" mark|strong="H7760" on|strong="H7200" them|strong="H1992", and|strong="H7971" those|strong="H1992" whom|strong="H1992" I|strong="H7760" have|strong="H1471" spared|strong="H2550" will|strong="H1471" go|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" various|strong="H2921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w distant|strong="H7350"\+w*} countries|strong="H0776": to|strong="H7971" Tarshish|strong="H8659", Put|strong="H7760", Lud|strong="H3865", Meshech|strong="H4902", Tubal|strong="H8422", Javan|strong="H3120", and|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" distant|strong="H7350" islands|strong="H0339". I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H1471" send|strong="H7971" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H7971" proclaim|strong="H8085" to|strong="H7971" nations|strong="H1471" that|strong="H7200" have|strong="H1471" never|strong="H3808" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H8085" me|strong="H7971" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7760" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H1992" great|strong="H7350" and|strong="H7971" glorious|strong="H3519". 
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\BibleBook{Jeremiah}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book is the account of Jeremiah foretelling about God punishing the Israeli people because they rejected him and would not repent. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Jeremiah }

\BibleSectionHeading{Introduction }
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\chapterNumber{1}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H1697"\+w*}, Jeremiah|strong="H3414", the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hilkiah|strong="H2518", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w writing|strong="H3791"\+w*} these|strong="H0428" messages|strong="H1697". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w*} a|strong="H4480" priest|strong="H3548", from|strong="H4480" Anathoth|strong="H6068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961" these|strong="H3117" messages|strong="H1697" when|strong="H1961" Josiah|strong="H2977" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H3068" almost|strong="H3117" 13 years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{3}Yahweh|strong="H3068" continued|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" give|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961" more|strong="H5704" messages|strong="H2372" when|strong="H1961" Josiah’s|strong="H2977" son|strong="H1121" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3117" continued|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H3063" that|strong="H3117" until|strong="H5704" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5704" almost|strong="H3117" eleven|strong="H6249" years|strong="H8141". It|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8141" August of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3117" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" were|strong="H1961" ◄exiled|strong="H1540"/taken|strong="H1540" as|strong="H5704" prisoners|strong="H0615"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh|strong="H3068" chose|strong="H0977" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1540" prophet|strong="H5030" }
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697": 
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\verseNumber{5}“I|strong="H5414" knew|strong="H3045" you|strong="H5414" before|strong="H2962" I|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w finished|strong="H3615"\+w*} forming|strong="H3335" you|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" mother’s|strong="H0517" womb|strong="H7358". 
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Before|strong="H2962" you|strong="H5414" were|strong="H5030" born|strong="H3318", I|strong="H5414" ◄set|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" apart|strong="H6942"/chose|strong="H0977" you|strong="H5414"► 
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and|strong="H1471" I|strong="H5414" appointed|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H1471" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H5414"\+w*} prophet|strong="H5030" 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whose|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w messages|strong="H2372"\+w* \+w would|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1471"\+w*} for|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3045"\+w*} nations|strong="H1471".” 
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\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H1696", “O|strong="H3069", Yahweh|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3045" God|strong="H3069", I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* qualified \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*} speak|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3045" young|strong="H5288"!” 
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\verseNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H1696", “Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" say|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H1696" everyone|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1696" whom|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" tell|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5921" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" tell|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w whom|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w speak|strong="H1696"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" protect|strong="H8104" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w being|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w harmed|strong="H2255"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H5002" it|strong="H3588"!” 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" touched|strong="H5060" my|strong="H5414" mouth|strong="H6310" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697", “Listen|strong="H2009" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5414"! I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H3068" ◄putting|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" message|strong="H1697" into|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" mouth|strong="H6310"/telling|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5414" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H5414" must|strong="H4191" speak|strong="H1697"►. 
\verseNumber{10}Today|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H6485" appointing you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" warn|strong="H2094" nations|strong="H1471" and|strong="H3117" kingdoms|strong="H4467". You|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1471" tell|strong="H7200" them|strong="H5921" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1471" completely|strong="H3617" destroy|strong="H5422" and|strong="H3117" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3117" [DOU] some|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" them|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3117" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1471" establish|strong="H5193" [MET|strong="H6298"] others|strong="H0312" and|strong="H3117" cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3117" strong|strong="H2388".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7200", “Jeremiah|strong="H3414", what|strong="H4100" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200"?” 
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I|strong="H1697" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H1697" see|strong="H7200" a|strong="H1961" branch|strong="H6780" from|strong="H3068" an|strong="H1961" almond|strong="H8247" tree|strong="H8247".” 
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\verseNumber{12}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697", “That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" correct|strong="H3190". And|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* ‘almond’ resembles \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* ‘watching’}, it|strong="H5921" means|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" watching|strong="H8245" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H6213"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" certain|strong="H0259" that|strong="H3588" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w destroying|strong="H7843"\+w* \+w nations|strong="H1471"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H1961"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440" again|strong="H8145" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697", “What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" see|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H1961"\+w*}?” 
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I|strong="H1697" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H1697" see|strong="H7200" a|strong="H1961" pot|strong="H5518" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H3068" boiling|strong="H5301" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w water|strong="H4325"\+w*} [MTY]. It|strong="H7200" is|strong="H3068" tipping \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w toward|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6440"\+w*} from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" north|strong="H6828".” 
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\verseNumber{14}Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yes|strong="H3588"\+w*! \+w It|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*} from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" north|strong="H6828" great|strong="H7451" trouble|strong="H7451"/destruction|strong="H7451" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w spread|strong="H6605"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] over|strong="H5921" this|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w boiling|strong="H5301"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] pouring|strong="H5258" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w pot|strong="H5518"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{15}Listen|strong="H2005" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559": 
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I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" summoning|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} kingdoms|strong="H4467" that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3063" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" north|strong="H6828" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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And|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3651" of|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3588", including|strong="H4428" your|strong="H3588" kings|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3478" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3478" prophets|strong="H5030", are|strong="H1992" similarly|strong="H2088" disgraced|strong="H0954". 
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\verseNumber{4}Now|strong="H6258" each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H7121" you|strong="H3808" says|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7121" me|strong="H7121", ‘You|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3808" my|strong="H6258" father|strong="H0001"! 
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You|strong="H3808" have|strong="H6258" loved|strong="H0157" me|strong="H7121" ever|strong="H3808" since|strong="H6258" I|strong="H6258" was|strong="H3808" young|strong="H5288"! 
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\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H6213" surely|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" will|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3201" [RHQ] be|strong="H5769" angry|strong="H5201" with|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213" forever|strong="H5769"!’ 
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But|strong="H2009" you|strong="H6213" will|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3201" quit|strong="H5355" sinning|strong="H2398"!” 

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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" continue|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" be|strong="H3808" angry|strong="H5201" with|strong="H1980" you|strong="H3588" forever|strong="H5769". 
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You|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3478" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" gave|strong="H5157" to|strong="H3478" your|strong="H5921" ancestors|strong="H0001" to|strong="H3478" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w forever|strong="H3117"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{19}You|strong="H5414" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", I|strong="H5414" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H7725" accept|strong="H7521" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3808" my|strong="H5414" children|strong="H1121". 
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I|strong="H5414" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H7725" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="H5414"\+w*} delightful|strong="H2656" land|strong="H5159". 
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It|strong="H5414" is|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5414" land|strong="H5159" more|strong="H3808" desirable|strong="H2532"/pleasant|strong="H2532" than|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H5159" of|strong="H1121" any|strong="H5414" other|strong="H7121" nation|strong="H1471"! 
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I|strong="H5414" wanted|strong="H2654" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" call|strong="H7121" me|strong="H5414" ‘father’, 
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and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H5414" wanted|strong="H2654" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" never|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" me|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H3651" you|strong="H3651" have|strong="H3068" abandoned|strong="H5800" me|strong="H1004" like|strong="H3651" wives|strong="H0802" who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" abandoned|strong="H5800" their|strong="H3068" husbands|strong="H1167".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{21}People|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" hear|strong="H8085" a|strong="H3588" noise|strong="H6963" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" barren|strong="H6135" hilltops. 
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It|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" noise|strong="H6963" made|strong="H3478" by|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" weeping|strong="H1065" and|strong="H1121" pleading|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w merciful|strong="H2603"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
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They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" admitting|strong="H5753"/saying|strong="H6963" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" forgotten|strong="H7911" Yahweh|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", 
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and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" turned|strong="H3478" away|strong="H1870" from|strong="H5921" behaving|strong="H0270" as|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" wanted|strong="H2654" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{22}Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7725", “You|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121", come|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725"! 
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because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068", our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{23}We|strong="H0587" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" get|strong="H3947" any|strong="H3605" help|strong="H8668" from|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w we|strong="H0587"\+w* \+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H3068" hilltops; 
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we|strong="H0587" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" get|strong="H3947" any|strong="H3605" help|strong="H8668" from|strong="H3478" making|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" noise|strong="H1995" up|strong="H5927" there|strong="H2022". 
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\verseNumber{24}From|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" time|strong="H6256" when|strong="H1121" we|strong="H0587" were|strong="H1121" young|strong="H1121", the|strong="H1121" shameful|strong="H1322" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w god|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w Baal|strong="H1168"\+w*} has|strong="H1121" taken|strong="H3947" away|strong="H5493" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w us|strong="H6629"\+w*} everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H1121" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" worked|strong="H3018" hard|strong="H7186" to|strong="H1121" acquire|strong="H7069". 
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He|strong="H1241" has|strong="H1121" taken|strong="H3947" away|strong="H5493" their|strong="H3605" flocks|strong="H6629" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w sheep|strong="H6629"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" herds|strong="H1241" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w cattle|strong="H1241"\+w*}, their|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" daughters|strong="H1323". 
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\verseNumber{25}So|strong="H3808", now|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" lie|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" feeling very|strong="H2088" ashamed|strong="H1322" [DOU], 
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because|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" have|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H2398" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", 
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and|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" obeyed|strong="H8085" him|strong="H6963".” 

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\verseNumber{2}and|strong="H3068" if|strong="H1288" you|strong="H1288" declare|strong="H5046", ‘Just|strong="H4941" as|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H1288" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", what|strong="H4941" he|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559" is|strong="H3068" true|strong="H3068",’ 
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“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Prepare|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w yourselves|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w receive|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w messages|strong="H2372"\+w*} 
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Just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H3068" farmers|strong="H0406" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w waste|strong="H2723"\+w* \+w good|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w seed|strong="H2232"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3068"\+w*} sowing|strong="H2232" seeds|strong="H2233" among|strong="H8432" thorny plants|strong="H6212", 
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\verseNumber{4}Purify|strong="H2398" your|strong="H3068" inner|strong="H6442" beings|strong="H2421" and|strong="H3063" your|strong="H3068" minds|strong="H3824" for|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440". 
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If|strong="H6435" you|strong="H6440" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6435" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068", my|strong="H3068" being|strong="H3068" angry|strong="H2534" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" [MTY] 
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because|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3427"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" have|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6213" 
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will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3318" a|strong="H3318" fire|strong="H0784" that|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" impossible|strong="H1219" to|strong="H3318" extinguish|strong="H3518".” 

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blow|strong="H8628" the|strong="H8085" trumpets|strong="H7782" everywhere|strong="H3605" in|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w warn|strong="H2094"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w people|strong="H8085"\+w*}. 
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Tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H7121" that|strong="H8085" they|strong="H3389" should|strong="H3068" flee|strong="H5127" to|strong="H3389" 
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the|strong="H8085" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H8085" have|strong="H3063" high|strong="H1116" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H8628" them|strong="H7121". 
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\verseNumber{6}Shout|strong="H7321" to|strong="H5975" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H6828" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", 
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because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" about|strong="H5375" to|strong="H5975" cause|strong="H2600" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5975" experience|strong="H7200" a|strong="H3588" terrible|strong="H7451" disaster|strong="H7451" [DOU] 
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that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H6828" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H7451" the|strong="H3588" north|strong="H6828". 
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They|strong="H1471" will|strong="H1471" destroy|strong="H7843" your|strong="H7760" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5892" leave|strong="H3318" them|strong="H7760" without|strong="H3427" any|strong="H3318" people|strong="H1471" still|strong="H3427" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" them|strong="H7760".’ 
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and|strong="H3068" weep|strong="H1058" and|strong="H3068" beat|strong="H5594" your|strong="H3068" chests|strong="H5458" 
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\verseNumber{9}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H5002" that|strong="H3117" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" time|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w punishes|strong="H7489"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3117"\+w*}, the|strong="H5002" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w*} officials|strong="H8269" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372". 
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The|strong="H5002" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" prophets|strong="H5030" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" terrified|strong="H0926". 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5704" replied|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H1961"\+w*} God|strong="H3069", you|strong="H5704" completely|strong="H5704" deceived|strong="H5377" the|strong="H3069" people|strong="H5971" by|strong="H5704" telling|strong="H1696" them|strong="H1961" that|strong="H5971" there|strong="H1961" would|strong="H5971" be|strong="H1961" peace|strong="H7965" in|strong="H5315" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", but|strong="H1961" now|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H3389"\+w*} [PRS] are|strong="H5971" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H5704" slaughter|strong="H4347" us|strong="H1961" with|strong="H3389" their|strong="H1961" swords|strong="H2719"!” 
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\verseNumber{18}You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3820" be|strong="H3820" punished|strong="H6485" very|strong="H5704" severely|strong="H5953"; 
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until|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" is|strong="H3605" ruined|strong="H7703". 
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\verseNumber{21}How|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5704" this|strong="H7200" battle|strong="H4421" continue|strong="H1961"? 
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but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" do|strong="H3190" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" how|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1121" do|strong="H3190" what|strong="H3045" is|strong="H1121" good|strong="H3190".” 

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and|strong="H8064" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" birds|strong="H5775" had|strong="H8064" flown away|strong="H5074". 
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The|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" were|strong="H5892" all|strong="H3605" ruined|strong="H7703"; 
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they|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" been|strong="H3605" destroyed|strong="H5422" by|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" because|strong="H6440" he|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" extremely|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734". 

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\verseNumber{30}So|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" who|strong="H5315" will|strong="H5869" surely|strong="H3588" be|strong="H5315" destroyed|strong="H7703", 
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Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H5869" you|strong="H3588" putting|strong="H3847" paint|strong="H6320" around|strong="H5439" your|strong="H6213" eyes|strong="H5869"? 
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Doing|strong="H6213" those|strong="H6213" things|strong="H5716" will|strong="H5869" not|strong="H6213" help|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588", 
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like|strong="H2026" [SIM] a|strong="H3588" woman|strong="H1323" cries|strong="H6963" when|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" is|strong="H5315" giving|strong="H1069" birth|strong="H1069" to|strong="H8085" her|strong="H6566" first|strong="H1323" child|strong="H1069"; 
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she|strong="H3588" gasps for|strong="H3588" breath|strong="H5315" and|strong="H6963" pleads|strong="H7453" for|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H5315" to|strong="H8085" help|strong="H1323" her|strong="H6566". 
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they|strong="H3651" are|strong="H3068" lying|strong="H8267".” 
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\verseNumber{3}Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H5869" certainly|strong="H7725" [RHQ] searching|strong="H2664" for|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w*} truth|strong="H3808". 
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You|strong="H6440" struck|strong="H5221"/punished|strong="H6485" your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3808", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H7725" any|strong="H5221" attention|strong="H6440". 
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You|strong="H6440" crushed|strong="H7533" them|strong="H7725", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3068" ignored|strong="H6313" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H6440" were|strong="H5869" telling|strong="H1696" them|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H3068". 
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and|strong="H3068" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H6440". 
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they|strong="H1992" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" any|strong="H3588" sense|strong="H3820". 
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They|strong="H1992" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3588" way|strong="H1870" Yahweh|strong="H3068" wants|strong="H2656" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3068" conduct|strong="H1870" their|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315"; 
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\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3068" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" their|strong="H3068" leaders|strong="H7218", 
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But|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" also|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" stopped|strong="H5975" obeying|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" [MET|strong="H6298"], 
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\verseNumber{6}Because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3588", lions|strong="H3715" will|strong="H5892" come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" forests|strong="H3293" and|strong="H5892" kill|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5921"; 
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wolves|strong="H2061" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H6160" will|strong="H5892" attack|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5921"; 
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leopards|strong="H5246" that|strong="H3588" lurk|strong="H6845"/wait|strong="H0693" outside|strong="H3318" their|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" will|strong="H5892" maul|strong="H4650" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" walks|strong="H1980" outside|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892". 
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and|strong="H5892" have|strong="H3605" turned|strong="H2015" away|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" him|strong="H5921" very|strong="H3651" frequently. 
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\verseNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3808" cannot|strong="H3808" [RHQ] forgive|strong="H5545" these|strong="H2063" people|strong="H1121"; 
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I|strong="H3808" gave|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5800" people|strong="H1121" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3808" needed|strong="H1767", 
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each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H5483" the|strong="H1961" men|strong="H0376" desires|strong="H0183" to|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" neighbor’s|strong="H7453" wife|strong="H0802". 
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\verseNumber{9}◄Should|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5921" not|strong="H3808" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" [RHQ]?/I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3808" get|strong="H3947" revenge|strong="H5358" on|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" nation|strong="H1471" for|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088"!► 
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I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3808" get|strong="H3947" revenge|strong="H5358" [RHQ] on|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" nation|strong="H1471" whose|strong="H1471" people|strong="H1471" behave|strong="H6213" like|strong="H3808" that|strong="H5315"! 
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Go|strong="H5927" along|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" rows|strong="H2905" in|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" vineyards|strong="H3754" 
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\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H5002" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" Judah|strong="H3063" have|strong="H3068" turned|strong="H3478" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H3478" me|strong="H1004" completely|strong="H3617".’ 
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\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" lied|strong="H3584" about|strong="H5921" me|strong="H7200" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", 
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‘He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" punish|strong="H6485" us|strong="H5921"! 
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He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" cause|strong="H2600" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" experience|strong="H7200" disasters|strong="H7451"! 
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We|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" experience|strong="H7200" wars|strong="H2719" or|strong="H3808" famines|strong="H3615"! 
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We|strong="H6213" would|strong="H6213" like|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w disasters|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w they|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w predict|strong="H3045"\+w*} to|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H6213"!’ ” 
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“Because|strong="H3282" my|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" saying|strong="H1697" those|strong="H1696" things|strong="H1697", 
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I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" tell|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5414" [MTY] that|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3651"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H5414" fire|strong="H0784", 
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\verseNumber{15}Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" this|strong="H1931", you|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478": 
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It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H8085" very|strong="H3045" powerful|strong="H2392" nation|strong="H1471" that|strong="H3045" has|strong="H3068" existed|strong="H1961" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H8085" long|strong="H5769" time|strong="H5769". 
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and|strong="H3478" which|strong="H1931" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1696" understand|strong="H3045". 
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and|strong="H1121" eat|strong="H3899" your|strong="H6629" bread|strong="H3899". 
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They|strong="H2007" will|strong="H2719" kill|strong="H2719" your|strong="H6629" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323", 
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and|strong="H1121" kill|strong="H2719" the|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121" with|strong="H3899" their|strong="H3605" swords|strong="H2719". 
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\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H3808" even|strong="H1571" when|strong="H3117" those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H1992" happen|strong="H6213", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" get|strong="H6213" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" survivors|strong="H8300" ask|strong="H7592", ‘Why|strong="H4100" is|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H6213" this|strong="H3651" to|strong="H3068" us|strong="H6213"?’ 
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you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H3605" them|strong="H6213", ‘You|strong="H3588" rejected|strong="H5800" him|strong="H6213" and|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H5647" foreign|strong="H5236" gods|strong="H0430" in|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w own|strong="H1961"\+w*} land|strong="H0776", 
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so|strong="H3651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H1961"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" slaves|strong="H5647" of|strong="H3068" foreigners|strong="H2114" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" your|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{22}Why|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" not|strong="H3808" revere|strong="H3372" me|strong="H6440" [RHQ]? 
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You|strong="H6440" should|strong="H3068" [RHQ] tremble|strong="H2342" when|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" presence|strong="H6440"! 
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\verseNumber{29}So|strong="H3808" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3808" [RHQ] punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H6213" those|strong="H5921" things|strong="H3808". 
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I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3808" [RHQ] ◄get|strong="H3947" revenge|strong="H5358" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3068" nation|strong="H1471"/do|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" nation|strong="H1471" what|strong="H2088" they|strong="H3068" deserve|strong="H0376"►. 
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“Get|strong="H6965" ready|strong="H3559" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" battle|strong="H4421". 
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We|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" attack|strong="H5927" them|strong="H5921" before|strong="H5921" noontime. 
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\verseNumber{23}What|strong="H1697" I|strong="H3588" told|strong="H6680" them|strong="H6680" was|strong="H1961", ‘Obey|strong="H8085" me|strong="H6963"; 
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I|strong="H5921" never|strong="H3808" commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5927" do|strong="H6680" that|strong="H1121"; 
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\verseNumber{32}So|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" beware|strong="H2009"! 
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“They|strong="H3588" use|strong="H4399" their|strong="H3605" tongues|strong="H3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H3605"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] lies|strong="H3577" 
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like|strong="H1980" people|strong="H5971" shoot|strong="H3384" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w arrows|strong="H2671"\+w*} with|strong="H1980" bows|strong="H7198". 
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It|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3605" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" tell|strong="H3605" lies|strong="H3577" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3605" become|strong="H1980" more|strong="H3588" powerful|strong="H2392" in|strong="H5921" this|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776", 
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and|strong="H1980" they|strong="H3588" do|strong="H8104" not|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" me|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{4}Do|strong="H8267" not|strong="H3808" trust|strong="H0982" your|strong="H3808" neighbors|strong="H7453" and|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H3808"\+w*} your|strong="H3808" brothers|strong="H0251"! 
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They|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" are|strong="H8267" as|strong="H1696" deceitful|strong="H8267" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w Jacob|strong="H3290"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3808"\+w*}. 
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They|strong="H3808" slander|strong="H1681" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w each|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w other|strong="H7453"\+w*} and|strong="H1696" tell|strong="H1696" lies|strong="H8267" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w each|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w other|strong="H7453"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H3068" deceive|strong="H5377" their|strong="H3068" friends|strong="H3045" 
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and|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3045" tell|strong="H3045" the|strong="H5002" truth|strong="H0571". 
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They|strong="H3068" lie|strong="H7901" continually|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068", because|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3045", they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" skilled|strong="H2450" liars|strong="H0907"; 
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they|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3068" oppressive|strong="H4001" thing|strong="H1697" after|strong="H0310" another|strong="H8432", and|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" stop|strong="H2308" doing|strong="H6213" it|strong="H8432". 
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\verseNumber{6}They|strong="H3588" habitually lie|strong="H7901" and|strong="H3068" deceive|strong="H5377" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w each|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3541"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3068" no|strong="H6213" one|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" admit|strong="H8085"/say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". 
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Listen|strong="H8085" carefully|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" what|strong="H6310" I|strong="H7760" say|strong="H1696": I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cause|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w my|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w experience|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w great|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w afflictions|strong="H6031"\+w*,} 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H7130"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7760"\+w* metalworker \+w puts|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w metal|strong="H2830"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w hot|strong="H2552"\+w* \+w fire|strong="H0784"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] to|strong="H1696" completely|strong="H3617" burn|strong="H8313" out|strong="H7819" the|strong="H7760" impure|strong="H2932" bits|strong="H6595". 
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Because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H6310" all|strong="H6310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w evil|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w*} that|strong="H3956" my|strong="H7760" people|strong="H1696" have|strong="H7965" done|strong="H7760", 
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there|strong="H7965" is|strong="H6310" absolutely|strong="H0657" nothing|strong="H3808" else|strong="H7453" [RHQ] that|strong="H3956" I|strong="H7760" can|strong="H4310" do|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{8}What|strong="H2088" they|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w injures|strong="H5999"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3808"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] poisoned|strong="H7219" arrows|strong="H2671" do|strong="H3068". 
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They|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" neighbors|strong="H7934", ‘I|strong="H5921" hope|strong="H3176" things|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3068" well|strong="H3190" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921",’ 
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while|strong="H2088" they|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1471" planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" them|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{9}Should|strong="H1980" I|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5921" for|strong="H3588" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" [RHQ]? 
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Yes|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" should|strong="H1980" certainly|strong="H3588" ◄get|strong="H1980" revenge|strong="H5360" on|strong="H5921"/give|strong="H5375" what|strong="H6963" they|strong="H3588" deserve|strong="H0376" to|strong="H5704"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2022"\+w*} a|strong="H3588" nation|strong="H1471" that|strong="H3588" does|strong="H3808" things|strong="H3808" like|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588"!” 
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\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H5414", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5892" weep|strong="H1058" and|strong="H3063" wail|strong="H3213" for|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w*} the|strong="H5414" mountains|strong="H2022" and|strong="H3063" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5414" ◄pastures|strong="H4999"/places|strong="H1116" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5414" livestock|strong="H4735" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H5414" grass|strong="H2682"►, 
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because|strong="H1097" those|strong="H3427" areas|strong="H0776" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H5414" desolate|strong="H8077", and|strong="H3063" no|strong="H1097" one|strong="H1097" will|strong="H5892" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". 
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There|strong="H3427" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H5414" no|strong="H1097" cattle|strong="H4735" there|strong="H3427" to|strong="H5414" call|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5414" each|strong="H5892" other|strong="H0312", 
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and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" birds|strong="H5775" and|strong="H3063" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H0929" will|strong="H5892" have|strong="H3063" fled|strong="H5127" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w places|strong="H1116"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w also|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w says|strong="H1696"\+w*}, “I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H6310" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H1696" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1696" heap|strong="H1530" of|strong="H3068" ruins|strong="H2723", 
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and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} jackals|strong="H8565"/wolves|strong="H2061" will|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H1097". 
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I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H7843" the|strong="H5921" towns|strong="H1323" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063", with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" deserted|strong="H5307"; 
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no|strong="H1097" one|strong="H1097" will|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H1097".” 
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\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w said|strong="H8085"\+w*}, “Only|strong="H0389" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" very|strong="H1980" wise|strong="H2450" [RHQ] can|strong="H1980" understand|strong="H8085" these|strong="H8085" things|strong="H3808". 
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Only|strong="H0389" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3808" taught|strong="H3925" by|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" can|strong="H1980" [RHQ] explain|strong="H5046" these|strong="H8085" things|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1980" others|strong="H0312". 
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The|strong="H6440" wise|strong="H2450" people|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3068" [RHQ] the|strong="H6440" only|strong="H0389" ones|strong="H2945" who|strong="H3068" can|strong="H1980" explain|strong="H5046" why|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" completely|strong="H8085" ruined|strong="H7703" 
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with|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H8085" everyone|strong="H3605" [RHQ] will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" afraid|strong="H3372" to|strong="H1980" travel|strong="H1980" through|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{13}Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w These|strong="H0428"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*} because|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3925" people|strong="H3820" have|strong="H1961" rejected|strong="H3988" my|strong="H3925" laws|strong="H8451" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H3820" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" them|strong="H3925"; 
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they|strong="H3820" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3212" obeyed|strong="H8085" me|strong="H3925" or|strong="H0176" my|strong="H3925" instructions|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{14}Instead|strong="H8478", they|strong="H3651" have|strong="H3068" stubbornly|strong="H5637" done|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3541" things|strong="H3478" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3651" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3068". 
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They|strong="H3651" have|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7812" the|strong="H3541" idols|strong="H1544" that|strong="H5971" represent|strong="H7969" the|strong="H3541" god|strong="H3068" Baal|strong="H1168", 
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which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2088" their|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" did|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H7971" now|strong="H7971" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5704" what|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5704"\+w*}, the|strong="H3045" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3615" the|strong="H3045" armies|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3615" angels|strong="H4397", the|strong="H3045" God|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3615" the|strong="H3045" Israelis, say|strong="H0559": 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w What|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3808"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] giving|strong="H5414" these|strong="H1992" people|strong="H1471" bitter|strong="H4751" things|strong="H1992" to|strong="H5704" eat|strong="H0398" and|strong="H7971" poison|strong="H2534" to|strong="H5704" drink|strong="H8354": 
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\verseNumber{16}I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H3068" scatter|strong="H2219" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" many|strong="H7227" nations|strong="H1471" which|strong="H3068" neither|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3068" nor|strong="H3808" their|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" have|strong="H3068" known|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w anything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w about|strong="H3541"\+w*}; 
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I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} strike|strong="H5221" them|strong="H7971" with|strong="H3068" swords|strong="H2719" 
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until|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3541" have|strong="H3068" destroyed|strong="H4229" them|strong="H7971".” 
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\verseNumber{17}This|strong="H5375" is|strong="H5869" also|strong="H5869" what|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H5869" the|strong="H5921" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H5869" angels|strong="H4397" says|strong="H0559": 
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“Think|strong="H5869" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w is|strong="H5869"\+w* happening}, 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="H5375"\+w*} summon|strong="H7121" those|strong="H5921" women|strong="H0802" who|strong="H0834" mourn|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w has|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{18}Tell|strong="H8085" them|strong="H7993" to|strong="H8085" come|strong="H0935" quickly|strong="H3966" and|strong="H6963" start|strong="H1870" to|strong="H8085" wail|strong="H3213", 
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with|strong="H6726" the|strong="H8085" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3588" tears|strong="H1832" will|strong="H7703" stream|strong="H5158" down|strong="H7993" from|strong="H8085" your|strong="H8085"(pl) eyes|strong="H5869". 
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\verseNumber{19}Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w people|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Jerusalem|strong="H3389" crying|strong="H1058"/lamenting|strong="H8386", saying|strong="H1697", 
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‘We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" ruined|strong="H7703"/destroyed|strong="H4229"! 
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We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" experienced|strong="H3045" a|strong="H3947" terrible|strong="H3372" disaster|strong="H7451"! 
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Now|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1697" very|strong="H3966" ashamed|strong="H0954", 
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\verseNumber{20}You|strong="H3588" women|strong="H0802", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5927" what|strong="H5927" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559" [MTY]. 
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Pay|strong="H5927" attention|strong="H7181" to|strong="H5927" his|strong="H3588" words|strong="H1697" [DOU]. 
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Teach|strong="H3925" your|strong="H3588" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H5927" wail|strong="H3213". 
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Teach|strong="H3925" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312" how|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5927" sing|strong="H7891" funeral songs|strong="H7892", 
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\verseNumber{21}because|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1696" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" dying|strong="H0006" [PRS] in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" houses|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" palaces|strong="H0759". 
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There|strong="H3541" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" no|strong="H1696" more|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" playing|strong="H5059" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" streets|strong="H2351", 
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there|strong="H3541" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" no|strong="H1696" more|strong="H5921" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H0376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gathering|strong="H4723"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892" squares|strong="H7339"/marketplaces. 
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\verseNumber{22}There|strong="H3541" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" corpses|strong="H6297" scattered|strong="H6327" across|strong="H5676" the|strong="H3541" fields|strong="H7704" like|strong="H3541" dung|strong="H1828"; 
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their|strong="H3068" dead|strong="H4191" bodies|strong="H6297" will|strong="H3068" lie|strong="H7901" there|strong="H3541" like|strong="H3541" [SIM] grain|strong="H1715" that|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" cut|strong="H3772" by|strong="H3068" reapers|strong="H7114"/farmers|strong="H0406", 
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and|strong="H3068" there|strong="H3541" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H1368" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w still|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w alive|strong="H2416"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" bury|strong="H6912" them|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{23}Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002" this|strong="H2063": 
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“Wise|strong="H7919" men|strong="H6213" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3045" boast|strong="H1984" about|strong="H6213" their|strong="H3068" being|strong="H3068" wise|strong="H7919", 
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strong|strong="H2388" men|strong="H6213" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3045" boast|strong="H1984" about|strong="H6213" their|strong="H3068" being|strong="H3068" strong|strong="H2388"; 
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and|strong="H3068" rich|strong="H6223" people|strong="H3045" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3045" boast|strong="H1984" about|strong="H6213" their|strong="H3068" being|strong="H3068" rich|strong="H6223". 
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\verseNumber{24}Instead|strong="H2009", those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" want|strong="H6485" to|strong="H3068" boast|strong="H1984" should|strong="H3068" boast|strong="H1984" about|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" knowing|strong="H3045" me|strong="H5921" 
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and|strong="H3068" about|strong="H5921" understanding|strong="H8394" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", 
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that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H3068" kind|strong="H4327" and|strong="H3068" just|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3068" righteous|strong="H6662", 
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but|strong="H3588" who|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w changed|strong="H8133"\+w*} their|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H6442" beings|strong="H2421". 
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I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" also|strong="H1571", 
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because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" changed|strong="H8133" their|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H6442" beings|strong="H2421", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w either|strong="H1571"\+w*}.” 

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\chapterNumber{10}You|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1696" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H1696": 
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\verseNumber{2}“Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" act|strong="H6213" like|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3541"\+w*} nations|strong="H1471" act|strong="H6213", 
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\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H3588" customs|strong="H2708" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w nations|strong="H5971"\+w*} are|strong="H5971" worthless|strong="H1892". 
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It|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" speak|strong="H1696", 
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and|strong="H3372" people|strong="H3808" must|strong="H1571" carry|strong="H5375" it|strong="H3588", 
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because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" walk|strong="H6805". 
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Do|strong="H3190" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3372" idols|strong="H1544", 
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You|strong="H3644" [MTY] are|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3644" are|strong="H3068" very|strong="H1419" powerful|strong="H2392". 
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Everyone|strong="H3605" should|strong="H3588" [RHQ] revere|strong="H3372" you|strong="H3588", 
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because|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H4310" what|strong="H4310" you|strong="H3588" deserve|strong="H0376". 
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The|strong="H1197" idols|strong="H1892" that|strong="H1931" they|strong="H1931" worship|strong="H7812" are|strong="H3117" only|strong="H0389" made|strong="H6086" of|strong="H6086" wood|strong="H6086"! 
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\verseNumber{9}People|strong="H5971" hammer|strong="H6360" into|strong="H3027" thin|strong="H1851" sheets|strong="H6341" silver|strong="H3701" from|strong="H3027" Tarshish|strong="H8659" and|strong="H3701" gold|strong="H2091" from|strong="H3027" Uphaz|strong="H0210", 
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Then|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" put|strong="H3027" on|strong="H3027" those|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1544" expensive purple|strong="H8504" robes|strong="H3830" 
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that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3027" made|strong="H4639" by|strong="H3027" skilled|strong="H2450" workers|strong="H2796". 
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he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" all-powerful God|strong="H3068", 
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\verseNumber{13}When|strong="H3318" he|strong="H6213" speaks|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w loudly|strong="H6963"\+w*}, there|strong="H5927" is|strong="H7307" thunder|strong="H6963" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5414" sky|strong="H8064"; 
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he|strong="H6213" causes|strong="H5414" clouds|strong="H5387" to|strong="H3318" form|strong="H8389" over|strong="H5414" every|strong="H5414" part|strong="H7097" of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H5414" earth|strong="H5927". 
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He|strong="H6213" sends|strong="H5414" lightning|strong="H1300" with|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5414" rain|strong="H4306" 
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and|strong="H8064" releases|strong="H5425" the|strong="H5414" winds|strong="H7307" from|strong="H3318" his|strong="H5414" storehouses|strong="H0214". 
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\verseNumber{14}People|strong="H3808" are|strong="H5262" senseless|strong="H1197" and|strong="H7307" know|strong="H1847" very|strong="H3966" little|strong="H4592" [HYP]; 
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those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" make|strong="H1197" idols|strong="H6459" are|strong="H5262" always|strong="H3605" disappointed|strong="H0954" 
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The|strong="H3605" images|strong="H5262"/statues|strong="H2088" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" make|strong="H1197" are|strong="H5262" not|strong="H3808" real \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gods|strong="H0430"\+w*}; 
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they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5262" lifeless. 
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\verseNumber{15}Idols|strong="H1892" are|strong="H1992" worthless|strong="H1892"; they|strong="H1992" deserve|strong="H0376" to|strong="H6256" be|strong="H6256" ridiculed; 
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\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" Israelis worship|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" like|strong="H3478" those|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1544"; 
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we|strong="H3588", the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H7626"/people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478", belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H1931"; 
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he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397". 

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“The|strong="H3427" army|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" your|strong="H3427" enemies|strong="H0341" surrounds|strong="H5439" your|strong="H3427" city|strong="H5892", 
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\verseNumber{18}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" soon|strong="H3588" throw|strong="H7049" you|strong="H3588" out|strong="H4672" of|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776" 
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and|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H6887" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" experience|strong="H7200" great|strong="H1419" troubles|strong="H6869", 
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with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" severe|strong="H3515" pain|strong="H4341" (OR|strong="H3068", none|strong="H4672" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" left|strong="H4672" here|strong="H3541").” 
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our|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" gone|strong="H3318" away|strong="H5186" from|strong="H3318" us|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3318" return|strong="H7725"; 
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and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" whom|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" rule|strong="H4910" [MET|strong="H6298"] will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" scattered|strong="H6327". 
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\verseNumber{22}Listen|strong="H6963"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Our|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w enemies’|strong="H0341"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w*} in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H7760" north|strong="H6828" are|strong="H5892" making|strong="H6213" a|strong="H7760" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H1419"\+w*} big|strong="H0931" noise|strong="H6963"/commotion|strong="H7494" 
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The|strong="H7760" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" Judah|strong="H3063" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H5892" destroyed|strong="H4229", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w*} a|strong="H7760" place|strong="H7760" where|strong="H2009" jackals|strong="H8577"/wolves|strong="H2061" live|strong="H4583".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jeremiah’s|strong="H3414" prayer|strong="H8605" }
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\verseNumber{23}Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" person|strong="H1980" controls|strong="H3820" what|strong="H3045" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1980" him|strong="H3045"; 
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no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" is|strong="H3068" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1980" direct|strong="H3559" the|strong="H3588" events|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" experience|strong="H3045". 
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\verseNumber{24}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H6435"\+w*} correct|strong="H3256"/discipline|strong="H3256" us|strong="H6435", but|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3068" gently|strong="H0328". 
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Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6435" correct|strong="H3256"/punish|strong="H3256" us|strong="H6435" when|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3256" are|strong="H3068" angry|strong="H2734", 
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\verseNumber{25}Punish|strong="H6485" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3045"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" nations|strong="H1471" whose|strong="H1471" people|strong="H1471" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" acknowledge|strong="H3045"/say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1471" God|strong="H3808"; 
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and|strong="H1471" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1471" causing|strong="H8074" our|strong="H5921" land|strong="H4940" to|strong="H5921" soon|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3808" only|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" desert|strong="H6160". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The people of Judah did not keep the agreement with Yahweh }
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\chapterNumber{11}This|strong="H1697" is|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w another|strong="H0312"\+w*} message|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1697" me|strong="H1961": 
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\verseNumber{4}It|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" agreement|strong="H7284" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H3117" made|strong="H6213" with|strong="H6213" their|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" when|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3117" brought|strong="H3318" them|strong="H6213" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3117" Egypt|strong="H4714". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w What|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w in|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w terrible|strong="H6213"\+w*; \+w it|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w*} living|strong="H3605" in|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1961" hot|strong="H2552" furnace|strong="H3564" [MET|strong="H6298"]. When|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3117" brought|strong="H3318" them|strong="H6213" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3117" Egypt|strong="H4714", I|strong="H3117" told|strong="H6680" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3318" obey|strong="H8085" me|strong="H6963", and|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3318" do|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H3117" had|strong="H1961" commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3318" do|strong="H6213". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w also|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w told|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w*} that|strong="H5971" if|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3117" obeyed|strong="H8085" me|strong="H6963", they|strong="H3117" would|strong="H5971" be|strong="H1961" my|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" would|strong="H5971" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Now|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w these|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w obey|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5414"\+w*}, I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2088" I|strong="H3117" promised|strong="H7650" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001". I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" continue|strong="H6965" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" very|strong="H2088" fertile|strong="H3759" [IDM] land|strong="H0776" in|strong="H3068" which|strong="H3068" they|strong="H1992" now|strong="H3117" live|strong="H3117".” 
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I|strong="H3117" replied|strong="H6030", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H3117" hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H3117" what|strong="H2088" you|strong="H5414" said|strong="H6030" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H6965".” 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7121", “Go|strong="H3068" into|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" streets|strong="H2351" of|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063". Proclaim|strong="H7121" my|strong="H8085" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H8085". Tell|strong="H8085" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" agreement|strong="H1285" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w I|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w made|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w*}, and|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H8085" it|strong="H7121". 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H4672", “The|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063" are|strong="H3068" rebelling|strong="H4775" against|strong="H7195" me|strong="H4672". 
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\verseNumber{13}There|strong="H1961" are|strong="H5892" more|strong="H3588" gods|strong="H0430" in|strong="H5892" Judah|strong="H3063" than|strong="H3588" there|strong="H1961" are|strong="H5892" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5892" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" have|strong="H1961" erected|strong="H6965" as|strong="H1961" many|strong="H4557" altars|strong="H4196" to|strong="H1961" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w gods|strong="H0430"\+w*} as|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" are|strong="H5892" streets|strong="H2351" in|strong="H5892" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{14}Jeremiah|strong="H3414", do|strong="H8085" not|strong="H2088" pray|strong="H6419" for|strong="H3588" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H5971" do|strong="H8085" not|strong="H2088" plead|strong="H7378" with|strong="H5971" me|strong="H7121" to|strong="H6256" rescue|strong="H5337" them|strong="H7121". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" plead|strong="H7378" with|strong="H5971" me|strong="H7121", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" not|strong="H2088" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085"; and|strong="H5971" if|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" cry|strong="H7121" out|strong="H7451" to|strong="H6256" me|strong="H7121" for|strong="H3588" help|strong="H5971" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" in|strong="H8085" distress|strong="H7451", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" not|strong="H2088" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H6256" them|strong="H7121".” 
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because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" continually|strong="H8548" do|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H6944". 
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with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1004" be|strong="H1004" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H6213" rejoice|strong="H5937". 
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\verseNumber{16}I|strong="H5921" previously|strong="H8543" said|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1419" like|strong="H5921" an|strong="H7121" olive|strong="H2132" tree|strong="H2132" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H3068" green|strong="H7488" leaves|strong="H1817" 
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w later|strong="H1961"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" another|strong="H8145" message|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697": 
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My|strong="H8085" eyes|strong="H5869" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" filled|strong="H4390" with|strong="H3068" tears|strong="H1832" 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The terrible drought }
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‘Day|strong="H3119" and|strong="H1419" night|strong="H3915" my|strong="H3588" eyes|strong="H5869" are|strong="H5971" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H1323" tears|strong="H1832". 
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I|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H2308" crying|strong="H1058". 
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I|strong="H3588" cry|strong="H7121" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H3381" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5869" been|strong="H2470" severely|strong="H2470" wounded|strong="H2470"; 
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they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5869" been|strong="H2470" severely|strong="H2470" crushed|strong="H7665" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{18}If|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" into|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3588" fields|strong="H7704", 
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I|strong="H3588" see|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w corpses|strong="H2491"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w*} people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3548" have|strong="H3045" been|strong="H3808" slaughtered|strong="H7819" by|strong="H3318" our|strong="H3318" enemies|strong="H0341". 
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If|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" walk|strong="H1980" along|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" streets|strong="H2351" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892", 
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The|strong="H3588" prophets|strong="H5030" and|strong="H3548" the|strong="H3588" priests|strong="H3548" travel|strong="H1980" through|strong="H7704" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H7704", preaching|strong="H7150" to|strong="H3318" people|strong="H3808", 
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“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}, have|strong="H3063" you|strong="H5221" completely|strong="H6960" rejected|strong="H3988" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6256"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063"? 
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with|strong="H5315" the|strong="H5221" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H5315" we|strong="H5315" will|strong="H5315" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H5315" healed|strong="H7495"? 
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We|strong="H5315" hoped|strong="H6960" that|strong="H5315" we|strong="H5315" would|strong="H5315" have|strong="H3063" peace|strong="H7965", 
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\verseNumber{20}Yahweh|strong="H3068", we|strong="H3588" admit|strong="H8085"/know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" wicked|strong="H7562" people|strong="H3045", 
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do|strong="H6565" not|strong="H2142" despise|strong="H5006"/abandon|strong="H5800" us|strong="H2142". 
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and|strong="H1285" do|strong="H6565" not|strong="H2142" ◄break|strong="H6565" your|strong="H2142" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" us|strong="H2142"/stop|strong="H2308" doing|strong="H6213" what|strong="H2142" you|strong="H2142" agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H4616" do|strong="H6565" for|strong="H8034" us|strong="H2142"►. 
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\verseNumber{22}Those|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1892" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3426"\+w* \+w been|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w brought|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w from|strong="H1471"\+w*} other|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" certainly|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" [RHQ] bring|strong="H5414" rain|strong="H1652" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064" certainly|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" [RHQ] cause|strong="H5414" rain|strong="H1652" to|strong="H3068" fall|strong="H5307". 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1471" the|strong="H3605" only|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" can|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" like|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588". 
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So|strong="H6213" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" confidently|strong="H2388" expect|strong="H6960" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w*}.” 

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The|strong="H3588" ones|strong="H2945" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" must|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4194" from|strong="H3318" hunger|strong="H7458", will|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4194" from|strong="H3318" hunger|strong="H7458". 
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It|strong="H1961" seems|strong="H3190" that|strong="H4325" [RHQ] my|strong="H1961" wounds|strong="H4347" cannot|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" healed|strong="H7495". 
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I|strong="H3027" will|strong="H3027" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3027" when|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3027" are|strong="H3027" seized|strong="H8610" by|strong="H3027" cruel|strong="H0394" people|strong="H3709". 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697": 
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\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H3651", this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4310" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": 
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They|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" abandoned|strong="H5800" me|strong="H7911". 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H3588" some|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" said|strong="H1697", “Come|strong="H3212", let’s|strong="H5221" plan|strong="H6098" to|strong="H3212" attack|strong="H5221" Jeremiah|strong="H3414". We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H3808"\+w*} priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3605" teach|strong="H3925" us|strong="H5921" God’s|strong="H0430" laws|strong="H8451", and|strong="H3212" wise|strong="H2450" men|strong="H2450" who|strong="H3605" give|strong="H7181" us|strong="H5921" good|strong="H2896" advice|strong="H6098", and|strong="H3212" prophets|strong="H5030" who|strong="H3605" tell|strong="H3605" us|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1697"\+w*. \+w We|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w need|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\+w*!} So|strong="H3808", let’s|strong="H5221" slander|strong="H1681" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3212" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H7181" attention|strong="H7181" to|strong="H3212" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" says|strong="H1697".” 
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\verseNumber{22}Cause|strong="H2600" people|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5921" scream in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H8085" homes|strong="H1004" 
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and|strong="H1004" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H7272" hidden|strong="H2934" traps|strong="H6341" along|strong="H5921" my|strong="H8085" path|strong="H0734". 
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\verseNumber{23}Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H6440" know|strong="H3045" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3045" they|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H6440". 
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Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3045" forgive|strong="H3722" them|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" crimes|strong="H6588" 
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Cause|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H4229"; 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H7971" I|strong="H3068" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" garbage dump|strong="H8210" where|strong="H8033" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H3605" them|strong="H7971" that|strong="H5971" message|strong="H3068". Then|strong="H7971" I|strong="H3068" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" courtyard|strong="H2691" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" this|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w*}: 
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\verseNumber{13}Sing|strong="H7891" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! 
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Praise|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! 
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why|strong="H4100" was|strong="H3117" it|strong="H7200" necessary|strong="H2706" [RHQ] for|strong="H3117" me|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H7200" born|strong="H3318"? 

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\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" this|strong="H2088" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H5414"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971": ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H5414" must|strong="H4191" decide|strong="H3198" whether|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4194" or|strong="H4194" to|strong="H3068" remain|strong="H3427" alive|strong="H2416". 
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Help|strong="H5826" those|strong="H3318" who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" robbed|strong="H1497". 
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that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H3341" up|strong="H5921" everything|strong="H3605" around|strong="H5439" you|strong="H3605"!’ ” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A message about punishing the evil kings of Judah }
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\chapterNumber{22}This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" another|strong="H2088" message|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w me|strong="H1696"\+w*}: “Go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3541" palace|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3541" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" say|strong="H1696" this|strong="H2088" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H3381": 
\verseNumber{2}‘You|strong="H5921" are|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063". You|strong="H5921" are|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5921" ruler|strong="H3427" [MTY], like|strong="H1697" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H3068". You|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3063" your|strong="H3068" officials|strong="H5650" and|strong="H3063" your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" must|strong="H4191" listen|strong="H8085" 
\verseNumber{3}to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": “Act|strong="H6213" fairly|strong="H4941" and|strong="H3068" justly|strong="H4941". Do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" right|strong="H4941". Help|strong="H6213" those|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" robbed|strong="H1497". Rescue|strong="H5337" people|strong="H1818" from|strong="H3027" those|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3068" oppress|strong="H3238" them|strong="H3027". Stop|strong="H2308" doing|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697". Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" mistreat|strong="H3238" those|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" come|strong="H4941" here|strong="H2088" from|strong="H3027" other|strong="H2088" countries|strong="H0776", and|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" mistreat|strong="H3238" orphans|strong="H3490" and|strong="H3068" widows|strong="H0490". Stop|strong="H2308" murdering here|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} [MTY] those|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3068" ◄are|strong="H3027" innocent|strong="H5355"/have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6213" done|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3027" wrong|strong="H3238"►. 
\verseNumber{4}If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" obey|strong="H6213" those|strong="H5921" commands|strong="H1697" carefully|strong="H6213", there|strong="H3427" will|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w always|strong="H3605"\+w*} be|strong="H1697" some|strong="H1697" descendant|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" who|strong="H1931" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H1697" ruling|strong="H3427" here|strong="H2088" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" his|strong="H1732" officials|strong="H5650" and|strong="H4428" other|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H4428" ride|strong="H7392" through|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" gates|strong="H8179" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H8179" in|strong="H3427" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H4428" on|strong="H5921" horses|strong="H5483". 
\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" refuse|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" those|strong="H8085" commands|strong="H1697", I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", solemnly|strong="H7650" declare|strong="H8085", with|strong="H1004" myself|strong="H0589" [MTY] as|strong="H1697" a|strong="H1961" witness|strong="H8085", that|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2088" palace|strong="H1004" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" pile|strong="H1530" of|strong="H1004" rubble|strong="H2721".” ’ ” 
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\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H3063" this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004": 
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“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1004"\+w*} this|strong="H3541" palace|strong="H1004", like|strong="H1004" I|strong="H3588" like|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" forests|strong="H3293" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} 
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and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H5921" mountains|strong="H2022" in|strong="H3427" Lebanon|strong="H3844". 
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But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" this|strong="H3541" palace|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H3588" desert|strong="H4057", 
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a|strong="H3588" place|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" lives|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{7}I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5307" summon|strong="H7121" enemy|strong="H0340" troops|strong="H1416" who|strong="H0834" will|strong="H5307" destroy|strong="H7843" this|strong="H6942" palace|strong="H1004"; 
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each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H3627" their|strong="H5921" soldiers|strong="H5650" will|strong="H5307" use|strong="H4399" his|strong="H5921" own|strong="H1961" tools|strong="H0240" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* wreck \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w building|strong="H1129"\+w*}. 
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They|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5307" cut|strong="H3772" into|strong="H5307" pieces|strong="H5409" the|strong="H5921" beautiful|strong="H3303" big|strong="H0931" cedar|strong="H0730" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w beams|strong="H3772"\+w*} 
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and|strong="H5307" throw|strong="H5307" them|strong="H5921" into|strong="H5307" a|strong="H3772" fire|strong="H0784".” 
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\verseNumber{8}People|strong="H1471" from|strong="H5921" many|strong="H7227" nations|strong="H1471" will|strong="H3068" walk|strong="H5674" past|strong="H5674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w ruins|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" each|strong="H5892" other|strong="H7453", “Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H1419"\+w*} great|strong="H1419"?” 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} people|strong="H5800" will|strong="H3068" reply|strong="H7725", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*} because|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5800" stopped|strong="H5800" obeying|strong="H8085" the|strong="H5921" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H5647" with|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". Instead|strong="H5921", they|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7812" [DOU] other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430".” 
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\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w also|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w says|strong="H0559"\+w*,} “Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" mourn|strong="H5110" for|strong="H3588" King|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Josiah|strong="H2977"\+w*}; 
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do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" cry|strong="H7121" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3588" died|strong="H4191". 
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Instead|strong="H3588", mourn|strong="H5110" for|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\+w*, \+w his|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*}, 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H4191" captured|strong="H3920" and|strong="H1980" taken|strong="H3947" to|strong="H1980" another|strong="H5750" country|strong="H2022", 
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and|strong="H1980" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1980" see|strong="H7200" his|strong="H7725" own|strong="H1961" country|strong="H2022", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}, again|strong="H7725".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4428" after|strong="H4480" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H1121", King|strong="H4428" Josiah|strong="H2977", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}, but|strong="H3588" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" indeed|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" captured|strong="H3920" and|strong="H1121" taken|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}. And|strong="H1121" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" about|strong="H4480" him|strong="H7725": “He|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" return|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{12}He|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191" in|strong="H4191" that|strong="H3588" far-away country|strong="H4725" and|strong="H8033" will|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" his|strong="H7200" own|strong="H1961" country|strong="H4725" again|strong="H5750".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A|strong="H3588" message|strong="H1697" about|strong="H8033" King|strong="H4428" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" }
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\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w And|strong="H4941"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5414"\+w*}, “Terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1004" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Jehoahaz’s|strong="H3059"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H7453"\+w*, \+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\+w*}. 
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He|strong="H1004" unjustly|strong="H4941" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w forced|strong="H4522"\+w* \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w*} build|strong="H1129" his|strong="H5414" palace|strong="H1004". 
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The|strong="H5414" rooms|strong="H5944" on|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" upper|strong="H5944" level|strong="H4334" were|strong="H5414" built|strong="H1129" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w forced|strong="H4522"\+w*} unjustly|strong="H4941" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w do|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w work|strong="H6467"\+w*}; 
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he|strong="H1004" forced|strong="H4522" his|strong="H5414" neighbors|strong="H7453" to|strong="H5414" work|strong="H6467" for|strong="H1004" nothing|strong="H3808"; 
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he|strong="H1004" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" anything|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H1004" said|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H1004" will|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w force|strong="H2394"\+w* \+w my|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w workers|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1004"\+w*} build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" huge|strong="H1995" beautiful|strong="H3303" palace|strong="H1004" 
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with|strong="H1004" very|strong="H3966" large|strong="H7304" rooms|strong="H5944" and|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H7227"\+w*} windows|strong="H2474". 
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They|strong="H1992" will|strong="H1004" cover|strong="H3680" the|strong="H1129" walls|strong="H2346" with|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w fragrant|strong="H5561"\+w*} cedar|strong="H0730" panels/timber|strong="H6086" 
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and|strong="H1004" paint|strong="H6320" them|strong="H1129" bright|strong="H8350" red|strong="H8350".’” 
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\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2896" certainly|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" [RHQ] having|strong="H3808" a|strong="H6213" beautiful|strong="H2896" cedar|strong="H0730" palace|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3588" causes|strong="H5414" a|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4427" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3808" great|strong="H6213"! 
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Jehoiakim’s|strong="H3079" father|strong="H0001", Josiah|strong="H2977", also|strong="H6213" had|strong="H3588" [RHQ] plenty|strong="H7647" of|strong="H4941" things|strong="H2896" to|strong="H6213" eat|strong="H0398" and|strong="H4941" drink|strong="H8354". 
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But|strong="H3588" Josiah|strong="H2977" always|strong="H3605" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4941" right|strong="H4941" and|strong="H4941" just|strong="H4941", 
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and|strong="H4941" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2896" why|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3808" blessed|strong="H1288" him|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{16}Josiah|strong="H2977" acted|strong="H6213" justly|strong="H4941"/fairly|strong="H6664" and|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H5826" poor|strong="H6041" and|strong="H3068" needy|strong="H6041" people|strong="H3808", 
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so|strong="H3808" things|strong="H2896" went|strong="H3068" well|strong="H2896" for|strong="H3068" him|strong="H1931". 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002", “That|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" [RHQ] the|strong="H5002" way|strong="H1870" a|strong="H3068" person|strong="H5315" should|strong="H3068" behave|strong="H6213" who|strong="H1931" knows|strong="H3045" me|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{17}But|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\+w*}, you|strong="H3588" [MTY] are|strong="H5869" greedy|strong="H1214" and|strong="H5869" desire|strong="H8378" only|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5921" obtain|strong="H5381" things|strong="H1697" by|strong="H5921" acting|strong="H4603" dishonestly|strong="H5766". 
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You|strong="H3588" murder|strong="H7523" [MTY] innocent|strong="H5355" people|strong="H1818", 
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you|strong="H3588" oppress|strong="H6231" poor|strong="H6041" people|strong="H1818", 
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and|strong="H5869" you|strong="H3588" treat|strong="H6213" people|strong="H1818" cruelly|strong="H6233" and|strong="H5869" violently|strong="H3966".” 
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\verseNumber{18}Therefore|strong="H3651", this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" about|strong="H4428" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079", the|strong="H3541" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Josiah|strong="H2977": 
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“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w dies|strong="H4191"\+w*}, people|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" mourn|strong="H5594" for|strong="H3068" him|strong="H4428". 
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They|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" each|strong="H3541" other|strong="H3541", ‘It|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3651" sad|strong="H7451"; we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H1121" so|strong="H3651" sorry|strong="H5162"!’ 
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The|strong="H3541" people|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H3651" ruled|strong="H4428" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" mourn|strong="H5594" for|strong="H3068" him|strong="H4428", saying|strong="H0559", 
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‘We|strong="H0587" are|strong="H1121" sad|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" is|strong="H3068" dead|strong="H4191"; we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H1121" so|strong="H3651" sorry|strong="H5162" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3541" wonderful|strong="H6381" things|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w while|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w ended|strong="H1961"\+w*}.’ 
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\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w dies|strong="H4191"\+w*, \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3389"\+w*} his|strong="H7993" corpse|strong="H5038" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H3389" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3389" a|strong="H3389" dead|strong="H4191" donkey|strong="H2543"; 
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his|strong="H7993" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w corpse|strong="H5038"\+w*} will|strong="H3389" be|strong="H3389" dragged|strong="H5498" out|strong="H7993" of|strong="H8179" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3389" dumped|strong="H7760" outside|strong="H1973" the|strong="H7993" gates|strong="H8179"! 
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\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}, go|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w mountains|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w in|strong="H7665"\+w*} Lebanon|strong="H3844" and|strong="H6963" weep|strong="H1058", 
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cry|strong="H6817" out|strong="H5414" in|strong="H7665" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w mountains|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6963"\+w*} Moab|strong="H4124", 
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because|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" friends|strong="H7453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H7665"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w areas|strong="H5927"\+w*} have|strong="H5414" been|strong="H5927" destroyed|strong="H7665". 
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\verseNumber{21}When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1870" prosperous|strong="H6743", I|strong="H3588" warned|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588", 
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but|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H1696", ‘We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w what|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H1696"\+w*}.’ 
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You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3808" been|strong="H3808" acting|strong="H4603" like|strong="H1870" that|strong="H3588" since|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1870" young|strong="H5288"; 
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you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" obeyed|strong="H8085" me|strong="H6963". 
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but|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soon|strong="H3205"\+w*} he|strong="H4100" will|strong="H4100" be|strong="H2256" punished|strong="H6485", 
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and|strong="H3427" then|strong="H4100" he|strong="H4100" will|strong="H4100" groan|strong="H2603" 
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like|strong="H3427" [SIM] a|strong="H3205" woman|strong="H3205" who|strong="H3427" is|strong="H4100" giving|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" baby|strong="H1121".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H4100" punish|strong="H6485" King|strong="H4428" Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" }
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\verseNumber{24}Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002" this|strong="H3588": “Jehoiachin|strong="H3078", son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", as|strong="H1961" surely|strong="H3588" as|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}. Even|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5002" ring|strong="H2885" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" finger|strong="H0676" that|strong="H3588" shows|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5002" king|strong="H4428", I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" pull|strong="H5423" you|strong="H3588" off|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{25}You|strong="H5414" are|strong="H3027" afraid|strong="H3016" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" and|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5414" huge|strong="H1995" army|strong="H2428", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H6440"\+w*} they|strong="H5315" are|strong="H3027" wanting|strong="H6485" to|strong="H5414" kill|strong="H2026" you|strong="H5414". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" enable|strong="H7980" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" capture|strong="H3920" you|strong="H5414". 
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He|strong="H1931" and|strong="H3045" his|strong="H5921" children|strong="H2233" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" ◄exiled|strong="H1540"/forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H5921" go|strong="H1980"► to|strong="H5921" a|strong="H2088" foreign|strong="H5237" land|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{29}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w*} the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H8085" in|strong="H3068" this|strong="H1697" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H3068" listen|strong="H8085" carefully|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068".” 
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\verseNumber{30}This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": 
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and|strong="H3063" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H3808" successful|strong="H6743" during|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3068" life|strong="H3117", 
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because|strong="H3588" none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" children|strong="H2233"/descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ever|strong="H3117"\+w*} become|strong="H1961" king|strong="H3678" 
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to|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063".” 

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\chapterNumber{23}Yahweh|strong="H3068" declares|strong="H5002", “Terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5002"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*—\+w those|strong="H1945"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3068"\+w*} shepherds|strong="H7462" of|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5002"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3068"\+w*} my|strong="H3068" sheep|strong="H6629"—because|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" scattered|strong="H6327" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H3068" them|strong="H7462" away|strong="H7462", and|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" taken|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H7462". 
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H6965"\+w*} I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" appoint|strong="H6485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H5750"\+w*} leaders|strong="H7218" for|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3808", leaders|strong="H7218" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H6485" care|strong="H6485" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921". And|strong="H6965" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" afraid|strong="H3372" [DOU] of|strong="H3068" anything|strong="H3808" again|strong="H5750", and|strong="H6965" none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3068"\+w*} lost|strong="H0006" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sheep|strong="H6629"\+w*}.’ ” 
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\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3068"\+w*} says|strong="H5002", 
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“Some|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" appoint|strong="H4427" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3117" a|strong="H6213" righteous|strong="H6662" man|strong="H6662" 
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who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H6213" descendant|strong="H6780" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732". 
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He|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H3068" rules|strong="H4427" wisely|strong="H7919". 
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He|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3068" just|strong="H6662" and|strong="H6965" right|strong="H4941" throughout|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5002" land|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{6}At|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", all|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H5971" [DOU] will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" saved|strong="H3467" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3063" they|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" safe|strong="H3467". 
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And|strong="H3063" his|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" 
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‘Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H2088" who|strong="H3068" vindicates|strong="H4941"/defends|strong="H1755" us|strong="H3117".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3068"\+w*} says|strong="H5002" that|strong="H3117" at|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", people|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w solemnly|strong="H7650"\+w* \+w promising|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" say|strong="H3478", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H3651"\+w*} as|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", who|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" the|strong="H5002" Israeli people|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5927" Egypt|strong="H4714".” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" false|strong="H8267" prophets|strong="H5030" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" punished|strong="H6485" }
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\verseNumber{9}I|strong="H1697" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H6106" shocked|strong="H8074" because|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" message|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" spoken|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w false|strong="H8267"\+w*} prophets|strong="H5030"; 
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I|strong="H1697" stagger|strong="H5128" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H1397" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" drunk|strong="H7910" 
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after|strong="H1961" drinking|strong="H8354" a|strong="H1961" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H3068" wine|strong="H3196". 
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Even|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" pastures|strong="H4999" in|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" desert|strong="H4057" are|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3651" dried|strong="H3001" up|strong="H3001", 
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and|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w false|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w*} use|strong="H1961" their|strong="H6440" power|strong="H1369" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H4057" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" just|strong="H3512"/fair|strong="H3303". 
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\verseNumber{11}Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yes|strong="H3588"\+w*, \+w even|strong="H1571"\+w*} the|strong="H5002" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" prophets|strong="H5030" are|strong="H3068" ungodly|strong="H7563"; 
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they|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" wicked|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451" even|strong="H1571" in|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{12}Therefore|strong="H3651", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H5002" paths|strong="H2519" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" walk|strong="H1870" on|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1992" slippery|strong="H2519". 
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and|strong="H3068" there|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" fall|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307", 
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because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H3651" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3068" experience|strong="H7200" disasters|strong="H7451" 
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at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5002" time|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H1992". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H1961" said|strong="H5002" it|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} I|strong="H7200" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H7200" prophets|strong="H5030" in|strong="H3478" Samaria|strong="H8111" were|strong="H3478" doing|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5971" was|strong="H3478" wrong|strong="H7451"; 
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they|strong="H5971" were|strong="H3478" prophesying|strong="H5012", saying|strong="H0559" that|strong="H5971" Baal|strong="H1168" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gave|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w messages|strong="H2372"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w proclaiming|strong="H7121"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H5971" were|strong="H3478" deceiving|strong="H8582" my|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H1961"\+w*} I|strong="H7200" have|strong="H1961" seen|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" doing|strong="H7451" terrible|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605". 
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They|strong="H3605" commit|strong="H5003" adultery|strong="H5003" 
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and|strong="H1980" habitually tell|strong="H3605" lies|strong="H8267". 
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They|strong="H3605" encourage|strong="H2388" evil|strong="H7451" people|strong="H3427" to|strong="H1980" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1980" do|strong="H7489" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605", 
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with|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" do|strong="H7489" not|strong="H1115" stop|strong="H1115" sinning|strong="H7489". 
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Those|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" are|strong="H3027" as|strong="H1961" wicked|strong="H7451" as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Sodom|strong="H5467" and|strong="H1980" Gomorrah|strong="H6017" were|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H3651", this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" the|strong="H3605" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397" says|strong="H3541" about|strong="H5921" those|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w false|strong="H8267"\+w*} prophets|strong="H5030": 
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“I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H8248" those|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" bitter|strong="H4751" things|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3318" eat|strong="H0398" 
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and|strong="H3068" poison|strong="H7219" to|strong="H3318" drink|strong="H8248", 
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because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3068" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" this|strong="H3651" land|strong="H0776" is|strong="H3068" filled|strong="H4390" with|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*} wicked|strong="H7563" things|strong="H3605".” 
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\verseNumber{16}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397" says|strong="H3541": 
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“Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" any|strong="H1697" attention|strong="H3820" to|strong="H1696" what|strong="H1697" those|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w false|strong="H3808"\+w*} prophets|strong="H5030" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5921", 
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because|strong="H5921" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" just|strong="H1697" deceiving|strong="H8267" you|strong="H5921". 
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They|strong="H1992" tell|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5921" about|strong="H5921" visions|strong="H2377" that|strong="H8085" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H3068" thought|strong="H3820"/created|strong="H1254" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" minds|strong="H3820", 
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not|strong="H3808" about|strong="H5921" visions|strong="H2377" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H3541" have|strong="H3068" given|strong="H8085" them|strong="H1992". 
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\verseNumber{17}They|strong="H3068" habitually say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" hate|strong="H8130" me|strong="H5921", 
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‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w says|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*} you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H1961" peace|strong="H7965".’ 
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And|strong="H1980" they|strong="H3068" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" stubbornly|strong="H5637" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H7451" they|strong="H3068" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3068", 
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‘Nothing|strong="H3808" bad|strong="H7451" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w*}.’ 
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\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H3588" none|strong="H0369" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5975" has|strong="H3068" ever|strong="H4310" been|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" council|strong="H5475" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w meeting|strong="H4150"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" heaven|strong="H8064" 
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in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H8085" me|strong="H7200". 
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None|strong="H0369" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5975" has|strong="H3068" paid|strong="H7181" attention|strong="H7181" to|strong="H3068" anything|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H3318", listen|strong="H2009" to|strong="H3318" this|strong="H3068": I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5921"; it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3318"\+w*} a|strong="H3318" great|strong="H2342" storm|strong="H5591"; 
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it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3318" down|strong="H2342" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3318"\+w*} a|strong="H3318" whirlwind|strong="H5591", swirling|strong="H5437" around|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H5921" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H7563". 
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\verseNumber{20}I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H3808" being|strong="H3068" angry|strong="H2734" 
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until|strong="H5704" I|strong="H3117" completely|strong="H5704" accomplish|strong="H6213" all|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3068" planned|strong="H3289". 
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In|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" future|strong="H0319", you|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" understand|strong="H0995" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} this|strong="H6213" clearly|strong="H3045".” 
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\verseNumber{21}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w also|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w says|strong="H1696"\+w*,} “I|strong="H3808" have|strong="H5030" not|strong="H3808" appointed|strong="H1696" those|strong="H1992" prophets|strong="H5030", 
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but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H1992" run|strong="H7323" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w around|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w their|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w messages|strong="H2372"\+w*}. 
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I|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H1992", 
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but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w continue|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*} prophesy|strong="H5012". 
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\verseNumber{22}If|strong="H0518" they|strong="H5971" had|strong="H5971" been|strong="H5971" in|strong="H8085" my|strong="H8085" council|strong="H5475" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{meetings}, 
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they|strong="H5971" would|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" been|strong="H5971" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H7725" speak|strong="H1697" messages|strong="H1697" from|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725", 
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and|strong="H7725" they|strong="H5971" would|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" caused|strong="H1697" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H7725" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" committing|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697".” 
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\verseNumber{23}Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3068"\+w*} says|strong="H5002", “Am|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" only|strong="H0389" nearby|strong="H7138"? 
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No|strong="H3808", I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" far|strong="H7350" away|strong="H7350", also|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{24}So|strong="H3808", no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" can|strong="H7200" hide|strong="H5641" in|strong="H3068" some|strong="H4480" secret|strong="H5641" place|strong="H4565" 
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with|strong="H4390" the|strong="H5002" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" cannot|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" him|strong="H7200". 
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I|strong="H7200" am|strong="H3068" everywhere|strong="H3605", in|strong="H3068" heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5002" earth|strong="H8064"! 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w I|strong="H7200"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", say|strong="H0559"! 
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\verseNumber{25}I|strong="H8085" have|strong="H5030" heard|strong="H8085" those|strong="H8085" prophets|strong="H5030" prophesy|strong="H5012" lies|strong="H8267", saying|strong="H0559" that|strong="H8085" they|strong="H8034" are|strong="H5030" telling|strong="H1696" people|strong="H8085" messages|strong="H2372" from|strong="H8085" me|strong="H8034". They|strong="H8034" say|strong="H0559", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Listen|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w me|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w you|strong="H8085"\+w*} the|strong="H8085" dream|strong="H2492" that|strong="H8085" God|strong="H0430" gave|strong="H8085" me|strong="H8034" last|strong="H0314" night|strong="H3915"! I|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w really|strong="H2088"\+w*} had|strong="H2492" this|strong="H8085" dream|strong="H2492"!’ 
\verseNumber{26}How|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3820" they|strong="H5704" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H3426" this|strong="H3820"? How|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3820" those|strong="H1992" lying|strong="H8267" prophets|strong="H5030" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" prophesy|strong="H5012" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5030" come|strong="H0935" only|strong="H5704" from|strong="H5704" their|strong="H3820" own|strong="H1961" minds|strong="H3820"? 
\verseNumber{27}They|strong="H5971" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H5971" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H8034" the|strong="H7911" dreams|strong="H2472" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5971" tell|strong="H5608" to|strong="H2803" each|strong="H5971" other|strong="H7453", people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" forget|strong="H7911" me|strong="H7911", like|strong="H2803" their|strong="H7911" ancestors|strong="H0001" forgot|strong="H7911" about|strong="H5971" me|strong="H7911" when|strong="H2472" they|strong="H5971" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H2803" worship|strong="H7812" Baal|strong="H1168". 
\verseNumber{28}Allow|strong="H5414" those|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w false|strong="H8267"\+w*} prophets|strong="H5030" to|strong="H1696" tell|strong="H1696" people|strong="H1696" their|strong="H3068" dreams|strong="H2472", but|strong="H1696" those|strong="H1696" who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" messages|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w really|strong="H2088"\+w*} come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1696" should|strong="H3068" proclaim|strong="H5608" those|strong="H1696" messages|strong="H1697" faithfully|strong="H0571". I|strong="H1697", Yahweh|strong="H3068", say|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1697"\+w*} straw|strong="H8401" and|strong="H3068" grain|strong="H1250" are|strong="H4100" certainly|strong="H3588" very|strong="H3966" different|strong="H8133", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w messages|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5002"\+w* \+w messages|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w false|strong="H8267"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w are|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w certainly|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w different|strong="H8133"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{30}Therefore|strong="H3651", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H2005"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068" say|strong="H1697", 'I oppose|strong="H7853" all|strong="H1697" those|strong="H5921" prophets|strong="H5030" who|strong="H3068" steal|strong="H1589" messages|strong="H1697" from|strong="H5921" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H7453" and|strong="H3068" claim|strong="H0589" that|strong="H3068" those|strong="H5921" messages|strong="H1697" came|strong="H3068" from|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{31}I|strong="H2005" oppose|strong="H7853" those|strong="H5921" prophets|strong="H5030" who|strong="H3068" speak|strong="H1696" their|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" messages|strong="H2372" but|strong="H3947" claim|strong="H0589" that|strong="H3068" those|strong="H5921" messages|strong="H2372" came|strong="H3068" from|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{32}I|strong="H2005" oppose|strong="H7853" those|strong="H5921" prophets|strong="H5030" who|strong="H5971" falsely|strong="H8267" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H2005" told|strong="H5608" them|strong="H5921" something|strong="H1697" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H7971" vision|strong="H2377", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3068" are|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} telling|strong="H5608" lies|strong="H8267" that|strong="H5971" cause|strong="H8267" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H2403". I|strong="H2005" did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" send|strong="H7971" those|strong="H5921" prophets|strong="H5030". I|strong="H2005" did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3808" appoint|strong="H6680" them|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w*}. And|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" messages|strong="H2372" that|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" benefit|strong="H3276" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" at|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5921".' \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w I|strong="H2005"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068", declare|strong="H5608".” 

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\verseNumber{33}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H5002"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7592"\+w*}, “If|strong="H3588" one|strong="H2088" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H2088" prophets|strong="H5030" or|strong="H3068" priests|strong="H3548" or|strong="H3068" one|strong="H2088" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H2088"\+w*} people|strong="H5971" asks|strong="H7592" you|strong="H3588", ‘What|strong="H4100" problem|strong="H2008" has|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3588" about|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H3588"\+w*}?’, you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" reply|strong="H7725", ‘You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5002" problem|strong="H2008"! And|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" abandon|strong="H5203" you|strong="H3588"!’ 
\verseNumber{34}And|strong="H3068" if|strong="H1931" any|strong="H6485" prophet|strong="H5030" or|strong="H1004" priest|strong="H3548" or|strong="H1004" anyone|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w else|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w falsely|strong="H8267"\+w*} says|strong="H0559", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w*} a|strong="H3068" prophecy|strong="H5030" from|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068",’ I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" that|strong="H5971" person|strong="H5315" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" family|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{35}What|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5921" should|strong="H3068" continually|strong="H3068" ask|strong="H7592" each|strong="H3541" other|strong="H7453" is|strong="H3068", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w spoke|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*,} what|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" he|strong="H3068" reply|strong="H6030"? What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" saying|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5921"\+w*}?’ 
\verseNumber{36}But|strong="H3588" stop|strong="H3808" saying|strong="H1697" ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w*} a|strong="H1961" prophecy|strong="H4853"/message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068",’ because|strong="H3588" those|strong="H1961" who|strong="H3068" say|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1697" doing|strong="H6213" it|strong="H3588" only|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3808" people|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" accept|strong="H7521" their|strong="H3068" ideas, and|strong="H3068" by|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" distort|strong="H5186"/change|strong="H2015" the|strong="H3588" messages|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1697" from|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3588" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397". 
\verseNumber{37}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" should|strong="H3068" ask|strong="H7592" each|strong="H3541" prophet|strong="H5030": ‘What|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068" reply|strong="H6030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w you|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w talked|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6030"\+w*}? What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" saying|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w us|strong="H6030"\+w*}?’ 
\verseNumber{38}If|strong="H3651" he|strong="H3651" replies|strong="H0559", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w What|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w told|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7971"\+w*} is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7971" prophecy|strong="H4853"/message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H7971" Yahweh|strong="H3068",’ you|strong="H7971" should|strong="H3068" say|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7971", ‘You|strong="H7971" have|strong="H3068" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3068" say|strong="H1697", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w received|strong="H3947"\+w*} a|strong="H7971" prophecy|strong="H4853"/message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H7971" Yahweh|strong="H3068"” even|strong="H3651" though|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3541" told|strong="H1697" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" claim|strong="H0589" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7971" have|strong="H3068" received|strong="H3947" prophecies|strong="H1697"/messages|strong="H1697" from|strong="H7971" Yahweh|strong="H3068".’ 
\verseNumber{39}So|strong="H3651" I|strong="H2005" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{, \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*,} will|strong="H5892" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H5892" you|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w false|strong="H8267"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w*}. I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H5892" expel|strong="H1644" you|strong="H5414" from|strong="H6440" my|strong="H5414" presence|strong="H6440". And|strong="H5892" I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H5892" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H5892" this|strong="H3651" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3651" I|strong="H2005" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H5892" to|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5414" ancestors|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{40}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" cause|strong="H5414" people|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5921" make|strong="H5414" fun of|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414" forever|strong="H5769". People|strong="H3808" will|strong="H5414" never|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" were|strong="H5414" disgraced|strong="H0954".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Good figs and bad figs }
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\chapterNumber{24}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w army|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894" captured|strong="H3920" Jehoiachin|strong="H3204", the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" officials|strong="H8269", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H7200" his|strong="H3068" skilled|strong="H2796" workers|strong="H2796" [DOU] and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H4428" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" Babylon|strong="H0894". After|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" happened|strong="H1961", Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" me|strong="H6440" a|strong="H7200" vision|strong="H7200". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w In|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H7200"\+w*} I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H7200" two|strong="H8147" baskets|strong="H1736" of|strong="H1121" figs|strong="H8384" that|strong="H7200" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" placed|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1964". 
\verseNumber{2}One|strong="H3808" basket|strong="H1731" was|strong="H7451" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H7451" good|strong="H2896" figs|strong="H8384", like|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3808" kind|strong="H2896" that|strong="H7451" ripen first|strong="H7223". The|strong="H3808" other|strong="H0312" basket|strong="H1731" was|strong="H7451" filled|strong="H4390" with|strong="H2896" figs|strong="H8384" that|strong="H7451" were|strong="H7451" bad|strong="H7451"/rotten|strong="H7539", with|strong="H2896" the|strong="H3808" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H7451" they|strong="H3808" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" eaten|strong="H0398". 
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7200", “Jeremiah|strong="H3414", what|strong="H4100" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200"?” 
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I|strong="H7200" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w some|strong="H4480"\+w*} figs|strong="H8384". Some|strong="H4480" are|strong="H4100" very|strong="H3966" good|strong="H2896" ones|strong="H8384", but|strong="H3808" some|strong="H4480" are|strong="H4100" very|strong="H3966" bad|strong="H7451", with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H7200" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" would|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398" them|strong="H7200".” 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697": 
\verseNumber{5}“This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3541"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3541" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3541" Israeli people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w say|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H3651"\+w*}, say|strong="H3478": ‘The|strong="H3541" good|strong="H2896" figs|strong="H8384" represent|strong="H7969" [SIM] the|strong="H3541" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H3541" exiled|strong="H1540" to|strong="H3478" Babylonia|strong="H3778". 
\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H5921" [SYN] will|strong="H5869" ◄watch|strong="H5869" over|strong="H5921"/take|strong="H7725" care|strong="H7760" of|strong="H5869"► them|strong="H5921" well|strong="H2896", and|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5869" bring|strong="H7725" them|strong="H5921" back|strong="H7725" here|strong="H2063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5869" establish|strong="H7760" them|strong="H5921" and|strong="H7725" cause|strong="H7725" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3808" strong|strong="H2388". I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5869" cause|strong="H7725" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3808" prosperous|strong="H6743" [MET|strong="H6298"], and|strong="H7725" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3808" exile|strong="H1540" them|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" desire|strong="H8378" to|strong="H7725" know|strong="H3045" [IDM] that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068". They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" my|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H5414" sincerely|strong="H8549".’ 
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\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3068"\+w*} say|strong="H0559", ‘The|strong="H3588" bad|strong="H7451" figs|strong="H8384" represent|strong="H7969" [SIM] Zedekiah|strong="H6667", the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" his|strong="H5414" officials|strong="H8269", and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H2063"\+w*} people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3068" remain|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H3063" those|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" gone|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5414" like|strong="H3651" people|strong="H3427" do|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" rotten|strong="H7539" figs|strong="H8384". 
\verseNumber{9}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w get|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w rid|strong="H5337"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*}, with|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H4725" every|strong="H3605" nation|strong="H4467" on|strong="H7451" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" will|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" horrified|strong="H2113", and|strong="H8033" will|strong="H5414" hate|strong="H8130" them|strong="H5414" because|strong="H3605" they|strong="H8033" are|strong="H8033" evil|strong="H7451" people|strong="H5971". Wherever|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5414" scatter|strong="H5080" them|strong="H5414", people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5414" make|strong="H5414" fun of|strong="H4725" them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H8033" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H8033" are|strong="H8033" disgraced|strong="H0954", and|strong="H8033" ridicule|strong="H4912" them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H8033" curse|strong="H7045" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H7971" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H2719" cause|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" experience|strong="H7200" wars|strong="H2719" and|strong="H7971" famines|strong="H3615" and|strong="H7971" diseases|strong="H1698", until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H5414" disappeared|strong="H0369" from|strong="H5921" this|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" which|strong="H1992" I|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" them|strong="H5414" and|strong="H7971" to|strong="H5704" their|strong="H5414" ancestors|strong="H0001".’” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A prediction about being exiled for 70 years }
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\chapterNumber{25}After|strong="H5921" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" four|strong="H0702" years|strong="H8141", Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H5921" this|strong="H1931" message|strong="H1697" for|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". It|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" during|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H5971" King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" rule|strong="H4428" in|strong="H8141" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
\verseNumber{2}I|strong="H5921" spoke|strong="H1696" this|strong="H1696" message|strong="H3389" to|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w places|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063": 
\verseNumber{3}“Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" giving|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4480" messages|strong="H1697" for|strong="H5704" 23 years|strong="H8141". He|strong="H3117" started|strong="H1961" giving|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4480" messages|strong="H1697" when|strong="H1961" Josiah|strong="H2977", the|strong="H8085" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amon|strong="H0526", had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5704" almost|strong="H3117" 13 years|strong="H8141". And|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" faithfully|strong="H0571" told|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3117" those|strong="H4480" messages|strong="H1697", but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" paid|strong="H8085" any|strong="H4480" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{4}Many|strong="H3808" times|strong="H6471" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" who|strong="H3605" served|strong="H5647" him|strong="H7971", but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H7971" or|strong="H3808" paid|strong="H8085" any|strong="H3605" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H8085" they|strong="H3068" said|strong="H8085". 
\verseNumber{5}Each|strong="H5414" time|strong="H5769" their|strong="H3068" message|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" this|strong="H5414": ‘Turn|strong="H7725" from|strong="H4480" all|strong="H5704" your|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" behavior|strong="H1870" [MET|strong="H6298"], from|strong="H4480" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3068" continually|strong="H5769" been|strong="H5769" doing|strong="H1870". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068", you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5704" stay|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" this|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H5704" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w belong|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w*} forever|strong="H5769". 
\verseNumber{6}Do|strong="H5647" not|strong="H3808" cause|strong="H2600" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3212" become|strong="H3027" angry|strong="H3707" by|strong="H3027" serving|strong="H5647" and|strong="H3027" worshiping|strong="H7812" idols|strong="H1544" that|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3027" made|strong="H4639" with|strong="H3212" your|strong="H3808" hands|strong="H3027". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3808" do|strong="H5647" not|strong="H3808" cause|strong="H2600" him|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3212" be|strong="H3808" angry|strong="H3707", he|strong="H3027" will|strong="H3027" not|strong="H3808" punish|strong="H7489"/harm|strong="H7489" you|strong="H3808".’ 
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\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002", ‘But|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" messages|strong="H2372" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gave|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w those|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w*}. You|strong="H3808" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H3027" extremely|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H3707" by|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w*} that|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3808" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H4639" with|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" own|strong="H3027" hands|strong="H3027". That|strong="H8085" resulted|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3068" my|strong="H8085" punishing|strong="H7725" you|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H2088" I|strong="H1697" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971", saying|strong="H1697", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" prophesy|strong="H5012" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3605" heard|strong="H8085" me|strong="H7971" say|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} this|strong="H2088" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" city|strong="H5892". 
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Jerusalem|strong="H3389" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" heap|strong="H5856" of|strong="H4428" ruins|strong="H5856". 
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\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H3808" did|strong="H6213" [RHQ] King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" or|strong="H3808" anyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" kill|strong="H4191" Micah|strong="H4318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w saying|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*}? No|strong="H3808"! Instead|strong="H3808", Hezekiah|strong="H2396" revered|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3063" pleaded|strong="H7378" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H6213" would|strong="H3068" ◄act|strong="H6213" mercifully toward|strong="H5921"/not|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H4191"► them|strong="H5921". So|strong="H6213", Yahweh|strong="H3068" changed|strong="H5162" his|strong="H3605" mind|strong="H5315" about|strong="H5921" causing|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" experience|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" terrible|strong="H6213" disaster|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H6213" said|strong="H1696" he|strong="H6213" would|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971". And|strong="H3063" now|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w we|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w Jeremiah|strong="H3068"\+w*}, we|strong="H6213" are|strong="H3068" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1696" cause|strong="H6213" ourselves|strong="H5315" to|strong="H1696" experienece a|strong="H6213" terrible|strong="H6213" disaster|strong="H7451"!” 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H7971" King|strong="H4428" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" sent|strong="H7971" Elnathan|strong="H0494" the|strong="H7971" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Acbor|strong="H5907" along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H4714" several|strong="H2669" other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H1121" to|strong="H7971" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
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\verseNumber{24}However|strong="H0389", Ahikam|strong="H0296" the|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shaphan|strong="H8227" defended|strong="H5337" me|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1121" persuaded|strong="H5496" the|strong="H5414" officials|strong="H8269" not|strong="H1115" to|strong="H4191" allow|strong="H5414" [MTY] the|strong="H5414" mob to|strong="H4191" murder|strong="H7523" me|strong="H5414". 

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\chapterNumber{27}Soon|strong="H3512" after|strong="H1961" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" became|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{5}I|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Hananiah|strong="H2608" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3068" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" standing|strong="H5975" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H1696" now|strong="H4994" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H1697" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3605" while|strong="H2088" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" listening|strong="H8085". 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H3947" Hananiah|strong="H2608" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" yoke|strong="H4133" off|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3947" neck|strong="H6677" and|strong="H5030" broke|strong="H7665" it|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559" this|strong="H3541" to|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" there|strong="H3117": “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": ‘Just|strong="H3605" like|strong="H1870" Hananiah|strong="H2608" has|strong="H3068" broken|strong="H7665" this|strong="H3541" yoke|strong="H5923", within|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H5971" King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stop|strong="H2308"\+w* \+w forcing|strong="H4330"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w*, \+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w been|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1870"\+w*} a|strong="H3117" heavy|strong="H3513" yoke|strong="H5923" on|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" necks|strong="H6677" [MET|strong="H6298"].’ ” After|strong="H5921" Hananiah|strong="H2608" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H5971", I|strong="H3117" left|strong="H5750" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" area|strong="H1508". 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H2088" I|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} Hananiah|strong="H2608" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5921", “Hananiah|strong="H2608", listen|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w this|strong="H2088"\+w*}: Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" appointed|strong="H4150" you|strong="H7971"; instead|strong="H3808", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w told|strong="H8085"\+w*} lies|strong="H8267" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" believed|strong="H0539" your|strong="H3068" lies|strong="H8267". 
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\verseNumber{17}Hananiah|strong="H2608" died|strong="H4191" two|strong="H8147" months|strong="H2320" later|strong="H0310". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The letter Jeremiah sent to the people of Judah who had been exiled to Babylonia }
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\chapterNumber{29}\verseNumber{1-2}After|strong="H0310" King|strong="H4428" Jehoiachin|strong="H3078", his|strong="H3605" mother|strong="H0517", his|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004" officials|strong="H8269", other|strong="H0312" officials|strong="H8269" in|strong="H0935" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3967" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" various|strong="H2921" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="H1121" craftsmen|strong="H2796" [DOU] had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" exiled|strong="H1540" to|strong="H0413" Babylon|strong="H0894", I|strong="H0589" wrote|strong="H3789" a|strong="H1961" letter|strong="H5612" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205", the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548", the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" and|strong="H3967" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H3947" from|strong="H4480" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H0413" Babylon|strong="H0894" by|strong="H0801" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019". 
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and|strong="H3212" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" attack|strong="H5221" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" attacked|strong="H5221". 
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\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Everyone|strong="H3605"\+w*} says|strong="H5002" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" ◄outcasts|strong="H5080"/people|strong="H1931" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" no|strong="H5927" longer|strong="H5750" associate|strong="H0935" with|strong="H3068"►, 
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and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w live|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w*} Jerusalem|strong="H3389", a|strong="H3588" city|strong="H1931" that|strong="H3588" no|strong="H5927" one|strong="H1931" cares|strong="H1875" about|strong="H5439".” 
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But|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002", 
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“I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" heal|strong="H7495" your|strong="H3068" injuries/wounds|strong="H4347" 
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and|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H7121" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" healthy|strong="H1277" again|strong="H7495".” 
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\verseNumber{18}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": 
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“I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" back|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" lands|strong="H4054" to|strong="H7725" which|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3290" taken|strong="H3427" 
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and|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7725" possess|strong="H3423" their|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" houses|strong="H1004" again|strong="H7725". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happens|strong="H1961"\+w*}, Jerusalem|strong="H3389" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" rebuilt|strong="H1129" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" its|strong="H5921" ruins|strong="H5892", 
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and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w king’s|strong="H4428"\+w*} palace|strong="H1004" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" rebuilt|strong="H1129" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3541" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3068" before|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{19}People|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*} sing|strong="H7891" joyfully|strong="H7321" to|strong="H3318" thank|strong="H8426" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="H6963"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H6963" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" cause|strong="H3318" there|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3808" more|strong="H7235" people|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}, not|strong="H3808" fewer|strong="H4592"; 
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I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" cause|strong="H3318" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3808" honored|strong="H3513", not|strong="H3808" despised|strong="H0959". 
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\verseNumber{20}Their|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w prosper|strong="H6743"\+w*} like|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5921" did|strong="H1961" before|strong="H6440". 
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I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H1961" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*} me|strong="H6440", 
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and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" punish|strong="H6485" any|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w nation|strong="H1471"\+w*} that|strong="H3605" oppresses|strong="H3905" them|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{21}One|strong="H2088" of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" people|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428", 
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and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" invite|strong="H7121" him|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" come|strong="H1961" close|strong="H5066" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w me|strong="H4480"\+w*}, 
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because|strong="H3588" no|strong="H4480" one|strong="H2088" [RHQ] would|strong="H4310" ◄dare|strong="H6148"/have|strong="H1961" courage|strong="H3820"► to|strong="H3318" come|strong="H1961" close|strong="H5066" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H4480" 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w invite|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3318"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{22}You|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" my|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971", 
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and|strong="H5971" I|strong="H5971" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430".” 
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\verseNumber{23}Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}; 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w great|strong="H2342"\+w*} storm|strong="H5591"; 
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it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3318" down|strong="H2342" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3318"\+w*} a|strong="H3318" whirlwind|strong="H5591", swirling|strong="H5437" around|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3068" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H7563". 
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\verseNumber{24}He|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H3808" being|strong="H3068" angry|strong="H2734" 
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until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H3117" completely|strong="H5704" accomplishes|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H5704"\+w*} that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" has|strong="H3068" planned|strong="H3289". 
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In|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" future|strong="H0319", you|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" understand|strong="H0995" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H5704"\+w*} of|strong="H3068" this|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w clearly|strong="H3045"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Israel will be restored }
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\chapterNumber{31}Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002" that|strong="H5971" at|strong="H3478" that|strong="H5971" time|strong="H6256", he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3068"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" clans|strong="H4940" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{2}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": 
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“Those|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} who|strong="H5971" remained|strong="H8300" alive|strong="H8300" and|strong="H1980" were|strong="H3478" not|strong="H5971" killed|strong="H2719" by|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies’|strong="H0341"\+w*} swords|strong="H2719" 
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were|strong="H3478" blessed|strong="H1288" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w me|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w even|strong="H3068"\+w*} in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3541" desert|strong="H4057"; 
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I|strong="H3541" enabled|strong="H5414" them|strong="H4672" to|strong="H1980" have|strong="H3068" peace|strong="H7965". 
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\verseNumber{3}Long|strong="H5769" ago|strong="H7350" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5921"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068", said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w*,} the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H7200", 
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‘I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" loved|strong="H0157" you|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" continue|strong="H4900" to|strong="H3068" love|strong="H2617" you|strong="H5921" forever|strong="H5769". 
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By|strong="H5921" faithfully|strong="H2617" loving|strong="H0157" you|strong="H5921", I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H3068" myself|strong="H0589".’ 
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\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w you|strong="H1129"\+w*}, my|strong="H3318" Israeli people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H3478" love|strong="H0157" [MET|strong="H6298"], that|strong="H3478" I|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" cause|strong="H3318" you|strong="H1129" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H5750" a|strong="H1129" nation|strong="H1471" again|strong="H5750". 
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You|strong="H1129" will|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w joyfully|strong="H7321"\+w*} dance|strong="H4234" as|strong="H3318" you|strong="H1129" play|strong="H7832" your|strong="H3318" tambourines|strong="H8596". 
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\verseNumber{5}Again|strong="H5750" you|strong="H2022" will|strong="H2022" plant|strong="H5193" your|strong="H2490" vineyards|strong="H3754" on|strong="H2022" the|strong="H2490" hills|strong="H2022" of|strong="H2022" Samaria|strong="H8111", 
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and|strong="H2022" you|strong="H2022" will|strong="H2022" eat|strong="H2490" the|strong="H2490" grapes|strong="H2490" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w grow|strong="H6779"\+w* \+w there|strong="H2022"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{6}There|strong="H3426" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3426" a|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3588" watchmen|strong="H5341" will|strong="H3068" call|strong="H7121" out|strong="H6965" from|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3588" hills|strong="H2022" of|strong="H3068" Samaria|strong="H8111" [MTY], 
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‘Come|strong="H5927", let’s|strong="H1980" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" 
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to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7121"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068", our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068"!' ” 
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\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3478" now|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" this|strong="H3541": 
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“Sing|strong="H7442" joyfully|strong="H7442" about|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478"! 
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Shout|strong="H7442" about|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w nation|strong="H1471"\+w*,} the|strong="H8085" greatest|strong="H1419" nation|strong="H1471"! 
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Shout|strong="H7442" joyfully|strong="H7442", praising|strong="H1984" me|strong="H3467" and|strong="H3478" saying|strong="H0559", 
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‘Yahweh|strong="H3068", rescue|strong="H3467" your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971", 
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the|strong="H8085" ones|strong="H2945" who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" still|strong="H5971" alive|strong="H2416"!’ 
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\verseNumber{8}Do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1419" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H6828" bring|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3205" northeast, 
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from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3205" most|strong="H6944" distant|strong="H7350" places|strong="H1116" on|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3205" earth|strong="H0776". 
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Among|strong="H8432" them|strong="H7725" will|strong="H6828" be|strong="H7725" blind|strong="H5787" people|strong="H6908" and|strong="H7725" lame|strong="H6455" people|strong="H6908", 
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women|strong="H2030" who|strong="H3205" are|strong="H1419" pregnant|strong="H2030" and|strong="H7725" women|strong="H2030" who|strong="H3205" are|strong="H1419" ◄having|strong="H3205" labor|strong="H3205" pains|strong="H6735"/about|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H7725" babies|strong="H3245"►. 
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They|strong="H3162" will|strong="H6828" be|strong="H7725" a|strong="H3205" huge|strong="H1995" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3205" people|strong="H6908"! 
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\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" crying|strong="H1065" as|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3588" return|strong="H7725", 
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and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" praying|strong="H6419" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w me|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" guide|strong="H5148" them|strong="H1961" along|strong="H3212" streams|strong="H5158" of|strong="H1870" water|strong="H4325", 
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on|strong="H1870" level|strong="H4334" paths|strong="H1870" where|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" stumble|strong="H3782". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w do|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w this|strong="H1931"\+w*} because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} a|strong="H1961" father|strong="H0001" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H3808"; 
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\verseNumber{10}Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H1697", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w*} nations|strong="H1471" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" world|strong="H8398", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5046". 
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Then|strong="H8085" proclaim|strong="H8085" it|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w along|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="H8085" coasts|strong="H1366" far|strong="H4801" away|strong="H2219". 
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I|strong="H1697" scattered|strong="H2219" my|strong="H8104" people|strong="H1471", but|strong="H8085" I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" gather|strong="H6908" them|strong="H7462" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H3478"\+w*} and|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H8104" care|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H7462" 
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like|strong="H3478" [SIM] a|strong="H8085" shepherd|strong="H7462" takes|strong="H3947" care|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H8104" sheep|strong="H6908". 
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\verseNumber{11}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" buy|strong="H1350" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H3068"\+w*} Israeli people|strong="H5971" back|strong="H1350" 
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from|strong="H4480" those|strong="H4480" who|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w conquered|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3027" more|strong="H4480" powerful|strong="H2389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w than|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{12}My|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} 
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and|strong="H1121" shout|strong="H7442" joyfully|strong="H7442" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" slopes|strong="H0794" of|strong="H1121" Zion|strong="H6726" Hill|strong="H2022". 
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They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" rejoice|strong="H7442" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" things|strong="H2898" that|strong="H5315" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1961" abundantly|strong="H8317" given|strong="H3254" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921"— 
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grain|strong="H1715" and|strong="H1121" new|strong="H8492" wine|strong="H8492" and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w*} oil|strong="H3323" 
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and|strong="H1121" young|strong="H1121" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H1121" cattle|strong="H1241". 
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They|strong="H3068" themselves|strong="H5315" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" well-watered|strong="H8354" garden|strong="H1588", 
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and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H1961" sad|strong="H7451". 
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\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H2015" young|strong="H5288" women|strong="H1330" will|strong="H2205" dance|strong="H4234" joyfully|strong="H8342", 
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and|strong="H2205" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3162"\+w*} the|strong="H2015" men|strong="H2205", young|strong="H5288" ones|strong="H2945" and|strong="H2205" old|strong="H2205" ones|strong="H2945", will|strong="H2205" join|strong="H2266" with|strong="H8055" them|strong="H8055". 
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I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H2205" cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H8055" to|strong="H2015" rejoice|strong="H8055" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H2205" mourning|strong="H5162"; 
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I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H2205" comfort|strong="H5162" them|strong="H8055" and|strong="H2205" cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H8055" to|strong="H2015" be|strong="H1330" happy|strong="H8055" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H2205" being|strong="H1961" sad|strong="H7451". 
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\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H5002" priests|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" plenty|strong="H7646" of|strong="H3068" things|strong="H2898" to|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398" and|strong="H3068" drink|strong="H7301", 
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\verseNumber{34}And|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w necessary|strong="H2706"\+w*} for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H3925" to|strong="H5704" teach|strong="H3925" their|strong="H3605" neighbors|strong="H7453" or|strong="H3808" their|strong="H3605" relatives|strong="H0251" and|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w*} know|strong="H3045" Yahweh|strong="H3068",” because|strong="H3588" everyone|strong="H3605", including|strong="H5704" unimportant people|strong="H3808" and|strong="H3068" very|strong="H5704" important|strong="H5704" people|strong="H3808", will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w already|strong="H3528"\+w*} know|strong="H3045" me|strong="H3925". And|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" forgive|strong="H5545" them|strong="H3925" for|strong="H3588" having|strong="H3808" been|strong="H2142" very|strong="H5704" wicked|strong="H7563", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" think|strong="H2142" again|strong="H5750" about|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6213".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{35}Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" one|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" causes|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" sun|strong="H8121" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" light|strong="H0216" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" day|strong="H3119", 
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and|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" causes|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" moon|strong="H3394" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" stars|strong="H3556" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" light|strong="H0216" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" night|strong="H3915". 
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He|strong="H3068" stirs|strong="H7280" up|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" seas|strong="H3220", with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3068" waves|strong="H1530" roar|strong="H1993". 
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His|strong="H5414" name|strong="H8034" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397", 
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and|strong="H3068" this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" he|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": 
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\verseNumber{36}“I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1961" reject|strong="H3988" my|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1471" 
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anymore|strong="H5750" than|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H7673" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H2706" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w control|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* universe}. 
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\verseNumber{37}And|strong="H3478" this|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3541" say|strong="H3478": 
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‘No|strong="H6213" one|strong="H3605" can|strong="H6213" measure|strong="H4058" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064", 
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and|strong="H3478" no|strong="H6213" one|strong="H3605" can|strong="H6213" find|strong="H2713" out|strong="H2713" what|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3068" supporting|strong="H5583" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064". 
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Similarly|strong="H2088", I|strong="H3541" cannot|strong="H8064" reject|strong="H3988" forever|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Jacob|strong="H3290" 
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because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w evil|strong="H6213"\+w*} things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213".’ 
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\verseNumber{38}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3117"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", also|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3117" there|strong="H2009" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1129" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w everything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w*} Jerusalem|strong="H3389" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" rebuilt|strong="H1129" for|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1129", from|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5002" tower|strong="H4026" of|strong="H3068" Hananel|strong="H2606" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5002"\+w* northeast \+w corner|strong="H6438"\+w*, \+w west|strong="H3220"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5002"\+w* \+w gate|strong="H8179"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} the|strong="H5002" Corner|strong="H6438" Gate|strong="H8179". 
\verseNumber{39}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Workers|strong="H6466"\+w*} will|strong="H5750" stretch|strong="H5186" a|strong="H3318" measuring|strong="H4060" line|strong="H6957"/string|strong="H8439" over|strong="H5921" Gareb|strong="H1619" Hill|strong="H1389" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" way|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{southwest} to|strong="H3318" Goah|strong="H1601". 
\verseNumber{40}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508", including|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H6944" where|strong="H3808" corpses|strong="H6297" and|strong="H3068" ashes|strong="H1880" are|strong="H3068" thrown|strong="H2040" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Kidron|strong="H6939"\+w*} Valley|strong="H6010", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" fields|strong="H7704" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" east|strong="H4217" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Horse|strong="H5483" Gate|strong="H8179", will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" set|strong="H6944" apart|strong="H6944" for|strong="H5704" me|strong="H3808". And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H8179" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3808" captured|strong="H3920" or|strong="H3808" destroyed|strong="H2040".” 

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\chapterNumber{32}After|strong="H1961" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H3068" almost|strong="H4592" ten|strong="H6235" years|strong="H8141", Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961" another|strong="H0312" message|strong="H1697", during|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3068" time|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1931" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*} for|strong="H3068" almost|strong="H4592" 18 years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{2}His|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" was|strong="H1961" surrounding|strong="H5439" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H3063" I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" prison|strong="H1004" area|strong="H1508" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" courtyard|strong="H2691" where|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" guards|strong="H7323" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004" stayed|strong="H3607". 
\verseNumber{3}King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" had|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" there|strong="H3541". I|strong="H2005" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3068" prophesy|strong="H5012" there|strong="H3541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*}. I|strong="H2005" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" about|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3068" allow|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" to|strong="H3068" capture|strong="H3920" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892" [DOU]. 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H3063" the|strong="H7200" soldiers|strong="H5650" of|strong="H4428" Babylonia|strong="H3778" will|strong="H4428" capture|strong="H3920" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" and|strong="H3063" ◄take|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696"/put|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7200" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428"► the|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H6485" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" to|strong="H5704" Babylon|strong="H0894", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" remain|strong="H1961" there|strong="H8033" until|strong="H5704" I|strong="H3588" arrange|strong="H6186" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H6485" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" punished|strong="H6485". And|strong="H3068" if|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" tries|strong="H0974" to|strong="H5704" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" the|strong="H5002" soldiers|strong="H5650" from|strong="H5704" Babylonia|strong="H3778", he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" succeed|strong="H6743".” 
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\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w At|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w time|strong="H1961"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" another|strong="H0312" message|strong="H1697". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697", 
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\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H1121" just|strong="H4941" as|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" predicted|strong="H1696", my|strong="H3068" cousin Hanamel|strong="H2601" came|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" see|strong="H3045" me|strong="H4994" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" courtyard|strong="H2691" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" palace|strong="H1004". He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H1697", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Please|strong="H4994"\+w*} buy|strong="H7069" my|strong="H3068" field|strong="H7704" at|strong="H3068" Anathoth|strong="H6068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" area|strong="H1508" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H2691"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Benjamin|strong="H1144" live|strong="H3427". It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" right|strong="H4941" to|strong="H3068" buy|strong="H7069" it|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w if|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w anyone|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w else|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w buy|strong="H7069"\+w* \+w it|strong="H1931"\+w*.}” When|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" said|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" message|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" received|strong="H3947" was|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w truly|strong="H3588"\+w*} from|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H7069"\+w*}, I|strong="H1121" bought|strong="H7069" the|strong="H7069" field|strong="H7704" at|strong="H7704" Anathoth|strong="H6068". I|strong="H1121" paid|strong="H5414" Hanamel|strong="H2601" 17 pieces|strong="H8255" of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701" for|strong="H1121" it|strong="H1121". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The promise that God will enable the Israeli people to prosper again }
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You|strong="H3588" faithfully|strong="H2617" love|strong="H2617" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H7725"\+w*} forever|strong="H5769".” 
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\verseNumber{15}At|strong="H1732" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H6256" [DOU] I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1931" appoint|strong="H6485" a|strong="H6213" righteous|strong="H6666" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1931" be|strong="H3117" a|strong="H6213" descendant|strong="H6780" [MET|strong="H6298"] of|strong="H3117" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732". 
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Throughout|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" land|strong="H0776", he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1931" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" is|strong="H1931" just|strong="H4941" and|strong="H3117" right|strong="H4941". 
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And|strong="H3063" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" name|strong="H7121" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892" is|strong="H3068" ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w one|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w*} vindicates|strong="H4941"/defends|strong="H1755" us’. 
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\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H3478" this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3068"\+w*} what|strong="H3541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", say|strong="H3478": ‘There|strong="H3427" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" King|strong="H3678" David|strong="H1732" ruling|strong="H3427" [MTY] Israel|strong="H3478" forever|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{22}No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" can|strong="H5650" count|strong="H5608" the|strong="H3651" stars|strong="H3556" in|strong="H6635" the|strong="H3651" sky|strong="H8064", and|strong="H8064" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" can|strong="H5650" count|strong="H5608" the|strong="H3651" grains|strong="H4579" of|strong="H5650" sand|strong="H2344" at|strong="H1732" the|strong="H3651" seashore|strong="H3220". Similarly|strong="H2088", I|strong="H3651" will|strong="H5650" cause|strong="H3651" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H1732" be|strong="H3808" a|strong="H4058" huge|strong="H1995" number|strong="H5608" of|strong="H5650" priests|strong="H3808" who|strong="H5650" are|strong="H8064" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5650" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H8064" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5650" Levi|strong="H3881" who|strong="H5650" will|strong="H5650" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H5650" me|strong="H5650".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{23}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" another|strong="H0312" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1697". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697", 
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\chapterNumber{34}King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" came|strong="H1961" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kingdoms|strong="H4467" that|strong="H5971" he|strong="H3068" ruled|strong="H4428", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. At|strong="H5921" that|strong="H5971" time|strong="H1961", Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H5921" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697": 
\verseNumber{2}“Go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" the|strong="H5414" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H1980" say|strong="H3478" to|strong="H1980" him|strong="H5414", ‘This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5414" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H1980" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, says|strong="H3541": “I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H3068" about|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" enable|strong="H7980" the|strong="H5414" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" to|strong="H1980" capture|strong="H3920" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H1980" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H8313" it|strong="H5414" down|strong="H1980". 
\verseNumber{3}You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" escape|strong="H4422" from|strong="H3027" them|strong="H5414"; they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" capture|strong="H8610" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H4428" take|strong="H8610" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894". And|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="H1696"\+w*} they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" take|strong="H8610" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1696" Babylon|strong="H0894".” ’ 
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\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3808" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H4191" this|strong="H3541" that|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H3068": ‘You|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H4191" killed|strong="H4191" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H8085" battle|strong="H4421" [MTY]; 
\verseNumber{5}you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191" peacefully|strong="H7965". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w die|strong="H4191"\+w*}, people|strong="H1696" will|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H8313" incense|strong="H7004" to|strong="H1696" honor|strong="H3519"/remember|strong="H2142" you|strong="H3588" just|strong="H1697" as|strong="H1697" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H7223" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1961" kings|strong="H4428" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588" became|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428". They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" mourn|strong="H5594" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588", crying|strong="H4191", “We|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1697" very|strong="H3651" sad|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3588" our|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" is|strong="H3068" dead|strong="H4191"!” I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", promise|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H1697"\+w*} I|strong="H1697" took|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3605" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667". 
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\verseNumber{8}King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" had|strong="H3068" decreed|strong="H2782" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" must|strong="H4191" free|strong="H2670" their|strong="H3605" slaves|strong="H5650". 
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\verseNumber{17}Therefore|strong="H3651", this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H2005"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", say|strong="H0559": ‘Because|strong="H3651" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" obeyed|strong="H8085" me|strong="H5414" by|strong="H3068" freeing|strong="H6605" your|strong="H3068" fellow|strong="H7453" Israelis, I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3068" free|strong="H2670" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w destroyed|strong="H4229"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" swords|strong="H2719" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" by|strong="H3068" famines|strong="H3615" and|strong="H3068" diseases|strong="H1698". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H4467" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" horrified|strong="H2113" because|strong="H3651" of|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w happens|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} you|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{21}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" enable|strong="H7980" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" to|strong="H5927" capture|strong="H3920" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" and|strong="H3063" his|strong="H5414" officials|strong="H8269". Although|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" and|strong="H3063" his|strong="H5414" army|strong="H2428" have|strong="H3063" left|strong="H5414" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w short|strong="H7138"\+w* \+w time|strong="H5921"\+w*}, 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The lesson from the Rechabites }
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\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H3947" I|strong="H1121" went|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1121" see|strong="H7200" Jaazaniah|strong="H2970" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" brothers|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" represented the|strong="H3605" Rechab|strong="H7394" clan|strong="H4940". Jaazaniah|strong="H2970" was|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w another|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w man|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Jeremiah|strong="H3414" and|strong="H1121" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Habazziniah|strong="H2262". 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1697": “This|strong="H1697" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H1697"\+w*}, the|strong="H3068" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397", the|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3068" Israeli \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w say|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w belong|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*}, say|strong="H1697": 
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\verseNumber{17}Therefore|strong="H3651", this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H2005"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H7121" you|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w say|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w belong|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*}, say|strong="H1696": 'You have|strong="H3068" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1696" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3063" you|strong="H3605" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030" when|strong="H8085" I|strong="H2005" called|strong="H7121" you|strong="H3605". Therefore|strong="H3651", I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w places|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H1696" experience|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" disasters|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H2005" said|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H2005" would|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H3651" to|strong="H1696" happen|strong="H1961".' ” ' ” 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3541" turned|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Rechab|strong="H7394" clan|strong="H4940" and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H8085", “This|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Commander|strong="H6680" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1004" angels|strong="H4397", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H8085"\+w*} Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w say|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w we|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w belong|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*}, says|strong="H3541": ‘You|strong="H6680" have|strong="H3068" obeyed|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3068" ancestor Jehonadab|strong="H3082" told|strong="H6680" you|strong="H6680". You|strong="H6680" have|strong="H3068" obeyed|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" instructions|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{19}Therefore|strong="H3651", this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" I|strong="H3117" say|strong="H3478": “There|strong="H5975" will|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" be|strong="H3808" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehonadab|strong="H3082" who|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440".” ’ ” 

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\chapterNumber{36}When|strong="H1961" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H3068" almost|strong="H4592" four|strong="H0702" years|strong="H8141", Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" this|strong="H2088" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1961": 
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\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H8085" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063" hear|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*} about|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" disasters|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H8085" plan|strong="H2803" to|strong="H7725" cause|strong="H6213" them|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" experience|strong="H7200", perhaps|strong="H0194" each|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H7725" will|strong="H1004" repent|strong="H7725". If|strong="H0518" they|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605", I|strong="H8085" will|strong="H1004" be|strong="H1004" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H7725" forgive|strong="H5545" them|strong="H7725" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" wrong|strong="H7451"/evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3063" done|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{8}Baruch|strong="H1263" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H1697" told|strong="H6680" him|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213". He|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} read|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" messages|strong="H1697" from|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H8085" Micaiah|strong="H4321", who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gemariah|strong="H1587" and|strong="H1121" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shaphan|strong="H8227", heard|strong="H8085" those|strong="H3605" messages|strong="H1697" from|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068", 
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\verseNumber{16}After|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1697" had|strong="H1961" heard|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" messages|strong="H1697", they|strong="H1697" were|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H6342". They|strong="H1697" looked|strong="H7200" at|strong="H4428" each|strong="H3605" other|strong="H7453" and|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="H1961"\+w*} they|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1697", “We|strong="H8085" must|strong="H4191" tell|strong="H5046" these|strong="H8085" messages|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428"!” 
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\verseNumber{18}Baruch|strong="H1263" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yes|strong="H3588"\+w*}, Jeremiah|strong="H3414" dictated|strong="H6310" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1697" I|strong="H5921" wrote|strong="H3789" them|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" ink|strong="H1773" on|strong="H5921" this|strong="H1697" scroll|strong="H5612".” 
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\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3045" officials|strong="H8269" told|strong="H5046" Baruch|strong="H1263", “You|strong="H3045" and|strong="H3212" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" must|strong="H4191" both|strong="H3045" hide|strong="H5641". Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3045" tell|strong="H3045" anyone|strong="H3605" where|strong="H0834" you|strong="H3045" are|strong="H8269"!” 
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\verseNumber{20}They|strong="H1697" put|strong="H6485" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H4039" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" room|strong="H3957" of|strong="H4428" Elishama|strong="H0476", the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" secretary|strong="H5608". Then|strong="H4428" they|strong="H1697" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1697" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" courtyard|strong="H2691", and|strong="H4428" reported|strong="H5046" to|strong="H4428" him|strong="H5046" everything|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Baruch|strong="H1263"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w read|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5046"\+w*}. 

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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971" Jehudi|strong="H3065" to|strong="H7971" get|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H4039". Jehudi|strong="H3065" brought|strong="H3947" it|strong="H7121" from|strong="H5921" Elishama’s room|strong="H3957" and|strong="H7971" read|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", while|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w king’s|strong="H4428"\+w*} officials|strong="H8269" were|strong="H8269" standing|strong="H5975" there|strong="H5975". 
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\verseNumber{25}Elnathan|strong="H0494", Delaiah|strong="H1806", and|strong="H4428" Gemariah|strong="H1587" pleaded|strong="H6293" with|strong="H8313" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H8085" burn|strong="H8313" the|strong="H8085" scroll|strong="H4039", but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" any|strong="H1571" attention|strong="H8085". 
\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680" his|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" Jerahmeel|strong="H3396", Seraiah|strong="H8304" the|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Azriel|strong="H5837", and|strong="H1121" Shelemiah|strong="H8018" the|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abdeel|strong="H5655" to|strong="H3068" arrest Baruch|strong="H1263" and|strong="H1121" me|strong="H3947". But|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w unable|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3068"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" hidden|strong="H5641" us|strong="H5608". 

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\verseNumber{27}After|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" the|strong="H3068" scroll|strong="H4039" on|strong="H3068" which|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1961" written|strong="H3789" the|strong="H3068" messages|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H1697" had|strong="H3068" dictated|strong="H6310" to|strong="H3068" Baruch|strong="H1263", Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1961": 
\verseNumber{28}“Get|strong="H3947" another|strong="H0312" scroll|strong="H4039", and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Baruch|strong="H1263"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w*} write|strong="H3789" everything|strong="H3605" again|strong="H7725", the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1697" messages|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" written|strong="H3789" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H4039" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" burned|strong="H8313". 
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\verseNumber{31}I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5650" punish|strong="H6485" you|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3063" your|strong="H3605" family|strong="H2233" and|strong="H3063" your|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H5650" for|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H5771". And|strong="H3063" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5650" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} towns|strong="H1323" in|strong="H3427" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H1696" experience|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" disasters|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5921" promised|strong="H1696", because|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" would|strong="H7451" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w what|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1696"\+w*}!' ” ' ” 
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\verseNumber{32}So|strong="H3947" I|strong="H5414" took|strong="H3947" another|strong="H5750" scroll|strong="H5612", and|strong="H1121" again|strong="H5750" I|strong="H5414" dictated|strong="H6310" the|strong="H3605" messages|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5921" Baruch|strong="H1263". He|strong="H3605" wrote|strong="H3789" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H3605" written|strong="H3789" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H5750"\+w*} scroll|strong="H5612", the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" King|strong="H4428" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" had|strong="H4428" burned|strong="H8313" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" fire|strong="H0784". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w this|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w time|strong="H7227"\+w*, \+w I|strong="H5414"\+w*} added|strong="H3254" more|strong="H3254" messages|strong="H1697". 

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\chapterNumber{37}After|strong="H0310" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" died|strong="H4191", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\+w* \+w became|strong="H4427"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w for|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w only|strong="H0389"\+w* \+w three|strong="H7969"\+w* \+w months|strong="H2320"\+w*, \+w after|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w which|strong="H3063"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Josiah’s|strong="H2977" son|strong="H1121" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019", the|strong="H8478" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894", appointed|strong="H1121" him|strong="H4427" to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8478" new|strong="H2319" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{2}But|strong="H3808" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" palace|strong="H1004" officials|strong="H5650" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" land|strong="H0776" paid|strong="H8085" no|strong="H3808" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H8085" messages|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696". 
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\verseNumber{3}However|strong="H0389", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" sent|strong="H7971" Jehucal|strong="H3081" the|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shelemiah|strong="H8018", and|strong="H1121" Zephaniah|strong="H6846" the|strong="H3068" priest|strong="H3548", who|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Maaseiah|strong="H4641", to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H4994". They|strong="H3068" requested|strong="H7592" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3068" pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" for|strong="H1157" our|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w nation|strong="H1471"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{4}At|strong="H1004" that|strong="H5971" time|strong="H3318" I|strong="H5414" had|strong="H5414" not|strong="H3808" yet|strong="H3808" been|strong="H5971" put|strong="H5414" in|strong="H1004" prison|strong="H1004", so|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" could|strong="H5971" come|strong="H3318" and|strong="H1004" go|strong="H3318" wherever|strong="H3605" and|strong="H1004" whenever|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5414" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H3318", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w without|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w hindered|strong="H0989"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w At|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w time|strong="H3318"\+w*}, the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Hophra|strong="H6548"\+w*}, the|strong="H5921" King|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714", came|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w southern|strong="H5045"\+w* \+w border|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. When|strong="H8085" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H5921" Babylonia|strong="H3778" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H5921" that|strong="H8085", they|strong="H5921" stopped|strong="H5975" surrounding|strong="H5439" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3389" left|strong="H3318" there|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w against|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1697": 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H5892" Babylonia|strong="H3778" will|strong="H5892" return|strong="H7725" here|strong="H2063" and|strong="H7725" capture|strong="H3920" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H7725" burn|strong="H8313" everything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921".’ 
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\verseNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H1980"\+w*}, this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" I|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* Israelis}: ‘You|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" deceive|strong="H5377" yourselves|strong="H5315", thinking|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" from|strong="H5921" Babylonia|strong="H3778" has|strong="H3068" gone|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" return|strong="H1980". That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" true|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H2428" from|strong="H6440" Babylonia|strong="H3778" left|strong="H1961" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" because|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H2428" from|strong="H6440" Egypt|strong="H4714" was|strong="H1961" approaching|strong="H0935", 
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\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" I|strong="H1121" was|strong="H8034" walking|strong="H1980" out|strong="H5307" the|strong="H3414" Benjamin|strong="H1144" Gate|strong="H8179", a|strong="H1961" guard|strong="H6488" seized|strong="H8610" me|strong="H1961" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H1961" are|strong="H1121" deserting|strong="H5307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w going|strong="H5307"\+w*} to|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3414"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w from|strong="H1121"\+w*} Babylonia|strong="H3778"!” The|strong="H3414" man|strong="H1167" who|strong="H1931" seized|strong="H8610" me|strong="H1961" was|strong="H8034" Irijah|strong="H3376", the|strong="H3414" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shelemiah|strong="H8018" and|strong="H1121" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hananiah|strong="H2608". 
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\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H3808" I|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w protested|strong="H5749"\+w* \+w and|strong="H8085"\+w*} said|strong="H8085", “That|strong="H8085" is|strong="H8085" not|strong="H3808" true|strong="H0571"! I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3414" not|strong="H3808" intending|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H8267" that|strong="H8085"!” But|strong="H3808" Irijah|strong="H3376" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5921" what|strong="H8085" I|strong="H5921" said|strong="H8085". He|strong="H3808" took|strong="H8610" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w king’s|strong="H4428"\+w*} officials|strong="H8269". 
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\verseNumber{16}They|strong="H3588" put|strong="H5414" me|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H3588" dungeon|strong="H1004"/cell|strong="H2588" in|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3588" prison|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3588" remained|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" for|strong="H3588" several|strong="H2669" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H3947" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" secretly|strong="H5643" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H3947" servant|strong="H5650" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5414", who|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" palace|strong="H1004". There|strong="H3426" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H7592" me|strong="H5414", “Do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3426" any|strong="H3426" messages|strong="H1697" from|strong="H3027" Yahweh|strong="H3068"?” I|strong="H5414" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*} you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3426" handed|strong="H3027" over|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894".” 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H2088" I|strong="H3588" asked|strong="H4100" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428", “What|strong="H4100" crime|strong="H2398" have|strong="H5971" I|strong="H3588" committed|strong="H2398" [RHQ] against|strong="H2398" you|strong="H5414" or|strong="H1004" against|strong="H2398" your|strong="H5414" officials|strong="H5650" or|strong="H1004" against|strong="H2398" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H5971", with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" be|strong="H5414" put|strong="H5414" in|strong="H1004" a|strong="H5414" prison|strong="H1004"? 
\verseNumber{19}Your|strong="H5921" prophets|strong="H5030" predicted|strong="H1696" that|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" would|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" attack|strong="H5221" you|strong="H5921" or|strong="H3808" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776". Why|strong="H5921" were|strong="H5030" [RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w messages|strong="H2372"\+w*} not|strong="H3808" fulfilled|strong="H4390"? 
\verseNumber{20}Your|strong="H6440" majesty|strong="H1926", I|strong="H6258" plead|strong="H7378" with|strong="H1004" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H7725" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H6440". Do|strong="H4994" not|strong="H3808" send|strong="H7971" me|strong="H6440" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H6440" dungeon|strong="H1004"/cell|strong="H2588" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Jonathan|strong="H3083" your|strong="H6440" secretary|strong="H5608", because|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w do|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w*,} I|strong="H6258" will|strong="H4428" die|strong="H4191" there|strong="H8033".” 
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\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H4480" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w not|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w sent|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w back|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w prison|strong="H4307"\+w* \+w cell|strong="H2588"\+w*. \+w Instead|strong="H8478"\+w*,} I|strong="H3117" was|strong="H5892" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3117" watched|strong="H7200" by|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" guards|strong="H7323" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" courtyard|strong="H2691" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w palace|strong="H1004"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*} also|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3117"\+w*} bring|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" loaf|strong="H3603" of|strong="H4428" fresh|strong="H3892" bread|strong="H3899" every|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117", until|strong="H5704" there|strong="H3427" was|strong="H5892" no|strong="H4480" bread|strong="H3899" left|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". So|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w put|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5414"\+w*} in|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3605" courtyard|strong="H2691" and|strong="H4428" I|strong="H3117" remained|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". 

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\chapterNumber{38}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Four|strong="H0702"\+w* \+w officials|strong="H8269"\+w*,} Shephatiah|strong="H8203" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Mattan|strong="H4977", Gedaliah|strong="H1436" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Pashhur|strong="H6583", Jehucal|strong="H3116" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shelemiah|strong="H8018", and|strong="H1121" Pashhur|strong="H6583" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Malkijah|strong="H4441", heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H1697" had|strong="H5971" been|strong="H5971" telling|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3318"\+w*} that|strong="H5315" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" saying|strong="H0559", “Everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3068" stays|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" will|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191". They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H4191" by|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies’|strong="H0341"\+w*} swords|strong="H2719" or|strong="H2719" from|strong="H3318" famines|strong="H3615" or|strong="H2719" from|strong="H3318" diseases|strong="H1698". But|strong="H1961" those|strong="H3318" who|strong="H3068" surrender|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3541" Babylonian|strong="H3778" army|strong="H3427", they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" spared|strong="H2421". They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{3}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" will|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H5414" capture|strong="H3920" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892" [DOU].” 
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\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H3651" those|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H8269" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H5971"\+w*} to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1696", “This|strong="H2088" man|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\+w*} should|strong="H3588" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191"! Because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H4428" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2088" saying|strong="H1697", he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2088" discouraging|strong="H7503" our|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H4421" who|strong="H3605" remain|strong="H7604" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2088" also|strong="H3027" discouraging|strong="H7503" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2088" not|strong="H2088" saying|strong="H1697" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" help|strong="H5971" us|strong="H4994"; he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2088" saying|strong="H1697" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" defeat|strong="H5221" us|strong="H4994".” 
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\verseNumber{5}King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" said|strong="H1697", “All|strong="H1697" right|strong="H2009", do|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" him|strong="H3027" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3201"; I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3201" have|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3588" power|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3201" stop|strong="H2308" you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H3947" those|strong="H1121" officials|strong="H3947" took|strong="H3947" me|strong="H7971" from|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3947" cell|strong="H2588" and|strong="H1121" lowered|strong="H3381" me|strong="H7971" by|strong="H7971" ropes|strong="H2256" into|strong="H7993" a|strong="H3947" well|strong="H3190" in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" courtyard|strong="H2691". The|strong="H3588" well|strong="H3190" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7971" Malkijah|strong="H4441", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428". There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1121" no|strong="H3947" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" well|strong="H3190", but|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w lot|strong="H2256"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} mud|strong="H2916", so|strong="H3947" I|strong="H3588" sank|strong="H2883" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w down|strong="H7993"\+w* \+w deep|strong="H8415"\+w*} into|strong="H7993" the|strong="H3588" mud|strong="H2916". 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3588" Ebed-Melech|strong="H5663", a|strong="H5414" palace|strong="H1004" official|strong="H5631" from|strong="H8085" Ethiopia|strong="H3569", heard|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w someone|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1931" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8085" well|strong="H3190". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w At|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w*} the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H1931" deciding/judging|strong="H8199" people’s|strong="H5971" cases|strong="H1697" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8085" Benjamin|strong="H1144" Gate|strong="H8179". 
\verseNumber{8}Ebed-Melech|strong="H5663" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3318" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3318" king|strong="H4428", 
\verseNumber{9}“Your|strong="H3605" majesty|strong="H1926", those|strong="H3605" men|strong="H6213" have|strong="H5030" done|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" very|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7489" thing|strong="H3588". They|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5030" put|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3605" prophet|strong="H5030" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" in|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" well|strong="H3190". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Almost|strong="H4592"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" is|strong="H3605" gone|strong="H1980", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w be|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w bring|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w any|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w food|strong="H3899"\+w*} and|strong="H4428" as|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" result|strong="H6903" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" die|strong="H4191" from|strong="H6440" hunger|strong="H7458"!” 
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\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" told|strong="H6680" Ebed-Melech|strong="H5663", “Take|strong="H3947" thirty|strong="H7970" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H3947" men|strong="H3947"/soldiers|strong="H5927" with|strong="H3027" you|strong="H6680", and|strong="H4428" pull|strong="H2040" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3947" well|strong="H3190", in|strong="H4428" order|strong="H6680" that|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3027" does|strong="H2088" not|strong="H2088" die|strong="H4191"!” 
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\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H3947" Ebed-Melech|strong="H5663" took|strong="H3947" thirty|strong="H7970" men|strong="H3947" with|strong="H1004" him|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" they|strong="H8033" went|strong="H4428" into|strong="H3027" a|strong="H3947" room|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" palace|strong="H1004" below|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3947" room|strong="H1004" where|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" stored|strong="H6845" very|strong="H3966" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H1697". There|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" found|strong="H4672" some|strong="H8033" old|strong="H1094" rags|strong="H4418" and|strong="H7971" discarded|strong="H3988" clothing|strong="H3830". They|strong="H8033" took|strong="H3947" those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H1697" and|strong="H7971" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3947" well|strong="H3190". They|strong="H8033" fastened|strong="H8628" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" a|strong="H3947" rope|strong="H2256" and|strong="H7971" lowered|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3947" rope|strong="H2256" to|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H3651" Ebed-Melech|strong="H5663" called|strong="H7760" down|strong="H7760" to|strong="H6213" me|strong="H4994", “Put|strong="H7760" these|strong="H6213" rags|strong="H4418" underneath|strong="H8478" your|strong="H7760" armpits|strong="H0679", to|strong="H6213" protect|strong="H8104" you|strong="H6213" from|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w injured|strong="H8295"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3027"\+w*} the|strong="H6213" ropes|strong="H2256"!” So|strong="H3651" I|strong="H7760" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3651". 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H5927" they|strong="H2691" pulled|strong="H4900" me|strong="H4480" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H4480" well|strong="H3190". I|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w returned|strong="H5927"\+w*} to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H4480" courtyard|strong="H2691" where|strong="H2691" the|strong="H4480" palace|strong="H1004" guards|strong="H7323" stayed|strong="H3427", and|strong="H5927" I|strong="H4480" stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". 

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\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" summoned|strong="H3947" me|strong="H7971", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H1697" was|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w waiting|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w for|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7971"\+w*} at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3947" entrance|strong="H3996" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3947" temple|strong="H1004". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7971", “I|strong="H1697" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3068" ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H7971" something|strong="H1697". I|strong="H1697" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w answer|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w truthfully|strong="H0530"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3947" conceal|strong="H3582" anything|strong="H1697".” 
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\verseNumber{15}I|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w truth|strong="H3808"\+w*}, you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w command|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*} be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191". And|strong="H8085" if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" give|strong="H3289" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w good|strong="H2896"\+w*} advice|strong="H3289", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H4191" what|strong="H8085" I|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559".” 
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\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" secretly|strong="H5643" promised|strong="H7650" me|strong="H5414", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w truth|strong="H0571"\+w*}! And|strong="H3068" as|strong="H6213" surely|strong="H4191" as|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cause|strong="H5414"\+w*} you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6213" hand|strong="H3027" you|strong="H5414" over|strong="H3027" to|strong="H4191" those|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3027" wanting|strong="H6485" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" you|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3541"\+w*} then|strong="H3318" I|strong="H3541" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Zedekiah|strong="H6667", “This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" the|strong="H3541" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3541" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" angels|strong="H4397", the|strong="H3541" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H5315"\+w*} Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, says|strong="H3541": ‘If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3808" surrender|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3541" officers|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3541" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894", you|strong="H3808" and|strong="H3478" your|strong="H3068" family|strong="H1004" will|strong="H3068" ◄be|strong="H3808" spared|strong="H2421"/not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H2026"►, and|strong="H3478" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" burned|strong="H8313". 
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\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" replied|strong="H0559", “But|strong="H4428" I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H1672" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w surrender|strong="H5462"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*}, because|strong="H3027" their|strong="H5414" officers|strong="H7860" may|strong="H4428" hand|strong="H3027" me|strong="H5414" over|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3064" who|strong="H4428" have|strong="H3027" already|strong="H3528" joined|strong="H5307" the|strong="H5414" soldiers|strong="H5650" from|strong="H3027" Babylonia|strong="H3778", and|strong="H4428" those|strong="H1992" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3027" Judah|strong="H3064" will|strong="H4428" mistreat|strong="H3238" me|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{20}I|strong="H5414" replied|strong="H1696", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" obey|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" by|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H3190" what|strong="H6963" I|strong="H5414" tell|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3190", they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" hand|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" over|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" our|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5315". Things|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3190" well|strong="H3190" for|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" remain|strong="H3808" alive|strong="H2421". 
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and|strong="H3063" your|strong="H3605" friends|strong="H7453" have|strong="H3063" abandoned|strong="H5800" you|strong="H3605".’ 
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\verseNumber{23}All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3605" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H3808" led|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H1121" from|strong="H3318" Babylonia|strong="H3778", and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3027" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" escape|strong="H4422". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894" will|strong="H4428" seize|strong="H8610" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" burn|strong="H8313" down|strong="H8313" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892".” 
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\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H3045" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H1697", “Do|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H3045" anyone|strong="H3605" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3045" told|strong="H1697" me|strong="H1697"; if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3045" tell|strong="H3045" anyone|strong="H3605", my|strong="H3045" officials|strong="H8269" may|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H4191" you|strong="H3045". 
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\verseNumber{27}And|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1697"\+w*}. The|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" officials|strong="H8269" came|strong="H1697" to|strong="H8085" me|strong="H5046" and|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H7592" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w why|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w summoned|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5046"\+w*. \+w But|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H1992" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046" to|strong="H8085" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H1992". So|strong="H4480" they|strong="H1992" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" ask|strong="H7592" me|strong="H5046" any|strong="H3605" more|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w questions|strong="H1697"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4428" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" I|strong="H3588" had|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H8085" each|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3117" remained|strong="H3427" being|strong="H1961" guarded|strong="H8104" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3117" courtyard|strong="H2691" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w palace|strong="H1004"\+w*}, until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w army|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*} captured|strong="H3920" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 

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\chapterNumber{39}After|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H3605" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" nine|strong="H8672" years|strong="H8141", King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" came|strong="H3063" in|strong="H5921" January with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428", and|strong="H3063" they|strong="H5921" surrounded|strong="H5437" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H4421" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w broken|strong="H7665"\+w* \+w into|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, they|strong="H3605" fled|strong="H1272". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w waited|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w until|strong="H5704"\+w*} it|strong="H7200" was|strong="H1961" dark|strong="H2822". Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3605" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" through|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" garden|strong="H1588", through|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" gate|strong="H8179" that|strong="H7200" was|strong="H1961" between|strong="H4421" the|strong="H3605" two|strong="H4480" walls|strong="H2346". Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3605" started|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w running|strong="H1961"\+w*} toward|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H5104" Valley|strong="H6010". 
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\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3947" soldiers|strong="H2428" from|strong="H5927" Babylonia|strong="H3778" pursued|strong="H7291" the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H3947" caught|strong="H3947" him|strong="H3947" on|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3947" plains|strong="H6160" near|strong="H7126" Jericho|strong="H3405". They|strong="H3947" took|strong="H3947" him|strong="H3947" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3947" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894", who|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" at|strong="H4428" Riblah|strong="H7247" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3947" Hamath|strong="H2574" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. There|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" told|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4941"\+w*} they|strong="H3947" should|strong="H4428" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" punish|strong="H6485" Zedekiah|strong="H6667". 
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\verseNumber{15}While|strong="H1961" I|strong="H1697" was|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w still|strong="H5750"\+w*} being|strong="H1961" guarded|strong="H8104" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" palace|strong="H1004" courtyard|strong="H2691", Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697": 
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Then|strong="H7971" Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018" gave|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" some|strong="H7227" food|strong="H3899" and|strong="H1121" some|strong="H7227" money|strong="H3701", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3605" allowed|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" go|strong="H3212". 
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\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H1121" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1121" Gedaliah|strong="H1436" at|strong="H3427" Mizpah|strong="H4708", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H1121" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Judah|strong="H3063" with|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8432" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" still|strong="H3427" remained|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8432" land|strong="H0776". 

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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4428" fled|strong="H5127" to|strong="H5921" Moab|strong="H4124", Ammon|strong="H5983", Edom|strong="H0112", and|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w nearby|strong="H7138"\+w*} countries|strong="H0776" heard|strong="H8085" people|strong="H1121" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894" had|strong="H4428" allowed|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" few|strong="H4592" people|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w remain|strong="H7611"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H4428" appointed|strong="H6485" Gedaliah|strong="H1436" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" governor|strong="H6485". 
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\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w later|strong="H0310"\+w*,} Johanan|strong="H3110" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} leaders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Israeli soldiers|strong="H2428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w surrendered|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*} came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H1121" Gedaliah|strong="H1436" at|strong="H1436" Mizpah|strong="H4708". 
\verseNumber{14}They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7971" him|strong="H5221", “Do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Baalis|strong="H1185", the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" Ammon|strong="H5983" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{people-group}, has|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971" Ishmael|strong="H3458" the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nethaniah|strong="H5418" to|strong="H7971" assassinate you|strong="H3588"?” But|strong="H3588" Gedaliah|strong="H1436" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" believe|strong="H0539" what|strong="H3045" they|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559". 
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\verseNumber{15}Later|strong="H0310" Johanan|strong="H3110" talked|strong="H1696" with|strong="H3045" Gedaliah|strong="H1436" privately|strong="H5643". He|strong="H3605" said|strong="H0559", “Allow|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H1121" murder|strong="H7523" Ishmael|strong="H3458" secretly|strong="H5643". It|strong="H3045" would|strong="H5315" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" good|strong="H4100" [RHQ] to|strong="H3212" allow|strong="H4994" him|strong="H5221" to|strong="H3212" come|strong="H3212" and|strong="H1121" murder|strong="H7523" you|strong="H3605"! If|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H5221", what|strong="H4100" will|strong="H5315" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3212" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3063" who|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3045" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3212" this|strong="H3045" area|strong="H1508"? They|strong="H3808" will|strong="H5315" be|strong="H3808" scattered|strong="H6327", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" remain|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3212" Judah|strong="H3063" will|strong="H5315" all|strong="H3605" be|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H5221"!” 
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\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H3588" Gedaliah|strong="H1436" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Johanan|strong="H3110", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w No|strong="H6213"\+w*}, I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1121" not|strong="H6213" allow|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" lying|strong="H8267" about|strong="H1697" Ishmael|strong="H3458".” 

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\chapterNumber{41}Ishmael|strong="H3458" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" member|strong="H1995" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" king’s|strong="H4428" family|strong="H2233". He|strong="H8033" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah’s|strong="H6667" important|strong="H5704" officials|strong="H8269". In|strong="H4428" October of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H4428" year|strong="H7637", he|strong="H8033" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H1961" Mizpah|strong="H4709" with|strong="H3899" ten|strong="H6235" other|strong="H3162" men|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3899"\+w*} Gedaliah|strong="H1436". While|strong="H1961" they|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1961" eating|strong="H0398" together|strong="H3162", 
\verseNumber{2}Ishmael|strong="H3458" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" other|strong="H0312" ten|strong="H6235" men|strong="H1121" jumped up|strong="H6965", and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H4428" their|strong="H1961" swords|strong="H2719" they|strong="H5221" killed|strong="H5221" Gedaliah|strong="H1436"—the|strong="H5221" man|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5221" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894" had|strong="H1961" appointed|strong="H6485" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H1961" governor|strong="H6485"! 
\verseNumber{3}Ishmael|strong="H3458" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3605"\+w*} also|strong="H3458" killed|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" and|strong="H8033" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H4421" from|strong="H1961" Babylonia|strong="H3778" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" with|strong="H4421" Gedaliah|strong="H1436" at|strong="H4421" Mizpah|strong="H4709". 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3117" next|strong="H8145" day|strong="H3117", before|strong="H3808" anyone|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" found|strong="H3045" out|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" Gedaliah|strong="H1436" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" murdered|strong="H2026", 
\verseNumber{5}eighty|strong="H8084" men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H3027" Shechem|strong="H7927", Shiloh|strong="H7887", and|strong="H3068" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*} came|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\+w*}. They|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" shaved|strong="H1548" off|strong="H1548" their|strong="H3068" beards|strong="H2206" and|strong="H3068" torn|strong="H7167" their|strong="H3068" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H3068" cut|strong="H1413" themselves|strong="H0905" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w mourning|strong="H0060"\+w*}. And|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3068" grain|strong="H1715" offerings|strong="H4503" and|strong="H3068" incense|strong="H3828" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w burn|strong="H8313"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{6}Ishmael|strong="H3458" went|strong="H1980" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H1980" meet|strong="H7125" them|strong="H3318", crying|strong="H1058" as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H4480" went|strong="H1980". When|strong="H1961" he|strong="H4480" reached|strong="H1961" them|strong="H3318", he|strong="H4480" said|strong="H3318", “Come|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w has|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w*} Gedaliah|strong="H1436"!” 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" entered|strong="H0935" the|strong="H8432" town|strong="H5892", Ishmael|strong="H3458" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" men|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H7819" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w most|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} them|strong="H8432" and|strong="H1121" threw|strong="H7993" their|strong="H8432" corpses|strong="H6297" into|strong="H8432" a|strong="H1961" well|strong="H3190". 
\verseNumber{8}There|strong="H3426" were|strong="H3426" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H3588"\+w*} ten|strong="H6235" of|strong="H7704" them|strong="H4672" whom|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" ◄spared|strong="H2550"/did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H4191"►. They|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3426" not|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H4191" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H4191" Ishmael|strong="H3458" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w allowed|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w them|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w remain|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w alive|strong="H2416"\+w*, \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3426"\+w* \+w bring|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w him|strong="H4672"\+w*} lots|strong="H1486" of|strong="H7704" wheat|strong="H2406" and|strong="H8081" barley|strong="H8184" and|strong="H8081" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081" and|strong="H8081" honey|strong="H1706" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" hidden|strong="H4301". 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H3605" well|strong="H3190" where|strong="H8033" Ishmael’s|strong="H3458" men|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3478" thrown|strong="H7993" the|strong="H3605" corpses|strong="H6297" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H6440" they|strong="H8033" had|strong="H3478" murdered|strong="H2026" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" deep|strong="H8415" well|strong="H3190" that|strong="H3605" King|strong="H4428" Asa’s|strong="H0609" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w men|strong="H1121"\+w*} had|strong="H3478" dug|strong="H2658" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w order|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w they|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*} if|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Baasha|strong="H1201" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" would|strong="H3478" surround|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H1931". Ishmael’s|strong="H3458" men|strong="H1121" filled|strong="H4390" that|strong="H3605" well|strong="H3190" with|strong="H4390" corpses|strong="H6297". 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H5674" Ishmael|strong="H3458" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w*} captured|strong="H7617" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" daughters|strong="H1323" and|strong="H1121" some|strong="H7227" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H6485" left|strong="H7604" in|strong="H4428" Mizpah|strong="H4709" by|strong="H5674" Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018" in|strong="H4428" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5971" Gedaliah|strong="H1436" would|strong="H5971" take|strong="H5674" care|strong="H6485" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H7617". Ishmael|strong="H3458" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" took|strong="H7617" those|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H1121" started|strong="H2490" back|strong="H3212" toward|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3605" Ammon|strong="H5983" area|strong="H1508". 
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\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H8085" Johanan|strong="H3110" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Israeli soldiers|strong="H2428" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1121" not|strong="H6213" surrendered|strong="H3947" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H1121" Babylonia|strong="H0894" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H6213" what|strong="H7451" Ishmael|strong="H3458" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w*} had|strong="H1121" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H3947" they|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w immediately|strong="H6965"\+w*} went|strong="H3212" with|strong="H5973" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3212" stop|strong="H2308" them|strong="H3947". They|strong="H3605" caught|strong="H4672" up|strong="H3212" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H3947" at|strong="H3898" the|strong="H3605" large|strong="H7227" pool|strong="H4325" near|strong="H5973" Gibeon|strong="H1391" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}When|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H5971" Ishmael|strong="H3458" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1961" captured|strong="H3920" saw|strong="H7200" Johanan|strong="H3110" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5971" him|strong="H7200", they|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w shouted|strong="H7321"\+w*} joyfully|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H4480" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H5971" been|strong="H5971" captured|strong="H7617" in|strong="H3212" Mizpah|strong="H4709" escaped|strong="H5437", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5971" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H7725" help|strong="H4480" Johanan|strong="H3110". 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H3588" Ishmael|strong="H3458" and|strong="H1121" eight|strong="H8083" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H6440" men|strong="H1121" escaped|strong="H4422" and|strong="H1121" fled|strong="H5127" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H6440" Ammon|strong="H5983" area|strong="H1508". 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H3947" Johanan|strong="H3110" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5971" him|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gathered|strong="H6960"\+w* \+w together|strong="H5221"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5971" had|strong="H5971" rescued|strong="H5337" at|strong="H4421" Gibeon|strong="H1391". They|strong="H5971" included|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H4421" and|strong="H1121" women|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004" officials|strong="H8269". They|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H5971" Ishmael|strong="H3458" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w*} had|strong="H5971" captured|strong="H3947" after|strong="H4480" they|strong="H5971" had|strong="H5971" killed|strong="H5221" Gedaliah|strong="H1436". 
\verseNumber{17}They|strong="H1992" took|strong="H3947" them|strong="H3427" all|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Geruth-Kimham \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w village|strong="H1949"\+w*} near|strong="H7126" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". And|strong="H3212" they|strong="H1992" all|strong="H3212" prepared|strong="H3559" to|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{18}They|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1121" worried|strong="H1672" about|strong="H4428" what|strong="H3372" the|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Babylonia|strong="H3778" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w would|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w found|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w out|strong="H6440"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" Ishmael|strong="H3458" had|strong="H4428" killed|strong="H5221" Gedaliah|strong="H1436", who|strong="H1121" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H6485" appointed|strong="H6485" by|strong="H6485" the|strong="H6440" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Babylonia|strong="H3778" to|strong="H6440" be|strong="H1121" their|strong="H6440" governor|strong="H6485". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jeremiah warned them to not go to Egypt }
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\chapterNumber{42}Then|strong="H1121" Johanan|strong="H3110" and|strong="H1121" Azariah|strong="H5838" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hoshaiah|strong="H1955", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} leaders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} soldiers|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w had|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w not|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w surrendered|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" many|strong="H5704" [HYP] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} people|strong="H5971", including|strong="H5704" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" important|strong="H5704" and|strong="H1121" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" not|strong="H5971" important|strong="H5704", came|strong="H5066" 
\verseNumber{2}to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H6440". They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" listen|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5704" our|strong="H3068" request|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3068" pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" us|strong="H4994". Although|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" were|strong="H5869" previously|strong="H6440" a|strong="H3588" huge|strong="H1995" number|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5869", you|strong="H3588" can|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" now|strong="H4994" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5869" only|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" small|strong="H4592" number|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5869" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w survived|strong="H7604"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Pray|strong="H6419"\+w*} that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" show|strong="H6213" us|strong="H5046" what|strong="H1697" we|strong="H6213" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" and|strong="H3068" where|strong="H0834" we|strong="H6213" should|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3212".” 
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\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H2005" replied|strong="H6030", “Okay, I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3068" pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", like|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" requested|strong="H1697", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3605" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3068" says|strong="H1697". I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3068" ◄tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3605" everything|strong="H3605"/not|strong="H3808" hide|strong="H5641" anything|strong="H3605" from|strong="H4480" you|strong="H3605"►.” 
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\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H1992" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7971", “We|strong="H6213" hope|strong="H3176"/wish|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" faithful|strong="H0539" witness|strong="H5707" against|strong="H1697" us|strong="H6213" if|strong="H1961" we|strong="H6213" refuse|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H6213" tells|strong="H1696" us|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H3588"\+w*} Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3651"\+w*}, also|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" this|strong="H2088": ‘Because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H2088" angry|strong="H2534", I|strong="H3588" severely|strong="H5953" punished|strong="H6485" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H7200"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" same|strong="H2088" things|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" go|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" Egypt|strong="H4714". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} people|strong="H3427" will|strong="H3068" curse|strong="H7045" you|strong="H3588". They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" horrified|strong="H8074" about|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} you|strong="H3588". They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" make|strong="H7200" fun of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" this|strong="H2088" land|strong="H4725" again|strong="H5750".’ 
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\verseNumber{19}You|strong="H3588" little|strong="H4592" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3045" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3117" still|strong="H3588" alive|strong="H2416", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w listen|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w*}: Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588", ‘Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3045" go|strong="H3068" to|strong="H1696" Egypt|strong="H4714".’ \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3588"\+w*} do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3045" forget|strong="H7911" what|strong="H3045" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" warned|strong="H5749" you|strong="H3588" today|strong="H3117". 
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\chapterNumber{45}After|strong="H5921" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Josiah|strong="H2977" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" four|strong="H0702" years|strong="H8141", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5921"\+w*,} Baruch|strong="H1263", wrote|strong="H3789" down|strong="H3789" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H1697"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" messages|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" had|strong="H4428" dictated|strong="H6310" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H1696" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" gave|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1696" message|strong="H1697". He|strong="H5921" said|strong="H1696", 
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\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H5414", should|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" [RHQ] desire|strong="H5315" that|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1320" do|strong="H3068" things|strong="H1419" to|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H3519" you|strong="H3588" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5414" special|strong="H6381" way|strong="H3212"? Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5414" desire|strong="H5315" that|strong="H3588". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w true|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1320" to|strong="H3068" experience|strong="H7200" a|strong="H5414" great|strong="H1419" disaster|strong="H7451", but|strong="H3588" wherever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3588" go|strong="H3212", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" protect|strong="H8104" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5414" be|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2026".’ ” 

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\chapterNumber{46}These|strong="H0428" are|strong="H1471" messages|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" about|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} nations|strong="H1471". 

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\verseNumber{2}After|strong="H5921" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079", son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Josiah|strong="H2977", had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" four|strong="H0702" years|strong="H8141", this|strong="H5221" message|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1961" Egypt|strong="H4714" was|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. It|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Neco|strong="H6549" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714" was|strong="H1961" defeated|strong="H5221" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Euphrates|strong="H6578" River|strong="H5104". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w what|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w*: “\+w The|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w officers|strong="H7860"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w saying|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w troops|strong="H2428"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{3}‘Prepare|strong="H6186" your|strong="H5066" shields|strong="H4043" 
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and|strong="H4043" march|strong="H1980" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H5066" fight|strong="H4421" the|strong="H5066" battle|strong="H4421"! 
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\verseNumber{4}Put|strong="H3847" harnesses on|strong="H3847" your|strong="H3320" horses|strong="H5483", 
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and|strong="H5483" get|strong="H5927" on|strong="H3847" their|strong="H3320" backs|strong="H6203". 
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◄Get|strong="H5927" into|strong="H5927" your|strong="H3320" positions|strong="H7896"/Line|strong="H6957" up|strong="H5927"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5483"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4421"\+w*}; 
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put|strong="H3847" on|strong="H3847" your|strong="H3320" helmets|strong="H3553". 
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Sharpen|strong="H4838" your|strong="H3320" spears|strong="H7420", 
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and|strong="H5483" put|strong="H3847" on|strong="H3847" your|strong="H3320" armor|strong="H3847"!’ 
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\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H3808" what|strong="H7200" [RHQ] do|strong="H3068" I|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200"? 
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I|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5002" soldiers|strong="H1368" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" terrified|strong="H4032" and|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" fleeing|strong="H5127". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Even|strong="H3808"\+w*} the|strong="H5002" bravest|strong="H0533" of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" soldiers|strong="H1368" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" running|strong="H7323" away|strong="H5127", 
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without|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H3808"\+w*} looking|strong="H6437" backward|strong="H0268"! 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H7200"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068", say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H1368"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" terrified|strong="H4032" on|strong="H7200" all|strong="H5439" sides|strong="H5439"! 
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\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Even|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" fastest \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w runners|strong="H7323"\+w*} will|strong="H3027" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H5921" run|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127", 
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but|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w greatest|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w*} their|strong="H5921" warriors|strong="H1368" will|strong="H3027" not|strong="H5307" escape|strong="H4422". 
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In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" north|strong="H6828", by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" Euphrates|strong="H6578" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}, 
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they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3027" stumble|strong="H3782" and|strong="H3027" fall|strong="H5307". 
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\verseNumber{7}What|strong="H4310" group|strong="H7235" is|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088" that|strong="H4325" will|strong="H4310" be|strong="H4325" covering|strong="H4372" the|strong="H5927" land|strong="H0776" 
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like|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" water|strong="H4325" of|strong="H4325" the|strong="H5927" Nile|strong="H2975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} covers|strong="H3680" the|strong="H5927" land|strong="H0776" when|strong="H5927" it|strong="H5927" floods|strong="H5104"? 
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\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w is|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3680"\+w* \+w army|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w*} Egypt|strong="H4714" 
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that|strong="H5892" will|strong="H4714" be|strong="H5892" covering|strong="H3680" the|strong="H3680" land|strong="H0776" like|strong="H5927" a|strong="H5927" surging|strong="H7227"/huge|strong="H1995" flood|strong="H5104", 
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and|strong="H5892" they|strong="H1607" will|strong="H4714" boast|strong="H1984" that|strong="H5892" they|strong="H1607" will|strong="H4714" cover|strong="H3680" the|strong="H3680" earth|strong="H5927" 
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and|strong="H5892" will|strong="H4714" destroy|strong="H5892" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3680" people|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5927"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}You|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w riders|strong="H7393"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1368"\+w*} horses|strong="H5483", charge|strong="H4931"/rush|strong="H8264" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w into|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4421"\+w*}! 
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You|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{drivers \+w of|strong="H1368"\+w*} chariots|strong="H7393", drive|strong="H1984" furiously|strong="H7697"! 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w All|strong="H5927"\+w*} you|strong="H3318" warriors|strong="H1368" from|strong="H3318" Ethiopia|strong="H3568" and|strong="H7393" Libya|strong="H6316" 
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who|strong="H1368" carry|strong="H3318" your|strong="H3318" shields|strong="H4043", 
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you|strong="H3318" warriors|strong="H1368" from|strong="H3318" Lydia|strong="H3865" 
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who|strong="H1368" shoot|strong="H1869" arrows|strong="H7198", 
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you|strong="H3318" come|strong="H5927"! 
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\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} this|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3588" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3117" angels|strong="H4397", will|strong="H2719" get|strong="H7646" revenge|strong="H5360" on|strong="H3117" my|strong="H3588" enemies|strong="H6862". 
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With|strong="H7646" my|strong="H3588" sword|strong="H2719" [PRS] I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H2719" kill|strong="H2719" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H6862"\+w*} until|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" satisfied|strong="H7646"; 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w enemy|strong="H6862"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w who|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w will|strong="H2719"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2719"\+w*} in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" north|strong="H6828" beside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3588" Euphrates|strong="H6578" River|strong="H5104" 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H2719"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3117"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H3588" sacrifice|strong="H2077" to|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="H3117"\+w*}, the|strong="H3588" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3117" angels|strong="H4397". 
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\verseNumber{11}You|strong="H3947" people|strong="H5971" [IDM] of|strong="H1323" Egypt|strong="H4714", 
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go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3947" Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} to|strong="H5927" obtain|strong="H3947" medicine|strong="H7499"; 
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but|strong="H3947" it|strong="H5927" will|strong="H4714" be|strong="H1330" useless|strong="H1892" to|strong="H5927" take|strong="H3947" all|strong="H5927" those|strong="H1992" medicines|strong="H7499"; 
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you|strong="H3947" will|strong="H4714" not|strong="H5927" be|strong="H1330" healed|strong="H7499". 
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\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w People|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w in|strong="H8085"\+w*} the|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H8147"\+w*} nations|strong="H1471" will|strong="H1471" hear|strong="H8085" how|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1471" humiliated|strong="H3637". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Your|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w mighty|strong="H1368"\+w*} warriors|strong="H1368" will|strong="H1471" stumble|strong="H3782" over|strong="H5307" each|strong="H1471" other|strong="H8147" 
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and|strong="H8085" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1471" all|strong="H3162" fall|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" together|strong="H3162".” 
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\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H1696"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5221" this|strong="H1696" message|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1697" King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" when|strong="H1696" he|strong="H3068" planned|strong="H3289" to|strong="H1696" attack|strong="H5221" Egypt|strong="H4714" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*}: 
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\verseNumber{14}“Shout|strong="H7321" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*} throughout|strong="H5439" Egypt|strong="H4714"! 
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Proclaim|strong="H8085" it|strong="H3588" in|strong="H8085" Migdol|strong="H4024", Memphis|strong="H5297", and|strong="H4714" Tahpenes|strong="H8472" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}! 
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‘◄Get|strong="H3559" into|strong="H4714" your|strong="H8085" positions|strong="H7896"/Line|strong="H6957" up|strong="H3320"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4421"\+w*}; 
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Prepare|strong="H3559" to|strong="H4714" defend|strong="H1598" yourselves|strong="H3320", 
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because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w everyone|strong="H3605"\+w*} around|strong="H5439" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4714" be|strong="H2719" killed|strong="H2719".’ [PRS, MTY] 
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\verseNumber{15}Your|strong="H3068" god|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" bull|strong="H6499"; 
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Why|strong="H4069" does|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3588" fall|strong="H5307" down|strong="H1920"? 
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He|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3068" stand|strong="H5975" up|strong="H5975", 
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because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" knock|strong="H3766" him|strong="H5975" down|strong="H1920". 
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\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H5971" from|strong="H7725" other|strong="H7453" countries|strong="H0776" will|strong="H5971" stumble|strong="H3782" and|strong="H6965" fall|strong="H5307" over|strong="H5307" each|strong="H5971" other|strong="H7453", 
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‘Let’s|strong="H3238" get|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" go|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" our|strong="H7725" own|strong="H5971" people|strong="H5971", to|strong="H7725" our|strong="H7725" own|strong="H5971" land|strong="H6440". 
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Let’s|strong="H3238" get|strong="H6965" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H6440" swords|strong="H2719" of|strong="H6440" our|strong="H7725" enemies|strong="H6965"!’ 
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\verseNumber{17}There|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*} they|strong="H8033" will|strong="H4428" say|strong="H0559", 
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‘The|strong="H7121" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" talks loudly|strong="H6963", 
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\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1323" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H3027" humiliated|strong="H3637"; 
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because|strong="H3588" some|strong="H4480" day|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" bring|strong="H7725" you|strong="H3588" back|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" distant|strong="H7350" places|strong="H1116"; 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" bring|strong="H7725" your|strong="H7725" descendants|strong="H2233" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H7725" which|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3478" exiled|strong="H1540". 
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\verseNumber{28}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068", say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3605" serve|strong="H5647" me|strong="H6213", 
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‘Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" afraid|strong="H3372", 
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because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588". 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" destroy|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" among|strong="H3808" whom|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" scattered|strong="H5080" you|strong="H3588", 
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but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" completely|strong="H3617" get|strong="H6213" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588". 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H3256" you|strong="H3588", but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H3256" you|strong="H3588" only|strong="H3588" as|strong="H6213" severely|strong="H3256" as|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" deserve|strong="H4941": 
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It|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" wrong|strong="H4941" if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" punish|strong="H3256" you|strong="H3588" at|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605".’ ” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A message about Philistia }
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\chapterNumber{47}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5221" prophet|strong="H5030" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" a|strong="H1961" message|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5221" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Philistia|strong="H6429". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w given|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5221"\+w*} before|strong="H2962" Gaza|strong="H5804" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Philistia|strong="H6429"\+w*} was|strong="H3068" captured|strong="H3920" by|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Egypt|strong="H4714". 
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\verseNumber{2}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559": 
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that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" cover|strong="H3680" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" flood|strong="H5158". 
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They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H3068" everything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3427" it|strong="H4393"; 
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People|strong="H3427" will|strong="H3068" scream; 
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everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" will|strong="H3068" wail|strong="H3213". 
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they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3808" completely|strong="H3617" weak|strong="H3808" and|strong="H1121" helpless|strong="H1800" [MTY]. 
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they|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5704" shave|strong="H1413" off|strong="H1820" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" hair|strong="H8181" on|strong="H7144" their|strong="H5704" heads|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* indicate \+w that|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w are|strong="H6010"\+w* \+w ashamed|strong="H0954"\+w*}. 
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how|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" [RHQ] will|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" gash|strong="H1413" yourselves|strong="H1413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w are|strong="H6010"\+w* \+w mourning|strong="H0060"\+w*}?” 
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\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Philistia|strong="H6429"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w*,} “Yahweh|strong="H3068", when|strong="H5704" [RHQ] will|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w stop|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w killing|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w us|strong="H1826"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3068"\+w*} [PRS] their|strong="H3068" swords|strong="H2719"? 
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Tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" [PRS] put|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5704" back|strong="H7725" into|strong="H2719" their|strong="H3068" sheaths and|strong="H3068" keep|strong="H8252" them|strong="H5704" there|strong="H1945"!” 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3068" it|strong="H8033" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3068" [RHQ] for|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" swords|strong="H2719" to|strong="H3068" stay|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033", 
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because|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" their|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w more|strong="H3254"\+w*}; 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" intends|strong="H3190" to|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3068" attack|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w living|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w*} Ashkelon|strong="H0831" and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*} along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3068" coast|strong="H2348". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A message about Moab }
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\chapterNumber{48}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" message|strong="H3068" about|strong="H3478" Moab|strong="H4124". The|strong="H3588" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397" said|strong="H0559": 
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“Terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" Nebo|strong="H5015" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}; 
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it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soon|strong="H3588"\+w*} be|strong="H3068" ruined|strong="H7703". 
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Kiriathaim|strong="H7156" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" captured|strong="H3920" and|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w its|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w*} humiliated|strong="H3637"; 
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the|strong="H3588" high|strong="H1116" wall|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" their|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" ruined|strong="H7703", and|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w its|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H3001" ashamed|strong="H3001". 
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\verseNumber{2}No|strong="H3772" one|strong="H1571" will|strong="H1471" boast|strong="H1984" about|strong="H5921" Moab|strong="H4124" again|strong="H5750"; 
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the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Moab|strong="H4124"\+w*} will|strong="H1471" plan|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3212" destroy|strong="H3772" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w capital|strong="H3805"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*,} Heshbon|strong="H2809". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w*,} ‘Come|strong="H3212", let’s|strong="H1980" cause|strong="H2600" Moab|strong="H4124" to|strong="H3212" no|strong="H3772" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H5750" a|strong="H3772" nation|strong="H1471".’ 
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You|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1471" in|strong="H5921" Madmen|strong="H4086" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, you|strong="H5921" also|strong="H1571" will|strong="H1471" be|strong="H5750" silenced|strong="H1826"; 
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enemy|strong="H0340" armies|strong="H6635" [MTY] will|strong="H1471" pursue|strong="H3212" you|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{3}Listen|strong="H6963" to|strong="H6963" the|strong="H6963" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H6963" Horonaim|strong="H2773" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} screaming; 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H7667"\+w* \+w will|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w be|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w wailing|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w will|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w*} devastated|strong="H7701" and|strong="H1419" destroyed|strong="H7701" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w All|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8085"\+w*} Moab|strong="H4124" will|strong="H4124" be|strong="H2201" ruined|strong="H7703"; 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H1571"\+w*} the|strong="H8085" little|strong="H6810" children|strong="H1121" will|strong="H4124" cry|strong="H2201" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w loudly|strong="H6963"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H8085" cry|strong="H6818" bitterly|strong="H1065" 
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as|strong="H5927" they|strong="H3588" climb|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" Luhith|strong="H3872" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Hill|strong="H4608"\+w*}. 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Others|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w will|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w wail|strong="H3213"\+w*} on|strong="H5927" the|strong="H8085" road|strong="H1870" down|strong="H4174" to|strong="H5927" Horonaim|strong="H2773", 
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being|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" sad|strong="H7451" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H4608" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1961"\+w*} destroyed|strong="H4229". 
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\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Someone|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1961"\+w*}, ‘Flee|strong="H5127"! 
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Hide|strong="H5127" in|strong="H5315" the|strong="H1961" desert|strong="H4057"!’ 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" trusted|strong="H0982" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H8269" rich|strong="H6223" and|strong="H3548" powerful|strong="H2392", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3162"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w safe|strong="H7965"\+w*}; 
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so|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1571" be|strong="H1571" captured|strong="H3920". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w statue|strong="H6755"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w god|strong="H0430"\+w*} Chemosh|strong="H3645" and|strong="H3548" all|strong="H3162" his|strong="H3588" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3548" officials|strong="H8269" 
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will|strong="H1571" be|strong="H1571" taken|strong="H3920" away|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" distant|strong="H7350" lands|strong="H4054". 
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\verseNumber{8}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Moab|strong="H4124"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" destroyed|strong="H8045"; 
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none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H8045" will|strong="H3068" escape|strong="H4422". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Towns|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" valleys|strong="H6010" and|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" plateau|strong="H4334" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*} be|strong="H3808" destroyed|strong="H8045", 
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because|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3808"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{9}Spread|strong="H3318" salt|strong="H4417" on|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3588" ground|strong="H0776" 
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in|strong="H3427" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" wasteland|strong="H4057" with|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w nothing|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w growing|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w there|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w anymore|strong="H5750"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H5892" no|strong="H5414" one|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" it|strong="H5414"!” 
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\verseNumber{10}Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" curse|strong="H7045" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6213" eagerly|strong="H6960" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" desires|strong="H0183", 
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anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3068" refrains|strong="H3027" from|strong="H3068" using|strong="H5927" his|strong="H3068" sword|strong="H2719" to|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2719" [MTY] others|strong="H0312" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Moab|strong="H4124"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3627"\+w*} Moab|strong="H4124" have|strong="H3808" always|strong="H3605" felt|strong="H4959" secure|strong="H7599"; 
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they|strong="H3651" have|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" been|strong="H8252" ◄exiled|strong="H1540"/forced|strong="H4522" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} to|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" other|strong="H0312" countries|strong="H0776"►. 
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They|strong="H3651" are|strong="H3627" like|strong="H3651" [MET|strong="H6298"] wine|strong="H8105" that|strong="H1931" has|strong="H4124" been|strong="H8252" left|strong="H1980" undisturbed|strong="H8252" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w container|strong="H3627"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w many|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w days|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w give|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w it|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w good|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w flavor|strong="H2940"\+w*}, 
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so|strong="H3651" now|strong="H5921" it|strong="H1931" smells|strong="H7381" good|strong="H2896", 
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and|strong="H1980" it|strong="H1931" tastes|strong="H2938" good|strong="H2896". 
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\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H2009" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002" that|strong="H3117" there|strong="H2009" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7971" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7971"\+w*}; 
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they|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" get|strong="H7971" rid|strong="H7971" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Moab|strong="H4124" like|strong="H3651" people|strong="H5971" pour|strong="H8210" out|strong="H7971" wine|strong="H3196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5002"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H0776"\+w*} 
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and|strong="H3068" then|strong="H2009" smash|strong="H7665" the|strong="H5002" wine|strong="H3196" jar|strong="H3627". 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} Moab|strong="H4124" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" ashamed|strong="H0954" of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H1008"\+w* \+w god|strong="H1008"\+w*/\+w idol|strong="H3478"\+w*} Chemosh|strong="H3645" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3478"\+w*}, 
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like|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1004" Israeli people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H3478" ashamed|strong="H0954" because|strong="H3588" their|strong="H1008" gold|strong="H2091" statue|strong="H6755" of|strong="H1004" a|strong="H3478" calf|strong="H5695" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w smashed|strong="H7665"\+w*} at|strong="H3478" Bethel|strong="H1008". 
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\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1368"\+w* \+w Moab|strong="H4124"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} said|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H0587" are|strong="H1368" warriors|strong="H1368"; 
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we|strong="H0587" have|strong="H2428" fought|strong="H3898" bravely in|strong="H4421" battles|strong="H4421"!” 
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\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H3068" now|strong="H4428" our|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428", who|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", who|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" called|strong="H8034" ‘the|strong="H5002" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5002" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" angels’|strong="H0047", says|strong="H5002" that|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5002"\+w* \+w country|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Moab|strong="H4124" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5002" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3381" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" destroyed|strong="H7703". 
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Their|strong="H3068" fine|strong="H5560" young|strong="H4005" men|strong="H8034" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H5927"\+w*} be|strong="H3068" slaughtered|strong="H7819". 
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\verseNumber{16}Moab|strong="H4124" will|strong="H4124" very|strong="H3966" soon|strong="H4116" be|strong="H7451" destroyed|strong="H4229". 
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It|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4124" soon|strong="H4116" experience|strong="H7200" disaster|strong="H7451". 
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\verseNumber{17}You|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w live|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w in|strong="H7665"\+w* \+w nations|strong="H1471"\+w*} near|strong="H7126" Moab|strong="H4124", 
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who|strong="H3605" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" it|strong="H3045" is|strong="H8034" very|strong="H3045" famous|strong="H8034", 
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should|strong="H3068" mourn|strong="H5110" for|strong="H8034" Moab|strong="H4124", 
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and|strong="H3045" say|strong="H0559", “Its|strong="H3605" glorious|strong="H8597" power|strong="H5797" [MTY, DOU] is|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w completely|strong="H3605"\+w*} ended|strong="H1961"/broken|strong="H7665".” 
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\verseNumber{18}You|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1323" Dibon|strong="H1769" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H4013"\+w*}, stop|strong="H2308" being|strong="H1961" proud|strong="H1343" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1323" being|strong="H1961" honored|strong="H3519", 
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and|strong="H5927" sit|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3588" dust|strong="H6083"/dirt|strong="H6083", 
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because|strong="H3588" those|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" will|strong="H4124" destroy|strong="H7843" other|strong="H0312" places|strong="H1116" in|strong="H3427" Moab|strong="H4124" will|strong="H4124" attack|strong="H5927" your|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H4013"\+w*} 
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and|strong="H5927" destroy|strong="H7843" your|strong="H3588" high|strong="H1116" walls|strong="H2346". 
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\verseNumber{19}You|strong="H4100" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Aroer|strong="H6177" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, 
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stand|strong="H5975" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H1870" road|strong="H1870" and|strong="H1870" watch|strong="H6822". 
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Shout|strong="H7321" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1870" men|strong="H0376" and|strong="H1870" women|strong="H0802" who|strong="H3427" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" fleeing|strong="H5127" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5127"\+w* \+w Moab|strong="H4124"\+w*}, 
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“What|strong="H4100" has|strong="H1961" happened|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="H1961"\+w*}?” 
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\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4124"\+w* \+w reply|strong="H7725"\+w*}, 
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“Moab|strong="H4124" is|strong="H4124" ruined|strong="H7703" and|strong="H2865" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H7703"\+w*} disgraced|strong="H0954"!” 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3588"\+w*} weep|strong="H1058" and|strong="H2865" wail|strong="H3213" [DOU]. 
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Proclaim|strong="H5046" at|strong="H7703" the|strong="H3588" Aroer|strong="H6177" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3588"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" Moab|strong="H4124" has|strong="H3588" been|strong="H2865" destroyed|strong="H7703". 
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\verseNumber{21}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} will|strong="H4941" have|strong="H5921" punished|strong="H6485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Moab|strong="H4124"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w are|strong="H4941"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" ◄plateau|strong="H4334"/high|strong="H1116" level|strong="H4334"►: 
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Holon|strong="H2473" and|strong="H4941" Jahaz|strong="H3096" and|strong="H4941" Mephaath|strong="H4158", 
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\verseNumber{22}Dibon|strong="H1769" and|strong="H5015" Nebo|strong="H5015" and|strong="H5015" Beth-Diblathaim|strong="H1015", 
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\verseNumber{23}Kiriathaim|strong="H7156" and|strong="H5921" Beth-Gamul|strong="H1014" and|strong="H5921" Beth-Meon|strong="H1010", 
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\verseNumber{24}Kerioth|strong="H7152" and|strong="H5892" Bozrah|strong="H1224", 
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cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H5892" near|strong="H7138" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w each|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} and|strong="H5892" towns|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H5892" far|strong="H7350" away|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w each|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{25}Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002", “The|strong="H5002" power|strong="H2220" [MTY] of|strong="H3068" Moab|strong="H4124" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" ended|strong="H1961"; 
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and|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" ridiculed. 
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You|strong="H3588" treated|strong="H3190" them|strong="H4672" as|strong="H1697" though|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3478" thieves|strong="H1590" [RHQ]. 
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You|strong="H3588" shook|strong="H1607" your|strong="H3588" head|strong="H7218" at|strong="H3478" them|strong="H4672" scornfully and|strong="H3478" despised|strong="H0959" them|strong="H4672" [RHQ]. 
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\verseNumber{28}You|strong="H5800" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Moab|strong="H4124", 
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you|strong="H5800" should|strong="H3068" abandon|strong="H5800" your|strong="H1961" towns|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5892" go|strong="H1961" and|strong="H5892" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" caves|strong="H6354". 
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Be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" [SIM] doves|strong="H3123" that|strong="H5892" make|strong="H3427" their|strong="H1961" nests|strong="H7077" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5676" entrances|strong="H6607" of|strong="H3427" caves|strong="H6354".” 
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I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4124" cry|strong="H2199" about|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" its|strong="H3605" people|strong="H2199". 
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I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4124" moan|strong="H1897" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5921" Kir-Hareseth|strong="H7025" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w old|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w capital|strong="H3805"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Moab|strong="H4124"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{32}You|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5921" Sibmah|strong="H7643" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5307" many|strong="H5704" vineyards|strong="H3754". 
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People|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" shout|strong="H1959" joyfully|strong="H8057" 
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as|strong="H0834" they|strong="H3808" tread|strong="H1869" on|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3808" grapes|strong="H6025"; 
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people|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" shout|strong="H1959", 
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\verseNumber{34}Instead|strong="H3588", the|strong="H3588" sound|strong="H6963" of|strong="H6963" their|strong="H5414" wailing|strong="H6963" will|strong="H1961" rise|strong="H4325" from|strong="H5704" Heshbon|strong="H2809" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" Elealeh|strong="H0500" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} and|strong="H6963" Jahaz|strong="H3096" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w village|strong="H1949"\+w*}, 
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from|strong="H5704" Zoar|strong="H6820" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" Horonaim|strong="H2773" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} and|strong="H6963" Eglath-Shelishiyah|strong="H5700" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w village|strong="H1949"\+w*}. 
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Even|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3588" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H5414" Nimrim|strong="H5249" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Stream|strong="H4325"\+w*} will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" dried|strong="H4923" up|strong="H5414". 
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and|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" to|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" gods|strong="H0430". 
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\verseNumber{36}I|strong="H5921" [SYN] moan|strong="H1897" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3820" of|strong="H5921" Moab|strong="H4124" and|strong="H6213" Kir-Hareseth|strong="H7025" 
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because|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H6213"\+w*} their|strong="H5921" wealth|strong="H2428" will|strong="H3820" disappear|strong="H0622". 
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They|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3027" slash|strong="H8296" their|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" wear|strong="H3847" ◄rough|strong="H8181" cloth|strong="H0899"/sackscloth► around|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" waists. 
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\verseNumber{38}In|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" home|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" town|strong="H7339" plazas|strong="H7339"/centers in|strong="H5921" Moab|strong="H4124" there|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3068"\+w*} mourning|strong="H4553", 
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because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" destroyed|strong="H7665" Moab|strong="H4124" 
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like|strong="H4124" [SIM] someone|strong="H0376" smashes an|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w old|strong="H1121"\+w*} jar|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" wants|strong="H2656" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w anymore|strong="H5750"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{39}Moab|strong="H4124" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3605" shattered|strong="H2865"! 
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And|strong="H6437" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" wailing|strong="H3213" loudly|strong="H6963"! 
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They|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" disgraced|strong="H0954". 
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Moab|strong="H4124" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" nation|strong="H1471" that|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" ridicule|strong="H4912". 
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‘Look|strong="H2009"! Their|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" swooping|strong="H2363"/rushing|strong="H7494" down|strong="H1675" over|strong="H3068" Moab|strong="H4124" 
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\verseNumber{41}Its|strong="H1961" cities|strong="H5892" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" captured|strong="H3920", 
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its|strong="H1961" fortresses|strong="H0759" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" seized|strong="H8610". 
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like|strong="H1961" [SIM] a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" about|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" give|strong="H1961" birth|strong="H3205". 
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so|strong="H3588" Moab|strong="H4124" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" destroyed|strong="H8045". 
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\verseNumber{43}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5921"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068", say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3068" Moab|strong="H4124" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" terrified|strong="H0926", and|strong="H3068" fall|strong="H5307" into|strong="H5921" pits|strong="H6354" and|strong="H3068" traps|strong="H6341". 
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\verseNumber{44}Those|strong="H4480" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" terrified|strong="H0926" and|strong="H3068" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H3068" run|strong="H7323" away|strong="H5307" will|strong="H3068" fall|strong="H5307" into|strong="H5927" deep|strong="H8415" pits|strong="H6354". 
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Whoever|strong="H3605" climbs|strong="H5927" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" pit|strong="H6354" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" caught|strong="H3920" in|strong="H8141" a|strong="H3588" trap|strong="H6341", 
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because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H6440" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" time|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977".’ 
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\verseNumber{45}The|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" flee|strong="H5127" as|strong="H3588" far|strong="H5127" as|strong="H3588" Heshbon|strong="H2809" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, 
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but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1121" able|strong="H3581" to|strong="H3318" go|strong="H3318" any|strong="H3588" further|strong="H5750", 
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because|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" fire|strong="H0784" will|strong="H1121" burn|strong="H8313" in|strong="H5975" Heshbon|strong="H2809", 
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who|strong="H1121" noisily/loudly|strong="H6963" boasted|strong="H1431" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H7227". 
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\verseNumber{46}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Moab|strong="H4124", terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H1697" will|strong="H5971" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588"! 
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You|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" worship|strong="H7812" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w god|strong="H0430"\+w*} Chemosh|strong="H3645", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H1121" destroyed|strong="H4229". 
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Your|strong="H3947" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3947" daughters|strong="H1323" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H1121" captured|strong="H3947" and|strong="H1121" taken|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w countries|strong="H0776"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{47}But|strong="H7725" some|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" the|strong="H5002" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Moab|strong="H4124" to|strong="H5704" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" their|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776" again|strong="H7725". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H5002" it|strong="H7725".” 
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That|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" end|strong="H7093" of|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4941" I|strong="H3117" prophesied|strong="H5012" about|strong="H3117" Moab|strong="H4124". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A message about Ammon }
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“There|strong="H3427" are|strong="H5971" [RHQ] plenty|strong="H7647" of|strong="H1121" Israeli people|strong="H5971" left|strong="H3427" 
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to|strong="H3478" occupy|strong="H3423" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Gad|strong="H1410". 
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So|strong="H3541", why|strong="H4069" are|strong="H5971" [RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w who|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w god|strong="H3068"\+w*} Molech|strong="H4432" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" those|strong="H1121" towns|strong="H5892"? 
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\verseNumber{2}There|strong="H2009" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" sound|strong="H8085" the|strong="H5002" battle-cry 
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like|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" eagle|strong="H5404" spreads|strong="H6566" its|strong="H5921" wings|strong="H3671" when|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1931" swoops|strong="H1675" down|strong="H1675" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w seize|strong="H0962"\+w* \+w an|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w animal|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
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On|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w strongest|strong="H1368"\+w*} warriors|strong="H1368" of|strong="H3117" Edom|strong="H0112" will|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H3372"\+w*} 
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like|strong="H1961" [SIM] a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" about|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5927" give|strong="H5927" birth|strong="H3205".” 

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\verseNumber{23}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w message|strong="H8052"\+w* \+w is|strong="H7451"\+w*} about|strong="H8085" Damascus|strong="H1834". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w what|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w says|strong="H0559"\+w*}: 
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“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w in|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w nearby|strong="H7138"\+w* \+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3220"\+w*} Hamath|strong="H2574" and|strong="H8085" Arpad|strong="H0774" are|strong="H3808" confused|strong="H1101", 
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because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" heard|strong="H8085" bad|strong="H7451" news|strong="H8052" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w Damascus|strong="H1834"\+w*}. 
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They|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3808" very|strong="H3966" anxious|strong="H1672" and|strong="H8085" restless|strong="H7300", 
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like|strong="H3808" [SIM] a|strong="H3588" sea|strong="H3220" in|strong="H8085" a|strong="H3588" big|strong="H0931" storm|strong="H2230". 
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\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H3205" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3205" Damascus|strong="H1834" have|strong="H3205" become|strong="H3205" very|strong="H3966" weak|strong="H7503", 
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and|strong="H2388" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*} have|strong="H3205" ◄panicked|strong="H0926"/fled|strong="H5127" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} they|strong="H3205" are|strong="H6869" very|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372"►. 
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The|strong="H3205" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H6869" anguished|strong="H6862" and|strong="H2388" in|strong="H2388" pain|strong="H2256" 
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like|strong="H3644" [SIM] a|strong="H3205" woman|strong="H3205" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w experiences|strong="H3045"\+w*} who|strong="H3205" is|strong="H6869" about|strong="H5439" to|strong="H3205" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205". 
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\verseNumber{25}That|strong="H5892" famous|strong="H8034" city|strong="H5892", that|strong="H5892" I|strong="H3808" was|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H3808"\+w*} pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="H5892", 
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will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H3808" abandoned|strong="H5800". 
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\verseNumber{26}Its|strong="H3605" young|strong="H3117" men|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" fall|strong="H5307" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" streets|strong="H7339". 
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Its|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H4421" will|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" be|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H5307" in|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{27}And|strong="H2346" I|strong="H0589", the|strong="H3341" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H2346" the|strong="H3341" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H2346" angels|strong="H4397", will|strong="H2346" start|strong="H1870" a|strong="H3341" fire|strong="H3341" to|strong="H1834" burn|strong="H3341" the|strong="H3341" walls|strong="H2346" that|strong="H0834" surround|strong="H5439" Damascus|strong="H1834", 
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and|strong="H2346" the|strong="H3341" palaces|strong="H0759" of|strong="H2346" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130" will|strong="H2346" be|strong="H1961" burned|strong="H3341" down|strong="H3341".” 

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\verseNumber{28}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w message|strong="H3068"\+w*} about|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5221" Kedar|strong="H6938" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{people-group} and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" kingdom|strong="H4467" of|strong="H1121" Hazor|strong="H2674" which|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894" attacked|strong="H5221". This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": 
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“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w cause|strong="H2600"\+w* \+w an|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} advance|strong="H0935" to|strong="H3068" attack|strong="H5221" Kedar|strong="H6938" 
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and|strong="H1121" destroy|strong="H7703" those|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" east|strong="H6924" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{29}Their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H0168" and|strong="H6629" their|strong="H3605" flocks|strong="H6629" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3627"\+w* \+w sheep|strong="H6629"\+w*} will|strong="H6629" be|strong="H5375" captured|strong="H3947". 
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The|strong="H3605" curtains|strong="H3407" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w tents|strong="H0168"\+w*} and|strong="H6629" their|strong="H3605" camels|strong="H1581" and|strong="H6629" their|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H3627" will|strong="H6629" be|strong="H5375" taken|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Everywhere|strong="H3605"\+w*} men|strong="H3605" will|strong="H6629" shout|strong="H7321", 
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‘We|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1992" terrified|strong="H4032" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w terrible|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1992"\+w* happening} all|strong="H3605" around|strong="H5439" us|strong="H5921"!’ 
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\verseNumber{30}So|strong="H3966" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068", say|strong="H0559", ‘Run|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w quickly|strong="H3966"\+w*}! 
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You|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Hazor|strong="H2674", go|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" hide|strong="H5127" in|strong="H3427" deep|strong="H6009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w caves|strong="H4631"\+w*}, 
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because|strong="H3588" King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H3068" attack|strong="H5221" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w army|strong="H3427"\+w*}; 
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he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H7843" you|strong="H3588"!’ 
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\verseNumber{31}But|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\+w*}, 
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‘Go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H6965" attack|strong="H5927" that|strong="H3068" nation|strong="H1471" whose|strong="H1471" people|strong="H1471" feel|strong="H4184" secure|strong="H3427"; 
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they|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" allies|strong="H2266" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5927"\+w*} and|strong="H6965" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w walls|strong="H1280"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3068"\+w*} gates|strong="H1817" that|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" bars|strong="H1280" in|strong="H3427" them|strong="H5927". 
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\verseNumber{32}Your|strong="H3068" troops|strong="H1416" will|strong="H3068" seize|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" camels|strong="H1581" and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H5676"\+w*} livestock|strong="H4735". 
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I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" scatter|strong="H2219" in|strong="H3068" every|strong="H3605" direction|strong="H3027" [IDM] those|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1995" who|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3068" remote|strong="H3411" places|strong="H3605" (OR|strong="H3068", who|strong="H3605" cut|strong="H7112" their|strong="H3605" hair|strong="H8181" short|strong="H7112"). 
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I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H1961" them|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" experience|strong="H7200" disasters|strong="H4672" from|strong="H6285" every|strong="H3605" direction|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{33}Hazor|strong="H2674" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" place|strong="H1961" where|strong="H8033" jackals|strong="H8577"/wolves|strong="H2061" live|strong="H3427", 
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and|strong="H1121" it|strong="H8033" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" deserted|strong="H5307" forever|strong="H5769". 
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No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" again|strong="H1961"; 
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no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" settle|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" [DOU].’ ” 

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\verseNumber{34}I|strong="H1697" received|strong="H1961" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" when|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" was|strong="H3068" starting|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H4438" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{35}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" the|strong="H3541" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3541" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397" says|strong="H3541": 
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“The|strong="H3541" men|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" Elam|strong="H5867" are|strong="H3068" famous|strong="H8034" ◄archers|strong="H7198"/men|strong="H6635" who|strong="H3068" shoot|strong="H3384" arrows|strong="H7198" well|strong="H3190"►; 
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that|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" how|strong="H4100" they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" made|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" country|strong="H2022" very|strong="H3966" powerful|strong="H2392". 
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But|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3068" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H7665" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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\verseNumber{36}I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" bring|strong="H5080" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" from|strong="H1471" all|strong="H3605" directions|strong="H7253" [IDM, DOU], 
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and|strong="H8064" they|strong="H8033" will|strong="H1961" scatter|strong="H2219" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H7307" Elam|strong="H5867" in|strong="H1471" all|strong="H3605" directions|strong="H7253". 
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The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H7307" Elam|strong="H5867" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" exiled|strong="H1540" to|strong="H1961" every|strong="H3605" nation|strong="H1471" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064" [LIT|strong="H0215", HYP]. 
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\verseNumber{37}Because|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5704" am|strong="H3068" very|strong="H5704" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5315" of|strong="H3068" Elam|strong="H5867", 
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I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" their|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" to|strong="H5704" smash|strong="H7665" Elam|strong="H5867"; 
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I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5315" of|strong="H3068" Elam|strong="H5867" to|strong="H5704" experience|strong="H7200" great|strong="H6440" disasters|strong="H7451". 
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I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" their|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341", who|strong="H3068" want|strong="H1245" to|strong="H5704" kill|strong="H2719" them|strong="H5921", to|strong="H5704" pursue|strong="H7291" them|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2719"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*} with|strong="H3068" swords|strong="H2719" 
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until|strong="H5704" I|strong="H5704" completely|strong="H3615" get|strong="H1245" rid|strong="H7971" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H5704" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{38}I|strong="H7760", Yahweh|strong="H3068", will|strong="H3068" judge|strong="H8199" them|strong="H7760" there|strong="H8033" [MTY], 
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and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="H4428"\+w*} I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H3068" get|strong="H7760" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3068"\+w*} officials|strong="H8269". 
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\verseNumber{39}But|strong="H1961" some|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" the|strong="H5002" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Elam|strong="H5867" to|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" their|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H1961" said|strong="H5002" it|strong="H7725".” 

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\chapterNumber{50}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="H1696"\+w*,} Jeremiah|strong="H3414" the|strong="H3068" prophet|strong="H5030", a|strong="H1696" message|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1697" Babylon|strong="H0894" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H3068" Babylonia|strong="H3778". 
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\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w is|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w what|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w says|strong="H0559"\+w*}: 
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“Proclaim|strong="H8085" [DOU] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*} among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H8085" nations|strong="H1471"; 
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do|strong="H8085" not|strong="H8085" withhold|strong="H5375" any|strong="H5375" of|strong="H8085" it|strong="H5375"; 
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raise|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" a|strong="H5375" signal|strong="H5251" flag|strong="H8650" 
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to|strong="H8085" announce|strong="H5046" that|strong="H8085" Babylon|strong="H0894" will|strong="H1471" be|strong="H1471" captured|strong="H3920". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Its|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w chief|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w god|strong="H0430"\+w*} Marduk|strong="H4781", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whose|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w name|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w is|strong="H8085"\+w*} Bel|strong="H1078", will|strong="H1471" be|strong="H1471" completely|strong="H8085" disgraced|strong="H0954", 
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and|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3920" the|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} statues|strong="H2088" and|strong="H8085" idols|strong="H1544" will|strong="H1471" be|strong="H1471" shattered|strong="H2865". 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w*} a|strong="H1961" nation|strong="H1471" will|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1980" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" north|strong="H6828" to|strong="H5704" attack|strong="H5927" Babylon|strong="H0894" 
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and|strong="H1980" destroy|strong="H7843" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H1931" very|strong="H5704" thoroughly|strong="H3190", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
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Both|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1471" and|strong="H1980" animals|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" run|strong="H1980" away|strong="H1980".” 

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\verseNumber{4}“But|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3117"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068", say|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3117" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5002" future|strong="H0319", when|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3068" about|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" happen|strong="H1961", 
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the|strong="H5002" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5002" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" will|strong="H3068" join|strong="H1980" together|strong="H3162". 
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They|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" weeping|strong="H1058" 
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and|strong="H1121" wanting|strong="H6485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*} me|strong="H3117", their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" inquire|strong="H7592" about|strong="H1870" the|strong="H6440" road|strong="H1870" to|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", 
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\verseNumber{7}All|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H6862" who|strong="H3605" found|strong="H4672" them|strong="H4672" attacked|strong="H5221" them|strong="H4672". 
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he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" whom|strong="H0834" their|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" confidently|strong="H2388" expected|strong="H6960" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w them|strong="H4672"\+w*}.’ 
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\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w now|strong="H1961"\+w*, \+w I|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="H6260"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}, ‘Flee|strong="H5110" from|strong="H3318" Babylon|strong="H0894"! 
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Leave|strong="H3318" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" Babylonia|strong="H3778"! 
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They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1471" join|strong="H2266" together|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7725" attack|strong="H5927" Babylon|strong="H0894" and|strong="H7725" will|strong="H1471" capture|strong="H3920" it|strong="H5921". 
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Their|strong="H7725" arrows|strong="H2671" will|strong="H1471" be|strong="H3808" like|strong="H3808" [SIM] skilled|strong="H2450" warriors|strong="H1368" 
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that|strong="H3588" always|strong="H3605" hit|strong="H4672" what|strong="H5927" they|strong="H3588" aim|strong="H1245" at|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{10}Babylonia|strong="H3778" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" conquered|strong="H5221", 
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and|strong="H3068" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" conquer|strong="H3423" it|strong="H1961" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H7997" away|strong="H3605" everything|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3068" want|strong="H4270". 
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now|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" very|strong="H8055" happy|strong="H8055" [DOU]. 
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You|strong="H3588" run|strong="H7323" around|strong="H5439" joyfully|strong="H7321" like|strong="H5159" [SIM] a|strong="H3588" calf|strong="H5697" in|strong="H8055" a|strong="H3588" meadow|strong="H0260", 
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Your|strong="H2009" country|strong="H2022" will|strong="H1471" be|strong="H1471" the|strong="H3205" most|strong="H3966" insignificant|strong="H6819" nation|strong="H1471"; 
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it|strong="H2009" will|strong="H1471" be|strong="H1471" a|strong="H3205" desert|strong="H6160", a|strong="H3205" dry|strong="H6723" and|strong="H1471" deserted|strong="H5307" land|strong="H6723". 
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I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3605" deserted|strong="H8074". 
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All|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" pass|strong="H5674" by|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" horrified|strong="H8074" 
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and|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" ◄gasp|strong="H5395"/be|strong="H1961" shocked|strong="H8074"► because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" destruction|strong="H7667" there|strong="H1961". 
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prepare|strong="H6186" to|strong="H3068" attack|strong="H5221" it|strong="H5921"! 
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\verseNumber{16}Take|strong="H8610" away|strong="H5127" from|strong="H6440" Babylon|strong="H0894" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H5971" plant|strong="H2232" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w crops|strong="H7105"\+w*} 
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\verseNumber{20}At|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256", there|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" people|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" in|strong="H3478" Judah|strong="H3063" who|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w still|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w guilty|strong="H5771"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w having|strong="H3808"\+w*} sinned|strong="H2403" [DOU], 
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because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" forgive|strong="H5545" the|strong="H5002" small|strong="H6996" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3808" whom|strong="H1992" I|strong="H3588" enable|strong="H7980" to|strong="H3478" still|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3808" alive|strong="H7604".’” 

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\verseNumber{22}Shout|strong="H6963" your|strong="H3068" battle|strong="H4421" cries|strong="H6963" throughout|strong="H6963" the|strong="H6963" land|strong="H0776"; 
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But|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" wake|strong="H6974" up|strong="H7896" from|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" sleep|strong="H8142"! 
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\verseNumber{40}I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3381" bring|strong="H3381" them|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" a|strong="H2873" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3381" be|strong="H1961" slaughtered|strong="H2873", 
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\verseNumber{41}People|strong="H1471" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H8610" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H1961"\+w*} ◄honor|strong="H3519"/praise|strong="H8416"► Babylon|strong="H8347"; 
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they|strong="H3605" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3605" it|strong="H1961" is|strong="H3605" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1419" city|strong="H5892". 
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But|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w place|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w about|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w which|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*} nations|strong="H1471" are|strong="H1471" horrified|strong="H8074". 
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\verseNumber{42}The|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*} will|strong="H3220" cover|strong="H3680" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H5927"\+w*} huge|strong="H1995" waves|strong="H1530" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sea|strong="H3220" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{43}The|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3427" Babylonia|strong="H0894" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" ruins|strong="H5892", 
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Babylonia|strong="H0894" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" dry|strong="H6723" desert|strong="H6160" area|strong="H1508". 
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It|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" land|strong="H6723" in|strong="H3427" which|strong="H2004" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" lives|strong="H3427" 
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and|strong="H1121" which|strong="H2004" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" walks|strong="H1980" through|strong="H5674". 
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\verseNumber{44}And|strong="H1471" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1471" punish|strong="H6485" Bel|strong="H1078", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w god|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1471"\+w*} of|strong="H2346" Babylon|strong="H0894" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H1471" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1471" cause|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1471" to|strong="H3318" give|strong="H5307" back|strong="H5750" what|strong="H1571" they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1571" stolen|strong="H1589" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w People|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2346"\+w* \+w other|strong="H5750"\+w*} nations|strong="H1471" will|strong="H1471" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" come|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*} Bel|strong="H1078". 
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And|strong="H1471" the|strong="H5921" walls|strong="H2346" of|strong="H2346" Babylon|strong="H0894" will|strong="H1471" collapse|strong="H5307".” 

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\verseNumber{45}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w also|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w says|strong="H0559"\+w*,} “My|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971", come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" Babylon|strong="H0894"! 
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Run|strong="H4422" away|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" there|strong="H3068"! 
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Run|strong="H4422", because|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5315"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", am|strong="H3068" extremely|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w rid|strong="H5337"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3318"\+w*}! 
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\verseNumber{46}Do|strong="H8085" not|strong="H6435" be|strong="H8141" discouraged|strong="H7503"/worried|strong="H1672" [IDM] or|strong="H6435" afraid|strong="H3372" 
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People|strong="H8085" will|strong="H3824" report|strong="H8052" rumors|strong="H8052" like|strong="H5921" that|strong="H8085" every|strong="H8141" year|strong="H8141", 
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rumors|strong="H8052" about|strong="H5921" violent|strong="H2555" things|strong="H3372" being|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776", 
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and|strong="H8085" rumors|strong="H8052" about|strong="H5921" leaders|strong="H7218" fighting|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312". 
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\verseNumber{47}But|strong="H2009" it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3117" soon|strong="H3512" be|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" get|strong="H8432" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H6456" in|strong="H5921" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
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and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" corpses|strong="H2491" of|strong="H3117" their|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} will|strong="H3117" lie|strong="H5307" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" streets|strong="H2351". 
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\verseNumber{48}Then|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w angels|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w*} heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w*} [PRS] the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064" will|strong="H3068" rejoice|strong="H7442", 
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because|strong="H3588" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" north|strong="H6828" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H7703" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
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\verseNumber{49}Like|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*} killed|strong="H2491" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1571" of|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" 
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and|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H1571"\+w*} killed|strong="H2491" others|strong="H0312" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5307" the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398" [HYP], 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3605"\+w*} Babylon|strong="H0894" must|strong="H1571" also|strong="H1571" be|strong="H3478" killed|strong="H2491". 
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\verseNumber{50}You|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5975" been|strong="H2142" killed|strong="H2719" [MTY], get|strong="H1980" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" Babylon|strong="H0894"! 
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Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5975" wait|strong="H5975"! 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Even|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w*} far|strong="H7350" away|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}, 
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think|strong="H2142" about|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1980" think|strong="H2142" about|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"!” 
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\verseNumber{51}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H6440"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w*}, 
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“We|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" ashamed|strong="H0954". 
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We|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H8085" disgraced|strong="H3639" [DOU], 
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because|strong="H3588" foreigners|strong="H2114" have|strong="H3068" entered|strong="H0935" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* ◄\+w defiled|strong="H2930"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*/\+w caused|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* unfit \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*►}.” 
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\verseNumber{52}Yahweh|strong="H3068" replies|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w true|strong="H3651"\+w*}, but|strong="H2009" there|strong="H2009" will|strong="H3068" soon|strong="H3512" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H6456" in|strong="H5921" Babylon|strong="H0894", 
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and|strong="H3068" throughout|strong="H3605" Babylonia|strong="H0894" there|strong="H2009" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" wounded|strong="H2491" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" groan|strong="H0584". 
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\verseNumber{53}Even|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5002"\+w* \+w walls|strong="H2346"\+w* \+w around|strong="H5439"\+w*} Babylon|strong="H0894" could|strong="H3201" extend|strong="H4900" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" sky|strong="H8064", 
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and|strong="H3068" if|strong="H3588" its|strong="H5927" walls|strong="H2346"/fortifications|strong="H8064" were|strong="H8064" extremely|strong="H3966" strong|strong="H5797", 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" send|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H7703" the|strong="H5002" city|strong="H5892". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H5002" it|strong="H3588".” 

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\verseNumber{54}Listen|strong="H6963" to|strong="H6963" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6963"\+w*} Babylon|strong="H0894" crying|strong="H2201" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w*}! 
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And|strong="H1419" listen|strong="H6963" to|strong="H6963" the|strong="H6963" sounds|strong="H6963" of|strong="H6963" things|strong="H1419" being|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H4229" all|strong="H1419" over|strong="H5921" Babylonia|strong="H3778"! 
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\verseNumber{55}Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" destroying|strong="H7703" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
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He|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" loud|strong="H1419" noises in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H3068" cease|strong="H7673". 
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\verseNumber{56}Enemy|strong="H0340" troops|strong="H1416" will|strong="H3068" surge|strong="H1607" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" like|strong="H5921" [SIM] a|strong="H3588" great|strong="H1368" wave|strong="H8573". 
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They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" capture|strong="H3920" the|strong="H5921" city’s mighty|strong="H1368" soldiers|strong="H1368" 
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and|strong="H3068" break|strong="H2865" their|strong="H3068" weapons|strong="H3627". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*} because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" punishes|strong="H7489" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} justly|strong="H4941"; 
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he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5921" as|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" deserve|strong="H0376". 
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\verseNumber{57}The|strong="H5002" king|strong="H4428", the|strong="H5002" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5002" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" angels|strong="H4397" says|strong="H5002", 
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“I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H5002" city|strong="H5892" officials|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3068" wise|strong="H2450" men|strong="H1368", the|strong="H5002" army|strong="H6635" captains|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3068" soldiers|strong="H6635" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H7937" drunk|strong="H7937". 
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They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" fall|strong="H5307" asleep|strong="H8142", 
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but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" wake|strong="H6974" up|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{58}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541", 
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“The|strong="H3541" thick|strong="H7342" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" Babylon|strong="H0894" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" flattened|strong="H1979" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3541" ground|strong="H0776". 
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The|strong="H3541" city|strong="H8179" gates|strong="H8179" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H3341". 
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People|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3816"\+w* \+w countries|strong="H0776"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" work|strong="H3021" hard|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w save|strong="H3467"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w city|strong="H8179"\+w*}, 
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but|strong="H5971" it|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" ◄in|strong="H3068" vain|strong="H7385"/useless|strong="H1892"►, 
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because|strong="H3068" everything|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w built|strong="H1129"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" destroyed|strong="H4229" by|strong="H3068" fire|strong="H3341".” 

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\verseNumber{59}Seraiah|strong="H8304" was|strong="H1697" the|strong="H6680" man|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" made|strong="H4427" arrangements|strong="H4941" for|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6680" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whenever|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w he|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w traveled|strong="H5265"\+w*}. He|strong="H8141" was|strong="H1697" the|strong="H6680" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Neraiah and|strong="H1121" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Mahseiah|strong="H4271". When|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8141" was|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Babylon|strong="H0894" with|strong="H1697" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667", after|strong="H8141" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H1121" almost|strong="H4592" four|strong="H0702" years|strong="H8141", the|strong="H6680" prophet|strong="H5030" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" gave|strong="H6680" him|strong="H4427" a|strong="H6680" message|strong="H1697". 
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That|strong="H1697" is|strong="H1697" the|strong="H6440" end|strong="H7093" of|strong="H1697" Jeremiah’s|strong="H3414" messages|strong="H1697". 

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\chapterNumber{52}Zedekiah|strong="H6667" was|strong="H8034" twenty-one|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H3414" King|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. He|strong="H3389" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H8034" eleven|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141". His|strong="H6667" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H8034" Hamutal|strong="H2537", the|strong="H3414" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w man|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w named|strong="H8034"\+w*} Jeremiah|strong="H3414" from|strong="H1121" Libnah|strong="H3841" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
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Zedekiah|strong="H6667" rebelled|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
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\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H3605" bronze|strong="H5178" from|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" pillars|strong="H5982", the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w large|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w*} tank and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" twelve|strong="H8147" statues|strong="H2088" of|strong="H4428" oxen|strong="H1241" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" beneath|strong="H8478" it|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" carts|strong="H5699", was|strong="H3068" more|strong="H3808"/heavier|strong="H3513" than|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3068" could|strong="H3201" weigh|strong="H4948". Those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" made|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" during|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" Solomon|strong="H8010" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" was|strong="H5315" released|strong="H7971" from|strong="H5315" prison|strong="H1004" }
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\BibleBook{Lamentations}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of Jeremiah’s sorrow because of God punishing Israel. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Lamentations }

\BibleSectionHeading{The sorrows of the people of Jerusalem }
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\chapterNumber{1}Jerusalem|strong="H3389" was|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w once|strong="H1961"\+w*} full|strong="H7227" of|strong="H3427" people|strong="H5971", 
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but|strong="H1961" now|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1961" is|strong="H5892" deserted|strong="H5307". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Once|strong="H1961"\+w*} it|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" honored|strong="H3513" by|strong="H5892" people|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3427" over|strong="H3427" the|strong="H1961" world|strong="H8398", 
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but|strong="H1961" now|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1961" is|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w grieving|strong="H5110"\+w*/\+w abandoned|strong="H5800"\+w*} like|strong="H1961" [SIM] a|strong="H1961" widow|strong="H0490". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Once|strong="H1961"\+w*} it|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w honored|strong="H3513"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H1961" princess|strong="H8282" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w honored|strong="H3513"\+w*} among|strong="H3427" the|strong="H1961" nations|strong="H1471", 
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\verseNumber{2}We|strong="H3605" [PRS] weep|strong="H1058" bitterly|strong="H1058" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*} night|strong="H3915" long|strong="H3605", 
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with|strong="H5921" tears|strong="H1832" flowing|strong="H2100" down|strong="H5921" our|strong="H3605" cheeks|strong="H3895". 
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Among|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w nations|strong="H1471"\+w*} that|strong="H3605" loved|strong="H0157" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" 
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there|strong="H1961" are|strong="H1961" none|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" comfort|strong="H5162" us|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
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All|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w rulers|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w nations|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} our|strong="H3605" allies|strong="H2266" have|strong="H1961" betrayed|strong="H0898" us|strong="H5921", 
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and|strong="H3063" caused|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3063" suffer|strong="H5414" greatly|strong="H7230" as|strong="H7230" slaves|strong="H5650". 
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They|strong="H3808" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} nations|strong="H1471" 
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where|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3063" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1471" peace|strong="H7965"/safety|strong="H0983". 
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Their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" seized|strong="H8610" them|strong="H7291", 
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and|strong="H3063" there|strong="H3427" was|strong="H1931" no|strong="H3808" way|strong="H3605" for|strong="H3427" them|strong="H7291" to|strong="H3063" escape|strong="H4422". 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3605" roads|strong="H1870" to|strong="H1870" Zion|strong="H6726" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Hill|strong="H2022"\+w*} are|strong="H1870" empty|strong="H7387" [PRS] 
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The|strong="H3605" city|strong="H8179" gates|strong="H8179" are|strong="H1870" deserted|strong="H8074", 
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and|strong="H3548" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" groan|strong="H0584". 
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The|strong="H3605" young|strong="H5288" women|strong="H1330" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} cry|strong="H7121" 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H1097"\+w*} they|strong="H1931" are|strong="H1870" suffering|strong="H6040" greatly|strong="H4751". 
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\verseNumber{5}Our|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H6862" have|strong="H1961" conquered|strong="H5221" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892", 
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and|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H1961"\+w*} they|strong="H3588" prosper|strong="H7951". 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" punished|strong="H6485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w people|strong="H6862"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Jerusalem|strong="H3389" 
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because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" sins|strong="H6588" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" committed|strong="H1961". 
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The|strong="H6440" children|strong="H5768" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" captured|strong="H7628" 
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and|strong="H1980" taken|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w countries|strong="H0776"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{6}Jerusalem|strong="H3389" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" beautiful|strong="H1926" city|strong="H5892", 
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but|strong="H3808" it|strong="H6440" is|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" beautiful|strong="H1926" now|strong="H1961". 
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because|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1323" being|strong="H1961" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3318" find|strong="H4672" any|strong="H3605" grass|strong="H2682" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w*}. 
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They|strong="H3808" are|strong="H8269" very|strong="H3966" weak|strong="H3212", 
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with|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" result|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3808" are|strong="H8269" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3318" run|strong="H7291" from|strong="H4480" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341". 
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and|strong="H6440" we|strong="H3588" ◄faint|strong="H1742"/are|strong="H6588" very|strong="H7227" sad|strong="H7451"►. 

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but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3117" has|strong="H3478" caused|strong="H5414" it|strong="H7993" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H3117" ruins|strong="H2723". 
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At|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" punished|strong="H6485" [MET|strong="H6298"] Israel|strong="H3478", 
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he|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H3808"\+w*} abandoned|strong="H5800" his|strong="H3478" temple|strong="H1004" [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. 
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he|strong="H3605" did|strong="H3063" not|strong="H3808" act|strong="H6213" mercifully. 
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Because|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3063" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H5678", 
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he|strong="H3605" broke|strong="H7665" down|strong="H2040" the|strong="H3605" fortresses|strong="H4013" of|strong="H1323" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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He|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3063" caused|strong="H5414" our|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4467" and|strong="H3063" our|strong="H3605" rulers|strong="H8269" to|strong="H2490" become|strong="H1961" disgraced|strong="H0954", 
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and|strong="H3063" he|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3063" gotten|strong="H6213" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1323" them|strong="H5060". 
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\verseNumber{3}Because|strong="H6440" he|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3478" extremely|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734", 
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he|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3478" caused|strong="H5414" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H7725" not|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3478" powerful|strong="H2392" [MET|strong="H6298"] anymore|strong="H5750". 
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He|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3478" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H7725" assist|strong="H6677" us|strong="H7725" 
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when|strong="H7725" our|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" attacked|strong="H5221" us|strong="H7725". 
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He|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3478" destroyed|strong="H4229" Israel|strong="H3478" 
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like|strong="H3478" [SIM] a|strong="H3478" raging|strong="H7264" fire|strong="H0784" destroys|strong="H7843" everything|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H3605" bent|strong="H1869" his|strong="H3605" bow|strong="H7198" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w prepare|strong="H1869"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w shoot|strong="H1869"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5869"\+w*, \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H6862"\+w*}, 
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as|strong="H5869" though|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5869" his|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H6862". 
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He|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w prepared|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1323"\+w*} kill|strong="H2026" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H6862" whom|strong="H5869" we|strong="H3605" love|strong="H0157" the|strong="H3605" most|strong="H6944" [MET|strong="H6298"], 
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members|strong="H3338" of|strong="H1323" our|strong="H3605" own|strong="H5869" families|strong="H4940". 
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He|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" extremely|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2534" [MTY] with|strong="H6726" us|strong="H5869" people|strong="H6862" of|strong="H1323" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"; 
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his|strong="H3605" anger|strong="H2534" is|strong="H3605" like|strong="H8210" [SIM] a|strong="H8210" fire|strong="H0784". 
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\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" enemy|strong="H0340" 
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to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H1961"\+w*} Israelis; 
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he|strong="H3605" has|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H7843" our|strong="H3605" palaces|strong="H0759" 
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and|strong="H3063" caused|strong="H1961" our|strong="H3605" fortresses|strong="H4013" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" ruins|strong="H2723". 
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He|strong="H3605" has|strong="H1961" gotten|strong="H6213" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1323" many|strong="H7235" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", 
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\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" his|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" smashed|strong="H7665" 
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all|strong="H7843" our|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944" festivals|strong="H4150" and|strong="H3068" Sabbath|strong="H7676" days|strong="H4150". 
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because|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" extremely|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" them|strong="H7843". 
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\verseNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" rejected|strong="H2186" his|strong="H5414" own|strong="H3027" altar|strong="H4196" 
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and|strong="H3068" abandoned|strong="H5010" his|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004". 
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He|strong="H3117" has|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="H3068"\+w*} enemies|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" tear|strong="H7167" down|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" walls|strong="H2346" 
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They|strong="H3117" shout|strong="H6963" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w victoriously|strong="H6743"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068", 
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like|strong="H1004" we|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w* \+w shouted|strong="H5414"\+w*} during|strong="H3117" our|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H4720" festivals|strong="H4150". 
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\verseNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" determined|strong="H2803" 
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to|strong="H7725" cause|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3068" walls|strong="H2346" of|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892" [MTY] to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3808" torn|strong="H7167" down|strong="H5186". 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H3068" city|strong="H8179" gates|strong="H8179" have|strong="H3068" collapsed|strong="H5307"; 
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the|strong="H3068" bars|strong="H1280" that|strong="H3068" fastened|strong="H2883" the|strong="H3068" gates|strong="H8179" shut|strong="H5462" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3808" smashed|strong="H7665". 
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The|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" officials|strong="H8269" have|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w been|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w forced|strong="H4522"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} go|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" countries|strong="H0776". 
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No|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" does|strong="H3808" anyone|strong="H3605" teach|strong="H3925" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1471" the|strong="H3068" laws|strong="H8451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H3808"\+w*}. 
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The|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" receive|strong="H3947" any|strong="H1571" visions|strong="H2377" 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3068"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H4672" any|strong="H1571". 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H5921" old|strong="H2205" men|strong="H2205" of|strong="H1323" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" [MTY] sit|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H6083", 
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and|strong="H3389" they|strong="H5921" say|strong="H0559" nothing|strong="H3808". 
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They|strong="H5921" wear|strong="H5927" rough|strong="H8181" sackcloth|strong="H8242" 
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and|strong="H3389" throw|strong="H7993" dust|strong="H6083" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" heads|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w are|strong="H6726"\+w* \+w sad|strong="H7451"\+w*}. 
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The|strong="H5921" young|strong="H5288" girls|strong="H3207" of|strong="H1323" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" bow|strong="H7198" down|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{sorrowfully}, 
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their|strong="H5921" faces|strong="H5921" touching|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H6083". 
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\verseNumber{11}My|strong="H5921" eyes|strong="H5869" are|strong="H5971" very|strong="H3966" tired|strong="H3021" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1323" my|strong="H5921" tears|strong="H1832"; 
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I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" grieved|strong="H6087" in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" soul|strong="H4578". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Even|strong="H5869"\+w*} children|strong="H5768" and|strong="H5971" babies|strong="H3245" are|strong="H5971" fainting|strong="H5848" 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w dying|strong="H0006"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" streets|strong="H7339" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w have|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w no|strong="H8210"\+w* \+w food|strong="H3899"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H5315" cry|strong="H7121" out|strong="H8210" to|strong="H5315" their|strong="H8210" mothers|strong="H0517", 
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They|strong="H5315" faint|strong="H5848" like|strong="H8210" wounded|strong="H2491" men|strong="H5315" 
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in|strong="H5315" the|strong="H5892" streets|strong="H7339" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5892" city|strong="H5892". 
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They|strong="H5315" slowly die|strong="H4191" 
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in|strong="H5315" the|strong="H5892" arms|strong="H2436" of|strong="H5892" their|strong="H8210" mothers|strong="H0517". 
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\verseNumber{13}You|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1323" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" [MTY, DOU], 
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◄what|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4310" I|strong="H3588"/there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H4310" nothing|strong="H4100" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" can|strong="H4310"► say|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w help|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}. 
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No|strong="H4310" people|strong="H5971" have|strong="H1323" [RHQ] suffered|strong="H5414" like|strong="H1819" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4100" suffering|strong="H6040"; 
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I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3588" can|strong="H4310" do|strong="H4100" to|strong="H3389" comfort|strong="H5162" you|strong="H3588". 
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The|strong="H3588" disaster|strong="H7667" [MET|strong="H6298"] that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1323" experienced|strong="H3045" is|strong="H4310" as|strong="H3389" great|strong="H1419" 
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as|strong="H3389" the|strong="H3588" ocean|strong="H5437" is|strong="H4310" deep|strong="H1419"; 
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there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H4310" no|strong="H4310" one|strong="H3588" [RHQ] who|strong="H4310" can|strong="H4310" restore|strong="H7725" your|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H5921" prophets|strong="H5030" among|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" claimed|strong="H7121" that|strong="H5030" they|strong="H3808" had|strong="H5030" seen|strong="H2372" visions|strong="H7723" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}, 
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but|strong="H3808" what|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559" was|strong="H3808" false|strong="H7723" and|strong="H7725" worthless|strong="H7723". 
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They|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" save|strong="H3467" you|strong="H5921" from|strong="H7725" being|strong="H1961" ◄exiled|strong="H1540"/forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H7725" go|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" other|strong="H0312" countries|strong="H0776"►, 
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because|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" proclaim|strong="H7121" that|strong="H5030" you|strong="H5921" had|strong="H5030" sinned|strong="H2398". 
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Instead|strong="H3808", the|strong="H5921" messages|strong="H2372" that|strong="H5030" they|strong="H3808" gave|strong="H7725" you|strong="H5921" deceived|strong="H7411" you|strong="H5921" 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w*} they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H5030" not|strong="H3808" true|strong="H0571". 
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\verseNumber{15}All|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" pass|strong="H5674" by|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3605" 
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make|strong="H6213" fun of|strong="H1323" [IDM] you|strong="H3605"; 
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they|strong="H5921" shake|strong="H5128" their|strong="H3605" heads|strong="H7218" 
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See|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" we|strong="H7200" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" disgraced|strong="H0954". 
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and|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" us|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" prosper|strong="H6743" [MTY] as|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" did|strong="H3068" previously|strong="H8543". 
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and|strong="H3966" that|strong="H3588" [RHQ] you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3588" extremely|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H7107" with|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921"! 
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\BibleBook{Ezekiel}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of Ezekiel foretelling about Jerusalem being destroyed and rebuilt. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Ezekiel }

\BibleSectionHeading{Ezekiel saw Yahweh’s glory }
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\verseNumber{15}While|strong="H2009" I|strong="H2009" looked|strong="H7200" at|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" four|strong="H0702" living|strong="H2416" creatures|strong="H2416", I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" wheel|strong="H0212" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440" beside|strong="H5921" each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{17}Whenever|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3808" moved|strong="H4131", they|strong="H3808" would|strong="H0014" go|strong="H3212" straight|strong="H3474" in|strong="H5921" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" four|strong="H0702" directions|strong="H7253" that|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" faced|strong="H5437"; they|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H5437"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w another|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w direction|strong="H3027"\+w*} while|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3808" moved|strong="H4131". 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H5439" rims|strong="H1354" of|strong="H5869" the|strong="H5439" wheels|strong="H0212" were|strong="H5869" covered|strong="H3680" with|strong="H5869" eyes|strong="H5869". 
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\verseNumber{19}Whenever|strong="H3605" the|strong="H5921" living|strong="H2416" creatures|strong="H2416" moved|strong="H4131", the|strong="H5921" wheels|strong="H0212" moved|strong="H4131" with|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H5375"\+w*} whenever|strong="H3605" the|strong="H5921" creatures|strong="H2416" rose|strong="H5375" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H0776", the|strong="H5921" wheels|strong="H0212"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H1571"\+w*} rose|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375". 
\verseNumber{20}Wherever|strong="H8033" the|strong="H5921" spirit|strong="H7307"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w controlled|strong="H0662"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w creatures|strong="H2416"\+w*} wanted|strong="H2654" the|strong="H5921" creatures|strong="H2416" to|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212", they|strong="H3588" went|strong="H3212", and|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5921" wheels|strong="H0212" went|strong="H3212" with|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" spirit|strong="H7307"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w controlled|strong="H0662"\+w*/\+w guided|strong="H5148"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*} was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" wheels|strong="H0212" [DOU]. 
\verseNumber{21}Whenever|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" creatures|strong="H2416" moved|strong="H7307", the|strong="H5921" wheels|strong="H0212" moved|strong="H7307". Whenever|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" creatures|strong="H2416" stood|strong="H5975"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w still|strong="H5975"\+w*}, the|strong="H5921" wheels|strong="H0212" stopped|strong="H5975". Whenever|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" creatures|strong="H2416" rose|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H0776", the|strong="H5921" wheels|strong="H0212" rose|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" with|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{22}Above|strong="H4605" the|strong="H5921" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" creatures|strong="H2416" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H7218" something|strong="H1823" that|strong="H2416" resembled|strong="H1823" a|strong="H5921" dome|strong="H0092". It|strong="H5921" shone|strong="H7160" like|strong="H1823" ice|strong="H7140" (OR|strong="H7218", crystal|strong="H7140") shines|strong="H2224", and|strong="H5869" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H7218" awesome|strong="H3372". 
\verseNumber{23}Under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" dome|strong="H0092", the|strong="H8478" creatures|strong="H2416" stretched|strong="H5186" out|strong="H8147" their|strong="H3680" wings|strong="H3671". Each|strong="H8147" one|strong="H3671" had|strong="H2007" two|strong="H8147" wings|strong="H3671"; \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w each|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w wing|strong="H3671"\+w*} stretched|strong="H5186" towards the|strong="H8478" creature|strong="H5315" that|strong="H7549"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3477"\+w* \+w next|strong="H4283"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8147"\+w*} it|strong="H3680", and|strong="H8147" two|strong="H8147" wings|strong="H3671" that|strong="H7549" were|strong="H8147" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H8478" creature’s body|strong="H1472". 
\verseNumber{24}Whenever|strong="H3605" the|strong="H8085" creatures|strong="H2416" moved|strong="H4131", their|strong="H8085" wings|strong="H3671" made|strong="H5975" a|strong="H8085" sound|strong="H6963" that|strong="H8085" resembled|strong="H1823" the|strong="H8085" roar|strong="H7580" made|strong="H5975" by|strong="H5975" a|strong="H8085" rushing|strong="H7494" stream|strong="H4325". It|strong="H5975" also|strong="H8085" sounded|strong="H6963" like|strong="H7227" the|strong="H8085" voice|strong="H6963" of|strong="H6963" Almighty|strong="H7706" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H3212" like|strong="H7227" [SIM] the|strong="H8085" noise|strong="H6963" of|strong="H6963" a|strong="H8085" huge|strong="H7227" army|strong="H4264" marching|strong="H5265". Whenever|strong="H3605" the|strong="H8085" creatures|strong="H2416" stood|strong="H5975" still|strong="H5975"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H0776"\+w*}, they|strong="H5975" lowered|strong="H3381" their|strong="H8085" wings|strong="H3671". 
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\verseNumber{25}While|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5921" stood|strong="H5975"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H0776"\+w*} with|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" wings|strong="H3671" lowered|strong="H3381", there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" voice|strong="H6963" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" dome|strong="H0092" that|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" over|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" heads|strong="H7218". 
\verseNumber{26}Above|strong="H4605" the|strong="H5921" dome|strong="H0092" was|strong="H7218" something|strong="H4758" that|strong="H7549" resembled|strong="H1823" a|strong="H5921"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w huge|strong="H1995"\+w*} throne|strong="H3678"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H7549"\+w* \+w was|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w made|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w huge|strong="H1995"\+w*} ◄sapphire|strong="H5601"/valuable|strong="H3368" blue|strong="H8504" stone|strong="H5601"►. Sitting|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" throne|strong="H3678" was|strong="H7218" someone|strong="H0376" that|strong="H7549" resembled|strong="H1823" a|strong="H5921" human|strong="H0120". 
\verseNumber{27}I|strong="H7200" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" above|strong="H4605" his|strong="H7200" waist|strong="H4975" his|strong="H7200" body|strong="H4975" resembled|strong="H1823" metal|strong="H2830" that|strong="H7200" was|strong="H1004" glowing|strong="H2830" as|strong="H5869" though|strong="H3588" it|strong="H7200" had|strong="H5869"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w very|strong="H4605"\+w* \+w hot|strong="H2552"\+w*} fire|strong="H0784" inside|strong="H1004" it|strong="H7200". And|strong="H1004" I|strong="H7200" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" below|strong="H4295" his|strong="H7200" waist|strong="H4975" there|strong="H7200" was|strong="H1004" a|strong="H7200" very|strong="H4605" brilliant light|strong="H5051" that|strong="H7200" surrounded|strong="H5439" him|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{28}It|strong="H1931"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w shone|strong="H7160"\+w*} like|strong="H1961" [SIM] a|strong="H1961" rainbow|strong="H7198" shines|strong="H2224" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" clouds|strong="H6051" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" rainy|strong="H1653" day|strong="H3117". 
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That|strong="H7200" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" brilliant light|strong="H5051" that|strong="H7200" represented the|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". When|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3117" saw|strong="H7200" it|strong="H1931", I|strong="H3117" prostrated|strong="H7812" myself|strong="H0589" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3117" heard|strong="H8085" him|strong="H6440" speak|strong="H1696". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Ezekiel was called to be a prophet }
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\chapterNumber{2}He|strong="H5921" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5921", “You|strong="H5921" human|strong="H0120", stand|strong="H5975" up|strong="H5975" while|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5921".” 
\verseNumber{2}While|strong="H5921" he|strong="H5921" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5921", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w*} Spirit|strong="H7307" entered|strong="H5975" me|strong="H5921" and|strong="H8085" enabled|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" stand|strong="H5975" up|strong="H5975". Then|strong="H1696" I|strong="H5921" heard|strong="H8085" him|strong="H5921" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H7971" human|strong="H0120", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1471" send|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3117" Israeli people|strong="H1471". They|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3117" people|strong="H1471" who|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" turned|strong="H3478" away|strong="H7971" from|strong="H3478" me|strong="H7971" and|strong="H1121" rebelled|strong="H4775" against|strong="H4775" me|strong="H7971". Their|strong="H1992" ancestors|strong="H0001" rebelled|strong="H4775" against|strong="H4775" me|strong="H7971", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" themselves|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3117" still|strong="H5704" rebelling|strong="H4775" against|strong="H4775" me|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H7971" whom|strong="H6440" I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H1121" send|strong="H7971" you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H1121" very|strong="H3966" stubborn|strong="H7186" [DOU]. But|strong="H3820" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971", ‘This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3820" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Lord|strong="H3069" says|strong="H3541" to|strong="H7971" you|strong="H6440".’ 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H1004"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w my|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w messages|strong="H2372"\+w*}, perhaps|strong="H3588" those|strong="H1992" rebellious|strong="H4805" people|strong="H3045" will|strong="H1961" heed|strong="H8085" those|strong="H1992" messages|strong="H2372" and|strong="H1004" perhaps|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3045" heed|strong="H8085" them|strong="H1992", but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H1961" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1992"\+w*} a|strong="H1961" prophet|strong="H5030" who|strong="H5030" has|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" among|strong="H8432" them|strong="H1992". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" human|strong="H0120", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1697" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H1992" or|strong="H1121" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H1121" what|strong="H1697" they|strong="H1992" say|strong="H1697". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Living|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w among|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1004"\+w*} living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" midst|strong="H8432" of|strong="H1121" briers|strong="H5621" or|strong="H1121" scorpions|strong="H6137", but|strong="H3588" do|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1697" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H1992". They|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" rebellious|strong="H4805" people|strong="H1121" [MTY], but|strong="H3588" do|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3588" allow|strong="H5414" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H6440" cause|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H6440" become|strong="H3372" afraid|strong="H3372". 
\verseNumber{7}Tell|strong="H1696" them|strong="H1992" my|strong="H8085" message|strong="H1697", but|strong="H3588" do|strong="H1697" not|strong="H2308" expect|strong="H6960" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H1696" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" it|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H1992"\+w*} rebellious|strong="H4805". 
\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H1961" human|strong="H0120", you|strong="H5414" must|strong="H1121" pay|strong="H5414" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" what|strong="H6310" I|strong="H5414" say|strong="H1696". Do|strong="H8085" not|strong="H5414" be|strong="H1961" rebellious|strong="H4805" like|strong="H1961" they|strong="H6310" are|strong="H1121". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Now|strong="H1961"\+w*} open|strong="H6475" your|strong="H5414" mouth|strong="H6310" and|strong="H1121" eat|strong="H6310" what|strong="H6310" I|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H2009", as|strong="H3027" I|strong="H2009" watched|strong="H7200", I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H7200" his|strong="H7971" hand|strong="H3027" that|strong="H7200" was|strong="H3027" stretched|strong="H7971" toward|strong="H3027" me|strong="H7971". In|strong="H3027" his|strong="H7971" hand|strong="H3027" was|strong="H3027" a|strong="H7971" scroll|strong="H5612". 
\verseNumber{10}He|strong="H1931" unrolled the|strong="H6440" scroll|strong="H5612". On|strong="H6440" both|strong="H8147" sides|strong="H3411" of|strong="H6440" it|strong="H1931" were|strong="H6440" written|strong="H3789" words|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1931" expressed|strong="H5344" sorrow|strong="H3015" and|strong="H6440" mourning|strong="H1899" and|strong="H6440" words|strong="H1697" about|strong="H5439" trouble|strong="H6869"/disaster|strong="H7451". 
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\chapterNumber{3}He|strong="H1004" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696", “You|strong="H4672" human|strong="H0120", eat|strong="H0398" this|strong="H2063" scroll|strong="H4039" that|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H4672". Then|strong="H1696" go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H1121" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1696" Israeli people|strong="H1121" [MTY].” 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H2063" I|strong="H0589" opened|strong="H6605" my|strong="H6605" mouth|strong="H6310", and|strong="H6310" he|strong="H6310" gave|strong="H5414" me|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6605" scroll|strong="H4039" to|strong="H6310" eat|strong="H6310" it|strong="H2063". 
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H5414" said|strong="H6310" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H5414", “You|strong="H5414" human|strong="H0120", eat|strong="H6310" the|strong="H5414" scroll|strong="H4039" that|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414". Fill|strong="H4390" your|strong="H5414" stomach|strong="H4578" with|strong="H4390" it|strong="H5414".” So|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5414" ate|strong="H0398" it|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1121" in|strong="H1121" my|strong="H5414" mouth|strong="H6310" it|strong="H5414" tasted|strong="H2938" as|strong="H1961" sweet|strong="H4966" as|strong="H1961" honey|strong="H1706". 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H1696" he|strong="H1004" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696", “You|strong="H1696" human|strong="H0120", go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1697" Israeli people|strong="H1121" [MTY] and|strong="H1121" tell|strong="H1696" them|strong="H1121" my|strong="H1696" message|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3478" whom|strong="H5971" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" sending|strong="H7971" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" people|strong="H5971" whose|strong="H0834" language|strong="H3956" is|strong="H3478" very|strong="H3966" difficult|strong="H3515"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w learn|strong="H3925"\+w*}, a|strong="H3588" language|strong="H3956" which|strong="H1004" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H8193" not|strong="H3808" understand|strong="H0995". I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" sending|strong="H7971" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3478" your|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H5971" [MTY]. 
\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H1697" am|strong="H1961" sending|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" people|strong="H5971" whose|strong="H0834" language|strong="H3956" you|strong="H7971" understand|strong="H8085" very|strong="H7227" well|strong="H3190". If|strong="H0518" I|strong="H1697" were|strong="H5971" sending|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" people|strong="H5971" whose|strong="H0834" language|strong="H3956" was|strong="H1697" difficult|strong="H3515" for|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" understand|strong="H8085", they|strong="H1992" would|strong="H5971"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w surprised|strong="H8610"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7971"\+w*} pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H7971" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H7971"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w say|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1992"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3478" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3478" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H3808". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w listen|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" all|strong="H3605" very|strong="H1992" stubborn|strong="H7186" [DOU]. 
\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H2009" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" [SYN] to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" as|strong="H6440" stubborn|strong="H2389" and|strong="H6440" tough as|strong="H6440" they|strong="H6440" are|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{9}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1004" cause|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H3808" as|strong="H3588" firm|strong="H3559"/unbreakable as|strong="H3588" [SIM] the|strong="H6440" hardest stone|strong="H8068", like|strong="H1004" flint|strong="H6864". So|strong="H5414", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" very|strong="H1992" rebellious|strong="H4805" people|strong="H3808", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H5414"; do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" cause|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H3808" afraid|strong="H3372".” 
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\verseNumber{10}He|strong="H3605" also|strong="H1121" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H3947", “You|strong="H3605" human|strong="H0120", listen|strong="H8085" very|strong="H3966" carefully|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H1697" say|strong="H1696", and|strong="H1121" keep|strong="H8085" thinking|strong="H0559" about|strong="H1697" it|strong="H1696" [IDM]. 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H5375"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H2377"\+w*} the|strong="H8085" Spirit|strong="H7307"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w*} lifted|strong="H5375" me|strong="H6963" up|strong="H5375", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H8085" heard|strong="H8085" behind|strong="H0310" me|strong="H6963"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w speaking|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w very|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w loudly|strong="H6963"\+w*}, like|strong="H7307" a|strong="H5375" loud|strong="H1419" rumbling|strong="H7494" sound|strong="H6963". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w heard|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w say|strong="H6963"\+w*,} “Praise|strong="H1288" our|strong="H3068" glorious|strong="H3519" Yahweh|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H4725" he|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="H8064"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{16}After|strong="H1961" those|strong="H1961" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3068" ended|strong="H1961", Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697": 
\verseNumber{17}“You|strong="H5414" human|strong="H0120", I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" appointing you|strong="H5414"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1004"\+w*} a|strong="H5414" watchman|strong="H6822" [MET|strong="H6298"] for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8085" Israeli people|strong="H1121" [MTY]. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H4480"\+w*} listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" these|strong="H8085" messages|strong="H1697" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3478" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1121" tell|strong="H8085" them|strong="H5414" those|strong="H4480" messages|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" warn|strong="H2094" them|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" warn|strong="H2094" the|strong="H3588" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H5315" and|strong="H7725" they|strong="H3588" do|strong="H1870" not|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" all|strong="H5337" their|strong="H7725" wicked|strong="H7563" behavior|strong="H1870" [DOU], they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5315" die|strong="H4191" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1870" their|strong="H7725" sins|strong="H5771", but|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5315" have|strong="H7563" saved|strong="H5337" yourself|strong="H5315"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w my|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w punishing|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{20}Similarly|strong="H2088", when|strong="H3588" righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" their|strong="H5414" righteous|strong="H6662" behavior|strong="H3027" and|strong="H7725" do|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H6213" deeds|strong="H6666", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H6662" cause|strong="H5414" bad|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3808" to|strong="H7725" happen|strong="H6213" [IDM] to|strong="H7725" them|strong="H5414". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w must|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w warn|strong="H2094"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*. \+w If|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w warn|strong="H2094"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*}, and|strong="H7725" if|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H3808" their|strong="H5414" sinful|strong="H2403" behavior|strong="H3027", they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H6662" die|strong="H4191" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3027" their|strong="H5414" sins|strong="H2403"; I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H6662" not|strong="H3808" think|strong="H2142" about|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" righteous|strong="H6662" things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H6440"\+w*}, but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H6662" consider|strong="H7725" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3027" responsible|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" their|strong="H5414" deaths|strong="H4463" [MTY]. 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" warn|strong="H2094" righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H5315" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5315" sin|strong="H2398", and|strong="H5315" they|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" sin|strong="H2398", they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H6662" surely|strong="H3588" remain|strong="H3808" alive|strong="H2421" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" heeded|strong="H8085"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3588"\+w*} warning|strong="H2094", and|strong="H5315" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H6662" have|strong="H3588" saved|strong="H2421" yourself|strong="H5315"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w my|strong="H5337"\+w* \+w punishing|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{22}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w felt|strong="H4959"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3318" control|strong="H3027" [MTY] of|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5921", and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H8033" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5921", “Get|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w down|strong="H3027"\+w*} to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" plain|strong="H1237"/valley|strong="H1237", and|strong="H6965" there|strong="H8033" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" Spirit|strong="H7307"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*} entered|strong="H5975" me|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1004" enabled|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" stand|strong="H5975" up|strong="H5975". He|strong="H1004" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5921", “Go|strong="H7272" into|strong="H8432" your|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" stay|strong="H5975" inside|strong="H8432" it|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{25}People|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" tie|strong="H6029" you|strong="H5414" with|strong="H5921" ropes|strong="H5688", with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3808" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3318" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{26}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Even|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" very|strong="H1992" rebellious|strong="H4805" people|strong="H3808", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3588" tongue|strong="H3956" to|strong="H1961" stick|strong="H1692" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" roof|strong="H2441" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3588" mouth|strong="H2441", with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1961" talk|strong="H1696" and|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1961" rebuke|strong="H3198" them|strong="H1992". 
\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H3588"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="H1696"\+w*} when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H1696"\+w*}, I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1004" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1696" talk|strong="H1696" [MTY], and|strong="H1004" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1004" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H1992", ‘This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H6310" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" Lord|strong="H3069" says|strong="H3541",’ \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w my|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*}. Those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" willing|strong="H0014" to|strong="H1696" listen|strong="H8085"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H1696"\+w*} will|strong="H1004" listen|strong="H8085", but|strong="H3588"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H7227"\+w*} will|strong="H1004" refuse|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1696" listen|strong="H8085", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" rebellious|strong="H4805" people|strong="H1696" [MTY].” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Ezekiel symbolized the coming destruction of Jerusalem }
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\chapterNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w also|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5414"\+w*,} “You|strong="H5414" human|strong="H0120", take|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" large|strong="H1419" clay|strong="H2635" tablet|strong="H3871"/brick|strong="H3843" and|strong="H1121" put|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414". Then|strong="H3947" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" clay|strong="H2635"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w engrave|strong="H6605"\+w*/\+w draw|strong="H7579"\+w*} on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5414" lines|strong="H2256" that|strong="H5414" represent|strong="H7969" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{4-5}Then|strong="H0227" lie|strong="H7901" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" left|strong="H7604" side|strong="H6285", and|strong="H3967" stay|strong="H3427" like|strong="H3644" that|strong="H0834" for|strong="H3588" 390 days|strong="H3117". That|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{symbolize \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w*} their|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403"; you|strong="H0859" must|strong="H4191" lie|strong="H7901" like|strong="H3644" that|strong="H0834" one|strong="H0259" day|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3588" each|strong="H0376" year|strong="H8141" during|strong="H3117" which|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" punished|strong="H6485". 
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\verseNumber{6}After|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117", lie|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" again|strong="H8145". This|strong="H5414" time|strong="H3117", lie|strong="H7901" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5414" right|strong="H3225" side|strong="H6654" for|strong="H5921" 40 days|strong="H3117". That|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1004"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{symbolize \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w more|strong="H8145"\+w*} for|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5375" sins|strong="H5771", one|strong="H5375" day|strong="H3117" for|strong="H5921" each|strong="H3117" year|strong="H8141"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w during|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w which|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Before|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w*,} take|strong="H3947" some|strong="H3117" wheat|strong="H2406" and|strong="H3967" barley|strong="H8184", beans|strong="H6321", lentils|strong="H5742", spelt|strong="H3698" and|strong="H3967" millet|strong="H1764", and|strong="H3967" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w storage|strong="H4543"\+w*} jar|strong="H3627", and|strong="H3967" use|strong="H3947" that|strong="H3117" to|strong="H6213" bake|strong="H0644" bread|strong="H3899"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w yourself|strong="H6213"\+w*}. That|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117" what|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" eat|strong="H3899" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" 390 days|strong="H3117" while|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5414" lie|strong="H7901" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w left|strong="H5414"\+w*} side|strong="H6654". 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H2009" I|strong="H5704" said|strong="H6310", “No|strong="H3808", Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3069"!\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w force|strong="H2394"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5315"\+w*}! I|strong="H5704" have|strong="H6258" never|strong="H3808" caused|strong="H5414" myself|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H2930" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w anything|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5315"\+w*}. From|strong="H5315" the|strong="H3069" time|strong="H6258" when|strong="H5704" I|strong="H5704" was|strong="H5315" young|strong="H5288", I|strong="H5704" have|strong="H6258" never|strong="H3808" eaten|strong="H0398" meat|strong="H1320" of|strong="H6310" any|strong="H5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w animal|strong="H2966"\+w*} that|strong="H5315" was|strong="H5315" found|strong="H4672" dead|strong="H5315" or|strong="H3808" that|strong="H5315" had|strong="H1320" been|strong="H2930" killed|strong="H2026" by|strong="H5704" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H0929". And|strong="H6310" I|strong="H5704" have|strong="H6258" never|strong="H3808" eaten|strong="H0398" any|strong="H5315" meat|strong="H1320" that|strong="H5315" is|strong="H5315" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704".” 
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\verseNumber{15}Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “Okay, I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" allow|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" bake|strong="H0644" your|strong="H5414" bread|strong="H3899" using|strong="H5927" dried|strong="H3001" cow|strong="H6510" manure|strong="H4087" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H5921" human|strong="H0120" dung|strong="H1561"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w fuel|strong="H0402"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3389" me|strong="H3389", “You|strong="H4325" human|strong="H0120", I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H1121" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H7665" supply|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" food|strong="H3899" to|strong="H3389" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H3389" be|strong="H1121" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H7665". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H7665" people|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" eat|strong="H3899" the|strong="H7665" small|strong="H6996" amounts|strong="H4948" of|strong="H1121" food|strong="H3899" and|strong="H1121" drink|strong="H8354" the|strong="H7665" small|strong="H6996" amounts|strong="H4948" of|strong="H1121" water|strong="H4325"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7665"\+w* \+w government|strong="H4951"\+w* \+w permits|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7665"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1121"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3389" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w*} distressed|strong="H6887" and|strong="H1121" anxious|strong="H1672" as|strong="H3389" they|strong="H3389" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H4325", 
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\chapterNumber{5}“Also|strong="H1121", you|strong="H5921" human|strong="H0120", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w start|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w those|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w things|strong="H7218"\+w*,} take|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" sharp|strong="H2299" sword|strong="H2719" and|strong="H1121" use|strong="H3947" it|strong="H5921" like|strong="H1121" [SIM] a|strong="H3947" razor|strong="H8593" to|strong="H5921" shave|strong="H8593" your|strong="H3947" head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3947" beard|strong="H2206". Then|strong="H3947" put|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" hair|strong="H7218" that|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5921" shaved|strong="H1548" off|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" scales|strong="H3976", and|strong="H1121" divide|strong="H2505" the|strong="H5921" hair|strong="H7218"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w into|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w three|strong="H7969"\+w* \+w equal|strong="H8505"\+w* \+w parts|strong="H3411"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H3389" what|strong="H3541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3541"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H0559": ‘This|strong="H2063"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w drawing|strong="H5472"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w represent|strong="H7969"\+w*} Jerusalem|strong="H3389", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3069"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w which|strong="H1471"\+w*} I|strong="H3541" have|strong="H1471" set|strong="H7760" in|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3069" center|strong="H8432" of|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3069" nations|strong="H1471", with|strong="H3389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H2063"\+w*} countries|strong="H0776" around|strong="H5439" it|strong="H7760". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H4480" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" rebelled|strong="H4784" against|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w obeying|strong="H8085"\+w*} my|strong="H3588" commands|strong="H6680", and|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1471" more|strong="H4480" wicked|strong="H7563" than|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3588" surrounding|strong="H5439" countries|strong="H0776". They|strong="H3588" rejected|strong="H3988" my|strong="H3588" laws|strong="H8451" and|strong="H1980" refused|strong="H3988" to|strong="H1980" obey|strong="H1980" my|strong="H3588" commands|strong="H6680".’ 
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\verseNumber{7}Therefore|strong="H3651", this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" what|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3541", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H0559": ‘You|strong="H6213" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H4480" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" have|strong="H1471" been|strong="H3808" more|strong="H4480" rebellious|strong="H4805" than|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3069" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3069" nations|strong="H1471" around|strong="H5439" you|strong="H6213"; you|strong="H6213" have|strong="H1471" not|strong="H3808" obeyed|strong="H8085" any|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" my|strong="H6213" laws|strong="H8451" [DOU]. You|strong="H6213" have|strong="H1471" not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3651" obeyed|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3069" laws|strong="H8451" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3069" nations|strong="H1471" around|strong="H5439" you|strong="H6213"!’ 
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\verseNumber{8}Therefore|strong="H3651", this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H1571" what|strong="H6213"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H2005"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H0559": ‘I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H2005" opposed|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5869"\+w* } Jerusalem|strong="H3389". I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H1471" punish|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5921", and|strong="H4941" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3541"\+w*} nations|strong="H1471" will|strong="H1471" see|strong="H5869" it|strong="H5921" happen|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{9}Because|strong="H3282" of|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" detestable|strong="H8441" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w*}, I|strong="H3282" will|strong="H3808" punish|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} like|strong="H3644" I|strong="H3282" have|strong="H3605" never|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6213" before|strong="H3808" and|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" again|strong="H5750". 
\verseNumber{10}As|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" result|strong="H6903", parents|strong="H0001" among|strong="H8432" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1121" eat|strong="H0398" their|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" eat|strong="H0398" their|strong="H3605" parents|strong="H0001"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w nothing|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w else|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w*}. I|strong="H3651" will|strong="H1121" punish|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w severely|strong="H5953"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3651" will|strong="H1121" cause|strong="H6213" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1121" still|strong="H5750" be|strong="H1121" alive|strong="H2416" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1121" scattered|strong="H2219" in|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" directions|strong="H7253" [IDM].’ 
\verseNumber{11}Therefore|strong="H3651", I|strong="H3651", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3069", declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3605" as|strong="H1571" surely|strong="H3651" as|strong="H1571" I|strong="H3651" am|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416", because|strong="H3282" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H5869" polluted|strong="H2930" my|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H4720" with|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" disgusting|strong="H8441" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w statues|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H8251"\+w*} and|strong="H5869" by|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" detestable|strong="H8251" things|strong="H8251" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H5869", I|strong="H3651" will|strong="H1571" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H3605". I|strong="H3651" will|strong="H1571" not|strong="H3808" pity|strong="H2347" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3605"\+w*} or|strong="H3808" act|strong="H8441" mercifully \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w toward|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{12}One-third|strong="H7992" of|strong="H7307" your|strong="H3605" people|strong="H2219" will|strong="H2719" die|strong="H4191" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" because|strong="H3605" of|strong="H7307" the|strong="H3605" plagues|strong="H1698" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w will|strong="H2719"\+w* \+w experience|strong="H7200"\+w*} or|strong="H2719" by|strong="H4191" ◄famine|strong="H7458"/lack|strong="H2637" of|strong="H7307" food|strong="H3899"►. One-third|strong="H7992" of|strong="H7307" your|strong="H3605" people|strong="H2219" will|strong="H2719" be|strong="H4191" killed|strong="H4191" by|strong="H4191"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w enemies’|strong="H0341"\+w*} swords|strong="H2719" outside|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". And|strong="H2719" one-third|strong="H7992" I|strong="H3605" will|strong="H2719" cause|strong="H2600" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" scattered|strong="H2219" in|strong="H4191" all|strong="H3605" directions|strong="H7253"; but|strong="H3605"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} will|strong="H2719" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w still|strong="H5750"\+w*} pursue|strong="H7291" you|strong="H3605" and|strong="H2719" kill|strong="H4191" you|strong="H3605" with|strong="H4191" their|strong="H3605" swords|strong="H2719". 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H1696" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3045" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3068" angry|strong="H2534" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588"; I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" stop|strong="H2308" punishing|strong="H7725" [MTY] you|strong="H3588" after|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" gotten|strong="H6213" revenge|strong="H5360" on|strong="H5117" you|strong="H3588". And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" stop|strong="H2308" punishing|strong="H7725" you|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3068" spoken|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3615" very|strong="H3045" strongly|strong="H3966" concerned|strong="H3045" about|strong="H3045"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H3615"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{14}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1471" cause|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H1471" a|strong="H5414" ruins|strong="H2723", with|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} nations|strong="H1471" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1471" around|strong="H5439" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1471" pass|strong="H5674" by|strong="H5674" and|strong="H5869" see|strong="H5869" it|strong="H5414" and|strong="H5869" sneer|strong="H3932" at|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{15}They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" fun of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6213" and|strong="H3068" taunt|strong="H1422" you|strong="H6213". When|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3068" severely|strong="H5953" punish|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" because|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" being|strong="H1961" very|strong="H6213" angry|strong="H2534" [DOU] with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6213", they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" horrified|strong="H8074" and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" warned|strong="H1696". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3068"\+w*} I|strong="H3068", Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H1961" said|strong="H1696" it|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5921" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" food|strong="H3899" supply|strong="H4294" and|strong="H7971" cause|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7971" be|strong="H1961" more|strong="H3254" famine|strong="H7458", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" shooting|strong="H3372" at|strong="H5921" you|strong="H7971" with|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" arrows|strong="H2671" that|strong="H7451" will|strong="H1961" destroy|strong="H7843" you|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{17}I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H1696" experience|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7971" famine|strong="H7458", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971" wild|strong="H7451" beasts|strong="H2416" to|strong="H1696" attack|strong="H5221" you|strong="H7971" and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" children|strong="H7921", and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H5921"\+w*} your|strong="H3068" children|strong="H7921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2719". You|strong="H7971" will|strong="H3068" experience|strong="H7200" plagues|strong="H1698" and|strong="H3068" wars|strong="H2719", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} to|strong="H1696" attack|strong="H5221" you|strong="H7971" with|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" swords|strong="H2719". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w because|strong="H5921"\+w*} I|strong="H5921", Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" it|strong="H5921".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A prophecy against the mountains }
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\chapterNumber{6}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" another|strong="H0312" message|strong="H1697". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697", 
\verseNumber{2}“You|strong="H6440" human|strong="H0120", turn|strong="H7760" toward|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" mountains|strong="H2022" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H1121" prophesy|strong="H5012" about|strong="H3478"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} them|strong="H6440", and|strong="H1121" say|strong="H3478", 
\verseNumber{3}‘You|strong="H5921" mountains|strong="H2022" and|strong="H3478" hills|strong="H1389" of|strong="H1697" Israel|strong="H3478" [APO], listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Lord|strong="H3069" says|strong="H3541" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5921": “I|strong="H3541" am|strong="H1961" about|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" send|strong="H7971"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w enemy|strong="H0340"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5921"\+w*} swords|strong="H2719" to|strong="H3478" come|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" destroy|strong="H2719" all|strong="H1697"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w shrines|strong="H1354"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w*} your|strong="H5921" hilltops. 
\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H6440" will|strong="H2491" smash|strong="H7665" all|strong="H4196" the|strong="H6440" altars|strong="H4196"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w*} and|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" altars|strong="H4196" for|strong="H6440" burning|strong="H2740" incense|strong="H2553". And|strong="H6440" they|strong="H6440" will|strong="H2491" kill|strong="H2491"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* Israeli} people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" those|strong="H1992" idols|strong="H1544". 
\verseNumber{5}Their|strong="H5414" corpses|strong="H6297" will|strong="H3478" lie|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3478" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5414" idols|strong="H1544", and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5414" bones|strong="H6106" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1121" scattered|strong="H2219" around|strong="H5439" their|strong="H5414" altars|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{6}Wherever|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israelis live|strong="H4186", their|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H5892" ruined|strong="H2717", and|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" shrines|strong="H1354" where|strong="H4186" they|strong="H3605" worship|strong="H7812" idols|strong="H1544" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H5892" smashed|strong="H7665". Their|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H5892" completely|strong="H3605" smashed|strong="H7665" [DOU], their|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1544" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H5892" completely|strong="H3605" smashed|strong="H7665" [DOU], and|strong="H5892" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" will|strong="H5892" become|strong="H2717" a|strong="H5892" pile|strong="H1530" of|strong="H5892" ruins|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{7}Many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3045" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2491"; and|strong="H3068" then|strong="H5307" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H1961" I|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" allow|strong="H5414" some|strong="H3498" of|strong="H2719" the|strong="H1961" Israelis to|strong="H1961" remain|strong="H3498" alive|strong="H2416". They|strong="H1471" will|strong="H1961" escape|strong="H6412" being|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2719" when|strong="H1961" their|strong="H1961" enemies|strong="H0341" scatter|strong="H2219" them|strong="H1961" among|strong="H2719" many|strong="H7227" other|strong="H0312" nations|strong="H1471". 
\verseNumber{9}When|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" happens|strong="H6213", in|strong="H5921" those|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" to|strong="H6213" which|strong="H1471" they|strong="H8033" have|strong="H5869" been|strong="H2142" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H6213" go|strong="H5493", those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" have|strong="H5869" escaped|strong="H6412" from|strong="H5493" being|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2026" will|strong="H1471" think|strong="H5869" about|strong="H5921" me|strong="H6440". They|strong="H8033" will|strong="H1471" remember|strong="H2142" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3820" very|strong="H6213" grieved|strong="H6962" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H6440" their|strong="H3605" turning|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" me|strong="H6440" [IDM] with|strong="H6213" their|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H6442" beings|strong="H2421", and|strong="H5869" because|strong="H5921" they|strong="H8033" very|strong="H6213" much|strong="H6213" desired|strong="H2530" [IDM] to|strong="H6213" worship|strong="H7812" their|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1544". They|strong="H8033" will|strong="H1471" ◄hate|strong="H8441"/be|strong="H3820" very|strong="H6213" displeased|strong="H7451" with|strong="H6213"► themselves|strong="H6213" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" and|strong="H5869" detestable|strong="H8441" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H8033" have|strong="H5869" done|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H3541" this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3478" what|strong="H7451" I|strong="H3541", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H3478"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w*, \+w Ezekiel|strong="H3168"\+w*}: ‘Wring|strong="H4454" your|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3709" and|strong="H3478" stamp|strong="H7554" your|strong="H3605" feet|strong="H7272" and|strong="H3478" cry|strong="H7121" out|strong="H7554"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w distressed|strong="H6887"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" groan|strong="H0584"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w what|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} your|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3709" [MTY] because|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" wicked|strong="H7451" and|strong="H3478" detestable|strong="H8441" behavior|strong="H3027". They|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" killed|strong="H5221" by|strong="H3478"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w enemies’|strong="H0341"\+w*} swords|strong="H2719", they|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" die|strong="H5307" from|strong="H3478" hunger|strong="H7458", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" die|strong="H5307" from|strong="H3478" plagues|strong="H1698". 
\verseNumber{12}Those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H7604" are|strong="H7350" far|strong="H7350" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H7350"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} will|strong="H2719" die|strong="H4191" from|strong="H7350" plagues|strong="H1698", those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H7604" are|strong="H7350" close|strong="H7138" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} will|strong="H2719" be|strong="H4191" killed|strong="H4191" by|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w enemies’|strong="H0341"\+w*} swords|strong="H2719", and|strong="H2719" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H7604" are|strong="H7350" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H7604" will|strong="H2719" die|strong="H4191" from|strong="H7350" hunger|strong="H7458". That|strong="H5307" is|strong="H2719" how|strong="H4100" I|strong="H7350" will|strong="H2719" punish|strong="H6485" [MTY] them|strong="H3615". 
\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} your|strong="H3068" people’s|strong="H5971" corpses|strong="H2491" will|strong="H3068" lie|strong="H5414" among|strong="H8432" their|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1544" around|strong="H5439" their|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196", on|strong="H3068" every|strong="H3605" high|strong="H7311" hilltop and|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" mountaintops|strong="H1116", under|strong="H8478" every|strong="H3605" big|strong="H0931" tree|strong="H6086" [DOU]—at|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" places|strong="H4725" where|strong="H8033" they|strong="H3588" burned|strong="H8313" incense|strong="H7381" to|strong="H3068"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w*} their|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1544". Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" stretch|strong="H5186" out|strong="H5186" my|strong="H5414" arm|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3068" entire|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H3027" an|strong="H5414" empty|strong="H7387" wasteland|strong="H4057", from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H4057"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w far|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w south|strong="H4057"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" Diblah|strong="H1689"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w far|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*}. Then|strong="H5414" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}.’ ” 

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\chapterNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" another|strong="H0312" message|strong="H1697". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1697"\+w*} 
\verseNumber{2}“You|strong="H5921" human|strong="H0120", this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3478" what|strong="H3541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3541"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w*} [MTY] of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478": All|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" soon|strong="H3512" be|strong="H1121" destroyed|strong="H4229". 
\verseNumber{3}You|strong="H5414"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" end|strong="H7093" has|strong="H7093" come|strong="H7971". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" punish|strong="H6485" you|strong="H5414" severely|strong="H5953". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" judge|strong="H8199" you|strong="H5414" for|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wicked|strong="H7563" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5414" done|strong="H5414", and|strong="H7971" pay|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" back|strong="H7725" for|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" disgusting|strong="H8441" behavior|strong="H1870". 
\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" pity|strong="H2347" you|strong="H3588" or|strong="H3808" act|strong="H8441" mercifully toward|strong="H1870" you|strong="H3588". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w surely|strong="H3588"\+w*} punish|strong="H6485" you|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3068" wicked|strong="H7563" behavior|strong="H5869" [DOU]. Then|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w done|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{5}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3541"\+w*} what|strong="H7451" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="H3069" says|strong="H3541": “You|strong="H2009" will|strong="H3069" soon|strong="H3512" experience|strong="H7200" many|strong="H7227" terrible|strong="H7451" disasters|strong="H7451"! 
\verseNumber{6}This|strong="H2009" will|strong="H7093" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H2009" end|strong="H7093"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H7093"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}; your|strong="H2009" country|strong="H2022" will|strong="H7093" be|strong="H1961" finished|strong="H3615"! And|strong="H6974" your|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*} will|strong="H7093" be|strong="H1961" ended|strong="H1961" [PRS]! 
\verseNumber{7}It|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3117" end|strong="H7093" of|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3117" land|strong="H0776"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. The|strong="H3117" time|strong="H6256" has|strong="H3117" come|strong="H0935"; the|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w destroyed|strong="H4229"\+w*} is|strong="H3117" near|strong="H7138". At|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H6256" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w*} on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" mountains|strong="H2022" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" happy|strong="H0835"; they|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3808" panic|strong="H4103". 
\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H6258" angry|strong="H2534" with|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1870" am|strong="H1961" about|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" pour|strong="H8210" out|strong="H8210" my|strong="H5414" punishment|strong="H5771" [MTY] on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" judge|strong="H8199" you|strong="H5414" for|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wicked|strong="H7563" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5414" done|strong="H3615" and|strong="H1870" pay|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" back|strong="H7725" for|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" disgusting|strong="H8441" behavior|strong="H1870". 
\verseNumber{9}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" pity|strong="H2347" you|strong="H5414" or|strong="H3808" act|strong="H8441" mercifully toward|strong="H1870" you|strong="H5414". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3588" punish|strong="H5221" you|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3068" wicked|strong="H7563" behavior|strong="H5869" [DOU]. Then|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H1961" punished|strong="H6485" you|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w punishment|strong="H5771"\+w*} is|strong="H3117" here|strong="H2009"! It|strong="H3117" has|strong="H3117" arrived|strong="H0935"! Disasters|strong="H4672" have|strong="H3117" come|strong="H3318". 
\verseNumber{11}People|strong="H3808" are|strong="H1992" acting|strong="H1992" violently|strong="H3966" and|strong="H6965" doing|strong="H6213" more|strong="H3808" wicked|strong="H7562" things|strong="H1992". And|strong="H6965" nothing|strong="H3808" that|strong="H4294" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H6965" those|strong="H1992" people|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" left|strong="H6965", none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H4294" their|strong="H1992" money|strong="H3701", nothing|strong="H3808" that|strong="H4294" is|strong="H1995" valuable|strong="H3368". 
\verseNumber{12}Now|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6256"; that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" has|strong="H3117" arrived|strong="H5060". 
\verseNumber{13}People|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3605" buy|strong="H7069" things|strong="H3605" should|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" rejoice|strong="H8055"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w buying|strong="H7069"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w cheaply|strong="H3808"\+w*}, and|strong="H7725" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" sell|strong="H4376" things|strong="H3605" should|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" sad|strong="H7451"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w sell|strong="H4376"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w cheaply|strong="H3808"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" punishing|strong="H7725" [MTY] everyone|strong="H3605". During|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" lives|strong="H2416", people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3605" sell|strong="H4376" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" property|strong="H0272" will|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H7725" buy|strong="H7069" it|strong="H3588" back|strong="H7725", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", will|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" change|strong="H7725" my|strong="H3605" mind|strong="H3808" about|strong="H3605" what|strong="H4465" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5771" declared|strong="H5046"; because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H5771", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w destroy|strong="H3605"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{16}Those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" survive|strong="H6965" and|strong="H2022" escape|strong="H6412" will|strong="H1961" flee|strong="H5127" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" mountains|strong="H2022", and|strong="H2022" they|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" moan|strong="H1897" like|strong="H1961" doves|strong="H3123" because|strong="H3605" of|strong="H2022" their|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H5771". 
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\verseNumber{18}They|strong="H3605" will|strong="H6440" put|strong="H2296" on|strong="H2296" clothes|strong="H0899" made|strong="H3605" from|strong="H6440" rough|strong="H8181" cloth|strong="H0899", and|strong="H7218" they|strong="H3605" will|strong="H6440" be|strong="H6440" terrified|strong="H0926". Their|strong="H3605" faces|strong="H6440" will|strong="H6440" show|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" are|strong="H6440" ashamed|strong="H0954", and|strong="H7218" they|strong="H3605" will|strong="H6440" shave|strong="H1548" their|strong="H3605" heads|strong="H7218"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w are|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w sad|strong="H7451"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{19}They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" throw|strong="H7993" their|strong="H3068" silver|strong="H3701" into|strong="H7993" the|strong="H3588" streets|strong="H2351", and|strong="H3068" consider|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3068" gold|strong="H2091" is|strong="H3068" only|strong="H3588" like|strong="H1961" [SIM] garbage, because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3068" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3068" gold|strong="H2091" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" rescue|strong="H5337" them|strong="H7993" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H7993". They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" use|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3068" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3068" silver|strong="H3701" to|strong="H3201" buy|strong="H7069" things|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3201" fill|strong="H4390" their|strong="H3068" stomachs|strong="H4578", because|strong="H3588" having|strong="H3808" a|strong="H1961" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H3068" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3068" silver|strong="H3701" has|strong="H3068" led|strong="H3068" them|strong="H7993" to|strong="H3201" sin|strong="H5771". 
\verseNumber{20}They|strong="H3651" were|strong="H5414" proud|strong="H1347" of|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5414" beautiful|strong="H6643" jewelry|strong="H5716", and|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3651" used|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" their|strong="H5414" detestable|strong="H8251" idols|strong="H8251" and|strong="H6213" disgusting|strong="H8441" statues|strong="H2088"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w gods|strong="H0430"\+w*}. So|strong="H3651" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" cause|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H5414" disgusted|strong="H3363" with|strong="H6213" those|strong="H5921" things|strong="H8251". 
\verseNumber{21}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H7563" give|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3027" gold|strong="H2091" to|strong="H5414" foreigners|strong="H2114" who|strong="H2114" invade|strong="H0935" your|strong="H5414" country|strong="H2022" and|strong="H3027" take|strong="H5414" away|strong="H2114" your|strong="H5414" valuable|strong="H3368" treasures|strong="H0214". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H7563" give|strong="H5414" those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5414" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H2490", and|strong="H3027" they|strong="H3027" will|strong="H7563" do|strong="H3027" disgraceful|strong="H5039" things|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5414" those|strong="H1992" treasures|strong="H0214" that|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{22}I|strong="H6440" will|strong="H6440" not|strong="H6440" ◄interfere with|strong="H6440"/stop|strong="H2308"► [IDM] robbers|strong="H6530" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" enter|strong="H0935" my|strong="H2490" sacred|strong="H6944" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H6440" desecrate|strong="H2490" it|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{23}Prepare|strong="H6213" chains|strong="H7569" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H5892" fastened|strong="H8628" on|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588". People|strong="H1818" are|strong="H5892" being|strong="H1961" murdered|strong="H2026" [MTY] throughout|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" country|strong="H2022", and|strong="H4941" people|strong="H1818" are|strong="H5892" acting|strong="H4603" violently|strong="H3966" throughout|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{24}So|strong="H7673" I|strong="H1004" will|strong="H1471" bring|strong="H7451" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3423" nations|strong="H1471" whose|strong="H1471" people|strong="H1471" are|strong="H1471" extremely|strong="H3966" wicked|strong="H7451" to|strong="H2490" occupy|strong="H3423" the|strong="H3423" houses|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3423" Israeli people|strong="H1471". I|strong="H1004" will|strong="H1471" cause|strong="H2600" Israeli people|strong="H1471"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w they|strong="H6942"\+w*} are|strong="H1471" [IRO] strong|strong="H5794"/mighty|strong="H5794" to|strong="H2490" no|strong="H7673" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H1471" proud|strong="H1347". Your|strong="H2490" enemies|strong="H0341" will|strong="H1471" cause|strong="H2600" your|strong="H2490" places|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" worship|strong="H7812" to|strong="H2490" no|strong="H7673" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H1471" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H2490" be|strong="H1471" used|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{25}When|strong="H3588" your|strong="H1245" enemies|strong="H0341" cause|strong="H2600" you|strong="H1245" to|strong="H1245" be|strong="H7965" terrified|strong="H0926", you|strong="H1245" will|strong="H3068" plead|strong="H1245" for|strong="H1245" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1245" make|strong="H6213" peace|strong="H7965", but|strong="H1245" there|strong="H7965" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H7965" no|strong="H3808" peace|strong="H7965". 
\verseNumber{26}You|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" experience|strong="H7200" many|strong="H7227" disasters|strong="H4672", and|strong="H3548" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" continually|strong="H8548" hear|strong="H8085" rumors|strong="H8052"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w disasters|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5030"\+w* happening \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w places|strong="H1116"\+w*}. People|strong="H5971" will|strong="H1961" plead|strong="H1245" with|strong="H5921" prophets|strong="H5030" to|strong="H1961" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5921" what|strong="H5921" visions|strong="H2377" they|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1961" received|strong="H1961", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w received|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w any|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w visions|strong="H2377"\+w*}. Priests|strong="H3548" will|strong="H1961" no|strong="H5030" longer|strong="H5750" teach|strong="H3925" people|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5921" laws|strong="H8451"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{27}Your|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" will|strong="H3068" mourn|strong="H5594", and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" no|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w longer|strong="H5750"\+w*} expect|strong="H6960"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w good|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H6213"\+w*}. The|strong="H3588" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" people|strong="H5971" throughout|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" country|strong="H2022" will|strong="H3068" tremble|strong="H7264". And|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H3027" what|strong="H3045" they|strong="H3588" deserve|strong="H4941" for|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3068" wicked|strong="H6213" behavior|strong="H3027". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" judge|strong="H8199"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w condemn|strong="H8199"\+w*} them|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3588" same|strong="H1931" way|strong="H1870" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" judged|strong="H8199"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w condemned|strong="H7561"\+w*} others|strong="H5971". Then|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Idol worship in the temple }
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\chapterNumber{8}On|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" fifth|strong="H2568" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" sixth|strong="H8345" month|strong="H2320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w*}, almost|strong="H4592" six|strong="H8337" years|strong="H8141" after|strong="H5921" we|strong="H8033" Israeli people|strong="H3427" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" ◄exiled|strong="H1540"/forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H1961" go|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" Babylon|strong="H0894"►, I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" sitting|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" my|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004". The|strong="H6440" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063" were|strong="H1961" sitting|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" me|strong="H6440". Suddenly|strong="H6597" the|strong="H6440" power|strong="H3027" [MTY] of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Lord|strong="H3069" came|strong="H1961" on|strong="H5921" me|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H2009"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H4758"\+w*} I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H7200" someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H4605" resembled|strong="H1823" a|strong="H7200" man|strong="H7200". Below|strong="H4295" his|strong="H7200" waist|strong="H4975", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w body|strong="H4975"\+w*} was|strong="H4758" like|strong="H4758" fire|strong="H0784", and|strong="H5869" above|strong="H4605" his|strong="H7200" waist|strong="H4975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w body|strong="H4975"\+w*} was|strong="H4758" glowing|strong="H2830" like|strong="H4758" very|strong="H4605" hot|strong="H2552" metal|strong="H2830". 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H8033" reached|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" what|strong="H4100" seemed|strong="H5869" to|strong="H7971" be|strong="H3027" a|strong="H3947" hand|strong="H3027" and|strong="H7971" grabbed|strong="H2388" me|strong="H7971" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3947" hair|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3027" my|strong="H3947" head|strong="H7218". The|strong="H3947" Spirit|strong="H7307" lifted|strong="H5375" me|strong="H7971" up|strong="H5375" high|strong="H5375" above|strong="H4605" the|strong="H3947" earth|strong="H8064", and|strong="H7971" in|strong="H3027" visions|strong="H4759" God|strong="H7971" took|strong="H3947" me|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*} to|strong="H7971" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". He|strong="H8033" took|strong="H3947" me|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}, to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3947" north|strong="H6828" gate|strong="H8179", to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3947" place|strong="H3027" where|strong="H8033" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H7307" an|strong="H3947" idol|strong="H5566" that|strong="H3027" caused|strong="H5414" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H7971" be|strong="H3027" very|strong="H3966" disgusted|strong="H3363" and|strong="H7971" furious|strong="H2534". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H3478" there|strong="H8033" in|strong="H3478" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4758" me|strong="H7200" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7200" brilliant light|strong="H0216" that|strong="H7200" indicated the|strong="H7200" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4758" the|strong="H7200" God|strong="H0430" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H7200" Israeli \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w* \+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*. \+w It|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3478"\+w*} like|strong="H4758" the|strong="H7200" vision|strong="H4758" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H2009" had|strong="H3478" seen|strong="H7200" alongside|strong="H5980" the|strong="H7200" Kebar River|strong="H5104"/Canal|strong="H0180". 
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\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1870" me|strong="H4994", “You|strong="H5869" human|strong="H0120", look|strong="H2009" toward|strong="H1870" the|strong="H5375" north|strong="H6828"!” So|strong="H5375" I|strong="H2009" looked|strong="H5375", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H2009" in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5375" entrance|strong="H8179" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5375" gate|strong="H8179" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H5375" altar|strong="H4196" that|strong="H4196" idol|strong="H5566" that|strong="H4196" caused|strong="H5414" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H1870" be|strong="H1121" disgusted|strong="H3363" and|strong="H1121" furious|strong="H2534". 
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\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H6213" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725", “You|strong="H5921" human|strong="H0120", do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5921" see|strong="H7200" what|strong="H6213" those|strong="H1992" Israeli people|strong="H1121" [MTY] are|strong="H1992" doing|strong="H6213"? They|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" doing|strong="H6213" detestable|strong="H8441" things|strong="H1419" here|strong="H6311", things|strong="H1419" that|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3478" cause|strong="H6213" me|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" abandon|strong="H7368" my|strong="H7200" temple|strong="H1004". But|strong="H7200" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3478" see|strong="H7200" things|strong="H1419" that|strong="H7200" are|strong="H1992" even|strong="H5750" more|strong="H5750" detestable|strong="H8441".” 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H2009" he|strong="H7200" brought|strong="H0935" me|strong="H7200" to|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H6607" the|strong="H7200" courtyard|strong="H2691". I|strong="H2009" looked|strong="H7200" and|strong="H7200" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" hole|strong="H2356" in|strong="H6607" the|strong="H7200" wall|strong="H7023". 
\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" me|strong="H4994", “You|strong="H2009" human|strong="H0120", dig|strong="H2864" through|strong="H2864" the|strong="H2009" wall|strong="H7023" here|strong="H2009".” So|strong="H4994" I|strong="H2009" dug|strong="H2864" through|strong="H2864" the|strong="H2009" wall|strong="H7023", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H2009" a|strong="H1121" doorway|strong="H6607" inside|strong="H8432". 
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\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H6213" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" me|strong="H7200", “Go|strong="H1980" in|strong="H6213" and|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" wicked|strong="H7451" and|strong="H7200" detestable|strong="H8441" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H7200" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" doing|strong="H6213" there|strong="H1992"!” 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H7200" I|strong="H2009" went|strong="H3478" in|strong="H5921" through|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" doorway|strong="H6607" and|strong="H3478" looked|strong="H7200", and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H7200", all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" walls|strong="H7023"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w big|strong="H0931"\+w* \+w room|strong="H1004"\+w*, drawings \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" kinds|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H7200" scurry across|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" and|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} detestable|strong="H8263" animals|strong="H0929", and|strong="H3478" drawings of|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1544" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H7200" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{11}In|strong="H3478" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H6440" stood|strong="H5975" 70 elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". Jaazaniah|strong="H2970", the|strong="H6440" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shaphan|strong="H8227", was|strong="H3478" standing|strong="H5975" among|strong="H8432" them|strong="H6440". Each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H6440" was|strong="H3478" holding|strong="H2388" a|strong="H5927" pan|strong="H3709" in|strong="H3478" which|strong="H1004" incense|strong="H7004" was|strong="H3478" burning|strong="H2740", and|strong="H1121" fragrant|strong="H5561" smoke|strong="H7004" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" burning|strong="H2740" incense|strong="H7004" was|strong="H3478" rising|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927". 
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\verseNumber{12}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H7200", “You|strong="H3588" human|strong="H0120", look|strong="H7200" at|strong="H3478" [RHQ] what|strong="H6213" the|strong="H7200" Israeli elders|strong="H2205" are|strong="H1121" doing|strong="H6213" here|strong="H6311" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7200" darkness|strong="H2822", each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H6213" standing|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3478" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7200" shrine|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" idol|strong="H3478"! They|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" saying|strong="H0559", ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" see|strong="H7200" us|strong="H6213"; Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" deserted|strong="H5800" this|strong="H6213" country|strong="H2022".’” 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="H6213" also|strong="H6213" said|strong="H0559", “But|strong="H7200" you|strong="H7725" will|strong="H5750" see|strong="H7200" things|strong="H1419" that|strong="H7200" are|strong="H1992" even|strong="H5750" more|strong="H5750" detestable|strong="H8441"!” 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H2009" he|strong="H8033" took|strong="H3947" me|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" entrance|strong="H6607" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3068" north|strong="H6828" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004". I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H2009" women|strong="H0802" sitting|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033", mourning|strong="H0060" for|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w death|strong="H4194"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w god|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}, Tammuz|strong="H8542". 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H7725" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725", “You|strong="H7725" human|strong="H0120", you|strong="H7725" see|strong="H7200" this|strong="H7200" [RHQ], but|strong="H7200" you|strong="H7725" will|strong="H1121" see|strong="H7200" things|strong="H1419" that|strong="H7200" are|strong="H1121" more|strong="H5750" detestable|strong="H8441" than|strong="H1419" this|strong="H7200"!” 
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\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H2009" he|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947" me|strong="H6440" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" courtyard|strong="H2691" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004". There|strong="H2009" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004", between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H6440" porch|strong="H0197" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" altar|strong="H4196", were|strong="H1992" about|strong="H2009" 25 men|strong="H1992". Their|strong="H3068" backs|strong="H6203" were|strong="H1992" toward|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" faces|strong="H6440" were|strong="H1992" toward|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" east|strong="H6924", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" bowing|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" sun|strong="H8121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w rose|strong="H6965"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" east|strong="H6924". 
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\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7971", “You|strong="H3588" human|strong="H0120", you|strong="H3588" see|strong="H7200" [RHQ] what|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" doing|strong="H6213". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w think|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1121" not|strong="H6213" important|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3588" these|strong="H6213" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" are|strong="H1121" doing|strong="H6213" these|strong="H6213" detestable|strong="H8441" things|strong="H8441" here|strong="H6311"? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w other|strong="H6311"\+w* \+w terrible|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w things|strong="H8441"\+w*}. They|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" acting|strong="H4603" violently|strong="H3966" throughout|strong="H6213" their|strong="H7725" country|strong="H2022", and|strong="H1121" continually|strong="H8548" causing|strong="H6213" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H1121" angry|strong="H3707". Look|strong="H7200" at|strong="H1004" them|strong="H7725"! They|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" insulting me|strong="H7971" by|strong="H7971" their|strong="H7725" actions|strong="H5949" [IDM]! 
\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1571" show|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H1419" angry|strong="H2534". I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1571" not|strong="H3808" pity|strong="H2347" them|strong="H6213" or|strong="H3808" act|strong="H6213" mercifully toward|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213". And|strong="H1419" even|strong="H1571" if|strong="H0518" they|strong="H3808" shout|strong="H6963" to|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6963" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w help|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w*}, I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1571" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The command to punish Jerusalem }
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\chapterNumber{9}Then|strong="H7126" I|strong="H3027" heard|strong="H6963" Yahweh|strong="H3068" call|strong="H7121" out|strong="H1419" loudly|strong="H6963", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w who|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w going|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w this|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*,} bring|strong="H7126" here|strong="H6311" the|strong="H7121" guards|strong="H6486" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7121" city|strong="H5892", each|strong="H5892" carrying|strong="H5375" a|strong="H7121" weapon|strong="H3627".” 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H2009" I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H2009" six|strong="H8337" men|strong="H0376" coming|strong="H2009" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H8432" north|strong="H6828" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H8432" temple|strong="H1004" area|strong="H1508". Each|strong="H8179" one|strong="H3027" was|strong="H3027" carrying|strong="H5375" a|strong="H5975" weapon|strong="H3627". With|strong="H3847" them|strong="H3027" was|strong="H3027" a|strong="H5975" man|strong="H8179" wearing|strong="H2296" a|strong="H5975" white|strong="H3836" linen|strong="H8336" robe|strong="H4598". He|strong="H3027"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w carried|strong="H5375"\+w*} at|strong="H5975" his|strong="H3027" side|strong="H6828" a|strong="H5975" case|strong="H7083" containing|strong="H8033" things|strong="H3627" to|strong="H3027" write|strong="H3789" with|strong="H3847". They|strong="H5608" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H2009"\+w*} came|strong="H3847" into|strong="H8432" the|strong="H8432" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3027" stood|strong="H5975" beside|strong="H3027" the|strong="H8432" bronze|strong="H5178" altar|strong="H4196". 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H1961"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" ◄glory|strong="H3519"/dazzling|strong="H6703" light|strong="H5927"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3478"\+w* symbolized \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w presence|strong="H5921"\+w*} of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" rose|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5921" above|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" four|strong="H0702" winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H2416" and|strong="H3478" moved|strong="H4131" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004". Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H0376" wearing|strong="H2296" the|strong="H5921" linen|strong="H8336" robe|strong="H4598", 
\verseNumber{4}and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5921", “Go|strong="H5674" throughout|strong="H3605" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3068" put|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" mark|strong="H8420" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" foreheads|strong="H4696" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3068" very|strong="H6213" sad|strong="H7451" [DOU] because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" detestable|strong="H8441" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3068" being|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892".” 
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\verseNumber{5}While|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H5892" listening|strong="H8085", he|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" six|strong="H8337" men|strong="H0376", “Follow|strong="H0310" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H5674" wearing|strong="H2296" the|strong="H5921" white|strong="H3836" robe|strong="H4598", and|strong="H5869" kill|strong="H5221" people|strong="H5869". Do|strong="H5869" not|strong="H5674" pity|strong="H2347" them|strong="H5921" or|strong="H5892" act|strong="H6213" mercifully toward|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{6}Slaughter|strong="H2026" old|strong="H2205" men|strong="H2205", young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H2205" and|strong="H1004" women|strong="H1330", older|strong="H2205" women|strong="H1330" and|strong="H1004" children|strong="H2945", but|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H6440" harm|strong="H7463" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" mark|strong="H8420" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" forehead|strong="H4696". Start|strong="H2490" at|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004".” So|strong="H5066" they|strong="H5921" began|strong="H2490" by|strong="H5921" killing|strong="H2026" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" those|strong="H3318" men|strong="H0376", “Pollute|strong="H2930" the|strong="H5221" temple|strong="H1004" by|strong="H3318" filling|strong="H4390" the|strong="H5221" courtyard|strong="H2691"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w corpses|strong="H2491"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w whom|strong="H0834"\+w*} you|strong="H5221" kill|strong="H5221"! Start|strong="H1870" now|strong="H6258"!” So|strong="H3318" they|strong="H5221" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H1004" starting|strong="H4161" killing|strong="H5221" people|strong="H5971" throughout|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5221" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{8}While|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3478" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605", I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" left|strong="H7604" alone|strong="H7604". I|strong="H5921" prostrated|strong="H7812" myself|strong="H0589" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3478" cried|strong="H2199" out|strong="H8210", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3069", are|strong="H3478" you|strong="H6440" going|strong="H5307" to|strong="H3478" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H2199" of|strong="H6440" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" Judah|strong="H3063" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3478" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H7604", while|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H3478" severely|strong="H5953" punishing|strong="H7725" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H2199"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w* } Jerusalem|strong="H3389"?” 
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\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H7200" sins|strong="H5771" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H1818" [MTY] of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" Judah|strong="H3063" are|strong="H3478" extremely|strong="H3966" great|strong="H1419". People|strong="H1818" are|strong="H3478" murdered|strong="H2026" [MTY] everywhere|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w this|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w country|strong="H2022"\+w*}, and|strong="H3063" this|strong="H7200" city|strong="H5892" is|strong="H3068" full|strong="H4390" of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w act|strong="H6213"\+w*} unjustly|strong="H5766". They|strong="H3588" say|strong="H3478", ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" abandoned|strong="H5800" this|strong="H7200" country|strong="H2022", and|strong="H3063" he|strong="H3588" does|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" see|strong="H7200"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w*}.’ 
\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H5414"\+w*} I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1571" not|strong="H3808" pity|strong="H2347" them|strong="H5414" or|strong="H3808" act|strong="H6213" mercifully toward|strong="H1870" them|strong="H5414". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1571" do|strong="H5869" to|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7218" that|strong="H5414" they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H5869" done|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H3808".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H2009" the|strong="H6213" man|strong="H0376" wearing|strong="H2296" the|strong="H6213" linen|strong="H8336" robe|strong="H3830" returned|strong="H7725", saying|strong="H1697", “I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H1697" done|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6680" commanded|strong="H6680" me|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H6213".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh’s glory leaves the temple }
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\chapterNumber{10}Then|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H4758"\+w*} I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H7200" what|strong="H7200" resembled|strong="H1823" a|strong="H7200" throne|strong="H3678" made|strong="H6213" of|strong="H7218" ◄sapphire|strong="H5601"/\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w valuable|strong="H3368"\+w*} blue|strong="H8504" stone|strong="H5601"►. It|strong="H5921" was|strong="H7218" above|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" thing|strong="H1697" that|strong="H7200" resembled|strong="H1823" a|strong="H7200" dome|strong="H0092" that|strong="H7200" was|strong="H7218" above|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" four|strong="H0702" winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H2416". 
\verseNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H0376" wearing|strong="H2296" the|strong="H5921" linen|strong="H8336" robe|strong="H4598", “Go|strong="H1980" between|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" wheels|strong="H1534" that|strong="H5892" are|strong="H5869" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H5921" winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H2416". Pick|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5921" as|strong="H8478" many|strong="H7227" hot|strong="H1513" coals|strong="H1513" as|strong="H8478" you|strong="H5921" can|strong="H5869", and|strong="H5869" scatter|strong="H2236" them|strong="H5921" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892".” And|strong="H5869" while|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" watched|strong="H7200", the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H0376" wearing|strong="H2296" the|strong="H5921" linen|strong="H8336" robe|strong="H4598" left|strong="H7604". 
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\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H4390" four|strong="H0702" winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H2416" were|strong="H3742" standing|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5975" the|strong="H4390" south|strong="H3225" side|strong="H3225" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H4390" temple|strong="H1004" when|strong="H4390" the|strong="H4390" man|strong="H0376" wearing|strong="H2296" the|strong="H4390" linen|strong="H8336" robe|strong="H4598" entered|strong="H5975". Then|strong="H5975" a|strong="H5975" cloud|strong="H6051" filled|strong="H4390" the|strong="H4390" inner|strong="H6442" courtyard|strong="H2691" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" ◄glory|strong="H3519"/dazzling|strong="H6703" light|strong="H5051"► of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068" rose|strong="H7311" up|strong="H7311" from|strong="H5921" above|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H2416" and|strong="H3068" went|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004". The|strong="H5921" cloud|strong="H6051" filled|strong="H4390" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" courtyard|strong="H2691" was|strong="H3068" full|strong="H4390" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" ◄glory|strong="H3519"/dazzling|strong="H6703" light|strong="H5051"► of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H8085" sound|strong="H6963" made|strong="H1696" by|strong="H5704" the|strong="H8085" wings|strong="H3671" of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H8085" winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H2416" could|strong="H3201" be|strong="H6963" heard|strong="H8085" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" away|strong="H3671" as|strong="H5704" the|strong="H8085" courtyard|strong="H2691" outside|strong="H2435" the|strong="H8085" temple|strong="H1004". It|strong="H5704" was|strong="H6963"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w loud|strong="H8085"\+w*}, like|strong="H5704" [SIM] the|strong="H8085" voice|strong="H6963" of|strong="H6963" Almighty|strong="H7706" God|strong="H0430" when|strong="H8085" he|strong="H5704" speaks|strong="H1696". 
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\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" the|strong="H3947" man|strong="H0376" wearing|strong="H2296" the|strong="H3947" linen|strong="H8336" robe|strong="H4598" to|strong="H1961" take|strong="H3947" burning|strong="H2740" coals|strong="H1513" from|strong="H3947" among|strong="H8432" those|strong="H1961" winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H2416", the|strong="H3947" man|strong="H0376" went|strong="H1961" into|strong="H1961"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*} and|strong="H5975" stood|strong="H5975" beside|strong="H5921" one|strong="H1961" of|strong="H3742" the|strong="H3947" wheels|strong="H1534". 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H3318" one|strong="H5375" of|strong="H3027" those|strong="H3318" winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H2416" reached|strong="H7971" out|strong="H3318" his|strong="H5375" hand|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5414" fire|strong="H0784" that|strong="H5414" was|strong="H3027" there|strong="H3742" among|strong="H8432" them|strong="H5414". He|strong="H5414" picked|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" some|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5414" coals|strong="H1513" and|strong="H7971" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3847" the|strong="H5414" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5414" man|strong="H5375" wearing|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5414" linen|strong="H8336" robe|strong="H4598", and|strong="H7971" that|strong="H5414" man|strong="H5375" took|strong="H3947" them|strong="H5414" and|strong="H7971" left|strong="H3318". 
\verseNumber{8}Under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H7200" wings|strong="H3671" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7200" winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H2416" was|strong="H3027" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H7200" resembled|strong="H1823" a|strong="H7200" human’s hands|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H4758"\+w*} I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H7200" four|strong="H0702" wheels|strong="H0212" alongside|strong="H5980" the|strong="H7200" winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H2416". There|strong="H2009" was|strong="H3742" one|strong="H7200" wheel|strong="H0212" beside|strong="H5921" each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H5869" the|strong="H7200" winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H2416". The|strong="H7200" wheels|strong="H0212" shone|strong="H7160" like|strong="H4758" [SIM] very|strong="H3966" valuable|strong="H3368" stones|strong="H0068". 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H8432" wheels|strong="H0212" were|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" alike|strong="H1823": Each|strong="H0376" had|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1961" wheel|strong="H0212" inside|strong="H8432" another|strong="H8432" wheel|strong="H0212". 
\verseNumber{11}Whenever|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" moved|strong="H4131", they|strong="H3588" went|strong="H3212" straight|strong="H3474" in|strong="H3212" whatever|strong="H3605" direction|strong="H4725" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H3588" winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H2416" faced|strong="H6437". The|strong="H3588" wheels|strong="H0212" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H6437" in|strong="H3212" another|strong="H3808" direction|strong="H4725" while|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H2416" flew|strong="H5774". 
\verseNumber{12}Their|strong="H3605" bodies|strong="H1320", including|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" backs|strong="H1354" and|strong="H3027" hands|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" wings|strong="H3671", were|strong="H5869" covered|strong="H3680" with|strong="H3027" eyes|strong="H5869". The|strong="H3605" wheels|strong="H0212" were|strong="H5869" also|strong="H3027" covered|strong="H3680" with|strong="H3027" eyes|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{13}I|strong="H7121" heard|strong="H8085" someone|strong="H0376" call|strong="H7121" them|strong="H7121" ‘the|strong="H7121" whirling|strong="H1534" wheels’. 
\verseNumber{14}Each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H2416" had|strong="H3742" four|strong="H0702" faces|strong="H6440". One|strong="H7992" face|strong="H6440" was|strong="H6440" like|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" face|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" a|strong="H6440" bull|strong="H6499", one|strong="H7992" face|strong="H6440" was|strong="H6440" like|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" face|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" a|strong="H6440" human|strong="H0120", one|strong="H7992" face|strong="H6440" was|strong="H6440" like|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" face|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" a|strong="H6440" lion|strong="H0738", and|strong="H6440" one|strong="H7992" face|strong="H6440" was|strong="H6440" like|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" face|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" an|strong="H6440" eagle|strong="H5404". 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H2416" rose|strong="H7426" up|strong="H7200". They|strong="H1931" were|strong="H3742" the|strong="H7200" same|strong="H1931" living|strong="H2416" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" had|strong="H3742" seen|strong="H7200" alongside|strong="H5980" the|strong="H7200" Kebar River|strong="H5104"/Canal|strong="H5104". 
\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5921" winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H2416" moved|strong="H4131", the|strong="H5921" wheels|strong="H0212" moved|strong="H4131" with|strong="H5921" them|strong="H1992". When|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5921" winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H2416" spread|strong="H3742" their|strong="H5375" wings|strong="H3671" to|strong="H3212" fly|strong="H5774" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H0776", the|strong="H5921" wheels|strong="H0212" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H5800" them|strong="H1992". 
\verseNumber{17}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H2416" stopped|strong="H5975", the|strong="H3588" wheels|strong="H0212" stopped|strong="H5975". When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H2416" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5975" fly|strong="H5774", the|strong="H3588" wheels|strong="H0212" flew|strong="H5774" with|strong="H5975" them|strong="H5975", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H7307" the|strong="H3588" living|strong="H2416" creatures|strong="H2416" was|strong="H7307" in|strong="H5975" the|strong="H3588" wheels|strong="H0212". 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" ◄glory|strong="H3519"/dazzling|strong="H6703" light|strong="H0216"► left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" stopped|strong="H5975" above|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H2416". 
\verseNumber{19}While|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" watched|strong="H7200", the|strong="H5921" winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H2416" spread|strong="H3318" their|strong="H3068" wings|strong="H3671" and|strong="H3478" started|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" fly|strong="H5774", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" wheels|strong="H0212" went|strong="H3318" with|strong="H1004" them|strong="H5921". They|strong="H3068" stopped|strong="H5975" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" gate|strong="H8179" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" east|strong="H5921" side|strong="H5980" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" area|strong="H1508", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" ◄glory|strong="H3519"/dazzling|strong="H6703" light|strong="H5375"► of|strong="H1004" God|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H4480" whom|strong="H5869" the|strong="H5921" Israelis\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}, was|strong="H3068" above|strong="H4605" them|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{20}Those|strong="H1992" were|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w same|strong="H1931"\+w*} four|strong="H0702" living|strong="H2416" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3478" seen|strong="H7200" alongside|strong="H5980" the|strong="H7200" Kebar River|strong="H5104"/Canal|strong="H5104", and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H3588" realized|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7200" winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H2416". 
\verseNumber{21}Each|strong="H3671" of|strong="H3027" them|strong="H6440" had|strong="H3027" four|strong="H0702" faces|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3027" four|strong="H0702" wings|strong="H3671", and|strong="H3027" under|strong="H8478" their|strong="H6440" wings|strong="H3671" was|strong="H3027" what|strong="H4100" resembled|strong="H1823" a|strong="H6440" human’s hands|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{22}Their|strong="H6440" faces|strong="H6440" were|strong="H1992" the|strong="H6440" same|strong="H1992" as|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" faces|strong="H6440" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H5921" had|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H7200" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" Kebar River|strong="H5104"/Canal|strong="H5104". Each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H6440" them|strong="H1992" flew|strong="H5774" straight|strong="H5676" ahead|strong="H6440". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Israel’s wicked leaders are condemned }
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\chapterNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w*} Spirit|strong="H7307" lifted|strong="H5375" me|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5375" and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H5375" me|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" gate|strong="H8179" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" east|strong="H6921" side|strong="H7307" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7200" temple|strong="H1004" area|strong="H1508". There|strong="H2009" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" gate|strong="H8179" were|strong="H5971" 25 men|strong="H1121". Among|strong="H8432" them|strong="H7200" I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H7200" Jaazaniah|strong="H2970" the|strong="H7200" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Azzur|strong="H5809", and|strong="H1121" Pelatiah|strong="H6410" the|strong="H7200" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benaiah|strong="H1141", who|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" leaders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" me|strong="H2803", “You|strong="H3289" human|strong="H0120", these|strong="H2063" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w new|strong="H2319"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} who|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H1121" do|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451" and|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" giving|strong="H5414" wicked|strong="H7451" advice|strong="H6098" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w*} in|strong="H5892" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{3}They|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Everything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w go|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w well|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w for|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w*, \+w so|strong="H3808"\+w*} it|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1004" surely|strong="H1129" soon|strong="H7138" be|strong="H3808" [RHQ] time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H1004" build|strong="H1129" houses|strong="H1004". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H0587"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1004"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] fine|strong="H5560"/choice|strong="H4022" pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H1004" meat|strong="H1320" that|strong="H1931" are|strong="H1004" carefully|strong="H3808" stored|strong="H6845" in|strong="H1004" covered|strong="H3680" pots|strong="H5518", and|strong="H1004" we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H1004" protected|strong="H3467" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w bad|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w others|strong="H0312"\+w*}.’ 
\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H3651", you|strong="H5921" human|strong="H0120", prophesy|strong="H5012" about|strong="H5921"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w terrible|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w*} them|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5921" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068" came|strong="H3478" upon|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3478" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" say|strong="H3478"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3045"\+w*}, “This|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3045" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": You|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H3045" [MTY] are|strong="H3478" saying|strong="H0559" those|strong="H5921" things|strong="H3478", but|strong="H3651" I|strong="H3541" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H3045" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3478" thinking|strong="H0559". 
\verseNumber{6}You|strong="H7235" have|strong="H5892" killed|strong="H2491" many|strong="H7235" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5892" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5892" filled|strong="H4390" the|strong="H4390" streets|strong="H2351" with|strong="H4390" their|strong="H4390" corpses|strong="H2491". 
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\verseNumber{7}Therefore|strong="H3651" this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H1931" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="H3069" says|strong="H3541": The|strong="H3069" corpses|strong="H2491" of|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3069" people|strong="H1320" whom|strong="H1992" you|strong="H7760" have|strong="H1992" killed|strong="H2491" here|strong="H3541" are|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3651"\+w*} the|strong="H3069" meat|strong="H1320" [MET|strong="H6298"], and|strong="H3318" this|strong="H3651" city|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3651"\+w*} the|strong="H3069" pot|strong="H5518" [MET|strong="H6298"], but|strong="H1992" I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H1320" expel|strong="H1644" you|strong="H7760" from|strong="H3318" this|strong="H3651" city|strong="H1931". 
\verseNumber{8}You|strong="H5921" are|strong="H2719" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H5921"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2719"\+w* \+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w enemies’|strong="H0341"\+w*} swords|strong="H2719", and|strong="H2719" that|strong="H2719" is|strong="H2719" what|strong="H3372" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H2719" cause|strong="H2600" to|strong="H5921" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{9}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3027" expel|strong="H1644" you|strong="H5414" from|strong="H3318" this|strong="H6213" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3027" enable|strong="H7980" foreigners|strong="H2114" to|strong="H3318" capture|strong="H3920" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3027" punish|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2719" [EUP] you|strong="H3588" with|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" swords|strong="H2719"; you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" punished|strong="H6485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w right|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w here|strong="H5921"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478". Then|strong="H5307" people|strong="H3045" will|strong="H3068" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{11}This|strong="H1931" city|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w place|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w protected|strong="H3467"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] meat|strong="H1320" in|strong="H3478" a|strong="H1961" covered|strong="H3680" pot|strong="H5518". I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" punish|strong="H6485" you|strong="H3808" wherever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H1980" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w predicted|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H6213"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" obeyed|strong="H8085" my|strong="H3068" commands|strong="H6680" and|strong="H1980" decrees|strong="H2706"; instead|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" imitated the|strong="H3588"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wicked|strong="H6213"\+w*} behavior|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1471"\+w*} of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" nearby|strong="H7138" nations|strong="H1471".” 
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\verseNumber{13}While|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" prophesying|strong="H5012" that|strong="H3478", Pelatiah|strong="H6410" the|strong="H6440" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benaiah|strong="H1141" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w suddenly|strong="H6597"\+w*} died|strong="H4191". Then|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5921" prostrated|strong="H7812" myself|strong="H0589" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440" and|strong="H1121" cried|strong="H2199" out|strong="H2199" loudly|strong="H6963", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" my|strong="H5921" Lord|strong="H3069", are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H6440" going|strong="H5307" to|strong="H3478"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w similarly|strong="H2088"\+w*} get|strong="H6213" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416"?” 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697": 
\verseNumber{15}“You|strong="H5414" human|strong="H0120", the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1121" still|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" are|strong="H1121" talking|strong="H1696" about|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" relatives|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" about|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" ◄exiled|strong="H1540"/forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H3478" go|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" other|strong="H3605" countries|strong="H0776"►, saying|strong="H0559", ‘They|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1121"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}, far|strong="H7368" from|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068". They|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" left|strong="H5414" their|strong="H3605" property|strong="H4181"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*, \+w so|strong="H5414"\+w*} their|strong="H3605" property|strong="H4181" now|strong="H5414" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" us|strong="H5414"!’” 

\BibleSectionHeading{God’s|strong="H0430" promise|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" exiles|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" }
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\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H3651" tell|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w them|strong="H1961"\+w*}, “This|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" Lord|strong="H3069" says|strong="H3541": Although|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" caused|strong="H1961" them|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H1961" far|strong="H7368" away|strong="H7368"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*} and|strong="H8033" scattered|strong="H6327" them|strong="H1961" among|strong="H8033" other|strong="H3541" nations|strong="H1471", for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H1961" short|strong="H7138" time|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" ◄be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" refuge|strong="H4733" for|strong="H3588"/protect|strong="H8104"► them|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1471" the|strong="H3588" countries|strong="H0776" to|strong="H1961" which|strong="H1471" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H1961".” 
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\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H3651" also|strong="H3541" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5414", “This|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" Lord|strong="H3069" says|strong="H3541": \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5971" gather|strong="H6908" you|strong="H5414" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5414" nations|strong="H5971"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w which|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w have|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w been|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w taken|strong="H5414"\+w*} and|strong="H3478" bring|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5971" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3478" your|strong="H5414" country|strong="H2022"/land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H3478"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H4480" you|strong="H3605" return|strong="H5493" to|strong="H8033" your|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022", you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H8033" get|strong="H5493" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H4480" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" vile|strong="H7043" statues|strong="H2088" of|strong="H4480" gods|strong="H0430" and|strong="H8033" detestable|strong="H8251" idols|strong="H8251". 
\verseNumber{19}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3820" put|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" new|strong="H2319" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H7307" thinking|strong="H0559" [IDM] within|strong="H7130" you|strong="H5414". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3820" cause|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" no|strong="H5414" longer|strong="H5493" be|strong="H3820" stubborn|strong="H5637" [IDM], and|strong="H3820" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3820" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" obey|strong="H8085" me|strong="H5414" completely|strong="H3617" [IDM]. 
\verseNumber{20}When|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3212" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5971", you|strong="H6213" will|strong="H1961" carefully|strong="H6213" obey|strong="H6213" all|strong="H6213" my|strong="H8104" laws|strong="H8451" [DOU]. You|strong="H6213" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" my|strong="H8104" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H4941" I|strong="H3212" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H8104" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H1870" as|strong="H1980" for|strong="H5414" those|strong="H1980" who|strong="H1980" are|strong="H1870" devoted|strong="H8003" to|strong="H1980"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w*} their|strong="H5414" vile|strong="H7043" statues|strong="H2088" and|strong="H1980" detestable|strong="H8251" idols|strong="H8251", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3820" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5414" as|strong="H1980" they|strong="H8441" deserve|strong="H0376" for|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5002" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H8251" that|strong="H5414" they|strong="H8441" have|strong="H5414" done|strong="H1980".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5921" winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H2416", with|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5375" wheels|strong="H0212" beside|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", spread|strong="H3742" their|strong="H5375" wings|strong="H3671"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w flew|strong="H5774"\+w* \+w up|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w into|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w air|strong="H8064"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" dazzling|strong="H6703" brightness|strong="H5051" of|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3478" above|strong="H4605" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{23}That|strong="H3068" light|strong="H5927" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" away|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3068" stopped|strong="H5975" above|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" mountain|strong="H2022" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" east|strong="H6924" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{24}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" vision|strong="H4758" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3778"\+w* \+w been|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w seeing|strong="H7200"\+w*, \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w*} Spirit|strong="H7307" lifted|strong="H5375" me|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H7200" brought|strong="H5927" me|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w back|strong="H5927"\+w*} to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5921" ◄exiles|strong="H1473" in|strong="H5921"/people|strong="H1473" who|strong="H1473" had|strong="H3778" been|strong="H5927" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H5927" go|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927"► Babylonia|strong="H3778". Then|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5921" vision|strong="H4758" ended|strong="H1961", 
\verseNumber{25}and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H1697" told|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" exiles|strong="H1473" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" shown|strong="H7200" me|strong="H7200"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H7200"\+w*}. 

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\chapterNumber{12}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" another|strong="H0312" message|strong="H1697". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1697"\+w*,} 
\verseNumber{2}“You|strong="H3588" human|strong="H0120", you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1992" living|strong="H3427" among|strong="H8432" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H1992"\+w*} rebellious|strong="H4805". They|strong="H1992" have|strong="H5869" eyes|strong="H5869", but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" do|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w*}; they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H5869" ears|strong="H0241", but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" do|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3808" hear|strong="H8085"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w hear|strong="H8085"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" rebellious|strong="H4805"/stubborn|strong="H5637" people|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{3}Therefore|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" human|strong="H0120", pack|strong="H6213" your|strong="H7200" belongings|strong="H5973" as|strong="H6213" though|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1121" ◄going|strong="H1980" into|strong="H1540" exile|strong="H1540"/being|strong="H3627" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H6213" go|strong="H1540" to|strong="H6213" another|strong="H7200" country|strong="H4725"►. Then|strong="H6213", during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" daytime|strong="H3119", while|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1992" watching|strong="H5869", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w prepare|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w*} go|strong="H1540" to|strong="H6213" another|strong="H7200" place|strong="H4725". Even|strong="H3588" though|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1992" rebellious|strong="H4805", perhaps|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H5869" understand|strong="H7200"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w symbolizing|strong="H3271"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3318" daytime|strong="H3119", while|strong="H5869" they|strong="H3119" are|strong="H5869" watching|strong="H5869", bring|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" things|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3627" you|strong="H5869" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3318" take|strong="H3318" and|strong="H5869" pack|strong="H6213" them|strong="H3318". Then|strong="H3318" in|strong="H5869" the|strong="H3318" evening|strong="H6153", while|strong="H5869" they|strong="H3119" are|strong="H5869" watching|strong="H5869", do|strong="H5869" what|strong="H4161" those|strong="H3318" who|strong="H1473" are|strong="H5869" preparing|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3318" go|strong="H3318" into|strong="H3318" exile|strong="H1473" do|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{5}Dig|strong="H2864" through|strong="H2864" the|strong="H3318"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H7023"\+w*} wall|strong="H7023" and|strong="H5869" take|strong="H3318" your|strong="H3318" things|strong="H1697" through|strong="H2864" the|strong="H3318" hole|strong="H6310". 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H3318" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w sack|strong="H0572"\+w*} on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5414" shoulder|strong="H3802" while|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3478" watching|strong="H5869" and|strong="H3478" leave|strong="H3318" at|strong="H5921" dusk|strong="H3556". Cover|strong="H3680" your|strong="H5414" face|strong="H6440" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" path|strong="H0734". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w do|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w this|strong="H5414"\+w*} because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3318" warn|strong="H2094" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H3808".” 
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\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3651"\+w*} I|strong="H5921" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H6680" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3318" do|strong="H6213". During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" day|strong="H3119" I|strong="H5921" brought|strong="H3318" things|strong="H3627" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3027" my|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3027" packing to|strong="H3318" go|strong="H3318" into|strong="H5921" exile|strong="H1473". Then|strong="H3318" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" evening|strong="H6153" I|strong="H5921" dug|strong="H2864" through|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H7023"\+w*} wall|strong="H7023". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H3318"\+w*} while|strong="H5921" people|strong="H6153" watched|strong="H7200", I|strong="H5921" put|strong="H6213" my|strong="H5921" sack|strong="H3627" of|strong="H3027" belongings|strong="H5973" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" shoulder|strong="H3802" and|strong="H3027" left|strong="H3318". 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H3068" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242", Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697": 
\verseNumber{9}“You|strong="H6213" human|strong="H0120", the|strong="H6213" rebellious|strong="H4805" people|strong="H1121" [MTY] of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" asked|strong="H4100" you|strong="H6213", ‘What|strong="H4100" are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H6213" doing|strong="H6213"?’ 
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\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w go|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w back|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w*} say|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H1992", ‘What|strong="H2088" I|strong="H3541" did|strong="H3478" is|strong="H2088" about|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H2088"\+w*} people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1992" there|strong="H1992".’ 
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\verseNumber{14}I|strong="H3605" will|strong="H2719" scatter|strong="H2219" in|strong="H7307" all|strong="H3605" directions|strong="H7253" [IDM] all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" been|strong="H3605" around|strong="H5439" him|strong="H3605"—his|strong="H3605" advisors and|strong="H2719" his|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5650"—and|strong="H2719" I|strong="H3605" will|strong="H2719" cause|strong="H2600" his|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" to|strong="H7307" pursue|strong="H7291" them|strong="H5439", with|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" swords|strong="H2719" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H7307" strike|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5439". 
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\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" spare|strong="H3498"/save|strong="H3467" a|strong="H3588" few|strong="H4557" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H1992" from|strong="H1471" being|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2719" by|strong="H3068" swords|strong="H2719" and|strong="H3068" from|strong="H1471" dying|strong="H0006" from|strong="H1471" famines|strong="H3615" or|strong="H1471" plagues|strong="H1698", with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" to|strong="H3068" which|strong="H3068" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3068", they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" realize|strong="H3045"/admit|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3605" doing|strong="H6213" disgusting|strong="H8441" things|strong="H3605", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" another|strong="H0312" message|strong="H1697". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1697"\+w*,} 
\verseNumber{18}“You|strong="H4325" human|strong="H0120", tremble|strong="H7264" while|strong="H5704" you|strong="H4325" eat|strong="H3899" your|strong="H8354" food|strong="H3899", and|strong="H1121" shudder|strong="H8175" fearfully|strong="H3372" while|strong="H5704" you|strong="H4325" drink|strong="H8354" your|strong="H8354" water|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{19}Tell|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971": 'This is|strong="H3478" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3069" says|strong="H3541" about|strong="H3478" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w still|strong="H3427"\+w*} living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3427"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w places|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478": They|strong="H5971" also|strong="H3541" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H3478" very|strong="H3966" anxious|strong="H1672"/worried|strong="H1672" [DOU] while|strong="H3541" they|strong="H5971" eat|strong="H3899" their|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3478" drink|strong="H8354" their|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325", because|strong="H4616" their|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022" will|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soon|strong="H3512"\+w*} have|strong="H5971" everything|strong="H3605" taken|strong="H3427" away|strong="H3605". That|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" happen|strong="H1961" because|strong="H4616" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w continually|strong="H3605"\+w*} act|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w*} violently|strong="H3966". 
\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H3588" towns|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" people|strong="H3427" live|strong="H3427" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" devastated|strong="H2717", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" barren|strong="H6135"/empty|strong="H7387". Then|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3427" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}.' ” 
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\verseNumber{21}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" another|strong="H0312" message|strong="H1697". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1697"\+w*,} 
\verseNumber{22}“You|strong="H3605" human|strong="H0120", the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" have|strong="H1121" this|strong="H2088" proverb|strong="H4912"/saying|strong="H0559": ‘The|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" pass|strong="H5674", and|strong="H1121" what|strong="H4100"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w*} predict|strong="H3045" never|strong="H3808" happens|strong="H3117".’ 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H3651" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H7126", ‘This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3069" says|strong="H3541": I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1696" prove|strong="H5254" that|strong="H3588" ◄what|strong="H1697" they|strong="H3588" say|strong="H1696"/that|strong="H3588" proverb|strong="H4912"► is|strong="H2088" not|strong="H3808" correct|strong="H3256", and|strong="H3478" then|strong="H1696" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" never|strong="H3808" say|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3588" again|strong="H5750" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478".’ Tell|strong="H1696" them|strong="H7126", ‘It|strong="H7126" will|strong="H3478" soon|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3588" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" have|strong="H3478" predicted|strong="H1696" will|strong="H3478" happen|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{24}No|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" will|strong="H1961"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w false|strong="H7723"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H3605"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3808" false|strong="H7723" visions|strong="H2377", or|strong="H3808" prophecies|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H3478" please|strong="H4994" people|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{25}Instead|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H1696" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1696" tell|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5002" people|strong="H3808", and|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H3588" predict|strong="H3045" will|strong="H3068" quickly|strong="H4116" happen|strong="H6213". You|strong="H3588" rebellious|strong="H4805" people|strong="H3808", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" happen|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" say|strong="H1696" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H6213". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" Lord|strong="H3068", say|strong="H1696".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{26}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697": 
\verseNumber{27}“You|strong="H3117" human|strong="H0120", the|strong="H3117" Israeli people|strong="H1121" are|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w constantly|strong="H3117"\+w*} saying|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3117"\+w*}, ‘The|strong="H3117" things|strong="H7227" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" sees|strong="H2372" in|strong="H3478" visions|strong="H2377"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w not|strong="H5012"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w soon|strong="H3512"\+w*}. They|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" about|strong="H3117"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w things|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*} many|strong="H7227" years|strong="H3117" from|strong="H3478" now|strong="H3117", far|strong="H7350" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3117" future|strong="H7350".’ 
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\verseNumber{28}Therefore|strong="H3651" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H6213", ‘This|strong="H3651" is|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3069" [DOU] says|strong="H5002": I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H1697" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" delay|strong="H0309"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w causing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H6213"\+w*} any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3541" have|strong="H1697" prophesied|strong="H1696". Whatever|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3541" have|strong="H1697" predicted|strong="H1696" will|strong="H1697"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w soon|strong="H5750"\+w*} happen|strong="H6213".’ ” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Ezekiel condemned the false prophets }
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\chapterNumber{13}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" another|strong="H0312" message|strong="H1697". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1697"\+w*,} 
\verseNumber{2}“You|strong="H3820" human|strong="H0120", prophesy|strong="H5012"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w warning|strong="H2094"\+w*} against|strong="H5012" the|strong="H8085" prophets|strong="H5030" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1121" prophesying|strong="H5012". Some|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H8085" are|strong="H1121" prophesying|strong="H5012" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H8085" they|strong="H3068" themselves|strong="H8085" have|strong="H3068" imagined|strong="H2803"/thought|strong="H3820". Say|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H8085": 'Listen to|strong="H3478" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H1697"! 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H5921" says|strong="H3541", “Terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H1697" will|strong="H7307" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1980" those|strong="H1945" wicked|strong="H7563" prophets|strong="H5030" who|strong="H5030" proclaim|strong="H7121" their|strong="H7200" own|strong="H1961" ideas and|strong="H1980" have|strong="H5030" not|strong="H1115" seen|strong="H7200" any|strong="H7200"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w visions|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7200"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}You|strong="H1961" Israeli people|strong="H5971", your|strong="H1961" prophets|strong="H5030" are|strong="H3478"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w useless|strong="H1892"\+w*} as|strong="H1961" [SIM] jackals|strong="H7776"/wolves|strong="H2061" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w only|strong="H0389"\+w* \+w dig|strong="H2864"\+w*} through|strong="H3027" the|strong="H1961" ruins|strong="H2723"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}Those|strong="H5921" prophets|strong="H5030" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" helped|strong="H5826" you|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H3808" [MTY] to|strong="H3478" repair|strong="H5975" the|strong="H5921" places|strong="H1004" where|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} walls|strong="H1447" have|strong="H3068" ◄been|strong="H3808" broken|strong="H7665"/crumbled|strong="H5350"►. That|strong="H3117" needs|strong="H5375" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" done|strong="H3478" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" walls|strong="H1447" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" strong|strong="H2388" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w allow|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" attack|strong="H5927" you|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H5002" visions|strong="H7723" and|strong="H6965" prophecies|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1992" prophets|strong="H5030" are|strong="H1697" false|strong="H7723". They|strong="H3068" say|strong="H1697", 'Yahweh told|strong="H1697" me|strong="H7971" this|strong="H1697",' but|strong="H3808" I|strong="H1697" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w*}. But|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3068" expect|strong="H6960" that|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" they|strong="H3068" prophesy|strong="H2372" will|strong="H3068" truly|strong="H3588" happen|strong="H6965"! 
\verseNumber{7}They|strong="H3068" say|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H2372" visions|strong="H7723", but|strong="H3808" those|strong="H1696" visions|strong="H7723" are|strong="H3068" false|strong="H7723", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" prophesy|strong="H2372" are|strong="H3068" lies|strong="H3577" [RHQ]. They|strong="H3068" say|strong="H1696", 'Yahweh told|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696" this|strong="H1696",' but|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" them|strong="H3068" nothing|strong="H3808"!” 
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\verseNumber{8}Therefore|strong="H3651", this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" what|strong="H3541" I|strong="H2005", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H1696": “Because|strong="H3282" you|strong="H3282" prophets|strong="H5030" have|strong="H3282" said|strong="H1696" what|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3651" false|strong="H7723", and|strong="H1696" because|strong="H3282" your|strong="H3282" visions|strong="H7723" are|strong="H3117" lies|strong="H3577", I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H2005" opposed|strong="H5975" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3282". 
\verseNumber{9}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" strike|strong="H3027"/punish|strong="H6485" all|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588" prophets|strong="H5030" who|strong="H5971" falsely|strong="H7723" say|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" seen|strong="H7200" visions|strong="H7723" and|strong="H3478" prophesy|strong="H5030" things|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" lies|strong="H3577". You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1961" any|strong="H1961" place|strong="H3027" among|strong="H5971" my|strong="H3045" people|strong="H5971", your|strong="H3045" names|strong="H8034" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" listed|strong="H1004" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" records|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" never|strong="H3808" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". Then|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3027"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H3282" deceive|strong="H5377" my|strong="H1129" people|strong="H5971", saying|strong="H0559" “Things|strong="H8602" will|strong="H5971" go|strong="H5971" well|strong="H7965" for|strong="H1129" us|strong="H5971",” when|strong="H2009" things|strong="H8602" will|strong="H5971" not|strong="H5971" go|strong="H5971" well|strong="H7965". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w though|strong="H1931"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] the|strong="H1129" people|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" shaky/weak|strong="H2470" wall|strong="H2434", and|strong="H5971" the|strong="H1129" prophets|strong="H5030" cover|strong="H3680" it|strong="H1931" with|strong="H5971" ◄whitewash|strong="H8602"/white|strong="H3836" paint|strong="H6320"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w make|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w it|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w strong|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w wall|strong="H2434"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H1961", tell|strong="H5046" those|strong="H1961" prophets|strong="H5030" who|strong="H0834" cover|strong="H3680" the|strong="H1961" wall|strong="H2346" with|strong="H2902" whitewash|strong="H8602" that|strong="H5307" the|strong="H1961" wall|strong="H2346" will|strong="H1961" surely|strong="H5307" fall|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307". It|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" rain|strong="H1653" very|strong="H3966" hard|strong="H7186". I|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" send|strong="H7971" big|strong="H0931" hailstones|strong="H1259" to|strong="H1961" fall|strong="H5307". Very|strong="H3966" strong|strong="H2388" winds|strong="H7307" will|strong="H1961" blow|strong="H8628" against|strong="H7307" it|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{12}When|strong="H5307" the|strong="H2009" wall|strong="H7023" falls|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307", the|strong="H2009" people|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" certainly|strong="H2009" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3808" those|strong="H1992" prophets|strong="H5030", “The|strong="H2009" white|strong="H3836" paint|strong="H6320" certainly|strong="H2009" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" [RHQ] make|strong="H6213" the|strong="H2009" wall|strong="H7023" strong|strong="H2388"!” 
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\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H3651" this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" what|strong="H3541" I|strong="H3541", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H0559": “Because|strong="H3651" I|strong="H3541" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3651" angry|strong="H2534" with|strong="H3651" you|strong="H3651", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w send|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w enemy|strong="H0340"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w destroy|strong="H7843"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*. \+w It|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H1961" send|strong="H7971" a|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3651" strong|strong="H2388" wind|strong="H7307" and|strong="H7307" hailstones|strong="H1259" and|strong="H7307" very|strong="H3651" heavy|strong="H3513" rains|strong="H1653" to|strong="H1961" destroy|strong="H7843" you|strong="H3651".” 
\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w false|strong="H8267"\+w* \+w prophecies|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w like|strong="H5307"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H3588" wall|strong="H7023" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" covered|strong="H5307" with|strong="H3068" whitewash|strong="H8602", but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" break|strong="H2040" it|strong="H3588" down|strong="H5307", and|strong="H3068" shatter|strong="H2040" it|strong="H3588" down|strong="H5307" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" ground|strong="H0776", with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3045" can|strong="H3045" see|strong="H3045" its|strong="H3045" foundations|strong="H3247". When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" wall|strong="H7023" collapses|strong="H7503", you|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H5307", and|strong="H3068" everyone|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{15}In|strong="H3615" that|strong="H0834" way|strong="H1870" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H2534" show|strong="H7200" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H7023" angry|strong="H2534" with|strong="H2902"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3615"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w built|strong="H1129"\+w*} the|strong="H3615" wall|strong="H7023" and|strong="H2534" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" covered|strong="H3680" it|strong="H3615" with|strong="H2902" ◄whitewash|strong="H8602"/white|strong="H3836" paint|strong="H6320"►. Then|strong="H0227" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H2534" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H2534" you|strong="H3615", “The|strong="H3615" wall|strong="H7023" is|strong="H2534" destroyed|strong="H3615"/gone|strong="H3615", and|strong="H2534" those|strong="H1992" prophets|strong="H5030" who|strong="H0834" put|strong="H3615" ◄whitewash|strong="H8602"/white|strong="H3836" paint|strong="H6320"► on|strong="H2534" it|strong="H3615" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H3615" killed|strong="H2026".” 
\verseNumber{16}Those|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5002" prophets|strong="H5030" who|strong="H3478" prophesied|strong="H5012" that|strong="H3478" things|strong="H3478" would|strong="H3478" go|strong="H3478" well|strong="H7965" for|strong="H3389" the|strong="H5002" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", when|strong="H3478" things|strong="H3478" would|strong="H3478" not|strong="H5012" go|strong="H3478" well|strong="H7965" for|strong="H3389" them|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H7760", you|strong="H6440" human|strong="H0120", show|strong="H7760" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H5971" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H5921" [IDM] the|strong="H6440" women|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" who|strong="H5971" prophesy|strong="H5012" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5921" themselves|strong="H7760" have|strong="H5971" imagined|strong="H2803". 
\verseNumber{18}Tell|strong="H3605" them|strong="H5921", “This|strong="H6213" is|strong="H5315" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3069" says|strong="H3541": Terrible|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5971" happen|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802" who|strong="H3605" fasten|strong="H5414" magic charms|strong="H8588" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" wrists|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" make|strong="H6213" veils|strong="H4555" of|strong="H3027" various|strong="H2921" sizes to|strong="H6213" put|strong="H6213" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" heads|strong="H7218" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H3027" to|strong="H6213" deceive|strong="H5377" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*} [RHQ] you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5971" deceive|strong="H5377" others|strong="H5971"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w what|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w future|strong="H0319"\+w*}, and|strong="H3027" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5971" save|strong="H2421" your|strong="H3605" own|strong="H5315" lives|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{19}You|strong="H3808" dishonored|strong="H3637" me|strong="H5315"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w lies|strong="H3577"\+w*} in|strong="H4191" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H4191" get|strong="H3947" from|strong="H5315" my|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971" a|strong="H8085" few|strong="H4592" handfuls|strong="H8168" of|strong="H5971" barley|strong="H8184" and|strong="H3899" a|strong="H8085" few|strong="H4592" pieces|strong="H6595" of|strong="H5971" bread|strong="H3899". My|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H4191" lies|strong="H3577"; and|strong="H3899" you|strong="H3808" women|strong="H0802" who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" lying|strong="H3577" to|strong="H4191" them|strong="H8085" have|strong="H5971" caused|strong="H4191" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" killed|strong="H4191" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" deserve|strong="H0376" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191" and|strong="H3899" have|strong="H5971" ◄spared|strong="H2421"/allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H4191" remain|strong="H3808" alive|strong="H2421"► those|strong="H8085" who|strong="H5971" should|strong="H3899" not|strong="H3808" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4191" live|strong="H2421".” 
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\verseNumber{20}Therefore|strong="H3651", this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H5315" what|strong="H3541" I|strong="H2005", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H0559"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w those|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w women|strong="H0802"\+w*}: “I|strong="H2005" detest|strong="H8262" your|strong="H5921" magic charms|strong="H8588" by|strong="H5921" which|strong="H8033" you|strong="H7971" deceive|strong="H5377" people|strong="H5315" like|strong="H3651" [SIM] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w trap|strong="H4170"\+w*} birds|strong="H6524". I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H5315" tear|strong="H7167" those|strong="H5921" charms|strong="H8588" off|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" wrists|strong="H3027", and|strong="H7971" I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H5315" cause|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5315" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H7971" have|strong="H2220" deceived|strong="H7411" to|strong="H7971" no|strong="H7971" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H5315" deceived|strong="H7411" by|strong="H5921" you|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{21}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" tear|strong="H7167" off|strong="H5337" your|strong="H3068" veils|strong="H4555" and|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H5337" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3027" continuing|strong="H1641" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" deceived|strong="H7411" by|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H1961" under|strong="H3027" your|strong="H3068" control|strong="H3027". Then|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{22}You|strong="H7725" have|strong="H3027" discouraged|strong="H7503" righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3808" by|strong="H3027" telling|strong="H1696" them|strong="H7725" lies|strong="H8267" when|strong="H3512" I|strong="H3282" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w things|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w*} cause|strong="H8267" them|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3808" sad|strong="H7451". And|strong="H7725" you|strong="H7725" have|strong="H3027" encouraged|strong="H2388" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H3808" to|strong="H7725" not|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" their|strong="H7725" wicked|strong="H7563" behavior|strong="H3027"; if|strong="H3512" they|strong="H3808" had|strong="H3027" done|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3027", they|strong="H3808" would|strong="H2421" have|strong="H3027" continued|strong="H2388" to|strong="H7725" remain|strong="H3808" alive|strong="H2421". 
\verseNumber{23}Therefore|strong="H3651", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" falsely|strong="H7723" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H2372" visions|strong="H7723" or|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H3045" people|strong="H5971" what|strong="H3045" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" future|strong="H0319" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w order|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w please|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3027"\+w*}. I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H5337" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3027" being|strong="H5750" deceived|strong="H7411" by|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3588". And|strong="H3068" then|strong="H3651" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}.” ' ” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Ezekiel condemned the idol worshipers }
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\chapterNumber{14}One|strong="H0259" day|strong="H3117" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H3427" Israel|strong="H3478" came|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3478" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3427" me|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697": 
\verseNumber{3}“You|strong="H5414" human|strong="H0120", these|strong="H6440" men|strong="H1121" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H5927" [IDM] worship|strong="H7812" idols|strong="H1544", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1121" allowing idols|strong="H1544" to|strong="H5927" induce them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5927" sin|strong="H5771" [IDM]. So|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1121" certainly|strong="H5414" [RHQ] answer|strong="H6030" them|strong="H5414" if|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" ask|strong="H1875" me|strong="H5414" for|strong="H5921" advice|strong="H6098". 
\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H3651" say|strong="H1696" this|strong="H3651" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H6440": ‘This|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Lord|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": When|strong="H1696" any|strong="H6440" Israeli person|strong="H6440" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H1696" worship|strong="H3651" idols|strong="H1544" which|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" induce him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1696" sin|strong="H5771", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3651" goes|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1696" a|strong="H7760" prophet|strong="H5030"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w get|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w advice|strong="H6098"\+w*}, I|strong="H3541", Yahweh|strong="H3068", will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H7760" him|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" answer|strong="H6030" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3651" deserves|strong="H1288" to|strong="H1696" receive|strong="H3947" because|strong="H6440" he|strong="H3651" worship|strong="H3651" idols|strong="H1544". 
\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3820", who|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3478" abandoned|strong="H5800" me|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3478" worship|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1544", will|strong="H3478" sincerely|strong="H8549" [IDM] worship|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5921" again|strong="H3478".’ 
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\verseNumber{6}Therefore|strong="H3651", say|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971", ‘This|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3069" says|strong="H3541": ◄Repent|strong="H7725"/Stop|strong="H2308" sinning|strong="H2398"►! Stop|strong="H2308" worshiping|strong="H7812" your|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1544", and|strong="H3478" stop|strong="H2308" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} detestable|strong="H8441" behavior|strong="H3027"!’ 
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\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H3588" any|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*} Israeli people|strong="H3820" or|strong="H1004" any|strong="H6440" foreigner|strong="H1616" living|strong="H1481" among|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3588" turns|strong="H7725" away|strong="H5927" from|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3478" starts worshiping|strong="H7812" idols|strong="H1544" [IDM] that|strong="H3588" induce him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H5771", and|strong="H3478" then|strong="H6030" goes|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3588" prophet|strong="H5030" to|strong="H3478" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H1875" what|strong="H5927" I|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3068", I|strong="H3588" myself|strong="H3820" will|strong="H3068" answer|strong="H6030" him|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" show|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" detest|strong="H8262" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H5414"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w happens|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3772" warning|strong="H2094" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w others|strong="H5971"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" someone|strong="H5414" whom|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" despise|strong="H3988". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" no|strong="H5414" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" associate|strong="H0935" with|strong="H3068" my|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971". Then|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H3478" if|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" prophet|strong="H5030" is|strong="H3068" deceived|strong="H6601" and|strong="H3478" gives|strong="H5414" a|strong="H3588" false|strong="H8267" prophecy|strong="H5030", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w allowed|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*} give|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3588" message|strong="H1697", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" get|strong="H3027" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3478" remove|strong="H5493" him|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" among|strong="H8432" my|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{10}Both|strong="H8147" the|strong="H5375" prophet|strong="H5030" and|strong="H5030" the|strong="H5375" one|strong="H1961" who|strong="H5030" asks|strong="H7592" him|strong="H5375" for|strong="H5771" advice|strong="H6098" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" guilty|strong="H5771", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w both|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5375"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" abandon|strong="H5800" me|strong="H1961", and|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" become|strong="H1961" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H1961" because|strong="H4616" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H6588". You|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" my|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3069". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3808"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H3478".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H1961" punish|strong="H6485" Jerusalem|strong="H4616" }
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\verseNumber{12}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" another|strong="H0312" message|strong="H1697". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1697"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{15}Or|strong="H2416", if|strong="H3863" I|strong="H6440" send|strong="H5674" wild|strong="H7451" animals|strong="H2416" throughout|strong="H5674" the|strong="H6440" country|strong="H2022", and|strong="H6440" they|strong="H6440" attack|strong="H5221" and|strong="H6440" kill|strong="H2026"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w*} [HYP] the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971", with|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H2416" travel|strong="H5674" in|strong="H6440" that|strong="H2416" country|strong="H2022" becomes|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" dangerous|strong="H7451" and|strong="H6440" no|strong="H1097" one|strong="H1097" travels|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" that|strong="H2416" country|strong="H2022", 
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\verseNumber{17}Or|strong="H4480", if|strong="H1931" I|strong="H5921" bring|strong="H5674" enemy|strong="H0340" soldiers|strong="H5650" [MTY] to|strong="H5921" attack|strong="H5221" that|strong="H1931" country|strong="H2022", and|strong="H2719" they|strong="H5921" kill|strong="H3772" [MTY] people|strong="H1931" and|strong="H2719" animals|strong="H0929" throughout|strong="H5921" that|strong="H1931" country|strong="H2022" with|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" swords|strong="H2719", 
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\verseNumber{19}Or|strong="H4480", if|strong="H1931" I|strong="H5921" send|strong="H7971" a|strong="H3772" plague|strong="H1698" into|strong="H5921" that|strong="H1931" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H7971" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1818" and|strong="H7971" the|strong="H5921" animals|strong="H0929" to|strong="H7971" die|strong="H4191"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w plague|strong="H1698"\+w*} because|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2534" with|strong="H5921" those|strong="H4480" people|strong="H1818", 
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\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H3588"\+w*} this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H7451" what|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*,}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H0559": I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H2719" cause|strong="H2600" four|strong="H0702" things|strong="H7451" to|strong="H7971" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4480"\+w*} Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H7971" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H7971" very|strong="H3966" severely|strong="H5953". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H4480"\+w*} people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H7971" animals|strong="H2416" will|strong="H2719" be|strong="H3389" killed|strong="H2719" by|strong="H7451" swords|strong="H2719", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w will|strong="H2719"\+w* \+w die|strong="H2719"\+w* \+w from|strong="H4480"\+w*} famines|strong="H3615", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w others|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w will|strong="H2719"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w attacked|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2719"\+w* \+w by|strong="H7451"\+w*} wild|strong="H7451" animals|strong="H2416", and|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w others|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w will|strong="H2719"\+w* \+w die|strong="H2719"\+w* \+w in|strong="H7458"\+w*} plagues|strong="H1698". 
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\verseNumber{23}When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" see|strong="H7200" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H3605" were|strong="H7200" very|strong="H6213" good|strong="H2896" reasons|strong="H8394" [LIT|strong="H0215"] for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H7200" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" caused|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" happen|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3069", declare|strong="H3045".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The people of Jerusalem are like useless grapevines }
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\chapterNumber{15}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" another|strong="H0312" message|strong="H1697". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1697"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{2}“You|strong="H3605" human|strong="H0120", the|strong="H3605" wood|strong="H6086" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" grapevine is|strong="H4100" certainly|strong="H3588" not|strong="H1961" [RHQ] more|strong="H1961" useful|strong="H5532" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" branches|strong="H2156" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" trees|strong="H6086" in|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" forest|strong="H3293". 
\verseNumber{3}No|strong="H6213" one|strong="H3605" [RHQ] ever|strong="H4480" takes|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" branch|strong="H6086" of|strong="H3627" a|strong="H3947" grapevine and|strong="H6086" makes|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w useful|strong="H5532"\+w*} from|strong="H4480" it|strong="H5921". No|strong="H6213" one|strong="H3605" [RHQ] even|strong="H6213" makes|strong="H6213" pegs|strong="H3489" from|strong="H4480" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" hang|strong="H8518" things|strong="H3605" on|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H8147" after|strong="H2009" a|strong="H5414" branch|strong="H6780" of|strong="H8432" a|strong="H5414" grapevine is|strong="H2009" thrown|strong="H7993" into|strong="H8432" a|strong="H5414" fire|strong="H0784", and|strong="H8147" the|strong="H5414" fire|strong="H0784" burns|strong="H8313" both|strong="H8147" ends|strong="H7098" and|strong="H8147" chars/scorches the|strong="H5414" branch|strong="H6780" in|strong="H8432" the|strong="H5414" middle|strong="H8432", will|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" then|strong="H2009" be|strong="H5414" useful|strong="H6743" for|strong="H5414" anything|strong="H4399"? 
\verseNumber{5}No|strong="H3808"; if|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" useful|strong="H5532" for|strong="H3588" anything|strong="H4399" before|strong="H3808" it|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" burned|strong="H2787", it|strong="H3588" certainly|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w made|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w into|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w something|strong="H4399"\+w*} useful|strong="H5532" after|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" fire|strong="H0784" has|strong="H1961" burned|strong="H2787" and|strong="H6213" charred|strong="H2787" it|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{6}Therefore|strong="H3651", this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" what|strong="H3541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5414"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H0559": The|strong="H5414" wood|strong="H6086" of|strong="H3427" grapevines is|strong="H3651" useful|strong="H5532" only|strong="H0389" for|strong="H3427" fuel|strong="H0402" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H5414" fire|strong="H0784". Similarly|strong="H2088", the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H3293"\+w* \+w useless|strong="H1892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" reject|strong="H3988" [IDM] them|strong="H5414". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" escaped|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" a|strong="H5414" fire|strong="H0784", but|strong="H3588" there|strong="H3045" will|strong="H3068" still|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5414" fire|strong="H0784" that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H8313" them|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5414". And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" punish|strong="H6485" [EUP] them|strong="H5414", you|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w remain|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w alive|strong="H2416"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" cause|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" country|strong="H2022" to|strong="H5414" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H5414" wasteland|strong="H8077" because|strong="H3282" your|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5414" not|strong="H5414" been|strong="H4603" loyal|strong="H0310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5414"\+w*. \+w That|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w is|strong="H0369"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5414"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5002" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H0559".” 

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\chapterNumber{16}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" another|strong="H0312" message|strong="H1697". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697", 
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\verseNumber{53}However|strong="H0389", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} I|strong="H8432" will|strong="H1323" cause|strong="H7725"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1323"\+w*} Sodom|strong="H5467" and|strong="H7725" Samaria|strong="H8111" and|strong="H7725" the|strong="H8432" cities|strong="H5892" near|strong="H7126" to|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7725" [MET|strong="H6298"] to|strong="H7725" prosper|strong="H6743" again|strong="H7725". And|strong="H7725" I|strong="H8432" will|strong="H1323" cause|strong="H7725" you|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" prosper|strong="H6743" again|strong="H7725", too|strong="H4480". 
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\chapterNumber{17}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" another|strong="H0312" message|strong="H1697". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1697"\+w*,} 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1697": 
\verseNumber{12}“Ask|strong="H4428" these|strong="H3947" rebellious|strong="H4805" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} people|strong="H3808", ‘Do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3947" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" this|strong="H3947" parable|strong="H4912"/story|strong="H4605" means|strong="H3027"?’ Tell|strong="H3045" them|strong="H3947" that|strong="H3045" it|strong="H3045" signifies that|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3947" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3389" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w army|strong="H3389"\+w*} and|strong="H4428" captured|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3947" officials|strong="H8269", and|strong="H4428" took|strong="H3947" them|strong="H3947" back|strong="H3045" to|strong="H3389" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
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\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5414" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H5971" Judah|strong="H3063" rebelled|strong="H4775" against|strong="H4714" the|strong="H5414" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H5971" Babylon|strong="H0894" by|strong="H5414" sending|strong="H7971" officials|strong="H8269" to|strong="H7971" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H7971" request|strong="H7971" from|strong="H7971" them|strong="H5414" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H7971" a|strong="H6213" large|strong="H7227" army|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w against|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}. But|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5414" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H5971" Judah|strong="H3063" will|strong="H5971" certainly|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" [RHQ] be|strong="H5414" sucessful. Rulers|strong="H8269" who|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w rebel|strong="H4775"\+w* \+w like|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7971"\+w*} and|strong="H7971" refuse|strong="H3985" to|strong="H7971" obey|strong="H6213" solemn|strong="H6116" agreements will|strong="H5971" never|strong="H3808" [RHQ] escape|strong="H4422". 
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\verseNumber{19}Therefore|strong="H3651" this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" what|strong="H3541" I|strong="H5414", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H0559": 'Just as|strong="H3651" surely|strong="H5414" as|strong="H3651" I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" cause|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H7218" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H3808" punished|strong="H6485" [IDM] for|strong="H3651" ignoring the|strong="H5414" solemn|strong="H6116" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3651" he|strong="H3651" made|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H1285"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*} and|strong="H7218" then|strong="H3651" refusing|strong="H3985" to|strong="H5414" obey|strong="H8085" it|strong="H5414". 
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I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" this|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w certainly|strong="H3588"\+w*} do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3045" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{It is those who sin who will be punished }
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\chapterNumber{18}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" another|strong="H0312" message|strong="H1697". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1697"\+w*,} 
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‘Parents|strong="H0001"/People|strong="H1121" eat|strong="H0398" sour|strong="H1155" grapes|strong="H1155", 
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but|strong="H4100" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H2088" their|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" a|strong="H2088" very|strong="H2088" sour|strong="H1155" taste|strong="H2938" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" mouths', 
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\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H2088"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" Lord|strong="H3069", declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H1961"\+w*} as|strong="H1961" I|strong="H2088" am|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416", you|strong="H5750" Israeli people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H1961" no|strong="H1961" longer|strong="H5750" quote|strong="H4911" that|strong="H3478" proverb|strong="H4912". 
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he|strong="H1004" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" request|strong="H1246" help|strong="H5375" from|strong="H3478" idols|strong="H1544". 
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He|strong="H1004" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H5869" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H1004" someone|strong="H0376" else’s|strong="H0312" wife|strong="H0802" 
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or|strong="H3808" have|strong="H5869" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H1004" a|strong="H5375" woman|strong="H5079" during|strong="H3117" her|strong="H5375" monthly|strong="H2320" menstrual|strong="H5079" period|strong="H5079". 
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\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H5414" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" mistreat|strong="H3238"/oppress|strong="H3238" people|strong="H3808"; 
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He|strong="H5414" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" rob|strong="H1497" people|strong="H3808". 
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He|strong="H5414" gives|strong="H5414" food|strong="H3899" to|strong="H7725" hungry|strong="H7457" people|strong="H3808". 
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He|strong="H6213" seeks|strong="H1245" help|strong="H5375" from|strong="H7725" idols|strong="H1544". 
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He|strong="H1004" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" request|strong="H1246" help|strong="H5375" from|strong="H5921" idols|strong="H1544". 
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He|strong="H5414" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" rob|strong="H1497" anyone|strong="H3605". 
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He|strong="H5414" gives|strong="H5414" food|strong="H3899" to|strong="H5414" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3808" need|strong="H4270" it|strong="H5414". 
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He|strong="H5414" gives|strong="H5414" clothes|strong="H0899" to|strong="H5414" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3808" need|strong="H4270" clothes|strong="H0899". 
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\verseNumber{25}But|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" say|strong="H3478", ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" act|strong="H4994" fairly|strong="H6664"!’ You|strong="H3808" Israeli people|strong="H3808", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" what|strong="H8085" I|strong="H3808" say|strong="H3478": It|strong="H3808" is|strong="H1870" certainly|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" [RHQ] what|strong="H8085" I|strong="H3808" do|strong="H1870" that|strong="H8085" is|strong="H1870" unfair|strong="H5766", it|strong="H3808" is|strong="H1870" what|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3808" continually|strong="H8548" do|strong="H1870" that|strong="H8085" is|strong="H1870" not|strong="H3808" fair|strong="H3303"/right|strong="H8505"! 
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\verseNumber{30}Therefore|strong="H3651", you|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3808" [MTY], I|strong="H3651", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3069", will|strong="H1961" judge|strong="H8199" each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" you|strong="H3605" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7725" what|strong="H1870" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961". Repent|strong="H7725"! Turn|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w away|strong="H7725"\+w*} from|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" wicked|strong="H7563" behavior|strong="H1870"! Then|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H4229" [PRS] because|strong="H3651" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H6588". 
\verseNumber{31}Get|strong="H6213" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" wicked|strong="H6213" behavior|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3478" get|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" new|strong="H2319" way|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" thinking|strong="H0559" [IDM, DOU]. You|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3820" [MTY], ◄do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" really|strong="H2088" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H6588"?/you|strong="H3605" act|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6213" though|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3605" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H6588"\+w*}► [RHQ]. 
\verseNumber{32}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" Lord|strong="H3069", declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" pleased|strong="H2654" about|strong="H7725" your|strong="H7725" dying|strong="H4191". So|strong="H3808" repent|strong="H7725", and|strong="H7725" remain|strong="H3808" alive|strong="H2421"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A funeral song for Israel’s leaders }
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\chapterNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w me|strong="H0413"\+w*, “\+w Ezekiel|strong="H3168"\+w*}, sing|strong="H5375" a|strong="H5375" sad|strong="H7451" funeral song|strong="H7892"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w which|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w parable|strong="H4912"\+w*} about|strong="H3478"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w two|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5387"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5375"\+w*} kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H5387" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{2}Say|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7235"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8432"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}, 
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‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w as|strong="H7235"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] your|strong="H7235" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H8432" brave|strong="H2428" female|strong="H5347" lion|strong="H3715" 
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who|strong="H4100" raised|strong="H8432" her|strong="H7235" cubs|strong="H1482" among|strong="H8432" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} lions|strong="H3715". 
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\verseNumber{3}She|strong="H1931" taught|strong="H3925" one|strong="H1961" of|strong="H5927" them|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" hunt|strong="H6679"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w animals|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H5927" he|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H1571"\+w*} learned|strong="H3925" to|strong="H5927"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w and|strong="H5927"\+w*} eat|strong="H0398" people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w from|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} nations|strong="H1471" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H8085" him|strong="H8085", 
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they|strong="H1471" trapped|strong="H0270" him|strong="H8085" in|strong="H8085" a|strong="H8085" pit|strong="H7845". 
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Then|strong="H8085" they|strong="H1471" used|strong="H6213" hooks|strong="H2397" 
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to|strong="H4714" drag|strong="H5498" him|strong="H8085" to|strong="H4714" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
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\verseNumber{5}His|strong="H7760" mother|strong="H0517" waited|strong="H3176" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w return|strong="H7725"\+w*}, 
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but|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soon|strong="H3588"\+w*} she|strong="H3588" stopped|strong="H5975" hoping|strong="H6960"/expecting \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w return|strong="H7725"\+w*}. 
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So|strong="H3947" she|strong="H3588" raised|strong="H6965" another|strong="H7200" cub|strong="H1482" 
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who|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3588"\+w*} became|strong="H7200" very|strong="H3966" fierce|strong="H2740". 
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\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H1980" hunted|strong="H6679" along|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} lions|strong="H3715"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w animals|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H1980" he|strong="H1980" even|strong="H1571" learned|strong="H3925" to|strong="H1980"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1980"\+w*} eat|strong="H0398" people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H3045" destroyed|strong="H2717" forts|strong="H1785", 
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and|strong="H6963" he|strong="H3045" ruined|strong="H2717" cities|strong="H5892". 
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When|strong="H6963" he|strong="H3045" roared|strong="H7580" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w loudly|strong="H6963"\+w*}, 
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everyone|strong="H3605" was|strong="H5892" terrified|strong="H0926". 
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\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} nations|strong="H1471" planned|strong="H3289" to|strong="H5921" kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="H5414", 
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and|strong="H1471" men|strong="H0376" came|strong="H4082" from|strong="H5921" many|strong="H7227" places|strong="H5439" 
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to|strong="H5921" spread|strong="H6566" out|strong="H6566" a|strong="H5414" net|strong="H7568" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414", 
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and|strong="H1471" they|strong="H5921" caught|strong="H8610" him|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5414" trap|strong="H4170". 
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\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H3808" tied|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" with|strong="H4428" chains|strong="H2397" 
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and|strong="H3478" took|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" Babylonia|strong="H0894". 
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And|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="H2022"\+w*} he|strong="H5414" was|strong="H3478" locked|strong="H5274" in|strong="H3478" a|strong="H5414" prison|strong="H1004", 
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with|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8085" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w no|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w one|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w on|strong="H8085"\+w*} the|strong="H8085" hills|strong="H2022" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" ever|strong="H3808" heard|strong="H8085" him|strong="H5414" roar|strong="H7580" again|strong="H5750".’ 
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\verseNumber{10}‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} [SIM] your|strong="H5921" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" grapevine 
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that|strong="H4325" was|strong="H1961" planted|strong="H8362" along|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" stream|strong="H4325". 
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There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" plenty|strong="H7227" of|strong="H4325" water|strong="H4325", 
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so|strong="H1961" it|strong="H5921" had|strong="H1961" lots|strong="H1486" of|strong="H4325" branches|strong="H6058" and|strong="H1818" produced|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w lot|strong="H1486"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4325"\+w*} grapes|strong="H6025". 
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\verseNumber{11}That|strong="H7200" grapevine grew|strong="H1431" and|strong="H7200" became|strong="H1961" taller|strong="H1361" than|strong="H5921" all|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" nearby|strong="H7138" trees|strong="H6086"; 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w everyone|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w could|strong="H3201"\+w*} see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H7230" strong|strong="H5797" and|strong="H7200" healthy|strong="H1277". 
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And|strong="H7200" those|strong="H5921" branches|strong="H1808" were|strong="H1961" good|strong="H2896" for|strong="H5921" making|strong="H6213" scepters|strong="H7626" 
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that|strong="H7200" symbolize the|strong="H5921" power|strong="H5797"/authority|strong="H5921"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w king|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H5428"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} became|strong="H3205" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2534", 
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so|strong="H7307" he|strong="H7307" pulled|strong="H5265" up|strong="H3001" the|strong="H7993" vine|strong="H1612" by|strong="H7307" its|strong="H7993" roots|strong="H5428" 
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and|strong="H5797" threw|strong="H7993" it|strong="H7993" on|strong="H2534" the|strong="H7993" ground|strong="H0776", 
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where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H7993" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w hot|strong="H2534"\+w*} winds|strong="H7307" from|strong="H7307" the|strong="H7993" desert|strong="H6160" dried|strong="H3001" up|strong="H3001" all|strong="H3605" its|strong="H7993" fruit|strong="H6529". 
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The|strong="H7993" strong|strong="H5797" branches|strong="H4294" wilted|strong="H5968" 
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and|strong="H5797" were|strong="H4294" burned|strong="H8313" in|strong="H7307" a|strong="H7993" fire|strong="H0784". 
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\verseNumber{13}Now|strong="H6258" that|strong="H4057" vine|strong="H1612" has|strong="H4057" been|strong="H6258" planted|strong="H8362" in|strong="H8362" a|strong="H4057" hot|strong="H2552", dry|strong="H6723" desert|strong="H4057". 
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\verseNumber{14}A|strong="H1961" fire|strong="H0784" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3318" burn|strong="H8313" its|strong="H1961" stem|strong="H1503", 
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and|strong="H3318" then|strong="H1961" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3318" burn|strong="H8313" the|strong="H3318" branches|strong="H4294" 
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and|strong="H3318" burned|strong="H8313" all|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" grapes|strong="H6025". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Now|strong="H1961"\+w*} not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H3808"\+w*} one|strong="H3808" strong|strong="H5797" branch|strong="H4294" remains|strong="H1961"; 
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they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" never|strong="H3808" become|strong="H1961" scepters|strong="H7626" for|strong="H3318" a|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428".’ 
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That|strong="H1931" funeral song|strong="H7892" must|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" sung|strong="H7891" very|strong="H3966" sadly|strong="H1897".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The people of Israel continued to rebel }
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\chapterNumber{20}Almost|strong="H4592" seven|strong="H7637" years|strong="H8141" after|strong="H1961"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w us|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w captured|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w taken|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}, on|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" tenth|strong="H6218" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" fifth|strong="H2549" month|strong="H2320"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w*}, some|strong="H4480" Israeli elders|strong="H2205" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3478" ask|strong="H1875"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w I|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w message|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w for|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w*} from|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" a|strong="H1961" message|strong="H1697". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1697"\+w*,} 
\verseNumber{3}“You|strong="H1696" human|strong="H0120", speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5002" Israeli elders|strong="H2205" and|strong="H1121" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H1121", ‘This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3478" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" Lord|strong="H3069" says|strong="H5002": You|strong="H1696"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w say|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3478"\+w*} you|strong="H1696" have|strong="H1121" come|strong="H3478" to|strong="H1696" ask|strong="H1875" if|strong="H1121" there|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3478" any|strong="H1696" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H3478" me|strong="H1696" [RHQ], but|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H1875"\+w*} as|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3541" am|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416", I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H3478" not|strong="H1696"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w answer|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w you|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w if|strong="H1121"\+w*} you|strong="H1696" ask|strong="H1875" me|strong="H1696"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w you|strong="H1696"\+w*} anything|strong="H3605".’ 
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\verseNumber{4}If|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3045" are|strong="H1121" [RHQ] willing|strong="H0014" to|strong="H1121" warn|strong="H2094" them|strong="H1121", remind|strong="H5046" them|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3045" detestable|strong="H8441" things|strong="H8441" that|strong="H3045" their|strong="H3045" ancestors|strong="H0001" did|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H5375" say|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H3027", ‘On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3069" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3045" I|strong="H3117" chose|strong="H5375" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3117"\+w*} Israeli people|strong="H3045"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w belong|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w me|strong="H3027"\+w*}, with|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375", I|strong="H3117" made|strong="H3045" a|strong="H5375" solemn|strong="H6116" promise|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w still|strong="H5750"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" Egypt|strong="H4714". I|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H3027", “I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H4714" bring|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3605" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3117" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H3117" lead|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3318" a|strong="H5375" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3027" chosen|strong="H0977" for|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3605". It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H5375" very|strong="H3966" fertile|strong="H3759" [IDM] and|strong="H3117" ◄very|strong="H3966" beautiful|strong="H6643"/more|strong="H3254" beautiful|strong="H6643" than|strong="H3605" any|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605"► land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{7}Each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5869" must|strong="H4191" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" disgusting|strong="H8441" idols|strong="H1544" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5869" loved|strong="H0157" [IDM], and|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5869" defile|strong="H2930" yourselves|strong="H5869" by|strong="H3068"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w*} those|strong="H1992" idols|strong="H1544"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714". I|strong="H4714", Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w saying|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5869"\+w*}.” ’ 
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\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" rebelled|strong="H4784" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921". They|strong="H3808" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921". They|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" get|strong="H8432" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H5869" the|strong="H5921" disgusting|strong="H8441" idols|strong="H1544" they|strong="H3808" loved|strong="H0157", and|strong="H5869" they|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" reject|strong="H5800" those|strong="H5921" idols|strong="H1544"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714". So|strong="H3808" because|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H4714" angry|strong="H2534" with|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", I|strong="H5921" said|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H5921" would|strong="H0014" punish|strong="H6485" [MTY] them|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
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\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H3808" rebelled|strong="H4784" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" desert|strong="H4057". They|strong="H3808" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" obey|strong="H6213" my|strong="H5921" commands|strong="H6680" [DOU]; they|strong="H3808" rejected|strong="H3988" them|strong="H5921", even|strong="H3808" though|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3478" obey|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3478" live|strong="H2425" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w long|strong="H2534"\+w* \+w time|strong="H5921"\+w*}, and|strong="H1980" they|strong="H3808" profaned|strong="H2490" the|strong="H5921" Sabbath|strong="H7676" days|strong="H3117". So|strong="H6213" I|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3478" I|strong="H5921" would|strong="H3478" get|strong="H1980" rid|strong="H1980" of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" desert|strong="H4057", and|strong="H1980" that|strong="H3478" would|strong="H3478" show|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3478" I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3478" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2534" with|strong="H1980" them|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{19}I|strong="H3068" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". Carefully|strong="H6213" obey|strong="H6213" [DOU] my|strong="H8104" laws|strong="H8451" and|strong="H3068" commands|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{20}Respect|strong="H3045" my|strong="H3068" Sabbath|strong="H7676" days|strong="H3117", in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" by|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" [PRS], it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" remind|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1961", Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068".’ 
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\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H3808" their|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H6213"\+w*} rebelled|strong="H4784" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921". They|strong="H3808" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" carefully|strong="H6213" obey|strong="H6213" my|strong="H8104" laws|strong="H8451" [DOU], \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" obey|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1121" live|strong="H2425" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w long|strong="H2534"\+w* \+w time|strong="H5921"\+w*}; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3808" profaned|strong="H2490" the|strong="H5921" Sabbath|strong="H7676" days|strong="H3117". So|strong="H6213" again|strong="H7725" I|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H1121" by|strong="H5921" getting|strong="H7075" rid|strong="H1980" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" desert|strong="H4057", I|strong="H5921" would|strong="H6213" show|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1121" I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1121" very|strong="H6213" angry|strong="H2534" with|strong="H1980" them|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{27}Therefore|strong="H3651", you|strong="H3651" human|strong="H0120", speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3069" Israeli people|strong="H1121". Say|strong="H1696" this|strong="H2063" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H1121", ‘This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H3651" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="H3069" says|strong="H3541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3651"\+w*}: This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H3651" one|strong="H1121" way|strong="H3541" that|strong="H3651" your|strong="H3478" ancestors|strong="H0001" dishonored|strong="H3637" me|strong="H1696" by|strong="H3478" turning|strong="H5437" away|strong="H5750" from|strong="H3478" me|strong="H1696". 
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\verseNumber{30}Therefore|strong="H3651", say|strong="H3478" this|strong="H3651" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3069" Israeli people|strong="H5971" [MTY]: 'This is|strong="H1870" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="H3069" says|strong="H3541": “You|strong="H3651" are|strong="H3478" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3478" [RHQ] defile|strong="H2930" yourselves|strong="H2930" like|strong="H3651" your|strong="H3478" ancestors|strong="H0001" did|strong="H3478" by|strong="H1870" strongly|strong="H3966" desiring\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H3651"\+w*} their|strong="H1870" disgusting|strong="H8441" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w statues|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H8251"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{32}You|strong="H5921" say|strong="H0559", ‘We|strong="H0587" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5927" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} nations|strong="H1471", like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} people-groups in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" world|strong="H8398". We|strong="H0587" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5927" worship|strong="H7812"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w* \+w made|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7307"\+w*} wood|strong="H6086" and|strong="H6086" stone|strong="H0068"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}.’ But|strong="H3808" what|strong="H5927" you|strong="H5921" want|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" never|strong="H3808" happen|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{34}With|strong="H3318" my|strong="H3318" great|strong="H2389" power|strong="H3027" I|strong="H3027" will|strong="H5971" gather|strong="H6908" you|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" places|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3318" which|strong="H5971" you|strong="H4480" have|strong="H5971" been|strong="H5971" scattered|strong="H6327", 
\verseNumber{35}and|strong="H5971" I|strong="H6440" will|strong="H5971" bring|strong="H0935" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" a|strong="H6440" desert|strong="H4057"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w is|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w surrounded|strong="H5437"\+w*} by|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} nations|strong="H5971". There|strong="H8033", while|strong="H5704" I|strong="H6440" am|strong="H1961" looking|strong="H2370" at|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440", I|strong="H6440" will|strong="H5971" judge|strong="H8199" you|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{36}I|strong="H3651" will|strong="H4714" punish|strong="H6485" you|strong="H3651", like|strong="H3651" I|strong="H3651" punished|strong="H6485" your|strong="H8199" ancestors|strong="H0001" in|strong="H4714" the|strong="H5002" desert|strong="H4057" near|strong="H7126" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{37}I|strong="H8478" will|strong="H1285" count|strong="H5608" you|strong="H8478" [MTY] as|strong="H8478" you|strong="H8478" walk|strong="H5674" by|strong="H5674", and|strong="H1285" I|strong="H8478" will|strong="H1285" force|strong="H2394" you|strong="H8478" to|strong="H5674" obey|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8478" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H7626" I|strong="H8478" made|strong="H5674" with|strong="H1285" you|strong="H8478". 
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\verseNumber{39}As|strong="H1004" for|strong="H8034" you|strong="H3808" Israeli people|strong="H3808" [MTY], this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H8034" what|strong="H3541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3541"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H3478": 'Go and|strong="H3478" worship|strong="H5647" your|strong="H8085" idols|strong="H1544" now|strong="H8085" [IRO], each|strong="H3541" of|strong="H1004" you|strong="H3808". But|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w afterwards|strong="H0310"\+w*}, you|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w surely|strong="H8085"\+w*} heed|strong="H8085" me|strong="H3808" and|strong="H3478" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" dishonor|strong="H7036" me|strong="H3808" [MTY] by|strong="H3478" taking|strong="H3947" gifts|strong="H4979" to|strong="H3478" your|strong="H8085" idols|strong="H1544". 
\verseNumber{40}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3069", declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" on|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" hill|strong="H2022", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Zion|strong="H6726"\+w*}, that|strong="H3588" high|strong="H4791" hill|strong="H2022" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" bring|strong="H0935" gifts|strong="H4864" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H1875", and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" accept|strong="H7521" them|strong="H5647". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" require|strong="H1875" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3478" bring|strong="H0935" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H1875" gifts|strong="H4864" and|strong="H3478" offerings|strong="H8641" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H3478" your|strong="H3605" sacrifices|strong="H6944" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3478" dedicated|strong="H6944" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H1875". 
\verseNumber{41}When|strong="H3318" I|strong="H4480" bring|strong="H3318" you|strong="H4480" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} nations|strong="H1471" [DOU] to|strong="H3318" which|strong="H1471" you|strong="H4480" have|strong="H5869" been|strong="H5971" scattered|strong="H6327", I|strong="H4480" will|strong="H1471" accept|strong="H7521" you|strong="H4480"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w*} fragrant|strong="H5207" incense|strong="H7381". By|strong="H3318" doing|strong="H3318" that|strong="H5971", I|strong="H4480" will|strong="H1471" show|strong="H6942" the|strong="H4480" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5869" other|strong="H0312" nations|strong="H1471" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H4480" have|strong="H5869" set|strong="H6942" you|strong="H4480" apart|strong="H6942" to|strong="H3318" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H4480". 
\verseNumber{42}Then|strong="H5375", when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" bring|strong="H5375" you|strong="H3588" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478", the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H5414" with|strong="H3068" my|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{43}And|strong="H6440" there|strong="H8033"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*} you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H8033" remember|strong="H2142" how|strong="H2142" you|strong="H6440" conducted|strong="H1240" your|strong="H3605" lives|strong="H5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H6440"\+w*, \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w will|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w remember|strong="H2142"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" actions|strong="H5949" that|strong="H3605" caused|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6213" become|strong="H2930" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6440", and|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H8033" hate|strong="H8130"/despise|strong="H3988" yourselves|strong="H2930" for|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H6440" have|strong="H3605" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{44}When|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" act|strong="H6213" toward|strong="H1870" you|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3478" protect|strong="H8104" my|strong="H3068" reputation|strong="H8034", and|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w just|strong="H6213"\+w* } because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" deeds|strong="H5949" and|strong="H3478" corrupt|strong="H7843" behavior|strong="H1870", you|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5002"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}.' That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H7451" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" Lord|strong="H3068" declares|strong="H5002".” 

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\verseNumber{45}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" me|strong="H0413" another|strong="H0312" message|strong="H1697". He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{46}“You|strong="H0859" human|strong="H0120", turn|strong="H7725" toward|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" south|strong="H5045". Preach|strong="H5197" about|strong="H5439" what|strong="H4100" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" that|strong="H0834" dry|strong="H3004" land|strong="H0776", to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" forest|strong="H3293" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{47}Say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" forest|strong="H3293" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" south|strong="H5045"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}: 'Listen to|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" message|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" is|strong="H0369" saying|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w*}: “I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H1961" about|strong="H5439" to|strong="H0413" start|strong="H1870" a|strong="H1961" fire|strong="H0784" in|strong="H0935" your|strong="H3068" midst|strong="H8432", and|strong="H3967" it|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H8313" up|strong="H5927" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" trees|strong="H6086", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w both|strong="H8147"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" green|strong="H7488" trees|strong="H6086" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" withered|strong="H3001"/dry|strong="H3004" trees|strong="H6086". Nothing|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" extinguish|strong="H3518" the|strong="H3605" blazing|strong="H3345" flames|strong="H3852". And|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" fire|strong="H0784" will|strong="H3068" scorch the|strong="H3605" faces|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" everyone|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*} in|strong="H0935" that|strong="H0834" area|strong="H1508", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" south|strong="H5045" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" north|strong="H6828". 
\verseNumber{48}Everyone|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H0834" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H0369" I|strong="H0589", Yahweh|strong="H3068", who|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" lit|strong="H0215" this|strong="H2088" fire|strong="H0784", and|strong="H3967" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0259" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w*} put|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" out|strong="H3318".” ' ” 
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\verseNumber{49}Then|strong="H0227" I|strong="H0589" said|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", my|strong="H8104" Lord|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w this|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*, \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w believe|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w me|strong="H0413"\+w*}. They|strong="H1992" say|strong="H0559" about|strong="H5439" me|strong="H0413", ‘He|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0369" only|strong="H0389" telling|strong="H1696" parables|strong="H4912".’ ” 

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\chapterNumber{21}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" another|strong="H0312" message|strong="H1697". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1697"\+w*,} 
\verseNumber{2}“You|strong="H6440" human|strong="H0120", turn|strong="H7760" toward|strong="H1870" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". Preach|strong="H5197" about|strong="H1870" what|strong="H1870" will|strong="H1121" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="H6440"\+w*}. Preach|strong="H5197" about|strong="H1870" what|strong="H1870" will|strong="H1121" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{3}Say|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6440", ‘This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H3068" opposed|strong="H5975" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H3808"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" pull|strong="H2040" my|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719" from|strong="H3068" its|strong="H3605" sheath|strong="H8593" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w strike|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}. I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" everyone|strong="H3605", including|strong="H3605" righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H1320" and|strong="H3068" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H1320" [DOU]. I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" everyone|strong="H3605", from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" south|strong="H5045" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" north|strong="H6828". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H3808" everyone|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H1931"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w though|strong="H1931"\+w*} I|strong="H3808", Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3808" struck|strong="H5221" people|strong="H3808" with|strong="H1931" my|strong="H3808" sword|strong="H2719", and|strong="H4912" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" put|strong="H5414" it|strong="H1931" back|strong="H7725" in|strong="H3808" its|strong="H3808" sheath|strong="H8593" again|strong="H7725".’ 
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\verseNumber{6}Therefore|strong="H3068", you|strong="H1697" human|strong="H0120", groan|strong="H0584"! Groan|strong="H0584" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H5971" very|strong="H3966" sadly|strong="H1897" and|strong="H3068" sorrowfully [IDM, DOU]. 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" they|strong="H6440" ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H6440", ‘Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H6440" groaning|strong="H0603"?’ tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H6440", ‘Because|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" news|strong="H1319" that|strong="H3478" they|strong="H6440" soon|strong="H3512" will|strong="H3478" hear|strong="H8085". Everyone|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1121" very|strong="H3966" fearful|strong="H3372" [IDM], and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H7760" knees|strong="H1290" will|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" as|strong="H3389" weak|strong="H2470" as|strong="H3389" [SIM] water|strong="H4325". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w A|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w great|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w disaster|strong="H7451"\+w*} will|strong="H3478" soon|strong="H3512" occur|strong="H1961". That|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3478" what|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Lord|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3478" promising|strong="H1696".’” 
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\verseNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H3318" me|strong="H4480" another|strong="H4480" message|strong="H3068". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H3318"\+w*}, 
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I|strong="H3651" have|strong="H7563" sharpened|strong="H2300" my|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719" 
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and|strong="H2719" polished|strong="H4803" it|strong="H3651". 
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\verseNumber{10}It|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" sharpened|strong="H2300" in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" can|strong="H3045" slaughter|strong="H4347"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w*}; 
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it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" polished|strong="H4803" so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" flash|strong="H1984" like|strong="H3318" lightning|strong="H1300". 
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The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1320" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" celebrate|strong="H6213"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w being|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3588"\+w*}, 
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but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" repent|strong="H7725" when|strong="H3588"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w only|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w struck|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7725"\+w*} with|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" stick|strong="H6086". 
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\verseNumber{11}A|strong="H5869" sword|strong="H2719" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1121" polished|strong="H4803", 
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and|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" grasped|strong="H0270" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w someone’s|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w hand|strong="H3027"\+w*}. 
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It|strong="H5869" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1121" sharpened|strong="H2300" and|strong="H1121" polished|strong="H4803", 
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ready|strong="H3559" for|strong="H1121" someone|strong="H0376" to|strong="H1121" use|strong="H4399" it|strong="H5869" to|strong="H1121" kill|strong="H2026" people|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H1961"\+w*,} you|strong="H3588" human|strong="H3027", cry|strong="H7121" and|strong="H3027" wail|strong="H3213", 
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because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" use|strong="H1961" my|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3212" kill|strong="H2026" my|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3820", 
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including|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3027" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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They|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3820", my|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3820", 
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will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2026" by|strong="H3027" swords|strong="H2719", 
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so|strong="H1961" beat|strong="H5221" your|strong="H3605" chest|strong="H0727"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w show|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w sad|strong="H7451"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{13}I|strong="H1697" am|strong="H1961" about|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" test|strong="H5254" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971", 
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and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" kings|strong="H4428" [MTY] of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1961" escape|strong="H4422" being|strong="H1961" punished|strong="H6485". 
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That|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H1697", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068", say|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H3541", you|strong="H1571" human|strong="H0120", prophesy|strong="H5012"; 
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clap|strong="H8628" your|strong="H1571" hands|strong="H3027"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w show|strong="H2300"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w you|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w very|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w happy|strong="H0835"\+w* \+w about|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w going|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
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My|strong="H1571" sword|strong="H2719" will|strong="H1571" strike|strong="H5221" them|strong="H1121" again|strong="H1571" and|strong="H1121" again|strong="H1571"; 
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it|strong="H2719" is|strong="H1571" a|strong="H5012" sword|strong="H2719" for|strong="H1121" slaughtering|strong="H5221" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H1121", 
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while|strong="H3541" I|strong="H3541" attack|strong="H5221" them|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" every|strong="H1121" side|strong="H3541". 
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\verseNumber{15}In|strong="H1121" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H3605" afraid|strong="H3372" [IDM] 
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and|strong="H1121" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2873", 
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I|strong="H3988" have|strong="H1961" placed|strong="H1961"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w holding|strong="H2388"\+w*} my|strong="H3605" swords|strong="H2719" at|strong="H1961" every|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} gate|strong="H8179", 
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ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H1961" slaughter|strong="H2874" people|strong="H1121". 
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Those|strong="H3605" swords|strong="H2719" will|strong="H1961" flash|strong="H1300" like|strong="H1961" lightning|strong="H1300", 
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as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H1121"\+w*} grasp|strong="H2388" them|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" slaughter|strong="H2874" people|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{16}Their|strong="H5414" swords|strong="H2719" [APO] will|strong="H2719" slash|strong="H8296" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" right|strong="H3225" 
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and|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="H5414"\+w*} to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" left|strong="H5414", 
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whichever|strong="H0834" way|strong="H1870" they|strong="H1931" turn|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" blades. 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" clap|strong="H5606" my|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w triumphantly|strong="H5970"\+w*}; 
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and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="H1961"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3605" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H2734". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H1961" said|strong="H3651" it|strong="H1931".’” 

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\verseNumber{18}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961" another|strong="H1571" message|strong="H1697". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w said|strong="H5002"\+w*,} 
\verseNumber{19}“You|strong="H5221" human|strong="H0120", make|strong="H6213"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w map|strong="H3789"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" on|strong="H2719" it|strong="H1931" mark|strong="H0226" two|strong="H5221" roads|strong="H1870" for|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Babylonia|strong="H0894" to|strong="H1121" march|strong="H1980" on|strong="H2719"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w along|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5012"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*, \+w carrying|strong="H5375"\+w*} their|strong="H5221" swords|strong="H2719". When|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1931" depart|strong="H5493" from|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5221" country|strong="H2022", they|strong="H1931" will|strong="H2719" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5221" sign|strong="H0226" post|strong="H4201" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5221" road|strong="H1870" divides|strong="H6536". 
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\verseNumber{21}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w*} Babylonia|strong="H0894" comes|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H6440" road|strong="H1870" divides|strong="H6536", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w will|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w stop|strong="H2308"\+w*}, and|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H6440" will|strong="H6440" perform|strong="H6213" magic rituals \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w decide|strong="H3198"\+w* \+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w road|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w go|strong="H8041"\+w* \+w on|strong="H7760"\+w*}. He|strong="H6440" will|strong="H6440" throw|strong="H7760" arrows|strong="H2671"; \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="H7760"\+w*} consult|strong="H3289" his|strong="H7760" idols|strong="H1544"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w road|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w go|strong="H8041"\+w* \+w on|strong="H7760"\+w*}, and|strong="H6440" he|strong="H6440" will|strong="H6440" ◄examine|strong="H0974"/look|strong="H6440" at|strong="H6440"► the|strong="H6440" liver|strong="H3516"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w sheep|strong="H6629"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{22}With|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3709" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" pick|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5221" arrow|strong="H2671" marked|strong="H8104" ‘Jerusalem’. He|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" then|strong="H1696"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w command|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w go|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*. \+w When|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w arrive|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3068"\+w*, \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" set|strong="H5117" up|strong="H5927" ◄rams|strong="H0352"/devices|strong="H4284" to|strong="H1696" batter\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w down|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w walls|strong="H2346"\+w*},► and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="H1696"\+w*} the|strong="H5221" king|strong="H4428" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5117" the|strong="H5221" command|strong="H6680" for|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5221" to|strong="H1696" slaughter|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1571"\+w*}. They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" shout|strong="H7321" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H5221"\+w* battle-cry}, and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" set|strong="H5117" up|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5221" rams|strong="H0352" against|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} gates|strong="H8179". They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H5221" dirt|strong="H6083" ramp|strong="H5550" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w walls|strong="H2346"\+w* \+w around|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" set|strong="H5117" up|strong="H5927" things|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" bash those|strong="H1696" walls|strong="H2346". 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} who|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w loyal|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1961"\+w* rituals \+w must|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w wrong|strong="H7451"\+w*. \+w They|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w attacking|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1961"\+w*}. But|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" remind|strong="H5046" them|strong="H1961" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" sins|strong="H2403" [MTY] that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H1961", and|strong="H3068"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" capture|strong="H3920" them|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{24}Therefore|strong="H3651", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7760"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4428"\+w*} this|strong="H7760" is|strong="H3027" what|strong="H1870" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7760" Lord|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559": ‘You|strong="H7760" people|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" allowed|strong="H5414" everyone|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3318" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H4428" you|strong="H7760" are|strong="H1121" openly|strong="H5869" rebelling|strong="H4775"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" by|strong="H3027" doing|strong="H1870" that|strong="H4428" you|strong="H7760" have|strong="H1121" shown|strong="H7200" that|strong="H4428" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H4428" you|strong="H7760" do|strong="H1870" is|strong="H3027" sinful|strong="H2400". Therefore|strong="H3651" you|strong="H7760" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H3027" captured|strong="H3920" and|strong="H1121" taken|strong="H7760"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}.’ 
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\verseNumber{25}Also|strong="H1121", say|strong="H0559", ‘You|strong="H7760" very|strong="H3966" wicked|strong="H7563" [DOU] king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", it|strong="H7760" is|strong="H1870" your|strong="H7760" time|strong="H6256"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w die|strong="H1121"\+w*}. It|strong="H7760" is|strong="H1870" the|strong="H7760" time|strong="H6256" for|strong="H1121" you|strong="H7760" to|strong="H3389" be|strong="H1121" punished|strong="H6485".’ 
\verseNumber{26}And|strong="H4428" this|strong="H7200" is|strong="H1870" what|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" Lord|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w from|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}: ‘Take|strong="H5975" off|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w king’s|strong="H4428"\+w*} turban|strong="H4701" and|strong="H4428" his|strong="H7200" crown|strong="H5850", because|strong="H3588" now|strong="H3588" things|strong="H8147" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H4428" different|strong="H8133" than|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="H7200"\+w*}. Those|strong="H7080"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} who|strong="H4428" had|strong="H4428" no|strong="H7200" authority|strong="H3027" will|strong="H4428" now|strong="H3588" be|strong="H4428" given|strong="H5414" authority|strong="H3027", and|strong="H4428" those|strong="H7080" who|strong="H4428" had|strong="H4428" authority|strong="H3027" will|strong="H4428" have|strong="H7200" their|strong="H7200" authority|strong="H3027" taken|strong="H3947" from|strong="H7200" them|strong="H5975". 
\verseNumber{27}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3617" ruined|strong="H7703". I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H6310" it|strong="H7760" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" ruined|strong="H7703", and|strong="H6963" it|strong="H7760" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" rebuilt|strong="H1129"/restored|strong="H1129" until|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H8179" truly|strong="H3588" belongs|strong="H1961" comes|strong="H1961"; I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5921"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w rule|strong="H4910"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7760"\+w*}.’ ” 

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\verseNumber{28}“And|strong="H5869", you|strong="H5869" human|strong="H0120", prophesy|strong="H5012" and|strong="H5869" say|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="H1931"\+w*}: 'This is|strong="H1931" what|strong="H2142" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H2142" Lord|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H2142" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group, and|strong="H5869" about|strong="H1961" what|strong="H2142" they|strong="H1931" have|strong="H1961" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" insult|strong="H2781" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}: 
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they|strong="H1931" have|strong="H1961" pulled|strong="H5265" out|strong="H2142" those|strong="H7080" swords|strong="H2719" to|strong="H1961" slaughter|strong="H4347" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H1931". 
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They|strong="H1931" have|strong="H1961" polished|strong="H4803" them|strong="H8610" in|strong="H5869" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H1961" kill|strong="H2026" people|strong="H1931", 
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and|strong="H5869" to|strong="H1961" make|strong="H2142" those|strong="H7080" swords|strong="H2719" flash|strong="H1984" like|strong="H1961" lightning|strong="H1300". 
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and|strong="H7200" they|strong="H3651" have|strong="H5771" given|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3605" messages|strong="H2372" that|strong="H7200" are|strong="H6588" not|strong="H7200" true|strong="H3651". 
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So|strong="H3651" swords|strong="H2719" will|strong="H3069" strike|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" necks|strong="H6677" 
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of|strong="H3709" those|strong="H3605" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H7200"; 
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it|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" time|strong="H6256" for|strong="H3605" them|strong="H8610" to|strong="H1540" be|strong="H8610" killed|strong="H2026"; 
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it|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H7200" they|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3069" be|strong="H8610" punished|strong="H6485"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{30}You|strong="H3117" must|strong="H3478" put|strong="H7563" your|strong="H3478" swords|strong="H2719" back|strong="H7725" in|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3117" sheaths 
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I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3478" judge|strong="H8199" those|strong="H1992" people|strong="H7563" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3117" country|strong="H2022" where|strong="H0834" they|strong="H3117" were|strong="H3478" born|strong="H3205". 
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\verseNumber{31}I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H3808" pour|strong="H8210" out|strong="H5493" my|strong="H5493" punishment|strong="H5771" [MTY] on|strong="H3069" them|strong="H5493". 
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Because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3541" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H1364" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H7311" them|strong="H5493", 
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my|strong="H5493" breath|strong="H7307" on|strong="H3069" them|strong="H5493" will|strong="H3808" scorch them|strong="H5493" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3808"\+w*}a|strong="H7311" fire|strong="H0784" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" brutal|strong="H1197" men|strong="H0376" to|strong="H5493" capture|strong="H3920" them|strong="H5493", 
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men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H5493" are|strong="H3808" experts in|strong="H5493" killing|strong="H2026" people|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{32}You|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} fuel|strong="H0402" [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w burned|strong="H8313"\+w*} in|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" fire|strong="H0784". 
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Your|strong="H5414" blood|strong="H1818" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" shed|strong="H7760" in|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" own|strong="H1961" land|strong="H0776". 
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No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" remember|strong="H2142" you|strong="H5414" anymore|strong="H5750". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The sins of the people of Jerusalem }
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\chapterNumber{22}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" another|strong="H0312" message|strong="H1697". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697", 
\verseNumber{2}“You|strong="H3605" human|strong="H0120", are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3605" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H1121" condemn|strong="H8199" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"? It|strong="H3045" is|strong="H3605" [RHQ] a|strong="H3045" city|strong="H5892" full|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" murderers|strong="H2026" [MTY]. Remind|strong="H5046" them|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" detestable|strong="H8441" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3045" they|strong="H3045" have|strong="H3045" done|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{5}People|strong="H5971" in|strong="H7227" countries|strong="H0776" that|strong="H4480" are|strong="H7227" near|strong="H7138" you|strong="H4480" and|strong="H8034" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H7350" live|strong="H8034" far|strong="H7350" from|strong="H4480" you|strong="H4480" will|strong="H7227" make|strong="H8034" fun of|strong="H8034" you|strong="H4480", because|strong="H4480" your|strong="H4480" city|strong="H5892" is|strong="H8034" full|strong="H7227" of|strong="H8034" lawless|strong="H7386" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H8034" full|strong="H7227" of|strong="H8034" confusion|strong="H4103". 
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\verseNumber{6}Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H1961" how|strong="H2009" each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1818" your|strong="H1961" Israeli kings|strong="H4428" have|strong="H1961" used|strong="H1961" their|strong="H1961" power|strong="H2220" to|strong="H3478" cause|strong="H1961" people|strong="H1818" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" murdered|strong="H2026" [MTY]. 
\verseNumber{7}Your|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" respect|strong="H6437"/honor|strong="H3519" their|strong="H8432" parents|strong="H0001"; they|strong="H6213" have|strong="H1961" oppressed|strong="H3238" foreigners|strong="H1616"; they|strong="H6213" mistreat|strong="H3238" orphans|strong="H3490" and|strong="H6213" widows|strong="H0490". 
\verseNumber{8}You|strong="H0859" despise|strong="H3988" my|strong="H2490" sacred|strong="H6944" places|strong="H1116" and|strong="H6944" ◄dishonor|strong="H7036"/do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" respect|strong="H6437"► the|strong="H2490" Sabbath|strong="H7676" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{9}Among|strong="H8432" you|strong="H6213" are|strong="H6213" men|strong="H6213" who|strong="H6213" tell|strong="H5046" lies|strong="H1961" in|strong="H6213" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H6213" others|strong="H0312" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" executed|strong="H6213" [MTY]. There|strong="H1961" are|strong="H6213" those|strong="H6213" who|strong="H6213" eat|strong="H0398"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w food|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w offered|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w*} at|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" hilltop \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w shrines|strong="H1354"\+w*}, and|strong="H2022" they|strong="H6213" perform|strong="H6213" disgusting|strong="H8441" sexual|strong="H7901" acts|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{10}There|strong="H8033" are|strong="H3117" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H2931" have|strong="H1961" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H6031" their|strong="H1540" father’s|strong="H0001" wives|strong="H0802" [EUP], and|strong="H2931" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H2931" have|strong="H1961" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H6031" women|strong="H0802" during|strong="H3117" their|strong="H1540" monthly|strong="H2320" menstrual|strong="H5079" periods|strong="H2508". 
\verseNumber{11}There|strong="H8033" are|strong="H6213" men|strong="H6213" who|strong="H1323" have|strong="H1323" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H6213" someone|strong="H0376" else’s|strong="H0312" wife|strong="H0802". Some|strong="H4480" men|strong="H6213" have|strong="H1323" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H6213" their|strong="H6213" daughters-in-law|strong="H3618" or|strong="H7453" with|strong="H6213" their|strong="H6213" sisters|strong="H0269" or|strong="H7453" half-sisters. 
\verseNumber{12}There|strong="H8033" are|strong="H1818" among|strong="H8432" you|strong="H3947" men|strong="H3947" who|strong="H7911" accept|strong="H3947" bribes|strong="H7810" in|strong="H1818" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H4616" cause|strong="H2600" someone|strong="H0376" to|strong="H4616" be|strong="H1818" executed|strong="H6213" [MTY]. You|strong="H3947" charge|strong="H4931" high|strong="H1116" interest|strong="H5392" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3947" lend|strong="H3867" people|strong="H1818" money|strong="H3701". You|strong="H3947" become|strong="H1961" rich|strong="H6223" by|strong="H7453" forcing|strong="H4330" people|strong="H1818" to|strong="H4616" give|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3947" money|strong="H3701". And|strong="H1818"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5002"\+w* \+w worst|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w thing|strong="H6233"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4616"\+w*} you|strong="H3947" have|strong="H3947" forgotten|strong="H7911" me|strong="H3947", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" Lord|strong="H3069". 
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\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H6213" I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H1961" shake|strong="H7493" my|strong="H5921" fists|strong="H2651" at|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" show|strong="H6213" that|strong="H6213" I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5921" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H8432" your|strong="H5921" stealing|strong="H1589" money|strong="H3701" from|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1818" and|strong="H1818" murdering [MTY] people|strong="H1818" who|strong="H6213" live|strong="H3427" among|strong="H8432" you|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{15}I|strong="H4480" will|strong="H1471" cause|strong="H2600" you|strong="H4480" to|strong="H1471" be|strong="H1471" scattered|strong="H6327" among|strong="H4480" many|strong="H7227" nations|strong="H1471" [DOU], and|strong="H1471" I|strong="H4480" will|strong="H1471" cause|strong="H2600" you|strong="H4480" to|strong="H1471" stop|strong="H2308" your|strong="H4480" sinful|strong="H2400" behavior|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} nations|strong="H1471" see|strong="H5869" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" humiliated|strong="H3637", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}.’ ” 

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\verseNumber{18}“You|strong="H3605" human|strong="H0120", your|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" [MTY] have|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w useless|strong="H1892"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H1961". They|strong="H3478" are|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H1961"\+w* } [MET|strong="H6298"] dross|strong="H5509"/slag|strong="H5509" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H1961". They|strong="H3478" are|strong="H1121" like|strong="H1961" [SIM] the|strong="H3605"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worthless|strong="H1100"\+w*} copper|strong="H5178", tin|strong="H0913", iron|strong="H1270", and|strong="H1121" lead|strong="H5777" that|strong="H3605" remains|strong="H1961" after|strong="H1961" silver|strong="H3701" is|strong="H3478" melted|strong="H4549" in|strong="H3478" a|strong="H1961"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w hot|strong="H2552"\+w*} furnace|strong="H3564". 
\verseNumber{19}Therefore|strong="H3651", this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" what|strong="H3541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H2005"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H0559": Because|strong="H3282" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" become|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} dross|strong="H5509"/slag|strong="H5509", I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H1961" gather|strong="H6908" you|strong="H3605" in|strong="H8432" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{21}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5678"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5413"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5678" blow|strong="H5301" on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" hot|strong="H2552" breath|strong="H7307" that|strong="H5921" shows|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H5678", and|strong="H5678"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5678"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5413"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5678" be|strong="H1961" melted|strong="H5413", 
\verseNumber{22}as|strong="H3651" though|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" melted|strong="H5413" like|strong="H3651" [SIM] silver|strong="H3701" is|strong="H3068" melted|strong="H5413" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3588" furnace|strong="H3564", and|strong="H3068" then|strong="H3651" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3068" poured|strong="H8210" out|strong="H8210" my|strong="H3068" punishment|strong="H5771" [MTY] on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H5921" sins|strong="H2403" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" leaders|strong="H7218" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" }
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\verseNumber{23}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" another|strong="H0312" message|strong="H1697". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697", 
\verseNumber{24}“You|strong="H3117" human|strong="H0120", say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" Israeli people|strong="H1121", ‘When|strong="H3117"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} is|strong="H1931" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117", there|strong="H3117" has|strong="H3117" been|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" rain|strong="H1656" or|strong="H3808" showers|strong="H7241" in|strong="H3117" your|strong="H3808" country|strong="H2022".’ 
\verseNumber{25}Your|strong="H3947" leaders|strong="H7218" are|strong="H5030" like|strong="H7580" [SIM] lions|strong="H3715" that|strong="H5315" tear|strong="H2963" apart|strong="H0914" the|strong="H3947" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H5315" they|strong="H5315" have|strong="H5030" killed|strong="H2026". Your|strong="H3947" leaders|strong="H7218" destroy|strong="H2963" their|strong="H3947" people|strong="H5315". They|strong="H5315" steal|strong="H3947" treasures|strong="H0214" and|strong="H5030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H3366" from|strong="H5315" people|strong="H5315", and|strong="H5030" they|strong="H5315" cause|strong="H2600" many|strong="H7235" women|strong="H0802" to|strong="H5315" become|strong="H1961" widows|strong="H0490"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H5030"\+w* murdering \+w their|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w husbands|strong="H1167"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{26}Their|strong="H8432" priests|strong="H3548" disobey|strong="H0854" my|strong="H3045" laws|strong="H8451" and|strong="H3548" disrespect|strong="H8034" my|strong="H3045" sacred|strong="H6944" things|strong="H6944" by|strong="H3808" saying|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3045" there|strong="H3045" is|strong="H5869" no|strong="H3808" difference|strong="H0914" between|strong="H8432" things|strong="H6944" that|strong="H3045" are|strong="H5869" sacred|strong="H6944" and|strong="H3548" those|strong="H1992" that|strong="H3045" are|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3808" sacred|strong="H6944", and|strong="H3548" by|strong="H3808" ignoring my|strong="H3045" laws|strong="H8451" about|strong="H3045" honoring|strong="H3513" the|strong="H8432" Sabbath|strong="H7676" days|strong="H3117". As|strong="H5869" a|strong="H3808" result|strong="H6903", they|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w longer|strong="H3808"\+w*} honor|strong="H3519" me|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{27}Their|strong="H7130" officials|strong="H8269" are|strong="H8269" like|strong="H8210" [SIM] wolves|strong="H2061" that|strong="H5315" tear|strong="H2963" apart|strong="H0914" the|strong="H7130" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H5315" they|strong="H5315" have|strong="H8269" killed|strong="H2026": They|strong="H5315" murder|strong="H7523" people|strong="H5315" [DOU] in|strong="H5315" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H4616" get|strong="H1214" their|strong="H7130" money|strong="H3701". 
\verseNumber{28}Their|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030", by|strong="H3068" falsely|strong="H7723" saying|strong="H1696" they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" received|strong="H3947" visions|strong="H7723"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" by|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H1696" false|strong="H7723" messages|strong="H2372", try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H1696" ◄cover|strong="H3680" up|strong="H5030" [MET|strong="H6298"]/say|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3068" it|strong="H1696" is|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3068" to|strong="H1696" commit|strong="H6213"► those|strong="H7080" sins|strong="H2403". They|strong="H3068" say|strong="H1696", ‘This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541",’ when|strong="H1696" I|strong="H3541" have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" nothing|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{29}The|strong="H3808" Israeli people|strong="H5971" force|strong="H1497" others|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5971" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H3238" money|strong="H3701", and|strong="H4941" they|strong="H3808" rob|strong="H1497" people|strong="H5971". They|strong="H3808" oppress|strong="H6231" poor|strong="H6041" [DOU] people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H4941" they|strong="H3808" mistreat|strong="H3238" foreigners|strong="H1616" among|strong="H5971" them|strong="H3238" by|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" treating them|strong="H3238" fairly|strong="H4941"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w courts|strong="H2691"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{30}I|strong="H3808" looked|strong="H1245" among|strong="H4672" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H6440" find|strong="H4672" a|strong="H4672" man|strong="H6440" who|strong="H1992" would|strong="H0014" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H6440" repent|strong="H5162" [MET|strong="H4672"] so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H6440" get|strong="H4672" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H6440" them|strong="H1992". But|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" anyone|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{31}So|strong="H5414" because|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H5678" with|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" severely|strong="H5953" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5414" [MTY] for|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H5414"\+w*} the|strong="H5002" wicked|strong="H7563" things|strong="H7218" that|strong="H5414" they|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5414" done|strong="H3615". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5414"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" Lord|strong="H3069", have|strong="H5414" said|strong="H5002" it|strong="H5414".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A parable about Jerusalem and Samaria }
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\chapterNumber{23}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1697", 
\verseNumber{2}“You|strong="H1961" human|strong="H0120", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w listen|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w this|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w parable|strong="H4912"\+w* \+w about|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Samaria|strong="H8111"\+w*}. Once|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" two|strong="H8147" women|strong="H1323", daughters|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" same|strong="H1931" mother|strong="H0517". 
\verseNumber{3}They|strong="H8033" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H6213" Egypt|strong="H4714". And|strong="H4714" from|strong="H4714" the|strong="H6213" time|strong="H6256" that|strong="H6213" they|strong="H8033" were|strong="H4714" young|strong="H5288" women|strong="H0802", they|strong="H8033" became|strong="H3205" prostitutes|strong="H2181". In|strong="H6213" that|strong="H6213" land|strong="H0776", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w men|strong="H6213"\+w*} fondled|strong="H1717" their|strong="H6213" breasts|strong="H7699" and|strong="H4714" caressed their|strong="H6213" bosoms [DOU]. 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3205" older|strong="H1419" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sister|strong="H0269"\+w*} was|strong="H8034" Oholah|strong="H0170", and|strong="H1121" her|strong="H3205" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} sister|strong="H0269" was|strong="H8034" Oholibah|strong="H0172". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w was|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} they|strong="H3389" became|strong="H3205" my|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wives|strong="H0802"\+w*. \+w Later|strong="H1961"\+w*} they|strong="H3389" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323". Oholah|strong="H0170" represents Samaria|strong="H8111", and|strong="H1121" Oholibah|strong="H0172" represents Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{5}Oholah|strong="H0170" acted|strong="H6213" like|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" prostitute|strong="H2181" while|strong="H5921" she|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w still|strong="H5750"\+w*} my|strong="H5921" wife|strong="H0802". She|strong="H5921" desired|strong="H2530" to|strong="H5921" have|strong="H7138" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" she|strong="H5921" loved|strong="H0157"—soldiers|strong="H5650" from|strong="H5921" Assyria|strong="H0804". 
\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3847"\+w*} were|strong="H5483" army|strong="H2428" officers|strong="H7860" and|strong="H8504" commanders|strong="H8269". They|strong="H3605" wore|strong="H3847" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w beautiful|strong="H3303"\+w*} blue|strong="H8504" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{uniforms. \+w They|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5483"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" handsome|strong="H3303" young|strong="H2531" men|strong="H3605". Some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" them|strong="H3847" rode|strong="H7392" horses|strong="H5483". 
\verseNumber{7}She|strong="H1544" acted|strong="H6213" like|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5414" prostitute|strong="H2181" toward|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" important|strong="H5704" Assyrian|strong="H0804" officials|strong="H8269", and|strong="H1121" became|strong="H2930" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5414" by|strong="H5921" worshiping|strong="H7812" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1544" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" she|strong="H1544" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1121" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" was|strong="H4714" a|strong="H6213" young|strong="H5288" woman|strong="H0802" in|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714", she|strong="H3588" started|strong="H2490" being|strong="H1961" a|strong="H6213" prostitute|strong="H2181", and|strong="H4714" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w young|strong="H5288"\+w*} men|strong="H6213" caressed her|strong="H5921" breasts|strong="H1717" and|strong="H4714" had|strong="H3588" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H6213" her|strong="H5921"; and|strong="H4714" when|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" became|strong="H3205" older|strong="H1419", she|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" quit|strong="H5355" acting|strong="H1992" like|strong="H3808" a|strong="H6213" prostitute|strong="H2181". 
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\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H3651" I|strong="H5414" allowed|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" Assyrian|strong="H0804" soldiers|strong="H1121", whom|strong="H0834" she|strong="H5921" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1121" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5921", to|strong="H5921" capture|strong="H3920" her|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H1992" stripped|strong="H1540" all|strong="H6213" her|strong="H1540" clothes|strong="H0899" off|strong="H1540" her|strong="H1540". They|strong="H1992" took|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" her|strong="H1540" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323". And|strong="H1121" then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" killed|strong="H2026" her|strong="H1540" with|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1961" sword|strong="H2719". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Other|strong="H0312"\+w*} women|strong="H1323" started|strong="H1961" talking|strong="H1696" about|strong="H1961" what|strong="H6213" had|strong="H1961" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" her|strong="H1540", about|strong="H1961" how|strong="H6213" she|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" punished|strong="H6485". 
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\verseNumber{11}Her|strong="H7200"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} sister|strong="H0269" Oholibah|strong="H0172" saw|strong="H7200" those|strong="H4480" things|strong="H1697"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Oholah|strong="H0170"\+w*}, but|strong="H7200" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7200" prostitute|strong="H2181", and|strong="H7200" she|strong="H1931" desired|strong="H2530" to|strong="H7200" have|strong="H7200" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H4480" men|strong="H0376" more|strong="H4480" than|strong="H4480" her|strong="H7200"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} sister|strong="H0269" had|strong="H3068" desired|strong="H2530". 
\verseNumber{12}Oholibah|strong="H0172" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H1121"\+w*} wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H3847" the|strong="H3605" Assyrian|strong="H0804" soldiers|strong="H1121". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1121"\+w*} army|strong="H2428" officers|strong="H7860" and|strong="H1121" commanders|strong="H8269". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*} wore|strong="H3847" beautiful|strong="H3303" blue|strong="H8504" uniforms. They|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" handsome|strong="H3303" young|strong="H1121" men|strong="H1121". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} them|strong="H1121" rode|strong="H7392" horses|strong="H5483". 
\verseNumber{13}I|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" what|strong="H7200" she|strong="H3588" did|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" caused|strong="H5414" her|strong="H7200" to|strong="H1870" became|strong="H7200" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H1870" me|strong="H7200", just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H1870" her|strong="H7200"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} sister|strong="H0269". 
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\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H7200" she|strong="H5921" did|strong="H3254" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H5921"\+w*} worse|strong="H7489" things|strong="H1697". She|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H7200" drawings of|strong="H5921" men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H5921" Babylonia|strong="H3778" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" walls|strong="H7023", painted|strong="H3583" in|strong="H5921" red|strong="H8350". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* drawings} had|strong="H1121" belts|strong="H0232" around|strong="H5439" their|strong="H3605" waists and|strong="H1121" long|strong="H3605" turbans|strong="H2871" on|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" heads|strong="H7218". They|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" resembled|strong="H1823" officers|strong="H7991" from|strong="H1121" Babylonia|strong="H3778" [DOU] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w rode|strong="H7392"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w chariots|strong="H7393"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{16}As|strong="H5869" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H5869" she|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H4758" those|strong="H5921" drawings, she|strong="H5921" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H7971" have|strong="H5869" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" men|strong="H0376", and|strong="H7971" she|strong="H5921" sent|strong="H7971" messages|strong="H2372" to|strong="H7971" them|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" Babylonia|strong="H3778". 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" soldiers|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5315" Babylonia|strong="H0894" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H1121" her|strong="H3605", they|strong="H1992" lay|strong="H1121" in|strong="H5315" bed|strong="H4904" with|strong="H5315" her|strong="H3605", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H1121" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5315" her|strong="H3605". Then|strong="H1121" she|strong="H1931" became|strong="H3363" disgusted|strong="H3363" with|strong="H5315" them|strong="H1992" and|strong="H1121" turned|strong="H1730" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5315" them|strong="H1992". 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H5921" when|strong="H5921" she|strong="H5921" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5921" openly|strong="H5869"/boldly|strong="H7311" act|strong="H6213" like|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" prostitute|strong="H2181" [DOU], I|strong="H5921" became|strong="H3363" disgusted|strong="H3363" with|strong="H5921" her|strong="H1540", and|strong="H5315" I|strong="H5921" rejected|strong="H3988" her|strong="H1540" like|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" had|strong="H5315" rejected|strong="H3988" her|strong="H1540"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} sister|strong="H0269". 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H3117" she|strong="H1931" became|strong="H7235" even|strong="H4714" more|strong="H7235" immoral, as|strong="H3117" she|strong="H1931" remembered|strong="H2142" when|strong="H3117" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3117" young|strong="H3117" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3117" prostitute|strong="H2181" in|strong="H3117" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{20}There|strong="H8033" she|strong="H5921" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5921" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H0834" loved|strong="H0157" her|strong="H5921", whose|strong="H6370" genitals|strong="H4016" were|strong="H5483" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w long|strong="H5921"\+w*}, like|strong="H5921" [SIM] those|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" donkeys|strong="H2543", and|strong="H5483" whose|strong="H6370" sexual|strong="H7901" emissions were|strong="H5483" huge|strong="H1995", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H5921"\+w*} those|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" horses|strong="H5483". 
\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H4616" she|strong="H1931" desired|strong="H2530" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1961" immoral like|strong="H6213" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H4714" when|strong="H6213" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H4714" young|strong="H5288", when|strong="H6213" men|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" Egypt|strong="H4714" caressed her|strong="H6485" bosom|strong="H1717" and|strong="H4714" fondled|strong="H1717" her|strong="H6485" breasts|strong="H7699".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H4714" punish|strong="H6485" Jerusalem|strong="H4616" }
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\verseNumber{22}“Oholibah|strong="H0172"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{represents \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. Therefore|strong="H3651", this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H5315" what|strong="H3541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H2005"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Lord|strong="H3069" say|strong="H0559": ‘I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H5315" cause|strong="H3651" those|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} who|strong="H5315" loved|strong="H0157" you|strong="H5921" but|strong="H1992" whom|strong="H1992" you|strong="H5921" turned|strong="H2015" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5921" because|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" became|strong="H3205" disgusted|strong="H5361" with|strong="H5921" them|strong="H1992", to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H5315" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921". I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H5315" cause|strong="H3651" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H5921" come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H5315" attack|strong="H5221" you|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" every|strong="H5439" side|strong="H5439"— 
\verseNumber{23}soldiers|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" places|strong="H3605" in|strong="H1121" Babylonia|strong="H3778", and|strong="H1121"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w allies|strong="H2266"\+w*} from|strong="H1121" Pekod|strong="H6489" and|strong="H1121" Shoa|strong="H7772" and|strong="H1121" Koa|strong="H6970"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w regions|strong="H2506"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H1121" Assyria|strong="H0804". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yes|strong="H3588"\+w*}, all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H7121" are|strong="H1121" handsome|strong="H3303" young|strong="H1121" men|strong="H1121", army|strong="H2428" officers|strong="H7991" and|strong="H1121" commanders|strong="H8269", officers|strong="H7991" who|strong="H3605" ride|strong="H7392" in|strong="H1121" chariots|strong="H7393", all|strong="H3605" riding|strong="H7392" on|strong="H7392" horses|strong="H5483". 
\verseNumber{24}Their|strong="H5414" huge|strong="H1995" army|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" attack|strong="H5221" you|strong="H5414" with|strong="H5921" weapons|strong="H2021", riding|strong="H7392" in|strong="H5921" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H4941" pulling wagons|strong="H1534" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w carry|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w supplies|strong="H5414"\+w*}. They|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5971" surround|strong="H5439" you|strong="H5414", carrying|strong="H5375" large|strong="H6793" and|strong="H4941" small|strong="H6996" shields|strong="H4043", and|strong="H4941" wearing|strong="H2296" helmets|strong="H3553". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5971" allow|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" capture|strong="H3920" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H4941" punish|strong="H6485" you|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" way|strong="H4941" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w always|strong="H3605"\+w*} punish|strong="H6485"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{25}Because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H6213" angry|strong="H2534" with|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5414", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H2719" cause|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H6213" act|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H6213"\+w*} furiously|strong="H2534" toward|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5414". They|strong="H1992" will|strong="H2719" cut|strong="H5493" off|strong="H5493" your|strong="H5414" noses|strong="H0639" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H5414" ears|strong="H0241". Then|strong="H3947", those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1992" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416", they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H2719" kill|strong="H2719" with|strong="H6213" their|strong="H5414" swords|strong="H2719". They|strong="H1992" will|strong="H2719" take|strong="H3947" away|strong="H5493" your|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323", and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3947" fire|strong="H0784" will|strong="H2719" burn|strong="H8313" up|strong="H5414" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H1121" remain|strong="H3427" alive|strong="H2416". 
\verseNumber{26}They|strong="H3947" will|strong="H3068" strip|strong="H6584" off|strong="H6584" your|strong="H3947" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H3947" your|strong="H3947" fine|strong="H3947" jewelry|strong="H3627" and|strong="H3947" take|strong="H3947" them|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{27}In|strong="H5750" that|strong="H4480" way|strong="H1870", I|strong="H4714" will|strong="H5869" stop|strong="H7673" all|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5375" immoral behavior|strong="H5869" that|strong="H4480" began|strong="H2490" when|strong="H4480" you|strong="H3808" became|strong="H3205" a|strong="H5375" prostitute|strong="H2181" in|strong="H5750" Egypt|strong="H4714". You|strong="H3808" will|strong="H5869" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" desire|strong="H5375" to|strong="H4714" do|strong="H5869" those|strong="H4480" things|strong="H3808", or|strong="H3808" think|strong="H5869" about|strong="H4480"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H2142"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5750"\+w*} Egypt|strong="H4714".’ 
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\verseNumber{28}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H5315" what|strong="H3541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" Lord|strong="H3069" say|strong="H0559": ‘I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H2005" about|strong="H3541" to|strong="H5414" allow|strong="H5414" those|strong="H1992" whom|strong="H1992" you|strong="H3588" hate|strong="H8130", those|strong="H1992" you|strong="H3588" became|strong="H3205" disgusted|strong="H5361" with|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" turned|strong="H5414" away|strong="H5414" from|strong="H5315", to|strong="H5414" capture|strong="H3920" you|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{29}They|strong="H6213" will|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3605" cruel|strong="H0394" and|strong="H6213" take|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" worked|strong="H6213" hard|strong="H7186" to|strong="H6213" acquire|strong="H3947". They|strong="H6213" will|strong="H6213" leave|strong="H5800" you|strong="H3605" completely|strong="H3605" naked|strong="H5903" [DOU], and|strong="H6213" everyone|strong="H3605" will|strong="H6213" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" truly|strong="H6213" are|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3947" prostitute|strong="H2181". 
\verseNumber{30}It|strong="H5921" is|strong="H6213" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" what|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1471" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1471" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1471" be|strong="H1471" punished|strong="H6485" like|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1471"; you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1471" been|strong="H2930" an|strong="H6213" immoral prostitute|strong="H2181"; you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1471" had|strong="H1471" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H6213" men|strong="H6213" of|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" nations|strong="H1471", and|strong="H1471" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1471" caused|strong="H6213" yourselves|strong="H2930" to|strong="H5921" become|strong="H2930" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5921"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w*} their|strong="H5921" idols|strong="H1544". 
\verseNumber{31}You|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3027" behaved|strong="H1980" like|strong="H1870"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w Samaria|strong="H8111"\+w*, \+w who|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1870"\+w*} your|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} sister|strong="H0269". So|strong="H1980" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3027" cause|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1980" be|strong="H3027" punished|strong="H6485" [MET|strong="H6298"] like|strong="H1870" they|strong="H3027" were|strong="H3027" punished|strong="H6485".’ 
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\verseNumber{32}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H1961" what|strong="H3541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3541"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H0559": ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w suffer|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w suffer|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w when|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w drink|strong="H8354"\+w* \+w from|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w cup|strong="H3563"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w lot|strong="H1486"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3069"\+w* \+w strong|strong="H2388"\+w* alcoholic \+w drink|strong="H8354"\+w*}: 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" drink|strong="H8354" from|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3069" cup|strong="H3563" that|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3069" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3069" Samaria|strong="H8111" drank|strong="H8354" from|strong="H1961"; 
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a|strong="H1961" big|strong="H0931" and|strong="H8354" tall|strong="H7311" cup|strong="H3563". 
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Because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3069" your|strong="H1961" drinking|strong="H8354" what|strong="H3541" is|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1961" cup|strong="H3563", 
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many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H1961" scorn|strong="H3932" you|strong="H1961" and|strong="H8354" make|strong="H6213" fun of|strong="H3069" you|strong="H1961" 
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because|strong="H3588" there|strong="H1961" is|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H3069" liquid|strong="H5674" in|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1961" cup|strong="H3563". 
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\verseNumber{33}When|strong="H4390" you|strong="H0859" become|strong="H4390" very|strong="H3966" drunk|strong="H7943", 
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you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3563" become|strong="H4390" very|strong="H3966" sad|strong="H7451", 
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because|strong="H3588"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w drinking|strong="H8354"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w is|strong="H8111"\+w* \+w in|strong="H8111"\+w*} that|strong="H0834" cup|strong="H3563" [MTY] will|strong="H3563" cause|strong="H2600" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H4390" become|strong="H4390" ruined|strong="H8077" and|strong="H8111" deserted|strong="H5307", 
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like|strong="H4390" what|strong="H4100" happened|strong="H1961" [MET|strong="H6298"] to|strong="H4390" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4390"\+w*} Samaria|strong="H8111", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w are|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w like|strong="H4390"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] your|strong="H4390" sister|strong="H0269". 
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\verseNumber{34}You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3069" drink|strong="H8354" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H5002" liquid|strong="H5674" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1696" in|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3588" cup|strong="H3563"; 
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then|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3069" break|strong="H5423" that|strong="H3588" cup|strong="H3563" into|strong="H0413" pieces|strong="H5409" 
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and|strong="H8354"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w use|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w pieces|strong="H5409"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*} gash|strong="H1413"/cut|strong="H3772" your|strong="H3588" breasts|strong="H7699"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3069"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3069"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w sad|strong="H7451"\+w*}.’ 
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\verseNumber{35}Therefore|strong="H3651", this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H1571" what|strong="H3541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3541"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H0559": ‘Because|strong="H3282" you|strong="H3651" have|strong="H1571" forgotten|strong="H7911" me|strong="H7993" and|strong="H1571" rejected|strong="H7911" me|strong="H7993" [IDM], you|strong="H3651" must|strong="H1571" be|strong="H1571" punished|strong="H6485" for|strong="H3651" your|strong="H5375" immoral behavior|strong="H3027" and|strong="H1571" for|strong="H3651" being|strong="H1961"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3651"\+w*} a|strong="H5375" prostitute|strong="H2181".’ ” 

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\verseNumber{36}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5046", “You|strong="H5046" human|strong="H0120", you|strong="H5046" must|strong="H1121" [RHQ] judge|strong="H8199"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w two|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w* represented \+w by|strong="H3068"\+w*} Oholah|strong="H0170" and|strong="H1121" Oholibah|strong="H0172". You|strong="H5046" must|strong="H1121" remind|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5046" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3068" detestable|strong="H8441" behavior|strong="H3027": 
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\verseNumber{38}They|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3117" done|strong="H6213" other|strong="H5750"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w disgraceful|strong="H5039"\+w* \+w things|strong="H2490"\+w*}: They|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3117" caused|strong="H6213" my|strong="H2490" temple|strong="H4720" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H5750" an|strong="H6213" unacceptable|strong="H4284" place|strong="H4720" for|strong="H6213" worship|strong="H7812", and|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3117" not|strong="H6213" respected|strong="H7230" the|strong="H6213" Sabbath|strong="H7676" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{39}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3541" same|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" sacrificed|strong="H6213" their|strong="H8432" children|strong="H1121" to|strong="H6213" their|strong="H8432" idols|strong="H1544", they|strong="H3117" entered|strong="H0935" my|strong="H2490" temple|strong="H1004", which|strong="H1931" caused|strong="H6213" it|strong="H1931" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1121" an|strong="H6213" unacceptable|strong="H4284" place|strong="H1004" for|strong="H6213" worshiping|strong="H7812" me|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{40}They|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H7971" messages|strong="H2372" to|strong="H7971" men|strong="H0376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H7364"\+w* \+w countries|strong="H4801"\+w*} far|strong="H4801" away|strong="H7971". And|strong="H7971" when|strong="H3588" those|strong="H3588" men|strong="H0376" arrived|strong="H0935", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w women|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w two|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*} bathed|strong="H7364" themselves|strong="H7364" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H7971", painted|strong="H3583" their|strong="H3588" eyebrows|strong="H5869", and|strong="H7971" put|strong="H7971" on|strong="H7971" jewelry|strong="H5716". 
\verseNumber{41}They|strong="H5921" sat|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H7760" beautiful|strong="H3303" couch|strong="H4296", with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H7760" table|strong="H7979" in|strong="H3427" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3427" it|strong="H7760" on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H0834" they|strong="H5921" had|strong="H7760" put|strong="H7760" incense|strong="H7004" and|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081" that|strong="H8081" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{42}Soon|strong="H3512" there|strong="H7230" was|strong="H6963" a|strong="H5414" noisy|strong="H1995" crowd|strong="H1995" around|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414". Among|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" crowd|strong="H1995" there|strong="H7230" were|strong="H3027" men|strong="H7218" from|strong="H5921" Sheba|strong="H7614" who|strong="H4057" had|strong="H5414" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" desert|strong="H4057"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w Arabia|strong="H6152"\+w*}. They|strong="H5921" put|strong="H5414" bracelets|strong="H6781" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" arms|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w two|strong="H8147"\+w*} sisters|strong="H0269" and|strong="H3027" put|strong="H5414" beautiful|strong="H8597" crowns|strong="H5850" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5414" heads|strong="H7218". 
\verseNumber{43}Then|strong="H6258" I|strong="H6258" said|strong="H0559" about|strong="H5439" the|strong="H2181" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1931" become|strong="H2181" exhausted|strong="H6296" by|strong="H0801" her|strong="H1931" having|strong="H0369" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H2181" many|strong="H7227" men|strong="H0376", ‘Now|strong="H6258" allow|strong="H5414" those|strong="H1931" men|strong="H0376" to|strong="H8457" act|strong="H6213" toward|strong="H0413" her|strong="H1931" as|strong="H6258" though|strong="H1931" she|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H1931" prostitute|strong="H2181", because|strong="H2181" that|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H1931" she|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931".’ 
\verseNumber{44}So|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" had|strong="H3068" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H3651" those|strong="H1992" two|strong="H8147" women|strong="H0802", Oholah|strong="H0170" and|strong="H3651" Oholibah|strong="H0172", like|strong="H3651" men|strong="H0376" have|strong="H1961" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H3651" prostitutes|strong="H2181". 
\verseNumber{45}But|strong="H3588" righteous|strong="H6662" men|strong="H6662" will|strong="H6662" condemn|strong="H8199" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3027" be|strong="H3027" punished|strong="H6485", like|strong="H8210" women|strong="H1992" who|strong="H1992" commit|strong="H5003" adultery|strong="H5003" and|strong="H4941" who|strong="H1992" murder|strong="H7523" others|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" punished|strong="H6485", because|strong="H3588" those|strong="H1992" women|strong="H1992" commit|strong="H5003" adultery|strong="H5003" and|strong="H4941" they|strong="H1992" murder|strong="H7523" [MTY] others|strong="H1992". 
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\verseNumber{46}So|strong="H3541" this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3541" what|strong="H3541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H0559": Bring|strong="H5927" a|strong="H5414" mob to|strong="H5927" attack|strong="H5927" Samaria|strong="H8111" and|strong="H5927" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H5927" allow|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3588" mob to|strong="H5927" cause|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H6951" those|strong="H5921" cities|strong="H5892" to|strong="H5927" be|strong="H5414" terrified|strong="H0926", and|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" rob|strong="H1497" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{47}The|strong="H5921" mob will|strong="H2719" throw|strong="H7993" stones|strong="H0068" at|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}; they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H2719" cut|strong="H1254" them|strong="H5921" into|strong="H5921" pieces|strong="H5409" with|strong="H8313" their|strong="H8313" swords|strong="H2719", they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H2719" kill|strong="H2026" their|strong="H8313" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323", and|strong="H1121" burn|strong="H8313" down|strong="H1254" their|strong="H8313" houses|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{48}In|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" way|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" cause|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" stop|strong="H7673" their|strong="H3605" immoral behavior|strong="H3027". It|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3808" warn|strong="H2094" other|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802" to|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" imitate|strong="H6213"/do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H4480" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" are|strong="H6213" doing|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{49}You|strong="H3588"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} will|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" punished|strong="H6485" for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H5414" immoral behavior|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3045" for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H5414" worshiping|strong="H7812" idols|strong="H1544". Then|strong="H5375" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5414" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Lord|strong="H3069", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}.” 

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\chapterNumber{24}Almost|strong="H4592" nine|strong="H8672" years|strong="H8141"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w we|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w taken|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}, on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" tenth|strong="H6224" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" tenth|strong="H6224" month|strong="H2320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697": 
\verseNumber{2}“You|strong="H3117" human|strong="H0120", write|strong="H3789" down|strong="H3789" what|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3117" month|strong="H2320" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088". On|strong="H3117" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w army|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*}the|strong="H3117" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894" has|strong="H4428" surrounded|strong="H5437" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{3}Tell|strong="H5046" those|strong="H1992" rebellious|strong="H4805" Israeli people|strong="H1571" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*} a|strong="H1571" parable|strong="H4912". Say|strong="H0559" this|strong="H3541" to|strong="H1004" them|strong="H5414": This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H1571" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="H3069" says|strong="H3541": 
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‘Pour|strong="H3332" water|strong="H4325" into|strong="H3332" the|strong="H3069" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cooking|strong="H5518"\+w*} pot|strong="H5518" 
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and|strong="H1004" put|strong="H8239" the|strong="H3069" pot|strong="H5518" on|strong="H1004"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3069"\+w* \+w fire|strong="H0784"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{4}Put|strong="H5414" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" pot|strong="H5518" some|strong="H3605" pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H4390" meat|strong="H1320"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w one|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w best|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w sheep|strong="H6629"\+w*}: 
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Put|strong="H5414" in|strong="H2896" the|strong="H3605" leg|strong="H7785" and|strong="H2896" shoulder|strong="H3802", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w are|strong="H6106"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" best|strong="H2896" pieces|strong="H5409". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H3605"\+w*} fill|strong="H4390" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4390"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" pot|strong="H5518" with|strong="H4390" the|strong="H3605" best|strong="H2896" bones|strong="H6106". 
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\verseNumber{5}Pile|strong="H1754" wood|strong="H6106" on|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3947" fire|strong="H0784", 
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and|strong="H6629" cook|strong="H1310" the|strong="H3947" bones|strong="H6106" and|strong="H6629" the|strong="H3947" meat|strong="H1320" in|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3947" boiling|strong="H1310" water|strong="H4325".’ 
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\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Do|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3651"\+w*} because|strong="H5921" this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Lord|strong="H3069" says|strong="H3541": 
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‘Terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H3808" will|strong="H5892" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3318"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}; 
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it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3651" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H5892" murderers|strong="H2026" [MTY], 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3651"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H3318" scorched|strong="H7710" pot|strong="H5518" 
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whose|strong="H5518" black|strong="H7838" residue|strong="H7611" inside|strong="H4480" cannot|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" removed|strong="H3318". 
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Take|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" pieces|strong="H5409" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w meat|strong="H1320"\+w*} out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5921" pot|strong="H5518", 
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but|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3318" not|strong="H3808" choose|strong="H0977" which|strong="H5892" pieces|strong="H5409" to|strong="H3318" take|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318". 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H8432" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" murdered|strong="H2026" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" is|strong="H1961" still|strong="H3588" there|strong="H1961"; 
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they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" murdered|strong="H2026" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" bare|strong="H6706" rocks|strong="H5553", 
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not|strong="H3808" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" soil|strong="H6083", where|strong="H5921" their|strong="H7760" blood|strong="H1818" could|strong="H3201" be|strong="H1961" covered|strong="H3680". 
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\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H1115" I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H0259" who|strong="H0834" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H5414" murdered|strong="H2026" [MTY] to|strong="H5927" be|strong="H5414" smeared|strong="H4886" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" bare|strong="H6706" rock|strong="H5553", 
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where|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5414" blood|strong="H1818" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H1115" be|strong="H5414" covered|strong="H3680"; 
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I|strong="H5414" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5414"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w could|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1818"\+w*} 
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then|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" angry|strong="H2534" and|strong="H1818" get|strong="H5927" revenge|strong="H5358".’ 
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\verseNumber{9}Therefore|strong="H3651", this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H1571" what|strong="H3541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3541"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="H3069" say|strong="H0559": 
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‘Terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H1431" will|strong="H1571" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3651" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3651" is|strong="H1571" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H5892" murderers|strong="H2026" [MTY]! 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w though|strong="H1571"\+w*} I|strong="H3541" also|strong="H1571" will|strong="H1571" pile|strong="H4071" high|strong="H1116" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3069"\+w* \+w wood|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3069"\+w* \+w fire|strong="H0784"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H7235"\+w*}, heap|strong="H7235" on|strong="H7235" the|strong="H7235" wood|strong="H6086" 
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and|strong="H6086" light|strong="H0216" the|strong="H7235" fire|strong="H1814"! 
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Cook|strong="H8552" the|strong="H7235" meat|strong="H1320" well|strong="H4841", 
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and|strong="H6086" mix|strong="H7543" some|strong="H4480" spices|strong="H7543" with|strong="H1320" it|strong="H7543"; 
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cook|strong="H8552" it|strong="H7543" until|strong="H6086" the|strong="H7235" bones|strong="H6106" are|strong="H6106" charred|strong="H2787". 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H4616" set|strong="H5975" the|strong="H5921" empty|strong="H7386" pot|strong="H5518" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" coals|strong="H1513"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w fire|strong="H1513"\+w*} 
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until|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" pot|strong="H5518" becomes|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w*} hot|strong="H3179" and|strong="H5975" the|strong="H5921" copper|strong="H5178" glows|strong="H2787", 
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with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H4616" the|strong="H5921" impurities|strong="H2932" and|strong="H5975" the|strong="H5921" rust|strong="H2457" will|strong="H4616" be|strong="H1961" burned|strong="H2787" up|strong="H5975". 
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\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3808" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H3318" get|strong="H3318" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H4480" that|strong="H4480" rust|strong="H2457", 
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but|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" was|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3318" do|strong="H3318" it|strong="H3808", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w even|strong="H3808"\+w*} by|strong="H3318" putting|strong="H5414" that|strong="H4480" pot|strong="H5518" in|strong="H7227" a|strong="H3318" fire|strong="H0784". 
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\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H5704" rust|strong="H2457"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w pot|strong="H5518"\+w* represents} your|strong="H3808" immoral behavior|strong="H3027". I|strong="H5704" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H5704" cleanse|strong="H2891" you|strong="H5704" from|strong="H5704" your|strong="H3808" wicked|strong="H2154" behavior|strong="H3027", but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H5704" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5117" me|strong="H5117" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5704". So|strong="H3808" you|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" cleansed|strong="H2891"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w guilt|strong="H0817"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2534"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w sin|strong="H2403"\+w*} until|strong="H5704"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3282"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w and|strong="H5750"\+w*} I|strong="H5704" am|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" angry|strong="H2534". 
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\verseNumber{14}I|strong="H3808", Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w And|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w time|strong="H5162"\+w*} for|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068". I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" change|strong="H5162" my|strong="H3068" mind|strong="H5162"; I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" refrain|strong="H3808" from|strong="H3068" punishing|strong="H7725" you|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" pity|strong="H2347" you|strong="H6213". I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" judge|strong="H8199" you|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w*} as|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" deserve|strong="H0376" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H3808" punished|strong="H6485" for|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3068" sinful|strong="H2400" behavior|strong="H1870". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w because|strong="H1870"\+w*} I|strong="H3808", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" Lord|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" it|strong="H6213".” ’ ” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Ezekiel’s wife|strong="H1696" died|strong="H4191" }
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\verseNumber{15}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697": 
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\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H6213"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w morning|strong="H1242"\+w*} I|strong="H6680" talked|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w usual|strong="H3117"\+w*}, and|strong="H5971" that|strong="H5971" evening|strong="H6153" my|strong="H6213" wife|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w suddenly|strong="H6597"\+w*} died|strong="H4191". The|strong="H6213" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242" I|strong="H6680" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} had|strong="H5971" told|strong="H1696" me|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" asked|strong="H4100" me|strong="H5046", “What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" doing|strong="H6213" signify to|strong="H6213" us|strong="H5046"?” 
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\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H1961" I|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H1961", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1697" me|strong="H1961": 
\verseNumber{21}‘Tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3069" Israeli people|strong="H1121" [MTY] that|strong="H5315" I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H2005" about|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" destroy|strong="H2719" the|strong="H3069" temple|strong="H1004", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3069"\+w* \+w building|strong="H1129"\+w*} that|strong="H5315" you|strong="H5800" are|strong="H1121" very|strong="H3966" proud|strong="H1347" of|strong="H1121", the|strong="H3069" building|strong="H1129" that|strong="H5315" you|strong="H5800" delight|strong="H4261" to|strong="H3478" look|strong="H2005" at|strong="H3478". Your|strong="H5800" children|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H5869" you|strong="H5800" left|strong="H5800"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w when|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w forced|strong="H4522"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w come|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*} will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H2490" by|strong="H3478"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w enemies’|strong="H0341"\+w*} swords|strong="H2719". 
\verseNumber{22}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w happens|strong="H6213"\+w*}, you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" like|strong="H3808" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6213": You|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" cover|strong="H5844" the|strong="H5921" lower|strong="H8481" part|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" faces|strong="H5921", or|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H3899" the|strong="H5921" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="H5921" food|strong="H3899" that|strong="H6213" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H6213" are|strong="H6213" mourning|strong="H0060" usually|strong="H2370" eat|strong="H3899". 
\verseNumber{23}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w keep|strong="H8104"\+w*} your|strong="H5921" turbans|strong="H6287" wrapped|strong="H3874" around|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" heads|strong="H7218" and|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w keep|strong="H8104"\+w*} your|strong="H5921" sandals|strong="H5275" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" feet|strong="H7272". You|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" mourn|strong="H5594" or|strong="H3808" cry|strong="H7121", but|strong="H3808" your|strong="H5921" bodies|strong="H6297" will|strong="H3808" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" thin|strong="H1851" and|strong="H7218" slowly die|strong="H4191" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H7218" your|strong="H5921" sins|strong="H5771". And|strong="H7218" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3808" groan|strong="H5098" to|strong="H5921" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312". 
\verseNumber{24}Ezekiel|strong="H3168" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" warning|strong="H2094" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3045" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213". When|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" happens|strong="H1961", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3069"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}.’ ” 
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\verseNumber{25}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5315"\+w*}, “You|strong="H3117" human|strong="H5315", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soon|strong="H3512"\+w*} I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H5869" destroy|strong="H7843" their|strong="H3947" sacred|strong="H6944" temple|strong="H1004", which|strong="H1992" they|strong="H1992" rejoice|strong="H4885" about|strong="H3117" and|strong="H1121" which|strong="H1992" they|strong="H1992" respect|strong="H6437" and|strong="H1121" delight|strong="H4261" to|strong="H3117" look|strong="H5869" at|strong="H3117", and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w rid|strong="H5337"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} their|strong="H3947" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323" also|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{27}When|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" happens|strong="H1961", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1696" speak|strong="H1696" again|strong="H5750" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w without|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w constraint|strong="H4164"\+w*}. You|strong="H3588" two|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" talk|strong="H1696" together|strong="H3162" [DOU]. You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" warning|strong="H2094" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808"; and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" Lord|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A prophecy about the people of Ammon }
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\chapterNumber{25}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w time|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w later|strong="H1961"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" another|strong="H0312" message|strong="H1697". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1697"\+w*,} 
\verseNumber{2}“You|strong="H6440" human|strong="H0120", turn|strong="H7760" toward|strong="H5921" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" prophesy|strong="H5012" about|strong="H5921"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w*} them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{3}Say|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1980" them|strong="H8085", ‘This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" Lord|strong="H3069" says|strong="H3541": “You|strong="H3588" shouted|strong="H7321" joyfully|strong="H7321" when|strong="H3588" my|strong="H8085" temple|strong="H1004"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} was|strong="H3478" destroyed|strong="H8074", and|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" country|strong="H2022"/land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" ruined|strong="H8074", and|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" were|strong="H3478" ◄exiled|strong="H1540"/forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}Therefore|strong="H3651", I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H2005" going|strong="H2005" to|strong="H5414" allow|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H1121" conquered|strong="H5221" by|strong="H5414" people|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w come|strong="H0935"\+w*} from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" east|strong="H6924". They|strong="H1992" will|strong="H1121" set|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" tents|strong="H4908" in|strong="H3427" your|strong="H5414" country|strong="H6924" and|strong="H1121" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H1121" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H5414" fruit|strong="H6529" from|strong="H1121" your|strong="H5414"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w fruit|strong="H6529"\+w* \+w trees|strong="H6086"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" drink|strong="H8354" the|strong="H5414" milk|strong="H2461"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w your|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w cattle|strong="H4735"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H5414"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w capital|strong="H3805"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} Rabbah|strong="H7237" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H5414" pasture|strong="H5116" for|strong="H3588" camels|strong="H1581", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H3588"\+w*} a|strong="H5414" resting|strong="H4769" place|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3588" sheep|strong="H6629". Then|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{6}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H5315" what|strong="H3541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H3478": “You|strong="H3588" clapped|strong="H4222" your|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w joyfully|strong="H7321"\+w*} and|strong="H3478" stomped your|strong="H3605" feet|strong="H7272", and|strong="H3478" laughed|strong="H6711" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" despised|strong="H0959" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H3027" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{7}Therefore|strong="H3651", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" use|strong="H4399" my|strong="H5414" power|strong="H3027" [MTY] against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} nations|strong="H1471" to|strong="H3068"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w conquer|strong="H3423"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} take|strong="H3045" away|strong="H5186" your|strong="H3068" valuable|strong="H3368" possessions|strong="H7399". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H8045" you|strong="H3588" completely|strong="H8045" [DOU], with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" no|strong="H4480" longer|strong="H5750" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" a|strong="H3772" nation|strong="H1471". When|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" happens|strong="H1961", people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}.’ ” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A|strong="H3772" prophecy|strong="H5016" about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Moab|strong="H4124" }
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\verseNumber{8}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3541"\+w*} what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3069" says|strong="H3541": “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* } Moab|strong="H4124"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w south|strong="H5045"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w Ammon|strong="H5983"\+w*} and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} Seir|strong="H8165"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w south|strong="H5045"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w Moab|strong="H4124"\+w* \+w despised|strong="H0959"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3063"\+w*} said|strong="H0559", ‘The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1471" [MTY] of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" have|strong="H1471" become|strong="H1961"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3063"\+w* unimportant} as|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471"!’ 
\verseNumber{9}Therefore|strong="H3651", I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H5892" destroy|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3651" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3651" protect|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3651" borders|strong="H7097" of|strong="H5892" Moab|strong="H4124", starting|strong="H4161" at|strong="H5892" Beth-Jeshimoth|strong="H1020", Baal-Meon|strong="H1186", and|strong="H5892" Kiriathaim|strong="H7156", the|strong="H3651" finest|strong="H2459" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" Moab|strong="H4124". 
\verseNumber{10}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1471" enable|strong="H7980" people|strong="H1471" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" east|strong="H6924" to|strong="H5921" conquer|strong="H3423" Moab|strong="H4124" and|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5921" conquer|strong="H3423" Ammon|strong="H5983". As|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5414" result|strong="H6903", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w cause|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1471"\+w*} Ammon|strong="H5983" will|strong="H1471" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" remembered|strong="H2142" by|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" nations|strong="H1471". 
\verseNumber{11}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* } Moab|strong="H4124". When|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" happens|strong="H6213", they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A|strong="H6213" prophecy|strong="H5016" about|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3045" of|strong="H3068" Edom|strong="H0112" }
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\verseNumber{12}This|strong="H6213" is|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3541"\+w*} what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="H3069" says|strong="H3541": “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} Edom|strong="H0112" are|strong="H1004" guilty|strong="H0816" of|strong="H1004" getting|strong="H7075" revenge|strong="H5358" on|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3069" people|strong="H5971" [MTY] of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{13}Therefore|strong="H3651" this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3027" what|strong="H3541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5414"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H0559": 'I will|strong="H2719" use|strong="H4399" my|strong="H5414" power|strong="H3027" against|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w*} Edom|strong="H0112" and|strong="H3027" will|strong="H2719" get|strong="H3027" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3027" their|strong="H5414" men|strong="H3772" and|strong="H3027" their|strong="H5414" animals|strong="H0929". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H2719" ruin|strong="H2723" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" from|strong="H4480" Teman|strong="H8487" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* central \+w Edom|strong="H0112"\+w*} to|strong="H5921" Dedan|strong="H1719" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w Edom|strong="H0112"\+w*}, and|strong="H3027" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H3027" their|strong="H5414" men|strong="H3772" will|strong="H2719" be|strong="H3027" killed|strong="H2719" by|strong="H3027"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H3027"\+w*} swords|strong="H2719".' 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H5002" Israeli people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" use|strong="H6213" their|strong="H5414" power|strong="H3027" [MTY] to|strong="H3478" get|strong="H3027" revenge|strong="H5360" on|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5002"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w*} Edom|strong="H0112". They|strong="H6213" will|strong="H5971" show|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5002"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w*} Edom|strong="H0112" that|strong="H3045" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5971" been|strong="H5971" angry|strong="H2534" with|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5971" punish|strong="H6213" [MTY] them|strong="H5414". The|strong="H5002" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3027" Edom|strong="H0112" will|strong="H5971" experience|strong="H3045" my|strong="H5414" getting|strong="H7075" revenge|strong="H5360" on|strong="H3027" them|strong="H5414". Then|strong="H5414" they|strong="H6213" will|strong="H5971" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" I|strong="H5414", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" Lord|strong="H3069", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5002"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w say|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A|strong="H6213" prophecy|strong="H5016" about|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5002" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3027" Philistia|strong="H6429" }
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\verseNumber{15}This|strong="H6213" is|strong="H5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3541"\+w*} what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="H3069" says|strong="H3541": “The|strong="H3069" Philistia|strong="H6429" people-group wanted|strong="H2654" very|strong="H6213" much|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" get|strong="H6213" revenge|strong="H5360" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3069"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H5769"\+w*}. They|strong="H3282" very|strong="H6213" maliciously|strong="H7169" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H6213" destroy|strong="H4889" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Judah|strong="H5769"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{16}Therefore|strong="H3651" this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3027" what|strong="H3541" I|strong="H2005", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H0559": I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H2005" about|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" use|strong="H4399" my|strong="H5921" power|strong="H3027" [MTY] against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Philistia|strong="H6429" people|strong="H5971". I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3027" get|strong="H3027" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" Kereth people-group and|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3772" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w who|strong="H6430"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w along|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" coast|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Mediterranean} Sea|strong="H3220". 
\verseNumber{17}By|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" way|strong="H1870" I|strong="H3588" punish|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5414", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" get|strong="H6213" great|strong="H1419" revenge|strong="H5360" on|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3068" show|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" angry|strong="H2534" with|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5414". And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" get|strong="H6213" revenge|strong="H5360" on|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5414", they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" Lord|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}.' ” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A prophecy about the people of Tyre }
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\chapterNumber{26}Almost|strong="H4592" twelve|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w we|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w taken|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}, on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" first|strong="H7223" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" month|strong="H2320", Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" another|strong="H2320" message|strong="H1697". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1697", 
\verseNumber{2}“You|strong="H5921" human|strong="H0120", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Tyre|strong="H6865" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} shouted|strong="H7321" joyfully|strong="H7321" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" about|strong="H5437" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*,} the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" from|strong="H5921" which|strong="H5971" many|strong="H7227" traders|strong="H7402"/merchants|strong="H7402" went|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5921" many|strong="H7227" nations|strong="H5971", is|strong="H1121" now|strong="H5921" destroyed|strong="H7665". And|strong="H1121" now|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5921" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" world|strong="H8398" will|strong="H5971" come|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" buy|strong="H7069" and|strong="H1121" sell|strong="H4376" things|strong="H1697". Because|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" has|strong="H3389" now|strong="H5921" been|strong="H5971" ruined|strong="H2717", we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H5971" prosper|strong="H6743"!’ 
\verseNumber{3}Therefore|strong="H3651", this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" what|strong="H3541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H2005"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H0559": ‘I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H2005" now|strong="H2005" the|strong="H5921" enemy|strong="H0340" of|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w*} Tyre|strong="H6865". I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H1471" cause|strong="H3651"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w*} many|strong="H7227" nations|strong="H1471" to|strong="H5927" come|strong="H5927" and|strong="H1471" attack|strong="H5927" your|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, like|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5921" waves|strong="H1530" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sea|strong="H3220" beat|strong="H5221" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" shores. 
\verseNumber{4}Their|strong="H5414" soldiers|strong="H5650" will|strong="H5414" destroy|strong="H7843" the|strong="H5414" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" Tyre|strong="H6865" and|strong="H6083" tear|strong="H2040" down|strong="H2040" its|strong="H5414" towers|strong="H4026". Tyre|strong="H6865" will|strong="H5414" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H5414" place|strong="H5414" where|strong="H4480" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H4480" many|strong="H7227" nations|strong="H1471" steal|strong="H1589" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H1697", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6083"\+w* \+w then|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w be|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w completely|strong="H3617"\+w* \+w destroyed|strong="H7843"\+w*}. Then|strong="H5414" they|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" scrape|strong="H5500" away|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5414" rubble|strong="H6083" and|strong="H6083" cause|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H5414" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H5414" bare|strong="H6706" rock|strong="H5553". 
\verseNumber{5}Out|strong="H8432" in|strong="H8432" the|strong="H5002" sea|strong="H3220", Tyre|strong="H6865" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" island|strong="H0336" where|strong="H0834" men|strong="H3220" spread|strong="H4894" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w fishing|strong="H4365"\+w*} nets|strong="H2764" to|strong="H1696" dry|strong="H3004" them|strong="H8432". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" Lord|strong="H3069", have|strong="H1961" predicted|strong="H1696" it|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3045" in|strong="H3068" small|strong="H6996" villages|strong="H1323" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" coast|strong="H1366" near|strong="H7126" Tyre|strong="H6865" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2026" by|strong="H3068"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies’|strong="H0341"\+w*} swords|strong="H2719". Then|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3045" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}.’ 
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\verseNumber{7}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H4428" what|strong="H3541" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H0559"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w going|strong="H2005"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*}: ‘From|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3588" north|strong="H6828", I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H2005" going|strong="H2005" to|strong="H4428" bring|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3588" most|strong="H4428" powerful|strong="H7227" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w world|strong="H8398"\+w*}, King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5971"\+w*} to|strong="H4428" attack|strong="H5221" Tyre|strong="H6865". They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" bring|strong="H0935" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H4428" chariots|strong="H7393", and|strong="H4428" men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" ride|strong="H7392" the|strong="H3588" horses|strong="H5483" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w men|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w who|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w drive|strong="H3423"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w chariots|strong="H7393"\+w*}; it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3588" huge|strong="H7227" army|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w In|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w battles|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w small|strong="H6996"\+w* \+w villages|strong="H1323"\+w*} on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" coast|strong="H1366", their|strong="H5414" soldiers|strong="H5650" will|strong="H2719" kill|strong="H2026" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H7227"\+w*} people|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5414" swords|strong="H2719". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H6965"\+w*} they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H2719" set|strong="H5414" up|strong="H6965" devices|strong="H4284" to|strong="H5921" batter the|strong="H5921" wall|strong="H1785" around|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1323" Tyre|strong="H6865", and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H2719" build|strong="H6965" a|strong="H5414" dirt|strong="H6083" ramp|strong="H5550" up|strong="H6965" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H5921" wall|strong="H1785", and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H2719" all|strong="H5414" hold|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" shields|strong="H6793" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w protect|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w themselves|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w arrows|strong="H2671"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w shot|strong="H3384"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H7704"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" will|strong="H2719" direct|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" soldiers|strong="H5650" who|strong="H0834" operate the|strong="H5414" ◄rams|strong="H6904"/things|strong="H1697"► to|strong="H5414" batter the|strong="H5414" walls|strong="H2346", and|strong="H2719" who|strong="H0834" will|strong="H2719" use|strong="H4399" their|strong="H5414" iron|strong="H1270" bars|strong="H1280" to|strong="H5414" tear|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H5414" towers|strong="H4026" in|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" wall|strong="H2346". 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H3680" king|strong="H4428" will|strong="H5892" have|strong="H5892" a|strong="H5892" huge|strong="H1995" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H5892" horses|strong="H5483", and|strong="H6963"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3680"\+w* \+w stamping|strong="H8161"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3680"\+w* \+w hooves|strong="H6541"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5892"\+w*} the|strong="H3680" city|strong="H5892" being|strong="H1961" covered|strong="H3680" with|strong="H5892" dust|strong="H1534". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H3680"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w be|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H3680" walls|strong="H2346" will|strong="H5892" tremble|strong="H7493" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3680" noise|strong="H6963" made|strong="H3680" by|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3680" horses|strong="H5483", the|strong="H3680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w supply|strong="H4294"\+w*} wagons|strong="H1534", and|strong="H6963" the|strong="H3680" chariots|strong="H7393" when|strong="H6963" they|strong="H5892" enter|strong="H3996" the|strong="H3680" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3680" walls|strong="H2346" have|strong="H5892" been|strong="H1961" broken|strong="H1234" down|strong="H3996". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H3605" horses|strong="H5483" will|strong="H5971" trample|strong="H7429" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" streets|strong="H2351"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} with|strong="H3381" their|strong="H3605" hooves|strong="H6541". The|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" kill|strong="H2026" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" with|strong="H3381" their|strong="H3605" swords|strong="H2719"; and|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" cause|strong="H5971" your|strong="H3605" strong|strong="H5797" pillars|strong="H4676" to|strong="H3381" ◄collapse|strong="H3381"/fall|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776"►. 
\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H7997" will|strong="H1004" take|strong="H7760" away|strong="H5493" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H8432" people’s|strong="H5971" valuable|strong="H2532" possessions|strong="H2532" and|strong="H1004" steal|strong="H1589" the|strong="H8432" things|strong="H2532" that|strong="H4325" the|strong="H8432" merchants|strong="H7402" sell|strong="H4376". They|strong="H7997" will|strong="H1004" tear|strong="H2040" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H8432" walls|strong="H2346" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8432" houses|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" destroy|strong="H5422" their|strong="H7760" fine|strong="H5560" houses|strong="H1004". Then|strong="H7760" they|strong="H7997" will|strong="H1004" throw|strong="H7760" into|strong="H8432" the|strong="H8432" sea|strong="H3220" the|strong="H8432" stones|strong="H0068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w walls|strong="H2346"\+w*} of|strong="H1004" those|strong="H1992" houses|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8432" timber|strong="H6086" and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8432" rubble|strong="H6083". 
\verseNumber{13}No|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" will|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" sing|strong="H7892" noisy|strong="H1995" songs|strong="H7892", and|strong="H6963" people|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" play|strong="H2181" their|strong="H8085" harps|strong="H3658" anymore|strong="H5750". 
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is|strong="H1931" now|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H4229"! 
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\verseNumber{18}Now|strong="H6258" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" city|strong="H5892" is|strong="H3117" destroyed|strong="H4229", 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The trade with Tyre }
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\chapterNumber{27}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1697": 
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your|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" has|strong="H1961" disappeared|strong="H0369", 
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\verseNumber{26}My|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" will|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" safely|strong="H0983" in|strong="H3427" Israel|strong="H3478"; they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" houses|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" plant|strong="H5193" vineyards|strong="H3754". And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" punish|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" nearby|strong="H7138" nations|strong="H1471" that|strong="H3588" despised|strong="H7590" them|strong="H5921", they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*}.” 

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\chapterNumber{29}Almost|strong="H4592" ten|strong="H6235" years|strong="H8141"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w we|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w taken|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}, on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" twelfth|strong="H8147" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" tenth|strong="H6224" month|strong="H2320"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" another|strong="H2320" message|strong="H1697". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w me|strong="H1697"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{2}“You|strong="H6440" human|strong="H0120", turn|strong="H7760" toward|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H1121" proclaim|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H4428" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{3}Give|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" this|strong="H6213" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="H5921"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Lord|strong="H3069": 
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‘You|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714", I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H2005" your|strong="H5921" enemy|strong="H0340"; 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w are|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3541"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H6213" great|strong="H1419" monster|strong="H8577"/crocodile|strong="H3581" that|strong="H4428" lies|strong="H7257" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" streams|strong="H2975"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w along|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Nile|strong="H2975"\+w* \+w River|strong="H2975"\+w*}. 
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You|strong="H5921" say|strong="H1696", “The|strong="H5921" Nile|strong="H2975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H2975"\+w*} is|strong="H4428" mine|strong="H1696"; 
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I|strong="H2005" made|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w myself|strong="H0589"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w be|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" put|strong="H5414" hooks|strong="H2397" in|strong="H8432" your|strong="H3605" jaws|strong="H3895" 
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and|strong="H5927" drag|strong="H5498" you|strong="H5414" out|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w river|strong="H2975"\+w*} onto|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776", 
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with|strong="H5927" fish|strong="H1710" sticking to|strong="H5927" your|strong="H3605" scales|strong="H7193". 
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\verseNumber{5}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H8064" leave|strong="H5203" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H8064" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" fish|strong="H1710" to|strong="H5921" die|strong="H5307" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H4057"; 
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you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H8064" fall|strong="H5307" onto|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H7704", 
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and|strong="H8064" your|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w corpse|strong="H5038"\+w*} will|strong="H8064" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" picked|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5414" and|strong="H8064" buried|strong="H6912", 
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because|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5414" declared|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" flesh|strong="H1320" will|strong="H8064" be|strong="H3808" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H2416" and|strong="H8064" birds|strong="H5775". 
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\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" happens|strong="H1961", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1004" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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The|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w trusted|strong="H0982"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1961"\+w*}. But|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H1961" reed|strong="H7070" pole|strong="H5251" in|strong="H3427" their|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H4975" when|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" leaned|strong="H8172" on|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605" pole|strong="H5251", it|strong="H5921" splintered|strong="H7533" and|strong="H4975" tore|strong="H1234" open|strong="H1234" their|strong="H3605" shoulders|strong="H3802". When|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" leaned|strong="H8172" on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3605", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3709" a|strong="H5921" pole|strong="H5251" that|strong="H3605" broke|strong="H7665", and|strong="H4975" as|strong="H3605" a|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" you|strong="H3605" wrenched their|strong="H3605" backs|strong="H3802". 
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\verseNumber{8}Therefore|strong="H3651", this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" what|strong="H3541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H2005"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H0559": “I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H2719" bring|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5221"\+w*} you|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" swords|strong="H2719", and|strong="H2719" they|strong="H3651" will|strong="H2719" kill|strong="H3772" your|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H2719" your|strong="H5921" animals|strong="H0929". 
\verseNumber{9}Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" an|strong="H6213" empty|strong="H7387" desert|strong="H2723". Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3045" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}.” 
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You|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w proudly|strong="H2102"\+w*} said|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H3588" Nile|strong="H2975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H2975"\+w*} is|strong="H3068" mine|strong="H3045"; I|strong="H3588" made|strong="H6213" it|strong="H3588"!” 
\verseNumber{10}Therefore|strong="H3651" I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H2005" opposed|strong="H5975" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H4714" your|strong="H5414" streams|strong="H2975", and|strong="H4714" I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H4714" cause|strong="H5414" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H5414" ruined|strong="H2721", and|strong="H4714" cause|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H5414" an|strong="H5414" empty|strong="H7387" desert|strong="H2723", from|strong="H5704" Migdol|strong="H4024" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" Aswan \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*}, as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*} as|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5414" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1366" Ethiopia|strong="H3568". 
\verseNumber{11}For|strong="H3427" 40 years|strong="H8141" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" walk|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" that|strong="H8141" area|strong="H1508", and|strong="H8141" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{12}Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" barren|strong="H6135"/empty|strong="H7387", and|strong="H5892" it|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" surrounded|strong="H8432" by|strong="H8141" other|strong="H0312" desolate|strong="H8074" nations|strong="H1471". The|strong="H5414" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H8141" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" empty|strong="H7387" and|strong="H5892" deserted|strong="H6327" for|strong="H4714" 40 years|strong="H8141", surrounded|strong="H8432" by|strong="H8141" ruined|strong="H8077" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H8141" nearby|strong="H7138" nations|strong="H1471". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H8141" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" scattered|strong="H6327" to|strong="H1961" countries|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w far|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w away|strong="H2219"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H3588" this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H7093" what|strong="H3541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" Lord|strong="H3069", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3541"\+w*} say|strong="H0559": “At|strong="H6908" the|strong="H3588" end|strong="H7093" of|strong="H8141" 40 years|strong="H8141", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" enable|strong="H7980" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H8141" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H4714" return|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*} from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3588" nations|strong="H5971" to|strong="H4714" which|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H5971" scattered|strong="H6327". 
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\verseNumber{15}It|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" least|strong="H4591" important|strong="H5704" of|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" nations|strong="H1471"; it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H5750" be|strong="H1961" greater|strong="H1419" than|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" nearby|strong="H7138" countries|strong="H0776". I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H1961" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" weak|strong="H3808", with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H4480" that|strong="H1471" it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H5750" rule|strong="H7287" over|strong="H5921" other|strong="H5750" nations|strong="H1471". 
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\verseNumber{17}Almost|strong="H4592" twenty-seven|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w we|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w taken|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}, on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" first|strong="H7223" day|strong="H2320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w new|strong="H2320"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697": 
\verseNumber{18}“You|strong="H3605" human|strong="H0120", the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H1121" king|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894" fought|strong="H3898" very|strong="H1419" hard|strong="H1419" against|strong="H5921" Tyre|strong="H6865", with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" heads|strong="H7218" were|strong="H1961" rubbed|strong="H4803" bare|strong="H4803" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" shoulders|strong="H3802" became|strong="H1961" ◄raw|strong="H2416"/full|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" blisters►. But|strong="H3808" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" get|strong="H3947" any|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H1419" from|strong="H5921" Tyre|strong="H6865" to|strong="H1961" reward|strong="H7939" them|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" hard|strong="H1419" work|strong="H5656" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w destroy|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Tyre|strong="H6865"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H3478" some|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H5414" glorious|strong="H8597" nation|strong="H1004" [MET|strong="H6298"] again|strong="H6779". When|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" happens|strong="H3117", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1931" to|strong="H3478" respect|strong="H3045" what|strong="H3045" you|strong="H5414" say|strong="H6310" [MTY]. And|strong="H3478" then|strong="H5414" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* } I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}.' ” 

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\chapterNumber{30}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" another|strong="H0312" message|strong="H1697". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1697"\+w*,} 
\verseNumber{2}“You|strong="H3117" human|strong="H0120", prophesy|strong="H5012" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*}. Say|strong="H0559", ‘This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3117" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="H3069" says|strong="H3541": 
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“Weep|strong="H1058" and|strong="H1121" wail|strong="H3213" [DOU], 
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because|strong="H3117" terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H1697" will|strong="H1121" happen|strong="H1961" some|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{3}That|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3068" near|strong="H7138", 
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the|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1471"\+w*}; 
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and|strong="H4714" there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1995" distress|strong="H6869" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w among|strong="H2719"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1995"\+w*} in|strong="H5307" Ethiopia|strong="H3568". 
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everything|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947", 
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\verseNumber{7}Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8432" most|strong="H6944" deserted|strong="H8074" country|strong="H2022" in|strong="H8432" the|strong="H8432" world|strong="H8398", 
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and|strong="H5892" its|strong="H1961" cities|strong="H5892" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" ruined|strong="H2717", 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H5414", when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" cause|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w everything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w*} Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" in|strong="H3068" fires|strong="H0784", 
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and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" allies|strong="H2266" are|strong="H3068" defeated|strong="H5221", 
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people|strong="H3045" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}At|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" send|strong="H3318" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H3318" go|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w swiftly|strong="H7031"\+w* \+w up|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Nile|strong="H2975"\+w* \+w River|strong="H3588"\+w*} in|strong="H3117" boats|strong="H0591" to|strong="H3318" cause|strong="H3318" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3117" Ethiopia|strong="H3568" who|strong="H1931" ◄are|strong="H3117" complacent|strong="H0982"/confident|strong="H0982"/think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3588" nothing|strong="H3808" terrible|strong="H3372" will|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H6440"► to|strong="H3318" become|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H2729". They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" terrified|strong="H2729" [PRS] when|strong="H3588" Egypt|strong="H4714" is|strong="H1931" destroyed|strong="H4229"; and|strong="H3117" it|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" soon|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117"!” 
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\verseNumber{10}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3027" what|strong="H3541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3541"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H0559": 
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“By|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3069" power|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" [MTY] of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" 
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I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H4428" get|strong="H3027" rid|strong="H7673" of|strong="H4428" very|strong="H3966" many|strong="H1995" people|strong="H1995" in|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
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\verseNumber{11}Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" and|strong="H5971" his|strong="H5921" army|strong="H5971", whose|strong="H1471" soldiers|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" extremely|strong="H3966" ruthless|strong="H6184", 
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will|strong="H1471" come|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5921" destroy|strong="H7843" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
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They|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1471" pull|strong="H2040" out|strong="H7324" their|strong="H4390" swords|strong="H2719" 
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and|strong="H5971" fill|strong="H4390" Egypt|strong="H4714" with|strong="H4390" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w corpses|strong="H2491"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4390"\+w*} those|strong="H5921" whom|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5971" killed|strong="H2491". 
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\verseNumber{12}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" Nile|strong="H2975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H2975"\+w*} to|strong="H1696" become|strong="H3027" dry|strong="H2724", 
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and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" sell|strong="H4376" the|strong="H5414" nation|strong="H1471" to|strong="H1696" evil|strong="H7451" men|strong="H7451". 
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By|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5414" power|strong="H3027" [MTY] of|strong="H3068" foreigners|strong="H2114" 
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I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" ruin|strong="H7451" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H2724" and|strong="H3068" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5414". 
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“I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" idols|strong="H1544" and|strong="H4714" statues|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5387"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w*} [DOU] 
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and|strong="H4714" all|strong="H5414" over|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776", people|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" terrified|strong="H0926". 
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\verseNumber{16}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" burn|strong="H8313" Egypt|strong="H4714" by|strong="H5414" fires|strong="H0784"; 
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when|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H3117" power|strong="H5797" [MET|strong="H6298"] of|strong="H3117" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H3212" end|strong="H7673"; 
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that|strong="H3117" country|strong="H2022" will|strong="H4714" no|strong="H7673" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3117" proud|strong="H1347" of|strong="H3117" being|strong="H1961" strong|strong="H5797". 
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because|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3117" its|strong="H6051" villages|strong="H1323" will|strong="H4714" be|strong="H3117" captured|strong="H7628" and|strong="H3117" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{19}That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" how|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6213" Egypt|strong="H4714", 
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and|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3045" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}.’ ” 

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\verseNumber{20}Almost|strong="H4592" eleven|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w we|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w taken|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*}, on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" seventh|strong="H7651" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" first|strong="H7223" month|strong="H2320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" another|strong="H2320" message|strong="H1697". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1697"\+w*,} 
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\verseNumber{22}Therefore|strong="H3651", this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3027" what|strong="H3541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H2005"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H0559": ‘I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H2005" the|strong="H3069" enemy|strong="H0340" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3069" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H2005"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w completely|strong="H3617"\+w* \+w destroy|strong="H7665"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3069"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*; \+w it|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w though|strong="H2005"\+w*} now|strong="H2005" I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H4428" break|strong="H7665" both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3069" king’s|strong="H4428" arms|strong="H2220", the|strong="H3069" good|strong="H2005"/strong|strong="H2389" one|strong="H3651" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3069" broken|strong="H7665" one|strong="H3651", and|strong="H4428" cause|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3069" sword|strong="H2719" to|strong="H3027" fall|strong="H5307" from|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3027" hand|strong="H3027". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Egypt is compared to defeated Assyria }
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‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w think|strong="H1819"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4428"\+w*} there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H4310" [RHQ, IRO] no|strong="H4310" country|strong="H2022" whose|strong="H4310" power|strong="H3027" is|strong="H4310" as|strong="H1121" great|strong="H1995" as|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" power|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H4428" country|strong="H2022". 
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It|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H6967" tall|strong="H6967"; 
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\verseNumber{4}Water|strong="H4325" came|strong="H1980" from|strong="H1980" deep|strong="H8415" springs|strong="H8415", 
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and|strong="H1980" as|strong="H1980" a|strong="H7971" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3605" cedar|strong="H0730" tree|strong="H6086" grew|strong="H1431" tall|strong="H7311" and|strong="H1980" very|strong="H1980" green|strong="H7488". 
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Then|strong="H1980" water|strong="H4325" flowed|strong="H1980" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" base|strong="H3247" of|strong="H4325" the|strong="H3605" tree|strong="H6086" 
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into|strong="H1980" channels|strong="H8585" that|strong="H3605" took|strong="H7311" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H1980" other|strong="H3605" nearby|strong="H7138" trees|strong="H6086". 
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\verseNumber{5}That|strong="H3605" huge|strong="H7227" tree|strong="H6086" grew|strong="H7235" very|strong="H7235" tall|strong="H6967", 
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higher|strong="H1361" than|strong="H7235" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" trees|strong="H6086" around|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921". 
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Its|strong="H3605" branches|strong="H6288" grew|strong="H7235" very|strong="H7235" thick|strong="H6205" and|strong="H7971" long|strong="H7227" [DOU] 
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And|strong="H6086" the|strong="H3605" branches|strong="H6288" of|strong="H6086" the|strong="H3605" plane|strong="H6196" trees|strong="H6086" were|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" as|strong="H1961" long|strong="H3605" and|strong="H6086" thick|strong="H6205", either|strong="H3808". 
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No|strong="H3808" tree|strong="H6086" in|strong="H6086" my|strong="H3605" garden|strong="H1588" was|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" beautiful|strong="H3308" as|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" cedar|strong="H0730" tree|strong="H6086". 
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\verseNumber{9}Because|strong="H7230" I|strong="H3605" caused|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" tree|strong="H6086" to|strong="H6213" become|strong="H6213" very|strong="H7065" beautiful|strong="H3303" 
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with|strong="H6213" its|strong="H3605" magnificent|strong="H0117" green|strong="H7488" branches|strong="H1808", 
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\verseNumber{10}Therefore|strong="H3651", this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" what|strong="H3541" I|strong="H5414", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H0559": ‘That|strong="H3651" tree|strong="H6086", which|strong="H3069" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{represents \+w Assyria|strong="H0804"\+w*}, grew|strong="H1431" very|strong="H3651" tall|strong="H7311", and|strong="H3824" its|strong="H5414" top|strong="H6788" was|strong="H3824" higher|strong="H1361" than|strong="H7311" the|strong="H5414" other|strong="H3541" trees|strong="H6086", and|strong="H3824" it|strong="H5414" became|strong="H7311" very|strong="H3651" proud|strong="H1361" because|strong="H3282" of|strong="H3069" being|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3651" tall|strong="H7311". 
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\verseNumber{13}Birds|strong="H5775" ◄settled|strong="H7931"/went|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" live|strong="H2416"► on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" fallen|strong="H1961" tree|strong="H6086", and|strong="H8064" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H2416" lived|strong="H2416" among|strong="H5921" its|strong="H3605" branches|strong="H6288". 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H3605" result|strong="H6903" of|strong="H1121" what|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" done|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" other|strong="H3605" trees|strong="H6086", even|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" plenty|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" water|strong="H4325", will|strong="H1121" ever|strong="H3808" grow|strong="H6779" very|strong="H6967" high|strong="H6967" and|strong="H1121" become|strong="H1961" proud|strong="H1361", and|strong="H1121" lift|strong="H5414" their|strong="H3605" tops|strong="H7218" above|strong="H1361" the|strong="H3605" branches|strong="H5688" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3605" trees|strong="H6086". I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" any|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" tree|strong="H6086" to|strong="H3381" grow|strong="H6779" high|strong="H6967" like|strong="H3381" that|strong="H3588" cedar|strong="H6967" tree|strong="H6086" did|strong="H3808"; trees|strong="H6086" will|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" certainly|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4194" and|strong="H1121" decay|strong="H7845" in|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776", like|strong="H3381" people|strong="H1121" die|strong="H4194" and|strong="H1121" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" their|strong="H3605" graves|strong="H6913".’ 
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\verseNumber{15}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3117" what|strong="H3541" I|strong="H3117", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H0559": ‘When|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" great|strong="H7227" tree|strong="H6086" was|strong="H3117" cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H3381", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" springs|strong="H8415" that|strong="H3605" watered|strong="H4325" it|strong="H5921" mourned|strong="H5594" for|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921", because|strong="H5921" I|strong="H3117" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" plentiful|strong="H7227" water|strong="H4325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w springs|strong="H8415"\+w*} to|strong="H3381" dry|strong="H3004" up|strong="H5921". I|strong="H3117" caused|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w mountains|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w*} Lebanon|strong="H3844" to|strong="H3381" become|strong="H6937" black|strong="H6937", and|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" trees|strong="H6086" there|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3381" wither|strong="H3001". 
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\verseNumber{18}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w parable|strong="H4912"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w about|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w*} people|strong="H1995" of|strong="H8432" Egypt|strong="H4714". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w think|strong="H1819"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*} [RHQ, IRO] there|strong="H3605" is|strong="H1931" no|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" nation|strong="H1471" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H1931" as|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1995" and|strong="H6086" glorious|strong="H3519" as|strong="H3605" yours|strong="H4191" is|strong="H1931". But|strong="H1931" your|strong="H3605" nation|strong="H1471" will|strong="H4310" also|strong="H1931" be|strong="H6086" destroyed|strong="H4229", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Assyria|strong="H0804"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1931"\+w*}, along|strong="H8432" with|strong="H3381" those|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471". Your|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1995" will|strong="H4310" be|strong="H6086" there|strong="H3605" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1995" who|strong="H4310" are|strong="H4310" not|strong="H3808" fit|strong="H6257" to|strong="H3381" worship|strong="H7812" me|strong="H1819", people|strong="H1995" who|strong="H4310" have|strong="H3605" been|strong="H3605" killed|strong="H2491" by|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" enemies’|strong="H0341" swords|strong="H2719". That|strong="H3605" is|strong="H1931" what|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H8432" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H6086" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1995". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3605"\+w*} I|strong="H3605", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w predicted|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w it|strong="H1931"\+w*}.’ ” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A funeral song for the king of Egypt }
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\chapterNumber{32}Almost|strong="H4592" twelve|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w we|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w taken|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}, on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" first|strong="H7223" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" twelfth|strong="H8147" month|strong="H2320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961" another|strong="H2320" message|strong="H1697". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697", 
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‘You|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w think|strong="H1819"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w*} [IRO] are|strong="H1121" like|strong="H1819" [SIM] a|strong="H5375" lion|strong="H3715" among|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" nations|strong="H1471"; 
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or|strong="H1471" like|strong="H1819" [SIM] a|strong="H5375" monster|strong="H8577"/crocodile|strong="H3581" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" river|strong="H5104" 
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thrashing around|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325", 
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churning|strong="H4330"/stirring|strong="H6696" up|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" with|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" feet|strong="H7272" 
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and|strong="H1121" causing|strong="H7462" the|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H5921" become|strong="H5375" muddy|strong="H1804". 
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\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H5971" this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H5971" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Lord|strong="H3069" says|strong="H3541": 
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“I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H5971" send|strong="H5927" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5927" throw|strong="H7993" my|strong="H5921" net|strong="H7568" over|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921", 
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\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H5921" will|strong="H8064" throw|strong="H2904" you|strong="H6440" into|strong="H5921" a|strong="H4480" field|strong="H7704" [DOU] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w die|strong="H4191"\+w*}; 
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I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H8064" allow|strong="H5203" the|strong="H3605" birds|strong="H5775" to|strong="H5921" sit|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H6440", 
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\verseNumber{5}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1320" cause|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" scatter|strong="H2219" your|strong="H5414" flesh|strong="H1320" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" hills|strong="H2022" 
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\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H4480" will|strong="H2022" cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H8248" to|strong="H4480" fill|strong="H4390" the|strong="H4480" land|strong="H0776" with|strong="H4390" your|strong="H4480" blood|strong="H1818", 
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all|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" way|strong="H1870" to|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" mountains|strong="H2022", 
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and|strong="H2022" the|strong="H4480" ravines|strong="H0650" will|strong="H2022" be|strong="H2022" filled|strong="H4390" with|strong="H4390" your|strong="H4480" flesh|strong="H1320". 
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\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H6051" I|strong="H3808" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3556" you|strong="H3808", 
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I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H8064" cover|strong="H3680" the|strong="H3680" sky|strong="H8064" and|strong="H8064" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3680" stars|strong="H3556" to|strong="H8064" shine|strong="H0215". 
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I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H8064" put|strong="H3518" a|strong="H3808" dark|strong="H6937" cloud|strong="H6051" in|strong="H8064" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3556" the|strong="H3680" sun|strong="H8121", 
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and|strong="H8064" the|strong="H3680" moon|strong="H3394" will|strong="H8064" not|strong="H3808" shine|strong="H0215". 
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\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H8064" cause|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" stars|strong="H3556" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H5414" dark|strong="H2822", 
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and|strong="H8064" there|strong="H3605" will|strong="H8064" be|strong="H5414" darkness|strong="H2822" over|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" entire|strong="H3605" land|strong="H8064"; 
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\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H5971" when|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5971" many|strong="H7227" nations|strong="H1471" hear|strong="H8085" about|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" being|strong="H5971" destroyed|strong="H4229", 
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people|strong="H5971" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H5921" countries|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5971" never|strong="H3808" known|strong="H3045" about|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{10}I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H4428" cause|strong="H5971" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H5315" appalled|strong="H8074" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w has|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w*} you|strong="H6440", 
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At|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H5315" destroyed|strong="H8074", 
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all|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4428" tremble|strong="H2729", 
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fearing|strong="H3372" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3117" also|strong="H4428" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H5315" killed|strong="H2719".” 
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\verseNumber{11}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H4428" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" Lord|strong="H3069" says|strong="H3541": 
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that|strong="H3605" ◄graze|strong="H7462"/eat|strong="H0398" grass|strong="H2682"► alongside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" streams|strong="H6388". 
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because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4325" people|strong="H3808" and|strong="H4325" cattle|strong="H4735" walking|strong="H1980" in|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{15}When|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" cause|strong="H5414" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H8074" empty|strong="H7387"/desolate|strong="H8074" 
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and|strong="H3068" strip|strong="H6584" off|strong="H5414" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" grows|strong="H3318" on|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776", 
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and|strong="H3068" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427", 
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people|strong="H3427" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}.” ’ 
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\verseNumber{16}That|strong="H3605" sad|strong="H7451" song|strong="H7892" about|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H1471" also|strong="H1471" be|strong="H1471" sung|strong="H7891" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1471". 
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Women|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" many|strong="H1995" nations|strong="H1471" will|strong="H1471" sing|strong="H7891" it|strong="H1931". 
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They|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1471" chant|strong="H6969" it|strong="H1931" about|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H4714" all|strong="H3605" its|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1471"; 
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\verseNumber{17}On|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" fifteenth|strong="H2568" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" same|strong="H1697" month|strong="H2320", Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" another|strong="H2320" message|strong="H1697". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697", 
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\verseNumber{18}“You|strong="H5921" human|strong="H0120", wail|strong="H5091" about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" many|strong="H1995" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714", because|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1471" send|strong="H7971" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4725" under|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776", where|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H0312" mighty|strong="H1121" nations|strong="H1471" will|strong="H1471" be|strong="H1121". I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1471" send|strong="H7971" them|strong="H5921" there|strong="H8033", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" others|strong="H0312", down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" dead|strong="H4191" are|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{28}You|strong="H8432" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H8432" Egypt|strong="H4714", you|strong="H8432" also|strong="H1571" be|strong="H2719" killed|strong="H2491" and|strong="H2719" will|strong="H2719" lie|strong="H7901" there|strong="H8432" with|strong="H7901" other|strong="H0312" godless|strong="H2611" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H2491" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2491" by|strong="H2491" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w enemies’|strong="H0341"\+w*} swords|strong="H2719". 
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\verseNumber{31}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H2719" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" will|strong="H2719" see|strong="H7200" them|strong="H5921", and|strong="H2719" they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H2719" be|strong="H2719" comforted|strong="H5162" to|strong="H5921" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H7200" there|strong="H3605" were|strong="H2428" other|strong="H3605" huge|strong="H1995" groups|strong="H7218" of|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1995" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H2428" killed|strong="H2491" by|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w enemies’|strong="H0341"\+w*} swords|strong="H2719". 
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\chapterNumber{33}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" another|strong="H0312" message|strong="H1697". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697", 
\verseNumber{2}“You|strong="H3588" human|strong="H0120", speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" your|strong="H5414" fellow|strong="H1121" Israelis and|strong="H1121" say|strong="H1696" this|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5414": ‘When|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" bring|strong="H3947" an|strong="H5414" enemy|strong="H0340" army|strong="H5971" [MTY] to|strong="H1696" attack|strong="H5221" a|strong="H3947" country|strong="H2022", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" country|strong="H2022" choose|strong="H3947" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5414" men|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" appoint|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3947" watchman|strong="H6822", 
\verseNumber{3}if|strong="H7200" he|strong="H5921" sees|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" enemy|strong="H0340" army|strong="H5971" [MTY] coming|strong="H0935" to|strong="H5921" attack|strong="H5221" his|strong="H5921" country|strong="H2022", and|strong="H5971" he|strong="H5921" blows|strong="H8628" a|strong="H7200" trumpet|strong="H7782" to|strong="H5921" warn|strong="H2094" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971", 
\verseNumber{4}if|strong="H1961" anyone|strong="H3605" hears|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" trumpet|strong="H7782" and|strong="H6963" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" heed|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" warning|strong="H2094", and|strong="H6963" as|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H6903" he|strong="H3808" is|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2719" by|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8085" sword|strong="H2719" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w one|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}, he|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" responsible|strong="H1818" for|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3947" own|strong="H1961" death|strong="H1818" [MTY]. 
\verseNumber{5}If|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" heeded|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" warning|strong="H2094", he|strong="H1931" would|strong="H5315" have|strong="H1961" ◄have|strong="H1961" saved|strong="H4422" his|strong="H8085" life|strong="H5315"/still|strong="H5750" be|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H5315"►. But|strong="H3808" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" sound|strong="H6963" of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H8085" trumpet|strong="H7782" and|strong="H6963" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" heed|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085" warning|strong="H2094", his|strong="H8085" death|strong="H1818" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" his|strong="H8085" own|strong="H1961" fault|strong="H3972". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" watchman|strong="H6822" sees|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" enemy|strong="H0340" army|strong="H5971" [MTY] coming|strong="H0935" and|strong="H3027" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" blow|strong="H8628" the|strong="H7200" trumpet|strong="H7782" to|strong="H3027" warn|strong="H2094" the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3027" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3947" people|strong="H5971" is|strong="H1931" killed|strong="H2719" by|strong="H3027" an|strong="H3947" enemy|strong="H0340" sword|strong="H2719", that|strong="H3588" person|strong="H5315" will|strong="H5971" die|strong="H2719" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3947" sin|strong="H5771", but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" consider|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" watchman|strong="H6822" is|strong="H1931" responsible|strong="H1818" for|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" man’s|strong="H5315" death|strong="H1818".’ 
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\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H4480", you|strong="H5414" human|strong="H0120", I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1121" appointed|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1697" a|strong="H5414" watchman|strong="H6822" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8085" Israeli people|strong="H1121" [MTY]. So|strong="H4480" always|strong="H3605" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H5414" say|strong="H6310" and|strong="H1121" warn|strong="H2094" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H1121" for|strong="H1004" me|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H1696" I|strong="H3808" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" some|strong="H3027" wicked|strong="H7563" person|strong="H1245", ‘You|strong="H3808" wicked|strong="H7563" person|strong="H1245", you|strong="H3808" will|strong="H7563" surely|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w your|strong="H1245"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H5771"\+w*,’ \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w must|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w*}. If|strong="H1931" you|strong="H3808" do|strong="H1870" not|strong="H3808" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" that|strong="H1931" person|strong="H1245" to|strong="H1696" warn|strong="H2094" him|strong="H3027" that|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" should|strong="H7563" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H1870" from|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3027" sins|strong="H5771", that|strong="H1931" wicked|strong="H7563" person|strong="H1245" will|strong="H7563" die|strong="H4191" because|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3027" sins|strong="H5771", but|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H7563" say|strong="H1696" that|strong="H1931" you|strong="H3808" are|strong="H7563" responsible|strong="H1818" for|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3027" death|strong="H4191" [MTY]. 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" warn|strong="H2094" that|strong="H3588" wicked|strong="H7563" person|strong="H5315" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" should|strong="H3588" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H4480" his|strong="H7725" sins|strong="H5771", and|strong="H7725" he|strong="H1931" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H1870" that|strong="H3588", he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H5315" die|strong="H4191" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1870" his|strong="H7725" sins|strong="H5771", but|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5315" have|strong="H7563" saved|strong="H5337" your|strong="H7725" life|strong="H5315". 
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\verseNumber{10}You|strong="H3588" human|strong="H0120", say|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121", ‘This|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" what|strong="H3651" you|strong="H3588" all|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1121" saying|strong="H0559": “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w guilt|strong="H0817"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w*} disobeying God’s|strong="H0430" laws|strong="H8451" and|strong="H1121" sinning|strong="H2403" is|strong="H3651" like|strong="H3651" a|strong="H3588" heavy|strong="H3513" weight|strong="H4948" on|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3651" hurting|strong="H7489" us|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" slowly dying|strong="H0006". So|strong="H3651" what|strong="H3651" can|strong="H1004" we|strong="H3588" do|strong="H2403" to|strong="H3478" continue|strong="H3651" to|strong="H3478" remain|strong="H3427" alive|strong="H2421"?”’ 
\verseNumber{11}Say|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7725", ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" Lord|strong="H3069" says|strong="H5002", “As|strong="H3588" surely|strong="H4191" as|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416", I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3588" happy|strong="H0835" when|strong="H3588" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H7563" die|strong="H4191"; I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3478" prefer|strong="H7489" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" their|strong="H7725" wicked|strong="H7563" behavior|strong="H1870" and|strong="H3478" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" live|strong="H2421". So|strong="H7725" repent|strong="H7725"! Turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" your|strong="H7725" evil|strong="H7451" behavior|strong="H1870"! You|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H7563", do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" really|strong="H7725" want|strong="H2654" to|strong="H7725" die|strong="H4191" [RHQ]?”’ 
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\verseNumber{12}Therefore|strong="H5971", you|strong="H3117" human|strong="H0120", say|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" your|strong="H7725" fellow|strong="H1121" Israelis, ‘If|strong="H2398" righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H5971" start|strong="H1870" to|strong="H7725" disobey|strong="H0854" me|strong="H7725", their|strong="H7725" being|strong="H5971" righteous|strong="H6662" previously|strong="H3808" will|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" save|strong="H2421" them|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w being|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w*}. And|strong="H1121" if|strong="H2398" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H5971" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" their|strong="H7725" wicked|strong="H7563" behavior|strong="H3027", they|strong="H3117" will|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H1121" because|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3117" sins|strong="H2398" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3117" committed|strong="H2398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H3808"\+w*}. And|strong="H1121" if|strong="H2398" righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H5971" start|strong="H1870" to|strong="H7725" sin|strong="H2398", they|strong="H3117" will|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" allowed|strong="H3201" to|strong="H7725" remain|strong="H3808" alive|strong="H2421" because|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H7725" formerly|strong="H6440" being|strong="H5971" righteous|strong="H6662".’ 
\verseNumber{13}If|strong="H1931" I|strong="H5921" tell|strong="H3605" righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H6662" surely|strong="H4191" remain|strong="H3808" alive|strong="H2421", but|strong="H3808" then|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3808" trust|strong="H0982"/think|strong="H2142" that|strong="H3605" because|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3605" been|strong="H2142" righteous|strong="H6662" previously|strong="H3808", they|strong="H3808" can|strong="H6213" start|strong="H1870" to|strong="H4191" do|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w be|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w*}, I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H6662" not|strong="H3808" think|strong="H2142" about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" righteous|strong="H6662" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3808" did|strong="H6213" previously|strong="H3808"; they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H6662" die|strong="H4191" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3808" are|strong="H6662" doing|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H7725" if|strong="H0518" I|strong="H6666" say|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" some|strong="H4480" wicked|strong="H7563" person|strong="H5315", ‘You|strong="H7725" will|strong="H7563" surely|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2403"\+w* \+w your|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w*},’ that|strong="H6213" person|strong="H5315" may|strong="H7725" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" sinful|strong="H2403" behavior|strong="H3027" and|strong="H7725" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" is|strong="H7563" just|strong="H4941" and|strong="H7725" right|strong="H4941" [DOU]. 
\verseNumber{15}For|strong="H6213" example|strong="H2708", he|strong="H6213" may|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" what|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" took|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" another|strong="H3808" person|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" guarantee|strong="H6148" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w that|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w person|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w would|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w pay|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w back|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w what|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w he|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w owes|strong="H0854"\+w*}, or|strong="H3808" he|strong="H6213" may|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H2416" he|strong="H6213" has|strong="H6213" stolen|strong="H1589", and|strong="H1980" he|strong="H6213" may|strong="H7725" obey|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H2416" will|strong="H7563" enable|strong="H7980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w who|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w obey|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7725"\+w*} to|strong="H1980" remain|strong="H3808" alive|strong="H2416", and|strong="H1980" he|strong="H6213" will|strong="H7563" not|strong="H3808" continue|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" do|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7563" things|strong="H3808". If|strong="H0518" that|strong="H2416" happens|strong="H6213", he|strong="H6213" will|strong="H7563" surely|strong="H4191" remain|strong="H3808" alive|strong="H2416"; he|strong="H6213" will|strong="H7563" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H1115"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w* \+w that|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w he|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w committed|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H3808"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{16}I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" think|strong="H2142" about|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H6213" has|strong="H3605" committed|strong="H6213"; he|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3808" surely|strong="H2421" remain|strong="H3808" alive|strong="H2421". 
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\verseNumber{17}Your|strong="H3808" fellow|strong="H1121" Israelis say|strong="H0559", ‘What|strong="H1870" Yahweh|strong="H3068" does|strong="H3808" is|strong="H1870" not|strong="H3808" fair|strong="H3303".’ But|strong="H3808" it|strong="H3808" is|strong="H1870" your|strong="H3808" behavior|strong="H1870" that|strong="H5971" is|strong="H1870" not|strong="H3808" fair|strong="H3303". 
\verseNumber{18}If|strong="H0518" a|strong="H6213" righteous|strong="H6662" person|strong="H5315" turns|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" doing|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" is|strong="H6662" righteous|strong="H6662" and|strong="H7725" starts to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" is|strong="H6662" evil|strong="H6213", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w is|strong="H6662"\+w* \+w fair|strong="H3303"\+w* \+w that|strong="H6213"\+w*} he|strong="H6213" die|strong="H4191" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H6213" his|strong="H7725" sins|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H7725" if|strong="H1931" a|strong="H6213" wicked|strong="H7563" person|strong="H5315" turns|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" wicked|strong="H7563" behavior|strong="H3027" and|strong="H7725" does|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" is|strong="H1931" right|strong="H4941" and|strong="H7725" fair|strong="H3303" [DOU], \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w fair|strong="H3303"\+w*} for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7725" remain|strong="H3427" alive|strong="H2421" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1931". 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" Israeli people|strong="H3808" still|strong="H5750" say|strong="H3478", ‘What|strong="H1870" Yahweh|strong="H3068" does|strong="H3808" is|strong="H1870" not|strong="H3808" fair|strong="H3303".’ But|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3478" judge|strong="H8199" each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1004" you|strong="H3808" for|strong="H1004" what|strong="H1870" you|strong="H3808" do|strong="H1870".” 

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\verseNumber{21}Almost|strong="H4592" twelve|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w we|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w taken|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}, on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5221" fifth|strong="H2568" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H5221" tenth|strong="H6224" month|strong="H2320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w*}, a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H6412" had|strong="H1961" escaped|strong="H6412" from|strong="H1961" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*} and|strong="H3389" said|strong="H0559", “Jerusalem|strong="H3389" has|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" captured|strong="H3920"!” 
\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H6440" evening|strong="H6153" before|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3068" man|strong="H6440" arrived|strong="H0935", Yahweh|strong="H3068" took|strong="H1961" control|strong="H3027" [MTY] of|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3068" when|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3068" man|strong="H6440" arrived|strong="H0935", Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5704" speak|strong="H6310" again|strong="H5750"; I|strong="H5704" was|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" silent|strong="H6310". 
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\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1697". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697", 
\verseNumber{24}“You|strong="H5414" human|strong="H0120", the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" ruins|strong="H2723" in|strong="H3427" Israel|strong="H3478" are|strong="H1121" saying|strong="H0559", ‘Abraham|strong="H0085" was|strong="H1961" only|strong="H0389" one|strong="H1121" person|strong="H7227", but|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w promised|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H1121"\+w*} would|strong="H3478" possess|strong="H3423" this|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776". But|strong="H1961" we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H1121" many|strong="H7227"; so|strong="H1961" surely|strong="H5414" this|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" has|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" us|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" possess|strong="H3423".’ 
\verseNumber{25}So|strong="H3651" send|strong="H7971" a|strong="H5375" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". Say|strong="H0559", ‘This|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Lord|strong="H3069" says|strong="H3541": You|strong="H5921" eat|strong="H0398" meat|strong="H1320" that|strong="H3651" still|strong="H5750" has|strong="H5869" the|strong="H5921" animal’s|strong="H0929" blood|strong="H1818" in|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921". You|strong="H5921" still|strong="H5750" worship|strong="H3651" idols|strong="H1544". And|strong="H5869" you|strong="H5921" still|strong="H5750" murder|strong="H7523" others|strong="H0312" [MTY]. So|strong="H3651", ◄should|strong="H3068" this|strong="H3651" land|strong="H0776" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921"?/this|strong="H3651" land|strong="H0776" should|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3588" not|strong="H5375" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921"!► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{26}You|strong="H5921" rely|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" using|strong="H5927" your|strong="H5921" swords|strong="H2719" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w obtain|strong="H5381"\+w* \+w things|strong="H8441"\+w* \+w that|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3423"\+w*}. You|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" detestable|strong="H8441" things|strong="H8441". Each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" has|strong="H2719" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H6213" other|strong="H7453" men’s|strong="H0120" wives|strong="H0802". So|strong="H6213" ◄why|strong="H5921" should|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5921" continue|strong="H5975" to|strong="H6213" possess|strong="H3423" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478"?/you|strong="H5921" should|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" continue|strong="H5975" to|strong="H6213" possess|strong="H3423" this|strong="H6213" land|strong="H0776"!► [RHQ]’ 
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\verseNumber{27}Send|strong="H5414" this|strong="H3541" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H4191" them|strong="H5414": ‘This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H6440" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Lord|strong="H3069" says|strong="H3541": As|strong="H6440" surely|strong="H4191" as|strong="H6440" I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416", those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H2416" are|strong="H6440" left|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" ruins|strong="H2723" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} will|strong="H2719" also|strong="H3541" be|strong="H4191" killed|strong="H4191" by|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w enemies’|strong="H0341"\+w*} swords|strong="H2719", and|strong="H6440" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H2416" are|strong="H6440" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" countryside|strong="H7704" will|strong="H2719" be|strong="H4191" killed|strong="H4191" by|strong="H5921" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H2416", and|strong="H6440" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H2416" are|strong="H6440" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H5921" forts|strong="H1785" and|strong="H6440" caves|strong="H4631" will|strong="H2719" die|strong="H4191" from|strong="H6440" a|strong="H5414" plague|strong="H1698". 
\verseNumber{28}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3478" cause|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" country|strong="H2022" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H8074" a|strong="H5414" desolate|strong="H8074" wasteland|strong="H8077". You|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3478" no|strong="H5414" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3478" proud|strong="H1347" of|strong="H2022" being|strong="H1961" a|strong="H5414" strong|strong="H5797" country|strong="H2022". The|strong="H5414" mountains|strong="H2022" of|strong="H2022" Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" become|strong="H8074" very|strong="H3966" desolate|strong="H8074", with|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5414" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3478" no|strong="H5414" one|strong="H8074" will|strong="H3478" walk|strong="H5674" across|strong="H5674" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{29}Then|strong="H5414", when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3068" country|strong="H2022" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" desolate|strong="H8077" wasteland|strong="H8077" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" detestable|strong="H8441" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}.’ 
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\verseNumber{30}As|strong="H1697" for|strong="H3068" you|strong="H4100", you|strong="H4100" human|strong="H0120", your|strong="H3068" fellow|strong="H1121" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*} are|strong="H5971" talking|strong="H1696" about|strong="H1697" you|strong="H4100" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H8085" city|strong="H7023" walls|strong="H7023" and|strong="H1121" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" doors|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3068" houses|strong="H1004". They|strong="H3068" are|strong="H5971" saying|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" each|strong="H5971" other|strong="H0312", ‘Come|strong="H3318" and|strong="H1121" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H8085" message|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5971" has|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068"!’ 
\verseNumber{31}My|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971" come|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" you|strong="H3588" as|strong="H1697" they|strong="H1992" often|strong="H1767" have|strong="H5971" done|strong="H6213", and|strong="H1980" they|strong="H1992" sit|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1980" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1980" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" say|strong="H6310". But|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" tell|strong="H8085" them|strong="H1992" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" must|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213". With|strong="H1980" their|strong="H6440" mouths|strong="H6310" they|strong="H1992" say|strong="H6310" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" love|strong="H5690" me|strong="H6440", but|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3427" their|strong="H6440" inner|strong="H6442" beings|strong="H2421" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" eager|strong="H1245" to|strong="H1980" acquire|strong="H7069" things|strong="H1697" by|strong="H3427" doing|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" is|strong="H3820" unjust|strong="H1215". 
\verseNumber{32}To|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213", you|strong="H6213" are|strong="H1697" only|strong="H0389" a|strong="H6213" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H6213" sings|strong="H7891" love|strong="H5690" songs|strong="H7892" with|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" beautiful|strong="H3303" voice|strong="H6963", and|strong="H6963" you|strong="H6213" play|strong="H5059" a|strong="H6213" musical|strong="H7892" instrument|strong="H5059" well|strong="H2895". They|strong="H1697" hear|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6213" say|strong="H6963", but|strong="H8085" they|strong="H1697" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6213" tell|strong="H8085" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{33}The|strong="H3588" terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" said|strong="H0559" will|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H8432" will|strong="H1961" surely|strong="H3588" happen|strong="H1961". And|strong="H3045" then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" a|strong="H1961" prophet|strong="H5030" has|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" among|strong="H8432" them|strong="H8432", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A parable about the leaders of Israel }
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\chapterNumber{34}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" another|strong="H0312" message|strong="H1697". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697", 
\verseNumber{2}“You|strong="H5921" human|strong="H0120", prophesy|strong="H5012" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w*} of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w taking|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w care|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w my|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] shepherds|strong="H7462" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w take|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w care|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w sheep|strong="H6629"\+w*}. Say|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H5921", ‘This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3478" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Lord|strong="H3069" says|strong="H3541": Terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5921" leaders|strong="H7218" [MET|strong="H6298"] of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H1121" only|strong="H0389" take|strong="H1961" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" yourselves|strong="H5921"! You|strong="H5921" should|strong="H3478" certainly|strong="H3808" [RHQ] take|strong="H1961" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H1961" shepherd|strong="H7462" takes|strong="H3947" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" flock|strong="H6629" of|strong="H1121" sheep|strong="H6629"! 
\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w is|strong="H7462"\+w* \+w as|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H7462" the|strong="H3808" curds|strong="H2529", you|strong="H3808" slaughter|strong="H2076" the|strong="H3808" very|strong="H3966" good|strong="H2896" animals|strong="H0929" and|strong="H6629" wear|strong="H3847" clothes|strong="H3847" made|strong="H2076" from|strong="H3808" their|strong="H3808" wool|strong="H6785". But|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" take|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H6629" the|strong="H3808" flock|strong="H6629". 
\verseNumber{4}You|strong="H7725" have|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" enabled|strong="H5414" those|strong="H2388" who|strong="H3808" are|strong="H1245" weak|strong="H2470" to|strong="H7725" become|strong="H2470" strong|strong="H2388". You|strong="H7725" have|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" healed|strong="H7495" those|strong="H2388" who|strong="H3808" were|strong="H0834" sick|strong="H2470". You|strong="H7725" have|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" bandaged|strong="H2280" those|strong="H2388" who|strong="H3808" were|strong="H0834" wounded|strong="H2470"/injured|strong="H7665". You|strong="H7725" have|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" brought|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" those|strong="H2388" who|strong="H3808" went|strong="H7725" astray|strong="H5080". You|strong="H7725" have|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" searched|strong="H1245" for|strong="H1245" those|strong="H2388" who|strong="H3808" became|strong="H2470" lost|strong="H0006". You|strong="H7725" have|strong="H3808" ruled|strong="H7287" your|strong="H7725" people|strong="H3808" harshly|strong="H6531" and|strong="H7725" cruelly|strong="H7188". 
\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" scattered|strong="H6327", because|strong="H1097" you|strong="H3605" did|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w take|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w care|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7704"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H1961" shepherd|strong="H7462" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w takes|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w care|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7704"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w sheep|strong="H6629"\+w*}. And|strong="H7704" when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" scattered|strong="H6327", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H2416" attacked|strong="H5221" and|strong="H7704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7704"\+w* \+w ate|strong="H0398"\+w*} their|strong="H3605" flesh|strong="H1320". 
\verseNumber{6}My|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" wandered|strong="H7686" like|strong="H1389" sheep|strong="H6629" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" high|strong="H7311" hills|strong="H1389" and|strong="H6629" mountains|strong="H2022". They|strong="H5921" were|strong="H2022" scattered|strong="H6327" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776", and|strong="H6629" no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" searched|strong="H1245" for|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{7}Therefore|strong="H3651", you|strong="H3651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w acting|strong="H4603"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3651"\+w*} shepherds|strong="H7462", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H1697", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" Lord|strong="H3068" say|strong="H1697": 
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\verseNumber{9}Therefore|strong="H3651", you|strong="H3651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3651"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] shepherds|strong="H7462", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H1697", Yahweh|strong="H3068" say|strong="H1697": 
\verseNumber{10}I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H1961" opposed|strong="H5975" to|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w who|strong="H7462"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] shepherds|strong="H7462" for|strong="H3027" my|strong="H1961" people|strong="H3808". I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H1961" remove|strong="H7673" you|strong="H3808" from|strong="H3027" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" my|strong="H1961" people|strong="H3808", with|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3069" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" feed|strong="H7462" yourselves|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w instead|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w feeding|strong="H7462"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3027"\+w*}. I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H1961" rescue|strong="H5337" my|strong="H1961" people|strong="H3808" from|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3808", with|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3069" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3027" to|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{butcher \+w them|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3027"\+w*} eat|strong="H7462" them|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{11}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3541" what|strong="H3541" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" leaders|strong="H7218": I|strong="H3588" myself|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3069" search|strong="H1875" for|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3588" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H6629" take|strong="H3947" care|strong="H1239" of|strong="H6629" them|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{20}Therefore|strong="H3651", this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" what|strong="H3541" I|strong="H2005", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3069" you|strong="H3651": I|strong="H2005" myself|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3069" judge|strong="H8199" between|strong="H8199" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3069"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w are|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3651"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] the|strong="H3069" fat|strong="H1274" sheep|strong="H7716" and|strong="H7716" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3069"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w are|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3651"\+w*} the|strong="H3069" thin|strong="H1851" sheep|strong="H7716". 
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\verseNumber{24}I|strong="H5650", Yahweh|strong="H3068", will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w one|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3068"\+w*} I|strong="H5650", Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H1961" said|strong="H1696" it|strong="H8432". 
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\verseNumber{25}I|strong="H3772" will|strong="H3293" make|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3772" peace|strong="H7965" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" the|strong="H4480" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Israel|strong="H3478". In|strong="H3427" this|strong="H2416" agreement|strong="H1285" I|strong="H3772" will|strong="H3293" promise|strong="H1285" to|strong="H3427" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H7673" of|strong="H3427" all|strong="H3772" the|strong="H4480" wild|strong="H7451" animals|strong="H2416" in|strong="H3427" Israel|strong="H3478", in|strong="H3427" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H4480" my|strong="H4480" people|strong="H3427" may|strong="H1285" live|strong="H3427" safely|strong="H7965", even|strong="H1571" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H4480" desert|strong="H4057" and|strong="H1285" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H4480" forests|strong="H3293". 
\verseNumber{26}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" bless|strong="H1288" them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3381" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" bless|strong="H1288" the|strong="H5414" places|strong="H5439" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H3381" my|strong="H5414" sacred|strong="H6944" hill|strong="H1389". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" bless|strong="H1288" them|strong="H5414" by|strong="H5414" sending|strong="H7971" them|strong="H5414" rain|strong="H1653" showers|strong="H1653" at|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5414" right|strong="H3225" season|strong="H6256"; they|strong="H6256" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" showers|strong="H1653" to|strong="H3381" bless|strong="H1288" them|strong="H5414". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{A prophecy about the destruction of Edom }
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\chapterNumber{35}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" another|strong="H0312" message|strong="H1697". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697", 
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\verseNumber{5}You|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1961" always|strong="H5769" been|strong="H1961" enemies|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121". You|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w rejoiced|strong="H8055"\+w*} when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5921" experienced|strong="H3045" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1419" disaster|strong="H7451": \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w attacked|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5921"\+w*} swords|strong="H2719", when|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5921" punished|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H5771"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w committed|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{6}Therefore|strong="H3651", I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" Lord|strong="H3069", declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" as|strong="H6213" surely|strong="H3588" as|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H8130"\+w*} to|strong="H6213" slaughter|strong="H4347" [MTY] you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H6213" continue|strong="H3651" to|strong="H6213" slaughter|strong="H4347" you|strong="H3588". You|strong="H3588" were|strong="H7291" happy|strong="H0835" when|strong="H3588" [LIT|strong="H0215"] others|strong="H0312" were|strong="H7291" slaughtered|strong="H7819"; 
\verseNumber{7}so|strong="H4480" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" cause|strong="H5414" Seir|strong="H8165" Mountain|strong="H2022" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H5414" abandoned|strong="H5800"/deserted|strong="H5307", and|strong="H7725" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" get|strong="H7725" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H2022" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" enters|strong="H0935" it|strong="H5414" or|strong="H4480" leaves|strong="H1817" it|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H3605" will|strong="H2719" cause|strong="H2600" your|strong="H3605" mountains|strong="H2022" to|strong="H2022" be|strong="H2022" filled|strong="H4390" with|strong="H4390" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w corpses|strong="H2491"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2022"\+w*} those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" been|strong="H3605" killed|strong="H2491". The|strong="H3605" corpses|strong="H2491" of|strong="H2022" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" been|strong="H3605" killed|strong="H2491" by|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w enemies’|strong="H0341"\+w*} swords|strong="H2719" will|strong="H2719" lie|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5307" your|strong="H3605" hills|strong="H1389" and|strong="H2719" in|strong="H5307" your|strong="H3605" valleys|strong="H1516" and|strong="H2719" in|strong="H5307" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" ravines|strong="H0650". 
\verseNumber{9}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" deserted|strong="H5307" forever|strong="H5769". No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" your|strong="H3068" towns|strong="H5892" again|strong="H7725". When|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" happens|strong="H1961", you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{10}You|strong="H3282" people|strong="H1471" said|strong="H0559", “Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" ours|strong="H6440". We|strong="H8033" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3423" over|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" territory|strong="H1366"!” You|strong="H3282" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3068" even|strong="H3068" though|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3282", Yahweh|strong="H3068", was|strong="H3068" still|strong="H1471" there|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w protecting|strong="H5437"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3423"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{11}Therefore|strong="H3651", I|strong="H3651", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" Lord|strong="H3069", declare|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" as|strong="H6213" surely|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3651" am|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416", I|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3069" punish|strong="H6213" [MTY] you|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" being|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H6213" my|strong="H3045" people|strong="H3045", envying them|strong="H6213", and|strong="H6213" hating|strong="H8130" them|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" disgusting|strong="H8441" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H8085" about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" mountains|strong="H2022" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478". You|strong="H3588" said|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3605" ruined|strong="H8074"/devastated|strong="H8074", and|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3605" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3478" occupy|strong="H3423" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
\verseNumber{13}When|strong="H8085" you|strong="H5921" insulted|strong="H3637" me|strong="H5921", I|strong="H5921" heard|strong="H8085" all|strong="H1697" that|strong="H8085" you|strong="H5921" said|strong="H1697" about|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3605" what|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3541", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H0559": You|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3427" on|strong="H6213" Seir|strong="H8165" Mountain|strong="H2022" and|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" places|strong="H3605" in|strong="H6213" Edom|strong="H0112", when|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3541" cause|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H6213" become|strong="H6213" desolate|strong="H8077", everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" entire|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398" will|strong="H3069" rejoice|strong="H8055". 
\verseNumber{15}You|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3478" happy|strong="H8057" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H5159" [MTY] of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3045" became|strong="H1961" desolate|strong="H8074", so|strong="H3651" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3068" land|strong="H5159" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" desolate|strong="H8074". When|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" happens|strong="H1961", people|strong="H3045" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}.’ ” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A prophecy about Yahweh bringing his people back to Israel }
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\chapterNumber{36}You|strong="H2022" human|strong="H0120", prophesy|strong="H5012" about|strong="H1697" the|strong="H8085" mountains|strong="H2022" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". Say|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H8085", “You|strong="H2022" mountains|strong="H2022" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{2}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H1961" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Lord|strong="H3069" says|strong="H3541": Your|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H0341" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{happily} said|strong="H0559" about|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5921", ‘Aha|strong="H1889"! The|strong="H5921" mountains|strong="H2022" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" that|strong="H1116" have|strong="H1961" existed|strong="H1961" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" long|strong="H5769" time|strong="H5769" have|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" ours|strong="H6440"!’ ” 
\verseNumber{3}Therefore|strong="H3651" prophesy|strong="H5012" about|strong="H5439" those|strong="H5921" mountains|strong="H2022" and|strong="H5971" say|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Lord|strong="H3069" declares|strong="H5002": \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7611"\+w* \+w other|strong="H8193"\+w* \+w nations|strong="H1471"\+w*} attacked|strong="H5927" you|strong="H5921" [DOU] from|strong="H5921" every|strong="H5439" direction|strong="H5439", with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H5971" your|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" became|strong="H1961" abandoned|strong="H5800", and|strong="H5971" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H7611" other|strong="H8193" nations|strong="H1471" occupied|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5921", and|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3651" spoke|strong="H1696" maliciously|strong="H7169" about|strong="H5439" you|strong="H5921" and|strong="H5971" slandered|strong="H7270" you|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{4-6}Therefore|strong="H3651", you|strong="H0859" mountains|strong="H2022" in|strong="H0935" Israel|strong="H3478", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H4480" me|strong="H0413". I|strong="H0589", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068", have|strong="H1961" something|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0413" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" hills|strong="H1389" and|strong="H3967" mountains|strong="H2022", to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" ravines|strong="H0650" and|strong="H3967" valleys|strong="H6010", to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" deserted|strong="H5307" ruins|strong="H2723" and|strong="H3967" towns|strong="H1323" whose|strong="H0834" valuable|strong="H3368" possessions|strong="H7399" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H3947" and|strong="H3967" their|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" ridiculed by|strong="H0801" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H0312" nations|strong="H1471" around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H5414". This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0369" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H0589", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068", declare|strong="H5046": I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734" [DOU] with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Edom|strong="H0112" and|strong="H3967" other|strong="H0312" nations|strong="H1471"; they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H1961" forced|strong="H4522" you|strong="H0859" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} to|strong="H0413" endure|strong="H5975" them|strong="H5414" insulting you|strong="H0859". 
\verseNumber{7}Therefore|strong="H3651", this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3027" what|strong="H3541" I|strong="H3541", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H0559": Lifting|strong="H8641" up|strong="H5375" my|strong="H5375" arm|strong="H3027", I|strong="H3541" solemnly|strong="H7650" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H1471" the|strong="H3069" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3069" nations|strong="H1471" that|strong="H1471" are|strong="H1992" around|strong="H5439" you|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1471" also|strong="H3541" endure|strong="H5375" being|strong="H1961" insulted|strong="H3637". 
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\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" mountains|strong="H2022" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" huge|strong="H1995" crops|strong="H8393" of|strong="H2022" fruit|strong="H6529" will|strong="H5971" grow|strong="H6779" on|strong="H2022" your|strong="H5414" trees|strong="H6086" for|strong="H3588" my|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H5971", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" soon|strong="H3588" return|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{9}I|strong="H3588" ◄am|strong="H2005" concerned|strong="H6485" about|strong="H5439"/will|strong="H3588" take|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H5647"► you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H6437" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3588" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H3588". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w farmers|strong="H0406"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6437"\+w*} plow|strong="H2790" the|strong="H3588" ground|strong="H0776" and|strong="H6437" plant|strong="H2232" seed|strong="H2232" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{10}I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3478" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H3605" number|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1004" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3605" mountains|strong="H2022" and|strong="H3478" everywhere|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3427" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" greatly|strong="H7235" increase|strong="H7235". People|strong="H3427" will|strong="H3478" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3478" rebuild|strong="H1129" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w houses|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w where|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w now|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w only|strong="H3605"\+w*} ruins|strong="H2723". 
\verseNumber{11}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H5921" number|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3427" and|strong="H3068" domestic animals|strong="H0929" to|strong="H3068" increase|strong="H7235". People|strong="H3427" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" many|strong="H7235" children|strong="H1121" [IDM, DOU]. I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" people|strong="H3427" to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427" like|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3068" previously|strong="H8543", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" prosper|strong="H6743" like|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3068" before|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{12}I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" enable|strong="H7980" my|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3478" walk|strong="H3212" through|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" mountains|strong="H2022". They|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" own|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5921"; you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H5921" permanent|strong="H5769" possession|strong="H3423". Never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H5750" will|strong="H1961" their|strong="H5921" children|strong="H7921" die|strong="H4191". 
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\verseNumber{13}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H1961" also|strong="H3541" what|strong="H3541" I|strong="H3541", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3282": People|strong="H1471" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H1471" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w small|strong="H6996"\+w* \+w amount|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3069"\+w* \+w food|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w produced|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w on|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w your|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w mountains|strong="H2022"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3069"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3069"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*} die|strong="H4191" from|strong="H1471" hunger|strong="H7458". 
\verseNumber{14}Therefore|strong="H3651", I|strong="H3651", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" Lord|strong="H3069", declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H1471" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" will|strong="H1471" that|strong="H1471" happen|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{15}No|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" will|strong="H1471" the|strong="H5002" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5971" other|strong="H5750" nations|strong="H1471" ridicule|strong="H4912" you|strong="H3808"; no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" will|strong="H1471" they|strong="H3808" laugh|strong="H7832" at|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808"; no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" will|strong="H1471" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5002"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5971"\+w*} other|strong="H5750" nations|strong="H1471" conquer|strong="H3423" you|strong="H3808". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3808", Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H5971" declared|strong="H8085" that|strong="H5971" it|strong="H5375" will|strong="H1471" happen|strong="H1961".” 
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\verseNumber{16}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" another|strong="H0312" message|strong="H1697". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697", 
\verseNumber{17}“You|strong="H6440" human|strong="H0120", when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" their|strong="H6440" own|strong="H1961" land|strong="H6440", they|strong="H5921" ◄defiled|strong="H2930" it|strong="H5921"/caused|strong="H1961" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H6440"► by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" things|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3478" they|strong="H5921" did|strong="H3478". I|strong="H5921" considered|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3478" their|strong="H6440" behavior|strong="H1870" was|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w disgusting|strong="H8441"\+w*}, like|strong="H1961" [SIM] the|strong="H6440" rags|strong="H4418"/cloths|strong="H0899" that|strong="H3478" women|strong="H0802" use|strong="H1961" during|strong="H1961" their|strong="H6440" monthly|strong="H2320" menstrual|strong="H5079" periods|strong="H2508". 
\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" severely|strong="H5953" punished|strong="H6485" [MTY] them|strong="H5921", because|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" had|strong="H3068" murdered|strong="H2026" [MTY] many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H1818" and|strong="H1818" because|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" had|strong="H3068" defiled|strong="H2930" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" by|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w*} idols|strong="H1544" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{19}I|strong="H5949" caused|strong="H5414" them|strong="H6327" to|strong="H1870" be|strong="H1471" scattered|strong="H6327" among|strong="H8199" many|strong="H7227" nations|strong="H1471" [DOU]. I|strong="H5949" punished|strong="H6485" [MTY] them|strong="H6327" like|strong="H1870" they|strong="H1870" deserved|strong="H1576" to|strong="H1870" be|strong="H1471" punished|strong="H6485" because|strong="H1870" of|strong="H1870" their|strong="H1870" very|strong="H3966" evil|strong="H7451" behavior|strong="H1870" [DOU]. 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H3068" wherever|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" went|strong="H3318" among|strong="H8034" those|strong="H3318" nations|strong="H1471", they|strong="H8033" caused|strong="H5414" my|strong="H3068" reputation|strong="H8034" [MTY] to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3068" disgraced|strong="H0954". What|strong="H4100" has|strong="H3068" happened|strong="H1961" is|strong="H3068" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3068" those|strong="H3318" countries|strong="H0776" said|strong="H3318" about|strong="H8033" the|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H5971", ‘They|strong="H8033" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068", but|strong="H5971" they|strong="H8033" were|strong="H5971" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H3318" leave|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H5971" he|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gave|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3318"\+w*}.’ 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H8034" concerned|strong="H6485" about|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" reputation|strong="H8034", which|strong="H1471" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" disgraced|strong="H0954" among|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" nations|strong="H1471" to|strong="H3478" which|strong="H1471" they|strong="H8033" were|strong="H3478" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H3478" go|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{22}Therefore|strong="H3651", say|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1471", ‘This|strong="H3651" is|strong="H8034" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" Lord|strong="H3069" says|strong="H3541": You|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1471", it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H8034" not|strong="H3808" for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H6213" sake|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" these|strong="H6213" things|strong="H6944". Instead|strong="H3588", it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H8034" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" sake|strong="H4616" of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H2490" sacred|strong="H6944" reputation|strong="H8034", which|strong="H1471" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1471" disgraced|strong="H0954" among|strong="H8034" the|strong="H3588" nations|strong="H1471" to|strong="H3478" which|strong="H1471" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3478" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H3478" go|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{23}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" show|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3068" reputation|strong="H8034" is|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944", a|strong="H3588" reputation|strong="H8034" which|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" disgraced|strong="H0954" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H5002" nations|strong="H1471" to|strong="H3068" which|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H5869" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3068". And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" show|strong="H3045" the|strong="H5002" nations|strong="H1471" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" holy|strong="H6942", the|strong="H5002" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H3588" nations|strong="H1471" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5002"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{24}What|strong="H4100" I|strong="H4480" will|strong="H1471" do|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1471" bring|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3605" back|strong="H3947" from|strong="H4480" those|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471". I|strong="H4480" will|strong="H1471" gather|strong="H6908" you|strong="H3605" from|strong="H4480" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" countries|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w which|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w forced|strong="H4522"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w go|strong="H1980"\+w*}, and|strong="H1471" bring|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3605" back|strong="H3947" to|strong="H1471" your|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{25}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w be|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4325" sprinkle|strong="H2236" clean|strong="H2889" water|strong="H4325" on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3605", and|strong="H4325" then|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H4325" be|strong="H4325" clean|strong="H2889". I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4325" cause|strong="H2600" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H4325" cleansed|strong="H2891" from|strong="H5921" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3605" defiled|strong="H2930" you|strong="H3605", and|strong="H4325" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4325" cause|strong="H2600" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5921" stop|strong="H2308" worshiping|strong="H7812" idols|strong="H1544". 
\verseNumber{26}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3820" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" completely|strong="H3617" new|strong="H2319" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H7307" thinking|strong="H0559" [IDM]. I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3820" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" stop|strong="H5493" being|strong="H1961" stubborn|strong="H5637" [IDM], and|strong="H3820" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3820" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" obey|strong="H8085" me|strong="H5414" from|strong="H5493" your|strong="H5414" inner|strong="H7130" beings|strong="H2421" [IDM]. 
\verseNumber{27}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H7307" put|strong="H5414" my|strong="H8104" Spirit|strong="H7307" within|strong="H7130" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H4941" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" carefully|strong="H6213" obey|strong="H6213" all|strong="H6213" my|strong="H8104" laws|strong="H2706" [DOU]. 
\verseNumber{28}You|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" again|strong="H1961" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" your|strong="H5414" ancestors|strong="H0001". You|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" my|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H5971" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H5414" God|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{29}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" free|strong="H2670" you|strong="H5414" from|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" disgraceful|strong="H5039" behavior|strong="H3027". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" cause|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3605" grain|strong="H1715" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3808" plentiful|strong="H7230", and|strong="H1715" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" not|strong="H3808" send|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" famine|strong="H7458" to|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414" again|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{30}I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1471" cause|strong="H2600" your|strong="H3947" fruit|strong="H6529" trees|strong="H6086" to|strong="H4616" produce|strong="H6529" plenty|strong="H7235" of|strong="H7704" fruit|strong="H6529" and|strong="H6086" your|strong="H3947" ground|strong="H7704" to|strong="H4616" produce|strong="H6529" plenty|strong="H7235" of|strong="H7704" good|strong="H2896" crops|strong="H8393", with|strong="H6086" the|strong="H3947" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H1471" you|strong="H3947" will|strong="H1471" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3808" ridiculed by|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3947" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H7704" other|strong="H5750" nations|strong="H1471" because|strong="H4616" of|strong="H7704" your|strong="H3947" not|strong="H3808" having|strong="H3808" enough|strong="H1767" food|strong="H3899". 
\verseNumber{31}When|strong="H5921" that|strong="H7451" happens|strong="H1961", you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3808" think|strong="H2142" about|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" previous|strong="H7223" evil|strong="H7451" behavior|strong="H1870" and|strong="H6440" wicked|strong="H7451" deeds|strong="H4611", and|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3808" ◄be|strong="H3808" very|strong="H2896" displeased|strong="H7451" with|strong="H5921"/hate|strong="H8441"► yourselves|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" sins|strong="H5771" and|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" detestable|strong="H8441" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H7451" you|strong="H6440" did|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{32}But|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3045", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" Lord|strong="H3069", declare|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" I|strong="H3045" want|strong="H3808" you|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" it|strong="H6213" is|strong="H1870" not|strong="H3808" for|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3045" sake|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3045" I|strong="H3045" will|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" those|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3808". You|strong="H6213" Israeli people|strong="H3808" ought|strong="H3972" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" ashamed|strong="H3637" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3045" behavior|strong="H1870". 
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\verseNumber{33}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3117" also|strong="H3541" what|strong="H3541" I|strong="H3117", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H0559": At|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3117" forgive|strong="H5545" you|strong="H3605" for|strong="H3427" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H5771" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H5771" committed|strong="H6213", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H5892" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3117" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" your|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" again|strong="H1129" and|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3117" build|strong="H1129" houses|strong="H1004" where|strong="H1129" there|strong="H3427" are|strong="H3117" now|strong="H3117" only|strong="H3605" ruins|strong="H2723". 
\verseNumber{34}People|strong="H5869" who|strong="H3605" walk|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" your|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022" will|strong="H1961" see|strong="H5869" that|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" is|strong="H3605" again|strong="H1961" cultivated|strong="H5647" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H5869" ◄being|strong="H1961" desolate|strong="H8074"/having|strong="H1961" nothing|strong="H3605" growing|strong="H5927" in|strong="H5869" it|strong="H1961"►. 
\verseNumber{35}They|strong="H5892" will|strong="H1961" say|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H1977" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H5892" was|strong="H1961" ruined|strong="H2040" has|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w fertile|strong="H3759"\+w*/\+w productive|strong="H2896"\+w*} like|strong="H1961" [SIM] the|strong="H1961" garden|strong="H1588" of|strong="H3427" Eden|strong="H5731"! The|strong="H1961" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H5892" were|strong="H1961" piles|strong="H6651" of|strong="H3427" ruins|strong="H5892", empty|strong="H7387" and|strong="H5892" destroyed|strong="H2040", now|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H1961", and|strong="H5892" people|strong="H3427" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" those|strong="H3427" cities|strong="H5892".” 
\verseNumber{36}When|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" happens|strong="H6213", the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1471" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" nations|strong="H1471" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1471" around|strong="H5439" you|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" still|strong="H3588" exist will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1696" rebuild|strong="H1129" what|strong="H3045" was|strong="H3068" destroyed|strong="H2040", and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H1696" again|strong="H1129" plant|strong="H5193" crops|strong="H8393" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" fields|strong="H7704" that|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" nothing|strong="H3808" growing|strong="H5927" in|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6213". I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H6213"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H6213" it|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1696" happen|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{37}This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H3478" also|strong="H3541" what|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3541", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H3478": Again|strong="H5750" I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H3478" heed|strong="H8104" what|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" Israeli people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H3478" pleading|strong="H1696" for|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213". I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H3478" cause|strong="H6213" your|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H5750" as|strong="H6213" numerous|strong="H7235" as|strong="H6213" your|strong="H6213" sheep|strong="H6629", 
\verseNumber{38}as|strong="H1961" numerous|strong="H7227" as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" flocks|strong="H6629" of|strong="H3068" sheep|strong="H6629" that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" needed|strong="H1767" for|strong="H3588" offerings|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" during|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3068" regular|strong="H8548" festivals|strong="H4150". The|strong="H3588" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" now|strong="H1961" ruined|strong="H7703" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" filled|strong="H4392" with|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3045", and|strong="H3068" then|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" Lord|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}.’” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The vision about the valley of dry bones }
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\chapterNumber{37}One|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5117" me|strong="H5921" another|strong="H8432" vision|strong="H2377". In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" vision|strong="H2377" I|strong="H5921" felt|strong="H4959" the|strong="H5921" power|strong="H3027" [MTY] of|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" on|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3068" by|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" he|strong="H1931" took|strong="H3318" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" valley|strong="H1237". It|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H3068" bones|strong="H6106" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w who|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H5921" led|strong="H5674" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5921" walk|strong="H5674" back|strong="H7725" and|strong="H6440" forth|strong="H5674" among|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" bones|strong="H6106". I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H7227" there|strong="H2009" were|strong="H7227" very|strong="H3966" many|strong="H7227" bones|strong="H6106" there|strong="H2009", bones|strong="H6106" that|strong="H7227" were|strong="H7227" very|strong="H3966" dry|strong="H3002". 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H1121" asked|strong="H7592" me|strong="H2421", “You|strong="H3045" human|strong="H0120", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w*} these|strong="H0428" bones|strong="H6106" can|strong="H3045" become|strong="H1961" living|strong="H2421" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*}?” 
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I|strong="H3045" replied|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3045" Lord|strong="H3069", only|strong="H0389" you|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w can|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H8085" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5921", “Prophesy|strong="H5012" to|strong="H3068" these|strong="H8085" bones|strong="H6106". Say|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921", ‘You|strong="H5921" dry|strong="H3002" bones|strong="H6106", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{5}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H2009" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="H3069" says|strong="H3541" to|strong="H7307" you|strong="H7307" bones|strong="H6106": I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H7307" put|strong="H5414" my|strong="H2421" breath|strong="H7307" into|strong="H0413" each|strong="H3541" of|strong="H7307" you|strong="H7307", and|strong="H2421" you|strong="H7307" will|strong="H7307" become|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2421" again|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" fasten|strong="H5414" tendons|strong="H1517" to|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" bones|strong="H6106", and|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3068" bones|strong="H6106" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" covered|strong="H7159" with|strong="H3068" flesh|strong="H1320". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" cover|strong="H7159" the|strong="H5921" flesh|strong="H1320" with|strong="H3068" skin|strong="H5785". Then|strong="H5414" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" breathe|strong="H5397" into|strong="H5927" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2421". When|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" happens|strong="H1961", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}.’ ” 
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\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H1961" I|strong="H2009" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6680" bones|strong="H6106" what|strong="H6963" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" me|strong="H6963" to|strong="H1961" speak|strong="H1696". As|strong="H1961" I|strong="H2009" was|strong="H1961" speaking|strong="H1696", there|strong="H2009" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" noise|strong="H6963", a|strong="H1961" rattling|strong="H7494" sound|strong="H6963", and|strong="H6963" the|strong="H6680" bones|strong="H6106" came|strong="H1961" together|strong="H7126", bones|strong="H6106" joining|strong="H1695" to|strong="H1961" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312". 
\verseNumber{8}While|strong="H2009" I|strong="H2009" was|strong="H7307" looking|strong="H7200", I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H7200" tendons|strong="H1517" fastening to|strong="H5927" them|strong="H5921" and|strong="H7200" flesh|strong="H1320" covering|strong="H4372" them|strong="H5921", and|strong="H7200" then|strong="H2009" skin|strong="H5785" covered|strong="H7159" the|strong="H5921" flesh|strong="H1320", but|strong="H7200" they|strong="H5921" did|strong="H7200" not|strong="H7200" breathe|strong="H5397". 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H3541" he|strong="H3541" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" me|strong="H2421", “You|strong="H7307" human|strong="H0120", prophesy|strong="H5012" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3069" wind|strong="H7307". Say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3069" wind|strong="H7307", ‘Wind|strong="H7307" [APO], Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" to|strong="H1121" you|strong="H7307", blow|strong="H5301" from|strong="H1121" all|strong="H2026" four|strong="H0702" directions|strong="H7253". Breathe|strong="H5301" into|strong="H0413" these|strong="H5012" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" been|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2026", in|strong="H1121" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3541" can|strong="H7307" become|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2421" again|strong="H7725"!’ ” 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H3966" I|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" what|strong="H5921" he|strong="H5921" commanded|strong="H6680" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" say|strong="H0559", and|strong="H1419" then|strong="H5975" breath|strong="H7307" entered|strong="H5975" them|strong="H5921". They|strong="H5921" became|strong="H3205" alive|strong="H2421" and|strong="H1419" stood|strong="H5975" up|strong="H5975", like|strong="H7272" a|strong="H5975" huge|strong="H1995" army|strong="H2428". 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H2009" he|strong="H3605" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H3605", “You|strong="H3605" human|strong="H0120", these|strong="H1992" bones|strong="H6106" represent|strong="H7969" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" [MTY]. The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" say|strong="H3478", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w is|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} our|strong="H3605" bones|strong="H6106" are|strong="H1992" dried|strong="H3001" up|strong="H3001"; there|strong="H2009" are|strong="H1992" no|strong="H3605" more|strong="H3254" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" we|strong="H3605" can|strong="H1004" ◄hope|strong="H8615" for|strong="H1004"/confidently|strong="H2388" expect|strong="H6960" to|strong="H3478" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" us|strong="H3478"►; our|strong="H3605" nation|strong="H1004" is|strong="H2009" destroyed|strong="H4229"/finished|strong="H3615".’ 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H3651" prophesy|strong="H5012" and|strong="H3478" say|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H5927", ‘This|strong="H3651" is|strong="H2009" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="H3069" says|strong="H3541": My|strong="H6605" people|strong="H5971", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H5971" open|strong="H6605" your|strong="H6605" graves|strong="H6913" and|strong="H3478" cause|strong="H3651" your|strong="H6605" corpses|strong="H6297" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="H3478". I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H5971" bring|strong="H5927" you|strong="H3651" back|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H3588", what|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" happens|strong="H1961", you|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" Lord|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{14}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" Spirit|strong="H7307" in|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w as|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H6213" alive|strong="H2421" again|strong="H1696", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1696" live|strong="H2421" in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" land|strong="H0776" again|strong="H1696". Then|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", who|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H6213"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" happen|strong="H6213". That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3045" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", declare|strong="H3045".’ ” 

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\verseNumber{15}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w another|strong="H0312"\+w*} message|strong="H1697". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697", 
\verseNumber{16}“You|strong="H3605" human|strong="H0120", take|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" piece|strong="H6595" of|strong="H1121" wood|strong="H6086" and|strong="H1121" write|strong="H3789" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921", ‘This|strong="H3947" represents Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063".’ Then|strong="H3947" take|strong="H3947" another|strong="H0312" piece|strong="H6595" of|strong="H1121" wood|strong="H6086" and|strong="H1121" write|strong="H3789" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921", ‘This|strong="H3947" represents Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478".’ 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H1961" join|strong="H7126" them|strong="H3027" together|strong="H7126" to|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w*} one|strong="H1961" piece|strong="H6595" of|strong="H3027" wood|strong="H6086" in|strong="H6086" your|strong="H1961" hand|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3808" fellow|strong="H1121" Israelis ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H5046", ‘What|strong="H4100" does|strong="H4100" ◄this|strong="H5046" action|strong="H6213"/what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5046" just|strong="H3512" did|strong="H4100"► mean|strong="H2823"?’, 
\verseNumber{19}tell|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5414", ‘This|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3027" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Lord|strong="H3069" says|strong="H3541": One|strong="H1961" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H3027" wood|strong="H6086" in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027" represents Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H3027" Israel|strong="H3478". I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" joining|strong="H1695" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" piece|strong="H6595" of|strong="H3027" wood|strong="H6086" that|strong="H3478" represents Judah|strong="H3063", to|strong="H1696" form|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1961" piece|strong="H6595" of|strong="H3027" wood|strong="H6086" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027".’ 
\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H1961", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w human|strong="H3027"\+w*}, hold|strong="H2388" up|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H3027" wood|strong="H6086" that|strong="H3027" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1961" written|strong="H3789" on|strong="H5921", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5869" can|strong="H5869" see|strong="H5869" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{21}Say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3947" people|strong="H1471", ‘This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H2009" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3947" Lord|strong="H3069" says|strong="H3541": I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H1471" take|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3947" Israeli people|strong="H1471" out|strong="H3947" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" countries|strong="H0776" to|strong="H1696" which|strong="H1471" you|strong="H3947" have|strong="H1121" been|strong="H1961" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H1696" go|strong="H1980". I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H1471" gather|strong="H6908" you|strong="H3947" from|strong="H3478" all|strong="H5439" those|strong="H1121" nations|strong="H1471" and|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3947" back|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1696" your|strong="H3947" own|strong="H1961" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H3478" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3478" again|strong="H5750" be|strong="H1961" one|strong="H3605" nation|strong="H1471" in|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776", on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" mountains|strong="H2022" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". And|strong="H3478" there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" one|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4467" over|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3605". Never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H5750" will|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" be|strong="H1961" two|strong="H8147" nations|strong="H1471" or|strong="H3808" divided|strong="H2673" into|strong="H6213" two|strong="H8147" kingdoms|strong="H4467". 
\verseNumber{23}No|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" will|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" ◄defile|strong="H2930" yourselves|strong="H2930"/make|strong="H2930" yourselves|strong="H2930" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H3467"► by|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w*} idols|strong="H1544" and|strong="H5971" disgusting|strong="H8441" statues|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w gods|strong="H0430"\+w*}, because|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1961" quit|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3605" sinful|strong="H2398" behavior|strong="H3027" and|strong="H5971" to|strong="H1961" stop|strong="H3808" rejecting me|strong="H3467". You|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" my|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H5971" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{24}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} David|strong="H1732" who|strong="H3605" served|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w well|strong="H3190"\+w*} will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w*}, and|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] he|strong="H6213" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3605" shepherd|strong="H7462". They|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" carefully|strong="H6213" obey|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H8104" laws|strong="H8451" [DOU]. 
\verseNumber{25}They|strong="H1992" will|strong="H5650" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" Jacob|strong="H3290", who|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1732" served|strong="H5647" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w well|strong="H3190"\+w*}; they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H5650" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5414" ancestors|strong="H0001" lived|strong="H3427". They|strong="H1992" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5414" children|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5414" grandchildren|strong="H1121" will|strong="H5650" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427" forever|strong="H5769", and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w one|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1121"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H5921"\+w*} David|strong="H1732" will|strong="H5650" be|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5414" king|strong="H5921" forever|strong="H5769". 
\verseNumber{26}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" make|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" peace|strong="H7965" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" them|strong="H5414"; it|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" endure|strong="H1961" forever|strong="H5769". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" again|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H5769" cause|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" population|strong="H1546" to|strong="H1961" increase|strong="H7235". And|strong="H5769" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" put|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H4720" among|strong="H8432" them|strong="H5414" forever|strong="H5769". 
\verseNumber{27}The|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4908" where|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" live|strong="H3427" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" among|strong="H5921" them|strong="H1992"; I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H1992" God|strong="H0430" and|strong="H5971" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" my|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="H1961", when|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H4720" is|strong="H3068" forever|strong="H5769" there|strong="H1961" among|strong="H8432" them|strong="H8432", the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" nations|strong="H1471" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H1961" caused|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1471" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" set|strong="H6942" apart|strong="H6942" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w belong|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w me|strong="H1961"\+w*}.’” 

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\chapterNumber{38}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" another|strong="H0312" message|strong="H1697". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1697", 
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\verseNumber{25}Therefore|strong="H3651", this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H6258"\+w*} what|strong="H3541" I|strong="H3541", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H7725": I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H3478" now|strong="H6258" bring|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" exile|strong="H1540"/Babylonia|strong="H0894" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} Jacob|strong="H3290"; I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H3478" pity|strong="H7355" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3541"\+w*} jealously protect|strong="H8104" my|strong="H3605" reputation|strong="H8034". 
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\verseNumber{29}I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3478" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H5750" from|strong="H6440" them|strong="H1992"; I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3478" pour|strong="H8210" out|strong="H8210" my|strong="H5921" Spirit|strong="H7307" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H3808". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H5641"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5921"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3478" said|strong="H5002" it|strong="H5921".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{In a vision, Ezekiel was taken to Jerusalem }
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\chapterNumber{40}Almost|strong="H3117" 25 years|strong="H8141" after|strong="H5921" we|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H5221"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}, on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tenth|strong="H6218" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" first|strong="H7218" month|strong="H2320" of|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3117" year|strong="H8141", almost|strong="H3117" 14years|strong="H8141" after|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H5221", in|strong="H8141" a|strong="H1961" vision|strong="H2377" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w felt|strong="H4959"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" power|strong="H3027" [MTY] of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" on|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3117" took|strong="H1961" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" east|strong="H6921" entryway to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" outer|strong="H2435" courtyard|strong="H2691" }
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\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H6440" length|strong="H5921" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w outer|strong="H6440"\+w*} opening|strong="H6310" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" entryway to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" far|strong="H5921" end|strong="H7093" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" entry|strong="H6607" room|strong="H2315" was|strong="H6440" ◄87-1/2 feet|strong="H7272"/26.5 meters►. 
\verseNumber{16}There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H5439" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w small|strong="H6996"\+w*} windows|strong="H2474" in|strong="H6441" the|strong="H5439" outside|strong="H5439" walls|strong="H2346" of|strong="H8179" all|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5439" alcoves|strong="H8372", and|strong="H8179" also|strong="H1571" in|strong="H6441" the|strong="H5439" inner|strong="H6441" dividing|strong="H2505" walls|strong="H2346" between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H5439" alcoves|strong="H8372". There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H5439" also|strong="H1571" small|strong="H6996" windows|strong="H2474" in|strong="H6441" the|strong="H5439" entry|strong="H6607" room|strong="H8372". The|strong="H5439" dividing|strong="H2505" walls|strong="H2346" were|strong="H5439" decorated|strong="H5927" with|strong="H3651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w carvings|strong="H4734"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8179"\+w*} palm|strong="H8561" trees|strong="H8561". 

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\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H5980" stone|strong="H0068" path|strong="H0734" was|strong="H8179" all|strong="H5980" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5980" courtyard|strong="H2691", and|strong="H8179" it|strong="H5414" extended|strong="H5186" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H8179" the|strong="H5980" walls|strong="H2346" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5980" courtyard|strong="H2691" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5980" same|strong="H1931" distance|strong="H7350" as|strong="H5980" the|strong="H5980" entry|strong="H6607" room|strong="H2315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H8179"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5980"\+w* entryway}. That|strong="H8179" was|strong="H8179" the|strong="H5980" lower|strong="H8481" path|strong="H0734". 
\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H6440" man|strong="H6440" measured|strong="H4058" the|strong="H6440" distance|strong="H7350" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w across|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w outer|strong="H2351"\+w* \+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}, between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H6440" inner|strong="H6442" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w entrance|strong="H8179"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" entryway and|strong="H3967" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w wall|strong="H2346"\+w* \+w surrounding|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w*} inner|strong="H6442" courtyard|strong="H2691": It|strong="H6440" was|strong="H6440" ◄175 feet|strong="H7272"/53 meters► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w east|strong="H6921"\+w* \+w side|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w on|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w side|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*}. 

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\verseNumber{21}There|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" three|strong="H7969" alcoves|strong="H8372" on|strong="H1961" each|strong="H6311" side|strong="H6311" of|strong="H8179" the|strong="H1961" entryway hall|strong="H0197". The|strong="H1961" measurements|strong="H4060" of|strong="H8179" the|strong="H1961" alcoves|strong="H8372", the|strong="H1961" dividing|strong="H2505" walls|strong="H2346" between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H1961" alcoves|strong="H8372", and|strong="H6242" the|strong="H1961" entry|strong="H6607" room|strong="H8372" were|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" same|strong="H1931" as|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" those|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" first|strong="H7223" entryway. The|strong="H1961" length|strong="H0753" from|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w outer|strong="H2435"\+w*} opening|strong="H6310" of|strong="H8179" the|strong="H1961" entryway to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" far|strong="H5704" end|strong="H7093" of|strong="H8179" the|strong="H1961" entry|strong="H6607" room|strong="H8372" was|strong="H1961" ◄87-1/2 feet|strong="H7272"/26.5 meters►. The|strong="H1961" entryway was|strong="H1961" ◄43-3/4 feet|strong="H7272"/13.3 meters► wide|strong="H7341". 
\verseNumber{22}Its|strong="H5927" windows|strong="H2474" and|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" entry|strong="H6607" room|strong="H2315" and|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" palm|strong="H8561" tree|strong="H8561" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{decorations \+w all|strong="H5927"\+w*} measured|strong="H4058" the|strong="H6440" same|strong="H1931" as|strong="H5927" the|strong="H6440" ones|strong="H2945" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H6440" east|strong="H6921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w side|strong="H6921"\+w*}. There|strong="H5927" were|strong="H1870" seven|strong="H7651" steps|strong="H4609" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H6440" outer|strong="H6440" threshold|strong="H4670"/opening|strong="H6310" for|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" entryway, and|strong="H6440" an|strong="H6440" entry|strong="H6607" room|strong="H2315" was|strong="H6440" at|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H0312" end|strong="H7093" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" entryway. 
\verseNumber{23}There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H8179" an|strong="H6828" entryway to|strong="H8179" the|strong="H4058" inner|strong="H6442" courtyard|strong="H2691" that|strong="H2691" faces|strong="H6440" the|strong="H4058" north|strong="H6828" entryway, like|strong="H3644" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H8179" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H4058" east|strong="H6921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w side|strong="H6828"\+w*}. The|strong="H4058" man|strong="H8179" measured|strong="H4058" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H4058"\+w* \+w distance|strong="H7350"\+w*} from|strong="H4058" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H4058"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} entryway to|strong="H8179" the|strong="H4058" entryway \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4058"\+w* \+w other|strong="H5048"\+w* \+w side|strong="H6828"\+w*}; it|strong="H4058" was|strong="H8179" ◄175 feet|strong="H7272"/53 meters►. 

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\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H5439" alcoves|strong="H8372" and|strong="H6242" the|strong="H5439" entry|strong="H6607" room|strong="H2315" had|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w narrow|strong="H0331"\+w*} windows|strong="H2474" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5439" walls|strong="H2346", like|strong="H5439" on|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5439" other|strong="H0312" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sides|strong="H5439"\+w*}. The|strong="H5439" length|strong="H0753" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H7341"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w outer|strong="H2435"\+w* \+w opening|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7341"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5439"\+w*} entryway \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6242"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w far|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w end|strong="H7093"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7341"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w entry|strong="H6607"\+w* \+w room|strong="H2315"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w*} was|strong="H3068" ◄87-1/2 feet|strong="H7272"/26.5 meters► and|strong="H6242" the|strong="H5439" entryway was|strong="H3068" ◄43-3/4 feet|strong="H7272"/13.3 meters► wide|strong="H7341". 
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\verseNumber{27}The|strong="H1870" inner|strong="H6442" courtyard|strong="H2691" also|strong="H1571" had|strong="H3068" an|strong="H1864" entryway on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H1870" south|strong="H1864" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w side|strong="H1870"\+w*}. He|strong="H4058" measured|strong="H4058" from|strong="H4058" that|strong="H2691" entryway to|strong="H1870" the|strong="H1870" entrance|strong="H8179" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H1870" south|strong="H1864" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w side|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w outer|strong="H2435"\+w* \+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*; \+w it|strong="H4058"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w also|strong="H1571"\+w*} ◄175 feet|strong="H7272"/53 meters►. 

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\verseNumber{35}Then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H4058" led|strong="H1980" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H8179" the|strong="H4058" entrance|strong="H8179" on|strong="H4060" the|strong="H4058" north|strong="H6828" side|strong="H6828" and|strong="H6828" measured|strong="H4058" it|strong="H4058". It|strong="H4058" measured|strong="H4058" the|strong="H4058" same|strong="H1931" as|strong="H8179" the|strong="H4058" other|strong="H0312" entrances|strong="H6607". 
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\verseNumber{38}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w In|strong="H6607"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H2377"\+w*, \+w I|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8179"\+w*} in|strong="H6607" the|strong="H8033" inner|strong="H6442" entry|strong="H6607" room|strong="H3957" of|strong="H8179" the|strong="H8033" north|strong="H6828" entryway there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H8179" a|strong="H8033" door|strong="H6607" to|strong="H8033" a|strong="H8033" side|strong="H6285" room|strong="H3957". That|strong="H8179" side|strong="H6285" room|strong="H3957" was|strong="H8179" where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w carcasses|strong="H5038"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8179"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8033"\+w*} animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H8179" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H1961" burned|strong="H8313" completely|strong="H3617" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5930"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} were|strong="H8179" washed|strong="H1740". 
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\verseNumber{40}Along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5927" outside|strong="H2351" wall|strong="H2346" of|strong="H8179" the|strong="H5927" entry|strong="H6607" room|strong="H2315", on|strong="H5927" each|strong="H8147" side|strong="H3802" of|strong="H8179" the|strong="H5927" steps|strong="H4609" at|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" opening|strong="H6607" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" entryway on|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" north|strong="H6828" side|strong="H3802", were|strong="H8147" two|strong="H8147" tables|strong="H7979". 
\verseNumber{41}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3651"\+w*} there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H8179" four|strong="H0702" tables|strong="H7979" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H7819" entrance|strong="H8179" and|strong="H8179" four|strong="H0702" tables|strong="H7979" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="H7819" entry|strong="H6607" room|strong="H2315", on|strong="H7979" which|strong="H8179" the|strong="H7819" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w animals|strong="H0929"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8179"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w*} sacrificed|strong="H2076" were|strong="H8179" slaughtered|strong="H7819". 
\verseNumber{42}There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H3627" also|strong="H1571" four|strong="H0702" tables|strong="H7979" of|strong="H3627" cut|strong="H1496" stone|strong="H1496" for|strong="H3627" the|strong="H7819" offerings|strong="H5930" to|strong="H3627" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313", ◄31-1/2 in|strong="H2077"./80 cm.► on|strong="H3627" each|strong="H7979" side|strong="H6285" and|strong="H5930" ◄21 in|strong="H2077"./53 cm.► high|strong="H1363". On|strong="H3627" those|strong="H3240" stone|strong="H1496" tables|strong="H7979" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H1961" placed|strong="H3240" the|strong="H7819" tools|strong="H0240" for|strong="H3627" slaughtering|strong="H7819" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H7819" animals|strong="H0929" for|strong="H3627" the|strong="H7819" sacrifices|strong="H2077". 
\verseNumber{43}The|strong="H5439" meat|strong="H1320" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5439" offerings|strong="H7133" would|strong="H1320" be|strong="H1004" placed|strong="H5414" on|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stone|strong="H0068"\+w*} tables|strong="H7979". There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1004" hooks|strong="H8240" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w which|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w meat|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w hung|strong="H8518"\+w*}, each|strong="H5439" with|strong="H1004" two|strong="H1004" prongs, each|strong="H5439" ◄3 in|strong="H1004"./8 cm.► long|strong="H2948", fastened|strong="H3559" to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5439" walls|strong="H2346" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w entry|strong="H6607"\+w* \+w room|strong="H1004"\+w*}. 

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\verseNumber{44}Outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H6440" inner|strong="H6442" entryway, inside|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" inner|strong="H6442" courtyard|strong="H2691", were|strong="H1870" two|strong="H6828" rooms|strong="H3957", one|strong="H0259" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H6440" north|strong="H6828" side|strong="H3802" and|strong="H6440" one|strong="H0259" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H6440" south|strong="H1864" side|strong="H3802". 
\verseNumber{45}The|strong="H6440" man|strong="H6440" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H6440", “The|strong="H6440" room|strong="H1004" whose|strong="H3957" door|strong="H1004" faces|strong="H6440" south|strong="H1864" is|strong="H1870" for|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3548" are|strong="H1870" in|strong="H1004" charge|strong="H4931" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" work|strong="H4399" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{46}The|strong="H6440" room|strong="H3957" whose|strong="H1121" door|strong="H6607" faces|strong="H6440" north|strong="H6828" is|strong="H3068" for|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1992" in|strong="H3068" charge|strong="H4931" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w at|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" altar|strong="H4196". They|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" the|strong="H6440" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zadok|strong="H6659"; they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" the|strong="H6440" only|strong="H0389" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1992" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H3068" approach|strong="H7131" Yahweh|strong="H3068" while|strong="H1992" they|strong="H1992" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440".” 
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\verseNumber{47}Then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H1004" measured|strong="H4058" the|strong="H6440" courtyard|strong="H2691": It|strong="H6440" was|strong="H1004" square|strong="H7251", ◄175 feet|strong="H7272"/53 meters► long|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3967" ◄175 feet|strong="H7272"/53 meters► wide|strong="H7341". The|strong="H6440" altar|strong="H4196" was|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004". 

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\verseNumber{48}Then|strong="H0227" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4058"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H2377"\+w*} he|strong="H2568" brought|strong="H0935" me|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H4058" entry|strong="H6607" room|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H4058" temple|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1004" measured|strong="H4058" the|strong="H4058" walls|strong="H2346" on|strong="H1004" each|strong="H6311" side|strong="H6311" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H4058" entrance|strong="H8179": They|strong="H8179" were|strong="H7969" ◄8-3/4 feet|strong="H7272"/2.6 meters► thick|strong="H7341". The|strong="H4058" entrance|strong="H8179" was|strong="H1004" ◄24-1/2 feet|strong="H7272"/7.4 meters► wide|strong="H7341", and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H4058" walls|strong="H2346" on|strong="H1004" each|strong="H6311" side|strong="H6311" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H4058" entrance|strong="H8179" were|strong="H7969" ◄5-1/4 feet|strong="H7272"/1.6 meters► long|strong="H0753". 
\verseNumber{49}The|strong="H5927" entry|strong="H6607" room|strong="H2315" was|strong="H5982" ◄35 feet|strong="H7272"/10.6 meters► wide|strong="H7341" on|strong="H5927" each|strong="H6311" side|strong="H6311". There|strong="H5927" were|strong="H0834" ten|strong="H6235" steps|strong="H4609" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" it|strong="H5927", and|strong="H6242" there|strong="H5927" were|strong="H0834" pillars|strong="H5982" on|strong="H5927" each|strong="H6311" side|strong="H6311" of|strong="H5982" the|strong="H5927" entrance|strong="H6607". 
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\chapterNumber{41}Then|strong="H0227"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H6311"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4058"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H2377"\+w*} the|strong="H4058" man|strong="H0376" brought|strong="H0935" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H8337" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H4058" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H4725" in|strong="H6311" the|strong="H4058" temple|strong="H1964" and|strong="H7341" measured|strong="H4058" the|strong="H4058" walls|strong="H2346" on|strong="H8337" each|strong="H6311" side|strong="H6311" of|strong="H7341" the|strong="H4058" doorway|strong="H6607" of|strong="H7341" that|strong="H0834" room|strong="H2315": They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H8337" about|strong="H5439" ◄10-1/2 feet|strong="H7272"/3.3 meters► thick|strong="H7341". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H4058" entrance|strong="H6607" was|strong="H3802" ◄17-1/2 feet|strong="H7272"/5.3 meters► wide|strong="H7341", and|strong="H6242" the|strong="H4058" walls|strong="H2346" of|strong="H7341" each|strong="H6311" side|strong="H3802" of|strong="H7341" it|strong="H4058" were|strong="H0834" ◄8-3/4 feet|strong="H7272"/2.6 meters► wide|strong="H7341". He|strong="H2568" also|strong="H1571" measured|strong="H4058" the|strong="H4058" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H6607", it|strong="H4058" was|strong="H3802" ◄70 feet|strong="H7272"/21.4 meters► long|strong="H0753" and|strong="H6242" ◄35 feet|strong="H7272"/10.7 meters► wide|strong="H7341". 
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H8147" entered|strong="H0935" the|strong="H4058" inner|strong="H6441" room|strong="H2315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H7341"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4058"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*} and|strong="H8147" measured|strong="H4058" the|strong="H4058" walls|strong="H2346" of|strong="H7341" the|strong="H4058" entrance|strong="H6607"; \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w each|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w*} ◄3-1/2 feet|strong="H7272"/1.1 meter► thick|strong="H7341". The|strong="H4058" doorway|strong="H6607" was|strong="H3068" ◄10-1/2 feet|strong="H7272"/3.3 meters► wide|strong="H7341", and|strong="H8147" the|strong="H4058" walls|strong="H2346" on|strong="H8337" each|strong="H8147" side|strong="H8147" of|strong="H7341" the|strong="H4058" entrance|strong="H6607" were|strong="H8147" ◄12-1/4 feet|strong="H7272"/3.7 meters► long|strong="H0753". 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H2088" he|strong="H6440" measured|strong="H4058" the|strong="H6440" inner|strong="H6442" room|strong="H2315": It|strong="H6440" was|strong="H2088" ◄35 feet|strong="H6944"/10.7 meters► long|strong="H6440" and|strong="H6242" ◄35 feet|strong="H6944"/10.7 meters► wide|strong="H7341". He|strong="H6440" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440", “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H6440" Very|strong="H2088" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H6944".” 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H1004" measured|strong="H4058" the|strong="H5439" wall|strong="H7023" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5439" temple|strong="H1004": It|strong="H5439" was|strong="H1004" ◄10-1/2 feet|strong="H7272"/3.3 meters► thick|strong="H7341".\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w There|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w a|strong="H4058"\+w* \+w row|strong="H2905"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w rooms|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w along|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w outside|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w wall|strong="H7023"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}. Each|strong="H5439" of|strong="H1004" those|strong="H1992" rooms|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1004" ◄7 feet|strong="H7272"/2.1 meters► wide|strong="H7341". 
\verseNumber{6}There|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" three|strong="H7969" levels of|strong="H1004" rooms|strong="H1004", one|strong="H3808" above|strong="H4605" the|strong="H5439" other|strong="H6471". There|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" thirty|strong="H7970" rooms|strong="H1004" on|strong="H1961" each|strong="H5439" level|strong="H4334". There|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" ledges|strong="H7948" all|strong="H5439" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5439" wall|strong="H7023" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5439" temple|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3808" were|strong="H1961" supports|strong="H3802" for|strong="H1004" those|strong="H1961" side|strong="H5439" rooms|strong="H1004"; so|strong="H1961" those|strong="H1961" supports|strong="H3802" were|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" built|strong="H1129" into|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5439" wall|strong="H7023" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5439" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{7}Each|strong="H5439" of|strong="H1004" those|strong="H5921" side|strong="H5439" rooms|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1004" wider|strong="H7337" than|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H3588" below|strong="H8478" it|strong="H5921". The|strong="H5921" most|strong="H5945" narrow|strong="H0331" rooms|strong="H1004" were|strong="H1004" built|strong="H1129" first|strong="H7223", at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" bottom|strong="H3247". Then|strong="H3651" a|strong="H3588" wider|strong="H7337" set|strong="H5437" of|strong="H1004" rooms|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1004" built|strong="H1129" over|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" widest set|strong="H5437" was|strong="H1004" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H4605". A|strong="H3588" set|strong="H5437" of|strong="H1004" stairs|strong="H4609" was|strong="H1004" built|strong="H1129" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" lowest|strong="H8481" level|strong="H4334" through|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" middle|strong="H8484" level|strong="H4334" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5921" highest|strong="H5945" level|strong="H4334". 
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\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H7200" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" there|strong="H7200" was|strong="H1004" a|strong="H7200" terrace|strong="H4407" (OR|strong="H1004", raised|strong="H1363" platform|strong="H1363") around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H7200" temple|strong="H1004". The|strong="H7200" terrace|strong="H4407" was|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7200" foundation|strong="H3245" for|strong="H1004" those|strong="H1992" side|strong="H5439" rooms|strong="H1004"; it|strong="H4393" was|strong="H1004" ◄10-1/2 feet|strong="H7070"/3.3 meters► high|strong="H1363". 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H2351" outer|strong="H2351" wall|strong="H7023" of|strong="H1004" those|strong="H3240" side|strong="H6763" rooms|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1004" ◄8-3/4 feet|strong="H7272"/2.6 meters► thick|strong="H7341". All|strong="H3605" around|strong="H5439" those|strong="H3240" side|strong="H6763" rooms|strong="H1004" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1004" an|strong="H1004" open|strong="H2351" area|strong="H1508" that|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1004" ◄35 feet|strong="H7272"/10.6 meters► wide|strong="H7341". 
\verseNumber{10}There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1004" a|strong="H7341" row|strong="H2905" of|strong="H1004" rooms|strong="H3957" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5439" priests|strong="H3548" on|strong="H1004" each|strong="H5439" side|strong="H5439" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5439" outer|strong="H2435" wall|strong="H2346" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5439" inner|strong="H1004" courtyard|strong="H2691". 
\verseNumber{11}There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H5439" two|strong="H6828" doors|strong="H6607" from|strong="H5439" those|strong="H3240" side|strong="H5439" rooms|strong="H5439" into|strong="H0413" another|strong="H6763" open|strong="H4725" area|strong="H5439"; one|strong="H5439" faced|strong="H6440" north|strong="H6828" and|strong="H2568" one|strong="H5439" faced|strong="H6440" south|strong="H1864". That|strong="H4725" open|strong="H4725" area|strong="H5439" was|strong="H4725" ◄8-3/4 feet|strong="H7272"/2.6 meters► wide|strong="H7341". 
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\verseNumber{12}There|strong="H6440" was|strong="H1870" a|strong="H6440" large|strong="H1419" building|strong="H1146" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H6440" west|strong="H3220" side|strong="H6285" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004" area|strong="H1508". It|strong="H5439" was|strong="H1870" ◄122-1/2 feet|strong="H7272"/37.1 meters► wide|strong="H7341" and|strong="H2568" ◄157-1/2 feet|strong="H7272"/47.7 meters► long|strong="H6440". And|strong="H2568" its|strong="H5439" walls|strong="H7023" were|strong="H5439" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H6285"\+w*} ◄8-3/4 feet|strong="H7272"/2.6 meters► thick|strong="H7341". 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H4058" man|strong="H0376" measured|strong="H4058" the|strong="H4058" temple|strong="H1004". It|strong="H4058" was|strong="H1004" ◄175 feet|strong="H7272"/53 meters► long|strong="H0753", and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H4058" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*} courtyard|strong="H2691", where|strong="H1004" the|strong="H4058" large|strong="H1004" building|strong="H1140" was|strong="H1004", including|strong="H5704" its|strong="H4058" walls|strong="H7023" was|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H1571"\+w*} ◄175 feet|strong="H7272"/53 meters► wide|strong="H7341". 
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The|strong="H6440" outer|strong="H6440" walls|strong="H2346" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H1508", the|strong="H6440" Very|strong="H3966" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H1508", and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H6440" entry|strong="H6607" room|strong="H2315", 
\verseNumber{16}the|strong="H5704" inner|strong="H6442" walls|strong="H2346" above|strong="H4605" and|strong="H6086" below|strong="H8478" the|strong="H5704" windows|strong="H2474", and|strong="H6086" the|strong="H5704" frames|strong="H7175" of|strong="H6086" the|strong="H5704" windows|strong="H2474" were|strong="H7969" all|strong="H5439" covered|strong="H3680" with|strong="H3680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w thin|strong="H1851"\+w*} panels of|strong="H6086" wood|strong="H6086". 
\verseNumber{17}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" walls|strong="H7023" inside|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" were|strong="H1004" decorated|strong="H5927" with|strong="H1004"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w carvings|strong="H4734"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H2416" and|strong="H1004" palm|strong="H8561" trees|strong="H6086": Between|strong="H5704" each|strong="H3605" figure|strong="H5566" of|strong="H1004" a|strong="H5921" winged|strong="H3671" creature|strong="H5315" was|strong="H1004" a|strong="H5921" carving|strong="H2799" of|strong="H1004" a|strong="H5921" palm|strong="H8561" tree|strong="H6086". Each|strong="H3605" winged|strong="H3671" creature|strong="H5315" had|strong="H3068" two|strong="H1004" faces|strong="H5921": 
\verseNumber{18-19}One|strong="H0259" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" face|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" human|strong="H0120", and|strong="H3967" one|strong="H0259" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" face|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" lion|strong="H0738". Those|strong="H1992" figures|strong="H1823" were|strong="H0834" carved|strong="H6456" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" walls|strong="H2346" all|strong="H3605" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" inside|strong="H8432" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{20}They|strong="H5921" covered|strong="H3680" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" walls|strong="H7023", from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" floor|strong="H1637" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" walls|strong="H7023". 
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\verseNumber{21}At|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H6944" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1964" there|strong="H6440" were|strong="H6440" square|strong="H7251" doorposts|strong="H4201". In|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Very|strong="H3966" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H6944" there|strong="H6440" was|strong="H6440" something|strong="H4758" that|strong="H6944" resembled|strong="H1823" 
\verseNumber{22}a|strong="H1696" wooden|strong="H6086" altar|strong="H4196". It|strong="H6440" was|strong="H3068" ◄5.2 feet|strong="H7272"/1.6 meters► high|strong="H1364" and|strong="H3068" ◄3-1/2 feet|strong="H7272"/1.1 meters► wide|strong="H7341" on|strong="H3068" all|strong="H4196" four|strong="H7969" sides|strong="H7023". Its|strong="H6440" corners|strong="H4740" and|strong="H3068" base|strong="H3247" and|strong="H3068" sides|strong="H7023" were|strong="H8147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H4196"\+w* \+w made|strong="H1696"\+w*} of|strong="H3068" wood|strong="H6086". The|strong="H6440" man|strong="H2088" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H6440", “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" table|strong="H7979" that|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068".” 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H8147" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H6944" and|strong="H8147" the|strong="H8147" Very|strong="H3966" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H6944" had|strong="H1817" double|strong="H8147" doors|strong="H1817". 
\verseNumber{24}Each|strong="H1817" doorway|strong="H6607" had|strong="H1817" two|strong="H8147" doors|strong="H1817" that|strong="H0834" swung|strong="H5782"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w hinges|strong="H6596"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{25}On|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H4725" there|strong="H3742" were|strong="H3742" carvings|strong="H4734" of|strong="H6440" winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H2416" and|strong="H6086" palm|strong="H8561" trees|strong="H6086", like|strong="H6213" those|strong="H6213" on|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" walls|strong="H7023" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H4725". There|strong="H3742" was|strong="H6440" also|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" wooden|strong="H6086" roof|strong="H1406" over|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" entry|strong="H6607" room|strong="H2315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1964"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{26}On|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1004" side|strong="H3802" walls|strong="H6763" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1004" entry|strong="H6607" room|strong="H1004" were|strong="H1004" narrow|strong="H0331" windows|strong="H2474" with|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w figures|strong="H1823"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} palm|strong="H8561" trees|strong="H8561" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w carved|strong="H6456"\+w*} on|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1004" sides|strong="H6763" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1004" windows|strong="H2474". The|strong="H1004" side|strong="H3802" rooms|strong="H1004" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H1004" temple|strong="H1004" also|strong="H1571" had|strong="H3068" roofs|strong="H1406". 

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\chapterNumber{42}Then|strong="H3318"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H2377"\+w*} the|strong="H3318" man|strong="H0376" led|strong="H3318" me|strong="H5048" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3318" inner|strong="H6442" courtyard|strong="H2691", through|strong="H1870" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w entrance|strong="H6607"\+w* \+w on|strong="H1870"\+w*} the|strong="H3318" north|strong="H6828" side|strong="H6828". We|strong="H0587" entered|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" outer|strong="H2435" courtyard|strong="H2691" and|strong="H1870" came|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" a|strong="H3318" building|strong="H1146" that|strong="H2691" was|strong="H1870" built|strong="H1129" against|strong="H5048" the|strong="H3318" north|strong="H6828" wall|strong="H2346"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w inner|strong="H6442"\+w* \+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}That|strong="H0834" building|strong="H1129" was|strong="H6440" ◄175 feet|strong="H7272"/53 meters► long|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3967" ◄87-1/2 feet|strong="H7272"/26.5 meters► wide|strong="H7341". Its|strong="H6440" doorway|strong="H6607" faced|strong="H6440" north|strong="H6828". 
\verseNumber{3}In|strong="H6440" that|strong="H2691" building|strong="H1129" were|strong="H6440" two|strong="H8147" rows|strong="H2905" of|strong="H6440" rooms|strong="H2315", built|strong="H1129" on|strong="H6440" three|strong="H7992" levels, that|strong="H2691" faced|strong="H6440" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H5048". One|strong="H7992" row|strong="H2905" of|strong="H6440" rooms|strong="H2315" was|strong="H6440" built|strong="H1129" against|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" wall|strong="H2346" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" inner|strong="H6442" courtyard|strong="H2691", and|strong="H6242" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H5048" row|strong="H2905" was|strong="H6440" built|strong="H1129" against|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" wall|strong="H2346" facing|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" outer|strong="H2435" courtyard|strong="H2691". The|strong="H6440" building|strong="H1129" was|strong="H6440" 34 feet|strong="H7272" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{4}Between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w two|strong="H6828"\+w*} rows|strong="H2905" of|strong="H6440" rooms|strong="H3957" there|strong="H6440" was|strong="H1870" a|strong="H6440" walkway that|strong="H3957" was|strong="H1870" ◄17-1/2 feet|strong="H7272"/5.3 meters► wide|strong="H7341" and|strong="H6440" ◄175 feet|strong="H7272"/53 meters► long|strong="H6440". All|strong="H6440" its|strong="H6440" doors|strong="H6607" were|strong="H1870" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H6440" north|strong="H6828" side|strong="H6828". 
\verseNumber{5}Each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H3957" the|strong="H3588" upper|strong="H5945" rows|strong="H2905" of|strong="H3957" rooms|strong="H3957" was|strong="H3068" narrower|strong="H7114" than|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" row|strong="H2905" of|strong="H3957" rooms|strong="H3957" below|strong="H8478" them|strong="H2007", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w upper|strong="H5945"\+w* \+w rows|strong="H2905"\+w* \+w needed|strong="H1767"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* walkway \+w in|strong="H7114"\+w* \+w front|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3957"\+w* \+w them|strong="H2007"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H5921" rooms|strong="H2315" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" upper|strong="H5944" levels had|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" pillars|strong="H5982" to|strong="H5921" support|strong="H2388" them|strong="H5921" like|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5921" ones|strong="H8484" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" courtyard|strong="H2691". Instead|strong="H3588", each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H5982" those|strong="H5921" row|strong="H2905" of|strong="H5982" rooms|strong="H2315" were|strong="H2007" supported|strong="H3651" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" walls|strong="H2346" of|strong="H5982" the|strong="H5921" row|strong="H2905" of|strong="H5982" rooms|strong="H2315" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" level|strong="H4334" below|strong="H8478". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H6440" wall|strong="H1447" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" building|strong="H1129" extended|strong="H5186" ◄87-1/2 feet|strong="H7272"/26.5 meters► past|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" set|strong="H7760" of|strong="H6440" rooms|strong="H3957" built|strong="H1129" along|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" outer|strong="H2435" courtyard|strong="H2691", separating|strong="H5144" all|strong="H5980" the|strong="H6440" rooms|strong="H3957" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" outer|strong="H2435" courtyard|strong="H2691". 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H6440" row|strong="H2905" of|strong="H6440" rooms|strong="H3957" that|strong="H3588" were|strong="H2009" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" outer|strong="H2435" courtyard|strong="H2691" was|strong="H6440" ◄87-1/2 feet|strong="H7272"/26.5 meters► long|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H6440" set|strong="H7760" of|strong="H6440" rooms|strong="H3957" that|strong="H3588" faced|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1964" was|strong="H6440" ◄175 feet|strong="H7272"/53 meters► long|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H8478" lowest|strong="H8482" row|strong="H2905" of|strong="H8478" rooms|strong="H3957" had|strong="H2007" an|strong="H8478" entrance|strong="H3996" from|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" outer|strong="H2435" courtyard|strong="H2691", on|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" east|strong="H6921" side|strong="H2007". 
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\verseNumber{10}On|strong="H1870" the|strong="H6440" south|strong="H5045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w side|strong="H6921"\+w*}, along|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" wall|strong="H1444" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" outer|strong="H6440" courtyard|strong="H2691", next|strong="H4283" to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004" courtyard|strong="H2691", was|strong="H1870" a|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w building|strong="H1146"\+w* \+w with|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w two|strong="H6921"\+w*} rows|strong="H2905" of|strong="H6440" rooms|strong="H3957", 
\verseNumber{11}with|strong="H6440" a|strong="H6440" walkway between|strong="H4941" them|strong="H6440". Those|strong="H3605" rooms|strong="H3957" were|strong="H1870" like|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" rooms|strong="H3957" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3605" north|strong="H6828" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w side|strong="H6828"\+w*}: they|strong="H3651" were|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H3651" length|strong="H0753" and|strong="H4941" width|strong="H7341", and|strong="H4941" had|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H3651" kind|strong="H4941" of|strong="H6440" entrances|strong="H6607". 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H6440" doorways|strong="H6607" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H6440" south|strong="H1864" side|strong="H6921" were|strong="H7218" similar|strong="H5307" to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" doorways|strong="H6607" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H6440" north|strong="H6828" side|strong="H6921". There|strong="H6440" was|strong="H7218" an|strong="H6440" entrance|strong="H6607" in|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" wall|strong="H1448" that|strong="H3957" faced|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" doors|strong="H6607" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H6440" set|strong="H7760" of|strong="H7218" rooms|strong="H3957", and|strong="H7218" there|strong="H6440" was|strong="H7218" an|strong="H6440" entrance|strong="H6607" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H6440" east|strong="H6921" side|strong="H6921", at|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" end|strong="H7093" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H6440" inside|strong="H6440" walkway. 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" man|strong="H6440" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440", “These|strong="H2007" rooms|strong="H3957" that|strong="H3588" overlook|strong="H5674" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" north|strong="H6828" and|strong="H3068" south|strong="H1864" sides|strong="H3411" are|strong="H3068" holy|strong="H6944". Here|strong="H8033" the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H7126" sacrifices|strong="H4503" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w portions|strong="H4490"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" sacred|strong="H6944" offerings|strong="H4503". Because|strong="H3588" these|strong="H2007" rooms|strong="H3957" are|strong="H3068" holy|strong="H6944", they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" used|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" store|strong="H4543" the|strong="H6440" sacred|strong="H6944" offerings|strong="H4503": \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w grain|strong="H1715"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" grain|strong="H1715" offerings|strong="H4503", the|strong="H6440" offerings|strong="H4503" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3240" have|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H4503" in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3240" will|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3240" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3068" guilty|strong="H0816" for|strong="H3588" having|strong="H3588" sinned|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" priests|strong="H3548" leave|strong="H3240" the|strong="H3588" temple|strong="H1004", they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w immediately|strong="H6965"\+w*} enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3588" outer|strong="H2435" courtyard|strong="H2691". First|strong="H7223", they|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" remove|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3588" clothes|strong="H3847" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" been|strong="H5971" wearing|strong="H2296" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3588" temple|strong="H1004", because|strong="H3588" those|strong="H2007" clothes|strong="H3847" are|strong="H5971" holy|strong="H6944". They|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" put|strong="H3847" on|strong="H3847" other|strong="H0312" clothes|strong="H3847" before|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3588" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3588" parts|strong="H3411" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*} where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gather|strong="H6908"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{15}When|strong="H3615" the|strong="H6440" man|strong="H6440" had|strong="H3068" finished|strong="H3615" measuring|strong="H4060" the|strong="H6440" inside|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004" area|strong="H5439", he|strong="H1004" led|strong="H3318" me|strong="H6440" out|strong="H3318" through|strong="H1870" the|strong="H6440" east|strong="H6921" entrance|strong="H8179" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w outer|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*} and|strong="H1004" measured|strong="H4058" all|strong="H5439" the|strong="H6440" way|strong="H1870" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004" area|strong="H5439". 
\verseNumber{16-19}He|strong="H0834" measured|strong="H4058" the|strong="H3605" four|strong="H0702" sides|strong="H3411" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508". There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" wall|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" ◄875 feet|strong="H7272"/265 meters► long|strong="H0753" on|strong="H5921" each|strong="H0376" side|strong="H6285". 
\verseNumber{20}That|strong="H6944" wall|strong="H2346" separated|strong="H6504" the|strong="H5439" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w area|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w which|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w was|strong="H7307"\+w*} sacred|strong="H6944"/holy|strong="H6944" from|strong="H7307" the|strong="H5439" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w areas|strong="H0776"\+w* \+w that|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5439"\+w*} not|strong="H3808" sacred|strong="H6944". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh’s glory returned to the temple }
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\chapterNumber{43}Then|strong="H6437" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H2377"\+w*} the|strong="H1870" man|strong="H8179" brought|strong="H3212" me|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H1870" entrance|strong="H8179" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H1870" east|strong="H6921" side|strong="H6921". 
\verseNumber{2}Suddenly|strong="H2009" I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H2009" the|strong="H1870" glory|strong="H3519"/brightness|strong="H5051" of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H1870" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H6963" Israel|strong="H3478" coming|strong="H2009" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H1870" east|strong="H6921". The|strong="H1870" sound|strong="H6963" of|strong="H6963" his|strong="H3478" coming|strong="H2009" was|strong="H3478" like|strong="H3478" the|strong="H1870" roar|strong="H7580" of|strong="H6963" a|strong="H3478" rushing|strong="H7494" river|strong="H5104", and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H2009" that|strong="H3478" area|strong="H1508" shone|strong="H7160" with|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3478" glory|strong="H3519". 
\verseNumber{3}What|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" saw|strong="H7200" in|strong="H5892" this|strong="H7200" vision|strong="H4758" was|strong="H5892" like|strong="H4758" what|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" saw|strong="H7200" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H6440" visions|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" had|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H6440"\+w*, \+w first|strong="H6440"\+w*} by|strong="H5892" the|strong="H6440" Kebar River|strong="H5104" and|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w later|strong="H0310"\+w*} when|strong="H7200" God|strong="H0430" came|strong="H5307" to|strong="H6440" destroy|strong="H7843" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". I|strong="H7200" prostrated|strong="H7812" myself|strong="H0589" on|strong="H5307" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H6440" glory|strong="H3519" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068" entered|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004" through|strong="H1870" the|strong="H6440" east|strong="H6921" entrance|strong="H8179". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H2009" the|strong="H5375" Spirit|strong="H7307" lifted|strong="H5375" me|strong="H1004" up|strong="H5375" and|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H5375" me|strong="H1004" into|strong="H3519" the|strong="H5375" inner|strong="H6442" courtyard|strong="H2691", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5375" glory|strong="H3519" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068" filled|strong="H4390" the|strong="H5375" temple|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H1961"\+w*} while|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8085" man|strong="H0376" was|strong="H1961" standing|strong="H5975" beside|strong="H5921" me|strong="H1696", I|strong="H8085" heard|strong="H8085" someone|strong="H0376" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696" from|strong="H8085" inside|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8085" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H8033" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3808" human|strong="H0120", this|strong="H8432" is|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H2930"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}, the|strong="H8432" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H8033"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w sit|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w on|strong="H7931"\+w*} my|strong="H2930" throne|strong="H3678" and|strong="H1121" where|strong="H8033" I|strong="H3808" rest|strong="H7931" my|strong="H2930" feet|strong="H7272". This|strong="H8432" is|strong="H8034" where|strong="H8033" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H4428" live|strong="H7931" with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8432" Israeli people|strong="H1121" forever|strong="H5769". The|strong="H8432" Israeli people|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H1992" kings|strong="H4428" will|strong="H4428" never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H5750" disgrace|strong="H3639" me|strong="H3808" [SYN] by|strong="H3478" worshiping|strong="H7812" other|strong="H5750" gods|strong="H0430" [MET|strong="H6298"] at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8432" shrines|strong="H1004" on|strong="H7931" their|strong="H1992" hilltops, or|strong="H3808" by|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w building|strong="H1129"\+w*} monuments|strong="H5341" to|strong="H3478" honor|strong="H8034" their|strong="H1992" kings|strong="H4428" who|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H6213" placed|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" altars|strong="H4196" near|strong="H7126" mine|strong="H5414", and|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5414" doorposts|strong="H4201" of|strong="H8034" their|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w temples|strong="H7541"\+w*} were|strong="H5414" next|strong="H4283" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5414" doorposts|strong="H4201" of|strong="H8034" my|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w temple|strong="H5592"\+w*}. There|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" only|strong="H0389" a|strong="H6213" wall|strong="H7023" between|strong="H0996" them|strong="H5414". And|strong="H6213" they|strong="H6213" disgraced|strong="H0954" me|strong="H5414" by|strong="H8034" the|strong="H5414" detestable|strong="H8441" things|strong="H6944" that|strong="H5414" they|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213". So|strong="H6213", being|strong="H8034" very|strong="H6213" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5414", I|strong="H5414" got|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H8034" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{9}Now|strong="H6258" they|strong="H4428" must|strong="H4191" stop|strong="H2308" this|strong="H6258" disgusting|strong="H8441" worship|strong="H7812" of|strong="H4428" idols|strong="H1544" and|strong="H4428" these|strong="H4428" rituals to|strong="H4428" honor|strong="H3519" their|strong="H8432" kings|strong="H4428" who|strong="H4428" have|strong="H6258" died|strong="H4191". If|strong="H0518" they|strong="H4428" stop|strong="H2308" doing|strong="H4480" those|strong="H4480" things|strong="H1697", I|strong="H6258" will|strong="H4428" live|strong="H7931" among|strong="H8432" them|strong="H8432" forever|strong="H5769". 
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\verseNumber{10}You|strong="H5046" human|strong="H0120", describe|strong="H5046" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5046" Israeli people|strong="H1121" what|strong="H4100" this|strong="H5046" temple|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3478" I|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" shown|strong="H5046" you|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H2377"\+w*} is|strong="H3478" like|strong="H1004", in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1121" ashamed|strong="H3637" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5046" sins|strong="H5771" that|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3478" have|strong="H1121" committed|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w resulted|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w destroyed|strong="H4229"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H1004" this|strong="H2063" is|strong="H2009" the|strong="H3605" supreme law|strong="H8451" about|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" [DOU]: All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1366" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" hill|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w built|strong="H1129"\+w*} must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1004" kept|strong="H8104" sacred|strong="H6944" and|strong="H1004" holy|strong="H6944".” 

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\verseNumber{13}These|strong="H2088" are|strong="H8193" the|strong="H5439" measurements|strong="H4060" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H5439" altar|strong="H4196", using|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5439" same|strong="H2088" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H1366" measuring|strong="H4060" stick|strong="H5439" that|strong="H4196" was|strong="H1366" used|strong="H6213" for|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5439" temple|strong="H1004" area|strong="H1366": There|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" a|strong="H2088" gutter|strong="H6794" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5439" altar|strong="H4196" that|strong="H4196" is|strong="H2088" ◄21 in|strong="H4196"./53 cm.► deep|strong="H8415" and|strong="H4196" ◄21 in|strong="H4196"./53 cm.► wide|strong="H7341". There|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" a|strong="H2088" rim|strong="H8193" around|strong="H5439" it|strong="H5439" that|strong="H4196" is|strong="H2088" ◄9 in|strong="H4196"./23 cm.► wide|strong="H7341". 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H5704" lower|strong="H8481" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H7341" the|strong="H5704" gutter|strong="H6794" is|strong="H1419" ◄3-1/2 feet|strong="H7272"/1.1 meters► high|strong="H1419" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" lower|strong="H8481" ledge|strong="H5835"/rim|strong="H4526" that|strong="H5704" surrounds|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5704" altar|strong="H4196". The|strong="H5704" lower|strong="H8481" ledge|strong="H5835" is|strong="H1419" ◄21 in|strong="H1419"./53 cm.► wide|strong="H7341". The|strong="H5704" upper|strong="H5944" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H7341" the|strong="H5704" altar|strong="H4196" is|strong="H1419" ◄7 feet|strong="H7272"/2.1 meters► high|strong="H1419", up|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" upper|strong="H5944" ledge|strong="H5835". That|strong="H5704" ledge|strong="H5835" is|strong="H1419" also|strong="H1571" ◄21 in|strong="H1419"./53 cm.► wide|strong="H7341". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H4605" ◄hearth|strong="H0741"/place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H4605" sacrifices|strong="H2077" are|strong="H3117" burned|strong="H8313"► at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H4605" top|strong="H4605" of|strong="H7161" the|strong="H4605" altar|strong="H4196" is|strong="H7161" another|strong="H0312" ◄7 feet|strong="H7272"/2.2 meters► high|strong="H4605", and|strong="H4605" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H7161" a|strong="H1961" projection|strong="H0990" that|strong="H7161" juts/extends|strong="H7337" up|strong="H4605" from|strong="H4480" each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H7161" the|strong="H4605" four|strong="H0702" corners|strong="H6285". 
\verseNumber{16}That|strong="H0834" place|strong="H4725" at|strong="H8147" the|strong="H8147" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7341" the|strong="H8147" altar|strong="H4196" is|strong="H0369" square|strong="H7251", ◄21 feet|strong="H7272"/6.4 meters► on|strong="H7341" each|strong="H8147" side|strong="H8147". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H5439" upper|strong="H4609" ledge|strong="H5835" is|strong="H0369" also|strong="H1366" a|strong="H2677" square|strong="H7339", ◄24-1/2 feet|strong="H7272"/7.4 meters► on|strong="H1366" each|strong="H5439" side|strong="H5439". There|strong="H8033" is|strong="H0369" a|strong="H2677" ◄21 in|strong="H0935"./53 cm.► gutter|strong="H6794" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H6437"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w bottom|strong="H2436"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, and|strong="H6437" a|strong="H2677" ◄10.5 in|strong="H0935"./26.6 cm.► rim|strong="H4526" all|strong="H5439" around|strong="H5439" it|strong="H5439". There|strong="H8033" are|strong="H3117" steps|strong="H4609" up|strong="H4609" to|strong="H6437" the|strong="H5439" east|strong="H6921" side|strong="H5439" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H5439" altar|strong="H4196".” 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5927" me|strong="H5921", “You|strong="H5921" human|strong="H0120", this|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3117" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Lord|strong="H3069" says|strong="H3541": These|strong="H6213" are|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" regulations|strong="H4941" for|strong="H5921" sacrificing|strong="H2076" offerings|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H5921" sprinkling the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sides|strong="H3411" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" when|strong="H3117" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3117" built|strong="H6213": 
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\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H3117" next|strong="H8145" day|strong="H3117", you|strong="H3117" must|strong="H4191" offer|strong="H7126" a|strong="H7126" male|strong="H8163" goat|strong="H5795" that|strong="H3117" has|strong="H3117" no|strong="H3808" defects, to|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3117" an|strong="H7126" offering|strong="H2403" to|strong="H3117" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H3117" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3117" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3117" me|strong="H3117". Then|strong="H7126" you|strong="H3117" must|strong="H4191" purify|strong="H2398" the|strong="H3117" altar|strong="H4196" again|strong="H8145", like|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" did|strong="H3117" with|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" bull|strong="H6499" that|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" sacrificed|strong="H2076". 
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\verseNumber{26}For|strong="H3027" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" priests|strong="H3548" will|strong="H3027" consecrate|strong="H4390" the|strong="H3117" altar|strong="H4196" and|strong="H3117" cause|strong="H2600" it|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3027" be|strong="H3027" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3027" me|strong="H3027". By|strong="H3027" doing|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3027" dedicate|strong="H4390" it|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3027" me|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H2009" the|strong="H6440" man|strong="H5307" brought|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440" through|strong="H1870" the|strong="H6440" north|strong="H6828" entryway to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004". I|strong="H2009" looked|strong="H7200" and|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" glory|strong="H3519" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068" filled|strong="H4390" his|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2009" prostrated|strong="H7812" myself|strong="H0589" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H7200", “You|strong="H3605" human|strong="H0120", look|strong="H7200" carefully|strong="H8085", and|strong="H1121" listen|strong="H8085" carefully|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7760" tell|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3605" about|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" regulations|strong="H4941" concerning|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". Note|strong="H7200" carefully|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" entrance|strong="H3996" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" exits|strong="H4161". 
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\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H7971" priests|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" shave|strong="H1548" their|strong="H7971" heads|strong="H7218" or|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" their|strong="H7971" hair|strong="H7218" to|strong="H7971" become|strong="H1961" long|strong="H7971"; but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" regularly|strong="H8548" trim|strong="H3697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w edges|strong="H7098"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7218"\+w*} their|strong="H7971" hair|strong="H7218". 
\verseNumber{21}Priests|strong="H3548" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" wine|strong="H3196" before|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H6442" courtyard|strong="H2691". 
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\verseNumber{23}Priests|strong="H3548" must|strong="H4191" teach|strong="H3384" the|strong="H3045" people|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3045" difference|strong="H0914" between|strong="H3045" things|strong="H6944" that|strong="H3045" are|strong="H5971" holy|strong="H6944"/sacred|strong="H6944" and|strong="H5971" things|strong="H6944" that|strong="H3045" are|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3045", and|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5971" must|strong="H4191" teach|strong="H3384" them|strong="H3384" the|strong="H3045" difference|strong="H0914" between|strong="H3045" things|strong="H6944" that|strong="H3045" are|strong="H5971" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H5971" me|strong="H3045" and|strong="H5971" things|strong="H6944" that|strong="H3045" are|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3045". 
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\verseNumber{24}When|strong="H5921" there|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" disputes|strong="H7379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w between|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" are|strong="H1992" the|strong="H3605" ones|strong="H5975" who|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" judges|strong="H8199" and|strong="H4941" decide|strong="H8199" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" my|strong="H8104" laws|strong="H8451" what|strong="H4941" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H3605" done|strong="H3605". They|strong="H1992" must|strong="H4191" obey|strong="H8104" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H8104" laws|strong="H8451" and|strong="H4941" decrees|strong="H2711" concerning|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" festivals|strong="H4150", and|strong="H4941" they|strong="H1992" must|strong="H4191" keep|strong="H8104" my|strong="H8104" Sabbath|strong="H7676" days|strong="H4150" ◄holy|strong="H6942"/set|strong="H5975" apart|strong="H6942"►. 
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\verseNumber{25}A|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H2930" is|strong="H1121" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H4191" go|strong="H1961" near|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" corpse|strong="H4191" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" father|strong="H1121" or|strong="H3808" his|strong="H1961" mother|strong="H0517" or|strong="H3808" his|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" or|strong="H3808" his|strong="H1961" daughter|strong="H1323" or|strong="H3808" his|strong="H1961" brother|strong="H0251" or|strong="H3808" his|strong="H1961" unmarried|strong="H0408" sister|strong="H0269"; but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1121" still|strong="H3588" defiled|strong="H2930" by|strong="H4191" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588". But|strong="H3588" a|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H2930" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" defile|strong="H2930" himself|strong="H2930" by|strong="H4191" going|strong="H1980" near|strong="H3808" a|strong="H1961" corpse|strong="H4191" of|strong="H1121" anyone|strong="H3588" else|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{26}But|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H7651"\+w*} if|strong="H0518" a|strong="H3117" priest|strong="H3548" touches|strong="H5060" the|strong="H3117" corpse|strong="H5038" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w close|strong="H5980"\+w* \+w relative|strong="H1350"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w must|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w perform|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* rituals \+w to|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w acceptable|strong="H7522"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w serve|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5608"\+w* \+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*}. After|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" performs|strong="H6213" those|strong="H1992" rituals, he|strong="H3117" must|strong="H4191" wait|strong="H0693" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="H7126", on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5002" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" enters|strong="H0935" the|strong="H5002" inner|strong="H6442" courtyard|strong="H2691" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*} to|strong="H3117" serve|strong="H8334" me|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5002" temple|strong="H1004", he|strong="H3117" must|strong="H4191" give|strong="H5414" an|strong="H7126" offering|strong="H2403" to|strong="H3117" remove|strong="H5493" his|strong="H7126" guilt|strong="H0817" for|strong="H3117" his|strong="H7126" sin|strong="H2403". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" Lord|strong="H3069", declare|strong="H5046". 
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\verseNumber{28}The|strong="H5414" priests|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" permitted|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" own|strong="H1961" any|strong="H5414" property|strong="H5159". They|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" only|strong="H0389" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w provide|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{29}They|strong="H1992" will|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H4503" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w make|strong="H6213"\+w*} from|strong="H3478" grain|strong="H3605", offerings|strong="H4503" to|strong="H3478" remove|strong="H5493" people’s|strong="H5971" guilt|strong="H0817" for|strong="H3478" having|strong="H1961" sinned|strong="H2403", and|strong="H3478" offerings|strong="H4503" made|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" fail|strong="H3615" to|strong="H3478" give|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" required|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" give|strong="H1961". Everything|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w else|strong="H3605"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3478" completely|strong="H3605" dedicated|strong="H6942" to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="H1961"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", will|strong="H1961" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{30}The|strong="H3605" best|strong="H2459" fruits|strong="H1061" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7225" part|strong="H7225" of|strong="H1004" each|strong="H3605" harvest|strong="H7105" and|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} special|strong="H6381" gifts|strong="H8641" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1004" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548". You|strong="H5414" must|strong="H4191" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7225" part|strong="H7225" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3605" finely-ground flour|strong="H5560", in|strong="H1004" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" bless|strong="H1288" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1004"\+w*} [MTY] your|strong="H3605" houses|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{31}Priests|strong="H3548" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3605" flesh|strong="H2966" of|strong="H4480" any|strong="H3605" bird|strong="H5775" or|strong="H3808" animal|strong="H2966" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3808" found|strong="H4672" dead|strong="H5038" or|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3605" been|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H2026" by|strong="H3808" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H0929".’ ” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The division of the land }
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\chapterNumber{45}“ ‘When|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H5159" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3068" divided|strong="H5307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w among|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w twelve|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="H7626"\+w*}, you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" present|strong="H5307" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H4480", Yahweh|strong="H3068", one|strong="H3605" part|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H5159" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H4480" sacred|strong="H6944" district|strong="H6418". It|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" ◄8.3 miles|strong="H7341"/13.3 km.► long|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3068" ◄6.7 miles|strong="H7341"/10.6 km.► wide|strong="H7341". That|strong="H3605" entire|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1366" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" ◄holy|strong="H6944"/set|strong="H7311" apart|strong="H7311" for|strong="H3068" me|strong="H4480"►. 
\verseNumber{2}Part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H6944" that|strong="H2088" area|strong="H5439", ◄875 feet|strong="H6944"/265 meters► on|strong="H1961" each|strong="H5439" side|strong="H5439", will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" for|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5439" temple|strong="H1004" area|strong="H5439". An|strong="H1961" additional strip|strong="H6584" of|strong="H6944" ground|strong="H0776", ◄87-1/2 feet|strong="H6944"/26.5 meters► wide|strong="H7341", will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" left|strong="H1961" empty|strong="H7387" all|strong="H5439" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5439" temple|strong="H1004" area|strong="H5439". 
\verseNumber{3}Inside|strong="H4480" that|strong="H4480" sacred|strong="H6944" district|strong="H6418", measure|strong="H4058" a|strong="H1961" section|strong="H4060" ◄8.3 miles|strong="H7341"/13.3 km.► long|strong="H0753" and|strong="H6242" ◄3.5 miles|strong="H7341"/5.3 km.► wide|strong="H7341". 
\verseNumber{4}That|strong="H1931" section|strong="H4060" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3068" sacred|strong="H6944" portion|strong="H6944" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" land|strong="H4725" for|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H1931" work|strong="H4399" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" who|strong="H1931" come|strong="H1961" near|strong="H7131" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H4480" to|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H8334" me|strong="H4480". It|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" place|strong="H4725" for|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" houses|strong="H1004" as|strong="H1961" well|strong="H3190" as|strong="H1961" being|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" holy|strong="H6944" place|strong="H4725" for|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{5}An|strong="H1961" area|strong="H1508" ◄8.3 miles|strong="H7341"/13.3 km.► long|strong="H0753" and|strong="H6242" ◄3.5 miles|strong="H7341"/5.3 km.► wide|strong="H7341" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1961" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" Levi|strong="H3881" who|strong="H1992" work|strong="H4399" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1961" temple|strong="H1004". That|strong="H3881" area|strong="H1508" will|strong="H1961" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H1992", and|strong="H6242" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H1961" build|strong="H1129" cities|strong="H5892" there|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{6}Alongside|strong="H5980" that|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" area|strong="H1508" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" section|strong="H4060" of|strong="H1004" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3478" ◄8.3 miles|strong="H7341"/13.3 km.► long|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3478" ◄1.7 miles|strong="H7341"/2.65 km.► wide|strong="H7341". It|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" for|strong="H1004" a|strong="H1961" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H1004" anyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" [MTY] will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" permitted|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" live|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H6440" king|strong="H6440" will|strong="H5892" have|strong="H5892" two|strong="H6285" sections|strong="H6391" of|strong="H5892" land|strong="H6440"; one|strong="H2088" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H5892" on|strong="H5892" the|strong="H6440" western|strong="H3220" side|strong="H6285" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H6440" sacred|strong="H6944" district|strong="H6418" and|strong="H5892" other|strong="H2088" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H5892" on|strong="H5892" the|strong="H6440" eastern|strong="H6924" side|strong="H6285" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H6440" sacred|strong="H6944" district|strong="H6418". The|strong="H6440" one|strong="H2088" on|strong="H5892" the|strong="H6440" western|strong="H3220" side|strong="H6285" will|strong="H5892" extend|strong="H4900" west|strong="H3220" to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Mediterranean Sea|strong="H3220". The|strong="H6440" one|strong="H2088" on|strong="H5892" the|strong="H6440" eastern|strong="H6924" side|strong="H6285" will|strong="H5892" extend|strong="H4900" east|strong="H6921" to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" eastern|strong="H6924" end|strong="H6924" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H6440" country|strong="H6924". The|strong="H6440" eastern|strong="H6924" and|strong="H5892" western|strong="H3220" borders|strong="H1366" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" land|strong="H6440" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H5892" next|strong="H4283" to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" areas|strong="H0776" allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" tribes|strong="H7626". 
\verseNumber{8}That|strong="H5971" land|strong="H0776" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" that|strong="H5971" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428". So|strong="H1961", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w kings|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w own|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w*}, they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3478" oppress|strong="H3238" my|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3478" steal|strong="H1589" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w land|strong="H0776"\+w*} from|strong="H3478" them|strong="H5414". They|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" assign|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" remaining|strong="H8300" parts|strong="H3411" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971", giving|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" part|strong="H7992" to|strong="H3478" each|strong="H5971" tribe|strong="H7626". 
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\verseNumber{9}This|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3478" what|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3541", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" Lord|strong="H3069", say|strong="H3478": You|strong="H5921" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478" must|strong="H3478" stop|strong="H5493" acting|strong="H4603" violently|strong="H3966" and|strong="H3478" oppressing|strong="H3238" the|strong="H5002" people|strong="H5971"! You|strong="H5921" must|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3478" fair|strong="H3303" and|strong="H3478" right|strong="H4941" [DOU]. Stop|strong="H5493" taking|strong="H3947" land|strong="H0776" from|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5002" people|strong="H5971"! 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H6664" you|strong="H1961" must|strong="H4191" use|strong="H1961" accurate|strong="H6664" scales|strong="H3976", and|strong="H6664" accurate|strong="H6664" containers|strong="H3627" for|strong="H1961" measuring|strong="H4060" things|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H5375" baskets|strong="H5536" for|strong="H1961" measuring|strong="H4060" dry|strong="H3004" things|strong="H1961" and|strong="H1961" containers|strong="H3627" for|strong="H1961" measuring|strong="H4060" liquids must|strong="H5375" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5375" same|strong="H1931" size|strong="H4060"; each|strong="H0376" must|strong="H5375" hold|strong="H2388" 175 quarts/liters. 
\verseNumber{12}When|strong="H1961" you|strong="H1961" weigh|strong="H8254" things|strong="H1961", you|strong="H1961" must|strong="H4191" use|strong="H1961" weights|strong="H0068" that|strong="H1961" everyone|strong="H3605" accepts|strong="H3947" as|strong="H1961" being|strong="H1961" correct|strong="H3256" [MTY].’” 

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\verseNumber{13}“ ‘You|strong="H0859" must|strong="H4191" present|strong="H7311" to|strong="H8345" the|strong="H7311" king|strong="H4428" one|strong="H7311" bushel|strong="H0374" of|strong="H2563" wheat|strong="H2406" or|strong="H0176" barley|strong="H8184" for|strong="H7311" every|strong="H3605" 60 that|strong="H2063" you|strong="H0859" harvest|strong="H7105". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H2706" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" give|strong="H5414" him|strong="H4480" one|strong="H4480" quart/liter of|strong="H4480" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081" for|strong="H3588" every|strong="H3588" 100 quarts/liters that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" make|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{15}Also|strong="H3478", I|strong="H5921", Yahweh|strong="H3068", declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5921" must|strong="H3478" take|strong="H3947" one|strong="H4480" sheep|strong="H6629" from|strong="H4480" each|strong="H0376" 200 sheep|strong="H6629" in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" flocks|strong="H6629" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5002" pastures|strong="H4945" of|strong="H4480" Israel|strong="H3478". Those|strong="H4480" things|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5921" take|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5002" king|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" used|strong="H6213" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5002" offerings|strong="H8002" of|strong="H4480" things|strong="H3478" made|strong="H3722" from|strong="H4480" grain|strong="H1715" and|strong="H3967" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5002" offerings|strong="H8002" that|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H5002" offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H3478" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921", offerings|strong="H8002" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" forgive|strong="H3722" you|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5002" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3478" committed|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{16}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" must|strong="H3478" join|strong="H2266" in|strong="H3478" bringing|strong="H0935" those|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H8641" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H5921" must|strong="H3478" provide|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196", grain|strong="H3605" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" grain|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H8002", and|strong="H3478" wine|strong="H3196" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" wine|strong="H3196" offerings|strong="H8002" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" festivals|strong="H4150" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1961" appointed|strong="H4150" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1931" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478"—including|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" festivals|strong="H4150" to|strong="H3478" celebrate|strong="H6213" each|strong="H3605" new|strong="H2320" moon|strong="H2320" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Sabbaths|strong="H7676". He|strong="H1931" must|strong="H3478" provide|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w animals|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H8002" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1931" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5921", grain|strong="H3605" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" grain|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H8002", animals|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H3478" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H1004" me|strong="H5921", Yahweh|strong="H3068", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" forgive|strong="H3722" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1931" for|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403". 
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\verseNumber{18}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H1121" also|strong="H3541" what|strong="H3541" I|strong="H3541", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3947" Lord|strong="H3069", declare|strong="H5046": On|strong="H3069" the|strong="H3947" first|strong="H7223" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" first|strong="H7223" month|strong="H2320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w each|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w year|strong="H1121"\+w*} you|strong="H3947" must|strong="H1121" take|strong="H3947" one|strong="H1121" young|strong="H1121" bull|strong="H6499" that|strong="H1121" has|strong="H1121" no|strong="H3947" defects and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1121"\+w*} cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H3947" temple|strong="H4720" to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H1121" me|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Supreme} Priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H3947" take|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" offering|strong="H2403" to|strong="H5921" cause|strong="H5414" people|strong="H1818" to|strong="H5921" become|strong="H1961" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1004" smear|strong="H2950" it|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" doorposts|strong="H4201" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004", on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" four|strong="H0702" corners|strong="H6438" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" upper|strong="H5944" ledge|strong="H5835" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196", and|strong="H1004" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" entry|strong="H6607" posts|strong="H4201" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" inner|strong="H6442" courtyard|strong="H2691". 
\verseNumber{20}He|strong="H3651" must|strong="H4191" do|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" same|strong="H3651" thing|strong="H3651" on|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6213" seventh|strong="H7651" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6213" month|strong="H2320" for|strong="H6213" any|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H6213" sin|strong="H2403" without|strong="H1004" intending|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" sin|strong="H2403" or|strong="H1004" without|strong="H1004" realizing that|strong="H3651" what|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3651" did|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3651" sinful|strong="H2400". By|strong="H6213" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3651" you|strong="H6213" will|strong="H1004" purify|strong="H2398" the|strong="H6213" temple|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{21}In|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" first|strong="H7223" month|strong="H2320" of|strong="H3117" each|strong="H3117" year|strong="H3117", on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" 14th day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" month|strong="H2320", you|strong="H3117" must|strong="H2282" start|strong="H1870" to|strong="H1961" celebrate|strong="H2282" the|strong="H3117" Passover|strong="H6453" Festival|strong="H2282". The|strong="H3117" festival|strong="H2282" will|strong="H1961" last|strong="H0314" for|strong="H3117" seven|strong="H7620" days|strong="H3117". During|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" must|strong="H2282" not|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H0398" bread|strong="H4682" made|strong="H1961" with|strong="H3117" yeast|strong="H7603". 
\verseNumber{22}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" must|strong="H4191" provide|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" bull|strong="H6499" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3117" an|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H2403" for|strong="H6213" himself|strong="H1931" and|strong="H3117" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H3068" every|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" during|strong="H3117" those|strong="H6213" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" must|strong="H2282" provide|strong="H6213" seven|strong="H7651" young|strong="H6499" bulls|strong="H6499" and|strong="H3068" seven|strong="H7651" rams|strong="H0352" that|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3068" no|strong="H6213" defects, to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" an|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H5930" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" people’s|strong="H5971" sins|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{24}He|strong="H6213" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H6213" provide|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" half|strong="H2677" bushel|strong="H0374" of|strong="H1969" grain|strong="H1715" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H8081" an|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H4503", and|strong="H6499" also|strong="H6213" four|strong="H0702" quarts of|strong="H1969" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081", for|strong="H6213" each|strong="H0376" bill|strong="H5612" and|strong="H6499" ram|strong="H0352". 
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\verseNumber{25}During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" festival|strong="H2282" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w Living|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w in|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w Temporary|strong="H5521"\+w* \+w Shelters|strong="H5521"\+w*}, which|strong="H2282" starts on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" fifteenth|strong="H2568" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" seventh|strong="H7651" month|strong="H2320" of|strong="H3117" each|strong="H3117" year|strong="H3117", the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" must|strong="H2282" provide|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" same|strong="H1931" things|strong="H8081" for|strong="H6213" offerings|strong="H5930" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" people’s|strong="H5971" sins|strong="H2403", for|strong="H6213" offerings|strong="H5930" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3117" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313", for|strong="H6213" grain|strong="H1715" offerings|strong="H5930", and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" same|strong="H1931" amount|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3117" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" provided|strong="H6213" each|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w during|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w Passover|strong="H6453"\+w* \+w Festival|strong="H2282"\+w*}.’ ” 
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\chapterNumber{46}“ ‘This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3541"\+w*} what|strong="H4639" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3117"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="H3069", declare|strong="H5046": The|strong="H3069" east|strong="H6921" entryway of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3069" inner|strong="H6442" courtyard|strong="H2691" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" shut|strong="H5462" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3069" six|strong="H8337" days|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3117" which|strong="H3069" people|strong="H5971" work|strong="H4639" each|strong="H3117" week|strong="H7620", but|strong="H1961" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3069" Sabbath|strong="H7676" days|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3069" days|strong="H3117" when|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" is|strong="H3117" a|strong="H1961" new|strong="H2320" moon|strong="H2320", that|strong="H3117" entryway must|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w remain|strong="H1961"\+w*} open|strong="H6605" until|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" evening|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" must|strong="H2351" enter|strong="H5975" the|strong="H5921" courtyard|strong="H2691" through|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" entry|strong="H6607" room|strong="H2315" of|strong="H1870" the|strong="H5921" entryway, and|strong="H3548" stand|strong="H5975" alongside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" entry|strong="H6607" post|strong="H4201". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H3318"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548" must|strong="H2351" sacrifice|strong="H5930" the|strong="H5921" animal|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3548" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" brought|strong="H3318" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3808" completely|strong="H5704" burned|strong="H8313"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, and|strong="H3548" also|strong="H6213" his|strong="H5921" offering|strong="H5930" to|strong="H5704" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5921". The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" must|strong="H2351" worship|strong="H7812" me|strong="H5921" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" entrance|strong="H8179" of|strong="H1870" the|strong="H5921" entryway, and|strong="H3548" then|strong="H3318" he|strong="H5704" must|strong="H2351" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w leaves|strong="H3318"\+w*}, the|strong="H5921" entryway will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" shut|strong="H5462" until|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3548" evening|strong="H6153". 
\verseNumber{3}On|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Sabbath|strong="H7676" days|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w days|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3068"\+w*} new|strong="H2320" moon|strong="H2320", the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" must|strong="H4191" worship|strong="H7812" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="H6440"\+w*} at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" entryway. 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" brings|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" Sabbath|strong="H7676" day|strong="H3117" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H3068" six|strong="H8337" lambs|strong="H3532" and|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3532" ram|strong="H0352", all|strong="H3117" with|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" defects. 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H3027" offering|strong="H4503" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w gives|strong="H5414"\+w*} with|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" ram|strong="H0352" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H3027" a|strong="H3027" bushel|strong="H0374" of|strong="H3027" grain|strong="H1715", and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" grain|strong="H1715" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w offers|strong="H7126"\+w*} with|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" lambs|strong="H3532" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" as|strong="H3532" much|strong="H3027" as|strong="H3532" he|strong="H3027" desires|strong="H0183" to|strong="H3027" offer|strong="H7126", along|strong="H3027" with|strong="H3027" ◄1 gallon/3.8 liters► of|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081" for|strong="H3027" each|strong="H3532" bushel|strong="H0374" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w grain|strong="H1715"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H1961"\+w*} each|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" there|strong="H1961" is|strong="H3117" a|strong="H1961" new|strong="H2320" moon|strong="H2320", he|strong="H3117" must|strong="H1121" offer|strong="H7126" a|strong="H1961" young|strong="H1121" bull|strong="H6499", six|strong="H8337" lambs|strong="H3532" and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" ram|strong="H0352", all|strong="H3117" with|strong="H3117" no|strong="H1961" defects. 
\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H6213" must|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H6213"\+w*} provide|strong="H6213" one|strong="H3532" bushel|strong="H0374" of|strong="H3027" grain|strong="H1715" with|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" bull|strong="H6499", one|strong="H3532" bushel|strong="H0374" of|strong="H3027" grain|strong="H1715" with|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" ram|strong="H0352", and|strong="H3027" as|strong="H6213" much|strong="H3027" grain|strong="H1715" as|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" wants|strong="H2656" with|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" lambs|strong="H3532", along|strong="H3027" with|strong="H6213" one|strong="H3532" quart/liter of|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081" with|strong="H6213" each|strong="H3532" bushel|strong="H0374" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w grain|strong="H1715"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" king|strong="H4428" enters|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}, he|strong="H3318" must|strong="H4191" enter|strong="H0935" through|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3318" entry|strong="H6607" room|strong="H2315" of|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3318" entryway, and|strong="H1870" he|strong="H3318" must|strong="H4191" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" through|strong="H1870" that|strong="H8179" same|strong="H1931" entry|strong="H6607" room|strong="H2315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w leaves|strong="H3318"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H5971" come|strong="H3318" to|strong="H7725" worship|strong="H7812" me|strong="H6440" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" festivals|strong="H4150" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H4150", those|strong="H3318" who|strong="H5971" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004" area|strong="H1508" through|strong="H1870" the|strong="H6440" north|strong="H6828" entryway must|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" through|strong="H1870" the|strong="H6440" south|strong="H5045" entryway. And|strong="H3068" those|strong="H3318" who|strong="H5971" enter|strong="H0935" through|strong="H1870" the|strong="H6440" south|strong="H5045" entryway must|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" through|strong="H1870" the|strong="H6440" north|strong="H6828" entryway. People|strong="H5971" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" through|strong="H1870" the|strong="H6440" entryway through|strong="H1870" which|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" entered|strong="H3318"; they|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" through|strong="H1870" the|strong="H6440" opposite|strong="H6440" entryway. 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H8432" king|strong="H4428" must|strong="H4191" go|strong="H3318" in|strong="H8432" when|strong="H3318" the|strong="H8432" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H5971" go|strong="H3318" in|strong="H8432", and|strong="H3318" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" when|strong="H3318" the|strong="H8432" people|strong="H5971" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318". 
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\verseNumber{11}During|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3027" festivals|strong="H4150" and|strong="H3027" sacred|strong="H6944" feasts|strong="H4150", the|strong="H3027" king|strong="H4428" must|strong="H2282" present|strong="H4503" a|strong="H1961" bushel|strong="H0374" of|strong="H3027" grain|strong="H1715" along|strong="H3027" with|strong="H3027" each|strong="H3532" bull|strong="H6499" or|strong="H3027" ram|strong="H0352", and|strong="H3027" as|strong="H1961" much|strong="H3027" grain|strong="H1715" as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3027" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H1961" bring|strong="H1961", along|strong="H3027" with|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" lambs|strong="H3532" and|strong="H3027" ◄1 gallon/3.8 liters► of|strong="H3027" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081" with|strong="H3027" each|strong="H3532" bushel|strong="H0374" of|strong="H3027" grain|strong="H1715". 
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\verseNumber{13}Every|strong="H1242" day|strong="H3117", during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" morning|strong="H1242", someone|strong="H0376" must|strong="H1121" provide|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" one-year-old lamb|strong="H3532" with|strong="H3068" no|strong="H6213" defects to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" an|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H5930" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313". 
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\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H6213" lamb|strong="H3532" and|strong="H1242" the|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H4503" of|strong="H4503" flour|strong="H5560" and|strong="H1242" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H8081" presented|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213" every|strong="H1242" morning|strong="H1242", to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H8081" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" on|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" altar|strong="H4196". 
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\verseNumber{16}This|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" what|strong="H3541" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" Lord|strong="H3069", declare|strong="H5046": If|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" gives|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" land|strong="H5159" to|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121", to|strong="H1961" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5414" permanently|strong="H5769", it|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" then|strong="H1961" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5414" son’s|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" forever|strong="H5769". 
\verseNumber{17}However|strong="H3588", if|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" gives|strong="H5414" some|strong="H1992" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" land|strong="H5159" to|strong="H5704" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" servants|strong="H5650", the|strong="H3588" servant|strong="H5650" is|strong="H1121" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" keep|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" land|strong="H5159" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3588" Year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" Celebration|strong="H8057". Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" will|strong="H1961" own|strong="H1961" it|strong="H5414" again|strong="H7725"; the|strong="H3588" king’s|strong="H4428" land|strong="H5159" must|strong="H1121" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" his|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H1121" forever|strong="H5704". 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4616" must|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" take|strong="H3947" any|strong="H3947" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3947" people|strong="H5971" own|strong="H5971" and|strong="H1121" force|strong="H5971" them|strong="H3947" to|strong="H1121" live|strong="H3427" somewhere|strong="H1481" else|strong="H3808". The|strong="H3947" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H5971" he|strong="H3808" gives|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3947" sons|strong="H1121" must|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3808" from|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3947" own|strong="H5971" property|strong="H5159", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w from|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w anyone|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w else’s|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w property|strong="H5159"\+w*}, in|strong="H1121" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5971" none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3947" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H3808" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H1121" leave|strong="H4616" his|strong="H3947" own|strong="H5971" property|strong="H5159".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H2009", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H2377"\+w*}, the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H8179" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w was|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w showing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w area|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w*} brought|strong="H3548" me|strong="H5921" through|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" entrance|strong="H3996" alongside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" entryway and|strong="H3548" led|strong="H1980" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sacred|strong="H6944" rooms|strong="H3957" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" north|strong="H6828" side|strong="H3802", the|strong="H5921" rooms|strong="H3957" that|strong="H3548" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548" used|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3548" he|strong="H8033" showed|strong="H7200" me|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4725" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" western|strong="H3220" end|strong="H7093" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H8179"\+w* \+w those|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w rooms|strong="H3957"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5674" man|strong="H5674" brought|strong="H3318" me|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5674" outer|strong="H2435" courtyard|strong="H2691" and|strong="H3318" led|strong="H3318" me|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3318" its|strong="H3318" four|strong="H0702" corners|strong="H4740". In|strong="H3318" each|strong="H0376" corner|strong="H4740" I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H2009" an|strong="H3318" enclosed|strong="H1004" area|strong="H1508"; 
\verseNumber{22}each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H7341" those|strong="H1992" areas|strong="H0776" was|strong="H2691" ◄70 feet|strong="H7272"/21.2 meters► long|strong="H0753" and|strong="H7970" ◄52-1/2 feet|strong="H7272"/15.9 meters► wide|strong="H7341". 
\verseNumber{23}Around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H6213" inside|strong="H8432" of|strong="H8478" each|strong="H5439" of|strong="H8478" those|strong="H6213" enclosed|strong="H1004" areas|strong="H0776" was|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" stone|strong="H0068" ledge|strong="H5835", with|strong="H6213" places|strong="H4018" to|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" fires|strong="H0784" all|strong="H5439" around|strong="H5439" under|strong="H8478" each|strong="H5439" ledge|strong="H5835". 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H8033" man|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1004" me|strong="H1004", “These|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" the|strong="H8033" kitchens where|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w Levi|strong="H3878"\+w*} who|strong="H5971" work|strong="H4399" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8033" temple|strong="H1004" must|strong="H4191" cook|strong="H1310" the|strong="H8033" sacrifices|strong="H2077" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H8033" people|strong="H5971" bring|strong="H0935".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The stream that flowed from the temple }
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\chapterNumber{47}Then|strong="H3318", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H2377"\+w*}, the|strong="H6440" man|strong="H6440" brought|strong="H3318" me|strong="H6440" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H6440" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004". There|strong="H2009" I|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H2009" water|strong="H4325" flowing|strong="H3381" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H7725" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H6440" entrance|strong="H6607", flowing|strong="H3381" toward|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" east|strong="H6921". The|strong="H6440" water|strong="H4325" was|strong="H1004" flowing|strong="H3381" from|strong="H7725" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H6440" south|strong="H5045" side|strong="H3802" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" entrance|strong="H6607", south|strong="H5045" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H4480" man|strong="H8179" brought|strong="H3318" me|strong="H4480" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1870" the|strong="H4480" inner|strong="H6442" courtyard|strong="H2691" through|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" north|strong="H6828" entryway, and|strong="H1870" then|strong="H3318" he|strong="H4480" led|strong="H3318" me|strong="H4480" around|strong="H5437" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H4480" outer|strong="H2351" entryway on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H4480" east|strong="H6921" side|strong="H3802" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w inner|strong="H6442"\+w* \+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{3}As|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5674" man|strong="H5674" continued|strong="H5674" walking|strong="H1980" toward|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5674" east|strong="H6921", he|strong="H3027" had|strong="H3027" a|strong="H3318" measuring|strong="H6957" line|strong="H6957" in|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3027" hand|strong="H3027". He|strong="H3027" measured|strong="H4058" off|strong="H3318" ◄1,750 feet|strong="H7272"/530 meters►, and|strong="H3027" then|strong="H3318" led|strong="H3318" me|strong="H5674" through|strong="H3027" water|strong="H4325" that|strong="H4325" covered|strong="H3680" my|strong="H3318" ankles|strong="H0658". 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H5674" he|strong="H4058" measured|strong="H4058" off|strong="H3772" another|strong="H0312" ◄1,750 feet|strong="H7272"/530 meters► and|strong="H4325" led|strong="H5674" me|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" water|strong="H4325" that|strong="H4325" was|strong="H4325" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H4325" my|strong="H5674" knees|strong="H1290". Then|strong="H5674" he|strong="H4058" measured|strong="H4058" off|strong="H3772" another|strong="H0312" ◄1,750 feet|strong="H7272"/530 meters► and|strong="H4325" led|strong="H5674" me|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" water|strong="H4325" that|strong="H4325" was|strong="H4325" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H4325" my|strong="H5674" waist|strong="H4975". 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H7725" he|strong="H7725" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725", “You|strong="H7725" human|strong="H0120", think|strong="H7200" carefully|strong="H6213" about|strong="H7725" what|strong="H7200" you|strong="H7725" have|strong="H1121" seen|strong="H7200".” 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H2009" he|strong="H7725" led|strong="H1980" me|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" bank|strong="H8193" of|strong="H6086" that|strong="H2088" river|strong="H5158". There|strong="H2009" I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H2009" many|strong="H7227" trees|strong="H6086" growing|strong="H5927" on|strong="H7725" each|strong="H2088" side|strong="H2088" of|strong="H6086" the|strong="H7725" river|strong="H5158". 
\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H5921" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3381" me|strong="H5921", “This|strong="H3381" water|strong="H4325" flows|strong="H3318" east|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3318" down|strong="H3381" into|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Dead|strong="H4191"\+w*} Sea|strong="H3220". And|strong="H3318" when|strong="H3318" it|strong="H5921" flows|strong="H3318" into|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Dead|strong="H4191"\+w*} Sea|strong="H3220", its|strong="H5921" salty water|strong="H4325" becomes|strong="H1961" fresh|strong="H7495". 
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\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5414" swamps|strong="H1207" and|strong="H3808" marshes|strong="H1207" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w along|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w shore|strong="H8193"\+w*} will|strong="H5414" not|strong="H3808" become|strong="H7495" fresh|strong="H7495"; they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H5414" be|strong="H3808" left|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5414" use|strong="H4399" make|strong="H5414" salt|strong="H4417". 
\verseNumber{12}Many|strong="H3808" kinds|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4325" fruit|strong="H6529" trees|strong="H6086" will|strong="H1961" grow|strong="H5927" on|strong="H5921" both|strong="H4480" sides|strong="H2088" of|strong="H4325" the|strong="H3605" river|strong="H5158". Their|strong="H3605" leaves|strong="H5929" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" wither|strong="H5034", and|strong="H6086" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H1961" always|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" fruit|strong="H6529". They|strong="H1992" will|strong="H1961" bear|strong="H3318" fruit|strong="H6529" every|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320", because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w continually|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w from|strong="H4480"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w comes|strong="H3318"\+w* } from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H4720". Their|strong="H3605" fruit|strong="H6529" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3318" eat|strong="H3978" and|strong="H6086" their|strong="H3605" leaves|strong="H5929" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w good|strong="H2896"\+w*} for|strong="H3588" healing|strong="H8644".” 

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\verseNumber{15}These|strong="H2088" will|strong="H6828" be|strong="H1870" the|strong="H4480" boundaries|strong="H1367" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H4480" land|strong="H1366": 
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\verseNumber{18}On|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" east|strong="H6921" side|strong="H6285", the|strong="H5921" boundary|strong="H1366" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w extend|strong="H4900"\+w*} between|strong="H5921" Hauran|strong="H2362" and|strong="H3478" Damascus|strong="H1834", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w south|strong="H3220"\+w*} along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} between|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1366" Israel|strong="H3478", along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Dead|strong="H4191" Sea|strong="H3220" as|strong="H5921" far|strong="H5921" as|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1366"\+w*} Tamar|strong="H8559". That|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" eastern|strong="H6931" boundary|strong="H1366". 
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\verseNumber{19}On|strong="H6285" the|strong="H5704" south|strong="H5045" side|strong="H6285", the|strong="H5704" boundary|strong="H6285" will|strong="H4325" extend|strong="H4900" from|strong="H6285" Tamar|strong="H8559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{southwest} to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" springs|strong="H4599" near|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4325"\+w*} Meribah-Kadesh|strong="H4808". Then|strong="H0227" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w boundary|strong="H6285"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w extend|strong="H4900"\+w* \+w west|strong="H3220"\+w*} along|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" dry|strong="H3004" riverbed \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3220"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w border|strong="H6285"\+w*} of|strong="H4325" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" Mediterranean Sea|strong="H3220". That|strong="H4325" will|strong="H4325" be|strong="H3220" the|strong="H5704" southern|strong="H5045" boundary|strong="H6285". 
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\verseNumber{20}On|strong="H6285" the|strong="H5704" west|strong="H3220" side|strong="H6285", the|strong="H5704" boundary|strong="H1366" will|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3220" the|strong="H5704" Mediterranean Sea|strong="H3220", north|strong="H6828" to|strong="H5704" near|strong="H5704" Lebo-Hamath|strong="H2574". 
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\verseNumber{21}You|strong="H3478" must|strong="H3478" distribute|strong="H2505" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776" among|strong="H3478" yourselves|strong="H5315", among|strong="H3478" the|strong="H2505" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H7626" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The division of the land }
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\chapterNumber{48}“Here|strong="H1870" is|strong="H8034" a|strong="H1961" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H1870" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H3027" Israel|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w territory|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w each|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H7626"\+w* \+w is|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w receive|strong="H1961"\+w*}: \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H7626"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w*} Dan|strong="H1835" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" allotted|strong="H1961" land|strong="H1366" at|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1870" northern|strong="H6828" boundary|strong="H1366" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}: It|strong="H8034" will|strong="H1961" extend|strong="H1961" east|strong="H6921" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H1870" Mediterranean Sea|strong="H3220" east|strong="H6921" to|strong="H1961" Hethlon|strong="H2855" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, then|strong="H1961" from|strong="H3027" there|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" Hamath|strong="H2574" Pass|strong="H1961", and|strong="H3027" on|strong="H1870" to|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w*} Hazar-Enan|strong="H2704" south|strong="H3220" of|strong="H3027" Damascus|strong="H1834", between|strong="H1835" Damascus|strong="H1834" and|strong="H3027" Hamath|strong="H2574". 
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The|strong="H1870" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H3027" Dan|strong="H1835" will|strong="H1961" receive|strong="H1961" land|strong="H1366" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H1870" northern|strong="H6828" border|strong="H1366" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*} from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H1870" eastern|strong="H6931" end|strong="H7097" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w country|strong="H2022"\+w*} west|strong="H3220" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1870" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Mediterranean} Sea|strong="H3220". 
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\verseNumber{2}South|strong="H3220" of|strong="H1366" their|strong="H5921" land|strong="H1366" will|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3220" the|strong="H5921" territory|strong="H1366" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w*} of|strong="H1366" Asher|strong="H0836". 
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\verseNumber{5}South|strong="H3220" of|strong="H1366" their|strong="H5921" land|strong="H1366" will|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3220" the|strong="H5921" territory|strong="H1366" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w*} of|strong="H1366" Ephraim|strong="H0669". 
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\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H6440" rest|strong="H3498" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*, \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w strip|strong="H6584"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w land|strong="H6440"\+w*} ◄8.3 miles|strong="H7341"/13.3 km.► long|strong="H6440" and|strong="H6242" ◄1.7 miles|strong="H7341"/2.65 km.► wide|strong="H7341" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" allotted|strong="H1961" for|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H1931" to|strong="H1961" use|strong="H1961". It|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" land|strong="H6440" where|strong="H4186" they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H1961" build|strong="H1129" homes|strong="H1004" and|strong="H6242" have|strong="H1961" pasturelands|strong="H4054". There|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" city|strong="H5892" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" center|strong="H8432". 
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\verseNumber{29}That|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5002" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5159" must|strong="H3478" allot|strong="H5307" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5002" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H7626" Israel|strong="H3478", to|strong="H3478" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H5307" permanently|strong="H5769". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w what|strong="H2063"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3478"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" Lord|strong="H3069", declare|strong="H5046".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H5002" gates|strong="H8179" of|strong="H7626" the|strong="H5002" city|strong="H5892" }
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\verseNumber{30}These|strong="H0428" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5892" exits|strong="H8444" from|strong="H6285" the|strong="H5892" city|strong="H5892": On|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5892" north|strong="H6828" side|strong="H6285", which|strong="H5892" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H5892" ◄1.5 miles|strong="H7341"/2.4 km.► long|strong="H0753", 
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\verseNumber{32}On|strong="H6285" the|strong="H8179" east|strong="H6921" side|strong="H6285", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H6285"\+w*} ◄1.5 miles|strong="H7341"/2.4 km.► long|strong="H0753", will|strong="H3130" be|strong="H1961" gates|strong="H8179" named|strong="H7121" for|strong="H2568" Joseph|strong="H3130", Benjamin|strong="H1144", and|strong="H3967" Dan|strong="H1835". 
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\verseNumber{33}On|strong="H6285" the|strong="H8179" south|strong="H5045" side|strong="H6285", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H6285"\+w*} ◄1.5 miles|strong="H7341"/2.4 km.► long|strong="H0753", will|strong="H5045" be|strong="H1961" gates|strong="H8179" named|strong="H7121" for|strong="H2568" Simeon|strong="H8095", Issachar|strong="H3485", and|strong="H3967" Zebulun|strong="H2074". 
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\verseNumber{35}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H8033"\+w*} the|strong="H3068" distance|strong="H7350" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892" will|strong="H3068" thus|strong="H3541" be|strong="H3068" ◄6 miles|strong="H7341"/9.6 km.►. 
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And|strong="H3068" from|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" on|strong="H3117", the|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" Is|strong="H3068" There’.’ 
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\BibleBook{Daniel}

\BibleTitlePage
\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of Daniel foretelling about God controlling all nations of the world and about the coming one. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Daniel }

\BibleSectionHeading{Daniel was taken to Babylon }
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\chapterNumber{1}After|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" in|strong="H8141" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141", King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" came|strong="H3063" to|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H3389"\+w*} and|strong="H3063" surrounded|strong="H5437" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" commanded|strong="H6680" Ashpenaz|strong="H0828", the|strong="H4480" chief|strong="H7227" official|strong="H5631" in|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3478" palace|strong="H1004", to|strong="H3478" bring|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w him|strong="H4480"\+w*} some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" Israeli men|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whom|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w brought|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*. \+w He|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w* } who|strong="H1121" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" important|strong="H5704" families|strong="H1121", including|strong="H4428" the|strong="H4480" family|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{6}Among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H1961" young|strong="H1121" Israeli men|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w chosen|strong="H0977"\+w*} were|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="H1961"\+w*}, Daniel|strong="H1840", and|strong="H1121" Hananiah|strong="H2608", Mishael|strong="H4332", and|strong="H1121" Azariah|strong="H5838", who|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" came|strong="H1961" from|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H3808" I|strong="H5921" decided|strong="H3289" that|strong="H4428" I|strong="H5921" would|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H5921" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H4428" food|strong="H6598" that|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" ate|strong="H0398", or|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H4960" the|strong="H5921" wine|strong="H3196" that|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3808" drank|strong="H4960", because|strong="H5921" that|strong="H4428" would|strong="H4428" make|strong="H7760" me|strong="H5921" ◄ritually defiled|strong="H1351"/unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3808"►. So|strong="H3808" I|strong="H5921" asked|strong="H1245" Ashpenaz|strong="H0828" to|strong="H5921" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" eat|strong="H0398" and|strong="H4428" drink|strong="H4960" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{11}Ashpenaz|strong="H0828" had|strong="H8269" ordered|strong="H6680" a|strong="H5921" guard|strong="H2876" to|strong="H5921" watch|strong="H8104" me|strong="H5921", Hananiah|strong="H2608", Mishael|strong="H4332", and|strong="H8269" Azariah|strong="H5838". 
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\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H2451" God|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" four|strong="H0702" young|strong="H3206" men|strong="H3206" wisdom|strong="H2451" and|strong="H2451" the|strong="H3605" ability|strong="H3581" to|strong="H5414" study|strong="H3854" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Babylonians|strong="H1121" had|strong="H5414" written|strong="H3789" and|strong="H2451" studied|strong="H1875". And|strong="H2451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w also|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w*} me|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" ability|strong="H3581" to|strong="H5414" understand|strong="H7919" the|strong="H3605" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H3605" visions|strong="H2377" and|strong="H2451" dreams|strong="H2472". 
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\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H3117" those|strong="H1992" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H4428" set|strong="H7760" for|strong="H6440" training us|strong="H6440" young|strong="H3117" men|strong="H8269" from|strong="H6440" Judah|strong="H3063" were|strong="H3117" ended|strong="H1961", Ashpenaz|strong="H0828" brought|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" us|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019". 
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\verseNumber{21}I|strong="H5704" remained|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w serving|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w more|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w than|strong="H4428"\+w* 60 \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w*}, until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" first|strong="H7223" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H4428" Cyrus|strong="H3566" became|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428". 

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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H1696" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H4428" studied|strong="H1875" the|strong="H1696" stars|strong="H3556" replied|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1696" king|strong="H4428", speaking|strong="H1696" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H1696" Aramaic|strong="H0762" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w language|strong="H3956"\+w*}. They|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1696", “King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H4430", we|strong="H0587" hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H4428" you|strong="H1696" will|strong="H4428" live|strong="H2418" a|strong="H1696" long|strong="H5957" time|strong="H6256"! Tell|strong="H1696" us|strong="H5649" what|strong="H1696" you|strong="H1696" dreamed|strong="H2492", and|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="H1696"\+w*} we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H4428" tell|strong="H1696" you|strong="H1696" what|strong="H1696" it|strong="H1696" means|strong="H3027"!” 
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\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H4481" the|strong="H4481" king|strong="H4430" replied|strong="H6032", “I|strong="H4481" have|strong="H7761" firmly|strong="H2388" decided|strong="H3289" that|strong="H3046" you|strong="H2006" must|strong="H4191" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H4481" the|strong="H4481" dream|strong="H2493", and|strong="H6032" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H4430"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w me|strong="H4481"\+w*} what|strong="H4406" it|strong="H2006" means|strong="H3027". If|strong="H2006" you|strong="H2006" do|strong="H5648" not|strong="H3809" do|strong="H5648" that|strong="H3046", I|strong="H4481" will|strong="H4430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w my|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3046"\+w*} cut|strong="H5648" you|strong="H2006" into|strong="H0413" pieces|strong="H1917", and|strong="H6032" to|strong="H3046" cause|strong="H2600" your|strong="H3068" houses|strong="H1005" to|strong="H3046" become|strong="H1961" only|strong="H0389" piles|strong="H6651" of|strong="H4481" stones|strong="H0068"! 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3588" again|strong="H8579" they|strong="H1992" said|strong="H6032", “Tell|strong="H5046" us|strong="H5649" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H0859" dreamed|strong="H2492", and|strong="H6032" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="H4430"\+w*} we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H4430" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H0859" what|strong="H4100" it|strong="H2324" means|strong="H3027".” 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H3606" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1768" studied|strong="H1875" the|strong="H3606" stars|strong="H3556" replied|strong="H6032", “There|strong="H6903" is|strong="H1768" no|strong="H3809" one|strong="H1836" on|strong="H5922" the|strong="H3606" earth|strong="H3007" who|strong="H1768" can|strong="H3202" do|strong="H5922" what|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" ask|strong="H7592"! There|strong="H6903" is|strong="H1768" no|strong="H3809" king|strong="H4430", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H1768"\+w*} a|strong="H6032" great|strong="H7229" and|strong="H6032" mighty|strong="H1368" king|strong="H4430", who|strong="H1768" has|strong="H1768" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ever|strong="H3809"\+w*} asked|strong="H7593" his|strong="H5922" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1768" work|strong="H4399" magic or|strong="H3809" his|strong="H5922" fortune-tellers|strong="H6049" or|strong="H3809" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1768" study|strong="H3854" the|strong="H3606" stars|strong="H3556" to|strong="H5922" do|strong="H5922" something|strong="H4406" like|strong="H4406" that|strong="H1768"! 
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\verseNumber{14}Arioch|strong="H0746", the|strong="H1768" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4430" the|strong="H1768" king’s|strong="H4430" guards|strong="H7323", came|strong="H1768" to|strong="H2942" kill|strong="H6992" us|strong="H8421". But|strong="H1768" I|strong="H1768" spoke|strong="H8421" to|strong="H2942" him|strong="H5414" very|strong="H3966" wisely|strong="H2451" and|strong="H4430" tactfully/skillfully|strong="H2805". 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H0227" I|strong="H0589" went|strong="H1841" home|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1005" I|strong="H0589" told|strong="H5046" my|strong="H8104" friends|strong="H2269", Hananiah|strong="H2608", Mishael|strong="H4333", and|strong="H1005" Azariah|strong="H5839", what|strong="H4406" had|strong="H3068" happened|strong="H1961". 
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You|strong="H1768" have|strong="H1768" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H3052" what|strong="H1768" my|strong="H4430" friends|strong="H7453" and|strong="H4430" I|strong="H4481" asked|strong="H1156" you|strong="H1768" to|strong="H3046" tell|strong="H5046" us|strong="H5414"; 
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\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H6903" I|strong="H1836" went|strong="H5954" to|strong="H5922" Arioch|strong="H0746", the|strong="H3606" man|strong="H0376" whom|strong="H1768" the|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4430" had|strong="H4430" appointed|strong="H4483" to|strong="H5922" execute|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3606" wise|strong="H2445" men|strong="H2445" in|strong="H5954" Babylon|strong="H0894". I|strong="H1836" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5922" him|strong="H5922", “Do|strong="H5922" not|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H2026" those|strong="H1768" wise|strong="H2445" men|strong="H2445". Take|strong="H5954" me|strong="H5922" to|strong="H5922" the|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4430", and|strong="H4430" I|strong="H1836" will|strong="H1768" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5922" what|strong="H1768" his|strong="H5922" dream|strong="H2472" means|strong="H6903".” 
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\verseNumber{25}So|strong="H1768" Arioch|strong="H0746" quickly|strong="H4116" took|strong="H3947" me|strong="H6925" to|strong="H6925" the|strong="H4481" king|strong="H4430". He|strong="H1768" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6925" the|strong="H4481" king|strong="H4430", “I|strong="H4481" have|strong="H1768" found|strong="H7912" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w man|strong="H1400"\+w*}, one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H4481" the|strong="H4481" men|strong="H1400" whom|strong="H1768" we|strong="H1768" brought|strong="H5954" from|strong="H4481" Judah|strong="H3061" who|strong="H1768" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w says|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w can|strong="H1768"\+w*} can|strong="H1768" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H1768" what|strong="H1768" your|strong="H1768" dream|strong="H2472" means|strong="H3027"!” 
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\verseNumber{27}I|strong="H1768" replied|strong="H6032", “There|strong="H1768" are|strong="H1768" no|strong="H3809" wise|strong="H2445" men|strong="H2445" or|strong="H3809" fortune-tellers|strong="H6049" or|strong="H3809" men|strong="H2445" who|strong="H1768" work|strong="H4399" magic or|strong="H3809" men|strong="H2445" who|strong="H1768" work|strong="H4399" sorcery|strong="H3784" who|strong="H1768" can|strong="H3202" tell|strong="H5046" such|strong="H1768" things|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3202" you|strong="H1768". 
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\verseNumber{36}That|strong="H4430" was|strong="H4430" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H0859" dreamed|strong="H2492". Now|strong="H4430" I|strong="H1836" will|strong="H4430" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H0859" what|strong="H4100" it|strong="H6925" means|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{44}But|strong="H1768" while|strong="H5704" those|strong="H1768" kings|strong="H4430" are|strong="H1768" ruling|strong="H4910", God|strong="H0430" who|strong="H1768" rules|strong="H4910" in|strong="H4430" heaven|strong="H8065" will|strong="H1768" establish|strong="H6966" a|strong="H6966" kingdom|strong="H4437" that|strong="H1768" will|strong="H1768" never|strong="H5957" end|strong="H5487". No|strong="H3809" one|strong="H1932" will|strong="H1768" ever|strong="H5957" defeat|strong="H5221" its|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4430". He|strong="H1768" will|strong="H1768" completely|strong="H3617" destroy|strong="H2255" all|strong="H3606" those|strong="H1768" kingdoms|strong="H4437", but|strong="H1768" his|strong="H3606" kingdom|strong="H4437" will|strong="H1768" remain|strong="H3427" forever|strong="H5957". 
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O|strong="H3069" king|strong="H4430", the|strong="H3606" great|strong="H7229" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H1768" shown|strong="H7200" you|strong="H1768" what|strong="H4101" will|strong="H4101" truly|strong="H3588" happen|strong="H1961" in|strong="H4430" the|strong="H3606" future|strong="H0319". And|strong="H6523" you|strong="H1768" can|strong="H1768" trust|strong="H0982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4101"\+w* \+w I|strong="H1836"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w you|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5439"\+w*} the|strong="H3606" meaning|strong="H3330" of|strong="H4430" the|strong="H3606" dream|strong="H2493".” 

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\verseNumber{46}Then|strong="H4430" King|strong="H4430" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020" prostrated|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H5315" in|strong="H5922" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4430" me|strong="H5922" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5922"\+w* \+w great|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w respect|strong="H6437"\+w*}. He|strong="H5020" commanded|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H5922"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} that|strong="H5922" they|strong="H1992" burn|strong="H8313" incense|strong="H5208" and|strong="H5308" burn|strong="H8313" an|strong="H4430" offering|strong="H4504" of|strong="H4430" grain|strong="H1715" to|strong="H5922" honor|strong="H3519" me|strong="H5922". 
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\verseNumber{48}Then|strong="H4430" the|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4430" gave|strong="H3052" many|strong="H7690" gifts|strong="H4978" to|strong="H5922" me|strong="H5922", and|strong="H4430" he|strong="H1841" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H4430"\+w*} appointed|strong="H4150" me|strong="H5922" to|strong="H5922" rule|strong="H7981" over|strong="H5922" the|strong="H3606" entire|strong="H3606" province|strong="H4083" of|strong="H4430" Babylon|strong="H0894", and|strong="H4430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H4430"\+w*} to|strong="H5922" be|strong="H1841" the|strong="H3606" boss of|strong="H4430" all|strong="H3606" his|strong="H5922" wise|strong="H2445" men|strong="H2445". 
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\chapterNumber{3}King|strong="H4430" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020" ordered|strong="H6680" his|strong="H5020" men|strong="H0376" to|strong="H4430" make|strong="H5648" a|strong="H5648" gold|strong="H1722" statue|strong="H6755". It|strong="H5414" was|strong="H4430" ◄90 feet|strong="H7272"/27 meters► high|strong="H1116" and|strong="H4430" ◄9 feet|strong="H7272"/2.7 meters► wide|strong="H6613". They|strong="H1768" set|strong="H6966" it|strong="H5414" up|strong="H6966" in|strong="H4430" the|strong="H5020" Dura|strong="H1757" plain|strong="H1236" in|strong="H4430" Babylon|strong="H0894" province|strong="H4083". 
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\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H1768" when|strong="H1768" all|strong="H3606" those|strong="H1768" people|strong="H5972" who|strong="H1768" had|strong="H4430" gathered|strong="H6960" heard|strong="H8086" the|strong="H3606" sounds|strong="H6963" made|strong="H6966" by|strong="H6966" the|strong="H3606" musical|strong="H7892" instruments|strong="H3627", they|strong="H3606" all|strong="H3606" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H5308" to|strong="H5308" worship|strong="H5457" the|strong="H3606" statue|strong="H6755". 
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\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H1768" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1768" the|strong="H3606" men|strong="H1400" who|strong="H1768" studied|strong="H1875" the|strong="H3606" stars|strong="H3556" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1400" the|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H1992" reported|strong="H5046" to|strong="H4430" him|strong="H5414", “We|strong="H0587" hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H4430" you|strong="H0859", O|strong="H3069" king|strong="H4430", will|strong="H4430" live|strong="H2418" a|strong="H6032" long|strong="H5957" time|strong="H6256"! 
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\verseNumber{12}Sir|strong="H0113", there|strong="H1768" are|strong="H1768" some|strong="H4480" men|strong="H1400" from|strong="H1768" Judah|strong="H3062" whom|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" have|strong="H7761" appointed|strong="H4483" to|strong="H5922" be|strong="H3809" officials|strong="H1400" in|strong="H5922" Babylon|strong="H0894" province|strong="H4083" who|strong="H1768" have|strong="H7761" not|strong="H3809" obeyed|strong="H8085" your|strong="H6399" decree|strong="H2942". Their|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" are|strong="H1768" Shadrach|strong="H7715", Meshach|strong="H4336", and|strong="H4336" Abednego. They|strong="H1768" have|strong="H7761" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H5922" worship|strong="H5457" your|strong="H6399" god|strong="H0430" and|strong="H4336" the|strong="H5922" gold|strong="H1722" statue|strong="H6755" that|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" have|strong="H7761" set|strong="H6966" up|strong="H6966".” 
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\verseNumber{13}Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020" became|strong="H3205" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734". He|strong="H5020" commanded|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H6925"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} to|strong="H6925" bring|strong="H0935" in|strong="H4430" Shadrach|strong="H7715", Meshach|strong="H4336", and|strong="H4336" Abednego. When|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1400" brought|strong="H0935" to|strong="H6925" him|strong="H6925", 
\verseNumber{14}Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020" said|strong="H6032" to|strong="H5665" them|strong="H5414", “Is|strong="H1768" it|strong="H5414" true|strong="H6656" that|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" three|strong="H7969" men|strong="H0376" have|strong="H5020" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H5665" worship|strong="H5457" my|strong="H6399" gods|strong="H0430" or|strong="H3809" the|strong="H5020" gold|strong="H1722" statue|strong="H6755" that|strong="H1768" I|strong="H1768" have|strong="H5020" set|strong="H6966" up|strong="H6966"? 
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\verseNumber{16}Shadrach|strong="H7715", Meshach|strong="H4336", and|strong="H6032" Abednego replied|strong="H6032", “Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020", we|strong="H3809" do|strong="H5922" not|strong="H3809" need|strong="H2818" to|strong="H5922" defend|strong="H1598" our|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w actions|strong="H5949"\+w*} to|strong="H5922" you|strong="H5922" in|strong="H5922" this|strong="H1836" matter|strong="H6600". 
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\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H1768" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H1768"\+w*} if|strong="H2006" he|strong="H1768" does|strong="H1934" not|strong="H3809" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w rescue|strong="H5337"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w*}, you|strong="H1768" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3046" know|strong="H3046" that|strong="H1768" we|strong="H1768" will|strong="H1768" never|strong="H3808" worship|strong="H5457" your|strong="H6399" gods|strong="H0430" or|strong="H2006" the|strong="H5457" gold|strong="H1722" statue|strong="H6755" that|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" have|strong="H1934" set|strong="H6966" up|strong="H6966".” 
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\verseNumber{19}Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020" was|strong="H5020" extremely|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w His|strong="H5922"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w angry|strong="H2734"\+w* \+w even|strong="H1768"\+w*} showed|strong="H7200" on|strong="H5922" his|strong="H5922" face|strong="H6440". He|strong="H1768" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H1768" the|strong="H5922" furnace|strong="H3564" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" made|strong="H6213" seven|strong="H7655" times|strong="H7655" as|strong="H1768" hot|strong="H2552" as|strong="H1768" usual|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H3651" Shadrach|strong="H7715", Meshach|strong="H4336", and|strong="H4336" Abednego fell|strong="H5308" into|strong="H1459" the|strong="H3605" roaring|strong="H7581" flames|strong="H5135". 
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\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H3588" as|strong="H0834" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020" was|strong="H4430" watching|strong="H8245", he|strong="H5020" was|strong="H4430" amazed|strong="H8539". He|strong="H5020" suddenly|strong="H6597" jumped up|strong="H6966" and|strong="H6032" shouted|strong="H7321" to|strong="H4430" his|strong="H5020" advisors, “Did|strong="H6213" we|strong="H3809" tie|strong="H3729" up|strong="H6966" three|strong="H8532" men|strong="H1400" and|strong="H6032" throw|strong="H7993" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H1459" the|strong="H5020" flames|strong="H5135", or|strong="H3809" not|strong="H3809"?” 
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They|strong="H3809" replied|strong="H6032", “Yes|strong="H3588", O|strong="H3069" king|strong="H4430", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H3809"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{25}Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" shouted|strong="H7321", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Look|strong="H1888"\+w*}! I|strong="H1768" see|strong="H2370" four|strong="H0702" men|strong="H1400" in|strong="H1981" the|strong="H1768" fire|strong="H5135"! They|strong="H1768" have|strong="H1768" no|strong="H3809" ropes|strong="H5688" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414", they|strong="H1768" are|strong="H1768" walking|strong="H1981" around|strong="H5439", and|strong="H6032" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w flames|strong="H5135"\+w*} are|strong="H1768" not|strong="H3809" hurting|strong="H7489" them|strong="H5414"! And|strong="H6032" the|strong="H1768" fourth|strong="H7244" man|strong="H1400" looks|strong="H7200" like|strong="H1821" a|strong="H2370" divine|strong="H7080" being|strong="H1961"!” 
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\verseNumber{26}Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020" came|strong="H7127" closer|strong="H5066" to|strong="H5312" the|strong="H4481" opening|strong="H6310" of|strong="H4481" the|strong="H4481" flaming|strong="H3852" furnace|strong="H3564", and|strong="H6032" he|strong="H1768" shouted|strong="H7321", “Shadrach|strong="H7715", Meshach|strong="H4336", and|strong="H6032" Abednego, you|strong="H1768" who|strong="H1768" worship|strong="H7812" the|strong="H4481" Supreme God|strong="H0430", come|strong="H7127" out|strong="H5312" of|strong="H4481" there|strong="H1768"! Come|strong="H7127" here|strong="H5312"!” So|strong="H1768" they|strong="H1768" stepped|strong="H3318" out|strong="H5312" of|strong="H4481" the|strong="H4481" fire|strong="H5135". 
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\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="H1768" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H1768" king’s|strong="H4430" officials|strong="H1907" crowded|strong="H6950" around|strong="H3673" them|strong="H5414". They|strong="H1768" saw|strong="H2370" that|strong="H1768" the|strong="H1768" flames|strong="H5135" had|strong="H4430" not|strong="H3809" harmed|strong="H2255" them|strong="H5414". The|strong="H1768" flames|strong="H5135" had|strong="H4430" not|strong="H3809" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H1768"\+w*} singed|strong="H2761" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4430" the|strong="H1768" hair|strong="H8177" on|strong="H7981" their|strong="H3605" heads|strong="H7217" or|strong="H3809" scorched|strong="H7710" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4430" their|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899"! There|strong="H1768" was|strong="H1655" not|strong="H3809" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H1768"\+w*} any|strong="H3605" smell|strong="H7382" of|strong="H4430" smoke|strong="H6227" on|strong="H7981" them|strong="H5414"! 
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\verseNumber{28}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H1768"\+w*} Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020" said|strong="H6032", “Praise|strong="H1984" the|strong="H3606" God|strong="H0430" whom|strong="H1768" Shadrach|strong="H7715", Meshach|strong="H4336", and|strong="H6032" Abednego \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H5457"\+w*}! He|strong="H1768" sent|strong="H7972" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H4430" his|strong="H5922" angels|strong="H4397" to|strong="H5922" rescue|strong="H7804" these|strong="H0428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w three|strong="H7969"\+w*} men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1768" worship|strong="H5457" him|strong="H5922" and|strong="H6032" trust|strong="H7365" in|strong="H5922" him|strong="H5922". They|strong="H3606" ignored|strong="H6313" my|strong="H5922" command|strong="H4406"; they|strong="H3606" insisted|strong="H6484" that|strong="H1768" they|strong="H3606" would|strong="H0014" worship|strong="H5457" only|strong="H0389" their|strong="H3606" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H6032" were|strong="H1768" willing|strong="H0014" to|strong="H5922" die|strong="H4191" instead|strong="H5922" of|strong="H4430" worshiping|strong="H7812" any|strong="H3606" other|strong="H3861" god|strong="H0430". 
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\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H4430" the|strong="H4430" king|strong="H4430" gave|strong="H5414" Shadrach|strong="H7715", Meshach|strong="H4336", and|strong="H4336" Abednego more|strong="H3254" important|strong="H5704" positions|strong="H7896" in|strong="H4430" Babylon|strong="H0894" province|strong="H4083" than|strong="H4480" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H4430" before|strong="H6440". 

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“I|strong="H0589" wish|strong="H2896"/hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H1965" eveything is|strong="H0369" going|strong="H1980" very|strong="H3966" well|strong="H3190" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H0859"! 
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\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H1768" performs|strong="H6213" great|strong="H1419" miracles|strong="H6381", 
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and|strong="H2493" does|strong="H6213" wonderful|strong="H6381" things|strong="H3606". 
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His|strong="H4481" kingdom|strong="H4467" will|strong="H1768" last|strong="H0314" forever|strong="H5769"; 
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\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H0589", Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019", was|strong="H3068" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H5954" my|strong="H8104" palace|strong="H1004". I|strong="H0589" was|strong="H3068" living|strong="H2416" luxuriantly, and|strong="H2493" everything|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" going|strong="H1980" very|strong="H3966" well|strong="H3190" for|strong="H3046" me|strong="H6925". 
\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H1768" one|strong="H6922" night|strong="H3915" I|strong="H1768" had|strong="H1768" a|strong="H5705" dream|strong="H2493" that|strong="H1768" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H6925" to|strong="H6925" be|strong="H1841" very|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372". I|strong="H1768" saw|strong="H7200" visions|strong="H2376" that|strong="H1768" terrified|strong="H0926" me|strong="H6925" as|strong="H1768" I|strong="H1768" lay|strong="H7901" on|strong="H5705" my|strong="H1768" bed|strong="H4904". 
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\verseNumber{28}But|strong="H4481" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4430"\+w* \+w refused|strong="H3985"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w stop|strong="H2308"\+w* \+w sinning|strong="H2398"\+w*. \+w So|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4406"\+w* \+w was|strong="H4430"\+w* \+w predicted|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5020"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w dream|strong="H2472"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4437"\+w*} what|strong="H4406" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4481" him|strong="H4481". 
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\verseNumber{31}While|strong="H5704" he|strong="H1768" was|strong="H7985" still|strong="H5750" saying|strong="H0559" this|strong="H5922", God|strong="H0430" [MTY] spoke|strong="H8421" from|strong="H1768" heaven|strong="H8065" and|strong="H4437" said|strong="H0559", “King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020", this|strong="H5922" is|strong="H1768" what|strong="H1768" I|strong="H1768" am|strong="H1961" saying|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5922" you|strong="H1768": You|strong="H1768" are|strong="H1768" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" the|strong="H5922" ruler|strong="H4910" of|strong="H4437" this|strong="H5922" kingdom|strong="H4437"! 
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He|strong="H1768" rules|strong="H4910" forever|strong="H5769"; 
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his|strong="H3606" kingdom|strong="H4467" will|strong="H1768" never|strong="H3808" end|strong="H7093". 
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\verseNumber{35}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398" are|strong="H3117" very|strong="H3966" insignificant|strong="H6819"; 
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we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" like|strong="H3644" him|strong="H5414". 
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He|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" power|strong="H3027" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213" whatever|strong="H3605" he|strong="H0834" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213", 
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among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" angels|strong="H4397" in|strong="H0935" heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3967" among|strong="H8432" us|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" live|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776". 
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saying|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H5414", ‘Why|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w these|strong="H0428"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w*}?’ 
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\verseNumber{36}When|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" was|strong="H3068" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H0413" think|strong="H2803" correctly|strong="H3651" again|strong="H7725", I|strong="H0589" was|strong="H3068" honored|strong="H3513" again|strong="H7725", and|strong="H3967" I|strong="H0589" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w*} rule|strong="H4910" my|strong="H8104" glorious|strong="H8597"/great|strong="H1419" kingdom|strong="H4467" again|strong="H7725". My|strong="H8104" advisors came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" again|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}, and|strong="H3967" I|strong="H0589" became|strong="H3205" greater|strong="H1419" and|strong="H3967" more|strong="H3254" powerful|strong="H2392" than|strong="H4480" I|strong="H0589" was|strong="H3068" before|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{5}Suddenly|strong="H8160" they|strong="H1768" saw|strong="H2370" a|strong="H2370" man’s|strong="H0376" hand|strong="H3028" writing|strong="H3790" on|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" plaster|strong="H1528" of|strong="H4430" the|strong="H5922" wall|strong="H3797" opposite|strong="H6903" the|strong="H5922" lampstand|strong="H5043". The|strong="H5922" king|strong="H4430" also|strong="H4430" saw|strong="H2370" the|strong="H5922" hand|strong="H3028" as|strong="H6903" it|strong="H5922" was|strong="H4430" writing|strong="H3790". 
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\verseNumber{26}This|strong="H1836" is|strong="H4437" what|strong="H4406" those|strong="H1992" words|strong="H4406" mean|strong="H2823": 
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\chapterNumber{6}King|strong="H4428" Darius|strong="H1868" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="H1868" divide|strong="H2505" his|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4437" into|strong="H0413" 120 provinces|strong="H4082". He|strong="H0834" appointed|strong="H4150" a|strong="H1961" governor|strong="H6346" to|strong="H1868" rule|strong="H4910" each|strong="H0376" province|strong="H4082". 
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\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H1768" the|strong="H3606" administrators|strong="H6486" and|strong="H1841" governors|strong="H6346" went|strong="H1841" as|strong="H3606" one|strong="H1836" group|strong="H7235" to|strong="H5922" the|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H1841" said|strong="H0559", “◄Your|strong="H1768" Majesty|strong="H1926"/O|strong="H3069" king|strong="H4428"►, we|strong="H1768" wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" will|strong="H1768" live|strong="H3427" a|strong="H7912" long|strong="H0753" time|strong="H6256"! 
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\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H6903" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H1836" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H3318" that|strong="H3606" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3606"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4430"\+w*} had|strong="H4430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w written|strong="H7560"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4430"\+w*} signed|strong="H7560" that|strong="H3606" law|strong="H8451", I|strong="H1836" went|strong="H1980" home|strong="H1004". I|strong="H1836" knelt|strong="H5307" down|strong="H3381" in|strong="H4430" my|strong="H4430" upstairs room|strong="H2315" and|strong="H4430" prayed|strong="H6419". I|strong="H1836" looked|strong="H7200" toward|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H4430" the|strong="H3606" windows|strong="H2474" were|strong="H0834" open|strong="H6605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H6903"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3606"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3606"\+w* \+w everyone|strong="H3606"\+w* \+w could|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w me|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w while|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w I|strong="H1836"\+w* \+w was|strong="H4430"\+w* \+w praying|strong="H6419"\+w*}. I|strong="H1836" prayed|strong="H6419" three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471" each|strong="H0376" day|strong="H3117", just|strong="H6903" as|strong="H3606" I|strong="H1836" always|strong="H3605" did|strong="H6213", thanking|strong="H3034" God|strong="H0430". 
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The|strong="H6925" king|strong="H4428" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yes|strong="H3588"\+w*, \+w that|strong="H1400"\+w* \+w is|strong="H0369"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6925"\+w* \+w law|strong="H8451"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1400"\+w* \+w I|strong="H1156"\+w* \+w wrote|strong="H3789"\+w*}. It|strong="H6925" is|strong="H0369" a|strong="H7912" law|strong="H8451" of|strong="H1156" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* governments \+w of|strong="H1156"\+w*} Media|strong="H4074" and|strong="H1841" Persia|strong="H6539", which|strong="H0834" cannot|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1841" canceled|strong="H3722".” 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H1768" they|strong="H3606" said|strong="H6032" to|strong="H5922" the|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4430", “Well|strong="H3190", that|strong="H1768" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w man|strong="H3861"\+w*} Daniel|strong="H1841", one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H4481" the|strong="H3606" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1768" were|strong="H1768" brought|strong="H0935" from|strong="H4481" Judah|strong="H3063", is|strong="H1768" not|strong="H3809" paying|strong="H1576" any|strong="H3606" attention|strong="H7181" to|strong="H5922" you|strong="H1768" or|strong="H3809" the|strong="H3606" law|strong="H1882" that|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w signed|strong="H7560"\+w*}. He|strong="H1768" prays|strong="H1156" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5922"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5922"\+w* \+w god|strong="H0430"\+w*} three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471" each|strong="H0376" day|strong="H3118"!” 
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\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H1768" the|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4430" gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3606" order|strong="H4616", and|strong="H4430" his|strong="H5922" servants|strong="H5650" brought|strong="H0935" me|strong="H5922" and|strong="H4430" threw|strong="H7993" me|strong="H5922" into|strong="H0413" a|strong="H6966" pit|strong="H0953" where|strong="H1768" the|strong="H3606" lions|strong="H3715" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H1400"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Before|strong="H5922"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3606"\+w* \+w threw|strong="H7993"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5922"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5922"\+w*}, the|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5922" me|strong="H5922", “I|strong="H1768" hope|strong="H3176"/wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H1768" your|strong="H1768" God|strong="H0430", whom|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" worship|strong="H7812" regularly|strong="H8548", will|strong="H1768" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H1768"!” 
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\verseNumber{17}They|strong="H1768" rolled|strong="H1556" a|strong="H6032" huge|strong="H1995" stone|strong="H0068" across|strong="H5676" the|strong="H1768" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H4430" the|strong="H1768" pit|strong="H0953". Then|strong="H1768" the|strong="H1768" king|strong="H4430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w fastened|strong="H8628"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6032"\+w* \+w string|strong="H8439"\+w* \+w across|strong="H5676"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w entrance|strong="H6607"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6032"\+w* \+w put|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w wax|strong="H1749"\+w* \+w at|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w each|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w end|strong="H7093"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H6032"\+w* \+w stamped|strong="H7554"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w wax|strong="H1749"\+w* \+w with|strong="H1841"\+w*} the|strong="H1768" seal|strong="H2368" from|strong="H1768" his|strong="H7804" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ring|strong="H2885"\+w*} and|strong="H6032" the|strong="H1768" seals|strong="H2856" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4430"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w rings|strong="H2885"\+w*} of|strong="H4430" his|strong="H7804" officials|strong="H8269", in|strong="H4430" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H1768" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H1932" could|strong="H1768" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w secretly|strong="H5643"\+w*} rescue|strong="H7804" me|strong="H0413". 
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\verseNumber{19}At|strong="H3427" dawn|strong="H7837" the|strong="H5922" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242", the|strong="H5922" king|strong="H4430" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6925" and|strong="H4430" went|strong="H5954" quickly|strong="H4116" to|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" pit|strong="H0953" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5922" lions|strong="H3715" were|strong="H3809". 
\verseNumber{20}When|strong="H1768" he|strong="H1768" came|strong="H1768" near|strong="H7126" it|strong="H5414", he|strong="H1768" was|strong="H4430" very|strong="H6966" worried|strong="H1672". He|strong="H1768" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H6966", “Daniel|strong="H1841", you|strong="H1768" who|strong="H1768" serve|strong="H5647" the|strong="H1768" all-powerful God|strong="H0430"! Was|strong="H4430" your|strong="H1768" God|strong="H0430", whom|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" worship|strong="H7812" regularly|strong="H8548", able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H4430" save|strong="H3467" you|strong="H1768" from|strong="H1768" the|strong="H1768" lions|strong="H3715"?” 
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\verseNumber{21}I|strong="H4481" answered|strong="H6032", “◄Your|strong="H6399" Majesty|strong="H1926"/O|strong="H3069" king|strong="H4430"►, I|strong="H4481" hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" will|strong="H1768" live|strong="H3427" a|strong="H4481" long|strong="H0753" time|strong="H6256"! 
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\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4430" was|strong="H4430" extremely|strong="H3966" happy|strong="H0835", and|strong="H4430" he|strong="H1768" commanded|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H7972"\+w* \+w servants|strong="H5650"\+w*} to|strong="H6925" lift|strong="H5375" me|strong="H6925" out|strong="H5648" of|strong="H4430" the|strong="H3606" pit|strong="H0953". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3606"\+w* \+w did|strong="H5648"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1768"\+w*, \+w they|strong="H3606"\+w*} saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H1768" the|strong="H3606" lions|strong="H3715" had|strong="H4430" not|strong="H3809" wounded|strong="H2491" me|strong="H6925" at|strong="H6903" all|strong="H3606". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4430"\+w* \+w protected|strong="H3467"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6925"\+w*} because|strong="H6903" I|strong="H1768" trusted|strong="H0982" in|strong="H7912" him|strong="H6925". 
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\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H1768" the|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4430" commanded|strong="H4481" that|strong="H1768" the|strong="H3606" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1768" had|strong="H4430" accused|strong="H7170" me|strong="H5922" should|strong="H4430" be|strong="H3809" seized|strong="H8610" and|strong="H4430" be|strong="H3809" thrown|strong="H7993", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H1841" their|strong="H3606" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H4430" children|strong="H1121", into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3606" pit|strong="H0953" where|strong="H1768" the|strong="H3606" lions|strong="H3715" were|strong="H1768". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3606"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w thrown|strong="H7993"\+w* \+w into|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3606"\+w* \+w pit|strong="H0953"\+w*}, the|strong="H3606" lions|strong="H3715" leaped|strong="H6452" on|strong="H5922" them|strong="H5922" and|strong="H4430" crushed|strong="H7533" their|strong="H3606" bones|strong="H6106" before|strong="H4481" they|strong="H3606" fell|strong="H5307" onto|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3606" bottom|strong="H3247" of|strong="H4481" the|strong="H3606" pit|strong="H0953"! 
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\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H1768" King|strong="H4430" Darius|strong="H1868" wrote|strong="H3789" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="H3606"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4430"\+w* \+w sent|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w throughout|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5705"\+w* \+w kingdom|strong="H4467"\+w*} to|strong="H5705" the|strong="H3606" people|strong="H1400" of|strong="H4430" every|strong="H3606" people-group and|strong="H4430" nation|strong="H1471" and|strong="H4430" from|strong="H1123" all|strong="H3606" language|strong="H3956" groups|strong="H7218": 
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“I|strong="H1768" wish|strong="H2896"/hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H1768" everthing is|strong="H1768" going|strong="H1980" very|strong="H3966" well|strong="H3190" with|strong="H1841" you|strong="H1768"! 
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\verseNumber{26}I|strong="H1768" command|strong="H6680" that|strong="H1768" everyone|strong="H3606" in|strong="H1753" my|strong="H1768" kingdom|strong="H4467" should|strong="H4430" fear|strong="H3372" and|strong="H4430" revere|strong="H3372" the|strong="H3606" God|strong="H0430" that|strong="H1768" Daniel|strong="H1841" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worships|strong="H7812"\+w*}. 
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He|strong="H1768" is|strong="H1768" the|strong="H3606" all-powerful God|strong="H0430", 
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and|strong="H4430" he|strong="H1768" will|strong="H1768" live|strong="H1753" forever|strong="H5769". 
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His|strong="H3606" kingdom|strong="H4467" will|strong="H1768" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H8001" destroyed|strong="H4229"; 
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he|strong="H1768" will|strong="H1768" rule|strong="H4910" forever|strong="H5769". 
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\verseNumber{27}He|strong="H1768" rescues|strong="H5337" and|strong="H1763" saves|strong="H3467" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H6925"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}. 
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He|strong="H1768" performs|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3606" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="H4481" miracles|strong="H6381" 
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in|strong="H4437" heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H1763" on|strong="H5705" the|strong="H3606" earth|strong="H0776". 
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He|strong="H1768" rescued|strong="H5337" Daniel|strong="H1841" from|strong="H4481" the|strong="H3606" power|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4481" the|strong="H3606" lions|strong="H3715"!” 
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\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H1768" I|strong="H4481" was|strong="H1841" successful|strong="H6743" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*} during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H4481" time|strong="H6256" that|strong="H1768" Darius|strong="H1868" ruled|strong="H4427" and|strong="H8065" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H4481" time|strong="H6256" that|strong="H1768" Cyrus|strong="H3566", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} of|strong="H4481" Persia|strong="H6539", ruled|strong="H4427". 

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\verseNumber{2}I|strong="H0589", Daniel|strong="H1841", had|strong="H2370" a|strong="H2370" vision|strong="H2376" last|strong="H0314" night|strong="H3916". In|strong="H7229" the|strong="H2370" vision|strong="H2376" I|strong="H0589" saw|strong="H2370" that|strong="H8065" strong|strong="H2388" winds|strong="H7308" were|strong="H1934" blowing|strong="H8628" from|strong="H5974" all|strong="H3605" four|strong="H0702" directions|strong="H7253", stirring|strong="H1519" up|strong="H1934" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H2370"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w in|strong="H7229"\+w*} the|strong="H2370" ocean|strong="H5437". 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H5922" first|strong="H6933" one|strong="H0259" resembled|strong="H1823" a|strong="H2370" lion|strong="H0738", but|strong="H1768" it|strong="H5922" had|strong="H2370" wings|strong="H1611" like|strong="H3644" an|strong="H5705" eagle|strong="H5403" has|strong="H1768". But|strong="H1768" as|strong="H1768" I|strong="H4481" watched|strong="H7200", something|strong="H1697" tore|strong="H7167" off|strong="H3772" its|strong="H5705" wings|strong="H1611" {its|strong="H5705" wings|strong="H1611" were|strong="H1934" pulled|strong="H5265" off|strong="H3772"}. The|strong="H5922" beast|strong="H0929" was|strong="H1934" left|strong="H7604" there|strong="H1768", standing|strong="H6966" on|strong="H5922" its|strong="H5705" two|strong="H8147" hind|strong="H0365"/rear|strong="H3411" legs|strong="H3767", like|strong="H3644" a|strong="H2370" human|strong="H0120" being|strong="H1961" stands|strong="H5975". And|strong="H7271" it|strong="H5922" was|strong="H1934" given|strong="H3052" a|strong="H2370" mind|strong="H3825" like|strong="H3644" humans have|strong="H1934". 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H6966" second|strong="H8578" beast|strong="H2423" resembled|strong="H1823" a|strong="H2298" bear|strong="H1678". It|strong="H1321" was|strong="H2423" crouching|strong="H7257", and|strong="H3652" it|strong="H1321" held|strong="H2388" between|strong="H0996" its|strong="H3605" teeth|strong="H8128" three|strong="H8532" ribs|strong="H5967" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w another|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w animal|strong="H0929"\+w* \+w that|strong="H6433"\+w* \+w it|strong="H1321"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3652"\+w* \+w eaten|strong="H0398"\+w*}. Someone|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6966" it|strong="H1321" {It|strong="H1321" was|strong="H2423" told|strong="H5046"}, “Stand|strong="H6966" up|strong="H6966" and|strong="H3652" eat|strong="H0398" as|strong="H3652" much|strong="H7690" meat|strong="H1321" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3652"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{26}But|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" will|strong="H1780" be|strong="H1780" a|strong="H5705" session/meeting|strong="H4150" of|strong="H5491" the|strong="H5705" court|strong="H1780"/judges|strong="H8199" in|strong="H3488" heaven|strong="H8064", and|strong="H5705" that|strong="H0834" king’s|strong="H4428" authority|strong="H7985"/power|strong="H3027" will|strong="H1780" be|strong="H1780" taken|strong="H5709" away|strong="H5709", and|strong="H5705" he|strong="H5705" will|strong="H1780" be|strong="H1780" completely|strong="H3617" destroyed|strong="H8046". 
\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="H1768" all|strong="H3606" the|strong="H3606" power|strong="H3027" and|strong="H4437" the|strong="H3606" greatness|strong="H7238" of|strong="H4437" all|strong="H3606" the|strong="H3606" kingdoms|strong="H4437" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3606" earth|strong="H0776" will|strong="H1768" be|strong="H5957" given|strong="H3052" to|strong="H8065" the|strong="H3606" people|strong="H5972" who|strong="H1768" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H8065" the|strong="H3606" Supreme God|strong="H0430". The|strong="H3606" kingdom|strong="H4437" that|strong="H1768" he|strong="H1768" rules|strong="H4910" (OR|strong="H6399", they|strong="H3606" rule|strong="H4910") will|strong="H1768" endure|strong="H5975" forever|strong="H5957". And|strong="H4437" the|strong="H3606" rulers|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4437" all|strong="H3606" the|strong="H3606" nations|strong="H1471" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3606" earth|strong="H0776" will|strong="H1768" serve|strong="H6399" and|strong="H4437" obey|strong="H8086" him|strong="H3052" (OR|strong="H6399", them|strong="H3052").” 
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\verseNumber{28}That|strong="H1768" is|strong="H1768" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w I|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5922"\+w*} my|strong="H5922" vision|strong="H2377"/dream|strong="H2472". I|strong="H1768", Daniel|strong="H1841", was|strong="H1841" terrified|strong="H0926", with|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H1768" my|strong="H5922" face|strong="H2122" became|strong="H3205" pale|strong="H8133". But|strong="H1768" I|strong="H1768" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" anyone|strong="H3605" about|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" vision|strong="H2377" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w I|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w seen|strong="H7200"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Daniel’s vision of a ram and a goat }
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\chapterNumber{8}During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" third|strong="H7969" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H7200" Belshazzar|strong="H1112" was|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7200" King|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}, I|strong="H7200" had|strong="H4428" another|strong="H7200" vision|strong="H2377". 
\verseNumber{2}In|strong="H5921" that|strong="H7200" vision|strong="H2377" I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" Susa|strong="H7800", the|strong="H5921" capital|strong="H3805" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H5921" Elam|strong="H5867" Province|strong="H4082". I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w standing|strong="H5975"\+w*} alongside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Ulai|strong="H0195" Canal|strong="H0180". 
\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H2009" looked|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H5869" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H5375" ram|strong="H0352" that|strong="H7200" was|strong="H7161" standing|strong="H5975" alongside|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" canal|strong="H0180". It|strong="H7200" had|strong="H5869" two|strong="H8145" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w long|strong="H6440"\+w*} horns|strong="H7161", but|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" newest one|strong="H4480" was|strong="H7161" longer|strong="H1364" than|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H8145" one|strong="H4480". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3605" ram|strong="H0352" butted/knocked away|strong="H5337" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w its|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w horns|strong="H7161"\+w*} everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" was|strong="H3027" west|strong="H3220" and|strong="H3027" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" was|strong="H3027" north|strong="H6828" and|strong="H3027" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" was|strong="H3027" south|strong="H5045" of|strong="H3027" it|strong="H6213". There|strong="H5975" were|strong="H3027" no|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} animals|strong="H2416" that|strong="H7200" were|strong="H3027" able|strong="H3027" to|strong="H6213" oppose|strong="H5975" it|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3027" none|strong="H3808" that|strong="H7200" could|strong="H5337" rescue|strong="H5337"/save|strong="H5337" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w animals|strong="H2416"\+w*} from|strong="H6440" its|strong="H3605" power|strong="H3027". The|strong="H3605" ram|strong="H0352" did|strong="H6213" whatever|strong="H3605" it|strong="H6213" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" and|strong="H3027" became|strong="H1431" very|strong="H6213" powerful|strong="H2392". 
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\verseNumber{5}While|strong="H1961" I|strong="H2009" was|strong="H1961" thinking|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w what|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w I|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w seen|strong="H5869"\+w*, \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H2380"\+w*} I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H2009" a|strong="H1961" goat|strong="H5795" come|strong="H1961" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" west|strong="H4628". It|strong="H5921" ran|strong="H1961" across|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H6440" so|strong="H4480" quickly|strong="H4116", that|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w seemed|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} its|strong="H3605" feet|strong="H7272" did|strong="H5869" not|strong="H1961" touch|strong="H5060" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H6440". This|strong="H6440" goat|strong="H5795" had|strong="H1961" one|strong="H3605" very|strong="H3966" large|strong="H1419" horn|strong="H7161" between|strong="H5921" its|strong="H3605" eyes|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{6}It|strong="H7200" was|strong="H7161" very|strong="H5704" angry|strong="H2534", and|strong="H6440" it|strong="H7200" ran|strong="H7323" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w straight|strong="H3474"\+w*} toward|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" ram|strong="H0352" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H5704" had|strong="H1167" seen|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H6440"\+w*, \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w ram|strong="H0352"\+w*} that|strong="H7200" was|strong="H7161" standing|strong="H5975" alongside|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" canal|strong="H0180". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H6440" goat|strong="H5795" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H6440" ram|strong="H0352" furiously|strong="H7697" and|strong="H3027" broke|strong="H7665" off|strong="H7993" its|strong="H5975" two|strong="H8147" horns|strong="H7161", with|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" ram|strong="H0352" was|strong="H1961" unable|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w defend|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w itself|strong="H0905"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H1961"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" goat|strong="H5795" knocked the|strong="H6440" ram|strong="H0352" down|strong="H5221" and|strong="H3027" trampled|strong="H7429" on|strong="H7200" it|strong="H7200". No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" could|strong="H5337" rescue|strong="H5337" the|strong="H6440" ram|strong="H0352" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" goat’s|strong="H5795" power|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H5704" goat|strong="H5795" became|strong="H1431" very|strong="H3966" powerful|strong="H6105". But|strong="H6105" when|strong="H5704" its|strong="H8478" power|strong="H6105" was|strong="H7307" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H1419", its|strong="H8478" horn|strong="H7161" was|strong="H7307" broken|strong="H7665" off|strong="H7665". But|strong="H6105" four|strong="H0702" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} large|strong="H1419" horns|strong="H7161" took|strong="H5927" its|strong="H8478" place|strong="H8478". They|strong="H5704" each|strong="H0376" pointed in|strong="H1419" a|strong="H5927" different|strong="H8133" direction|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{11}He|strong="H5704" ◄defied|strong="H2778"/considered|strong="H2803" himself|strong="H1431" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H7311" greater|strong="H1431" than|strong="H4480"► the|strong="H4480" leader|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H4480" army|strong="H6635" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="H8064"\+w*}, and|strong="H8269" prevented|strong="H6923" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w from|strong="H4480"\+w*} offering|strong="H4480" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H4480". He|strong="H5704" also|strong="H8269" ◄defiled|strong="H2930" the|strong="H4480" temple|strong="H4720"/caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H4480" temple|strong="H4720" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H1431" unholy|strong="H2455"►. 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H5414" God’s|strong="H0430" people|strong="H5971" allowed|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w man|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w who|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w was|strong="H6635"\+w* represented \+w by|strong="H5921"\+w*} that|strong="H5414" horn|strong="H7161" to|strong="H6213" control|strong="H3027"/rule|strong="H4910" them|strong="H5414", with|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H5414" they|strong="H5921" sinned|strong="H2398" by|strong="H5921" offering|strong="H6213" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H6213" him|strong="H5414". And|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" threw|strong="H7993" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H0776" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w laws|strong="H8451"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w contained|strong="H3557"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w*} true|strong="H0571" religion. Everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5414" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" was|strong="H6635" successful|strong="H6743". 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H1696" I|strong="H5414" heard|strong="H8085" two|strong="H8147" angels|strong="H4397" who|strong="H6635" were|strong="H5414" talking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" each|strong="H5414" other|strong="H0312". One|strong="H6918" of|strong="H6918" them|strong="H5414" asked|strong="H1696", “How|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" will|strong="H6635" the|strong="H8085" things|strong="H6944"/events|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085" were|strong="H5414" in|strong="H8085" this|strong="H5414" vision|strong="H2377" continue|strong="H1961"? How|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" will|strong="H6635" the|strong="H8085" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H6635" rebels|strong="H4784" against|strong="H1696" God|strong="H5414" and|strong="H8085" causes|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*} to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H5414" defiled|strong="H2930" be|strong="H5414" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1696" prevent|strong="H6923" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w from|strong="H8085"\+w*} offering|strong="H4503" sacrifices|strong="H6944"? How|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" will|strong="H6635" he|strong="H5704" trample|strong="H4823" on|strong="H1696" the|strong="H8085" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H8085" on|strong="H1696" the|strong="H8085" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H6918" heaven|strong="H8064"?” 
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\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H5704" other|strong="H0312" angel|strong="H4397" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H1242"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w continue|strong="H1961"\+w*} for|strong="H5704" 1,150 days|strong="H6153". During|strong="H3117" all|strong="H5704" of|strong="H6944" that|strong="H5704" time|strong="H5704", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H6153"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w not|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w be|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w permitted|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w offer|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H6944"\+w*} in|strong="H3967" the|strong="H5704" morning|strong="H1242" or|strong="H5704" in|strong="H3967" the|strong="H5704" evening|strong="H6153". After|strong="H1242" that|strong="H5704", the|strong="H5704" temple|strong="H1004" will|strong="H5704" be|strong="H6944" purified|strong="H2891".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Gabriel|strong="H1403" explained|strong="H0560" the|strong="H5704" vision|strong="H2377" }
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\verseNumber{15}While|strong="H1961" I|strong="H2009", Daniel|strong="H1840", was|strong="H1961" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H1961" understand|strong="H7200" what|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" vision|strong="H2377" meant|strong="H2803", suddenly|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w an|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w angel|strong="H4397"\+w*} who|strong="H1397" resembled|strong="H1823" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H1397" stood|strong="H5975"/appeared|strong="H7200" in|strong="H5975" front|strong="H5048" of|strong="H4758" me|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H6963" I|strong="H8085" heard|strong="H8085" a|strong="H8085" man|strong="H0376" call|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w other|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w side|strong="H6285"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6963"\+w*} the|strong="H8085" Ulai|strong="H0195" Canal|strong="H0180", saying|strong="H6963", “Gabriel|strong="H1403", explain|strong="H5046" to|strong="H8085" him|strong="H7121" the|strong="H8085" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H8085" vision|strong="H4758" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w he|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H4758"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H5975" Gabriel|strong="H1403" came|strong="H5307" and|strong="H1121" stood|strong="H5975" beside|strong="H5921" me|strong="H6440". I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1121" very|strong="H3966" terrified|strong="H1204", with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" fell|strong="H5307" onto|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440". But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H6440", “You|strong="H3588" human|strong="H0120", it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H7093" necessary|strong="H2706" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5921" understand|strong="H0995" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w events|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" vision|strong="H2377" will|strong="H1121" occur|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w near|strong="H6440"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" time|strong="H6256" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w world|strong="H8398"\+w*} will|strong="H1121" end|strong="H7093".” 
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\verseNumber{18}While|strong="H5973" he|strong="H5921" was|strong="H6440" speaking|strong="H1696", I|strong="H5921" fainted|strong="H5968". I|strong="H5921" lay|strong="H7901" there|strong="H5975", unconscious, with|strong="H5973" my|strong="H5921" face|strong="H6440" still|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440". But|strong="H1696" Gabriel|strong="H1403" put|strong="H5414" his|strong="H6440" hand|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" me|strong="H6440" and|strong="H6440" lifted|strong="H5375" me|strong="H6440" up|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5975" I|strong="H5921" could|strong="H3201" stand|strong="H5975" again|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3117", Daniel|strong="H1840", became|strong="H1961" weak|strong="H2470", and|strong="H6965" I|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" sick|strong="H2470" for|strong="H5921" several|strong="H2669" days|strong="H3117". Then|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3117" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w*} doing|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" work|strong="H4399" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w given|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w*}, but|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" perplexed|strong="H0943"/confused|strong="H1101" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" vision|strong="H4758", and|strong="H6965" I|strong="H3117" could|strong="H6965" not|strong="H6213" understand|strong="H0995" it|strong="H5921". 

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Lord|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3034" are|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419" and|strong="H3068" awesome|strong="H3372"! You|strong="H3034" have|strong="H3068" faithfully|strong="H2617" done|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3372" you|strong="H3034" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3034" would|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5414". You|strong="H3034" faithfully|strong="H2617" love|strong="H2617" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3068" love|strong="H2617" you|strong="H3034" and|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3372" you|strong="H3034" have|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H4687" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H2388" he|strong="H3254" took|strong="H2388" hold|strong="H2388" of|strong="H4758" me|strong="H3254" again|strong="H3254", and|strong="H2388" enabled|strong="H5414" me|strong="H3254" to|strong="H3254" become|strong="H1961" stronger|strong="H2388" again|strong="H3254". 
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\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H5921" next|strong="H5921" King|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" Syria|strong="H0758" will|strong="H5414" be|strong="H3808" an|strong="H5414" evil|strong="H7451" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H5975", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w previous|strong="H7223"\+w* \+w king|strong="H5921"\+w*,} will|strong="H5414" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3653" to|strong="H5921" become|strong="H1961" king|strong="H5921". But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" come|strong="H0935" when|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" expect|strong="H6960" it|strong="H5414", and|strong="H2388" he|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" become|strong="H1961" king|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5921" tricking the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{32}By|strong="H6213" deceiving|strong="H8267" those|strong="H2388" who|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" abandoned|strong="H5800" the|strong="H6213" Jewish|strong="H3064" religion, he|strong="H6213" will|strong="H5971" persuade|strong="H6601" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" ◄become|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3045" supporters|strong="H0310"/help|strong="H2388" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3045" he|strong="H6213" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213"►. But|strong="H2388" those|strong="H2388" who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" devoted|strong="H8003" to|strong="H6213" their|strong="H2388" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H5971" firmly|strong="H2388" oppose|strong="H7853" them|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{33}And|strong="H3117" wise|strong="H7919" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} leaders|strong="H7218" will|strong="H5971" teach|strong="H3925" others|strong="H5971" also|strong="H3117". But|strong="H5971" for|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3117" while|strong="H3117", some|strong="H7227" of|strong="H3117" those|strong="H3782" wise|strong="H7919" leaders|strong="H7218" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H3117" killed|strong="H2719" in|strong="H3117" battles|strong="H4421", and|strong="H3117" some|strong="H7227" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H3117" burned|strong="H3852" to|strong="H3117" death|strong="H4194", and|strong="H3117" some|strong="H7227" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H3117" robbed|strong="H1497", and|strong="H3117" some|strong="H7227" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H3117" put|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3117" prison|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{34}While|strong="H4592" God’s|strong="H0430" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H7227" being|strong="H1961" persecuted|strong="H7291", some|strong="H4592" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H7227" help|strong="H5826" them|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" little|strong="H4592" bit|strong="H5391", although|strong="H5921" some|strong="H4592" of|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H7227" help|strong="H5826" them|strong="H5921" will|strong="H7227" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H5826" it|strong="H5921" sincerely|strong="H8549". 
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\verseNumber{40}But|strong="H4428" when|strong="H6256" his|strong="H5921" time|strong="H6256" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w rule|strong="H4428"\+w*} is|strong="H7093" almost|strong="H4592" ended|strong="H1961", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H4428" attack|strong="H5221" his|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*}. The|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" will|strong="H4428" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" furiously|strong="H7697" [SIM]. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w His|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w be|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w driving|strong="H4491"\+w*} chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w riding|strong="H7392"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w*} horses|strong="H6571" and|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w traveling|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w*} many|strong="H7227" ships|strong="H0591". His|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" will|strong="H4428" invade|strong="H0935" many|strong="H7227" countries|strong="H0776" and|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w spread|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w all|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w over|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w those|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w countries|strong="H0776"\+w*} like|strong="H5973" a|strong="H5921" flood|strong="H5674" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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\verseNumber{42}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7971" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H3027" Syria|strong="H0758" invades|strong="H0935" other|strong="H0312" countries|strong="H0776", even|strong="H3808" the|strong="H7971" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3027" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" defeated|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{43}The|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H3605" Syria|strong="H0758" will|strong="H4714" take|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3605" from|strong="H2091" Egypt|strong="H4714" gold|strong="H2091", silver|strong="H3701", and|strong="H3701" other|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" items|strong="H3627". The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3605" Libya|strong="H3864" and|strong="H3701" Ethiopia|strong="H3569" will|strong="H4714" allow|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Syria|strong="H0758"\+w*} to|strong="H4714" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H4910" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{44}But|strong="H7227" he|strong="H3318" will|strong="H7227" become|strong="H3318" very|strong="H1419" frightened|strong="H3372"/alarmed|strong="H0927" when|strong="H3318" he|strong="H3318" hears|strong="H8085" reports|strong="H1697" about|strong="H3318" what|strong="H8052" is|strong="H2534" happening in|strong="H7227" the|strong="H3318" east|strong="H4217" and|strong="H1419" in|strong="H7227" the|strong="H3318" north|strong="H6828". So|strong="H3318" he|strong="H3318" will|strong="H7227" become|strong="H3318" very|strong="H1419" angry|strong="H2534", and|strong="H1419" send|strong="H3318" his|strong="H3318" army|strong="H2428" to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H3898" furiously|strong="H2534" and|strong="H1419" kill|strong="H2026" many|strong="H7227" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{45}The|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w Syria|strong="H0758"\+w*} will|strong="H2022" set|strong="H6944" up|strong="H5704" his|strong="H5704" royal|strong="H6944" tents|strong="H0168" in|strong="H3220" the|strong="H5704" area|strong="H2022" between|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Mediterranean} Sea|strong="H3220" and|strong="H2022" the|strong="H5704" hill|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3220"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} on|strong="H3220" which|strong="H2022" the|strong="H5704" temple|strong="H1004" ◄exists|strong="H1961"/was|strong="H3220" built|strong="H1129"►. But|strong="H5826" he|strong="H5704" will|strong="H2022" be|strong="H2022" killed|strong="H2026" there|strong="H2022", because|strong="H3588" there|strong="H2022" will|strong="H2022" be|strong="H2022" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0259" to|strong="H5704" help|strong="H5826" him|strong="H5826".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{When this world will end }
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\verseNumber{3}Those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H7227" were|strong="H7227" wise|strong="H7919" will|strong="H7227" shine|strong="H2094" as|strong="H7919" brightly|strong="H2094" as|strong="H7919" the|strong="H6663" sky|strong="H8064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="H7549"\+w* \+w bright|strong="H0934"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6663"\+w* \+w sun|strong="H8121"\+w* \+w is|strong="H7549"\+w* \+w shining|strong="H5051"\+w*}. And|strong="H5769" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H7227" have|strong="H7919" shown|strong="H7200" to|strong="H5769" others|strong="H7227" the|strong="H6663" way|strong="H1870" to|strong="H5769" live|strong="H3427" righteously|strong="H6664" will|strong="H7227" shine|strong="H2094" forever|strong="H5769", like|strong="H7227" the|strong="H6663" stars|strong="H3556" [SIM]. 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H7227" as|strong="H5704" for|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704", Daniel|strong="H1840", close|strong="H5640" up|strong="H2856" the|strong="H5704" scroll|strong="H5612" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w which|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w writing|strong="H3791"\+w*}, and|strong="H1697" seal|strong="H2856" it|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w order|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w no|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w one|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w can|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w open|strong="H6605"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5704"\+w*} until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" end|strong="H7093" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w world|strong="H8398"\+w*} is|strong="H1697" near|strong="H5704". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Before|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w happens|strong="H1961"\+w*,} many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H1697" travel|strong="H1980" rapidly|strong="H6873" here|strong="H5704" and|strong="H1697" there|strong="H5704", learning|strong="H5612" more|strong="H7235" and|strong="H1697" more|strong="H7235" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w angel|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w finished|strong="H3615"\+w* \+w speaking|strong="H1696"\+w*}, I|strong="H2009", Daniel|strong="H1840", looked|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5975", and|strong="H7200" suddenly|strong="H2009" I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H7200" two|strong="H8147" other|strong="H8147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w angels|strong="H4397"\+w*}. One|strong="H7200" was|strong="H8193" standing|strong="H5975" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" side|strong="H8147" of|strong="H8147" the|strong="H7200" river|strong="H2975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w I|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w was|strong="H8193"\+w*}, and|strong="H7200" one|strong="H7200" was|strong="H8193" standing|strong="H5975" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" other|strong="H8147" side|strong="H8147". 
\verseNumber{6}One|strong="H0259" of|strong="H4325" them|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w called|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w*} the|strong="H5704" other|strong="H0312" one|strong="H0259", who|strong="H4605" was|strong="H4325" wearing|strong="H2296" linen|strong="H8336"/white|strong="H3836" clothes|strong="H3847", who|strong="H4605" was|strong="H4325" now|strong="H3847" standing|strong="H5975" further|strong="H5750" up|strong="H5704" (OR|strong="H5704", above|strong="H4605") the|strong="H5704" river|strong="H2975", “How|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" will|strong="H4325" it|strong="H5704" be|strong="H6382" until|strong="H5704" these|strong="H4605" amazing|strong="H6382"/frightening events|strong="H1697" end|strong="H7093"?” 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H3605" angel|strong="H4397" who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3027" on|strong="H3847" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" side|strong="H3225" of|strong="H3027" (OR|strong="H8085", above|strong="H4605") the|strong="H3605" river|strong="H2975" raised|strong="H7311" his|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027" toward|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064", and|strong="H8064" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650", with|strong="H3847" the|strong="H3605" authority|strong="H3027" [MTY] of|strong="H3027" God|strong="H3027", who|strong="H3605" lives|strong="H2416" forever|strong="H5769", “It|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H3027" three|strong="H7969" and|strong="H8064" a|strong="H3588" half|strong="H2677" years|strong="H8141". All|strong="H3605" these|strong="H8085" things|strong="H6944" will|strong="H5971" end|strong="H3615" after|strong="H3588" God’s|strong="H0430" people|strong="H5971" stop|strong="H7311" fighting|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3027" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" ◄persecute|strong="H7291"/cause|strong="H5971" trouble|strong="H6869" for|strong="H3588"/cause|strong="H5971" suffering|strong="H6040" for|strong="H3588"► them|strong="H3027".” 
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\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “Daniel|strong="H1840", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" leave|strong="H5800" now|strong="H3588". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w cannot|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w answer|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w question|strong="H1697"\+w*} because|strong="H3588" what|strong="H1697" it|strong="H3588" means|strong="H3027" must|strong="H4191" ◄be|strong="H1697" kept|strong="H8104" secret|strong="H5640"/not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1697" revealed|strong="H1540"► [DOU] until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256" when|strong="H3588" everything|strong="H3605" ends|strong="H5704". 
\verseNumber{10}Many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H3808" will|strong="H7563" thoroughly|strong="H3190" purify|strong="H1305" their|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H6442" beings|strong="H2421" [DOU]. But|strong="H3808" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H3808" will|strong="H7563" not|strong="H3808" understand|strong="H7919" these|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605". They|strong="H3808" will|strong="H7563" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" wicked|strong="H7563". Only|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H7563" wise|strong="H7919" will|strong="H7563" understand|strong="H7919" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w these|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{12}God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3117" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="H3117" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" remain|strong="H3427" faithful|strong="H0539" until|strong="H3117" 1,335 days|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" ended|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H5975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w*} to|strong="H3212" you|strong="H3117", continue|strong="H5975" to|strong="H3212" faithfully|strong="H0571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w trust|strong="H0982"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*} until|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w life|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w earth|strong="H0776"\+w*} ends|strong="H7098". You|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" die|strong="H4191" [EUP], but|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" everything|strong="H3605" ends|strong="H7098", you|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" receive|strong="H3947" your|strong="H5117" reward|strong="H7939" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}.” 
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\BibleBook{Hosea}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of Hosea telling about the Israeli people rejecting God, and foretelling about God punishing and restoring them. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Hosea }
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\chapterNumber{1}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w*} Hosea|strong="H1954", the|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Beeri|strong="H0882". Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961" these|strong="H3117" messages|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w various|strong="H2921"\+w* \+w times|strong="H3117"\+w*} during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" years|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" Uzziah|strong="H5818", Jotham|strong="H3147", Ahaz|strong="H0271", and|strong="H1121" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" were|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H1121" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" the|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoash|strong="H3060" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Hosea’s wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" }
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\verseNumber{4}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5921", “Give|strong="H5414" him|strong="H7121" the|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034" Jezreel|strong="H3157", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w means|strong="H6485"\+w* ‘\+w God|strong="H3068"\+w* scatters’}, because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" soon|strong="H4592" punish|strong="H6485" the|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" [MTY] of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H5921"\+w*} Jehu|strong="H3058" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w scattering|strong="H6327"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" killed|strong="H2026" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1818" at|strong="H5921" Jezreel|strong="H3157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H4592"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" end|strong="H7673" the|strong="H5921" kingdom|strong="H4468" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478", 
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\verseNumber{8}After|strong="H0310" Gomer|strong="H1586" had|strong="H3205" ◄weaned|strong="H1580"/stopped|strong="H5975" breast-feeding► Lo-ruhamah|strong="H3819", she|strong="H1931" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029" again|strong="H2029", and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H1931" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" another|strong="H0312" son|strong="H1121". 
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I|strong="H6258" will|strong="H3068" force|strong="H2394" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w go|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w countries|strong="H0776"\+w*} 
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But|strong="H7911" I|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" send|strong="H7971" a|strong="H6213" fire|strong="H0784" 
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that|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" destroy|strong="H6213" all|strong="H6213" their|strong="H7971" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3063" their|strong="H7971" fortresses|strong="H0759".” 

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I|strong="H8033" will|strong="H3820" completely|strong="H3617" destroy|strong="H7843" you|strong="H3820" 
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\BibleTitleTwo{This book is the account of Joel foretelling about many nations conquering the Israeli people and about God restoring them. We call this book }
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Tell|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H2205" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" to|strong="H3068" gather|strong="H6908" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" 
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\verseNumber{15}Terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H1697" are|strong="H3117" happening to|strong="H3068" us|strong="H3588"! 
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It|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" soon|strong="H7138" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H3588" Almighty|strong="H7706" God|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w really|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3588"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{16}Our|strong="H5048" crops|strong="H8393" are|strong="H5869" already|strong="H3528" gone|strong="H3808", 
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so|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8478" are|strong="H8074" no|strong="H3808" crops|strong="H8393" to|strong="H3588" harvest|strong="H7105". 
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Our|strong="H3588" barns|strong="H4460"/storehouses|strong="H0214" are|strong="H8074" empty|strong="H7387"; 
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there|strong="H8478" is|strong="H1715" no|strong="H3808" grain|strong="H1715" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w store|strong="H4543"\+w* \+w in|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w them|strong="H8478"\+w*}. 
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because|strong="H3588" all|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3588" streams|strong="H6388" have|strong="H1571" dried|strong="H3001" up|strong="H3001". 
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The|strong="H3588" rivers|strong="H5104" and|strong="H7704" streams|strong="H6388" are|strong="H4325" all|strong="H1571" dry|strong="H3001", 
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and|strong="H7704" the|strong="H3588" grass|strong="H2682" in|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3588" pastures|strong="H4999" is|strong="H1571" all|strong="H1571" parched|strong="H7039". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A warning about the locusts }
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\chapterNumber{2}Blow|strong="H8628" trumpets|strong="H7782" on|strong="H3117" Zion|strong="H6726" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Hill|strong="H2022"\+w*}, 
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God’s|strong="H0430" sacred|strong="H6944" hill|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}! 
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Tell|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" tremble|strong="H7264", 
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because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" soon|strong="H7138" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w further|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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A|strong="H1961" huge|strong="H7227" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w swarm|strong="H8317"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w locusts|strong="H0697"\+w*} has|strong="H1961" covered|strong="H3680" the|strong="H5921" mountains|strong="H2022" like|strong="H3644" [SIM] a|strong="H1961" black|strong="H7838" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cloud|strong="H6051"\+w*}. 
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Nothing|strong="H3808" like|strong="H3644" this|strong="H3117" has|strong="H1961" ever|strong="H5769" happened|strong="H1961" before|strong="H4480", 
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from|strong="H6440" which|strong="H4057" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" can|strong="H3808" escape|strong="H6413". 
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In|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440", the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" was|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w beautiful|strong="H3303"\+w*} like|strong="H1961" [SIM] the|strong="H6440" garden|strong="H1588" of|strong="H6440" Eden|strong="H5731", 
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and|strong="H6440" nothing|strong="H3808" survives|strong="H5975". 
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w locusts|strong="H0697"\+w*} resemble|strong="H1819" horses|strong="H5483", 
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and|strong="H5483" they|strong="H3651" run|strong="H7323" like|strong="H3651" [SIM] war|strong="H6571" horses|strong="H5483". 
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\verseNumber{5}Leaping|strong="H7540" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" mountaintops|strong="H1116", 
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they|strong="H5921" make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H5921" noise|strong="H6963" like|strong="H7540" rumbling|strong="H5921" chariots|strong="H4818", 
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like|strong="H7540" [SIM] a|strong="H5921" mighty|strong="H6099" army|strong="H5971" that|strong="H5971" is|strong="H7218" preparing|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" battle|strong="H4421", 
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or|strong="H7218" like|strong="H7540" [SIM] the|strong="H5921" roar|strong="H7580" of|strong="H2022" a|strong="H5921" fire|strong="H0784" that|strong="H5971" burns|strong="H8313" up|strong="H5921" stubble|strong="H7179" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w field|strong="H7704"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" see|strong="H7200" them|strong="H6440" coming|strong="H0935", 
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they|strong="H5971" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" pale|strong="H6289" and|strong="H5971" frightened|strong="H3372". 
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they|strong="H3808" march|strong="H3212" along|strong="H3212" in|strong="H3212" columns|strong="H5982" 
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and|strong="H3212" never|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H7725" aside|strong="H5493" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w columns|strong="H5982"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H3808" rush|strong="H8264" straight|strong="H3474" ahead|strong="H6440" 
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without|strong="H3808" pushing|strong="H5055" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312". 
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that|strong="H5307" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H5307" to|strong="H3212" stop|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H7323" swarm|strong="H8317" over|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" city|strong="H5892" walls|strong="H2346" and|strong="H1004" enter|strong="H5927" our|strong="H3068" houses|strong="H1004"; 
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they|strong="H7323" enter|strong="H5927" through|strong="H1157" our|strong="H3068" windows|strong="H2474" like|strong="H1004" [SIM] thieves|strong="H1590" do|strong="H6213". 
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The|strong="H6440" sun|strong="H8121" and|strong="H8064" the|strong="H6440" moon|strong="H3394" become|strong="H6937" dark|strong="H6937" 
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and|strong="H8064" the|strong="H6440" stars|strong="H3556" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6440" shine|strong="H0215" 
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\verseNumber{11}Yahweh|strong="H3068" leads|strong="H1869" this|strong="H6213" army|strong="H4264" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w countless|strong="H0369"\+w* \+w locusts|strong="H0697"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" obey|strong="H6213" his|strong="H5414" commands|strong="H1697". 
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This|strong="H6213" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" judging|strong="H8199" and|strong="H3068" punishing|strong="H7725" us|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" terrible|strong="H3372", 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh|strong="H3068" calls|strong="H6963" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" repent|strong="H5162" }
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\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H1571" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002", 
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you|strong="H3605" can|strong="H4310" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H7725" with|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" inner|strong="H6442" beings|strong="H2421". 
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Weep|strong="H1065", and|strong="H3068" mourn|strong="H4553", and|strong="H3068" ◄fast|strong="H6685"/abstain|strong="H5144" from|strong="H7725" eating|strong="H0398" food|strong="H3899"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sorry|strong="H5162"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w having|strong="H0369"\+w* \+w abandoned|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7725"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{13}Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" tear|strong="H7167" your|strong="H3068" clothes|strong="H0899" 
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instead|strong="H3588", show|strong="H7200" [MET|strong="H6298"] that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" sorry|strong="H5162".” 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" merciful|strong="H7349" and|strong="H3068" kind|strong="H4327"; 
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he|strong="H1931" does|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" quickly|strong="H4116" become|strong="H7725" angry|strong="H2734"; 
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he|strong="H1931" faithfully|strong="H2617" loves|strong="H0157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H1931"\+w*}. 
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He|strong="H1931" does|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" quickly|strong="H4116" become|strong="H7725" angry|strong="H2734"; 
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instead|strong="H3588", he|strong="H1931" greatly|strong="H7227" and|strong="H3068" faithfully|strong="H2617" loves|strong="H0157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" does|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" like|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" punish|strong="H6485" you|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{14}No|strong="H3045" one|strong="H3068" knows|strong="H3045" [RHQ] if|strong="H0518" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" change|strong="H5162" his|strong="H3068" mind|strong="H5162" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w punishing|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7725"\+w*} 
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and|strong="H3068" if|strong="H0518" instead|strong="H8478" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" act|strong="H6213" mercifully \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w toward|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7725"\+w*}. 
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If|strong="H0518" he|strong="H3068" does|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3045", he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H7725" 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w giving|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w plenty|strong="H7647"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w grain|strong="H1715"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w wine|strong="H3196"\+w*} 
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in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H7725" can|strong="H4310" offer|strong="H7126" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* } those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H1697" as|strong="H3068" sacrifices|strong="H4503" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{15}Blow|strong="H8628" the|strong="H7121" trumpets|strong="H7782" on|strong="H7121" Zion|strong="H6726" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Hill|strong="H2022"\+w*}! 
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Gather|strong="H6908" the|strong="H7121" people|strong="H5971" together|strong="H7121"! 
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Show|strong="H6942" by|strong="H7121" fasting|strong="H6685" that|strong="H7121" you|strong="H6726" are|strong="H6726" sorry|strong="H5162" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6726"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w committed|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{16}Perform|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3318" rituals to|strong="H3318" cause|strong="H5971" yourselves|strong="H6942" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H5971" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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Gather|strong="H6908" everyone|strong="H3605" together|strong="H6908"— 
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the|strong="H3318" old|strong="H2205" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3318" children|strong="H5768", even|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3318" babies|strong="H3245", 
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and|strong="H5971" summon|strong="H7121" brides|strong="H3618" and|strong="H5971" bridegrooms from|strong="H3318" their|strong="H3318" rooms|strong="H2315". 
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\verseNumber{17}Tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H5971" serve|strong="H8334" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" cry|strong="H7121" between|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" 
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\BibleBook{Amos}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book is the account of Amos foretelling about God punishing Israel and Judah and other nations, and restoring Israel and Judah. We call this book }
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I|strong="H3772" will|strong="H3068" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H5971" rules|strong="H4910" in|strong="H3427" Aven|strong="H0206" Valley|strong="H1237" 
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and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3068" who|strong="H5971" rules|strong="H4910" in|strong="H3427" Beth|strong="H1004" Eden|strong="H5730". 
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and|strong="H3068" sold|strong="H4376" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7725" become|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" slaves|strong="H5650" of|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Edom|strong="H0112". 
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and|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H5804"\+w*} destroy|strong="H7843" its|strong="H7971" fortresses|strong="H0759". 
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\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3027" get|strong="H3027" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3027" Ashdod|strong="H0795" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} 
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and|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" who|strong="H3427" rules|strong="H4910" [MTY] in|strong="H3427" Ashkelon|strong="H0831" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3027"\+w*} strike|strong="H3027"/punish|strong="H6485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w*} Ekron|strong="H6138" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3772"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3027" Philistia|strong="H6429" who|strong="H3427" are|strong="H3027" still|strong="H3427" alive|strong="H2416" will|strong="H3027" be|strong="H3027" killed|strong="H2026".” 

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I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" change|strong="H7725" my|strong="H3068" mind|strong="H2142" about|strong="H5921" punishing|strong="H7725" them|strong="H5921", 
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disregarding the|strong="H5921" treaty|strong="H1285" of|strong="H3068" friendship|strong="H5475" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w rulers|strong="H8269"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H7971" I|strong="H7971" will|strong="H2346" cause|strong="H2600" a|strong="H7971" fire|strong="H0784" to|strong="H7971" completely|strong="H3617" burn|strong="H8313" the|strong="H7971" walls|strong="H2346" of|strong="H2346" Tyre|strong="H6865" 
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and|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H1571"\+w*} destroy|strong="H7843" its|strong="H7971" fortresses|strong="H0759".” 

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they|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" act|strong="H7843" mercifully toward|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" at|strong="H5921" all|strong="H7843". 
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\verseNumber{12}I|strong="H7971" will|strong="H7971" cause|strong="H2600" a|strong="H7971" fire|strong="H0784" to|strong="H7971" burn|strong="H8313" Teman|strong="H8487" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w* \+w in|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w Edom|strong="H0112"\+w*} 
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and|strong="H7971" completely|strong="H3617" burn|strong="H8313" the|strong="H7971" fortresses|strong="H0759" of|strong="H1121" Bozrah|strong="H1224", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7971"\+w* biggest \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w Edom|strong="H0112"\+w*}.” 

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\verseNumber{13}Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3068"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" this|strong="H3541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7725"\+w*}: 
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\verseNumber{14}I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" cause|strong="H2600" a|strong="H3341" fire|strong="H3341" to|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w completely|strong="H3617"\+w*} burn|strong="H3341" the|strong="H3117" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" Rabbah|strong="H7237" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} 
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and|strong="H3117" completely|strong="H3617" burn|strong="H3341" its|strong="H3605" fortresses|strong="H0759". 
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and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" fighting|strong="H4421" will|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H2346"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H3341" fierce|strong="H2740"/raging|strong="H7264" wind|strong="H7307"/storm|strong="H5591". 
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\verseNumber{15}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4421"\+w*}, the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Ammon|strong="H5983"\+w*} and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3068" officials|strong="H8269" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" ◄exiled|strong="H1540"/forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" another|strong="H0312" country|strong="H2022"►.” 

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“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Moab|strong="H4124" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" many|strong="H3808" sins|strong="H6588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w committed|strong="H5921"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H7971" I|strong="H6963" will|strong="H4124" cause|strong="H2600" a|strong="H7971" fire|strong="H0784" to|strong="H4191" completely|strong="H3617" burn|strong="H8313" the|strong="H7971" fortresses|strong="H0759" of|strong="H6963" Kerioth|strong="H7152" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w Moab|strong="H4124"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w while|strong="H5973"\+w*} I|strong="H3068" am|strong="H3068" getting|strong="H7075" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" its|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" its|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H8269". 
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\verseNumber{4}Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3068"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" this|strong="H3541": 
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I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" change|strong="H7725" my|strong="H8104" mind|strong="H3808" about|strong="H5921" punishing|strong="H7725" them|strong="H5921", 
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and|strong="H1980" they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" obeyed|strong="H8104" my|strong="H8104" commands|strong="H6680". 
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\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H7971" I|strong="H7971" will|strong="H3063" cause|strong="H2600" a|strong="H7971" fire|strong="H0784" to|strong="H7971" completely|strong="H3617" burn|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w everything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3063"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063", including|strong="H5704" the|strong="H7971" fortresses|strong="H0759" in|strong="H3063" Jerusalem|strong="H3389".” 

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I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397"!” 

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\verseNumber{18}Terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3117" who|strong="H1931" desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3117" it|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" soon|strong="H3512" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3068" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3808" times|strong="H6471" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3808" gather|strong="H6908" to|strong="H3808" worship|strong="H7812" me|strong="H8130"; 
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I|strong="H3808" detest|strong="H8130" them|strong="H8130" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{22}Even|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" bring|strong="H5927" me|strong="H5927" offerings|strong="H8002" that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} and|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H8002" of|strong="H4503" grain|strong="H1715", 
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\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H3808", stop|strong="H5493" singing|strong="H7892" noisy|strong="H1995"/loud|strong="H8085" songs|strong="H7892"! 
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I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085" when|strong="H8085" you|strong="H5921" play|strong="H2181" harps|strong="H5035". 
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\verseNumber{24}Instead|strong="H8478", your|strong="H1556" continually|strong="H8548" acting|strong="H4603" justly|strong="H4941"/fairly|strong="H4941" and|strong="H4941" righteously|strong="H6666" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H4325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w never|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w stop|strong="H2308"\+w*,} 
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\verseNumber{25}You|strong="H1004" Israeli people|strong="H5971" [MTY], your|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w*} wandered|strong="H8582" through|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5066" desert|strong="H4057" for|strong="H1004" 40 years|strong="H8141"; 
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\verseNumber{26}But|strong="H3588" they|strong="H6213" carried|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" two|strong="H6213" idols|strong="H1544" that|strong="H6213" they|strong="H6213" had|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213"— 
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\verseNumber{27}Therefore|strong="H3068", now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" force|strong="H2394" you|strong="H1540" to|strong="H3068" go|strong="H1540" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w country|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w*} far|strong="H5704" beyond|strong="H1973" Damascus|strong="H1834"! 
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and|strong="H6629" fat|strong="H4770" calves|strong="H5695". 
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and|strong="H8081" you|strong="H5921" put|strong="H5414" expensive oils|strong="H8081"/perfumes|strong="H7547" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" bodies|strong="H6297", 
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I|strong="H5315" detest|strong="H8130" their|strong="H3068" fortresses|strong="H0759". 
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and|strong="H4941" certainly|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" do|strong="H2790" not|strong="H3588" [RHQ] plow|strong="H2790" the|strong="H3588" sea|strong="H3220" with|strong="H4941" oxen|strong="H1241". 
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But|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w done|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w no|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w one|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H2790"\+w*}: 
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You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" distorted|strong="H2664" what|strong="H4941" is|strong="H4941" fair|strong="H3303"/right|strong="H4941" and|strong="H4941" caused|strong="H5414" it|strong="H3588" to|strong="H7323" be|strong="H1241" considered|strong="H2803" like|strong="H7323" poison|strong="H7219" [MET|strong="H6298"]; 
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you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" changed|strong="H2015" what|strong="H4941" is|strong="H4941" right|strong="H4941" and|strong="H4941" consider|strong="H7200" it|strong="H3588" to|strong="H7323" be|strong="H1241" like|strong="H7323" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5483" bitter|strong="H4751". 
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\verseNumber{13}You|strong="H3947" are|strong="H1697" proud|strong="H1343" because|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3947" have|strong="H1697" captured|strong="H3947" Lo-Debar|strong="H3810" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3947" have|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1697", “We|strong="H1697" captured|strong="H3947" Karnaim|strong="H7163" by|strong="H3808" our|strong="H3947" own|strong="H1961" power|strong="H2392"!” 
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\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5002" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5002" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1004" angels|strong="H4397" declares|strong="H5002", 
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“I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" another|strong="H0312" nation|strong="H1471" to|strong="H5704" attack|strong="H6965" you|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1471" [MTY] of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478"; 
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they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" ◄oppress|strong="H3905" you|strong="H3588"/cause|strong="H2600" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5704" suffer|strong="H1004"► all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5002" way|strong="H5704" from|strong="H5921" Hamath|strong="H2574" Pass|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5002"\+w* northwest} 
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to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5002" Dead|strong="H4191" Sea|strong="H3220" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5002"\+w* \+w southeast|strong="H5045"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Visions that Yahweh gave to Joel }
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\chapterNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H7200" God|strong="H3069" showed|strong="H7200" me|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H7200"\+w*} that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H3541" was|strong="H4428" going|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" send|strong="H5927" locusts|strong="H1462" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w destroy|strong="H7843"\+w* \+w our|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w crops|strong="H8393"\+w*}. It|strong="H7200" was|strong="H4428" going|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" happen|strong="H1961" right|strong="H2009" after|strong="H5927" the|strong="H7200" king’s|strong="H4428" share|strong="H2506" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7200" hay|strong="H2682" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H5927" harvested|strong="H1219"/cut|strong="H3772" and|strong="H4428" before|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7200" hay|strong="H2682" was|strong="H4428" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H5927" be|strong="H4428" harvested|strong="H1219". 
\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w And|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w in|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H2377"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H3290"\+w*} those|strong="H1931" locusts|strong="H0697" come|strong="H1961", and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H3588" ate|strong="H0398" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" green|strong="H7488". Then|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3588" cried|strong="H7121" out|strong="H6965", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H1961" Lord|strong="H3069", please|strong="H4994" forgive|strong="H5545" us|strong="H4994"! We|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1931" are|strong="H4310" very|strong="H3966" helpless|strong="H1800"; ◄how|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4310" we|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1961" survive|strong="H6965" [RHQ]?/we|strong="H3588" willnot be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1961" survive|strong="H6965"!►” 
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\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" changed|strong="H5162" his|strong="H3068" mind|strong="H5162" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “That|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" happen|strong="H1961".” 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H2009" this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H2009" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H7200" Lord|strong="H3069" showed|strong="H7200" me|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w another|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H7200"\+w*}: He|strong="H7121" was|strong="H7227" calling|strong="H7121" to|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" fire|strong="H0784" to|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w come|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7200"\+w*} punish|strong="H6485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w people|strong="H7200"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w In|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w*} the|strong="H7200" fire|strong="H0784" dried|strong="H3001" up|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" ocean|strong="H8415" and|strong="H7200" also|strong="H3541" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w everything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w on|strong="H7200"\+w*} the|strong="H7200" land|strong="H2506". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H6965" I|strong="H3588" cried|strong="H7121" out|strong="H6965" again|strong="H6965", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3588" Lord|strong="H3069", I|strong="H3588" plead|strong="H7378" with|strong="H6965" you|strong="H3588", please|strong="H4994" stop|strong="H2308" this|strong="H1931"! We|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1931" are|strong="H4310" very|strong="H3966" helpless|strong="H1800"; how|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4310" we|strong="H3588" be|strong="H4994" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H6965" survive|strong="H6965" [RHQ]?” 
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\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" changed|strong="H5162" his|strong="H3068" mind|strong="H5162" again|strong="H1961", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “That|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1571" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" happen|strong="H1961".” 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H2009" Yahweh|strong="H3068" showed|strong="H7200" me|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w another|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H7200"\+w*}. I|strong="H3541" saw|strong="H7200" him|strong="H5921" standing|strong="H5324" beside|strong="H5921" a|strong="H7200" wall|strong="H2346". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w straight|strong="H3474"\+w* \+w because|strong="H5921"\+w*} it|strong="H5921" had|strong="H3027" been|strong="H1961" built|strong="H1129" using|strong="H5927" a|strong="H7200" ◄plumb|strong="H0594" line|strong="H6957"/cord|strong="H6616" with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H7200" weight|strong="H4948" on|strong="H5921" one|strong="H5324" end|strong="H7093" to|strong="H5921" determine|strong="H7200" if|strong="H2009" walls|strong="H2346" are|strong="H3027" vertically straight|strong="H3474"►. Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" plumb|strong="H0594" line|strong="H6957" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068" asked|strong="H4100" me|strong="H7200", “Amos|strong="H5986", what|strong="H4100" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7760" see|strong="H7200"?” 
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I|strong="H2005" replied|strong="H0559", “A|strong="H7760" plumb|strong="H0594" line|strong="H6957".” 
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Then|strong="H3254" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Look|strong="H7200", I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H3068" going|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3478" use|strong="H5674" a|strong="H7760" plumb|strong="H0594" line|strong="H6957" among|strong="H7130" my|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H5971", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w wall|strong="H2346"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w straight|strong="H3474"\+w*}. I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" change|strong="H7760" my|strong="H3068" mind|strong="H3808" again|strong="H5750" about|strong="H3478" punishing|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7760". 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H5921" places|strong="H1116" on|strong="H5921" hills|strong="H1389" where|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} [MTY] Isaac|strong="H3446" worship|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w*} will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" destroyed|strong="H2717". 
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And|strong="H6965" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" important|strong="H5704" shrines|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" also|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" destroyed|strong="H2717". 
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And|strong="H6965" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3478" enable|strong="H7980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H6965"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" attack|strong="H6965" your|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" with|strong="H1004" swords|strong="H2719" 
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and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3478" get|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H5921"\+w*} Jeroboam|strong="H3379" and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Amaziah|strong="H0558" criticized|strong="H3885" Amos|strong="H5986" }
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H7971" Amaziah|strong="H0558", the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" at|strong="H5921" Bethel|strong="H1008", sent|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" Jeroboam|strong="H3379", the|strong="H3605" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" message|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3605" said|strong="H1697", “Amos|strong="H5986" is|strong="H1697" plotting|strong="H0696" against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3605" among|strong="H7130" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3808" [MTY]. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w worried|strong="H1672"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H4428" this|strong="H1697" country|strong="H2022" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3478" refute|strong="H7725" his|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{11}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3478" what|strong="H3541" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3478" saying|strong="H0559": 
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‘Jeroboam|strong="H3379" will|strong="H3478" soon|strong="H3588" be|strong="H4191" killed|strong="H4191" by|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w someone|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w using|strong="H5927"\+w*} a|strong="H3588" sword|strong="H2719", 
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and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H4191" ◄exiled|strong="H1540"/forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H3478" leave|strong="H5800" their|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H3478" go|strong="H1540" to|strong="H3478" another|strong="H0312" country|strong="H2022"►.’” 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H3063" Amaziah|strong="H0558" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w came|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w me|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3063"\+w*} said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3212" prophet|strong="H2374", get|strong="H3212" out|strong="H3212" of|strong="H3899" here|strong="H8033"! Go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H8033" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H3899" Judah|strong="H3063"! Earn money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w buy|strong="H7069"\+w* \+w food|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w*} to|strong="H3212" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H3063" do|strong="H3063" your|strong="H8033" prophesying|strong="H5012" there|strong="H8033"! 
\verseNumber{13}Do|strong="H3254" not|strong="H3808" prophesy|strong="H5012" anymore|strong="H5750" here|strong="H6311" at|strong="H1004" Bethel|strong="H1008", because|strong="H3588" this|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" where|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" national temple|strong="H1004", the|strong="H3588" king’s|strong="H4428" temple|strong="H1004", is|strong="H1931"!” 
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\verseNumber{14}I|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H6030" to|strong="H1121" Amaziah|strong="H0558", “I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H3808"\+w*} not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3588" prophet|strong="H5030", and|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3588" father|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3588" prophet|strong="H5030"; I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3588" shepherd|strong="H7462". I|strong="H3588" also|strong="H1121" took|strong="H5030" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" sycamore-fig trees|strong="H8256". 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H3947" Yahweh|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947" me|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" from|strong="H3478" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" sheep|strong="H6629", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H3947", ‘Go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" prophesy|strong="H5012" to|strong="H3478" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" there|strong="H3068"!’ 
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\verseNumber{16}You|strong="H5921" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5921", ‘Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" prophecy|strong="H5016" saying|strong="H1697" terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478"; 
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stop|strong="H3808" saying|strong="H1697" those|strong="H5921" things|strong="H1697"!’ 
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\verseNumber{17}Therefore|strong="H3651" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" about|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921": 
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‘Your|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H2181" a|strong="H3478" prostitute|strong="H2181" in|strong="H5921" this|strong="H3651" city|strong="H5892", 
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and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H4191" killed|strong="H4191" by|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies’|strong="H0341"\+w*} swords|strong="H2719". 
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Others|strong="H1540" will|strong="H3068" measure|strong="H4058" your|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776" 
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and|strong="H1121" divide|strong="H2505" it|strong="H5921" up|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w among|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w themselves|strong="H5921"\+w*}; 
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and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5921" yourself|strong="H5307" will|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3478" foreign|strong="H5237" country|strong="H2256". 
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And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H1540" be|strong="H4191" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H3478" leave|strong="H5800" their|strong="H3068" country|strong="H2256" and|strong="H1121" go|strong="H1540" ◄into|strong="H1540" exile|strong="H1540"/to|strong="H3478" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H5921" another|strong="H0312" country|strong="H2256"►.’” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A vision of ripe fruit }
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\chapterNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068" showed|strong="H7200" me|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H7200"\+w*} a|strong="H7200" basket|strong="H3619" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H3069" ripe|strong="H1310" fruit|strong="H7019". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H3068" asked|strong="H4100" me|strong="H7200", “Amos|strong="H5986", what|strong="H4100" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200"?” 
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I|strong="H7200" replied|strong="H0559", “A|strong="H7200" basket|strong="H3619" of|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w*} ripe|strong="H1310" fruit|strong="H7019".” 
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He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “That|strong="H5971" indicates that|strong="H5971" it|strong="H7200" almost|strong="H4592" the|strong="H7200" end|strong="H7093" for|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H5971". I|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" change|strong="H5162" my|strong="H3068" mind|strong="H3808" again|strong="H5750" about|strong="H3478" punishing|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7200". 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Soon|strong="H3512"\+w*,} instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H3117" singing|strong="H7892" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1964", they|strong="H3117" will|strong="H7227" be|strong="H3117" wailing|strong="H3213". There|strong="H3117" will|strong="H7227" be|strong="H3117" corpses|strong="H6297" everywhere|strong="H3605" [HYP]. So|strong="H1931", remain|strong="H3427" silent|strong="H2013" (OR|strong="H3117", Everyone|strong="H3605" will|strong="H7227" be|strong="H3117" silent|strong="H2013"). \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w These|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w will|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3117"\+w*} I|strong="H3117", Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3117" said|strong="H5002" it|strong="H1931"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H7227" be|strong="H3117" destroyed|strong="H4229" }
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all|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" sinful|strong="H2400" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" say|strong="H0559", ‘We|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" experience|strong="H7200" disasters|strong="H7451"; nothing|strong="H3808" evil|strong="H7451" will|strong="H5971" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" us|strong="H7451",’ 
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You|strong="H7725" will|strong="H5971" rebuild|strong="H1129" your|strong="H7725" towns|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3478" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" them|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{15}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" [MET|strong="H6298"] in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776" again|strong="H5750", 
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and|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H5750" will|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" be|strong="H3808" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H3068" leave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414". 
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\BibleBook{Obadiah}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of God telling Obadiah that Edom would be destroyed because of the evil they did to Israel. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Obadiah }

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh will punish the Edomites }
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" told|strong="H8085" me|strong="H7971" this|strong="H3541" about|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Edom|strong="H0112": 
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“I|strong="H3541", Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" messenger|strong="H6735" to|strong="H3068" other|strong="H3541" nations|strong="H1471", 
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telling|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" prepare|strong="H3559" to|strong="H3068" go|strong="H7971" and|strong="H6965" attack|strong="H6965" Edom|strong="H0112".” 
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and|strong="H3381" you|strong="H3381" are|strong="H4310" very|strong="H3966" proud|strong="H2087"; 
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But|strong="H3808" your|strong="H3808" country|strong="H2022" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" completely|strong="H7703" destroyed|strong="H7703"! 
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\verseNumber{6}Everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H6215" valuable|strong="H3368" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H3947" away|strong="H5493". 
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\verseNumber{7}All|strong="H3605" ◄your|strong="H3605" allies|strong="H2266"/nations|strong="H1471" who|strong="H3605" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H5704" help|strong="H5826" you|strong="H3605"► will|strong="H5704" turn|strong="H7760" against|strong="H7971" you|strong="H3605", 
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Those|strong="H3605" with|strong="H1285" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H7965" peace|strong="H7965" now|strong="H7971" will|strong="H5704" trick/deceive|strong="H5377" you|strong="H3605" and|strong="H7971" defeat|strong="H5221" you|strong="H3605". 
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Those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" eat|strong="H3899" meals|strong="H3899" with|strong="H1285" you|strong="H3605" now|strong="H7971" are|strong="H8478" planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H5704" trap|strong="H4170" you|strong="H3605", 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H3772" soldiers|strong="H1368" from|strong="H3772" Teman|strong="H8487" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} will|strong="H2022" become|strong="H1961" terrified|strong="H2865"; 
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all|strong="H3772" you|strong="H3772" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H1368" are|strong="H1368" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H2022" Esau|strong="H6215" will|strong="H2022" be|strong="H2022" ◄wiped|strong="H3772" out|strong="H3772"/killed|strong="H2026"►. 

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\verseNumber{10}You|strong="H3772" acted|strong="H6213" cruel|strong="H2555" in|strong="H3680" a|strong="H3772" cruel|strong="H2555" way|strong="H1870" toward|strong="H5769" your|strong="H3772" relatives|strong="H0251" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H3772" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H2555" Jacob|strong="H3290", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3680"\+w* twin \+w brother|strong="H0251"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2555"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3772"\+w* ancestor \+w Esau|strong="H6215"\+w*}. 
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So|strong="H3651" now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H3772" will|strong="H3290" be|strong="H5769" disgraced|strong="H0954" forever|strong="H5769"; you|strong="H3772" will|strong="H3290" be|strong="H5769" completely|strong="H3772" destroyed|strong="H3772". 
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\BibleBook{Jonah}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book is the account of Jonah disobeying God, being in a big fish’s belly three days, and finally going to warn Nineveh about God judging them. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{JONAH }

\BibleSectionHeading{Jonah refused to warn the people of Nineveh as Yahweh told him to do }
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\verseNumber{9}Jonah|strong="H3124" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3068" am|strong="H3068" a|strong="H6213" Hebrew|strong="H5680". I|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H3373" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", who|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w*} heaven|strong="H8064". He|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" one|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" sea|strong="H3220" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" land|strong="H3004". I|strong="H3068" am|strong="H3068" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H3068" escape|strong="H4422" from|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="H6213"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{10}After|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" sailors|strong="H4419" heard|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588", they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" terrified|strong="H0926". So|strong="H6213" they|strong="H1992" asked|strong="H4100" him|strong="H6440", “Do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" realize|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w trouble|strong="H6869"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H6213"?” 
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\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w storm|strong="H5590"\+w* \+w kept|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w getting|strong="H7075"\+w* \+w worse|strong="H7489"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1980"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" waves|strong="H1530" kept|strong="H6213" getting|strong="H7075" bigger|strong="H1419". So|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" sailors|strong="H4419" asked|strong="H4100" Jonah|strong="H3124", “What|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" we|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H1980" make|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" sea|strong="H3220" become|strong="H8367" calm|strong="H8367"?” 
\verseNumber{12}He|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “Pick|strong="H5375" me|strong="H5921" up|strong="H5375" and|strong="H1419" throw|strong="H2904" me|strong="H5921" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sea|strong="H3220". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*}, it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H7945" become|strong="H8367" calm|strong="H8367". I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2088" terrible|strong="H3372" storm|strong="H5591" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" of|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w do|strong="H2088"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" sailors|strong="H4419" did|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Instead|strong="H3588"\+w*}, they|strong="H3588" tried|strong="H6884" hard|strong="H2864" to|strong="H1980" row|strong="H2905" the|strong="H5921" ship|strong="H8392" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H3004". But|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" storm|strong="H5590" continued|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" get|strong="H1980" worse|strong="H7489". 
\verseNumber{14}Therefore|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3588" prayed|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*} prayed|strong="H7121", “O|strong="H4994" Yahweh|strong="H3068", please|strong="H4994" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" let|strong="H4994" us|strong="H5414" drown|strong="H7857" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" causing|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H5315" to|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191". O|strong="H4994" Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" what|strong="H2088" you|strong="H3588" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w if|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w this|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w man|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sinned|strong="H2398"\+w*. \+w If|strong="H3588"\+w*} he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6213" sinned|strong="H2398", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" consider|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" guilty|strong="H0816" of|strong="H3068" sinning|strong="H2398" when|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" cause|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191"!” 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H5375" they|strong="H5375" picked|strong="H5375" Jonah|strong="H3124" up|strong="H5375" and|strong="H5975" threw|strong="H2904" him|strong="H5975" into|strong="H3220" the|strong="H5375" sea|strong="H3220". Then|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" sea|strong="H3220" became|strong="H3205" calm|strong="H8367". 
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\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w While|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w were|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H1961" huge|strong="H1995" fish|strong="H1710" that|strong="H0834" swallowed|strong="H1104" Jonah|strong="H3124". Then|strong="H0227" Jonah|strong="H3124" was|strong="H3068" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" fish|strong="H1710" for|strong="H3588" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3967" three|strong="H7969" nights|strong="H3915". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jonah prayed again after God said that he would save Jonah }
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\verseNumber{2}Jonah|strong="H3124" said|strong="H0559", 
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“Yahweh|strong="H3068", when|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" greatly|strong="H3966" distressed|strong="H6887" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H6311"\+w*}, I|strong="H3068" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6419", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6419" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w prayed|strong="H6419"\+w*}. When|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w descend|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w way|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w down|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w into|strong="H0413"\+w*} the|strong="H3068" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H5971" go|strong="H3068", you|strong="H6419" heard|strong="H8085" me|strong="H0413" when|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6419"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w*/\+w save|strong="H3467"\+w* \+w me|strong="H0413"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{3}You|strong="H6030" threw|strong="H7993" me|strong="H6963" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w down|strong="H7121"\+w*} into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H8085" deep|strong="H8415" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w water|strong="H7121"\+w*}, into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H8085" bottom|strong="H3247" [DOU] of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" sea|strong="H3220". The|strong="H8085" currents of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" sea|strong="H3220" swirled around|strong="H5439" me|strong="H6963", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" huge|strong="H1995" waves|strong="H1530" crashed above|strong="H4605" me|strong="H6963". 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H5674" I|strong="H5921" thought|strong="H3824", ‘You|strong="H3605" have|strong="H5104" banished|strong="H5080" me|strong="H5921", and|strong="H5437" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3824" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3220" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5921" enter|strong="H5674" your|strong="H3605" presence|strong="H5921" again|strong="H5674". I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3824" never|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" your|strong="H3605" holy|strong="H6944" temple|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} again|strong="H5674"!’ 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H3254" water|strong="H4325" surrounded|strong="H5437" me|strong="H5048", and|strong="H5869" threatened|strong="H1696" to|strong="H5869" drown|strong="H7857" me|strong="H5048". Seaweed|strong="H5488" was|strong="H3068" wrapped|strong="H3874" around|strong="H5439" my|strong="H5048" head|strong="H7218". 
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\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H5704" sank|strong="H2883" down|strong="H5437" to|strong="H5704" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5704" mountains|strong="H2022" start|strong="H1870" rising|strong="H4217" [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w bottom|strong="H3247"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w sea|strong="H3220"\+w*}. I|strong="H5704" thought|strong="H0559" that|strong="H5315" forever|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w would|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w be|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} my|strong="H5704" body|strong="H5315" would|strong="H5315" be|strong="H5315" in|strong="H5315" a|strong="H5704" prison|strong="H1004" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w inside|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w earth|strong="H0776"\+w*} below|strong="H8478" me|strong="H5315". 
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But|strong="H4325" you|strong="H5704", Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*}, rescued|strong="H5337" me|strong="H5315" from|strong="H5315" going|strong="H1980" down|strong="H5437" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" place|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5704" dead|strong="H5315". 
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\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" almost|strong="H4592" dead|strong="H4191" [EUP], Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H3068" ◄thought|strong="H0559" about|strong="H1157"/prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3381"► you|strong="H3381". You|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w heard|strong="H8085"\+w*} my|strong="H3068" prayer|strong="H8605", up|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w*} you|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H3068"\+w*, \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w*} your|strong="H3068" holy|strong="H6944" temple|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{8}All|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" worthless|strong="H1100" idols|strong="H1544" are|strong="H3068" rejecting \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H5921"\+w*}, the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w could|strong="H3201"\+w*} act|strong="H6213" kindly|strong="H3820" toward|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H5800" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H2617" sing|strong="H7891" to|strong="H8104" thank|strong="H3034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H5800"\+w*}, and|strong="H2617" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H2617" offer|strong="H7126" a|strong="H8104" sacrifice|strong="H2077" to|strong="H8104" you|strong="H5800". I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H2617" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w surely|strong="H5800"\+w*} do|strong="H8104" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H8104" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w do|strong="H8104"\+w*}. Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H5800" are|strong="H3117" the|strong="H8104" one|strong="H0259" who|strong="H8104" is|strong="H2617" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8104"\+w*} save|strong="H8104" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H5800"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" the|strong="H3068" huge|strong="H1995" fish|strong="H1710" to|strong="H3068" vomit|strong="H6892" out|strong="H3318" Jonah|strong="H3124", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w fish|strong="H1710"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jonah|strong="H3124"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3947"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The people of Nineveh repented after Jonah warned them }
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\chapterNumber{3}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" Jonah|strong="H3124" again|strong="H8145", 
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\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w time|strong="H3117"\+w*} Jonah|strong="H3124" obeyed|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3117" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Nineveh|strong="H5210". That|strong="H3117" city|strong="H5892" was|strong="H3068" so|strong="H1961" big|strong="H0931" that|strong="H3117" a|strong="H1961" person|strong="H5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w walk|strong="H3212"\+w*} for|strong="H3068" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3212" completely|strong="H3617" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w go|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w through|strong="H3212"\+w*} it|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Nineveh|strong="H5210" heard|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H6965"\+w*} he|strong="H5921" took|strong="H4428" off|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" royal|strong="H4428" robes|strong="H0899", and|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w also|strong="H4428"\+w*} put|strong="H5674" on|strong="H5921" coarse cloth|strong="H0899". He|strong="H5921" left|strong="H3427" his|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1004", and|strong="H6965" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" where|strong="H5921" there|strong="H3427" were|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cold|strong="H7135"\+w*} ashes|strong="H0665", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w also|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w sorry|strong="H5162"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w having|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w sinned|strong="H2398"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H4428" he|strong="H1241" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H4428" proclaim|strong="H7121" to|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8354"\+w* \+w people|strong="H2199"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4428"\+w*} Nineveh|strong="H5210": “My|strong="H7462" advisors and|strong="H4428" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H7462" decreed|strong="H2782" that|strong="H4428" no|strong="H8354" one|strong="H1419" may|strong="H4428" eat|strong="H7462" or|strong="H1241" drink|strong="H8354" anything|strong="H3972". Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H4325" even|strong="H1571" allow|strong="H5414" your|strong="H8354" animals|strong="H0929" to|strong="H4428" eat|strong="H7462" or|strong="H1241" drink|strong="H8354". 
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\verseNumber{9}Perhaps|strong="H4310", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w everyone|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w does|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w*}, God|strong="H3808" may|strong="H4310" change|strong="H5162" his|strong="H7725" mind|strong="H5162" and|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3808" merciful|strong="H2603" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w us|strong="H7725"\+w*}, and|strong="H7725" stop|strong="H3808" being|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3045" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3045" us|strong="H7725", with|strong="H3045" the|strong="H7725" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3045" we|strong="H7725" will|strong="H4310" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191".” 
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\verseNumber{10}When|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*}, God|strong="H3808" saw|strong="H7200" what|strong="H4639" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" doing|strong="H6213", and|strong="H7725" he|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3588" stopped|strong="H7725" doing|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H4639". So|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w pitied|strong="H2550"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1992"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H7725"\+w*} he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" get|strong="H7725" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1870" them|strong="H1992" as|strong="H6213" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" threatened|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213". 

\BibleSectionHeading{God said it was more right for him to spare the Ninevites than to spare the vine he sent to spare Jonah }
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\chapterNumber{4}But|strong="H7451" Jonah|strong="H3124" was|strong="H7451" very|strong="H1419" distressed|strong="H7489" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3124"\+w* \+w not|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w destroyed|strong="H7489"\+w* \+w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\+w*}. He|strong="H0834" became|strong="H2734" very|strong="H1419" angry|strong="H2734". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3124"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1419"\+w* non-Jews, \+w and|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w Jonah|strong="H3124"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w act|strong="H7489"\+w* mercifully \+w toward|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w anyone|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w who|strong="H7489"\+w* \+w was|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w not|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w Jew|strong="H3064"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H3588" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “O|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H3588" thought|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068", before|strong="H5921" I|strong="H3588" left|strong="H1961" home|strong="H3068" [RHQ]. That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" why|strong="H5921" I|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w decided|strong="H5162"\+w*} immediately|strong="H6965" to|strong="H5704" run|strong="H7323" away|strong="H1272", and|strong="H3068" go|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" Tarshish|strong="H8659" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588", O|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", act|strong="H1961" very|strong="H2088" kindly|strong="H2617" and|strong="H3068" compassionately \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w toward|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w*}. You|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" quickly|strong="H4116" become|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697". You|strong="H3588" love|strong="H2617" people|strong="H3808" very|strong="H2088" much|strong="H7227", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" change|strong="H5162" your|strong="H3068" mind|strong="H5162" about|strong="H1961" punishing|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sin|strong="H2403"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H4480"\+w*} now|strong="H6258", O|strong="H4994" Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w since|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w destroy|strong="H7843"\+w* \+w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w*}, allow|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4194", because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" better|strong="H2896" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4194" than|strong="H4480" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w continue|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} live|strong="H2416".” 
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\verseNumber{4}Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “◄Why|strong="H4100" is|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3190" right|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3190" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" angry|strong="H2734" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w destroying|strong="H7843"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}?/It|strong="H3190" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" right|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3190" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" angry|strong="H2734" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w destroying|strong="H7843"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}!► [RHQ]” 
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\verseNumber{5}Jonah|strong="H3124" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w reply|strong="H7725"\+w*}. He|strong="H5704" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H7200" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H7200" east|strong="H6924" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w side|strong="H6924"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6213"\+w*}. He|strong="H5704" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1961" small|strong="H6996" shelter|strong="H5521" in|strong="H3427" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H5704" could|strong="H4100" sit|strong="H3427" under|strong="H8478" it|strong="H6213" and|strong="H5892" be|strong="H1961" protected|strong="H3467" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H7200" sun|strong="H8121". He|strong="H5704" sat|strong="H3427" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H7200" shelter|strong="H5521" and|strong="H5892" waited|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" see|strong="H7200" what|strong="H4100" would|strong="H6213" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H7200" city|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3190" asked|strong="H7592" Jonah|strong="H3124", “Is|strong="H4194" it|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3225" for|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H2734" about|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" vine|strong="H1612"?” Jonah|strong="H3124" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yes|strong="H3588"\+w*}, it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H4194" right|strong="H3225"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Now|strong="H5921"\+w*} I|strong="H5704" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H5704" angry|strong="H2734" and|strong="H4194" I|strong="H5704" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H5704" die|strong="H4194"!” 
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\BibleBook{Micah}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of Micah foretelling about God punishing Israel and Judah because of their evil leaders, and about restoring them by the leader coming from Bethlehem. We call this book }
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I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1323" walk|strong="H3212" around|strong="H5921" ◄barefoot|strong="H7758"/without|strong="H3212" any|strong="H6213" sandals|strong="H5275" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" feet|strong="H7272"► and|strong="H3212" naked|strong="H6174". 
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nothing|strong="H3808" can|strong="H4310" save|strong="H3467" that|strong="H3588" city|strong="H8179". 
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So|strong="H4616", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5971" destroy|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w country|strong="H2022"\+w*}, 
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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of Nahum foretelling about Nineveh and the Assyrian people being destroyed. We call this book }
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they|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" destroyed|strong="H4229" and|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" disappear|strong="H0622". 
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‘ have|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w already|strong="H3528"\+w*} punished|strong="H6485" you|strong="H3808", 
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\verseNumber{13}Now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Assyria|strong="H0804"\+w*} to|strong="H5921" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" control|strong="H3027"/oppress|strong="H6231" you|strong="H5921" [MET|strong="H6298"]; 
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“You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" any|strong="H5750" descendants|strong="H2233" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" continue|strong="H5750" to|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" family|strong="H1004" names|strong="H8034". 
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And|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H3772" all|strong="H3772" the|strong="H5921" statues|strong="H2088" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3068" gods|strong="H0430" 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3617" destroyed|strong="H4229". 

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Guard|strong="H2876" the|strong="H3605" roads|strong="H1870" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w into|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}! 
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Get|strong="H3947" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H5921" fight|strong="H3898"! 
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Gather|strong="H6908" your|strong="H3605" troops|strong="H1416"/soldiers|strong="H5750" [MTY] together|strong="H8085"! 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3581" cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5927" be|strong="H1870" honored|strong="H3513" again|strong="H6440". 
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Israel|strong="H3478" is|strong="H1870" like|strong="H1870" a|strong="H5927" grapevine that|strong="H5927" has|strong="H5341" been|strong="H5927" ruined|strong="H7703", 
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\verseNumber{4}Their|strong="H3559" chariots|strong="H7393" will|strong="H3117" dash|strong="H7376" through|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3117" streets|strong="H2351" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\+w*} 
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holding|strong="H2388" their|strong="H1984" shields|strong="H4043" to|strong="H7323" protect|strong="H8104" themselves|strong="H0905". 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H6605" queen|strong="H4436" will|strong="H5104" have|strong="H5104" her|strong="H6605" clothes|strong="H0899" stripped|strong="H6584" off|strong="H6605" her|strong="H6605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H8179"\+w* \+w enemy|strong="H0340"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*}, 
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You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3605" killed|strong="H2026" [MTY] many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H3427" 
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and|strong="H1818" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3605" destroyed|strong="H7701" their|strong="H3605" lands|strong="H4054" and|strong="H1818" their|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H7151". 
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Statues|strong="H2088" that|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" been|strong="H1961" carved|strong="H6213" or|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H6213" mold|strong="H4404" deceive|strong="H5377" you|strong="H3588". 
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Those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H3588" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H5921" idols|strong="H6459" 
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are|strong="H4100" trusting|strong="H0982" in|strong="H5921" things|strong="H3276" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" themselves|strong="H6213" created|strong="H3335", 
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things|strong="H3276" that|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" speak|strong="H1696"! 
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\verseNumber{19}Terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H3605" will|strong="H7307" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7307" you|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7307" lifeless idols|strong="H1544" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3117" made|strong="H3605" of|strong="H7307" wood|strong="H6086", 
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‘Wake|strong="H6974" up|strong="H5782"!’ 
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Idols|strong="H1544" certainly|strong="H2009" cannot|strong="H3808" [RHQ] tell|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3605" should|strong="H7307" do|strong="H3605"; 
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they|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w look|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w nice|strong="H2899"\+w*/\+w beautiful|strong="H3303"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3605"\+w*} they|strong="H1931" are|strong="H3117" covered|strong="H3680" with|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" gold|strong="H2091", 
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but|strong="H2009" they|strong="H1931" are|strong="H3117" not|strong="H5782" alive|strong="H2416". 
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\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" holy|strong="H6944" temple|strong="H1964"; 
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everyone|strong="H3605" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" silent|strong="H2013" in|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" presence|strong="H6440".” 

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I|strong="H0589" revere|strong="H3372" you|strong="H0859" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w amazing|strong="H6381"\+w*} things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213". 
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In|strong="H0935" our|strong="H3068" time|strong="H6256", do|strong="H6213" again|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" did|strong="H6213" long|strong="H0753" ago|strong="H7350"! 
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Even|strong="H1571" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3117" angry|strong="H2734" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w*}, 
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be|strong="H1961" merciful|strong="H2603" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w*}! 
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His|strong="H4390" glory|strong="H1935" filled|strong="H4390" the|strong="H3680" sky|strong="H8064", 
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\verseNumber{4}His|strong="H3027" glory|strong="H3519" was|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" [SIM] a|strong="H1961" sunrise|strong="H4217"; 
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rays|strong="H7161" flashed|strong="H1980" from|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3027" hands|strong="H3027" 
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where|strong="H8033" he|strong="H8033" hides|strong="H5641" his|strong="H3027" power|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H7272" sent|strong="H3318" plagues|strong="H1698" in|strong="H3212" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440", 
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\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H7200" he|strong="H7200" stopped|strong="H5975", the|strong="H7200" earth|strong="H0776" shook|strong="H1607". 
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When|strong="H7200" he|strong="H7200" looked|strong="H7200" at|strong="H5975" the|strong="H7200" nations|strong="H1471", 
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The|strong="H7200" hills|strong="H1389" and|strong="H5769" mountains|strong="H2042" that|strong="H7200" have|strong="H1471" existed|strong="H1961" for|strong="H5975" a|strong="H7200" very|strong="H3966" long|strong="H5769" time|strong="H5769" [HYP] collapsed|strong="H7817" and|strong="H5769" crumbled|strong="H5350". 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H5975" the|strong="H7200" one|strong="H7200" who|strong="H5975" exists|strong="H1961" eternally|strong="H5331"/forever|strong="H5769"! 
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\verseNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068", was|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5921" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H5483" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" rivers|strong="H5104" and|strong="H3068" streams|strong="H5104" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H5483" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921"? 
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that|strong="H3588" enabled|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5921"? 
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took|strong="H3947" arrows|strong="H7198" from|strong="H4294" your|strong="H5104" quiver|strong="H0827", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7198"\+w* \+w prepared|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7621"\+w* \+w shoot|strong="H3384"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 
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Floods|strong="H5104" rushed|strong="H6743" by|strong="H3027"; 
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\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H5975" sun|strong="H8121" and|strong="H1980" moon|strong="H3394" stopped|strong="H5975" moving|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5975" sky|strong="H8064" 
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\verseNumber{12}Being|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734" [DOU], you|strong="H1471" walked|strong="H1980" across|strong="H5676" the|strong="H1471" earth|strong="H0776" 
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\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H7563" you|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H5971"\+w*} went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H5704" rescue|strong="H5337" us|strong="H5971", your|strong="H3318" people|strong="H5971", 
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and|strong="H1004" to|strong="H5704" save|strong="H3467" the|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*} (Or|strong="H5704", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}) whom|strong="H5971" you|strong="H5704" had|strong="H5971" chosen|strong="H4899" [MTY]. 
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You|strong="H5704" struck|strong="H4272" down|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5704" leader|strong="H7218" [MTY] of|strong="H1004" those|strong="H3318" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H5971" 
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and|strong="H1004" stripped|strong="H6584" off|strong="H3318" his|strong="H3318" clothes|strong="H0899", from|strong="H3318" his|strong="H3318" head|strong="H7218" to|strong="H5704" his|strong="H3318" feet|strong="H7272". 
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and|strong="H5483" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H1869" waves|strong="H4325" to|strong="H4325" surge|strong="H2563". 
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\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H5971" vision|strong="H2377", 
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my|strong="H8085" heart|strong="H8193" pounded|strong="H1743" 
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and|strong="H3117" my|strong="H8085" lips|strong="H8193" quivered|strong="H6750" 
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My|strong="H8085" legs|strong="H3767" became|strong="H3205" weak|strong="H2470" 
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But|strong="H8085" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H5971" wait|strong="H5117" quietly|strong="H5117" for|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}, those|strong="H8085" who|strong="H5971" invaded|strong="H5927" our|strong="H8085" country|strong="H2022", to|strong="H5927" experience|strong="H7200" disasters|strong="H4672"! 
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and|strong="H6629" there|strong="H8033" are|strong="H4639" no|strong="H3808" crops|strong="H2981" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" fields|strong="H7709", 
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and|strong="H6629" there|strong="H8033" are|strong="H4639" no|strong="H3808" cattle|strong="H1241" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" stalls|strong="H7517"/barns|strong="H0618", 
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\verseNumber{18}I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" rejoice|strong="H1523" because|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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(This|strong="H7760" message|strong="H1697" is|strong="H0369" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" choir|strong="H5329" director|strong="H5329": 
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\BibleBook{Zephaniah}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of Zephaniah foretelling about God punishing the Israeli people and then restoring them. We call this book }
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\verseNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002", 
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“I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" ◄sweep|strong="H2498" away|strong="H3605"/destroy|strong="H3605"► everything|strong="H3605" [HYP] that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" sweep|strong="H2498" away|strong="H5493" people|strong="H7563" and|strong="H3068" animals|strong="H0929". 
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I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" sweep|strong="H2498" away|strong="H5493" birds|strong="H5775" and|strong="H3068" fish|strong="H1709". 
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I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H7563"; 
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\verseNumber{7}Be|strong="H3068" silent|strong="H2013" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Lord|strong="H3068", 
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\verseNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", “On|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{9}I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1004" punish|strong="H6485" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w revere|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w god|strong="H0430"\+w* Dagan} by|strong="H5921" avoiding stepping on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" threshold|strong="H4670" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3117" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3605" violent|strong="H2555" things|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3117" tell|strong="H3605" lies|strong="H4820" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" temples|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430".” 
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\verseNumber{10}Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3068"\+w*} says|strong="H5002", 
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neither|strong="H3808" good|strong="H3190" things|strong="H1961" nor|strong="H3808" bad|strong="H7489" things|strong="H1961". 
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and|strong="H1004" their|strong="H1961" houses|strong="H1004" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H4229". 
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but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" them|strong="H1961"; 
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they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" plant|strong="H5193" vineyards|strong="H3754", 
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but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" never|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w any|strong="H1961"\+w*} wine|strong="H3196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w made|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w from|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w grapes|strong="H6025"\+w* \+w that|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w grow|strong="H6779"\+w* \+w there|strong="H1961"\+w*}.” 

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\BibleSectionHeading{A call to repentance }
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not|strong="H1471" one|strong="H1697" person|strong="H5315" will|strong="H3068" ◄survive|strong="H6965"/remain|strong="H3427" alive|strong="H2416"►. 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H5921" people|strong="H6153" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063" who|strong="H3068" ◄survive|strong="H6965"/are|strong="H3068" still|strong="H7725" alive|strong="H2416"► will|strong="H3068" possess|strong="H3423" that|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" Moab|strong="H4124" and|strong="H3063" Ammon|strong="H5983" }
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My|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" survive|strong="H6965" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H1961" away|strong="H5493" all|strong="H5704" their|strong="H3068" valuable|strong="H3368" possessions|strong="H7399" 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" Ethiopia|strong="H3568" }
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\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w says|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1992"\+w*} he|strong="H2719" will|strong="H1571" also|strong="H1571" slaughter|strong="H2491" the|strong="H1571" people|strong="H1571" of|strong="H2719" Ethiopia|strong="H3569". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H1571" punish|strong="H6485" Assyria|strong="H0804" }
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\verseNumber{13}Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3027" punish|strong="H6485" [IDM] and|strong="H3027" destroy|strong="H7843" Assyria|strong="H0804", 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh will some day restore Jerusalem, whose people have rebelled against him }
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among|strong="H8034" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776". 
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You|strong="H3588" [MTY] will|strong="H3068" see|strong="H5869" me|strong="H5414" causing|strong="H7462" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H7725" prosper|strong="H6743" again|strong="H7725". 
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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of the Israeli people obeying God’s message to them through Haggai and rebuilding the temple. We call this book }
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\BibleSectionHeading{A call to rebuild the temple }
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\verseNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3541" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3541" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1004" heaven|strong="H8064", told|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="H3808"\+w*} that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3541" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" saying|strong="H0559" that|strong="H5971" it|strong="H3808" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" yet|strong="H3068" time|strong="H6256" for|strong="H3068" them|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" rebuild|strong="H1129" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3068"\+w*}, Haggai|strong="H2292", who|strong="H5971" was|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" messenger|strong="H4397", gave|strong="H5414" this|strong="H3068" message|strong="H3068" from|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" people|strong="H5971": “I|strong="H3068", Yahweh|strong="H3068", declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H3068" am|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5971".” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The new temple }
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\verseNumber{6}This|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" the|strong="H3588" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397" says|strong="H3541": “Soon|strong="H4592" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" shake|strong="H7493" the|strong="H3588" sky|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" earth|strong="H8064", the|strong="H3588" oceans|strong="H2342" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H2724" again|strong="H5750". 
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\verseNumber{10}On|strong="H3068" December 18 of|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" year|strong="H8141", Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w another|strong="H0312"\+w*} message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="H1961"\+w*}, the|strong="H3068" prophet|strong="H5030" Haggai|strong="H2292". 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H6030" Haggai|strong="H2292" asked|strong="H7592" them|strong="H6030", “If|strong="H0518" someone|strong="H5315" becomes|strong="H2930" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H5315" God|strong="H0430" by|strong="H3605" touching|strong="H5060" a|strong="H6030" corpse|strong="H5315", and|strong="H6030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3605"\+w*} touches|strong="H5060" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" foods|strong="H1571", will|strong="H5315" the|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H5315"\+w*} become|strong="H2930" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H5315" God|strong="H0430"?” 
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The|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" replied|strong="H6030", “Yes|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H6030" Haggai|strong="H2292" replied|strong="H6030", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="H2088"\+w*}: ‘It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" nation|strong="H1471". Everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H6440" do|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w*} that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" offer|strong="H7126" are|strong="H5971" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w committed|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{15}Think|strong="H3824" about|strong="H4480" what|strong="H2088" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H2962" happening to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3117" before|strong="H4480" you|strong="H3117" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3068" lay|strong="H7760" the|strong="H3068" foundation|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1964". 
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But|strong="H3808", from|strong="H4480" now|strong="H3117" on|strong="H3117", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3808" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H3117"!’ ” 

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\verseNumber{20}On|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" same|strong="H1697" day|strong="H2320", Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" another|strong="H8145" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1697". 
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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of Zechariah foretelling about God restoring the Israeli people and establishing his eternal rule. We call this book }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh summons his people to return to him }
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\verseNumber{2}“I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H7107" angry|strong="H7107" with|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001". 
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Then|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" ◄repented|strong="H7725"/turned|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" their|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H6213" behavior|strong="H1870"► and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697", ‘The|strong="H6213" Commander|strong="H6680" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H7725" us|strong="H7725" what|strong="H1697" we|strong="H6213" deserved|strong="H1576" for|strong="H6213" our|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H6213" behavior|strong="H1870", just|strong="H1697" like|strong="H3651" he|strong="H3651" said|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3651" would|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213".’ ” 

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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" angel|strong="H4397" who|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" talking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7200" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3068" leave|strong="H5800", and|strong="H3068" another|strong="H7200" angel|strong="H4397" walked|strong="H1980" toward|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7200". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The vision of the Supreme Priest }
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\chapterNumber{3}Then|strong="H5975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} showed|strong="H7200" me|strong="H6440" Joshua|strong="H3091", the|strong="H6440" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w*} standing|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" angel|strong="H4397" that|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H3068". And|strong="H3068" Satan|strong="H7854" was|strong="H3068" standing|strong="H5975" at|strong="H5921" Joshua’s|strong="H3091" right|strong="H3225" side|strong="H3225", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ready|strong="H3559"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" accuse|strong="H7853" him|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{2}But|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Satan|strong="H7854", “Satan|strong="H7854", I|strong="H2088" am|strong="H3068" rebuking|strong="H1606" you|strong="H3808"! I|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w one|strong="H2088"\+w*} who|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w special|strong="H6381"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w I|strong="H2088"\+w*} am|strong="H3068" rebuking|strong="H1606" you|strong="H3808"! This|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w man|strong="H2088"\+w*, \+w Joshua|strong="H3091"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w been|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w brought|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w back|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}; he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H5337" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3808"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298", RHQ] a|strong="H3068" burning|strong="H2740" stick|strong="H6086" that|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3808" snatched|strong="H5337" from|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" fire|strong="H0784".” 
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\verseNumber{3}Joshua|strong="H3091" was|strong="H1961" wearing|strong="H2296" filthy|strong="H6674" clothes|strong="H3847" while|strong="H1961" he|strong="H4397" was|strong="H1961" standing|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3847" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" angel|strong="H4397". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H6440" angel|strong="H4397" said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w angels|strong="H4397"\+w*} who|strong="H5975" were|strong="H5921" standing|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440", “Take|strong="H5493" off|strong="H5493" his|strong="H6440" filthy|strong="H6674" clothes|strong="H3847"!” 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w did|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w*,} the|strong="H6440" angel|strong="H4397" said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H5921" Joshua|strong="H3091", “Look|strong="H7200"! I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5771" taken|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w guilt|strong="H5771"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w*} your|strong="H5921" sins|strong="H5771", and|strong="H6030" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5771" put|strong="H3847" beautiful|strong="H3303" clothes|strong="H3847" on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H6440".” 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H5975" I|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921", “Put|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" clean|strong="H2889" turban|strong="H6797" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7760" head|strong="H7218"!” So|strong="H5975" they|strong="H3068" put|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" clean|strong="H2889" turban|strong="H6797" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7760" head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H3068" put|strong="H7760" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w new|strong="H2319"\+w* }clothes|strong="H3847" on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", while|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" angel|strong="H4397" sent|strong="H3068" by|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" standing|strong="H5975" there|strong="H5975". 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397" said|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="H3068"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" Joshua|strong="H3091": 
\verseNumber{7}“The|strong="H5414" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1004" angels|strong="H4397" says|strong="H3541" that|strong="H3068" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" I|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" [IDM], and|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H8104" my|strong="H8104" instructions|strong="H1870", you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" ◄be|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" charge|strong="H4931" of|strong="H1004"/have|strong="H3068" authority|strong="H3027" over|strong="H5414"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w*} my|strong="H8104" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" its|strong="H5414" courtyard|strong="H2691". And|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" allow|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" speak|strong="H1696" at|strong="H3068" any|strong="H5414" time|strong="H6635" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" angels|strong="H4397" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" standing|strong="H5975" near|strong="H5975" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{8}Joshua|strong="H3091", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1992"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548", and|strong="H1419" your|strong="H6440" ◄associates|strong="H4962"/fellow|strong="H7453" priests|strong="H3548"► are|strong="H1992" sitting|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3427" you|strong="H3588". They|strong="H1992" symbolize/represent|strong="H7969" things|strong="H1419" that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5650" happen|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" future|strong="H0319". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H2005" going|strong="H2005" to|strong="H6440" bring|strong="H0935" someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3548" will|strong="H5650" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H6440", someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3548" will|strong="H5650" be|strong="H4994" called|strong="H8085" the|strong="H6440" Branch|strong="H6780". 
\verseNumber{9}Look|strong="H2009" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" stone|strong="H0068" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Joshua|strong="H3091". There|strong="H2009" are|strong="H3117" seven|strong="H7651" sides|strong="H3411" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" stone|strong="H0068". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" engrave|strong="H6605" a|strong="H5414" message|strong="H3068" on|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" stone|strong="H0068", and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" one|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" remove|strong="H4185" the|strong="H6440" guilt|strong="H5771" of|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} this|strong="H1931" country|strong="H2022". 
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\verseNumber{10}At|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", each|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" invite|strong="H7121" his|strong="H3068" friends|strong="H7453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w come|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sit|strong="H3427"\+w*} under|strong="H8478" his|strong="H3068" grapevine and|strong="H3068" under|strong="H8478" his|strong="H3068" fig|strong="H8384" tree|strong="H8384". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* } the|strong="H5002" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397" declares|strong="H5002".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The vision of the lampstand }
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\chapterNumber{4}Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H7725" angel|strong="H4397" who|strong="H4397" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" talking|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1696" me|strong="H7725" returned|strong="H7725", and|strong="H7725" he|strong="H1696" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H7725" as|strong="H1696" though|strong="H3588" I|strong="H5782" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" asleep|strong="H8142". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H3605" asked|strong="H4100" me|strong="H7200", “What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3605" see|strong="H7200"?” 
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I|strong="H2009" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H2009" see|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" lampstand|strong="H4501" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w made|strong="H3605"\+w*} completely|strong="H3605" of|strong="H7218" gold|strong="H2091". There|strong="H2009" is|strong="H4100" a|strong="H7200" small|strong="H6996" bowl|strong="H1543" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w* \+w oil|strong="H8081"\+w*} at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" top|strong="H7218", and|strong="H2091" there|strong="H2009" are|strong="H4100" seven|strong="H7651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w small|strong="H6996"\+w*} lamps|strong="H5216" around|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" bowl|strong="H1543", and|strong="H2091" a|strong="H7200" place|strong="H3605" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H7200" wick|strong="H6594" on|strong="H5921" each|strong="H3605" lamp|strong="H5216". 
\verseNumber{3}Furthermore|strong="H1571", I|strong="H5921" see|strong="H7200" two|strong="H8147" olive|strong="H2132" trees|strong="H2132", one|strong="H8147" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3225" side|strong="H3225" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" lampstand|strong="H4501" and|strong="H8147" one|strong="H8147" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" left|strong="H8040" side|strong="H3225".” 
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\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H4100" asked|strong="H4100" the|strong="H1696" angel|strong="H4397" who|strong="H4397" was|strong="H4397" talking|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696", “Sir|strong="H0113", what|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" these|strong="H1696"?” 
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\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H3808" replied|strong="H6030", “Surely|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" [RHQ] what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992"?” 
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I|strong="H3045" replied|strong="H6030", “No|strong="H3808", I|strong="H3045" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045".” 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H6030" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6030", “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" message|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w says|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w give|strong="H6030"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" Zerubbabel|strong="H2216" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w governor|strong="H6346"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*: ‘\+w You|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*, \+w but|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w*} not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" by|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" strength|strong="H3581" or|strong="H3808" power|strong="H3581". It|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w done|strong="H1697"\+w*} by|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3581"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} my|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307", says|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3588" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397". 
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\verseNumber{7}Zerubbabel|strong="H2216", you|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w many|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w difficult|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w matters|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w handle|strong="H8610"\+w*. \+w They|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w are|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3318"\+w*} high|strong="H1419" mountains|strong="H2022" [MET|strong="H6298"]. But|strong="H3588" they|strong="H6440" will|strong="H4310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w become|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w easy|strong="H7043"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w handle|strong="H8610"\+w*, \+w as|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} they|strong="H6440" will|strong="H4310" become|strong="H3318" flat|strong="H8478" land|strong="H6440". And|strong="H1419" you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H4310" bring|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" final|strong="H0319" stone|strong="H0068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w complete|strong="H3617"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w rebuilding|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}. When|strong="H3318" you|strong="H6440" do|strong="H3318" that|strong="H2022", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} will|strong="H4310" shout|strong="H7321" repeatedly|strong="H7725", “It|strong="H6440" is|strong="H4310" beautiful|strong="H3303"! May|strong="H4310" God|strong="H4310" bless|strong="H1288" it|strong="H6440"!”’” 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w another|strong="H0312"\+w*} message|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7971"\+w*}, “Zerubbabel|strong="H2216" [SYN] laid|strong="H3245" the|strong="H3588" first|strong="H2088" stone|strong="H0068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" foundation|strong="H3245" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" temple|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" put|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3588" last|strong="H3588" stone|strong="H0068" in|strong="H3068" its|strong="H3045" place|strong="H3027". When|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" happens|strong="H1961", the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3045" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*, \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Commander|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w angels|strong="H4397"\+w*, \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w*} have|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H7971".” And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H3588" seven|strong="H7651" bowls|strong="H4219" represent|strong="H7969" the|strong="H3588" eyes|strong="H5869" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068", who|strong="H3068" looks|strong="H7200" back|strong="H3045" and|strong="H3068" forth|strong="H7971" at|strong="H3068" everything|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w happens|strong="H1961"\+w*} on|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3588" earth|strong="H0776".” 
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\verseNumber{10}No|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" [RHQ] should|strong="H3068" think|strong="H5869" that|strong="H3588" little|strong="H6996" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" done|strong="H3027" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" beginning|strong="H7225" of|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" big|strong="H0931" project|strong="H4399" are|strong="H3117" unimportant. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w almost|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w finished|strong="H3615"\+w* \+w being|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w rebuilt|strong="H1129"\+w*,} Zerubbabel|strong="H2216" will|strong="H3068" use|strong="H4399" a|strong="H3588" ◄plumb|strong="H0594" line|strong="H6957"/string|strong="H8439" with|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" stone|strong="H0068" fastened|strong="H8628" to|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3588"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w if|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w walls|strong="H2346"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w building|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w straight|strong="H3474"\+w*}; so|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5869" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588", they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" rejoice|strong="H8055".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H6030" I|strong="H5921" asked|strong="H4100" the|strong="H5921" angel|strong="H4397", “What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w meaning|strong="H0998"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" olive|strong="H2132" trees|strong="H2132", one|strong="H8147" on|strong="H5921" each|strong="H8147" side|strong="H3225" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" lampstand|strong="H4501"? 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H6030" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w meaning|strong="H0998"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" olive|strong="H2132" branches|strong="H7641", one|strong="H8147" alongside|strong="H5921" each|strong="H8147" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" gold|strong="H2091" pipes|strong="H6804" from|strong="H5921" which|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w*} oil|strong="H7324" flows|strong="H2100" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" lamps|strong="H5216"?” 
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\verseNumber{13}He|strong="H3808" replied|strong="H0559", “Surely|strong="H3808" [RHQ] you|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H3808" are|strong="H4100"?” 
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I|strong="H3045" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", sir|strong="H0113", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w do|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w*.}” 
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\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H5975" he|strong="H3605" said|strong="H0559", “They|strong="H5921" represent|strong="H5975" the|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w men|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w been|strong="H3605"\+w*} appointed|strong="H5975" [MTY] to|strong="H5921" serve|strong="H5975" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w rules|strong="H4910"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" entire|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The vision of the flying scroll }
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\chapterNumber{5}I|strong="H2009" looked|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5375" again|strong="H7725", and|strong="H7725" I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H5375" scroll|strong="H4039" that|strong="H7200" was|strong="H4039" flying|strong="H5774" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w through|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w air|strong="H8064"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H7200" angel|strong="H5774" asked|strong="H4100" me|strong="H7200", “What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" see|strong="H7200"?” 
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I|strong="H7200" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" flying|strong="H5774" scroll|strong="H4039" that|strong="H7200" is|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w huge|strong="H1995"\+w*}, ◄10 yards|strong="H5439"/9 meters► long|strong="H4100" and|strong="H6242" ◄5 yards|strong="H5439"/4.5 meters► wide|strong="H7341".” 
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H3318" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H6440", “On|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" scroll|strong="H5612" is|strong="H2088" written|strong="H3789" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w words|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w is|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w speaking|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w*} curse|strong="H7650" the|strong="H3605" entire|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022". On|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w side|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H2088" written|strong="H3789" that|strong="H3588" every|strong="H3605" thief|strong="H1590" will|strong="H2088" be|strong="H6440" banished|strong="H5080". On|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w other|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w side|strong="H2088"\+w*} it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H2088" written|strong="H3789" that|strong="H3588" everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" tells|strong="H1696" a|strong="H3588" lie|strong="H7901" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2088" solemnly|strong="H7650" promising|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3318" tell|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" truth|strong="H0571" will|strong="H2088" also|strong="H2088" be|strong="H6440" banished|strong="H5080" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H5002" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5002" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1004" angels|strong="H4397" says|strong="H5002", ‘I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" send|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{copies \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} this|strong="H3068" scroll|strong="H5612" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5002" places|strong="H1004" where|strong="H1004" thieves|strong="H1590" live|strong="H8034" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5002" houses|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" those|strong="H3318" who|strong="H3068" use|strong="H3615" my|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034" when|strong="H3615" they|strong="H3068" solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H7650" to|strong="H3318" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H5002" truth|strong="H0571". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5002"\+w* copies \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} this|strong="H3068" scroll|strong="H5612" will|strong="H3068" stay|strong="H3885" in|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" houses|strong="H1004", until|strong="H3885" those|strong="H3318" houses|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3885" their|strong="H3068" wood|strong="H6086" and|strong="H3068" stones|strong="H0068" are|strong="H3068" destroyed|strong="H3615".’ ” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H5002" vision|strong="H2377" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5002" woman|strong="H8034" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3318" basket|strong="H5536" }
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H7200" angel|strong="H4397" who|strong="H4397" had|strong="H5869" been|strong="H5375" talking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4994" came|strong="H3318" closer|strong="H5066" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4994" and|strong="H5869" said|strong="H1696", “Look|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5375" and|strong="H5869" see|strong="H7200" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" appearing|strong="H7200"!” 
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\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H4100" asked|strong="H4100" him|strong="H3318", “What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H1931" it|strong="H1931"?” 
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He|strong="H1931" replied|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H3318" big|strong="H0931" basket|strong="H5536" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w measuring|strong="H4060"\+w* \+w grain|strong="H3605"\+w*}. But|strong="H1931" it|strong="H1931" represents the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3605" everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5869" this|strong="H2063" nation|strong="H1471" has|strong="H4100" committed|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w angel|strong="H4397"\+w*} lifted|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" basket’s cover|strong="H3603", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w made|strong="H6213"\+w*} of|strong="H3427" lead|strong="H5777". There|strong="H2009" was|strong="H3427" a|strong="H5375" woman|strong="H0802" sitting|strong="H3427" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="H5375" basket|strong="H5536"! 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H8432" angel|strong="H4397" said|strong="H6310", “She|strong="H2063" represents the|strong="H8432" wicked|strong="H7563" things|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}.” Then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H8432" angel|strong="H4397" pushed|strong="H1920" her|strong="H2063" back|strong="H7725" into|strong="H8432" the|strong="H8432" basket|strong="H5536" and|strong="H6310" closed|strong="H5462" the|strong="H8432" very|strong="H3966" heavy|strong="H3513" lid|strong="H1817" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H3318" I|strong="H2009" looked|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5375" and|strong="H8064" saw|strong="H7200" two|strong="H8147" women|strong="H0802" in|strong="H8064" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H7307" me|strong="H7200". They|strong="H2007" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w flying|strong="H3671"\+w* \+w toward|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w us|strong="H7200"\+w*}, with|strong="H3318" their|strong="H5375" wings|strong="H3671" spread|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" in|strong="H8064" the|strong="H7200" wind|strong="H7307". Their|strong="H5375" wings|strong="H3671" were|strong="H5869" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w large|strong="H1419"\+w*}, like|strong="H3318" [SIM] storks’ wings|strong="H3671". They|strong="H2007" lifted|strong="H5375" the|strong="H7200" big|strong="H0931" basket|strong="H5536" up|strong="H5375" into|strong="H3318" the|strong="H7200" sky|strong="H8064". 
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\verseNumber{10}I|strong="H3212" asked|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1696" angel|strong="H4397" who|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" talking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696", “Where|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" they|strong="H1992" taking|strong="H3947" that|strong="H4397" basket|strong="H5536"?” 
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\verseNumber{11}He|strong="H8033" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w taking|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*} to|strong="H5921" Babylonia|strong="H0894" to|strong="H5921" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" temple|strong="H1004" for|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921". When|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" is|strong="H8033" finished|strong="H3615", they|strong="H8033" will|strong="H1004" set|strong="H3559" the|strong="H5921" basket|strong="H5536" there|strong="H8033" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1129" pedestal|strong="H3653" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3240"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The vision of four chariots }
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\chapterNumber{6}I|strong="H2009" looked|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5375" again|strong="H7725", and|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H7200"\+w*} I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H7200" four|strong="H0702" chariots|strong="H4818" coming|strong="H3318" toward|strong="H3318" me|strong="H7725". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w coming|strong="H3318"\+w*} between|strong="H0996" two|strong="H8147" mountains|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w made|strong="H7725"\+w*} of|strong="H2022" bronze|strong="H5178". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H7223" first|strong="H7223" chariot|strong="H4818" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H5483"\+w* \+w pulled|strong="H5265"\+w* \+w by|strong="H0801"\+w*} red|strong="H5488" horses|strong="H5483", the|strong="H7223" second|strong="H8145" chariot|strong="H4818" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H5483"\+w* \+w pulled|strong="H5265"\+w* \+w by|strong="H0801"\+w*} black|strong="H7838" horses|strong="H5483", 
\verseNumber{3}the|strong="H7992" third|strong="H7992" chariot|strong="H4818" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H5483"\+w* \+w pulled|strong="H5265"\+w* \+w by|strong="H0801"\+w*} white|strong="H3836" horses|strong="H5483", and|strong="H5483" the|strong="H7992" fourth|strong="H7243" chariot|strong="H4818" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H5483"\+w* \+w pulled|strong="H5265"\+w* \+w by|strong="H0801"\+w*} spotted|strong="H1261" gray|strong="H7872" horses|strong="H5483". They|strong="H7243" were|strong="H5483" all|strong="H3605" very|strong="H3966" strong|strong="H2388" horses|strong="H5483". 
\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H4100" asked|strong="H4100" the|strong="H1696" angel|strong="H4397" who|strong="H4397" had|strong="H4100" been|strong="H1961" speaking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696", “Sir|strong="H0113", what|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" those|strong="H1696" chariots|strong="H7393" mean|strong="H2823"?” 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H3605" angel|strong="H4397" replied|strong="H6030", “They|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3605" come|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" standing|strong="H3320" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" presence|strong="H5921" of|strong="H7307" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3605" controls|strong="H3820"/rules|strong="H4910" the|strong="H3605" entire|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064". They|strong="H5921" will|strong="H8064" go|strong="H3318" across|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064" in|strong="H5921" four|strong="H0702" directions|strong="H7253". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H3318" chariot|strong="H7393" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w pulled|strong="H5265"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3318"\+w*} black|strong="H7838" horses|strong="H5483" will|strong="H6828" go|strong="H3318" north|strong="H6828", the|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H0259"\+w* \+w pulled|strong="H5265"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3318"\+w*} white|strong="H3836" horses|strong="H5483" will|strong="H6828" go|strong="H3318" west|strong="H3220", the|strong="H3318" one|strong="H0259" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w pulled|strong="H5265"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3318"\+w*} spotted|strong="H1261" gray|strong="H7872" horses|strong="H5483" will|strong="H6828" go|strong="H3318" south|strong="H8486".” 
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\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H3318" those|strong="H3318" powerful|strong="H2392" horses|strong="H5483" left|strong="H3318", their|strong="H1245" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{chariot-drivers} were|strong="H3318" eager|strong="H1245" to|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" throughout|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3318" world|strong="H8398". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w As|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w leaving|strong="H3318"\+w*,} the|strong="H3318" angel|strong="H4397" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H1980" them|strong="H3318", “Go|strong="H1980" throughout|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3318" world|strong="H8398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w is|strong="H0369"\+w* happening}!” So|strong="H1980" that|strong="H3212" is|strong="H0369" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H3318" did|strong="H1980". 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H7200" angel|strong="H4397" called|strong="H2199" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1696"\+w*}, “Look|strong="H7200"/Listen|strong="H8085", the|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{drivers \+w of|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w*} chariots|strong="H7393" that|strong="H7200" have|strong="H7200" gone|strong="H3318" north|strong="H6828" will|strong="H7307" do|strong="H3318" what|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" Spirit|strong="H7307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3318"\+w*} there|strong="H7200".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A|strong="H7200" crown|strong="H5850" was|strong="H7307" given|strong="H5117" to|strong="H1696" Joshua|strong="H3091" }
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w another|strong="H0312"\+w*} message|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{10}He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", “Heldai|strong="H2469", Tobijah|strong="H2900", and|strong="H1121" Jedaiah|strong="H3048" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" bringing|strong="H0935" some|strong="H3117" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H1121" gold|strong="H2091" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H1121" ◄exiled|strong="H1540" in|strong="H1004"/forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H3117" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3117"► Babylon|strong="H0894". As|strong="H3117" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" arrive|strong="H0935", go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3947" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Josiah|strong="H2977" the|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zephaniah|strong="H6846". 
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\chapterNumber{7}When|strong="H1961" Darius|strong="H1867" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3068" emperor for|strong="H3068" almost|strong="H4592" four|strong="H0702" years|strong="H8141", on|strong="H3068" December 7, Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w another|strong="H2320"\+w*} message|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{10}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H2803" ◄oppress|strong="H6231"/treat|strong="H6213" cruelly|strong="H7188"► widows|strong="H0490" or|strong="H1616" orphans|strong="H3490" or|strong="H1616" foreigners|strong="H1616" or|strong="H1616" poor|strong="H6041" people|strong="H5971". Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H2803" even|strong="H1571" think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H3824" doing|strong="H7451" evil|strong="H7451" to|strong="H3824" anyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H3513" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H8085" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H5414" pay|strong="H5414" attention|strong="H7181" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w what|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H8085"\+w*}. They|strong="H5414" turned|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" backs|strong="H3802" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w*}, and|strong="H8085" put|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" hands|strong="H3802" over|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" ears|strong="H0241" in|strong="H8085" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H5414" not|strong="H5414" hear|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w said|strong="H8085"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh promised to bless Jerusalem }
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\chapterNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w another|strong="H0312"\+w*} message|strong="H1697". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697", 
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you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H2719" be|strong="H1121" like|strong="H1121" [SIM] a|strong="H3588" warrior’s|strong="H1368" sword|strong="H2719".” 

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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H3063" I|strong="H3478" broke|strong="H6565" my|strong="H6565" second|strong="H8145" staff|strong="H4731", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6565"\+w* \+w one|strong="H8145"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘Union’. That|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{indicated \+w that|strong="H3478"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Israel|strong="H3478" would|strong="H3478" no|strong="H3478" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3478" united|strong="H3161". 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H3947" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H3947", “Take|strong="H3947" again|strong="H5750" the|strong="H3947" things|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3947" foolish|strong="H3684" shepherd|strong="H7462" uses|strong="H5647", 
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\verseNumber{17}But|strong="H5800" terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H1697" will|strong="H5869" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5921" that|strong="H5869" foolish|strong="H3684"/useless|strong="H1892" king|strong="H5921" 
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who|strong="H1945" abandons|strong="H5800" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5800" [MET|strong="H6298"] over|strong="H5921" whom|strong="H5869" he|strong="H5921" rules|strong="H4910". 
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and|strong="H5869" his|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3225" eye|strong="H5869" will|strong="H5869" become|strong="H3001" completely|strong="H3001" blind|strong="H3543".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jerusalem will be rescued }
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\chapterNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w*} a|strong="H3478" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" concerning|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478". Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" one|strong="H1697" who|strong="H3068" stretched|strong="H5186" out|strong="H5186" the|strong="H5002" sky|strong="H8064", who|strong="H3068" created|strong="H3335" the|strong="H5002" earth|strong="H8064", and|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3068" ◄gave|strong="H5414" life|strong="H5315" to|strong="H3478" humans/caused|strong="H1697" humans to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1697" alive|strong="H2416"►. This|strong="H1697" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002": 
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\verseNumber{9}At|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" prepare|strong="H3559" to|strong="H1961" destroy|strong="H8045" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" that|strong="H3605" attack|strong="H5221" Jerusalem|strong="H3389".” 

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\verseNumber{10}“I|strong="H5921", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*,} will|strong="H1004" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" [MTY] of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H5921"\+w*} David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H5921" act|strong="H6213" very|strong="H3966" kindly|strong="H3820" and|strong="H1004" mercifully. They|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1004" look|strong="H5027" at|strong="H3427" me|strong="H5921", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w one|strong="H3173"\+w*} who|strong="H3427" has|strong="H7307" been|strong="H1961" stabbed|strong="H1856", and|strong="H1004" they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1004" cry|strong="H7121" bitterly|strong="H4843", like|strong="H1004" people|strong="H3427" cry|strong="H7121" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" firstborn|strong="H1060" son|strong="H3173" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w has|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*} [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{14}and|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" members|strong="H3338" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w kings’|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w clans|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w priests’|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w clans|strong="H4940"\+w*} by|strong="H3605" themselves|strong="H0905", and|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" wives|strong="H0802" by|strong="H3605" themselves|strong="H0905".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Getting rid of idols and false prophets }
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\chapterNumber{13}At|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w though|strong="H1931"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" fountain|strong="H4726" from|strong="H3117" which|strong="H1931" water|strong="H4325" flows|strong="H2100" continually|strong="H3117" to|strong="H1961" cleanse|strong="H2891" the|strong="H3117" descendants|strong="H2233" [MTY] of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3117"\+w*} the|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} people|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" from|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" guilt|strong="H0817" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3117" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" committed|strong="H1961", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w especially|strong="H3966"\+w*} from|strong="H3117" becoming|strong="H1961" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H5002" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397" says|strong="H5002", “At|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" prevent|strong="H6923" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w even|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w mentioning|strong="H2142"\+w*} the|strong="H5002" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" idols|strong="H6091" in|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" country|strong="H2022", and|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" remember|strong="H2142" them|strong="H5674" anymore|strong="H5750". I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" expel|strong="H1644" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5002" land|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3772" the|strong="H5002" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H1931" falsely|strong="H8267" claim|strong="H0589" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" prophets|strong="H5030" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{4}At|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", the|strong="H3117" false|strong="H3808" prophets|strong="H5030" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" ashamed|strong="H0954" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w claimed|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w received|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w messages|strong="H2372"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w me|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3117"\+w*} their|strong="H1961" visions|strong="H2384" and|strong="H3117" prophesies|strong="H5012" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w*}. They|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w longer|strong="H3808"\+w*} deceive|strong="H3584" people|strong="H3808" by|strong="H3117" wearing|strong="H2296" the|strong="H3117" clothes|strong="H3847" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w usually|strong="H2370"\+w* \+w wear|strong="H3847"\+w*}, clothes|strong="H3847" made|strong="H1961" of|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{animals’} hair|strong="H8181". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{What|strong="H4100" will|strong="H1004" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5221" shepherd|strong="H7462" and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5221" sheep|strong="H6629" }
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H5002" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397" says|strong="H5002", 
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“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w My|strong="H3068"\+w*} sword|strong="H2719" [APO] must|strong="H4191" strike|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5002"\+w* \+w one|strong="H1397"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w like|strong="H7725"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] my|strong="H3068" shepherd|strong="H7462", 
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the|strong="H5002" man|strong="H1397" who|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" ◄my|strong="H3068" companion|strong="H7462"/very|strong="H3966" <close|strong="H5980"/dear|strong="H3357"> to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725"►. 
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When|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5002" shepherd|strong="H7462" is|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H5221", 
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\verseNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3068"\+w*} says|strong="H5002", “Two-thirds|strong="H6371" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" die|strong="H1478" [DOU]. 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Only|strong="H3605"\+w*} one-third|strong="H7992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" remain|strong="H3498" alive|strong="H2416". 
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\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" test|strong="H6884" the|strong="H3068" ones|strong="H2945" that|strong="H5971" remain|strong="H3427" alive|strong="H2416" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w causing|strong="H7462"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w experience|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w great|strong="H1419"\+w* difficulties, \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w find|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w if|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w continue|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7121"\+w*}. 
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I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" purify|strong="H2398" them|strong="H7121" like|strong="H3701" [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H7121" man|strong="H6030" purifies gold|strong="H2091" or|strong="H3701" silver|strong="H3701" by|strong="H3068" putting|strong="H5414" it|strong="H1931" into|strong="H3701" a|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w hot|strong="H2552"\+w*} fire|strong="H0784". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H6030"\+w*} my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" call|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7121" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5971"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" answer|strong="H6030" them|strong="H7121". 
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I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7121"\+w*}, ‘You|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971",’ 
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and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559", ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068".’ ” 

\BibleSectionHeading{When Yahweh will rule }
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\chapterNumber{14}Listen|strong="H2009"! It|strong="H7130" will|strong="H3068" soon|strong="H3512" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w judge|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w everyone|strong="H3605"\+w*}. At|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", the|strong="H3068" possessions|strong="H7998" that|strong="H3117" were|strong="H3117" taken|strong="H3947" from|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3117"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" divided|strong="H2505" among|strong="H7130" you|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Before|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w happens|strong="H1961"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H1471" cause|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} many|strong="H3808" [HYP] nations|strong="H1471" to|strong="H3318" attack|strong="H4421" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". They|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1471" capture|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1004" steal|strong="H1589" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H3605" from|strong="H4480" your|strong="H3605" houses|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" rape|strong="H3533" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802". They|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1471" take|strong="H3920" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3318" other|strong="H3605" countries|strong="H0776", but|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H1471" be|strong="H3808" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3318" remain|strong="H3808" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" those|strong="H1992" nations|strong="H1471"; he|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898" like|strong="H3318" [SIM] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} fight|strong="H3898" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3318" battle|strong="H7128". 
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\verseNumber{6}At|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" light|strong="H0216" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w sun|strong="H8121"\+w*}; it|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" become|strong="H1961" cold|strong="H7135" and|strong="H3117" there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" frost|strong="H7140". 
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\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H5971" that|strong="H5971" attacked|strong="H5975" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" afflicted|strong="H5062" by|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" ◄plague|strong="H4046"/severe|strong="H3515" illness|strong="H2483"►. Their|strong="H3605" flesh|strong="H1320" will|strong="H3068" rot|strong="H4743" while|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" are|strong="H5971" still|strong="H5975" standing|strong="H5975" up|strong="H5975". Their|strong="H3605" eyes|strong="H5869" will|strong="H3068" rot|strong="H4743" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" sockets|strong="H2356" and|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" tongues|strong="H3956" will|strong="H3068" rot|strong="H4743" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" mouths|strong="H6310". 
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\BibleBook{Malachi}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of Malachi proclaiming that God loves his people, Israel, that he will punish them for their sins, and that later he will restore them. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Malachi }
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\chapterNumber{1}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H3068" message|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w*} Malachi|strong="H4401" to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w give|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" love|strong="H0157" for|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" }
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\verseNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002", “I|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w always|strong="H3605"\+w*} loved|strong="H0157" you|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w*}.” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Unacceptable|strong="H4284" sacrifices|strong="H2077" }
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\BibleSectionHeading{A warning to the priests }
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\BibleSectionHeading{The coming time of punishment }
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\BibleBook{Matthew}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book is the Gospel that Matthew wrote. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Matthew }

\BibleSectionHeading{The genealogy of Jesus, with the names listed in three groups of 14 generations each. }
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\verseNumber{5}Salmon|strong="G4533" and|strong="G1161" his|strong="G3588" wife|strong="H0802" Rahab|strong="G4477", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="G1161"\+w* non-Jewish \+w woman|strong="H0802"\+w*}, were|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1537" parents|strong="H0001" of|strong="G1537" Boaz|strong="G1003". Boaz|strong="G1003" was|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1537" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1537" Obed|strong="G5601". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Obed’s \+w mother|strong="H0517"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w*} Ruth|strong="G4503", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w another|strong="G3588"\+w* non-Jewish \+w woman|strong="H0802"\+w*}. Obed|strong="G5601" was|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1537" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1537" Jesse|strong="G2421". 
\verseNumber{6}Jesse|strong="G2421" was|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1537" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1537" King|strong="G3588" David|strong="G1138". David|strong="G1138" was|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1537" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1537" Solomon|strong="G4672". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Solomon’s|strong="G4672"\+w* \+w mother|strong="H0517"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w* \+w married|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1161"\+w*} Uriah|strong="G3774". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{After some astrologers saw an unusual star, they traveled westwards to find the place where the infant Jesus was. King Herod helped direct them, but then an angel told them not to go back to King Herod. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{John|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3767" that|strong="G3588" someone|strong="H0376" greater|strong="H1419" than|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" would|strong="G2532" soon|strong="G3361" come|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" would|strong="G2532" enable|strong="H7980" some|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3956" to|strong="G1519" change|strong="H5162" their|strong="G2532" lives|strong="H5315" and|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" would|strong="G2532" severely|strong="H5953" punish|strong="H6485" the|strong="G2532" others|strong="G3588". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{When|strong="G1161" John|strong="G2532" baptized Jesus|strong="G2532", God|strong="G2532" showed|strong="H7200" that|strong="G3739" Jesus|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" his|strong="G1519" Son|strong="H1121" by|strong="G1722" sending|strong="H7971" the|strong="G1722" Holy|strong="H6944" Spirit|strong="G3588" upon|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{13}During|strong="G1909" that|strong="G3588" time|strong="G5119", Jesus|strong="G2424" went|strong="G2424" from|strong="G5259" Galilee|strong="G1056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w District|strong="H6418"\+w*} to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G1909" Jordan|strong="G2446" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}, where|strong="H0834" John|strong="G2491" was|strong="G3588". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w did|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} in|strong="G1909" order|strong="G4314" to|strong="G4314" be|strong="G3588" baptized by|strong="G5259" John|strong="G2491" {in|strong="G1909" order|strong="G4314" to|strong="G4314" ask|strong="H7592" that|strong="G3588" John|strong="G2491" would|strong="H0014" baptize him|strong="G3588"}. 
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\verseNumber{15}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", “Baptize me|strong="G1473" at|strong="G4314" this|strong="G3588" time|strong="G5119", because|strong="G1063" in|strong="G3956" this|strong="G3588" way|strong="G3779" we|strong="G2249" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w two|strong="G4137"\+w*} will|strong="G1510" do|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w everything|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} requires|strong="H4147".” Then|strong="G5119" John|strong="G3004" consented|strong="H0225" to|strong="G4314" baptize him|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{16}After|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" baptized {John|strong="G2532" baptized Jesus|strong="G2424"}, Jesus|strong="G2424" immediately|strong="G2112" came|strong="G2064" up|strong="G2532" out|strong="G2532" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G2532" water|strong="G5204". Just|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w though|strong="G2532"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" sky|strong="G3772" was|strong="G3588" opened|strong="H6605" {split|strong="H1234" apart|strong="H0914"}. Then|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w*} saw|strong="G3708" God’s|strong="G2316" Spirit|strong="G4151" coming|strong="G2064" down|strong="G2597" upon|strong="G1909" him|strong="G3588". He|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" form|strong="H8389" of|strong="G4151" a|strong="G2532" dove|strong="G4058". 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} [SYN] spoke|strong="G3004" from|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="G3772", saying|strong="G3004", “This|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" my|strong="G3708" Son|strong="G5207". I|strong="G1473" love|strong="H0157" him|strong="G3588". I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" very|strong="G2532" pleased|strong="G2106" with|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{After Jesus fasted 40 days, Satan tempted him in various ways. }
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\chapterNumber{4}Then|strong="G5119" Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G3588" led|strong="G2424" by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G1519" Spirit|strong="G4151" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w*} Spirit|strong="G4151" led|strong="G2424" Jesus|strong="G2424"} into|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1519" desolate|strong="G2048" area|strong="H1508" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G1519" tempted|strong="G3985" by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G1519" devil|strong="G1228" {in|strong="G1519" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1519" devil|strong="G1228" would|strong="H0014" tempt|strong="G3985" him|strong="G3588"}. 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" devil|strong="G1228" went|strong="G4334" away|strong="H5493", and|strong="G2532" right|strong="H3225" away|strong="H5493", angels|strong="H4397" came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" care|strong="G1247" of|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" went|strong="G4334" to|strong="G2532" Galilee|strong="H1551" and|strong="G2532" preached|strong="H1696" that|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3588" needed|strong="G1247" to|strong="G2532" repent|strong="H5162" to|strong="G2532" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" group|strong="H7235" whom|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" consider|strong="H7200" his|strong="G3708" people|strong="G3588". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus taught how we should give to needy people. He also taught his disciples how to pray. }
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\verseNumber{3}Instead|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G1188"\+w* \+w doing|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w*}, when|strong="G1161" you|strong="G4771" give|strong="G4160" something|strong="G5101" to|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" poor|strong="H6041", do|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3361" let|strong="G1161" other|strong="G1161" people|strong="G4160" know|strong="G1097" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G3588" doing|strong="G4160" that|strong="G3588" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
\verseNumber{4}In|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" way|strong="G1722", you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" giving|strong="G1654" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" poor|strong="H6041" secretly|strong="H5643". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w As|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*}, your|strong="G2532" Father|strong="G3962" who|strong="G3588" observes|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*} while|strong="G1722" no|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" else|strong="G2532" sees|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*}, will|strong="G1510" reward|strong="H7939" you|strong="G4771". 
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\verseNumber{5}Also|strong="G2532" when|strong="G3752" you|strong="G5210" pray|strong="G4336", do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" do|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" hypocrites|strong="G5273" do|strong="G2532". They|strong="G2532" like|strong="G5613" to|strong="G2532" stand|strong="G2476" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Jewish|strong="H3064" meeting|strong="H4150" places|strong="H1116" and|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" corners|strong="G1137" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" main|strong="H1419" streets|strong="G4116" to|strong="G2532" pray|strong="G4336", in|strong="G1722" order|strong="G3704" that|strong="G3754" other|strong="G3588" people|strong="G1510" will|strong="G1510" see|strong="H7200" them|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w think|strong="G5316"\+w* \+w highly|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}. Keep|strong="H8104" this|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" mind|strong="G2532": \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w People|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w praise|strong="H1984"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G2532"\+w*} that|strong="G3754" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="G3756"\+w*} reward|strong="G3408" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" get|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="G1161" as|strong="G1519" for|strong="G1519" you|strong="G4771", when|strong="G3752" you|strong="G4771" pray|strong="G4336", go|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" your|strong="G2532" private|strong="H7023" room|strong="G5009" and|strong="G2532" close|strong="G2808" the|strong="G1722" door|strong="G2374" in|strong="G1722" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="G1519" pray|strong="G4336" to|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*}, your|strong="G2532" Father|strong="G3962", whom|strong="G3588" no|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" can|strong="H4310" see|strong="H7200". He|strong="G2532" observes|strong="H6213" you|strong="G4771" where|strong="G1722" no|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" else|strong="G2532" observes|strong="H6213" you|strong="G4771", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" reward|strong="H7939" you|strong="G4771". 
\verseNumber{7}When|strong="G1161" you|strong="G3754" pray|strong="G4336", do|strong="G1380" not|strong="G3361" repeat|strong="H6286" words|strong="G4180" many|strong="G1722" times|strong="H6471" as|strong="G5618" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3361" who|strong="G3588" do|strong="G1380" not|strong="G3361" know|strong="G1722" God|strong="G3361" do|strong="G1380" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w pray|strong="G4336"\+w*. \+w They|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w repeat|strong="H6286"\+w* \+w meaningless|strong="H8414"\+w* \+w words|strong="G4180"\+w*} because|strong="G3754" they|strong="G1161" think|strong="G1380" that|strong="G3754" if|strong="G3748" they|strong="G1161" use|strong="G3588" many|strong="G1722" words|strong="G4180", their|strong="G1722" gods|strong="H0430" will|strong="G3748" listen|strong="G1522" to|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G1161" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}So|strong="G3779" pray|strong="G4336" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w things|strong="G3588"\+w*} like|strong="G3779" this|strong="G3588": Father|strong="G3962", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" heaven|strong="G3772", we|strong="G2249" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc)} desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" be|strong="G3588" honored|strong="H3513"/revered|strong="H3372" {that|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3767" honor|strong="H3519"/revere|strong="H3372" you|strong="G5210"}. 
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\verseNumber{11}Give|strong="G1325" us|strong="G1325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc)} each|strong="H0376" day|strong="G4594" the|strong="G3588" food|strong="H3899" [SYN] that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2249" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc) \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1325"\+w*} that|strong="G3588" day|strong="G4594". 
\verseNumber{12}Forgive|strong="H5545" our|strong="G2532" sins|strong="H2403" just|strong="G5613" like|strong="G5613" we|strong="G2249" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc)} have|strong="G2532" forgiven|strong="H5545" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" sin|strong="H2403" against|strong="H5921" us|strong="G2249" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc)}. 
\verseNumber{13}Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" let|strong="G2532" us|strong="G1519"(exc) do|strong="G2532" wrong|strong="H7451" things|strong="G3588" when|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249"(exc) are|strong="G3588" tempted|strong="H5254" {someone|strong="H0376" or|strong="G2532" something|strong="H1697" tempts us|strong="G1519"}, and|strong="G2532" rescue|strong="G4506" us|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc)} when|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleBD{\+w Satan|strong="H7854"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" evil|strong="G4190" one|strong="G3588" tempts us|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" do|strong="G2532" evil|strong="G4190" things|strong="G3588".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6:13  \fqa people} should praise you forever.}” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" taught|strong="H3925" more|strong="G2532" about|strong="G1519" forgiving|strong="H5375" others|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{14}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Forgive|strong="H5545"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w sin|strong="G3900"\+w* \+w against|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*}, because|strong="G1063", if|strong="G1437" you|strong="G5210" forgive|strong="H5545" other|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*}, your|strong="G1437" Father|strong="G3962" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" in|strong="G2532" heaven|strong="G3770", will|strong="G2532" forgive|strong="H5545" your|strong="G1437" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sins|strong="G3900"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="G1161" if|strong="G1437" you|strong="G5210" do|strong="G3361" not|strong="G3361" forgive|strong="H5545" other|strong="G1161" people|strong="G3761", neither|strong="G3761" will|strong="G3962" God|strong="G3361" forgive|strong="H5545" your|strong="G1437" sins|strong="G3900".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus taught|strong="H3925" about|strong="G3588" abstaining from|strong="G3588" food|strong="H3899". }
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\verseNumber{16}“When|strong="G3752" you|strong="G5210" abstain|strong="H5144" from|strong="G3588" eating|strong="H0398" food|strong="H3899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w order|strong="G3704"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w please|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*}, do|strong="G1096" not|strong="G3361" look|strong="G5316" sad|strong="G4659" as|strong="G5613" the|strong="G1161" hypocrites|strong="G5273" look|strong="G5316". They|strong="G1161" make|strong="G3361" their|strong="G3588" faces|strong="G4383" appear|strong="G5316" sad|strong="G4659" in|strong="G1096" order|strong="G3704" that|strong="G3588" people|strong="G4383" will|strong="G1096" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G1161" are|strong="G3588" abstaining from|strong="G3588" food|strong="H3899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w think|strong="G5316"\+w* \+w highly|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w of|strong="G4383"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}. Keep|strong="G3361" this|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1096" mind|strong="H3820": \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w People|strong="G4383"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w think|strong="G5316"\+w* \+w highly|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w of|strong="G4383"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="G4383"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*}, but|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} reward|strong="G3408" those|strong="G3588" people|strong="G4383" will|strong="G1096" get|strong="G1096"! 
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\verseNumber{18}in|strong="G1722" order|strong="G3704" that|strong="G3588" other|strong="G3361" people|strong="G3361" will|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" notice|strong="H3045" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G3588" fasting|strong="G3522" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w look|strong="G5316"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w always|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w*}. But|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*}, your|strong="G2532" Father|strong="G3962", whom|strong="G3588" no|strong="G3361" one|strong="G3588" can|strong="H4310" see|strong="H7200", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w observe|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* abstaining \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w food|strong="H3899"\+w*. \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} your|strong="G2532" Father|strong="G3962" sees|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*} even|strong="G2532" though|strong="G2532" no|strong="G3361" one|strong="G3588" else|strong="G3361" sees|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" reward|strong="H7939" you|strong="G4771".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" taught|strong="H3925" that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3588" do|strong="G2532" deeds|strong="H4611" that|strong="G3588" please|strong="H4994" God|strong="G2532". That|strong="G3588" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" like|strong="H3644" putting|strong="G2532" treasures|strong="H0214" in|strong="G1722" heaven|strong="H8064". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus taught that we should not condemn others for their faults since we have faults ourselves. }
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\chapterNumber{7}“Do|strong="G2919" not|strong="G3361" talk|strong="H1696" about|strong="G3361" how|strong="H4100" sinfully|strong="H2399" others|strong="H0312" have|strong="G3361" acted|strong="H6213", in|strong="G3361" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" God|strong="G3361" will|strong="G2919" not|strong="G3361" say|strong="H0559" how|strong="H4100" sinfully|strong="H2399" you|strong="G3361" have|strong="G3361" acted|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{4}◄You|strong="G4771" should|strong="G3588" not|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" other|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w minor|strong="H6996"\+w* \+w faults|strong="H2399"\+w*}, ‘Let|strong="G2532" me|strong="G3004" remove|strong="G1544" the|strong="G1722" specks from|strong="G1537" your|strong="G2532" eyes|strong="G3788"!’/Why|strong="G4459" do|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" say|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" other|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w minor|strong="H6996"\+w* \+w faults|strong="H2399"\+w*}, ‘Let|strong="G2532" me|strong="G3004" remove|strong="G1544" the|strong="G1722" specks from|strong="G1537" your|strong="G2532" eyes|strong="G3788"?’► [RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w should|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} if|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" plank is|strong="G3588" still|strong="H5750" in|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" own|strong="G3788" eye|strong="G3788" [MET|strong="G3708"]. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" taught|strong="H3925" that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3588" not|strong="G2532" teach|strong="H3925" spiritual|strong="H7307" truth|strong="H0571" to|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" will|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2532" appreciate it|strong="G2532". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" taught|strong="H3925" that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="G2532" give|strong="G1325" good|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" us|strong="G1325" if|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" persist|strong="H5975" in|strong="G1722" prayer|strong="H8605". }
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\verseNumber{9}◄No|strong="G3361" man|strong="G3361" among|strong="G1537" you|strong="G5210" would|strong="G5101" give|strong="G1929" a|strong="G1510" stone|strong="G3037" to|strong="G3361" his|strong="G3739" son|strong="G5207" if|strong="H0518" his|strong="G3739" son|strong="G5207" were|strong="G1510" to|strong="G3361" ask|strong="H7592" for|strong="G1537" bread|strong="H3899"./Would|strong="G5101" anyone|strong="G3739" among|strong="G1537" you|strong="G5210" give|strong="G1929" a|strong="G1510" stone|strong="G3037" to|strong="G3361" his|strong="G3739" son|strong="G5207" if|strong="H0518" his|strong="G3739" son|strong="G5207" were|strong="G1510" to|strong="G3361" ask|strong="H7592" for|strong="G1537" bread|strong="H3899"?► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{10}Likewise|strong="G2532", ◄no|strong="G3361" man|strong="G3361" would|strong="G2532" give|strong="G1929" a|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w poisonous|strong="H7219"\+w*} snake|strong="G3789" to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" son|strong="H1121" if|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" son|strong="H1121" would|strong="G2532" ask|strong="H7592" for|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" fish|strong="G2486"./would|strong="G2532" anyone|strong="H3605" give|strong="G1929" a|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w poisonous|strong="H7219"\+w*} snake|strong="G3789" to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" son|strong="H1121" if|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" son|strong="H1121" would|strong="G2532" ask|strong="H7592" for|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" fish|strong="G2486"?► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{11}You|strong="G5210", who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" evil|strong="G4190", know|strong="G1492" how|strong="G4214" to|strong="G1722" give|strong="G1325" good|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1722" your|strong="G1487" children|strong="G5043". So|strong="G3767" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G1325"\+w*}, your|strong="G1487" Father|strong="G3962" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" heaven|strong="G3772", will|strong="G1510" certainly|strong="H3588" give|strong="G1325" good|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G1492" who|strong="G3588" ask|strong="H7592" him|strong="G3588".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1510" taught|strong="H3925" that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G1487" should|strong="G1492" treat|strong="H6213" others|strong="G3588" as|strong="G1722" we|strong="G1487" would|strong="G1722" like|strong="H3644" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1722" treat|strong="H6213" us|strong="G1325". }
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\verseNumber{12}“So|strong="G3779" in|strong="G2532" whatever|strong="G3745" way|strong="G3779" you|strong="G5210" want|strong="G2309" others|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2443" act|strong="G4160" toward|strong="H0413" you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(pl)}, that|strong="G2443" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" way|strong="G3779" you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(pl)} should|strong="G3588" act|strong="G4160" toward|strong="H0413" them|strong="G3588", because|strong="G1063" that|strong="G2443" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{sums \+w up|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w wrote|strong="H3789"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" laws|strong="G3551" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w gave|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" prophets|strong="G4396" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wrote|strong="H3789"\+w* \+w long|strong="G3745"\+w* \+w ago|strong="H7350"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1510" taught|strong="H3925" that|strong="G2443" we|strong="G1437" should|strong="G3588" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="G2443" walk|strong="G2532" on|strong="G4160" the|strong="G2532" narrow|strong="H0331" road|strong="H1870" that|strong="G2443" leads|strong="H1869" to|strong="G2443" heaven|strong="H8064". }
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\verseNumber{13-14}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Going|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w*} where|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" live|strong="H3427" eternally|strong="H5331" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="H8064"\+w*} is|strong="H0369" difficult|strong="H6381". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w is|strong="H0369"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} going|strong="H1980" along|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" narrow|strong="H0331" road|strong="H1870" [PRS, MET|strong="H6298"] that|strong="H0834" leads|strong="H1869" to|strong="H0413" a|strong="H1961" narrow|strong="H0331" gate|strong="H8179". Not|strong="H3808" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5971" find|strong="H4672" that|strong="H0834" way|strong="H1870". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w way|strong="H1870"\+w*} that|strong="H0834" most|strong="H6944" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w take|strong="H3947"\+w*} is|strong="H0369" easy|strong="H7043", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w results|strong="H6529"\+w* \+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w*} {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w punishing|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*}} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w hell|strong="H7585"\+w*. \+w That|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w way|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w is|strong="H0369"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w*} wide|strong="H7341" road|strong="H1870" that|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" walk|strong="H1980" on|strong="H5921" [PRS, MET|strong="H6298"] until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H1992" reach|strong="H5060" the|strong="H3605" wide|strong="H7341" gate|strong="H8179", but|strong="H3588" that|strong="H0834" road|strong="H1870" and|strong="H3967" that|strong="H0834" gate|strong="H8179" lead|strong="H5148" to|strong="H0413" where|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H1992"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H4229" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H7843" them|strong="H5414"}. Many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5971" enter|strong="H0935" that|strong="H0834" gate|strong="H8179". So|strong="H3651" I|strong="H0589" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w leave|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w wide|strong="H7341"\+w* \+w road|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w*} enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" narrow|strong="H0331" gate|strong="H8179" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="H8064"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus taught|strong="H3925" about|strong="H5439" how|strong="H4100" to|strong="H0413" recognize|strong="H5234" false|strong="H8267" prophets|strong="H5030". }
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\verseNumber{15}“Beware|strong="G4337" of|strong="G1722" people|strong="G1510" who|strong="G3588" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G5210" and|strong="G1161" say|strong="H0559" falsely|strong="H8267" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G1161" are|strong="G1510" telling|strong="H1696" you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w has|strong="G3748"\+w* \+w said|strong="G1161"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w seem|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* harmless, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w extremely|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w harmful|strong="H7451"\+w*. \+w They|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w like|strong="G4314"\+w*} wolves|strong="G3074" that|strong="G3588" have|strong="G3748" covered|strong="H3680" themselves|strong="G1722" with|strong="G1722" sheepskins \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w make|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w believe|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w sheep|strong="G4263"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"], but|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" actually|strong="H7901" are|strong="G1510" wolves|strong="G3074" that|strong="G3588" attack|strong="H5221" people|strong="G1510" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Here|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w another|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w example|strong="H7045"\+w*}: All|strong="G3956" good|strong="G2570" fruit|strong="G2590" trees|strong="G1186" produce|strong="G4160" good|strong="G2570" fruit|strong="G2590", but|strong="G1161" all|strong="G3956" unhealthy trees|strong="G1186" produce|strong="G4160" worthless|strong="G4190" fruit|strong="G2590". 
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\verseNumber{20}By|strong="G1438" seeing|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w plants|strong="H6212"\+w*} produce|strong="G2590", you|strong="G1438" know|strong="G1921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w kind|strong="H4327"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w plants|strong="H6212"\+w*} they|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Similarly|strong="H2088"\+w*, \+w when|strong="G1921"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w come|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3588"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1921"\+w* \+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w they|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w false|strong="H8267"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus warned|strong="H2094" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G3588" will|strong="H3068" reject|strong="H3988" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" do|strong="G3588" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="G3588" what|strong="G3588" God|strong="G3588" desires|strong="H0183". }
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\verseNumber{21}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Even|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w though|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w many|strong="G4160"\+w*} people|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{habitually} call|strong="G3004" me|strong="G1473" ‘Lord’, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w pretending|strong="H7186"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w authority|strong="H3027"\+w*}, some|strong="G3588" of|strong="G3962" them|strong="G3588" will|strong="G2307" not|strong="G3756" go|strong="G1525" to|strong="G1519" heaven|strong="G3772" where|strong="G1722" God|strong="G3004" rules|strong="H4910", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w they|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w desires|strong="G2307"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Only|strong="G3756"\+w*} those|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" do|strong="G4160" what|strong="G3588" my|strong="G1722" Father|strong="G3962", who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" heaven|strong="G3772", desires|strong="G2307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="G2307"\+w* \+w go|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w there|strong="G1722"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{22}On|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" day|strong="G2250" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w judges|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w everyone|strong="H3605"\+w*}, many|strong="G4183" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G2046"\+w*, \+w trying|strong="H1156"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w deserve|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w go|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="H8064"\+w*}, will|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473", ‘Lord|strong="G2962", we|strong="G2532"(exc) spoke|strong="G3004" God’s|strong="H0430" message|strong="H1697" as|strong="G1722" your|strong="G4674" representatives|strong="H7098" [MTY, RHQ]! As|strong="G1722" your|strong="G4674" representatives|strong="H7098" we|strong="G2532"(exc) expelled|strong="G1544" demons|strong="G1140" from|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G2046"\+w*} [RHQ]! And|strong="G2532" as|strong="G1722" your|strong="G4674" representatives|strong="H7098", many|strong="G4183" times|strong="H6471" we|strong="G2532"(exc) performed|strong="G4160" miracles|strong="G1411" [RHQ]!’ 
\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" declare|strong="G3670" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", ‘I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" never|strong="G3763" said|strong="G5119" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473". Go|strong="G2532" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473", you|strong="G5210" who|strong="G3588" do|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" evil|strong="G2532"!’” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" warned|strong="H2094" that|strong="G3754" undesirable|strong="H0369" things|strong="G3588" would|strong="G2532" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2532" obey|strong="H8085" his|strong="G2532" teaching|strong="H8451". }
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\verseNumber{24}“So|strong="G3767" then|strong="G3767", anyone|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" hears|strong="H8085" what|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" say|strong="G3056" and|strong="G2532" does|strong="G4160" what|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" command|strong="H6680", will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" like|strong="G3666" a|strong="G2532" wise|strong="G5429" man|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3588" built|strong="G3618" his|strong="G1438" house|strong="G3614" on|strong="G1909" rock|strong="G4073". 
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\verseNumber{26}On|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" other|strong="G1438" hand|strong="H3027", anyone|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" hears|strong="H8085" what|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" say|strong="G3056" but|strong="G2532" does|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3361" obey|strong="G4160" what|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" say|strong="G3056" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" like|strong="G3666" a|strong="G2532" foolish|strong="G3474" man|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3588" built|strong="G3618" his|strong="G1438" house|strong="G3614" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" sand|strong="H2344". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G2532" crowds|strong="H1995" were|strong="G1510" amazed|strong="H8539" at|strong="G4350" Jesus|strong="G1565", because|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" taught|strong="H3925" with|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" own|strong="H1961" authority|strong="H3027". }
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\verseNumber{28}When|strong="G3753" Jesus|strong="G2424" finished|strong="G5055" saying|strong="G3056" all|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3778", the|strong="G2532" crowds|strong="G3793"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w been|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w listening|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w*} amazed|strong="G1605" at|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w new|strong="H2319"\+w*} teaching|strong="G1322" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2424" taught|strong="G1322" them|strong="G3588". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus healed a leper and made it possible for him to associate with people again. }
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\chapterNumber{8}When|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G3793" went|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" from|strong="G2597" the|strong="G1161" hillside|strong="H6763", large|strong="G4183" crowds|strong="G3793" followed|strong="H0310" him|strong="G3588". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2424" healed|strong="H7495" from|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" distance|strong="H7350" a|strong="G2532" Roman officer’s servant|strong="G3588" because|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" officer|strong="H5631" trusted|strong="H0982" in|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{6}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}, “Sir|strong="G2962", my|strong="G1722" servant|strong="G3816" is|strong="G3588" lying|strong="H8267" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w bed|strong="H4904"\+w*} at|strong="G1722" home|strong="G3614" and|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" paralyzed|strong="G3885", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" has|strong="G2962" severe|strong="H3515" pain|strong="H4341".” 
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\verseNumber{9}I|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w believe|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w*} because|strong="G1063", as|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1063" me|strong="G1473", I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2192" man|strong="G3778" under|strong="G5259" the|strong="G2532" authority|strong="G1849" of|strong="G5259" others|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" also|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2192" soldiers|strong="G4757" under|strong="G5259" my|strong="G1473" authority|strong="G1849". When|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" say|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" of|strong="G5259" them|strong="G3588" ‘Go|strong="G4198"!’ he|strong="G2532" goes|strong="G4198". When|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" say|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" another|strong="G3588" ‘Come|strong="G2064"!’ he|strong="G2532" comes|strong="G2064". When|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" say|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" my|strong="G1473" slave|strong="G1401", ‘Do|strong="G4160" this|strong="G3778"!’ he|strong="G2532" does|strong="G4160" it|strong="G2532". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w And|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w believe|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w speak|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w with|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w similar|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w kind|strong="H4327"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5259"\+w* \+w authority|strong="G1849"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{11}I|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" truly|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3754" many|strong="G4183" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="G1161"\+w* non-Jewish \+w people|strong="G2240"\+w*} who|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w believe|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* Roman \+w officer|strong="H5631"\+w*} will|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2240" from|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w distant|strong="H7350"\+w* \+w countries|strong="H0776"\+w*, \+w including|strong="G2532"\+w*} those|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w far|strong="G3588"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" east|strong="H6921" and|strong="G2532" far|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" west|strong="G1424" [SYN], and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" sit|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="G2532" eat|strong="H0398" with|strong="G3326" [MTY] Abraham|strong="H0085", Isaac|strong="G2464", and|strong="G2532" Jacob|strong="G2384" in|strong="G1722" heaven|strong="G3772", where|strong="G1722" God|strong="G3004" rules|strong="H4910". 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" officer|strong="H5631", “Go|strong="G5217" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w home|strong="H1004"\+w*}. What|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" believed|strong="G4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w would|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w happen|strong="G1096"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w would|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w heal|strong="G2390"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w servant|strong="G3816"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w distance|strong="H7350"\+w*}, will|strong="G2532" happen|strong="G1096".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w officer|strong="H5631"\+w* \+w went|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w home|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w found|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w out|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} his|strong="G1722" servant|strong="G3816" became|strong="G1096" well|strong="G2532" at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" exact|strong="H5065" time|strong="G5610" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w told|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w would|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w heal|strong="G2390"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2424" healed|strong="G2390" Peter’s mother-in-law|strong="H2545". }
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\verseNumber{14}When|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w some|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*} went|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" home|strong="G3614" of|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G4074", Jesus|strong="G2424" saw|strong="G3708" Peter’s|strong="G4074" mother-in-law|strong="G3994". She|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" lying|strong="H8267" on|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" bed|strong="H4904" because|strong="G2532" she|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2424" a|strong="G2532" fever|strong="G4445". 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="G2532" touched|strong="H5060" her|strong="G1438" hand|strong="G5495", and|strong="G2532" as|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" result|strong="H6903", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w immediately|strong="H6965"\+w*} she|strong="G2532" no|strong="G2532" longer|strong="H5750" had|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" fever|strong="G4446" [PRS]. Then|strong="G2532" she|strong="G2532" got|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453" and|strong="G2532" served|strong="G1247" them|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w food|strong="H3899"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" healed|strong="H7495" many|strong="H7227" sick|strong="H2470" people|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" expelled|strong="H3423" demons|strong="H7700" from|strong="G2532" other|strong="G1438" people|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{16}That|strong="G3588" evening|strong="G3798" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G1161"\+w*} ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Sabbath|strong="G3956"\+w*/\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w* \+w rest|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w day|strong="G3588"\+w*}► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ended|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w restrictions|strong="H1881"\+w* \+w about|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w traveling|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w ended|strong="G1096"\+w*}, many|strong="G4183" people|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" controlled|strong="H0662" by|strong="G2532" demons|strong="H7700" {whom|strong="G3588" demons|strong="H7700" controlled|strong="H0662"} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w sick|strong="G2560"\+w*} [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="G3588"\+w*} brought|strong="G4374" to|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532". He|strong="G2532" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="G2532" demons|strong="H7700" to|strong="G2532" leave|strong="G1544" just|strong="G2532" by|strong="G2532" speaking|strong="G3056" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" healed|strong="G2323" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" sick|strong="G2560". 
\verseNumber{17}By|strong="G1223" doing|strong="H6213" this|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" fulfilled|strong="G4137" the|strong="G2532" words|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" prophet|strong="G4396" Isaiah|strong="G2268" {that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" prophet|strong="G4396" Isaiah|strong="G2268" had|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004"} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*}: “He|strong="G2532" healed|strong="H7495" people|strong="G2983" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" sicknesses|strong="G3554" and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" cured|strong="H8585" them|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1223" their|strong="G2532" diseases|strong="G3554".” [DOU] 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" told|strong="G3004" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376" what|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" expect|strong="H6960" if|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" with|strong="G1223" Jesus|strong="G3004". He|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" another|strong="G3588" man|strong="H0376" to|strong="G2532" follow|strong="H0310" Jesus|strong="G3004" immediately|strong="H6965", not|strong="G1223" to|strong="G2532" wait|strong="H0693" until|strong="G2532" later|strong="H0310". }
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\verseNumber{18}Jesus|strong="G2424" saw|strong="G3708" the|strong="G1519" crowd|strong="G3793" around|strong="G4012" him|strong="G3588", but|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w needed|strong="H1767"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H5117"\+w*}. So|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" told|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w take|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w boat|strong="H0590"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" other|strong="G4008" side|strong="G4008" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* lake}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" amazed|strong="H8539" when|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" calmed|strong="H2814" a|strong="G2532" storm|strong="H2230" on|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" lake. }
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\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" got|strong="G1684" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" boat|strong="G4143". The|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" also|strong="G2532" got|strong="G1684" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1519"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} they|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w started|strong="H2490"\+w* \+w sailing|strong="G4143"\+w* \+w close|strong="H5980"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* shoreline \+w around|strong="H5439"\+w* Lake \+w Galilee|strong="H1551"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{24}Suddenly|strong="G2400" strong|strong="G3173" winds|strong="H7307" blew|strong="H8628" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" lake|strong="G2281", and|strong="G2532" very|strong="G2532" high|strong="G3173" waves|strong="G2949" were|strong="G3588" splashing into|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" boat|strong="G4143" and|strong="G2532" filling|strong="H4390" it|strong="G2532". But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" sleeping|strong="G2518". 
\verseNumber{25}They|strong="G2532" went|strong="G4334" and|strong="G2532" woke|strong="G1453" him|strong="G2532" up|strong="G1453", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w him|strong="G2532"\+w*}, “Sir|strong="G2962"/Lord|strong="G2962", rescue|strong="H5337" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*!} We|strong="G2532" are|strong="G2532" about|strong="G2962" to|strong="G2532" drown|strong="H7857"!” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" expelled|strong="H3423" some|strong="G3588" demons|strong="H7700" from|strong="G2532" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="G3778". }
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\verseNumber{29}Suddenly|strong="G2400" they|strong="G2532" shouted|strong="G2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*}, “You|strong="G4771" are|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="G2532"\+w*} you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2532" nothing|strong="G5101" in|strong="G2532" common|strong="H1121" with|strong="G2532" us|strong="G3004" [IDM, RHQ], \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leave|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w alone|strong="H0905"\+w*} Have|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" come|strong="G2064" here|strong="G5602" [RHQ] to|strong="G2532" torture us|strong="G3004" before|strong="G4253" the|strong="G2532" time|strong="G2540" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w appointed|strong="H4150"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*}?” 
\verseNumber{30}There|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" large|strong="G4183" herd|strong="H1241" of|strong="G1510" pigs|strong="G5519" not|strong="G1510" far|strong="G3112" away|strong="G3112", digging for|strong="G1161" food|strong="H3899" with|strong="G1161" their|strong="G1510" noses|strong="H0639". 
\verseNumber{31}So|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1519" demons|strong="G1142" begged|strong="G3870" Jesus|strong="G3004", saying|strong="G3004", “You|strong="G1487" are|strong="G3588" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="G1519" cast|strong="G1544" us|strong="G3004" out|strong="G1544" of|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1519" men|strong="G3588", so|strong="G1161" send|strong="G1544" us|strong="G3004" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" herd|strong="H1241" of|strong="G3588" pigs|strong="G5519"!” 
\verseNumber{32}Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}, “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w*}, go|strong="G5217"!” So|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" demons|strong="H7700" left|strong="G1831" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w men|strong="G3956"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" entered|strong="H0935" the|strong="G1722" pigs|strong="G5519". Suddenly|strong="G2400" the|strong="G1722" whole|strong="G3956" herd|strong="H1241" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w pigs|strong="G5519"\+w*} rushed|strong="G3729" down|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1722" steep|strong="G2911" bank|strong="G2911" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" lake|strong="G2281" and|strong="G2532" drowned|strong="H2883". 
\verseNumber{33}The|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" tending|strong="H7462" the|strong="G2532" pigs \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w became|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} ran|strong="G5343" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" town|strong="G4172" and|strong="G2532" reported|strong="H5046" everything|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w happened|strong="G3588"\+w*}, including|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" happened|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" controlled|strong="H0662" by|strong="G2532" demons|strong="H7700" {whom|strong="G3588" demons|strong="H7700" had|strong="G2532" controlled|strong="H0662"}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus showed that he had power to forgive sins as well as to heal a paralyzed man. }
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\chapterNumber{9}Jesus|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3588" got|strong="G1684" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" boat|strong="G4143". They|strong="G2532" skirted around|strong="H5439" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* lake} and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Capernaum, \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w city|strong="G4172"\+w* \+w where|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w living|strong="H2416"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{3}Some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" men|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3588" taught|strong="H3925" the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} laws|strong="H8451" said|strong="G3004" among|strong="G1722" themselves|strong="G1438", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w claims|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w can|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w forgive|strong="H5545"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w*! \+w That|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w means|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w claims|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w equal|strong="H8505"\+w* \+w with|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} He|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" insulting God|strong="G3004"!” 
\verseNumber{4}Jesus|strong="G2424" knew|strong="H3045" what|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" thinking|strong="G1760". So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “◄You|strong="G5210" should|strong="G3588" not|strong="G2532" think|strong="G1760" evil|strong="G4190" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w thoughts|strong="G1761"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w accusing|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w because|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w claim|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w am|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*}!/Why|strong="G2444" do|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" think|strong="G1760" evil|strong="G4190" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w thoughts|strong="G1761"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w saying|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w wrong|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w claim|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w am|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*}?► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{5}It|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="G1510"\+w*} be|strong="G1510" risky \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w man|strong="G5101"\+w*}, ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G2532"\+w*} forgive|strong="H5545" your|strong="G2532" sins’, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w no|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w could|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w whether|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w really|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w happened|strong="G3588"\+w*}. But|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w no|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w without|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w having|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w heal|strong="H7495"\+w*}, would|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}, ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Get|strong="G1453"\+w*} up|strong="G1453" and|strong="G2532" walk|strong="G4043"!’, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w could|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w easily|strong="H4592"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w whether|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w happened|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1510"\+w*!} [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w am|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w going|strong="G5217"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w do|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w*} in|strong="G1519" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" may|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} has|strong="G2192" authorized|strong="H5425" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*}, the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" came|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2532" heaven|strong="G2192", to|strong="G1519" forgive|strong="H5545" the|strong="G2532" sins|strong="H2403" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w while|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w am|strong="G2532"\+w*} on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G1093", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w well|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w heal|strong="H7495"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1492"\+w*}.” Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" paralyzed|strong="G3885" man|strong="G1519", “Get|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453", pick|strong="H5375" up|strong="G1453" your|strong="G2192" sleeping|strong="H3463" pad, and|strong="G2532" go|strong="G5217" home|strong="G3624"!” 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w immediately|strong="H6965"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G1519" got|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w picked|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w up|strong="G1453"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w sleeping|strong="H3463"\+w* pad}, and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" home|strong="G3624"! 
\verseNumber{8}When|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" crowds|strong="G3793" saw|strong="G3708" this|strong="G3588", they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" awestruck|strong="G5399". They|strong="G2532" praised|strong="G1392" God|strong="G2316" for|strong="G1161" giving|strong="G1325" authority|strong="G1849" to|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" human|strong="H0120" being|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w*} such|strong="G5108" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w things|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" invited|strong="H7121" Matthew to|strong="G2532" go|strong="G2532" with|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="G2532" Pharisees that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" needed|strong="H1767" to|strong="G2532" repent|strong="H5162". }
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\verseNumber{9}As|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G3588" going|strong="G2532" away|strong="G3855" from|strong="G2532" there|strong="G2532", he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" me|strong="G1473", a|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376" named|strong="G3004" Matthew|strong="G3156". I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G3588" sitting|strong="G2521" at|strong="G1909" a|strong="G2532" table|strong="H7979" where|strong="H0834" I|strong="G1473" collected|strong="H6908" taxes|strong="H4061" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* Roman \+w government|strong="H4951"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473", “Come|strong="G2532" with|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w disciple|strong="G3004"\+w*}!” So|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2424" with|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w invited|strong="H7121"\+w*} Jesus|strong="G2424" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G3101" to|strong="G2532" my|strong="G3708" home|strong="G3614" for|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1096" meal|strong="H7058". While|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="G2532"\+w*} were|strong="G3588" sitting|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" eating|strong="H0398" in|strong="G1722" my|strong="G3708" home|strong="G3614", many|strong="G4183" tax|strong="G5057" collectors|strong="G5057" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w people|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w*} {whom|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* Pharisees}} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w considered|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1096"\+w* habitual} sinners|strong="H2400" came|strong="G2064" unexpectedly|strong="H6597" to|strong="G2532" eat|strong="H0398" with|strong="G1722" us|strong="G1096". 
\verseNumber{11}When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Pharisees|strong="G5330" saw|strong="G3708" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w came|strong="G2532"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" us|strong="G3004" disciples|strong="G3101" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w disgusting|strong="H8441"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} your|strong="G1223" teacher|strong="G1320", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w claims|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w righteous|strong="H6662"\+w*}, eats|strong="G2068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w associates|strong="H4962"\+w*} with|strong="G3326" tax|strong="G5057" collectors|strong="G5057" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="G3588"\+w*} sinners|strong="H2400"!/Why|strong="G5101" is|strong="G3588" it|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" your|strong="G1223" teacher|strong="G1320", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w claims|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w righteous|strong="H6662"\+w*}, eats|strong="G2068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w associates|strong="H4962"\+w*} with|strong="G3326" tax|strong="G5057" collectors|strong="G5057" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="G3588"\+w*} sinners|strong="H2400"?►” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{12}Jesus|strong="G3004" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w*}, so|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" told|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w parable|strong="H4912"\+w*}: “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w*} people|strong="G2560" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" sick|strong="G2560" who|strong="G3588" need|strong="G5532" a|strong="G2192" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w doctor|strong="H2280"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"], not|strong="G3756" people|strong="G2560" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" well|strong="G3756".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w What|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w meant|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w by|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="G2560"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w knew|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w sinners|strong="H2400"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w coming|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w in|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w be|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w helped|strong="H5826"\+w* spiritually}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1510" illustrated why|strong="G5101" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" appropriate|strong="H5869" for|strong="G1063" his|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G1510" to|strong="G2532" fast|strong="H6685", and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G2532" living|strong="H2416" according|strong="G3756" to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" new|strong="H2319" message|strong="H1697" was|strong="G1510" better|strong="H2896" than|strong="G2532" following|strong="G4198" the|strong="G2532" old|strong="G2532" traditions like|strong="G2309" fasting|strong="H6685". }
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\verseNumber{14}Later|strong="H0310", the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" of|strong="G1223" John|strong="G2491" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* Baptizer} came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" and|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “We|strong="G2249" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc)} and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Pharisees|strong="G5330" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w often|strong="G4183"\+w*} abstain|strong="H5144" from|strong="G2532" food|strong="H3899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="G2249"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w please|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*}, but|strong="G1161" your|strong="G1223" disciples|strong="G3101" do|strong="G5101" not|strong="G3756" do|strong="G5101" that|strong="G3588". Why|strong="G5101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w*}?” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" healed|strong="H7495" a|strong="G2532" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" constant|strong="H2956" hemorrhaging. He|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" caused|strong="H5414" a|strong="G2532" young|strong="G3501" girl|strong="H5291" to|strong="G1519" become|strong="G1161" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="G1519". }
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\verseNumber{19}So|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" got|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="G2532"\+w*} disciples|strong="G3101" went|strong="G2424" with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376". 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" turned|strong="G4762" around|strong="H5439" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w see|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w touched|strong="H5060"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}. And|strong="G2532" when|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" the|strong="G2532" woman|strong="G1135", he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" her|strong="G1438", “Be|strong="G2532" encouraged|strong="H2388", dear|strong="H3357" woman|strong="G1135". Because|strong="G1161" you|strong="G4771" believed|strong="G3588" [PRS] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w could|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w heal|strong="H7495"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*, \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w*} have|strong="G2532" healed|strong="G4982" you|strong="G4771".” The|strong="G2532" woman|strong="G1135" was|strong="G3588" healed|strong="G4982" at|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3588" very|strong="G2532" moment|strong="G5610". 
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\verseNumber{25}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G1525" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" get|strong="G1453" out|strong="G1544" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" house|strong="H1004". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1525" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w room|strong="H2315"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w girl|strong="G2877"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w lying|strong="H8267"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2902" hold|strong="G2902" of|strong="G2532" her|strong="G3588" hand|strong="G5495" and|strong="G2532" she|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w became|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w alive|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w again|strong="G1453"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} got|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453". 
\verseNumber{26}And|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} whole|strong="G3650" region|strong="G1093" heard|strong="H8085" [PRS] about|strong="G1519" it|strong="G2532". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1565" healed|strong="H7495" two|strong="H8147" blind|strong="H5787" men|strong="G3778". }
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\verseNumber{27}As|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" went|strong="G2424" away|strong="G3855" from|strong="G2532" there|strong="G2532", two|strong="G1417" blind|strong="G5185" men|strong="G5185" followed|strong="H0310" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" shouted|strong="G2896", “Have|strong="G2532" mercy|strong="G1653" on|strong="G1653" us|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w heal|strong="H7495"\+w* \+w our|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w eyes|strong="H5869"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*}, the|strong="G2532" Descendant|strong="H2233" of|strong="G5207" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="G3588"\+w*} David|strong="G1138"!” 
\verseNumber{28}Jesus|strong="G2424" went|strong="G2064" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" house|strong="G3614", where|strong="G1519" he|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w staying|strong="H3427"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" blind|strong="G5185" men|strong="G3778" went|strong="G2064" in|strong="G1519", too|strong="G2532". Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588", “Do|strong="G4160" you|strong="G3754" believe|strong="G4100" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G2532" able|strong="G1410" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w heal|strong="H7495"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w eyes|strong="H5869"\+w*}?” They|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", “Yes|strong="G3483", Lord|strong="G2962"!” 
\verseNumber{29}Then|strong="G5119" he|strong="G3588" touched|strong="G5119" their|strong="G2596" eyes|strong="G3788" and|strong="G4102" he|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}, “Because|strong="G2596" you|strong="G5210" believe|strong="G4102" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w can|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w heal|strong="H7495"\+w* \+w your|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w eyes|strong="G3788"\+w*}, I|strong="G3004" am|strong="G1096" healing|strong="H4832" them|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w right|strong="H3225"\+w* \+w now|strong="G1096"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{30}And|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" [IDM]! Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" told|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588" sternly|strong="G1690", “Be|strong="G2532" sure|strong="G1097" [IDM] that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3004" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3367" tell|strong="G3004" anybody \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w for|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{31}But|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" went|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" and|strong="G1161" reported|strong="G1310" it|strong="G1161" throughout|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" whole|strong="G3650" region|strong="G1093". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1565" expelled|strong="H3423" a|strong="G1722" demon, but|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" Pharisees accused|strong="H7170" him|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1093" doing|strong="H6213" such|strong="G1161" things|strong="G3588" by|strong="G1722" Satan’s power|strong="H3027". }
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\verseNumber{32}When|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w we|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="H3928"\+w* } left|strong="G1831" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*}, some|strong="H4480" people|strong="G4374" brought|strong="G4374" to|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G1831" a|strong="G3708" man|strong="G2974" who|strong="G2974" was|strong="G1161" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="G1161" speak|strong="G1161" because|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1161" controlled|strong="H0662" by|strong="G3708" a|strong="G3708" demon {a|strong="G3708" demon controlled|strong="H0662" him|strong="G3708"}. 
\verseNumber{33}After|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" had|strong="G2532" expelled|strong="G1544" the|strong="G1722" demon|strong="G1140", the|strong="G1722" man|strong="G2974" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G2980" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G2980"! The|strong="G1722" crowd|strong="G3793" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w*} marveled|strong="G2296". They|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Never|strong="G3763" before|strong="G1722" have|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w seen|strong="G5316"\+w*} anything|strong="H3605" as|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w marvelous|strong="H6381"\+w*} as|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3588" happen|strong="H1961" in|strong="G1722" Israel|strong="G2474"!” 
\verseNumber{34}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" Pharisees|strong="G5330" said|strong="G3004", “It|strong="G1161" is|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Satan|strong="H7854"\+w*}, who|strong="G3588" rules|strong="H4910" the|strong="G1722" demons|strong="G1140", who|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{enables \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w man|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w*} expel|strong="H1644" demons|strong="G1140" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" told|strong="G3004" his|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G3588" to|strong="G3004" pray|strong="H6419" that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G3004" would|strong="G1722" send|strong="G1544" more|strong="G1161" workers|strong="H6466" to|strong="G3004" tell|strong="G3004" his|strong="G1722" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="G3004" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="G3004" respond|strong="H6030". }
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\verseNumber{35}Then|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="G2532"\+w*} went|strong="G2424" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G1722"\+w*} Jesus|strong="G2424" through|strong="G1722" many|strong="G1722" of|strong="G2532" [HYP] the|strong="G1722" cities|strong="G4172" and|strong="G2532" towns|strong="G4172" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Galilee|strong="H1551"\+w* \+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*. \+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w teaching|strong="G1321"\+w* ◄\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w synagogues|strong="G4864"\+w*/\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w* \+w meeting|strong="H4150"\+w* \+w places|strong="H1116"\+w*►}, and|strong="G2532" preaching|strong="G2784" the|strong="G1722" good|strong="G3956" message|strong="H1697" about|strong="G1722" how|strong="G1722" God|strong="G2532" rules|strong="H4910" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w over|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w people’s|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" healing|strong="G2323" the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2424"\+w*} various|strong="H2921" diseases|strong="G3554" and|strong="G2532" illnesses|strong="G3554". 
\verseNumber{36}When|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793" of|strong="G4012" people|strong="G3793", he|strong="G2532" pitied|strong="H2550" them|strong="G3588" because|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" harassed|strong="H7852" and|strong="G2532" dejected|strong="H2196". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G1510"\+w*} like|strong="G5616" sheep|strong="G4263" that|strong="G3754" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" have|strong="G2192" a|strong="G2192" shepherd|strong="G4166" [SIM]. 
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\verseNumber{38}So|strong="G3767" pray|strong="G1189" and|strong="G2962" ask|strong="G1189" the|strong="G1519" Lord|strong="G2962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2962"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" send|strong="G1544" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w more|strong="H3254"\+w*} workers|strong="G2040" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w gather|strong="H6908"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w together|strong="H3162"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w teach|strong="H3925"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*, \+w just|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1519"\+w* landowner \+w sends|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w workers|strong="G2040"\+w*} into|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w field|strong="H7704"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w gather|strong="H6908"\+w*} the|strong="G1519" [MET|strong="H6298"] harvest|strong="G2326".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus selected twelve apostles and instructed them before sending them out to various places. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus rebuked|strong="H1605" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="G2192" believe|strong="H0539" both|strong="G3588" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G3588" John the|strong="G3588" Baptizer. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" explained|strong="H0560" why|strong="G2400" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2068" of|strong="G5207" Corazin, Bethsaida, and|strong="G2532" Capernaum would|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" punished|strong="H6485" more|strong="G2532" severely|strong="H5953" than|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2068" of|strong="G5207" Tyre|strong="H6865", Sidon|strong="H6721", and|strong="G2532" Sodom|strong="H5467". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus showed the religious leaders that the Scriptures indicated that God permitted some people to disobey religious laws when they needed food. He also showed them that he had the authority from God to tell people what was right to do on the Sabbath. }
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\verseNumber{21}As|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" result|strong="H6903", the|strong="G2532" non-Jews will|strong="G2532" confidently|strong="H2388" expect|strong="G1679" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w great|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w for|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" refuted|strong="H3198" the|strong="G2532" argument|strong="H3198" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" expelling demons|strong="H7700" by|strong="G2532" Satan’s power|strong="H3027", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" warned|strong="H2094" that|strong="G3588" making|strong="G2532" such|strong="G3588" statements|strong="H1696" is|strong="G3588" an|strong="G2532" unforgivable sin|strong="H2403" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="H6944" Spirit|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{22}One|strong="G3588" day|strong="G3588" when|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" at|strong="G3588" home|strong="H1004", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w men|strong="G5185"\+w*} brought|strong="G4374" to|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*} a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5185" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w being|strong="G2532"\+w*} controlled|strong="H0662" by|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" demon {a|strong="G2532" demon controlled|strong="H0662" him|strong="G3588"}, was|strong="G3588" blind|strong="G5185" and|strong="G2532" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G2980". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*} healed|strong="G2323" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="G2532"\+w* expelling \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* demon}. As|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" result|strong="G5620", the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5185" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w began|strong="G5119"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} talk|strong="G2980" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} see|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{23}All|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*} marveled. They|strong="G2532" began|strong="H2490" asking|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w each|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w other|strong="G3588"\+w*}, “Could|strong="G3588" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" be|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*, \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w*} descendant|strong="H2233" of|strong="G5207" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="G3588"\+w*} David|strong="G1138", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whom|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w been|strong="G1510"\+w* expecting}?” 
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\verseNumber{46}While|strong="G2980" Jesus|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" still|strong="G2089" speaking|strong="G2980" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" crowds|strong="G3793", his|strong="G3708" mother|strong="G3384" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3708" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w arrived|strong="H0935"\+w*}. They|strong="G2532" stood|strong="G2476" outside|strong="G1854" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*}, wanting|strong="H6485" to|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G2980" with|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus taught a parable about different kinds of soil. }
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These|strong="G3778" people|strong="G2992" have|strong="G2532" become|strong="G3975" unresponsive [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w see|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w hear|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w say|strong="G2532"\+w*}. They|strong="G2532" listen|strong="H8085" unwillingly [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w say|strong="G2532"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3379" pay|strong="H7999" attention|strong="H7181" to|strong="G2532" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w*}. If|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3379" so|strong="G2532", they|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" perceive|strong="G3708" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w am|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w*}, they|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" understand|strong="G4920" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w say|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" turn|strong="G1994" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w away|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w their|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w sinful|strong="H2400"\+w* \+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" turn|strong="G1994" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3708"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" save|strong="H3467" them|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w being|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w their|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w*} [MET|strong="G3708"]. 
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\verseNumber{16}But|strong="G1161" as|strong="G1161" for|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210", God|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" because|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" [SYN] have|strong="G2532" seen|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" because|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" [SYN] understand|strong="H0995" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w say|strong="G2532"\+w*} [DOU]. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" explained|strong="H0560" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G2532" parable|strong="H4912" about|strong="G3754" the|strong="G2532" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="G2532" soil|strong="H0127" illustrates four|strong="H0702" different|strong="H8133" ways|strong="H1870" people|strong="G3004" respond|strong="H6030" to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3708" teaching|strong="H8451". }
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\verseNumber{18}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Since|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w*} you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w understand|strong="H0995"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w am|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w teaching|strong="H8451"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*}, listen|strong="H8085" as|strong="G3767" I|strong="G3767" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w explain|strong="H5046"\+w*} the|strong="G3588" parable|strong="G3850" about|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="G3588" sowed|strong="G4687" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w seeds|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w in|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w various|strong="H2921"\+w* \+w kinds|strong="H2178"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w soil|strong="H0127"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1510" told|strong="H5046" a|strong="G2532" parable|strong="H4912" about|strong="G1909" wheat|strong="H2406" and|strong="G2532" weeds|strong="H5488". }
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\verseNumber{24}Jesus|strong="G3004" also|strong="H1571" told|strong="G3004" the|strong="G1722" crowd|strong="H1995" another|strong="G3588" parable|strong="G3850", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w which|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w tried|strong="H6884"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w explain|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w although|strong="H3588"\+w*} God|strong="G3004" [MTY/EUP] is|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1722" king|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w immediately|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w judge|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w and|strong="G3772"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w all|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w wicked|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w*}. Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} is|strong="G3588" like|strong="G3666" a|strong="G1722" landowner \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w sent|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w servants|strong="H5650"\+w*} to|strong="G3004" sow|strong="G4687" good|strong="G2570" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wheat|strong="H2406"\+w*} seed|strong="G4690" in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1722" field|strong="H7704". 
\verseNumber{25}While|strong="G1722" those|strong="G3588" servants|strong="H5650" were|strong="G3588" sleeping|strong="G2518" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w watching|strong="H8245"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w field|strong="H7704"\+w*}, an|strong="G2532" enemy|strong="G2190" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" landowner came|strong="G2064" and|strong="G2532" scattered|strong="G3588" weed \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w seeds|strong="H2233"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" midst|strong="G3319" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" wheat|strong="G4621". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" left|strong="H7604". 
\verseNumber{26}After|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w seeds|strong="H2233"\+w*} sprouted|strong="H6779" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" green|strong="H7488" plants|strong="H6212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w grew|strong="H1431"\+w*}, the|strong="G2532" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="G2532" grain|strong="G2590" began|strong="G5119" to|strong="G2532" form|strong="H8389". But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" weeds|strong="G2215" also|strong="G2532" grew|strong="H1431". 
\verseNumber{27}So|strong="G3767" the|strong="G1722" servants|strong="G1401" of|strong="G2962" the|strong="G1722" landowner|strong="G3617" came|strong="G4334" and|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", ‘Sir|strong="G2962", you|strong="G1722" [RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gave|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w good|strong="G2570"\+w* \+w seeds|strong="G4690"\+w* \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w ones|strong="H2945"\+w* \+w we|strong="G1161"\+w*} [RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w planted|strong="H5193"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" your|strong="G4674" field|strong="H7704". So|strong="G3767" where|strong="G4159" did|strong="G3767" the|strong="G1722" weeds|strong="G2215" come|strong="G4334" from|strong="G3588"?’ 
\verseNumber{28}The|strong="G1161" landowner said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w My|strong="G4160"\+w*} enemy|strong="G2190" did|strong="G4160" this|strong="G3778".’ His|strong="G4160" servants|strong="G1401" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", ‘So|strong="G3767", do|strong="G4160" you|strong="G3004" want|strong="G2309" us|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" pull|strong="H2040" up|strong="G4816" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w weeds|strong="H5488"\+w* \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w*} put|strong="G4160" them|strong="G3588" in|strong="G3004" a|strong="G4160" pile|strong="H1530"?’ 
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\verseNumber{30}Let|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" wheat|strong="G4621" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" weeds|strong="G2215" grow|strong="G4885" together|strong="G4863" until|strong="G3360" harvest|strong="G2326" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w time|strong="G2540"\+w*}.’ At|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2540" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" reapers|strong="G2327", ‘First|strong="G4413" gather|strong="G4863" the|strong="G1722" weeds|strong="G2215", tie|strong="G1210" them|strong="G3588" into|strong="G1519" bundles|strong="G1197" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G2532" burned|strong="G2618". Then|strong="G2532" gather|strong="G4863" the|strong="G1722" wheat|strong="G4621" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w put|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*} into|strong="G1519" my|strong="G1722" barns|strong="H0618".’” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" illustrated the|strong="G1722" effects of|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2046" letting|strong="H7971" God|strong="G3004" rule|strong="H4910" their|strong="G2532" lives|strong="H5315". }
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\verseNumber{31}Jesus|strong="G3004" also|strong="H1571" told|strong="G3004" this|strong="G3588" parable|strong="G3850": “The|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w number|strong="H4557"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1722"\+w*} (OR|strong="G3739", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w influence|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1722"\+w*}) \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w whose|strong="G3739"\+w*} lives|strong="H5315" God|strong="G3004" rules|strong="H4910" over|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w continue|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w grow|strong="H6779"\+w*. \+w It|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w very|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w much|strong="H7227"\+w*} like|strong="G3664" mustard|strong="G4615" seeds|strong="H2233" grow|strong="H6779" after|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1722" man|strong="G3739" plants|strong="H6212" them|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1722" field|strong="H7704". 
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\verseNumber{33}Jesus|strong="G1510" also|strong="G1135" told|strong="G2980" this|strong="G3588" parable|strong="G3850": “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w way|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w let|strong="G1510"\+w*} God|strong="G2980" [MTY/EUP] rule|strong="H4910" their|strong="G1519" lives|strong="H5315" [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w can|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w influence|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w world|strong="G3650"\+w*} is|strong="G1510" like|strong="G3664" yeast|strong="G2219" that|strong="G3739" a|strong="G1519" woman|strong="G1135" mixed|strong="H1101" with|strong="G2980" about|strong="G1519" 50 pounds|strong="H1993" of|strong="G3588" flour|strong="H5560". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w small|strong="H6996"\+w* \+w amount|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w yeast|strong="G2219"\+w* \+w made|strong="G1519"\+w*} the|strong="G1519" whole|strong="G3650" batch of|strong="G3588" dough|strong="H1217" swell|strong="H6638" up|strong="G1519".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus’ use|strong="G3588" of|strong="G3588" parables|strong="G3850" fulfilled|strong="H4390" a|strong="G1519" prophecy|strong="H5016" in|strong="G1519" Scripture|strong="H3791". }
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\verseNumber{34}Jesus|strong="G2424" told|strong="G2980" the|strong="G1722" crowd|strong="G3793" parables|strong="G3850" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w teach|strong="H3925"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*} all|strong="G3956" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3956". When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" spoke|strong="G2980" [HYP] to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" habitually used|strong="H6213" such|strong="G3778" illustrations. 
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I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G1473" speak|strong="G3004" [MTY] in|strong="G1722" parables|strong="G3850"; I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G1473" tell|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w parables|strong="G3850"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w teach|strong="H3925"\+w*} what|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1473" kept|strong="H8104" secret|strong="G2928" since|strong="G1223" I|strong="G1473" created|strong="H1254" the|strong="G1722" world|strong="H8398". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" explained|strong="H0560" the|strong="G1722" parable|strong="G3850" about|strong="G1722" wheat|strong="H2406" and|strong="G4396" weeds|strong="H5488". The|strong="G1722" wheat|strong="H2406" represents those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" obey|strong="H8085" God|strong="G3004", and|strong="G4396" the|strong="G1722" weeds|strong="H5488" represents those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" disobey|strong="H0854" God|strong="G3004". The|strong="G1722" reaping|strong="H7114" represents judgment|strong="H4941". }
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\verseNumber{36}After|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" dismissed|strong="H7971" the|strong="G2532" crowds|strong="G3793", he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" inside|strong="H8432". Then|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="G2249"\+w*} disciples|strong="G3101" approached|strong="G4334" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Explain|strong="G1285" to|strong="G1519" us|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" parable|strong="G3850" about|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" weeds|strong="G2215" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w grew|strong="G2064"\+w*} in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wheat|strong="H2406"\+w*} field|strong="H7704".” 
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\verseNumber{39}The|strong="G1161" enemy|strong="G2190" who|strong="G3588" sowed|strong="G4687" the|strong="G1161" weed seeds|strong="H2233" represents|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1161" devil|strong="G1228". The|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w time|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w when|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w reapers|strong="G2327"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w*} harvest|strong="G2326" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w grain|strong="H1715"\+w*} represents|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1161" time|strong="H6256" when|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" world|strong="H8398" will|strong="G1510" end|strong="G4930". The|strong="G1161" reapers|strong="G2327" represent|strong="H7969" the|strong="G1161" angels|strong="H4397". 
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\verseNumber{41}I|strong="G2532", the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" came|strong="G2532" from|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="H8064", will|strong="G2532" send|strong="H7971" my|strong="G3956" angels|strong="H4397", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" gather|strong="G4816" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w everywhere|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3956"\+w*} who|strong="G3588" cause|strong="G4160" others|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" quit|strong="H5355" believing in|strong="G2532" me|strong="G4160" [MET|strong="H6298"] and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" disobey|strong="H0854" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w*} commands|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{42}They|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" throw|strong="H7993" those|strong="G3588" people|strong="G1510" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" fires|strong="H0784" of|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w hell|strong="H7585"\+w*}. There|strong="G1563" those|strong="G3588" people|strong="G1510" will|strong="G1510" weep|strong="G2805" and|strong="G2532" grind|strong="H2912" their|strong="G1438" teeth|strong="G3599" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w great|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w pain|strong="H4341"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w suffering|strong="G1510"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus illustrated the|strong="G1722" value|strong="H6186" of|strong="G3962" letting|strong="H7971" God|strong="G3588" rule|strong="H4910" our|strong="G1722" lives|strong="H5315". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1510" illustrated the|strong="G2532" value|strong="H6186" of|strong="G2532" understanding|strong="H8394" his|strong="G1438" parables|strong="H4912". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G1510" do|strong="G2532" many|strong="H7227" miracles|strong="H6381" in|strong="G2532" Nazareth because|strong="G1223" people|strong="G3956" there|strong="G2532" rejected|strong="H3988" him|strong="G3588" as|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" Messiah|strong="H4899". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Herod had John the Baptizer imprisoned and then killed because John criticized Herod for marrying his brother’s wife. }
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\chapterNumber{14}During|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2540" Herod|strong="G2264" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Antipas}, the|strong="G1722" ruler|strong="H4910", heard|strong="H8085" reports|strong="H1697" about|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G2424" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w performing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w miracles|strong="H6381"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="G2532" king|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" distressed|strong="G3076" because|strong="G1223" he|strong="G2532" now|strong="G2532" knew|strong="H3045" he|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3588" not|strong="G1223" have|strong="G2532" made|strong="G3076" that|strong="G3588" promise|strong="H1697" to|strong="G2532" her|strong="G1325". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="G2532"\+w*} because|strong="G1223" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" made|strong="G3076" an|strong="G2532" oath|strong="G3727" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w front|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1223"\+w*} his|strong="G1223" guests|strong="G4873" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w made|strong="G3076"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w promise|strong="H1697"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w*} them|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H1696"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" commanded|strong="G2753" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w girl|strong="H5291"\+w*} be|strong="G2532" given|strong="G1325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w she|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w requested|strong="H7592"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{10}He|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G3992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* executioner \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w go|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} the|strong="G1722" prison|strong="G5438" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" cut|strong="G2532" off|strong="H3772" John’s|strong="G2491" head|strong="H7218". 
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\verseNumber{13}After|strong="G2596" Jesus|strong="G2424" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w just|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w us|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*} with|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2424" by|strong="G1722" boat|strong="G4143" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Galilee|strong="H1551"\+w* Lake \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w an|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w uninhabited|strong="H0369"\+w* \+w place|strong="G5117"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2424" miraculously fed|strong="H7462" more|strong="G2532" than|strong="G2532" 5,000 people|strong="G3793". }
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\verseNumber{14}When|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G1831" came|strong="G1831" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w shore|strong="H8193"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" a|strong="G2532" large|strong="G4183" crowd|strong="G3793" of|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3793" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w gathered|strong="H6960"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w waiting|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" felt|strong="G4697" sorry|strong="H5162" for|strong="G1909" them|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" healed|strong="G2323" those|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w among|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w*} sick|strong="H2470". 
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\verseNumber{15}When|strong="G1161" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w nearly|strong="G2235"\+w*} evening|strong="G3798", we|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “This|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1096" place|strong="G5117" where|strong="G5117" nobody|strong="H3320" lives|strong="H5315", and|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" very|strong="G2532" late|strong="G3928". Dismiss|strong="H6362" the|strong="G2532" crowds|strong="G3793" so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G2532" can|strong="G3004" go|strong="G3928" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w nearby|strong="H7138"\+w*} towns|strong="G2968". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w so|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w can|strong="G3004"\+w*} buy|strong="H7069" food|strong="G1033" for|strong="G1519" themselves|strong="G1438".” 
\verseNumber{16}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" us|strong="G1325", “They|strong="G1161" do|strong="G3004" not|strong="G3756" need|strong="G5532" to|strong="G3004" leave|strong="G1325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w get|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w food|strong="G5315"\+w*. \+w Instead|strong="G1161"\+w*}, you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w yourselves|strong="G4771"\+w*} give|strong="G1325" them|strong="G3588" something|strong="H1697" to|strong="G3004" eat|strong="G2068"!” 
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\verseNumber{18}He|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*}, “Bring|strong="G5342" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G3004" me|strong="G1473"!” 
\verseNumber{19}He|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3793" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w gathered|strong="H6960"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" sit|strong="H3427" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" grass|strong="G5528". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2983" the|strong="G2532" five|strong="G4002" flat|strong="H8478" loaves|strong="H3899" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" two|strong="G1417" fish|strong="G2486". He|strong="G2532" looked|strong="G2532" up|strong="G1519" toward|strong="G1519" heaven|strong="G3772", thanked|strong="H1288" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" broke|strong="G2806" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w pieces|strong="H5409"\+w*}. Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G1325" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" us|strong="G1325" disciples|strong="G3101", and|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" distributed|strong="H2505" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793". 
\verseNumber{20}All|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w crowd|strong="H1995"\+w*} ate|strong="G2068" until|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" enough|strong="G4052" to|strong="G2532" eat|strong="G2068". Then|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*} gathered|strong="H6960" the|strong="G2532" pieces|strong="G2801" that|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" left|strong="G4052" over|strong="G4052", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w we|strong="G2532"\+w*} filled|strong="G5526" twelve|strong="G1427" baskets|strong="G2894" with|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{21}Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" ate|strong="G2068" were|strong="G1510" about|strong="G5616" 5,000 men|strong="G3588". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w*} not|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w count|strong="H5608"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w*} women|strong="G1135" and|strong="G2532" children|strong="G3813"! 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1510" walked|strong="H1980" on|strong="G1161" Galilee|strong="H1551" lake, and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G2532" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" same|strong="G2532". }
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\verseNumber{22}Right|strong="G1519" after|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" happened|strong="G3588", Jesus|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" us|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3101" to|strong="G1519" get|strong="G1684" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" boat|strong="G4143" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G4254" ahead|strong="G4254" of|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" further|strong="H5750" around|strong="H5439" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* lake} while|strong="G2193" he|strong="G2532" dismissed|strong="H7971" the|strong="G2532" crowds|strong="G3793". 
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\verseNumber{24}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w By|strong="G5259"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w time|strong="G2235"\+w*} we|strong="G1063" were|strong="G1510" already|strong="G2235" many|strong="G4183" hundred|strong="H3967" meters from|strong="G5259" the|strong="G1161" shore|strong="G1093". The|strong="G1161" boat|strong="G4143" was|strong="G1510" being|strong="G1510" severely|strong="G4183" tossed|strong="H1644" around|strong="H5439" by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G1161" waves|strong="G2949" {The|strong="G1161" waves|strong="G2949" were|strong="G1510" severely|strong="G4183" tossing|strong="H5076" the|strong="G1161" boat|strong="G4143"} because|strong="G1063" the|strong="G1161" wind|strong="H7307" was|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w blowing|strong="H8628"\+w*} against|strong="G1727" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="G1161"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{26}When|strong="G1161" we|strong="G3754" disciples|strong="G3101" saw|strong="G3708" someone|strong="H0376" walking|strong="G4043" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" water|strong="H4325", we|strong="G3754" thought|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w must|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w seeing|strong="G3708"\+w*} a|strong="G2532" ghost|strong="G5326". We|strong="G3754" were|strong="G1510" terrified|strong="G5015", and|strong="G2532" we|strong="G3754" screamed|strong="H7121" out|strong="G2896" because|strong="G3754" we|strong="G3754" were|strong="G1510" afraid|strong="H3372". 
\verseNumber{27}Immediately|strong="G2112" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004", “Cheer|strong="H2895" up|strong="G3361"! It|strong="G1161" is|strong="G1510" I|strong="G1473". Do|strong="G3004" not|strong="G3361" be|strong="G1510" afraid|strong="G5399"!” 
\verseNumber{28}Peter|strong="G4074" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", “Lord|strong="G2962", if|strong="G1487" it|strong="G1161" is|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771", tell|strong="G3004" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G4314" walk|strong="H1980" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1161" water|strong="G5204" to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G4771"!” 
\verseNumber{29}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004", “Come|strong="G2064"!” So|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G4074" got|strong="G2597" out|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" boat|strong="G4143" and|strong="G2532" walked|strong="G4043" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" water|strong="G5204" toward|strong="G4314" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
\verseNumber{30}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G2532" looked|strong="G2532" at|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tossing|strong="H5076"\+w* \+w waves|strong="H1530"\+w* \+w which|strong="G3588"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" strong|strong="G2478" wind|strong="H7307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w caused|strong="H5414"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" became|strong="G3588" afraid|strong="G5399". He|strong="G2532" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G2532" sink|strong="G2670", and|strong="G2532" cried|strong="G2896" out|strong="G2896", “Lord|strong="G2962", save|strong="G4982" me|strong="G1473"!” 
\verseNumber{31}Immediately|strong="G2112" Jesus|strong="G2424" stretched|strong="G1614" out|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1519" hand|strong="G5495" and|strong="G2532" grabbed|strong="H2388" him|strong="G3588". He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" Peter|strong="G2532", “You|strong="G3004" only|strong="G2532" trust|strong="H0982" a|strong="G2532" little|strong="G3640" bit|strong="H5391" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w power|strong="G5495"\+w*} ◄Why|strong="G5101" did|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3004" doubt|strong="G1365" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w could|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w keep|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* sinking}?/You|strong="G3004" should|strong="G3588" not|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" doubted|strong="G1365" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w could|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w keep|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* sinking}!► [RHQ]” 
\verseNumber{32}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G2532" got|strong="H6965" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" boat|strong="G4143", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" wind|strong="H7307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w immediately|strong="H6965"\+w*} stopped|strong="G2869" blowing|strong="H8628". 
\verseNumber{33}All|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G1510"\+w*} who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" boat|strong="G4143" worshipped|strong="G4352" Jesus|strong="G3004" and|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “Truly|strong="G1722" you|strong="G1722" are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1722" ◄Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207"/man|strong="G5207" wo is|strong="G1510" also|strong="G1161"► God|strong="G2316"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" healed|strong="H7495" many|strong="G1722" sick|strong="H2470" people|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Gennesaret region|strong="H2256". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus rebuked the religious leaders for ignoring God’s commands in order to uphold their own religious traditions. }
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\chapterNumber{15}Then|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3588"\+w*} Pharisees|strong="G5330" and|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" taught|strong="H3925" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} laws|strong="H8451" came|strong="G4334" from|strong="G2532" Jerusalem|strong="G2414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} Jesus|strong="G2424". They|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", 
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\verseNumber{3}Jesus|strong="G3004" answered|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", “◄What|strong="G5101" is|strong="G3588" really|strong="H2088" disgusting|strong="H8441" is|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleBD{\+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*} refuse|strong="H3985" to|strong="G2532" obey|strong="H8085" God’s|strong="G2316" commands|strong="G1785" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w just|strong="G2532"\+w*} so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" can|strong="G3004" follow|strong="G1161" what|strong="G5101" your|strong="G1223" ancestors|strong="H0001" taught|strong="H3925" you|strong="G5210"!/Why|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G5210" refuse|strong="H3985" to|strong="G2532" obey|strong="H8085" what|strong="G5101" God|strong="G2316" commanded|strong="G1785" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G5101"\+w*, \+w just|strong="G2532"\+w*} so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" can|strong="G3004" follow|strong="G1161" your|strong="G1223" own|strong="H1961" traditions|strong="G3862"?► [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{9}It|strong="G1161" is|strong="H0369" useless|strong="H1892" for|strong="G1161" them|strong="G1321" to|strong="G1161" worship|strong="G4576" me|strong="G1473", because|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" teach|strong="G1321" what|strong="G1161" people|strong="H5971" thought|strong="H0559" up|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w if|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w myself|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w had|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w it|strong="G1161"\+w*}.’” 

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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="G2532"\+w*} summoned|strong="G4341" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793" to|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w nearer|strong="H7138"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w am|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w about|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w try|strong="H0974"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} understand|strong="G4920" it|strong="G2532". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1525" explained|strong="H0560" that|strong="G3588" people’s|strong="H5971" inner|strong="H6442" thoughts|strong="H4284" are|strong="G3588" what|strong="G3588" make|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="G1519" God|strong="G1519". }
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\verseNumber{12}Later|strong="H0310" we|strong="G3754" disciples|strong="G3101" went|strong="G4334" to|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G3004" and|strong="G4334" said|strong="G3004", “Do|strong="G1492" you|strong="G3754" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G3588" Pharisees|strong="G5330" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3754" said|strong="G3004", and|strong="G4334" as|strong="G3004" a|strong="G1492" result|strong="H6903" they|strong="G3588" felt|strong="H4959" offended|strong="G4624" [RHQ]?” 
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\verseNumber{20}It|strong="G1161" is|strong="G1510" these|strong="G3778" actions|strong="H5949" that|strong="G3588" cause|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w consider|strong="G2840"\+w*} people|strong="G2068" to|strong="G3756" be|strong="G1510" unacceptable|strong="H4284" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}. To|strong="G3756" eat|strong="G2068" with|strong="G5495" unwashed hands|strong="G5495" does|strong="G2068" not|strong="G3756" cause|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w consider|strong="G2840"\+w*} people|strong="G2068" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="G3756" him|strong="G3588".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1510" healed|strong="H7495" a|strong="G1510" non-Jewish woman’s|strong="H0802" daughter|strong="H1323" after|strong="G1161" testing|strong="H5254" the|strong="G1161" mother’s|strong="H0517" faith|strong="H0539" in|strong="G3756" him|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" her|strong="G3588", “O|strong="G5599" woman|strong="G1135", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G2532"\+w*} you|strong="G4771" believe|strong="G4102" firmly|strong="H2388" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*, \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w*} will|strong="G2309" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w heal|strong="G2390"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w daughter|strong="G2364"\+w*} as|strong="G5613" you|strong="G4771" desire|strong="G2309"!” At|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" moment|strong="G5610" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* demon \+w left|strong="H7604"\+w*} her|strong="G3588" daughter|strong="G2364", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w she|strong="G2532"\+w*} became|strong="G1096" well|strong="G2532". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2424" healed|strong="G2390" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="G3004" on|strong="G1096" a|strong="G1096" hillside|strong="H6763" near|strong="H7126" Galilee|strong="H1551" lake. }
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\verseNumber{30}Crowds|strong="G3793" kept|strong="G2532" coming|strong="G4334" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" for|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" next|strong="G2087" two|strong="H8147" days|strong="H3117" and|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G2532" lame|strong="G5560", crippled|strong="G2948", and|strong="G2532" blind|strong="G5185" people|strong="G3793", those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="G2532" talk|strong="H1696", and|strong="G2532" many|strong="G4183" others|strong="G2087" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w various|strong="H2921"\+w* \+w sicknesses|strong="H2483"\+w*}. They|strong="G2532" laid|strong="G4496" them|strong="G3588" in|strong="G2532" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w heal|strong="G2323"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*} [SYN]. And|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" healed|strong="G2323" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{31}The|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793" saw|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w heal|strong="H7495"\+w*} people|strong="G3793" who|strong="G3588" could|strong="G3588" not|strong="G2532" talk|strong="G2980", crippled|strong="G2948" people|strong="G3793", lame|strong="G5560" people|strong="G3793", and|strong="G2532" blind|strong="G5185" people|strong="G3793", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" amazed|strong="G2296". They|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2980", “Praise|strong="G1392" God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w rules|strong="H4910"\+w* \+w over|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w live|strong="G4043"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w*} Israel|strong="G2474"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" miraculously fed|strong="H7462" over|strong="H5921" 4,000 people|strong="G3793". }
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\verseNumber{13}When|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" came|strong="G2064" with|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*} disciples|strong="G3101" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" region|strong="H2256" near|strong="G1519" Caesarea|strong="G2542" Philippi|strong="G5376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, he|strong="G1161" asked|strong="G2065" us|strong="G3004", “Who|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" people|strong="G1510" say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1161", the|strong="G1519" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G5101" came|strong="G2064" from|strong="G2064" heaven|strong="H8064", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w really|strong="H2088"\+w*} am|strong="G1510"?” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" began|strong="G5119" to|strong="G2443" teach|strong="H3925" the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" about|strong="G3754" his|strong="G3754" coming|strong="H0935" death|strong="H4194" and|strong="G3101" resurrection. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" taught|strong="H3925" the|strong="G1161" disciples|strong="G1510" more|strong="G1161" about|strong="G3754" what|strong="G3588" they|strong="G1161" would|strong="G2316" face|strong="H6440" as|strong="G1161" his|strong="G3754" disciples|strong="G1510", and|strong="G1161" about|strong="G3754" his|strong="G3754" coming|strong="G2316" again|strong="G4762". }
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\verseNumber{27}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Listen|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w carefully|strong="H6213"\+w*: \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w*}, the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G1538" who|strong="G3588" came|strong="G2064" from|strong="G2064" heaven|strong="H8064", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="G3195"\+w* \+w leave|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w earth|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G2532"\+w*} I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G3195" return|strong="H7725", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" angels|strong="H4397" of|strong="G5207" heaven|strong="H8064" will|strong="G3195" accompany|strong="G3326" me|strong="H0413". At|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" time|strong="G5119" I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G3195" have|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" glorious|strong="G1391" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w radiance|strong="G1391"\+w*} that|strong="G3588" my|strong="G1722" Father|strong="G3962" has|strong="G3962", and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G3195" reward|strong="H7939" everyone|strong="G1538" according|strong="G2596" to|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w living|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w earth|strong="G2532"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{28}Listen|strong="H8085" carefully|strong="H6213"! Some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G5207" you|strong="G5210" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" here|strong="G5602" now|strong="G1510" will|strong="G1510" see|strong="G3708" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*}, the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G5100" who|strong="G3588" came|strong="G2064" from|strong="G2064" heaven|strong="H8064", when|strong="G1722" I|strong="G3754" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="G3004" rule|strong="H4910". You|strong="G5210" will|strong="G1510" see|strong="G3708" this|strong="G3588" before|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210" die|strong="G2288"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus’ appearance changed while Moses and Elijah talked with him on a mountain. }
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\chapterNumber{17}A|strong="G2532" week|strong="H7620" after|strong="G3326" Jesus|strong="G2424" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w said|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" took|strong="G3880" Peter|strong="G4074", James|strong="G2385", and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491", the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" of|strong="G2250" James|strong="G2385", and|strong="G2532" led|strong="G2424" them|strong="G3588" up|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" high|strong="G5308" mountain|strong="G3735" where|strong="G2596" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" away|strong="G3326" from|strong="G2532" other|strong="G1438" people|strong="G3880". 
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\verseNumber{6}When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" three|strong="H7969" disciples|strong="G3101" heard|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w speaking|strong="H1696"\+w*}, they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" terrified|strong="G5399". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w As|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w*}, they|strong="G2532" fell|strong="G4098" prostrate|strong="H7812" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" went|strong="G4334" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" touched|strong="H5060" them|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} said|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}, “Stand|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453"! Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" be|strong="G2532" afraid|strong="G5399" anymore|strong="H5750"!” 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" looked|strong="G3708" up|strong="G1869" [MTY], they|strong="G1161" saw|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" only|strong="G3440" one|strong="G3762" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w still|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w there|strong="G1161"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2424" explained|strong="H0560" that|strong="G3588" John the|strong="G1161" Baptizer fulfilled|strong="H4390" the|strong="G1161" prophecy|strong="H5016" about|strong="G2424" Elijah|strong="H0452" returning|strong="H7725". }
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\verseNumber{9}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" walking|strong="H1980" down|strong="G2597" the|strong="G2532" mountain|strong="G3735", Jesus|strong="G2424" commanded|strong="G1781" them|strong="G3588", “Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3367" tell|strong="G3004" anyone|strong="G3367" what|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" saw|strong="G2424" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w mountain|strong="G3735"\+w* \+w top|strong="H7218"\+w*} until|strong="G2193" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w has|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w caused|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*}, the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3367" who|strong="G3739" has|strong="G3739" come|strong="G2597" from|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="H8064", to|strong="G2532" become|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="G1453" after|strong="G2532" I|strong="G3739" die|strong="H4191".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Jesus|strong="G3004" answered|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}, “It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" true|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} Elijah|strong="G2243" would|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G2532" prepare|strong="H3559" many|strong="H7227" [HYP] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* Messiah’s \+w coming|strong="G2064"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="G5119" the|strong="G3588" three|strong="H7969" disciples|strong="G3101" understood|strong="G4920" that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G5119"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w talking|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w about|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w Elijah|strong="H0452"\+w*}, he|strong="G3754" was|strong="G3588" referring to|strong="G3004" John|strong="G2491" the|strong="G3588" Baptizer. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" healed|strong="H7495" an|strong="G3754" epileptic boy|strong="H5288", and|strong="G2491" he|strong="G3754" rebuked|strong="H1605" his|strong="G4012" disciples|strong="G3101" for|strong="G3754" not|strong="G3101" having|strong="H0369" enough|strong="H1767" faith|strong="H0539" to|strong="G3004" do|strong="G3004" miracles|strong="H6381". }
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\verseNumber{14}When|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w three|strong="H7969"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*} returned|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w rest|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w us|strong="G4334"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w gathered|strong="H6960"\+w*}, a|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376" approached|strong="G4334" Jesus|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" knelt|strong="G1120" before|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}, “Sir|strong="G2962"/Lord|strong="G2962", have|strong="G2532" mercy|strong="G1653" on|strong="G1519" my|strong="G1473" son|strong="G5207" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w heal|strong="H7495"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}! He|strong="G2532" has|strong="G2962" epilepsy and|strong="G2532" suffers|strong="G3958" very|strong="G2532" much|strong="H7227". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w illness|strong="H2483"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" has|strong="G2962" fallen|strong="G4098" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" fire|strong="G4442" and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" water|strong="G5204" many|strong="G3958" times|strong="G4178". 
\verseNumber{16}I|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G4374" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w might|strong="G1410"\+w* \+w heal|strong="G2323"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}, but|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G2532" heal|strong="G2323" him|strong="G3588".” 
\verseNumber{17}Jesus|strong="G2424" responded|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w saying|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w everyone|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w gathered|strong="H6960"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*}, “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w seen|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w how|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w*} do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G1510" believe|strong="H0539" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w can|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w anything|strong="G2193"\+w*! \+w Your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w minds|strong="H5315"\+w*} are|strong="G1510" distorted|strong="H2664"! How|strong="G2193" long|strong="G2193" do|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" with|strong="G3326" you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*} are|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w*} [RHQ]? How|strong="G2193" long|strong="G2193" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="G2532"\+w*} I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" endure|strong="G5342" your|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="G1510"\+w* believing} [RHQ]? Bring|strong="G5342" the|strong="G2532" boy|strong="H5288" here|strong="G5602" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473"!” 
\verseNumber{18}When|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w brought|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w boy|strong="G3816"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w*}, Jesus|strong="G2424" rebuked|strong="G2008" the|strong="G2532" demon|strong="G1140" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w causing|strong="H7462"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* epilepsy}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w As|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w*}, the|strong="G2532" demon|strong="G1140" came|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" boy|strong="G3816", and|strong="G2532" right|strong="H3225" then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" boy|strong="G3816" was|strong="G3588" healed|strong="G2323". 
\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Later|strong="H0310"\+w*, \+w some|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*} disciples|strong="G3101" approached|strong="G4334" Jesus|strong="G2424". We|strong="G2249" asked|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588" privately|strong="G2398", “Why|strong="G5101" were|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleBD{\+w we|strong="G2249"\+w*} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc)} not|strong="G3756" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G2596" expel|strong="H1644" the|strong="G1223" demon?” 
\verseNumber{20-21}He|strong="H0834" answered|strong="H6030" us|strong="H5414", “It|strong="H5414" is|strong="H0369" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" believe|strong="H0539" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H7227" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w*}. Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H5439" this|strong="H2088": Mustard seeds|strong="H2233" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w small|strong="H6996"\+w*, \+w but|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w this|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w grow|strong="H6779"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w produce|strong="H6529"\+w* \+w large|strong="H1419"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w plants|strong="H6212"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Similarly|strong="H2088"\+w*}, if|strong="H0518" your|strong="H3068" faith|strong="H0539" grows|strong="H3318" until|strong="H5704" you|strong="H0859" truly|strong="H3588" believe|strong="H0539" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w*}, you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H3605" [LIT|strong="H0215"]! You|strong="H0859" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w could|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w even|strong="H1571"\+w*} say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" hill|strong="H2022", ‘Move|strong="H5472" from|strong="H4480" here|strong="H6311" to|strong="H0413" there|strong="H8033"!’ and|strong="H3967" it|strong="H5414" would|strong="H0014" go|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w go|strong="H1980"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus again|strong="H7725" predicted|strong="H1696" his|strong="H3605" death|strong="H4194" and|strong="H3967" resurrection. }
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\verseNumber{22}When|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*} had|strong="G2424" gathered|strong="G4962" together|strong="G4962" in|strong="G1722" Galilee|strong="G1056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*}, Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" us|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1161"\+w*}, the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" came|strong="G3588" from|strong="G3588" heaven|strong="H8064", will|strong="G3195" soon|strong="G1722" be|strong="G3195" handed|strong="G3860" over|strong="G3860" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Someone|strong="H0376"\+w*} will|strong="G3195" soon|strong="G1722" hand|strong="G5495" me|strong="G3004", the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" came|strong="G3588" from|strong="G3588" heaven|strong="H8064", over|strong="G3860"} to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" authorities|strong="H7984" [SYN]. 
\verseNumber{23}They|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="G1453". But|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} will|strong="G2532" cause|strong="G3588" me|strong="G1453" to|strong="G2532" become|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="G1453" on|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" third|strong="G5154" day|strong="G2250" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w am|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w*}.” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w we|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w heard|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*}, we|strong="G2532" became|strong="G3076" very|strong="G2532" sad|strong="G3076". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" arranged|strong="H6186" for|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" miracle|strong="H4159" so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" Peter|strong="G2532" could|strong="G3588" pay|strong="H7999" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="H1004" tax|strong="H4061". }
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\verseNumber{24}When|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Capernaum|strong="G2584" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" collect|strong="G2983" taxes|strong="H4061" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Temple|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w approached|strong="G4334"\+w* \+w Peter|strong="G4074"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}, “Your|strong="G2532" teacher|strong="G1320" pays|strong="G5055" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Temple|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w tax|strong="H4061"\+w*}, does|strong="G2064" he|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756"?” 
\verseNumber{25}He|strong="G2532" answered|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}, “Yes|strong="G3483", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w does|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w pay|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*}.” When|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" house|strong="G3614" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w saying|strong="G3004"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Peter|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w began|strong="G2983"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w about|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w paying|strong="H1576"\+w* \+w taxes|strong="G2778"\+w*}, Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}, “Simon|strong="G4613", from|strong="G2064" whom|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G4771" think|strong="G1380" rulers|strong="H8269" collect|strong="G2983" revenue|strong="G5056" or|strong="G2228" taxes|strong="G2778"? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Do|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w collect|strong="G2983"\+w* \+w taxes|strong="G2778"\+w* } from|strong="G2064" the|strong="G2532" citizens|strong="H5971" of|strong="G5207" their|strong="G2532" own|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w country|strong="G1093"\+w*}, or|strong="G2228" from|strong="G2064" citizens|strong="H5971" of|strong="G5207" countries|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w conquered|strong="H5221"\+w*}?” 
\verseNumber{26}Peter answered|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}, “From|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w citizens|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w*} other|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w countries|strong="H0776"\+w*}.” Then|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “So|strong="G1161" citizens|strong="H5971" of|strong="G5207" their|strong="G3588" own|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w country|strong="H2022"\+w*} do|strong="G3004" not|strong="G1510" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w pay|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w taxes|strong="H4061"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{27}But|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w though|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Temple|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w mine|strong="G1473"\+w*, \+w pay|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w tax|strong="H4061"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w us|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w so|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Temple|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w tax|strong="H4061"\+w* collectors \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w become|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w angry|strong="H2734"\+w* \+w with|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w us|strong="G1325"\+w*. \+w In|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w order|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w get|strong="G2147"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w pay|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*}, go|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" lake|strong="G2281". Cast|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w fish|strong="G2486"\+w* \+w line|strong="H6957"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} hook|strong="H2397", and|strong="G2532" take|strong="G2983" the|strong="G2532" first|strong="G4413" fish|strong="G2486" that|strong="G2443" you|strong="G4771" catch|strong="H3920". When|strong="G1161" you|strong="G4771" open|strong="H6605" its|strong="G1325" mouth|strong="G4750", you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G2532" find|strong="G2147" a|strong="G2532" silver|strong="H3701" coin \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w worth|strong="H1929"\+w* \+w enough|strong="H1767"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w pay|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w tax|strong="H4061"\+w*} for|strong="G1519" you|strong="G4771" and|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1325". Take|strong="G2983" that|strong="G2443" coin and|strong="G2532" give|strong="G1325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="H1004" tax|strong="H4061" collectors.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus showed that being great in God’s sight means being as humble as a child. }
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\chapterNumber{18}About|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" time|strong="G5610" we|strong="G1510" disciples|strong="G3101" approached|strong="G4334" Jesus|strong="G2424" and|strong="G4334" said|strong="G3004", “Who|strong="G5101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w among|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w will|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w*} the|strong="G1722" most|strong="H6944" important|strong="G3173" when|strong="G1722" God|strong="G3004" [MTY/EUP] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w makes|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w*} king|strong="G3588"?” 
\verseNumber{2}Jesus|strong="G2532" called|strong="G4341" a|strong="G2532" child|strong="G3813" to|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" placed|strong="G2476" that|strong="G2532" child|strong="G3813" in|strong="G1722" our|strong="G2532" midst|strong="G3319". 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="G5613" this|strong="G3588": If|strong="G1437" you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(pl)} do|strong="G1096" not|strong="G3756" change|strong="H5162" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w way|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*(pl) \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" become|strong="G1096" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w humble|strong="H6035"\+w*} as|strong="G5613" little|strong="H4592" children|strong="G3813", you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(pl)} will|strong="G2532" surely|strong="G3361" not|strong="G3756" go|strong="G1525" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" place|strong="G1096" where|strong="G5613" God|strong="G3004" [MTY/EUP] rules|strong="H4910". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="G1722" people|strong="G1510" who|strong="G3588" become|strong="G1510" as|strong="G5613" humble|strong="G5013" as|strong="G5613" this|strong="G3778" child|strong="G3813" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w or|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w any|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w child|strong="G3813"\+w*} is|strong="G1510", will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1722" most|strong="H6944" important|strong="G3173" people|strong="G1510" among|strong="G1722" those|strong="G3588" over|strong="G1722" whom|strong="G3588" God|strong="G3588" rules|strong="H4910". 
\verseNumber{5}Also|strong="G2532", when|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w love|strong="H0157"\+w*} me|strong="G1473", welcome|strong="G1209" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="G2532"\+w*} child|strong="G3813" like|strong="G5108" this|strong="G3588" one|strong="G1520", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w considers|strong="H7919"\+w*} that|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" welcoming me|strong="G1473".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" taught|strong="H3925" that|strong="G3739" we|strong="G3739" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="G2532" take|strong="G1209" severe|strong="H3515" measures|strong="H5429" to|strong="G2532" keep|strong="H8104" us|strong="G1909" from|strong="G2532" sinning|strong="H2398" when|strong="G2532" we|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3588" tempted|strong="H5254". }
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\verseNumber{6}“If|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3739" cause|strong="G4624" someone|strong="G1520" who|strong="G3739" believes|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1722" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G1519" sin|strong="G4624", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w if|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w someone|strong="G1520"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* socially unimportant \+w like|strong="G4012"\+w*} this|strong="G3778" little|strong="G3398" child|strong="G1722", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w severely|strong="H5953"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w*}. If|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" heavy|strong="G3684" stone|strong="H0068" were|strong="G3588" fastened|strong="H8628" around|strong="G4012" your|strong="G2532" neck|strong="G5137" and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3739" were|strong="G3588" thrown|strong="H7993" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" deep|strong="H8415" waters|strong="H4325" of|strong="G4012" the|strong="G1722" sea|strong="G2281", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w consider|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w been|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w severely|strong="H5953"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w*. \+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w*} you|strong="G3739" more|strong="G2532" severely|strong="H5953" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w than|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w if|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w cause|strong="G4624"\+w* \+w someone|strong="G1520"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w sin|strong="G4624"\+w*} 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1525" taught|strong="H3925" that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" deeply|strong="H6009" concerned|strong="H6485" if|strong="G1487" even|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" person|strong="H5315" goes|strong="H1980" astray|strong="H8582" from|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{10-11}“Make|strong="H6213" an|strong="H1129" effort|strong="H3581" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(pl)} do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" despise|strong="H3988" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H1571"\+w*} one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1121" these|strong="H0428" children|strong="H1121". I|strong="H0589" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H0859" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(pl)} truly|strong="H3588" that|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w since|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" angels|strong="H4397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w live|strong="H3427"\+w*} in|strong="H0935" heaven|strong="H8064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w presence|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} my|strong="H8104" Father|strong="H0001", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w report|strong="H8088"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w mistreat|strong="H3238"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w children|strong="H1121"\+w*}.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{18:10-11  }Some Greek manuscripts add verse 11, ‘For the Son of Man came to seek the lost’.} 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus taught them God’s view of divorce, and about abstaining from marriage to give more time to serve God. }
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\verseNumber{14}But|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w saw|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w* scolding \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" us|strong="G3004", “Let|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" children|strong="G3813" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" me|strong="G1473"! Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" stop|strong="G3361" them|strong="G3588"! It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" people|strong="G1510" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w humble|strong="H6035"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w trusting|strong="H0982"\+w*} like|strong="G5108" they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G1510", who|strong="G3588" can|strong="G3004" experience|strong="H7200" God’s|strong="H0430" rule|strong="H4910" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{15}Jesus|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" laid|strong="G2007" his|strong="G2007" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G5495" the|strong="G2532" children|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w bless|strong="H1288"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}. Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" left|strong="H7604" there|strong="G2532". 

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\verseNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w As|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w was|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w walking|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w along|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w a|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w young|strong="H5288"\+w*} man|strong="G1520" approached|strong="G4334" him|strong="G3708" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3708"\+w*}, “Teacher|strong="G1320", what|strong="G5101" good|strong="G5101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w deeds|strong="G4160"\+w*} must|strong="G4160" I|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160" in|strong="G2532" order|strong="G2443" to|strong="G2443" live|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} eternally|strong="H5331"?” 
\verseNumber{17}Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", “◄Consider|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* implying \+w about|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w when|strong="G1161"\+w*} you|strong="G1487" ask|strong="G2065" me|strong="G1473" about|strong="G4012" what|strong="G5101" is|strong="G1510" good|strong="G5101"./Do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G1487" realize|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* implying \+w about|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w when|strong="G1161"\+w*} you|strong="G1487" ask|strong="G2065" me|strong="G1473" about|strong="G4012" that|strong="G3588" which|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" good|strong="G5101"?► [RHQ] Only|strong="G1487" one|strong="G1520" being|strong="G1510" is|strong="G1510" good|strong="G5101" and|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w really|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w knows|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w good|strong="G5101"\+w*. \+w That|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w being|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*. \+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w answer|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w your|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w question|strong="G2065"\+w*} about|strong="G4012" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w desiring|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w*} live|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w eternally|strong="H5331"\+w*}, I|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w*}, ‘Keep|strong="G5083" the|strong="G1519" commandments|strong="G1785" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w gave|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Moses’|strong="H4872"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="G1161" man|strong="G3756" asked|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G2424", “Which|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w commandments|strong="H4687"\+w* \+w must|strong="G2813"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w keep|strong="H8104"\+w*}?” Jesus|strong="G2424" answered|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}, “Do|strong="G3004" not|strong="G3756" murder|strong="G5407" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w anyone|strong="H3605"\+w*}, do|strong="G3004" not|strong="G3756" commit|strong="G3431" adultery|strong="G3431", do|strong="G3004" not|strong="G3756" steal|strong="G2813" things|strong="G3588", do|strong="G3004" not|strong="G3756" testify|strong="H6030" falsely|strong="H8267", 
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\verseNumber{22}When|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" young|strong="G3495" man|strong="G3495" heard|strong="H8085" those|strong="G3588" words|strong="G3056", he|strong="G1161" went|strong="G3588" away|strong="H5493" feeling sad|strong="G3076", because|strong="G1063" he|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" very|strong="G4183" rich|strong="G2192" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w did|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w give|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w away|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w everything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w he|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w owned|strong="G2192"\+w*}. 

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\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*} disciples|strong="G3101", “Keep|strong="H8104" this|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1519" mind|strong="H3820": It|strong="G3754" is|strong="G3588" very|strong="G3588" difficult|strong="H6381" for|strong="G3754" rich|strong="G4145" people|strong="G4145" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w decide|strong="H3198"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" let|strong="G1161" God|strong="G3004" [MTY/EUP] rule|strong="H4910" their|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G4074" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “You|strong="G4771" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2249" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc)} have|strong="G2532" left|strong="H7604" everything|strong="G3956" behind|strong="H0310" and|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249" have|strong="G2532" become|strong="G1510" your|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G1510". So|strong="G2532" what|strong="G5101" benefit|strong="H1576" will|strong="G5101" we|strong="G2249" get|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*}?” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus told a parable to illustrate how God will reward those who serve him. }
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\chapterNumber{20}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w In|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* illustrate \+w how|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w God|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w rewards|strong="H5023"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w*}, I|strong="G1063" will|strong="G1510" compare|strong="H1819" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w way|strong="H1870"\+w*} God|strong="G1519" [MTY/EUP] rules|strong="H4910" his|strong="G1519" people|strong="G1510" with|strong="G1519" what|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1519" owner|strong="G3617" of|strong="G3588" an|strong="G1519" estate|strong="H3653" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w did|strong="G1510"\+w*}. Early|strong="G4404" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" morning|strong="G4404" the|strong="G1519" owner|strong="G3617" of|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1519" estate|strong="H3653" went|strong="G1831" to|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w market|strong="H4627"\+w*} where|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w gathered|strong="H6960"\+w*}. He|strong="G3588" went|strong="G1831" there|strong="G1063" to|strong="G1519" hire|strong="G3409" laborers|strong="G2040" to|strong="G1519" work|strong="H4399" in|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" vineyard|strong="H3754". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="G1161" promised|strong="H1696" the|strong="G1519" men|strong="G3588" whom|strong="G3588" he|strong="G1161" hired|strong="H7936" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G1161" would|strong="G1438" pay|strong="H7999" them|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1519" standard|strong="H1714" wage|strong="H6633" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w working|strong="H4639"\+w*} one|strong="G1438" day|strong="G2250". Then|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1438" vineyards|strong="H3754". 
\verseNumber{3}At|strong="G1722" nine|strong="G5154" o’clock \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w same|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w morning|strong="H1242"\+w*} he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" back|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w market|strong="H4627"\+w*}. There|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" more|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" work|strong="H4399". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588", ‘Go|strong="G5217" to|strong="G1519" my|strong="G1325" vineyard|strong="H3754" as|strong="G1519" other|strong="G3739" men|strong="G1342" have|strong="G2532" done|strong="H6213", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*}. I|strong="G3739" will|strong="G1510" pay|strong="G1325" you|strong="G5210" whatever|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" just|strong="G1342" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wage|strong="H6633"\+w*}.’ \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w went|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w vineyard|strong="H3754"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w began|strong="H2490"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}At|strong="G4012" noon|strong="G5610" and|strong="G2532" at|strong="G4012" three|strong="G1766" o’clock he|strong="G2532" again|strong="G3825" went|strong="G1831" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w market|strong="H4627"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w laborers|strong="H4522"\+w* \+w whom|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w pay|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w fair|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wage|strong="H6633"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{6}At|strong="G4012" five|strong="G1734" o’clock he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w market|strong="H4627"\+w* \+w again|strong="G2532"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G2147" other|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w men|strong="G3588"\+w*} standing|strong="G2476" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w working|strong="G2532"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", ‘Why|strong="G5101" are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3004" standing|strong="G2476" here|strong="G5602" all|strong="G3650" day|strong="G2250" and|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2532" working|strong="G2532"?’ 
\verseNumber{7}They|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", ‘Because|strong="G3754" no|strong="G3762" one|strong="G3762" has|strong="G3762" hired|strong="G3409" us|strong="G3004".’ He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w hire|strong="G3409"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*}. Go|strong="G5217" to|strong="G1519" my|strong="G1473" vineyard|strong="H3754" as|strong="G1519" other|strong="G3588" men|strong="G3588" have|strong="G2532" done|strong="H6213", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*.’ \+w So|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w went|strong="G2532"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{8}When|strong="G1161" evening|strong="G3798" came|strong="G1096", the|strong="G2532" owner|strong="G2962" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" vineyard|strong="H3754" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" manager|strong="G2012", ‘Tell|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G4413" to|strong="G2532" come|strong="G1096" so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3004" can|strong="G3004" give|strong="G1096" them|strong="G3588" their|strong="G2532" wages|strong="G3408". First|strong="G4413", pay|strong="G3408" the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G4413" who|strong="G3588" started|strong="G1096" working|strong="G2532" last|strong="G2078", and|strong="G2532" pay|strong="G3408" the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G4413" last|strong="G2078" who|strong="G3588" started|strong="G1096" working|strong="G2532" first|strong="G4413".’ 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{manager} paid|strong="H5414" the|strong="G2532" standard|strong="H1714" daily|strong="H3117" wage|strong="H6633" to|strong="G2532" each|strong="H0376" of|strong="G4012" the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2064" start|strong="H1870" working|strong="G2532" until|strong="G2532" five|strong="G1734" o’clock \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w afternoon|strong="H5186"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{10}When|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G4413" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" begun|strong="H2490" working|strong="G2532" early|strong="H7925" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w morning|strong="H1242"\+w*} went|strong="G2064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w get|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wages|strong="H7939"\+w*}, they|strong="G2532" thought|strong="G3543" that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" receive|strong="G2983" more|strong="G4119" than|strong="G4183" the|strong="G2532" standard|strong="H1714" wage|strong="H6633". But|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" received|strong="G2983" only|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" standard|strong="H1714" wage|strong="H6633". 
\verseNumber{11}So|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" complained|strong="G1111" to|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1161" owner|strong="G3617" of|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1161" vineyard|strong="H3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w thought|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w payment|strong="H0868"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w unfair|strong="H5766"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{12}They|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}, ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w being|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w fair|strong="G2532"\+w*!} The|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3588" started|strong="H2490" working|strong="G4160" after|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w started|strong="H2490"\+w*} worked|strong="G4160" for|strong="G1520" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="G2532"\+w*} one|strong="G1520" hour|strong="G5610"! You|strong="G3004" have|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w paid|strong="H5414"\+w*} them|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" same|strong="G3778" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wage|strong="H6633"\+w*} as|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w paid|strong="H5414"\+w*} us|strong="G3004"! But|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249" worked|strong="G4160" hard|strong="H7186" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="G2532"\+w*} day|strong="G2250" [IDM], \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w including|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w working|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w*} hottest|strong="H2389" part|strong="G1473" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G2532" day|strong="G2250"!’ 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="G1161" owner|strong="H1167" of|strong="G1520" the|strong="G1161" vineyard|strong="H3754" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1520" those|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w complained|strong="H7878"\+w*}, ‘Friend|strong="G2083", I|strong="G1473" did|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" treat|strong="H6213" you|strong="G4771" unfairly. You|strong="G4771" agreed|strong="G4856" with|strong="G3756" me|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w whole|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w day|strong="G3588"\+w*} for|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" standard|strong="H1714" wage|strong="H6633" [RHQ]. 
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\verseNumber{15}I|strong="G1473" certainly|strong="G3756" have|strong="G2309" a|strong="G1722" right|strong="G3756" to|strong="G2309" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w spend|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1699"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w*} as|strong="G1722" I|strong="G1473" desire|strong="G2309" [RHQ], \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w including|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w paying|strong="H1576"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w laborers|strong="H4522"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w desire|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w pay|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}. ◄You|strong="G4771" should|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" be|strong="G1510" envious|strong="G4190" about|strong="G1722" my|strong="G1699" being|strong="G1510" generous|strong="H6340"!/Are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771" angry|strong="H2734" [MET|strong="H6298"] because|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" generous|strong="H6340"?► [RHQ]’” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{For|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" third|strong="H7992" time|strong="G4413" Jesus|strong="G1510" predicted|strong="H1696" his|strong="G2532" death|strong="H4194" and|strong="G2532" resurrection. }
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\verseNumber{17}When|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G3588" walking|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w road|strong="G3598"\+w*} up|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w along|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w with|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*} twelve|strong="G1427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w disciples|strong="G3101"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" took|strong="G3880" us|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" place|strong="G1722" by|strong="G1722" ourselves|strong="H0587" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w could|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w privately|strong="G2398"\+w*}. Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" us|strong="G3004", 
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\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w*} will|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1453" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" hands|strong="G3860" of|strong="G2250" non-Jews so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" can|strong="H4310" make|strong="G1519" fun of|strong="G2250" me|strong="G1453", whip|strong="H7752" me|strong="G1453", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1453"\+w* \+w by|strong="G2532"\+w*} nailing me|strong="G1453" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" cross|strong="H5674". But|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" third|strong="G5154" day|strong="G2250" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} will|strong="G2532" cause|strong="G3588" me|strong="G1453" to|strong="G1519" live|strong="G2532" again|strong="G1453".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" taught|strong="H3925" that|strong="G3588" greatness|strong="H1433" in|strong="G1519" God’s|strong="H0430" sight|strong="G3588" means|strong="H3027" humbly|strong="H6800" serving|strong="H5647" others|strong="G3588" as|strong="G1519" Jesus|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532". }
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" mother|strong="G3384" of|strong="G5207" James and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G2532" her|strong="G3588" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="G5207" to|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532". She|strong="G2532" bowed|strong="G4352" down|strong="G4352" before|strong="G3844" Jesus|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" her|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" favor|strong="H2580". 
\verseNumber{21}Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2443" her|strong="G3588", “What|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G4771" want|strong="G2309" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w do|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*}?” She|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2443" him|strong="G3588", “Permit|strong="G3778" these|strong="G3778" two|strong="G1417" sons|strong="G5207" of|strong="G1537" mine|strong="G1473" to|strong="G2443" sit|strong="G2523" next|strong="H4283" to|strong="G2443" you|strong="G4771" (OR|strong="G2532", Permit|strong="G3778" these|strong="G3778" two|strong="G1417" sons|strong="G5207" of|strong="G1537" mine|strong="G1473" to|strong="G2443" sit|strong="G2523" next|strong="H4283" to|strong="G2443" you|strong="G4771" at|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" right|strong="G1188" side|strong="G1188" and|strong="G2532" at|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" left|strong="G2176" side|strong="G1188") \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w rule|strong="H4910"\+w* \+w with|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*} [MTY] when|strong="G1161" you|strong="G4771" become|strong="G1161" king|strong="G3588".” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" healed|strong="H7495" two|strong="H8147" blind|strong="H5787" men|strong="G3588". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus entered Jerusalem humbly on a donkey, but with great acclaim by the crowd. }
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\chapterNumber{21}\verseNumber{1-2}As|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H0587"\+w*} approached|strong="H5066" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", we|strong="H0587" came|strong="H0935" near|strong="H7126" Bethphage \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w village|strong="H1949"\+w*}, near|strong="H7126" Olive|strong="H2132" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tree|strong="H6086"\+w*} Hill|strong="H2022". Jesus said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" two|strong="H8147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w*} disciples|strong="H3928", “Go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" village|strong="H1949" just|strong="H3512" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" us|strong="H5414". As|strong="H0834" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" enter|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5414"\+w*}, you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" a|strong="H1961" donkey|strong="H2543" and|strong="H3967" her|strong="H3605" foal|strong="H5895" that|strong="H0834" are|strong="H3117" {someone|strong="H0376" has|strong="H3068"} tied|strong="H0631" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w up|strong="H5927"\+w*}. Untie them|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3967" bring|strong="H0935" them|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H6311"\+w*} to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413". 
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\verseNumber{11}The|strong="G1161" crowd|strong="G3793" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w already|strong="H3528"\+w* \+w following|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*} said|strong="G3004", “This|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" Jesus|strong="G2424", the|strong="G1161" prophet|strong="G4396" from|strong="G3588" Nazareth|strong="G3478" in|strong="G3004" Galilee|strong="G1056"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2424" chased|strong="H7291" buyers and|strong="G1161" sellers|strong="H4376" from|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" temple|strong="H1004", and|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" rebuked|strong="H1605" the|strong="G1161" Jewish|strong="H3064" leaders|strong="G3004" for|strong="G1161" objecting to|strong="G3004" children|strong="H1121" praising|strong="H1984" him|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" went|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="G2413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" chased|strong="H7291" out|strong="G1544" all|strong="G3956" of|strong="G2316" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" buying|strong="H7069" and|strong="G2532" selling|strong="G4453" things|strong="G3956" there|strong="G2532". He|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" overturned|strong="G2690" the|strong="G1722" tables|strong="G5132" of|strong="G2316" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" giving|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Temple|strong="G2413"\+w* \+w tax|strong="H4061"\+w* \+w money|strong="G2855"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w exchange|strong="H4171"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* Roman} coins, and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" overturned|strong="G2690" the|strong="G1722" seats|strong="G2515" of|strong="G2316" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" selling|strong="G4453" pigeons|strong="G4058" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" {◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\+w*/\+w A|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w*}► has|strong="G2532"} written|strong="G1125" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* Scriptures \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w*}, ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w*} my|strong="G1473" house|strong="G3624" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" called|strong="G2564" a|strong="G2532" place|strong="G4335" where|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G4160"\+w*} pray’, but|strong="G1161" you|strong="G5210" bandits|strong="H1416" have|strong="G2532" made|strong="G4160" it|strong="G2532" [MET|strong="H6298"] your|strong="G2532" hideout!” 
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\verseNumber{14}After|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="G1722"\+w*} blind|strong="G5185" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3588"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" lame|strong="G5560" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3588"\+w*} came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" temple|strong="G2413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w heal|strong="G2323"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" healed|strong="G2323" them|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G1831" left|strong="G2641" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="G4172". We|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*} went|strong="G1831" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" Bethany \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="G4172"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" slept|strong="H7901" there|strong="G1563" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w night|strong="H3915"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1831" taught|strong="H3925" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" lesson from|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" happened|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" fig|strong="H8384" tree|strong="H6086". }
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\verseNumber{18}Early|strong="G4404" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w next|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w morning|strong="G4404"\+w*}, when|strong="G1161" we|strong="G1161" were|strong="G3588" returning|strong="G1877" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" city|strong="G4172", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Jesus} was|strong="G3588" hungry|strong="G3983". 
\verseNumber{19}He|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" a|strong="G1096" fig|strong="G4808" tree|strong="G4808" near|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" road|strong="G3598". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w went|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w over|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w pick|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w some|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w figs|strong="H8384"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w*}. But|strong="G2532" when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" got|strong="G1096" close|strong="H5980", he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3588" there|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" no|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w figs|strong="H8384"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w tree|strong="G4808"\+w*}. There|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" only|strong="G3440" leaves|strong="G5444" on|strong="G1909" it|strong="G2532". So|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* illustrate \+w how|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w would|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w nation|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" fig|strong="G4808" tree|strong="G4808", “May|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" never|strong="G3756" again|strong="G3371" produce|strong="G2590" figs|strong="H8384"!” As|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1096" result|strong="G1537", the|strong="G1722" fig|strong="G4808" tree|strong="G4808" withered|strong="G3583" that|strong="G3588" night|strong="H3915". 
\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w next|strong="H4283"\+w* \+w day|strong="G3588"\+w*} when|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" saw|strong="G3708" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w happened|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w tree|strong="G4808"\+w*}, we|strong="G2532" marveled|strong="G2296", and|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*}, “◄It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" astonishing that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" fig|strong="G4808" tree|strong="G4808" withered|strong="G3583" so|strong="G2532" quickly|strong="H4116"!/How|strong="G4459" is|strong="G3588" it|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" fig|strong="G4808" tree|strong="G4808" dried|strong="G3583" up|strong="G3583" so|strong="G2532" quickly|strong="H4116"?►” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{21}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" us|strong="G3004", “Think|strong="G2192" about|strong="G1519" this|strong="G3778": If|strong="G1437" you|strong="G5210" believe|strong="G4102" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w ask|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" do|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3756" doubt|strong="G1252" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*}, you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" able|strong="G2192" to|strong="G1519" do|strong="G4160" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w things|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w*} done|strong="G4160" to|strong="G1519" this|strong="G3778" fig|strong="G4808" tree|strong="G4808". You|strong="G5210" will|strong="G2532" even|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" able|strong="G2192" to|strong="G1519" do|strong="G4160" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w marvelous|strong="H6381"\+w* \+w deeds|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} saying|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2192" nearby|strong="G2192" hill|strong="G3735", ‘Uproot|strong="H5428" yourself|strong="G4771" and|strong="G2532" throw|strong="H7993" yourself|strong="G4771" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" sea’, and|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" happen|strong="G1096"! 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="G2532" state|strong="H1696" the|strong="G1722" basis|strong="H0914" for|strong="G1722" his|strong="G3956" authority|strong="H3027", because|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Jewish|strong="H3064" leaders|strong="H7218" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="G2532" admit|strong="H8085" where|strong="G1722" John|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Baptizer’s authority|strong="H3027" came|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2532". }
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\verseNumber{23}After|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588", Jesus|strong="G3004" went|strong="G2064" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="G2411" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*}. While|strong="G1722" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" teaching|strong="G1321" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w people|strong="G2992"\+w*}, the|strong="G1722" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" elders|strong="G4245" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Jewish|strong="H3064" Council|strong="H5475" approached|strong="G4334" him|strong="G3588". They|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G3004", “By|strong="G1722" what|strong="G5101" authority|strong="G1849" are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" doing|strong="G4160" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778"? Who|strong="G5101" authorized|strong="H5425" you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G1519" do|strong="G4160" what|strong="G5101" you|strong="G4771" did|strong="G4160" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w yesterday|strong="H8543"\+w*} [DOU]?” 
\verseNumber{24}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", “I|strong="G1473" also|strong="G2504" will|strong="G3739" ask|strong="G2065" you|strong="G5210" a|strong="G1722" question|strong="G2065", and|strong="G1161" if|strong="G1437" you|strong="G5210" answer|strong="G3056" me|strong="G1473", I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G3739" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" who|strong="G3739" authorized|strong="H5425" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G3004" do|strong="G4160" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778". 
\verseNumber{25}Where|strong="G4159" did|strong="G5101" John|strong="G2491" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* Baptizer} get|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w authority|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w*} baptize \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w came|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Did|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w he|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w it|strong="G1161"\+w*} from|strong="G1537" God|strong="G3004" or|strong="G2228" from|strong="G1537" people|strong="G1510"? [MTY/EUP]” The|strong="G1722" chief|strong="H7218" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G1161" elders|strong="H2205" debated among|strong="G1722" themselves|strong="G1438" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w should|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w answer|strong="H6030"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w each|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w other|strong="G1161"\+w*}, “If|strong="G1437" we|strong="G1437" say|strong="G3004", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w*} [MTY/EUP] from|strong="G1537" God’, he|strong="G1161" will|strong="G5101" say|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004", ‘Then|strong="G3767" ◄you|strong="G1437" should|strong="G3588" have|strong="G1473" believed|strong="G4100" his|strong="G1438" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*}!/why|strong="G5101" did|strong="G5101" you|strong="G1437" not|strong="G1510" believe|strong="G4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w John’s|strong="G2491"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*}?► [RHQ]’ 
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\verseNumber{27}So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" answered|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G2424", “We|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w John|strong="G5346"\+w* \+w got|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w authority|strong="G1849"\+w*}.” Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w did|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w answer|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w question|strong="H1697"\+w*}, I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" who|strong="G3588" authorized|strong="H5425" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160" the|strong="G1722" things|strong="G3778" I|strong="G1473" did|strong="G4160" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w yesterday|strong="H8543"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2424" rebuked|strong="H1605" the|strong="G1722" religious leaders|strong="G3004" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" more|strong="G2532" likely that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G3004" would|strong="G2532" accept|strong="H7521" notorious|strong="H8034" sinners|strong="H2400" than|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" accept|strong="H7521" them|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{28}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w chief|strong="G4413"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w elders|strong="H2205"\+w*}, “Tell|strong="G3004" me|strong="G3004" [RHQ] what|strong="G5101" you|strong="G5210" think|strong="G1380" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w am|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w about|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*}. There|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2192" man|strong="G4413" who|strong="G5101" had|strong="G2192" two|strong="G1417" sons|strong="G5043". He|strong="G1161" went|strong="G4334" to|strong="G3004" his|strong="G1722" older|strong="H1419" son|strong="G5043" and|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", ‘My|strong="G1722" son|strong="G5043", go|strong="G5217" and|strong="G1161" work|strong="G2038" in|strong="G1722" my|strong="G1722" vineyard|strong="H3754" today|strong="G4594"!’ 
\verseNumber{29}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" son|strong="H1121" said|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w his|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w father|strong="H0001"\+w*}, ‘I|strong="G1161" do|strong="G3004" not|strong="G3756" want|strong="G2309" to|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w go|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w in|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w your|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w vineyard|strong="H3754"\+w* \+w today|strong="H3117"\+w*}!’ But|strong="G1161" later|strong="G5305" he|strong="G1161" changed|strong="H8133" his|strong="G3588" mind|strong="G3338", and|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" went|strong="G3588" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G1161" vineyard|strong="H3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w worked|strong="H2388"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" father|strong="H0001" approached|strong="G4334" his|strong="G2532" younger|strong="H6810" son|strong="H1121" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" older|strong="H1419" son|strong="H1121". That|strong="G3588" son|strong="H1121" said|strong="G3004", ‘Sir|strong="G2962", I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w go|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w vineyard|strong="H3754"\+w* \+w today|strong="H3117"\+w*.’} But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" go|strong="G2532" there|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{31}So|strong="G2532" which|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" man’s|strong="H0376" two|strong="G1417" sons|strong="H1121" did|strong="G4160" what|strong="G5101" their|strong="G2532" father|strong="G3962" desired|strong="H2530"?” They|strong="G2532" answered|strong="G3004", “The|strong="G2532" older|strong="H1419" son|strong="H1121".” Jesus|strong="G2424" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w explained|strong="H0560"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w parable|strong="H4912"\+w* \+w meant|strong="G3004"\+w*} by|strong="G1537" saying|strong="G3004", “Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="G1519" this|strong="G3588": \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w more|strong="G2532"\+w* likely \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w other|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="G4160"\+w*, \+w including|strong="G2532"\+w*} tax|strong="G5057" collectors|strong="G5057" and|strong="G2532" prostitutes|strong="G4204", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whom|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w very|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sinful|strong="H2400"\+w*}, will|strong="G2307" enter|strong="G1519" where|strong="G5101" God|strong="G2316" rules|strong="H4910", than|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="G4413"\+w*} will|strong="G2307" enter|strong="G1519". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" told|strong="G4314" a|strong="G2532" parable|strong="H4912" about|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Jewish|strong="H3064" religious leaders|strong="H7218" rejecting him|strong="G3588" as|strong="G1722" Messiah|strong="H4899". }
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\verseNumber{33}“Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" another|strong="G1722" parable|strong="G3850" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w*}. There|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" landowner|strong="G3617" who|strong="G3748" planted|strong="G5452" a|strong="G2532" vineyard|strong="H3754". He|strong="G2532" built|strong="G3618" a|strong="G2532" fence|strong="H1447" around|strong="G4060" it|strong="G2532". He|strong="G2532" dug|strong="G3736" a|strong="G2532" hole|strong="H6310" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" ground|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w inside|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w fence|strong="H1447"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" placed|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w hole|strong="H6310"\+w*} a|strong="G2532" stone|strong="H0068" tank to|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w collect|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w juice|strong="H6071"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w*} pressed|strong="H6555" out|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" grapes|strong="H6025". He|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" built|strong="G3618" a|strong="G2532" tower|strong="G4444" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w inside|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w fence|strong="H1447"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sit|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w guard|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w vineyard|strong="H3754"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" arranged|strong="H6186" for|strong="G1722" some|strong="G1722" men|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w care|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1722"\+w*} the|strong="G1722" vineyard|strong="H3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w give|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w him|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w some|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w grapes|strong="H6025"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w return|strong="H7725"\+w*}. Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" away|strong="H5493" to|strong="G2532" another|strong="G1722" country|strong="H2022". 
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The|strong="G1722" builders|strong="G3618" rejected|strong="H3988" a|strong="G1096" certain|strong="G2532" stone|strong="G3037". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w others|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w put|strong="G2532"\+w*} that|strong="G3739" same|strong="G3778" stone|strong="G3037" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w its|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w proper|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w place|strong="G1096"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*} has|strong="G2962" become|strong="G1096" the|strong="G1722" most|strong="G3037" important|strong="H5704" stone|strong="G3037" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w*} building|strong="G3618" [MET|strong="H6298"]. The|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" has|strong="G2962" done|strong="G1096" this|strong="G3778", and|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249" marvel|strong="G2298" as|strong="G1519" we|strong="G2249" look|strong="G1096" at|strong="G1722" it|strong="G2532". 
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\verseNumber{43}So|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w reject|strong="H3988"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1325"\+w*}, I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G2532" going|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" this|strong="G3778": God|strong="G2316" will|strong="G2316" no|strong="G2532" longer|strong="H5750" let|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jews|strong="H3064"\+w*} be|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1484" over|strong="G1325" whom|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" rules|strong="H4910". Instead|strong="H8478", he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" let|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{non-Jews} be|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1484" over|strong="G1325" whom|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" rules|strong="H4910", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" do|strong="G4160" [IDM] what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" asks|strong="H7592" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160". 
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\verseNumber{45}When|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w elders|strong="H2205"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w*} Pharisees|strong="G5330" heard|strong="G1097" this|strong="G3588" parable|strong="G3850", they|strong="G2532" realized|strong="G1097" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" accusing|strong="H7760" them|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w believe|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{46}They|strong="G2532" wanted|strong="G2212" to|strong="G1519" seize|strong="G2902" him|strong="G3588", but|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w so|strong="G2532"\+w*} because|strong="G1893" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" afraid|strong="G5399" of|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" crowds|strong="G3793" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w if|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*}, because|strong="G1893" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w crowds|strong="G3793"\+w*} considered|strong="G2192" that|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2192" prophet|strong="G4396". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus told a parable about a wedding feast to illustrate what will happen to people who do not accept him as the Messiah. }
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="G2532" rest|strong="G3062" of|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" seized|strong="G2902" the|strong="G2532" king’s|strong="H4428" servants|strong="G1401", mistreated|strong="G5195" them|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" killed|strong="H2026" them|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" king|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" attendants|strong="H5650", ‘Tie|strong="G1210" this|strong="G3588" person’s|strong="H3820" feet|strong="G4228" and|strong="G2532" hands|strong="G5495" and|strong="G2532" throw|strong="G1544" him|strong="G3588" outside|strong="G1544" where|strong="G1519" there|strong="G1563" is|strong="G1510" total|strong="H3605" darkness|strong="G4655". People|strong="G1510" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" there|strong="G1563" cry|strong="H7121" out|strong="G1544" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w suffering|strong="G1510"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" gnash|strong="H2786" their|strong="G2532" teeth|strong="G3599" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w severe|strong="H3515"\+w* \+w pain|strong="H4341"\+w*}.’ ” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" showed|strong="H7200" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" Messiah|strong="H4899" must|strong="G3588" be|strong="G2532" greater|strong="H1419" than|strong="G2532" King|strong="G3588" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2532" just|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1722" descendant|strong="H2233". }
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\verseNumber{41}While|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" Pharisees|strong="G5330" were|strong="G3588" still|strong="H5750" gathered|strong="G4863" together|strong="G4863" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w near|strong="H7126"\+w*} Jesus|strong="G2424", he|strong="G1161" asked|strong="G1905" them|strong="G3588", 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus warned the people against the hypocritical behavior of the religious leaders. }
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\chapterNumber{23}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G2980" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" us|strong="H5414" his|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101", 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus also|strong="H1571" warned|strong="H2094" the|strong="H3605" religious leaders|strong="H7218" about|strong="H5439" zealously|strong="H2734" encouraging others|strong="H0312" to|strong="H0413" believe|strong="H0539" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H1992" teach|strong="H3925". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" rebuked|strong="H1605" the|strong="G1722" religious leaders|strong="H7218" about|strong="G1722" paying|strong="H1576" attention|strong="H7181" to|strong="G2532" unimportant laws|strong="H8451" and|strong="G2532" at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" same|strong="G2532" time|strong="G1722" ignoring important|strong="H5704" ones|strong="H2945". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus also|strong="G1161" rebuked|strong="H1605" the|strong="G1161" religious leaders|strong="G3595" about|strong="G3588" being|strong="G1161" greedy|strong="H1214" and|strong="G1161" selfish|strong="H7451". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" rebuked|strong="H1605" the|strong="G2532" religious leaders|strong="G4413" for|strong="G2532" being|strong="G1096" hypocrites|strong="H2611" and|strong="G2532" pretending|strong="H7186" to|strong="G2443" be|strong="G1096" righteous|strong="H6662". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1510" accused|strong="H7170" the|strong="G2532" religious leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="G2532" being|strong="G1510" guilty|strong="H0816" of|strong="G2532" killing|strong="H2026" all|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" prophets|strong="H5030". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1565" warned|strong="H2094" his|strong="G3956" disciples|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" to|strong="G2532" believe|strong="H0539" false|strong="G3361" reports|strong="H1697" about|strong="G3588" his|strong="G3956" return|strong="H7725", because|strong="G1223" everyone|strong="G3956" will|strong="G2532" see|strong="H7200" him|strong="G3588" when|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" comes|strong="G2532". }
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\verseNumber{23-24}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w At|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w*} people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" appear|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w*} falsely|strong="H8267" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3117"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" Messiah|strong="H4899" or|strong="H0176" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3117"\+w*} prophets|strong="H5030". They|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" perform|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" kinds|strong="H2178" ◄of|strong="H1121" miracles|strong="H6381"/of|strong="H1121" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" ordinary|strong="H2455" people|strong="H5971" cannot|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213"►, in|strong="H0935" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H0413" deceive|strong="H5377" people|strong="H5971". They|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" even|strong="H1571" try|strong="H0974" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w*} if|strong="H0518" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w is|strong="H0369"\+w*} possible to|strong="H0413" deceive|strong="H5377" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w whom|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3068"\+w*} chosen|strong="H0977". So|strong="H3651", at|strong="H3427" that|strong="H0834" time|strong="H6256", if|strong="H0518" someone|strong="H0376" says|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0859", ‘Look|strong="H7200", here|strong="H6311" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="H0369"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" Messiah|strong="H4899"!’ or|strong="H0176" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w says|strong="H0559"\+w*}, ‘Over|strong="H5921" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H0369" the|strong="H3605" Messiah|strong="H4899"!’ do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" believe|strong="H0539" it|strong="H5414"! 
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\verseNumber{31}I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" send|strong="H7971" my|strong="G3326" angels|strong="H4397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w earth|strong="G2532"\+w*} from|strong="G1537" everywhere|strong="H3605" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" heavens|strong="G3772". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w*} blowing|strong="H8628" trumpets|strong="G4536" loudly|strong="G3173". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="G2532"\+w*} from|strong="G1537" throughout|strong="H3605" the|strong="G2532" whole|strong="H3605" earth|strong="G2532" [DOU] they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" gather|strong="G1996" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3588" whom|strong="G3588" I|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" chosen|strong="G1588".” 

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\verseNumber{32}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Now|strong="G1161"\+w*} I|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3752"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} learn|strong="G3129" something|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G2532"\+w*} this|strong="G3588" parable|strong="G3850" about|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w how|strong="G3754"\+w*} fig|strong="G4808" trees|strong="H6086" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w grow|strong="G1096"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w In|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}, when|strong="G3752" the|strong="G2532" buds|strong="H6525" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w fig|strong="G4808"\+w* \+w tree|strong="G4808"\+w*} become|strong="G1096" tender|strong="H7390" and|strong="G2532" its|strong="G1631" leaves|strong="G5444" begin|strong="H2490" to|strong="G2532" sprout|strong="H6779", you|strong="G3752" know|strong="G1097" that|strong="G3754" summer|strong="G2330" is|strong="G3588" near|strong="G1451". 
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\verseNumber{36}“But|strong="G1161" neither|strong="G3761" I|strong="G2532", nor|strong="G3761" any|strong="G1487" other|strong="G1161" person|strong="G5207", nor|strong="G3761" any|strong="G1487" angel|strong="H4397" in|strong="G2532" heaven|strong="G3772", knows|strong="G1492" either|strong="G3761" the|strong="G2532" day|strong="G2250" or|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" hour|strong="G5610" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w about|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*}. Only|strong="G3441" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w my|strong="G3588"\+w*} Father|strong="G3962", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w knows|strong="G1492"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{50}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="G2532"\+w*} the|strong="G1722" house|strong="H1004" owner|strong="G2962" will|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2240" back|strong="H7725" at|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" time|strong="G2250" when|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" servant|strong="G1401" does|strong="G1097" not|strong="G3756" expect|strong="G4328" him|strong="G3588" [DOU]. 
\verseNumber{51}He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" punish|strong="H6485" that|strong="G3588" servant|strong="G3588" severely|strong="H5953" [HYP], (OR|strong="G2532", cut|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" servant|strong="G3588" into|strong="H0413" two|strong="H8147" pieces|strong="G1371") and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" put|strong="G5087" him|strong="G3588" where|strong="G5087" ◄the|strong="G2532" hypocrites|strong="G5273"/the|strong="G2532" ones|strong="H2945" who|strong="G3588" only|strong="G2532" pretended|strong="H5060" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" good|strong="G3588"► are|strong="G1510" put|strong="G5087". In|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" place|strong="G1563" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1510" cry|strong="H7121" and|strong="G2532" grind|strong="H2912" their|strong="G2532" teeth|strong="G3599" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w suffer|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w very|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w much|strong="H7227"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus taught in a parable that his disciples should always be ready for his return. }
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\chapterNumber{25}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w continued|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w saying|strong="H0559"\+w*, “\+w I|strong="G5119"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3748"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w else|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w about|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w time|strong="G5119"\+w* \+w when|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w I|strong="G5119"\+w* \+w return|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w from|strong="G1831"\+w*} heaven|strong="G3772" as|strong="G1519" king|strong="G3588" [MET|strong="H6298"]. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w What|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3748"\+w* \+w happen|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w people|strong="G2983"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w me|strong="G2983"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3748"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1519"\+w*} like|strong="G3666" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w happened|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w*} ten|strong="G1176" virgins|strong="G3933" who|strong="G3588" took|strong="G2983" their|strong="G1438" lanterns and|strong="G3772" went|strong="G1831" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="G1519" they|strong="G3588" would|strong="G1438" meet|strong="G5222" a|strong="G1519" bridegroom|strong="G3566" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G3772"\+w* \+w go|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w wedding|strong="H1984"\+w* \+w celebration|strong="H8057"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}Five|strong="G4002" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" virgins|strong="H1330" were|strong="G1510" foolish|strong="G3474" and|strong="G2532" five|strong="G4002" of|strong="G1537" them|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" wise|strong="G5429". 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="G2532" bridegroom|strong="G3566" was|strong="G3588" delayed|strong="H4102", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w became|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w late|strong="H0309"\+w* \+w at|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w night|strong="H3915"\+w*}. So|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" virgins|strong="H1330" became|strong="G3588" sleepy and|strong="G2532" fell|strong="G2532" asleep|strong="G2518". 
\verseNumber{6}In|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" middle|strong="G3319" of|strong="G3319" the|strong="G1519" night|strong="G3571" someone|strong="H0376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w woke|strong="H3364"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w up|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1519"\+w*} shouting|strong="H8643", ‘Hey|strong="H1945"! The|strong="G1519" bridegroom|strong="G3566" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w arriving|strong="H0935"\+w*}! Go|strong="G1831" outside|strong="G1831" and|strong="G1161" meet|strong="G3588" him|strong="G3588"!’ 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" virgins|strong="G3933" got|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453" and|strong="G2532" trimmed|strong="G2885" their|strong="G1438" lantern wicks \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w burn|strong="H8313"\+w* \+w properly|strong="H4941"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="G1537" foolish|strong="G3474" virgins|strong="H1330" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G1537" wise|strong="G5429" ones|strong="G3748", ‘Give|strong="G1325" us|strong="G1325" some|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" your|strong="G1325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="G1637"\+w*} oil|strong="G1637", because|strong="G3754" our|strong="G1537" lanterns are|strong="G3588" about|strong="G3754" to|strong="G3004" go|strong="H1980" out|strong="G1537"!’ 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="G2532" wise|strong="G5429" virgins|strong="H1330" replied|strong="G3004", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w No|strong="G3756"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G1161"\+w*} there|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" be|strong="G2532" enough|strong="H1767" oil|strong="H8081" for|strong="G4314" our|strong="G2532" lanterns and|strong="G2532" for|strong="G4314" yours|strong="G4771". Go|strong="G4198" to|strong="G4314" a|strong="G2532" store|strong="H4543" and|strong="G2532" buy|strong="H7069" some|strong="G3588" for|strong="G4314" yourselves|strong="G1438"!’ 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="G1161" while|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w foolish|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w virgins|strong="H1330"\+w*} were|strong="G3588" going|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" buy|strong="H7069" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w oil|strong="H8081"\+w*}, the|strong="G2532" bridegroom|strong="G3566" arrived|strong="G2064". So|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wise|strong="H2450"\+w* \+w virgins|strong="H1330"\+w*}, who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" ready|strong="G2092", went|strong="G2064" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G2532" bridegroom|strong="G3566" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" wedding|strong="G1062" hall|strong="H0197" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w bride|strong="H3618"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w waiting|strong="H8104"\+w*}. Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" door|strong="G2374" was|strong="G3588" closed|strong="G2808" {someone|strong="H0376" closed|strong="G2808" the|strong="G2532" door|strong="G2374" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w hall|strong="H0197"\+w*}}. 
\verseNumber{11}Later|strong="G5305", the|strong="G2532" rest|strong="G3062" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" virgins|strong="G3933" came|strong="G2064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w hall|strong="H0197"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" called|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w bridegroom|strong="H2860"\+w*}, ‘Sir|strong="G2962", open|strong="H6605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w door|strong="H6607"\+w*} for|strong="G1161" us|strong="G3004"!’ 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}, ‘The|strong="G1161" truth|strong="H0571" is|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1161" do|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" you|strong="G5210", so|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w open|strong="H6605"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w door|strong="H6607"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*}!’” 
\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w continued|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w by|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w saying|strong="G3754"\+w*}, “So|strong="G3767", in|strong="G3756" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3754"\+w*}, keep|strong="G1127" expecting \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w I|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w return|strong="H7725"\+w*}, because|strong="G3754" you|strong="G3754" do|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" when|strong="G1492" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w be|strong="G3756"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1492" told|strong="H5046" a|strong="G3756" parable|strong="H4912" to|strong="G3756" teach|strong="H3925" his|strong="G3754" disciples|strong="G3588" about|strong="G3754" making|strong="H6213" good|strong="G3756" use|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2250" what|strong="G3588" God|strong="G3588" has|strong="G5610" given|strong="H5414" them|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{14}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w return|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="H8064"\+w* \+w as|strong="G5618"\+w* \+w king|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w deal|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w with|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="G1401"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w been|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w serving|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w me|strong="G2564"\+w* \+w like|strong="G5618"\+w*} a|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" about|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" go|strong="G2532" on|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" long|strong="H0753" journey|strong="H1870" dealt|strong="H6213" with|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2398" servants|strong="G1401". He|strong="G2532" called|strong="G2564" them|strong="G3588" together|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G3860" them|strong="G3588" each|strong="H0376" some|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2398" wealth|strong="H2428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* invest \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w gain|strong="H1215"\+w* \+w more|strong="G5225"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{16}The|strong="G1722" servant|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" received|strong="G2983" 5,000 dollars went|strong="G4198" immediately|strong="H6965" and|strong="G2532" used|strong="H6213" that|strong="G3588" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="G2532" gain|strong="G2770" 5,000 dollars more|strong="G2532". 
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\verseNumber{19}After|strong="G3326" a|strong="G2532" long|strong="G4183" time|strong="G5550" the|strong="G2532" servants’|strong="H5650" boss returned|strong="G2064". He|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w called|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w together|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} find|strong="H4672" out|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" done|strong="H6213" with|strong="G3326" his|strong="G2532" money|strong="H3701". 
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\verseNumber{21}His|strong="G1519" boss replied|strong="G5346", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w very|strong="G4183"\+w*} good|strong="G2095" and|strong="G2532" faithful|strong="G4103" servant|strong="G1401"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w*} done|strong="G2095" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="G4183"\+w*} well|strong="G2532"! You|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2532" faithfully|strong="G4103" handled|strong="H6213" a|strong="G2532" small|strong="G3641" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w amount|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w*}, so|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" put|strong="G2525" you|strong="G4771" in|strong="G1519" charge|strong="G2525" of|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="G2532" things|strong="G3588". Come|strong="G1525" and|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" happy|strong="H0835" with|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1909"!’ 
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\verseNumber{22}The|strong="G2532" servant|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w received|strong="H3947"\+w*} 2,000 dollars also|strong="G2532" came|strong="G4334" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", ‘Boss, you|strong="G3004" gave|strong="G3860" me|strong="G1473" 2,000 dollars to|strong="G2532" take|strong="G1161" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="G2532". Look|strong="G3708", I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" gained|strong="G2770" 2,000 more|strong="G2532"!’ 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus told his disciples of his coming arrest. The Jewish leaders planned how to seize Jesus. }
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\verseNumber{19}So|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w two|strong="G5613"\+w*} disciples|strong="G3101" did|strong="G4160" as|strong="G5613" Jesus|strong="G2424" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="G3588". They|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} prepared|strong="G2090" the|strong="G2532" Passover|strong="G3957" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w meal|strong="H7058"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w man’s|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{20}When|strong="G1161" it|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1096" evening|strong="G3798", Jesus|strong="G3326" was|strong="G1096" eating|strong="H0398" the|strong="G1161" meal|strong="H7058" with|strong="G3326" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="G1096"\+w*} twelve|strong="G1427" disciples|strong="G3101". 
\verseNumber{21}While|strong="G2068" we|strong="G3754" were|strong="G2532" eating|strong="G2068", he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*}, “Listen|strong="H8085" carefully|strong="H6213" to|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3748": One|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1537" you|strong="G5210" is|strong="G3748" going|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" enable|strong="H7980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" seize|strong="H0962" me|strong="G1473".” 
\verseNumber{22}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="G2532"\+w*} were|strong="G1510" very|strong="G2532" sad|strong="G3076". We|strong="G2532" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G2532", one|strong="G1520" after|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" other|strong="G1520", “Lord|strong="G2962", ◄it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" surely|strong="G3385" not|strong="G1510" I|strong="G1473"!/I’m not|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520", am|strong="G1510" I|strong="G1473"?► [RHQ]” 
\verseNumber{23}He|strong="G1161" replied|strong="G3004", “The|strong="G1722" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" will|strong="G1473" enable|strong="H7980" my|strong="G1722" enemies|strong="H0341" to|strong="G3004" seize|strong="H0962" me|strong="G1473" is|strong="G3588" one|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1722" you|strong="G1722" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" dipping bread|strong="H3899" [MTY] into|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* sauce \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w*} the|strong="G1722" dish|strong="H7086" along|strong="G1722" with|strong="G3326" me|strong="G1473". 
\verseNumber{24}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w certain|strong="H0259"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w*} I|strong="G3739", the|strong="G1161" one|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" came|strong="G3588" from|strong="G3756" heaven|strong="H8064", will|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w die|strong="G1223"\+w*}, because|strong="G1223" that|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" what|strong="G3739" has|strong="G3739" been|strong="G1510" written|strong="G1125" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w*} have|strong="G1510" written|strong="G1125"} about|strong="G4012" me|strong="G3756". But|strong="G1161" there|strong="G1161" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" terrible|strong="H3372" punishment|strong="H5771" for|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1161" man|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" enables \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} to|strong="G3756" seize|strong="H0962" me|strong="G3756"! It|strong="G1161" would|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" better|strong="G2570" for|strong="G1223" that|strong="G3739" man|strong="G3739" if|strong="G1487" he|strong="G1161" had|strong="G1510" never|strong="G3756" been|strong="G1510" born|strong="G1080"!” 
\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="G1161" Judas|strong="G2455", the|strong="G1161" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="G3004" betray|strong="G3860" him|strong="G3588", said|strong="G3004", “Teacher|strong="H4175", ◄surely|strong="G3385" it|strong="G1161" is|strong="G1510" not|strong="G1510" I|strong="G1473"!/I’m not|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1161" one|strong="G3588", am|strong="G1510" I|strong="G1473"?► [RHQ]” Jesus|strong="G3004" replied|strong="G3004", “Yes|strong="G1161", you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1161" one|strong="G3588".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" gave|strong="G3860" the|strong="G1161" disciples|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1161" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="G1161" wine|strong="H3196" to|strong="G3004" symbolize his|strong="G3588" coming|strong="H0935" death|strong="H4194". }
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\verseNumber{26}While|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" eating|strong="G2068", Jesus|strong="G2424" took|strong="G2983" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w small|strong="H6996"\+w* \+w loaf|strong="H3603"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="G2532" thanked|strong="H1288" God|strong="G3004" for|strong="G1161" it|strong="G2532". He|strong="G2532" broke|strong="G2806" it|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w into|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w pieces|strong="H5409"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G1325" it|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="G1325"\+w*} disciples|strong="G3101", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Take|strong="G2983" this|strong="G3778" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w bread|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} eat|strong="G2068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w represents|strong="G1510"\+w*} my|strong="G1325" body|strong="G4983".” 
\verseNumber{27}Later|strong="H0310" he|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2983" a|strong="G2532" cup|strong="G4221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w wine|strong="H3196"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" thanked|strong="G2168" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w for|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*}. Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G1325" it|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" us|strong="G1325", saying|strong="G3004", “Drink|strong="G4095" some|strong="G1537" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wine|strong="H3196"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w this|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w cup|strong="G4221"\+w*}, all|strong="G3956" of|strong="G1537" you|strong="G1325". 
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\verseNumber{29}Note|strong="H3045" this|strong="G3778" carefully|strong="H6213": I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G1473" not|strong="G3756" drink|strong="G4095" wine|strong="H3196" in|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3778" way|strong="G1722" anymore|strong="H5750" until|strong="G2193" the|strong="G1722" time|strong="G2250" when|strong="G3752" I|strong="G1473" drink|strong="G4095" it|strong="G1161" with|strong="G3326" you|strong="G5210" with|strong="G3326" a|strong="G1722" new|strong="G2537" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w meaning|strong="H0998"\+w*. \+w That|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*} when|strong="G3752" my|strong="G1722" Father|strong="G3962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{enables \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w begin|strong="H2490"\+w*} to|strong="G3004" rule|strong="H4910" as|strong="G1722" king|strong="G3588".” 
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\verseNumber{30}After|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" sang|strong="H7891" a|strong="G2532" hymn|strong="G5214", we|strong="G2532" started|strong="H2490" out|strong="G1831" towards Olive|strong="G1636" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tree|strong="G1636"\+w*} Hill|strong="G3735". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1831" prophesied|strong="H5012" that|strong="G3588" Peter|strong="G1831" would|strong="G2532" deny|strong="G3588" three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" knew|strong="H3045" Jesus|strong="G1831". }
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\verseNumber{31}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w On|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w way|strong="G1722"\+w*}, Jesus|strong="G2424" told|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004", “This|strong="G3778" night|strong="G3571" all|strong="G3956" of|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G2532" desert|strong="H6160" me|strong="G1473" because|strong="G1063" of|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} me|strong="G1473"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w certain|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*} because|strong="G1063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w these|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w words|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w*} are|strong="G3588" written|strong="G1125" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* Scriptures:} ‘I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cause|strong="G4624"\+w*} the|strong="G1722" shepherd|strong="G4166" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" killed|strong="H2026", and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="G3956"\+w*} the|strong="G1722" sheep|strong="G4263" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" scattered|strong="G1287" {scatter|strong="G1287"}.’ 
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\verseNumber{34}Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “The|strong="G1722" truth|strong="H0571" is|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3754" this|strong="G3778" very|strong="G3778" night|strong="G3571", before|strong="G4250" the|strong="G1722" rooster|strong="H4975" crows|strong="G5455", you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G1473" say|strong="G3004" three|strong="G5151" times|strong="G5151" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" do|strong="G3004" not|strong="G3778" know|strong="G1722" me|strong="G1473"!” 
\verseNumber{35}Peter|strong="G4074" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “Even|strong="G2532" if|strong="G2579" they|strong="G2532" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w defending|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*}, I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" never|strong="G3756" say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="H3045" you|strong="G4771"!” All|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*} disciples|strong="G3101" also|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" same|strong="G3668" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w thing|strong="G3956"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{While|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" slept|strong="H7901", Jesus|strong="G3004" prayed|strong="H6419" that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G3004" would|strong="G2532" spare|strong="H2550" him|strong="G3588" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" coming|strong="H0935" suffering|strong="H6040". }
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\verseNumber{36}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" went|strong="G2064" with|strong="G3326" us|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" place|strong="G1563" that|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3588" called|strong="G3004" {that|strong="G3739" people|strong="G3004" call|strong="G3004"} Gethsemane|strong="G1068". There|strong="G1563" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w most|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} us|strong="G3004", “Stay|strong="G2523" here|strong="G1519" while|strong="G2193" I|strong="G3739" go|strong="G2064" over|strong="G1519" there|strong="G1563" and|strong="G2532" pray|strong="G4336".” 
\verseNumber{37}He|strong="G2532" took|strong="G3880" Peter|strong="G4074", James, and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2532" with|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588". He|strong="G2532" became|strong="G3076" extremely|strong="H3966" distressed|strong="G3076". 
\verseNumber{38}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “I|strong="G1473" [SYN] am|strong="G1510" very|strong="G2532" sorrowful|strong="G4036", so|strong="G2532" much|strong="H7227" so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w feel|strong="H4184"\+w* \+w as|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w if|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w were|strong="G1510"\+w*} about|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" die|strong="G2288"! Remain|strong="G3306" here|strong="G5602" and|strong="G2532" stay|strong="G3306" awake|strong="G1127" with|strong="G3326" me|strong="G1473"!” 
\verseNumber{39}After|strong="G1909" going|strong="G4281" a|strong="G5613" little|strong="G3398" further|strong="G1909", he|strong="G2532" threw|strong="G4098" himself|strong="H5315" face|strong="G4383" down|strong="G4098" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H0776"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" prayed|strong="G4336", “My|strong="G1473" Father|strong="G3962", if|strong="G1487" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" possible|strong="G1415" [MTY], do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" make|strong="G4336" me|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2532" endure|strong="H5975" the|strong="G2532" suffering|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w coming|strong="G4334"\+w*} now|strong="G2532". But|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" do|strong="G2532" as|strong="G5613" I|strong="G1473" want|strong="G2309". Instead|strong="H8478", do|strong="G2532" as|strong="G5613" you|strong="G4771" want|strong="G2309"!” 
\verseNumber{40}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" returned|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w three|strong="G5610"\+w*} disciples|strong="G3101" and|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G2147" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" sleeping|strong="G2518". He|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w woke|strong="H3364"\+w*} Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", “◄I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" disappointed|strong="H0954" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w men|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w fell|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w asleep|strong="G2518"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} were|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" able|strong="G2480" to|strong="G4314" stay|strong="G1127" awake|strong="G1127" with|strong="G3326" me|strong="G1473" for|strong="G4314" just|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" short|strong="G3588" time|strong="G5610"!/Why|strong="H4100" were|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3004" men|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" able|strong="G2480" to|strong="G4314" stay|strong="G1127" awake|strong="G1127" with|strong="G3326" me|strong="G1473" for|strong="G4314" just|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520" hour|strong="G5610"?► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{41}You|strong="G2532" must|strong="G1525" keep|strong="G1127" alert|strong="G1127" and|strong="G2532" pray|strong="G4336" so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" you|strong="G2532" can|strong="H4310" resist|strong="H2388" when|strong="G1161" you|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" tempted|strong="H5254" {something|strong="H1697" tempts you|strong="G2532"}. You|strong="G2532" want|strong="H4270" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w you|strong="G2532"\+w*}, but|strong="G1161" you|strong="G2532" [SYN] are|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" strong|strong="G2532" enough|strong="H1767" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w actually|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{42}He|strong="G3778" went|strong="G3588" away|strong="G3928" a|strong="G1096" second|strong="G1208" time|strong="G1208". He|strong="G3778" prayed|strong="G4336", “My|strong="G1473" Father|strong="G3962", if|strong="G1487" it|strong="G1487" is|strong="G3588" necessary|strong="H2706" for|strong="G1537" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G3004" suffer|strong="H5414" [LIT|strong="H0215"], may|strong="G1410" what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" want|strong="G2307" happen|strong="G1096"!” 
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\verseNumber{43}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" returned|strong="G2064" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w three|strong="H7969"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G1510"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G2147" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" asleep|strong="G2518" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="G3825"\+w*}. They|strong="G2532" could|strong="G2147" not|strong="G1510" keep|strong="H8104" their|strong="G1438" eyes|strong="G3788" open|strong="H6605" [IDM]. 
\verseNumber{44}So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" left|strong="H7604" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" away|strong="H5493" again|strong="G3825". He|strong="G2532" prayed|strong="G4336" the|strong="G2532" third|strong="G5154" time|strong="G5154", saying|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" same|strong="G2532" thing|strong="G3056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w prayed|strong="G4336"\+w* \+w before|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{45}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" returned|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" us|strong="G3004" disciples|strong="G3101". He|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w woke|strong="H3364"\+w*} us|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w up|strong="G3860"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" us|strong="G3004", “◄I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G2532" disappointed|strong="H0954" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3004" are|strong="G3588" still|strong="G2064" sleeping|strong="G2518" and|strong="G2532" resting|strong="H4496"!/Why|strong="G1519" are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3004" still|strong="G2064" sleeping|strong="G2518" and|strong="G2532" resting|strong="H4496"?► [RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Look|strong="G2400"\+w*} Someone|strong="H0376" is|strong="G3588" about|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" enable|strong="H7980" sinful|strong="H2400" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w men|strong="G3588"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" seize|strong="H0962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*}, the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" came|strong="G2064" from|strong="G2064" heaven|strong="H8064"! 
\verseNumber{46}Get|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453"! Let’s|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3860"\+w* \+w meet|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*} Here|strong="G2400" comes|strong="G1448" the|strong="G3588" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" enabling them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G3860" seize|strong="H0962" me|strong="G1473"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{After|strong="G3708" Judas enabled|strong="H5414" men|strong="G3588" to|strong="G3860" seize|strong="H0962" Jesus|strong="G1448", Jesus|strong="G1448" ridiculed them|strong="G3588", but|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3588" fled|strong="H5127". }
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\verseNumber{47}While|strong="G2980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*} was|strong="G3588" still|strong="G2089" speaking|strong="G2980", Judas|strong="G2455" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w arrived|strong="G2064"\+w*. \+w Even|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w though|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w*} one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="G3708"\+w*} twelve|strong="G1427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* Jesus’ \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w seize|strong="H0962"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}. A|strong="G2532" large|strong="G4183" crowd|strong="G3793" carrying|strong="H5375" swords|strong="G3162" and|strong="G2532" clubs|strong="G3586" was|strong="G3588" with|strong="G3326" him|strong="G3588". They|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2532" by|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" elders|strong="G4245" {the|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} elders|strong="G4245" had|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588"}. 
\verseNumber{48}Judas had|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} arranged|strong="H6186" to|strong="G3004" give|strong="G1325" them|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1510" signal|strong="H5251", saying|strong="G3004", “The|strong="G1161" man|strong="G2902" whom|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" will|strong="G1510" kiss|strong="G5368" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1161" one|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w*}. Seize|strong="G2902" him|strong="G3588"!” 
\verseNumber{49}He|strong="G2532" immediately|strong="G2112" went|strong="G4334" to|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Greetings|strong="G5463", Teacher|strong="H4175"!” Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" kissed|strong="G2705" Jesus|strong="G2424" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w neck|strong="H6677"\+w*/\+w cheek|strong="H3895"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{50}Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="G3004", “Friend|strong="G2083", is|strong="G3588" it|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w kiss|strong="H5401"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*} that|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3588" here|strong="G3918"?” (OR|strong="G2532", “Do|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2532" come|strong="G3918" for|strong="G1909"!”) Then|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w men|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w came|strong="G4334"\+w* \+w with|strong="G2532"\+w* Judas} stepped|strong="H3318" forward|strong="G4334" and|strong="G2532" seized|strong="G2902" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
\verseNumber{51}Suddenly|strong="G2400", one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G1401" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" with|strong="G3326" Jesus|strong="G2424" pulled|strong="H5265" his|strong="G3708" sword|strong="G3162" out|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w its|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w sheath|strong="H8593"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" struck|strong="G3960" the|strong="G2532" servant|strong="G1401" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" high|strong="G2532" priest|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w only|strong="G2532"\+w*} cut|strong="G2532" off|strong="H3772" his|strong="G3708" ear|strong="G5621". 
\verseNumber{52}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", “Put|strong="G3956" your|strong="G3956" sword|strong="G3162" back|strong="G1519" in|strong="G1722" its|strong="G3956" sheath|strong="H8593"! All|strong="G3956" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="G1519" kill|strong="H2026" others|strong="G3588" with|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1519" sword|strong="G3162" will|strong="G3956" themselves|strong="G1519" be|strong="G3956" killed|strong="H2026" with|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1519" sword|strong="G3162"! 
\verseNumber{53}Do|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3754" think|strong="G1380" that|strong="G3754" [RHQ] if|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" asked|strong="G3870" my|strong="G1473" Father|strong="G3962", he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" immediately|strong="H6965" send|strong="H7971" more|strong="G4119" than|strong="G2228" ◄twelve|strong="G1427" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="G2532"/72,000► angels|strong="H4397" to|strong="G2532" help|strong="G3936" me|strong="G1473"? 
\verseNumber{54}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w if|strong="G3748"\+w* \+w I|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w did|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*, \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w*} have|strong="G3748" written|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1096" the|strong="G3588" Scriptures|strong="G1124" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3748"\+w* \+w happen|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1163"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*} would|strong="G1096" not|strong="G1163" be|strong="G1096" fulfilled|strong="G4137" {happen|strong="G1096"} [RHQ].” 
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\verseNumber{55}At|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2250" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" crowd|strong="G3793" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w seizing|strong="H3423"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}, “◄It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" ridiculous that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G1722" have|strong="G2532" come|strong="G1831" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="G1722"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" seize|strong="G2902" me|strong="G1473" with|strong="G3326" swords|strong="G3162" and|strong="G2532" clubs|strong="G3586", as|strong="G5613" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w*} a|strong="G5613" bandit!/Have|strong="G2532" you|strong="G1722" come|strong="G1831" here|strong="G1722" to|strong="G2532" seize|strong="G2902" me|strong="G1473" with|strong="G3326" swords|strong="G3162" and|strong="G2532" clubs|strong="G3586", as|strong="G5613" if|strong="G5613" I|strong="G1473" were|strong="G3588" a|strong="G5613" bandit?► [RHQ] Day|strong="G2250" after|strong="G3326" day|strong="G2250" I|strong="G1473" sat|strong="G2516" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="G2413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*}, teaching|strong="G1321" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3793"\+w*}. Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="G2532" you|strong="G1722" not|strong="G3756" arrest|strong="G2902" me|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="G2532"\+w*}? 
\verseNumber{56}But|strong="G1161" all|strong="G3956" this|strong="G3778" is|strong="G3588" happening|strong="G1096" to|strong="G2443" fulfill|strong="G4137" what|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3956" prophets|strong="G4396" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w written|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w in|strong="G3956"\+w*} the|strong="G3956" Scriptures|strong="G1124" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w me|strong="G4137"\+w*}.” Then|strong="G5119" all|strong="G3956" of|strong="G3956" us|strong="G1096" disciples|strong="G3101" deserted|strong="H5307" Jesus|strong="G3778" and|strong="G1161" ran|strong="G5343" away|strong="G5343". 

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\verseNumber{57}The|strong="G2532" men|strong="G4245" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2424" seized|strong="G2902" Jesus|strong="G2424" took|strong="G2902" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w where|strong="G3699"\+w*} Caiaphas|strong="G2533", the|strong="G2532" high|strong="G2532" priest|strong="H3548", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lived|strong="G2532"\+w*}. The|strong="G2532" men|strong="G4245" who|strong="G3588" taught|strong="H3925" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} laws|strong="H8451" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} elders|strong="G4245" had|strong="G2424" already|strong="H3528" gathered|strong="G4863" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{58}Peter|strong="G4074" followed|strong="H0310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G1525"\+w*} at|strong="G1161" a|strong="G2532" distance|strong="G3113". He|strong="G2532" came|strong="G1525" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" high|strong="G2532" priest’s|strong="H3548" courtyard|strong="H2691". He|strong="G2532" entered|strong="G1525" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" sat|strong="G2521" down|strong="G2521" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G2532" guards|strong="H7323" to|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" what|strong="G3588" would|strong="G2532" happen|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{59}The|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} Council|strong="G4892" were|strong="G3588" trying|strong="G2212" to|strong="G2532" find|strong="H4672" people|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" would|strong="G2532" tell|strong="H5046" lies|strong="H3577" about|strong="G2596" Jesus|strong="G2424" so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" could|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{convince \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* Roman \+w authorities|strong="H7984"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} execute|strong="G2289" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{60}But|strong="G1161" even|strong="G2532" though|strong="G2532" many|strong="G4183" people|strong="G4183" spoke|strong="H1696" lies|strong="H3577" about|strong="G2532" him|strong="G2532", they|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" find|strong="G2147" anyone|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w said|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w anything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w useful|strong="H5532"\+w*}. Finally|strong="G5305" two|strong="G1417" men|strong="G1417" came|strong="G4334" forward|strong="G4334" 
\verseNumber{61}and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" said|strong="G3004", ‘I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G2532" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G2532" destroy|strong="G2647" God’s|strong="G2316" Temple|strong="G3485" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" rebuild|strong="G3618" it|strong="G2532" within|strong="G1223" three|strong="G5140" days|strong="G2250".’” 
\verseNumber{62}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" high|strong="G2532" priest|strong="H3548" stood|strong="G3588" up|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004", “Are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" not|strong="G3762" going|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" reply|strong="G3004"? What|strong="G5101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w about|strong="G3588"\+w*} these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" saying|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w accuse|strong="H7378"\+w*} you|strong="G4771"?” 
\verseNumber{63}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" remained|strong="G1510" silent|strong="G4623". Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" high|strong="G2532" priest|strong="H3548" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2443" him|strong="G3588", “I|strong="G1473" command|strong="G3004" you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G2443" tell|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w truth|strong="H0571"\+w*}, knowing|strong="H3045" that|strong="G2443" the|strong="G2532" all-powerful God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w listening|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*}: Are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771" the|strong="G2532" Messiah|strong="G5547", ◄the|strong="G2532" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316"/the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5207" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" also|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316"►?” 
\verseNumber{64}Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="G3004", “Yes|strong="H3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w as|strong="G2532"\+w*} you|strong="G5210" say|strong="G3004". But|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004" this|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" of|strong="G1537" you|strong="G5210": Some|strong="G3588" day|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*}, the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" came|strong="G2064" from|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="G3772", sitting|strong="G2521" beside|strong="G1909" [MTY] Almighty|strong="H7706" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" ruling|strong="H4910". You|strong="G5210" will|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" me|strong="G3004" coming|strong="G2064" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" clouds|strong="G3507" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G1537"\+w*} heaven|strong="G3772"!” 
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\verseNumber{65}Then|strong="G5119" the|strong="G3588" high|strong="H1116" priest|strong="H3548" tore|strong="G1284" his|strong="G3708" outer|strong="G2440" garment|strong="G2440". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w custom|strong="H4941"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w show|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w shocked|strong="H8074"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w hear|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w equal|strong="H8505"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*}. Then|strong="G5119" he|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004", “This|strong="G3588" man|strong="G5101" has|strong="G2192" insulted|strong="H3637" God|strong="G3004"! He|strong="G3588" claims|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" be|strong="G2089" equal|strong="H8505" with|strong="G2192" God|strong="G3004"! ◄We|strong="G2192" certainly|strong="G2192" do|strong="G5101" not|strong="G2192" need|strong="G5532" anyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750" to|strong="G3004" testify|strong="G3144" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w man|strong="G5101"\+w*}!/Why|strong="G5101" should|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2192" seek|strong="G5101" any|strong="G2089" more|strong="G2089" people|strong="G3004" who|strong="G5101" will|strong="G5101" testify|strong="G3144" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w man|strong="G5101"\+w*}?► [RHQ] You|strong="G3004" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="G5101" he|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004"! 
\verseNumber{66}What|strong="G5101" have|strong="G1510" you|strong="G5210" decided|strong="G1380"?” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="G3004"\+w*} replied|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w According|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w our|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w laws|strong="H8451"\+w*}, he|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w guilty|strong="G1777"\+w* \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w*} deserves|strong="G1777" to|strong="G3004" be|strong="G1510" executed|strong="H6213"!” 
\verseNumber{67}Then|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*} spat|strong="G1716" in|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" face|strong="G4383". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Others|strong="G3588"\+w*} struck|strong="H5221" him|strong="G3588" with|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" fists|strong="G2852". Others|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* blindfolded \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}, slapped|strong="G4474" him|strong="G3588" 
\verseNumber{68}and|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Since|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w claim|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} [IRO] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w*} the|strong="G3588" Messiah|strong="G5547", tell|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004" who|strong="G5101" hit|strong="G3817" you|strong="G4771"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Peter denied|strong="H3584" three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G3588" knew|strong="H3045" Jesus|strong="G3004". }
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\verseNumber{69}Peter|strong="G4074" was|strong="G1510" sitting|strong="G2521" outside|strong="G1854" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" courtyard|strong="H2691". A|strong="G2532" servant|strong="G3588" girl|strong="H5291" came|strong="G4334" up|strong="G4334" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w looked|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w at|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}. She|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “You|strong="G4771" also|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" with|strong="G3326" Jesus|strong="G2424", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w man|strong="G1520"\+w*} from|strong="G2532" Galilee|strong="G1057" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{70}But|strong="G1161" while|strong="G1161" everyone|strong="G3956" there|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" listening|strong="H8085", he|strong="G1161" denied|strong="H3584" it|strong="G1161". He|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G1161" do|strong="G5101" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" what|strong="G5101" you|strong="G3004" are|strong="G3588" talking|strong="G3004" about|strong="G3588"!” 
\verseNumber{71}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" gateway|strong="G4440" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" courtyard|strong="H2691". Another|strong="G3588" servant|strong="G3588" girl|strong="H5291" saw|strong="G3708" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1510" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" standing|strong="H5975" nearby|strong="G1563", “This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" was|strong="G1510" with|strong="G3326" Jesus|strong="G2424", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w man|strong="G3778"\+w*} from|strong="G2532" Nazareth|strong="G3480".” 
\verseNumber{72}But|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Peter|strong="G2532"\+w*} again|strong="G3825" denied|strong="H3584" it|strong="G2532". He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532", “May|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2532" punish|strong="H6485" me|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w am|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w lying|strong="H8267"\+w*}! I|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3754"\+w*}, I|strong="G2532" do|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3756" even|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" man|strong="G3756"!” 
\verseNumber{73}After|strong="G3326" a|strong="G2532" little|strong="G3398" while|strong="G3398", one|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1510" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" standing|strong="G2476" there|strong="G2532" approached|strong="G4334" Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" certain|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" one|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" those|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w man|strong="G4160"\+w*}. We|strong="G1063" can|strong="G3004" tell|strong="G3004" from|strong="G1537" your|strong="G2532" accent that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w from|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w Galilee|strong="H1551"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{74}Then|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G2532" began|strong="G5119" to|strong="G2532" proclaim|strong="H7121" loudly|strong="H6963" that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2532" should|strong="G1492" curse|strong="G2653" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w lying|strong="H8267"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" asked|strong="H7592" God|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2532" heaven|strong="H8064" to|strong="G2532" witness|strong="H5707" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w truth|strong="H0571"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G5119", “I|strong="G2532" do|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" man|strong="G3756"!” Immediately|strong="G2112" a|strong="G2532" rooster|strong="H4975" crowed|strong="G5455". 
\verseNumber{75}Then|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G4074" remembered|strong="G3403" the|strong="G2532" words|strong="G4487" that|strong="G3754" Jesus|strong="G2424" had|strong="G2424" spoken|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}, “Before|strong="G4250" the|strong="G2532" rooster|strong="H4975" crows|strong="G5455", you|strong="G3754" will|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004" three|strong="G5151" times|strong="G5151" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G3754" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2532" know|strong="H3045" me|strong="G1473".” And|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G4074" went|strong="G1831" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w out|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*}, crying|strong="G2799" because|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" very|strong="G2532" sad|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{The Jewish religious leaders took Jesus to the Roman governor. }
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\chapterNumber{27}Very|strong="G2532" early|strong="G4405" the|strong="G2532" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="G4405" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="H3064" elders|strong="G4245" decided|strong="G1096" how|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w arrange|strong="H6186"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* Romans} to|strong="G2532" execute|strong="G2289" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
\verseNumber{2}They|strong="G2532" tied|strong="G1210" his|strong="G2532" hands|strong="G3860" and|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" Pilate|strong="G4091", the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Roman} governor|strong="G2232". 

\BibleSectionHeading{After|strong="G2532" Judas returned|strong="H7725" the|strong="G2532" money|strong="H3701" and|strong="G2532" hanged|strong="H8518" himself|strong="H5315", the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="H3064" leaders|strong="H7218" bought|strong="H7069" a|strong="G2532" field|strong="H7704" with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" money|strong="H3701", in|strong="G2532" fulfillment|strong="H1697" of|strong="G2532" prophecy|strong="H5016". }
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\verseNumber{3}When|strong="G2532" Judas|strong="G2455", the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" ◄betrayed|strong="G3860"/enabled|strong="H5414" Jesus’ enemies|strong="H0341" to|strong="G2532" seize|strong="H0962"► him|strong="G3588", realized|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" executed|strong="H6213", he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" very|strong="G2532" sorry|strong="H5162" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" 30 coins back|strong="G4762" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" elders|strong="G4245". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1473" sinned|strong="H2398". I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1473" ◄betrayed|strong="G3860"/enabled|strong="H5414" you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G4314" seize|strong="H0962"► a|strong="G3708" man|strong="G5101" who|strong="G5101" ◄is|strong="G3588" innocent|strong="H5355"/has|strong="G5101" not|strong="G3708" done|strong="H6213" anything|strong="G5101" wrong|strong="H7451"►.” They|strong="G1161" replied|strong="G3004", “◄That|strong="G3588" means|strong="G3004" nothing|strong="G5101" to|strong="G4314" us|strong="G3004"!/What|strong="G5101" does|strong="G5101" that|strong="G3588" mean|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" us|strong="G3004"?► [RHQ] That|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" your|strong="G3708" problem|strong="H2008"!” 
\verseNumber{5}So|strong="G2532" Judas \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w took|strong="G2532"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" money|strong="H3701" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} threw|strong="G4496" it|strong="G2532" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="G3485". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" away|strong="H5493" and|strong="G2532" hanged|strong="H8518" himself|strong="G1519". 
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\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Later|strong="H0310"\+w*} the|strong="G1519" high|strong="H1116" priests|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w found|strong="G1510"\+w*} the|strong="G1519" coins. They|strong="G1161" picked|strong="G2983" them|strong="G3588" up|strong="G1519" and|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “This|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" money|strong="G5092" that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G1161" paid|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w have|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w man|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w*} [MTY], and|strong="G1161" our|strong="G2983" law|strong="H8451" does|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" allow|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w such|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w money|strong="G5092"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G1510" put|strong="G1519" {us|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" put|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w such|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w money|strong="G5092"\+w*}} into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Temple|strong="G2878"\+w* \+w treasury|strong="G2878"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="G1519" use|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="G1519" buy|strong="H7069" the|strong="G1519" field|strong="H7704" where|strong="G1519" clay|strong="H2635" was|strong="G3588" dug|strong="H2658" for|strong="G1519" making|strong="H6213" pots|strong="H5518" {men|strong="G3588" dug|strong="H2658" ground|strong="H0776" for|strong="G1519" making|strong="H6213" pots|strong="H5518"}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w made|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w field|strong="H7704"\+w*} a|strong="G1519" place|strong="G5027" where|strong="G1519" they|strong="G1161" buried|strong="H6912" strangers|strong="G3581" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w died|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}That|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" why|strong="G1352" that|strong="G3588" place|strong="H4725" is|strong="G3588" still|strong="G2193" called|strong="G2564" {why|strong="G1352" they|strong="G3588" still|strong="G2193" call|strong="G2564" that|strong="G3588" place|strong="H4725"} ‘The|strong="G3588" field|strong="H7704" of|strong="G3588" blood’. 
\verseNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w By|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w buying|strong="H7069"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w field|strong="H7704"\+w*}, they|strong="G2532" fulfilled|strong="G4137" these|strong="G3739" words|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" the|strong="G2532" prophet|strong="G4396" Jeremiah|strong="G2408" wrote|strong="H3789" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w long|strong="H0753"\+w* \+w ago|strong="H7350"\+w*}: 
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They|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2983" the|strong="G2532" 30 silver|strong="H3701" coins; That|strong="G3739" was|strong="G3588" what|strong="G3739" the|strong="G2532" leaders|strong="G3004" of|strong="G5207" Israel|strong="G2474" decided|strong="H3289" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w worth|strong="H1929"\+w*}; 
\verseNumber{10}and|strong="G2532" with|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" money|strong="H3701" they|strong="G2532" bought|strong="H7069" the|strong="G2532" field|strong="H7704" where|strong="G1519" clay|strong="H2635" was|strong="G3588" dug|strong="H2658" for|strong="G1519" potters|strong="H3335". They|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" as|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" had|strong="G2532" commanded|strong="G4929" me|strong="G1325". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" put|strong="G1325" on|strong="G1519" trial|strong="H4941" before|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" governor|strong="H6346". }
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\verseNumber{11}Jesus|strong="G2424" stood|strong="G2476" in|strong="G2532" front|strong="G1715" of|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Pilate|strong="G3004"\+w*}, the|strong="G2532" governor|strong="G2232". The|strong="G2532" governor|strong="G2232" asked|strong="G1905" Jesus|strong="G2424", “Do|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w claim|strong="G5346"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" king|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453"?” Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w*} as|strong="G1161" you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w just|strong="G2532"\+w*} said|strong="G3004".” 
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\verseNumber{12}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" accused|strong="G2723" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" elders|strong="G4245" {When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" elders|strong="G4245" accused|strong="G2723" him|strong="G3588"} about|strong="G1722" various|strong="H2921" things|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3762" answer|strong="H6030". 
\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H3651" Pilate|strong="G4091" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “You|strong="G4771" hear|strong="H8085" how|strong="G4214" many|strong="G4214" things|strong="G3588" they|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" saying|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" accuse|strong="H7378" you|strong="G4771"; \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w going|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w reply|strong="G3004"\+w*}?” 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w though|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w guilty|strong="H0816"\+w*}, Jesus|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" say|strong="G4487" anything|strong="H3605". He|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" reply|strong="H7725" to|strong="G4314" any|strong="G3756" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" things|strong="G3588" about|strong="G4314" which|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" accusing|strong="H7760" him|strong="G3588". As|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" result|strong="G5620", the|strong="G2532" governor|strong="G2232" was|strong="G3588" very|strong="G3029" surprised|strong="G2296". 
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\verseNumber{15}It|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" governor’s|strong="G2232" custom|strong="G1486" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w each|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w*} during|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Passover|strong="H6453"\+w*} celebration|strong="H8057" to|strong="G2596" release|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="G1520"\+w* \+w person|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w prison|strong="H1004"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w released|strong="H7971"\+w*} whichever|strong="H0834" prisoner|strong="G1198" the|strong="G1161" people|strong="G3793" wanted|strong="G2309". 
\verseNumber{16}At|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3004" time|strong="G5119" there|strong="G1161" was|strong="G2424" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} a|strong="G2192" well-known prisoner|strong="G1198" whose|strong="H0834" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="G2424" Barabbas. 
\verseNumber{17}So|strong="G3767" when|strong="G3767" the|strong="G3588" crowd|strong="H1995" gathered|strong="G4863", Pilate|strong="G4091" asked|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", “Which|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w prisoner|strong="H0615"\+w*} would|strong="G2309" you|strong="G5210" like|strong="G2309" me|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" release|strong="H7971" for|strong="G2309" you|strong="G5210": Barabbas, or|strong="G2228" Jesus|strong="G2424", whom|strong="G5101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*} claim|strong="H0589" to|strong="G3004" be|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" Messiah|strong="G5547"?” 
\verseNumber{18}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w question|strong="H1697"\+w*} because|strong="G3754" he|strong="G3754" realized|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G1223" chief|strong="H7218" priests|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3860"\+w* \+w have|strong="G3748"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w executed|strong="H6213"\+w*}. They|strong="G3754" had|strong="G3748" brought|strong="G3748" Jesus|strong="G1492" to|strong="G3860" him|strong="G3860" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} because|strong="G3754" they|strong="G3754" were|strong="G3748" jealous|strong="H7065" of|strong="G1223" Jesus|strong="G1492". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w And|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w Pilate|strong="G3860"\+w* \+w thought|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w crowd|strong="H1995"\+w* \+w would|strong="G3860"\+w* \+w prefer|strong="H7489"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w release|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G1492"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{19}While|strong="G1161" Pilate|strong="G3004" was|strong="G3588" sitting|strong="G2521" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" platform|strong="H3595" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w made|strong="G1161"\+w*} judicial \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w decisions|strong="H4941"\+w*}, his|strong="G1223" wife|strong="G1135" sent|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*}: “Early|strong="H7925" this|strong="G3588" morning|strong="H1242" I|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" bad|strong="H7451" dream|strong="G3677" because|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" that|strong="G3588" man|strong="G3367". So|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3367" condemn|strong="H7561" that|strong="G3588" righteous|strong="G1342" man|strong="G3367"!” 
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\verseNumber{20}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" elders|strong="G4245" persuaded|strong="G3982" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793" to|strong="G2443" ask|strong="H7592" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Pilate \+w to|strong="G2443"\+w*} release|strong="H7971" Barabbas, and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2443" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w order|strong="G2443"\+w*} that|strong="G2443" Jesus|strong="G2424" be|strong="G2532" executed|strong="H6213" {that|strong="G2443" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} execute|strong="H6213" Jesus|strong="G2424"}. 
\verseNumber{21}So|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" governor|strong="G2232" asked|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", “Which|strong="G3588" of|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" two|strong="G1417" men|strong="G1417" do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G5210" want|strong="G2309" me|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" release|strong="H7971" for|strong="G1161" you|strong="G5210"?” They|strong="G1161" replied|strong="G3004", “Barabbas!” 
\verseNumber{22}Pilate|strong="G4091", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w astonished|strong="H8074"\+w*}, asked|strong="G3004", “So|strong="G3767" what|strong="G5101" shall|strong="G5101" I|strong="G3767" do|strong="G4160" with|strong="G4160" Jesus|strong="G2424" who|strong="G5101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w*} say|strong="G3004" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3956" Messiah|strong="G5547"?” They|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3956" answered|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Command|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} he|strong="G3588" be|strong="G3956" crucified|strong="G4717"! {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Command|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w your|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} ◄to|strong="G3004" crucify|strong="G4717" him|strong="G3588"/to|strong="G3004" nail|strong="H3489" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G3004" a|strong="G4160" cross|strong="H5674"►}!” 
\verseNumber{23}Pilate|strong="G3004" replied|strong="G3004", “Why|strong="G5101"? What|strong="G5101" crime|strong="H2154" has|strong="G5101" he|strong="G1161" committed|strong="G4160"?” But|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" shouted|strong="G2896" even|strong="G1161" louder|strong="H3966", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Have|strong="G4160"\+w*} him|strong="G3588" crucified|strong="G4717" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Command|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w your|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} crucify|strong="G4717" him|strong="G3588"}!” 
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\verseNumber{24}Pilate|strong="G4091" realized|strong="G1096" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" accomplishing|strong="G5623" nothing|strong="G3762". He|strong="G1161" saw|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3754" instead|strong="G3123", the|strong="G1161" people|strong="G3793" were|strong="G1510" starting|strong="G1096" to|strong="G3004" riot|strong="G2351". So|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" took|strong="G2983" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w basin|strong="H3595"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5495"\+w*} water|strong="G5204" and|strong="G1161" washed|strong="H7364" his|strong="G2983" hands|strong="G5495" as|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" crowd|strong="G3793" was|strong="G1510" watching|strong="H8245". He|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w By|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w washing|strong="H7367"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w hands|strong="G5495"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w showing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*} if|strong="G3748" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" dies|strong="H4191" [MTY], it|strong="G3754" is|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="G3708"\+w*} fault|strong="H3972", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w mine|strong="H5375"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992" answered|strong="G3004", “The|strong="G2532" guilt|strong="H0817" for|strong="G1909" causing|strong="H7462" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" die|strong="H4191" [MTY] will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1909" us|strong="G3004", and|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1909" our|strong="G2532" children|strong="G5043", too|strong="G2532"!” 
\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="G5119" he|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ordered|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2443"\+w*} release|strong="H7971" Barabbas for|strong="G1161" them|strong="G3588". But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ordered|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w his|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} flog|strong="H5221" Jesus|strong="G2424". And|strong="G1161" then|strong="G5119" he|strong="G1161" turned|strong="G3860" Jesus|strong="G2424" over|strong="G3860" to|strong="G2443" the|strong="G1161" soldiers|strong="H5650" for|strong="G1161" them|strong="G3588" ◄to|strong="G2443" nail|strong="H3489" Jesus|strong="G2424" to|strong="G2443" a|strong="G1161" cross|strong="H5674"/to|strong="G2443" crucify|strong="G4717" him|strong="G3588"►. 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G1161" soldiers|strong="H5650" made|strong="G1161" fun of|strong="G2424" Jesus|strong="G2424" before|strong="G3588" taking|strong="H3947" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2443" be|strong="G2443" crucified|strong="G4717". }
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\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="G5119" the|strong="G1519" governor’s|strong="G2232" soldiers|strong="G4757" took|strong="G3880" Jesus|strong="G2424" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" government|strong="H4951" headquarters. The|strong="G1519" whole|strong="G3650" ◄cohort|strong="G4686"/group|strong="H7235" of|strong="G1909" soldiers|strong="G4757"► gathered|strong="G4863" around|strong="G1909" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{28}They|strong="G2532" pulled|strong="H5265" off|strong="G1562" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w clothes|strong="H0899"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w pretending|strong="H7186"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*, \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w*} put|strong="G4060" a|strong="G2532" purple|strong="H0713" robe|strong="G5511" on|strong="G2532" him|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{29}They|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w took|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w some|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w branches|strong="H7070"\+w* \+w with|strong="G1722"\+w*} thorns|strong="H6975" and|strong="G2532" wove|strong="H5526" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" make|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" crown|strong="G4735" and|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2007" it|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1909" his|strong="G2007" head|strong="G2776". They|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2007" in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G2007" right|strong="G1188" hand|strong="G1188" a|strong="G2532" reed|strong="G2563" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="G2563"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w staff|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w king|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w hold|strong="H2388"\+w*}. Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" knelt|strong="G1120" in|strong="G1722" front|strong="G1715" of|strong="G1537" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" made|strong="G2453" fun of|strong="G1537" him|strong="G3588", saying|strong="G3004", “Hooray for|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" king|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" Jews|strong="G2453" [IRO]!” 
\verseNumber{30}They|strong="G2532" kept|strong="G2532" spitting|strong="G1716" on|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588". They|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2983" the|strong="G2532" staff|strong="H4294" and|strong="G2532" kept|strong="G2532" striking|strong="H5221" him|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" head|strong="G2776" with|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{31}When|strong="G3753" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" finished|strong="H3615" ridiculing him|strong="G3588", they|strong="G2532" pulled|strong="H5265" off|strong="G1562" the|strong="G2532" robe|strong="G2440" and|strong="G2532" put|strong="G1746" his|strong="G1519" own|strong="H1961" clothes|strong="G2440" on|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588". Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" led|strong="H1980" him|strong="G3588" away|strong="H5493" to|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w place|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w where|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w*} would|strong="G2532" nail|strong="H3489" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" cross|strong="H5674". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" crucified|strong="G4717", along|strong="G2532" with|strong="G2532" two|strong="H8147" bandits|strong="H1416". }
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\verseNumber{33}They|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" place|strong="G5117" called|strong="G3004" Golgotha|strong="G1115". That|strong="G3739" name|strong="G3739" means|strong="G1510" ‘the|strong="G2532" place|strong="G5117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} a|strong="G2532" skull’. 
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\verseNumber{38}Two|strong="G1417" bandits|strong="H1416" were|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" nailed {They|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" nailed two|strong="G1417" bandits|strong="H1416"} on|strong="G1537" crosses. One|strong="G1520" was|strong="G2532" nailed to|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" cross|strong="H5674" on|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" right|strong="G1188" side|strong="G1188" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520" to|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" cross|strong="H5674" on|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" left|strong="G2176" side|strong="G1188". 
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\verseNumber{41}Similarly|strong="G3668", the|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548", the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G4245" who|strong="G3588" taught|strong="H3925" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} laws|strong="H8451" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" elders|strong="G4245" made|strong="G3004" fun of|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Various|strong="H2921"\+w* \+w ones|strong="G4245"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*} said|strong="G3004" things|strong="G3588" like|strong="G3668", 
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\verseNumber{43}“He|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w says|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3754"\+w*} trusts|strong="G3982" in|strong="G1909" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2316" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G3754" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1909" man|strong="G5207" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" also|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316". So|strong="G1063" if|strong="G1487" God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G1510" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="G1909" him|strong="G3588", God|strong="G2316" should|strong="G2316" rescue|strong="G4506" him|strong="G3588" now|strong="G3568"!” 
\verseNumber{44}And|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w two|strong="H8147"\+w*} bandits|strong="H1416" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" crucified|strong="G4957" with|strong="G4862" him|strong="G3588" also|strong="G2532" insulted|strong="H3637" him|strong="G3588", saying|strong="H0559" similar|strong="H5307" things|strong="G3588". 

\BibleSectionHeading{When|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2532" died|strong="G3588" at|strong="G1161" about|strong="G3588" three|strong="H7969" o’clock, several|strong="H2669" unusual|strong="H2114" events|strong="H1697" occurred|strong="H1961". }
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\verseNumber{45}At|strong="G1909" noon|strong="G5610" it|strong="G1161" became|strong="G1096" dark|strong="H2822" over|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3956" whole|strong="G3956" land|strong="G1093". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w stayed|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w dark|strong="H2822"\+w*} until|strong="G2193" three|strong="G1766" o’clock \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w afternoon|strong="H5186"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{46}At|strong="G4012" about|strong="G4012" three|strong="G1766" o’clock Jesus|strong="G2424" shouted|strong="H7321" loudly|strong="G3173", “Eli|strong="G2241", Eli|strong="G2241", lama|strong="G2982" sabachthani|strong="G4518"?” That|strong="G3588" means|strong="G1510", ‘My|strong="G1473" God|strong="G2316", my|strong="G1473" God|strong="G2316", why|strong="G2444" have|strong="G1473" you|strong="G3004" deserted|strong="G1459" me|strong="G1473"?’ 
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\verseNumber{49}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" other|strong="G3062" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w there|strong="G1161"\+w*} said|strong="G3004", “Wait|strong="H0693"! Let’s|strong="H1980" see|strong="G3708" if|strong="G1487" Elijah|strong="G2243" comes|strong="G2064" to|strong="G3004" save|strong="G4982" him|strong="G3588"!” 
\verseNumber{50}Then|strong="G1161" after|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" shouted|strong="G2896" out|strong="G2896" loudly|strong="G3173" again|strong="G3825", he|strong="G1161" died|strong="G3588", giving|strong="H5414" his|strong="G3588" spirit|strong="G4151" over|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{51}At|strong="G1519" that|strong="G3588" moment|strong="H7281" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w heavy|strong="H3513"\+w* \+w thick|strong="H6205"\+w*} curtain|strong="G2665" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w closed|strong="H5462"\+w* \+w off|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w most|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w holy|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w place|strong="H4725"\+w*} in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="G3485" split|strong="G4977" into|strong="G1519" two|strong="G1417" pieces|strong="H5409" from|strong="G2532" top|strong="H7218" to|strong="G1519" bottom|strong="G2736". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="G3588"\+w* signified \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w ordinary|strong="H2455"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w could|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w now|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w go|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w presence|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*}. The|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G1093" shook|strong="G4579", and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w large|strong="H1419"\+w*} rocks|strong="G4073" split|strong="G4977" open|strong="H6605". 
\verseNumber{52}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="G3588"\+w*} tombs|strong="G3419" opened|strong="H6605" up|strong="G1453", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" bodies|strong="G4983" of|strong="G2532" many|strong="G4183" godly|strong="G2532" people|strong="G4183" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" died|strong="G2837" became|strong="G3588" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="G1453". 
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\verseNumber{54}The|strong="G2532" officer|strong="H5631" who|strong="G3588" supervised|strong="H5921" the|strong="G2532" soldiers|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* nailed \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w cross|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w standing|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w nearby|strong="H7138"\+w*}. His|strong="G3708" soldiers|strong="H5650" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2424" been|strong="G1510" on|strong="G1161" guard|strong="G5083" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w no|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w rescue|strong="H5337"\+w*} Jesus|strong="G2424" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*}. When|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w felt|strong="G1510"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" earthquake|strong="G4578" and|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" all|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="G1161"\+w*} things|strong="G3778" that|strong="G3588" happened|strong="G1096", they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" terrified|strong="G5399". They|strong="G2532" exclaimed|strong="G3004", “Truly|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" both|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3778" and|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316"! (OR|strong="G2532", a|strong="G1096" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316").” 
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\verseNumber{55}Many|strong="G4183" women|strong="G1135" were|strong="G1510" there|strong="G1563", watching|strong="G2334" from|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1510" distance|strong="G3113". They|strong="G1161" were|strong="G1510" women|strong="G1135" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2424" accompanied|strong="G1510" Jesus|strong="G2424" from|strong="G3588" Galilee|strong="G1056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*} in|strong="G1161" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="G1161" provide|strong="H6213" the|strong="G1161" things|strong="G3588" he|strong="G1161" needed|strong="G1247". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1510" was|strong="G1510" buried|strong="H6912". }
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\verseNumber{57}When|strong="G1161" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w almost|strong="H4592"\+w*} evening|strong="G3798", a|strong="G1096" rich|strong="G4145" man|strong="G4145" named|strong="G5122" Joseph|strong="G2501" came|strong="G2064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" from|strong="G2064" Arimathea \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="G2532"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" a|strong="G1096" disciple|strong="G3100" of|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G2532" religious leaders|strong="H7218" arranged|strong="H6186" for|strong="G1161" Jesus’ tomb|strong="H6913" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" sealed|strong="H2856" and|strong="G2532" guarded|strong="H8104". }
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\verseNumber{62}The|strong="G2532" next|strong="G1887" day|strong="G1887" was|strong="G1510" Saturday, the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="H3064" day|strong="G1887" of|strong="G2532" rest|strong="G1510". The|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" Pharisees|strong="G5330" went|strong="G2532" to|strong="G4314" Pilate|strong="G4091". 
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\verseNumber{65}Pilate|strong="G4091" replied|strong="G5346", “You|strong="G5613" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w can|strong="G1492"\+w*} take|strong="G2192" some|strong="G3588" soldiers|strong="H5650". Go|strong="G5217" to|strong="G2192" the|strong="G3588" tomb|strong="H6913" and|strong="G5217" make|strong="H6213" it|strong="G5613" as|strong="G5613" secure|strong="H0982" as|strong="G5613" you|strong="G5613" know|strong="G1492" how|strong="G5613".” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{After an angel appeared to several women and showed them the tomb was empty, Jesus appeared to them. }
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="G1161" angel|strong="H4397" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G1161" two|strong="H8147" women|strong="G1135", “You|strong="G5210" should|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3361" be|strong="G3361" afraid|strong="G5399"! I|strong="G1161" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" are|strong="G3588" looking|strong="G2212" for|strong="G1063" Jesus|strong="G2424", who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" {whom|strong="G3588" they|strong="G1161"} ◄nailed to|strong="G3004" a|strong="G1161" cross|strong="H5674"/crucified|strong="G4717"►. 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="G2532" go|strong="G4198" quickly|strong="G5035" and|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G3004" his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3101", ‘He|strong="G2532" has|strong="G3708" risen|strong="G1453" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" dead|strong="G3498"! He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" go|strong="G4198" ahead|strong="G4254" of|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G1519" Galilee|strong="G1056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*}. You|strong="G5210" will|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" him|strong="G3588" there|strong="G1563".’ \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Pay|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w attention|strong="H7181"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w*} I|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210"!” 
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\verseNumber{8}So|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" women|strong="H0802" left|strong="H7604" the|strong="G2532" tomb|strong="G3419" quickly|strong="G5035". They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" afraid|strong="H3372", but|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="G2532"\+w*} very|strong="G2532" joyful|strong="G5479". They|strong="G2532" ran|strong="G5143" to|strong="G2532" tell|strong="H5046" us|strong="H5414" disciples|strong="G3101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w happened|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588", “Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" be|strong="G2532" afraid|strong="G5399"! Go|strong="G5217" and|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G3004" ◄all|strong="G2532" my|strong="G3708" disciples|strong="G3588"/all|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" accompanying|strong="H5973" me|strong="G1473"► that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3588" go|strong="G5217" to|strong="G1519" Galilee|strong="G1056". They|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" me|strong="G1473" there|strong="G1563".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{What|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" guards|strong="H7323" were|strong="G3588" told|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" tell|strong="G3004" people|strong="G3004" about|strong="G1519" why|strong="G1519" Jesus’|strong="G2424" body|strong="G1519" was|strong="G3588" gone|strong="H1980". }
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\verseNumber{11}While|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1519" women|strong="H0802" were|strong="G3588" going|strong="G4198", some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G5100" the|strong="G1519" soldiers|strong="H5650" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G3588" been|strong="G1096" guarding|strong="H8104" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w tomb|strong="H6913"\+w*} went|strong="G4198" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" city|strong="G4172". They|strong="G1161" reported|strong="H5046" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" chief|strong="H7218" priests|strong="H3548" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="G3588" had|strong="G3588" happened|strong="G1096". 
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\verseNumber{14}If|strong="G1437" the|strong="G2532" governor|strong="G2232" hears|strong="H8085" [MTY] about|strong="G1909" this|strong="G3778", we|strong="G2249" ourselves|strong="G2249" will|strong="G2532" make|strong="G4160" sure|strong="G3982" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" does|strong="G4160" not|strong="G4160" get|strong="G2532" angry|strong="H2734" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w worry|strong="H2347"\+w*}.” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" appeared|strong="G5613" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" apostles in|strong="G2532" Galilee|strong="H1551" and|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G4160" them|strong="G3588" final|strong="H0319" instructions|strong="G3056". }
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\BibleBook{Mark}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book is the Gospel that Mark wrote. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Mark }

\BibleSectionHeading{Mark 1:1-8 }

\BibleSectionHeading{The good message about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God, began when John, the Baptizer, as was prophesied long ago, announced the coming of Jesus. }
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\chapterNumber{1}\verseNumber{1-2}◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w is|strong="H0369"\+w*/\+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w*}► the|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" message|strong="H1697" about|strong="H5439" Jesus Christ, the|strong="H3605" Son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430" (OR|strong="H0176", the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" God|strong="H0430"). \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w What|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w*} begins|strong="H0935" just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H3644" the|strong="H3605" prophet|strong="H5030" Isaiah|strong="H3470" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w would|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w begin|strong="H2490"\+w*, \+w when|strong="H3588"\+w*} he|strong="H0834" wrote|strong="H3789" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w these|strong="H0428"\+w* \+w words|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* Jesus:} 
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Listen|strong="H8085"! I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H1961" sending|strong="H7971" my|strong="H8104" messenger|strong="H4397" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H0859". He|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" prepare|strong="H3559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w*} your|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w coming|strong="H0935"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="G3588" will|strong="G2962" call|strong="G4160" out|strong="G5456" to|strong="G1722" people|strong="G4160" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w pass|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w where|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" desolate|strong="G2048" area|strong="H1508", “As|strong="G1722" people|strong="G4160" improve and|strong="G2962" straighten|strong="H8626" out|strong="G5456" pathways|strong="H4095" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w an|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w important|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w official|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w arrives|strong="H0935"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"], make|strong="G4160" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w yourselves|strong="G1722"\+w*} ready|strong="G2090" [DOU] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w be|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w prepared|strong="G2090"\+w* \+w when|strong="G1722"\+w*} the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w comes|strong="H0935"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w messenger|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\+w* \+w predicted|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1096"\+w*} John|strong="G2491". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w People|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w called|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*} ‘The|strong="G1722" Baptizer’. In|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" desolate|strong="G2048" area|strong="H1508" near|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H5104" he|strong="G2532" kept|strong="G2532" telling|strong="H1696" people|strong="G3588", “If|strong="G2532" you|strong="G1722" want|strong="H4270" God|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" forgive|strong="H5545" you|strong="G1722" for|strong="G1519" having|strong="G2532" sinned|strong="H2398", you|strong="G1722" must|strong="G1096" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" sinful|strong="H2400" behavior|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w me|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w*} baptize \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G1722"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{5}A|strong="G2532" great|strong="G3956" number|strong="H4557" [HYP] of|strong="G5259" people|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" lived|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2415" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w elsewhere|strong="H5605"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Judea|strong="G2449" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*} were|strong="G3588" going|strong="G1607" out|strong="G1607" to|strong="G4314" where|strong="G1722" John|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588". There|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w hearing|strong="H0241"\+w* John’s \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*}, they|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w responded|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1722"\+w*} confessing|strong="G1843" the|strong="G1722" sinful|strong="H2400" things|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}. Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" being|strong="G2532" baptized by|strong="G1722" John|strong="G2532" {John|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" baptizing them|strong="G3588"} in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Jordan|strong="G2446" River|strong="G4215". 
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\verseNumber{8}I|strong="G1473" used|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} water|strong="G5204" when|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" baptized you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w said|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w that|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w change|strong="H5162"\+w* \+w your|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*}, but|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" will|strong="G1473" put|strong="H5414" his|strong="G1722" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w within|strong="G1722"\+w*} you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w truly|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w change|strong="H5162"\+w* \+w your|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="H0430" showed|strong="H7200" Jesus to|strong="G1722" be|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" Son|strong="H1121" of|strong="G4151" God|strong="H0430" by|strong="G1722" God’s|strong="H0430" Spirit|strong="G4151" descending|strong="H3381" upon|strong="G1722" him|strong="G1722"; by|strong="G1722" Himself|strong="H5315", God|strong="H0430" the|strong="G1722" Father|strong="H0001", declaring|strong="H5046" it|strong="G1161"; by|strong="G1722" Satan|strong="H7854" testing|strong="H5254" him|strong="G1722"; and|strong="G1161" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" angels|strong="H4397" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="G4151" him|strong="G1722". }
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\verseNumber{9}During|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2250" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w John|strong="G2491"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w preaching|strong="H7150"\+w*}, Jesus|strong="G2424" came|strong="G2064" from|strong="G2064" Nazareth|strong="G3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="G2532"\+w*}, which|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" Galilee|strong="G1056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w John|strong="G2491"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w preaching|strong="H7150"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" baptized by|strong="G1722" John|strong="G2491" {John|strong="G2491" baptized him|strong="G3588"} in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Jordan|strong="G2446" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{11}And|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} [MTY] spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" from|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="G3772" saying|strong="H0559", “You|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" my|strong="G1722" Son|strong="G5207", whom|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" love|strong="H0157" dearly|strong="H0157". I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" very|strong="G2532" pleased|strong="G2106" with|strong="G1722" you|strong="G4771".” 
\verseNumber{12}◄Then|strong="G2532"/Right|strong="G2117" away|strong="G1544"► the|strong="G2532" Spirit|strong="G4151" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G4151"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} sent|strong="G1544" Jesus|strong="G2532" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" desolate|strong="G2048" area|strong="H1508". 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" there|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1722" 40 days|strong="G2250". During|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2250", he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" tempted|strong="G3985" by|strong="G1722" Satan|strong="G4567" {Satan|strong="G4567" tempted|strong="G3985" him|strong="G3588"}. There|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" wild|strong="G2342" animals|strong="H0929" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*} also|strong="G2532". But|strong="G2532" angels|strong="H4397" took|strong="G2532" care|strong="G1247" of|strong="G5259" him|strong="G3588". 

\BibleSectionHeading{After|strong="G3326" John|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" arrested|strong="H8610", Jesus|strong="G1510" came|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" preached|strong="H1696" the|strong="G1722" good|strong="G3588" message|strong="H1697" that|strong="G3588" came|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2532". }
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\verseNumber{14}Later|strong="G3326", after|strong="G3326" John|strong="G2491" was|strong="G3588" put|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1519" prison|strong="G3860" {after|strong="G3326" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} put|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491" in|strong="G1519" prison|strong="G3860"} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w rebuked|strong="H1605"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w governor|strong="H6346"\+w* Herod Antipas \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w*}, Jesus|strong="G2424" went|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Galilee|strong="G1056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*}. There|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" preaching|strong="G2784" the|strong="G2532" good|strong="G3588" message|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w came|strong="G2064"\+w*} from|strong="G2064" God|strong="G2316". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" showed|strong="H7200" his|strong="G1722" authority|strong="H3027" when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" summoned|strong="H7121" four|strong="H0702" men|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" immediately|strong="H6965" went|strong="G2532" with|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w day|strong="G3588"\+w*}, while|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G1510" was|strong="G1510" walking|strong="H1980" along|strong="G2532" by|strong="G1722" Galilee|strong="G1056" Lake|strong="G2281", he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w two|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w men|strong="G3588"\+w*}, Simon|strong="G4613" and|strong="G2532" Simon’s|strong="G4613" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251", Andrew. They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" casting|strong="H4165" their|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w fishing|strong="H4365"\+w*} net|strong="H7568" into|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" lake|strong="G2281". They|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{earned \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1722"\+w*} catching|strong="H2480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w selling|strong="H4376"\+w*} fish|strong="H1710". 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Just|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w been|strong="G1096"\+w*} gathering|strong="H4723" fish|strong="H1710", come|strong="G1096" with|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473" and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w teach|strong="H3925"\+w*} you|strong="G5210" how|strong="H4100" to|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gather|strong="H6908"\+w* \+w people|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w become|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*}” [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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\verseNumber{20}As|strong="G1722" soon|strong="G1722" as|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G2532" saw|strong="H7200" them|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w should|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w leave|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w their|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}. So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" left|strong="H7604" their|strong="G1438" father|strong="G3962", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w remained|strong="H3427"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" boat|strong="G4143" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G1722" hired|strong="G3411" servants|strong="G3411", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" away|strong="G3326" with|strong="G3326" Jesus|strong="G2532". 

\BibleSectionHeading{People|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" amazed|strong="H8539" as|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" result|strong="H6903" of|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" expelling a|strong="G2532" demon from|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376". }
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\verseNumber{21}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Later|strong="H0310"\+w*} Jesus|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*} arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="G1519" Capernaum|strong="G2584" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="G2532"\+w*}. On|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" next|strong="G1519" ◄Sabbath|strong="G4521"/Jewish|strong="H3064" rest|strong="H5117" day|strong="G4521"►, after|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" entered|strong="G1531" ◄the|strong="G2532" synagogue|strong="G4864"/the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="H3064" meeting|strong="H4150" place|strong="H4725"►, he|strong="G2532" began|strong="H2490" teaching|strong="G1321" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w gathered|strong="H6960"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{26}The|strong="G2532" evil|strong="G2532" spirit|strong="G4151" shook|strong="H1607" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376" hard|strong="H7186". He|strong="G2532" screamed|strong="H7121" loudly|strong="G3173", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" came|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w left|strong="G1831"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{27}All|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w were|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*} were|strong="G1510" amazed|strong="G2284". As|strong="G2596" a|strong="G2532" result|strong="G5620", they|strong="G2532" discussed this|strong="G3778" among|strong="G4314" themselves|strong="G1438", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{exclaiming}, “◄This|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w amazing|strong="H6381"\+w*}!/What|strong="G5101" is|strong="G1510" this|strong="G3778"?► [RHQ] Not|strong="G1510" only|strong="G2532" does|strong="G1510" he|strong="G2532" teach|strong="H3925" in|strong="G2596" a|strong="G2532" new|strong="G2537" and|strong="G2532" authoritative|strong="H7983" way|strong="G2596", but|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" evil|strong="G2532" spirits|strong="G4151" obey|strong="G5219" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G2532"\+w*} he|strong="G2532" commands|strong="G2004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{28}The|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3837" very|strong="G2532" soon|strong="G2117" told|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w others|strong="G3588"\+w*} throughout|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" whole|strong="G3650" Galilee|strong="G1056" district|strong="G4066" what|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G1831" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1831" healed|strong="H7495" Simon’s mother-in-law|strong="H2545". }
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\verseNumber{29}After|strong="G3326" they|strong="G2532" left|strong="G1831" ◄the|strong="G2532" synagogue|strong="G4864"/the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="H3064" meeting|strong="H4150" place|strong="H4725"►, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G1831"\+w*, \+w Simon|strong="G4613"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* Andrew}, along|strong="G2532" with|strong="G3326" James|strong="G2385" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491" went|strong="G1831" directly|strong="H5227" to|strong="G1519" Simon|strong="G4613" and|strong="G2532" Andrew’s house|strong="G3614". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" healed|strong="H7495" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" expelled|strong="H3423" many|strong="H7227" evil|strong="G2532" spirits|strong="H7307" from|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{32}That|strong="G3588" evening|strong="G3798", after|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" sun|strong="G2246" had|strong="G2192" gone|strong="H1980" down|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w restrictions|strong="H1881"\+w* \+w about|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w travel|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Sabbath|strong="G3956"\+w*/\+w on|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w* \+w rest|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w day|strong="G3588"\+w*}► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w ended|strong="G1096"\+w*}, some|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3956" brought|strong="G5342" to|strong="G4314" Jesus|strong="G2532" many|strong="G2192" people|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" sick|strong="G2560" and|strong="G2532" others|strong="G3588" whose|strong="G3588" lives|strong="H5315" evil|strong="G2560" spirits|strong="H7307" were|strong="G3588" controlling. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" traveled|strong="H5265" throughout|strong="H3605" Galilee|strong="H1551", preaching|strong="G2980" and|strong="G2532" expelling evil|strong="G2560" spirits|strong="H7307" from|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1492". }
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\verseNumber{35}Jesus|strong="G1831" got|strong="G1831" up|strong="G1519" very|strong="G3029" early|strong="G4404" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w next|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w morning|strong="G4404"\+w*} while|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G2532" still|strong="G3029" dark|strong="G1773". He|strong="G2532" left|strong="G1831" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w house|strong="G2546"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" away|strong="G1831" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w town|strong="G2532"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" place|strong="G5117" where|strong="G5117" there|strong="G2532" were|strong="G2532" no|strong="G2532" people|strong="H5971". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" prayed|strong="G4336" there|strong="G2532". 
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\verseNumber{39}So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" throughout|strong="G1519" Galilee|strong="G1056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*. \+w As|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w so|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w each|strong="G1519"\+w* ◄\+w Sabbath|strong="G2064"\+w*/\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w day|strong="G3650"\+w*}► he|strong="G2532" preached|strong="G2784" in|strong="G1519" ◄synagogues|strong="G4864"/Jewish|strong="H3064" meeting|strong="H4150" places|strong="H1116"►. He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" also|strong="G2532" expelling evil|strong="G2532" spirits|strong="H7307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" cured|strong="H8585" a|strong="G2532" leper|strong="H6879" and|strong="G2532" arranged|strong="H6186" for|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G2532" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="G1519" associate|strong="H0935" with|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3588" again|strong="G1519". }
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\verseNumber{40}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="G3870"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} a|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="G3748" had|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w bad|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w skin|strong="H5785"\+w* \+w disease|strong="H2483"\+w* \+w called|strong="G3004"\+w*} leprosy|strong="H6883" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" Jesus|strong="G3004". He|strong="G2532" knelt|strong="G1120" down|strong="G1120" in|strong="G2532" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" pleaded|strong="G3870" with|strong="G4314" him|strong="G2532" saying|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Please|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w heal|strong="H7495"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w*} you|strong="G1437" are|strong="G2532" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G4314" heal|strong="H7495" me|strong="G1473" if|strong="G1437" you|strong="G1437" want|strong="G2309" to|strong="G4314"!” 
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\verseNumber{42}Immediately|strong="G2112" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376" was|strong="G3588" healed|strong="H7495"! He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" no|strong="G2532" longer|strong="H5750" a|strong="G2532" leper|strong="H6879"! 
\verseNumber{43}Jesus|strong="G2532" spoke|strong="H1696" sternly|strong="G1690" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G2532" before|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G1544" him|strong="G2532" away|strong="G1544". 
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\verseNumber{45}The|strong="G2532" man|strong="G1519" went|strong="G1831" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w presented|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w himself|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w*. \+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w then|strong="G2532"\+w*} he|strong="G2532" began|strong="G1909" to|strong="G1519" tell|strong="H5046" many|strong="G4183" people|strong="G1510" about|strong="G1909" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w how|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w healed|strong="H7495"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*} [DOU]. As|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" result|strong="G1519", Jesus|strong="G1525" was|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3371" longer|strong="G3371" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G1519" enter|strong="G1525" any|strong="G1909" town|strong="G4172" publicly|strong="G5320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w crowds|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w surround|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}. Instead|strong="G1161", he|strong="G2532" remained|strong="G1510" outside|strong="G1854" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w towns|strong="G4172"\+w*} in|strong="G1519" places|strong="G5117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="G5117"\+w* \+w no|strong="G3371"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w lived|strong="G1510"\+w*}. But|strong="G1161" people|strong="G1510" kept|strong="G2532" coming|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" from|strong="G2064" all|strong="G2532" over|strong="G1909" that|strong="G3588" region|strong="H2256". 

\BibleSectionHeading{By healing a paralyzed man Jesus demonstrated his authority to forgive sins as well as to heal. }
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\chapterNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G1510"\+w*} returned|strong="G1525" to|strong="G1519" Capernaum|strong="G2584" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="G2532"\+w*}. A|strong="G2532" few|strong="G1722" days|strong="G2250" later|strong="H0310", because|strong="G3754" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" {people|strong="G1510"} heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="G3754" Jesus|strong="G1525" was|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="G1223"\+w*} house|strong="G3624", 
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\verseNumber{3}Some|strong="H4480" people|strong="H5971" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" house|strong="H1004" bringing|strong="G5342" to|strong="G4314" Jesus|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="G2532" was|strong="G2532" paralyzed|strong="G3885". He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G2532" carried|strong="G2532" by|strong="G5259" four|strong="G5064" men|strong="G5064" {Four|strong="G5064" men|strong="G5064" carried|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w him|strong="G2532"\+w*}} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="G5342"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sleeping|strong="H3463"\+w* pad}. 
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\verseNumber{6}There|strong="G1563" were|strong="G1510" some|strong="G5100" men|strong="G5100" who|strong="G3588" taught|strong="H3925" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} laws|strong="H8451" sitting|strong="G2521" there|strong="G1563". They|strong="G2532" started|strong="H2490" thinking|strong="H0559" like|strong="G2521" this|strong="G3588": 
\verseNumber{7}“◄Who|strong="G5101" does|strong="G5101" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" think|strong="H2803" he|strong="G3778" is|strong="G3588", talking|strong="G2980" like|strong="G3779" that|strong="G3588"/This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" shouldn’t|strong="G3778" talk|strong="G2980" like|strong="G3779" that|strong="G3588"!► [RHQ]? ◄He|strong="G3778" is|strong="G3588" insulting God|strong="G2316"!/Does|strong="G5101" he|strong="G3778" think|strong="H2803" he|strong="G3778" is|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316"?► [RHQ] ◄No|strong="G3361" person|strong="G5101" can|strong="G1410" forgive|strong="H5545" sins|strong="H2403"!/Who|strong="G5101" can|strong="G1410" forgive|strong="H5545" sins|strong="H2403"?► [RHQ] Only|strong="G1487" God|strong="G2316" can|strong="G1410" forgive|strong="H5545" sins|strong="H2403"!” 
\verseNumber{8}Jesus|strong="G2424" sensed that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" deliberating like|strong="G3779" that|strong="G3754" within|strong="G1722" themselves|strong="G1438". So|strong="G3779" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “◄You|strong="G5210" should|strong="G3588" not|strong="G2532" question|strong="H1697" within|strong="G1722" yourselves|strong="G1438" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whether|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w right|strong="G2117"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w forgive|strong="H5545"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w man’s|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w*}!/Why|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G5210" question|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whether|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w right|strong="G2117"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w forgive|strong="H5545"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w man’s|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w*}?► [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{11}“To|strong="G1519" you|strong="G4771" I|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004", ‘Get|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453"! Pick|strong="H5375" up|strong="G1453" your|strong="G2532" sleeping|strong="H3463" pad! And|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" go|strong="G5217" home|strong="G3624"!’” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" invited|strong="H7121" Levi|strong="H3878" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3956" disciple|strong="G3004" and|strong="G2532" refuted|strong="H3198" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" objected to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3956" associating with|strong="G2532" such|strong="G3779" people|strong="G3956". }
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\verseNumber{13}Jesus|strong="G1831" left|strong="G1831" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Capernaum \+w town|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w again|strong="G3825"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w walked|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w with|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*} alongside|strong="H5980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Galilee|strong="H1551"\+w*} lake|strong="G2281". A|strong="G2532" large|strong="H1419" crowd|strong="G3793" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" taught|strong="G1321" them|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{17}After|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" heard|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w saying|strong="G3004"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G1342" who|strong="G3588" taught|strong="H3925" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} laws|strong="H8451", “People|strong="G2560" who|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w consider|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w*} are|strong="G3588" well|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" seek|strong="H1245" a|strong="G2192" doctor|strong="H2280". On|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" contrary|strong="H7147", it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" sick|strong="G2560" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w seek|strong="H1245"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w doctor|strong="H2280"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"]!” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* indicate \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w knew|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w sinned|strong="H2398"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w coming|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w might|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* spiritually}. And|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G2532" invite|strong="G2564" people|strong="G2560" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w think|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} [IRO] they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" righteous|strong="G1342" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w turn|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sinful|strong="H2400"\+w* \+w behavior|strong="H3027"\+w*}. On|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" contrary|strong="H7147", I|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w invite|strong="G2564"\+w*} people|strong="G2560" who|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w*} are|strong="G3588" sinners|strong="H2400", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w might|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w turn|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*}.” 

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\BibleSectionHeading{After Jesus healed a man with a withered arm on the Sabbath, Jewish leaders began to plan to kill him. }
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\verseNumber{12}He|strong="G2532" commanded|strong="G2008" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w evil|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w spirits|strong="H7307"\+w*} strongly|strong="G4183" that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G2532" should|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" tell|strong="G5318" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G2532". 

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\verseNumber{14}He|strong="G2532" appointed|strong="G4160" twelve|strong="G1427" men|strong="H0376" in|strong="G2532" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" with|strong="G3326" him|strong="G4160" and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2532" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" he|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" send|strong="H7971" them|strong="G1438" out|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2443" preach|strong="G2784". He|strong="G2532" called|strong="H7121" them|strong="G1438" apostles. 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" power|strong="G1849" in|strong="G2532" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" expel|strong="H1644" evil|strong="G2532" spirits|strong="H7307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{16}These|strong="G4160" were|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" twelve|strong="G1427" men|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" appointed|strong="G4160": Simon|strong="G4613", to|strong="G2532" whom|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G4160" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w new|strong="H2319"\+w*} name|strong="G3686" Peter|strong="G4074"; his|strong="G2007" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" Andrew; 
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\verseNumber{18}Philip|strong="G5376"; Bartholomew; Levi|strong="H3878", whose|strong="G3588" other|strong="G3588" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="G3588" Matthew|strong="G3156"; Thomas|strong="G2381"; \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w another|strong="G3588"\+w*} James|strong="G2385", the|strong="G2532" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="G2532" Alphaeus; Thaddeus; \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w another|strong="G3588"\+w*} Simon|strong="G4613", who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w member|strong="H1995"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w party|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" overthrow|strong="H2015" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* Roman \+w government|strong="H4951"\+w*}; 
\verseNumber{19}and|strong="G2532" Judas|strong="G2455" Iscariot|strong="G2469" (OR|strong="G2532", Judas|strong="G2455", the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3739" from|strong="G2064" Kerioth|strong="H7152" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Town|strong="G2532"\+w*}). He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3739" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w later|strong="H0310"\+w*} ◄betrayed|strong="G3860" Jesus|strong="G2532"/helped|strong="H5826" Jesus’ enemies|strong="H0341" seize|strong="H0962" him|strong="G3739"►. 

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\verseNumber{24}If|strong="G1437" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w live|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w same|strong="G1565"\+w*} country|strong="H2022" are|strong="G3588" fighting|strong="H3898" one|strong="G1438" another|strong="G1438", they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" cease|strong="H7673" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" single|strong="H0259" group|strong="H7235" under|strong="G1909" one|strong="G1438" ruler|strong="H4910". 
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\verseNumber{26}Similarly|strong="H2088", if|strong="G1487" Satan|strong="G4567" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1438" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w evil|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w spirits|strong="H7307"\+w*} were|strong="G3588" fighting|strong="H3898" one|strong="G1438" another|strong="G1438", instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="G2532" remaining|strong="H8300" strong|strong="G2532", he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" become|strong="G2192" powerless|strong="H0369". 
\verseNumber{27}Contrary|strong="H7147" to|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w say|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w about|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3756"\+w*}, someone|strong="G4632" can|strong="G1410" enter|strong="G1525" the|strong="G2532" house|strong="G3614" of|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" strong|strong="G2478" man|strong="G3762" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w Satan|strong="H7854"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" carry|strong="H5375" off|strong="H3772" his|strong="G1519" possessions|strong="H7399" only|strong="G3756" if|strong="G1437" he|strong="G2532" first|strong="G4413" ties|strong="H0631" up|strong="G1210" the|strong="G2532" strong|strong="G2478" man|strong="G3762". Then|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w only|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w then|strong="G2532"\+w*} will|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w able|strong="G1410"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w*} steal|strong="H1589" the|strong="G2532" things|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1519" that|strong="G3588" man’s|strong="G2478" house|strong="G3614".” 
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\verseNumber{29}But|strong="G1161" if|strong="G1161" anyone|strong="G3739" speaks|strong="H1696" evil|strong="H7451" words|strong="H1697" about|strong="G1519" what|strong="G3739" the|strong="G1519" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w does|strong="G2192"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G1519"\+w*} will|strong="G1510" never|strong="G3756" forgive|strong="H5545" that|strong="G3739". That|strong="G3739" person’s|strong="H3820" guilt|strong="H0817" will|strong="G1510" remain|strong="G1510" with|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" forever|strong="G1519".” 
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\verseNumber{31}Jesus’|strong="G3384" mother|strong="G3384" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} siblings arrived|strong="G2064". While|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" stood|strong="G3588" outside|strong="G1854", they|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w inside|strong="H8432"\+w*} in|strong="G2532" order|strong="G4314" to|strong="G4314" call|strong="G2564" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w outside|strong="G1854"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{32}A|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793" was|strong="G3588" sitting|strong="G2521" around|strong="G4012" Jesus|strong="G3004". One|strong="G3588" of|strong="G4012" them|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “Listen|strong="G2400"/Hey|strong="H1945", your|strong="G2532" mother|strong="G3384" and|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" and|strong="G2532" sisters|strong="H0269" are|strong="G3588" outside|strong="G1854", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" wanting|strong="H6485" ◄to|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708"/to|strong="G2532" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="G2532"► you|strong="G4771"!” 
\verseNumber{33}Jesus|strong="G3004" replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w will|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w something|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w about|strong="G3588"\+w*} my|strong="G1473" mother|strong="G3384" and|strong="G2532" my|strong="G1473" brothers|strong="H0251".\BibleCharacterStyleADD{/\+w Do|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w whom|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w consider|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} my|strong="G1473" mother|strong="G3384" and|strong="G2532" my|strong="G1473" brothers|strong="H0251"?►” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{34}After|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" looked|strong="G3708" around|strong="G4012" at|strong="G4012" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*} who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" sitting|strong="G2521" around|strong="G4012" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w circle|strong="H4570"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Look|strong="G3708" here|strong="H6311"! I|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w love|strong="H0157"\+w* \+w these|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w men|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w as|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w much|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w as|strong="G2532"\+w*} I|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w love|strong="H0157"\+w*} my|strong="G3708" mother|strong="G3384" and|strong="G2532" my|strong="G3708" brothers|strong="H0251". 
\verseNumber{35}Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" habitually do|strong="G4160" what|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" wants|strong="G2307" are|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w dear|strong="H3357"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] as|strong="G2532" my|strong="G1473" brother|strong="H0251", my|strong="G1473" sister|strong="H0269", or|strong="G2532" my|strong="G1473" mother|strong="G3384"!” 

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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004", “If|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3739" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="G2532" understand|strong="H0995" this|strong="G3739" [MTY], you|strong="G3739" should|strong="G2532" consider|strong="G2192" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w carefully|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w I|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w just|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{37}A|strong="G1096" strong|strong="G3173" wind|strong="H7307" came|strong="G1096" up|strong="G1519" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" waves|strong="G2949" started|strong="G1096" coming|strong="G1096" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" boat|strong="G4143"! The|strong="G2532" boat|strong="G4143" was|strong="G1096" soon|strong="G1096" nearly|strong="G2235" full|strong="G1072" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w*}! 
\verseNumber{38}Jesus|strong="G3004" was|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" back|strong="H7725" part|strong="G4403" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" boat|strong="H0590". He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" sleeping|strong="G2518", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w head|strong="H7218"\+w*} on|strong="G1909" a|strong="G2532" cushion|strong="G4344". So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" woke|strong="G1453" him|strong="G3588" up|strong="G1453" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “Teacher|strong="G1320"! ◄You|strong="G4771" ought|strong="H3972" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" concerned|strong="G3199" that|strong="G3754" we|strong="G3754" are|strong="G1510" about|strong="G1909" to|strong="G2532" die|strong="H4191"!/Are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771" not|strong="G3756" concerned|strong="G3199" that|strong="G3754" we|strong="G3754" are|strong="G1510" about|strong="G1909" to|strong="G2532" die|strong="H4191"?► [RHQ]” 
\verseNumber{39}So|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" got|strong="G1326" up|strong="G1326" and|strong="G2532" rebuked|strong="G2008" the|strong="G2532" wind|strong="H7307". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" lake|strong="G2281", “Be|strong="G1096" quiet|strong="G4623"! Be|strong="G1096" still|strong="G5392"! [DOU]” The|strong="G2532" wind|strong="H7307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w immediately|strong="H6965"\+w* }stopped|strong="G2869" blowing|strong="H8628" and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w lake|strong="G2281"\+w*} became|strong="G1096" very|strong="G2532" calm|strong="G1055". 
\verseNumber{40}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G1510", “◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w disappointed|strong="H0954"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2532"\+w*} you|strong="G3004" are|strong="G1510" afraid|strong="G1169" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="G3779"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2532"\+w*}!/Why|strong="G5101" are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G3004" afraid|strong="G1169" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="G3779"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2532"\+w*}?► [RHQ] Do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G3004" not|strong="G3756" yet|strong="G2532" believe|strong="G4102" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w can|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w protect|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w*}?” 
\verseNumber{41}They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" very|strong="G2532" awestruck|strong="G5399". They|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" one|strong="G3588" another|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Not|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w only|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w demons|strong="H7700"\+w* \+w obey|strong="G5219"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w man|strong="G3778"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G2532"\+w* } even|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" wind|strong="H7307" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" waves|strong="H1530" obey|strong="G5219" him|strong="G3588"! “◄What|strong="G5101" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" he|strong="G2532"?/This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w like|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w ordinary|strong="H2455"\+w* } people|strong="G1510"!► [RHQ]” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus expelled evil spirits from a Gerasene man and then allowed them to enter a herd of pigs, which then ran down a hill and drowned. As a result, the local people asked Jesus to leave the area. }
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\chapterNumber{5}Jesus|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3588" arrived|strong="G2064" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w east|strong="H6921"\+w*} side|strong="G4008" of|strong="G2532" Lake|strong="G2281" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Galilee|strong="H1551"\+w*. \+w They|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w landed|strong="H7704"\+w* \+w near|strong="G5561"\+w*} where|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Gerasene \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w lived|strong="G2532"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}He|strong="G2532" lived|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" one|strong="G3956" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G1722" caves|strong="H4631" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w bury|strong="H6912"\+w* \+w dead|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3956"\+w*}. During|strong="G1722" both|strong="G2532" night|strong="G3571" and|strong="G2532" day|strong="G2250" he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" scream among|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" caves|strong="H4631" and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" hills|strong="H1389". He|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" cut|strong="G2532" himself|strong="G1438" with|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sharp|strong="H2299"\+w*} stones|strong="G3037". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w day|strong="G2250"\+w*} he|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2532" out|strong="G2896" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G1722" caves|strong="H4631". 
\verseNumber{6}As|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w got|strong="H6965"\+w*} out|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" boat|strong="H0590", that|strong="G3588" man|strong="H0376" saw|strong="G3708" Jesus|strong="G2424" from|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" distance|strong="G3113". He|strong="G2532" immediately|strong="H6965" ran|strong="G5143" to|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" knelt|strong="H5307" before|strong="G4352" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{7-8}Jesus said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307", “You|strong="H0859" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307", come|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H0376"!” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* demon \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w leave|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w quickly|strong="H4116"\+w*}. It|strong="H5414" shouted|strong="H7321" very|strong="H3966" loudly|strong="H6963", “Jesus, I|strong="H0589" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} ◄Son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121"/man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0369" also|strong="H1571"► God|strong="H0430", so|strong="H3651" ◄we|strong="H0587" have|strong="H1961" nothing|strong="H3808" in|strong="H0935" common|strong="H1121"./what|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" we|strong="H0587" have|strong="H1961" in|strong="H0935" common|strong="H1121"?► [IDM, RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w leave|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w me|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w alone|strong="H0905"\+w*} I|strong="H0589" ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H0413" promise|strong="H1697", knowing|strong="H3045" God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H0369" listening|strong="H8085", that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" torture me|strong="H0413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H6258"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w expel|strong="H1644"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* demon \+w more|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w easily|strong="H4592"\+w*}, Jesus|strong="G3004" asked|strong="G1905" him|strong="G1905", “What|strong="G5101" is|strong="G1510" your|strong="G2532" name|strong="G3686"?” He|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004", “My|strong="G1473" name|strong="G3686" is|strong="G1510" Crowd|strong="H1995"/Mob because|strong="G3754" there|strong="G2532" are|strong="G1510" many|strong="G4183" of|strong="G2532" us|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w evil|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w spirits|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3748"\+w* \+w man|strong="G5101"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" evil|strong="G2532" spirits|strong="H7307" fervently kept|strong="G2532" begging|strong="G3870" Jesus|strong="G2532" that|strong="G2443" he|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" send|strong="H7971" them|strong="G3588" out|strong="G1854" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" region|strong="G5561". 
\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w At|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w same|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w time|strong="G3173"\+w*}, a|strong="G1510" large|strong="G3173" herd|strong="H1241" of|strong="G3735" pigs|strong="G5519" was|strong="G1510" ◄grazing|strong="H7462"/rooting for|strong="G4314" food|strong="H3899"► nearby|strong="G1563" on|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" hillside|strong="H6763". 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="G2443" the|strong="G2532" evil|strong="G2532" spirits|strong="H7307" pleaded|strong="G3870" with|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004", “Allow|strong="H5414" us|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G1525" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" pigs|strong="G5519" in|strong="G1519" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" we|strong="G2249" might|strong="G2532" enter|strong="G1525" them|strong="G3588"!” 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="G2532" permitted|strong="G2010" them|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*}. So|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" evil|strong="G2532" spirits|strong="G4151" left|strong="G1831" the|strong="G1722" man|strong="G1519" and|strong="G2532" entered|strong="G1525" the|strong="G1722" pigs|strong="G5519". The|strong="G1722" herd|strong="H1241", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w numbered|strong="H6485"\+w*} about|strong="G5613" 2,000, rushed|strong="G3729" down|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1722" cliff|strong="H5553" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" lake|strong="G2281", and|strong="G2532" drowned|strong="G4155" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" lake|strong="G2281". 
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\verseNumber{14}The|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G5101" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" tending|strong="H7462" the|strong="G2532" pigs ran|strong="G5343" and|strong="G2532" reported|strong="H5046" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" town|strong="G4172" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" countryside|strong="H7704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w happened|strong="G1096"\+w*. \+w Many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w*} went|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" see|strong="G3708" what|strong="G5101" had|strong="G2532" happened|strong="G1096". 
\verseNumber{15}They|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w place|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w where|strong="G2334"\+w*} Jesus|strong="G2424" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="G3588"\+w*}. Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G2334" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G1139" whom|strong="G3588" evil|strong="G2532" spirits|strong="H7307" had|strong="G2192" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} controlled|strong="H0662". He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" sitting|strong="G2521" there|strong="G2532" with|strong="G4314" clothes|strong="H0899" on|strong="G2521" and|strong="G2532" mentally sound|strong="G4993". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w As|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w*}, they|strong="G2532" became|strong="G3588" afraid|strong="G5399" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w thought|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w might|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w destroy|strong="H7843"\+w* \+w more|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w property|strong="H0272"\+w*}. (OR|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w realized|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w must|strong="G5399"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w very|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w powerful|strong="H2392"\+w*}.) 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" seen|strong="G3708" what|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" happened|strong="G1096" described|strong="G1334" what|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" happened|strong="G1096" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G1139" whom|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" evil|strong="G2532" spirits|strong="H7307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} controlled|strong="H0662". They|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" described|strong="G1334" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w happened|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" pigs|strong="G5519". 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3870" pleaded|strong="G3870" with|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" leave|strong="H5800" their|strong="G2532" region|strong="G3725". 
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\verseNumber{18}As|strong="G1519" Jesus|strong="G1510" got|strong="G1684" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" boat|strong="G4143" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w order|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w leave|strong="H5800"\+w*}, the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G1519" whom|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" evil|strong="G2532" spirits|strong="H7307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} controlled|strong="H0662" begged|strong="G3870" Jesus|strong="G1510", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Please|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w let|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w me|strong="H0413"\+w*} go|strong="G1519" with|strong="G3326" you|strong="G1510"!” 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" did|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3756" let|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w go|strong="G5217"\+w* \+w with|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}. On|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" contrary|strong="H7147", he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", “Go|strong="G5217" home|strong="G3624" to|strong="G1519" your|strong="G4674" family|strong="G3624" and|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588" how|strong="G3745" much|strong="G3745" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} has|strong="G2962" done|strong="G4160" for|strong="G1519" you|strong="G4771", and|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588" how|strong="G3745" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} was|strong="G3588" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="G1519" you|strong="G4771".” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2424" cured|strong="H8585" a|strong="G2532" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2424" been|strong="G2532" suffering|strong="G1722" from|strong="G2532" hemorrhaging, and|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G2532" Jairus’ daughter|strong="H1323" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="G2532" life|strong="H5315". }
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\verseNumber{21}Jesus|strong="G2424" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G1510"\+w*} went|strong="G2424" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" boat|strong="G4143" back|strong="G3825" around|strong="G1909" Lake|strong="G2281" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Galilee|strong="H1551"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" where|strong="G1722" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" before|strong="G1909". When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" shore|strong="H8193" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" lake|strong="G2281", a|strong="G2532" large|strong="G4183" crowd|strong="G3793" gathered|strong="G4863" around|strong="G1909" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
\verseNumber{22}One|strong="G1520" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" presided over|strong="G2064" a|strong="G2532" ◄synagogue/Jewish|strong="H3064" meeting|strong="H4150" place|strong="H4725"►, whose|strong="G3588" name|strong="G3686" was|strong="G3588" Jairus|strong="G2383", came|strong="G2064" there|strong="G2532". When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" Jesus|strong="G2532", he|strong="G2532" prostrated|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H5315" at|strong="G4314" his|strong="G3708" feet|strong="G4228". 
\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" pleaded|strong="G3870" with|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" earnestly|strong="G4183", “My|strong="G1473" twelve-year old|strong="G2192" daughter|strong="G2365" is|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sick|strong="H2470"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} nearly|strong="H1241" dead|strong="H4191"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Please|strong="H4994"\+w*} come|strong="G2064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" place|strong="G2007" your|strong="G2192" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G5495" her|strong="G3754" in|strong="G2532" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G3754" she|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" healed|strong="G4982" {to|strong="G2443" heal|strong="H7495" her|strong="G3754"}, so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G3754" she|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2064" die|strong="H4191"!” 
\verseNumber{24}So|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="H3928"\+w*} went|strong="G2532" with|strong="G3326" him|strong="G2532". 
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A|strong="G2532" large|strong="G4183" crowd|strong="G3793" followed|strong="H0310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="G4183"\+w*} pushed|strong="H1920" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{25}There|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" woman|strong="G1135" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w crowd|strong="H1995"\+w*} who|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" vaginal bleeding [EUP] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w every|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} for|strong="G1722" twelve|strong="G1427" years|strong="G2094". 
\verseNumber{26}She|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" suffered|strong="G3958" much|strong="G4183" while|strong="G2532" many|strong="G4183" doctors|strong="G2395" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w treated|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w her|strong="G1438"\+w*}. But|strong="G2532" although|strong="G2532" she|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" spent|strong="G1159" all|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w her|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" pay|strong="G1159" the|strong="G2532" doctors|strong="G2395", she|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3367" been|strong="G2532" helped|strong="G5623" {they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3367" helped|strong="G5623" her|strong="G1438"}. Instead|strong="G3123", she|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" become|strong="H1961" worse|strong="G5501" [EUP]. 
\verseNumber{27}After|strong="G3693" she|strong="G3588" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2424" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w healed|strong="H7495"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3793"\+w*}, she|strong="G3588" came|strong="G2064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w where|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w pushed|strong="H1920"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" crowd|strong="G3793" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w close|strong="H5980"\+w*} behind|strong="G3693" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
\verseNumber{28}She|strong="G3754" did|strong="G3748" that|strong="G3754" because|strong="G3754" she|strong="G3754" was|strong="G3588" thinking|strong="H0559", “If|strong="G1437" I|strong="G1063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w touch|strong="H5060"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w or|strong="G1437"\+w*} even|strong="G2579" if|strong="G1437" I|strong="G1063" touch|strong="H5060" his|strong="G4982" clothes|strong="G2440", I|strong="G1063" will|strong="G3748" be|strong="G3588" healed|strong="G4982" {his|strong="G4982" power|strong="H3027" will|strong="G3748" heal|strong="H7495" me|strong="G3004"}.” So|strong="G1063" she|strong="G3754" touched|strong="H5060" Jesus’ clothes|strong="G2440". 
\verseNumber{29}At|strong="G3588" once|strong="H6471" her|strong="G3754" bleeding stopped|strong="G3583". At|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" same|strong="G2532" time|strong="H6256", she|strong="G2532" sensed that|strong="G3754" she|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" cured|strong="G2390" of|strong="G2532" {that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G2532"\+w*} had|strong="G2532" cured|strong="G2390"} her|strong="G3754" illness|strong="H2483". 
\verseNumber{30}Jesus|strong="G2424" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="G2532"\+w*} immediately|strong="G2112" sensed that|strong="G3588" his|strong="G1438" power|strong="G1411" had|strong="G2424" healed|strong="H7495" someone|strong="H0376". So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" turned|strong="G1994" around|strong="G1994" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" crowd|strong="G3793" and|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G3004", “Who|strong="G5101" touched|strong="H5060" my|strong="G1722" clothes|strong="G2440"?” 
\verseNumber{31}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} his|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" replied|strong="G3004", “You|strong="G4771" can|strong="G3004" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="G3588" many|strong="G3793" people|strong="G3793" are|strong="G3588" crowding close|strong="H5980" to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Probably \+w many|strong="G3793"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3793"\+w* \+w touched|strong="H5060"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*}! So|strong="G2532" ◄why|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G4771" ask|strong="G3004" ‘Who|strong="G5101" touched|strong="H5060" me|strong="G1473"?’\BibleCharacterStyleADD{/\+w We|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w surprised|strong="H8610"\+w*} that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" ask|strong="G3004" ‘Who|strong="G5101" touched|strong="H5060" me|strong="G1473"?’ [RHQ]►” 
\verseNumber{32}But|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" kept|strong="G4160" looking|strong="G4017" around|strong="G4017" in|strong="G2532" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" done|strong="G4160" it|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{33}The|strong="G2532" woman|strong="G1135" was|strong="G1096" very|strong="G2532" afraid|strong="G5399" and|strong="G2532" trembling|strong="G5141". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w She|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w thought|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w might|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w angry|strong="H2734"\+w* \+w because|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w she|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w violated|strong="H6031"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w law|strong="H8451"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w women|strong="G1135"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w such|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1096"\+w*} sickness|strong="H2483" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w should|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w touch|strong="H5060"\+w* \+w other|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3956"\+w*. \+w But|strong="G1161"\+w*} she|strong="G2532" knew|strong="G1492" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w healed|strong="H7495"\+w* \+w her|strong="G3956"\+w*}. So|strong="G2532" she|strong="G2532" prostrated|strong="H7812" herself|strong="H5315" before|strong="G4363" him|strong="G3588". Then|strong="G2532" she|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588" truthfully|strong="H0530" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w she|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w done|strong="G1096"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{34}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" her|strong="G1519", “◄Ma’am/Young|strong="H5288" lady|strong="H5291"►, because|strong="G1161" you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2532" believed|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w could|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w heal|strong="H7495"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*}, I|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleBD{\+w have|strong="G2532"\+w*} healed|strong="G5199" you|strong="G4771". You|strong="G4771" may|strong="G2532" go|strong="G5217" home|strong="G1519" with|strong="G2532" peace|strong="G1515" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w heart|strong="H3820"\+w*/innner \+w being|strong="G1510"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w promise|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* } you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G1510" not|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" sick|strong="H2470" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w way|strong="G5217"\+w* \+w anymore|strong="H5750"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{35}While|strong="G2980" Jesus|strong="G3004" was|strong="G3588" still|strong="G2089" speaking|strong="G2980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w woman|strong="H0802"\+w*}, some|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3004" arrived|strong="G2064" who|strong="G5101" had|strong="G3588" come|strong="G2064" from|strong="G2064" Jairus’ house|strong="H1004". They|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* Jairus}, “Your|strong="G3588" daughter|strong="G2364" has|strong="G5101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="G2089"\+w*} died|strong="G3588". So|strong="G3754" ◄it|strong="G3754" is|strong="G3588" useless|strong="H1892" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" bother|strong="H5060" the|strong="G3588" teacher|strong="G1320" any|strong="G2089" longer|strong="G2089" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w urging|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w go|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w your|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*}!/why|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G4771" bother|strong="H5060" the|strong="G3588" teacher|strong="G1320" any|strong="G2089" longer|strong="G2089" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w urging|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w go|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w your|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*}?► [RHQ]” 
\verseNumber{36}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="G3588" these|strong="G3588" men|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004", he|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" Jairus, “Do|strong="G3004" not|strong="G3361" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" situation|strong="H4186" is|strong="G3588" hopeless|strong="H2976"! Just|strong="G3440" keep|strong="G3361" believing|strong="G4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w she|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{37-38}Then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H0834" allowed|strong="H5414" only|strong="H0389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w three|strong="H7969"\+w* \+w closest|strong="H1350"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="H3928"\+w*}, Peter, James, and|strong="H3967" John, to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* Jairus’ \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*}. He|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" any|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5414". After|strong="H0310" they|strong="H1992" arrived|strong="H0935" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004", Jesus saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0935" turmoil|strong="H7267". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" weeping|strong="H1065" and|strong="H3967" wailing|strong="H4553" [DOU] loudly|strong="H6963". 
\verseNumber{39}He|strong="G2532" entered|strong="G1525" the|strong="G2532" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", knowing|strong="H3045" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w going|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w cause|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w her|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w live|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w again|strong="G2532"\+w*}, “◄Do|strong="G5101" not|strong="G3756" make|strong="G2532" such|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" disturbance|strong="H8442"!/Why|strong="G5101" are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3004" making|strong="G2532" such|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" disturbance|strong="H8442"?► [RHQ] Stop|strong="H2308" crying|strong="G2799", for|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" child|strong="G3813" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" dead|strong="H4191"! On|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" contrary|strong="H7147", she|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="G3756"\+w*} sleeping|strong="G2518" [HYP, EUP]!” 
\verseNumber{40}The|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3956" laughed|strong="G2606" at|strong="G1161" him|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w she|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w dead|strong="H4191"\+w*}. But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G1544" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" other|strong="G1161" people|strong="G3956" outside|strong="G1544" the|strong="G2532" house|strong="H1004". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" took|strong="G3880" the|strong="G2532" child’s|strong="G3813" father|strong="G3962" and|strong="G2532" mother|strong="G3384" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w three|strong="H7969"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G1510"\+w*} who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" with|strong="G3326" him|strong="G3588". He|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" into|strong="G1531" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w room|strong="H2315"\+w*} where|strong="G3699" the|strong="G2532" child|strong="G3813" was|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lying|strong="H8267"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G1722" apostles returned|strong="G2064" to|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" report|strong="H8088" what|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" done|strong="H6213". Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" off|strong="H3772" to|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" lonely|strong="H3173" place|strong="G5087", but|strong="G2532" many|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3588" followed|strong="H0310" them|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{33}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w many|strong="G4183"\+w*} people|strong="G3956" saw|strong="G3708" them|strong="G3588" leaving|strong="G5217". They|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" recognized|strong="G1921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w saw|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w where|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w going|strong="G5217"\+w*}. So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" ran|strong="G4936" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ahead|strong="G4281"\+w* \+w on|strong="G4281"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w*} from|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w nearby|strong="G1563"\+w*} towns|strong="G4172" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" place|strong="G1563" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w going|strong="G5217"\+w*}. They|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w actually|strong="G2532"\+w*} arrived|strong="H0935" there|strong="G1563" before|strong="G4281" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{34}As|strong="G5613" Jesus|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G1510"\+w*} got|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" boat|strong="H0590", Jesus|strong="G1510" saw|strong="G3708" this|strong="G3748" large|strong="G4183" crowd|strong="G3793". He|strong="G2532" felt|strong="G4697" sorry|strong="H5162" for|strong="G3754" them|strong="G1438" because|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w confused|strong="H1101"\+w*}, like|strong="G5613" sheep|strong="G4263" that|strong="G3754" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" have|strong="G2192" a|strong="G2192" shepherd|strong="G4166". So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" taught|strong="G1321" them|strong="G1438" many|strong="G4183" things|strong="G4183". 

\BibleSectionHeading{When|strong="G5613" it|strong="G2532" became|strong="H3205" late|strong="H0309" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" afternoon|strong="H5186" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3793" became|strong="H3205" hungry|strong="H7457" and|strong="G2532" there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3361" place|strong="G1909" to|strong="G2532" obtain|strong="G2192" food|strong="H3899"; as|strong="G5613" a|strong="G2192" result|strong="H6903", Jesus|strong="G1510" miraculously provided|strong="H3557" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="G3754" them|strong="G1438". }
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\verseNumber{35}Late|strong="G5610" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w afternoon|strong="H5186"\+w*}, the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “This|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1096" place|strong="G5117" where|strong="G5117" no|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1510" live|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" very|strong="G4183" late|strong="G5610". 
\verseNumber{36}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="G2443"\+w* } send|strong="H7971" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2068" away|strong="H5493" in|strong="G1519" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G2532" may|strong="G2532" go|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" surrounding|strong="G2945" farms and|strong="G2532" villages|strong="G2968" in|strong="G1519" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G2532" can|strong="H4310" buy|strong="H7069" for|strong="G1519" themselves|strong="G1438" something|strong="G5101" to|strong="G1519" eat|strong="G2068"!” 
\verseNumber{37}But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w No|strong="G2532"\+w*}, you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w yourselves|strong="G4771"\+w*} give|strong="G1325" them|strong="G3588" something|strong="H1697" to|strong="G2532" eat|strong="G2068"!” They|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004", “◄We|strong="G2532" could|strong="G3588" not|strong="G2532" buy|strong="H7069" enough|strong="H1767" bread|strong="H3899" to|strong="G2532" feed|strong="G2068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w crowd|strong="H1995"\+w*}, even|strong="G2532" if|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" as|strong="G1161" much|strong="H7227" money|strong="H3701" as|strong="G1161" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376" earns|strong="H7936" by|strong="G2532" working|strong="G2532" 200 days|strong="H3117"!/How|strong="G1161" could|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2532" buy|strong="H7069" enough|strong="H1767" bread|strong="H3899" to|strong="G2532" feed|strong="G2068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* mob}, even|strong="G2532" if|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" as|strong="G1161" much|strong="H7227" money|strong="H3701" as|strong="G1161" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376" earns|strong="H7936" by|strong="G2532" working|strong="G2532" 200 days|strong="H3117"?►” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{38}But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “How|strong="G4214" many|strong="G4214" loaves|strong="H3899" of|strong="G2532" bread|strong="H3899" do|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3004" have|strong="G2192"? Go|strong="G5217" and|strong="G2532" find|strong="G1097" out|strong="G2532"!” They|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} found|strong="G1097" out|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “We|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2192" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="G2532"\+w*} five|strong="G4002" flat|strong="H8478" loaves|strong="H3899" and|strong="G2532" two|strong="G1417" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cooked|strong="H2102"\+w*} fish|strong="G2486"!” 
\verseNumber{39}He|strong="G2532" instructed|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w*} all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3956" to|strong="G2532" sit|strong="G3956" down|strong="H3381" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" green|strong="G5515" grass|strong="G5528". 
\verseNumber{40}So|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="H5971" sat|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2596" groups|strong="G4237". There|strong="G2532" were|strong="G2532" 50 people|strong="H5971" in|strong="G2596" some|strong="H4480" groups|strong="G4237" and|strong="G2532" 100 people|strong="H5971" in|strong="G2596" other|strong="H0312" groups|strong="G4237". 
\verseNumber{41}Jesus|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2983" the|strong="G2532" five|strong="G4002" flat|strong="H8478" loaves|strong="H3899" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" two|strong="G1417" fish|strong="G2486". He|strong="G2532" looked|strong="G2532" up|strong="G1519" towards heaven|strong="G3772" and|strong="G2532" thanked|strong="H1288" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} for|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" broke|strong="G2622" the|strong="G2532" loaves|strong="H3899" and|strong="G2532" fish|strong="G2486" into|strong="G1519" pieces|strong="H5409" and|strong="G2532" kept|strong="G2532" giving|strong="G1325" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" in|strong="G1519" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" distribute|strong="H5414" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3956". 
\verseNumber{42}Everyone|strong="G3956" ate|strong="G2068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w food|strong="G5315"\+w*} until|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" had|strong="G2532" enough|strong="H1767" to|strong="G2532" eat|strong="G2068"! 
\verseNumber{43}The|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588" then|strong="G2532" collected|strong="H6908" twelve|strong="G1427" baskets|strong="G2894" full|strong="G4138" of|strong="G2532" pieces|strong="G2801" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w bread|strong="H3899"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" fish|strong="G2486" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w left|strong="H7604"\+w* \+w over|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{44}There|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" approximately 5,000 men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" ate|strong="G2068" the|strong="G2532" bread|strong="H3899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w fish|strong="H1710"\+w*. \+w They|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w even|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w count|strong="H5608"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w women|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w children|strong="H1121"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1510" sent|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G1510" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" Bethsaida by|strong="G2532" boat|strong="H0590" while|strong="G1510" he|strong="G2532" stayed|strong="G1510" to|strong="G2532" pray|strong="H6419". Later|strong="H0310" he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" in|strong="G2532" difficulty|strong="H3811" due|strong="H2706" to|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" wind|strong="H7307" blowing|strong="H8628" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="G3588", so|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", walking|strong="H1980" on|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" water|strong="H4325". }
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\verseNumber{45}Right|strong="G2117" away|strong="H5493" Jesus|strong="G2532" told|strong="G4314" his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3101" to|strong="G1519" get|strong="G1684" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" boat|strong="G4143" and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" go|strong="G4254" ahead|strong="G4254" of|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" Bethsaida \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w which|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w*} further|strong="H5750" around|strong="G4314" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Lake \+w Galilee|strong="H1551"\+w*. \+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w stayed|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} dismissed|strong="H7971" the|strong="G2532" many|strong="G3793" people|strong="G3793" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" there|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{46}After|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532" goodbye to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" up|strong="G1519" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" hills|strong="H1389" in|strong="G1519" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="G1519" pray|strong="G4336". 
\verseNumber{47}When|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" evening|strong="G3798", the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{disciples’} boat|strong="G4143" was|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" middle|strong="G3319" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" lake|strong="G2281" and|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G1510" was|strong="G1510" by|strong="G1722" himself|strong="G3441" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" land|strong="G1093". 
\verseNumber{48}He|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" wind|strong="H7307" was|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w blowing|strong="H8628"\+w*} against|strong="G1909" them|strong="G3588" as|strong="G1722" they|strong="G2532" rowed|strong="G1643". As|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" result|strong="H6903", they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" having|strong="G2532" great|strong="G2532" difficulty|strong="H3811". He|strong="G2532" approached|strong="H5066" them|strong="G3588" early|strong="H7925" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" morning|strong="H1242", when|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" still|strong="G2064" dark|strong="H2822", by|strong="G1722" walking|strong="G4043" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" water|strong="H4325". He|strong="G2532" intended|strong="G2309" to|strong="G4314" walk|strong="G4043" by|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{49}They|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" him|strong="G3588" walking|strong="G4043" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" water|strong="H4325", but|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" thought|strong="G1380" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" ghost|strong="G5326". They|strong="G2532" screamed|strong="H7121" 
\verseNumber{50}because|strong="G1063" they|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" were|strong="G1510" terrified|strong="G5399" when|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" him|strong="G3588". But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" talked|strong="G2980" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588". He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “Be|strong="G1510" calm|strong="H8367"! Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" be|strong="G1510" afraid|strong="G5399", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1063"\+w*} it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" I|strong="G1473"!” 
\verseNumber{51}He|strong="G2532" got|strong="H6965" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" boat|strong="G4143" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sat|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w down|strong="G1537"\+w*} with|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" wind|strong="H7307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w immediately|strong="H6965"\+w* }stopped|strong="G2869" blowing|strong="H8628". They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" completely|strong="G1519" amazed|strong="G1839" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{As|strong="G1063" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="G1063" Jesus|strong="G1510" and|strong="G3588" his|strong="G1909" disciples|strong="G1510" reached|strong="H0935" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="G3588" disembarked, people|strong="G1510" began|strong="G1909" to|strong="G1909" come|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1909" Jesus|strong="G1510", bringing|strong="H0935" sick|strong="H2470" people|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1909" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G3588" might|strong="H1369" heal|strong="H7495" them|strong="G3588", and|strong="G3588" he|strong="G3588" healed|strong="H7495" all|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" touched|strong="H5060" him|strong="G3588". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Some Pharisees and scribes criticized Jesus about his disciples disobeying the traditions of the elders. Jesus replied, showing that their attitudes and practices were mistaken. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{When|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G1831" went|strong="G1831" back|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" Lake Galilee|strong="H1551", some|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3588" brought|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" deaf-mute man|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" Jesus|strong="G1831" and|strong="G2532" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" heal|strong="H7495" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G1519", which|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Again Jesus provided food miraculously for a great crowd who gathered to hear him and became hungry. }
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\chapterNumber{8}During|strong="G1722" those|strong="G3588" days|strong="G2250", a|strong="G2192" large|strong="G4183" crowd|strong="G3793" of|strong="G2250" people|strong="G3793" gathered|strong="H6960" again|strong="G3825". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w been|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w couple|strong="H6776"\+w* \+w days|strong="G2250"\+w*}, they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2192" no|strong="G3361" food|strong="G5315" to|strong="G2532" eat|strong="G2068". So|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" summoned|strong="G4341" the|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G3101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w come|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w closer|strong="H5066"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", 
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\verseNumber{5}Jesus|strong="G3004" asked|strong="G2065" them|strong="G3588", “How|strong="G4214" many|strong="G4214" loaves|strong="H3899" of|strong="G2532" bread|strong="H3899" do|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3004" have|strong="G2192"?” They|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w*} seven|strong="G2033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w flat|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w loaves|strong="H3899"\+w*}.” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" rebuked|strong="H1605" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" insisted|strong="H6484" on|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" performing|strong="H6213" more|strong="G2532" miracles|strong="H6381", and|strong="G2532" rebuked|strong="H1605" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" worried|strong="H1672" about|strong="G1519" not|strong="G2064" having|strong="G2532" enough|strong="H1767" food|strong="H3899" with|strong="G3326" them|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" left|strong="H7604" them|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{18}◄I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" disappointed|strong="H0954" that|strong="G2532", although|strong="G2532" you|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2192" eyes|strong="G3788", you|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w understand|strong="H0995"\+w* \+w what|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G2532"\+w*} see|strong="H7200"!/Why|strong="H4100" is|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" that|strong="G2532", although|strong="G2532" you|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2192" eyes|strong="G3788", you|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w understand|strong="H0995"\+w* \+w what|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G2532"\+w*} see|strong="H7200"?► [RHQ] You|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2192" ears|strong="G3775", but|strong="G2532" you|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" understand|strong="H0995" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w say|strong="G2532"\+w*} [RHQ]!” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w*}, “Do|strong="G2532" you|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" remember|strong="G3421" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*} 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G3004", “When|strong="G3753" I|strong="G2532" broke|strong="H7665" the|strong="G2532" seven|strong="G2033" loaves|strong="H3899" in|strong="G1519" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w feed|strong="H7462"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" 4,000 people|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w when|strong="G3753"\+w* \+w everyone|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w plenty|strong="H7647"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w*}, how|strong="G4214" many|strong="G4214" large|strong="G4711" baskets|strong="G4711" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w pieces|strong="G2801"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w bread|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w left|strong="H7604"\+w* \+w over|strong="G1519"\+w*} did|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3004" collect|strong="H3063"?” They|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w collected|strong="H6908"\+w*} seven|strong="G2033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w large|strong="G4711"\+w* \+w baskets|strong="G4711"\+w* \+w full|strong="G4138"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" kept|strong="G2532" saying|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3004", “◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w am|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w disappointed|strong="H0954"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2532"\+w*} you|strong="G3004" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3768" understand|strong="G4920" yet|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w should|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w never|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w worry|strong="H2347"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3768"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w enough|strong="H1767"\+w* \+w food|strong="H3899"\+w*}!/Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3004" not|strong="G3768" understand|strong="G4920" yet|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w should|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w never|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w worry|strong="H2347"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3768"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w enough|strong="H1767"\+w* \+w food|strong="H3899"\+w*}?►” [RHQ] 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" healed|strong="H7495" a|strong="G2532" blind|strong="H5787" man|strong="H0376". }
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\verseNumber{22}They|strong="G2532" arrived|strong="G2064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w boat|strong="H0590"\+w*} at|strong="G1519" Bethsaida \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="G2532"\+w*}. People|strong="G3870" brought|strong="G5342" to|strong="G1519" Jesus|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" blind|strong="G5185" man|strong="G5185" and|strong="G2532" earnestly|strong="G2532" requested|strong="G3870" that|strong="G2443" Jesus|strong="G2532" touch|strong="H5060" him|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w order|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w heal|strong="H7495"\+w* \+w him|strong="G2532"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{23}Jesus|strong="G2532" took|strong="G1949" the|strong="G2532" hand|strong="G5495" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" blind|strong="G5185" man|strong="G5100", led|strong="H1980" him|strong="G3588" outside|strong="G1854" the|strong="G2532" town|strong="G2968", he|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2007" his|strong="G2007" saliva|strong="H7388" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" man’s|strong="G5100" eyes|strong="G3659", he|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2007" his|strong="G2007" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5100", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G1905" him|strong="G3588", “Do|strong="G2532" you|strong="G1487" see|strong="H7200" anything|strong="G5100"?” 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376" looked|strong="G3708" up|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yes|strong="H3588"\+w*}, I|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" people|strong="G3004"! They|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" walking|strong="G4043" around|strong="G4043", but|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" cannot|strong="H3808" see|strong="G3708" them|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w clearly|strong="H3045"\+w*}. They|strong="G2532" look|strong="G3708" like|strong="G5613" trees|strong="G1186"!” 
\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" again|strong="G3825" touched|strong="H5060" the|strong="G2532" eyes|strong="G3788" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" blind|strong="H5787" man|strong="H0376". The|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376" looked|strong="G1689" intently|strong="G1227" and|strong="G2532" at|strong="G1909" that|strong="G3588" moment|strong="H7281" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" completely|strong="H3617" healed|strong="H7495"! He|strong="G2532" could|strong="G1689" see|strong="G1227" everything|strong="H3605" clearly|strong="G5081". 
\verseNumber{26}Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", “Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" go|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" town|strong="G2968"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w First|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w go|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w straight|strong="H3474"\+w* \+w home|strong="G3624"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w about|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w*}!” Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3361" to|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" home|strong="G3624". 

\BibleSectionHeading{On|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" way|strong="H1870" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" villages|strong="G2968" near|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="G2532" Caesarea Philippi, Jesus|strong="G3004" asked|strong="G3004" his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3588" what|strong="G3588" people|strong="G1525" were|strong="G3588" saying|strong="G3004" about|strong="G1519" who|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532", then|strong="G2532", what|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" thought|strong="G3004". }
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\verseNumber{27}Jesus|strong="G2424" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G3101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w left|strong="G1831"\+w* Bethsaida \+w town|strong="G2968"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w went|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w villages|strong="G2968"\+w* \+w near|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\+w* \+w Philippi|strong="G5376"\+w* \+w town|strong="G2968"\+w*}. On|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" way|strong="G3598" he|strong="G2532" questioned|strong="G1905" them|strong="G3588", “Who|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" people|strong="G1510" say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w really|strong="H2088"\+w*} am|strong="G1510"?” 
\verseNumber{28}They|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w*} that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G3754" are|strong="G3588" John|strong="G2491" the|strong="G2532" Baptizer, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w has|strong="G3748"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w back|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w life|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w again|strong="G2532"\+w*}. Others|strong="G3588" say|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="G4396"\+w*} Elijah|strong="G2243" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w has|strong="G3748"\+w* \+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="H8064"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H1696"\+w*}. And|strong="G2532" others|strong="G3588" say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G3754" are|strong="G3588" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w former|strong="G3588"\+w*} prophets|strong="G4396" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w has|strong="G3748"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w back|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w life|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w again|strong="G2532"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{29}He|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G1905" them|strong="G3588", “What|strong="G5101" about|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210"? Who|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G5210" say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510"?” Peter|strong="G4074" replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w believe|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} you|strong="G5210" are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" Messiah|strong="G5547"!” 
\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" warned|strong="G2008" them|strong="G3004" strongly|strong="H3966" that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G2532" should|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3367" tell|strong="G3004" anyone|strong="G3367" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w yet|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" spoke|strong="G3004" plainly|strong="H5046" to|strong="G2443" his|strong="G4012" disciples|strong="H3928" about|strong="G4012" his|strong="G4012" coming|strong="H0935" death|strong="H4194" and|strong="G2532" resurrection. }
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\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="G2532" teach|strong="G1321" them|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Even|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w though|strong="G2532"\+w*} I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1438" who|strong="G3588" came|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2532" heaven|strong="H8064", it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" necessary|strong="G1163" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G2532" suffer|strong="G3958" very|strong="G4183" much|strong="G4183". It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" also|strong="G2532" necessary|strong="G1163" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" rejected|strong="H3988" by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G2532" elders|strong="G4245", the|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G4245" who|strong="G3588" teach|strong="G1321" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} laws|strong="H8451" {that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G2532" elders|strong="G4245", the|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G4245" who|strong="G3588" teach|strong="G1321" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} laws|strong="H8451" reject|strong="H3988" me|strong="G1163"}, and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" killed|strong="H2026" {they|strong="G2532" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="G1163"}. But|strong="G2532" on|strong="G3326" the|strong="G2532" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="G2250" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w am|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w*} will|strong="G2532" become|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="G2532".” 
\verseNumber{32}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2980" this|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" clearly|strong="H3045". But|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G4074" took|strong="G4355" Jesus|strong="G2532" aside|strong="G4355" and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* assumed \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w never|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w die|strong="H4191"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="G2532" rebuke|strong="G2008" Jesus|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w talking|strong="G2980"\+w* \+w about|strong="G2980"\+w* \+w dying|strong="H0006"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" explained|strong="H0560" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="H1995" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3708" disciples|strong="G3101" what|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" required|strong="H7592" if|strong="G2532" anyone|strong="H3605" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" Jesus’ disciple|strong="G3101". }
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\verseNumber{34}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" summoned|strong="G4341" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793" along|strong="G4862" with|strong="G4862" his|strong="G1438" disciples|strong="G3101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w might|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w listen|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", “If|strong="G1487" any|strong="G1487" one|strong="G1438" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w*} wants|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" my|strong="G1473" disciple|strong="G3101", you|strong="G1487" must|strong="G3588" not|strong="G2309" do|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="G1487"\+w*} what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G1487" yourself|strong="G1438" want|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532". Specifically|strong="H0559", you|strong="G1487" must|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w willing|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w allow|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3793"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w hurt|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w disgrace|strong="H3639"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w*. \+w That|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w criminals|strong="H5766"\+w*} who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="G2532" carry|strong="H5375" crosses|strong="G4716" [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w places|strong="H1116"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* crucified}. That|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" what|strong="G3588" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="G3588" wants|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" my|strong="G1473" disciple|strong="G3101" must|strong="G3588" do|strong="G2532". 
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\chapterNumber{9}He|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G1510"\+w*}, “Listen|strong="H8085" carefully|strong="H6213"! Some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2316" you|strong="G5210" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" here|strong="G5602" now|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" see|strong="G3708" God|strong="G2316" ruling|strong="H4910" powerfully in|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w ways|strong="H1870"\+w*}. You|strong="G5210" will|strong="G2316" see|strong="G3708" it|strong="G2532" before|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210" die|strong="G2288"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" took|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G2532", James and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G3004" up|strong="G2476" a|strong="G2532" high|strong="G2532" mountain|strong="H2022" where|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1722" appearance|strong="H4758" changed|strong="H8133", and|strong="G2532" Moses|strong="G3708" and|strong="G2532" Elijah|strong="H0452" appeared|strong="G3708" and|strong="G2532" talked|strong="H1696" to|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004". }
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\verseNumber{2}A|strong="G2532" week|strong="H7620" later|strong="G3326" Jesus|strong="G2424" took|strong="G3880" Peter|strong="G4074", James|strong="G2385" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{James’ \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H0251"\+w*} John|strong="G2491" and|strong="G2532" led|strong="G2424" them|strong="G3588" up|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" high|strong="G5308" mountain|strong="G3735". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w While|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w*} alone|strong="G3441" up|strong="G1519" there|strong="G2532", he|strong="G2532" appeared|strong="H7200" very|strong="G2532" different|strong="H8133" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2424" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3762" like|strong="H3644" Elijah|strong="H0452" has|strong="G3762" already|strong="H3528" come|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" evilly treated|strong="H3190", but|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" Messiah|strong="H4899" would|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" evilly treated|strong="H3190". }
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\verseNumber{9}While|strong="G3752" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" coming|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" the|strong="G2532" mountain|strong="G3735", Jesus|strong="G2532" told|strong="G1334" them|strong="G3588" that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" tell|strong="G1334" anyone|strong="G3367" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w yet|strong="G2532"\+w*} what|strong="G3739" had|strong="G2532" just|strong="G2532" happened|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2443" him|strong="G3588". He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532", “You|strong="G3739" may|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G1334" them|strong="G3588" after|strong="G2532" I|strong="G3739", the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3367" who|strong="G3739" came|strong="G2597" from|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="H8064", ◄rise|strong="H6965" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" dead|strong="G3498"/become|strong="G3361" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="G2532"► after|strong="G2532" I|strong="G3739" die|strong="H4191".” 
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\verseNumber{12-13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{Jesus \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* John \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Baptizer \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w one|strong="H0259"\+w* \+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* represented \+w Elijah|strong="H0452"\+w*. \+w So|strong="H3651"\+w*} he|strong="H0834" answered|strong="H6030" them|strong="H5414", “It|strong="H5414" is|strong="H0369" true|strong="H0571" that|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w send|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w Elijah|strong="H0452"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w come|strong="H0935"\+w*} first|strong="H7223" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w would|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w ready|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w came|strong="H0935"\+w*}. Elijah’s|strong="H0452" representative|strong="H5012" has|strong="H3068" already|strong="H3528" come|strong="H0935", and|strong="H3967" our|strong="H3068" leaders|strong="H7218" treated|strong="H3190" him|strong="H5414" very|strong="H3966" badly|strong="H3966", just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H3644" they|strong="H1992" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213", just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H3644" it|strong="H5414" was|strong="H3068" prophesied|strong="H5012" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w*} prophesied|strong="H5012"} long|strong="H0753" ago|strong="H7350". But|strong="H3588", ◄I|strong="H0589" also|strong="H1571" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H0413" consider|strong="H7200" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H0369" written|strong="H3789" {what|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w*} wrote|strong="H3789"} in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Scriptures about|strong="H5439" me|strong="H0413", the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H0259" who|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" from|strong="H4480" heaven|strong="H8064"./why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1961" you|strong="H0859" not|strong="H3808" thought|strong="H0559" about|strong="H5439" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H0369" written|strong="H3789" {what|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w*} wrote|strong="H3789"} about|strong="H5439" me|strong="H0413", the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H0259" who|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" from|strong="H4480" heaven|strong="H8064"?► [RHQ] It|strong="H5414" is|strong="H0369" written|strong="H3789" {They|strong="H1992" wrote|strong="H3789"} that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" would|strong="H0014" suffer|strong="H5414" much|strong="H7227" and|strong="H3967" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H1961" rejected|strong="H3988" {that|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} would|strong="H0014" reject|strong="H3988" me|strong="H0413"}.” 

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\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w three|strong="H7969"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3101"\+w*} returned|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="G4183"\+w*} disciples|strong="G3101" were|strong="G3588". They|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" a|strong="G2532" large|strong="G4183" crowd|strong="G3793" around|strong="G4012" the|strong="G2532" other|strong="G4183" disciples|strong="G3101" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3588"\+w*} men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" taught|strong="H3925" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} laws|strong="H8451" arguing|strong="G4802" with|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{15}As|strong="G2532" soon|strong="G2117" as|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793" saw|strong="G3708" Jesus|strong="G2532", they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" very|strong="G2532" surprised|strong="H8610" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w see|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2532"\+w*}. So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" ran|strong="G4370" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" greeted|strong="H7592" him|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{17}A|strong="G2192" man|strong="G1520" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793" answered|strong="H6030" him|strong="G3588", “Teacher|strong="G1320", I|strong="G1473" brought|strong="G5342" my|strong="G1473" son|strong="G5207" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="G1520"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w order|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w heal|strong="H7495"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}. There|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" an|strong="G2192" evil|strong="G2532" spirit|strong="G4151" in|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w makes|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*} unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="G4314" talk|strong="H1696". 
\verseNumber{18}Whenever|strong="G1437" the|strong="G2532" spirit|strong="G3588" attacks|strong="H5221" him|strong="G3588", it|strong="G2532" throws|strong="G1544" him|strong="G3588" down|strong="G4486". He|strong="G2532" foams|strong="H2560" at|strong="G3756" the|strong="G2532" mouth|strong="H6310", he|strong="G2532" grinds|strong="G5149" his|strong="G2532" teeth|strong="G3599" together|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" becomes|strong="H1961" stiff|strong="H7185". I|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G3004" your|strong="G1437" disciples|strong="G3101" to|strong="G2443" expel|strong="H1644" the|strong="G2532" spirit|strong="G3588", but|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" able|strong="G2480" to|strong="G2443" do|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532".” 
\verseNumber{19}Jesus|strong="G3004" replied|strong="G3004" by|strong="G4314" saying|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" those|strong="G3588" people|strong="G1510", “◄I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" very|strong="G3588" disappointed|strong="H0954" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w although|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*} have|strong="G1473" observed|strong="H6213" how|strong="G2193" I|strong="G1473" help|strong="H5826" people|strong="G1510", you|strong="G5210" do|strong="G3004" not|strong="G1510" believe|strong="H0539" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w anything|strong="G2193"\+w*}!/Why|strong="H4100" is|strong="G1510" it|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w although|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*} have|strong="G1473" observed|strong="H6213" how|strong="G2193" I|strong="G1473" help|strong="H5826" people|strong="G1510", you|strong="G5210" do|strong="G3004" not|strong="G1510" believe|strong="H0539" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w anything|strong="G2193"\+w*}?► [RHQ] ◄I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1473" been|strong="G1510" with|strong="G4314" you|strong="G5210" a|strong="G1510" long|strong="G2193" time|strong="G1074", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w still|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w cannot|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3004"\+w*}!/How|strong="G2193" long|strong="G2193" do|strong="G3004" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1473" to|strong="G4314" be|strong="G1510" with|strong="G4314" you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w can|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3004"\+w*}?► [RHQ] Bring|strong="G5342" the|strong="G1161" boy|strong="H5288" to|strong="G4314" me|strong="G1473"!” 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G5342" the|strong="G2532" boy|strong="H5288" to|strong="G4314" Jesus|strong="G2532". As|strong="G2532" soon|strong="G2117" as|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" evil|strong="G2532" spirit|strong="G4151" saw|strong="G3708" Jesus|strong="G2532", it|strong="G2532" shook|strong="G4952" the|strong="G2532" boy|strong="H5288" severely|strong="H5953", and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w boy|strong="H5288"\+w*} fell|strong="G4098" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" ground|strong="G1093". He|strong="G2532" rolled|strong="H1556" around|strong="G4314", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" foamed at|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" mouth|strong="H6310". 
\verseNumber{21}Jesus|strong="G3004" asked|strong="G1905" the|strong="G2532" boy’s|strong="H5288" father|strong="G3962", “How|strong="G5613" long|strong="G5550" has|strong="G3962" he|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" like|strong="G5613" this|strong="G3778"?” He|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w started|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w happen|strong="G1096"\+w*} when|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1096" child|strong="G3812". 
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\verseNumber{23}Jesus|strong="G2424" exclaimed|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Do|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1410"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w*} [RHQ] ‘If|strong="G1487" you|strong="G1487" can’, for|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*/\+w I|strong="G1161"\+w*} can|strong="G1410" do|strong="G3004" anything|strong="G3956" for|strong="G1161" people|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" believe|strong="G4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*/\+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{24}Immediately|strong="G2112" the|strong="G3588" child’s|strong="G3813" father|strong="G3962" shouted|strong="G2896", “I|strong="G1473" believe|strong="G4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w can|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w believe|strong="G4100"\+w* \+w strongly|strong="H3966"\+w*}. Help|strong="H5826" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G3004" believe|strong="G4100" more|strong="H3254" strongly|strong="H3966"!” 
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\verseNumber{26}The|strong="G2532" evil|strong="G2532" spirit|strong="G3588" shouted|strong="G2896", it|strong="G2532" shook|strong="H1607" the|strong="G2532" boy|strong="H5288" violently|strong="H3966", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" left|strong="G1831" the|strong="G2532" boy|strong="H5288". The|strong="G2532" boy|strong="H5288" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2532" move|strong="H5472". He|strong="G2532" seemed|strong="H5869" like|strong="G5616" a|strong="G1096" dead|strong="G3498" body|strong="H1320". So|strong="G2532" many|strong="G4183" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3004" there|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “He|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" dead|strong="G3498"!” 
\verseNumber{27}However|strong="G1161", Jesus|strong="G2424" took|strong="G2902" him|strong="G3588" by|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" hand|strong="G5495" and|strong="G2532" helped|strong="G1453" him|strong="G3588" get|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453". Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" boy|strong="H5288" stood|strong="G3588" up|strong="G1453". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w healed|strong="H7495"\+w*}! 
\verseNumber{28}Later|strong="H0310", when|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G1525" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3101" were|strong="G3588" alone|strong="G2398" in|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" house|strong="G3624", one|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" asked|strong="G1905" him|strong="G3588", “Why|strong="G1519" were|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2249" not|strong="G3756" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G1519" expel|strong="H1644" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w evil|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w spirit|strong="G3588"\+w*}?” 
\verseNumber{29}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “You|strong="G1487" can|strong="G1410" expel|strong="H1644" this|strong="G3778" kind|strong="G1085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w evil|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w spirit|strong="G3588"\+w*} only|strong="G1487" by|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" praying|strong="G4335" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w give|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w power|strong="G1410"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*}. There|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" no|strong="G3762" other|strong="G3361" way|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G1487" can|strong="G1410" expel|strong="H1644" them|strong="G3588".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" was|strong="G3588" teaching|strong="H8451" his|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" handed|strong="H3027" over|strong="G1722" to|strong="G2532" other|strong="G3361" men|strong="G3778", killed|strong="H2026", and|strong="G2532" become|strong="G3361" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="G2532"; but|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" understand|strong="H0995" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" saying|strong="G3004". }
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\verseNumber{30}After|strong="G1223" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w* } left|strong="G1831" that|strong="G2443" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*}, they|strong="G2532" traveled|strong="H5265" through|strong="G1223" Galilee|strong="G1056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*}. Jesus|strong="G1831" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" want|strong="G2309" anyone|strong="G5100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w else|strong="G2532"\+w* } to|strong="G2443" know|strong="G1097" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}; he|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" want|strong="G2309" 
\verseNumber{31}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w anyone|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* interrupt \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*} as|strong="G1519" he|strong="G2532" taught|strong="G1321" his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3101". He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" telling|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w day|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} [SYN] will|strong="G2532" seize|strong="H0962" [MTY] me|strong="G3004", the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" came|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2532" heaven|strong="H8064", and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" handed|strong="G3860" over|strong="G3860" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w other|strong="G3588"\+w*} men|strong="G3588". Those|strong="G3588" men|strong="G3588" will|strong="G2532" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="G3004". But|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="G2250" after|strong="G3326" I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G2532" killed|strong="H2026" {after|strong="G3326" they|strong="G2532" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="G3004"}, I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" become|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="G1519"!” 
\verseNumber{32}But|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2532" understand|strong="H0995" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" telling|strong="H1696" them|strong="G3588". Also|strong="G2532", they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" afraid|strong="G5399" to|strong="G2532" ask|strong="G1905" him|strong="G3588" about|strong="G3588" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" said|strong="G1161". 

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\verseNumber{33}Jesus|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1438" disciples|strong="G3588" returned|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Capernaum|strong="G2584" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="G2532"\+w*}. When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" house|strong="G3614", he|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G1905" them|strong="G3588", “What|strong="G5101" were|strong="G3588" you|strong="G1722" discussing|strong="G1260" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w we|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w traveling|strong="H1980"\+w*} on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" road|strong="G3598"?” 
\verseNumber{34}But|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" did|strong="G5101" not|strong="H3808" reply|strong="H7725". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w ashamed|strong="H0954"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w reply|strong="H7725"\+w*} because|strong="G1063", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w traveling|strong="H1980"\+w*}, they|strong="G1161" had|strong="G3588" been|strong="H1961" arguing|strong="G1256" with|strong="G1722" each|strong="G5101" other|strong="G1161" about|strong="G1722" which|strong="G3588" one|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w would|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w be|strong="G3588"\+w*} the|strong="G1722" most|strong="H6944" important|strong="G3173" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G1161"\+w* Jesus \+w became|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w king|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{35}He|strong="G2532" sat|strong="G2523" down|strong="G2523", he|strong="G2532" summoned|strong="G5455" the|strong="G2532" twelve|strong="G1427" disciples|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w come|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w close|strong="H5980"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “If|strong="G1487" anyone|strong="G5100" wants|strong="G2309" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w consider|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" most|strong="H6944" important|strong="H5704" person|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956", he|strong="G2532" must|strong="G5100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w consider|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w himself|strong="H5315"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" least|strong="H6996" important|strong="H5704" person|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" must|strong="G5100" serve|strong="H5647" everyone|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w else|strong="G2532"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{36}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2983" a|strong="G2532" child|strong="G3813" and|strong="G2532" placed|strong="G2476" him|strong="G2476" among|strong="G1722" them|strong="G1722". He|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2983" the|strong="G1722" child|strong="G3813" in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1722" arms|strong="G1723" and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G1722", 
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\verseNumber{38}John|strong="G2491" said|strong="G5346" to|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532", “Teacher|strong="G1320", we|strong="G2249" saw|strong="G3708" someone|strong="G5100" who|strong="G3739" was|strong="G3588" expelling demons|strong="G1140", ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{claiming \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w*} authority|strong="H3027" from|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*/\+w while|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3588"\+w*} that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*}►. So|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" stop|strong="G2967" doing|strong="H6213" it|strong="G2532" because|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" one|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2532" us|strong="G2249" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{39}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004", “Do|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3361" tell|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w*}! For|strong="G1063" no|strong="G3762" one|strong="G3762" will|strong="G1510" speak|strong="G3004" evilly about|strong="G1909" me|strong="G1473" just|strong="G2532" after|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" performs|strong="G4160" a|strong="G2532" miracle|strong="G1411" while|strong="G1161" saying|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w told|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{40}Furthermore|strong="G1063", those|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" are|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" opposing us|strong="G2249" are|strong="G1510" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="G2596" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w achieve|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w same|strong="G3739"\+w* goals \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w*} we|strong="G2249" are|strong="G1510". 
\verseNumber{41}Also|strong="G4771" think|strong="H2803" about|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3588": Those|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w belong|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w any|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w way|strong="G1722"\+w*, \+w even|strong="G1063"\+w*} if|strong="G3748" they|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w just|strong="G3739"\+w*} give|strong="G4222" you|strong="G5210" a|strong="G1722" cup|strong="G4221" of|strong="G3686" water|strong="G5204" to|strong="G3004" drink|strong="G4222" because|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" follow|strong="H0310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*}, the|strong="G1722" Messiah|strong="G5547", will|strong="G1510" certainly|strong="G1063" be|strong="G1510" rewarded|strong="H1580" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*}!” 

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\verseNumber{42}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w said|strong="G2532"\+w*}, “But|strong="G2532" if|strong="G1487" you|strong="G3739" cause|strong="G4624" someone|strong="G1520" who|strong="G3739" believes|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1519" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G1519" sin|strong="G4624", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w severely|strong="H5953"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w*}, even|strong="G2532" if|strong="G1487" that|strong="G3739" person|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{socially unimportant \+w like|strong="G4012"\+w*} this|strong="G3778" little|strong="G3398" child|strong="H3206". If|strong="G1487" someone|strong="G1520" tied|strong="G4029" a|strong="G2532" heavy|strong="G3684" stone|strong="H0068" around|strong="G4012" your|strong="G2532" neck|strong="G5137" and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3739" were|strong="G1510" thrown|strong="H7993" {and|strong="G2532" threw|strong="H7993" you|strong="G3739"} into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" sea|strong="G2281", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w consider|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w severe|strong="H3515"\+w* \+w punishment|strong="H5771"\+w*. \+w But|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w more|strong="G3123"\+w* \+w severely|strong="H5953"\+w*} than|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w cause|strong="G4624"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w person|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w believes|strong="G4100"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w sin|strong="G4624"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{43-44}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3651"\+w*}, if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wanting|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w use|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w one|strong="H0259"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} [MTY, PRS] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w hands|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w sin|strong="H2403"\+w*, \+w stop|strong="H2308"\+w* \+w using|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w hand|strong="H3027"\+w*! \+w Even|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w*} cut|strong="H3772" your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" off|strong="H3772" and|strong="H3967" throw|strong="H7993" it|strong="H5414" away|strong="H5493" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w avoid|strong="H6544"\+w* \+w sinning|strong="H2398"\+w*, \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w*} [HYP]! It|strong="H5414" is|strong="H0369" good|strong="H2896" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" not|strong="H3808" sin|strong="H2403" and|strong="H3967" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" live|strong="H3427" eternally|strong="H5331", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w lack|strong="H2637"\+w* \+w one|strong="H0259"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} your|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w here|strong="H6311"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w earth|strong="H0776"\+w*}. But|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H0369" not|strong="H3808" good|strong="H2896" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" sin|strong="H2403" and|strong="H3967" as|strong="H0834" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H6903" God|strong="H0430" throws|strong="H7993" your|strong="H3068" whole|strong="H3605" body|strong="H1320" into|strong="H0413" hell|strong="H7585". There|strong="H8033" the|strong="H3605" fires|strong="H0784" never|strong="H3808" go|strong="H1980" out|strong="H3318"! 
\verseNumber{45-46}If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wanting|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w use|strong="H4399"\+w*} one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1121" [PRS] your|strong="H3068" feet|strong="H7272" to|strong="H0413" sin|strong="H2403", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stop|strong="H2308"\+w* \+w using|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w foot|strong="H7272"\+w*! \+w Even|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w*} cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" your|strong="H3068" foot|strong="H7272" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w avoid|strong="H6544"\+w* \+w sinning|strong="H2398"\+w*, \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w*} [HYP]! It|strong="H5414" is|strong="H0369" good|strong="H2896" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" not|strong="H3808" sin|strong="H2403" and|strong="H3967" live|strong="H3427" eternally|strong="H5331", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H0859" lack|strong="H2637" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" feet|strong="H7272" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w here|strong="H6311"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w earth|strong="H0776"\+w*}. But|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H0369" not|strong="H3808" good|strong="H2896" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" sin|strong="H2403" and|strong="H3967" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" hell|strong="H7585". 
\verseNumber{47}If|strong="G1437" because|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2316" what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" see|strong="H7200" [MTY, PRS] you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" tempted|strong="H5254" to|strong="G1519" sin|strong="G4624", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stop|strong="H2308"\+w* \+w looking|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w at|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3588"\+w*}! Even|strong="G2532" if|strong="G1437" you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2192" to|strong="G1519" gouge|strong="H5365" out|strong="G1544" your|strong="G2192" eye|strong="G3788" and|strong="G2532" throw|strong="G1544" it|strong="G2532" away|strong="G4624" [HYP] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w avoid|strong="H6544"\+w* \+w sinning|strong="H2398"\+w*, \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*! \+w It|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w good|strong="G2570"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w sin|strong="G4624"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w live|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w eternally|strong="H5331"\+w*, \+w even|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w though|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w lack|strong="H2637"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w*} your|strong="G2192" eyes|strong="G3788" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w here|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w earth|strong="G2532"\+w*}. But|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" not|strong="G1510" good|strong="G2570" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" sin|strong="G4624" and|strong="G2532", as|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2192" result|strong="G1519", God|strong="G2316" puts|strong="G1544" your|strong="G2192" whole|strong="H3605" body|strong="G1519" in|strong="G1519" hell|strong="G1067". 
\verseNumber{48}In|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" place|strong="G3699" people|strong="G3588" suffer|strong="G2532" forever|strong="H5769" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" fires|strong="H0784" are|strong="G3588" never|strong="G3756" put|strong="G5053" out|strong="G2532" {never|strong="G3756" go|strong="G2532" out|strong="G2532"}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" taught|strong="H3925" that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2532" must|strong="G3588" endure|strong="H5975" trials|strong="H4531" to|strong="G2532" remain|strong="H3427" useful|strong="H5532" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2532". }
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\verseNumber{49}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w must|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w endure|strong="H5975"\+w* difficulties \+w in|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w be|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w pleased|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3956"\+w*. \+w Your|strong="G3956"\+w* difficulties \+w are|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} a|strong="G1063" fire|strong="G4442" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w makes|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w pure|strong="H2889"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"]. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Your|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w enduring|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w also|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] salt|strong="H4417" being|strong="H1961" put|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w*} {people|strong="G3956" putting|strong="H5414" salt|strong="H4417" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="G3956"} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w make|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w pure|strong="H2889"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Some Pharisees asked him if the law permitted a man to divorce his wife. Jesus answered and supported his answer from Scripture. }
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\chapterNumber{10}Jesus|strong="G2532" left|strong="H7604" ◄that|strong="G3588" place|strong="H4725"/Capernaum► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" through|strong="H3027" Judea|strong="G2449" district|strong="G3725" and|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1519" across|strong="G4008" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w east|strong="H6921"\+w* \+w side|strong="G4008"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" Jordan|strong="G2446" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. When|strong="G5613" crowds|strong="G3793" gathered|strong="G4848" around|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588" again|strong="G3825", he|strong="G2532" taught|strong="G1321" them|strong="G3588" again|strong="G3825", as|strong="G5613" he|strong="G2532" customarily|strong="H0970" did|strong="G2532". 
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\verseNumber{7}That|strong="G3588" explains|strong="H8034" why|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w said|strong="G2532"\+w*}, ‘When|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3778" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} woman|strong="G1135" marry|strong="H3947", they|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3588" no|strong="G2532" longer|strong="H5750" live|strong="G2532" with|strong="G4314" their|strong="G2532" fathers|strong="G3962" and|strong="G2532" mothers|strong="G3384" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w marry|strong="H3947"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}Instead|strong="H8478", the|strong="G2532" two|strong="G1417" of|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" shall|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w live|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w together|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w shall|strong="G2532"\+w*} become|strong="G1510" so|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w closely|strong="H1692"\+w* \+w united|strong="H3161"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} one|strong="G1520" person|strong="G1520".’ Therefore|strong="G5620", although|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G4561" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w marry|strong="H3947"\+w*} were|strong="G1510" two|strong="G1417" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w separate|strong="H0914"\+w* \+w persons|strong="H5315"\+w*} before|strong="G1519", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w regards|strong="H5234"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*} as|strong="G1519" one|strong="G1520" person|strong="G1520" now|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w remain|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w married|strong="H3947"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{9}Because|strong="G2316" that|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3588" true|strong="G3588", a|strong="G3739" man|strong="G3361" must|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" separate|strong="G5563" from|strong="G3588" his|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*} whom|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" joined|strong="G4801" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w plan|strong="H6098"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w for|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w remain|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w together|strong="G4801"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{10}When|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3101" were|strong="G3588" alone|strong="H0905" in|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" house|strong="G3614", they|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G1905" him|strong="G3588" again|strong="G3825" about|strong="G4012" this|strong="G3778". 
\verseNumber{11}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w considers|strong="H7919"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w marriage|strong="G1060"\+w* \+w lasts|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w until|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w either|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w husband|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w or|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wife|strong="G1135"\+w* \+w dies|strong="H4191"\+w*, \+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w considers|strong="H7919"\+w*} that|strong="G3739" any|strong="G1909" man|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" divorces|strong="H7971" his|strong="G1438" wife|strong="G1135" and|strong="G2532" marries|strong="G1060" another|strong="G1438" woman|strong="G1135" is|strong="G3588" committing|strong="H6213" adultery|strong="G3429", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="G2532"\+w*} if|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" divorces|strong="H7971" his|strong="G1438" first|strong="G3588" wife|strong="G1135". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" became|strong="G3588" indignant|strong="H2194" when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="H7200" his|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588" scolding people|strong="G3588" for|strong="G2532" bringing|strong="H0935" children|strong="H1121" for|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" bless|strong="H1288" them|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" embraced|strong="H2263" the|strong="G2532" children|strong="H1121". He|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" put|strong="G5087" his|strong="G1909" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G1909" them|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} bless|strong="G2127" them|strong="G3588". 

\BibleSectionHeading{After|strong="G1909" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376" asked|strong="H7592" Jesus|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3588" do|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1909" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="G2532" live|strong="G2532" eternally|strong="H5331", Jesus|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" sell|strong="H4376" all|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1909" possessions|strong="H7399", which|strong="G3588" astonished|strong="H8074" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{20}The|strong="G3956" man|strong="G3778" said|strong="G5346" to|strong="G1161" him|strong="G3588", “Teacher|strong="G1320", I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1473" obeyed|strong="H8085" all|strong="G3956" those|strong="G3588" commandments|strong="H4687" ever|strong="H5769" since|strong="G1537" I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G3588" young|strong="H5288". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w*} ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w enough|strong="H1767"\+w*/\+w there|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w else|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w have|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1320"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}►?” 
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\verseNumber{22}The|strong="G1161" man|strong="H0376" became|strong="G3076" disappointed|strong="H0954" when|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="G3588". He|strong="G1161" went|strong="G3588" away|strong="H5493" sad|strong="G3076", because|strong="G1063" he|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" very|strong="G4183" rich|strong="G2192" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w he|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w did|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w give|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w away|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w everything|strong="H3605"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{23}Jesus|strong="G2424" looked|strong="G4017" around|strong="G4017" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1525"\+w*}. Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" exclaimed|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3101", “It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" very|strong="G2532" difficult|strong="H6381" for|strong="G1519" people|strong="G1525" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" wealthy|strong="G5536" to|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w decide|strong="H3198"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w*} let|strong="G2192" God|strong="G2316" rule|strong="H4910" their|strong="G2532" lives|strong="H5315"!” 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3101" were|strong="G1510" surprised|strong="H8610" at|strong="G1909" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w thought|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w favored|strong="H7521"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w rich|strong="H6223"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w*, \+w so|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w if|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w did|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w save|strong="H3467"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w he|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w save|strong="H3467"\+w* \+w anyone|strong="H3605"\+w*}. So|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="G3004" again|strong="G3825" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588", “My|strong="G1525" dear|strong="H3357" friends|strong="H7453", it|strong="G1161" is|strong="G1510" very|strong="G3588" difficult|strong="H6381" for|strong="G1519" anyone|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w decide|strong="H3198"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" let|strong="G1161" God|strong="G2316" rule|strong="H4910" his|strong="G1519" life|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{25}It|strong="G1510" is|strong="G1510" impossible|strong="H1219" for|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1519" camel|strong="G2574" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G1525" through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1519" eye|strong="G5168" of|strong="G1223" a|strong="G1519" needle|strong="G4476". It|strong="G1510" is|strong="G1510" almost|strong="H4592" as|strong="G1519" difficult|strong="H6381" [HYP] for|strong="G1519" rich|strong="G4145" people|strong="G4145" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w decide|strong="H3198"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" let|strong="G1510" God|strong="G2316" rule|strong="H4910" their|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{26}The|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" very|strong="G2532" astonished|strong="G1605". So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" each|strong="G1438" other|strong="G1161", “If|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" so|strong="G2532", ◄it|strong="G2532" will|strong="G5101" be|strong="G2532" unlikely that|strong="G3588" anyone|strong="H3605" will|strong="G5101" be|strong="G2532" saved|strong="G4982" {that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G3004" will|strong="G5101" save|strong="G4982" anyone|strong="H3605"}!/will|strong="G5101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} save|strong="G4982" anyone|strong="H3605"?► [RHQ]” 
\verseNumber{27}Jesus|strong="G2424" looked|strong="G1689" at|strong="G3844" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2316" then|strong="G1063" he|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yes|strong="G1063"\+w*}, it|strong="G1063" is|strong="G3588" impossible|strong="G3756" for|strong="G1063" people|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w save|strong="G3844"\+w* \+w themselves|strong="H0905"\+w*}! But|strong="G1063" God|strong="G2316" certainly|strong="G1063" can|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w save|strong="G3844"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}, because|strong="G1063" God|strong="G2316" can|strong="G3004" do|strong="G3004" anything|strong="G3956"!” 
\verseNumber{28}Peter|strong="G4074" exclaimed|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} we|strong="G2249" have|strong="G2532" left|strong="H7604" behind|strong="H0310" everything|strong="G3956" and|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249" have|strong="G2532" become|strong="H1961" your|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="G2532"\+w*}, ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w about|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*/\+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* <\+w accept|strong="H7521"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*/\+w reward|strong="H7939"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*>}►?” 
\verseNumber{29}Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G1473" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G2532" know|strong="H3045" this|strong="G3588": Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2532" left|strong="H7604" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="G2532"\+w*} houses|strong="G3614", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="G2532"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="G2532"\+w*} sisters|strong="H0269", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="G2532"\+w*} father|strong="G3962", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="G2532"\+w*} mother|strong="G3384", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="G2532"\+w*} children|strong="G5043", or|strong="G2228" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="G2532"\+w*} plots|strong="H4284" of|strong="G2532" ground|strong="H0776", to|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="G1510"\+w*} my|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w disciples|strong="G1510"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w proclaim|strong="H7121"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" good|strong="G3588" news|strong="G2098", 
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\verseNumber{34}Those|strong="G2532" men|strong="H0376" will|strong="G2532" ridicule|strong="G1702" me|strong="H0413". They|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" spit|strong="G1716" on|strong="G3326" me|strong="H0413". They|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" ◄scourge|strong="G3146" me|strong="H0413"/whip|strong="H7752" me|strong="H0413" with|strong="G3326" a|strong="G2532" leaded whip|strong="H7752".► Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H0413". But|strong="G2532" on|strong="G3326" the|strong="G2532" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="G2250" after|strong="G3326" that|strong="G2532", I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" become|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="G2532"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{After|strong="G3326" James and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2532" requested|strong="H7592" to|strong="G2532" sit|strong="H3427" on|strong="G3326" the|strong="G2532" right|strong="H3225" and|strong="G2532" left|strong="H7604" of|strong="G2250" Jesus|strong="G2532" when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" rules|strong="H4910", Jesus|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="G2250" what|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" happen|strong="H1961" and|strong="G2532" how|strong="H4100" they|strong="G2532" should|strong="G2532" act|strong="H6213". }
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\verseNumber{35}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Along|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w way|strong="G3739"\+w*}, James|strong="G2385" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" Zebedee|strong="G2199", approached|strong="H5066" Jesus|strong="G3004" and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2443" him|strong="G3588", “Teacher|strong="G1320", please|strong="G2309" do|strong="G4160" for|strong="G2532" us|strong="G3004" what|strong="G3739" we|strong="G2249" will|strong="G2309" ask|strong="G3004" you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G2443" do|strong="G4160"!” 
\verseNumber{36}He|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", “What|strong="G5101" do|strong="G4160" you|strong="G5210" want|strong="G2309" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G3004" do|strong="G4160" for|strong="G1161" you|strong="G5210"?” 
\verseNumber{37}They|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2443" him|strong="G3588", “When|strong="G1161" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w rule|strong="H4910"\+w*} gloriously|strong="H1342", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w let|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w us|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w rule|strong="H4910"\+w* \+w with|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*}. Let|strong="G1161" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1537" us|strong="G1325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sit|strong="G2523"\+w*} at|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" right|strong="G1188" side|strong="G1188" and|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520" sit|strong="G2523" at|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" left|strong="H7604" side|strong="G1188".” 
\verseNumber{38}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", “You|strong="G3739" do|strong="G5101" not|strong="G3756" understand|strong="G1492" what|strong="G5101" you|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3588" asking|strong="G3004" for|strong="G1161".” Then|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" asked|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", “Can|strong="G1410" you|strong="G3739" endure|strong="H5975" suffering|strong="H6040" [MTY] like|strong="H3644" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" about|strong="G2424" to|strong="G3004" suffer|strong="H5414"? Can|strong="G1410" you|strong="G3739" endure|strong="H5975" being|strong="G1161" killed|strong="H2026" [MTY] as|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G5101" be|strong="G3756" killed|strong="H2026" {people|strong="G1492" killing|strong="H2026" you|strong="G3739" as|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" will|strong="G5101" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="G1473"}?” 
\verseNumber{39}They|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yes|strong="G1161"\+w*}, we|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3588" able|strong="G1410" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w*}!” Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w true|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w*} you|strong="G3739" will|strong="G2532" endure|strong="H5975" suffering|strong="H6040" [MTY] like|strong="H3644" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" suffer|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3739" will|strong="G2532" endure|strong="H5975" being|strong="G2532" killed|strong="H2026" as|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" killed|strong="H2026" {people|strong="G3004" killing|strong="H2026" you|strong="G3739" as|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="G1473"}. 
\verseNumber{40}But|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" the|strong="G1537" one|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" chooses|strong="H0977" the|strong="G1537" ones|strong="H2945" who|strong="G3739" will|strong="G1510" sit|strong="G2523" next|strong="H4283" to|strong="G1325" me|strong="G1325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w rule|strong="H4910"\+w* \+w with|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1325"\+w*. \+w God|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w give|strong="G1325"\+w*} those|strong="G3588" places|strong="H1116" to|strong="G1325" the|strong="G1537" ones|strong="H2945" he|strong="G1161" appoints|strong="H6680".” 
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\verseNumber{41}The|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="G3588"\+w*} ten|strong="G1176" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w later|strong="H0310"\+w*} heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="G4012" what|strong="G3588" James|strong="G2385" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w requested|strong="H7592"\+w*}. As|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" result|strong="H6903", they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w rule|strong="H4910"\+w* \+w with|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w highest|strong="H8064"\+w* \+w positions|strong="H7896"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{42}Then|strong="G2532", after|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" called|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588" all|strong="G2532" together|strong="G2532", he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “You|strong="G3754" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" rule|strong="H4910" the|strong="G2532" non-Jews \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w enjoy|strong="H7200"\+w*} showing|strong="H6213" that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" powerful|strong="H2392". You|strong="G3754" also|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" officials|strong="H8269" enjoy|strong="H7200" commanding|strong="H6680" others|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{43}But|strong="G1161" do|strong="G1096" not|strong="G3756" be|strong="G1096" like|strong="G3779" them|strong="G1722"! On|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" contrary|strong="H7147", all|strong="G1722" those|strong="G1722" among|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210" who|strong="G3739" want|strong="G2309" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w consider|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w them|strong="G1722"\+w*} great|strong="G3173" must|strong="G1096" become|strong="G1096" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="G3779"\+w*} servants|strong="G1249" to|strong="G2309" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w rest|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1722"\+w*} you|strong="G5210". 
\verseNumber{44}Furthermore|strong="G2532", if|strong="G2532" anyone|strong="G3956" among|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210" wants|strong="G2309" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w consider|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3739"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" the|strong="G1722" most|strong="H6944" important|strong="H5704", he|strong="G2532" must|strong="G1096" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w act|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w like|strong="G2309"\+w*} a|strong="G1096" servant|strong="G1401" for|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" rest|strong="G1510" of|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210". 
\verseNumber{45}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w should|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w imitate|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1325"\+w*}. Even|strong="G2532" though|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" has|strong="G2064" come|strong="G2064" from|strong="G2064" heaven|strong="H8064", I|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" served|strong="G1247" {for|strong="G1063" others|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" serve|strong="G1247" me|strong="G1325"}. On|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" contrary|strong="H7147", I|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" in|strong="G2532" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="G2532" serve|strong="G1247" others|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" allow|strong="G1325" others|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="G1325", in|strong="G2532" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="G3588" my|strong="G1325" dying|strong="H0006" for|strong="G1063" people|strong="G5590" would|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" like|strong="G5207" a|strong="G2532" payment|strong="H0868" to|strong="G2532" rescue|strong="H5337" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w people|strong="G5590"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w being|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w*} {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w punishing|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{After|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" blind|strong="H5787" man|strong="G3756" called|strong="G3588" out|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" asked|strong="H7592" Jesus|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" mercy|strong="H2617" on|strong="G3588" him|strong="G3588", Jesus|strong="G2532" healed|strong="H7495" him|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{47}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" people|strong="G1510" say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" Jesus|strong="G2424" from|strong="G2532" Nazareth|strong="G3479" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w passing|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w by|strong="G2532"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" shouted|strong="G2896", “Jesus|strong="G2424"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*} descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="G3588"\+w*} David|strong="G1138", ◄be|strong="G1510" merciful|strong="H2603" to|strong="G2532"/help|strong="H5826"► me|strong="G1473"!” 
\verseNumber{48}Many|strong="G4183" people|strong="G4183" rebuked|strong="G2008" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" told|strong="G2008" him|strong="G3588" that|strong="G2443" he|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3588" be|strong="G2532" quiet|strong="G4623". But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" shouted|strong="G2896" even|strong="G2532" more|strong="G3123", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*} descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w David|strong="G1138"\+w*}, ◄be|strong="G2532" merciful|strong="H2603" to|strong="G2443"/help|strong="H5826"► me|strong="G1473"!” 
\verseNumber{49}Jesus|strong="G2424" stopped|strong="G2476" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Call|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w over|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w here|strong="H6311"\+w*}!” They|strong="G2532" summoned|strong="G5455" the|strong="G2532" blind|strong="G5185" man|strong="G5185", saying|strong="G3004", “Jesus|strong="G2424" is|strong="G3588" calling|strong="G5455" you|strong="G4771"! So|strong="G2532" cheer|strong="H2895" up|strong="G1453" and|strong="G2532" get|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2532"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{50}He|strong="G1161" threw|strong="H7993" aside|strong="H5493" his|strong="G4314" cloak|strong="G2440" as|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" jumped up|strong="G2064", and|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
\verseNumber{51}Jesus|strong="G2424" asked|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “What|strong="G5101" do|strong="G4160" you|strong="G4771" want|strong="G2309" me|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2443" do|strong="G4160" for|strong="G1161" you|strong="G4771"?” The|strong="G2532" blind|strong="G5185" man|strong="G5185" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2443" him|strong="G3588", “Sir|strong="H0113", I|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w want|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w able|strong="G4160"\+w*} to|strong="G2443" see|strong="H7200" again|strong="G2532"!” 
\verseNumber{52}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w am|strong="G2532"\+w*} healing|strong="H4832" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1722"\+w*} you|strong="G4771" believed|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*}. So|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" may|strong="G2532" go|strong="G5217" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w home|strong="H1004"\+w*}!” He|strong="G2532" could|strong="G3588" see|strong="H7200" immediately|strong="G2112". And|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2424" with|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G2424" along|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" road|strong="G3598". 

\BibleSectionHeading{They brought a young donkey to Jesus; then Jesus mounted it and rode to Jerusalem with people shouting and praising him as they went along. }
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\chapterNumber{11}When|strong="G3753" they|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2532" near|strong="G1448" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414", they|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" Bethphage and|strong="G2532" Bethany \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w villages|strong="H2691"\+w*} near|strong="G1448" Olive|strong="G1636" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tree|strong="G1636"\+w*} Hill|strong="G3735". Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w summoned|strong="H7121"\+w*} two|strong="G1417" of|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3101". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588", “Go|strong="G5217" to|strong="G1519" that|strong="G3739" village|strong="G2968" just|strong="G2532" ahead|strong="G2713" of|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210". As|strong="G1519" soon|strong="G2117" as|strong="G1519" you|strong="G5210" enter|strong="G1531" it|strong="G2532", you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G2532" see|strong="H7200" a|strong="G2532" donkey|strong="H2543" that|strong="G3739" no|strong="G3762" one|strong="G3762" has|strong="G3739" ever|strong="G1519" ridden|strong="H7392", that|strong="G3739" has|strong="G3739" been|strong="G2532" tied|strong="G1210" {people|strong="G3004" have|strong="G2532" tied|strong="G1210"} up|strong="G1210". Untie|strong="G3089" it|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" bring|strong="G5342" it|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}If|strong="G1437" anyone|strong="G5100" says|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210", ‘Why|strong="G5101" are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" doing|strong="G4160" that|strong="G3588"?’, say|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{‘\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*}, our|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962", needs|strong="G5532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w use|strong="G2192"\+w*} it|strong="G2532". He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G5101" send|strong="H7971" it|strong="G2532" back|strong="G3825" here|strong="G5602" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w someone|strong="G5100"\+w*} as|strong="G2532" soon|strong="G2117" as|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w no|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w longer|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w needs|strong="G5532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*}.’” 
\verseNumber{4}So|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w two|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*} went|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" the|strong="G2532" young|strong="H5288" donkey|strong="H2543". It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" tied|strong="G1210" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" door|strong="G2374" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*}, which|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" beside|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" street|strong="H2351". Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" untied|strong="G3089" it|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{5}Some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w there|strong="G1563"\+w*} said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “Why|strong="G5101" are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3004" untying|strong="G3089" the|strong="G2532" donkey|strong="H2543"?” 
\verseNumber{6}They|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588" what|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2424" had|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004". So|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3004" permitted|strong="H5117" them|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w take|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w donkey|strong="H2543"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}They|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G5342" the|strong="G2532" donkey|strong="H2543" to|strong="G4314" Jesus|strong="G2424". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*} put|strong="G1911" some|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" clothes|strong="G2440" on|strong="G1909" it|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w order|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w make|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w sit|strong="G2523"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}Many|strong="G4183" people|strong="G4183" spread|strong="G4766" their|strong="G2532" cloaks|strong="G2440" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" road|strong="G3598" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w king|strong="G3588"\+w*}. Others|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}, spread|strong="G4766" along|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" road|strong="G3598" branches|strong="G4746" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" cut|strong="G2532" from|strong="G1537" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w palm|strong="H8561"\+w* \+w trees|strong="H6086"\+w*} in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" fields|strong="H7704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w beside|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w road|strong="G3598"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" going|strong="G4254" in|strong="G1722" front|strong="G4254" of|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" behind|strong="H0310" him|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" all|strong="G2532" shouting|strong="G2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w things|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*}, “Praise|strong="G2127" God|strong="G2532"!” “May|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2532" bless|strong="G2127" this|strong="G3588" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" comes|strong="G2064" ◄with|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1722" authority|strong="H3027"/as|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1722" representative|strong="H5012"► [MTY].” 
\verseNumber{10}“May|strong="G2064" you|strong="G1722" be|strong="G3588" blessed|strong="G2127" {May|strong="G2064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3588"\+w*} bless|strong="G2127" you|strong="G1722"} when|strong="G1722" you|strong="G1722" rule|strong="H4910" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} our|strong="G1722" ancestor|strong="G3962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="G3588"\+w*} David|strong="G1138" ruled|strong="H4427"!” “Praise|strong="G2127" God|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" highest|strong="G5310" heaven|strong="H8064"!” 
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\verseNumber{11}He|strong="G2532" entered|strong="G1525" Jerusalem|strong="G2414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="G2411" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*}. After|strong="G3326" he|strong="G2532" looked|strong="G4017" around|strong="G4017" at|strong="G1519" everything|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" left|strong="G1831" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} because|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" already|strong="G2235" late|strong="G5610" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w afternoon|strong="H5186"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" returned|strong="G1525" to|strong="G1519" Bethany with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G2532" twelve|strong="G1427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w disciples|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w slept|strong="H7901"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1525" cursed|strong="H0779" a|strong="G2532" fig|strong="H8384" tree|strong="H6086" as|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" sign|strong="H0226" of|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" would|strong="G2532" happen|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3956" of|strong="G2532" Israel|strong="H3478". }
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\verseNumber{12}The|strong="G2532" next|strong="G1887" day|strong="G1887", as|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G1831" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" leaving|strong="G3588" Bethany, Jesus|strong="G1831" was|strong="G3588" hungry|strong="G3983". 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" from|strong="G2064" a|strong="G2192" distance|strong="G3113" a|strong="G2192" fig|strong="G4808" tree|strong="G4808" with|strong="G1722" all|strong="G2532" its|strong="H3605" leaves|strong="G5444", so|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" if|strong="G1487" he|strong="G2532" could|strong="G2192" find|strong="G2147" any|strong="G5100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w figs|strong="G4810"\+w*} on|strong="G1909" it|strong="G2532". But|strong="G2532" when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532", he|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" only|strong="G1487" leaves|strong="G5444" on|strong="G1909" it|strong="G2532". This|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" because|strong="G1063" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" yet|strong="G2532" time|strong="G2540" when|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w normal|strong="H0386"\+w* \+w fig|strong="G4808"\+w* \+w trees|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w ripe|strong="H1310"\+w*} figs|strong="G4810". 
\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* illustrate \+w how|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w nation|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*,} he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" tree|strong="H6086", “No|strong="G3367" one|strong="G3367" shall|strong="G2532" ever|strong="G1519" eat|strong="G2068" from|strong="G1537" you|strong="G4771" again|strong="G3371" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w no|strong="G3367"\+w* \+w longer|strong="G3371"\+w* \+w bear|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w figs|strong="H8384"\+w*}.” The|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" expelled|strong="H3423" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" buying|strong="H7069" and|strong="G2532" selling|strong="H4376" goods|strong="H7399" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="H1004", and|strong="G2532" taught|strong="H3925" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="H1004" was|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" place|strong="H4725" of|strong="G1537" prayer|strong="H8605". These|strong="G3588" actions|strong="H5949" angered|strong="H2734" the|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" scribes|strong="H5608" who|strong="G3588", then|strong="G2532", looked|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" way|strong="G3367" to|strong="G1519" kill|strong="H2026" Jesus|strong="G3004". }
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\verseNumber{15}Jesus|strong="G1525" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3588" went|strong="G2064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w back|strong="G1519"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414". He|strong="G2532" entered|strong="G1525" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="G2413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*. \+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1525"\+w*} who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" selling|strong="G4453" and|strong="G2532" buying|strong="H7069" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w animals|strong="H0929"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w*. \+w They|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w spoiling|strong="H7701"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w place|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" chased|strong="H7291" those|strong="G3588" people|strong="G1525" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Temple|strong="G2413"\+w* \+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*.} He|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" overturned|strong="G2690" the|strong="G1722" tables|strong="G5132" of|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" giving|strong="H5414" Temple|strong="G2413" tax|strong="H4061" money|strong="G2855" in|strong="G1722" exchange|strong="H4171" for|strong="G1519" Roman coins. He|strong="G2532" overturned|strong="G2690" the|strong="G1722" seats|strong="G2515" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" selling|strong="G4453" doves|strong="G4058" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{16}and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" allow|strong="H5414" anyone|strong="G5100" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" carrying|strong="H5375" anything|strong="G5100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w sell|strong="H4376"\+w*} to|strong="G2443" go|strong="G2532" through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="G2411" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="G2532" as|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" taught|strong="G1321" those|strong="G3588" people|strong="G1484", he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" written|strong="G1125" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w*} wrote|strong="G1125"} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* Scriptures \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w*}, ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w*} my|strong="G3956" house|strong="G3624" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" called|strong="G2564" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G1484"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" call|strong="G2564" my|strong="G3956" house|strong="G3624"} a|strong="G2532" house|strong="G3624" where|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G1484"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w*} all|strong="G3956" nations|strong="G1484" may|strong="G2532" pray’, but|strong="G1161" you|strong="G5210" bandits|strong="H1416" have|strong="G2532" made|strong="G4160" it|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} a|strong="G2532" cave|strong="G4693" where|strong="G3956" you|strong="G5210" can|strong="G3004" hide|strong="H5641"! ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*!/\+w Do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*}?► [RHQ]” 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" taught|strong="G1322" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} laws|strong="H8451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w later|strong="H0310"\+w*} heard|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}. So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" planned|strong="H3289" how|strong="G4459" they|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w difficult|strong="H6381"\+w*}, because|strong="G1063" they|strong="G2532" realized|strong="H3045" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793" was|strong="G3588" amazed|strong="G1605" at|strong="G1909" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" teaching|strong="G1322" and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" feared|strong="G5399" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3793"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w soon|strong="H3512"\+w* \+w decide|strong="H3198"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w more|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w authority|strong="G2212"\+w* \+w over|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Temple|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w than|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w*} (OR|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w feared|strong="G5399"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3793"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w if|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w tried|strong="G2212"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* arrest \+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*}). 
\verseNumber{19}That|strong="G3588" evening|strong="G3796", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*} left|strong="H7604" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="G4172" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w again|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w slept|strong="H7901"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* Bethany}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{When|strong="G3752" Jesus|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588" passed|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" fig|strong="H8384" tree|strong="H6086" that|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" cursed|strong="H0779", they|strong="G2532" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="G3588" it|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" withered|strong="H3001". Jesus|strong="G2532" used|strong="G4172" this|strong="G3588" as|strong="G2532" an|strong="G2532" illustration for|strong="G2532" trusting|strong="H0982" that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2532" would|strong="G1096" answer|strong="H6030" prayer|strong="H8605". }
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\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w next|strong="H4283"\+w*} morning|strong="G4404", while|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" going|strong="G2532" along|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w road|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w toward|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*, \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w saw|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w fig|strong="G4808"\+w* \+w tree|strong="G4808"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w cursed|strong="H0779"\+w*} had|strong="G2532" withered|strong="G3583" completely|strong="H3617". 
\verseNumber{21}Peter|strong="G4074" remembered|strong="H2142" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w fig|strong="G4808"\+w* \+w tree|strong="G4808"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" exclaimed|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004", “Teacher|strong="H4175", look|strong="G3708"! The|strong="G2532" fig|strong="G4808" tree|strong="G4808" that|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" cursed|strong="G2672" has|strong="G3739" withered|strong="G3583"!” 
\verseNumber{22}Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w should|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w not|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w surprised|strong="H8610"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w asked|strong="G3004"\+w*}! You|strong="G3004" must|strong="G2192" trust|strong="H0982" that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w whatever|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w ask|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w*}! 
\verseNumber{23}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Also|strong="G2532"\+w*} note|strong="H3045" this|strong="G3778": If|strong="G2532" anyone|strong="G3739" says|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" this|strong="G3778" hill|strong="G3735", ‘Be|strong="G1096" raised|strong="G2532" up|strong="G1519" {Rise|strong="H6965" up|strong="G1519"} and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" thrown|strong="H7993" {throw|strong="H7993" yourself|strong="G4771"} into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" lake|strong="G2281"!’ and|strong="G2532" if|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" does|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3361" doubt|strong="G1252" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w asks|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w for|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w happen|strong="G1096"\+w*}, that|strong="G3754" is|strong="G1510", if|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" believes|strong="G4100" that|strong="G3754" what|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" asks|strong="H7592" for|strong="G3754" will|strong="G1510" happen|strong="G1096", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} will|strong="G1510" do|strong="G1096" it|strong="G2532" for|strong="G3754" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{24}So|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210", whenever|strong="H3605" you|strong="G5210" ask|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} for|strong="G3754" something|strong="G1510" when|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" pray|strong="G4336", believe|strong="G4100" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G1510" receive|strong="G2983" it|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} will|strong="G1510" do|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{25-26}Now|strong="H6258", I|strong="H0589" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w this|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w also|strong="H1571"\+w*}: Whenever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3117" praying|strong="H6419", if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" grudge|strong="H7852" against|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w harmed|strong="H2255"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w*}, forgive|strong="H5545" them|strong="H5414", in|strong="H0935" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3068" Father|strong="H0001" in|strong="H0935" heaven|strong="H8064" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w likewise|strong="H3651"\+w*} forgive|strong="H5545" your|strong="H3068" sins|strong="H2403".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" chief|strong="H7218" priests|strong="H3548", scribes|strong="H5608" and|strong="H3967" elders|strong="H2205" asked|strong="H7592" Jesus by|strong="H0801" what|strong="H4100" authority|strong="H3027" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H6213" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697". He|strong="H0834", then|strong="H0227", asked|strong="H7592" them|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" question|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030"; so|strong="H3651" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030" theirs|strong="H1992". }
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\verseNumber{27}Jesus|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3588" arrived|strong="G2064" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="G2411" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2414" again|strong="G3825". While|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" walking|strong="G4043" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w group|strong="H7235"\+w* consisting \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3588"\+w*} men|strong="G4245" who|strong="G3588" taught|strong="H3925" the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} laws|strong="H8451", and|strong="G2532" elders|strong="G4245" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", 
\verseNumber{28}“By|strong="G1722" what|strong="G5101" authority|strong="G1849" are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" doing|strong="G4160" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778"? Who|strong="G5101" authorized|strong="H5425" you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G2443" do|strong="G4160" things|strong="G3778" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w did|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w here|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w yesterday|strong="H8543"\+w*}?” 
\verseNumber{29}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" ask|strong="G1905" you|strong="G5210" one|strong="G1520" question|strong="G1905". If|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" answer|strong="G3056" me|strong="G1473", I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" who|strong="G3588" authorized|strong="H5425" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160" those|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3778". 
\verseNumber{30}Did|strong="G1510" God|strong="G3588" [MTY] or|strong="G2228" people|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{authorize} John|strong="G2491" to|strong="G2228" baptize \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w came|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}?” 
\verseNumber{31}They|strong="G2532" debated among|strong="G1537" themselves|strong="G1438" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w should|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w answer|strong="H6030"\+w*}. They|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w said|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w each|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w other|strong="G1438"\+w*}, “If|strong="G1437" we|strong="G1437" say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G2532" God|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w authorized|strong="H5425"\+w*} him|strong="G2532", he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G5101" say|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" us|strong="G3004", ‘Therefore|strong="G3767", ◄you|strong="G1437" should|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" believed|strong="G4100" what|strong="G5101" John|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004"!/why|strong="G5101" did|strong="G2532" you|strong="G1437" not|strong="G3756" believe|strong="G4100" what|strong="G5101" John|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004"?► [RHQ]’ 
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\verseNumber{33}So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" answered|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G2424", “We|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w John|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w got|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w authority|strong="G1849"\+w*}.” Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w did|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w answer|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w question|strong="H1697"\+w*, \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w*} will|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" who|strong="G3588" authorized|strong="H5425" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160" those|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3778" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w yesterday|strong="H8543"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{After Jesus told the Jewish leaders a parable, they realized that he was accusing them of wanting to kill him, but they feared how the people would react if they arrested Jesus. }
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\chapterNumber{12}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" told|strong="G2980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w*} a|strong="G2532" parable|strong="G3850". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w what|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w those|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w who|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w rejected|strong="H3988"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w former|strong="H7223"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w himself|strong="H5315"\+w*. \+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w said|strong="G2980"\+w*}, “A|strong="G2532" certain|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376" planted|strong="G5452" a|strong="G2532" vineyard|strong="H3754". He|strong="G2532" built|strong="G3618" a|strong="G2532" fence|strong="H1447" around|strong="G4060" it|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w protect|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" made|strong="G2980" a|strong="G2532" stone|strong="H0068" tank \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w collect|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w juice|strong="H6071"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2532"\+w*} they|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" press|strong="G5276" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w out|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w grapes|strong="H6025"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" built|strong="G3618" a|strong="G2532" tower|strong="G4444" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sit|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w guard|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w vineyard|strong="H3754"\+w*}. Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" leased|strong="G1554" the|strong="G1722" vineyard|strong="H3754" to|strong="G2532" some|strong="G1722" men|strong="G1722" to|strong="G2532" care|strong="H3027" for|strong="G1722" it|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} give|strong="H5414" him|strong="G2532" some|strong="G1722" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w grapes|strong="H6025"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" return|strong="H7725". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" away|strong="H5493" to|strong="G2532" another|strong="G1722" country|strong="H2022". 
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\verseNumber{3}But|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w servant|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w arrived|strong="H0935"\+w*}, they|strong="G2532" grabbed|strong="H2388" him|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" beat|strong="G1194" him|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2532" give|strong="H5414" him|strong="G2532" any|strong="G2983" fruit|strong="H6529". Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2532" him|strong="G2532" away|strong="H5493". 
\verseNumber{4}Later|strong="H0310" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1438" who|strong="G2532" owned|strong="H3426" the|strong="G2532" vineyard|strong="H3754" sent|strong="G2532" another|strong="G1438" servant|strong="G1401" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G1438". But|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" beat|strong="H5221" that|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1438" on|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1438" head|strong="G2775", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" insulted|strong="H3637" him|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{5}Later|strong="H0310" he|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2532" another|strong="G3739" servant|strong="H5650". That|strong="G3739" man|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" killed|strong="H2026". They|strong="G2532" mistreated|strong="H0854" many|strong="G4183" other|strong="G1161" servants|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whom|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sent|strong="G2532"\+w*}. Some|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" beat|strong="G1194" and|strong="G2532" some|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" killed|strong="H2026". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1510" commended|strong="H1984" a|strong="G1510" scribe|strong="H5608" who|strong="G2316" accepted|strong="H7521" Jesus’ assessment|strong="H6187" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G2316" two|strong="H8147" greatest|strong="H1419" commandments|strong="H4687", after|strong="H0310" which|strong="G2316" they|strong="G1510" asked|strong="H7592" Jesus|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3756" more|strong="G4183" questions|strong="H1697" to|strong="G3756" trap|strong="H4170" him|strong="H5414". }
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\verseNumber{28}A|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" taught|strong="H3925" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} laws|strong="H8451" heard|strong="H8085" their|strong="G2532" discussion. He|strong="G2532" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="G3754" Jesus|strong="G1510" answered|strong="H6030" the|strong="G2532" question|strong="G1905" well|strong="G2573". So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" stepped|strong="H3318" forward|strong="G4334" and|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G1905" Jesus|strong="G1510", “Which|strong="G3588" commandment|strong="G1785" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" most|strong="H6944" important|strong="H5704"?” 
\verseNumber{29}Jesus|strong="G2424" answered|strong="H6030", “The|strong="G3588" most|strong="G2316" important|strong="H5704" commandment|strong="H4687" is|strong="G1510" this|strong="G3588": ‘Listen|strong="H8085", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w*} Israel|strong="G2474"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w must|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*} the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962", our|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316", our|strong="G2316" only|strong="G1520" Lord|strong="G2962". 
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\verseNumber{34}Jesus|strong="G2424" realized|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3754" this|strong="G3588" man|strong="G3762" had|strong="G2424" answered|strong="G3004" wisely|strong="H2451". So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w perceive|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*} you|strong="G3754" will|strong="G2316" soon|strong="H3512" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w decide|strong="H3198"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w let|strong="G1510"\+w*} God|strong="G2316" rule|strong="H4910" your|strong="G2532" life|strong="G3762".” After|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="G3004"\+w*} were|strong="G1510" afraid|strong="H3372" to|strong="G2532" ask|strong="G1905" him|strong="G3588" any|strong="G3762" more|strong="G3765" questions|strong="G1905" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w try|strong="H0974"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w trap|strong="H4170"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2424" showed|strong="H7200" from|strong="G2532" Scripture|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G2532" Messiah|strong="H4899" must|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" David’s|strong="H1732" Lord|strong="G3588" as|strong="G2532" well|strong="G2532" as|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3708" descendant|strong="H2233". }
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God|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" my|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962", ‘Sit|strong="G2521" here|strong="G1722" beside|strong="H5921" me|strong="G1473" at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" place|strong="G5087" where|strong="G1722" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2962" highly|strong="H3966" honor|strong="H3519" you|strong="G4771"! Sit|strong="G2521" here|strong="G1722" while|strong="G1722" I|strong="G1473" completely|strong="G2193" defeat|strong="H5221" your|strong="G2962" enemies|strong="G2190"! [MTY]’ 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" warned|strong="H2094" them|strong="G3588" about|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" scribes’ hypocritical|strong="H2611" actions|strong="H5949". }
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\verseNumber{38}While|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G3004" was|strong="G3588" teaching|strong="G1322" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “Beware|strong="H8104" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w act|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w like|strong="G2309"\+w*} the|strong="G1722" men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" teach|strong="H3925" our|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} laws|strong="H8451". They|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w so|strong="G2532"\+w*} they|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1722" long|strong="G4749" robes|strong="G4749" and|strong="G2532" walk|strong="G4043" around|strong="G4043" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w how|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w important|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w*}. They|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" like|strong="G2309" people|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" greet|strong="H7592" them|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{respectfully} in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" marketplaces. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" poor|strong="H6041" widow’s|strong="H0490" tiny sacrificial|strong="H2077" offering|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" worth|strong="H1929" more|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2532" God’s|strong="H0430" sight|strong="G3588" than|strong="G2532" large|strong="H1419" amounts|strong="H4948" of|strong="G2532" money|strong="H3701" from|strong="G2532" rich|strong="H6223" people|strong="G2983". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus prophesied that the Temple would be completely destroyed. }
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\chapterNumber{13}While|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" was|strong="G3588" leaving|strong="G1607" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="G2411" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}, one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1537" his|strong="G3708" disciples|strong="G3101" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “Teacher|strong="G1320", look|strong="G3708" at|strong="G1537" how|strong="G4217" marvelous|strong="H6381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w these|strong="G3588"\+w* } huge|strong="H1995" stones|strong="G3037" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w walls|strong="H2346"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* } and|strong="G2532" how|strong="G4217" wonderful|strong="G4217" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w these|strong="G3588"\+w*} buildings|strong="G3619" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="G3588"\+w*}!” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The Jewish leaders planned how they could arrest Jesus without starting a riot. }
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="G2532" Judas|strong="G2455" Iscariot|strong="G2469" (OR|strong="G2532", Judas|strong="G2455", the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G1520" from|strong="G2532" Kerioth|strong="H7152" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Town|strong="G2532"\+w*}) went|strong="G2532" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" in|strong="G2532" order|strong="G2443" to|strong="G4314" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w about|strong="G4314"\+w*} helping|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G4314" seize|strong="H0962" Jesus|strong="G2532". He|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" that|strong="G2443" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w though|strong="G2532"\+w*} he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" twelve|strong="G1427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*} 
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\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Two|strong="G2090"\+w* \+w days|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w later|strong="H0310"\+w*}, when|strong="G3753" they|strong="G2532" killed|strong="G2380" the|strong="G2532" lambs|strong="H3532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w*} festival|strong="H2282" at|strong="G2250" the|strong="G2532" beginning|strong="G4413" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G2532" week|strong="H7620" when|strong="G3753" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G2068"\+w* \+w ate|strong="G2068"\+w*} bread|strong="H3899" that|strong="G2443" had|strong="G2532" no|strong="G2532" yeast|strong="H7603" in|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532", Jesus’ disciples|strong="G3101" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2443" him|strong="G3588", “Where|strong="G4226" do|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3004" want|strong="G2309" us|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2443" go|strong="G2309" and|strong="G2532" prepare|strong="G2090" the|strong="G2532" meal|strong="H7058" for|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Passover|strong="G3957" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w celebration|strong="H8057"\+w*} in|strong="G2532" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" you|strong="G3004" can|strong="G3004" eat|strong="G2068" it|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*}?” 
\verseNumber{13}So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w chose|strong="H0977"\+w*} two|strong="G1417" of|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w prepare|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w everything|strong="H3605"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588", “Go|strong="G5217" into|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\+w*} city|strong="G4172". A|strong="G2532" man|strong="G1519" will|strong="G2532" meet|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210", who|strong="G3588" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" carrying|strong="H5375" a|strong="G2532" large|strong="H1419" jar|strong="H3537" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="G2532" water|strong="G5204". Follow|strong="H0310" him|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{15}He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" show|strong="G1166" you|strong="G5210" a|strong="G2532" large|strong="G3173" room|strong="H2315" that|strong="G2532" is|strong="G2532" on|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" upper|strong="H5944" floor|strong="H1637" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w house|strong="G2546"\+w*}. It|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" furnished|strong="G4766" and|strong="G2532" ready|strong="G2092" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w us|strong="G2249"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w meal|strong="H7058"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*}. Then|strong="G2532" prepare|strong="G2090" the|strong="G2532" meal|strong="H7058" there|strong="G1563" for|strong="G2532" us|strong="G2249".” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{During|strong="G1096" the|strong="G2532" Passover|strong="H6453" meal|strong="H7058", Jesus|strong="G2532" prophesied|strong="H5012" that|strong="G3588" one|strong="G3588" disciple|strong="H3928" would|strong="G1096" betray|strong="H1540" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="G2532" wine|strong="H3196" which|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532" represented his|strong="G2532" body|strong="H1320" and|strong="G2532" blood|strong="H1818" which|strong="G3588" would|strong="G1096" be|strong="G1096" sacrificed|strong="H2076". }
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\verseNumber{19}The|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="H3928" became|strong="G3076" very|strong="G2532" sad|strong="G3076" and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520" by|strong="G2596" one|strong="G1520", “Surely|strong="G3385" ◄it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3385" I|strong="G1473"!/I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" not|strong="G3385" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520", am|strong="G1473" I|strong="G1473"?► [RHQ]” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1831" predicted|strong="H1696" that|strong="G3588" Peter|strong="G1831" would|strong="G2532" deny|strong="G3588" three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" knew|strong="H3045" Jesus|strong="G1831". }
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\verseNumber{29}Then|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G4074" said|strong="G5346" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “Perhaps|strong="H0194" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*} will|strong="G2532" leave|strong="H5800" you|strong="G1487", but|strong="G1161" not|strong="G3756" I|strong="G1473"! I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leave|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “The|strong="G2532" truth|strong="H0571" is|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3754" this|strong="G3778" very|strong="G2532" night|strong="G3571", before|strong="G4250" the|strong="G2532" rooster|strong="H4975" crows|strong="G5455" a|strong="G2532" second|strong="H8145" time|strong="H6256", you|strong="G4771" yourself|strong="G4771" will|strong="G2532" deny|strong="G3588" three|strong="G5151" times|strong="G5151" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w*} me|strong="G1473"!” 
\verseNumber{31}But|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G2980" replied|strong="G3004" strongly|strong="H3966", “Even|strong="G2532" if|strong="G1437" they|strong="G2532" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w defend|strong="H1598"\+w*} you|strong="G4771", I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" never|strong="G3756" deny|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w*} you|strong="G4771"!” And|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w other|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*} said|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" same|strong="G5615" thing|strong="G3956". 

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\verseNumber{32}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w On|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w way|strong="G3739"\+w*}, Jesus|strong="G3004" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" place|strong="G5564" that|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3004"\+w*} call|strong="G3004" Gethsemane|strong="G1068". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3739"\+w*/\+w eight|strong="H8083"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3101", “Stay|strong="G2523" here|strong="G5602" while|strong="G2193" I|strong="G3739" pray|strong="G4336"!” 
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\verseNumber{36}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “O|strong="G3962" my|strong="G3956" Father|strong="G3962", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G2532"\+w*} you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G3588" able|strong="G1415" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G5101" everything|strong="G3956", rescue|strong="H5337" me|strong="G1473" so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" do|strong="G5101" not|strong="G3756" have|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2532" suffer|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="G2532"\+w*} [MTY]! But|strong="G2532" do|strong="G5101" not|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="G5101"\+w*} what|strong="G5101" I|strong="G1473" want|strong="G2309". Instead|strong="H8478", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="G5101"\+w*} what|strong="G5101" you|strong="G4771" want|strong="G2309"!” 
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\verseNumber{39}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" away|strong="H5493" again|strong="G3825" and|strong="G2532" prayed|strong="G4336" again|strong="G3825" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" prayed|strong="G4336" before|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{42}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3651"\+w*} get|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453"! Let’s|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w toward|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*} Look|strong="G2400"! Here|strong="G2400" comes|strong="G1448" the|strong="G3588" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" enabling them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G3708" seize|strong="H0962" me|strong="G1473"!” 

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\verseNumber{43}While|strong="G2980" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" still|strong="G2089" speaking|strong="G2980", Judas|strong="G2455" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w arrived|strong="G3854"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Even|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w though|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w*} one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Jesus’} twelve|strong="G1427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" came|strong="G3854" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* Jesus’ \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w seize|strong="H0962"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}. A|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793" who|strong="G3588" carried|strong="G2532" swords|strong="G3162" and|strong="G2532" clubs|strong="G3586" was|strong="G3588" with|strong="G3326" him|strong="G3588". The|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="H3064" Council|strong="H5475" had|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{47}But|strong="G1161" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*} who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" standing|strong="G3936" nearby|strong="G3936" drew|strong="G4685" his|strong="G2532" short|strong="G3588" sword|strong="G3162". He|strong="G2532" struck|strong="G3817" the|strong="G2532" servant|strong="G1401" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" high|strong="G2532" priest|strong="H3548" with|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w only|strong="G2532"\+w*} cut|strong="G2532" off|strong="H3772" his|strong="G2532" ear|strong="G5621". 
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\verseNumber{51}At|strong="G1909" that|strong="G2532" time|strong="G1909", ◄a|strong="G2532" young|strong="G3495" man|strong="G5100"/I|strong="G2532"► was|strong="G2532" following|strong="G4870" Jesus|strong="G2532". He|strong="G2532"/\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G2532"\+w*} wearing|strong="G4016" only|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" linen|strong="G4616" cloth|strong="G4616" around|strong="G1909" his|strong="G1909"/my|strong="G2532" body|strong="H1320". The|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="H1995" seized|strong="G2902" him|strong="G2532"/me|strong="G1909". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{After|strong="G1161" witnesses|strong="H5707" accusing|strong="H7760" Jesus contradicted each|strong="H0376" other|strong="G1161", Jesus said|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" also|strong="G1161" God|strong="G3588", the|strong="G1161" Messiah|strong="H4899", after|strong="G1161" which|strong="G3588" they|strong="G1161" decided|strong="H3289" that|strong="G3588" Jesus must|strong="G3588" die|strong="H4191". }
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\verseNumber{53}The|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w seized|strong="H8610"\+w*} Jesus|strong="G2424" led|strong="G2424" him|strong="G3588" away|strong="H5493" to|strong="G4314" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w where|strong="G3956"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" supreme priest|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lived|strong="G2532"\+w*}. All|strong="G3956" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="H3064" Council|strong="H5475" were|strong="G3588" gathering|strong="G4905" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{54}Peter|strong="G4074" followed|strong="H0310" Jesus|strong="G1510" at|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" distance|strong="G3113". He|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" courtyard|strong="H2691" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*} where|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" supreme priest|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lived|strong="G1510"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" sat|strong="G4775" there|strong="G2532" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" guarded|strong="H8104" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* supreme \+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" warming|strong="G2328" himself|strong="G2328" beside|strong="G4314" a|strong="G2532" fire|strong="G5457". 
\verseNumber{55}The|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3650" the|strong="G2532" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="H3064" council|strong="G4892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w already|strong="H3528"\+w*} tried|strong="G2212" to|strong="G1519" find|strong="G2147" people|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" would|strong="G2532" tell|strong="H5046" lies|strong="H3577" about|strong="G2596" Jesus|strong="G2424" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w could|strong="G2147"\+w* convince \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* Roman \+w authorities|strong="H7984"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" execute|strong="G2289" him|strong="G3588". But|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" succeed|strong="H6743", 
\verseNumber{56}because|strong="G1063", although|strong="G1063" many|strong="G4183" people|strong="G1510" spoke|strong="H1696" lies|strong="H3577" about|strong="G2596" him|strong="G3588", they|strong="G2532" contradicted each|strong="G2596" other|strong="G4183". 
\verseNumber{57}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Finally|strong="H5704"\+w*}, some|strong="G5100" stood|strong="G2532" up|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" accused|strong="H7170" him|strong="G2532" falsely|strong="H8267" by|strong="G2596" saying|strong="G3004", 
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\verseNumber{59}But|strong="G2532", what|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} these|strong="G3588" men|strong="G3588" said|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3761" agree|strong="G1510" with|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w others|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w said|strong="G2532"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{60}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" supreme priest|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w himself|strong="G1519"\+w*} stood|strong="G3588" up|strong="G1519" in|strong="G1519" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" Jesus|strong="G2424", “Are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" not|strong="G3756" going|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" reply|strong="G3004"? What|strong="G5101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w about|strong="G1519"\+w*} all|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" things|strong="G3778" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" saying|strong="G3004" in|strong="G1519" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="G1519" accuse|strong="H7378" you|strong="G4771"?” 
\verseNumber{61}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G3004" was|strong="G1510" silent|strong="G4623" and|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" reply|strong="G3004" [DOU]. Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" supreme priest|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tried|strong="H6884"\+w* \+w again|strong="G3825"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G1905" him|strong="G3588", “Are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771" the|strong="G2532" Messiah|strong="G5547"? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w*} ◄the|strong="G2532" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G3004"/the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3762" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" also|strong="G2532" God|strong="G3004"►?” 
\verseNumber{62}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510". Furthermore|strong="G2532", you|strong="G3004" will|strong="G1510" see|strong="G3708" me|strong="G1473", the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" came|strong="G2064" from|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="G3772", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ruling|strong="H4910"\+w*} beside|strong="H5921" God|strong="G3004", who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" completely|strong="H3617" powerful|strong="G1411". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w see|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*} coming|strong="G2064" down|strong="G2521" through|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" clouds|strong="G3507" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" sky|strong="G3772"!” 
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\verseNumber{64}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1161"\+w*} you|strong="G5210" have|strong="G1510" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="G5101" he|strong="G1161" said|strong="G1161" against|strong="H5921" God|strong="G3588"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w claimed|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w equal|strong="H8505"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3588"\+w*} Therefore|strong="G1161", what|strong="G5101" have|strong="G1510" you|strong="G5210" decided|strong="H3289"?” They|strong="G1161" all|strong="G3956" said|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G1510" was|strong="G1510" guilty|strong="G1777" and|strong="G1161" deserved|strong="H1576" ◄to|strong="G1161" be|strong="G1510" executed|strong="H6213"/that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G1161" should|strong="G3588" kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="G3588"►. 
\verseNumber{65}Then|strong="G2532" some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" began|strong="G2983" spitting|strong="G1716" on|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G3004". They|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" blindfold|strong="G4028" on|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" began|strong="G2983" striking|strong="H5221" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" saying|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w*} a|strong="G2532" prophet|strong="H5030", tell|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w hit|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w*}!” And|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" guarding|strong="H8104" Jesus|strong="G3004" struck|strong="G2983" him|strong="G3588" with|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" hands|strong="G4475". 

\BibleSectionHeading{As|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" predicted|strong="H1696", Peter|strong="G2532" denied|strong="H3584" three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" knew|strong="H3045" Jesus|strong="G3004". }
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\verseNumber{66}While|strong="G1722" Peter|strong="G4074" was|strong="G1510" outside|strong="H2351" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" courtyard|strong="H2691" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* supreme \+w priest’s|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*}, one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" girls|strong="H3207" who|strong="G3588" worked|strong="H2388" for|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" supreme priest|strong="H3548" came|strong="G2064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w near|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{67}When|strong="G2532" she|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" Peter|strong="G4074" warming|strong="G2328" himself|strong="G2328" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w beside|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w fire|strong="H0784"\+w*}, she|strong="G2532" looked|strong="G3708" at|strong="G1689" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w closely|strong="H1692"\+w*}. Then|strong="G2532" she|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “You|strong="G4771" also|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" with|strong="G3326" Jesus|strong="G2424", that|strong="G3588" man|strong="H0376" from|strong="G2532" Nazareth|strong="G3479" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="G2532"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{68}But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" denied|strong="H3584" it|strong="G2532" by|strong="G2532" saying|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G2532" do|strong="G5101" not|strong="G3777" know|strong="G1492" or|strong="G2532" understand|strong="G1492" [DOU] what|strong="G5101" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G3588" talking|strong="G3004" about|strong="G1519"!” Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" away|strong="G1831" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" gate|strong="H8179" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{69}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="G2532"\+w* } servant|strong="G3588" girl|strong="H5291" saw|strong="G3708" him|strong="G3588" there|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1510" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" standing|strong="G3936" nearby|strong="G3936", “This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" one|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w been|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w with|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w man|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w arrested|strong="H8610"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{70}But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" denied|strong="H3584" it|strong="G2532" again|strong="G3825". After|strong="G3326" a|strong="G2532" little|strong="G3398" while|strong="G3398", one|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" standing|strong="G3936" there|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G4074" again|strong="G3825", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w way|strong="G2981"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w speak|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w shows|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} you|strong="G4771" also|strong="G2532" are|strong="G1510" from|strong="G1537" Galilee|strong="G1057" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*}. So|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" certain|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" one|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" those|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w accompanied|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*!}” 
\verseNumber{71}But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G2532" exclaim, “I|strong="G3739" do|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3778" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3588" talking|strong="G3004" about|strong="G3754"! Because|strong="G3754" God|strong="G3004" knows|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G3739" am|strong="G2532" speaking|strong="G3004" truthfully|strong="H0530", may|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" punish|strong="H6485" me|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w am|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w lying|strong="H8267"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{72}Immediately|strong="G2112" the|strong="G2532" rooster|strong="H4975" crowed|strong="G5455" a|strong="G5613" second|strong="G1208" time|strong="G1208". Then|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G4074" remembered|strong="H2142" what|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2424" had|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="G4250"\+w*}, “Before|strong="G4250" the|strong="G2532" rooster|strong="H4975" crows|strong="G5455" a|strong="G5613" second|strong="G1208" time|strong="G1208", you|strong="G3754" will|strong="G2532" deny|strong="G3588" three|strong="G5151" times|strong="G5151" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*.” \+w When|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w realized|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w denied|strong="H3584"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w three|strong="G5151"\+w* \+w times|strong="G5151"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" started|strong="H2490" crying|strong="G2799". 

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\chapterNumber{15}Very|strong="G2532" early|strong="G4404" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" morning|strong="G4404" the|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" met|strong="H6298" together|strong="G4824" with|strong="G3326" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="H3064" council|strong="G4892", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w decide|strong="H3198"\+w* \+w how|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w accuse|strong="H7378"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w before|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* Roman \+w governor|strong="H6346"\+w*. \+w Their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w guards|strong="H7323"\+w*} tied|strong="G1210" Jesus’|strong="G2424" hands|strong="G3860" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="G2532"\+w*}. They|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} Pilate|strong="G4091", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w governor|strong="H6346"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w started|strong="H2490"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w accuse|strong="H7378"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w saying|strong="H0559"\+w*} “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w claiming|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w king|strong="G3588"\+w*!}!” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{At|strong="G2296" the|strong="G1161" crowd’s insistence, Pilate|strong="G4091" released|strong="H7971" a|strong="G1161" criminal, and|strong="G1161" gave|strong="G4091" orders|strong="H0560" that|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2424" should|strong="G3588" be|strong="G3588" crucified. }
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" shouted|strong="G2896" again|strong="G3825", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Command|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w your|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} crucify|strong="G4717" him|strong="G3588"!” 
\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="G1161" Pilate|strong="G4091" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", “Why|strong="G5101"? What|strong="G5101" crime|strong="H2154" has|strong="G5101" he|strong="G1161" committed|strong="G4160"?” But|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" shouted|strong="G2896" even|strong="G1161" louder|strong="H3966", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Command|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w your|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w*} crucify|strong="G4717" him|strong="G3588"!” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G2532" soldiers|strong="H5650" ridiculed Jesus|strong="G2424" as|strong="G1161" being|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" king|strong="G3588". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{After|strong="G3753" they|strong="G2532" crucified|strong="G4717" Jesus|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" soldiers|strong="H5650" gambled for|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2398" clothing|strong="G2440". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{People|strong="G3588" passing|strong="G2532" by|strong="G1909", as|strong="G2532" well|strong="G2532" as|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="H3064" leaders|strong="H7218" and|strong="G2532" two|strong="H8147" criminals|strong="H5766" crucified|strong="G4717" with|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532", insulted|strong="H3637" him|strong="G3588". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Two days later several women were astonished to find Jesus’ tomb empty. }
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="G2532" women|strong="H0802" went|strong="G1831" outside|strong="G1831" and|strong="G2532" ran|strong="G5343" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" tomb|strong="G3419". They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" trembling|strong="G5156" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="G5399"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" astonished|strong="H8074". But|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3762" say|strong="G3004" anything|strong="G3762" to|strong="G2532" anyone|strong="G3762" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w*} while|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" going|strong="G2532", because|strong="G1223" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" afraid|strong="G5399". 

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\verseNumber{9}[When|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G1544" became|strong="G3588" alive|strong="H2416" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*} early|strong="G4404" on|strong="G1161" Sunday morning|strong="G4404", he|strong="G1161" appeared|strong="G5316" first|strong="G4413" to|strong="G1161" Mary|strong="G3137" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G3844"\+w*} Magdala \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. She|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" woman|strong="H0802" from|strong="G3844" whom|strong="G3739" he|strong="G1161" had|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} expelled|strong="G1544" seven|strong="G2033" evil|strong="H7451" spirits|strong="H7307". 
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\verseNumber{19}After|strong="G3326" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424" had|strong="G2424" said|strong="G2980" this|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w taken|strong="G2523"\+w*} {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*} took|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588"} up|strong="G1519" into|strong="G1519" heaven|strong="G3772". Then|strong="G3767" he|strong="G2532" sat|strong="G2523" down|strong="G2523" on|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" throne|strong="H3678" beside|strong="H5921" God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w rule|strong="H4910"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 
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\BibleBook{Luke}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book is the Gospel that Luke wrote. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Luke }

\BibleSectionHeading{Luke 1:1-4 }

\BibleSectionHeading{Luke told Theophilus why he was writing about all that Jesus did. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{An|strong="G3056" angel|strong="H4397" told|strong="G2727" Zechariah|strong="H2148" that|strong="G2443" his|strong="G4012" wife|strong="H0802" Elizabeth would|strong="G3056" bear|strong="G2443" a|strong="G3739" son|strong="H1121", John. }
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\verseNumber{5}When|strong="G2532" King|strong="G3588" Herod|strong="G2264" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Great|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w ruled|strong="H4427"\+w*} Judea|strong="G2449" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*}, there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" a|strong="G1096" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} priest|strong="G2409" named|strong="G3686" Zechariah|strong="G2197". He|strong="G2532" belonged|strong="G1537" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w group|strong="H7235"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w priests|strong="G2409"\+w* \+w called|strong="G3686"\+w*} the|strong="G1722" Abijah|strong="H0029" group|strong="H7235". He|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1722" wife|strong="G1135" Elizabeth|strong="G1665" were|strong="G3588" both|strong="G2532" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w first|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w priest|strong="G2409"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}, Aaron|strong="H0175". 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" no|strong="G3756" children|strong="G5043", because|strong="G2530" Elizabeth|strong="G1665" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" unable|strong="G3756" to|strong="G2532" bear|strong="G2532" children|strong="G5043". Furthermore|strong="G2532", she|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" her|strong="G3588" husband|strong="H0376" were|strong="G1510" very|strong="G2532" old|strong="G2532". 
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\verseNumber{8}One|strong="G3588" day|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Zechariah’s} group|strong="H7235" was|strong="G1096" doing|strong="G1096" their|strong="G1722" work|strong="H4399" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Temple|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}, and|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1096" serving|strong="H5647" as|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1096" priest|strong="H3548" in|strong="G1722" God’s|strong="G2316" presence|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{9}Following|strong="G2596" their|strong="G2596" custom|strong="G1485", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w other|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w*} chose|strong="H0977" him|strong="G3588" by|strong="G2596" lot|strong="G2975" to|strong="G1519" enter|strong="G1525" the|strong="G1519" Lord’s|strong="G2962" temple|strong="G3485" and|strong="G2962" burn|strong="G2370" incense|strong="G2370". 
\verseNumber{10}While|strong="G1510" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" burning|strong="H2740" the|strong="G2532" incense|strong="G2368", many|strong="H7227" people|strong="G2992" were|strong="G1510" outside|strong="G1854" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*}, praying|strong="G4336". 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="G1161" an|strong="G1161" angel|strong="H4397" whom|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2962" had|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sent|strong="H7971"\+w*} appeared|strong="G3708" to|strong="G1161" him|strong="G3588". The|strong="G1537" angel|strong="H4397" was|strong="G3588" standing|strong="G2476" at|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" right|strong="G1188" side|strong="G1188" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" place|strong="H4725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w burned|strong="H8313"\+w*} incense|strong="G2368". 
\verseNumber{12}When|strong="G2532" Zechariah|strong="G2197" saw|strong="G3708" the|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397", he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G2532" startled|strong="H2729" and|strong="G2532" became|strong="H3205" very|strong="G2532" afraid|strong="H3372". 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", “Zechariah|strong="G2197", do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" be|strong="G2532" afraid|strong="G5399"! When|strong="G1161" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} prayed|strong="H6419" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w asking|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w for|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w son|strong="G5207"\+w*} (OR|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w send|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*}), God|strong="G3004" heard|strong="G1522" what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" prayed|strong="H6419". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="G2532"\+w*} your|strong="G2532" wife|strong="G1135" Elizabeth|strong="G1665" shall|strong="G2532" bear|strong="G1080" a|strong="G2532" son|strong="G5207". You|strong="G4771" must|strong="G1135" name|strong="G3686" him|strong="G3588" John|strong="G2491". 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" cause|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" very|strong="G4183" happy|strong="H0835", and|strong="G2532" many|strong="G4183" other|strong="G4183" people|strong="G1510" will|strong="G1510" also|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" happy|strong="H0835" because|strong="G1909" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" born|strong="H3205". 
\verseNumber{15}God|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" consider|strong="H7200" him|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" very|strong="G2532" important|strong="G3173". He|strong="G2532" must|strong="G4095" never|strong="G3756" drink|strong="G4095" wine|strong="G3631" or|strong="G2532" any|strong="G3361" other|strong="G3361" alcoholic drink|strong="G4095", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w completely|strong="H3617"\+w* \+w dedicated|strong="H6942"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" controlled|strong="H0662" by|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" {The|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" will|strong="G1510" control|strong="H3027" him|strong="G2532"} from|strong="G1537" before|strong="G1799" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" born|strong="H3205". 
\verseNumber{16}He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w persuade|strong="H6601"\+w*} many|strong="G4183" people|strong="G4183" in|strong="G1909" Israel|strong="G2474" to|strong="G2532" turn|strong="G1994" away|strong="H5493" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w please|strong="H4994"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" their|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{17}As|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w*} Spirit|strong="G4151" enables him|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w preach|strong="H5197"\+w*} powerfully as|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w*} Elijah|strong="G2243" did|strong="G2532", he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" precede \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" cause|strong="H2600" parents|strong="G3962" [SYN] to|strong="G2532" act|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w peacefully|strong="H7965"\+w*} toward|strong="G1909" their|strong="G2532" children|strong="G5043" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="G1994"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" cause|strong="H2600" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="G1722"\+w*} people|strong="G2992" who|strong="G3962" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2532" obey|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w hear|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w obey|strong="H8085"\+w*} the|strong="G1722" wise|strong="H2450" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="G2532" righteous|strong="G1342" people|strong="G2992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w them|strong="G1722"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" this|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="G2532" help|strong="H5826" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="G1722"\+w*} people|strong="G2992" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" ready|strong="G2090" when|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w comes|strong="G2532"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="G2532" Zechariah|strong="G2197" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G1722" angel|strong="H4397", “I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" very|strong="G2532" old|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" my|strong="G1722" wife|strong="G1135" is|strong="G1510" also|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" old|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w she|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w cannot|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w bear|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w child|strong="G1722"\+w*. \+w So|strong="G2532"\+w*} ◄I|strong="G1473" cannot|strong="G5101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w believe|strong="H0539"\+w*} that|strong="G3588" what|strong="G5101" you|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} said|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w happen|strong="G1510"\+w*}!/how|strong="G5101" can|strong="G3004" I|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w believe|strong="H0539"\+w*} that|strong="G3588" what|strong="G5101" you|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} said|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w happen|strong="G1510"\+w*}?► [RHQ]” 
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\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", “I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God’s|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w chief|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w angel|strong="H4397"\+w*}, Gabriel|strong="G1043"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w tells|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G4314"\+w*} I|strong="G1473" constantly|strong="H8548" am|strong="G1510" in|strong="G2532" God’s|strong="G2316" presence|strong="G1799"! I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G1510" sent|strong="G2316" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="G2532"\+w*} sent|strong="G2316" me|strong="G1473"} to|strong="G4314" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} something|strong="G1510" good|strong="G2097" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w going|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w happen|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{20}What|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" told|strong="G2980" you|strong="G3739" will|strong="G1510" certainly|strong="G2532" happen|strong="G1096" at|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" time|strong="G2540" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w decides|strong="H6504"\+w*}, but|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3739" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" believe|strong="G4100" what|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" told|strong="G2980" you|strong="G3739". So|strong="G2532" now|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w make|strong="G4137"\+w*} you|strong="G3739" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1096" unable|strong="G3756" to|strong="G1519" talk|strong="G3056" until|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" day|strong="G2250" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w born|strong="G1096"\+w*}”! 
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\verseNumber{21}While|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Zechariah|strong="G2197"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w angel|strong="H4397"\+w*} were|strong="G1510" talking|strong="H1696", the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G2992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*} were|strong="G1510" waiting|strong="G4328" for|strong="G1722" Zechariah|strong="G2197" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w come|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w out|strong="G2532"\+w*}. They|strong="G2532" wondered|strong="G2296", “Why|strong="H4100" is|strong="G1510" he|strong="G2532" staying|strong="H3427" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="G3485" for|strong="G1722" such|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" long|strong="G5549" time|strong="G5549"?” 
\verseNumber{22}When|strong="G1161" Zechariah|strong="H2148" came|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831", he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G2980" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G1510". Because|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" could|strong="G1410" not|strong="G3756" talk|strong="G2980", he|strong="G2532" made|strong="G3756" motions with|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1722" hands|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w try|strong="H0974"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w convey|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w happened|strong="G3588"\+w*}. Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" realized|strong="G1921" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" seen|strong="G3708" ◄a|strong="G2532" vision|strong="G3701" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*}/something|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} showed|strong="H7200" him|strong="G3588"► while|strong="G1722" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="G3485". 
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\verseNumber{23}When|strong="G5613" Zechariah’s time|strong="G2250" to|strong="G1519" work|strong="H4399" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Temple|strong="H1004"\+w*} was|strong="G1096" finished|strong="G1096", he|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w left|strong="H7604"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} returned|strong="G1096" to|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" home|strong="G3624". 
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\verseNumber{24}Some|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2250" later|strong="G3326" his|strong="G1438" wife|strong="G1135" Elizabeth|strong="G1665" became|strong="G4815" pregnant|strong="G4815" [EUP]. She|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2532" leave|strong="H5800" their|strong="G1438" house|strong="H1004" for|strong="G1161" five|strong="G4002" months|strong="G3376", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w she|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w laugh|strong="H7832"\+w* \+w at|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w her|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w if|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w she|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w told|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w she|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w pregnant|strong="G4815"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{25}But|strong="G1473" she|strong="G3754" thought|strong="H0559", “God|strong="G2962" has|strong="G2962" enabled|strong="H5414" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G1722" become|strong="G4160" pregnant|strong="G1722". He|strong="G3739" has|strong="G2962" pitied|strong="H2550" me|strong="G1473" and|strong="G2250" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G3739" no|strong="G3754" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="G2962" ashamed|strong="H0954" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w have|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w no|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w children|strong="H1121"\+w*}!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{An|strong="G1722" angel|strong="H4397" told|strong="H5046" a|strong="G1722" virgin|strong="H1330" named|strong="H7121" Mary that|strong="G3754" she|strong="G3754" would|strong="G1722" bear|strong="G4160" a|strong="G1722" son|strong="H1121", to|strong="G1722" be|strong="G2962" named|strong="H7121" Jesus|strong="G4160". }
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\verseNumber{26}When|strong="G1161" Elizabeth had|strong="G2316" been|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w pregnant|strong="G1722"\+w*} [EUP] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w almost|strong="H4592"\+w*} six|strong="H8337" months|strong="G3376", the|strong="G1722" angel|strong="H4397" Gabriel|strong="G1043" was|strong="G3588" sent|strong="G2316" by|strong="G1722" God|strong="G2316" {God|strong="G2316" sent|strong="G2316" the|strong="G1722" angel|strong="H4397" Gabriel|strong="G1043"} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="G1519"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{27}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w time|strong="G3739"\+w*} he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" to|strong="G4314" Nazareth \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="G2532"\+w*} in|strong="G2532" Galilee|strong="H1551" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*}, to|strong="G4314" a|strong="G2532" virgin|strong="G3933" whose|strong="G3739" name|strong="G3686" was|strong="G3588" Mary|strong="G3137". It|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Her|strong="G3137"\+w* \+w parents|strong="H0001"\+w*} had|strong="G2532"} promised|strong="H1696" that|strong="G3739" she|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" marry|strong="H3947" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3739" named|strong="G3686" Joseph|strong="G2501", who|strong="G3739" was|strong="G3588" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="G1537" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="G3588"\+w*} David|strong="G1138". 
\verseNumber{28}The|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397" greeted|strong="G3004" her|strong="G1438" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “◄The|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962"/God|strong="G3004"► is|strong="G3588" with|strong="G3326" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" greatly|strong="H3966" blessed|strong="H1288" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w has|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w decided|strong="H3289"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w*} greatly|strong="H3966" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="G4771"}!” 
\verseNumber{29}But|strong="G1161" Mary was|strong="G1510" very|strong="G2532" confused|strong="H1101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w she|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w heard|strong="H8085"\+w*} that|strong="G3588". She|strong="G2532" wondered|strong="G1260" what|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w angel|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w meant|strong="G1510"\+w*} by|strong="G1909" these|strong="G3778" words|strong="G3056". 
\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" her|strong="G3137", “Mary|strong="G3137", God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G3588" very|strong="G2532" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="G3844" you|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)}, so|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" be|strong="G2532" afraid|strong="G5399". 
\verseNumber{31}You|strong="G1722" will|strong="G2532" become|strong="H1961" pregnant|strong="G1064" and|strong="G2532" bear|strong="G5088" a|strong="G2532" son|strong="G5207", and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G1722" must|strong="G3588" name|strong="G3686" him|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
\verseNumber{32}He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" become|strong="G1510" great|strong="G3173". He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G1510" called|strong="G2564" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w People|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2316"\+w*} call|strong="G2564" him|strong="G3588"} ◄the|strong="G2532" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316"/the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" also|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316"►. God|strong="G2316", the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962", will|strong="G2316" make|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" king|strong="G3588" [MTY] as|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" ancestor|strong="G3962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="G3588"\+w*} David|strong="G1138" was|strong="G1510". 
\verseNumber{33}He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" King|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w*} Jews|strong="H3064", the|strong="G2532" descendants|strong="G3624" [MTY] of|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* ancestor} Jacob|strong="G2384", forever|strong="G1519". He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" rule|strong="H4910" as|strong="G1519" king|strong="G3588" forever|strong="G1519"!” 
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\verseNumber{34}Then|strong="G1161" Mary|strong="G3137" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G1161" angel|strong="H4397", “I|strong="G1161" am|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" virgin|strong="G3756", so|strong="G1161" how|strong="G4459" can|strong="G3004" I|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w baby|strong="H1121"\+w*}?” 
\verseNumber{35}The|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397" replied|strong="G3004", “The|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" will|strong="G2316" come|strong="G1904" to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771"; the|strong="G2532" power|strong="G1411" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316" [MTY/EUP] will|strong="G2316" overshadow|strong="G1982" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w pregnant|strong="H2030"\+w*}. So|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" child|strong="G5207" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2316"\+w*} bear|strong="G1080" will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G2532" completely|strong="H3617" set|strong="G2532" apart|strong="H0914" {give|strong="G3004" himself|strong="H5315" completely|strong="H3617"} to|strong="G2532" obey|strong="H8085" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G2532" called|strong="G2564" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3004"\+w*} will|strong="G2316" say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588"} ◄the|strong="G2532" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316"/the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5207" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" also|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316"►. 
\verseNumber{36}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w something|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w else|strong="G2532"\+w*}. Your|strong="G2532" cousin|strong="G4773" Elizabeth|strong="G1665" is|strong="G1510" very|strong="G2532" old|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" thought|strong="H0559" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G1510"\+w*} said|strong="G2532"} that|strong="G3588" she|strong="G2532" could|strong="G3588" not|strong="G1510" bear|strong="G2532" any|strong="G1722" children|strong="G5207". But|strong="G2532" she|strong="G2532" has|strong="G3778" been|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w pregnant|strong="G4815"\+w*} [EUP] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w almost|strong="H4592"\+w*} six|strong="H8337" months|strong="G3376", and|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" bear|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" son|strong="G5207"! 
\verseNumber{37}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w should|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w be|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w surprised|strong="H8610"\+w* \+w at|strong="G3844"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*}, because|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2316" can|strong="H4310" do|strong="G3588" everything|strong="G3956"!” 
\verseNumber{38}Then|strong="G2532" Mary|strong="G3137" said|strong="G3004", “All|strong="G2532" right|strong="H3225", I|strong="G1473" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="G2532" serve|strong="H5647" ◄the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962"/God|strong="G3004"►, so|strong="G2532" may|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} have|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" about|strong="G2596" me|strong="G1473" come|strong="G1096" true|strong="G3588"!” Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397" left|strong="H7604" her|strong="G3708". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Mary|strong="G3137" visited|strong="H6485" Elizabeth. }
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\verseNumber{39}Very|strong="G3778" soon|strong="G1722" after|strong="G3326" that|strong="G3588", Mary|strong="G3137" got|strong="H6965" ready|strong="H3559" and|strong="G1161" went|strong="G4198" quickly|strong="G1722" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1519" town|strong="G4172" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" highlands of|strong="G2250" Judea|strong="H3061" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*} where|strong="G1722" Zechariah|strong="H2148" lived|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{40}She|strong="G2532" entered|strong="G1525" his|strong="G1519" house|strong="G3624" and|strong="G2532" greeted|strong="H7592" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*} Elizabeth|strong="G1665". 
\verseNumber{41}As|strong="G5613" soon|strong="G1722" as|strong="G5613" Elizabeth|strong="G1665" heard|strong="H8085" Mary|strong="G3137" greet|strong="H7592" her|strong="G3137", the|strong="G1722" baby|strong="G1025" moved|strong="H4131" inside|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Elizabeth’s} womb|strong="G2836". The|strong="G1722" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" took|strong="G1096" complete|strong="H3617" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="G4151" Elizabeth|strong="G1665", 
\verseNumber{42}and|strong="G2532" she|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" loudly|strong="G3173" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* Mary}, “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} has|strong="G2532" blessed|strong="G2127" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w more|strong="G3173"\+w* \+w than|strong="G3173"\+w*} he|strong="G2532" has|strong="G2532" blessed|strong="G2127" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w any|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w other|strong="G3588"\+w*} woman|strong="G1135", and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2532"\+w*} blessed|strong="G2127" the|strong="G1722" child|strong="G1722" you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G2532" bear|strong="G2532"! 
\verseNumber{43}◄I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" not|strong="G2064" worthy|strong="H4941" that|strong="G2443" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w allow|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w you|strong="G2532"\+w*} to|strong="G4314" visit|strong="G2064" me|strong="G1473"!/Why|strong="G2443" is|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* allowing \+w you|strong="G2532"\+w*} to|strong="G4314" visit|strong="G2064" me|strong="G1473"?► [RHQ] You|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" mother|strong="G3384" of|strong="G2532" my|strong="G1473" Lord|strong="G2962"! 
\verseNumber{44}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w realize|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w because|strong="G1063"\+w*} as|strong="G5613" soon|strong="G1722" as|strong="G5613" I|strong="G1473" heard|strong="H8085" you|strong="G4771" greet|strong="H7592" me|strong="G1473", the|strong="G1722" baby|strong="G1025" inside|strong="G1722" my|strong="G3708" womb|strong="G2836" moved|strong="H4131" because|strong="G1063" he|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1096" so|strong="G1519" happy|strong="H0835" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w had|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w come|strong="G1096"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{45}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} is|strong="G1510" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="G3844" you|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G3754"\+w*} you|strong="G3754" believed|strong="G4100" that|strong="G3754" what|strong="G3588" ◄the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962"/God|strong="G2532"► told|strong="G2980" you|strong="G3754" would|strong="G2532" come|strong="G1510" true|strong="G3588".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Mary praised|strong="H1984" God|strong="G2532". }
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\verseNumber{46}Then|strong="G2532" Mary|strong="G3137" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w praised|strong="H1984"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w by|strong="G2532"\+w*} saying|strong="G3004"/singing|strong="H7440": 
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“, how|strong="H4100" I|strong="G1473" [SYN] praise|strong="H1984" ◄the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962"/God|strong="G3004"►! 
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\verseNumber{47}I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" happy|strong="H0835" because|strong="G1909" God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" saves|strong="H3467" me|strong="G1473". 
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\verseNumber{48}I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G3588" only|strong="H0389" his|strong="G3956" lowly|strong="H8217" servant|strong="G1399" girl|strong="H5291", but|strong="G1063" he|strong="G3754" did|strong="G3708" not|strong="G3568" forget|strong="H7911" me|strong="G1473". 
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So|strong="G1063" from|strong="G3588" now|strong="G3568" on|strong="G1909", everyone|strong="G3956" will|strong="G1473" say|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="G1909" me|strong="G1473", 
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\verseNumber{49}because|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" hear|strong="H8085" about|strong="G4160" the|strong="G2532" things|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2532" [MTY], the|strong="G2532" mighty|strong="G1415" one|strong="G3588", has|strong="G3748" done|strong="G4160" for|strong="G3754" me|strong="G1473". 
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He|strong="G2532" [MTY] is|strong="G3588" awesome|strong="H3372"! 
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\verseNumber{50}He|strong="G2532" acts|strong="H1697" mercifully toward|strong="G1519" all|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" respect|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{51}He|strong="G4160" shows|strong="H6213" people|strong="G4160" that|strong="G1722" he|strong="G4160" [MTY] is|strong="G2588" very|strong="H3966" powerful|strong="H2392". He|strong="G4160" scatters|strong="H6340" those|strong="G1722" who|strong="H0834" think|strong="H2803" proudly|strong="H2102". 
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\verseNumber{52}He|strong="G2532" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="G2532" let|strong="G2532" mighty|strong="G1413" kings|strong="H4428" rule|strong="H4910" [MTY] anymore|strong="H5750", but|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" honors|strong="H3513" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="G2532" are|strong="G2532" oppressed|strong="H6231" (OR|strong="G2532", humble|strong="G5011"). 
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\verseNumber{53}He|strong="G2532" gives|strong="H5414" good|strong="G2532" things|strong="G2756" to|strong="G2532" eat|strong="H0398" to|strong="G2532" those|strong="G2532" who|strong="G2532" are|strong="G2532" hungry|strong="G3983", but|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" sends|strong="H7971" away|strong="G1821" the|strong="G2532" rich|strong="G4147" people|strong="H5971" without|strong="G2532" giving|strong="H5414" them|strong="G2532" anything|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{54-55}He|strong="H0834" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" Abraham|strong="H0085" and|strong="H3967" all|strong="H3605" our|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" ancestors|strong="H0001" who|strong="H0834" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" him|strong="H5414" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0014" act|strong="H6213" mercifully toward|strong="H0413" them|strong="H5414" forever|strong="H5769". 
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And|strong="H3967" now|strong="H6258" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" remembered|strong="H2142" what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H0834" promised|strong="H1696". 
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So|strong="H3651" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H5826" me|strong="H0413" and|strong="H3967" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" [MTY] Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H0834" serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{56}Mary|strong="G3137" stayed|strong="G3306" with|strong="G4862" Elizabeth for|strong="G1519" about|strong="G5613" three|strong="G5140" months|strong="G3376". Then|strong="G2532" she|strong="G2532" returned|strong="G5290" to|strong="G1519" her|strong="G1519" home|strong="G3624". 

\BibleSectionHeading{What|strong="G3588" happened|strong="G3588" when|strong="G1161" John|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" born|strong="H3205". }
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\verseNumber{57}When|strong="G1161" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" time|strong="G5550" for|strong="G1161" Elizabeth|strong="G1665" to|strong="G2532" give|strong="G5088" birth|strong="G5088" to|strong="G2532" her|strong="G1438" child|strong="G5088", she|strong="G2532" bore|strong="G1080" a|strong="G2532" son|strong="G5207". 
\verseNumber{58}Her|strong="G3754" neighbors|strong="G4040" and|strong="G2532" relatives|strong="G4773" heard|strong="H8085" how|strong="G3754" ◄the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962"/God|strong="G2532"► had|strong="G2532" greatly|strong="H3966" blessed|strong="H1288" her|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="G2532"\+w* enabling \+w her|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w bear|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w child|strong="H3206"\+w*}, so|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" happy|strong="H0835" along|strong="G2532" with|strong="G3326" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Elizabeth}. 
\verseNumber{59}Seven|strong="G2250" days|strong="G2250" later|strong="H0310" they|strong="G2532" gathered|strong="H6960" together|strong="G1909" for|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ceremony|strong="H5656"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1909"\+w*} circumcising|strong="G4059" the|strong="G1722" baby|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w show|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w belonged|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*}. They|strong="G2532" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="G2532" give|strong="G1096" the|strong="G1722" baby|strong="H1121" the|strong="G1722" same|strong="G2532" name|strong="G3686" as|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1909" father|strong="G3962", Zechariah|strong="G2197". 
\verseNumber{60}But|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" mother|strong="G3384" said|strong="G3004", “No|strong="G3780", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w name|strong="G2564"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3780"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\+w*}. His|strong="G2532" name|strong="G2564" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491"!” 
\verseNumber{61}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="G2532"\+w*} they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" her|strong="G1438", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w John|strong="G3004"\+w*} is|strong="G1510" not|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G1537" any|strong="G3762" of|strong="G1537" your|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(dl)} relatives|strong="G4772", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*(dl) \+w should|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w give|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w name|strong="G3686"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{62}Then|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" made|strong="G1161" motions with|strong="G3588" their|strong="G3588" hands|strong="H3027" to|strong="G2309" Zechariah|strong="H2148", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*} to|strong="G2309" indicate what|strong="G5101" name|strong="G2564" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G1161"\+w*} wanted|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2309" be|strong="G3588" given|strong="G2564" {to|strong="G2309" give|strong="G2564"} to|strong="G2309" his|strong="G2564" son|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{63}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="G2532"\+w*} he|strong="G2532" signaled that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w should|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w give|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*} a|strong="G2532" tablet|strong="G4093" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w write|strong="G1125"\+w* \+w on|strong="G3004"\+w*. \+w When|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w gave|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3956"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" wrote|strong="G1125" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*}, “His|strong="G3956" name|strong="G3686" is|strong="G1510" John|strong="G2491".” All|strong="G3956" those|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*} were|strong="G1510" surprised|strong="G2296"! 
\verseNumber{64}Immediately|strong="G3916" Zechariah|strong="H2148" was|strong="G3588" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G2980" again|strong="G2532" [MTY], and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" praised|strong="G2127" God|strong="G2316". 
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because|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" has|strong="G2316" come|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" set|strong="G2532" us|strong="G4160", his|strong="G4160" people|strong="G2992", free|strong="H2670" from|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2316" enemies|strong="H0341". 
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someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="G2532" is|strong="G2532" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="G2532" [MTY] King|strong="H4428" David|strong="G1138", 
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who|strong="G2532" served|strong="H5647" God|strong="G2532" well|strong="G2532". 
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\verseNumber{70}Long|strong="H0753" ago|strong="H7350" God|strong="G2980" caused|strong="H5414" his|strong="G1223" prophets|strong="G4396" to|strong="G2980" say|strong="G2980" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G3588" would|strong="G2980" do|strong="G1223" that|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{71}He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" rescue|strong="H5337" us|strong="G2249" from|strong="G1537" our|strong="G2532" enemies|strong="G2190", 
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and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" save|strong="H3467" us|strong="G2249" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" power|strong="G5495" of|strong="G1537" all|strong="G3956" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" hate|strong="G3404" us|strong="G2249". 
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\verseNumber{73}That|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3588" what|strong="G3739" he|strong="G3739" strongly|strong="H3966" promised|strong="H1696" our|strong="G4314" ancestor|strong="G3962" Abraham|strong="H0085" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G3739" would|strong="G1325" do|strong="G3660". 
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\verseNumber{74}God|strong="H0430" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="G3000" that|strong="G1537" we|strong="H0587" would|strong="G5495" be|strong="G2190" rescued|strong="G4506" {he|strong="G5495" would|strong="G5495" rescue|strong="G4506" us|strong="G1537"} from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" power|strong="G5495" of|strong="G1537" our|strong="G1537" enemies|strong="G2190", 
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that|strong="G1537" he|strong="G5495" would|strong="G5495" enable|strong="H7980" us|strong="G1537" to|strong="G1537" serve|strong="G3000" him|strong="G3000" without|strong="G1537" being|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H3372", 
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\verseNumber{75}that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" cause|strong="G3588" us|strong="G2249" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" completely|strong="H3617" dedicated|strong="H6942" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", 
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and|strong="G2532" enable|strong="H7980" us|strong="G2249" to|strong="G2532" live|strong="G2532" righteously|strong="G1343" all|strong="G3956" of|strong="G2250" our|strong="G2532" lives|strong="H5315".” 
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“y child|strong="G3813", you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" called|strong="G2564" {people|strong="G4383" will|strong="G2532" say|strong="G2532" that|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G2532"} a|strong="G2532" prophet|strong="G4396" 
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whom|strong="G1161" God|strong="G2532" [MTY/EUP] has|strong="G2962" sent|strong="G2532"; 
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you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G2532" begin|strong="H2490" your|strong="G2962" work|strong="H4399" before|strong="G1799" ◄the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962"/Messiah|strong="H4899"► comes|strong="G2532"; 
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you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G2532" prepare|strong="G2090" people|strong="G4383" so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" ready|strong="G2090" for|strong="G1063" him|strong="G2564". 
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(OR|strong="G2532", you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G2532" begin|strong="H2490" your|strong="G2962" work|strong="H4399" before|strong="G1799" the|strong="G2532" Messiah|strong="H4899" comes|strong="G2532"). 
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\verseNumber{77}You|strong="G1325" will|strong="G1325" tell|strong="H5046" God’s|strong="H0430" people|strong="G2992" how|strong="G1722" he|strong="G3588" will|strong="G1325" forgive|strong="H5545" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2992" save|strong="H3467" them|strong="G3588" from|strong="G3588" being|strong="G1722" punished|strong="H6485" for|strong="G1722" their|strong="G1722" sins|strong="H2403". 
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\verseNumber{78}Our|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" will|strong="G2316" do|strong="G1223" that|strong="G3739" because|strong="G1223" he|strong="G3739" is|strong="G2316" very|strong="H3966" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="G1722" us|strong="G2249". 
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God|strong="G2316" will|strong="G2316" do|strong="G1223" that|strong="G3739" new|strong="H2319" thing|strong="G3739" for|strong="G1223" us|strong="G2249" when|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Messiah|strong="H4899" comes|strong="H0935" to|strong="G1722" us|strong="G2249" from|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="H8064". 
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\verseNumber{79}People|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1722" God|strong="G2532" [MET|strong="H6298"] are|strong="G3588" like|strong="G2521" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" sit|strong="G2521" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" darkness|strong="G4655". 
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They|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" afraid|strong="H3372" [MTY] that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" soon|strong="G1722" die|strong="G2288". 
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But|strong="G2532" when|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Messiah|strong="H4899" tells|strong="H1696" us|strong="G1519" God’s|strong="H0430" message|strong="H1697", 
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it|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" like|strong="G2521" causing|strong="H7462" such|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" see|strong="H7200" a|strong="G2532" bright|strong="H0934" light|strong="G2014". 
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He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" guide|strong="G2720" us|strong="G1519" [SYN] so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2249" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" living|strong="H2416" peacefully|strong="H7965".” 
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\verseNumber{80}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Later|strong="H0310"\+w*}, Zechariah’s son|strong="H1121" grew|strong="H1431" up|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" became|strong="G3588" spiritually|strong="G4151" strong|strong="G2901". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" lived|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" desolate|strong="G2048" region|strong="H2256" until|strong="G2193" he|strong="G2532" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G4314" preach|strong="H5197" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G1722" Israeli people|strong="G1510". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus was born in Bethlehem. }
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\verseNumber{13}Suddenly|strong="G1810" a|strong="G1096" large|strong="H1419" group|strong="G4128" of|strong="G2316" angels|strong="H4397" from|strong="G2532" heaven|strong="G3770" appeared|strong="G1096" and|strong="G2532" joined|strong="G1096" the|strong="G2532" other|strong="G3588" angel|strong="H4397". They|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" praised|strong="H1984" God|strong="G2316", singing|strong="H7440"/saying|strong="G3004", 
\verseNumber{14}“May|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w angels|strong="H4397"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" highest|strong="G5310" heaven|strong="H8064" praise|strong="G1391" God|strong="G2316"! And|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" earth|strong="G1093" may|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="G2532" whom|strong="H0834" God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" shown|strong="H7200" his|strong="G1909" favor|strong="H2580" have|strong="G2532" peace|strong="G1515" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w him|strong="G2532"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{15}After|strong="G5613" the|strong="G2532" angels|strong="H4397" left|strong="H7604" them|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w returned|strong="G1096"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" heaven|strong="G3772", the|strong="G2532" shepherds|strong="G4166" said|strong="G2980" to|strong="G1519" each|strong="G1519" other|strong="G3739", “Let’s|strong="H1980" go|strong="G1330" to|strong="G1519" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" to|strong="G1519" see|strong="G3708" this|strong="G3778" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wonderful|strong="H6381"\+w*} thing|strong="G3778" that|strong="G3739" has|strong="G2962" happened|strong="G1096", which|strong="G3739" ◄the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962"/God|strong="G2532"► has|strong="G2962" told|strong="G2980" us|strong="G1519" about|strong="G5613"!” 
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\verseNumber{19}But|strong="G1161" Mary|strong="G3137" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w did|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w others|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w about|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w angels|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w said|strong="G1161"\+w*}; she|strong="G1161" just|strong="G3588" kept|strong="G4933" thinking|strong="H0559" very|strong="G3778" much|strong="H7227" about|strong="G1722" it|strong="G1161". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{They|strong="G2532" circumcised|strong="H4135" Jesus|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" presented|strong="H7126" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{21}Seven|strong="G2250" days|strong="G2250" later|strong="H0310", when|strong="G3753" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w*} circumcised|strong="G4059" the|strong="G1722" baby|strong="H1121", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w parents|strong="H0001"\+w*} named|strong="G3686" him|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2424". That|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" name|strong="G3686" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1722"\+w*} the|strong="G1722" angel|strong="H4397" {the|strong="G1722" angel|strong="H4397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} give|strong="G2564" him|strong="G3588" before|strong="G4253" Mary became|strong="G4815" pregnant|strong="G4815". 
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\verseNumber{22-23}It|strong="H5414" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" written|strong="H3789" by|strong="H0801" Moses|strong="H4872" {Moses|strong="H4872" had|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789"} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w long|strong="H0753"\+w* \+w ago|strong="H7350"\+w*} in|strong="H0935" a|strong="H1961" law|strong="H8451" that|strong="H0834" God|strong="H0430" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414", that|strong="H0834" when|strong="H3588" a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H0802" gave|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" son|strong="H1121", the|strong="H3605" parents|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0413" take|strong="H3947" him|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Temple|strong="H1004"\+w*} in|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" in|strong="H0935" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" might|strong="H1369" dedicate|strong="H6942" him|strong="H5414" ◄to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068"/to|strong="H0413" God|strong="H0430"►. So|strong="H3651" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6256" came|strong="H0935" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213" those|strong="H1992" rituals so|strong="H3651" that|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w would|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w consider|strong="H7200"\+w*} them|strong="H5414" pure|strong="H2889" again|strong="H7725", Mary and|strong="H3967" Joseph|strong="H3130" took|strong="H3947" Jesus there|strong="H8033". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Simeon|strong="H8095" prophesied|strong="H5012" about|strong="G2596" what|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G3004" would|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532". }
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\verseNumber{25}At|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3739" time|strong="G1909" there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" an|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w old|strong="G2532"\+w*} man|strong="G3778" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" whose|strong="G3739" name|strong="G3686" was|strong="G1510" Simeon|strong="G4826". He|strong="G2532" habitually did|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3739" was|strong="G1510" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" obeyed|strong="H8085" God’s|strong="H0430" laws|strong="H8451". The|strong="G1722" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" was|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{directing} him|strong="G3588" as|strong="G1722" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" waiting|strong="G4327" for|strong="G1909" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} encourage|strong="H2388" the|strong="G1722" Israeli \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w sending|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{28}So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" took|strong="G1209" Jesus|strong="G3004" up|strong="G1519" in|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" arms|strong="H2220" and|strong="G2532" praised|strong="G2127" God|strong="G2316", saying|strong="G3004", 
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\verseNumber{29-32}Lord|strong="H3068", you|strong="H0859" promised|strong="H1696" me|strong="H0413" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" would|strong="H0014" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H0259" [MTY] who|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0014" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H0413" save|strong="H3467" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" people-groups from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" guilt|strong="H0817" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403". He|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" [MET|strong="H6298"] like|strong="H3644" a|strong="H1961" light|strong="H0216" that|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" reveal|strong="H1540" your|strong="H3068" truth|strong="H0571" to|strong="H0413" non-Jews, and|strong="H3967" he|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H0413" think|strong="H2803" highly|strong="H3966" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971", the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971". Since|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" [SYN] have|strong="H1961" now|strong="H6258" seen|strong="H7200" this|strong="H2088" one|strong="H0259" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" send|strong="H7971", now|strong="H6258" let|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413" die|strong="H4191" peacefully|strong="H7965". 
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\verseNumber{34}“Note|strong="H3045" what|strong="G3588" I|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004": \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} has|strong="G3778" determined|strong="H2782" that|strong="G3588" because|strong="G1722" of|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" child|strong="G1722", many|strong="G4183" Israeli people|strong="G3004" will|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w turn|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w away|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" many|strong="G4183" others|strong="G3588" will|strong="G2532" turn|strong="H7725" to|strong="G1519" God|strong="G3004" [MET|strong="G3708"]. Although|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" like|strong="G4314" a|strong="G2532" sign|strong="G4592" [MET|strong="G3708"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w warn|strong="H2094"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="G4183"\+w*} people|strong="G3004" will|strong="G2532" oppose|strong="H7853" him|strong="G3588". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Anna praised|strong="H1984" God|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" others|strong="G3588" about|strong="G1330" him|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{36}There|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" also|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Temple|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*} a|strong="G2532" very|strong="G4183" old|strong="G2094" woman|strong="G3778" named|strong="H7121" Anna. She|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" prophetess|strong="G4398". Her|strong="G3588" father|strong="H0001" Phanuel|strong="G5323" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" member|strong="H1995" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" tribe|strong="G5443" of|strong="G1537" Asher|strong="H0836". After|strong="G3326" she|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" married|strong="H3947" seven|strong="G2033" years|strong="G2094", her|strong="G3588" husband|strong="H0376" died|strong="G3588". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" grew|strong="H1431" up|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2532" Nazareth. }
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\verseNumber{39}After|strong="G2596" Joseph|strong="H3130" and|strong="G2532" Mary had|strong="G2532" finished|strong="G5055" performing|strong="H6213" the|strong="G2532" rituals that|strong="G3588" ◄the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962"/God|strong="G2532"► required|strong="H7592" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w parents|strong="H0001"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w first|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" perform|strong="H6213", they|strong="G2532" returned|strong="G1994" to|strong="G1519" their|strong="G1438" own|strong="G1438" town|strong="G4172", Nazareth|strong="G3478", in|strong="G1519" Galilee|strong="G1056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{40}As|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G1510" grew|strong="H1431" up|strong="G2532", he|strong="G2532" became|strong="G3588" strong|strong="G2901" and|strong="G2532" very|strong="G2532" wise|strong="H2450", and|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" was|strong="G1510" very|strong="G2532" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588". 

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\verseNumber{41}Every|strong="G2596" year|strong="G2094" Jesus’ parents|strong="G1118" went|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" to|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w celebrate|strong="H6213"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" Passover|strong="G3957" festival|strong="G1859". 
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\verseNumber{44}They|strong="G2532" thought|strong="G3543" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" other|strong="G1161" people|strong="G1510" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" traveling|strong="H1980" with|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588". They|strong="G2532" walked|strong="H1980" all|strong="G2532" day|strong="G2250". Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="G2532" look|strong="H7200" for|strong="G1161" him|strong="G3588" among|strong="G1722" their|strong="G2532" relatives|strong="G4773" and|strong="G2532" friends|strong="H7453". 
\verseNumber{45}They|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" find|strong="G2147" him|strong="G2532", so|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" returned|strong="G5290" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" to|strong="G1519" search|strong="H2713" for|strong="G1519" him|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{46}Two|strong="G3319" days|strong="G2250" later|strong="G3326", they|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" him|strong="G3588". He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="G2411" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*}, sitting|strong="G2516" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} religious teachers|strong="G1320". He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" listening|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" asking|strong="G1905" them|strong="G3588" questions|strong="G1905". 
\verseNumber{47}Everyone|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w said|strong="G1161"\+w*} was|strong="G3588" amazed|strong="G1839" at|strong="G1909" how|strong="G1161" much|strong="H7227" he|strong="G2532" understood|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w how|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w well|strong="G2532"\+w*} he|strong="G2532" answered|strong="H6030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w questions|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w teachers|strong="H3384"\+w* \+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{48}When|strong="G2532" his|strong="G4160" parents|strong="G3962" saw|strong="G3708" him|strong="G3588", they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" very|strong="G2532" surprised|strong="H8610". His|strong="G4160" mother|strong="G3384" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", “My|strong="G3708" son|strong="G5043", why|strong="G5101" have|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" done|strong="G4160" this|strong="G3588" to|strong="G4314" us|strong="G3004"? Your|strong="G2532" father|strong="G3962" and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" very|strong="G2532" worried|strong="H1672" as|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc)} have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" searching|strong="G2212" for|strong="G4314" you|strong="G4771"!” 
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\verseNumber{50}But|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" understand|strong="G4920" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w meaning|strong="H0998"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} what|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2980" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{51}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" returned|strong="G2064" with|strong="G3326" them|strong="G3588" down|strong="G2597" to|strong="G1519" Nazareth|strong="G3478". He|strong="G2532" always|strong="G3956" obeyed|strong="H8085" them|strong="G3588". But|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3956" mother|strong="G3384" kept|strong="G1301" thinking|strong="H0559" about|strong="G1722" all|strong="G3956" those|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3956". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{s1 The beginning of John the Baptizer’s ministry }
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3956" [SYN] everywhere|strong="H3605" will|strong="G2316" understand|strong="H0995" how|strong="H4100" God|strong="G2316" can|strong="H4310" save|strong="H3467" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3956"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{7}Although|strong="G5210" large|strong="H1419" groups|strong="H7218" of|strong="G5259" people|strong="G3793" came|strong="G3588" to|strong="G3004" John|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" be|strong="G3195" baptized {in|strong="G3004" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G3588" would|strong="G3195" baptize them|strong="G3588"}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w many|strong="G3793"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5259"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3195"\+w* \+w sincere|strong="H3476"\+w*}. So|strong="G3767" he|strong="G3588" kept|strong="H8104" saying|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", “You|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3793"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w evil|strong="H7451"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} poisonous|strong="H7219" snakes|strong="H5175"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G3767"\+w*} warn|strong="G5263" you|strong="G5210" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} will|strong="G5101" some|strong="G3588" day|strong="G3588" punish|strong="H6485" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w everyone|strong="G5101"\+w*} who|strong="G5101" sins|strong="H2403". And|strong="G3767" ◄do|strong="G5101" not|strong="G3195" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" can|strong="G3004" escape|strong="G5343" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G5259"\+w* \+w his|strong="G5259"\+w* \+w punishing|strong="H7725"\+w*} [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w do|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3195"\+w* \+w turn|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w from|strong="G5259"\+w* \+w your|strong="G5259"\+w* \+w sinful|strong="H2400"\+w* \+w behavior|strong="H3027"\+w*!/\+w did|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*} that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" can|strong="G3004" escape|strong="G5343" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G5259"\+w* \+w his|strong="G5259"\+w* \+w punishing|strong="H7725"\+w*} [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w do|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3195"\+w* \+w turn|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w from|strong="G5259"\+w* \+w your|strong="G5259"\+w* \+w sinful|strong="H2400"\+w* \+w behavior|strong="H3027"\+w*}?► [RHQ] (OR|strong="G3588", Who|strong="G5101" told|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" could|strong="G3588" escape|strong="G5343" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w punishment|strong="H5771"\+w*?}) 
\verseNumber{8}Do|strong="G4160" what|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" appropriate|strong="H5869" for|strong="G1063" people|strong="G4160" who|strong="G3588" have|strong="G2192" truly|strong="G1722" turned|strong="H2015" from|strong="G1537" their|strong="G1438" sinful|strong="H2400" behavior|strong="H3027"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w give|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w Abraham|strong="H0085"\+w* \+w many|strong="G4160"\+w*} descendants|strong="G2590". In|strong="G1722" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="G2532" fulfill|strong="H4390" that|strong="G3754" promise|strong="H1697", God|strong="G2316" does|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3361" need|strong="G2192" you|strong="G5210"! I|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" can|strong="G1410" change|strong="H5162" these|strong="G3778" stones|strong="G3037" to|strong="G2532" make|strong="G4160" them|strong="G3588" descendants|strong="G2590" of|strong="G1537" Abraham|strong="H0085"! So|strong="G3767" do|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3361" begin|strong="H2490" to|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" yourselves|strong="G1438", ‘We|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc)} are|strong="G3588" descendants|strong="G2590" of|strong="G1537" Abraham|strong="H0085", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*, \+w even|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w though|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w we|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w*} sinned|strong="H2398"!’ 
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\verseNumber{11}He|strong="G2532" answered|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", “If|strong="G2532" any|strong="G3361" of|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3004" has|strong="G2192" two|strong="G1417" shirts, you|strong="G3004" should|strong="G3588" give|strong="G4160" one|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="G3588" has|strong="G2192" no|strong="G3361" shirt|strong="G5509". If|strong="G2532" any|strong="G3361" of|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3004" has|strong="G2192" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w plenty|strong="H7647"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} food|strong="G1033", you|strong="G3004" should|strong="G3588" give|strong="G4160" some|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" have|strong="G2192" no|strong="G3361" food|strong="G1033".” 
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\verseNumber{14}Some|strong="G3588" soldiers|strong="G4754" asked|strong="G1905" him|strong="G3588", “What|strong="G5101" about|strong="G4314" us|strong="G3004"? What|strong="G5101" should|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2249" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc)} do|strong="G4160" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w please|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*}?” He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588", “Do|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3367" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w anyone|strong="G3367"\+w*}, ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*(sg) \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3367"\+w* \+w give|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*} some|strong="G3588" money|strong="G1286", I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G5101" hurt|strong="H7451" you|strong="G5210",’ and|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3367" take|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w court|strong="H2691"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} falsely|strong="G4811" accuse|strong="G4811" them|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" doing|strong="G4160" something|strong="G5101" wrong|strong="H7451"! And|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" content|strong="G4160" with|strong="G4314" your|strong="G2532" wages|strong="G3800".” 
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\verseNumber{15}People|strong="G2992" were|strong="G1510" expecting|strong="G4328" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="G5547"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w come|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w soon|strong="G1722"\+w*}. Because|strong="G1722" of|strong="G4012" that|strong="G3588", many|strong="G4012" of|strong="G4012" them|strong="G3588" wondered|strong="G1260" about|strong="G4012" John|strong="G2491". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*} if|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1722" Messiah|strong="G5547". 
\verseNumber{16}John|strong="G2491" replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3956", “No|strong="G3756", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w*}. I|strong="G1473" used|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="G3756"\+w*} water|strong="G5204" when|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" baptized you|strong="G5210". But|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*} will|strong="G1510" soon|strong="G1722" come|strong="G2064"! He|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" far|strong="G3588" greater|strong="G4771" than|strong="G2478" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w great|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w*} I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" worthy|strong="G2425" to|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w his|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w slave|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} untie|strong="G3089" his|strong="G3956" sandals|strong="G5266" [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} a|strong="G2532" slave|strong="G2064" would|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532"! He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" put|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="G3956"\+w*} Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" within|strong="G1722" [MTY] you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w truly|strong="G3303"\+w* \+w change|strong="H5162"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w judge|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w others|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="G4151"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w*} the|strong="G1722" fire|strong="G4442" [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w hell|strong="H7585"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G1722" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="G1537" Jesus’ ancestors|strong="H0001". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Luke 4:1-13 }

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus refused to do the things that Satan suggested to him. }
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\chapterNumber{4}As|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G2424" left|strong="H7604" the|strong="G1722" Jordan|strong="G2446" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w* \+w valley|strong="H6010"\+w*}, the|strong="G1722" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" was|strong="G3588" completely|strong="H3617" controlling him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{2}For|strong="G1722" 40 days|strong="G2250" the|strong="G1722" Spirit|strong="G3588" led|strong="H1980" him|strong="G3588" around|strong="H5439" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" desolate|strong="H8074" area|strong="H1508". During|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2250" Jesus|strong="G1565" was|strong="G3588" being|strong="G2532" tempted|strong="G3985" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" devil|strong="G1228" {the|strong="G1722" devil|strong="G1228" was|strong="G3588" tempting|strong="G3985" him|strong="G3588"}, and|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G1565" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" eat|strong="G2068" anything|strong="G3762". When|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2250" ended|strong="G4931", he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="G2532"\+w*} hungry|strong="G3983". 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" devil|strong="G1228" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2443" Jesus|strong="G3004", “Because|strong="G1161" you|strong="G1487" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w claim|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w*} ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1096"\+w* relationship \+w with|strong="G2316"\+w*} God|strong="G2316" as|strong="G1161" a|strong="G1096" son|strong="G5207" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w has|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w with|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w his|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w father|strong="H0001"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"]/are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1161" man|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" both|strong="G1161" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G1161" man|strong="G3778"►, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w prove|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w it|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w by|strong="G3004"\+w*} telling|strong="G3004" these|strong="G3778" stones|strong="G3037" to|strong="G2443" become|strong="G1096" bread|strong="H3899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w can|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{4}Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w No|strong="G3756"\+w*, \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w change|strong="H5162"\+w* \+w stones|strong="H0068"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w bread|strong="H3899"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w written|strong="G1125"\+w*} {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*} wrote|strong="G1125"} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* Scriptures} that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w eating|strong="H0398"\+w*} food|strong="H3899" sustains|strong="H5564" people|strong="G3588" physically, but|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" does|strong="G2198" not|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sustain|strong="H3557"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* spiritually. \+w They|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w food|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w for|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w spirits|strong="H7307"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" devil took|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1722" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w high|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" showed|strong="G1166" him|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" an|strong="G2532" instant|strong="H7281" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G1722" nations|strong="H1471" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" world|strong="G3625". 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*}, “I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2309" give|strong="G1325" you|strong="G4771" the|strong="G2532" authority|strong="G1849" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w rule|strong="H4910"\+w*} all|strong="G2532" these|strong="G3778" areas|strong="H0776" and|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2309" make|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" famous|strong="H8034". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w can|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w*} because|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} has|strong="G3739" permitted|strong="G1325" me|strong="G1325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w control|strong="G1849"\+w* \+w these|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w areas|strong="H0776"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" can|strong="G3004" allow|strong="G1325" anyone|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" desire|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2532" rule|strong="H4910" them|strong="G3588"! 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="G3767" if|strong="G1437" you|strong="G4771" worship|strong="G4352" me|strong="G1473", I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w let|strong="G1510"\+w*} you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w rule|strong="H4910"\+w*} them|strong="G3956" all|strong="G3956"!” 
\verseNumber{8}But|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w No|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w*} will|strong="G2316" not|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="G4352"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G2532"\+w*} it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" written|strong="G1125" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Psalmist|strong="H2158"\+w*} wrote|strong="G1125"} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* Scriptures}, ‘It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962", your|strong="G2962" God|strong="G2316", whom|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" must|strong="G3588" worship|strong="G4352", and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" must|strong="G3588" serve|strong="G3000" only|strong="G3441" him|strong="G3588"!’ ” 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" devil took|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419". He|strong="G2532" set|strong="G2476" him|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" highest|strong="H8064" part|strong="G1161" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="G2411" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", “Because|strong="G1909" you|strong="G1487" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w claim|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w*} ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* relationship \+w with|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w son|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w with|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w father|strong="H0001"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"]/are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G1519" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" both|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" man|strong="G1519"►, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w prove|strong="H5254"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1909"\+w*} jumping|strong="H7540" down|strong="G2736" from|strong="G2532" here|strong="G1782". 
\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3748"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1125"\+w* \+w be|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w hurt|strong="H7451"\+w*}, because|strong="G3754" it|strong="G3754" is|strong="G3588" written|strong="G1125" {the|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Psalmist|strong="H2158"\+w*} wrote|strong="G1125"} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1125"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* Scriptures}, ‘God|strong="G3588" will|strong="G3748" command|strong="G1781" his|strong="G4012" angels|strong="H4397" to|strong="G1063" protect|strong="H8104" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)}. 
\verseNumber{11}They|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" lift|strong="H5375" you|strong="G4771" up|strong="G2532" with|strong="G4314" their|strong="G2532" hands|strong="G5495" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w falling|strong="H5307"\+w*}, so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3379"\+w* \+w get|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w hurt|strong="H7451"\+w*}. You|strong="G4771" will|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="G2532"\+w*} strike|strong="G4350" your|strong="G2532" foot|strong="G4228" on|strong="G1909" a|strong="G2532" stone|strong="G3037".’ ” 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w No|strong="G3756"\+w*, \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w*} will|strong="G2316" not|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G3754"\+w*} it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" written|strong="G3588" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*} wrote|strong="H3789"} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* Scriptures}: ‘Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" try|strong="G1598" to|strong="G2532" test|strong="G1598" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" your|strong="G2962" God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w if|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w prevent|strong="H6923"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w bad|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* happening \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w when|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w foolish|strong="G2532"\+w*}’.” 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="G2532", after|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" devil|strong="G1228" had|strong="G2532" finished|strong="G4931" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="G2532" tempt|strong="H5254" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*} in|strong="G2532" many|strong="H7227" ways|strong="H1870", he|strong="G2532" left|strong="H7604" him|strong="G3588". He|strong="G2532" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="G2532" try|strong="G3986" to|strong="G2532" tempt|strong="H5254" him|strong="G3588" later|strong="H0310" at|strong="G3588" an|strong="G2532" appropriate|strong="H5869" time|strong="G2540". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" began|strong="H2490" his|strong="G3956" work|strong="G3956" in|strong="G2532" Galilee|strong="H1551" district|strong="H6418". }
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\verseNumber{14}As|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" Spirit|strong="G4151" empowered|strong="H5921" him|strong="G3588", Jesus|strong="G2424" returned|strong="G5290" to|strong="G1519" Galilee|strong="G1056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="G4066"\+w*. \+w People|strong="G3588"\+w*} throughout|strong="G2596" all|strong="G3650" that|strong="G3588" region|strong="G4066" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="G4012" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="G2532" taught|strong="G1321" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3956"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" their|strong="G2532" ◄synagogues|strong="G4864"/meeting|strong="H4150" places|strong="H1116"►. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w As|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" praised|strong="G1392" by|strong="G1722" everyone|strong="G3956" {everyone|strong="G3956" praised|strong="G1392" him|strong="G3588"}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3956" of|strong="G5259" Jesus’ hometown|strong="H4725" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="G2532" kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="G3588" after|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" rebuked|strong="H1605" them|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1722" rejecting him|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G1525"\+w*} went|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Nazareth|strong="G3478", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w town|strong="G2532"\+w*} where|strong="G3757" he|strong="G2532" grew|strong="G2064" up|strong="G1519". ◄On|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Sabbath|strong="G4521"/On|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Jewish|strong="H3064" rest|strong="G1510" day|strong="G2250"► he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" ◄to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" synagogue|strong="G4864"/to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" Jewish|strong="H3064" meeting|strong="H4150" place|strong="G1722"►, as|strong="G1519" he|strong="G2532" usually|strong="H2370" did|strong="G2532". He|strong="G2532" stood|strong="G3588" up|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* indicate \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" read|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Scriptures} to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{18}The|strong="G1722" Spirit|strong="G4151" ◄of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962"/of|strong="G4151" God|strong="G2532"► is|strong="G3739" upon|strong="G1909" me|strong="G1473". 
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He|strong="G2532" has|strong="G2962" appointed|strong="H4150" [MTY] me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G2532" declare|strong="G2097" God’s|strong="H0430" good|strong="G2097" news|strong="G2097" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" poor|strong="G4434". 
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He|strong="G2532" has|strong="G2962" sent|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="G1722"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" proclaim|strong="G2784" that|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" deliver|strong="H5337" those|strong="G1722" whom|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Satan|strong="H7854"\+w*} has|strong="G2962" captured|strong="H3920", and|strong="G2532" 
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He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G2532" free|strong="G1722" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" oppressed|strong="G2352" {whom|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w others|strong="G3739"\+w*} have|strong="G2532" oppressed|strong="G2352"}. 
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\verseNumber{19}And|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2532" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="G2532" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="G2532" now|strong="G2532" is|strong="G2962" the|strong="G1722" time|strong="G1722" when|strong="G2532" ◄the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962"/God|strong="G2532"► will|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w act|strong="H6213"\+w*} favorably|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w toward|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" rolled|strong="H1556" up|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" scroll|strong="H5612" and|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" attendant|strong="G5257", and|strong="G2532" sat|strong="G2523" down|strong="G2523" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w teach|strong="H3925"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3956"\+w*}. Everyone|strong="G3956" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" synagogue|strong="G4864" was|strong="G1510" looking|strong="G2532" intently [MTY] at|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{21}He|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588", “Today|strong="G4594" as|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210" have|strong="G3748" been|strong="H1961" hearing|strong="G3775" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w speak|strong="G3004"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w am|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w beginning|strong="H7225"\+w*} to|strong="G4314" fulfill|strong="G4137" this|strong="G3778" Scripture|strong="G1124" passage|strong="H4569".” 
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\verseNumber{23}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588", “Surely|strong="G3843" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G2532" quote|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" me|strong="G1473" the|strong="G1722" proverb|strong="G3850" that|strong="G3588" says|strong="G3004", ‘Doctor|strong="H2280", heal|strong="G2323" yourself|strong="G4572"!’ \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w What|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w mean|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w*}, ‘People|strong="G2046" told|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" did|strong="G4160" miracles|strong="H6381" in|strong="G1722" Capernaum|strong="G2584" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w we|strong="G2532"\+w*(exc) \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w not|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w if|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w reports|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w true|strong="G3588"\+w*. \+w So|strong="G2532"\+w*} do|strong="G4160" miracles|strong="H6381" here|strong="G5602" in|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" own|strong="G1438" hometown|strong="G3968", too|strong="G2532"!’ ” 
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\verseNumber{25}But|strong="G1161" think|strong="H2803" about|strong="G5613" this|strong="G3588": There|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" many|strong="G4183" widows|strong="G5503" in|strong="G1722" Israel|strong="G2474" during|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" time|strong="G2250" when|strong="G3753" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w*} Elijah|strong="G2243" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lived|strong="G1510"\+w*. \+w During|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w time|strong="G2250"\+w*}, because|strong="G3754" of|strong="G2250" there|strong="G2532" being|strong="G1510" no|strong="G2532" rain|strong="H4306" [MTY] for|strong="G3754" three|strong="G5140" years|strong="G2094" and|strong="G2532" six|strong="G1803" months|strong="G3376", there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1096" great|strong="G3173" famine|strong="G3042" throughout|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" country|strong="G1093". 
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\verseNumber{30}But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w simply|strong="H1847"\+w*} walked|strong="G4198" through|strong="G1223" their|strong="G1223" midst|strong="G3319" and|strong="G1161" went|strong="G4198" away|strong="G4198". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G4198" expelled|strong="H3423" an|strong="G1161" evil|strong="G1223" spirit|strong="H7307". }
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\verseNumber{37}The|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3956" were|strong="G3588" telling|strong="H1696" everyone|strong="G3956" in|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w every|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w village|strong="H1949"\+w*} in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" surrounding|strong="G4066" region|strong="G4066" what|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" healed|strong="H7495" Simon’s mother-in-law|strong="H2545" and|strong="G2532" many|strong="G4012" others|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{39}So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" bent|strong="H1869" over|strong="G1883" her|strong="G1438" and|strong="G2532" commanded|strong="G2008" the|strong="G2532" fever|strong="G4446" to|strong="G2532" leave|strong="H5800" her|strong="G1438". At|strong="G1161" once|strong="G3916" she|strong="G2532" became|strong="G3588" well|strong="G2532"! She|strong="G2532" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" served|strong="G1247" them|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w food|strong="H3899"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{41}He|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{expelling \+w demons|strong="G1140"\+w*} from|strong="G2532" many|strong="G4183" people|strong="G1492". As|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" demons|strong="G1140" left|strong="G1831" those|strong="G3588" people|strong="G1492", they|strong="G2532" shouted|strong="H7321" to|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004", “You|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" ◄the|strong="G2532" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316"/the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3756"►!” But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" rebuked|strong="G2008" those|strong="G3588" demons|strong="G1140" and|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2316" not|strong="G3756" allow|strong="G1439" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w about|strong="G2980"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}, because|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" knew|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" Messiah|strong="G5547", and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w various|strong="H2921"\+w* \+w reasons|strong="H8394"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w everyone|strong="G3748"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w yet|strong="G2532"\+w*}. 

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\verseNumber{42}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Early|strong="H7925"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" next|strong="G2064" morning|strong="G2250" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G1831"\+w*} left|strong="G1831" that|strong="G3588" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" to|strong="G1519" an|strong="G2532" uninhabited|strong="H0369" place|strong="G5117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w pray|strong="H6419"\+w*}. Many|strong="G3793" people|strong="G3793" searched|strong="G1934" for|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" when|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" found|strong="G1096" him|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" kept|strong="G2532" urging|strong="H6680" him|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G1519" leave|strong="G1831" them|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{44}So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" kept|strong="G2532" preaching|strong="G2784" in|strong="G1519" ◄the|strong="G2532" synagogues|strong="G4864"/Jewish|strong="H3064" worship|strong="H7812" places|strong="H1116"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w various|strong="H2921"\+w* \+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w*} in|strong="G1519" Judea|strong="G2449" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w province|strong="H4082"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus chose some fishermen to be his disciples. }
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\chapterNumber{5}One|strong="G3588" day|strong="G3588" while|strong="G1722" many|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3793" were|strong="G1510" crowding around|strong="G1945" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="G1722" message|strong="G3056" from|strong="G3844" God|strong="G2316", Jesus|strong="G1510" was|strong="G1510" standing|strong="G2476" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" shore|strong="H8193" of|strong="G3056" Gennesaret|strong="G1082" Lake|strong="G3041", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w called|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Lake|strong="G3041"\+w* \+w Galilee|strong="H1551"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" two|strong="G1417" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w fishing|strong="H4365"\+w*} boats|strong="G4143" at|strong="G3844" the|strong="G2532" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" lake|strong="G3041". The|strong="G2532" fishermen|strong="H1728" had|strong="G2532" gone|strong="H1980" out|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" boats|strong="G4143" and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" washing|strong="G4150" their|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w fishing|strong="H4365"\+w*} nets|strong="G1350" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w shore|strong="H8193"\+w*}. One|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" boats|strong="G4143" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="G2532" Simon. 
\verseNumber{3}Jesus|strong="G1510" got|strong="G1684" in|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3739" boat|strong="G4143" and|strong="G1161" asked|strong="G2065" Simon|strong="G4613" to|strong="G1519" push|strong="H5055" the|strong="G1722" boat|strong="G4143" a|strong="G1519" little|strong="G3641" bit|strong="H5391" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" shore|strong="G1093" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w he|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w could|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w speak|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w crowd|strong="G3793"\+w* \+w more|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w easily|strong="H4592"\+w*. \+w Jesus|strong="G1510"\+w*} sat|strong="G2523" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" boat|strong="G4143" and|strong="G1161" taught|strong="G1321" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3793" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w were|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w shore|strong="G1093"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}After|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" finished|strong="G3973" speaking|strong="G2980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" Simon|strong="G4613", “Push|strong="H5055" the|strong="G2532" boat|strong="H0590" out|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" where|strong="G5613" the|strong="G2532" water|strong="H4325" is|strong="G3588" deep|strong="H8415". Then|strong="G2532" let|strong="G5465" your|strong="G2532" nets|strong="G1350" down|strong="G5465" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" catch|strong="H3920" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w fish|strong="H1710"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{5}Simon|strong="G4613" replied|strong="G3004", “Master|strong="G1988", we|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc)} worked|strong="G2872" hard|strong="G2872" all|strong="G3650" night|strong="G3571" but|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3762" catch|strong="H3920" any|strong="G3762" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w fish|strong="H1710"\+w*}. But|strong="G1161" because|strong="G1223" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} tell|strong="G3004" me|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532", I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" let|strong="G5465" down|strong="G5465" the|strong="G2532" nets|strong="G1350".” 
\verseNumber{6}When|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4160" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w men|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w with|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*} had|strong="G2532" done|strong="G4160" that|strong="G3588", they|strong="G2532" caught|strong="H3920" so|strong="G2532" many|strong="G4183" fish|strong="G2486" that|strong="G3588" their|strong="G2532" nets|strong="G1350" were|strong="G3588" breaking|strong="H6524". 
\verseNumber{7}They|strong="G2532" motioned to|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" partners|strong="G3353" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" other|strong="G2087" boat|strong="G4143" to|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2064" and|strong="G2532" help|strong="G4815" them|strong="G3588". So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" and|strong="G2532" filled|strong="G4130" both|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" boats|strong="G4143" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w fish|strong="H1710"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w net|strong="H7568"\+w*}. The|strong="G1722" result|strong="G5620" was|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" boats|strong="G4143" were|strong="G3588" so|strong="G2532" full|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="G2532" sink|strong="G1036". 
\verseNumber{8-9}Simon and|strong="H3967" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5414" were|strong="H0834" amazed|strong="H8539" at|strong="H3427" how|strong="H4100" many|strong="H7227" fish|strong="H1710" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H3947". James and|strong="H3967" John, the|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zebedee, who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" Simon’s partners|strong="H3027", were|strong="H0834" among|strong="H8432" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" amazed|strong="H8539". When|strong="H3588" Simon, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whose|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w name|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w*} Peter, saw|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w fish|strong="H1710"\+w*, feeling \+w ashamed|strong="H0954"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w presence|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* obviously \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w*}, he|strong="H0834" prostrated|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H5315" before|strong="H6440" Jesus and|strong="H3967" said|strong="H0559", “Lord|strong="H3068", you|strong="H0859" should|strong="H3068" go|strong="H1980" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H4480" me|strong="H0413", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" sinful|strong="H2400" man|strong="H0376"!” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" healed|strong="H7495" a|strong="G2532" leper|strong="H6879" and|strong="G2532" enabled|strong="H5414" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" associate|strong="H0935" with|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3956" again|strong="G2532". }
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\verseNumber{16}But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" often|strong="H1767" would|strong="G2532" go|strong="G2532" away|strong="G5298" from|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" desolate|strong="G2048" area|strong="H1508" and|strong="G2532" pray|strong="G4336". 

\BibleSectionHeading{By|strong="G1722" healing|strong="H4832" a|strong="G2532" paralyzed|strong="H0068" man|strong="H0376" Jesus|strong="G1510" showed|strong="H7200" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" authority|strong="H3027" to|strong="G2532" forgive|strong="H5545" sins|strong="H2403", too|strong="G2532". }
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\verseNumber{17}One|strong="G1520" day|strong="G2250" when|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G1510"\+w*} was|strong="G1510" teaching|strong="G1321", some|strong="G3739" men|strong="G3956" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" Pharisee|strong="G5330" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{sect} were|strong="G1510" sitting|strong="G2521" there|strong="G2532". Some|strong="G3739" of|strong="G1537" them|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" men|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3739" taught|strong="G1321" the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} laws|strong="G1537". They|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2064" from|strong="G1537" many|strong="G1722" [HYP] villages|strong="G2968" in|strong="G1722" Galilee|strong="G1056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" from|strong="G1537" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" and|strong="G2532" from|strong="G1537" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="G1520"\+w*} villages|strong="G2968" in|strong="G1722" Judea|strong="G2449" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w At|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w time|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w while|strong="G1722"\+w*} God|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" giving|strong="H5414" Jesus|strong="G1510" power|strong="G1411" to|strong="G1519" heal|strong="G2390" people|strong="G3956", 
\verseNumber{18}several|strong="H2669" men|strong="G3739" brought|strong="G5342" on|strong="G1909" a|strong="G2532" sleeping|strong="H3463" pad a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" was|strong="G1510" paralyzed|strong="G3886". They|strong="G2532" wanted|strong="G2212" to|strong="G2532" bring|strong="G5342" him|strong="G3739" into|strong="G1909" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" lay|strong="G5087" him|strong="G3739" in|strong="G1909" front|strong="G1799" of|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G1510". 
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\verseNumber{20}When|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" perceived|strong="H3045" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" believed|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w could|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w heal|strong="H7495"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w man|strong="H0376"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “My|strong="G3708" friend|strong="H7453", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G2532"\+w*} forgive|strong="H5545" your|strong="G2532" sins|strong="H2403"!” 
\verseNumber{21}The|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3739" taught|strong="H3925" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} laws|strong="H8451" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" rest|strong="G1510" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G2532" Pharisees|strong="G5330" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="G2532" think|strong="H2803" within|strong="H7130" themselves|strong="G3778", “Who|strong="G3739" does|strong="G1510" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w*, \+w saying|strong="G3004"\+w*} that|strong="G3739"? He|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" insulting God|strong="G2316"! ◄Nobody|strong="H3320" can|strong="G1410" forgive|strong="H5545" sins|strong="H2403"!/What|strong="G5101" person|strong="G5101" can|strong="G1410" forgive|strong="H5545" sins|strong="H2403"?► [RHQ] Only|strong="G3441" God|strong="G2316" can|strong="G1410" do|strong="G5101" that|strong="G3739"!” 
\verseNumber{22}Jesus|strong="G2424" perceived|strong="G1921" what|strong="G5101" they|strong="G1161" were|strong="G3588" thinking|strong="G1261". So|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588", “◄You|strong="G5210" should|strong="G3588" not|strong="H3808" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="G3588" way|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w*}!/Why|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G5210" question|strong="H1697" within|strong="G1722" yourselves|strong="G1438" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w*}?► [RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Consider|strong="G1260"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w*}: 
\verseNumber{23}It|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="G1510"\+w*} be|strong="G1510" risky \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w man|strong="G5101"\+w*}, ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G2532"\+w*} forgive|strong="H5545" your|strong="G2532" sins|strong="H2403",’ \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w no|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w could|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w whether|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w his|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w* \+w were|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w really|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w forgiven|strong="H5545"\+w*. \+w But|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w no|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3588"\+w*} [RHQ], \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w without|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w having|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w heal|strong="H7495"\+w*}, would|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}, ‘Get|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453" and|strong="G2532" walk|strong="G4043"!’ \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w could|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w easily|strong="H4592"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w whether|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w healed|strong="H7495"\+w* \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1510"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{24}But|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w result|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w healing|strong="H4832"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w man|strong="G1519"\+w*} you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(pl)} will|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} has|strong="G2192" authorized|strong="H5425" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*}, the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" came|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2532" heaven|strong="G2192", to|strong="G1519" forgive|strong="H5545" the|strong="G2532" sins|strong="H2403" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w while|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w am|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G1093", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w well|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w heal|strong="H7495"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1492"\+w*}.” Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G1519" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" paralyzed|strong="G3886", “To|strong="G1519" you|strong="G4771" I|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004", ‘Get|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453", pick|strong="H5375" up|strong="G1453" your|strong="G2192" sleeping|strong="H3463" pad, and|strong="G2532" go|strong="G4198" home|strong="G3624"!’ ” 
\verseNumber{25}Immediately|strong="G3916" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w healed|strong="H7495"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" stood|strong="G3588" up|strong="G1519" in|strong="G1519" front|strong="G1799" of|strong="G2316" them|strong="G3588". He|strong="G2532" picked|strong="H5375" up|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sleeping|strong="H3463"\+w* pad} on|strong="G1909" which|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" lying|strong="G2621", and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" home|strong="G3624", praising|strong="G1392" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{26}All|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2983" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*} were|strong="G3588" amazed|strong="G1611"! They|strong="G2532" praised|strong="G1392" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" completely|strong="G1611" awestruck. They|strong="G2532" kept|strong="G2532" saying|strong="G3004", “We|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(inc)} have|strong="G2532" seen|strong="G3708" wonderful|strong="H6381" things|strong="G3588" today|strong="G4594"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" answered|strong="G3004" criticism about|strong="G3754" associating with|strong="G2532" sinful|strong="H2400" people|strong="G2983". }
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\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*} left|strong="G1831" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w town|strong="G2532"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G2300" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3588" collected|strong="H6908" taxes|strong="H4061" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* Roman \+w government|strong="H4951"\+w*}. His|strong="G1909" name|strong="G3686" was|strong="G3588" Levi|strong="G3018". He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" sitting|strong="G2521" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" booth|strong="G5058" where|strong="H0834" he|strong="G2532" collected|strong="H6908" the|strong="G2532" taxes|strong="H4061". Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “Come|strong="G1831" with|strong="G3326" me|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w disciple|strong="G3004"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{28}So|strong="G2532" Levi|strong="H3878" left|strong="G2641" his|strong="G3956" work|strong="G3956" [HYP] and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" with|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532". 
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\verseNumber{29}Afterwards|strong="G1722", Levi|strong="G3018" prepared|strong="H3559" a|strong="G2532" big|strong="G3173" feast|strong="G1403" in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1722" own|strong="H1961" house|strong="G3614" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G1510"\+w*}. There|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" large|strong="G4183" group|strong="G3793" of|strong="G2532" tax|strong="G5057" collectors|strong="G5057" and|strong="G2532" others|strong="G3588" eating|strong="H0398" together|strong="G3326" with|strong="G3326" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{30}The|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G5101" were|strong="G3588" there|strong="G2532" who|strong="G5101" taught|strong="H3925" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} laws|strong="H8451", ones|strong="H2945" who|strong="G5101" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" Pharisee|strong="G5330" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{sect}, complained|strong="G1111" to|strong="G4314" Jesus’ disciples|strong="G3101", saying|strong="G3004", “◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w disgusting|strong="H8441"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} you|strong="G3004" are|strong="G3588" eating|strong="G2068" with|strong="G3326" tax|strong="G5057" collectors|strong="G5057" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w others|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w we|strong="G2532"\+w*(exc) \+w consider|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w*} sinners|strong="H2400"!/Why|strong="G5101" are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3004" eating|strong="G2068" with|strong="G3326" tax|strong="G5057" collectors|strong="G5057" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w others|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w we|strong="G2532"\+w*(exc) \+w consider|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w*} sinners|strong="H2400"?►” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{35}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="G1161"\+w*} some|strong="G3588" day|strong="G2250" he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" taken|strong="H3947" away|strong="H5493" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} will|strong="G2532" take|strong="G1161" him|strong="G3588" away|strong="H5493"} from|strong="G2064" them|strong="G3588". Then|strong="G2532", at|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2250", his|strong="G1722" friends|strong="H7453" will|strong="G2532" abstain|strong="H5144" from|strong="G2064" food|strong="H3899", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sad|strong="H7451"\+w*}.” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus explained why he had authority to decide what his disciples should do on the Sabbath day. }
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\verseNumber{2}Some|strong="G5100" Pharisees|strong="G5330" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w watching|strong="H8245"\+w*} said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G3004", “◄You|strong="G3739" should|strong="G5100" not|strong="G3756" be|strong="G3756" doing|strong="G4160" on|strong="G1161" our|strong="G3739" rest|strong="H5117" day|strong="G4521" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w work|strong="H4399"\+w*} that|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="G3739"\+w*} laws|strong="H8451" forbid|strong="H2486"!/Why|strong="G5101" are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3739" doing|strong="G4160" on|strong="G1161" our|strong="G3739" rest|strong="H5117" day|strong="G4521" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w work|strong="H4399"\+w*} that|strong="G3739" our|strong="G3739" laws|strong="H8451" forbid|strong="H2486"?►” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{24}But|strong="G4133" there|strong="G3754" will|strong="G3748" be|strong="G3588" terrible|strong="H3372" punishment|strong="H5771" for|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" that|strong="G3754" are|strong="G3588" rich|strong="G4145"; the|strong="G3588" happiness|strong="H8057" you|strong="G5210" have|strong="G3748" received|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w your|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w riches|strong="H6239"\+w*} is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" only|strong="G4133" happiness|strong="H8057" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G3748" get|strong="H3947". 
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\verseNumber{42}◄You|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} should|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" say|strong="G3004", ‘Friend|strong="H7453", let|strong="G2532" me|strong="G3004" take|strong="G1544" out|strong="G1537" that|strong="G3588" speck|strong="G2595" in|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" eye|strong="G3788"!’ when|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" notice|strong="H3045" the|strong="G1722" log|strong="G1385" in|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" own|strong="G3788" eye|strong="G3788"!/Why|strong="G4459" do|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" say|strong="G3004", ‘Friend|strong="H7453", let|strong="G2532" me|strong="G3004" take|strong="G1544" out|strong="G1537" that|strong="G3588" speck|strong="G2595" in|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" eye|strong="G3788"!’ when|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" notice|strong="H3045" the|strong="G1722" log|strong="G1385" in|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" own|strong="G3788" eye|strong="G3788"?► [RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*}, you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" hypocrite|strong="G5273"! You|strong="G4771" should|strong="G3588" first|strong="G4413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stop|strong="H2308"\+w* \+w committing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w own|strong="G3788"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w*. \+w That|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} removing|strong="H5493" the|strong="G1722" plank from|strong="G1537" your|strong="G2532" own|strong="G3788" eye|strong="G3788". Then|strong="G2532", as|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" result|strong="G1537", you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" spiritual|strong="H7307" insight|strong="H7919" you|strong="G4771" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="G2532" help|strong="H5826" others|strong="G3588" get|strong="G2532" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w faults|strong="H2399"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} specks in|strong="G1722" their|strong="G2532" eyes|strong="G3788".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" taught|strong="H3925" that|strong="G3588" what|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3004" do|strong="G2532" reflects their|strong="G2532" inner|strong="H6442" thoughts|strong="H4284". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" taught|strong="H3925" why|strong="G1063" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" necessary|strong="H2706" to|strong="G2532" obey|strong="H8085" his|strong="G2532" teaching|strong="G2980", not|strong="G2532" just|strong="G2532" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532". }
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\verseNumber{46}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w people|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w should|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w obey|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w masters|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w them|strong="G4160"\+w*}, ◄it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G5101" disgraceful|strong="H5039" that|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" your|strong="G2962" master|strong="G2962" but|strong="G1161" you|strong="G3739" do|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3756" do|strong="G4160" what|strong="G5101" I|strong="G1473" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G3739"!/why|strong="G5101" do|strong="G4160" you|strong="G3739" say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" your|strong="G2962" master|strong="G2962" but|strong="G1161" you|strong="G3739" do|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3756" do|strong="G4160" what|strong="G5101" I|strong="G1473" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G3739"?► [RHQ] 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus healed a man without going to his house because the man’s master believed that Jesus could do that. }
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\verseNumber{9}When|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* officer’s \+w friends|strong="H7453"\+w* \+w arrived|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} told|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424", he|strong="G2532" marveled|strong="G2296" at|strong="G1722" what|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w officer|strong="H5631"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w*}. Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" turned|strong="G4762" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" crowd|strong="G3793" that|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" going|strong="G2532" with|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588", “I|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210", I|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" never|strong="H3808" before|strong="G1722" found|strong="G2147" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="G3588" trusted|strong="H0982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* non-Jewish \+w man|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w does|strong="G3761"\+w*}. No|strong="G3761" one|strong="G3588" from|strong="G2532" Israel|strong="G2474", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w expect|strong="H6960"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3793"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w believe|strong="G4102"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*}, has|strong="G4102" trusted|strong="H0982" in|strong="G1722" me|strong="G3004" like|strong="H3644" he|strong="G2532" has|strong="G4102"!” 
\verseNumber{10}When|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" men|strong="G1401" returned|strong="G5290" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" officer’s house|strong="G3624", they|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" slave|strong="G1401" was|strong="G3588" well|strong="G2532". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" caused|strong="H5414" a|strong="G2532" widow’s|strong="H0490" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="G1519" become|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="G5290". }
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\verseNumber{11}Soon|strong="G1722" after|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588", Jesus|strong="G2532" went|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1096" town|strong="G4172" called|strong="G2564" Nain|strong="G3484". His|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3101" and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G1096" large|strong="G4183" crowd|strong="G3793" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w other|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3793"\+w*} went|strong="G4198" with|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{12}As|strong="G5613" they|strong="G2532" approached|strong="G1448" the|strong="G2532" town|strong="G4172" gate|strong="G4439", the|strong="G2532" corpse|strong="H5038" of|strong="G5207" a|strong="G5613" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="G2348" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" just|strong="G5613" died|strong="G2348" was|strong="G1510" being|strong="G1510" carried|strong="G2532" out|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w a|strong="G5613"\+w* stretcher} {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3793"\+w*} were|strong="G1510" carrying|strong="H5375" out|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w a|strong="G5613"\+w* stretcher} the|strong="G2532" corpse|strong="H5038" of|strong="G5207" a|strong="G5613" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="G2348" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" just|strong="G5613" died|strong="G2348"}. His|strong="G3708" mother|strong="G3384" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G5613" widow|strong="G5503", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" her|strong="G3708" only|strong="G3439" son|strong="G5207". A|strong="G5613" large|strong="G2425" group|strong="G3793" of|strong="G5207" people|strong="G3793" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" town|strong="G4172" were|strong="G1510" accompanying|strong="H5973" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{13}When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" saw|strong="G3708" her|strong="G1438", he|strong="G2532" pitied|strong="H2550" her|strong="G1438". He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" her|strong="G1438", “Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" cry|strong="H7121"!” 
\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{ignoring \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w* \+w laws|strong="H8451"\+w* \+w about|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w coming|strong="G4334"\+w* \+w near|strong="G4334"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w corpse|strong="H5038"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" came|strong="G4334" close|strong="H5980" and|strong="G2532" touched|strong="H5060" the|strong="G2532" stretcher \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w which|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w body|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w lying|strong="G2476"\+w*}. So|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3495" carrying|strong="H5375" it|strong="G2532" stood|strong="G2476" still|strong="G2476". He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Young|strong="G3495" man|strong="G3495", I|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771", get|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453"!” 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3498" sat|strong="G3498" up|strong="G1325" and|strong="G2532" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="G2532" talk|strong="G2980"! Jesus|strong="G2532" returned|strong="H7725" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" mother|strong="G3384" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w care|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w for|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w her|strong="G1325"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="G2532" everyone|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*} was|strong="G3588" amazed|strong="H8539"/awestruck. They|strong="G2532" praised|strong="G1392" God|strong="G2316", saying|strong="G3004", “A|strong="G2532" great|strong="G3173" prophet|strong="G4396" has|strong="G2316" come|strong="G2532" among|strong="G1722" us|strong="G3004"!” They|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" come|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" help|strong="H5826" his|strong="G3956" people|strong="G2992"!” 
\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w*} reported|strong="H5046" what|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G1831" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*} throughout|strong="G1722" all|strong="G3956" of|strong="G4012" Judea|strong="G2449" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="G4066"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" other|strong="G3588" nearby|strong="G1722" areas|strong="H0776". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1831" taught|strong="H3925" about|strong="G4012" his|strong="G3956" ministry|strong="H5656" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" ministry|strong="H5656" of|strong="G4012" John|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Baptizer. }
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\verseNumber{18}The|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" of|strong="G4012" John|strong="G2491" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* Baptizer \+w went|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w prison|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w where|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w John|strong="G2491"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} told|strong="H5046" him|strong="G3588" about|strong="G4012" those|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3956". 
\verseNumber{19}So|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w day|strong="G3588"\+w*} John|strong="G2491" summoned|strong="G4341" two|strong="G1417" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3101"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*} to|strong="G4314" go|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" and|strong="G2532" ask|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588": “Are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w prophesied|strong="H5012"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2064"\+w*}, or|strong="G2228" is|strong="G1510" it|strong="G2532" someone|strong="G5100" else|strong="G2228" that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2532" should|strong="G5100" expect|strong="G4328" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2064"\+w*}?” 
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\verseNumber{21}At|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" very|strong="G4183" time|strong="G5610" Jesus|strong="G1565" was|strong="G3588" healing|strong="G2323" many|strong="G4183" people|strong="G4183" of|strong="G4151" their|strong="G2532" diseases|strong="G3554" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="G4183"\+w*} sicknesses|strong="G3554", he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w casting|strong="H4165"\+w* \+w out|strong="G2532"\+w*} evil|strong="G4190" spirits|strong="G4151", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" causing|strong="H7462" many|strong="G4183" blind|strong="G5185" people|strong="G4183" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="G2532" see|strong="H7200". 
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\verseNumber{23}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Also|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w John|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} is|strong="G1510" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="G1722" those|strong="G1722" who|strong="G3739" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" stop|strong="G3361" believing in|strong="G1722" me|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w expect|strong="H6960"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{24}When|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1519" men|strong="G3588" whom|strong="G5101" John|strong="G2491" had|strong="G3588" sent|strong="H7971" left|strong="G1831", Jesus|strong="G3004" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G1519" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" crowd|strong="G3793" of|strong="G4012" people|strong="G3793" about|strong="G4012" John|strong="G2491". He|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w about|strong="G4012"\+w*} what|strong="G5101" sort|strong="H3671" of|strong="G4012" person|strong="G5101" you|strong="G3004" went|strong="G1831" to|strong="G1519" see|strong="G2300" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" desolate|strong="G2048" area|strong="H1508" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w went|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w there|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w see|strong="G2300"\+w* \+w John|strong="G2491"\+w*} [RHQ]. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w did|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w go|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w there|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w listen|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w man|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w constantly|strong="H8548"\+w* \+w changed|strong="H8133"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* nature \+w of|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"], \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="G4314"\+w*} a|strong="G1519" reed|strong="G2563" that|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" blown|strong="H8628" back|strong="G1519" and|strong="G1161" forth|strong="G1831" by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G1519" wind|strong="H7307" [RHQ]. 
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\verseNumber{30}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" Pharisees|strong="G5330" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" taught|strong="H3925" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} laws|strong="H8451" were|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" baptized by|strong="G5259" John|strong="G2532" {did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w let|strong="G1161"\+w*} John|strong="G2532" baptize them|strong="G3588"} because|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" rejected|strong="H3988" what|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" wanted|strong="H2654" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" do|strong="G2532". 
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\verseNumber{35}But|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w truly|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w*} children|strong="G5043" [PRS] realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w John|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w truly|strong="H3588"\+w*} wise|strong="H2450".” 

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\verseNumber{40}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", “Simon|strong="G4613", there|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" something|strong="G5100" I|strong="G2532" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="G4314" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)}.” He|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004", “Teacher|strong="G1320", what|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" it|strong="G2532"?” 
\verseNumber{41}Jesus|strong="G1510" replied|strong="H0559", “Two|strong="G1417" people|strong="G1510" owed|strong="G3784" some|strong="G5100" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="G5100" a|strong="G1510" man|strong="G5100" who|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{earned \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1520"\+w*} lending|strong="H5383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w to|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w others|strong="G2087"\+w*}. One|strong="G1520" owed|strong="G3784" him|strong="G3588" 500 silver|strong="H3701" coins, and|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" other|strong="G2087" owed|strong="G3784" him|strong="G3588" 50 silver|strong="H3701" coins. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The list of women who helped Jesus. }
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\chapterNumber{8}Soon|strong="G1722" after|strong="G2596" that|strong="G3588", Jesus|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532", along|strong="G4862" with|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1722" twelve|strong="G1427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*}, through|strong="G1722" various|strong="G2596" cities|strong="G4172" and|strong="G2532" villages|strong="G2968". As|strong="G1722" they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532", he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" telling|strong="H1696" people|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" good|strong="G2097" message|strong="H1697" about|strong="G2596" how|strong="G2596" God|strong="G2316" wants|strong="H2656" ◄to|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" complete|strong="H3617" control|strong="H3027"/to|strong="G2532" rule|strong="H4910"► [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w over|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G2532" story|strong="H4605" about|strong="G3588" four|strong="H0702" different|strong="G2087" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="G1537" soil|strong="H0127". }
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\verseNumber{4}A|strong="G2532" large|strong="G4183" crowd|strong="G3793" of|strong="G1223" people|strong="G3793" came|strong="G2532" to|strong="G4314" Jesus|strong="G3004" from|strong="G2532" many|strong="G4183" towns|strong="G4172". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588" this|strong="G3588" parable|strong="G3850": 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" explained|strong="H0560" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" story|strong="H4605" represented different|strong="G2087" ways|strong="H1870" people|strong="G4160" respond|strong="H6030" to|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" teaching|strong="H8451". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1510" explained|strong="H0560" the|strong="G1722" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="G2532" make|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1722" truth|strong="H0571" clear|strong="H5352" to|strong="G2532" others|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{16}“After|strong="G1161" people|strong="G3588" light|strong="G5457" a|strong="G1909" lamp|strong="G3088", they|strong="G1161" do|strong="G2228" not|strong="G3762" cover|strong="G2572" it|strong="G1161" with|strong="G1909" a|strong="G1909" basket|strong="H5536" or|strong="G2228" put|strong="G5087" it|strong="G1161" under|strong="G5270" a|strong="G1909" bed|strong="G2825". Instead|strong="G1161", they|strong="G1161" put|strong="G5087" it|strong="G1161" on|strong="G1909" a|strong="G1909" lampstand|strong="G3087", so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" enter|strong="G1531" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*} can|strong="H4310" see|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w things|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w from|strong="G3588"\+w*} its|strong="H3605" light|strong="G5457" [MET|strong="H6298"]. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Similarly|strong="H2088"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w must|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w truth|strong="H0571"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w others|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w so|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w can|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w can|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="G1325" that|strong="G3739" some|strong="G3739" people|strong="G3767" are|strong="G3739" as|strong="G2532" dear|strong="H3357" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G1325" as|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2192" own|strong="H1961" relatives|strong="H0251". }
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\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w day|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Jesus’|strong="G3384"\+w*} mother|strong="G3384" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1223" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" came|strong="G3854" to|strong="G4314" see|strong="H7200" him|strong="G3588", but|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" could|strong="G1410" not|strong="G3756" get|strong="G4940" near|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588" because|strong="G1223" there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" large|strong="H1419" crowd|strong="G3793" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w around|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{20}Someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="G3588", “Your|strong="G2532" mother|strong="G3384" and|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" are|strong="G3588" standing|strong="G2476" outside|strong="G1854", wanting|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" you|strong="G4771".” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" calmed|strong="H2814" a|strong="G2532" storm|strong="H2230". }
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\verseNumber{22}One|strong="G1520" day|strong="G2250" Jesus|strong="G3004" got|strong="G1684" into|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1096" boat|strong="G4143" with|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1438" disciples|strong="G3101". He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588", “Let’s|strong="H1980" go|strong="G1330" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w around|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w*} the|strong="G1722" other|strong="G4008" side|strong="G4008" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G1722" lake|strong="G3041".” So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" started|strong="G1096" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G1330". 
\verseNumber{23}As|strong="G1519" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" sailing|strong="G4126", he|strong="G2532" fell|strong="G2597" asleep|strong="H3463". A|strong="G2532" big|strong="H0931" windstorm|strong="G2978" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="G2532" lake|strong="G3041". Soon|strong="H3512" the|strong="G2532" boat|strong="H0590" was|strong="G3588" filling|strong="H4390" with|strong="G2532" water|strong="H4325", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1519" danger|strong="G2793". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" expelled|strong="H3423" many|strong="H7227" demons|strong="H7700" from|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3778". }
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\verseNumber{28-29}Many|strong="H7227" times|strong="H6471" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w demons|strong="H7700"\+w*} attacked|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5414". He|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" guarded|strong="H8104" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w People|strong="H5971"\+w*} tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H0413" guard|strong="H2876" him|strong="H5414"} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w he|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w would|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w injure|strong="H7463"\+w* \+w others|strong="H0312"\+w*}. Chains|strong="H8333" were|strong="H0834" fastened|strong="H8628" {They|strong="H1992" fastened|strong="H8628" chains|strong="H8333"} on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3967" shackles|strong="H4147" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" feet|strong="H7272", but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0014" break|strong="H7665" the|strong="H3605" chains|strong="H8333" and|strong="H3967" shackles|strong="H4147". Then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H1961" sent|strong="H7971" away|strong="H5493" by|strong="H0801" the|strong="H3605" demons|strong="H7700" {the|strong="H3605" demons|strong="H7700" would|strong="H0014" send|strong="H7971" him|strong="H5414" away|strong="H5493"} to|strong="H0413" some|strong="H4480" desolate|strong="H8074" area|strong="H1508". 
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When|strong="H3588" Jesus stepped|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" boat|strong="H0590" onto|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" shore|strong="H8193", the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" saw|strong="H7200" him|strong="H5414". He|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ran|strong="H7323"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* Jesus} and|strong="H3967" prostrated|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H5315" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H5414". Then|strong="H0227" Jesus commanded|strong="H6680", “You|strong="H0859" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307", come|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H0834" man|strong="H0376"!” But|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w leave|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w immediately|strong="H6965"\+w*. \+w Instead|strong="H8478"\+w*, \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w*} caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0413" shout|strong="H7321" very|strong="H3966" loudly|strong="H6963", “Jesus, Son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" God|strong="H0430" in|strong="H0935" heaven|strong="H8064", since|strong="H3588" we|strong="H0587" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(inc)} have|strong="H1961" nothing|strong="H3808" in|strong="H0935" common|strong="H1121", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leave|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w me|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w alone|strong="H0905"\+w*} [RHQ]! I|strong="H0589" beg|strong="H7592" you|strong="H0859", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" torture me|strong="H0413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H6258"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{30}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w In|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w expel|strong="H1644"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w demon|strong="G1140"\+w* \+w more|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w easily|strong="H4592"\+w*}, Jesus|strong="G2424" asked|strong="G1905" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w demon|strong="G1140"\+w*}, “What|strong="G5101" is|strong="G1510" your|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} name|strong="G3686"?” He|strong="G1161" replied|strong="G3004", “My|strong="G1525" name|strong="G3686" is|strong="G1510" Crowd|strong="H1995"/Mob.” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*} because|strong="G3754" many|strong="G4183" demons|strong="G1140" had|strong="G2424" entered|strong="G1525" that|strong="G3754" man|strong="G5101". 
\verseNumber{31}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w demons|strong="H7700"\+w*} kept|strong="G2532" begging|strong="G3870" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*} that|strong="G2443" he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" command|strong="G2004" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G1519" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" deep|strong="H8415" place|strong="H4725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w punishes|strong="H7489"\+w* \+w demons|strong="H7700"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{32}There|strong="G1563" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" large|strong="G2425" herd|strong="H1241" of|strong="G2532" pigs|strong="G5519" ◄grazing|strong="H7462"/rooting for|strong="G1519" food|strong="H3899"► on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" hillside|strong="H6763". The|strong="G1722" demons|strong="H7700" begged|strong="G3870" Jesus|strong="G1565" that|strong="G2443" he|strong="G2532" allow|strong="G2010" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" enter|strong="G1525" the|strong="G1722" pigs|strong="G5519". So|strong="G2443" he|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{33}The|strong="G2532" demons|strong="G1140" left|strong="G1831" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G1519" and|strong="G2532" entered|strong="G1525" the|strong="G2532" pigs|strong="G5519". Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" herd|strong="H1241" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w pigs|strong="G5519"\+w*} rushed|strong="G3729" down|strong="G2596" the|strong="G2532" steep|strong="G2911" bank|strong="G2911" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" lake|strong="G3041" and|strong="G2532" drowned|strong="H2883". 
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\verseNumber{34}When|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" taking|strong="G1096" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" pigs saw|strong="G3708" what|strong="G3588" happened|strong="G1096", they|strong="G2532" ran|strong="G5343"! They|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" people|strong="G3588" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="G2532" town|strong="G4172" and|strong="G2532" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="G2532" town|strong="G4172" what|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" happened|strong="G1096". 
\verseNumber{35}So|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3588" went|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" to|strong="G4314" see|strong="G3708" what|strong="G3739" had|strong="G2424" happened|strong="G1096". When|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" where|strong="G3739" Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G1096", they|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3739" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3739" from|strong="G3844" whom|strong="G3739" Jesus|strong="G2424" had|strong="G2424" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w expelled|strong="H3423"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" demons|strong="G1140" was|strong="G1096" sitting|strong="G2521" at|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" feet|strong="G4228" of|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w listening|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2424" clothes|strong="H0899" on|strong="G1161", and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3708" mind|strong="G4993" was|strong="G1096" normal|strong="H0386" again|strong="G2532". Then|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3588" became|strong="G1096" afraid|strong="G5399" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w thought|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w would|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w destroy|strong="H7843"\+w* \+w more|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w property|strong="H0272"\+w*} (OR|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w realized|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w must|strong="G5399"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w very|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w powerful|strong="H2392"\+w*}). 
\verseNumber{36}The|strong="G1161" people|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G3588" seen|strong="G3708" what|strong="G3588" happened|strong="G3588" told|strong="H5046" those|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w just|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w arrived|strong="H0935"\+w*} how|strong="G4459" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Jesus} had|strong="G3588" healed|strong="G4982" the|strong="G1161" man|strong="G1139" whom|strong="G3588" demons|strong="H7700" were|strong="G3588" controlling \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{37}Then|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="G4128"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} many|strong="H7227" other|strong="G1161" people|strong="G4128" [HYP] from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" area|strong="H1508" near|strong="G1519" Gerasa asked|strong="G2065" Jesus|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" leave|strong="H5800" their|strong="G2532" area|strong="H1508". They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" very|strong="G2532" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w else|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}. So|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*} got|strong="G1684" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" boat|strong="G4143" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G1519" back|strong="G5290" across|strong="H5676" the|strong="G2532" lake. 
\verseNumber{38}The|strong="G1161" man|strong="G3739" from|strong="G1831" whom|strong="G3739" he|strong="G1161" had|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w expelled|strong="H3423"\+w*} the|strong="G1161" demons|strong="G1140" begged|strong="G1189" him|strong="G3588" saying|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Please|strong="G1189"\+w*}, let|strong="G1161" me|strong="G3004" go|strong="G1831" with|strong="G4862" you|strong="G3739"!” But|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w refused|strong="H3985"\+w*. \+w Instead|strong="G1161"\+w*}, he|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", 
\verseNumber{39}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w No|strong="G2532"\+w*}, go|strong="G1519" home|strong="G3624" and|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G1334" people|strong="G4160" how|strong="G3745" much|strong="G3745" God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" done|strong="G4160" for|strong="G1519" you|strong="G4771"!” Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2316" him|strong="G3588" away|strong="G5290". So|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G1519" went|strong="G2424" away|strong="G5290" and|strong="G2532" told|strong="G1334" people|strong="G4160" throughout|strong="G2596" the|strong="G2532" nearby|strong="H7138" town|strong="G4172" how|strong="G3745" much|strong="G3745" Jesus|strong="G2424" had|strong="G2424" done|strong="G4160" for|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2424" caused|strong="G4160" a|strong="G2532" young|strong="H5288" girl|strong="H5291" to|strong="G1519" become|strong="G4160" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="G5290", and|strong="G2532" healed|strong="H7495" a|strong="G2532" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2424" been|strong="G2532" bleeding for|strong="G1519" years|strong="H8141". }
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\verseNumber{40}When|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G1510"\+w*} returned|strong="G5290" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1722"\+w* Capernaum}, a|strong="G1096" crowd|strong="G3793" of|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3793" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2424" been|strong="G1510" waiting|strong="G4328" for|strong="G1063" him|strong="G3588" welcomed|strong="H8085" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{41}Just|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3739" named|strong="G3686" Jairus|strong="G2383", who|strong="G3739" was|strong="G3588" one|strong="G3739" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" leaders|strong="H7218" ◄of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" synagogue|strong="G4864"/of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="H3064" meeting|strong="H4150" place|strong="G3739"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*}, came|strong="G2064" near|strong="G1519" and|strong="G2532" prostrated|strong="H7812" himself|strong="G1519" at|strong="G1519" Jesus’|strong="G2424" feet|strong="G4228". He|strong="G2532" pleaded|strong="G3870" with|strong="G3844" Jesus|strong="G2424", “Please|strong="H4994" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" my|strong="G3708" house|strong="G3624" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w heal|strong="H7495"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w daughter|strong="H1323"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{42}my|strong="G1722" only|strong="G3439" daughter|strong="G2364", who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" about|strong="G5613" twelve|strong="G1427" years|strong="G2094" old|strong="G2094", because|strong="G3754" she|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" dying|strong="H0006"!” 
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As|strong="G5613" Jesus|strong="G1510" went|strong="G2532" with|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588", many|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3793" crowded|strong="H6950" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G1510". 
\verseNumber{43}Then|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" woman|strong="G1135" came|strong="G2532" near|strong="G1722". She|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" suffering|strong="G1510" from|strong="G2532" constant|strong="H2956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{vaginal} [EUP] bleeding for|strong="G1722" twelve|strong="G1427" years|strong="G2094", but|strong="G2532" she|strong="G2532" could|strong="G2480" not|strong="G3756" be|strong="G1510" healed|strong="G2323" by|strong="G1722" anyone|strong="G3762" {no|strong="G3756" one|strong="G3762" could|strong="G2480" heal|strong="G2323" her|strong="G3588"}. 
\verseNumber{44}She|strong="G2532" came|strong="G4334" behind|strong="G3693" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" touched|strong="H5060" the|strong="G2532" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" robe|strong="G2440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w healed|strong="H7495"\+w*}. At|strong="G3588" once|strong="G3916" her|strong="G3588" bleeding stopped|strong="G2476". 
\verseNumber{45}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004", “Who|strong="G5101" touched|strong="H5060" me|strong="G1473"?” When|strong="G1161" everyone|strong="G3956" said|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2424" not|strong="G2532" touched|strong="H5060" him|strong="G3588", Peter|strong="G4074" said|strong="G3004", “Lord|strong="G3588", there|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" large|strong="H1419" crowd|strong="G3793" of|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3793" around|strong="H5439" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} and|strong="G2532" crowding|strong="G4912" against|strong="H5921" you|strong="G4771", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w any|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w might|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w touched|strong="H5060"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{46}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1097"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} someone|strong="G5100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{deliberately} touched|strong="H5060" me|strong="G1473", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1063"\+w*} my|strong="G1473" power|strong="G1411" has|strong="G5100" healed|strong="H7495" someone|strong="G5100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w touched|strong="H5060"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{47}When|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" woman|strong="G1135" realized|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3754" she|strong="G2532" could|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" prevent|strong="H6923" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*} (OR|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G2992"\+w*}) from|strong="G2064" knowing|strong="G2990" that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w she|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w healed|strong="G2390"\+w*}, her|strong="G3708" body|strong="H1320" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G2532" shake|strong="H7493". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w She|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="G5141"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w because|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w she|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w disobeyed|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w law|strong="H8451"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w a|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w woman|strong="G1135"\+w* \+w with|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w such|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w a|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w condition|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w should|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w touch|strong="H5060"\+w* \+w others|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w might|strong="G2532"\+w* scold \+w her|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w for|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*}. She|strong="G2532" prostrated|strong="H7812" herself|strong="H5315" before|strong="G1799" Jesus|strong="G2532". As|strong="G5613" the|strong="G2532" other|strong="G1161" people|strong="G2992" were|strong="G3588" listening|strong="H8085", she|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" why|strong="G1223" she|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" touched|strong="H5060" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" how|strong="G5613" she|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" healed|strong="G2390" immediately|strong="G3916". 
\verseNumber{48}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*} said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" her|strong="G1519", “◄Ma’am/My|strong="G3588" dear|strong="H3357" woman|strong="H0802"►, because|strong="G1161" you|strong="G4771" believed|strong="G3588" [PRS] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w could|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w heal|strong="H7495"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*, \+w I|strong="G1161"\+w*} have|strong="G3588" healed|strong="G4982" you|strong="G4771". Go|strong="G4198" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G1515"\+w* \+w here|strong="G1519"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w may|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w experience|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w*} peace|strong="G1515" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w within|strong="H7130"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{49}While|strong="G2980" he|strong="G3754" was|strong="G3588" still|strong="G2089" talking|strong="G2980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w her|strong="G3754"\+w*}, a|strong="G2064" man|strong="G5100" from|strong="G3844" Jairus’ house|strong="H1004" came|strong="G2064" and|strong="G2064" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" Jairus, “Your|strong="G3588" daughter|strong="G2364" has|strong="G5100" died|strong="G2348". So|strong="G3754" ◄it|strong="G3754" is|strong="G3588" useless|strong="H1892" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" bother|strong="H5060" the|strong="G3588" teacher|strong="G1320" any|strong="G5100" longer|strong="G2089" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="G3844"\+w* \+w urging|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w go|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w your|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*}!/why|strong="G3754" do|strong="G3004" you|strong="G4771" bother|strong="H5060" the|strong="G3588" teacher|strong="G1320" any|strong="G5100" longer|strong="G2089" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="G3844"\+w* \+w urging|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w go|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w your|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*}?► [RHQ]” 
\verseNumber{50}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G1161" to|strong="G2532" Jairus, “Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="G3588" there|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" nothing|strong="G3361" more|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" can|strong="H4310" be|strong="G2532" done|strong="G3361". Just|strong="G2532" believe|strong="G4100" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w can|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w her|strong="G3588"\+w*. \+w If|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4982"\+w*(sg) \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*}, she|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" live|strong="G2532" again|strong="G2532".” 
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\verseNumber{52}All|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*} were|strong="G3588" crying|strong="G2799" and|strong="G2532" beating|strong="H8608" their|strong="G1438" chests|strong="H5458" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w sad|strong="H7451"\+w*}. But|strong="G1161", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w knowing|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w cause|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w girl|strong="H5291"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w live|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w again|strong="G2532"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “Stop|strong="G3361" crying|strong="G2799"! She|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" dead|strong="H4191"! She|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w just|strong="G2532"\+w*} sleeping|strong="G2518" [MET|strong="H6298"]!” 
\verseNumber{53}The|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1492" laughed|strong="G2606" at|strong="G2532" him|strong="G2532", because|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" knew|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w girl|strong="H5291"\+w*} was|strong="G2532" dead|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{54}But|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*} took|strong="G2902" hold|strong="G2902" of|strong="G5495" her|strong="G3588" hand|strong="G5495" and|strong="G1161" called|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" her|strong="G3588", saying|strong="G3004", “Child|strong="G3816", get|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453"!” 
\verseNumber{55}At|strong="G3588" once|strong="G3916" her|strong="G1325" spirit|strong="G4151" returned|strong="G1994" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w her|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w body|strong="H1320"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" she|strong="G2532" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="G1325". Jesus|strong="G2532" immediately|strong="G3916" said|strong="G2532", “ive her|strong="G1325" something|strong="H1697" to|strong="G2532" eat|strong="G2068"!” 
\verseNumber{56}Her|strong="G3588" parents|strong="G1118" were|strong="G3588" amazed|strong="G1839", but|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G3004" told|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3367" to|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G3004" anyone|strong="G3367" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w else|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w yet|strong="G2532"\+w*} what|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" happened|strong="G1096". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus sent out his apostles to teach and heal people. }
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\chapterNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w day|strong="G3588"\+w*} Jesus|strong="G2532" summoned|strong="G4779" his|strong="G3956" twelve|strong="G1427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{apostles}, and|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G1325" them|strong="G3588" power|strong="G1411" to|strong="G2532" expel|strong="H1644" all|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kinds|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} demons|strong="G1140" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" heal|strong="G2323" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w with|strong="G2532"\+w*} diseases|strong="G3554". He|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G1325" them|strong="G3588" authority|strong="G1849" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Before|strong="G3588"\+w*} he|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2316" them|strong="G3588" out|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" heal|strong="G2390" people|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" tell|strong="H5046" people|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w meant|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w let|strong="G2532"\+w*} God|strong="G2316" ◄rule|strong="H4910"/have|strong="G2532" complete|strong="H3617" control|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w over|strong="H5921"\+w*}► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{3}he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588", “Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3367" take|strong="G2532" things|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1519" your|strong="G2192" journey|strong="G3598". Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3367" take|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2192" walking|strong="H1980" stick|strong="H6086" or|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2192" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{traveler’s} bag|strong="G4082" or|strong="G2532" food|strong="H3899" or|strong="G2532" money|strong="H3701". Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3367" take|strong="G2532" ◄an|strong="G2192" extra shirt|strong="G5509"/extra clothes|strong="G5509"►. 
\verseNumber{4}Whenever|strong="H3605" you|strong="G3739" enter|strong="G1525" some|strong="G3739" house|strong="G3614" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w lodge|strong="H3885"\+w* \+w there|strong="G1563"\+w*}, stay|strong="G3306" in|strong="G1519" that|strong="G3739" house|strong="G3614" until|strong="G1519" you|strong="G3739" leave|strong="G1831" that|strong="G3739" town|strong="G1564". 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" left|strong="G1831" and|strong="G2532" traveled|strong="H5265" through|strong="G1330" many|strong="H7227" villages|strong="G2968". Everywhere|strong="G3837" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w went|strong="G1831"\+w*}, they|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" people|strong="G3837" God’s|strong="H0430" good|strong="G2097" message|strong="H1697" and|strong="G2532" healed|strong="G2323" sick|strong="H2470" people|strong="G3837". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Herod was|strong="G3588" uncertain about|strong="G2596" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" doing|strong="G1330" these|strong="G3588" miracles|strong="H6381". }
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\verseNumber{7}Herod|strong="G2264" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Antipas}, the|strong="G2532" ruler|strong="H4910" of|strong="G1537" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*} district|strong="H6418", heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="G3754" the|strong="G2532" things|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*} were|strong="G3588" doing|strong="G1096". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w* \+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w his|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w execute|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w John|strong="G2491"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* Baptizer, \+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w now|strong="G1161"\+w*} he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" perplexed|strong="G1280", because|strong="G3754" some|strong="G5100" people|strong="G3956" were|strong="G3588" saying|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" John|strong="G2491" had|strong="G2532" become|strong="G1096" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="G1453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w doing|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w miracles|strong="H6381"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}Others|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" saying|strong="G3754" that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="G4396"\+w*} Elijah|strong="G2243" had|strong="G3588" appeared|strong="G5316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w had|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w been|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w prophesied|strong="H5012"\+w*}. Others|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" saying|strong="G3754" that|strong="G3754" one|strong="G5100" of|strong="G5259" the|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="G1161"\+w*} former|strong="G3588" prophets|strong="G4396" had|strong="G3588" become|strong="G1161" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w miracles|strong="H6381"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="G1161" Herod|strong="G2264" said|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w cannot|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w John|strong="G2491"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w these|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3778"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1161"\+w*} I|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} cut|strong="G2532" off|strong="H3772" his|strong="G4012" head|strong="H7218". So|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w man|strong="G3778"\+w*} that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" hearing|strong="H0241" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778" about|strong="G4012"?” And|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" kept|strong="G3739" wanting|strong="H6485" to|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{10}When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" apostles returned|strong="G5290" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w traveling|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w various|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w towns|strong="G4172"\+w*}, they|strong="G2532" told|strong="G1334" Jesus|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" things|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" done|strong="G4160". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" took|strong="G3880" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" by|strong="G2596" themselves|strong="G1438" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w boat|strong="H0590"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" town|strong="G4172" called|strong="G2564" Bethsaida. 
\verseNumber{11}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" crowds|strong="G3793" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3793"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w been|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w with|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*} found|strong="G1097" out|strong="G2532" about|strong="G4012" that|strong="G3588", they|strong="G2532" followed|strong="H0310" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w*. \+w When|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w got|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" welcomed|strong="H8085" them|strong="G3588". He|strong="G2532" taught|strong="H3925" them|strong="G3588" about|strong="G4012" how|strong="G1161" God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G3588" going|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" some|strong="G3588" day|strong="G3588" ◄rule|strong="H4910" as|strong="G1161" king|strong="G3588"/have|strong="G2192" complete|strong="H3617" control|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w over|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w people’s|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*}►. He|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" healed|strong="G2390" the|strong="G2532" sick|strong="H2470" people|strong="G3793". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" fed|strong="H7462" over|strong="G4012" 5,000 people|strong="G3793" miraculously. }
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\verseNumber{12}Late|strong="H0309" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" afternoon|strong="H5186" Jesus’ twelve|strong="G1427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{apostles} came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “This|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" place|strong="G5117" where|strong="G1722" nobody|strong="H3320" lives|strong="H5315", so|strong="G2443" dismiss|strong="H6362" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3793" so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" can|strong="G3004" go|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" surrounding|strong="G2945" villages|strong="G2968" and|strong="G2532" other|strong="G1161" places|strong="G5117" where|strong="G1722" they|strong="G2532" can|strong="G3004" get|strong="G2147" some|strong="G3588" food|strong="H3899" and|strong="G2532" find|strong="G2147" places|strong="G5117" to|strong="G1519" stay|strong="H3427"!” 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w No|strong="G3756"\+w*}, you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w yourselves|strong="G1438"\+w*} give|strong="G1325" them|strong="G3588" something|strong="G4183" to|strong="G1519" eat|strong="G2068"!” They|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004", “We|strong="G2249" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc)} have|strong="G2532" only|strong="G1487" five|strong="G4002" small|strong="G1417" loaves|strong="H3899" and|strong="G2532" two|strong="G1417" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cooked|strong="H2102"\+w*} fish|strong="G2486". Are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} going|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w give|strong="G1325"\+w*} us|strong="G1325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G4198" somewhere|strong="H1481" and|strong="G2532" buy|strong="H7069" food|strong="G1033" for|strong="G1519" all|strong="G3956" these|strong="G3778" people|strong="G2992"?” 
\verseNumber{14}There|strong="G1161" were|strong="G1510" about|strong="G5616" 5,000 men|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="G1161"\+w*}. He|strong="G1161" replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G1161" disciples|strong="G3101", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w No|strong="G3588"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w just|strong="G1438"\+w*} tell|strong="G3004" the|strong="G1161" people|strong="G1510" to|strong="G4314" sit|strong="G2625" down|strong="G2625". Tell|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G4314" sit|strong="G2625" in|strong="G4314" groups|strong="G2828", with|strong="G4314" about|strong="G5616" 50 people|strong="G1510" in|strong="G4314" each|strong="G1438" group|strong="H7235".” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{After|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G2532" expressed|strong="H5344" his|strong="G3956" belief|strong="H1697" that|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" Messiah|strong="H4899", Jesus|strong="G2532" predicted|strong="H1696" his|strong="G3956" own|strong="H1961" death|strong="H4194" and|strong="G2532" resurrection. }
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\verseNumber{18}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w day|strong="G3588"\+w*} Jesus|strong="G3004" was|strong="G1510" praying|strong="G4336" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1096" place|strong="G1096" where|strong="G1722" only|strong="G3441" the|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G3101" were|strong="G1510" with|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588". He|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G1905" them|strong="G3588", “The|strong="G1722" crowds|strong="G3793" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3793"\+w*}, who|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" they|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w really|strong="H2088"\+w*} am|strong="G1510"?” 
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\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" all|strong="G3956" of|strong="G2250" them|strong="G3588", “If|strong="G1487" any|strong="G5100" one|strong="G5100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w*} wants|strong="G2309" to|strong="G4314" be|strong="G2532" my|strong="G3956" disciple|strong="G3004", you|strong="G1487" must|strong="G5100" not|strong="G2309" do|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="G1487"\+w*} what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G1487" yourself|strong="G1438" desire|strong="G2309" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Specifically|strong="H0559"\+w*}, you|strong="G1487" must|strong="G5100" be|strong="G2532" willing|strong="G2309" each|strong="G2596" day|strong="G2250" [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w let|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w others|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w hurt|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w disgrace|strong="H3639"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w*. \+w That|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w like|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w done|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w criminals|strong="H5766"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w forced|strong="H4522"\+w*} to|strong="G4314" carry|strong="H5375" [MET|strong="H6298"] crosses|strong="G4716" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w place|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w where|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w executed|strong="H6213"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w anyone|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w wants|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w*} be|strong="G2532" my|strong="G3956" disciple|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w must|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" talked|strong="H1696" with|strong="G2316" Moses|strong="G3708" and|strong="G1161" Elijah|strong="H0452". }
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\verseNumber{36}After|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} [MTY/EUP] finished|strong="G1096" saying|strong="H0559" that|strong="G3739", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w three|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*} saw|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3739" only|strong="G3441" Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G1096" there|strong="G2532". They|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3762" tell|strong="H5046" anyone|strong="G3762" what|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2424" seen|strong="G3708" until|strong="G2532" much|strong="H7227" later|strong="H0310". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2424" expelled|strong="H3423" a|strong="G1096" demon from|strong="G2532" a|strong="G1096" boy|strong="H5288". }
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\verseNumber{37}The|strong="G1161" next|strong="G1836" day|strong="G2250", after|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" had|strong="G3588" come|strong="G1096" down|strong="G2718" from|strong="G2718" the|strong="G1161" mountain|strong="G3735", a|strong="G1096" large|strong="G4183" crowd|strong="G3793" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3793"\+w*} met|strong="G4876" Jesus|strong="G3793". 
\verseNumber{38}Then|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5207" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793" exclaimed|strong="G3004", “Teacher|strong="G1320", I|strong="G1473" plead|strong="H7378" with|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w something|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w*} my|strong="G3708" son|strong="G5207"! He|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" my|strong="G3708" only|strong="G3439" child|strong="G5207"! 
\verseNumber{39}At|strong="G2532" various|strong="H2921" times|strong="H6471" an|strong="G2532" evil|strong="G2532" spirit|strong="G4151" suddenly|strong="G1810" seizes|strong="G2983" him|strong="G3708" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w causes|strong="H5414"\+w*} him|strong="G3708" to|strong="G2532" scream. The|strong="G2532" evil|strong="G2532" spirit|strong="G4151" shakes|strong="H7493" him|strong="G3708" violently|strong="H3966" and|strong="G2532" causes|strong="H5414" him|strong="G3708" to|strong="G2532" foam|strong="H7110" at|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" mouth|strong="H6310". It|strong="G2532" does|strong="G2983" not|strong="G2532" leave|strong="H5800" until|strong="G2532" my|strong="G3708" child|strong="H3206" is|strong="G2532" completely|strong="H3617" exhausted|strong="H6296". 
\verseNumber{40}I|strong="G2532" pleaded|strong="H7378" with|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w here|strong="H6311"\+w*} for|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2443" expel|strong="H1644" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w evil|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w spirit|strong="G3588"\+w*}, but|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G2443" do|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532"!” 
\verseNumber{41}Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w saying|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w everyone|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w gathered|strong="H6960"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*}, “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w seen|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w how|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w*} do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G1510" believe|strong="H0539" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w can|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w anything|strong="G2193"\+w*}. What|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w think|strong="H2803"\+w*} is|strong="G1510" perverted|strong="G1294"! How|strong="G2193" long|strong="G2193" must|strong="G1510" I|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" with|strong="G4314" you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w*} [RHQ]? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w How|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w long|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w must|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w*} endure|strong="H5975" your|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lack|strong="H2637"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w faith|strong="H0539"\+w*}?” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w boy’s|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w father|strong="H0001"\+w*}, “Bring|strong="G4317" your|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} son|strong="G5207" here|strong="G5602" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{42}While|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" bringing|strong="H0935" the|strong="G2532" boy|strong="G3816" to|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424", the|strong="G2532" demon|strong="G1140" attacked|strong="H5221" the|strong="G2532" boy|strong="G3816", threw|strong="G4952" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" ground|strong="H0776", and|strong="G2532" shook|strong="G4952" him|strong="G3588" severely|strong="H5953". But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" rebuked|strong="G2008" the|strong="G2532" evil|strong="G2532" spirit|strong="G4151" and|strong="G2532" healed|strong="G2390" the|strong="G2532" boy|strong="G3816". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" returned|strong="H7725" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" father’s|strong="G3962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w care|strong="H3027"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{43}All|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" people|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="G1161"\+w*} were|strong="G3588" amazed|strong="G2296" at|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3956" great|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w power|strong="G3168"\+w*} of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" predicted|strong="H1696" his|strong="G3956" arrest. }
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While|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" were|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3956" amazed|strong="G2296" at|strong="G1909" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" miracles|strong="H6381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*} was|strong="G3588" doing|strong="G4160", he|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" his|strong="G3956" disciples|strong="G3101", 
\verseNumber{44}“Think|strong="H2803" carefully|strong="H6213" [MTY] about|strong="G3195" what|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1063" am|strong="G3195" about|strong="G3195" to|strong="G1519" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="G5210": \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Even|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w though|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w am|strong="G3195"\+w*} the|strong="G1519" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" came|strong="G3588" from|strong="G3588" heaven|strong="H8064", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3195"\+w* \+w soon|strong="H3512"\+w*} be|strong="G3195" handed|strong="G3860" over|strong="G3860" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" authorities|strong="H7984" (OR|strong="G3588", my|strong="G5087" enemies|strong="H0341") {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w*} is|strong="G3588" about|strong="G3195" to|strong="G1519" enable|strong="H7980" [MTY] my|strong="G5087" enemies|strong="H0341" to|strong="G1519" seize|strong="H0962" me|strong="G5087"}.” 
\verseNumber{45}But|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G1510"\+w*} did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" understand|strong="H0995" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" saying|strong="G4487"; \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} prevented|strong="G3361" them|strong="G3588" from|strong="G2532" understanding|strong="H8394" it|strong="G2532", so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" know|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w yet|strong="G2532"\+w*} what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" meant|strong="G1510". And|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" afraid|strong="G5399" to|strong="G2443" ask|strong="G2065" him|strong="G3588" about|strong="G4012" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w said|strong="G1161"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1510" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="G4012" disciples|strong="G1510" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" really|strong="H2088" great|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2532" God’s|strong="H0430" sight|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{46}The|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G1510" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G1722" argue|strong="H3198" among|strong="G1722" themselves|strong="G1722" about|strong="G1722" which|strong="G3588" one|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588" would|strong="G5101" be|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1722" greatest|strong="G3173" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w became|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w king|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{47}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" perceived|strong="H3045" what|strong="G3588" they|strong="G1161" were|strong="G3588" thinking|strong="G1261". So|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" brought|strong="G1161" a|strong="G3708" young|strong="H5288" child|strong="G3813" to|strong="G1161" his|strong="G1438" side|strong="G3844". 
\verseNumber{48}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G1510"\+w*}, “Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739", because|strong="G1063" they|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w love|strong="H0157"\+w*} me|strong="G1473", (OR|strong="G2532", because|strong="G1063" they|strong="G2532" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="G2532" behave|strong="H6213" like|strong="H3644" me|strong="G1473") welcome|strong="G1209" a|strong="G2532" little|strong="G3398" child|strong="G3813" ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} this|strong="G3778" one|strong="G3739"/\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G1722"\+w*} I|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w would|strong="G2532"\+w*}► [MTY], \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w considers|strong="H7919"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G1510" welcoming me|strong="G1473". And|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" welcome|strong="G1209" me|strong="G1473", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w considers|strong="H7919"\+w*} that|strong="G3739" [MET|strong="H6298"] they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G1510" welcoming him|strong="G3588", the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" sent|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473". Remember|strong="H2142" that|strong="G3739" those|strong="G3588" among|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210" who|strong="G3739" think|strong="H2803" of|strong="G2532" themselves|strong="G3778" as|strong="G1722" being|strong="G1510" very|strong="G2532" unimportant will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1722" ones|strong="G3398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whom|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w considers|strong="H7919"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" great|strong="G3173".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" told|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588" not|strong="G1510" to|strong="G2532" forbid|strong="H2486" others|strong="G3588" from|strong="G2532" expelling demons|strong="H7700". }
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\verseNumber{49}John|strong="G2491" replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*}, “Master|strong="G1988", we|strong="G2249" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc)} saw|strong="G3708" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5100" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" expelling demons|strong="G1140", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w claiming|strong="G3004"\+w*} that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w*} authority|strong="H3027" from|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" [MTY] to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754". So|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249" told|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" stop|strong="G2967" doing|strong="H6213" it|strong="G2532", because|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" one|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2532" us|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{50}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w other|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G1510"\+w*}, “Do|strong="G3004" not|strong="G3756" tell|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3739" not|strong="G3756" to|strong="G4314" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w*}! Remember|strong="H2142" that|strong="G3739" those|strong="G1161" who|strong="G3739" are|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" opposing you|strong="G5210" are|strong="G1510" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="G4314" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w achieve|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w same|strong="G3739"\+w* goals \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w*} you|strong="G5210" are|strong="G1510"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{People|strong="G1510" in|strong="G2596" a|strong="G1510" Samaritan town|strong="H7151" refused|strong="G3756" to|strong="G4314" welcome|strong="H6923" Jesus|strong="G2424". }
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\verseNumber{51}When|strong="G1161" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" almost|strong="H4592" time|strong="G2250" for|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" take|strong="G1096" Jesus|strong="G2532" up|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" heaven|strong="H8064", he|strong="G2532" firmly|strong="H2388" resolved|strong="H0559" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419". 
\verseNumber{52}He|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2532" some|strong="G5613" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G4198" ahead|strong="G4253" of|strong="G2532" him|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" entered|strong="G1525" a|strong="G5613" village|strong="G2968" in|strong="G1519" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" prepare|strong="G2090" for|strong="G1519" him|strong="G2532" [SYN] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w go|strong="G4198"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{53}But|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Samaritans|strong="H8118"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jews|strong="H3064"\+w* \+w because|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* insisting \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w necessary|strong="H2706"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w go|strong="G4198"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*. \+w So|strong="G2532"\+w*}, because|strong="G3754" Jesus|strong="G1510" had|strong="G2532" firmly|strong="H2388" resolved|strong="H0559" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", they|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" let|strong="G1510" him|strong="G3588" come|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w village|strong="H1949"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{54}When|strong="G1161" two|strong="G2597" of|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1438" disciples|strong="G3101", James|strong="G2385" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491", heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588", they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Lord|strong="G2962", do|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} want|strong="G2309" us|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc)} to|strong="G2532" pray|strong="H6419" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} will|strong="G2309" send|strong="H7971" fire|strong="G4442" down|strong="G2597" from|strong="G2597" heaven|strong="G3772", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w Elijah|strong="H0452"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w long|strong="H0753"\+w* \+w ago|strong="H7350"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" destroy|strong="H7843" those|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3004"?” 
\verseNumber{55}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G4762" turned|strong="G4762" and|strong="G1161" rebuked|strong="G2008" them|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w saying|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="G1161"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{56}So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" different|strong="G2087" village|strong="G2968". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" three|strong="H7969" people|strong="H5971" what|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" cost|strong="H4242" them|strong="G2532" if|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" became|strong="H3205" his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="H3928". }
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\verseNumber{57}As|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G3004" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" walking|strong="G4198" along|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" road|strong="G3598", one|strong="G5100" man|strong="G5100" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", “I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" go|strong="G4198" with|strong="G1722" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} wherever|strong="G3699" you|strong="G4771" go|strong="G4198"!” 
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\verseNumber{59}Jesus|strong="G3004" told|strong="G3004" another|strong="G2087" man|strong="G4413", “Come|strong="H0935" with|strong="G4314" me|strong="G1473"!” But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" man|strong="G4413" said|strong="G3004", “Lord|strong="G2962"/Sir|strong="G2962", let|strong="G1161" me|strong="G1473" go|strong="G2010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w home|strong="H1004"\+w*} first|strong="G4413". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="G1161"\+w*} my|strong="G1473" father|strong="G3962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w dies|strong="H4191"\+w*} I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2962" bury|strong="G2290" him|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w then|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w come|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w with|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{61}Someone|strong="G2087" else|strong="G2087" said|strong="G3004", “Lord|strong="G2962", I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2532" with|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" and|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2962" disciple|strong="G3004", but|strong="G1161" first|strong="G4413" let|strong="G1161" me|strong="G1473" go|strong="G2010" home|strong="G3624" to|strong="G1519" say|strong="G3004" goodbye to|strong="G1519" my|strong="G1473" relatives|strong="H0251".” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus instructed 72 other disciples before sending them out. }
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\chapterNumber{10}After|strong="G3326" that|strong="G3588", the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2532" appointed|strong="H4150" 72 other|strong="G2087" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3956"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w prepared|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w*} send|strong="H7971" them|strong="G3588" out|strong="G2532", two-by-two, to|strong="G1519" every|strong="G3956" town|strong="G4172" and|strong="G2532" village|strong="H1949" where|strong="G3757" he|strong="G2532" [SYN] intended|strong="H1819" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G2064". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" warned|strong="H2094" the|strong="G1722" unbelievers in|strong="G1722" three|strong="H7969" towns|strong="G4172". }
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\verseNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w said|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*, “\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w consider|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*} are|strong="G3588" listening|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473", and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" reject|strong="H3988" your|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*} are|strong="G3588" rejecting me|strong="G1473". And|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w consider|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" reject|strong="H3988" me|strong="G1473" are|strong="G3588" rejecting \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*}, the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" sent|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" commented on|strong="G1161" their|strong="G2532" ministry|strong="H5656" after|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" 72 returned|strong="H7725". }
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\verseNumber{17}The|strong="G1722" 72 \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w whom|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w appointed|strong="H4150"\+w* \+w went|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w told|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*}. When|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" returned|strong="G5290", they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" very|strong="G2532" joyful|strong="G5479". They|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Lord|strong="G2962", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="G2249"\+w*(exc) \+w told|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w*}! Demons|strong="G1140" also|strong="G2532" obeyed|strong="H8085" us|strong="G3004" when|strong="G1161" by|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} authority|strong="H3027" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="G2249"\+w* \+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w leave|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{18}Jesus|strong="G3004" replied|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w demons|strong="H7700"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w obeying|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w had|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w enabled|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w defeat|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w it|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w as|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w though|strong="G5613"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] I|strong="G1161" saw|strong="G2334" Satan|strong="G4567" fall|strong="G4098" from|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="G3772" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w suddenly|strong="H6597"\+w* \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w quickly|strong="H4116"\+w*} as|strong="G5613" lightning|strong="H1300" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w strikes|strong="H5221"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{19}Listen|strong="G2400"! I|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" given|strong="G1325" you|strong="G5210" authority|strong="G1849" so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" if|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" oppose|strong="H7853" evil|strong="G2532" spirits|strong="H7307" [MET|strong="G3708"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w hurt|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*}. I|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" given|strong="G1325" you|strong="G5210" authority|strong="G1849" to|strong="G2532" defeat|strong="H5221" our|strong="G2532" enemy|strong="G2190", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Satan|strong="H7854"\+w*}. Nothing|strong="G3762" shall|strong="G2532" hurt|strong="H7451" you|strong="G5210". 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w although|strong="G1161"\+w*} you|strong="G5210" can|strong="H4310" rejoice|strong="G5463" that|strong="G3754" evil|strong="H7451" spirits|strong="G4151" obey|strong="H8085" you|strong="G5210", you|strong="G5210" should|strong="G3588" rejoice|strong="G5463" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w more|strong="G1161"\+w*} that|strong="G3754" your|strong="G1722" names|strong="G3686" have|strong="G3748" been|strong="G3361" written|strong="G1449" {that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3361"\+w*} has|strong="G3778" written|strong="G1449" your|strong="G1722" names|strong="G3686"} in|strong="G1722" heaven|strong="G3772", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w be|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w with|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w forever|strong="H5769"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{21}At|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3754" time|strong="G5610" the|strong="G1722" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" caused|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" very|strong="G2532" happy|strong="H0835". He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Father|strong="G3962", you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w everything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w*} heaven|strong="G3772" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="G1722"\+w*} the|strong="G1722" earth|strong="G1093"! Some|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w*} wise|strong="G4680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G3754"\+w*} they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" well-educated. But|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" thank|strong="G1843" you|strong="G4771" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2532" prevented|strong="H6923" them|strong="G3588" from|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w knowing|strong="H3045"\+w*} these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Instead|strong="H8478"\+w*}, you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2532" revealed|strong="H1540" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w accept|strong="H7521"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w truth|strong="G3483"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1722"\+w* readily} [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G1722"\+w*} little|strong="H4592" children|strong="G3516" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="G1096"\+w*}. Yes|strong="G3483", Father|strong="G3962", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w done|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*} because|strong="G3754" it|strong="G2532" seemed|strong="H5869" good|strong="G2107" to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G1096"\+w*} so|strong="G3779".” 
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\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="G2532" when|strong="G2532" Jesus’ disciples|strong="G3101" were|strong="G3588" alone|strong="G2398" with|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" turned|strong="G4762" toward|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} is|strong="G3588" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="G4314" you|strong="G3739" [SYN] who|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2532" seen|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w I|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}! 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" taught|strong="H3925" that|strong="G3754" we|strong="G3739" must|strong="H4191" show|strong="H7200" our|strong="G2532" love|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2532" everyone|strong="G3739", even|strong="G2532" ones|strong="G3748" we|strong="G3739" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" like|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2532" associate|strong="H0935" with|strong="G2532". }
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\verseNumber{25}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w as|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w was|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w teaching|strong="H8451"\+w* \+w people|strong="G4160"\+w*}, a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5100" was|strong="G2532" there|strong="G2532" who|strong="G5101" had|strong="G2532" studied|strong="H1875" carefully|strong="H6213" the|strong="G2532" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w gave|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="G3708"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="G2532" ask|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G3004" a|strong="G2532" difficult|strong="H6381" question|strong="H1697". So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" stood|strong="G2532" up|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G3004", “Teacher|strong="G1320", what|strong="G5101" shall|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160" in|strong="G2532" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="G2532" live|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} forever|strong="H5769"?” 
\verseNumber{26}Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", “You|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} have|strong="G5101" read|strong="G1125" [RHQ] what|strong="G5101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*} has|strong="G5101" written|strong="G1125" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" laws|strong="G3551" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w gave|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}. What|strong="G5101" did|strong="G5101" Moses|strong="H4872" write|strong="G1125" about|strong="G1722" living|strong="H2416" forever|strong="H5769"?” 
\verseNumber{27}The|strong="G1722" man|strong="G2588" replied|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wrote|strong="H3789"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} we|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(inc)} must|strong="G3588" love|strong="H0157" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" our|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w must|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} by|strong="G1722" what|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2532" feel|strong="H4184" and|strong="G2532" by|strong="G1722" what|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" by|strong="G1722" what|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2532" think|strong="H2803". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="G2532"\+w*} also|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wrote|strong="H3789"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w must|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w love|strong="H0157"\+w*} people|strong="G5590" that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" contact|strong="H0935" with|strong="G1722" as|strong="G5613" much|strong="H7227" as|strong="G5613" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w love|strong="H0157"\+w*} ourselves|strong="H0587".” 
\verseNumber{28}Jesus|strong="G3004" replied|strong="G3004", “You|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} have|strong="G2532" answered|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w question|strong="H1697"\+w*} correctly|strong="G3723". If|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3004" do|strong="G4160" all|strong="G2532" that|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w continually|strong="H8548"\+w*}, you|strong="G3004" will|strong="G2532" live|strong="G2198" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w forever|strong="H5769"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{29}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5101" wanted|strong="G2309" to|strong="G4314" defend|strong="H1598" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w way|strong="H1870"\+w*} he|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w acted|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w toward|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w came|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w contact|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w with|strong="G4314"\+w*} (OR|strong="G2532", to|strong="G4314" defend|strong="H1598" why|strong="G5101" he|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w asked|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w question|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w answered|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w simply|strong="H1847"\+w*}). So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" Jesus|strong="G2424", “Which|strong="G3588" people|strong="G1510" that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" come|strong="G1510" in|strong="G2532" contact|strong="H0935" with|strong="G4314" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w should|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w love|strong="G2309"\+w*}?” 
\verseNumber{30}Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w telling|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* illustration}: “A|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} man|strong="G5100" was|strong="G3588" once|strong="G3739" going|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" along|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" road|strong="H1870" from|strong="G2597" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" to|strong="G1519" Jericho|strong="G2410". Bandits|strong="H1416" attacked|strong="H5221" him|strong="G3588". They|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" away|strong="H5493" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w most|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" man’s|strong="G5100" clothes|strong="H0899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w everything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w else|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2424"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" beat|strong="G4127" him|strong="G3588" until|strong="G1519" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" almost|strong="H4592" dead|strong="G2253". Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" left|strong="H7604" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{31}It|strong="G2532" happened|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} priest|strong="G2409" was|strong="G3588" going|strong="G2597" along|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" road|strong="G3598". When|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3588" man|strong="G5100", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w instead|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w helping|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" passed|strong="G3588" by|strong="G1722" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" other|strong="G1161" side|strong="G3598" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w road|strong="G3598"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{32}Similarly|strong="G3668", a|strong="G1096" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="G3588" worked|strong="H2388" in|strong="G2596" the|strong="G2532" temple|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" place|strong="G5117" and|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376". But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" passed|strong="G3588" by|strong="G2596" on|strong="G2596" the|strong="G2532" other|strong="G1161" side|strong="H6285" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w road|strong="H1870"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{33}Then|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5100" from|strong="G2064" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w province|strong="H4082"\+w*} came|strong="G2064" along|strong="G2532" that|strong="G2532" road|strong="H1870" to|strong="G2532" where|strong="G2596" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5100" was|strong="G2532" lying|strong="H8267". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w People|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w Samaria|strong="H8111"\+w* \+w despise|strong="H3988"\+w* \+w Jews|strong="H3064"\+w*. \+w But|strong="G1161"\+w*} when|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" that|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5100", he|strong="G2532" pitied|strong="H2550" him|strong="G3708". 
\verseNumber{34}He|strong="G2532" went|strong="G4334" over|strong="G1909" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" put|strong="G1913" some|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="G2398"\+w*} oil|strong="G1637" and|strong="G2532" wine|strong="G3631" on|strong="G1909" his|strong="G1519" wounds|strong="G5134" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w heal|strong="H7495"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" wound|strong="H4347" strips|strong="H2834" of|strong="G2532" cloth|strong="H0899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w around|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wounds|strong="G5134"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" placed|strong="H5414" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G1519" on|strong="G1909" his|strong="G1519" own|strong="G2398" donkey|strong="H2543" and|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" an|strong="G2532" inn|strong="G3829" and|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" care|strong="G1959" of|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{35}The|strong="G1722" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242" he|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G1325" two|strong="G1417" silver|strong="H3701" coins to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" innkeeper|strong="G3830" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", ‘Take|strong="G1544" care|strong="G1959" of|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588" man|strong="G5100". If|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} spend|strong="G4325" more|strong="G2532" than|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588" amount|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w care|strong="G1959"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}, I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" pay|strong="G1325" you|strong="G4771" back|strong="G1325" when|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" return|strong="G1880".’” 
\verseNumber{36}Then|strong="H0227" Jesus|strong="G3778" said|strong="G1096", “Three|strong="G5140" people|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w*} the|strong="G1519" man|strong="G3778" whom|strong="G5101" bandits|strong="H1416" attacked|strong="H5221". Which|strong="G3588" one|strong="G3588" of|strong="G3588" them|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w acted|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w loving|strong="H0157"\+w* \+w way|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w toward|strong="G1519"\+w*} that|strong="G3588" man|strong="G3778"?” 
\verseNumber{37}The|strong="G2532" man|strong="G4160" who|strong="G3588" studied|strong="H1875" the|strong="G2532" Scriptures replied|strong="G3004", “The|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" acted|strong="G4160" mercifully toward|strong="G3326" him|strong="G3588".” Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “You|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} go|strong="G4198" and|strong="G2532" act|strong="G4160" like|strong="G3668" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w toward|strong="G3326"\+w*} everyone|strong="H3605" whom|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w can|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w*}!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2424" rebuked|strong="H1605" Martha for|strong="G1161" being|strong="G2532" too|strong="G2532" concerned|strong="H6485" about|strong="G2424" household|strong="H1004" chores. }
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\verseNumber{38}As|strong="G1519" Jesus|strong="G1525" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1438" disciples|strong="G3588" continued|strong="G1096" to|strong="G1519" travel|strong="H1980", they|strong="G2532" entered|strong="G1525" a|strong="G1096" village|strong="G2968" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w near|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\+w*}. A|strong="G1096" woman|strong="G1135" whose|strong="G3588" name|strong="G3686" was|strong="G1096" Martha|strong="G3136" invited|strong="H7121" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" come|strong="G1096" to|strong="G1519" her|strong="G1438" house|strong="G3614". 
\verseNumber{39}Her|strong="G3137" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} sister|strong="H0269", whose|strong="G3739" name|strong="G2564" was|strong="G1510" Mary|strong="G3137", sat|strong="G3869" near|strong="G4314" Jesus|strong="G2424". She|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" listening|strong="H8085" to|strong="G4314" what|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" teaching|strong="G3056". 
\verseNumber{40}But|strong="G1161" Martha|strong="G3136" was|strong="G3588" very|strong="G4183" much|strong="G4183" concerned|strong="G3199" about|strong="G4012" preparing|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w meal|strong="H7058"\+w*}. She|strong="G1161" went|strong="G3767" to|strong="G2443" Jesus|strong="G3004" and|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “Lord|strong="G2962", ◄you|strong="G4771" do|strong="G3004" not|strong="G3756" seem|strong="H5869" to|strong="G2443" care|strong="G3199" that|strong="G3754" my|strong="G1473" sister|strong="H0269" has|strong="G2962" left|strong="G2641" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G2443" prepare|strong="H3559" everything|strong="H3605" by|strong="G3004" myself|strong="G1473"!/do|strong="G3004" you|strong="G4771" not|strong="G3756" care|strong="G3199" that|strong="G3754" my|strong="G1473" sister|strong="H0269" has|strong="G2962" left|strong="G2641" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G2443" prepare|strong="H3559" everything|strong="H3605" by|strong="G3004" myself|strong="G1473"?► [RHQ] Tell|strong="G3004" her|strong="G3754" that|strong="G3754" she|strong="G1161" should|strong="G3588" help|strong="G4878" me|strong="G1473"!” 
\verseNumber{41}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" replied|strong="G3004", “Martha|strong="G3136", Martha|strong="G3136", you|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} are|strong="G3588" very|strong="G4183" worried|strong="G3309" about|strong="G4012" many|strong="G4183" things|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{42}But|strong="G1161" only|strong="G3756" one|strong="G1520" thing|strong="G1520" is|strong="G1510" truly|strong="G1161" necessary|strong="G5532", and|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w listen|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w teaching|strong="H8451"\+w*}. Mary|strong="G3137" has|strong="G3748" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*}, and|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" better|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w than|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w worrying|strong="H4480"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w blessing|strong="H1293"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w she|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w receiving|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w from|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w listening|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3756"\+w*} will|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" be|strong="G1510" taken|strong="H3947" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="G3756" her|strong="G3137" {No|strong="G3756" one|strong="G1520" will|strong="G1510" take|strong="G1161" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="G3756" her|strong="G3137" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w blessing|strong="H1293"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w she|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w receiving|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w from|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w listening|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3756"\+w*}}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus taught his disciples about prayer. }
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\chapterNumber{11}One|strong="G5100" day|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G3004" was|strong="G1510" somewhere|strong="H1481" praying|strong="G4336". When|strong="G5613" he|strong="G2532" finished|strong="G1096" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w praying|strong="G4336"\+w*}, one|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G3101" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", “Lord|strong="G2962", teach|strong="G1321" us|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w when|strong="G5613"\+w*} we|strong="G2249" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc)} pray|strong="G4336", as|strong="G5613" John|strong="G2491" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* Baptizer} taught|strong="G1321" his|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G3101"!” 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", “When|strong="G3752" you|strong="G4771" pray|strong="G4336", say|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w things|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w*}: ‘Father|strong="G3962", we|strong="G1161" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} [MTY] to|strong="G3004" be|strong="G3588" honored|strong="H3513"/revered|strong="H3372". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w let|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*(sg)} [MTY, MET|strong="H6298"] rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="G2064" their|strong="G3588" lives|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{3}Give|strong="G1325" us|strong="G1325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc)} each|strong="G2596" day|strong="G2250" the|strong="G2596" food|strong="H3899" [SYN] that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2249" need|strong="H4270". 
\verseNumber{4}Forgive|strong="H5545" us|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G1063"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" wrong|strong="H7451" things|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2249" have|strong="G2532" done|strong="G3361", because|strong="G1063" we|strong="G2249" forgive|strong="H5545" people|strong="G3956" for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G2532" wrong|strong="H7451" things|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" us|strong="G1519". Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" let|strong="G1063" us|strong="G1519" do|strong="G2532" wrong|strong="H7451" things|strong="G3956" when|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249" are|strong="G3588" tempted|strong="H5254" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w or|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w*} tempts us|strong="G1519"}.’” 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G1438", “Suppose|strong="G5101" that|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1438" of|strong="G1537" you|strong="G5210" goes|strong="G4198" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="G1537" a|strong="G2192" friend|strong="G5384" at|strong="G4314" midnight|strong="G3317". Suppose|strong="G5101" that|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg) \+w stand|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w outside|strong="H2351"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} call|strong="G3004" out|strong="G1537" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G2532", ‘My|strong="G1473" friend|strong="G5384", please|strong="H4994" lend|strong="G5531" me|strong="G1473" three|strong="G5140" buns! 
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\verseNumber{12}If|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" asked|strong="H7592" you|strong="G2532" for|strong="G2532" an|strong="G2532" egg|strong="G5609", ◄you|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} certainly|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" give|strong="G1929" him|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" scorpion|strong="G4651"!/would|strong="G2532" you|strong="G2532" give|strong="G1929" him|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" scorpion|strong="G4651"?► [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{15}But|strong="G1161" some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G1537" them|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004", “It|strong="G1161" is|strong="G3588" Beelzebub, the|strong="G1722" ruler|strong="H4910" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" demons|strong="G1140", who|strong="G3588" enables \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w man|strong="G5100"\+w*} to|strong="G3004" expel|strong="H1644" demons|strong="G1140"!” 
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\verseNumber{37}While|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G1525" finished|strong="H3615" saying|strong="G2980" those|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3588", a|strong="G1722" Pharisee|strong="G5330" invited|strong="G2065" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1722" eat|strong="H0398" a|strong="G1722" meal|strong="H7058" with|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588". So|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G1525" went|strong="G1525" to|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*} and|strong="G1161" ate|strong="H0398" with|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{45}One|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" taught|strong="H3925" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} laws|strong="H8451" replied|strong="G3004", “Teacher|strong="G1320", by|strong="G2532" saying|strong="G3004" this|strong="G3778" you|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} are|strong="G3588" criticizing us|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="G2532"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{53}After|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G1831" finished|strong="H3615" saying|strong="H0559" those|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" left|strong="G1831" there|strong="G2532". Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" taught|strong="H3925" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} laws|strong="H8451" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Pharisees|strong="G5330" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="G2532" act|strong="H6213" in|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" very|strong="G4183" hostile|strong="G1758" way|strong="H1870" toward|strong="H0413" him|strong="G3588". They|strong="G2532" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="G2532" make|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" say|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" thought|strong="H0559" about|strong="G4012" many|strong="G4183" things|strong="G3588". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus warned the people not to be like the Pharisees. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" warned|strong="H2094" them|strong="G3588" about|strong="G1722" being|strong="G1722" greedy|strong="H1214". }
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="G1161" one|strong="G5100" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" people|strong="G3793" in|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" crowd|strong="G3793" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*}, “Teacher|strong="G1320", tell|strong="G3004" my|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" to|strong="G3004" divide|strong="G3307" my|strong="G1473" father’s|strong="H0001" property|strong="H0272" and|strong="G1161" give|strong="G3004" me|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w part|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w belongs|strong="G1537"\+w*} to|strong="G3004" me|strong="G1473"!” 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G3004" replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1909" him|strong="G3588", “Man|strong="G5101", ◄no|strong="G3588" one|strong="G3588" appointed|strong="G2525" me|strong="G1473" in|strong="G1909" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" would|strong="G5101" settle|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w matters|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w when|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w*} disputing about|strong="G1909" property|strong="H0272"!/did|strong="G5101" anyone|strong="H3605" appoint|strong="G2525" me|strong="G1473" in|strong="G1909" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" would|strong="G5101" settle|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w matters|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w when|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w*} disputing about|strong="G1909" property|strong="H0272"?► [RHQ]” 
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\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G3004" told|strong="G3004" the|strong="G1161" people|strong="G4145" this|strong="G3588" illustration: “There|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1161" certain|strong="G5100" rich|strong="G4145" man|strong="G5100" whose|strong="G3588" crops|strong="H8393" grew|strong="H1431" very|strong="G3588" well|strong="H3190". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2364" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" needed|strong="H1767" to|strong="G2532" settle|strong="H3427" their|strong="G2532" relationship with|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2532" before|strong="G1909" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" too|strong="G2532" late|strong="H0309". }
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\verseNumber{57}◄Each|strong="G1438" of|strong="G2532" you|strong="G1438" ought|strong="H3972" to|strong="G2532" determine|strong="G2919" now|strong="G1161" what|strong="G5101" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" right|strong="G1342" thing|strong="G5101" for|strong="G1161" you|strong="G1438" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G5101", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w still|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*}!/Why|strong="G5101" cannot|strong="G3756" each|strong="G1438" of|strong="G2532" you|strong="G1438" determine|strong="G2919" what|strong="G5101" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" right|strong="G1342" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w thing|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w now|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w while|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w still|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*}?► [RHQ] 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus warned people that God would punish them if they did not turn from their sinful lives. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" warned|strong="H2094" that|strong="G3956" he|strong="G3004" would|strong="G1437" punish|strong="H6485" the|strong="G3956" Jews|strong="H3064" for|strong="G3956" not|strong="G3361" showing|strong="H6213" that|strong="G3956" they|strong="G3004" appreciated God’s|strong="H0430" blessings|strong="H1293". }
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\verseNumber{8}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" gardener replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" owner|strong="G2962", ‘Sir|strong="G2962", leave|strong="H5800" it|strong="G2532" here|strong="G3778" for|strong="G4012" another|strong="G1438" year|strong="G2094". I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" dig|strong="G4626" around|strong="G4012" it|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2532" manure|strong="G2874" around|strong="G4012" it|strong="G2532". 
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\verseNumber{13}He|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2007" his|strong="G2007" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G5495" her|strong="G3588". Immediately|strong="G3916" she|strong="G2532" stood|strong="G3588" up|strong="G2532" straight|strong="H3474", and|strong="G2532" she|strong="G2532" praised|strong="G1392" God|strong="G2316"! 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “You|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg) \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w fellow|strong="H7453"\+w* religious \+w leaders|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w*} hypocrites|strong="G5273"! ◄On|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" Sabbath|strong="G4521"/On|strong="G1161" our|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="H3064" day|strong="G4521" of|strong="G2532" rest|strong="H5117"►, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w just|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w every|strong="G1538"\+w* \+w other|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w day|strong="G4521"\+w*}, ◄each|strong="G1538" of|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" unties his|strong="G2532" ox|strong="G1016" or|strong="G2228" donkey|strong="G3688", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" leads|strong="H1869" it|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" food|strong="H3899" trough|strong="H8268" to|strong="G2532" where|strong="H0834" it|strong="G2532" can|strong="G3004" drink|strong="G4222" water|strong="G4222"./does|strong="G3004" not|strong="G3756" each|strong="G1538" of|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" untie|strong="G3089" his|strong="G2532" ox|strong="G1016" or|strong="G2228" donkey|strong="G3688", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" lead|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" food|strong="H3899" trough|strong="H8268" to|strong="G2532" where|strong="H0834" it|strong="G2532" can|strong="G3004" drink|strong="G4222" water|strong="G4222"?► [RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w*, \+w too|strong="G2532"\+w*}! 
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\verseNumber{17}After|strong="G1909" Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588", all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3793" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*} who|strong="G3588" opposed|strong="H5975" him|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" ashamed|strong="G2617". But|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="G3588"\+w*} people|strong="G3793" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*} were|strong="G3588" happy|strong="H0835" about|strong="G1909" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" wonderful|strong="H6381" things|strong="G3956" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" doing|strong="G1096". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" gave|strong="G2532" two|strong="H8147" illustrations about|strong="G1909" God’s|strong="H0430" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="G1909" people’s|strong="H5971" lives|strong="H5315". }
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="G3767" Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004", “◄I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G3004" how|strong="G5101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w number|strong="H4557"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w let|strong="G1510"\+w*} God|strong="G2316" rule|strong="H4910" [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w increase|strong="H8393"\+w*}./Do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G3004" know|strong="H3045" how|strong="G5101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w number|strong="H4557"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w let|strong="G1510"\+w*} God|strong="G2316" rule|strong="H4910" [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w increase|strong="H8393"\+w*}?► [RHQ] I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G3004" what|strong="G5101" I|strong="G2532" can|strong="G3004" compare|strong="G3666" it|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{19}It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" like|strong="G3664" a|strong="G1096" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{tiny} mustard|strong="G4615" seed|strong="G2848" that|strong="G3739" a|strong="G1096" man|strong="G3739" planted|strong="G1096" in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1438" field|strong="H7704". It|strong="G2532" grew|strong="H1431" until|strong="G1519" it|strong="G2532" became|strong="G1096" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w big|strong="H0931"\+w*, \+w like|strong="G3664"\+w*} a|strong="G1096" tree|strong="G1186". It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w big|strong="H0931"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w*} birds|strong="G4071" built|strong="G2532" nests|strong="H7077" in|strong="G1722" its|strong="H3605" branches|strong="G2798".” 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" tell|strong="G3004" [RHQ] you|strong="G3004" something|strong="G5101" else|strong="G2532", to|strong="G2532" illustrate how|strong="G5101" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3004" who|strong="G5101" let|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" rule|strong="H4910" [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w can|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w influence|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w society|strong="H1123"\+w* \+w more|strong="G3825"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w more|strong="G3825"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{21}It|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" like|strong="G3664" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w little|strong="H4592"\+w* \+w bit|strong="H5391"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1519"\+w*} yeast|strong="G2219" that|strong="G3739" a|strong="G1519" woman|strong="G1135" mixed|strong="H1101" with|strong="G1519" about|strong="G1519" 50 pounds|strong="H1993" of|strong="G1519" flour|strong="H5560". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w small|strong="H6996"\+w* \+w amount|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w yeast|strong="G2219"\+w* \+w made|strong="G1519"\+w*} the|strong="G1519" whole|strong="G3650" batch of|strong="G1519" dough|strong="H1217" swell|strong="H6638" up|strong="G1519".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1510" warns|strong="H2094" that|strong="G3739" not|strong="G1510" all|strong="G3650" people|strong="G1510" who|strong="G3739" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="G3739" they|strong="G3739" will|strong="G1510" go|strong="G3739" to|strong="G1519" heaven|strong="H8064" will|strong="G1510" go|strong="G3739" there|strong="G1510". }
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\verseNumber{23}Someone|strong="G5100" asked|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “Lord|strong="G2962", will|strong="G2962" there|strong="G1161" be|strong="G3588" only|strong="G1487" a|strong="G1487" few|strong="G3641" people|strong="G3004" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" saved|strong="G4982" {whom|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} saves|strong="G4982"}?” He|strong="G1161" replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w There|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w be|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7227"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G1161"\+w*} the|strong="G1161" way|strong="G5100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="H8064"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] is|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="G4314"\+w*} a|strong="G1487" narrow|strong="H0331" door|strong="H6607". 
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\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004", ‘◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w must|strong="G4095"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w forgotten|strong="H7911"\+w*!/\+w Surely|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G1722"\+w*}► [RHQ] we|strong="G2249" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc)} ate|strong="G2068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w meals|strong="H3899"\+w*} with|strong="G1722" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)}, and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" taught|strong="G1321" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G2068"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" streets|strong="G4116" of|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w*}’! 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus told the Jewish leaders that they were being hypocritical about not helping people on the Sabbath. }
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\verseNumber{10}Instead|strong="H8478", when|strong="G3752" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" invited|strong="G2564" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w*} invites|strong="G2564" one|strong="G3956" of|strong="G1391" you|strong="G4771"} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w feast|strong="H2282"\+w*}, go|strong="G4198" and|strong="G2064" sit|strong="G3956" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" most|strong="H6944" undesirable|strong="H0369" seat|strong="H3727". Then|strong="G5119" when|strong="G3752" the|strong="G1519" man|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" invited|strong="G2564" everyone|strong="G3956" comes|strong="G2064", he|strong="G3588" will|strong="G1510" say|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)}, ‘Friend|strong="G5384", sit|strong="G3956" in|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1519" better|strong="H2896" seat|strong="H3727"!’ Then|strong="G5119" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G1519" people|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" eating|strong="H0398" with|strong="G1519" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} will|strong="G1510" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="G2443" he|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" honoring|strong="H3513" you|strong="G4771". 
\verseNumber{11}Also|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w remember|strong="H2142"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w*}: \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} will|strong="G2532" humble|strong="G5013" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" exalt|strong="G5312" themselves|strong="G1438". And|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G2532"\+w*} will|strong="G2532" exalt|strong="G5312" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" humble|strong="G5013" themselves|strong="G1438".” 

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\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*} also|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* Pharisee} who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" invited|strong="G2564" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" meal|strong="H7058", “When|strong="G3752" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} invite|strong="G2564" people|strong="G4145" to|strong="G2532" a|strong="G1096" midday|strong="H6672" or|strong="G2228" evening|strong="H6153" meal|strong="H7058", do|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3361" invite|strong="G2564" your|strong="G2532" friends|strong="G5384" or|strong="G2228" your|strong="G2532" family|strong="H4940" or|strong="G2228" your|strong="G2532" other|strong="G1161" relatives|strong="G4773" or|strong="G2228" your|strong="G2532" rich|strong="G4145" neighbors|strong="G1069". They|strong="G2532" can|strong="G3004" later|strong="H0310" invite|strong="G2564" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg) \+w for|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w meal|strong="H7058"\+w*}. In|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" way|strong="H1870" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" repay|strong="H7999" you|strong="G4771". 
\verseNumber{13}Instead|strong="H8478", when|strong="G3752" you|strong="G3752" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} give|strong="G4160" a|strong="G4160" feast|strong="G1403", invite|strong="G2564" poor|strong="G4434" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G4160"\+w*}, crippled|strong="H5223" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G4160"\+w*}, lame|strong="G5560" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G4160"\+w*}, or|strong="H0176" blind|strong="G5185" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G4160"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{14}They|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" unable|strong="G3756" to|strong="G2532" repay|strong="G2192" you|strong="G4771". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w bless|strong="H1288"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*! \+w He|strong="G2532"\+w*} will|strong="G1510" repay|strong="G2192" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w time|strong="G1722"\+w*} when|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w causes|strong="H5414"\+w*} righteous|strong="G1342" people|strong="G1510" to|strong="G2532" become|strong="G1510" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="G2532".” 

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\verseNumber{15}One|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2316" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" eating|strong="G2068" with|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G3004" heard|strong="H8085" him|strong="G3588" say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588". He|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G3004", “God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w has|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w truly|strong="G1722"\+w*} blessed|strong="G3107" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w Jews|strong="H3064"\+w*} who|strong="G3588" will|strong="G2316" eat|strong="G2068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*} when|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" starts to|strong="G3004" rule|strong="H4910"!” 
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\verseNumber{18}But|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w servant|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*}, all|strong="G3956" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whom|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w invited|strong="G2065"\+w*} began|strong="G2192" to|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004" why|strong="H4100" they|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2532" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="G2532" come|strong="G1831". The|strong="G2532" first|strong="G4413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w man|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w servant|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w went|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} said|strong="G3004", ‘I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2192" just|strong="G2532" bought|strong="H7069" a|strong="G2192" field|strong="H7704", and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" must|strong="G2192" go|strong="G1831" and|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" it|strong="G2532". Please|strong="G2065" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ask|strong="G2065"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w master|strong="H0113"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} forgive|strong="H5545" me|strong="G1473" for|strong="G1520" not|strong="G2532" coming|strong="G1831"!’ 
\verseNumber{19}Another|strong="G2087" person|strong="G2087" said|strong="G3004", ‘I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2192" just|strong="G2532" bought|strong="H7069" five|strong="G4002" pair|strong="G2201" of|strong="G2532" oxen|strong="G1016", and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" must|strong="G2192" go|strong="G4198" to|strong="G2532" examine|strong="G1381" them|strong="G3004". Please|strong="G2065" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ask|strong="G2065"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w master|strong="H0113"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} forgive|strong="H5545" me|strong="G1473" for|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2532" coming|strong="H0935"!’ 
\verseNumber{20}Another|strong="G2087" person|strong="G3778" said|strong="G3004", ‘I|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" just|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" married|strong="G1060". So|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" cannot|strong="G1410" come|strong="G2064".’ 
\verseNumber{21}So|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" servant|strong="G1401" returned|strong="G5119" to|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" master|strong="G2962" and|strong="G2532" reported|strong="G3004" what|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w everyone|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w*}. The|strong="G2532" owner|strong="G2962" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" house|strong="G3617" was|strong="G3588" angry|strong="G3710" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w heard|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w reasons|strong="H8394"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w gave|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w not|strong="G2532"\+w*} coming|strong="G1831". He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" servant|strong="G1401", ‘Go|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" quickly|strong="G5030" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" streets|strong="G4113" and|strong="G2532" alleys|strong="G4505" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="G4172" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w find|strong="H4672"\+w*} poor|strong="G4434" and|strong="G2532" crippled|strong="H5223" and|strong="G2532" blind|strong="G5185" and|strong="G2532" lame|strong="G5560" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3004"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w bring|strong="G2532"\+w*} them|strong="G3588" here|strong="G5602" into|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w house|strong="G3617"\+w*}!’ 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1510" warned|strong="H2094" about|strong="G3588" losing our|strong="G3956" usefulness to|strong="G1410" God|strong="G3588". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus taught that God is pleased when people turn from their sinful behavior. }
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\verseNumber{4}“Suppose|strong="G5101" that|strong="G3588" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1537" you|strong="G5210" had|strong="G2192" 100 sheep|strong="G4263". If|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1537" them|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" lost|strong="H0006", ◄you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} would|strong="G2532" certainly|strong="G1909" leave|strong="G2641" the|strong="G1722" 99 sheep|strong="G4263" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" pasture|strong="G2048", and|strong="G2532" go|strong="G4198" and|strong="G2532" search|strong="H2713" for|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G1520" lost|strong="H0006" sheep|strong="G4263" until|strong="G2193" you|strong="G5210" found|strong="G2147" it|strong="G2532"./would|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" not|strong="G3756" leave|strong="G2641" the|strong="G1722" 99 sheep|strong="G4263" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" pasture|strong="G2048", and|strong="G2532" go|strong="G4198" and|strong="G2532" search|strong="H2713" for|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G1520" lost|strong="H0006" sheep|strong="G4263" until|strong="G2193" you|strong="G5210" found|strong="G2147" it|strong="G2532"?► [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{12}One|strong="G3588" day|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" younger|strong="G3501" son|strong="H1121" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" father|strong="G3962", ‘Father|strong="G3962", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wait|strong="H0693"\+w* \+w until|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1325"\+w*(sg) \+w die|strong="H4191"\+w*}. Give|strong="G1325" me|strong="G1325" now|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" share|strong="G3313" of|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" property|strong="H0272" that|strong="G3588" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1325"!’ So|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376" divided|strong="G1244" his|strong="G2532" property|strong="H0272" between|strong="G1244" his|strong="G2532" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{13}A|strong="G2532" few|strong="G3756" days|strong="G2250" later|strong="G3326", the|strong="G2532" younger|strong="G3501" son|strong="G5207" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sold|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w share|strong="H2506"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" gathered|strong="G4863" his|strong="G3956" money|strong="H3701" and|strong="G2532" other|strong="G4183" things|strong="G3956" together|strong="G4863" and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" country|strong="G5561" far|strong="G3588" away|strong="G3326". There|strong="G1563" he|strong="G2532" spent|strong="G4183" all|strong="G3956" his|strong="G3956" money|strong="H3701" foolishly|strong="H5528" in|strong="G1519" reckless|strong="H6348"/wild|strong="G2532" living|strong="G2198". 
\verseNumber{14}After|strong="G2596" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" spent|strong="G1159" all|strong="G3956" his|strong="G3956" money|strong="H3701", there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" a|strong="G1096" great|strong="G3956" famine|strong="G3042" throughout|strong="G2596" that|strong="G3588" country|strong="G5561". And|strong="G2532" soon|strong="G1096" he|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" enough|strong="H1767" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w food|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} eat|strong="H0398". 
\verseNumber{15}So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" landowners|strong="H0657" in|strong="G1519" that|strong="G3588" area|strong="H1508" and|strong="G2532" asked|strong="H7592" for|strong="G1519" work|strong="H4399". The|strong="G2532" man|strong="G1520" sent|strong="G3992" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" work|strong="H4399" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" pigs|strong="G5519" in|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" field|strong="H7704". 
\verseNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w very|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w hungry|strong="H7457"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" glad|strong="H8055" to|strong="G2532" eat|strong="G2068" the|strong="G2532" bean pods|strong="G2769" that|strong="G3739" the|strong="G2532" pigs|strong="G5519" ate|strong="G2068". But|strong="G2532" no|strong="G3762" one|strong="G3762" gave|strong="G1325" him|strong="G3588" anything|strong="G3762" to|strong="G2532" eat|strong="G2068". 
\verseNumber{17}Finally|strong="H5704" he|strong="G1161" thought|strong="H0559" clearly|strong="H3045" about|strong="G1519" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G1161" had|strong="G3588" done|strong="H6213". He|strong="G1161" said|strong="G5346" to|strong="G1519" himself|strong="G1438", ‘All|strong="G1161" of|strong="G3962" my|strong="G1473" father’s|strong="G3962" hired|strong="G3407" servants|strong="H5650" have|strong="G1473" plenty|strong="H7647" of|strong="G3962" food|strong="H3899"! They|strong="G1161" have|strong="G1473" more|strong="G1161" [SYN] than|strong="G4052" they|strong="G1161" can|strong="H4310" eat|strong="H0398", but|strong="G1161" here|strong="G5602" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" dying|strong="H0006" because|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" do|strong="G3588" not|strong="G2064" have|strong="G1473" anything|strong="H3605" to|strong="G1519" eat|strong="H0398" [HYP]! 
\verseNumber{18}So|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" leave|strong="G4198" here|strong="G1519" and|strong="G2532" go|strong="G4198" back|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" my|strong="G1473" father|strong="G3962". I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", “Father|strong="G3962", I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="G4314" God|strong="G3004" [MTY, EUP] and|strong="G2532" against|strong="G4314" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)}. 
\verseNumber{19}I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3765" longer|strong="G3765" worthy|strong="H4941" to|strong="G4160" be|strong="G1510" called|strong="G2564" {of|strong="G5207" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*} calling|strong="G2564" me|strong="G1473"} your|strong="G4160" son|strong="G5207". Just|strong="G5613" hire|strong="H7939" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G4160" be|strong="G1510" like|strong="G5613" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G3588" other|strong="G1520" hired|strong="G3407" servants|strong="H5650".”’ 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" left|strong="H7604" there|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" back|strong="G4314" to|strong="G4314" his|strong="G1438" father’s|strong="G3962" house|strong="H1004". But|strong="G1161" while|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" still|strong="G2089" some|strong="G3588" distance|strong="G3112" from|strong="G2064" the|strong="G2532" house|strong="H1004", his|strong="G1438" father|strong="G3962" saw|strong="G3708" him|strong="G3588". He|strong="G2532" pitied|strong="H2550" him|strong="G3588". He|strong="G2532" ran|strong="G5143" to|strong="G4314" his|strong="G1438" son|strong="H1121" and|strong="G2532" embraced|strong="G1968" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" kissed|strong="G2705" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w cheek|strong="H3895"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{21}His|strong="G1519" son|strong="G5207" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", ‘Father|strong="G3962", I|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="G1519" God|strong="G3004" [MTY/EUP] and|strong="G2532" against|strong="G1519" you|strong="G4771". I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3765" longer|strong="G3765" worthy|strong="H4941" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G1510" called|strong="G2564" {of|strong="G5207" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*} calling|strong="G2564" me|strong="G3004"} your|strong="G2532" son|strong="G5207".’ 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="G1161" his|strong="G1519" father|strong="G3962" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" servants|strong="G1401", ‘Go|strong="G1519" quickly|strong="G5036" and|strong="G2532" bring|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" me|strong="G1325" the|strong="G2532" best|strong="G4413" robe|strong="G4749" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*}! Then|strong="G2532" put|strong="G1746" it|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1519" my|strong="G1325" son|strong="H1121". Put|strong="G1746" a|strong="G2532" ring|strong="G1146" on|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" finger|strong="G5495" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w show|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w am|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w honoring|strong="H3513"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w again|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*}! Put|strong="G1746" sandals|strong="G5266" on|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" feet|strong="G4228" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w show|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w consider|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w slave|strong="G1401"\+w*}! 
\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="G2532" bring|strong="G5342" the|strong="G2532" fat|strong="H2459" calf|strong="G3448" and|strong="G2532" kill|strong="G2380" it|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w cook|strong="H2876"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*}. We|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(inc)} must|strong="G3588" eat|strong="G2068" and|strong="G2532" celebrate|strong="G2165", 
\verseNumber{24}because|strong="G3754" my|strong="G1473" son|strong="G5207" has|strong="G3778" returned|strong="H7725"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w as|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w though|strong="G2532"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" dead|strong="G3498" and|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="G2532"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w as|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w though|strong="G2532"\+w*} he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" lost|strong="H0006" and|strong="G2532" now|strong="G2532" has|strong="G3778" been|strong="G1510" found|strong="G2147"!’ So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="G2532" celebrate|strong="G2165". 
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\verseNumber{25}While|strong="G1722" all|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" happening, the|strong="G1722" man’s|strong="H0376" older|strong="G4245" son|strong="G5207" was|strong="G1510" out|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w working|strong="G2532"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" field|strong="H7704". When|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" near|strong="G1448" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" house|strong="G3614", he|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w playing|strong="H5059"\+w*} music|strong="G4858" and|strong="G2532" dancing|strong="G5525". 
\verseNumber{26}He|strong="G2532" called|strong="G4341" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" servants|strong="G3816" and|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G4441" what|strong="G5101" was|strong="G1510" happening. 
\verseNumber{27}The|strong="G2532" servant|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", ‘Your|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" has|strong="G3962" come|strong="G2240" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w home|strong="H1004"\+w*} Your|strong="G2532" father|strong="G3962" has|strong="G3962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} kill|strong="G2380" the|strong="G2532" fat|strong="H2459" calf|strong="G3448" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w celebrate|strong="H6213"\+w*} because|strong="G3754" your|strong="G2532" brother|strong="H0251" has|strong="G3962" returned|strong="H7725" safe|strong="G5198" and|strong="G2532" healthy|strong="H1277".’ 
\verseNumber{28}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="G1161"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" older|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H0251" was|strong="G3588" angry|strong="G3710". He|strong="G2532" refused|strong="G3756" to|strong="G2532" enter|strong="G1525" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*}. So|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" father|strong="G3962" came|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" and|strong="G2532" pleaded|strong="G3870" with|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w come|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1525"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{29}But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2443" his|strong="G3708" father|strong="G3962", ‘Listen|strong="G2400" to|strong="G2443" me|strong="G1325"! For|strong="G1161" many|strong="G5118" years|strong="G2094" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" worked|strong="H2388" for|strong="G1161" you|strong="G4771" like|strong="G2443" a|strong="G2532" slave|strong="H5650". I|strong="G1473" always|strong="H3605" obeyed|strong="H8085" everything|strong="H3605" you|strong="G4771" told|strong="G3004" me|strong="G1325" to|strong="G2443" do|strong="G2532". But|strong="G1161" you|strong="G4771" never|strong="G3763" even|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G1325" me|strong="G1325" a|strong="G2532" young|strong="G2056" goat|strong="G2056", so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" I|strong="G1473" could|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w cook|strong="H2876"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} celebrate|strong="G2165" with|strong="G3326" my|strong="G3708" friends|strong="G5384". 
\verseNumber{30}But|strong="G1161" this|strong="G3778" son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" yours|strong="G4771" spent|strong="H3885" all|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w money|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w he|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w got|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2064"\+w*} what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" gave|strong="G3588" him|strong="G3588". He|strong="G1161" spent|strong="H3885" it|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w pay|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w sleeping|strong="H3463"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w*} prostitutes|strong="G4204"! Yes|strong="G1161", now|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" has|strong="G3778" returned|strong="G2064" home|strong="H1004", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w it|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w fair|strong="H3303"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G3588" told|strong="H5046" your|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w servants|strong="H5650"\+w*} to|strong="G2064" kill|strong="G2380" the|strong="G1161" fat|strong="H2459" calf|strong="G3448" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w cook|strong="H2876"\+w* \+w it|strong="G1161"\+w*} for|strong="G1161" him|strong="G3588"!’ 
\verseNumber{31}But|strong="G1161" his|strong="G3956" father|strong="H0001" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", ‘My|strong="G1699" son|strong="G5043", you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2532" always|strong="G3842" been|strong="G1510" with|strong="G3326" me|strong="G1473", and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" my|strong="G1699" property|strong="H0272" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w give|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w your|strong="G4674"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H0251"\+w*} has|strong="G1510" been|strong="G1510" yours|strong="G4771". 
\verseNumber{32}But|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w though|strong="G2532"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] your|strong="G2532" brother|strong="H0251" was|strong="G1510" dead|strong="G3498" and|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" alive|strong="G2198" again|strong="G2532"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w though|strong="G2532"\+w*} he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" lost|strong="H0006" and|strong="G2532" now|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" has|strong="G3778" been|strong="G1510" found|strong="G2147"! So|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" appropriate|strong="H5869" for|strong="G3754" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" happy|strong="H0835" and|strong="G2532" celebrate|strong="G2165"!’ ” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus taught that we should handle our money in ways that are pleasing to God. }
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\verseNumber{23}In|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" place|strong="G1722" where|strong="G1722" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="G3588" wait|strong="H0693" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w judge|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" suffering|strong="G1722" great|strong="G2532" pain|strong="H4341". He|strong="G2532" looked|strong="G3708" up|strong="G1869" and|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" Abraham|strong="H0085" far|strong="G3113" away|strong="G3113", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" Lazarus|strong="G2976" sitting|strong="G2532" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="G2532" Abraham|strong="H0085". 
\verseNumber{24}So|strong="G2443" he|strong="G2532" shouted|strong="H7321", ‘Father|strong="G3962" Abraham|strong="H0085", I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" suffering|strong="G1722" very|strong="G2532" much|strong="H7227" in|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3778" fire|strong="G5395"! So|strong="G2443" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w please|strong="H4994"\+w*} pity|strong="H2347" me|strong="G1473", and|strong="G2532" send|strong="G3992" Lazarus|strong="G2976" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="G3778"\+w*} so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" can|strong="G3004" dip|strong="H2881" his|strong="G1722" finger|strong="G1147" in|strong="G1722" water|strong="G5204" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w touch|strong="H5060"\+w*} my|strong="G1722" tongue|strong="G1100" to|strong="G2443" cool|strong="G2711" it|strong="G2532"!’ 
\verseNumber{25}But|strong="G1161" Abraham|strong="H0085" replied|strong="G3004", ‘Son|strong="G5043", remember|strong="G3403" that|strong="G3754" while|strong="G1722" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} were|strong="G3588" alive|strong="G2222" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w earth|strong="G2532"\+w*} you|strong="G4771" enjoyed|strong="H7521" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="G1722"\+w*} good|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3588". But|strong="G1161" Lazarus|strong="G2976" was|strong="G3588" miserable|strong="H5999". Now|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w fair|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*} he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" happy|strong="H0835" here|strong="G5602", and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G3588" suffering|strong="G1722". 
\verseNumber{26}Besides|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588", there|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" huge|strong="G3173" ravine|strong="H5158" between|strong="G3342" you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} and|strong="G2532" us|strong="G2249". So|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" want|strong="G2309" to|strong="G4314" go|strong="G2309" from|strong="G2532" here|strong="G1759" to|strong="G4314" where|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} are|strong="G3588", are|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G4314". Furthermore|strong="G2532", no|strong="G3361" one|strong="G3956" can|strong="G1410" cross|strong="G1276" from|strong="G2532" there|strong="G2532" to|strong="G4314" where|strong="G1722" we|strong="G2249" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc)} are|strong="G3588".’ 
\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="G3767" the|strong="G1519" rich|strong="H6223" man|strong="G1519" said|strong="G3004", ‘If|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" is|strong="G3588" so|strong="G2443", father|strong="G3962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Abraham|strong="H0085"\+w*}, I|strong="G1473" ask|strong="G2065" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} to|strong="G1519" send|strong="G3992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Lazarus} to|strong="G1519" my|strong="G1473" father’s|strong="G3962" house|strong="G3624". 
\verseNumber{28}I|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2192" five|strong="G4002" brothers|strong="H0251" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w live|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*}. Tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" warn|strong="G1263" them|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w turn|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w away|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sinful|strong="H2400"\+w* \+w behavior|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w so|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w*} they|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" also|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" this|strong="G3778" place|strong="G5117", where|strong="G5117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="G1063"\+w*(exc)} suffer|strong="G2532" great|strong="G2532" pain|strong="H4341"!’ 
\verseNumber{29}But|strong="G1161" Abraham|strong="H0085" replied|strong="G3004", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w No|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w brothers|strong="H0251"\+w*} are|strong="G3588" able|strong="G2192" to|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w go|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w* \+w meeting|strong="H4150"\+w* \+w places|strong="H1116"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w*} read|strong="H7121" what|strong="G3588" Moses|strong="G3475" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" prophets|strong="G4396" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wrote|strong="H3789"\+w*}. They|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3588" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" Moses|strong="G3475" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" prophets|strong="G4396" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wrote|strong="H3789"\+w*}!’ 
\verseNumber{30}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" rich|strong="H6223" man|strong="G5100" replied|strong="G3004", ‘No|strong="G3780", father|strong="G3962" Abraham|strong="H0085", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3780"\+w* \+w be|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w enough|strong="H1767"\+w*} But|strong="G1161" if|strong="G1437" someone|strong="G5100" from|strong="G3588" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" have|strong="G5100" died|strong="G3588" goes|strong="G4198" back|strong="G4314" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w warns|strong="H2094"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}, they|strong="G1161" will|strong="G5100" turn|strong="H7725" from|strong="G3588" their|strong="G1438" sinful|strong="H2400" behavior|strong="H3027".’ 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus warned about God punishing those who cause others to sin. }
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\chapterNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w day|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*} said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" his|strong="G1223" disciples|strong="G3101", “Things|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3739" will|strong="G1510" tempt|strong="H5254" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G1510"\+w*} to|strong="G4314" sin|strong="H2403" are|strong="G1510" certain|strong="H0259" to|strong="G4314" happen|strong="G1510", but|strong="G1161" it|strong="G1161" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" terrible|strong="H3372" for|strong="G1223" anyone|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" causes|strong="H5414" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G4314" happen|strong="G1510"! 
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\verseNumber{3}Be|strong="G2532" careful|strong="G4337" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w how|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w act|strong="H6213"\+w*}. If|strong="G1437" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w about|strong="G3588"\+w*} a|strong="G2532" fellow|strong="H7453" believer who|strong="G3588" sins|strong="H2403", you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} should|strong="G3588" rebuke|strong="G2008" him|strong="G3588". If|strong="G1437" he|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w says|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w*} is|strong="G3588" sorry|strong="H5162" for|strong="G2532" having|strong="G2532" sinned|strong="H2398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w asks|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w forgive|strong="H5545"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}, forgive|strong="H5545" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{4}Even|strong="G2532" if|strong="G1437" he|strong="G2532" sins|strong="H2403" against|strong="G4314" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} seven|strong="G2034" times|strong="G2034" in|strong="G1519" one|strong="G3588" day|strong="G2250", if|strong="G1437" he|strong="G2532" comes|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" you|strong="G4771" each|strong="G1519" time|strong="G2250" and|strong="G2532" says|strong="G3004", ‘I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G2532" sorry|strong="H5162" for|strong="G1519" what|strong="G3588" I|strong="G2532" did’, you|strong="G4771" must|strong="G1994" continue|strong="G2532" forgiving|strong="H5375" him|strong="G3588".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" taught|strong="H3925" them|strong="G3588" what|strong="G3588" big|strong="H0931" things|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" could|strong="G3588" accomplish|strong="H6213" if|strong="G1437" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" true|strong="G3588" faith|strong="H0539". }
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\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w day|strong="G3588"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" apostles said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962", “Help|strong="H5826" us|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" trust|strong="H0982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w*} (OR|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*}) more|strong="G2532" strongly|strong="H3966"!” 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" replied|strong="G3004", “Mustard|strong="G4615" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w seeds|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w very|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w small|strong="H6996"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w grow|strong="H6779"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w produce|strong="H6529"\+w* \+w large|strong="H1419"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w plants|strong="G5452"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Similarly|strong="H2088"\+w*}, if|strong="G1487" your|strong="G2192" faith|strong="G4102" grows|strong="H3318" until|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" truly|strong="G1722" believe|strong="G4102" that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w ask|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w able|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w anything|strong="H3605"\+w*}. You|strong="G5210" could|strong="G2192" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="G2532"\+w*} say|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" mulberry|strong="G4807" tree|strong="G4807", ‘Pull|strong="H2040" yourself|strong="G4771" out|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w roots|strong="G1610"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" plant|strong="G5452" yourself|strong="G4771" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" sea|strong="G2281"!’ and|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" obey|strong="G5219" you|strong="G5210"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" taught|strong="H3925" that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3588" serve|strong="G2192" God|strong="G3004" faithfully|strong="H0571" without|strong="G2532" expecting to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" thanked|strong="H1288". }
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\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w also|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w*}, “Suppose|strong="G5101" that|strong="G3739" one|strong="G3739" of|strong="G1537" you|strong="G5210" had|strong="G2192" a|strong="G2192" servant|strong="G1401" who|strong="G3739" was|strong="G3588" plowing|strong="H2758" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w fields|strong="H7704"\+w*} or|strong="G2228" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="G1537" your|strong="G2192" sheep|strong="G4165". After|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" comes|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1525" the|strong="G1537" house|strong="H1004" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" field|strong="H7704", you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} would|strong="G5101" not|strong="G3739" say|strong="G3004" [RHQ], ‘Sit|strong="H3427" down|strong="G1537" and|strong="G1161" eat|strong="H0398" immediately|strong="G2112"!’ 
\verseNumber{8}Instead|strong="H8478", you|strong="G4771" would|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G2532", ‘Put|strong="G2532" on|strong="G3326" your|strong="G2532" apron and|strong="G2532" prepare|strong="G2090" a|strong="G2532" meal|strong="H7058" for|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473"! Then|strong="G2532" serve|strong="G1247" it|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473" so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" can|strong="G3004" eat|strong="G2068" and|strong="G2532" drink|strong="G4095"! Afterwards|strong="H0310" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} can|strong="G3004" eat|strong="G2068" and|strong="G2532" drink|strong="G4095".’ 
\verseNumber{9}◄You|strong="G3754" will|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3361" thank|strong="G5485" your|strong="G2192" servant|strong="G1401" for|strong="G3754" doing|strong="G4160" the|strong="G3588" work|strong="G5485" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G3754" had|strong="G2192" been|strong="G2192" told|strong="H5046" {you|strong="G3754" had|strong="G2192" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="G3588"} to|strong="G3361" do|strong="G4160"!/Would|strong="G5485" you|strong="G3754" thank|strong="G5485" your|strong="G2192" servant|strong="G1401" because|strong="G3754" he|strong="G3754" did|strong="G4160" the|strong="G3588" work|strong="G5485" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G3754" had|strong="G2192" been|strong="G2192" told|strong="H5046" {you|strong="G3754" had|strong="G2192" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="G3588"} to|strong="G3361" do|strong="G4160"?► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{10}Similarly|strong="H2088", when|strong="G3752" you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(pl)} have|strong="G2532" done|strong="G4160" everything|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} has|strong="G3739" told|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160", you|strong="G5210" should|strong="G3784" say|strong="G3004", ‘We|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(inc)} are|strong="G1510" not|strong="G1510" worthy|strong="H4941" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w thanking|strong="H3034"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*} {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w being|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w thanked|strong="H1288"\+w*}}. We|strong="G3739" are|strong="G1510" only|strong="G2532" God’s|strong="H0430" servants|strong="G1401". We|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2532" only|strong="G2532" done|strong="G4160" the|strong="G2532" things|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160".’” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" healed|strong="H7495" ten|strong="H6235" lepers|strong="H6879", but|strong="G2532" only|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" non-Jewish one|strong="G3739" thanked|strong="H1288" him|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{11}As|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*} were|strong="G3588" walking|strong="G4198" along|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" road|strong="H1870" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" going|strong="G4198" through|strong="G1223" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} between|strong="G3319" Samaria|strong="G4540" and|strong="G2532" Galilee|strong="G1056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w districts|strong="H1366"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{12}As|strong="G1519" they|strong="G2532" entered|strong="G1525" one|strong="G5100" village|strong="G2968", ten|strong="G1176" lepers|strong="G3015" came|strong="G1525" near|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" road|strong="H1870". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w lepers|strong="G3015"\+w* \+w were|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w permitted|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w come|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w near|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w other|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1525"\+w*}, they|strong="G2532" stood|strong="G2476" at|strong="G1519" some|strong="G5100" distance|strong="G4207" 
\verseNumber{13}and|strong="G2532" called|strong="G3004" out|strong="G2532", “Jesus|strong="G2424", Master|strong="G1988", pity|strong="H2347" us|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w heal|strong="H7495"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{14}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" them|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}, “Each|strong="G1438" of|strong="G2532" you|strong="G1722" should|strong="G3588" go|strong="G4198" and|strong="G2532" show|strong="G1925" yourself|strong="G1438" to|strong="G2532" a|strong="G1096" priest|strong="G2409" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w can|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w see|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w if|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w healed|strong="H7495"\+w*}.” As|strong="G1722" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" going|strong="G5217" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*}, they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" healed|strong="H7495". 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="G1161" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1537" them|strong="G3588", when|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" saw|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" healed|strong="G2390", turned|strong="G5290" back|strong="G5290", praising|strong="G1392" God|strong="G2316" loudly|strong="G3173". 
\verseNumber{16}He|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w came|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G1510"\+w*}, prostrated|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H5315" at|strong="G1909" Jesus’ feet|strong="G4228", and|strong="G2532" thanked|strong="G2168" him|strong="G3588". This|strong="G3588" man|strong="H0376" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" Samaritan|strong="G4541", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jew|strong="H3064"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1161"\+w*} healed|strong="H7495" ten|strong="G1176" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lepers|strong="H6879"\+w*} ◄I|strong="G1161" am|strong="G3588" disappointed|strong="H0954" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" other|strong="G1161" nine|strong="G1767" did|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3780" come|strong="H0935" back|strong="H7725"!/Where|strong="G4226" are|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" other|strong="G1161" nine|strong="G1767"?► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{18}I|strong="G1487" am|strong="G3588" disappointed|strong="H0954" [RHQ] that|strong="G3588" this|strong="G3778" non-Jewish man|strong="G3778" was|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" only|strong="G1487" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" returned|strong="G5290" to|strong="G1325" thank|strong="H3034" God|strong="G2316"; none|strong="G3756" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3588" others|strong="G3588" came|strong="G3588" back|strong="G5290" to|strong="G1325" me|strong="G1325"!” 
\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376", “Get|strong="G4982" up|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" continue|strong="G2532" on|strong="G4198" your|strong="G2532" journey|strong="G4198". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} [PRS] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w has|strong="G4102"\+w* \+w saved|strong="G4982"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} healed|strong="G4982" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} because|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" trusted|strong="H0982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" taught|strong="H3925" that|strong="G3588" God’s|strong="H0430" rule|strong="H4910" is|strong="G3588" within|strong="H7130" our|strong="G2532" lives|strong="H5315". }
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\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w day|strong="G3588"\+w*} Jesus|strong="G3004" was|strong="G3588" asked|strong="G1905" by|strong="G5259" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3588"\+w*} Pharisees|strong="G5330" [SYN] {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3588"\+w*} Pharisees|strong="G5330" [SYN] asked|strong="G1905" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*}}, “When|strong="G1161" is|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w going|strong="G2532"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" rule|strong="H4910" as|strong="G1161" king|strong="G3588"?” He|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004", “God’s|strong="G2316" ruling|strong="H4910" [MET|strong="H6298"] is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" something|strong="H1697" people|strong="G3004" will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G2532" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="G2532" see|strong="H7200" with|strong="G3326" their|strong="G2532" eyes|strong="G1905". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="G2316" people|strong="G1510" will|strong="G2316" not|strong="G3761" be|strong="G1510" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="G3004" say|strong="G3004", ‘Look|strong="G2400"! He|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ruling|strong="H4910"\+w*} here|strong="G5602"!’ Or|strong="G2228" ‘He|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ruling|strong="H4910"\+w*} over|strong="G1563" there|strong="G1563"!’ because|strong="G1063", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w contrary|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w think|strong="G2400"\+w*}, God’s|strong="G2316" ruling|strong="H4910" is|strong="G1510" people’s|strong="H5971" inner|strong="H6442" beings|strong="H2421" (OR|strong="G2228", is|strong="G1510" already|strong="H3528" happening among|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210").” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" told|strong="G3004" his|strong="G3708" disciples|strong="G1510" that|strong="G3588" without|strong="G2316" warning|strong="H2094" he|strong="G3588" would|strong="G2316" return|strong="H7725" and|strong="G2316" judge|strong="H8199" people|strong="G1510". }
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\verseNumber{22}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*} said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" his|strong="G3708" disciples|strong="G3101", “There|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" time|strong="G2250" when|strong="G3753" you|strong="G3004" will|strong="G2532" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="G4314" see|strong="G3708" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*} [MTY], the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520" who|strong="G3588" came|strong="G2064" from|strong="G2064" heaven|strong="H8064", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ruling|strong="H4910"\+w* powerfully}. But|strong="G1161" you|strong="G3004" will|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" see|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{23}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="G3004"\+w*} people|strong="G2046" will|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210", ‘Look|strong="G2400", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*} is|strong="G2532" over|strong="G1563" there|strong="G1563"!’ or|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w*} ‘Look|strong="G2400", he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G2532" here|strong="G5602"!’ When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G2532", do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" believe|strong="H0539" them|strong="G3004". Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" follow|strong="G1377" them|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w go|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w see|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{24}Because|strong="G1063" when|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" lightning|strong="H1300" flashes|strong="H1300" and|strong="G2250" lights|strong="H3974" up|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" sky|strong="G3772" from|strong="G1537" one|strong="G3588" side|strong="H6285" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" other|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w everyone|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w can|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w it|strong="G1063"\+w*. \+w Similarly|strong="H2088"\+w*} [SIM], at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" time|strong="G2250" [MTY] when|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1063"\+w*}, the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" came|strong="G3588" from|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="G3772", come|strong="G1510" back|strong="G1519" again|strong="G1519", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w everyone|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w me|strong="H0413"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{25}But|strong="G1161" before|strong="G4413" that|strong="G3588" happens|strong="H1961", I|strong="G2532" must|strong="G1163" suffer|strong="G3958" in|strong="G2532" many|strong="G4183" ways|strong="H1870" (OR|strong="G2532", very|strong="G4183" much|strong="G4183"). And|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" rejected|strong="H3988" by|strong="G2532" people|strong="G4183" {people|strong="G4183" will|strong="G2532" reject|strong="H3988" me|strong="G1163"}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w though|strong="G2532"\+w*} they|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w observed|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1163"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w good|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w people|strong="G4183"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{27}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w At|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w time|strong="G2250"\+w*} people|strong="G3956" ate|strong="G2068" and|strong="G2532" drank|strong="G4095" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w usual|strong="H3117"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" got|strong="H6965" married|strong="G1060" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w usual|strong="H3117"\+w*}, up|strong="G1519" until|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" day|strong="G2250" when|strong="G2532" Noah|strong="G3575" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w family|strong="H4940"\+w*} entered|strong="G1525" the|strong="G2532" big|strong="H0931" boat|strong="H0590". But|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" flood|strong="G2627" came|strong="G2064" and|strong="G2532" destroyed|strong="H4229" all|strong="G3956" those|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w boat|strong="H0590"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{28}Similarly|strong="G3668", when|strong="G1722" Lot|strong="G3091" lived|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Sodom|strong="H5467"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, people|strong="G2068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="G1096"\+w* } ate|strong="G2068" and|strong="G2068" drank|strong="G4095" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G2531"\+w* \+w usual|strong="H3117"\+w*}. They|strong="G3588" bought|strong="H7069" things|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2068" they|strong="G3588" sold|strong="G4453" things|strong="G3588". They|strong="G3588" planted|strong="G5452" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w crops|strong="H8393"\+w*} and|strong="G2068" they|strong="G3588" built|strong="G3618" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w houses|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w as|strong="G2531"\+w* \+w usual|strong="H3117"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{33}Anyone|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="G2532" hold|strong="H2388" onto|strong="H0413" his|strong="G1438" life|strong="G5590" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w possessions|strong="H7399"\+w*} will|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w receive|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w eternal|strong="H5769"\+w*} life|strong="G5590". But|strong="G1161" anyone|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w willing|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} die|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w my|strong="G2212"\+w* \+w sake|strong="H4616"\+w*} will|strong="G2532" live|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w eternally|strong="H5331"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{34}I|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" this|strong="G3778": On|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" night|strong="G3571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w return|strong="H7725"\+w*}, there|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" two|strong="G1417" people|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sleeping|strong="H3463"\+w*} in|strong="G1909" one|strong="G1520" bed|strong="G2825". The|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w believes|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*} will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" taken|strong="G3880" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} will|strong="G1510" take|strong="G3880" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w believes|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*}} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="H8064"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" other|strong="G2087" one|strong="G1520" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" left|strong="H7604" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w behind|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w*} {and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G2532"\+w*} will|strong="G1510" leave|strong="H5800" the|strong="G2532" other|strong="G2087" one|strong="G1520" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w behind|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}}. 
\verseNumber{35-36}Two|strong="H8147" women|strong="H0802" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" grinding|strong="H2912" grain|strong="H1715" together|strong="H3162"; one|strong="H0259" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H3947" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" left|strong="H7604" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3947" one|strong="H0259" and|strong="H3967" leave|strong="H5800" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312"} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w behind|strong="H0310"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{37}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w His|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*} said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “Lord|strong="G2962", where|strong="G3699" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*}?” He|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “Wherever|strong="G3699" there|strong="G1563" is|strong="G3588" an|strong="G2532" animal|strong="H0929" carcass|strong="H5038", the|strong="G2532" vultures|strong="H5404" will|strong="G2532" gather|strong="G1996" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"]. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Similarly|strong="H2088"\+w*, \+w wherever|strong="G3699"\+w* \+w there|strong="G1563"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* spiritually \+w dead|strong="H4191"\+w*, \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus taught about continuing to believe that God will answer prayer. }
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\verseNumber{2}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “In|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" certain|strong="G5100" city|strong="G4172" there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" judge|strong="G2923" who|strong="G3588" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" revere|strong="H3372" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" care|strong="H3027" about|strong="G1722" people|strong="G1510", either|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{3}There|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" widow|strong="G5503" in|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" city|strong="G4172" who|strong="G3588" kept|strong="G2532" coming|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", saying|strong="G3004", ‘Please|strong="H4994" decide|strong="H3198" what|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" just|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w dispute|strong="H7379"\+w* \+w between|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} the|strong="G1722" man|strong="G1565" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" opposing me|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w court|strong="H2691"\+w*!’} 
\verseNumber{4}For|strong="G1909" a|strong="G2532" long|strong="G5550" time|strong="G5550" the|strong="G1722" judge|strong="H8199" refused|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w her|strong="G1438"\+w*}. But|strong="G1161" later|strong="G3326" he|strong="G2532" thought|strong="G3761" to|strong="G2532" himself|strong="G1438", ‘I|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" revere|strong="H3372" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" care|strong="H3027" about|strong="G1909" people|strong="G3761", 
\verseNumber{5}but|strong="G3361" this|strong="G3778" widow|strong="G5503" keeps|strong="H8104" bothering|strong="G2873" me|strong="G1473"! So|strong="G2443" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G1473" make|strong="G1519" sure|strong="H0539" that|strong="G2443" she|strong="G2443" is|strong="G3588" treated|strong="H3190" justly|strong="H4941". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w*}, she|strong="G2443" will|strong="G1473" exhaust me|strong="G1473" by|strong="G1223" continually|strong="G1223" coming|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" me|strong="G1473"!’” 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" Lord|strong="G2962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*} said|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Even|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w though|strong="G1161"\+w*} the|strong="G1161" judge|strong="G2923" was|strong="G3588" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="G1161" righteous|strong="H6662" man|strong="G5101", think|strong="H2803" carefully|strong="H6213" about|strong="G3588" what|strong="G5101" he|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004"! 
\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Similarly|strong="H2088"\+w*}, ◄God|strong="G2316" will|strong="G2316" certainly|strong="G1909" show|strong="G4160" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4160"\+w*} have|strong="G2532" done|strong="G4160" has|strong="G2316" been|strong="G2532" right|strong="G3756"!/will|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" not|strong="G3756" show|strong="G4160" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4160"\+w*} have|strong="G2532" done|strong="G4160" has|strong="G2316" been|strong="G2532" right|strong="G3756"?► [RHQ] He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" do|strong="G4160" this|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1909" you|strong="G4160" whom|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" has|strong="G2316" chosen|strong="G1588". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4160"\+w*} who|strong="G3588" pray|strong="H6419" earnestly|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" night|strong="G3571" and|strong="G2532" day|strong="G2250", asking|strong="H7592" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4160"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" may|strong="G2532" delay|strong="G3114" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w helping|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4160"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}But|strong="G4133" I|strong="G3754" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w day|strong="G3588"\+w*} he|strong="G3754" will|strong="G1093" show|strong="G4160" that|strong="G3754" what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" did|strong="G4160" was|strong="G3588" right|strong="H3225", and|strong="G2064" he|strong="G3754" will|strong="G1093" do|strong="G4160" it|strong="G3754" quickly|strong="G5034". But|strong="G4133" when|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G3754"\+w*}, the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" came|strong="G2064" from|strong="G2064" heaven|strong="H8064", return|strong="H7725" to|strong="G1909" earth|strong="G1093", ◄there|strong="G3754" may|strong="G3004" not|strong="G4160" be|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w people|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1093"\+w* \+w still|strong="G2064"\+w*} be|strong="G3588" trusting|strong="H0982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w I|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1093"\+w* \+w vindicate|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*} (OR|strong="G3588", who|strong="G3588" will|strong="G1093" still|strong="G2064" be|strong="G3588" trusting|strong="H0982" in|strong="G1722" me|strong="G3004")./will|strong="G1093" there|strong="G3754" be|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w people|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1093"\+w* \+w still|strong="G2064"\+w*} be|strong="G3588" trusting|strong="H0982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w I|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1093"\+w* \+w vindicate|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*} (OR|strong="G3588", who|strong="G3588" will|strong="G1093" still|strong="G2064" be|strong="G3588" trusting|strong="H0982" in|strong="G1722" me|strong="G3004")?► [RHQ]” 

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\verseNumber{11}The|strong="G2532" Pharisee|strong="G5330" stood|strong="G2476" and|strong="G2532" prayed|strong="G4336" silently|strong="H1748", ‘God|strong="G2316", I|strong="G2532" thank|strong="G2168" you|strong="G4771" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" like|strong="G5613" other|strong="G3062" men|strong="G3778". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="G3588"\+w*} extort money|strong="H3701" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w others|strong="G3062"\+w*}; some|strong="G3588" treat|strong="H6213" others|strong="G3062" unjustly|strong="H5766"; some|strong="G3588" commit|strong="G3756" adultery|strong="H5003". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w such|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3778"\+w*. \+w And|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w certainly|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w*} like|strong="G5613" this|strong="G3778" tax|strong="G5057" collector|strong="G5057" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* cheats \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w*}! 
\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Our|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w law|strong="H8451"\+w* \+w says|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="G3588"\+w*(exc) \+w should|strong="G3588"\+w*} ◄fast|strong="G3522"/abstain|strong="H5144" from|strong="G3588" food|strong="H3899"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w once|strong="H6471"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2932"\+w* \+w week|strong="G4521"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G3745"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3522"\+w* \+w more|strong="G3745"\+w* \+w than|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*. \+w I|strong="G3745"\+w*} fast|strong="G3522" twice|strong="G1364" a|strong="G2932" week|strong="G4521"! I|strong="G3745" give|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G3956"\+w*} ten|strong="H6235" percent of|strong="G3956" all|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G3745" earn!’ 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1519" tax|strong="G5057" collector|strong="G5057" stood|strong="G2476" far|strong="G3113" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w other|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3761"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Temple|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w* \+w because|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w he|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w felt|strong="H4959"\+w* \+w very|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w unworthy|strong="G3756"\+w*}. He|strong="G1161" would|strong="G2309" not|strong="G3756" even|strong="G3761" look|strong="H7200" up|strong="G1869" toward|strong="G1519" heaven|strong="G3772". Instead|strong="G1161", he|strong="G1161" beat|strong="G5180" on|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" chest|strong="G4738" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w sorry|strong="H5162"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w sin|strong="H2403"\+w*}. He|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", ‘God|strong="G2316", I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" a|strong="G1519" sinner|strong="H2398"; be|strong="G3756" merciful|strong="G2433" to|strong="G1519" me|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w forgive|strong="H5545"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*}!’” 
\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w*}, “I|strong="G1161" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(pl)} that|strong="G3754" as|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" tax|strong="H4061" collector went|strong="G2597" home|strong="G3624", the|strong="G1519" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="G3844" his|strong="G1438" sins|strong="H2403" was|strong="G3588" erased {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} erased the|strong="G1519" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="G3844" his|strong="G1438" sins|strong="H2403"}, not|strong="G3778" that|strong="G3754" of|strong="G3844" the|strong="G1519" Pharisee. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Remember|strong="H2142"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w*}: Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" exalt|strong="G5312" themselves|strong="G1438" will|strong="G3956" be|strong="G3956" humbled|strong="G5013" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} will|strong="G3956" humble|strong="G5013" all|strong="G3956" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" exalt|strong="G5312" themselves|strong="G1438"}, but|strong="G1161" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" humble|strong="G5013" themselves|strong="G1438" will|strong="G3956" be|strong="G3956" exalted|strong="G5312" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G1161"\+w*} will|strong="G3956" exalt|strong="G5312" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" humble|strong="G5013" themselves|strong="G1438"}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" taught|strong="H3925" about|strong="G1519" accepting God’s|strong="H0430" rule|strong="H4910" in|strong="G1519" our|strong="G3956" lives|strong="H5315" as|strong="G1519" easily|strong="H4592" as|strong="G1519" little|strong="H4592" children|strong="H1121" do|strong="G3004". }
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\verseNumber{15}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w day|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w when|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w people|strong="G4374"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w coming|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*}, they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" also|strong="G2532" bringing|strong="G4374" small|strong="H6996" children|strong="G1025". They|strong="G2532" wanted|strong="H2654" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2443" put|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3708" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w children|strong="G1025"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w bless|strong="H1288"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}. When|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" saw|strong="G3708" that|strong="G2443", they|strong="G2532" rebuked|strong="G2008" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w bringing|strong="G4374"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w children|strong="G1025"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{16}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" called|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" children|strong="G3813" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" his|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G1510", “Let|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" children|strong="G3813" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" me|strong="G1473"! Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" stop|strong="G3361" them|strong="G3588"! It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" people|strong="G1510" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w humble|strong="H6035"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w trusting|strong="H0982"\+w*} like|strong="G5108" they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G1510" who|strong="G3588" can|strong="G3004" experience|strong="H7200" God|strong="G2316" ruling|strong="H4910" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{17}Note|strong="H3045" this|strong="G3588": Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" do|strong="G3004" not|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w trust|strong="H0982"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2316"\+w*} allow|strong="H5414" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" direct|strong="H3559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*}, as|strong="G5613" children|strong="G3813" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="G3004"\+w*}, will|strong="G2316" not|strong="G3756" enter|strong="G1525" the|strong="G1519" [MET|strong="H6298"] place|strong="G3739" where|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" rules|strong="H4910".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" taught|strong="H3925" that|strong="G3739" rich|strong="G3756" people|strong="G1525" do|strong="G3004" not|strong="G3756" easily|strong="G3756" let|strong="G3004" God|strong="G2316" rule|strong="H4910" their|strong="G1438" lives|strong="H5315". }
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\verseNumber{18}A|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} leader|strong="H5387" asked|strong="G1905" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*}, “Good|strong="G5101" teacher|strong="G1320", what|strong="G5101" shall|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160" in|strong="G2532" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" eternal|strong="H5769" life|strong="G2222"?” 
\verseNumber{19}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “Only|strong="G1487" God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G3588" good|strong="G5101"! No|strong="G3762" one|strong="G1520" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w else|strong="G3361"\+w*} is|strong="G3588" good|strong="G5101"! ◄So|strong="G1161" you|strong="G1487"(sg) should|strong="G2316" consider|strong="H7200" carefully|strong="H6213" what|strong="G5101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* implying \+w by|strong="G3004"\+w*} calling|strong="G3004" me|strong="G1473" good|strong="G5101"!/\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Do|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w realize|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* implying \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w by|strong="G3004"\+w*} calling|strong="G3004" me|strong="G1473" good|strong="G5101"?► [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w answer|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w your|strong="G5091"\+w* \+w question|strong="H1697"\+w*}, you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} know|strong="G1492" the|strong="G2532" commandments|strong="G1785" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w gave|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*. \+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w commanded|strong="G1785"\+w* \+w such|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w as|strong="G2532"\+w*} ‘do|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3361" commit|strong="G3431" adultery|strong="G3431", do|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3361" commit|strong="G3431" murder|strong="G5407", do|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3361" steal|strong="G2813", do|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3361" testify|strong="H6030" falsely|strong="H8267" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w seen|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w or|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w heard|strong="H8085"\+w*}, honor|strong="G5091" your|strong="G5091" father|strong="G3962" and|strong="G2532" mother|strong="G3384".’” 
\verseNumber{21}The|strong="G3956" man|strong="G3778" said|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1473" obeyed|strong="H8085" all|strong="G3956" those|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w commandments|strong="H4687"\+w*} ever|strong="H5769" since|strong="G1537" I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G3588" young|strong="H5288". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="G1161"\+w*} ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w must|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w be|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w else|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w have|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*./\+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w enough|strong="H1767"\+w*}?►” 
\verseNumber{22}When|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" heard|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w*} that|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “There|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" one|strong="G1520" thing|strong="G1520" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} have|strong="G2192" not|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*} yet|strong="G2089". Sell|strong="G4453" all|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" own|strong="H1961". Then|strong="G2532" give|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" poor|strong="G4434" people|strong="G3956". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2192" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w spiritual|strong="H7307"\+w*} riches|strong="H6239" in|strong="G1722" heaven|strong="G3772". Then|strong="G2532" come|strong="G1204" and|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" my|strong="G1722" disciple|strong="G3004"!” 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="G1161" man|strong="G3778" became|strong="G1096" sad|strong="G4036" when|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="G3588", because|strong="G1063" he|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" very|strong="G4970" rich|strong="G4145" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w he|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w did|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w give|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w everything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w away|strong="H5493"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{24}Jesus|strong="G2424" looked|strong="G3708" at|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" man|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w he|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w left|strong="H7604"\+w*}, and|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “It|strong="G1161" is|strong="G3588" very|strong="G3588" difficult|strong="H6381" for|strong="G1519" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" wealthy|strong="G5536" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w decide|strong="H3198"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" let|strong="G1161" God|strong="G2316" rule|strong="H4910" [MET|strong="G3708"] their|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{27}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004", “It|strong="G1161" is|strong="G1510" impossible|strong="H1219" for|strong="G1161" people|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w save|strong="G3844"\+w* \+w themselves|strong="G1510"\+w*}. But|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w can|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w save|strong="G3844"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G1161"\+w*} God|strong="G2316" can|strong="G3004" do|strong="G3004" anything|strong="H3605"!” 
\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" said|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="G2249"\+w*(exc) \+w have|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w left|strong="H7604"\+w*} everything|strong="H3605" we|strong="G2249" had|strong="G3588" and|strong="G1161" have|strong="G1473" become|strong="G1161" your|strong="G3708" disciples|strong="G3588" [RHQ]. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w about|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*?} (OR|strong="G1161", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w accept|strong="H7521"\+w*/\+w save|strong="H3467"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*?}”) 
\verseNumber{29}He|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", “Keep|strong="G1135" this|strong="G3588" in|strong="G2316" mind|strong="H3820": Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" have|strong="G3748" left|strong="H7604" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="G3588"\+w*} homes|strong="H1004", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="G3588"\+w*} wives|strong="G1135", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="G3588"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="G3588"\+w*} parents|strong="G1118", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="G3588"\+w*} children|strong="G5043", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w any|strong="G3762"\+w* \+w other|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w family|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w members|strong="H3338"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w others|strong="G3588"\+w*} about|strong="G3588" how|strong="G1161" God|strong="G2316" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="G3004" rule|strong="H4910" [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people’s|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{30}will|strong="G2532" receive|strong="H3947" in|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3778" life|strong="G2222" many|strong="G4179" times|strong="G2540" as|strong="G1722" much|strong="G4179" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w left|strong="H7604"\+w*}. And|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" future|strong="H0319" age|strong="G2540" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" ◄live|strong="G2532" eternally|strong="H5331" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*}/ have|strong="G2532" eternal|strong="H5769" life|strong="G2222"►.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" again|strong="G2532" predicted|strong="H1696" his|strong="G1722" death|strong="H4194" and|strong="G2532" resurrection. }
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\verseNumber{31}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*} took|strong="G3880" the|strong="G2532" twelve|strong="G1427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" place|strong="H4725" by|strong="G1223" themselves|strong="G1438" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588", “Listen|strong="G2400" carefully|strong="H6213"! We|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(inc)} are|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="G1161"\+w*} going|strong="G2532" up|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w While|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w we|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*}, everything|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3588" has|strong="G3708" been|strong="G2532" written|strong="G1125" by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" prophets|strong="G4396" {that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" prophets|strong="G4396" have|strong="G2532" written|strong="G1125"} about|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*}, the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" came|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2532" heaven|strong="H8064", will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" fulfilled|strong="G5055" {will|strong="G2532" occur|strong="H1961"}. 
\verseNumber{32}I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2532" into|strong="G3860" the|strong="G2532" hands|strong="G3860" of|strong="G2532" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w My|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} will|strong="G2532" hand|strong="G3860" me|strong="H0413" over|strong="G3860" to|strong="G2532"} non-Jews. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="G2532"\+w* non-Jews} will|strong="G2532" make|strong="G2532" fun of|strong="G2532" me|strong="H0413" and|strong="G2532" mistreat|strong="G5195" me|strong="H0413" and|strong="G2532" spit|strong="G1716" on|strong="G3588" me|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{33}They|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" whip|strong="H7752" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="G2532"\+w*} they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H0413". But|strong="G2532" on|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" third|strong="G5154" day|strong="G2250" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" become|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="G2532".” 
\verseNumber{34}But|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G1510"\+w*} did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" understand|strong="G4920" any|strong="G3762" of|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3778" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w*}. They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" prevented|strong="H6923" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Something|strong="G1510"\+w*} prevented|strong="H6923" them|strong="G3588"} from|strong="G2532" understanding|strong="G4920" the|strong="G2532" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G2532"\+w*} was|strong="G1510" telling|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" healed|strong="H7495" a|strong="G2532" blind|strong="H5787" man|strong="G3778". }
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\verseNumber{35}As|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G1448"\+w* \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*} came|strong="G1096" near|strong="G1448" to|strong="G1519" Jericho|strong="G2410" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, a|strong="G1096" blind|strong="G5185" man|strong="G5100" was|strong="G1096" sitting|strong="G2521" beside|strong="G3844" the|strong="G1722" road|strong="G3598". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1096"\+w*} begging|strong="G1871" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{36}When|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="G1161" crowd|strong="G3793" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G3793"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3793"\+w*} passing|strong="G1279" by|strong="G1510", he|strong="G1161" asked|strong="G4441" someone|strong="H0376", “What|strong="G5101" is|strong="G1510" happening?” 
\verseNumber{37}They|strong="G1161" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="G3588", “Jesus|strong="G2424", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w man|strong="H0376"\+w*} from|strong="G3588" Nazareth|strong="G3480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, is|strong="G3588" passing|strong="G3928" by|strong="G2424".” 
\verseNumber{38}He|strong="G2532" shouted|strong="H7321", “Jesus|strong="G2424", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w who|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w are|strong="G2532"\+w*} descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} David|strong="G1138", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*}, pity|strong="H2347" me|strong="G1473"!” 
\verseNumber{39}Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w walking|strong="G4254"\+w*} at|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" front|strong="G4254" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w crowd|strong="H1995"\+w*} scolded|strong="G2008" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5207" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} told|strong="G2008" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2443" be|strong="G2532" quiet|strong="G4601". But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" shouted|strong="G2896" more|strong="G3123" loudly|strong="G4183", “You|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="G3588"\+w*} David|strong="G1138", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*}, pity|strong="H2347" me|strong="G1473"!” 
\verseNumber{40}Jesus|strong="G2424" stopped|strong="G2476" and|strong="G1161" told|strong="G4314" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3588"\+w*} to|strong="G4314" bring|strong="H0935" the|strong="G1161" man|strong="H0376" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588". When|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w blind|strong="H5787"\+w* \+w man|strong="H0376"\+w*} came|strong="G3588" near|strong="G1448", Jesus|strong="G2424" asked|strong="G1905" him|strong="G3588", 
\verseNumber{41}“What|strong="G5101" do|strong="G4160" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} want|strong="G2309" me|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2443" do|strong="G4160" for|strong="G1161" you|strong="G4771"?” He|strong="G1161" replied|strong="G3004", “Lord|strong="G2962", enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2443" see|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{42}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="G2532"\+w*} see|strong="H7200"! Because|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2532" trusted|strong="H0982" [PRS] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G2532"\+w*} have|strong="G2532" healed|strong="G4982" you|strong="G4771"!” 
\verseNumber{43}Immediately|strong="G3916" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708"! And|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" with|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*}, praising|strong="G1392" God|strong="G2316". And|strong="G2532" when|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w going|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w with|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*} saw|strong="G3708" it|strong="G2532", they|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" praised|strong="G1392" God|strong="G2316". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Zacchaeus changed his way of life after talking with Jesus. }
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\chapterNumber{19}Jesus|strong="G1525" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588" entered|strong="G1525" Jericho|strong="G2410" and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" going|strong="G1330" through|strong="G1330" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}There|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G4145" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*} named|strong="G3686" Zacchaeus|strong="G2195". He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" tax|strong="H4061" collector, who|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" rich|strong="G4145". 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="G2532" tried|strong="G2212" to|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" Jesus|strong="G2424", but|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" very|strong="G2532" short|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" big|strong="H0931" crowd|strong="G3793" of|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3793" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w near|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w*}. So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{4}So|strong="G2443" he|strong="G2532" ran|strong="G4390" further|strong="G1909" ahead|strong="G1715" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w along|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w road|strong="H1870"\+w*} that|strong="G3754" Jesus|strong="G1565" was|strong="G3588" walking|strong="H1980" on|strong="G1909". He|strong="G2532" climbed|strong="H5927" a|strong="G2532" sycamore-fig tree|strong="G4809" to|strong="G1519" see|strong="G3708" Jesus|strong="G1565". 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="G5613" Jesus|strong="G2424" got|strong="G2597" there|strong="G2532", he|strong="G2532" looked|strong="G2532" up|strong="G1210" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", “Zacchaeus|strong="G2195", come|strong="G2064" down|strong="G2597" quickly|strong="G4692", because|strong="G1063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w*} me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G4314" go|strong="G2597" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*(sg)} to|strong="G4314" your|strong="G2532" house|strong="G3624" and|strong="G2532" stay|strong="G3306" there|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tonight|strong="H3915"\+w*}”! 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" quickly|strong="G4692". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w took|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" welcomed|strong="G5264" him|strong="G2532" joyfully|strong="G5463". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3748"\+w* \+w saw|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w go|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*} grumbled|strong="H3885" saying|strong="G3004", “He|strong="G2532" has|strong="G3708" gone|strong="G1525" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" guest|strong="G2647" of|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3748" is|strong="G3956" a|strong="G2532" sinner|strong="H2398"!” 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="G2532" Zacchaeus|strong="G2195" stood|strong="G2476" up|strong="G2476" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w eating|strong="H0398"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*}, “Lord|strong="G2962", I|strong="G1473" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="G1487" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} to|strong="G4314" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" going|strong="G2532" to|strong="G4314" give|strong="G1325" half|strong="G2255" of|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" own|strong="H1961" to|strong="G4314" poor|strong="G4434" people|strong="G3004". And|strong="G2532" as|strong="G1161" for|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3004" whom|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" cheated|strong="H8524", I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" pay|strong="G1325" them|strong="G3588" back|strong="G4314" four|strong="G5073" times|strong="G5073" the|strong="G2532" amount|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w gotten|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w by|strong="G4314"\+w* cheating}.” 
\verseNumber{9}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", “Today|strong="G4594" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} has|strong="G1096" forgiven|strong="H5545" [PRS] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w other|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w*} [MTY] this|strong="G3778" house|strong="G3624", because|strong="G3754" you|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} also|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w shown|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w trusted|strong="H0982"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1161"\+w*} your|strong="G2532" ancestor Abraham|strong="H0085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w did|strong="G2532"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{10}Remember|strong="H2142" this|strong="G3588": \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G2532"\+w*}, the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" came|strong="G2064" from|strong="G2064" heaven|strong="H8064", came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G2532" seek|strong="G2212" and|strong="G2532" save|strong="G4982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w like|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4982"\+w*(sg)} who|strong="G3588" have|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gone|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w astray|strong="H8582"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w just|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w like|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w shepherd|strong="H7462"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w searches|strong="H1875"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w his|strong="G2532"\+w*} lost|strong="H0006" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sheep|strong="H6629"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" taught|strong="H3925" about|strong="G2212" being|strong="G2532" willing|strong="H0014" to|strong="G2532" take|strong="G2532" risks in|strong="G2532" using|strong="H5927" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" has|strong="G2064" given|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414". }
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\verseNumber{11}They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" coming|strong="G3195" near|strong="G1451" to|strong="G2532" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1510" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w going|strong="G3195"\+w* \+w with|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*} who|strong="G3588" heard|strong="H8085" him|strong="G3588" say|strong="G3004" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778" thought|strong="G1380" that|strong="G3754" as|strong="G1161" soon|strong="G3916" as|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w got|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\+w*} he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G3195" become|strong="G1510" their|strong="G1438" king|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{37}As|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" came|strong="G3101" near|strong="G1448" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}, on|strong="G4012" the|strong="G3956" road|strong="H1870" that|strong="G3739" descends|strong="H3381" from|strong="G5456" Olive|strong="G1636" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tree|strong="G1636"\+w*} Hill|strong="G3735", the|strong="G3956" whole|strong="G3956" crowd|strong="G4128" of|strong="G4012" his|strong="G3956" disciples|strong="G3101" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G4314" rejoice|strong="G5463" and|strong="G1161" praise|strong="H1984" God|strong="G2316" loudly|strong="G3173" for|strong="G4012" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" great|strong="G3173" miracles|strong="G1411" that|strong="G3739" they|strong="G1161" had|strong="G2316" seen|strong="G3708" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G1448"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3708"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{38}They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" saying|strong="G3004" things|strong="G3588" like|strong="H3644", “May|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} bless|strong="G2127" our|strong="G2532" king|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" comes|strong="G2064" representing [MTY] him|strong="G3588"!” “May|strong="G2532" there|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" peace|strong="G1515" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w between|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" heaven|strong="G3772" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w*}!” “May|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w everyone|strong="H3605"\+w*} praise|strong="G1391" God|strong="G3004"!” 
\verseNumber{39}Some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Pharisees|strong="G5330" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" Jesus|strong="G3004", “Teacher|strong="G1320", rebuke|strong="G2008" your|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w saying|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w like|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{40}He|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" this|strong="G3778": If|strong="G1437" these|strong="G3778" people|strong="G3004" would|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" silent|strong="G4623", the|strong="G2532" stones|strong="G3037" themselves|strong="G3778" would|strong="G2532" shout|strong="G2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w praise|strong="H1984"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*}!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" prophesied|strong="H5012" that|strong="G3754" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" would|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" destroyed|strong="H4229". }
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\verseNumber{41}When|strong="G5613" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*} came|strong="G2532" near|strong="G1448" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="G4172", he|strong="G2532" cried|strong="G2532" about|strong="G5613" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w its|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{42}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w My|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1097"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w need|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w*} to|strong="G4314" have|strong="G2532" peace|strong="G1515" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*}; I|strong="G2532" wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="G3754" even|strong="G2532" today|strong="G2250" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w rest|strong="G1515"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2250"\+w*} you|strong="G4771" people|strong="G3004" knew|strong="G1097" it|strong="G2532". But|strong="G1161" now|strong="G1161" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G3588" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="G4314" know|strong="G1097" [MTY] it|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{43}I|strong="G2532" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G2532" know|strong="H3045" this|strong="G3588": Soon|strong="H3512" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="G2190"\+w*} will|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2240" and|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" set|strong="G2532" up|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" barricade|strong="G5482" around|strong="G1909" your|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. They|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" surround|strong="G4033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" attack|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*} on|strong="G1909" all|strong="G2532" sides|strong="G3840". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" expelled|strong="H3423" the|strong="G1722" merchants|strong="H7402" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="H1004" courtyard|strong="H2691", and|strong="G2532" taught|strong="H3925" there|strong="G2532". }
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\verseNumber{45}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w entered|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} went|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="G2411" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1525" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" selling|strong="G4453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w things|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{47}Each|strong="G2596" day|strong="G2250" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w during|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w week|strong="H7620"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G1510"\+w*} was|strong="G1510" teaching|strong="G1321" people|strong="G2992" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="G2413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*}. The|strong="G1722" chief|strong="G4413" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" men|strong="G4413" who|strong="G3588" taught|strong="G1321" the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} laws|strong="H8451" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} leaders|strong="G4413" tried|strong="G2212" to|strong="G2532" find|strong="H4672" a|strong="G2532" way|strong="G2596" to|strong="G2532" kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{48}But|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" did|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3756" find|strong="G2147" any|strong="G3756" way|strong="H1870" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160" it|strong="G2532", because|strong="G1063" all|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992" there|strong="G2532" listened|strong="H8085" eagerly|strong="H6960" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* resisted \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w if|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w tried|strong="H6884"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w hurt|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus refused to answer a question about his authority. }
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\verseNumber{2}They|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “Tell|strong="G3004" us|strong="G1325", by|strong="G1722" what|strong="G5101" authority|strong="G1849" are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771" doing|strong="G4160" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778"? Who|strong="G5101" authorized|strong="H5425" you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G4314" do|strong="G4160" things|strong="G3778" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w did|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w here|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w yesterday|strong="H8543"\+w*}?” 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" ask|strong="G2065" you|strong="G5210" a|strong="G2532" question|strong="G2065". Tell|strong="G3004" me|strong="G1473", 
\verseNumber{4}where|strong="H0834" did|strong="G1510" John|strong="G2491" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1537"\+w* Baptizer} get|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="G2491"\+w* \+w authority|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2228"\+w*} baptize \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w came|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Did|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w it|strong="G1510"\+w*} from|strong="G1537" God|strong="G3588" [MTY/EUP] or|strong="G2228" from|strong="G1537" people|strong="G1510"?” 
\verseNumber{5}They|strong="G1161" discussed this|strong="G3588" among|strong="G1537" themselves|strong="G1438". They|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w we|strong="G1437"\+w*(inc) \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w*}, ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w*} from|strong="G1537" God|strong="G3004" [MTY/EUP],’ he|strong="G1161" will|strong="G5101" say|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" us|strong="G3004", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="G1161"\+w*} ◄you|strong="G1437" should|strong="G3588" have|strong="G3748" believed|strong="G4100" John’s \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*}!/why|strong="G5101" did|strong="G5101" you|strong="G1437" not|strong="G3756" believe|strong="G4100" what|strong="G5101" John|strong="G3004" preached|strong="H1696"?► [RHQ]’ 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="G1161" if|strong="G1437" we|strong="G2249" say|strong="G3004", ‘It|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G1537"\+w*} people|strong="G2992",’ the|strong="G1537" people|strong="G2992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="G1510"\+w*} will|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1537"\+w*} throwing|strong="H3027" stones|strong="H0068" at|strong="G1537" us|strong="G3004", because|strong="G1063" they|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="G1161"\+w*} believe|strong="G3982" that|strong="G3588" John|strong="G2491" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" prophet|strong="G4396" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" replied|strong="H0559", “We|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc)} do|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3361" know|strong="G1492" where|strong="G4159" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w John|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w got|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w his|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w authority|strong="H3027"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w did|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3761"\+w* \+w answer|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w question|strong="H1697"\+w*}, I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3761" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" who|strong="G3588" authorized|strong="H5425" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160" those|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3778" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w yesterday|strong="H8543"\+w*}.” 

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\verseNumber{15}So|strong="G3767" they|strong="G2532" dragged|strong="H5498" him|strong="G3588" outside|strong="G1854" the|strong="G2532" vineyard|strong="H3754" and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" killed|strong="H2026" him|strong="G3588". So|strong="G3767" ◄I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G5101" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="G4160" what|strong="G5101" the|strong="G2532" owner|strong="G2962" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" vineyard|strong="H3754" will|strong="G5101" do|strong="G4160" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588"!/do|strong="G4160" you|strong="G4160" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="G5101" the|strong="G2532" owner|strong="G2962" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" vineyard|strong="H3754" will|strong="G5101" do|strong="G4160" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588"?► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{16}He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2064" and|strong="G2532" kill|strong="H2026" those|strong="G3588" men|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" taking|strong="G1096" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" vineyard|strong="H3754". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" arrange|strong="H6186" for|strong="G1161" other|strong="G1161" people|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" take|strong="G1096" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532".” When|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3004" listening|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="G3588", they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w would|strong="G1096"\+w*} not|strong="G3361" do|strong="G1096" anything|strong="H3605" like|strong="H3644" those|strong="G3588" wicked|strong="G3588" men|strong="G3778" did|strong="G2532"!” 
\verseNumber{17}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G3004" looked|strong="G1689" directly|strong="H5227" at|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “You|strong="G3739" can|strong="G3004" say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3739", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w about|strong="G1519"\+w*} the|strong="G1519" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="G2776" these|strong="G3778" words|strong="H1697" that|strong="G3739" are|strong="G1510" written|strong="G1125" {which|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w*} wrote|strong="G1125"} [RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* Scriptures}, 
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\verseNumber{18}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w stone|strong="G3037"\+w* represents \+w me|strong="G1909"\+w*, \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*}, and|strong="G1161" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" reject|strong="H3988" me|strong="G1909" are|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="G3039"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w fall|strong="G4098"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w stone|strong="G3037"\+w*}. Everyone|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3739" falls|strong="G4098" on|strong="G1909" this|strong="G3588" stone|strong="G3037" will|strong="G3739" be|strong="G3956" broken|strong="G4917" to|strong="G1909" pieces|strong="G4917" {This|strong="G3588" stone|strong="G3037" will|strong="G3739" break|strong="H7665" to|strong="G1909" pieces|strong="G4917" everyone|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3739" falls|strong="G4098" on|strong="G1909" it|strong="G1161"}, and|strong="G1161" it|strong="G1161" will|strong="G3739" crush|strong="H1792" anyone|strong="G3956" on|strong="G1909" whom|strong="G3739" it|strong="G1161" falls|strong="G4098".” 

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\verseNumber{19}The|strong="G1722" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" men|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3588" taught|strong="H3925" the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} laws|strong="H8451" realized|strong="G1097" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" accusing|strong="H7760" them|strong="G3588" when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" the|strong="G1722" parable|strong="G3850" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w wicked|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w men|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w*}. So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" immediately|strong="H6965" tried|strong="G2212" to|strong="G4314" find|strong="G1097" a|strong="G2532" way|strong="G1722" to|strong="G4314" seize|strong="H0962" [MTY] him|strong="G3588", but|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w seize|strong="H0962"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G3754"\+w*} they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" afraid|strong="G5399" of|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w*} the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G2992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w if|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{26}While|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992" were|strong="G3588" there|strong="G2532", the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w spies|strong="H7270"\+w*} were|strong="G3588" unable|strong="G3756" to|strong="G2532" find|strong="H4672" fault|strong="H3972" with|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1909" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532". And|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" amazed|strong="G2296" at|strong="G1909" his|strong="G1909" answer|strong="H6030". So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532" nothing|strong="G3756". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" foiled their|strong="G2532" attempt|strong="H6113" to|strong="G2532" trap|strong="H4170" him|strong="G3588" with|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" question|strong="H1697" about|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" resurrection. }
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\verseNumber{27}Some|strong="G5100" Sadducees|strong="G4523" came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G4334" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G1510"\+w*}. They|strong="G1161" are|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" Jewish|strong="H3064" sect who|strong="G3588" do|strong="G3361" not|strong="G3361" believe|strong="H0539" that|strong="G3588" people|strong="G1510" will|strong="G1510" become|strong="G1510" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="H7725" after|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" die|strong="H4191". 
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\verseNumber{32}Afterwards|strong="G5305", the|strong="G2532" woman|strong="G1135" died|strong="G3588", too|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{33}Therefore|strong="G3767", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w it|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w true|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w there|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w will|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w time|strong="G1722"\+w*} when|strong="G1722" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="G3767" will|strong="G5101" become|strong="G1096" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="H7725", whose|strong="G5101" wife|strong="G1135" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w think|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w woman|strong="G1135"\+w*} will|strong="G5101" be|strong="G1096" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="G3767"\+w*}? ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Keep|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w mind|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w she|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w married|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w all|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w seven|strong="G2033"\+w* \+w brothers|strong="H0251"\+w*!/\+w It|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w will|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w impossible|strong="H1219"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w decide|strong="H3198"\+w* \+w because|strong="G1063"\+w*} she|strong="G1063" was|strong="G1096" married|strong="G1096" to|strong="G1722" all|strong="G1722" seven|strong="G2033" brothers|strong="H0251"!► [RHQ]” 
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\verseNumber{35}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3588" whom|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2532" considers|strong="H7919" worthy|strong="G2661" of|strong="G1537" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w being|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="H8064"\+w* \+w after|strong="G1161"\+w*} they|strong="G2532" become|strong="G1161" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3777" be|strong="G2532" married|strong="G1060". 
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\verseNumber{39}Some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G5100" the|strong="G1161" men|strong="G5100" who|strong="G3588" taught|strong="H3925" the|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} laws|strong="H8451" replied|strong="G3004", “Teacher|strong="G1320", you|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} have|strong="G5100" answered|strong="G3004" very|strong="G3588" well|strong="G2573"!” 
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\verseNumber{41}Then|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588", “I|strong="G1161" will|strong="G1510" show|strong="H7200" you|strong="G3004" (OR|strong="G1161", prove|strong="H5254" to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G3004") that|strong="G3588" people|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w wrong|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w*} say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" Messiah|strong="G5547" is|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w merely|strong="H6680"\+w*} a|strong="G1510" descendant|strong="H2233" of|strong="G5207" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="G3588"\+w*} David|strong="G1138"! [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{42}Because|strong="G1063" David|strong="G1138" himself|strong="H5315" wrote|strong="H3789" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" book|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" Psalms|strong="G5568", 
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God|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" my|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962", 
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\verseNumber{47}They|strong="G2532" swindle [MET|strong="H6298"] the|strong="G2532" houses|strong="G3614" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w property|strong="G3614"\+w*} of|strong="G2532" widows|strong="G5503". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="G2532"\+w*} they|strong="G2532" pretend|strong="H3584" they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" good|strong="G3588", as|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" pray|strong="G4336" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w long|strong="G3117"\+w*} prayers|strong="G4336" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w publicly|strong="H3318"\+w*. \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} will|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w certainly|strong="G2532"\+w*} punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="G3588" very|strong="G2532" severely|strong="H5953".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus taught that God commends people who give to him sacrificially. }
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" day|strong="G2250" during|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w first|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w part|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* week-long \+w festival|strong="H2282"\+w*} of|strong="G2250" Unleavened|strong="H4682" Bread|strong="H3899" came|strong="G2064", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w day|strong="G2250"\+w*} when|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w*} lambs|strong="H3532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w*} Passover|strong="G3957" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w celebration|strong="H8057"\+w*} had|strong="G3739" to|strong="G2064" be|strong="G1163" killed|strong="G2380". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1510" taught|strong="H3925" the|strong="G2532" apostles that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3195" imitate|strong="H6213" him|strong="G3588" by|strong="G1537" serving|strong="H5647" each|strong="G1438" other|strong="G1438" humbly|strong="H6800". }
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\verseNumber{31}“Simon|strong="G4613", Simon|strong="G4613", listen|strong="G2400"! Satan|strong="G4567" has|strong="G3708" asked|strong="H7592" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w let|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w test|strong="H5254"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w has|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w permitted|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w it|strong="G5613"\+w*. \+w Satan|strong="G4567"\+w* \+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w cause|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w suffer|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w distress|strong="H6869"\+w*} (OR|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w distress|strong="H6869"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*}) \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w will|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w believe|strong="H0539"\+w*/\+w trust|strong="H0982"\+w* \+w in|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w anymore|strong="H5750"\+w*/\+w longer|strong="H5750"\+w*. \+w He|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w shake|strong="H7493"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*, \+w just|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w like|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w a|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w man|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w shakes|strong="H7493"\+w* \+w wheat|strong="G4621"\+w* \+w in|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w a|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w sieve|strong="H3531"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w sift|strong="G4617"\+w* \+w it|strong="G5613"\+w*} [MET|strong="G3708"]. 
\verseNumber{32}But|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" prayed|strong="G1189" for|strong="G4012" you|strong="G4771", Simon, that|strong="G2443" you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" completely|strong="H3617" stop|strong="G3361" believing|strong="G4102" in|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473". So|strong="G2443" when|strong="G1161" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} restore|strong="H7725" your|strong="G2532" relationship with|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473", help|strong="G4012" your|strong="G2532" fellow|strong="H7453" apostles \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w trust|strong="H0982"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w more|strong="G2532"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{33}Peter|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", “Lord|strong="G2962", I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G1510" ready|strong="G2092" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G4198" with|strong="G3326" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} if|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" in|strong="G1519" prison|strong="G5438", or|strong="G2532" even|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" die|strong="G2288" with|strong="G3326" you|strong="G4771"!” 
\verseNumber{34}Jesus|strong="G3004" replied|strong="G3004", “Peter|strong="G4074", I|strong="G1473" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} to|strong="G3004" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3588" tonight|strong="H3915", before|strong="G2193" the|strong="G1161" rooster|strong="H4975" crows|strong="G5455", you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G1473" say|strong="G3004" three|strong="G5151" times|strong="G5151" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" do|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" me|strong="G1473"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" warned|strong="H2094" his|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G1161" would|strong="H0014" soon|strong="G3361" face|strong="H6440" opposition|strong="H8569". }
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\verseNumber{35}Then|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*} asked|strong="G3004" all|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “After|strong="G1161" I|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" out|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w other|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w villages|strong="H2691"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w went|strong="G2532"\+w*} without|strong="G3361" taking|strong="H3947" any|strong="G5100" money|strong="H3701" or|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w traveling|strong="H1980"\+w*} bag|strong="G4082" or|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{extra} sandals|strong="G5266", you|strong="G5210" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" lack|strong="G5302" anything|strong="G5100", did|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210"?” They|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That’s|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w right|strong="H3225"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="G2532"\+w*(exc) \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w*} not|strong="G3361" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lack|strong="G5302"\+w*} anything|strong="G5100".” 
\verseNumber{36}Then|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w show|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w now|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w many|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w oppose|strong="H7853"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}, (OR|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w show|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w needed|strong="H1767"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w prepared|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w protect|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w themselves|strong="H0905"\+w*},) he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “Now|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w things|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w different|strong="H8133"\+w*. \+w So|strong="G2532"\+w*} whoever|strong="G3588" among|strong="G2440" you|strong="G3004" has|strong="G2192" some|strong="G3588" money|strong="H3701" should|strong="G3588" take|strong="G1161" it|strong="G2532" with|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588". Likewise|strong="G3668", he|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3588" take|strong="G1161" a|strong="G2192" carrying|strong="H5375" bag|strong="G4082". Whoever|strong="G3588" does|strong="G2192" not|strong="G3361" have|strong="G2192" a|strong="G2192" sword|strong="G3162" should|strong="G3588" sell|strong="G4453" his|strong="G2192" coat|strong="G2440" and|strong="G2532" buy|strong="H7069" a|strong="G2192" sword|strong="G3162". 
\verseNumber{37}Because|strong="G3754", I|strong="G1473" now|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w something|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w must|strong="G1163"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w fulfill|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w these|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w words|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w*} wrote|strong="G1125": ‘He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" treated|strong="H3190" {They|strong="G2532" treated|strong="H3190" him|strong="G3588"} as|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w though|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w*} a|strong="G2192" criminal.’ Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2532" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="G3754" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="G3754" is|strong="G3588" {that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2192"} written|strong="G1125" about|strong="G4012" me|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* Scriptures} must|strong="G1163" be|strong="G2532" fulfilled|strong="G5055".” 
\verseNumber{38}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2962"\+w*} the|strong="G1161" disciples|strong="G1510" said|strong="G3004", “Lord|strong="G2962", look|strong="G2400"! We|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc)} have|strong="G1510" two|strong="G1417" swords|strong="G3162"!” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Realizing \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w did|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w understand|strong="H0995"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w meaning|strong="H0998"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w*}, he|strong="G1161" replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", “That|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" enough|strong="G2425" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w about|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w swords|strong="G3162"\+w*}”! 

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\verseNumber{39}As|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G1831"\+w*} left|strong="G1831" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831", as|strong="G1519" he|strong="G2532" usually|strong="H2370" did|strong="G2532", to|strong="G1519" Olive|strong="G1636" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tree|strong="G1636"\+w*} Hill|strong="G3735". His|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3101" went|strong="G1831" with|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{40}When|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" came|strong="G1096" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" place|strong="G5117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="G5117"\+w* \+w he|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w often|strong="H1767"\+w* \+w spent|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w night|strong="H3915"\+w*}, he|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588", “Pray|strong="G4336" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w*} whenever|strong="H3605" something|strong="H1697" tempts you|strong="G3004".” 
\verseNumber{41}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" distance|strong="H7350" of|strong="G2532" about|strong="G5616" 30 meters/yards|strong="H5439". (OR|strong="G2532", as|strong="G2532" far|strong="G3588" as|strong="G2532" someone|strong="H0376" can|strong="H4310" throw|strong="G1000" a|strong="G2532" stone|strong="G3037".) He|strong="G2532" knelt|strong="G1119" and|strong="G2532" prayed|strong="G4336", 
\verseNumber{42}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w My|strong="G1473"\+w*} Father|strong="G3962", if|strong="G1487" you|strong="G1487" are|strong="G3588" willing|strong="G1014" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w do|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w it|strong="G1487"\+w*}, force|strong="H2394" me|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w have|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w undergo|strong="H7845"\+w*} these|strong="G3778" terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="G3778" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w about|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w happen|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*} [MTY]. But|strong="G1487" do|strong="G1096" not|strong="G3361" do|strong="G1096" what|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" want|strong="G1014". Instead|strong="H8478", do|strong="G1096" what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G1487" want|strong="G1014".” 
\verseNumber{43}Then|strong="G1161" an|strong="G1161" angel|strong="H4397" from|strong="G3772" heaven|strong="G3772" appeared|strong="G3708" to|strong="G1161" Jesus and|strong="G1161" caused|strong="H5414" him|strong="G3708" to|strong="G1161" become|strong="G1161" stronger|strong="H2388". 
\verseNumber{44}He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" greatly|strong="H3966" distressed|strong="H6887". So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" prayed|strong="G4336" more|strong="G2532" earnestly|strong="G1617". His|strong="G1909" sweat|strong="G2402" fell|strong="G1096" down|strong="G2597" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" ground|strong="G1093" as|strong="G1722" though|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" large|strong="H1419" drops|strong="G2361" of|strong="G2532" blood|strong="H1818". 
\verseNumber{45}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2064" praying|strong="G4335", he|strong="G2532" returned|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" his|strong="G1438" disciples|strong="G3101". He|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" sleeping|strong="G2837". They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" exhausted|strong="H6296" because|strong="G4314" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" very|strong="G2532" sorrowful|strong="G3077". 
\verseNumber{46}He|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w woke|strong="H3364"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3004", “◄I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G2532" disappointed|strong="H0954" that|strong="G2443" you|strong="G3004" are|strong="G2532" sleeping|strong="G2518"!/Why|strong="G5101" are|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3004" sleeping|strong="G2518"?► [RHQ] Get|strong="G2532" up|strong="G1519"! Pray|strong="G4336" that|strong="G2443" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w will|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w*} whenever|strong="H3605" you|strong="G3004" are|strong="G2532" tempted|strong="H5254" {when|strong="G2532" something|strong="G5101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w this|strong="G1519"\+w*} tempts you|strong="G3004"}!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus’ enemies|strong="H0341" captured|strong="H3920" him|strong="G2532". }
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\verseNumber{47}While|strong="G2980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w*} was|strong="G3588" still|strong="G2089" speaking|strong="G2980", a|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w came|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}. Judas|strong="G2455", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w though|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w*} one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" twelve|strong="G1427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*}, was|strong="G3588" leading|strong="H7218" them|strong="G3588". He|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2532" close|strong="G1448" to|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" and|strong="G2532" kissed|strong="H5401" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="G4281"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w cheek|strong="H3895"\+w* \+w as|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w if|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w greet|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w really|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w signal|strong="H5251"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w with|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w which|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w one|strong="G1520"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{48}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “Judas|strong="G2455", ◄I|strong="G1161" am|strong="G3588" disappointed|strong="H0954" that|strong="G3588" it|strong="G1161" is|strong="G3588" by|strong="G3004" kissing me|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3004" are|strong="G3588" enabling \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} to|strong="G3004" seize|strong="H0962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*}, the|strong="G1161" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" came|strong="G3588" from|strong="G3588" heaven|strong="H8064"!/is|strong="G3588" it|strong="G1161" by|strong="G3004" kissing me|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w though|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w loved|strong="H0157"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*} that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3004" are|strong="G3588" enabling \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} to|strong="G3004" seize|strong="H0962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*}, the|strong="G1161" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" came|strong="G3588" from|strong="G3588" heaven|strong="H8064"?► [RHQ]” 
\verseNumber{49}When|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w disciples|strong="G1510"\+w*} who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" around|strong="G4012" Jesus|strong="G3004" realized|strong="G3708" what|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="G3004" happen|strong="G1510", they|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “Lord|strong="G2962", shall|strong="G2962" we|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc)} strike|strong="G3960" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*} with|strong="G1722" our|strong="G2962" swords|strong="G3162"?” 
\verseNumber{50}One|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1537" his|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w drew|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sword|strong="H2719"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} struck|strong="G3960" the|strong="G2532" servant|strong="G1401" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" high|strong="G2532" priest|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w only|strong="G2532"\+w*} cut|strong="G2532" off|strong="G1537" his|strong="G2532" right|strong="G1188" ear|strong="G3775". 
\verseNumber{51}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004", “Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="G2532"\+w*} any|strong="G3004" more|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588"!” He|strong="G2532" touched|strong="H5060" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w servant’s|strong="H5650"\+w*} ear|strong="G5621" and|strong="G2532" healed|strong="G2390" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{52-53}Then|strong="H0227" Jesus said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" chief|strong="H7218" priests|strong="H3548", the|strong="H3605" officers|strong="H7860" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Temple|strong="H1004" guards|strong="H7323", and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} elders|strong="H2205" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w seize|strong="H0962"\+w*} him|strong="H5414", “◄It|strong="H5414" is|strong="H0369" ridiculous that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H1961" come|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H6311"\+w*} with|strong="H5973" swords|strong="H2719" and|strong="H3967" clubs|strong="H8455" to|strong="H0413" capture|strong="H3920" [MTY] me|strong="H0413", as|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w were|strong="H0834"\+w*} a|strong="H1961" bandit!/Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1961" you|strong="H0859" come|strong="H0935" here|strong="H6311" with|strong="H5973" swords|strong="H2719" and|strong="H3967" clubs|strong="H8455" to|strong="H0413" capture|strong="H3920" [MTY] me|strong="H0413", as|strong="H0834" if|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0589" were|strong="H0834" a|strong="H1961" bandit?► [RHQ] Day|strong="H3117" after|strong="H0310" day|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w*} in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Temple|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w*} you|strong="H0859" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" seize|strong="H0962" me|strong="H0413"! But|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0369" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6256" [MTY] when|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w is|strong="H0369"\+w* allowing} you|strong="H0859" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w*}. It|strong="H5414" is|strong="H0369" also|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6256" [MTY] when|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H0369" allowing \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Satan|strong="H7854"\+w*, \+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w rules|strong="H4910"\+w*} [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H0935"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" darkness|strong="H2822", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w he|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Peter said|strong="H0559" three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" Jesus. }
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\verseNumber{54}They|strong="G2532" seized|strong="G4815" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" led|strong="G1521" him|strong="G3588" away|strong="G3113". They|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G1521" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" high|strong="G2532" priest’s|strong="H3548" house|strong="G3614". Peter|strong="G4074" followed|strong="H0310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*} at|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" distance|strong="G3113". 
\verseNumber{55}They|strong="G2532" kindled|strong="H2734" a|strong="G2532" fire|strong="G4442" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" middle|strong="G3319" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" courtyard|strong="H2691" and|strong="G2532" sat|strong="G2521" down|strong="G2521" together|strong="G4776". Peter|strong="G4074" sat|strong="G2521" among|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{56}As|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" light|strong="G5457" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w fire|strong="G5457"\+w*} shone|strong="H7160" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w his|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w face|strong="H6440"\+w*, \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w*} female|strong="H5347" servant|strong="G3588" saw|strong="G3708" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" looked|strong="G3708" intently at|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588". She|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G5100" was|strong="G1510" also|strong="G2532" with|strong="G4862" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w man|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w whom|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w arrested|strong="H8610"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{57}But|strong="G1161" Peter denied|strong="H3584" it|strong="G1161", saying|strong="G3004", “Woman|strong="G1135", I|strong="G1161" do|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" him|strong="G3588"!” 
\verseNumber{58}A|strong="G2532" little|strong="G1024" later|strong="G3326" someone|strong="G2087" else|strong="G2087" saw|strong="G3708" Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G5346", “You|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} also|strong="G2532" are|strong="G1510" one|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G2087" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w arrested|strong="H8610"\+w*}!” But|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" said|strong="G5346", “Man|strong="G2087", I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{59}About|strong="G5616" an|strong="G2532" hour|strong="G5610" later|strong="G3326" someone|strong="G5100" else|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" emphatically \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G5616"\+w* \+w Peter|strong="G2532"\+w*}, “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w way|strong="G5100"\+w*} that|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G5100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w speaks|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w shows|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w*} is|strong="G1510" from|strong="G2532" Galilee|strong="G1057" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*}. Certainly|strong="G1909" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G5100" was|strong="G1510" also|strong="G2532" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5100" whom|strong="G3778" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w arrested|strong="H8610"\+w*, \+w who|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Galilee|strong="G1057"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{60}But|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" said|strong="G3004", “Man|strong="G3739", I|strong="G3739" do|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" what|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} are|strong="G3588" talking|strong="G2980" about|strong="G2980"!” Immediately|strong="G3916", while|strong="G2980" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" still|strong="G2089" speaking|strong="G2980", a|strong="G2532" rooster|strong="H4975" crowed|strong="G5455". 
\verseNumber{61}The|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*} turned|strong="G4762" around|strong="H5439" and|strong="G2532" looked|strong="G1689" right|strong="H3225" at|strong="G1689" Peter|strong="G4074". Then|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G4074" remembered|strong="G5279" what|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" had|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “This|strong="G3588" night|strong="G4594", before|strong="G4250" the|strong="G2532" rooster|strong="H4975" crows|strong="G5455", you|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} will|strong="G2532" deny|strong="G3588" three|strong="G5151" times|strong="G5151" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w*} me|strong="G1473".” 
\verseNumber{62}And|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G1831" went|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" cried|strong="G2532" very|strong="G2532" sorrowfully. 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G2532" soldiers|strong="H5650" made|strong="H6213" fun of|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G1831". }
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\verseNumber{63}The|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" guarding|strong="H8104" Jesus|strong="G2532" made|strong="H6213" fun of|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" beat|strong="G1194" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{64}They|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" blindfold|strong="G4028" on|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w beat|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w again|strong="G2532"\+w*. \+w Then|strong="G2532"\+w*} they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*(sg) \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w*} [IRO] that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" prophet|strong="H5030", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w prove|strong="H5254"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w by|strong="G2532"\+w*} telling|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004" who|strong="G5101" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" that|strong="G3588" struck|strong="G3817" you|strong="G4771"!” 
\verseNumber{65}They|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" many|strong="G4183" other|strong="G2087" evil|strong="G2532" things|strong="G4183" about|strong="G1519" him|strong="G2532", insulting him|strong="G2532". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="H3064" leaders|strong="G3004" asked|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G3004" about|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" identity. }
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\verseNumber{66}At|strong="G1519" dawn|strong="G1096" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w next|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w morning|strong="G2250"\+w*}, many|strong="H7227" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} leaders|strong="G3004" gathered|strong="G4863" together|strong="G4863". The|strong="G2532" group|strong="H7235" included|strong="H5475" the|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" taught|strong="H3925" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} laws|strong="H8451". They|strong="G2532" took|strong="G1096" Jesus|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="H3064" Council|strong="G4892". There|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G2532" Council|strong="G4892" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", 
\verseNumber{67}“If|strong="G1487" you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1161" Messiah|strong="G5547", tell|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004"!” But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" replied|strong="G3004", “If|strong="G1487" I|strong="G1473" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" that|strong="G3004", you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" believe|strong="G4100" me|strong="G1473". 
\verseNumber{68}If|strong="G1437" I|strong="G1161" ask|strong="G2065" you|strong="G1437" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w about|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*}, you|strong="G1437" will|strong="G2065" not|strong="G3756" answer|strong="H6030" me|strong="G2065". 
\verseNumber{69}But|strong="G1161" some|strong="G3588" day|strong="G3588" you|strong="G1510" will|strong="G2316" see|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="H0413"\+w*}, the|strong="G1537" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" came|strong="G3588" from|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="H8064", sitting|strong="G2521" next|strong="H4283" to|strong="G1161" almighty|strong="H7706" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G1161" ruling|strong="H4910" [MTY]!” 
\verseNumber{70}Then|strong="G3767" they|strong="G1161" all|strong="G3956" said|strong="G3004", “If|strong="G3748" that|strong="G3754" is|strong="G1510" so|strong="G3767", are|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*(sg) \+w saying|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*} you|strong="G5210" are|strong="G1510" ◄the|strong="G3956" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316"/the|strong="G3956" Man|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" also|strong="G1161" God|strong="G2316"►?” He|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yes|strong="G1161"\+w*}, it|strong="G3754" is|strong="G1510" just|strong="G1438" like|strong="G4314" you|strong="G5210" say|strong="G3004" [MTY].” 
\verseNumber{71}Then|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w each|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w other|strong="G1161"\+w*}, “◄We|strong="G1063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(inc)} certainly|strong="G2192" do|strong="G5101" not|strong="G2192" need|strong="G5532" anyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="G1161" to|strong="G3004" testify|strong="H6030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}!/Why|strong="G5101" should|strong="G3588" we|strong="G1063" ask|strong="G3004" for|strong="G1063" any|strong="G2089" more|strong="G2089" people|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" testify|strong="H6030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}?► [RHQ]” We|strong="G1063" ourselves|strong="H0587" have|strong="G2192" heard|strong="H8085" him|strong="G3588" say|strong="G3004" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w equal|strong="H8505"\+w* \+w with|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*}! 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus was accused before Pilate, the Roman governor. }
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\chapterNumber{23}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" whole|strong="H3605" group|strong="G4128" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" Pilate|strong="G4091", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* Roman \+w governor|strong="H6346"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}They|strong="G2532" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G2532" accuse|strong="G2723" Jesus|strong="G3004", saying|strong="G3004", “We|strong="G2249" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc)} have|strong="G2532" determined|strong="H2782" that|strong="G3588" this|strong="G3778" fellow|strong="H7453" has|strong="G5547" caused|strong="G1325" political trouble|strong="H6869" in|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" country|strong="H2022". He|strong="G2532" has|strong="G5547" been|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w telling|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1484"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w should|strong="G3588"\+w*} not|strong="G1510" pay|strong="G1325" taxes|strong="G5411" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Roman government|strong="H4951" [MTY]. Also|strong="G2532", he|strong="G2532" says|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" Messiah|strong="G5547", a|strong="G2532" king|strong="G3588"!” 
\verseNumber{3}Pilate|strong="G4091" asked|strong="G2065" him|strong="G3588", “Do|strong="G3004" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg) \+w claim|strong="G5346"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w*} the|strong="G1161" King|strong="G3588" of|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" Jews|strong="G2453"?” He|strong="G1161" replied|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w*} as|strong="G1161" you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w just|strong="G3588"\+w*} now|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004".” 
\verseNumber{4}Pilate|strong="G4091" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G1722" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} the|strong="G1722" crowd|strong="G3793", “I|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3762" conclude that|strong="G3588" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" is|strong="G3588" guilty|strong="H0816" of|strong="G2532" any|strong="G3762" crime|strong="G2147".” 
\verseNumber{5}But|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" kept|strong="G2992" insisting|strong="G2001", “He|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" inciting|strong="H5496" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w riot|strong="H5674"\+w*}! He|strong="G2532" has|strong="G3748" been|strong="G2532" teaching|strong="G1321" his|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{ideas} throughout|strong="G2596" all|strong="G3650" of|strong="G2532" Judea|strong="G2449" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" started|strong="H2490" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*} in|strong="G2596" Galilee|strong="G1056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" now|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" doing|strong="H6213" it|strong="G2532" here|strong="G5602"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{After|strong="G2596" Pilate|strong="G3004" sent|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" Herod, Jesus|strong="G3004" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="G2532" answer|strong="H6030" Herod’s questions|strong="H1697". }
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\verseNumber{6}When|strong="G1161" Pilate|strong="G4091" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="G3588", he|strong="G1161" asked|strong="G1905", “Is|strong="G1510" this|strong="G3588" man|strong="H0376" from|strong="G3588" Galilee|strong="G1057" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*}?” 
\verseNumber{7}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" told|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3754" Jesus|strong="G1510" was|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w Galilee|strong="H1551"\+w*, \+w which|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*} that|strong="G3754" Herod|strong="G2264" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Antipas} ruled|strong="H4427", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w told|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*} to|strong="G4314" take|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G1510" to|strong="G4314" Herod|strong="G2264" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Antipas}, because|strong="G3754" Herod|strong="G2264" was|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2414" at|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3754" time|strong="G2250". 
\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w*}. When|strong="G1161" Herod|strong="G2264" saw|strong="G3708" Jesus|strong="G2424", he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" very|strong="G3029" happy|strong="H0835". He|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w heard|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w about|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2424" been|strong="G1510" hoping|strong="G1679" for|strong="G1063" a|strong="G1096" long|strong="G2425" time|strong="G5550" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" could|strong="G3588" see|strong="G3708" Jesus|strong="G2424" perform|strong="H6213" a|strong="G1096" miracle|strong="G4592". 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" asked|strong="G1905" Jesus|strong="G1905" many|strong="G2425" questions|strong="G1905", but|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G1905" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="G3762" reply|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w any|strong="G3762"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3056"\+w* \+w them|strong="G1722"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" taught|strong="H3925" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} laws|strong="H8451" stood|strong="G2476" near|strong="H7126" Jesus|strong="G2532", accusing|strong="G2723" him|strong="G3588" very|strong="G2532" strongly|strong="H3966". 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="G2532" Herod|strong="G2264" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" soldiers|strong="G4753" ◄made|strong="G1161" fun of|strong="G2532"/ridiculed► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*}. They|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2532" gorgeous|strong="G2986" clothes|strong="G2066" on|strong="G1161" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w mock|strong="G1702"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w being|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w king|strong="G3588"\+w*}. Then|strong="G2532" Herod|strong="G2264" sent|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="G2532" Pilate|strong="G4091". 
\verseNumber{12}Until|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2250" Herod|strong="G2264" and|strong="G2532" Pilate|strong="G4091" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" very|strong="G2532" hostile|strong="G2189" to|strong="G4314" each|strong="G1438" other|strong="G1161", but|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3588" very|strong="G2532" day|strong="G2250" they|strong="G2532" became|strong="G1096" friends|strong="G5384". 

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\verseNumber{13}Pilate|strong="G4091" then|strong="G2532" gathered|strong="H6960" together|strong="G4779" the|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" other|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} leaders|strong="H7218" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="H1995" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w still|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588", “You|strong="G5210" brought|strong="G4374" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" to|strong="G4314" me|strong="G1473", saying|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" caused|strong="H5414" trouble|strong="H6869" among|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G2992". But|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w*} after|strong="G2596" having|strong="G2532" examined|strong="H3947" him|strong="G3588" while|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210" were|strong="G3588" listening|strong="H8085", I|strong="G1473" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3762" conclude that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" guilty|strong="H0816" of|strong="G2532" any|strong="G3762" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" things|strong="G3778" that|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" are|strong="G3588" accusing|strong="G2723" him|strong="G3588" about|strong="G5613". 
\verseNumber{15}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{Obviously} Herod|strong="G2264" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3761" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{conclude \+w that|strong="G2532"\+w*} either|strong="G3761", because|strong="G1063" he|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3708" back|strong="G4314" to|strong="G4314" me|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w without|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w punishing|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3708"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*} is|strong="G1510" clear|strong="H5352" that|strong="G2532" this|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3762" has|strong="G3762" not|strong="G3761" done|strong="G4238" anything|strong="G3762" for|strong="G1063" which|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(inc)} should|strong="G2532" kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="G3708". 
\verseNumber{16-17}So|strong="H3651" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w my|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} flog|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3967" then|strong="H0227" release|strong="H7971" him|strong="H5414".”\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{23:16-17  }Pilate had to release one prisoner for the people during the Passover festival each year.} 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" whole|strong="H3605" crowd|strong="H1995" shouted|strong="H7321", “Execute|strong="H6213" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778"! Release|strong="H7971" Barrabas for|strong="G1161" us|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc)}!” 
\verseNumber{19}Barrabas was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1096" man|strong="G5100" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="G2532" persuade|strong="H6601" people|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" city|strong="G4172" to|strong="G2532" rebel|strong="H4775" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* Roman \+w government|strong="H4951"\+w*. \+w While|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w doing|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" murdered|strong="H2026" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w someone|strong="G5100"\+w*}. So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" put|strong="G2532" {they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588"} in|strong="G1722" prison|strong="G5438", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w waiting|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w executed|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{20}Because|strong="G1161" Pilate|strong="G4091" wanted|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2309" release|strong="H7971" Jesus|strong="G2424", he|strong="G1161" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="G2309" persuade|strong="H6601" the|strong="G1161" crowd|strong="H1995" again|strong="G3825". 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" kept|strong="H8104" shouting|strong="G2019", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Command|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w your|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w*} kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="G3588" by|strong="G3004" nailing him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G3004" a|strong="G1161" cross|strong="H5674"!/Have|strong="G3588" him|strong="G3588" crucified|strong="G4717"!” 
\verseNumber{22}He|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w spoke|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*} a|strong="G1722" third|strong="G5154" time|strong="G5154" and|strong="G1161" asked|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", “Why|strong="G5101"? What|strong="G5101" crime|strong="G2147" has|strong="G5101" he|strong="G1161" committed|strong="G4160"? I|strong="G1161" have|strong="G4160" concluded|strong="H0560" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G1161" has|strong="G5101" done|strong="G4160" nothing|strong="G3762" for|strong="G1063" which|strong="G3588" he|strong="G1161" deserves|strong="H1288" to|strong="G4314" die|strong="G2288". So|strong="G3767" I|strong="G1161" will|strong="G5101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} flog|strong="G3811" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G1161" then|strong="G3767" release|strong="H7971" him|strong="G3588".” 
\verseNumber{23}But|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" kept|strong="G2532" insisting. They|strong="G2532" shouted|strong="H7321" loudly|strong="G3173" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*} should|strong="G3588" be|strong="G2532" nailed {that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Pilate} should|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} nail|strong="H3489" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*}} to|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" cross|strong="H5674". Finally|strong="H5704", because|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="G2532" shout|strong="H7321" [PRS] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w loudly|strong="G3173"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{24}Pilate|strong="G4091" decided|strong="G1096" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G1096" what|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="H1995" requested|strong="H7592". 
\verseNumber{25}The|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" had|strong="G2424" been|strong="G2532" {whom|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2424"} put|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1519" prison|strong="G5438" because|strong="G1223" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2424" rebelled|strong="H4784" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w government|strong="H4951"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3739" had|strong="G2424" murdered|strong="H2026" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w someone|strong="G3739"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" released|strong="H7971"! That|strong="G3739" was|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3739" whom|strong="G3739" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="H1995" had|strong="G2424" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w release|strong="H7971"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" handed|strong="G3860" Jesus|strong="G2424" over|strong="G3860" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*}, to|strong="G1519" do|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w crowd|strong="H1995"\+w*} wanted|strong="H2654". 

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\verseNumber{26}As|strong="G5613" the|strong="G2532" soldiers|strong="H5650" were|strong="G3588" taking|strong="G1949" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w*} away|strong="H5493", they|strong="G2532" seized|strong="G1949" a|strong="G5613" man|strong="G5100" named|strong="G2424" Simon|strong="G4613", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w*} from|strong="G2064" Cyrene|strong="G2956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* Africa}. He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" returning|strong="G2064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} from|strong="G2064" out|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" countryside|strong="H7704". They|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w took|strong="G1949"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w cross|strong="G4716"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w been|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w carrying|strong="G5342"\+w*. \+w Then|strong="G2532"\+w*} they|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2007" it|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1949" Simon’s|strong="G4613" shoulders|strong="H3802", and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} carry|strong="G5342" it|strong="G2532" behind|strong="G3693" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
\verseNumber{27}A|strong="G2532" large|strong="G4183" crowd|strong="G4128" followed|strong="G2992" Jesus|strong="G2532". The|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G4128" included|strong="H5475" many|strong="G4183" women|strong="G1135" who|strong="G3739" were|strong="G3588" beating|strong="H8608" their|strong="G2532" breasts|strong="H7699" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w how|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w sad|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" wailing|strong="G2875" for|strong="G1161" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{28}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" turned|strong="G4762" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “You|strong="G5210" women|strong="H0802" of|strong="G2532" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" cry|strong="H7121" for|strong="G1909" me|strong="G1473"! Instead|strong="G1161", cry|strong="H7121" because|strong="G1909" of|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w going|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w*} yourselves|strong="G1438" and|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" children|strong="G5043"! 
\verseNumber{29}I|strong="G3739" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="G3739" to|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3754" there|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" soon|strong="G1722" be|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" time|strong="G2250" when|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2046" will|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004", ‘Women|strong="H0802" [SYN] who|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2532" never|strong="G3756" borne|strong="H3205" children|strong="G1080" or|strong="G2532" nursed|strong="G5142" babies|strong="H3245" are|strong="G3588" fortunate|strong="G3107"!’ 
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\verseNumber{33}When|strong="G3753" they|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" place|strong="G5117" which|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3588" called|strong="G2564" ‘The|strong="G2532" Skull’, they|strong="G2532" nailed \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" cross|strong="H5674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w removing|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w clothes|strong="H0899"\+w*}. They|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" same|strong="G3739" thing|strong="G3739" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" two|strong="H8147" criminals|strong="G2557". They|strong="G2532" crucified|strong="G4717" one|strong="G3739" at|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" right|strong="G1188" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w side|strong="G1188"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3739" at|strong="G1909" his|strong="G1909" left|strong="H7604" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w side|strong="G1188"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{34}Jesus|strong="G2424" prayed|strong="H6419", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w My|strong="G4160"\+w*} Father|strong="G3962", forgive|strong="H5545" them|strong="G3588", because|strong="G1063" they|strong="G1161" do|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3756" realize|strong="G1492" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whom|strong="G5101"\+w*} they|strong="G1161" are|strong="G3588" doing|strong="G4160" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w*}!” Then|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} divided|strong="G1266" Jesus’|strong="G2424" clothing|strong="G2440" by|strong="G3004" gambling with|strong="G4160" something|strong="G5101" like|strong="H3644" dice|strong="G2819", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w decide|strong="H3198"\+w* \+w which|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w piece|strong="H6595"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3962"\+w* \+w clothing|strong="G2440"\+w* \+w each|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3947"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{35}Many|strong="H7227" people|strong="G2992" stood|strong="G2476" nearby|strong="H7138", watching|strong="G2334". And|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} leaders|strong="G3004" ◄made|strong="G4982" fun of|strong="G2316"/ridiculed|strong="G1592"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*}, saying|strong="G3004", “He|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w said|strong="G3004"\+w*} [IRO] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w*} saved|strong="G4982" other|strong="G1161" people|strong="G2992"! If|strong="G1487" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" Messiah|strong="G5547", the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1438" God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" chosen|strong="G1588", he|strong="G2532" should|strong="G2316" save|strong="G4982" himself|strong="G1438"!” 
\verseNumber{36}The|strong="G2532" soldiers|strong="G4757" also|strong="G2532" ridiculed him|strong="G3588" because|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w claimed|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w king|strong="G3588"\+w*}. They|strong="G2532" came|strong="G4334" up|strong="G4374" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" offered|strong="G4374" him|strong="G3588" some|strong="G3588" sour|strong="G3690" wine|strong="G3690". 
\verseNumber{37}They|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “If|strong="G1487" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" King|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453", save|strong="G4982" yourself|strong="G4572"!” 
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\verseNumber{39}One|strong="G1520" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" criminals|strong="G2557" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" hanging|strong="G2910" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w cross|strong="H5674"\+w*} began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G2532" insult|strong="H2781" Jesus|strong="G3004", saying|strong="G3004", “You|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg) \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*} are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" Messiah|strong="G5547", so|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w must|strong="G5547"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w powerful|strong="H2392"\+w*}! So|strong="G2532" save|strong="G4982" yourself|strong="G4572", and|strong="G2532" save|strong="G4982" us|strong="G3004", too|strong="G2532"!” 
\verseNumber{40}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" other|strong="G2087" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{criminal} rebuked|strong="G2008" him|strong="G3588", saying|strong="G3754", “◄You|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} should|strong="G2316" be|strong="G1510" afraid|strong="G5399" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w punishing|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*}!/Are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771" not|strong="G3761" afraid|strong="G5399" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w punishing|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*}?► [RHQ] They|strong="G1161" are|strong="G1510" punishing|strong="H7725" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w us|strong="G5399"\+w*} similarly|strong="H2088". 
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\verseNumber{42}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Jesus|strong="G2424", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w please|strong="H4994"\+w*} remember|strong="G3403" me|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w take|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w care|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*} when|strong="G3752" you|strong="G4771" become|strong="H1961" king|strong="G3588"!” 
\verseNumber{43}Jesus|strong="G3004" replied|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G1473" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} to|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" today|strong="G4594" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" with|strong="G3326" me|strong="G1473" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" place|strong="G1722" where|strong="G1722" everyone|strong="H3605" is|strong="G1510" happy|strong="H0835"!” (OR|strong="G2532", that|strong="G3588" today|strong="G4594" you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" with|strong="G3326" me|strong="G1473" in|strong="G1722" Paradise|strong="G3857"!) 
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\verseNumber{44}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*} was|strong="G1510" about|strong="G5616" noontime. It|strong="G2532" became|strong="G1096" dark|strong="H2822" over|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" whole|strong="G3650" land|strong="G1093", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w stayed|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w dark|strong="H2822"\+w*} until|strong="G2193" three|strong="G1766" o’clock in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" afternoon|strong="H5186". 
\verseNumber{45}There|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" no|strong="G3588" light|strong="H0216" from|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" sun|strong="G2246". Then|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w thick|strong="H6205"\+w*} curtain|strong="G2665" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w closed|strong="H5462"\+w* \+w off|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w most|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w holy|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w place|strong="H4725"\+w*} in|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" Temple|strong="G3485" split|strong="G4977" into|strong="H0413" two|strong="G3319" pieces|strong="H5409". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="G3588"\+w* signified \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w ordinary|strong="H2455"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w could|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w now|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w go|strong="G2246"\+w* \+w into|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w presence|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3485"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{49}All|strong="G3956" of|strong="G2532" Jesus’ friends|strong="H7453", including|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" women|strong="G1135" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2532" with|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" from|strong="G2532" Galilee|strong="G1056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*}, stood|strong="G2476" at|strong="G1161" a|strong="G2532" distance|strong="G3113" and|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" everything|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3588" happened|strong="G3588". 

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\verseNumber{51}But|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" agreed|strong="H8085" with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" other|strong="G3739" Council|strong="H5475" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w members|strong="H3338"\+w*} when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" decided|strong="G1012" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G1510"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w planned|strong="H3289"\+w* \+w how|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} do|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532". He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" waiting|strong="G4327" expectantly|strong="H3176" for|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w time|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w when|strong="G2532"\+w*} God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w would|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w send|strong="H7971"\+w*} his|strong="G2532" king|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" begin|strong="H2490" to|strong="G2532" rule|strong="H4910". 
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\verseNumber{56}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" women|strong="H0802" returned|strong="G5290" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" houses|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w staying|strong="H3427"\+w*. \+w That|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w evening|strong="H6153"\+w*} they|strong="G2532" prepared|strong="G2090" spices|strong="H1314" and|strong="G2532" ointments|strong="G3464" to|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="G2596"\+w* Jesus’ \+w body|strong="H1320"\+w*}, but|strong="G1161" ◄on|strong="G2596" the|strong="G2532" Sabbath|strong="G4521"/on|strong="G2596" the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="H3064" rest|strong="H5117" day|strong="G4521"► they|strong="G2532" rested|strong="G2270", according|strong="G2596" to|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*} had|strong="G2532" commanded|strong="G1785". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Some women discovered that Jesus had become alive again. }
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\verseNumber{3}They|strong="G1161" went|strong="G1525" in|strong="G1525" the|strong="G1161" tomb|strong="H6913", but|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" body|strong="G4983" of|strong="G2962" the|strong="G1161" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" there|strong="G1161"! 
\verseNumber{4}They|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1722" what|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" think|strong="G2400" about|strong="G4012" that|strong="G3588". Then|strong="G2532" suddenly|strong="G2400" two|strong="G1417" men|strong="G3778" wearing|strong="H2296" bright|strong="H0934" shining|strong="H5051" clothes|strong="G2066" stood|strong="G2186" by|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588"! 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w women|strong="H0802"\+w*} were|strong="G3588" frightened|strong="G1719". As|strong="G1519" they|strong="G2532" prostrated|strong="H7812" themselves|strong="G1438" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" ground|strong="G1093", the|strong="G2532" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588", “◄You|strong="G3004" should|strong="G3588" not|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" seeking|strong="G2212" someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="G5101" is|strong="G3588" alive|strong="G2198" in|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w place|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w where|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w bury|strong="H6912"\+w*} dead|strong="G3498" people|strong="G4383"!/Why|strong="G5101" are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3004" seeking|strong="G2212" in|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w place|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w where|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w bury|strong="H6912"\+w*} dead|strong="G3498" people|strong="G4383" someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="G5101" is|strong="G3588" alive|strong="G2198"?► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" here|strong="G5602"; he|strong="G3588" has|strong="G1510" ◄become|strong="G1510" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="G1453"/risen|strong="G1453" from|strong="G3756" the|strong="G1722" dead|strong="H4191"►! Remember|strong="G3403" that|strong="G3588" while|strong="G1722" he|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" still|strong="G2089" with|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210" in|strong="G1722" Galilee|strong="G1056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*} he|strong="G3588" said|strong="G2980" to|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210", 
\verseNumber{7}‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Even|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w though|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w*} am|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" came|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2532" heaven|strong="H8064", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w*} will|strong="G2532" enable|strong="H7980" sinful|strong="H2400" men|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" seize|strong="H0962" [MTY] me|strong="G3004". They|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w by|strong="G2532"\+w*} nailing me|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" cross|strong="H5674". But|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" third|strong="G5154" day|strong="G2250" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*}, I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" become|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="G1519"\+w*}.’ ” 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w women|strong="H0802"\+w*} remembered|strong="G3403" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{12}But|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" got|strong="G1096" up|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" ran|strong="G5143" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" tomb|strong="G3419" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{anyway}. He|strong="G2532" stooped|strong="G3879" down|strong="G3879" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w looked|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w inside|strong="H8432"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="G2532" linen|strong="G3608" cloths|strong="H0899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w which|strong="G2532"\+w* Jesus’ \+w body|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w been|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w wrapped|strong="H3874"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w cloths|strong="H0899"\+w* \+w were|strong="G1096"\+w*} by|strong="G1909" themselves|strong="G1438" (OR|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w*} anything|strong="H3605" else|strong="G2532"). So|strong="G2532", wondering|strong="G2296" what|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" happened|strong="G1096", he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" home|strong="G1438". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" appeared|strong="G1096" to|strong="G4314" two|strong="H8147" disciples|strong="H3928" as|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1096" walking|strong="H1980" to|strong="G4314" Emmaus. }
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\verseNumber{13}That|strong="G3739" same|strong="G3739" day|strong="G2250" two|strong="G1417" of|strong="G1537" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Jesus’ \+w disciples|strong="G1510"\+w*} were|strong="G1510" walking|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" village|strong="G2968" named|strong="G3686" Emmaus|strong="G1695". It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" about|strong="G1722" ◄seven|strong="G2250" miles|strong="G4712"/eleven|strong="H0259" kilometers► from|strong="G1537" Jerusalem|strong="G2419". 
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\verseNumber{16}But|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" were|strong="G3588" prevented|strong="G2902" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w something|strong="G3788"\+w*} prevented|strong="G2902" them|strong="G3588"} from|strong="G3588" recognizing|strong="G1921" [MTY] him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*} said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588", “What|strong="G5101" have|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3739" two|strong="H8147" been|strong="G2532" talking|strong="G3004" about|strong="G4314" while|strong="G1161" you|strong="G3739" were|strong="G3588" walking|strong="G4043"?” They|strong="G2532" stopped|strong="G2476", and|strong="G2532" their|strong="G1438" faces|strong="H6440" looked|strong="G2532" very|strong="G2532" sad|strong="G4659". 
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\verseNumber{19}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “What|strong="G3739" events|strong="H1697"?” They|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w happened|strong="G1096"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w man|strong="G3956"\+w*} from|strong="G2532" Nazareth|strong="G3479", who|strong="G3739" was|strong="G1096" a|strong="G1096" prophet|strong="G4396". Many|strong="G4012" people|strong="G2992" saw|strong="G2424" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w perform|strong="H6213"\+w*} great|strong="G3956" miracles|strong="G2041", and|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w enabled|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" teach|strong="H3925" wonderful|strong="H6381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w messages|strong="H2372"\+w*}! 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" leaders|strong="H7218" handed|strong="G3860" him|strong="G3588" over|strong="G3860" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* Roman \+w authorities|strong="H7984"\+w*. \+w The|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w authorities|strong="H7984"\+w*} sentenced|strong="H4941" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" die|strong="G2288", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" killed|strong="H2026" him|strong="G3588" by|strong="G2532" nailing him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" cross|strong="H5674". 
\verseNumber{21}We|strong="G2249" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc)} were|strong="G1510" hoping|strong="G1679" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" would|strong="G3195" free|strong="G3084" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="G2249"\+w*} Israelites|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w our|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} But|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w does|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w seem|strong="H5869"\+w* possible \+w now|strong="G1161"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G3754"\+w*} three|strong="G1096" days|strong="G2250" have|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w already|strong="H3528"\+w*} passed|strong="G3588" since|strong="G3754" that|strong="G3754" happened|strong="G1096". 
\verseNumber{22}On|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" other|strong="G5100" hand|strong="H3027", some|strong="G5100" women|strong="G1135" from|strong="G1537" our|strong="G2532" group|strong="H7235" amazed|strong="G1839" us|strong="G2249". Early|strong="G3720" this|strong="G3588" morning|strong="G3720" they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" tomb|strong="G3419", 
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\verseNumber{28}They|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2532" near|strong="G1448" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" village|strong="G2968" to|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w two|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w men|strong="G3588"\+w*} were|strong="G3588" going|strong="G4198". Jesus|strong="G2532" indicated that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" go|strong="G4198" further|strong="G4208", 
\verseNumber{29}but|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" urged|strong="G3849" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*}. They|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Stay|strong="G3306" with|strong="G3326" us|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tonight|strong="H3915"\+w*}, because|strong="G3754" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" late|strong="H0309" in|strong="G1525" the|strong="G2532" afternoon|strong="H5186" and|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" soon|strong="H3512" be|strong="G1510" dark|strong="H2822".” So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1525" in|strong="G1525" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*} to|strong="G4314" stay|strong="G3306" with|strong="G3326" them|strong="G3588". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" appeared|strong="G5613" to|strong="G2532" many|strong="G1722" of|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" taught|strong="H3925" them|strong="G3588" more|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" other|strong="G3588" instructions|strong="H1697". }
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\verseNumber{36}As|strong="G1722" they|strong="G1161" were|strong="G3778" saying|strong="G2980" that|strong="G3778", Jesus|strong="G3778" himself|strong="H5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w suddenly|strong="H6597"\+w*} appeared|strong="H7200" among|strong="G1722" them|strong="G1722". He|strong="G1161" said|strong="G2980" to|strong="G1722" them|strong="G1722", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w May|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2980"\+w* \+w give|strong="H5414"\+w*} you|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w inner|strong="H6442"\+w*} peace|strong="H7965"!” 
\verseNumber{37}They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1096" startled|strong="G4422" and|strong="G2532" afraid|strong="G1719", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1161"\+w*} they|strong="G2532" thought|strong="G1380" that|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1096" seeing|strong="G2334" a|strong="G1096" ghost|strong="G4151"! 
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\verseNumber{44}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w repeat|strong="H6286"\+w*} what|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" told|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" while|strong="G1722" I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G1510" still|strong="G2089" with|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210": Everything|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3754" was|strong="G1510" written|strong="G1125" about|strong="G4012" me|strong="G1473" by|strong="G1722" Moses|strong="G3475" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="G1161"\+w*} prophets|strong="G4396" [MTY] and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Psalms|strong="G5568" must|strong="G1163" be|strong="G1510" fulfilled|strong="G4137"!” 
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\BibleBook{John}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book is the Gospel that John wrote. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{John }

\BibleSectionHeading{John 1:1-18 }

\BibleSectionHeading{This book is about Jesus, who was eternally with God but also became a human being to reveal God to mankind. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{When|strong="G1510" religious authorities|strong="H7984" asked|strong="H7592" John about|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" identity, he|strong="G3588" said|strong="H0559" he|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" preparing|strong="H6213" people|strong="G1510" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" coming|strong="G2316" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G1519" Messiah|strong="H4899", who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" much|strong="H7227" more|strong="G2316" important|strong="H5704" than|strong="G3762" himself|strong="G1565". }
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\verseNumber{19}The|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="G2453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="G2065"\+w*} [SYN] in|strong="G2532" Jerusalem|strong="G2414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} sent|strong="G2532" some|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="G2453"\+w*} priests|strong="G2409" and|strong="G2532" ◄Levites|strong="G3019"/men|strong="G3778" who|strong="G5101" worked|strong="H2388" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" temple|strong="H1004"► to|strong="G2443" where|strong="G5101" John|strong="G2491" was|strong="G1510", to|strong="G2443" ask|strong="G2065" him|strong="G3588" some|strong="G3588" questions|strong="H1697". They|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2443" him|strong="G3588", “What|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w claim|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w about|strong="G3588"\+w*} yourself|strong="G4771"?” 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" truth|strong="H0571", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="G3588" clearly|strong="H3045" [DOU]. He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w*} am|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" ◄the|strong="G2532" Messiah|strong="G5547"/God’s|strong="H0430" chosen|strong="H0977" king|strong="G3588"►!” 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="G3767" they|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G2065" him|strong="G3588", “Then|strong="G3767" what|strong="G5101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w about|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w yourself|strong="G4771"\+w*}? Are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="G4396"\+w*} Elijah|strong="G2243" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w prophesied|strong="H5012"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w return|strong="H7725"\+w*} {◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w*/\+w another|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="G4396"\+w*}► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w prophesied|strong="H5012"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w return|strong="H7725"\+w*}} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*}?” He|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004", “No|strong="G3756", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G2532"\+w*} am|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756".” Then|strong="G3767" they|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G2065" him|strong="G3588", “Are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771" the|strong="G2532" prophet|strong="G4396" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w waiting|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w for|strong="G2532"\+w*/\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w send|strong="H7971"\+w*}►?” He|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004", “No|strong="G3756".” 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="G2443" they|strong="G3588" asked|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “Then|strong="G3767" who|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G1325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w claim|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w*}? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w us|strong="G1325"\+w*} so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" we|strong="G2249" can|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w go|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w back|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w and|strong="G3767"\+w*} report|strong="H8088" to|strong="G2443" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G5101" sent|strong="G3992" us|strong="G1325". What|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G1325" say|strong="G3004" about|strong="G4012" yourself|strong="G4572"?” 
\verseNumber{23}John|strong="G5346" replied|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w*} am|strong="G1473" the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="G4396"\+w* \+w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w*} would|strong="G1722" proclaim|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w new|strong="H2319"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*} loudly|strong="H6963" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w pass|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1722"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3588" desolate|strong="G2048" area|strong="H1508": ‘Prepare|strong="H3559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w yourselves|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w receive|strong="H3947"\+w*} the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" when|strong="G1722" he|strong="G3588" comes|strong="H0935" [MET|strong="H6298"], \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w just|strong="G2531"\+w* \+w like|strong="G2531"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w prepare|strong="H3559"\+w*} a|strong="G1722" road|strong="G3598" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w an|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w important|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w official|strong="H8269"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{24}Some|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" those|strong="G3588" people|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="G1510"\+w* questioning} John|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" ones|strong="H2945" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" sent|strong="G2532" by|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" Pharisee|strong="G5330" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{religious \+w group|strong="H7235"\+w*} {whom|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" Pharisee|strong="G5330" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{religious \+w group|strong="H7235"\+w*} had|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2532"}. 
\verseNumber{25}They|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G2065" John|strong="G3004", “Since|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w*} you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" the|strong="G2532" Messiah|strong="G5547", nor|strong="G3761" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="G4396"\+w*} Elijah|strong="G2243", nor|strong="G3761" the|strong="G2532" prophet|strong="G4396" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w authority|strong="H3027"\+w*} do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2532"? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Furthermore|strong="G2532"\+w*}, why|strong="G5101" are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771" baptizing \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jews|strong="H3064"\+w*, treating \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w as|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w though|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G1510"\+w* non-Jews \+w who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w become|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w Jews|strong="H3064"\+w*}?” 
\verseNumber{26}John|strong="G2491" replied|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w just|strong="G3739"\+w*} baptizing people|strong="G1492" with|strong="G1722" water|strong="G5204" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w prepare|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w welcome|strong="H6923"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*}. But|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w right|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w now|strong="G3756"\+w*} someone|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3588" among|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210" whom|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" people|strong="G1492" do|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492". 
\verseNumber{27}He|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w preach|strong="H5197"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w*} after|strong="G3694" I|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w am|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w gone|strong="H1980"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w so|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w important|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w*} I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" worthy|strong="H4941" to|strong="G2443" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w serve|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w as|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w slave|strong="G2064"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="G2064"\+w*} untying|strong="G3089" his|strong="G3739" sandals|strong="G5266".” 
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\verseNumber{28}Those|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3778" happened|strong="G1096" at|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w place|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w called|strong="G3778"\+w*} Bethany, on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w east|strong="H6921"\+w*} side|strong="G4008" of|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Jordan|strong="G2446" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}, where|strong="G3699" John|strong="G2491" was|strong="G1510" baptizing people|strong="G1510". 

\BibleSectionHeading{John|strong="G2491" the|strong="G1722" Baptizer announced|strong="H1696" that|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G1510" was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" would|strong="G1096" become|strong="G1096" a|strong="G1096" sacrifice|strong="H2077" to|strong="G1722" remove|strong="H5493" guilt|strong="H0817" for|strong="G1722" sin|strong="H2403", and|strong="G2491" how|strong="G1722" God|strong="G3588" had|strong="G1510" confirmed|strong="H0539" that|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G1510" was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1722" Son|strong="H1121" of|strong="G1722" God|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{29}The|strong="G2532" next|strong="G1887" day|strong="G1887" John|strong="G3004" saw|strong="G3708" Jesus|strong="G2424" coming|strong="G2064" toward|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588". He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3004", “Look|strong="G3708"! Here|strong="H6311" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w man|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w whom|strong="G3588"\+w*} God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w has|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w appointed|strong="H4150"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\+w*} [MET|strong="G3708"], \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="G4314"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" lambs|strong="H3532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\+w*! \+w By|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w sacrificing|strong="H2076"\+w* \+w himself|strong="H5315"\+w*} he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w make|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* possible \+w for|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w everyone|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" world|strong="G2889" to|strong="G4314" be|strong="G2532" no|strong="G2532" longer|strong="H5750" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w guilty|strong="H0816"\+w* \+w for|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w having|strong="G2532"\+w*} sinned|strong="H2398". 
\verseNumber{30}He|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3754" one|strong="G3739" about|strong="G5228" whom|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" said|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="G1715"\+w*}, ‘Someone|strong="G3739" will|strong="G1510" come|strong="G2064" later|strong="H0310" who|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" more|strong="G5228" important|strong="H5704" than|strong="G5228" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510", since|strong="G3754" he|strong="G3739" existed|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w long|strong="H0753"\+w*} before|strong="G1715" me|strong="G1473".’ 
\verseNumber{31}I|strong="G1473" myself|strong="G1473" did|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} recognize|strong="G1492" that|strong="G2443" he|strong="G3778" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*}. But|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w*}, and|strong="G2064" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1473" baptized people|strong="G1492" with|strong="G1722" water|strong="G5204" to|strong="G2443" enable|strong="H7980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1223"\+w*} Israel|strong="G2474" to|strong="G2443" recognize|strong="G1492" who|strong="G3588" he|strong="G3778" is|strong="G3588".” 
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\verseNumber{32}John|strong="G2491" spoke|strong="G3004" clearly|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w shown|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w about|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G2300" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w*} Spirit|strong="G4151" as|strong="G5613" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" descending|strong="G2597" from|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="G3772" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" form|strong="H8389" of|strong="G1537" a|strong="G5613" dove|strong="G4058". The|strong="G2532" Spirit|strong="G4151" remained|strong="G3306" on|strong="G1909" Jesus|strong="G3004". 
\verseNumber{33}I|strong="G1473" myself|strong="G1473" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*}. However|strong="H0389", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} sent|strong="G3992" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G2532" baptize people|strong="G1492" with|strong="G1722" water|strong="G5204", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w turn|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2597"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sinful|strong="H2400"\+w* \+w ways|strong="H1870"\+w*. \+w While|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w*}, God|strong="G3004" told|strong="G3004" me|strong="G1473", ‘The|strong="G1722" man|strong="G3778" on|strong="G1909" whom|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" will|strong="G1510" see|strong="G3708" my|strong="G3708" Spirit|strong="G4151" descend|strong="G2597" and|strong="G2532" remain|strong="G3306" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" will|strong="G1510" put|strong="G3992" the|strong="G1722" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" within|strong="G1722" you|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(pl) \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w truly|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w change|strong="H5162"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w lives|strong="G3306"\+w*}.’ 
\verseNumber{34}I|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Spirit|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w descend|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w on|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="G3754" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" ◄the|strong="G2532" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316"/the|strong="G2532" person|strong="G5207" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" both|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3778"►.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{After|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2532" declared|strong="G3754" again|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" Jesus|strong="G1510" would|strong="G2316" be|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" sacrifice|strong="H2077" to|strong="G2532" remove|strong="H5493" guilt|strong="H0817" for|strong="G3754" sin|strong="H2403", four|strong="H0702" men|strong="G3778" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="G2532" become|strong="G1510" Jesus’ disciples|strong="G1510". }
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\verseNumber{35}The|strong="G2532" next|strong="G1887" day|strong="G1887" John|strong="G2491" was|strong="G3588" at|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" same|strong="G2532" place|strong="H4725" again|strong="G3825" ◄with|strong="G1537" two|strong="G1417" of|strong="G1537" us|strong="G1537"/with|strong="G1537" two|strong="G1417" of|strong="G1537" his|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101"►. 
\verseNumber{36}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" Jesus|strong="G2424" passing|strong="G2532" by|strong="G2532", he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Look|strong="G3708"! There|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w has|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w appointed|strong="H4150"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\+w*, \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" lambs|strong="H3532" [MET|strong="G3708"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\+w*!}” 
\verseNumber{37}◄When|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532"/those|strong="G3588" two|strong="G1417" disciples|strong="G3101"► heard|strong="H8085" John|strong="G2532" say|strong="G2980" this|strong="G3588", we|strong="G2532"/they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2424" with|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
\verseNumber{38}Jesus|strong="G2424" turned|strong="G4762" around|strong="H5439" and|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G2300" us|strong="G3004"/them|strong="G3588" coming|strong="H0935" behind|strong="H0310" him|strong="G3588". So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004"/them|strong="G3588", “What|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G3004" want|strong="G2212"?” We|strong="G2532"/They|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004", “Teacher|strong="G1320", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*} where|strong="G4226" you|strong="G3004" are|strong="G3588" staying|strong="G3306", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w we|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w want|strong="G2212"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w with|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{39}He|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004", “Come|strong="G2064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G3844"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3739" will|strong="G5101" see|strong="G3708" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="G4226"\+w* \+w I|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w staying|strong="G3306"\+w*}!” So|strong="G3767" we|strong="G3739"/they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" with|strong="G3844" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" where|strong="G4226" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" staying|strong="G3306". We|strong="G3739"/They|strong="G2532" stayed|strong="G3306" with|strong="G3844" him|strong="G3588" until|strong="G2532" about|strong="G5613" 4 o’clock (OR|strong="G2532", from|strong="G3844" about|strong="G5613" 4 PM until|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" next|strong="G2064" day|strong="G2250"). 
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\verseNumber{40}◄One|strong="G1520" of|strong="G2250" us|strong="G3004"/One|strong="G1520" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G2532" two|strong="G1417" men|strong="G1417"► who|strong="G3588" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="G3588" John|strong="G2491" had|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" and|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" went|strong="G2064" with|strong="G3844" Jesus|strong="G3004" was|strong="G1510" Andrew, Simon|strong="G4613" Peter’s|strong="G4074" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251". 
\verseNumber{41}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="G2532"\+w* Andrew \+w left|strong="G2147"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*}, the|strong="G2532" first|strong="G4413" thing|strong="G1520" he|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" to|strong="G2532" find|strong="G2147" his|strong="G2398" own|strong="G2398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" Simon|strong="G4613" and|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “We|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" the|strong="G2532" Messiah|strong="G5547"!” 
\verseNumber{42}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" Simon|strong="G4613" to|strong="G4314" Jesus|strong="G2424". Jesus|strong="G2424" looked|strong="G1689" intently at|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “You|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" Simon|strong="G4613". Your|strong="G2532" father’s|strong="H0001" name|strong="G2564" is|strong="G1510" John|strong="G2491". You|strong="G4771" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" given|strong="G2564" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G2532"\+w*} will|strong="G1510" give|strong="G3004" you|strong="G4771"} the|strong="G2532" name|strong="G2564" Cephas|strong="G2786".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Cephas|strong="G2786"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w an|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Aramaic|strong="H0762"\+w* \+w name|strong="G2564"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w means|strong="G1510"\+w* ‘\+w solid|strong="H2389"\+w* rock’. \+w It|strong="G2532"\+w*} means|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w same|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* Greek \+w as|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w name|strong="G2564"\+w*} Peter|strong="G4074". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2424" told|strong="G3004" Nathaniel that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" knew|strong="H3045" about|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588" supernaturally, but|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" things|strong="G3778" that|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" more|strong="G2532" surprising than|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{43}The|strong="G2532" next|strong="G1887" day|strong="G1887" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w*} decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="G1519" leave|strong="G1831" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w* \+w valley|strong="H6010"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" to|strong="G1519" Galilee|strong="G1056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" (OR|strong="G2532", on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" way|strong="H1870" there|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532") found|strong="G2147" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G1519" named|strong="G3004" Philip|strong="G5376". Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", “Come|strong="G1831" with|strong="G4314" me|strong="G1473"!” 
\verseNumber{44}Philip|strong="G5376" and|strong="G2532" Andrew and|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G4074" were|strong="G1510" all|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2532" Bethsaida \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="G4172"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{45}Then|strong="G2532" Philip|strong="G5376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w searched|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1161"\+w*} Nathaniel and|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “We|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" met|strong="H6298" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*}, the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G3588" Moses|strong="G3475" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wrote|strong="G1125"\+w* \+w about|strong="G1722"\+w*}! The|strong="G1722" prophets|strong="G4396" also|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w prophesied|strong="H5012"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w come|strong="G1510"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" Jesus|strong="G2424", from|strong="G1537" Nazareth|strong="G3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="G4172"\+w*}. His|strong="G1722" father’s|strong="H0001" name|strong="G2147" is|strong="G1510" Joseph|strong="G2501".” 
\verseNumber{46}Nathaniel replied|strong="G3004", “Nazareth|strong="G3478"? ◄Nothing|strong="H3808" good|strong="G3588" can|strong="G1410" come|strong="G2064" from|strong="G2064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w such|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w an|strong="G2532"\+w* unimportant \+w place|strong="G1722"\+w*}!/Can|strong="G1410" anything|strong="G3708" good|strong="G3588" come|strong="G2064" from|strong="G2064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w such|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w an|strong="G2532"\+w* unimportant \+w place|strong="G1722"\+w*}?► [RHQ]” Philip|strong="G5376" replied|strong="G3004", “Come|strong="G2064" and|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708"!” 
\verseNumber{47}When|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" saw|strong="G3708" Nathaniel approaching|strong="H0935", he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" about|strong="G4012" Nathaniel, “Here|strong="G1510" is|strong="G1510" an|strong="G2532" example|strong="H7045" of|strong="G1537" a|strong="G2532" good|strong="G5101" Israelite|strong="G2475"! He|strong="G2532" never|strong="H3808" deceives|strong="H8524" anyone|strong="H3605"!” 
\verseNumber{48}Nathaniel asked|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “How|strong="G4159" do|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" know|strong="G1097" what|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w am|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w like|strong="G4314"\+w*}?” Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G1473" saw|strong="G3708" you|strong="G4771" before|strong="G4253" Philip|strong="G5376" called|strong="G3004" you|strong="G4771", when|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" were|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w yourself|strong="G4771"\+w*} under|strong="G5259" the|strong="G1722" fig|strong="G4808" tree|strong="G4808".” 
\verseNumber{49}Then|strong="G2532" Nathaniel declared|strong="H5046", “Teacher|strong="H4175", you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w must|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w*} ◄the|strong="G2532" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316"/the|strong="G2532" person|strong="G5207" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" both|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5207"►! You|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" King|strong="G3588" of|strong="G5207" Israel|strong="G2474" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w been|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w waiting|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w for|strong="G2532"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{50}Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “You|strong="G4771" [RHQ] believe|strong="G4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w about|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*} because|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" you|strong="G4771" I|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" you|strong="G4771" when|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" were|strong="G1510" under|strong="G5270" the|strong="G2532" fig|strong="G4808" tree|strong="G4808". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w see|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* supernaturally \+w even|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w though|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w far|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w away|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*}. But|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G2316" see|strong="G3708" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w*} things|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" more|strong="G3173" surprising|strong="G3173" than|strong="G3173" that|strong="G3588"!” 
\verseNumber{51}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “This|strong="G3778" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" absolute|strong="H0653" truth|strong="H0571": \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Just|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w like|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* ancestor \+w Jacob|strong="H3290"\+w* \+w saw|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w long|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w ago|strong="H7350"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H2377"\+w*}, some|strong="G3588" day|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(pl)} will|strong="G2316" see|strong="G3708" heaven|strong="G3772" opened|strong="H6605" up|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G2316" see|strong="G3708" God’s|strong="G2316" angels|strong="H4397" ascending|strong="H5927" from|strong="G2597" me|strong="G3004" and|strong="G2532" descending|strong="G2597" on|strong="G1909" me|strong="G3004", the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" came|strong="G2597" from|strong="G2597" heaven|strong="G3772".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{In Cana Jesus did his first miracle, turning water into delicious wine. }
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\chapterNumber{2}Two|strong="H8147" days|strong="G2250" later|strong="H0310" there|strong="G1563" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1096" wedding|strong="G1062" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w celebration|strong="H8057"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" Cana|strong="G2580" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="G2532"\+w*}, in|strong="G1722" Galilee|strong="G1056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*}. Jesus’|strong="G2424" mother|strong="G3384" was|strong="G1510" there|strong="G1563". 
\verseNumber{2}Jesus|strong="G2424" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="G2532"\+w*} his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G1161"\+w*} we|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2424" been|strong="G2532" invited|strong="G2564" {someone|strong="H0376" had|strong="G2424" invited|strong="G2564" us|strong="G1519"} also|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{3}When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" guests|strong="H7121" had|strong="G2192" drunk|strong="H8354" all|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" wine|strong="G3631" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*}, Jesus’|strong="G2424" mother|strong="G3384" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", “The|strong="G2532" wine|strong="G3631" is|strong="G1510" all|strong="G2532" gone|strong="H1980"; \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w can|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w something|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w about|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*}?” 
\verseNumber{4}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" her|strong="G3588", “Ma’am/Woman|strong="G1135", ◄do|strong="G5101" not|strong="G3768" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* } me|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G5101"\+w*}!/why|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* } me|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G5101"\+w*}?► [RHQ] It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3768" yet|strong="G2532" time|strong="G5610" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* } that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w* \+w by|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w working|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w miracles|strong="H6381"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="G3004" Jesus’|strong="G3384" mother|strong="G3384" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" servants|strong="G1249", “Do|strong="G4160" whatever|strong="G3739" he|strong="G3739" tells|strong="H1696" you|strong="G5210"!” 
\verseNumber{6}There|strong="G1563" were|strong="G1510" six|strong="G1803" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w empty|strong="H7387"\+w*} stone|strong="G3035" jars|strong="H7184" there|strong="G1563". The|strong="G1161" Jews|strong="G2453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{habitually \+w put|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*} to|strong="G2596" use|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1161" washing|strong="H7367" things|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w make|strong="G5562"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w acceptable|strong="H7522"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3588"\+w*}. Each|strong="G2596" jar|strong="H3537" held|strong="H2388" ◄20 to|strong="G2596" 30 gallons|strong="G3355"/80 to|strong="G2596" 120 liters►. 
\verseNumber{7}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" servants|strong="H5650", “Fill|strong="G1072" the|strong="G2532" jars|strong="H7184" with|strong="G2532" water|strong="G5204"!” So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" filled|strong="G1072" the|strong="G2532" jars|strong="H7184" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" brim|strong="H8193". 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", “Now|strong="G1161", ladle out|strong="G2532" some|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" take|strong="G5342" it|strong="G2532" ◄to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" head|strong="H7218" waiter/to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" master|strong="H0113" of|strong="G2532" ceremonies|strong="H4941"►.” So|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" servants|strong="H5650" did|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{9}◄The|strong="G2532" head|strong="H7218" waiter/The|strong="G2532" master|strong="H0113" of|strong="G2532" ceremonies|strong="H4941"► tasted|strong="G1089" the|strong="G2532" water|strong="G5204", which|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" now|strong="G1161" become|strong="G1096" wine|strong="G3631". He|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" where|strong="G4159" the|strong="G2532" wine|strong="G3631" had|strong="G2532" come|strong="G1096" from|strong="G2532", but|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" servants|strong="G1249" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" ladled out|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" wine|strong="G3631" knew|strong="G1492". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wine|strong="G3631"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* delicious}! So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" called|strong="G5455" the|strong="G2532" bridegroom|strong="G3566" over|strong="G1096", 
\verseNumber{10}and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “Everyone|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w else|strong="G2532"\+w*} serves|strong="G5087" the|strong="G2532" best|strong="G4413" wine|strong="G3631" first|strong="G4413". Then|strong="G2532" when|strong="G3752" the|strong="G2532" guests|strong="H7121" have|strong="G2532" drunk|strong="G3184" so|strong="G2532" much|strong="H7227" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w cannot|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w difference|strong="H0914"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w serve|strong="H5647"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" cheap wine|strong="G3631". But|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w others|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w*}. You|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2532" kept|strong="G5083" the|strong="G2532" best|strong="G4413" wine|strong="G3631" until|strong="G2193" now|strong="G2532"!” 
\verseNumber{11}That|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" first|strong="G3588" miracle|strong="G4592" that|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2424" did|strong="G4160". He|strong="G2532" did|strong="G4160" it|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" Cana|strong="G2580" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="G2532"\+w*}, in|strong="G1722" Galilee|strong="G1056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*}. By|strong="G1722" doing|strong="G4160" it|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" showed|strong="G4160" how|strong="G1722" awesome|strong="H3372" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" as|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" result|strong="G1519", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="G2532"\+w*} his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3101" believed|strong="G4100" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w truly|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2424" and|strong="G2532" others|strong="G3588" went|strong="G2424" to|strong="G1519" Capernaum and|strong="G2532" stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="G2532" several|strong="H2669" days|strong="H3117". }
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\verseNumber{12}Jesus|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" to|strong="G1519" Capernaum|strong="G2584" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="G1563"\+w*} with|strong="G3326" his|strong="G1519" mother|strong="G3384" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="G1519"\+w*} his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3101". We|strong="G2532" stayed|strong="G3306" there|strong="G1563" several|strong="G4183" days|strong="G2250". 

\BibleSectionHeading{After|strong="G3326" Jesus|strong="G2532" expelled|strong="H3423" the|strong="G2532" merchants|strong="H7402" from|strong="G2597" the|strong="G2532" temple|strong="H1004", the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="H3064" leaders|strong="H7218" wanted|strong="H2654" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" do|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" miracle|strong="H4159" to|strong="G1519" show|strong="H7200" by|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" authority|strong="H3027" he|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588". He|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="G3588" metaphorically that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" become|strong="H1961" alive|strong="G3306" again|strong="G1519" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="G2250" after|strong="G3326" he|strong="G2532" died|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{13}Later|strong="H0310", when|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" almost|strong="H4592" time|strong="H6256" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="G2453" Passover|strong="G3957" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w celebration|strong="H8057"\+w*}, Jesus|strong="G2424" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w we|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G1510"\+w*} went|strong="G2424" up|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414". 
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\verseNumber{19}Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “If|strong="G2532"/When|strong="G2532" you|strong="G1722" destroy|strong="G3089" this|strong="G3778" temple|strong="G3485", I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" build|strong="H1129" it|strong="G2532" again|strong="G1453" within|strong="G1722" three|strong="G5140" days|strong="G2250".” 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="G3767" the|strong="G1722" Jewish|strong="G2453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="G3004"\+w*} [SYN] said|strong="G3004", “We|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" building|strong="G3618" this|strong="G3778" Temple|strong="G3485" for|strong="G1722" 46 years|strong="G2094" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w finished|strong="H3615"\+w* \+w yet|strong="G2532"\+w*}! So|strong="G3767" ◄there|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" no|strong="G2532" way|strong="G1722" you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G2532" build|strong="G3618" it|strong="G2532" within|strong="G1722" three|strong="G5140" days|strong="G2250"!/how|strong="G1722" will|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" build|strong="G3618" it|strong="G2532" within|strong="G1722" three|strong="G5140" days|strong="G2250"?► [RHQ]” 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588" about|strong="G4012" the|strong="G1161" temple|strong="G3485", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w really|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w talking|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w about|strong="G4012"\+w*} his|strong="G4012" own|strong="H1961" body|strong="G4983". 
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\verseNumber{23}While|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G1510" was|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2414" at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Passover|strong="G3957" celebration|strong="H8057", many|strong="G4183" people|strong="G1510" came|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" believe|strong="G4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w he|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*} because|strong="G1722" they|strong="G1161" saw|strong="G2334" the|strong="G1722" miracles|strong="G4592" he|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" performing|strong="G4160". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus told Nicodemus that people needed to be born again spiritually to have eternal life. }
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\chapterNumber{3}There|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" man|strong="H0376" named|strong="G3686" Nicodemus|strong="G3530", who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" member|strong="H1995" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" Jewish|strong="G2453" religious council|strong="H5475". He|strong="G1161" belonged|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1537" Pharisee|strong="G5330" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{religious sect}. 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" see|strong="G1492" Jesus|strong="G3004" at|strong="G4314" night|strong="G3571", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w about|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w kingdom|strong="H4467"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" Jesus|strong="G3004", “Teacher|strong="G1320", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w believe|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*} you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" teacher|strong="G1320" who|strong="G3739" has|strong="G2316" come|strong="G2064" from|strong="G2064" God|strong="G2316". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w believe|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w because|strong="G3754"\+w*} we|strong="G3739" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" someone|strong="G3739" could|strong="G1410" perform|strong="G4160" the|strong="G2532" miracles|strong="G4592" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" doing|strong="G4160" only|strong="G2532" if|strong="G1437" God|strong="G2316" were|strong="G1510" helping|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588".” 
\verseNumber{3}Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588" carefully|strong="H6213": Unless|strong="G1437" people|strong="G3004" are|strong="G3588" born|strong="G1080" again|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w new|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w life|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*}, they|strong="G2532" cannot|strong="G1410" even|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" the|strong="G2532" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="G5100" God|strong="G2316" rules|strong="H4910" [MET|strong="G3708"]!” 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="G2532" Nicodemus|strong="G3530" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", “◄No|strong="G3361" one|strong="G3588" can|strong="G1410" be|strong="G1510" born|strong="G1080" when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" old|strong="G1088"!/How|strong="G4459" can|strong="G1410" anyone|strong="H3605" be|strong="G1510" born|strong="G1080" when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" old|strong="G1088"?► [RHQ] ◄There|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3361" way|strong="H1870" he|strong="G2532" can|strong="G1410" enter|strong="G1525" his|strong="G1519" mother’s|strong="G3384" womb|strong="G2836" and|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" born|strong="G1080" a|strong="G2532" second|strong="G1208" time|strong="G1208"!/How|strong="G4459" can|strong="G1410" he|strong="G2532" enter|strong="G1525" his|strong="G1519" mother’s|strong="G3384" womb|strong="G2836" and|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" born|strong="G1080" a|strong="G2532" second|strong="G1208" time|strong="G1208"?► [RHQ]” 
\verseNumber{5}Jesus|strong="G2424" answered|strong="G3004", “Note|strong="H3045" this|strong="G3588": Being|strong="G2532" born|strong="G1080" naturally is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w enough|strong="H1767"\+w*}; people|strong="G1525" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="G1519" also|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" born|strong="G1080" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w spiritually|strong="G4151"\+w*} by|strong="G1537" God’s|strong="G2316" Spirit|strong="G4151". If|strong="G1437" that|strong="G3588" does|strong="G2316" not|strong="G3756" happen|strong="G1519", they|strong="G2532" cannot|strong="G1410" experience|strong="H7200" God|strong="G2316" ruling|strong="H4910" [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{15}As|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2192" result|strong="G2443", everyone|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" believes|strong="G4100"/trusts|strong="H0982" in|strong="G1722" me|strong="G2192" will|strong="G3956" have|strong="G2192" eternal|strong="H5769" life|strong="G2222".” 

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\BibleSectionHeading{John 4:1-30 }

\BibleSectionHeading{While Jesus talked with a Samaritan woman, he showed by his God-given knowledge of her personal life that he is the life-giving Messiah. }
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\verseNumber{12}Our|strong="G2532" ancestor|strong="G3962" Jacob|strong="G2384" left|strong="H7604" us|strong="G1325" this|strong="G3588" well|strong="G2532". He|strong="G2532" drank|strong="G4095" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="G1537" it|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w enough|strong="H1767"\+w* \+w good|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w*} so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" his|strong="G2532" sons|strong="G5207" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" flocks|strong="H6629" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w sheep|strong="H6629"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" goats|strong="H5795" drank|strong="G4095" from|strong="G1537" it|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w claim|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w*} you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" greater|strong="G3173" than|strong="G3173" Jacob|strong="G2384", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w because|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w can|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w give|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w us|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w life-giving|strong="H2425"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w*}?” 
\verseNumber{13}Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" her|strong="G3956", “Everyone|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" drinks|strong="G4095" water|strong="G5204" from|strong="G1537" this|strong="G3778" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w well|strong="G2532"\+w*} will|strong="G2532" later|strong="H0310" become|strong="H1961" thirsty|strong="G1372" again|strong="G3825". 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="G1161" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" drink|strong="G4095" the|strong="G1722" water|strong="G5204" that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G3739" give|strong="G1325" them|strong="G3588" will|strong="G3739" never|strong="G3756" be|strong="G1096" thirsty|strong="G1372" again|strong="G1519". On|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" contrary|strong="H7147", the|strong="G1722" water|strong="G5204" that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" give|strong="G1325" them|strong="G3588" will|strong="G3739" become|strong="G1096" in|strong="G1722" their|strong="G1722" inner|strong="H6442" beings|strong="H2421" like|strong="H3644" a|strong="G1096" spring|strong="G4077" of|strong="G1537" water|strong="G5204" that|strong="G3739" will|strong="G3739" enable|strong="H7980" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" have|strong="G1473" eternal|strong="H5769" life|strong="G2222".” 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="G4314" woman|strong="G1135" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w did|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w understand|strong="H0995"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w speaking|strong="G3004"\+w* figuratively \+w about|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w would|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w sustain|strong="H3557"\+w* \+w her|strong="G1325"\+w* spiritually. \+w So|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w she|strong="G1135"\+w*} said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", “Sir|strong="G2962", give|strong="G1325" me|strong="G1325" that|strong="G2443" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="G2962" water|strong="G5204" so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2962" not|strong="G3361" get|strong="H3947" thirsty|strong="G1372" again|strong="H7725", and|strong="G2962" so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2962" not|strong="G3361" have|strong="G1473" to|strong="G4314" keep|strong="G3361" returning|strong="H7725" here|strong="G1759" to|strong="G4314" get|strong="H3947" water|strong="G5204"!” 
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\verseNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w she|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w understand|strong="H0995"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w her|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w by|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G2532"\+w* God-given \+w knowledge|strong="H1847"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w her|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w personal|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w life|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w because|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w could|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w supply|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w her|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w spiritual|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w*. \+w So|strong="G2532"\+w*} he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" her|strong="G3588", “Woman|strong="H0802", go|strong="G5217" and|strong="G2532" call|strong="G3004" your|strong="G2532" husband|strong="H0376", and|strong="G2532" bring|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" here|strong="G1759"!” 
\verseNumber{17}She|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" have|strong="G2192" a|strong="G2192" husband|strong="H0376"!” Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" her|strong="G3754", “You|strong="G3754" said|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G3754" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" have|strong="G2192" a|strong="G2192" husband|strong="H0376", and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" is|strong="G3588" true|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{18}It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" also|strong="G2532" true|strong="H0571" that|strong="G3739" you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2192" had|strong="G2192" five|strong="G4002" husbands|strong="H1167" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w by|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3739"\+w*}. And|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3778" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" living|strong="G2192" with|strong="G2532" now|strong="G3568" is|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" your|strong="G2192" husband|strong="H0376"! What|strong="G3739" you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2192" said|strong="G3004" is|strong="G1510" very|strong="G2532" true|strong="H0571".” 
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\verseNumber{19}The|strong="G3588" woman|strong="G1135" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “Sir|strong="G2962", I|strong="G3754" perceive|strong="G2334" you|strong="G4771" must|strong="G1135" be|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" prophet|strong="G4396" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w*} able|strong="H3201" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w people’s|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w secrets|strong="H5475"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w let|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w ask|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w different|strong="H8133"\+w* \+w question|strong="H1697"\+w*}: Our|strong="G2532" ancestors|strong="G3962" worshipped|strong="G4352" God|strong="G3004" here|strong="G1510" on|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Gerizim|strong="H1630"\+w* \+w Mountain|strong="G3735"\+w*}, but|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jews|strong="H3064"\+w*} say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" Jerusalem|strong="G2414" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1722" place|strong="G5117" where|strong="G3699" we|strong="G2249" must|strong="G1163" worship|strong="G4352" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*. \+w So|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w right|strong="H3225"\+w*}?” 
\verseNumber{21}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" her|strong="G3754", “Woman|strong="G1135", believe|strong="G4100" me|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G3753"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*} there|strong="G3754" will|strong="G1473" be|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1722" time|strong="G5610" when|strong="G3753" it|strong="G3754" will|strong="G1473" not|strong="G3777" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w matter|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w whether|strong="H0518"\+w*} you|strong="G3754" worship|strong="G4352" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w our|strong="G2424"\+w*} Father|strong="G3962" on|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3778" mountain|strong="G3735" or|strong="G3777" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w or|strong="G3777"\+w* \+w somewhere|strong="H1481"\+w* \+w else|strong="H5750"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{22}You|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w from|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w Samaria|strong="H8111"\+w*} do|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" the|strong="G1537" one|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" are|strong="G1510" worshipping|strong="G4352". But|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2249" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc) \+w Jews|strong="G2453"\+w*} know|strong="G1492" whom|strong="G3739" we|strong="G2249" worship|strong="G4352", because|strong="G3754" it|strong="G3754" is|strong="G1510" from|strong="G1537" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="G2249"\+w*} Jews|strong="G2453" that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w has|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w sent|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w*} will|strong="G1510" save|strong="H3467" people|strong="G1492" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w guilt|strong="H0817"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w their|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{23}However|strong="H0389", there|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" time|strong="G5610" when|strong="G3753" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" genuinely worship|strong="G4352" God|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" worship|strong="G4352" him|strong="G3588" as|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w*} Spirit|strong="G4151" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w directs|strong="H3559"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" according|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w*} truth|strong="H0571". In|strong="G1722" fact|strong="H1589", that|strong="G3588" time|strong="G5610" is|strong="G1510" now|strong="G3568". Those|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1722" kind|strong="G5108" of|strong="G4151" worshipers|strong="G4353" my|strong="G1722" Father|strong="G3962" seeks|strong="G2212". 
\verseNumber{24}God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" spiritual|strong="G4151" being|strong="G2532". So|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" necessary|strong="G1163" that|strong="G3588" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" worship|strong="G4352" him|strong="G3588" must|strong="G1163" worship|strong="G4352" him|strong="G3588" as|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1722" Spirit|strong="G4151" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w directs|strong="H3559"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w according|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="G2316"\+w*} truth|strong="H0571".” 
\verseNumber{25}The|strong="G3588" woman|strong="G1135" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “I|strong="G1473" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G3588" Messiah|strong="G5547" is|strong="G3588" coming|strong="G2064". When|strong="G3752" he|strong="G3754" comes|strong="G2064", he|strong="G3754" will|strong="G1473" tell|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004" everything|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="G2249"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1492"\+w*}.” (‘Messiah’ and|strong="G2064" ‘Christ’ \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w both|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w mean|strong="G3004"\+w* ‘\+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w king|strong="G3588"\+w*}’.) 
\verseNumber{26}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" her|strong="G3588", “I|strong="G1473", the|strong="G3588" one|strong="G3588" speaking|strong="G2980" to|strong="G3004" you|strong="G4771", am|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{27}Just|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="G3754"\+w*} disciples|strong="G3101" returned|strong="G2064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w town|strong="G2532"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Since|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w contrary|strong="H7147"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w our|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w custom|strong="H4941"\+w* \+w for|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w* religious \+w teachers|strong="H3384"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* converse \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w woman|strong="G1135"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3762"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w*}, we|strong="G3754" were|strong="G3588" surprised|strong="G2296" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" talking|strong="G2980" to|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" woman|strong="G1135". However|strong="G3305", none|strong="G3762" of|strong="G2532" us|strong="G3004" asked|strong="G3004" her|strong="G3754", “What|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G3754" want|strong="G2212"?” and|strong="G2532" none|strong="G3762" of|strong="G2532" us|strong="G3004" asked|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “Why|strong="G5101" are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3754" talking|strong="G2980" with|strong="G3326" her|strong="G3754"?” 
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\verseNumber{28}The|strong="G2532" woman|strong="G1135" left|strong="H7604" her|strong="G1519" water|strong="H4325" jar|strong="H3537" there|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" town|strong="G4172". She|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3767" there|strong="G2532", 
\verseNumber{29}“Come|strong="G1205" and|strong="G3708" see|strong="G3708" a|strong="G1510" man|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w able|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w*} tell|strong="G3004" me|strong="G1473" all|strong="G3956" about|strong="G4160" my|strong="G3708" past|strong="H5674" life|strong="H5315" [HYP], \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w though|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w never|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w met|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w before|strong="G3588"\+w*} Could|strong="G3588" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" be|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3956" Messiah|strong="G5547"?” 
\verseNumber{30}So|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3588"\+w*} left|strong="G1831" the|strong="G2532" town|strong="G4172" and|strong="G2532" started|strong="H2490" going|strong="G2532" to|strong="G4314" where|strong="H0834" Jesus|strong="G1831" was|strong="G3588". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1831" told|strong="G4314" his|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" what|strong="G3588" sustained|strong="H5564" him|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" doing|strong="H6213" his|strong="G2532" Father’s|strong="H0001" will|strong="G2532", which|strong="G3588" meant|strong="H2803" convincing non-Jewish people|strong="G3588" to|strong="G4314" believe|strong="H0539" in|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{31}Meanwhile|strong="G3342", we|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G3101" were|strong="G3588" urging|strong="G2065" him|strong="G3588", “Teacher|strong="H4175", eat|strong="G2068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w food|strong="G5315"\+w* \+w we|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w brought|strong="H0935"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{32}But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2192" food|strong="G1035" to|strong="G3004" eat|strong="G2068" that|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" do|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" anything|strong="G5315" about|strong="G3588"!” 
\verseNumber{33}So|strong="G3767" we|strong="G3767" started|strong="H2490" saying|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="G5100", “◄Surely|strong="G3361" no|strong="G3361" one|strong="G5100" has|strong="G5100" brought|strong="G5342" him|strong="G3588" any|strong="G5100" food|strong="G5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w we|strong="G3767"\+w*} were|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H6311"\+w*}!/Has|strong="G5100" anyone|strong="G5100" brought|strong="G5342" him|strong="G3588" any|strong="G5100" food|strong="G5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w we|strong="G3767"\+w*} were|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H6311"\+w*}?► [RHQ]” 
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\verseNumber{37}As|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" result|strong="H6903", this|strong="G3778" saying|strong="G3056" will|strong="G1510" become|strong="G1510" true|strong="G3588": One|strong="G3588" person|strong="G3056" plants|strong="H6212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w seeds|strong="H2233"\+w*}, but|strong="G2532" others|strong="G3588" harvest|strong="H7105" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w crops|strong="H8393"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{38}I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" sending|strong="H7971" you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w accept|strong="H7521"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w first|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w ones|strong="H2945"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*}. Others|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} worked|strong="G2872" hard|strong="G2872" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" now|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" harvesting|strong="G2325" the|strong="G2532" results|strong="H6529" of|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" work|strong="G2872".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Many|strong="H7227" Samaritans|strong="H8118" believed|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3739" Jesus|strong="G1525" was|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" Messiah|strong="H4899". }
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\verseNumber{39}Many|strong="G4183" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1519" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*} people|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w*} in|strong="G1519" that|strong="G3754" town|strong="G4172" believed|strong="G4100" that|strong="G3754" Jesus|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*} because|strong="G3754" they|strong="G1161" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="G3739" that|strong="G3754" woman|strong="G1135" said|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*}, “That|strong="G3754" man|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w able|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w*} tell|strong="G3004" me|strong="G1473" all|strong="G3956" about|strong="G1519" my|strong="G3956" past|strong="H5674" life|strong="H5315" [HYP]!” 
\verseNumber{40}So|strong="G3767" when|strong="G5613" those|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3767" of|strong="G2250" Samaria|strong="H8111" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" Jesus|strong="G2532", they|strong="G2532" urged|strong="H6484" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G4314" stay|strong="G3306" with|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588". So|strong="G3767" we|strong="G2532" stayed|strong="G3306" there|strong="G1563" two|strong="G1417" days|strong="G2250". 
\verseNumber{41}Many|strong="G4183" more|strong="G4119" of|strong="G3056" those|strong="G3588" people|strong="G4183" believed|strong="G4100" ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*/\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*}► because|strong="G1223" of|strong="G3056" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{42}They|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" woman|strong="G1135", “We|strong="G3754" believe|strong="G4100" in|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="G2532"\+w*}, but|strong="G2532" not|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w just|strong="G2532"\+w* } because|strong="G3754" of|strong="G1223" what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3754" told|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004". Now|strong="G2532" we|strong="G3754" have|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" him|strong="G3588" ourselves|strong="H0587". And|strong="G2532" now|strong="G2532" we|strong="G3754" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" truly|strong="H3588" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w can|strong="G3004"\+w* } save|strong="H3467" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G1492"\+w*} [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w guilt|strong="H0817"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{After|strong="G1223" Jesus|strong="G3004" healed|strong="H7495" an|strong="G2532" official’s son|strong="H1121", the|strong="G2532" official|strong="H8269" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1223" family|strong="H4940" believed|strong="G4100" that|strong="G3754" Jesus|strong="G3004" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" Messiah|strong="H4899". }
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\verseNumber{46}Jesus|strong="G1510" went|strong="G2064" again|strong="G3825" to|strong="G1519" Cana|strong="G2580" in|strong="G1722" Galilee|strong="G1056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*}. That|strong="G3739" was|strong="G1510" where|strong="G3699" he|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} turned|strong="G2064" water|strong="G5204" into|strong="G1519" wine|strong="G3631". There|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" one|strong="G3739" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G1722" king’s|strong="H4428" officials|strong="H8269" who|strong="G3739" lived|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" Capernaum|strong="G2584", whose|strong="G3739" son|strong="G5207" was|strong="G1510" very|strong="G2532" sick|strong="H2470". 
\verseNumber{47}When|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" man|strong="G3778" heard|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w others|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="G1537"\+w*} that|strong="G3754" Jesus|strong="G2424" had|strong="G2424" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="G1519" Galilee|strong="G1056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*} from|strong="G1537" Judea|strong="G2449" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2597" to|strong="G1519" Jesus|strong="G2424" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* Cana} and|strong="G2532" pleaded|strong="H7378" with|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", “Please|strong="G2065" come|strong="G2240" down|strong="G2597" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* Capernaum} and|strong="G2532" heal|strong="G2390" my|strong="G3754" son|strong="G5207", who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" about|strong="G3195" to|strong="G1519" die|strong="H4191"!” 
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\verseNumber{49}But|strong="G3588" the|strong="G4314" official|strong="H8269" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", “Sir|strong="G2962", ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w*} believe|strong="H0539" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w*/\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w believe|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w came|strong="G2597"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2597"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*}►. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w please|strong="H4994"\+w*} come|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w home|strong="H1004"\+w*} before|strong="G4250" my|strong="G1473" son|strong="H1121" dies|strong="H4191"!” 
\verseNumber{50}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “Then|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" may|strong="G2532" go|strong="G4198" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w home|strong="H1004"\+w*}. Your|strong="G2532" son|strong="G5207" ◄will|strong="G2532" live|strong="G2198"/not|strong="G3739" die|strong="H4191"►!” The|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3739" believed|strong="G4100" what|strong="G3739" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004", and|strong="G2532" left|strong="H7604". 
\verseNumber{51}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w next|strong="H4283"\+w* \+w day|strong="G3588"\+w*} while|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" way|strong="H1870" home|strong="H1004", his|strong="G2532" servants|strong="G1401" met|strong="G5221" him|strong="G3588". They|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “Your|strong="G2532" child|strong="G3816" is|strong="G3588" going|strong="G2597" to|strong="G2532" live|strong="G2198"!” 
\verseNumber{52}He|strong="G3739" asked|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", “At|strong="G1722" what|strong="G3739" time|strong="G5610" did|strong="G3767" my|strong="G1722" son|strong="H1121" start|strong="H1870" to|strong="G3004" become|strong="G2192" well|strong="G1722"?” They|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “His|strong="G1722" fever|strong="G4446" ceased|strong="H2308" yesterday|strong="G5504" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w afternoon|strong="H5186"\+w*} at|strong="G1722" one|strong="G3739" o’clock.” 
\verseNumber{53}Then|strong="G3767" the|strong="G1722" boy’s|strong="H5288" father|strong="G3962" realized|strong="G1097" that|strong="G3754" this|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" time|strong="G5610" Jesus|strong="G2424" told|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “Your|strong="G3650" son|strong="G5207" will|strong="G2532" ◄live|strong="G2198"/not|strong="G3739" die|strong="H4191"►.” So|strong="G3767" he|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3650" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3767" in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1722" house|strong="G3614" believed|strong="G4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{54}That|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1519" second|strong="G1208" miracle|strong="G4592" that|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2424" performed|strong="G4160" in|strong="G1519" Galilee|strong="G1056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*}, after|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" had|strong="G2424" returned|strong="G2064" from|strong="G1537" Judea|strong="G2449" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{The Jewish leaders did not like the fact that Jesus healed a paralyzed man on the Sabbath day. }
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\chapterNumber{5}Some|strong="G3588" time|strong="H6256" later|strong="G3326", Jesus|strong="G2424" went|strong="G2424" up|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414" when|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453" were|strong="G1510" having|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w another|strong="G3588"\+w*} celebration|strong="H8057". 
\verseNumber{2}At|strong="G1722" one|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" gates|strong="H8179" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w into|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} called|strong="G3004" the|strong="G1722" Sheep|strong="G4262" Gate|strong="H8179", there|strong="G1161" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2192" pool|strong="G2861". In|strong="G1722" our|strong="G1722" language|strong="H3956" we|strong="G1161" call|strong="G3004" it|strong="G1161" Bethzatha. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Around|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w pool|strong="G2861"\+w*} were|strong="G1510" five|strong="G4002" open|strong="H6605" areas|strong="H0776" with|strong="G1722" roofs|strong="H1406" over|strong="G1909" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{3-4}Many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H0834" lying|strong="H8267" there|strong="H8033". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" blind|strong="H5787", lame|strong="H6455", or|strong="H0176" paralyzed|strong="H0068".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5:3-4  }send down an angel, and the angel would stir the water. Then the first person who got down into the water after the water was stirred would be healed of whatever disease that person had.} 
\verseNumber{5}One|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" there|strong="G1563" had|strong="G2192" been|strong="G1510" paralyzed|strong="H0068" for|strong="G1161" 38 years|strong="G2094". 
\verseNumber{6}Jesus|strong="G2424" saw|strong="G3708" him|strong="G3588" lying|strong="G2621" there|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" found|strong="G1096" out|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3778" had|strong="G2192" been|strong="G1096" like|strong="G2309" that|strong="G3754" for|strong="G3754" a|strong="G2192" long|strong="G4183" time|strong="G5550". He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3778", “Do|strong="G1096" you|strong="G3754" want|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2532" become|strong="G1096" well|strong="G2532"?” 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="G1722" paralyzed|strong="H0068" man|strong="G3739" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yes|strong="G1161"\+w*}, sir|strong="G2962", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w get|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w well|strong="G1722"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w*} there|strong="G1161" is|strong="G3588" no|strong="G3756" one|strong="G3739" to|strong="G1519" help|strong="H5826" me|strong="G1473" get|strong="G2192" down|strong="G2597" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" pool|strong="G2861" when|strong="G3752" the|strong="G1722" water|strong="G5204" is|strong="G3588" stirred|strong="G5015" {stirs|strong="H1624"}. While|strong="G1722" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="G1519" get|strong="G2192" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w pool|strong="G2861"\+w*}, someone|strong="G3739" else|strong="G1161" always|strong="H3605" gets|strong="H8610" there|strong="G1161" before|strong="G4253" me|strong="G1473".” 
\verseNumber{8}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “Get|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453"! Then|strong="G2532" pick|strong="H5375" up|strong="G1453" your|strong="G2532" mat|strong="G2895" and|strong="G2532" walk|strong="G4043"!” 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="G1722" man|strong="G1565" immediately|strong="G2112" was|strong="G1510" healed|strong="G5199". He|strong="G2532" picked|strong="H5375" up|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1722" mat|strong="G2895" and|strong="G2532" started|strong="G1096" walking|strong="G4043"! 
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The|strong="G1722" day|strong="G2250" on|strong="G1722" which|strong="G3588" this|strong="G3588" happened|strong="G1096" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1096" Jewish|strong="H3064" day|strong="G2250" of|strong="G2250" rest|strong="G1510". 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="G3767" the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="G2453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="G3004"\+w*} said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3756" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" healed|strong="G2323", “Today|strong="H3117" is|strong="G1510" ◄the|strong="G2532" Sabbath|strong="G4521"/our|strong="G2532" rest|strong="G1510" day|strong="G4521"►, and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w our|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jewish|strong="G2453"\+w*} laws|strong="H8451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w written|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w should|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w on|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w our|strong="G2532"\+w*} ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\+w*/\+w rest|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w day|strong="G4521"\+w*}►, so|strong="G3767" you|strong="G4771" should|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" be|strong="G1510" carrying|strong="H5375" your|strong="G2532" mat|strong="G2895"!” 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="G2532" man|strong="G1565" replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “The|strong="G2532" man|strong="G1565" who|strong="G3588" healed|strong="G5199" me|strong="G1473", he|strong="G2532" himself|strong="G1565" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473", ‘Pick|strong="H5375" up|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" mat|strong="G2895" and|strong="G2532" walk|strong="G4043"!’” 
\verseNumber{12}They|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G2065" him|strong="G3588", “Who|strong="G5101" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5101" who|strong="G5101" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771", ‘Pick|strong="H5375" it|strong="G2532" up|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" walk|strong="G4043"!’?” 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="G1161" since|strong="G1063" Jesus|strong="G2424" had|strong="G2424" disappeared|strong="H0369" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" crowd|strong="G3793" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w without|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w man|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w name|strong="H8034"\+w*}, the|strong="G1722" man|strong="G3756" did|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" who|strong="G5101" it|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w healed|strong="G2390"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G1722" Jewish|strong="H3064" leaders|strong="H7218" became|strong="G3588" very|strong="G3793" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G2424" for|strong="G1063" saying|strong="H0559" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1722" man|strong="G3756" who|strong="G5101" was|strong="G1510" also|strong="G1161" God|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{14}Later|strong="G3326", Jesus|strong="G2424" found|strong="G2147" the|strong="G1722" man|strong="G5100" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="G2413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w man|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w name|strong="G2147"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2443" him|strong="G3588", “Listen|strong="H8085"! You|strong="G4771" are|strong="G3588" healed|strong="G5199"! So|strong="G2443" stop|strong="G3361" sinning|strong="H2398"! If|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" do|strong="G1096" not|strong="G3361" stop|strong="G3361" sinning|strong="H2398", something|strong="G5100" will|strong="G2532" happen|strong="G1096" to|strong="G2443" you|strong="G4771" that|strong="G2443" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" worse|strong="G5501" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w than|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w illness|strong="H2483"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w before|strong="G1722"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="G2532" man|strong="G4160" went|strong="G2424" away|strong="H5493" and|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="G2453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="G3004"\+w*} [SYN] that|strong="G3754" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" Jesus|strong="G2424" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2424" healed|strong="G5199" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Jewish|strong="G2453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="G3754"\+w*} [SYN] started|strong="H2490" to|strong="G2532" harass|strong="H6696" Jesus|strong="G2424", because|strong="G3754" Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G3588" doing|strong="G4160" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778" ◄on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Sabbath|strong="G4521"/on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Jewish|strong="G2453" rest|strong="H5117" day|strong="G4521"►. 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="G1161" Jesus replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="G2193" them|strong="G3588", “My|strong="G1473" Father|strong="G3962" has|strong="G3962" always|strong="H3605" been|strong="H1961" working|strong="G2038" every|strong="G1161" day|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w including|strong="H5704"\+w*} ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\+w*/\+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w day|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3962"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H5117"\+w*}►, up|strong="H5927" until|strong="G2193" now|strong="G1161". I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" doing|strong="G2038" the|strong="G1161" same|strong="H1931" thing|strong="G2504"!” 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="G2453" leaders|strong="G3004" [SYN] considered|strong="H2803" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" disobeying their|strong="G1438" rules|strong="H4910" about|strong="G2212" ◄the|strong="G2532" Sabbath|strong="G4521"/the|strong="G2532" day|strong="G4521" of|strong="G1223" rest|strong="H5117"►, and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" by|strong="G1223" saying|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2316" was|strong="G3588" his|strong="G1438" Father|strong="G3962", he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" making|strong="G4160" himself|strong="G1438" equal|strong="G2470" with|strong="G1223" God|strong="G2316". And|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" considered|strong="H2803" that|strong="G3754" both|strong="G2532" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778" were|strong="G3588" grounds|strong="H4999" for|strong="G3754" killing|strong="H2026" him|strong="G3588". So|strong="G3767" they|strong="G2532" tried|strong="G2212" even|strong="G2532" harder|strong="H2389" to|strong="G2532" find|strong="H4672" a|strong="G2532" way|strong="G1223" to|strong="G2532" kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="G3588". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" their|strong="G1438" objections|strong="H2388" by|strong="G1223" stating|strong="G3004" five|strong="G2453" reasons|strong="H8394" why|strong="G1223" they|strong="G2532" should|strong="G2316" believe|strong="H0539" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" ◄Son|strong="H1121" of|strong="G1223"/man|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" also|strong="G2532"► God|strong="G2316". }
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\verseNumber{19}Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" by|strong="G2532" saying|strong="G3004", “You|strong="G5210" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="G2532" know|strong="H3045" this|strong="G3778": I|strong="G3739" can|strong="G1410" do|strong="G4160" nothing|strong="G3762" by|strong="G2532" my|strong="G3739" own|strong="G1438" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w authority|strong="H3027"\+w*}. I|strong="G3739" do|strong="G4160" only|strong="G3756" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kind|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w*} things|strong="G3778" that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" see|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="G3739"\+w*} Father|strong="G3962" doing|strong="G4160". Whatever|strong="G3739" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="G5207" things|strong="G3778" my|strong="G3739" Father|strong="G3962" is|strong="G3588" doing|strong="G4160", those|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" things|strong="G3778" I|strong="G3739" am|strong="G2532" doing|strong="G4160". 
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\verseNumber{22}Furthermore|strong="G1063", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="G3956"\+w*} Father|strong="G3962" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3761" the|strong="G3956" one|strong="G3762" who|strong="G3588" judges|strong="G2919" people|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w concerning|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w their|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w*}. Instead|strong="H8478", he|strong="G3588" has|strong="G3962" given|strong="G1325" to|strong="G1325" me|strong="G1325" the|strong="G3956" work|strong="G3956" of|strong="G5207" judging|strong="G2919" people|strong="G3956", 
\verseNumber{23}in|strong="G3956" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" all|strong="G3956" people|strong="G3956" may|strong="G2443" honor|strong="G5091" me|strong="G3992", just|strong="G2531" like|strong="G2531" they|strong="G3588" honor|strong="G5091" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="G3956"\+w*} Father|strong="G3962". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w My|strong="G3956"\+w*} Father|strong="G3962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w considers|strong="H7919"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w*} anyone|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" does|strong="G5091" not|strong="G3756" honor|strong="G5091" me|strong="G3992" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" honoring|strong="H3513" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}, the|strong="G3956" one|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" sent|strong="G3992" me|strong="G3992". 
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\verseNumber{25}Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588" carefully|strong="H6213": There|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" time|strong="G5610" when|strong="G3753" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" ◄spiritually dead|strong="G3498"/separated|strong="H6504" from|strong="G2064" God|strong="G2316"► will|strong="G2316" hear|strong="G5456" the|strong="G2532" voice|strong="G5456" of|strong="G5207" me|strong="G3004", ◄the|strong="G2532" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316"/the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3498" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" also|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316"►. In|strong="G2532" fact|strong="G3754", it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" that|strong="G3754" time|strong="G5610" already|strong="H3528". Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" hear|strong="G5456" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w pay|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w attention|strong="H7181"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*} will|strong="G2316" have|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w eternal|strong="H5769"\+w*} life|strong="G2198". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus miraculously fed more than 5,000 people. }
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\verseNumber{9}“There|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2192" boy|strong="H5288" here|strong="G5602" who|strong="G3739" has|strong="G2192" five|strong="G4002" small|strong="G1417" barley|strong="G2916" loaves|strong="H3899" and|strong="G2532" two|strong="G1417" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cooked|strong="H2102"\+w*} fish|strong="G3795". But|strong="G2532" ◄they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G5101" not|strong="G1510" help|strong="H5826" much|strong="G5118" among|strong="G1519" so|strong="G2532" many|strong="G5118" people|strong="G1510"!/what|strong="G5101" good|strong="G5101" will|strong="G5101" that|strong="G3739" do|strong="G5101" among|strong="G1519" so|strong="G2532" many|strong="G5118" people|strong="G1510"?► [RHQ]” 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="G3767" Jesus|strong="G2424" took|strong="G2983" the|strong="G2532" small|strong="G1537" loaves|strong="H3899" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" fish|strong="G3795" and|strong="G2532" thanked|strong="G2168" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} for|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588". Then|strong="G3767" he|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gave|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w us|strong="G1325"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w we|strong="G2532"\+w*} distributed|strong="G1239" the|strong="G2532" small|strong="G1537" loaves|strong="H3899" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" fish|strong="G3795" to|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3745" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2983" sitting|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" ground|strong="H0776". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w caused|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w food|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w keep|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w increasing|strong="H3254"\+w*}, everyone|strong="G3745" ate|strong="H0398" as|strong="G3745" much|strong="G3745" as|strong="G3745" they|strong="G2532" wanted|strong="G2309". 
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\verseNumber{13}So|strong="G3767" we|strong="G3739" gathered|strong="G4863" up|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" pieces|strong="G2801" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" small|strong="G1537" loaves|strong="H3899" that|strong="G3739" were|strong="G3588" left|strong="G4052" over|strong="G1537" by|strong="G1537" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" had|strong="G2532" eaten|strong="H0398". We|strong="G3739" filled|strong="G1072" twelve|strong="G1427" baskets|strong="G2894" with|strong="G1537" those|strong="G3588" pieces|strong="G2801"! 
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\verseNumber{14}After|strong="G4160" the|strong="G1519" people|strong="G1510" saw|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3754" miracle|strong="G4592" that|strong="G3754" Jesus|strong="G3004" had|strong="G1510" performed|strong="G4160", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3588"\+w*} them|strong="G3588" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="G1519" say|strong="G3004", “Surely|strong="H4191" this|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1519" prophet|strong="G4396" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="G3708"\+w*} that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H1696"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" send|strong="H7971" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" world|strong="G2889"!” 
\verseNumber{15}So|strong="G2443", because|strong="G3754" Jesus|strong="G2424" realized|strong="G1097" that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" about|strong="G3195" to|strong="G1519" come|strong="G2064" and|strong="G2532" seize|strong="H0962" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" make|strong="G4160" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="G2532"\+w*} king|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" left|strong="H7604" them|strong="G3588" again|strong="G3825" and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" up|strong="G1519" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" hills|strong="H1389" by|strong="G2532" himself|strong="G3441". 

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\verseNumber{16}When|strong="G1161" it|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1096" evening|strong="G3798", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="G1161"\+w*} disciples|strong="G3101" went|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" to|strong="G1909" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Galilee|strong="H1551"\+w*} Lake|strong="G2281". 
\verseNumber{17}When|strong="G1161" it|strong="G2532" became|strong="G1096" dark|strong="G4653" and|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" had|strong="G2424" still|strong="G3768" not|strong="G3768" joined|strong="G1096" us|strong="G1519", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="G2532"\+w*} got|strong="G1684" into|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1096" boat|strong="G4143" and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" across|strong="G4008" the|strong="G2532" lake|strong="G2281" towards Capernaum|strong="G2584" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{18}A|strong="G5037" strong|strong="G3173" wind|strong="G4154" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="G5037" blow|strong="G4154" and|strong="G5037" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="G3588" water|strong="H4325" ◄to|strong="G5037" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="G3588" rough|strong="H8181"/to|strong="G5037" have|strong="G3588" high|strong="G3173" waves|strong="H1530"►. 
\verseNumber{19}After|strong="G1909" we|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2424" rowed|strong="G1643" ◄three|strong="G1096" or|strong="G2228" four|strong="G5613" miles|strong="G4712"/five|strong="G4002" or|strong="G2228" six|strong="H8337" kilometers►, we|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G2334" Jesus|strong="G2424" coming|strong="G1096" near|strong="G1451" the|strong="G2532" boat|strong="G4143"; he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" walking|strong="G4043" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" water|strong="H4325"! So|strong="G3767" we|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" terrified|strong="G5399"! 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004", “Do|strong="G3004" not|strong="G3361" be|strong="G1510" afraid|strong="G5399"! It|strong="G1161" is|strong="G1510" I|strong="G1473"!” 
\verseNumber{21}We|strong="G3739" were|strong="G3588" glad|strong="H8055" to|strong="G1519" take|strong="G2983" him|strong="G3588" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" boat|strong="G4143". As|strong="G1519" soon|strong="G1096" as|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="G3739"\+w*} did|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739", the|strong="G2532" boat|strong="G4143" reached|strong="G1096" the|strong="G2532" shore|strong="G1093" where|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="G3739"\+w*} were|strong="G3588" going|strong="G5217"! 
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\verseNumber{22}The|strong="G2532" next|strong="G1887" day|strong="G1887" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793" of|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3793" that|strong="G3754" had|strong="G2424" stayed|strong="G1510" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" other|strong="G4008" side|strong="G4008" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" lake|strong="G2281" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w perplexed|strong="H0943"\+w* \+w about|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w how|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w left|strong="H7604"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}. They|strong="G2532" knew|strong="G3756" that|strong="G3754" there|strong="G1563" had|strong="G2424" been|strong="G1510" only|strong="G3441" one|strong="G1520" boat|strong="G4143" there|strong="G1563" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w previous|strong="H7223"\+w* \+w day|strong="G1887"\+w*}. They|strong="G2532" knew|strong="G3756" that|strong="G3754" we|strong="G3754" had|strong="G2424" gone|strong="H1980" away|strong="H5493" in|strong="G1519" it|strong="G2532" by|strong="G2532" ourselves|strong="G3756". They|strong="G2532" knew|strong="G3756" that|strong="G3754" Jesus|strong="G2424" had|strong="G2424" not|strong="G3756" gone|strong="H1980" with|strong="G2532" us|strong="G1519". 
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\verseNumber{24}When|strong="G3753" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793" realized|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3754" neither|strong="G3761" Jesus|strong="G2424" nor|strong="G3761" we|strong="G3754" disciples|strong="G3101" were|strong="G1510" there|strong="G1563", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} them|strong="G3588" got|strong="G1684" into|strong="G1519" those|strong="G3588" boats|strong="G4142" and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" sailed|strong="H1980" to|strong="G1519" Capernaum|strong="G2584" to|strong="G1519" find|strong="H4672" Jesus|strong="G2424". 

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\verseNumber{25}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* Capernaum} further|strong="H5750" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="G2532" lake|strong="G2281", they|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “Teacher|strong="H4175", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w since|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w*(sg) \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w come|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w boat|strong="H0590"\+w*}, when|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w how|strong="G4219"\+w*} did|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3004" get|strong="G1096" here|strong="G5602"?” 
\verseNumber{26}Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588" carefully|strong="H6213": Do|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" know|strong="G1537" why|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" are|strong="G3588" looking|strong="G2212" for|strong="G3754" me|strong="G1473"? It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" because|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" saw|strong="G3708" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w perform|strong="H6213"\+w*} miracles|strong="G4592" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w as|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w result|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w realized|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w really|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1473"\+w*}. No|strong="G3756"! You|strong="G5210" are|strong="G3588" looking|strong="G2212" for|strong="G3754" me|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="G3756"\+w*} because|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" had|strong="G2424" plenty|strong="H7647" of|strong="G1537" bread|strong="H3899" to|strong="G2532" eat|strong="G2068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w provided|strong="H3557"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w for|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w performing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w miracle|strong="G4592"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="G3767" the|strong="G4314" people|strong="G4160" asked|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “What|strong="G5101" things|strong="G3588" should|strong="G2316" we|strong="G2443" do|strong="G4160" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w please|strong="H4994"\+w*} God|strong="G2316"?” 
\verseNumber{29}Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="G3004", “What|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" do|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" this|strong="G3778": He|strong="G2532" wants|strong="H2656" you|strong="G3739" to|strong="G1519" believe|strong="G4100" that|strong="G2443" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" has|strong="G2316" sent|strong="G2316".” 
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\verseNumber{32}So|strong="G3767" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", “The|strong="G1537" truth|strong="H0571" is|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" it|strong="G3004" was|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" Moses|strong="G3475" who|strong="G3588" gave|strong="G1325" your|strong="G1325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ancestors|strong="G3962"\+w*} that|strong="G3588" food|strong="H3899" from|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="G3772". No|strong="G3756", it|strong="G3004" was|strong="G3588" my|strong="G1325" Father|strong="G3962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w gave|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w it|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*. \+w And|strong="G3962"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w Father|strong="G3962"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3588"\+w*} who|strong="G3588" gives|strong="G1325" you|strong="G5210" the|strong="G1537" true|strong="G3588" food|strong="H3899" from|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="G3772". 
\verseNumber{33}The|strong="G2532" true|strong="G3588" bread|strong="H3899" from|strong="G1537" God|strong="G2316" came|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" from|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="G3772", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" will|strong="G2316" give|strong="G1325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w eternal|strong="H5769"\+w*} life|strong="G2222" to|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" world|strong="G2889" [MTY].” 
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\verseNumber{37}All|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="G3956"\+w*} Father|strong="G3962" entrusts|strong="H5800" to|strong="G4314" me|strong="G1325" will|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" me|strong="G1325", and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" certainly|strong="G2532" ◄welcome|strong="H6923"/never|strong="G3756" send|strong="G1544" away|strong="G1854"► [LIT|strong="H0215"] anyone|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3739" comes|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" me|strong="G1325". 
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\verseNumber{39}What|strong="G3739" the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" sent|strong="G3992" me|strong="G1325" wants|strong="G2307" is|strong="G1510" that|strong="G2443" I|strong="G1473" ◄keep|strong="G3361" forever|strong="H5769" all|strong="G3956"/never|strong="G3361" lose|strong="H0622" any|strong="G3956"► [LIT|strong="H0215"] of|strong="G1537" those|strong="G3588" whom|strong="G3739" he|strong="G1161" has|strong="G3739" entrusted|strong="H6485" to|strong="G2443" me|strong="G1325". He|strong="G1161" wants|strong="G2307" me|strong="G1325" to|strong="G2443" cause|strong="G1325" all|strong="G3956" of|strong="G1537" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2443" become|strong="G1510" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="G1537" ◄on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" last|strong="G2078" day|strong="G2250"/on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" day|strong="G2250" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w judge|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w everyone|strong="G3956"\+w*}► [MTY]. 
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\verseNumber{50}But|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" bread|strong="H3899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w talking|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w about|strong="G3588"\+w*} is|strong="G1510" something|strong="G5100" that|strong="G2443" came|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" from|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="G3772". If|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2068" eat|strong="G2068" that|strong="G2443" bread|strong="H3899", their|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w spirits|strong="H7307"\+w*} will|strong="G1510" never|strong="G3361" die|strong="H4191". 
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\verseNumber{52}Then|strong="G3767" the|strong="G4314" Jewish|strong="G2453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="G3004"\+w*} [SYN] began|strong="H2490" to|strong="G4314" argue|strong="G3164" among|strong="G4314" themselves|strong="G3778". They|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004", “◄There|strong="G3004" is|strong="G3588" no|strong="G3588" way|strong="G3778" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" can|strong="G1410" give|strong="G1325" us|strong="G1325" his|strong="G1325" flesh|strong="G4561" to|strong="G4314" eat|strong="G2068"!/How|strong="G4459" can|strong="G1410" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" give|strong="G1325" us|strong="G1325" his|strong="G1325" flesh|strong="G4561" to|strong="G4314" eat|strong="G2068"?►” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{53}So|strong="G3767", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w speaking|strong="G3004"\+w* figuratively \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w need|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w accept|strong="H7521"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w themselves|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w benefits|strong="H8408"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w sacrificing|strong="H2076"\+w* \+w himself|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w shedding|strong="H8210"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w blood|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w atone|strong="H3722"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w their|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"], Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “Listen|strong="H8085" carefully|strong="H6213" to|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588": \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Although|strong="G5210"\+w*} I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G1438" who|strong="G3588" came|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2532" heaven|strong="G2192", if|strong="G1437" you|strong="G5210" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" eat|strong="G2068" my|strong="G1722" flesh|strong="G4561" and|strong="G2532" drink|strong="G4095" my|strong="G1722" blood|strong="H1818", you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" have|strong="G2192" eternal|strong="H5769" life|strong="G2222". 
\verseNumber{54}Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" eat|strong="H0398" my|strong="G1473" flesh|strong="G4561" and|strong="G2532" drink|strong="G4095" my|strong="G1473" blood|strong="H1818" have|strong="G2192" eternal|strong="H5769" life|strong="G2222", and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" cause|strong="G3588" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" become|strong="G2192" alive|strong="G2222" again|strong="G2532" at|strong="G2250" ◄the|strong="G2532" last|strong="G2078" day|strong="G2250"/the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w judgment|strong="G2250"\+w*} day|strong="G2250"►, 
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\verseNumber{59}He|strong="G3778" said|strong="G3004" this|strong="G3778" while|strong="G1722" he|strong="G3778" was|strong="G3778" teaching|strong="G1321" people|strong="G3004" in|strong="G1722" ◄the|strong="G1722" synagogue|strong="G4864"/the|strong="G1722" Jewish|strong="H3064" meeting|strong="H4150" place|strong="G1722"► in|strong="G1722" Capernaum|strong="G2584". 

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\verseNumber{60}After|strong="G1537" they|strong="G3588" heard|strong="H8085" him|strong="G3588" say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588", many|strong="G4183" of|strong="G1537" his|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" said|strong="G3004", “What|strong="G5101" he|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" teaching|strong="G3056" is|strong="G1510" hard|strong="G4642" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w understand|strong="H0995"\+w*}; ◄it|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" very|strong="G4183" difficult|strong="G4642" for|strong="G1537" anyone|strong="H3605" to|strong="G3004" accept|strong="H7521" it|strong="G3778"!/how|strong="G5101" can|strong="G1410" anyone|strong="H3605" accept|strong="H7521" it|strong="G3778"?► [RHQ]” 
\verseNumber{61}Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G3588" aware|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" his|strong="G1438" disciples|strong="G3101" were|strong="G3588" grumbling|strong="G1111" about|strong="G4012" it|strong="G3754", so|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", “◄I|strong="G1161" am|strong="G3588" sorry|strong="H5162" that|strong="G3754" this|strong="G3778" is|strong="G3588" offending you|strong="G5210"./Is|strong="G3588" this|strong="G3778" offending you|strong="G5210"?► [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{65}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" continued|strong="H5674" by|strong="G1223" saying|strong="G3004", “That|strong="G3754" is|strong="G1510" why|strong="G1223" I|strong="G1473" told|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" that|strong="G3754" only|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" whom|strong="G3588" my|strong="G1325" Father|strong="G3962" has|strong="G3962" enabled|strong="G1325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w believe|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1325"\+w*} will|strong="G1510" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" me|strong="G1325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w receive|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w eternal|strong="H5769"\+w* \+w life|strong="G3762"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{66}From|strong="G1537" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w time|strong="H6256"\+w*}, many|strong="G4183" of|strong="G1537" his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3101" left|strong="H7604" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" no|strong="G3765" longer|strong="G3765" went|strong="G2532" with|strong="G3326" him|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{70}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="G2532" us|strong="G1537", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w saying|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w as|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w though|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w all|strong="G2532"\+w*} you|strong="G5210" twelve|strong="G1427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w men|strong="G3588"\+w*} whom|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" chosen|strong="G1586" [RHQ] believe|strong="H0539" that|strong="G3588". But|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1537" you|strong="G5210" is|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w under|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w control|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w*} Satan|strong="H7854"!” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus rejected his younger brothers’ suggestion that he go immediately to Jerusalem. }
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\verseNumber{11}At|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" celebration|strong="H8057", the|strong="G1722" Jewish|strong="G2453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="G3004"\+w*} were|strong="G1510" looking|strong="G2212" for|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588". They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" asking|strong="G3004" people|strong="G1510", “Has|strong="G1510" Jesus|strong="G3004" come|strong="G1510"?” 
\verseNumber{12}Among|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" crowds|strong="G3793", many|strong="G4183" people|strong="G3793" were|strong="G1510" whispering|strong="H1681" about|strong="G4012" Jesus|strong="G3004". Some|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" saying|strong="G3004", “He|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" good|strong="G3756" man|strong="G3756"!” But|strong="G1161" others|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" saying|strong="G3004" instead|strong="G1161", “No|strong="G3756"! He|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" deceiving|strong="G4105" the|strong="G1722" crowds|strong="G3793"!” 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="G3305" no|strong="G3762" one|strong="G3762" was|strong="G3588" speaking|strong="G2980" so|strong="G1223" that|strong="G3588" others|strong="G3588" could|strong="G3588" hear|strong="H8085" them|strong="G3588", because|strong="G1223" they|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="G4012" the|strong="G1223" Jewish|strong="G2453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w*} [SYN]. 

\BibleSectionHeading{After|strong="G1223" Jesus|strong="G2980" taught|strong="H3925" people|strong="G3588", the|strong="G1223" Jewish|strong="G2453" leaders|strong="H7218" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="G2980" arrest him|strong="G3588", but|strong="G3305" many|strong="G2980" others|strong="G3588" believed|strong="G3588" he|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1223" Messiah|strong="H4899". }
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\verseNumber{14}In|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" celebration|strong="H8057", Jesus|strong="G2424" went|strong="G2424" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="G2411" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G1519" teach|strong="G1321" people|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="G3588" Jewish|strong="G2453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w elders|strong="H2205"\+w*} were|strong="G3588" amazed|strong="G2296" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="G2296"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w saying|strong="G3004"\+w*}. They|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004", “This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" never|strong="G3361" studied|strong="H1875" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* religious schools}! So|strong="G3767" ◄how|strong="G4459" can|strong="G3004" he|strong="G3778" have|strong="G3588" learned|strong="G3129" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w much|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w about|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Scripture|strong="G3004"\+w*}?/it|strong="G3778" is|strong="G3588" difficult|strong="H6381" for|strong="G3778" us|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" believe|strong="H0539" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G3778" has|strong="G3778" learned|strong="G3129" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w much|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w about|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Scripture|strong="G3004"\+w*}!► [RHQ]” 
\verseNumber{16}Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “What|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" teach|strong="H3925" does|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" come|strong="G1510" from|strong="G2532" myself|strong="G1473". It|strong="G2532" comes|strong="G1510" from|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*}, the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" sent|strong="G3992" me|strong="G1473". 
\verseNumber{17}Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" choose|strong="H0977" to|strong="G2309" do|strong="G4160" what|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" wants|strong="G2309" will|strong="G2307" find|strong="G1097" out|strong="G1537" whether|strong="G1437" what|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" teach|strong="G5100" comes|strong="G1510" from|strong="G1537" God|strong="G2316" or|strong="G2228" whether|strong="G1437" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" speaking|strong="G2980" with|strong="G1537" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} my|strong="G1473" own|strong="G1683" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w authority|strong="H3027"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{18}Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" speak|strong="G2980" with|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="G3756"\+w*} their|strong="G1438" own|strong="G2398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w authority|strong="G2212"\+w*} do|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="G3756"\+w*} so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" others|strong="G3588" will|strong="G1510" honor|strong="G1391" them|strong="G3588". But|strong="G1161" I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w others|strong="G3588"\+w*} will|strong="G1510" honor|strong="G1391" the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G1438" who|strong="G3588" sent|strong="G3992" me|strong="G3992", and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G1510" someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="G3588" speaks|strong="G2980" the|strong="G1722" truth|strong="H0571". I|strong="G2532" never|strong="G3756" lie|strong="H7901". 
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\verseNumber{20}Someone|strong="H0376" in|strong="G3793" the|strong="G3588" crowd|strong="G3793" answered|strong="H6030", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w By|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w saying|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w show|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G3588" crazy (OR|strong="G3588", A|strong="G2192" demon|strong="G1140" is|strong="G3588" controlling you|strong="G4771")! Certainly|strong="G2192" no|strong="G3588" one|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" trying|strong="G2212" to|strong="G2212" kill|strong="H2026" you|strong="G4771"!” 
\verseNumber{21}Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G4160", “Because|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" did|strong="G4160" a|strong="G2532" miracle|strong="G2041" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w healing|strong="H4832"\+w* \+w someone|strong="G1520"\+w*} ◄on|strong="G4160" the|strong="G2532" Sabbath|strong="G3956"/on|strong="G4160" the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="H3064" rest|strong="H5117" day|strong="H3117"►, you|strong="G3004" are|strong="G3956" all|strong="G3956" shocked|strong="H8074". 
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\verseNumber{24}Stop|strong="G3361" deciding whether|strong="H0518" my|strong="G2596" healing|strong="H4832" this|strong="G3588" man|strong="G1342" is|strong="G3588" wrong|strong="H7451" according|strong="G2596" to|strong="G2596" what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3361" see|strong="H7200"! Instead|strong="H8478", decide|strong="H3198" according|strong="G2596" to|strong="G2596" what|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" really|strong="H2088" the|strong="G2596" right|strong="G1342" action|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w people|strong="G2919"\+w*}”! 
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\verseNumber{26}He|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" saying|strong="G3004" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778" ◄publicly|strong="G3954"/in|strong="G2532" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="G2532" many|strong="G2980" people|strong="G1510"►, but|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} rulers|strong="H8269" are|strong="G1510" not|strong="G1510" saying|strong="G3004" anything|strong="G3762" to|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w oppose|strong="H7853"\+w*} him|strong="G3588". Is|strong="G1510" that|strong="G3754" because|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" decided|strong="H3289" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" truly|strong="H3588" ◄the|strong="G2532" Messiah|strong="G5547"/God’s|strong="H0430" chosen|strong="H0977" king|strong="G3588"►? 
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\verseNumber{29}But|strong="G1473" I|strong="G1473" know|strong="G1492" him|strong="H5414", because|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1473" come|strong="G1510" from|strong="G3844" him|strong="H5414". He|strong="G3754" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3754" one|strong="G3748" who|strong="G3748" sent|strong="G3844" me|strong="G1473"!” 
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\verseNumber{31}But|strong="G1161" many|strong="G4183" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793" believed|strong="G4100" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w from|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*}. They|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “When|strong="G3752" the|strong="G2532" Messiah|strong="G5547" comes|strong="G2064", he|strong="G2532" certainly|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" do|strong="G4160" more|strong="G4119" miracles|strong="G4592" than|strong="G4183" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" has|strong="G3739" done|strong="G4160", will|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532"?” 
\verseNumber{32}The|strong="G2532" Pharisees|strong="G5330" heard|strong="H8085" them|strong="G3588" whispering|strong="H1681" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778" about|strong="G4012" him|strong="G3588". So|strong="G2443" they|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" sent|strong="G2532" some|strong="G3588" Temple|strong="H1004" guards|strong="H7323" to|strong="G2443" seize|strong="G4084" him|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{33}Then|strong="G3767" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" with|strong="G3326" you|strong="G5210" for|strong="G4314" only|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" short|strong="G3588" time|strong="G5550". Then|strong="G3767" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G1510" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" sent|strong="G3992" me|strong="G1473". 
\verseNumber{34}Then|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G1510" search|strong="G2212" for|strong="G2212" me|strong="G1473", but|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" find|strong="G2147" me|strong="G1473". And|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" be|strong="G1510" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" place|strong="G1473" where|strong="G3699" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510".” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Many|strong="H7227" people|strong="G1510" were|strong="G1510" divided|strong="H0914" after|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3739" the|strong="G2532" Spirit|strong="G3588" would|strong="G2532" produce|strong="H6529" eternal|strong="H5769" life|strong="H5315" within|strong="H7130" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{38}Just|strong="G2531" like|strong="G2531" the|strong="G1519" Scriptures|strong="G1124" teach|strong="H3925", streams|strong="H6388" of|strong="G1537" water|strong="G5204" shall|strong="G2198" flow|strong="G4482" out|strong="G1537" from|strong="G1537" within|strong="G2836" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" believe|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1519" me|strong="G1473", and|strong="G5204" that|strong="G3588" water|strong="G5204" will|strong="G1473" cause|strong="G3588" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" live|strong="G2198" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w eternally|strong="H5331"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{40}When|strong="G3767" some|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" crowd|strong="G3793" heard|strong="H8085" those|strong="G3588" words|strong="G3056", they|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004", “Surely|strong="H4191" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1537" prophet|strong="G4396" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whom|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w send|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{43}So|strong="G3767" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3793" were|strong="G3588" divided|strong="G1096" because|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w thought|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w about|strong="G1722"\+w*} Jesus|strong="G3793". 
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\verseNumber{45}So|strong="G3767" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="H1004" guards|strong="H7323" returned|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Pharisees|strong="G5330", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w ones|strong="H2945"\+w* \+w who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sent|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* arrest \+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*}. They|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" guards|strong="H7323", “Why|strong="G5101" did|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3004" not|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w seize|strong="H0962"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} bring|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H6311"\+w*}?” 
\verseNumber{46}They|strong="G3588" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="G3588" one|strong="G3588" ever|strong="G3763" spoke|strong="G2980" such|strong="G3779" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w amazing|strong="H6381"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3778"\+w*} as|strong="G5613" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" does|strong="G2980"!” 
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\verseNumber{49}Not|strong="G3361" one|strong="G3588"! But|strong="G3361", on|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" contrary|strong="H7147", some|strong="G3588" of|strong="G3551" this|strong="G3778" crowd|strong="G3793" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w believed|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w in|strong="G3793"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}. They|strong="G3588" do|strong="G3361" not|strong="G3361" know|strong="G1097" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w true|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w teachings|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3551"\+w*} our|strong="G1510" laws|strong="G3551"! They|strong="G3588" will|strong="G1510" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="G3361" hell|strong="H7585" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G1097"\+w* \+w listening|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{50}Then|strong="G3004" Nicodemus|strong="G3530" spoke|strong="G3004". He|strong="G3004" was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1537" one|strong="G1520" who|strong="G1520" earlier|strong="H7223" went|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" Jesus|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w night|strong="H3915"\+w*}. He|strong="G3004" was|strong="G1510" also|strong="H1571" a|strong="G1510" member|strong="H1995" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" Jewish|strong="H3064" council|strong="H5475". He|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w rest|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w Council|strong="H5475"\+w* \+w members|strong="H3338"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{52}They|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “◄Are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771" another|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w disgusting|strong="H8441"\+w* \+w person|strong="H5315"\+w*} from|strong="G1537" Galilee|strong="G1056"?/\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} another|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w disgusting|strong="H8441"\+w* \+w person|strong="H5315"\+w*} from|strong="G1537" Galilee|strong="G1056"!► [RHQ] Read|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w written|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* Scriptures} You|strong="G4771" will|strong="G1510" find|strong="H4672" that|strong="G3754" no|strong="G3756" prophet|strong="G4396" comes|strong="G1510" from|strong="G1537" Galilee|strong="G1056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w province|strong="H4082"\+w*, \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w does|strong="G1510"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{53}[Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" left|strong="H7604" and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" their|strong="G2532" own|strong="H1961" homes|strong="G3624". 

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But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" bent|strong="H1869" down|strong="G2736" and|strong="G1161" wrote|strong="G1125" something|strong="H1697" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" ground|strong="G1093" with|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" finger|strong="G1147". 
\verseNumber{7}While|strong="G5613" they|strong="G1161" continued|strong="G1961" to|strong="G4314" question|strong="G2065" him|strong="G3588", he|strong="G1161" stood|strong="G3588" up|strong="G1909" and|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588", “Whichever|strong="H0834" one|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1909" you|strong="G5210" has|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" sinned|strong="H2398" can|strong="G3004" be|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" first|strong="G4413" one|strong="G3588" to|strong="G4314" start|strong="H1870" throwing|strong="H3027" stones|strong="G3037" at|strong="G1909" her|strong="G3588".” 
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\verseNumber{9}After|strong="G2596" they|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G1161", those|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* questioning \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*} went|strong="G1831" away|strong="G1831", one|strong="G1520" by|strong="G1722" one|strong="G1520", the|strong="G1722" older|strong="G4245" ones|strong="G4245" first|strong="G1520" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w then|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w* \+w ones|strong="G4245"\+w*, \+w knowing|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w all|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sinners|strong="H2400"\+w*}. Finally|strong="G2078" only|strong="G3441" Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G3588" there|strong="G2532", along|strong="G2532" with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" woman|strong="G1135". 
\verseNumber{10}Jesus|strong="G2424" stood|strong="G3588" up|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G3004" her|strong="G3588", “Woman|strong="G1135", where|strong="G4226" are|strong="G1510" they|strong="G2532"? Has|strong="G3762" no|strong="G3762" one|strong="G3762" said|strong="G3004" you|strong="G4771" must|strong="G1135" die|strong="H4191" for|strong="G1161" your|strong="G2532" sin|strong="H2403"?” 
\verseNumber{11}She|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “No|strong="G3762", sir|strong="G2962", no|strong="G3762" one|strong="G3762".” Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G1473" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3761" condemn|strong="G2632" you|strong="G4771" either|strong="G3761". Go|strong="G4198" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w home|strong="H1004"\+w*} now|strong="G1161", and|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3761" continue|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2962" sinful|strong="H2400" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w life|strong="G3762"\+w*} any|strong="G3762" longer|strong="G3371"!”] 

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\verseNumber{12}Jesus|strong="G2424" spoke|strong="G2980" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G1510" again|strong="G3825". He|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} a|strong="G2192" light|strong="G5457" [MET|strong="H6298"] for|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w*} [MTY] the|strong="G1722" world|strong="G2889". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Just|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w light|strong="G5457"\+w* \+w reveals|strong="H1540"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w been|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w darkness|strong="G4653"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"], \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w reveal|strong="H1540"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w truth|strong="H0571"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}. Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" walk|strong="G4043" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" darkness|strong="G4653" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w unaware|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w around|strong="G4043"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}. But|strong="G3361" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" become|strong="G1510" my|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G1510" will|strong="G1510" always|strong="H3605" be|strong="G1510" aware|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w truth|strong="H0571"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"]. They|strong="G3588" will|strong="G1510" have|strong="G2192" my|strong="G1722" light|strong="G5457" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w shows|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w how|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w eternal|strong="H5769"\+w*} life|strong="G2222".” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Pharisees’ continued|strong="H5674" rejection|strong="H5007" of|strong="G2532" Jesus’ claims|strong="H1697" about|strong="G1722" himself|strong="H5315". }
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\verseNumber{21}Jesus|strong="G3004" also|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “I|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w soon|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w*} going|strong="G5217" away|strong="G5217". Then|strong="G3767" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w end|strong="H7093"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w life|strong="H5315"\+w*} you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G2532" seek|strong="G2212" me|strong="G1473", but|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G2532" die|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w without|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w forgiving|strong="H5375"\+w*} your|strong="G2532" sins|strong="H2403". Where|strong="G3699" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" go|strong="G5217", you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" be|strong="G2532" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2064".” 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="G3767" the|strong="G3588" Jewish|strong="G2453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="G3004"\+w*} said|strong="G3004" among|strong="G1438" themselves|strong="G1438", “Is|strong="G3588" he|strong="G3754" going|strong="G5217" to|strong="G3004" kill|strong="H2026" himself|strong="G1438"? Is|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G3588" reason|strong="H6440" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G3754" said|strong="G3004", ‘Where|strong="G3699" I|strong="G1473" go|strong="G5217", you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G1473" not|strong="G3756" be|strong="G3756" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G3004" come’?” 
\verseNumber{23}But|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" continued|strong="H5674" by|strong="G1537" saying|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “You|strong="G5210" were|strong="G1510" born|strong="H3205" here|strong="G1510" in|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" world|strong="G2889", but|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" came|strong="G2532" from|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="H8064". You|strong="G5210" belong|strong="G1510" to|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" opposed|strong="H5975" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G3004" [MTY]. I|strong="G1473" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" belong|strong="G1510" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{24}I|strong="G1473" told|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G1510" die|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w without|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w forgiving|strong="H5375"\+w*} your|strong="G1437" sins|strong="H2403". If|strong="G1437" you|strong="G5210" do|strong="G3004" not|strong="G3361" believe|strong="G4100" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w*}, you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G1510" die|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w without|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w forgiving|strong="H5375"\+w*} your|strong="G1437" sins|strong="H2403".” 
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\verseNumber{25}So|strong="G3767" they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “You|strong="G5210"! Who|strong="G3739" do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G5210" think|strong="G5100" you|strong="G5210" are|strong="G1510"?” Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “Ever|strong="H5769" since|strong="H3588" I|strong="G3739" began|strong="H2490" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w teaching|strong="G2980"\+w*}, I|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" telling|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" who|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" am|strong="G1510"! 
\verseNumber{26}I|strong="G1473" could|strong="G2192" judge|strong="G2919" you|strong="G5210" and|strong="G2532" say|strong="G2980" that|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w guilty|strong="H0816"\+w* \+w of|strong="G4012"\+w*} many|strong="G4183" things|strong="G3778". But|strong="G2532" instead|strong="H8478", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w say|strong="G2980"\+w* \+w only|strong="G2532"\+w*} what|strong="G3739" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" sent|strong="G3992" me|strong="G1473" tells|strong="H1696" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G1519" say|strong="G2980". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w What|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w says|strong="G2980"\+w*} is|strong="G1510" true|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" tell|strong="G2980" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2919" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" world|strong="G2889" [MTY] what|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2192" heard|strong="H8085" from|strong="G3844" him|strong="G3588".” 
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\verseNumber{27}They|strong="G3588" did|strong="G1097" not|strong="G3756" understand|strong="G1097" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G3754" was|strong="G3588" talking|strong="G3004" about|strong="G3754" his|strong="G3754" Father|strong="G3962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="H8064"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{28}So|strong="G3767" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3762" who|strong="G3588" came|strong="G2532" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="G2532" heaven|strong="H8064", but|strong="G2532" when|strong="G3752" you|strong="G3752" lift|strong="G5312" me|strong="G1473" up|strong="G5312" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w cross|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*}, you|strong="G3752" will|strong="G1510" know|strong="G1097" who|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510". You|strong="G3752" will|strong="G1510" also|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1097" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" do|strong="G4160" not|strong="G1510" do|strong="G4160" anything|strong="G3762" with|strong="G2532" my|strong="G1473" own|strong="G1683" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w authority|strong="H3027"\+w*}. Instead|strong="H8478", I|strong="G1473" say|strong="G3004" just|strong="G2531" what|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="G1473"\+w*} Father|strong="G3962" has|strong="G3962" taught|strong="G1321" me|strong="G1473". 
\verseNumber{29}He|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" sent|strong="G3992" me|strong="G1473", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" helps|strong="H5826" me|strong="G1473". Because|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" always|strong="G3842" do|strong="G4160" the|strong="G2532" things|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3754" please|strong="H4994" him|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" has|strong="G3748" never|strong="G3756" abandoned|strong="H5800" me|strong="G1473".” 
\verseNumber{30}As|strong="G1519" Jesus|strong="G3778" was|strong="G2980" saying|strong="G2980" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778", many|strong="G4183" people|strong="G4183" believed|strong="G4100" that|strong="G1519" he|strong="G3778" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="G2980"\+w*} ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G2980"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2980"\+w*/\+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*}►. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3778" told|strong="G2980" his|strong="G1519" critics which|strong="G3778" people|strong="G4183" were|strong="G3778" true|strong="H0571" believers|strong="G4100" like|strong="H3644" Abraham|strong="G4100" and|strong="G2980" which|strong="G3778" ones|strong="H2945" really|strong="H2088" were|strong="G3778" serving|strong="H5647" Satan|strong="H7854". }
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\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="G3767" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G1722" Jews|strong="G2453" who|strong="G3588" now|strong="G3767" said|strong="G3004" they|strong="G3588" believed|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588", “If|strong="G1437" you|strong="G5210" continue|strong="G3306" to|strong="G4314" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w accordance|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w with|strong="G1722"\+w*} my|strong="G1699" message|strong="G3056", you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G1510" truly|strong="G1722" be|strong="G1510" my|strong="G1699" disciples|strong="G3101". 
\verseNumber{32}Then|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1097" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w*} truth|strong="H0571", and|strong="G2532" as|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" result|strong="H6903" of|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* believing \+w his|strong="G2532"\+w*} truth|strong="H0571", he|strong="G2532" [PRS] will|strong="G2532" free|strong="G1659" you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w being|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w controlled|strong="H0662"\+w* \+w by|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w made|strong="G1659"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w his|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w slaves|strong="H5650"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{33}They|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G2532", “We|strong="G3754" are|strong="G1510" descendants|strong="G4690" of|strong="G2532" Abraham|strong="H0085". We|strong="G3754" have|strong="G2532" never|strong="G3762" been|strong="G1510" anyone’s|strong="G3762" slaves|strong="G1398". So|strong="G2532" why|strong="G3754" do|strong="G1096" you|strong="G4771" say|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w*} be|strong="G1096" freed|strong="H8199" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w being|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w someone’s|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w slaves|strong="G1398"\+w*}?” 
\verseNumber{34}Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="G3004", “Listen|strong="H8085" carefully|strong="H6213" to|strong="G3004" what|strong="G3588" I|strong="G3754" am|strong="G1510" going|strong="G2424" to|strong="G3004" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210". All|strong="G3956" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" continue|strong="G4160" to|strong="G3004" sin|strong="H2403" are|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w forced|strong="H4522"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w obey|strong="G4160"\+w*} their|strong="G3956" sinful|strong="H2400" desires|strong="H0183" [MET|strong="H6298"], \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w just|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} a|strong="G1510" slave|strong="G1401" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w forced|strong="H4522"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w obey|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w his|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w master|strong="H0113"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{35}A|strong="G1519" slave|strong="G1401" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" a|strong="G1519" permanent|strong="H5769" member|strong="H1995" of|strong="G5207" a|strong="G1519" family|strong="H4940". But|strong="G1161" a|strong="G1519" son|strong="G5207" is|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1519" member|strong="H1995" of|strong="G5207" a|strong="G1519" family|strong="H4940" forever|strong="G1519". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Similarly|strong="H2088"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w say|strong="G1401"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w members|strong="H3338"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w family|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w because|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w Abraham|strong="H0085"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w really|strong="H2088"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w like|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w slaves|strong="G1401"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w your|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w sinful|strong="H2400"\+w* \+w desires|strong="H0183"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w no|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w longer|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w permanent|strong="H5769"\+w* \+w members|strong="H3338"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w family|strong="H4940"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{36}So|strong="G3767" if|strong="G1437" you|strong="G5210" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="G1510" free|strong="G1658" you|strong="G5210", you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G1510" truly|strong="H3588" be|strong="G1510" free|strong="G1658". 
\verseNumber{37}I|strong="G1473" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" are|strong="G1510" Abraham’s|strong="H0085" descendants|strong="G4690". But|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" are|strong="G1510" trying|strong="G2212" to|strong="G2212" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="G1473" because|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w*} allowing [PRS] my|strong="G1699" message|strong="G3056" to|strong="G2212" continue|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2212"\+w* \+w change|strong="H5162"\+w*} your|strong="G1722" inner|strong="H6442" being|strong="G1510". 
\verseNumber{38}I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" telling|strong="G2980" you|strong="G5210" what|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" saw|strong="G3708" when|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G3588" with|strong="G3844" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="G3708"\+w*} Father|strong="G3962". But|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" do|strong="G4160" the|strong="G2532" things|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" have|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" from|strong="G3844" your|strong="G2532" father|strong="G3962".” 
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\verseNumber{39}They|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “Abraham|strong="H0085" is|strong="G1510" our|strong="G2424" ancestor|strong="G3962".” Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “If|strong="G1487" you|strong="G1487" were|strong="G1510" Abraham’s|strong="H0085" descendants|strong="H2233", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w character|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w Abraham’s|strong="H0085"\+w* \+w character|strong="H6965"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} you|strong="G1487" would|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w good|strong="G3588"\+w*} things|strong="G3588" like|strong="H3644" Abraham|strong="H0085" did|strong="G4160". 
\verseNumber{40}I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1473" been|strong="G3568" telling|strong="G2980" you|strong="G5210" the|strong="G1161" truth|strong="H0571" that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" heard|strong="H8085" from|strong="G3844" God|strong="G2316", but|strong="G1161" you|strong="G5210" are|strong="G3588" trying|strong="G2212" to|strong="G2212" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="G1473". Abraham|strong="H0085" did|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3756" do|strong="G4160" things|strong="G3778" like|strong="H3644" that|strong="G3739". 
\verseNumber{41}No|strong="G3756"! You|strong="G5210" are|strong="G3588" doing|strong="G4160" the|strong="G1537" things|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" your|strong="G2192" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{real} father|strong="G3962" does|strong="G4160".” 
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They|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="G2249"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w about|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G2316"\+w*} we|strong="G2249" are|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" illegitimate|strong="H2114" children|strong="G1080". And|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{spiritually}, we|strong="G2249" have|strong="G2192" only|strong="G3756" one|strong="G1520" Father|strong="G3962". That|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2316" you|strong="G5210" do|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1537" who|strong="G3588" your|strong="G2192" father|strong="G3962" is|strong="G3588"!” 
\verseNumber{42}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “If|strong="G1487" God|strong="G2316" were|strong="G1510" your|strong="G2532" father|strong="G3962", you|strong="G5210" would|strong="G2316" love|strong="H0157" me|strong="G1473", because|strong="G1063" I|strong="G1473" came|strong="G2064" from|strong="G1537" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" now|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2064" here|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w world|strong="H8398"\+w*}. My|strong="G1473" coming|strong="G2064" was|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3761" ◄because|strong="G1063" I|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w appointed|strong="H4150"\+w*} myself|strong="G1683"/with|strong="G1537" my|strong="G1473" own|strong="G1683" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w authority|strong="H3027"\+w*}►. He|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2316" me|strong="G1473". 
\verseNumber{43}◄And|strong="G3056" I|strong="G3754" will|strong="G5101" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="G3754" why|strong="G5101" you|strong="G3754" do|strong="G5101" not|strong="G3756" understand|strong="G1097" what|strong="G5101" I|strong="G3754" say|strong="G3056"./Do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G3754" know|strong="G1097" why|strong="G5101" you|strong="G3754" do|strong="G5101" not|strong="G3756" understand|strong="G1097" what|strong="G5101" I|strong="G3754" say|strong="G3056"?► [RHQ] It|strong="G3754" is|strong="G3588" because|strong="G3754" you|strong="G3754" do|strong="G5101" not|strong="G3756" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="G1410" accept|strong="H7521" my|strong="G1699" message|strong="G3056". 
\verseNumber{44}You|strong="G5210" belong|strong="G1510" to|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" father|strong="G3962", ◄the|strong="G1722" devil|strong="G1228"/Satan|strong="H7854"►, and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" desire|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" wants|strong="G2309". He|strong="G2532" has|strong="G3962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w caused|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w become|strong="G1510"\+w*} murderers|strong="H2026" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" time|strong="G1722" when|strong="G3752" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G1510"\+w*} first|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sinned|strong="H2398"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" has|strong="G3962" abandoned|strong="H5800" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w*} truth|strong="H0571" because|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" liar|strong="G5583" by|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1722" nature. Whenever|strong="G3752" he|strong="G2532" lies|strong="H3577", he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" speaking|strong="G2980" according|strong="G3756" to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{nature}, because|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" liar|strong="G5583" and|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" originates [MET|strong="H6298"] all|strong="G2532" lies|strong="H3577". 
\verseNumber{45}But|strong="G1161" because|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G3754" the|strong="G1161" truth|strong="H0571", you|strong="G3754" do|strong="G3004" not|strong="G3756" believe|strong="G4100" me|strong="G1473"! 
\verseNumber{46}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Since|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w have|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w never|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w sinned|strong="H2398"\+w*}, ◄none|strong="G3756" of|strong="G1537" you|strong="G5210" can|strong="G3004" show|strong="G1651" that|strong="G3004" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1473" sinned|strong="H2398"./can|strong="G3004" anyone|strong="H3605" among|strong="G1537" you|strong="G5210" show|strong="G1651" that|strong="G3004" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1473" sinned|strong="H2398"?► [RHQ] So|strong="G1223", since|strong="G1537" I|strong="G1473" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" the|strong="G1537" truth|strong="H0571", ◄there|strong="G1487" is|strong="G5101" no|strong="G3756" good|strong="G1223" reason|strong="G1223" for|strong="G1223" your|strong="G1223" not|strong="G3756" believing|strong="G4100" me|strong="G1473"!/why|strong="G5101" is|strong="G5101" it|strong="G1487" that|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" do|strong="G5101" not|strong="G3756" believe|strong="G4100" me|strong="G1473"?► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{47}Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" belong|strong="G1510" to|strong="G3756" God|strong="G2316" habitually obey|strong="H8085" God’s|strong="G2316" message|strong="G4487". You|strong="G5210" do|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" belong|strong="G1510" to|strong="G3756" God|strong="G2316", so|strong="G1223" you|strong="G5210" do|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" obey|strong="H8085" his|strong="G1223" message|strong="G4487".” 
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\verseNumber{48}The|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="G2453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="G3004"\+w*} [SYN] replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “◄We|strong="G2249" are|strong="G1510" certainly|strong="G2192" right|strong="G2573" by|strong="G2532" saying|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w believe|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w false|strong="H8267"\+w* \+w as|strong="G2532"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" Samaritans|strong="G4541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="G2532"\+w*}!/Are|strong="G1510" we|strong="G2249" not|strong="G3756" right|strong="G2573" by|strong="G2532" saying|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w believe|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w false|strong="H8267"\+w* \+w as|strong="G2532"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" Samaritans|strong="G4541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="G2532"\+w*}?► [RHQ] And|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" ◄a|strong="G2192" demon|strong="G1140"/an|strong="G2192" evil|strong="G2532" spirit|strong="G3588"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w controls|strong="H3820"\+w*} you|strong="G4771"!” 
\verseNumber{49}Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="H0559", “A|strong="G2192" demon|strong="G1140" does|strong="G2192" not|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w control|strong="H3027"\+w*} me|strong="G1473"! I|strong="G1473" honor|strong="G5091" my|strong="G1473" Father|strong="G3962", and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" honor|strong="G5091" me|strong="G1473"! 
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\verseNumber{51}But|strong="G3361" the|strong="G1519" truth|strong="H0571" is|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" anyone|strong="G5100" who|strong="G3588" obeys|strong="G5083" what|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1437" say|strong="G3004" will|strong="G5100" never|strong="G3756" die|strong="G2288"!” 
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\verseNumber{52}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="G2453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="G3004"\+w*} [SYN], \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w thinking|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w talking|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w about|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w ordinary|strong="H2455"\+w* \+w death|strong="G2288"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w about|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w spiritual|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w death|strong="G2288"\+w*}, said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", “Now|strong="G3568" we|strong="G1437" are|strong="G3588" sure|strong="G1097" that|strong="G3754" a|strong="G2192" demon|strong="G1140" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w controls|strong="H3820"\+w*} you|strong="G4771"! Abraham|strong="H0085" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" prophets|strong="G4396" died|strong="G2288" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w long|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w ago|strong="H7350"\+w*}! But|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" anyone|strong="G5100" who|strong="G3588" obeys|strong="G5083" what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" teach|strong="G5100" will|strong="G2532" never|strong="G3756" die|strong="G2288"! 
\verseNumber{53}◄You|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" certainly|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" greater|strong="G3173" than|strong="G3173" our|strong="G2532" ancestor|strong="G3962" Abraham|strong="H0085"!/Do|strong="G4160" you|strong="G4771" think|strong="H2803" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" greater|strong="G3173" than|strong="G3173" our|strong="G2532" ancestor|strong="G3962" Abraham|strong="H0085"?► [RHQ] He|strong="G2532" died|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" prophets|strong="G4396" died|strong="G3588", so|strong="G2532" who|strong="G5101" do|strong="G4160" you|strong="G4771" think|strong="H2803" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w saying|strong="G3173"\+w* \+w something|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*}?” 
\verseNumber{54}Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="G3004", “If|strong="G1437" I|strong="G1473" were|strong="G1510" honoring|strong="H3513" myself|strong="G1683", that|strong="G3754" would|strong="G2316" be|strong="G1510" worthless|strong="G3762". My|strong="G1473" Father|strong="G3962" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3588" one|strong="G3762" who|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" say|strong="G3004" is|strong="G1510" your|strong="G1437" God|strong="G2316". He|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3588" one|strong="G3762" who|strong="G3739" honors|strong="H3513" me|strong="G1473". 
\verseNumber{55}Although|strong="G1161" you|strong="G5210" do|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" him|strong="G3588", I|strong="G1473" know|strong="G1492" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w close|strong="H5980"\+w* relationship \+w with|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}. If|strong="G2579" I|strong="G1473" said|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" him|strong="G3588", I|strong="G1473" would|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" liar|strong="G5583" like|strong="G3664" you|strong="G5210" are|strong="G1510". But|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" know|strong="G1492" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" obey|strong="G5083" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" says|strong="G3004". 
\verseNumber{56}Your|strong="G2532" ancestor|strong="G3962" Abraham|strong="H0085" was|strong="G3588" happy|strong="H0835" when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" thought|strong="H0559" about|strong="G3588" what|strong="G3588" I|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w during|strong="H3117"\+w*} my|strong="G1699" life|strong="H5315" [MTY]. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w as|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w though|strong="G2532"\+w*} he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G1492" that|strong="G2443", and|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" happy|strong="H0835".” 
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\verseNumber{57}Then|strong="G3767" the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="G2453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="G3004"\+w*} [SYN] said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", “You|strong="G3004" are|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3768" 50 years|strong="G2094" old|strong="G2094" yet|strong="G2532"! So|strong="G3767" ◄you|strong="G3004" certainly|strong="G2192" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3768" see|strong="G3708" him|strong="G3588"!/how|strong="H4100" could|strong="G2192" you|strong="G3004" have|strong="G2192" seen|strong="G3708" him|strong="G3588"?► [RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w died|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w long|strong="G2094"\+w* \+w ago|strong="G2094"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{58}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3004", “The|strong="G3004" truth|strong="H0571" is|strong="G1510" that|strong="G3004" I|strong="G1473" existed|strong="G1510" before|strong="G4250" Abraham|strong="H0085" was|strong="G1510" born|strong="G1096"!” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus healed a man who was born blind. }
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\chapterNumber{9}As|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" walked|strong="H1980" along|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w us|strong="G1537"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5185" who|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" blind|strong="G5185" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" time|strong="H6256" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G2532" born|strong="H3205". 
\verseNumber{2}We|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" asked|strong="G2065" him|strong="G3588", “Teacher|strong="H4175", was|strong="G3588" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" blind|strong="G5185" from|strong="G2532" when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" born|strong="G1080" because|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" parents|strong="G1118" sinned|strong="H2398" or|strong="G2228" because|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" himself|strong="H5315" sinned|strong="H2398"?” 
\verseNumber{3}Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="H0559", “His|strong="G1722" being|strong="G1722" blind|strong="H5787" was|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3777" because|strong="G1722" he|strong="G3778" or|strong="G3777" his|strong="G1722" parents|strong="G1118" sinned|strong="H2398". Instead|strong="H8478", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w been|strong="G5319"\+w* \+w blind|strong="H5787"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w can|strong="G3777"\+w*} see|strong="H7200" the|strong="G1722" power|strong="G2316" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" {the|strong="G1722" power|strong="G2316" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" can|strong="G3777" be|strong="G2316" seen|strong="H7200"} as|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1722" result|strong="G2443" of|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w now|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*} to|strong="G2443" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{4}While|strong="G2193" there|strong="G1510" is|strong="G1510" still|strong="G2193" time|strong="G2250", I|strong="G1473" must|strong="G1163" do|strong="G1410" the|strong="G3588" work|strong="G2041" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" one|strong="G3762" who|strong="G3588" sent|strong="G3992" me|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w do|strong="G1410"\+w*. \+w Just|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w daytime|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w followed|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w by|strong="G2064"\+w*} nighttime when|strong="G3753" people|strong="G1510" do|strong="G1410" not|strong="G1510" work|strong="G2041", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w end|strong="H7093"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w our|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w too|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w late|strong="H0309"\+w* \+w for|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w us|strong="G2249"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w do|strong="G1410"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}While|strong="G1722" I|strong="G3752" am|strong="G1510" still|strong="H5750" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w living|strong="H2416"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3588" world|strong="G2889", I|strong="G3752" am|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* enables \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w about|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="G1722"\+w*} light|strong="G5457" enables the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" [MTY] this|strong="G3588" world|strong="G2889" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w darkness|strong="H2822"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{6}After|strong="G1909" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" spat|strong="G4429" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" ground|strong="G5476". He|strong="G2532" made|strong="G4160" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w little|strong="H4592"\+w* \+w bit|strong="H5391"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w*} mud|strong="G4081" with|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" saliva|strong="H7388", and|strong="G2532" put|strong="G4160" it|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" man’s|strong="G3778" eyes|strong="G3788". 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="G3767" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", “Go|strong="G5217" and|strong="G2532" wash|strong="G3538" in|strong="G1519" Siloam|strong="G4611" pool|strong="G2861"!” (That|strong="G3739" name|strong="G3739" means|strong="G3004" ‘sent|strong="G2532";’ \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w just|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sent|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w by|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w channel|strong="H8585"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w pool|strong="G2861"\+w*, \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w sent|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*}). So|strong="G3767" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3739" went|strong="G2064" and|strong="G2532" washed|strong="G3538" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w pool|strong="G2861"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" home|strong="G1519" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="G1519" see|strong="H7200"! 
\verseNumber{8}His|strong="G2532" neighbors|strong="G1069" and|strong="G2532" others|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" previously|strong="G4386" had|strong="G2532" seen|strong="G2334" him|strong="G3588" when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" begging|strong="G4319" said|strong="G3004", “He|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3588" used|strong="H6213" to|strong="G2532" sit|strong="G2521" here|strong="G1510" and|strong="G2532" beg|strong="G4319", isn’t|strong="G3756" he|strong="G2532"?” 
\verseNumber{9}Some|strong="G3778" said|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yes|strong="H3588"\+w*}, he|strong="G3754" is|strong="G1510".” Others|strong="G3754" said|strong="G3004", “No|strong="G3780", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3780"\+w*}. It|strong="G3754" is|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w just|strong="G1565"\+w*} a|strong="G1510" man|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3748" looks|strong="H7200" like|strong="G3664" him|strong="G1565"!” But|strong="G3778" the|strong="G3754" man|strong="G3778" himself|strong="G1565" said|strong="G3004", “Yes|strong="H3588", I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" that|strong="G3754" man|strong="G3778"!” 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="G3767" they|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “How|strong="G4459" is|strong="G3588" it|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588" now|strong="G3767" you|strong="G4771" can|strong="G3004" see|strong="H7200"?” 
\verseNumber{11}He|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004", “The|strong="G2532" man|strong="G1519" whose|strong="G3588" name|strong="H8034" is|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2424" made|strong="G4160" some|strong="G3588" mud|strong="G4081" and|strong="G2532" put|strong="G4160" it|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1519" my|strong="G1473" eyes|strong="G3788". Then|strong="G3767" he|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G5217" to|strong="G1519" Siloam|strong="G4611" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w pool|strong="H1295"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" wash|strong="G3538". So|strong="G3767" I|strong="G1473" went|strong="G2424" there|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" washed|strong="G3538", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G3767" I|strong="G1473" could|strong="G3588" see|strong="H7200".” 
\verseNumber{12}They|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G1565", “Where|strong="G4226" is|strong="G1510" that|strong="G1565" man|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="G2532"\+w*}?” He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G2532" do|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492".” 

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\verseNumber{13}They|strong="G3588" took|strong="H3947" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G4314" Pharisees|strong="G5330" the|strong="G4314" man|strong="G5185" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" previously|strong="H8543" blind|strong="G5185". 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="G1722" day|strong="G2250" on|strong="G1722" which|strong="G3739" Jesus|strong="G2424" made|strong="G4160" the|strong="G1722" mud|strong="G4081" and|strong="G2532" enabled|strong="H5414" the|strong="G1722" man|strong="G3739" to|strong="G2532" see|strong="H7200" again|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" ◄Sabbath|strong="G4521"/Jewish|strong="H3064" day|strong="G2250" of|strong="G2250" rest|strong="G1510"►. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="G1722"\+w* Pharisees \+w considered|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w healing|strong="H4832"\+w* \+w someone|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w rules|strong="H4910"\+w* \+w did|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w permit|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w any|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w*} ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\+w*/\+w on|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w* \+w rest|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w day|strong="G2250"\+w*}►. 
\verseNumber{15}So|strong="G3767" the|strong="G2532" Pharisees|strong="G5330" also|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G2065" that|strong="G3588" man|strong="H0376", “How|strong="G4459" did|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3004" become|strong="G1161" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="G2532" see|strong="H7200"?” He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “The|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376" put|strong="G2007" mud|strong="G4081" on|strong="G1909" my|strong="G1473" eyes|strong="G3788". Then|strong="G3767" I|strong="G1473" washed|strong="G3538", and|strong="G2532" now|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" can|strong="G3004" see|strong="H7200"!” 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="G3767" some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" Pharisees|strong="G5330" said|strong="G3004", “Since|strong="G3754" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G5100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*} disobeys \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w rules|strong="H4910"\+w* \+w about|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w working|strong="G4160"\+w*} ◄on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Sabbath|strong="G4521"/on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Jewish|strong="H3064" rest|strong="G1510" day|strong="G4521"►, he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" from|strong="G1537" God|strong="G2316".” But|strong="G2532" others|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004", “If|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" sinner|strong="H2398", ◄he|strong="G2532" could|strong="G1410" certainly|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" do|strong="G4160" such|strong="G5108" miracles|strong="G4592"!/how|strong="G4459" could|strong="G1410" he|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160" such|strong="G5108" miracles|strong="G4592"?► [RHQ]” So|strong="G3767" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" divided|strong="H0914". 
\verseNumber{17}So|strong="G3767" one|strong="G3588" of|strong="G4012" them|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G1161" blind|strong="G5185" man|strong="G5185" again|strong="G3825", “You|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1161" man|strong="G5185" whom|strong="G5101" he|strong="G1161" enabled|strong="H5414" to|strong="G3004" see|strong="H7200". What|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G4771" yourself|strong="G4771" say|strong="G3004" about|strong="G4012" him|strong="G3588"?” The|strong="G1161" man|strong="G5185" said|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w*} he|strong="G1161" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" prophet|strong="G4396"!” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w told|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w go|strong="H1980"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{18}The|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="G2453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="G3754"\+w*} [SYN] still|strong="G2193" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" believe|strong="G4100" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5185" was|strong="G1510" blind|strong="G5185" when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" born|strong="H3205", and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="G2532"\+w*} able|strong="H3201" to|strong="G2532" see|strong="H7200". So|strong="G3767" they|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2532" someone|strong="H0376" to|strong="G2532" bring|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" man’s|strong="H0376" parents|strong="G1118". 
\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w got|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*}, one|strong="G3739" of|strong="G5207" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="G3004"\+w*} asked|strong="G2065" them|strong="G3588", “Is|strong="G1510" that|strong="G3754" man|strong="G3778" your|strong="G2532" son|strong="G5207"? Do|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" blind|strong="G5185" when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" born|strong="G1080"? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w true|strong="G3588"\+w*}, how|strong="G4459" is|strong="G1510" he|strong="G2532" now|strong="G2532" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="G2532" see|strong="H7200"?” 
\verseNumber{20}His|strong="G2532" parents|strong="G1118" replied|strong="G3004", “We|strong="G2249" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" our|strong="G2532" son|strong="G5207". We|strong="G2249" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" blind|strong="G5185" when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" born|strong="G1080". 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" do|strong="G5101" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" how|strong="G4459" he|strong="G1161" is|strong="G3588" able|strong="G2192" to|strong="G3756" see|strong="G1492" now|strong="G1161". We|strong="G2249" also|strong="G1161" do|strong="G5101" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" who|strong="G5101" enabled|strong="H5414" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G3756" see|strong="G1492". Ask|strong="G2065" our|strong="G4012" son|strong="H1121"! He|strong="G1161" is|strong="G3588" old|strong="G2192" enough|strong="H1767" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w answer|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w questions|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w from|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w authorities|strong="H7984"\+w* \+w like|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1438"\+w*} He|strong="G1161" can|strong="G4459" tell|strong="G1492" you|strong="G1438" himself|strong="G1438"!” 
\verseNumber{22}The|strong="G3588" Jewish|strong="G2453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="G3004"\+w*} [SYN] had|strong="G3588" previously|strong="H8543" declared|strong="G3754" that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G3588" would|strong="G1096" prevent|strong="H6923" anyone|strong="G5100" who|strong="G3588" declared|strong="G3754" that|strong="G3754" Jesus|strong="G3004" was|strong="G1096" the|strong="G3588" Messiah|strong="G5547" from|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w entering|strong="H0935"\+w*} their|strong="G3588" synagogues|strong="H4150". His|strong="G3754" parents|strong="G1118" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*, \+w so|strong="G2443"\+w*} they|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" afraid|strong="G5399" of|strong="G5100" the|strong="G3588" Jewish|strong="G2453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="G3004"\+w*} [SYN]. 
\verseNumber{23}That|strong="G3754" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1223" reason|strong="G1223" that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004", “He|strong="G3754" is|strong="G3588" old|strong="G2192" enough|strong="H1767" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w answer|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w questions|strong="G1905"\+w*}, so|strong="G1223" ask|strong="G1905" him|strong="G3588"!” 
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\verseNumber{24}So|strong="G3767" they|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2316" someone|strong="G3739" to|strong="G2532" bring|strong="G2532" back|strong="G1325" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3739" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" blind|strong="G5185". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w got|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*}, the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="G3004"\+w*} said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “Knowing|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w listening|strong="H8085"\+w*} [IDM], tell|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" truth|strong="H0571"! We|strong="G2249" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3739" healed|strong="H7495" you|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" sinner|strong="H2398".” 
\verseNumber{25}He|strong="G3754" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="G3754" do|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" if|strong="G1487" he|strong="G3754" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" sinner|strong="H2398" or|strong="G1487" not|strong="G3756". But|strong="G1487" one|strong="G1520" thing|strong="G1520" I|strong="G3754" do|strong="G1492" know|strong="G1492" is|strong="G1510" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G3754" was|strong="G1510" blind|strong="G5185", but|strong="G1487" now|strong="G3767" I|strong="G3754" can|strong="G1492" see|strong="G1492"!” 
\verseNumber{26}So|strong="G3767" they|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “What|strong="G5101" did|strong="G4160" he|strong="G3588" do|strong="G4160" to|strong="G3004" you|strong="G4771"? How|strong="G4459" did|strong="G4160" he|strong="G3588" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G3004" see|strong="H7200"?” 
\verseNumber{27}He|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" that|strong="G2532" already|strong="G2235", but|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" [RHQ] pay|strong="H7999" attention|strong="H7181"! Why|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G5210" want|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2532" hear|strong="G5101" me|strong="G3004" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" again|strong="G3825"? ◄Do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G5210" also|strong="G2532" want|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2532" become|strong="G1096" his|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101"?/You|strong="G5210" talk|strong="H1696" as|strong="G2532" though|strong="G2532" [IRO] you|strong="G5210" also|strong="G2532" want|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2532" become|strong="G1096" his|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" [RHQ]►.” 
\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" insulted|strong="H3637" him|strong="G3588" angrily|strong="H2195". They|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “You|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" that|strong="G3588" man’s|strong="H0376" disciple|strong="G3101", but|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" are|strong="G1510" Moses’|strong="G3475" disciples|strong="G3101"! 
\verseNumber{29}We|strong="G2249" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2316" spoke|strong="G2980" to|strong="G3756" Moses|strong="G3475"; but|strong="G1161" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778", we|strong="G2249" do|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" where|strong="G4159" he|strong="G1161" is|strong="G1510" from|strong="G3756" or|strong="G1161" where|strong="G4159" he|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gets|strong="H8610"\+w* \+w any|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w authority|strong="H3027"\+w*} from|strong="G3756"!” 
\verseNumber{30}The|strong="G1722" man|strong="G3778" replied|strong="G3004", “That|strong="G3754" is|strong="G1510" very|strong="G2532" surprising! You|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*} you|strong="G5210" do|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" where|strong="G4159" he|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gets|strong="H8610"\+w* \+w any|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w authority|strong="H3027"\+w*}. But|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" enabled|strong="H5414" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G2532" see|strong="G1492"! 
\verseNumber{31}We|strong="G1437" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2316" does|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3756" help|strong="H5826" sinners|strong="H2400" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}. Instead|strong="H8478", he|strong="G2532" listens|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w helps|strong="H5826"\+w*} godly|strong="G2316" people|strong="G1492" who|strong="G3588" pray|strong="H6419". He|strong="G2532" listens|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1492" who|strong="G3588" do|strong="G4160" what|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" wants|strong="G2307". 
\verseNumber{32}No|strong="G3756" one|strong="G5100" has|strong="G5100" ever|strong="G3756" enabled|strong="H5414" a|strong="G3756" man|strong="G5100" to|strong="G3756" see|strong="H7200" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" blind|strong="G5185" when|strong="G5100" he|strong="G3754" was|strong="G3588" born|strong="G1080" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w I|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w*}. That|strong="G3754" has|strong="G5100" never|strong="G3756" happened|strong="G3588" since|strong="G3754" the|strong="G1537" world|strong="H8398" began|strong="H2490"! 
\verseNumber{33}So|strong="G3361" if|strong="G1487" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" had|strong="G2316" not|strong="G3756" come|strong="G1510" from|strong="G3844" God|strong="G2316", he|strong="G3778" would|strong="G2316" not|strong="G3756" be|strong="G1510" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G1410" do|strong="G4160" anything|strong="G3762" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w that|strong="G1487"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{34}They|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G2532", “You|strong="G4771" ◄were|strong="G2532" born|strong="G1080" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w your|strong="G3650"\+w* parents’} sin|strong="H2403" [EUP]/bastard|strong="H4464"►! ◄Do|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" think|strong="H2803" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G2532" qualified to|strong="G2532" teach|strong="G1321" us|strong="G3004"?/You|strong="G4771" are|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2532" qualified to|strong="G2532" teach|strong="G1321" us|strong="G3004"!► [RHQ]” Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" threw|strong="G1544" him|strong="G2532" out|strong="G1544" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* synagogue}. 
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\verseNumber{35}Jesus|strong="G2424" heard|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w*} that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2424" thrown|strong="G1544" that|strong="G3754" man|strong="G1519" out|strong="G1544". He|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G1519" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", “Do|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" believe|strong="G4100" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" came|strong="G2532" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="G2532" heaven|strong="H8064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*}?” 
\verseNumber{36}The|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5101" answered|strong="G3004", “Sir|strong="G2962", who|strong="G5101" is|strong="G1510" he|strong="G2532"? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*}, in|strong="G1519" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" I|strong="G2532" may|strong="G2532" believe|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1519" him|strong="G1565".” 
\verseNumber{37}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “You|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2532" seen|strong="G3708" him|strong="G3588". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w In|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w fact|strong="H1589"\+w*, \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w*}, the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" am|strong="G1510" speaking|strong="G2980" to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771".” 
\verseNumber{38}The|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376" said|strong="G5346", “Lord|strong="G2962", I|strong="G2532" believe|strong="G4100" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*}!” Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w knelt|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w down|strong="G4352"\+w* \+w before|strong="G4352"\+w*} Jesus|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" worshipped|strong="G4352" him|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{39}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2064" into|strong="G1519" this|strong="G3778" world|strong="G2889" to|strong="G1519" judge|strong="H8199" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w world|strong="G2889"\+w*}. The|strong="G2532" result|strong="G1519" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" that|strong="G2443" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w realize|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w truth|strong="H0571"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w perceive|strong="H0995"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*. \+w That|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w like|strong="G2443"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{enabling} those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" blind|strong="G5185" to|strong="G1519" see|strong="H7200". But|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" result|strong="G1519" will|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" that|strong="G2443" people|strong="G3004" who|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w falsely|strong="H8267"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w*} [IRO] that|strong="G2443" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w understand|strong="H0995"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w truth|strong="H0571"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w never|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w understand|strong="H0995"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*. \+w That|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w like|strong="G2443"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3004"\+w*} who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" blind|strong="G5185" remaining|strong="H8300" blind|strong="G5185" permanently|strong="H5769".” 
\verseNumber{40}Some|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" Pharisees|strong="G5330" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" with|strong="G3326" him|strong="G3588" heard|strong="H8085" him|strong="G3588" say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “You|strong="G3004" are|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3361" suggesting that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2249" are|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} blind|strong="G5185" people|strong="G1510", are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G3004"?” 
\verseNumber{41}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", “If|strong="G1487" you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w realized|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w did|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w yet|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w know|strong="G3568"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w truth|strong="H0571"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w*, \+w then|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w would|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} blind|strong="G5185" people|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w*. \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w would|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w able|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w*} forgive|strong="H5545" your|strong="G2192" sins|strong="H2403". But|strong="G1161" you|strong="G5210" are|strong="G1510" now|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w falsely|strong="H8267"\+w*} claiming|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w know|strong="G3568"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w truth|strong="H0571"\+w*, \+w so|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w blind|strong="G5185"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w claim|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w*} can|strong="G3004" see|strong="H7200". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*, \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w able|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w*} forgive|strong="H5545" your|strong="G2192" sins|strong="H2403".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus explained why he is like a good shepherd. }
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\chapterNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w continued|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w saying|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*}, “Listen|strong="H8085" carefully|strong="H6213" to|strong="G1519" what|strong="G3588" I|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004". Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="G3588" does|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3361" enter|strong="G1525" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sheep|strong="G4263"\+w* \+w pen|strong="H5842"\+w*} through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" gate|strong="G2374", if|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" climbs|strong="H5927" in|strong="G1519" some|strong="G3588" other|strong="G3361" way|strong="G1223", he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" thief|strong="G2812" or|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" bandit. 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="G1161" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="G3588" enters|strong="G1525" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w pen|strong="H5842"\+w*} through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1161" gate|strong="G2374" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1161" shepherd|strong="G4166" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1161" sheep|strong="G4263". 
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\verseNumber{4}After|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" has|strong="G3748" brought|strong="G3748" out|strong="G1544" all|strong="G3956" his|strong="G3956" own|strong="G2398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sheep|strong="G4263"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" goes|strong="G4198" in|strong="G2532" front|strong="G1715" of|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588". His|strong="G3956" sheep|strong="G4263" follow|strong="G4198" him|strong="G3588" because|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" recognize|strong="G1492" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w pay|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w attention|strong="H7181"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} his|strong="G3956" voice|strong="G5456". 
\verseNumber{5}But|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" will|strong="G3748" never|strong="G3756" follow|strong="G1161" a|strong="G1161" stranger|strong="H1616". Instead|strong="G1161", they|strong="G1161" will|strong="G3748" run|strong="H7323" away|strong="G5343" from|strong="G5456" him|strong="G3588", because|strong="G3754" they|strong="G1161" do|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3756" recognize|strong="G1492" a|strong="G1161" stranger’s|strong="H1616" voice|strong="G5456".” 
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\verseNumber{6}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3739" [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* illustrate \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w difference|strong="H0914"\+w* \+w between|strong="H0996"\+w* \+w himself|strong="G1565"\+w* \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* Pharisees, \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w were|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w deceiving|strong="H8267"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w*}. But|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" did|strong="G1097" not|strong="G3756" understand|strong="G1097" what|strong="G5101" he|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" telling|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="G3767" Jesus|strong="G2424" spoke|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588" again|strong="G3825". He|strong="G3754" said|strong="G3004", “Listen|strong="H8085" carefully|strong="H6213" to|strong="G3004" what|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" saying|strong="G3004". I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="G1510" gate|strong="G2374" for|strong="G3754" the|strong="G3588" sheep|strong="G4263" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w enter|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* sheepfold, \+w because|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w allows|strong="H7617"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w enter|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w presence|strong="H6440"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{13}The|strong="G2532" worker|strong="H6213" runs|strong="H7323" away|strong="H5493" because|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="G3756"\+w*} a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3756" whom|strong="G3588" someone|strong="H0376" has|strong="G3748" hired|strong="G3411". He|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w really|strong="H2088"\+w*} concerned|strong="G3199" about|strong="G4012" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w happens|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" sheep|strong="G4263" [MET|strong="H6298"]. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Similarly|strong="H2088"\+w*, \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* religious \+w teachers|strong="H3384"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w really|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w care|strong="G3199"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w happens|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3754"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{16}And|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2192" other|strong="G1520" people|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w Jews|strong="H3064"\+w*} who|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w some|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w day|strong="G3588"\+w*} belong|strong="G1510" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473". They|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1096" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] sheep|strong="G4263" from|strong="G1537" another|strong="G3739" sheep|strong="G4263" pen|strong="H5842". I|strong="G1473" must|strong="G1163" bring|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*/\+w myself|strong="G1473"\+w*} also|strong="G2532". They|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" pay|strong="H7999" attention|strong="H7181" to|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" say|strong="G1473", and|strong="G2532" eventually|strong="H0310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w belong|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*} will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1096" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} one|strong="G1520" flock|strong="G4167", and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w*} will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1096" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] their|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520" shepherd|strong="G4166". 
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\verseNumber{19}After|strong="G1223" hearing|strong="H0241" these|strong="G3778" words|strong="G3056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3056"\+w*}, the|strong="G1722" Jews|strong="G2453" were|strong="G3588" divided|strong="G1096" again|strong="G3825". 
\verseNumber{20}Many|strong="G4183" of|strong="G1537" them|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004", “A|strong="G2192" demon|strong="G1140" is|strong="G5101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{controlling} him|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" has|strong="G2192" caused|strong="H5414" him|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" become|strong="G1161" crazy. ◄It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G5101" useless|strong="H1892" to|strong="G2532" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G2532"!/Why|strong="G5101" should|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G2532"?► [RHQ]” 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="G3361" others|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004", “What|strong="G3588" he|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" saying|strong="G3004" is|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" something|strong="G3788" a|strong="G1510" man|strong="G3778" whom|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1510" demon|strong="G1140" is|strong="G1510" controlling would|strong="G1510" say|strong="G3004". ◄No|strong="G3756" demon|strong="G1140" could|strong="G1410" enable|strong="H7980" a|strong="G1510" blind|strong="G5185" man|strong="G3778" to|strong="G3004" see|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w did|strong="G3361"\+w*!/} How|strong="H4100" could|strong="G1410" a|strong="G1510" demon|strong="G1140" enable|strong="H7980" a|strong="G1510" blind|strong="G5185" man|strong="G3778" to|strong="G3004" see|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w did|strong="G3361"\+w*}?► [RHQ]” 

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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="G5119" it|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" time|strong="G5119" for|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" celebration|strong="H8057" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w remember|strong="H2142"\+w* \+w when|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w our|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w*} rededicated \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Temple|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\+w*}. It|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" winter|strong="G5494". 
\verseNumber{23}Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="G2413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*}, walking|strong="G4043" in|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w place|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w called|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w King|strong="G3588"\+w*} Solomon’s|strong="G4672" porch|strong="G4745". 
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\verseNumber{25}Jesus|strong="G2424" answered|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", “I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*}, but|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" do|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3756" believe|strong="G4100" me|strong="G1473"! You|strong="G5210" should|strong="G3588" know|strong="G1722" who|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" because|strong="G1722" of|strong="G4012" the|strong="G1722" miracles|strong="G2041" I|strong="G1473" do|strong="G4160" with|strong="G1722" my|strong="G1722" Father’s|strong="G3962" authority|strong="H3027" [MTY]. 
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\verseNumber{28}I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" give|strong="G1325" them|strong="G3588" eternal|strong="H5769" life|strong="G2222". No|strong="G3756" one|strong="G5100" will|strong="G2532" separate|strong="H0914" them|strong="G3588" from|strong="G1537" me|strong="G1325", not|strong="G3756" ever|strong="G3756". No|strong="G3756" one|strong="G5100" shall|strong="G2532" ever|strong="G3756" pull|strong="H2040" them|strong="G3588" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="G1537" belonging to|strong="G1519" me|strong="G1325". 
\verseNumber{29}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Those|strong="G3588"\+w*} that|strong="G3739" my|strong="G3956" Father|strong="G3962" has|strong="G3962" given|strong="G1325" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1325" are|strong="G1510" more|strong="G3173" precious|strong="H3368" than|strong="G3173" anything|strong="G3762" else|strong="G2532" (OR|strong="G2532", My|strong="G3956" Father|strong="G3962", who|strong="G3739" has|strong="G3962" given|strong="G1325" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1325", is|strong="G1510" greater|strong="G3173" than|strong="G3173" anything|strong="G3762" that|strong="G3739" opposes|strong="H7451" them|strong="G3588"). So|strong="G2532" no|strong="G3762" one|strong="G3762" can|strong="G1410" pull|strong="H2040" them|strong="G3588" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="G1537" belonging|strong="G1510" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" [MTY]. 
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\verseNumber{31}The|strong="G3588" Jewish|strong="G2453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w*} [SYN] again|strong="G3825" picked|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5927" stones|strong="G3037" to|strong="G2443" throw|strong="H7993" at|strong="G3588" Jesus \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2453"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w because|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w they|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w angry|strong="H2734"\+w* \+w at|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w his|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w saying|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w equal|strong="H8505"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{32}But|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G1223" to|strong="G2424" them|strong="G3588", “You|strong="G5210" have|strong="G1473" seen|strong="H7200" me|strong="G1473" perform|strong="H6213" many|strong="G4183" miracles|strong="G2041" that|strong="G3588" my|strong="G1473" Father|strong="G3962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2041"\+w*. \+w You|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w should|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w realize|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w from|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w seeing|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w equal|strong="H8505"\+w* \+w with|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3588"\+w*}. So|strong="G1223", because|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1537" which|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" these|strong="G3588" miracles|strong="G2041" [IRO] are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" wanting|strong="H6485" to|strong="G2424" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1223"\+w*} throwing|strong="H3027" stones|strong="H0068" at|strong="G1537" me|strong="G1473"?” 
\verseNumber{33}The|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="G2453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="G3754"\+w*} [SYN] replied|strong="H0559", “We|strong="G3754" are|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wanting|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} throw|strong="H7993" stones|strong="H0068" at|strong="G4012" you|strong="G4771" not|strong="G3756" because|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" performed|strong="G4160" a|strong="G2532" great|strong="G2532" miracle|strong="G2041". Instead|strong="H8478", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w wanting|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*} because|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" dishonoring God|strong="G2316". You|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" just|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3756", but|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" saying|strong="G3754" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" God|strong="G2316"!” 
\verseNumber{34}Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", “In|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Scriptures it|strong="G3754" is|strong="G1510" written|strong="G1125" {◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w*/\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Psalmist|strong="H2158"\+w*}► has|strong="G2316" written|strong="G1125"} [RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w rulers|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w whom|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w appointed|strong="H4150"\+w*}, ‘I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1473" said|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" are|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} gods|strong="G2316".’ 
\verseNumber{35}God|strong="G2316" said|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w when|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w appointed|strong="H4150"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*. \+w No|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3739"\+w* objected \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w*}. And|strong="G2532" nothing|strong="G3756" that|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3588" in|strong="G2532" Scripture|strong="G1124" can|strong="G1410" be|strong="G1096" set|strong="G2532" aside|strong="H5493" {no|strong="G3756" one|strong="G3739" can|strong="G1410" set|strong="G2532" aside|strong="H5493" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3588" in|strong="G2532" Scripture|strong="G1124"}. 
\verseNumber{36}But|strong="G2532" I|strong="G3739" am|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="G3754"\+w*} Father|strong="G3962" set|strong="G2532" apart|strong="H0914" to|strong="G1519" completely|strong="G1519" belong|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588". He|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2316" me|strong="G3004" here|strong="G1510" into|strong="G1519" this|strong="G3588" world|strong="G2889". So|strong="G2532" ◄why|strong="G1519" are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G5210" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="G2532" me|strong="G3004" for|strong="G3754" saying|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w equal|strong="H8505"\+w* \+w with|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w when|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w*} that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G3739" am|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" also|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316"?/you|strong="G5210" should|strong="G2316" not|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="G2532" me|strong="G3004" for|strong="G3754" saying|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w equal|strong="H8505"\+w* \+w with|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w when|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w*} that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G3739" am|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" person|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" both|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3739"!► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{37}If|strong="G1487" I|strong="G1473" were|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" doing|strong="G4160" the|strong="G3588" miracles|strong="G2041" that|strong="G3588" my|strong="G1473" Father|strong="G3962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w*, \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w would|strong="G4100"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w expect|strong="H6960"\+w*} you|strong="G1487" to|strong="G3756" believe|strong="G4100" in|strong="G4100" me|strong="G1473". 
\verseNumber{38}But|strong="G1161" because|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" perform|strong="G4160" these|strong="G4160" miracles|strong="G2041", believe|strong="G4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w*} these|strong="G4160" miracles|strong="G2041" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w show|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w about|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*}, even|strong="G2532" though|strong="G1487" you|strong="G1487" do|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3361" believe|strong="G4100" what|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w say|strong="G1473"\+w*}. If|strong="G1487" you|strong="G1487" do|strong="G4160" that|strong="G3754", then|strong="G2532" you|strong="G1487" will|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1097" and|strong="G2532" understand|strong="G1097" that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="G1722"\+w*} Father|strong="G3962" has|strong="G3962" a|strong="G2532" close|strong="H5980" relationship with|strong="G1722" me|strong="G1473", and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" close|strong="H5980" relationship with|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="G1722"\+w*} Father|strong="G3962".” 
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\verseNumber{39}After|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="G3588", they|strong="G2532" tried|strong="G2212" to|strong="G2532" seize|strong="G4084" him|strong="G3588" again|strong="G3825", but|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" got|strong="G1831" away|strong="G1831" from|strong="G1537" them|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{40}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G1510" went|strong="G2532", along|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w us|strong="G1519"\+w*}, back|strong="G3825" across|strong="G4008" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w east|strong="H6921"\+w* \+w side|strong="G4008"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" Jordan|strong="G2446" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. We|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" place|strong="G5117" where|strong="G3699" John|strong="G2491" was|strong="G1510" previously|strong="H8543" baptizing \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G1510"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532"/We|strong="G2532" stayed|strong="G3306" there|strong="G1563" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w few|strong="H4592"\+w* \+w weeks|strong="H7620"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{41}Many|strong="G4183" people|strong="G3956" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" Jesus|strong="G3004". They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" saying|strong="G3004", “John|strong="G2491" never|strong="G3762" performed|strong="G4160" a|strong="G2532" miracle|strong="G4592", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w man|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w has|strong="G3762"\+w* \+w performed|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w many|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w miracles|strong="G4592"\+w*}! Everything|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3754" John|strong="G2491" said|strong="G3004" about|strong="G4012" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" true|strong="H0571"!” 
\verseNumber{42}Many|strong="G4183" people|strong="G4183" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w came|strong="G2532"\+w*} there|strong="G1563" believed|strong="G4100" ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*/\+w that|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w truly|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*}►. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus’ friend, Lazarus, died. }
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\chapterNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w*} there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5100" whose|strong="G3588" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="G1510" Lazarus|strong="G2976" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="G2532"\+w*} sick|strong="H2470". He|strong="G2532" lived|strong="G1510" in|strong="G2532" Bethany \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w village|strong="G2968"\+w*}, where|strong="G5100" his|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} sisters|strong="H0269" Mary|strong="G3137" and|strong="G2532" Martha|strong="G3136" also|strong="G2532" lived|strong="G1510". 
\verseNumber{2}Mary|strong="G3137" was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w later|strong="H0310"\+w*} poured|strong="G2532" perfume|strong="G3464" on|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" feet|strong="G4228" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G1510"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" wiped|strong="G1591" his|strong="G2532" feet|strong="G4228" with|strong="G2532" her|strong="G3137" hair|strong="G2359". 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="G3767" the|strong="G4314" two|strong="H8147" sisters|strong="H0269" sent|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w someone|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w*} Jesus|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G4314"\+w* Lazarus}, saying|strong="G3004", “Lord|strong="G2962", the|strong="G4314" one|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" love|strong="G5368" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w much|strong="H7227"\+w*} is|strong="G3588" very|strong="G3588" sick|strong="H2470".” 
\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w hoped|strong="H3176"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w come|strong="G1510"\+w*}, but|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="G1161" message|strong="H1697", he|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “His|strong="G1223" being|strong="G1510" sick|strong="H2470" will|strong="G2316" not|strong="G3756" end|strong="G3778" in|strong="G2316" his|strong="G1223" dying|strong="H0006". Instead|strong="G1161", it|strong="G1161" will|strong="G2316" result|strong="G2443" in|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G1510"\+w* realizing} how|strong="G1161" great|strong="G3756" God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G1510", and|strong="G1161" that|strong="G2443" I|strong="G1161", God’s|strong="G2316" son|strong="G5207", may|strong="G2443" be|strong="G1510" honored|strong="G1392" {that|strong="G2443" people|strong="G1510" may|strong="G2443" honor|strong="G1391" me|strong="G3004", God’s|strong="G2316" son|strong="G5207"}, because|strong="G1223" of|strong="G5207" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3004"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{5}Jesus|strong="G2424" loved|strong="H0157" Martha|strong="G3136" and|strong="G2532" her|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} sister|strong="H0269" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Mary} and|strong="G2532" Lazarus|strong="G2976". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="G3767" when|strong="G5613" Jesus|strong="G1510" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="G3754" Lazarus was|strong="G1510" sick|strong="H2470", he|strong="G3739" stayed|strong="G3306" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w*} for|strong="G3754" two|strong="G1417" more|strong="H3254" days|strong="G2250". 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Lazarus|strong="G3778"\+w*}. So|strong="G1519" he|strong="G3778" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" us|strong="G3004" disciples|strong="G3101", “Let’s|strong="H1980" go|strong="G1519" back|strong="G3825" to|strong="G1519" Judea|strong="G2449".” 
\verseNumber{8}We|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Teacher|strong="H4175", just|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" short|strong="G3588" while|strong="G2532" ago|strong="H7350" the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="G2453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="G3004"\+w*} [SYN] wanted|strong="G2212" to|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w by|strong="G2532"\+w*} throwing|strong="H3027" stones|strong="H0068" at|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771". So|strong="G2532" ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w should|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="G2532"\+w*} go|strong="G5217" back|strong="G3825" there|strong="G1563" again|strong="G3825"!/\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w sure|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w want|strong="G2212"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} go|strong="G5217" back|strong="G3825" there|strong="G1563" again|strong="G3825"?► [RHQ]” 
\verseNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w To|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w us|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w nothing|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w bad|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w could|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w happen|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w until|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w time|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w chosen|strong="H0977"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"], Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="H0559", “There|strong="G3754" are|strong="G1510" [RHQ] twelve|strong="G1427" hours|strong="G5610" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" daytime|strong="G2250", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w enough|strong="H1767"\+w* \+w time|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w do|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w* \+w us|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w do|strong="G1510"\+w*}. People|strong="G1510" who|strong="G3588" walk|strong="G4043" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" daytime|strong="G2250" will|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" stumble|strong="G4350" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w over|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w they|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w cannot|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w*}, because|strong="G3754" they|strong="G3588" see|strong="H7200" things|strong="G3778" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" light|strong="G5457" from|strong="G3756" the|strong="G1722" sun|strong="H8121". 
\verseNumber{10}It|strong="G3754" is|strong="G1510" when|strong="G1161" people|strong="G1510" walk|strong="G4043" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" nighttime that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G1161" stumble|strong="G4350" over|strong="G1722" things|strong="G3588", because|strong="G3754" they|strong="G1161" have|strong="G3748" no|strong="G3756" light|strong="G5457".” 
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\verseNumber{11}After|strong="G3326" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" that|strong="G2443", he|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004", “Our|strong="G2532" friend|strong="G5384" Lazarus|strong="G2976" has|strong="G3778" gone|strong="G4198" to|strong="G2443" sleep|strong="G2837". But|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" go|strong="G4198" there|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" I|strong="G1473" can|strong="G3004" wake|strong="H6974" him|strong="G3588" up|strong="G2532".” 
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\verseNumber{13}Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G3588" speaking|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{figuratively} about|strong="G4012" Lazarus’ death|strong="G2288", but|strong="G1161" we|strong="G3754" thought|strong="G1380" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" talking|strong="G3004" about|strong="G4012" really|strong="H2088" being|strong="G1161" asleep|strong="H3463". 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="G3767" then|strong="G3767" he|strong="G3588" told|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004" plainly|strong="G3954", “Lazarus|strong="G2976" is|strong="G3588" dead|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="G2532" for|strong="G3754" your|strong="G1223" sake|strong="G1223" I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G1510" glad|strong="G5463" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" there|strong="G1563" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}, because|strong="G3754" I|strong="G2532" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G4314" believe|strong="G4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w more|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w firmly|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w*} ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w am|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*/\+w came|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*}►. So|strong="G2443" now|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w instead|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w staying|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w here|strong="G1510"\+w*}, let’s|strong="H1980" go|strong="G2532" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G2532".” 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="G3767" Thomas|strong="G2381", who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" {whom|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532"} called|strong="G3004" ‘The|strong="G2532" Twin’, said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2443" the|strong="G2532" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="G2532" us|strong="G3004" disciples|strong="G4827", “Let’s|strong="H1980" all|strong="G2532" go|strong="G2532", so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" we|strong="G2249" may|strong="G2532" die|strong="H4191" with|strong="G3326" Jesus|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Lazarus’ sisters|strong="H0269" expressed|strong="H5344" disappointment that|strong="G2443" Jesus|strong="G3004" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" heal|strong="H7495" Lazarus before|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" died|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{17}When|strong="G1722" we|strong="G2192" arrived|strong="G2064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w close|strong="H5980"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2064"\+w* Bethany}, someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" Jesus|strong="G2424" that|strong="G3588" Lazarus \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w died|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w been|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w buried|strong="H6912"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w body|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2192"\+w*} been|strong="G2192" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" tomb|strong="G3419" for|strong="G1722" four|strong="G5064" days|strong="G2250". 
\verseNumber{18}Bethany is|strong="G1510" less|strong="H0637" than|strong="H4480" ◄two|strong="G5613" miles|strong="G4712"/three|strong="H7969" kilometers► from|strong="G3588" Jerusalem|strong="G2414". 
\verseNumber{19}Many|strong="G4183" Jews|strong="G2453" had|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} to|strong="G4314" console|strong="G3888" Martha|strong="G3136" and|strong="G2532" Mary|strong="G3137" over|strong="G1537" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w death|strong="H4194"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w*} their|strong="G1438" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251". 
\verseNumber{20}When|strong="G1161" Martha|strong="G3136" heard|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w*} that|strong="G3754" Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G3588" coming|strong="G2064", she|strong="G1161" went|strong="G2064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w along|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w road|strong="H1870"\+w*} to|strong="G2064" meet|strong="G3588" him|strong="G3588". But|strong="G1161" Mary|strong="G3137" stayed|strong="G2516" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" house|strong="G3624". 
\verseNumber{21}When|strong="G3767" Martha|strong="G3136" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w got|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w*}, she|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", “Lord|strong="G2962", if|strong="G1487" you|strong="G1487" had|strong="G2424" been|strong="G1510" here|strong="G5602", my|strong="G1473" brother|strong="H0251" would|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" have|strong="G1473" died|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w would|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w have|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w healed|strong="H7495"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}! 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" even|strong="G2532" now|strong="G3568" God|strong="G2316" will|strong="G2316" do|strong="G1492" for|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" whatever|strong="G3745" you|strong="G4771" ask|strong="H7592" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w concerning|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H0251"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{23}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" her|strong="G3588", “Your|strong="G3588" brother|strong="H0251" will|strong="G3004" become|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="H7725"!” 
\verseNumber{24}Martha|strong="G3136" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “I|strong="G3754" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G3754" will|strong="G2250" become|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="H7725" when|strong="G1492" all|strong="G1722" people|strong="G1492" become|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="H7725" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Judgment|strong="G2250"\+w*} day|strong="G2250".” 
\verseNumber{25}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" her|strong="G1519", “I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{enables \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w*} become|strong="G1510" alive|strong="G2198" again|strong="G1519" and|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w causes|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w*} live|strong="G2198" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w eternally|strong="H5331"\+w*}. Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" believe|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1519" me|strong="G1473", even|strong="G2532" if|strong="G2579" they|strong="G2532" die|strong="H4191", will|strong="G1510" live|strong="G2198" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="G1519"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{26}Furthermore|strong="G2532", all|strong="G3956" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" believe|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1519" me|strong="G1473" while|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" alive|strong="G2198", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w souls|strong="H5315"\+w*} will|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" die|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w forever|strong="G1519"\+w*}. Do|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3956" believe|strong="G4100" that|strong="G3588"?” 
\verseNumber{27}She|strong="G3754" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", “Yes|strong="G3483", Lord|strong="G2962"! I|strong="G1473" believe|strong="G4100" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1519" Messiah|strong="G5547", ◄the|strong="G1519" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316"/the|strong="G1519" man|strong="G1519" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" also|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316"►. You|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1519" one|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w send|strong="H7971"\+w*} into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" world|strong="G2889"!” 
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\verseNumber{28}After|strong="G2532" she|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588", she|strong="G2532" returned|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" her|strong="G3137" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} sister|strong="H0269", Mary|strong="G3137", aside|strong="H5493" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" her|strong="G3137", “The|strong="G2532" Teacher|strong="G1320" is|strong="G3588" close|strong="H5980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w our|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w village|strong="H1949"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="G2532" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771".” 
\verseNumber{29}When|strong="G1161" Mary heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="G1565", she|strong="G2532" got|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453" quickly|strong="G5035" and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G1565". 
\verseNumber{30}Jesus|strong="G2424" had|strong="G2424" not|strong="G1510" yet|strong="G2089" entered|strong="G2064" the|strong="G1722" village|strong="G2968"; he|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" still|strong="G2089" at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" place|strong="G5117" where|strong="G3699" Martha|strong="G3136" met|strong="G5221" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{31}The|strong="G1722" Jews|strong="G2453" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" house|strong="G3614" with|strong="G3326" Mary|strong="G3137", consoling|strong="G3888" her|strong="G1438", saw|strong="G3708" Mary|strong="G3137" get|strong="G1831" up|strong="G1519" quickly|strong="G5030" and|strong="G2532" go|strong="G5217" outside|strong="G1831". So|strong="G2443" they|strong="G2532" followed|strong="H0310" her|strong="G1438", thinking|strong="G1380" that|strong="G3754" she|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" going|strong="G5217" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" tomb|strong="G3419" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w buried|strong="H6912"\+w* Lazarus}, in|strong="G1722" order|strong="G2443" to|strong="G1519" cry|strong="H7121" there|strong="G1563". 
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\verseNumber{32}When|strong="G5613" Mary|strong="G3137" got|strong="H6965" to|strong="G4314" where|strong="G3699" Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G1510" and|strong="G2064" saw|strong="G3708" him|strong="G3588", she|strong="G5613" prostrated|strong="H7812" herself|strong="H5315" at|strong="G4314" his|strong="G3708" feet|strong="G4228" and|strong="G2064" said|strong="G3004", “Lord|strong="G2962", if|strong="G1487" you|strong="G1487" had|strong="G2424" been|strong="G1510" here|strong="G5602", my|strong="G3708" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" would|strong="G2064" not|strong="G3756" have|strong="G1473" died|strong="G4098"!” 
\verseNumber{33}When|strong="G5613" Jesus|strong="G2424" saw|strong="G3708" her|strong="G1438" crying|strong="G2799", and|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2424" come|strong="G4905" with|strong="G2532" her|strong="G1438" were|strong="G3588" also|strong="G2532" crying|strong="G2799", he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" very|strong="G2532" angry|strong="H2734" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Satan|strong="H7854"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w caused|strong="H5414"\+w* Lazarus \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w die|strong="H4191"\+w*} (OR|strong="G2532", very|strong="G2532" troubled|strong="G5015") and|strong="G2532" disturbed|strong="G5015" in|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1438" spirit|strong="G4151". 
\verseNumber{34}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Where|strong="G4226" have|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3004" buried|strong="H6912" ◄him|strong="G3708"/his|strong="G3708" body|strong="H1320"►?” They|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3708", “Lord|strong="G2962", come|strong="G2064" and|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708".” 
\verseNumber{35}Jesus|strong="G2424" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="G2424" cry|strong="H7121". 
\verseNumber{36}Then|strong="G3767" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3588"\+w*} the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453" said|strong="G3004", “Look|strong="G3708" how|strong="G4459" much|strong="H7227" he|strong="G3588" loved|strong="G5368" Lazarus!” 
\verseNumber{37}But|strong="G1161" some|strong="G5100" others|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004", “He|strong="G2532" enabled|strong="H5414" a|strong="G2532" blind|strong="G5185" man|strong="G5100" to|strong="G2443" see|strong="H7200". So|strong="G2443" ◄he|strong="G2532" should|strong="G5100" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G2443" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w heal|strong="H7495"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w man|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w so|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w*} he|strong="G2532" did|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3756" die|strong="H4191"!/why|strong="G2443" did|strong="G4160" he|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w heal|strong="H7495"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w man|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w so|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w*} he|strong="G2532" did|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3756" die|strong="H4191"?► [RHQ]” 
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\verseNumber{38}Within|strong="G1722" himself|strong="G1438" Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G1510" again|strong="G3825" very|strong="G2532" angry|strong="H2734" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G1909"\+w* Lazarus \+w dying|strong="H0006"\+w*} (OR|strong="G2532", very|strong="G2532" troubled|strong="H0926"). He|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" tomb|strong="G3419". It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" cave|strong="G4693". The|strong="G1722" entrance|strong="H6607" had|strong="G2424" been|strong="G1510" covered|strong="H3680" with|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" large|strong="H1419" stone|strong="G3037". 
\verseNumber{39}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004", “Take|strong="H3947" away|strong="H5493" the|strong="G3588" stone|strong="G3037"!” Martha|strong="G3136", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w as|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w mentioned|strong="H2142"\+w* \+w before|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w an|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} sister|strong="H0269" of|strong="G2962" the|strong="G3588" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2424" died|strong="G5053", said|strong="G3004", “Lord|strong="G2962", his|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w body|strong="H1320"\+w*} has|strong="G2962" been|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w tomb|strong="H6913"\+w*} for|strong="G1063" four|strong="G5066" days|strong="G5066", so|strong="G1063" now|strong="G2235" there|strong="G1063" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" bad|strong="H7451" smell|strong="H7381"!” 
\verseNumber{40}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" her|strong="G1437", “I|strong="G1437" told|strong="G3004" [RHQ] you|strong="G4771" that|strong="G3754" if|strong="G1437" you|strong="G4771" believed|strong="G4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2316"\+w*} ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*/\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w can|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3004"\+w*}►, you|strong="G4771" would|strong="G2316" see|strong="G3708" how|strong="G3754" great|strong="G3756" God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G3588"! Have|strong="G3748" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w forgotten|strong="H7911"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*}?” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2424" caused|strong="H5414" Lazarus to|strong="G3004" be|strong="G3756" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="H7725". }
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\verseNumber{41}So|strong="G3767" they|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" away|strong="H5493" the|strong="G2532" stone|strong="G3037". Then|strong="G3767" Jesus|strong="G2424" looked|strong="G2532" up|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w toward|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="H8064"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “My|strong="G1473" Father|strong="G3962", I|strong="G1473" thank|strong="G2168" you|strong="G4771" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" heard|strong="H8085" me|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w prayed|strong="H6419"\+w* \+w about|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w earlier|strong="H7223"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{42}I|strong="G1473" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" always|strong="G3842" hear|strong="H8085" me|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w pray|strong="G2443"\+w*}. But|strong="G1161" instead|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w just|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w praying|strong="H6419"\+w* \+w silently|strong="H1748"\+w*}, I|strong="G1473" said|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" for|strong="G3754" the|strong="G1161" sake|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1161" people|strong="G3793" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" standing|strong="G4026" here|strong="H6311". I|strong="G1473" want|strong="H4270" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2443" believe|strong="G4100" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="G1473".” 
\verseNumber{43}After|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" that|strong="G2532", he|strong="G2532" shouted|strong="H7321", “Lazarus|strong="G2976", come|strong="G1204" out|strong="G1854"!” 
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\verseNumber{10}So|strong="G2443" the|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="G2443" kill|strong="H2026" Lazarus|strong="G2976" also|strong="G2532", 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2424" entered|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="G1519" as|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" king|strong="G3588", but|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" humble|strong="H6035" one|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{12}The|strong="G1519" next|strong="G1887" day|strong="G1887" the|strong="G1519" huge|strong="H1995" crowd|strong="G3793" of|strong="G2424" people|strong="G3793" that|strong="G3754" had|strong="G2424" come|strong="G2064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\+w*} for|strong="G3754" the|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Passover|strong="H6453"\+w*} celebration|strong="H8057" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="G3754" Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G3588" coming|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414". 
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\verseNumber{15}You|strong="G4771" people|strong="G3361" of|strong="G1909" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", 
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do|strong="G5399" not|strong="G3361" be|strong="G3361" afraid|strong="G5399"! 
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Look|strong="G2400"! Your|strong="G3708" king|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" coming|strong="G2064"! 
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He|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" riding|strong="H7392" on|strong="G1909" a|strong="G1909" donkey’s|strong="G3688" colt|strong="G4454"! 
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\verseNumber{17}The|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793" that|strong="G3754" was|strong="G1510" with|strong="G3326" him|strong="G3588" continued|strong="G3140" to|strong="G2532" tell|strong="H5046" other|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3793" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" called|strong="G5455" Lazarus|strong="G2976" to|strong="G2532" come|strong="G1510" out|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" tomb|strong="G3419", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w Lazarus|strong="G2976"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w then|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w become|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w alive|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w again|strong="G1453"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{18}Because|strong="G3754" of|strong="G1223" that|strong="G3754", many|strong="G4160" people|strong="G3793", because|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w others|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="G1223"\+w*} that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" performed|strong="G4160" this|strong="G3778" miracle|strong="G4592", went|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" meet|strong="G3588" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{19}So|strong="G3767" the|strong="G4314" Pharisees|strong="G5330" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" each|strong="G1438" other|strong="G1438", “It|strong="G3754" is|strong="G3588" obvious that|strong="G3754" we|strong="G3754" are|strong="G3588" making|strong="H6213" no|strong="G3756" progress \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w trying|strong="H1156"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w stop|strong="H2308"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*! \+w It|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w looks|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w like|strong="G4314"\+w*} [HYP] everyone|strong="G3748" [MTY] is|strong="G3588" becoming|strong="H5000" his|strong="G1438" disciple|strong="G3004"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" told|strong="G3004" some|strong="G3588" Greeks|strong="H3125" what|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3767" who|strong="G3588" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="G4314" be|strong="G3756" his|strong="G1438" disciples|strong="G3588" had|strong="G3588" to|strong="G4314" be|strong="G3756" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="G4314" do|strong="G3004". }
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\verseNumber{20}Among|strong="G1722" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" went|strong="G3588" up|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} to|strong="G2443" worship|strong="G4352" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3588"\+w*} during|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Passover|strong="H6453"\+w*} celebration|strong="H8057" were|strong="G1510" some|strong="G5100" Greeks|strong="G1672". 
\verseNumber{21}They|strong="G2532" came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G2532" Philip|strong="G5376", who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" from|strong="G2532" Bethsaida \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="G2532"\+w*} in|strong="G2532" Galilee|strong="G1056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w province|strong="H4082"\+w*}. They|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wanted|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" something|strong="G3708" for|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588". They|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Sir|strong="G2962", we|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2309" like|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2532" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424".” 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="G2532" after|strong="G2532" Philip|strong="G5376" went|strong="G2064" and|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" Andrew, they|strong="G2532" both|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" and|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
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\verseNumber{24}Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="G1519" this|strong="G3588" carefully|strong="H6213": \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w My|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w life|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w seed|strong="G2848"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"]. If|strong="G1437" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w*} does|strong="G3306" not|strong="G3361" plant|strong="H5193" a|strong="G1519" kernel|strong="H6872" of|strong="G1093" grain|strong="G2590" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" ground|strong="G1093", it|strong="G1161" does|strong="G3306" not|strong="G3361" change|strong="H5162". It|strong="G1161" remains|strong="G3306" only|strong="G3441" one|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w seed|strong="G2848"\+w*}. But|strong="G1161" if|strong="G1437" it|strong="G1161" changes|strong="H2487" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w it|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w planted|strong="H5193"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w ground|strong="G1093"\+w*, \+w it|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w will|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w grow|strong="H6779"\+w* \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w*} produce|strong="G2590" many|strong="G4183" seeds|strong="H2233". 
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\verseNumber{27}Now|strong="G3568" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" deeply|strong="H6009" disturbed|strong="G5015". ◄I|strong="G1473" do|strong="G5101" not|strong="G2064" know|strong="G3568" what|strong="G5101" to|strong="G1519" say|strong="G3004"./What|strong="G5101" shall|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" say|strong="G3004"?► [RHQ] Should|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" say|strong="G3004", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w My|strong="G1473"\+w*} Father|strong="G3962", save|strong="G4982" me|strong="G1473" from|strong="G1537" this|strong="G3778" time|strong="G5610" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w will|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w suffer|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w die|strong="G1223"\+w*!’}? No|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w should|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G1223"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" reason|strong="G1223" I|strong="G1473" came|strong="G2064" ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w world|strong="H8398"\+w*/\+w from|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="H8064"\+w*}► was|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" would|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w suffer|strong="G2532"\+w*} [MTY] now|strong="G3568". 
\verseNumber{28}My|strong="G1537" Father|strong="G3962", show|strong="H7200" how|strong="H4100" great|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G3588"!” 

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Then|strong="G3767" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} spoke|strong="H1696" [EUP] from|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="G3772", saying|strong="H0559", “I|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" already|strong="H3528" shown|strong="H7200" how|strong="H4100" great|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w am|strong="G2532"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" again|strong="G3825"!” 
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\verseNumber{32}But|strong="G1437" as|strong="G3956" for|strong="G4314" me|strong="G1683", when|strong="G1437" I|strong="G2504" am|strong="G2504" lifted|strong="G5312" {when|strong="G1437" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w men|strong="G3956"\+w*} lift|strong="G5312" me|strong="G1683"} up|strong="G5312" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3956" ground|strong="G1093" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w cross|strong="H5674"\+w*, \+w I|strong="G2504"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w make|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w way|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w for|strong="G4314"\+w*} gathering|strong="H4723" everyone|strong="G3956" to|strong="G4314" myself|strong="G1683".” 
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\verseNumber{34}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793" answered|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “We|strong="G2249" understand|strong="H0995" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" Scriptures that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G2532" Messiah|strong="G5547" will|strong="G5101" live|strong="G2532" forever|strong="G1519". So|strong="G3767" why|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G4771" say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G5101" came|strong="G2532" from|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="H8064", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="G5547"\+w*}, will|strong="G5101" be|strong="G1510" lifted|strong="G5312" up|strong="G1210" {that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w men|strong="G3778"\+w*} will|strong="G5101" lift|strong="G5312" up|strong="G1210" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G5101" came|strong="G2532" from|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="H8064", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="G5547"\+w*},} on|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" cross|strong="H5674"? What|strong="G5101" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="G1537" man|strong="G3778" who|strong="G5101" came|strong="G2532" from|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="H8064" are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w talking|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w about|strong="G1519"\+w*}? (OR|strong="G2532", That’s|strong="H1696" not|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kind|strong="H4327"\+w*} of|strong="G1537" Messiah|strong="G5547" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="G2249"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* expecting}!)” 
\verseNumber{35}Then|strong="G3767" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2443" them|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w My|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w like|strong="G5613"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="G2192" light|strong="G5457" for|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G2532"\+w*} will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" with|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210" for|strong="G1722" only|strong="G3756" a|strong="G2192" little|strong="G3397" while|strong="G1722" longer|strong="G2089". Live|strong="G4043" and|strong="G2532" act|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w should|strong="G1492"\+w*} while|strong="G1722" I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G1510" still|strong="G2089" with|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w suddenly|strong="H6597"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w no|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w more|strong="G2089"\+w* opportunity \+w to|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w hear|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*! \+w You|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w do|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w like|strong="G5613"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w*} who|strong="G3588" cannot|strong="G3756" see|strong="G1492" where|strong="G4226" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" going|strong="G5217" anymore|strong="G2089" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w suddenly|strong="H6597"\+w*} becomes|strong="H1961" dark|strong="G4653"! 
\verseNumber{36}Believe|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1519" my|strong="G4100" message|strong="H1697" [MET|strong="H6298"] while|strong="G5613" you|strong="G2532" still|strong="H5750" have|strong="G2192" an|strong="G2192" opportunity to|strong="G1519" do|strong="G1096" it|strong="G2532", in|strong="G1519" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" you|strong="G2532" may|strong="G2532" become|strong="G1096" people|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" have|strong="G2192" accepted|strong="H7521" my|strong="G4100" truth|strong="H0571" [MET|strong="H6298"]!” 

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After|strong="G5613" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G2980" those|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3778", he|strong="G2532" left|strong="H7604" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" hid|strong="G2928" from|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{37}Although|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" had|strong="G4160" done|strong="G4160" many|strong="G5118" miracles|strong="G4592" while|strong="G1161" people|strong="G4160" were|strong="G4592" watching|strong="H8245", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w most|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1519"\+w*} them|strong="G4160" refused|strong="G3756" to|strong="G1519" believe|strong="G4100" that|strong="G1519" he|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="G3756"\+w*} ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*/\+w from|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w God|strong="G1519"\+w*}►. 
\verseNumber{38}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w stubbornness|strong="H8307"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* refusal \+w to|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w believe|strong="G4100"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w similar|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w stubbornness|strong="H8307"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3056"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" prophet|strong="G4396" Isaiah|strong="G2268" wrote|strong="H3789" about|strong="G3588" long|strong="H0753" ago|strong="H7350": 
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Lord|strong="G2962", ◄hardly|strong="H0389" anyone|strong="G3739" has|strong="G2962" believed|strong="G4100" our|strong="G2532" message|strong="G3056"!/who|strong="G3739" has|strong="G2962" believed|strong="G4100" our|strong="G2532" message|strong="G3056"?► [RHQ] 
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even|strong="G2532" though|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3739" showed|strong="H7200" them|strong="G3588" your|strong="G2962" power|strong="H3027"! 
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They|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" turned|strong="G4762" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w their|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w sinful|strong="H2400"\+w* \+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{42}Although|strong="G2532" most|strong="G4183" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="H3064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w*} [SYN] did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" believe|strong="G4100" that|strong="G2443" Jesus|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*/\+w from|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*}►, some|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" them|strong="G3588" believed|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588". But|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" would|strong="G1096" not|strong="G3756" tell|strong="H5046" anyone|strong="H3605" that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G2532" believed|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", because|strong="G1223" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w if|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w said|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w*}, the|strong="G2532" Pharisees|strong="G5330" would|strong="G1096" not|strong="G3756" let|strong="G1096" them|strong="G3588" worship|strong="H7812" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" synagogues|strong="H4150". 
\verseNumber{43}They|strong="G3588" wanted|strong="H2654" people|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2316" praise|strong="G1391" them|strong="G3588" more|strong="G3123" than|strong="G2260" they|strong="G3588" wanted|strong="H2654" God|strong="G2316" to|strong="G2316" praise|strong="G1391" them|strong="G3588". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus warned|strong="H2094" that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" would|strong="G2316" condemn|strong="H7561" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" rejected|strong="H3988" his|strong="G3588" message|strong="H1697". }
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\verseNumber{45}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" see|strong="G2334" me|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w*, \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w as|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w though|strong="G2532"\+w*} they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" seeing|strong="G2334" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" sent|strong="G3992" me|strong="G1473". 
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\verseNumber{50}I|strong="G1473" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w paying|strong="H1576"\+w* \+w attention|strong="H7181"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} what|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" has|strong="G3962" instructed|strong="H6680" us|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leads|strong="H1869"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} eternal|strong="H5769" life|strong="G2222". So|strong="G3779" whatever|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" say|strong="G3004" is|strong="G1510" exactly|strong="G3779" (OR|strong="G2532", only|strong="G2532") what|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="G1473"\+w*} Father|strong="G3962" has|strong="G3962" told|strong="G3004" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus washed the disciples’ feet as an example of humble service to each other. }
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\chapterNumber{13}When|strong="G1161" it|strong="G3754" was|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" evening|strong="H6153" before|strong="G4253" the|strong="G1722" Passover|strong="G3957" celebration|strong="H8057", Jesus|strong="G2424" knew|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" it|strong="G3754" was|strong="G3588" time|strong="G5610" for|strong="G3754" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" leave|strong="G3327" this|strong="G3778" world|strong="G2889" and|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w return|strong="H7725"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="G1438"\+w*} Father|strong="G3962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="H8064"\+w*}. He|strong="G1161" loved|strong="H0157" us|strong="G1519" who|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*}. He|strong="G1161" knew|strong="G1492" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w continue|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w here|strong="G1519"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3778" world|strong="G2889", so|strong="G2443" now|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w showed|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w us|strong="G1519"\+w*} how|strong="G3754" completely|strong="G1519" he|strong="G1161" loved|strong="H0157" us|strong="G1519". 
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\verseNumber{3}But|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G1831" knew|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" his|strong="G3956" Father|strong="G3962" had|strong="G2532" given|strong="G1325" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" complete|strong="G3956" authority|strong="G5495" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w control|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w situation|strong="G3956"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" knew|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" come|strong="G1831" from|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2316" soon|strong="H3512" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="G1519" God|strong="G2316". 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" poured|strong="G2532" some|strong="G3739" water|strong="G5204" in|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" basin|strong="G3537". He|strong="G2532" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="G1519" wash|strong="G3538" our|strong="G2532" feet|strong="G4228", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" dry|strong="G1591" them|strong="G3588" with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" towel|strong="G3012" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" wrapped|strong="H3874" around|strong="H5439" himself|strong="G1519". 
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\verseNumber{6}When|strong="G2064" he|strong="G3588" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" Simon|strong="G4613" Peter|strong="G4074", Peter|strong="G4074" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", “Lord|strong="G2962", it|strong="G3004" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G2064" right|strong="H3225" for|strong="G4314" you|strong="G4771" [RHQ] to|strong="G4314" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w humble|strong="H6035"\+w* \+w yourself|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w by|strong="G4314"\+w*} washing|strong="H7367" my|strong="G1473" feet|strong="G4228"!” 
\verseNumber{7}Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3739", “Now|strong="G1161" you|strong="G4771" do|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3756" understand|strong="G1097" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w meaning|strong="H0998"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} what|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" doing|strong="G4160", but|strong="G1161" you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G2532" understand|strong="G1097" later|strong="G3326".” 
\verseNumber{8}Peter|strong="G4074" said|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G1473" never|strong="G3756", ever|strong="G3756", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w allow|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w*} wash|strong="G3538" my|strong="G1473" feet|strong="G4228"!” Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", “If|strong="G1437" I|strong="G1473" do|strong="G3004" not|strong="G3756" wash|strong="G3538" you|strong="G4771", you|strong="G4771" cannot|strong="G3756" continue|strong="H1961" ◄to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G3756" my|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w disciple|strong="G3004"\+w*/\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w belong|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w*} me|strong="G1473"►.” 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="G2532" Simon|strong="G4613" Peter|strong="G4074" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “Lord|strong="G2962", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w case|strong="G3588"\+w*}, do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" wash|strong="G3361" only|strong="G3440" my|strong="G1473" feet|strong="G4228". Wash|strong="G3361" my|strong="G1473" hands|strong="G5495" and|strong="G2532" my|strong="G1473" head|strong="G2776", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w too|strong="G2532"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{11}He|strong="G3754" knew|strong="G1492" which|strong="G3588" one|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*} was|strong="G1510" going|strong="G3778" to|strong="G3004" betray|strong="G3860" him|strong="G3588". That|strong="G3754" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3956" reason|strong="G1223" he|strong="G3754" said|strong="G3004", “Not|strong="G3780" all|strong="G3956" of|strong="G1223" you|strong="G3754" are|strong="G1510" free|strong="G3956" from|strong="G3588" guilt|strong="H0817".” 
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\verseNumber{12}After|strong="G3753" he|strong="G2532" finished|strong="H3615" washing|strong="H7367" our|strong="G2532" feet|strong="G4228", he|strong="G2532" put|strong="G4160" his|strong="G4160" cloak|strong="G2440" back|strong="G3825" on|strong="G4160". Then|strong="G3767" he|strong="G2532" sat|strong="G2532" down|strong="H3381" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" us|strong="G3004", “Do|strong="G4160" you|strong="G5210" understand|strong="G1097" what|strong="G5101" I|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" done|strong="G4160" for|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210"? 
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\verseNumber{14}But|strong="G2532" if|strong="G1487" I|strong="G1473", who|strong="G3588" am|strong="G1473" your|strong="G2962" teacher|strong="G1320" and|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2962" Lord|strong="G2962", have|strong="G2532" washed|strong="G3538" your|strong="G2962" feet|strong="G4228", you|strong="G5210" ought|strong="G3784" to|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w serve|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w each|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w other|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w by|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} washing|strong="H7367" each|strong="H0376" other’s feet|strong="G4228". 
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\verseNumber{17}Since|strong="G1492" you|strong="G1437" now|strong="G1510" know|strong="G1492" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w*} be|strong="G1510" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="G4160" you|strong="G1437" if|strong="G1487" you|strong="G1437" do|strong="G4160" them|strong="G4160".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1510" predicted|strong="H1696" that|strong="G1487" one|strong="G3778" of|strong="G1510" them|strong="G4160" would|strong="G1437" betray|strong="H1540" him|strong="G4160" to|strong="G4160" his|strong="G4160" enemies|strong="H0341". }
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\verseNumber{18}“I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" not|strong="G3756" saying|strong="G3004" that|strong="G2443" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w will|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w bless|strong="H1288"\+w*} all|strong="G3956" of|strong="G4012" you|strong="G5210". I|strong="G1473" knew|strong="G1492" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w of|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w like|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w when|strong="G1492"\+w*} I|strong="G1473" chose|strong="G1586" you|strong="G5210". But|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w also|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w chose|strong="G1586"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w will|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w betray|strong="H1540"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*}, in|strong="G1909" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" what|strong="G5101" is|strong="G3588" written|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1909" Scripture|strong="G1124" might|strong="G5210" be|strong="G3756" fulfilled|strong="G4137" {to|strong="G2443" fulfill|strong="G4137" what|strong="G5101" someone|strong="H0376"/the|strong="G3956" psalmist|strong="H2158" wrote|strong="H3789" in|strong="G1909" Scripture|strong="G1124"}, ‘The|strong="G3956" one|strong="G3956" who|strong="G5101" is|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w acting|strong="H4603"\+w* \+w like|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w friend|strong="H7453"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1909"\+w*} eating|strong="G5176" with|strong="G3326" me|strong="G1473" has|strong="G5101" become|strong="H1961" my|strong="G3956" enemy|strong="H0340" [IDM].’ 
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\verseNumber{19}I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" telling|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* betraying \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*} before|strong="G4253" it|strong="G3754" happens|strong="G1096", in|strong="G4100" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G3754" when|strong="G3752" it|strong="G3754" happens|strong="G1096", you|strong="G5210" may|strong="G2443" continue|strong="G1096" to|strong="G2443" believe|strong="G4100" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*/\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w*}►. 
\verseNumber{20}Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="G3004" this|strong="G3588" carefully|strong="H6213": Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" accept|strong="G2983" any|strong="G5100" one|strong="G5100" of|strong="G5100" you|strong="G5210" whom|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" sending|strong="G3992" out|strong="H3318", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w consider|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} they|strong="G1161" are|strong="G3588" accepting|strong="G2983" me|strong="G1473". And|strong="G1161" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" accept|strong="G2983" me|strong="G1473", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w consider|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} they|strong="G1161" are|strong="G3588" accepting|strong="G2983" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w Father|strong="H0001"\+w*}, who|strong="G3588" sent|strong="G3992" me|strong="G1473".” 
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\verseNumber{21}After|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" this|strong="G3778", he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" very|strong="G2532" troubled|strong="G5015". He|strong="G2532" solemnly|strong="H7650" declared|strong="G3754", “Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" carefully|strong="H6213": One|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1537" you|strong="G5210" is|strong="G3588" going|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" enable|strong="H7980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" seize|strong="H0962" me|strong="G1473".” 
\verseNumber{22}We|strong="G3588" looked|strong="H7200" at|strong="G1519" each|strong="G1519" other|strong="G3588". We|strong="G3588" had|strong="G3588" no|strong="G3588" way|strong="H1870" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w*} whom|strong="G5101" he|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" talking|strong="G3004" about|strong="G4012". 
\verseNumber{23}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G3739"\+w*}, the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w man|strong="G1520"\+w* \+w other|strong="G1520"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w call|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G1520" Jesus|strong="G2424" loved’, was|strong="G1510" sitting|strong="H3427" very|strong="G3588" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
\verseNumber{24}Simon|strong="G4613" Peter|strong="G4074" motioned to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" indicate that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" should|strong="G2532" ask|strong="G4441" Jesus|strong="G3004" whom|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" talking|strong="G3004" about|strong="G4012". 
\verseNumber{25}So|strong="G3779" I|strong="G3767" leaned|strong="H8172" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="G1909" Jesus|strong="G2424" and|strong="G2962" asked|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “Lord|strong="G2962", who|strong="G5101" is|strong="G1510" it|strong="G5101"?” 
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\verseNumber{27}As|strong="G1519" soon|strong="G5032" as|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Judas|strong="G5596"\+w* \+w ate|strong="H0398"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" bread|strong="H3899", Satan|strong="G4567" took|strong="G2532" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588". Then|strong="G3767" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", “What|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3588" going|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" do|strong="G4160", do|strong="G4160" quickly|strong="G5032".” 
\verseNumber{28}But|strong="G1161" none|strong="G3762" of|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="G3588" us|strong="G3004" who|strong="G5101" were|strong="G3588" sitting|strong="H3427" there|strong="G1161" knew|strong="G1097" why|strong="G5101" Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1565" commanded|strong="H6680" his|strong="G2983" disciples|strong="G1510" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G1161" should|strong="G3588" love|strong="H0157" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="G1161". }
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\verseNumber{32}Since|strong="H3588" by|strong="G1722" what|strong="G3588" I|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3588" will|strong="G2316" see|strong="H7200" how|strong="G1722" awesome|strong="H3372" God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G3588", God|strong="G2316" himself|strong="G1438" will|strong="G2316" show|strong="H7200" people|strong="G3588" how|strong="G1722" awesome|strong="H3372" I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G2532". And|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" do|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" very|strong="G2532" soon|strong="G1722". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1510" also|strong="H1571" prophesied|strong="H5012" that|strong="G3754" Peter would|strong="G1722" deny|strong="H3584" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G3754" knew|strong="G1097" Jesus|strong="G1510". }
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\verseNumber{36}Simon|strong="G4613" Peter|strong="G4074" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G2424", “Lord|strong="G2962", where|strong="G3699" are|strong="G3568" you|strong="G3004" going|strong="G5217"?” Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="G3004", “The|strong="G1161" place|strong="G4226" where|strong="G3699" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" going|strong="G5217", you|strong="G3004" cannot|strong="G1410" come|strong="G3756" with|strong="G2962" me|strong="G1473" now|strong="G1161", but|strong="G1161" you|strong="G3004" will|strong="G2962" come|strong="G3756" there|strong="G1161" later|strong="G5305".” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus encouraged his disciples and told them that he is the only way to the Father. }
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\verseNumber{4}You|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1492" the|strong="G2532" road|strong="G3598" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" place|strong="G1473" where|strong="G3699" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" going|strong="G5217".” 
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\verseNumber{5}Thomas|strong="G2381" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “Lord|strong="G2962", we|strong="G2532" do|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" where|strong="G4226" you|strong="G3004" are|strong="G3588" going|strong="G5217". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="G2532"\+w*} how|strong="G4459" can|strong="G1410" we|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1492" the|strong="G2532" road|strong="G3598"?” 
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\verseNumber{8}Philip|strong="G5376" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “Lord|strong="G2962", show|strong="G1166" us|strong="G3004" your|strong="G2962" Father|strong="G3962" and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" enough|strong="H1767" for|strong="G2532" us|strong="G3004"!” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus taught them that they needed to remain closely united to him in order to live in a way that would please God. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{They seized Jesus in a grove of olive trees. }
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\verseNumber{2}Judas|strong="G2455", who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} enable|strong="H7980" Jesus’|strong="G2424" enemies|strong="H0341" to|strong="G2532" seize|strong="H0962" him|strong="G3588", knew|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* probably \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w*} there|strong="G1563". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w knew|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w because|strong="G3754"\+w*} Jesus|strong="G2424" often|strong="G4178" gathered|strong="G4863" there|strong="G1563" with|strong="G3326" us|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{5}They|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “Jesus|strong="G2424", the|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376" from|strong="G2532" Nazareth|strong="G3480".” He|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004", “That|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" who|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510".” Judas|strong="G2455", the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" enabling his|strong="G2532" enemies|strong="H0341" to|strong="G2532" seize|strong="H0962" him|strong="G3588", was|strong="G1510" with|strong="G3326" them|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{8}Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G1473" told|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" Jesus|strong="G2424". So|strong="G3767" since|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3754" one|strong="G3778" you|strong="G5210" are|strong="G1510" looking|strong="G2212" for|strong="G3754", allow|strong="H5414" these|strong="G3778" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w disciples|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w mine|strong="G1473"\+w*} to|strong="G3004" go|strong="G5217".” 
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\verseNumber{10}Simon|strong="G4613" Peter|strong="G4074" had|strong="G2192" a|strong="G2192" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w long|strong="H0753"\+w*} dagger|strong="H2719". So|strong="G3767" he|strong="G2532" drew|strong="G1670" it|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tried|strong="H6884"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" high|strong="G2532" priest’s|strong="H3548" servant|strong="G1401", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w only|strong="G2532"\+w*} cut|strong="G2532" off|strong="H3772" the|strong="G2532" man’s|strong="H0376" right|strong="G1188" ear|strong="G5621". The|strong="G2532" servant’s|strong="G1401" name|strong="G3686" was|strong="G1510" Malchus|strong="G3124". 
\verseNumber{11}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" Peter|strong="G4074", “Put|strong="G1325" your|strong="G1325" sword|strong="G3162" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w back|strong="G1519"\+w*} into|strong="G1519" its|strong="G1325" sheath|strong="G2336"! ◄I|strong="G1473" must|strong="G4095" endure|strong="G3767" what|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="G1325"\+w*} Father|strong="G3962" wants|strong="H2656" me|strong="G1325" to|strong="G1519" suffer|strong="G1325"./Do|strong="G3004" you|strong="G3739" not|strong="G3756" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" must|strong="G4095" endure|strong="G3767" what|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="G1325"\+w*} Father|strong="G3962" wants|strong="H2656" me|strong="G1325" to|strong="G1519" suffer|strong="G1325"?► [MET|strong="H6298", RHQ]” 

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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="G3767" the|strong="G2532" troop|strong="H1416" of|strong="G2532" soldiers|strong="H5650", along|strong="G2532" with|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" commander|strong="G5506" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="G2453" Temple|strong="H1004" guards|strong="H7323", seized|strong="G4815" Jesus|strong="G2424". They|strong="G2532" tied|strong="G1210" his|strong="G2532" hands|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w behind|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w his|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w back|strong="H7725"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Peter denied|strong="H3584" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" Jesus’ disciple|strong="H3928". }
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\verseNumber{16}But|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w*} wait|strong="H0693" outside|strong="G1854" near|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" doorway|strong="H6607". However|strong="G1161", since|strong="G1161" I|strong="G2532" knew|strong="H3045" the|strong="G2532" high|strong="G2532" priest|strong="H3548", I|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" back|strong="G4314" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" doorway|strong="H6607" and|strong="G2532" spoke|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" girl|strong="H5291" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" guarding|strong="H8104" the|strong="G2532" entrance|strong="G2374". Then|strong="G3767" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w she|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w allowed|strong="H5414"\+w*} Peter|strong="G4074" to|strong="G4314" come|strong="G1831" in|strong="G2532". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G2532" High|strong="G2532" Priest|strong="H3548" questioned|strong="H7592" Jesus|strong="G1510". }
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\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w While|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Peter|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*}, the|strong="G2532" high|strong="G2532" priest|strong="H3548" asked|strong="G2065" Jesus|strong="G2424" about|strong="G4012" his|strong="G4012" disciples|strong="G3101" and|strong="G2532" about|strong="G4012" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" teaching|strong="G1322" people|strong="G3767". 
\verseNumber{20}Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" always|strong="G3842" spoken|strong="G2980" where|strong="G3699" many|strong="G2980" people|strong="G3956" [MTY, HYP] could|strong="G3588" hear|strong="H8085" me|strong="G1473". I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" taught|strong="G1321" them|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" ◄the|strong="G1722" synagogues|strong="G4864"/their|strong="G2532" meeting|strong="H4150" places|strong="H1116"► and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="G2413" courtyard|strong="H2691", in|strong="G1722" places|strong="H1116" where|strong="G3699" many|strong="G2980" [HYP] Jews|strong="G2453" come|strong="G4905" together|strong="G4905". I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" spoken|strong="G2980" nothing|strong="G3762" secretly|strong="H5643". 
\verseNumber{21}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="G3739"\+w*} ◄why|strong="G5101" are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3739" asking|strong="G2065" me|strong="G1473" questions|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* illegally}?/you|strong="G3739" should|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3739" be|strong="G3588" asking|strong="G2065" me|strong="G1473" questions|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* illegally}!► [RHQ] Ask|strong="G2065" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G1492" who|strong="G3739" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="G5101" I|strong="G1473" taught|strong="H3925"! They|strong="G3588" certainly|strong="G3708" know|strong="G1492" what|strong="G5101" I|strong="G1473" said|strong="G3004"!” 
\verseNumber{22}After|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588", one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1520" the|strong="G1161" Temple|strong="H1004" guards|strong="H7323" standing|strong="G3936" near|strong="H7126" him|strong="G3588" slapped|strong="H5221" him|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1161" his|strong="G1325" face|strong="H6440". He|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “◄That|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3778" the|strong="G1161" way|strong="G3779" you|strong="G1325" should|strong="G3588" answer|strong="H6030" the|strong="G1161" high|strong="H1116" priest|strong="H3548"!/Is|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" way|strong="G3779" you|strong="G1325" should|strong="G3588" answer|strong="H6030" the|strong="G1161" high|strong="H1116" priest|strong="H3548"?► [RHQ]” 
\verseNumber{23}Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="G2980" him|strong="G3588", “If|strong="G1487" I|strong="G1473" said|strong="G2980" something|strong="G5101" that|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" contrary|strong="H7147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2980"\+w* \+w your|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w laws|strong="H8451"\+w*}, you|strong="G1487" could|strong="G3588" tell|strong="G2980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w said|strong="G2980"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} was|strong="G3588" wrong|strong="G2556". But|strong="G1161" because|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" said|strong="G2980" only|strong="G1487" what|strong="G5101" was|strong="G3588" right|strong="G2573", ◄you|strong="G1487" should|strong="G3588" not|strong="G1487" be|strong="G3588" striking|strong="H5221" me|strong="G1473"!/why|strong="G5101" are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G1487" striking|strong="H5221" me|strong="G1473"?► [RHQ]” 
\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="G3767" after|strong="G3767" Jesus’ hands|strong="H3027" were|strong="G3588" tied|strong="G1210" {after|strong="G3767" they|strong="G3588" tied|strong="G1210" Jesus hands|strong="H3027"} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*}, Annas sent|strong="H7971" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G4314" Caiaphas|strong="G2533", the|strong="G4314" high|strong="H1116" priest|strong="H3548". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Peter denied|strong="H3584" two|strong="H8147" more|strong="H3254" times|strong="H6471" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G3588" knew|strong="H3045" Jesus. }
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\verseNumber{25}As|strong="G1161" Simon|strong="G4613" Peter|strong="G4074" was|strong="G1510" standing|strong="G2476" warming|strong="G2328" himself|strong="G2328" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w fire|strong="H0784"\+w*}, someone|strong="H0376" else|strong="G3361" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “You|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" one|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" that|strong="G3588" man’s|strong="H0376" disciples|strong="G3101", are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771"?” He|strong="G2532" denied|strong="H3584" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756".” 
\verseNumber{26}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Later|strong="G3326"\+w*} one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" high|strong="H1116" priest’s|strong="H3548" servants|strong="G1401", a|strong="G1722" man|strong="G1520" who|strong="G3739" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1722" relative|strong="G4773" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" man|strong="G1520" whose|strong="G3739" ear|strong="G5621" Peter|strong="G4074" had|strong="G1510" cut|strong="G4074" off|strong="G1537" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="G1722"\+w*}, said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “I|strong="G1473" saw|strong="G3708" you|strong="G4771" with|strong="G3326" that|strong="G3739" man|strong="G1520" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" grove|strong="H0842" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w* \+w trees|strong="H6086"\+w*}, did|strong="G1510" I|strong="G1473" not|strong="G3756"?” 
\verseNumber{27}Peter|strong="G4074" again|strong="G3825" denied|strong="H3584" it|strong="G2532". Immediately|strong="G2112" a|strong="G2532" rooster|strong="H4975" crowed|strong="G5455", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Pilate the|strong="G2532" governor|strong="H6346" questioned|strong="H7592" Jesus|strong="G2532". }
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\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="G3767" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w*} [SYN] led|strong="G3767" Jesus|strong="G2424" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w home|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} Caiaphas|strong="G2533" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" headquarters \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* Pilate, \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* Roman \+w governor|strong="H6346"\+w*}. It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" before|strong="G1519" dawn|strong="H7837". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Pilate \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* non-Jew}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w thought|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w if|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w entered|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1519"\+w* headquarters}, they|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" become|strong="G1510" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="G1519" God|strong="G2532" {God|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" reject|strong="H3988" them|strong="G3588"}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w result|strong="G1519"\+w*} they|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" be|strong="G1510" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="G1519" eat|strong="G2068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w food|strong="G5315"\+w* \+w during|strong="H3117"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" Passover|strong="G3957" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w celebration|strong="H8057"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w*, \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w enter|strong="G1525"\+w* Pilate’s headquarters}. 
\verseNumber{29}So|strong="G3767" Pilate|strong="G4091" came|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" to|strong="G4314" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w*} them|strong="G3588". He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G5346", “What|strong="G5101" law|strong="H8451" do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G1438" say|strong="G5346" that|strong="G3588" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" has|strong="G5101" disobeyed|strong="H6963"?” 
\verseNumber{30}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w knew|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w disobeyed|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w any|strong="G1487"\+w* Roman \+w law|strong="H8451"\+w*, \+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w did|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w answer|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w him|strong="G4160"\+w*. \+w Instead|strong="H8478"\+w*}, they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “If|strong="G1487" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" were|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" a|strong="G2532" criminal, we|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" have|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G2532" him|strong="G4160" to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771"!” 
\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="G3767" Pilate|strong="G4091" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “Take|strong="G2983" him|strong="G3588" yourselves|strong="G4771", and|strong="G2532" judge|strong="G2919" him|strong="G3588" according|strong="G2596" to|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" own|strong="H1961" laws|strong="G3551"!” Then|strong="G3767" the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="G2453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="G3004"\+w*} [SYN] said|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w No|strong="G3756"\+w*! \+w We|strong="G2249"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w executed|strong="H6213"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w we|strong="G2249"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* Romans \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w execute|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G2532"\+w*} we|strong="G2249" Jews|strong="G2453" have|strong="G2532" no|strong="G3756" right|strong="G3756" to|strong="G2532" execute|strong="H6213" anyone|strong="G3762"!” 
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\verseNumber{33}Pilate|strong="G4091" then|strong="G3767" went|strong="G1525" back|strong="G3825" inside|strong="H8432" his|strong="G1519" headquarters. He|strong="G2532" summoned|strong="G5455" Jesus|strong="G2424". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jewish|strong="G2453"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w claimed|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w king|strong="G3588"\+w*}, Pilate|strong="G4091" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" Jesus|strong="G2424" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{scornfully}, “Are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771" the|strong="G2532" king|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453"?” 
\verseNumber{34}Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="G3004", “Are|strong="G3778" you|strong="G4771" asking|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3004" because|strong="G4012" you|strong="G4771" yourself|strong="G4572" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w claim|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}, or|strong="G2228" because|strong="G4012" ◄someone|strong="H0376" else|strong="G2228"/Caiaphas► said|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w claim|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w their|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}?” 
\verseNumber{35}Pilate|strong="G4091" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" not|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" Jew|strong="G2453", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="G2532"\+w*} ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w cannot|strong="G3385"\+w* \+w understand|strong="H0995"\+w* \+w these|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w matters|strong="H1697"\+w*!/\+w how|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w can|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w understand|strong="H0995"\+w* \+w these|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w matters|strong="H1697"\+w*}?► [RHQ] It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" your|strong="G4674" fellow|strong="H7453" Jews|strong="G2453" and|strong="G2532" your|strong="G4674" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="G5101" brought|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473"! What|strong="G5101" have|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" done|strong="G4160" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w make|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w execute|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*}?” 
\verseNumber{36}Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="H0559", “It|strong="G1161" is|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" people|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1537" [MTY] this|strong="G3778" world|strong="G2889" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w making|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*} king|strong="G3588". If|strong="G1487" it|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" people|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1537" this|strong="G3778" world|strong="G2889" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" making|strong="H6213" me|strong="G1473" a|strong="G1510" king|strong="G3588", my|strong="G1699" disciples|strong="G1510" would|strong="G1510" have|strong="G1473" fought|strong="H3898" in|strong="G1537" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" the|strong="G1537" Jewish|strong="G2453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w*} [SYN] would|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" prevented|strong="G3361" {to|strong="G2443" prevent|strong="H6923" the|strong="G1537" Jewish|strong="G2453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w*} [SYN]} from|strong="G1537" seizing|strong="H3423" me|strong="G1473". But|strong="G1161" it|strong="G1161" is|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w here|strong="G1782"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1537"\+w*} this|strong="G3778" world|strong="G2889" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" making|strong="H6213" me|strong="G1473" a|strong="G1510" king|strong="G3588".” 
\verseNumber{37}Then|strong="G3767" Pilate|strong="G4091" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", “So|strong="G2443" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w saying|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*} you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" king|strong="G3588"?” Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yes|strong="H3588"\+w*}, what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" about|strong="G1519" my|strong="G3956" being|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" king|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w correct|strong="H3256"\+w*}. I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G1510" born|strong="G1080" to|strong="G1519" become|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" king|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" came|strong="G2064" into|strong="G1519" this|strong="G3778" world|strong="G2889" to|strong="G1519" tell|strong="G3004" people|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" truth|strong="H0571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*}. Everyone|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w believes|strong="H0539"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" truth|strong="H0571" pays|strong="H7999" attention|strong="H7181" to|strong="G1519" what|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" say|strong="G3004".” 
\verseNumber{38}Pilate|strong="G4091" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w How|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w can|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w anyone|strong="G3762"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1722"\+w*} what|strong="G5101" the|strong="G1722" truth|strong="H0571" is|strong="G1510"?” 
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After|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" outside|strong="G1831" and|strong="G2532" talked|strong="H1696" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G1722" Jewish|strong="G2453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="G3004"\+w*} [SYN] again|strong="G3825". He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588", “I|strong="G1473" do|strong="G5101" not|strong="G1510" find|strong="G2147" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" has|strong="G5101" done|strong="H6213" anything|strong="G3762" at|strong="G1722" all|strong="G2532" for|strong="G4314" which|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" should|strong="G3588" punish|strong="H6485" him|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{40}They|strong="G1161" shouted|strong="H7321" again|strong="G3825", “No|strong="G3361", do|strong="G3004" not|strong="G3361" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w release|strong="H7971"\+w*} this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778"! Instead|strong="G1161", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w release|strong="H7971"\+w*} Barrabas!” But|strong="G1161" Barrabas was|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w prison|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w because|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w he|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w*} a|strong="G1510" revolutionist! 

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\chapterNumber{19}Then|strong="G3767" Pilate|strong="G4091" took|strong="G2983" Jesus|strong="G2424" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w inside|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} ◄scourge|strong="G3146" Jesus|strong="G2424"/stike Jesus|strong="G2424" with|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" whip|strong="H7752" that|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2424" pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="G2532" metal|strong="H2830" or|strong="G2532" bone|strong="H6106" fastened|strong="H8628" to|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532"►. 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="G2532" soldiers|strong="G4757" also|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w branches|strong="H7070"\+w* \+w with|strong="G1537"\+w*} thorns|strong="H6975" and|strong="G2532" wove|strong="H5526" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" make|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w something|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} a|strong="G2532" crown|strong="G4735". Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2007" it|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1537" his|strong="G2007" head|strong="G2776". They|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2007" a|strong="G2532" purple|strong="G4210" robe|strong="G2440" on|strong="G1537" him|strong="G3588". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w these|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w ridicule|strong="H4912"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w pretending|strong="H7186"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w king|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{4}Once|strong="G3825" more|strong="G3825" Pilate|strong="G4091" came|strong="G1831" outside|strong="G1854" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2443" the|strong="G1722" crowd|strong="H1995", “Look|strong="G3708"! I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G2532" bringing|strong="H0935" him|strong="G3588" out|strong="G1831" to|strong="G2443" you|strong="G5210" so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" may|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1097" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" find|strong="G2147" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" has|strong="G3708" done|strong="H6213" anything|strong="G3708" for|strong="G3754" which|strong="G3588" we|strong="G3754" should|strong="G3588" punish|strong="H6485" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w anymore|strong="H5750"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" came|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831", wearing|strong="G5409" the|strong="G2532" crown|strong="G4735" of|strong="G2532" thorns|strong="H6975" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" purple|strong="G4210" robe|strong="G2440", Pilate|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “Look|strong="G2400" at|strong="G3588" this|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wretched|strong="H7451"\+w*} man|strong="H0376"!” 
\verseNumber{6}When|strong="G3753" the|strong="G1722" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="H1004" guards|strong="H7323" saw|strong="G3708" him|strong="G3588", they|strong="G2532" shouted|strong="H7321", “Command|strong="G3004" your|strong="G2532" soldiers|strong="H5650" to|strong="G2532" kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="G3588" by|strong="G1722" nailing him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" cross|strong="H5674"! Crucify|strong="G4717" him|strong="G3588"!” Pilate|strong="G4091", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w knowing|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w could|strong="G2147"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* legally \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w themselves|strong="G1722"\+w*}, said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “You|strong="G5210" yourselves|strong="G4771" take|strong="G2983" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" nail|strong="H3489" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" cross|strong="H5674"! As|strong="G1722" for|strong="G1063" me|strong="G1473", I|strong="G1473" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" find|strong="G2147" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" has|strong="G3708" done|strong="H6213" anything|strong="G3708" for|strong="G1063" which|strong="G3588" we|strong="G1063" should|strong="G3588" punish|strong="H6485" him|strong="G3588".” 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="G2453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="G3754"\+w*} [SYN] replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Our|strong="G2316"\+w* ancestor \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w gave|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w us|strong="G4160"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" law|strong="G3551" that|strong="G3754" says|strong="H0559" we|strong="G2249" must|strong="G2453" kill|strong="H2026" anyone|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w claims|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*}. This|strong="G3588" man|strong="G5207" claims|strong="H1697" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" ◄the|strong="G2532" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207"/the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5207" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" also|strong="G2532"► God|strong="G2316", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w must|strong="G2453"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w*} {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w command|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}}.” 
\verseNumber{8}When|strong="G3753" Pilate|strong="G4091" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="G3588", he|strong="G3778" was|strong="G3588" more|strong="G3123" afraid|strong="G5399" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G3056"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="G3056"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w himself|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3778"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w took|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w*} back|strong="G3825" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="G2532" headquarters. He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" Jesus|strong="G2424", “Where|strong="G4159" do|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w really|strong="H2088"\+w*} come|strong="G1525" from|strong="G2532"?” But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" answer|strong="H6030" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="G3767" Pilate|strong="G4091" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “Are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" refusing|strong="H3985" to|strong="G2532" answer|strong="H6030" me|strong="G1473"? Do|strong="G1492" you|strong="G4771" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2192" authority|strong="G1849" to|strong="G2532" release|strong="H7971" you|strong="G4771", and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="G2532"\+w*} have|strong="G2192" authority|strong="G1849" to|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="G2192"\+w*} you|strong="G4771" crucified|strong="G4717" {command|strong="G3004" my|strong="G1473" soldiers|strong="H5650" to|strong="G2532" crucify|strong="G4717" you|strong="G4771"}?” 
\verseNumber{11}Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="H0559", “The|strong="G1223" only|strong="G1487" authority|strong="G1849" you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2192" is|strong="G1510" what|strong="G3588" has|strong="G2192" been|strong="G1510" given|strong="G1325" to|strong="G2596" you|strong="G4771" by|strong="G1223" God|strong="G1325" [MTY] {what|strong="G3588" God|strong="G1325" [MTY] has|strong="G2192" given|strong="G1325" you|strong="G4771"}. The|strong="G1223" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w high|strong="G3173"\+w* \+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w*} put|strong="G1325" me|strong="G1325" into|strong="G3860" your|strong="G1223" hands|strong="G3860". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w done|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2192"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w really|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w it|strong="G1487"\+w*}. So|strong="G1223" he|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" guilty|strong="H0816" of|strong="G1223" committing|strong="H6213" a|strong="G2192" greater|strong="G3173" sin|strong="H2403" than|strong="G3173" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510".” 
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\verseNumber{12}Because|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" that|strong="G3588", Pilate|strong="G4091" kept|strong="G4160" trying|strong="G2212" to|strong="G3004" release|strong="H7971" Jesus|strong="G3004". But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3956" Jewish|strong="G2453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="G3004"\+w* }[SYN], \BibleCharacterStyleADD{threatening \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w report|strong="H8088"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* Emperor \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Pilate|strong="G4091"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w going|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w man|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w claimed|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w he|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w king|strong="G3588"\+w*}, continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="G3004" shout|strong="G2905", “Anyone|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" claims|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G1161" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" king|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" opposing the|strong="G3956" Emperor! So|strong="G1161" if|strong="G1437" you|strong="G1437" release|strong="H7971" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w make|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w sure|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} the|strong="G3956" Emperor \BibleCharacterStyleADD{learns \+w about|strong="G2212"\+w* \+w it|strong="G1161"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w then|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w he|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w consider|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1161"\+w*} his|strong="G1438" friend|strong="G5384"!” 
\verseNumber{13}When|strong="G1161" Pilate|strong="G4091" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" out|strong="G1854" again|strong="G1519". He|strong="G2532" sat|strong="G2523" down|strong="G2523" at|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" place|strong="G5117" where|strong="G5117" he|strong="G2532" made|strong="G1161" decisions|strong="H4941" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w punishing|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3767"\+w*}. The|strong="G2532" place|strong="G5117" was|strong="G3588" called|strong="G3004" {People|strong="G3767" called|strong="G3004" it|strong="G2532"} The|strong="G2532" Stone|strong="H0068" Pavement|strong="G3038". In|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Aramaic|strong="H0762" language|strong="H3956" its|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="G3588" Gabbatha|strong="G1042". 
\verseNumber{14}It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" almost|strong="H4592" noontime, on|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" day|strong="G3904" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" prepared|strong="H3559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w things|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1161"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" Passover|strong="G3957" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w celebration|strong="H8057"\+w*} (OR|strong="G2532", the|strong="G2532" day|strong="G3904" before|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\+w* \+w during|strong="H3117"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" Passover|strong="G3957" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w celebration|strong="H8057"\+w*}). 
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Pilate|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="G2453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="G3004"\+w*} [SYN], \BibleCharacterStyleADD{ridiculing \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}, “Look|strong="G3708" at|strong="G1161" your|strong="G2532" king|strong="G3588"!” 
\verseNumber{15}They|strong="G3588" shouted|strong="H7321", “Take|strong="G2192" him|strong="G3588" away|strong="H5493"! Take|strong="G2192" him|strong="G3588" away|strong="H5493"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Have|strong="G2192"\+w*} him|strong="G3588" crucified|strong="G4717" {Command|strong="G3004" your|strong="G2192" soldiers|strong="H5650" to|strong="G3004" nail|strong="H3489" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G3004" a|strong="G2192" cross|strong="H5674"}!” Pilate|strong="G4091" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w*} your|strong="G2192" king|strong="G3588"! Do|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" really|strong="H2088" want|strong="H4270" me|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w my|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w*} nail|strong="H3489" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G3004" a|strong="G2192" cross|strong="H5674"?” The|strong="G3588" chief|strong="H7218" priests|strong="H3548" replied|strong="G3004", “The|strong="G3588" Emperor is|strong="G3588" our|strong="G1487" king|strong="G3588"! We|strong="G1487" do|strong="G3004" not|strong="G3756" have|strong="G2192" any|strong="G1487" other|strong="G3361" king|strong="G3588"!” 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="G3767" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w last|strong="H0314"\+w*} Pilate|strong="G3860" agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2443" do|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} to|strong="G2443" crucify|strong="G4717" Jesus|strong="G2424". 

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Then|strong="G3767" the|strong="G3588" soldiers|strong="H5650" took|strong="G3880" Jesus|strong="G2424" away|strong="H5493". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Joseph|strong="H3130" and|strong="G2532" others|strong="G2087" put|strong="G2532" Jesus’ body|strong="G1519" in|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" cave|strong="H4631". }
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\verseNumber{40}They|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2983" the|strong="G2532" body|strong="G4983" of|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" and|strong="G2532" wrapped|strong="G1210" strips|strong="H2834" of|strong="G2532" linen|strong="G3608" cloth|strong="H0899" around|strong="H5439" it|strong="G2532", putting|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" spices|strong="H1314" in|strong="G2532" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G2532" strips|strong="H2834" of|strong="G2532" cloth|strong="H0899". They|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588" according|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="G2453" customs|strong="G1485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w burying|strong="H6912"\+w* \+w bodies|strong="G4983"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w tombs|strong="H6913"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{41}Close|strong="H5980" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" place|strong="G5117" where|strong="G3699" Jesus|strong="G1510" was|strong="G1510" crucified|strong="G4717" {where|strong="G3699" they|strong="G2532" nailed Jesus|strong="G1510" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" cross|strong="H5674"} there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" grove|strong="H0842" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w trees|strong="H6086"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w edge|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} that|strong="G3739" grove|strong="H0842" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" new|strong="G2537" burial|strong="H6900" cave|strong="H4631". Nobody|strong="G3762" had|strong="G2532" ever|strong="G3762" been|strong="G1510" put|strong="G5087" in|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3739" cave|strong="H4631" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{On Sunday morning they discovered that Jesus’ tomb was empty. }
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\verseNumber{2}So|strong="G3767" Mary ran|strong="G5143" to|strong="G4314" where|strong="G4226" Simon|strong="G4613" Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w staying|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. She|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" us|strong="G3004", “They|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" taken|strong="H3947" the|strong="G2532" Lord’s|strong="G2962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w body|strong="H1320"\+w*} out|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" burial|strong="H6900" cave|strong="H4631", and|strong="G2532" we|strong="G3739" do|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" where|strong="G4226" they|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" put|strong="G5087" it|strong="G2532"!” 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="G3767" Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" started|strong="H2490" going|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" cave|strong="H4631". 
\verseNumber{4}We|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" both|strong="G2532" running|strong="G5143", but|strong="G1161" I|strong="G2532" ran|strong="G5143" faster|strong="H3823" than|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G2532" got|strong="H6965" there|strong="G2532" first|strong="G4413". 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="G3767" Simon|strong="G4613" Peter|strong="G4074", who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" running|strong="G2532" behind|strong="H0310" me|strong="G2334", arrived|strong="G2064". He|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="G2532" cave|strong="H4631". He|strong="G2532", too|strong="G2532", saw|strong="G2334" the|strong="G2532" strips|strong="H2834" of|strong="G2532" linen|strong="G3608" cloth|strong="H0899" lying|strong="G2749" there|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{7}He|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w*} cloth|strong="G4676" that|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wrapped|strong="G1794"\+w*} around|strong="G1909" Jesus’ head|strong="G2776". It|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" folded|strong="H3717" and|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2532" {Someone|strong="G1520" had|strong="G2532" folded|strong="H3717" it|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532"} aside|strong="H5493", separate|strong="G5565" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" linen|strong="G3608" strips|strong="H2834". 
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\verseNumber{9}Before|strong="G3588" this|strong="G3588" happened|strong="G3588", we|strong="G3754" did|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3764" understand|strong="G1492" from|strong="G1537" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w had|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w written|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1537"\+w*} the|strong="G1537" Scriptures|strong="G1124", that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G3754" had|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1163" become|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="G1537" after|strong="G1063" he|strong="G3754" died|strong="G3588". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1492" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="G1163" Mary from|strong="G1537" Magdala. }
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\verseNumber{11}As|strong="G5613" she|strong="G1161" stood|strong="G2476" outside|strong="G1854" the|strong="G1519" cave|strong="H4631" crying|strong="G2799", she|strong="G1161" stooped|strong="G3879" down|strong="G3879" to|strong="G1519" look|strong="G3879" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="G1519" cave|strong="H4631". 
\verseNumber{12}She|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G2334" two|strong="G1417" angels|strong="H4397" in|strong="G1722" very|strong="G2532" white|strong="G3022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w clothing|strong="H3830"\+w*}, sitting|strong="G2516" at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" place|strong="G1722" where|strong="G3699" Jesus’|strong="G2424" body|strong="G4983" had|strong="G2424" been|strong="G2532" laid|strong="G2749". One|strong="G1520" was|strong="G3588" where|strong="G3699" his|strong="G1722" head|strong="G2776" had|strong="G2424" been|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" other|strong="G1520" was|strong="G3588" where|strong="G3699" his|strong="G1722" feet|strong="G4228" had|strong="G2424" been|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{13}They|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" her|strong="G3754", “Woman|strong="G1135", why|strong="G5101" are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3754" crying|strong="G2799"?” She|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “They|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" taken|strong="H3947" away|strong="G5087" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w body|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} my|strong="G5087" Lord|strong="G2962", and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" do|strong="G5101" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" where|strong="G4226" they|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" put|strong="G5087" it|strong="G2532"!” 
\verseNumber{14}After|strong="G3694" she|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754", she|strong="G2532" turned|strong="G4762" around|strong="G3694" and|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G1492" Jesus|strong="G2424" standing|strong="G2476" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*}, but|strong="G2532" she|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="G3754" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" her|strong="G3754", “Woman|strong="G1135", why|strong="G5101" are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771" crying|strong="G2799"? Who|strong="G5101" are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771" looking|strong="G2212" for|strong="G3754"?” Thinking|strong="G1380" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G3754" was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3588" gardener|strong="G2780", she|strong="G3754" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “Sir|strong="G2962", if|strong="G1487" you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G1473" taken|strong="H3947" his|strong="G5087" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w body|strong="H1320"\+w*} away|strong="G5087", tell|strong="G3004" me|strong="G1473" where|strong="G4226" you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G1473" put|strong="G5087" it|strong="G3754". Then|strong="G2424" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G5101" get|strong="H3947" it|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w bury|strong="H6912"\+w* \+w it|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w properly|strong="H4941"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{16}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" her|strong="G3137", “Mary|strong="G3137"!” She|strong="G3739" turned|strong="G4762" toward|strong="H0413" him|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="G4762"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w recognized|strong="H5234"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3739"\+w*}. Then|strong="G2424" she|strong="G3739" exclaimed|strong="G3004" in|strong="G3004" Aramaic|strong="H0762", “Rabboni|strong="G4462"!” which|strong="G3739" means|strong="G3004" ‘Teacher’. 
\verseNumber{17}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" her|strong="G3588", “Stop|strong="G3361" clinging to|strong="G4314" me|strong="G1473", because|strong="G1063" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" yet|strong="G2532" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="G4314" my|strong="G1473" Father|strong="G3962". Go|strong="G4198" to|strong="G4314" my|strong="G1473" disciples|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", ‘I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" about|strong="G4314" to|strong="G4314" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="G4314" my|strong="G1473" Father|strong="G3962" and|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" Father|strong="G3962", to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" my|strong="G1473" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" God’.” 
\verseNumber{18}So|strong="G2532" Mary|strong="G3137" went|strong="G2064" to|strong="G2532" where|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="G3754"\+w*} disciples|strong="G3101" were|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" she|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" seen|strong="G3708" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w alive|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w again|strong="G2532"\+w*}. She|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004" what|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" she|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w should|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" appeared|strong="G3708" to|strong="G2532" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3708" disciples|strong="G3101". }
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\verseNumber{19}On|strong="G1519" that|strong="G3588" Sunday evening|strong="G3798" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="G2532"\+w*} disciples|strong="G3101" gathered|strong="H6960" together|strong="G2532". The|strong="G2532" doors|strong="G2374" were|strong="G1510" locked|strong="G2808" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="G2532"\+w*} locked|strong="G2808" the|strong="G2532" doors|strong="G2374"} because|strong="G1223" we|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" afraid|strong="H3372" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jewish|strong="G2453"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="G3004"\+w*} [SYN] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w might|strong="G2532"\+w* arrest \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*. \+w Suddenly|strong="H6597"\+w*} Jesus|strong="G2424" appeared|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{miraculously} and|strong="G2532" stood|strong="G2476" among|strong="G1519" us|strong="G3004"! He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" us|strong="G3004", “May|strong="G2532" God|strong="G3004" give|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w inner|strong="H6442"\+w*} peace|strong="G1515"!” 
\verseNumber{20}After|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" showed|strong="G1166" us|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wounds|strong="H4347"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w*} his|strong="G3708" hands|strong="G5495" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3708" side|strong="G4125". We|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" very|strong="G2532" happy|strong="H0835" when|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962"! 
\verseNumber{21}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004" again|strong="G3825", “May|strong="G3004" God|strong="G3004" give|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" peace|strong="G1515"! Just|strong="G2531" like|strong="G2531" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="G1473"\+w*} Father|strong="G3962" sent|strong="G3992" me|strong="G1473", now|strong="G3767" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" sending|strong="G3992" you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w proclaim|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{22}After|strong="G2532" saying|strong="G3004" that|strong="G2532", he|strong="G2532" breathed|strong="G1720" on|strong="G4151" us|strong="G3004" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Receive|strong="G2983" the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151"! 
\verseNumber{23}If|strong="H0518" you|strong="G5100" forgive|strong="H5545" people|strong="G3588" for|strong="H3588" their|strong="G3588" having|strong="G5100" sinned|strong="H2398", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w already|strong="H3528"\+w*} have|strong="G5100" forgiven|strong="H5545" them|strong="G3588". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="G5100" do|strong="G3588" not|strong="H3808" forgive|strong="H5545" them|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3588"\+w*} has|strong="G5100" not|strong="H3808" forgiven|strong="H5545" them|strong="G3588".” 
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\verseNumber{24}One|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1537" us|strong="G3004" disciples|strong="G1510", Thomas|strong="G2381", the|strong="G1537" one|strong="G1520" whom|strong="G3588" we|strong="G1161" called|strong="G3004" The|strong="G1537" Twin, was|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" with|strong="G3326" us|strong="G3004" when|strong="G3753" Jesus|strong="G2424" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004". 
\verseNumber{25}When|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="G2532" us|strong="G3004" told|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G1437" had|strong="G2532" seen|strong="G3708" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962", he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" us|strong="G3004", “If|strong="G1437" I|strong="G1473" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" see|strong="G3708" the|strong="G1722" marks|strong="H3793" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" nails|strong="G2247" in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1519" hands|strong="G5495" and|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2532" my|strong="G3708" fingers|strong="G1147" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" place|strong="G5117" where|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" nails|strong="G2247" were|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2532" my|strong="G3708" hands|strong="G5495" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" place|strong="G5117" in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1519" side|strong="G4125" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w soldier|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w thrust|strong="H1920"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w spear|strong="H2595"\+w*}, I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" certainly|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" believe|strong="G4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w saw|strong="G3708"\+w*}!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" appeared|strong="G3708" to|strong="G1519" all|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3101", including|strong="G2532" Thomas. }
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\verseNumber{26}A|strong="G2532" week|strong="H7620" later|strong="G3326" we|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*} again|strong="G3825". This|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2250" Thomas|strong="G2381" was|strong="G1510" with|strong="G3326" us|strong="G3004". Although|strong="G5210" the|strong="G2532" doors|strong="G2374" had|strong="G2424" been|strong="G1510" locked|strong="G2808" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="G2532"\+w*} had|strong="G2424" locked|strong="G2808" the|strong="G2532" doors|strong="G2374"}, Jesus|strong="G2424" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="G3825"\+w*} appeared|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{miraculously} and|strong="G2532" stood|strong="G2476" among|strong="G1519" us|strong="G3004". He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “May|strong="G2532" God|strong="G3004" give|strong="G3004" peace|strong="G1515" to|strong="G1519" you|strong="G5210"!” 
\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w showed|strong="H7200"\+w*} Thomas|strong="G2381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w hands|strong="G5495"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", “Put|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" finger|strong="G1147" here|strong="G5602"! Look|strong="G3708" at|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wounds|strong="H4347"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w*} my|strong="G3708" hands|strong="G5495"! Reach|strong="G5342" out|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" hand|strong="G5495" and|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wound|strong="H4347"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w*} my|strong="G3708" side|strong="G4125"! Stop|strong="G3361" doubting [LIT|strong="H0215"/DOU]! Instead|strong="H8478", believe|strong="G4103" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w alive|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w again|strong="G1519"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{28}Thomas|strong="G2381" answered|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w truly|strong="H3588"\+w*} my|strong="G1473" Lord|strong="G2962" and|strong="G2532" my|strong="G1473" God|strong="G2316"!” 
\verseNumber{29}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “Because|strong="G3754" you|strong="G3754" have|strong="G2532" seen|strong="G3708" me|strong="G1473", you|strong="G3754" have|strong="G2532" believed|strong="G4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w about|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*}. But|strong="G2532" God|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w truly|strong="H3588"\+w*} pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" have|strong="G2532" believed|strong="G4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w about|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*}, even|strong="G2532" though|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" seen|strong="G3708" me|strong="G1473"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{John|strong="G3004" stated|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" purpose|strong="H6098" of|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588" book|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{30}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="G3739"\+w*} disciples|strong="G3101" saw|strong="G2424" Jesus|strong="G2424" perform|strong="G4160" many|strong="G4183" other|strong="G4183" miracles|strong="G4592", but|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G3739"\+w*} have|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" written|strong="G1125" about|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3778" book|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{31}But|strong="G1161" these|strong="G3778" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w written|strong="G1125"\+w* \+w about|strong="G1722"\+w*, \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w*} have|strong="G2192" written|strong="G1125" about|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G3754" may|strong="G2532" believe|strong="G4100" that|strong="G3754" Jesus|strong="G2424" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1722" Messiah|strong="G5547", ◄the|strong="G1722" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316"/the|strong="G1722" man|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" also|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316"►, and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G3754" may|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2192" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w eternal|strong="H5769"\+w*} life|strong="G2222" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w trusting|strong="H0982"\+w*} ◄in|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{/}in|strong="G1722" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w has|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w for|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3754"\+w*}► [MTY]. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus appeared to seven disciples and enabled them miraculously to catch a lot of fish. }
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\chapterNumber{21}After|strong="G3326" that|strong="G3588", Jesus|strong="G2424" showed|strong="H7200" himself|strong="G1438" to|strong="G1909" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="G1909"\+w*} disciples|strong="G3101" when|strong="G1161" we|strong="G1161" were|strong="G3588" at|strong="G1909" Tiberias|strong="G5085" Lake|strong="G2281", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w another|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w name|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w Galilee|strong="H1551"\+w* \+w Lake|strong="G2281"\+w*}. This|strong="G3778" is|strong="G3588" what|strong="G3588" happened|strong="G3588": 
\verseNumber{2}Simon|strong="G4613" Peter|strong="G4074", Thomas|strong="G2381" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" called|strong="G3004" {whom|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="G2532"\+w*} called|strong="G3004"} The|strong="G2532" Twin, Nathaniel from|strong="G1537" Cana|strong="G2580" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="G2532"\+w*} in|strong="G2532" Galilee|strong="G1056", my|strong="G1537" older|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H0251" and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" two|strong="G1417" other|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" were|strong="G1510" together|strong="G3674". 
\verseNumber{3}Simon|strong="G4613" Peter|strong="G4074" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" us|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w*} am|strong="G1473" going|strong="G5217" to|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w try|strong="H0974"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w*} catch|strong="H3920" some|strong="G3588" fish|strong="H1710".” We|strong="G2249" said|strong="G3004", “We|strong="G2249" will|strong="G2532" go|strong="G5217" with|strong="G1722" you|strong="G4771".” So|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249" went|strong="G1831" down|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* lake} and|strong="G2532" got|strong="G1684" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" boat|strong="G4143". But|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" night|strong="G3571" we|strong="G2249" caught|strong="G4084" nothing|strong="G3762". 
\verseNumber{4}Early|strong="G4405" the|strong="G1519" next|strong="G1519" morning|strong="G4405", Jesus|strong="G2424" stood|strong="G2476" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1519" shore|strong="H8193", but|strong="G1161" we|strong="G3754" did|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" it|strong="G3754" was|strong="G1510" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="G3004" called|strong="G3004" out|strong="G2424" to|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004", “My|strong="G2192" friends|strong="H7453", you|strong="G3004" have|strong="G2192" not|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w caught|strong="H3920"\+w*} any|strong="G5100" fish|strong="G4371", have|strong="G2192" you|strong="G3004"?” We|strong="G2192" answered|strong="G3004", “You|strong="G3004" are|strong="G2192" correct|strong="H3256", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w caught|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w any|strong="G5100"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" us|strong="G3004", “Throw|strong="H7993" your|strong="G2532" net|strong="G1350" out|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" right-hand|strong="G1188" side|strong="G3313" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" boat|strong="G4143"! Then|strong="G3767" you|strong="G3004" will|strong="G2532" find|strong="G2147" some|strong="G3588"!” We|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" caught|strong="H3920" so|strong="G3767" many|strong="H7227" fish|strong="G2486" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w net|strong="G1350"\+w*} that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="G1519" pull|strong="H2040" the|strong="G2532" net|strong="G1350" into|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w boat|strong="G4143"\+w*}! 
\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="G3767"\+w*} I|strong="G3739" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" Peter|strong="G4074", “It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962"!” Peter|strong="G4074" had|strong="G2424" taken|strong="H3947" off|strong="H3772" his|strong="G1438" cloak|strong="H8008" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w working|strong="G2532"\+w*}, but|strong="G2532" as|strong="G1519" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="G1519" he|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w*} “It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962"!” he|strong="G2532" wrapped|strong="H3874" his|strong="G1438" cloak|strong="H8008" around|strong="H5439" himself|strong="G1438" and|strong="G2532" jumped into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" water|strong="H4325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* swam \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w shore|strong="H8193"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="G1161" rest|strong="G1510" of|strong="G1093" us|strong="H5414" came|strong="G2064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w shore|strong="G1093"\+w*} in|strong="G3756" the|strong="G1161" boat|strong="G4142", pulling the|strong="G1161" net|strong="G1350" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="G1093" fish|strong="G2486". We|strong="G1063" were|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" far|strong="G3112" from|strong="G2064" shore|strong="G1093", only|strong="G3756" about|strong="G5613" 100 yards|strong="G4083"/meters. 
\verseNumber{9}When|strong="G5613" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="G2532"\+w*} got|strong="H6965" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" shore|strong="G1093", we|strong="G2532" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="G3588" there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G5613" fire|strong="H0784" of|strong="G2532" burning|strong="H2740" coals|strong="H1513" there|strong="G2532", with|strong="G2532" a|strong="G5613" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w large|strong="H1419"\+w*} fish|strong="G3795" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" fire|strong="H0784", and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3588"\+w*} buns. 
\verseNumber{10}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004", “Bring|strong="G5342" some|strong="G3739" of|strong="G2424" the|strong="G3588" fish|strong="G3795" that|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" have|strong="G3588" just|strong="G3739" caught|strong="G4084"!” 
\verseNumber{11}Simon|strong="G4613" Peter|strong="G4074" got|strong="H6965" in|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w boat|strong="H0590"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" dragged|strong="G1670" the|strong="G2532" net|strong="G1350" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" shore|strong="G1093". It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" full|strong="G3324" of|strong="G2532" large|strong="G3173" fish|strong="G2486". There|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" 153 of|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588"! But|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1519" spite|strong="H5921" of|strong="G2532" there|strong="G2532" being|strong="G1510" so|strong="G3767" many|strong="G5118" fish|strong="G2486", the|strong="G2532" net|strong="G1350" was|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" torn|strong="G4977". 
\verseNumber{12}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004", “Come|strong="G1205" and|strong="G1161" eat|strong="H0398" some|strong="G3588" breakfast!” None|strong="G3762" of|strong="G2962" us|strong="G3004" dared|strong="G5111" to|strong="G3004" ask|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “Who|strong="G5101" are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771"?” because|strong="G3754" we|strong="G3754" knew|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" it|strong="G3754" was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1161" Lord|strong="G2962". 
\verseNumber{13}Jesus|strong="G2424" took|strong="G2983" the|strong="G2532" buns and|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G1325" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" us|strong="G1325". He|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" same|strong="G3668" with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" fish|strong="G3795". 
\verseNumber{14}That|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1537" third|strong="G5154" time|strong="G5154" that|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2424" appeared|strong="G5319" to|strong="G3101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="G1537"\+w*} disciples|strong="G3101" after|strong="G1537" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3588"\+w*} caused|strong="H5414" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G3101" become|strong="G5319" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="G1453" after|strong="G1537" he|strong="G3778" died|strong="G3588". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2424" asked|strong="H7592" Peter three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471" if|strong="H0518" he|strong="G3778" really|strong="H2088" loved|strong="H0157" Jesus|strong="G2424". Then|strong="G2424" Jesus|strong="G2424" told|strong="H5046" Peter how|strong="H4100" Peter would|strong="H0014" die|strong="H4191". }
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\verseNumber{15}When|strong="G3753" we|strong="G3754" had|strong="G2424" finished|strong="H3615" eating|strong="H0398", Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" Simon|strong="G4613" Peter|strong="G4074", “John’s|strong="G2491" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} Simon|strong="G4613", do|strong="G1492" you|strong="G4771" love|strong="G5368" me|strong="G1473" more|strong="G4119" than|strong="G4183" these|strong="G3778" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="G1492"\+w*}?” Peter|strong="G4074" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “Yes|strong="G3483", Lord|strong="G2962", you|strong="G4771" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G3588" dear|strong="H3357" to|strong="G3004" me|strong="G1473" (OR|strong="G3588", that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" love|strong="G5368" you|strong="G4771").” Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004", “Give|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w belong|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w*} me|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* spiritually, \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w shepherd|strong="H7462"\+w* \+w provides|strong="H3559"\+w*} food|strong="H3899" for|strong="G3754" his|strong="G3754" lambs|strong="H3532".” 
\verseNumber{16}Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588" again|strong="G3825", “John’s|strong="G2491" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} Simon|strong="G4613", do|strong="G1492" you|strong="G4771" love|strong="G5368" me|strong="G1473"?” He|strong="G3754" replied|strong="G3004", “Yes|strong="G3483", Lord|strong="G2962", you|strong="G4771" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G3588" dear|strong="H3357" to|strong="G3004" me|strong="G1473" (OR|strong="G3588", that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" love|strong="G5368" you|strong="G4771").” Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “Take|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="G2962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w belong|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w*} me|strong="G1473", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="G1492" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w shepherd|strong="G4165"\+w* \+w takes|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w care|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w his|strong="G3754"\+w*} sheep|strong="G4263".” 
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\verseNumber{18}Now|strong="G1161" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588" carefully|strong="H6213": When|strong="G3752" you|strong="G4771" were|strong="G1510" young|strong="G3501", you|strong="G4771" put|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" clothes|strong="H0899" on|strong="G5495" by|strong="G2532" yourself|strong="G4572", and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" went|strong="G2532" wherever|strong="G3699" you|strong="G4771" wanted|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2532" go|strong="G2309". But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G3752" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" old|strong="G1095", you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G2309" stretch|strong="G1614" out|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" arms|strong="H2220", and|strong="G2532" someone|strong="H0376" will|strong="G2309" fasten|strong="H5414" them|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w rope|strong="H5688"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2309" lead|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" place|strong="G3699" where|strong="G3699" you|strong="G4771" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" want|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w go|strong="G2309"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{19}Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" this|strong="G3778" to|strong="G2532" indicate|strong="G4591" how|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G1392" would|strong="G2316" die|strong="G2288" ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w violently|strong="H3966"\+w*/\+w on|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w cross|strong="H5674"\+w*}► in|strong="G2532" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="G2532" honor|strong="G1392" God|strong="G2316". Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “Keep|strong="H8104" being|strong="G2532" my|strong="G1473" faithful|strong="H0539" disciple|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w until|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w die|strong="G2288"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Peter|strong="G1392" asked|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G3004" what|strong="G4169" would|strong="G2316" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="G2532" John|strong="G3004". }
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\verseNumber{20}Peter|strong="G4074" turned|strong="G1994" around|strong="G1909" and|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G2424" that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" was|strong="G1510" following|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588". I|strong="G3739" was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" leaned|strong="H8172" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" during|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Passover|strong="H6453"\+w*} meal|strong="H7058" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Lord|strong="G2962", who|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" going|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" enable|strong="H7980" your|strong="G2962" enemies|strong="H0341" to|strong="G2532" seize|strong="H0962" you|strong="G4771"?” 
\verseNumber{21}When|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" saw|strong="G3708" me|strong="G3004", he|strong="G1161" asked|strong="G3004", “Lord|strong="G2962", what|strong="G5101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w going|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*} to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588"?” 
\verseNumber{22}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", “If|strong="G1437" I|strong="G1473" want|strong="G2309" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G4314" remain|strong="G3306" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w alive|strong="G3306"\+w*} until|strong="G2193" I|strong="G1473" return|strong="H7725", ◄that|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G2309" your|strong="G1437" concern|strong="H3045"!/what|strong="G5101" is|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G4771"?► [RHQ] You|strong="G4771" be|strong="G3588" my|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w faithful|strong="H0539"\+w*} disciple|strong="G3004"!” 
\verseNumber{23}Some|strong="G3588" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G2532" other|strong="G1161" believers heard|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w report|strong="G3056"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3056"\+w*} what|strong="G5101" Jesus|strong="G2424" had|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" about|strong="G1519" me|strong="G3004", and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w thought|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w meant|strong="G3004"\+w*} that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2309" not|strong="G3756" die|strong="H4191". But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2309" not|strong="G3756" die|strong="H4191". He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" only|strong="G3756", “If|strong="G1437" I|strong="G2532" want|strong="G2309" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" remain|strong="G3306" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w alive|strong="G3306"\+w*} until|strong="G2193" I|strong="G2532" return|strong="H7725", ◄that|strong="G3754" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" your|strong="G1437" concern|strong="H3045"!/what|strong="G5101" is|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3754" to|strong="G1519" you|strong="G4771"?► [RHQ]” 

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\verseNumber{25}Jesus|strong="G2424" did|strong="G4160" many|strong="G4183" other|strong="G1161" things|strong="G4183". If|strong="G1437" they|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="G2532"\+w*} be|strong="G1510" written|strong="G1125" {If|strong="G1437" people|strong="G1510" would|strong="G2532" write|strong="G1125" them|strong="G4160" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="G2532"\+w*}} down|strong="G2596" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w detail|strong="G1520"\+w*}, I|strong="G2532" suppose|strong="G3633" that|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" whole|strong="H3605" world|strong="G2889" would|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3761" have|strong="G2532" enough|strong="G4183" space|strong="H3117" [HYP] to|strong="G2532" contain|strong="G5562" the|strong="G2532" books|strong="H5609" that|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" written|strong="G1125" {that|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" write|strong="G1125"} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w what|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w did|strong="G4160"\+w*}. 
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\BibleBook{Acts}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of the first Christians. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Acts }

\BibleSectionHeading{Acts 1:1-3 }

\BibleSectionHeading{Luke referred to the Gospel he had written to Theophilus. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus’ followers|strong="G3588" prayed|strong="H6419" and|strong="G2250" then|strong="H0227" chose|strong="H0977" Matthias to|strong="G2193" replace|strong="H2498" Judas|strong="G3778". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{The Holy Spirit came and enabled the disciples to speak other languages. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Peter|strong="G2980" said|strong="G2980", “Jesus|strong="G2980" has|strong="G5547" abundantly|strong="H8317" given|strong="H5414" us|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" Holy|strong="H6944" Spirit|strong="G3588", shown|strong="H7200" by|strong="G1519" what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3754" see|strong="G3708" and|strong="G4561" hear|strong="H8085".” }
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1525" were|strong="G3588" amazed|strong="H8539". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Peter|strong="G4074" explained|strong="H0560" that|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2532" healed|strong="H7495" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3956", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3588" repent|strong="H5162". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jewish leaders arrested Peter and John, but many people became believers. }
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\verseNumber{27}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Lord|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w we|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*(sg) \+w said|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w long|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w ago|strong="H7350"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w true|strong="G3588"\+w*}, because|strong="G1063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="G3588"\+w*} Herod|strong="G2264" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w governor|strong="H6346"\+w*}, Pontius|strong="G4194" Pilate|strong="G4091", and|strong="G2532" many|strong="G1722" other|strong="G3739" people|strong="G2992", both|strong="G2532" non-Jews and|strong="G2532" Israelites|strong="H3478", assembled|strong="G4863" together|strong="G4863" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="G3778"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3778" city|strong="G4172". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="G2532"\+w*} planned|strong="H3289" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w*} Jesus|strong="G2424", who|strong="G3739" devotedly served|strong="H5647" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} whom|strong="G3739" you|strong="G4771" appointed|strong="H4150" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{28}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="G2532"\+w*} you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} are|strong="G3588" all-powerful, those|strong="G3588" people|strong="G4160" did|strong="G4160" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="G2532"\+w*} what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" [SYN] allowed|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w*}. It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" decided|strong="G1096" long|strong="G3745" ago|strong="H7350" would|strong="G1096" happen|strong="G1096".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G2532" believers asked|strong="H7592" God|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" help|strong="G5495" them|strong="G3588" speak|strong="H1696" boldly|strong="H7311" to|strong="G2532" people|strong="G4160" about|strong="G4160" Jesus|strong="G2532". }
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\verseNumber{29}“So|strong="G2532" now|strong="G3568", Lord|strong="G2962", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" saying|strong="G3056" about|strong="G1909" punishing|strong="H7725" us|strong="G1325"! Help|strong="H5826" us|strong="G1325" who|strong="G3588" serve|strong="H5647" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} to|strong="G2532" very|strong="G2532" boldly|strong="G3954" speak|strong="G2980" messages|strong="H2372" from|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg) \+w about|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*} 
\verseNumber{30}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Also|strong="G2532"\+w*}, by|strong="G1223" your|strong="G1223" power|strong="G5495" [MTY] miraculously heal|strong="G2392" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sick|strong="H2470"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3588"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" do|strong="G1096" other|strong="G3588" amazing|strong="H6381" miracles|strong="G4592" [SYN] that|strong="G3588" show|strong="G1096" people|strong="G3588" your|strong="G1223" power|strong="G5495"! Ask|strong="H7592" Jesus|strong="G2424", who|strong="G3588" always|strong="G1223" serves|strong="H5647" you|strong="G4771", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w give|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w us|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w authority|strong="G5495"\+w*} [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w do|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w such|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w miracles|strong="G4592"\+w*}!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="G2532" shook|strong="H1607" the|strong="G1722" place|strong="G1096" where|strong="G1722" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1223" Spirit|strong="G3588" enabled|strong="H5414" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" speak|strong="G1223" his|strong="G1223" words|strong="G2532" boldly|strong="H7311". }
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\verseNumber{31}When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" believers had|strong="G2532" finished|strong="H3615" praying|strong="G1189", the|strong="G1722" place|strong="G5117" where|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" meeting|strong="G4863" shook|strong="G4531". All|strong="G2532" of|strong="G3056" them|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" ◄completely|strong="H3617" controlled|strong="H0662"/empowered|strong="H5921"► by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" {the|strong="G1722" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" ◄completely|strong="H3617" controlled|strong="H0662"/empowered|strong="H5921"► all|strong="G2532" of|strong="G3056" them|strong="G3588"}, with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G1722" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G2980" boldly|strong="G3954" the|strong="G1722" words|strong="G3056" that|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="G2980"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w speak|strong="G2980"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G1722" believers shared|strong="H2267" everything|strong="H3605", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" apostles told|strong="G2980" others|strong="G3588" about|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G1510". }
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\verseNumber{32}The|strong="G2532" group|strong="G4128" of|strong="G2532" people|strong="G4128" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" believed|strong="G4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*} were|strong="G1510" completely|strong="H3617" agreed|strong="H8085" about|strong="G3588" what|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" thought|strong="G3761" and|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" wanted|strong="H2654"/desired|strong="H2530". Not|strong="G3761" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" claimed|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w alone|strong="G1520"\+w*} owned|strong="G5225" anything|strong="G5100". Instead|strong="G1161", they|strong="G2532" shared|strong="H2267" with|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520" another|strong="G1520" everything|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532". 
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\verseNumber{35}and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" present|strong="G5087" it|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" apostles [MTY]. Then|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* apostles} would|strong="G2532" give|strong="G3844" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="G2532" any|strong="G5100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{believer} who|strong="G3588" needed|strong="G5532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*}. So|strong="G2532" no|strong="G2532" one|strong="G5100" among|strong="G3844" the|strong="G2532" believers was|strong="G3588" lacking|strong="H2637" anything|strong="G5100". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Joseph|strong="H3130" Barnabas sold|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2192" field|strong="H7704" and|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" apostles. }
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\verseNumber{36}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w For|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w example|strong="H7045"\+w*, \+w there|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w*} Joseph|strong="G2501". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w*} a|strong="G1510" descendant|strong="G1085" of|strong="G5207" Levi|strong="H3878" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w he|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w born|strong="G1085"\+w*} on|strong="G1941" Cyprus|strong="G2953" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Island|strong="H0336"\+w*}. The|strong="G1161" apostles called|strong="G1941" him|strong="G3588" Barnabas; \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w* \+w language|strong="H3956"\+w*} that|strong="G3739" name|strong="G3739" means|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" person|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" [IDM] always|strong="H3605" encourages|strong="H2388" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w others|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Ananias pretended to give the apostles all the money from selling a field. }
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\chapterNumber{5}But|strong="G1161" there|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" one|strong="G5100" of|strong="G3686" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* believers} whose|strong="G3588" name|strong="G3686" was|strong="G3588" Ananias, and|strong="G1161" whose|strong="G3588" wife’s|strong="G1135" name|strong="G3686" was|strong="G3588" Sapphira|strong="G4551". He|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="G1161"\+w*} sold|strong="G4453" some|strong="G5100" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="G2532" kept|strong="G5087" for|strong="G2532" himself|strong="H5315" some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" money|strong="G5092" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w received|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w for|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" wife|strong="G1135" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="G3588". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G5342" the|strong="G2532" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" money|strong="G5092" and|strong="G2532" presented|strong="H7126" it|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" apostles [MTY]. 

\BibleSectionHeading{People|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" terrified|strong="H0926" when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" saw|strong="H7200" or|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="G3588" Ananias had|strong="G2532" died|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G4074" said|strong="G3004", “Ananias, you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} let|strong="G1161" Satan|strong="G4567" completely|strong="H3617" control|strong="H3027" you|strong="G4771" [MTY] so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg) \+w tried|strong="H6884"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} deceive|strong="H5377" the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*(exc)}. ◄That|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w terrible|strong="H3372"\+w*!/\+w Why|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w do|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w such|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w terrible|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w thing|strong="G5101"\+w*}?► [RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="G4771"\+w*} have|strong="G2532" kept|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1223" yourself|strong="G4771" some|strong="G3588" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G2532" money|strong="G5092" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} received|strong="H3947" for|strong="G1223" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w selling|strong="H4376"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" land|strong="G5564", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w pretending|strong="H7186"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*(sg) \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w giving|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w all|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w of|strong="G4151"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}Before|strong="G1722" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} sold|strong="G4097" that|strong="G3754" land|strong="H0776", you|strong="G4771" truly|strong="G1722" owned|strong="G5225" [RHQ] it|strong="G2532". And|strong="G2532" after|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" sold|strong="G4097" it|strong="G2532", you|strong="G4771" could|strong="G3588" [RHQ] certainly|strong="G2532" still|strong="G3306" have|strong="G2532" used|strong="H6213" the|strong="G1722" money|strong="H3701" any|strong="G3756" way|strong="G1722" you|strong="G4771" wanted|strong="H2654" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*}. So|strong="G2532" why|strong="G5101" did|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg) \+w ever|strong="G3756"\+w*} think|strong="H2803" [RHQ] about|strong="G1722" doing|strong="H6213" this|strong="G3778" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wicked|strong="G3588"\+w*} thing|strong="G3778"? You|strong="G4771" were|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w merely|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w trying|strong="H1156"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} deceive|strong="H5377" us|strong="G1722"! No|strong="G3756", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w tried|strong="H6884"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w deceive|strong="H5377"\+w*} God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w himself|strong="G2588"\+w*!}!” 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="G1161" Ananias heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w immediately|strong="H6965"\+w*} he|strong="G2532" fell|strong="G4098" down|strong="G4098" dead|strong="G3173". So|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*} who|strong="G3588" heard|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G1909"\+w* Ananias’ \+w death|strong="H4194"\+w*} became|strong="G1096" terrified|strong="H0926" [PRS]. 
\verseNumber{6}Some|strong="G3588" young|strong="G3501" men|strong="G3501" came|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2532", wrapped|strong="G4958" his|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w body|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* sheet}, and|strong="G2532" carried|strong="G1627" it|strong="G2532" out|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} buried|strong="G2290" it|strong="G2532". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Sapphira also|strong="G2532" died|strong="G3588" because|strong="G1161" she|strong="G2532" lied|strong="H3584", and|strong="G2532" some|strong="G3588" men|strong="G3501" buried|strong="G2290" her|strong="G3588" beside|strong="H5921" her|strong="G3588" husband|strong="H0376". }
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\verseNumber{7}About|strong="G5613" three|strong="G5140" hours|strong="G5610" later|strong="H0310", his|strong="G2532" wife|strong="G1135" came|strong="G1096" in|strong="G1525", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="G1161"\+w*} she|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" know|strong="G1492" what|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" happened|strong="G1096". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="H3064" leaders|strong="H7218" were|strong="G3588" perplexed|strong="H0943" because|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" apostles were|strong="G3588" not|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1519" jail|strong="H1004". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Peter and|strong="G2992" the|strong="G3588" other|strong="G1438" apostles said|strong="G5119" that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G3588" must|strong="G5399" obey|strong="G3326" God|strong="G3361". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{After|strong="G1161" beating|strong="H8608" the|strong="G2532" apostles, they|strong="G2532" followed|strong="H0310" Gamaliel’s advice|strong="H6098" and|strong="G2532" released|strong="H7971" them|strong="G3588". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G2532" apostles rejoiced|strong="H8055" and|strong="G2532" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G2980" others|strong="G3588" about|strong="G1909" Jesus|strong="G2424". }
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\verseNumber{41}So|strong="G3767" the|strong="G3588" apostles left|strong="H7604" the|strong="G3588" Council|strong="G4892". They|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" rejoicing|strong="G5463", because|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3588"\+w*} had|strong="G3588" honored|strong="H3513" them|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="G3686"\+w* \+w letting|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w people|strong="G4383"\+w*} disgrace|strong="H3639" them|strong="G3588" because|strong="G3754" they|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" followers|strong="G3588" [MTY] of|strong="G3686" Jesus|strong="G4198". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G1722" apostles told|strong="G4314" the|strong="G1722" other|strong="G1161" believers to|strong="G4314" choose|strong="H0977" men|strong="G3778" to|strong="G4314" care|strong="H3027" for|strong="G3754" those|strong="G3588" widows|strong="G5503". }
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\verseNumber{2}So|strong="G1161", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* } twelve|strong="G1427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{apostles \+w had|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w heard|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w were|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w complaining|strong="H7879"\+w* \+w about|strong="G3588"\+w*}, they|strong="G1161" summoned|strong="G4341" all|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="G1161"\+w* } believers \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w meet|strong="G3588"\+w* } together|strong="H3162". Then|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" apostles said|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w other|strong="G1161"\+w* believers}, “We|strong="G2249" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc)} would|strong="G2316" not|strong="G3756" be|strong="G1510" doing|strong="H6213" right|strong="G3756" if|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" stopped|strong="H5975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w preaching|strong="G3056"\+w* \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w teaching|strong="G3056"\+w* } God’s|strong="G2316" message|strong="G3056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w* } in|strong="G2316" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="G3004" distribute|strong="H5414" food|strong="G5132" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w widows|strong="H0490"\+w*}! 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G2532" apostles appointed|strong="H4150" seven|strong="H7651" men|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" care|strong="H3027" for|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" widows’ needs|strong="H5375". }
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\verseNumber{5}What|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" apostles recommended pleased|strong="H3190" all|strong="G3956" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="G3588"\+w*} believers. So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" group|strong="G4128" chose|strong="G1586" Stephen|strong="G4736". He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" strongly|strong="H3966" believed|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" whom|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" controlled|strong="H0662" completely|strong="H3617". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w chose|strong="G1586"\+w*} Philip|strong="G5376", Procorus, Nicanor|strong="G3527", Timon|strong="G5096", Parmenas|strong="G3937", and|strong="G2532" Nicolas|strong="G3532" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" from|strong="G2532" Antioch \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. Nicolas|strong="G3532" had|strong="G2532" accepted|strong="H7521" the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="H3064" religion \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="G1799"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w believed|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G2532" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" were|strong="G3588" becoming|strong="H5000" believers increased|strong="H7235" greatly|strong="H3966". }
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\verseNumber{7}So|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* believers} continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="G2532" tell|strong="H5046" many|strong="G4183" people|strong="G3793" the|strong="G1722" message|strong="G3056" from|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316". ◄The|strong="G1722" number|strong="G3793" of|strong="G3056" people|strong="G3793" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" who|strong="G3588" believed|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*} was|strong="G3588" increasing|strong="G4129" greatly|strong="G4183"./More|strong="G4183" and|strong="G2532" more|strong="G4183" people|strong="G3793" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" were|strong="G3588" believing|strong="G4102" in|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G2532".► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Among|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*} were|strong="G3588" many|strong="G4183" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} priests|strong="G2409" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" believing|strong="G4102" the|strong="G1722" message|strong="G3056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{People|strong="G3793" opposed|strong="H5975" Stephen, but|strong="G2532" could|strong="G3588" not|strong="G2532" refute|strong="H7725" his|strong="G1722" arguments|strong="H8433". }
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\verseNumber{8}God|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" enabling Stephen|strong="G4736" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160" many|strong="G4160" things|strong="G3588" by|strong="G1722" God’s|strong="H0430" power|strong="G1411". He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" doing|strong="G4160" many|strong="G4160" amazing|strong="H6381" miracles|strong="G1411" among|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} people|strong="G2992". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{People|strong="G3588" persuaded|strong="H5496" some|strong="G3739" men|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" falsely|strong="H8267" accuse|strong="H7378" Stephen. }
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" group|strong="H7235" secretly|strong="G5260" persuaded|strong="H5496" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3588"\+w* } men|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w falsely|strong="H8267"\+w* \+w accuse|strong="H7378"\+w* Stephen. \+w saying|strong="G3004"\+w*}, “We|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc)} heard|strong="H8085" him|strong="G3588" say|strong="G3004" bad|strong="H7451" things|strong="G3588" about|strong="G1519" Moses|strong="G3475" and|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316".” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3004" saw|strong="G2424" Stephen’s face|strong="H6440" shining|strong="H5051" like|strong="H3644" the|strong="G2532" face|strong="H6440" of|strong="G2532" an|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Stephen started to answer the high priest’s accusations by talking about Abraham. }
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\chapterNumber{7}Then|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" high|strong="H1116" priest|strong="H3548" asked|strong="G3004" Stephen, “Are|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" things|strong="G3778" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w these|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w saying|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w about|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w*(sg)} true|strong="G3779"?” 
\verseNumber{2}Stephen replied|strong="G5346", “Fellow|strong="H7453" Jews|strong="H3064" and|strong="G2532" respected|strong="H7230" leaders|strong="H7218", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w please|strong="H4994"\+w*} listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473"! The|strong="G1722" glorious|strong="G1391" God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whom|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="G2249"\+w*(inc) \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*} appeared|strong="G3708" to|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2316" ancestor|strong="G3962" Abraham|strong="H0085" while|strong="G1722" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" still|strong="H5750" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w living|strong="G2730"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" Mesopotamia|strong="G3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, before|strong="G4250" he|strong="G2532" moved|strong="H4131" to|strong="G2532" Haran|strong="G5488" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="G2532"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}God|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", ‘Leave|strong="G1831" this|strong="G3588" land|strong="G1093" where|strong="G3739" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} and|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" relatives|strong="G4772" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w living|strong="H2416"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" go|strong="G1831" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" land|strong="G1093" to|strong="G1519" which|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" will|strong="G2532" lead|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771".’ 
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\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="G2730" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="G1519" give|strong="H5414" the|strong="G1722" land|strong="G1093" to|strong="G1519" Abraham|strong="H0085" and|strong="G3962" his|strong="G1519" descendants|strong="H2233". }
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\verseNumber{5}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w At|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w time|strong="G1722"\+w*} God|strong="G1861" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" give|strong="G1325" Abraham|strong="H0085" any|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w land|strong="H0776"\+w* \+w here|strong="G1510"\+w*}, not|strong="G3756" even|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" small|strong="H6996" plot|strong="H2513" of|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="G3588"\+w*} land|strong="H0776" that|strong="G3588" would|strong="G2532" belong|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588". God|strong="G1861" promised|strong="G1861" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w later|strong="G3326"\+w*} give|strong="G1325" this|strong="G3588" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1438" descendants|strong="G4690", and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" it|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w always|strong="H3605"\+w*} belong|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*. \+w However|strong="H0389"\+w*}, at|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" time|strong="G1722" Abraham|strong="H0085" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" have|strong="G2532" any|strong="G3756" children|strong="G5043" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w*} ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w inherit|strong="H5157"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*/\+w receive|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w after|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w died|strong="G3588"\+w*}►.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="G1861" told|strong="H5046" Abraham|strong="H0085" that|strong="G3588" later|strong="G3326" on|strong="G1722" he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" deliver|strong="G1325" his|strong="G1438" descendants|strong="G4690" from|strong="G2532" Egypt|strong="H4714". }
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\verseNumber{6}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Later|strong="H0310"\+w*} God|strong="G2316" told|strong="G2980" Abraham|strong="H0085", ‘Your|strong="G2532" descendants|strong="G4690" will|strong="G2316" go|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" live|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" foreign|strong="H5237" country|strong="G1093". They|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w live|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*} for|strong="G3754" 400 years|strong="G2094", and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w during|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w time|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="G3754"\+w*} will|strong="G2316" mistreat|strong="G2559" your|strong="G2532" descendants|strong="G4690" and|strong="G2532" force|strong="H2394" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" work|strong="H4399" as|strong="G1722" slaves|strong="G1402".’ 
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\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="G2316" commanded|strong="H6680" the|strong="G1722" ceremony|strong="H5656" of|strong="G2316" circumcision|strong="H4139" for|strong="G1722" Abraham|strong="H0085" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1722" descendants|strong="H2233". }
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\verseNumber{8}“Then|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2532" commanded|strong="G1325" Abraham|strong="H0085" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w every|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w male|strong="H2145"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w household|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w all|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w his|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w male|strong="H2145"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w*} should|strong="G3588" be|strong="G2532" circumcised|strong="G4059" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w show|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w all|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w belonged|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" obey|strong="H8085" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" Abraham|strong="H0085" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532". Later|strong="H0310" Abraham’s|strong="H0085" son|strong="H1121", Isaac|strong="G2464", was|strong="G3588" born|strong="G1080", and|strong="G2532" when|strong="G2532" Isaac|strong="G2464" was|strong="G3588" eight|strong="H8083" days|strong="G2250" old|strong="G2532", Abraham|strong="H0085" circumcised|strong="G4059" him|strong="G3588". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Later|strong="H0310"\+w*} Isaac’s|strong="H3327" son|strong="H1121", Jacob|strong="G2384", was|strong="G3588" born|strong="G1080", and|strong="G2532" Isaac|strong="G2464" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w similarly|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w circumcised|strong="G4059"\+w*} him|strong="G3588". And|strong="G2532" Jacob|strong="G2384" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w similarly|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w circumcised|strong="G4059"\+w*} his|strong="G2532" twelve|strong="G1427" sons|strong="H1121". They|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" twelve|strong="G1427" men|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w whom|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="G2532"\+w*(inc) \+w Jews|strong="H3064"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w all|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w descended|strong="H3381"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="G2532" helped|strong="H5826" Joseph|strong="H3130", so|strong="G3779" Pharaoh|strong="H6547" appointed|strong="H4150" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" govern|strong="H4475" Egypt|strong="H4714". }
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\verseNumber{9}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} Jacob’s|strong="H3290" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} sons|strong="H1121" became|strong="G3588" jealous|strong="G2206" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w father|strong="H0001"\+w* \+w favored|strong="H7521"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H0251"\+w*} Joseph|strong="G2501". So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" sold|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w merchants|strong="H7402"\+w*/\+w traders|strong="H7402"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w took|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*} [MTY] to|strong="G1519" Egypt|strong="H4714". There|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" became|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" slave|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w an|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w official|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w lived|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*}. But|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w helped|strong="H5826"\+w*} Joseph|strong="G2501". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{There|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" famine|strong="H7458" in|strong="G1909" Canaan|strong="H3667", so|strong="G2532" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" family|strong="G3624" moved|strong="H4131" to|strong="G2532" Egypt|strong="H4714". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{When|strong="G2532" Jacob|strong="G2384" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1519" sons|strong="H1121" died|strong="G5053", people|strong="G3588" buried|strong="H6912" them|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1519" Canaan|strong="H3667". }
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You|strong="G1722" Israelite|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G4374"\+w*} [MTY], when|strong="G1161" you|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w repeatedly|strong="H7725"\+w*} killed|strong="H2026" animals|strong="H0929" and|strong="G2532" offered|strong="G4374" them|strong="G3588" as|strong="G2531" sacrifices|strong="G2378" during|strong="G1722" those|strong="G3588" 40 years|strong="G2094" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" desert|strong="G2048", ◄you|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w most|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w certainly|strong="G2532"\+w*} were|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" offering|strong="G4374" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473"!/what|strong="G3588" makes|strong="H6213" you|strong="G1722" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G1722" were|strong="G3588" offering|strong="G4374" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473"?► [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{54}When|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="H3064" Council|strong="H5475" members|strong="H3338" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w others|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*} heard|strong="H8085" all|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Stephen \+w said|strong="G1161"\+w*}, they|strong="G2532" became|strong="G3588" very|strong="G2532" angry|strong="H2734". They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" grinding|strong="H2912" their|strong="G2532" teeth|strong="G3599" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w together|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w because|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w angry|strong="H2734"\+w*} at|strong="G1909" him|strong="G3588"! 

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\verseNumber{55}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" completely|strong="G1519" controlled|strong="H0662" Stephen. He|strong="G2532" looked|strong="G3708" up|strong="G1519" into|strong="G1519" heaven|strong="G3772" and|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" a|strong="G2532" dazzling|strong="H6703" light|strong="H0216" from|strong="G1537" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w saw|strong="G3708"\+w*} Jesus|strong="G2424" standing|strong="G2476" at|strong="G1519" God’s|strong="G2316" right|strong="G1188" side|strong="G1188". 
\verseNumber{56}“Look|strong="G2400",” he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" heaven|strong="G3772" open|strong="H6605", and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w see|strong="G3708"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" came|strong="G2532" from|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="G3772" standing|strong="G2476" at|strong="G1537" God’s|strong="G2316" right|strong="G1188" side|strong="G1188"!” 
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\verseNumber{57}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w* \+w Council|strong="H5475"\+w* \+w members|strong="H3338"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w others|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w heard|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*}, they|strong="G2532" shouted|strong="G2896" loudly|strong="G3173". They|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" hands|strong="H3027" over|strong="G1909" their|strong="G2532" ears|strong="G3775" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w could|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w hear|strong="G5456"\+w* Stephen, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w immediately|strong="H6965"\+w*} they|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" rushed|strong="G3729" at|strong="G1909" him|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{59}While|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="G2532" throw|strong="H7993" stones|strong="G3036" at|strong="G3588" Stephen|strong="G4736", Stephen|strong="G4736" prayed|strong="H6419", “Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424", receive|strong="G1209" my|strong="G1473" spirit|strong="G4151"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{He|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" to|strong="G2532" forgive|strong="H5545" them|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" died|strong="G3588". The|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588" fled|strong="H5127", some|strong="G3588" men|strong="G3588" buried|strong="H6912" Stephen|strong="G4736", and|strong="G2532" Saul|strong="H7586" harassed|strong="H7852" believers. But|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" believers preached|strong="H1696" about|strong="G2424" Jesus|strong="G2424" wherever|strong="H3605" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" scattered|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{60}Then|strong="G2532" Stephen fell|strong="G2837" on|strong="G1161" his|strong="G2532" knees|strong="G1119" and|strong="G2532" cried|strong="G2896" out|strong="G2896", “Lord|strong="G2962", do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="G3588" (OR|strong="G2532", forgive|strong="H5545" them|strong="G3588") [LIT|strong="H0215"] for|strong="G1161" this|strong="G3778" sin|strong="H2403"!” After|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" died|strong="G2837". 
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\chapterNumber{8}\verseNumber{1-2}Then|strong="H0227" some|strong="H4480" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" revered|strong="H3372" God|strong="H0430" buried|strong="H6912" Stephen’s body|strong="H1320" in|strong="H0935" a|strong="H1961" tomb|strong="H6913", and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H1992" mourned|strong="H5594" greatly|strong="H3966" and|strong="H3967" loudly|strong="H6963" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H5414". 
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On|strong="H5921" that|strong="H0834" same|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} started|strong="H2490" severely|strong="H5953" persecuting the|strong="H3605" believers \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w were|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w living|strong="H2416"\+w*} in|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". So|strong="H3651" most|strong="H6944" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* believers} fled|strong="H5127" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w places|strong="H1116"\+w*} throughout|strong="H3605" Judea|strong="H3061" and|strong="H3967" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w provinces|strong="H4082"\+w*}. The|strong="H3605" apostles were|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" only|strong="H0389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{believers \+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w remained|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Many|strong="H7227" Samaritans|strong="H8118" heeded|strong="H8085" Philip’s words|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" rejoiced|strong="H8055". }
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="G3588" believers who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G3588" left|strong="H7604" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" went|strong="G1330" to|strong="G2097" different|strong="H8133" places|strong="H1116", where|strong="G1330" they|strong="G3588" continued|strong="H5674" preaching|strong="G2097" the|strong="G3588" message|strong="G3056" about|strong="G1330" Jesus. 
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\verseNumber{6}Many|strong="G4160" people|strong="G3793" there|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" Philip|strong="G5376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w speak|strong="G3004"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="G1722" miraculous|strong="H6381" things|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" doing|strong="G4160". So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" ◄paid|strong="H5414" close|strong="H5980" attention|strong="G4337" to|strong="G2532"/listened|strong="H8085" carefully|strong="H6213" to|strong="G2532"► his|strong="G1438" words|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{7}For|strong="G1063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w example|strong="H7045"\+w*, \+w when|strong="G1161"\+w* Philip \+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w*} evil|strong="G2532" spirits|strong="G4151" who|strong="G3588" controlled|strong="H0662" many|strong="G4183" people|strong="G4183" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w should|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w come|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w out|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w of|strong="G4151"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}, they|strong="G2532" came|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831", while|strong="G1161" those|strong="G3588" spirits|strong="G4151" screamed|strong="H7121". Also|strong="G2532", many|strong="G4183" people|strong="G4183" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" paralyzed|strong="G3886" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w others|strong="G3588"\+w*} who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" lame|strong="G5560" were|strong="G3588" healed|strong="G2323". 
\verseNumber{8}So|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w people|strong="G4183"\+w*} [MTY] in|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" city|strong="G4172" greatly|strong="G4183" rejoiced|strong="H8055". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Philip baptized many|strong="G4183" Samaritans|strong="H8118", including|strong="H5704" a|strong="G1096" sorcerer|strong="H3784". }
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\verseNumber{9}There|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5100" in|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" city|strong="G4172" whose|strong="G3588" name|strong="G3686" was|strong="G1510" Simon|strong="G4613". He|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" practicing|strong="G3096" sorcery|strong="G3096" for|strong="G1161" a|strong="G2532" long|strong="G3173" time|strong="G1722", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" amazing|strong="G1839" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G1484" in|strong="G1722" Samaria|strong="G4540" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w province|strong="H4082"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" continually|strong="H8548" claimed|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" great|strong="G3173"/important|strong="G3173" person|strong="G5100". 
\verseNumber{10}All|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" people|strong="G3956" there|strong="G1510", both|strong="G3588" ordinary|strong="H2455" and|strong="G2316" important|strong="G3173" people|strong="G3956", listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Various|strong="H2921"\+w* \+w ones|strong="G3398"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w*} them|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" saying|strong="G3004", “This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" works|strong="G1411" in|strong="G2316" extremely|strong="H3966" powerful|strong="G1411" ways|strong="H1870" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G2316"\+w*} God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" caused|strong="H5414" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G3004" be|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" great|strong="G3173" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w person|strong="G3739"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{11}They|strong="G1161" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="G1161" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="G1161" him|strong="G3588" carefully|strong="H6213", because|strong="G1223" for|strong="G1223" a|strong="G1161" long|strong="G2425" time|strong="G5550" he|strong="G1161" had|strong="G3588" astonished|strong="G1839" them|strong="G3588" by|strong="G1223" practicing|strong="H6213" sorcery|strong="H3784". 
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\verseNumber{13}Simon|strong="G4613" himself|strong="G1839" believed|strong="G4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Philip’s|strong="G5376"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*} and|strong="G2532", after|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" baptized {after|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Philip|strong="G5376"\+w*} baptized him|strong="G3588"}, he|strong="G2532" began|strong="G1096" to|strong="G2532" constantly|strong="H8548" accompany|strong="G1510" Philip|strong="G5376". Simon|strong="G4613" was|strong="G1510" continually|strong="G4342" amazed|strong="G1839" because|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" often|strong="H1767" saw|strong="G2334" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Philip|strong="G5376"\+w*} doing|strong="G1096" many|strong="H7227" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="G2532" miraculous|strong="G1411" things|strong="G3588". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Samaritan believers|strong="G4100" received|strong="H3947" the|strong="G2532" power|strong="G1411" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="H6944" Spirit|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{14}When|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" apostles in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2414" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3588"\+w*} [PRS] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w throughout|strong="G1722"\+w*} Samaria|strong="G4540" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*} had|strong="G2532" believed|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" message|strong="G3056" from|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*}, they|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2316" Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491" there|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{15}When|strong="G4336" Peter and|strong="G4151" John arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="G4012" Samaria|strong="H8111", they|strong="G3748" prayed|strong="G4336" for|strong="G4012" those|strong="G4012" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w new|strong="H2319"\+w* believers} in|strong="G4012" order|strong="G3704" that|strong="G3704" the|strong="G2983" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit’s \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w power|strong="H3027"\+w*} would|strong="H0014" come|strong="G2597" to|strong="G2597" them|strong="G2983". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Peter|strong="G2532" denounced|strong="H2194" Simon the|strong="G2532" sorcerer|strong="H3784". }
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\verseNumber{18}Simon|strong="G4613" saw|strong="G3708" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w things|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w convinced|strong="H6484"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*} that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G1325"\+w*} had|strong="G3588" given|strong="G1325" the|strong="G1161" Spirit’s \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w power|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w people|strong="G4374"\+w*} as|strong="G1161" a|strong="G3708" result|strong="H6903" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G1161" apostles placing|strong="H5414" their|strong="G3588" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G5495" them|strong="G3588". So|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" offered|strong="G4374" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w give|strong="G1325"\+w*} money|strong="G5536" to|strong="G1325" the|strong="G1161" apostles, 
\verseNumber{19}saying|strong="G3004", “Enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="G1325" also|strong="G2504" to|strong="G2443" do|strong="G3004" what|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w*}, so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" everyone|strong="G3739" on|strong="G5495" whom|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" place|strong="G2007"/put|strong="G2007" my|strong="G1325" hands|strong="G5495" may|strong="G2443" receive|strong="G2983" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit’s \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w power|strong="G1849"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", “May|strong="G2316" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} and|strong="G1161" your|strong="G1223" money|strong="G5536" go|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" hell|strong="H7585", because|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{mistakenly} think|strong="G3543" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" can|strong="G3004" buy|strong="H7069" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*} what|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w alone|strong="H0905"\+w*} gives|strong="G1223" to|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G1510"\+w*} 
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\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="G1161" Simon|strong="G4613" answered|strong="G3004", “Pray|strong="G1189" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G1161" Lord|strong="G2962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} that|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G1161"\+w*} will|strong="G3739" not|strong="G3367" do|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" me|strong="G1473" what|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" just|strong="G3739" said|strong="G3004"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Peter and|strong="G1161" John|strong="G3004" preached|strong="H1696" to|strong="G4314" many|strong="H7227" Samaritans|strong="H8118". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Philip met|strong="H6298" an|strong="G2532" Ethiopian|strong="H3569" official|strong="H8269". }
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\verseNumber{26}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w day|strong="G3588"\+w*} an|strong="G2532" angel|strong="G2597" whom|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} had|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2532" commanded|strong="H6680" Philip|strong="G5376", “Get|strong="G2532" ready|strong="H3559" and|strong="G2532" go|strong="G4198" south|strong="G3314" along|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" road|strong="G3598" that|strong="G3588" extends|strong="H7337" from|strong="G2597" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" to|strong="G1519" Gaza|strong="G1048".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w*} a|strong="G2532" road|strong="G3598" in|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" desert|strong="G2048" area|strong="H1508". 
\verseNumber{27}So|strong="G2532" Philip got|strong="H6965" ready|strong="H3559" and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G4198" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w along|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w road|strong="H1870"\+w*}. Suddenly|strong="G2400" he|strong="G2532" met|strong="G3708" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3956" from|strong="G2064" Ethiopia|strong="H3568". He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" an|strong="G2532" important|strong="H5704" official|strong="G1413" who|strong="G3739" took|strong="G2532" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" funds for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" queen|strong="H4436" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} Ethiopia|strong="H3568". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w In|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w his|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w language|strong="H3956"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w called|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w queen|strong="H4436"\+w*} Candace|strong="G2582". This|strong="G3588" man|strong="G3956" had|strong="G2532" gone|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" to|strong="G1519" worship|strong="G4352" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*}, 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G2532" official|strong="H8269" could|strong="G3588" not|strong="G1510" understand|strong="H0995" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" reading|strong="H7121". }
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\verseNumber{29}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w*} Spirit|strong="G4151" told|strong="G3004" Philip|strong="G5376", “Go|strong="G4151" near|strong="G4334" to|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" chariot|strong="H7393" and|strong="G2532" keep|strong="H8104" walking|strong="H1980" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w man|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w riding|strong="H7392"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w*} it|strong="G2532"!” 
\verseNumber{30}So|strong="G2532" Philip|strong="G5376" ran|strong="G4370" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w chariot|strong="H7393"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w kept|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w running|strong="G4370"\+w* \+w close|strong="H5980"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*}. Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" heard|strong="G1097" the|strong="G2532" official|strong="H8269" reading|strong="H7121" what|strong="G3739" the|strong="G2532" prophet|strong="G4396" Isaiah|strong="G2268" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w written|strong="G3588"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3739", “Do|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} understand|strong="G1097" what|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3588" reading|strong="H7121"?” 
\verseNumber{31}He|strong="G1161" answered|strong="G3004" Philip|strong="G5376", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w No|strong="G3361"\+w*!} ◄I|strong="G1473" cannot|strong="G1410" possibly|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w understand|strong="H0995"\+w* \+w it|strong="G1161"\+w*} if|strong="G1437" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w*} no|strong="G3361" one|strong="G5100" to|strong="G3004" explain|strong="H5046" it|strong="G1161" to|strong="G3004" me|strong="G1473"!/How|strong="G4459" can|strong="G1410" I|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w understand|strong="H0995"\+w* \+w it|strong="G1161"\+w*} if|strong="G1437" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w*} no|strong="G3361" one|strong="G5100" to|strong="G3004" explain|strong="H5046" it|strong="G1161" to|strong="G3004" me|strong="G1473"?► [RHQ]” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Philip|strong="G5376" preached|strong="G3870" about|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G1161" official|strong="H8269". }
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Then|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" man|strong="G5100" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" Philip|strong="G5376", “Please|strong="H4994" come|strong="H0935" up|strong="G3361" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G1161"\+w*} sit|strong="G2523" beside|strong="H5921" me|strong="G1473".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w Philip|strong="G5376"\+w* \+w did|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{32}The|strong="G2532" part|strong="G1161" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Scriptures|strong="G1124" that|strong="G3739" the|strong="G2532" official|strong="H8269" was|strong="G1510" reading|strong="H7121" was|strong="G1510" this|strong="G3778": 
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No|strong="G3754" one|strong="G3588" will|strong="G5101" possibly|strong="H3045" be|strong="G3588" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="G1722" tell|strong="G1334" about|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1722" descendants|strong="H2233", because|strong="G3754" he|strong="G3754" will|strong="G5101" be|strong="G3588" killed|strong="H2026" {people|strong="G3588" will|strong="G5101" kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="G3588"} without|strong="G2920" him|strong="G3588" having|strong="H0369" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w any|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w*} on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" earth|strong="G1093". 
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\verseNumber{35}So|strong="G2532" Philip|strong="G5376" began|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w explain|strong="H5046"\+w*} that|strong="G3588" Scripture|strong="G1124" passage|strong="H4569". He|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" good|strong="G2097" message|strong="H1697" about|strong="G2424" [MTY] Jesus|strong="G2424". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w official|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w understood|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w believed|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Philip|strong="G5376" baptized the|strong="G2532" official|strong="H8269". Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Spirit|strong="G3588" took|strong="G2532" Philip|strong="G5376" away|strong="H5493". }
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\verseNumber{36-37}While|strong="H5704" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" traveling|strong="H1980" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" road|strong="H1870", they|strong="H1992" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w place|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* pond \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} water|strong="H4325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w near|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w road|strong="H1870"\+w*}. Then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H3605" official|strong="H8269" said|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* Philip}, “Look|strong="H7200", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w is|strong="H0369"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* pond \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} water|strong="H4325"! ◄I|strong="H0589" would|strong="H0014" like|strong="H3644" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H0413" baptize me|strong="H0413", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" of|strong="H1121" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0014" prevent|strong="H6923" me|strong="H0413" from|strong="H4480" being|strong="H1961" baptized {prevent|strong="H6923" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H0859"\+w*} from|strong="H4480" baptizing me|strong="H0413".}/Do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H0859" know|strong="H3045" of|strong="H1121" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0014" prevent|strong="H6923" me|strong="H0413" from|strong="H4480" being|strong="H1961" baptized {prevent|strong="H6923" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H0859"\+w*} from|strong="H4480" baptizing me|strong="H0413"}?► [RHQ]” 
\verseNumber{38}So|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" official|strong="H8269" told|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w driver|strong="H7395"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" stop|strong="G2476" the|strong="G2532" chariot|strong="H7393". Then|strong="G2532" both|strong="G2532" Philip|strong="G5376" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" official|strong="H8269" went|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{pond \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} water|strong="G5204", and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Philip|strong="G5376"\+w*} baptized him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{39}When|strong="G3753" they|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2532" up|strong="G2532" out|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" water|strong="G5204", suddenly|strong="G2962" God’s|strong="H0430" Spirit|strong="G4151" took|strong="G2532" Philip|strong="G5376" away|strong="G4198". The|strong="G2532" official|strong="H8269" never|strong="G3756" saw|strong="G3708" Philip|strong="G5376" again|strong="G3765". But|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w although|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w never|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w saw|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w Philip|strong="G5376"\+w* \+w again|strong="G3765"\+w*}, the|strong="G2532" official|strong="H8269" continued|strong="H5674" going|strong="G4198" along|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" road|strong="G3598", very|strong="G2532" happy|strong="H0835" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w saved|strong="H3467"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Philip|strong="G5376" preached|strong="H1696" in|strong="G2532" towns|strong="H1323" from|strong="G1537" Azotus to|strong="G2532" Caesarea. }
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\verseNumber{40}Philip|strong="G5376" then|strong="G2532" realized|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Spirit|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* miraculously \+w taken|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w*} Azotus \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="G4172"\+w*}. While|strong="G2193" he|strong="G2532" traveled|strong="H5265" around|strong="H5439" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" continued|strong="H5674" proclaiming|strong="G2097" the|strong="G2532" message|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*} in|strong="G1519" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" towns|strong="G4172" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w between|strong="G2532"\+w* Azotus \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\+w*. \+w And|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w still|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w proclaiming|strong="G2097"\+w*} it|strong="G2532" when|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" finally|strong="H5704" arrived|strong="G2064" in|strong="G1519" Caesarea|strong="G2542" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="G4172"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Saul asked the high priest to authorize him to arrest believers. }
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\chapterNumber{9}Meanwhile|strong="G1161", Saul|strong="G4569" angrily|strong="H2195" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="G1519" say|strong="G2532", “I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" kill|strong="H2026" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" believe|strong="H0539" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962"!” He|strong="G2532" went|strong="G4334" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" supreme priest|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\+w*} 
\verseNumber{2}and|strong="G2532" requested|strong="H7592" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w write|strong="H3789"\+w*} letters|strong="G1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{introducing \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} [MTY] the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="H3064" meeting|strong="H4150" places|strong="H1116" in|strong="G1519" Damascus|strong="G1154" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*. \+w The|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w letters|strong="G1992"\+w* \+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* authorize \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" seize|strong="H0962" any|strong="G5100" men|strong="G5100" or|strong="G2532" women|strong="G1135" who|strong="G3588" followed|strong="H0310" the|strong="G2532" way|strong="G3598" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w taught|strong="H3925"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" take|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" as|strong="G1519" prisoners|strong="G1210" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w could|strong="G2147"\+w* \+w judge|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{While|strong="G1510" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="G1510" traveling|strong="H1980" to|strong="G1519" Damascus|strong="G1154", Jesus|strong="G1510" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" blinded|strong="H5786" him|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{3}Saul|strong="H7586" took|strong="G1096" those|strong="G3588" letters|strong="H5612", and|strong="G1161" while|strong="G1722" he|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w with|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*} traveled|strong="H5265" toward|strong="G1722" Damascus|strong="G1154", as|strong="G1722" they|strong="G1161" were|strong="G3588" approaching|strong="G1448" the|strong="G1722" city|strong="H5892", suddenly|strong="G1810" a|strong="G1096" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{brilliant} light|strong="G5457" from|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="G3772" shone|strong="G4015" around|strong="G4015" Saul|strong="H7586". 
\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Immediately|strong="H6965"\+w*} he|strong="G2532" fell|strong="G4098" down|strong="G4098" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" ground|strong="G1093". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="G2532" voice|strong="G5456" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Lord|strong="G3588"\+w*} say|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “Saul|strong="G4549", Saul|strong="G4549", ◄stop|strong="H2308" causing|strong="H7462" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G2532" suffer|strong="G2532"!/why|strong="G5101" are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3004" causing|strong="H7462" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G2532" suffer|strong="G2532"?► [RHQ]” 
\verseNumber{5}Saul|strong="H7586" asked|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “Lord|strong="G2962", who|strong="G3739" are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771"?” He|strong="G1161" replied|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" Jesus|strong="G2424", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G1161"\+w*} you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} are|strong="G1510" causing|strong="H7462" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G3004" suffer|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w hurting|strong="H7489"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w followers|strong="G3588"\+w*}! 
\verseNumber{6}Now|strong="G2532" instead|strong="H8478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w continuing|strong="H1641"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w*}, stand|strong="G5101" up|strong="G1210" and|strong="G2532" go|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="G4172"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Someone|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*} will|strong="G5101" tell|strong="G2980" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} what|strong="G5101" I|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w want|strong="H4270"\+w*} you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G1519" do|strong="G4160".” 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="G1161" men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" traveling|strong="H1980" with|strong="G3588" Saul|strong="H7586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w became|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w so|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w frightened|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w*} could|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3367" say|strong="H0559" anything|strong="G3367". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w just|strong="G3588"\+w*} stood|strong="G2476" there|strong="G1161". They|strong="G1161" only|strong="G3303" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="G1161" sound|strong="G5456" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w Lord|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w spoke|strong="H1696"\+w*}, but|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" did|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3367" see|strong="G2334" anyone|strong="G3367". 
\verseNumber{8}Saul|strong="G4569" got|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453" from|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1519" ground|strong="G1093", but|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" opened|strong="H6605" his|strong="G1519" eyes|strong="G3788" he|strong="G1161" could|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3762" see|strong="H7200" anything|strong="G3762". So|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1519" men|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*} took|strong="G1453" him|strong="G3588" by|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" hand|strong="G1161" and|strong="G1161" led|strong="G5496" him|strong="G3588" into|strong="G1519" Damascus|strong="G1154". 
\verseNumber{9}For|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" next|strong="H4283" three|strong="G5140" days|strong="G2250" Saul|strong="H7586" could|strong="G3361" not|strong="G3756" see|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w anything|strong="G5315"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" eat|strong="G2068" or|strong="G2532" drink|strong="G4095" anything|strong="G5315". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Saul|strong="H7586" could|strong="G3361" see|strong="H7200" again|strong="G2532" after|strong="G2532" Ananias had|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="G3361" him|strong="G2532". }
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\verseNumber{10}In|strong="G1722" Damascus|strong="G1154" there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jew|strong="H3064"\+w*} named|strong="G3686" Ananias who|strong="G3588" believed|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G3004". While|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Ananias \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w seeing|strong="G3708"\+w*} a|strong="G2532" vision|strong="G3705", the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*} said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", “Ananias!” He|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004", “Lord|strong="G2962", I|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w am|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w listening|strong="H8085"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2532" told|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", “Go|strong="G4198" to|strong="G4314" Straight|strong="G2117" Street|strong="G4505" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G1722" house|strong="G3614" that|strong="G3588" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="G4314" Judas|strong="G2455". Ask|strong="H7592" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w if|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w*(sg) \+w can|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w*} a|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376" named|strong="G3686" Saul|strong="G4569" from|strong="G2532" Tarsus|strong="G5018" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, because|strong="G1063", surprisingly, at|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3588" moment|strong="H7281" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" praying|strong="G4336" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3708"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w has|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w seen|strong="G3708"\+w*} a|strong="G2532" vision|strong="G3705" in|strong="G1722" which|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376" named|strong="G3686" Ananias entered|strong="G1525" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w where|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w staying|strong="H3427"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2007" his|strong="G2007" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3708" in|strong="G1722" order|strong="G3704" that|strong="G3704" he|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" again|strong="G2532".” 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="G1161" Ananias \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w protested|strong="H5749"\+w*}, saying|strong="H0559", “But|strong="G1161" Lord|strong="G2962", many|strong="G4183" people|strong="G4160" have|strong="G3745" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="G4160" about|strong="G4012" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778"! He|strong="G1161" has|strong="G2962" done|strong="G4160" many|strong="G4183" evil|strong="G2556" things|strong="G3778" to|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G4160" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" who|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w believe|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w*} you|strong="G4771"! 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" have|strong="G2192" authorized|strong="H5425" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2532" here|strong="G5602" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Damascus|strong="H1834"\+w*} in|strong="G2532" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="G2532" seize|strong="G2192" all|strong="G3956" of|strong="G2532" us|strong="H5414" who|strong="G3588" believe|strong="H0539" in|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w take|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*} told|strong="G3004" Ananias, “Go|strong="G4198" to|strong="G4314" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w*! \+w Do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w*}, because|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" chosen|strong="G1589" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G4314" serve|strong="H5647" me|strong="G1473" in|strong="G2532" order|strong="G4314" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G3004" about|strong="G4314" me|strong="G1473" [MTY] both|strong="G2532" to|strong="G4314" non-Jewish people|strong="G1484" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="G2532"\+w*} kings|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" Israeli people|strong="G1484". 
\verseNumber{16}I|strong="G1473" myself|strong="G1473" will|strong="G1473" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G3588" must|strong="G1163" often|strong="H1767" suffer|strong="G3958" greatly|strong="H3966" because|strong="G1063" of|strong="G3686" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w about|strong="G5228"\+w*} me|strong="G1473" [MTY].” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{People|strong="G2983" there|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" astonished|strong="H8074" that|strong="G3588" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="G2532" believed|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G2532". }
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\verseNumber{20}Right|strong="H3225" away|strong="H5493" Saul|strong="H7586" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="G2532" preach|strong="G2784" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w about|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Jewish|strong="H3064" meeting|strong="H4150" places|strong="H1116" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Damascus|strong="H1834"\+w*. \+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*} that|strong="G3754" Jesus|strong="G2424" is|strong="G1510" ◄the|strong="G1722" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207"/the|strong="G1722" man|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" also|strong="G2532"► God|strong="G2316". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Saul|strong="G4569" escaped|strong="H4422" from|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" plotted|strong="H7451" to|strong="G2532" kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{23}Some|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2250" later|strong="H0310", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w had|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w left|strong="H7604"\+w* \+w Damascus|strong="H1834"\+w* \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w then|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w*}, the|strong="G1161" Jewish|strong="G2453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w*} [SYN] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="G1161"\+w*} plotted|strong="G4823" to|strong="G1161" kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="G3588". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Barnabas introduced|strong="H6213" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="G1722" other|strong="G1161" believers in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". }
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\verseNumber{26}When|strong="G1161" Saul|strong="H7586" arrived|strong="G3854" in|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", he|strong="G2532" began|strong="G1161" trying|strong="G3985" to|strong="G1519" associate|strong="G2853" with|strong="G2532" other|strong="G1161" believers|strong="G4100". However|strong="G1161", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w almost|strong="H4592"\+w*} all|strong="G3956" of|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G1510" afraid|strong="G5399" of|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", because|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" believe|strong="G4100" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" become|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" believer. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G1722" believers sent|strong="G2532" Saul|strong="H7586" to|strong="G1519" Tarsus because|strong="G1722" some|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="H3064" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="G1519" kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="G3588". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G2532" church in|strong="G1519" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="G2532" peace|strong="H7965" and|strong="G2532" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="G3588" believed|strong="G3588". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Because|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G2532" healed|strong="H7495" Aeneas, many|strong="G2192" people|strong="G3767" believed|strong="G3588" in|strong="G2596" Jesus|strong="G2532". }
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\verseNumber{33}There|strong="G1563" he|strong="G1161" met|strong="H6298" a|strong="G1510" man|strong="G5100" whose|strong="G3739" name|strong="G3686" was|strong="G1510" Aeneas. Aeneas had|strong="G1510" not|strong="G1510" been|strong="G1510" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="G1909" get|strong="G2147" up|strong="G1537" from|strong="G1537" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="G1909"\+w*} bed|strong="G2895" for|strong="G1909" eight|strong="G3638" years|strong="G2094", because|strong="G1537" he|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" paralyzed|strong="G3886". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Dorcas died|strong="G3588". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Peter resurrected Dorcas. }
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\verseNumber{38}Lydda|strong="G3069" was|strong="G1510" near|strong="G1451" Joppa|strong="G2445", so|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" believers heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="G3754" Peter|strong="G4074" was|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w still|strong="G2193"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" Lydda|strong="G3069", they|strong="G1161" sent|strong="H7971" two|strong="G1417" men|strong="G1417" to|strong="G4314" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w go|strong="G1330"\+w*} to|strong="G4314" Peter|strong="G4074". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w arrived|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w where|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Peter|strong="G4074"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w*}, they|strong="G1161" repeatedly|strong="H7725" urged|strong="G3870"/begged|strong="G3870" him|strong="G3588", “Please|strong="H4994" come|strong="G1510" immediately|strong="H6965" with|strong="G1722" us|strong="G2249" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w Joppa|strong="G2445"\+w*}!” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Obeying an angel, Cornelius sent men to summon Peter. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Peter’s vision|strong="H2377". }
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\verseNumber{17}While|strong="G1722" Peter|strong="G4074" was|strong="G1510" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="G1909" understand|strong="H0995" what|strong="G5101" that|strong="G3739" vision|strong="G3705" meant|strong="G1510", the|strong="G1722" men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" had|strong="G1510" been|strong="G1510" sent|strong="H7971" by|strong="G1722" Cornelius|strong="G2883" {whom|strong="G3739" Cornelius|strong="G2883" had|strong="G1510" sent|strong="H7971"} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w arrived|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Joppa|strong="H3305"\+w*. \+w They|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w asked|strong="G1331"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w how|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1909"\+w*} Simon’s|strong="G4613" house|strong="G3614". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w found|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w house|strong="G3614"\+w*} and|strong="G1161" were|strong="G1510" standing|strong="G2186" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="G1722" gate|strong="G4440". 
\verseNumber{18}They|strong="G2532" called|strong="G5455" and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" asking|strong="G4441" if|strong="G1487" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376" named|strong="G4613" Simon|strong="G4613", whose|strong="G3588" other|strong="G3588" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="G3588" Peter|strong="G4074", was|strong="G3588" staying|strong="G3579" there|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{19}While|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" was|strong="G3588" still|strong="H5750" trying|strong="G2212" to|strong="G3004" understand|strong="H0995" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w*} the|strong="G1161" vision|strong="G3705" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w meant|strong="G3004"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w*} Spirit|strong="G4151" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “Three|strong="H7969" men|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w here|strong="G2400"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w*} want|strong="G2212" to|strong="G3004" see|strong="G3708" you|strong="G4771". 
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\verseNumber{21}So|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" went|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G1161" men|strong="G3588" and|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{Greetings!} I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w man|strong="G3739"\+w*} you|strong="G3739" are|strong="G1510" looking|strong="G2212" for|strong="G1223". Why|strong="G5101" have|strong="G1473" you|strong="G3739" come|strong="G2597"?” 
\verseNumber{22}One|strong="G3588" of|strong="G5259" them|strong="G3588" replied|strong="G3004", “Cornelius|strong="G2883", who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Roman} army|strong="H2428" officer|strong="H5631", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sent|strong="G3343"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w here|strong="G1519"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" righteous|strong="G1342" man|strong="G1342" who|strong="G3588" worships|strong="H7812" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3650" of|strong="G5259" the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="G2453" people|strong="G1484" [HYP] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w about|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*} say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" very|strong="G2532" good|strong="G3588" man|strong="G1342". An|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397" ◄who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" sent|strong="G3343" from|strong="G3844" God|strong="G2316"/whom|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" sent|strong="G3343"► said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", ‘Tell|strong="G3004" some|strong="G3588" men|strong="G1342" to|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w go|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Joppa|strong="H3305"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* Simon \+w Peter|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} bring|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" here|strong="G1519", so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} can|strong="G3004" hear|strong="H8085" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" has|strong="G2316" to|strong="G1519" say|strong="G3004".’” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Peter|strong="G1831" went|strong="G1831" with|strong="G4862" the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G5100" and|strong="G2532" met|strong="H6298" Cornelius. }
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The|strong="G2532" next|strong="G1887" day|strong="G1887" Peter|strong="G1831" got|strong="G1831" ready|strong="H3559" and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" with|strong="G4862" the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G5100". Several|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" believers from|strong="G2532" Joppa|strong="G2445" went|strong="G1831" with|strong="G4862" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="G2532" day|strong="G1887" after|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3588", they|strong="G2532" arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="G1519" Caesarea|strong="G2542". Cornelius|strong="G2883" was|strong="G1510" waiting|strong="G4328" for|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588". He|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" invited|strong="H7121" his|strong="G1438" relatives|strong="G4773" and|strong="G2532" close|strong="H5980" friends|strong="G5384" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w come|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*, \+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w too|strong="G2532"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Peter|strong="G4074" asked|strong="G3004" why|strong="H4100" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1161" him|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{27}While|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G2532" talking|strong="H1696" to|strong="G2532" Cornelius, Peter|strong="G4926" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w others|strong="H0312"\+w*} entered|strong="G1525" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w large|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w room|strong="H2315"\+w* \+w inside|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*}. Peter|strong="G4926" saw|strong="G2147" that|strong="G2532" many|strong="G4183" people|strong="G1525" had|strong="G2532" gathered|strong="G4905" together|strong="G4905" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Cornelius told|strong="H5046" about|strong="G5101" his|strong="G2532" vision|strong="H2377". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G1519" Holy|strong="H6944" Spirit|strong="G3588" came|strong="G3588" down|strong="H3381" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" non-Jewish believers|strong="G4100". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Some Jewish believers criticized Peter. }
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\chapterNumber{11}The|strong="G2532" apostles and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="G1161"\+w*} believers who|strong="G3588" lived|strong="G1510" in|strong="G2596" various|strong="G2596" towns|strong="H1323" in|strong="G2596" Judea|strong="G2449" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w province|strong="H4082"\+w*} heard|strong="G1484" people|strong="G1484" say|strong="G3056" that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3588"\+w*} non-Jewish people|strong="G1484" had|strong="G2532" believed|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" message|strong="G3056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G2532"\+w*} God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G1510"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="G1161" when|strong="G3753" Peter|strong="G4074" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w six|strong="H8337"\+w* \+w other|strong="G1161"\+w* believers} returned|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G1537"\+w* Caesarea} to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3588"\+w*} Jewish|strong="H3064" believers criticized|strong="H3885" Peter|strong="G4074", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w thought|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Jews|strong="H3064"\+w* \+w should|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w associate|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w with|strong="G4314"\+w* non-Jews} [MTY]. 
\verseNumber{3}They|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G2532", “Not|strong="G2532" only|strong="G2532" was|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" wrong|strong="H7451" for|strong="G3754" you|strong="G3754"(sg) to|strong="G4314" visit|strong="H6485" non-Jewish people|strong="G1525", you|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="G2532"\+w*} ate|strong="G4906" with|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3004"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Peter|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" about|strong="G4314" his|strong="G2192" vision|strong="H2377". }
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\verseNumber{4}So|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G3004" explain|strong="G1620" exactly|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w had|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w concerning|strong="H5921"\+w* Cornelius}. 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532", “I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G1510" praying|strong="G4336" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w myself|strong="G1473"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" Joppa|strong="G2445" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="G4172"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G5613" trance|strong="G1611" I|strong="G1473" saw|strong="G3708" a|strong="G5613" vision|strong="G3705". I|strong="G1473" saw|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3588" something|strong="G5100" like|strong="G5613" a|strong="G5613" large|strong="G3173" sheet|strong="G3607" was|strong="G1510" being|strong="G1510" lowered|strong="G2524" from|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="G3772". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w tied|strong="H0631"\+w* \+w with|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w ropes|strong="H5688"\+w*} at|strong="G1722" its|strong="G1537" four|strong="G5064" corners|strong="H6285", and|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" down|strong="G2597" to|strong="G2532" where|strong="G5613" I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G1510". 
\verseNumber{6}As|strong="G1519" I|strong="G3739" was|strong="G3588" looking|strong="G2532" intently into|strong="G1519" it|strong="G2532", I|strong="G3739" saw|strong="G3708" some|strong="G3739" tame animals|strong="G5074" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w animals|strong="G5074"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w our|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w laws|strong="H8451"\+w* \+w forbid|strong="H2486"\+w* \+w us|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w*, \+w including|strong="G2532"\+w*} wild|strong="G2342" animals|strong="G5074", snakes|strong="H5175", and|strong="G2532" wild|strong="G2342" birds|strong="G4071". 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" heard|strong="H8085" God|strong="G3004" [MTY] commanding|strong="H6680" me|strong="G1473", ‘Peter|strong="G4074", get|strong="G2532" up|strong="G2532", kill|strong="G2380" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w these|strong="G3004"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cook|strong="H2876"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} eat|strong="G2068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w meat|strong="G5315"\+w*}!’ 
\verseNumber{8}But|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" replied|strong="G3004", ‘Lord|strong="G2962", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G3754"\+w*(sg)} surely|strong="H4191" do|strong="G3004" not|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w really|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*}, because|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1473" never|strong="G3763" eaten|strong="H0398" [MTY] meat|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w any|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w animal|strong="H0929"\+w*} that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w laws|strong="H8451"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w*} that|strong="G3754" we|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc)} must|strong="G1525" not|strong="G1473" eat|strong="H0398" [SYN]!’ 
\verseNumber{9}God|strong="G2316" spoke|strong="H1696" from|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="G3772" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w me|strong="G2511"\+w*} a|strong="G1161" second|strong="G1208" time|strong="G1208", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w am|strong="G5456"\+w*} God|strong="G2316", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="G1161"\+w*} if|strong="G1161" I|strong="G3739" have|strong="G3588" made|strong="G2316" something|strong="H1697" acceptable|strong="H7522" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w*}, do|strong="G3361" not|strong="G3361" say|strong="G1537" that|strong="G3739" it|strong="G1161" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" acceptable|strong="H7522" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w*}!’ 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w happened|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w three|strong="G5151"\+w* \+w times|strong="G5151"\+w*, \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* sheet \+w with|strong="G2532"\+w*} all|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w animals|strong="H0929"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w birds|strong="H5775"\+w*} was|strong="G1096" pulled|strong="H5265" up|strong="G1519" into|strong="G1519" heaven|strong="G3772" again|strong="G3825".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Peter|strong="G2532" said|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="H6944" Spirit|strong="G3588" came|strong="G1096" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G1096" with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" non-Jewish believers. Peter|strong="G2532" accepted|strong="H7521" those|strong="G3588" non-Jews as|strong="G1519" fellow|strong="H7453" believers. }
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\verseNumber{11}“At|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3739" exact|strong="H5065" moment|strong="G1824", three|strong="G5140" men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" {whom|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Cornelius} had|strong="G2532"} sent|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2532" Caesarea|strong="G2542" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" house|strong="G3614" where|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G1510" staying|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{14}He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G2980" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} how|strong="G1722" you|strong="G4771" and|strong="G2532" everyone|strong="G3956" [MTY] else|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" house|strong="G3624" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" saved|strong="G4982" {how|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} will|strong="G2532" save|strong="G4982" you|strong="G4771" and|strong="G2532" everyone|strong="G3956" [MTY] else|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" house|strong="G3624"}.’ 
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\verseNumber{17}God|strong="G2316" gave|strong="G1325" those|strong="G3588" non-Jews the|strong="G2532" same|strong="G2470" Holy|strong="H6944" Spirit|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2424" given|strong="G1325" to|strong="G2532" us|strong="G1325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(inc)} after|strong="G1909" we|strong="G2249" believed|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547". So|strong="G3767", ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w*} could|strong="G1415" not|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w possibly|strong="H3045"\+w*} tell|strong="H5046" God|strong="G2316" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" wrong|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w gave|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Holy|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Spirit|strong="G3588"\+w*!}/how|strong="G5613" could|strong="G1415" I|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w*} God|strong="G2316" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" wrong|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w gave|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Holy|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Spirit|strong="G3588"\+w*}?► [RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w showing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w received|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{They|strong="G2532" praised|strong="H1984" God|strong="G2316" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" saves|strong="H3467" non-Jewish people|strong="G1510". }
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\verseNumber{18}After|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w* believers} heard|strong="G1484" what|strong="G3588" Peter|strong="G1392" said|strong="G3004", they|strong="G2532" stopped|strong="H5975" criticizing \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*. \+w Instead|strong="G1161"\+w*}, they|strong="G2532" praised|strong="G1392" God|strong="G2316", saying|strong="G3004", “Then|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w clear|strong="H5352"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w us|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" also|strong="G2532" accepted|strong="H7521" the|strong="G2532" non-Jews so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" have|strong="G2532" eternal|strong="H5769" life|strong="G2222", if|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" turn|strong="H7725" from|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" sinful|strong="H2400" behavior|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w believe|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*}!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Many|strong="H7227" non-Jews in|strong="G1519" Antioch believed|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G3004". }
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\verseNumber{19}After|strong="G1909" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w*} Stephen|strong="G4736", many|strong="G2980" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G2532" believers left|strong="H7604" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w went|strong="G1330"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" other|strong="G3361" places|strong="H1116", because|strong="G1909" people|strong="G3767" were|strong="G3588" causing|strong="H7462" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" suffer|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*. \+w Some|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3056"\+w*} them|strong="G3588" went|strong="G1330" to|strong="G2532" Phoenicia|strong="G5403" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, some|strong="G3588" went|strong="G1330" to|strong="G2532" Cyprus|strong="G2954" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Island|strong="H0336"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" others|strong="G3588" went|strong="G1330" to|strong="G2532" Antioch \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w Syria|strong="H0758"\+w* \+w province|strong="H4082"\+w*. \+w In|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w places|strong="H1116"\+w*} they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" continually|strong="H8548" telling|strong="G2980" people|strong="G3767" the|strong="G2532" message|strong="G3056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*}, but|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" told|strong="G2980" only|strong="G3440" other|strong="G3361" Jewish|strong="G2453" people|strong="G3767". 
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\verseNumber{21}The|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} [MTY] was|strong="G1510" powerfully enabling those|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w believers|strong="G4100"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w preach|strong="H5197"\+w* effectively. \+w As|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w*}, very|strong="G4183" many|strong="G4183" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{non-Jewish} people|strong="G1510" believed|strong="G4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} trusted|strong="H0982" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G1510"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Barnabas encouraged|strong="H2388" the|strong="G2532" believers|strong="G4100" at|strong="G1909" Antioch. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Barnabas and|strong="G2532" Saul|strong="H7586" taught|strong="H3925" many|strong="G2425" believers at|strong="G3588" Antioch. }
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\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="G2532" Barnabas went|strong="G1831" to|strong="G1519" Tarsus|strong="G5019" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* Cilicia \+w province|strong="H4082"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w try|strong="H0974"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" find|strong="G2147" Saul|strong="G4569". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Believers in|strong="G1722" Antioch helped|strong="H5826" needy|strong="H0034" believers in|strong="G1722" Judea|strong="H3061". }
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\verseNumber{27}During|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" time|strong="G2250" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* Barnabas \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w Saul|strong="H7586"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w*} at|strong="G1722" Antioch, some|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{believers \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w*} prophets|strong="G4396" arrived|strong="G2718" there|strong="G1161" from|strong="G2718" Jerusalem|strong="G2414". 
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\verseNumber{30}They|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w*} with|strong="G4314" Barnabas and|strong="G2532" Saul|strong="G4569" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" congregation|strong="H5712" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Herod had James killed and Peter put in prison. }
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\chapterNumber{12}It|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" about|strong="G2596" this|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2540" that|strong="G3588" King|strong="G3588" Herod|strong="G2264" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Agrippa \+w sent|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} [MTY] who|strong="G3588" seized|strong="G1911" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w put|strong="G1911"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w prison|strong="H1004"\+w*} some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G1577" the|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w*} of|strong="G1577" the|strong="G1161" congregation|strong="G1577" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*. \+w He|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w did|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} because|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="G2596" make|strong="H6213" the|strong="G1161" believers suffer|strong="H5414". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{An|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397" freed|strong="H8199" Peter|strong="G4084" from|strong="G2532" prison|strong="G5438". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{An|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397" caused|strong="H5414" Herod|strong="G2264" to|strong="G1519" die|strong="H4191". }
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\verseNumber{25}When|strong="G1161" Barnabas and|strong="G2532" Saul|strong="G4569" finished|strong="G4137" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w delivering|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w* believers \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Judea|strong="H3061"\+w*}, they|strong="G2532" left|strong="H7604" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" and|strong="G2532" returned|strong="G5290" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* Antioch, \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Syria|strong="H0758"\+w* \+w province|strong="H4082"\+w*}. They|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491", whose|strong="G3588" other|strong="G1161" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="G3588" Mark|strong="G3138", with|strong="G1537" them|strong="G3588". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The Holy Spirit commanded Barnabas and Saul to go on a mission. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Barnabas and|strong="G2532" Saul|strong="H7586" preached|strong="H1696" the|strong="G2532" gospel in|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="H3064" meetings place|strong="G2007" on|strong="G5495" Cyprus|strong="H3794". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Saul-Paul denounced|strong="H2194" a|strong="G2192" sorcerer|strong="H3784", and|strong="G2532" an|strong="G2192" official|strong="H8269" believed|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G2532". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Paul told|strong="H5046" about|strong="G5613" God’s|strong="H0430" removing|strong="H5493" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="G2532" appointing David|strong="H1732" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" Israel’s|strong="H3478" king|strong="H4428". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Paul|strong="G1510" said|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3739" God|strong="G3004" resurrected Jesus|strong="G3004" and|strong="G1161" caused|strong="H5414" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="G1510" to|strong="G3004" see|strong="G3708" him|strong="G3588". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{People|strong="G3588" expelled|strong="H3423" the|strong="G1161" apostles, but|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" believers continued|strong="H5674" on|strong="G2596". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Paul and Barnabas preached the gospel and performed miracles in Iconium. }
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\chapterNumber{14}At|strong="G1722" Iconium|strong="G2430" Paul|strong="G1525" and|strong="G2532" Barnabas went|strong="G1525" as|strong="G1519" usual|strong="H3117" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" Jewish|strong="G2453" meeting|strong="H4150" place|strong="G1096" and|strong="G2532" spoke|strong="G2980" very|strong="G4183" convincingly \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Lord|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G1525"\+w*}. As|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1096" result|strong="G1519", many|strong="G4183" Jews|strong="G2453" and|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" non-Jews believed|strong="G4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G1525"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G2532" apostles stopped|strong="H5975" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3004" from|strong="G2532" worshipping|strong="H7812" them|strong="G3588". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Some|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="H3064" incited|strong="H5496" people|strong="G3793" to|strong="G2532" stone|strong="H0068" Paul|strong="G3588" at|strong="G3588" Lystra. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G2532" apostles revisited believers and|strong="G2532" appointed|strong="H4150" leaders|strong="H7218". }
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The|strong="G2532" next|strong="G1887" day|strong="G1887", Paul|strong="G1525" and|strong="G2532" Barnabas \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w left|strong="G1831"\+w* Lystra \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} traveled|strong="H5265" to|strong="G1519" Derbe|strong="G1191". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Paul|strong="G3588" and|strong="G1161" Barnabas reported|strong="H5046" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" believers|strong="G4100" at|strong="G1519" Syrian|strong="H0761" Antioch. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Some Jewish believers said that God will save only people who are circumcised. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" Barnabas reported|strong="H5046" what|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" enabled|strong="H5414" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" do|strong="G1096". }
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\verseNumber{3}After|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3588", Barnabas, and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" others|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" given|strong="H5414" things|strong="G3956" for|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" trip|strong="H1760" by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G2532" congregation|strong="G1577" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="G3588"\+w* Antioch} {After|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" congregation|strong="G1577" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="G3588"\+w* Antioch} gave|strong="G4160" Paul|strong="G3588", Barnabas, and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" others|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3956" for|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" trip|strong="H1760"}, they|strong="G2532" traveled|strong="H5265" through|strong="G1330" Phoenicia|strong="G5403" and|strong="G2532" Samaria|strong="G4540" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w provinces|strong="H4082"\+w*. \+w When|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w stopped|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w at|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w different|strong="H8133"\+w* \+w places|strong="H1116"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w provinces|strong="H4082"\+w*}, they|strong="G2532" reported|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* believers} that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="G4160"\+w*} non-Jews \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* Antioch} had|strong="G2532" become|strong="G4160" believers. As|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" result|strong="H6903", all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" believers \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w places|strong="H1116"\+w*} rejoiced|strong="H8055" greatly|strong="G5479". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Some|strong="G3588" Jewish|strong="H3064" believers said|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3588" non-Jewish believers must|strong="G4160" obey|strong="G4160" Moses’|strong="H4872" laws|strong="H8451". }
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\verseNumber{5}But|strong="G1161" some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G3551" the|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} believers|strong="G4100" who|strong="G3588" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G1161" Pharisee|strong="G5330" sect stood|strong="G3588" up|strong="G1210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w among|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w other|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w believers|strong="G4100"\+w* \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w*} said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", “The|strong="G1161" non-Jews \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="G3748"\+w* \+w believed|strong="G4100"\+w* \+w in|strong="G4100"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*} must|strong="G1163" be|strong="G1163" circumcised|strong="G4059", and|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" must|strong="G1163" be|strong="G1163" told|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" obey|strong="G5083" the|strong="G1161" laws|strong="G3551" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w gave|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w*} Moses|strong="G3475".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Peter told|strong="G3004" about|strong="G3754" non-Jews becoming|strong="H5000" believers|strong="G4100" when|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" preached|strong="H1696" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" apostles and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w other|strong="G1161"\+w*} elders|strong="G4245" met|strong="G4863" together|strong="G4863" in|strong="G2532" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="G2532" talk|strong="G3056" about|strong="G4012" this|strong="G3778" matter|strong="G3056". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Barnabas and|strong="G2962" Paul|strong="G3588" reported|strong="H5046" what|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2962" had|strong="G2424" helped|strong="H5826" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2596" do|strong="G4100" among|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1223" non-Jews. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{James recommended what|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" should|strong="G2316" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="G1722" non-Jewish believers. }
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Also|strong="G2532", you|strong="G3739" should|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2532" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="G1537" someone|strong="G3739" to|strong="G2532" whom|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3739" not|strong="G3739" married|strong="H3947". 
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\verseNumber{33-34}After|strong="H0310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Judas \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* Silas } had|strong="H3068" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H0935" Antioch for|strong="H3588" some|strong="H4480" time|strong="H6256" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w were|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w ready|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w return|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" believers \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="H8033"\+w*} wished|strong="H6634" them|strong="H5414" well|strong="H3190", and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" believers \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w prayed|strong="H6419"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* } would|strong="H0014" protect|strong="H8104" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w as|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w traveled|strong="H5265"\+w*. \+w So|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w two|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w* } started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H1980" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* } who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" asked|strong="H7592" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* Antioch}.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{15:33-34  \fqa just before they left}, Silas decided to stay there \fqa in Antioch.” Each translator should choose between this text and the implied information that we have given in verse 40. Each should choose the way to translate that seems the most preferable.} 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" Barnabas separated|strong="H6504", and|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972" chose|strong="H0977" Silas. }
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\verseNumber{36}After|strong="G3326" some|strong="G5100" time|strong="G2250" Paul|strong="G3972" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" Barnabas, “Let’s|strong="H1980" go|strong="G3739" back|strong="G1994" and|strong="G1161" visit|strong="G1980" the|strong="G1722" fellow|strong="H7453" believers in|strong="G1722" every|strong="G3956" city|strong="G4172" where|strong="G3739" we|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} proclaimed|strong="G2605" the|strong="G1722" message|strong="G3056" about|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*. \+w In|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w way|strong="G2596"\+w*, \+w we|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1722"\+w*} how|strong="G4459" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w well|strong="G1722"\+w*} they|strong="G1161" are|strong="G3588" continuing|strong="H1641" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w believe|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Lord|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*}.” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Paul chose Timothy to work with him and Silas. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Paul|strong="G3972", Silas and|strong="G2532" Timothy told|strong="H5046" believers in|strong="G1722" Galatia what|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" church leaders|strong="G3754" had|strong="G2532" decided|strong="H3289". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Because|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2250" a|strong="G2532" vision|strong="H2377" in|strong="G2596" Troas, Paul|strong="G3588" went|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" preach|strong="H5197" in|strong="G2596" Macedonia. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Paul’s company|strong="H6951" went|strong="G1831" from|strong="G1831" Troas to|strong="G1519" Philippi. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Paul|strong="G1510" preached|strong="H1696" the|strong="G1722" gospel and|strong="G1161" Lydia|strong="H3865" became|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1519" believer. }
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\verseNumber{13}On|strong="G2523" the|strong="G2532" first|strong="G3588" ◄Sabbath|strong="G4521"/Jewish|strong="H3064" day|strong="G2250" of|strong="G2250" rest|strong="G1510"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w we|strong="G2532"\+w*(exc) \+w arrived|strong="H0935"\+w*}, we|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" outside|strong="G1854" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="H5892" gate|strong="G4439" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w down|strong="G2523"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" river|strong="G4215". We|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w say|strong="G2980"\+w*} that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} people|strong="G1510" gathered|strong="G4905" to|strong="G2532" pray|strong="H6419" there|strong="G2532". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w we|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w arrived|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w we|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w*} some|strong="G3588" women|strong="G1135" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" gathered|strong="G4905" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w pray|strong="H6419"\+w*}. So|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" sat|strong="G2523" down|strong="G2523" and|strong="G2532" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G2980" them|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w about|strong="G2980"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G1510"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Paul|strong="G1510" expelled|strong="H3423" a|strong="G5613" demon from|strong="G2532" a|strong="G5613" slave|strong="H5650" girl|strong="H5291", so|strong="G2532" officials|strong="H8269" imprisoned|strong="H0631" Paul|strong="G1510" and|strong="G2532" Silas. }
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\verseNumber{16}Another|strong="G5100" day|strong="G3588", while|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc)} were|strong="G3588" going|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" place|strong="G1096" where|strong="G1519" people|strong="G4183" regularly|strong="H8548" gathered|strong="H6960" to|strong="G1519" pray|strong="H6419", we|strong="G2249" met|strong="G5221" a|strong="G2192" young|strong="G5100" woman|strong="G2192" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1096" a|strong="G2192" slave|strong="H5650". An|strong="G2192" evil|strong="G5100" spirit|strong="G4151" was|strong="G1096" enabling her|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G1096" a|strong="G2192" ventriloquist and|strong="G1161" to|strong="G1519" tell|strong="H5046" people|strong="G4183" what|strong="G3588" would|strong="G1096" happen|strong="G1096" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}. People|strong="G4183" paid|strong="H5414" a|strong="G2192" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="G4151" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w men|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w*} her|strong="G1519" owners|strong="G2962", in|strong="G1519" return|strong="H7725" for|strong="G1519" her|strong="G1519" telling|strong="H1696" them|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w she|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w said|strong="G1161"\+w*} would|strong="G1096" happen|strong="G1096" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{17}This|strong="G3778" young|strong="H5288" woman|strong="G3778" followed|strong="G2628" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" rest|strong="G1510" of|strong="G2316" us|strong="G3004". She|strong="G2532" continually|strong="H8548" shouted|strong="G2896", “These|strong="G3778" men|strong="G3778" serve|strong="H5647" the|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" greatest|strong="H1419" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w all|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w gods|strong="G2316"\+w*}! They|strong="G2532" are|strong="G1510" telling|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" how|strong="H4100" ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*} can|strong="G3004" save|strong="H3467" you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*/\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w*} saved|strong="G4991"►” 
\verseNumber{18}She|strong="G2532" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160" that|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1909" many|strong="G4183" days|strong="G2250". Finally|strong="H5704" Paul|strong="G3972" became|strong="G3588" irritated. So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" turned|strong="G1994" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w toward|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w young|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w woman|strong="G3778"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" rebuked|strong="H1605" the|strong="G1722" evil|strong="G2532" spirit|strong="G4151" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w her|strong="G4160"\+w*. \+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w*}, “By|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" authority|strong="H3027" [MTY] of|strong="G4151" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547", I|strong="G2532" command|strong="G3853" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} to|strong="G2532" come|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" of|strong="G4151" this|strong="G3778" young|strong="H5288" woman|strong="G3778"!” Right|strong="H3225" away|strong="G1831" the|strong="G1722" evil|strong="G2532" spirit|strong="G4151" left|strong="G1831" her|strong="G4160". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" her|strong="G1519" owners|strong="G2962" realized|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3754" she|strong="G2532" could|strong="G3588" no|strong="G2532" longer|strong="G1909" earn money|strong="H3701" for|strong="G3754" them|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w she|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w could|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w no|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w longer|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w predict|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w happen|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w angry|strong="H2734"\+w*}. They|strong="G2532" grabbed|strong="H2388" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" Silas|strong="G4609" and|strong="G2532" forcefully took|strong="G1949" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" public|strong="H1121" square|strong="H7339", to|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w place|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w where|strong="G1519"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" government|strong="H4951" authorities|strong="H7984" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w lot|strong="H1486"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w other|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w gathered|strong="H6960"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{20}The|strong="G2532" owners|strong="H1167" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w young|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w woman|strong="G3778"\+w*} brought|strong="G4317" Paul|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" Silas to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="G4172" officials|strong="H8269" and|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", “These|strong="G3778" men|strong="G3778" are|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" greatly|strong="H3966" troubling|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w*} [MTY] our|strong="G2532" city|strong="G4172". 
\verseNumber{21}They|strong="G2532" are|strong="G1510" teaching|strong="H8451" that|strong="G3739" we|strong="G2249" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(inc)} should|strong="G2532" follow|strong="H0310" customs|strong="G1485" that|strong="G3739" our|strong="G2532" laws|strong="H8451" do|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3756" allow|strong="H5414" us|strong="G4160" Romans|strong="G4514" to|strong="G2532" consider|strong="G4160" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w correct|strong="H3256"\+w*} or|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" obey|strong="G4160"!” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Paul|strong="G2983" and|strong="G2532" Silas helped|strong="H5826" the|strong="G2532" jailer|strong="H1004" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1438" household|strong="H1004" to|strong="G1519" become|strong="H1961" believers. }
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\verseNumber{25}About|strong="G2596" midnight|strong="G3317", Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" Silas|strong="G4609" were|strong="G3588" praying|strong="G4336" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w aloud|strong="H7442"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" praising|strong="H1984" God|strong="G2316" by|strong="G2596" singing|strong="G5214" hymns|strong="G5214". The|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="G1161"\+w*} prisoners|strong="G1198" were|strong="G3588" listening|strong="G1874" attentively|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{32-34}Then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H3605" jailer|strong="H1004" took|strong="H3947" Paul and|strong="H3967" Silas into|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004", washed|strong="H7364" their|strong="H3605" wounds|strong="H4347", and|strong="H3967" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" meal|strong="H7058". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w woke|strong="H3364"\+w* \+w up|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w*} Paul and|strong="H3967" Silas told|strong="H5046" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" message|strong="H1697" about|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Jesus. \+w They|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w believed|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w*}. Immediately|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w*, \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w jailer|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w family|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w were|strong="H0834"\+w* baptized} {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{Paul \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* Silas} baptized the|strong="H3605" jailer|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3967" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940"}. They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" very|strong="H3966" happy|strong="H0835", because|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258" they|strong="H1992" all|strong="H3605" believed|strong="H0539" in|strong="H0935" God|strong="H0430". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Paul and|strong="H3967" Silas encouraged|strong="H2388" the|strong="H3605" believers and|strong="H3967" then|strong="H0227" left|strong="H7604" Philippi. }
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\verseNumber{35}The|strong="G1161" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="G2250", the|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Roman} officials|strong="H8269" commanded|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3588"\+w*} police officers|strong="G4755" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w go|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w jail|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w jailer|strong="H1004"\+w*}, “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Our|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w bosses|strong="H1354"\+w*} say|strong="G3004", ‘Let|strong="G1096" those|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w two|strong="H8147"\+w*} prisoners|strong="H0615" go|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="G1161"\+w*}!’” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{In Thessalonica, Paul convinced many people that Jesus is the Messiah. }
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\chapterNumber{17}Paul|strong="G1510" and|strong="G2532" Silas traveled|strong="G1353" through|strong="G1353" Amphipolis and|strong="G2532" Apollonia \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" arrived|strong="G2064" at|strong="G1519" Thessalonica|strong="G2332" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="G3699"\+w*}. There|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="G2453" meeting|strong="H4150" place|strong="G3699" there|strong="G2532". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Some|strong="G5100" Jews|strong="H3064" there|strong="G2532" incited|strong="H5496" people|strong="G4128" to|strong="G2532" oppose|strong="H7853" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" Silas|strong="G4609". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Paul|strong="G1256" helped|strong="H5826" many|strong="G1722" non-Jews become|strong="G1161" believers. }
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="G2532" Silas|strong="G4609" and|strong="G2532" Timothy|strong="G5095" arrived|strong="G2718" there|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2532" Macedonia|strong="G3109" province|strong="H4082". After|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" arrived|strong="G2718", Paul|strong="G3972" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w did|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w make|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w tents|strong="H0168"\+w* \+w anymore|strong="H5750"\+w*. \+w He|strong="G2532"\+w*} used|strong="H6213" all|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" time|strong="H6256" preaching|strong="G3056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w message|strong="G3056"\+w* \+w about|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jewish|strong="G2453"\+w* \+w meeting|strong="H4150"\+w* \+w place|strong="H4725"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="G2532" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" Messiah|strong="G5547" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2424" been|strong="G1510" waiting|strong="H8104" for|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="H3064" began|strong="G1909" to|strong="G1519" oppose|strong="H7853" Paul|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" say|strong="G3004" evil|strong="G2532" things|strong="G3588" about|strong="G1909" him|strong="G3588". So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" shook|strong="G1621" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w dust|strong="H6083"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w*} his|strong="G1438" clothes|strong="G2440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w displeasing|strong="H7489"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*. \+w Then|strong="G2532"\+w*} he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588", “If|strong="G2532" God|strong="G3004" punishes|strong="H7489" you|strong="G5210", it|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" [SYN] own|strong="G1438" fault|strong="H3972" [MTY], not|strong="G2532" mine|strong="G1473"! From|strong="G2532" now|strong="G1161" on|strong="G1909" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" go|strong="G4198" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w preach|strong="H5197"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" non-Jewish people|strong="G1484"!” 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G1510" left|strong="G3327" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w* \+w meeting|strong="H4150"\+w* \+w place|strong="G3739"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" house|strong="G3614" that|strong="G3739" was|strong="G1510" next|strong="G4927" to|strong="G1519" it|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w preached|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*}. Titius|strong="G5103" Justus|strong="G2459", the|strong="G2532" owner|strong="H1167" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G2532" house|strong="G3614", was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" non-Jewish man|strong="G5100" who|strong="G3739" had|strong="G2532" accepted|strong="H7521" what|strong="G3739" the|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="H3064" believe|strong="H0539". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" commanded|strong="H6680" Paul|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" continue|strong="G2532" speaking|strong="H1696" about|strong="G3588" him|strong="G3588", so|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3588" did|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{9}One|strong="G3588" night|strong="G3571" Paul|strong="G3972" had|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" vision|strong="G3705" in|strong="G1722" which|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*} said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" be|strong="G2532" afraid|strong="G5399" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w oppose|strong="H7853"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w*}. Instead|strong="G1161", you|strong="G1722" should|strong="G3588" continue|strong="G2532" speaking|strong="G2980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w about|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*}. Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" stop|strong="G3361", 
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\verseNumber{11}So|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3588" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="G1722" Corinth for|strong="G1161" a|strong="G2532" year|strong="G1763" and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" half|strong="H2677", teaching|strong="G1321" people|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" message|strong="G3056" from|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Gallio refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="G2532" judge|strong="H8199" Paul|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{12}When|strong="G1161" Gallio|strong="G1058" was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Roman} governor|strong="H6346" of|strong="G2532" Achaia \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w province|strong="H4082"\+w*}, the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="G2453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w*} [SYN] there|strong="G2532" got|strong="H6965" together|strong="G1909" and|strong="G2532" seized|strong="H8610" Paul|strong="G3972". They|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" before|strong="G1909" Gallio|strong="G1058" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w accused|strong="H7170"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{13}saying|strong="G3004", “This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" is|strong="G3588" teaching|strong="H8451" people|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w false|strong="H8267"\+w* religion, \+w leading|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*} to|strong="G3004" worship|strong="G4576" God|strong="G2316" in|strong="G2316" ways|strong="H1870" that|strong="G3754" are|strong="G3588" contrary|strong="G3844" to|strong="G3004" our|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} laws|strong="G3551".” 
\verseNumber{14}When|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" was|strong="G1510" about|strong="G3195" to|strong="G4314" speak|strong="G3004" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w defend|strong="H1598"\+w* \+w himself|strong="H5315"\+w*}, Gallio|strong="G1058" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G1161" Jews|strong="G2453", “If|strong="G1487" this|strong="G3588" man|strong="G5100" had|strong="G3972" acted|strong="H6213" deceitfully|strong="H4820" or|strong="G2228" disobeyed|strong="H6963" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w any|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3056"\+w* \+w our|strong="G2596"\+w* Roman} laws|strong="H8451", I|strong="G1161" would|strong="G3195" listen|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w patiently|strong="H6960"\+w*} to|strong="G4314" what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" Jews|strong="G2453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{15}However|strong="G1161", you|strong="G5210" are|strong="G1510" merely|strong="H6680" arguing|strong="H3198" about|strong="G4012" words|strong="G3056" and|strong="G2532" names|strong="G3686" and|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" own|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} laws|strong="G3551", so|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" yourselves|strong="G4771" need|strong="G1487" to|strong="G2532" resolve this|strong="G3778". I|strong="G1473" refuse|strong="G3756" to|strong="G2532" judge|strong="G2923" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778"!” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{At|strong="G1161" Ephesus, Paul|strong="G3588" parted|strong="H6504" from|strong="G2532" Priscilla and|strong="G2532" Aquila. }
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\verseNumber{18}Paul|strong="G3972" stayed|strong="H3427" on|strong="G1722" with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" believers in|strong="G1722" Corinth for|strong="G1063" ◄many|strong="G2425" days|strong="G2250"/some|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2250"►. Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" left|strong="H7604" the|strong="G1722" believers there|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" with|strong="G1722" Priscilla|strong="G4252" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w her|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w husband|strong="H0376"\+w*} Aquila. They|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="G1519" Cenchrea|strong="G2747", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w port|strong="H8659"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. There|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972" had|strong="G2192" his|strong="G1519" head|strong="G2776" shaved|strong="H1548" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w*} shave|strong="H1548" his|strong="G1519" head|strong="G2776"} in|strong="G1722" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="G1519" partially complete|strong="H3617" a|strong="G2192" vow|strong="G2171" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2192" taken|strong="H3947". Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" got|strong="H6965" on|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2192" ship|strong="H8392" and|strong="G2532" sailed|strong="G1602" for|strong="G1063" Syria|strong="G4947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w province|strong="H4082"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{19}They|strong="G1161" arrived|strong="G2658" at|strong="G1519" Ephesus|strong="G2181" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="G1161" Priscilla and|strong="G1161" Aquila stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="G1161". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Before|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Paul|strong="G1256"\+w* \+w left|strong="G2641"\+w* \+w Ephesus|strong="G2181"\+w*}, he|strong="G1161" entered|strong="G1525" the|strong="G1519" Jewish|strong="G2453" meeting|strong="H4150" place|strong="H4725" and|strong="G1161" lectured to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" Jews|strong="G2453". 
\verseNumber{20}They|strong="G1161" asked|strong="G2065" him|strong="G2065" to|strong="G1909" stay|strong="G3306" longer|strong="G1909", but|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" refused|strong="G3756". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Paul|strong="G3588" visited|strong="H6485" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" on|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" Antioch in|strong="G2532" Syria|strong="H0758" and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="G4314" visit|strong="H6485" the|strong="G2532" believers throughout|strong="H3605" Galatia and|strong="G2532" Phrygia. }
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\verseNumber{22}When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" ship|strong="H8392" arrived|strong="G2718" at|strong="G1519" Caesarea|strong="G2542", Paul|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w got|strong="G2597"\+w* \+w off|strong="H3772"\+w*. \+w He|strong="G2532"\+w*} went|strong="G2597" up|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" greeted|strong="H7592" the|strong="G2532" believers there|strong="G2532". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2597" back|strong="G1519" down|strong="G2597" to|strong="G1519" Antioch \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Syria|strong="H0758"\+w* \+w province|strong="H4082"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{23}Paul|strong="G3588" spent|strong="G4160" some|strong="G5100" time|strong="G5550" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* believers} there|strong="G2532". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" left|strong="G1831" Antioch and|strong="G2532" traveled|strong="H5265" to|strong="G2532" several|strong="G5100" towns|strong="H1323" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w visited|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} in|strong="G2532" Galatia|strong="G1054" and|strong="G2532" Phrygia|strong="G5435" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w provinces|strong="H4082"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" taught|strong="H3925" all|strong="G3956" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" believers more|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w about|strong="G1330"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G1831"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Priscilla and|strong="G2532" Aquila instructed|strong="H6680" Apollos about|strong="G1330" the|strong="G2532" gospel. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Apollos helped|strong="H5826" believers in|strong="G1722" Achaia. }
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\verseNumber{27}When|strong="G1161" Apollos|strong="G1014" decided|strong="H3289" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G1161" would|strong="G1014" like|strong="G1014" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G1330" to|strong="G1519" Achaia \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w province|strong="H4082"\+w*}, the|strong="G1519" believers|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1519" Ephesus told|strong="H5046" him|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3739" it|strong="G1161" would|strong="G1014" be|strong="G1519" good|strong="G1223" for|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" do|strong="G4100" that|strong="G3739". So|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" wrote|strong="G1125" a|strong="G1519" letter|strong="G1125" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" believers|strong="G4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* Achaia \+w saying|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w*} should|strong="G3588" welcome|strong="H6923" Apollos|strong="G1014". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w Apollos|strong="G1014"\+w* \+w got|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w ship|strong="H8392"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w go|strong="G1330"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* Corinth}. After|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" arrived|strong="G3854", he|strong="G1161" greatly|strong="G4183" helped|strong="G4820" those|strong="G3588" whom|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G1519"\+w*} had|strong="G3739" kindly|strong="H3820" enabled|strong="H5414" to|strong="G1519" believe|strong="G4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* Jesus}. 
\verseNumber{28}Apollos was|strong="G1510" vigorously|strong="G1246" arguing|strong="H3198" publicly|strong="G1219" with|strong="G1223" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1223"\+w*} the|strong="G1223" Jews|strong="G2453" while|strong="G1510" many|strong="H7227" other|strong="G3588" people|strong="G1510" listened|strong="H8085". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w By|strong="G1223"\+w* quoting} from|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1223" Scriptures|strong="G1124", he|strong="G3588" proved|strong="H0974" to|strong="G2424" people|strong="G1510" that|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1223" Messiah|strong="G5547". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Paul helped some men to become real believers in Jesus. }
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\chapterNumber{19}While|strong="G1722" Apollos was|strong="G1510" at|strong="G1722" Corinth|strong="G2882", Paul|strong="G3972" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w left|strong="G2147"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w places|strong="H1116"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* Phrygia \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* Galatia} provinces|strong="H4082" where|strong="G1722" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" visiting|strong="H6485", and|strong="G2532" traveled|strong="H5265" through|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Asia|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w province|strong="H4082"\+w*} back|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" Ephesus|strong="G2181". He|strong="G2532" met|strong="H6298" some|strong="G5100" people|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w said|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w*} were|strong="G1510" believers. 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="G1161" asked|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", “Did|strong="G4100" you|strong="G1487" receive|strong="G2983" the|strong="G1161" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" when|strong="G1161" you|strong="G1487" believed|strong="G4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*}?” They|strong="G1161" answered|strong="G3004", “No|strong="G3761", we|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc) \+w did|strong="G4100"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3761"\+w*}. We|strong="G1161" have|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3761" even|strong="G3761" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="G3588" there|strong="G1161" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2983" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151".” 
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\verseNumber{7}There|strong="G1161" were|strong="G1510" about|strong="G5616" twelve|strong="G1427" men|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whom|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Paul|strong="G1510"\+w* baptized \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w received|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w Holy|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Spirit|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Paul|strong="G1510" helped|strong="H5826" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="G3956" in|strong="G3956" Asia|strong="G3588" province|strong="H4082" to|strong="G1161" hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="G3956" gospel. }
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\verseNumber{8}For|strong="G1519" three|strong="G5140" months|strong="G3376" after|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3588", Paul|strong="G1256" entered|strong="G1525" the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="H3064" meeting|strong="H4150" place|strong="G1909" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* Ephesus \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w each|strong="G1519"\+w*} Sabbath|strong="G5140"/Jewish|strong="H3064" day|strong="G3588" of|strong="G4012" rest|strong="H5117", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" spoke|strong="G3955" boldly|strong="G3955". He|strong="G2532" convincingly taught|strong="H3925" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1525"\+w*} about|strong="G4012" how|strong="G1161" God|strong="G2316" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="G1519" rule|strong="H4910" [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="G2532" enabled|strong="H5414" Paul|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G1096" amazing|strong="H6381" miracles|strong="H6381". }
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\verseNumber{11}Also|strong="G5037", God|strong="G2316" gave|strong="G4160" Paul|strong="G3972" the|strong="G1223" power|strong="G1411" [MTY] to|strong="G3756" do|strong="G4160" amazing|strong="H6381" miracles|strong="G1411". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{People|strong="G3588" honored|strong="H3513" Jesus’ name|strong="H8034", after|strong="G1909" Jewish|strong="H3064" exorcists misused|strong="H5344" it|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" failed|strong="H5307". }
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\verseNumber{21}After|strong="G3326" those|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3778" had|strong="G2532" happened|strong="G1096", Paul|strong="G3972" decided|strong="G1096" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414", but|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" decided|strong="G1096" that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w first|strong="G3588"\+w*} he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G1096" visit|strong="H6485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* believers \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w*} Macedonia|strong="G3109" and|strong="G2532" Achaia \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w provinces|strong="H4082"\+w* \+w again|strong="G1519"\+w*}. Paul|strong="G3972" said|strong="G3004", “After|strong="G3326" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1096" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414", I|strong="G1473" must|strong="G1163" also|strong="G2532" go|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" Rome|strong="G4516".” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Demetrius made|strong="G1161" silver|strong="H3701" shrines|strong="H1354" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" goddess|strong="H0430" Artemis. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Demetrius|strong="G1216" incited|strong="H5496" people|strong="G4160" to|strong="G3756" shout|strong="H7321" and|strong="G4160" to|strong="G3756" riot|strong="H5674". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{After being in Macedonia and Greece, Paul went to Troas. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{At|strong="G1519" Troas|strong="G5174", Paul|strong="G3588" encouraged|strong="H2388" believers by|strong="G4314" resurrecting Eutychus. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Paul|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" companions|strong="G3588" traveled|strong="H5265" from|strong="G2532" Troas to|strong="G2532" Miletus. }
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\verseNumber{13}We|strong="G2249" then|strong="G1161" went|strong="G4281" to|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1161" ship|strong="G4143". Paul|strong="G3972" did|strong="G1510" not|strong="G1510" get|strong="H3947" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1161" ship|strong="G4143" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w us|strong="G2249"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1909"\+w* Troas}, because|strong="G1063" he|strong="G1161" preferred|strong="H5330" to|strong="G1909" go|strong="G4281" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w more|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w quickly|strong="H4116"\+w*} overland to|strong="G1909" Assos \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="G1564"\+w*}. The|strong="G1161" rest|strong="G1510" of|strong="G1909" us|strong="G2249" got|strong="G4281" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1161" ship|strong="G4143" and|strong="G1161" sailed|strong="G2249" for|strong="G1063" Assos. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Paul|strong="G3972" reminded the|strong="G1722" Ephesian elders|strong="H2205" how|strong="G3704" he|strong="G3588" had|strong="G3972" conducted|strong="H1240" himself|strong="G1519" and|strong="G3972" had|strong="G3972" taught|strong="H3925" them|strong="G3588". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Paul|strong="G3588" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2316" never|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" him|strong="G3588" again|strong="G1519". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Paul entrusted|strong="H6485" them|strong="G2250" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" message|strong="H1697" about|strong="G3754" God’s|strong="H0430" goodness|strong="H2898". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Paul|strong="G1510" prayed|strong="H6419" with|strong="G1210" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G5037" they|strong="G3588" sadly|strong="H1897" told|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588" goodbye. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Paul, Luke and his other companions traveled from Miletus to Tyre. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G1161" believers could|strong="H3201" not|strong="G1510" persuade|strong="H6601" Paul|strong="G1510" from|strong="G1510" going|strong="G3778" on|strong="G1161" to|strong="G1161" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". }
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\verseNumber{10}After|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="G1161"\+w*(exc) \+w had|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w been|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1961"\+w* Philip’s \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1161"\+w*} several|strong="G5100" days|strong="G2250", a|strong="G1161" believer whose|strong="G3588" name|strong="G3686" was|strong="G3588" Agabus came|strong="G2718" down|strong="G2718" from|strong="G2718" Judea|strong="G2449" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*} and|strong="G1161" arrived|strong="G2718" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1961"\+w* Caesarea}. He|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{frequently} spoke|strong="H1696" messages|strong="H2372" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" Holy|strong="H6944" Spirit|strong="G3588" had|strong="G3588" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="G3588". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Paul|strong="G3588" agreed|strong="H8085" with|strong="G4862" church leaders|strong="H7218" to|strong="G2532" perform|strong="H6213" a|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="H3064" purifying|strong="H2893" ritual|strong="H3925". }
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\verseNumber{17}When|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" arrived|strong="G1096" in|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w group|strong="H7235"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3588"\+w*} the|strong="G1519" believers greeted|strong="H7592" us|strong="G1519" happily. 
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\verseNumber{31}While|strong="G3754" they|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" trying|strong="G2212" to|strong="G2212" kill|strong="H2026" Paul|strong="G3588", someone|strong="H0376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ran|strong="H7323"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2212"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w fort|strong="H1785"\+w* \+w near|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Temple|strong="H1004"\+w*} and|strong="G5037" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="G3588" Roman commander|strong="G5506" that|strong="G3754" many|strong="H7227" [HYP] people|strong="G3588" [MTY] in|strong="G3588" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" were|strong="G3588" rioting \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Paul|strong="G3588" told|strong="H5046" about|strong="G3195" the|strong="G2532" Lord’s|strong="H3068" commanding|strong="H6680" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" go|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" non-Jewish people|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{17}“Later|strong="H0310", I|strong="G1473" returned|strong="G5290" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w day|strong="G3588"\+w*} I|strong="G1473" went|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="G2413" courtyard|strong="H2691". While|strong="G1722" I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G1096" praying|strong="G4336" there|strong="G2532", I|strong="G1473" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="G1096" vision|strong="H2377" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w which|strong="G3588"\+w*} 
\verseNumber{18}I|strong="G1473" saw|strong="G3708" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2532" speaking|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473". He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w stay|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w here|strong="G1722"\+w*}! Leave|strong="G1831" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" immediately|strong="H6965", because|strong="G1360" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="G1722"\+w*} will|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" ◄believe|strong="H0539"/listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532"► what|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} tell|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w them|strong="G1722"\+w*} about|strong="G4012" me|strong="G1473"!’ 
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\verseNumber{21}But|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" me|strong="G1473", ‘No|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w stay|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w here|strong="G1519"\+w*}! Leave|strong="G4198" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G3754"\+w*} I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" going|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" send|strong="G1821" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} far|strong="G3112" away|strong="G1821" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w here|strong="G1519"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" non-Jewish people|strong="G1484"!’” 
\verseNumber{22}The|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3004" listened|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w quietly|strong="H8252"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" Paul|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" saying|strong="G3004" until|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w mentioned|strong="H2142"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Lord|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w sending|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* non-Jewish \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w*}. Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" began|strong="G1161" shouting|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w angrily|strong="H2195"\+w*}, “Kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="G3588"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w does|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w deserve|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w live|strong="G2198"\+w* \+w any|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w longer|strong="H5750"\+w*}!” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w because|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w could|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w believe|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w save|strong="H3467"\+w* \+w anyone|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w except|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w Jews|strong="H3064"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Paul|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" Roman citizen|strong="H5997", so|strong="G2532" soldiers|strong="H5650" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" flog|strong="H5221" him|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{23}While|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" continued|strong="H5674" shouting|strong="G2905", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{“\+w Kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*!”} they|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" off|strong="G4495" their|strong="G2532" cloaks|strong="G2440" and|strong="G2532" threw|strong="G4496" dust|strong="G2868" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" air|strong="H8064", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w showed|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w how|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w angry|strong="H2734"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{26}When|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" officer|strong="H5631" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="G3588", he|strong="G1161" went|strong="G4334" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G1161" commander|strong="G5506" and|strong="G1161" reported|strong="G3004" it|strong="G1161" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588". He|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w commander|strong="G5506"\+w*}, “This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" Roman|strong="G4514" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w citizen|strong="H5997"\+w*} ◄Surely|strong="H4191" you|strong="G3004" would|strong="G3195" not|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w command|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w whip|strong="H7752"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}!/Do|strong="G4160" you|strong="G3004" really|strong="H2088" want|strong="H4270" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w whip|strong="H7752"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}?► [RHQ]” 
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\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" commander|strong="G5506" said|strong="G5346", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* Roman \+w citizen|strong="H5997"\+w*}. I|strong="G1473" paid|strong="H5414" a|strong="G2532" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="G2532" money|strong="G2774" to|strong="G2532" become|strong="G1161" a|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Roman} citizen|strong="H5997".” Paul|strong="G3972" said|strong="G5346", “But|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G3588" born|strong="G1080" a|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Roman} citizen|strong="H5997", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w pay|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w anything|strong="H3605"\+w*}.” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G2532" commander’s soldiers|strong="H5650" brought|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G1510" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="H3064" Council|strong="H5475". }
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\verseNumber{30}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w commander|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w still|strong="G2476"\+w*} wanted|strong="G1014" to|strong="G1519" know|strong="G1097" exactly|strong="H0834" why|strong="G5101" the|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453" were|strong="G3588" accusing|strong="G2723" Paul|strong="G3972". So|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" next|strong="G1887" day|strong="G1887" he|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w*} take|strong="G3089" the|strong="G2532" chains|strong="H8333" off|strong="G3089" Paul|strong="G3972". He|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" summoned|strong="H7121" the|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w Jewish|strong="G2453"\+w*} Council|strong="G4892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w members|strong="H3338"\+w*}. Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w where|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Council|strong="G4892"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w meeting|strong="H4150"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w commanded|strong="G2753"\+w*} him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" stand|strong="G2476" before|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Paul apologized for unknowingly denouncing the high priest. }
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\chapterNumber{23}Paul|strong="G3972" looked|strong="H7200" straight|strong="H3474" at|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3956" Jewish|strong="H3064" council|strong="G4892" members|strong="H3338" and|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004": “My|strong="G3956" fellow|strong="H7453" Jews|strong="H3064", all|strong="G3956" my|strong="G3956" life|strong="G4176" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1473" lived|strong="G4176" respecting our|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" do|strong="G3004" not|strong="G3778" know|strong="H3045" of|strong="G2250" anything|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1473" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" knew|strong="H3045" was|strong="G3588" wrong|strong="H7451"/evil|strong="G3956".” 
\verseNumber{2}When|strong="G1161" Ananias the|strong="G1161" supreme priest|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w heard|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Paul|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w said|strong="G1161"\+w*}, he|strong="G1161" commanded|strong="G2004" the|strong="G1161" men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" standing|strong="G3936" near|strong="H7126" Paul|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1161" hit|strong="H4672" him|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" mouth|strong="G4750". 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" Ananias, “God|strong="G2316" will|strong="G2316" punish|strong="H6485" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg) \+w for|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*}, you|strong="G4771" hypocrite|strong="H2611" [MET|strong="H6298"]! You|strong="G4771" sit|strong="G2521" there|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" judge|strong="G2919" me|strong="G1473", using|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" laws|strong="G3551" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w gave|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*}. But|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w yourself|strong="G4771"\+w*} disobey|strong="H0854" those|strong="G3588" laws|strong="G3551", because|strong="G4314" you|strong="G4771" commanded|strong="G2753" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G4314" be|strong="G2532" struck|strong="G5180" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w these|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w men|strong="G3588"\+w*} to|strong="G4314" strike|strong="G5180" me|strong="G1473"} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w without|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w having|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w proved|strong="H0974"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w anything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w wrong|strong="H7451"\+w*!}” 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="G1161" men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" standing|strong="G3936" near|strong="H7126" Paul|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w rebuked|strong="H1605"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*. \+w They|strong="G1161"\+w*} said|strong="G3004", “Are|strong="G3588" not|strong="H3808" you|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} afraid|strong="H3372" to|strong="G3004" insult|strong="H2781" God’s|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w servant|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w our|strong="G2316"\+w*} supreme priest|strong="H3548"?” 
\verseNumber{5}Paul|strong="G3972" replied|strong="G3004", “My|strong="G3754" fellow|strong="H7453" Jews|strong="H3064", I|strong="G1063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w am|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w sorry|strong="H5162"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*}. I|strong="G1063" did|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G3588" man|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w told|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2992"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w hit|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*} is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3588" high|strong="H1116" priest|strong="H3548". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="G3748"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w had|strong="G3972"\+w* \+w known|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*, \+w I|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w would|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w have|strong="G3748"\+w* \+w insulted|strong="H3637"\+w* \+w our|strong="G1510"\+w* supreme \+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w*}, because|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w know|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*} it|strong="G3754" is|strong="G1510" written|strong="G1125" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*} wrote|strong="G1125"} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1125"\+w* \+w our|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w* \+w law|strong="H8451"\+w*}, ‘Do|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3756" speak|strong="G3004" evil|strong="G2560" of|strong="G2992" any|strong="G3756" of|strong="G2992" your|strong="G3588" rulers|strong="H8269"!’” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G3588" commander|strong="H8269" rescued|strong="H5337" Paul|strong="G3972" from|strong="G3756" the|strong="G3588" Council|strong="H5475" members|strong="H3338". }
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\verseNumber{6}Paul|strong="G3972" realized|strong="G1097" that|strong="G3754" some|strong="G3588" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Council|strong="G4892"\+w* \+w members|strong="H3338"\+w*} were|strong="G1510" Sadducees|strong="G4523" and|strong="G2532" others|strong="G2087" were|strong="G1510" Pharisees|strong="G5330". So|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w cause|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Sadducees|strong="G4523"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w argue|strong="H3198"\+w* \+w among|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w themselves|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w instead|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w accusing|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" called|strong="G3972" out|strong="G2896" loudly|strong="H6963" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Council|strong="G4892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w hall|strong="H0197"\+w*}, “My|strong="G1722" fellow|strong="H7453" Jews|strong="H3064", I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" Pharisee|strong="G5330", like|strong="G5207" my|strong="G1722" father|strong="H0001" was|strong="G1510". I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" put|strong="G2532" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="G3754"\+w*} have|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473"} on|strong="G1722" trial|strong="G2919" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="G1510"\+w*} because|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" confidently|strong="H2388" expect|strong="H6960" that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w day|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} will|strong="G1510" ◄cause|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2919" who|strong="G3588" have|strong="G2532" died|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" become|strong="G1510" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="G2532"/raise|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2919" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" dead|strong="G3498"►.” 
\verseNumber{7}When|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2980" that|strong="G3588", the|strong="G2532" Pharisees|strong="G5330" and|strong="G2532" Sadducees|strong="G4523" started|strong="G1096" to|strong="G2532" argue|strong="H3198" with|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" another|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G2980"\+w* \+w whether|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G4128"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w died|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w become|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w alive|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w again|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w or|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G2532"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G1519" Lord|strong="G3588" revealed|strong="H1540" that|strong="G3588" Paul|strong="G3972" would|strong="G1096" tell|strong="H5046" people|strong="G3361" about|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1519" Rome. }
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\verseNumber{11}That|strong="G3588" night|strong="G3571", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w a|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H2377"\+w* \+w Paul|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2186"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} stand|strong="G3779" near|strong="G2186" him|strong="G3588". The|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" said|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}, “Be|strong="G2532" courageous|strong="H0553"! You|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} have|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" people|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="G1519"\+w*} in|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" about|strong="G4012" me|strong="G1473", and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" must|strong="G1163" tell|strong="G3004" people|strong="G3004" in|strong="G1519" Rome|strong="G4516" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*}, too|strong="G2532".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Some|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="H3064" plotted|strong="H7451" to|strong="G1519" kill|strong="H2026" Paul|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{12}The|strong="G1161" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="G2250" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3739"\+w*} of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G1161" Jews|strong="G2453" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w hated|strong="H8130"\+w* \+w Paul|strong="G3972"\+w*} met|strong="H6298" secretly|strong="H5643" and|strong="G1161" talked|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w how|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w could|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}. They|strong="G1161" promised|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w themselves|strong="G1438"\+w*} that|strong="G3739" they|strong="G1161" would|strong="G1096" not|strong="G3383" eat|strong="G2068" or|strong="G3383" drink|strong="G4095" anything|strong="G2193" until|strong="G2193" they|strong="G1161" had|strong="G3972" killed|strong="H2026" him|strong="G3588". They|strong="G1161" asked|strong="G3004" God|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" curse|strong="H7045" them|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w did|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3383"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H1696"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}There|strong="G1161" were|strong="G1510" more|strong="G4119" than|strong="G4183" 40 men|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3588" planned|strong="H3289" to|strong="G1161" do|strong="G4160" that|strong="G3588". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Paul’s nephew|strong="H1121" warned|strong="H2094" that|strong="G3588" some|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="H3064" had|strong="G1510" plotted|strong="H7451" to|strong="G1519" kill|strong="H2026" Paul|strong="G1510". }
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\verseNumber{16}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" Paul’s|strong="G3972" sister|strong="H0269" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="G1519" do|strong="G2532", so|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" barracks|strong="G3925" and|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" Paul|strong="G3972". 
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\verseNumber{18}So|strong="G3767" the|strong="G2532" officer|strong="H5631" took|strong="G3880" Paul’s|strong="G3972" nephew|strong="H1121" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" commander|strong="G5506". The|strong="G2532" officer|strong="H5631" said|strong="G5346" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" commander|strong="G5506", “That|strong="G3588" prisoner|strong="G1198", Paul|strong="G3972", called|strong="G4341" me|strong="G1473" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G5346", ‘Please|strong="G2065" take|strong="G3880" this|strong="G3778" young|strong="G3495" man|strong="G5100" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" commander|strong="G5506", because|strong="G4314" he|strong="G2532" needs|strong="H5375" to|strong="G4314" tell|strong="G2980" him|strong="G3588" something|strong="G5100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w important|strong="H5704"\+w*}.’ ” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Many|strong="H7227" soldiers|strong="H5650" escorted|strong="H7971" Paul|strong="G3588" safely|strong="H0983" to|strong="G4314" Governor|strong="H6346" Felix at|strong="G4314" Caesarea. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Paul defended himself, and the governor Felix promised to judge him. }
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\verseNumber{24}Several|strong="G5100" days|strong="G2250" later|strong="G3326" Felix|strong="G5344" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1519" wife|strong="G1135" Drusilla|strong="G1409", who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" Jew|strong="G2453", came|strong="G3854" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w back|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* Caesarea \+w after|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w having|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w been|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w away|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w few|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w days|strong="G2250"\+w*}. Felix|strong="G5344" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w*} Paul|strong="G3972" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G1510" brought|strong="G3343" in|strong="G1519" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w soldier|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w*} bring|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972" in|strong="G1519"}. Then|strong="G2532" Felix|strong="G5344" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="G1519" what|strong="G3588" Paul|strong="G3972" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w said|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}. Paul|strong="G3972" spoke|strong="H1696" about|strong="G4012" what|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Christians|strong="G2424"\+w*} believe|strong="G4102" about|strong="G4012" the|strong="G2532" Messiah|strong="G5547" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Festus told the Jews to go and accuse Paul at Caesarea. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Paul requested that his hearers would listen to him. }
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\chapterNumber{26}Then|strong="G5119" Agrippa said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" Paul|strong="G3972", “You|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} are|strong="G3588" permitted|strong="G2010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="G1161"\+w*} to|strong="G4314" speak|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w defend|strong="H1598"\+w*} yourself|strong="G4572".” Paul|strong="G3972" stretched|strong="G1614" out|strong="G1614" his|strong="G4012" hand|strong="G5495" ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{dramatically/\+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w salute|strong="H1288"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w king|strong="G3588"\+w*}► and|strong="G1161" began|strong="G5119" to|strong="G4314" defend|strong="H1598" himself|strong="H5315". He|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Paul|strong="G1510" told|strong="H5046" about|strong="G2596" being|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" Pharisee who|strong="G3588" believed|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" resurrect people|strong="G3956". }
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\verseNumber{4}“Many|strong="G1722" [HYP] of|strong="G1537" my|strong="G1722" fellow|strong="H7453" Jews|strong="G2453" know|strong="G1492" about|strong="G1722" how|strong="G1492" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1473" conducted|strong="H1240" my|strong="G1722" life|strong="H5315", from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" time|strong="G1722" I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G1096" a|strong="G1096" child|strong="G1722". They|strong="G3588" know|strong="G1492" how|strong="G1492" I|strong="G1473" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="G1722" I|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w born|strong="G1096"\+w*} and|strong="G5037" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="G5037"\+w* \+w later|strong="H0310"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2414". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Paul|strong="G3588" told|strong="H5046" how|strong="G2193" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="G2532" believer in|strong="G1519" Jesus|strong="G2532". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Paul|strong="G2983" said|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" obeyed|strong="H8085" what|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2532" commanded|strong="H6680" him|strong="G3588" from|strong="G2532" heaven|strong="H8064". }
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\verseNumber{19}“So|strong="G3606", King|strong="G3588" Agrippa, I|strong="G1096" fully|strong="H4390" obeyed|strong="H8085" [LIT|strong="H0215"] what|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Lord|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w do|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w when|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w spoke|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3756"\+w*} from|strong="G3756" heaven|strong="G3770". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Paul|strong="G3588" said|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" proclaimed|strong="H7121" what|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" prophets|strong="H5030" had|strong="G2532" written|strong="G3588" about|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" Messiah|strong="H4899". }
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\verseNumber{21}“It|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" because|strong="G1722" I|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w preached|strong="H1696"\+w*} this|strong="G3778" message|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w some|strong="G3588"\+w*} [SYN] Jews|strong="G2453" seized|strong="G4815" me|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="G2413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2453"\+w*} tried|strong="G3987" to|strong="G1722" kill|strong="G1315" me|strong="G1473". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Paul|strong="G3588" talked|strong="H1696" to|strong="G2532" Festus and|strong="G2532" Agrippa, urging|strong="H6680" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" become|strong="H1961" believers in|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532". }
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\verseNumber{24}Before|strong="G1519" Paul|strong="G3972" could|strong="G3588" say|strong="G5346" anything|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w further|strong="G4183"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" defend|strong="H1598" himself|strong="G1519", Festus|strong="G5347" shouted|strong="H7321": “Paul|strong="G3972", you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G3588" crazy! You|strong="G4771" have|strong="G3588" studied|strong="H1875" too|strong="G3173" much|strong="G4183", and|strong="G1161" it|strong="G1161" has|strong="G3778" made|strong="G1161" you|strong="G4771" insane|strong="G3105"!” 
\verseNumber{25}But|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" answered|strong="G5346", “Your|strong="G2532" Excellency|strong="H1347", Festus|strong="G5347", I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" raving \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w insanely|strong="H1984"\+w*}. On|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" contrary|strong="H7147", what|strong="G3588" I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G2532" saying|strong="G4487" is|strong="G3588" true|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" sensible|strong="H6175"! 
\verseNumber{26}King|strong="G3588" Agrippa knows|strong="G1987" the|strong="G1722" things|strong="G3778" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w I|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w been|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w talking|strong="G2980"\+w* \+w about|strong="G4012"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G3739" can|strong="G1063" speak|strong="G2980" confidently|strong="H2388" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}. I|strong="G3739" am|strong="G1510" sure|strong="G3982" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" knows|strong="G1987" [LIT|strong="H0215"] these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778", because|strong="G1063" people|strong="G1510" everywhere|strong="H3605" [IDM] have|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" [LIT|strong="H0215"] about|strong="G4012" what|strong="G3739" happened|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G1510"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="G3754" Paul|strong="G1492" asked|strong="H7592", “King|strong="G3588" Agrippa, do|strong="G1492" you|strong="G3754" believe|strong="G4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w*} the|strong="G3588" prophets|strong="G4396" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wrote|strong="H3789"\+w*}? I|strong="G3754" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} believe|strong="G4100" it|strong="G3754".” 
\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="G1161" Agrippa \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w answered|strong="H6030"\+w*} Paul|strong="G3972", “◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w hope|strong="H3176"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w*(sg)} do|strong="G4160" not|strong="G4160" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="G3588" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" few|strong="G3641" things|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w have|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w just|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w now|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w said|strong="G1161"\+w*} you|strong="G1722" can|strong="G4160" persuade|strong="G3982" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G4314" become|strong="G1161" a|strong="G1722" Christian|strong="G5546"!/You|strong="G1722" do|strong="G4160" not|strong="G4160" think|strong="H2803", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w*}, that|strong="G3588" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" few|strong="G3641" things|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w have|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w just|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w now|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w said|strong="G1161"\+w*} you|strong="G1722" can|strong="G4160" persuade|strong="G3982" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G4314" become|strong="G1161" a|strong="G1722" Christian|strong="G5546"?►” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{29}Paul|strong="G3972" replied|strong="H0559", “Whether|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" takes|strong="G1096" a|strong="G1096" short|strong="G3641" time|strong="G3641" or|strong="G2532" a|strong="G1096" long|strong="G3641" time|strong="G3641", it|strong="G2532" does|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" matter|strong="H1697". I|strong="G1473" pray|strong="G2172" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" and|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G1722" others|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" listening|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473" today|strong="G4594" will|strong="G2316" also|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w believe|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G1510"\+w*} like|strong="G5108" I|strong="G1473" do|strong="G1096", but|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" do|strong="G1096" not|strong="G3756" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G2532" become|strong="G1096" prisoners|strong="H0615" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="G5108"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G1722" officials|strong="H8269" said|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3588" Paul|strong="G3972" was|strong="G1510" innocent|strong="H5355" but|strong="G1161" must|strong="G1096" go|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" Rome. }
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\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" king|strong="G3588", the|strong="G2532" governor|strong="G2232", Bernice, and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" others|strong="G3588" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="G2532" 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Paul and other prisoners sailed from Caesarea to Crete. }
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\verseNumber{20}The|strong="G3956" wind|strong="H7307" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="G1909" blow|strong="H8628" very|strong="G4183" strongly|strong="G4183", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w sky|strong="H8064"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w full|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w dark|strong="H2822"\+w* \+w clouds|strong="H5645"\+w*} day|strong="G2250" and|strong="G1161" night|strong="H3915". We|strong="G2249" could|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="G3956" sun|strong="G2246" or|strong="G3383" the|strong="G3956" stars|strong="H3556" for|strong="G1909" many|strong="G4183" days|strong="G2250", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w we|strong="G2249"\+w* \+w could|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w determine|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w where|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w we|strong="G2249"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w*. \+w And|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w wind|strong="H7307"\+w*} continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="G1909" blow|strong="H8628" violently|strong="H3966". So|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc)} finally|strong="G3063" thought|strong="H0559" that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2249" would|strong="G2250" drown|strong="H7857" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3956" sea|strong="H3220". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Paul|strong="G3588" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" an|strong="G1161" angel|strong="H4397" from|strong="G3756" God|strong="G3588" said|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G1161" would|strong="G2250" all|strong="G3956" survive|strong="H6965". }
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\verseNumber{21}None|strong="G3361" of|strong="G2532" us|strong="G3004" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" ship|strong="H8392" had|strong="G2532" eaten|strong="H0398" for|strong="G1722" many|strong="G4183" days|strong="H3117". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w day|strong="G3588"\+w*}, Paul|strong="G3972" stood|strong="G2476" up|strong="G2476" in|strong="G1722" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="G2532" us|strong="G3004" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Friends|strong="H7453"\+w*}, you|strong="G1722" should|strong="G1163" have|strong="G2532" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w*} that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(inc)} should|strong="G1163" not|strong="G3361" sail|strong="H5251" from|strong="G2532" Crete|strong="G2914". Then|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" safe|strong="G1722", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" ship|strong="H8392" and|strong="G2532" its|strong="H3605" cargo|strong="H3627" would|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" good|strong="G3588" condition|strong="G3588" [LIT|strong="H0215"]. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Paul thwarted|strong="H6565" some|strong="G5100" sailors|strong="H4419" who|strong="G5100" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="G1519" sneak|strong="H1589" ashore in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" lifeboat. }
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\verseNumber{27}On|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" fourteenth|strong="G5065" night|strong="G3571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w storm|strong="H2230"\+w* \+w had|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w begun|strong="H2490"\+w*, \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w ship|strong="H8392"\+w*} was|strong="G1096" still|strong="H5750" being|strong="G1096" blown|strong="H8628" {the|strong="G1722" wind|strong="H7307" was|strong="G1096" still|strong="H5750" blowing|strong="H8628" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w ship|strong="H8392"\+w*}} across|strong="G1308" the|strong="G1722" Adriatic sea|strong="H3220". About|strong="G5613" midnight|strong="G3319", the|strong="G1722" sailors|strong="G3492" sensed that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" ship|strong="H8392" was|strong="G1096" getting|strong="H7075" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="G2596" land|strong="G5561". 
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\verseNumber{31}But|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" army|strong="H2428" officer|strong="H5631" and|strong="G2532" soldiers|strong="G4757", “If|strong="G1437" the|strong="G1722" sailors|strong="H4419" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" stay|strong="G3306" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" ship|strong="G4143", you|strong="G5210" have|strong="G2532" no|strong="G3756" hope|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2532" being|strong="G2532" saved|strong="G4982".” 
\verseNumber{32}So|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" soldiers|strong="G4757" cut|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" ropes|strong="G4979" and|strong="G2532" let|strong="G1439" the|strong="G2532" lifeboat fall|strong="G1601" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="G2532" water|strong="H4325". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Paul|strong="G3588" urged|strong="H6484" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" eat|strong="H0398" some|strong="G3588" food|strong="H3899", so|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" lightened|strong="H5102" the|strong="G2532" ship|strong="H8392". }
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\verseNumber{37}Altogether|strong="H3162" there|strong="G1161" were|strong="G1510" 276 of|strong="G1722" us|strong="G1722" [SYN] on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" ship|strong="G4143". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G1519" waves|strong="H1530" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G1519" break|strong="H7665" up|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" ship|strong="G4143" after|strong="G1161" it|strong="G1161" struck|strong="H5221" a|strong="G1519" shoal. }
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\verseNumber{42}The|strong="G1161" soldiers|strong="G4757" said|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w one|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w another|strong="G5100"\+w*, “\+w Let’s|strong="H1980"\+w*} kill|strong="H2026" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="G3361"\+w*} the|strong="G1161" prisoners|strong="G1202" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w ship|strong="H8392"\+w*}, so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G1161" will|strong="G5100" not|strong="G3361" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2443"\+w*} swim|strong="G1579" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w away|strong="G1579"\+w* \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w*} escape|strong="G1309".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w planned|strong="H3289"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w do|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w because|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w sure|strong="H0539"\+w*} that|strong="G2443" officials|strong="H8269" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w would|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w order|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w executed|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w if|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w let|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w prisoners|strong="G1202"\+w* \+w escape|strong="G1309"\+w*}. 
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\chapterNumber{28}After|strong="G2532" we|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc)} had|strong="G2532" arrived|strong="H0935" safely|strong="G1295" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w shore|strong="H8193"\+w*}, we|strong="G3754" learned|strong="G1921" that|strong="G3754" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" an|strong="G2532" island|strong="G3520" called|strong="G2564" Malta|strong="G3194". 
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\verseNumber{5}But|strong="G3767" Paul|strong="G3588" simply|strong="H1847" shook|strong="H1607" the|strong="G1519" snake|strong="H5175" off|strong="H3772" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" fire|strong="G4442", and|strong="G3767" nothing|strong="G3762" happened|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Paul|strong="G1510" healed|strong="H7495" many|strong="G4183" Maltese, so|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" supplied|strong="H7311" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" others|strong="G3588" needed|strong="H1767". }
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\verseNumber{7}Near|strong="G1722" where|strong="G3739" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3588" had|strong="G3739" made|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" fire|strong="H0784", there|strong="G1161" were|strong="G3588" some|strong="G3739" fields|strong="H7704" that|strong="G3739" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1722" man|strong="G4413" whose|strong="G3739" name|strong="G3686" was|strong="G3588" Publius|strong="G4196". He|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" chief|strong="G4413" official|strong="H8269" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" island|strong="G3520". He|strong="G1161" invited|strong="H7121" us|strong="G3579" to|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w come|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w stay|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w*} his|strong="G4012" home|strong="H1004". He|strong="G1161" took|strong="G1161" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="G4012" us|strong="G3579" for|strong="G4012" three|strong="G5140" days|strong="G2250". 
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\BibleTitleTwo{This book is a letter that the Apostle Paul wrote to the Christians at Rome. We call this book }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Romans 1:1-7 }

\BibleSectionHeading{I, Paul, an apostle whom God appointed to proclaim the good message about Jesus Christ, am writing this letter to all you believers who are in Rome. I pray that God will continue to act kindly toward you and grant you peace. }
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\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Everyone|strong="H3605"\+w*} can|strong="G1063" clearly|strong="H3045" know|strong="G1110" what|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*}, because|strong="G1063" God|strong="G2316" himself|strong="G5319" has|strong="G2316" revealed|strong="G5319" to|strong="G1722" everyone|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{So|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" let|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" non-Jewish people|strong="G3588" feel|strong="H4184" compelled|strong="H5080" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" disgraceful|strong="H5039" things|strong="G3588", which|strong="G3588" resulted|strong="H1961" in|strong="G1722" their|strong="G2532" dishonoring their|strong="G2532" bodies|strong="H6297" sexually. He|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588" because|strong="G1722" they|strong="G2532" worshipped|strong="H7812" idols|strong="H1544" and|strong="G2532" things|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" created|strong="H1254" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="G2316" worshipping|strong="H7812" God|strong="G2316". As|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" result|strong="H6903" of|strong="G2316" both|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" women|strong="H0802" having|strong="G2532" unnatural sexual|strong="H7901" relations|strong="H3045", they|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" punished|strong="H6485" as|strong="G1722" they|strong="G2532" deserve|strong="H0376". }
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\verseNumber{26}So|strong="G1519", God|strong="G2316" allowed|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* non-Jews \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w do|strong="G1223"\+w*} shameful|strong="H1322" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sexual|strong="H7901"\+w*} things|strong="G3778" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w strongly|strong="H3966"\+w*} desired|strong="H2530". As|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1519" result|strong="G1519", many|strong="H7227" women|strong="G2338" did|strong="G2316" not|strong="G1223" have|strong="G3588" natural|strong="G5446" sexual|strong="H7901" relations|strong="G5540" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G3844"\+w* \+w their|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w husbands|strong="H1167"\+w*} [EUP]. Instead|strong="H8478", they|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" doing|strong="G3844" sexual|strong="H7901" actions|strong="H5949" with|strong="G3844" other|strong="G1438" women|strong="G2338" [EUP]. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G1722" result|strong="G1519" of|strong="G2532" God’s|strong="H0430" letting|strong="H7971" people|strong="G3588" become|strong="H1961" obsessed by|strong="G1722" their|strong="G1438" own|strong="G1438" depraved|strong="H7843" thoughts|strong="H4284" was|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" themselves|strong="G1438" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="G1519" do|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" manner|strong="G3668" of|strong="G2532" evil|strong="G2532" things|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2532" says|strong="H0559" are|strong="G3588" improper|strong="H1351". They|strong="G2532" even|strong="G2532" approve|strong="H7200" of|strong="G2532" others|strong="G3588" doing|strong="G2716" such|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3588". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Any one of you Jews who condemns non-Jews for doing evil will be condemned by God, because you also do the same evil things. }
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\verseNumber{4}And|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" should|strong="G2316" not|strong="G2532" say|strong="G2532", “God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G3588" acting|strong="H4603" very|strong="G2532" tolerantly and|strong="G2532" patiently|strong="G3115" toward|strong="G1519" me|strong="H0413", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w stop|strong="H2308"\+w* \+w sinning|strong="H2398"\+w*} [DOU].” ◄You|strong="G4771" should|strong="G2316" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G3588" acting|strong="H4603" in|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" kind|strong="G5543" manner|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w toward|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*} in|strong="G1519" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="G1519" encourage|strong="H2388" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} to|strong="G1519" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" sinful|strong="H2400" behavior|strong="H3027"!/Do|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" not|strong="G2532" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G3588" acting|strong="H4603" in|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" kind|strong="G5543" manner|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w toward|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*} in|strong="G1519" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="G1519" encourage|strong="H2388" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} to|strong="G1519" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" sinful|strong="H2400" behavior|strong="H3027"?► [RHQ] 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Because|strong="G1722" God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G2532" influenced|strong="H7225" by|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" person’s|strong="H3820" status|strong="H6256", he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" pay|strong="H7999" back|strong="H7725" each|strong="G2596" person|strong="H5315" according|strong="G2596" to|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" person|strong="H5315" has|strong="G2316" done|strong="H6213". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{All|strong="G3588" non-Jews and|strong="G2316" all|strong="G3588" non-Jews will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G1510" eternally|strong="H5331" separated|strong="H6504" from|strong="G3844" God|strong="G2316" for|strong="G1063" their|strong="G3588" sin|strong="H2403", since|strong="G1063" it|strong="G1063" is|strong="G1510" only|strong="G3756" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" have|strong="G1510" continually|strong="H8548" obeyed|strong="H8085" his|strong="G3588" laws|strong="H8451" whom|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" will|strong="G2316" justify|strong="H6663". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{My reply to the objection that there is no advantage in being a Jew or being circumcised is that there is much advantage, especially since God entrusted his promises to us. My reply to the objection that God has not kept his promise is that he certainly has, for his promises are always true. My reply to the objection that it is not right for God to punish us Jews is that it certainly is right for him to punish us, because if God did not judge us Jews he could not judge anyone. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{My|strong="G1473" reply|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2443" a|strong="G2532" query about|strong="G4160" whether|strong="G2532" God|strong="G3004" will|strong="G1510" treat|strong="G4160" Jews|strong="H3064" more|strong="G2532" favorably|strong="H2896" than|strong="G2532" non-Jews is|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3361", because|strong="G3754" the|strong="G2532" Scriptures make|strong="G4160" clear|strong="H5352" that|strong="G3754" all|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1510" are|strong="G1510" condemned|strong="G2917" by|strong="G2532" God|strong="G3004" for|strong="G3754" their|strong="G2532" sin|strong="H2403". }
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\verseNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w*}, “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Shall|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w we|strong="G1063"\+w* conclude \+w that|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} will|strong="G5101" treat|strong="H6213" us|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jews|strong="G2453"\+w*} more|strong="G2532" favorably|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w treat|strong="H6213"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" non-Jews less|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w favorably|strong="H2896"\+w*} [RHQ]?” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w reply|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w we|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w can|strong="G1063"\+w*} certainly|strong="G1063" not|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{conclude \+w that|strong="G3956"\+w*}! I|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" already|strong="G4256" shown|strong="H7200" you|strong="G1510" that|strong="G3956" all|strong="G3956" people|strong="G3956", the|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453" and|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" non-Jews, have|strong="G2532" sinned|strong="H2398" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w deserve|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w*} {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3956"\+w*}} [PRS]. 
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No|strong="G3756" person|strong="G1342" is|strong="G1510" righteous|strong="G1342". There|strong="G3754" is|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" even|strong="G3761" one|strong="G1520" righteous|strong="G1342" person|strong="G1342"! 
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\verseNumber{12}Absolutely|strong="H0657" everyone|strong="G3956" has|strong="G1510" turned|strong="G1578" away|strong="G1578" [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3588"\+w*}. God|strong="G3588" considers|strong="H7919" them|strong="G3588" depraved|strong="H7843" (OR|strong="G3588", Everyone|strong="G3956" has|strong="G1510" become|strong="G1510" useless|strong="H1892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3588"\+w*}). There|strong="G1510" is|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3756" one|strong="G1520" who|strong="G3588" acts|strong="G4160" righteously|strong="H6664"; no|strong="G3756", there|strong="G1510" is|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" even|strong="G2193" one|strong="G1520"! 
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\verseNumber{13}What|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3588" say|strong="H0559" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w foul|strong="H0887"\+w*/\+w bad|strong="H7451"\+w*, \+w like|strong="G1100"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w smell|strong="H7381"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w comes|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w from|strong="G5259"\+w*} a|strong="G5259" grave|strong="G5028" that|strong="G3588" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" {that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3588"\+w*} have|strong="G3588"} opened|strong="H6605" [MET|strong="H6298"]. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w By|strong="G5259"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w*} [MTY], they|strong="G3588" deceive|strong="H5377" people|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{14}They|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" continually|strong="H8548" ◄cursing|strong="H7045"/asking|strong="H7592" God|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" harmful|strong="H7451" things|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532"► others|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" saying|strong="H0559" ◄cruel|strong="H0394"/harsh|strong="H7186"/hateful|strong="H8130"► things|strong="G3588" [MTY]. 
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\verseNumber{15}They|strong="G3588" ◄go|strong="H1980" quickly|strong="H4116"/are|strong="G3588" eager|strong="H1245"► to|strong="G3588" murder|strong="H7523" people|strong="G3588" [MTY]. 
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\verseNumber{16}Wherever|strong="H3605" they|strong="G2532" go|strong="G2532", they|strong="G2532" ruin|strong="G4938" everything|strong="H3605" and|strong="G2532" make|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3588"\+w*} miserable|strong="H5999" [MTY]. 
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\verseNumber{18}They|strong="G3588" absolutely|strong="H0657" refuse|strong="G3756" to|strong="G3756" fear|strong="G5401"/reverence|strong="G5401" God|strong="G2316" [SYN]! 

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\BibleSectionHeading{Now|strong="G3756" God|strong="H0430" erases the|strong="G3956" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="G1537" sins|strong="H2403" of|strong="G1537" everyone|strong="G3956", Jew|strong="H3064" and|strong="G4561" non-Jew, who|strong="G3956" trusts|strong="H0982" in|strong="G3956" what|strong="G1063" Jesus|strong="G1537" Christ has|strong="G3551" done|strong="G2041" for|strong="G1063" them|strong="G3956". God|strong="H0430" presented|strong="H7126" Christ as|strong="G1063" the|strong="G3956" one|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3956" would|strong="H0014" atone|strong="H3722" for|strong="G1063" sins|strong="H2403" by|strong="G1223" dying|strong="H0006" on|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3956" cross|strong="H5674". }
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\verseNumber{23}All|strong="G3956" people|strong="G3956" have|strong="G2532" done|strong="H6213" evil|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" people|strong="G3956" have|strong="G2532" failed|strong="H5307" to|strong="G2532" accomplish|strong="H6213" the|strong="G2532" glorious|strong="G1391" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{goals} that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w set|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{So|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" are|strong="G1510" prevented|strong="H6923" from|strong="G1537" boasting|strong="H6350" that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" saves|strong="H3467" us|strong="G1519" because|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" our|strong="G2316" obeying|strong="H8085" the|strong="G1722" Mosaic|strong="H7531" laws|strong="G1537". And|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" will|strong="G2316" also|strong="G2532" accept|strong="H7521" non-Jews on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" same|strong="G2532" basis|strong="G1537". And|strong="G2532" by|strong="G1722" agreeing that|strong="G3588" people|strong="G1510" are|strong="G1510" declared|strong="H5046" righteous|strong="G1342" by|strong="G1722" their|strong="G2532" trusting|strong="H0982" in|strong="G1722" Christ, we|strong="G2532" actually|strong="G2532" confirm|strong="H6965", not|strong="G1510" nullify, the|strong="G1722" Mosaic|strong="H7531" laws|strong="G1537". }
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\verseNumber{27}It|strong="G1223" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3780" at|strong="G1223" all|strong="G3588" [RHQ] because|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w obeying|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1223"\+w*} laws|strong="G3551" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3588"\+w* erases \+w the|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w record|strong="H3789"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w our|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w*}. So|strong="G3767", ◄there|strong="G3767" is|strong="G3588" no|strong="G3780" way|strong="G1223" that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G3767" can|strong="H4310" boast|strong="H1984" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w does|strong="G4226"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w because|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w our|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w obeying|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w laws|strong="G3551"\+w*}./how|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4310" we|strong="G3767" boast|strong="H1984" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3588"\+w* erasing \+w the|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w record|strong="H3789"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w our|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w* \+w because|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w our|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w obeying|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w laws|strong="G3551"\+w*}?► [RHQ] Instead|strong="H8478", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w because|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w our|strong="G1223"\+w*} believing|strong="G4102"/trusting|strong="H0982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G4102"\+w* Christ \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3588"\+w* erases \+w the|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w record|strong="H3789"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w our|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{29}◄You|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453" certainly|strong="G2532" should|strong="G2316" not|strong="G3780" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G2532"\+w*} are|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" only|strong="G3440" ones|strong="H2945" whom|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w accept|strong="H7521"\+w*}!/Do|strong="G2532" you|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G2532"\+w*} alone|strong="G3441" whom|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w accept|strong="H7521"\+w*}?► [RHQ] You|strong="G2532" certainly|strong="G2532" should|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w realize|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w accept|strong="H7521"\+w*} non-Jews, too|strong="G2532". [RHQ] Of|strong="G2532" course|strong="H4256", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w accept|strong="H7521"\+w*} non-Jews also|strong="G2532", 
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\BibleSectionHeading{We can draw conclusions from Abraham’s life about how God erases the record of our sins. Abraham could not boast about his accomplishing that because the Scriptures record that it was because he believed what God promised that God erased the record of his sins. God’s doing that was a gift, not a reward. }
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\chapterNumber{4}Abraham|strong="H0085" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2596" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w revered|strong="H3372"\+w*} ancestor|strong="G3962" of|strong="G3962" us|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jews|strong="H3064"\+w*}. So|strong="G3767" think|strong="H2803" about|strong="G2596" what|strong="G5101" we|strong="G2249" can|strong="G3004" conclude \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w happened|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w Abraham|strong="H0085"\+w* \+w about|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w how|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w can|strong="G3004"\+w* erase \+w the|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w record|strong="H3789"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3962"\+w* \+w our|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w*}. [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} is|strong="G3588" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3588" whose|strong="G3739" sins|strong="H2403" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" {whose|strong="G3739" sins|strong="H2403" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G2532"\+w*} has|strong="G3739"} forgiven|strong="H5545", and|strong="G2532" whose|strong="G3739" sins|strong="H2403" he|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w has|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w decided|strong="H3289"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" forget|strong="H7911" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3361"\+w*} causes|strong="H5414" to|strong="G3756" be|strong="G3756" happy|strong="G3107" the|strong="G3739" people|strong="G3361" whose|strong="G3739" sins|strong="H2403" he|strong="G3739" no|strong="G3756" longer|strong="G3361" keeps|strong="H8104" a|strong="G3756" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="G2962". 

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\verseNumber{9}As|strong="G1519" for|strong="G1063" our|strong="G2532" being|strong="G2532" happy|strong="H0835" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w has|strong="G4102"\+w* erased \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w record|strong="H3789"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w our|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w*}, ◄it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G2532" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="G2532"\+w*} we|strong="G1063" Jews|strong="H3064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w can|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w experience|strong="H7200"\+w*}./is|strong="G3588" it|strong="G2532" [MTY] something|strong="H1697" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="G2532"\+w*} we|strong="G1063" Jews|strong="H3064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w can|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w experience|strong="H7200"\+w*}?► [RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w No|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w*} also|strong="G2532" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="G3588" non-Jews \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w can|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w experience|strong="H7200"\+w*} [MTY]. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w What|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w written|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* Scriptures}, that|strong="G3588" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" because|strong="G1063" Abraham|strong="H0085" trusted|strong="H0982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1519" sins|strong="H2403" was|strong="G3588" erased {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} erased the|strong="G2532" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1519" sins|strong="H2403"}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w shows|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w true|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{13}God|strong="G3588" promised|strong="G1860" Abraham|strong="H0085" and|strong="G4102" his|strong="G1223" descendants|strong="G4690" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G3588" would|strong="G1510" receive|strong="G4102" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w blessings|strong="H1293"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w promised|strong="G1860"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w give|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w in|strong="G4102"\+w*} the|strong="G1223" world|strong="G2889". But|strong="G1063" when|strong="G1510" he|strong="G3588" promised|strong="G1860" that|strong="G3588", it|strong="G1063" was|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" because|strong="G1223" Abraham|strong="H0085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w obeyed|strong="H8085"\+w*} the|strong="G1223" laws|strong="G3551" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w later|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w gave|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*}. Instead|strong="H8478", it|strong="G1063" was|strong="G1510" because|strong="G1223" Abraham|strong="H0085" believed|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w do|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w promised|strong="G1860"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w do|strong="G1510"\+w*}. As|strong="G1063" a|strong="G1510" result|strong="H6903", God|strong="G3588" erased the|strong="G1223" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="G1223" his|strong="G1223" sins|strong="H2403". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" because|strong="G3754" Abraham|strong="G4100" confidently|strong="H2388" believed|strong="G4100" God’s|strong="G2316" promise|strong="H1697" to|strong="G2532" give|strong="G2227" him|strong="G3588" many|strong="G4183" descendants|strong="H2233", when|strong="G5613" there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3361" physical basis|strong="H0914" for|strong="G3754" his|strong="G2532" hoping|strong="H6960" that|strong="G3754" this|strong="G3588" would|strong="G2316" happen|strong="G1510", that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2316" erased the|strong="G2532" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="G2316" his|strong="G2532" sins|strong="H2403". }
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God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w guaranteed|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w give|strong="G2227"\+w* \+w Abraham|strong="G4100"\+w* \+w many|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w*}. Abraham|strong="G4100" confidently|strong="H2388" believed|strong="G4100" that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w would|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*}, 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G2532" words|strong="G2532" about|strong="G1519" God|strong="G2532" erasing the|strong="G2532" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="G2532" Abraham’s|strong="H0085" sins|strong="H2403" were|strong="G2532" written|strong="H3789" also|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" assure|strong="H5315" us|strong="G1519" who|strong="G2532" believe|strong="H0539" in|strong="G1519" God|strong="G2532". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Because God has erased the record of our sins, we have peace with him, we experience his acting kindly toward us, we rejoice because we expect to receive God’s glory, and we even rejoice in suffering because we know the results that it brings. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Because|strong="G3754" Christ died|strong="G3588" for|strong="G3754" us|strong="G1325" ungodly|strong="H7563" people|strong="G3588", he|strong="G1161" will|strong="G2316" certainly|strong="G3756" save|strong="H3467" us|strong="G1325" from|strong="G3756" God’s|strong="G2316" eternal|strong="H5769" punishment|strong="H5771", and|strong="G1161" so|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" boast|strong="H1984" of|strong="G4151" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G1161" has|strong="G2316" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="G3754" us|strong="G1325". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{If someone were to say that perhaps we should continue to sin in order that God may continue to act more kindly toward us, I would reply that we who ought to consider ourselves unresponsive to sinful desires should certainly not continue sinning. We must keep remembering that it is as though our former sinful nature has ceased to function, and it is as though we have become unresponsive to sinful desires, living in a new way. So do not let the desire to commit sin control you. Instead, present yourselves to God to do righteous things. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{You know that after people die they are freed from being required to obey any law. Similarly, God has freed us from being required to obey all the Jewish rituals and laws. }
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\chapterNumber{7}My|strong="G3754" fellow|strong="H7453" believers, you|strong="G3754" know|strong="G1097" about|strong="G1909" laws|strong="G3551". So|strong="G1063" you|strong="G3754" certainly|strong="G1909" know|strong="G1097" (OR|strong="G2228", I|strong="G1063" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="G3754" to|strong="G1909" remember|strong="H2142") that|strong="G3754" people|strong="G3588" have|strong="G3748" to|strong="G1909" obey|strong="H8085" laws|strong="G3551" [PRS] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} while|strong="G2980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w*} alive|strong="G2198". [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{13}So|strong="G2443", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w object|strong="H8047"\+w*} saying|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w laws|strong="H8451"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w gave|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*}, which|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" good|strong="G1223", ◄resulted|strong="H1961" in|strong="G2596" my|strong="G1473" being|strong="G1096" separated|strong="H6504" from|strong="G2596" God|strong="G3361"!/did|strong="G1096" they|strong="G3588" result|strong="G2443" in|strong="G2596" my|strong="G1473" being|strong="G1096" separated|strong="H6504" from|strong="G2596" God|strong="G3361"?► [RHQ]” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w would|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w reply|strong="H7725"\+w*}, “Certainly|strong="H3588" they|strong="G3588" did|strong="G1096" not|strong="G3361" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w*}!” But|strong="G3361" instead|strong="H8478", those|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w laws|strong="H8451"\+w*}, which|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" good|strong="G1223", stimulated \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w desire|strong="H8378"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2443"\+w*} sin|strong="H2403". I|strong="G1473" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="G2443" the|strong="G1223" result|strong="G2443" was|strong="G1096" that|strong="G2443" I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G1096" separated|strong="H6504" from|strong="G2596" God|strong="G3361". And|strong="G3767" also|strong="G3361", because|strong="G1223" I|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w learned|strong="H3925"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w had|strong="G3588"\+w*} commanded|strong="G1785", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w*} what|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G1096" doing|strong="G2716" was|strong="G1096" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w truly|strong="H3588"\+w*} sinful|strong="H2400". 

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\BibleSectionHeading{God will not in any way condemn those who are united to Christ Jesus, because God’s Spirit has freed us from the inevitability of sinning and from spiritual death. }
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\verseNumber{10}But|strong="G1161" since|strong="G1223" Christ|strong="G5547" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w living|strong="G2222"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*/\+w us|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w Spirit|strong="G4151"\+w*, \+w although|strong="G1161"\+w*} your|strong="G1223"/our|strong="G5547" bodies|strong="G4983" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w certain|strong="H0259"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1722"\+w*} die|strong="G1223" because|strong="G1223" you|strong="G5210"/we|strong="G1161" sin|strong="H2403", your|strong="G1223"/our|strong="G5547" spirits|strong="G4151" are|strong="G3588" alive|strong="G2222" because|strong="G1223" God|strong="G3588" has|strong="G5547" erased the|strong="G1722" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="G4151" your|strong="G1223"/our|strong="G5547" sins|strong="H2403". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{We|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" compelled|strong="H5080" to|strong="G2532" live|strong="G2532" as|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Spirit|strong="G4151" directs|strong="H3559", not|strong="G1223" as|strong="G1722" our|strong="G2424" self-directed nature directs|strong="H3559", because|strong="G1223" if|strong="G1487" we|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" latter|strong="H0319" we|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" eternally|strong="H5331" separated|strong="H6504" from|strong="G1537" God|strong="G2532", but|strong="G1161" if|strong="G1487" we|strong="G2532" cease|strong="H7673" doing|strong="H6213" the|strong="G1722" latter|strong="H0319" we|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" live|strong="G2532" eternally|strong="H5331". }
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\verseNumber{12}Therefore|strong="G3767", my|strong="G2596" fellow|strong="G4561" believers, we|strong="G1510" must|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w live|strong="G2198"\+w* \+w as|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w Spirit|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w directs|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w*}. What|strong="G3588" we|strong="G1510" do|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" have|strong="G1510" to|strong="G2596" do|strong="G1510" is|strong="G1510" to|strong="G2596" live|strong="G2198" as|strong="G2596" our|strong="G2596" self-directed nature \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w guides|strong="H5148"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Because|strong="G1063" we|strong="G1063" who|strong="G3588" allow|strong="H5414" the|strong="G1161" Spirit|strong="G4151" of|strong="G4151" God|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2596" guide|strong="H5148" us|strong="H5414" are|strong="G3588" God’s|strong="H0430" children|strong="H1121", we|strong="G1063" will|strong="G3195" also|strong="G1161" inherit|strong="H5157" eternal|strong="H5769" blessings|strong="H1293" from|strong="G2596" God|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{14}We|strong="G1063" who|strong="G3745" are|strong="G1510" guided|strong="H5148" by|strong="G1063" the|strong="G1063" Spirit|strong="G4151" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316" {allow|strong="H5414" the|strong="G1063" Spirit|strong="G4151" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316" to|strong="G2316" guide|strong="H5148" us|strong="H5414"} are|strong="G1510" God’s|strong="G2316" children|strong="G5207". 
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\verseNumber{16}The|strong="G3588" Spirit|strong="G4151" himself|strong="H5315" confirms|strong="H6965" what|strong="G3588" our|strong="G2316" spirits|strong="G4151" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w say|strong="G1473"\+w*}, that|strong="G3754" we|strong="G2249" are|strong="G1510" God’s|strong="G2316" children|strong="G5043". 
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\verseNumber{18}I|strong="G1473" consider|strong="G3049" that|strong="G3754" what|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2249" suffer|strong="G3195" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="G1519" present|strong="G3568" time|strong="G2540" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" worth|strong="H1929" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w paying|strong="H1576"\+w* \+w attention|strong="H7181"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G3754"\+w*} the|strong="G1519" future|strong="G3195" splendor|strong="H1926"/glory|strong="G1391" that|strong="G3754" will|strong="G3195" be|strong="G3756" revealed|strong="H1540" {that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G4314"\+w*} will|strong="G3195" reveal|strong="H1540"} to|strong="G1519" us|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w so|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w great|strong="G3756"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{25}But|strong="G1161" because|strong="G1223" we|strong="G3739" keep|strong="H8104" waiting|strong="G5281" expectantly|strong="H3176" to|strong="G3756" receive|strong="H3947" what|strong="G3739" we|strong="G3739" do|strong="G1223" not|strong="G3756" yet|strong="G1161" have|strong="G3756", we|strong="G3739" wait|strong="G5281" for|strong="G1223" it|strong="G1161" eagerly|strong="H6960" and|strong="G1161" patiently|strong="H6960"/perseveringly. 

\BibleSectionHeading{God’s|strong="H0430" Spirit|strong="H7307" helps|strong="H5826" us|strong="H5414" when|strong="G1161" our|strong="G1223" spirits|strong="H7307" feel|strong="H4184" weak|strong="H2470"; he|strong="G1161" prays|strong="H6419" for|strong="G1223" us|strong="H5414" and|strong="G1161" God|strong="H0430" understands|strong="H0995" what|strong="G3739" his|strong="G1223" Spirit|strong="H7307" intends|strong="H3190". }
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\verseNumber{26}Similarly|strong="G5615", in|strong="G2532" addition|strong="H5921" to|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" continuing|strong="H1641" to|strong="G2532" wait|strong="G4151" for|strong="G1063" what|strong="G5101" God|strong="G2532" will|strong="G5101" give|strong="G1473" us|strong="G2249", God’s|strong="H0430" Spirit|strong="G4151" helps|strong="G4878" us|strong="G2249" when|strong="G1161" our|strong="G2532" spirits|strong="G4151" feel|strong="H4184" weak|strong="H2470". We|strong="G2249" do|strong="G5101" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" what|strong="G5101" is|strong="G3588" proper|strong="H2896"/necessary|strong="G1163" for|strong="G1063" us|strong="G2249" to|strong="G2532" pray|strong="G4336". But|strong="G1161" God’s|strong="H0430" Spirit|strong="G4151" knows|strong="G1492", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" prays|strong="G4336" for|strong="G1063" us|strong="G2249" when|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" groan|strong="H0584" (OR|strong="G2532", he|strong="G2532" groans|strong="G4726") in|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" way|strong="G5615" that|strong="G3588" cannot|strong="G3756" be|strong="G2532" expressed|strong="H5344" in|strong="G2532" words|strong="G2532" (OR|strong="G2532", prays|strong="G4336" with|strong="G2532" us|strong="G2249", groaning|strong="G4726" in|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" way|strong="G5615" that|strong="G3588" cannot|strong="G3756" be|strong="G2532" expressed|strong="H5344" in|strong="G2532" words|strong="G2532"). 
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\BibleSectionHeading{I tell you very sincerely that I grieve greatly about most of my fellow Israelites having rejected Christ. I would be willing to be separated from Christ if that would help them believe in him. }
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If|strong="G1487" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962", who|strong="G2532" controls|strong="H3820" everything|strong="H3605" in|strong="G2532" heaven|strong="H8064", had|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" mercifully allowed|strong="H5414" some|strong="G5613" of|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" descendants|strong="G4690" to|strong="G2532" survive|strong="H6965", we|strong="G2249" would|strong="G1096" have|strong="G2532" become|strong="G1096" like|strong="G5613" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3361" of|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} Sodom|strong="G4670" and|strong="G2532" Gomorrah|strong="G1116", who|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1096" [SIM, DOU] completely|strong="H3617" destroyed|strong="H4229". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G2532" non-Jews found|strong="G1096" the|strong="G2532" way|strong="G5613" by|strong="G2532" which|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2532" could|strong="G3361" declare|strong="H5046" them|strong="G2532" righteous|strong="H6662". The|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="H3064" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" succeed|strong="H6743" in|strong="G2532" fulfilling|strong="H6213" what|strong="G5613" the|strong="G2532" Mosaic|strong="H7531" laws|strong="H8451" require|strong="G1096". Instead|strong="H8478", they|strong="G2532" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="G2532" find|strong="H4672" a|strong="G1096" way|strong="G5613" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" declared|strong="H5046" righteous|strong="H6662" by|strong="G2532" doing|strong="G1096" things|strong="G2531" in|strong="G2532" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2532" would|strong="G1096" accept|strong="H7521" them|strong="G2532". }
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\verseNumber{30}We|strong="G3754" must|strong="G2046" conclude this|strong="G3588": [RHQ] Although|strong="G1161" non-Jews did|strong="G5101" not|strong="G3361" search|strong="H2713" out|strong="G1537" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w way|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w which|strong="G3588"\+w*} God|strong="G3004" would|strong="G5101" erase the|strong="G1537" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="G1537" their|strong="G3588" sins|strong="H2403", they|strong="G1161" actually|strong="H7901" found|strong="G2638" that|strong="G3754" way|strong="G1537" because|strong="G3754" they|strong="G1161" trusted|strong="H0982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G4102"\+w* \+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* Christ \+w did|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w for|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 
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Listen|strong="G2400"! I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G2532" placing|strong="G5087" in|strong="G1722" Israel|strong="H3478" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w like|strong="G2531"\+w*} a|strong="G2532" stone|strong="G3037" [MET|strong="G3708"] on|strong="G1909" which|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3588" will|strong="G2532" stumble|strong="H3782". What|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" does|strong="G4100" will|strong="G2532" offend|strong="H0816" people|strong="G3588" [DOU]. Nevertheless|strong="G3756", those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" believe|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588" will|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" be|strong="G2532" disappointed|strong="G2617". 

\BibleSectionHeading{My deep desire and earnest prayer is that God will save the Jews, who do not understand how to seek him correctly. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G1519" message|strong="H1697" of|strong="G3551" Scripture|strong="H3791" is|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" confess|strong="H3034" publicly|strong="H3318" that|strong="G3588" Jesus is|strong="G3588" their|strong="G3956" Lord|strong="G3588" and|strong="G1343" who|strong="G3588" believe|strong="G4100" inwardly|strong="H7130" that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G1519" brought|strong="G1519" Jesus back|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" life|strong="H5315" will|strong="G3956" be|strong="G3956" saved|strong="H3467", because|strong="G1063" God|strong="G1519" accepts|strong="H3947" people|strong="G3956" only|strong="H0389" because|strong="G1063" of|strong="G3551" their|strong="G3956" faith|strong="G4100", Jews|strong="H3064" and|strong="G1343" non-Jews alike|strong="H3162". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{I appeal to you that you present yourselves to God by making yourselves like living sacrifices, which is the appropriate way to serve him. Do not let anything non-Christian determine how you act, but instead let God change your way of thinking. }
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\verseNumber{16}Desire|strong="H8378" for|strong="G1519" others|strong="G3588" what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G1438" desire|strong="H8378" for|strong="G1519" yourselves|strong="G1438" (OR|strong="G3361", Live|strong="G5426" harmoniously with|strong="G3844" each|strong="G1438" other|strong="G1438")! Do|strong="G1096" not|strong="G3361" do|strong="G1096" things|strong="G3588" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="G1438" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G1096" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w famous|strong="H8034"\+w*}! Instead|strong="H8478", be|strong="G1096" content|strong="H2974" to|strong="G1519" do|strong="G1096" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tasks|strong="H5656"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w others|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w consider|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w only|strong="G1438"\+w*} unimportant people|strong="G3361" do|strong="G1096" (OR|strong="G3361", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w associate|strong="G4879"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3844"\+w* unimportant} people|strong="G3361"). Do|strong="G1096" not|strong="G3361" consider|strong="H7200" yourselves|strong="G1438" wise|strong="G5429". 
\verseNumber{17}Do|strong="G3367" not|strong="G3367" do|strong="G3367" something|strong="H1697" evil|strong="G2556" to|strong="G3956" anyone|strong="G3367" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2556"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*} something|strong="H1697" evil|strong="G2556" to|strong="G3956" you|strong="G3956". Act|strong="H6213" in|strong="G3956" a|strong="H1961" way|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3956" all|strong="G3956" people|strong="G3956" will|strong="G3956" recognize|strong="H5234" as|strong="G3956" good|strong="G2570"! 
\verseNumber{18}Live|strong="G1514" peacefully|strong="H7965" with|strong="G3326" other|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3956" whenever|strong="H3605" it|strong="G1487" is|strong="G3588" possible|strong="G1415", to|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" extent|strong="H7230" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w can|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w influence|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w situation|strong="G3956"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="G1537" avenging|strong="H3467" yourselves|strong="G4771", allow|strong="H5414" God|strong="G3588" to|strong="G3956" avenge|strong="H5358" you|strong="G5210"; and|strong="G3956" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="G1537" being|strong="G4771" overcome|strong="H3201" by|strong="G1537" something|strong="H1697" evil|strong="G3956" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="G3956" you|strong="G5210", overcome|strong="H3201" evil|strong="G3956" deeds|strong="H4611" by|strong="G1537" doing|strong="H6213" good|strong="G3956" to|strong="G3956" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" do|strong="G3588" evil|strong="G3956" to|strong="G3956" you|strong="G5210", because|strong="G1537" this|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" what|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3956" Scriptures command|strong="H6680". }
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\verseNumber{21}Do|strong="G3361" not|strong="G3361" let|strong="H7971" evil|strong="G2556" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w things|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w others|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w done|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w*} overcome|strong="G3528" you|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg) \+w by|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w making|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w evil|strong="G2556"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*!} [PRS] Instead|strong="H8478", overcome|strong="G3528" the|strong="G1722" evil|strong="G2556" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w things|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w done|strong="G3361"\+w*} by|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w*} good|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w deeds|strong="H4611"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}! 

\BibleSectionHeading{Be subject to civil authorities, because those who oppose them oppose what God has established and will bring punishment on themselves. Do what is good and then they will commend you. Give to all the authorities what you are obligated to give to them. }
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\chapterNumber{13}Every|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{believer} must|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" subject|strong="G5293" to|strong="G1849" the|strong="G3956" authorities|strong="G1849". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Remember|strong="H2142"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3956" only|strong="G1487" one|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w gives|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w officials|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w their|strong="G3956"\+w*} authority|strong="G1849". Furthermore|strong="G1161", those|strong="G3588" officials|strong="H8269" that|strong="G3588" exist|strong="G1510" are|strong="G1510" ones|strong="H2945" who|strong="G3588" have|strong="G1510" been|strong="G1510" appointed|strong="G5021" by|strong="G5259" God|strong="G2316" {God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" appointed|strong="G5021"}. 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="G1161" whoever|strong="G3588" resists the|strong="G1161" officials|strong="H8269" is|strong="G3588" resisting what|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" established|strong="H3559". Furthermore|strong="G1161", those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" resist|strong="H2388" officials|strong="H8269" will|strong="G2316" bring|strong="G2983" on|strong="G1161" themselves|strong="G1438" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w officials|strong="H8269"\+w*} the|strong="G1161" punishment|strong="G2917" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w considers|strong="H7919"\+w* \+w fitting|strong="H5000"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{4}It|strong="G1161" is|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1519" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="G1519" serve|strong="H5647" God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w doing|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w their|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w every|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w official|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w exists|strong="H1961"\+w*}, in|strong="G1519" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G1161" may|strong="G2316" benefit|strong="G1519" each|strong="G1519" of|strong="G2316" you|strong="G4771". If|strong="G1437" any|strong="G1437" of|strong="G2316" you|strong="G4771" does|strong="G4160" what|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" evil|strong="G2556", you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg) \+w will|strong="G2316"\+w* rightfully \+w have|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w reason|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w*} be|strong="G1510" afraid|strong="G5399", because|strong="G1063" the|strong="G1519" authority|strong="H3027" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G1161" have|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1519" punish|strong="H6485" people|strong="G1510" [MTY] is|strong="G1510" very|strong="G3588" real [LIT|strong="H0215"]! The|strong="G1519" officials|strong="H8269" exist|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1519" serve|strong="H5647" God|strong="G2316". That|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510", they|strong="G1161" act|strong="G4160" as|strong="G1519" God’s|strong="G2316" agents as|strong="G1519" they|strong="G1161" punish|strong="H6485" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" do|strong="G4160" evil|strong="G2556". 
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\verseNumber{6}It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" for|strong="G1063" this|strong="G3778" reason|strong="G1223" that|strong="G2532" you|strong="G1510" also|strong="G2532" pay|strong="G5055" taxes|strong="G5411", because|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" officials|strong="H8269" are|strong="G1510" ones|strong="H2945" who|strong="G2316" serve|strong="H5647" God|strong="G2316" as|strong="G1519" they|strong="G2532" continually|strong="G1223" do|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" work|strong="H4399". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Do|strong="G3588" not|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H5800" any|strong="G3956" debt|strong="G3782" unpaid. Your|strong="G3956" only|strong="H0389" continual|strong="G5056" obligation|strong="H0632" is|strong="G3588" to|strong="G3956" love|strong="H0157" one|strong="G3956" another|strong="G3588", because|strong="H3588" doing|strong="H6213" so|strong="H3651" fulfills|strong="H7521" all|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3588" God’s|strong="H0430" law|strong="H8451" requires|strong="H4147". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Accept those who are not sure whether they are permitted to do certain things. Anyone who thinks that it is all right to eat all kinds of food must not despise those who do not think that, and those who do not think that it is all right to eat certain foods must not condemn those who do, because God has accepted them. }
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\verseNumber{10}◄It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" disgraceful|strong="H5039" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w practice|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w certain|strong="G2532"\+w* religious \+w regulations|strong="H4941"\+w*} say|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" will|strong="G2316" punish|strong="H6485" your|strong="G2532" fellow|strong="H7453" believers \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w do|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w not|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w practice|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w regulations|strong="H4941"\+w*}!/Why|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w practice|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w certain|strong="G2532"\+w* religious \+w regulations|strong="H4941"\+w*} say|strong="G3956" God|strong="G2316" will|strong="G2316" punish|strong="H6485" your|strong="G2532" fellow|strong="H7453" believers \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w do|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w not|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w practice|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w such|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w regulations|strong="H4941"\+w*}?► [RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w because|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w when|strong="G1161"\+w*} all|strong="G3956" of|strong="G2316" us|strong="G2919" will|strong="G2316" stand|strong="G3936" before|strong="G3936" God|strong="G2316" in|strong="G2532" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" say|strong="G3956" whether|strong="G5101" or|strong="G2228" not|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" approves|strong="H0974" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w we|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}. So|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w do|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w not|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w practice|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w such|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w regulations|strong="H4941"\+w*}, ◄should|strong="G2316" not|strong="G2532" despise|strong="G1848" your|strong="G2532" fellow|strong="H7453" believers \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w practice|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}!/why|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G4771" despise|strong="G1848" your|strong="G2532" fellow|strong="H7453" believers \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w practice|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}?► [RHQ] 
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\BibleSectionHeading{We should not be irritated by the practices of those who are uncertain whether God will condemn them for doing certain things that the Mosaic laws forbid. Instead, we should do things that please our fellow Christians, because Christ has set us an example. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{May|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2532" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3745" to|strong="G1519" live|strong="G2532" harmoniously with|strong="G1223" each|strong="G1519" other|strong="G3588". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{I|strong="G1161" urge|strong="H6293" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G4314" pray|strong="H6419" fervently that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G4314" will|strong="G3748" protect|strong="H8104" me|strong="H0413" from|strong="G2064" the|strong="G1722" unbelieving Jews|strong="H3064" in|strong="G1722" Judea|strong="H3061" and|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3754" God’s|strong="H0430" people|strong="G1492" there|strong="G1161" will|strong="G3748" accept|strong="H7521" the|strong="G1722" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1161" take|strong="G1161" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G1722", and|strong="G1161" also|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1161" may|strong="G5547" be|strong="G5547" refreshed|strong="H5314" by|strong="G1722" visiting|strong="H6485" you|strong="G5210". May|strong="G5547" God|strong="G4314" be|strong="G5547" with|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210" all|strong="G1722". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{I am introducing and commending Phoebe to you, and I ask that you receive her as a fellow believer and that you give her whatever she needs. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{I|strong="G1473" send|strong="H7971" my|strong="G1722" greetings to|strong="G2443" many|strong="G4183" individuals among|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" believers there|strong="G2532". All|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" congregations|strong="H4721" in|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3588" area|strong="H1508" also|strong="G2532" send|strong="H7971" their|strong="G1438" greetings to|strong="G2443" you|strong="G5210". }
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\verseNumber{8}I|strong="G1473" also|strong="H1571" send|strong="H7971" my|strong="G1722" greetings to|strong="G1722" Ampliatus, who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1722" dear|strong="H3357" friend|strong="H7453" because|strong="G1722" of|strong="G2962" his|strong="G1722" relationship with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962". 
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\verseNumber{10}I|strong="G1722" also|strong="H1571" send|strong="H7971" my|strong="G1722" greetings to|strong="G1722" Apelles, whom|strong="G3588" Christ|strong="G5547" has|strong="G5547" approved|strong="G1384" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1537"\+w* Apelles \+w successfully|strong="H6743"\+w* \+w endured|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w trials|strong="H4531"\+w*}. Tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{believers} who|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*} of|strong="G1537" Aristobulus that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1722" send|strong="H7971" my|strong="G1722" greetings to|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{11}Also|strong="H1571" tell|strong="H5046" Herodion|strong="G2267", who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" my|strong="G1722" fellow|strong="H7453" Jew|strong="H3064", that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" send|strong="H7971" my|strong="G1722" greetings to|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588". Tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="G1722" same|strong="H1931" thing|strong="H1697" to|strong="G1722" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*} of|strong="G1537" Narcissus|strong="G3488" who|strong="G3588" belong|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Note|strong="H3045" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" causing|strong="H7462" quarrels|strong="H1566" among|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210" and|strong="G3956" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" cause|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3956" to|strong="G1722" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="G3588" God|strong="G3588". Avoid|strong="H6544" them|strong="G3588", because|strong="G1722" they|strong="G3588" only|strong="H0389" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="G1722" satisfy|strong="H7646" their|strong="G1722" own|strong="H1961" desires|strong="H0183" and|strong="G3956" deceive|strong="H5377" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" do|strong="G1722" not|strong="H3808" suspect their|strong="G1722" motives|strong="H7307". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="G5210" avoid|strong="H6544" such|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3956", God|strong="G3588" will|strong="G3956" soon|strong="G1722" crush|strong="H1792" Satan|strong="H7854" under|strong="G1722" your|strong="G3956" feet|strong="H7272". }
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\BibleBook{1 Corinthians}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book is one of the letters that the Apostle Paul wrote to the Christians at Corinth. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{1 Corinthians }

\BibleSectionHeading{1 Corinthians 1:1-3 }

\BibleSectionHeading{As your apostle, I greet you Corinthian believers, and I desire that God bless you. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{God showed that my message was true by the powerful things that he did, not because I spoke in a way that would make people think highly of me. }
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\chapterNumber{2}My|strong="G2596" fellow|strong="H7453" believers, when|strong="G2064" I|strong="G2504" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G5210", I|strong="G2504" proclaimed|strong="G2605" to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G5210" the|strong="G2596" message|strong="G3056" that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" had|strong="G2316" revealed|strong="H1540" to|strong="G4314" me|strong="G2504". But|strong="G2316" I|strong="G2504" did|strong="G2316" not|strong="G3756" proclaim|strong="G2605" it|strong="G3588" using|strong="H5927" eloquent|strong="H0995" words|strong="G3056" that|strong="G3588" would|strong="G2316" make|strong="G3756" people|strong="G3588" think|strong="H2803" highly|strong="H3966" of|strong="G3056" me|strong="G2504", nor|strong="G3756" did|strong="G2316" I|strong="G2504" argue|strong="H3198" in|strong="G2596" a|strong="G2064" way|strong="G2596" that|strong="G3588" unbelievers would|strong="G2316" think|strong="H2803" was|strong="G3588" very|strong="G3588" wise|strong="G3756". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Unbelievers do|strong="G3361" not|strong="G3361" consider|strong="H7200" that|strong="G2443" my|strong="G1722" message|strong="H1697" is|strong="G1510" wise|strong="G3361", because|strong="G1722" I|strong="G1510" speak|strong="G2316" what|strong="G3588" God’s|strong="G2316" Spirit|strong="G3588" reveals|strong="H1540" to|strong="G2443" me|strong="H0413". }
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Things|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3739" no|strong="G3756" one|strong="G3739" has|strong="G2316" ever|strong="G3745" seen|strong="G3708", 
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things|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3739" no|strong="G3756" one|strong="G3739" ever|strong="G3745" heard|strong="H8085", 
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things|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3739" no|strong="G3756" one|strong="G3739" ever|strong="G3745" thought|strong="H0559" could|strong="G3588" happen|strong="H1961", 
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those|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" things|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" prepared|strong="G2090" for|strong="G1909" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" love|strong="H0157" him|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{10}God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" caused|strong="H5414" his|strong="G3956" Spirit|strong="G4151" to|strong="G2532" reveal|strong="H1540" those|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3956" to|strong="G2532" us|strong="G2249" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(inc)} believers. His|strong="G3956" Spirit|strong="G4151" can|strong="G1063" do|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" because|strong="G1223" he|strong="G2532" knows|strong="H3045" thoroughly|strong="H3190" the|strong="G2532" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="G4151" all|strong="G3956" things|strong="G3956". He|strong="G2532" even|strong="G2532" knows|strong="H3045" the|strong="G2532" things|strong="G3956" about|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" that|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" very|strong="G2532" difficult|strong="H6381" to|strong="G2532" understand|strong="H0995". 
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\verseNumber{14}Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" unbelievers reject|strong="H3988" the|strong="G2532" truths that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God’s|strong="G2316"\+w*} Spirit|strong="G4151" teaches|strong="H3925" us|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(inc)}, because|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w consider|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* truths \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w*} foolish|strong="G2532". They|strong="G2532" cannot|strong="G1410" understand|strong="G1097" them|strong="G3588", because|strong="G3754" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" God’s|strong="G2316" Spirit|strong="G4151" who|strong="G3588" enables us|strong="H5414" to|strong="G2532" evaluate|strong="G1410" those|strong="G3588" truths correctly|strong="H3651", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w Spirit|strong="G4151"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{15}We|strong="G1161" who|strong="G3588" have|strong="G3956" God’s|strong="H0430" Spirit|strong="G3588" can|strong="H4310" judge|strong="H8199" correctly|strong="H3651" the|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w value|strong="H6186"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5259"\+w*} all|strong="G3956" truths \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w Spirit|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w reveals|strong="H1540"\+w*}, but|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{unbelievers} cannot|strong="H3808" evaluate|strong="H3045" us|strong="H5414" correctly|strong="H3651". 
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No|strong="G3739" human|strong="H0120" [RHQ] has|strong="G2192" known|strong="G1097" what|strong="G5101" the|strong="G1161" Lord|strong="G2962" is|strong="G5101" thinking|strong="G3563". 
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No|strong="G3739" human|strong="H0120" [RHQ] is|strong="G5101" able|strong="G2192" to|strong="G1161" instruct|strong="G4822" him|strong="G3739". 
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But|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" believers are|strong="G3739" able|strong="G2192" to|strong="G1161" think|strong="G2192" about|strong="G2962" things|strong="G3739" [MTY] in|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" way|strong="G3739" that|strong="G3739" Christ|strong="G5547" thinks|strong="H8176" about|strong="G2962" them|strong="G3739". 

\BibleSectionHeading{I was unable to teach you difficult concepts, because you were controlled by your self-directed nature, as evidenced by your quarreling about which leader you should be loyal to. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="G3588" will|strong="G5100" destroy|strong="H7843" anyone|strong="G5100" who|strong="G3588" destroys|strong="H7843" the|strong="G1161" unity|strong="H3162" of|strong="G1223" a|strong="G5613" congregation|strong="H5712". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Stop|strong="H2308" being|strong="G1510" proud|strong="H1343" of|strong="G2316" one|strong="G5100" Christian leader|strong="H5387" or|strong="G1487" another|strong="G5100", because|strong="G1063" we|strong="G1063" are|strong="G1510" all|strong="G3588" just|strong="G3588" working|strong="H4639" for|strong="G1063" your|strong="G1487" benefit|strong="H1576". }
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\verseNumber{21}So|strong="G5620", stop|strong="H2308" boasting|strong="G2744" about|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w how|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w good|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3367"\+w* Christian \+w leader|strong="H5387"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w or|strong="H0176"\+w* \+w how|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w good|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w another|strong="G1722"\+w* Christian \+w leader|strong="H5387"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w*}. All|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w us|strong="G1722"\+w*(exc) \+w exist|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w only|strong="H0389"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w*} you|strong="G5210"! 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Stop evaluating your leaders’ value; do not be proud of one and despise another. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{You should expel the man in your congregation who has acted so immorally. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{It is disgusting that you prosecute fellow believers and let judges who are not believers decide your cases. }
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\verseNumber{5}I|strong="G3739" am|strong="G1410" saying|strong="G3004" this|strong="G3588" to|strong="G4314" make|strong="G3756" you|strong="G5210" ashamed|strong="H0954". Surely|strong="H4191" there|strong="G1762" is|strong="G3588" someone|strong="G3739" among|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210" who|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3588" wise|strong="G4680" enough|strong="H1767" to|strong="G4314" judge|strong="G1252" disputes|strong="H6099" between|strong="G3319" believers! [RHQ] 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Because|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" wants|strong="H2656" us|strong="G2249" to|strong="G2532" use|strong="G3588" our|strong="G2316" bodies|strong="H6297" in|strong="G1722" ways|strong="H1870" that|strong="G3588" please|strong="H4994" him|strong="G3588", we|strong="G2249" must|strong="G5100" avoid|strong="H6544" all|strong="G2532" sexually immoral acts|strong="H1697". }
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\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w you|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w may|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w say|strong="G2532"\+w*}, “Food|strong="G1033" is|strong="G3588" just|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w put|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" stomach|strong="G2836", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" stomach|strong="G2836" is|strong="G3588" just|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w put|strong="G2532"\+w*} food|strong="G1033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w*}. And|strong="G2532" since|strong="G1161" God|strong="G2316" will|strong="G2316" do|strong="G2532" away|strong="G2673" with|strong="G2532" food|strong="G1033" and|strong="G2532" stomachs|strong="H4578" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w gives|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w our|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w new|strong="H2319"\+w* \+w bodies|strong="G4983"\+w*, \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w with|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w our|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w bodies|strong="G4983"\+w* sexually \+w does|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* affect \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w any|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w more|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w than|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w eating|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w food|strong="G1033"\+w* \+w does|strong="G2316"\+w*.” \+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w concluded|strong="H0560"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w wrong|strong="H7451"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G1161"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" does|strong="G2316" not|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w use|strong="G3588"\+w*} our|strong="G2316" bodies|strong="G4983" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" sexually immoral|strong="G4202" things|strong="G3778". Instead|strong="G1161", the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w use|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w our|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w bodies|strong="G4983"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w ways|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w please|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}. Also|strong="G2532", the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w good|strong="G3756"\+w*} for|strong="G1161" our|strong="G2316" bodies|strong="G4983". 
\verseNumber{14}God|strong="G2316", by|strong="G1223" his|strong="G1223" power|strong="G1411", caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" live|strong="G2532" again|strong="G1453" after|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" died|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" cause|strong="G1223" us|strong="G2249" to|strong="G2532" live|strong="G2532" again|strong="G1453" after|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" die|strong="G1223", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w shows|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w very|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w concerned|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w about|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w our|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w bodies|strong="H6297"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{15}You|strong="G5210" should|strong="G1492" keep|strong="G4160" in|strong="G1096" mind|strong="H3820" that|strong="G3754" your|strong="G4160" bodies|strong="G4983" belong|strong="G1510" to|strong="G3756" Christ|strong="G5547". [RHQ] So|strong="G3767", should|strong="G1492" I|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w or|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w any|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w other|strong="G3361"\+w* believer} [RHQ] take|strong="G1096" our|strong="G5547" body|strong="G4983", which|strong="G3588" belongs|strong="G1510" to|strong="G3756" Christ|strong="G5547", and|strong="G3767" join|strong="H2266" it|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{sexually} to|strong="G3756" a|strong="G1096" prostitute|strong="G4204"? No|strong="G3756", certainly|strong="G3756" not|strong="G3756"! 
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\verseNumber{17}But|strong="G1161" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" united|strong="H3161" {who|strong="G3588" joins|strong="G2853" himself|strong="G2853"} to|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" Lord|strong="G2962" becomes|strong="H1961" one|strong="G1520" with|strong="G2962" him|strong="G3588" spiritually|strong="G4151". 
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\verseNumber{18}Always|strong="G3956" ◄run|strong="H7323" away|strong="G5343" from|strong="G3588"/avoid|strong="H6544"► committing|strong="H6213" sexually immoral|strong="G4202" acts|strong="G4160". Other|strong="G1161" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="G3739" people|strong="G3956" commit|strong="G4160" do|strong="G4160" not|strong="G1510" affect their|strong="G3956" bodies|strong="G4983", but|strong="G1161" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" commit|strong="G4160" sexually immoral|strong="G4202" acts|strong="G4160" sin|strong="H2403" against|strong="G1519" their|strong="G3956" own|strong="G2398" bodies|strong="G4983". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Married people should not deprive their spouses of sexual relations, except under special conditions. }
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It|strong="G1161" is|strong="G3739" good|strong="G2570" for|strong="G4012" people|strong="G3361" not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G3361" get|strong="H3947" married|strong="G1135". 
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\verseNumber{10}And|strong="G1161" now|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2962" give|strong="G3853" a|strong="G1161" command|strong="G3853" for|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{believers \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w*} married|strong="G1060". This|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" a|strong="G1161" command|strong="G3853" from|strong="G3756" me|strong="G1473" alone|strong="H0905"; it|strong="G1161" also|strong="G1161" comes|strong="H0935" from|strong="G3756" the|strong="G1161" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2962". You|strong="G3853" married|strong="G1060" women|strong="G1135" must|strong="G1135" not|strong="G3756" ◄separate|strong="G5563" from|strong="G3756"/divorce|strong="G5563"► your|strong="G2962" husbands|strong="H1167"! 
\verseNumber{11}But|strong="G1161" if|strong="G1437" any|strong="G1437" of|strong="G2532" you|strong="G1437" do|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588", you|strong="G1437" must|strong="G1135" remain|strong="G3306" unmarried|strong="H0408", or|strong="G2228" else|strong="G2228" you|strong="G1437" should|strong="G3306" be|strong="G2532" reconciled|strong="G2644" with|strong="G2532" your|strong="G1437" husband|strong="H0376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w live|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w with|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w again|strong="G2532"\+w*}. Similarly|strong="H2088", men|strong="G3588" must|strong="G1135" not|strong="G3361" ◄separate|strong="G5563" from|strong="G2532"/divorce|strong="G5563"► their|strong="G2532" wives|strong="G1135". 
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\verseNumber{15}However|strong="G1161", if|strong="G1487" a|strong="G1722" woman’s|strong="H0802" husband|strong="H0376" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" a|strong="G1722" believer or|strong="G2228" a|strong="G1722" man’s|strong="H0376" wife|strong="H0802" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" a|strong="G1722" believer wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="G1722" leave|strong="G5563", let|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w her|strong="G3588"\+w*} do|strong="G2228" so|strong="G1161". The|strong="G1722" husband|strong="H0376" or|strong="G2228" wife|strong="H0802" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1722" believer should|strong="G2316" not|strong="G3756" force|strong="H2394" the|strong="G1722" other|strong="G1161" one|strong="G5108" to|strong="G1722" stay|strong="H3427". God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" chosen|strong="H0977" us|strong="G2564" in|strong="G1722" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G1161" may|strong="G2316" live|strong="H3427" peacefully|strong="H7965". 
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\verseNumber{18}If|strong="H0518" a|strong="G1722" man|strong="G5100" had|strong="G2564" already|strong="H3528" been|strong="G3361" circumcised|strong="G4059" [RHQ] when|strong="G1722" he|strong="G1722" became|strong="H3205" a|strong="G1722" Christian, he|strong="G1722" should|strong="G5100" not|strong="G3361" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w try|strong="H0974"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w pretend|strong="H3584"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w he|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w is|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w*} circumcised|strong="G4059". If|strong="H0518" a|strong="G1722" man|strong="G5100" had|strong="G2564" not|strong="G3361" been|strong="G3361" circumcised|strong="G4059" [RHQ] before|strong="G1722" he|strong="G1722" became|strong="H3205" a|strong="G1722" Christian, he|strong="G1722" should|strong="G5100" not|strong="G3361" become|strong="G3361" circumcised|strong="G4059". 
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\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Generally|strong="H0622"\+w*}, each|strong="G1538" person|strong="G3739" should|strong="G3306" remain|strong="G3306" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" status|strong="H6256" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G3739" had|strong="G3739" when|strong="G1722" he|strong="G3739" became|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1722" Christian. 
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\verseNumber{24}My|strong="G1722" fellow|strong="H7453" believers, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w repeat|strong="H6286"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w general|strong="H8269"\+w*} each|strong="G1538" believer, being|strong="G1722" in|strong="G1722" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="G1722" God|strong="G2316", should|strong="G3306" continue|strong="G3306" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" status|strong="H6256" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G3739" had|strong="G2316" before|strong="G3844" he|strong="G3739" became|strong="H3205" a|strong="G1722" Christian. 

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\verseNumber{38}So|strong="G2532" any|strong="G3361" man|strong="G3361" who|strong="G3588" decides|strong="H6504" that|strong="G3588" his|strong="G1438" daughter|strong="H1323" should|strong="G3588" get|strong="G2532" married|strong="H3947" is|strong="G3588" doing|strong="G4160" what|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" good|strong="G2573", but|strong="G2532" if|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" decides|strong="H6504" that|strong="G3588" she|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" get|strong="G2532" married|strong="H3947", he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" doing|strong="G4160" something|strong="H1697" even|strong="G2532" better|strong="G2909". (OR|strong="G2532", 36 \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w men|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w about|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w women|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w whom|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w engaged|strong="H0781"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w marry|strong="H3947"\+w*}. If|strong="G2532" any|strong="G3361" man|strong="G3361" thinks|strong="H8176" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" may|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" treating that|strong="G3588" woman|strong="H0802" unfairly \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w marrying|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w her|strong="G1438"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" if|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" already|strong="H3528" past|strong="H5674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w right|strong="G2573"\+w*} time|strong="H6256" for|strong="G2532" her|strong="G1438" to|strong="G2532" get|strong="G2532" married|strong="H3947", and|strong="G2532" if|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="G2532" marry|strong="H3947" her|strong="G1438" very|strong="G2532" much|strong="H7227", he|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3588" do|strong="G4160" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160". He|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3588" marry|strong="H3947" her|strong="G1438". He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" be|strong="G2532" sinning|strong="H2398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w doing|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 37 But|strong="G2532" if|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3361" feels|strong="H0270" absolutely|strong="H0657" sure|strong="H0539" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w better|strong="G2909"\+w*} for|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G2532" get|strong="G2532" married|strong="H3947", and|strong="G2532" if|strong="G2532" nothing|strong="G3361" is|strong="G3588" forcing|strong="G4160" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w get|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w married|strong="H3947"\+w*}, if|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" free|strong="H2670" to|strong="G2532" make|strong="G4160" his|strong="G1438" own|strong="G1438" decision|strong="H4941" on|strong="G4160" the|strong="G2532" matter|strong="H1697", if|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" decides|strong="H6504" not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G2532" get|strong="G2532" married|strong="H3947", he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" doing|strong="G4160" what|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" right|strong="G2573". 38 So|strong="G2532" any|strong="G3361" man|strong="G3361" who|strong="G3588" decides|strong="H6504" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3588" get|strong="G2532" married|strong="H3947" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" woman|strong="H0802" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" engaged|strong="H0781" to|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" doing|strong="G4160" what|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" good|strong="G2573", but|strong="G2532" if|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" decides|strong="H6504" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" get|strong="G2532" married|strong="H3947", he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" doing|strong="G4160" something|strong="H1697" even|strong="G2532" better|strong="G2909".) 

\BibleSectionHeading{Women|strong="H0802" whose|strong="G3588" husbands|strong="H1167" have|strong="G2532" died|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" free|strong="H2670" to|strong="G2532" get|strong="G2532" remarried, but|strong="G2532" only|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" believers. However|strong="H0389", they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" probably be|strong="G2532" happier if|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3361" marry|strong="H3947" again|strong="G2532". }
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\verseNumber{39}Women|strong="G1135" must|strong="G1135" remain|strong="G1510" married|strong="G1060" to|strong="G1909" their|strong="G1722" husbands|strong="H1167" while|strong="G1722" their|strong="G1722" husbands|strong="H1167" are|strong="G1510" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="G2198". But|strong="G1161" if|strong="G1437" a|strong="G1722" woman’s|strong="G1135" husband|strong="H0376" dies|strong="G2837", she|strong="G1161" is|strong="G1510" free|strong="G1658" to|strong="G1909" marry|strong="G1060" any|strong="G1437" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w unmarried|strong="H0408"\+w*} man|strong="G1658" whom|strong="G3739" she|strong="G1161" wants|strong="G2309" to|strong="G1909" marry|strong="G1060", but|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" must|strong="G1135" belong|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{We should not be proud about knowing the truth about idols. }
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\chapterNumber{8}Now|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w answer|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w*} about|strong="G4012" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="G4012"\+w* believers} eating|strong="H0398" meat|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3754" has|strong="G2192" been|strong="G2192" sacrificed|strong="G1494" to|strong="G1161" idols|strong="G1494". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w some|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3956"\+w*, \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w enabled|strong="H5414"\+w*} all|strong="G3956" of|strong="G4012" us|strong="G4012" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1161"\+w*} know|strong="G1492" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w truth|strong="H0571"\+w* \+w about|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w such|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w idols|strong="G1494"\+w*. \+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w often|strong="H1767"\+w* \+w we|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w become|strong="G1161"\+w*} proud|strong="G5448" because|strong="G3754" we|strong="G3754" say|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3754" we|strong="G3754" know|strong="G1492" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3956"\+w*}. But|strong="G1161" instead|strong="G1161" of|strong="G4012" being|strong="G2192" proud|strong="G5448" about|strong="G4012" what|strong="G3588" we|strong="G3754" know|strong="G1492", we|strong="G3754" should|strong="G1492" show|strong="G2192" that|strong="G3754" we|strong="G3754" love|strong="H0157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w fellow|strong="H7453"\+w* believers \+w by|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w helping|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1161"\+w*} become|strong="G1161" spiritually mature. 
\verseNumber{2}Those|strong="G1097" who|strong="G5100" think|strong="G1380" that|strong="G1097" they|strong="G1487" thoroughly|strong="H3190" know|strong="G1097" something|strong="G5100" do|strong="G1380" not|strong="G3768" yet|strong="G3768" know|strong="G1097" it|strong="G1487" as|strong="G2531" they|strong="G1487" should|strong="G1163". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{There|strong="G1161" are|strong="G3588" many|strong="H7227" idols|strong="H1544" that|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3588" think|strong="G5100" are|strong="G3588" gods|strong="G2316", but|strong="G1161" there|strong="G1161" is|strong="G3588" only|strong="G1487" one|strong="G5100" true|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316". }
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\verseNumber{4}So|strong="G3767" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w*} about|strong="G4012" eating|strong="G1035" meat|strong="G1035" that|strong="G3754" people|strong="G1492" have|strong="G2532" sacrificed|strong="G1494" to|strong="G2532" idols|strong="G1497". We|strong="G3754" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" true|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w say|strong="G2532"\+w*}, that|strong="G3754" idols|strong="G1497" are|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" really|strong="H2088" alive|strong="H2416". We|strong="G3754" also|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" there|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" only|strong="G1487" one|strong="G1520" real God|strong="G2316". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3739" eat|strong="H0398" meat|strong="G3588" offered|strong="H5927" to|strong="G1519" idols|strong="H1544" if|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" would|strong="G2316" encourage|strong="H2388" other|strong="G1520" believers to|strong="G1519" eat|strong="H0398" that|strong="G3739" food|strong="H3899" contrary|strong="G2316" to|strong="G1519" their|strong="G2532" conscience|strong="G1223". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{As your apostle I am free to do anything that God allows me to do. }
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\verseNumber{11}And|strong="G3173" because|strong="H3588" we|strong="G2249" have|strong="G1473" proclaimed|strong="H7121" God’s|strong="H0430" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210", we|strong="G2249" certainly|strong="H3588" have|strong="G1473" the|strong="G3588" right|strong="H3225" to|strong="G3588" receive|strong="H3947" from|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" the|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2249" need|strong="G1487" for|strong="H3588" our|strong="G1487" bodies|strong="H6297" [MET|strong="H6298"]! [MET|strong="H6298", RHQ] 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Our Jewish ancestors all experienced God’s power, but almost all of them died in the desert because they sinned against him. }
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\chapterNumber{10}My|strong="G3956" fellow|strong="H7453" believers, I|strong="G1473" want|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2532" remind|strong="H5046" you|strong="G5210" about|strong="G1330" our|strong="G2532"(exc) \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} ancestors|strong="G3962". They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" all|strong="G3956" under|strong="G5259" the|strong="G2532" cloud|strong="G3507" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w which|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* miraculously \+w led|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w protected|strong="H3467"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w when|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w left|strong="H7604"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w with|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*}. All|strong="G3956" those|strong="G3588" ancestors|strong="G3962" crossed|strong="H5674" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Red|strong="G2281"\+w*} Sea|strong="G2281" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* miraculously \+w made|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w separate|strong="H0914"\+w* \+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w could|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w walk|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w through|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{It is only God’s Spirit who enables people to say that Jesus is Lord. }
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\verseNumber{10}To|strong="G1161" others|strong="G2087", he|strong="G1161" gives|strong="H5414" the|strong="G1161" power|strong="G1411" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w perform|strong="H6213"\+w*} miracles|strong="G1411". To|strong="G1161" others|strong="G2087", he|strong="G1161" gives|strong="H5414" the|strong="G1161" ability|strong="G1411" to|strong="G1161" speak|strong="G1161" messages|strong="H2372" that|strong="G1161" come|strong="H0935" directly|strong="H5227" from|strong="G1100" God|strong="H0430". To|strong="G1161" others|strong="G2087", he|strong="G1161" gives|strong="H5414" the|strong="G1161" ability|strong="G1411" to|strong="G1161" tell|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w is|strong="G4151"\+w* \+w really|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w from|strong="G1100"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w or|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w not|strong="G4151"\+w*}. To|strong="G1161" others|strong="G2087" he|strong="G1161" gives|strong="H5414" the|strong="G1161" ability|strong="G1411" to|strong="G1161" speak|strong="G1161" messages|strong="H2372" in|strong="G1161" languages|strong="G1100" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w not|strong="G4151"\+w* \+w learned|strong="H3925"\+w*}. To|strong="G1161" others|strong="G2087", he|strong="G1161" gives|strong="H5414" the|strong="G1161" ability|strong="G1411" to|strong="G1161" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="G1161" meaning|strong="G1411" of|strong="G4151" those|strong="G1161" messages|strong="H2372" [MTY]. 
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\verseNumber{15}If|strong="G1437" our|strong="G1537" foot|strong="G4228" could|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w and|strong="G5495"\+w*} say|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*}, “Because|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1437" am|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="G1437"\+w*} hand|strong="G5495", I|strong="G1437" am|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" a|strong="G1510" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="G1537" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="G1437"\+w*} body|strong="G4983",” it|strong="G3754" would|strong="G1437" still|strong="H5750" be|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="G1537" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="G1537"\+w*} body|strong="G4983". 
\verseNumber{16}If|strong="G1437" our|strong="G2532" ear|strong="G3775" could|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} say|strong="G3004", “Because|strong="G3754" I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="G1437"\+w*} eye|strong="G3788", I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" a|strong="G2532" part|strong="G2532" of|strong="G1537" your|strong="G1437" body|strong="G4983",” it|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" still|strong="H5750" be|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" part|strong="G2532" of|strong="G1537" our|strong="G2532" body|strong="G4983". 
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\verseNumber{18}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" truth|strong="H0571" is|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" put|strong="G5087" all|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" parts|strong="G3196" of|strong="G2316" our|strong="G2316" bodies|strong="G4983" together|strong="G1722" exactly|strong="H0834" as|strong="G2531" he|strong="G1161" wanted|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2309" put|strong="G5087" them|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{22}Instead|strong="G3123", the|strong="G3588" parts|strong="G3196" of|strong="G4983" our|strong="G1510" body|strong="G4983" that|strong="G3588" seem|strong="G1380" to|strong="G1380" be|strong="G1510" weaker|strong="H1800" are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3588" ones|strong="H2945" that|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" absolutely|strong="H0657" necessary|strong="H2706". 
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\verseNumber{24}The|strong="G1161" parts|strong="H3411" that|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w right|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1325"\+w*} show|strong="G2192" people|strong="G3588", we|strong="G2249" do|strong="G2192" not|strong="G3756" need|strong="G5532" to|strong="G1325" protect|strong="H8104". Instead|strong="G1161", God|strong="G2316", who|strong="G3588" has|strong="G2192" put|strong="G1325" all|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" parts|strong="H3411" of|strong="G2316" our|strong="G2316" bodies|strong="G4983" together|strong="G4786", causes|strong="H5414" us|strong="G1325" to|strong="G1325" care|strong="H3027" for|strong="G1161" in|strong="G2316" a|strong="G2192" special|strong="H6381" way|strong="H1870" the|strong="G1161" parts|strong="H3411" that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2249" think|strong="G2192" are|strong="G3588" less|strong="G3756" important|strong="H5704". 
\verseNumber{25}He|strong="G3588" does|strong="G1510" that|strong="G2443" in|strong="G1722" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" all|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" parts|strong="G3196" of|strong="G4983" our|strong="G1722" body|strong="G4983" will|strong="G1510" work|strong="H4399" together|strong="G1722" harmoniously [LIT|strong="H0215"], and|strong="G4983" so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" all|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" parts|strong="G3196" will|strong="G1510" care|strong="G3309" for|strong="G5228" all|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" other|strong="G3361" parts|strong="G3196" equally. 
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\verseNumber{29}Certainly|strong="H3588" not|strong="G3361" all|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{believers} are|strong="G3956" apostles. [RHQ] They|strong="G3956" all|strong="G3956" do|strong="G3361" not|strong="G3361" have|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" ability|strong="G1411" to|strong="G3361" speak|strong="H1696" messages|strong="H2372" that|strong="G3956" come|strong="H0935" directly|strong="H5227" from|strong="G3361" God|strong="G3361". [RHQ] They|strong="G3956" do|strong="G3361" not|strong="G3361" all|strong="G3956" have|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" ability|strong="G1411" to|strong="G3361" teach|strong="H3925" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w spiritual|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w truth|strong="H0571"\+w*}. [RHQ] They|strong="G3956" do|strong="G3361" not|strong="G3361" all|strong="G3956" have|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" power|strong="G1411" to|strong="G3361" work|strong="G1411" miracles|strong="G1411". [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{30}They|strong="G2192" do|strong="G2192" not|strong="G3361" all|strong="G3956" have|strong="G2192" the|strong="G3956" ability|strong="G2192" to|strong="G2980" heal|strong="H7495" people|strong="G3956". [RHQ] They|strong="G2192" do|strong="G2192" not|strong="G3361" all|strong="G3956" have|strong="G2192" the|strong="G3956" ability|strong="G2192" to|strong="G2980" speak|strong="G2980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w messages|strong="H2372"\+w*} in|strong="G2980" languages|strong="G1100" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w learned|strong="H3925"\+w*}. [RHQ] They|strong="G2192" do|strong="G2192" not|strong="G3361" all|strong="G3956" have|strong="G2192" the|strong="G3956" ability|strong="G2192" to|strong="G2980" tell|strong="G2980" others|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="G3956" those|strong="G3956" messages|strong="H2372". [RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Certainly|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w*!} 
\verseNumber{31}But|strong="G1161" you|strong="G5210" should|strong="G3588" eagerly|strong="G2206" desire|strong="G2206" to|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* abilities \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w other|strong="G1161"\+w* believers} the|strong="G2532" most|strong="H6944" (OR|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* abilities \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w considers|strong="H7919"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" most|strong="H6944" important|strong="G3173"). But|strong="G1161" now|strong="G1161" I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="G5210" the|strong="G2532" best|strong="H2459" way|strong="G3598" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w use|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* abilities \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w Spirit|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w given|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{We should use the abilities that God’s Spirit has given us in ways that show that we love others. }
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\chapterNumber{13}Supposing we|strong="G1437" could|strong="G2192" speak|strong="G2980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="G2532"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" various|strong="H2921" languages|strong="G1100" [MTY] that|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3361" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w world|strong="H8398"\+w* \+w speak|strong="G2980"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" even|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G2980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w language|strong="G1100"\+w*} that|strong="G3588" angels|strong="H4397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w speak|strong="G2980"\+w*}. If|strong="G1437" we|strong="G1437" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" love|strong="H0157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w others|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w speaking|strong="G2980"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w languages|strong="G1100"\+w*} would|strong="G1096" be|strong="G1096" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w useless|strong="H1892"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w beating|strong="H8608"\+w*} a|strong="G2192" brass|strong="G5475" gong|strong="G5475" or|strong="G2228" clanging cymbals|strong="H4700" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w together|strong="G2532"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{7}Those|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3956" truly|strong="H3588" love|strong="H0157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w others|strong="G3956"\+w*} patiently|strong="G5278" put|strong="G3956" up|strong="H5927" with|strong="G3956"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w faults|strong="H2399"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w others|strong="G3956"\+w*}. They|strong="G3956" do|strong="G4100" not|strong="H3808" quickly|strong="H4116" assume|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w others|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w have|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w bad|strong="H7451"\+w*}. They|strong="G3956" confidently|strong="H2388" expect|strong="G1679" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w others|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w act|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w righteously|strong="H6664"\+w*}. They|strong="G3956" patiently|strong="G5278" endure|strong="G5278" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w their|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w own|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w troubles|strong="H6869"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{8}We|strong="G1161" should|strong="G3588" never|strong="G3763" [PRS] let|strong="G1161" anything|strong="H3605" stop|strong="G3973" us|strong="H5414" from|strong="G3588" continuing|strong="H1641" to|strong="G1161" love|strong="H0157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w others|strong="G3588"\+w*}. As|strong="G1161" for|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" ability|strong="H3581" to|strong="G1161" speak|strong="G1161" messages|strong="H2372" that|strong="G3588" come|strong="H0935" directly|strong="H5227" from|strong="G3588" God|strong="G3588", some|strong="G3588" day|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" will|strong="G1100" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="G1161" an|strong="G1100" end|strong="G2673". As|strong="G1161" for|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" ability|strong="H3581" to|strong="G1161" speak|strong="G1161" languages|strong="G1100" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w have|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w learned|strong="H3925"\+w*}, that|strong="G3588" will|strong="G1100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="G1161"\+w*} come|strong="H0935" to|strong="G1161" an|strong="G1100" end|strong="G2673" some|strong="G3588" day|strong="G3588". And|strong="G1161" as|strong="G1161" for|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" ability|strong="H3581" to|strong="G1161" know|strong="H3045" things|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G3588" reveals|strong="H1540" to|strong="G1161" us|strong="H5414", that|strong="G3588" will|strong="G1100" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="G1161" an|strong="G1100" end|strong="G2673" some|strong="G3588" day|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w it|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1100"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w be|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w necessary|strong="H2706"\+w* \+w anymore|strong="H5750"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{10}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G3752" everything|strong="H3605" is|strong="G3588" perfect|strong="G5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="G1161"\+w* Christ \+w returns|strong="H7725"\+w*}, things|strong="G3588" which|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" not|strong="G2064" perfect|strong="G5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="G1161"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w such|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1537"\+w* abilities \+w which|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w Spirit|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w gives|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w us|strong="G1537"\+w*}, will|strong="G2064" ◄disappear|strong="H0622"/come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G2064" an|strong="G1161" end|strong="G2673"►. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Speaking messages that come directly from God will help believers much more than speaking messages in unknown languages. }
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\verseNumber{5}I|strong="G1161" would|strong="G2309" like|strong="G2309" you|strong="G5210" all|strong="G3956" to|strong="G2443" have|strong="G2309" the|strong="G3956" ability|strong="H3581" to|strong="G2443" speak|strong="G2980" in|strong="G2980" languages|strong="G1100" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w learned|strong="H3925"\+w*}. But|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1161" would|strong="G2309" like|strong="G2309" even|strong="G1161" more|strong="G3123" for|strong="G1161" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G2443" have|strong="G2309" the|strong="G3956" ability|strong="H3581" to|strong="G2443" speak|strong="G2980" messages|strong="H2372" that|strong="G2443" come|strong="G2228" directly|strong="H5227" from|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2980". People|strong="G3956" can|strong="H4310" speak|strong="G2980" messages|strong="H2372" in|strong="G2980" a|strong="G2983" language|strong="G1100" that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G1161" have|strong="G2309" not|strong="G3361" learned|strong="H3925", but|strong="G1161" if|strong="G1487" there|strong="G1161" is|strong="G3588" no|strong="G3361" one|strong="G3956" there|strong="G1161" who|strong="G3588" can|strong="H4310" explain|strong="H5046" the|strong="G3956" meaning|strong="H0998", that|strong="G2443" situation|strong="G3956" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" as|strong="G1161" helpful|strong="H8454" to|strong="G2443" the|strong="G3956" congregation|strong="G1577" as|strong="G1161" speaking|strong="G2980" messages|strong="H2372" that|strong="G2443" come|strong="G2228" directly|strong="H5227" from|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2980"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w language|strong="G1100"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w congregation|strong="G1577"\+w* \+w knows|strong="H3045"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{6}My|strong="G1722" fellow|strong="H7453" believers, suppose|strong="G5101" I|strong="G1161" came|strong="G2064" and|strong="G1161" spoke|strong="G2980" to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G5210" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1722" language|strong="G1100" that|strong="G3361" none|strong="G3361" of|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210" knows|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w did|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w explain|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w meaning|strong="H0998"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w told|strong="G2980"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*}. Even|strong="G1161" if|strong="G1437" I|strong="G1161" told|strong="G2980" you|strong="G5210" something|strong="G5101" that|strong="G3361" God|strong="G4314" had|strong="G2064" revealed|strong="H1540" to|strong="G4314" me|strong="G5623", or|strong="G2228" told|strong="G2980" you|strong="G5210" some|strong="G1722" message|strong="H1697" that|strong="G3361" had|strong="G2064" come|strong="G2064" directly|strong="G1722" from|strong="G2064" him|strong="G1722", or|strong="G2228" taught|strong="G1322" you|strong="G5210" something|strong="G5101" that|strong="G3361" you|strong="G5210" needed|strong="H1767" to|strong="G4314" know|strong="G1722", ◄that|strong="G3361" certainly|strong="H3588" would|strong="G5101" not|strong="G3361" help|strong="G5623" you|strong="G5210"!/how|strong="G5101" would|strong="G5101" that|strong="G3361" help|strong="G5623" you|strong="G5210"?► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} lifeless \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w musical|strong="H7892"\+w* \+w instruments|strong="H3627"\+w*}, like|strong="H3644" flutes|strong="H2485" and|strong="G5456" harps|strong="G2788" for|strong="G1097" example|strong="H7045". When|strong="G1437" they|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" played|strong="H2181", if|strong="G1437" the|strong="G3588" notes are|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" played|strong="H2181" {if|strong="G1437" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w playing|strong="G2789"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w instruments|strong="H3627"\+w*} do|strong="G3361" not|strong="G3361" play|strong="H2181" the|strong="G3588" notes} clearly|strong="H3045", no|strong="G3361" one|strong="G3588" will|strong="G1325" know|strong="G1097" what|strong="G3588" tune is|strong="G3588" being|strong="G3361" played|strong="H2181" {what|strong="G3588" tune they|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" playing|strong="G2789"}. [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{8}If|strong="G1437" someone|strong="H0376" playing|strong="H5059" the|strong="G2532" trumpet|strong="G4536" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w signal|strong="H5251"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w should|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w prepare|strong="G3903"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w fight|strong="G4171"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w battle|strong="G4171"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} certainly|strong="G1063" will|strong="G5101" not|strong="G2532" get|strong="G2532" ready|strong="G3903" if|strong="G1437" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w call|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w battle|strong="G4171"\+w*} is|strong="G5101" not|strong="G2532" played|strong="H2181" {he|strong="G2532" does|strong="G5101" not|strong="G2532" play|strong="H2181" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w call|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w battle|strong="G4171"\+w*}} clearly|strong="H3045". [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{9}It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" same|strong="G3779" with|strong="G1223" you|strong="G5210"! If|strong="G1437" you|strong="G5210" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" speak|strong="G2980" words|strong="G3056" that|strong="G3588" other|strong="G3361" people|strong="G1510" can|strong="G4459" understand|strong="G1097", ◄no|strong="G3361" one|strong="G3588" will|strong="G1510" know|strong="G1097" what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" are|strong="G1510" saying|strong="G3056"./how|strong="G4459" will|strong="G1510" anyone|strong="G1437" know|strong="G1097" what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" are|strong="G1510" saying|strong="G3056"?► [RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w though|strong="G1437"\+w*} you|strong="G5210" are|strong="G1510" just|strong="G2532" speaking|strong="G2980" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" air|strong="H8064"! 
\verseNumber{10}There|strong="G2532" are|strong="G1510" many|strong="G5118" different|strong="H8133" languages|strong="G5456" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" world|strong="G2889", and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2532" them|strong="G1722" convey|strong="H5414" meaning|strong="H0998" [LIT|strong="H0215"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w who|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w those|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w languages|strong="G5456"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{13}So|strong="G2443", those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" have|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" ability|strong="H3581" to|strong="G2443" speak|strong="G2980" in|strong="G2980" languages|strong="G1100" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w they|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w learned|strong="H3925"\+w*} should|strong="G3588" pray|strong="G4336" that|strong="G2443" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2980"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2980"\+w* \+w give|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w ability|strong="H3581"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2443"\+w*} explain|strong="H5046" the|strong="G3588" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="G3588" what|strong="G3588" they|strong="G3588" say|strong="G2980". 
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\verseNumber{15}So|strong="G3767" I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G5101" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="G1510" [RHQ] what|strong="G5101" we|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3588" do|strong="G5101". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w At|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w times|strong="H6471"\+w*} we|strong="G2532" may|strong="G2532" pray|strong="G4336", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w using|strong="H5927"\+w*} only|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" spirits|strong="G4151", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w languages|strong="H3961"\+w* \+w we|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w learned|strong="H3925"\+w*. \+w And|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w at|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w other|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w times|strong="H6471"\+w*} we|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3588" pray|strong="G4336" using|strong="H5927" our|strong="G2532" minds|strong="G3563", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w thinking|strong="G3563"\+w* \+w about|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w words|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w praying|strong="G4336"\+w*. \+w Similarly|strong="H2088"\+w*}, at|strong="G1161" times|strong="H6471" we|strong="G2532" may|strong="G2532" sing|strong="G5567" using|strong="H5927" only|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" spirits|strong="G4151", using|strong="H5927" languages|strong="H3961" that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" not|strong="G1510" learned|strong="H3925", and|strong="G2532" at|strong="G1161" other|strong="G1161" times|strong="H6471" we|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3588" sing|strong="G5567" using|strong="H5927" our|strong="G2532" minds|strong="G3563", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w thinking|strong="G3563"\+w* \+w about|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w words|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w singing|strong="H7440"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{17}You|strong="G4771" may|strong="H1961" be|strong="G3756" thanking|strong="H3034" God|strong="G3588" very|strong="G3588" well|strong="G2573", but|strong="G1063" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" helping|strong="H5826" them|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{20}My|strong="G3588" fellow|strong="H7453" believers, stop|strong="G3361" being|strong="G1096" like|strong="H3644" little|strong="H4592" children|strong="G3813" in|strong="G1096" the|strong="G1161" way|strong="H1870" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3361" think|strong="H2803" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w these|strong="G3588"\+w* abilities \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w Spirit|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w gives|strong="H5414"\+w*}. Instead|strong="G1161", think|strong="H2803" about|strong="G3588" them|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1096" a|strong="G1096" mature|strong="G5046" way|strong="H1870". If|strong="G1161" you|strong="G3361" really|strong="H2088" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="G1096" be|strong="G1096" like|strong="H3644" little|strong="H4592" children|strong="G3813", do|strong="G1096" as|strong="G1161" few|strong="H4592" wicked|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3588" as|strong="G1161" babies|strong="H3245" do|strong="G1096"! 
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Those|strong="G3588" foreigners|strong="H1121" will|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G2980" languages|strong="H3961" that|strong="G3754" my|strong="G1722" people|strong="G2992" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3761" know|strong="G1722" [DOU]. 
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but|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" still|strong="H5750" not|strong="G3761" pay|strong="H7999" attention|strong="H7181" to|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" say|strong="G3004". 
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\verseNumber{22}If|strong="G1161" we|strong="G1161" speak|strong="G1161" in|strong="G1519" languages|strong="G1100" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w have|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w learned|strong="H3925"\+w*}, unbelievers \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w there|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w realize|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Spirit|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w truly|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w among|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w us|strong="G1519"\+w*}. That|strong="G3588" will|strong="G1510" warn|strong="H2094" them|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w fear|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w God|strong="G1519"\+w*}. But|strong="G1161" believers|strong="G4100" do|strong="G4100" not|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w such|strong="G5620"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w warning|strong="H2094"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{24}But|strong="G1161" if|strong="G1437" an|strong="G2228" unbeliever or|strong="G2228" someone|strong="G5100" who|strong="G3956" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w those|strong="G1161"\+w* abilities} comes|strong="G1525" in|strong="G1525" while|strong="G1161" all|strong="G3956" of|strong="G5259" you|strong="G1437" believers are|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w by|strong="G5259"\+w* \+w one|strong="G5100"\+w*} speaking|strong="H1696" messages|strong="H2372" that|strong="G3956" come|strong="G1525" directly|strong="H5227" from|strong="G5259" God|strong="H0430", everything|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3956" you|strong="G1437" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w say|strong="G3956"\+w*} will|strong="G5100" show|strong="G1651" that|strong="G3956" person|strong="G5100" that|strong="G3956" he|strong="G1161" is|strong="G5100" a|strong="G1437" sinner|strong="H2398" and|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*} will|strong="G5100" punish|strong="H6485" him|strong="G1525" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w he|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w does|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w turn|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w from|strong="G5259"\+w* \+w his|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w sinful|strong="H2400"\+w* \+w behavior|strong="H3027"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{25}He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w knows|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w evil|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w done|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*}, things|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3754" other|strong="G3588" people|strong="G1510" do|strong="G1096" not|strong="G1510" know|strong="G1722". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" kneel|strong="H1288" down|strong="G4098" and|strong="G2532" worship|strong="G4352" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" say|strong="G2532", “God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G1510" truly|strong="G1909" among|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210"!” 

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\verseNumber{26}So|strong="G3767", my|strong="G3956" fellow|strong="H7453" believers, I|strong="G3767" will|strong="G5101" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="G3752" [RHQ] what|strong="G5101" I|strong="G3767" think|strong="G2192" that|strong="G3956" you|strong="G3752" should|strong="G3956" be|strong="G1096" doing|strong="G1096". When|strong="G3752" you|strong="G3752" come|strong="G1096" together|strong="G4905" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w God|strong="G4314"\+w*}, some|strong="H4480" of|strong="G3956" you|strong="G3752" may|strong="G3956" have|strong="G2192" a|strong="G2192" hymn to|strong="G4314" sing|strong="H7891". Others|strong="G3956" may|strong="G3956" have|strong="G2192" something|strong="G5101" to|strong="G4314" teach|strong="H3925" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w congregation|strong="H5712"\+w*}. Others|strong="G3956" may|strong="G3956" have|strong="G2192" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w something|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w God|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2192"\+w*} revealed|strong="H1540" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3956". Others|strong="G3956" may|strong="G3956" give|strong="G1096" messages|strong="H2372" in|strong="G3956" languages|strong="G1100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w they|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w learned|strong="H3925"\+w*}. Others|strong="G3956" will|strong="G5101" explain|strong="H5046" the|strong="G3956" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="G3956" those|strong="G3956" messages|strong="H2372". Make|strong="G3767" sure|strong="H0539" that|strong="G3956" all|strong="G3956" of|strong="G3956" these|strong="G3956" things|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3956" you|strong="G3752" do|strong="G5101" will|strong="G5101" make|strong="G3767" the|strong="G3956" congregation|strong="H5712" become|strong="G1096" more|strong="G2192" mature spiritually. 
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\verseNumber{29}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w During|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w meeting|strong="H4150"\+w*}, two|strong="G1417" or|strong="G2228" three|strong="G5140" people|strong="G3588" should|strong="G3588" speak|strong="G2980" messages|strong="H2372" that|strong="G3588" come|strong="G2532" directly|strong="H5227" from|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" others|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" there|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3588" think|strong="H2803" carefully|strong="H6213" about|strong="G2980" what|strong="G3588" those|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3588" have|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2980". 
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\verseNumber{31}You|strong="G3956" can|strong="G1410" all|strong="G3956", one|strong="G1520" by|strong="G2596" one|strong="G1520", speak|strong="H1696" messages|strong="H2372" that|strong="G2443" have|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2532" directly|strong="H5227" from|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2532", in|strong="G2596" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" you|strong="G3956" can|strong="G1410" teach|strong="H3925" others|strong="G3956" and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" be|strong="G2532" encouraged|strong="G3870" {encourage|strong="G3870" everyone|strong="G3956"}. 
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\verseNumber{33}Remember|strong="H2142" that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" does|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3956" be|strong="G1510" done|strong="H6213" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G5613" disorderly way|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w during|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w your|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w services|strong="H4929"\+w*}. Instead|strong="H8478", he|strong="G3588" desires|strong="H0183" that|strong="G3588" everything|strong="G3956" be|strong="G1510" done|strong="H6213" in|strong="G1722" an|strong="G1722" orderly|strong="H4634" way|strong="G1722". 
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\verseNumber{37}Those|strong="G3739" of|strong="G2962" you|strong="G5210" who|strong="G3739" think|strong="G1380" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" have|strong="G3748" the|strong="G3754" ability|strong="H3581" to|strong="G5100" speak|strong="H1696" messages|strong="H2372" that|strong="G3754" come|strong="G1510" directly|strong="H5227" from|strong="G2962" God|strong="G2962", or|strong="G2228" think|strong="G1380" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" have|strong="G3748" some|strong="G5100" other|strong="G3739" ability|strong="H3581" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w*} Spirit|strong="H7307" gives|strong="H5414", should|strong="G5100" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G3754" things|strong="G3739" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G3739" have|strong="G3748" written|strong="G1125" about|strong="G3754" in|strong="G1125" this|strong="G3739" letter|strong="G1125" are|strong="G1510" things|strong="G3739" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G3754" Lord|strong="G2962" has|strong="G2962" commanded|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{38}But|strong="G1161" if|strong="G1487" they|strong="G1161" are|strong="G1487" not|strong="G1487" willing|strong="H0014" to|strong="G5100" accept|strong="H7521" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w authority|strong="H3027"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*} will|strong="G5100" not|strong="G1487" accept|strong="H7521" them|strong="H5414" (OR|strong="G1161", they|strong="G1161" will|strong="G5100" not|strong="G1487" be|strong="G5100" accepted|strong="H7521" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w congregation|strong="H5712"\+w*}). 
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\verseNumber{39}So|strong="G2532", my|strong="G1473" fellow|strong="H7453" believers, be|strong="G2532" eager|strong="H1245" to|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G2980" messages|strong="H2372" that|strong="G3588" come|strong="G2532" directly|strong="H5227" from|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" prevent|strong="G2967" anyone|strong="H3605" from|strong="G2532" speaking|strong="G2980" in|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" language|strong="G1100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w learned|strong="H3925"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{I was not worthy to become an apostle, but the Lord Jesus committed to me the message about his death and resurrection. }
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\chapterNumber{15}Now|strong="G1161", my|strong="G1722" fellow|strong="H7453" believers, I|strong="G3739" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="G2532" remind|strong="H5046" you|strong="G5210" about|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" message|strong="H1697" about|strong="G1722" Christ that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" preached|strong="G2097" to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210". It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" message|strong="H1697" that|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" received|strong="G3880" and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" have|strong="G2532" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="G2532" trust|strong="H0982" firmly|strong="H2388". 
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\verseNumber{4}His|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w dead|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w body|strong="H1320"\+w*} was|strong="G3588" buried|strong="G2290" {They|strong="G2532" buried|strong="G2290" his|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w body|strong="H1320"\+w*}}. On|strong="G2596" the|strong="G2532" third|strong="G5154" day|strong="G2250" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} caused|strong="H5414" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" become|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="G1453", as|strong="G2596" the|strong="G2532" Scriptures|strong="G1124" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w said|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}After|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Christ} was|strong="G3588" seen|strong="G3708" by|strong="G2532" {appeared|strong="G3708" to|strong="G2532"} Peter|strong="G2532". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" appeared|strong="G3708" to|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w eleven|strong="H0259"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{original} twelve|strong="G1427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{apostles}. 
\verseNumber{6}Later|strong="H0310" he|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" seen|strong="G3708" by|strong="G1537" {appeared|strong="G3708" to|strong="G2193"} more|strong="G4119" than|strong="G4183" 500 of|strong="G1537" our|strong="G1537" fellow|strong="H7453" believers. Most|strong="G4183" of|strong="G1537" those|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" still|strong="G2193" living|strong="G3306", but|strong="G1161" some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G1537" them|strong="G3588" have|strong="G5100" died|strong="G2837" [EUP]. 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="G1899" he|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" seen|strong="G3708" by|strong="G3956" {appeared|strong="G3708" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3956"\+w*}} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H0251"\+w*} James|strong="G2385", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w became|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w leader|strong="H5387"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w congregation|strong="H5712"\+w* \+w in|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. Then|strong="G1899" he|strong="G3588" appeared|strong="G3708" to|strong="G3956" all|strong="G3956" of|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" apostles. 
\verseNumber{8}Finally|strong="G2078", he|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" seen|strong="G3708" by|strong="G3956" {appeared|strong="G3708" to|strong="G1161"} me|strong="G2504", but|strong="G1161" I|strong="G2504" became|strong="G3588" an|strong="G1161" apostle in|strong="G3956" a|strong="G3708" way|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" very|strong="G3588" unusual|strong="H2114" [MET|strong="G3708"]. 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="G3588" fact|strong="H1589" is|strong="G1510", I|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w consider|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w*} am|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3588" least|strong="G1646" important|strong="H5704" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3588" apostles. I|strong="G1473" do|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" deserve|strong="H0376" to|strong="G3756" be|strong="G1510" an|strong="G1510" apostle, because|strong="G1063" I|strong="G1473" ◄persecuted|strong="G1377" God’s|strong="G2316" groups|strong="H7218" of|strong="G2316" believers/caused|strong="H5414" God’s|strong="G2316" groups|strong="H7218" of|strong="G2316" believers to|strong="G3756" suffer|strong="H5414"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w everywhere|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w went|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="G1161" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" because|strong="G1161" God|strong="G2316" acted|strong="H6213" kindly|strong="H3820" toward|strong="G1519" me|strong="G1473" in|strong="G1519" ways|strong="H1870" that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" deserve|strong="H0376" that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" became|strong="G1096" what|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" now|strong="G1161". And|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3956" acting|strong="H4603" kindly|strong="H3820" toward|strong="G1519" me|strong="G1473" produced|strong="H6213" a|strong="G1096" great|strong="G3956" result|strong="G1519" [LIT|strong="H0215"], which|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" worked|strong="G2872" harder|strong="H2389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* Christ} than|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" other|strong="G1161" apostles. But|strong="G1161" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w working|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w with|strong="G4862"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w own|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w ability|strong="H3581"\+w*}. Instead|strong="G1161", God|strong="G2316" was|strong="G1510" helping|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473" in|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1096" way|strong="G3956" I|strong="G1473" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" deserve|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{11}So|strong="G3779" it|strong="G2532" does|strong="G4100" not|strong="G2532" matter|strong="H1697" whether|strong="G1535" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w preaching|strong="G2784"\+w* \+w or|strong="G1535"\+w* \+w whether|strong="G1535"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w other|strong="G1565"\+w* apostles \+w who|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w preaching|strong="G2784"\+w*}. We|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" preached|strong="G2784" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w same|strong="G1565"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G1565" message|strong="H1697" is|strong="G2532" what|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3779" believed|strong="G4100". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Christ has|strong="G2532" truly|strong="H3588" come|strong="G2532" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="G2532" life|strong="H5315", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" some|strong="H4480" day|strong="H3117" raise|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" believers|strong="G4100". }
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\verseNumber{18}And|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" died|strong="G2837" [EUP] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w trusting|strong="H0982"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" Christ|strong="G5547" will|strong="G2532" go|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" hell|strong="H7585". 
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\verseNumber{23}But|strong="G1161" we|strong="G1161" must|strong="G1538" all|strong="G1722" take|strong="G1538" our|strong="G5547" turn|strong="H7725". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w raised|strong="G3588"\+w*} Christ|strong="G5547" first|strong="G3588" [MET|strong="H6298"]. And|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" Christ|strong="G5547" returns|strong="H7725", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1538"\+w* \+w cause|strong="G3588"\+w*} those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="G1722" Christ|strong="G5547" to|strong="G1722" become|strong="G1161" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="G2398". 
\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="G2532", after|strong="G2532" Christ has|strong="G2316" destroyed|strong="G2673" all|strong="G3956" [DOU] the|strong="G2532" evil|strong="G2532" powers|strong="G1411" that|strong="G3588" oppose|strong="H7853" God|strong="G2316", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w world|strong="H8398"\+w*} will|strong="G2316" end|strong="G5056". Then|strong="G2532" Christ will|strong="G2316" give|strong="G3956" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316", his|strong="G3956" Father|strong="G3962", his|strong="G3956" kingdom|strong="H4467" to|strong="G2532" completely|strong="H3617" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="G3860" it|strong="G2532". 
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\verseNumber{26}The|strong="G3588" last|strong="G2078" thing|strong="H1697" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G3588"\+w*} will|strong="G2190" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" death|strong="G2288". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w certainly|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2190"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w rid|strong="H5337"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w death|strong="G2288"\+w*, \+w which|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} an|strong="H1129" enemy|strong="G2190" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{27}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w In|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* Scriptures \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w Psalmist|strong="H2158"\+w* \+w wrote|strong="H3789"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*} God|strong="G3004" will|strong="G3956" cause|strong="G3588" everything|strong="G3956" to|strong="G3004" be|strong="G3956" under|strong="G5259" Christ’s \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w authority|strong="H3027"\+w*} [MTY]. But|strong="G1161" it|strong="G3754" is|strong="G3588" clear|strong="H5352" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G3956" word|strong="G3588" ‘everything’ here|strong="G3956" does|strong="G3004" not|strong="H3808" include|strong="H5921" God|strong="G3004", because|strong="G3754" God|strong="G3004" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3956" one|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" will|strong="G3956" cause|strong="G3588" everything|strong="G3956" to|strong="G3004" be|strong="G3956" under|strong="G5259" Christ’s \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w authority|strong="H3027"\+w*} [MTY]. 
\verseNumber{28}After|strong="G1161" everything|strong="G3956" is|strong="G1510" put|strong="G5293" under|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w authority|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w*} God’s|strong="G2316" Son|strong="G5207", then|strong="G2532" Christ will|strong="G2316" put|strong="G5293" himself|strong="H5315" completely|strong="H3617" under|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w authority|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w*} God|strong="G2316", the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" gave|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" that|strong="G2443" authority|strong="H3027". Then|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G1510" completely|strong="H3617" in|strong="G1722" control|strong="G5293" of|strong="G5207" everything|strong="G3956" [IDM], everywhere|strong="H3605". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{You should set aside funds each week for the offering to be sent to believers in Jerusalem. }
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\BibleBook{2 Corinthians}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book is one of the letters that the Apostle Paul wrote to the Christians at Corinth. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{2 Corinthians }

\BibleSectionHeading{2 Corinthians 1:1-2 }

\BibleSectionHeading{Paul and Timothy greet the Christians who are in Corinth. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{The way you now live proves that we teach the truth about Jesus Christ. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{We are servants of Jesus. It is Jesus who has shown us how great God is. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{God will give all of us new heavenly bodies, and he will reward us according to what we did while we were living in our earthly bodies. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{The believers in Macedonia have already collected the money that they are going to send to the believers in Jerusalem. You should also finish collecting the money that you are preparing to send, and have it ready to send to Jerusalem soon. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{I Paul say to you, “Do not listen to those who say that I am afraid to rebuke you when I am with you and that I behave like people do who are not believers.” }
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\BibleBook{Galatians}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book is a letter that the Apostle Paul wrote to the Christians in Galatia province. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Galatians }

\BibleSectionHeading{Galatians 1:1-5 }

\BibleSectionHeading{I, Paul, as God’s chosen apostle, am sending this letter to the churches in Galatia and asking God’s blessings on you. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Finally, when I returned to Jerusalem and told Peter, James, and John what I always proclaim, they agreed that Barnabas and I were preaching the same message and serving the Lord just like they were. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Because you trusted in Christ, not because you obeyed the laws God gave Moses, you received the Holy Spirit and now experience his working among you. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Each of you is no longer like a slave, but a child of God and an heir of what he has promised. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Reject the false teaching that you must be circumcised, and do not become enslaved to rules and rituals again, otherwise Christ will not benefit you at all. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Although|strong="G1063" someone|strong="G5100" has|strong="G4102" confused|strong="H1101" you|strong="G1722", I|strong="G1063" am|strong="G2480" sure|strong="H0539" that|strong="G1722" you|strong="G1722" will|strong="G5100" not|strong="G2480" accept|strong="H7521" his|strong="G1223" false|strong="G1223" teaching|strong="H8451", and|strong="G2424" that|strong="G1722" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="G5100" punish|strong="H6485" him|strong="G1722". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Gently correct anyone among you who is sinning, and help each other without thinking you are better than others. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{I|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" suffered|strong="H5414" enough|strong="H1767" for|strong="G1909" declaring|strong="H5046" the|strong="G2532" truth|strong="H0571" about|strong="G1909" Jesus|strong="G2532", so|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2532" trouble|strong="H6869" me|strong="G1909" again|strong="G2532". }
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\verseNumber{18}My|strong="G1473" fellow|strong="H7453" believers, I|strong="G1473" pray|strong="H6419" that|strong="G3588" our|strong="G2424" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547" will|strong="G2962" kindly|strong="H3820" accomplish|strong="H6213" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G3588" desires|strong="H0183" within|strong="H7130" you|strong="G5210". ◄Amen|strong="H0543"!/May|strong="G5547" it|strong="G3588" be|strong="G3588" so|strong="G3326"!► 
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\BibleBook{Ephesians}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book is a letter that the Apostle Paul wrote to the Christians at Ephesus. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Ephesians }

\BibleSectionHeading{Ephesians 1:1-2 }

\BibleSectionHeading{I am writing this to you people of God in Ephesus, asking that God will bless you. }
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\verseNumber{22}God|strong="G2532" has|strong="G2532" caused|strong="G1325" all|strong="G3956" beings|strong="H2421" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" subject|strong="G5293" to|strong="G2532" Christ [MTY], and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" has|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" appointed|strong="H4150" Christ, who|strong="G3588" rules|strong="H4910" over|strong="G5228" all|strong="G3956" things|strong="G3956", to|strong="G2532" rule|strong="H4910" [MET|strong="H6298"] over|strong="G5228" all|strong="G3956" believers. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Formerly we were all spiritually dead and were certain to be punished by God, but he acted very kindly toward us and saved us freely as a result of our faith in Christ. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{I am in prison because God appointed me to tell non-Jews that Christ is the source of great spiritual blessings for them. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Conduct your lives in a way that shows that you are God’s people; do all that you can to keep all the believers united; and remember that Christ has given various abilities to each of his people, in order that you all may be united and grow spiritually and become like Christ. }
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\verseNumber{7}Christ|strong="G5547" has|strong="G5547" generously|strong="H5670" given|strong="G1325" to|strong="G2596" each|strong="G1538" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G5485" us|strong="G1325" spiritual|strong="H7307" gifts|strong="H4979", just|strong="G2596" like|strong="G2596" he|strong="G1161" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="G2596" give|strong="G1325" them|strong="G3588". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Imitate God, do everything in a way that shows love, and do not let anyone persuade you to live immorally, because God will punish those who disobey him. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Live|strong="H3427" righteously|strong="H6664", and|strong="G2064" expose|strong="H1540" the|strong="G1909" evil|strong="G1223" deeds|strong="H4611" that|strong="G3588" evil|strong="G1223" people|strong="G3588" do|strong="G3056", because|strong="G1223" when|strong="G2064" you|strong="G5210" do|strong="G3056" that|strong="G3588", those|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" do|strong="G3056" those|strong="G3588" evil|strong="G1223" things|strong="G3778" will|strong="G2316" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1909" know|strong="H3045" the|strong="G1909" truth|strong="H0571". }
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You|strong="G4771" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" not|strong="G1510" aware|strong="H3045" of|strong="G1537" your|strong="G2532" sins|strong="H2403", become|strong="G1510" aware|strong="H3045" of|strong="G1537" them|strong="G3588" [MET|strong="H6298"]! 
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It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" as|strong="G2532" though|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" sound|strong="H6963" asleep|strong="G2518", so|strong="G2532" wake|strong="H6974" up|strong="G1453"! 
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Be|strong="G1510" like|strong="H3644" dead|strong="G3498" people|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" becoming|strong="H5000" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="G1453"! 
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Christ|strong="G5547" will|strong="G1510" cause|strong="G1352" you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1537" God’s|strong="H0430" truth|strong="H0571", just|strong="G2532" like|strong="H3644" a|strong="G2532" light|strong="G5457" [MET|strong="H6298"] 
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\BibleBook{Philippians}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book is a letter that the Apostle Paul wrote to the Christians at Philippi. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Philippians }

\BibleSectionHeading{Philippians 1:1-2 }

\BibleSectionHeading{I, Paul, write this letter to all of you who are God’s people at Philippi. May God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord bless you. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Conduct|strong="H1870" yourselves|strong="G4771" just|strong="G3588" like|strong="G4314" you|strong="G5210" learned|strong="H3925" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" message|strong="H1697" about|strong="G1722" Christ|strong="G5547", unitedly and|strong="G2424" fearlessly resisting those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" oppose|strong="H7853" you|strong="G5210" and|strong="G2424" the|strong="G1722" gospel, since|strong="G1223" God|strong="G4314" is|strong="G3588" helping|strong="H5826" you|strong="G5210" in|strong="G1722" all|strong="G1722" your|strong="G1223" struggles. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Since Christ loves and encourages us and the Holy Spirit fellowships with us, make me completely happy by agreeing with one another, loving one another, and humbly serving one another. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{You|strong="G1438" should|strong="G3588" think|strong="H2803" just|strong="G2532" like|strong="H3644" Christ Jesus|strong="G2532" thought|strong="H0559". He|strong="G2532" willingly|strong="H5068" gave|strong="G2532" up|strong="G3361" his|strong="G1438" divine|strong="H7080" privileges and|strong="G2532" humbled|strong="H3665" himself|strong="G1438", willingly|strong="H5068" obeying|strong="H8085" God|strong="G2532" although|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" meant|strong="H2803" disgracefully|strong="H4191" dying|strong="H0006" on|strong="G4648" a|strong="G2532" cross|strong="H5674". As|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" result|strong="H6903", God|strong="G2532" exalted|strong="H7311" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" highest|strong="H8064" position|strong="H3678", to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" acknowledged|strong="H3045" by|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" entire|strong="H3605" universe as|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" supreme Lord|strong="G3588". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Since|strong="G3754" you|strong="G3754" have|strong="G2532" always|strong="G3956" obeyed|strong="H8085" God|strong="G2316", continue|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="G1519" do|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3956" things|strong="G3956" which|strong="G3748" are|strong="G3956" appropriate|strong="H5869" for|strong="G3754" people|strong="G3956" whom|strong="H0834" God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" saved|strong="H3467", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="G3754" to|strong="G1519" do|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{On the basis of all that I have told you, continue to believe firmly in the Lord Jesus Christ according to what I have just taught you, and act accordingly. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{May|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" Lord|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G1537" Christ bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="G5210". }
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\BibleBook{Colossians}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book is a letter that the Apostle Paul wrote to the Christians at Colossae. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Colossians }

\BibleSectionHeading{Colossians 1:1-2 }

\BibleSectionHeading{I, Paul, am sending this letter to you, who are God’s people in Colossae. We pray that God will bless you. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{We|strong="G2249" thank|strong="G5485" God|strong="G2316" for|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210" very|strong="G2532" often|strong="H1767" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" believe|strong="G4103" in|strong="G1722" Christ|strong="G5547" Jesus|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" love|strong="H0157" all|strong="G2532" God’s|strong="G2316" people|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{8}He|strong="G2532" told|strong="G1213" us|strong="G2249" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" love|strong="H0157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3588"\+w*}, just|strong="G2532" like|strong="H3644" God’s|strong="H0430" Spirit|strong="G4151" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w has|strong="G4151"\+w* \+w enabled|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} (OR|strong="G2532", spiritually|strong="G4151"). 

\BibleSectionHeading{We|strong="G2249" have|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" praying|strong="H6419" very|strong="G2532" often|strong="H1767" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210". We|strong="G2249" pray|strong="H6419" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1722" truly|strong="G1722" all|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" wants|strong="H2656" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532", in|strong="G1722" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G2532" conduct|strong="H1870" yourselves|strong="G4771" as|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Lord’s|strong="H3068" people|strong="G3588" should|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{12}And|strong="G3962" we|strong="G1722" pray|strong="H6419" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G3962" be|strong="G1519" thanking|strong="H3034" God|strong="G1519" our|strong="G1722" Father|strong="G3962", because|strong="G1722" he|strong="G3588" has|strong="G3962" enabled|strong="H5414" you|strong="G5210"/us|strong="G2427" to|strong="G1519" receive|strong="H3947" the|strong="G1722" things|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G3588" will|strong="G3962" give|strong="G2168" to|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" people|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" heaven|strong="H8064" [SYN]. 

\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="G1519" our|strong="G1722" Father|strong="G3962" has|strong="G3962" caused|strong="H5414" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G1519" ruled|strong="H4427" by|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1519" Son|strong="H1121", who|strong="G3588" existed|strong="H1961" before|strong="G1722" and|strong="G3962" ranks|strong="H6471" above|strong="H4605" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="G3588" has|strong="G3962" been|strong="H1961" created|strong="H1254". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{I am exerting myself very greatly on your behalf in order that you might truly know the message about Christ, in order that no one might delude you. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Conduct|strong="H1870" yourselves|strong="G4771" as|strong="G1519" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" united|strong="H3161" to|strong="G1519" Christ|strong="G5547" Jesus|strong="G1510" our|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G3588" should|strong="G3588" conduct|strong="H1870" themselves|strong="G1519". }
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\verseNumber{12}Because|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" chosen|strong="G1588" you|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3767"; and|strong="G2532" because|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" loves|strong="H0157" you|strong="G2532", be|strong="G2532" compassionate|strong="H7349" to|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" another|strong="G3588". Be|strong="G2532" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" another|strong="G3588". Be|strong="G2532" humble|strong="G5012". Be|strong="G2532" meek|strong="H6035" (OR|strong="G2532", be|strong="G2532" considerate toward|strong="G5012" one|strong="G3588" another|strong="G3588"), be|strong="G2532" patient|strong="H0750" with|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" another|strong="G3588", 
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\verseNumber{15}Because|strong="G1722" God|strong="G2532" chose|strong="H0977" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G1519" live|strong="G2532" peacefully|strong="H7965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w one|strong="G1520"\+w* \+w another|strong="G3739"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" local congregations|strong="H4721", let|strong="G1096" that|strong="G3739" peace|strong="G1515" which|strong="G3739" Christ|strong="G5547" gives|strong="H5414" control|strong="H3027" your|strong="G2532" ◄inner|strong="H6442" beings|strong="H2421"/hearts|strong="G2588"►, and|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" constantly|strong="H8548" thanking|strong="H3034" God|strong="G2532". 
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\verseNumber{17}Whatever|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" say|strong="G3056", and|strong="G2532" whatever|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" do|strong="G4160", do|strong="G4160" all|strong="G3956" of|strong="G3056" this|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" manner|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3739" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3588" representatives|strong="H7098" [MTY] of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w should|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w*}, while|strong="G1722" you|strong="G3739" constantly|strong="G1223" thank|strong="G2168" God|strong="G2316", our|strong="G2316" Father|strong="G3962", as|strong="G1722" you|strong="G3739" ask|strong="H7592" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424" to|strong="G2532" take|strong="G2316" your|strong="G1223" prayers|strong="H8605" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316". 

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\verseNumber{18}You|strong="G1722" women|strong="G1135", be|strong="G3588" subject|strong="G5293" to|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2962" husbands|strong="H1167", since|strong="G5613" that|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G1722" should|strong="G3588" do|strong="G1722" because|strong="G1722" you|strong="G1722" have|strong="G3588" a|strong="G5613" close|strong="H5980" relationship with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2962"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{19}You|strong="G1438" men|strong="G3588", love|strong="H0157" your|strong="G2532" wives|strong="G1135"; and|strong="G2532", do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" be|strong="G2532" harsh|strong="H7186" with|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Children|strong="H1121", obey|strong="H8085" your|strong="G2532" parents|strong="H0001" in|strong="G2532" every|strong="G2532" circumstance; parents|strong="H0001", do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" over-correct your|strong="G2532" children|strong="H1121". }
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\verseNumber{20}You|strong="G1722" children|strong="G5043", obey|strong="G5219" your|strong="G2962" parents|strong="G1118" in|strong="G1722" every|strong="G3956" circumstance|strong="G1722", because|strong="G1063" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2962"\+w*} is|strong="G1510" pleased|strong="H3190" when|strong="G1722" you|strong="G1722" do|strong="G1510" that|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{21}You|strong="G5210" parents|strong="G3962" (OR|strong="G3361", you|strong="G5210" fathers|strong="G3962"), do|strong="G3361" not|strong="G3361" correct|strong="H3256" your|strong="G3588" children|strong="G5043" more|strong="H3254" than|strong="G3361" you|strong="G5210" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="G2443", in|strong="G3361" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G3588" do|strong="G3361" not|strong="G3361" become|strong="G3361" discouraged|strong="H7503". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Slaves|strong="H5650", obey|strong="H8085" your|strong="G3588" masters|strong="H0113" in|strong="G3361" every|strong="G2443" circumstance sincerely|strong="H8549" and|strong="G3962" wholeheartedly|strong="H3824"; masters|strong="H0113", provide|strong="H6213" for|strong="G2443" your|strong="G3588" slaves|strong="H5650" justly|strong="H4941" and|strong="G3962" fairly|strong="H6664". }
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\verseNumber{22}You|strong="G1722" slaves|strong="G1401", obey|strong="G5219" your|strong="G2962" earthly|strong="G4561" masters|strong="G2962" in|strong="G1722" every|strong="G3956" circumstance|strong="G1722". Do|strong="G5399" not|strong="G3361" obey|strong="G5219" your|strong="G2962" masters|strong="G2962" only|strong="H0389" when|strong="G5613" they|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" watching|strong="H8245" [MTY] you|strong="G1722", like|strong="G5613" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w merely|strong="H6680"\+w*} want|strong="H4270" to|strong="G2596" impress|strong="H7760" their|strong="G2596" masters|strong="G2962" favorably|strong="H2896". Instead|strong="H8478", obey|strong="G5219" your|strong="G2962" masters|strong="G2962" sincerely|strong="H8549". Do|strong="G5399" this|strong="G3588" because|strong="G1722" you|strong="G1722" reverence|strong="G5399" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2962"\+w*} (OR|strong="G3361", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3361"\+w*}). 
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\verseNumber{25}But|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} will|strong="G1510" judge|strong="H8199" everyone|strong="G3739" impartially. He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" punish|strong="H6485" you|strong="G3739" according|strong="G3756" to|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2532" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" wrong|strong="G2865". 
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\chapterNumber{4}You|strong="G5210" masters|strong="G2962", treat|strong="G3930" your|strong="G2192" slaves|strong="G1401" justly|strong="H4941" and|strong="G2532" fairly|strong="H6664", because|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" have|strong="G2192" a|strong="G2192" master|strong="G2962" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" heaven|strong="G3772" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w say|strong="G1401"\+w* \+w whether|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w approves|strong="H0974"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2532" persistently|strong="H7925". And|strong="G2532" pray|strong="H6419" that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" give|strong="G3930" me|strong="G2192" opportunities to|strong="G2532" declare|strong="H5046" the|strong="G1722" message|strong="H1697" about|strong="G1722" Christ|strong="G2962". }
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\verseNumber{2}Pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="G1722" God|strong="G3588" persistently|strong="H7925", and|strong="G3588" as|strong="G1722" you|strong="G1722" pray|strong="H6419", be|strong="G3588" alert|strong="G1127" and|strong="G3588" be|strong="G3588" thanking|strong="H3034" God|strong="G3588". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Always|strong="H3605" speak|strong="G2980" wisely|strong="H2451" and|strong="G2980" graciously|strong="H2603" to|strong="G2443" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="G5319" believe|strong="H0539" in|strong="G2980" the|strong="G5613" Lord|strong="H3068" Jesus|strong="G2980". }
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\verseNumber{7}Tychicus|strong="G5190" will|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G1107" you|strong="G5210" all|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3588" has|strong="G2962" been|strong="G2532" happening to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473". He|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" fellow|strong="G4889" believer|strong="G4103" whom|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473"/we|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc)} love|strong="H0157" and|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" helps|strong="H5826" me|strong="G1473" faithfully|strong="G4103" and|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" serves|strong="H5647" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*} together|strong="G2596" with|strong="G1722" me|strong="G1473". 
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\verseNumber{17}Say|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2443" Archippus, “Make|strong="G4137" sure|strong="H0539" that|strong="G2443" you|strong="G3739" complete|strong="G4137" the|strong="G1722" task|strong="H6045" that|strong="G2443" God|strong="G3004" appointed|strong="H4150" you|strong="G3739" to|strong="G2443" do|strong="G2532", because|strong="G1722" you|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" close|strong="H5980" relationship with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G3004".” 

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\BibleBook{1 Thessalonians}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book is one of the letters that the Apostle Paul wrote to the Christians at Thessalonica. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{1 Thessalonians }

\BibleSectionHeading{1 Thessalonians 1:1 }

\BibleSectionHeading{I, Paul, greet you believers who are in Thessalonica }
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\BibleSectionHeading{You and God know that it is true that we behaved in a very virtuous, upright, and irreproachable manner toward you. You know also that we continually exhorted, encouraged, and urged that you behave in the way that God’s people should. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{When I could no longer endure worrying about you, I sent Timothy to you in order to find out whether or not you were still trusting in God. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Now|strong="G2532" Timothy has|strong="G4102" just|strong="G2532" returned|strong="G1096" and|strong="G2532" has|strong="G4102" told|strong="H5046" us|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" good|strong="G1223" news|strong="H1319" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" still|strong="H5750" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="G1519" Christ. As|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1096" result|strong="G1519", we|strong="G2249" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1096" cheered up|strong="G1519", and|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249" cannot|strong="G3361" thank|strong="H3034" God|strong="G2532" adequately|strong="H4448" for|strong="G1519" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" has|strong="G4102" done|strong="G1096" for|strong="G1519" you|strong="G5210". Very|strong="G2532" frequently we|strong="G2249" ask|strong="H7592" God|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2249" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="G1519" visit|strong="H6485" you|strong="G5210" and|strong="G2532" help|strong="H5826" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G1519" trust|strong="H0982" him|strong="G3588" more|strong="G3371" strongly|strong="H3966". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{We|strong="G2532" pray|strong="G1189" that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" help|strong="H5826" us|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="G1519" you|strong="G5210" and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" help|strong="H5826" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G1519" love|strong="H0157" each|strong="G1519" other|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" other|strong="G3588" people|strong="G4383" more|strong="G4053" and|strong="G2532" more|strong="G4053", just|strong="G2532" like|strong="H3644" we|strong="G2532" love|strong="H0157" you|strong="G5210" more|strong="G4053" and|strong="G2532" more|strong="G4053". }
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\verseNumber{11}We|strong="G2249" pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="G4314" God|strong="G2316", our|strong="G2316" Father|strong="G3962", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G4314" our|strong="G2316" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424", that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" ◄clear|strong="H5352" the|strong="G2532" way|strong="G3598"/make|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" possible► so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2249" can|strong="H4310" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G5210". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Just like we told you previously, we strongly urge you to increasingly live in a way that will please God. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="H0430" wants|strong="H2656" you|strong="H0859", by|strong="H0801" your|strong="H3068" behaving|strong="H0270" in|strong="H0935" a|strong="H1961" sexually pure|strong="H2889" way|strong="H1870", to|strong="H0413" show|strong="H7200" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" completely|strong="H3617" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H5414". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{We|strong="G2532" urge|strong="H6293" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G1519" increasingly|strong="H1980" love|strong="H0157" each|strong="G1519" other|strong="G3588", to|strong="G1519" strive|strong="H7378" to|strong="G1519" work|strong="H4399" at|strong="G1519" your|strong="G2532" own|strong="H1961" occupations, and|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" meddle|strong="H1624" in|strong="G1519" others’ affairs|strong="G3588". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" cause|strong="G3367" to|strong="G4314" live|strong="G4043" again|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" believers who|strong="G3588" died|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" bring|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" sky|strong="H8064" with|strong="G4314" Jesus|strong="G2532". Encourage|strong="H2388" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="G3588" by|strong="G4314" telling|strong="H1696" this|strong="G3588" message|strong="H1697". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{We believers should be prepared for the time when the Lord Jesus returns and not be as unbelievers who will be unprepared. We must not be like them. On the contrary, we must be vigilant and self-controlled. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="G2532" has|strong="G4102" destined|strong="H3651" us|strong="G2249" believers to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" saved|strong="G4991" from|strong="G2532" future|strong="H0319" punishment|strong="H5771" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="G2532" live|strong="G2532" together|strong="G2532" with|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G1510" after|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" returns|strong="H7725". Since|strong="G1161" this|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" true|strong="H0571", encourage|strong="H2388" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="G1161". }
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\verseNumber{9}When|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2316" chose|strong="H0977" us|strong="G1519", he|strong="G3754" did|strong="G2316" not|strong="G3756" plan|strong="H6098" for|strong="G3754" us|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w whom|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w severely|strong="H5953"\+w*} punish|strong="H6485" [MTY]. On|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" contrary|strong="G2316", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w decided|strong="H3289"\+w*} that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G3754" would|strong="G2316" save|strong="H3467" us|strong="G1519" because|strong="G3754" of|strong="G1223" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w trusting|strong="H0982"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w*} our|strong="G2316" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w has|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w for|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w us|strong="G1519"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{11}Because|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w true|strong="G3588"\+w*}, continue|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" encourage|strong="G3870"/comfort|strong="G3870" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="G1520", as|strong="G2531" indeed|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4160" now|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" doing|strong="G4160". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Recognize|strong="H5234" as|strong="G2531" leaders|strong="H7218" those|strong="G3588" people|strong="G4160" who|strong="G3588" care|strong="H3027" for|strong="G1520" and|strong="G2532" instruct|strong="H3384" you|strong="G4160"; highly|strong="H3966" esteem|strong="H2803" and|strong="G2532" love|strong="H0157" them|strong="G3588". Live|strong="G2532" peacefully|strong="H7965" with|strong="G2532" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="G1520". }
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\verseNumber{12}My|strong="G1722" fellow|strong="H7453" believers, we|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w three|strong="H7969"\+w*} ask|strong="G2065" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" recognize|strong="G1492"/honor|strong="H3519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="G2065"\+w*} those|strong="G3588" people|strong="G1492" who|strong="G3588" work|strong="G2872" hard|strong="G2872" for|strong="G1161" you|strong="G5210". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Specifically|strong="H0559"\+w*}, respect|strong="H6437" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" lead|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" as|strong="G1722" fellow|strong="H7453" believers who|strong="G3588" ◄have|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" close|strong="H5980" relationship with|strong="G1722"/are|strong="G3588" united|strong="H3161" to|strong="G2532"► the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*}. They|strong="G2532" warn|strong="G3560" you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w stop|strong="H2308"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w wrong|strong="H7451"\+w*} (OR|strong="G2532", they|strong="G2532" teach|strong="H3925" you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w right|strong="H3225"\+w*}). 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Warn|strong="H2094" believers who|strong="G3588" will|strong="G2532" not|strong="G1223" work|strong="G2041", and|strong="G2532" encourage|strong="H2388" and|strong="G2532" help|strong="H5826" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" need|strong="H4270" it|strong="G2532". Be|strong="G2532" patient|strong="H0750" with|strong="G1722" all|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3588". Do|strong="G2532" good|strong="G1223" things|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1223" all|strong="G2532" of|strong="G1223" them|strong="G3588", including|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" do|strong="G2532" evil|strong="G1223" things|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G1722". }
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\BibleBook{2 Thessalonians}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book is one of the letters that the Apostle Paul wrote to the Christians at Thessalonica. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{2 Thessalonians }

\BibleSectionHeading{2 Thessalonians 1:1-2 }

\BibleSectionHeading{We, Paul, Silas, and Timothy, are sending this letter to the congregation of God’s people in Thessalonica. We pray that God will continue to bless you with his kindness and inner peace. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Pray that more and more people will believe the message about our Lord Jesus. }
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\BibleBook{1 Timothy}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book is one of the letters that the Apostle Paul wrote to his assistant Timothy. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{1 Timothy }

\BibleSectionHeading{1 Timothy 1:1-2 }

\BibleSectionHeading{I, Paul, write to you, Timothy. May you be blessed by God and Christ Jesus with their kindness and mercy. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{I instruct you how people who belong to God’s family and who hold fast to the truth should conduct themselves. }
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Angels|strong="H4397" saw|strong="G3708" him|strong="G3588"; people|strong="G1484" preached|strong="G2784" about|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" many|strong="G1722" nations|strong="G1484"; 
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People|strong="G1484" in|strong="G1722" many|strong="G1722" parts|strong="H3411" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G1722" world|strong="G2889" believed|strong="G4100" the|strong="G1722" message|strong="H1697" about|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588". 
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God|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" up|strong="G2532" into|strong="G1722" heaven|strong="H8064". 

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\BibleSectionHeading{Live in a way that agrees with Christian doctrine, and complete what I have commanded. }
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\BibleBook{2 Timothy}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book is one of the letters that the Apostle Paul wrote to his assistant Timothy. We call this book }
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\BibleSectionHeading{2 Timothy 1:1-2 }

\BibleSectionHeading{This letter is from me, Paul, to you, Timothy. }
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\BibleTitleTwo{This book is a letter that the Apostle Paul wrote to his assistant Titus. We call this book }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Titus 1:1-4 }

\BibleSectionHeading{I, Paul, have been appointed by God as his servant and as an apostle of Jesus Christ in order that I might lead God’s people to know, believe, and practice the true teachings. I write this letter to you, Titus. May God continue to bless you. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Teach and urge the believers to behave in a manner that is consistent with the correct teachings in order that people will perceive that the teachings about God our Savior are very good. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{With|strong="G2532" full|strong="G3956" authority|strong="H3027", teach|strong="H3925" these|strong="G3956" things|strong="G3956", urge|strong="H6293" the|strong="G2532" believers to|strong="G2443" do|strong="G2532" them|strong="G1325", and|strong="G2532" correct|strong="H3256" those|strong="G3739" believers who|strong="G3739" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3739" follow|strong="H0310" them|strong="G1325". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Remind the believers to act appropriately toward authorities and kindly toward everyone. }
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\BibleTitleTwo{This book is a letter that the Apostle Paul wrote to his friend Philemon. We call this book }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Philemon 1-3 }

\BibleSectionHeading{I, Paul, am writing this letter to you, Philemon, and to those with you. May God bless you(pl). }
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\BibleSectionHeading{God formerly communicated with us through the prophets, but now he has communicated with us through his son, who is just like God. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G1510" stubbornly|strong="H5637" rebel|strong="H4775" against|strong="G1909" God|strong="G2532" as|strong="G5613" their|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="H3064" ancestors|strong="H0001" did|strong="G2532". }
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\verseNumber{10}So|strong="G2532", I|strong="G1473" became|strong="G3588" disgusted|strong="H3363" with|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3004" who|strong="G3588" saw|strong="H7200" those|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3778", and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" said|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}, ‘They|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" constantly|strong="H8548" disloyal|strong="H0898" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" understand|strong="G1097" how|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" conduct|strong="H1870" their|strong="G2532" lives|strong="H5315".’ 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Beware|strong="H8104" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G1487" do|strong="G1722" not|strong="G1487" stop|strong="H2308" trusting|strong="H0982" in|strong="G1722" Christ|strong="G5613". }
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\verseNumber{12}So|strong="G3379", my|strong="G1722" fellow|strong="H7453" believers, be|strong="G1510" careful|strong="H8104" that|strong="G3588" none|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2316" you|strong="G5210" is|strong="G1510" so|strong="G3379" evil|strong="G4190" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" stop|strong="H2308" trusting|strong="H0982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* Christ}. That|strong="G3588" would|strong="G2316" cause|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G1722" reject|strong="H3988" God|strong="G2316" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" all-powerful. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The Israelites failed to enter the place where they would rest; we must be careful not to act like them. }
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Because|strong="G1063" I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G1096" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588", I|strong="G1473" solemnly|strong="H7650" declared|strong="H5046", “They|strong="G3588" will|strong="G1473" not|strong="G1487" enter|strong="G1525" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w* \+w where|strong="G5613"\+w*} I|strong="G1473" would|strong="G1096" let|strong="G1096" them|strong="G3588" rest|strong="G2663".” 
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Then|strong="G2532", on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" seventh|strong="G1442" day|strong="G2250", God|strong="G2316" rested|strong="G2664" from|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3956" work|strong="G2041" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w creating|strong="H1254"\+w* \+w everything|strong="G3956"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}But|strong="G2532" note|strong="H3045" again|strong="G3825" what|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532" about|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Israelites|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w*} passage|strong="H4569" that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" quoted|strong="H1696" previously|strong="H8543": 
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They|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2532" enter|strong="G1525" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w* \+w where|strong="G1722"\+w*} I|strong="G1473" would|strong="G2532" let|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" rest|strong="G2663". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G1722" Scriptures support|strong="H2388" the|strong="G1722" claim|strong="H0589" that|strong="G3588" there|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" time|strong="G1722" when|strong="G2532" God’s|strong="H0430" people|strong="G1525" will|strong="G2532" rest|strong="G2663" eternally|strong="H5331". }
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Now|strong="G2250", when|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210" understand|strong="H0995" what|strong="G3588" God|strong="G3004" is|strong="G3588" saying|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*}, do|strong="G3004" not|strong="G3361" stubbornly|strong="H5637" disobey|strong="H0854" him|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{14}We|strong="G2192" have|strong="G2192" a|strong="G2192" great|strong="G3173" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" who|strong="G3588" ascended|strong="G3588" through|strong="G1330" the|strong="G3588" heavens|strong="G3772" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w presence|strong="H6440"\+w*}. He|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2424", ◄God’s|strong="G2316" Son|strong="G5207"/the|strong="G3588" man|strong="G2902" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" also|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316"►. So|strong="G3767" let|strong="G3767" us|strong="G1330" firmly|strong="H2388" profess|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w believe|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w about|strong="G1330"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{As Christ suffered, he learned to be a compassionate Supreme Priest by obeying God. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{If you believers later reject the message about Christ, God will reject you. }
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\chapterNumber{6}So|strong="G2532", we|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(inc)} must|strong="G5547" not|strong="G3361" keep|strong="G3361" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{discussing} the|strong="G2532" elementary principles about|strong="G1909" Christ|strong="G5547". Instead|strong="H8478", we|strong="G2532" must|strong="G5547" proceed|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w teaching|strong="G3056"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w make|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w us|strong="G1909"\+w* spiritually} mature [MTY]. We|strong="G2532" must|strong="G5547" not|strong="G3361" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w always|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w teach|strong="H3925"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" elementary truths \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w Christ|strong="G5547"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="G2532" foundation|strong="G2310". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w am|strong="G2532"\+w* referring \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w teaching|strong="G3056"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sinful|strong="H2400"\+w*} things|strong="G3588" must|strong="G5547" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" sinful|strong="H2400" behavior|strong="G2041", things|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* spiritually} [MET|strong="H6298"] dead|strong="G3498" do|strong="G2532". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w am|strong="G2532"\+w* referring \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w teaching|strong="G3056"\+w*} that|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3361" must|strong="G5547" believe|strong="G4102" in|strong="G1909" God|strong="G2316". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{There are ways in which Melchizedek was like God’s Son. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Melchizedek|strong="H4442" was|strong="G3588" greater|strong="H1419" than|strong="H4480" Abraham|strong="H0085". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G1722" former|strong="G3588" Jewish|strong="H3064" priests|strong="H3548" were|strong="G1510" not|strong="G1510" adequate, so|strong="G1063" a|strong="G1722" new|strong="H2319" one|strong="G3588" like|strong="H3644" Melchizedek|strong="G3198" had|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1722" come|strong="G1510". }
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\verseNumber{15}Furthermore|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w priests|strong="G2409"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w descended|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Levi|strong="H3878"\+w* \+w were|strong="G1510"\+w* inadequate, \+w since|strong="G2596"\+w*} it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" even|strong="G2532" more|strong="G2089" obvious that|strong="G3588" another|strong="G2087" priest|strong="G2409" has|strong="G1510" appeared|strong="H7200" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" like|strong="G2596" Melchizedek|strong="G3198". 
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You|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} are|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1519" priest|strong="G2409" eternally|strong="H5331" just|strong="G2596" like|strong="G2596" Melchizedek|strong="G3198" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1519" priest|strong="G2409". 
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\verseNumber{18}On|strong="G4254" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" hand|strong="G3303", God|strong="G2532" canceled|strong="H3722" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" commanded|strong="G1785" previously|strong="G4254" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w concerning|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w*} because|strong="G1223" it|strong="G2532" failed|strong="H5307" in|strong="G2532" every|strong="G2532" way|strong="G1223" to|strong="G2532" enable|strong="H7980" anyone|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w become|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w all|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w intended|strong="H1819"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1448" lives|strong="H5315" eternally|strong="H5331" as|strong="G1161" a|strong="G1161" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" to|strong="G1161" plead|strong="H7378" with|strong="G1223" God|strong="G2316" for|strong="G1063" us|strong="H5414". }
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\verseNumber{21}However|strong="G1161", when|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w appointed|strong="H4150"\+w* \+w Christ|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w priest|strong="G2409"\+w*}, it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" by|strong="G1223" these|strong="G3326" words|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Psalmist|strong="H2158"\+w* \+w wrote|strong="H3789"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Scripture|strong="G3004"\+w*}: 
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The|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" has|strong="G2962" solemnly|strong="H7650" declared|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*}, 
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—and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" change|strong="G3338" his|strong="G1223" mind|strong="G3338"— 
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“You|strong="G4771" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" priest|strong="G2409" forever|strong="G1519"!” 
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\verseNumber{22}Because|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2532" that|strong="G2532", Jesus|strong="G2424" guarantees that|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w new|strong="H2319"\+w*} covenant|strong="G1242" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" better|strong="G2909" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w than|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w old|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w one|strong="G2596"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{23}And|strong="G2532" formerly|strong="H6440", the|strong="G2532" priests|strong="G2409" could|strong="G3588" not|strong="G1510" keep|strong="H8104" serving|strong="H5647" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w priests|strong="G2409"\+w*}, because|strong="G1223" they|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" died|strong="G2288" [PRS]. So|strong="G2532" there|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" many|strong="G4183" priests|strong="G2409" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w take|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w place|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w ones|strong="H2945"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w died|strong="G2288"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{24}But|strong="G1161" because|strong="G1223" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Jesus} lives|strong="G3306" eternally|strong="H5331", he|strong="G1161" will|strong="G2192" continue|strong="G3306" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2192" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" forever|strong="G1519". 
\verseNumber{25}So|strong="G2532", he|strong="G2532" can|strong="G1410" completely|strong="G3838" and|strong="G2532" eternally|strong="H5331" save|strong="G4982" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" come|strong="G4334" to|strong="G1519" God|strong="G2316" by|strong="G1223" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w trusting|strong="H0982"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}, since|strong="G1223" he|strong="G2532" lives|strong="G2198" forever|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" plead|strong="H7378" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" help|strong="H5826" them|strong="G3588". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="G1223" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" we|strong="G2532" need|strong="H4270", because|strong="G1223" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" sinless. }
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\verseNumber{26}Jesus|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" kind|strong="G5108" of|strong="G2532" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G1063" need|strong="H4270". He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" holy|strong="G3741"; he|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" no|strong="G2532" wrong|strong="H7451"; he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" completely|strong="H3617" innocent|strong="H5355". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} has|strong="G1096" now|strong="G2532" taken|strong="G1096" him|strong="G3588" up|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" highest|strong="H8064" heaven|strong="G3772" separated|strong="G5563" from|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w living|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w among|strong="G1096"\+w*} sinners|strong="H2400". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The rituals that were performed by the Jewish high priests were only a model of what Jesus our high priest does in heaven. }
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\chapterNumber{8}The|strong="G1722" main|strong="G2774" point|strong="G2774" of|strong="G1909" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="G1722"\+w*} that|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G3739"\+w*} have|strong="G2192" written|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3739" we|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2192" a|strong="G2192" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" like|strong="G5108" that|strong="G3739". He|strong="G1161" has|strong="G2192" sat|strong="G2523" down|strong="G2523" to|strong="G1909" rule|strong="H4910" [MTY] with|strong="G1722" God|strong="G3004" [EUP] at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" place|strong="G1722" of|strong="G1909" greatest|strong="H1419" honor|strong="H3519" in|strong="G1722" heaven|strong="G3772". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G2532" first|strong="H7223" covenant|strong="G1242" was|strong="G1510" not|strong="G1510" adequate, so|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2532" needed|strong="H1767" a|strong="G2532" new|strong="H2319" one|strong="G1909". }
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\verseNumber{7}If|strong="G1487" that|strong="G3588" first|strong="G4413" covenant|strong="H1285" had|strong="G1510" been|strong="G1510" perfectly|strong="H3632" adequate [LIT|strong="H0215"], God|strong="G3588" would|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" have|strong="G1510" thought|strong="H0559" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G3588" needed|strong="H1767" another|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w covenant|strong="H1285"\+w*/\+w agreement|strong="H7284"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2212"\+w* \+w replace|strong="H2498"\+w* \+w it|strong="G1063"\+w*}. But|strong="G1487" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* adequate, \+w so|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w needed|strong="H1767"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w new|strong="H2319"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 
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The|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" says|strong="G3004", “Listen|strong="G2400"! There|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" soon|strong="H3512" be|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" time|strong="G2250" 
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when|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" make|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" new|strong="G2537" covenant|strong="G1242" with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3004" [MTY] of|strong="G2250" Israel|strong="G2474" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3004" [MTY] of|strong="G2250" Judah|strong="G2455". 
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\verseNumber{9}That|strong="G3754" covenant|strong="G1242" will|strong="G3739" not|strong="G3756" be|strong="G3756" like|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1722" covenant|strong="G1242" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" made|strong="G4160" with|strong="G1722" their|strong="G1438" ancestors|strong="G3962" 
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when|strong="G1722" I|strong="G1473" led|strong="G1806" them|strong="G3588" out|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" Egypt|strong="H4714" [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w father|strong="G3962"\+w* \+w leads|strong="G1806"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w child|strong="G1722"\+w*} by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" hand|strong="G5495". 
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They|strong="G3588" did|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3756" continue|strong="G1696" to|strong="G2596" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w obey|strong="G4160"\+w*} my|strong="G1722" covenant|strong="G1242", 
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so|strong="G2504" I|strong="G1473" rejected|strong="H3988" them|strong="G3588",” says|strong="G3004" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962". 
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\verseNumber{10}“This|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" covenant|strong="G1242" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2316" make|strong="G1303" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G2532" Israelites|strong="H3478" [MTY], 
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after|strong="G3326" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w first|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w covenant|strong="G1242"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w ended|strong="H1961"\+w*} [MTY],” says|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962": 
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“I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2316" enable|strong="H7980" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" understand|strong="H0995" my|strong="G1325" laws|strong="G3551" [MTY], 
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and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2316" enable|strong="H7980" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" obey|strong="G3326" them|strong="G3588" (OR|strong="G2532", truly|strong="G1909" know|strong="H3045" them|strong="G3588") [MTY] sincerely|strong="H8549". 
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I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G1510" their|strong="G1438" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G1510" my|strong="G1325" people|strong="G2992" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w As|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w*}, no|strong="G3756" one|strong="G1538" will|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w need|strong="G1321"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} teach|strong="G1321" a|strong="G2532" fellow|strong="G4177" citizen|strong="G4177" 
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or|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G3004" his|strong="G3956" fellow|strong="G4177" kinsmen|strong="H0251", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w need|strong="G1321"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} know|strong="G1492" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962",’ 
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because|strong="G3754" all|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3956"\+w*} will|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1492" me|strong="G1473": 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w My|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3956"\+w*} of|strong="G2532" every|strong="G3956" status|strong="H6256" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{12}I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" mercifully \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w forgive|strong="H5545"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w for|strong="G3754"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" wicked|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" done|strong="G3361". 
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I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3756" longer|strong="G2089" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w consider|strong="H7200"\+w*} that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w guilty|strong="H0816"\+w* \+w for|strong="G3754"\+w*} [DOU] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="G2532"\+w*} sins|strong="H2403".” 
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\verseNumber{13}Since|strong="G1161" God|strong="G3004" spoke|strong="G3004" about|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" new|strong="G2537" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w covenant|strong="H1285"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" considered|strong="H2803" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" first|strong="G4413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w covenant|strong="H1285"\+w*} was|strong="G3588" no|strong="G2532" longer|strong="H5750" in|strong="G1722" use|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" it|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" soon|strong="G1722" disappear|strong="H0622", just|strong="G2532" like|strong="H3644" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w anything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} gets|strong="H8610" old|strong="G3822" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w disappear|strong="H0622"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298", DOU]. 

\BibleSectionHeading{A description of the man-made sanctuary that accompanied the first covenant. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Christ redeemed|strong="H1350" us|strong="G1909" by|strong="G1909" offering|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1909" own|strong="H1961" blood|strong="H1818" as|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" sacrifice|strong="H2077". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G1722" Jewish|strong="H3064" priests|strong="H3548" kept|strong="G2532" offering|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="G2532" animal|strong="H0929" sacrifices|strong="H2077" every|strong="G3956" year|strong="H8141", but|strong="G2532" Christ sacrificed|strong="H2076" himself|strong="H5315" once|strong="H6471" to|strong="G2532" take|strong="G1096" away|strong="H5493" our|strong="G2532" guilt|strong="H0817". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{The blood of animals can never take away the guilt for sins. }
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\chapterNumber{10}Just|strong="G2596" like|strong="G2596" a|strong="G2192" shadow|strong="G4639" vaguely represents the|strong="G1519" thing|strong="G3739" that|strong="G3739" it|strong="G1063" is|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2192" shadow|strong="G4639" of|strong="G3551", the|strong="G1519" laws|strong="G3551" that|strong="G3739" God|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gave|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*} only|strong="G3756" poorly represent|strong="H7969" [MET|strong="H6298"] the|strong="G1519" good|strong="G3756" things|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3739" were|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" come|strong="G3195" later|strong="G3195". Those|strong="G3588" laws|strong="G3551" were|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" all|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1519" good|strong="G3756" things|strong="G3588" themselves|strong="G1438" that|strong="G3739" God|strong="G1519" has|strong="G2192" promised|strong="H1696". So|strong="G1519", by|strong="G2596" offering|strong="G4374" the|strong="G1519" same|strong="G3739" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="G3551" sacrifices|strong="G2378" every|strong="G2596" year|strong="G1763", people|strong="G4374" [PRS] who|strong="G3739" approach|strong="G4334" God|strong="G1519" can|strong="G1410" never|strong="G3756" become|strong="G2192" ◄perfect|strong="G5048"/all|strong="G2596" that|strong="G3739" God|strong="G1519" intends|strong="H3190" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G3756"►. 
\verseNumber{2}If|strong="H0518" God|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2192" removed|strong="H5493" the|strong="G1223" guilt|strong="H0817" for|strong="G1223" having|strong="G2192" sinned|strong="H2398" of|strong="G1223" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" brought|strong="G4374" the|strong="G1223" sacrifices|strong="H2077", they|strong="G3588" would|strong="G1893" not|strong="G3756" feel|strong="H4184" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" still|strong="G2089" guilty|strong="H0816". So|strong="G1223" they|strong="G3588" would|strong="G1893" certainly|strong="G2192" have|strong="G2192" stopped|strong="G3973" offering|strong="G4374" those|strong="G3588" sacrifices|strong="H2077"! [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3588" rather|strong="H3588", the|strong="G1722" fact|strong="H1589" that|strong="G1722" they|strong="G1722" offer|strong="H7126" those|strong="G1722" sacrifices|strong="H2077" each|strong="G2596" year|strong="G1763" reminds them|strong="G1722" that|strong="G1722" they|strong="G1722" are|strong="G1722" still|strong="H5750" guilty|strong="H0816" for|strong="G1722" their|strong="G2596" sins|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="G2532" principle is|strong="G2532" that|strong="G2532" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="G2532" animals|strong="H0929" such|strong="G2532" as|strong="G2532" bulls|strong="G5022" or|strong="G2532" goats|strong="G5131" can|strong="G1063" never|strong="H3808" remove|strong="H5493" the|strong="G2532" guilt|strong="H0817" of|strong="G2532" those|strong="G1063" who|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" sinned|strong="H2398". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Christ set|strong="G2532" us|strong="H5414" apart|strong="H0914" for|strong="G1063" God|strong="G2532" by|strong="G2532" offering|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" own|strong="H1961" body|strong="H1320" once|strong="H6471" as|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" sacrifice|strong="H2077". }
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\verseNumber{5}So|strong="G2532", as|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Christ} was|strong="G3588" coming|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" world|strong="G2889", he|strong="G2532" spoke|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Father|strong="H0001"\+w* \+w about|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w offering|strong="G4376"\+w* \+w himself|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sacrifice|strong="G2378"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w people’s|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w sin|strong="H2403"\+w*. \+w The|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Psalmist|strong="H2158"\+w* \+w wrote|strong="H3789"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* Christ \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w*}: 
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It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" sacrifices|strong="G2378" and|strong="G2532" offerings|strong="G4376" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} have|strong="G2309" wanted|strong="G2309", 
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but|strong="G1161" you|strong="G3004" have|strong="G2309" prepared|strong="G2675" for|strong="G1519" me|strong="G1473" a|strong="G2532" body|strong="G4983" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w serve|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{6}Animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="G2532" are|strong="G2532" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" up|strong="G2532" as|strong="G2532" sacrifices|strong="H2077" have|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" pleased|strong="G2106" you|strong="G2532", 
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and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w atone|strong="H3722"\+w*} for|strong="G4012" those|strong="G4012" who|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" sinned|strong="H2398" have|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" pleased|strong="G2106" you|strong="G2532". 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="G5119" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w of|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w*}, I|strong="G1473" said|strong="G3004", “My|strong="G3708" God|strong="G2316", ◄listen|strong="G2400"!/here|strong="G2400" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473"!► 
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I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1473" come|strong="G2240" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="G2400"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="G3004" do|strong="G4160" what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" want|strong="G2307" me|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w*}, 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w just|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w like|strong="G4012"\+w*} has|strong="G2316" been|strong="G4160" written|strong="G1125" {as|strong="G1722" they|strong="G3588" have|strong="G1473" written|strong="G1125"} about|strong="G4012" me|strong="G1473" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Scriptures.” 
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\verseNumber{8}First|strong="H7223", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Christ} said|strong="G3004", “It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3748" not|strong="G3756" sacrifices|strong="G2378" and|strong="G2532" offerings|strong="G3646" and|strong="G2532" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w*} have|strong="G2309" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" up|strong="G4374" and|strong="G2532" other|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w offerings|strong="G3646"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w atone|strong="H3722"\+w* \+w for|strong="G3754"\+w*} those|strong="G4012" who|strong="G3748" have|strong="G2309" sinned|strong="H2398" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G3754" have|strong="G2309" really|strong="H2088" wanted|strong="G2309". They|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2309" not|strong="G3756" pleased|strong="G2106" you|strong="G3754".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Christ \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w even|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w though|strong="G2532"\+w*} those|strong="G4012" things|strong="G3748" were|strong="G2532" offered|strong="G4374" {they|strong="G2532" offered|strong="G4374" all|strong="G2532" those|strong="G4012" things|strong="G3748"} according|strong="G2596" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" laws|strong="G3551" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w gave|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*}! 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="G5119", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w concerning|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w his|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w offering|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w himself|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w as|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w a|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w atone|strong="H3722"\+w* \+w for|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w people’s|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w sin|strong="H2403"\+w*}, he|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004", “Listen|strong="G2400"! I|strong="G2443" have|strong="G4160" come|strong="G2240" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="G2400"\+w*} to|strong="G2443" do|strong="G4160" what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" want|strong="G2307" me|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w*}!” In|strong="G3004" that|strong="G2443" way|strong="H1870" Christ got|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="G2307" the|strong="G3588" first|strong="G4413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w way|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2307"\+w* \+w atoning|strong="H3722"\+w* \+w for|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w sin|strong="H2403"\+w*}, in|strong="G3004" order|strong="G2443" to|strong="G2443" establish|strong="G2476" the|strong="G3588" second|strong="G1208" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w way|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2307"\+w* \+w atoning|strong="H3722"\+w* \+w for|strong="G2443"\+w*} sin|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{10}Because|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3588"\+w*} wanted|strong="H2654" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1722" do|strong="G1510", we|strong="G3739" have|strong="G1510" been|strong="G1510" dedicated|strong="H6942" to|strong="G1722" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G3739"\+w*} has|strong="G3739" set|strong="H7760" us|strong="G1722" apart|strong="H0914" for|strong="G1223"} God|strong="G3588" by|strong="G1223" his|strong="G1223" offering|strong="G4376" his|strong="G1223" own|strong="H1961" body|strong="G4983" only|strong="H0389" once|strong="G2178" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w sacrifice|strong="G4376"\+w*, \+w a|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w sacrifice|strong="G4376"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2307"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w repeated|strong="H1696"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Scripture|strong="H3791" supports|strong="H3802" the|strong="G1722" claim|strong="H0589" that|strong="G3739" Christ|strong="G5547" made|strong="H6213" one|strong="G3739" sacrifice|strong="G4376" that|strong="G3739" will|strong="G2307" be|strong="G1510" adequate forever|strong="G1223". }
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\verseNumber{11}As|strong="G2596" every|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} priest|strong="G2409" stands|strong="G2476" daily|strong="G2250" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w front|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" performs|strong="H6213" rituals and|strong="G2532" offers|strong="G4374" the|strong="G2532" same|strong="G2532" kind|strong="G3956" of|strong="G2250" sacrifices|strong="G2378" that|strong="G3588" could|strong="G1410" never|strong="G3763" remove|strong="H5493" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w guilt|strong="H0817"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w anyone|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w*} sinned|strong="H2398" [MTY]. 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Christ|strong="G1520"\+w*} offered|strong="G4374" a|strong="G1519" sacrifice|strong="G2378" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1519"\+w* adequate} forever|strong="G1519", and|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" offered|strong="G4374" it|strong="G1161" only|strong="G1520" one|strong="G1520" time|strong="G1336"! Then|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" sat|strong="G2523" down|strong="G2523" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w rule|strong="H4910"\+w*} with|strong="G1722" God|strong="G2316" at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" place|strong="G1722" of|strong="G2316" highest|strong="H8064" honor|strong="H3519" [MTY]. 
\verseNumber{13}From|strong="G3588" now|strong="G3063" on|strong="G3588", he|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" waiting|strong="G1551" for|strong="G1551" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3588"\+w*} to|strong="G2193" completely|strong="G2193" subdue|strong="H3665" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="G3588"\+w*} Christ’s enemies|strong="G2190" [MTY]. 
\verseNumber{14}By|strong="G1519" offering|strong="G4376" himself|strong="G1519" once|strong="H6471", he|strong="G3588" has|strong="G1519" provided|strong="H3557" that|strong="G3588" those|strong="G3588" whom|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G1519"\+w*} has|strong="G1519" set|strong="H7760" apart|strong="H0914" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="G1519" eternally|strong="H5331" made|strong="G5048" ◄perfect|strong="G5048"/all|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G1519" intends|strong="H3190" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G1519"►. 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" also|strong="G2532" confirms|strong="H6965" to|strong="G2532" us|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w true|strong="G3588"\+w*}. First|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G3588" says|strong="G3004": 
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\verseNumber{16}When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" time|strong="G2250" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w first|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w covenant|strong="G1242"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w made|strong="G1303"\+w*} with|strong="G3326" my|strong="G1325" people|strong="G3004" has|strong="G2962" ended|strong="H1961", 
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I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" make|strong="G1303" a|strong="G2532" new|strong="H2319" covenant|strong="G1242" with|strong="G3326" them|strong="G3588" [MTY]. 
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I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" like|strong="G4314" this|strong="G3778" for|strong="G1909" them|strong="G3588": 
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I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" cause|strong="G1325" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G4314" understand|strong="H0995" my|strong="G1325" laws|strong="G3551" 
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and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" cause|strong="G1325" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G4314" obey|strong="G3326" them|strong="G3588" (OR|strong="G2532", enable|strong="H7980" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G4314" know|strong="H3045" them|strong="G3588" sincerely|strong="H8549"). 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Lord|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w said|strong="G2532"\+w*}: 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w forgive|strong="H5545"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w for|strong="G2532"\+w*} their|strong="G2532" [DOU] sins|strong="H2403", 
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and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w consider|strong="H7200"\+w*} that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" no|strong="G3756" longer|strong="G2089" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w guilty|strong="H0816"\+w* \+w for|strong="G2532"\+w*} having|strong="G2532" sinned|strong="H2398". 
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\verseNumber{18}When|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*} has|strong="G3778" forgiven|strong="H5545" someone’s|strong="H0376" sins|strong="H2403", that|strong="G3778" person|strong="G3778" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="G3765" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w make|strong="H6213"\+w*} any|strong="G3765" more|strong="G3765" offerings|strong="G4376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w atone|strong="H3722"\+w* \+w for|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w his|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w sin|strong="H2403"\+w*}! 

\BibleSectionHeading{Let|strong="G1161" us|strong="G4012" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="G1161" God|strong="H0430" and|strong="G1161" let|strong="G1161" him|strong="G4012" make|strong="H6213" us|strong="G4012" pure|strong="H2889" and|strong="G1161" help|strong="G4012" us|strong="G4012" to|strong="G1161" keep|strong="H8104" believing his|strong="G4012" truth|strong="H0571" and|strong="G1161" do|strong="H6213" things|strong="G3778" that|strong="G3778" please|strong="H4994" him|strong="G4012". }
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\verseNumber{19}So|strong="G3767", my|strong="G1722" fellow|strong="H7453" believers, because|strong="G1722" we|strong="G2192" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w trust|strong="H0982"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w accomplished|strong="H3615"\+w* \+w when|strong="G1722"\+w*} his|strong="G1519" own|strong="H1961" blood|strong="H1818" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w flowed|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w us|strong="G1519"\+w*}, we|strong="G2192" can|strong="H4310" confidently|strong="G3954" go|strong="G1519" into|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w very|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w presence|strong="H6440"\+w*} that|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{symbolized} by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" very|strong="G3588" holy|strong="H6944" place|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w tent|strong="H0168"\+w*} [MTY]. 
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\verseNumber{21}Christ is|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" great|strong="G3173" priest|strong="G2409" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w rules|strong="H4910"\+w* \+w over|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w us|strong="G1909"\+w*, \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w*} God’s|strong="G2316" people|strong="G3588" [MTY]. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{If|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" known|strong="H3045" and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" rejected|strong="H3988" the|strong="G2532" message|strong="H1697" about|strong="G3588" Christ, God|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" surely|strong="G3361" punish|strong="H6485" us|strong="H5414". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Remember|strong="H2142" how|strong="H4100" you|strong="G1519" accepted|strong="H7521" persecution|strong="H4783" because|strong="G2316" of|strong="G2316" your|strong="G3588" faith|strong="H0539" in|strong="G1519" Christ, and|strong="G2316" do|strong="G3588" not|strong="G2198" be|strong="G1519" discouraged|strong="H7503" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="G1519" are|strong="G3588" persecuted|strong="H7291" now|strong="H6258". }
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\verseNumber{32}Recall|strong="H2142" previous|strong="H7223" times|strong="H6471" when|strong="G1161" you|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w first|strong="G4386"\+w*} understood|strong="G3588" [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w about|strong="G1722"\+w* Christ}. You|strong="G3739" endured|strong="G5278" a|strong="G1722" hard|strong="G4183" struggle|strong="H5327", but|strong="G1161" you|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w continued|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w trust|strong="H0982"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*} when|strong="G1161" you|strong="G3739" suffered|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w believed|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* Christ}. 
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\verseNumber{36}You|strong="G4160" must|strong="G4160" patiently|strong="H6960" continue|strong="G4160" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w trust|strong="H0982"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*} in|strong="G2316" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443", because|strong="G1063" of|strong="G2316" your|strong="G2192" doing|strong="G4160" what|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" wants|strong="G2307" you|strong="G4160" to|strong="G2443" do|strong="G4160", he|strong="G3588" will|strong="G2307" give|strong="G4160" you|strong="G4160" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G3588" has|strong="G2192" promised|strong="G1860". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Because of our faith, we confidently expect to receive God’s promises. }
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\verseNumber{2}It|strong="G1063" was|strong="G3588" because|strong="G1063" our|strong="G1722" ancestors|strong="H0001" trusted|strong="H0982" in|strong="G1722" God|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G3588" pleased|strong="H3190" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{3}It|strong="G1096" is|strong="G3588" because|strong="G1537" we|strong="G4102" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="G1519" God|strong="G2316" that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G4102" understand|strong="G3539" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G3588" formed|strong="G1096" the|strong="G1519" universe by|strong="G1537" commanding|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* exist}. The|strong="G1519" result|strong="G1537" is|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1519" things|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G4102" see|strong="G3539" were|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" made|strong="G1096" from|strong="G1537" things|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" already|strong="H3528" existed|strong="H1961". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Because|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" his|strong="G1519" faith|strong="G4102", Abel|strong="H1893" offered|strong="H5927" a|strong="G1096" better|strong="H2896" sacrifice|strong="H2077" than|strong="G3361" his|strong="G1519" brother|strong="H0251" Cain|strong="H7014" did|strong="G1096". }
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\verseNumber{4}It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" because|strong="G1223" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Adam’s \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} Abel|strong="H1893" trusted|strong="H0982" God|strong="G2316" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" sacrificed|strong="H2076" something|strong="G4183" better|strong="G4183" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" than|strong="G3844" what|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w older|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H0251"\+w*} Cain|strong="G2535" offered|strong="G4374" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316". Because|strong="G1223" Abel|strong="H1893" did|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739", when|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" spoke|strong="G2980" well|strong="G2532" about|strong="G1909" what|strong="G3739" Abel|strong="H1893" sacrificed|strong="H2076", God|strong="G2316" declared|strong="G2980" that|strong="G3739" Abel|strong="H1893" was|strong="G1510" righteous|strong="G1342". And|strong="G2532" although|strong="G2532" Abel|strong="H1893" is|strong="G1510" dead|strong="H4191", we|strong="G3739" still|strong="G2089" learn|strong="H3925" from|strong="G3844" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w trusting|strong="H0982"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Because|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" their|strong="G2532" faith|strong="G4102", God|strong="G2316" blessed|strong="H1288" Enoch|strong="H2585", Noah|strong="H5146", and|strong="G2532" Abraham|strong="H0085". }
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\verseNumber{6}It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" possible for|strong="G1063" people|strong="G1510" to|strong="G2532" please|strong="G2100" God|strong="G2316" only|strong="G2532" if|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" trust|strong="G4100" God|strong="G2316", because|strong="G3754" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="G3588" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="G2532" come|strong="G1096" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" must|strong="G1163" first|strong="G3588" believe|strong="G4100" that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2316" exists|strong="H1961" and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" rewards|strong="H5023" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" seek|strong="G1567" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w*} him|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{7}It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" because|strong="G1223" Noah|strong="G3575" trusted|strong="H0982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G5537"\+w*} that|strong="G3739" after|strong="G2596" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" warned|strong="G5537" by|strong="G1223" God|strong="G5537" {after|strong="G2596" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G5537"\+w*} warned|strong="G5537" him|strong="G3588"} about|strong="G4012" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w flood|strong="H3999"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w*} had|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3739" yet|strong="G2532" happened|strong="G1096", Noah|strong="G3575" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w showed|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w*} revered|strong="H3372" God|strong="G5537" by|strong="G1223" building|strong="H1129" a|strong="G1096" huge|strong="H1995" ship|strong="H8392" to|strong="G1519" save|strong="H3467" his|strong="G1223" family|strong="G3624". By|strong="G1223" doing|strong="G1096" that|strong="G3739", he|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w showed|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w all|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w believe|strong="G4102"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*} [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w deserved|strong="H1576"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w condemned|strong="G2632"\+w*} {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w God|strong="G5537"\+w* \+w would|strong="G1096"\+w*} condemn|strong="G2632" them|strong="G3588"}. He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" someone|strong="G3739" whom|strong="G3739" God|strong="G5537" declared|strong="H5046" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G1096" righteous|strong="H6662" because|strong="G1223" of|strong="G4012" his|strong="G1223" trusting|strong="H0982" in|strong="G1519" God|strong="G5537". 
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\verseNumber{8}It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3739" because|strong="G2532" Abraham|strong="H0085" trusted|strong="H0982" God|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3739" told|strong="H5046" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G1831" {when|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} told|strong="H5046" him|strong="G3739" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G1831"}, he|strong="G2532" obeyed|strong="G5219" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" left|strong="G1831" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w own|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w country|strong="H2022"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" place|strong="G5117" that|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2532" would|strong="G3195" give|strong="G2564" him|strong="G3739". Abraham|strong="H0085" left|strong="G1831" his|strong="G1519" own|strong="H1961" country|strong="H2022", even|strong="G2532" though|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" know|strong="G1987" where|strong="G4226" he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G3195" be|strong="G2532" going|strong="G3195". 
\verseNumber{9}It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" because|strong="G1722" Abraham|strong="H0085" trusted|strong="H0982" God|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" lived|strong="G2730" as|strong="G5613" though|strong="G5613" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G5613" foreigner|strong="H5237" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" land|strong="G1093" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} had|strong="G2532" promised|strong="G1860" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588". Abraham|strong="H0085" lived|strong="G2730" in|strong="G1722" tents|strong="G4633", and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1519" son|strong="H1121" Isaac|strong="G2464" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1519" grandson|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="G2384" did|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532". God|strong="G2532" promised|strong="G1860" to|strong="G1519" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="G1519" Isaac|strong="G2464" and|strong="G2532" Jacob|strong="G2384" the|strong="G1722" same|strong="G2532" things|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" promised|strong="G1860" to|strong="G1519" give|strong="H5414" Abraham|strong="H0085". 
\verseNumber{10}Abraham|strong="H0085" was|strong="G3588" waiting|strong="G1551" to|strong="G2532" live|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2192" city|strong="G4172" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="G2192"\+w*} that|strong="G3739" would|strong="G2316" exist forever|strong="H5769" [MET|strong="H6298"]. It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2192" city|strong="G4172" that|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G3588" building|strong="H1129" [DOU]. 
\verseNumber{11}It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" because|strong="G1893" Abraham|strong="H0085" trusted|strong="H0982" God|strong="G1861" that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G1861" gave|strong="G2532" Abraham|strong="H0085" strength|strong="G1411" so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="G3588"\+w*} able|strong="H3201" to|strong="G1519" produce|strong="H6529" a|strong="G2532" son|strong="H1121". Even|strong="G2532" though|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1519" wife|strong="H0802" Sarah|strong="G4564" was|strong="G3588" past|strong="G3844" the|strong="G2532" age|strong="G2244" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w women|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w bear|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w children|strong="G4690"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G1861"\+w*} promised|strong="G1861" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w give|strong="G3844"\+w* \+w her|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" Abraham|strong="H0085" considered|strong="G2233" that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G1861" would|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" promised|strong="G1861" to|strong="G1519" do|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="G2532", although|strong="G2532" Abraham|strong="H0085" was|strong="G3588" also|strong="G2532" too|strong="G2532" old|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" children|strong="G1080", so|strong="G2532" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="G4128" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="G3844" that|strong="G3588" one|strong="G1520" man|strong="G3778" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" as|strong="G5613" numerous|strong="H7227" as|strong="G5613" the|strong="G2532" stars|strong="H3556" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" sky|strong="G3772" and|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" as|strong="G5613" countless|strong="H0369" as|strong="G5613" the|strong="G2532" grains|strong="H4579" of|strong="G2532" sand|strong="H2344" along|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" seashore|strong="G2281", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w just|strong="G2531"\+w* \+w like|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{All|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" people|strong="G4128" who|strong="G3588" trusted|strong="H0982" in|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2532" died|strong="G3588" without|strong="G2532" receiving|strong="H3947" what|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2532" promised|strong="H1696". }
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\verseNumber{13}It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" while|strong="G1510" they|strong="G2532" still|strong="H5750" trusted|strong="H0982" in|strong="G1909" God|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" all|strong="G3956" those|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3956" died|strong="G3588". Even|strong="G2532" though|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" yet|strong="G2532" received|strong="G2983" the|strong="G2532" things|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" promised|strong="G1860" to|strong="G2532" give|strong="G3956" them|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w as|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w though|strong="G2532"\+w*} they|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" those|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3956" in|strong="G1909" a|strong="G2532" distance|strong="G4207". They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" glad|strong="H8055" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w*} about|strong="G1909" what|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2532" promised|strong="G1860". It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" as|strong="G2596" though|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" admitted that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3361" from|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" earth|strong="G1093", but|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" only|strong="G2532" here|strong="G1510" temporarily. 
\verseNumber{14}As|strong="G3004" for|strong="G1063" those|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3004" who|strong="G3588" talk|strong="H1696" like|strong="G5108" that|strong="G3754", they|strong="G3588" clearly|strong="H3045" show|strong="H7200" that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G3588" long|strong="H0753" for|strong="G1063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="G5108"\+w* \+w place|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3748"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w*} their|strong="G3588" true|strong="G3588" native|strong="H0249" land|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{16}But|strong="G1161", instead|strong="G1161", they|strong="G1161" desired|strong="H2530" a|strong="G1510" better|strong="G2909" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w place|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w which|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w*}; that|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510", they|strong="G1161" desired|strong="H2530" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w home|strong="G1438"\+w*} in|strong="G2316" heaven|strong="G2032". So|strong="G1161" God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" prepared|strong="G2090" a|strong="G1510" city|strong="G4172" for|strong="G1063" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G3756" live|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}, and|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" is|strong="G1510" pleased|strong="H3190" [LIT|strong="H0215"] for|strong="G1063" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G3756" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G1161" is|strong="G1510" their|strong="G1438" God|strong="G2316". 

\BibleSectionHeading{It|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" because|strong="G1063" Abraham|strong="H0085", Isaac|strong="H3327", Joseph|strong="H3130", Moses|strong="H4872", the|strong="G1161" Israelite|strong="H3478" people|strong="G1510", and|strong="G1161" Rahab|strong="H7343" trusted|strong="H0982" God|strong="G2316" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G1161" blessed|strong="H1288" them|strong="G3588". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Since we know so many people with faith like that, we must put aside anything, especially sin, which hinders us, and we must strive to achieve God’s will and concentrate on Jesus. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3739" become|strong="H1961" discouraged|strong="H7503" when|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3588" suffering|strong="G1722" as|strong="G1519" you|strong="G3739" struggle|strong="H5327" against|strong="G1519" evil|strong="G2532". }
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\verseNumber{7}It|strong="G1063" is|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1519" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" may|strong="G2316" discipline|strong="G3809" you|strong="G5210" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G3739" requires|strong="H4147" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G1519" endure|strong="G5278" the|strong="G1519" disagreeable|strong="H7489" things|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w happen|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w disciplines|strong="G3811"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*} he|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3588" treating you|strong="G5210" as|strong="G5613" a|strong="G5613" father|strong="G3962" treats|strong="H3190" his|strong="G1519" children|strong="G5207". All|strong="G3588" fathers|strong="G3962" [RHQ] discipline|strong="G3809" their|strong="G1519" children|strong="G5207" [LIT|strong="H0215"]. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{We|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3588" be|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2532" awe|strong="H1481" before|strong="G3844" God|strong="G2532", who|strong="G3588" will|strong="G2532" punish|strong="H6485" us|strong="H5414" if|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" reject|strong="H3988" him|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{25}Beware|strong="H8104" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G1487" do|strong="G3361" not|strong="G3756" refuse|strong="G3868" to|strong="G1909" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="G1909" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G5537"\+w*} who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" speaking|strong="G2980" to|strong="G1909" you|strong="G1487". The|strong="G1909" Israeli people|strong="G3361" did|strong="G3361" not|strong="G3756" escape|strong="G1628" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G5537"\+w* \+w punishing|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*} when|strong="G2980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*} (OR|strong="G3361", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G5537"\+w*}) warned|strong="G5537" them|strong="G3588" here|strong="H6311" on|strong="G1909" earth|strong="G1093". So|strong="G3361" we|strong="G2249" shall|strong="G1093" surely|strong="G3361" not|strong="G3756" escape|strong="G1628" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G5537"\+w* \+w punishing|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w us|strong="G2249"\+w*} if|strong="G1487" we|strong="G2249" reject|strong="G3868" him|strong="G3588" when|strong="G2980" he|strong="G3588" warns|strong="H2094" us|strong="G2249" from|strong="G3756" heaven|strong="G3772"! [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{26}The|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G1093" shook|strong="G4531" [PRS] then|strong="G2532" when|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" spoke|strong="G3004" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w Sinai|strong="H5514"\+w* \+w Mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*}. But|strong="G1161" now|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" has|strong="G3739" promised|strong="G1861", “I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" shake|strong="G4579" the|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G1093" again|strong="G2089", one|strong="G3739" more|strong="G2089" time|strong="G5119", but|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" shake|strong="G4579" heaven|strong="G3772" too|strong="G2532".” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Love one another, be hospitable, and help imprisoned and other mistreated believers. }
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\chapterNumber{13}Continue|strong="G3306" to|strong="G3588" love|strong="G5360" your|strong="G3588" fellow|strong="H7453" believers. 
\verseNumber{2}Do|strong="G3361" not|strong="G3361" forget|strong="G1950" to|strong="G5100" be|strong="G3361" hospitable to|strong="G5100" needy|strong="H0034" travelers|strong="H5674" [LIT|strong="H0215"]. You|strong="G3778" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="G5100" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="G3588" by|strong="G1223" being|strong="G3361" hospitable, some|strong="G5100" people|strong="G3361" have|strong="G5100" entertained|strong="G3579" angels|strong="H4397" without|strong="G3361" knowing|strong="G2990" it|strong="G1063". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Respect|strong="H6437" the|strong="G1722" marriage|strong="H0802" relationship, and|strong="G2532" avoid|strong="H6544" covetousness|strong="H1215". }
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\verseNumber{4}You|strong="G1722" must|strong="G2919" ◄respect|strong="G3956"/keep|strong="H8104" sacred|strong="H6944"► the|strong="G1722" marriage|strong="G1062" relationship in|strong="G1722" every|strong="G3956" way|strong="G1722", and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G1722" must|strong="G2919" keep|strong="H8104" sexual|strong="G2845" relations|strong="H3045" [EUP] pure|strong="H2889", because|strong="G1063" God|strong="G2316" will|strong="G2316" surely|strong="H4191" condemn|strong="G2919" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" act|strong="G2919" immorally and|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" act|strong="G2919" adulterously. 
\verseNumber{5}Live|strong="H3427" without|strong="G3361" constantly|strong="H8548" coveting money|strong="H3701", and|strong="G3588" be|strong="G3756" content|strong="H2974" with|strong="G3756" the|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" possess|strong="H3423", remembering|strong="H2142" what|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*} wrote|strong="H3789" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} has|strong="G3761" said|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G3588"\+w* supplying \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w*}, 
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I|strong="G1063" will|strong="G3004" never|strong="G3756" leave|strong="G1459" you|strong="G4771", 
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I|strong="G1063" will|strong="G3004" never|strong="G3756" stop|strong="G3361" providing|strong="H6329" for|strong="G1063" you|strong="G4771" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{6}So|strong="G5620" we|strong="G2249" can|strong="G3004" say|strong="G3004" confidently|strong="G2292" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w Psalmist|strong="H2158"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w*}, 
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Since|strong="H3588" the|strong="G3004" Lord|strong="G2962" is|strong="G5101" the|strong="G3004" one|strong="G5101" who|strong="G5101" helps|strong="H5826" me|strong="G1473", I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G5101" not|strong="G3756" be|strong="G3756" afraid|strong="G5399"! People|strong="G4160" can|strong="G3004" do|strong="G4160" nothing|strong="G3756" to|strong="G3004" me|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G5620"\+w* \+w will|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w deprive|strong="H5186"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w blessings|strong="H1293"\+w*} [RHQ]. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Remember|strong="G4160" how|strong="G5101" your|strong="G2962" former|strong="H7223" spiritual|strong="H7307" leaders|strong="G3004" lived|strong="H3427" and|strong="G2962" imitate|strong="H6213" their|strong="G5399" faith|strong="H0539"; since|strong="H3588" Christ|strong="G2962" never|strong="G3756" changes|strong="H2487", do|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3756" be|strong="G3756" diverted|strong="H5496" to|strong="G3004" strange|strong="H2114" teachings|strong="H1980". }
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\verseNumber{7}Your|strong="G3588" spiritual|strong="H7307" leaders|strong="G2233" used|strong="H6213" to|strong="G2980" tell|strong="G2980" you|strong="G5210" the|strong="G3588" message|strong="G3056" from|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w died|strong="G3588"\+w*}. Remember|strong="G3421" how|strong="H4100" they|strong="G3588" conducted|strong="H1240" their|strong="G3588" lives|strong="H5315". By|strong="G3739" considering|strong="G2233" ◄how|strong="H4100" they|strong="G3588" died|strong="G3588"/what|strong="G3739" resulted|strong="H1961" from|strong="G3588" how|strong="H4100" they|strong="G3588" lived|strong="H3427"►, imitate|strong="G3401" how|strong="H4100" they|strong="G3588" believed|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2316"\+w* Christ/\+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{We|strong="G3739" must|strong="G3588" stop|strong="G3361" practicing|strong="H6213" Jewish|strong="H3064" sacrifices|strong="H2077" and|strong="G2532" rituals, and|strong="G2532" go|strong="G3739" to|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" saved|strong="H3467", since|strong="G1063" we|strong="G3739" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" have|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" city|strong="H5892" like|strong="H3644" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" where|strong="G3739" we|strong="G3739" must|strong="G3588" offer|strong="H7126" sacrifices|strong="H2077", but|strong="G2532" instead|strong="H8478" we|strong="G3739" wait|strong="H0693" for|strong="G1063" a|strong="G2532" future|strong="H0319" everlasting|strong="H5769" heavenly|strong="H8064" city|strong="H5892". }
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\BibleBook{James}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book is a letter that James, the brother of Jesus, wrote to Jewish believers. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{James }

\BibleSectionHeading{James 1:1 }

\BibleSectionHeading{I, James, am writing this letter to Jewish people who trust in the Lord Jesus who are scattered throughout the world. Greetings! }
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\BibleSectionHeading{When|strong="G2532" you|strong="G1722" experience|strong="H7200" difficulties that|strong="G3588" test|strong="H5254" whether|strong="G2532" or|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2532" you|strong="G1722" will|strong="G2316" continue|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" trust|strong="H0982" God|strong="G2316", rejoice|strong="G5463" greatly|strong="H3966" and|strong="G2532" keep|strong="H8104" on|strong="G1722" bravely enduring|strong="H0539" them|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G1722" may|strong="G2532" become|strong="H1961" all|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" intends|strong="H3190" you|strong="G1722" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532". }
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\verseNumber{4}Keep|strong="G2192" on|strong="G1722" enduring|strong="G5281" difficulties \BibleCharacterStyleADD{bravely/\+w patiently|strong="H6960"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w trusting|strong="H0982"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w more|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w more|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w firmly|strong="H2388"\+w*} [PRS], in|strong="G1722" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" you|strong="G1722" may|strong="G2532" become|strong="G1510" all|strong="G2532" that|strong="G2443" he|strong="G2532" intends|strong="H3190" you|strong="G1722" to|strong="G2443" be|strong="G1510" [DOU] (OR|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{spiritually} mature|strong="G5046" and|strong="G2532" complete|strong="G3648"), not|strong="G3367" lacking|strong="G3007" ◄any|strong="G3367" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w good|strong="G3588"\+w* quality/\+w anything|strong="G3367"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w need|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w conduct|strong="G2041"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2443"\+w*}►. 

\BibleSectionHeading{If|strong="G2532" you|strong="G1722" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="G2443" have|strong="G2192" wisdom|strong="H2451" to|strong="G2443" know|strong="G1722" what|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2443" do|strong="G2532" when|strong="G1161" difficulties come|strong="G1510", ask|strong="H7592" God|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2443" help|strong="H5826" you|strong="G1722", and|strong="G2532" firmly|strong="H2388" trust|strong="H0982" him|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{5}If|strong="G1487" anyone|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2316" you|strong="G5210" does|strong="G2316" not|strong="G3361" know|strong="H3045" how|strong="G1161" to|strong="G2532" act|strong="H6213" wisely|strong="H2451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w endure|strong="H5975"\+w* difficulties/\+w trials|strong="H4531"\+w* \+w well|strong="G2532"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" should|strong="G5100" ask|strong="H7592" God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w show|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w should|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G1161"\+w*} God|strong="G2316" wholeheartedly|strong="H3824"/gladly|strong="H8055" helps|strong="H5826" all|strong="G3956" people|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" does|strong="G2316" not|strong="G3361" scold \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w anyone|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w asking|strong="H7592"\+w*. \+w Those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w*}, God|strong="G2316" will|strong="G2316" give|strong="G1325" them|strong="G3588" wisdom|strong="G4678" to|strong="G2532" know|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w should|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w*} ask|strong="H7592" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*}, you|strong="G1722" should|strong="G3588" firmly|strong="H2388" trust|strong="H0982" him|strong="G3588". You|strong="G1722" should|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3367" doubt|strong="G1252" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w always|strong="H3605"\+w*}, because|strong="G1063" people|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" keep|strong="G3367" doubting|strong="G1252" God|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w unstable|strong="H5128"\+w*/changeable} [SIM] like|strong="G1503" a|strong="G2532" wave|strong="G2830" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" sea|strong="G2281" that|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" blown|strong="H8628" back|strong="H7725" and|strong="G2532" forth|strong="H3318" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" wind|strong="G4494" {that|strong="G3588" goes|strong="H1980" back|strong="H7725" and|strong="G2532" forth|strong="H3318" when|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" wind|strong="G4494" blows|strong="H4112"} [DOU, SIM]. 
\verseNumber{7}Indeed|strong="G1063", people|strong="G2983" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w doubt|strong="G1063"\+w*} should|strong="G5100" not|strong="G3361" think|strong="G5100" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3361"\+w*} will|strong="G2962" do|strong="G3361" anything|strong="G5100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w they|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w request|strong="H1246"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3361"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w they|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w*} people|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" cannot|strong="H3808" decide|strong="H3198" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whether|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w they|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w commit|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w themselves|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w they|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w*} unstable|strong="H5128"/undecided in|strong="G1722" everything|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G3588" do|strong="G1722". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Believers who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" poor|strong="H6041" and|strong="G3956" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" rich|strong="H6223" should|strong="G3588" both|strong="G3588" value|strong="H6186" highly|strong="H3966" what|strong="G3588" God|strong="G3588" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588", rather|strong="H3588" than|strong="H4480" focusing on|strong="G1722" their|strong="G1722" material|strong="H8162" resources that|strong="G3588" will|strong="G3956" disappear|strong="H0622". }
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\verseNumber{9}Believers who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" poor|strong="H6041" should|strong="G3588" be|strong="G3588" happy|strong="H0835" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3588"\+w*} considers|strong="H7919" them|strong="G3588" very|strong="G3588" valuable|strong="H3368" (OR|strong="G1161", has|strong="H3068" exalted|strong="G5311" them|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{spiritually}) [MTY]. 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{believers} who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" rich|strong="G4145" should|strong="G3588" be|strong="G3588" happy|strong="H0835" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*} they|strong="G1161" have|strong="G3748" humbled|strong="H3665" themselves|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w trust|strong="H0982"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* Jesus \+w Christ|strong="G5613"\+w*} (OR|strong="G1161", but|strong="G1161" rich|strong="G4145" people|strong="G4145" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w can|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} take|strong="G1161" pride|strong="H1347" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w fact|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3588"\+w*} will|strong="G3748" humble|strong="G5014" them|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w he|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w judges|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w everyone|strong="G3748"\+w*} [IRO]), because|strong="G3754" they|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w their|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w riches|strong="H6239"\+w*} [MTY] will|strong="G3748" pass|strong="G3928" away|strong="G3928", just|strong="G5613" like|strong="G5613" wild|strong="H7704" flowers|strong="H6525" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wither|strong="H3001"\+w*} [SIM]. 
\verseNumber{11}When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" sun|strong="G2246" rises|strong="H6965", the|strong="G1722" scorching|strong="G2742" hot|strong="G2742" wind|strong="G2742" dries|strong="G3583" plants|strong="H6212", and|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" flowers|strong="H6525" fall|strong="G1601" and|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" no|strong="G2532" longer|strong="H5750" beautiful|strong="H3303". Similarly|strong="H2088", rich|strong="G4145" people|strong="G4145" will|strong="G2532" die|strong="H4191" [MET|strong="H6298"] while|strong="G1722" they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" busy|strong="H6213" working|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaving|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w behind|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w riches|strong="H6239"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="G2532" blesses|strong="H1288" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" bravely endure|strong="H5975" difficulties; he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" reward|strong="H7939" them|strong="G3588" by|strong="G1722" causing|strong="H7462" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" live|strong="G2532" eternally|strong="H5331". }
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\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G1861"\+w*} is|strong="G3588" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2983" who|strong="G3739" bravely/patiently|strong="G5278" endure|strong="G5278" difficulties. And|strong="G2983" when|strong="G1096", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="G3739"\+w* bravely \+w enduring|strong="H0539"\+w* difficulties}, they|strong="G3588" have|strong="G3748" proved|strong="G1096" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w they|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w truly|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w trust|strong="H0982"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}, he|strong="G3739" will|strong="G3739" give|strong="G1096" them|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w eternal|strong="H5769"\+w*} life|strong="G2222". That|strong="G3754" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" reward|strong="H7939" [MET|strong="H6298"] that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G3739" has|strong="G3739" promised|strong="G1861" to|strong="G1096" give|strong="G1096" to|strong="G1096" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" love|strong="H0157" him|strong="G3588". 

\BibleSectionHeading{If|strong="G3748" people|strong="G2983" are|strong="G3588" tempted|strong="H5254" to|strong="G1096" do|strong="G1096" something|strong="H1697" evil|strong="H7451", they|strong="G3588" should|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3739" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="G3754" it|strong="G3754" is|strong="G3588" God|strong="G1861" who|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3588" tempting them|strong="G3588". It|strong="G3754" is|strong="G3588" their|strong="G3588" own|strong="H1961" evil|strong="H7451" desires|strong="H0183" that|strong="G3754" are|strong="G3588" tempting them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1096" do|strong="G1096" evil|strong="H7451". }
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\verseNumber{13}If|strong="G3748" people|strong="G1510" are|strong="G1510" tempted|strong="G3985" to|strong="G3004" do|strong="G3004" something|strong="G1510" that|strong="G3754" is|strong="G1510" evil|strong="G2556", they|strong="G1161" should|strong="G2316" not|strong="G3367" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="G3754" it|strong="G3754" is|strong="G1510" God|strong="G2316" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" tempting|strong="G3985" them|strong="G3588", because|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w totally|strong="H3605"\+w*/\+w completely|strong="H3617"\+w* \+w good|strong="G3588"\+w*}. He|strong="G1161" never|strong="G3762" tempts|strong="G3985" anyone|strong="G3367" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w evil|strong="G2556"\+w*}, nor|strong="H3808" can|strong="G3004" he|strong="G1161" ever|strong="G3762" be|strong="G1510" tempted|strong="G3985" to|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w anything|strong="G3762"\+w*} evil|strong="G2556". 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="G1161" people|strong="G3588" strongly|strong="H3966" desire|strong="G1939" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" evil|strong="G2532" [PRS] things|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w*} they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" tempted|strong="G3985" by|strong="G5259" those|strong="G3588" desires|strong="G1939" {those|strong="G3588" desires|strong="G1939" stimulate|strong="H4900" them|strong="G3588"} to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" something|strong="H1697" evil|strong="G2532" [PRS, DOU]. 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="G1161", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1161"\+w*} they|strong="G1161" have|strong="G3588" desired|strong="H2530" [MET|strong="H6298"] to|strong="G1161" do|strong="G3588" evil|strong="H7451" [PRS] things|strong="G3588", they|strong="G1161" begin|strong="H2490" to|strong="G1161" [MET|strong="H6298"] do|strong="G3588" [PRS] them|strong="G3588". And|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" have|strong="G3588" become|strong="G1161" ones|strong="H2945" who|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{habitually} do|strong="G3588" what|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" evil|strong="H7451" [MET|strong="H6298"], \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w turn|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w away|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w from|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w their|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w sinful|strong="H2400"\+w* \+w behavior|strong="H3027"\+w*}, they|strong="G1161" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="G3588" separated|strong="H6504" from|strong="G3588" God|strong="G3588" forever|strong="H5769". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Stop|strong="H2308" thinking|strong="H0559" wrongly that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G3588" tempts you|strong="H0859" to|strong="G1161" do|strong="G3588" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="G3588", because|strong="G1161" God|strong="G3588" does|strong="H6213" only|strong="H0389" good|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1161" us|strong="H5414". }
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\verseNumber{16}My|strong="G1473" fellow|strong="H7453" believers whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="G1473" love|strong="H0157", stop|strong="G3361" deceiving|strong="G4105" yourselves|strong="H5315", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w thinking|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w does|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w evil|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Every|strong="G2249" one|strong="G5100" of|strong="G3056" you|strong="G1510" should|strong="G5100" eagerly|strong="H6960" pay|strong="H7999" attention|strong="H7181" to|strong="G1519" God’s|strong="H0430" message|strong="G3056" and|strong="G3056" should|strong="G5100" not|strong="G1510" speak|strong="H1696" hastily|strong="H4116" or|strong="G3588" get|strong="H3947" angry|strong="H2734" easily|strong="H4592". }
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\verseNumber{19}My|strong="G3956" fellow|strong="H7453" believers whom|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" love|strong="H0157", you|strong="G1510" know|strong="G1492" (OR|strong="G1161", I|strong="G1473" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1519" now|strong="G1161") that|strong="G3588" every|strong="G3956" one|strong="G3956" of|strong="G3956" you|strong="G1510" should|strong="G1492" be|strong="G1510" eager|strong="H1245" to|strong="G1519" pay|strong="H7999" attention|strong="H7181" to|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w true|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*}. Don’t|strong="H0408" speak|strong="G2980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w without|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w thinking|strong="H0559"\+w*}, nor|strong="H3808" get|strong="H3947" angry|strong="H2734" easily|strong="H4592", 
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\verseNumber{21}So|strong="G2532" stop|strong="H2308" doing|strong="H6213" all|strong="G3956" kinds|strong="G3956" of|strong="G3056" evil|strong="G2549" [DOU] things|strong="G3956", and|strong="G2532" humbly|strong="H6800" obey|strong="H8085" (OR|strong="G2532", submit|strong="G5210" to|strong="G2532") the|strong="G1722" message|strong="G3056" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} put|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" ◄inner|strong="H6442" beings|strong="H2421"/hearts|strong="H3820"►, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1722"\+w*} he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G2532" save|strong="G4982" you|strong="G5210" [SYN] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w accept|strong="G1209"\+w* \+w his|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w message|strong="G3056"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" show|strong="G1096" compassion|strong="H7355" on|strong="G1722" people|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" need|strong="H4270" and|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" do|strong="G1096" not|strong="G3756" think|strong="H2803" or|strong="G2532" act|strong="H6213" immorally are|strong="G1510" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" truly|strong="G1722" worship|strong="H7812" God|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" receive|strong="H3947" his|strong="G1519" approval|strong="H3068". }
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\verseNumber{26}Some|strong="G5100" people|strong="G1510" think|strong="G1380" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G3588" worship|strong="G2356" God|strong="G3361" in|strong="G2588" the|strong="G3588" right|strong="H3225" way|strong="G5100", but|strong="G1487" they|strong="G3588" habitually say|strong="H0559" evil|strong="G5100" things|strong="G3778" [MTY]. Those|strong="G3588" people|strong="G1510" are|strong="G1510" wrong|strong="H7451" in|strong="G2588" thinking|strong="G1380" [SYN] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w worship|strong="G2356"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w rightly|strong="H3588"\+w*}. The|strong="G3588" fact|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G3588"\+w*} worship|strong="G2356" God|strong="G3361" ◄in|strong="G2588" vain|strong="G3152"/uselessly|strong="H7385"►. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Stop honoring some people more than others, because by doing that, you are disobeying God’s law that we should love one another. }
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\verseNumber{12}Continually|strong="G1223" speak|strong="G2980" and|strong="G2532" act|strong="G4160" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w toward|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w others|strong="H0312"\+w*} as|strong="G5613" people|strong="G2919" should|strong="G3195" who|strong="G2532" will|strong="G3195" be|strong="G2532" judged|strong="G2919" {whom|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} will|strong="G3195" judge|strong="G2919"} by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" law|strong="G3551" that|strong="G2532" frees us|strong="G4160" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w being|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w*} {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w punishing|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w us|strong="G4160"\+w*}} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w our|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="G3588" says|strong="H0559" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G3588" trusts|strong="H0982" in|strong="G4160" Jesus|strong="G4160" Christ but|strong="G3361" does|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3361" act|strong="G4160" compassionately toward|strong="G2620" others|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" truly|strong="H3588" trusting|strong="H0982" in|strong="G4160" Jesus|strong="G4160". }
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\verseNumber{14}My|strong="G1473" fellow|strong="H7453" believers, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w some|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w*}, “I|strong="G1473" believe|strong="G4102" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G4102"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w Lord|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w* Christ},” but|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" do|strong="G5101" not|strong="G3361" do|strong="G5101" good|strong="G3786" things|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w other|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w*}. ◄Their|strong="G3588" saying|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588" will|strong="G5101" certainly|strong="G2192" not|strong="G3361" do|strong="G5101" them|strong="G3588" any|strong="G5100" good|strong="G3786"!/What|strong="G5101" good|strong="G3786" will|strong="G5101" their|strong="G3588" saying|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588" do|strong="G5101" for|strong="G1161" them|strong="G3588"?► [RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} will|strong="G5101" certainly|strong="G2192" not|strong="G3361" save|strong="G4982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w believe|strong="G4102"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w do|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w do|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w good|strong="G3786"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3588"\+w*}! [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{16}And|strong="G2532" suppose|strong="G5101" that|strong="G3588" one|strong="G5100" of|strong="G1537" you|strong="G5210" says|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “May|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="G5210" and|strong="G2532" supply|strong="H4294" the|strong="G1722" clothing|strong="H3830" and|strong="G2532" food|strong="H3899" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" need|strong="H4270"!” but|strong="G1161" you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} do|strong="G5101" not|strong="G3361" give|strong="G1325" them|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" things|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" need|strong="H4270". ◄That|strong="G3588" would|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" no|strong="G3361" help|strong="H5826" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}!/What|strong="G5101" help|strong="H5826" is|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}?► [RHQ] 
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\BibleSectionHeading{But|strong="G2532" someone|strong="H0376" may|strong="G2532" claim|strong="H0589" that|strong="G3588" some|strong="G3588" people|strong="G1510" are|strong="G1510" saved|strong="H3467" because|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="G2596" God|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" other|strong="G1438" people|strong="G1510" are|strong="G1510" saved|strong="H3467" because|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" good|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3588" for|strong="G2532" others|strong="G3588". In|strong="G2596" answer|strong="H6030" to|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588", the|strong="G2532" inadequacy of|strong="G2532" faith|strong="G4102" without|strong="G3361" good|strong="G3588" deeds|strong="G2041" is|strong="G1510" demonstrated|strong="H6213" by|strong="G2596" the|strong="G2532" example|strong="H7045" of|strong="G2532" demons|strong="H7700". From|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" examples|strong="H7045" of|strong="G2532" Abraham|strong="H0085" and|strong="G2532" Rahab|strong="H7343" we|strong="G1437" can|strong="H4310" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="G3588" only|strong="G2532" by|strong="G2596" obeying|strong="H8085" God|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" doing|strong="G2041" good|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3588" for|strong="G2532" others|strong="G3588" can|strong="H4310" people|strong="G1510" prove|strong="H5254" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" truly|strong="H3588" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="G2596" God|strong="G2532". }
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\verseNumber{18}But|strong="G3588" someone|strong="G5100" may|strong="G5100" say|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*}, “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w saves|strong="H3467"\+w*} some|strong="G5100" people|strong="G2046" only|strong="H0389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1537"\+w*} they|strong="G3588" trust|strong="H0982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G4102"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}, and|strong="G4102" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w saves|strong="H3467"\+w*} others|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1537"\+w*} they|strong="G3588" do|strong="G3004" good|strong="G3588" deeds|strong="G2041" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w people|strong="G2046"\+w*}.” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w would|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w answer|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w person|strong="G5100"\+w*}, “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="G4771"\+w*(sg) \+w cannot|strong="H3808"\+w*} prove|strong="H5254" to|strong="G3004" me|strong="G1473" that|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2046" truly|strong="H3588" trust|strong="H0982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G4102"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w if|strong="H0518"\+w*} they|strong="G3588" do|strong="G3004" not|strong="G2192" do|strong="G3004" good|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w others|strong="G3588"\+w*}. But|strong="G3588" by|strong="G1537" doing|strong="G2041" good|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w others|strong="G3588"\+w*} I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G1473" prove|strong="H5254" to|strong="G3004" you|strong="G4771" that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" truly|strong="H3588" trust|strong="H0982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G4102"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*”} 
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\verseNumber{20}Also|strong="G1161", you|strong="G3754" foolish|strong="G2756" person|strong="H5315", I|strong="G1161" will|strong="G2309" [RHQ] prove|strong="H5254" to|strong="G2309" you|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="G3748"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w says|strong="H0559"\+w*}, “I|strong="G1161" trust|strong="H0982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G4102"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3588"\+w*},” but|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" does|strong="G1097" not|strong="G1510" do|strong="G1510" good|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w person|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w says|strong="H0559"\+w*} will|strong="G2309" not|strong="G1510" benefit|strong="H1576" him|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{26}Remember|strong="H2142" that|strong="G3588" when|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" spirits|strong="G4151" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w permanently|strong="H5769"\+w* \+w leave|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w our|strong="G2532"\+w*} bodies|strong="G4983", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w bodies|strong="G4983"\+w*} are|strong="G1510" dead|strong="G3498" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w useless|strong="H1892"\+w*}. Similarly|strong="H2088" [SIM], \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w says|strong="H0559"\+w*}, “I|strong="G2532" trust|strong="H0982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*},” but|strong="G2532" does|strong="G1510" not|strong="G1510" do|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w things|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w others|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w person|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w says|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w about|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w trusting|strong="H0982"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} is|strong="G1510" useless|strong="H1892". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Not many of you should become teachers, because God will judge teachers with greater severity than he will judge others. You should all strive to speak what is right, because what you say has a powerful effect on others, and it is often destructive and hypocritical. }
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\chapterNumber{3}My|strong="G1473" fellow|strong="H7453" believers, not|strong="G3361" many|strong="G4183" of|strong="G1096" you|strong="G3754" should|strong="G1492" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w desire|strong="H8378"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1096"\+w*} become|strong="G1096" teachers|strong="G1320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w truth|strong="H0571"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G3754"\+w*} you|strong="G3754" know|strong="G1492" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3361"\+w*} will|strong="G1473" judge|strong="H8199" us|strong="G1096" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(exc)}, who|strong="G3748" teach|strong="H3925" others|strong="G3754", more|strong="G4183" severely|strong="G4183" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w than|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w judge|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w other|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1492"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{11}Surely|strong="G3385" bitter|strong="G4089" water|strong="H4325" and|strong="G2532" good|strong="G3588" water|strong="H4325" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3385" come|strong="G2532" out|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" same|strong="G2532" spring|strong="G4077"! [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{12}My|strong="G1473" fellow|strong="H7453" believers, a|strong="G4160" fig|strong="G4808" tree|strong="G4808" cannot|strong="G1410" [RHQ] produce|strong="G4160" olives|strong="G1636". Nor|strong="G3777" can|strong="G1410" [RHQ] a|strong="G4160" grapevine produce|strong="G4160" figs|strong="G4810". Neither|strong="G3777" can|strong="G1410" a|strong="G4160" salty spring|strong="H6779" produce|strong="G4160" good|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w water|strong="G5204"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Similarly|strong="H2088"\+w*, \+w we|strong="G1410"\+w* \+w should|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w say|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w only|strong="H0389"\+w* \+w good|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3777"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w we|strong="G1410"\+w* \+w should|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w say|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w evil|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3777"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"]. 

\BibleSectionHeading{If|strong="H0518" you|strong="G4160" are|strong="G3777" jealous|strong="H7065" of|strong="G2228" others|strong="H0312" and|strong="G4160" self-seeking, do|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3361" boast|strong="H1984" that|strong="G3361" you|strong="G4160" are|strong="G3777" wise|strong="G3361". Instead|strong="H8478", demonstrate that|strong="G3361" you|strong="G4160" are|strong="G3777" truly|strong="H3588" wise|strong="G3361" by|strong="G2228" doing|strong="G4160" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="G3777" and|strong="G4160" by|strong="G2228" acting|strong="G4160" peaceably|strong="H7965" and|strong="G4160" compassionately toward|strong="H0413" others|strong="H0312". }
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\verseNumber{10}Humble|strong="G5013" yourselves|strong="G4771" before|strong="G1799" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962", and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w*} he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" honor|strong="H3519" you|strong="G5210". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Stop|strong="H2308" saying|strong="H0559" evil|strong="G2532" things|strong="H1697" about|strong="G2962" one|strong="G2532" another|strong="H0312" and|strong="G2532" thus|strong="G2532" condemning|strong="H7561" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312". Only|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2532" has|strong="G2962" the|strong="G2532" right|strong="H3225" to|strong="G2532" condemn|strong="H7561" people|strong="H5971". }
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\verseNumber{11}My|strong="G3588" fellow|strong="H7453" believers, stop|strong="G3361" saying|strong="H0559" evil|strong="G2635" things|strong="G3588" about|strong="G3588" one|strong="G3588" another|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1161"\+w*} those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" say|strong="G2532" something|strong="G1510" evil|strong="G2635" about|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" fellow|strong="H7453" believer and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w therefore|strong="G1161"\+w*} condemning|strong="G2919" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} a|strong="G2532" brother|strong="H0251" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*} are|strong="G1510" really|strong="H2088" speaking|strong="H1696" against|strong="G2635" the|strong="G2532" law|strong="G3551" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w gave|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w us|strong="G2919"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w obey|strong="H8085"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w In|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w law|strong="G3551"\+w*, \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w*} [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="G2919"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w love|strong="H0157"\+w* \+w others|strong="G3588"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" say|strong="G2532" evil|strong="G2635" things|strong="G3588" about|strong="G3588" fellow|strong="H7453" believers, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w though|strong="G1487"\+w*} they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G1510" saying|strong="H0559" that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2919" not|strong="G3756" have|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2919" what|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} commanded|strong="H6680". If|strong="G1487" you|strong="G1487" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} say|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G1487" do|strong="G2919" not|strong="G3756" have|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2919" what|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2532" commanded|strong="H6680", you|strong="G1487" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} are|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" obeying|strong="H8085" God’s|strong="H0430" law|strong="G3551". Instead|strong="G1161", you|strong="G1487" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{(sg)} are|strong="G1510" claiming that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G1487" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w authority|strong="H3027"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" condemn|strong="G2919" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w others|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{You|strong="G4771" should|strong="G3588" not|strong="G1510" boast|strong="H1984" about|strong="G3588" what|strong="G5101" you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" future|strong="H0319", because|strong="G1161" life|strong="H5315" is|strong="G1510" transitory. Instead|strong="G1161", you|strong="G4771" should|strong="G3588" plan|strong="H6098" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G5101" whatever|strong="H3605" God|strong="G2532" wants|strong="H2656" you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G5101", because|strong="G1161" boasting|strong="H6350" about|strong="G3588" what|strong="G5101" you|strong="G4771" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G5101", rather|strong="G1161" than|strong="G2532" considering|strong="H0995" the|strong="G2532" will|strong="G5101" of|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2532", is|strong="G1510" sinful|strong="H2400". }
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\verseNumber{17}So|strong="G3767" if|strong="G2532" anyone|strong="H3605" knows|strong="G1492" the|strong="G2532" right|strong="G2570" thing|strong="G2570" that|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" should|strong="G1492" do|strong="G4160", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="G2532"\+w*} he|strong="G2532" does|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3361" do|strong="G4160" it|strong="G2532", he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" sinning|strong="H2398". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The rich people who oppress you should weep because they will suffer much. God will punish them because they have unjustly caused others to suffer. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{So|strong="H3651" wait|strong="H0693" patiently|strong="H6960" for|strong="G3756" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G3756" Christ to|strong="G3756" return|strong="H7725" and|strong="G1342" to|strong="G3756" judge|strong="H8199" all|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3588" fairly|strong="H6664". Do|strong="G5407" not|strong="G3756" complain|strong="H7378" about|strong="G3588" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="G3588", lest|strong="H6435" Jesus|strong="G3756" judge|strong="H8199" you|strong="G5210" when|strong="G3588" he|strong="G3588" returns|strong="H7725". From|strong="G3756" the|strong="G3588" examples|strong="H7045" of|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" prophets|strong="H5030" and|strong="G1342" Job|strong="H0347", we|strong="G3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G3588" blesses|strong="H1288" and|strong="G1342" rewards|strong="H5023" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" patiently|strong="H6960" endure|strong="H5975" suffering|strong="H6040". }
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\verseNumber{7}So|strong="G3767", my|strong="G3708" fellow|strong="H7453" believers, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w although|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w rich|strong="H6223"\+w* \+w people|strong="G2983"\+w* \+w cause|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w suffer|strong="G2532"\+w*}, be|strong="G2532" patient|strong="G3114" until|strong="G2193" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Christ|strong="G2962"\+w*} comes|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w back|strong="G2983"\+w*}. Remember|strong="G2400" that|strong="G3588" when|strong="G2532" farmers|strong="H0406" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w plant|strong="H5193"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w field|strong="H7704"\+w*}, they|strong="G2532" wait|strong="G1551" for|strong="G1909" their|strong="G2532" valuable|strong="H3368" crops|strong="G2590" to|strong="G2532" grow|strong="H6779". They|strong="G2532" must|strong="G3588" wait|strong="G1551" patiently|strong="G3114" for|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" rain|strong="H4306" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w comes|strong="G2532"\+w*} at|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" planting|strong="H4302" season|strong="H6256" and|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1909" more|strong="G2532" rain|strong="H4306" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w comes|strong="G2532"\+w*} just|strong="G2532" before|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" harvest|strong="G2590" season|strong="H6256". They|strong="G2532" wait|strong="G1551" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G1909"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" crops|strong="G2590" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w grow|strong="H6779"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* mature \+w before|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w can|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w harvest|strong="G2590"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G1510" say|strong="G2532", “If|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G1510" lying|strong="H8267", may|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2532" punish|strong="H6485" me|strong="G3708".” Instead|strong="H8478", always|strong="H3605" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="G2532" truth|strong="H0571", so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" not|strong="G1510" condemn|strong="H7561" you|strong="G3754". }
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\verseNumber{12}Also|strong="G2532", my|strong="G3956" fellow|strong="H7453" believers, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3956"\+w*} something|strong="G5100" important|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w how|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w something|strong="G5100"\+w*}, do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" say|strong="G3956", “If|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" do|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532", may|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w*} heaven|strong="G3772" [MTY] punish|strong="H6485" me|strong="G1473".” Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" even|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3956", “If|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" do|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532", may|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w someone|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w here|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1161"\+w*} earth|strong="G1093" [MTY] punish|strong="H6485" me|strong="G1473".” Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" say|strong="G3956" anything|strong="G5100" like|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443". Instead|strong="G1161", if|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" say|strong="G3956" “Yes|strong="G3483",” then|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w said|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w*}. If|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" say|strong="G3956" “No|strong="G3756",” then|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*}. Otherwise|strong="G2443", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} will|strong="G1510" condemn|strong="H7561" you|strong="G5210". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Whatever|strong="G3956" your|strong="G2532" circumstances|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510", pray|strong="G2443", trusting|strong="H0982" in|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" certainly|strong="G2532" help|strong="H5826" you|strong="G5210", both|strong="G2532" physically and|strong="G2532" spiritually. So|strong="G2443" confess|strong="H3034" your|strong="G2532" sins|strong="H2403" to|strong="G2443" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="G1161" and|strong="G2532" pray|strong="G2443" for|strong="G1161" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="G1161", because|strong="G1161" God|strong="G2532" answers|strong="H6030" prayer|strong="H8605". }
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\verseNumber{13}Whoever|strong="H3605" among|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210" is|strong="G5100" experiencing|strong="H2896" trouble|strong="G2553" [RHQ] should|strong="G5100" pray|strong="G4336" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w would|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w him|strong="G1722"\+w*. \+w Whoever|strong="H3605"\+w*} is|strong="G5100" cheerful|strong="G2114"/happy|strong="H0835" [RHQ] should|strong="G5100" sing|strong="G5567" songs|strong="H7892" of|strong="G5100" praise|strong="H1984" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}. 
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\BibleBook{1 Peter}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book is one of the letters that the Apostle Peter wrote to his fellow believers. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{1 Peter }

\BibleSectionHeading{1 Peter 1:1-2 }

\BibleSectionHeading{I, Peter, am writing this letter to Jewish believers who have been scattered throughout five provinces in Asia Minor. I wish that God will bless them. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Do not act maliciously or be hypocrites. God is joining you together into a holy group in which his Spirit lives, to do things that are pleasing to him. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Avoid|strong="H6544" obeying|strong="H8085" your|strong="G3588" self-directed natures. Conduct|strong="H1870" your|strong="G3588" lives|strong="H5315" in|strong="G2316" a|strong="G1161" good|strong="G3756" way|strong="G3739" among|strong="G3588" unbelievers. }
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\verseNumber{16}Conduct|strong="H1870" your|strong="G2192" lives|strong="H5315" as|strong="G5613" though|strong="G5613" you|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" free|strong="G1658" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w having|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w obey|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w authorities|strong="H7984"\+w*}, but|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" think|strong="G2192" “Because|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G2532" free|strong="G1658" from|strong="G2532" having|strong="G2192" to|strong="G2532" obey|strong="H8085" authorities|strong="H7984", I|strong="G2532" can|strong="H4310" do|strong="G2532" evil|strong="G2549" things|strong="G3588".” Instead|strong="H8478", act|strong="H6213" as|strong="G5613" servants|strong="G1401" of|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w should|strong="G2316"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{17}Act|strong="H6213" respectfully toward|strong="H0413" everyone|strong="G3956". Love|strong="H0157" all|strong="G3956" your|strong="G5091" fellow|strong="H7453" believers. Revere|strong="H3372" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2316" honor|strong="G5091" the|strong="G3956" king|strong="G3588". 

\BibleSectionHeading{You|strong="G3956" slaves|strong="H5650" must|strong="G5399" submit|strong="H3584" yourselves|strong="H5315" to|strong="G2316" your|strong="G5091" masters|strong="H0113", even|strong="H1571" if|strong="H0518" they|strong="G3588" mistreat|strong="H3238" you|strong="G3956". Imitate|strong="H6213" Christ in|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3956" way|strong="G3956" in|strong="G2316" which|strong="G3588" he|strong="G3588" suffered|strong="H5414" unjustly|strong="H5766". }
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\verseNumber{18}You|strong="G1722" slaves|strong="G3610" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* believers}, submit|strong="G5293" yourselves|strong="G5293" to|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" masters|strong="G1203" and|strong="G2532" completely|strong="H3617" respect|strong="G3956" them|strong="G3588". Submit|strong="G5293" yourselves|strong="G5293" not|strong="G3756" only|strong="G3440" to|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w act|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w*} good|strong="G3956" and|strong="G2532" kind|strong="G3956" [DOU] way|strong="G1722" towards you|strong="G1722", but|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" submit|strong="G5293" yourselves|strong="G5293" to|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w act|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w*} harsh|strong="H7186" way|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{towards \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{19}You|strong="G1487" should|strong="G5100" do|strong="G1223" that|strong="G1487" because|strong="G1223" God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G2316" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="G1223" those|strong="G3778" who|strong="G2316", knowing|strong="H3045" that|strong="G1487" he|strong="G3778" is|strong="G2316" aware|strong="H3045" of|strong="G1223" what|strong="G5100" is|strong="G2316" happening to|strong="G5100" them|strong="G1223", endure|strong="G5297" the|strong="G1223" pain|strong="G3077" that|strong="G1487" they|strong="G1063" suffer|strong="G3958" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w being|strong="G3958"\+w* \+w treated|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w unjustly|strong="H5766"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w their|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w masters|strong="H0113"\+w*} {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w masters|strong="H0113"\+w* \+w have|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w treated|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w them|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w unjustly|strong="H5766"\+w*}}. 
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\verseNumber{21}One|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" reasons|strong="H8394" why|strong="G1063" God|strong="G2532" chose|strong="H0977" you|strong="G5210" is|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" would|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w suffer|strong="G3958"\+w*}. When|strong="G2532" Christ|strong="G5547" suffered|strong="G3958" for|strong="G1063" you|strong="G5210", he|strong="G2532" became|strong="G3588" an|strong="G2532" example|strong="G5261" for|strong="G1063" you|strong="G5210", in|strong="G1519" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" would|strong="G2532" ◄imitate|strong="H6213" what|strong="G3588"/do|strong="G2532" like|strong="G2443"► he|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532". 
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He|strong="G3739" never|strong="G3756" sinned|strong="H2398", 
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And|strong="G4160" he|strong="G3739" never|strong="G3756" said|strong="H0559" [MTY] anything|strong="H3605" to|strong="G1722" deceive|strong="H5377" people|strong="G3761". 
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\verseNumber{23}When|strong="G1161" people|strong="G2919" insulted|strong="H3637" him|strong="G3588", he|strong="G1161" did|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" insult|strong="H2781" them|strong="G3588" in|strong="G3756" return|strong="H7725". 
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When|strong="G1161" people|strong="G2919" caused|strong="H5414" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G3756" suffer|strong="G3958", he|strong="G1161" did|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" threaten|strong="H1696" ◄to|strong="G3756" get|strong="H3947" revenge|strong="H5360"/to|strong="G3756" cause|strong="G3739" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G3756" suffer|strong="G3958"►. 
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Instead|strong="G1161", he|strong="G1161" decided|strong="G2919" to|strong="G3756" let|strong="G1161" God|strong="G3588", who|strong="G3739" always|strong="H3605" judges|strong="G2919" justly|strong="G1346", prove|strong="H5254" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G1161" ◄was|strong="G3588" innocent|strong="H5355"/had|strong="G3739" done|strong="H6213" nothing|strong="G3756" that|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3588" wrong|strong="H7451"► (OR|strong="G1161", he|strong="G1161" left|strong="H7604" his|strong="G3739" case|strong="G3588" in|strong="G3756" the|strong="G1161" hands|strong="G3860" of|strong="G3588" God|strong="G3588", who|strong="G3739" always|strong="H3605" judges|strong="G2919" justly|strong="G1346"). 
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\verseNumber{24}He|strong="G3739" himself|strong="H5315" endured|strong="H5375" physically|strong="G4983" the|strong="G1722" punishment|strong="H5771" for|strong="G1909" our|strong="G1722" sins|strong="H2403" when|strong="G1722" he|strong="G3739" died|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" cross|strong="G3586", 
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in|strong="G1722" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" we|strong="G2249" would|strong="G1722" stop|strong="H2308" sinning|strong="H2398" (OR|strong="G3739", no|strong="G3739" longer|strong="G1909" respond|strong="H6030" to|strong="G2443" sinful|strong="H2400" desires|strong="H0183") and|strong="G4983" start|strong="H1870" living|strong="G2198" righteous|strong="H6662" lives|strong="G2198". 
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It|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3588" because|strong="G1909" he|strong="G3739" was|strong="G3588" wounded|strong="H2491" {they|strong="G3588" wounded|strong="H2491" him|strong="G3588"} that|strong="G2443" your|strong="G1909" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w souls|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w have|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w saved|strong="H3467"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w being|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w sinful|strong="H2400"\+w*, \+w as|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w people’s|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w bodies|strong="G4983"\+w*} are|strong="G3588" healed|strong="G2390" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w being|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w sick|strong="H2470"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{25}Truly|strong="G1909" you|strong="G5210" were|strong="G1510" like|strong="G5613" sheep|strong="G4263" that|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" gone|strong="G4105" astray|strong="G4105" [SIM], but|strong="G2532" now|strong="G3568" you|strong="G5210" have|strong="G2532" returned|strong="G1994" to|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G1510"\+w*}, who|strong="G3588" cares|strong="H1875" for|strong="G1063" your|strong="G2532" souls|strong="G5590" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G5613"\+w*} a|strong="G5613" shepherd|strong="G4166" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cares|strong="H1875"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w sheep|strong="G4263"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"]. 

\BibleSectionHeading{You women should submit yourselves to your husbands, even if they are not believers, and make your inner beings/hearts beautiful with qualities that will not fade away. }
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\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w believe|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* Christ} when|strong="G1722" they|strong="G3588" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" respect|strong="G5401" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" your|strong="G1722" way|strong="G1722" of|strong="G1722" life|strong="H5315" is|strong="G3588" pure|strong="H2889". 
\verseNumber{3}Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" be|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w trying|strong="H1156"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w make|strong="G2532"\+w*} yourselves|strong="H5315" beautiful|strong="H3303" by|strong="G2532" decorating the|strong="G2532" outside|strong="G1855" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w bodies|strong="H6297"\+w*}, such|strong="G3588" as|strong="G2532" ◄by|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" way|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" comb|strong="H5317" your|strong="G2532" hair|strong="G2359"/by|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" hair|strong="G2359" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{style}► or|strong="G2228" by|strong="G2532" wearing|strong="G4025" gold|strong="G5553" jewelry|strong="G5553" and|strong="G2532" fine|strong="G2532" clothes|strong="G2440". 
\verseNumber{4}Instead|strong="H8478", make|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" ◄inner|strong="H6442" beings|strong="H2421"/hearts|strong="G2588"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w beautiful|strong="H3303"\+w*} with|strong="G1722" qualities/attitudes that|strong="G3739" will|strong="G2316" not|strong="G1510" fade|strong="H5034" away|strong="H5493". Specifically|strong="H0559", have|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" humble|strong="H6035" and|strong="G2532" quiet|strong="G2272"/calm|strong="H8367" attitude|strong="H6440", which|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" something|strong="G1510" that|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" considers|strong="H7919" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" very|strong="G2532" valuable|strong="H3368". 
\verseNumber{5}◄The|strong="G2532" devout|strong="H2617" women|strong="G1135"/The|strong="G2532" women|strong="G1135" who|strong="G3588" habitually worshipped|strong="H7812" God|strong="G2316"► who|strong="G3588" lived|strong="G2532" long|strong="H0753" ago|strong="H7350" and|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" trusted|strong="G1679" in|strong="G1519" God|strong="G2316" made|strong="G2316" themselves|strong="G1438" beautiful|strong="H3303" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w having|strong="G2532"\+w* attitudes} like|strong="G3779" that|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" by|strong="G2532" being|strong="G2532" submissive|strong="G5293" to|strong="G1519" their|strong="G1438" husbands|strong="H1167". 
\verseNumber{6}Sarah|strong="G4564", for|strong="G2532" example|strong="H7045", obeyed|strong="G5219" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w her|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w husband|strong="H0376"\+w*} Abraham|strong="H0085" and|strong="G2532" called|strong="G2564" him|strong="G3588" ‘my|strong="G3739" master’. You|strong="G3739" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w though|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] her|strong="G3588" daughters|strong="G5043" if|strong="G5613" you|strong="G3739" do|strong="G1096" what|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3588" right|strong="H3225" and|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" afraid|strong="G5399" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w husbands|strong="H1167"\+w* \+w or|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w anyone|strong="G3367"\+w* \+w else|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w may|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w because|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* believers}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{You|strong="G3739" men|strong="G3588" must|strong="G5399" live|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2532" an|strong="G2532" appropriate|strong="H5869" way|strong="G5613" with|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2962" wives|strong="G5613", so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" nothing|strong="G3367" will|strong="G2532" hinder|strong="H4513" your|strong="G2962" prayers|strong="H8605". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Think as Christ did when he suffered, and conduct your lives as God wants you to, not doing the immoral things that you used to do. }
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\chapterNumber{4}Therefore|strong="G3767", because|strong="G3754" Christ|strong="G5547" suffered|strong="G3958" physically, you|strong="G5210" also|strong="G2532" must|strong="G5547" think|strong="H2803" the|strong="G2532" way|strong="H1870" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w willing|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w suffer|strong="G3958"\+w*}, because|strong="G3754" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" suffer|strong="G3958" physically\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* belonging \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*} have|strong="G2532" stopped|strong="G3973" sinning|strong="H2398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w way|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w used|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sin|strong="H2403"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Keep|strong="H8104" thinking|strong="H0559" sensibly. Love|strong="H0157" each|strong="G2596" other|strong="G1161" earnestly|strong="G2532". Provide|strong="H6213" hospitality to|strong="G1519" others|strong="H0312". Use|strong="H4399" your|strong="G2532" spiritual|strong="G4151" gifts|strong="H4979" well|strong="G2532". Be|strong="G2532" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="G1519" others|strong="H0312" with|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" energy|strong="H7235" that|strong="G2443" you|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" surprised|strong="H8610" when|strong="G5613" you|strong="G3739" suffer|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1519" being|strong="G1510" Christians|strong="G2424", and|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" ashamed|strong="H0954" when|strong="G5613" that|strong="G2443" happens|strong="H1961". Instead|strong="H8478", commit|strong="H6213" yourselves|strong="G1722" to|strong="G1519" God|strong="G2316". }
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\BibleBook{2 Peter}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book is one of the letters that the Apostle Peter wrote to his fellow believers. We call this book }
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\BibleSectionHeading{2 Peter 1:1-2 }

\BibleSectionHeading{I, Simon Peter, am writing this letter to you whom God has caused to believe in Christ just like we apostles believe in Christ. I pray that God will bless you greatly. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{There will be false teachers among you who will behave wickedly and who will entice you to behave just like they do. God will certainly destroy them. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" certain|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2532" knows|strong="H3045" how|strong="G1722" to|strong="G2532" rescue|strong="H5337" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3588" godly|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" knows|strong="H3045" how|strong="G1722" to|strong="G2532" punish|strong="H6485" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3588" unrighteous|strong="H0205" at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" right|strong="G3756" time|strong="G1597". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{I am writing this letter to you in order to help you remember what the holy prophets said and what our Lord and Savior commanded. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{I|strong="G1473" pray|strong="H6419" that|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547" will|strong="G2532" always|strong="H3605" be|strong="G2532" honored|strong="G1391". }
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\BibleBook{1 John}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book is one of the letters that the Apostle John wrote to his fellow believers. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{1 John }

\BibleSectionHeading{1 John 1:1-4 }

\BibleSectionHeading{We apostles proclaim to you the message about the One who has lived eternally, so that you may be joined together with us and we may be completely happy. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Do not allow anyone to seduce you to sin, because you are God’s children, and his children maintain themselves free from evil behavior by not continuing to sin as the devil’s children do. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Continue to test the teachings you hear to know whether or not they are from God. You should test those who teach them by whether or not they acknowledge that Jesus Christ came in human form and also by what kind of people listen to that kind of teaching. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Those who believe that Jesus is God’s Chosen One are people who have been caused to live spiritually, and they love their fellow believers. They obey God’s commands and overcome the evils of human society. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2424" came|strong="G3588" from|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" to|strong="G1161" earth|strong="H0776". Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G5101" believe|strong="G4100" in|strong="G2316" and|strong="G1161" live|strong="H3427" united|strong="H3161" to|strong="G1161" him|strong="G3588" have|strong="G3748" eternal|strong="H5769" life|strong="H5315". }
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\BibleBook{2 John}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book is one of the letters that the Apostle John wrote to his fellow believers. We call this book }
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\BibleSectionHeading{2 John 1-3 }

\BibleSectionHeading{I, the Elder, write to the congregation and to all the members. I love you and know that God the Father and his Son will bless us. }
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\BibleBook{3 John}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book is a letter that the Apostle John wrote to Gaius, a fellow believer. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{3 John }

\BibleSectionHeading{3 John 1-4 }

\BibleSectionHeading{I, the Elder, write to you, Gaius, whom I truly love. I ask God that you will do well in all respects. I am happy because of the way you conduct your lives. }
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\BibleTitleTwo{This book is a letter that Jude, a brother of Jesus, wrote to his fellow believers. We call this book }
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\BibleSectionHeading{I, Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, write to you who are chosen, loved, and protected by God. }
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\verseNumber{9}When|strong="G3753" ◄the|strong="G1161" devil|strong="G1228"/Satan|strong="H7854"► argued|strong="G1256" with|strong="G4012" the|strong="G1161" chief|strong="H7218" angel|strong="H4397", Michael|strong="G3413", about|strong="G4012" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="G5111"\+w* \+w take|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w away|strong="H5493"\+w*} the|strong="G1161" body|strong="G4983" of|strong="G4012" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w*} Moses|strong="G3475" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w bury|strong="H6912"\+w* \+w it|strong="G1161"\+w*}, Michael|strong="G3413" did|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w these|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w teachers|strong="H3384"\+w* \+w of|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w false|strong="H8267"\+w* \+w doctrine|strong="H3948"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3004"\+w*. \+w Even|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w though|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w Michael|strong="G3413"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w much|strong="G5111"\+w* \+w more|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w authority|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w than|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3004"\+w*}, he|strong="G1161" did|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" disrespectfully ◄revile|strong="H2778"/say|strong="G3004" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="G3588" to|strong="G3004"► Satan|strong="H7854" and|strong="G1161" accuse|strong="H7378"/condemn|strong="H7561" him|strong="G3588". Instead|strong="G1161", he|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="G3756"\+w*} said|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w desire|strong="H8378"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} the|strong="G1161" Lord|strong="G2962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} will|strong="G2962" rebuke|strong="G2008" you|strong="G4771"!” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Enoch|strong="H2585" prophesied|strong="H5012" that|strong="G3739" the|strong="G1519" Lord|strong="G3588" will|strong="G3739" condemn|strong="H7561" people|strong="G3588" like|strong="G1890" the|strong="G1519" wicked|strong="G3588" teachers|strong="H3384" of|strong="G2281" false|strong="H8267" doctrine|strong="H3948". They|strong="G3588" grumble|strong="H3885", are|strong="G3588" discontent, and|strong="G2281" are|strong="G3588" arrogant|strong="H2086" flatterers. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Believe|strong="H0539" the|strong="G3588" truth|strong="H0571" more|strong="G2192" firmly|strong="H2388", pray|strong="H6419" by|strong="G3361" the|strong="G3588" power|strong="H3027" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G3588" Spirit|strong="G4151", and|strong="G4151" keep|strong="G3361" expecting God|strong="G3361" to|strong="G3361" be|strong="G1510" merciful|strong="H2603". }
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\BibleBook{Revelation}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of Jesus giving the Apostle John some visions. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Revelation }

\BibleSectionHeading{Revelation 1:1-3 }

\BibleSectionHeading{John urged people to read this book, listen carefully to it, and obey it. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Christ exhorts the congregation at Ephesus to repent and to begin again to love him and each other. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Christ exhorts the|strong="G1722" congregation|strong="G1577" at|strong="G1722" Smyrna not|strong="G1510" to|strong="G3004" fear|strong="H3372" what|strong="G5101" they|strong="G3588" will|strong="G2316" suffer|strong="G1325", but|strong="G2316" to|strong="G3004" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588", even|strong="G2192" if|strong="H0518" they|strong="G3588" must|strong="G2192" die|strong="H4191" because|strong="G1537" they|strong="G3588" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Christ exhorts the|strong="G1537" congregation|strong="G1577" at|strong="G1537" Pergamum to|strong="G3004" stop|strong="G3361" listening|strong="H8085" to|strong="G3004" what|strong="G5101" the|strong="G1537" Nicolaitans teach|strong="H3925". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Christ exhorts the congregation at Sardis to wake up and repent. But the members who are worthy will live with him. }
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\verseNumber{6}Everyone|strong="G5101" who|strong="G5101" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="G3004" understand|strong="H0995" [MTY] must|strong="G2192" listen|strong="H8085" carefully|strong="H6213" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" message|strong="H1697" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w*} Spirit|strong="G4151" speaks|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" congregations|strong="H4721".’” 

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\verseNumber{13}Everyone|strong="G5101" who|strong="G5101" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="G3004" understand|strong="H0995" [MTY] must|strong="G2192" listen|strong="H8085" carefully|strong="H6213" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" message|strong="H1697" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w*} Spirit|strong="G4151" speaks|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" congregations|strong="H4721".’” 

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\BibleSectionHeading{A throne was in heaven with someone sitting on it. He was in the midst of every creature and object in heaven. The elders and the living creatures worshipped him as God, the mighty Creator. }
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Moreover|strong="G2532", because|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" planned|strong="H3289" that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" should|strong="G2316" exist|strong="G1510", 
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you|strong="G4771" created|strong="G2936" them|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" exist|strong="G1510". 

\BibleSectionHeading{When the Lamb took the scroll from the one on the throne, the whole created universe worshipped him who is the worthy Redeemer. The 24 elders and the four living creatures acknowledged that he alone was worthy to open the seals on the scroll. }
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\chapterNumber{5}I|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3588" there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" scroll|strong="H5612" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" right|strong="G1188" hand|strong="G1188" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" sitting|strong="G2521" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" throne|strong="G2362". The|strong="G2532" scroll|strong="H5612" was|strong="G3588" written|strong="G1125" on|strong="G1909" its|strong="H3605" outside|strong="H2351" as|strong="G2532" well|strong="G2532" as|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1909" its|strong="H3605" inside|strong="G2081", and|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" sealed|strong="G2696" {Someone|strong="H0376" had|strong="G2532" written|strong="G1125" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" outside|strong="H2351" as|strong="G2532" well|strong="G2532" as|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" inside|strong="G2081" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" scroll|strong="H5612" and|strong="G2532" sealed|strong="G2696" it|strong="G2532"} with|strong="G2532" seven|strong="G2033" seals|strong="G4973". 
\verseNumber{2}I|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" a|strong="G2532" strong|strong="G2478" angel|strong="H4397" who|strong="G5101" was|strong="G3588" announcing in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" loud|strong="G3173" voice|strong="G5456", “◄The|strong="G1722" person|strong="G5101" who|strong="G5101" is|strong="G3588" worthy|strong="H4941" to|strong="G2532" break|strong="G3089" the|strong="G1722" seals|strong="G4973" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" scroll|strong="H5612" and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" open|strong="H6605" it|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3588" come|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G5101" it|strong="G2532"!/Who|strong="G5101" is|strong="G3588" worthy|strong="H4941" to|strong="G2532" break|strong="G3089" the|strong="G1722" seals|strong="G4973" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" scroll|strong="H5612" and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" open|strong="H6605" it|strong="G2532"?►” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="G2532" no|strong="G3762" created|strong="H1254" being|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" heaven|strong="G3772" nor|strong="G3761" any|strong="G3762" created|strong="H1254" being|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" earth|strong="G1093" nor|strong="G3761" any|strong="G3762" created|strong="H1254" being|strong="G2532" under|strong="G5270" the|strong="G1722" earth|strong="G1093" was|strong="G3588" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G2532" open|strong="H6605" the|strong="G1722" scroll|strong="H5612" and|strong="G2532" see|strong="H7200" what|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" written|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1909" it|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{4}I|strong="G1473" cried|strong="G2532" loudly|strong="G4183" because|strong="G3754" there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" no|strong="G3762" one|strong="G3762" worthy|strong="H4941" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754". 
\verseNumber{5}But|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" elders|strong="G4245" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473", “Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" cry|strong="H7121" any|strong="G3361" longer|strong="G3361"! Look|strong="G2400", the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" called|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" Lion|strong="G3023" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" tribe|strong="G5443" of|strong="G1537" Judah|strong="G2455", the|strong="G2532" Messiah|strong="H4899" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" descendant|strong="H2233" of|strong="G1537" King|strong="G3588" David|strong="G1138", has|strong="G3708" overcome|strong="G3528" Satan|strong="H7854"! As|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" result|strong="G1537", he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" worthy|strong="H4941" to|strong="G2532" break|strong="H7665" the|strong="G2532" seven|strong="G2033" seals|strong="G4973" on|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" scroll|strong="H5612" and|strong="G2532" open|strong="H6605" it|strong="G2532"!” 
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\verseNumber{7}He|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" and|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2983" the|strong="G2532" scroll|strong="H5612" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" right|strong="G1188" hand|strong="G1188" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" sits|strong="G2521" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" throne|strong="G2362". 
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You|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" worthy|strong="H4941" to|strong="G2532" receive|strong="G2983" the|strong="G1722" scroll|strong="H5612" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" open|strong="H6605" its|strong="G3956" seals|strong="G4973", 
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because|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" were|strong="G1510" killed|strong="H2026", and|strong="G2532" because|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" redeemed|strong="H1350"/bought|strong="H7069" people|strong="G2992" for|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2316" from|strong="G1537" every|strong="G3956" tribe|strong="G5443", language|strong="G1100" [MTY], people-group, and|strong="G2532" nation|strong="G1484" with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" blood|strong="H1818" that|strong="G3754" flowed|strong="H1980" from|strong="G1537" your|strong="G2532" body|strong="H1320" when|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" died|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{10}You|strong="G1438" have|strong="G2532" caused|strong="G4160" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" become|strong="G4160" a|strong="G2532" people|strong="G4160" over|strong="G1909" whom|strong="G3588" our|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" rules|strong="H4910", 
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and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" become|strong="G4160" priests|strong="G2409" who|strong="G3588" serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" rule|strong="H4910" on|strong="G1909" [MTY] the|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G1093". 
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\verseNumber{12}They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" singing|strong="H7440" in|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" loud|strong="G3173" voice|strong="G5456": 
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“The|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" like|strong="H3644" a|strong="G2532" lamb|strong="G3004" was|strong="G1510" killed|strong="H2026" {whom|strong="G3588" his|strong="G2983" enemies|strong="H0341" killed|strong="H2026"} 
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but|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" became|strong="G3588" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="G2532". 
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He|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" worthy|strong="H4941" that|strong="G3588" all|strong="G2532" created|strong="H1254" beings|strong="H2421" acknowledge|strong="H3045" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" infinitely powerful|strong="G2479", infinitely rich|strong="H6223", infinitely wise|strong="H2450", and|strong="G2532" infinitely strong|strong="G3173"! 
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He|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" worthy|strong="H4941" of|strong="G2532" being|strong="G1510" honored|strong="G1391" and|strong="G2532" praised|strong="H1984" by|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" created|strong="H1254" beings|strong="H2421"!” 
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\verseNumber{13}I|strong="G3739" also|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" every|strong="G3956" creature|strong="G2938" that|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" heaven|strong="G3772" and|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" earth|strong="G1093" and|strong="G2532" under|strong="G5270" the|strong="G1722" earth|strong="G1093" and|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" ocean|strong="H5437", every|strong="G3956" creature|strong="G2938" in|strong="G1722" all|strong="G3956" those|strong="G3588" places|strong="H1116", saying|strong="G3004" (OR|strong="G2532", singing|strong="H7440"): 
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“We|strong="G3739" must|strong="G3588" forever|strong="G1519" praise|strong="G1391" and|strong="G2532" honor|strong="G5092" the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" sits|strong="G2521" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" throne|strong="G2362" 
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and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3588" like|strong="G2521" a|strong="G2532" lamb|strong="G3004", 
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May|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" reign|strong="G2532" with|strong="G1722" complete|strong="G3956" power|strong="G2904" forever|strong="G1519"!” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{When the Lamb opened each of the first four seals of the scroll, each of the four living creatures called forth a mounted horseman who brought judgment to people on the earth. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{An angel came up from the east and commanded the four angels stationed in four directions to continue restraining the destructive winds until angels had sealed God’s servants. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G1537" triumphant|strong="H7311" crowd|strong="H1995" stood|strong="H5975" before|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" throne|strong="H3678" in|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="G5443" acknowledged|strong="H3045" that|strong="G1537" God|strong="H0430" and|strong="G5443" the|strong="G1537" Lamb|strong="H3532" had|strong="G2501" rescued|strong="H5337" them|strong="G1537". Then|strong="H0227" the|strong="G1537" angels|strong="H4397", the|strong="G1537" elders|strong="H2205", the|strong="G1537" living|strong="H2416" creatures|strong="H2416", and|strong="G5443" a|strong="G1537" huge|strong="H1995" crowd|strong="H1995" of|strong="G1537" people|strong="H5971" worshipped|strong="H7812" God|strong="H0430" and|strong="G5443" praised|strong="H1984" him|strong="G1537". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, it thundered, lightning flashed, and the earth shook. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G2532" successive|strong="H5769" trumpet|strong="H7782" blasts|strong="G5456" by|strong="G1537" each|strong="G1519" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" first|strong="G3588" four|strong="G1096" angels|strong="H4397" resulted|strong="G1519" in|strong="G1519" great|strong="G2532" catastrophes on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G1093" and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" sky|strong="H8064". }
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\verseNumber{11}The|strong="G2532" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" star|strong="H3556" is|strong="G3588" Bitterness|strong="H4751". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w As|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w result|strong="G1537"\+w*}, the|strong="G2532" water|strong="G5204" in|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1096" third|strong="G5154" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w rivers|strong="H5104"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w springs|strong="H4599"\+w*} became|strong="G1096" bitter|strong="G4087", and|strong="G2532" many|strong="G4183" people|strong="G3004" died|strong="G3588" from|strong="G1537" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w drinking|strong="H8354"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" water|strong="G5204" because|strong="G3754" it|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" become|strong="G1096" bitter|strong="G4087". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{An|strong="G2532" eagle|strong="H5404" announced|strong="H1696" that|strong="G2443" rebellious|strong="H4805" people|strong="G3361" on|strong="G2443" earth|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" suffer|strong="G2532" greatly|strong="H3966". }
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\verseNumber{13}As|strong="G1722" I|strong="G2532" watched|strong="H7200", I|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" an|strong="G2532" eagle|strong="H5404" that|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" flying|strong="G4072" high|strong="G3173" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" sky|strong="H8064", shouting|strong="G3004" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" loud|strong="G3173" voice|strong="G5456", “Terrible|strong="G3173" things|strong="G3588" will|strong="G3195" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w rebellious|strong="H4805"\+w*} people|strong="G3004" who|strong="G3588" live|strong="G2730" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" earth|strong="G1093"! Terrible|strong="G3173" things|strong="G3588" will|strong="G3195" happen|strong="H1961" when|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" three|strong="G5140" remaining|strong="G3062" angels|strong="H4397" blow|strong="G4537" their|strong="G2532" trumpets|strong="G4536"! And|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" about|strong="G3195" to|strong="G2532" blow|strong="G4537" them|strong="G3588"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{When the fifth angel blew his trumpet, locusts with stings like scorpions appeared on the earth and attacked rebellious people. }
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\chapterNumber{9}The|strong="G2532" fifth|strong="G3991" angel|strong="H4397" blew|strong="G4537" his|strong="G1519" trumpet|strong="G4537". Then|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w an|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w evil|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w angel|strong="H4397"\+w*. \+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} a|strong="G2532" star|strong="H3556" that|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" fallen|strong="G4098" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" sky|strong="G3772" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G1093". He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" given|strong="G1325" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Someone|strong="H0376"\+w*} gave|strong="G1325" him|strong="G3588"} the|strong="G2532" key|strong="G2807" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" shaft|strong="H6086" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w descended|strong="H3381"\+w*} ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" underworld/\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" deep|strong="H8415" dark|strong="H2822" pit|strong="G5421"►. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{When|strong="G2064" the|strong="G3588" sixth|strong="H8345" angel|strong="H4397" blew|strong="H8628" his|strong="G3708" trumpet|strong="H7782", a|strong="G3708" third|strong="H7992" of|strong="G1520" the|strong="G3588" rebellious|strong="H4805" people|strong="G3588" on|strong="G3326" earth|strong="H0776" died|strong="G3588". But|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="G1520" the|strong="G3588" rebellious|strong="H4805" people|strong="G3588" did|strong="G2064" not|strong="G2064" repent|strong="H5162" of|strong="G1520" their|strong="G3588" false|strong="G1417" worship|strong="H7812" or|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1520" their|strong="G3588" evil|strong="H7451" practices|strong="H6213". }
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\verseNumber{13}The|strong="G2532" sixth|strong="G1623" angel|strong="H4397" blew|strong="G4537" his|strong="G2532" trumpet|strong="G4537". Then|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" a|strong="G2532" voice|strong="G5456" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" four|strong="G5064" corners|strong="H6285" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" golden|strong="G5552" altar|strong="G2379" that|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" in|strong="G2532" God’s|strong="G2316" presence|strong="G1799". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{John saw a mighty angel coming down out of heaven and holding a small open scroll. When the angel shouted, it thundered several times, but a voice from heaven prohibited John from recording what the thunder said. The angel affirmed that the living Creator of the universe would no longer delay in completing what he planned for his creation. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G1722" heavenly|strong="H8064" voice|strong="G5456" told|strong="H5046" John|strong="G2097" to|strong="G2532" take|strong="G2316" the|strong="G1722" open|strong="H6605" scroll|strong="H5612" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" angel|strong="H4397" and|strong="G2532" eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="G2532". When|strong="G3752" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" eaten|strong="H0398" it|strong="G2532", he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" commanded|strong="H6680" by|strong="G1722" God|strong="G2316" to|strong="G2532" prophesy|strong="H5012" again|strong="G2532" about|strong="G5613" all|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="G1722" one|strong="G3739" whose|strong="G3739" voice|strong="G5456" I|strong="G1473" had|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" from|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="G3772" spoke|strong="G2980" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473" again|strong="G3825". He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Go|strong="G5217" and|strong="G2532" take|strong="G2983" the|strong="G1722" open|strong="H6605" scroll|strong="H5612" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" hand|strong="G5495" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" angel|strong="H4397" who|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3588" standing|strong="G2476" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" ocean|strong="H5437" and|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" land|strong="G1093".” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Christ told John to count his worshipers from the nations, and he appointed two witnesses to prophesy to the nations for a limited time. When they finished witnessing, the beast from the underworld killed them, causing the nations to enjoy temporary victory. God resurrected his witnesses, took them to heaven, and punished the nations. Survivors feared and acknowledged God as awesome. }
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\verseNumber{14}That|strong="G3588" will|strong="G2064" be|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" second|strong="G1208" terrible|strong="H3372" event|strong="H1697". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Be|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w aware|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} the|strong="G3588" third|strong="G5154" tragic event|strong="H1697" will|strong="G2064" happen|strong="H1961" soon|strong="G5035". 

\BibleSectionHeading{When|strong="G2064" the|strong="G3588" seventh|strong="H7637" angel|strong="H4397" sounded|strong="H2690" his|strong="G3708" trumpet|strong="H7782", voices|strong="H6963" from|strong="G2064" heaven|strong="H8064" declared|strong="H5046" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G3588" God|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2064" his|strong="G3708" Messiah|strong="H4899" now|strong="G2400" govern|strong="H4475" everyone|strong="H3605", and|strong="G2064" the|strong="G3588" elders|strong="H2205" declared|strong="H5046" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" time|strong="G1208" had|strong="G3588" come|strong="G2064" for|strong="G2064" God’s|strong="H0430" final|strong="H0319" judgment|strong="H4941". With|strong="G2064" the|strong="G3588" heavenly|strong="H8064" sanctuary|strong="H6944" open|strong="H6605", lightning|strong="H1300" flashed|strong="H1980", thunder|strong="H6963" reverberated, the|strong="G3588" earth|strong="H0776" shook|strong="H1607", and|strong="G2064" large|strong="H1419" hail|strong="H1259" fell|strong="H5307". }
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\verseNumber{16}The|strong="G2532" 24 elders|strong="G4245" who|strong="G3739" sit|strong="G2521" on|strong="G1909" their|strong="G2532" thrones|strong="G2362" in|strong="G1909" God’s|strong="G2316" presence|strong="G1799" ◄prostrated|strong="G4352" themselves|strong="H0905"/bowed|strong="G4352" down|strong="G4098" low|strong="H8213"► and|strong="G2532" worshipped|strong="G4352" him|strong="G3588". 
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Lord|strong="G2962" God|strong="G2316", you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" Almighty|strong="G3841" One|strong="G3588"! 
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You|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" exists|strong="H1961" now|strong="G2532"! 
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You|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" has|strong="G2316" always|strong="H3605" existed|strong="G1510"! 
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We|strong="G3754" thank|strong="G2168" you|strong="G4771" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2532" defeated|strong="H5221" by|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2962" power|strong="G1411" everyone|strong="G3748" who|strong="G3588" has|strong="G2316" rebelled|strong="H4784" against|strong="H5921" you|strong="G4771", 
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and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" now|strong="G2532" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="G2962" everyone|strong="G3748" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" world|strong="H8398". 
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\verseNumber{18}The|strong="G2532" unbelieving people|strong="G1484" of|strong="G2532" [MTY] the|strong="G2532" nations|strong="G1484" were|strong="G3588" raging|strong="H7264" at|strong="G1093" you|strong="G4771". 
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As|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" result|strong="H6903" you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2532" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="G2532" angry|strong="G3710" with|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588". 
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It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2540" for|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G2532" reward|strong="G3408" all|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588"! 
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\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="G2532" God’s|strong="G2316" temple|strong="G3485" in|strong="G1722" heaven|strong="G3772" was|strong="G1096" opened|strong="H6605" {was|strong="G1096" open|strong="H6605"} and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G2532"\+w*} saw|strong="G3708" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" temple|strong="G3485" the|strong="G1722" sacred|strong="H6944" box|strong="H0712"/chest|strong="H0727" that|strong="G3588" contains|strong="H4393" God’s|strong="G2316" commandmenta. Lightning|strong="H1300" was|strong="G1096" flashing|strong="H3947", it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" thundering|strong="H8663" and|strong="G2532" rumbling|strong="H7494", the|strong="G1722" earth|strong="G2532" shook|strong="H1607", and|strong="G2532" large|strong="G3173" hailstones|strong="G5464" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w fell|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w sky|strong="G3772"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{When a royal woman gave birth to a royal son, she fled to safety and care in a place in the wilderness that was prepared by God. }
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\chapterNumber{12}Then|strong="G2532" something|strong="G3708" very|strong="G2532" unusual|strong="H2114" appeared|strong="G3708" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" sky|strong="G3772". It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" woman|strong="G1135", whose|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w appearance|strong="H4758"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} clothing|strong="G4016" were|strong="G3588" [MET|strong="G3708"] as|strong="G1722" bright|strong="H0934" as|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" sun|strong="G2246". The|strong="G1722" moon|strong="G4582" was|strong="G3588" under|strong="G5270" her|strong="G3708" feet|strong="G4228". On|strong="G1909" her|strong="G3708" head|strong="G2776" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" crown|strong="G4735" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w made|strong="H6213"\+w*} of|strong="G2532" twelve|strong="G1427" stars|strong="H3556". 
\verseNumber{2}She|strong="G2532" was|strong="G2532" pregnant|strong="G1064". Then|strong="G2532", as|strong="G1722" she|strong="G2532" was|strong="G2532" about|strong="G1722" to|strong="G2532" give|strong="G5088" birth|strong="G5088", she|strong="G2532" cried|strong="G2896" out|strong="G2896" because|strong="G1722" she|strong="G2532" was|strong="G2532" suffering|strong="G1722" pain|strong="H4341". 
\verseNumber{3}Something|strong="G3708" else|strong="G2532" very|strong="G2532" unusual|strong="H2114" appeared|strong="G3708" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" sky|strong="G3772". It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2192" huge|strong="G3173" red|strong="G4450" dragon|strong="G1404". It|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2192" seven|strong="G2033" heads|strong="G2776" and|strong="G2532" ten|strong="G1176" horns|strong="G2768". On|strong="G1909" each|strong="H0376" of|strong="G2532" its|strong="H3605" heads|strong="G2776" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2192" royal|strong="H4438" crown|strong="H5850". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="G2532" dragon’s|strong="H5886" tail|strong="G3769" dragged|strong="G4951" a|strong="G2532" third|strong="G5154" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" stars|strong="H3556" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" sky|strong="G3772" and|strong="G2532" threw|strong="H7993" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G1093". The|strong="G2532" dragon|strong="G1404" set|strong="G2476" himself|strong="G1438" in|strong="G1519" front|strong="G1799" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" woman|strong="G1135" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" about|strong="G3195" to|strong="G1519" give|strong="G5088" birth|strong="G5088", in|strong="G1519" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" he|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" eat|strong="G2719" her|strong="G1438" child|strong="G5043" as|strong="G1519" soon|strong="G3752" as|strong="G1519" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" born|strong="G5088". 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="G1722" woman|strong="H0802" gave|strong="G5088" birth|strong="G5088" to|strong="G4314" a|strong="G2532" son|strong="G5207", who|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w destined|strong="H3651"\+w*} to|strong="G4314" rule|strong="G4165" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G1722" nations|strong="G1484" with|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w complete|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w authority|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w if|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w using|strong="H5927"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] an|strong="G2532" iron|strong="G4603" rod|strong="G4464" [MET|strong="H6298"]. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*} snatched|strong="H5337" away|strong="H5493" her|strong="G3956" child|strong="G5043" and|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G4314" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w rule|strong="G4165"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w*} his|strong="G3956" throne|strong="G2362". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="G2532" woman|strong="G1135" fled|strong="G5343" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2192" desert|strong="G2048". She|strong="G2532" has|strong="G2192" a|strong="G2192" place|strong="G5117" there|strong="G1563" that|strong="G2443" God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2192" prepared|strong="G2090" for|strong="G1519" her|strong="G1438", in|strong="G1519" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w angels|strong="H4397"\+w*} may|strong="G2532" take|strong="G2316" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="G2250" her|strong="G1438" for|strong="G1519" 1,260 days|strong="G2250". 

\BibleSectionHeading{There|strong="G1563" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2192" battle|strong="G2250" in|strong="G1519" heaven|strong="G2192" in|strong="G1519" which|strong="G3588" Michael|strong="H4317" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1438" angels|strong="H4397" fought|strong="H3898" the|strong="G2532" dragon|strong="H8577". The|strong="G2532" dragon|strong="H8577" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1438" angels|strong="H4397" were|strong="G3588" thrown|strong="H7993" out|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2250" heaven|strong="G2192" to|strong="G1519" earth|strong="G2532". A|strong="G2192" loud|strong="H1419" voice|strong="H6963" from|strong="G2532" heaven|strong="G2192" declared|strong="H5046" the|strong="G2532" victory|strong="H8668" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" sovereignty|strong="H4437" of|strong="G2250" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" lamented|strong="H5594" the|strong="G2532" tragic struggle|strong="H5327" coming|strong="G2316" to|strong="G1519" people|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1519" earth|strong="G2532". }
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\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w In|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H2377"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" a|strong="G1096" battle|strong="G4171" in|strong="G1722" heaven|strong="G3772". Michael|strong="G3413" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" angels|strong="H4397" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w*} fought|strong="G4170" against|strong="G3326" the|strong="G1722" dragon|strong="G1404". The|strong="G1722" dragon|strong="G1404" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1722" angels|strong="H4397" fought|strong="G4170" back|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w Michael|strong="G3413"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w angels|strong="H4397"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}But|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" dragon|strong="H8577" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" win|strong="H6743" the|strong="G1722" battle|strong="H4421", so|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" allow|strong="H5414" the|strong="G1722" dragon|strong="H8577" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1722" angels|strong="H4397" to|strong="G2532" stay|strong="H3427" in|strong="G1722" heaven|strong="G3772" any|strong="G2089" longer|strong="G2089". 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="G2532" huge|strong="G3173" dragon|strong="G1404" was|strong="G3588" thrown|strong="H7993" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Michael|strong="H4317"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w angels|strong="H4397"\+w*} threw|strong="H7993" the|strong="G2532" huge|strong="G3173" dragon|strong="G1404"} out|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="H8064"\+w*}. The|strong="G2532" dragon|strong="G1404" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" ancient|strong="H5769" serpent|strong="G3789", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3588"\+w*} who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" called|strong="G2564" the|strong="G2532" Devil|strong="G1228" and|strong="G2532" Satan|strong="G4567". He|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" deceives|strong="G4105" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3650"\+w* \+w over|strong="G1519"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G1093". He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" thrown|strong="H7993" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G1093", along|strong="G2532" with|strong="G3326" all|strong="G3650" his|strong="G1519" angels|strong="H4397". 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" heard|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" heaven|strong="G3772" shout|strong="H7321" loudly|strong="G3173", saying|strong="G3004", 
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Now|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" saved|strong="G4991" his|strong="G1438" people|strong="G3004" by|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1438" power|strong="G1411", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" rules|strong="H4910" everyone|strong="G3748"! 
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Now|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Messiah|strong="G5547", the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G1438" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" supreme ruler|strong="H4910" whom|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" appointed|strong="H4150", 
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has|strong="G2316" authority|strong="G1849" to|strong="G2532" rule|strong="H4910" all|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3004", because|strong="G3754" our|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" thrown|strong="H7993" out|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2250" heaven|strong="G3772" the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G1438" who|strong="G3588" accuses|strong="G2723" our|strong="G2316" fellow|strong="H7453" believers! 
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The|strong="G1722" dragon|strong="H8577" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G1438" who|strong="G3588" accuses|strong="G2723" them|strong="G3588" day|strong="G2250" and|strong="G2532" night|strong="G3571" before|strong="G1799" our|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316", 
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saying|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" sinned|strong="H2398" and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2316" ought|strong="H3972" to|strong="G2532" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{11}Our|strong="G2532" fellow|strong="H7453" believers overcame|strong="G3528" the|strong="G2532" dragon|strong="H8577" because|strong="G1223" they|strong="G2532" never|strong="G3756" stopped|strong="H5975" trusting|strong="H0982" 
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(OR|strong="G2532", never|strong="G3756" stopped|strong="H5975" telling|strong="H1696" people|strong="G5590" about|strong="G3588") Jesus|strong="G2532", 
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and|strong="G2532" because|strong="G1223" they|strong="G2532" trusted|strong="H0982" in|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2532", the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" like|strong="H3644" a|strong="G2532" lamb|strong="H3532", accomplished|strong="H3615" when|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1223" blood|strong="H1818" flowed|strong="H1980" when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" died|strong="G2288". 
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Even|strong="G2532" though|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" believers wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="G2532" live|strong="G2532", 
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they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" willing|strong="H0014" to|strong="G2532" let|strong="G2532" people|strong="G5590" kill|strong="H2026" them|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1223" speaking|strong="G3056" the|strong="G2532" truth|strong="H0571" about|strong="G3588" him|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{12}So|strong="G2532", all|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" angels|strong="H4397" living|strong="G2192" [MTY] in|strong="G1722" heaven|strong="G3772", rejoice|strong="G2165"! 
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But|strong="G2532" terrible|strong="G3173" things|strong="G3778" will|strong="G2532" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G5210" ungodly|strong="H7563" people|strong="G1492" who|strong="G3588" [MTY] live|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" earth|strong="G1093" and|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" ocean|strong="H5437", because|strong="G3754" the|strong="G1722" devil|strong="G1228" has|strong="G2192" come|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G5210"! 
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He|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" very|strong="G2532" angry|strong="G2372" because|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" knows|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" has|strong="G2192" only|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2192" short|strong="G3641" time|strong="G2540" during|strong="G1722" which|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" can|strong="G1492" harm|strong="H7463" people|strong="G1492". 

\BibleSectionHeading{When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" dragon|strong="H8577" pursued|strong="H7291" the|strong="G1722" woman|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2192" given|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="G4314" a|strong="G2192" son|strong="H1121", he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" thwarted|strong="H6565", so|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" prepared|strong="H3559" to|strong="G4314" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="G4314" her|strong="G3708" other|strong="G3588" offspring|strong="H2233". }
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\verseNumber{13}When|strong="G3753" the|strong="G2532" dragon|strong="G1404" realized|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" thrown|strong="H7993" {that|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w angels|strong="H4397"\+w*} had|strong="G2532" thrown|strong="H7993" him|strong="G3588"} down|strong="H3381" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G1093", he|strong="G2532" pursued|strong="H7291" the|strong="G2532" woman|strong="G1135" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" given|strong="H5414" birth|strong="G5088" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" son|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" woman|strong="G1135" was|strong="G3588" given|strong="G1325" two|strong="G1417" wings|strong="G4420" like|strong="G2443" the|strong="G2532" wings|strong="G4420" of|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" very|strong="G2532" large|strong="G3173" eagle|strong="H5404", in|strong="G1519" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" she|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" fly|strong="G4072" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" desolate|strong="G2048" place|strong="G5117". That|strong="G2443" is|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" place|strong="G5117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} has|strong="G2532" prepared|strong="H3559" for|strong="G1519" her|strong="G1325". There|strong="G1563" she|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" taken|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="G2532" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w angels|strong="H4397"\+w*} took|strong="G2532" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="G2532" her|strong="G1325"} for|strong="G1519" three|strong="H7969" and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" half|strong="G2255" years|strong="G3173". The|strong="G2532" serpent|strong="G3789", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w dragon|strong="H8577"\+w*}, was|strong="G3588" not|strong="G2532" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="G1519" reach|strong="H5060" her|strong="G1325" there|strong="G1563". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="G2532" serpent|strong="G3789" spewed|strong="H7006" water|strong="G5204" like|strong="G5613" a|strong="G5613" river|strong="G4215" from|strong="G1537" his|strong="G1438" mouth|strong="G4750" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" direction|strong="H3027" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" woman|strong="G1135", in|strong="G2532" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" the|strong="G2532" water|strong="G5204" might|strong="G2532" sweep|strong="G4216" her|strong="G1438" away|strong="G4216". 
\verseNumber{16}But|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" ground|strong="G1093" helped|strong="H5826" the|strong="G2532" woman|strong="G1135" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="G1537"\+w*} opening|strong="H6310" up|strong="G2666" and|strong="G2532" swallowing the|strong="G2532" river|strong="G4215" that|strong="G3739" the|strong="G2532" dragon|strong="G1404" spewed|strong="H7006" out|strong="G1537" from|strong="G1537" his|strong="G2532" mouth|strong="G4750"! 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" dragon|strong="G1404" was|strong="G3588" very|strong="G2532" angry|strong="G3710" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G2532" woman|strong="G1135", so|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2424" away|strong="G3326" to|strong="G2532" fight|strong="G4171" against|strong="G1909" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" rest|strong="G3062" of|strong="G2316" her|strong="G2192" descendants|strong="G4690". They|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G4160" who|strong="G3588" obey|strong="G5083" God’s|strong="G2316" commandments|strong="G1785" and|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" tell|strong="H5046" other|strong="G3062" people|strong="G4160" about|strong="G1909" Jesus|strong="G2424" (OR|strong="G2532", hold|strong="G2192" fast|strong="G2192" to|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2424" taught|strong="H3925" them|strong="G3588"). 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="G2532" dragon|strong="H8577" stood|strong="G2476" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" ocean|strong="H5437" shore|strong="H8193". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A beast rose from the ocean. It received power and authority from the dragon. Everyone worshipped it; that is, all people whose names were not recorded in the book of life worshipped the beast for 42 months. }
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\chapterNumber{13}I|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" a|strong="G2192" beast|strong="G2342" that|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" coming|strong="G2342" up|strong="G2532" out|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" ocean|strong="H5437". It|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2192" ten|strong="G1176" horns|strong="G2768" and|strong="G2532" seven|strong="G2033" heads|strong="G2776". On|strong="G1909" each|strong="H0376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G1537"\+w*} its|strong="G1537" horns|strong="G2768" there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2192" royal|strong="H4438" crown|strong="H5850". On|strong="G1909" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w each|strong="H0376"\+w*} of|strong="G1537" its|strong="G1537" heads|strong="G2776" there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2192" name|strong="G3686" that|strong="G3588" insulted|strong="H3637" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="G2532" beast|strong="G2342" that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" saw|strong="G3708" was|strong="G1510" like|strong="G5613" a|strong="G5613" leopard|strong="G3917". But|strong="G2532" its|strong="G1325" feet|strong="G4228" were|strong="G1510" like|strong="G5613" the|strong="G2532" feet|strong="G4228" of|strong="G2532" a|strong="G5613" bear|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" its|strong="G1325" mouth|strong="G4750" was|strong="G1510" like|strong="G5613" the|strong="G2532" mouth|strong="G4750" of|strong="G2532" a|strong="G5613" lion|strong="G3023". The|strong="G2532" dragon|strong="G1404" gave|strong="G1325" the|strong="G2532" beast|strong="G2342" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w power|strong="G1411"\+w*}. From|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3708" own|strong="H1961" throne|strong="G2362" he|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G1325" it|strong="G2532" authority|strong="G1849" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w rule|strong="H4910"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w*} [DOU]. 
\verseNumber{3}One|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" heads|strong="G2776" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" beast|strong="G2342" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" wounded|strong="G4969" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Lord|strong="G3588"\+w*} had|strong="G2532" wounded|strong="G4969" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" heads|strong="G2776" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" beast|strong="G2342"}, causing|strong="H7462" the|strong="G2532" beast|strong="G2342" to|strong="G1519" almost|strong="H4592" die|strong="G2288". But|strong="G2532" its|strong="G1537" wound|strong="G4127" was|strong="G3588" healed|strong="G2323". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w As|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w a|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w result|strong="G1537"\+w*, \+w nearly|strong="H1241"\+w*} all|strong="G3650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G1093" [HYP, MTY] marveled|strong="G2296" at|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" beast|strong="G2342" and|strong="G2532" became|strong="G3588" his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{4}They|strong="G2532" worshipped|strong="G4352" the|strong="G2532" dragon|strong="G1404", because|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" given|strong="G1325" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" beast|strong="G2342" authority|strong="G1849" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w rule|strong="H4910"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w*}. They|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" worshipped|strong="G4352" the|strong="G2532" beast|strong="G2342", saying|strong="G3004", “No|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w powerful|strong="H2392"\+w*} as|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" beast|strong="G2342"!/ [RHQ] ◄No|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" would|strong="G2532" dare|strong="H6148" to|strong="G2532" fight|strong="G4170" against|strong="G3326" it|strong="G2532"!/Who|strong="G5101" would|strong="G2532" dare|strong="H6148" to|strong="G2532" fight|strong="G4170" against|strong="G3326" it|strong="G2532"?►” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="G2532" beast|strong="H0929" was|strong="G2532" allowed|strong="H5414" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} allowed|strong="H5414" the|strong="G2532" beast|strong="H0929"} to|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G2980" [MTY] in|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" boastful|strong="H1984" way|strong="H1870" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" insult|strong="H2781" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w*} allowed|strong="H5414" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} also|strong="G2532" allowed|strong="H5414" it|strong="G2532"} to|strong="G2532" rule|strong="H4910" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w over|strong="G1849"\+w* \+w people|strong="G4160"\+w*} for|strong="G2532" 42 months|strong="G3376". 
\verseNumber{6}It|strong="G2532" [MTY] insulted|strong="H3637" God|strong="G2316", insulted|strong="H3637" the|strong="G1722" place|strong="G1722" where|strong="G1722" he|strong="G2532" lives|strong="H5315", and|strong="G2532" insulted|strong="H3637" everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="G3588" lives|strong="H5315" with|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" heaven|strong="G3772". 
\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w*} allowed|strong="H5414" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} allowed|strong="H5414" it|strong="G2532"} to|strong="G2532" fight|strong="G4171" against|strong="G1909" God’s|strong="H0430" people|strong="G2992" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" conquer|strong="G3528" them|strong="G3588". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w*} allowed|strong="H5414" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} allowed|strong="H5414" it|strong="G2532"} to|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" authority|strong="G1849" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w rule|strong="H4910"\+w*} over|strong="G1909" every|strong="G3956" tribe|strong="G5443", over|strong="G1909" every|strong="G3956" people-\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w group|strong="H7235"\+w*}, over|strong="G1909" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{speakers \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} every|strong="G3956" language|strong="G1100" [MTY], and|strong="G2532" over|strong="G1909" every|strong="G3956" nation|strong="G1484". 
\verseNumber{8}Most|strong="H6944" of|strong="G2532" [HYP] the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3956"\+w*} living|strong="G2730" on|strong="G1909" earth|strong="G1093" worshipped|strong="G4352" it|strong="G2532". They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3956" whose|strong="G3739" names|strong="G3686" were|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" written|strong="G1125" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" book|strong="G3588" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w*} lamb|strong="H3532", the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" killed|strong="H2026". Since|strong="H3588" the|strong="G1722" beginning|strong="H7225" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" world|strong="G2889" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wrote|strong="G1125"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w names|strong="G3686"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w*} will|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w eternal|strong="H5769"\+w*} life|strong="G2222". 
\verseNumber{9}Everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="G5100" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="G5100" understand|strong="H0995" [MTY] must|strong="G5100" listen|strong="H8085" carefully|strong="H6213" to|strong="G5100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w from|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}: 
\verseNumber{10}If|strong="G1487" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w has|strong="G4102"\+w* \+w determined|strong="H2782"\+w*} that|strong="G3588" some|strong="G5100" people|strong="G1510" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" captured|strong="H3920" by|strong="G1722" their|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}, they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" captured|strong="H3920". If|strong="G1487" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w has|strong="G4102"\+w* \+w determined|strong="H2782"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} some|strong="G5100" people|strong="G1510" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" killed|strong="H2026" with|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" sword|strong="G3162", they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" killed|strong="H2026" with|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" sword|strong="G3162". So|strong="G2532" God’s|strong="H0430" people|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w must|strong="G1163"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w*} steadfast|strong="H3559", and|strong="G2532" remain|strong="G1510" faithful|strong="H0539" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Another|strong="G5100" beast|strong="H0929" appeared|strong="H7200", having|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" same|strong="G2532" authority|strong="H3027" to|strong="G1519" rule|strong="H4910" people|strong="G1510" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" first|strong="G3588" beast|strong="H0929" had|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" caused|strong="H5414" people|strong="G1510" on|strong="G1722" earth|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" worship|strong="H7812" the|strong="G1722" first|strong="G3588" beast|strong="H0929". People|strong="G1510" made|strong="G4102" an|strong="G2532" image|strong="H6459" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" first|strong="G3588" beast|strong="H0929", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" beast|strong="H0929" had|strong="G2532" everyone|strong="H3605" killed|strong="H2026" who|strong="G3588" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="G1519" worship|strong="H7812" the|strong="G1722" image|strong="H6459". It|strong="G2532" caused|strong="H5414" all|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G1510" marked|strong="H8104" with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" first|strong="G3588" beast|strong="H0929". The|strong="G1722" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" beast’s|strong="H2423" name|strong="H8034" is|strong="G1510" 666. }
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\verseNumber{11}I|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" another|strong="G3588" beast|strong="G2342", which|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" coming|strong="G2342" up|strong="G2532" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G1093". It|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2192" two|strong="G1417" small|strong="G1537" horns|strong="G2768" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w its|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w head|strong="H7218"\+w*} like|strong="G5613" a|strong="G2192" sheep|strong="H6629" has|strong="G2192". But|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" spoke|strong="G2980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w things|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w deceive|strong="H5377"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3588"\+w*}, like|strong="G5613" the|strong="G2532" dragon|strong="G1404" does|strong="G2192". 
\verseNumber{12}While|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" first|strong="G4413" beast|strong="G2342" watched|strong="H7200", it|strong="G2532" used|strong="H6213" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w same|strong="G3739"\+w*} authority|strong="G1849" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w rule|strong="H4910"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w first|strong="G4413"\+w* \+w beast|strong="G2342"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w*}. It|strong="G2532" forced|strong="H4522" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3739" live|strong="G2730" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" earth|strong="G1093" [MTY, DOU] to|strong="G2443" worship|strong="G4352" the|strong="G1722" first|strong="G4413" beast|strong="G2342", that|strong="G2443" is|strong="G3588", the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" was|strong="G3588" healed|strong="G2323" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" wound|strong="G4127" that|strong="G2443" had|strong="G2532" caused|strong="G4160" it|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2443" almost|strong="H4592" die|strong="G2288". 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="G2532" second|strong="H8145" beast|strong="H0929" performed|strong="G4160" awesome|strong="H3372" miracles|strong="G4592", even|strong="G2532" causing|strong="G4160" fire|strong="G4442" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" sky|strong="G3772" to|strong="G1519" fall|strong="H5307" to|strong="G1519" earth|strong="G1093" while|strong="G2532" people|strong="G4160" watched|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="G2532" performed|strong="G4160" miracles|strong="G4592" ◄on|strong="G1909" behalf|strong="G1799" of|strong="G1223"/with|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" authority|strong="H3027" of|strong="G1223"► the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w first|strong="G3588"\+w*} beast|strong="G2342". By|strong="G1223" doing|strong="G4160" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" deceived|strong="G4105" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{unbelieving} people|strong="G4160" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G1093" so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w believed|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w should|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w first|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w beast|strong="G2342"\+w*. \+w But|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w happened|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w only|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w because|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} allowed|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*}. The|strong="G2532" second|strong="H8145" beast|strong="G2342" told|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G4160" living|strong="G2198" on|strong="G1909" earth|strong="G1093" to|strong="G2532" make|strong="G4160" an|strong="G2192" image|strong="G1504" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w first|strong="G3588"\+w*} beast|strong="G2342", the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3739" that|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G4160"\+w*} had|strong="G2192" almost|strong="H4592" killed|strong="H2026" with|strong="G1223" a|strong="G2192" sword|strong="G3162" and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" then|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2532" back|strong="G1325" to|strong="G2532" life|strong="G2198" again|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="G2532" image|strong="G1504" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w first|strong="G3588"\+w*} beast|strong="G2342" was|strong="G3588" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="G2443" breathe|strong="H5397", in|strong="G2532" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" it|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G2980" and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2532" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w might|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w command|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w*} whoever|strong="G3588" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="G2443" worship|strong="G4352" its|strong="G1325" image|strong="G1504" should|strong="G3588" be|strong="G2532" killed|strong="H2026" {that|strong="G2443" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G4160"\+w*} should|strong="G3588" kill|strong="H2026" whoever|strong="G3588" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="G2443" worship|strong="G4352" its|strong="G1325" image|strong="G1504"}. 
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\verseNumber{17}They|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588" in|strong="G2532" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" people|strong="G3361" could|strong="G1410" not|strong="G3361" buy|strong="H7069" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w anything|strong="G5100"\+w*} or|strong="G2228" sell|strong="G4453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w anything|strong="G5100"\+w*} if|strong="G1487" they|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" have|strong="G2192" the|strong="G2532" mark|strong="G5480", which|strong="G3588" represents the|strong="G2532" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" beast|strong="G2342" or|strong="G2228" the|strong="G2532" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="G2532" its|strong="H3605" name|strong="G3686", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w foreheads|strong="H4696"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{18}You|strong="G1510" must|strong="G2192" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w think|strong="G2192"\+w*} wisely|strong="H2451" to|strong="G2532" understand|strong="H0995" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w meaning|strong="H0998"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w mark|strong="H0226"\+w*}. Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="G3588" thinks|strong="H8176" wisely|strong="H2451" should|strong="G3588" calculate|strong="G5585" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" beast|strong="G2342" what|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" man’s|strong="H0376" name|strong="H8034" is|strong="G1510". That|strong="G3588" number|strong="H4557" is|strong="G1510" 666. 

\BibleSectionHeading{John saw the Lamb standing on Zion Mountain with 144,000 redeemed people, who were marked with God’s seal. They were singing a new song that only the redeemed could sing. }
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\verseNumber{4}Those|strong="G3588" 144,000 are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1510" who|strong="G3739" are|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{spiritually} pure|strong="H2889", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} virgins|strong="G3933" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w morally|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w pure|strong="H2889"\+w*}. They|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" ◄defiled|strong="G3435" themselves|strong="G3326"/made|strong="G2316" themselves|strong="G3326" impure|strong="H2932"► [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w worshipping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w any|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w false|strong="H8267"\+w* \+w god|strong="G2316"\+w*}. They|strong="G2532" are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" ones|strong="H2945" who|strong="G3739" accompany|strong="G1510" Jesus|strong="G1510", the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w*} lamb|strong="H3532", wherever|strong="G3699" he|strong="G2532" goes|strong="G5217". They|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w represent|strong="H7969"\+w* \+w all|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w whom|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2316"\+w*} redeemed|strong="H1350"/bought|strong="H7069" for|strong="G1063" God|strong="G2316" from|strong="G2532" among|strong="G3326" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w earth|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w might|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w offer|strong="H7126"\+w*} them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w himself|strong="H5315"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{An|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397" announced|strong="H1696" that|strong="G3588" after|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2532" judged|strong="H8199" and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" destroyed|strong="H4229" the|strong="G1722" wicked|strong="G3588" cities|strong="H5892" symbolized as|strong="G1722" Babylon|strong="H0894". Another|strong="G3588" angel|strong="H4397" declared|strong="H5046" individual|strong="H1538" judgment|strong="H4941" on|strong="G1722" worshipers|strong="H5647" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" beast|strong="H0929", who|strong="G3588" symbolizes|strong="H2719" the|strong="G1722" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588" world|strong="H8398" power|strong="H3027". The|strong="G1722" saints|strong="H2623" are|strong="G1510" called|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" remain|strong="G1510" steadfast|strong="H3559". }
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\verseNumber{6}I|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" another|strong="G3588" angel|strong="H4397" that|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" flying|strong="G4072" between|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" sky|strong="H8064" and|strong="G2532" heaven|strong="G3321". He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" bringing|strong="G2192" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w*} eternal|strong="H5769" good|strong="G2097" message|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w earth|strong="G1093"\+w*}, in|strong="G1722" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" proclaim|strong="G2097" it|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992" who|strong="G3588" live|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" earth|strong="G1093". He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" proclaim|strong="G2097" it|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" every|strong="G3956" nation|strong="G1484", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w every|strong="G3956"\+w*} tribe|strong="G5443", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* speakers \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w every|strong="G3956"\+w*} language|strong="G1100" [MTY], and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w every|strong="G3956"\+w*} people-\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w group|strong="H7235"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" loud|strong="G3173" voice|strong="G5456", “Revere|strong="H3372" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" honor|strong="G1391" him|strong="G3588", because|strong="G3754" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" now|strong="G2532" time|strong="G5610" for|strong="G3754" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" judge|strong="H8199" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G4160"\+w*}! Worship|strong="G4352" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w*} the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" created|strong="G4160" the|strong="G1722" heaven|strong="G3772", the|strong="G1722" earth|strong="G1093", the|strong="G1722" ocean|strong="H5437", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" springs|strong="G4077" of|strong="G2316" water|strong="G5204".” 
\verseNumber{8}A|strong="G2532" second|strong="G1208" angel|strong="H4397" came|strong="G2532" after|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" saying|strong="G3004", “The|strong="G2532" very|strong="G2532" evil|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*} (OR|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}) \BibleCharacterStyleADD{represented \+w by|strong="G1537"\+w*} Babylon|strong="H0894" are|strong="G3588" completely|strong="H3617" destroyed|strong="H4229"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} has|strong="G3739" punished|strong="H6485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1484"\+w* \+w because|strong="G1537"\+w*} they|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w persuaded|strong="H5496"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1484"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w*} all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" nations|strong="G1484" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w forsake|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*, \+w just|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w prostitute|strong="H2181"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] persuades \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w men|strong="G3956"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" drink|strong="G4222" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w strong|strong="G3173"\+w*} wine|strong="G3631" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w result|strong="G1537"\+w*} commit|strong="H6213" sexual|strong="G4202" immorality|strong="G4202".” 
\verseNumber{9}A|strong="G2532" third|strong="G5154" angel|strong="H4397" came|strong="G2532" next|strong="H4283", saying|strong="G3004" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" loud|strong="G3173" voice|strong="G5456", “If|strong="G1487" people|strong="G2983" worship|strong="G4352" the|strong="G1722" beast|strong="G2342" and|strong="G2532" its|strong="H3605" image|strong="G1504" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w allow|strong="H5414"\+w*} its|strong="H3605" mark|strong="G5480" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2532" {its|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{agent \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} put|strong="G2532" its|strong="H3605" mark|strong="G5480"} on|strong="G1909" their|strong="G2532" foreheads|strong="G3359" or|strong="G2228" on|strong="G1909" their|strong="G2532" hands|strong="G5495", 
\verseNumber{10}God|strong="G2316" will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G2532" angry|strong="G2372" with|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="G3588" very|strong="G2532" severely|strong="H5953" [MET|strong="H6298"]. They|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G2532" tormented|strong="H1204" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*} will|strong="G2316" torment|strong="H6887" them|strong="G3588"} in|strong="G1722" burning|strong="G4442" sulfur|strong="G2303" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" presence|strong="G1799" of|strong="G1537" his|strong="G1722" holy|strong="H6944" angels|strong="H4397" and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" presence|strong="G1799" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w*} lamb|strong="H3532". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Someone|strong="H0376" like|strong="G2443" the|strong="G1722" One|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" came|strong="G2532" from|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="G3772" sat|strong="G3498" on|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" cloud|strong="H6051", holding|strong="H2388" a|strong="G2532" sharp|strong="H2299" sickle|strong="H2770". An|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" sanctuary|strong="H6944" commanded|strong="H6680" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2443" harvest|strong="H7105" the|strong="G1722" earth|strong="G2532". Another|strong="G3588" angel|strong="H4397" was|strong="G3588" commanded|strong="H6680" to|strong="G2443" reap|strong="H7114" fruit|strong="H6529" that|strong="G2443" grows|strong="H3318" on|strong="G1722" vines|strong="H1612". He|strong="G2532" threw|strong="H7993" the|strong="G1722" fruit|strong="H6529" that|strong="G2443" he|strong="G2532" harvested|strong="H1219" into|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" place|strong="G1722" where|strong="G1722" God|strong="G3004" angrily|strong="H2195" crushes|strong="H7779" people|strong="G3004" like|strong="G2443" a|strong="G2532" winepress|strong="H3342" crushes|strong="H7779" grapes|strong="H6025". When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" winepress|strong="H3342" was|strong="G3588" trodden|strong="H1869", the|strong="G1722" flow|strong="H1980" was|strong="G3588" like|strong="G2443" a|strong="G2532" flood|strong="H3999" of|strong="G1537" blood|strong="H1818" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" earth|strong="G2532". }
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\verseNumber{15}Another|strong="G3588" angel|strong="H4397" came|strong="G2064" out|strong="G1831" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" temple|strong="G3485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="H8064"\+w*}. In|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" loud|strong="G3173" voice|strong="G5456", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w speaking|strong="H1696"\+w* figuratively \+w about|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w gathering|strong="H4723"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w for|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w judge|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" sitting|strong="G2521" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" cloud|strong="G3507", “The|strong="G1722" time|strong="G5610" has|strong="G5610" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G2532" reap|strong="G2325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w grain|strong="H1715"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w earth|strong="G1093"\+w*}, so|strong="G2532" with|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" sickle|strong="G1407" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w reap|strong="G2325"\+w*} the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w grain|strong="H1715"\+w*}, because|strong="G3754" the|strong="G1722" grain|strong="H1715" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" earth|strong="G1093" is|strong="G3588" ripe|strong="G3583".” 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" sitting|strong="G2521" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" cloud|strong="G3507" forcefully gathered|strong="H6960" together|strong="G1909" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3588"\+w*} on|strong="G1909" earth|strong="G1093", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G2532"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w farmer|strong="H0127"\+w*} reaps|strong="G2325" grain|strong="H1715" with|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1909" sickle|strong="G1407". 
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\verseNumber{19}So|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w just|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w man|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2316"\+w*} cut|strong="G2532" off|strong="H3772" with|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1519" sickle|strong="G1407" the|strong="G2532" clusters|strong="H0811" of|strong="G2316" grapes|strong="H6025" in|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" vineyard|strong="H3754" [MET|strong="H6298"], an|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397" forcefully \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gathered|strong="G5166"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wicked|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3588"\+w*} on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G1093". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" threw|strong="H7993" them|strong="G3588" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" huge|strong="G3173" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="G1519" God|strong="G2316" will|strong="G2316" angrily|strong="H2195" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="G3588". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{John saw in the sky a marvelous sign of the seven angels who were responsible for inflicting people with the seven last plagues. }
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\chapterNumber{15}Something|strong="G3708" else|strong="G2532" very|strong="G2532" unusual|strong="H2114" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w appeared|strong="G3708"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" sky|strong="G3772". I|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" seven|strong="G2033" angels|strong="H4397", whose|strong="G3588" duty|strong="H2992" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w*} (OR|strong="G2532", inflict|strong="H5414" hardship|strong="H8513" upon|strong="G1722") \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w rebellious|strong="H4805"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3588"\+w*} with|strong="G1722" seven|strong="G2033" different|strong="H8133" plagues|strong="G4127" (OR|strong="G2532", in|strong="G1722" seven|strong="G2033" different|strong="H8133" ways|strong="H1870"). God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G3588" so|strong="G2532" angry|strong="G2372" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w rebellious|strong="H4805"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*} this|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" last|strong="G2078" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w time|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w with|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w purpose|strong="H6098"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w giving|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w an|strong="G2192"\+w* opportunity \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w turn|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w away|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sinful|strong="H2400"\+w* \+w behavior|strong="H3027"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{John|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2192" been|strong="G2192" victorious|strong="H7161" over|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" beast|strong="H0929" respond|strong="H6030" to|strong="G2532" God’s|strong="G2316" judgment|strong="H4941" of|strong="G2316" rebellious|strong="H4805" people|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1722" earth|strong="G2532" by|strong="G1722" singing|strong="H7440" praise|strong="H1984" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" for|strong="G3754" his|strong="G1722" mighty|strong="G3173" deliverance|strong="H8668" and|strong="G2532" righteous|strong="H6662" judgment|strong="H4941". }
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\verseNumber{2}I|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" what|strong="G3588" looked|strong="G3708" like|strong="G5613" an|strong="G2192" ocean|strong="H5437" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w made|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w*} glass|strong="G5193" and|strong="G2532" mixed|strong="G3396" with|strong="G1537" fire|strong="G4442". And|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" overcame|strong="G3528" the|strong="G2532" beast|strong="G2342" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w not|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w worshipping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*} or|strong="G2532" its|strong="G1537" image|strong="G1504", or|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{allowing \+w its|strong="G1537"\+w* agent \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w mark|strong="H0226"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w with|strong="G1537"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" number|strong="H4557" that|strong="G3588" corresponds to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" beast’s|strong="H2423" name|strong="G3686" [PRS]. They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" standing|strong="G2476" by|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" ocean|strong="H5437" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w looked|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w like|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w made|strong="G2316"\+w*} of|strong="G1537" glass|strong="G5193". They|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2192" harps|strong="G2788" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w praising|strong="H1984"\+w*} God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{3}They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" singing|strong="H7440" a|strong="G2532" song|strong="G5603" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} God’s|strong="G2316" servant|strong="G1401" Moses|strong="G3475" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sang|strong="H7891"\+w* \+w long|strong="G3173"\+w* \+w ago|strong="H7350"\+w*}. They|strong="G2532" sang|strong="H7891" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w praise|strong="H1984"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*, \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} a|strong="G2532" lamb|strong="G3004": 
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Lord|strong="G2962" God|strong="G2316" Almighty|strong="G3841", 
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whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="G4771" do|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" powerful|strong="H2392" and|strong="G2532" marvelous|strong="G2298"! 
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You|strong="G4771" always|strong="H3605" act|strong="H6213" righteously|strong="H6664" and|strong="G2532" truthfully|strong="H0530". 
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You|strong="G4771" are|strong="G3588" king|strong="G3588" forever|strong="H5769"! 
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\verseNumber{4}O|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="G2962", you|strong="G4771" alone|strong="G3441" are|strong="G3588" holy|strong="G3741"! 
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People|strong="G1484" of|strong="G2532" [MTY] all|strong="G3956" nations|strong="G1484" will|strong="G5101" come|strong="G2240" and|strong="G2532" worship|strong="G4352" you|strong="G4771", 
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because|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" show|strong="G5319" everyone|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2532" judged|strong="H8199" everyone|strong="G3956" righteously|strong="H6664". 
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So|strong="G2532", everyone|strong="G3956" will|strong="G5101" fear|strong="G5399" you|strong="G4771" and|strong="G2532" honor|strong="G1392" you|strong="G4771"! [RHQ]. 

\BibleSectionHeading{John|strong="G2532" saw|strong="H7200" angels|strong="H4397" being|strong="G2532" given|strong="G3361" the|strong="G2532" seven|strong="H7651" bowls|strong="H4219" of|strong="G2532" judgment|strong="G1345" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" heavenly|strong="H8064" sanctuary|strong="H6944", which|strong="G3588" became|strong="G3588" filled|strong="H4390" with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" smoke|strong="H6227" of|strong="G2532" God’s|strong="H0430" unapproachable glory|strong="G1392". }
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\verseNumber{7}One|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" four|strong="G5064" living|strong="G2198" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w creatures|strong="G2226"\+w*} gave|strong="G1325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w each|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" seven|strong="G2033" angels|strong="H4397" a|strong="G2532" golden|strong="G5552" bowl|strong="G5357", filled|strong="G1073" with|strong="G1537" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wine|strong="H3196"\+w*/\+w liquid|strong="H5674"\+w*. \+w That|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w wine|strong="H3196"\+w*/\+w liquid|strong="H5674"\+w* symbolized} that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316", who|strong="G3588" lives|strong="G2198" forever|strong="G1519", would|strong="G2316" severely|strong="H5953" punish|strong="H6485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w rebellious|strong="H4805"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="G2532" temple|strong="G3485" was|strong="G3588" filled|strong="G1072" with|strong="G1537" smoke|strong="G2586" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* symbolized} the|strong="G2532" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" glorious|strong="G1391" and|strong="G2532" all-powerful God|strong="G2316". No|strong="G3762" one|strong="G3762" was|strong="G3588" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G1519" enter|strong="G1525" the|strong="G2532" temple|strong="G3485" until|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" seven|strong="G2033" angels|strong="H4397" finished|strong="G5055" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w pouring|strong="H5258"\+w* \+w out|strong="G1537"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" seven|strong="G2033" plagues|strong="G4127". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Four angels emptied their judgment bowls. }
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\chapterNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w In|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H2377"\+w*} I|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w*} in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" temple|strong="G3485" speak|strong="G3004" in|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" loud|strong="G3173" voice|strong="G5456" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" angels|strong="H4397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w seven|strong="G2033"\+w* \+w bowls|strong="G5357"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Go|strong="G5217" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w here|strong="G1519"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" pour|strong="G1632" out|strong="G1537" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G1093" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wine|strong="H3196"\+w*/\+w liquid|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w*} [MTY] the|strong="G2532" seven|strong="G2033" bowls|strong="G5357". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G3588" angry|strong="G2372" with|strong="G1537" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w rebellious|strong="H4805"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" first|strong="G4413" angel|strong="G1632" went|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" poured|strong="G1632" out|strong="G1632" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G1093" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wine|strong="H3196"\+w*/\+w liquid|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w*} [MTY] his|strong="G1519" bowl|strong="G5357". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w As|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w result|strong="G1519"\+w*}, horrible|strong="H8186" and|strong="G2532" painful|strong="G4190" sores|strong="G1668" broke|strong="H7665" out|strong="G1632" on|strong="G1909" God’s|strong="H0430" enemies|strong="H0341" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2192" allowed|strong="H5414" the|strong="G2532" beast’s|strong="H2423" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{agents} to|strong="G1519" mark|strong="G5480" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" worshipped|strong="G4352" the|strong="G2532" image|strong="G1504" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" beast|strong="G2342". 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="G1722" second|strong="G1208" angel|strong="G1632" poured|strong="G1632" out|strong="G1632" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" ocean|strong="H5437" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w wine|strong="H3196"\+w*/\+w liquid|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w*} [MTY] his|strong="G3956" bowl|strong="G5357". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w As|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w result|strong="G1519"\+w*}, the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w water|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w ocean|strong="H5437"\+w* \+w stank|strong="H0887"\+w* \+w like|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w blood|strong="H1818"\+w*} of|strong="G2532" a|strong="G1096" person|strong="G5590" who|strong="G3588" has|strong="G1096" died|strong="G3588". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w And|strong="G2532"\+w*} [MTY] every|strong="G3956" living|strong="G2222" creature|strong="G5590" that|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1096" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" ocean|strong="H5437" died|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="G2532" third|strong="G5154" angel|strong="G1632" poured|strong="G1632" out|strong="G1632" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" rivers|strong="G4215" and|strong="G2532" water|strong="G5204" springs|strong="G4077" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wine|strong="H3196"\+w*/\+w liquid|strong="H5674"\+w*} [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w*} his|strong="G1519" bowl|strong="G5357". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w As|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w result|strong="G1519"\+w*, \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w water|strong="G5204"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w rivers|strong="G4215"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w springs|strong="G4077"\+w*} turned|strong="G1096" into|strong="G1519" blood|strong="H1818". 
\verseNumber{5}I|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w has|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w authority|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w over|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" waters|strong="G5204" say|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*}, “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w O|strong="H3069"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*}, you|strong="G3754" exist|strong="G1510" and|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" always|strong="H3605" existed|strong="G1510". You|strong="G3754" are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" holy|strong="G3741" one|strong="G3588". You|strong="G3754" judge|strong="G2919" people|strong="G2919" justly|strong="H4941". 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w an|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w angel|strong="H4397"\+w*} respond|strong="H6030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G2532"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" altar|strong="G2379" [PRS], “Yes|strong="G3483", Lord|strong="G2962" God|strong="G2316", you|strong="G4771" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" almighty|strong="G3841", you|strong="G4771" punish|strong="H6485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3004"\+w*} rightly|strong="H3588" and|strong="G2532" justly|strong="H4941"!” 
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\verseNumber{10}When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" fifth|strong="G3991" angel|strong="G1632" poured|strong="G1632" out|strong="G1537" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" throne|strong="G2362" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" beast|strong="G2342" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wine|strong="H3196"\+w*/\+w liquid|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1909"\+w*} [MTY] his|strong="G1909" bowl|strong="G5357", it|strong="G2532" became|strong="G1096" dark|strong="H2822" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" kingdom|strong="H4467" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" beast|strong="G2342" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ruled|strong="H4427"\+w*. \+w As|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w result|strong="G1537"\+w*, \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w beast|strong="G2342"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3145"\+w* \+w whom|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w ruled|strong="H4427"\+w*} were|strong="G3588" biting their|strong="G2532" tongues|strong="G1100" because|strong="G1537" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w suffering|strong="H6040"\+w* \+w intense|strong="H7068"\+w*} pain|strong="G4192". 
\verseNumber{11}They|strong="G2532" insulted|strong="H3637" God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w rules|strong="H4910"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w*} heaven|strong="G3772", because|strong="G1537" their|strong="G2532" sores|strong="G1668" were|strong="G3588" so|strong="G2532" painful|strong="H4834". But|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" refused|strong="G3756" to|strong="G2532" stop|strong="H2308" doing|strong="G2041" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w evil|strong="G2532"\+w*} things|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" doing|strong="G2041". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{After|strong="H0310" the|strong="H3605" seventh|strong="H7637" angel|strong="H4397" emptied|strong="H6168" his|strong="H3605" bowl|strong="H4219", God|strong="H0430" punished|strong="H6485" the|strong="H3605" very|strong="H3966" evil|strong="H7451" city|strong="H5892" symbolized by|strong="H0801" Babylon|strong="H0894", and|strong="H3967" destroyed|strong="H4229" other|strong="H0312" cities|strong="H5892", and|strong="H3967" terrible|strong="H3372" disasters|strong="H4672" followed|strong="H0310". }
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\verseNumber{17}The|strong="G2532" seventh|strong="G1442" angel|strong="G1632" poured|strong="G1632" out|strong="G1831" into|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" air|strong="H8064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wine|strong="H3196"\+w*/\+w liquid|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1909"\+w*} [MTY] his|strong="G1909" bowl|strong="G5357". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w As|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w result|strong="G1537"\+w*, \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w*} said|strong="G3004" with|strong="G1537" a|strong="G1096" loud|strong="G3173" voice|strong="G5456" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" throne|strong="G2362" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" temple|strong="G3485", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w time|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w finish|strong="H3615"\+w* \+w punishing|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w rebellious|strong="H4805"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w*} is|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1096"\+w*} start|strong="H1870".” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{One of the seven angels offered to show John how God will punish the very evil city represented by a prostitute, with whom the rulers of people on earth have been seduced to act immorally and idolatrously. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397" took|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" wilderness|strong="H4057", he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="H7200" an|strong="G2532" immoral|strong="G4202" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="G3739" was|strong="G3588" drunk|strong="G3184" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G2532" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="G1537" God’s|strong="H0430" people|strong="G3588". The|strong="G2532" sight|strong="G3588" caused|strong="H5414" John|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" react with|strong="G3326" great|strong="G2532" bewilderment|strong="H8541". }
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="G2532", as|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w*} Spirit|strong="G4151" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w controlled|strong="H0662"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*}, the|strong="G1722" angel|strong="H4397" carried|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473" away|strong="H5493" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2192" desolate|strong="G2048" area|strong="H1508". There|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" saw|strong="G3708" a|strong="G2192" woman|strong="G1135" who|strong="G2532" was|strong="G2532" sitting|strong="G2521" on|strong="G1909" a|strong="G2192" red|strong="H5488" beast|strong="G2342". The|strong="G1722" beast|strong="G2342" had|strong="G2192" names|strong="G3686" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w written|strong="G3686"\+w*} all|strong="G2532" over|strong="G1909" itself|strong="H0905". They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G2532" names|strong="G3686" that|strong="G2532" ◄insulted|strong="H3637"/spoke|strong="H1696" evil|strong="G2532" against|strong="G1909"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*}. The|strong="G1722" beast|strong="G2342" had|strong="G2192" seven|strong="G2033" heads|strong="G2776" and|strong="G2532" ten|strong="G1176" horns|strong="G2768". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{A powerful angel descended from heaven and announced that the cities represented by Babylon were about to be completely destroyed because of their immorality and idolatry. }
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\verseNumber{9}“The|strong="G2532" kings|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G1093" who|strong="G3588" have|strong="G2532" acted|strong="H6213" immorally|strong="G4203" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" lived|strong="G2532" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" cities|strong="H5892", doing|strong="H6213" just|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532", will|strong="G2532" weep|strong="G2799" and|strong="G2532" mourn|strong="G2875" [DOU] for|strong="G1909" them|strong="G3588" when|strong="G3752" they|strong="G2532" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="G2532" smoke|strong="G2586" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" fire|strong="H0784" that|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" burning|strong="G4451" those|strong="G3588" cities|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{10}They|strong="G3588" will|strong="G3748" stand|strong="G2476" far|strong="G3113" away|strong="G3113" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w cities|strong="G4172"\+w*}, because|strong="G3754" they|strong="G3588" will|strong="G3748" be|strong="G3588" afraid|strong="H3372" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w they|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3748"\+w* \+w suffer|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w just|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w cities|strong="G4172"\+w*} are|strong="G3588" suffering|strong="H6040". They|strong="G3588" will|strong="G3748" say|strong="G3004", ‘Terrible|strong="G3173" things|strong="G3588" will|strong="G3748" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G1223" awesome|strong="H3372" and|strong="G2064" mighty|strong="G2478" cities|strong="G4172" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{represented \+w by|strong="G1223"\+w*} Babylon|strong="H0894"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} will|strong="G3748" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="G3588" suddenly|strong="H6597" and|strong="G2064" swiftly|strong="H7031" [MTY]!’ 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="G2532" merchants|strong="G1713" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G1093" will|strong="G2532" weep|strong="G2799" and|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" mourn|strong="G3996" [DOU] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}, because|strong="G3754" no|strong="G3762" one|strong="G3762" will|strong="G2532" ever|strong="G3762" again|strong="G3765" buy|strong="H7069" the|strong="G2532" things|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sell|strong="H4376"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{19}They|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" throw|strong="H7993" dust|strong="G5522" on|strong="G1909" their|strong="G2532" heads|strong="G2776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w show|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w sad|strong="H7451"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" shout|strong="G2896", weep|strong="G2799", and|strong="G2532" mourn|strong="G3996" [DOU]. They|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004", ‘Terrible|strong="G3173" things|strong="G3956" have|strong="G2192" happened|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" awesome|strong="H3372"/great|strong="G3173" cities|strong="G4172", the|strong="G1722" cities|strong="G4172" that|strong="G3754" made|strong="G3956" all|strong="G3956" people|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3739" own|strong="H1961" ships|strong="G4143" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w sail|strong="H5251"\+w*} on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" ocean|strong="H5437" become|strong="G4147" rich|strong="G4147" by|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w carrying|strong="H5375"\+w*} their|strong="G2532" costly|strong="H3368" ◄things|strong="G3956" for|strong="G3754" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" sell|strong="H4376"/merchandise|strong="H4627"►! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} has|strong="G2192" suddenly|strong="H6597" and|strong="G2532" swiftly|strong="H7031" destroyed|strong="H4229" [MTY] those|strong="G3588" cities|strong="G4172"!’” 

\BibleSectionHeading{All|strong="G3956" of|strong="G1537" God’s|strong="H0430" people|strong="G3956" are|strong="G3588" called|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" rejoice|strong="G2532" because|strong="G3754" God|strong="G3004" has|strong="G2192" pronounced|strong="H1696" judgment|strong="H4941" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" cities|strong="G4172" represented by|strong="G1722" Babylon|strong="H0894". }
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="G2532" someone|strong="H0376" spoke|strong="H1696" from|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="G3772" saying|strong="G3754", “All|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" who|strong="G3588" live|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1909" heaven|strong="G3772", rejoice|strong="G2165" over|strong="G1909" what|strong="G3588" has|strong="G2316" happened|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w* represented \+w by|strong="G1537"\+w*} Babylon|strong="H0894"! You|strong="G5210" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" God’s|strong="G2316" people|strong="G2919", including|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" apostles, you|strong="G5210" ◄prophets|strong="G4396"/who|strong="G3588" speak|strong="G2316" messages|strong="H2372" that|strong="G3754" come|strong="G2532" directly|strong="H5227" from|strong="G1537" God|strong="G2316"►, rejoice|strong="G2165", because|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" justly|strong="H4941" punished|strong="H6485" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2919" of|strong="G1537" those|strong="G3588" cities|strong="H5892" because|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" acted|strong="H6213" in|strong="G1909" an|strong="G2532" evil|strong="G2532" way|strong="G2917" toward|strong="G1909" you|strong="G5210"!” 
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="G2532" a|strong="G5613" mighty|strong="G2478" angel|strong="H4397" picked|strong="H5375" up|strong="G1519" a|strong="G5613" boulder the|strong="G2532" size|strong="G5613" of|strong="G2532" a|strong="G5613" large|strong="G3173" stone|strong="G3037" for|strong="G1519" grinding|strong="H2912" grain|strong="H1715", and|strong="G2532" threw|strong="H7993" it|strong="G2532" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" ocean|strong="H5437". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “O|strong="H3069" you|strong="G3004" people|strong="G3004" in|strong="G1519" [APO] the|strong="G2532" awesome|strong="H3372"/great|strong="G3173" cities|strong="G4172" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{represented \+w by|strong="G2532"\+w*} Babylon|strong="H0894", your|strong="G2532" cities|strong="G4172" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" destroyed|strong="H4229" so|strong="G3779" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" disappear|strong="H0622" just|strong="G5613" like|strong="G5613" that|strong="G3588" stone|strong="G3037" disappeared|strong="H0369" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" ocean|strong="H5437"! Your|strong="G2532" cities|strong="G4172" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" gone|strong="H1980" forever|strong="G1519" [LIT|strong="H0215"]! 
\verseNumber{22}In|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" cities|strong="H5892" there|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" never|strong="G3756" again|strong="G2089" be|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w anyone|strong="G3956"\+w*} playing|strong="H5059" harps|strong="H3658", singing|strong="H7440", playing|strong="H5059" flutes|strong="H2485", and|strong="G2532" blowing|strong="H8628" trumpets|strong="H2689". There|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" no|strong="G3756" longer|strong="G2089" be|strong="G2532" any|strong="G3956" ◄skilled|strong="H2450" workers|strong="H6466"/craftsmen|strong="G5079"► making|strong="G2532" things|strong="G3956". There|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" never|strong="G3756" again|strong="G2089" be|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3956" grinding|strong="H2912" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w grain|strong="H1715"\+w* \+w at|strong="G1722"\+w*} [MTY] the|strong="G1722" mills|strong="H7347". 
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\verseNumber{24}You|strong="G1722" are|strong="G3588" also|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w responsible|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w killing|strong="H2026"\+w*} [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w*} prophets|strong="G4396" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w others|strong="G3588"\+w*} of|strong="G2532" God’s|strong="H0430" people|strong="G3956". Indeed|strong="G2532", you|strong="G1722" are|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" ones|strong="H2945" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" guilty|strong="H0816" for|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" deaths|strong="H4463" of|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" {whom|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w others|strong="G3588"\+w*} have|strong="G2532"} killed|strong="H2026" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" earth|strong="G1093"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{After the destruction of Babylon, John heard a huge crowd praising God for saving his people and announcing the marriage of the one who is like a lamb. }
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\chapterNumber{19}After|strong="G3326" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778" I|strong="G1473" heard|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w sounded|strong="H2690"\+w*} like|strong="G5613" a|strong="G5613" huge|strong="G3173" crowd|strong="G3793" in|strong="G1722" heaven|strong="G3772". They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" shouting|strong="G3004" things|strong="G3778" like|strong="G5613", 
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“◄Hallelujah!/Praise|strong="G1391" our|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316"!►” “He|strong="G2532" has|strong="G2316" saved|strong="G4991" us|strong="G3004"!” 
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“He|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" glorious|strong="G1391" and|strong="G2532" mighty|strong="G1411"!” 
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\verseNumber{2}“Praise|strong="H1984" him|strong="G3588" because|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" judges|strong="G2919" truly|strong="G1722" and|strong="G2532" justly|strong="H4941"!” 
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“He|strong="G2532" has|strong="G3748" punished|strong="H6485" the|strong="G1722" very|strong="G2532" evil|strong="G2532" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="G3754" are|strong="G3588" like|strong="H3644" a|strong="G2532" prostitute|strong="G4204", 
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because|strong="G3754" their|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2919" persuaded|strong="H5496" the|strong="G1722" other|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2919" of|strong="G1537" earth|strong="G1093" [MTY] to|strong="G2532" act|strong="G2919" immorally and|strong="G2532" idolatrously like|strong="H3644" they|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2919".” 
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“Praise|strong="H1984" him|strong="G3588" because|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" has|strong="G3748" punished|strong="H6485" them|strong="G3588" for|strong="G3754" murdering his|strong="G1722" servants|strong="G1401" [MTY]!” 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w crowd|strong="H1995"\+w*} shouted|strong="H7321" a|strong="G2532" second|strong="G1208" time|strong="G1208" saying|strong="G3004": 
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◄Hallelujah!/Praise|strong="H1984" God|strong="G3004"!► The|strong="G2532" smoke|strong="G2586" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" fire|strong="H0784" that|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" burning|strong="H2740" the|strong="G2532" cities|strong="H5892" will|strong="G2532" rise|strong="H6965" forever|strong="G1519"! 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="G2532" 24 elders|strong="G4245" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" four|strong="G5064" living|strong="G2226" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w creatures|strong="G2226"\+w*} ◄prostrated|strong="G4352" themselves|strong="H0905"/knelt|strong="H5307" down|strong="G4098"► and|strong="G2532" worshipped|strong="G4352" God|strong="G2316", who|strong="G3588" sits|strong="G2521" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" throne|strong="G2362". Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="G2532"\+w*} is|strong="G3588" true|strong="G3588"! ◄Hallelujah!/Praise|strong="H1984" God|strong="G2316"!►” 
\verseNumber{5}Someone|strong="H0376" spoke|strong="G3004" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" throne|strong="G2362" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “All|strong="G3956" you|strong="G3004" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" our|strong="G2316" God’s|strong="G2316" servants|strong="G1401", praise|strong="H1984" him|strong="G3588"! All|strong="G3956" you|strong="G3004" who|strong="G3588" reverence|strong="G5399" him|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whether|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* socially} significant or|strong="G2532" insignificant|strong="H6819", praise|strong="H1984" him|strong="G3588"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Everyone|strong="G3956"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{6}I|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" something|strong="G4183" like|strong="G5613" the|strong="G2532" noise|strong="G5456" of|strong="G2316" a|strong="G5613" huge|strong="H1995" crowd|strong="G3793" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3793"\+w*}, like|strong="G5613" the|strong="G2532" sound|strong="G5456" of|strong="G2316" a|strong="G5613" huge|strong="H1995" waterfall (OR|strong="G2532", a|strong="G5613" great|strong="G4183"/wide|strong="H7341" river|strong="H5104" of|strong="G2316" rushing|strong="H7494" water|strong="G5204"), and|strong="G2532" like|strong="G5613" the|strong="G2532" sound|strong="G5456" of|strong="G2316" loud|strong="G2478" thunder|strong="G1027". They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" shouting|strong="G3004": 
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◄Hallelujah!/Praise|strong="H1984" God|strong="G2316"!► Because|strong="G3754" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" God|strong="G2316", the|strong="G2532" Almighty|strong="G3841" One|strong="G3588", reigns|strong="H4427"! 
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\verseNumber{7}We|strong="G3754" should|strong="G3588" rejoice|strong="G5463", we|strong="G3754" should|strong="G3588" be|strong="G2532" extremely|strong="H3966" glad|strong="G5463", and|strong="G2532" we|strong="G3754" should|strong="G3588" honor|strong="G1391" him|strong="G3588", 
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because|strong="G3754" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" now|strong="G2532" time|strong="H6256" for|strong="G3754" Jesus|strong="G2532", the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1438" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" like|strong="H3644" a|strong="G2532" lamb|strong="H3532", to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" united|strong="H3161" 
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permanently|strong="H5769" with|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1438" people|strong="G3588", which|strong="G3588" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" like|strong="H3644" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376" [MET|strong="H6298"] marrying|strong="H3427" his|strong="G1438" bride|strong="G1135", and|strong="G2532" 
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because|strong="G3754" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" have|strong="G2532" prepared|strong="G2090" themselves|strong="G1438" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" united|strong="H3161" with|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{8}God|strong="G2532" has|strong="G1510" permitted|strong="G1325" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2443" be|strong="G1510" completely|strong="H3617" pure|strong="G2513", like|strong="G2443" a|strong="G2532" bride|strong="H3618" who|strong="G3588" [MET|strong="H6298"] dresses in|strong="G2532" fine|strong="G1039" linen|strong="G1039" that|strong="G2443" is|strong="G1510" bright|strong="G2986" and|strong="G2532" clean|strong="G2513". 
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Fine|strong="G1039" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w bright|strong="G2986"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w clean|strong="G2513"\+w*} linen|strong="G1039" represents|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" righteous|strong="G1345" acts|strong="G1345" of|strong="G2532" God’s|strong="H0430" people|strong="G1510". 

\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" abundantly|strong="H8317" bless|strong="H1288" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1510" who|strong="G3588" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" invited|strong="H7121" to|strong="G2443" celebrate|strong="H6213" the|strong="G2532" marriage|strong="H0802" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lamb|strong="H3532". Only|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3588" be|strong="G1510" worshipped|strong="H7812". All|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" servants|strong="H5650" are|strong="G1510" on|strong="G4016" an|strong="G2532" equal|strong="H8505" basis|strong="H0914". }
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" me|strong="G1473", “Write|strong="G1125" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="G3778"\+w*: \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w abundantly|strong="H8317"\+w*} bless|strong="H1288" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1510" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" {whom|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G2532"\+w*} has|strong="G2316"} invited|strong="G2564" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" feast|strong="G1062" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w celebrates|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*, \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w*} lamb|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w permanently|strong="H5769"\+w* uniting \+w with|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w*, \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w marrying|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*}.” He|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*}: “These|strong="G3778" words|strong="G3056" that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w declares|strong="H5002"\+w*} are|strong="G1510" true|strong="G3588"!” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{John|strong="G3004" saw|strong="G3708" heaven|strong="G2192" open|strong="H6605" and|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" whom|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" described|strong="H3789" as|strong="G2532" King|strong="G3588" of|strong="G4151" kings|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G3588" of|strong="G4151" lords|strong="H5633" mounted|strong="H7392" on|strong="G4151" a|strong="G2192" white|strong="H3836" horse|strong="H5483". }
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\verseNumber{13}The|strong="G2532" robe|strong="G2440" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" wearing|strong="G4016" was|strong="G3588" drenched|strong="H6647" with|strong="G2532" blood|strong="H1818". His|strong="G2532" name|strong="G3686" is|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="G2532"\+w*} “◄The|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" expresses what|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G3588" like|strong="H3644"/The|strong="G2532" Word|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" God|strong="G2316"►.” 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="G1722" armies|strong="G4753" of|strong="G2532" heaven|strong="G3772" were|strong="G3588" following|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w*} riding|strong="H7392" on|strong="G1909" white|strong="G3022" horses|strong="G2462". They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" wearing|strong="G1746" clothes|strong="H0899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w made|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} clean|strong="G2513" white|strong="G3022" linen|strong="G1039". 
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\verseNumber{16}On|strong="G1909" his|strong="G1909" cloak|strong="G2440" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1909" thigh|strong="G3382" a|strong="G2192" name|strong="G3686" had|strong="G2192" been|strong="G2192" written|strong="G1125" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G2532"\+w*} had|strong="G2192" written|strong="G1125" a|strong="G2192" name|strong="G3686"}, which|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" “King|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w rules|strong="H4910"\+w* \+w over|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w all|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w other|strong="G3588"\+w*} kings|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" who|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w rules|strong="H4910"\+w* \+w over|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w all|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w other|strong="G3588"\+w*} lords|strong="G2962".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{An|strong="G2192" angel|strong="H4397" invited|strong="H7121" all|strong="G2532" flesh-eating birds|strong="H5775" to|strong="G2532" feast|strong="H2282" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" flesh|strong="H1320" of|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" would|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" killed|strong="H2026" by|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" Rider|strong="H7392" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" white|strong="H3836" horse|strong="H5483". When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" beast|strong="H0929" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" false|strong="H8267" prophet|strong="H5030" gathered|strong="H6960" kings|strong="G3588" with|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" armies|strong="H6635" to|strong="G2532" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" Rider|strong="H7392" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1909" army|strong="H2428", the|strong="G2532" beast|strong="H0929" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" false|strong="H8267" prophet|strong="H5030" were|strong="G3588" thrown|strong="H7993" into|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" lake of|strong="G2532" fire|strong="H0784". The|strong="G2532" Rider|strong="H7392" killed|strong="H2026" rebellious|strong="H4805" people|strong="G3588" with|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1909" sword|strong="H2719", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" birds|strong="H5775" gorged themselves|strong="H0905" on|strong="G1909" their|strong="G2532" flesh|strong="H1320". }
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\verseNumber{17}I|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" an|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" standing|strong="G2476" in|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w light|strong="H0216"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w*} [MTY] the|strong="G1722" sun|strong="G2246". He|strong="G2532" called|strong="G3004" loudly|strong="G3173" to|strong="G1519" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{flesh-eating} birds|strong="G3732" flying|strong="G4072" high|strong="G3173" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" sky|strong="H8064", “Come|strong="G1205" and|strong="G2532" gather|strong="G4863" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" wonderful|strong="H6381" feast|strong="H2282" that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w providing|strong="H6329"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w*}! 
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\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" the|strong="G2532" beast|strong="G2342" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" kings|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G1093" with|strong="G3326" their|strong="G2532" armies|strong="G4753" gathered|strong="G4863" together|strong="G4863" to|strong="G2532" fight|strong="G4171" against|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" Rider|strong="H7392" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" horse|strong="G2462", and|strong="G2532" against|strong="G1909" his|strong="G1909" army|strong="G4753". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{John saw an angel coming down from heaven. He seized, bound, and imprisoned the dragon for 1,000 years. }
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\chapterNumber{20}I|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" an|strong="G2192" angel|strong="G2597" coming|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" from|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="G3772". He|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2192" the|strong="G2532" key|strong="G2807" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" deep|strong="H8415" dark|strong="H2822" pit|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" carrying|strong="H5375" a|strong="G2192" large|strong="G3173" chain|strong="H7242" in|strong="G1909" his|strong="G1909" hand|strong="G5495". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="G2532" seized|strong="G2902" the|strong="G2532" dragon|strong="G1404". That|strong="G3739" dragon|strong="G1404" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" ancient|strong="H5769" serpent|strong="G3789", the|strong="G2532" devil|strong="G1228", that|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510", Satan|strong="G4567". The|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397" bound|strong="G1210" him|strong="G3588" with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" chain|strong="H7242". That|strong="G3739" chain|strong="H7242" could|strong="G3588" not|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" loosed|strong="H6605" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w No|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w could|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w loose|strong="H7971"\+w*} that|strong="G3739" chain|strong="H7242"} for|strong="G2532" 1,000 years|strong="G2094". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{John|strong="G2532" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="G2532" thrones|strong="H3678" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" martyrs who|strong="G3588" lived|strong="G2532" again|strong="G2089" and|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" authority|strong="H3027" to|strong="G1519" judge|strong="H8199" people|strong="G1484". Those|strong="G3588" martyrs are|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" first|strong="G3588" people|strong="G1484" whom|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" cause|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" live|strong="G2532" again|strong="G2089". They|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" reign|strong="G2532" with|strong="G3326" Christ during|strong="H3117" the|strong="G2532" 1,000 years|strong="G2094". }
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\verseNumber{4}I|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" thrones|strong="G2362" on|strong="G1909" which|strong="G3588" people|strong="G5590" were|strong="G3588" sitting|strong="G2523". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w given|strong="G1325"\+w*} {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*} gave|strong="G1325" those|strong="G3588" people|strong="G5590"} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w authority|strong="G5495"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" judge|strong="H8199" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w people|strong="G5590"\+w*}. I|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" the|strong="G2532" souls|strong="G5590" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G3056"\+w* \+w people|strong="G5590"\+w*} whose|strong="G3588" heads|strong="H7218" had|strong="G2424" been|strong="G2532" {whose|strong="G3588" heads|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w others|strong="G3588"\+w*} had|strong="G2424"} cut|strong="G2532" off|strong="H3772" because|strong="G1223" of|strong="G3056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w people|strong="G5590"\+w* \+w about|strong="G1909"\+w*} Jesus|strong="G2424" and|strong="G2532" declaring|strong="H5046" God’s|strong="G2316" message|strong="G3056". They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" people|strong="G5590" who|strong="G3588" refused|strong="G3756" to|strong="G2532" worship|strong="G4352" the|strong="G2532" beast|strong="G2342" or|strong="G2532" its|strong="G1325" image|strong="G1504", and|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" allow|strong="G1325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w beast’s|strong="H2423"\+w* agents} to|strong="G2532" put|strong="G1325" the|strong="G2532" beast’s|strong="H2423" mark|strong="G5480" on|strong="G1909" them|strong="G3588", either|strong="G3761" on|strong="G1909" their|strong="G1438" foreheads|strong="G3359" or|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1909" their|strong="G1438" hands|strong="G5495". They|strong="G2532" became|strong="G3588" alive|strong="G2198" again|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" ruled|strong="H4427" with|strong="G3326" Christ|strong="G5547" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w during|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w*} 1,000 years|strong="G2094". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{When|strong="G2532" Satan|strong="H7854" is|strong="G1510" released|strong="H7971", he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" deceive|strong="H5377" the|strong="G1722" nations|strong="H1471" in|strong="G1722" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="G2532" assemble|strong="H6908" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="G1909" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1909" people|strong="G1510". God|strong="G2316" will|strong="G2316" send|strong="H7971" fire|strong="H0784" to|strong="G2532" burn|strong="H8313" up|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" rebellious|strong="H4805" nations|strong="H1471". He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" cause|strong="G3588" Satan|strong="H7854" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" thrown|strong="H7993" into|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" lake of|strong="G2316" fire|strong="H0784" for|strong="G1909" everlasting|strong="H5769" punishment|strong="H5771". }
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="G2532" I|strong="G3739" saw|strong="G3708" a|strong="G2532" huge|strong="G3173" white|strong="G3022" throne|strong="G2362" on|strong="G1909" which|strong="G3739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} was|strong="G3588" sitting|strong="G2521". He|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w awesome|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G1093" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" sky|strong="G3772" disappeared|strong="H0369" from|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1909" presence|strong="G4383" completely|strong="H3617"; they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" completely|strong="H3617" destroyed|strong="H4229" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} completely|strong="H3617" destroyed|strong="H4229" them|strong="G3588"}. 
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\verseNumber{14}All|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" unbelievers [PRS, MTY] —those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="G1519" they|strong="G2532" waited|strong="G2532" after|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" died|strong="G2288"— \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w thrown|strong="H7993"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w burning|strong="G4442"\+w* \+w lake|strong="G3041"\+w*}. The|strong="G2532" burning|strong="G4442" lake|strong="G3041" is|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w place|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w which|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w*} die|strong="G2288" the|strong="G2532" second|strong="G1208" time|strong="G1208". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3588" whose|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w names|strong="H8034"\+w*} [MTY] are|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" book|strong="G3588", the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G5100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} has|strong="G5100" written|strong="G1125" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w names|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w*} have|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w eternal|strong="H5769"\+w*} life|strong="G2222", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w thrown|strong="H7993"\+w*} {◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*/\+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w angel|strong="H4397"\+w*}► threw|strong="H7993" them|strong="G3588" also|strong="G2532"} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w lake|strong="G3041"\+w*} of|strong="G2532" fire|strong="G4442". 

\BibleSectionHeading{John saw a new heaven, a new earth, and a New Jerusalem, the city where God will dwell permanently with his people. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="G2532" declares|strong="H5002" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" has|strong="G1510" made|strong="G3756" everything|strong="G3956" new|strong="H2319" and|strong="G2532" has|strong="G1510" accomplished|strong="H3615" everything|strong="G3956" he|strong="G2532" intended|strong="H1819" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532". He|strong="G2532" declares|strong="H5002" himself|strong="H5315" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" beginning|strong="G4413" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" end|strong="H7093", and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" give|strong="G3956" abundant|strong="H7227" eternal|strong="H5769" life|strong="H5315" to|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" seek|strong="H1245" him|strong="G3588", but|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" punish|strong="H6485" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" wicked|strong="G3588" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" lake of|strong="G1537" fire|strong="H0784". }
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\verseNumber{7}I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2316" give|strong="G1473" this|strong="G3778" to|strong="G2532" every|strong="G2532" person|strong="G5207" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" victorious|strong="G3528" over|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w evil|strong="G2532"\+w* powers} (OR|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w over|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Satan|strong="H7854"\+w*}). I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G1510" their|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G1510" my|strong="G1473" children|strong="G5207". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{One|strong="G3739" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" seven|strong="H7651" angels|strong="H4397" who|strong="G3739" had|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" seven|strong="H7651" bowls|strong="H4219" offered|strong="H5927" to|strong="G2532" show|strong="H7200" John|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Bride|strong="H3618" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Lamb|strong="H3532". }
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\verseNumber{9}One|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" seven|strong="G2033" angels|strong="H4397" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2192" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" seven|strong="G2033" bowls|strong="G5357" that|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2192" been|strong="G2192" full|strong="G1073" of|strong="G1537" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wine|strong="H3196"\+w*/\+w liquid|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w causing|strong="H7462"\+w*} [MTY] the|strong="G2532" seven|strong="G2033" last|strong="G2078" plagues|strong="G4127" came|strong="G2064" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473", “Come|strong="G2064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" show|strong="G1166" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w permanently|strong="H5769"\+w* \+w united|strong="H3161"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w Christ|strong="G1520"\+w*, \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w one|strong="G1520"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2192"\+w*} lamb|strong="G3004"! They|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="G2192" bride|strong="G3565" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G1520"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{An|strong="G2192" angel|strong="H4397" showed|strong="G1166" John|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="G1537" God|strong="G3004", the|strong="G2532" New|strong="H2319" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", that|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" coming|strong="G2064" down|strong="G1537" out|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="G2192" from|strong="G1537" God|strong="G3004", shining|strong="H5051" with|strong="G3326" his|strong="G2192" glory|strong="H3519", having|strong="G2192" a|strong="G2192" huge|strong="H1995" wall|strong="H2346" with|strong="G3326" twelve|strong="H8147" gates|strong="H8179" and|strong="G2532" twelve|strong="H8147" huge|strong="H1995" foundation|strong="H3245" stones|strong="H0068". }
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\verseNumber{13}Three|strong="G5140" gates|strong="G4440" were|strong="G2532" on|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" east|strong="H6921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w side|strong="H6285"\+w*}, three|strong="G5140" gates|strong="G4440" were|strong="G2532" on|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" north|strong="G1005" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w side|strong="H6285"\+w*}, three|strong="G5140" gates|strong="G4440" were|strong="G2532" on|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" south|strong="G3558" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w side|strong="H6285"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" three|strong="G5140" gates|strong="G4440" were|strong="G2532" on|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" west|strong="G1424" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w side|strong="H6285"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{15}The|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" speaking|strong="G2980" to|strong="G2443" me|strong="G1473" carried|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2192" golden|strong="G5552" measuring|strong="G2563" rod|strong="G2563", in|strong="G2532" order|strong="G2443" to|strong="G2443" measure|strong="G3358" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="G4172", its|strong="G3354" gates|strong="G4440", and|strong="G2532" its|strong="G3354" wall|strong="G5038". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{John|strong="G2532" described|strong="H3789" the|strong="G2532" composition|strong="H4971" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="H5892", its|strong="G3354" wall|strong="G5038", its|strong="G3354" foundations|strong="H4144", its|strong="G3354" gates|strong="H8179", and|strong="G2532" its|strong="G3354" street|strong="H2351", emphasizing the|strong="G2532" great|strong="G2532" value|strong="H6186" of|strong="G2532" each|strong="H0376" part|strong="G2532". }
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\verseNumber{23}The|strong="G2532" city|strong="G4172" will|strong="G2316" not|strong="G3756" need|strong="G5532" the|strong="G2532" sun|strong="G2246" or|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" moon|strong="G4582" to|strong="G2443" light|strong="G5461" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="G4172", because|strong="G1063" the|strong="G2532" glory|strong="G1391" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" will|strong="G2316" illuminate the|strong="G2532" city|strong="G4172", and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w one|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w like|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2192"\+w*} lamb|strong="H3532", will|strong="G2316" also|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" its|strong="H3605" light|strong="G5461". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{God will cause there to be abundant life in the city, his servants will worship him face-to-face, no one will be there whom God would curse, and his servants will reign forever and ever. }
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\verseNumber{3}There|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" never|strong="G3756" be|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w anyone|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w or|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w anything|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*} will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w under|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="G2316"\+w*} curse|strong="G2652". The|strong="G1722" throne|strong="G2362" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w*} lamb|strong="H3532" will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" city|strong="H5892". And|strong="G2532" God’s|strong="G2316" servants|strong="G1401" will|strong="G2316" worship|strong="G3000" him|strong="G3588" there|strong="G2532". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="G2316" revealed|strong="H1540" to|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1438" servants|strong="H5650" his|strong="G1438" message|strong="H1697" in|strong="G1519" which|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" showed|strong="H7200" them|strong="G3588" what|strong="G3588" must|strong="G2192" happen|strong="G1510" soon|strong="H3512". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{John|strong="G2532" attested that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" himself|strong="H5315" has|strong="G3778" heard|strong="H8085" and|strong="G2532" seen|strong="G3708" all|strong="G2532" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778". He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" told|strong="H5046" to|strong="G2532" tell|strong="H5046" others|strong="G3588" what|strong="G3588" has|strong="G3778" been|strong="G2532" revealed|strong="H1540" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" because|strong="G2532" its|strong="H3605" fulfillment|strong="H1697" was|strong="G3588" near|strong="H7126", and|strong="G2532" everyone|strong="H3605" should|strong="G3588" be|strong="G2532" ready|strong="H3559". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" announced|strong="H1696" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2532" his|strong="G4160" angel|strong="H4397" to|strong="G2532" bear|strong="G4160" witness|strong="H5707" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" congregations|strong="H4721" about|strong="G4160" all|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" John|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" seen|strong="H7200". Jesus|strong="G2532" authoritatively identified himself|strong="H5315" as|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Descendant|strong="H2233" of|strong="G2532" King|strong="G3588" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="G2532" as|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Messianic Morning|strong="H1242" Star|strong="H3556". }
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